Chapter Summaries

Yang Yu completed Zhao Zixuan’s transformation into his first Blade Queen, then woke exhausted and hungry and decided to seek supplies and funds at the Ten Thousand Layers Tower. He turned to the treasures he had brought back from the Immortal Spirit Ghost Market to see how much money he could raise.

• Yang Yu poured out his Life Energy for hours until he completed Zhao Zixuan’s transformation and sealed him inside a giant Insect Cocoon.
• Yang Yu collapsed from exhaustion and slept through the night beside the cocoon, which would take three days to hatch.
• After waking, Yang Yu worried that his growing cultivation required more food and energy than he could obtain from ordinary meals.
• Yang Yu recalled that the Ten Thousand Layers Tower sold cultivators high-energy food and treasures, and decided to visit once he had money.
• Yang Yu went to the gray canvas bag of antiques and Mortal Shedding Treasures from the Immortal Spirit Ghost Market and uncovered it to assess their value.

Yang Yu appraised the antiques and Mortal Shedding Treasures he had obtained, discovering that several valuable treasures had lost power over time. He kept the Yama Battle Blade and Shapeshifting Armor, identified the supreme-grade Psychic Jade, and decided to repair the damaged treasures for use or sale.

• Yang Yu sensed and counted thirty-two antiques and eight Mortal Shedding Treasures, realizing the haul was valuable enough to help unseal the second page of the Insect Codex.
• Yang Yu examined the treasures and learned that time had damaged all eight, reducing the grades of most of them.
• Yang Yu identified the supreme-grade Black Jade Pendant as the Psychic Jade but could not uncover its function or the secret it contained.
• Yang Yu learned that the superior-grade battle blade was named Yama and decided to keep it as his weapon.
• Yang Yu put on the ordinary-grade Robe Armor, which changed into casual clothing and could block ordinary firearm attacks.
• Yang Yu decided to try repairing the damaged treasures, using rare materials for the Yama Battle Blade and Shapeshifting Armor and simpler methods for treasures he planned to sell.

Yang Yu used Cosmic Force to restore five inferior Mortal Shedding Treasures, advancing two of them to ordinary grade and strengthening the others. After checking his modified companion and breeding mantises, he prepared to sell antiques and treasures at the Ten Thousand Layers Tower in hopes of unsealing the Insect Codex’s second page.

• Yang Yu used a secret technique and his Cosmic Force to restore five inferior Mortal Shedding Treasures, advancing a zither and a folding fan to ordinary grade.
• After an hour, Yang Yu stopped; the other three treasures remained inferior grade but had gained stronger auras and value.
• Yang Yu checked Zhao Zixuan’s ongoing modification and confirmed that the five remaining Black-Spotted Tiger-Stripe Mantises were fine and domesticated for breeding.
• Yang Yu packed antiques and Mortal Shedding Treasures into two suitcases and left his rented home for the Ten Thousand Layers Tower.
• Yang Yu hoped the Tower would sell the rare materials he needed to unseal the second page of the Insect Codex and strengthen himself and the Giant Mantis Beasts he could control.

Yang Yu reached Wanhe Department Store and entered the cultivator-only floors of the Ten Thousand Layers Tower after passing its formidable gatekeepers. He arrived at the vast, treasure-filled marketplace, where a sales assistant welcomed him and asked whether he wanted to buy or sell.

• Yang Yu made his way through the crowded department store to the cultivator-only passage.
• Three powerful gatekeepers questioned Yang Yu, who introduced himself as an independent cultivator and said he had come to sell goods and buy supplies.
• The gatekeepers accepted Yang Yu's explanation, reminded him of the Tower's rules, and let him enter the special elevator.
• Yang Yu rode the elevator to the upper floors and found a sprawling marketplace filled with cultivators and shops selling treasures.
• A sales assistant in a purple qipao welcomed Yang Yu and asked whether he wanted to buy or sell.

Yang Yu asked shopping guide Mi Ke where to sell his Mortal Shedding Treasures and antiques in the Ten Thousand Layers Tower. Mi Ke led him to a clearance dealer on the thirty-second floor, where his antiques could be appraised and purchased at a discount.

• Mi Ke introduced the ten-floor cultivators' shopping area and asked whether Yang Yu wanted to buy or sell.
• Yang Yu asked where to sell his Mortal Shedding Treasures and ordinary antiques, and Mi Ke explained which floors handled different grades of treasures.
• Yang Yu said he had more than thirty antiques and several inferior- and ordinary-grade Mortal Shedding Treasures to sell.
• Mi Ke eagerly led Yang Yu across the plaza to the Treasure Acquisition clearance dealer after her attempts to flirt with him failed to affect him.
• Mi Ke explained that the dealer could buy his antiques in bulk, but would likely offer about ten percent below market value.

Yang Yu sold thirty-two antiques to the Tongbao Clearance House for twenty-eight million and learned more about the Ghost Infant Sect while the antiques were appraised. He then offered to sell his Mortal Shedding Treasures as well.

• Yang Yu accepted Mi Ke’s offer to sell his antiques at the Tongbao Clearance House.
• A shop assistant escorted Yang Yu to a private Side Hall after learning he had thirty-two antiques to sell.
• While waiting for the appraisal, Yang Yu learned that the Ghost Infant Sect was led by the Heaven Tier expert Du Xingze.
• Old Yang appraised all thirty-two antiques as genuine and valued them at 27.6 million.
• The shop assistant raised the payment to twenty-eight million, and Yang Yu agreed to sell his Mortal Shedding Treasures there too.

After selling his antiques, Yang Yu received a VIP card and a letter of recommendation that would improve the price he could get for Mortal Shedding Treasures. He agreed to let Mi Ke guide him to the Divine Armament Pavilion in exchange for part of her commission, and they arrived at the shop on the thirty-fifth floor.

• Yang Yu emerged from the Tongbao Acquisition and Clearance House with a VIP card and a letter recommending him to the Divine Armament Pavilion.
• Yang Yu told Mi Ke he planned to sell his Mortal Shedding Treasures and asked whether she would accompany him.
• Mi Ke recognized the value of his recommendation and offered him thirty percent of the commission she earned from guiding him.
• Yang Yu accepted Mi Ke's offer, and she stopped trying to flirt with him and guided him efficiently.
• Yang Yu and Mi Ke reached the Divine Armament Pavilion on the thirty-fifth floor.

Yang Yu visited the lavish Divine Armament Pavilion to sell treasures and possibly buy weapons, carrying a recommendation letter from the Tongbao Acquisition and Clearance House. The chapter ended as he handed the letter to clerk Zhang Ning.

• Yang Yu admired the Divine Armament Pavilion’s size and speculated about the influence of the clerk at the Tongbao Acquisition and Clearance House.
• Yang Yu felt the pavilion’s ice-and-fire formations refine his Cosmic Force as he approached its entrance.
• Zhang Ning welcomed Yang Yu and led him inside, where Yang Yu was stunned by the extravagant natural-treasure decorations.
• Zhang Ning asked whether Yang Yu wanted to buy or sell, and Yang Yu said he had come to sell and might also buy treasures.
• Yang Yu placed the Tongbao Acquisition and Clearance House’s recommendation letter in front of Zhang Ning.

Yang Yu brought a recommendation letter to the Divine Armament Pavilion and offered five Mortal Shedding Treasures for sale. The appraiser discovered that his Guzheng-shaped treasure was a rare soul-attack artifact that could be worth over a hundred million.

• Zhang Ning verified Yang Yu's letter from the Tongbao Antique Trading House and escorted him to a private room.
• Yang Yu displayed five Mortal Shedding Treasures, and Zhang Ning recognized that the deal was worth more than fifty million.
• Yang Yu let Zhang Ning believe he was backed by a powerful organization while discreetly learning about cultivator factions in the region.
• The appraiser valued the three inferior-grade treasures at twenty-five million and another ordinary-grade treasure at twenty million.
• The appraiser discovered that Yang Yu's Guzheng-shaped treasure was a rare soul-attack artifact whose value might exceed a hundred million.

Yang Yu sold five Mortal Shedding Treasures for 160 million, then spent most of the money on equipment, repair materials, and supplies at the Divine Armament Pavilion. After Mi Ke transferred him four million from her commission, Yang Yu left with his purchases and about 40 million remaining.

• Yang Yu decided not to keep the Guzheng and agreed to sell all five Mortal Shedding Treasures to Zhang Ning for 160 million.
• Yang Yu bought materials to repair the Yama Battle Blade and Shapeshifting Armor, ordinary battle boots, a helmet and gloves, and the single-use Thunderbolt Golden Needles.
• Yang Yu purchased materials to unseal the second page of the Insect Codex and a year’s supply of Ration Pills, leaving about 40 million in his bank account.
• Mi Ke waited for Yang Yu outside the Divine Armament Pavilion and transferred him four million, his agreed share of her commission.

Du Xingze ordered Elder Xu to kill Yang Yu and recover the treasures he had taken from an abandoned Immortal Spirit Ghost Market, hoping they might lead him to the missing half of his Psychic Jade. As the Ghost Infant Sect force headed for Yang Yu’s home, Yang Yu waited for Zhao Zixuan to emerge from her cocoon as the Blade Queen.

• Du Xingze examined his supreme-grade Psychic Jade and explained that it was one half of a pair that could reveal the tomb of Tu Baili.
• Ahai reported that four Ghost Infant Sect disciples had been killed and that an abandoned Immortal Spirit Ghost Market nearby had been looted.
• Du Xingze ordered Elder Xu to bring back Yang Yu’s head and the treasures from the market, then decided to investigate the market himself.
• Yang Yu finished sorting his natural treasures, unsealed the Yama Battle Blade and Shapeshifting Armor, and improved both Mortal Shedding Treasures.
• Yang Yu waited in his study as Zhao Zixuan’s Insect Cocoon neared hatching, while Elder Xu led Ghost Infant Sect fighters toward Yang Yu’s home.

Ghost Infant Sect Elder Xu led a force to kill Yang Yu, while Yang Yu waited for the Blade Queen to hatch inside a sealed study. After a sniper's ambush failed, the sect launched an assault on his apartment building as the cocoon began to crack.

• Elder Xu led fifty or sixty Ghost Infant Sect disciples to Yang Yu's residential complex and confirmed he lived in apartment 602.
• Yang Yu contained the Blade Queen's growing Cosmic Force inside a barrier while her cocoon expanded and began to crack.
• A sniper fired at Yang Yu, but he sensed the killing intent and dodged the shot, which blasted a hole in the floor.
• Meng Jiu reported the failed ambush to Elder Xu, who ordered the force to attack.
• Seven Human Tier experts and the Mortal Peak fighters scaled the building toward Yang Yu's floor while Elder Xu waited below.

Yang Yu fought off a Ghost Infant Sect assassination squad after its members cut the power to his apartment building. He escaped the residential area after clashing with an acquired human rank attacker, vowing to repay the sect if he survived.

• The Ghost Infant Sect cut the apartment building’s power and sent armed men to attack Yang Yu in his study.
• Yang Yu deflected bullets with the Yama Battle Blade while the Blade Queen’s cocoon vaporized the shots aimed at it.
• Yang Yu charged the attackers, killing several with his blade and a powered punch.
• Hearing civilians flee through the building, Yang Yu decided to draw the fight away from them.
• An acquired human rank attacker struck from the apartment, and Yang Yu’s slash collided with the attacker’s flaming fist projection.
• The shock wave carried Yang Yu away from the residential area as he challenged the Ghost Infant Sect to pursue him.

Yang Yu fled the Ghost Infant Sect’s pursuit but discovered the wilderness was surrounded by ambushes and realized he had to fight his way out. After surviving an explosion and a hail of bullets, he charged into the disciples as seven Human Tier experts attacked him from three directions.

• Yang Yu escaped his apartment, pursued by Hong Tao and the Ghost Infant Sect’s forces, while Elder Xu followed close behind.
• Yang Yu fled into the wilderness as heavy rain began, then stopped short of an explosion planted ahead of him.
• Yang Yu sensed ambushes surrounding him and decided to fight rather than keep trying to escape.
• Ghost Infant Sect disciples opened fire, but Yang Yu’s Mortal Shedding Treasures weakened the bullets before they could seriously hurt him.
• Yang Yu charged into the disciples, and seven Human Tier experts attacked him from three directions.

Yang Yu turned a deadly ambush by seven Ghost Infant Sect Human-Tier cultivators into a counterattack by summoning twenty Giant Mantis Beasts. As the beasts tore through the black-clad forces, Yang Yu killed a young swordsman with a single saber strike.

• Seven Ghost Infant Sect Human-Tier cultivators attacked Yang Yu together while he was airborne.
• Yang Yu summoned twenty Giant Mantis Beasts, which blocked the attacks and slaughtered the black-clad men.
• Yang Yu charged the seven stunned cultivators with fifteen Giant Mantis Beasts while the other five hunted the remaining soldiers.
• Yang Yu overwhelmed a young swordsman’s defense, shattered his sword, and cleaved him in two.

Yang Yu and his Giant Mantis Beasts slaughtered the Ghost Infant Sect’s Mortal Peak and Human Tier fighters, but Elder Xu arrived as an Earth Rank expert. Yang Yu beheaded the wounded Hong Tao and faced Elder Xu’s enormous Cosmic Force palm.

• Yang Yu battled Hong Tao while the Giant Mantis Beasts surrounded the other Ghost Infant Sect experts, and a fourth beast joined an attack that killed Zhao Tong.
• Yang Yu gained the upper hand against Hong Tao and struck him down after catching an opening.
• Elder Xu arrived and restrained Yang Yu’s killing blow with his overwhelming pressure, while the Giant Mantis Beast Squad killed two more Human Tier cultivators.
• Yang Yu ignored Elder Xu’s warning, beheaded Hong Tao, and challenged the Earth Rank expert.
• Elder Xu attacked with a vast purple-black Cosmic Force palm that pinned Yang Yu and most of the Giant Mantis Beasts in place.

Yang Yu activated Life Source Burst and challenged Elder Xu, unleashing power strong enough to contend with an Earth Rank expert. Their battle escalated, with Yang Yu gaining the upper hand as Elder Xu feared what he might become.

• Yang Yu used Life Source Burst, burning his Cosmic Force and Life Energy to amplify his strength.
• Yang Yu shattered Elder Xu's enormous palm attack with a crimson blade strike and charged at him.
• Elder Xu met Yang Yu in the air, and the two began a fierce battle with blade light and palm strikes.
• Yang Yu's blade skills improved rapidly as he fought, and he forced Elder Xu onto the defensive.
• Elder Xu grew alarmed and resolved that Yang Yu must die before he could threaten the Ghost Infant Sect.

Elder Xu unleashed the Strength Frenzy Scroll, a Magitech Civilization treasure that greatly increased his power, and charged Yang Yu. As Yang Yu realized Earth held more than descendants of the Immortal Civilization, he prepared a newly conceived saber technique to meet Elder Xu’s attack.

• Elder Xu drove Yang Yu back with a fierce barrage of palm strikes and revealed a radiant scroll as his trump card.
• Elder Xu explained that the Strength Frenzy Scroll, made by the Western archmage Suo'esi, could multiply an Earth Rank expert’s physical strength and tore it open to activate its power.
• The scroll’s magical source energy enveloped Elder Xu, boosting his aura while leaving three uses in the treasured scroll.
• Yang Yu recognized the scroll as a Magitech Civilization treasure and questioned how its descendants could coexist and trade with those of the Immortal Civilization on Earth.
• As Elder Xu charged, Yang Yu gathered his Cosmic Force into the Yama Battle Blade and prepared to test a saber technique he had conceived.

Yang Yu broke through to Human-Blade Unity and fought Elder Xu in a head-on clash, leaving both badly injured and Yang Yu unconscious in a lake. As Giant Mantis Beasts tried to rescue him, a powerful purple presence appeared above the residential district where he lived.

• Yang Yu entered Human-Blade Unity and gathered his strength for a decisive attack against Elder Xu.
• Yang Yu charged at Elder Xu at supersonic speed, and their attacks collided in a devastating explosion.
• Yang Yu was blasted into a lake unconscious, while Elder Xu suffered severe internal injuries and began losing strength.
• Giant Mantis Beasts rushed into the lake to try to rescue Yang Yu, whom Elder Xu believed was dead or crippled.
• A dazzling purple streak appeared above Yang Yu's residential district, and its soul-piercing cry alarmed Elder Xu.

After emerging as a Blade Queen, Zhao Zixuan flew to Yang Yu and confronted Elder Xu, whom she blamed for harming her master. She killed Elder Xu in a close-range fight, then returned to her human appearance.

• Zhao Zixuan transformed into a Blade Queen, flew to the battlefield, and sensed Yang Yu gravely wounded but alive near a lake.
• Zhao Zixuan demanded to know whether Elder Xu had harmed her master, and Elder Xu challenged her to attack.
• Zhao Zixuan and Elder Xu exchanged hundreds of blows in a fierce battle that tore up the ground.
• Zhao Zixuan slashed Elder Xu's throat, killing him, and her armor and spikes retracted beneath her skin.
• Zhao Zixuan returned to her appearance as a university beauty, having killed an Earth Rank expert.