Chapter Summaries

Li Yunjing used the Giant Bear King's method to refine his spirit with Lunar Power, strengthening his spiritual sense through a night of painful cultivation as spring thunder arrived. Meanwhile, Yu Yunyi prepared her faction for the Outer Sect Competition, where Ma Xingyuan was set to compete, while she and Lu Ruoxi worried about Li Yunjing at the front lines.

• Li Yunjing studied the Giant Bear King's spirit-refining method and began drawing Lunar Power into his sea of consciousness, enduring intense pain as he tempered his spiritual sense.
• Li Yunjing repeatedly cultivated with Moonlight Power until his spiritual domain expanded beyond eighteen li and a crescent mark appeared between his brows.
• Li Yunjing sensed the arrival of spring thunder and went outside to watch the storm, as disciples of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect also came out to absorb heavenly lightning.
• Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi bickered over Li Yunjing, then set aside their rivalry and agreed to unite against any other women who approached him.
• Yu Yunyi asked Ma Xingyuan about his preparations for the Outer Sect Competition, and he reported that his training had made him strong enough to challenge an ordinary seventh-layer inner sect disciple.
• Yu Yunyi advised Ma Xingyuan to conceal some of his strength at the competition, which was due to begin the next day.

Xing'er and Yue'er secured a Ten Thousand Sword City shop with the Heavenly Sword Master's help while Li Yunjing's group gathered lightning power before joining the battlefield. Yu Yuanhua revealed that the Divine Firmament Dao Sect had launched a campaign to defeat the Nether Ghost Sect and seize Ghost Moon Kingdom, leaving the fleet entering a vast war.

• Lu Ruoxi and Yu Yunyi explained that spring thunder strengthened the Divine Firmament Dao Sect's lightning cultivators, reassuring Ma Xingyuan that he could learn lightning arts without a Thunder Spirit Root.
• Xing'er, Yue'er, Feng Xueting, and Cong Rujin gained the Heavenly Sword Master's support and bought Qingya Talisman Shop to establish the Star Moon Trading Firm's Ten Thousand Sword City branch.
• Li Yunjing and the other disciples absorbed lightning during a seven-day thunderstorm before Yu Yuanhua led twenty-four Foundation Establishment cultivators from Yellow Dragon Ridge toward the front.
• Li Yunjing's Azure Cloud Boat joined a fleet of thirty-six ships and reached a sprawling battlefield where the Divine Firmament Dao Sect fought the Nether Ghost Sect.
• Yu Yuanhua announced the sect's plan to crush the Nether Ghost Sect, seize Ghost Moon Kingdom, and bring the Hengyue Mountain Range within the sect's territory.

Li Yunjing and the Divine Firmament Dao Sect fought the Nether Ghost Sect at Ghost Gate Pass, overwhelming its fleet and surrounding its Grand Elders. The Nether Ghost Sect’s leaders transformed themselves into grotesque ghostly creatures to fight back, leaving Ming Lingchuan and the other Daoist cultivators grimly facing them.

• Yu Yuanhua led Li Yunjing and the others in firing the Azure Cloud Boat’s Heavenly Thunder Cannon, destroying a Nether Ghost Sect Bone Warship and killing its exposed cultivators.
• The surviving Nether Ghost Sect fleet retreated to Ghost Gate Pass and activated its defensive formation while the two sects’ Nascent Soul Realm cultivators fought above.
• Shadow Ghost summoned ghosts to aid him, but Ming Lingchuan arrived and swept them away with Universe in the Sleeve.
• Ming Lingchuan and the four other Divine Firmament Dao Sect Grand Elders surrounded Shadow Ghost and Funeral Ghost and refused to let them escape.
• Shadow Ghost and Funeral Ghost fused with ghosts, transforming into monstrous forms and releasing grotesque spirits from their bodies.

Ming Lingchuan and four experts defeated Shadow Ghost and Funeral Ghost, broke the Ten Thousand Ghost Soul Array, and captured Ghost Gate Pass, which the Divine Firmament Dao Sect renamed Divine Firmament Pass. Li Yunjing fought in the ensuing battle but was kept behind to help garrison the city, delaying his return to the sect.

• Ming Lingchuan and the four experts used Five Elements Divine Thunder and the Taiyi Salvation Ghost-Saving Method to destroy Shadow Ghost and Funeral Ghost, then claimed their Primordial Spirits and spoils.
• Ming Lingchuan and the four experts broke the Ten Thousand Ghost Soul Array, prompting the Nether Ghost Sect cultivators to flee as the Divine Firmament Dao Sect army advanced into Ghost Gate Pass.
• Li Yunjing killed five Nether Ghost Sect cultivators during the battle and fought for three days and three nights as the Divine Firmament Dao Sect captured Ghost Gate Pass and renamed it Divine Firmament Pass.
• Li Yunjing asked Yu Yuanhua to let him return to the sect, but Yu Yuanhua told him to wait three more months until reinforcements eased the garrison burden.
• Yu Yuanhua assigned Li Yunjing to city patrol duty, leaving him frustrated at being unable to complete his promotion.

After a month of searching Divine Firmament Pass, Li Yunjing took stock of his gains, discovered his demon beast egg had begun to stir, and advanced his puppetry and artifact refining skills during his leave. The Divine Firmament Dao Sect’s campaign then paused after it seized three provinces and secured Divine Firmament Pass and Black Mountain Province.

• Li Yunjing and the other squads spent three days clearing Divine Firmament Pass of Nether Ghost Sect cultivators, then searched the city for a month and brought his kill count to forty.
• During his leave, Li Yunjing tallied his resources and noticed the demon beast egg twitching, so he placed it in a Spirit Gathering Array to continue nurturing it.
• Li Yunjing refined Puppet Mechanism Beasts until his artifact refining reached the second-tier low grade and he qualified as a second-tier low-grade puppeteer.
• A 20,000-strong allied force arrived to take over patrol duties while the Divine Firmament Dao Sect consolidated Divine Firmament Pass and Black Mountain Province.
• The Divine Firmament Dao Sect’s advance halted as Black Dragon Province and Moyun Province became battlefields, and Ming Lingchuan assured other sects that the war would go no further.

After advancing his four secondary professions, Li Yunjing left Divine Firmament Pass alone and was ambushed by the Nether Ghost Sect elder Hou Yingchen. Just as Hou Yingchen was about to kill him, Lu Ruoxi’s teacher’s protective avatar appeared and destroyed the elder.

• Li Yunjing used his supplies to advance his puppet-making, talisman-making, pill-making, and weapon-forging skills to the second tier, while leaving Formation Dao for later.
• Yu Yuanhua approved Li Yunjing’s return, and Li Yunjing departed Divine Firmament Pass alone toward the Hengyue Mountain Range.
• Hou Yingchen pursued Li Yunjing, forcing him to flee into the forest and use a third-tier Samadhi True Fire Talisman and his divine thunder techniques to fight back.
• Hou Yingchen’s sword shattered the Jadeite Pendant Lu Ruoxi had given Li Yunjing, and the pendant released the protective avatar of Lu Ruoxi’s teacher.
• The avatar withstood Hou Yingchen’s Blood-Transforming God Thunderbolts, pursued him as he tried to escape, and annihilated him body and spirit.

Li Yunjing survived a Golden Core demonic cultivator thanks to Lu Ruoxi’s teacher’s incarnation, then encountered a third-tier Purple Phoenix Flower guarded by the Black Scorpion King. He and a mysterious Rogue Cultivator joined forces to fight the beast, but their powerful attacks had not yet seriously injured it.

• Lu Ruoxi’s teacher’s incarnation questioned Li Yunjing, learned he was Lu Ruoxi’s Dao companion, and told him to bring her to pay respects when they returned to the sect.
• After the incarnation vanished, Li Yunjing collected the defeated cultivator’s spoils and traveled more cautiously through the Hengyue Mountain Range.
• Li Yunjing found a third-tier Purple Phoenix Flower and confronted a middle-aged Rogue Cultivator who claimed it belonged to him.
• A third-tier Black Scorpion King emerged from beneath the flower, and Li Yunjing and the Rogue Cultivator agreed to join forces against it.
• Li Yunjing struck the Black Scorpion King with his sword and Fire God Thunder, while the Rogue Cultivator attacked with Innate Gang Qi from his Divine Eye.
• The Black Scorpion King was knocked through the air, but it remained largely unharmed, leaving Li Yunjing unsure they could defeat it.

Li Yunjing stole the Purple Phoenix Flower and escaped the Black Scorpion King, surviving its poison by hiding underground while his Puppet Mechanism Beasts drew it away. After recovering, he killed two assassins and continued toward the City of Glory, where Divine Firmament Dao Sect patrols were hunting enemies in the Hengyue Mountain Range.

• Li Yunjing took the Purple Phoenix Flower, fled from the Black Scorpion King, and used the lake and Water God Thunder to slow the monster while escaping.
• Li Yunjing scattered his Puppet Mechanism Beasts and hid underground in a false-death state as the Black Scorpion King chased the decoys and later fled from the sect's Golden Core Realm elders.
• Li Yunjing woke after three days, forced the poison from his body, and continued through the mountains toward the City of Glory on foot.
• Two hidden assassins attacked Li Yunjing, who killed both with the Azure Sea Listening Waves Sword and burned their bodies.
• Li Yunjing met a City of Glory patrol, presented his Identity Token, and learned that the Divine Firmament Dao Sect was hunting rival cultivators and monsters in the Hengyue Mountain Range.

Li Yunjing returned to City of Glory, disguised himself, and prepared for the Treasure Gathering Pavilion auction while keeping a low profile amid the influx of powerful outsiders. After reconnecting with Fu Chao, Yu Yunyi, and Lu Ruoxi, he arranged a protected courtyard for their arrival and went to browse the auction house.

• Li Yunjing reached City of Glory and showed his Identity Token to Fu Zhuo, who warned him that hundreds of unfamiliar Golden Core Realm experts had entered the city for the auction.
• Li Yunjing concealed his identity at an inn, sorted through the wealth and equipment he had taken from the Nether Ghost Sect elder and two assassins, and rested for three days.
• Li Yunjing received messages from Yu Yunyi, Lu Ruoxi, and Fu Chao, learning that they were traveling together toward City of Glory.
• Yu Yunyi told Li Yunjing that the group was five thousand miles away, and he urged them to be careful and keep a low profile after arriving.
• Li Yunjing booked and warded a courtyard for the four of them, then disguised himself and entered Treasure Gathering Pavilion to browse its goods.

Li Yunjing visited the Treasure Gathering Pavilion to trade demonic artifacts for gifts and a pill furnace. He found the top-grade Spirit Tool Myriad Dao Glazed Furnace and insisted on completing the deal, while Manager Liu assessed his spoils.

• Li Yunjing asked an attendant to show him middle-grade Spirit Tool jewelry and brought out nine high-grade Blood Banners to trade for it.
• Manager Liu examined the Blood Banners and offered jewelry plus a top-grade Spirit Tool pill furnace in exchange for ten comparable sets of demonic artifacts.
• Li Yunjing gathered the demonic artifacts he had taken from Nether Ghost Sect cultivators and spread them across the reception room, keeping two Golden Core Realm weapons.
• Manager Liu returned with the Myriad Dao Glazed Furnace and began assessing Li Yunjing's demonic artifacts.
• Li Yunjing tested the furnace, found it perfectly suited to him, and asked Manager Liu to finish the assessment and offer a fair price.

Li Yunjing traded demonic artifacts for the Myriad Dao Glazed Furnace, earned a Platinum Token from Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and began refining his new treasure. When Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi arrived in the City of Glory, he rushed to greet them and embraced them at the south gate.

• Li Yunjing agreed to trade a top-grade demonic artifact and his Silver Token for the Myriad Dao Glazed Furnace, and Steward Liu upgraded him to a Platinum Token.
• Li Yunjing sold more demonic-path spoils, bought crafting materials around the city, and returned to his residence to refine the Myriad Dao Glazed Furnace.
• Li Yunjing received word that Yu Yunyi, Lu Ruoxi, and Fu Chao had arrived and went to meet them at the south city gate.
• Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi spotted Li Yunjing, rushed into his arms, and Yu Yunyi asked whether he was all right.

Li Yunjing reunited with Yu Yunyi, Lu Ruoxi, and Fu Chao in the City of Glory, while Wei Henian plotted revenge against him with help from Ji Qiaoqiao. The chapter left Ji arranging for two Foundation Establishment assassins to kill Li Yunjing, unaware of his true strength.

• Li Yunjing welcomed Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi after their half-year separation, and Fu Chao joined them as they headed to their lodgings.
• Wei Henian, now a seventh-level Foundation Establishment cultivator, discussed the upcoming auction and the Primordial Yang Dao Sect's resentment toward the Divine Firmament Dao Sect with Ji Qiaoqiao.
• Wei Henian told Ji Qiaoqiao that Li Yunjing had ruined his plans and concealed Li's connections and abilities while urging her to help him take revenge.
• Ji Qiaoqiao agreed to send two Foundation Establishment assassins to kill Li Yunjing, and Wei Henian kept quiet about the risks to serve his own schemes.

Li Yunjing reunited with Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi in City of Glory, where Fu Chao invited them to a banquet with the Primordial Yang Dao Sect’s True Disciples and Divine Firmament Dao Sect powerhouses. After spending a quiet day together, they finally prepared to leave for the banquet when Fu Chao impatiently called them outside.

• Li Yunjing told Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi about surviving the Old Devil’s pursuit, and they were shaken by the dangers he had faced.
• Fu Chao invited Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, and Lu Ruoxi to a banquet with Primordial Yang Dao Sect True Disciples and Divine Firmament Dao Sect powerhouses, including Fu Hengkong.
• Li Yunjing agreed to attend, and Fu Chao left the courtyard so Li Yunjing could spend time alone with Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi.
• The next day, Lu Ruoxi fed Li Yunjing nourishing spirit medicine soup while Yu Yunyi shared spirit fruit with him, and the three rested together until evening.
• Fu Chao returned and urged them to get up for the banquet, and Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, and Lu Ruoxi took half an hour to dress before Li Yunjing opened the door and complained about the rush.

Li Yunjing, Fu Chao, Yu Yunyi, and Lu Ruoxi attended a gathering for young Foundation Establishment cultivators at the City Lord Mansion, where they met Fu Hengkong and the leading true disciple Yuanyangzi of the Primordial Yang Dao Sect. They avoided confronting Wei Henian when they spotted him, but he noticed them and glared at his enemies.

• Fu Chao teased Li Yunjing and his companions before leading them to the City Lord Mansion for the banquet.
• Fu Chao introduced Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, and Lu Ruoxi to his elder brother, Fu Hengkong, who welcomed them as friends.
• Fu Hengkong introduced the group to Yuanyangzi, the number one true disciple of the Primordial Yang Dao Sect, and several of his fellow experts.
• Fu Chao led the group away from the powerful figures, and they spotted Wei Henian in another corner of the hall.
• Li Yunjing and his companions chose not to provoke Wei Henian and sat down to observe the gathered cultivators.
• Wei Henian noticed Li Yunjing, Fu Chao, Yu Yunyi, and Lu Ruoxi, and his expression darkened with hatred.

Wei Henian encountered Li Yunjing and his companions at a banquet, but Long Feiyang mocked him and then provoked Li Yunjing before they avoided him. The chapter ended with Tang Yang’s faction eyeing Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, and Lu Ruoxi and urging Tang Yang to teach the Divine Firmament Dao Sect a lesson.

• Ji Qiaoqiao learned that Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, Lu Ruoxi, and Fu Chao were Wei Henian’s enemies, while Wei Henian hid his resentment toward them.
• Long Feiyang mocked Wei Henian and urged him to kill Li Yunjing and Fu Chao, but Wei Henian refused to risk acting against fellow disciples.
• Long Feiyang taunted Li Yunjing at his table, so Lu Ruoxi and Yu Yunyi led Li Yunjing away, and Fu Chao made an excuse to leave too.
• Li Yunjing watched Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi dance with him while other cultivators grew envious of their attention to him.
• Tang Yang’s companions complained about the Divine Firmament Dao Sect and urged him to use the opportunity to harass its female cultivators and teach it a lesson.

At a banquet in the City of Glory, Li Yunjing clashed with Primordial Yang Dao Sect disciples after Tang Yang insulted Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi. Long Feiyang then challenged Tang Yang and defied Fu Hengkong, until the deputy city lord intervened and ordered him to accept punishment.

• Tang Yang approached Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi, and Wang Tianmu insulted Yu Yunyi, prompting Li Yunjing to knock Wang Tianmu back in a clash.
• Li Yunjing stood up to Wang Tianmu and taunted him, while Wei Henian and Ji Qiaoqiao watched the confrontation.
• Long Feiyang arrived and challenged Tang Yang, prompting Yuanyangzi and Fu Hengkong to step in and try to calm the dispute.
• Long Feiyang rejected Fu Hengkong's attempt to intervene and berated him in front of both sects.
• The deputy city lord ordered Long Feiyang to leave and face punishment, and Long Feiyang accepted before warning Fu Hengkong and Tang Yang that he would fight them another time.

After the banquet, Li Yunjing and his companions planned to deal with Wei Henian, then spent several days cultivating before attending the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s crowded auction. Li Yunjing used his White Platinum membership to secure a private room on the second floor, where the auction was about to begin.

• The deputy city lord calmed tensions between the Divine Firmament Dao Sect and the Primordial Yang Dao Sect after Long Feiyang’s insults, then left Li Yunjing with a warning look.
• Li Yunjing reunited with Ying Qianqian, introduced her to Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi, and reassured his Dao companions that he had no interest in other women.
• Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, Lu Ruoxi, and Fu Chao left the banquet and renewed their plans to kill Wei Henian before returning to their lodgings.
• After several days in seclusion, Li Yunjing and his companions joined the crowds gathering for the Treasure Gathering Pavilion auction.
• A clerk recognized Li Yunjing’s White Platinum membership token and escorted the four companions to a teleportation array leading to private rooms on the second floor.

Li Yunjing and his companions settled into a private room at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s vast auction, where Steward Liu offered to exchange their belongings for Spirit Stones. The auction began with a fierce bidding war over a powerful Painted Halberd, leaving the four Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators watching from the sidelines.

• Li Yunjing learned that the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s upper floors were reserved for Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators, then surveyed the enormous crowd gathered for the auction.
• Steward Liu visited Li Yunjing and his companions, explained that the auction would last three days, and offered to exchange their items for Spirit Stones through her.
• Li Yunjing and his companions reviewed the auction information in a Jade Slip and decided they would consider selling belongings only if they found something they truly wanted.
• The Treasure Gathering Pavilion closed its doors after the hall filled with cultivators, and Di Fanshuang opened the auction by presenting a High-grade Treasure Artifact called the Painted Halberd.
• Golden Core Realm cultivators launched a heated bidding war over the Painted Halberd while Li Yunjing, Lu Ruoxi, Yu Yunyi, and Fu Chao watched from their private room.

Li Yunjing backed Fu Chao in a bidding war for Geng Gold, then learned their rival was Ji Qiaoqiao, Wei Henian’s Dao companion, and helped Fu Chao retaliate by driving up Wei Henian’s bid for the Long Night Sword. Wei Henian won the sword at an inflated price, while Li Yunjing and Fu Chao ended the auction satisfied with their revenge.

• The Painted Halberd sold for 160,000 High-grade Spirit Stones after Golden Core cultivators competed for it.
• Li Yunjing offered to support Fu Chao’s bid for Geng Gold, and together they drove the price up until their rival quit.
• Steward Liu identified the rival as Ji Qiaoqiao of the Primordial Yang Dao Sect, Wei Henian’s Dao companion, and Li Yunjing and Fu Chao planned to retaliate.
• When Wei Henian bid on the Long Night Sword, Fu Chao raised the price until Wei Henian paid 21,000 Mid-grade Spirit Stones for it.

Li Yunjing attended the auction, won a Spirit Feeding Pill for his developing spirit beast egg, and tried to acquire powerful treasures. Wei Henian raised the price of a Primordial Yang Divine Sword Talisman to block him, leaving Wei uncertain whether he could afford the bid.

• Fu Chao told Li Yunjing that Fu Hengkong had gifted him a top-grade spirit weapon, while the auction sold a Fourth-Tier material for five hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Yunjing bid forty thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones for a Spirit Feeding Pill after a woman competed with him, then won when she stopped bidding.
• Li Yunjing and his companions wanted to bid on the supreme divine ability Point to Earth and Turn to Steel, but Nascent Soul Realm cultivators bought it first.
• Li Yunjing bid on a Primordial Yang Divine Sword Talisman, and Wei Henian raised the price to two hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones to prevent him from obtaining it.
• Li Yunjing countered with three hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, while Wei Henian realized Ji Qiaoqiao would not lend him money and struggled to decide whether to continue bidding.