Chapter Summaries

Feng Jun matched techniques and medicines for Liu Fuyu, finding a path that gave him a seventy percent chance of reaching the Emergence from Dust Stage. Liu Fuyu accepted the risky plan but struggled to understand why Feng Jun refused to sell him the recommended techniques.

• Liu Fuyu asked Feng Jun whether Thunder Arts could temper the body, and Xie Qingyun urged Feng Jun to help him despite the risks.
• Kong Ziyi proposed following Feng Jun’s matching process, and Xie Qingyun agreed to pay Liu Fuyu’s five thousand Spirit Stones.
• Feng Jun and Xie Qingyun laid out hundreds of technique manuals, including seven Thunder Arts for Feng Jun to consider.
• Li Zhishen explained to Lu Wanfeng that fire arts could not solve the hidden constitution problem, while lightning could temper gold because it lay outside the Five Elements.
• Feng Jun’s Divination identified a Thunder Art, a body-tempering art, and medicines that gave Liu Fuyu a seventy percent chance of advancing to Emergence from Dust.
• Liu Fuyu accepted the plan and offered to buy the techniques, but Feng Jun refused to sell them, leaving Liu Fuyu insisting that he could not trust other sellers.

Feng Jun performed Divinations for Xie Qingyun and several Supreme Clarity Sect disciples, while Xie Qingyun recognized that more technique manuals could improve the results. After Huangfu Wuxia arrived to discuss cooperation, she proposed exploring a paid arrangement for Supreme Clarity Sect disciples to seek Feng Jun’s Divination.

• Feng Jun gave Xie Qingyun and two disciples Divinations, and one disciple refused to follow his recommendation while another paid three thousand Spirit Stones.
• Xie Qingyun paid five thousand Spirit Stones for his Divination and accepted Feng Jun’s offer to provide another one free if he brought more technique manuals within a month.
• Xie Qingyun opposed Sun Wufeng’s plan to leave immediately, so the group stayed at Liba Beach for two days to discuss Feng Jun’s recommendations.
• Huangfu Wuxia arrived and invited the group to drinks, where An Yuhong asked whether they could borrow more techniques through her.
• Feng Jun cautioned An Yuhong against asking Huangfu Wuxia for favors, and Huangfu proposed discussing paid cooperation based on how many disciples might seek Feng Jun’s Divination.

Sun Wufeng reported Feng Jun’s abilities to Yuan Ming, and Supreme Clarity Sect’s peak lords discussed his technique divinations and the communications system. They discovered Feng Jun supplied the system, then questioned whether he might be aiming for the sect’s Technique Pavilion.

• Huangfu Wuxia asked Supreme Clarity Sect about communications-system training, while Feng Jun asked her to search for an accessible spirit cultivator technique.
• Sun Wufeng returned to Supreme Clarity Sect and told Yuan Ming that Feng Jun had matched the Red Phoenix Sect’s Flame Marrow Pill; An Yuhong confirmed Feng Jun had helped her with a Divination.
• Yuan Ming summoned the Voidwalk and Inaction Peak lords, and Xiaodong judged Feng Jun’s three technique-matching plans reliable.
• Sun Wufeng asked about the communications system, and Xiaosong learned that Feng Jun was its supplier and that Huangfu Wuxia’s clan had a relationship with him.
• After Xie Qingyun explained that Feng Jun shared technique plans without selling techniques, Xiaosong wondered whether Feng Jun was targeting the Technique Pavilion.

Supreme Clarity Sect’s leaders debated who should handle Feng Jun’s communications system and decided Voidwalk Peak would coordinate the work, with other peaks sending support. They began assessing costs and planning to consult Kong Ziyi, but first had to deliver the promised Traveling Residence.

• Xiaosong rejected Xiaosong’s proposal to monopolize the communications system and accepted the sect’s assignment for Voidwalk Peak.
• An Yuhong and Xie Qingyun competed to handle the work, explaining that they wanted more chances to consult Feng Jun about cultivation.
• Xiaodong tested Xie Qingyun about Feng Jun’s advice and concluded that Feng Jun’s detailed methods were impressive but did not accord with his Great Dao.
• Xiaosong assigned Xie Qingyun to coordinate communications at Liba Beach, and Sun Wufeng’s Traveling Residence became the subject of a dispute over who should provide it.
• Supreme Clarity Sect’s disciples began investigating wind-element cultivators and discussing Feng Jun’s high fees, while Xie Qingyun suggested consulting Kong Ziyi before seeking sect funding.

Feng Jun negotiated with the Supreme Clarity Sect, accepted a spiritual cultivation technique, and agreed to let its disciples build temporary accommodations on his land. After the sect representatives left, he planned more oil depots and landscaping at Liba Beach, but the Big Shot's will stopped him from going to town.

• Sun Wufeng brought Feng Jun a new mobile residence, and Feng Jun agreed with the Supreme Clarity Sect on preliminary treatment fees for its disciples.
• Xie Qingyun gave Feng Jun the Qi Refining portion of the Spirit Emerges from the Nine Heavens technique; Feng Jun refused to take it as an apology and instead offered the sect a hundred mu of land for rest houses.
• Feng Jun agreed that the Supreme Clarity Sect could build accommodations and a Spirit-Gathering Formation, provided it stayed away from his mobile residence and did not extract crude oil.
• Feng Jun rejected Xie Qingyun's attempt to learn his travel schedule and sect location, then the Supreme Clarity representatives departed while An Yuhong remained at Liba Beach.
• Feng Jun told Du Wentian to build more oil depots and gradually turn Liba Beach into a garden landscape, but the Big Shot's will forbade him from going to town.

Feng Jun learned that the Supreme Clarity Sect had hidden a mark on his Traveling Residence as a test, and the Yin Soul revealed where it was so he could remove it. After Qu Jianlei asked Feng Jun to divine a rare healing herb, Feng Jun discovered that the secretly protective elder was a 420-year-old Peak Emergence from Dust cultivator.

• The Yin Soul summoned Feng Jun and warned him that the Supreme Clarity Sect had marked his Traveling Residence and was testing him.
• The Yin Soul examined Feng Jun’s spirit cultivation technique, found no traps, and noted that an Artifact Spirit might raise its cultivation limit.
• The Yin Soul identified a blue brick beside the Traveling Residence threshold as the location of the sect’s hidden mark and told Feng Jun to remove it.
• Qu Jianlei asked Feng Jun whether he could divine a Millennial Yin-Yang Lingzhi from more than ten thousand li away, and Feng Jun offered to divine for him for free.
• Feng Jun divined Qu Jianlei and found that he was 420 years old yet remained at Peak Emergence from Dust.

Feng Jun discovered that Heavenly Fragrance Fruit could give the four-hundred-and-twenty-year-old Qu Jianlei a strong chance of succeeding in a second Core Embrace. He offered Qu an unusual fruit, but left him to decide whether to use it himself or give it to Xiaomeng.

• Qu Jianlei explained that he had failed Core Embrace once and wanted Millennial Yin-Yang Lingzhi for Xiaomeng, though he could use it to attempt Core Embrace himself.
• The Big Shot told Feng Jun that Heavenly Fragrance Fruit could heal Xiaomeng and urged him to grant Qu Jianlei's wish.
• Feng Jun's Divination showed that Heavenly Fragrance Fruit could give Qu Jianlei an eighty-nine percent chance of succeeding in a second Core Embrace.
• The Big Shot refused to provide two fruits, so Feng Jun decided to offer Qu one and let him choose whether to use it or give it to Xiaomeng.
• When Qu Jianlei sprang up in excitement, Feng Jun revealed two talisman treasures and calmed him, then said the unusual fruit carried a ninety percent chance of success.

Qu Jianlei learned that he had a ninety percent chance of achieving Core Embrace with Feng Jun’s Exotic Fruit, but chose to give it to True Adept Xiaomeng and promised to repay Feng Jun by killing a True Adept. Three days later, Kong Ziyi and other Supreme Clarity Sect cultivators arrived to establish a residence and arrange Divinations, while Feng Jun invited them into his new Traveling Residence.

• Feng Jun told Qu Jianlei that only one person could consume the entire Exotic Fruit, and Qu Jianlei chose True Adept Xiaomeng over pursuing Core Embrace himself.
• Feng Jun set the price as a life owed: Qu Jianlei would kill a True Adept if Xiaomeng took the fruit, and Qu Jianlei agreed to target an ancestor of the Tiantong Merchant Alliance’s Nangong Family.
• Qu Jianlei asked to deliver the fruit to Red Phoenix Sect before carrying out the killing, and Feng Jun agreed to send the fruit later and let him return within three days.
• Kong Ziyi arrived with Li Zhishen, Yu Pao, and Supreme Clarity Sect disciples; she explained that Xie Qingyun and Sun Wufeng had gone to Thunder Plains to buy Spirit Stone Generators.
• The Supreme Clarity Sect group began arranging its residence and Divinations, and Feng Jun invited them into his new Traveling Residence.

Feng Jun exposed a hidden mark on Supreme Clarity Sect’s Traveling Residence, then gave several disciples Divination plans and discussed supplying Pacify Arms Mountain through the Cultivation World. The chapter left Huangfu Wuxia and the Zhan Xiu ready to discuss cooperation as more Supreme Clarity Sect disciples arrived for advice.

• Feng Jun found the hidden electromagnetic mark on Supreme Clarity Sect’s green brick and returned it to Li Zhishen, who realized the mark had been planted by his peak master, Xiaosong, to test Feng Jun.
• Feng Jun examined the disciples’ cultivation manuals and promised to give them Divination results the next morning; he later provided plans for three people, including one Qi Condensation disciple with almost no chance of success.
• Li Zhishen reported the incident to Xiaosong, who admitted making the mark and concluded that Feng Jun likely possessed powerful backing from a Nascent Soul Dao Lineage.
• Two Zhan Xiu brought news that Pacify Arms Mountain faced shortages, despite Wang Bocai producing an imitation Boiler Engine, and asked whether they could obtain goods through Feng Jun.
• Feng Jun agreed to supply a small portion of goods locally while keeping bulk shipments routed through Pacify Arms Mountain, then invited Huangfu Wuxia to meet the Zhan Xiu about communications-system installation work.
• Huangfu Wuxia arrived to discuss cooperation with the Zhan Xiu, and more Supreme Clarity Sect disciples soon came seeking cultivation-manual Divination.

Feng Jun and the Supreme Clarity Sect disciples discussed cultivation methods, then Huangfu Wuxia negotiated terms for Tiantong to lend them manuals for divination. As Huangfu defended rental fees and a purchase promise, Kong Ziyi called on Feng Jun to help bargain.

• Feng Jun debated Yu Pao over a proposed cultivation combination, and Yu Pao admitted he had no better solution after Feng pointed out that Supreme Clarity Sect experts could compare plans through divination.
• Li Zhishen asked Huangfu Wuxia to lend Tiantong cultivation manuals for the sect to examine, and she proposed daily rental fees for the books.
• Huangfu Wuxia said Tiantong would lend a large batch only if the sect promised to buy any suitable technique through Tiantong.
• An Yuhong objected to the rental costs and suggested negotiating with Tiantong at Supreme Clarity Market, but Yu Pao explained that its manager could not agree to such terms without appearing compromised.
• Kong Ziyi asked Feng Jun to help her bargain with Huangfu Wuxia.

Feng Jun helped Kong Ziyi negotiate Supreme Clarity Sect’s cultivation-technique deal with Huangfu Wuxia, while news spread that he had solved Red Phoenix Sect’s Flame Marrow Pill problem. He gave Qu Jianlei a mysterious fruit for Xiaomeng, and Qu Jianlei returned to Red Phoenix Sect with it.

• Feng Jun explained how Supreme Clarity Sect’s purchase of cultivation techniques would benefit Mingsha Tiantong, and Huangfu Wuxia and Kong Ziyi agreed on daily rent of one thousand Spirit Stones and exclusive purchases.
• Supreme Clarity Sect began surveying disciples for Hidden Astral-Wind Gold, while word spread that Feng Jun had solved Red Phoenix Sect’s Flame Marrow Pill problem.
• Bai Luan arrived at Liba Beach with Red Phoenix disciples seeking Divination, and Feng Jun asked her to look after him while Qu Rongxun was away.
• Feng Jun gave Qu Jianlei a Storage Talisman containing a strange fruit and warned him to isolate its aura before opening it.
• Qu Jianlei returned to Red Phoenix Sect two days later and told Xiaomeng that he had found what she wanted.

Qu Jianlei brought True Adept Xiaomeng a Heavenly Fragrance Fruit that Feng Mountain Lord said could heal her and give Qu a ninety percent chance of achieving Core Embrace. Xiaomeng realized Qu had given up that chance for her, then revealed she had never needed Millennial Yin-Yang Lingzhi and had only wanted him not to give up.

• Qu Jianlei visited True Adept Xiaomeng in seclusion and told her he had found something better than Millennial Yin-Yang Lingzhi.
• Qu Jianlei showed Xiaomeng the sealed Heavenly Fragrance Fruit and explained that Feng Mountain Lord had given it to him in exchange for killing a True Adept.
• Xiaomeng inspected the fruit, identified its Spirit Qi Intoxication, and said it could improve Qu’s chance of a Second Core Embrace by twenty percent.
• Qu Jianlei revealed that Feng Mountain Lord had promised him a ninety percent chance of Core Embrace if he ate the whole fruit, but he had brought it to Xiaomeng instead.
• Xiaomeng asked why Qu had not eaten the fruit, and he said he wanted to help her; she replied that she had never needed Millennial Yin-Yang Lingzhi and had only hoped he would not give up.

Xiaomeng gave Qu Jianlei the Millennial Yin-Yang Lingzhi and pushed him to attempt a second Core Embrace. Tribulation Clouds gathered over her cave abode, drawing Red Phoenix Sect leaders and elders, and Xiaomeng revealed that Qu Jianlei’s opportunity came from Feng Jun at Liba Beach.

• Xiaomeng admitted she had sought the Millennial Yin-Yang Lingzhi for Qu Jianlei, then gave him the fruit and told him to prepare for Core Embrace.
• After failing to trace the fruit’s origins, Xiaomeng divined an auspicious result and kept Qu Jianlei in seclusion until Tribulation Clouds appeared above her cave abode.
• Scarlet Luan and several Red Phoenix Sect elders arrived, and Xiaomeng identified Qu Jianlei as the one undergoing his second Core Embrace.
• The Great Elder disparaged Qu Jianlei and implied Xiaomeng had improperly invested in him, but the Sect Leader defended him and rebuked her.
• When the Sect Leader asked what opportunity Qu Jianlei had obtained, Xiaomeng said Feng Jun had given it to him at Liba Beach.

Xiaomeng and the Red Phoenix Sect Master discussed Qu Jianlei’s attempt at a Second Core Embrace and the opportunity Feng Jun had helped him obtain. Qu Jianlei’s first Tribulation Lightning struck, revealing the fragrance of a powerful Qi-Replenishing Fruit, while the sect’s cultivators gathered to watch his tribulation.

• Xiaomeng told the Red Phoenix Sect’s True Immortals that Qu Jianlei had volunteered to secretly protect Feng Jun and claimed he already possessed an opportunity for Core Embrace.
• The Red Phoenix Sect Master worried that Qu Jianlei was risking his reputation by attempting a Second Core Embrace, and Xiaomeng defended his decision.
• The first bolt of Tribulation Lightning struck Xiaomeng’s cave abode, destroying its weakened formations as Xiaomeng cursed Qu Jianlei for damaging it.
• The lightning released the fragrance of the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit, and the Red Phoenix Sect Master identified it as a powerful, sour Qi-Replenishing Fruit that could benefit Qu Jianlei’s weak vital energy.
• As the Tribulation Clouds grew denser, disciples and Golden Core Divine Senses arrived; Xiaomeng allowed only Emergence from Dust High Stage disciples to approach.

Qu Rongxun endured a perilous Second Core Embrace and successfully formed a High-Grade Golden Core, becoming a Consecrated Elder of the Red Phoenix Sect. Xiaomeng rejoiced at his survival, while an Emergence from Dust disciple later awakened to Dao Intent and thanked Qu Rongxun and Xiaomeng for their protection.

• Xiaomeng explained that she had kept others from observing Qu Rongxun's Core Embrace because she feared they might take his opportunity, while the Sect Master regretted losing the chance for disciples to witness it.
• As Qu Rongxun faced the second and third bolts of Tribulation Lightning, the Sect Master recognized golden threads in the clouds as a sign of a High-Grade Second Core Embrace.
• The third bolt lasted five minutes and carried Destruction Dao Intent, prompting the Sect Master to tell the disciples to observe it as Xiaomeng worried about Qu Rongxun's survival.
• Xiaomeng entered the cave residence, then emerged half an hour later to announce that Qu Rongxun had pulled through and formed his Core.
• The Sect Master congratulated Qu Jianlei on becoming a Consecrated Elder, and Xiaomeng laughed with joy while Scarlet Luan congratulated her Master from afar.
• After comprehending the Destruction Dao Intent, an Eighth Layer Emergence from Dust disciple awakened two days later and thanked Qu Rongxun and Xiaomeng before hurrying away to verify her insights.

Qu Jianlei emerged from seclusion after successfully forming a high-grade Core Embrace and became an enshrined cultivator with access to the Red Phoenix Orthodoxy Platform. The presiding True Adept suspected his breakthrough involved a Heavenly Fragrance Fruit and asked Xiaomeng to help discover its source, while Qu Jianlei kept it secret.

• Qu Jianlei reunited with Xiaomeng, joked about becoming taller than her, and was summoned to complete the enshrined cultivator procedures.
• Qu Jianlei entered the Orthodoxy Platform by registering his blood-marked token and declined the presiding True Adept’s suggestion that he become a Dharma Protector.
• The presiding True Adept questioned Qu Jianlei about the sour fruit and its pit, but he said he did not know its name or could not reveal where it came from.
• After Qu Jianlei left, the presiding True Adept asked Xiaomeng whether she had found the fruit and urged her to ask Qu Jianlei about it.
• Xiaomeng agreed to try, then teased the presiding True Adept about Qu Jianlei’s determination to become taller than her.

True Adept Xiaomeng and the Red Phoenix sect leader discussed Feng Jun’s divination conditions and whether Qu Jianlei must kill a Golden Core cultivator, while the sect leader suspected Feng Jun was connected to the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit. At Liba Beach, Chen Junsheng asked Feng Jun whether he could cultivate a technique given to him by Adept Yu Pao, hoping to remain in Feng Jun’s service.

• True Adept Xiaomeng agreed to ask Qu Jianlei about obtaining a Heavenly Fragrance Fruit for Azuresteel’s leader, then discussed Red Phoenix’s prospects with the sect leader.
• The sect leader realized that Feng Jun’s “Save One, Kill One” condition might require Qu Jianlei to kill a Golden Core cultivator, prompting Xiaomeng to consider killing Dragon Wanderer or Chengfengzi first.
• The sect leader asked Xiaomeng to find out whether Qu Jianlei would protect Feng Jun again after stabilizing his realm, and a paper crane summoned her back over an incident at Mingsha Market.
• Feng Jun spent his days at Liba Beach practicing and overseeing preparations while Red Sister, Zhang Caixin, and Good Scenery advanced their cultivation.
• Chen Junsheng showed Feng Jun the Six Harmonies Qi-Nurturing Art from Adept Yu Pao and asked whether he could cultivate it while continuing to serve Feng Jun.

Feng Jun explained why Chen Junsheng should not accept a cultivation method from Yu Pao, and Chen Junsheng returned it before buying Yin-Yang Transformation from Feng Jun on installments. The Yin Soul warned Feng Jun that more than thirty cultivators, including a Golden Core cultivator, were approaching Liba Beach, and Feng Jun began preparing for them.

• Feng Jun warned Chen Junsheng that accepting Yu Pao's cultivation method could create problems if information leaked, and urged him to consider the risks.
• Jing Qingyang advised Chen Junsheng to seek a cultivation method from Feng Jun by asking to become his disciple or buying one, and Chen Junsheng returned Yu Pao's method.
• Feng Jun refused to take Chen Junsheng as a disciple unless he reached Emergence from Dust, but sold him Yin-Yang Transformation at a discount with installment payments.
• The Yin Soul detected more than thirty sneaking cultivators approaching from the east, including fifteen in Emergence from Dust and one in Golden Core.
• Feng Jun signaled the three women to stop cultivating and told Du Wentian to select thirty people for electrical wiring training while Huangfu Wuxia was present.

Feng Jun kept his distance while hostile cultivators lurked outside Liba Beach, then watched as an Azuresteel Sect force arrived demanding Sun Wufeng. The chapter ended with Li Zhishen accepting Wang Wuji’s challenge as the sects prepared to clash.

• Feng Jun asked Du Wentian to gather eighteen workers for communications training, partly to keep them away from a possible fight.
• The hostile cultivators circled Liba Beach and stayed hidden for several days, while Big Shot warned Feng Jun not to approach because they had a Golden Core cultivator.
• Feng Jun chose not to investigate, reasoning that the ambushers might be targeting one of Liba Beach’s other factions.
• Heavenly King Liang led twelve Emergence from Dust Adepts and twenty Qi Condensation disciples into Liba Beach, declaring that he had come to arrest Sun Wufeng.
• An Yuhong challenged the Azuresteel Sect’s arrival, and Li Zhishen stepped forward after Liang’s men demanded that he face Wang Wuji first.
• Li Zhishen accepted Wang Wuji’s challenge, but Yu Pao intervened before the fight began.

The Azuresteel Sect confronted the Supreme Clarity Sect over Sun Wufeng, while Feng Jun dealt with a hidden attack on his way to the gathering. After using a Talisman Treasure to immobilize the Golden Core attacker, Feng Jun entered the yellow sand to face the ambushers as the effect began to wear off.

• Yu Pao and Kong Ziyi confronted Heavenly King Liang, who demanded that An Yuhong be taken away to force Sun Wufeng to come to Mingsha Market.
• Xie Qingyun proposed a fight to the death, but Heavenly King Liang revealed that the Azuresteel Sect also had Golden Core Talisman Treasures.
• Feng Jun discovered a Golden Core True Adept and three high-ranking cultivators lying in ambush, then agreed with the Yin Soul Big Shot to let them strike first.
• The ambushers trapped Feng Jun in an Obscuring-Eyes Technique, but he used a Talisman Treasure to strike the True Adept and escape the attack.
• Feng Jun found Owl badly wounded, identified the ambushers, and returned to the yellow sand while the True Adept and another cultivator remained immobilized.