Chapter Summaries

Su Shi'er decided he had to obtain the Thousand Year Ganoderma after learning it could be used to refine a pill capable of reviving someone near death. The auction’s major factions quickly drove the bidding to four hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones, leaving Su Shi'er’s plan and chances unresolved.

• Hou Sihai warned Su Shi'er that the Thousand Year Ganoderma would draw fierce competition and told him not to offer the Thousand Year Jade Marrow Liquid, Fire Barbarian Flower seeds, or Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet as payment.
• Su Shi'er resolved to obtain the Thousand Year Ganoderma, hoping its Life-Creating Pill might someday help bring back Feng Fei’s grandfather and his own loved ones.
• The auctioneer opened bidding at one hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones, and a Beast Taming Sect cultivator immediately bid one hundred thirty thousand.
• Duanmu Fenlong and representatives of the Demon Shadow Palace, Wuji Sect, and Phantom Star Sect raised the price as smaller bidders withdrew.
• Duanmu Fenlong challenged Venerable Tianhong over the Phantom Star Sect’s bid, but the major factions continued competing until the Demon Shadow Palace bid four hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones.

Su Shi'er outbid You Ruo and the other cultivators to win the Thousand Year Ganoderma for five hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones. The auction then began bidding on the Heavenly Heart Ring, while Hou Sihai quietly questioned Su Shi'er about his wealth.

• Several factions withdrew after You Ruo of Demon Shadow Palace raised the Thousand Year Ganoderma's price to four hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Shi'er surprised the crowd by bidding four hundred and fifty thousand, then repeatedly outbid You Ruo.
• You Ruo and the other remaining bidders withdrew, and the auctioneer awarded the Thousand Year Ganoderma to Su Shi'er for five hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones.
• The auctioneer presented the First-grade Magic Treasure Heavenly Heart Ring, which could defend against and launch Spiritual Sense attacks, and bidding began.
• Su Shi'er decided not to bid on the Heavenly Heart Ring, while Hou Sihai leaned close and asked how many Spirit Stones he had.

Hou Sihai warned Su Shi'er that other cultivators were plotting against him and urged him to bid for the Heavenly Heart Ring for protection. Su Shi'er outbid Zen Master Shanfa, deflected You Ruo's probing with a fabricated story about his background, and left his opponents more cautious, while You Ruo asked Tan Fengchen whether he had located the brat.

• Hou Sihai warned Su Shi'er that hostile cultivators might target him after the auction and said the Heavenly Heart Ring could help protect him.
• Su Shi'er decided to bid for the ring and offered two hundred and sixty thousand low-grade spirit stones, surpassing Zen Master Shanfa's bid.
• You Ruo tried to provoke suspicion toward Su Shi'er and asked about his family, but Su Shi'er claimed he belonged to an obscure faction in the Endless Sea and was buying the ring for an elder.
• You Ruo declined to compete for the ring and asked Tan Fengchen through voice transmission whether he had determined the brat's whereabouts.

Tan Fengchen kept You Ruo at the auction while Su Shi'er stayed hidden, and the auction ended with Xiao Muzi winning the Dutian Blazing Fire Formation array disk. During the exchange meet, a masked cultivator offered Primal Yang Demonic Gold, and Hou Sihai proposed trading an incomplete Sky Thunder Stone for it.

• Tan Fengchen told You Ruo that Su Shi'er was somewhere in the auction hall, persuading her to wait despite her doubts about Duanmu Fenlong.
• Xiao Muzi outbid the other cultivators and won the Dutian Blazing Fire Formation array disk for three hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• The auction elder announced the start of a half-day exchange meet, and Su Shi'er stayed rather than leave.
• A masked cultivator offered third-grade top-quality Primal Yang Demonic Gold in exchange for a Sky Thunder Stone or Golden Toad Vine, but refused Duanmu Fenlong's Wind Thunder Stone.
• Hou Sihai offered an incompletely formed third-grade high-quality Sky Thunder Stone in exchange for the Primal Yang Demonic Gold.

Hou Sihai traded Sky Thunder Stone for Primal Yang Demonic Gold, which he planned to use to strengthen his puppet body, while Su Shi'er recognized his scheme. Later, the Beast Taming Sect's sect master offered the Myriad Beasts Art for Western Extreme Geng Metal, but no one had yet accepted the trade.

• Hou Sihai exchanged Sky Thunder Stone for the masked man's Primal Yang Demonic Gold and explained that the material could strengthen puppets.
• Hou Sihai admitted he had found the Sky Thunder Stone disguised as a lesser material, and Su Shi'er praised his profitable trade.
• Three hours later, the Beast Taming Sect's sect master offered the Myriad Beasts Art in exchange for Western Extreme Geng Metal to help complete his Sun-Shooting Crossbow.
• You Gui refused the offer, saying he would not help the Beast Taming Sect gain a Magical Treasure.
• Duanmu Fenlong offered Flaming Mysterious Iron instead, and the sect master said he would consider it if no one produced Western Extreme Geng Metal.
• Hou Sihai muttered that the Beast Taming Sect's willingness to trade its supreme art showed that the sect had declined.

Su Shi'er traded Western Extreme Geng Metal for the Myriad Beasts Art, two bottles of Spirit Beast Pills, and a Spirit Beast Pill formula. Tan Fengchen recognized him as the person they sought, while You Ruo decided to wait until he left Night Demon Cloud City and secretly sent gray mist toward him.

• Hou Sihai explained the power of the Myriad Beasts Art and suggested Su Shi'er trade his Western Extreme Geng Metal for it.
• Su Shi'er revealed the metal, drawing greedy attention until Hou Sihai released his late Golden Core stage aura.
• Su Shi'er negotiated with the Beast Taming Sect's sect master and traded the metal for the Myriad Beasts Art, two bottles of Spirit Beast Pills, and a Spirit Beast Pill formula.
• Tan Fengchen's Essence Devouring Bloodworm reacted, leading him to identify Su Shi'er as the person they sought and tell You Ruo.
• You Ruo refused to attack within Night Demon Cloud City and secretly sent a wisp of gray mist toward Su Shi'er.

Su Shi'er paid for his auction treasures with 760,000 Top-grade Gathering Yuan Pills, surprising Hou Sihai and the Night Demon Cloud City servant. After receiving the Thousand Year Ganoderma and Heavenly Heart Ring, he left with Hou Sihai and planned to retrieve the pills from Ning Caiyun before entering seclusion to refine the Spirit Sculpting Pill.

• After the auction ended, Su Shi'er followed the other successful bidders to Night Demon Cloud City’s pavilion to collect his treasures.
• A Night Demon Cloud City servant discovered that Su Shi'er had brought 760,000 Top-grade Gathering Yuan Pills to cover the cost of his bids.
• Su Shi'er told Hou Sihai that he had refined and collected the pills, and Hou Sihai remained doubtful but did not press him.
• The servant verified the payment and gave Su Shi'er the Thousand Year Ganoderma and Heavenly Heart Ring.
• Su Shi'er handed the Heavenly Heart Ring to Hou Sihai and left, intending to retrieve more Gathering Yuan Pills from Ning Caiyun before entering seclusion.

Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai teleported away from Yemo Cliff as numerous cultivators secretly pursued Su Shi'er for his treasures. You Ruo prepared hidden formations and sent a straw effigy after him, while Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai arrived at a temporary cave dwelling.

• Su Shi'er noticed You Ruo and other watchers entering the Teleportation Array, then left with Hou Sihai for a temporary cave dwelling.
• Venerable Tianhong suspected Su Shi'er was the Treasure Pill Pavilion boy and considered helping him, while forty concealed Golden Pill Cultivators scattered to watch Yemo Cliff.
• You Ruo carried Tan Fengchen away and laid formations around Yemo Cliff and on a distant mountain peak.
• You Ruo used the Night Demon Token and a straw effigy to pursue Su Shi'er, assuring Tan Fengchen that the boy would not escape her.
• Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai appeared inside a cave ten li from Yemo Cliff after teleporting.

Duanmu Fenlong and a gray-robed man planned to capture Su Shi'er, but Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai used the Treasure Pill Pavilion elder as a decoy and fled underground. The pursuing Golden Core cultivators attacked, and Hou Sihai unleashed the Heavenly Heart Ring against them.

• Duanmu Fenlong learned Night Demon Cloud City had sent only the Man in Grey and arranged for him to help capture Su Shi'er in the Endless Sea.
• Su Shi'er appeared on Night Demon Cliff with Hou Sihai and an elder of the Treasure Pill Pavilion, causing hidden cultivators to hesitate.
• The elder vanished in the Teleportation Array while Su Shi'er and Hou Sihai activated Escape Talismans and fled underground.
• More than twenty hidden cultivators found the pair and launched attacks as they pursued them.
• Hou Sihai activated the Heavenly Heart Ring, unleashing a Spiritual Sense Attack across the surrounding area.

Hou Sihai used the Heavenly Heart Ring and his signature art to defeat two attackers, revealing his connection to the legendary Golden-Silver Saint Hand. Duanmu Fenlong then attacked Hou Sihai and Su Shi'er, and the chapter ended as their techniques collided.

• Hou Sihai used the Heavenly Heart Ring to cripple nearby cultivators and killed two with the Primordial Gold-Silver Twin Absolute Palms.
• Watching cultivators recognized Hou Sihai’s signature art, while Duanmu Fenlong wondered how he had learned it and chose to attack.
• Duanmu Fenlong charged Hou Sihai and Su Shi'er, who prepared to defend themselves as Hou Sihai unleashed the Heavenly Heart Ring.
• Duanmu Fenlong’s quasi-magical treasure barrier withstood Hou Sihai’s golden spiritual sense swords until Hou Sihai shattered it with a golden sphere.
• Duanmu Fenlong countered the golden sphere with the Crimson Quenching Jia Wood Palm, and their collision sent shockwaves through the battlefield.

Hou Sihai used the Primordial Gold-Silver Twin Absolute Palms to hold Duanmu Fenlong at bay before escaping with Su Shi'er, while Xi Xiaoyun and Zhu Wensheng prepared a strike with the Candle Dragon Bow. The chapter ended as their orange light arrow tore across the sky toward the distant battle.

• Duanmu Fenlong resisted the golden transformation spreading through his arm, while Hou Sihai said his puppet body had spent too much True Yuan to keep fighting and fled with Su Shi'er.
• The Man in Grey hesitated to attack, fearing Hou Sihai's power despite realizing he was exhausted.
• Xi Xiaoyun and Zhu Wensheng activated a formation and poured Spirit Stones and their True Yuan into the Candle Dragon Bow.
• Xi Xiaoyun drew the bowstring and formed an orange light arrow, exhausting both herself and Zhu Wensheng.
• Xi Xiaoyun fired the Candle Dragon Bow, sending the arrow streaking away from the cliff.

Su Shi'er survived a powerful Candle Dragon Bow attack with his Grade 3 Top-tier defensive Jade Talisman while Hou Sihai fought to keep him from being abducted. The chapter left Su Shi'er wounded and watching Hou Sihai battle Duanmu Fenlong as another streak of light approached.

• Su Shi'er sensed the Candle Dragon Bow's arrow, and Hou Sihai weakened it with a taiji sphere before the arrow continued toward him.
• A Man in Grey tried to abduct Su Shi'er, so Hou Sihai abandoned intercepting the arrow and killed him with the Heavenly Heart Ring.
• Duanmu Fenlong broke free and attacked Hou Sihai, forcing him to continue fighting.
• Su Shi'er's Grade 3 Top-tier defensive Jade Talisman stopped the arrow, but both the barrier and arrow exploded, hurling him away and leaving him bloodied.
• Su Shi'er considered releasing his other puppet to help Hou Sihai, but another streak of flowing light appeared and made him tremble.

Su Shi'er fled from Venerable Tianhong, only to be captured by the Demon Shadow Palace's Stars Shift formation and attacked by You Ruo and Tan Fengchen. Tan Fengchen exposed Su Shi'er's identity through the Essence Devouring Bloodworms, but Su Shi'er denied knowing anything and continued searching for a way to escape.

• Su Shi'er mistook Venerable Tianhong for an enemy and fled, but the Demon Shadow Palace's Stars Shift formation seized him.
• Venerable Tianhong recognized the formation and hurried toward the mountain where Su Shi'er had been taken.
• You Ruo attacked Su Shi'er, but her blade stopped short as she demanded the item sought by the Venerable Lord.
• Su Shi'er denied having the item and concealed his treasures with beast hide that blocked divine sense.
• Tan Fengchen used a mother Essence Devouring Bloodworm to identify Su Shi'er, who claimed he had obtained the Spirit Beast Bag from a fallen cultivator.

Su Shi'er awakened the Thousand Year Strike when You Ruo attacked his dantian, but Venerable Tianhong's arrival forced You Ruo to leave him with Tan Fengchen. Su Shi'er summoned his Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet and used it to counter Tan Fengchen's formation.

• You Ruo's flying dagger struck Su Shi'er's dantian, but the Thousand Year Strike erupted with power and drove the dagger back.
• You Ruo recognized the Thousand Year Strike and prepared another attack, but Venerable Tianhong's sword formation shook her formation.
• You Ruo went to confront Venerable Tianhong and ordered Tan Fengchen to cripple Su Shi'er.
• Tan Fengchen attacked Su Shi'er with a Grade 3 formation, sending black chains toward him.
• Su Shi'er took out his Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet and controlled it, using the Tai'a Seven Star Sword to form a sword net that severed Tan Fengchen's chains.

Su Shi'er used a Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet to kill Tan Fengchen and break You Ruo's formation, shocking her as she fought Venerable Tianhong. When You Ruo attacked him, Su Shi'er unleashed One Person, Three Transformations, sacrificing his red figure to survive the strike before the yellow figure entered his brow.

• Tan Fengchen tried to escape, but the puppet used the Heavenly Sword move to kill him.
• Su Shi'er and the puppet broke You Ruo's formation, and Su Shi'er put the puppet away once the formation collapsed.
• You Ruo realized Su Shi'er had escaped the formation and struck at him while Venerable Tianhong tried to stop her.
• Su Shi'er used One Person, Three Transformations to separate his red and yellow figures from his green-robed true body.
• You Ruo's attack destroyed the red figure, which became blood-red essence and entered Su Shi'er's true body; the yellow figure then entered his brow as he fell.

Su Shi'er was saved from You Ruo when Xiao Muzi struck her with a sword from afar, forcing her to retreat. Venerable Tianhong approached Su Shi'er afterward, while hidden onlookers still watched him hungrily.

• You Ruo risked worsening her injuries to summon the fourth blade and finish off Su Shi'er, while Su Shi'er prepared to use One Person, Three Transformations again.
• Venerable Tianhong decided to intervene, but a flying sword from beyond the heavens struck You Ruo before he could act.
• You Ruo used the fourth blade to meet the sword, but the clash wounded her and left her at a disadvantage.
• Xiao Muzi arrived with Jiang Feixue and declared that his attack was payment for the Forging Sword manor's innocent dead; You Ruo vanished in black mist after vowing revenge.
• Xiao Muzi left with Jiang Feixue, and Su Shi'er realized they had waited for the right moment rather than coming to help him.
• Venerable Tianhong approached Su Shi'er and said he meant no harm, while Su Shi'er remained wary of him and the hidden observers nearby.

Su Shi'er used the Heavenly Evolution Token to draw Venerable Tianhong’s attention and learned that the Phantom Star Sect had once been called the Heavenly Evolution Phantom Star Sect. Venerable Tianhong offered to protect him, leaving Su Shi'er with a chance to seek out the sect connected to his senior sister.

• Venerable Tianhong apologized for the Phantom Star Sect cultivators’ attack and warned away the Golden Core experts threatening Su Shi'er.
• Su Shi'er concealed the Heavenly Evolution Token at his waist, then pretended to collapse from his injuries as he tried to leave.
• Venerable Tianhong noticed the token, recognized it, and gave Su Shi'er a Blood-Replenishing Pill.
• Su Shi'er swallowed the pill and told Venerable Tianhong that a senior sister had given him the token and asked him to find the Heavenly Evolution Phantom Star Sect.
• Venerable Tianhong explained that the Heavenly Evolution Phantom Star Sect had changed its name to the Phantom Star Sect several thousand years earlier.

Su Shi'er accepted Venerable Tianhong’s offer to join the Phantom Star Sect so he could recover and find his Senior Sister, but first asked to retrieve his disciple. Meanwhile, Hou Sihai began refining Primal Yang Demonic Gold, and Duanmu Kuanglong attacked Duanmu Fenlong after he angrily confronted the family elders.

• Venerable Tianhong explained that holders of the Heavenly Evolution Token could join the Phantom Star Sect as elders, and Su Shi'er agreed to go there after retrieving his disciple.
• Su Shi'er told Venerable Tianhong that Wang Qinghe had lured Duanmu Fenlong away, and Venerable Tianhong carried him out of Night Demon Cloud City.
• News spread that Venerable Tianhong had taken Su Shi'er, causing cultivators who had targeted him to abandon their plans for the time being.
• Hou Sihai assessed his injuries and spoils, then began refining the Primal Yang Demonic Gold inside his puppet body.
• Duanmu Fenlong confronted Duanmu Kuanglong and Duanmu Liuying for failing to hunt Su Shi'er, and Duanmu Kuanglong struck him with a burst of force.

Duanmu Fenlong was reprimanded for secretly involving Night Demon Cloud City in an attack, then received orders to lead the plan against the Phantom Star Sect. At Demon Shadow Palace, You Ruo examined Lin Qiao'er’s new recruits and became intrigued by Lin Wuyou’s unusual cultivation technique.

• Duanmu Kuanglong confronted Duanmu Fenlong for secretly using the Dragon Lord’s token to enlist Night Demon Cloud City, whose dead cultivator’s remnant soul and Golden Core had been taken away.
• Duanmu Kuanglong told Duanmu Fenlong that Sun Wenzhu had blamed him to the Cloud Master and warned him to think more carefully.
• Duanmu Kuanglong gave Duanmu Fenlong orders to begin the plan against the Phantom Star Sect, saying the Dragon Lord’s scheme would also settle Mu Yatou’s vengeance against the boy taken by Venerable Tianhong.
• At Demon Shadow Palace, Lin Qiao’er presented You Ruo with a group of women selected for their Spiritual Roots and introduced Lin Wuyou as her younger brother.
• You Ruo questioned Lin Wuyou’s presence as an outsider, then sensed Demonic Qi and noticed that his technique continuously absorbed energy from the surroundings.

You Ruo allowed Lin Wuyou to remain at Demon Shadow Palace and ordered Lin Qiao'er to teach the disciples the Great Heavenly Buddha Transformation Demonic Art. Meanwhile, Venerable Tianhong brought Su Shi'er and Feng Fei to Phantom Star Sect, where they arrived at the Assembly Hall to begin Su Shi'er's entry into the sect.

• Lin Qiao'er told You Ruo that Lin Wuyou practiced the Heavenly Demonic Illusory Art, and You Ruo agreed to let him stay at Demon Shadow Palace.
• Lin Wuyou accepted the offer, while You Ruo said she would retreat to heal and attempt a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage.
• You Ruo gave Lin Qiao'er a golden Jade Slip and ordered her to teach the Great Heavenly Buddha Transformation Demonic Art, then sent the group away.
• Venerable Tianhong flew with Su Shi'er and Feng Fei to Phantom Star Sect and explained the sect's inner and outer regions.
• Venerable Tianhong brought Su Shi'er and Feng Fei to the Assembly Hall, where Su Shi'er sensed the auras of numerous Golden Pill Cultivators.