Chapter Summaries

Feng Jun profited from a short-selling operation against Bairui Pharmaceuticals after its president died in a suspicious crash, then shared the proceeds with Yu Qingzhu. As Bairui appeared to suspect Xia Nation and a project there was suspended, Yu Zhiyuan asked Feng Jun to help recover the company’s stolen information and servers.

• Feng Jun’s short position paid off when Clooney died in a car crash and Bairui Pharmaceuticals’ stock plunged, earning Feng Jun 270 million Mairui currency.
• Yu Qingzhu’s trader finished cashing out for a total profit of 280 million Mairui currency, while Bairui’s board suspected the operation had ties to Xia Nation.
• Feng Jun received more than eight billion Xia Currency from the gold sale and stock gains, then gave Yu Qingzhu a 500-million dividend.
• Yu Zhiyuan told Feng Jun that a Bairui project in Xia Nation had been suspended and warned that Bairui might retaliate.
• Yu Zhiyuan asked Feng Jun to help find Bairui’s lost information and servers because their contents could be valuable to Xia Nation.

Feng Jun gave Bairui Pharmaceuticals’ materials to Yang Yuxin to oversee, while learning that Bairui had placed bounties on him and Luohua Manor’s people. Lin Beauty warned him, and he grew furious when he believed Bairui might target those close to him.

• Feng Jun refused Yu Zhiyuan’s request for Bairui’s materials and decided Yang Yuxin should handle them instead.
• Feng Jun handed Yang Yuxin a Storage Talisman containing the materials and electronic devices, and they agreed to split any profits.
• Lin Beauty learned that Bairui had identified the Yu family as the force shorting its stock and had offered bounties for Feng Jun and Luohua Manor’s Eight Vajras.
• Lin Beauty called Feng Jun to warn him about Bairui’s plans and asked whether the information could earn her a Soul-Search Talisman.
• Feng Jun asked whether Bairui was targeting the people around him, then angrily demanded that Lin Beauty explain who was behind it.

After learning that Bairui had placed a bounty on Luo Hua, Feng Jun attacked four of its supporters with Divine Sense, leaving them unconscious and terrifying the company. Bairui’s chairman, Jensen, suspended the bounty and resumed negotiations, while he and other executives sought shelter for the night.

• Feng Jun learned that Rector, Dr. Leonardo, and two other directors had strongly supported the bounty against Luo Hua.
• Feng Jun used Divine Sense attacks to destroy the consciousnesses of Rector, Dr. Leonardo, and another bounty supporter, then returned to Luohua Manor.
• Bairui executives found that the four victims’ brainwaves were severely disrupted and began suspecting a supernatural curse.
• Jensen decided to suspend the bounty temporarily and told the Xia Nation regional director to resume negotiations with Luo Hua.
• Jensen spent the night in a church, while most Bairui executives avoided staying at home.

Feng Jun tried to pressure Bairui Pharmaceuticals into withdrawing its bounty, but the company continued seeking a cure for the curse affecting its executives. When he went to Jensen’s estate to confront the family, he found Jensen’s granddaughter Sophia, who could see through his invisibility and eagerly agreed to be kidnapped.

• Lin Beauty asked Feng Jun whether he had cursed Bairui’s executives, and he denied it while warning that more misfortune could follow if the bounty remained.
• Bairui executives discussed the curse and approached the Xia Nation division about finding someone who could treat it, while Yu Zhiyuan told them he could not help and directed them to contact him through his secretary.
• Hines claimed he had devised a way to protect the cursed executives using a helmet-like device designed to absorb electromagnetic waves.
• Feng Jun discovered that Bairui had not withdrawn its bounty and went to Jensen’s estate, where he searched for Jensen and found his granddaughter Sophia.
• Sophia saw Feng Jun despite his Mirage King Bracer and happily agreed to be kidnapped, while Feng Jun insisted that he was serious.

Feng Jun killed Hines despite the clinical division’s surveillance and helmet defenses, then pressured Jensen’s business rival into withdrawing the bounty. He waited near a mountain to return Sophia to her family, but five teenagers spotted his isolated campsite and rode toward it.

• Sophia Jensen agreed to go with Feng Jun, who stored her in a Spirit Beast Bag and left Jensen a note about the bounty.
• Jensen told Yu Zhiyuan that Sophia had been kidnapped and asked Luo Hua to deal with Hines, while Feng Jun learned that Hines’s team was testing helmets against his attacks.
• Feng Jun infiltrated Bairui Company’s clinical division and killed Hines with a burst of Internal Qi while Hines wore a helmet.
• Feng Jun stole one of the discarded helmets as Jensen warned the bounty’s backer that he would be next unless the bounty was withdrawn.
• The bounty’s backer agreed to withdraw it, and Feng Jun camped near a mountain to release Sophia after nightfall.
• Five teenagers spotted Feng Jun’s tent and generator and rode their motorcycles off the road toward the campsite.

Feng Jun released Sophia and escorted her home after she had spent two days in the Spirit Beast Bag. When Jensen’s bodyguards confronted him at the gate, one fired, and Feng Jun shot him in the thigh.

• Feng Jun scared off five youths who approached his tent with a shotgun and decided he could not stay in Mairui Country.
• Feng Jun released Sophia, gave her water and apples, and agreed to take her home on a motorcycle.
• Sophia talked with Feng Jun on the ride, accepted an expensive jade pendant, and said she was willing to cooperate with him.
• Mrs. Martha saw Sophia with Feng Jun and called the police, prompting Jensen to send bodyguards to retrieve his granddaughter.
• A bodyguard aimed a gun at Feng Jun and shot toward his right shoulder, but Feng Jun fired back and hit the man in the thigh.

After Feng Jun shot Jason and escaped, the Jensen family investigated his impossible abilities and Sophia's kidnapping. Their inquiry left them with unsettling clues about his disappearance and a jade expert's claim that Jensen's jade came from Funiu in Xia Nation.

• Sophia stopped Jason from firing again at Feng Jun, who caught a bullet with his bare hand before riding away; Martha called the police despite Sophia's protests.
• Chairman Jensen arrived and reviewed high-speed footage confirming Feng Jun had caught the bullet, then questioned Sophia about the man who had kidnapped her.
• Sophia said Feng Jun seemed able to turn invisible, while Jensen speculated that Luo Hua could control ghosts and make them corporeal.
• The Jensen family analyzed the motorcycle, apple, water, and surveillance footage, finding that the motorcycle had seemingly appeared in the woods and left only one tire track.
• A Xia Nation jade expert examined Jensen's jade and said it appeared to have come from Funiu in Xia Nation.

After Bairui Pharmaceuticals tried to use Yang Yuxin to reach Luo Hua, Qi Wushi’s meddling was exposed, and Yu Zhiyuan moved to punish him. The chapter ended with banks tightening Qi Wushi’s credit as he blamed Yu Zhiyuan.

• A jade enthusiast offered to buy Sophia’s jade pendant, but she refused to sell the gift.
• Sophia asked to visit Xia Nation, but Chairman Jensen told her to wait while Bairui pursued negotiations with Luo Hua.
• After Yu Zhiyuan ignored Bairui’s approaches, its representatives sought help through Qi Wushi, who redirected them toward Yang Yuxin.
• Yang Yuxin warned Second Elder Gu about Bairui’s conduct, then told Yu Zhiyuan that Qi Wushi had tried to involve her.
• Yu Zhiyuan offered to send Qi Wushi abroad for twenty years, but Qi refused and declared he would sever ties with the Yu family.
• Yu Zhiyuan retaliated by having banks reassess Qi Wushi’s credit, leaving Qi furious.

Qi Wushi’s business collapsed after the Yu family cut off his credit and barred others from lending to him, and his attempt to get help drew trouble onto a grateful restaurant owner. When Qi Wushi learned that his interference might have touched the Mairui Intelligence Bureau, he left the country, unsure how his life had unraveled so quickly.

• Qi Wushi discovered that the Yu family had pressured banks and lenders to cut him off, leaving his loans and company in danger.
• A restaurant owner lent Qi Wushi two hundred million, then faced a tax audit and a month-long suspension after the Yu family warned him against aiding a traitor.
• Qi Wushi’s wife contacted her cousin and confronted him, explaining that Mairui Country’s cancer-care negotiations with Luo Hua involved Intelligence Bureau clues.
• Qi Wushi realized the matter could involve the Mairui Intelligence Bureau and asked whether he should flee overseas.
• After confirming the negotiations were real through a Yu family member, Qi Wushi packed his belongings and left the country by plane.

Feng Jun rebuffed pressure to cooperate with Mairui Country and classmates seeking discounted cancer treatment, while Luohua Manor prepared for larger patient intakes. Yu Qingzhu began cultivation, advanced rapidly to the Second Layer of Mortal Transcendence, and celebrated with her family at the manor.

• Li Shishi refused Mairui Country’s proposed medical cooperation, and Feng Jun went into seclusion to avoid classmates asking him to arrange discounted cancer treatment.
• The eighth patient intake arrived at the Nursing Center, and Li Nansheng and Hao Duoduo trained new caregivers for the planned expansion to three hundred patients.
• Yu Qingzhu entered the First Layer of Mortal Transcendence, received talismans from Feng Jun and Zhang Caixin, and discussed her new Storage Talisman with Elder Yu.
• Yu Qingzhu advanced to the Second Layer of Mortal Transcendence two days later, astonishing Zhang Caixin with her progress.
• Yu Zhiyuan and his wife arrived for Yu Qingzhu’s celebration, and she told her mother she hoped to earn a reward that would let her family visit the Jadeite Tower.

Yu Qingzhu showed her family her Storage Talisman before rushing to watch Chen Shengwang’s breakthrough. After Chen reached the Sixth Layer Qi Condensation and declined a public celebration, Gazi told Feng Jun he felt close to entering the Innate Realm.

• Yu Zhiyuan gifted Feng Jun one million tons of wheat, and Yu Qingzhu gave her parents the Blood Essence Protective Talisman.
• Yu Qingzhu demonstrated her Storage Talisman and a crossbow to her family while keeping the talisman’s full capabilities secret.
• Feng Jun and Shen Qingyi went to protect Chen Shengwang as he broke through to the Sixth Layer Qi Condensation.
• Chen Shengwang said he hoped to reach High Qi Condensation but would keep a low profile and skip a celebration ceremony.
• Gazi told Feng Jun that he felt he was only missing an opportunity before entering the Innate Realm.

After Chen Shengwang’s advancement unsettled everyone at Luohua Manor, Feng Jun and Wang Haifeng set out for Fugu Mountain but were stopped by Sophia Jensen, the granddaughter of Bairui Pharmaceuticals’ chairman. Sophia claimed Feng Jun had kidnapped her and said she needed his help, and Feng Jun took her with him after security questioned and searched her.

• Feng Jun told Gazi he was not yet ready to advance, while Wang Haifeng arranged to accompany Feng Jun to Fugu Mountain.
• A group of armed security personnel stopped Feng Jun and Wang Haifeng’s car, and Sophia Jensen emerged and accused Feng Jun of kidnapping her.
• Sophia said she had brought Holy Power and a Mutton-Fat White Jade pendant, prompting Feng Jun to insist that security release her to him.
• Feng Jun asked Sophia why she had come to Luohua, and she asked whether he had taken a helmet from Bairui’s Clinical Division.
• Security verified Sophia’s identity, inspected her belongings, and held her for half an hour before releasing her without weapons.
• Feng Jun agreed to take Sophia along after she handed over both her phones, and Wang Haifeng drove away.

Feng Jun took Sophia toward Fugu Mountain while hiding her from surveillance, then discovered that she could see through his invisibility. The chapter left Sophia alarmed that Feng Jun might kill her to protect his secret, while Feng Jun questioned her about Holy Power.

• Feng Jun put Sophia's phones into the Storage Talisman, causing the Intelligence Bureau to lose her signal and decide against satellite surveillance.
• Sophia recognized Wang Haifeng and apologized for her family's bounty on him as Feng Jun drove her away.
• Feng Jun told Sophia that her shoes and the clasp on her shirt contained listening devices, and she threw them out of the car.
• Feng Jun asked Sophia what Holy Power was and explained that he would help her only if she could offer suitable compensation.
• Feng Jun revealed that Sophia could see through his invisibility, and Wang Haifeng nearly drove off the road in shock.
• Sophia accused Feng Jun of exposing her privacy and feared he might kill her to silence her.

Feng Jun and Wang Haifeng transported Sophia away from the auto parts market after she saw through Feng Jun’s invisibility, then continued their journey while revealing more of their abilities to her. They stopped at a service area, where Sophia agreed to keep their secrets as Feng Jun and Wang Haifeng ignored curious onlookers.

• Feng Jun explained that Sophia’s rare Eye of Illusion Breaking could develop further, but he refused to take it or make her his disciple because she was not one of his own people.
• Wang Haifeng drove into a secluded garage, and Feng Jun used the Mirage King Bracer to fly with him and Sophia to a grove, where Sophia saw through the invisibility.
• Feng Jun gave Sophia shoes, and Wang Haifeng used his Storage Talisman to produce water, a chair, and a camp bed, claiming he had spatial magic.
• Sophia realized Feng Jun could fly and turn invisible, then promised not to reveal what she had seen.
• Feng Jun and Wang Haifeng drove to a service area and set out tea and chairs beneath an umbrella while Sophia joined them.
• A middle-aged man approached Wang Haifeng, who curtly dismissed him, and the man left.

Feng Jun brought Sophia to Fugu Mountain to check on Lin Heihu and discuss settling their karmic entanglement, while Sophia’s presence caused a public commotion at the Daoist Temple. Lin Heihu’s recovery was complete, and he began offering advice about improving Luo Hua’s Martial Cultivation.

• Sophia admitted that the Holy Water was with her assistant in Ming City, but Feng Jun insisted they go to Fugu Mountain first.
• Feng Jun, Wang Haifeng, and Sophia traveled through a rainstorm and stayed overnight in the city before heading to the mountain.
• Sophia lost track of Feng Jun and Wang Haifeng at the Daoist Temple, and her questions led worshippers to recognize Feng Jun as the famed Divine Doctor Master Feng.
• Feng Jun paid five Spirit Stones to enter the secret realm and found that Lin Heihu had recovered to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer.
• Lin Heihu revealed that he had spent Feng Jun’s ten Spirit Stones and borrowed three more from Ma Sanniang, who planned with him to advise Luo Hua on Martial Cultivation.
• Lin Heihu said Wang Haifeng lacked the qi and blood needed to excel in Martial Cultivation, and Feng Jun agreed that Wang had few alternatives because he lacked aptitude for immortal cultivation.

Lin Heihu revealed his family’s body-tempering method, and Feng Jun assessed Wang Haifeng’s prospects while discussing whether Lin Heihu should risk removing his Incense Faith Power. After Lin Heihu agreed to try, Feng Jun brought him out of the Secret Realm, then met with Sophia, who discussed the Holy Water and noticed the stone in Feng Jun’s hand.

• Lin Heihu described his family’s body-tempering method, and Ma Sanniang demanded extra Spirit Stones for it.
• Wang Haifeng chose a brilliant life, and Feng Jun calculated an eighty-five percent chance that he would reach the Innate Realm by forty.
• Feng Jun told Lin Heihu that his Incense Faith Power lowered his compatibility and offered to try removing it; Lin Heihu agreed after learning the risks.
• Feng Jun brought Lin Heihu out of the Secret Realm in a Yin Soul Stone and returned with Wang Haifeng to the Daoist Temple.
• Sophia explained that Holy Water could cause wars and suggested Wang Haifeng protect her assistant, but Feng Jun said the assistant should continue shopping and bring the Holy Water to Luo Hua.
• Sophia asked Feng Jun if she could look at the stone he was holding.

Feng Jun learned that Sophia could see ghosts and that Holy Water made her eyes dizzy, then traveled with her and Wang Haifeng to Ming City to examine the bottle she had obtained. He identified the liquid as a solution of Faith Dew and offered Sophia twenty million Mairui currency, but she insisted that she wanted more than money.

• Sophia saw the ghost inside Feng Jun's Yin Soul Stone and explained that Holy Water made her eyes dizzy.
• Feng Jun decided to inspect Sophia's Holy Water in Ming City, and he, Wang Haifeng, and Sophia traveled there aboard the Flying Boat.
• Sophia's assistant Barbara brought them the silver box containing a small bottle of golden liquid.
• Feng Jun identified the liquid as a solution of Faith Dew and offered Sophia ten million, then twenty million Mairui currency for it.
• Sophia refused the offer, saying the matter was not about money, while Feng Jun said he only wanted to study the Holy Water.

Feng Jun let Sophia and Lin Heihu examine the Holy Water, revealing that its Faith could benefit Lin Heihu and prompting him to consider abandoning spirit cultivation for the Incense Faith path. Sophia then sought to learn cultivation techniques, but Feng Jun refused to teach Xia Nation’s techniques to a foreigner, leaving them at odds over cultural differences.

• Sophia lowered her offer for the Holy Water to ten million Mairui currency and let Feng Jun open the bottle for study.
• Feng Jun summoned Lin Heihu, who sensed evil god Faith in the Holy Water and said refining it would benefit him.
• Lin Heihu said he would abandon Spirit Emerges from the Nine Heavens and pursue becoming a god through Incense Faith, despite being limited to the Qi Refining Stage.
• Sophia offered to investigate the Holy Water’s origins and asked to learn Spirit Emerges from the Nine Heavens, but Feng Jun explained it was for spirit bodies and refused to share Xia Nation’s cultivation techniques.
• Sophia said she could betray her race and join Feng Jun’s, prompting him to reflect on their cultural differences.

Feng Jun negotiated with Sophia over the Holy Water and her desire to cultivate, while refusing to take her as a disciple for now. After returning to Luo Hua, he urged Lin Heihu to pursue Incense Faith cultivation and later gave Celestial Master Zhang two Martial Cultivation techniques.

• Sophia offered to investigate the Holy Water in exchange for a chance to cultivate, but Feng Jun said he would consider it only after she provided a useful answer.
• Feng Jun paid Sophia gold worth ten million Ma irui currency for the Holy Water, let her stay in Xia Nation, and warned her to keep away from Luo Hua.
• Feng Jun returned to Luo Hua with Wang Haifeng and told Lin Heihu to learn Incense Faith cultivation instead of retreating to the Cinnabar Cloud Heaven Secret Realm.
• Celestial Master Zhang brought Thunder Arts to Feng Jun, who judged them worthless and offered Jiaohuang Mountain two Martial Cultivation techniques in return for its past gifts.
• Celestial Master Zhang gratefully accepted Feng Jun's techniques and asked whether someone should witness the transfer.

Celestial Master Zhang secured two Martial Cultivation methods and three Thunder Talismans from Feng Jun for Jiaohuang Mountain, accepting Luo Hua’s help without demanding public recognition. Feng Jun reached the peak of the fifth level of Emergence from Dust, while Yu Qingzhu advanced to the third level of Mortal Transcendence.

• Celestial Master Zhang offered to have Daoist Orders witness Jiaohuang Mountain’s pledge to regard Luo Hua as its teacher, but Feng Jun declined the recognition and gave him three Thunder Talismans instead.
• Feng Jun found that the Lin Clan Body-Tempering Method could help Xu Leigang and Gao Qiang, and Wang Haifeng urged Xu Leigang to risk pursuing the Innate Realm.
• Feng Jun prepared spirit food and medicine for his companions, then spent five days breaking through with six Heavenly Fragrance Fruits and reached the peak of the fifth level of Emergence from Dust.
• While guarding Feng Jun, Chen Shengwang explained to Lin Heihu that the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit’s Immortal Cultivation energy could destabilize Incense Faith.
• After learning Feng Jun’s current realm from Gu Jiahui, Yu Qingzhu advanced to the third level of Mortal Transcendence on the day of his breakthrough.