Chapter Summaries

Luan Feng fought a white-tailed Sacred Beast that demanded the fragment from her space pouch, while onlookers mistook the beast and its allies for ninth-rank spirit beasts and rushed to get Ma Feifei. When a spider and a mouse joined the battle, Luan Feng transformed her spear into a blazing phoenix and defeated all three Sacred Beasts.

• Luan Feng grabbed Zhiying and the space pouch as the white-tailed woman’s attacks damaged the residence’s defensive formation.
• Luan Feng and the white-tailed woman fought in the sky while cultivators in Dubian Town mistook the opponent for a ninth-rank spirit beast and hurried to get the shopkeeper.
• Ma Feifei watched from the bookstore roof with three awakened divine beasts and said the fight was nearly over when the white figure fell from the sky.
• A spider and a mouse caught the fallen white-tailed woman, then joined her against Luan Feng as the onlookers feared for the general.
• Luan Feng transformed herself and her spear into a blazing phoenix, struck through all three Sacred Beasts, and sent them crashing to the ground.

Ma Feifei interrogated three captured Sacred Beasts and learned they had attacked Dubian Town to reclaim the Ice Crystal Palace and take Ba Jiu, while planning another siege with powerful spirit beasts. After imprisoning them for the mayor to handle, he was confronted by Yun Qingyang, who asked to see the Ice Crystal Palace.

• Ma Feifei threatened the Nine Bend Spider King until it agreed to explain the attack, and the three Sacred Beasts admitted they wanted the Ice Crystal Palace and Ba Jiu.
• The Sacred Beasts revealed that they had used Orange Fragments to strengthen themselves and handed over their fragments to Ma Feifei.
• Yun Bai Shu explained that the fragments increased a spirit beast's strength by a percentage of its cultivation.
• Gou Yu Hu disclosed plans for an attack the next day involving seventh-tier and eighth-tier spirit beasts, though the Flood Dragon Emperor might revise the plan.
• Ma Feifei left the captured Sacred Beasts for Zhou Wuji to deal with and used Draw a Circle to Make a Prison to keep them confined.
• Yun Qingyang asked Ma Feifei to take out the Ice Crystal Palace he had lent him.

Ma Feifei gathered most of the remaining Tianshu Fragments while waiting for another spirit beast siege, but the attack never came and the Nine Bend Spider escaped after killing Yun Bai Shu and Gou Yu Hu. When Yun Qingyang confronted him about the missing Ice Crystal Palace, she revealed a strange power that briefly lit up the bookstore and asked whether he wanted her to give him something.

• Ma Feifei put off showing Yun Qingyang the Ice Crystal Palace and warned the captive Legendary Beasts not to escape.
• At dawn, Ma Feifei sent Zhou Wuji away with the Legendary Beasts and collected Tianshu Fragments at the Wantong Trading Market until he had eighty.
• Ma Feifei waited all day for a spirit beast siege, but Zhou Wuji reported that the Nine Bend Spider had killed Yun Bai Shu and Gou Yu Hu, absorbed their inner cores, and escaped to Nine Heavens Mountain.
• Ma Feifei returned to the bookstore and admitted to Yun Qingyang that the Ice Crystal Palace was gone.
• Yun Qingyang used her golden blood to illuminate the dark bookstore briefly, then asked Ma Feifei if he wanted her to give him something.

Yun Qingyang gave Ma Feifei the mysterious, heavy Setting Sun Sword and warned him never to lose or give it away. Meanwhile, a serpent woman learned that her followers had died and their fragment had been taken, then headed for Dubian Town as Ba Jiu left the Mysterious Bookstore and Ma Feifei called Yun Qingyang to follow him.

• Yun Qingyang gave Ma Feifei the Setting Sun Sword and solemnly told him to keep it safe and never give it to anyone.
• Ma Feifei examined the heavy wooden sword, found the words “Setting Sun” engraved on it, and failed to awaken any response by channeling his innate violet qi into it.
• The Nine Bend Spider reported that Yun Bai Shu and Gou Yu Hu had died fighting the Mysterious Bookstore’s people and that they had taken the fragment; the serpent woman swallowed the spider in anger.
• The serpent woman revealed that she also possessed a Tianshu Fragment and flew toward Dubian Town, while spirit beasts trembled beneath her aura.
• A thunderclap woke Ba Jiu, who left the Mysterious Bookstore, and Ma Feifei called to Yun Qingyang to come with him.

Ba Jiu refused to return to Nine Heavens Mountain with the jiao who had raised him, and she attacked him before Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang intervened. After fighting Yun Qingyang, the jiao fled, but Ma Feifei intercepted her and was pulled into the black book.

• Ba Jiu told the middle-aged woman that he wanted to stay in the human world, but she attacked him when he refused to go home.
• Yun Qingyang and Ma Feifei arrived, and Yun Qingyang struck at the jiao with Qingshuang Sword as the jiao tried to take Ba Jiu away.
• The jiao and Yun Qingyang fought, and after neither gained an advantage, the jiao retreated toward Nine Heavens Mountain.
• Ma Feifei used Soaring Cloud Riding Mist and Somersault Cloud to block the jiao and attacked her with the black book.
• The jiao transformed into a huge snake and collided with Ma Feifei, after which Ma Feifei found himself inside the book.

Ma Feifei discovered that the flood dragon had been sucked into The Legend of the Righteous Demon, and the system assigned him a quest to subdue and seal it inside the book. Before entering, he announced rewards for Orange Fragments, while cultivators discussed the Mysterious Bookstore’s latest divine-beast capture.

• Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang found an Orange Fragment where the flood dragon had disappeared, then returned to the bookstore to inspect the book that had swallowed it.
• The system gave Ma Feifei the quest to enter The Legend of the Righteous Demon and seal the flood dragon beneath Leifeng Pagoda, warning him he could not use force to subdue it.
• Ma Feifei learned he would be invincible inside the book and decided he could handle the quest safely.
• Ma Feifei went to the Wantong Trading Market, which announced that the Mysterious Bookstore had subdued the Nine Heavens Mountain divine beast and offered increased rewards for Orange Fragments.
• Cultivators debated the announcement, recalling that the Mysterious Bookstore had also subdued the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey and that the Saint had fought a middle-aged woman at the northern entrance.

After the divine beast was subdued, cultivators rushed into Nine Heavens Mountain to seek treasure, while the Mysterious Bookstore began projecting a new story. Ma Feifei entered the world of The Legend of the White Snake as Li Gongfu and hurried to West Lake, where Xu Xian and the two women arrived by boat.

• News that the Mysterious Bookstore had subdued Nine Heavens Mountain’s divine beast spread, drawing cultivators into the mountain and prompting the soldiers near Dubian Town to prepare to withdraw.
• A black book appeared above the Mysterious Bookstore and projected a scene from a new story, drawing the attention of cultivators still in town.
• Ma Feifei discovered he had possessed Li Gongfu and learned from the system that Xu Xian had already met White Lady at West Lake.
• Ma Feifei rushed to Broken Bridge, where a sudden storm cleared the lakeside and Xu Xian arrived by boat with White Lady and the woman in green.
• Ma Feifei restrained himself from using force and decided to treat all the possible snake suspects as flood dragons.

Ma Feifei tried to steer the story toward capturing the flood dragon, then used realgar wine at a banquet to test White Lady and Xiao Qing. The chapter ended with everyone seated and the snakes facing the wine, but neither had yet revealed a true form.

• Ma Feifei disrupted Xu Xian and White Lady's boat ride, and the green and white snakes emerged after the rain stopped and revived the unconscious boatman.
• Ma Feifei decided to let Xu Xian discover the snakes' identities and bring Fahai to capture them, then left West Lake.
• Cultivators outside the projection debated whether Ma Feifei was a cultivator, the protagonist, or simply jealous.
• After Xu Xian married White Lady and brought her and Xiao Qing home, Ma Feifei hosted them at a banquet with Xu Jiaorong.
• Ma Feifei served realgar wine to Xiao Qing, White Lady, and the others, hoping the wine would make the flood dragon reveal its true form.

Ma Feifei used realgar wine to test the White Lady and Xiao Qing, then learned from the system that the White Lady was an ancient jiao healing itself by absorbing Xu Xian’s pure yang energy. He worried that Fahai might not be able to defeat it if it regained its strength, so he hurried to the courtyard to intervene.

• Ma Feifei raised a toast with the White Lady, Xiao Qing, Xu Xian, and Xu Jiaorong, and Xiao Qing struggled to drink the realgar wine.
• After Ma Feifei refilled their bowls, the White Lady grew dizzy and left the banquet with Xu Xian and Xiao Qing.
• Ma Feifei planned to make Xu Xian discover the White Lady’s true form so that he would seek Fahai’s help.
• Ma Feifei asked the system why the jiao had become the White Lady, and the system said it was gravely injured and absorbing Xu Xian’s pure yang energy to heal.
• Fearing the jiao would recover too much for Fahai to defeat, Ma Feifei headed to the courtyard.

Ma Feifei used realgar wine and a fire to try to force the White Snake and Green Snake to reveal their true forms. The White Snake escaped the burning room carrying the unconscious Green Snake, whose huge green tail was exposed before Xu Xian and the watching cultivators.

• Ma Feifei used Thousand-Mile Eyes to look inside the room and saw the snakes in disheveled clothing, but both were still in human form.
• Ma Feifei sent innate purple qi into the room, setting it ablaze and prompting Xu Xian to call for his wife to come out.
• The White Snake failed to extinguish the fire, knocked the Green Snake unconscious, and carried her toward the exit as the heat and realgar wine weakened her.
• The White Snake burst through the door with the Green Snake, whose enormous tail slid out and struck Xu Xian's foot.

Ma Feifei expected Xu Xian to seek Fahai after seeing Xiao Qing’s snake form, but Xu Xian instead believed Xiao Qing was threatening the White Lady and asked Ma Feifei to save his wife. Ma Feifei decided to find Fahai himself and seek help on Xu Xian’s behalf.

• The White Lady took the unconscious Xu Xian and Xiao Qing back inside, while Ma Feifei left the courtyard unseen.
• Cultivators watching the projection debated whether the White Lady was also a snake spirit and suspected Li Gongfu had caused the strange fire.
• That evening, Xu Xian arrived with the White Lady and Xiao Qing as if nothing had happened, leaving Ma Feifei confused.
• At midnight, Xu Xian told Ma Feifei that Xiao Qing was a snake spirit and asked him to save the White Lady, whom he believed Xiao Qing had threatened.
• Ma Feifei gave up on relying on Xu Xian and decided to find Fahai himself, then hurried out to act on the plan.

Ma Feifei used the United We Stand permission to summon Yun Qingyang into The Legend of the Righteous Demon to help subdue the White Snake. He brought her back to the Li residence and tried to delay her attack until morning, but she headed for the door, prompting him to ask her to sleep with him.

• Ma Feifei learned Zen Master Fahai was away and used the United We Stand permission to seek help from Yun Qingyang.
• Yun Qingyang agreed to enter the book world and arrived beside Ma Feifei, intent on fighting the flood dragon without payment.
• Yun Qingyang demanded that Ma Feifei take her to the White Snake, and he led her back to the Li residence.
• Ma Feifei planned to wait until morning and arrange a battle that could expose the White Snake's identity to Xu Xian.
• Yun Qingyang refused to sleep and started for the door, so Ma Feifei blurted out, “Can't you sleep with me?”

Ma Feifei mistook Yun Qingyang’s offer to accompany him while he slept for a romantic proposition, then paid her a million Spirit Crystals to keep him company. At dawn, they prepared to trick the dragon into revealing her true form, and Ma Feifei entered Xu Xian’s courtyard with a medicinal herb.

• Ma Feifei asked Yun Qingyang to sleep with him, and she agreed after demanding a million Spirit Crystals.
• Yun Qingyang sat beside the bed with her sword to keep Ma Feifei company while he slept, while he hid under the quilt in embarrassment.
• At dawn, Ma Feifei explained their plan for Yun Qingyang to disguise herself, attack him, and help draw the dragon out.
• Ma Feifei pointed out that Yun Qingyang’s Qingshuang Sword would give her away, so she borrowed his Setting Sun Sword instead.
• Ma Feifei entered Xu Xian’s courtyard holding a medicinal herb and called out, “Hanwen!”

Ma Feifei gave White Lady Azure Grass, prompting Yun Qingyang to attack her for it. White Lady revealed her strength and fought Yun Qingyang in the air while Ma Feifei sensed a powerful aura approaching.

• Ma Feifei visited Xu Xian and offered White Lady a precious Azure Grass disguised as a thousand-year-old lingzhi.
• Yun Qingyang swooped down to seize the Azure Grass, but White Lady took it and dodged her attack.
• White Lady revealed her true strength and clashed with Yun Qingyang after Yun Qingyang trapped her with sword auras.
• Xiao Qing joined the fight, but Yun Qingyang pierced her shoulder and knocked her down.
• Yun Qingyang and White Lady carried their battle into the air as onlookers gathered, and Ma Feifei sensed a powerful aura approaching.

Fahai attacked Yun Qingyang, but Ma Feifei struck him down and escaped with her. Fahai exposed White Lady and Xiao Qing as snake spirits, and as he moved to kill White Lady, she revealed her flood-dragon form.

• Fahai struck the white snake, then turned on Yun Qingyang after recognizing her as a wicked beast.
• Yun Qingyang fought Fahai until his Demon Subduing Bowl struck her, but Ma Feifei hit Fahai and escaped with her.
• Fahai used the bowl to expose White Lady and Xiao Qing as snake spirits, terrifying Xu Xian.
• White Lady broke free of the bowl, swallowed Xu Xian, and faced Fahai with his Sky-Supporting Zen Staff.
• White Lady revealed her dark-blue scales and forehead bumps, transforming into her true flood-dragon form.

The white snake transformed into a powerful jiao and overwhelmed Fahai, eventually swallowing him. As Ma Feifei watched with Yun Qingyang, the system lifted the cultivation restriction, restoring Yun Qingyang’s strength and setting her up to confront the jiao.

• Fahai urged the newly transformed jiao to come to Golden Mountain Temple, hoping to guide it toward becoming a dragon.
• The jiao attacked Fahai, knocked him down, and withstood his Vajra Pestle before taking the weapon from him.
• Fahai tried to escape, but the jiao caught and swallowed him.
• The system lifted the cultivation restriction, and Yun Qingyang’s power returned.
• Yun Qingyang asked Ma Feifei to release her so she could enter the fight.

Yun Qingyang defeated the flood dragon, but Ma Feifei stopped her from killing it and arranged for Fahai and Xu Xian to take it to Golden Mountain Temple. After the system confirmed the mission was complete, Ma Feifei left the world of the book.

• Yun Qingyang fought the middle-aged woman in the sky and trapped her with energy left by the Setting Sun Sword.
• Yun Qingyang pierced the transformed flood dragon, and it crashed into West Lake.
• Ma Feifei pulled the flood dragon onto shore and changed it back into the weakened middle-aged woman.
• Yun Qingyang took the woman's space ring and left the book world after completing her mission.
• Ma Feifei brought Fahai and Xu Xian to the woman, and they carried her into Golden Mountain Temple.
• The system declared Ma Feifei's Epic-grade book listing mission complete, and he vanished from the book world.

Yun Qingyang decided to write a book with its own world so she could see the parents she had never met, and Ma Feifei promised to help her. The chapter ended with Yun Qingyang exposing Ma Feifei’s attempt to secretly discard the bookstore’s white-covered books.

• Yun Qingyang pretended to cry until Ma Feifei apologized with a million Spirit Crystals.
• Yun Qingyang announced she would enter Ma Feifei’s original works contest and write a book featuring Fahai.
• Yun Qingyang asked whether a book’s world could be entered and said she wanted to write one because she missed her parents.
• Ma Feifei offered to help Yun Qingyang write the book so she could see her parents.
• Yun Qingyang revealed the white-covered books from her spatial ring and confronted Ma Feifei about secretly trying to throw them away.

Cultivators flocked to Dubian Town and the Ninth Mountain after the Mysterious Bookstore announced its new instance, while Ma Feifei prepared Luan Feng to paint a phoenix on the Four Spirit Pillars. He left her working and found Yun Qingyang sorting through the jiao’s treasures, where they discussed her anger at Fahai.

• The Mysterious Bookstore established a Leifeng Pagoda instance featuring the divine beast from Nine Heavens Mountain as its boss, and its growing fame drew cultivators to Dubian Town and the mountain.
• Cultivators collected Tianshu Fragments from spirit beasts, bringing seventeen to Ma Feifei and raising his total to ninety-eight, one short of another page.
• Ma Feifei brought Luan Feng into the closed bookstore and encouraged her to paint a phoenix on the Four Spirit Pillars using her Origin Power.
• Luan Feng began painting with an Origin Power brush, and Ma Feifei saw that she had completed two claws before he went to investigate a noise in the backyard.
• Ma Feifei found Yun Qingyang sorting treasures from the jiao’s spatial ring, and she admitted taking Fahai’s Demon Subduing Bowl and vajra pestle and threatened to smash his mouth if she saw him again.

Ma Feifei checked on the Bookstore and learned that Ba Jiu and the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey had gone to Zhang Yunji's house to provide material for a book. He then wagered with Yun Qingyang that she could not write a Yellow Quality book without his help, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Ma Feifei made sure The Legend of Bai Jie was still hidden under his pillow and checked Luan Feng's slow progress on a painting.
• Ma Feifei searched for Ba Jiu and the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey, then learned from Yun Qingyang that they had gone to Zhang Yunji's house to share stories for his book.
• Ma Feifei challenged Yun Qingyang to write a Yellow Quality book or better without his help, and she accepted his wager.
• Ma Feifei bet that, if he won, he could inspect Yun Qingyang's space ring, while Yun Qingyang said he would have to do one thing for her if he lost.