Chapter Summaries

Xu Changqing and his companions explored the trading district and entered Myriad Treasures, where Su Jinli explained the hidden fifth floor and its entry requirements. As they browsed the magic artifacts, Xu Changqing found a wooden sword called the Threefold Azure Edge.

• Su Jinli led Xu Changqing and the others to the central platform, where they split up, with Ling Chenye and Lu Wu heading to Ten Thousand Ghosts and the rest entering Myriad Treasures.
• Su Jinli explained that the hidden fifth floor required a Golden Core True Person and VIP status, and that she could bring only two outsiders.
• Zhao Ziyue, Hu Bugui, Miao Huayu, and Xu Linshan declined to go, leaving Xu Changqing and Yu Shi as Su Jinli’s companions for the fifth floor.
• The group browsed the first floor, sending Hu Bugui, Miao Huayu, and Xu Linshan to the spirit artifact section while Xu Changqing, Yu Shi, and Zhao Ziyue followed Su Jinli to the magic artifacts.
• Xu Changqing found a lustrous wooden sword carved with Sword Control, Qi Control, and Spirit Control runes, named the Threefold Azure Edge.

Xu Changqing and his companions shopped for artifacts and cultivation manuals in No-Man's-Land. After buying a wood-attribute magical sword and browsing costly Earth Grade arts, Xu Changqing considered several dangerous and powerful techniques while Miao Huayu and Xu Linshan chose suitable High Grade methods and spells.

• Xu Changqing bought the secondhand Threefold Azure Edge for 3,244 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and Hu Bugui bought a defensive Purple-Gold Hood.
• The group left the first floor and browsed cultivation methods, spells, and manuals on the second floor; Zhao Ziyue complained that he could find nothing related to fishing.
• Xu Changqing brought Miao Huayu and Xu Linshan to the wood-attribute section and invited them to choose what they needed.
• Xu Changqing examined expensive Earth Grade wood methods and spells, including the Ninefold Wither-and-Bloom Transformation, the Parasitic Art, and the Myriad Manifestations Sword.
• Miao Huayu and Xu Linshan selected suitable High Grade cultivation methods and spells, while Xu Changqing privately weighed the Earth Grade options.

Xu Changqing and his companions explored the Myriad-Treasure Giant Ship’s third and fourth floors, buying pills, spiritual plant seeds, and a talisman manual. They reached the fifth-floor entrance, where Su Jinli’s VIP token secured them entry.

• Xu Changqing bought three bottles of high-quality Foundation Pills, while Miao Huayu and Xu Linshan bought ordinary ones and Hu Bugui stocked up on pills for tribulation transcendence.
• Xu Changqing, Miao Huayu, and Xu Linshan bought spiritual plant seeds on the fourth floor, while Zhao Ziyue asked whether any spiritual grass could be used for fishing.
• Xu Changqing bought the Spirit Talisman Record for two hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones after learning it had been passed down from the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect.
• Su Jinli showed the guard her VIP token, and he let the group through to the fifth floor.

Su Jinli brought Xu Changqing and Yu Shi to the fifth floor of the Myriad-Treasure Giant Ship, where Wan Niang presented an array of rare auction items. The three agreed on which items they wanted as the auction began with the Nine-Turn Life-Transforming Pill formula.

• Su Jinli led Xu Changqing and Yu Shi to the fifth floor, where Wan Niang welcomed them and listed the rare exhibits.
• Xu Changqing learned that the Dragon-Tiger Talisman Scripture fragment genuinely came from the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect and that the fifth floor held auctions rather than direct sales.
• Xu Changqing told Yu Shi he wanted the Dragon-Tiger Talisman Scripture, spirit plant seeds, and medicinal insect, while Su Jinli and Yu Shi named their own targets.
• Su Jinli, Xu Changqing, and Yu Shi confirmed their interests and prepared to support one another during the auction.
• Wan Niang opened the auction with the Nine-Turn Life-Transforming Pill formula, starting the bidding at fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Xu Changqing, Yu Shi, and Su Jinli attended an auction where they each bought items they wanted, while the medicinal insect Xu Changqing hoped to obtain drew fierce competition. The chapter ended with the insect’s price rising past one hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones as Xu Changqing hesitated to bid.

• A masked cultivator bought the ancient formula for the Nine-Turn Life-Transforming Pill for one hundred and ninety-five thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xu Changqing bought three boxes of ten-thousand-year-old spirit plant seeds for forty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yu Shi bought the ancient cultivator artifact fragment for seventy thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Jinli outbid the other bidders and bought the ancient alchemist’s handwritten notes for one hundred and eighty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xu Changqing watched the medicinal insect’s price climb past one hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and lost his nerve as a fat cultivator bid one hundred and ten thousand.

Xu Changqing, Su Jinli, and Yu Shi watched several costly auction items sell on the fifth floor, including a medicinal insect and a damaged Spirit-Sealing Cauldron bought by the same wealthy fat cultivator. When the Fragment of the Dragon-Tiger Talisman Canon triggered fierce bidding, Xu Changqing trusted his instincts and told the others to leave as soon as the auction ended.

• The fat cultivator won the medicinal insect for one hundred and eighty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and Xu Changqing, Yu Shi, and Su Jinli suspected it held hidden value.
• A cultivator bought the Millennium Dragon Saliva Incense for sixteen thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, while Yu Shi said he already had plenty.
• Su Jinli won the Water-Mirror Jade with a thirty-thousand-Mid-Grade-Spirit-Stone bid.
• The fat cultivator bought the damaged Spirit-Sealing Cauldron for one hundred and fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, prompting Xu Changqing to remark on his wealth.
• Wan Niang presented the Fragment of the Dragon-Tiger Talisman Canon, and the bidding rapidly surpassed two hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yu Shi offered to lend Xu Changqing one hundred thousand, but Xu Changqing refused and told Yu Shi and Su Jinli to leave immediately after the auction ended.

Xu Changqing recognized that bidders at the Wan Family auction were coordinating to inflate prices and lure wealthy buyers into a trap. As his group watched instead of bidding, the contest for the Dragon-Tiger Talisman Scripture escalated to five hundred thousand spirit stones.

• Xu Changqing explained to Su Jinli and Yu Shi that the fat cultivator’s suspicious purchases and the coordinated bidding on the Dragon-Tiger Talisman Scripture suggested a scam.
• Su Jinli used her Divine Sense to observe the bidders and confirmed that only a few were genuinely raising prices while the fat cultivator watched her group for signs of interest.
• Xu Changqing’s group stopped bidding, and the fat cultivator and his companions shifted their attention to other potential buyers.
• Xu Changqing warned that Su Jinli was the likeliest target because she had previously paid readily for treasures, but Su Jinli said she could handle anyone who came after her.
• The Dragon-Tiger Talisman Scripture’s price climbed to four hundred and eighty thousand before a tall man offered five hundred thousand, silencing the fifth floor.

Xu Changqing recognized Zhao Lie of the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect buying the Dragon-Tiger Talisman Scripture and led his companions away from the fifth floor, wary of a clash with the fat cultivator’s group. As the group searched for Hu Bugui and Zhao Ziyue in the Stolen Goods District, an explosion sent crimson flames into the sky.

• Zhao Lie bought the Dragon-Tiger Talisman Scripture for five hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones while the fat cultivator’s group watched greedily.
• Xu Changqing identified Zhao Lie and warned Su Jinli and Yu Shi that the fifth floor could erupt into violence, so they left the ship.
• Xu Changqing contacted Zhang Su and Rong Yan, learned Hu Bugui and Zhao Ziyue could not be reached because of the Stolen Goods District’s formations, and waited for the others to emerge.
• Xu Changqing’s reunited group headed for the Stolen Goods District, passing crowded stalls and postponing purchases to find their companions.
• An explosion sounded as Xu Changqing and the others approached the Stolen Goods District, and crimson flames shot into the sky.

Xu Changqing and his companions regrouped at the Stolen Goods District as a Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect ship came under attack, then rushed to protect their own vessel from thieves. As they tried to leave, a lightning hand descended on the Wan Family merchant ships, and Wan Niang confronted the attacker.

• Xu Changqing spotted Hu Bugui and Zhao Ziyue among the masked people fleeing the Stolen Goods District and called them over.
• Xu Changqing led the group toward Shattered Moon, Falling Frost, where Ling Chenye killed several Rogue Cultivators trying to steal the ship.
• Xu Changqing removed the ship's restrictions, boarded everyone, and flew away from the trading district.
• Dark clouds and torrential rain gathered overhead, and lightning formed a giant hand that struck toward the Myriad-Treasure Giant Ship.
• The Wan Family ships raised a pale-blue water barrier, and Wan Niang confronted whoever had attacked them.

A mysterious attacker used powerful lightning arts against the Wan Family merchant ships, and three Golden Core cultivators answered with Metal, Water, and Earth techniques. The attacker’s Azure Dragon Thunder began overwhelming the water defense, while Su Jinli suspected the foe was stronger than a Golden Core cultivator.

• The attacker sent a vast rainstorm and diving Thunder Serpents against the Wan Family ships.
• Wan Niang ordered one Golden Core cultivator from each ship to defend, and they countered with sword rain, a water barrier, and black talisman chains.
• The attacker split the lightning hand into Azure Dragon Thunder and White Tiger Lightning, and the Azure Dragon began devouring the water barrier and the cultivator’s Water Qi.
• Xu Changqing recognized the attacker’s arts as belonging to the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect, while Su Jinli warned that the attacker might not be a Golden Core cultivator.
• Xu Changqing asked whether the attacker was a Nascent Soul True Lord.

Wan Fu emerged from hiding to defend the Wan Family's ships, but the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect cultivator overwhelmed him with the Azure Dragon Hand and White Tiger Hand. The three ships' defenses failed, and Wan Fu's Inferior Nascent Soul was crushed.

• Wan Niang ordered the three ships to combine their defenses against the descending White Tiger Hand, but its thunderfire tore through the shields and set the Myriad Treasures Ship ablaze.
• Wan Niang and the other cultivators pleaded for the Wan Family ancestor to intervene, and Wan Fu emerged from the Myriad Ghosts Ship.
• Su Jinli identified Wan Fu as the Wan Family's eldest Nascent Soul, while Xu Changqing and the others questioned whether his Inferior Nascent Soul could withstand the attacker.
• Wan Fu used Water Nourishes Wood to summon vines against the Azure Dragon Hand and White Tiger Hand, but the Azure Dragon Hand drained their vitality and the White Tiger Hand burned through them.
• The attacker crushed Wan Fu's body, seized his Inferior Nascent Soul with the two thunder hands, and destroyed it before the horrified spectators.

The True Lord of the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect killed Wan Fu and destroyed the Myriad Ghosts Ship, forcing Wan Niang to concede defeat and beg him to spare the Wan Family’s other ships. After Zhao Lie eliminated a band of Marauding Cultivators, Xu Changqing and the others encountered the New-Generation Crow Venerable flying toward the fleeing Myriad Treasures Ship.

• The True Lord of the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect crushed Wan Fu’s Nascent Soul and destroyed the Myriad Ghosts Ship with the force of his attack.
• Wan Niang admitted the Wan Family’s defeat and pleaded for the Myriad Confluence and Myriad Treasures Ships to be spared, and the True Lord warned her before letting them retreat.
• Zhao Lie confronted the Marauding Cultivators who had planned to rob his group and reduced their ship and everyone aboard it to dust.
• Xu Changqing and his companions spotted the New-Generation Crow Venerable leading a vast flock of Fire Crows toward the Myriad Treasures Ship.

Zhurong spared the Myriad Treasures Ship after Wan Niang offered him cultivation resources, while Xu Changqing and his companions continued their journey. When Frost-Eroding Insects intercepted them again, Zhao Lie appeared and recognized Xu Changqing as a member of the Dongting Immortal Sect just before the swarm attacked.

• Zhurong lowered his hand and spared the Myriad Treasures Ship after Wan Niang promised him unconditional cultivation resources as his only Attendant.
• Xu Changqing reflected that he still needed to find a way to give Zhurong the Phoenix Feather while his companions discussed their recent encounters.
• Ling Chenye detected a larger Frost-Eroding Insect swarm ahead, and Xu Changqing concluded that an Insect Cultivator was directing it to intercept them.
• Xu Changqing and his companions prepared to fight, but Zhao Lie appeared and asked whether they knew him.
• Xu Changqing identified himself as Qin Baili's junior brother, and Zhao Lie recognized the group as members of the Dongting Immortal Sect.
• The Frost-Eroding Insects recovered from their shock and charged at Zhao Lie and the group beneath a freezing cold tide.

Zhurong and the Wan Family arrived aboard the Myriad Treasures Ship and destroyed the Frost-Eroding Insect swarm, revealing Zhurong’s overwhelming strength. He then confronted Zhao Lie over the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect’s treatment of the Wan Family, and their standoff ended with Zhao Lie and his Mystic Baleful Black Tiger cowed by Zhurong’s presence.

• Zhurong sent the Fire Crows to burn through the Frost-Eroding Insects’ ice defenses and subdued the Insect Matriarch, causing the swarm to scatter or perish.
• Zhao Lie recognized the Myriad Insect Matriarch’s Nest and suspected that Crow Venerable had lived a second life, while Su Jinli and the others remained wary.
• Xu Changqing thanked Crow Venerable for helping the Dongting Immortal Sect, but Zhurong said he had come for another reason and warned Zhao Lie that the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect could no longer act outrageously at Myriad Treasures and Myriad Exchange.
• Zhao Lie challenged Zhurong and summoned his Mystic Baleful Black Tiger, combining its Killing Intent with his Dragon-Tiger Force and broken saber.
• Zhurong calmly met Zhao Lie’s aggression, and his gaze made Zhao Lie falter while the black tiger lost its courage and whimpered.

Zhurong suppressed Zhao Lie and protected Wan Niang and the two Wan Family ships, while Xu Changqing offered the Phoenix Feather to secure the Wan Family’s favor. Zhao Lie left without fighting, and Xu Changqing’s group joined the Wan Family’s ship to travel together.

• Zhurong used his Fire Spiritual Root’s pressure to suppress Zhao Lie and declared that Wan Niang and the two ships must not be touched again.
• Xu Changqing offered Zhurong the Phoenix Feather, a rare fire-attribute spiritual plant that could improve the Fire Crows.
• Wan Niang invited Xu Changqing and his companions to travel alongside the Wan Family, and Xu Changqing accepted.
• Xu Changqing asked Zhao Lie to let the misunderstanding end, and Zhao Lie rode away without replying.
• Xu Changqing piloted Shattered Moon, Falling Frost toward the Wan Family’s enormous ship.

Wan Niang tried to win over the powerful cultivators aboard the Wan Family’s ship while Xu Changqing and Zhurong discussed cooperating with the family. Zhurong fed the Phoenix Feather to Crow One, transforming it into a Fire Crow King, and Wan Niang warned Xu Changqing that the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect might pursue the Wan Family over an item they planned to auction.

• Wan Niang acted especially friendly toward the cultivators aboard the ship, hoping to win their support after Wan Fu’s death and the damage to the Wan Family’s treasure ships.
• Xu Changqing met Zhurong privately, and they agreed that cooperation with the Wan Family was preferable to seizing the Myriad Treasures Ship.
• Zhurong fed the Phoenix Feather to Crow One, which evolved into a Fire Crow King with powerful flames and the ability to command other crows.
• Xu Changqing suggested that Zhurong arrange for Crow Four to receive another Phoenix Feather, and Zhurong agreed to consider it.
• Wan Niang stopped Xu Changqing after his meeting with Zhurong and warned that the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect might seek trouble because the Wan Family still held one of its belongings and planned to auction it.

Xu Changqing helped Wan Niang find a way to satisfy the Wan Family’s assessment by holding an early auction for the ship’s passengers. He bought the first item, a Five-Colored Lotus seed, after no one else bid.

• Wan Niang explained that she had to hold an auction to meet the Wan Family’s sales assessment or risk losing her status and benefits.
• Xu Changqing suggested auctioning the items to the people aboard, and Wan Niang agreed to prepare the sale.
• Xu Changqing told the others about the private auction, and they gathered on the fifth floor of the Myriad Treasures Ship.
• Wan Niang opened the auction and introduced a Five-Colored Lotus seed, but the other attendees showed no interest.
• Yu Shi said he did not want to complete his Five-Element Spirit Root because it would strengthen his Tribulation Lightning, and Xu Changqing won the seed with a bid of one hundred and one thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Xu Changqing won the Spirit-Inscribed Jade Tablet after asking Yu Shi and Rong Yan to stop bidding, then discovered its ancient runes were seals hiding something valuable. The auction moved on to a Flame Marrow Crystal Core, which Su Jinli wanted, and Xu Changqing told Zhurong he could bid but would probably lose to her wealth.

• Wan Niang presented the Spirit-Inscribed Jade Tablet, and Xu Changqing recognized its markings as Spirit-Sealing Profound Runes that concealed something valuable.
• Yu Shi and Rong Yan competed for the tablet until Xu Changqing asked them to give him face and stop bidding.
• Rong Yan withdrew, and Yu Shi agreed to let Xu Changqing buy the tablet in exchange for imprinting its runes.
• Xu Changqing won the tablet for 121,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, let Yu Shi imprint the runes, and stored it in his Square-Inch Ring.
• Wan Niang introduced a Flame Marrow Crystal Core, and Xu Changqing told Zhurong he could bid despite Su Jinli's greater wealth.

Su Jinli won the Flame Marrow Crystal Core for three hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, while Lu Wu and Ling Chenye acquired treasures suited to their Spiritual Roots. Wan Niang continued the auction by introducing an item prepared for Wood Spiritual Root cultivators.

• Zhurong withdrew after Su Jinli raised the bid on the Flame Marrow Crystal Core to three hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Jinli won the Flame Marrow Crystal Core and felt its Fire Qi stir her Fire Spiritual Root.
• Lu Wu bought the three-attribute Spirit-Rune Motherstone for one hundred eighty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Ling Chenye won the Windcall Plume for one hundred fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and it transformed into a wisp of wind around his wrist.
• Hu Bugui and Zhao Ziyue remarked that the auction items seemed tailored to their tastes as Wan Niang introduced a treasure for Wood Spiritual Root cultivators.

Xu Changqing won Millennium Soul-Nourishing Wood at auction and shared it with his companions, then secretly examined a jade tablet that revealed the complete Dragon-Tiger Talisman Scripture. The chapter ended with him realizing the tablet held an astonishingly complete talisman inheritance.

• Xu Changqing bid 205,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones for the Millennium Soul-Nourishing Wood after his companions silently agreed to let him use it for his Golden Core breakthrough.
• Xu Changqing divided the heartwood among Zhang Su, Rong Yan, Miao Huayu, and Xu Linshan, keeping a piece for himself despite their protests.
• Zhao Ziyue bought the Coldwater Spirit Pearl, and Yu Shi won the Golden Flame Artifact-Refining Hammer after outbidding Su Jinli and Zhurong.
• Xu Changqing sealed his room with an Isolation Talisman and activated the jade tablet from his ring.
• Xu Changqing saw the Dragon-Tiger Talisman Scripture appear as a complete collection of talisman teachings and arts.