Recaps

Ma Feifei let Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo read Grave Robbers' Chronicles while cultivators gathered to see the Bookstore's new books. Liu Ying entered Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain and learned she had to reach Xiao Shen Hall on Mangcang Mountain to obtain the eighth-tier spirit sword Purple Ying Sword.

• Ma Feifei brought Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo to the Bookstore and gave them Grave Robbers' Chronicles to read.
• Yun Qingyang placed Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain and The Art of War on the shelves, and Chang Kong took Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain.
• Chang Kong switched books with Liu Ying, and she entered Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain after meeting its plot requirements.
• A message revealed that Zhang Liu Ying had to go to Xiao Shen Hall on Mangcang Mountain and obtain the Purple Ying Sword as her reward.
• The cultivators were shocked to learn that the book's reward was an eighth-tier spirit sword, while Liu Ying spotted Xiao Shen Hall in the distance.

Liu Ying entered the world of Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain to retrieve the Purple Ying Sword, while Ma Feifei questioned why the prophecy’s other sword and Zhou Qingyun were absent. After exploring the mountain, Liu Ying approached a suspicious village whose villagers showed no reaction to her arrival.

• Ma Feifei recognized that the quest reward was the Purple Ying Sword and wondered whether the story’s plot had changed because Zhou Qingyun and the Qing Suo Sword were missing.
• Liu Ying adjusted her appearance after realizing she was inside a book world, then drew her sixth-tier spirit sword from her spatial pouch.
• Liu Ying tested her sword and sliced through a tree, confirming that her cultivation and spatial pouch remained usable.
• Liu Ying enjoyed the mountain scenery and continued along the path until nightfall, when she reached a small village with a bonfire.
• Liu Ying hurried toward the villagers and their roasting meat, while the cultivators watching warned that the village and its unresponsive residents seemed suspicious.

Liu Ying entered a strange mountain village and was attacked by five villagers after answering their question, while Ma Feifei suspected the encounter was a dungeon challenge with a trick to solving it. The villagers repeatedly reappeared after Liu Ying defeated them, leaving the onlookers searching for the cause as the tall woman in red noticed Ma Feifei watching her.

• Liu Ying approached five silent villagers beside a bonfire, and they attacked her after she answered their question.
• Ma Feifei reasoned that the village was a dungeon and that Liu Ying had given the wrong answer to an important NPC question.
• Liu Ying defeated four villagers, but four identical villagers appeared beside the bonfire and joined the remaining attacker.
• The Bookstore’s onlookers wondered how the villagers could return, while Ma Feifei noticed the woman in red watching the projection with The Art of War in her hands.
• The woman in red sensed Ma Feifei’s gaze, turned toward him, and met his eyes with a murderous aura.

Liu Ying tried to pass the village trial in the world of Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain, but failed to identify herself as Li Yingqiong and was expelled before she could claim the Purple Ying Sword. Chang Kong explained that only women could enter because the trial’s character was female.

• Liu Ying retreated from the villagers, and Ma Feifei inferred that the trial allowed three attempts and required correct answers to the villagers’ questions.
• Liu Ying returned to the village and told the villagers she was going to the Xiao Shen Hall for the Purple Ying Sword, but hesitated when they asked her name.
• Chang Kong recognized the name Li Yingqiong from Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain and shouted it to Liu Ying, but she could not answer the villagers correctly.
• Liu Ying gave her own name on her third attempt, failed the quest, and was transported out of the Book World.
• Chang Kong told Liu Ying that only women could enter the trial because its character was Li Yingqiong.

Chang Kong and Liu Ying returned to the Mysterious Bookstore so Liu Ying could try again to obtain the Purple Ying Sword, while news of the sword drove up ticket prices across Dubian Town. As Liu Ying resumed reading, Ma Feifei found that Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo had taken a very different lesson from the book he assigned them.

• Chang Kong decided to buy two more tickets for Liu Ying to read Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain, hoping she could win the Zhang Clan a better ranking in the Twelve Kings' resource contest.
• Elder Lan learned that Liu Ying had failed to bring out the Purple Ying Sword, then rushed to buy a ticket after hearing that the book could yield an eighth-tier spirit sword.
• News of the spirit sword spread through Dubian Town, driving exclusive ticket prices up to five hundred thousand and darkening Chang Kong's mood.
• A woman in red used her priority ticket to read The Art of War again, leaving Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain available for Liu Ying.
• Chang Kong handed Liu Ying the book and browsed the blue shelf while she resumed reading in hopes of entering its story.
• Ma Feifei scolded Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo for failing to understand their reading, but Li Beiguo explained that they had learned not to scare themselves while robbing a tomb.

Liu Ying continued the plot quest in Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain, passed a dialogue challenge, and encountered a second Li Yingqiong holding the Purple Ying Sword. The chapter ended with Li Yingqiong telling Liu Ying that she should be the one living in the shadows.

• Liu Ying entered Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain and arrived at a village where she passed the villagers’ challenge by giving the name Li Yingqiong.
• Liu Ying crossed another mountain range and approached Xiao Shen Hall, where she encountered a black-clad woman surrounded by sixteen blazing lanterns.
• Liu Ying recognized the woman as Li Yingqiong and wondered why another person with that identity had appeared.
• Li Yingqiong drew the Purple Ying Sword, surprising Liu Ying and the cultivators watching the projection.
• Li Yingqiong told Liu Ying, “I shouldn’t be the one living in the shadows. You should.”

Liu Ying's spirit sword was broken in her fight against Li Yingqiong, and she was badly wounded as Li Yingqiong approached to finish her. Chang Kong's attempt to reach Ma Feifei triggered the Bookstore's protection, revealing its power to the onlookers, while Liu Ying's Poké Ball began to tremble.

• Li Yingqiong's Purple Ying Sword overwhelmed Liu Ying's sixth-tier spirit sword and cut it in half.
• Liu Ying repaired her broken sword with spiritual power and counterattacked, but Li Yingqiong's strike sent her crashing beside the river, badly wounded.
• Chang Kong rushed toward Ma Feifei to ask him to save Liu Ying, and the Bookstore's protective power forced Chang Kong to his knees.
• Ma Feifei warned Chang Kong against harboring improper thoughts, and the pressure faded after Chang Kong calmed down.
• Li Yingqiong walked toward the fallen Liu Ying as a Poké Ball in Liu Ying's spatial pouch began to tremble.

Jigglypuff used its sleep-inducing song to purify Li Yingqiong’s baleful qi and defeat her, allowing Liu Ying to pass the second trial. As everyone watched for the third trial, Zhang Yunji helped the badly injured Chang Kong, who realized that a second Spirit Saint had intervened at the Bookstore.

• Jigglypuff appeared and stood in front of Liu Ying as Li Yingqiong approached, despite onlookers believing it was weak.
• Jigglypuff sang, causing Li Yingqiong to fall asleep while standing with the Purple Ying Sword supporting her.
• Jigglypuff’s singing purified the baleful qi within Li Yingqiong until her body disappeared, and Ma Feifei deduced that mind-purifying techniques could counter her.
• The cultivators concluded that Liu Ying had passed the second trial and might obtain the Purple Ying Sword if she cleared the third mountain range.
• Zhang Yunji seated Chang Kong at a table, and Chang Kong reflected that an unknown second Spirit Saint at the Bookstore had crushed his meridians when he tried to seize Ma Feifei.

Liu Ying reached a river of blood that formed the third checkpoint and calmly touched its waters, leaving the watching cultivators bewildered and fearing it had bewitched her. She then wiped her hand and headed toward a small boat moored nearby, with the river crossing still ahead.

• Liu Ying arrived at a vast river of blood, and the cultivators watching the projection feared the checkpoint would prevent her from flying across.
• The spectators debated whether the river shared the Luo River’s power to forbid flight, while Liu Ying remained calm at the riverbank.
• Liu Ying called the river magnificent, then scooped up its water and played with it, shocking the cultivators.
• The cultivators wondered whether the river had bewitched Liu Ying or driven her toward the demonic path.
• Liu Ying wiped the blood-red water from her hand with a handkerchief and walked toward a small boat, while the spectators worried it would capsize on the turbulent river.

Ma Feifei learned that the blood river Liu Ying was crossing was an illusion, and Zhang Yunji explained that her Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart let her see through it. Zhang Yunji began describing the five legendary Blessings of the Immortal, leaving Ma Feifei curious about their origins and powers.

• Ma Feifei asked the system about the river and learned that it was an illusion, though the system refused to explain why Liu Ying was unaffected.
• Ma Feifei asked Zhang Yunji about Liu Ying, and Zhang Yunji confirmed she was his younger sister, Zhang Liu Ying.
• Zhang Yunji explained that he and his master had realized the river was an illusion after noticing Liu Ying remained calm, despite her fear of blood.
• Zhang Yunji told Ma Feifei that Liu Ying had a Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart that could break every illusion in the world.
• Zhang Yunji described an ancient legend of five immortal blessings: the Eye of Wisdom, the Hand of Compassion, the Exquisite Heart, the Leg of Life, and the Body of an Immortal.

Zhang Yunji explained that Liu Ying’s Exquisite Heart was one of five Blessings of the Immortal and meant the Azure Dragon Continent’s long blockade on ascension could end. In the story, Liu Ying crossed an illusory river, found the Purple Ying Sword, and returned to the bookstore with it.

• Zhang Yunji told Ma Feifei that Liu Ying’s Exquisite Heart proved all five Blessings of the Immortal had appeared, making ascension possible again.
• Ma Feifei rejected Zhang Yunji’s attempt to introduce his unmarried younger sister to him.
• Liu Ying crossed the river in white, dispelling its illusion and revealing its calm, clear waters.
• Liu Ying reached the Xiao Shen Hall on Mangcang Mountain and retrieved the Purple Ying Sword from a drum stand.
• Liu Ying left the other drum stand unexplored, completed the story mission, and returned to the bookstore with the Purple Ying Sword.

Liu Ying found the eighth-rank Purple Ying Sword in the Bookstore, but Chang Kong suddenly collapsed and was saved by an unassuming old woodsman. The woodsman asked Ma Feifei for permission to read a book the next day, leaving Zhang Yunji and Liu Ying to check on their recovering master.

• Ma Feifei appraised Liu Ying's Purple Ying Sword at twenty million Spirit Crystals.
• Chang Kong collapsed with blood coming from all seven orifices, and Ma Feifei called for a doctor.
• A white-haired woodsman used a gentle glow to revive Chang Kong, despite the Bookstore's restriction on spiritual energy.
• The woodsman clarified that he wanted no sword and instead asked Ma Feifei for a chance to read Thousand Gold Formulas.
• Ma Feifei agreed to let the woodsman read the next day for eight Spirit Crystals, and Zhang Yunji thanked him while Ma Feifei urged the disciples to check on Chang Kong.

Chang Kong and Liu Ying could not afford the eighth-tier spirit sword, but Gongsun Qiong covered its price by deducting it from their father’s earnings. Liu Ying obtained the Purple Ying Sword from Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain.

• Ma Feifei announced that the eighth-tier spirit sword cost twenty million Spirit Crystals, and Chang Kong fainted from the shock before recovering.
• Cultivators in the Bookstore and outside began bidding for the sword while Chang Kong and Zhang Yunji admitted they had no Spirit Crystals to pay for it.
• Liu Ying offered to give up the sword, but Zhang Yunji asked Ma Feifei whether they could buy it on credit, and he refused.
• Gongsun Qiong arrived and offered to pay, with the cost to be deducted from her father’s earnings from the Wantong Chamber of Commerce.
• After Ma Feifei approved, Liu Ying summoned the Purple Ying Sword from Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain and caught it in her hand.

Yan Gexing and Sima Gaoyi discussed the Divine Bookstore’s book world and the upcoming little-sprite-catching event before turning to the worsening crisis in Great Yan. Yan Gexing prepared to return home as General Luanfeng was reinstated amid Qin’s military buildup and Northern Liang’s invasion.

• Yan Gexing and Sima Gaoyi discussed the book world and the little-sprite-catching event, and Sima offered Yan Gexing a spare exclusive account card.
• Yan Gexing declined the card and said he had to return to Yan State because General Luanfeng had been reinstated.
• Yan Gexing told Sima Gaoyi that Qin had massed troops at Great Yan’s border and Northern Liang had captured the Twelve Cities of Yanyun, killing tens of thousands.
• Yan Gexing explained that Great Yan suspected Qin of supporting the nomads and that King Yan had reinstated Luanfeng because the invasion threatened the state.
• Yan Gexing changed the subject and asked why Sima Gaoyi was not joining the Twelve Kings’ once-in-a-decade resource contest.

Ma Feifei urged Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo to master their book, then realized they might have misunderstood what it contained. He checked the book’s information and discovered that its benefit was the Tomb Robbery Secret Technique.

• Sima Gaoyi told Yan Gexing he planned to catch a spirit before the resource competition and discussed Liu Ying’s strength and royal lineage.
• Ma Feifei woke up to snowfall, spotted a woman in red walking north of Dubian Town, and called Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo to the courtyard.
• Ma Feifei questioned Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo about their slow progress with the book, and they explained that it only seemed to describe tomb raiding.
• Ma Feifei checked the book’s information and found that its available benefit was the Tomb Robbery Secret Technique.

Ma Feifei tried to discover Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo’s dreams so he could fulfill their system quest, but the tomb robbers mistook his questions for threats. They revealed that their only wishes were to be buried with their treasured possessions, leaving Ma Feifei to consider their lavish plans for death.

• Ma Feifei realized the quest depended on learning and fulfilling Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo’s dreams, not on whether they could use the book’s tomb-robbing techniques.
• Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo feared Ma Feifei meant to harm their families, then admitted they were wanted in Yan State for robbing Grand Ancestor Yan’s tomb.
• Ma Feifei learned that the two tomb robbers were over forty and had no ambitions beyond their current lives, so he urged them to think of a dream.
• Lin Wuchi offered his treasured handkerchief and asked Ma Feifei to bury it with him when he died.
• Li Beiguo offered Ma Feifei his saved Spirit Crystals and burial goods, asking him to bury them with him so he could outdo the dead in lavishness.

Ma Feifei learned that Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo dreamed of robbing Emperor Chu the Conqueror’s tomb and told them they would set out after they finished reading Grave Robbers' Chronicles. At the bookstore, Yun Qingyang sensed that an old visitor was powerful, while Ma Feifei secretly gave a wealthy young man the book he had wanted to pay extra to read.

• Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo told Ma Feifei they had reached Emperor Chu the Conqueror’s tomb but could not find its entrance, and said they wanted to rob it.
• Ma Feifei gave Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo Grave Robbers' Chronicles and said they would set out once they finished reading it.
• Ma Feifei opened the bookstore, refused a young man’s offer of five hundred thousand Spirit Crystals for Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain, then took that book and Thousand Gold Formulas for himself.
• An old man paid Ma Feifei eight Spirit Crystals to read Thousand Gold Formulas, but Yun Qingyang took the crystals and said the old man was strong enough to fight her.
• Ma Feifei carried Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain to the wealthy young man and quietly set it in front of him.

As the New Year approached, Dubian Town’s population fell as cultivators left and the Mysterious Bookstore prepared to close for a month. Ma Feifei planned a holiday trip, but Yun Qingyang said the place she missed was gone, and Zhang Yunji asked about Ma Feifei’s New Year plans.

• A second use of One Book Multiple Travels sent a thousand readers into the Pokémon world, where more than eight hundred caught Pokémon and a few dozen died.
• Cultivators left Dubian Town for the New Year and because many could not enter the Mysterious Bookstore for months or years; the Bookstore announced a month-long holiday closure.
• Ma Feifei asked Yun Qingyang where she wanted to travel, and she said the place she missed was gone before walking into the courtyard.
• Ma Feifei learned from Zhang Yunji that Chang Kong and Liu Ying had returned to the Imperial Capital with President Gongsun.
• Ma Feifei asked Zhang Yunji when he would go home for the holiday, and Zhang Yunji asked what Ma Feifei planned to do for the New Year.

Ma Feifei planned a month-long trip to the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Mausoleum, and the Yan State, and agreed to spend New Year with Zhang Yunji’s family. The Thousand Gold Formulas began glowing while the old man read it, and Ma Feifei went to investigate.

• Zhang Yunji told Ma Feifei he needed to return to the Imperial Capital and invited him to spend New Year with his family; Ma Feifei accepted and said he might bring others.
• Ma Feifei marked the Imperial Capital and Imperial Mausoleum as the first two stops of his vacation, intending to pursue the Grave Robber main quest with Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo.
• Ma Feifei chose the Yan State as his third destination because of its snowy climate, then rolled up the map and put it in his space pouch.
• The Thousand Gold Formulas in the old man’s hands began glowing, and Ma Feifei went over to check on him when he did not enter the Book World.

An old man obtained the Acupuncture Technique from the Thousand Gold Formulas and paid its five-million-Spirit-Crystal fee with his Dragon Cicada Robe, which Ma Feifei took for himself. After putting on the robe, Ma Feifei teased Yun Qingyang and provoked her fury, leaving Dubian Town beneath a storm as he awkwardly tried to take back his words.

• The old man gained the Acupuncture Technique from the Thousand Gold Formulas but offered his Dragon Cicada Robe when he could not pay five million Spirit Crystals.
• Ma Feifei accepted the robe, paid the fee, and received the secret art for the old man.
• Ma Feifei put on the Dragon Cicada Robe and asked Yun Qingyang to punch him so he could test its defenses, but she refused.
• Ma Feifei insulted Yun Qingyang as she walked away, and the snow froze as thunderclouds gathered over Dubian Town.
• Ma Feifei asked Yun Qingyang if she would believe he was joking as a torrential downpour began.

Zhou Zhuling learned that Ma Feifei had arrived in the imperial capital, but postponed visiting him because the resource competition was near. At Zhang Manor, Ma Feifei beat three mocking young masters and challenged them to wagers over wealth and clothing, leaving the contests set to begin in an hour.

• Zhou Guanyu told Zhou Zhuling that Ma Feifei had arrived at Zhang Manor with Zhang Yunji and others.
• Zhou Zhuling decided not to invite Ma Feifei to the Zhou Manor before the resource competition, fearing the Zhang Family would misunderstand.
• Three Zhang Family young masters mocked Ma Feifei's purple outfit, and Ma Feifei beat them until they stopped resisting.
• Ma Feifei challenged the three young masters to compare their combined wealth with his, wagering that the losers would hand over their possessions.
• The young masters agreed to a clothing contest judged by Miss Liu Ying, with the loser required to run naked around Zhang Manor.
• Ma Feifei gave the young masters one hour to prepare their Spirit Crystals before the competitions began.

Ma Feifei explored Yun Qingyang’s spatial ring and discovered vast wealth and treasures before facing the Zhang family members in a fortune test. He outbid their seven million Spirit Crystals with fifteen million, leaving them stunned.

• Ma Feifei borrowed Yun Qingyang’s spatial ring and entered its vast inner world, where he found twelve mountains of Spirit Crystals and a palace filled with rare treasures.
• Ma Feifei returned from the ring as Liu Ying and the three Zhang family young masters arrived to begin the test.
• The black-clad young master offered one million Spirit Crystals, and Ma Feifei produced five million.
• The blue-clad young master added six million, bringing their total to seven million Spirit Crystals.
• Ma Feifei added ten million more to his pile, displaying fifteen million Spirit Crystals and leaving the three young masters stunned.

Ma Feifei outbid Zhang Jinlin, Li Ang, and Cao Shuang in a Spirit Crystal wager, winning their families’ annual profits and leaving the three unable to attend the second taste test. He then split the winnings with Yun Qingyang, quietly keeping more than his share.

• Zhang Jinlin added ten million Spirit Crystals to the wager, bringing the young men’s total to seventeen million.
• Zhang Jinlin persuaded Li Ang and Cao Shuang to add their families’ profits, raising their pile to seventy-seven million Spirit Crystals.
• Ma Feifei added a hundred million Spirit Crystals, won the wager, and collected both piles.
• The three young men left in defeat, while Ma Feifei returned to his room with Yun Qingyang.
• Ma Feifei told Yun Qingyang they had won two hundred and seven million Spirit Crystals and agreed to a fifty-fifty split.
• Ma Feifei took a hundred million Spirit Crystals from Yun Qingyang’s share while she happily kept the remaining three million five hundred thousand.

Ma Feifei attended a feast at the Zhang family estate, then discovered that Yun Qingyang’s Spirit Crystals had been stolen and admitted his involvement. On the first day of the new year, he joined the Zhang family at Canglong Fort to watch the Twelve Kings’ resource battle and see Liu Ying’s Purple Ying Sword.

• Patriarch Zhang hosted Ma Feifei and his companions at a feast, where Ma Feifei met Zhang Jinlin and Yun Qingyang celebrated her Spirit Crystal earnings.
• Ma Feifei got drunk and promised Yun Qingyang they would earn even more Spirit Crystals together.
• Yun Qingyang discovered that a hundred and thirty million Spirit Crystals were missing from her space ring and suspected the Zhang family.
• Ma Feifei stopped Yun Qingyang from attacking the Zhang family and asked whether she would go easy on him if he confessed.
• Patriarch Zhang invited Ma Feifei to the Twelve Kings’ resource battle at Canglong Fort, delaying his trip to the Emperor’s Tomb.
• Ma Feifei went with the Zhang family to watch the contest, hoping to see how powerful Liu Ying’s Purple Ying Sword was.

At the Twelve Kings' internal resource competition, Ma Feifei discovered Zhou Zhuling's rapid progress and learned that Li Bieli's Pokémon had reached the fifth tier. The system then gave Ma Feifei a mission to enter the Pokémon manga and win the Quartz League Competition to unlock new shop items.

• Ma Feifei watched the competition begin and spotted Zhou Zhuling, who had advanced to the second stage of the Spirit King realm, and Jiang Yibei, who had reached the ninth stage of the Spirit Sect realm.
• Ma Feifei noticed that the Jiang family appeared to have two contestants, but the referee named Li Bieli among the twelve competitors.
• Zhang Yunji explained that Li Bieli had changed his surname after his mother, Li Yao, died, and that he had used Clefairy and Bulbasaur to kill twenty-five Spirit King members of the Jiang family.
• Zhang Yunji told Ma Feifei that Clefairy and Bulbasaur had both advanced to the fifth tier, a breakthrough other cultivators' Pokémon had failed to achieve.
• Ma Feifei asked the system about Pokémon advancement, and it explained that Pokémon normally evolved every four tiers with an Advancement Pill.
• The system assigned Ma Feifei the mission The Path to Pokémon Evolution: enter the Pokémon manga, win the Quartz League Competition, and unlock Pokémon skill books and Basic Advancement Pills.