Chapter Summaries

Zhou Feng defeated Golden Peng and his Invincible Phenomenon grew stronger, frightening the remaining cultivators away from challenging him. With no one else stepping forward, he secured a spot for Bathing in the Immortal Pond after only two fights.

• Zhou Feng used his Combat Instinct and overwhelming fighting style to defeat Golden Peng before he could use a Divine Ability.
• Zhou Feng’s Invincible Phenomenon grew stronger after Golden Peng’s defeat.
• The watching cultivators feared becoming Zhou Feng’s stepping stones and decided not to challenge him, expecting monsters like Jiang Yi to compete later.
• The organizers awarded Zhou Feng a spot for Bathing in the Immortal Pond, surprising him with how easily he had earned it.

After securing a spot for Bathing in the Immortal Pond, Zhou Feng regretted that nobody else challenged him, since fighting had helped him gain progress toward a new Passive Skill. He met Leng Man'er in a secluded courtyard, where she asked why the aura of the Death Substitution Gu had disappeared.

• Zhou Feng left the cloud platform with the spot still awaiting final confirmation and watched the Divine Ability Realm battles from the sidelines.
• Leng Man'er approached Zhou Feng, and he recognized that her cultivation had reached the ninth level of the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Leng Man'er led Zhou Feng to a secluded courtyard and removed her veil as they spoke about meeting again in the Southern Border.
• Leng Man'er sharply asked Zhou Feng why the aura of the Death Substitution Gu had disappeared.

Zhou Feng reunited with Leng Man'er in Immortal Pond City and learned that she was seeking rare materials to transform her Natal Ice Spirit Gu. Needing spirit stones, he proposed teaming up to take dangerous missions, and Leng Man'er was left reacting angrily to his blunt explanation of why he felt safe partnering with her.

• Zhou Feng admitted that he had given the Death Substitution Gu to someone who had helped him, while concealing Li Rong'er's gender.
• Leng Man'er explained that she had used Three Gu Sect resources to cultivate and had come to Immortal Pond City for the materials needed to transform her Ice Spirit Gu.
• Zhou Feng learned that Gu cultivators could reach the Divine Ability Realm by transforming their Natal Gu, but that the path consumed vast resources.
• Zhou Feng asked Leng Man'er how to earn spirit stones, and she said she had no methods beyond refining Gu worms.
• Zhou Feng proposed that they split the rewards from dangerous missions evenly, and Leng Man'er considered the offer.
• When Leng Man'er asked whether he trusted her, Zhou Feng said he wanted to partner because she could not kill him, while he could kill her, angering her.

Zhou Feng returned to the Immortal Pond Gathering and was immediately challenged by Ji Mingyu, a Sword Heart prodigy seeking a spot in the Immortal Pond. Their brutal fight began with Ji Mingyu’s sword qi cutting Zhou Feng open, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Zhou Feng and Leng Man'er left to return to the Immortal Pond Gathering after discussing their partnership and Zhou Feng’s plan to consign items at the auction.
• Fairy Qingyao, Sima Di, and Jiang Yi secured their places, while a powerful rogue cultivator drew attention by suppressing opponents with mountain-related abilities.
• Ji Mingyu challenged Zhou Feng as soon as Zhou Feng returned, hoping to claim his place for Bathing in the Immortal Pond.
• Zhou Feng welcomed the challenge as a chance to gain a Passive Skill and leaped onto the cloud platform.
• Ji Mingyu attacked without warning, and his sword qi tore open Zhou Feng’s body as their fight began.

Zhou Feng endured Ji Mingyu’s Clear Wind Sword and defeated him with a soul attack, winning the battle for the Immortal Pond qualification. He was left gravely wounded, while Fairy Qingyao and Sima Di wondered how he had learned such a technique.

• Ji Mingyu launched a fierce sword assault that wounded Zhou Feng and then unleashed his Clear Wind Sword, filling the area with countless strands of sword qi.
• Zhou Feng burned his blood qi and forced his way through the sword qi, suffering severe cuts across his body.
• Zhou Feng used the Soul Fist, striking Ji Mingyu’s soul and shattering the jade pendant protecting it.
• Ji Mingyu lost consciousness, and Zhou Feng emerged victorious as Fairy Qingyao and Sima Di reacted with astonishment and suspicion.

After defeating Ji Mingyu, Zhou Feng recovered from his injuries and secured his place at the Immortal Pond Gathering, then drew a passive skill that linked him to Big Yellow and let the spirit pet inherit one percent of his attributes. He prepared to bathe in the Immortal Pond as factions began taking an interest in his strength.

• Zhou Feng used Heart of Tenacity to heal his wounds, spending most of his blood qi, and endured the lingering damage to his soul from Soul Fist.
• No cultivators dared to challenge Zhou Feng again, and he left the arena after defending his place at the Immortal Pond.
• After defeating Ji Mingyu, Zhou Feng filled his Skill Panel progress bar and drew the passive skill Spirit Pet Heart.
• Zhou Feng arranged for Leng Man'er to stay at his home in Immortal Pond City and look after Big Yellow while he bathed in the Immortal Pond.
• Zhou Feng sensed Big Yellow's location, condition, and thoughts through Spirit Pet Heart, while Big Yellow heard Zhou Feng's call but could not sense him in return.

Zhou Feng used Spirit Pet Heart to pass on part of his strength to Big Yellow, transforming it into a powerful, intelligent golden wolf. He then waited to enter the Immortal Pond and collected the Whale King Musk Jiang Yi had promised him.

• Zhou Feng chose Big Yellow as the target for inheriting one percent of his vitality, spiritual energy, Soul Power, and other abilities.
• Big Yellow endured a painful transformation, grew to nearly two meters tall, reached the Purple Mansion Realm, and gained greatly increased intelligence.
• Zhou Feng told Big Yellow to stay home and welcome the guests who would soon arrive, then ended their mental connection.
• At the Immortal Pond gathering, Zhou Feng called out to Jiang Yi, prompting the other attendees to speculate about their relationship and the Jade Sword Holy Land's influence.
• Jiang Yi gave Zhou Feng a fist-sized piece of Whale King Musk as promised, while Zhou Feng accepted it cautiously and kept his distance.

Zhou Feng bathed in the Immortal Pond, enduring its fierce spiritual energy with his recovery ability and transforming his body. He left with what he believed was a Human Emperor Physique, making it easier to circulate the Human Emperor Scripture and control his vitality and blood.

• The Immortal Pond opened, and Zhou Feng leaped in first after hearing that the bath would last only fifteen minutes.
• Zhou Feng absorbed the pond’s concentrated spiritual energy, improving his innate talent and physique while his body repeatedly suffered injuries and healed.
• Jiang Yi and the others watched Zhou Feng withstand the erosion, then began absorbing the pond water themselves.
• When time ran out, Zhou Feng was expelled from the pond and found that his Human Emperor Blood and bones had turned more golden.
• Zhou Feng circulated the Human Emperor Scripture with newfound ease, and the Invincible Phenomenon appeared behind him.

After the Immortal Pond Gathering, Zhou Feng returned to his residence and found that Big Yellow had grown into a Purple Mansion Realm spirit beast. He used Whale King Musk to deepen his cultivation, successfully drew in Taixu Qi, and realized he needed more resources and steady income to advance.

• Zhou Feng ignored the cultivators who wanted to befriend him and returned to his residence.
• Zhou Feng found Big Yellow transformed into a giant wolf and learned from Leng Man'er that it had reached the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Zhou Feng asked Leng Man'er to look for missions while he entered closed-door cultivation before the Immortal Pond Auction.
• Zhou Feng burned Whale King Musk and entered Wandering the Great Void, where he expelled waste qi and absorbed a trace of Taixu Qi.
• The Whale King Musk ran out, and Zhou Feng concluded he needed to make spiritual incense and establish businesses using his Passive Skills to earn spirit stones.

Zhou Feng planned to use his Fisherman passive to earn spirit stones, but first teamed up with Leng Man'er to complete missions around Immortal Pond City. With the auction drawing powerful cultivators and rumors of rare treasures, Zhou Feng and Leng Man'er agreed to attend it together the next day.

• Zhou Feng decided that fishing for Spirit Fish at Immortal Pond Lake might earn him spirit stones, while considering incense making as a future use for Masterful Craftsmanship.
• Zhou Feng brought Big Yellow to the City Lord's Mansion after discovering that Big Yellow could shrink to waist height and had gained powerful tracking abilities.
• Jade Sword Holy Land focused on the auction as rumors spread that it would feature a breakthrough-assisting spiritual treasure, Dao Artifacts, and an Immortal Scripture.
• Zhou Feng, Big Yellow, and Leng Man'er completed City Lord's Mansion missions and earned several hundred thousand spirit stones before deciding to stop taking missions.
• Leng Man'er agreed to attend the auction with Zhou Feng the next day.

Zhou Feng attended the Immortal Pond Auction with Leng Man'er, who hoped to find treasures for her Natal Gu, while he had no particular target after obtaining Whale King Musk. The auction opened with the sale of a nonhuman woman whose Inner Charm Physique made her a prized Cauldron for dual cultivation.

• Zhou Feng and Leng Man'er entered the auction and chose seats in the middle of the main hall.
• Leng Man'er told Zhou Feng that she needed an Ice Glaze Flower and a Mystic Crystal Ice Tear to help her Natal Gu reach the Divine Ability Realm.
• Zhou Feng said he planned to travel to the Eastern Land after advancing, and both he and Leng Man'er regretted that their paths would diverge.
• The auction host began the bidding and presented a half-human, half-snake nonhuman with an Inner Charm Physique.
• Leng Man'er explained that the woman's body produced seductive qi that could be refined through dual cultivation into pure spiritual energy.

Zhou Feng learned how the Cauldron method shaped dual cultivation while he and Leng Man'er attended an auction. After a Human-Snake sold for two million spirit stones, the Ice Glaze Flowers Leng Man'er needed appeared, opening with a five-hundred-thousand-spirit-stone bid.

• Leng Man'er explained the history of dual cultivation and how cultivators raised members of other races as Cauldrons.
• Zhou Feng watched bidders drive the Human-Snake's price up to two million spirit stones, then saw another potential Cauldron—a winged man—spark a bidding war.
• Zhou Feng noticed the auction offered almost no ores or artifact-refining materials while spiritual pills, artifacts, and other goods went under the hammer.
• The Ice Glaze Flowers Leng Man'er needed for her breakthrough appeared, and she clenched her hands nervously when the host announced a starting bid of five hundred thousand spirit stones.

Leng Man'er borrowed spirit stones from Zhou Feng to buy an Ice Glaze Flower at the auction. After they watched a damaged Visualization Diagram sell for thirty million spirit stones, Zhou Feng suggested they leave and browse the trading fair outside.

• Leng Man'er admitted she lacked the spirit stones to afford the Ice Glaze Flower, and Zhou Feng offered to lend her what she needed.
• Leng Man'er bid eight hundred thousand spirit stones and won the Ice Glaze Flower.
• The auction offered a damaged White Tiger Visualization Diagram, which a sect bought for thirty million spirit stones.
• Zhou Feng sensed something was off and suggested that he and Leng Man'er leave the auction.
• Leng Man'er agreed, and Zhou Feng proposed checking the trading fair for materials to make spiritual incense.

Zhou Feng decided Immortal Pond City was too dangerous, stocked up on supplies, and left with Big Yellow for Immortal Pond Lake after parting ways with Leng Man'er. Soon after, the Spirit Locking Array activated as Dragon Transformation Realm experts fought over the Dragon Transformation Fruit, plunging the city into chaos.

• Zhou Feng bought spirit materials and supplies, then told Leng Man'er he planned to leave Immortal Pond City because he sensed danger.
• Zhou Feng gave Leng Man'er the Spirit Turtle Breath Concealment Art and advised her on using it before they parted ways.
• Leng Man'er followed Zhou Feng's advice and left the city, while Zhou Feng changed his identity and departed quietly with Big Yellow.
• Zhou Feng's unease faded as he traveled toward Immortal Pond Lake, intending to settle there for a while.
• The Spirit Locking Array activated as Dragon Transformation Realm experts fought over the Dragon Transformation Fruit, and Rogue Cultivators began looting the city.

Zhou Feng escaped the sealed Immortal Pond City and settled in a hidden cave near Immortal Pond Lake, where he tried to cultivate the Way of Taixu with Whale King Incense but failed to condense Taixu True Qi. After resting, he went to fish and realized his homemade fishing rod was useless against the powerful fish in the lake.

• Zhou Feng reached Immortal Pond Lake with Big Yellow and carved a hidden cave into a hill near the shore.
• Zhou Feng made and lit Whale King Incense, then attempted to Wander the Great Void and comprehend the Way of Taixu.
• Zhou Feng failed to condense Taixu True Qi before the incense burned out, though he planned to keep trying with his remaining Whale King Musk.
• Zhou Feng left the cave with Big Yellow at daybreak and went to the lake to fish with a homemade rod.
• Zhou Feng saw cultivators fishing with artifact spears and hemp ropes, realized his rod would not work, and stopped to observe them.

Zhou Feng watched a group of cultivators fail to catch Black Bear Fish at Immortal Pond Lake and learned how dangerous and valuable the fish were. After they left, he decided to test his Fisherman passive and try catching one himself.

• Zhou Feng observed five cultivators use bait and fishing spears to hunt a school of Black Bear Fish.
• The Black Bear Fish fought back with their strength and water arrows, forcing the group to retreat after losing bait and a spear.
• The five cultivators explained that the fish had grown more cunning and that deeper waters required a warship to cross safely.
• Zhou Feng considered the fishing methods and decided to try catching a Black Bear Fish with his Fisherman passive.

The Xia Family announced a marriage trial requiring suitors to present an Immortal Spirit Mirror Fish, a rare fish that was nearly impossible to catch. Zhou Feng hooked one with a crude fishing line thanks to his Fisherman passive, leaving Zhao Qianxing and the other cultivators stunned.

• The Xia Family sought a marriage alliance to ease pressure from factions opposing its exclusive fishing territory, offering cultivation resources and a divine ability to the man who married into the family.
• The Xia Family made catching an Immortal Spirit Mirror Fish the first trial for selecting a husband for its daughter.
• Zhou Feng cast a line with leftover medicinal herb as bait, and his Fisherman passive helped him hook an Immortal Spirit Mirror Fish.
• The fish stayed in the air instead of escaping because it sensed that Zhou Feng was dangerous.
• Zhao Qianxing and the nearby cultivators recognized the fish and gaped at Zhou Feng's inexplicable catch.

Zhou Feng’s catch of an Immortal Spirit Mirror Fish drew the greed of Zhao Qianxing and two companions, but Zhou Feng swiftly killed them and questioned Zhao Qianxing. After learning about the fish’s value and gathering local information, Zhou Feng had Big Yellow kill Zhao Qianxing as well.

• Zhao Qianxing and his two companions covered their faces and surrounded Zhou Feng to steal the Immortal Spirit Mirror Fish.
• Zhou Feng unleashed his Invincible Phenomenon, crushing the two companions and overwhelming Zhao Qianxing.
• Zhou Feng ordered Big Yellow to attack Zhao Qianxing, who was dragged over with his ribs and neck injured.
• Zhao Qianxing told Zhou Feng about the Immortal Spirit Mirror Fish, the Xia Family, and nearby factions and fishing locations.
• Zhou Feng finished questioning Zhao Qianxing and ordered Big Yellow to kill him.

Zhou Feng fished up an Immortal Spirit Mirror Fish and several Black Bear Fish before the growing school drove him away from Immortal Pond Lake. He went to Koi Town to sell his catch and deliberately displayed the valuable fish to attract potential targets, where he caught Tuoba Tai reaching for it.

• Zhou Feng caught an Immortal Spirit Mirror Fish and decided it could help him obtain a Dao Artifact.
• He caught several Black Bear Fish, fed one to Big Yellow, and left the lake after their numbers swelled and powerful fish gathered.
• Zhou Feng rode Big Yellow to Koi Town, dragging the Black Bear Fish behind him and keeping the Immortal Spirit Mirror Fish in a basket at his waist.
• A merchant approached to buy his Black Bear Fish, while other traders warned Zhou Feng about the man's dishonest prices.
• Zhou Feng sensed Tuoba Tai reaching for his fish basket, and Big Yellow barked as Zhou Feng struck at him with a powerful punch.

After Tuoba Tai failed to steal the Immortal Spirit Mirror Fish and escaped into Koi Town, Zhou Feng was surrounded by people who wanted the treasure. He fought back, killing four attackers and driving the rest to flee.

• Tuoba Tai noticed Zhou Feng had caught him trying to steal the fish basket, then escaped into Koi Town before Zhou Feng could catch him.
• Big Yellow confirmed it remembered Tuoba Tai's scent as the crowd noticed the Immortal Spirit Mirror Fish and closed in around Zhou Feng.
• Zhou Feng ordered the crowd to back away, but several people mocked and threatened him because he appeared to be only in the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Zhou Feng unleashed his Blood Qi and Invincible Phenomenon, killed the man who had threatened him, and fought the crowd as Big Yellow joined in.
• Zhou Feng killed four attackers without being injured, and the remaining people realized they had provoked a powerful opponent and fled.