Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong met Zhou Xiaoya in the Heavenly Spirit Kingdom and negotiated for rare materials in exchange for two Demonic Path spirit treasures. Zhou Xiaoya revealed that two Fire Dragon Palace Nascent Soul cultivators had taken the golden light fire fruit she was seeking, leaving Li Xiaoya to realize they were the people she wanted him to deal with.

• Zhou Xiaoya recognized Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong, greeted them, and asked why they had come to the Heavenly Spirit Kingdom.
• Li Xiaoya offered to trade for materials on his list, and Zhou Xiaoya said the Heavenly Spirit Church had them but that she wanted help killing two people.
• Zhou Xiaoya named the Fire Dragon Palace, and Li Xiaoya explained that the Heavenly Tribulation Pact prevented him and Dong Santong from casually killing its cultivators.
• Li Xiaoya offered Zhou Xiaoya two Demonic Path spirit treasures in exchange for gathering his requested materials, and she accepted.
• Li Xiaoya showed Zhou Xiaoya a list of Demon-Expelling Pill ingredients, and she recognized the golden light fire fruit.
• Zhou Xiaoya said she was also seeking the fruit and had found its location, but two Fire Dragon Palace Nascent Soul cultivators had taken it, prompting Li Xiaoya to realize they were her targets.

Zhou Xiaoya told Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong that the Fire Dragon Palace had seized the site of a Golden Light Fire Fruit she needed, and Li Xiaoya traded potent divine-sense elixirs for its location. They arranged to meet at the Treasure Ship Market in three years to settle the remaining herbs, and Zhou Xiaoya offered Li Xiaoya a thousand-year white-headed fleeceflower root as they parted.

• Zhou Xiaoya explained that Fire Dragon Palace cultivators had driven her away from the sealed site where a Golden Light Fire Fruit would ripen in more than ten days.
• Li Xiaoya offered Zhou Xiaoya a bottle of potent divine-sense elixirs in exchange for the fruit's location, and she gave him a Jade Slip with the information.
• Zhou Xiaoya handed over several spirit herbs but said she still lacked the Thousand-Year Vengeful Spirit Fruit and Skeleton Flower Essence.
• Li Xiaoya agreed to meet Zhou Xiaoya at the Treasure Ship Market in three years to receive the two remaining ingredients, and she accepted the plan.
• As Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong prepared to leave, Zhou Xiaoya offered Li Xiaoya a thousand-year white-headed fleeceflower root.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong obtained a thousand-year white-headed fleeceflower root from Zhou Xiaoya, then infiltrated the Fire Dragon Palace’s territory to take the golden light fire fruit. As the fruit ripened, Zhou Xiaoya’s voice rang out from outside the valley, startling its guards.

• Zhou Xiaoya gave Li Xiaoya the thousand-year white-headed fleeceflower root without asking for anything in return, then parted ways with him and Dong Santong.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong flew toward the Red Dragon Kingdom, and Li Xiaoya assured Dong Santong he had a plan that would avoid fighting Fire Dragon Palace cultivators.
• The pair entered the Ten Thousand Volcanoes and found the golden light fire fruit guarded by Elder Lu and Elder Liu.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong hid in a cliff crevice and waited ten days for the fruit to ripen.
• As the golden light fire fruit began to ripen, Zhou Xiaoya shouted at the Fire Dragon Palace cultivators to come out, and Elder Lu and Elder Liu recognized her voice.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong stole the ripening Golden Light Fire Fruit from Elder Lu and Elder Liu by tricking the two Fire Dragon Palace elders into fighting. They escaped with the fruit while the elders remained in the valley, arguing over who had taken it.

• Elder Lu and Elder Liu guarded the Golden Light Fire Fruit as Heavenly Spirit Church members began attacking the restrictions outside the valley.
• Elder Lu flew up to reinforce the restrictions, and the Golden Light Fire Fruit began releasing a brilliant beam as it ripened.
• An explosion shattered Elder Lu's Formation Plates and injured his mind and spirit, while the Golden Light Fire Fruit vanished.
• Elder Lu accused Elder Liu of stealing the fruit and attacked him, and Elder Liu insisted he was innocent because he did not have the Jade Silkworm Gold Thread Gloves.
• Li Xiaoya revealed that he had transformed his appearance and met Dong Santong outside the valley, where Dong Santong showed him the stolen fruit in a silver cloth bag.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong searched the ocean for seahall jade spirit ginseng, one of the ingredients needed for the Demon-Expelling Pill. After finding only specimens too young for the pill, they realized their search had brought them to the edge of the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea, where Dong Santong demanded that Li Xiaoya hand something over.

• Li Xiaoya’s imitation of Zhou Xiaoya’s voice distracted the Fire Dragon Palace elders while Dong Santong slipped through their restrictions and stole the golden light fire fruit.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong searched the ocean for seahall jade spirit ginseng after obtaining the golden light fire fruit and a thousand-year white-headed fleeceflower root.
• Dong Santong suggested searching the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea for both ginseng and heavenly starstone, but Li Xiaoya refused because it was dangerous.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong killed several high-tier demon beasts and searched the seabed, each finding seahall jade spirit ginseng that was too young for the Demon-Expelling Pill.
• Li Xiaoya gave Dong Santong the young ginseng, which Dong Santong used to prepare spirit wine, and they continued following the richer spiritual qi.
• Dong Santong recognized that they were approaching the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea, and after Li Xiaoya confirmed it, Dong Santong held out his hand and asked him to hand something over.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong crossed the Hurricane Sea and headed through the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea toward the heavenly starstone, hoping to avoid attracting powerful demon beasts. After Li Xiaoya sensed danger and steered them away from a hidden tenth-tier beast, they found themselves surrounded by ninth-tier shapeshifting demon beasts and fled straight into more enemies.

• Dong Santong won Li Xiaoya's wager and persuaded him to retrieve the heavenly starstone, claiming he needed it to cultivate a powerful divine ability.
• Li Xiaoya won their race across the Hurricane Sea, and the two cautiously followed Dong Santong's directions through the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea.
• Li Xiaoya sensed danger in a hazy yellow stretch of water and led Dong Santong away from a submerged creature with enormous yellow eyes.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong realized ninth-tier demon beasts were converging on them, so they fled rather than fight.
• Several enormous demon beasts charged at the fleeing pair from ahead, roaring and sending towering waves toward them.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong fought off giant sea demon beasts but chose to flee rather than risk provoking the tenth-tier beasts in the yellow sea region. They left the enraged beasts behind, but the creatures gave chase.

• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong attacked the giant serpentine demon beast and a huge crab-like beast that emerged from the sea.
• Li Xiaoya smashed the serpentine beast’s ice attack with an earth-element hammer and sent it crashing into the water.
• Dong Santong emerged from the sea as a giant four-clawed demon beast was blasted into the air.
• Li Xiaoya warned Dong Santong not to kill the beast, fearing that tenth-tier demon beasts would join the fight, and the two men fled.
• The injured beasts roared and pursued Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong, who heard more demon beasts approaching.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong reached the central region of the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea and found the Whale-Swallowing Beast guarding the heavenly starstone. After bargaining over their old agreement, they left the beast offering them a third of the remaining stone, unaware of its hidden intentions.

• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong escaped the pursuing demon beasts and realized they had reached the central region of the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea.
• The two approached the heavenly starstone and discovered the area was much smaller than it had been before.
• Dong Santong accidentally shouted while arguing with Li Xiaoya, alerting the Whale-Swallowing Beast to their presence.
• The Whale-Swallowing Beast recognized Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong, and Li Xiaoya asked it to give them some heavenly starstone.
• Li Xiaoya invoked their past agreement and demanded half the stone; the Whale-Swallowing Beast angrily countered with a third.

Li Xiaoya anticipated the Whale-Swallowing Beast’s ambush and survived its poison with a Poison-Repelling Pearl before defeating it with Dong Santong’s help. While harvesting the heavenly starstone afterward, Li Xiaoya discovered something inside that even the Fire Dragon Sword could not cut through.

• Li Xiaoya negotiated for half the heavenly starstone and told Dong Santong to stay above and watch for tricks.
• Li Xiaoya entered the poisoned water with Golden Light Armor and a Poison-Repelling Pearl, then cut a huge block of heavenly starstone free.
• The Whale-Swallowing Beast attacked Li Xiaoya with its inner core and primordial spirit poison, but Li Xiaoya emerged unharmed and revealed the Poison-Repelling Pearl.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong cornered the Whale-Swallowing Beast, and Li Xiaoya cut it into several pieces before it could escape or detonate its inner core.
• Li Xiaoya used the Whale-Swallowing Beast’s inner core to cleanse the poisoned seawater and began cutting up the heavenly starstone.
• The Fire Dragon Sword struck an unknown object inside the heavenly starstone and was knocked back, leaving Li Xiaoya wondering what lay within.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong discovered a strange green key-like object embedded in the heavenly starstone and found that its tiny characters resisted understanding and memory. Second Better examined it and identified it as an object from the Upper Realm.

• Li Xiaoya carved through the heavenly starstone with his Fire Dragon Sword and uncovered a smooth, translucent green object containing a strange golden rod.
• Dong Santong examined the object, saw tiny characters that threatened to draw in his divine sense, and then found he could not remember what they looked like.
• Li Xiaoya took the object above the sea, inspected it, and contacted Second Better for help identifying it.
• Second Better emerged from the Heaven-and-Earth Treasure, examined the object for an hour, and declared that it came from the Upper Realm.

Li Xiaoya, Dong Santong, and Second Better discovered a strange green key embedded in Heavenly Starstone and identified it as an object from the Upper Realm. After the key resisted Li Xiaoya’s strongest strike, Second Better took it to study, and the pair finished dividing the Heavenly Starstone before setting off to search for Sea Begonia Jade Spirit Ginseng.

• Second Better reasoned that the green object was an Upper Realm key that had attracted Heavenly Starstone as it drifted between realms.
• Li Xiaoya struck the key with the Fire Dragon Sword while Dong Santong held it, but the key remained unharmed and sent Dong Santong flying.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong lent the key to Second Better, who stored it away to study and asked for Heavenly Starstone to forge puppets.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong cut the Heavenly Starstone into several thousand pieces and divided it into equal shares.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong flew away from the sea contaminated by the Whale-Swallowing Beast’s venom to search for Sea Begonia Jade Spirit Ginseng.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong found thousand-year-old sea begonia jade spirit ginseng and headed back toward their sect with their heavenly starstones. At the Liang Kingdom border, Li Xiaoya intervened in a dispute involving Zhao Xiaoqing and Ling Yuyu, then asked Chen Da to explain what had happened.

• Dong Santong found thousand-year-old sea begonia jade spirit ginseng, giving Li Xiaoya and him three of the medicinal ingredients they needed.
• Li Xiaoya gave Dong Santong a Poison-Repelling Pearl and decided they would seek vermilion jade iron cherry blossom in Jiatian Kingdom after delivering their heavenly starstones to the sect.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong traveled back from the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea, gathering demon-beast materials along the way and returning through Heavenly Spirit Kingdom toward Liang Kingdom.
• At the Liang Kingdom border, Li Xiaoya recognized Zhao Xiaoqing fighting Ling Yuyu, who used a Substitute Talisman to defeat her and claimed she had to become his dual cultivation partner.
• Li Xiaoya appeared and stopped Ou Qilong and Chen Da from attacking Ling Yuyu, then asked Chen Da to explain the dispute.

Li Xiaoya settled the aftermath of Ling Yuyu’s wager with Zhao Xiaoqing, enforcing the sect’s rules while stopping Chen Da and Ou Qilong from attacking him. After Li Xiaoya struck Ling Yuyu and gave him an unexplained lesson, Ling Yuyu left determined to challenge them fairly next time.

• Li Xiaoya confirmed that Zhao Xiaoqing had lost her wager and ordered her to honor it, while warning Chen Da and Ou Qilong not to harm Ling Yuyu.
• Li Xiaoya placed heart demon restrictions on Chen Da and Ou Qilong, then made Ling Yuyu promise not to use dishonorable methods again.
• Zhao Xiaoqing reinterpreted their agreement, declaring that Ling Yuyu still had to defeat Chen Da and Ou Qilong before she would accept him as her Dual Cultivation Partner.
• When Ling Yuyu criticized the Heavenly Dao Sect and tried to leave, Li Xiaoya struck him into a tree; Ling Yuyu thanked him for the guidance and flew away.
• Ling Yuyu briefly returned to vow that he would defeat them fairly next time, then soared away again.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong traveled to Jiatian Kingdom to find the rare vermilion jade iron cherry blossom in the Poison Forest. After fighting a Poison Demon Beast, they were confronted by Five Poisons Sect cultivators who recognized them as Righteous Path members.

• Li Xiaoya explained that he had knocked Ling Yuyu down to teach him to defeat his rivals through strength rather than tricks.
• Li Xiaoya returned to Tranquil Valley, learned his parents had gone traveling, and waited three days before setting out with Dong Santong.
• The pair flew to Jiatian Kingdom, learned about its poisonous dangers, and wrapped themselves in insect-repelling black cloth before heading into the Poison Forest.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong encountered a Poison Demon Beast in the forest and defeated it.
• Seven or eight cultivators appeared, and a Middle-Aged Cultivator accused Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong of being from the Righteous Path.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong confronted Five Poisons Sect cultivators in the Poison Forest while searching for Vermilion Jade Iron Cherry Blossom. After learning the sect had none to trade, Zhu Yun pointed them toward the Treasure Ship Market auction, and the pair left for it.

• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong met Zhu Yun and seven other Five Poisons Sect cultivators, who challenged them over killing poisonous pets in the forest.
• Zhu Yun deduced that the pair sought Vermilion Jade Iron Cherry Blossom because Heavenly Venerable Daoling and Fairy Qingxia had asked the Five Poisons Sect about it months earlier.
• Li Xiaoya offered a spirit treasure for any blossom the sect had found, but Zhu Yun claimed they had none and suggested the Treasure Ship Market auction.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong thanked Zhu Yun, apologized for killing the poisonous pets, and flew away from the Poison Forest.
• The masked Elder Ling praised Zhu Yun for letting them go and warned the others that Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong were too formidable to fight.

After returning from the Poison Forest, Li Xiaoya prepared for the century’s grand auction at the Treasure Ship Market, prioritizing rare ingredients for his pills and materials for Second Better. He traveled there with Liu Xian'er, Zhang Hong, Dong Santong, and several companions, arriving after several days of flight.

• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong decided to seek the vermilion jade iron cherry blossom at the Treasure Ship Market auction after failing to find it in the Poison Forest.
• Back at Tranquil Valley, Li Xiaoya overheard Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er talking about having children, then reunited with them and teased them about becoming mothers.
• Li Xiaoya prepared for the auction, gathered information through Qin Xian, and prioritized the materials he needed most while worrying about the two missing herbs for the ten-year deadline.
• Li Xiaoya learned that Zhao Xiaoqing had not answered Ou Qilong or Chen Da, but Liu Xian'er persuaded him not to interfere.
• Nearly a month later, Li Xiaoya and his companions set out for the Treasure Ship Market, met Huang Hua, Li Xiangxiang, and Dong Gu Nü along the way, and arrived after several days.

Li Xiaoya and his companions arrived at the enormous Treasure Ship Market, where Heavenly Dao Sect disciples arranged their lodging ahead of the auction. After disguising himself to search for Zhou Xiaoya, Li Xiaoya crossed a bridge between the ship’s hulls and was unexpectedly summoned by a short cultivator.

• Li Xiaoya, Dong Santong, and the others marveled at the Treasure Ship Market and learned the auction would begin in three days, with more than a hundred Nascent Soul Realm cultivators already present.
• A Heavenly Dao Sect disciple escorted the group to the ship, where a female disciple checked their Identity Tokens and assigned them rooms; Li Xiaoya learned that his Master and Fairy Qingxia had not arrived.
• Li Xiaoya left his room alone to look for Zhou Xiaoya and transformed himself into a burly man before exploring the ship.
• Li Xiaoya encountered Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong, told them he had something to do alone, and continued searching while the ship's restrictions limited his divine sense.
• As Li Xiaoya crossed a bridge between the ship's hulls, a short cultivator approached and told him to follow, then hurried away.

Li Xiaoya met Zhou Xiaoya at the Heavenly Spirit Church’s new shop in the Treasure Ship Market and collected the rare materials he had requested. After Zhou Xiaoya explained how she had defeated two Fire Dragon Palace elders, she left to welcome her Grand Elder, while Li Xiaoya departed.

• Li Xiaoya followed Zhou Xiaoya to the Heavenly Spirit Church’s shop, where she revealed that she had been at the market for half a year.
• Zhou Xiaoya confronted Li Xiaoya for using her name when he took the golden light fire fruit from the Fire Dragon Palace elders, and he claimed he had been helping her.
• Zhou Xiaoya recounted how she had challenged both elders at once and defeated them after they came to complain to the Heavenly Spirit Church.
• Zhou Xiaoya gave Li Xiaoya the Thousand-Year Vengeful Spirit Fruit and Skeleton Flower Essence he had requested.
• A disciple announced that the Grand Elder had arrived, so Zhou Xiaoya sent Li Xiaoya off while she went to welcome the elders.

Li Xiaoya explored the Treasure Ship Market, received an invitation to a secretive underground auction, and returned to his lodgings. Zhang Hong later showed him an expensive defensive treasure fashioned as a dress, then revealed that Liu Xian'er had bought two similar outfits.

• Li Xiaoya found several materials he needed while browsing the Treasure Ship Market and realized a cultivator had been following him.
• The cultivator invited Li Xiaoya to an underground auction held seven days after the Treasure Ship Auction and gave him a token for Shop No. B-312.
• Li Xiaoya returned to his lodgings, stored the token, sorted his materials, and meditated.
• Zhang Hong visited Li Xiaoya wearing a Superior Ancient Treasure dress that had cost her over twenty million spirit stones.
• Zhang Hong told Li Xiaoya that Liu Xian'er had bought two dresses, making him eager to see them.

Li Xiaoya and his companions attended the Treasure Ship Auction in disguise and took their seats among hundreds of powerful cultivators. The arrival of Spirit Communion Stage cultivator Great Gong Diamond raised expectations for the auction, which began with Heavenly Venerable Daoling welcoming the guests.

• Li Xiaoya, Liu Xian'er, Zhang Hong, and Dong Santong disguised themselves and entered the auction hall, where they removed the screens between their seats.
• The companions discussed the items and materials they hoped to obtain at the auction.
• Great Gong Diamond arrived, drawing a commotion when cultivators recognized him as a Spirit Communion Stage cultivator from Folo Temple.
• Zhang Facai escorted Great Gong Diamond to a prominent seat, while Li Xiaoya wondered what treasures had attracted him to the auction.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling opened the Treasure Ship Auction, surprising Li Xiaoya and his companions.