Chapter Summaries

Qingguang City's mortal residents moved to Dongxuan City, where they received homes and land as Ye Qingxuan developed the city's Spirit Veins. He planned Cave Mansions and courtyards as a draw for cultivators, including permanent ownership that could be passed down.

• Yinyin and her grandfather entered a Teleportation Array, and Yinyin found Er Gou in the neighboring line and promised to look after him in their new home.
• Guard Teams guided the residents into Dongxuan City, assigned them houses across its urban districts, and gave each household land outside the districts.
• Ye Qingxuan began setting up formations and restrictions at Dongxuan City's 164 Spirit Veins and decided how many Cave Mansions and courtyards to create.
• Ye Qingxuan reserved several courtyards for Guard Team members and planned to rent or sell the remaining properties to attract cultivators.
• Ye Qingxuan set prices for permanent Cave Mansion and courtyard ownership, allowing buyers to pass their properties down and offering city residents a discount.

Huangfeng City’s leaders and factions investigated the mysterious Formation around Wan Ling Mountain, but Ye Qingxuan prioritized finishing Qingguang City’s migration to Dongxuan City. With the relocation complete, he organized district leadership and began establishing the Dongxuan Edict to govern residents and cultivators.

• Wasp Daoist heard from a returning Tier Four Formation Master that Wan Ling Mountain seemed to be covered by a vast Formation, then ordered scouts to keep watch.
• Bai Xuanli received a similar report, chose not to report the unverified anomaly upward, and ordered his people to monitor Wan Ling Mountain.
• Ye Qingxuan ignored the scouts’ investigations while completing the migration of Qingguang City’s residents to Dongxuan City.
• More than eighty percent of Qingguang City’s residents moved to Dongxuan City, while Zhou Qingguang retained more than ten percent by offering benefits to those who stayed.
• Ye Qingxuan arranged for each district to elect a District Chief and began drafting the Dongxuan Edict with resident input and assistance from the guard captains.
• Ye Qingxuan set strict penalties for violence by cultivators, banned spells in mortal districts, and required city privileges to be written into and governed by the edict.

Ye Qingxuan organized Dongxuan City by establishing law enforcement, founding free academies, and planning systems for work and trade. He then revealed the city to the outside world and announced it would open with an auction in ten years.

• Ye Qingxuan established the Dongxuan City Law Enforcement Brigade under Xueyu and required its cultivator members and mortal enforcers to swear oaths or sign Restriction Contracts.
• Ye Qingxuan distributed foundational cultivation books across the 10800 Districts and ordered a Dongxuan Academy built in each one to educate children and identify those with Spirit Roots.
• Ye Qingxuan planned to support academy students with Spirit Roots and recruit them into the city's departments at age twenty-four, while using missions and Contribution Points to direct work and trade.
• Ye Qingxuan decided to research a more efficient mission and exchange system, so his Main Body entered Closed-door Cultivation in Xuantian Sect.
• Ye Qingxuan dispelled the concealing mist around Dongxuan City and announced that it would open in ten years with an auction, prompting faction Scouts to report the news and depart.
• Ye Qingxuan planned to use the ten years to connect Dongxuan City to the Five Neutral Nascent Soul City-States, stock the East Xuan Market, and prepare the auction.

Wasp Daoist and other powers learned of Dongxuan City and considered its coming auction, while Bai Xuanli reported the news and anticipated the treasures on offer. Ye Qingxuan prepared the auction catalog and sent Jiang Wen and Li Mu to announce it in five neutral cities and establish teleportation links.

• Wasp Daoist received news that Dongxuan City had claimed Wan Ling Mountain and decided to visit its auction in ten years.
• Bai Xuanli connected Dongxuan City to the earlier purchase of Mortal Casting City Materials and planned to report the city to Treasure Pavilion Headquarters.
• Ye Qingxuan chose auction items aimed at Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators while avoiding offerings likely to attract powerful Spirit Transformation experts.
• Ye Qingxuan gave Jiang Wen and Li Mu auction catalogs, Formation Bases, and Spirit Stones, then ordered them to visit five Nascent Soul-level neutral cities and buy Spirit Testing Stones.
• Ye Qingxuan sent Jiang Wen and Li Mu out of Dongxuan City and remained behind as Xueyu organized law enforcement and Liu Feifeng oversaw Dongxuan Academy construction.

Over three years, Ye Qingxuan prepared East Xuan Market and built Dongxuan City's connections, academy system, and surrounding settlements. As Dongxuan City neared its planned opening alongside the East Xuan Auction, the academy found its first exceptional talent in Yinyin, who possessed a Five Element Spirit Root.

• Ye Qingxuan sent Jiang Wen and Li Mu to Huangfeng City, then stocked East Xuan Market with supplies and arranged for Auxiliary Puppets and teleportation arrays to run its shops.
• Dongxuan City's residents built the academies across all 10800 districts while Ye Qingxuan's policies paid workers and prepared teachers for the schools.
• Jiang Wen and Li Mu returned after completing their task, and Dongxuan City established inactive Interconnected Teleportation Arrays with five neutral Nascent Soul City-States and other cities seeking connections.
• Rogue Cultivators settled around Dongxuan City, hunted for resources, and formed small gathering places near newly discovered Spirit Veins.
• Dongxuan Academies opened across the districts, offering education, assessments, rewards, and cultivation-related opportunities for residents and children.
• Yinyin tested as the only child with a Spirit Root talent above Three-element, possessing a Five Element Spirit Root, and began recruiting Younger Brothers at her academy.

Duanhun Venerate held off on confronting Dongxuan City, while Ye Qingxuan prepared the city for the approaching East Xuan Auction and its opening to outsiders. As the city’s benefits spread by rumor, former allies and Qingguang City residents regretted not joining, and outsiders gathered in anticipation of entering.

• Duanhun Venerate learned that Gui Xuanzi had taken Wan Ling Mountain and built Dongxuan City, but decided to wait for the East Xuan Auction before testing the city’s strength.
• Ye Qingxuan expanded Dongxuan City’s spiritual energy and introduced formation plates that let residents manage tasks, Contribution Points, and exchanges.
• Li Yuan and Mu Qingqing received another request from Wang Xing, Jiang Dongming, and Sun Da to help them rejoin Dongxuan City, but the couple continued on their mission.
• Rogue cultivators and former Qingguang City residents regretted passing up the chance to join Dongxuan City after hearing about its rewards and discounts.
• As the East Xuan Auction and the city’s opening approached, cultivators gathered nearby and waited for Dongxuan City to open its gates and teleportation links.

Ye Qingxuan prepared Dongxuan City to open early, granting the Guard Team Dongxuan Edicts and ordering them to enforce the city’s laws. As news spread, Yinyin and three fellow academy students headed to the East Xuan Market with goods their district had raised.

• Ye Qingxuan announced that Dongxuan City would open the next day and ordered the Guard Team to enforce the Dongxuan Edict.
• Ye Qingxuan distributed Dongxuan Edicts that let Guard Team members draw on the city’s Formation power, with stronger tokens for higher ranks.
• Ye Qingxuan warned the Guard Team to protect the city and punished them with the force of his aura, then dismissed them.
• News of the early opening spread among cultivators outside Dongxuan City.
• Yinyin gathered Zhang Ergou, Wang Dama, and Li Huahua, and led them through the Teleportation Array toward the East Xuan Market with their harvests.

Ye Qingxuan opened Dongxuan City to cultivators and established rules for temporary visitors. When Huangji Sect Elder Luo Jiutian pursued Su Jianfeng into the city and attacked its guards, the city’s formation killed him, leaving Duanhun Venerate wary of Dongxuan City’s power.

• Ye Qingxuan opened Dongxuan City, where visitors received Temporary Tokens that limited their stays unless they paid to renew them.
• Su Jianfeng fled into Dongxuan City while Luo Jiutian pursued him, and Luo Jiutian’s attack was stopped by the City Guard Formation.
• Duanhun Venerate and two Luo Tian Cult guardians arrived in East Xuan Market and went to watch the confrontation at the East Gate.
• Xueyu invoked the Dongxuan Edict after Luo Jiutian attacked her and Jiang Wen, and Ye Qingxuan empowered the city’s formation.
• The formation killed Luo Jiutian with a spear phantom, shocking Duanhun Venerate and his guardians.

After Xueyu killed Luo Jiutian under the protection of Dongxuan City's formation, Ye Qingxuan rewarded him and Jiang Wen, while the city's residents debated the Huangji Sect's likely response. At East Xuan Market, Treasure Pavilion Vice Pavilion Master Bai Qingan met Jiang Yinyin and asked where her stall's Half Spirit Beasts came from.

• Xueyu ordered the witnesses to obey the Dongxuan Edict and led his Guard Team back into Dongxuan City, leaving Su Jianfeng at the gate.
• Ye Qingxuan rewarded Xueyu with one million Contribution Points and Jiang Wen with one hundred thousand, prompting excitement and envy among their companions.
• Cultivators discussed the Huangji Sect's response to Luo Jiutian's death, and East Xuan Market grew busy as visitors explored its stalls.
• Bai Qingan visited East Xuan Market to learn about Dongxuan City's resources and approached Jiang Yinyin's stall.
• Jiang Yinyin insisted Bai Qingan call her Boss Jiang, and he asked where she had obtained her Eight Treasures Chickens.

Bai Qingan explored East Xuan Market, where he bought Jiang Yinyin’s Eight Treasures Chickens and eggs and discovered the market’s extensive selection of goods. After inspecting a Tier 4 Nuclear Explosion Pill, he headed to Wan Ling Mountain to meet the Dongxuan City Lord.

• Bai Qingan paid Jiang Yinyin a Mid-grade Spirit Stone to learn how Dongxuan City residents exchanged for Half Spirit Beasts, and he admired the City Lord’s generous policies.
• Bai Qingan bought all 180 Eight Treasures Chickens and 660 eggs from Jiang Yinyin for 18,660 Low-grade Spirit Stones, and she left with her three Younger Brothers to divide the payment.
• Bai Qingan examined the shops in East Xuan Market and worried that their comprehensive goods might compete with Treasure Pavilion, which he expected Dongxuan City to welcome.
• Bai Qingan found Tier 4 Nuclear Explosion Pills for sale, bought one, and judged it interesting after inspecting it.
• Bai Qingan left the shop and headed to Wan Ling Mountain to meet the Dongxuan City Lord.

Bai Qingan visited Dongxuan City on behalf of the Treasure Pavilion Main Pavilion to discuss opening a branch, but Ye Qingxuan restricted outside shops to selling resources below tier 4 and imposed a twenty percent tax. Bai Qingan knew the Treasure Pavilion would reject those terms, and Ye Qingxuan remained confident Dongxuan City could thrive without it.

• Bai Qingan arrived at Wan Ling Mountain and asked to meet Ye Qingxuan, who ordered the guards to bring him up.
• Bai Qingan told Ye Qingxuan that the Treasure Pavilion Main Pavilion wanted to discuss stationing itself in Dongxuan City.
• Ye Qingxuan said outside shops could sell only resources below tier 4 and would owe Dongxuan City a twenty percent tax on turnover.
• Bai Qingan questioned whether Ye Qingxuan could supply the city with all tier 4 and above resources, but Ye Qingxuan declined to clarify.
• Bai Qingan accepted that the Treasure Pavilion would likely reject the conditions, while Ye Qingxuan showed little concern about whether it opened a shop.

After Treasure Pavilion abandoned its plan to establish itself in Dongxuan City, Ye Qingxuan arranged for Liu Feifeng to take Jiang Yinyin as her disciple and dealt with the spoils from Luo Jiutian’s death. Meanwhile, former acquaintances sought ways to join Dongxuan City, and Xueyu offered to ask Ye Qingxuan about the requirements.

• Bai Qingan asked Ye Qingxuan for someone, but Ye Qingxuan refused to treat Dongxuan City's residents as commodities or restrict their freedom.
• Suspecting Bai Qingan had taken an interest in Jiang Yinyin, Ye Qingxuan told Liu Feifeng to take her as a disciple.
• Ye Qingxuan kept Luo Jiutian's corpse and possessions, while Luo Jiutian's spiritual radiance strengthened Wan Ling Mountain.
• Zhou Qingguang, Heifeng, and Qingyu visited Xueyu and asked whether they could rejoin Dongxuan City; Xueyu said she would ask Ye Qingxuan about the requirements.
• Wang Xing, Jiang Dongming, and Sun Da also approached Li Yuan and his wife about joining the Dongxuan City Guard Team, but they had no answer because Ye Qingxuan had not announced the conditions.

Ye Qingxuan announced Dongxuan City's requirements and prices for cultivators seeking to live there, whether or not they wanted to serve the city. Outside cultivators debated the high costs and waited to see whether Dongxuan City could withstand the Huangji Sect, while Ye Qingxuan expected residents to contribute through the city's mission system.

• Ye Qingxuan instructed Xueyu, Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng to publicly announce Dongxuan City's residency conditions.
• Zhou Qingguang, Heifeng, and Qingyu read the new requirements, hesitated, and left to consider whether to rejoin Dongxuan City.
• Xueyu posted Ye Qingxuan's notice at the four city gates, listing the costs, contribution-point requirements, permanent usage rights, and mission rules for residents.
• Outside cultivators complained that houses and cave mansions were too expensive, though some were tempted by permanent ownership and chose to wait for the outcome of Dongxuan City's conflict with the Huangji Sect.
• Ye Qingxuan observed the reactions and expected residents to earn contribution points by accepting Dongxuan City's missions.

Li Yuan refused Sun Da’s request for Contribution Points, while Jiang Dongming and Wang Xing gave gifts for Li Yuan’s son, Li Bin. Meanwhile, Huangji Sect investigated Luo Jiutian’s death and its Sect Master, Cheng Yuan, decided to visit Dongxuan City for its auction rather than seek revenge immediately.

• Li Yuan and Mu Qingqing told Sun Da they could not lend him Contribution Points or help him settle in Dongxuan City.
• Jiang Dongming and Wang Xing gave Li Yuan mid-grade artifacts for Li Bin, then left with Sun Da.
• Mu Qingqing suggested buying a First-grade Cave Mansion, but Li Yuan said they could not afford its price.
• Cheng Yuan questioned the Third Elder about Luo Jiutian’s death and learned that Xueyu had killed him using Dongxuan City’s Guard Great Formation.
• Cheng Yuan considered Dongxuan City’s unknown strength and told the Third Elder they would attend its auction instead of seeking revenge.

Ye Qingxuan arranged for mortals to staff Dongxuan City Lord's Mansion after recognizing that the city’s administration needed more workers. Liu Feifeng began selecting recruits, and Jiang Xu volunteered despite his age, hoping to earn Contribution Points for Jiang Yinyin.

• Bai Qingan purchased a courtyard residence in Dongxuan City's commoners' district after completing Artifact Crafting tasks for Contribution Points.
• Ye Qingxuan decided to recruit one thousand mortals to handle City Lord's Mansion's miscellaneous affairs and sent Liu Feifeng the order and employment details.
• Liu Feifeng explained the recruitment to her disciple Jiang Yinyin, who wanted to join, but Liu Feifeng told her to focus on cultivation.
• Jiang Xu asked Liu Feifeng to let him work at City Lord's Mansion so he could earn Contribution Points for Jiang Yinyin.
• Liu Feifeng reluctantly agreed to recruit Jiang Xu after he promised to resign when he could no longer manage the work.

Ye Qingxuan opened the East Xuan Blessed Land for Dongxuan City's auction, drawing cultivators and three Spirit Transmutation Realm Venerates. He remained outside to control the city's protective formation as the auction began with Spirit Root Pills up for bidding.

• As the auction approached, Ye Qingxuan announced that cultivators above the Purple Mansion Realm could enter the East Xuan Blessed Land.
• Cheng Yuan released his Spirit Transmutation Realm aura, but a powerful force from above Dongxuan City made him withdraw it and enter the blessed land with Huangji Sect's Third Elder.
• Duanhun Venerate and a masked figure in a green robe also entered the blessed land, while Ye Qingxuan stayed atop Wan Ling Mountain to guard the city and operate the auction remotely.
• More than three hundred cultivators took their seats, including thirty-eight Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators and three Spirit Transmutation Realm Cultivators.
• Ye Qingxuan's Sixth-Rank Combat Puppet opened the auction by presenting a set of Tier Four Extreme-Grade Spirit Root Pills for bidding.

Ye Qingxuan auctioned Spirit Root Pills and other treasures at Dongxuan City’s first auction, attracting bids from powerful cultivators. The auction turned tense when Cheng Yuan recognized the wounded Su Jianfeng and competed with him for an Azure Lotus Pill.

• Ye Qingxuan demonstrated the Tier Four Extreme-Grade Spirit Root Pills’ effects, and cultivators confirmed that they increased Spirit Root conversion efficiency by eighty percent.
• Bai Qingan won the first group of one hundred pills for 20,000 mid-grade spirit stones, and the remaining nine groups were sold to Golden Core cultivators, Venerates, and Nascent Soul alchemists.
• Ye Qingxuan auctioned other Tier Four items, then began selling Tier Five items, including an Azure Lotus Pill.
• Su Jianfeng bid 5,000 high-grade spirit stones for the Azure Lotus Pill, but Cheng Yuan raised the bid to 6,000 after recognizing him as the man connected to Luo Jiutian’s death.
• Su Jianfeng continued bidding against Cheng Yuan, raising the price to 10,000 high-grade spirit stones despite his severe injuries.

Ye Qingxuan used Dongxuan City's Spirit Transformation-level puppet to stop Cheng Yuan from threatening Su Jianfeng, then auctioned off several Azure Lotus Pills and other treasures. The chapter ended as Ye Qingxuan introduced a Tier Five Top-grade Enlightenment Pill.

• Cheng Yuan threatened Su Jianfeng, but Ye Qingxuan sealed Cheng Yuan's aura with formations and warned him to behave in Dongxuan City.
• Su Jianfeng and Cheng Yuan competed for the first Azure Lotus Pill, and Cheng Yuan won it for 200,000 High-grade Spirit Stones after Su Jianfeng stopped bidding at 190,000.
• Ye Qingxuan auctioned two more Azure Lotus Pills, which Cheng Yuan also bought for 200,000 High-grade Spirit Stones each.
• Gu Wuzhao bought a Tier Five Nascent Soul Pill for 50,000 High-grade Spirit Stones, while Tai Xudong, Bai Qingan, and Duanhun Venerate won combat puppets at progressively higher prices.
• Ye Qingxuan presented a Tier Five Top-grade Enlightenment Pill that could improve breakthrough success rates without side effects.

Ye Qingxuan auctioned a Spirit Transmutation Pill and other high-tier treasures, drawing bids from powerful cultivators including Cheng Yuan and Duanhun Venerate. Cheng Yuan won the Spirit Transmutation Pill, while the chapter left the auction continuing after the sale of the pill.

• Bai Qingan bid 550,000 High-grade Spirit Stones for the Enlightenment Pill, but Cheng Yuan and Duanhun Venerate drove up the price until Duanhun Venerate won it for 1 million.
• Bai Qingan won ten Tier Five Top-grade Nuclear Explosion Pills for 120,000 High-grade Spirit Stones, completing the sale of the Fifth-grade Items.
• Ye Qingxuan introduced a Low-grade Tier Six Spirit Transmutation Pill, which could help a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator break through but carried harmful side effects.
• Wasp Daoist bid 600,000 High-grade Spirit Stones for the Spirit Transmutation Pill, but Cheng Yuan raised the offer to 800,000 and won it.

The East Xuan Auction ended with Cheng Yuan losing the bidding war for a Sixth-tier Flying Ship, while a masked Spirit Transmutation Realm expert won the final premium items. Ye Qingxuan’s offers of custom Tier Six Top-grade Talismans and Top-grade Spirit Treasures convinced the attendees that Dongxuan City had powerful backing.

• Cheng Yuan purchased a Low-grade Tier Six Spirit Transmutation Pill for 800,000 high-grade spirit stones.
• Duanhun Venerate and Cheng Yuan bid against the Purple Gold Mask expert for a Sixth-tier Flying Ship, which the masked expert won for 2 million high-grade spirit stones.
• Ye Qingxuan auctioned a Tier Six Top-grade Talisman customization slot, and the masked expert won it for 3 million high-grade spirit stones after Duanhun Venerate and Cheng Yuan withdrew.
• Ye Qingxuan offered a customization slot for a Top-grade Spirit Treasure, which the masked expert won for 3.6 million high-grade spirit stones.
• Ye Qingxuan declared the East Xuan Auction concluded and announced that Dongxuan City would hold more auctions in the future.