Chapter Summaries

Li Yunjing fought Ying Qianqian in the Outer Sect Competition and overcame her mind-affecting secret art with the Five Thunders Method. After they clashed with powerful techniques and spirit tools, Ying Qianqian admitted defeat and left on a Golden-Winged Eagle, leaving the spectators wondering about her true identity.

• Li Yunjing attacked Ying Qianqian without holding back, and she countered with twin short swords and the mind-affecting Ten Thousand Zhangs of Red Dust.
• Li Yunjing resisted Ying Qianqian's pink mist by sealing his senses and using the Five Thunders Method, while the elders suspected she might be a True Disciple in disguise.
• Li Yunjing broke through Ying Qianqian's illusion and trapped her with his Five Elements techniques, but she cut through the net with the Sword of Profound Dao and countered with the Mist Cloud Spirit Pagoda.
• Li Yunjing and Ying Qianqian fought in the air until he brought out the Azure Sea Listening Waves Sword, prompting her to recall her pagoda and admit defeat.
• Ying Qianqian challenged Li Yunjing to meet again at the Inner Sect Competition, then departed on a Golden-Winged Eagle, astonishing the spectators.

Li Yunjing won the Outer Sect Competition, advanced to the seventh layer of Qi Refining, and became an Inner Disciple of Seven Stars Peak. As his friends celebrated his victory, Wei Henian began plotting against him again with the help of Yin Mountain Bone Demon.

• Ying Qianqian’s appearance caused an uproar, while the elders tacitly accepted her participation in the competition.
• Li Yunjing broke through to the seventh layer of Qi Refining, and the elders declared him the Outer Sect Competition champion.
• Elder Han upgraded Li Yunjing’s Dao Robe into a low-grade Spirit Tool and issued him an Inner Disciple Identity Token with 10,000 contribution points.
• Elder Liu recruited Li Yunjing to Seven Stars Peak and gave him a token, then Li Yunjing left the arena with his friends for a banquet at Elegant Fragrance Garden.
• Wei Henian learned of Li Yunjing’s victory, flew into a rage, and decided to seek help from Yin Mountain Bone Demon.
• At the banquet, Li Yunjing reviewed his possessions and discovered new Inner Disciple token functions, expanded sect information, and a Qi Refining Formula that extended to Foundation Establishment.

After becoming an Inner Disciple, Li Yunjing wrapped up his Outer Sect duties and reported to the Deliberation Hall to collect his reward. He then arrived at Seven Stars Peak, where its strict defenses and imposing Seven Stars Palace left him wary as he sought Deacon Xu Wuyi.

• At his promotion banquet, Li Yunjing promised to support friends entering the inner sect and encouraged his remaining team members to focus on cultivation.
• Li Yunjing handed over his Scripture Library duties, asked his team to pass a message to the mysterious old Daoist, and returned his outer-sect residence.
• Li Yunjing reported to the Deliberation Hall, where a deputy hall master advised him about Seven Stars Peak and awarded him 1,000 contribution points.
• At Seven Stars Peak, patrol envoy Shen Yuehua warned Li Yunjing about the mountain's dangerous restrictions and guided him to the summit.
• A patrol squad at Seven Stars Palace checked Li Yunjing's Identity Token and Elder Liu's decree, then ordered Hong Shan and Qin Ping to escort him to Deacon Xu Wuyi.

Li Yunjing entered Seven Stars Palace and met Deacon Xu Wuyi, who offered him a choice of positions and tested his ability to understand the palace’s encoded map. Li Yunjing passed the first test, secured permission to recruit three assistants, and was told to return after half a month of rest to begin studying formations and their materials.

• Hong Shan and Qin Ping escorted Li Yunjing through Seven Stars Palace, where he saw its lavish streets, private market, and heavy guards.
• Hong Shan brought Li Yunjing to Deacon Xu Wuyi, who asked whether he wanted an authoritative, easy, or lucrative position.
• Li Yunjing chose to pursue both an easy role and opportunities to earn money, then decoded the Jade Slip map and found his residence without help.
• Xu Wuyi declared that Li Yunjing had passed the first test and explained that only people with Formation Dao ability could live inside Seven Stars Palace.
• Li Yunjing persuaded Xu Wuyi to let three non-formation cultivators serve as his assistants for standard Inner Disciple pay and missions.
• Xu Wuyi granted Li Yunjing half a month to rest before he returned to study formation basics, materials, and prices.

Li Yunjing settled into Qiwu Villa after joining Seven Stars Palace, then received Fu Chao’s summons to Donghua Pavilion. There, Fu Chao revealed the group’s wager had earned them 700,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones, and he distributed their shares.

• Li Yunjing received his Seven Stars Palace Jade Slip and gained free passage through the palace’s formations.
• Li Yunjing found his residence, named it Qiwu Villa, and began studying the Array Formation Catalog.
• Fu Chao summoned Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, and Lu Ruoxi to Donghua Pavilion.
• Fu Chao announced that their 500,000 Low-grade Spirit Stone investment had produced 700,000 in profit.
• Fu Chao handed Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, and Lu Ruoxi their Hundred Treasure Pouches.

Li Yunjing celebrated with Yu Yunyi, Lu Ruoxi, and Fu Chao, agreed to help them procure array materials through his new post at Seven Stars Peak, and made plans to undermine Wei Henian. After secretly preparing for a dangerous trip, he traveled in disguise to Orchid Market and began clearing out his miscellaneous possessions before entering the Orchid Mountain Range.

• Yu Yunyi, Lu Ruoxi, and Fu Chao gave Li Yunjing a Low-grade Spirit Tool sword sheath for his Azure Sea Listening Waves Sword, and Li Yunjing promised to return a Spirit Tool to Lu Ruoxi someday.
• Li Yunjing and his companions agreed to target Wei Henian's resources, with Fu Chao investigating his resource transfer stations and Yu Yunyi committing her Lineage's support.
• Li Yunjing told the others that his new Seven Stars Peak position involved purchasing array materials and asked them to provide quality goods at fair prices without asking about the peak's secrets.
• Li Yunjing ended the feast, returned to Seven Stars Peak, and prepared to exchange his miscellaneous possessions for resources before leaving the sect.
• Li Yunjing traveled by long-distance teleportation array to Orchid Market in disguise and set out to sell his belongings before venturing deep into the Orchid Mountain Range.

Li Yunjing visited Orchid Market and sold a large stock of talismans to the Long Ridge Chamber of Commerce. After receiving 2,800 Low-grade Spirit Stones, he offered Zhang Qing a huge quantity of pills, leaving the shopkeeper stunned.

• Li Yunjing surveyed Orchid Market, bought mountain maps and books from plaza vendors, and exchanged low-grade talismans for materials.
• Li Yunjing showed more than a hundred talismans at the Long Ridge Chamber of Commerce, prompting the clerk to summon shopkeeper Zhang Qing.
• Li Yunjing offered Zhang Qing 300 first-tier low-grade and 200 first-tier mid-grade Five Elements Spirit Talismans, and Zhang Qing agreed to buy them for 2,800 Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Yunjing asked whether Zhang Qing bought pills and listed 1,000 Qi Refining Pills, 300 Detoxification Pills, and 600 Inedia Pills, shocking the shopkeeper.

Li Yunjing sold a large stock of pills and magical artifacts to Zhang Qing, then left Orchid Market with 88,200 Low-grade Spirit Stones and entered the Orchid Mountain Range. After killing a giant tiger and a Purple Scaled Giant Python, he heard a prolonged chorus of wolf howls that left him alarmed.

• Li Yunjing sold 190 jade bottles of pills to Zhang Qing for 9,700 Low-grade Spirit Stones, and Zhang Qing bought his magical artifacts for another 3,700.
• Li Yunjing left Orchid Market and hurried into the Orchid Mountain Range to avoid staying near the market with his fortune exposed.
• Li Yunjing killed a First-Order High-Grade giant tiger with his bare hands, then faced a five-zhang Purple Scaled Giant Python.
• Li Yunjing fought the python with Water-Fire Harmony and his Armor-Breaking Spear, pursued it five li into the mountains, and killed it before packing up its remains.
• Li Yunjing heard wolf howls continue for a quarter of an hour as he prepared to return for the tiger's corpse, and his expression changed drastically.

Li Yunjing pushed through the dangerous Orchid Mountain Range toward Heavenly Thunder Valley, surviving demon-beast swarms and using a thunderstorm to replenish his strength and temper his body. Near the valley, he crossed a river and attacked a second-rank Giant Turtle, but their first clash sent him flying and left him injured.

• Li Yunjing abandoned the Mottled Giant Tiger to a disciplined wolf pack and took shelter in the cave once used by the Cultivator Bandits.
• Li Yunjing killed five wolf demons, found the remains of two dead cultivators, and collected their Storage Bags as he pressed deeper into the Orchid Mountain Range.
• Li Yunjing evaded numerous demon-beast packs and Blood-Sucking Bats, then cultivated beneath a thunderstorm, restoring his energy and advancing his body toward the Heavenly Thunder Body.
• Li Yunjing reached the river near Heavenly Thunder Valley, killed a school of silver man-eating fish with Water God Thunder, and continued swimming across.
• A second-rank Giant Turtle attacked Li Yunjing near the opposite bank, and their first collision sent him flying through the river and made him spit blood.

Li Yunjing killed a second-tier Giant Turtle, harvested its remains, and followed Cong Rujin’s map to a hidden valley filled with Heavenly Thunder Stones. After collecting the stones around the perimeter, he tried to seize the immense central stone and was burned by its lightning.

• Li Yunjing outmaneuvered the Giant Turtle, pierced its head with the Azure Sea Listening Waves Sword, and killed it with a Water God Thunder when it lunged at him.
• Li Yunjing fought off swarms of aquatic demon creatures with five more Water God Thunders, then collected the Giant Turtle’s body and divided its shell into pieces.
• Li Yunjing crossed the river, followed Cong Rujin’s map, and found a narrow passage through a sheer cliff leading to a hidden valley.
• Li Yunjing entered the valley, gathered the Heavenly Thunder Stones around its perimeter, and approached the enormous stone at its center.
• Li Yunjing used the Five Thunders Method to seize the central Heavenly Thunder Stone, but its lightning struck and scorched his hand.

After disturbing the strange valley, Li Yunjing fled the Orchid Mountain Range as a Golden Winged Roc unleashed a devastating attack nearby. He joined Tang Ying and four Rogue Cultivators to kill a Black Bear, and the group began harvesting its corpse while danger still loomed.

• Li Yunjing fled the valley after hearing chains beneath the Heavenly Thunder Stone, then blasted his way through a swarm of silver man-eating fish in the river.
• A thousand-zhang Golden Winged Roc flew toward the valley and sliced a nearby cliff apart with two golden feathers, triggering an immense disaster that sent Li Yunjing and the monsters running.
• Li Yunjing encountered Tang Ying and four Rogue Cultivators fighting a Black Bear, learned Tang Ying belonged to West Glow Peak, and joined the battle.
• Li Yunjing wounded the Black Bear with Palm Lightning, and Tang Ying and the others exploited its injuries to bring it down.
• Li Yunjing struck the Black Bear's head with another bolt of Palm Lightning, killing it, and urged the others to quickly clear the battlefield.

Li Yunjing and his companions fled the upheaval in the Orchid Mountain Range, then rescued Liu Ruyan and her twin companions from a band of cultivators. After defeating their attackers, Li Yunjing took the bandit leader’s property information and let him go.

• Li Yunjing and Tang Ying joined four Rogue Cultivators in fleeing the Orchid Mountain Range as demon beasts and cultivators scattered from the disturbance.
• The Divine Firmament Dao Sect sent three enormous warships to the mountains, while Li Yunjing’s group continued escaping through repeated attacks.
• Li Yunjing’s group heard cultivator bandits threatening three women, and Li Yunjing led his companions to intervene.
• Li Yunjing recognized Liu Ruyan, killed several bandits, and helped her defeat their leader after the rest of the group joined the fight.
• Li Yunjing threatened to turn the bandit leader over to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect’s Law Enforcement Hall, then took his Hundred Treasure Pouch and a Jade Slip detailing his Orchid Market hideout before letting him go.

Li Yunjing killed the remaining cultivator bandits, collected the leader’s hidden wealth, and tried to leave Orchid Market after warning Liu Ruyan and her companions about the danger in the mountains. He found the teleportation array sealed by the Divine Firmament Dao Sect, leaving him and the other travelers unable to depart.

• Liu Ruyan killed the wounded cultivator bandit leader, and Li Yunjing let the others divide the bandits’ spoils while they burned the corpses.
• Liu Ruyan explained why she and the twins had come to Orchid Market, then she and the twins flirted with Li Yunjing and exchanged communication methods with him.
• Li Yunjing returned to Orchid Market, disguised himself as a rogue cultivator, and killed the bandits and others guarding the leader’s courtyard.
• Li Yunjing opened a hidden chest containing a thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, searched the courtyard for more valuables, and erased his traces.
• Li Yunjing headed for the teleportation array but found it sealed by Divine Firmament Dao Sect disciples, with Liu Ruyan, Xing'er, and Yue'er among the people waiting outside.

Li Yunjing secured permission to take Liu Ruyan, Xing'er, and Yue'er through the teleportation array to Red Sun Market, protecting them from the two True Disciples. After arriving safely, he was persuaded to visit the Misty Rain Pavilion with the three women.

• Li Yunjing showed his Seven Stars Peak insignia and Jade Slip, and Senior Brother Li granted him an exception to use the teleportation array with three friends.
• Li Yunjing brought Liu Ruyan, Xing'er, and Yue'er to the array and pretended they were his women to discourage the True Disciples from taking an interest in them.
• Senior Brother Liu sent the four of them to Red Sun Market, where Li Yunjing took liberties with the women during the teleportation.
• Liu Ruyan, Xing'er, and Yue'er invited Li Yunjing to the Misty Rain Pavilion to thank him, and he went with them.

Li Yunjing visited Misty Rain Pavilion with Liu Ruyan, Xing'er, and Yue'er, then arranged for Liu Ruyan to deal with Gong Renju discreetly. After the women went to prepare for the hot springs, Gong Renju arrived at the pavilion.

• Liu Ruyan welcomed Li Yunjing to Heavenly Fragrance Courtyard and instructed her staff to treat him as an honored guest.
• Li Yunjing learned Gong Renju regularly visited Misty Rain Pavilion and explained that he wanted revenge for a friend who had been cheated.
• Liu Ruyan offered to have Gong Renju die of a supposed heart attack during a visit, and Li Yunjing accepted her plan to avoid attracting suspicion.
• Liu Ruyan sent instructions with a Thousand Mile Communication Talisman, while Li Yunjing went ahead to soak in the hot spring.
• Gong Renju staggered into Misty Rain Pavilion, where a girl at the entrance warmly welcomed him.

Li Yunjing spent the night with Liu Ruyan, Xing'er, and Yue'er, then broke through to the eighth level of the Qi Refining Realm. After learning that Gong Renju had died, he agreed to take over Gong's General Store so Xing'er and Yue'er could leave the Misty Rain Pavilion, and promised to support them and Liu Ruyan.

• Li Yunjing joined Liu Ruyan, Xing'er, and Yue'er in the hot spring, and they spent the night together.
• Li Yunjing meditated the next morning and broke through to the eighth level of the Qi Refining Realm.
• Liu Ruyan told Li Yunjing that Gong Renju had died of an acute stroke and that Gong's General Store was for sale.
• Li Yunjing agreed to buy the shop for Xing'er and Yue'er and said he would arrange for Red Sun Market's Foundation Establishment administrator to look after them and Liu Ruyan.
• Liu Ruyan introduced Xing'er and Yue'er to Li Yunjing as the women who would follow him, and Li Yunjing promised to protect them and visit often.

Li Yunjing negotiated to buy Gong's General Store for Xing'er and Yue'er, then used his status and spirit weapon to make Fang Yuxuan back down. Fang Yuxuan agreed to treat Li Yunjing as an ally but privately planned to investigate him, while Liu Ruyan decided she would not leave the Misty Rain Pavilion yet.

• Li Yunjing entered Gong's General Store and offered to buy it from Gong Renju's descendants for their asking price of nine thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Fang Yuxuan arrived and tried to claim the shop, but Li Yunjing displayed the Azure Sea Listening Waves Sword and named his powerful connections.
• Li Yunjing introduced Xing'er and Yue'er as his women and said he was buying the shop for them, prompting Fang Yuxuan to promise his support.
• Fang Yuxuan agreed to exchange contact information while privately deciding to ask Fang Long about Li Yunjing and retaliate if Li Yunjing was bluffing.
• Liu Ruyan considered relying on Li Yunjing but decided she would stay at the Misty Rain Pavilion for now.
• Fang Yuxuan admitted he had only a Thousand Mile Communication Talisman, and Li Yunjing teased him about someday affording a Ten Thousand Mile Communication Talisman.

Li Yunjing arranged for Fang Yuxuan to manage the Star Moon Trading Firm and helped Xing'er and Yue'er prepare for his departure back to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect. After providing the women with resources and protection, he left the shop in their hands and asked Fang Yuxuan to look after them.

• Fang Yuxuan offered to handle the shop transfer and lower its rent, but Li Yunjing warned him not to exploit the Gong Family descendants for profit.
• Li Yunjing renamed Gong's General Store the Star Moon Trading Firm and told Xing'er, Yue'er, and Liu Ruyan that he would return to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect in fewer than four days.
• Xing'er and Yue'er explained that Liu Ruyan faced pressure from forces behind Misty Rain Pavilion, and Li Yunjing promised to stay in touch and protect them.
• Li Yunjing gave Xing'er and Yue'er magic artifacts, pills, talismans, Spirit Gathering Arrays, Spirit Stones, and Hundred Treasure Pouches to support their cultivation and business.
• Fang Yuxuan returned with help and supplies, presenting Li Yunjing with a one-hundred-year lease at ten thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones per year.
• Li Yunjing accepted the contract, handed it to Yue'er, and asked Fang Yuxuan to look after matters at the trading firm after he returned to the sect.

Li Yunjing finished preparing the Star Moon Trading Firm and secured support for it from Fang Yuxuan and his associates. He left Xing'er and Yue'er at home to rest and attended a banquet at Misty Rain Pavilion, where news of his new shop spread through Red Sun Market before it opened.

• Fang Long investigated Li Yunjing, warned Fang Yuxuan not to offend him, and prompted Fang Yuxuan to treat Li Yunjing with deference.
• Li Yunjing and his helpers renovated the Star Moon Trading Firm, stocked its shelves, and secured its goods with restrictions and talismans.
• Li Yunjing gave Liu Ruyan 5,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones to arrange a banquet and asked Fang Yuxuan and the others to protect Xing'er, Yue'er, Liu Ruyan, and the trading firm.
• Li Yunjing finished furnishing the shop with Xing'er and Yue'er, then told them to rest at home while he attended the evening gathering.
• Li Yunjing thanked Liu Ruyan for arranging the banquet at Heavenly Fragrance Courtyard and explained that the gathering would also help her and Misty Rain Pavilion.
• Fang Yuxuan brought disciples and market figures to the banquet, spreading word that Li Yunjing was a powerful Divine Firmament Dao Sect inner disciple with a new trading firm.

Li Yunjing opened Star Moon Trading Firm after networking with local cultivators and preparing stock through a night of talisman-making. The shop attracted its first customer, and the chapter ended with Xing'er and Yue'er reporting a first-day net income of 2,276 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

• Li Yunjing won the local cultivators’ goodwill at a banquet, then learned that former employees of Gong's General Store wanted to join Star Moon Trading Firm.
• Li Yunjing made three hundred Five Elements Spirit Talismans overnight, and the next morning he opened the shop quietly with seven employees.
• After a slow morning, Ma Luo entered the shop, bought a set of high-grade Five Elements Spirit Talismans, and received a ten percent discount from Li Yunjing.
• Li Yunjing slept while Xing'er and Yue'er managed the shop, then learned that the first day’s net income was 2,276 Low-grade Spirit Stones.