Chapter Summaries

After the Langya Forum added a points mall, cultivators discovered that they could earn points through valuable posts and comments to obtain cultivation arts, medicines, and treasures. Qian Xuan saw a way to replace his stolen cultivation art, a young girl found the herb that might save her grandfather, and a group of cultivators tried to farm points before discovering common questions brought no reward.

• Qian Xuan discovered that the points mall offered the complete First-Yang Art for 1,000 points and calculated that daily check-ins could earn it within about a hundred days.
• A young girl learned that Purple Spider Herb could help cure her grandfather Hong Clan Head’s scorpion venom, then found it in the mall for 500 points with limited stock.
• Several cultivators organized a scheme to post questions about obscure cultivation problems and answer one another’s threads for points.
• The group earned small rewards for their specialized answers and continued after exhausting their daily valid thread posts.
• When they asked a common question about Foundation Establishment, the forum warned that 46,085 Daoist Friends had already answered similar questions and that replies would most likely earn nothing.

At Nine Yang Sect, Qiu Yu received a Langya Communication Talisman from his Master, Yan Tong, who warned him to focus on cultivation. He showed Liu Yunying the Langya Forum, discovering that its cultivation guides could help her despite her being rejected by the sects.

• Qiu Yu asked Yan Tong to answer his cultivation questions, and she gave him a Langya Communication Talisman after cautioning him against distractions.
• Chen Shuwan learned that Qiu Yu’s childhood sweetheart, Liu Yunying, had an Inferior Spiritual Root and had not been accepted into an immortal sect.
• Qiu Yu met Liu Yunying at a Dilapidated Temple and told her he might no longer be able to help with her cultivation questions.
• Qiu Yu opened the Langya Forum and showed Liu Yunying its many guides written by powerful cultivators.
• Qiu Yu and Liu Yunying realized the Forum could provide her with cultivation instruction despite her lack of a sect.

Liu Yunying and other poor cultivators gained access to the Forum’s cultivation guidance by pooling their money for a Communication Talisman. The chapter ended with Zhao Mo spotting Wu Feng’s unusual cultivation problem and considering it a chance to earn Forum experience by answering.

• Liu Yunying rejected Qiu Yu’s offer to lend her a Communication Talisman and decided to gather other Ascension Convention participants to buy one together.
• Around fifty newly initiated cultivators pooled their Spirit Stones, bought a Celestial Star Grade Communication Talisman, and studied the Forum’s cultivation advice through the night.
• Wu Feng told Liu Yunying that his Laogong and Tianchi acupoints hurt after several cycles of cultivation, so she helped him make a Forum post asking for guidance.
• Zhao Mo, searching for unanswered posts to gain Forum experience, found Wu Feng’s question about the aching acupoints.

Zhao Mo discovered that answering a new cultivator’s question on the Langya Forum earned him a large cultivation-assistance reward. He began seeking out young disciples to help them post questions, leaving their Master furious after Zhao Mo took advantage of the opportunity first.

• Zhao Mo diagnosed Wu Feng’s displaced Meridians and acupoints, gave him a dharma technique, and helped him cultivate without pain.
• Wu Feng accepted Zhao Mo’s comment, earning Zhao Mo thirty forum experience and points and revealing an extra reward for helping newbie cultivators.
• Zhao Mo gave Zhu Yuner a Communication Talisman and had her post her cultivation questions on the Langya Forum so he could answer them.
• Zhu Yuner’s Master returned with another Communication Talisman, learned Zhao Mo had already answered her questions, and flew toward Zhao Mo’s Cave Mansion in anger.
• An invisible force took the Communication Talisman from Zhu Yuner’s hand and carried it after her Master.

Cultivators flocked to help novice cultivators after learning they could earn rewards, and powerful experts competed to claim Liu Yunying’s group. Wang Mu reviewed the Forum’s growing activity and ordered a popular-post ranking, leaving the scramble for novices underway.

• News that helping novice cultivators earned experience and points spread widely, drawing cultivators to seek out beginners.
• A Foundation Establishment cultivator tried to take Liu Yunying and the others to his cave mansion, but a brocade-robed Golden Core expert flung him away.
• The brocade-robed expert tried to claim the novices, but a sword cultivator and a succession of stronger cultivators arrived and challenged one another over them.
• Nie Tingting reported to Wang Mu that user activity had surged and that Forum users had created more than ten million posts.
• Wang Mu learned that the Myriad Beasts Pavilion Master’s and Alchemy Pavilion Master’s posts had fewer than a hundred thousand views and ordered a popular-post ranking for the homepage.

Elder Tiandan learned that outside Cultivators dominated the Langya Forum’s popular-post rankings and discovered his own post had placed only thirty-sixth. He took comfort in ranking above Tianhe, whose post did not make the top fifty.

• Lin Sijin told Elder Tiandan that the Langya Forum had released a popular-post ranking featuring him and other Northern Darkness Sacred Ground figures.
• Elder Tiandan learned that Li Yuanhua, an unaffiliated Cultivator, had taken second place with a detailed guide to handling qi deviation at Foundation Establishment.
• Elder Tiandan read Li Yuanhua’s plain, extensively annotated guide and understood why ordinary Cultivators had flocked to it.
• Elder Tiandan found that Li Yuanhua also held third place, while Northern Darkness Sacred Ground had only two posts in the top ten.
• Lin Sijin pointed out that Elder Tiandan ranked thirty-sixth and Tianhe had no post in the top fifty, which reassured Elder Tiandan that he was not at the bottom.

Crane Elder discovered that he was the only Pavilion Master missing from the popularity Rankings and tried to win readers over by writing clearer insights. His rivals responded with popular guides of their own, pushing him off the list again and prompting him to enter seclusion to write more.

• Crane Elder found that he was absent from the Rankings while the other Pavilion Masters had placed, and he began composing an insight to prove himself.
• Crane Elder’s disciples spent a day and night helping write the insight, and he asked Wu Liang to test whether its ideas were understandable.
• Elder Tianyuan learned that Crane Elder had posted a popular thread and began writing more guides to protect his own ranking.
• Tiandan, Tianwu, and the other elders also published plain-language guides in their respective fields, drawing widespread attention and claiming many top spots.
• Elder Tianyuan’s formation guides gained millions of views, while Elder Tianwu placed two threads in the top ten.
• The other Pavilion Masters’ popularity pushed Crane Elder off the Rankings again, so he declared that he would enter seclusion and write stronger insights.

Lin Yan tried to break through a bottleneck, but Dan Xuan struggled to keep him from relying on advice and formulas he found on the Forum. As the Forum spread across the North Sea and helped cultivators grow stronger, Wang Mu benefited most and broke through again.

• Lin Yan told Dan Xuan he had hit a bottleneck, and Dan Xuan advised him to settle his cultivation and temper his temperament.
• Lin Yan found a Forum post about breaking through, and Dan Xuan tried to delay him by warning that he needed to prepare carefully.
• Lin Yan showed Dan Xuan Elder Tiandan's restorative formulas, then found and practiced the guidance technique Dan Xuan said he would need.
• The Forum spread across the North Sea as cultivators traded insights, earned Points, and improved their cultivation and combat strength.
• Wang Mu broke through again while soaking in a newly built hot spring on Heavenly Severing Island.

Wang Mu expanded the Langya Communication Talisman business after his cultivation and skills advanced rapidly, naming its new independent company Tianwen. Tianwen opened its first shop in Lixiao Immortal City, where customers discovered its talismans included access to the Langya Forum.

• Wang Mu advanced to Golden Core Seventh Revolution and mid-stage Third Order body refinement as the Ascension Convention and Communication Talisman sales spread across the North Sea.
• Wang Mu resolved to avoid confronting Children of Luck until he was strong enough to ensure victory.
• Nie Tingting reported that Communication Talismans covered over ninety percent of North Sea cultivators with purchasing power, and Wang Mu ordered the business to expand south.
• Wang Mu named the independent Communication Talisman company Tianwen and instructed its person in charge to establish operations in Lixiao City.
• Wang Mu gave Nie Tingting story concepts and outlines for recruited writers to develop in short installments.
• Tianwen opened a Communication Talisman shop in Lixiao Immortal City, where customers found that its talismans offered access to the Langya Forum.

Lin Hong dismissed rumors about Tianwen’s Communication Talismans until the Liu Family’s younger generation made startling breakthroughs in Sword Intent after visiting the shop. He joined the rush to buy a talisman, but the shop ran out before the crowd could reach it.

• Lin Hong refused Su Mu’s suggestion to visit the new Communication Talisman shop, insisting on focusing on his Sword Dao.
• A servant told Lin Hong that Liu Wen and other Liu Family youths had broken through in cultivation after sitting outside Tianwen, prompting Lin Hong and Su Mu to rush there.
• Lin Hong and Su Mu found the street packed with cultivators scrambling to buy talismans, and Zhou Zhen explained that they contained insights from Sword Immortals and Earth Immortal-level experts.
• Lin Hong and Su Mu charged into the crowd, where cultivators shoved and brawled while law enforcement arrested those who cast spells.
• A girl in an emerald-green dress announced that all of the day’s Communication Talismans had sold out and told everyone to return tomorrow.

Tang Qian learned that the Langya Merchant Association had entered Lixiao Immortal City with superior Tianwen Communication Talismans and summoned Qin Lian to plan a response. He realized Wang Mu had anticipated their moves, leaving the Three Great Merchant Associations scrambling to imitate him.

• Tang Qian rebuked his subordinate for failing to report the Langya Merchant Association's arrival and ordered Qin Lian to meet him.
• Tang Qian viewed the Tianwen Communication Talismans as Wang Mu's counterattack and decided to defend the Three Great Merchant Associations' territory.
• Qin Lian explained that Tianwen Talismans surpassed their products in quality and content while costing only slightly more.
• Qin Lian proposed adding a Forum function and inviting Great Beings to share Cultivation Insights, but said they would have to retrieve and modify their existing talismans.
• Qin Lian revealed that Langya's talismans used reserved Rune imprints linked to a shared main body, allowing simultaneous upgrades without retrieval.
• Tang Qian realized Wang Mu had planned ahead and resented having to follow his lead.

Tang Qian approved a paid trade-in program for the Three Great Merchant Associations’ Communication Talismans, which drew complaints but kept most customers from switching to Tianwen. On Heavenly Severing Island, Wang Mu heard about the rival associations’ response, then reviewed a manuscript and wrote new instructions for the next batch.

• Tang Qian told Qin Lian to offer discounted trade-ins for old Communication Talismans but refused to match Tianwen’s more expensive materials.
• The Cloud Palace and Four Seas merchant associations joined Penglai in reclaiming and upgrading their Communication Talismans, prompting widespread complaints from cultivators in Lixiao Immortal City.
• Many cultivators traded in their old talismans despite their dissatisfaction, allowing the Three Great Merchant Associations to hold onto much of their market.
• Meng Xingzhu reported on Tianwen’s praised talismans and the risk that the Three Great Merchant Associations would copy their features, and Wang Mu told her to keep expanding and prepare for new Forum sections.
• Wang Mu stopped Little Nannan from eating more meteorite iron, then read the first batch of manuscripts Nie Tingting brought him.
• Wang Mu criticized the writing as too flowery, wrote a roughly thousand-character sample, and told Nie Tingting to have the writers imitate its youthful, hot-blooded style.

Tang Qian sought cultivation insights from the Mist Island Dao Lord and other powerful cultivators for the Penglai Merchant Association’s Forum, but their contributions were meager. Furious at their disdain and the lack of support from Qiu Shan Hong, he ordered the Forum to launch as soon as possible.

• Tang Qian visited the Mist Island Dao Lord with a gift and received a Jade Slip containing fewer than ten words of cultivation advice.
• Tang Qian asked several renowned Spirit Severing Stage Dao Lords for insights, but they offered little and treated him and the Forum’s intended audience with contempt.
• Tang Qian returned to the association and vented his fury in his cultivation Secret Room, blaming the Dao Lords and Qiu Shan Hong for failing to support him as the Langya Merchant Association had supported Wang Mu.
• After calming himself, Tang Qian handed an attendant the Jade Slip and ordered them to tell Qin Lian to launch the Forum as soon as possible.

Cultivators protested that the Three Great Merchant Associations' Forum contained absurdly short insights, but the manager persuaded many of them to give the posts a chance. Lu Bai returned home with his upgraded Communication Talisman, where his neighbor Gu He discovered the posts were as brief as Lu Bai claimed.

• Cultivators received their upgraded Communication Talismans, opened the Three Immortals Forum, and complained that its insights were only a few characters long or just paintings.
• The Cultivators surrounded the Three Great Merchant Associations' trade-in shops and demanded refunds so they could buy Tianwen Communication Talismans.
• The manager refused refunds and defended the brief posts as carefully selected maxims, persuading Lu Bai and others to study them before judging.
• Lu Bai returned to his Cave Mansion and met his neighbor Gu He, who invited him to compare their Forums while cultivating.
• Gu He opened a post titled "General Outline of Immortal Cultivation Truths," mocked its short length, and then began to realize Lu Bai had not been joking.

Lu Bai stubbornly studied the Three Immortals Forum’s cryptic insights while Gu He cultivated using the Langya Forum, and Lu Bai eventually suffered Qi Deviation. After Huang Wen spent three days failing to understand a post and learned that another cultivator had also gone mad, he angrily set out to demand his money back.

• Lu Bai insisted the Three Immortals Forum’s brief post contained profound Dao principles, while Gu He browsed the Langya Forum and cultivated.
• After hours of staring at the post, Lu Bai remained convinced he was close to understanding it, even as Gu He completed his cultivation.
• On the third day, Lu Bai’s aura went berserk and he attacked Gu He, who blocked his Spirit Artifact Silver Needles and sealed his Meridians and Dantian.
• Huang Wen repeatedly read a Three Immortals Forum post for three days, concluded it was worthless, and learned that a Foundation Establishment Cultivator had suffered Qi Deviation from another post.
• Huang Wen threw away his Communication Talisman and left his Cave Mansion to demand a refund.

A Qi Deviation incident triggered riots against the Three Great Merchant Associations, forcing them to rewrite their Forum insights as Cultivators abandoned their Communication Talismans. On Heavenly Severing Island, Nie Tingting told Wang Mu that the Forum’s friends section was nearly complete and ready for his inspection.

• Cultivators accused the Three Great Merchant Associations of causing Qi Deviation with their Forum insights and demanded refunds, then smashed their stores across Lixiao Immortal City.
• The Three Great Merchant Associations investigated and found that profound insights had led low-level Cultivators astray.
• Tang Qian urged the associations to rewrite the insights in simpler language, and they agreed to revise every post on the Three Immortals Forum.
• Despite the revisions and the associations’ remorse, users continued leaving for Tianwen Communication Talismans or saving to switch.
• Nie Tingting informed Wang Mu that the Forum’s friends section was nearly complete and asked him to inspect it.

Wang Mu prepared to launch Langya Xianliao, a new friendship and chat software tied to the Langya Forum. As the launch approached, Nie Tingting reacted strongly to a manuscript titled “The Domineering Young Master Fell for Me,” while Wang Mu assembled a team to attract users with seductive profiles and shameless sweet talk.

• Wang Mu explained that Communication Talismans were only the carrier for new products such as the Forum, Langya Mall, and a friendship system, and he ordered an independent friends app built to run smoothly.
• Nie Tingting visited a secluded estate where scholars were writing manuscripts and found one titled “The Domineering Young Master Fell for Me.”
• After returning to her room, Nie Tingting recalled the manuscript’s explicit passages and wondered whether Wang Mu had ordered them because he desired her.
• Wang Mu approved the completed friendship software and named it Langya Xianliao.
• Wang Mu gathered more than ten thousand men, ordered them to create seductive fairy-maiden profiles and add users, and told them to chat shamelessly when Langya Xianliao launched alongside a Forum update.

Wang Mu’s team launched a new social feature on the Tianwen Communication Talisman, and cultivators quickly began using it to meet potential friends and romantic partners. The chapter ended with a grey-robed cultivator watching two arrogant seniors leave before his forced smile disappeared.

• Wang Mu told Li Yuanhua to handle the team’s work while he sat back and waited for it to begin.
• The Tianwen Communication Talisman added Xianliao, letting users exchange codes, add friends, and chat privately.
• A Wine Daoist showed cultivators in a wine shop how he had attracted Fairy Guqing through the forum, and they rushed to imitate him.
• Cultivators across the wine shop began receiving messages from women, including a princess and other apparent beauties.
• A grey-robed cultivator respectfully saw off two seniors at a spirit field, then stopped smiling once they had flown away.

Zhang Zhe found comfort in a chat with Yuyao Fairy after being cheated out of spirit stones, while Tang Qian investigated the popular Xianliao system. Tang Qian dismissed its appeal until Liufang Fairy’s post about loneliness caught his attention.

• Zhang Zhe complained that his superiors had skimmed his stipend, then messaged Yuyao Fairy and felt encouraged by her comfort.
• Qin Lian told Tang Qian that Tianwen Communication Talismans’ Xianliao system was gaining popularity, but Tang Qian decided to investigate it himself before making a move.
• Tang Qian created an Xianliao account and saw that the Langya Forum had grown into a place where cultivators shared personal stories and found kindred spirits.
• Tang Qian scoffed at the idea that Xianliao could help people find kindred spirits, then noticed Liufang Fairy’s post describing her loneliness.

Tang Qian commented on a post by Liufang Fairy and caught Wang Mu’s attention, who ordered Li Yuanhua to investigate and draw him in. After Liufang Fairy befriended Tang Qian and flirted with him, he eagerly declared that he had no Dao Companion.

• Tang Qian saw Liufang Fairy’s image and posted a comment saying he shared her feelings.
• Li Yuanhua noticed Tang Qian’s comment, and Wang Mu had Meng Xingzhu trace its signal to a Penglai Merchant Association outpost in Lixiao Immortal City.
• Wang Mu ordered Li Yuanhua to focus on Tang Qian, comfort him, and try to make him fall in love with Liufang Fairy.
• Tang Qian worried that his comment had not stood out, then received and accepted a friend request from Liufang Fairy.
• Liufang Fairy flirted with Tang Qian and asked whether his Dao Companion would be unhappy; Tang Qian replied that he had no Dao Companion.