Chapter Summaries

Yue Shuo entrusted He Tian and the Celestial Cranes with more responsibilities after forming Soul Contracts with them, then focused on repaying his master and improving his alchemy. The chapter ended with Yue Shuo asking his master to teach him artifact refining.

• Yue Shuo asked He Tian how long it would take the First-Tier cranes to advance and decided to choose 360 cranes to train in a Spirit Bird Formation.
• He Tian explained that he had lacked the resources to arrange formation training, and Yue Shuo gave him Spirit Pills and assigned him tasks to manage.
• He Tian explained that contracting with a cultivator would help him grow faster, and Yue Shuo learned more about the sect's Spirit Beast disciples from his martial uncle.
• Yue Shuo took his martial uncle's reminder to heart and planned to leave the Celestial Cranes' management to He Tian while he pursued Third-Tier alchemy tasks.
• Yue Shuo followed his master to the artifact refining room and asked to learn artifact refining.

Yue Shuo learned that his father’s Molten Metal Body and high-grade Golden-Fire Spirit Root suited Artifact Refining, and Ning Xin offered to introduce his father to a grandmaster after he reached Foundation Establishment. Yue Shuo then began organizing his Spirit Peak and considered how to earn resources through crafting and trade.

• Yue Shuo told Ning Xin and Yan Ning that he wanted to learn Artifact Refining so he could teach his father, and they discussed his father’s talents and physique.
• Ning Xin gave Yue Shuo Artifact Refining fundamentals and promised to introduce his father to another grandmaster after Foundation Establishment.
• Yue Shuo gave his father the fundamentals to study, then brought Qi Xin, Fang Tong, and Shi Heng to his Spirit Peak to help manage its secondary peaks.
• He Tian explained that the sect had marketplaces where disciples could trade Spirit Stones and goods instead of spending scarce points.
• Yue Shuo planned to earn resources through Talisman Crafting and Alchemy, organize his Spirit Peak, and asked Qi Xin for advice about selling items at the sect marketplace.

Yue Shuo organized the development of his Spirit Peak, then spent months refining pills and catching up on cultivation studies while his family prepared for the Outer Sect Examination. After repaying about thirty million points, he left seclusion when his master and martial uncle summoned him, and learned he was expected to preside over the examination.

• Yue Shuo assigned Qi Xin to handle trade, Fang Tong to assist, and Shi Heng to lead construction with He Tian and the Celestial Cranes.
• Yue Shuo arranged foundational lessons and cultivation support for his family, then secluded himself to refine pills, study, and attend classes through contracted Spirit Cranes.
• Yue Shuo learned that Gu Yang became an Outer Sect Disciple after placing twenty-seventh in the Servant Disciple minor competition.
• Yue Shuo spent two and a half months refining large batches of pills and studying, repaying nearly thirty million points while leaving about fifty million outstanding.
• Yue Shuo emerged from seclusion after his master and martial uncle contacted him, then asked his master whether he was expected to preside over the Outer Sect Examination.

Yue Shuo agreed to host the Outer Sect Examination and compete as an arena defender after learning that Senior Ze had approved it, hoping to gain combat experience and rewards. He then checked on his family’s studies and was disappointed by how little Yue Qingxiao had learned about Artifact Refining in three months.

• Yue Shuo agreed to host the Outer Sect Examination after Yan Ning said Senior Ze had approved it and He Tian would guide him.
• Yan Ning explained the arena-defending competition, its purposes, and the rewards for the ten Inner Sect participants; Yue Shuo decided to compete for experience and points.
• Yue Shuo visited his brothers and father to check their studies, finding his brothers diligent and their progress satisfactory.
• Yue Shuo questioned Yue Qingxiao about Artifact Refining and learned that he had barely studied the basics after three months.

Yue Shuo urged his father, Yue Qingxiao, to enter the Beast Taming Sect’s Outer Sect Grand Competition, despite Yue Qingxiao’s doubts about his abilities. Yue Qingxiao agreed not to cheat, while Yue Shuo prepared to compete and considered how to arrange support for his pregnant mother.

• Yue Shuo compared his achievements and those of his brothers and cousin Gu Yang, but Yue Qingxiao misunderstood his frustration and praised the family’s talents.
• Yue Shuo told Yue Qingxiao to participate in the Outer Sect Grand Competition, and Yue Qingxiao worried that his Qi Refining cultivation was too low.
• Yue Qingxiao warned Yue Shuo that using his special advantages in the competition might be discovered, but Yue Shuo said he was one of the organizers.
• Yue Qingxiao told Yue Shuo not to cheat for his sake, and Yue Shuo decided he would compete using his own strength to improve his combat ability.
• Yue Qingxiao raised the concern that Yue Shuo’s mother was close to giving birth, but Yue Shuo judged that the competition would leave enough time and considered asking He Tian for advice about childbirth preparations.

Yue Shuo prepared for his parents’ future childbirth by studying relevant knowledge, then helped He Tian and He Qing'er recover with Spirit Pills. He learned that the outer sect arena-defense slots could lead to a Lower-Level Minor World and began preparing for the competition.

• Yue Shuo asked Yue Qingxiao about preparations for childbirth, consulted He Tian and He Qing'er, and studied inheritances about pregnancy and caring for young.
• Yue Shuo learned that repeated childbirth had weakened He Qing'er and lowered her cultivation, so he gave the cranes fifty high-quality Third-Tier Spirit Pills and arranged suitable missions.
• He Tian told Yue Shuo that defending the arena could earn slots connected to a Lower-Level Minor World, where cultivators could comprehend laws and find resources for breaking through to Golden Core.
• He Tian explained that the outer sect competition offered advancement opportunities to both gifted disciples and late bloomers, while the inner sect selected promising Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• After studying the outer sect’s leading disciples and the competition rewards, Yue Shuo entered seclusion to organize his arena tactics and seek a reliable way to defend his position.

Yue Shuo realized that his combat ability might not measure up against the Beast Taming Sect’s exceptional Foundation Establishment disciples, so he sought advice and equipment from his master and martial uncle. Afterward, his master learned that Yue Shuo had already condensed a Mystic Ability Dao Seed from a Supreme Inheritance and quietly tried to treat the astonishing achievement as normal.

• After reviewing He Tian’s information about powerful Outer Sect Foundation Establishment disciples, Yue Shuo questioned whether he had enough combat strength.
• Yue Shuo told his master and martial uncle about his concerns, and they gave him a Divine Weapon Embryo, defensive Treasure Artifact, Wind Control treasure boots, and a jade slip of combat experience.
• His master reminded him that Gods-and-Devils Body Tempering techniques would activate through fighting, while his martial uncle urged him to build real combat power and seize opportunities.
• Yue Shuo asked Ning Xin for guidance on cultivating a wood-element Divine Ability Dao Art, revealing that he had condensed a Mystic Ability Dao Seed from the Phoenix Nirvana Tribulation-Transference Scripture.
• After Yue Shuo left, Yan Ning asked whether condensing a Mystic Ability Dao Seed through a Supreme Inheritance was easy, and Ning Xin reluctantly answered that it perhaps was.

Yue Shuo tried to exchange for a Divine Ability Dao Art but could not because his points were deeply negative, so he refined the Divine Weapon Embryo and sparred with He Tian. The fight revealed Yue Shuo’s formidable Third-Tier strength, and the chapter ended when he heard a voice and called He Tian’s attention.

• Yan Ning worried that Yue Shuo had too little time to cultivate a Divine Ability Dao Art before the arena-defense matches, while Ning Xin reassured her that He Tian could help him in combat.
• Yue Shuo failed to exchange for a Divine Ability Dao Art because Senior Ze had suspended special-permission exchanges due to his negative points exceeding ten million.
• Yue Shuo refined the Divine Weapon Embryo and went to the rear of his master's Spirit Peak with He Tian to spar.
• Yue Shuo tore through He Tian's dark-winged attack and kicked him more than ten li away, leaving the Celestial Crane slightly bald.
• He Tian told Yue Shuo that he had not gone easy on him and had used his ultimate move, but Yue Shuo stopped to listen to a voice and called out to He Tian.

Yue Shuo reassured Senior Ze that he was willing to help with alchemy and explained what he needed to become a Fourth-Tier Alchemist. Senior Ze offered to erase Yue Shuo’s debt of more than fifty million points if he completed a Divine Ability Dao Art and reached Fourth-Tier alchemy within three years.

• Yue Shuo sent He Tian away after sparring, and He Tian resolved to work harder so Yue Shuo would value him as a Spirit Beast companion.
• Yue Shuo formed a Restrictive Seal and asked Senior Ze whether anything was wrong, concerned by Senior Ze’s dazed state.
• Senior Ze asked whether Yue Shuo would help him after reaching Fourth-Tier alchemy, and Yue Shuo readily agreed.
• Yue Shuo told Senior Ze he needed a Fourth-Tier pill formula, materials, a Spirit Flame, and a wood-and-fire Divine Ability Dao Art to advance.
• Senior Ze offered to wipe out Yue Shuo’s debt of more than fifty million points if Yue Shuo cultivated the Divine Ability Dao Art and became a Fourth-Tier Alchemist within three years.

Yue Shuo accepted Senior Ze’s advice to choose a Divine Ability Dao Art that could merge with his Gods-and-Devils Body Tempering and become an Innate Divine Ability. With Senior Ze’s guidance and resources, he received the Rhino Nirvana Fire inheritance and began cultivating it in the Inheritance Hall.

• Yue Shuo asked Senior Ze to exchange the fifty million points for a tangible reward, and Senior Ze agreed to let him choose an item without regard to exchange permissions.
• Senior Ze advised Yue Shuo to cultivate a Divine Ability Dao Art that could integrate with his Gods-and-Devils Body Tempering and become an Innate Divine Ability.
• Yue Shuo received Senior Ze’s guidance on Divine Ability Dao Arts and chose the Rhino Nirvana Fire inheritance and its cultivation resources.
• Yue Shuo discovered that his attribute panel had gained a Divine Ability Dao Art section, showing Rhino Nirvana Fire at Beginner level.
• Yue Shuo used the inheritance to understand the need for a Dao Seed and corresponding Dao law power, then began cultivating Rhino Nirvana Fire under Senior Ze’s supervision.

Yue Shuo used alchemical insight and cultivation with Azure Feather to refine the Rhino Nirvana Fire in just over two days. He advanced the divine ability and surprised Senior Ze, who exclaimed upon seeing his success.

• Yue Shuo meditated on the connection between alchemy and the Rhino Nirvana Fire, using his Enlightenment opportunities to deepen his comprehension.
• Yue Shuo realized Azure Feather could help refine the Divine Ability Crystal, so he fed it to the bird and cultivated with it through their shared inheritances.
• Yue Shuo and Azure Feather cultivated together for nearly a day, raising his Rhino Nirvana Fire proficiency to one thousand points.
• Yue Shuo advanced the divine ability and formed a complete Dao diagram, then produced a colorless flame from his fingertip.
• Senior Ze exclaimed at Yue Shuo's success, and Yue Shuo modestly said that refining it had taken more than two days.

Yue Shuo learned that Azure Feather was awakening its Phoenix Blood, then listened to Senior Ze’s cultivation advice and asked him to choose a reward item. Senior Ze gave him a sealed black-gold wooden box, and Yue Shuo asked whether his mission was about to begin.

• Senior Ze explained that Yue Shuo’s cultivation art and Azure Feather’s Phoenix Blood Awakening had made the Divine Ability Dao Art easy for him to cultivate.
• Yue Shuo learned that Azure Feather had begun awakening its Phoenix Blood and felt happy for his companion.
• Senior Ze advised Yue Shuo to be cautious, learn from others’ experiences, and remember that the wider world held stronger people.
• Yue Shuo asked Senior Ze to choose one of the items available for fifty million points, and Senior Ze sent him a sealed black-gold wooden box covered in runes.
• Yue Shuo thanked Senior Ze and asked whether his mission was about to begin.

Yue Shuo arrived at the Outer Sect and learned from Senior Ze about Divine Ability Dao Arts, their cultivation stages, and how their potential depended on what predecessors had achieved. As he reached the Outer Sect Examination area, he asked whether a Divine Ability Dao Art could have a simplified Third-Tier spell version that did not require a Dao Seed.

• Senior Ze teleported Yue Shuo to the Outer Sect Teleportation Plaza and concealed him from notice with an invisible breath-concealment technique.
• Yue Shuo asked Senior Ze about cultivating concealment Divine Ability Dao Arts and learned that they could hide someone from most Nascent Soul cultivators at Minor Achievement.
• Senior Ze explained the stages of Divine Ability Dao Arts, from entry and Mastery to Minor and Grand Divine Ability Arts and true Natal Divine Abilities.
• Senior Ze told Yue Shuo that Rhino Nirvana Fire had once been cultivated to the level of a Grand Divine Ability Art, while Yi Wood Spirit Flame was a Minor Divine Ability Art.
• Yue Shuo reached the Outer Sect Examination area and asked Senior Ze whether Divine Ability Dao Arts had simplified Third-Tier spell versions that required no Dao Seed.

Yue Shuo began hosting an Outer Sect assessment at White Jade Peak while asking Senior Ze about the Calamity Fortune on his body. Senior Ze explained that Yue Shuo’s life force and completed Tribulation Transference had suppressed much of it, but a tribulation would still be needed to erase it entirely.

• Yue Shuo activated his Identity Jade Token and joined the Outer Sect Stewards, including Steward Guo, at the assessment site.
• Yue Shuo followed Steward Guo to White Jade Peak while Senior Ze teased him and explained that the remaining Calamity Fortune could still cause danger if it erupted.
• Senior Ze revealed that Yue Shuo had refined away about one-third of his Calamity Fortune and that his life force suppressed more than half of what remained.
• Yue Shuo took his place on a core node in the assessment formation and discovered that dozens of other disciples were hosting the assessment.
• Senior Ze told Yue Shuo that further Tribulation Transference could reduce his Calamity Fortune, but only undergoing a tribulation could make it vanish completely.

Yue Shuo asked Senior Ze for advice about cultivation and learned he could submit a copy of his Spirit Taming Heart Sutra for points or revenue sharing. The chapter left him wondering whether the living Alchemy Grandmaster behind an inheritance he had exchanged for was a Fifth-Tier cultivator.

• Yue Shuo asked Senior Ze about Calamity Tribulations and how to obtain a Super-Tier Spell, but Senior Ze urged him to plan his cultivation path before pursuing one.
• Senior Ze praised Yue Shuo’s talent in spirit taming after noting that he had mastered the Ancient Spirit Taming Heart Sutra.
• Yue Shuo asked whether he had to hand over the cultivation method he gained with his Three-Feather Disciple identity imprint, and Senior Ze said he could keep it or submit a copy for points and possible revenue sharing.
• Senior Ze told Yue Shuo that the person behind the Fourth-Tier Alchemy inheritance was still alive and offered to contact the Alchemy Grandmaster, prompting Yue Shuo to ask whether the Grandmaster was Fifth-Tier.

Yue Shuo entered a heart-cultivation assessment illusion and relived the life of Tang Ze, criticizing his choices as Tang Ze pursued cultivation and became entangled with Miaomiao. At the end, Tang Ze seemed to hear Yue Shuo’s voice and turned to look directly at him.

• Yue Shuo accepted Senior Ze’s advice to cultivate his heart by touching the jade formation base.
• Yue Shuo’s consciousness entered an illusion in which he inhabited the perspective of Tang Ze, an uninitiated disciple rushing to an assessment.
• Tang Ze resisted a girl’s attempt to draw him into conflict and began noticing how foolishly he had acted in his past memories.
• Yue Shuo regained awareness of himself but could only watch as Tang Ze pursued cultivation and spent centuries entangled with Miaomiao.
• Yue Shuo cursed Tang Ze for helping the sect and the world without seeking a reward, and Tang Ze turned as if he could hear him.

Yue Shuo met Tang Ze within an illusion realm and advised him to seek allies, prepare contingencies, and demand fair exchanges. After watching Tang Ze ascend, Yue Shuo returned to the jade mountain and contacted Senior Ze to ask whether he knew Tang Ze.

• Yue Shuo realized Tang Ze was a real person and explained that he should collect a deposit, make agreements, recruit allies, and prepare countermeasures.
• Tang Ze listened to Yue Shuo’s advice but continued living according to his own principles.
• Yue Shuo watched Tang Ze sever his worldly ties, undergo tribulation, and ascend before Yue Shuo’s consciousness left the illusion realm.
• Yue Shuo awoke on the jade mountain and found his eldest brother, eldest sister-in-law, and third younger brother climbing among the cultivators.
• Yue Shuo used his identity imprint to contact Senior Ze and ask whether he knew a senior named Tang Ze.

Yue Shuo learned that Senior Ze’s Mind-Cultivation Illusion was an Illusory Life, though Senior Ze could not understand why it had affected Yue Shuo so deeply. The chapter left Yue Shuo reflecting on the knowledge he had gained from the life of Tang Ze, including cultivation insights he could not yet access.

• Yue Shuo asked whether Senior Ze and Tang Ze were the same person, and Senior Ze explained that the experience had been an illusion.
• Senior Ze said he had carefully chosen the Mind-Cultivation Illusion for Yue Shuo but could not make sense of its results.
• Yue Shuo worried that Senior Ze had noticed his behavior in the illusion, then considered his own motives and sense of responsibility.
• Senior Ze said he could only observe the illusion until the point when its protagonist entered a sect, and Yue Shuo attributed the strong effect to his Fourth-Tier Divine Soul.
• Yue Shuo realized the illusion had given him higher-realm knowledge and cultivation insights, but memories of techniques beyond the Fourth-Tier remained hazy.

During the Outer Sect Entrance Examination, Yue Shuo learned that Senior Ze handled nearly every sect matter and suspected he wanted Yue Shuo to become sect master. Yue Shuo agreed to strive for power and asked what cultivation the current sect master had reached.

• Yue Shuo watched a newcomer pass the examination while Senior Ze reassured him that his brothers would not be targeted.
• Yue Shuo learned how the examination’s formation monitored candidates and praised Senior Ze for updating the sect’s rules.
• Yue Shuo asked what the sect master did, and Senior Ze admitted he wanted to know too.
• Senior Ze urged Yue Shuo to rise through the ranks and become sect master, and Yue Shuo agreed to pursue the goal.
• Yue Shuo considered investigating the Taiyin Relic in the Eastern Sea Region after cultivating further, then asked Senior Ze about the sect master’s cultivation.

Yue Shuo watched his eldest brother approach the summit of the White Jade Heaven-Climbing Peak and wondered why other assessment overseers were watching him. Senior Ze discovered that Yue Shuo had sent Spirit Cranes to more than a hundred classes, earning him a reputation as a class-crashing maniac.

• Yue Shuo checked his brothers' talents and saw that his eldest brother's lightning Variant Spirit Root and half-awakened Thunder Dragon Battle Body helped him climb quickly.
• Yue Shuo watched his eldest brother struggle through the final steps, realizing that twenty-one people had already reached the summit and his brother would miss the top-twenty tier.
• Yue Shuo asked Senior Ze whether anyone was cheating, and Senior Ze said no but asked why several people were staring at him.
• Yue Shuo told Senior Ze that he had spent three months repaying points, attending classes, and studying without leaving his alchemy room.
• Senior Ze checked the records and found that Yue Shuo had sent contracted Spirit Cranes to crash more than one hundred and twenty free classes, including classes overseen by some of the assessment stewards.