Chapter Summaries

Luo Yunji’s Rain Technique caused trouble across Azure Cloud Sect, so the elders sealed most of its power with the Evil Umbrella. He then defected from the sect, split its thousand-year-old gate, and was found in Heyang City with Bi Yao and Youji.

• Shuiyue True Person took Su Ru and Tian Linger to Small Bamboo Peak, and she convinced Tian Buyi to retrieve the Evil Umbrella to suppress Luo Yunji’s Rain Technique.
• Luo Yunji’s rain continued to torment the other peaks, and the Six Veins forbade him from leaving Big Bamboo Peak.
• Luo Yunji left Azure Cloud Sect with Bi Yao and Youji after cleaving the mountain gate in two, shocking Daoxuan True Person and worrying Tian Buyi and Su Ru.
• Song Daren, He Dazhi, and Zhang Xiaofan found Luo Yunji in Heyang City, where his rain had left the townspeople sprawled on the ground.
• Luo Yunji told Song Daren and He Dazhi that he had come for tasty food and split the gate because Bi Yao had promised him more.

Luo Yunji refused to return to Azure Cloud Mountain, while He Dazhi and Zhang Xiaofan planned to leave with him and Wu Dayi. Tian Buyi confronted his disciples and, after He Dazhi asked to take Wu Dayi along, demanded that He Dazhi swear to him.

• Luo Yunji refused Song Daren's attempt to bring him back, and Zhang Xiaofan chose to stay beside him.
• He Dazhi told Zhang Xiaofan that he planned to leave the sect with Wu Dayi and urged him to prepare for their departure.
• Song Daren reported that Luo Yunji had split Azure Cloud's mountain gate for food, prompting Tian Buyi to rush to Heyang City.
• Tian Buyi returned to Big Bamboo Peak and found He Dazhi and Wu Dayi kneeling to bid him farewell.
• He Dazhi asked Tian Buyi to let Wu Dayi leave with him, and Tian Buyi demanded that He Dazhi swear to him.

He Dazhi and Wu Dayi swore to protect their fellow disciples as they left Big Bamboo Peak to retrieve a missing companion. Tian Buyi then learned that Daoxuan intended to let Qingyun’s disciples practice the improved method at Big Bamboo Peak, while they worried over Wu Dayi’s uncertain fate.

• Tian Buyi ordered He Dazhi to swear he would bring all three fellow disciples safely back to Big Bamboo Peak, and He Dazhi and Wu Dayi made solemn oaths.
• He Dazhi, Wu Dayi, and the disciples joining their journey kowtowed to Tian Buyi, exchanged farewells, and left the Cave Dwelling.
• Tian Buyi reported to Daoxuan that he had sent disciples to bring the missing companion back, explaining that Xiaofan would follow the boy.
• Daoxuan revealed that he wanted Qingyun’s disciples to practice the improved cultivation method at the abandoned front of Big Bamboo Peak, even if they damaged it.
• Tian Buyi and Daoxuan discussed the danger posed by Wu Dayi’s ability and the possibility that he would be expelled or killed, while Tian Buyi took comfort in He Dazhi accompanying the others.

Luo Yunji led Zhang Xiaofan, Bi Yao, and Youji toward Mount Huqi while He Dazhi and Wu Dayi followed behind. After Ghost King Sect search parties were incapacitated by Luo Yunji’s rain and the yao beasts the group was driving, Qinglong went to meet them with high-cultivation disciples.

• Daoxuan and Tian Buyi spoke privately, and Tian Buyi shared information about his disciples to reassure him about Big Bamboo Peak.
• Luo Yunji led Zhang Xiaofan, Bi Yao, and Youji along remote paths, where Zhang Xiaofan cooked the animals Bi Yao collected.
• He Dazhi and Wu Dayi reached Mount Huqi, and He Dazhi asked the Ghost King to search for Bi Yao and Zhang Xiaofan.
• The Ghost King sent search parties, but Luo Yunji’s rain weakened them and the yao beasts the group was driving injured them.
• He Dazhi explained that Luo Yunji could not yet control his power, so the Ghost King sent Qinglong and highly cultivated disciples to receive the group.

After Luo Yunji’s uncontrollable Rain Technique caused trouble on Mount Huqi, the Ghost King moved Wu Dayi and his junior brothers to a barren, distant mountain. Luo Yunji began using the rain to try to improve the land, leaving the group to see whether it could become livable.

• Youji recalled that Zhang Xiaofan had used her as bait to catch Monster Beasts, and Qinglong learned that Luo Yunji wanted fresh meat.
• The Ghost King saw the Monster Beasts injure people after they left the Rain Technique’s range, while Bi Yao insisted they be kept alive for food.
• The Ghost King relocated Wu Dayi and his three junior brothers to a barren mountain because Luo Yunji’s expanding Rain Technique affected people nearby.
• Luo Yunji complained that the mountain lacked water, plants, and a proper home, and He Dazhi warned that its soil was unsuitable for growing anything.
• Luo Yunji began casting Spirit Rain to nourish the mountain and potentially improve its soil.

Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan turned the Ghost King’s mountain into a chaotic refuge, then gained a neighboring mountain and made both lush with plants. When Luo Yunji’s stay with the Ghost King Sect drew the attention of the imperial court, the Emperor sent five thousand soldiers to Mount Huqi, leaving the Ghost King terrified.

• He Dazhi and Wu Dayi watched Bi Yao and Luo Yunji fight over Zhang Xiaofan’s food while Youji glowered nearby.
• He Dazhi suggested Luo Yunji visit Bi Yao so their rainy mountain could get sunlight, and Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan stayed on the Ghost King’s mountain for over a month.
• The Ghost King found his study ransacked and wrote to Tian Buyi demanding that Azure Cloud Sect retrieve Luo Yunji, but Daoxuan True Person left Tian Buyi to handle it as he saw fit.
• The Ghost King gave Luo Yunji a neighboring mountain to keep him away, and Luo Yunji later obtained seeds and saplings that transformed both mountains into lush greenery.
• After the imperial court learned Luo Yunji had left Azure Cloud Mountain, the Emperor sent five thousand soldiers to Mount Huqi, and the Ghost King panicked when the army arrived.

Luo Yunji cultivated the Two Mountains, refined tablets that let soldiers enter the range of his Rain Technique, and welcomed Long Zi and the Black Water Mystic Snake. Meanwhile, rumors that four Big Bamboo Peak disciples had joined the Ghost King Sect strained relations between Tian Buyi and Daoxuan, and Zhang Xiaofan learned a new cooking skill that gave him an idea.

• He Dazhi moved the soldiers away from Luo Yunji’s Rain Technique, then organized them into squads to find rare plants in exchange for rewards.
• Luo Yunji refined five thousand crystal tablets from a Water-Avoiding Pearl, the Death Spirit Stone, and soul-stabilizing materials, allowing the soldiers to enter the Two Mountains.
• Daoxuan True Person told Tian Buyi to deny that the four Big Bamboo Peak disciples had betrayed their sect, while hinting that the outcome suited Tian Buyi too.
• Tian Buyi returned to Big Bamboo Peak and shut himself in his study, and three days later a letter was secretly sent out.
• Long Zi and the Black Water Mystic Snake settled on the Two Mountains, where they inspired the Monster Beasts and helped protect soldiers on errands.
• Zhang Xiaofan learned to make the unfamiliar food in half a month and came up with an idea.

Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji established the Food Mansion in Two Mountains, drawing visitors with rare ingredients and food that could improve cultivation. As the site grew famous and the Ghost King Sect’s location became known, He Dazhi trained the soldiers there and welcomed a group of imperial officers that included Zhou Mu.

• Zhang Xiaofan and Fourth Senior Brother arranged for five thousand soldiers to build a Food Mansion in Two Mountains, and Luo Yunji recruited skilled cooks and rare ingredients by offering one wish to anyone who gained its approval.
• The crowds drawn to Two Mountains led others to pinpoint the Ghost King Sect’s general location, while Daoxuan True Person welcomed the news and recalled choosing not to bring Luo Yunji back.
• The Food Mansion’s food reportedly improved cultivation, and the Ghost King confirmed the effect when sect members exchanged rare plants for meals.
• Visitors who tried to bypass the screening were overcome by the rain or beaten by demonic beasts, while the Food Mansion itself remained hidden inside a mountain cave.
• He Dazhi trained the five thousand soldiers, who searched for medicinal plants to sustain their bodies, and accepted imperial officers in exchange for the court’s help obtaining supplies.
• Zhou Mu met He Dazhi in Sanfu Town and told him that a national martial contest had selected the officers, after elderly generals’ youthful appearances convinced many that the Imperial Preceptor’s mountain could renew them.

Zhou Mu learned that he and the other court officers would have to wait for Crystal Tablets before entering Two Mountains, while Sanfu Town dealt with a steady influx of suspicious outsiders. He Dazhi returned to Food Mansion and found that Wu Dayi had stopped two intruders who were trying to reach Wish.

• He Dazhi explained to Zhou Mu that entry to Two Mountains required a Crystal Tablet, and the limited supply meant the four court officers had to wait.
• He Dazhi ordered three suspected intruders detained, and Zhou Mu learned how Sanfu Town protected chefs and handled outsiders.
• He Dazhi settled Zhou Mu and the other officers in Sanfu Town, then returned to Two Mountains to urge his Little Junior Brother to make more Crystal Tablets.
• He Dazhi found the strongest demon beasts unconscious and saw two beaten intruders inside Food Mansion.
• Wu Dayi explained that the intruders had used powders and liquids to knock out demon beasts and had come for Wish despite not being chefs.

He Dazhi, Wu Dayi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Luo Yunji discussed how to teach cooking disciples to cultivate spiritual energy and decided Luo Yunji should create a new technique. The chapter ended with He Dazhi proposing that the Food Mansion collect manuals by claiming it could improve them, despite the danger of drawing the cultivation world's hostility.

• He Dazhi told the soldiers to keep the detained people locked up for a few days and release them if they meant no harm.
• Zhang Xiaofan selected chefs to learn cooking, and several families moved to town so their children could become cooking disciples.
• Luo Yunji examined the old cultivation manuals and warned that they were complicated and difficult to understand.
• Luo Yunji offered to create a new technique after the brothers rejected using the existing manuals or relying on his own knowledge.
• He Dazhi suggested collecting manuals under the Food Mansion's name by inviting people to test its ability to improve cultivation manuals.
• Wu Dayi warned that the plan could make the Food Mansion a target in the cultivation world.

Luo Yunji fled the Two Mountains for the Imperial City, and his Rain Technique incapacitated people along the way and inside the palace. As righteous and demonic cultivators converged on the city, he arrived and dragged Liao Xing into the Prince's Mansion.

• Luo Yunji left the Two Mountains with Long Zi and Dahei, prompting Zhang Xiaofan to pursue him, Wu Dayi to organize guards, and He Dazhi to seek help from the Ghost King.
• Luo Yunji's Rain Technique left people and livestock helpless in the towns along his route, spreading alarm among cultivators and both factions.
• Tian Buyi went to the Imperial City to investigate, and Daoxuan True Person sent Zeng Shuchang to accompany him.
• Luo Yunji reached the Imperial City during court, incapacitating the officials and others with his rain, while soldiers helped the Emperor and Prince.
• Luo Yunji entered the Prince's Mansion dragging Liao Xing, and the soldiers recognized and took the Little Prince from him.

Luo Yunji reunited with Zhang Xiaofan at Water Marsh after his Rain Technique had incapacitated the Imperial City, and the brothers prepared to return to Two Mountains. The Prince and his family joined them, where Liao Xing asked Luo Yunji about slimming down, only to hear that Luo Yunji admired his belly.

• Luo Yunji realized his Rain Technique had made the Imperial City’s inhabitants collapse and fled to Water Marsh, where the people gradually recovered.
• The Prince learned Luo Yunji was at Water Marsh, and Zhang Xiaofan met him on the way there after helping people affected by the Rain Technique.
• Zhang Xiaofan found Luo Yunji with Dabai and the other Yin Spirits, then cooked him a proper meal and urged him to return because Two Mountains were nearly in chaos.
• The Prince, Princess Consort, and Liao Xing arrived with Crystal Tablets, and Zhang Xiaofan explained that Luo Yunji had slimmed down because of his cultivation technique.
• Liao Xing asked Luo Yunji to teach him how to slim down, but Luo Yunji said he admired Liao Xing’s belly because his master was fat.

Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji returned to Two Mountains during a battle, where Luo Yunji’s Rain Technique incapacitated the fighters. After the Ghost King arrived and the rain stopped, Luo Yunji gave Zhang Xiaofan a Crystal Tablet that could protect its wearer from the technique.

• After Zhang Xiaofan finished speaking with the Prince and sharing food, he and Luo Yunji rode Long Zi back to Two Mountains.
• He Dazhi and Wu Dayi called for Luo Yunji to use the Rain Technique, which quickly incapacitated the fighters battling at the foot of the mountain.
• He Dazhi told Luo Yunji to watch the Ghost King and protect the righteous cultivators, but the Ghost King arrived and asked Luo Yunji to stop the rain.
• Luo Yunji stopped the Rain Technique after the Ghost King threatened to cut off his ingredients, then secretly put a Crystal Tablet into Zhang Xiaofan’s chest.
• Zhang Xiaofan recovered enough to carry He Dazhi and Wu Dayi into the house, and Luo Yunji explained that the Crystal Tablet could protect its wearer from his Rain Technique.

Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji went down the mountain to check on the people incapacitated by Luo Yunji’s spell, where the Ghost King complained about the damage. The chapter left Zhang Xiaofan joining Luo Yunji in looting the helpless crowd for cultivation manuals while the Ghost King watched in disbelief.

• He Dazhi sent Zhang Xiaofan down the mountain wearing the Crystal Tablet, and Luo Yunji followed him with the Treasure Umbrella.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji found the Ghost King surrounded by people felled by Luo Yunji’s spell, and the Ghost King vented his frustration at the mess.
• The Ghost King explained that the incapacitated people would have to recover on their own, and Zhang Xiaofan realized Luo Yunji had wandered off.
• Zhang Xiaofan and the Ghost King found Luo Yunji searching the fallen people and collecting their manuals.
• Luo Yunji urged Zhang Xiaofan to help him loot the crowd, and Zhang Xiaofan joined in while the Ghost King watched.

Zhang Xiaofan returned to the Two Mountains with manuals taken from the cultivators, and He Dazhi and Wu Dayi considered how to handle them. After copying the manuals overnight, Zhang Xiaofan brought the originals to the Ghost King Sect Headquarters and handed them to the Ghost King.

• The Ghost King and Zhang Xiaofan killed a weakened Loose Cultivator who cursed them, prompting the other cultivators to flee once they recovered.
• Zhang Xiaofan carried the collected manuals back to the Two Mountains with Luo Yunji, while the Ghost King departed after asking him to send a copy.
• He Dazhi and Wu Dayi examined the manuals and decided to copy them before sending the originals to the Ghost King.
• Zhang Xiaofan brought food to his senior brothers, then took the manuals to Luo Yunji to see whether they could help him create a cultivation technique.
• Zhang Xiaofan stayed up all night copying the manuals and delivered the originals to the Ghost King at Ghost King Sect Headquarters the next morning.

Ghost King regretted taking responsibility for the stolen cultivation manuals, while Luo Yunji completed much of a better manual for the soldiers. Azure Cloud Sect leaders decided to investigate the matter, and disciples from three branches set out for the Two Mountains as Luo Yunji mastered the Rain Technique.

• Ghost King found the delivered cultivation manuals useless and blamed Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji for the trouble they had caused.
• Luo Yunji spent a month drafting a promising cultivation manual for the five thousand soldiers.
• Daoxuan True Person and the branch leaders discussed reports that manuals had been stolen and agreed to send disciples to investigate before deciding what to do.
• Tian Buyi, Shuiyue True Person, and Zeng Shuchang chose Song Daren, Wen Min, and Shushu to represent their branches.
• Two days later, disciples from the three branches left Azure Cloud Mountain for the Two Mountains in the Huqi Mountains, while Luo Yunji mastered the Rain Technique.

After Luo Yunji left the Two Mountains for Sanfu Town, a crowd confronted him over the cultivation manuals he had stolen, and his insults nearly sparked a fight. He revealed that the manuals were with the Ghost King and that he could not return the old man’s Thousand Rock Ten Thousand Layer Technique.

• Luo Yunji left the Two Mountains and went to Zhang Xiaofan’s inn to watch the chefs’ selection, where people who recognized him gathered outside.
• Zhang Xiaofan blocked the entrance while a white-haired old man knelt and wailed about his stolen cultivation manual.
• Luo Yunji came out, insulted the manuals and the old man, and silenced the crowd by striking the ground and making a pit.
• The Ghost King and Bi Yao watched from the crowd, and the Ghost King pulled Bi Yao away as the onlookers erupted in anger.
• Luo Yunji reached for the Yin-Yang Orbs when people cursed Zhang Xiaofan, but Zhang Xiaofan stopped him and warned him not to cause trouble.
• Luo Yunji asked the old man which manual he had lost, then said the manuals were with the Ghost King and he could not return the Thousand Rock Ten Thousand Layer Technique.

Luo Yunji improved unaffiliated cultivators’ techniques in Sanfu Town, drawing a flood of visitors and turning the town into a thriving center. As its population and reputation grew, the emperor raised the question of managing it, and eager officials fought over the assignment.

• Luo Yunji offered the white-haired elder an improved Thousand Rock Ten Thousand Layer Technique, and the elder emerged a day later with stronger cultivation.
• Dozens of unaffiliated cultivators knelt outside the inn seeking Luo Yunji’s help, while Zhang Xiaofan told the innkeeper not to let them disrupt business.
• Acquaintances sent people to Azure Cloud to retract their accusations, but Song Daren, Wen Min, and Zeng Shushu continued toward Two Mountains to investigate.
• The Ghost King heard reports from Sanfu Town and ordered his people to keep watching Luo Yunji.
• Luo Yunji spent less than ten days pacifying the cultivators whose techniques he had taken, and more people began bringing him techniques to improve.
• Sanfu Town expanded into a city as unaffiliated cultivators flocked there, and the emperor’s officials fought over who would manage it.

The imperial procession left for Two Mountains while Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji stayed in Sanfu Town to recruit chefs and assist cultivators. The Ghost King sought Luo Yunji’s help after a misdirecting formation sent trespassers into Ghost King Sect territory, and he found Luo Yunji eating at the inn.

• The Old Prime Minister and an old general secured places in the party traveling to Two Mountains, and both brought family members along.
• The Third Prince secretly joined the journey with Liao Xing, saying he had left his imperial uncle a letter.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji judged chefs in Sanfu Town, where Loose Cultivators protected chefs in hopes of earning cultivation advice.
• The Ghost King learned that his sect’s cells were full of people who had trespassed into Two Mountains and arrived in Ghost King Sect territory.
• The Ghost King asked Wu Dayi and He Dazhi to redirect the formation and requested a protective formation around his sect; Wu Dayi took him to find Luo Yunji.
• The Ghost King reached the inn, sat beside Luo Yunji, and began eating while Luo Yunji read a cultivation manual.

The Ghost King asked Luo Yunji and his companions to set up formations at the Ghost King Sect headquarters, but Luo Yunji refused before hearing the request. After the Ghost King left, He Dazhi explained the problem and proposed asking for Heavenly Book Volume Two as payment, leaving Zhang Xiaofan wondering whether the Ghost King would provide the complete volume.

• The Ghost King argued with Luo Yunji over food and accused Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji of sending trespassers to the Ghost King Sect through their formations on the Two Mountains.
• Luo Yunji attacked the Ghost King after being spanked, and Zhang Xiaofan carried him away while He Dazhi criticized the Ghost King for bullying a child.
• He Dazhi told Luo Yunji that the Ghost King wanted his help, but Luo Yunji immediately refused, and the Ghost King left after agreeing to pay whatever they requested.
• He Dazhi explained to Zhang Xiaofan that the Two Mountains formations had sent trespassers near the Ghost King Sect headquarters, where they risked being killed.
• He Dazhi proposed requesting Heavenly Book Volume Two as payment, and Zhang Xiaofan asked how they could ensure the Ghost King would give them the complete volume.