Chapter Summaries

Ghost God reflected on his struggling web-fiction career and concluded that he had to abandon his passive mindset and fight to save the book. He asked readers to support the story as he continued regular updates and began releasing extra chapters.

• You Long told Ghost God that the book had flopped, prompting him to confront the possibility that his writing career was nearing its end.
• Ghost God reconsidered how his veteran-reader mindset, fading passion, and the book’s slow pacing had contributed to its poor results.
• Ghost God decided not to rewrite or abandon the book and resolved to pursue faster updates and more exciting writing to try to keep it afloat.
• Ghost God asked readers to support and promote the book, announced regular noon and evening updates, and promised additional chapters.

At the Myriad Treasures Gathering, Fang Qianyuan spent his newfound wealth on cultivation materials, medicines, and gifts while browsing the lively market with the Wen siblings. Wen Qingfei accepted a hairpin from him, then felt faintly disappointed when she saw that he gave gifts to everyone.

• The Wen family paid Fang Qianyuan sixty thousand spirit jade for the Blackwood Beehive, and he planned to buy more Fusion Refinement materials.
• Fang Qianyuan joined the Wen siblings at the Myriad Treasures Gathering, where they watched market disputes and scuffles.
• Wen Qingfei spotted Heavenly Wind Essence Fragments, and Fang Qianyuan bought them along with more than thirty other essence fragments.
• Fang Qianyuan stocked up on pills and bought a butterfly hairpin for Wen Qingfei, then gifts for Li Yan, Wen Xianzong, and the guards.
• Wen Qingfei realized Fang Qianyuan was generous to everyone and felt a faint sense of disappointment.

On the journey to Flowing Cloud Grotto, Li Yan explained sword cultivation to Fang Qianyuan and challenged him to a spar. Fang Qianyuan won without leaving his frost defense, and Li Yan told him that prominent figures’ descendants would gather at Flowing Cloud Grotto, leaving him eager to meet them.

• Fang Qianyuan asked Li Yan about sword cultivation, then invited her to spar with him.
• Wen Xianzong urged Fang Qianyuan to teach Li Yan a lesson, while Wen Qingfei worriedly asked them to be careful.
• Li Yan attacked with her sword, but Fang Qianyuan blocked her strikes with Frostflower Garment and his frost defense.
• Li Yan gave up after failing to break through Fang Qianyuan’s defense, and he won the spar.
• Li Yan told Fang Qianyuan that descendants of prominent figures would gather at Flowing Cloud Grotto, and he looked forward to meeting them.

Fang Qianyuan learned about the prominent young talents expected at Flowing Cloud Grotto and eagerly anticipated testing himself against them. He left the chapter intent on meeting them, while Li Yan explained how aptitude and cultivation pace shaped their prospects of reaching Earth Rank.

• Fang Qianyuan asked Li Yan who would attend Moonlight Fairy’s birthday gathering, and she directed him to Wen Qingfei for details.
• Wen Qingfei named the notable young talents: Severed Karma Hall’s Bloodless Sword, Hua Wuhen, Gao Ying, and Lu Yuan.
• Fang Qianyuan learned that Li Zhong was Li Yan’s uncle and that Li Yan had become a sword cultivator through her family connection.
• Fang Qianyuan welcomed the prospect of challenging the renowned talents, and Li Yan said they might want to challenge him as well.
• Li Yan explained that cultivation aptitude and the time needed to reach the tenth transformation strongly affected a cultivator’s chance of advancing to Earth Rank.

Fang Qianyuan and his companions traveled to Flowing Cloud Grotto for Moonlight Fairy’s birthday celebration and were welcomed into the prosperous Flowing Cloud Kingdom. They reached the queen’s traveling palace, where Wen Yufei greeted her siblings and met Fang Qianyuan.

• After entering Flowing Cloud Grotto, Fang Qianyuan and his companions explained their identities to a kingdom guard and were directed to wait for transport.
• The group rode a Thousand-League Soaring Cloud Roc to Flowing Cloud City and saw the kingdom preparing for Moonlight Fairy’s birthday.
• Fang Qianyuan and the others rode Jade-Horned Rhinos from the city to Moonlight Fairy’s traveling palace beyond the walls.
• Wen Yufei welcomed Wen Qingfei and her other sibling, then greeted Fang Qianyuan as the new disciple of the Lord of Ten Thousand Miles.

Fang Qianyuan settled into the White Jade Traveling Palace and met Flowing Cloud Grotto’s Seven Fairies while awaiting Moonlight Fairy’s birthday. After Silver Fairy Yin Shuangshuang refused his request to spar, he asked Ink Fairy Lin Qiao to teach him painting, and she agreed.

• Wen Yufei led Fang Qianyuan and the Wen siblings through the White Jade Traveling Palace and assigned them lodgings.
• Wen Yufei explained that Moonlight Fairy was in seclusion and would meet guests after her birthday.
• Fang Qianyuan met Flowing Cloud Grotto’s Seven Fairies and grew acquainted with the younger fairies through their visits.
• Fang Qianyuan asked Yin Shuangshuang to spar, but she refused because she saw no value in pointless contests.
• Fang Qianyuan asked Lin Qiao to teach him painting, and Lin Qiao agreed.

Ink Fairy Lin Qiao taught Fang Qianyuan the fundamentals of painting, then demonstrated her Brush Immortal and gave him a brush containing a Brush Spirit Seed. Fang Qianyuan began his lessons with a new tool for practice, though Ink Fairy doubted he would ever awaken its spirit.

• Ink Fairy Lin Qiao worried that Fang Qianyuan might be using painting lessons as an excuse to linger, but Silver Fairy Yin Shuangshuang urged her to give him the benefit of the doubt.
• Ink Fairy taught Fang Qianyuan painting techniques and concepts in a hurried, exhaustive lesson, and he struggled to understand them despite imitating her postures well.
• Ink Fairy declared Fang Qianyuan ready to graduate and asked him to paint something familiar, so he chose Little White.
• Ink Fairy summoned her Brush Immortal and painted a vivid portrait of Little White in midair.
• Ink Fairy gave Fang Qianyuan a spirit brush containing a Brush Spirit Seed so he could practice until he cultivated ink resonance and awakened it.

Fang Qianyuan tried painting Little White and produced a comically poor portrait, but Ink Fairy recognized the feeling he had put into it and taught him throughout the afternoon. After the other fairies studied his painting, Ink Fairy explained that its vivid eyes revealed Little White’s unique place in Fang Qianyuan’s heart.

• Ink Fairy helped Fang Qianyuan pose Little White and watched him struggle to paint her.
• Little White saw Fang Qianyuan’s badly misshapen portrait and bit him while Ink Fairy laughed.
• Ink Fairy taught Fang Qianyuan painting for the afternoon and accepted his portrait as a gift.
• Music Fairy, Silver Fairy, and Feather Fairy laughed at the painting, then noticed that Little White’s eyes looked vivid and recognizable.
• Ink Fairy explained that Fang Qianyuan had painted Little White from his heart and suggested he might have a gift for the Way of Painting.

Fang Qianyuan studied painting under the Ink Fairy and learned how brush immortals could turn paintings into real forms and spells. After painting Wen Qingfei with unusual spirit, he awakened a brush immortal, leaving the Ink Fairy astonished.

• Fang Qianyuan spent the day practicing painting and painted Wen Qingfei, who patiently encouraged him.
• The Ink Fairy explained that spirit creatures could help him paint and taught him that ink resonance came from joining the image in the brush with the image in the heart.
• The Ink Fairy demonstrated her brush immortal’s powers by bringing ink beasts to life and creating a fireball with the character for fire.
• Fang Qianyuan watched the demonstration, gained insight, and painted Wen Qingfei’s eyes with striking clarity.
• Fang Qianyuan’s brush broke apart and transformed into a brush immortal, surprising the Ink Fairy.

Fang Qianyuan mastered the Mind-Reflecting Painting Method and created portraits of people and places from his life before attending Moonlight Fairy’s birthday celebration. As Moonlight Fairy arrived at the ceremony, Fang Qianyuan wondered why he had been lodged in the Traveling Palace and surveyed the other young guests.

• Fang Qianyuan quickly learned to control the brush immortal and painted a portrait of Wen Qingfei, then painted Ink Fairy and the Peach Garden.
• Fang Qianyuan painted many people from his memories, including his father, Fang Hai, and carefully put away his father’s portrait.
• On the twenty-fifth day of the tenth month, Fang Qianyuan accompanied the Wen siblings to Moonlight Fairy’s birthday celebration in the Traveling Palace’s main hall.
• Fang Qianyuan noticed he was staying in the Traveling Palace while most other guests had been lodged in Flowing Cloud City, then recognized Hua Wuhen and the other young talents as they arrived.
• The Grotto Master was announced, and Moonlight Fairy crossed the White Jade Traveling Palace on a Rainbow Bridge in her ceremonial carriage.

Fang Qianyuan attended Moonlight Fairy’s grand birthday banquet, where dozens of Earth Rank Experts and many young talents gathered. After meeting Severed Karma Hall and Gao Ying, he noticed Hua Wuhen flirt with a woman nearby.

• Moonlight Fairy welcomed the guests at her elaborate birthday celebration, and Fang Qianyuan admired her beauty and influence.
• Dozens of Earth Rank Experts arrived, while other guests mingled and made connections.
• Young talents gathered around Fang Qianyuan because he was Jiang Yunfeng’s distinguished disciple, and he grew tired from greeting them.
• Severed Karma Hall and Gao Ying approached Fang Qianyuan and introduced themselves.
• Hua Wuhen asked a nearby woman her name, age, and place of origin, making Fang Qianyuan frown.

At Wen Household’s birthday celebration, Hua Wuhen pursued Wen Qingfei until Wen Xianzong stepped in to guard her. Fang Qianyuan warned Hua Wuhen to stay away and hoped his provocation would lead to a fight.

• Hua Wuhen spotted Wen Qingfei and abandoned two maids to approach her.
• Wen Xianzong blocked Hua Wuhen and argued with him, while Wen Qingfei tried to stop her brother from making a scene.
• Wen Shilong introduced his children to Hua Wuhen, who greeted Wen Qingfei familiarly despite Wen Xianzong’s objections.
• Fang Qianyuan intervened after noticing Wen Qingfei’s discomfort and warned Hua Wuhen that he would break his legs if he got too close.
• Fang Qianyuan hoped Hua Wuhen would take offense and challenge him to a fight.

Fang Qianyuan resisted Hua Wuhen’s stupefying incense and retaliated with a frost-infused wind blade. He warned Hua Wuhen to stay away from Wen Qingfei, leaving their rivalry openly exposed before the gathered guests.

• Hua Wuhen noticed Wen Qingfei’s affection for Fang Qianyuan and secretly used stupefying incense against him.
• Fang Qianyuan detected and expelled the incense, then accused Hua Wuhen of attacking him.
• Fang Qianyuan struck Hua Wuhen with a frost-laden wind blade, nearly freezing his ear.
• Onlookers praised Fang Qianyuan’s Wind Blade Frost Sword while Hua Wuhen protested that he had dared to fight back.
• Fang Qianyuan warned Hua Wuhen to stay away from Miss Wen and threatened a harsher punishment if he tried more tricks.

Fang Qianyuan revealed his Azure Cloud Sect connections to stop Hua Wuhen from escalating their confrontation, then learned that the birthday celebration’s Talented Youths Showcase would feature a competition for a precious treasure. Hua Wuhen, angered by the public embarrassment, planned to humiliate Fang during the showcase.

• Fang Qianyuan identified himself as a disciple of Jiang Yunfeng and challenged Hua Wuhen to settle their dispute openly rather than through schemes.
• When Hua Ziang confronted them on behalf of the Hua Household, Fang Qianyuan claimed he and Hua Wuhen had only been fooling around, leaving Hua Ziang unable to press the matter.
• The Hua Household withdrew, and a man from Severed Karma Hall praised Fang Qianyuan for handling the exchange cleverly.
• Fang Qianyuan told Wen Qingfei he would help if Hua Wuhen bothered her again, while Wen Qingfei explained how the Talented Youths Showcase would award a treasure to the contestant who won the gathering’s approval.
• After learning about Fang Qianyuan’s background and past achievements, Hua Wuhen resolved to make him disgrace himself during the showcase.

Jin Zhu'er and the six other fairies performed the completed “Seven Fairies Dance” at Moonlight Fairy’s fiftieth birthday celebration, astonishing the guests. After the sisters gave Moonlight Fairy the dance’s score and notation, Gao Yunqiu began presenting his gift, an Azure Sea Pearl.

• Jin Zhu'er announced that she and her six junior sisters would open the festivities with the “Seven Fairies Dance.”
• The seven fairies performed the dance’s sections about longing for the mortal world, descending to it, and ascending to heaven, using music, illusions, and a rainbow bridge.
• The guests, including Fang Qianyuan and the Earth Rank Experts, praised the performance after the square returned to daylight.
• Jin Zhu'er and her junior sisters gave Moonlight Fairy the completed musical score and dance notation as her birthday gift.
• Gao Yunqiu presented a brocade box, and an attendant announced that it contained an Azure Sea Pearl.

Guests presented rare treasures to Moonlight Fairy, including a captive Flower Demon, while Fang Qianyuan delivered Jiang Yunfeng’s gift in person. Moonlight Fairy welcomed Qianyuan warmly as her old friend’s second disciple and asked him to call her Aunt Yue.

• Gao presented Moonlight Fairy with an Azure Sea Pearl, which pleased her.
• Luo Ming gave Moonlight Fairy a Flower Demon sealed inside a crystal and flattered her into accepting it.
• Li Zhong and the other guests presented rare materials and treasures, including jade-green sword intent, mystic origin true water, and blood shearing ingots.
• Fang Qianyuan told the attendant that his master had instructed him to deliver the gift in person, and Jin Zhu'er escorted him to Moonlight Fairy.
• Fang Qianyuan presented Jiang Yunfeng’s gift, and Moonlight Fairy recalled their shared past and asked him to call her Aunt Yue.

Moonlight Fairy opened Jiang Yunfeng’s lavish congratulatory gift and revealed a genuine Moonlight Fairy Garment, leaving the gathering astonished and prompting speculation that he had reached the tenth transformation. She then warmly drew Fang Qianyuan into conversation, while Hua Wuhen watched jealously.

• Moonlight Fairy had Su Yingxue bring over Jiang Yunfeng’s sealed gift, then safely undid the seal and opened the box herself.
• The Moonlight Fairy Garment emerged in radiant light, and the guests marveled at its rarity, value, and the effort Jiang Yunfeng must have spent to obtain it.
• Guests speculated that Jiang Yunfeng’s ability to give such a treasure meant he might have reached the tenth transformation, while Luo Ming and the others felt overshadowed.
• After the other gifts failed to match Jiang Yunfeng’s offering, Moonlight Fairy composed herself and resumed the banquet.
• Moonlight Fairy summoned Fang Qianyuan and spoke with him warmly, making Hua Wuhen burn with jealousy.

The seven fairies discussed Fang Qianyuan’s merits and debated why Moonlight Fairy had drawn close to him, while Fang remained unaware of their assessment. After returning to the Wen siblings, he ate with Little White as Wen Qingfei expressed her longing for a fairy garment, leaving Fang to withhold a promise he could not be sure of keeping.

• The seven fairies privately discussed Fang Qianyuan’s talent, reputation, and character, while Lin Yue praised the Lord of Ten Thousand Miles and Yin Shuangshuang defended Fang.
• Wen Yufei cited Fang’s killing of Xu Pingshan to save a woman as evidence of his loyalty and kindness.
• Fang Qianyuan escaped Moonlight Fairy and returned to the Wen siblings, where he ate with Little White.
• Wen Qingfei noted that Moonlight Fairy had spent longer talking to Fang than to Lu Yuan and Young Master Hua, and Fang attributed it to her friendship with his master.
• Wen Qingfei admired the Moonlight Fairy Garment and wished for a similar treasure, but Fang decided not to promise her one.

At the Moonlight Fairy’s birthday banquet, Hua Wuhen flirted with young ladies while his sister Hua Wuying warned him to behave before the Talented Youths Showcase. Fang Qianyuan discovered that heavy drinking activated the Mysterious Treasure Pill’s tempering effect, and the chapter ended with the Moonlight Fairy asking him to open the showcase.

• Hua Wuhen promised the young ladies fairy garments if they married him, and Hua Wuying reminded him to represent the Hua Household properly at the showcase.
• Fang Qianyuan drank heavily and realized that reaching the brink of drunkenness activated the Mysterious Treasure Pill’s medicinal power to temper his body.
• Li Yan joined Fang Qianyuan for a drink and told him that her uncle doubted she could reach earth rank and expected her to focus on domestic skills instead.
• Fang Qianyuan encouraged Li Yan and said he would rely on fighting to demonstrate his strength at the showcase.
• When the showcase began, the Moonlight Fairy called Fang Qianyuan forward to perform first, leaving Hua Wuhen seething.

At Moonlight Fairy’s celebration, Fang Qianyuan challenged every Human Rank talent present to fight him with his Spirit Taming Art. His boast stirred the gathered young talents to step forward, and Wang Han of Yuncheng became the first to face him.

• Fang Qianyuan thanked Moonlight Fairy and declared that he wanted to challenge every Human Rank talent at the celebration.
• Gao Ying, Hua Wuhen, Lu Yuan, and other guests reacted with surprise or scorn, while Hua Wuhen declined to challenge Fang Qianyuan before seeing others test him.
• Yin Shuangshuang recognized Fang Qianyuan’s sincerity but worried that his boast could bring him trouble and cause offense to the Lord of Ten Thousand Miles.
• The young talents rushed to challenge Fang Qianyuan until master swordsman Li Zhong called for them to face him one at a time.
• Wang Han of Yuncheng entered the arena and asked Fang Qianyuan to test his skills, and Fang Qianyuan accepted.