Chapter Summaries

Shi Yue returned to Immortal Herb Pavilion and found a crowd eager to do business with him. After rejecting the Wang family following a clash with a young cultivator, he welcomed Liu Yufeng and Qin Shuang inside to discuss their business.

• Qin Shuang arrived to collect her order, and Shi Yue recognized her receipt and invited her and Liu Yufeng into Immortal Herb Pavilion.
• Shi Yue told the other cultivators to return at You hour and set a minimum order of three hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• A young man from the Wang family challenged Shi Yue, but Shi Yue's Spiritual Pressure overpowered him, and he refused to do business with the family.
• Shi Yue summoned Li Yan, who had advanced to Ninth Level Qi Refining, and asked her to prepare tea for their guests.
• Shi Yue led Liu Yufeng upstairs while Qin Shuang and the other customers waited outside.

Shi Yue secured an order from Liu Yufeng for Spirit Herbs and traded access to additional Thousand-Year Spirit Herb orders for a piece of Blazing Sun Crystal Stone. He returned to Palm Heaven Space intending to condense his Sword Embryo, where Xiaoyaozi questioned whether he should do it there.

• Shi Yue explained the new spending requirements for ordering Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs, and Liu Yufeng ordered a Blue Ghost Flower and thirty seven-hundred-year-old Spirit Herbs.
• Shi Yue negotiated two additional Thousand-Year Spirit Herb orders in exchange for a Blazing Sun Crystal Stone, and Liu Yufeng gave him an egg-sized piece in advance.
• Li Yan told Shi Yue that more than a dozen families, sects, and Rogue Cultivators had contacted the pavilion to order Spirit Herbs.
• Shi Yue reviewed Li Yan's records, entered Palm Heaven Space, and told Xiaoyaozi he planned to condense the Sword Embryo there.
• Xiaoyaozi solemnly questioned whether Shi Yue should condense the Sword Embryo in Palm Heaven Space.

Shi Yue learned that the Golden Silk Silkworms had awakened as fifth-level spirit insects and taken the human forms of two little girls, Jin'er and Yin'er. After giving them clothes and Spirit Feeding Pills, he took them to test their new abilities, but the chapter ended before they demonstrated them.

• Xiaoyaozi revealed that Jin'er and Yin'er had awakened, transformed into little girls, and were now fifth-level spirit insects.
• Shi Yue learned the girls had shed cocoons that could be used as artifact-refining material, then left Palm Heaven Space to buy them clothes and food.
• Shi Yue returned with children's robes and Spirit Feeding Pills, which Jin'er and Yin'er eagerly ate.
• Shi Yue asked Jin'er and Yin'er to demonstrate their abilities and brought them to a mountain clearing with two Black Gold Steles.

Shi Yue tested Jin'er and Yin'er's combat power, then learned the limits on their cultivation and how much spiritual sense controlling them required. Back in the basement, he began refining a fourth-level Iron Fire Eagle's essence soul into a Li Fire Sword.

• Jin'er shattered one black-gold stone tablet with golden threads, while Yin'er destroyed another with a lightning ball.
• Shi Yue became dizzy after directing the spirit insects' attacks, and Xiaoyaozi warned that controlling them in battle consumed too much spiritual sense for him to rely on them against a Core Formation Cultivator.
• Shi Yue let Jin'er and Yin'er ride Black Phoenix, then asked Xiaoyaozi about their cultivation; Xiaoyaozi said they could not use Demon Race techniques until the eighth level and promised to prevent them from advancing too far.
• Shi Yue returned from Palm Heaven Space and summoned eighteen Li Fire Swords in the basement.
• Shi Yue prepared materials and the essence soul of a fourth-level Iron Fire Eagle, then began refining it into a Li Fire Sword with his innate true flame.

Wang Shuo angered Li Muxian, prompting his family to plan an apology, while the Heavenly Demon Sect considered attacking the Great Tang Cultivation World. Qin Wuji left the decision to destroy Taixu Sect under consideration and ordered secrecy.

• The Wang Family's Third Granduncle scolded Wang Shuo for offending Li Muxian and jeopardizing the family's efforts to win over Li Muxian's backer.
• Zhantang proposed bringing Li Muxian a generous gift and Wang Shuo to apologize, and the Third Granduncle warned Wang Shuo not to cause further trouble.
• A yellow-robed elder reported to Qin Wuji that the Heavenly Demon Sect had failed to provoke infighting among the Great Tang Five Sects.
• Qin Wuji ordered the elder to sever an arm as punishment, then stayed the punishment while seeking a new way to destabilize the Great Tang Cultivation World.
• The elder suggested wiping out Taixu Sect, and Qin Wuji dismissed him with orders to keep the proposal secret.

Qin Wuji revealed his plan to destabilize Great Tang, destroy Myriad Beasts Sect, and conquer the five nations to advance to Spirit Transmutation Realm. Meanwhile, Shi Yue completed the final stage of refining the Li Fire Sword with a Yao Beast Essence Soul.

• Qin Wuji explained to the woman in black that he planned to stir up Great Tang and conquer all five nations to break through to Spirit Transmutation Realm.
• Qin Wuji chose Myriad Beasts Sect as the first target and gave the woman an Advanced Baleful Ghost Talisman before she set out alone.
• Shi Yue trapped the tiny eagle released from the white crystal ball and bound it to the Li Fire Sword.
• Shi Yue infused the Li Fire Sword with Essence Blood and vital essence, causing its flames to surge before they vanished as the sword's refinement ended.

Shi Yue completed the Li Fire Sword’s refinement with a Level Four Demon Bird’s soul, then reopened the Immortal Herb Pavilion under strict new rules. He heard Wang Mingde’s offer in private but rejected the Wang Family’s initial compensation, leaving their negotiation unresolved.

• Shi Yue finished refining the Li Fire Sword, tested its fiery eagle transformation, and put off refining a Sword Embryo until the next day.
• Shi Yue reopened the Immortal Herb Pavilion with seven rules restricting customers, reservations, payment, bargaining, and troublemaking.
• Shi Yue refused to do business with Wang Mingde and Wang Shuo until Wang Mingde revealed that the Wang Family had brought something Shi Yue might want.
• Shi Yue took Wang Mingde and Wang Shuo to a sealed basement, where Wang Mingde offered a four-hundred-year-old Purple Flame Grass and ten thousand Spirit Stones as an apology.
• Shi Yue rejected the offer and refused Wang Mingde’s proposal to add another twenty thousand Spirit Stones.

Shi Yue negotiated with Wang Mingde for two Foundation Establishment Pills in exchange for access to a reserved Thousand-Year Spirit Herb, while also fulfilling herb orders for other customers. After trading Ice Soul Flowers with Murong Xiaoxiao, he asked her to arrange an exchange with Taixu Sect and learned that Uncle-Master Zhao was investigating his background.

• Shi Yue demanded two Foundation Establishment Pills from Wang Mingde in exchange for doing business with the Wang Family, and Wang Mingde asked for a month to seek his clan's approval.
• Shi Yue received the Purple Flame Grass from Wang Mingde and then met with Bai Zeyuan, Yang Rong, and Song Yue, who reserved batches of Spirit Herbs.
• Shi Yue gave Murong Xiaoxiao four Ice Soul Flowers, and she handed him more than a hundred Spirit Herbs in return.
• Shi Yue asked Murong Xiaoxiao to arrange a Spirit Herb exchange with Taixu Sect, and she warned him that Uncle-Master Zhao was investigating his background.
• Shi Yue asked Murong Xiaoxiao whether she had any Spirit Feeding Pills.

Murong Xiaoxiao told Shi Yue that Li Feiyu had returned to the sect and that Zhou Zhenyu was seeking a thousand-year Purple Netherflower to prepare for a Nascent Soul breakthrough. After she left, Qu Feiyan proposed a business partnership, but Shi Yue declined and ended their conversation.

• Murong Xiaoxiao gave Shi Yue a Green Gourd and told him that Li Feiyu had reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection and was preparing to break through to Core Formation.
• Murong Xiaoxiao said Zhou Zhenyu had reached Core Formation Great Perfection and was searching for a thousand-year Purple Netherflower, and Shi Yue agreed to help find one.
• Murong Xiaoxiao asked Shi Yue to show his true appearance and compete with Luo in talisman-making, and he agreed to do so when he had time.
• Murong Xiaoxiao went to use the Communication Array to report to her Great-grandfather about the Purple Netherflower exchange.
• Qu Feiyan used a yellow bird to ask Shi Yue about his hobbies, then offered him a hundred thousand Spirit Stones to start a business together.
• Shi Yue declined Qu Feiyan's partnership offer and said they could talk next time.

Shi Yue refused Qu Feiyan’s offer to partner, while Murong Xiaoxiao told Taixu Sect leaders that Immortal Herb Pavilion could trade them Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs. The chapter ended with Murong Feng learning about the proposed exchange and still struggling to believe it.

• Shi Yue declined Qu Feiyan’s partnership offer because he preferred working alone and feared provoking her.
• Murong Xiaoxiao showed Lin Qiao and a Middle-aged Scholar the Thousand-Year Ice Soul Flower she had traded for with Li Muxian.
• Murong Xiaoxiao urged Taixu Sect to contact her Great-grandfather and pursue a trade of pills and Spirit Herbs with Immortal Herb Pavilion.
• Lin Qiao used Taixu Pavilion’s Communication Array to contact Zhou Tongtian, who agreed to summon Murong Feng.
• Murong Xiaoxiao told Murong Feng that Taixu Sect needed to send an authorized representative to discuss the trade with Li Muxian, while Murong Feng questioned whether Immortal Herb Pavilion could truly provide Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs.

Murong Feng sent Murong Xiaoxiao to build a closer relationship with Li Muxian and secure a partnership between the Taixu Sect and the Immortal Herb Pavilion. Shi Yue rejected an exclusive partnership but agreed to trade more with the sect, while planning to expand the Pavilion’s business.

• Murong Feng ordered Murong Xiaoxiao to ask Li Muxian if she could move into the Immortal Herb Pavilion and to try to keep the Pavilion from partnering with other forces.
• Murong Feng instructed Zhou Tongtian to survey the sect’s Spirit Herb gardens and arrange for Xue to lead negotiations with Li Muxian.
• Murong Xiaoxiao asked Shi Yue about moving into the Pavilion and explained that Murong Feng wanted the Taixu Sect to become its sole partner.
• Shi Yue refused to work exclusively with the Taixu Sect, citing the Pavilion’s interest in goods and skills from other sects, but offered to increase trade with the Taixu Sect.
• Shi Yue decided to expand the Immortal Herb Pavilion’s business and use its Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs to obtain resources from customers.

Shi Yue acquired the Illusion Mirage Bead refining method and materials to disguise his voice, then learned that Jin'er and Yin'er needed spirit-rich food and taught them how to cook and eat Spirit Rice. The chapter ended with the two girls eagerly eating from the cauldron.

• Murong Xiaoxiao reminded Shi Yue to prepare an exchange list and disguise his voice before her great-grandfather sent someone to Sanxin Market.
• Xiaoyaozi offered Shi Yue the Illusion Mirage Bead refining method, and Shi Yue agreed to owe him the Spirit Stones for it.
• Shi Yue learned that Jin'er and Yin'er needed spirit-rich food, bought Spirit Grain for them, and purchased materials for the Illusion Mirage Bead.
• Shi Yue gave Jin'er and Yin'er the Spirit Grain and patiently taught them how to use a Storage Bag and cook Spirit Rice.
• Jin'er and Yin'er devoured the cooked Spirit Rice, and Shi Yue handed them large spoons so they could eat more from the cauldron.

Shi Yue learned that Jin'er and Yin'er’s enormous appetites would not change after their transformation, and Xiaoyaozi advised him to feed them cheap Spirit Grain while keeping his cultivation up. After the sisters ate more than a hundred jin of Spirit Rice and went flying on Black Phoenix, Shi Yue worried about the cost of feeding them and let out the Snow Cloud Sable.

• Xiaoyaozi warned Shi Yue that he needed to improve his cultivation so he would not fall too far behind Jin'er and Yin'er.
• Jin'er and Yin'er asked for more food after eating over ten jin of Spirit Rice, so Shi Yue cooked another batch and showed them how to prepare it.
• The sisters ate more than a hundred jin of Spirit Rice, and Shi Yue let them keep the cauldron while warning them not to eat his Spirit Herbs.
• Jin'er and Yin'er received Spirit Feeding Pills and rode Black Phoenix into the sky.
• Shi Yue questioned Xiaoyaozi about how the sisters had learned about honey, then worried about the cost of feeding them and released the Snow Cloud Sable.

Shi Yue prepared for negotiations with the Taixu Sect and met Xue Ren to discuss exchanging spirit herbs. He rejected Xue Ren’s proposed terms and threatened to offer the Thousand-Year Spirit Herb to someone else.

• Shi Yue fed spirit pills to his spirit beasts, cultivated spirit trees for his bees, and began refining an Illusion Mirage Bead to disguise his voice.
• Shi Yue bought two Hundred Flower Robes from Sheng Dong for five thousand Spirit Stones and promised to keep searching for Soul Returning Grass.
• Over the next half month, Shi Yue cultivated and ran Immortal Herb Pavilion while Murong Xiaoxiao visited to discuss swordsmanship.
• Murong Xiaoxiao brought Xue Ren to meet Shi Yue, who used the Illusion Mirage Bead to disguise his voice before presenting an exchange list.
• Xue Ren refused to trade the Eight Hundred Year Purple Smoke Grass and Seven Hundred Year Luo Xu Flower and offered only one Eight Hundred Year and one Seven Hundred Year Purple Nether Flower for a Thousand-Year Spirit Herb.
• Shi Yue rejected Xue Ren’s offer and said he would seek another buyer willing to trade two Eight Hundred Year Purple Nether Flowers.

Shi Yue negotiated a trade between the Immortal Herb Pavilion and Taixu Sect, accepted Xue Ren’s gift, and agreed to let Murong Xiaoxiao stay at the pavilion. After Xue Ren left, Murong Xiaoxiao asked Shi Yue to reveal his true appearance and compete with Luo in talisman-making.

• Xue Ren agreed to trade two Eight Hundred Year Spirit Herbs for each Thousand-Year Spirit Herb and gave Shi Yue a list of desired herbs and a hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Shi Yue accepted Xue Ren’s request to report the trade to his superiors and reserve more Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs if possible.
• Xue Ren asked Shi Yue to let Murong Xiaoxiao move into the Immortal Herb Pavilion so Taixu Sect could stay in contact with him.
• Shi Yue agreed to let Murong Xiaoxiao stay in a guest room on the Second Floor, and Xue Ren left after instructing her not to disturb Shi Yue’s business or cultivation.
• Murong Xiaoxiao teased Shi Yue about seeming reluctant, then asked him to restore his true appearance and compete with Luo in talisman-making, offering him a chance to give Luo pointers.

Shi Yue began studying intermediate talismans to strengthen his separate identity and prepared to master the Water Gang Talisman before competing with Luofu Hai. Murong Xiaoxiao told Luofu Hai where to meet Shi Yue, leaving both men set for a talisman-making contest at Talisman Palace the next morning.

• After Xiaoyaozi warned Shi Yue that his abilities could expose his identities, Shi Yue decided to study talisman-making and puppet crafting.
• Shi Yue bought two thousand bundles of intermediate-grade Talisman Paper and repeatedly failed to draw a Water Gang Talisman.
• Shi Yue entered Palm Heaven Space to practice the Water Gang Talisman, while Jin'er and Yin'er listened to Xiaoyaozi.
• Luofu Hai recalled losing a Water Gang Talisman contest to a newly arrived Talisman Master and arranged to compete again the next day.
• Murong Xiaoxiao told Luofu Hai that Shi Yue would meet him at Talisman Palace at the hour of the Dragon, and Luofu Hai hurried off to practice.

Zhu Bin grew uneasy before his four-hundredth birthday celebration, while a black-clad Core Formation Cultivator learned about Li Muxian and Immortal Herb Pavilion. In Sanxin Market, Shi Yue reunited with Luofu Hai at the Talisman Palace.

• Zhu Bin told Zhu Feng to strengthen the guards and activate more of the Protective Array before his birthday celebration because he sensed trouble approaching.
• A black-clad woman heard Zhu Family descendants discussing Li Muxian’s Thousand-Year Spirit Herb reservations and his array-assisted defeat of a Core Formation Cultivator.
• The woman questioned the Zhu Family descendants about Immortal Herb Pavilion and decided to visit Sanxin Market after handling her current business.
• Shi Yue waited outside the Talisman Palace, wondering whether Senior Sister Murong had forgotten to notify someone.
• Luofu Hai found Shi Yue and complained that he had searched for him for a long time, hoping to compete with him at drawing Talisman.

Shi Yue challenged Li, a skilled Zixiao Sect talisman master, after Luofu Hai lost their contest and was mocked. Shi Yue began drawing Water Gang Talismans for a wager of fifty thousand Spirit Stones and the Snow Coral Wood, leaving the result undecided.

• Li challenged Luofu Hai to a talisman contest, wagering a piece of four-hundred-year-old Snow Coral Wood.
• Shi Yue warned Luofu Hai that the match was unfair, but Luofu Hai entered the Talisman Palace and accepted the challenge.
• Li drew five Water Gang Talismans while Luofu Hai drew two, and Luofu Hai lost the wager.
• Shi Yue stopped Li from taking the Snow Coral Wood and challenged him to a new contest, wagering fifty thousand Spirit Stones and the wood.
• Li began drawing immediately while Shi Yue brewed tea, then Shi Yue drew a Water Gang Talisman after practicing extensively in the Palm Heaven Space.

Shi Yue won a Water Gang Talisman contest against a Zixiao Sect disciple, drawing eight successful talismans from ten sheets and collecting the wager. He gave Luofu Hai advice and his talisman-drawing experience before returning to Immortal Herb Pavilion in disguise to meet Murong Xiaoxiao.

• Shi Yue drew eight Water Gang Talismans, beating the green-robed Zixiao Sect disciple, who handed over fifty thousand Spirit Stones.
• Shi Yue declined the green-robed disciple's challenge to compete over Earth Spike Talismans and left with Luofu Hai.
• Shi Yue told Luofu Hai he would lend him an ancient talisman book once he reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, then gave him a Blue Jade Slip with his Water Gang Talisman experience.
• Shi Yue changed into Li Muxian's appearance and returned to Immortal Herb Pavilion, where he told Murong Xiaoxiao about the contest.
• Shi Yue and Murong Xiaoxiao discussed Spirit Herbs after Shi Yue explained that he hoped Luofu Hai would focus on cultivation.

A disguised Nascent Soul Cultivator infiltrated Zhu Bin’s birthday banquet with a sealed box containing a Ghostly creature. After the creature killed one of the Myriad Beasts Sect Protectors, Zhu Bin and the guests fled as the woman launched more attacks.

• Zhu Cheng escorted the Rogue Cultivators, including a plain-looking woman in black, into Zhu Family Fortress and seated them in the banquet hall.
• Zhu Bin welcomed the guests, and the woman in black presented him with a Blue Jade Box as a birthday gift.
• The Short and Stout Man sensed a Ghostly creature inside the box and warned Zhu Bin not to remove its sealing talisman.
• The woman in black revealed herself as a Nascent Soul Cultivator and released two Ghost Claws from the box.
• A Ghostly creature emerged and killed the tall Myriad Beasts Sect Protector by tearing out his heart.
• Zhu Bin and the Short and Stout Man fled as the woman in black attacked with five Black Flying Knives and a command flag.