Recaps

Ma Feifei used a Boss Booster to defeat the One-Armed Man and Second Mother, while the rest of their team struggled against the golden skeletons. The team abandoned the Tomb of the Hegemon dungeon, and the system selected one million Spirit Crystals from the One-Armed Man as punishment.

• Ma Feifei bought a Boss Booster, raising his cultivation from peak Spirit King ninth stage to peak Spirit Venerable first stage.
• Ma Feifei defeated the One-Armed Man and wounded Second Mother, while observers outside the Bookstore doubted anyone could clear the dungeon.
• A cultivator told a fellow Pokémon Trainer that the Pokémon Tavern would reveal news about Pokémon failing to advance that night.
• The system offered the four dungeon challengers a chance to abandon the attempt, and the One-Armed Man admitted defeat as Taishan struggled against the golden skeletons.
• Azi gave spirit medicines to the injured One-Armed Man and Second Mother, and the system randomly selected one million Spirit Crystals from the One-Armed Man's belongings.

Ma Feifei completed the Tomb of the Hegemon instance and took valuable items from the challengers, including Azi’s Holy Feather Robe. Though the group failed, the instance opening token and its monthly re-entry perk convinced watching cultivators to seek out Grave Robbers' Chronicles.

• Azi’s storage pouch gave up the seventh-tier Holy Feather Robe, which Ma Feifei claimed, and Azi burst into tears until Second Mother offered her a rainbow-colored outfit.
• The system announced the instance was complete, and Ma Feifei returned to the Bookstore with the items he had collected.
• Ma Feifei gave the one-armed man an instance opening token and explained that it allowed one free entry each month.
• Cultivators discussed the instance’s difficulty and the penalty for failure, then recognized the token’s value because it allowed repeat entries without rereading the book.
• Cultivators rushed to buy spots for Grave Robbers' Chronicles, making it the most sought-after book.

Ma Feifei received the list of three thousand students enrolled in his lecture series and discovered that Chang Kong, a powerful Spirit Emperor, was among them. He assigned Gongsun Qiong to distribute copies of the Analects before classes began the following Monday.

• Gongsun Qiong brought Ma Feifei the detailed list of three thousand students, and he was surprised to find Chang Kong at the top.
• Gongsun Qiong explained that Chang Kong, his disciple Liu Ying, and his daughter Baili Chuxue had all passed the second round and signed up.
• Ma Feifei spotted Zhou Zhuling, Zhao Xiaodao, Zhou Guanyu, and Gongsun Qiong on the list, and Gongsun Qiong defended the young contestants' abilities.
• Ma Feifei told Gongsun Qiong that classes would begin the following Monday and gave her three thousand copies of the Analects to distribute to the students.

Chang Kong and his family received copies of the Analects, but none of them could understand its opening lines. Chang Kong stayed up studying the book, while his family wondered about his recent change in mood, which began after someone entered the Tomb of the Hegemon instance.

• Gongsun Qiong distributed copies of the Analects to all three thousand students, and Chang Kong struggled to understand its first sentence.
• At dinner, Zhang Yunji admitted he could not understand even the words “Confucius said,” and Chang Kong discovered that Baili Chuxue and Liu Ying were confused too.
• Liu Ying explained that they planned to memorize the Analects before the shopkeeper’s lectures began next week, and Zhang Yunji praised Chang Kong for supposedly understanding it already.
• Chang Kong left dinner early, and Baili Chuxue and Liu Ying told Zhang Yunji that his mood had changed since someone entered the Tomb of the Hegemon instance.
• That night, Chang Kong remained awake in a lit room, silently studying the Analects.

A large crowd of powerful cultivators gathered outside the Mysterious Bookstore, suspecting that Ma Feifei’s public lecture was about to begin. Yun Qingyang opened the bookstore and began admitting registered attendees to Room One, including several familiar figures.

• More than a thousand cultivators, including over ten Spirit Venerables, gathered outside the Mysterious Bookstore before it opened.
• Chang Kong arrived with Zhang Yunji, Liu Ying, and Baili Chuxue, prompting speculation that Ma Feifei’s public lecture was taking place.
• President Gongsun and a woman carrying a white umbrella approached the bookstore through the rain.
• Yun Qingyang opened the doors, summoned registered attendees by name, and sent Chang Kong and Wu Yazi into Room One.
• Liu Changsheng entered after Yun Qingyang called his name, surprising people who remembered his feud with the bookstore.

Yun Qingyang admitted the cultivators to the bookstore, while Ma Feifei began teaching the Analects to three thousand students in a mysterious grassland formation. The chapter ended with Ma Feifei revealing that the Epic-grade book could make someone a sage.

• Yun Qingyang opened the bookstore, and Luan Feng entered using a special golden number that granted her five consecutive days of entry.
• The three thousand students entered a vast grassland formation with low tables and found Ma Feifei waiting to teach them.
• A statue of Confucius appeared beside Ma Feifei, and the system explained that studying the Analects before it would improve comprehension and provide additional benefits.
• Ma Feifei introduced the Analects as the bookstore's first Epic-grade book and announced that it could make one a sage.

Ma Feifei taught three thousand cultivators to recite and study the Analects, while a sage’s aura drifted toward the students. At the Mysterious Bookstore, Pokémon, Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain, and Grave Robbers' Chronicles all reacted, and the man holding the dungeon-opening token summoned his young master.

• Ma Feifei explained that studying the Epic-grade Analects could help someone reach the Spirit Saint realm, then asked the cultivators to recite it.
• When the cultivators hesitated out of embarrassment, Ma Feifei scolded them until they began reciting the Analects aloud.
• Ma Feifei explained the Analects as the students took notes, while an indistinct aura from the sage statue drifted toward them.
• A cultivator triggered Pokémon, another triggered Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain, and a dungeon-opening token appeared for Grave Robbers' Chronicles.
• The token holder ordered his servant Laifu to fetch the young master, and Laifu returned ten minutes later with him.

Chu Huaixiang, the thirteenth son of King Chu Heng, arrived at the Mysterious Bookstore and was thrown out when he tried to enter without a number. After Yun Qingyang let him activate a dungeon, he revealed his identity and left intrigued by her.

• Laifu led Chu Huaixiang to the bookstore, where Yun Qingyang sent him flying for trying to enter without a number.
• Laifu threatened Yun Qingyang, but she knocked him down too, and Chu Huaixiang ordered him to be quiet.
• Chu Huaixiang told the middle-aged man to take him into the dungeon and summoned two figures to meet its entry requirement.
• Yun Qingyang said only three people could enter, so Chu Huaixiang went in with the middle-aged man and the two figures stayed outside.
• Chu Huaixiang introduced himself as the thirteenth son of King Chu Heng and tried to learn Yun Qingyang's name, but she told him to go in or leave.
• Chu Huaixiang chose to enter the dungeon and muttered that he liked Yun Qingyang.

Ma Feifei taught three thousand students the Analects, assigned them copying homework, and set a regular class schedule. After class, he discovered that three projections had appeared in the Bookstore and that the students had changed dramatically, then demanded his Spirit Crystals back from Yun Qingyang after she offered no useful explanation.

• Ma Feifei finished explaining the first chapter of the Analects and had the students recite it before setting their daily schedule and assigning them to copy the book three times.
• The three thousand students left the Bookstore, where onlookers were astonished to see influential cultivators treating one another as fellow students and apologizing politely.
• Ma Feifei noticed three projections in the Bookstore and asked Yun Qingyang what had happened.
• Yun Qingyang said the cultivators had suddenly reached enlightenment while watching the projections, so Ma Feifei lunged at her and demanded his Spirit Crystals back.

Chu Huaixiang's powerful team defeated the Tomb of the Hegemon's guardian and prepared to cross the Blood River to enter the imperial tomb. The chapter left one of the royal guards attempting to fly across the river, secured by a cord held by his companion.

• Chu Huaixiang's team fought the tomb guardian, and the two black-clad men defeated it while Chu Huaixiang watched from the rear.
• Chu Huaixiang ordered the team to enter the tomb, but one black-clad man stopped the middle-aged man from crossing the Blood River and tested it with a pebble.
• The cultivators watching recognized the danger of the Blood River and discussed the royal guards' duty to protect the royal family.
• One black-clad man tied a cord around his companion, who leaped into the air and launched himself toward the far side of the Blood River.

Chu Huaixiang and his companions crossed the Blood River and entered Emperor Chu the Conqueror’s tomb, where Chu Huaixiang recognized a formation in its maze. The projection then obscured their route, preventing onlookers from recording how to solve the trial.

• A man in black crossed the Blood River safely, but the middle-aged man was nearly pulled in before Chu Huaixiang rescued him with a thread.
• A man in black carried Chu Huaixiang across the river, and the group reached the main tomb and entered its branching passages.
• Chu Huaixiang recognized the maze as the Hidden Dragon Formation and led the others into one passage.
• A white mosaic covered the projection of the group’s route, frustrating cultivators who hoped to map the formation and pleasing Ma Feifei, whose dungeon guidebook could still be sold.

Emperor Chu the Conqueror emerged from his coffin, and Chu Huaixiang reacted to his face with terror. After two black-clad men pierced the corpse’s head, it summoned the eighth-tier spirit weapon Peerless, one of the nine swords that had accompanied Emperor Chu the Conqueror.

• Emperor Chu the Conqueror crawled from the coffin, and Chu Huaixiang dropped his sword and scrambled away after seeing his face.
• The two men in black attacked Emperor Chu the Conqueror, and one pierced his head with a split spirit sword.
• Emperor Chu the Conqueror tore the sword from his skull, snapped it in two, and drew a golden spirit sword from the coffin.
• An elderly cultivator identified the golden sword as Peerless, the eighth-tier weapon among Emperor Chu the Conqueror’s nine spirit swords.

Chu Huaixiang and his companions discovered that the Tomb of the Hegemon housed Emperor Chu the Conqueror and his Peerless Sword, then defeated him and cleared the instance. Chu Huaixiang left the Bookstore with the sword and unanswered questions, while Ma Feifei feared the discovery would cause trouble.

• The cultivators recognized the Peerless Sword in the projection, and Chu Huaixiang identified the tomb's occupant as his ancestor, Emperor Chu the Conqueror.
• Chu Huaixiang attacked Emperor Chu the Conqueror with the Crimson Flame Mirror, while the two men in black joined their swords and pierced the ancestor's head.
• The team cleared the Tomb of the Hegemon, and Chu Huaixiang picked up the Peerless Sword and confirmed it was his ancestor's weapon.
• Chu Huaixiang and his companions were teleported into the Bookstore with the Peerless Sword as their reward.
• Chu Huaixiang thanked Ma Feifei and left the Bookstore, and Ma Feifei said the discovery meant big trouble.

After Chu Huaixiang discovered that Emperor Chu the Conqueror was inside the Mysterious Bookstore’s Tomb of the Hegemon instance, Ma Feifei feared the revelation could bring Great Chu’s wrath upon the bookstore. By night, Dubian Town’s cultivators were spreading the news and realizing how much they depended on the bookstore’s products and events.

• Ma Feifei worried that Chu Huaixiang would uncover the missing tomb and that news of the instance would spread across the Azure Dragon Continent, drawing Great Chu’s attention.
• Ma Feifei closed the bookstore, while Yun Qingyang went back to sleep and Ma Feifei decided to cook a chicken to calm himself.
• Cultivators in a Dubian Town tavern confirmed that Chu Huaixiang had received Unparalleled after clearing the instance and discussed whether the Mysterious Bookstore could withstand Great Chu.
• The cultivators revealed that they had invested in the bookstore’s exclusive numbers, Pokémon, and residences, then realized they were tied to its fate.

Zhang Yunji struggled to copy the Analects while Baili Chuxue, Liu Ying, and Chang Kong finished ahead of him. Chang Kong’s harsh remark left Zhang Yunji wondering whether his aptitude was truly the worst in the household.

• Baili Chuxue finished her first copy of the Analects, surprising Zhang Yunji with her speed.
• Liu Ying finished her copy and pointed out that Zhang Yunji’s impatience was slowing him down.
• Chang Kong finished his first copy while Zhang Yunji still had only completed half, despite trying to calm himself.
• Baili Chuxue and Liu Ying finished copying for the night, leaving Zhang Yunji and Chang Kong at their tables.
• Chang Kong finished his copy, called Zhang Yunji’s aptitude terrible, and left him to wonder if his comprehension was the worst.

Baili Chuxue brought Zhang Yunji elk congee, and her company helped him regain focus as he copied the Analects. The next day, Grave Robbers' Chronicles drew more cultivators to the Mysterious Bookstore, while Ma Feifei tested his students and called on Zhang Yunji.

• Baili Chuxue brought Zhang Yunji elk congee and stayed with him as he resumed copying the Analects with new understanding.
• The Mysterious Bookstore reopened in Dubian Town, where Grave Robbers' Chronicles attracted cultivators curious about the Tomb of the Hegemon dungeon.
• Ma Feifei collected and checked the three thousand students' Analects homework, finding that none had slacked off.
• Ma Feifei had the students read the Analects aloud three times, then closed their books for a test on the Xue Er chapter.
• Ma Feifei called on Zhang Yunji, who worried that he would be tested.

Ma Feifei taught the students The Learning Chapter of The Analects, and Liu Ying demonstrated that she had memorized its explanations and identified its principles. Her answer triggered a mysterious reaction from Confucius’s statue, leaving her struck by a beam of light amid a surge of power.

• Zhang Yunji misunderstood the final sentence of the opening passage, and Ma Feifei had Liu Ying correct his interpretation.
• Ma Feifei questioned Liu Ying on The Learning Chapter, and she accurately explained its passages from memory.
• Ma Feifei asked Liu Ying to identify the principles in the opening passage, and she answered that they were learning, making friends, and self-cultivation.
• Confucius’s statue shot a murky white beam at Liu Ying, and a powerful presence and great wind burst across the Green Grassland.

Liu Ying’s study of The Analects coincided with a three-stage cultivation breakthrough, prompting Ma Feifei to urge his students to study harder. Later, Gongsun Qiong asked Zhao Xiaodao about the shopkeeper, who began recalling how she first met him.

• Liu Ying rose from the Spirit King second stage to the fifth stage after studying The Analects, stunning the students.
• Ma Feifei claimed that Liu Ying’s comprehension had earned Confucius’s recognition and encouraged the students to change their fate through knowledge.
• At Gongsun Manor, Zhao Xiaodao complained to Gongsun Qiong about the shopkeeper’s homework, and Gongsun Qiong defended the chance it gave her to improve.
• Gongsun Qiong asked Zhao Xiaodao what the shopkeeper was really like, and Zhao Xiaodao recalled meeting him outside his newly opened bookstore in Dubian Town.

Zhao Xiaodao told Gongsun Qiong how the shopkeeper treated her kindly after she tried to steal his only book, leaving Gongsun Qiong deep in thought. Later, Ma Feifei worried about the bookstore’s dungeon losses and the lack of a trigger for The Art of War, then learned that its month-long reader was Luan Feng, the God of War of Great Yan.

• Zhao Xiaodao recounted stealing Andersen's Fairy Tales from the shopkeeper, who chased her down but later welcomed her back to read.
• Zhao Xiaodao described the shopkeeper as guileless and kind to strangers, and Gongsun Qiong gazed at the moon as she reflected on her words.
• Ma Feifei continued running the bookstore as cultivators entered its book worlds, while Grave Robbers' Chronicles dungeons cost him Book Qi Points without giving him a share of the rewards.
• Ma Feifei set aside his concerns about the rumors surrounding Emperor Chu the Conqueror's death when the Chu Kingdom's authorities made no move.
• Ma Feifei wondered why The Art of War had not triggered its book world and learned that its reader in private room number two was Luan Feng, the God of War of Great Yan.

Ma Feifei announced a mock exam for his students after a month of studying The Analects. Outside the bookstore, Li Bieli begged him for a quick way to cultivate so he could avenge his mother, but Ma Feifei refused and left him kneeling.

• Ma Feifei announced that the three thousand students would take a mock exam the next day and gave them the evening off from homework.
• Yun Qingyang told Ma Feifei that someone was waiting for him outside the bookstore.
• Ma Feifei found Li Bieli kneeling at the entrance and tried to help him up.
• Li Bieli begged Ma Feifei to teach him a way to cultivate so he could avenge his mother's murder.
• Ma Feifei told Li Bieli to use the bookstore's usual rules and refused to provide a quick path to cultivation.
• Li Bieli vowed to remain kneeling, and Ma Feifei told him to stay there.

Li Bieli continued kneeling outside the Bookstore, hoping Ma Feifei would teach him a cultivation method so he could avenge his mother. As morning came, Zhang Yunji and his family headed to the Mysterious Bookstore for the exam after spending a restless night, while Li Bieli was still kneeling in the rain.

• Zhou Zhuling offered Li Bieli a handkerchief and urged him to stop kneeling, but he refused and asked her to plead with Ma Feifei for him.
• Ma Feifei remembered Li Bieli as he lay awake in the storm, but decided he would not grant the request even if he could help him cultivate faster.
• Chang Kong, Zhang Yunji, Liu Ying, and Baili Chuxue spent the night anxiously waiting for the exam, with Zhang Yunji still unable to memorize The Analects.
• At dawn, Zhang Yunji and his family washed, changed, and set out for the Mysterious Bookstore while the rain continued.
• Two cultivators across the street discussed Li Bieli's determination and doubted that kneeling would persuade the shopkeeper to help him.

During the Analects exam, Zhang Yunji copied Liu Ying’s answers, while Ma Feifei secretly observed them. Afterward, Confucius’s statue boosted nearly three thousand students’ cultivation, but Zhang Yunji and Liu Ying received no beam, leaving Zhang Yunji confused.

• Ma Feifei distributed the exam papers to three thousand students and warned them not to whisper or copy answers.
• Zhang Yunji got stuck on the first question and secretly asked Liu Ying for help.
• Liu Ying showed Zhang Yunji her answers, and he copied them throughout the exam while Ma Feifei appeared not to notice.
• After collecting the papers, Ma Feifei watched Confucius’s statue send beams of light that raised nearly three thousand students’ cultivation.
• Gongsun Qiong, Zhang Yunji, and Liu Ying received no beam, and Zhang Yunji asked why everyone else had gained one.

Zhang Yunji planned a trip to Nine Heavens Mountain with Liu Ying and Chang Kong to train Jigglypuff for the Pokémon tournament. There, the Flame Emperor easily defeated a stronger spirit beast, but consuming its core did not help it advance.

• Chang Kong suggested Zhang Yunji take Liu Ying to Nine Heavens Mountain and agreed to protect them, helping Zhang Yunji make peace with her.
• The next morning, Zhang Yunji, Liu Ying, and Chang Kong arrived at Nine Heavens Mountain, where many cultivators were training their Pokémon.
• Chang Kong chose a secluded spot, and Zhang Yunji summoned the Flame Emperor to test its strength.
• The Flame Emperor defeated a second-stage tusked boar with one blast of fire.
• Zhang Yunji had the Flame Emperor swallow the boar's core, but Chang Kong noticed that it showed no signs of leveling up.

Jigglypuff’s song put Chang Kong and everyone nearby to sleep while Crown Prince Yan visited Luan Feng and asked her to help him reclaim the throne. Luan Feng rejected his plea and drove him away with her killing intent.

• Zhang Yunji and Chang Kong searched for Fanged Boars so the Flame Emperor could gain strength, while Liu Ying complained that Jigglypuff was being neglected.
• Jigglypuff began singing for Liu Ying and put everyone within earshot, including Chang Kong, to sleep.
• Crown Prince Yan arrived at Luan Feng’s residence and entered after she ordered Yan Gexing to let him in.
• Crown Prince Yan told Luan Feng that a mysterious young man had given him a special-number card and that he planned to visit the Divine Bookstore to seek help reclaiming the throne.
• Crown Prince Yan grabbed Luan Feng’s hand and pleaded for her support, but he recoiled under her gaze.
• Luan Feng told Crown Prince Yan to leave, then unleashed her killing intent and walked out as he fell in fear.

Crown Prince Yan arrived at the Divine Bookstore and met Li Bieli, who had been kneeling outside despite carrying a special number. After Yun Qingyang threw Yan aside for staring at her, he presented his own special number and was allowed inside.

• Crown Prince Yan found Li Bieli kneeling outside the bookstore and mistakenly assumed he could not afford a number.
• Li Bieli showed Crown Prince Yan his special number, surprising him with its rarity.
• Yun Qingyang appeared at the entrance and sent Crown Prince Yan flying after his gaze made her uncomfortable.
• Yun Qingyang admitted a refined group of people to the bookstore without requiring them to show dedicated numbers.
• Crown Prince Yan offered Yun Qingyang his special number, and she told him to go inside.