Arc 8The Kunlun Jade Mine

Li Yichen revived the Yin-Yang Fruit Tree, brought Little Fairy and a ghostly mining crew to the jade mine, and turned the excavation into a business venture. His conflict with Kunlun escalated after Qin Ming arrived, leaving Li Yichen, Bai Binger, and their companions trapped as the Heaven-Binding Formation’s flames closed in.

  • Li Yichen rescued Bai Binger from the Ice Giant, then revived the Yin-Yang Fruit Tree and left her with a token before she returned to Kunlun.
  • Li Yichen took Ouyang Hai and Atamu across the guarded mine on skeletal horses and broke through a sealed wall to reach a cavern full of Seed Jade.
  • Li Yichen summoned skeletons to mine the jade while Xia supervised, and Lu Sheng’s disciples entered the passage and were defeated by Xia.
  • Ouyang Hai demanded compensation from Lu Sheng’s group, then negotiated a jade and Void stone trade that gave Li Yichen a new supply deal.
  • Qin Ming arrived at the mine and attacked Li Yichen, while Bai Binger defended him and Xia was wounded before Little Fairy knocked Qin Ming down.
  • Li Yichen healed Xia and spared Qin Ming, but Qin Ming invoked Kunlun’s authority and ordered the disciples to activate the Heaven-Binding Formation.
  • Qin Ming’s formation trapped Li Yichen, Bai Binger, Ouyang Hai, and their companions as blood-red flames spread through the passage and Little Fairy raised an ice shield.
Chapters 176–200 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 176Lost her trail

Li Yichen followed an energy disturbance into the Heavenly Mountain range and saw Bai Binger fighting an Ice Giant. After the Ice Giant’s attack sent Bai Binger fleeing in a ball of light, Li Yichen pursued her but lost her trail and returned to the hotel.

  • Li Yichen sensed an energy fluctuation during the night and flew into the Heavenly Mountain range to investigate.
  • Li Yichen watched Bai Binger battle the Ice Giant, who attacked with an Ice Spike Cannon.
  • Bai Binger countered the Ice Giant’s ice projectiles with her sword technique, but the clash left her exhausted.
  • The Ice Giant unleashed an Ice Explosion, and Bai Binger crushed a Jade Talisman as Li Yichen rushed to save her.
  • Bai Binger escaped from the explosion as a ball of white light, and Li Yichen chased after her but lost her.
  • Li Yichen returned to the hotel and complained that he had failed to catch up with the injured Bai Binger.

Ch. 177Heaven answered his prayers

Li Yichen and Ouyang Hai prepared to leave after Atamu thanked Li Yichen for helping Bayan and gave him a rare Spirit Stone. On the plane, Li Yichen’s prayers were answered when a beautiful young woman sat beside him, though his attempt to start a conversation quickly faltered.

  • Li Yichen learned from Ouyang Hai why it was still dark early in the morning.
  • Atamu told Li Yichen that Bayan was doing well and offered him a piece of jade as thanks.
  • Ouyang Hai identified the jade as a Spirit Stone and estimated that he would pay a million for it.
  • Li Yichen returned the jade to Atamu so Bayan could wear it for her health.
  • On the plane to Hotan, a beautiful young woman sat beside Li Yichen, and he awkwardly tried to strike up a conversation.

Ch. 178Throwing Herself into His Arms

Li Yichen recognized Bai Binger as the woman who had fought the Ice Giant and used a white flame to save her from the freezing energy in her body. After recovering and advancing from the Fusion Stage to the Heart Stirring Stage, Bai Binger felt an icy aura spread through the shaking plane.

  • Li Yichen noticed Bai Binger trembling with cold and discovered that freezing energy was spreading through her meridians.
  • Li Yichen recognized Bai Binger from the fight with the Ice Giant and held her while using a white flame to melt the freezing energy.
  • Bai Binger woke and questioned Li Yichen, then drew spiritual energy from two Spirit Stones until they became ordinary jade.
  • Bai Binger realized her cultivation had advanced from the Fusion Stage to the Heart Stirring Stage.
  • The plane shook violently, and Bai Binger sensed an icy aura spreading through the cabin.

Ch. 179A Thousand Years of Pain?

A hailstorm and violent turbulence threatened the plane as Li Yichen and Bai Binger left the cabin to confront the Ice Giant behind the storm. Bai Binger’s sword attack plunged between the giant’s buttocks, leaving the fight unresolved.

  • Hail battered the plane, and severe turbulence sent passengers into panic while Li Yichen assured Ouyang Hai that they would be safe.
  • Bai Binger used the Five Elements Escape Technique to leave the plane, and Li Yichen followed her outside.
  • Bai Binger confronted the Ice Giant, who blamed her for taking the Heavenly Earth Spirit Fruit and destroying its tree.
  • Bai Binger and the Ice Giant exchanged attacks, with her sword strikes barely damaging him and his ice assault forcing her to defend herself.
  • Bai Binger launched nine enormous azure swords at the Ice Giant, who hurled his severed arms at her and turned around; the swords plunged between his buttocks.

Ch. 180The Idiot

Li Yichen and Bai Binger were captured by the Heavenly Mountain Ice Spirit, but Li Yichen tried to charm the spirit into sparing them. The Little Fairy demanded compensation from Bai Binger for stealing fruit and knocking down its tree, leaving Li Yichen asking what kind of tree it was.

  • After explosions injured Bai Binger, Li Yichen flew to catch her, and the Little Fairy trapped them both in an Ice Dragon.
  • Bai Binger offered to take responsibility for stealing the spirit's fruit and digging up its tree, but Li Yichen insisted on staying with her.
  • Li Yichen claimed he and Bai Binger had been lovers in a past life, then asked the spirit for its name.
  • The spirit proudly called itself Lord Little Blue, and Li Yichen praised it as a kindhearted Ice Sprite named Little Blue.
  • Li Yichen swore he was telling the truth, and White Impermanence unexpectedly answered his Communication Talisman.
  • The Little Fairy refused to release Bai Binger without compensation, and Li Yichen asked whether the damaged tree was a Ginseng Fruit Tree.

Ch. 181Yin-Yang Fruit

The Little Fairy blamed Bai Binger for destroying a Yin-Yang Fruit Tree and threatened her and Li Yichen unless he could save it. Li Yichen examined the damaged yin-yang node and discovered that Yin energy was overtaking the valley’s Yang energy.

  • The Little Fairy explained that Bai Binger had picked the Yin-Yang Fruit and killed its tree by digging it up, then demanded that Li Yichen try to revive it.
  • The Little Fairy flew with Li Yichen and Bai Binger to Heavenly Mountain while the plane’s mist cleared and Ouyang Hai worried about Li Yichen.
  • Li Yichen flirted with Bai Binger and promised he would find a way to keep her safe as they traveled.
  • The Little Fairy brought Li Yichen and Bai Binger to the valley, where the uprooted tree lay withered.
  • Li Yichen used his spiritual power to see that removing the tree had breached the yin-yang node, allowing Yin energy to erode Yang energy and threaten the valley with ice and snow.

Ch. 182Rebuilding Yin and Yang

Li Yichen freed himself from Little Fairy’s Ice Dragon and used black and white flames to restore the Yin-Yang Fruit Tree. The tree revived and produced two tiny fruits, while Li Yichen was left exhausted from the effort.

  • Li Yichen shattered the Ice Dragon, restrained Little Fairy, and told him to watch while he tried to revive the tree.
  • Li Yichen planted the dead Yin-Yang Fruit Tree in its original place and had Bai Binger hold it steady.
  • Li Yichen released Little Fairy and warned both him and Bai Binger not to panic as he began his work.
  • Li Yichen used black and white flames to balance yin and yang, restoring life to the Yin-Yang Fruit Tree despite its immense drain on his energy.
  • The tree grew leaves and bloomed with one black flower and one white flower, which soon became two tiny fruits.

Ch. 183Luring the Little Fairy Away

Li Yichen restored his strength with the Little Fairy’s help, then lured him away from the icy mountains by showing him the attractions of the human world. After reaching Hotan with Bai Binger, he gave her a token that could transport her to Jinling as they prepared to part.

  • The Little Fairy healed Li Yichen and rapidly replenished his spiritual energy, cutting short his rest on Bai Binger’s lap.
  • Li Yichen enticed the Little Fairy with videos and descriptions of human-world entertainment, and the Little Fairy agreed to travel with him in a tiny, nearly transparent form.
  • Li Yichen and Bai Binger flew to Hotan, where Bai Binger asked him to stop calling her “Bing’er,” but he continued.
  • Bai Binger said she had to return to Kunlun, and Li Yichen gave her a stone token that would transport her to Jinling if she crushed it.

Ch. 184A token of love

Li Yichen parted from Bai Binger with exchanged keepsakes, then reunited with Ouyang Hai and Atamu at the airport. The group traveled to Kalayangtake Village to seek jade, where they learned the mining area was dangerous but decided to head there before dawn anyway.

  • Li Yichen gave Bai Binger a stone token, and she returned with a jade pendant as a gift before flying away.
  • Li Yichen reached the airport and reassured Ouyang Hai, who had been worried about his disappearance, that Bai Binger had returned to Kunlun Mountain.
  • Atamu led Li Yichen and Ouyang Hai to Kalayangtake Village, where their taxi driver warned that armed guards controlled the mine and three jade diggers had recently been killed.
  • At the inn, Li Yichen told Ouyang Hai that only he, Ouyang Hai, and Atamu would dig for jade, and Atamu confirmed that the mining area was dangerous.
  • Li Yichen insisted they could not delay, and Atamu agreed to guide them there before dawn.

Ch. 185A god reincarnated

Li Yichen summoned three skeletal horses and used the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness to give Ouyang Hai and Atamu night vision so they could cross the mining area. Atamu became convinced Li Yichen was a reincarnated god, despite Li Yichen insisting he treat him as a brother.

  • Atamu led Li Yichen and Ouyang Hai toward the mining area, where Ouyang Hai worried he could not cross the ten-kilometer stretch on foot.
  • Li Yichen opened a Netherworld Gate and summoned three skeletal horses, then used spectral light to give one the appearance of a living horse.
  • Li Yichen returned with the horses and said the group could ride across the mining area.
  • Li Yichen applied the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness to Ouyang Hai and Atamu's eyelids, allowing both men to see in the dark.
  • Atamu knelt and called Li Yichen a reincarnated god, but Li Yichen told him to get up and treat him as a brother.

Ch. 186Pushing Too Far

Li Yichen, Ouyang Hai, and Atamu rode toward the Kunlun Mountains on silent, flying horses, but a mine patrol chased and shot at them. Li Yichen stopped the patrol with their own bullets, and the riders continued until Atamu pointed out they were nearing the mountain range.

  • Li Yichen, Ouyang Hai, and Atamu rode out across the mine on their black horses, which ran silently over black mist.
  • Atamu warned Li Yichen and Ouyang Hai that patrol vehicles were pursuing them, but Li Yichen told them to keep going while he stayed behind.
  • The Captain ordered the patrol to shoot at Li Yichen, who caught the bullets with his power and returned them, wounding the patrolmen in their shoulders.
  • Li Yichen warned the patrolmen not to hurt people indiscriminately, and the Captain ordered his men to behave themselves.
  • After another half hour of riding, Atamu pointed out that they were nearing the Kunlun mountain range.

Ch. 187Good deeds are rewarded

Li Yichen brought Ouyang Hai and Atamu to a cave high on a cliff, where they found the passage blocked by a massive rock. As Ouyang Hai feared his life was in danger, Li Yichen used his spiritual energy to attack the barrier, shaking the cave.

  • Atamu explained that a rescued white crane had led him to the cliff cave, and he prepared climbing gear to reach it.
  • Li Yichen carried Atamu and Ouyang Hai up the cliff by leaping from one foothold to another.
  • Atamu discovered that a massive rock sealed the far end of the cave, leaving no other route through.
  • Ouyang Hai panicked about being trapped, and Li Yichen promised to look for a way past the barrier.
  • Li Yichen pressed his hands against the rock and unleashed spiritual energy, causing a thunderous rumble and shaking the cave.

Ch. 188Ignorance Is Truly Terrifying

Li Yichen used Little Fairy’s cold to freeze the stone wall, then shattered it with his white flame and explained the result as thermal expansion and contraction. As the wall collapsed, a flash of yellow light flew deeper into the tunnel.

  • Li Yichen failed to push the stone wall open, passed through it, and found an underground cavern with a riverbed and a stone he suspected was Hetian jade.
  • Li Yichen asked Little Fairy to freeze the wall in exchange for cake, and Little Fairy encased it in ice.
  • Ouyang Hai and Atamu noticed the ice, then retreated outside after Li Yichen warned them he was about to open the wall.
  • Li Yichen struck the frozen wall with his white flame, causing it to crack and collapse into rubble.
  • Li Yichen told Little Fairy he would find him a teacher, and a flash of yellow light shot out from the rubble and flew deeper into the tunnel.

Ch. 189Ten Thousand Ghosts Mining

Li Yichen revealed his ability to summon skeletons and used them to mine the rich Seed Jade deposit. Ouyang Hai learned that Li Yichen knew Black and White Impermanence and asked him to arrange a shortcut for him after death.

  • Li Yichen showed Ouyang Hai and Atamu two pieces of Seed Jade and pointed out more stones nearby.
  • Li Yichen opened a Netherworld Gate and summoned countless skeletons, leaving Ouyang Hai and Atamu stunned.
  • Li Yichen summoned Xia and told her to direct the skeletons to mine and set aside Seed Jade.
  • Ouyang Hai asked where the skeletons came from, and Li Yichen said he had borrowed them from Black and White Impermanence.
  • Ouyang Hai asked Li Yichen to help him jump the queue when he died, and Li Yichen agreed.

Ch. 190Kunlun Secret Realm

Li Yichen, Ouyang Hai, and Atamu continued mining jade in the Kunlun Secret Realm while relaxing with barbecue and beer. After a Spirit Talisman warned Kunlun disciples of intruders at the Spirit Stone Mound, Lu Sheng led Qing He and the others to investigate, and they arrived at the passage.

  • Lu Sheng received a Spirit Talisman showing a stone wall shattering and led Qing He and the other disciples through a rift to investigate the Spirit Stone Mound.
  • Li Yichen's skeletal miners unearthed piles of valuable seed jade while he, Ouyang Hai, and Atamu ate barbecue and drank beer.
  • Atamu praised Li Yichen for helping Xia, and Li Yichen explained that Xia was a ghost who could not reincarnate.
  • Xia tried beer, disliked its taste, and made the three men laugh.
  • Lu Sheng and five other disciples reached the passage, where Qing He sensed strong yin energy, and Lu Sheng warned the group to stay close and be careful.

Ch. 191Idiot teammates

Lu Sheng’s team encountered thousands of skeletons, and an overeager disciple’s talisman triggered a battle. As the team advanced under Qing He’s Golden Light Demon-Subduing Formation, Li Yichen noticed their approach and warned Ouyang Hai and Atamu that troublemakers had arrived.

  • Lu Sheng’s team discovered thousands of skeletons, and a disciple accidentally attacked them with a scarlet talisman before Lu Sheng could finish speaking.
  • Hundreds of skeletons charged, and Lu Sheng ordered his team to fight as the disciples used talismans and spells to destroy them.
  • Lu Sheng agreed to let the team continue advancing and instructed them to form the Golden Light Demon-Subduing Formation under Qing He’s bronze mirror.
  • The formation cleared skeletons as Lu Sheng’s team advanced three hundred meters through the passage.
  • Li Yichen noticed that more than five hundred skeleton miners had disappeared, while Xia stopped eating and readied her claws.

Ch. 192Shadowfall

Li Yichen sent Xia to capture the Kunlun intruders, and she overwhelmed Lu Sheng’s group inside the Golden Light Demon-Subduing Formation. A message reached Qin Ming, who left seclusion to investigate the Spirit Stone Mound and gathered disciples to accompany him.

  • Li Yichen ordered Xia to capture the intruders without killing them, and she flew into the cavern.
  • Lu Sheng’s group formed a defensive circle as Xia used Shadowfall to plunge them into darkness and silence.
  • Xia dragged Junior Brother Wang out of the formation and knocked him unconscious with a skeleton’s thighbone.
  • Xia then incapacitated Junior Brother Zhou after his talisman failed to stop her hand.
  • Qin Ming received a message about the Spirit Stone Mound, emerged from seclusion, and announced that he would investigate with volunteers.

Ch. 193Silly child

Qin Ming set out with disciples to investigate a demon at Spirit Stone Mound while Bai Binger visited her gravely injured master on Kunlun Snow Mountain. After giving her master rare Yin-Yang Fruits that might heal her, Bai Binger returned to the Secret Realm to cultivate toward the Golden Core Stage.

  • Qin Ming dismissed a disciple’s warning and flew toward Spirit Stone Mound through a Spatial Gate, followed by a dozen disciples.
  • Bai Binger’s injured master told her she planned to die in the snow mountains and urged her to return to the Secret Realm and reach the Golden Core Stage.
  • Bai Binger gave her master two Yin-Yang Fruits, and her master recognized their healing properties and said they might reverse her injuries.
  • Bai Binger admitted that a man had saved her, blushed when her master teased her about him, and was asked to bring him to meet her someday.
  • Bai Binger left the cave on her flying sword and headed for the Secret Realm to cultivate.

Ch. 194Going back on their word

Qin Ming persuaded Bai Binger to join him in investigating trouble at the Spirit Stone Mound, while Li Yichen’s group released Lu Sheng and the other Kunlun disciples after explaining their presence. Ouyang Hai then demanded an absurd fortune for the skeleton miners the disciples had killed, leaving them fainting from shock.

  • Qin Ming met Bai Binger above Snow Valley and convinced her to accompany him to the Spirit Stone Mound.
  • Lu Sheng woke to find his fellow disciples unconscious and learned that Li Yichen’s group claimed to be digging for Seed Jade.
  • Li Yichen had Xia untie Lu Sheng, who freed Qing He and helped wake the other disciples.
  • Lu Sheng apologized for the misunderstanding, and Li Yichen said the disciples could leave.
  • Ouyang Hai stopped them and demanded compensation for the skeleton miners, raising the amount from fifty million to fifteen billion yuan.
  • Lu Sheng shouted that they might as well sell themselves, and the disciples fainted when Ouyang Hai said that still would not be enough.

Ch. 195Robbed

Ouyang Hai and Li Yichen robbed Lu Sheng and his companions, then Ouyang Hai bought Kunlun’s scar-removal ointment formula for ten million. As Lu Sheng’s group prepared to leave, Li Yichen found several Void stones among their belongings.

  • Ouyang Hai demanded that Lu Sheng and his companions hand over their valuables, and Li Yichen persuaded him to accept the contents of their Space Rings instead of keeping them as laborers.
  • Lu Sheng explained that one bottle contained ointment that could remove any scar within three days, and Ouyang Hai offered ten million for its formula.
  • Lu Sheng agreed to sell the formula and asked Ouyang Hai to keep the deal secret; Ouyang Hai claimed they had developed it themselves and let the group go.
  • Li Yichen found six Void stones among the group’s belongings, and Lu Sheng offered them to him.

Ch. 196Getting ready to run

Li Yichen arranged to buy spent Spirit Stones, Spirit Stones, and void stones from Lu Sheng and Qing He, with Atamu handling monthly collections. After learning that Lu Sheng had summoned his Sect, Li Yichen began evacuating through the Netherworld Gate, but a sword attack interrupted him.

  • Li Yichen offered Lu Sheng and the others a thousand yuan for each spent Spirit Stone, and Qing He negotiated a hundred thousand yuan per egg-sized Spirit Stone.
  • Li Yichen offered a million yuan for each void stone and asked Atamu to collect the goods monthly for a ten-percent cut.
  • Lu Sheng and the others agreed to bring their first shipment the following month, while Ouyang Hai anticipated expanding into jewelry and medical aesthetics.
  • Lu Sheng returned to warn Li Yichen that he had sent a distress signal to the Sect and that its people were likely on their way.
  • Li Yichen gathered the mined Seed Jade, opened the Netherworld Gate, and sent the skeletons rushing through it.
  • A voice accused Li Yichen of trespassing on the Kunlun Sacred Grounds as a longsword plunged toward him.

Ch. 197Nine Spirit-Light Swords

Li Yichen and Xia faced Qin Ming and the Kunlun disciples after the last skeleton miner escaped through the Netherworld Passage. Qin Ming attacked Li Yichen with nine spirit-light swords, and Xia’s black smoke failed to stop them.

  • Xia clashed with Qin Ming, who knocked her back and wounded her.
  • More than a dozen Kunlun disciples arrived, and Bai Binger recognized Li Yichen and exchanged glances with him.
  • Qin Ming accused Li Yichen of trespassing and ordered disciples to restrain Bai Binger when she defended him.
  • Qin Ming formed nine spirit-light swords and launched them at Li Yichen.
  • Xia appeared in front of Li Yichen and swallowed the swords in black smoke, but they tore through and kept flying toward him.

Ch. 198His head was ringing

Li Yichen arranged for Little Fairy to ambush Qin Ming while Qin Ming used the Purple Heaven Demon-Suppressing Plaque to suppress Xia. After Qin Ming fell, Li Yichen took the plaque and helped Xia recover, but she prepared to kill Qin Ming.

  • Qin Ming used the Purple Heaven Demon-Suppressing Plaque to trap Xia beneath it and weaken her with purple lightning.
  • Li Yichen persuaded Little Fairy to knock Qin Ming out, then pretended to dig for treasure while Qin Ming watched him.
  • Little Fairy struck Qin Ming on the head with a huge ice rod, sending him crashing to the ground.
  • Li Yichen broke the plaque's protective light, took it, and caught Xia as the pressure lifted.
  • Li Yichen channeled netherworld spiritual energy into Xia, healing her, and Xia said she was going to kill Qin Ming.

Ch. 199She Has a Crush on Me

Li Yichen defeated Qin Ming but spared his life because he believed Bai Binger had a crush on him. When Bai Binger tried to lead Li Yichen and the others out, Qin Ming trapped everyone in a Heaven-Binding Formation and ordered the Kunlun disciples to attack, even declaring that Bai Binger could be killed.

  • Li Yichen explained to Xia that he had spared Qin Ming because he wanted to win Bai Binger over, and Little Fairy praised his work.
  • Qin Ming woke, saw his battered face in a mirror, and accused Li Yichen of making him look like a freak.
  • Qin Ming claimed Kunlun's righteousness entitled him to kill the monsters and ordered the disciples to form the Southern Bright Fire Formation.
  • Bai Binger defied Qin Ming and tried to lead Li Yichen and the others out of the cave.
  • Qin Ming activated a Heaven-Binding Formation with a Bronze Compass and ordered the disciples to kill the group, including Bai Binger if necessary.

Ch. 200The Heaven-Binding Formation

Qin Ming activated the Heaven-Binding Formation and summoned Southern Bright Separation Fire, trapping Li Yichen and the others in the passage. As Little Fairy struggled to shield everyone from the flames, Li Yichen hinted that he could get them out safely.

  • Qin Ming and the Kunlun disciples raised a barrier and began activating the Heaven-Binding Formation, leaving Bai Binger devastated by Qin Ming’s accusation.
  • Li Yichen comforted Bai Binger, while Little Fairy warned that the formation’s Southern Bright Separation Fire could overwhelm their defenses.
  • Xia attacked the barrier with her claws, but Bai Binger explained that the Heaven-Binding Formation could withstand a deity transformation expert’s full-power strike.
  • Ouyang Hai gave Li Yichen a gold card and asked him to pass it to his secret daughter, but Li Yichen said he could get everyone out safely despite being unable to break the formation.
  • Qin Ming’s blood-red flames spread through the passage, and Little Fairy raised an ice shield as the surrounding rocks began to melt.
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