Chapter Summaries

After Ye Qingxuan apologized and left with Lu Ding, Du Xiangmei received the promised resources and invited Zhou Duoduo and the others to her private pavilion. There, Ying Ming Hao helped Ye Hua play a racing game, drawing her close and leaving her flustered.

• Ye Qingxuan performed a tearful apology to Du Xiangmei, who warned him and ordered him to leave.
• Lu Ding delivered two billion middle-grade spirit stones, a Saint-Grade Musical Instrument, and a supreme-grade Glazed Sword to Du Xiangmei before departing with his soldiers and Ye Qingxuan.
• Rumors of the incident spread through Ascension City, while Manager He ordered the Gathering Fortune House repaired.
• Du Xiangmei invited Zhou Duoduo and the others to her private pavilion, where she went upstairs to bathe.
• Wu Zhifeng showed Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua how to play Extreme Bumper Cars, and Ying Ming Hao proved skilled at the game.
• Ying Ming Hao guided Ye Hua's hands, then lifted her onto his lap, leaving her too flustered to focus on the game.

Zhou Duoduo, Ye Hua, and their companions played Extreme Bumper Cars before Du Xiangmei prepared to perform at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gathering. After night fell, Ying Ming Hao took Ye Hua and the others into the bustling streets to explore the stalls.

• Ye Hua rammed Zhou Duoduo near the finish line, and the riders retaliated against one another with flying kicks as the race descended into chaos.
• Du Xiangmei came downstairs after scrubbing herself raw and confirmed she would attend the gathering despite regretting her performance agreement.
• Zhou Duoduo encouraged Du Xiangmei to represent the South Sea Continent, while Du Xiangmei described her planned zither, singing, and dancing performance.
• Ying Ming Hao held Ye Hua and taught her the game as the others chatted, then suggested they leave and look around before Du Xiangmei's performance.
• After night fell, Ying Ming Hao took Ye Hua by the hand and led the group through the crowded streets and market stalls.

Yun Shan and the others admired jade hairpins at a stall, where the stallholder tried to charge them far above the marked prices. The group caught her out and confronted her as a crowd gathered.

• Yun Shan chose a Jasmine Jade Hairpin for Yun Shui, and she and the others praised how it looked on her.
• Zhou Duoduo showed off a black-rose Double-Strand Jade Hairpin, then slapped Wu Zhifeng for teasing her.
• The stallholder quoted Yun Shan three hundred thousand lower-grade spirit stones for Yun Shui's hairpin and asked Zhou Duoduo five hundred thousand for hers.
• Yun Shan noticed the hairpins were marked at thirty thousand and fifty thousand lower-grade spirit stones and accused the stallholder of trying to swindle them.
• Zhou Duoduo threatened to smash the stall, while Zhang Lin and the others demanded an explanation and drew a crowd.

Yun Shan and his companions confronted a stallholder who tried to overcharge them at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gathering. Yun Shan let her leave with eight hundred thousand lower-grade spirit stones, keeping the stall and its wares for the group.

• Yun Shan accused the stallholder of trying to cheat him and threatened to take her to the City Lord's Residence.
• The stallholder begged for mercy, and Yun Shan initially agreed to let her go despite Zhou Duoduo, Wu Zhifeng, Zhang Lin, and the others objecting.
• Yun Shan stopped the stallholder from taking her wares, declaring that the stall belonged to him as compensation.
• Yun Shui questioned whether taking the whole stall was excessive, so Yun Shan gave the stallholder eight hundred thousand lower-grade spirit stones and sent her away.

Yun Shan tried to hide the stall’s prices from Wei Xia’s group, then drew a crowd with flashy sales pitches and claimed the goods could only be obtained through fate. When a woman asked about a diamond pendant, he demanded five million Spirit Stones, leaving the crowd mocking him.

• Yun Shan ordered Wu Zhifeng and the others to remove the stall’s price tags as Wei Xia’s group approached.
• Wei Xia and the other women browsed the accessories, while Yun Shan stopped Wu Zhifeng from turning them away.
• Yun Shan delivered rhyming sales pitches that drew passersby to the stall.
• A woman asked about a diamond pendant, and Yun Shan said the stall’s goods were about fate rather than money.
• Yun Shan demanded five million Spirit Stones for the pendant, prompting the crowd and two young men to ridicule him.

Yun Shan defended Miao Zhu’s right to choose and buy the pendant herself, exposing how the two Heavenly Prodigies dismissed her wishes. Miao Zhu rejected their offers and paid Yun Shan five million lower-grade spirit stones, while Peng Yixu concealed his anger.

• Yun Shan delivered a speech accusing the Heavenly Prodigies of judging Miao Zhu and ignoring what she wanted.
• The young talent and the other Heavenly Prodigy dismissed Yun Shan’s words and tried to take Miao Zhu to the Treasure Pavilion.
• Zhou Duoduo and Wu Zhifeng threatened to defend Yun Shan’s stall when the Heavenly Prodigies threatened him.
• Miao Zhu slapped away the young talent’s hand, told him to leave, and declared she would buy the pendant with her own spirit stones.
• Peng Yixu offered to pay, but Miao Zhu refused and placed a Storage Ring containing five million lower-grade spirit stones on Yun Shan’s stall.
• Yun Shan accepted the Storage Ring, and Peng Yixu apologized outwardly while privately cursing Miao Zhu.

Yun Shan praised Miao Zhu and Zhou Duoduo to encourage customers at his stall, then used Yun Shui to provoke a couple into buying a pair of overpriced Starry Sky Rings. The couple left with the rings, while Yun Shan’s sales pitch drew more wealthy women to browse.

• Yun Shan lavishly praised Miao Zhu’s beauty after she bought a pendant, delighting her and making Yun Shui jealous.
• Zhou Duoduo asked Yun Shan for praise, and he told her that her beauty could topple cities and kingdoms.
• A fairy admired a pair of Starry Sky Rings while Brother Lin complained that their ten-million price was far too high.
• Yun Shui offered ten million lower-grade spirit stones for the rings, prompting the fairy to insist that she would buy them first.
• Yun Shan accepted the fairy’s payment, returned Yun Shui’s Storage Ring, and watched the couple leave with the rings.
• More wealthy fairies crowded the stall and began asking Yun Shan about his merchandise.

At Yun Shan’s stall, Wei Xia admired a pair of Tassel Earrings and matching Tassel Phoenix Hairpins, but balked at their inflated prices. Several Heavenly Prodigies rushed to pay for her purchases, each hoping to win her favor.

• Yun Shan praised the Tassel Earrings to Wei Xia and demanded three million five hundred thousand affinity for them.
• Wei Xia tried on the earrings and decided to buy them.
• Zhou Duoduo and Wei Xia tried on the Tassel Phoenix Hairpins, and Wei Xia asked Yun Shan their price.
• Yun Shan demanded eight million affinity for the hairpins, and Wei Xia hesitated before asking whether he would negotiate.
• Peng Yixu and several other Heavenly Prodigies competed to pay for Wei Xia’s jewelry, with each offering spirit stones.

Wei Xia bought Yun Shan’s matching tasseled accessories at his stall while Zhou Duoduo and the others watched. After purchasing a bracelet, veil, and scent pouch, she waited expectantly for Yun Shan to show her what else he had.

• Wei Xia refused the others’ offer to pay and said she would cover the eleven million five hundred thousand herself.
• Yun Shan showed Wei Xia a Tassel Bracelet, which she tried on and bought for four million affinity.
• Yun Shan presented a Tassel Veil, and Wei Xia bought it for three million five hundred thousand affinity.
• Yun Shan showed Wei Xia a fragrant Tassel Scent Pouch, which she bought for three million five hundred thousand affinity and fastened to her waist.
• Wei Xia and the others watched Yun Shan expectantly, waiting for him to reveal another item.

Yun Shan sold Wei Xia and several other women a fortune in tassel ornaments, earning hundreds of millions of lower-grade spirit stones. After closing his stall, he traveled with Zhou Duoduo and the others to Purple Mist Shore for the Mid-Autumn gathering, where they reunited with the shoppers aboard a boat.

• Wei Xia bought tassel anklets, high heels, stockings, and other ornaments from Yun Shan for over forty million spirit stones.
• Several other women bought ornaments, and Yun Shan made a net profit of several hundred million lower-grade spirit stones.
• Zhou Duoduo urged Yun Shan and the others to hurry to Purple Mist Shore for Du Ti Zi's performance.
• Yun Shan packed up the stall and gave the women and Wu Zhifeng ornaments before the group headed for the riverside.
• Yun Shan and his companions encountered Wei Xia, Miao Zhu, and the other shoppers aboard a boat, while Zhou Duoduo and the women quickly struck up a conversation.
• Yun Shui stood beside Yun Shan on the deck and admired the scenery with him.

Yun Shui and Yun Shan shared a quiet moment by the river, discussing the Heartless Dao, their ambitions, and plans to explore Ascension City together. Meanwhile, Chu Wei, Yan Xi, and their companions failed to find the pair and decided to wait for them at Purple Mist Shore.

• Yun Shui told Yun Shan she sometimes wished she could remain an ordinary person, but she chose the Heartless Dao to escape a life of mediocrity and change her fate.
• Yun Shan comforted Yun Shui and promised they would keep exploring the world together, then pointed out Purple Mist Shore and Crescent Bay as places they could visit.
• Yun Shui and Yun Shan held hands as Little Chicken Kun woke in Yun Shan's arms.
• Chu Wei and Yan Xi learned their search throughout Ascension City had failed to find the two people.
• A young man suggested waiting at Purple Mist Shore because he expected Ying Ming Hao to attend the gathering, and the others agreed.

Yun Shan and Yun Shui joined Zhou Duoduo and other Heavenly Prodigies at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gathering on Purple Mist Shore, where their gilded invitations drew attention. City Lord Lu Ding and Lu Yuyao arrived, and Lu Ding opened the banquet with a toast.

• Zhou Duoduo led Yun Shan, Yun Shui, and the other Heavenly Prodigies into Purple Mist Shore for the gathering.
• Yun Shan and Yun Shui presented their gilded invitations, surprising Peng Yixu, Wei Xia, and the others.
• Yun Shan declined the Misty Sect's reserved seats and joined Zhou Duoduo's party with Yun Shui.
• The guests filled the banquet grounds, where dancers performed as tens of thousands of Heavenly Prodigies gathered.
• Lu Ding and Lu Yuyao arrived with the City Lord's Residence delegation, and servers brought food and wine to the tables.
• Lu Ding welcomed the guests and raised a toast, officially beginning the Mid-Autumn banquet.

At Lu Ding’s Mid-Autumn Festival Gathering, he watched the guests while plotting to expand his influence and rein in the Zhou Family. Yun Shui rejected a fatty piece of pork and passed it to Yun Shan, while a parallel exchange at another table ended with Brother Lin’s younger sister angrily calling him out.

• Lu Ding opened the gathering with a toast, and the Heavenly Prodigies began eating as performers took the stage.
• Lu Ding secretly assessed the guests, resolved to warn the Zhou Family, and considered how to strengthen his ties with four smaller Lineages.
• Lu Yuyao judged the guests and grew irritated at Yun Shui and Yun Shan’s public affection.
• Yun Shui found her braised pork too fatty and tossed it into Yun Shan’s bowl, and he ate it despite joking about the pile of leftovers she had given him.
• Brother Lin and Sister Rong recognized Yun Shan and Yun Shui as the couple who had sold them ornaments, and Sister Rong passed her fatty pork to Brother Lin.
• Brother Lin passed the pork to his younger sister, who angrily rebuked him as nearby guests watched.

At the banquet, Yun Shui unknowingly served Yun Shan several pieces of Deer Whip and Tiger-Beating Wine, while he struggled to hide his embarrassment and the effects. The chapter ended with Yun Shan suppressing his desire as the others anticipated what might happen next.

• Yun Shui placed a piece of Deer Whip in Yun Shan's bowl, unaware of what it was, while Zhou Duoduo, Wei Xia, Wu Zhifeng, and the others watched in shock.
• Yun Shan avoided explaining the dish, flattered Yun Shui, and ate it to avoid hurting her feelings.
• Yun Shui tried a piece, spat it out, and gave the rest to Yun Shan, who ate it under the others' astonished gazes.
• Yun Shui poured Yun Shan Tiger-Beating Wine, and he realized the drink was different from the earlier wine.
• Yun Shan asked for the stronger liquor and secretly used his cultivation methods to suppress the rising effects, while Zhou Duoduo, Wu Zhifeng, and the others anticipated a good show.

Du Xiangmei captivated the banquet with a lavish qin-and-song performance, earning the admiration of the Heavenly Prodigies before rejoining Zhou Duoduo and the others. The evening’s next surprise brought blonde, blue-eyed women onto the stage, and the audience reacted with astonishment and lustful excitement.

• Du Xiangmei entered the stage in ornate dress, played her Green Plum Qin, sang, and accompanied twenty-four dancers in a performance that entranced the banquet guests.
• Lu Ding, Naran Yan, and other Heavenly Prodigies praised Du Xiangmei, who thanked them and left the stage with the dancers.
• Du Xiangmei joined Zhou Duoduo, Zhang Lin, Wei Xia, Miao Zhu, and others at their table, where they congratulated her and visiting Heavenly Prodigies admired her.
• Yun Shan and Yun Shui ignored the gathering’s social excitement and continued eating while another goddess performed.
• The female host announced exotic performances, and a group of blonde, blue-eyed women appeared onstage, prompting loud, excited reactions from the Heavenly Prodigies.

A Western Region dance performance enthralled the banquet guests while Wu Zhifeng and Zhou Duoduo recognized the dancers as women they had fought that morning. Yun Shan’s reaction to the Deer Whip and Tiger-Beating Wine led Yun Shui to lend him her spiritual power, and both advanced in cultivation as Lu Yuyao noticed their unusual exchange.

• Ireland, Duo'er, and the other dancers performed a passionate Western Region dance that fascinated the banquet guests and unsettled Du Xiangmei, Wei Xia, and Miao Zhu.
• Wu Zhifeng and Zhou Duoduo recognized the dancers as women they had beaten that morning, and Yun Shan guessed that their unusual physiques and medicine had helped them recover.
• Yun Shui teased Yun Shan about watching the dancers, then panicked when he seized her wrist and appeared to be in distress from the effects of the Deer Whip and Tiger-Beating Wine.
• Yun Shan asked Yun Shui to use the Heartless Dao method to transfer spiritual power to him, and he absorbed it until the heat subsided and he broke through two minor realms.
• Yun Shan returned spiritual power to Yun Shui, helping her recover and break through a realm as well.
• Lu Yuyao noticed their spiritual fluctuations and rising auras, then watched them with curiosity and a knowing smile.

The Mid-Autumn Festival Gathering’s performances ended with the Fragrant Pavilion’s courtesans, whose finale promoted the pavilion and fulfilled its profit-sharing agreement with the City Lord’s Residence. The hostess then began the second round, a poetry competition with lavish prizes, and the attendees eagerly prepared to compose.

• A Southern Territory beauty captivated the audience with her singing and dancing, while Zhang Lin, Naran Yan, Zhou Duoduo, and others discussed her performance and Wu Zhifeng watched in a daze.
• Du Xiangmei felt discouraged by the Southern Territory beauty’s popularity, and other city beauties performed before the Fragrant Pavilion’s courtesans took the stage.
• The Fragrant Pavilion’s elegant performance impressed the audience, while Lu Ding confirmed Qian Beidan’s agreement to give the City Lord’s Residence thirty percent of the pavilion’s annual profits.
• The hostess announced the second round: guests had one hour to compose original poetry or verse for the Mid-Autumn Festival Gathering.
• The hostess revealed rewards for the top three, including spirit stones, weapons, City Lord’s Residence tokens, and a month in its cultivation Secret Realm; the attendees eagerly began considering their entries.

At Ascension City’s poetry gathering, Ye Xiangyong recited a poem about Mid-Autumn longing and drew loud praise. He challenged Wu Zhifeng to answer, leaving Wu under pressure to produce a poem of his own.

• The hostess began a sixty-minute poetry and painting contest and announced that selected works would be displayed above the city gates for a month.
• Ye Xiangyong rose to perform, while Zhou Duoduo urged Wu Zhifeng to outdo him and Yun Shui asked Yun Shan to win the Heaven Mountain snow lotus for her.
• Ye Xiangyong recited “Mid-Autumn · Moon-Tied Longing,” and the crowd applauded and praised his poem.
• Ye Xiangyong challenged Wu Zhifeng, who and his companions answered with raised middle fingers, angering Ye.
• Wu Zhifeng traded insults with Ye Xiangyong despite having no poem ready, as the crowd waited for his performance.

At the Mid-Autumn poetry gathering, Song Bin, Wu Bao, and Wu Zhifeng recited poems that won praise, and Wu Zhifeng outdid Ye Xiangyong. The gathering ended in uproarious laughter when Aodejiao recited a clumsy poem about the moon and his lover.

• Song Bin recited a poem about gazing at the moon and living an ordinary life, earning enthusiastic applause.
• Wu Bao recited a melancholy poem about sharing the same moon despite being separated, drawing warm praise.
• Wu Zhifeng recited a poem longing for reunion, impressing the crowd and unsettling Ye Xiangyong with its concise emotion.
• Wu Zhifeng taunted Ye Xiangyong after his success, while Zhou Duoduo praised him and slapped the back of his head when he grew boastful.
• Aodejiao stood to recite a broken-Han poem comparing the moon to his lover, and the gathering burst into laughter.

At the Mid-Autumn literary gathering, the Heavenly Prodigies took turns showing off their artistic talents, and Aodejiao was ridiculed for his poem. Naran Yan won widespread praise for his verses, while Miao Zhu recited warmly received lines as Du Xiangmei struggled to find inspiration.

• Aodejiao recited a poem and insisted it was excellent as the crowd mocked him, prompting Ireland, Duo'er to scold him.
• Mi Yin recited a gentle Mid-Autumn poem and received thunderous applause.
• Heavenly Prodigies from several territories displayed their skills in poetry, painting, lyrics, and rhapsodies, including Peng Yixu, Zhou Jian, and Qian Beidan.
• Naran Yan recited verses about the full moon and longing, then drew praise from the gathering and Du Xiangmei.
• Du Xiangmei admitted she could not find inspiration, while Zhou Duoduo, Zhang Lin, and others encouraged her.
• Miao Zhu recited a poem wishing for peace and family safety, earning cheers and lavish praise.