Chapter Summaries

Shi Yue sold 1,300 Hundred-Year Spirit Herbs to Hui Chun Building, redeemed herbs he had pawned, and decided to spend his remaining Spirit Stones learning the Heavenly Thunder Technique. Xiaoyaozi offered him an additional loan to cultivate the technique to grand mastery, and Shi Yue accepted.

• Shi Yue sold 1,300 Hundred-Year Spirit Herbs to Chen Hua for 910,000 Spirit Stones after bargaining her up to 700 Spirit Stones per plant.
• After Shi Yue left, Elder Liu told Chen Hua to cultivate goodwill with Li Muxian and the force behind Immortal Herb Pavilion.
• Shi Yue redeemed his pawned spirit herbs at Tongfeng Tower, then planted the surviving herbs in Palm Heaven Space and set aside the dead ones as spirit-beast feed.
• Shi Yue decided to learn the Heavenly Thunder Technique rather than use his remaining Spirit Stones for cultivation or more herbs.
• Xiaoyaozi offered Shi Yue an 800,000 Spirit Stone loan at ten percent interest to help him reach grand mastery, and Shi Yue accepted.

A group led by Commander Xie searched Star Sand Continent for Black Butterfly Fairy and slaughtered the Yellow Sand Sect after interrogating its Supreme Elder. Meanwhile, an alarm alerted the Ancient Sword Sect’s Gengyuan Ore outpost to a possible attack, and its guards prepared to investigate and summon reinforcements.

• Xiaoyaozi struck Shi Yue with successive bolts of Silver Lightning, and Shi Yue asked him to make the second bolt stronger.
• Commander Xie learned through soul-searching Huang Wenli that Star Sand Continent was a Low-level Cultivation Star and ordered his companions to search for Black Butterfly Fairy and the Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus.
• Commander Xie sent his Hundred-Eyed Spirit Ghost to kill the Yellow Sand Sect’s cultivators, and the sect was reported slaughtered half a month later.
• At Ancient Sword Sect’s Gengyuan Ore outpost, the alarm sounded and the guards raised the Defensive Array after its warning array detected an enemy threat.
• The white-robed elder sent Junior Brother Zhao back to the White Pavilion to watch the array and teleport to the Main Sect for reinforcements if anything unusual happened.

A black-clad woman and her ghosts slaughtered the Ancient Sword Sect’s North Li Branch Sect, then Dugu Sheng ordered the sect to withdraw its people and summoned the leaders of the other Great Tang Five Sects. The killer’s next move remained unknown as the five sects faced a growing threat.

• A green-robed cultivator reported that Flame Rabbits had triggered the array, but the white-robed old man and Junior Sister Ye realized the incident was a distraction.
• A black-clad woman entered the pavilion, killed the green-robed Daoist, and destroyed the Teleportation Array before killing the white-robed old man.
• An ape-like Ghostly creature killed Junior Sister Ye, while hundreds of vengeful ghosts slaughtered the trapped Ancient Sword Sect disciples.
• The black-clad woman said she had targeted the branch sect as a feint and wondered how the leaders of the Great Tang Five Sects would respond.
• Dugu Xin reported the North Li Branch Sect’s fall to Dugu Sheng and the elders in the Sword Palace.
• Dugu Sheng ordered the Ancient Sword Sect to withdraw from its branch sects, close its marketplaces, and summon the leaders of the other four sects.

After the destruction of an Ancient Sword Sect branch plunged the Great Tang Cultivation World into panic, Shi Yue considered whether Sanxin Market was still safe and learned about Black Sun Market in Western Han. The chapter left him with a profitable order for Spirit Herbs and a chance to secure the Spirit Stones he needed.

• News spread that unknown assailants had destroyed an important Ancient Sword Sect branch, prompting sects and families across Great Tang to recall their people and take precautions.
• Shi Yue worried that Sanxin Market might be threatened, but rejected Xiaoyaozi's advice to flee to Western Han or Northern Yan.
• Shi Yue spoke with Sheng Dong, who described Black Sun Market in Western Han as a remote but safe market watched over by a Nascent Soul Rogue Cultivator.
• Zhang Feng asked Shi Yue to supply one hundred and fifty plants each of ten kinds of Hundred-Year Spirit Herbs within three months.
• Shi Yue offered Zhang Feng a discounted price of seven hundred and twenty Spirit Stones per plant and proposed a one-third deposit.

Shi Yue secured Zhang Feng’s order for fifteen hundred Spirit Herbs, then left Sanxin Market to handle business elsewhere. In Black Sun Market, Xu Le’s followers spotted Shi Yue and mistook him for a wealthy target.

• Shi Yue agreed to supply Zhang Feng with fifteen hundred Spirit Herbs in three months for a one-third deposit, and gave him a receipt.
• Shi Yue warned Li Yan to stay inside Immortal Herb Pavilion and seek help from Taixu Pavilion if bandits attacked, then left Sanxin Market at midnight.
• Shi Yue arrived in Black Sun Market, a refuge for outcasts and criminals, and visited Yuwei Pavilion to meet its shopkeeper, Ye Yi.
• Xu Le watched Shi Yue leave Yuwei Pavilion and decided he looked like a fat sheep.
• Xu Le’s follower reported that Shi Yue had arranged a large deal with Ye Yi and urged Xu Le to target him.

Shi Yue posed as a wealthy young master to attract evil cultivators, hoping to seize their Spirit Stones and make up the shortfall on an order of Spirit Herbs. He dined ostentatiously at a restaurant while Xu Le’s group began investigating and following him.

• Xu Le suspected Shi Yue might be bait sent by the Purple Flame Sect and ordered Third Brother and Fourth Brother to track him while Second Sister sounded him out.
• Shi Yue explained to Xiaoyaozi that he was drawing out evil cultivators to raise the two hundred thousand Spirit Stones he still needed and test his spirit beasts.
• Shi Yue entered a restaurant, tipped an attendant, and demanded the most expensive Spirit Tea and an extravagant meal to play the part of a rich young master.
• An attendant offered to invite performers from the Red Sleeve Pavilion, but Shi Yue rejected the suggestion and tipped him as he sent the attendants away.

Shi Yue pretended to be a wealthy, reckless cultivator to lure Hua Dieyi into targeting him, then showed off his eighteen Li Fire Swords to convince her he was a valuable prize. Hua Dieyi accepted his invitation to tour Black Sun Market, leaving their next move unresolved.

• Shi Yue decided to flaunt his wealth in Black Sun Market to attract any Evil Cultivators seeking treasure.
• Hua Dieyi entered Shi Yue’s private room, and he introduced himself as Shi Mubai while claiming he had come to buy three thousand Hundred-Year Spirit Herbs.
• Shi Yue claimed to possess protective treasures and a full set of spirit artifacts, and Hua Dieyi grew interested in robbing him.
• Shi Yue summoned eighteen Li Fire Swords and claimed their power could defeat even a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator.
• Hua Dieyi flattered Shi Yue, and he invited her to tour Black Sun Market with him over the next few days.

Shi Yue pretended to trust Hua Dieyi while she secretly reported his valuable Spirit Artifacts to Xu Le, who ordered her to gain Shi Yue’s confidence and lure him into a deadly formation. The next morning, Shi Yue went with Hua Dieyi to Blue Stream Pavilion and tried to buy five hundred Spirit Herbs worth two hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

• Shi Yue agreed to meet Hua Dieyi at Black Sun Residence, then discussed with Xiaoyaozi whether his act had fooled the people watching him.
• Hua Dieyi told Xu Le that Shi Yue owned eighteen Mid-Grade Spirit Artifacts containing Level Four Demon Bird souls, and Xu Le ordered her to earn Shi Yue’s trust and lead him into a formation.
• Hua Dieyi met Shi Yue the next morning and guided him around Black Sun Market.
• Shi Yue asked Hua Dieyi to take him to a large Spirit Grass Store, and she brought him to Blue Stream Pavilion.
• Shi Yue gave manager Ye Yuan a list of Spirit Herbs and requested fifty of each, totaling five hundred herbs and two hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

Shi Yue spent two hundred thousand Spirit Stones buying spirit herbs and artifacts from Blue Stream Pavilion while pretending to be captivated by Hua Dieyi. Hua Dieyi and her companions planned to lure him into an array at Peach Blossom Valley, and she led him there the next morning.

• Shi Yue paid Ye Yuan two hundred thousand Spirit Stones for the items in the Blue Storage Bag and received a VIP token from Blue Stream Pavilion.
• Shi Yue agreed to visit Peach Blossom Valley with Hua Dieyi, while Hua Dieyi secretly planned to kill him and take his wealth.
• Hua Dieyi reported Shi Yue's spending to Ye Le, who ordered Old Four and Old Five recalled and an array set up at Peach Blossom Valley.
• Shi Yue planted a thousand spirit herbs with Jin'er and Yin'er in Palm Heaven Space, gave them Hundred Flower Cakes, and cultivated afterward.
• Hua Dieyi met Shi Yue the next morning, and he followed her toward Peach Blossom Valley while suspecting her intentions.

Shi Yue discovered Hua Dieyi’s ambush in Peach Blossom Valley and fought back with his spirit beasts. After Black Phoenix, Yellow Wind Ox, and the Spirit Devouring Bees overwhelmed their opponents’ creatures, Black Phoenix swooped toward Hua Dieyi.

• Shi Yue exposed Hua Dieyi’s plan and called out Xu Le and the four accomplices hiding in Peach Blossom Valley.
• Xu Le and the others attacked Shi Yue and his spirit beasts, but Shi Yue protected himself with a Golden Small Umbrella.
• Black Phoenix burned Xu Le’s Green Light Eagle, the Spirit Devouring Bees swarmed Hua Dieyi’s Black Butterflies, and Yellow Wind Ox killed a Unicorn Rhinoceros.
• Black Phoenix swooped toward Hua Dieyi as Xu Le warned her to be careful.

Shi Yue’s spirit beasts overwhelmed Hua Dieyi and her companions, while Shi Yue used the Heavenly Thunder Technique to bring down the fleeing Xu Le. The battle ended with Shi Yue recalling his spirit beasts and reflecting on the limits of his lightning reserves.

• The Black Phoenix burned through Hua Dieyi’s defenses and killed her, while the Spirit Devouring Bees and Yellow Wind Ox attacked the middle-aged man.
• The Yellow Wind Ox and Spirit Devouring Bees broke the middle-aged man’s shield, and the yellow flying swords pierced him as he fell.
• The Black Phoenix destroyed the young man in blue’s shield and killed him, then the Yellow Wind Ox and flying swords killed the young man in green.
• Xu Le fled with a Silver Talisman and used two green beads to stall the Black Phoenix, but Shi Yue struck him down with Silver Lightning from the Heavenly Thunder Technique.
• The Black Phoenix caught Xu Le’s corpse and returned to Shi Yue, who recalled the Black Phoenix, Yellow Wind Ox, and Spirit Devouring Bees into their Spirit Beast Bags.

Shi Yue escaped a Core Formation cultivator with Jin’er’s help after defeating Xu Le and his companions. He hid in a cave and worried about Jin’er until she returned injured.

• Shi Yue searched the defeated men and discovered that a Core Formation cultivator in a yellow robe had been watching him.
• The Yellow Robe Big Man demanded Shi Yue’s Storage Bags and threatened to plant a restriction in him, but Shi Yue refused.
• Shi Yue summoned Jin’er, who trapped the cultivator’s halberd in a golden net while Shi Yue escaped with a Wood Escape Talisman.
• Shi Yue fled to a secluded cave and waited anxiously for Jin’er, unable to control her from a distance.
• Jin’er returned to the cave pale and injured, and Shi Yue hurried to ask if she was all right.

Shi Yue recovered Jin'er and counted the spoils from the battle, while the leaders of the Great Tang Five Sects planned a joint market to lure a Nascent Soul ghost cultivator. The chapter ended with a woman in black leaving the closed Immortal Herb Pavilion after Sheng Dong failed to tell her when Li Muxian would return.

• Shi Yue brought Jin'er into Palm Heaven Space, fed his spirit pets, and counted 110,000 Spirit Stones, twenty-one spirit artifacts, and other valuables taken from Xu Le and four others.
• Dugu Xin, Zhang Yun, Lin Zhennan, and Li Xue discussed the attacks on the sects and agreed to establish a joint market as bait for the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator.
• Dugu Xin proposed that the five sects establish the market at Yunlong Mountain, with him overseeing it and the other leaders taking turns sending a Nascent Soul Cultivator to guard it.
• A woman in black questioned Sheng Dong outside the closed Immortal Herb Pavilion about Li Muxian, then left after Sheng Dong could not say when he would return.

Shi Yue returned to the Immortal Herb Pavilion, told Li Yan to suspend business while she cultivated, and replenished his spirit herbs in the Palm Heaven Space. He discussed ways to store more Lightning Power with Xiaoyaozi, then resumed training against Heavenly Thunder.

• Shi Yue returned to Sanxin Market, met Sheng Dong, and reunited with Li Yan, who had reached Qi Refining Level 10.
• Shi Yue told Li Yan to close the Immortal Herb Pavilion for two months and focus on cultivation because the outside world was unsettled.
• Shi Yue sold the loot from Xu Le and four others for over a hundred thousand Spirit Stones and planted five hundred spirit herbs in the Palm Heaven Space.
• Shi Yue gave Spirit Honey to Yin'er and Jin'er, who shared it, and asked Xiaoyaozi how to store more Lightning Power.
• Xiaoyaozi explained that a Level Five or higher Profound Thunder Turtle might contain a Lightning Absorbing Stone, but Shi Yue had few practical options for gaining one.
• Shi Yue continued Heavenly Thunder Technique training, withstanding increasingly powerful Silver Lightning strikes from Xiaoyaozi.

With business declining in Sanxin Market, its leaders planned a major auction for six months later and invited Immortal Herb Pavilion to participate. Meanwhile, Dugu Xin sensed a possible threat in Antai Market and ordered the patrols to mobilize, as a mysterious woman watched.

• Shi Yue delivered Zhang Feng’s Spirit Herbs, and Zhang Feng left them in the pavilion while promising to pay the remaining 720,000 Spirit Stones in two days.
• Li Liang reported that 221 shops had closed, and Li Yuanhua and Elder Bai chose to hold Sanxin Market’s largest auction six months later and invite Immortal Herb Pavilion to help.
• A Middle-aged Beautiful Woman entered Antai Market, where rogue cultivators discussed settling down after hiding in the mortal world.
• Dugu Xin sensed a possible Nascent Soul ghost cultivator or someone of the same path, sent a Sound Transmission Talisman, and prompted patrols and the market barrier to activate.
• Li Liang asked Shi Yue to help plan the auction and contribute valuable, preferably rare, goods.

Shi Yue agreed to provide rare herbs and a Spirit Artifact for a large auction to promote the Immortal Herb Pavilion and gain experience for his future merchant association. After Zhang Hanlin paid the balance for the Zhang Family’s order, Shi Yue negotiated a regular supply contract with him.

• Shi Yue agreed to provide a rare Thousand-Year Spirit Herb for the auction and said he might also supply a second Finale Auction Item, a set of High-Grade Spirit Artifacts.
• Shi Yue told Xiaoyaozi that he hoped to use the auction to build the Immortal Herb Pavilion’s influence and gain experience for running a large-scale merchant association.
• Zhang Hanlin and Zhang Feng visited the pavilion, inspected their ordered Spirit Herbs, and asked Shi Yue for regular supplies.
• Shi Yue proposed delivering three thousand common Hundred-Year Spirit Herbs every six months in exchange for a deposit of four hundred and thirty thousand Spirit Stones, and Zhang Hanlin agreed.
• Zhang Hanlin paid the remaining balance for the Zhang Family’s earlier order and gave Shi Yue an extra thirty thousand Spirit Stones as thanks.
• Shi Yue confirmed the payment and asked Zhang Hanlin about the deposit for their new supply deal.

Shi Yue shared his profits with Li Yan, paid Xiaoyaozi part of his debt, and completed Zhang Hanlin’s herb order before secretly leaving Sanxin Market. At Antai Market, a deliberate explosion killed and injured many people, and Dugu Xin and Lin Zhennan began responding to the attack.

• Shi Yue gave Li Yan fifty thousand Spirit Stones and paid Xiaoyaozi three hundred thousand Spirit Stones, then checked his maturing Spirit Herbs and was struck by Silver Lightning.
• Murong Xiaoxiao asked Murong Feng to let her return to Sanxin Market to order more Spirit Herbs, but he refused until the Great Tang’s turmoil settled.
• Zhang Hanlin paid Shi Yue a deposit of four hundred and thirty thousand Spirit Stones, and Shi Yue gave him a claim ticket and an Immortal Herb Pavilion VIP token.
• Shi Yue told Li Yan to stay inside the pavilion while he was away, then quietly left Sanxin Market several days later.
• Explosions and fires broke out in Antai Market, killing thirty-five people and injuring seventy-eight, and Dugu Xin ordered everyone to return to their quarters.
• Dugu Xin and Lin Zhennan learned from Junior Nephew Chen that the explosion appeared deliberate.

Shi Yue returned to Taixu Sect and began using a third-grade Moving Mountain Array to transfer the Spirit Eye Spring from Green Cloud Peak into Palm Heaven Space. The array’s disturbance alerted Yuan Yan, who went to investigate.

• Dugu Xin ordered Antai Market’s cultivators to check everyone’s identity and arrest those whose origins were unclear after a Nascent Soul ghost cultivator appeared.
• A woman in black watched Antai Market and said that continued chaos in the Great Tang Cultivation World benefited her husband.
• Shi Yue returned to Taixu Sect, showed his Identity Token to the patrol, and flew to Green Cloud Peak.
• Shi Yue set up the Moving Mountain Array around the Spirit Eye Spring and began shrinking it for transfer into Palm Heaven Space.
• A violent tremor interrupted Yuan Yan’s meditation, and Lin Qing hurried to meet her as she went to investigate.

Shi Yue returned to Taixu Sect after reaching Foundation Establishment and secretly moved the Spirit Eye Spring into a bead, causing Green Cloud Peak to shake. After reporting to Yuan Yan and visiting the Law Enforcement Hall, he went to meet Zhou Zhenyu.

• Shi Yue used the Mountain-Moving Formation to turn the Spirit Eye Spring into a yellow bead, shaking Green Cloud Peak and nearly exposing himself.
• Lin Qing found Shi Yue and escorted him to Yuan Yan, who doubled his cultivation resources and warned him to stay in the sect amid turmoil in Great Tang.
• Shi Yue lied to Yuan Yan that he had traveled around North Yan before returning when he heard of trouble in Great Tang.
• Lin Qing told Yuan Yan she suspected Shi Yue was hiding something, but Yuan Yan said that was acceptable as long as he stayed loyal to the sect.
• Shi Yue went to the Law Enforcement Hall, spoke with Chen Tianhe, and requested an audience with Zhou Zhenyu.
• Zhou Zhenyu called Shi Yue into his pavilion, leaving Shi Yue apprehensive that he might be confined again.

Shi Yue returned to the sect and asked Zhou Zhenyu about trading for a Thousand-Year Spirit Herb, then visited Murong Xiaoxiao to seek help acquiring three thousand Spirit Herbs. Murong Xiaoxiao warned that helping him could reveal his dealings to the sect leader and asked whether he had a convincing excuse.

• Zhou Zhenyu praised Shi Yue's cultivation, scolded him for escaping before, and told him to remain in the sect amid the turmoil.
• Shi Yue told Zhou Zhenyu that Li Muxian of Immortal Herb Pavilion might trade a Thousand-Year Spirit Herb for two Eight Hundred Year Spirit Herbs, but Zhou Zhenyu had no suitable herbs and told him to ask about reserving one with Spirit Stones.
• Shi Yue went to Peach Blossom Valley and met Murong Xiaoxiao, who welcomed him and served him tea and Peach Blossom Cakes.
• Shi Yue claimed he needed three thousand sixty-year-old commonly used Spirit Herbs for a delayed customer order and asked Murong Xiaoxiao to help him obtain them.
• Murong Xiaoxiao asked how Shi Yue could hide the purchase from the sect leader while he was not using Li Muxian's identity.