Chapter Summaries

At forty-eight, you remained stuck at the Foundation Establishment third-layer peak and weighed the cost of using a Realm-Breaking Pill. After swallowing it, you broke through to the Foundation Establishment middle stage.

• You learned that Ruan Hu had failed to reach Foundation Establishment, leaving him too weakened to threaten you over the Dark Demon Eagle you had taken.
• You visited the Dark Demon Eagle, which had grown past a meter and reached the late stage of the first tier.
• You checked on Ye Feng, whose water spirit treasure body was close to fully awakening after more than ten years of treatment.
• After three years without progress at the Foundation Establishment third-layer peak, you decided the Realm-Breaking Pill was worth the potential it would consume.
• You swallowed the Realm-Breaking Pill and entered the Foundation Establishment middle stage half a month later.

Zhou Qing celebrated reaching the Foundation Establishment middle stage and used his accumulated knowledge to invest in Alchemist Zhao Kan’s efforts to refine Foundation Establishment Pills. Later, he helped Ye Feng fully awaken his water spirit treasure body and left Azure Moon Immortal City under a disguise.

• Zhou Qing celebrated his breakthrough with Alchemist Zhao Kan and Shen Lingxiu, who brought him gifts.
• Zhou Qing gave Zhao Kan several sets of Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients so he could practice refining them, and Zhao Kan promised to repay the favor.
• Shen Lingxiu suspected Little Black had an unusual bloodline and advised Zhou Qing to have a beast tamer identify it.
• In the thirty-third year, Zhou Qing helped Ye Feng fully awaken his water spirit treasure body and arranged for them to leave Azure Moon Immortal City at separate times.
• Zhou Qing returned to the Immortal City disguised as a burly man, confident his identity and age would be difficult to uncover.

After arranging a covert Black Market trade in Azure Moon Immortal City, you exchanged Ye Feng’s water spirit treasure body for nine-curved cold spirit ginseng, a key aid for Core Formation. You left the ginseng in a nearby cave abode so you could keep watch over it.

• You entered a Black Market branch after waiting half a month and offered a water spirit treasure body in exchange for a Crystal Condensation Pill or a Core Formation resource.
• You proved the offer with a drop of Ye Feng’s blood essence, and the Black Market agreed to contact potential buyers.
• A month later, the black-dressed female cultivator offered four resources, and you chose the nine-curved cold spirit ginseng.
• You gave the Black Market an address where Ye Feng had been hidden, and a cultivator retrieved him and verified the trade.
• You accepted the ginseng, rented a cave abode near your pill shop, and stored the Storage Bag there.

Wang Lin safely stored the nine-curved cold spirit ginseng and received seven Foundation Establishment Pills from Zhao Kan after lending him ingredients to practice. At a banquet celebrating Zhao Kan, Shen Lingxiu rejected her former betrothed Lin Yu, who then asked Wang Lin to watch over her.

• Wang Lin stored the nine-curved cold spirit ginseng in a rented Cave Abode to guard against tracking and conceal his identity.
• At fifty, Wang Lin failed to draw a second-tier talisman but felt close to mastering the skill.
• Zhao Kan visited Wang Lin with seven Foundation Establishment Pills, crediting the ingredients Wang Lin had provided, and gave him all seven.
• Elder Wu held a Pill Hall banquet to celebrate Zhao Kan's success, which Wang Lin attended with Shen Lingxiu.
• After the banquet, Lin Yu asked Shen Lingxiu to return to him, but she rejected him and left.
• Lin Yu asked Wang Lin to report any male cultivators who approached Shen Lingxiu and offered him spirit stones as payment.

Wang advanced his Talisman Path to the second tier, studied formations with Shen Lingxiu, and rejected her interest in becoming Dao companions. After reaching the Foundation Establishment fifth layer, he discovered a surprising letter from the Zhou household.

• Lin Yu gave Wang several Mid-Grade Spirit Stones while pursuing Shen Lingxiu and left worried about her.
• Wang drew his first second-tier talisman, then began studying the Formation Path and sought Shen Lingxiu's advice.
• Shen Lingxiu asked what Wang thought of her, but Wang rejected the prospect of becoming Dao companions.
• Wang suspected Master Biyue was preparing to break through after cave-abode inns stopped accepting new rentals.
• Shen Lingxiu reached the Foundation Establishment middle stage and became a second-tier, mid-grade Formation Master.
• Wang broke through to the Foundation Establishment fifth layer and was surprised by a letter from the Zhou household.

After learning that Zhou Hai had a middle-grade spiritual root, you wrote to ask whether he truly wanted to cultivate, while considering how to help him if his resolve was firm. You checked on Dachun and the Dark Demon Eagle, then learned that a cultivator from Beast Taming Mountain had come to visit.

• You read that Zhou Hai, Zhou Wen's grandson, had a middle-grade spiritual root and wrote to ask whether he truly wished to pursue cultivation.
• You sensed Dachun's blood essence and found that he was still alive, apparently trapped since vanishing in Secluded Mountain thirty-four years earlier.
• You examined your cultivation and found that after forty-five years you were still at the third level of the Mountain-Sea Body Refinement Art.
• You inspected the Dark Demon Eagle and planned to raise it for sixty more years before exchanging it at its peak for a Core Formation treasure.
• Chunhua told you that a cultivator from Beast Taming Mountain wished to visit, and you turned your attention toward the visitor.

Wang Lin agreed to let Beast Taming Mountain’s female eagles mate with Little Black after Ruan Ci failed to buy the Dark Demon Eagle. He broke through to the fourth level of the Mountain-Sea Body Refinement Art, then learned that True Person Azure Moon had failed to advance to the late stage of Core Formation.

• Ruan Ci identified Little Black as a growing Dark Demon Eagle and asked Wang Lin to sell it to Beast Taming Mountain, but he refused her offers of a Core Condensation Crystal and a Core Formation spiritual treasure.
• Ruan Ci proposed paying for mating opportunities with Little Black, and Wang Lin agreed to negotiate a fee.
• Wang Lin reached the fourth level of the Mountain-Sea Body Refinement Art and found that his body alone could rival a Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator.
• Shen Lingxiu warned Wang Lin that Beast Taming Mountain had a secret art that could consume a demonic beast’s potential to increase its chances of producing offspring, and he said he was monitoring Little Black.
• A subtle fluctuation arose in Azure Moon Immortal City, and Wang Lin learned from Elder Wu that True Person Azure Moon had failed to advance to the late stage of Core Formation.

Wang learned that Azure Moon True Person had failed to break through to the late Core Formation stage, but the immortal city remained stable. He continued cultivating the Dark Demon Eagle, which neared its second-tier breakthrough, and rented a spiritual cave abode to support it.

• Elder Wu told Wang that Azure Moon Immortal City would not fall into chaos after Azure Moon True Person's failed breakthrough.
• Shen Lingxiu told Wang she would be inspecting the city's protective formation and, after drinking with him, fell asleep; Wang left her to rest without taking advantage of her.
• Lin Yu visited to ask about Shen Lingxiu, and Wang said she did not want to see him; Lin Yu gave Wang a mid-grade spirit stone and left.
• In the forty-sixth year, news of Azure Moon True Person's failed breakthrough stirred cultivators before the commotion subsided.
• In the forty-seventh year, Wang's Dark Demon Eagle neared the peak of its growing form and prepared to advance to the second tier.
• In the forty-eighth year, Wang rented a cave abode for the Dark Demon Eagle's breakthrough.

Zhou Qing helped the Dark Demon Eagle advance to the second tier, then used its strength and publicity to attract interest from other cultivators. Over the following years, he kept his relationship with Shen Lingxiu private, watched the Azure Origin Trade Association withdraw from Black Mountain Market District, and reached the Foundation Establishment sixth layer at seventy.

• Zhou Qing watched the Dark Demon Eagle complete its breakthrough, gaining a second-tier spirit pet with formidable speed and a wingspan of nearly fifty feet.
• Zhou Qing showed the Dark Demon Eagle around Azure Moon Immortal City before ordering it to stabilize its new cultivation, drawing envy from Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Zhou Qing learned that Zhou Hai had set out for Black Mountain Market District Ward and had Yourou arrange for the Azure Origin Trade Association to recruit him.
• Zhou Qing and Shen Lingxiu began a private romantic relationship after agreeing that it would not become a formal Dao partnership.
• The Azure Origin Trade Association sold its properties in Black Mountain Market District as turmoil worsened, while Zhou Qing refused offers to buy the Dark Demon Eagle.
• Zhou Qing reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment fifth layer and successfully advanced to the sixth layer at age seventy.

Zhou Qing considered using a Realm-Breaking Pill to cross into the foundation establishment late stage and kept Blood-Sea True Person sealed while waiting to obtain a Divine Soul Treasure. He continued his relationship with Shen Lingxiu, ignored Lin Yu’s plea for her help, and prepared to retrieve the nine-curved cold spirit ginseng he had stored twenty-one years earlier.

• Zhou Qing inspected the Jade Box containing Blood-Sea True Person and decided to wait two years for a Divine Soul Treasure before confronting him.
• Shen Lingxiu received Lin Yu’s plea to intervene for the Lin Household, but she refused, and Zhou Qing stayed with her until Lin Yu left.
• Lin Yu questioned Zhou Qing about male cultivators around Shen Lingxiu, and Zhou Qing concealed their relationship while accepting a spirit stone.
• Zhou Qing decided to retrieve the nine-curved cold spirit ginseng from his rented Cave Abode after waiting twenty-one years for any tracking technique to fade.

Alchemist Wang Lin retrieved the nine-curved cold spirit ginseng and continued refining his craft in Azure Moon Immortal City. After buying a soul treasure and a divination inheritance at auction, he entered a state of enlightenment and advanced his alchemy skill to the middle second tier.

• Wang Lin returned to Azure Moon Immortal City with the nine-curved cold spirit ginseng and decided not to use Ye Feng's blood essence to check on him.
• Ruan Ci visited with female eagles to breed with Wang Lin's second-tier Dark Demon Eagle, and they renegotiated the price before beginning.
• Wang Lin attended the Medium Auction, where he bought a soul treasure for twenty thousand spirit stones and a divination inheritance for three thousand.
• Wang Lin refined the purple Divine Soul Treasure while making pills, then entered a state of enlightenment and advanced his Alchemy Path skill to the middle second tier.

Zhou Qing became a Second-Tier Middle Grade Alchemist and prepared to confront Blood-Sea True Person, strengthening his defenses and arranging access to the immortal city's great formation. After Zhou Qing opened the Sealing Jade Box, Blood-Sea True Person emerged but stopped before the overwhelming sealing power surrounding him.

• Zhou Qing advanced to Second-Tier Middle Grade Alchemist after decades of refining pills in the simulation.
• Zhou Qing refined the Divine Soul Treasure, strengthening his sea of consciousness and divine sense while reviewing the powers of his talent, unyielding will.
• Zhou Qing prepared sealing talismans and arranged to draw on the immortal city's great formation if Blood-Sea True Person threatened to escape.
• Zhou Qing opened the Sealing Jade Box from a distance and challenged Blood-Sea True Person to emerge from the Mountain Sea Ring.
• Blood-Sea True Person shot out of the ring, then stopped when he saw the sealing talismans and sensed the immense formation nearby.

You trapped Blood-Sea True Person’s remnant soul and negotiated with him for the location of a Core Formation-aiding spiritual plant and five third-tier craft legacies. Blood-Sea True Person demanded a heart-demon oath in return, and you realized its consequences would not carry over beyond the current simulation.

• Blood-Sea True Person emerged from the Sealing Jade Box, saw your sealing talismans and suppressing array, and abandoned his attempt to flee.
• You asked Blood-Sea True Person to let you search his soul, but he refused and offered the location of a spiritual plant that aided Core Formation instead.
• You demanded five craft legacies of at least third-tier quality in addition to the spiritual plant, and Blood-Sea True Person agreed.
• Blood-Sea True Person refused to reveal the plant’s location without a guarantee and asked you to swear a heart-demon oath to release him afterward.
• You realized that the oath’s effects would be erased when the next simulation began.

You swore to release Blood-Sea True Person after verifying his information and obtaining a Core Formation spirit treasure, then followed his directions to the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range. You found two fire essence jujubes instead of one and returned to consider whether to honor the oath and free him.

• You received five tier-three craft inheritances from Blood-Sea True Person and learned that a fire essence jujube was hidden in a valley in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.
• You reached the valley and forced a Late Qi Condensation Period cultivator to enter it and retrieve the jujubes.
• You searched the cultivator’s memories and discovered that he had picked two ripe fire essence jujubes.
• You took the jujubes, killed the cultivator after learning he was a vicious rogue, and considered selling the valley’s location.
• You returned to the hidden Mountain Sea Ring and weighed whether to release Blood-Sea True Person as promised.

Zhou Qing honored his oath and released Blood-Sea True Person, who gave him his inheritances and left to seek revenge on the Demoness who had ruined him and his senior brother. Years later, Zhou Qing prepared to use his Foundation Establishment strength to buy up Black Mountain Market District properties while prices were low.

• Zhou Qing chose to honor the Heart-Demon Oath and released Blood-Sea True Person from the Mountain Sea Ring.
• Blood-Sea True Person revealed that a Demoness had manipulated him and the Mountain Sea Sect Master into fighting, then gave Zhou Qing a Jade Slip containing his inheritances.
• Blood-Sea True Person left to find the Demoness and avenge himself and his senior brother, while Zhou Qing decided to study the inheritances cautiously.
• Zhou Qing returned to Jade Moon Immortal City and memorized Blood-Sea True Person’s artifact-refining and poison-path inheritances.
• In the fifty-eighth year, Zhou Qing recognized a three-year window to buy Black Mountain Market District properties cheaply and resolved to contend with the Ouyang Household.

A disguised cultivator secretly bought Black Mountain Market District properties at rock-bottom prices, then confronted Ouyang Shen when the market master came to stop him. After demonstrating strength comparable to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, he demanded half of the market, leaving Ouyang Shen to accept that he had been spared deliberately.

• The cultivator secretly directed low-level Qi Refining cultivators to buy Black Mountain Market District properties and collected their deeds in a valley outside the market.
• After checking the buyers’ memories, the cultivator sensed Ouyang Shen approaching and revealed that he knew the Ouyang Family had a new Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Ouyang Shen attacked with a golden-blue greataxe, but the cultivator blocked it with a Vajra Bell formed from magical power alone.
• The cultivator used Lion’s Roar Sound to overwhelm Ouyang Shen’s consciousness, prompting Ouyang Shen to flee in fear of a late-stage Foundation Establishment opponent.
• The cultivator told Ouyang Shen through divine sense that he would take only half of Black Mountain Market District, and Ouyang Shen realized he had been spared for that reason.

You kept Ouyang Shen alive and limited your acquisitions to half of Black Mountain Market District’s properties so the Ouyang Family could restore the market. After earning a large profit and advancing your formation studies, you reached the point where the knowledge from your previous simulations ran out.

• You let Ouyang Shen flee, reasoning that his survival would help the Ouyang Family stabilize Black Mountain Market District and protect the value of your properties.
• You secretly bought half of the Market District’s shops and properties while the Ouyang Family also purchased holdings and lower-level cultivators faced pressure to sell.
• You Rou reported that the Azure Origin Trade Association had shifted its focus to other markets and was now making steady profits.
• The Ouyang Family restored Black Mountain Market District and brought in a direct-line Foundation Establishment cultivator from Beast Taming Mountain to quell owners’ anger.
• You sold all your properties after the market recovered, earning a net profit of five hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones.
• You reached first-tier upper-grade formation skill, approached the Foundation Establishment sixth layer peak, and realized that the legacy of your previous two simulations had been exhausted.

At eighty-two, Wang watched the Dark Demon Eagle advance to the second-tier middle stage, mourned his parents, and found Dachun still trapped in You Mountain. Shen Lingxiu later revealed that Azure Moon True Person had ordered the Immortal City Grand Formation strengthened to suppress and seal those inside, leaving Wang uneasy.

• Wang allowed the Dark Demon Eagle to attempt a breakthrough in a rented cave abode, and it reached the second-tier middle stage without pills.
• Wang learned from Zhou Wen that his parents had died after living past a hundred, then traveled to the Zhou Family to mourn them with Zhou Wen and Zhou Wu.
• Wang visited You Mountain, found Dachun still trapped there, and failed to learn what Dachun was facing by casting spells with its blood essence.
• Shen Lingxiu told Wang that Azure Moon True Person had ordered the Formation Hall to strengthen the Immortal City Grand Formation's ability to suppress and seal those within it.

You learned why Azure Moon True Person strengthened Azure Moon Immortal City's internal defenses and studied divination while cultivating toward the Foundation Establishment late stage. After breaking through, you opened You Rou's letter and found information that caught your attention.

• Shen Lingxiu explained that Azure Moon True Person strengthened the city's formation to protect cultivators attending a major auction planned for the city's three-hundredth anniversary.
• You questioned Azure Moon True Person's motives and suspected the city lord might be secretly preparing a successor.
• You studied a divination legacy and realized you could sacrifice your simulated lifespan to improve your mastery of the art.
• At eighty-three, you used a Realm-Breaking Pill to break through to the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment and entered the late stage.
• After emerging from seclusion, you read You Rou's letter and reacted to an important piece of intelligence.

You gathered intelligence from You Rou and the Azure Origin Trade Association, learned that the new Seven Baleful Lord could trigger a Great Domain War, and began attempting to refine Foundation Establishment Pills. The chapter ended when a blood-robed man arrived at the Immortal City atop a sea of blood and challenged Jade Moon to meet her death.

• You learned from You Rou's letter that the Seven Baleful Lord had taken over the Nine Nether Demon Cult and that new Devil Lords often launched Great Domain Wars.
• You read You Rou's collected intelligence about events across the Primordial Origin Domain, including news about Hundred Flowers Valley and other powers.
• At eighty-four, you failed to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill under Alchemist Zhao Kan's guidance but gained insight into the process.
• You asked Alchemist Zhao Kan about the upcoming Immortal City auction, and he confirmed that a Core Crystal Pill would be available.
• A blood-robed man arrived outside the Immortal City on a vast sea of blood and shouted for Jade Moon to come out and die.