Chapter Summaries

At an underground auction, Shi Yue bought Jade Cold Ginseng and won the Lightning Storm Talisman after bidding against a woman from Colorful Clouds Valley. He left safely and returned to Palm Heaven Space, where he revealed two High-Grade Spirit Artifacts he had refined.

• Shi Yue bid twelve thousand Spirit Stones for seven-hundred-year-old Jade Cold Ginseng.
• A blue-robed Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivator bought the Ice Soul Ruler for one hundred and twenty thousand Spirit Stones after outbidding a woman from Colorful Clouds Valley.
• Shi Yue won the Lightning Storm Talisman with a bid of one hundred and ten thousand Spirit Stones.
• A black-robed cultivator escorted Shi Yue out of Xu Ji Grocery Store, and he left without being followed.
• Shi Yue entered Palm Heaven Space and brought out a Black Shield and a red longbow, the two High-Grade Spirit Artifacts he had refined using Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.

Shi Yue strengthened his Black Scale Shield and returned to Sanxin Market, where he resumed cultivating. Meanwhile, Great Qin cultivators attacked Black Eagle City, and a Head Monk emerged to confront the besiegers.

• Shi Yue used an array to refine Purple Gold Stone into the Black Scale Shield, strengthening it with the essence soul of a fourth-level Demonic Bear.
• Shi Yue began refining a red arrow with a demonic bird's essence soul, then left Antai Market and returned to Sanxin Market a little over a month later.
• Shi Yue reunited with Li Yan, learned that the Market Town Management Office had been looking for him, and resumed cultivating the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art.
• Song Xian and his patrol were caught in a sudden attack as explosions and fires erupted across Black Eagle City, prompting the city's Core Formation Cultivators to raise its protective barrier.
• Several hundred black-clad cultivators surrounded Black Eagle City, and a disheveled Head Monk flew through the barrier to face their leaders.

A Head Monk fought a Nascent Soul Middle Stage man and a Nascent Soul Early Stage woman who attacked him with black forks and Bone Corpses. He summoned powerful Buddhist treasures to hold them off and was still pressing the attack with a blazing crimson firebird as he waited for Green Light Temple to send help.

• The middle-aged man and the Middle-aged Beautiful Woman attacked the Head Monk with black forks and two Bone Corpses.
• The Head Monk summoned a crimson python and a Red Round Bowl to battle the Bone Corpses and fend off the black forks.
• The Head Monk used more than a hundred Red Short Rulers to slow a black giant fork formed from the three black forks.
• The Head Monk brought out his ancient lamp and sent a Red Firebird to clash with the black firebird created by his opponent.
• The Head Monk enlarged the Red Firebird and sent it racing after the black giant fork, forcing the middle-aged man to dodge.

A Demonic Dao Cultivator spy destroyed Black Eagle City's Communication Array and killed Senior Brother Li, leaving the round-faced Head Monk without reinforcements. As he fled, the Middle-aged Man and Middle-aged Beautiful Woman trapped him with a Ghostly Creature, a bell, and three deadly arrows.

• The Bone Dragon tore apart the Crimson Giant Python, while the Bone Bird and Bone Flood Dragon attacked the round-faced Head Monk.
• The Middle-aged Beautiful Woman revealed that she had always served the Demonic Dao Cultivators, then killed Senior Brother Li after he refused to join her.
• The Head Monk realized Black Eagle City's Communication Array had likely been destroyed and fled after deciding he could not win against his two opponents.
• The Middle-aged Man froze the Head Monk's Red Short Rulers with a Black Mirror, while the Middle-aged Beautiful Woman's bell and a Nascent Soul Realm Ghostly Creature slowed his escape.
• The Middle-aged Man fired three Black Arrows that became Black Ghost Faces, and the Head Monk faltered under their attack and the bell's influence.

The Heavenly Demon Sect destroyed Black Eagle City and began its invasion of Eastern Qi, while Shi Yue prepared to promote an auction featuring Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs. Qin Wuji demanded that Eastern Qi’s sects either surrender their territory or be destroyed, and the chapter ended with a report being made inside North Foothill Hall.

• Three Black Ghost Faces swallowed the round-faced Head Monk’s Mini Nascent Soul, and Uncle-Master Zhao ordered his forces to enter Black Eagle City and kill its defenders.
• Shi Yue told Li Liang that the auction would feature several Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs, including a Thousand-Year Snow Lotus Flower, then returned to cultivation.
• A report to Qin Wuji said the invasion of Eastern Qi was progressing, and Qin ordered its sects to evacuate or face annihilation.
• Qin Wuji ordered his forces to conquer Eastern Qi within half a year and privately said he wanted to reach the Spirit Transmutation Realm.
• An elderly man in white robes reported to a pale, beardless scholar inside North Foothill Hall.

The Middle-aged Scholar learned that Great Qin’s Demonic Dao had invaded Eastern Qi and that Black Eagle City had fallen, then prepared to meet the other sect leaders. Meanwhile, a suspicious Green-robed Scholar had infiltrated Northern Foothills Academy, and invaders in the Yunlong Mountains doubted Qin Wuji’s half-year timetable for conquering Eastern Qi.

• The Green-robed Scholar claimed Demonic Dao cultivators had destroyed the Zhao Family branch and killed Junior Sister Chen, then secretly smiled after the Middle-aged Scholar left.
• Master Wu Ming told the Middle-aged Scholar that Black Eagle City had fallen, Master Wu De had been killed, and a spy had concealed the news.
• The Middle-aged Scholar agreed to meet the leaders of the other sects at Green Light Temple and ordered Disciple Liu to activate part of the Sect Protection Array and investigate Junior Nephew Sun discreetly.
• In the Yunlong Mountains, a middle-aged man criticized Qin Wuji’s plan to conquer Eastern Qi in half a year, while the Middle-aged Beautiful Woman noted Qin Wuji’s Nascent Soul Late Stage and agreed the deadline was tight.

As Great Qin invaded Eastern Qi, leaders in Great Tang debated how to respond while suspecting Qin Wuji had gained power from a demonic eye. At Myriad Beasts Palace, Zhang Yun was confronted by a sudden explosion just as the sect considered reopening its markets.

• A Middle-aged Beautiful Woman and a middle-aged man agreed to leave Qin Wuji to lead the invasion of Eastern Qi and speculated that he had refined an ancient Devil Race eye.
• Dugu Xin and Lin Zhennan concluded that Great Tang should help prevent Eastern Qi from falling and decided to contact the Cultivation Sects in Northern Yan about joining forces against Great Qin.
• Gu Tianqi told Zhang Yun that the Myriad Beasts Sect had enjoyed several peaceful months and suggested reopening some markets with protective formations and Teleportation Arrays.
• A deafening explosion shook Myriad Beasts Palace, and Zhang Yun flew outside to investigate.

Zhang Yun and the Myriad Beasts Sect faced an attack by an identical pair of Nascent Soul Cultivators, prompting the sects to strengthen their defenses. Meanwhile, Shi Yue emerged from more than ten years of cultivation in Palm Heaven Space having reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

• A Middle-aged Beautiful Woman attacked the Myriad Beasts Sect’s protective array, and Zhang Yun confronted her while Senior Brother Li guarded the Main Sect.
• Zhang Yun captured the attacker’s Black Round Beads with her Silver Small Pagoda and pursued her, but the fleeing woman proved to be an Incarnation Talisman.
• A second, identical Middle-aged Beautiful Woman appeared after Zhang Yun left, then fled when she realized the Main Sect was guarded by a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Zhang Yun returned and learned that the real attacker had escaped; she and Senior Brother Li decided to strengthen defenses and warn other sects.
• The Ancient Sword Sect notified the Taixu Sect, Wind Fire Sect, and Colorful Clouds Valley, and all three strengthened their defenses.
• Shi Yue finished cultivating in Palm Heaven Space and reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage after more than ten years inside.

After advancing to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, Shi Yue refined the Azure Dragon Sword and tested how long he could wield the magic treasure. He then refined the Azure Luan Sword and the Black Scale Armor.

• Xiaoyaozi reminded Shi Yue that the auction would begin in about a month and a half, but Shi Yue decided to test whether he could use a magic treasure before leaving the marketplace.
• Shi Yue spent more than three hours and over a dozen drops of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk refining the Azure Dragon Sword, which transformed into an azure flood dragon before settling back into sword form.
• Shi Yue tested the Azure Dragon Sword and wielded it for nearly ten breaths before his magic power ran low and the sword fell to the ground.
• Shi Yue said he wanted to find out whether he could fight a Core Formation Cultivator and then brought out the Azure Luan Sword.
• Shi Yue refined the Azure Luan Sword without using Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and named the young sect leader of the Yin Corpse Sect's inner armor the Black Scale Armor.

Shi Yue left Palm Heaven Space and traveled away as Murong Feng weighed Taixu Sect’s safety against joining an alliance against Great Qin. At Black Crocodile Pool, a battered man in blue robes fled an island but was confronted by one of the Hengshan Three Fiends.

• Shi Yue promised Yin'er tasty food and told her to learn to care for Spirit Herbs before leaving Palm Heaven Space.
• Murong Feng told Dugu Xin she could not leave Taixu Sect, but agreed to send an empowered representative if the talks with Northern Yan’s sects succeeded.
• Murong Feng urged Zhou Tongtian to cultivate toward Nascent Soul and ordered him to seek a Thousand-Year Purple Nether Flower for Zhou Zhenyu.
• Murong Feng ordered Zhou Tongtian to monitor Shi Yue and tell him to stay in his residence if he returned.
• A blue-robed man escaped the island at Black Crocodile Pool, and a voice identifying the Hengshan Three Fiends challenged his attempt to flee.

The Hengshan Three Fiends wiped out the Bai Family and decided to raid cultivation families in Northern Yan. In Hundred Spirit Valley, Shi Yue prepared for the Sanxin Market auction, then entered a teahouse and learned that all its private rooms were occupied.

• The Hengshan Three Fiends killed a blue-robed man and finished destroying the Bai Family of Black Crocodile Pool.
• The Dove-faced Old Man persuaded the Red-robed Daoist and Grey-robed Old Man to loot the Bai Family and then seek targets in Northern Yan.
• Shi Yue visited Thousand Spirit Pavilion to buy bear-type Monster Beast Blood and planned to reforge his Li Fire Swords with materials bought in Hundred Spirit Valley.
• Shi Yue heard a promotion for the upcoming Sanxin Market auction and was pleased that more attendees might increase his gains.
• Shi Yue entered a teahouse and asked for a private room, but the young attendant told him they were all occupied.

Shi Yue learned that Great Qin’s Demonic Dao had invaded Eastern Qi and planned to return to Great Tang after the auction to prepare. At the front, Great Qin’s leaders withdrew their troops while they reconsidered how to break the stalemate.

• Shi Yue overheard cultivators discuss Great Qin’s invasion of Eastern Qi and the destruction of Black Eagle City, then decided to return to Great Tang after the auction.
• Shi Yue left the teahouse and flew away on Black Phoenix.
• In Eastern Qi, Great Qin’s commanders debated their stalled campaign and the arrival of reinforcements.
• The Purple-robed Elder agreed to discuss the situation with Qin Wuji, and the commanders ordered their troops to withdraw.
• A Middle-aged Scholar on the White Giant City’s wall noticed that the Demonic Dao forces had retreated.

Eastern Qi's cultivators agreed to seek help from Northern Yan and Great Tang against Great Qin, while the Hengshan Three Fiends pursued two survivors in Northern Yan. Shi Yue encountered the fleeing Yang Hao and his Core Formation pursuer, and Yang Hao's desperate flight left Shi Yue with a bad feeling.

• Madam Wu, Fellow Daoist Su, the Middle-aged Scholar, and the white-robed monk agreed to contact Northern Yan and Great Tang for aid against the Demonic Dao.
• The Hengshan Three Fiends attacked the Yang Family, and the Dove-faced Old Man sent the Grey-robed Old Man and Red-robed Daoist after two escapees while he stayed to loot the site.
• Yang Hao used multiple Escape Talismans and a pill to flee the Red-robed Daoist, who continued tracking him with his divine sense.
• Shi Yue spotted Yang Hao fleeing from a Core Formation Cultivator and brought Black Phoenix down toward the ground.
• Yang Hao followed Shi Yue down, and Shi Yue felt an ominous premonition as the pursuer closed in.

Shi Yue was forced into battle with the Red-robed Daoist, a Core Formation Cultivator who killed Yang Hao and coveted Shi Yue’s magic treasure. After the Daoist immobilized most of Shi Yue’s attacks, Shi Yue turned to the Heavenly Thunder Technique, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Yang Hao tried to make Shi Yue flee and report the destruction of the Yang Family, but the Red-robed Daoist arrived and killed him.
• The Red-robed Daoist attacked Shi Yue and demanded his Azure Dragon Sword; Shi Yue refused and transformed the sword into a green flood dragon to fight back.
• Shi Yue used Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to replenish his magical power, then unleashed several Spirit Tools and magic treasures against the Daoist.
• The Red-robed Daoist used a red mirror to freeze several of Shi Yue’s attacks, while his Crimson Giant Python kept the Azure Dragon Sword’s flood dragon at bay.
• Shi Yue donned Silver Armor, formed a Silver Lightning Ball, and sent it toward the Red-robed Daoist with several lightning spears.

Shi Yue realized he could not defeat the Red-robed Daoist and summoned Yin'er to hold him off while he escaped. He fled with a Fire Escape Talisman as Yin'er and the Red-robed Daoist clashed, leaving their fight unresolved.

• The Red-robed Daoist blocked Shi Yue's lightning attacks with his Black Shield and shattered Shi Yue's Black Scale Shield with his Black Short Blade.
• Shi Yue used the Blue Flying Knife to meet the Red-robed Daoist's attack, swallowed Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, and summoned Yin'er to delay him.
• Shi Yue freed the three great birds and Azure Flood Dragon from their restraints while Yin'er destroyed the Red Great Bird with silver lightning.
• The Red-robed Daoist wounded Shi Yue's right arm with a Black Ghost Claw, and Shi Yue retreated before taking out a Fire Escape Talisman.
• Yin'er struck the Red-robed Daoist with a Silver Lightning Spear as Shi Yue prepared to flee, and the lightning glow swallowed the Daoist's figure.

Yin'er drove off the Red-robed Daoist while Shi Yue escaped and sought a place to neutralize the corpse poison. In the State of Qin, Qin Wuji agreed to lead the sect’s elite forces to the front lines and take Eastern Qi within half a year.

• Yin'er trapped the Red-robed Daoist in silver lightning and battered his treasures with her attacks, but he broke free and fled.
• Yin'er returned to Shi Yue, who recalled her into the Heaven Controlling Bead and headed underground to find a way to neutralize the corpse poison.
• In the Heavenly Demon Hall, the Purple-robed Elder told Qin Wuji that Eastern Qi’s four sects had blocked their advance and their low-ranking disciples had suffered heavy losses.
• Qin Wuji decided to lead most of the sect’s elite forces to the front lines and vowed to take Eastern Qi within half a year.

Qin Wuji planned to lead Heavenly Demon Sect’s elite forces to conquer Eastern Qi within half a year, while Shi Yue returned to Sanxin Market after a dangerous trip to Northern Yan. The chapter left Shi Yue back at Immortal Herb Pavilion, where he learned that a Market Town Management Office official wanted to see him.

• Qin Wuji dismissed the Purple-robed Elder’s concerns and prepared to take most of Heavenly Demon Sect’s elite forces to the front.
• Qin Wuji’s wife returned from her campaign against the Myriad Beasts Sect, and he explained that his invasion of Eastern Qi had already captured a third of its territory.
• Chen San and Lu Er discussed Sanxin Market’s decline and its upcoming auction as Shi Yue arrived disguised as Li Muxian.
• Shi Yue told Sheng Dong and Li Da that Immortal Herb Pavilion would help organize the auction and offer several Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs.
• Li Yan told Shi Yue that Senior Li from the Market Town Management Office had been looking for him, and Shi Yue recalled surviving an Evil Cultivator’s attack and purging corpse poison with Hundred Poisons Pills.

After narrowly surviving a battle, Shi Yue learned that Senior Xiaoyaozi had vanished from the Palm Heaven Space and heard that Jin'er had briefly felt watched. Shi Yue agreed to preside over a major auction in half a month, then realized it might be aimed at high-level cultivators rather than Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

• Shi Yue reflected on how close he had come to dying and received no answer when he tried to contact Senior Xiaoyaozi.
• Jin'er told Shi Yue that Senior Xiaoyaozi had disappeared three years earlier and that she had briefly felt someone watching her.
• Shi Yue comforted Qu Feiyan, who accepted an invitation to attend the upcoming auction in the Market Town.
• Li Liang told Shi Yue that the auction would take place in half a month and that Shi Yue would need to preside over it himself.
• Li Liang questioned Shi Yue's assumption that Foundation Establishment Cultivators would be the auction's main participants, leading Shi Yue to suspect it was meant for high-level cultivators.

Shi Yue learned that Sanxin Market’s auction would target high-level cultivators and chose to place the Immortal Herb Pavilion’s Thousand-Year Spirit Herb last. Myriad Beasts Tower prepared a fifth-level demonic beast for the auction, as powerful cultivators and rare treasures drew growing attention.

• Li Liang explained that the auction would attract high-level cultivators and make Sanxin Market safer, and revealed that magical treasures would be among the offerings.
• Shi Yue asked about the auction order, chose the final slot for the Immortal Herb Pavilion, and accepted Li Liang’s invitation to the Treasure Competition Palace.
• Elder Wang told the Myriad Beasts Tower staff that the shop would offer a fifth-level demonic beast because the auction was aimed at high-level cultivators.
• Elder Wang revealed that Hui Chun Building would offer a treasure that could tempt him, then said he would attend the auction.

Taixu Sect prepared to send cultivators to Sanxin Market's auction, while leaders in Antai Market and Northern Yan debated pleas from Eastern Qi for help against the Great Qin Demonic Dao. The chapter left Northern Yan's response unresolved as Ximen Xiu objected to Eastern Qi's threats.

• Yang Zhilong persuaded Zhou Zhenyu to join him, Chen Xiangdong, and Liu Rong on the journey to Sanxin Market's auction.
• Dugu Xin and Lin Zhennan discussed the invitation to Sanxin Market and Eastern Qi's plea for reinforcements against the Great Qin Demonic Dao.
• Dugu Xin argued that the Great Tang Cultivation World should aid Eastern Qi to prevent the Great Qin Demonic Dao from advancing toward them.
• Ximen Xiu and Dongfang Ze discussed the auction and Eastern Qi's request for help, and Ximen Xiu criticized Eastern Qi for threatening Northern Yan and Great Tang.