Chapter Summaries

Luo Yunji used Tian Buyi’s “Scarlet Flame” to prepare to chase the monkey that had stolen his food, but struggled to ride the flying sword. The chapter ended with him falling off it for the eleventh time.

• Luo Yunji wrestled with Big Yellow, then asked Tian Buyi for permission to borrow “Scarlet Flame” so he could pursue the monkey that stole his food.
• Zhang Xiaofan made Luo Yunji’s new meatball recipe, and the disciples and Tian Buyi enjoyed the dish before agreeing to divide such meals into portions.
• Tian Buyi asked why Luo Yunji had taken “Scarlet Flame,” and Luo Yunji declared that he would use the flying sword to chase the monkey.
• Luo Yunji practiced riding “Scarlet Flame” but fell off for the eleventh time and complained that the sword was useless.

Luo Yunji struggled to learn sword flight and mocked the difficulty, prompting Tian Buyi to lose patience with his laziness. The chapter left Tian Buyi’s flying sword pursuing the wailing Luo Yunji while Zhang Xiaofan tried to protect him.

• Luo Yunji failed to control Scarlet Flame properly and blamed the sword, then challenged Tian Buyi to find a cultivation method for running faster.
• Luo Yunji claimed he would invent a new cultivation method, but immediately asked Zhang Xiaofan to carry him, making Tian Buyi choke on his tea.
• Tian Buyi rushed to the practice ground to discipline Luo Yunji, while Zhang Xiaofan stood in his way and defended his junior brother.
• Luo Yunji crawled away on the ground, and Tian Buyi lightly poked his backside with Scarlet Flame, making him wail.
• Zhang Xiaofan grabbed for Scarlet Flame’s hilt but was thrown back by its force as Tian Buyi sent the sword toward Luo Yunji again.

Tian Buyi used his flying sword to punish Luo Yunji for being lazy, while Zhang Xiaofan and the other disciples indulged and teased the youngest disciple. The next morning, Luo Yunji sulked at everyone and ran off with Zhang Xiaofan, leaving Tian Buyi irritated with the way the others spoiled him.

• Tian Buyi chased Luo Yunji around the training field with Scarlet Flame, while Tian Linger and the senior brothers cheered and Zhang Xiaofan tried to catch the sword.
• Zhang Xiaofan carried the exhausted Luo Yunji home, checked his uninjured but reddened bottom, and urged him to exercise more; Luo Yunji insisted he would simply follow Zhang Xiaofan wherever he went.
• Song Daren and the other senior brothers visited Luo Yunji, teased him about the punishment, and rubbed him through the quilt until Zhang Xiaofan protected him.
• Luo Yunji fell asleep clinging to Zhang Xiaofan, then sulked at everyone the next morning before grabbing Zhang Xiaofan and running off.
• Tian Buyi grew displeased with the disciples for spoiling Luo Yunji and left the dining hall in a huff.

Song Daren and his disciples discussed Tian Buyi’s worries about Luo Yunji’s childish nature, while Zhang Xiaofan listened as Luo Yunji struggled to invent a movement art. Luo Yunji found a promising clue involving space, direction, and time, and Zhang Xiaofan later told Tian Buyi about his effort.

• Old Four explained that Tian Buyi feared Luo Yunji would suffer if his willful nature went unchecked, and Song Daren agreed that the nine-year-old had rarely left Big Bamboo Peak.
• Old Six imagined taking Luo Yunji down the mountain once the senior brothers reached the fifth cultivation level, while Song Daren blushed at Old Two’s teasing about Wen Min.
• At their rear-mountain hideout, Luo Yunji told Zhang Xiaofan he wanted to create a cultivation art to catch up with the monkey that had stolen his things.
• Luo Yunji explained that movement arts required constant motion while spiritual energy circulation required stillness, leaving Zhang Xiaofan unable to help him solve the contradiction.
• After seeing Zhang Xiaofan approach, Luo Yunji had a flash of insight and began considering space, direction, and time as possible clues.
• Zhang Xiaofan carried Luo Yunji back without disturbing him, then told Tian Buyi that Luo Yunji was trying to create a movement art and had become lost in thought.

Luo Yunji filled his room with notes while devising a movement technique, and Tian Buyi and the others waited anxiously. He eventually taught the awkward Zhang Xiaofan the technique’s footwork, leaving him still struggling through its twelve steps.

• Zhang Xiaofan told Tian Buyi that Luo Yunji was working on a movement technique, and Tian Buyi explained why such techniques were rare.
• Old Sixth found Luo Yunji writing among piles of paper covered in symbols, and Tian Buyi recognized that he was trying to solve the movement technique problem.
• After days of waiting and relying on hidden food, Zhang Xiaofan brought supplies back to Luo Yunji, while Old Sixth praised Zhang Xiaofan’s cooking.
• Luo Yunji emerged after several more days and took Zhang Xiaofan to their secret stronghold to teach him the technique’s footwork.
• Zhang Xiaofan practiced for a month and reached the eighth of twelve steps, while Luo Yunji admitted he found practicing too tiring.

Luo Yunji trained Zhang Xiaofan in a new footwork method until Zhang Xiaofan was injured, then brought him back to rest. After tending to Zhang Xiaofan’s feet, Luo Yunji persuaded him to learn massage so he could enjoy foot soaks too.

• Luo Yunji ended Zhang Xiaofan’s footwork practice after Zhang Xiaofan twisted his foot and neck, then used Scarlet Flame to carry him back.
• Du Bishu and Lu Daxin saw Zhang Xiaofan return battered, and Sixth Brother explained why Zhang Xiaofan had previously carried Luo Yunji home himself.
• Zhang Xiaofan could not cook because of his injuries, so Sixth Brother agreed to make dinner while Zhang Xiaofan fell asleep.
• Luo Yunji soaked and massaged Zhang Xiaofan’s swollen feet, muttering that he wanted revenge on a monkey that had stolen his things.
• Luo Yunji asked Zhang Xiaofan to learn massage so he could receive foot soaks in return, and Zhang Xiaofan happily agreed.

Luo Yunji treated Zhang Xiaofan’s sprained foot while Zhang Xiaofan reflected on how Big Bamboo Peak had become his home. As Luo Yunji continued teaching him movement footwork to catch the monkey, he revealed he could cool hot water with ease, surprising Song Daren.

• Luo Yunji gave Zhang Xiaofan three medicinal foot soaks and massages, and Zhang Xiaofan felt his injury improving.
• Zhang Xiaofan carried the sleeping Luo Yunji onto the bed and reflected that his senior brothers, master, mistress, senior sister, and little junior brother made Big Bamboo Peak feel like home.
• Song Daren entered with Luo Yunji and asked how Zhang Xiaofan had sprained his foot; Luo Yunji explained it happened while Zhang Xiaofan practiced movement footwork.
• Luo Yunji resumed treating Zhang Xiaofan’s feet, and the hot medicinal water cooled when he placed his hand in it.
• Song Daren tested the water and asked how Luo Yunji had cooled it, while Luo Yunji explained that water could be made hot, cold, or even turned to ice.

Luo Yunji demonstrated that he could create an ice sphere without using a magic treasure, prompting He Dazhi to suspect that his improved Taiji Mystic Purity Dao cultivated elemental attributes directly. The disciples discovered their own Taiji Seals showed different attributes, but they still needed to ask Luo Yunji what was happening.

• Luo Yunji lifted water from a basin and froze it into a sphere, startling Song Daren, who hurried away with the ice to show Tian Buyi.
• Song Daren warned Tian Buyi that the ice technique belonged to Dragon Head Peak, and Tian Buyi considered asking the sect leader to mediate.
• He Dazhi proposed that Luo Yunji's cultivation method could cultivate attributes without relying on magic treasures, unlike Azure Clouds' usual techniques.
• He Dazhi and Lu Daxin displayed Taiji Seals with different colors, and the group identified Lu Daxin's as having a metal attribute.
• He Dazhi explained that he could not identify his own attribute and had been unable to find Luo Yunji or Zhang Xiaofan; Tian Buyi ordered someone to call Luo Yunji, but Song Daren worried about interrupting him treating Zhang Xiaofan's injury.

Tian Buyi learned that Zhang Xiaofan had created a movement technique, but Song Daren explained that Zhang Xiaofan had refused to teach it to the others. Song Daren went to summon him and caught him and Luo Yunji secretly sharing monkey wine, then negotiated a taste for himself.

• Tian Buyi was shocked to hear that Zhang Xiaofan had created a technique for running fast and ordered Song Daren to bring him over.
• Luo Yunji praised Zhang Xiaofan’s recovery and joined him in sharing snacks and monkey wine in bed.
• Song Daren walked in, noticed the wine, and threatened to tell Tian Buyi unless he could taste it.
• Zhang Xiaofan reassured Luo Yunji that they could get more monkey wine, and Luo Yunji poured Song Daren half a cup.
• Song Daren savored the wine while Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan hid with the bamboo tube.

Luo Yunji went with Zhang Xiaofan and Song Daren to meet Tian Buyi, where He Dazhi asked about the attributes produced by the improved Taiji Mystic Purity Dao. Luo Yunji began explaining the six attribute categories, but struggled to recall details and was left answering He Dazhi’s questions.

• Song Daren told Luo Yunji that Tian Buyi and Su Ru wanted to see him, and Zhang Xiaofan joined them on the way to the central hall.
• Luo Yunji complained to Tian Buyi that Song Daren had snatched his food, and Tian Buyi rebuked Song Daren before asking Luo Yunji to help He Dazhi with a cultivation question.
• He Dazhi showed Luo Yunji his Taiji Seal and asked whether the improved Taiji Mystic Purity Dao produced different attributes for different people.
• Luo Yunji said He Dazhi’s attribute seemed to be wind and listed metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and spirit as the six major categories.
• Tian Buyi asked whether Luo Yunji had learned this from books in his sea of consciousness, and Luo Yunji agreed to explain after He Dazhi offered to ask questions.
• He Dazhi asked what the spirit attribute meant, and Luo Yunji described it as consciousness, spiritual sense, and self-awareness before admitting he could not recall more.

Luo Yunji explained mental-attribute cultivation and discovered that Second Senior Brother possessed the rare attribute. He warned the group that true illusions could attack the mind and kill someone even if they knew they were illusions.

• Luo Yunji distinguished mental cultivation from methods that merely calmed emotions and described its power and rarity.
• Luo Yunji demonstrated that his Taiji Seal changed between several colors and said he could not identify his own attribute.
• Luo Yunji identified Tian Linger and Song Daren as earth attribute based on their Taiji Seals.
• Second Senior Brother revealed a silver Taiji Seal, and Luo Yunji confirmed that he had the mental attribute.
• Luo Yunji explained that true illusions attacked a person's consciousness and could cause death in reality.

Luo Yunji explained the attributes of the Big Bamboo Peak disciples and demonstrated how water could change into ice. The chapter ended with Su Ru beginning to understand his explanation of water’s unusual nature.

• Luo Yunji agreed to search his sea of consciousness for a cultivation method that might help Second Senior Brother, though Wu Dayi warned him not to risk himself.
• Luo Yunji identified Sixth Senior Brother’s attribute as wood, Lu Daxin’s as metal, Zheng Dali’s as fire, and Su Ru’s as ice.
• Luo Yunji explained that wood could branch into poison, healing, and the powerful thunder attribute, leaving Sixth Senior Brother disappointed that he had only the ordinary wood attribute.
• Luo Yunji described water as a powerful, non-contentious force and conjured water that flowed around him before turning it into an ice spike.
• Su Ru listened to Luo Yunji’s explanation and seemed to gain some understanding.

Luo Yunji explained elemental attributes to the Qingyun disciples, teaching them that ice was a state of water and advising Su Ru to focus on her ice attribute. After dinner, Tian Buyi called Zhang Xiaofan to answer him, leaving the reason unclear.

• Luo Yunji demonstrated water’s solid, liquid, and gaseous states, and Su Ru showed signs of a breakthrough as she listened.
• Luo Yunji advised Su Ru to specialize in her ice attribute, and Tian Linger pouted when Su Ru answered Luo Yunji calling her Mother.
• Tian Buyi displayed his fiery Taiji Seal, while Zhang Xiaofan noticed Eldest Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, and Fourth Senior Brother reacting strangely.
• Luo Yunji’s lesson ran until sunset, and Tian Buyi took Song Daren aside before the hungry disciples dispersed to dinner.
• Second Senior Brother worried that Junior Sister’s earth attribute contradicted what Luo Yunji had taught, but Fourth Senior Brother reminded him that her Amber Vermilion Silk could change her attribute.
• After Zhang Xiaofan cooked dinner, Tian Buyi sternly called him forward as Luo Yunji slept in his chair.

Tian Buyi confronted Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji over the monkey wine, discovering that Luo Yunji had taken the jar Tian Buyi buried years earlier. The argument ended with Tian Buyi demanding what remained, while Luo Yunji resisted because a monkey had already taken one canister.

• Tian Buyi questioned Zhang Xiaofan about hiding monkey wine, but Zhang stayed silent and Tian Buyi ordered the others to wake Luo Yunji.
• Sixth Senior Brother woke Luo Yunji, who punched him and then tried to leave before Zhang Xiaofan stopped him.
• Tian Buyi accused Luo Yunji of taking his wine after smelling its fragrance on Song Daren, and Zhang Xiaofan initially took the blame.
• Luo Yunji claimed he had found the wine under a tree, and Su Ru reminded Tian Buyi that Luo Yunji had been present when he buried it as a baby.
• Luo Yunji said he had taken the wine the month before last and that one canister remained, prompting Tian Buyi to demand it back.
• Luo Yunji said the wine was his now and resisted returning it, as one of the two canisters had already been taken by a monkey.

Zhang Xiaofan convinced Luo Yunji to give Tian Buyi a tube of his cultivation-enhancing monkey wine, which the family shared. The gathering ended with everyone stunned to learn Zhang Xiaofan had already reached the second level, while Luo Yunji fell asleep after drinking a full cup.

• Zhang Xiaofan injured his foot again but insisted on accompanying Luo Yunji to retrieve the monkey wine for Tian Buyi.
• Luo Yunji reluctantly handed Tian Buyi one tube of monkey wine, explaining that Zhang Xiaofan had blended it with ingredients to increase cultivation.
• Tian Buyi had Song Daren divide the wine among the family, and Zhang Xiaofan confirmed that it had helped him reach the second level.
• Tian Buyi and Su Ru attributed Zhang Xiaofan's rapid progress partly to Luo Yunji's new cultivation method, and Tian Buyi urged his other disciples to work harder.
• Luo Yunji drank his entire cup at once and promptly fell asleep as the others tasted the wine.

Luo Yunji’s drunken fit unleashed powerful water techniques that repelled his fellow disciples as they tried to bring him back to bed. The disciples were left battered while Tian Buyi and Su Ru watched, and Su Ru marveled at Luo Yunji’s unfamiliar attacks.

• Luo Yunji stood up drunk and blasted Zhang Xiaofan and Song Daren away when they tried to support him.
• Tian Buyi ordered the disciples to restrain Luo Yunji, but their attempts and six Taiji Seals were thrown back at them.
• Tian Buyi let the disciples attack again while he and Su Ru watched, and Zhang Xiaofan warned them not to hurt Luo Yunji.
• Luo Yunji used a water ribbon from his right arm to fling several senior brothers away and drive Song Daren into the ceiling.
• Luo Yunji formed a second water ribbon with his left hand to whip away Fourth Senior Brother and Sixth Senior Brother, then coiled both ribbons around himself for protection.

Luo Yunji effortlessly endured and evaded attacks from the six disciples and Tian Buyi, revealing his extraordinary movement technique while drunk. The chapter ended with him naming Tian Buyi the strongest person on Big Bamboo Peak and drunkenly teasing him about his belly.

• Tian Buyi scolded the six disciples after they failed to subdue Luo Yunji, and Sixth Senior Brother's spell struck Luo Yunji without injuring him.
• Tian Buyi ordered the disciples to attack together, and Tian Linger joined them with her Amber Vermilion Silk.
• Luo Yunji used his movement technique to evade the combined attack, leaving the disciples stunned when they found him unharmed beneath a distant tree.
• Tian Buyi attacked Luo Yunji with Scarlet Flame, but Luo Yunji dodged again and appeared behind the group on a rock.
• Luo Yunji drunkenly declared Tian Buyi the strongest person on Big Bamboo Peak, then laughed and called him fat, prompting Tian Buyi to deny it.

After getting drunk, Luo Yunji repeatedly performed a spell that summoned a massive deep-blue dragon above Big Bamboo Peak, then fell asleep on Zhang Xiaofan’s back. Tian Buyi and the arriving Shuiyue and Su Ru tried to stop the dragon as it descended, but it dodged Shuiyue’s attack.

• Luo Yunji drunkenly said he wanted to become as amazing as Big Fatty and copied his round belly.
• Luo Yunji recited a spell and repeated its movements until its seal shone brightly in the sky; Fourth Senior Brother realized it was an attack spell.
• Luo Yunji released the spell, summoning a huge deep-blue dragon, then clung to Zhang Xiaofan and fell asleep.
• Tian Buyi began using the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art while the dragon emerged fully and snow began to fall over Big Bamboo Peak.
• Shuiyue and Su Ru arrived to help, but Shuiyue’s sword strike missed as the dragon dodged and descended toward the disciples.

Tian Buyi’s demonstration of the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art ended with a dragon-shaped attack crashing into Big Bamboo Peak and a beautiful ice formation rising from the crater. Daoxuan asked Tian Buyi for the improved technique, while Su Ru and Shuiyue checked on the sleeping Luo Yunji and found Zhang Xiaofan caring for him.

• Tian Buyi’s lightning struck the giant dragon, but the reduced dragon crashed into Big Bamboo Peak and damaged Song Daren’s house.
• Tian Buyi claimed he had been teaching his disciples the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art as the other peak leaders arrived to inspect the damage.
• An ice cluster grew from the crater, spreading a frozen surface beneath the moonlight, and Cangsong accused Tian Buyi of using the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art.
• Tian Buyi demonstrated the improved technique to Daoxuan, who asked for a copy; Tian Buyi agreed after making Daoxuan swear not to teach it to anyone else.
• Su Ru and Shuiyue went to check on Luo Yunji and saw him sleeping while hugging Big Yellow as Zhang Xiaofan wiped him clean.

After Luo Yunji overexerted himself and cramped his whole body, Zhang Xiaofan and the others cared for him as he groaned in pain. Tian Buyi banned Luo Yunji from drinking and arranged for him to receive food and a precious Great Yellow Pill.

• Shuiyue learned that Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji shared a room because Luo Yunji had destroyed several buildings with a spell formula.
• Zhang Xiaofan adjusted Luo Yunji's sleeping position and fell asleep beside him and Big Yellow.
• Zhang Xiaofan discovered Luo Yunji groaning in pain the next morning and summoned Tian Buyi, who diagnosed whole-body cramps from overexertion.
• Tian Buyi blamed the disciples for spoiling Luo Yunji and declared that Luo Yunji was forbidden from drinking.
• Luo Yunji woke up in pain, said he was hungry, and asked Zhang Xiaofan to make him a long list of dishes.
• Tian Buyi sent Zhang Xiaofan to cook and told Song Daren to bring Luo Yunji a Great Yellow Pill.