Chapter Summaries

Kui Shan and the others continued playing despite the Golden Order, prompting the Young Emperor to send another one. At Star Picking Pavilion, Wang Mu proposed win-win trade with the Demon Race to improve relations, then met Xia Yaoyao, who challenged him to swear on the forum that he was innocent with the women around him.

• Kui Shan and the others refused to accept the Golden Order while they kept playing, and the Young Emperor ordered another one sent.
• Wang Mu discussed the Demon Race's renewed activity with Nie Tingting and said he wanted to pursue win-win cooperation in the Eastern Region.
• Wang Mu explained that he hoped trade could end the long conflict between humans and demons and expand his influence beyond the Azure Yuan Realm.
• Nie Tingting sensed Xia Yaoyao's arrival and invited her to Star Picking Pavilion.
• Xia Yaoyao teased Wang Mu about the beautiful women around him and demanded that he swear his innocence before the forum's netizens.

Xia Yaoyao reported that the proposed map system could use artifacts and Langya Signal Stations, but it faced problems with coverage, materials, and Qianji’s ability to process the data. Wang Mu revealed his profound understanding of Void Laws by writing runes, leaving Xia Yaoyao stunned by his skill.

• Xia Yaoyao explained that a sky-based sensing artifact would be blocked by restrictions and could provoke opposition, so she and Su devised a plan using artifacts carried by people on the ground.
• Xia Yaoyao listed the plan’s limitations: its five-li range would require permanent stations, it needed scarce Thousand Universe Sand, and Qianji required training from a Void Laws expert.
• Wang Mu agreed the plan should proceed and said he understood Void Laws, surprising Xia Yaoyao.
• Wang Mu wrote profound golden runes as Void Fluctuations spread around him, and Xia Yaoyao realized his mastery far exceeded what she had expected.

Wang Mu sought a steady supply of Thousand Universe Sand for the Technical Department’s new Magic Artifact and proposed a partnership with Murong Qiushui of the Kunlun Sacred Ground. The chapter ended with Murong Qiushui misunderstanding his suggestion to contribute the sand as a stake, while Wang Mu was left confused.

• Wang Mu gave Xia Yaoyao the completed sealed runes and told her not to worry about the resources needed for the project.
• Xia Yaoyao explained that most of the Northern Region’s Thousand Universe Sand came from the Eastern Region, while the remaining known vein was in the Kunlun Ruins.
• After Xia Yaoyao left, Wang Mu wrote up plans and contacted Murong Qiushui to discuss acquiring Thousand Universe Sand.
• Murong Qiushui offered to send Wang Mu up to one hundred thousand jin, but he said he needed a continuous supply that might exceed the Kunlun Ruins vein’s output.
• Wang Mu proposed that Murong Qiushui contribute Thousand Universe Sand as a stake and share the profits, but she mistook his wording for a suggestive proposition.

Wang Mu secured Murong Qiushui’s support for his plans and finished preparing the Northern Region rollout of his navigation software and online shopping service. After learning that Wang Mu had drawn the attention of the Demon Race, the Young Emperor decided to travel north and meet him.

• Murong Qiushui agreed to support Wang Mu’s business plan and showed him the photographs she had taken, prompting him to offer her photography advice.
• Wang Mu told Xia Yaoyao to coordinate with Kunlun Sacred Ground, clearing the remaining obstacles to developing his navigation software.
• Wang Mu reviewed his preparations for online shopping and noted that only the right timing remained.
• Xiang Ye reported that the Demon Race prodigies had been spending months at Wang Mu’s internet cafe and described Wang Mu’s recent rise in the Northern Region.
• The Young Emperor became interested in Wang Mu and decided to meet him in person.

Wang Mu learned that a mysterious visitor from the Eastern Region had come to the Northern Region with Spirit Transformation Peak escorts, and went to Seven Leaf City to meet him. The visitor turned out to be the Young Emperor, who appeared at the internet cafe where Xiang Xin and the others were gaming.

• Murong Qiushui warned Wang Mu that a mysterious traveler from the Eastern Region had asked about him and might be connected to the Emperor Demon Palace.
• Nie Tingting reported that the traveler had gone to Seven Leaf City accompanied by two Spirit Transformation Peak experts, and Wang Mu decided to meet him.
• At the Seven Leaf City internet cafe, Xiang Xin celebrated reaching Gold rank and offered to pay for everyone’s expenses.
• The Young Emperor appeared at the internet cafe, and Xiang Xin, Kong Ling, and Kui Shan recognized him with terror.

The Young Emperor punished Kui Shan and the other demons for spending their time gaming, but Lin Yan stood up to stop him from taking them away. After the Young Emperor defeated Lin Yan with ease, Lin Yan vowed to return to the Demon Race one day and reclaim everything he had lost.

• The Young Emperor ordered Kui Shan and the others to receive three hundred Demon-Slaying Rod strikes and ten years of confinement for ignoring his Golden Order.
• Lin Yan challenged the Young Emperor and insisted that Kui Shan, Xiang Xin, and the others should be allowed to choose whether to leave.
• Lin Yan said he would not let the Young Emperor take his friends before he had fulfilled his promise to carry them to Gold.
• Lin Yan attacked the Young Emperor with his Black Iron Ruler, but the Young Emperor stopped it with two fingers and flung Lin Yan through the internet cafe wall.
• Lin Yan got back up and swore that one day he would storm the Demon Race and reclaim everything he had lost.

The Young Emperor attacked Lin Yan after he threatened her, but Wang Mu and the Northern Darkness Saintess arrived and stopped her attack. Wang Mu revealed that Lin Yan was his close friend, and the Young Emperor backed down after her guards warned her about hidden experts.

• The Young Emperor dismissed Lin Yan's threat and struck him with a demonic palm, while Dan Xuan prepared to burn his soul power to save him.
• An invisible ripple dispersed the Young Emperor's attack, and two guards warned her as a Golden-Winged Peng appeared over Seven Leaf City.
• Wang Mu and the Northern Darkness Saintess arrived to the worshipful welcome of the city's people, and Wang Mu recognized Di Bailian as a descendant of the Emperor Lotus Clan.
• Wang Mu greeted the Young Emperor and asked her to forgive Lin Yan, calling him a close friend.
• After a guard warned her that powerful experts were hidden nearby, the Young Emperor said the Emperor Demon Palace was not narrow-minded.

Wang Mu persuaded Di Bailian to try the Langya Merchant Association’s Game Console by presenting it as a way to bring happiness to people unable to achieve the Great Dao. Di Bailian began learning the game and admired the rare Communication Talisman Wang Mu gave him.

• Wang Mu invited Di Bailian into a private room at the internet cafe and introduced the Game Console as a new product from the Langya Merchant Association.
• Di Bailian dismissed the console as a toy with no benefit to cultivation, so Wang Mu claimed he was also destined to fail at cultivation and wanted to bring happiness to others.
• Moved by Wang Mu’s words, Di Bailian agreed to try the console, and an accompanying Demon Race expert confirmed it had no hidden tricks.
• Wang Mu gave Di Bailian a Cosmos Grade Vermilion Bird Communication Talisman, whose rarity impressed Di Bailian and the others.
• Wang Mu helped Di Bailian register a game account and began teaching him the controls and tutorial.

Wang Mu introduced Di Bailian to a fighting game, but Di Bailian repeatedly lost to the AI and became convinced the game was humiliating him on purpose. Wang Mu arranged for veteran players to teach him, leaving Kui Shan’s clumsy remarks to threaten the chance to make amends.

• Wang Mu taught Di Bailian the basic controls and encouraged him to fight an AI opponent, but Di Bailian lost his first match.
• Di Bailian repeatedly challenged the AI after each defeat, while Wang Mu and the onlookers watched him struggle.
• Onlookers mocked Di Bailian’s poor play, making him suspect Wang Mu had set him up to lose face.
• Kong Ling, Xiang Xin, and Kui Shan explained why Di Bailian was losing, and Kui Shan bluntly told him he sucked.
• Wang Mu suggested that the three veteran players teach Di Bailian, and Di Bailian agreed to let them make amends.
• Kui Shan’s attempts to explain his insulting comments worsened Di Bailian’s mood, so Lin Yan struck Kui Shan with the Black Iron Ruler.

Di Bailian repeatedly failed at the game despite hours of instruction, then blamed his poor results on the lack of Demon Race characters. Wang Mu offered to create a character based on him, persuading Bailian to stay in the Northern Region longer.

• Kui Shan, Xiang Xin, and Kong Ling spent hours teaching Di Bailian the game, but he kept losing after more than ten attempts.
• Di Bailian erupted in anger and pressured the three instructors, who angrily criticized his gameplay in return.
• Wang Mu suggested that Di Bailian try another character and showed him the game's roster, including the Dragon Phoenix Goddess modeled after Xiao Wanmeng.
• Di Bailian objected that the roster featured only Human Race characters and called it discrimination against the Demon Race.
• Wang Mu offered to arrange a powerful Demon Race character modeled after Di Bailian, and Di Bailian praised him and agreed to stay longer.

Wang Mu showed Di Bailian a character sketch and revealed that he had seen through her disguise as a man. After Di Bailian transformed into a woman, she praised the game’s skins and became friends with Wang Mu, while Young Emperor Ink Lotus arrived at the Emperor Demon Palace.

• Wang Mu received character concept sketches from the Technical Department and showed Di Bailian a female character design that resembled her.
• Di Bailian asked when Wang Mu had seen through her disguise, and Wang Mu said it was probably the first time they met.
• Di Bailian revealed her true female form, stunning Lin Yan, Dan Xuan, Kui Shan, Kong Ling, Xiang Xin, and the others.
• Wang Mu showed Di Bailian the available game skins, and she praised them and declared that she wanted to be his friend.
• Young Emperor Ink Lotus appeared at the Emperor Demon Palace, where Xiang Ye and the Eight Great Royal Clans’ Tribulation Stage Demon Immortals knelt to greet him.

Di Molian learned that Di Bailian had gone to the Northern Region to meet Wang Mu and used a metal lotus to contact her. In Wang Mu’s internet cafe, Bailian ignored the call so she could keep playing a game, leaving Di Molian worried that she was in trouble.

• Di Molian discovered that Di Bailian had left the Eastern Region and demanded to know why she had gone to the Northern Region.
• Xiang Ye explained that Bailian had gone to see Young Master Wang, and Di Molian vowed to punish the Wang Family if it harmed her.
• Old Li arrived in Seven Leaf City, took Bailian’s two Demon Race companions away, and left Wang Mu alone with her in a private room.
• Wang Mu helped Bailian retrieve a vibrating metal lotus from her waist, and Bailian realized that her Seventh Brother was contacting her.
• Bailian told Wang Mu not to answer Di Molian’s call until she finished her game, while Di Molian wondered why she was not responding.

Di Bailian celebrated her first victory against an AI opponent while Wang Mu learned that the Huntiian Pearl could produce detailed charts of the void. After confirming the discovery could be reproduced, Wang Mu changed the North Kun Navigation plan and launched a large-scale survey and information-gathering campaign across the Northern Region.

• Di Bailian defeated an AI opponent, and Wang Mu explained that she had been playing against an easy computer opponent before encouraging her to keep practicing.
• Su Hongyuan told Wang Mu that the Huntiian Pearl had passed testing and that Qianji could use Xia’s void runes to chart void conditions in detail.
• After half a day of further tests confirmed reliable production, Wang Mu ordered mass production of the Huntiian Pearl and sent Nie Tingting a revised North Kun Navigation plan.
• Wang Mu directed Cheng Jiang and the navigation team to prioritize efficiency, and they began marking more than a hundred thousand terrain observation points across the Northern Region.
• Wang Mu requisitioned the Artifact Refining Island’s furnaces and forging platforms to produce Huntiian Pearls while unfamiliar agents visited cities and Markets to gather information about local businesses and their connections.

Di Molian learned that Di Bailian was safe with Wang Mu in Northern Region, but grew alarmed when she chose to accompany Wang Mu back to Heavenly Severing Island. There, Dugu Qianxue reacted with open hostility toward the Emperor Demon Palace's Young Emperor.

• Di Molian prepared to leave for Northern Region, but Xiang Ye and the Eight Great Royal Clans urged him to stay and guard Dead Spirit Abyss.
• Xiang Ye reported that Di Bailian was gaming with Wang Mu, and Di Molian condemned Wang Mu and worried about his sister's safety.
• Di Molian heard that Di Bailian had gone home with Wang Mu and learned she was already traveling with his group toward the North Sea.
• Wang Mu brought Di Bailian to Heavenly Severing Island after inviting her to visit and play games there.
• Dugu Qianxue saw Di Bailian beside Wang Mu and stared at her with undisguised hostility.

Dugu Qianxue and Di Bailian clashed at Wang Mu’s home until Little Nannan stopped them, and the two later agreed to compete at games. The next day, Northern Kun Navigation launched, leaving users astonished when they opened the new map software.

• Dugu Qianxue and Di Bailian’s auras clashed after they recognized each other as enemies, and Wang Mu tried to stop their fight.
• Little Nannan appeared and subdued Di Bailian with one move, then ordered both women not to fight at the house.
• Dugu Qianxue and Di Bailian agreed to compete at games and followed Dugu Qianxue to her room.
• The Tianwen Communication Talismans account announced that Northern Kun Navigation, made by the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground, the Langya Merchant Association, and the Kunlun Sacred Ground, had launched.
• Users updated their Communication Talismans and opened Northern Kun Navigation, and the software astonished them.

Su Yuanshan and Feng Chenghong reunited after sixty years and compared their very different lives as Cultivators. They explored the newly updated North Kun Navigation map, discovering it could zoom out to show hundreds or thousands of cities, including West Wild City, which Feng had taken a lifetime to reach.

• Su Yuanshan and Feng Chenghong reminisced about their youth, and Feng described the dangers and hardships that had taken him sixty years to reach West Wild City.
• The two received an update for their Communication Talismans and opened the North Kun Navigation map.
• Su Yuanshan and Feng explored the local map and realized they could pinch their fingers together to expand its displayed range.
• They zoomed out to see Ganyang City, nearby terrain, and distant cities, including West Wild City.
• Su Yuanshan was stunned by the map's immense coverage as Feng reflected on the long journey represented by the tiny distance between the two cities.

Su Yuanshan and Feng Chenghong explored North Kun Navigation’s vast map and were astonished to see Lixiao Immortal City in lifelike detail. The story then shifted to Fu Yuchang’s dying father, whose wish to return to his hometown seemed impossible, just as a cheer sounded outside.

• Feng Chenghong zoomed out the map until it revealed the Northern Region and its Immortal Cities.
• Feng Chenghong selected Lixiao Immortal City, and he and Su Yuanshan viewed its gate and streets through the map.
• Feng Chenghong and Su Yuanshan toasted Young Master Wang for creating North Kun Navigation.
• Fu Yuchang’s dying father repeatedly asked to go home, but his family did not know his hometown or how to take him there.
• A cheer suddenly sounded outside Fu Yuchang’s father’s room.

North Kun Navigation brought the Northern Region’s detailed maps and real-scene views to Communication Talismans, helping an ailing Fu family elder see his hometown before he died. After the Langya Merchant Association invited reputable merchants to cooperate, Zhou Qingyun gathered merchants in Lixiao Immortal City to discuss a venture that also involved Drunken Immortal Tower.

• Fu Yunhua used North Kun Navigation to show his dying grandfather the village and ruined home where he had grown up, and the old man died peacefully.
• People across the Northern Region praised North Kun Navigation on the Forum, including one user who thanked it for letting his grandfather see his hometown before dying.
• At Primal Origin Sacred Ground, Ling Xiaozi and the elders examined the free navigation tool and wondered what Wang Mu intended to gain from it.
• The official North Kun Navigation account invited reputable merchants across the Northern Region to cooperate with the Langya Merchant Association.
• Two days later, Zhou Qingyun met with more than a thousand merchants at Drunken Immortal Tower in Lixiao Immortal City and asked Shopkeeper Wang to stay because the discussion concerned the tower too.

Zhou Qingyun pitched North Kun Navigation’s promotional services to Lixiao Immortal City merchants, but many doubted the platform could bring them enough business to justify its fees. Shopkeeper Wang left the meeting and privately wondered whether the Langya Merchant Association was trying to swindle them.

• Zhou Qingyun gathered merchant leaders and announced that he wanted to cooperate with them on North Kun Navigation.
• Zhou Qingyun showed how the map could mark shops and promote their interiors, services, and businesses to potential customers.
• Zhou Qingyun offered merchants a ten-year package costing fifty thousand Spirit Stones per year or a commission plan that took thirty percent of orders, reduced to ten percent for the first signers.
• Several merchants dismissed the offers as overpriced and doubted that North Kun Navigation would attract enough customers to make them profitable.
• Shopkeeper Wang excused himself from the meeting, then dropped his polite smile and privately accused the Langya Merchant Association of treating merchants like fools.

Zhou Qingyun offered merchants contracts to cooperate with North Kun Navigation, but most left or hesitated because they distrusted the deal. Tan Tai Mingyue and several dozen others signed, while the Three Great Merchant Associations deferred their decision.

• Many merchants refused to cooperate with Zhou Qingyun and left the meeting after he said they were free to go.
• Tan Tai Mingyue agreed to an exclusive contract for Canghai Tower, citing Young Master Wang's kindness and the rescue of her daughter.
• Tan Tai Mingyue signed the contract and sealed it with a drop of essence blood.
• Zheng Xian chose the commission-based contract for his struggling formation-disk shop, and several dozen other merchants followed suit.
• Zhou Qingyun asked the Three Great Merchant Associations to decide, but the Penglai Merchant Association's representative said they needed to report the matter first.