Chapter Summaries

Tang Qian bonded with Liufang Fairy over his mother’s death while hiding their messages from his wife, Qiu Shan Yue, and resenting her demand that he visit a Plum Forest. Meanwhile, Xianliao’s popularity and users’ attachment to it continued to grow, as Hua Feng praised his online friendships to Chen Zhong.

• Tang Qian told Liufang Fairy that his mother had been murdered, and she comforted him by recognizing his buried pain and praising his character.
• Tang Qian hid his Communication Talisman when Qiu Shan Yue entered, then reluctantly agreed to accompany her to the Plum Forest despite wanting to keep messaging Liufang Fairy.
• Xianliao’s popularity surged, and users spent more time chatting there than on the Langya Forum, strengthening their attachment to Tianwen Communication Talismans.
• At the Gathering Immortal Pavilion, Hua Feng told Chen Zhong that he had made many friends on Xianliao and praised the insightful people and beautiful fairies he had encountered.

Chen Zhong grew jealous of Hua Feng’s birthday greetings on Xianliao and decided to earn enough to replace his Communication Talisman. Meanwhile, Meng Xingzhu ordered Tianwen to expand its business across the Northern Region within three months.

• Hua Feng received birthday wishes and advice to eat Longevity Noodles from several women on Xianliao while Chen Zhong watched enviously.
• Hua Feng offered to have the women wish Chen Zhong a happy birthday, prompting Chen Zhong to storm out of the tavern in frustration.
• Chen Zhong called Steward Su and joined a team heading to Great Black Mountain to hunt Demonic Beasts for enough pay to buy a Tianwen Communication Talisman.
• Tianwen’s executives reported that their market share around Lixiao Immortal City had reached fifty percent and that cultivators were eager to replace their old talismans.
• Meng Xingzhu relayed the Young Master’s order to expand into Youyue and Taihao and establish Tianwen’s presence throughout the Northern Region within three months.

Tianwen Communication Talismans continued to dominate Lixiao Immortal City, while members of the Three Great Merchant Associations debated whether to keep competing and revealed that powerful forces planned to target the Wang Family. The chapter left Xue Wuying and the others aware that they were pawns in a larger conflict and expected to carry out Tang Qian’s orders.

• Tianwen staff expanded into Dark Moon Immortal City and Taihao Immortal City while Meng Xingzhu stayed in Lixiao to win more customers.
• Tang Qian chastised Xue Wuying for using a rival communication talisman, then hurried away when his own Xianliao notifications exposed his use of one.
• Xue Wuying and the others praised Wang Mu’s ideas but argued that the Three Great Merchant Associations should stop pursuing a business they could not understand or profit from.
• Xue Wuying learned that powerful groups intended to move against the Wang Family because of its strength and ties to the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground.
• The group concluded that the Penglai Merchant Association had been ordered to lead the commercial conflict and told Xue Wuying to complete the Friendship System as Tang Qian demanded.

Wang Mu and his companions used the Liufang Fairy identity to encourage Tang Qian’s ambition to sacrifice his wife for power, and Tang Qian embraced the Deceased Wife Great Emperor legend as his own path. Several days later, the Three Great Merchant Associations launched Feishu, but Tianwen users expected little from it.

• Tang Qian asked Liufang Fairy whether killing his wife could be exchanged for the Great Dao, alarming Wang Mu, Li Yuanhua, and Nie Tingting as they read the message.
• Wang Mu instructed Li Yuanhua to reassure Tang Qian and tell him the legend of the Deceased Wife Great Emperor, who repeatedly sacrificed his wife’s heroic spirit to gain strength and rise to greatness.
• Tang Qian said he wanted to kill his wife, Qiu Shan Yue, and declared that he would surpass the Great Emperors of old; Li Yuanhua and Nie Tingting condemned his cruelty.
• After the chat, Tang Qian embraced the Deceased Wife Great Emperor’s title and viewed Qiu Shan Yue as a stepping stone to his rise.
• Several days later, the Three Great Merchant Associations launched their Communication Talisman friend software, Feishu, on the Three Immortals Forum, while Tianwen users remained skeptical.

Chen Zhong used Feishu to flirt with Lu Lingbo, mistaking her confused replies for proof of his charm, and invited Hua Feng over to witness his supposed success. Lu Lingbo’s husband learned of the messages and charged out to confront Chen Zhong.

• Chen Zhong updated his Three Great Merchant Associations' Communication Talisman and found that Feishu had copied Xianliao’s basic design.
• He browsed the Three Immortals Forum and added several Female Cultivators, including Lu Lingbo.
• Chen Zhong sent Lu Lingbo a string of romantic messages, and she eventually asked where he was so she could come find him.
• Chen Zhong gave Lu Lingbo his address, cleaned himself up, and called Hua Feng to invite him over while boasting about his success.
• Lu Lingbo told her husband she did not know Chen Zhong, and her husband grabbed his saber and rushed out to confront him.

Chen Zhong prepared to meet a female cultivator he had contacted through Feishu, but Hua Feng warned him that the encounter seemed suspicious. Chen Zhong severed their friendship in anger, then found himself confronted by a Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator who accused him of flirting with his woman and attacked him.

• Chen Zhong cleaned his Cave Mansion and prepared wine and food while waiting for the female cultivator he had met on Feishu.
• Hua Feng questioned the woman's intentions and urged Chen Zhong to be cautious, but Chen Zhong angrily defended her.
• Chen Zhong blamed Hua Feng for interfering and declared that they were severing their friendship.
• Hua Feng left the Cave Mansion and encountered a burly cultivator, denying that he had any connection to Chen Zhong.
• The burly cultivator accused Chen Zhong of flirting with his woman, entered the Cave Mansion, and beat him as Chen Zhong screamed for Hua Feng to save him.
• Hua Feng heard Chen Zhong's cries, blamed the Communication Talisman for causing trouble, and walked away.

After Feishu’s poor reception helped Tianwen sales soar, Xue Wuying proposed abandoning the Three Great Merchant Associations’ Communication Talisman business. Former Penglai Guild Master Taishutong appeared and warned that Tianwen and its associated services threatened the survival of all three associations.

• Feishu users complained that it lacked Xianliao’s lively social connections, and many decided to save for Tianwen Communication Talismans.
• Tang Qian showed Xue Wuying a report estimating that Tianwen sales had risen by at least five million after Feishu launched.
• Xue Wuying argued that the Three Great Merchant Associations should stop investing in the Communication Talisman business, prompting a tense confrontation with Tang Qian.
• Taishutong emerged from seclusion, rebuked Xue Wuying for dismissing Tianwen, and warned that the Communication Talisman business could not be abandoned.
• Taishutong described how cultivators used Tianwen services to share knowledge, meet others, solve mysteries, and find lost family, warning that the talismans had become an inseparable habit.

Taishutong warned the Three Great Merchant Associations that Wang Mu’s Communication Talismans threatened their future dominance and ordered a costly overhaul of their devices and online services. As the associations’ repeated upgrades drove more customers toward Tianwen, Wang Mu prepared a novel release to coincide with their reforms.

• Taishutong told the elders that the Tianwen Communication Talismans and their growing user network threatened the Three Great Merchant Associations’ market advantage.
• Taishutong ordered the associations to copy Tianwen’s devices, improve their forum and Feishu services, and study every update.
• The associations began another Communication Talisman trade-in upgrade, provoking widespread complaints while Tianwen’s market shares surged in Lixiao, Dark Moon, and Taihao Immortal Cities.
• Nie Tingting reported that Wang Mu’s batch of novels was ready on the forum backend.
• Wang Mu told Nie Tingting to release the novels while the Three Great Merchant Associations were updating their Communication Talismans.

The Three Great Merchant Associations improved their Communication Talismans and Forum with better materials, content, and rewards, slowing Tianwen’s market gains. When Tianwen added a Novel Section, Taishutong ordered the Penglai Merchant Association to collect and upload stories, while Ye Fu explored the update and found several novels.

• The Three Great Merchant Associations upgraded their Communication Talismans, expanded the Forum’s content and Points Mall rewards, and attracted more users.
• Tianwen updated its Communication Talismans with a Novel Section, prompting cultivators to discuss the new feature.
• Taishutong learned about the Novel Section from Tang Qian and ordered him to gather and upload stories, legends, and records to their Forum.
• Ye Fu opened the Tianwen Forum’s new Novel Section while Ke Lan remained uninterested, and Ye Fu saw several newly listed stories.

Ye Fu dismissed Ke Lan’s doubts and became engrossed in the newly uploaded Battle Through the Heavens, racing through the story until the Communication Talisman revealed he had reached the latest chapter. The story left him furious and desperate to learn what happened when the Xiao Clan youth reached the Cloud Mist Sect.

• Ye Fu opened Battle Through the Heavens despite Ke Lan’s claim that the new books were worthless, and grew interested as he read about the fallen genius and his broken engagement.
• Ye Fu became absorbed in the protagonist’s rise, reacting excitedly to his Master, new cultivation technique, battles, and Buddha Fury Fire Lotus while Ke Lan continued reading the Spring and Autumn Annals.
• Ye Fu followed the protagonist as he led Dou Wang and Dou Huang experts to the Cloud Mist Sect and eagerly tapped the Next Chapter option.
• Ye Fu saw that the current chapter was the latest and angrily wondered what would happen next to the protagonist and Nalan Yanran.

Ye Fu and Ke Lan became furious after reading the latest installment of Battle Through the Heavens, which stopped at a cliffhanger. Elsewhere, readers begged for more, while the Langya Forum comment section erupted with complaints.

• Ye Fu raged over Battle Through the Heavens ending just as the Cloud Mist Sect confrontation was about to begin, then left his Cave Mansion to find someone to fight.
• Ke Lan secretly read Ye Fu's Communication Talisman and howled when he reached the same latest chapter notice.
• Ye Fu returned for his Communication Talisman and caught Ke Lan pretending he had not read the novel.
• Senior Wang tried to leave with his Communication Talisman, but Junior Chu begged to keep reading and offered to trade another talisman.
• Readers flooded the Langya Forum comment section with demands for the author to continue the story.

Wang Mu planned to reduce novel updates to keep cultivators hooked on Tianwen Communication Talismans, while investigating signs that an old power had intervened in the Three Merchant Alliance. At Daluo Immortal Sect, Ke Lan stayed out late to read Battle Through the Heavens until warnings that his Master would use the Dragon Tail Ruler made him drop his tea.

• Wang Mu told Nie Tingting to have the backend reduce the number and frequency of novel updates so readers would keep wanting more.
• Nie Tingting reported that the Three Great Merchant Associations were carrying out orders more efficiently, and Wang Mu suspected an old fossil had taken action.
• Wang Mu told Nie Tingting to have Old Li and the others prepare to set out once the market heated up.
• Ke Lan stayed at Ye Fu's Cave Mansion, claiming he wanted to spend time with Ye Fu while waiting for Chapter 330 of Battle Through the Heavens.
• Ke Lan dismissed warnings that his Master was searching for him and threatened to break his legs, but dropped his teacup when another message said his Master would fetch the Dragon Tail Ruler.

Ke Lan interrupted his escape to read the latest update of Battle Through the Heavens with Ye Fu, but both were frustrated by the short chapter and the author’s three-chapters-a-day notice. Ke Lan finally left for Cangwu Academy, asking Ye Fu to buy him a Communication Talisman that could read the novel.

• Ke Lan started to leave after Ye Fu warned him that Cangwu Academy’s Dragon Tail Ruler would punish him, but midnight bells announced a new day and Ye Fu’s Communication Talisman updated.
• Ke Lan broke off his escape technique and joined Ye Fu in eagerly reading the newest Battle Through the Heavens chapter.
• The men found that the update ended after a few thousand characters and then discovered the author’s notice promising three chapters a day.
• Ke Lan and Ye Fu read the Review Section’s flood of angry demands for more chapters, but the author did not update again.
• Ye Fu warned Ke Lan that his Master might come to the Daluo Immortal Sect if he stayed, and gave him Nine Radiance Jade Dew Pills to ease the ruler’s pain.
• Ke Lan set off for Cangwu Academy and asked Ye Fu to buy him a Communication Talisman that could read Battle Through the Heavens.

Ke Lan returned to Cangwu Academy after reading Battle Through the Heavens at Ye Fu’s place and was punished by Yan Baiqing for neglecting his duties and lying about giving up storybooks. Yan Baiqing then ordered his disciples to bring him a copy after learning the tale had spread through Tianwen Communication Talismans.

• Ke Lan returned to Cangwu Academy and told Yan Baiqing he had lost track of time reading Battle Through the Heavens at Ye Fu’s place.
• Yan Baiqing struck Ke Lan with the Dragon Tail Ruler, which reacted whenever Ke Lan falsely claimed he would stop reading storybooks.
• Ke Lan shouted that he knew he was wrong but would still read, causing the ruler’s red light to vanish before Yan Baiqing resumed beating him with a golden whip.
• A disciple asked Yan Baiqing to spare Ke Lan, and Yan Baiqing wondered how a storybook had so thoroughly distracted his usually steadfast eldest disciple.
• The disciples explained that the storybook was linked to Tianwen Communication Talismans, and Yan Baiqing ordered them to bring him a copy.

Yan Baiqing discovered Battle Through the Heavens on Ke Lan’s Communication Talisman and became so hooked that he could not calm himself after reaching the latest chapter. Meanwhile, Ke Lan suffered through his punishment, and the Three Great Merchant Associations copied Langya Forum’s Novel Section onto Three Immortals Forum, where users found its contents disappointing.

• Yan Baiqing explored the Communication Talisman, found Battle Through the Heavens, and became engrossed in reading it.
• Yan Baiqing reached the latest chapter and failed to settle himself by reading the Sage Classics or circulating his cultivation.
• Ke Lan writhed in pain from Yan Baiqing’s beating and lamented the novel’s short update until Yan Baiqing appeared and demanded the rest of it.
• The Three Great Merchant Associations added a Novel Section to Three Immortals Forum after Langya Forum’s novels sparked widespread update-fever.
• Three Immortals Forum users eagerly opened the new section, but their excitement faded when they saw its contents.

Readers who tried the Three Immortals Forum’s novels found them far worse than the books on the Langya Forum and vented their anger. The Three Great Merchant Associations’ executives gathered as complaints mounted, questioning whether the difference between the forums’ novels was really so great.

• Readers on the Three Immortals Forum condemned its novels as stale and unreadable compared with the Langya Forum’s popular stories.
• Two junior cultivators, desperate for updates to their favorite Langya Forum novels, decided to pass the time by reading Golden Elixir Biographies on the Three Immortals Forum.
• The two cultivators struggled through the book’s repetitive chapters, contrived cliffside opportunity, and long passages of preaching.
• The senior brother threw his Communication Talisman down and attacked it with a broadsword, while his junior brother tried to stop him and mourned the cost.
• Readers filled the Three Immortals Forum’s review section with angry complaints, and the Three Great Merchant Associations’ executives met to discuss the backlash.

Tang Qian showed Taishutong and the council the popular novels on the Langya Forum, and they became so engrossed in reading that they postponed their plans. When Battle Through the Heavens stopped before its climactic fight, Taishutong ordered Tang Qian to find every novel on the Forum.

• Tang Qian told Taishutong that the new novels were unusually original and admitted he had read them repeatedly, especially Douluo World.
• Tang Qian projected Battle Through the Heavens, and Xue Wuying and the other elders became absorbed in the story.
• Taishutong defended their reading as a way to understand their rival and ordered Tang Qian to show the rest of the novels.
• When Tang Qian explained that Battle Through the Heavens would not update until midnight, Taishutong and the elders complained about the wait.
• Taishutong ordered Tang Qian to find every novel on the Langya Forum so he could read them all.

The Three Great Merchant Associations’ leaders criticized Douluo World, while Tang Qian silently vowed revenge on them. After finishing the available stories on the Langya Forum, they felt the novels’ cliffhangers and realized the threat to their communication talismans, so Taishutong ordered a high-paying recruitment drive for storybook writers; the announcement caused an uproar in the immortal cities.

• Tang Qian presented Douluo World, but Xue Wuying and Taishutong called it average, prompting Tang Qian to berate them and mentally record the others who criticized the book.
• The group continued reading stories on the Langya Forum until they ran out, then were overwhelmed by frustration at the cliffhangers and abrupt endings.
• Taishutong recognized that novels could attract cultivators away from the Three Great Merchant Associations’ communication talismans.
• Taishutong ordered the associations to recruit storybook writers with high monthly pay, large rewards, and possible guest-retainer positions.
• Cultivators in the three immortal cities erupted in surprise when the recruitment announcement appeared.

Storybook writers across the Northern Region Continent rushed to compete for the Three Great Merchant Associations’ generous rewards. Mo Yunfei submitted a novel he considered his finest work, but after readers mocked it, Steward Ruan offered him only the starting rate, leaving him dissatisfied.

• A young man from the Zhou Family celebrated the recruitment notice and vowed to earn a guest elder position by writing a storybook.
• Mo Yunfei dismissed Battle Through the Heavens and began writing his own novel for the Three Great Merchant Associations’ recruitment post.
• Mo Yunfei wrote and uploaded a storybook of more than two hundred thousand words overnight.
• Readers harshly criticized Mo Yunfei’s novel and told him to learn from Battle Through the Heavens and One Leaf Veils the Heavens.
• Steward Ruan offered Mo Yunfei one thousand Spirit Stones per month as an initial cooperation price, and Mo Yunfei objected that it was too low.

Mo Yunfei agreed to imitate popular stories to secure a contract with the Three Great Merchant Associations, then became absorbed in Battle Through the Heavens. When he tried to copy its success, he found that he could not reproduce its youthful spirit and eventually could not write at all.

• Manager Ruan proposed that Mo Yunfei revise his books and learn from popular forum stories, including Battle Through the Heavens, but Mo Yunfei initially refused to copy them.
• Manager Ruan ended the call, prompting Mo Yunfei to panic and call back to beg for another chance.
• Mo Yunfei read dozens of chapters of Battle Through the Heavens and praised its plot and setting before starting a new book of his own.
• Mo Yunfei repeatedly deleted and rewrote his drafts, realizing that his age and lack of youthful passion kept him from capturing the original's feel.
• Mo Yunfei finally slumped on the floor, unable to write even a word, and wondered why copying the story was so difficult.