Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye joined Cai Yue and Cai Xing with Little Dummy and Little Crooked to form a Black Tortoise Formation, then led the team across the battlefield toward a Purple Talisman. You Ling was trying to break the treasure’s restriction, and Lu Ye attacked her rather than let her claim it.

• Lu Ye’s team defeated their opponents, and Cai Yue and Cai Xing thanked him and introduced themselves.
• Spectators in Star Constellation Hall realized Little Dummy’s Formation Plate could let strangers form a formation, while Chu Shen worried about what Lu Ye intended to do with it.
• Lu Ye formed the five-person Black Tortoise Formation with Cai Yue, Cai Xing, Little Dummy, and Little Crooked, then led them into battle.
• The formation swept through the remaining enemies, and Lu Ye charged toward the Purple Talisman while they fled.
• Lu Ye attacked You Ling as she tried to claim the Purple Talisman; she escaped and threatened to tell his new companions that he had ordered her to eliminate their Body Cultivator companion.

Lu Ye’s squad used the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate to overwhelm another battlefield and claim its Purple Talisman. As news of the Formation Plate spread through Star Constellation Hall, powerful factions began competing to contact Lu Ye, while Chu Shen invoked Nine Radiance to deter them.

• Lu Ye dissolved the restriction around the Purple Talisman, and Cai Yue, Little Dummy, and Little Crooked agreed that he should take it; he promised to divide the spoils later.
• Lu Ye led his squad to a second battlefield, where three nearly matched squads were still contesting a Purple Talisman.
• Lu Ye’s squad activated the Black Tortoise Formation, killed the leader of the first squad, and forced the other two squads to flee.
• Lu Ye’s squad claimed the second Purple Talisman and recovered while word spread that their Formation Plate let a weak-looking squad defeat stronger opponents.
• Cultivators from major powers sought ways to contact Fa Wuzun about buying the Formation Plate, and Chu Shen revealed his connection to Fa Wuzun and invoked Nine Radiance to silence them.

Lu Ye’s squad continued defeating opponents in the Chaos War Assembly, then foiled a coordinated ambush while cultivating. The Body Cultivator who attacked them was killed, leaving the team victorious and alert to further threats.

• Lu Ye’s squad defeated a top-thirty Accumulation Board expert, and their formation’s strength impressed the watching cultivators.
• Lu Ye guarded Little Dummy and the other women as they cultivated while the remaining competitors concealed themselves and waited for treasures to appear.
• A Body Cultivator charged toward the squad as an unseen Ghost Cultivator attempted to ambush Little Crooked, but Lu Ye intercepted the attack.
• Little Dummy activated the Formation Plate, and the squad formed a Black Tortoise Formation that killed the Ghost Cultivator.
• The Body Cultivator fled from the formation, but Lu Ye pursued him with the Blood Escape Art, and the squad shattered his defenses and killed him.

Lu Ye’s team defeated a trio of hunters, but the Body Cultivator escaped by using a Death Substitute Puppet and then withdrew from the battlefield. After the young man also withdrew, the team discovered that his Jade Plate was a Battlefield Map that revealed cultivators across the battlefield, leaving Lu Ye wondering why it had only activated for Little Crooked.

• Lu Ye recognized the Body Cultivator’s remains as a destroyed Death Substitute Puppet and tracked the escaped Body Cultivator to his surviving companion.
• The Body Cultivator told the young man that Old Black was dead, then withdrew from the battlefield when Lu Ye caught up to them; the young man withdrew as well.
• Cai Yue spotted a Jade Plate left behind by the young man, and Lu Ye found that it could not be put into his Storage Ring or activated at first.
• Lu Ye gave the Jade Plate to Little Crooked, who later discovered that it was a Battlefield Map showing the terrain and moving cultivator dots.
• Lu Ye realized the hunters had used the map to find his team and questioned Little Crooked about how she had activated it.

Lu Ye led his squad into a fierce battle over a newly emerged treasure, where they survived an enemy’s strange chain artifact and fought alongside a powerful three-person squad. A shark-shaped starship then appeared and devastated the battlefield, leaving Lu Ye and the others bracing for another attack.

• Lu Ye confirmed that the Jade Plate’s power had a limited duration and led the four women toward a gathering of cultivators around a newly emerged treasure.
• Lu Ye’s squad charged into the battle in their Black Tortoise Formation, drove off challengers, and tacitly avoided a powerful three-person squad.
• Lu Ye’s squad endured the attacks of an enemy’s intangible, Divine Sea-shaking chain and killed its owner without suffering casualties.
• Lu Ye sensed a distant attack and led his squad to evade a pillar of light that destroyed cultivators and tore through their formation.
• Lu Ye saw that a shark-shaped starship had fired the devastating blast, and the cultivators stopped fighting as its weapons began to glow again.

Lu Ye's group encountered Zhou Yuchuan, who proposed using a powerful short spear to destroy the starship if Lu Ye's team lured it into an ambush. After negotiating payment, Lu Ye agreed to take the risk, and both teams prepared for the attack.

• A starship killed cultivators who tried to rally others, and Lu Ye led his group away from the battlefield.
• Zhou Yuchuan and his two companions followed Lu Ye's team and introduced themselves.
• Zhou Yuchuan revealed a lightning-patterned short spear that could threaten the starship and asked Lu Ye's group to lure it to an ambush.
• Lu Ye negotiated payment, and Zhou Yuchuan agreed to pay ten thousand Spirit Jade per person, using Spiritual Treasures as collateral for the shortfall.
• Zhou Yuchuan chose a nearby Dead Star as the ambush site, and Lu Ye agreed to lure the starship there while Zhou Yuchuan's group prepared to activate the spear.

Lu Ye lured a starship away from its treasure by provoking its crew, then fled toward Zhou Yuchuan’s ambush while You Ling’s intervention left him carrying the stolen treasure. The starship closed in on him, but Zhou Yuchuan’s squad activated their short-spear treasure as Lu Ye reached the Dead Star.

• Lu Ye sent Little Dummy and the others to hide, then returned alone to steal the treasure and draw the starship after him.
• Lu Ye defeated a Star Constellation Realm Late Stage saber cultivator, but You Ling appeared, killed the cultivator breaking the restriction, and took the treasure.
• You Ling threw the treasure to Lu Ye and vanished as the starship fired at her, prompting its crew to pursue Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye fled through the asteroid field, using the asteroids to evade the starship’s attacks, while Little Dummy and the others watched from hiding.
• The starship’s cannon struck Lu Ye with its attack’s aftermath as he reached the Dead Star, where Zhou Yuchuan’s squad activated their short-spear treasure and a violent purple lightning glow appeared.

Lu Ye survived the starship’s attack and the Thunder Pool destroyed the vessel, leaving Zhou Yuchuan’s team depleted and Little Ru to face the surviving cultivators. Lu Ye then appeared alive and charged at Zhou Yuchuan and his companion, making it seem as if he had turned against his supposed allies.

• Lu Ye was caught between the starship’s cannon and the Thunder Pool’s lightning, and spectators believed the blast had killed him.
• The Thunder Pool’s lightning stripped away the starship’s defenses, destroyed its formations and treasures, and brought it crashing down.
• Zhou Yuchuan and his companion, drained from activating their short spear, sent Little Ru to defend them against the starship’s surviving cultivators.
• Little Ru used her flaming bronze ring and palm-leaf fan to hold off the attackers, but the fight began to turn against her.
• Lu Ye arrived alive, and Zhou Yuchuan and his companion realized he had escaped the blast.
• Lu Ye charged at Zhou Yuchuan and his companion as though they were enemies, leaving the starship’s survivors confused about whether they were allies.

Lu Ye drove off Zhou Yuchuan and Little Ru, then crippled the Starship team and led his companions on a hunt across the battlefield. When the Chaos War Assembly announced it would end in half a day, he decided his team had gained enough and stopped seeking further fights.

• Zhou Yuchuan and his companion withdrew, and Little Ru soon followed after Lu Ye pursued her.
• Lu Ye defeated the Starship team, using Sacred Guard to block their attacks while inflicting severe injuries.
• Lu Ye discovered You Ling had passed him a polished mineral instead of the real treasure and resolved to teach her a lesson.
• Lu Ye regrouped with Little Dummy and the others, used the Battlefield Map to find opponents, and hunted teams over the following days.
• The Rules of Star Constellation Hall announced that the assembly would end in half a day, with about six hundred cultivators remaining from roughly thirty thousand.
• Lu Ye checked the nearest cultivators' locations and chose not to seek another fight, deciding his team had already gained enough.

Lu Ye divided the Chaos War Assembly spoils among his team and refined his Mystic Light before leaving the battlefield. He gave Chu Shen the Formation Plate as promised, drawing attention from cultivators who recognized its value.

• Lu Ye split the team’s spoils into five equal shares, and Little Dummy and the other women each took one before leaving the Formation Plate with him.
• After the Chaos War Assembly ended, Lu Ye and the women refined their Mystic Light, then Lu Ye left the battlefield.
• In Hall No. 935, Chu Shen noticed cultivators watching him because they hoped to reach Fa Wuzun through him.
• Lu Ye sent Chu Shen the location of Hall No. 1632, and Chu Shen hurried there as onlookers followed his movements.
• Lu Ye handed Chu Shen the Formation Plate, and Chu Shen accepted it while offering to fulfill any further request.

Lu Ye, under the name Fa Wuzun, announced an auction for his miraculous Formation Plate after merchant associations crowded around to buy one. As preparations spread through the Star Constellation Hall, major factions began investigating his hidden identity.

• Lu Ye turned down the crowd’s competing requests and proposed auctioning a Formation Plate to the merchant associations.
• Lu Ye scheduled the auction for three days later in Hall Number Eighty-Eight of the Star Constellation Hall.
• Lu Ye met privately with Chu Shen, concealed them with a Formation, and gave him instructions that Chu Shen readily accepted.
• News of the auction spread, drawing cultivators and merchant association leaders to Hall Number Eighty-Eight in anticipation of a fierce bidding contest.
• Major factions began investigating Fa Wuzun’s background, knowing only that the name was an alias and that his origins remained unknown.

Chu Shen visited Nine Radiance at Azure Separation Palace and gave her a Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate, earning her permission to travel freely. After learning that Fa Wuzun planned to auction more plates, Nine Radiance helped Chu Shen prepare, while Lu Ye returned to Hall Number Eighty-Eight to refine more before the auction.

• Chu Shen arrived at Azure Separation Palace and presented Nine Radiance with the Formation Plate Fa Wuzun had given him.
• Nine Radiance tested the plate, confirmed it connected their auras, and agreed to let Chu Shen travel freely as long as he hid his identity and her name.
• Chu Shen told Nine Radiance about Fa Wuzun's auction three days later, and she gave him a token to requisition help from the Myriad Phenomena Merchant Association.
• Nine Radiance learned how Fa Wuzun had promoted the Formation Plate in the Chaos War Assembly and realized he had been preparing for the auction.
• Lu Ye returned to Hall Number Eighty-Eight to refine more Formation Plates, intending to capitalize on the opportunity before others deciphered them.

Lu Ye prepared more than a thousand Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plates for an auction in Hall Number Eighty-Eight, where Chu Shen organized the venue and volunteered to host. The auction began with one hundred Formation Plates, shocking the bidders gathered to compete for them.

• Lu Ye used discounted materials and three days of work by himself and his Clone to build up his Formation Plate stock.
• Chu Shen arranged seating and guards for the auction after Lu Ye found Hall Number Eighty-Eight packed to capacity.
• As Lu Ye pushed through the crowd, the Talent Tree reacted when several people bumped into him, and he memorized their faces as possible trackers.
• Lu Ye agreed to let Chu Shen host and handed him a Storage Ring along with instructions.
• Chu Shen opened the auction by offering one hundred Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plates with no reserve price, startling the bidders.

Lu Ye and Chu Shen auctioned batches of Formation Plates, drawing fierce bids after demonstrating that the plates were genuine. The first batch sold for six hundred thousand Lingyu, and as bidding on the second batch began, Lu Ye barred the Insect Race, Blood Race, and a Human Race cultivator who had secretly planted something on him from buying.

• After the crowd questioned how many Formation Plates were available, Chu Shen announced that there were not enough for every faction and that each batch’s starting price would match the previous batch’s second-highest bid.
• At an elderly cultivator’s request, Chu Shen demonstrated a randomly selected Formation Plate, confirming its power to the crowd.
• The first batch of one hundred Formation Plates drew rising bids, and Chu Shen’s Chime Bell World bid six hundred thousand before the Myriad Phenomena Merchant Association manager won with a bid of six hundred thousand and one.
• Chu Shen opened bidding on the second batch at six hundred thousand Lingyu, and the price quickly climbed toward eight hundred thousand.
• Lu Ye forbade the Insect Race from bidding, rejected its offer of one million two hundred thousand Lingyu, and also barred the Blood Race and a Human Race cultivator who had secretly planted something on him.

Lu Ye drove out the Insect Race, Blood Race, and a dishonest Human Race cultivator before the auction of his Formation Plates continued. After selling all one hundred batches for roughly 110 million Spirit Jade, he paid Chu Shen 500,000 Spirit Jade for his help and left with an enormous fortune.

• Lu Ye exposed a Human Race cultivator's secret scheme and refused to sell him Formation Plates, while the Insect Race and Blood Race cultivators left after making threats.
• Chu Shen continued auctioning batches of Formation Plates as the prices fluctuated and the bidding grew more intense.
• Chu Shen announced that only ten batches remained, prompting fierce bidding that drove the ninety-first batch to nearly 1.4 million Spirit Jade.
• Lu Ye collected the proceeds and left after the hundredth batch sold, then met Chu Shen and gave him a Storage Ring as payment for hosting the auction.
• Chu Shen discovered that Lu Ye had given him 500,000 Spirit Jade, while Lu Ye counted roughly 110 million Spirit Jade across the Storage Rings.

After spending much of his auction wealth on Fire Element treasures, Lu Ye learned that You Ling wanted to borrow the power of his Formation Plate. He agreed to hear her out, leaving the purpose of her request unresolved.

• Lu Ye threaded the Storage Rings filled with Lingyu together, bought Fire Element treasures for nearly ten million Lingyu, and found his Accumulation Board rank had fallen beyond seventieth place.
• Chu Shen told Lu Ye that You Ling was looking for him with a deal, and Lu Ye went to meet her and Pu Ke.
• Lu Ye returned the worthless ore You Ling had once palmed off on him, and she accepted it happily.
• You Ling finally admitted that she wanted to borrow the power of Lu Ye's Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate.

You Ling asked Lu Ye to help her overcome a powerful enemy in her Exclusive Scenario by lending her the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate. Lu Ye agreed in exchange for examining the Ghost Patterns tied to her Concealment, and paid her a deposit after bargaining her into accepting the condition.

• You Ling revealed that she had found an Exclusive Scenario and needed help defeating a very strong Star Constellation Realm Late Stage enemy.
• Lu Ye questioned You Ling about the scenario and learned that the enemy countered her abilities, though she believed she could otherwise defeat it herself.
• Lu Ye offered to lend You Ling the Formation Plate for one hundred thousand Lingyu, then said he would help only if he could examine the Concealment-related Ghost Patterns on her body.
• You Ling angrily rejected Lu Ye's condition and prepared to leave, but accepted after he offered three hundred thousand Lingyu.
• Lu Ye paid You Ling a deposit of one hundred thousand Lingyu, and she agreed to the arrangement.

Lu Ye entered an ancient tomb with You Ling and Pu Ke, then paid You Ling to study the Ghost Patterns on her back. After You Ling refused to show him the patterns related to Conceal Breath, Lu Ye went to help Pu Ke fight the creatures ahead.

• You Ling opened a doorway to the Exclusive Scenario with a white jade bone, and Lu Ye and Pu Ke entered the ancient tomb before her.
• Lu Ye insisted on observing You Ling's Concealment Ghost Patterns, and they agreed that he could study them for fifteen breaths.
• Lu Ye used the Insight Spirit Pattern to memorize the Ghost Patterns and then paid You Ling the remaining two hundred thousand Lingyu.
• You Ling refused to reveal her Conceal Breath Ghost Patterns, even when Lu Ye offered more money, and jokingly proposed that he marry her.
• Lu Ye left to find Pu Ke and saw him easily slaughtering a group of bizarre creatures with his fishing-rod Spiritual Treasure.

Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling fought through waves of skeletal enemies in the Exclusive Scenario, using the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate to strengthen their coordination. They entered a sealed great hall and discovered an enormous armored skeleton seated before them.

• Lu Ye joined Pu Ke against the skeletons and learned that destroying the ghostfire in their eye sockets killed them.
• You Ling joined the fight, and Lu Ye activated the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate to link the trio's strength.
• The three fought through the skeletons and reached a pitch-black great hall, where You Ling said a powerful enemy awaited inside.
• After recovering, Lu Ye led Pu Ke and You Ling into the hall, where Oil Lamps suddenly lit and the doors slammed shut.
• Pu Ke spotted a three-zhang-tall armored skeleton holding a massive greatsword at the far end of the hall.

Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling confronted the Great Skeleton General and discovered that he possessed Moon Jade Realm power. Their attempt to retreat failed after the hall doors sealed them in, leaving them to fight him with Lu Ye suspecting the blade lodged in his eye weakened him.

• The Great Skeleton General awakened, revealed a golden ghostfire in his eye, and attacked Lu Ye, Pu Ke, and You Ling.
• Lu Ye’s opening strikes failed to damage the General’s armor, and their clash showed that the General’s Spiritual Power overwhelmed Lu Ye’s.
• Pu Ke and You Ling helped blunt the General’s greatsword strike, but Lu Ye recognized that their opponent wielded Moon Jade Realm power and ordered a retreat.
• The trio admitted defeat, but the sealed hall did not release them, forcing them to face the approaching General.
• Lu Ye judged that the General’s power was limited and suspected the short blade in his left eye socket was weakening him.