Chapter Summaries

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua befriended Wu Zhifeng, Zhou Duoduo, and the other Misty Sect disciples after a tense encounter at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gathering. They accepted an invitation to dine at the Gathering Fortune House, while Ye Hua grew jealous of Ying Ming Hao’s attention to Zhou Duoduo.

• Ying Ming Hao teased Wu Zhifeng and his companions about their earlier boasts, and they sat down awkwardly.
• Wu Zhifeng introduced himself and the others as disciples of the Misty Sect and scions of Ascension City’s major Lineages.
• Ying Ming Hao pretended that he and Ye Hua were named Yun Shan and Yun Shui, and the group apologized and began chatting.
• Zhou Duoduo returned in a black dress and complained that the men had stopped helping her scold the foreigners.
• Ying Ming Hao lavishly praised Zhou Duoduo, who responded by praising her own beauty, while Ye Hua twisted Ying Ming Hao’s waist in jealousy.
• Zhou Duoduo invited Yun Shan and Yun Shui to a meal at the Gathering Fortune House, and Ying Ming Hao accepted.

Odin Rahhan and his companions tried to leave after donating spirit stones to an old beggar, but repeated falls and his sob story kept drawing them into giving more. They finally handed him over ten thousand spirit stones and hurried away, only for another person to fall.

• Odin Rahhan urged his companions to donate spirit stones to the old beggar, who swept them into his robes.
• Odin Rahhan fell and injured his face, and Ireland Duo'er gave the beggar an eighth-grade Vitality Pill and spirit stones for his supposedly severed legs.
• Aodejiao fell and knocked out two teeth, then grew furious as the beggar asked for more help.
• Odin Rahhan persuaded the group to pool more spirit stones and gave the beggar a Storage Bag containing over ten thousand.
• As Odin Rahhan and the others fled, another person screamed after taking a fall.

Aodejiao and the others beat the old beggar after he demanded another hundred million top-grade spirit stones. Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua then moved to confront the Western Region guests, and Zhou Duoduo and Wu Zhifeng followed them into the crowd.

• The old beggar claimed the spirit stones and pills Aodejiao's group had given him were not enough, demanding a hundred million top-grade spirit stones.
• Odin, Rahhan, Aodejiao, Ireland, Duo'er, and the others furiously kicked and beat the old beggar while a crowd watched without intervening.
• Ying Ming Hao teased Zhou Duoduo and Wu Zhifeng about how they had earlier mistaken the old beggar for a victim.
• Ying Ming Hao pushed into the crowd to confront the foreigners, and Ye Hua followed despite Zhou Duoduo warning that they were honored guests of the Misty Sect.
• Zhou Duoduo and Wu Zhifeng followed Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua, preparing to join the confrontation.

Ying Ming Hao and his companions sparked a brawl against the arrogant outsiders by disguising themselves and rallying the crowd to join in. After the mob overwhelmed the outsiders, the group escaped with the old beggar and regrouped, celebrating their success.

• Ying Ming Hao disguised himself, denounced the bystanders’ cowardice, and kicked an outsider to provoke a fight.
• Ye Hua, Zhou Duoduo, Wu Zhifeng, and the others attacked the outsiders, prompting cultivators in the crowd to join them.
• The swelling crowd beat Odin, Rahhan, Aodejiao, Mu Ying, and the other outsiders while Ying Ming Hao stole their Storage Rings and slipped away with the old beggar.
• Ying Ming Hao, Zhou Duoduo, Ye Hua, Wu Zhifeng, and their companions regrouped in a secluded corner and praised the plan.
• Ye Hua questioned why Ying Ming Hao had brought the grubby old beggar along.

Ying Ming Hao knocked out the Old Beggar and shared the Storage Rings he had stolen from visiting outsiders, revealing that some contained gifts from the companions’ own families. The group learned that factions across many regions were gathering because a world cluster was approaching the South Sea Continent, and the chapter left them facing the prospect of a fierce contest over its upper realms.

• Ying Ming Hao put the Old Beggar to sleep with a chop to the neck, then brought out the stolen Storage Rings.
• Zhou Duoduo, Wu Zhifeng, and the others set aside their worries and eagerly inspected the rings, while Ye Hua supported Ying Ming Hao.
• Ying Ming Hao found gifts from the Zhou Family, Wu Family, and other companions’ families, leaving the group silent and dismayed.
• Ye Hua asked why outsiders had come to Ascension City and why their families had sent them gifts.
• Zhou Duoduo explained that people from many regions had appeared among the South Sea Continent’s major factions, while Wu Zhifeng said a vast world cluster was approaching and factions would compete to seize its upper realms.

Ying Ming Hao learned that the possible arrival of a World Cluster was still uncertain, then turned to dividing the resources the group had secured. He gave Zhou Duoduo and Wu Zhifeng’s group half the spoils and entrusted most of his own share to Ye Hua, leaving her stunned by its value.

• Ying Ming Hao questioned Wu Zhifeng and Zhou Duoduo about the World Cluster, and they explained that its arrival and route remained unpredictable and that rival factions were still seeking allies.
• Ying Ming Hao asked how to divide the resources, and Zhou Duoduo and Wu Zhifeng said he should decide because he had earned most of the credit.
• Ying Ming Hao split the spoils evenly between his group and Zhou Duoduo and Wu Zhifeng’s companions, despite their protests.
• Ying Ming Hao took a few Storage Rings for himself and gave the rest of his share to Ye Hua, telling her to keep it safe.
• Ye Hua protested that the fortune was too valuable to accept, but Ying Ming Hao insisted, and she accepted the Storage Rings with gratitude.

Ying Ming Hao left the old beggar seven or eight Storage Rings before going to the Gathering Fortune House with his companions. When the city guards arrived, Odin, Rahhan, and the others falsely accused the gathered onlookers, but the officer found no matching evidence and the real attackers had escaped.

• Ying Ming Hao gave the unconscious old beggar seven or eight Storage Rings and left with Zhou Duoduo, Wu Zhifeng, and the others for the Gathering Fortune House.
• The old beggar woke, found the rings, and later vanished from the city, prompting rumors that Aodejiao and the others had killed him.
• The city guards arrived, and the young officer questioned the battered Odin, Rahhan, Aodejiao, and their companions.
• Odin and Rahhan accused the surrounding crowd of attacking them, and Mu Ying and Yang Jihua supported their claims.
• The onlookers protested the accusations, and the officer checked their shoes but found no matches for the prints.
• Odin, Rahhan, and the others were left without proof as the real attackers had already scattered.

Wu Zhifeng brought Ying Ming Hao, Zhou Duoduo, Ye Hua, and their companions to the Misty Sect’s extravagant Gathering Fortune House. Zhou Duoduo gave up her usual private room after learning it was occupied by Young Master Ye, Young Master Huang, and other Misty Sect disciples, and the group was led to another room.

• Wu Zhifeng praised the Gathering Fortune House, and Ying Ming Hao reacted with surprise at its high prices.
• Zhou Duoduo explained the costs, and Ying Ming Hao eagerly agreed to eat at her expense while Wu Zhifeng hurried everyone inside.
• Ye Hua grew upset that Ying Ming Hao was no longer holding her hand and resolved to draw a clear line between them after they returned.
• The supervisor told Zhou Duoduo that her usual private room was occupied by Young Master Ye, Young Master Huang, and several True Disciples of the Misty Sect.
• Wu Zhifeng persuaded Zhou Duoduo to accept another room, and the supervisor led the group to private room 103 on the tenth floor.

Zhou Duoduo treated Ying Ming Hao, Ye Hua, Wu Zhifeng, and their companions to a lavish meal at the Gathering Fortune House, where they discussed cultivation and the risks and rewards of exploring secret realms. Wu Zhifeng invited Ying Ming Hao and his older sister to join an expedition, but Ying Ming Hao declined, and the group turned to their feast.

• Zhou Duoduo ordered ten dishes while Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua quietly discussed the menu and their plans to recreate the dishes.
• Ying Ming Hao praised the private room’s view, and Wu Zhifeng explained how Misty Sect disciples with limited talent often ended up working in sect businesses.
• The companions discussed the dangers and cultivation benefits of secret realms, and Wu Zhifeng said he planned to explore one soon.
• Wu Zhifeng invited Ying Ming Hao and his older sister to join his team, but Ying Ming Hao declined, saying they would cultivate in peace.
• Servers brought the food, and Zhou Duoduo and the others began eating enthusiastically.

Ying Ming Hao and his companions dined at the Gathering Fortune House, where Du Xiangmei was announced as the evening’s performer. Zhou Duoduo’s feud with Du Xiangmei flared when Wu Zhifeng defended her, but the group soothed Zhou Duoduo before the performance began.

• Zhou Duoduo led the group in a toast, and Ying Ming Hao praised the Gathering Fortune House’s food.
• The Gathering Fortune House announced Du Xiangmei’s performance, prompting cheers from the guests.
• Wu Zhifeng explained Du Xiangmei’s popularity and the chance for the highest tipper to receive a private performance and dine with her.
• Zhou Duoduo insulted Du Xiangmei, and Wu Zhifeng protested that Du Xiangmei had only once criticized Zhou Duoduo’s manners.
• Zhou Duoduo turned away angrily after Wu Zhifeng spoke up for Du Xiangmei, and their companions reminded him of the women’s past friendship and falling-out.
• Wu Zhifeng and the others apologized and flattered Zhou Duoduo until she softened and warned them not to repeat the incident.

Du Xiangmei arrived at Gathering Fortune House and captivated the hall before performing “Three Stanzas of Plum Blossoms.” The chapter ended with the guests silently absorbed in her song and the dancers accompanying her.

• Du Xiangmei made a graceful entrance and greeted the honored guests, drawing excited calls from her admirers.
• Zhou Duoduo mocked Du Xiangmei’s fame and pressured Wu Zhifeng and Zhang Lin to praise her instead.
• Ye Hua pinched Ying Ming Hao for admiring Du Xiangmei, and he hastily insisted that Ye Hua was prettier.
• Du Xiangmei quieted the hall, announced her performance, and began singing “Three Stanzas of Plum Blossoms” as twenty-four beauties danced.

Du Xiangmei’s singing enchanted the audience and prompted guests to compete in rewarding her, while Ying Ming Hao remained unimpressed. When Huang Fu and Wu Bao mocked Ye Qingxuan for tipping only ten lower-grade spirit stones, Ye Yuan defended him and tried to pay more, but Ye Qingxuan stopped her.

• Du Xiangmei sang another song after the audience demanded an encore, and most listeners were captivated.
• Guests in private rooms called out rewards for Du Xiangmei, while Zhou Duoduo’s room stayed silent.
• Huang Fu and Wu Bao mocked Ye Qingxuan’s ten lower-grade spirit stone tip, and Ye Yuan rebuked them.
• Wu Bao called Ye Qingxuan a fraud and insulted him for hiding behind Ye Yuan.
• Ye Yuan identified Ye Qingxuan as her distant cousin and reached for spirit stones to reward Du Xiangmei.
• Ye Qingxuan caught Ye Yuan’s hand before she could take out the spirit stones.

Ye Qingxuan defended Ye Yuan from Wu Bao and Huang Fu at the Gathering Fortune House, trading insults and matching Wu Bao’s palm strikes. Du Xiangmei stopped their fight and offered a discount, while Wu Bao made a lavish tip and renewed the insult toward Ye Qingxuan.

• Ye Qingxuan called Wu Bao a stupid dog, and Wu Bao mocked him before the gathered crowd.
• Huang Fu accused Ye Qingxuan of swindling Ye Yuan, but Ye Yuan defended her cousin.
• Ye Qingxuan took Ye Yuan’s hand to provoke Wu Bao, then blocked Wu Bao’s palm strike.
• Ye Qingxuan and Wu Bao prepared to fight again, but Du Xiangmei stopped both of them and offered them a twenty percent discount.
• Wu Bao gave Du Xiangmei ten thousand lower-grade spirit stones and insulted Ye Qingxuan as a pauper.

Ye Qingxuan answered Wu Bao and Huang Fu’s mockery by presenting Du Xiangmei with the rare top-grade Green Plum Qin. Du Xiangmei struggled to refuse the lavish gift as onlookers speculated about Ye Qingxuan’s intentions.

• Huang Fu added another ten thousand lower-grade spirit stones to Du Xiangmei’s tips, while Wu Bao mocked Ye Qingxuan for having no wealth to compete.
• Ye Yuan tried to defend Ye Qingxuan with her own spirit stones, but Ye Qingxuan stopped her and said he had another way to answer them.
• Ye Qingxuan took out the top-grade ancient qin called the Green Plum Qin and said he was giving it to Du Xiangmei.
• Du Xiangmei said the qin was too precious to accept, but Ye Qingxuan insisted that it was hers.
• The spectators speculated that Du Xiangmei would owe Ye Qingxuan special services, leaving her tense and uneasy.

Ye Qingxuan gave Du Xiangmei the Green Plum Qin and agreed to attend her private performance, while Ye Yuan watched jealously. He left Ye Yuan behind and followed Du Xiangmei to a private room on the tenth floor.

• Ye Qingxuan insisted that Du Xiangmei accept his Green Plum Qin, assuring her that he had no improper intentions.
• Du Xiangmei accepted the qin and clarified that her private performance would involve music, singing, and dancing.
• Ye Qingxuan turned to taunt Wu Bao, Huang Fu, and their companions, but discovered that they had already left.
• Ye Yuan explained that Wu Bao and Huang Fu had hurried home, and Ye Qingxuan concealed his frustration while soothing her.
• Du Xiangmei led Ye Qingxuan toward a private room, and he told Ye Yuan to wait behind, promising to buy her candied hawthorn skewers afterward.

Zhou Duoduo and the others hid in a private room, expecting Ye Qingxuan and Du Xiangmei to be alone together and hoping to watch and record what happened. Ye Qingxuan sealed their room with a Protective Array, leaving Zhou Duoduo furious that she could neither see nor hear anything.

• Zhou Duoduo ushered Wu Zhifeng and the others into their room, activated its Protective Array, and prepared an Image-Recording Stone.
• Ying Ming Hao enthusiastically produced a dozen Image-Recording Stones while Ye Hua nearly jabbed him in the kidneys.
• Du Xiangmei led Ye Qingxuan into private room 104 after they traded flattery, while Ye Yuan stayed behind in the hall and listened to the guests gossip.
• Ye Qingxuan set up a Protective Array over room 104, cutting off all sound and sight from outside.
• Zhou Duoduo complained that she could no longer watch or record, and insisted that she wanted to see and hear what was happening.

Ying Ming Hao used a Formation-Breaking Needle to make hidden peepholes in the formation, allowing the group to watch Ye Qingxuan secretly drug Du Xiangmei’s wine. Zhou Duoduo wanted to intervene but was persuaded to keep watching and recording, leaving the group to observe Ye Qingxuan’s scheme from hiding.

• Ying Ming Hao revealed his Formation-Breaking Needle and made a row of peepholes near the floor.
• Zhou Duoduo and the others peered through the holes while Ying Ming Hao recorded what they saw.
• Ye Qingxuan secretly shook white powder from beneath his fingernail into the wine jug as Du Xiangmei played the Green Plum Qin.
• Zhou Duoduo tried to go expose Ye Qingxuan, but Zhang Lin warned that she could not prove what she had seen or explain how she knew.
• Zhou Duoduo returned to her peephole to keep watching and recording, while the others continued spying.

Ye Qingxuan used praise and pressure to get Du Xiangmei to drink cup after cup of potent wine. By the end, Du Xiangmei was thoroughly muddled, and Ye Qingxuan began groping her while calling her name.

• Du Xiangmei played the Green Plum Qin and sang for Ye Qingxuan, who praised her lavishly and poured her Plum Blossom Brew.
• Ye Qingxuan repeatedly urged Du Xiangmei to drink, then pretended to be offended when she tried to switch to tea.
• Du Xiangmei explained that she was feeling unwell but relented when Ye Qingxuan threatened to leave.
• Ye Qingxuan pressured Du Xiangmei into drinking ten cups, and she began hiccupping and feeling tipsy.
• Ye Qingxuan denied that Du Xiangmei had finished her cups and continued coaxing her to drink until her head grew muddled.
• Ye Qingxuan put his hand on Du Xiangmei's thigh and continued groping her as she barely responded.

Ye Qingxuan attacked the drugged Du Xiangmei in a private room at the Gathering Fortune House after she accepted his musical instrument. Du Xiangmei sent Zhou Duoduo a plea for help, and Zhou Duoduo and the others rushed to rescue her.

• Ye Qingxuan drugged Du Xiangmei and attacked her while she was unable to resist.
• Du Xiangmei used her Communication Token to ask Zhou Duoduo to save her, then lost consciousness.
• Zhou Duoduo watched Ye Qingxuan with the others from the neighboring room, then struck Wu Zhifeng for leering and recording.
• After hearing Du Xiangmei's cries, Zhou Duoduo armed herself and led the group out to rescue her.
• Zhou Duoduo showed Du Xiangmei's plea to the Gathering Fortune House steward, who ordered everyone to grab their weapons and attack.

Zhou Duoduo broke into a private room at the Gathering Fortune House and found Ye Qingxuan apparently about to assault the unconscious Du Xiangmei. She sent him crashing through the building, while the crowd pursued him and Zhou carried Du Xiangmei away to change her clothes.

• The crowd gathered after Zhou Duoduo accused Ye Qingxuan of drugging Du Xiangmei, and Ye Yuan rushed forward to defend Brother Ye.
• Zhou Duoduo shattered the private room's formation and kicked its door down, revealing Ye Qingxuan with his boxers halfway down beside the unconscious Du Xiangmei.
• Zhou Duoduo kicked Ye Qingxuan through the building's floors, and the angry crowd charged after him.
• Zhou Duoduo covered Du Xiangmei with her cloak and tried to wake her with pills and slaps, but she remained unconscious.
• Zhou Duoduo carried Du Xiangmei to a neighboring room to change her clothes, while Ying Ming Hao and the others exchanged knowing looks.