Chapter Summaries

Xu Changqing, Hu Bugui, and Zhao Ziyue divided their October earnings from Foundry Peak, with Xu Changqing planning to deliver Li Sancai’s share personally. He then learned that his [Jade-Green Gourd] was finished and arranged to pick it up that afternoon.

• Hu Bugui brought Xu Changqing and Zhao Ziyue the October earnings, which totaled 440 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and 5,683 Low-Grade Spirit Stones before costs.
• Xu Changqing calculated Li Sancai’s twenty-percent share and divided the remainder according to their agreed shares.
• Xu Changqing took responsibility for delivering Li Sancai’s Spirit Stones, while Hu Bugui and Zhao Ziyue left to go fishing at Black Dragon Pool.
• Xu Changqing received a Communication Talisman message that his [Jade-Green Gourd] was finished and arranged to collect it that afternoon.

Xu Changqing delivered Foundry Peak’s unexpectedly large October dividend to Li Sancai, then collected the newly refined Jade-Green Gourd from Zhu Tong. He learned the Premium Grade spirit artifact had a twenty-cubic-meter storage space and several other useful effects.

• Xu Changqing found Li Sancai talking with his cousin Li Xianglin, who urged him to return to the Lineage and reconcile with its new clan leader.
• Xu Changqing gave Li Sancai eighty-eight Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and one thousand two hundred twenty-four Low-Grade Spirit Stones as Foundry Peak’s October dividend, shocking both Li Sancai and Li Xianglin.
• Xu Changqing traveled to Foundry Peak and visited Zhu Tong in Forging Room A-17.
• Zhu Tong gave Xu Changqing the refined Jade-Green Gourd, which had reached Premium Grade and held twenty cubic meters of space.
• Xu Changqing bonded with the gourd and learned it could preserve fresh items, improve Wood Qi absorption, and slowly repair wood-attributed items inside.

Xu Changqing tested his new Jade-Green Gourd and moved his supplies into it before Han Su contacted him after cultivating in the Earth Vein. Han Su returned at Qi Refining Perfection, thanked Xu Changqing for his help, and asked how to proceed after getting stuck.

• Zhu Tong explained how Xu Changqing could use the Jade-Green Gourd and told him that Metal Spiritual Roots were best suited to refining spiritual artifacts.
• Xu Changqing transferred his supplies from several small storage pouches into the gourd and considered asking Han Xin and Bai Ling'er's father to strengthen it.
• A Communication Talisman from Han Su reached Xu Changqing, and they arranged to meet after Han Su finished cultivating on the thirty-eighth layer of the Earth Vein.
• Han Su appeared with a stronger build and crystalline yellow skin, then thanked Xu Changqing for helping him reach Qi Refining Perfection.
• Han Su explained that absorbing attribute-less spiritual qi alongside his long-term use of Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice and wine had raised his cultivation, but he had now hit a bottleneck.
• Xu Changqing said he had not experienced that bottleneck himself and did not know how Han Su should proceed.

After Han Su reached Foundation Establishment, Xu Changqing had him dig a basement and treated him to lunch. Xu then investigated the price of an Earth Spirit Root Foundation Establishment Pill for Han Su and learned it cost at least three hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

• Han Su discovered that Xu Changqing had reached Foundation Establishment and thanked him for helping him break through.
• Xu Changqing asked Han Su to dig a basement beneath the kitchen, and Han Su began shaping the seven-by-seven-meter space.
• Xu Changqing prepared a large lunch for Han Su, who eagerly ate the spicy spirit beast meat and other dishes.
• Xu Changqing checked the price of Earth-Spouting Lotus with the Spirit Light Mirror and found it cost one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones per blossom.
• Xu Changqing contacted Bai Zhuer to ask about Earth Spirit Root Foundation Establishment Pills, and she said they cost at least three hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Xu Changqing learned that a Foundation Establishment Pill cost more than three hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and harvested a field of Supreme-Grade Moonlight Grass. After arranging to trade wine with Han Xin, he planned to ask her about embedding an array in his Jade-Green Gourd.

• Bai Zhuer told Xu Changqing and Han Su that a Foundation Establishment Pill cost over three hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and Han Su gave up on pursuing one for now.
• Han Su finished digging the basement, and Xu Changqing paid him with Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice and wine before moving his wine barrels downstairs.
• Seven days later, Xu Changqing harvested one thousand stalks of Supreme-Grade Moonlight Grass, gaining lifespan and bringing his remaining lifespan to 730 years.
• Xu Changqing delayed delivering the Moonlight Grass to Yu Caiqing so its unusually fast growth would not arouse suspicion.
• Han Xin contacted Xu Changqing to request more wine, and they agreed she would visit that afternoon to collect it.
• Xu Changqing planned to ask Han Xin what array could be embedded in his Jade-Green Gourd.

Xu Changqing asked Han Xin which arrays could be embedded in his Jade-Green Gourd and weighed their costs and benefits. He chose a high-grade array and began to announce his final selection, but the chapter ended before he named it.

• Han Xin crashed her flying shuttle near Xu Changqing’s spirit fields and demanded wine.
• Xu Changqing showed Han Xin his Jade-Green Gourd and asked how many arrays it could hold.
• Han Xin examined the gourd and explained the array options, their uses, and their prices in exchange for Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice Wine.
• Xu Changqing chose a high-grade array after comparing the options with his existing abilities.
• Han Xin offered six high-grade wood-element arrays, and Xu Changqing began to reveal which one he wanted.

Xu Changqing chose a high-grade Greenwood Protection Array for his Jade-Green Gourd, and Han Xin engraved and tested it. After paying her, he watched her attempt to fly back to the Earth Vein, but her battered shuttle repeatedly crashed and rose again.

• Xu Changqing chose the automatically activated Greenwood Protection Array over offensive or retaliatory arrays.
• Han Xin engraved the array on Xu Changqing’s Jade-Green Gourd and installed an Azure Wood Heart to power it.
• Han Xin tested the array with several Earth Spiritual Power spikes, and it blocked every attack without harming Xu Changqing.
• Xu Changqing paid Han Xin one hundred and sixty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and gave her Yellow Rice Wine, then urged her to return to the Earth Vein before drinking.
• Han Xin piloted her battered Ink-Colored Flying Shuttle toward the Earth Vein, but it repeatedly plunged from the sky before wobbling back up.

Xu Changqing delivered a thousand Supreme-Grade Moonlight Grass plants to Yu Caiqing and secured a long-term partnership. Yu Caiqing asked him to cultivate ingredients for an Earth Grade Yin-Yang Interweaving Pill, and Xu Changqing confidently agreed.

• Xu Changqing met Bai Zhuer at the Alchemy Tower, and she led him to Yu Caiqing's alchemy room to watch her refine pills.
• Xu Changqing and Bai Zhuer watched Yu Caiqing stabilize the Dark Nether Cauldron's temperature over the Earthfire.
• Xu Changqing presented Yu Caiqing with a thousand Supreme-Grade Moonlight Grass plants, and she accepted them and agreed to a long-term cooperative relationship.
• Yu Caiqing explained that she planned to attempt an Earth Grade Yin-Yang Interweaving Pill and listed its required medicinal ingredients.
• Xu Changqing declared that he could cultivate the other ingredients as well.

Xu Changqing helped Yu Caiqing cultivate medicinal ingredients and watched her successfully refine three Water-Fire Dragon-Tiger Pills, receiving one as a gift. A few days later, he brought in 1,600 jin of Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice, bringing his points to 2,000 and making him eligible to exchange them for a high-grade technique or spell.

• Xu Changqing chose Golden Crow Vine and Moonlight Grass for his second Grade-Two Spirit Field, and Yu Caiqing offered him a pill if he helped with the refining.
• Yu Caiqing added a drop of Thousand-Year Platinum Tiger essence blood to the Dark Nether Cauldron and used fire and chill techniques to finish refining three Water-Fire Dragon-Tiger Pills.
• Yu Caiqing gave Xu Changqing one Water-Fire Dragon-Tiger Pill as a gift for their cooperation.
• Xu Changqing brought 1,600 jin of Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice to the Spirit Field Core Administration Office and reached 2,000 points, enough to exchange for a high-grade cultivation technique or spell.

Xu Changqing exchanged 2,000 points for the Profound Wood Golden-Bodied Art and bought Golden Crow Vine seeds with supreme-grade spirit rice. He returned to his spirit fields and began planting the seeds with both Wood and Fire Spiritual Power.

• Xu Changqing asked Flower Elder to exchange his points for a high-grade method or spell, then chose the Profound Wood Golden-Bodied Art for defense.
• Flower Elder explained that Xu Changqing could make another choice after gathering 3,000 points, and Xu Changqing bought Golden Crow Vine seeds using another hundred jin of supreme-grade spirit rice.
• Xu Changqing calculated that he had 5,050 jin of supreme-grade spirit rice remaining after his various expenses and commitments.
• Xu Changqing returned home on Big-Leaf Grass and decided to plant a hundred Golden Crow Vine seeds around the second mu of Grade-Two Spirit Fields.
• Xu Changqing planted the seeds with Wood and Fire Spiritual Power, aiming to improve their growth and quality.

Xu Changqing cultivated Golden Crow Vines and Moonlight Grass in his Grade-Two Spirit Field while preparing to visit Dongqing City’s Rogue Cultivator Market. On his way there, he spotted Luo Bucheng harvesting Spirit Rice with a Golden Toad but continued on without meeting him.

• Xu Changqing planted one hundred Golden Crow Vine seeds around his Spirit Field and added five hundred Moonlight Grass seeds.
• The next morning, Xu Changqing used the Companion Green Lotus to help the Golden Crow Vine seeds sprout, then studied the Profound Wood Golden-Bodied Art.
• Over the following days, Xu Changqing tended his crops and watched the Golden Crow Vines grow rapidly as he prepared to transplant Mutated Mother Rice.
• Sun Peng contacted Xu Changqing to arrange a Spirit Rice Grain trade and said the wine shop was nearly ready to open.
• Xu Changqing prepared food for Wangwang and the Pearl Chicken, then flew toward Foundry Peak on Big-Leaf Grass to visit the Rogue Cultivator Market in Dongqing City.
• Xu Changqing recognized Luo Bucheng from the third assessment as the cultivator harvesting Spirit Rice with a Golden Toad, but he did not stop to meet him.

Xu Changqing returned to the Rogue Cultivator Market, checked Spirit Rice prices, bought rice and three fire-attribute cultivation fragments, then headed to meet Sun Peng. He arrived on the busy street where the Sun Clan was preparing to open a wine shop.

• Xu Changqing disguised himself as a Rogue Cultivator at an inn and confirmed the market prices for First-Grade and Second-Grade Spirit Rice.
• Xu Changqing bought five hundred jin of Quality-Grade Spirit Rice produced from Grade-Two Spirit Fields for brewing.
• Xu Changqing visited the Wintergreen Exchange and bought the Fire Crow Qi-Nurturing Method, Nine-Flame Profound Art, and Blazing Sun Finger.
• Xu Changqing contacted Sun Peng, who arranged for their trade to take place on the Rogue Cultivator Market's busiest street instead of at the Sun Clan residence.
• Xu Changqing arrived and heard Rogue Cultivators discussing the Sun Clan's soon-to-open wine shop.

Xu Changqing met Sun Peng at Awaiting Spring teahouse to inspect the wine shop Sun Peng had secured and named it Changqing Wine Shop. Sun Peng prepared to brew Orchid Mist Tea for Xu Changqing as they finalized plans for the shop.

• Xu Changqing arrived at Awaiting Spring teahouse and was escorted to Room B, where Sun Peng had been waiting.
• Xu Changqing teased Sun Peng about gaining weight, and Sun Peng credited his happy marriage and the Sun Clan's steady supply of Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice.
• Sun Peng showed Xu Changqing the wine shop below, and Xu Changqing approved its district and location.
• Xu Changqing named the business Changqing Wine Shop, and Sun Peng contacted his father, Sun Rong, to arrange the signboard.
• The attendant brought Orchid Mist Tea leaves and brewing equipment, and Sun Peng insisted on brewing tea for Xu Changqing himself.

Xu Changqing traded Spirit Rice and Spirit Rice Wine with Sun Peng and then went to investigate the commotion surrounding a slain Greater Demon. At the plaza, he saw a five-hundred-year Rolling Earth Dragon and heard that more dangers might remain in Huang Yuanhua's cave dwelling.

• Sun Peng served Xu Changqing Orchid Mist Tea and offered him a pound to take away.
• Xu Changqing delivered five hundred pounds of Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice and five hundred pounds of Fine-Quality Spirit Rice Wine, receiving five Mid-Grade Spirit Stones for the rice and keeping their agreed profit-sharing arrangement for the wine.
• Xu Changqing left the teahouse and headed toward Fragrant Invitation Pavilion, but joined a crowd rushing to see a slain Greater Demon.
• Xu Changqing climbed onto a rooftop and saw the Tiger Descending the Mountain Demon-Hunting Team beside a badly wounded, ten-zhang Rolling Earth Dragon.
• A cultivator said it was the third Rolling Earth Dragon to emerge in six months, and a female cultivator warned that Huang Yuanhua's cave dwelling remained unexplored and might hide something worse.

Xu Changqing watched the Downhill Tiger Demon-Hunting Team auction a five-hundred-year Rolling Earth Dragon in Dongqing City, waiting for the stomach pouch that had yielded rare seeds before. He outbid the remaining bidder for it, leaving the auction's final price unresolved.

• Xu Changqing wondered about Huang Yuanhua's cave abode but decided not to risk exploring it in the Black Forest.
• Wang Tianba announced that the Downhill Tiger Demon-Hunting Team would auction the Rolling Earth Dragon's parts in public.
• Bidders bought the dragon's hide, flesh, bones, and marrow, then competed fiercely for its heart's blood, which a rogue-cultivator alchemist bought for fifty-five Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Wang Tianba put the stomach pouch up for auction, and its price slowly rose to fifteen Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xu Changqing bid sixteen and then eighteen Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, prompting the other bidder to withdraw.

Xu Changqing watched the auction of the Rolling Earth Dragon’s [Defiled Earth Scale], whose price rose as aging Foundation Establishment cultivators gambled their savings on a chance to reach the Golden Core Realm. The bidding narrowed to two rival old men, whose insults entertained the crowd as Xu Changqing watched with melon seeds alongside Wang Fada.

• A woman from the Downhill Tiger Demon-Hunting Team delivered the Rolling Earth Dragon’s stomach pouch to Xu Changqing, who paid eighteen Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Wang Tianba presented the Rolling Earth Dragon’s [Defiled Earth Scale] and opened bidding at one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• The price of the [Defiled Earth Scale] climbed past seven hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones as bidders dropped out.
• Old Ghost Liu and Wang Xiang became the final two bidders and traded insults while Wang Xiang taunted his rival.
• Wang Fada joined Xu Changqing on the rooftop, shared his melon seeds, and asked which old man would win the scale; Xu Changqing said he did not care.

Xu Changqing discovered a seed inside the Rolling Earth Dragon’s stomach sac and then attended the trial opening of [Changqing Wine Shop]. The shop’s signboard was unveiled before a growing crowd.

• Wang Xiang won the auction for the [Defiled Earth Scale], and the Downhill Tiger Demon-Hunting Team sold the Rolling Earth Dragon’s parts for over a thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xu Changqing left the square after noticing people following him, returned to the inn, and cut open the Rolling Earth Dragon’s stomach sac.
• Xu Changqing found a single earth-infused seed inside the stomach sac and put it away to identify after returning to the Immortal Sect.
• Sun Peng told Xu Changqing that the signboard was ready, and Xu Changqing chose to begin the trial opening of [Changqing Wine Shop] without delay.
• Sun Rong arrived with Sun Peng, Lei Yunna, Sun Yun, and other Sun Clan members, while Xu Changqing watched from the Awaiting Spring Tea House.
• Sun Peng removed the red cloth from the signboard, revealing the gold-painted name [Changqing Wine Shop].

Changqing Wine Shop’s Fine-Quality Spirit Rice Wine became an immediate sensation, selling rapidly despite its high price, and Sun Peng arranged to ration the remaining stock until Xu Changqing returned. Back at Dongting Immortal Sect, Xu Changqing discovered the Profound Wood Golden-Bodied Art’s effects and received a prompt to spend five years of lifespan to raise it to Level Two.

• Sun Rong unveiled Changqing Wine Shop and offered the crowd free samples of Fine-Quality Spirit Rice Wine, winning them over with its aroma and taste.
• Customers bought more than forty jin at fifteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones per jin, while Sun Rong and Sun Peng fielded requests from friends and acquaintances.
• Sun Peng told Xu Changqing that the five hundred jin of wine would soon run out, and Xu Changqing advised him to limit daily sales until the following month.
• Xu Changqing warned Sun Peng that Dongqing City’s other wine sellers might react to the shop’s success, then prepared to leave.
• Several days later, Xu Changqing studied the Profound Wood Golden-Bodied Art while cultivating Moonlight Grass and inspected its newly revealed effects.
• The system asked Xu Changqing whether he would spend five years of lifespan to raise the art to Level Two.

Xu Changqing maxed out the Profound Wood Golden-Bodied Art and tested its formidable defenses before planting a strange seed in his Spirit Field. The seed showed no signs of sprouting overnight, but the soil around it turned sticky by morning.

• Xu Changqing raised the Profound Wood Golden-Bodied Art to Level 2, then spent thirty years of lifespan to max it out at Level 5.
• Xu Changqing tested the art by cutting his hand with a kitchen knife, but his skin remained unharmed and scratches healed instantly.
• Xu Changqing planted the strange, Earth Qi-bearing seed from the Rolling Earth Dragon near a water channel in the Black Soil.
• Xu Changqing waited through the night without seeing the seed sprout and went to sleep, leaving it to grow on its own.
• Xu Changqing woke around ten the next morning and found that the soil around the strange seed had become sticky.

Xu Changqing investigated the strange seed and learned from the formal disciple Zhu Fuxian that it was an Earth-Origin Fruit pit. Zhu Fuxian departed before explaining what the fruit was recorded as in Xu Changqing’s books.

• Xu Changqing found the seed surrounded by unusually moist, sticky Black Soil and moved the soil and seed into his Jade-Green Gourd.
• Xu Changqing sensed someone on Stone Mountain, climbed up, and met the formal disciple Zhu Fuxian.
• Zhu Fuxian told Xu Changqing that an old friend had died attempting a breakthrough in Xu Changqing’s Spirit Fields ten years earlier.
• Xu Changqing described the strange seed, and Zhu Fuxian identified it as an Earth-Origin Fruit pit once swallowed by a Rolling Earth Dragon.
• Zhu Fuxian left to tend his spirit plants, and Xu Changqing began recalling what his books recorded about the Earth-Origin Fruit.