Chapter Summaries

Good Scenery learned that Zhong Lijing was interested in becoming Feng Jun’s woman, while Feng Jun arranged a visit to White Jade Capital for newcomers. The next morning, Yu Qingzhu brought Xia Xiaoyu and Chang Yuqing to Luo Hua, but Feng Jun rejected Xia Xiaoyu’s offer to abandon her wedding and let her leave.

• Zhong Lijing asked Good Scenery whether she could become Feng Jun’s woman and live in the rear courtyard, and Feng Jun interrupted their conversation to give Good Scenery a message for Li Shishi.
• Good Scenery told Feng Jun about Zhong Lijing’s bold remarks, and he asked her to remind Zhong Lijing to be more peaceful.
• Yu Qingzhu brought Xia Xiaoyu to the mountain gate and said Xia Xiaoyu was about to get married; Xia Xiaoyu insisted she would give up the marriage if Feng Jun asked her to.
• Feng Jun told Xia Xiaoyu to proceed with her marriage, and she called him a bastard before leaving; Gazi stopped her until Feng Jun ordered him to let her go.
• Yu Qingzhu presented Chang Yuqing as another candidate, and Feng Jun let Chang Yuqing and Yu Qingzhu enter the estate.

Feng Jun assigned duties to the eight new recruits and explained why Yu Zuosi had been rejected from Luo Hua. The chapter ended as Zhong Lijing spotted Feng Jun walking south along the mountain path.

• Chang Yuqing arrived at Luo Hua and learned she had been accepted to help manage the manor's internal affairs.
• Feng Jun assigned the eight recruits roles, pairing them with existing managers so those managers could eventually focus on cultivation.
• The recruits toured White Jade Hall, where Yin Mingyue marveled at its Mutton-Fat White Jade.
• Feng Jun told Yu Qingzhu that Yu Zuosi had been rejected because he held a Mairui Country entry pass.
• Yu Zuosi's family argued over the rejection, while Yu Qingzhu concluded Feng Jun had genuinely been wary of the pass.
• Zhong Lijing saw Feng Jun emerge from the rear courtyard and walk south along the mountain path.

Zhong Lijing pursued Feng Jun and asked to live near him, but Feng Jun refused because it would violate Luo Hua’s rules and be unfair to others. She accepted his advice to protect her virginity before cultivation, then asked if she could visit his tent often; Feng Jun warned her that the area was dangerous.

• Zhong Lijing ran after Feng Jun, and Gao Qiang stopped her from entering the restricted Bamboo Forest before letting her continue south.
• Gao Qiang recalled that An Hejun was interested in Zhong Lijing and had warned him against pursuing women at Luo Hua.
• Zhong Lijing reached Feng Jun’s tent and asked to live in the villa’s backyard so she could be with him.
• Feng Jun and Yang Yuxin explained that backyard access required cultivation and contributions, and that granting Zhong Lijing special treatment would be unfair to other employees.
• Feng Jun advised Zhong Lijing to protect her virginity before beginning cultivation, and she apologized for asking to move in.
• Zhong Lijing asked whether she could visit Feng Jun’s tent often, but he warned her that dangerous things sometimes happened there.

Yang Yuxin realized that Luo Hua's disciples would have to fight for resources and resolved to become stronger to protect her daughter. After returning from Baizong Mountain, Feng Jun learned that the Zhang sisters and Good Scenery wanted to travel to the Phone Plane to seek opportunities and a Beauty-Preserving Pill.

• Feng Jun explained Zhong Lijing's tragic past to Yang Yuxin, who grew jealous of the younger woman and joked about feeling old.
• Red Sister and Zhang Caixin discussed whether pills from the Kunhao Plane had restored Yang Yuxin's youth, then went with Good Scenery to question her about them.
• Yang Yuxin refused to disclose what pills Feng Jun had given her, and the three visitors decided to seek resources for themselves rather than ask him directly.
• Reflecting on their visit, Yang Yuxin realized that her daughter would eventually need to fight for cultivation resources and resolved to improve so she could protect her.
• Feng Jun returned from Baizong Mountain without the Earth Spirit, and the Zhang sisters and Good Scenery asked when they could visit the Phone Plane again.
• Red Sister told Feng Jun that she wanted to oversee affairs on Shijie Island and hoped to obtain a Beauty-Preserving Pill, explaining that they had seen Yang Yuxin look younger.

Feng Jun gave Beauty-Preserving Pills to the women close to him while Yu Qingzhu secretly overheard their conversation. The next day, he learned that a kidnapped woman had been taken to Tu Country, and her parents asked Cinnabar Cloud Heaven to help rescue her.

• Feng Jun revealed that Yang Yuxin had been questioned about Longevity Pills and said he planned to form Core Embrace with Nie Chifeng.
• Feng Jun offered Beauty-Preserving Pills to Zhang Caixin, Red Sister, Teacher Mei, Good Scenery, Little Celestial Master, Tang Wenji, and Yang Yuxin, but excluded Liang Siyu because she was not his woman.
• Yu Qingzhu used the Earth Hearing Technique to secretly listen as Feng Jun discussed the pills and wondered whether Longevity Pills could also be bought on the Sky-Qin Plane.
• Zhong Lijing told Feng Jun that Guan Shanyue from Fugu Mountain wanted to discuss a case involving a woman kidnapped and taken to Tu Country.
• Ma Sanniang located the woman through divination, and her parents returned to Cinnabar Cloud Heaven to offer one million in Incense Faith and ask Magu to uphold justice.

Feng Jun considered a mission to rescue a woman abducted by loan sharks in Tu Country and decided to send Gazi, with the goal of making the Daoist Order’s intervention known. Gazi accepted the assignment, hoping to earn a cultivation method for Luo Yuhuan, and Feng Jun left the use of force to his judgment.

• Ma Sanniang asked Luo Hua for help after a couple offered a million to avenge their daughter, whom loan sharks had abducted in Tu Country.
• Gao Qiang proposed that An Hejun handle the matter, while Red Sister warned that freeing the woman would not erase her debt.
• Ma Sanniang argued that Luo Hua should act, and Feng Jun gathered the Qi Refining cultivators and offered five unrestricted Spirit Stones as a reward.
• Red Sister, Tang Wenji, and Gazi competed for the mission, with Gazi asking to use the reward toward a cultivation method for Luo Yuhuan.
• Feng Jun chose Gazi, told him to make the intervention conspicuous, and said killing people was not required but he should act as appropriate.

Gazi and his companions rescued women from Tu Country while Feng Jun traveled to Lu'er Nation to inspect Allure Sect’s Daoist Temple and discuss Earth Veins with the Earth Spirit. When local protesters tried to blame the temple for their injuries, Feng Jun’s supernatural power struck down the man urging them to demand compensation.

• Gazi stayed behind in Luo Hua as An Hejun and the Little Celestial Master traveled with him, while Ma Sanniang warned the old couple to correct their daughter’s behavior.
• The Little Celestial Master and An Hejun freed more than twenty women in Tu Country, killed several guards, and arranged for the captives to be released or taken to Cinnabar Cloud Heaven.
• Feng Jun brought the Earth Spirit to Kara Jade Ruins Mountain and then Lu'er Nation, where the Earth Spirit assessed the local Earth Vein and the nearly completed Daoist Temple.
• After local workers were fired for poor performance, they repeatedly blocked the temple road in protest; Feng Jun summoned fierce wind and rain, and the protesters developed facial paralysis the next morning.
• The protesters decided to demand compensation from the Daoist Temple, but lightning struck the man who proposed it.

Feng Jun confronted Zhang Dongyuan about the harassment of Allure Sect’s Daoist temple and agreed to help establish an Electric-Powered Spirit-Gathering Formation in Lu'er Nation. As the townspeople’s unexplained strokes persisted, Zhang Dongyuan prepared to use the incidents to encourage people to seek the Daoist gods’ favor.

• After Feng Jun’s lightning strike injured a temple protester, the crowd dispersed, and the man was hospitalized with four toes beyond saving.
• Feng Jun met Zhang Dongyuan outside the Daoist temple and criticized him for letting ordinary people obstruct the Daoist Order.
• Zhang Dongyuan asked for a cultivator to support the temple, but Feng Jun rejected sending Chen Shengwang or a Qi Condensation disciple and discussed Shen Qingyi instead.
• Zhang Dongyuan proposed installing the Electric-Powered Spirit-Gathering Formation in Lu'er Nation, and Feng Jun agreed after stressing the need for safety.
• Feng Jun told Zhang Dongyuan that the Papal Court might be encouraging people to challenge the Daoist Order, then suggested spreading word that the afflicted had offended its gods.
• The stroke victims remained ill and sought Ancient Medicine treatment, while someone finally wondered whether they had offended the gods of Xia Nation.

Zhang Dongyuan used Atonement Incense to draw Incense Faith to the Daoist Temple, while Feng Jun prepared him for the Papal Court’s arrival. The Papal Court’s delegation was repelled, and the man with the crooked mouth was left seeking a chance to repent.

• Zhang Dongyuan’s planted rumor led people with stroke symptoms to believe they had offended a deity, and the Daoist Temple’s Atonement Incense helped them recover.
• Feng Jun gave Zhang Dongyuan a Tai Chi disk to protect the temple and told him the Papal Court would arrive the next day.
• Two Inquisitors and a Radiant Knight entered the Daoist Temple but were blasted back by a flash of white light.
• A martial artist from the Allure Sect challenged the Papal Court delegation, and the Radiant Knight left after failing to provoke a fight.
• The man with the crooked mouth asked the Papal Court for help, then returned to the temple seeking incense; a young Daoist offered him one stick.

Eric’s worsening condition drove him to burn incense at the Daoist temple until his crooked mouth began to recover. Meanwhile, Feng Jun agreed to send Gao Qiang and Li Shishi to the Dragon Gate Assembly, then ordered Li Shishi to win the championship.

• Eric refused to buy the Incense of Atonement, but after half his body went numb, he apologized and began burning incense at the Daoist temple.
• After nineteen consecutive days of burning incense, Eric’s crooked mouth partly recovered, and he returned to work so he could afford more incense.
• Daoist Wenxu visited Luo Hua and urged Feng Jun to send competitors to the Dragon Gate Assembly, revealing that Jade Ruins would also participate.
• Feng Jun agreed to register Gao Qiang and Li Shishi, saying Luo Hua would not yield the championship to Jade Ruins.
• After Daoist Wenxu left, Feng Jun summoned Li Shishi and told her she had to win the Dragon Gate Assembly.

Feng Jun ordered Li Shishi to pursue the Dragon Gate Assembly championship to counter Jade Ruins, while preparing Gao Qiang to attempt the Innate Realm. He also rewarded An Hejun with a Body-Tempering Pill, leaving An Hejun thrilled by the gift and the possibility of starting cultivation early.

• Feng Jun told Li Shishi to represent Luo Hua and defeat Jade Ruins at the Dragon Gate Assembly, promising her a reasonable reward and supplies for her preparations.
• Feng Jun gave Gazi and the Little Celestial Master five Spirit Stones each, then told Gao Qiang that the Innate Martial Dao Pill could let him attempt the Innate Realm and that he should prepare for half a month.
• Gao Qiang accepted the risk of taking the pill this year and set aside his plan to compete in the Dragon Gate Assembly.
• Feng Jun gave Gao Qiang a Body-Tempering Pill for An Hejun and said An Hejun might be allowed to start cultivating early if he performed outstandingly.
• An Hejun received the pill, endured its painful effects, and told Zhong Lijing that Feng Jun had rewarded him and shared important news.

Feng Jun helped Gao Qiang break through to the Innate Realm in the Hasala Desert, then kept the news secret after returning to Luo Hua. With the Dragon Gate Assembly approaching, he told Wen Xu that Gao Qiang could not compete and asked for Li Shishi to qualify directly for the finals, leaving Wen Xu stunned.

• Zhong Lijing learned about rewards for strong performance and early cultivation, then told Yang Yuxin what An Hejun had said.
• Feng Jun took Gao Qiang to the Hasala Desert, where Gao Qiang tempered his cultivation while Feng Jun handled other duties and set up a Traveling Residence.
• After Gao Qiang's breakthrough chance rose to seventy-four percent, Feng Jun gave him an Innate Martial Dao Pill, and Gao Qiang reached the Innate Realm at dawn.
• Feng Jun waited for Gao Qiang to consolidate his cultivation, then brought him and Little Celestial Master back to Luo Hua, where Xu Leigang had also advanced to Advanced Martial Master.
• As the Dragon Gate Assembly neared, Feng Jun told Wen Xu that Gao Qiang could not compete and asked that Li Shishi enter the finals bracket directly; Wen Xu asked what had happened to Gao Qiang.

Feng Jun used Gao Qiang’s newly revealed Innate breakthrough to secure Li Shishi a direct place in the Dragon Gate Assembly finals, while Gao Qiang withdrew from the competition. The Daoist branches learned of Luo Hua’s growing strength and began preparing for the assembly, though plans for a branch ranking remained unsettled.

• Feng Jun told Wen Xu that Gao Qiang had entered the Innate Realm and asked for Li Shishi to enter the finals bracket directly.
• Wen Xu agreed to adjust the slots but rejected a proposal to reserve a finals place for the Martial Ancestor.
• Elder Guo and other guests visited Luohua Manor to congratulate Gao Qiang, who then demonstrated his Innate aura to Daoist Order disciples.
• After learning Gao Qiang would not compete, the Daoist branches accepted Li Shishi’s guaranteed finals place rather than risk facing him.
• Over the following days, most Cultivation Courtyard disciples left to prepare for the Dragon Gate Assembly, while debate continued over a proposed Dragon-Tiger Ranking.

As Luo Hua’s members traveled to the Dragon Gate Assembly, Feng Jun introduced a Contribution Points task system to gather information on the top contestants and keep everyone busy. After the top sixty-four were decided, he watched the rain at Luo Hua with Yang Yuxin, who persuaded him to stay and drink with her.

• Zhang Caixin led Luo Hua’s delegation to the Dragon Gate Assembly, bringing the Immortal Ascension Mirror to scout for potential recruits.
• Feng Jun refused Wen Xu’s invitation to observe the assembly and rejected Gazi’s proposal to let Luo Yuhuan use a task to earn the cultivation method sooner.
• Feng Jun posted a task offering Contribution Points for detailed information on the top sixty-four contestants, prompting Luo Hua’s members to investigate them.
• Shen Qingyi asked Feng Jun whether she could take tasks as a part-time Luo Hua member, but he ignored her.
• The preliminary rounds ended after five days, and the Martial Ancestor announced the top sixty-four while Feng Jun watched the rain at Luo Hua.
• Yang Yuxin hugged Feng Jun from behind, told him not to leave for Lu’er Nation, and invited him to drink with her.

After Zhong Lijing spent the night with Feng Jun and awakened her cultivation, she told Teacher Mei that Yang Yuxin had given her the technique and helped create the opportunity. The chapter ended with Teacher Mei puzzling over Yang Yuxin’s motives as everyone gathered for lunch.

• Feng Jun learned that Yang Yuxin had given Zhong Lijing the cultivation technique, then set aside his questions and slept with her.
• Teacher Mei returned to Luo Hua and discovered that Zhong Lijing had reached the peak of the first layer of Mortal Transcendence.
• Zhong Lijing showed Teacher Mei the Storage Talisman Feng Jun had given her and explained that she had pursued him and taken the initiative.
• Teacher Mei refused Zhong Lijing’s request to move into the rear courtyard, and Zhong Lijing agreed to remain in the front courtyard and cultivate at Feng Jun’s place.
• Zhong Lijing revealed that Yang Yuxin had helped arrange her chance to be with Feng Jun, leaving Teacher Mei confused about Yang Yuxin’s reasons.
• Gazi returned at noon, saw Zhong Lijing, and reacted with surprise.

Feng Jun defended his decision to let Zhong Lijing cultivate early, while Good Scenery questioned whether he was bending Luo Hua’s rules for her. That night, Gazi asked Good Scenery about Zhong Lijing and revealed that his own Yuhuan wanted to cultivate too.

• Gazi noticed Zhong Lijing had reached the peak of the First Layer of Mortal Transcendence, while he had reached the Qi Refining First Layer, and stayed silent over the meal.
• Feng Jun told Good Scenery that letting Zhong Lijing cultivate early was a personal matter rather than an unfair advantage, and argued that cultivating the Dao required room to act freely.
• Good Scenery learned that Feng Jun had given Zhong Lijing a Beauty-Preserving Pill and realized Yang Yuxin may have acted because she had felt cornered when Good Scenery and the others questioned her about the Longevity Pill.
• Good Scenery returned to the manor that night and sat in the pavilion, reflecting on the sound of the rain.
• Gazi asked Good Scenery how Zhong Lijing had begun cultivating so quickly, then said that his Yuhuan wanted to cultivate too.

Good Scenery reconsidered her approach to Feng Jun’s rules and confronted Yang Yuxin about Zhong Lijing and the Longevity Pill dispute. Yang Yuxin revealed that her move involving Zhong Lijing had been a signal to form an alliance with Good Scenery.

• Gazi left to speak directly with Feng Jun after Good Scenery refused to help him.
• Zhong Lijing took a Body-Tempering Pill in the rear building, then told Good Scenery that Feng Jun could help her advance another step within three days.
• Good Scenery accompanied Zhong Lijing to Yang Yuxin’s tent and asked what Yang Yuxin wanted in return for giving Zhong Lijing a cultivation technique.
• Yang Yuxin said Good Scenery and the other Qi Refining Stage cultivators had bullied her by demanding an explanation instead of going to Feng Jun.
• Yang Yuxin explained that her actions involving Zhong Lijing had been a signal that she wanted to form an alliance with Good Scenery.

Yang Yuxin proposed an alliance with Good Scenery to protect her daughter, but Good Scenery declined and promised to remain impartial. At the Dragon Gate Assembly, Li Shishi won three matches with talismans and advanced to the top eight after her next opponent forfeited.

• Yang Yuxin told Good Scenery she had helped Zhong Lijing to divide Luo Hua’s factions and secure an ally for her daughter, Little Hui.
• Good Scenery rejected an alliance and said she would try to remain fair and impartial, while Yang Yuxin accepted her position.
• Li Shishi defeated an Initial-Rank Martial Master with Thunderclap and Water Dragon Talismans in her first match.
• Li Shishi used a Rock Talisman to withstand a High-Rank Martial Master’s charge, then knocked him from the arena with talismans.
• Li Shishi defeated a Martial Ancestor disciple in the round of sixteen and advanced to the top eight.
• Li Shishi’s next opponent forfeited, leaving her to progress without another match.

Li Shishi defeated Ma Feiyu in a prolonged talisman battle, and Wang Dapeng secured the other place in the Dragon Gate Assembly final with an unexpected Storage Pouch trick. The chapter left Jade Ruins’ contestant protesting Wang Dapeng’s victory, while the referee upheld the result.

• Li Shishi advanced to the semifinals after her injured opponent withdrew, where she faced Jade Ruins’ Ma Feiyu.
• Li Shishi overwhelmed Ma Feiyu with a stream of talismans until his damaged Yin-Yang Twin Magnetic Rings forced him to concede.
• Wang Dapeng struggled against Jade Ruins’ experienced staff fighter, then released his saber and drew another from a Storage Pouch to win by surprise.
• The defeated Jade Ruins fighter accused Wang Dapeng of cheating, but Guan Shanyue declared Wang Dapeng the winner and Yang pointed out that Dao-Martial Dual Cultivation was allowed.

Wang Dapeng’s Storage Talisman helped him win his semifinal, and Head Wengxu learned that it was a one-use item. At Luo Hua, Gao Qiang revealed that it had already been used nine times, while the Little Celestial Master insisted the group focus on making Li Shishi champion.

• Wang Dapeng told Head Wengxu that the Cultivation Courtyard could help him reach the Innate Realm and admitted that Li Shishi might be difficult to beat with Luo Hua backing her.
• Wang Dapeng explained that Gao Qiang had lent him the Storage Talisman, which had turned to ashes after the match.
• Gao Qiang told Luo Hua’s members that the Storage Talisman had already been used nine times and that he had called it one-time-use to avoid retrieving it.
• The Little Celestial Master urged Gao Qiang to retrieve the Storage Talisman and redirected the meeting to securing Li Shishi’s championship.
• Gao Qiang questioned whether Li Shishi’s final opponent posed any real problem.