Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing learned that Zhou Rulong had captured the Li Family and demanded that Lin Qing come rescue them, so he set out to investigate Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks under the cover of a mission. Tao Tao joined him, while Zhou Rulong waited alone near the captives, confident in his concealed Tenth-Tier strength.

• Ling Shu told Lin Qing that Zhou Rulong had captured the Li Family and named Lin Qing as the person who must rescue them.
• Lin Qing gave Si Xing a Storage Ring of Spirit Stones and a Seventh-Tier spirit sword, then accepted a mission to hunt an Eighth-Tier demonic beast at Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks.
• Tao Tao met Lin Qing at the Mission Hall and insisted on accompanying him to test her skills.
• Lin Qing and Tao Tao traveled toward Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks, where the dense clouds and steep mountains made Divine Sense less effective.
• Zhou Rulong waited outside a cave holding the Li Family members and planned to kill Lin Qing himself, believing his Tenth-Tier strength would make the fight easy.

Lin Qing and Tao Tao searched the Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks, where the mist severely weakened and obscured Divine Sense. Lin Qing completed his mission by killing a Stone-Scaled Cloud Raccoon Dog, then urged Tao Tao to leave after detecting a huge snake-shaped demon beast approaching.

• Tao Tao warned Lin Qing to stay close as they entered the mist-shrouded mountains, and Lin Qing recognized the mist as a possible source of Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow.
• Lin Qing guided Tao Tao near Zhou Rulong’s ravine, confirmed that Zhou Rulong and the Li Family members were there, and checked that no one else was nearby.
• Lin Qing led Tao Tao to a Stone-Scaled Cloud Raccoon Dog, which Tao Tao spotted before it tried to flee.
• Tao Tao blocked the dog’s escape while Lin Qing fought and killed it, then stored its corpse to complete his mission.
• Lin Qing detected a gigantic snake-shaped demon beast charging toward them and urged Tao Tao to leave.

Lin Qing discovered that the giant snake pursuing him was the transformed Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow, but he avoided fighting it while Tao Tao was with him. After returning to the Late Smoke Spirit Palace, he slipped away and headed back to the Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks to consult Sun Shaoping about how to capture it.

• Lin Qing led Tao Tao toward the exit while the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow pursued them, then redirected their path toward a five-person squad that included Qiyue.
• The Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow attacked the squad, and the five cultivators scattered as the snake disappeared into the mist.
• Lin Qing recognized the giant snake as the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow but could not determine how it vanished into the mist.
• Lin Qing and Tao Tao returned to the Late Smoke Spirit Palace, where Lin Qing turned in the Stone-Scaled Cloud Raccoon Dog and parted from her.
• Lin Qing secretly returned to the Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks and contacted Sun Shaoping to ask whether Ninth Tier arrays could capture the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow.

Lin Qing encountered Qiyue being pursued by the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow, rescued her, and brought her to confront Zhou Rulong. The chapter ended as Zhou Rulong activated a Tenth Tier Spatial Sealing Formation and challenged Lin Qing to a fight to the death.

• Lin Qing changed back to his original appearance and set off to save the Li Family members before pursuing the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow.
• Qiyue asked Lin Qing to save her from the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow, but he initially refused and she changed direction to avoid him.
• Lin Qing realized the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow was focused on Qiyue, intercepted it, and struck it with a powerful punch before it vanished into the mist.
• Lin Qing ordered Qiyue to follow him and headed toward the ravine where Zhou Rulong was waiting.
• Zhou Rulong activated a Tenth Tier Spatial Sealing Formation and declared that only one of them would leave alive, while Lin Qing asked whether Zhou Rulong still had the formation diagram.

Lin Qing fought Zhou Rulong after discovering that Zhou had concealed his Early Tenth Tier strength and taken control of the formation. Lin Qing shattered Zhou’s Dharma Aspect and left him defeated, then offered him a quick death.

• Zhou Rulong revealed his Early Tenth Tier cultivation and challenged Lin Qing over the formation diagram.
• Zhou Rulong drew his natal magic treasure and struck Lin Qing with a golden saber, but Lin Qing caught the blade and shattered it.
• Zhou Rulong formed a golden Dharma Aspect and launched a full-strength saber strike, which Lin Qing blocked with a lightning-covered fist.
• Lin Qing teleported before the Dharma Aspect and punched it into distant mountains, breaking it apart and leaving Zhou Rulong badly injured.
• Lin Qing stood over Zhou Rulong and said he would grant him a quick death.

Lin Qing killed Zhou Rulong, freed the Li Family, and used Qiyue to lure the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow toward a Spatial Sealing Formation. The giant snake transformed into mist as Lin Qing activated the formation, and he believed it was trapped inside.

• Lin Qing obliterated Zhou Rulong, took his Storage Ring, and recovered the Tenth-Tier Spatial-Sealing Formation diagram.
• Lin Qing freed the Li Family from an Eighth-Tier trapping formation and told them to leave while he pursued other plans.
• Lin Qing planted a tracking mark in Qiyue and ordered her to lure the giant snake to him.
• Lin Qing hid in a cave and guided Qiyue through the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow until she reached the mountain ravine.
• Lin Qing appeared before the giant snake and activated the Spatial Sealing Formation as it transformed into mist.
• Qiyue tried to explain her earlier curse, but Lin Qing told her not to speak.

Lin Qing forced the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow to manifest and subdued it, then stored it in the secret realm. He returned to Narrow Creek Market as Xie Chen, where Si Xing told him Tao Tao had not come looking for him.

• Lin Qing spread Wind Will across the region for days, shielding Qiyue while the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow weakened.
• The Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow manifested and charged Lin Qing, who struck it down and promised not to kill it.
• Lin Qing sent the Heaven-Hiding Mist Marrow into the secret realm and ordered it to kill any human cultivators it encountered there.
• Lin Qing recovered the formation materials, removed Qiyue's tracking mark, and left Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks.
• Lin Qing changed his appearance on the way back and returned to Narrow Creek Market as Xie Chen; Si Xing reported that Tao Tao had not visited.

Lin Qing accompanied Tao Tao to a large market to buy forging materials while hearing that Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks’ fog had begun to clear. As they ate at a riverside restaurant, he heard rumors about himself and Qiyue, then learned that Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s auction was a month away.

• Lin Qing reviewed customized weapon orders and prepared to buy more forging materials before Tao Tao visited and asked whether he had left seclusion.
• Lin Qing told Tao Tao he had reached Mid Eighth Tier, and Tao Tao said the fog at Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks was dispersing and cultivators were flocking there amid rumors of a treasure and Lin Qing’s appearance.
• Lin Qing and Tao Tao shopped through a large sect market, where Tao Tao bargained as Lin Qing searched for materials.
• Lin Qing invited Tao Tao to a riverside restaurant, where she ordered several dishes and he asked the kitchen to prepare his own tofu.
• Lin Qing overheard disciples spreading rumors that he had been meeting Immortal Qiyue, then heard that Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s auction was a month away.

Lin Qing finished his outstanding weapon orders and paused taking new commissions so he could advance his artificer rank. As the Thousand Treasures Pavilion auction approached, he prepared to travel to Thousand Treasures City under a Divine Realm disguise and comprehended several forms of Will.

• Tao Tao invited Lin Qing to the Thousand Treasures Pavilion auction and told him that Ninth and Tenth Tier blueprints would be available in Thousand Treasures City.
• Lin Qing asked Tao Tao about Ninth Tier weapon blueprints and offered to forge her Life-Bound Treasure once he could make Divine Artifacts.
• Lin Qing sent Si Xing to exchange sect contribution points for materials he had not found at the marketplace.
• Lin Qing spent half a month forging nearly one hundred outstanding orders, then told Si Xing to arrange their collection and accept no new orders.
• Lin Qing planned to travel to Thousand Treasures City disguised as a Divine Realm cultivator and spent ten days comprehending the intent steles, gaining five kinds of low-level Will power.

Lin Qing traveled to Thousand Treasures City for the once-in-a-century super auction, bringing twenty-five billion Spirit Stones and disguising himself to avoid attention. After learning that tickets were sold out, he went to have his treasures appraised, where he unexpectedly encountered Qing Yao.

• Lin Qing disguised himself as an ordinary Seventh Tier inner sect disciple and sold materials along the way, raising his funds to twenty-five billion Spirit Stones.
• Lin Qing arrived in Thousand Treasures City, where formations suppressed flight, Divine Sense, and spiritual power to protect traders and their treasures.
• Lin Qing learned that he needed an entry ticket to attend the auction, but a Thousand Treasures Pavilion disciple told him they were sold out and described two ways to obtain one.
• Lin Qing paid the disciple one million Spirit Stones for information, then went to the treasure appraisal entrance to offer his own items.
• A wooden door opened as Lin Qing approached, and Qing Yao emerged with an aged man.

Lin Qing reunited with Qing Yao and her Master Ancestor in Thousand Treasures City, where he gave them an Eleventh-Tier Cultivation Art and explained that he needed rare materials for a Twelfth-Tier Formation. They agreed to help him gather materials, and the chapter ended as the long-awaited auction began.

• Lin Qing recognized Qing Yao in Thousand Treasures City and followed her and her master to an inn.
• Qing Yao introduced Lin Qing to her Master Ancestor, who had come to Central Continent to search for the missing Juechenzi.
• Lin Qing gave Master Ancestor a copy of an Eleventh-Tier Cultivation Art, astonishing both him and Qing Yao.
• Lin Qing listed rare materials he wanted to buy and explained that he needed them for a Twelfth-Tier Formation.
• Master Ancestor and Qing Yao offered to sell their belongings to help Lin Qing prepare for the auction.
• The auction began a few days later.

Lin Qing, Qing Yao, and Grandmaster entered the Thousand Treasures City auction and discovered that its catalogue contained many items Lin Qing wanted, including rare formation materials. As the auction began, Qing Yao recognized its opening presenter as a famed beauty from her era.

• Lin Qing's group arrived at the auction house and passed a guest who claimed his admission ticket was genuine.
• Qing Yao presented their ticket, and an attendant led the group to their mid-tier private room.
• Lin Qing studied the updated catalogue and worried that his prepared twenty-five billion Spirit Stones would not cover all the items he wanted.
• Grandmaster offered Lin Qing more than three billion Spirit Stones, and mentioned that Qing Yao might also have several billion.
• The auction opened with a song and dance before a woman appeared on the central platform.
• Qing Yao recognized the woman as a beauty she had known in her youth, who had topped the Central Continent Beauties Ranking while at Early Eighth Tier cultivation.

Lin Qing sold rare treasures to the Thousand Treasures Pavilion so he could fund his bids at the auction, while competing with Tao Tao for an artifact blueprint. The chapter ended with Lu Zhan discovering that Lin Qing’s final box contained Void-Returning Bone Powder, which Lin Qing had not yet decided to sell.

• Lin Qing stopped the Patriarch and Qing Yao from selling personal possessions and asked steward Lu Zhan to appraise his fifty-thousand-year-old Gloompeak Dewglow.
• Lin Qing outbid Tao Tao for the Azure Congealing Sword Blueprint, winning it for three hundred and twenty million Spirit Stones.
• While bidding on a Ninth Tier pill formula, Lin Qing learned that the Thousand Treasures Pavilion valued his Gloompeak Dewglow at fifteen billion and would let him bid against that valuation.
• Lin Qing sold Lu Zhan a Sinking Mist Crystal and other goods, bringing the total value of his items to eighty-five billion.
• Lin Qing asked Lu Zhan to appraise a box he was not yet selling, and Lu Zhan recognized the contents as Void-Returning Bone Powder.

Lin Qing spent heavily at the Thousand Treasures City auction, selling Void-Returning Realm bone powder to fund his purchases and gathering rare crafting materials and designs. When an Eleventh Tier expert threatened him over the Cambwood Zhi Blossom, Lin Qing answered by offering seven liang of bone powder.

• Lu Zhan offered Lin Qing one hundred million Spirit Stones per qian of Void-Returning Realm bone powder, and Lin Qing accepted.
• After Lu Zhan left, Lin Qing told the Master Ancestor and Qing Yao that he had moved the Kunxu Secret Realm and planned to place it at Cloudrise Immortal Sect.
• Lin Qing bought pill formulas, formation diagrams, and weapon blueprints at the auction, spending forty billion Spirit Stones before the main material for a Twelfth Tier formation appeared.
• On the auction’s third day, Lin Qing bid against an Eleventh Tier expert for the Cambwood Zhi Blossom and raised his offer to six billion Spirit Stones despite the expert’s threats.
• The Eleventh Tier expert threatened Lin Qing again after bidding six point five billion, and Lin Qing countered with seven liang of Void-Returning Realm bone powder.

Lin Qing stood his ground against an Eleventh Tier bidder, bought the Cangwood Zhi Blossom, and secured most of the materials he needed for a Twelfth Tier formation. After the auction ended, Luo Xue entered his private room to settle his purchases and sales.

• Lin Qing answered an Eleventh Tier expert's threat by bidding seven taels of Void-Returning Realm bone powder for the Cangwood Zhi Blossom, and the expert backed down.
• Luo Xue continued the auction, where Lin Qing's Sinking Mist Crystal sold for sixteen billion and his other items fetched better-than-expected prices.
• Lin Qing urged Qing Yao and the other to leave because he feared the Thousand Treasures Pavilion might be able to uncover their identities, and they left before the auction ended.
• After another day, the auction ended, and Lin Qing had acquired most of the primary materials for a Twelfth Tier formation, with leads for the rest.
• Luo Xue entered Lin Qing's private room after the auction to conduct the unified settlement.

After leaving Thousand Treasures City with his auction purchases, Lin Qing was tracked by Luo Xue, who intended to rob him. She caught up with him in the wilderness and attacked with her Nine-String Konghou.

• Luo Xue delivered Lin Qing's auction purchases and remaining thirty-five billion Spirit Stones, then ordered her subordinates to find his whereabouts.
• Lin Qing left Thousand Treasures City and queued through several teleportation transfers, hoping to catch up with Tao Tao's group.
• Luo Xue's subordinates tracked Lin Qing's route through the transfer cities, and she used her privileges to catch up with him.
• Luo Xue followed Lin Qing to a desolate place between two cities and revealed that she planned to attack him.
• Luo Xue summoned her Nine-String Konghou and unleashed successive silver soundwaves that shattered the surrounding landscape.

Lin Qing fought Luo Xue after she recognized him, overpowering her before her mother’s Divine Sense Mark intervened. The mark was damaged by Lin Qing’s punch, and Luo Xue agreed to return home and marry as the clash came to a halt.

• Luo Xue attacked Lin Qing with Bewitchment Will and sound waves, then recognized him as Lin Qing when he withstood her assault.
• Luo Xue summoned her Dharma Aspect, but Lin Qing struck it down with a punch infused with Thunder Will and Destruction Will.
• Luo Xue pleaded with Lin Qing to stop, then crushed a jade token to summon her mother’s Divine Sense Mark.
• Lin Qing’s next punch shattered the mark’s palm and sent the avatar reeling.
• Luo Xue’s mother told her to return home and get married, and Luo Xue reluctantly agreed.

Lin Qing killed Luo Xue after defeating her Eleventh Tier mother’s Divine Sense Mark, then concealed his identity on the way back to Creek Forge. There, Tao Tao told him the news of Lin Qing’s latest feat and showed him the two Ninth Tier weapon blueprints she had bought.

• Lin Qing unleashed his fused Five Elements Domain and struck Luo Xue and her mother with a giant spiritual-energy palm.
• Luo Xue’s mother’s Divine Sense Mark shattered, and Lin Qing’s attack destroyed Luo Xue’s body and Primordial Spirit.
• Several approaching Tenth Tier cultivators fled after sensing the battle, and Lin Qing chose not to pursue them before teleporting toward his destination.
• Lin Qing used concealment and disguises on his journey, returned to Creek Forge as Xie Chen, and fooled Tao Tao about where he had been.
• Tao Tao told Lin Qing about the auction and Luo Xue’s death, then produced the two Ninth Tier weapon blueprints.

Lin Qing passed Late Smoke Spirit Palace’s investigation into his cultivation and spent nearly two years raising his skills and running Creek Forge. After preparing to leave the sect, he brought Tao Tao to Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks to forge her Life-Bound Treasure, where she recognized him as Lin Qing.

• Tao Tao warned Lin Qing that Late Smoke Spirit Palace was testing disciples after his shapeshifting ability became known, but he passed the examination as an ordinary Mid Eighth Tier cultivator.
• Lin Qing reopened Creek Forge, resumed Eighth Tier custom orders, and gradually raised his artifact-refining level and other skills to Perfected Ninth Tier.
• After studying the available formulas and blueprints and gathering supplementary materials, Lin Qing decided to leave Late Smoke Spirit Palace and contacted Tao Tao about forging her Life-Bound Treasure.
• Lin Qing sent Si Xing away and prepared rare materials for Tao Tao, then left the sect with her and traveled to Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks.
• Lin Qing set up formations in a remote ravine, and Tao Tao asked whether he was Lin Qing.

Lin Qing guided Tao Tao through forging her Life-Bound Treasure, the Azure Peach Silk Sash, then prepared to leave the sect to search for rare materials and other clues. After Tao Tao departed, Lin Qing revealed that he had reached the Tenth Tier.

• Lin Qing set up a formation and guided Tao Tao as she forged a pinkish-green ribbon over half a month.
• Tao Tao named the finished Life-Bound Treasure the Azure Peach Silk Sash and learned that Lin Qing intended to leave.
• Lin Qing told Tao Tao he would search for rare materials and asked her to explain his absence as a journey for experience while preserving his Xie Chen identity.
• Tao Tao left Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks, and a Dharma Aspect rose from the mountain stream as Lin Qing reached the Tenth Tier.