Chapter Summaries

Shi Yue planned to use rare Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs to raise the Immortal Herb Pavilion’s profile and acquired two cultivation techniques for women from Xiaoyaozi. Meanwhile, Murong Feng approved a Spirit Herb deal supposedly requested by Li Muxian and sent Zhou Tongtian to handle it discreetly.

• Shi Yue told Murong Xiaoxiao that Li Muxian wanted commonly used Spirit Herbs from Taixu Sect, and she agreed to ask around while giving him Peach Blossom Cakes and tea.
• Shi Yue brought the treats to Palm Heaven Space for Jin'er and Yin'er, then told Xiaoyaozi he planned to auction a Thousand-Year Snow Orchid and other rare Spirit Herbs.
• Shi Yue bought the Nine Yuan Jade Spirit Art and Heavenly Flame Secret Codex from Xiaoyaozi on credit.
• Zhou Tongtian told Murong Feng that Li Muxian wanted three thousand commonly used sixty-year-old Spirit Herbs, supposedly to fulfill an Immortal Herb Pavilion order.
• Murong Feng approved the deal and ordered Zhou Tongtian to take the herbs to Sanxin Market and make the exchange with Li Muxian himself.

Shi Yue learned that Taixu Sect had agreed to Li Muxian’s request, then answered Zhou Tongtian’s questions about how he knew Li Muxian. Murong Feng revealed she had summoned Shi Yue out of curiosity about his connection to Li Muxian and suspected Li Muxian’s favor to the sect might be owed to him.

• Murong Xiaoxiao told Shi Yue that Sect Leader Uncle had agreed to the trade with Li Muxian, which would take place at Sanxin Market.
• Fang Ming summoned Shi Yue to the Ancestral Master Hall, where Zhou Tongtian questioned him about meeting Li Muxian and passing along his message.
• Shi Yue explained how he met Li Muxian and was told to relay the message only to Murong Xiaoxiao, and Zhou Tongtian awarded him five thousand Contribution Points.
• After Shi Yue left, Murong Feng told Zhou Tongtian she had wanted to see Shi Yue’s descendant and wondered whether Li Muxian’s favor to Taixu Sect was owed to Shi Yue.

Shi Yue discovered that Qin Ming had dismissed and burdened Wang Fugui after Wang befriended him, and confronted Qin while seeking five thousand Contribution Points. The chapter ended with Qin asking Shi Yue to follow him and explain how he had earned the points.

• Murong Feng ordered Zhou Tongtian to gather Li Muxian’s requested Spirit Herbs and deliver them to Sanxin Market within three days.
• Shi Yue found Wang Fugui looking gaunt outside the Deacon Hall and learned Qin Ming had dismissed him for allegedly embezzling Spirit Stones.
• Shi Yue learned Qin Ming was demanding that Wang repay twenty thousand Spirit Stones within three days or face the Law Enforcement Hall and possible expulsion.
• Qin Ming berated Wang Fugui, and Shi Yue stepped in, telling Wang to correct his mistake before asking Qin to process five thousand Contribution Points.
• Qin Ming recognized Shi Yue as the person the Sect Leader had mentioned and asked him to come along and explain how he had earned the Contribution Points.

Shi Yue pressured Qin Ming over Deacon Hall’s misconduct and challenged him to a wagered spar, with Qin Ming betting a Black Scale Turtle shell against Shi Yue’s Azure Cloud Boat. The chapter ended as Qin Ming fortified himself behind a defensive spirit tool and the Three Talents Thick Earth Array, confident Shi Yue could not break through in three strikes.

• Shi Yue confronted Qin Ming over his absence from Deacon Hall and demanded that Wang Fugui repay the Spirit Stones while threatening to involve Law Enforcement Hall.
• Qin Ming transferred five thousand Contribution Points to Shi Yue, and they traveled with witnesses to Shi Yue’s residence to spar.
• Qin Ming tried to change the wager, but Shi Yue insisted that Deacon Hall be investigated; Qin Ming then offered a fourth-level Black Scale Turtle shell if Shi Yue defeated him within five moves.
• Shi Yue wagered the Azure Cloud Boat and declared that he would defeat Qin Ming in three strikes.
• Qin Ming deployed a defensive spirit tool and the Three Talents Thick Earth Array, while Shi Yue dismissed the array’s strength.

Shi Yue defeated Qin Ming, claimed the Black Scale Turtle's Shell, and promised Wang Fugui a post at the Law Enforcement Hall. Elsewhere, cultivators in the Pingyang Mountain Range killed a Red-Crested Python and hurried away before nightfall, fearing Evil Cultivators.

• Shi Yue used his Sky-Breaking Gauntlets to break through the Three Talents Thick Earth Array and Qin Ming's defensive tool, then struck Qin Ming down.
• Qin Ming accepted defeat and handed Shi Yue the Black Scale Turtle's Shell after Shi Yue reminded him of Uncle-Master Zhou at the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Shi Yue promised to find Wang Fugui a post at the Law Enforcement Hall and warned him not to use it to retaliate against Qin Ming.
• Shi Yue left on the Azure Cloud Boat after Xiaoyaozi reminded him not to delay the trade with Li Muxian.
• In the Pingyang Mountain Range, five cultivators killed a third-grade Red-Crested Python and collected its body and the Spirit Herbs nearby.
• The cultivators hurried out of the mountains, fearing Evil Cultivators after hearing that other cultivators had disappeared.

Three evil cultivators used the Dark Water Sha Ghost Array to kill five Foundation Establishment Cultivators and plundered the disorder in the Great Tang Cultivation World. At Green Python Ridge, Wang Mingxian refused to trade two scarce Foundation Establishment Pills for spirit herbs, but a sudden crash and screams interrupted his discussion with Wang Mingde.

• The Black-skirted Young Woman and two men activated the Dark Water Sha Ghost Array, killing five Foundation Establishment Cultivators and taking their belongings.
• The three evil cultivators discussed exploiting the chaos caused by a Nascent Soul ghost cultivator before order returned to the Great Tang Cultivation World, then burned the bodies and left.
• Wang Mingde urged Wang Mingxian to trade two Foundation Establishment Pills to Li Muxian for high-year Spirit Herbs, hoping Wang Mingxian could reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Wang Mingxian explained that the Wang Family had fewer than five Foundation Establishment Pills left, citing pills used by Sixth Brother's descendants and pills traded for a Top-Grade Spirit Tool.
• A deafening crash, explosions, and screams sounded outside Green Python Pavilion as Wang Mingde was about to reply.

The Hengshan Three Fiends attacked the Wang Family to take its wealth and settle an old grudge. Wang Mingxian's attempt to protect the clan and help its members escape faltered as the fiends' undead forces blocked the exits and their magic treasures overwhelmed him.

• The Dove-faced Old Man led an assault on the Wang Family residence, and Wang Mingde was killed after the three attackers ambushed him with black weapons and thunder beads.
• Wang Mingxian recognized the attackers as the Hengshan Three Fiends, who said the Wang Family had once exposed them and forced them to flee overseas.
• The Dove-faced Old Man and the other two fiends attacked Wang Mingxian with a demonic Black Seal, a blood-red saber, and a black skull.
• Wang Mingxian opened gaps in the protective barrier and urged the Wang Family members to escape, but more than a dozen Bronze Armored Corpses drove them back inside.
• The Dove-faced Old Man revealed that the fiends had gained an ancient cultivator's inheritance and learned to refine zombies after discovering a cave mansion.
• The black skull trapped Wang Mingxian's Golden Small Sword, and a ghostly roar froze him as he tried to flee.

Three brothers destroyed the Wang Family and planned to continue plundering Great Tang while blaming a Nascent Soul ghost cultivator. At Taixu Sect, Shi Yue easily defeated Wang Hu in a one-move spar before a sudden surge of spiritual energy drew everyone’s attention to the horizon.

• The Dove-faced Old Man, the Grey-robed Old Man, and the Red-robed Daoist wiped out the Wang Family and decided to rob more targets in Great Tang before leaving.
• Shi Yue hosted a banquet at Green Cloud Peak, where Lu Tianzheng congratulated him on reaching Foundation Establishment and discussed his own cultivation progress.
• Wang Hu asked Shi Yue to honor his promise to spar, and Shi Yue agreed to settle the match in one move.
• Shi Yue’s punch sent Wang Hu flying, and Wang Hu admitted defeat while Shi Yue praised the strengths of his Golden Scale Technique.
• A fierce gust swept through and spiritual energy surged toward a distant location, so Shi Yue, Murong Xiaoxiao, and the others flew up to investigate.

Li Feiyu successfully formed his core before age fifty, while Shi Yue quietly left Taixu Sect. In Qin, Uncle-Master Liu ordered the demonic sects to invade Eastern Qi in three months.

• A spiritual-energy vortex gathered over Li Feiyu’s residence as cultivators across Taixu Sect recognized his attempt to form a core.
• Murong Feng and Zhou Tongtian discussed Li Feiyu’s attempt and the gathered spirit herbs, while Zhou Zhenyu and the disciples watched the celestial phenomenon.
• After the vortex subsided, Li Feiyu celebrated his successful Core Formation and began meditating to regulate his breathing.
• News of Li Feiyu’s success spread through Taixu Sect, and Shi Yue sent Murong Xiaoxiao a Sound Transmission Talisman before quietly leaving the sect that night.
• The next morning, Zhou Tongtian and Chen Xiangdong departed with spirit herbs, while Qin Wuji reported to Uncle-Master Liu that their plans were proceeding.
• Uncle-Master Liu ordered Qin Wuji to summon the demonic sect leaders and prepare to invade Eastern Qi in three months.

A weakened man vowed revenge against Lei Yuanzi from inside a black stone coffin, while Shi Yue encountered a band of cultivator bandits at Centipede Ridge. Shi Yue killed four of them and pursued their leader, Lu Kun, leaving Xiaoyaozi urging him to profit from the chaos.

• After Qin Wuji left, a middle-aged man emerged from the Black Stone Coffin, cursed Lei Yuanzi, and returned to the coffin to recover his strength.
• Lu Kun, a rogue cultivator from Western Han, gathered four companions and began robbing cultivators traveling through Centipede Ridge.
• Lu Kun and his companions ambushed Shi Yue, but Shi Yue blocked their attacks with eighteen Li Fire Swords and struck back with a giant sword.
• Lu Kun escaped with a Wood Escape Talisman, while Shi Yue's sword killed Lu Kun's four companions.
• Shi Yue collected the fallen spirit artifacts and valuables, then sent Black Phoenix after Lu Kun as he discussed the Great Tang's disorder with Xiaoyaozi.
• Xiaoyaozi urged Shi Yue to rob small cultivation families for Spirit Stones, and Shi Yue questioned whether the Heaven Controlling Bead's previous owner had done the same.

Shi Yue hunted down Lu Kun and killed him, obtaining his valuable belongings and a high-grade Puppet Beast. At Sanxin Market, Zhou Tongtian and Chen Xiangdong learned that Li Muxian was absent and decided to wait for him to return.

• Shi Yue burned the corpses of his earlier victims and pursued Lu Kun to a valley, where Lu Kun hid inside a disguised pangolin puppet.
• Shi Yue used Black Phoenix's flames, a rain talisman, and Spirit Devouring Bees to expose Lu Kun and kill him.
• Shi Yue searched Lu Kun's Storage Bag, found valuable goods and Artifact Refining Materials, and took the pale black Puppet Beast bead.
• Zhou Tongtian and Chen Xiangdong visited Taixu Pavilion and asked Lin Qiao whether Immortal Herb Pavilion had reopened and whether Li Muxian could be contacted.
• Lin Qiao sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to Immortal Herb Pavilion, but Li Muxian did not reply, so Zhou Tongtian decided to wait for his return.

Xie Dahu fled the mountains after mistaking flying cultivators for immortals, while Ancient Sword Sect disciples fought the reappeared Yin Corpse Sect. The disciples’ barrier was close to breaking when a streak of red light approached.

• Xie Dahu missed a herd of elk when a fireball crashed nearby, then saw cultivators flying overhead and fled without retrieving his arrows.
• Four Ancient Sword Sect disciples fought bronze-armored zombies while eight gray-robed Yin Corpse Sect cultivators surrounded them.
• Senior Brother Chen urged Liu He and Junior Brother Li to escape and warn their master that the Yin Corpse Sect had returned, but Liu He refused to abandon the others.
• The scarred middle-aged Yin Corpse Sect cultivator summoned Giant Skeletons and Bone Corpses, then used corrosive black liquid to break the disciples’ combined sword attack.
• The Yin Corpse Sect forces battered the disciples’ barrier until a streak of red light appeared on the horizon, drawing the scarred cultivator’s attention.

Shi Yue, disguised as Li Muxian, joined Liu He’s fight against the Yin Corpse Sect remnants after learning they had destroyed several Cultivation Families. He killed seven gray-robed cultivators, but the middle-aged leader escaped and sent an explosive bead at Black Phoenix.

• Shi Yue agreed to help Liu He after hearing that the Yin Corpse Sect remnants had wiped out several Cultivation Families and carried valuable loot.
• The middle-aged leader attacked Shi Yue with a bone bird and a giant skull, but Black Phoenix’s flames burned the bird and Shi Yue’s Li Fire Swords destroyed it.
• The leader trapped Shi Yue in a black net and stunned him with a bell, but Shi Yue broke free with a Silver Lightning Ball and struck the skull with an iron rod.
• Shi Yue’s Li Fire Swords split apart and killed seven gray-robed cultivators, prompting the middle-aged leader to flee using a Black Talisman.
• Shi Yue sent Black Phoenix after the fleeing leader, who launched a Black Round Bead that exploded into a Black Thundercloud near the bird.

Shi Yue defeated the Yin Corpse Sect cultivators, rescued Liu He and his companions, and collected the fallen enemies’ belongings. After returning to Sanxin Market, he refused to meet Chen Xiangdong at Taixu Pavilion and prepared to reopen Immortal Herb Pavilion while sorting through his spoils.

• Shi Yue used lightning, his Li Fire Swords, and Black Phoenix to defeat the middle-aged cultivator and destroy the Bronze Armored Corpses, while Liu He and his companions eliminated the Bone Corpses.
• Shi Yue searched the seven gray-robed cultivators and took their belongings, then learned from Liu He that the attackers were likely remnants of the Yin Corpse Sect.
• Shi Yue left Liu He and the others to report the incident to their sect and flew back to Sanxin Market several days later.
• A Taixu Sect disciple invited Shi Yue to meet Chen Xiangdong at Taixu Pavilion, but Shi Yue told him to come to Immortal Herb Pavilion instead.
• Shi Yue told Li Yan to stay inside while he handled the shop, then entered Palm Heaven Space and began sorting the eight black Storage Bags.

Shi Yue discovered a map pointing to the Yin Corpse Sect's hidden treasure and recognized the location as Li Family Village. He opened Li Yan's heirloom box with Lightning Power and found a Lightning Absorbing Bead, whose rarity Xiaoyaozi explained.

• Shi Yue found a treasure map among the Yin Corpse Sect cultivators' spoils and learned from a Jade Slip that it might lead to the sect's lost wealth.
• Shi Yue recognized the map's location as Li Family Village, where Yan'er had lived.
• Shi Yue struck Li Yan's sealed wooden box with Silver Lightning Balls until the Gold Talisman burned away.
• Shi Yue opened the box and found a Purple Bead inside.
• Xiaoyaozi identified the Purple Bead as a Lightning Absorbing Bead from a Thunder Kui and said it let cultivators control Lightning Power without a Lightning Spiritual Root.

Shi Yue learned how to refine the Lightning Absorbing Bead, began tempering it, and met with Taixu Sect leaders to trade for Spirit Herbs. The meeting ended with Chen Xiangdong asking whether he had offended Shi Yue, who asked after fellow Daoist Shi Yue.

• Xiaoyaozi explained that Shi Yue could refine the Lightning Absorbing Bead at the Foundation Establishment Realm and charged him three hundred thousand Spirit Stones for the method.
• Shi Yue bought Artifact Refining Material and began tempering the Lightning Absorbing Bead inside Palm Heaven Space.
• Zhou Tongtian and Chen Xiangdong visited Immortal Herb Pavilion, where Shi Yue accepted and checked their delivery of three thousand Spirit Herbs.
• Shi Yue paid for the herbs and agreed to pass along Zhou Tongtian's request for three Thousand-Year Purple Nether Flowers.
• Chen Xiangdong asked whether he had offended Shi Yue, and Shi Yue denied it before asking how fellow Daoist Shi Yue was doing.

Shi Yue cultivated the Heavenly Thunder Technique in Palm Heaven Space, arranged for Jin'er and Yin'er to plant Spirit Herbs, and prepared to seek the Yin Corpse Sect's treasure. Meanwhile, Zhou Tongtian and Chen Xiangdong considered their return route, while Dugu Xin and Lin Zhennan discussed the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator's growing threat.

• Shi Yue closed Immortal Herb Pavilion after Zhou Tongtian and Chen Xiangdong departed, then tested the power stored in his Lightning Absorbing Bead.
• Xiaoyaozi suggested that Shi Yue seek the Yin Corpse Sect's treasure, and Shi Yue agreed to go after more cultivation.
• Shi Yue gave Jin'er Spirit Herbs to plant and allowed her and Yin'er to eat some Spirit Honey while warning Yin'er not to overindulge.
• Shi Yue resumed cultivating the Heavenly Thunder Technique before setting out for the Yin Corpse Sect's treasure.
• At Taixu Pavilion, Zhou Tongtian and Chen Xiangdong dismissed the idea that Li Muxian and Shi Yue were the same person and planned to contact Martial Aunt Murong about their journey home.
• At Antai Market, Dugu Xin and Lin Zhennan discussed the Wang Family of Green Python Ridge's destruction and their inability to guard against the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator.

Dugu Xin and Lin Zhennan discussed how the Five Sects should respond to the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator’s growing threat, while Shi Yue mastered the Lightning Robe Technique and set out to earn Spirit Stones. A month later, he reached Li Family Village and found it empty despite the houses remaining intact.

• Dugu Xin and Lin Zhennan agreed to send Core Formation Cultivators from their two sects to investigate Great Qin separately.
• Murong Feng learned that the Wang Family of Green Python Ridge had been wiped out and found out that Shi Yue was not at the sect.
• Shi Yue mastered the Lightning Robe Technique in less than half a month, surprising Xiaoyaozi, and said he would seek the Yin Corpse Sect’s treasure.
• Shi Yue declined Qu Feiyan’s invitation to tea, saying he would come after earning a million Spirit Stones, then left the Immortal Herb Pavilion.
• A month later, Shi Yue arrived at Li Family Village and found no villagers there, though the houses were intact.

Shi Yue discovered that the Wu Sheng Sect was turning villagers into Walking Corpses while searching for treasure. Surrounded by five Foundation Establishment cultivators, he learned they also possessed a Treasure Map, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Shi Yue arrived at a Narrow Valley and saw villagers with vacant eyes hauling boulders as Qi Refining cultivators watched.
• Shi Yue identified the villagers as Walking Corpses and questioned the Wu Sheng Sect’s presence, prompting its cultivators to surround him.
• Shi Yue exposed the three hidden cultivators and revealed his Lightning Cultivator and Sword Cultivator abilities, making the five wary.
• Shi Yue guessed that the Wu Sheng Sect cultivators were searching for treasure, and their reactions confirmed his suspicion.
• The Young Woman in Green Skirt demanded Shi Yue produce his Treasure Map, and Shi Yue admitted he had one while asking whether theirs matched.
• The Daoist in Blue Robe threatened to kill Shi Yue and take his map, leaving the confrontation on the verge of battle.

Shi Yue negotiated with five cultivators searching for the Yin Corpse Sect’s treasure and agreed to cooperate after they swore not to attack him. The group introduced themselves and prepared to return to their cave to plan the search.

• Shi Yue deduced that the others had incomplete Treasure Maps and warned that he would destroy his own map if they attacked him.
• Lin Cai proposed working together, but Liu Chen threatened Shi Yue and summoned black beetles while another cultivator readied flying knives.
• Shi Yue agreed to help search only after the group swore by their Inner Demons not to attack him, though he privately remained wary of their intentions.
• Lin Cai, Liu Chen, Wang Yuan, Mu Qian, and Zhao Shan introduced themselves to Shi Yue, who gave his name as Li Bai.
• Liu Chen proposed returning to the cave to discuss their next steps and ordered Wang Yuan and Mu Qian to keep watch.