Chapter Summaries

Feng Jun negotiated with Luo Lieyang over the Boiler Engine’s manufacturing method and learned that the Thunder Plains had found coal-like and oil-like fuels. He revealed that the Carefree Platform had completed a Spirit Stone Generator, leaving Black Luan to accuse him of overlooking Thunder Cultivators as customers.

• Black Luan demanded the Boiler Engine’s manufacturing technology, but Feng Jun rejected her claim that it was merely a mundane item.
• Luo Lieyang offered twenty thousand Spirit Stones for the manufacturing method and promised the Thunder Plains would not sell it elsewhere.
• Luo Lieyang revealed that the Thunder Plains had found Petrified Firewood and Oil-Transformed Insect Carcasses that could increase the engine’s output.
• Feng Jun asked Luo Lieyang whether Spirit Stones had greater energy density, then said the Carefree Platform was developing a Spirit Stone Generator.
• Feng Jun contacted Wang Bocai, who confirmed that the Spirit Stone Generator had operated safely for three days and that its ordinary-user model produced ten times the output.
• Black Luan accused Feng Jun of failing to recognize Thunder Cultivators as potential customers.

Feng Jun and Luo Lieyang negotiated the Thunder Cultivators’ purchase of generator designs after Huangfu Wuxia warned that expanding Thunder Cultivation could provoke the Yin Sha Sect and alter the Cultivation World. Their talks were interrupted when Xu the Adept announced that Dragon Wanderer of the Yin Sha Sect had arrived and smashed the Red Phoenix Sect’s courtyard gate.

• Black Luan threatened Feng Jun, but Luo Lieyang stepped in and agreed that Feng Jun’s concerns about the consequences of more Thunder Cultivators made sense.
• Huangfu Wuxia pressed Luo Lieyang to admit that generators could make Thunder Cultivation more accessible and warned that the Yin Sha Sect and other cultivation forces might resist.
• Feng Jun said he had no plan to change the Cultivation World and asked Luo Lieyang to pay for generator designs restricted to use in Thunder Plains.
• Luo Lieyang agreed to buy the designs for the Thunder Cultivators, while Feng Jun accepted that a large payment would address concerns about the deal.
• Xu the Adept burst in and reported that Dragon Wanderer of the Yin Sha Sect had arrived and smashed the Red Phoenix Sect’s courtyard gate.

Black Luan confronted Dragon Wanderer after he damaged the Red Phoenix Sect’s gate, and the two settled the dispute with a palm strike. Feng Jun and Wang Bocai then discussed selling the Spirit Stone Generator technology to Thunder Plains and how to compensate those who had improved it.

• Black Luan flew to confront Dragon Wanderer, who admitted he had damaged the gate while looking for Bai Luan and revealed he had advanced to the Fifth Layer of Emergence from Dust.
• Black Luan learned Bai Luan had reached the Seventh Layer, then agreed to exchange a palm strike with Dragon Wanderer after Feng Jun directed them away from Pacify Arms Mountain.
• Black Luan struck Dragon Wanderer in an empty mountain valley, leaving him injured, and the group later wondered whether he had come because of the generator or Feng Jun.
• Feng Jun said they needed to speak with Wang Bocai before finalizing Thunder Plains’ purchase of the generator technology, then inspected Wang Bocai’s crude generator and its improvements.
• Feng Jun explained that Wang Bocai should decide how to divide the technology-transfer fee and compensate Master Yan for his contributions.
• Wang Bocai tentatively suggested five hundred Spirit Stones as compensation, and Feng Jun told him Luo Adept had brought twenty thousand Spirit Stones from Thunder Plains.

Wang Bocai and Feng Jun negotiated the sale of the Spirit Stone Generator technology to Thunder Plains for twenty thousand Spirit Stones, with Wang Bocai receiving half and agreeing to teach the cultivators how to build it. After the deal, Wang Bocai prepared to travel to Thunder Plains and insisted that Master Yan accept three thousand Spirit Stones for his help.

• Wang Bocai offered to accept only twenty percent of the technology-sale proceeds, but Feng Jun settled on an equal split and asked him to supervise construction in Thunder Plains.
• Wang Bocai asked about supplying specialized generator parts, and Feng Jun said they would provide them until Thunder Plains could copy them.
• Feng Jun and Luo Lieyang agreed to a price of twenty thousand Spirit Stones for the generator principles, while Wang Bocai complained that Feng Jun had let Thunder Plains off too easily.
• Luo Lieyang returned with Black Luan uneasy because the negotiations had gone unusually smoothly, while Feng Jun said he had not intended to profit from Thunder Plains.
• Wang Bocai told Master Yan he was satisfied with his earnings and would leave to teach Thunder Plains, then insisted that Master Yan accept three thousand Spirit Stones for his guidance.

Wang Bocai discussed Thunder Plains’ plans for generators with Master Yan and Liang Zhongyu, while Feng Jun considered the future of industrial production. Luo Lieyang then asked Feng Jun for high-energy battery technology, but Feng Jun refused and warned him against copying even the simpler batteries; Luo Lieyang denied intending to steal the technology.

• Wang Bocai told Master Yan he had earned ten thousand spirit stones and offered him three thousand, prompting Master Yan to ask why Thunder Plains paid so much for generator technology.
• Liang Zhongyu asked who would handle generator repairs after Thunder Plains began making its own, and Wang Bocai said Feng Jun expected Thunder Plains to eventually manufacture the necessary parts.
• Feng Jun told Wang Bocai to look into acquiring land containing Oil-Transformed Insect Carcasses after returning to the Cultivation World.
• Luo Lieyang asked Feng Jun about batteries, explaining that Thunderstone was rare and wore out after a limited number of uses.
• Feng Jun refused to provide high-energy battery technology and warned Luo Lieyang against imitating his lead-acid batteries.
• Luo Lieyang denied intending to steal Feng Jun’s technology, saying that he was not the sort to do something so tasteless.

Feng Jun negotiated with Luo Lieyang over reverse-engineering lithium batteries, allowing Thunder Plains to develop an improved version rather than copy his design outright. He agreed to sell batteries in bulk but limited the order to two thousand packs and delayed delivery.

• Luo Lieyang asked to buy the battery technology, and Feng Jun warned him against copying the batteries outright.
• Feng Jun said Thunder Plains could develop its own batteries if they used different electrode materials and significantly increased capacity.
• Luo Lieyang agreed to those conditions and asked to buy lithium batteries, but Feng Jun said he had none available yet.
• Feng Jun offered to prepare one thousand packs of one hundred units each, while Luo Lieyang asked for one hundred thousand packs of two hundred units each.
• Feng Jun quoted at least five or six Spirit Stones per two-hundred-unit pack, and Luo Lieyang offered to buy ten thousand packs for five Spirit Stones each.
• Feng Jun refused the larger order and capped it at two thousand packs, with delivery postponed.

Feng Jun negotiated a battery deal with Luo Lieyang in exchange for Thunderstones, then tried to persuade Dragon Wanderer to arrange a bulk purchase of refrigerators and air conditioners for the Yin Sha Sect. Dragon Wanderer was intrigued but remained hesitant because his sect had abundant Mystic Ice.

• Feng Jun agreed to sell Luo Lieyang two thousand storage battery sets for four Thunderstones and an additional thousand Spirit Stones, with the remaining payment due on delivery.
• After recovering for three days, Dragon Wanderer asked Feng Jun about his deal with Thunder Plains, but Feng Jun said it was Pacify Arms Mountain's business.
• Bai Bahuang came to say farewell, and Dragon Wanderer recognized the strength of Feng Jun's connections and asked about Netherworld Beads and the yin entities.
• Feng Jun told Dragon Wanderer that he had found no Netherworld Beads and refused to reveal the secret location of the yin entities.
• Feng Jun pitched refrigerators and air conditioners to Dragon Wanderer, who acknowledged their potential as sect benefits but hesitated because the Yin Sha Sect had plenty of Mystic Ice.

Feng Jun and Wandering Dragon arranged a large Yin Sha Sect purchase of refrigerators and air conditioners, using gold exchanged through Huangfu Wuxia for Spirit Stones. After learning how Tiantong traded across planes, Feng Jun asked about cheap goods and settled on Graphene as a possible product to bring to the Phone Plane.

• Feng Jun persuaded Wandering Dragon that refrigerators and air conditioners were sensible sect benefits, while Mystic Ice should be preserved as a cultivation resource.
• Wandering Dragon agreed to lobby the Yin Sha Sect and negotiated a half-percent rebate, then proposed paying for the goods in gold while Feng Jun covered lobbying expenses in Spirit Stones.
• Feng Jun and Wandering Dragon asked Huangfu Wuxia to arrange the exchange, and she set a rate of five hundred taels of gold per Spirit Stone.
• Wandering Dragon departed to begin arranging the purchase, while Huangfu Wuxia explained that Tiantong could trade gold across planes with different rates and demands.
• Feng Jun asked Huangfu Wuxia about cheap goods from other planes and proposed Graphene, which she mistook for a kind of Yin Soul.

Feng Jun proposed trading graphene for gold, and Huangfu Wuxia consulted Patriarch Huangfu about the opportunity. Patriarch Huangfu approved the deal but wanted the Huangfu Clan to hold exclusive rights and suggested paying partly in food, leaving Wuxia to ask Feng Jun whether he would accept.

• Feng Jun showed Huangfu Wuxia how he made graphene and offered to buy it for gold at one hundred times its weight.
• Huangfu Wuxia took the samples to her room and summoned Patriarch Huangfu to discuss the cross-plane business.
• Patriarch Huangfu recognized graphite as a resource from the Orderless Plane and decided the deal could help build relations there.
• Patriarch Huangfu told Huangfu Wuxia to secure an exclusive graphene trade for the Huangfu Clan and negotiate to pay partly with food.
• Huangfu Wuxia called Feng Jun to ask about the proposed payment, and he was surprised that she wanted food.

Feng Jun and Huangfu Wuxia failed to agree on a large Graphene-for-grain deal, but the Patriarch Huangfu urged her to preserve a long-term trade relationship with the Orderless Plane. Huangfu Wuxia went to Feng Jun to propose a smaller deal in exchange for exclusive control of the trade route.

• Feng Jun rejected Huangfu Wuxia’s proposal to trade two hundred million taels of Graphene for gold and grain, offering instead to buy a smaller quantity with grain.
• Huangfu Wuxia refused Feng Jun’s revised terms, and the two ended their call after he offered her perfume as an apology.
• The Patriarch Huangfu told Huangfu Wuxia to keep Feng Jun and the Orderless Plane connected through even small, loss-making trades, and to keep the plan confidential.
• Huangfu Wuxia realized the trade could give the Huangfu Clan lasting ties and support from the Orderless Plane, then drove to Feng Jun’s Blessing Courtyard.
• Huangfu Wuxia offered to trade for one hundred thousand taels of gold, or fifty thousand if necessary, on the condition that she monopolize the route and Feng Jun trade with no one else.

Feng Jun agreed to share the profits from two oil fields with Wang Bocai and Carefree Platform after learning that the Cultivation World had valuable light crude deposits. He secretly excavated Spirit Stones in Condensation at Pacify Arms Mountain during the rain, then Huangfu Wuxia arrived to collect the gold.

• Huangfu Wuxia emphasized secrecy and exclusive operations for their cross-plane trade, while Feng Jun remained wary of her motives.
• Shangguan Yunjin brought news that Wang Bocai had found coal mines and two remote, naturally flowing light crude oil fields in Thunder Plains.
• Feng Jun approved buying both oil fields, counted Wang Bocai's two-thousand-eight-hundred-Spirit-Stone deposit as a twenty-percent stake, and offered to invest the remainder.
• Shangguan Yunjin offered to buy part of Wang Bocai's stake, but Feng Jun told her to discuss it with him and said Carefree Platform could buy as much as it wanted.
• Feng Jun spent the rainy night excavating more than sixty Spirit Stones in Condensation at Pacify Arms Mountain and planned to conceal the deeper pits with explosions after the weather cleared.
• Huangfu Wuxia arrived at the Blessing Courtyard in a roofless all-terrain vehicle and told Feng Jun she had come to take away the gold.

Feng Jun negotiated a graphene trade with Huangfu Wuxia, received the repaired Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, and learned more about the Yan Clan’s investigation into Liu Feng. While digging for Spirit Stones in the mountains, he detected and identified a hidden cultivator named Hong Bafang, who had prepared equipment and formations nearby.

• Feng Jun agreed to have the graphene sample tested before deciding whether to proceed with the trade at the increased price.
• Leng Qionghua delivered the repaired Demon-Suppressing Pagoda and invited Feng Jun to visit Pine-Cypress Peak on behalf of the Yan Clan.
• Leng Qionghua told Feng Jun that the Yan Clan had uncovered an evil cultivator stronghold and executed two Emergence from Dust cultivators, while others had escaped.
• After several nights of digging for Spirit Stones, Feng Jun used his phone to find a Storage Pouch and then detected the nearby hidden cultivator Hong Bafang.
• Feng Jun identified Hong Bafang’s Mirage King Bracer, Trapping Formation Disc, and a nearby Spirit-Binding Formation.

Feng Jun captured Hong Bafang after foiling his escape with a Position-Exchange Formation and discovered that the intruder carried a Mirage King Bracer. While questioning Hong Bafang, Feng Jun connected the bracer to his sect’s lost artifact and asked whether Hong Bafang’s family had killed True Adept Linlang.

• Feng Jun attacked Hong Bafang with divine sense and the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, but Hong Bafang activated a Position-Exchange Formation and was flung into a river.
• Feng Jun found the unconscious Hong Bafang in the river and captured him in the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, then ordered Pacify Arms Mountain’s cultivators to search for other intruders.
• Feng Jun took Hong Bafang to a remote location, trapped him in a Spirit-Binding Formation, and bound him with the Immortal-Binding Cord.
• Hong Bafang admitted that someone had commissioned him to investigate Feng Jun, and Feng Jun accused him of relying on a Mirage King Bracer to take such a risk.
• Hong Bafang claimed the Supreme Clarity Sect had commissioned him, and Feng Jun asked whether that sect had killed True Adept Linlang.

Feng Jun interrogated Hong Bafang after catching him spying at Pacify Arms Mountain, then learned the investigation was tied to True Adept Sumiao of Supreme Clarity. Luo Shuchen intervened to save Hong Bafang and revealed the Mirage King Bracer had once belonged to a retainer at Myriad Blessings Platform.

• Hong Bafang claimed he had acquired the Mirage King Bracer through his family and admitted that Adept Lu Wanfeng had asked him to investigate Feng Jun’s medical skills.
• Feng Jun took Hong Bafang’s Storage Pouch and Mirage King Bracer, then threatened to kill him when he sensed Hong Bafang was hiding something.
• Hong Bafang named True Adept Sumiao and Adept Lu Wanfeng as the people behind his investigation, and Feng Jun demanded to know why Sumiao wanted information about him.
• Luo Shuchen arrived and stopped Feng Jun, explaining that True Adept Sumiao had known his master since childhood and might need Feng Jun’s medical help.
• Feng Jun demanded an explanation for Hong Bafang’s intrusion, and Luo Shuchen said the Mirage King Bracer had once belonged to a retainer at Myriad Blessings Platform.

Feng Jun and Luo Shuchen forced Hong Bafang to surrender his possessions and explain his Position-Exchange Formation and Substitute Puppet. Hong Bafang revealed that Sumiao was poisoned and that Lu Wanfeng had sent him to investigate whether Feng Jun could cure her, leaving Luo Shuchen alarmed that the illness might be more than a curse.

• Luo Shuchen clarified that the Hong Family had not killed Linlang, while Feng Jun demanded compensation from Hong Bafang.
• Feng Jun claimed Hong Bafang's equipment and Storage Pouch, then demanded to know how he had escaped using a spatial method.
• Hong Bafang identified his inherited Position-Exchange Formation and traced it to an ancestor from Ten Directions Platform; Feng Jun demanded his Substitute Puppet.
• Feng Jun asked whether Lu Wanfeng or Sumiao needed a physician, and Hong Bafang revealed that Sumiao had been poisoned and Lu Wanfeng had sent him to investigate Feng Jun's ability to cure her.
• Luo Shuchen questioned Hong Bafang's claim because he had heard Sumiao was cursed, leaving Hong Bafang terrified by the implications.

Feng Jun dealt with Hong Bafang, advanced to Emergence from Dust, Second Layer, and returned to the Blue Star Realm, where Yang Yuxin’s absence complicated his plans for Graphene and training. He tried to enlist Elder Yu’s help, but Yu Qingzhu offered to hear him out instead.

• Luo Shuchen took Hong Bafang away, and Feng Jun let him keep the Substitute Puppet while claiming the Mirage King Bracer for himself.
• After more than ten days of cultivation, Feng Jun advanced to Emergence from Dust, Second Layer at Pacify Arms Mountain and consolidated his realm over five days.
• Feng Jun returned to the Blue Star Realm, where Huahua left for Cinnabar Cloud Heaven and he realized Yang Yuxin’s absence made it harder to arrange Graphene authentication and personnel training.
• Zhang Caixin noticed Feng Jun’s advancement, questioned Red Sister and Good Scenery about what they were withholding, and was told she would learn more after reaching Qi Refining Stage.
• Feng Jun went to speak with Elder Yu, but the healthcare doctor said the old man had gone to rest, and Yu Qingzhu offered to hear what Feng Jun wanted to discuss.

Feng Jun asked Yu Qingzhu to arrange discreet purchases of appliances and grain, and she readily handled the appliance order but underestimated the difficulty of buying wheat. The chapter ended with someone warning her that a buyer for five million tons of grain could not remain anonymous.

• Feng Jun asked Yu Qingzhu to arrange fifty thousand sets of refrigerators and air conditioners without revealing the buyer’s information, and she secured the order through her eldest aunt.
• Feng Jun requested discreet delivery to Luo Hua and claimed that using his Transport Art too often shortened his lifespan.
• Yu Qingzhu asked what else Feng Jun wanted to discuss, and he told her he wanted to buy five million tons of wheat without disclosing the buyer.
• Yu Qingzhu learned that the grain could not be sourced domestically but said overseas suppliers could protect the buyer’s privacy.
• A voice from the shadows warned Yu Qingzhu that the buyer of five million tons of grain could not expect anonymity.

Yu Qingzhu challenged Red Sister and Zhang Caixin over finding grain, but Red Sister proposed using Funiu Prefecture’s reserve wheat to supply Feng Jun. The chapter ended with Feng Jun realizing that his disciples felt indebted to him for the pills, techniques, and talismans he had provided.

• Zhang Caixin and Red Sister emerged from the darkness, and Yu Qingzhu asked how they planned to resolve the grain problem domestically.
• Red Sister suggested sourcing rotated-out reserve grain from Funiu Prefecture and possibly coordinating with other provinces.
• Feng Jun explained that a huge one-time purchase would be difficult, so Red Sister asked about starting with one hundred thousand tons.
• Red Sister learned that Funiu Prefecture could supply enough wheat and offered to fund the purchase herself.
• Red Sister and Zhang Caixin told Feng Jun that they wanted to contribute to the manor because he had given them valuable resources without asking for payment.
• Feng Jun realized that his disciples felt pressure to repay what he had provided.

Yu Qingzhu asked Feng Jun what it would take to learn cultivation, but he put off the decision until her grandfather’s treatment was finished and refused her offer to donate one hundred million. The next morning, Feng Jun asked Elder Yu to help sell his graphene, and after receiving market feedback, the two argued over who should name a price.

• Zhang Caixin said the disciples should contribute money or effort, and Feng Jun stepped outside into the spring rain while Red Sister and Zhang Caixin went to collect their deliveries.
• Yu Qingzhu asked Feng Jun about learning cultivation and offered to donate one hundred million, but he declined the money and told her to discuss cultivation after Elder Yu’s treatment course ended.
• Feng Jun told Yu Qingzhu he had graphene he wanted to sell, and she offered to ask her teachers about it before leaving to watch the rain elsewhere.
• The next morning, Feng Jun gave Elder Yu a graphene sample, and Elder Yu arranged inquiries that brought market feedback three hours later.
• Elder Yu asked Feng Jun how much graphene he had and what price he wanted, while Feng Jun insisted that Elder Yu first tell him its grade and likely selling price.

Feng Jun negotiated a sale of high-quality Graphene to Elder Yu's side, settling on a low price and a large potential supply. After officials estimated demand, Feng Jun offered the sample batch for payment as ten kilograms.

• Elder Yu and his secretary tried to bargain down Feng Jun's Graphene price and persuade him to hand over the technology, but Feng Jun agreed to sell the product for 150 yuan per gram, or 120 yuan with full payment.
• Feng Jun said he could supply at least ten tons monthly and as much as two hundred tons annually, surprising the secretary.
• The secretary consulted officials, who estimated guaranteed demand at fifty tons and possible demand as high as three thousand tons.
• Feng Jun considered the sale a chance to profit and undercut foreign competitors, while deciding he could remain hard-nosed in trade with the Orderless Plane.
• Feng Jun offered the sample batch of just over eleven kilograms for settlement as ten kilograms.