Recaps

Ma Feifei watched Zhu Bajie and Chenxiang seek Sun Wukong on Emei Mountain, while Liu Changsheng considered how to obtain Sun Wukong’s Orange Fragment. After Chenxiang returned with Erlang Shen and the Seven Freaks of Mei Mountain, Liu Changsheng was mistaken for an accomplice and struck down.

• Zhu Bajie brought Chenxiang to Sun Wukong’s Sacred Buddha Cave, but Sun Wukong refused to accept Chenxiang as his disciple because he had promised the Jade Emperor.
• Liu Changsheng watched the exchange and realized that Sun Wukong possessed an Orange Fragment, though he feared he could not take it by force.
• Chenxiang rushed back to the Sacred Buddha Cave and called for Sun Wukong as Erlang Shen and the Seven Freaks of Mei Mountain arrived with Zhu Bajie captured.
• A member of the Seven Freaks mistook Liu Changsheng for Chenxiang’s accomplice and attacked him.
• Liu Changsheng drew a Seventh-tier long saber to defend himself, but the attacker knocked it away and sent him flying.
• The cultivators watching the projection were stunned that Liu Changsheng, a Spirit Venerable, could not withstand even one exchange.

As the Azure Dragon Continent’s cultivators watched Sun Wukong battle Yang Jian, they wondered whether the mysterious bookstore owner Ma Feifei was an immortal. Sun Wukong then offered Liu Changsheng an Orange Fragment and Chenxiang a chance to become his disciple, setting both a climbing challenge on Four Seasons Everlasting Wonders Mountain.

• Sun Wukong and Yang Jian fought a battle that convinced the cultivators watching the projection that they were witnessing immortals.
• The cultivators speculated that Ma Feifei might be an immortal because his bookstore’s books could grant extraordinary rewards and create entire worlds.
• After the Jade Emperor stopped the battle, Sun Wukong called over the injured Liu Changsheng and offered him an Orange Fragment if he completed a task.
• Sun Wukong took Liu Changsheng, Chenxiang, and Zhu Bajie to another peak on Emei Mountain and declared that the first to reach its summit would receive his request.
• Sun Wukong transformed the peak into a freezing, snow-covered mountain called Four Seasons Everlasting Wonders Mountain and sealed Liu Changsheng and Chenxiang’s cultivation.

Liu Changsheng followed Chenxiang up Four Seasons Everlasting Wonders Mountain, resolved to keep climbing despite the deadly trials. As the Azure Dragon Continent’s readers cheered him on, their Book Qi surged and raised Ma Feifei’s cultivation, while the mountain began changing again.

• Liu Changsheng hesitated at the mountain’s deadly cold but was inspired by Chenxiang’s resolve and continued climbing.
• Liu Changsheng caught sight of Chenxiang, who fell in the snow, but a storm transformed the mountain and sent a mudslide roaring toward Liu Changsheng.
• Liu Changsheng found his spatial bag sealed and braced himself as the mudslide swallowed him.
• Cultivators outside the Bookstore cheered for Liu Changsheng, seeing his climb as a contest between the Azure Dragon Continent and the Lotus Lantern World.
• The readers’ surge of Book Qi raised Ma Feifei from Ninth Stage Spirit Venerable to third-stage Spirit Emperor.
• Four Seasons Everlasting Wonders Mountain began changing once more.

Liu Changsheng and Chenxiang collapsed before reaching the summit of Four Seasons Everlasting Wonders Mountain, but Sun Wukong still awarded Liu Changsheng the fragment. Liu Changsheng took first place on the points leaderboard, though his smug reaction drew mockery from the cultivators watching the projection.

• A scorching heat wave and lava overwhelmed Liu Changsheng and Chenxiang as they climbed Four Seasons Everlasting Wonders Mountain.
• Chenxiang passed out, and Liu Changsheng soon collapsed; golden light carried them away as the mountain returned to normal.
• Sun Wukong told Liu Changsheng and Chenxiang that neither had reached the summit, then sent Chenxiang and Zhu Bajie away.
• Sun Wukong stopped Liu Changsheng and gave him the fragment, which earned him one hundred points and first place on the leaderboard.
• Liu Changsheng looked smug at his new ranking, prompting the cultivators watching the projection to mock him.

Liu Changsheng received a Ti anshu Fragment from Sun Wukong but failed to realize that the Great Sage wanted him as a disciple, then left Emei Mountain to continue collecting fragments. In the book world, Azi teamed up with Dingxiang to hunt evildoers, took an Orange Fragment from a demon monk, and the cultivators vanished when the projection shifted after six days.

• Sun Wukong explained that Liu Changsheng had helped him avoid breaking his oath to the Jade Emperor and gave him a fragment as thanks.
• Ma Feifei realized Sun Wukong had wanted Liu Changsheng as his disciple, but Liu Changsheng left Emei Mountain without noticing.
• Azi and Dingxiang found a demon monk suspected of eating babies and confronted him in a deserted town.
• The demon monk defeated Dingxiang, but Azi struck him down and claimed to be the final disciple of Great Qi's Great Sage.
• A fragment fell from the demon monk's sleeve, and Azi took it before allowing him to escape; she and Dingxiang set out to find more evildoers.
• After six days passed and the leaderboard shifted, the projection changed and all the cultivators in the book world disappeared.

After the system launched a Heavenly Court barter mission, Ma Feifei explained the rules to the book friends and sent them across the Heavenly Court to trade for items. He set out for Guanghan Palace with Azi after she offered him two treasures to take her along.

• The system triggered a large-scale exchange mission after the book friends collected ninety-eight Tianshu Fragments, requiring Ma Feifei to help them earn five hundred points for the final fragment.
• Ma Feifei gathered the thousand cultivators in the Heavenly Court and explained that they could barter for anything valuable, even an immortal's clothes or a single hair.
• Ma Feifei sent the cultivators in different directions and began considering whom to approach for a trade.
• Ma Feifei discovered that Azi had remained beside him and tried to send her away.
• Azi offered Ma Feifei two treasures, and he invited her to accompany him to Guanghan Palace.

Ma Feifei and Azi visited Guanghan Palace to barter, with Ma Feifei hoping to obtain a branch or leaves from the Osmanthus Tree. Azi offered Jade Rabbit an eighth-tier spirit-artifact hairpin in exchange for a carrot, and Ma Feifei advised her the trade might be worthwhile.

• Ma Feifei brought Azi to Guanghan Palace, hoping to trade for the Osmanthus Tree.
• Azi charmed Jade Rabbit with praise, and Jade Rabbit agreed to barter with them.
• Azi offered Jade Rabbit her seventh-tier rainbow robe, but Jade Rabbit rejected its bright colors.
• Azi offered an eighth-tier jade hairpin, and Jade Rabbit proposed trading it for a carrot.
• Ma Feifei told Azi the carrot might be valuable to Jade Rabbit and offered to make the trade for her.

Azi traded her jade hairpin to the Jade Rabbit for a carrot that earned her fifty points and first place on the leaderboard. Ma Feifei then sent Azi to distract the Jade Rabbit while he sneaked toward the Osmanthus Tree with an axe.

• Azi exchanged her jade hairpin for a carrot, gaining fifty points and rising to first place with 156 points.
• Ma Feifei asked the Jade Rabbit about Fairy Chang'e and learned that she had descended to the mortal world.
• Ma Feifei persuaded Azi to distract the Jade Rabbit, promising to help her earn more points later.
• Ma Feifei borrowed Azi's Mountain-Splitting Axe and sent her to chat with the Jade Rabbit.
• While the projection followed Azi, Ma Feifei crept behind the Jade Rabbit toward the Osmanthus Tree with the axe.

Ma Feifei discovered that chopping branches from the self-healing Osmanthus Tree earned him points, and he rapidly climbed the leaderboard. Chang'e caught him cutting the tree without permission, triggering a Heavenly Court capture attempt that could cost him all his points.

• Ma Feifei chopped an Osmanthus Tree branch, learned it could not touch the ground, and earned ten points by catching another branch.
• He kept chopping and discovered that his points counted toward final rewards, quickly rising to first place on the leaderboard.
• Azi noticed she had fallen to second place and spotted Ma Feifei chopping the tree; the projection shifted to show him, but his face appeared as a mosaic.
• Ma Feifei continued chopping while Azi returned to chatting with Jade Rabbit, and he accumulated 1,300 points.
• Chang'e approached Ma Feifei, and the system warned that the Heavenly Court would try to capture him in fifteen minutes and deduct all his points if successful.

After the Mysterious Bookstore declared Ma Feifei wanted, he escaped to the Heavenly Court’s Peach Garden and discovered he could exchange its Peaches of Immortality for points. As Azi searched for him, she picked a peach of her own, leaving Ma Feifei worried about what she might do next.

• The Mysterious Bookstore revealed Ma Feifei’s identity and offered points to anyone who touched or captured him, so he fled Guanghan Palace with Azi chasing after him.
• Ma Feifei hid in the Peach Garden, ate a Peach of Immortality, and found that the system let him exchange it for points.
• He collected another peach and raised his total to 1,515 points while Azi searched among the trees.
• Azi grew thirsty, picked a Peach of Immortality, and paused just before biting it, alarming Ma Feifei.

Ma Feifei and Azi teamed up to harvest Peaches of Immortality for points, sending their scores soaring and making the spectators suspect they could earn a divine artifact. Golden Boy and Jade Girl entered the Peach Garden, and Azi’s careless picking drew them toward the trees where she and Ma Feifei were hiding.

• Ma Feifei revealed himself to Azi, and they agreed to pick Peaches of Immortality separately instead of trying to catch each other.
• Ma Feifei and Azi rapidly raised their scores to three thousand and seventeen hundred points, far beyond the other participants.
• Golden Boy and Jade Girl entered the garden, discussing visitors from beyond the heavens and sharing a roast chicken Golden Boy had traded for a peach pit.
• Ma Feifei and Azi hid in separate trees as Golden Boy and Jade Girl approached, but Azi had picked too many peaches from one tree.
• Golden Boy and Jade Girl noticed that peaches were missing from tree after tree and moved closer to Azi and Ma Feifei’s hiding places.

Ma Feifei picked nearly all the Peaches of Immortality in the Lotus Lantern World, earning an enormous score and a title that exposed his location to every immortal. The mission ended just as he was about to be caught, but the book then unleashed a golden pillar that drew the attention of rulers across the world.

• Azi lured Golden Boy and Jade Girl away so Ma Feifei could pick Peaches of Immortality undisturbed.
• Ma Feifei earned more than three hundred thousand points, but accumulated enough dislike to receive the title Unwelcome Person, which let every immortal locate him and made them try to capture him.
• Nezha attacked Ma Feifei, who fled using his system-granted power until it expired and his pursuers closed in.
• The One Book Multiple Travels mission ended, returning Ma Feifei and the cultivators to reality with Ma Feifei in first place at 325,550 points and Azi in second at 1,500.
• The leaderboard distributed rewards to the lower-ranked cultivators, then vanished before the top three rewards were fully revealed.
• The Lotus Lantern book’s pages flipped as storms and tremors struck, and a golden pillar shot into the sky, alerting rulers throughout the world.

Ma Feifei obtained the Lotus Lantern, which unlocked the Bookstore’s Reading by Lamplight function and a new side quest. After learning the lantern’s effects and nighttime rules, he realized he could keep all revenue from night operations and exclaimed that he was rich.

• The Lotus Lantern emerged from the Epic-grade book, and the system awarded it to Ma Feifei as an Eternal-grade god artifact while unlocking Reading by Lamplight and the Lantern Holder side quest.
• Ma Feifei carried the Lotus Lantern into the Bookstore and ended the event as Yun Qingyang shut the door behind them.
• Prominent figures considered targeting the winners’ prizes, but Old Man Zuo warned them that Azi was Sage Qi’s disciple and King Qi Wen’s daughter.
• The crowd realized the Mad Scholar had disappeared, and some suspected he had left to protect his prize.
• Ma Feifei checked the Lotus Lantern’s effects and found that it illuminated the Bookstore and boosted comprehension and transcription ability by twenty percent.
• Ma Feifei learned that nighttime operations could earn him all the revenue, though he could open them only once a week, and he exclaimed that he was rich.

Ma Feifei learned that the Lotus Lantern could enable nighttime business, but the system required him to find a Spirit Saint to hold it. He settled on Chang Kong as a candidate, then discovered Chang Kong had been injured by the man in black and hurried to visit him.

• Ma Feifei learned that nighttime Bookstore earnings and rules would be entirely his, and that the Lotus Lantern could improve readers’ chances of gaining rewards.
• Ma Feifei read the Lantern Holder side quest, which required a Spirit Saint or stronger to hold the Lotus Lantern and offered him control over that person’s life and death.
• Ma Feifei considered Yun Qingyang, Luan Feng, and Chang Kong, then decided Chang Kong was the best candidate because he met the requirement and could endure the tedious job.
• Ma Feifei called for Yun Qingyang and announced that they would go to Zhang Manor.
• Yun Qingyang told Ma Feifei that Chang Kong had been injured by the man in black’s spiritual power and had passed out, so Ma Feifei hurried to see him.

Chang Kong lay near death after shielding Ma Feifei from a powerful attacker, and the Sword Sect leader could not save him. Ma Feifei arrived at Zhang Manor and asked Yun Qingyang to help, leaving the chapter on Yun Qingyang’s unexpected nod.

• The Sword Sect leader told Zhang Yunji, Baili Chuxue, and Liu Ying that Chang Kong’s meridians and life force had been destroyed and that he might not survive the night.
• Baili Chuxue fainted, and the manor steward announced that Ma Feifei had arrived.
• Zhang Yunji begged Ma Feifei to save Chang Kong, and Ma Feifei agreed to try before entering Chang Kong’s room.
• Ma Feifei learned that the attacker was likely above the Spirit Saint Fifth Stage and that fewer than fifty such cultivators lived on the Azure Dragon Continent.
• After Ma Feifei asked whether Yun Qingyang could help Chang Kong, Yun Qingyang nodded.

Zhang Yunji used Baili Chuxue’s Dragon Ball to stabilize Chang Kong’s grave injuries, while Ma Feifei worried about rising dangers and the Spirit Crystals he failed to earn. In the Qin State, a failed assassin was reassigned to kill Chu Qiongyu, also known as Gongsun Qiong.

• Zhang Yunji fed Chang Kong the Dragon Ball, and Yun Qingyang explained that Chang Kong would need at least five days to recover.
• Zhang Yunji, Baili Chuxue, and Liu Ying thanked Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang, and the group postponed the Lantern Holder matter until Chang Kong healed.
• Ma Feifei returned to the Mysterious Bookstore and discovered that the system had collected no Spirit Crystals from the latest One Book Multiple Travels session.
• Ma Feifei learned that the system charged no fees because the book was unlisted and readers had used points to obtain their rewards.
• In the Qin State, a failed assassin told his superior that a young woman in the Chu Kingdom had stopped him and that he could not defeat her.
• The superior reassigned the assassin to kill Chu Qiongyu, also known as Gongsun Qiong.

A severe drought ravaged Qin State after Jing Xing failed to summon rain, while people in Clear Water Town struggled to obtain water. Da Niu encountered his bullies and two bandit chiefs on the official road before a strange barefoot old man appeared.

• Qin Shi Huang stripped Jing Xing of his position after his rain-prayer formation failed and ordered waterways dug to divert river water.
• Da Niu carried water from Clear Water River and tried to avoid Zhang San, who demanded water and beat him when he refused to pay for a broken bucket.
• Qin Xiaoqian and Qin Shou arrived on horned white horses, stopped Zhang San with an arrow, and invited Da Niu to join Clear Water Stockade, but he refused.
• Qin Xiaoqian ordered Qin Shou to shoot Zhang San, but Qin Shou sensed something on the road and looked back.
• A barefoot, white-haired old man carrying a black Exquisite Pagoda approached, with tiny golden characters covering his torso.

A strange old man invited Da Niu to cultivate through the Diamond Sutra, sealing him inside the Exquisite Pagoda to test whether he could comprehend it in ninety-nine steps. The old man pointed the Qin brothers toward the Mysterious Bookstore in Dubian Town, but the arrival of a Yan State imperial carriage and the name God of War Luan Feng left them stunned.

• Zhang San shoved Da Niu, causing water to spill toward the strange old man, who sent it back into the vat without showing any spiritual power.
• The old man asked whether Da Niu could read and wanted to cultivate; Da Niu first refused, then agreed after Qin Shou and Qin Xiaoqian told him that cultivators could find wives.
• The old man offered Da Niu the Diamond Sutra, hurled him into the air, and sealed him and the golden characters inside the Exquisite Pagoda.
• The old man said Da Niu had ninety-nine steps to comprehend the Diamond Sutra and told Qin Xiaoqian and Qin Shou that the Mysterious Bookstore could change their destinies.
• The old man directed the Qin brothers to seek suitable books in the Mysterious Bookstore in Dubian Town, Great Chu.
• A Yan State imperial carriage arrived, and Qin Shou recognized its coachman as Yan Gexing before the Qin brothers exclaimed the name God of War Luan Feng.

Ma Feifei struggled with restless Pokémon owners and Mew’s appetite while Gongsun Qiong prepared to leave Dubian Town for the imperial capital. She gave him 1.2 billion Spirit Crystals instead of the Wantong Trading Market, and Ma Feifei used some to feed Mew and Yun Qingyang before noticing something surprising about Yun Qingyang.

• Ma Feifei faced complaints from cultivators whose Pokémon had stopped leveling up and worried about feeding Mew and completing his tasks.
• Gongsun Qiong told Ma Feifei she was leaving for the imperial capital with Zhao Xiaodao and offered him the Wantong Trading Market shares.
• Ma Feifei refused the shares, but accepted the 1.2 billion Spirit Crystals Gongsun Qiong gave him as thanks.
• Ma Feifei fed Mew ten million Spirit Crystals, and Yun Qingyang appeared and asked for some too.
• Ma Feifei gave Yun Qingyang another ten million Spirit Crystals, then noticed something surprising as he watched her eat.

Ma Feifei fed Mew and Yun Qingyang Spirit Crystals, but only Mew advanced, reaching the peak of the fourth rank. Meanwhile, Dubian Town was thrown into turmoil when Gongsun Qiong left and the Mysterious Bookstore’s owner and the Saint disappeared, leaving townspeople to wonder if the bookstore was moving away.

• Mew advanced to the third rank after Yun Qingyang and Mew devoured ten million Spirit Crystals.
• Ma Feifei fed them a hundred million Spirit Crystals, but Yun Qingyang only became sleepy while Mew reached the peak of the fourth rank.
• Ma Feifei decided to take Mew to the Quartz League Competition the next day and pursue the Side Quest.
• Zhou Zhuling took over the Wantong Trading Market, while Gongsun Qiong left Dubian Town for the imperial capital.
• The Mysterious Bookstore stopped offering the Yellow Quality book "Pokémon," and Ma Feifei and the Saint disappeared, leaving Zhang Yunji behind.
• Cultivators in a tavern speculated that the Mysterious Bookstore might be moving away.

News that the Mysterious Bookstore might leave Dubian Town sparked a property and trading collapse, while Luan Feng arrived to ask about Ma Feifei. Ma Feifei, transported to the Pokémon world for a side quest, found himself near the Quartz League relay and spotted Team Rocket’s arrival.

• Rumors that the Mysterious Bookstore would move away caused property prices and merchant businesses in Dubian Town to collapse.
• Luan Feng and Yan Gexing visited the Mysterious Bookstore, where Zhang Yunji told Luan Feng that Ma Feifei was away and would return in a few days.
• Ma Feifei discovered that the Pokémon Side Quest had transported him to a forest and sealed his cultivation, so he set off with Mew to find a way out.
• Ma Feifei spotted Ash Ketchum receiving the Sacred Fire and realized he was near the Quartz League Competition venue.
• A bus carrying the Sacred Fire relay crashed into a collapsing hole as a cat-shaped balloon appeared above Ma Feifei.

Ma Feifei collected Blazing Soil made from ground scorched by Moltres's Sacred Fire and reached the Quartz League venue, where he waited for the competition to begin. Meanwhile, Crown Prince Yan faced a growing war crisis and received brutal advice about securing his rule.

• Ma Feifei discovered that only soil burned by the Sacred Fire became Blazing Soil, then gathered all he could find with Yun Qingyang's Treasure Digging Shovel.
• Ma Feifei headed to the Quartz League venue, intending to obtain more of Moltres's flames and collect enough Blazing Soil for a branch, and waited in the athletes' village for the opening ceremony.
• Yan Xun allied with the King of Northern Liang and called Crown Prince Yan's rule illegitimate, while Qin and Qi amassed troops along Yan's borders.
• Crown Prince Yan asked Sage Yan for advice, but Sage Yan said he could not help him govern.
• In a conversation with Crown Prince Yan, Luan Feng said that if Prime Minister Yuwen and Sage Yan would not obey, Crown Prince Yan should kill them to establish his authority.

Crown Prince Yan struggled to decide whether to eliminate Sage Yan and Prime Minister Yuwen, while Sage Yan became wary after seeing Crown Prince Yan's Emperor's Aura. After learning that the Mysterious Bookstore had enabled Crown Prince Yan and Luan Feng to gain extraordinary powers, Yuwen Hongdu set out for the Chu Kingdom.

• Crown Prince Yan revealed his Emperor's Aura to Sage Yan, who feared that the new king might use it to kill him.
• Crown Prince Yan left without explaining his intentions, and Sage Yan watched him suspiciously.
• Yuwen Hongdu's steward reported that Crown Prince Yan and Luan Feng had both visited the Mysterious Bookstore in Dubian Town.
• The steward told Yuwen Hongdu that Luan Feng had become Transcendent to Saint through The Art of War and Crown Prince Yan had comprehended the Emperor's Aura from a book.
• Yuwen Hongdu ordered preparations to travel to the Chu Kingdom, then slapped the steward out of the hall when he misunderstood the order.

As Ma Feifei remained missing, an unnatural snowfall covered Dubian Town while rumors spread that the Mysterious Bookstore’s owner and Saint had vanished. Zhang Yunji discovered the rear courtyard frozen over, then saw lightning strike the Saint’s room as crowds gathered outside the Bookstore.

• Snow fell over Dubian Town in June, and Chang Kong wondered whether the unnatural weather was connected to the Saint from the Mysterious Bookstore.
• Liu Ying told Chang Kong that the Saint had caused unusual weather before, and they set off to visit the Mysterious Bookstore.
• Zhang Yunji found the rear courtyard and its maple tree encased in ice, and suspected the Saint was still inside the Bookstore with the owner.
• The sound of breaking ice drew cultivators toward the Mysterious Bookstore, where they speculated that someone might be trying to take advantage of the owner and Saint's absence.
• A bolt of lightning struck the Saint’s room, temporarily blinding and deafening Zhang Yunji before he recovered and saw an unforgettable sight.

An ice crystal dragon statue rose above the Mysterious Bookstore, with the Saint’s blurry figure visible inside it, leaving Dubian Town’s cultivators confused. While Chang Kong investigated the strange occurrence, Ma Feifei remained trapped in his frozen room and blamed Yun Qingyang.

• An enormous ice crystal dragon statue appeared above the Mysterious Bookstore, startling the people of Dubian Town.
• Liu Ying noticed a figure inside the dragon, and Chang Kong identified it as the Saint before heading to the Bookstore with her.
• Zhang Yunji told Chang Kong that the statue had emerged from the Saint’s room and that he did not know where the shopkeeper was.
• Chang Kong heard banging from the back courtyard and sent Zhang Yunji to investigate while he stayed at the entrance.
• Ma Feifei shouted for help from inside his frozen room, unable to break out despite his Spirit Emperor third stage cultivation, and accused Yun Qingyang of trapping him.