Chapter Summaries

Liu Ying lamented that the Merchant Money Seal had not reached Wan City, while Wang Mu ordered Langhuan Pay to expand and announced Red Envelopes and novel tipping. The Three Great Merchant Associations struggled to copy Online Payment and began investigating Money Seal production, only to face Langhuan Pay’s latest update.

• Liu Ying reflected on the Liu Family’s embezzlement scandal and asked on the Forum when Merchant Money Seals would become widely available.
• Nie Tingting reported that Langhuan Pay had partnered with more than three million merchants and sects, while Money Seal production lagged behind demand.
• Wang Mu ordered the Money Seal production method shared with partner banks and directed Xingyuan Island to launch Red Envelopes and novel tipping.
• Wang Mu ordered trained recruits deployed and put the Cultivation Academy on the agenda before reviewing his Second Phase Investment Plan.
• Tang Qian and the leaders of the Three Great Merchant Associations cautiously decided to send people to learn the Money Seal production method.
• Langhuan Pay announced its integration with Xianliao and the Forum’s Novel Section, adding Red Envelopes and paid novel tipping.

After the Tianwen Communication Talisman added Red Envelopes, Ye Weiyang tested the feature and discovered he could send Spirit Stones remotely through Xianliao. He ended the chapter boasting to the Stunning Fairy after she accepted his gift.

• Ye Weiyang noticed the update and eagerly checked the new Red Envelope feature on his Communication Talisman.
• Ye Weiyang asked Xing'er for her Xianliao ID, added her, and sent her a Red Envelope containing ten Spirit Stones.
• Ye Weiyang realized he could reward servants remotely and sent the Stunning Fairy a Red Envelope with one hundred Spirit Stones.
• The Stunning Fairy questioned whether she should accept the money, but Ye Weiyang insisted she keep it and boasted about the Night Family’s wealth.
• The Stunning Fairy praised Ye Weiyang, and he claimed he was a bully before she told him she liked it.

Ye Weiyang used the Langya Merchant Association’s Red Envelopes to shower fairy maidens and the Northern Region Aristocrats Chat Group with Spirit Stones, winning the adulation he had long craved. As he continued sending out fortunes, He Zhan struggled to keep up with his Red Envelope-grabbing speed.

• Ye Weiyang sent a hundred Spirit Stones to each of the fairy maidens on his friends list and basked in their praise.
• Ye Weiyang saw Young Master Feihua of Snowfall City send a hundred-Spirit-Stone Red Envelope to the group and mocked him for being stingy.
• Young Master Feihua ridiculed Ye Weiyang, so Ye Weiyang sent a thousand-Spirit-Stone Red Envelope and then rapidly sent out several more worth over a thousand Spirit Stones each.
• The group members, including Young Master Feihua, scrambled to claim Ye Weiyang’s Red Envelopes and praised his wealth as he called the gifts pocket change.
• He Zhan furiously tried to grab the Red Envelopes faster, then lamented that someone had outpaced his Flying Thunder Finger.

He Zhan showed Bai Bai and the others how he earned Spirit Stones by snatching Red Envelopes in group chats, and they asked him to add them to the groups. Meanwhile, Zhong Wen tried to send more Red Envelopes to impress fairies but ran out of Spirit Stones and asked a friend for a loan.

• He Zhan explained that group-chat Red Envelopes had to be snatched quickly and claimed he had earned fifty Spirit Stones that afternoon.
• He Zhan showed his records and described groups where whoever claimed the largest share had to send the next Red Envelope.
• Bai Bai and the others changed their minds and asked He Zhan to invite them into the groups.
• Zhong Wen regretted spending his savings on Red Envelopes for women, but praise from Fairy Yu Xuan and Fairy Liu Ying prompted him to promise ten more.
• Zhong Wen's attempt to send ten Spirit Stones failed because his balance was insufficient, so he called a friend to borrow the money.

The Soaring Cloud Sword Sect replaced physical Spirit Stone distributions with transfers through Langhuan Pay after partnering with the Langhuan Jade Pavilion. Wu Ying, who lacked a Communication Talisman because of her Master's restrictions, was told to discuss the reform with her Master.

• Su Jiu and the other disciples chatted and played Red Envelope games while waiting for their cultivation resources.
• Hao Qing invited Wu Ying to join the games, but Wu Ying explained that her Master forbade her from buying an expensive Communication Talisman because of its distracting content.
• Elder Kong arrived and distributed medicinal pills, then announced that the sect would issue Spirit Stones through Langhuan Pay instead of handing out physical stones.
• The disciples accepted the change, but Wu Ying told Elder Kong that she did not have a Communication Talisman.
• Elder Kong quieted the crowd and told Wu Ying to return and talk with her Master about the sect reform.

Wu Ying persuaded Xu Pinqiu to accept the sect’s move to online Spirit Stone payments and received her own Tianwen Communication Talisman. Xu Pinqiu began exploring the elders’ group chat instead of entering seclusion, where a Red Envelope challenge roused her competitive spirit.

• Wu Ying told Xu Pinqiu that the sect would distribute Spirit Stones through Langhuan Pay and that both of them needed Communication Talismans.
• Xu Pinqiu stormed into Elder Kong’s courtyard but returned with a Tianwen Communication Talisman for Wu Ying after hearing the sect’s plans and agreeing to go along with them.
• Wu Ying shut herself in her cultivation quarters, activated the talisman, and eagerly explored Xianliao, the Forum, and Novels.
• Xu Pinqiu prepared to enter seclusion, but a message from the elders’ group led her to claim a 336-Spirit-Stone Red Envelope and send one of her own.
• After a female elder teased Xu Pinqiu for failing to claim her Red Envelope, Xu Pinqiu took the remark as a challenge.

Xu Pinqiu lost over a hundred thousand Spirit Stones playing Red Envelope games, then tried to hide her own Communication Talisman use while scolding Wu Ying for playing. Meanwhile, Wang Mu learned Tianwen Communication Talismans had captured ninety percent of the Northern Region Continent market and expected the Three Great Merchant Associations to be in chaos.

• Xu Pinqiu repeatedly became Luck King while claiming Red Envelopes, lost her three-month stipend, and rushed to recharge her account so she could keep playing.
• Xu Pinqiu met Wu Ying outside their rooms, claimed she was going down the mountain for experience, and lectured Wu Ying for secretly using her Communication Talisman to play.
• Elder Kong told Xu Pinqiu that the others had stopped playing and revealed that he and Elder Yu had won nearly eighty thousand Spirit Stones from her.
• Nie Tingting reported that Tianwen Communication Talismans had captured ninety percent of the Northern Region Continent market, leaving users of the Three Great Merchant Associations' devices behind.
• Wang Mu concluded that the Three Great Merchant Associations could not compete without their Communication Talismans and wondered whether they were already in chaos.

The leaders of the Three Great Merchant Associations confronted their worsening losses and feared being purged by the Sacred Lands backing them. Xue Wuying proposed joining the Langya Merchant Association’s Banking Alliance, but Tang Qian opposed surrender, so Taishutong called for the families’ decision-makers to be summoned.

• Taishutong smashed a report and lamented that the Three Great Merchant Associations had fallen behind Wang Mu and the Langya Merchant Association.
• The leaders realized that their associations might survive under the Sacred Lands, but their own families and positions could be discarded if they proved incapable.
• Xue Wuying proposed joining the Langya Merchant Association’s Banking Alliance to resume business and use its Money Seals.
• Tang Qian rejected the proposal, while Xue Wuying argued that refusing would leave them with no future; the leaders split over whether to cooperate.
• Taishutong called for each family’s decision-makers to be invited, and the assembled leaders took out their Communication Talismans.

The merchant leaders agreed to temporarily cooperate with the Langya Merchant Association to avoid collapse, while Qiu Shan Hong warned Tang Qian to abandon his vendetta against Wang Mu. Tang Qian confided in Li Yuanhua, who shared their conversation with Wang Mu and advised Tang Qian to pursue strength of his own.

• Taishutong explained the merchant associations’ predicament to the gathered leaders, who agreed to compromise with the Langya Merchant Association and keep their decision secret.
• Tang Qian privately confronted Qiu Shan Hong about his blood feud with Wang Mu, but Qiu Shan Hong ordered him to endure and warned him not to endanger the family.
• After Qiu Shan Hong ended their call, Tang Qian messaged Liufang Fairy for comfort, and Li Yuanhua answered while overseeing an Ascension Convention.
• Tang Qian told Li Yuanhua that he planned to seek strength beyond his in-laws’ power, so Li Yuanhua sent screenshots of their conversation to Wang Mu.
• Wang Mu replied, “Go with the flow,” and Li Yuanhua encouraged Tang Qian to rely on strength he gained himself.

The leaders of the Three Great Merchant Associations asked Mu Shuang to join Langhuan Jade Pavilion’s Banking Alliance and online banking system. Wang Mu met them and asked whether they would accept the alliance’s strict rules, leaving their decision unresolved.

• Mu Shuang received Taishutong, the Great Elder of the Si Hai Merchant Association, and the Zhou Family Patriarch, who proposed joining Langhuan Jade Pavilion’s Banking Alliance.
• Mu Shuang told the three visitors she needed Wang Mu’s instructions, then returned to say he would meet them.
• Wang Mu appeared through a Communication Talisman in a vision of a sea of stars and asked the visitors if they knew the alliance’s rules.
• Wang Mu outlined the alliance’s requirements for banks and asked the three leaders whether they could accept them.

Wang Mu negotiated with the Three Great Merchant Associations to join Langhuan Jade Pavilion’s Online Banking Management System, demanding a personal apology for their past attacks on the Langya Merchant Association. He insisted that Tang Qian be sent to the North Sea, and Taishutong reluctantly agreed.

• Taishutong accepted Wang Mu’s management fees and other terms for joining the Online Banking Management System.
• Wang Mu reminded the Three Great Merchant Associations that they had obstructed the Langya Merchant Association and demanded compensation for their past hostility.
• Taishutong argued that cooperation would let the merchant associations profit together and avoid endless conflict.
• Wang Mu demanded an in-person apology, then proposed framing the visit as an exchange of business knowledge.
• Wang Mu named Tang Qian as the person who should visit, knowing Tang Qian had a blood feud with the Wang Family.
• After the other two association leaders urged him to accept, Taishutong reluctantly agreed to send Tang Qian.

The Three Great Merchant Associations secured Wang Mu’s cooperation, but he required Tang Qian to come to the North Sea and apologize. Taishutong and Qiu Shan Hong pressured Tang Qian to accept, and he agreed despite suspecting the trip could cost him his life.

• Taishutong and the other merchant leaders feared Wang Mu had rejected their proposal until Mu Shuang relayed his message agreeing to cooperate.
• Wang Mu told Nie Tingting that Tang Qian was protected by the Heavenly Dao’s fortune and that they needed thorough preparations to kill him.
• Taishutong told Tang Qian that apologizing to Wang Mu was the condition for the Three Great Merchant Associations to survive.
• Qiu Shan Hong reminded Tang Qian that the Penglai Merchant Association had given him his position and that he would lose it if the association fell.
• Taishutong assured Tang Qian he would return alive from the North Sea, and Tang Qian finally agreed to go and apologize.

Tang Qian pretended to accept Qiu Shan Hong’s assignment while secretly planning his escape, then used intimacy with Qiu Shan Yue to evade the watchers and poison her. When the Penglai Merchant Association discovered her death, Qiu Shan Hong found that the mysterious poison could penetrate his defenses and rapidly erode his vitality.

• Tang Qian agreed to travel to the North Sea in exchange for a place in the Canyang Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm, while Qiu Shan Hong and Taishutong privately accepted that he might die.
• Tang Qian left the hall, realized the elders were sending him into Wang Mu’s trap, and resolved to escape the Penglai Merchant Association without alerting the watchers.
• Tang Qian visited Qiu Shan Yue, pretended to share a tender farewell with her, and waited until the watchers turned their attention away.
• The watchers grew suspicious when Tang Qian and Qiu Shan Yue remained in their room for hours, then discovered Qiu Shan Yue dead and covered in bluish-black poison.
• Qiu Shan Hong arrived at the courtyard and found that the poison ignored his protective Mysterious Light and began consuming his vitality.

Tang Qian escaped after killing Qiu Shan Yue with demon poison and stealing the Nine-Phoenix Crimson Gauze, prompting a massive bounty hunt. He decided to seek new allies in the chaotic Heavenly Demon Ridge and considered winning the favor of the Kunlun Saintess.

• Qiu Shan Hong and Taishutong discovered that Qiu Shan Yue had been killed by powerful demon poison and that the Nine-Phoenix Crimson Gauze was missing.
• Qiu Shan Hong issued a Sword-Bounty Decree offering one hundred million Spirit Stones for Tang Qian’s head, while Taishutong feared Tang Qian had more hidden methods.
• Wang Mu learned that Tang Qian had escaped and ordered Nie Tingting to have Old Li test Tang Qian through his active Communication Talisman.
• Tang Qian recalled how he poisoned Qiu Shan Yue, took the artifact, and escaped through a Great Void Record, then considered his next move.
• Tang Qian chose to head for Heavenly Demon Ridge and saw the Kunlun Saintess’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony as a chance to gain powerful support.

Tang Qian replied to Liufang Fairy after mistaking her warnings for sincere support, and the Communication Talisman network tracked his signal. As Liufang Fairy warned that his location had been exposed, thousands of cultivators converged on him, forcing him to flee.

• Tang Qian read Liufang Fairy's praise and survival advice, then sent her a brief reply: "Okay!"
• Su Hongyuan and Wang Mu learned that Tang Qian's mark had activated and ordered his signal tracked to an approximate location.
• Wang Mu told Nie Tingting to post Tang Qian's location on the Forum and asked Little Nannan whether she wanted revenge with her own hands.
• Liufang Fairy warned Tang Qian that his whereabouts had been discovered, but he dismissed her warning because he believed his disguise was secure.
• Thousands of cultivators arrived near Tang Qian's house, lured by a reward for his head, and he tore open a talisman and fled.

Ouyang Qingxuan tried to uncover evidence of Young Master Wang’s wrongdoing in the North Sea, but locals and cultivators fiercely defended him. After her search triggered a region-wide hunt for a supposed demoness in white, she disguised herself in black and was warned about the very rumor she had caused.

• Ouyang Qingxuan questioned a village boy about his brother and Young Master Wang, but the boy attacked her after she speculated that his family had been harmed.
• The boy sounded an ancient bronze bell, forcing Ouyang Qingxuan to flee before the village cultivators could catch her.
• Ouyang Qingxuan questioned two cultivators under cover of the Heaven-Sealing Jade, but they denounced her for slandering Young Master Wang and drove her away.
• The cultivators posted on the Langya Forum that a mysterious demoness in white planned to harm Young Master Wang, and the rumor spread across the North Sea.
• A patrolling cultivator warned Ouyang Qingxuan, who was wearing a black gauze skirt, to watch out for the supposedly hideous woman in white.

Ouyang Qingxuan witnessed Wang Mu’s influence across the North Sea when a Sea Demon invasion brought swift reinforcements and protection to Qingyun Archipelago. She sent Ye Mo a message saying they may have misunderstood Wang Mu, and Ye Mo was stunned by her conclusion.

• Ouyang Qingxuan traveled through the North Sea and saw cultivators revere Wang Mu and offer incense before his statues.
• A wave of Sea Demons attacked Qingyun Archipelago, and Ouyang Qingxuan rescued several children amid the chaos.
• A guard captain explained that Wang Mu’s beacon system summoned reinforcements from across the North Sea, whose islands were bound to help one another.
• The Langya Foundation arrived soon after the invasion began, drove back the Sea Demons, and helped restore the damaged island within two hours.
• Ouyang Qingxuan sent Ye Mo a message saying she thought they had misunderstood Wang Mu and that he was a good person.
• Ye Mo read Ouyang Qingxuan’s message after leaving seclusion and reacted in shock.

Ye Mo warned Ouyang Qingxuan not to trust Wang Mu, while Tang Qian evaded the forces hunting him with Liufang Fairy’s guidance. After escaping danger for several days, Tang Qian became convinced that Liufang Fairy’s help meant she loved him.

• Ye Mo heard Ouyang Qingxuan call Wang Mu a good person and sent her a warning not to be deceived by him.
• Tang Qian fled through the Northern Region while wondering how his pursuers kept finding him.
• Liufang Fairy warned Tang Qian that he had been marked with a Soul-Chasing Mark and that an ambush waited ahead.
• Tang Qian used a Rune to sense the ambush, then followed Liufang Fairy’s warnings to evade pursuers and avoid tearing open space.
• After several days and tens of thousands of miles, Tang Qian trusted Liufang Fairy completely and decided that her help proved she loved him.

Tang Qian trusted Liufang Fairy’s advice and hid in a secluded grotto-heaven, believing she loved him. He discovered that Liufang Fairy was actually Li Yuanhua, and then saw the powerful figure standing above him.

• Liufang Fairy warned Tang Qian that the bounty on him had risen and directed him to a hidden grotto-heaven in the Northern Region.
• Tang Qian reached the mist-shrouded mountain range, used Liufang Fairy’s Barrier-Breaking Eye Technique, and entered the grotto-heaven.
• Tang Qian promised Liufang Fairy he would marry her, but Li Yuanhua appeared and revealed that he was the person behind her messages.
• Tang Qian realized Liufang Fairy was a man and grieved over the deception.
• Li Yuanhua said he had someone above him, and Tang Qian looked up to see a white-clad youth watching him.

Wang Mu lured Tang Qian into a trap and, with Li Yuanhua, Luo Xuanshuang, and Little Nannan, finally destroyed his body and consumed the hidden seed that could have let him revive. The chapter ended with Tang Qian’s last remnant devoured and his threat against the Wang Family cut short.

• Tang Qian recognized Wang Mu and realized Liufang Fairy had been a deception arranged to lure him into a trap.
• Wang Mu explained that neither he nor Tang Qian owed the other anything, then ordered Li Yuanhua to kill Tang Qian, who survived the Spirit Severing Dao Domain with a bronze bell and pestle.
• Tang Qian used a Great Void Record to escape, but Wang Mu’s Lifeless Formation sealed the area and stopped him.
• Tang Qian unleashed his Demon Race bloodline and a demon ape puppet, but Luo Xuanshuang destroyed them with her sword.
• Little Nannan revealed Tang Qian was not fully dead, and Wang Mu found his hidden natal seed and gave it to her to devour with the Heaven-Seizing Creation Technique.