Chapter Summaries

Xu Taiping and Lu Bugong were initially turned away from the Pearl Relic House, but Mu Yun arranged for Head Shopkeeper Yang to receive them. The chapter ended with Head Shopkeeper Yang ordering Shopkeeper Sun out after Sun lied about having sent the guests away.

• Shopkeeper Sun barred Lu Bugong and Xu Taiping from entering the Pearl Relic House.
• Xu Taiping discussed the ingredients he needed with Fairy Lingyue while waiting for Mu Yun to respond.
• Mu Yun told Xu Taiping that Great Elder Lou had contacted the Pearl Relic House's master on his behalf.
• Xu Taiping and Lu Bugong entered the shop, where Shopkeeper Sun tried to stop them again.
• Head Shopkeeper Yang asked Shopkeeper Sun about the guests, and Lu Bugong exposed Sun's lie.
• Head Shopkeeper Yang rebuked Shopkeeper Sun and ordered him to get out.

Xu Taiping brought the genuine Yellow Hound Demon Seed corpse to the Pearl Relic House to claim its bounty and was screened before meeting the House Master. The test revealed another equally powerful Demon Seed corpse in a rival claimant’s possession, suggesting an assassin had prepared it to reach the House Master.

• Head Shopkeeper Yang and Assistant Shopkeeper Sun apologized to Xu Taiping and Lu Bugong after learning Xu Taiping was Young Master Wuyou, and Yang led them upstairs.
• Yang explained that the Pearl Relic House screened claimants because impostors and the House Master’s enemies were seeking access to him.
• Xu Taiping placed his Yellow Hound Demon Seed corpse on the floor, and a True Fire Talisman left it unharmed, proving it was genuine.
• Yang received word that another claimant, a Blond-Haired Youth, had presented a corpse that also survived the true fire.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that the other corpse belonged to a Demon Seed of the Yellow Hound’s level and was likely part of an assassination attempt against the House Master.

Xu Taiping realized that Zhuang Mu’s proposed test could expose him as the one who killed the real yellow hound demon seed, and suspected Li Yezhu had set the bounty as a trap. He invoked Xiahou Qingyuan to verify his identity while Fairy Lingyue proposed borrowing his body to attack the demon cultivators hiding in the city.

• Head Shopkeeper Yang asked Xu Taiping to wait while he consulted the Pearl Relic House Master about the two competing demon seed corpses.
• Zhuang Mu proposed testing both corpses with Heaven-Grade True Fire Talismans, and Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping that the test could reveal how the real demon seed had died.
• Xu Taiping suspected Zhuang Mu or Li Yezhu was using the bounty to identify him and prepare an ambush.
• Xu Taiping offered his Old Dragon Court Pass Token and asked the Pearl Relic House Master to verify his identity through Xiahou Qingyuan.
• Fairy Lingyue suggested Xu Taiping eat an Immortal Peach Born from the Earth Fruit so she could borrow his body to attack the hidden demon cultivators, but Xu Taiping worried the Eight Emperors’ soul seal would require Hidden Immortal Wine.

Xu Taiping sold the yellow hound demon seed’s corpse to Pearl Relic House and prepared to face the Demon Cultivators ambushing him outside. After learning that the House Master and Great Elder Lou were watching, he asked to borrow the house’s swords and opened the Lotus Eye with Fairy Lingyue ready to act.

• Xu Taiping confirmed to Head Shopkeeper Yang and Lu Bugong that he had slain the yellow hound demon seed, then told the House Master he had recognized the ambush and asked him not to alert Zhuang Mu’s backer.
• The House Master and Great Elder Lou discussed Xu Taiping’s confidence and agreed to intervene if necessary to protect his potential.
• Xu Taiping asked the House Master to lend him the swords stored in Pearl Relic House, leaving the House Master and Great Elder Lou puzzled.
• Bai Yu warned Xu Taiping that powerful Cultivators were approaching, so Xu Taiping poured Gold Essence Coins into his Lotus Eye and told Fairy Lingyue he was opening it.

Xu Taiping learned through the Lotus Eye that Li Yezhu and Zhuang Mu had assembled demon cultivators to ambush Zhang Wuyou. As Luo Yinshan and the others prepared to attack, Li Yezhu gave Zhuang Mu a talisman that could summon a powerful Yin Demon Beast.

• Bai Yu warned Xu Taiping that an ambush awaited him after he crossed the next street, while Zhuang Mu identified Zhang Wuyou as the cultivator sought at the Pearl Relic House.
• Xu Taiping watched through the Lotus Eye as Zhuang Mu met with Li Yezhu and five powerful demon cultivators in a lamplit room.
• Li Yezhu gave Lü Ji and Luo Yinshan vials that would let them consume their demon seeds, and promised the other three cultivators spirit medicine if they killed Zhang Wuyou.
• After learning that Zhang Wuyou had left the Pearl Relic House, Zhuang Mu ordered Luo Yinshan and the others to prepare the planned ambush.
• Li Yezhu gave Zhuang Mu a Yin Beast Talisman that could summon a Yin Demon Beast with Heaven Questioning Realm Great Completion strength.

Xu Taiping used the Lotus Eye to locate the Yin Demon Beast and prepared to face the demon cultivators on Jade Pot Street. After slaughtering the street’s ambushers, he confronted five powerful demon-rearing cultivators, and his finger pierced Chao Sha’s chest as the fight began.

• Xu Taiping used the Lotus Eye Curse Seal on Bai Yu and saw that the Yin Demon Beast would emerge from a well on Jade Pot Street, where its flames would kill Bai Yu and Ping'an.
• Xu Taiping ate two Immortal Peaches and entered Jade Pot Street, where hundreds of disguised assassins revealed themselves and attacked.
• Xu Taiping killed nearly all the assassins with two saber strokes, displaying the skill that made the Pearl Relic House master recognize his Martial Dao Ultimate Intent.
• Chao Sha, Tian Jin, Jiang Buhuan, Lü Ji, and Luo Yinshan descended onto Jade Pot Street in a river of blood, prompting Great Elder Lou to urge the Pearl Relic House master to intervene.
• Xu Taiping surrounded himself with blazing Gang Qi and extended a finger that cracked the space around it, then punched a hole through Chao Sha’s chest with an invisible force.

Fairy Lingyue controlled Xu Taiping as he fought four Demon Cultivators on Jade Pot Street, revealing powerful techniques before the enemy sealed his True Essence with bloody rain. With Luo Yinshan attacking, Lingyue prepared to use the Confucian Arts she had cultivated across three lifetimes.

• Fairy Lingyue struck Lü Ji with the Great Sun Golden Flame Finger infused with Geng Metal Sword Qi, but Lü Ji survived by manifesting his Rock Demon Armor.
• Lü Ji, Luo Yinshan, and Zhuang Mu attacked Xu Taiping together, while the Pearl Relic House master prepared to teleport to his aid and Great Elder Lou stopped him.
• Fairy Lingyue fused her mire-like True Intent into Xu Taiping’s fist and halted the four Demon Cultivators’ advance.
• Zhuang Mu summoned a blood fox that drenched Xu Taiping and sealed his True Essence, but Fairy Lingyue refused to return control of his body and said her Confucian Arts could handle the situation.
• Luo Yinshan manifested his True Demon Body and swung the Human-Faced Axe at Xu Taiping as Fairy Lingyue prepared to act.

Xu Taiping revealed overwhelming Confucian power on Jade Pot Street, killing Luo Yinshan and the other Demon Cultivators before confronting a Yin Demon Beast. As the beast emerged, he called on the master of the Pearl Relic House for swords, and thousands of swords flew toward him.

• The master of the Pearl Relic House arrived to help Xu Taiping, but Great Elder Lou warned him to withdraw after sensing Xu Taiping's vast righteous qi.
• Xu Taiping rebuilt his bamboo-slip defenses with a Confucian recitation, then used the words "Slay them all. Leave none alive" to kill Luo Yinshan and the other Demon Cultivators who remained behind.
• A Yin Demon Beast burst out on Scenery Cloud Street, and a White-Headed Eagle carrying a Mountain-Lifting Ape scattered the demonic qi around it.
• Xu Taiping summoned a vast righteous sword intent across Old Dragon City and asked the master of the Pearl Relic House to lend him its stored swords.
• The master of the Pearl Relic House released thousands of swords, which gathered above Jade Pot Street.

Fairy Lingyue prepared a vast sword formation to strike the Nine Abysses’ Flesh Pagoda, while explaining its formidable abilities to Xu Taiping. The demon launched a barrage of guided true fire at them just as Lingyue warned Taiping not to study her coming sword strike closely.

• Fairy Lingyue filled hundreds of flying swords with righteous sword qi and arranged them in a formation aimed at the Yin Demon Beast.
• The Flesh Pagoda revealed its hundred-zhang body, fired a probing beam from its eyes, and forced Xu Taiping into the air behind the sword formation.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that the Flesh Pagoda could cast recorded spells and showed Xu Taiping its nine layers of Body-Protecting Golden Light and masses of true fire.
• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping that closely observing her coming strike could make his sword intent impure.
• The Flesh Pagoda sent its guided true-fire attacks flying toward Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue.

Fairy Lingyue used Xu Taiping's body to destroy the Yin Demon Beast Flesh Pagoda with a Confucian Sect sword technique, astonishing the Pearl Relic House Master and Great Elder Lou. Days later, Xu Taiping obtained the final ingredient for Hidden Immortal Wine, then learned that Liang Chengshan planned to sell Tingyun's mother at Thousand Trees Market that night and decided to go there.

• Fairy Lingyue unleashed a sword strike through Xu Taiping that revealed the auras of the Sword Ancestor and the Book Sage to the Pearl Relic House Master and Great Elder Lou.
• Xu Taiping's sword slips shattered the Flesh Pagoda's defenses and cut the Yin Demon Beast apart, prompting the Pearl Relic House Master and Great Elder Lou to identify him as a terrifying Confucian Sect sword cultivator.
• Several days later, the Pearl Relic House Master gave Xu Taiping the final Great Medicine needed to brew Hidden Immortal Wine and suggested he seek the remaining items at Thousand Trees Market.
• Xu Taiping told the Pearl Relic House Master he planned to visit Thousand Trees Market, then received a Jade Slip message from Bugong saying Liang Chengshan planned to sell Tingyun's mother there that night.
• Xu Taiping told the Pearl Relic House Master that he now needed to go to Thousand Trees Market that night.

Xu Taiping arrived at Thousand Trees Market with Lu Bugong and Kong Shou, while he and Fairy Lingyue discussed the Ghost God paintings and his dwindling funds. At the market entrance, he said he had goods to auction so he could meet the increased deposit requirement.

• Kong Shou accompanied Xu Taiping and Lu Bugong to Thousand Trees Market while Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping that Kong Shou was trying to learn his identity.
• Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue discussed Ping'an brewing Hidden Immortal Wine and the cost of using the other two Ghost God paintings.
• Xu Taiping considered selling the sea demon corpses in his ring to raise Gold Essence Coins if he needed them.
• Lu Bugong told Xu Taiping and Kong Shou that the auction required a hundred-thousand-Gold-Essence-Coin deposit because rare treasures had drawn a crowd.
• Xu Taiping told Kong Shou that he had goods to sell at auction.

Xu Taiping tried to gain entry to the Thousand Tree House Auction by offering deep-sea Demonic Beast corpses, but the steward repeatedly claimed they were not valuable enough for that night. Xu Taiping brought out a golden Flood Dragon Demon Dragon corpse and challenged the steward to let his goods be auctioned tonight.

• The Thousand Trees Market steward demanded a hundred-thousand-Gold-Essence-Coin deposit, and Kong Shou identified Xu Taiping and Lu Bugong as Pearl Relic House guests.
• Xu Taiping displayed dozens of Shark Demon corpses, but the steward said they were not valuable enough for the auction.
• Xu Taiping brought out a huge Whale Demon corpse and several Devil Master-level Shark Demons with Profound Calamity-level Demon Seeds.
• The steward offered to auction Xu Taiping's goods the next day and arranged for him to enter that night's auction.
• Xu Taiping brought out a golden Flood Dragon Demon Dragon corpse and asked whether his goods now qualified for the auction.

Xu Taiping brought a Shark Demon Dragon corpse to the Thousand Tree House Auction, where the House Master of Pearl Relic House regretted not buying it directly. As the auction prepared to sell Xu Taiping’s goods first, the House Master learned that Sword Immortal Qionghua had died, leaving Golden Court Prefecture unguarded.

• The House Master of Pearl Relic House reproached Xu Taiping for not offering him the Shark Demon Dragon corpse, but Xu Taiping explained that the auction could bring a higher price.
• Shopkeeper Yuan apologized for the entrance steward’s discourtesy and told Xu Taiping his goods would be auctioned first, with the proceeds placed in a Storage Ring after the commission was deducted.
• The House Master asked why Xu Taiping needed money, and Xu Taiping said he needed materials for refining pills and forging weapons.
• The House Master privately asked Great Elder Lou whether any reclusive master was skilled in both alchemy and weapon forging, hoping to identify Xu Taiping’s hidden master.
• The House Master told Great Elder Lou that Sword Immortal Qionghua was dead and no one guarded Golden Court Prefecture, prompting Great Elder Lou to ask how she had died.

Xu Taiping overheard the Pearl Relic House master and Great Elder Lou discussing Qionghua’s death and their search for someone to wield Po Jun against a Demon Seed at Golden Court. As the Thousand Trees Market auction began, Shopkeeper Yuan put Xu Taiping’s deep-sea demon haul up for bidding, starting at one million Gold Essence Coins.

• The Pearl Relic House master told Great Elder Lou that Sword Immortal Qionghua had died from Po Jun’s backlash after killing a Demon Seed, and Great Elder Lou offered to wield the sword if necessary.
• The Pearl Relic House master told Great Elder Lou to stabilize Po Jun at the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven while he continued observing Xu Taiping before deciding whether to trust him.
• Xu Taiping secretly overheard their conversation with the Fish-Seeking Disc, and Fairy Lingyue confirmed they were dealing with the same Demon Seed as Miss Zhu; Xu Taiping agreed he would go to Golden Court if asked.
• Fairy Lingyue warned that Po Jun might not be enough and said she and Xu Taiping might have to become the sword if they could not persuade the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to help.
• Shopkeeper Yuan opened the Thousand Trees Market auction by displaying Xu Taiping’s deep-sea demon corpses, including the Flood Dragon Demon Dragon’s corpse, and set the starting bid at one million Gold Essence Coins.

Xu Taiping’s deep-sea Demonic Beast carcasses sold for four million Gold Essence Coins, and he considered bidding on an Immortal Grade ice soul stone to nourish the Earth Fruit. Fairy Lingyue warned that ice soul stones from Outer Heaven Immortal Manor ruins had a problem, so Xu Taiping abandoned the idea as the auction revealed a second, hidden treasure bundled with the stone.

• Xu Taiping’s deep-sea Demonic Beast lot sold to Youlong for four million Gold Essence Coins, earning Xu Taiping three million six hundred thousand after Thousand Trees Market’s commission.
• Shopkeeper Yuan told Xu Taiping he could bid through the Spirit Mirror, and Xu Taiping confirmed to the master of Pearl Relic House that he had something he wanted to buy.
• Shopkeeper Yuan presented an ice soul stone from an Outer Heaven Immortal Manor ruin and said it was at least Immortal Grade.
• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping that the ruin’s ice soul stones had a serious problem, so he decided not to bid despite the stone’s potential use for the Earth Fruit.
• Shopkeeper Yuan reassured the bidders about Thousand Trees Market’s authenticity guarantee and revealed that the ice soul stone lot also included a second treasure concealed beneath a black cloth.

Xu Taiping bid on the ice soul stone to save Lu Bugong’s wife and provoke Liang Chengshan, while seeking proof that the stone was dangerous. The Yangling Demon Emperor revealed that ice soul stones in the Outer Heaven Secret Realms had been contaminated by a shattered Demon Emperor’s Demon Seed, but Xu Taiping still needed a way to prove it.

• Shopkeeper Yuan displayed Lu Bugong’s wife, Tingyun, for auction, and Xu Taiping stopped Lu Bugong from collapsing into despair.
• Xu Taiping bid under Lu Bugong’s name, intending to provoke Liang Chengshan, and asked Fairy Lingyue to consult the Ghost Lord about the ice soul stone.
• Liang Chengshan planned to make Lu Bugong and Xu Taiping lose everything so their despair would empower his Decree the Spirit Token.
• The Yangling Demon Emperor told Xu Taiping that a Demon Emperor’s shattered Demon Seed had contaminated the ice soul stones in the Outer Heaven Secret Realms.
• Xu Taiping asked how he could prove the ice soul stone was contaminated so he could demand compensation from Thousand Trees Market.

Lu Bugong won the Ice Soul Stone, but Xu Taiping insisted that Shopkeeper Yuan test it with an Immortal Grade True Fire Talisman. Xu Taiping warned that ordinary true fire could awaken the demonic aura inside the stone, and Shopkeeper Yuan prepared to test it despite the crowd’s mockery.

• Lu Bugong paid 3.2 million Gold Essence Coins for the Ice Soul Stone and asked Shopkeeper Yuan to leave it onstage while he verified its authenticity.
• Xu Taiping told Shopkeeper Yuan to test the stone with an Immortal Grade True Fire Talisman, drawing objections and ridicule from the venue.
• Shopkeeper Yuan agreed to the test but said Thousand Trees Market would first use an ordinary True Fire Talisman and only proceed to the Immortal Grade talisman if the stone survived.
• Xu Taiping learned from the Ghost Lord that ordinary true fire would enrage the demonic aura in the stone, while Immortal Grade true fire could restrain it briefly.
• Xu Taiping warned Shopkeeper Yuan to keep his distance, and Shopkeeper Yuan attached the ordinary talisman to the stone before moving away to ignite it.

Xu Taiping exposed the Ice Soul Stone’s hidden power, unleashing Demon Emperor Bingxian’s remnant soul at Thousand Trees Market. The Thousand Trees Market Master struck the ice tree with a single punch, leaving Xu Taiping stunned by his apparent invincibility.

• Shopkeeper Yuan tested Liang Chengshan’s Ice Soul Stone with a True Fire Talisman, but the stone did not melt, and buyers began accusing Liang Chengshan of selling counterfeit goods.
• Liang Chengshan claimed Xu Taiping had tampered with the stone, but the Ice Soul Stone transformed into a towering tree of ice and extinguished the True Fire.
• Demon Emperor Bingxian’s remnant soul appeared above the ice tree and threatened to blanket the Shangqing Realm in wind and snow as icy leaves shot toward the crowd.
• The Thousand Trees Market Master arrived and shattered half the ice tree’s crown with one punch, leaving Xu Taiping thinking only of the word “Invincible.”

Xu Taiping watched the master of Thousand Trees Market destroy Demon Emperor Bingxian’s demon-seed remnant soul and learned that the market master had nearly reached the Heavenly King Realm in fist technique. The market master thanked Xu Taiping for saving Shopkeeper Yuan, then ordered Thousand Trees Market to refund and compensate Xu Taiping for the counterfeit ice soul stone and let him decide what to do with the remaining goods.

• The demon-seed remnant soul sent an ice-crystal leaf toward Shopkeeper Yuan, and the master of Thousand Trees Market intercepted it with a punch.
• The market master shattered the ice and destroyed the remnant soul with his fist technique, which Fairy Lingyue judged to be at the perfected Overlord Realm.
• The market master and Shopkeeper Yuan thanked Xu Taiping for warning Shopkeeper Yuan to move away from the ice soul stone.
• Xu Taiping asked how Thousand Trees Market would handle his goods, and Shopkeeper Yuan ruled that the counterfeit ice soul stone required a refund and compensation, while Xu Taiping could dispose of the remaining goods.
• The market master ordered Shopkeeper Yuan to resolve Xu Taiping’s case properly and told Liang Chengshan that certain people were no longer welcome at Thousand Trees Market.

After provoking Liang Chengshan and accepting the House Master’s warning, Xu Taiping returned toward the inn with Lu Bugong, prepared for an ambush. When Liang Chengshan and Great Elder Liu surrounded them, Xu Taiping revealed a Ghost Gods Portrait and summoned Old Smoky Ghost.

• The House Master warned Xu Taiping that Liang Chengshan would seek revenge, and Xu Taiping admitted he had deliberately provoked Liang Chengshan because someone had hired him to kill him.
• Liang Chengshan smashed his Spirit Mirror and agreed with the Pockmarked Old Man to ambush Xu Taiping and Lu Bugong.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that she and Ping'an had brewed ten jars of Hidden Immortal Wine, though Ping'an needed several days to recover.
• Xu Taiping declined the House Master’s offer to return to Pearl Relic House and proceeded with Lu Bugong toward the inn.
• Liang Chengshan and Great Elder Liu surrounded Xu Taiping and Lu Bugong on the street, but Xu Taiping used his Mysterious Origin Avatar and opened a Ghost Gods Portrait.
• Old Smoky Ghost appeared from the portrait and asked Xu Taiping who they were killing.