Chapter Summaries

The Jade Seal failed to tempt the Carefree Sect into keeping it, while Lian Yi stayed at school and worried about her theft. Zhou You learned more about the seal, considered Nuomi’s past, and discovered that the Chang'an grotto-heaven was the Azure Mystic Sect’s lost inheritance site.

• The Jade Seal offered to grant wishes, but the Red King and his companions returned it to Lian Yi after it dismissed Chu Xiaoyao as an easy opponent.
• The Jade Seal grew quiet at school as it plotted an escape, while Lian Yi decided the Carefree Sect’s protection made the school the safest place for her.
• Duan Yuxian gave Zhou You two Sword Pellets and explained the Jade Seal’s history, including its connection to the White Rainbow Dao Lord.
• Zhou You asked Su Tingxue about the Jade Seal, then wondered which past holder Nuomi had been and considered having her study history.
• Zhou You found a forum post identifying the Chang'an grotto-heaven as the Azure Mystic Sect’s lost inheritance site, open to Qi Refining cultivators.

Zhou You prepared to enter the Azure Mysterious Grotto-Heaven during the school break, with Duan Yuxian and Su Tingxue giving him advice and protective talismans. Chu Xiaoyao, Nuomi, and the Jade Seal volunteered to join him, but Zhou You questioned whether any of them qualified to enter.

• Duan Yuxian told Zhou You that the Azure Mysterious Grotto-Heaven would open in three days and encouraged him to seek its inheritance.
• Zhou You walked to school with Tang Shiyin, then met Su Tingxue, who gave him talismans for himself and his mother.
• Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi decided to visit a haunted house during the break, but Zhou You said he had other plans.
• Zhou You explained that only Qi Refining cultivators could enter the grotto-heaven and said he intended to try for its inheritance.
• Chu Xiaoyao, Nuomi, and the Jade Seal volunteered to accompany Zhou You, who wondered which of them was a Qi Refining cultivator.

Zhou You agreed to bring Chu Xiaoyao, Nuomi, and the Jade Seal into the Azure Mysterious Grotto-Heaven, giving Chu Xiaoyao a Sword Pellet for protection. During history class, the Jade Seal revealed its account of Xiang Yu’s cultivation and claimed his famous final poem had been passed down incorrectly.

• Chu Xiaoyao insisted she could enter the grotto-heaven and promised to protect Zhou You, so he gave her a Sword Pellet disguised as a defensive Magical Treasure.
• Nuomi convinced herself she was an ordinary little ghost who could enter, and Zhou You agreed to bring her along.
• The Jade Seal asked to join the trip so it could teach the group about the Cultivation World, and Zhou You agreed.
• During history class, the Jade Seal interrupted the teacher and claimed Xiang Yu had been a powerful Body Cultivator who severed Great Qin’s dragon vein.
• The Jade Seal said Xiang Yu’s final poem was “My strength uprooted Shaanxi, my spirit towered over the world,” and Zhou You struggled to process its account.

Zhou You gave his mother a protective scented sachet and prepared for the Azure Mysterious Grotto-Heaven with Duan Yuxian’s help. He and Chu Xiaoyao arranged a cover story with Su Tingxue, while Wei Hang overheard their conversation and lamented that it was useless for the school newspaper.

• Zhou You gave his mother a scented sachet containing protective talismans and a Sword Pellet, then told her he would stay at Zhao Zhuo’s to tutor him.
• Duan Yuxian told Zhou You that she had finished setting up a sword formation to protect their home, then guided his True Martial Combat Art practice.
• Zhou You browsed forum posts about the Azure Mysterious Grotto-Heaven and learned that cultivators from major sects were planning to enter it.
• Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao discussed their plans to enter the grotto-heaven and agreed that Chu Xiaoyao would claim she was staying at Su Tingxue’s home.
• Su Tingxue agreed to provide Chu Xiaoyao with a cover story, and Wei Hang overheard them but complained that the news was not useful for the school newspaper.

Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao prepared to spend the school break at the Azure Mysterious Grotto-Heaven, while Chu Xiaoyao took the Jade Seal and invited Nuomi to stay with her. Their absence left Ghost King Zhenyue worried that the Jade Seal had bewitched them, and the Three Ghost Kings were relieved to get a break from teaching Nuomi history.

• Zhou You gave Chu Xiaoyao the Carefree Sect Seal to take home, and the Jade Seal protested before Chu Xiaoyao put it in her schoolbag.
• Chu Xiaoyao invited Nuomi to her home, and Nuomi left a note for Vengeful Ghost Little Li saying she was taking three days off.
• Mind Master, Force Wielder, and Red King speculated about the group's plans and decided not to follow them during the break.
• Ghost King Zhenyue found Nuomi's note, searched the school for the missing Jade Seal, and feared it had bewitched someone.
• Ghost King Zhenyue sent the Three Ghost Kings away for two days, and Ghost King Chuang rebuked Ghost King Chongzhen for wondering whether Zhu Yuanzhang and Huang Taiji were the same person.

The Ninth Elder prepared his grotto-heaven as a trap to gather negative emotions and vowed to punish Lian Yi for betraying the Demon Alliance. Zhou You, Chu Xiaoyao, and Nuomi reached the island harbor and flew past the ticketed boat ride, leaving the waiting cultivators stunned.

• The Ninth Elder confirmed that Demon Alliance members had been assigned roles inside his grotto-heaven and threatened to deal with Lian Yi after breaking Demon Venerable Guiji's seal.
• Zhou You met Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi outside his residential complex, accepted food and a heavy backpack, and traveled with them toward the Azure Mysterious Grotto-Heaven.
• Zhou You's party reached the harbor and encountered Kong Fan, who joined them on the way to the island.
• When Zhou You learned the boat tickets cost money, he asked Nuomi to carry Chu Xiaoyao into the air, then flew with his own body after leaving his soul.
• Chu Xiaoyao waved goodbye to Kong Fan as she and Zhou You flew toward the island, astonishing the gathered Qi Refining cultivators.

Zhou You, Chu Xiaoyao, and Nuomi flew alongside the boat to the Azure Mysterious Grotto-Heaven, drawing attention and suspicion from the cultivators. On the island, Sun Cheng’s gathered allies discovered that Zhou You was the man they had been waiting to confront.

• Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao took flight, prompting the cultivators and the Jade Seal to question their abilities and cultivation.
• Zhou You followed the boat across the sea to save the fare, while Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi showed off with daring aerial maneuvers.
• Sun Cheng rallied Duan Yuxian’s fans against Zhou You, claiming he had defeated him only because of a sneak attack.
• Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao landed on the island, where the crowd speculated that they were hiding Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• Sun Cheng recognized the two newcomers as Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao and told his companions they were the people he had described.

Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao arrived at the grotto-heaven entrance, where they met Zhang Yang, Cui Huaijin, and Master Kongyin. As the group discussed witnessing Su Tingxue's battle with Duan Yuxian, Zhou You grew uneasy when Kongyin revealed that Kunlun Mountain was searching for the person who invented a mosquito-based body-tempering method.

• Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao watched Cultivators pay inflated prices for food before Zhang Yang offered them free instant noodles and mineral water on Su Tingxue's behalf.
• Zhang Yang introduced Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao to Cui Huaijin and Master Kongyin, who recognized them as acquaintances of Su Tingxue.
• Cui Huaijin and Kongyin asked Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao about the battle between Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian, and Zhou You awkwardly claimed they had met Duan a few times.
• Kongyin complained that mosquitoes had left bumps on his head after his abbot used a body-tempering method from Kunlun Mountain.
• Cui Huaijin explained that Kunlun Mountain was searching for the method's source, while Zhou You stopped Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi from revealing anything.

The Azure Mysterious Grotto-Heaven began its first trial, which trapped cultivators in illusions based on their regrets. While everyone else escaped their illusions, Zhou You remained stuck in a classroom, regretting that he had not solved a math problem.

• Zhou You, Chu Xiaoyao, and Nuomi entered the grotto-heaven, where the Spirit of Azure Mystic explained the inheritance and its three trials.
• The Spirit of Azure Mystic gave everyone a Heart-Questioning Mirror that forced them to confront their regrets.
• Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi were unaffected by the mirrors, while the other cultivators fell into illusions.
• The cultivators made choices about their regrets and escaped their illusions, but Zhou You remained trapped.
• The middle-aged man entered Zhou You's illusion and found him struggling with a math problem, unable to leave until the illusion ended.

Zhou You escaped the Heart-Questioning Mirror after the middle-aged man grew overwhelmed by watching him study, then found Chu Xiaoyao and the other cultivators relaxing while they waited. The group remained in the Azure Mysterious Grotto-Heaven, treating the trial like an outing as Zhou You reunited with Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi.

• The middle-aged man endured hours of watching Zhou You alternate between a difficult math problem and holiday homework, then discovered the Jade-Cleansing Bottle had collected mostly his own negative emotions.
• The middle-aged man forcibly broke the Heart-Questioning Mirror, returning Zhou You to reality with an approach to the math problem in mind.
• Chu Xiaoyao told Zhou You she had waited while reading her downloaded novel, and Nuomi gave him the sunflower seed kernels she had shelled.
• Zhou You saw that the other cultivators had spent the wait playing cards, sharing food, debating powerful figures, and betting on a fight between two supporters.
• Chu Xiaoyao claimed that neither the True Martial Hall nor Kunlun Mountain was as strong as her, while Nuomi praised her and the Jade Seal lamented the Carefree Sect's state.

Zhou You and the other Cultivators completed the Heart-Questioning Mirror test and received tokens recording their scores. As they passed through the mountain gate toward the second test, its overseer, Xiao Ce, prepared to meet them after describing how he mistreated employees to collect negative emotions.

• Zhou You woke after solving a difficult math problem in the Heart-Questioning Mirror, while Zhang Yang and Cui Huaijin welcomed him back.
• The middle-aged man ended the first test and gave out tokens, explaining that passing earned one point and that Chu Xiaoyao had scored zero.
• Chu Xiaoyao complained that she received no points for having no regrets, and Nuomi was also upset about not receiving a token.
• The middle-aged man left, and Zhou You comforted Chu Xiaoyao with a rice ball and promised Nuomi a week without studying as they headed through the mountain gate.
• Xiao Ce chatted on the phone about exploiting his employees to collect negative emotions, then prepared the second test as the Cultivators arrived.

Zhou You and the other cultivators began the second trial, which required them to dig for buried treasure without using spell arts. After hours of fruitless digging, Zhou You investigated his Poverty Ghost ability and noticed that it worked on Xiao Ce.

• Xiao Ce announced that the cultivators had to dig up a treasure without spell arts, and everyone began digging with the shovels he handed out.
• Zhou You used Soul Projection to search underground, but found no treasure within seven meters; he then rested with Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi.
• After Zhou You woke, Chu Xiaoyao told him the cultivators had dug a vast pit five or six meters deep without finding anything, while Nuomi reported that she had searched far underground too.
• Xiao Ce secretly revealed that he had buried no treasure and planned to let exhaustion and frustration build before declaring perseverance the treasure.
• Zhou You considered practicing his ghost abilities, realized his Poverty Ghost ability could work without internet access, and noticed that Xiao Ce's wealth percentage was visible to him.

Zhou You discovered that the azure mystic spirits overseeing the trial could restore their money after he drained it, giving him a repeatable way to train the Poverty Ghost ability. Meanwhile, Xiao Ce and Feng Tianxing each lost money through Zhou You’s ability and hurriedly arranged replacements to supervise the trial.

• Zhou You used the Poverty Ghost ability on Xiao Ce and drained his account, exhausting his spiritual power in the process.
• Xiao Ce saw that he had transferred a hundred thousand yuan to each of his eighty employees and left Feng Tianxing to cover the trial for twenty spirit stones.
• Zhou You noticed Feng Tianxing, disguised as Xiao Ce, had a full balance again and concluded that the azure mystic spirits refreshed.
• Feng Tianxing discovered that his phone had booked over a hundred expensive tours and recruited Lao Zhang to take his place for nineteen spirit stones.
• Lao Zhang replaced Feng Tianxing in Xiao Ce’s form, and Zhou You saw that the money had refreshed again.