Chapter Summaries

As the poetry round neared its end, Du Xiangmei struggled to finish a poem while Yun Shan and Yun Shui focused on the prize. Lu Yuyao’s interest in handsome Heavenly Prodigies led Lu Ding to seat Zhao Long beside her, leaving Zhao Long fearing the notorious “Deadly Old Coo” but resolving to endure for his Lineage.

• Du Xiangmei grew increasingly anxious as the deadline approached, unable to settle on a poem despite her friends’ quiet support.
• Yun Shui urged Yun Shan to win the heaven mountain snow lotus, and Yun Shan boasted he would while taking liberties with her in public.
• Lu Yuyao watched the siblings, lamented that men avoided her because she had castrated former boyfriends, and demanded that Lu Ding bring Mi Yunsheng to her.
• Lu Ding refused to approach Mi Yunsheng and instead threatened to find Lu Yuyao someone just as handsome, using her secret about the Ye Family to keep her from acting rashly.
• Lu Ding summoned Zhao Long, moved a girl from her seat, and placed him beside Lu Yuyao.
• Zhao Long recognized Lu Yuyao as the dangerous “Deadly Old Coo” but resolved to endure her attention for the sake of his Lineage.

Yun Shan secretly urged Zhou Duoduo to win the poetry contest, but she was drawn into a public feud with Yang Jihua before she could act on his suggestion. The gathering ended with both sides trading threats and a fight seeming imminent.

• Yun Shan sent Zhou Duoduo a covert message encouraging her to take first place in the poetry contest, and she startled the gathering by standing up before pretending she only needed to stretch.
• Yang Jihua mocked Zhou Duoduo as an empty-headed bully, and Zhou Duoduo sprang up to insult and threaten her.
• Zhang Lin, Wu Zhifeng, and the others restrained Zhou Duoduo as Du Xiangmei confronted Yang Jihua about her former fiancé and alleged cheating.
• Yang Jihua insulted Du Xiangmei, and Mu Ying joined her side as the two groups traded threats and the gathering neared a violent clash.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival Gathering, Zhou Duoduo and the Western Region contingent traded insults while Lu Ding and Lu Yuyao let the factions quarrel. Yun Shan secretly promised to help Zhou Duoduo win the poetry contest and sent her a masterpiece; Zhou Duoduo then challenged Yang Jihua to a wager, leaving the banquet stunned and amused.

• Naran Yan and Wu Zhifeng insulted Aodejiao and the Western Region contingent, who fired back and challenged the South Sea Continent guests to fight.
• Zhou Duoduo tried to break free and attack, while Zhang Lin and others held her back as the banquet erupted into a sprawling exchange of insults.
• Lu Ding and Lu Yuyao watched the factions clash, hoping their quarrel would prevent the powerful families from uniting against the City Lord's Residence.
• Yun Shan secretly offered to help Zhou Duoduo take first place in the poetry contest, and she agreed to give him the prize while keeping the City Lord Token.
• Yun Shan transmitted an exquisite poem to Zhou Duoduo while Chu Wei, Yan Xi, and their disciples searched the crowd for him.
• Zhou Duoduo challenged Yang Jihua to a poetry contest wager, prompting Yang Jihua and the guests to laugh at her apparent lack of poetic skill.

Zhou Duoduo challenged Yang Jihua to a Poetry Composition wager, and the stakes escalated to an enormous fortune and public humiliation. Zhou accepted despite her friends’ warnings, leaving the hall awaiting the contest’s result.

• Zhou Duoduo challenged Yang Jihua and demanded spirit stones, a Supreme-Grade Weapon, supreme-grade pills, and an apology if Yang lost.
• Zhang Lin, Du Xiangmei, and Wei Xia tried to dissuade Zhou Duoduo, but she insisted she was confident and displayed her Storage Rings.
• Yang Jihua proposed far higher stakes: high-grade spirit stones, Saint Artifacts, Saint Pills, and public kowtows from the loser.
• The guests doubted Zhou Duoduo could win the Poetry Composition contest, while Yun Shan whispered to Yun Shui about a poem that could turn the odds in Zhou’s favor.
• Zhou Duoduo accepted Yang Jihua’s wager before the gathering, and Yang swore she would honor it if she lost.

As the poetry wager against Yang Jihua approached, Zhou Duoduo ignored her companions’ doubts and opened betting tables, offering three-to-one payouts to those who backed Yang. She and her helpers were soon overwhelmed by thousands of wagers, including bets from Yang and her allies, and the tables collected an enormous fortune.

• Lu Ding announced that the City Lord’s Residence would witness the wager and enforce its terms.
• Yang Jihua mocked Zhou Duoduo and expected to win, while Zhou Duoduo confidently insulted her and promised to crush the gathering.
• Du Xiangmei offered Zhou Duoduo her poem, and Wu Zhifeng struggled to compose one, but Zhou insisted she already had a masterpiece.
• Zhou Duoduo set up tables and announced that betting was open, offering three-to-one odds for Yang Jihua and refusing bets on herself.
• Heavenly Prodigies rushed to bet on Yang, and Zhou’s companions joined in to collect stakes, record wagers, and write betting slips.
• Yang Jihua, Aodejiao, and their allies borrowed more spirit stones and placed bets, while Zhou’s tables collected over ten thousand wagers in half an incense stick’s time.

Chu Wei and Yan Xi searched unsuccessfully for Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua, then joined the cultivators wagering on Zhou Duoduo’s betting table. As Zhou Duoduo accepted a flood of valuables, a cultivator offered his enslaved former enemy as a wager, shocking the crowd.

• Chu Wei and Yan Xi abandoned their search for Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua long enough to bet on Zhou Duoduo’s contest.
• Lu Ding gave Commandant Xu several Storage Rings to wager, and Lu Yuyao added her own rings before returning to ply Zhao Long with wine.
• Zhou Duoduo accepted vast quantities of spirit stones, weapons, pills, and other valuables despite Wu Zhifeng’s warning that she could lose everything.
• Zhou Duoduo rejected a cultivator’s attempt to wager his cultivation partner, then heard him claim the woman was his slave instead.
• The cultivator exposed the slave mark on the woman’s shoulder and offered her as a valuable wager, drawing an uproar from the crowd.

At the betting venue, a man tried to use the beautiful woman he enslaved as collateral, but Zhou Duoduo, Peng Yixu, and Wu Zhifeng all rejected him. He dragged her to Yun Shan, who was busy taking bets with Yun Shui, and the chapter ended with Yun Shan puzzled by the offer.

• Zhou Duoduo refused to accept the female slave as collateral and told the man to stop obstructing the betting crowd.
• The man slapped the woman and tried to offer her to Peng Yixu and Wu Zhifeng, but both rejected him.
• The man berated and abused the woman while boasting that he had wagered his fortune against Zhou Duoduo.
• The man dragged the woman to Yun Shan, who was collecting bets alongside Yun Shui, and Yun Shan wondered why he had brought a woman instead of betting stakes.

Yun Shan accepted a woman as collateral for a bet, while the City Lord’s Residence placed an enormous collection of wagers through Commandant Xu. Both sides expected to win, leaving the outcome to the coming match.

• A man offered the woman beside him as collateral, and Yun Shan agreed to value her at ten million lower-grade spirit stones under a wager agreement.
• The man signed the agreement and handed Yun Shan three control seals, secretly keeping a Tracking Mark.
• Yun Shan ordered the woman to help register bets, and Yun Shui stamped on his foot in disapproval.
• Commandant Xu arrived at Zhou Duoduo’s counter with wagers from Lu Ding, Lu Yuyao, himself, and other City Lord’s Residence personnel.
• Zhou Duoduo inspected the enormous wagers, consulted Yun Shan, and registered them before Commandant Xu left with his betting slips.

The competition grounds became consumed by enormous bets on Zhou Duoduo’s contest against Yang Jihua, while her family and associates feared the ruinous consequences if she lost. Wu Bao and other Heavenly Prodigies wagered their fortunes, with Wu Bao hoping his winnings would let him marry Ye Yuan.

• Bettors poured resources into the gamble as Zhou Duoduo ignored her parents’ urgent messages and remained determined to win.
• Du Xiangmei, Zhang Lin, Wei Xia, Peng Yixu, and others feared they would be held responsible for the massive payouts, while some associates fled or placed bets indirectly.
• Wu Zhifeng confronted Wu Bao for betting against Zhou Duoduo, but Wu Bao claimed he was supporting her and submitted his fortune as a stake.
• Wu Bao corrected Wu Zhifeng’s tally, signed his betting slip, and celebrated as he imagined winning enough to propose to Ye Yuan.
• Huang Fu, Zhou Jian, Qin Fei, and other Heavenly Prodigies placed their own bets and celebrated with Wu Bao.

Zhou Duoduo prepared to compose a poem after she, Yun Shan, and Yun Shui collected the enormous wagers on her contest against Yang Jihua. She recited “Prelude to Water Melody,” leaving the crowd and the cross-domain audiences stunned in silence.

• Zhou Duoduo, Yun Shan, and Yun Shui finished counting the wagers and agreed that Zhou Duoduo would safeguard them until they divided the fortune after the contest.
• Zhou Duoduo ordered Du Xiangmei to play the Green Plum Qin as she began her poetry composition, while the audience and viewers across the Ethereal Domain watched.
• Du Xiangmei played a mournful tune as Zhou Duoduo struck a dramatic pose, captivating the audience and drawing scornful remarks from Yang Jihua and Mu Ying.
• Zhou Duoduo recited “Prelude to Water Melody,” and the crowd across the square and the projection screens fell into stunned silence.
• Zhou Duoduo mistook the silence for astonishment and held her pose, while a reaction from the crowd remained imminent.

Zhou Duoduo’s lyric stunned the crowd and decisively defeated Yang Jihua, leaving the gamblers who had backed Yang bankrupt. Zhou Duoduo basked in her victory while Yang and her allies struggled to accept the result.

• The crowd praised Zhou Duoduo’s lyric as a timeless masterpiece, then realized their wagers on Yang Jihua had cost them their fortunes.
• Zhou Duoduo relaxed her pose and returned to her arrogant manner as Du Xiangmei, Wu Zhifeng, and Zhang Lin confirmed their disbelief with a slap and a retaliatory slap.
• Du Xiangmei, Wu Zhifeng, Zhang Lin, and Zhou Duoduo’s other supporters cheered and crowded around her, while Zhou rejected Wu Zhifeng’s attempt to hug her.
• Wei Xia and Peng Yixu despaired over their losses, while Yun Shan and Yun Shui calmly discussed how to spend their winnings.
• Yang Jihua collapsed in disbelief and abandoned the idea of accusing Zhou Duoduo of plagiarism, while Aodejiao, Ireland, Duo’er, Odin, Rahhan, and the Western Region prodigies lamented their losses and debts.

Zhou Duoduo’s literary victory made her famous across the South Sea Continent and brought the Zhou Family a fortune that attracted dangerous attention. As the family arranged secret protection for her, Wu Zhifeng tried to hide that he had wiped his snot on Zhou Duoduo’s dress.

• Lu Yuyao comforted the drunken Zhao Long and persuaded him to lend her Storage Rings after he promised to win back her losses.
• Chu Wei, Yan Xi, and their allies blamed Zhou Duoduo for their losses, while Wu Bao and the other Heavenly Prodigies regretted ignoring Wu Zhifeng’s warning.
• Zhou Duoduo’s family celebrated her victory, then sent its ancestors and reclusive seniors to protect her journey home from people seeking her fortune.
• News of Zhou Duoduo’s talent and poem spread across the continent, making her famous and drawing admirers who she refused to receive.
• Zhou Duoduo discovered snot on her dress, and Wu Zhifeng secretly wiped his hand on Zhang Lin’s skirt before fleeing when Zhang Lin threatened the culprit.

Zhou Duoduo won first place in the poetry competition, and Lu Ding publicly confirmed her victory despite Yang Jihua’s plagiarism accusation. After collecting her rewards, Zhou Duoduo reminded Yang Jihua and the other Heavenly Prodigies that they still owed her the wager.

• Yang Jihua accused Zhou Duoduo of plagiarizing, while Du Xiangmei defended Zhou Duoduo and Mu Ying supported Yang Jihua’s challenge.
• Zhou Duoduo demanded that Lu Ding judge the contest, and he declared her first, Yang Jihua second, and Naran Yan third.
• Zhou Duoduo celebrated her win as Yang Jihua, Mu Ying, and the other losing Heavenly Prodigies accepted defeat.
• Zhou Duoduo checked her first-place rewards and stored them after Lu Ding had them delivered.
• Zhou Duoduo pointed out Yang Jihua, Mu Ying, Aodejiao, Odin, Rahhan, and the others, reminding them of their wager.

Zhou Duoduo demanded that Yang Jihua honor their life-and-death bet, but Yang refused and claimed she had nothing left to pay. Lu Ding, pressured to enforce the agreement as the City Lord's Residence's witness, ultimately asked Zhou Duoduo how she wanted to settle the debt.

• Zhou Duoduo publicly recited the bet's stakes and humiliation terms, while Yang Jihua and the Western Region cultivators refused to answer.
• Zhou Duoduo confronted Lu Ding for overseeing the bet, and he urged Yang Jihua to pay and apologize.
• Yang Jihua refused, claiming she had no money or treasures left after losing everything in the contest.
• The crowd mocked Yang Jihua and her companions as Zhou Duoduo returned to her seat and left Lu Ding to handle the dispute.
• Yang Jihua told Lu Ding that she and the others had lost all their possessions in their wagers, so Lu Ding asked Zhou Duoduo how to resolve the matter.

Zhou Duoduo forced Yang Jihua and the others to sign IOUs for their wager, then demanded they fulfill the promise to kneel and apologize. When the Western Region cultivators threatened her, she called on Lu Ding, leaving him trapped between enforcing the wager and preserving his ties with them.

• Zhou Duoduo demanded an IOU with daily interest, but Yang Jihua and the others negotiated a one-day deadline with no interest before then.
• Zhou Duoduo and Lu Ding checked the three IOUs, and Yang Jihua, Mu Ying, and the others signed and marked them before the gathered cultivators.
• Zhou Duoduo reminded Yang Jihua that she still had to kneel, kowtow, and apologize, while Wu Zhifeng and Zhang Lin mocked her.
• Mu Ying and Aodejiao threatened Zhou Duoduo, and Odin and Rahhan warned that the Western Region would retaliate when the outer world cluster descended.
• Zhou Duoduo demanded that Lu Ding resolve the Western Region group's attempt to renege on the wager, leaving him unable to satisfy both sides.

Zhou Duoduo pressured Lu Ding to honor the wager fairly while a drunken Lü Kong tried to reclaim the woman he had lost. Zhou Duoduo and her allies stopped him, and she declared that he would not take the woman away.

• Zhou Duoduo publicly confronted Lu Ding, who promised to oversee the wager’s resolution fairly.
• A defeated guest drowned his losses in wine and stumbled toward the woman he had lost, trying to drag her away from Yun Shan.
• Yun Shan intervened, but Lü Kong restrained the woman and struck her when she resisted.
• Zhou Duoduo, Wu Zhifeng, and the others surrounded Lü Kong and blocked his attempt to leave with the woman.
• Zhou Duoduo told Lü Kong he would not take the woman away, regardless of who tried to intervene.

Lü Kong’s drunken insult of Zhou Duoduo sparked a fight that Lu Yuyao intervened in to humiliate Zhou Duoduo with her Saint Realm aura. A Zhou Family Heavenly Prodigy stopped Lu Yuyao’s suppression, and Zhou Duoduo was left furious but unable to pursue her.

• Lü Kong insulted Zhou Duoduo and attacked her, prompting them to exchange blows while the guests scattered.
• Zhou Duoduo stuffed socks into Lü Kong’s mouth to stop him from vomiting, and he secretly kept them in his Storage Rings.
• Lu Yuyao arrived, separated the fighters with her Saint Power, and deliberately intensified her pressure on Zhou Duoduo.
• Zhou Duoduo drew her saber and threatened Lu Yuyao, but a Zhou Family Heavenly Prodigy countered Lu Yuyao’s aura and freed her.
• Lu Yuyao departed, while the Zhou Family Heavenly Prodigy restrained Zhou Duoduo and warned her not to pursue the stronger Saint Realm cultivator.

Lü Kong tried to reclaim Nangong Jin after losing her as collateral, but she begged Yun Shan not to return her. Yun Shan claimed Nangong Jin for himself and refused Lü Kong’s increasingly large offers, leaving Lü Kong furious and humiliated.

• Lü Kong sobered up and begged Zhou Duoduo for forgiveness, and she dismissed him after he apologized.
• Lü Kong offered Zhou Duoduo up to fifteen million spirit stones to return Nangong Jin, while Nangong Jin pleaded with Yun Shan not to send her back.
• Lü Kong threatened Nangong Jin, but his companions stayed back and refused to intervene.
• Yun Shan asked Nangong Jin’s name and accepted her as his attendant after she pledged herself to him.
• Yun Shan declared that he would not return Nangong Jin, despite Lü Kong raising his offer to fifty million spirit stones.

Yun Shan refused to return Nangong Jin to Lü Kong unless he paid one billion high-grade spirit stones, forcing Lü Kong to leave in disgrace. Zhou Duoduo then negotiated a much larger settlement from Yang Jihua and her group, ending the chapter with a stack of IOUs in hand.

• Yun Shan demanded one billion high-grade spirit stones from Lü Kong to take Nangong Jin back, and Lü Kong threatened him before fleeing empty-handed.
• Yun Shan told Nangong Jin to rise, and she sat beside him while he returned to chatting with Yun Shui.
• Lu Ding offered Zhou Duoduo spirit stones to let Yang Jihua and the others avoid kowtowing, but Zhou Duoduo rejected the offers and raised her demands.
• Lu Ding returned with a final offer of spirit stones, Saint Artifacts, and Secret Realm quotas, and Zhou Duoduo added weapons and Breakthrough Pills before accepting.
• Lu Ding wrote and stamped several IOUs, and Zhou Duoduo gleefully held the stack.

The Mid-Autumn Festival Gathering’s martial arts round descended into chaos as the Heavenly Prodigies, desperate to win back the wealth Zhou Duoduo had taken from them, fought for the prize. Lu Ding restored order briefly, but the sparring turned brutal and humiliating while Zhou Duoduo and her companions watched and laughed.

• The hostess announced a million-spirit-stone prize for ten consecutive victories, with additional rewards for every win afterward, and the penniless Heavenly Prodigies rushed the platform.
• Lu Ding unleashed his saint realm pressure to force the crowd off the platform and restore order.
• The hostess began the tournament, but the Heavenly Prodigies fought over who would take the stage first until she subdued them and selected two fighters.
• The first pair fought viciously for the prize as spectators shouted insults and advice, while Zhou Duoduo, Yun Shan, and their companions watched and placed bets.
• Lu Ding grew increasingly furious and humiliated by the spectacle being broadcast across Misty Sect territories, while Lu Yuyao failed to find Zhao Long’s Storage Ring.