Chapter Summaries

Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai visited Treasure Pill Pavilion seeking Spirit Nourishing Pills to treat Su Shi'er's damaged Sea of Consciousness. They learned the three pills in stock cost ten thousand mid-grade Gathering Yuan Pills each because the shop had spent thirty furnaces trying to refine them, and the chapter ended with Su Shi'er understanding that the original buyer had reneged on his order.

• Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai entered Treasure Pill Pavilion and asked whether it had Spirit Sculpting Pills and Spirit Nourishing Pills.
• The clerk said the pavilion had three low-grade Spirit Nourishing Pills and quoted ten thousand mid-grade Gathering Yuan Pills for each.
• Hou Sihai challenged the price and demanded an explanation from the pavilion's boss.
• The clerk explained that the pills had taken thirty furnaces to refine and had been reserved by a buyer who later refused to pay the agreed price.
• Su Shi'er understood why the pills were being offered for sale at such a high price.

Su Shi'er negotiated to buy three Spirit Nourishing Pills, more than two hundred ruined pills, and the pill formula from the Treasure Pill Pavilion. The pavilion agreed to include the ruined pills but required him to purchase the formula separately, leaving the terms unresolved.

• Hou Sihai suspected Su Shi'er of using a buyer's change of heart to pressure the Treasure Pill Pavilion, but Su Shi'er denied it.
• Su Shi'er offered thirty thousand mid-grade Gathering Yuan Pills for three Spirit Nourishing Pills on the condition that the pavilion also give him all its ruined pills.
• Su Shi'er asked to buy the Spirit Nourishing Pill formula and persuaded the attendant to consult the steward about the request.
• While waiting in a VIP room, Su Shi'er told Hou Sihai he wanted the ruined pills for research, while hiding his true reason for wanting them.
• The attendant returned and said the pavilion would give Su Shi'er the ruined pills but would sell the formula separately.

Su Shi'er bought the Spirit Nourishing Pill formula and ten sets of ingredients from Treasure Pill Pavilion using five hundred Top-grade Gathering Yuan Pills. As the attendant returned with the goods, Zhu Wensheng and Xi Xiaoyun recognized Su Shi'er and confronted him over the Fire Barbarian Flower seed.

• Su Shi'er learned that Treasure Pill Pavilion was selling the Spirit Nourishing Pill formula and ten sets of ingredients because its grand alchemist had entered death seclusion.
• Su Shi'er paid with five hundred bottles of Gathering Yuan Pills, which the attendant discovered contained Top-grade pills.
• The attendant accepted the payment and left to fetch the Spirit Nourishing Pills while Su Shi'er waited with Hou Sihai.
• The attendant returned with Zhu Wensheng and Xi Xiaoyun, who recognized Su Shi'er and accused him of ruining their plans.
• Zhu Wensheng said the Fire Barbarian Flower seed was in the hands of Su Shi'er and his companion.

Su Shi'er completed his transaction for Spirit Nourishing Pills and refused to sell any to Zhu Wensheng and Xi Xiaoyun despite their offers and threats. When Zhu Wensheng moved to attack, two elders arrived to intervene, including a Golden Core cultivator from the Phantom Star Sect.

• The clerk brought Zhu Wensheng and Xi Xiaoyun to Su Shi'er and explained that Treasure Pill Pavilion wanted him to sell them Spirit Nourishing Pills.
• Su Shi'er accepted the pills and medicinal materials, completed the transaction, and prepared to leave without negotiating.
• Xi Xiaoyun offered increasingly high prices for a pill, but Su Shi'er ignored her and kept walking.
• Zhu Wensheng threatened Su Shi'er with the Phantom Star Sect and began gathering his aura to attack.
• Su Shi'er challenged the clerk and Treasure Pill Pavilion to protect its customers, prompting two elders to arrive; one was a Golden Core cultivator from the Phantom Star Sect.

Su Shi'er confronted Treasure Pill Pavilion and Venerable Tianhong over Zhu Wensheng and Xi Xiaoyun’s attempt to force a trade and threaten him. After Venerable Tianhong reprimanded his disciples and Treasure Pill Pavilion offered an apology and a talisman, Su Shi'er prepared to leave, but Venerable Tianhong called him back.

• Su Shi'er challenged Treasure Pill Pavilion’s treatment of its guests, and the gray-robed elder apologized and promised his safety.
• Venerable Tianhong questioned Zhu Wensheng and Xi Xiaoyun, rejected their excuses, and accused them of abusing their status to force a trade.
• Venerable Tianhong ordered both disciples to face the Disciplinary Hall, and Zhu Wensheng admitted his fault and knelt.
• Venerable Tianhong apologized to Su Shi'er on Phantom Star Sect’s behalf, while the Treasure Pill Pavilion elder offered him a spirit talisman.
• Su Shi'er accepted the talisman and started to leave, but Venerable Tianhong called him back.

Su Shi'er negotiated with Venerable Tianhong over the Spirit Nourishing Pills and learned that Tianhong knew where to find a Thousand Year Ganoderma. The conversation left Su Shi'er wondering whether the injured new martial sister Tianhong sought to help was someone he recognized.

• Venerable Tianhong offered to buy two Spirit Nourishing Pills for thirty thousand each, but Su Shi'er refused.
• Tianhong proposed a trade, and Su Shi'er asked for a Spirit Sculpting Pill before settling for news of a Thousand Year Ganoderma.
• Tianhong revealed that he knew where a Thousand Year Ganoderma could be found and used its rarity to emphasize the value of the information.
• Hou Sihai asked why Tianhong wanted the pills, and Tianhong said they were for a newly joined martial sister whose Sea of Consciousness was injured.
• Su Shi'er connected Tianhong's description of the martial sister to a familiar figure.

Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai used Shen Tianyin's name to secure information and a deal with Venerable Tianhong, while concealing Su Shi'er's connection to Shen Miaoyin. After learning a mature Thousand Year Ganoderma would be auctioned in six months, Su Shi'er declined Tianhong's offer to bid for him and left the matter undecided.

• Su Shi'er recognized that Venerable Tianhong's junior sister Shen Tianyin might be his fellow disciple Shen Miaoyin, but concealed his suspicion and claimed Hou Sihai knew her.
• Hou Sihai used the fabricated name Wang Qinghe and agreed to give Venerable Tianhong two Spirit Nourishing Pills in exchange for information.
• Su Shi'er offered three Spirit Nourishing Pills at the original price, and Venerable Tianhong paid fifty thousand mid-grade Gathering Yuan Pills and revealed that a mature Thousand Year Ganoderma would be auctioned at Night Demon Cloud City in six months.
• Venerable Tianhong explained that an immature Thousand Year Ganoderma could not appear and that a mature one would vanish after seven days if not collected.
• Venerable Tianhong offered to bid on the Thousand Year Ganoderma for Su Shi'er, but Su Shi'er thanked him and said he and Hou Sihai would consider it themselves.

After Venerable Tianhong and the Phantom Star Sect delegation left, Su Shi'er accepted a free three-month cave dwelling from the Treasure Pill Pavilion and discussed the upcoming auction with Hou Sihai. Su Shi'er planned to pursue the Thousand Year Ganoderma and asked Hou Sihai to handle transactions and buy resources while he addressed a problem in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Venerable Tianhong left the Treasure Pill Pavilion with Zhu Wensheng and Xi Xiaoyun after obtaining the Spirit Nourishing Pills, while Xi Xiaoyun glared resentfully at Su Shi'er.
• The Gray-Robed Elder gave Su Shi'er a token for a medium-grade cave dwelling he could use free for three months.
• Su Shi'er told Hou Sihai that the Treasure Pill Pavilion elder had likely seen through something, and Hou Sihai dismissed the concern before questioning Su Shi'er about Shen Tianyin.
• Su Shi'er said he intended to attend the auction in five months to seek the Thousand Year Ganoderma and believed he had enough resources to upgrade the Night Demon Token to Heaven grade.
• Su Shi'er asked Hou Sihai to conduct transactions and purchase resources while he dealt with his Sea of Consciousness, and Hou Sihai agreed.

Su Shi'er traded resources with Hou Sihai, learned the uses of the Tears of Joy and Sorrow, and secluded himself to heal his Sea of Consciousness. More than four months later, Xi Xiaoyun and Zhu Wensheng arrived near Night Demon Cliff after disobeying Venerable Tianhong’s order to report for punishment.

• Su Shi'er gave Hou Sihai three Storage Pouches of cultivation resources and asked him to find supplies and arrange an upgrade to the Night Demon Token.
• Su Shi'er showed Hou Sihai two droplets, and Hou Sihai identified them as Tears of Joy and Sorrow that could aid cultivation or artifact refinement and purify an evil weapon.
• Su Shi'er returned to his cave dwelling, set up arrays, arranged for Ning Caiyun to collect Gathering Yuan Pills, and began healing his Sea of Consciousness with a Spirit Nourishing Pill.
• Su Shi'er spent more than four months in seclusion, gradually repairing the injuries in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Xi Xiaoyun and Zhu Wensheng arrived on a peak near Night Demon Cliff after avoiding the Disciplinary Hall, and Xi Xiaoyun told Zhu Wensheng not to fear Venerable Tianhong.

Xi Xiaoyun and Zhu Wensheng prepared an ambush for Su Shi'er with the Candle Dragon Bow, while Duanmu Fenlong arrived at Night Demon Cloud City and reunited with Sun Wenzhu. The chapter ended with their old acquaintances exchanging barbed greetings.

• Xi Xiaoyun told Zhu Wensheng that Su Shi'er was secluded near Night Demon Cliff and that Hou Sihai was raising his Night Demon Token rank for the auction.
• Xi Xiaoyun revealed the Candle Dragon Bow and planned to use a formation and their True Yuan to kill Su Shi'er; Zhu Wensheng agreed, hoping to obtain the Southern Bright Leaving Fire.
• Duanmu Fenlong arrived at Night Demon Cloud City's forbidden island, showed the chief steward a token, and was escorted to the reception hall.
• Sun Wenzhu came to meet Duanmu Fenlong, and the two exchanged teasing remarks about Sun Wenzhu's mysterious ways.

Duanmu Fenlong visited Sun Wenzhu in Night Demon Cloud City to investigate a Lightning Attribute Cultivation Method trade and discovered that Su Shi'er had used Mu Yatou's Night Demon Token. Sun Wenzhu refused to help him seize the man, so Duanmu Fenlong revealed that the man was Hou Sihai's successor and tried to persuade him that Hou Sihai's return could threaten the Dragon Lord's interests.

• Duanmu Fenlong asked Sun Wenzhu to identify those who had traded Lightning Attribute Cultivation Methods in Night Demon Cloud City over the past six months.
• Elder Sun used a magic artifact to reveal that a man had traded the Heavenly Lightning Sword Technique and that a woman named Li Mu had traded with a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse using another person's token.
• Duanmu Fenlong recognized Su Shi'er in the artifact's image, destroyed the tea table in anger, and demanded that Sun Wenzhu bring the man to him.
• Sun Wenzhu extinguished Duanmu Fenlong's flames and refused to help, insisting that Duanmu Fenlong could settle his grievances only after leaving Night Demon Cloud City.
• Duanmu Fenlong claimed the man was Hou Sihai's successor and warned that Hou Sihai's return could destabilize the Hall of Worship and the Dragon Lord's rear.

Duanmu Fenlong pressed Sun Wenzhu to help capture Su Shi'er, citing Demon Shadow Palace's interest in him and a possible link to the Cang Mountain Forbidden Zone. Meanwhile, Su Shi'er discovered that combining Spirit Nourishing Pills with his two cultivation techniques strengthened his Sea of Consciousness and improved his mastery of both techniques.

• Duanmu Fenlong told Sun Wenzhu that Fairy You Ruo of Demon Shadow Palace had targeted Su Shi'er and suggested he was connected to the Cang Mountain Forbidden Zone.
• Sun Wenzhu refused to act immediately, but promised to monitor Su Shi'er and send help once he left Night Demon Cloud City, with Sun Wenyuan also available to intervene.
• Sun Wenzhu learned that Su Shi'er was secluded at the Fifth Trading Ground while his companion gathered resources to upgrade the Night Demon Token to Heaven grade, and ordered him secretly watched.
• Su Shi'er continued taking Spirit Nourishing Pills in seclusion and found that using One Person, Three Transformations with Spirit Gathering Body Condensation greatly accelerated their effects.
• Su Shi'er's Sea of Consciousness grew tougher and broader, his divine sense increased, and his understanding of both techniques reached modest accomplishment.

Su Shi'er emerged from seclusion with his Sea of Consciousness restored after refining Spirit Nourishing Pills, then met Hou Sihai to discuss his recovery and the Night Demon Token. Hou Sihai revealed that the token had reached Heaven grade, leaving Su Shi'er astonished by its appearance and spiritual energy.

• Su Shi'er put away the accumulated Storage Pouches, left fresh Spiritual Pills for private trade, and let Hou Sihai into his cave dwelling.
• Hou Sihai noticed that Su Shi'er's Sea of Consciousness had been restored and questioned him about refining Spirit Nourishing Pills.
• Su Shi'er claimed he had refined ten Spirit Nourishing Pills from ten batches by learning from ruined pills.
• Hou Sihai remarked on Su Shi'er's powerful divine sense and revealed that the Night Demon Token had reached Heaven grade.
• Su Shi'er examined the crystal-clear jade token as it drew in the surrounding spiritual energy and asked what it was.

Hou Sihai used Su Shi'er's need for a Sky-grade Night Demon Token to ask him to find an unknown woman in the Phantom Star Sect who had sealed Hou Sihai for four hundred years. Su Shi'er accepted the token and resources but warned that neither he nor Shen Tianyin could safely challenge the person responsible.

• Hou Sihai explained that Sky-grade Night Demon Token holders received island cave dwellings and a token that boosted cultivation, while he and Su Shi'er suspected Night Demon Cloud City had a hidden motive.
• Hou Sihai withheld the token to pressure Su Shi'er into helping him, but Su Shi'er agreed to assist rather than risk being coerced later.
• Hou Sihai gave Su Shi'er the token and cultivation resources, then asked him to find someone in the Phantom Star Sect.
• Hou Sihai revealed that the woman had sealed him for four hundred years, but he did not know her identity.
• Su Shi'er said he had little strength or connection to the sect, and Hou Sihai pointed to Shen Tianyin as a possible link.
• Su Shi'er warned that the person who sealed Hou Sihai was beyond both his and Shen Tianyin's ability to provoke.

Su Shi'er learned what little Hou Sihai knew about the mysterious woman who had sealed him and agreed to look into her when he was strong enough. They discussed the looming auction and the growing conflict between the Golden Cicada Temple and the Demon Shadow Palace, before Hou Sihai gave Su Shi'er a Jade Eye Slip.

• Hou Sihai told Su Shi'er that the woman who sealed him was surnamed Leng, came from the Phantom Star Sect, and had embroidered the sect’s emblem and the character for Leng on her robe.
• Su Shi'er agreed to investigate the woman if he had the opportunity, but privately resolved not to pursue her until he had enough strength.
• Hou Sihai told Su Shi'er that the Heart Demon Seed Cultivation Technique would be auctioned at Trading Hall Number One and discussed how the leaked supreme arts could worsen the conflict between the Golden Cicada Temple and the Demon Shadow Palace.
• Su Shi'er considered using the Golden Cicada Temple against the Demon Shadow Palace to aid his revenge.
• Hou Sihai produced a Jade Eye Slip and told Su Shi'er to master the secret art before they went to the auction.

Su Shi'er learned the Minor Heavenly Spirit Concealment Technique from Hou Sihai and combined it with his breath-concealment method to hide his divine sense. The two traveled to the Night Demon Cloud City auction, where their arrival drew attention from powerful cultivators.

• Hou Sihai gave Su Shi'er the Minor Heavenly Spirit Concealment Technique and warned him that his unusually strong divine sense could attract danger.
• Su Shi'er quickly mastered the technique, and Hou Sihai recognized his Minor Heavenly Breath Concealment Technique as a complementary method.
• Su Shi'er copied the Breath Concealment Technique for Hou Sihai, who used it to conceal his true cultivation.
• Hou Sihai and Su Shi'er put on face-concealing Bamboo Hat artifacts and traveled through a Teleportation Array to the auction venue in the Endless Sea.
• Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai took seats at the back of the auction plaza, drawing notice from the crowd, Duanmu Fenlong, and You Ruo.

Xiao Muzi of Wuji Sect and Zen Master Shanfa of Golden Cicada Temple arrived at Night Demon Cloud City, where Su Shi'er recognized Jiang Feixue among Xiao Muzi’s companions. Shanfa provoked You Ruo of Demon Shadow Palace after warning her that her sins would bring retribution.

• Xiao Muzi and Zen Master Shanfa arrived through separate Teleportation Arrays, drawing greetings from the cultivators at Night Demon Cloud City.
• Su Shi'er recognized Jiang Feixue beside Xiao Muzi and chose not to reveal himself, while wondering whether Xiao Muzi was her uncle.
• Su Shi'er met Shanfa’s piercing gaze, briefly felt ashamed of his past, and steadied his mind after Hou Sihai warned him not to look into the monk’s eyes.
• Hou Sihai told Su Shi'er that Shanfa led Golden Cicada Temple’s Law Enforcement Hall and was powerful enough to have challenged Hou before his sealing.
• You Ruo insulted Shanfa, who urged her to abandon evil and then told her to enter reincarnation to atone for her sins.

You Ruo challenged Night Demon Cloud City over its auction of Demon Shadow Palace’s supreme technique, but the city’s host defended its rules and began the auction. The chapter ended with Xiao Muzi urging the gathered cultivators to wait as the Heart Demon Seed Cultivation Technique was introduced.

• You Ruo and Zen Master Shanfa nearly clashed until Night Demon Cloud City’s formation and an aged voice ordered them to show restraint.
• The city’s elderly host descended and said he was serving in place of the Cloud Master, who was in seclusion.
• Masked cultivators complained about the delay, and Hou Sihai told Su Shi'er that powerful reclusive experts were hidden throughout Muyun Prefecture.
• The host announced the auction’s first item as Demon Shadow Palace’s Heart Demon Seed Cultivation Technique, prompting You Ruo to object.
• Zen Master Shanfa pointed out that Demon Shadow Palace had previously bought Golden Cicada Temple’s supreme technique, and Xiao Muzi urged everyone to remain patient.

At the Night Demon Cloud City auction, You Ruo and Zen Master Shanfa competed over the Heart Demon Seed Cultivation Technique, which was ultimately bought by a black-hatted cultivator. The auction then began bidding on the Sun-Shooting Crossbow Magic Treasure embryo.

• The auctioneer revealed that the Heart Demon Seed Cultivation Technique included Golden Core and Nascent Soul Stage volumes, prompting You Ruo and the crowd to react.
• You Ruo bid twenty thousand Spirit Stones and threatened other bidders, but the auctioneer warned her to follow fair bidding rules.
• You Ruo and Zen Master Shanfa drove the bid to fifty thousand Spirit Stones before a cultivator wearing a black Bamboo Hat offered fifty-five thousand.
• Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai suspected You Ruo had been trying to raise the price and probe whether Golden Cicada Temple knew how Demon Shadow Palace's technique had leaked.
• The auctioneer sold the technique to the black-hatted bidder and introduced the Sun-Shooting Crossbow Magic Treasure embryo, starting the next round of bids.

Su Shi'er watched the Yemo Cloud Market auction as bidders competed for rare treasures, then focused on the Thousand Year Ganoderma when it was presented as the first of the final three highlights. After the old man explained its life-saving and regenerative properties, the crowd became eager to claim it, and Su Shi'er’s interest sharpened.

• A burly man in a wolf-skull cap won the Sun-Shooting Crossbow Magic Treasure embryo for sixty thousand low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Shi'er refrained from bidding on the rare treasures, wary that his wealth in Top-grade Gathering Yuan Pills would make him a target.
• The old man announced the Thousand Year Ganoderma as the first of the auction’s final three treasures and displayed it on a tray.
• The old man explained that the Thousand Year Ganoderma could restore the dying, serve as a main ingredient for powerful pills, and regenerate after being partially used.
• The cultivators in the crowd grew excited and declared their intent to obtain the Thousand Year Ganoderma, while Su Shi'er watched it closely.