Chapter Summaries

Chen Changsheng sold Qian Ya ten Reincarnation Wine pills at a deliberately low price, explaining to Su Wan'er that the auction could spark competition between the Su and Wang families and attract customers from farther afield. Qian Ya opened the auction with Half-Moon Silver, while Bai Ze suspected Chen Changsheng had hidden motives.

• Chen Changsheng claimed to know the Treasure Basin's whereabouts, then admitted he had been teasing Qian Ya and offered her pills for ten thousand divine sources each.
• Qian Ya bought the pills at Chen Changsheng's price, sampled one, and agreed to auction the remaining five as Reincarnation Wine.
• Chen Changsheng told Su Wan'er that a low initial price could draw bids from the Su and Wang families and help market the pills across other regions.
• Bai Ze doubted Chen Changsheng's explanation to Su Wan'er and went back to sleep.
• Qian Ya began the auction by presenting Half-Moon Silver, a weapon-refinement material with a starting bid of eight thousand divine sources.

Chen Changsheng bought an Ancient Remnant Weapon at the auction and gave the broken sword to Su Wan'er, saying he would help remove her Fire Poison. The auction then introduced the last bottle of Reincarnation Wine, a pill said to help Divine Realm cultivators break through bottlenecks, and bidding began at one million divine sources.

• Chen Changsheng ignored the auction and fed fruit to Bai Ze and Su Wan'er while the bidding continued.
• A damaged Ancient Remnant Weapon containing sword qi and an undeciphered sword technique drew bids from the Wang Family and Su Chang.
• Chen Changsheng outbid them with one million divine sources, bought the weapon, and left the other bidders wondering who he was.
• Chen Changsheng examined the broken sword marked “Startled Swan,” lent it to Su Wan'er, and said he would help remove her Fire Poison.
• Qian Ya presented the final bottle of Reincarnation Wine and explained that it could aid Divine Realm cultivators; the Wang Family immediately bid one million divine sources.

At the auction, the Su and Wang families battled over the Reincarnation Wine and Mountain and River Academy’s Inner Courtyard admission slot. Chen Changsheng learned that Su Wan'er wanted to attend the academy, and the chapter ended with the auction’s final item receiving no bids.

• The Wang and Su families drove the Reincarnation Wine’s price up until the Su family won it for 3 million.
• Chen Changsheng asked Su Wan'er about Mountain and River Academy and encouraged her to try for admission despite her lack of cultivation.
• Qian Ya announced an Inner Courtyard admission slot, and the Su family provoked the Wang family by bidding before the Wang family secured it for 8 million.
• Qian Ya began auctioning the final item, but no one bid at its high starting price.

After the auction, Chen Changsheng gave Su Wan'er the proceeds and arranged for Qian Ya to travel with them in exchange for the Reincarnation Wine Pill Formula. On the road to the Peaceful Inn and Mountain and River Academy, he revealed that the Ancient Remnant Weapon Startled Swan had belonged to Meng Yu, the White-Haired Sword God's Dao companion.

• Qian Ya delivered Chen Changsheng the auction proceeds, and he entrusted the money to Su Wan'er, including fifty thousand divine sources for her.
• Chen Changsheng gave Qian Ya his remaining Reincarnation Wine and promised her the pill formula for free if she traveled with him to the Peaceful Inn and Mountain and River Academy.
• Chen Changsheng changed his plans and decided to leave early, while Su Wan'er privately worried that she was unworthy of him.
• Chen Changsheng, Su Wan'er, and Qian Ya set out on foot, and Qian Ya complained about the long journey to the Peaceful Inn.
• Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya that Startled Swan had been Meng Yu's sword before she became famous, and that it contained her ultimate move, Snow Flurries in the Mortal Realm.

Chen Changsheng rejected Qian Ya’s attempts to buy Startling Goose, revealing that the sword could help locate the White-Haired Sword God, and continued traveling with Su Wan’er and Bai Ze. After four months of Qian Ya’s questions, Bai Ze offered to share the Reincarnation Wine Pill Formula if she stayed quiet until dinner.

• Qian Ya repeatedly offered Chen Changsheng money for Startling Goose, but he refused and explained that its value lay in its connection to the White-Haired Sword God.
• Qian Ya offered to use Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s connections to find Thousand Year Cold Jade in exchange for meeting the White-Haired Sword God, but Chen Changsheng said he already had the jade.
• Chen Changsheng said Su Wan’er’s Fire Poison required a visit to Peaceful Inn and clarified that Ge Hong was not his master.
• Qian Ya and Su Wan’er followed Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze into the Azure Domain; Su Wan’er followed for Chen Changsheng’s sake.
• After enduring Qian Ya’s questions for four months, Bai Ze offered to tell her the Reincarnation Wine Pill Formula if she stayed quiet until dinner, and Qian Ya agreed.

Chen Changsheng explained to Bai Ze that he wanted to build a home for Thirteen and Tian Xuan's children, with Su Wan'er as a possible mother. He revealed the Reincarnation Wine Pill Formula to Qian Ya, and the scent of Bai Ze's urine drew the Chef Immortal of Peaceful Inn to close her inn and head toward them.

• Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze he wanted to raise Thirteen and Tian Xuan's children as a father and was considering Su Wan'er as their mother.
• Bai Ze gave Qian Ya the Reincarnation Wine Pill Formula by urinating into a basin, and Chen Changsheng explained that urine was known as Reincarnation Wine in mortal medical texts.
• Qian Ya and Su Wan'er dry-heaved after learning the pill's ingredients, while Chen Changsheng said Xiao Hei's urine had made an earlier batch stronger.
• The Chef Immortal of Peaceful Inn recognized the scent, closed the inn indefinitely, and vanished from the kitchen to receive important guests.
• In the Azure Domain wilderness, Qian Ya was still nauseated when a fragrant breeze arrived and someone asked Chen Changsheng's group to share their roasted meat.

Chen Changsheng reunited with the Chef Immortal, who explained how the Demon Race gained power and how lightning tribulations and infiltration had weakened the other races and Mountain and River Academy. After hearing her account, Chen Changsheng said he would help the Demon Race rather than suppress it.

• The Chef Immortal joined Chen Changsheng, Qian Ya, and Su Wan'er, and Chen Changsheng revealed that he knew her as Tudou and was familiar with her fox ears.
• The Chef Immortal told Chen Changsheng that the Demon Race had expanded after the Demon Emperor's death, while the Human and God Races were weakened by the Heaven-Slaying Battle and the Beast Race's defeat.
• The Chef Immortal explained that lightning tribulations had forced old experts into hiding and that Demon Race members now occupied half the seats at Mountain and River Academy.
• Chen Changsheng concluded that Scholar was responsible for failing to oversee the measures he had established.
• The Chef Immortal asked whether Chen Changsheng planned to destroy the Demon Race, and he said he would instead help them.

Chen Changsheng decided to use Mountain and River Academy to challenge the world’s fear of lightning tribulations and remove the old powers holding back its development. While arranging for Hu Tudou and others to help raise the sons of Chen Shisan and Tian Xuan, he began treating Su Wan’er’s Fire Poison at the Peaceful Inn.

• Chen Changsheng told Hu Tudou that he would begin his plan at Mountain and River Academy and asked about the Demon Race’s Little Bright King, a Peacock who had survived lightning tribulations and reached the peak of the Immortal Venerable Realm.
• Chen Changsheng revealed that the two children in the Longevity Bloodstones were the sons of Chen Shisan and Tian Xuan, and said he needed to find mothers to raise them.
• Hu Tudou suggested finding two more people to address the children’s different bloodlines, and Chen Changsheng proposed Hu Tudou, Su Wan’er, and Nian Sheng as candidates.
• At the Peaceful Inn, Hu Tudou began treating Su Wan’er’s Fire Poison in a wooden barrel heated by a strange white flame that formed frost around it.

Chen Changsheng used Hu Tudou’s treatment and the Thousand Year Cold Jade to completely remove Su Wan’er’s Fire Poison, then dressed as a young master and prepared to tour the academy with Hu Tudou. The chapter left them ready to set out, with Hu Tudou disguised as a younger version of herself.

• Hu Tudou used the Cold Ice Flame and medicinal liquid to draw Su Wan’er’s Fire Poison from her body, and Chen Changsheng supplied Thousand Year Cold Jade to remove its root.
• Su Wan’er protested Chen Changsheng’s sacrifice, but he pressed her back into the barrel and used the jade to purge her Fire Poison.
• As the jade turned to ash and Su Wan’er lost consciousness, Chen Changsheng reflected on his past and declared that he would call himself Perfect Young Master.
• Chen Changsheng emerged in a dark-gold robe and told Hu Tudou that he intended to tour the academy with her.
• Hu Tudou shrank and altered her appearance so she could accompany Chen Changsheng without being recognized as the Chef Immortal.

Chen Changsheng recruited Qian Ya to serve as a Dao Protector at Mountain and River Academy, offering her a wish as a reward. After Su Wan’er recovered from her Fire Poison, Chen Changsheng prepared Bai Ze to infiltrate the academy disguised as a Silver Moon Wolf.

• Chen Changsheng asked Qian Ya to back him and Hu Tudou at Mountain and River Academy, using the God of Wealth Lineage’s name to deter anyone who might interfere.
• Chen Changsheng promised Qian Ya one wish if she completed the task and suggested she could ask for instruction from the Sword God, Supreme Sage, or Chef Immortal.
• Su Wan’er woke after the medicinal liquid removed her Fire Poison, and Hu Tudou ushered Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze out while she shed her scabs.
• Chen Changsheng transformed Bai Ze into a Silver Moon Wolf and used an Array Pattern to imitate its bloodline and aura, warning that the disguise could only support Life Lamp Realm strength.
• Bai Ze left for the academy, and Chen Changsheng said he would help the scholar teach its troublemakers a lesson.

Chen Changsheng and his companions traveled to Mountain and River City for Mountain and River Academy’s admissions, while he encouraged Su Wan’er to cultivate at her own pace and said talent could earn her a place. They arrived the day before admissions and took an overpriced ride on a Flying Demon Beast, which Chen Changsheng and Hu Tudou considered worth the cost.

• Qian Ya questioned whether Su Wan’er had started cultivating too late, and Chen Changsheng encouraged her, explaining that Mountain and River Academy valued talent as well as strength.
• Qian Ya said she could secure two Outer Courtyard slots, and Chen Changsheng told Su Wan’er to keep studying and working hard.
• Chen Changsheng and his companions arrived in Mountain and River City the day before Mountain and River Academy began accepting students.
• A mustached vendor charged them eight thousand Divine Sources for a Flying Demon Beast ride, and Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya to pay him despite her protests.
• During the flight, Chen Changsheng explained why he found the ride worthwhile, and Hu Tudou agreed with him.

Chen Changsheng and Hu Tudou pursued a familiar youth after spotting him at Mountain and River Academy, while Qian Ya held off Hua Feng. The youth turned out to be the immortal ancestor of the Wang family of Lingcang Continent, and Chen Changsheng began questioning him about their shared past.

• Chen Changsheng and his companions arrived at Mountain and River Academy, where Hua Feng appeared in a chariot pulled by six flood dragons.
• Chen Changsheng spotted a plainly dressed youth and ordered Hu Tudou to help capture him, while Qian Ya blocked Hua Feng's pressure.
• Chen Changsheng and Hu Tudou chased the youth to a secluded place, where the youth stopped running and asked them to withdraw their spatial restraints.
• Chen Changsheng recognized the youth as the ancestor of the Wang family of Lingcang Continent and recalled his Bloodline Immortality and the disasters he had survived.
• The youth accused Chen Changsheng of masterminding major powers and events, then refused to discuss friendship and demanded that Chen Changsheng speak plainly.

Chen Changsheng persuaded the Wang family ancestor, now called Ye Yongxian, to help guide the younger generation in exchange for a share of the world’s gains and protection from his great-grandson. Back at Mountain and River Academy, he found Qian Ya calling her clash with Hua Feng a duel of techniques and prepared to demonstrate what a real one looked like.

• Chen Changsheng threatened to reveal the Wang family ancestor’s survival to his great-grandson and explained his plans for reshaping the world’s path.
• The Wang family ancestor agreed to help Chen Changsheng guide the younger generation in exchange for a share of the world’s fruits and help avoiding a conflict with his great-grandson.
• Chen Changsheng, the Wang family ancestor, and Hu Tudou returned to Mountain and River Academy, where Chen Changsheng learned the ancestor’s current name was Ye Yongxian.
• At the academy, Hua Feng used Three-Colored Divine Light to counter Qian Ya’s attacks and said he would spare her but punish the two people she was protecting.
• Qian Ya told Chen Changsheng she had nearly lost her duel of techniques with Hua Feng, and Chen Changsheng called their fight child’s play before offering to demonstrate a real duel.

Chen Changsheng defeated Hua Feng despite the gap between their realms by disrupting his energy flow with precise, adaptable attacks. After immobilizing Hua Feng, Chen Changsheng left more than ten thousand onlookers stunned.

• Chen Changsheng dispelled Qian Ya's formation, apologized to the Princess, then trapped Hua Feng and attacked him.
• Chen Changsheng evaded Hua Feng's Three-Colored Divine Light and used precise punches to disrupt the flow of his divine power.
• Hu Tudou and Ye Yongxian explained to Qian Ya how Chen Changsheng exploited Hua Feng's meridian nodes and adapted his techniques in close combat.
• Chen Changsheng sent Hua Feng flying, drove eighteen Special Steel Needles into his acupoints, and sealed him with eighty-one restrictions.
• More than ten thousand onlookers fell silent after Chen Changsheng won despite his lower realm.

Chen Changsheng defeated and humiliated Hua Feng, forcing her to promise to avoid him until she could win a rematch, and his actions made him notorious across the Nine Regions. That night, Qian Ya told him the Demon Court was pressuring her family to make her cut ties with him or be expelled.

• Chen Changsheng subdued Hua Feng, threatened her before Feng Chou, and forced her to swear she would keep away from the Perfect Young Master until she defeated him.
• Hua Feng accepted her defeat, vowed to reclaim the humiliation herself, and left with Feng Chou.
• News of Chen Changsheng’s victory spread, but the great powers refused to recruit him because he had offended the Peacock Clan and Mountain and River Academy.
• Qian Ya told Chen Changsheng that her ancestor demanded she either sever ties with him or leave the Qian Family, and asked him for help.

Chen Changsheng refused Qian Ya permission to reveal his companions’ identities, then discussed the apparently unsolvable thunder tribulation with Ye Yongxian and Hu Tudou. They decided that Mountain and River Academy might hold clues, setting up a clash between the previous era’s survivors and the current era’s prodigies.

• Chen Changsheng refused Qian Ya’s request to share information about him and his companions with her clan’s ancestor, warning that doing so would void their agreement.
• Chen Changsheng asked Ye Yongxian which disciples at Mountain and River Academy had caught his interest, and Ye Yongxian said he wanted to meet its outstanding Direct Disciples.
• Ye Yongxian explained that thunder tribulations grew more dangerous with cultivation and recounted how a great expert reincarnated to weaken one but was ultimately worn to death.
• Chen Changsheng, Ye Yongxian, and Hu Tudou admitted they lacked confidence in surviving their future tribulations, which seemed to threaten all three.
• Chen Changsheng proposed seeking insight into thunder tribulations at Mountain and River Academy, and Ye Yongxian said others from the previous era would likely gather there as well.

Qian Ya committed to proving her worth to the Qian Family within three years and searched its records for compensation dating from before the Extinguish Heaven War. She rejected Chen Changsheng’s offer to help find the Undertaker, unaware that Ye Yongxian’s warning seemed directed at Chen Changsheng.

• Qian Ya told Chen Changsheng she had promised the Qian Family ancestor to make up for the family’s losses within three years or abandon her cultivation and leave the family.
• Qian Ya asked for compensation from before the Extinguish Heaven War and began searching the Qian Family’s historical records with Chen Changsheng.
• Qian Ya found a record stating that the Undertaker had appeared when the first God of Wealth, Qian Bao'er, died, and connected the Undertaker and Bai Ze to major historical upheavals.
• Qian Ya refused to seek the Undertaker, whom she considered an ominous figure, even after Chen Changsheng hinted he knew the Undertaker’s whereabouts.
• Ye Yongxian praised Qian Ya’s wisdom and gave Chen Changsheng a deep look, while Qian Ya insisted the Undertaker could not know what she had said.

Chen Changsheng and his companions began the Mountain and River Academy’s hide-and-seek admissions test, and he devised a plan to use the academy’s hunters to disguise his group. He left Qian Ya, Su Wan'er, Hu Tudou, and Ye Yongxian with a scheme to hunt him while pretending to hold Wan Er captive.

• Chen Changsheng and Qian Ya discussed the academy’s unpredictable admissions tests after the golden scroll announced a twelve-hour hide-and-seek exam across a vast area.
• Chen Changsheng led his companions into the forest and explained that formations could not block the tracking marks on their tokens.
• Chen Changsheng and Ye Yongxian returned with three unconscious academy students after Chen Changsheng said he had found suitable opponents.
• Hu Tudou and Ye Yongxian changed into the students’ uniforms, while Qian Ya was told to change clothes as well.
• Chen Changsheng assigned Qian Ya, Hu Tudou, and Ye Yongxian to hunt him in disguise, with Su Wan'er posing as their captive.

Chen Changsheng arranged a six-hour battle plan, then fought Qian Ya while using the clash to train her instincts and combat skills. As other heaven’s chosen drew attention across the trial, Ye Yongxian and Hu Tudou discussed old acquaintances recognizing Chen Changsheng and the danger he might face once the lightning tribulations ended.

• Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya to lead the main assault and create a commotion while he went ahead, and Hu Tudou restrained Su Wan'er and the three Mountain and River Academy students.
• Heaven's chosen from the Heavenly Silk Clan and Number One Spring Under Heaven fought Mountain and River Academy students as the trial's battles spread across the area.
• Chen Changsheng and Qian Ya burst from a forest and fought at high speed, with Chen Changsheng urging her to rely on instinct and attacking her vital points to teach her true killing intent.
• Ye Yongxian remarked that Chen Changsheng had personally taken time to guide Qian Ya, and Hu Tudou defended the Young Master's judgment.
• Ye Yongxian said old acquaintances had sensed Chen Changsheng and warned that he would lack a Dao Protector after the lightning tribulations were resolved; Hu Tudou vowed that anyone seeking to harm him would have to get past him.

Chen Changsheng exposed the Mountain and River Academy test as a trap, with Hu Tudou and Ye Yongxian helping him defeat and restrain the academy students. At dinner, Hua Feng appeared and insisted on becoming Chen Changsheng’s disciple so she could learn from and eventually surpass him.

• Chen Changsheng defeated Qian Ya, then urged her to keep her nerve against future enemies.
• Hua Feng tried to shield Chen Changsheng from the Mountain and River Academy students, but he brushed her aside and revealed that Hu Tudou and Ye Yongxian had been disguised among them.
• Ye Yongxian drew his sword and drove back the advancing experts while Chen Changsheng formed a Grand Formation to trap them.
• Hua Feng recalled her brother’s advice to put aside her arrogance and flew after Chen Changsheng’s group.
• At dinner, Hua Feng told Chen Changsheng she wanted him to take her as his master, and vowed to keep trying even if he refused.