Chapter Summaries

Ma Feifei faced accusations that he belonged to the Evil Author faction, and the Steward Elder summoned the Law Enforcement Team to investigate him. Ma Feifei responded by releasing ten thousand books from his spatial ring, leaving the crowd stunned as books continued to pour out.

• Xun Ling urged the Steward Elder to investigate Ma Feifei as a possible Evil Author, and the Steward Elder demanded to inspect his books.
• The Steward Elder called for backup, and the Law Enforcement Team surrounded the arena.
• Ma Feifei said he had written books for hundreds of thousands of years and asked whether they were ready to inspect his collection.
• Ma Feifei released ten thousand books of varied qualities from his spatial ring, overwhelming the arena and astonishing the crowd.
• Ma Feifei asked whether the display was enough and said he still had more books.

Ma Feifei stunned the Author Assessment Guild by revealing thousands of books and a Mythic-grade book, earning the Steward Elder’s respect. The Steward Elder invited him to the guild and promised access to the Prefect of Yong'an Prefecture; Ma Feifei agreed to go with him.

• Ma Feifei displayed more than ten thousand books, and the Steward Elder bowed to him after recognizing his skill.
• Ma Feifei revealed an orange Mythic-grade book, then recalled his books into his spatial ring.
• Xun Ling identified Ma Feifei as the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore, but the crowd had never heard of it.
• The Steward Elder invited Ma Feifei to the Author Assessment Guild and mentioned a chance to meet the Prefect of Yong'an Prefecture.
• Ma Feifei agreed to go, and the Steward Elder dismissed Xun Ling’s demand to investigate Ma Feifei’s origins.

Ma Feifei revealed his identity to Xun Ling and persuaded him to void their book battle so he could secure two people. After leaving with the Steward Elder, Ma Feifei began learning about authors as they traveled through Yong'an Prefecture.

• Ma Feifei admitted that Xun Ling had recognized him and praised Xun Ling’s writing, asking the Steward Elder to give him another chance.
• Ma Feifei told Xun Ling he wanted the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey and Li Chenzhou, and Xun Ling agreed to void the book battle result.
• The Steward Elder canceled Xun Ling’s Fourth-rank Author assessment result and allowed him to write another Epic-grade book before trying again.
• Ma Feifei left with the Steward Elder, and they discussed Ma Feifei’s unfamiliarity with Yong'an Prefecture and the author profession.

Ma Feifei heard the legend that Hippo Emperor had created the Book Battle Continent and the Myriad Worlds through books. He reached the Author Assessment Guild disguised as Long Aotian, where President Hong announced that the Emperor artifact, the Book God Pillar, would test him.

• The Steward Elder explained that Authors could use books to obtain things and told Ma Feifei the legend of Hippo Emperor, creator of the Book Battle Continent and the Myriad Worlds.
• The Steward Elder brought Ma Feifei and the crowd following them to the Author Assessment Guild in Yong'an City.
• The Steward Elder introduced the Guild's president, Hong Tong, and Ma Feifei introduced himself as Long Aotian.
• Hong Tong led Ma Feifei into the Guild hall and explained that the Author Assessment Pillar measured an Author's Heart of the Book and book quality.
• After Ma Feifei worried that he would have to take a test, Hong Tong revealed that the Guild had invited the Emperor artifact, the Book God Pillar, to assess him.

Ma Feifei entered the Book God Palace to take the Book God Pillar’s author assessment, while Hong Tong and the Steward Elder expected him to become an Imperial-grade author. The Pillar declared him incapable of becoming an author, attacked him when he refused to obey, and Ma Feifei bit into it, leaving the Book God Palace collapsing around him.

• Hong Tong led Ma Feifei to the Book God Palace, where the doors opened and admitted him alone.
• Hong Tong and the Steward Elder waited outside, predicting Ma Feifei would become an Imperial-grade author and help them in the coming battle between righteousness and evil.
• Inside, Ma Feifei found that the Book God Pillar was a small bamboo shoot; after he gave it a drop of blood, it declared he had no Heart of the Book and could not become an author.
• Ma Feifei pulled the bamboo shoot from the ground and argued with it, prompting it to attack him with vines that pinned him to a wall.
• After the system warned that he was in mortal danger, Ma Feifei bit through the bamboo shoot and sucked out its liquid, causing the Book God Palace to shake and collapse.

After Ma Feifei accidentally ate the Book God Pillar and destroyed the Book God Palace, President Hong Tong and the Steward Elder recognized him as the chosen Book God Envoy. Hong Tong explained the envoy’s duties and the need to pass the other pillars’ assessments, leaving Ma Feifei facing a mission tied to the conflict between righteous and evil authors.

• Ma Feifei emerged from the ruins with the Book God Pillar, which he admitted he had mistaken for a bamboo shoot and eaten.
• President Hong Tong and the Steward Elder bowed to Ma Feifei and asked him to become the Book God Envoy and lead the fight against the Evil Author faction.
• Hong Tong explained that the Book God Envoy communicated the Hippo Emperor’s decrees, while Ma Feifei questioned how anyone could communicate with a supposedly dead emperor.
• Ma Feifei agreed to hear what the position required, and Hong Tong said he had to eat the Book God Pillars across the Three Prefectures Seven Caves and obtain the Book God’s Heart.
• Hong Tong explained that authors had split into righteous and evil cultivation paths after the Hippo Emperor created the author profession, and that the two sides had begun fighting.

Hong Tong explained that the Book God Envoy was meant to lead the Righteousness Branch against the resurgent Evil Branch, but Ma Feifei learned that the previous envoy was killed by his own side after an evil book corrupted him. Hong Tong showed Ma an example of an evil book, and Ma recognized its alluring writing as the kind of fiction he enjoyed.

• Hong Tong told Ma Feifei how Hippo Emperor created the Book God Envoy profession and urged him to lead the Righteousness Branch against the Evil Branch.
• Ma Feifei asked what had happened to the previous Book God Envoy and tried to leave when Hong Tong hesitated.
• Hong Tong revealed that the previous envoy had been corrupted by a Mythic-grade evil book, so the Righteousness Branch killed him to protect the Myriad Worlds.
• Ma Feifei asked how the Righteousness Branch identified evil authors, and Hong Tong showed him a Blue Quality book titled A River of Spring Water.
• Ma Feifei read the book and found its captivating, suggestive writing appealing, wondering whether his own bookshelf might make him an Evil Author.

Ma Feifei accepted the role of Book God Envoy to lead the righteous authors against the Evil Branch, then secured the release of Li Chenzhou and the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey. He learned he could not take the monkey back to the Azure Dragon Continent yet, leaving its chance to apologize and repent unresolved.

• President Hong Tong explained that the Evil Branch was overpowering the Righteousness Branch and pleaded with Ma Feifei to become the Book God Envoy.
• Ma Feifei agreed to the role in exchange for its authority and benefits, and Hong Tong and the Steward Elder welcomed him as their leader.
• Xun Ling returned Li Chenzhou and the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey to Ma Feifei, though he made clear their feud remained unsettled.
• Ma Feifei took Li Chenzhou and the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey back to Wang Han's home and asked the system to take the monkey to the Azure Dragon Continent.
• The system said Ma Feifei's private instance only allowed solo entry, preventing him from bringing the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey back to apologize for the deaths in Dubian Town.

Ma Feifei returned to the Mysterious Bookstore and discovered that Li Bieli had appeared inside the yellow-grade Diamond Sutra after reaching the extreme north. The system explained that Li Bieli had returned to receive a body-tempering reward, and a beam of golden light struck toward him as the chapter ended.

• Ma Feifei gave the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey an employee uniform so he could teleport back to the Mysterious Bookstore, then returned there himself.
• Ma Feifei saw that a yellow-grade book had opened a world above the bookstore and learned from the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey that the bookstore was empty while the street outside was crowded.
• Ma Feifei pushed through the crowd and saw Li Bieli facing a huge golden Buddha in the projection.
• A cultivator identified the scene as Li Bieli reciting the Diamond Sutra, and others wondered why he had returned so soon from the extreme north.
• The system told Ma Feifei that Li Bieli had reached the extreme north and been teleported back to receive a body-tempering reward.
• A scorching golden light flared in the projection, and the golden Buddha fired a beam at Li Bieli.

Li Bieli regained his youth after receiving the Diamond Sutra, while cultivators speculated about the Mysterious Bookstore owner’s disappearance. Ma Feifei tried to enter the bookstore in disguise, claimed to be the owner’s half brother, and bribed Zhang Yunji to let him in.

• Golden light and the Diamond Sutra restored Li Bieli’s body and made him younger and stronger.
• Cultivators praised the Mysterious Bookstore and wondered why its owner had been gone for nearly half a month.
• Li Bieli received the Diamond Sutra, bowed to Yun Qingyang, and entered the Mysterious Bookstore.
• Ba Jiu stopped Ma Feifei at the entrance because he did not recognize him, so Ma Feifei claimed to be the owner’s half brother named Ma Xiaotiao.
• Zhang Yunji rejected Ma Feifei’s story, then took his Spirit Crystals and let him enter while Ba Jiu looked on in disbelief.

Ma Feifei returned to the Mysterious Bookstore and learned that Li Bieli had regained his youth and reached the Spirit Saint First Stage. Li Bieli then asked to return to the imperial capital to avenge his mother.

• Zhang Yunji recognized Ma Feifei despite his disguise, took the offered Spirit Crystals, and was beaten until Ma Feifei got them back.
• Ma Feifei reunited with Yun Qingyang in the courtyard, where she stopped his attempted embrace with her sword.
• Li Bieli thanked Ma Feifei for saving his life and revealed that he had regained his youth and advanced to the Spirit Saint First Stage.
• Li Bieli returned the Diamond Sutra, but Ma Feifei gave it back so he could see whether Li Bieli would help its Book Spirit evolve.
• Li Bieli asked Ma Feifei for permission to return to the imperial capital and avenge his mother against the Jiang Family.

Li Bieli left the Mysterious Bookstore to seek justice for his mother from the Jiang Family, despite the danger of opposing his father. Meanwhile, Yun Qingyang revealed the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey’s enormous debt and had him agree to work at the Book Garden for life to repay it.

• Ma Feifei granted Li Bieli permission to return to the imperial capital and seek revenge for his mother, and Li Bieli left the Mysterious Bookstore.
• Yun Qingyang asked the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey to repay the ten Spirit Crystals he had borrowed months earlier.
• Ma Feifei saw Yun Qingyang’s notebook and learned that she claimed the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey owed 3,276,500,000,000 Spirit Crystals.
• Yun Qingyang gave the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey an agreement to sign, requiring him to perform three hours of unpaid labor at the Book Garden every day until his death.

Feng Yiming returned to the imperial capital as crowds gathered to welcome the former Saint Chu, while Li Bieli arrived at Jiang Wang's Mansion. The chapter ended with Jiang Yibei recognizing Li Bieli at the gate.

• Crowds gathered outside the eastern gate as Feng Yiming approached the capital after more than a year of traveling.
• Feng Yiming entered the capital and declared his conviction that Chu would rise again.
• Li Bieli entered through the western gate and paid his respects at the Li family's mansion before continuing to Jiang Wang's Mansion.
• Jiang Yizhou spotted Li Bieli as Jiang Yibei emerged from the mansion.
• Jiang Yibei's smile faded when he recognized Li Bieli.

Li Bieli returned to Vermilion Bird Street in his youth and confronted Jiang Yibei, declaring that he had come to kill someone. He defeated Jiang Yibei with one palm, leaving the onlookers to wonder how he would pursue the Jiang family over his mother's death.

• Jiang Yibei was shocked to see Li Bieli restored to youth and accused him of coming to cause trouble.
• Li Bieli said he had come to kill someone, while Jiang Yibei secretly sent a servant to report back to the mansion.
• Jiang Yibei attacked Li Bieli, but Li Bieli met his palm and struck him hard enough to make him vomit blood.
• Onlookers recognized Li Bieli and discussed his return, his strength, and the Mysterious Bookstore's role in restoring him.
• Bystanders recalled the conflicting accounts of Li Bieli's mother's death in the beast park and wondered what choice Li Bieli would make next.

Li Bieli stormed Prince Jiang's Mansion to clear his mother's name and kill Jiang Liushi, overpowering the elders who tried to stop him. He seized Jiang Liushi and sealed her cultivation, leaving her at his mercy.

• Li Bieli rejected Jiang Yizhou's plea to leave the past alone and shattered the plaque above Prince Jiang's Mansion's gate.
• Prince Jiang's Second Elder attacked Li Bieli, but Li Bieli defeated him with a single palm strike.
• Li Bieli challenged Jiang Heng and the gathered Jiang family, then charged at Jiang Liushi.
• Jiang Liushi pulled a maid in front of Li Bieli's attack, killing the maid, and fled as Li Bieli cut down those who tried to stop him.
• Li Bieli caught Jiang Liushi, sealed her cultivation, and choked her while confronting her about his mother's death.

Li Bieli revealed his Spirit Saint strength while fighting Jiang Heng and the Great Elder of Prince Jiang's family above the imperial capital. Feng Yiming entered the city as the battle worsened, and a fighter fell from the sky near him.

• Li Bieli killed Jiang Liushi, then caught Jiang Heng's attack and knocked him away, revealing that he had reached the Spirit Saint Realm.
• The Great Elder of Prince Jiang's family attacked Li Bieli, and their battle shook the skies above the imperial capital.
• Empress Chu Qiongyu learned who was fighting and ordered her attendants not to interfere.
• Feng Yiming recognized Li Bieli in the sky and continued toward the imperial capital, hoping to complete his mission and break through to the Immortal Realm.
• A figure plunged from the sky toward Feng Yiming, who dodged before it crashed into the ground and left a huge crater.

Li Bieli avenged his mother by killing the First Elder of Prince Jiang's Mansion, then encountered Feng Yiming, another book-bearing servant. When Jiang Heng's forces moved to seize him, Feng Yiming offered help, but Li Bieli chose to face the consequences himself as a storm broke over the capital.

• The onlookers marveled at the young man's strength after he killed the First Elder, and Li Bieli recognized Feng Yiming in the crater and paid his respects.
• Feng Yiming asked whether Li Bieli had returned for revenge, and Li Bieli said his mother's revenge had been avenged.
• Feng Yiming continued on his journey, and Jiang Heng arrived with soldiers and ordered two Spirit Saints to seize Li Bieli.
• Feng Yiming offered to help Li Bieli as a fellow book-bearing servant, but Li Bieli declined and chose to resolve the matter himself.
• Feng Yiming left, and thunder, dark clouds, and heavy rain engulfed the imperial capital.

Ma Feifei reflected on Li Bieli’s death after his revenge against Prince Jiang’s Mansion, then tried and failed to get Yun Qingyang to pay him a thank-you fee. He went to the warehouse to inspect the collected manuscripts, preparing to process them for distribution across the Azure Dragon Continent.

• Ma Feifei learned that Li Bieli had destroyed much of Prince Jiang’s Mansion with a Self-Destruct and died after avenging his mother.
• Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang discussed cause and effect, and Ma Feifei argued that she owed him for the good fortune their meeting had brought her.
• Yun Qingyang pretended not to understand Ma Feifei’s request for a thank-you fee and left to paint.
• Ma Feifei gave up on confronting Yun Qingyang and went to the rear courtyard warehouse.
• Ma Feifei found rows of unassessed manuscripts collected through Zhou Zhuling’s efforts and prepared to engrave them for the Azure Dragon Libraries.