Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng learned that heavenly silkworm silk could block powerful divine sense and worried the Golden Core ancestor might discover his secret. He asked Tian Xiaoqing to help him obtain silk bedding, and she told him a set cost about a hundred spirit stones.

• Tian Xiaoqing asked Yu Ning to go to Horsehead Mountain for heavenly silkworm silk, prompting Yu Ning to send all nine disciples out of the palace.
• Xu Kunlun explained to He Pingsheng that heavenly silkworm silk blocked divine sense, while stronger cultivators could see through clothes and walls.
• He Pingsheng returned to his courtyard, worried the Golden Core ancestor might spy on him and discover his secret, and decided he needed something to block divine sense.
• He Pingsheng visited Tian Xiaoqing and asked her to help him get heavenly silkworm silk bedding.
• Tian Xiaoqing said a set of heavenly silkworm silk bedding cost about a hundred spirit stones.

He Pingsheng tried to conceal his secret by arranging to buy heavenly silkworm silk bedding, but Yu Ning recognized his scheme and bought bedding for all her disciples. She gave him pills, Spirit Stones, and a low-grade Spirit Artifact, while the five disciples without Water Essence Spirit Apricots awaited a test to decide who would receive them.

• He Pingsheng paid Tian Xiaoqing to buy two sets of heavenly silkworm silk bedding so he could inspect Jade Virtue’s Storage Bag in secret.
• He Pingsheng ignored Hou Muxian when he came asking for help, and the other disciples ignored him too.
• Yu Ning gave He Pingsheng twelve Divine Sense-Healing Pills and gave each disciple two sets of heavenly silkworm bedding.
• Yu Ning announced that five disciples would compete in a test for the two Water Essence Spirit Apricots, after Hou Muxian and Xiao Xuejian argued over who should get them.
• Yu Ning confronted He Pingsheng about secretly arranging the bedding purchase, then gave him a low-grade Spirit Artifact and 2,200 Spirit Stones as rewards.

He Pingsheng recovered his divine sense, cleared the investigation into Linglong and Jade Virtue, and looted Jade Virtue's Storage Bag. Over the next two years, he advanced to the eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage and enhanced the treasures and formation texts he had found.

• After three months, the Enforcement Hall found no evidence that He Pingsheng had killed Linglong and Jade Virtue, lifting all restrictions on him.
• He Pingsheng enhanced a Divine Sense-Healing Pill in the Treasure-Gathering Basin, and his divine sense fully recovered three days after taking it.
• He Pingsheng opened Jade Virtue's Storage Bag and took its thirty thousand spirit stones, formation compendium, talismans, and Spirit Artifacts.
• He Pingsheng cultivated and secretly enhanced his items over the next two years, reaching the eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage.
• He Pingsheng turned the second-grade talismans, Spirit Artifacts, and Dugu Formation Origins into enhanced treasures, including the Heavenly Fire Talismans, Nine Luminaries Dragon-Slaying Banner, and Myriad Formations Compendium.

He Pingsheng spent three years cultivating and raising two enhanced Snow Rocs, while Bamboo Peak discussed his prospects and Cheng Siyu prepared for Foundation Establishment. The chapter left He Pingsheng summoned by Martial Aunt Yu Ning to meet a senior from Heavenly Talisman Mountain who had specifically asked for him.

• He Pingsheng enhanced his treasures, including a Snow Roc egg that became two eggs with golden runes, and cultivated his five dantians to the eighth layer over the next few years.
• Eldest Martial Uncle Yuxuan told the younger disciples that He Pingsheng could achieve Foundation Establishment before thirty despite his current cultivation level.
• He Pingsheng's two golden-crowned Snow Rocs reached the second layer of the Qi Refining Stage after absorbing spiritual energy and supreme-grade Qi-Gathering Pills.
• Cheng Siyu said she was preparing to attempt Foundation Establishment with a low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
• An outer disciple told He Pingsheng that Martial Aunt Yu Ning wanted him to meet a senior from Heavenly Talisman Mountain who had specifically asked to see him.

Qiao Huizhu reunited with He Pingsheng at Bamboo Peak and confessed that she liked him, explaining how he had saved her from Xiao Bufan. He Pingsheng returned her feelings but innocently misunderstood what she meant by Xiao Bufan trying to possess her body, leaving Qiao Huizhu flustered when he said he would ask Yu Ning about it.

• Yuxuan and the Bamboo Peak disciples hurried to Yu Ning Palace after learning that visitors from Heavenly Talisman Mountain had arrived.
• Senior Qiao greeted the group, while Qiao Huizhu recognized He Pingsheng and remarked that he had grown taller since their last meeting.
• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu sat together beneath a cypress as the other disciples watched from a distance.
• Qiao Huizhu told He Pingsheng that she had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm and asked whether he liked her.
• He Pingsheng admitted that he liked Qiao Huizhu, who confessed that she was betrothed to Xiao Bufan and that he had tried to assault her in the Secret Realm.
• He Pingsheng misunderstood her explanation and said he would ask Yu Ning what it meant to possess someone else's body, prompting Qiao Huizhu to forbid him from asking.

Qiao Huizhu proposed a marriage pact to He Pingsheng, explaining that they could become formal Dao Companions once he reached the Golden Core Stage and warning him that the Xiao Family and its genius Xiao Xuan might oppose them. He Pingsheng agreed, and Ancestor Chongyang came out of seclusion to preside over the ceremony establishing their pact.

• Qiao Huizhu told He Pingsheng that she wanted him to make up for killing her Dao Companion by becoming her Dao Companion.
• Qiao Huizhu explained that their formal union required He Pingsheng to reach the Golden Core Stage and warned that the Xiao Family might interfere because it wanted her to marry Xiao Xuan.
• Qiao Huizhu described Xiao Xuan as a rare void spirit root and the Xiao Family's greatest genius, who had reached the tenth level of Qi Refining in three years.
• He Pingsheng told Qiao Huizhu that he admired her and agreed to enter a marriage pact despite the risks.
• Ancestor Chongyang emerged from seclusion to personally preside over the ceremony establishing He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu's marriage pact.

He Pingsheng learned that Qiao Huizhu’s sect had agreed to their engagement only on the condition that he reach the golden core stage, expecting him to fail. Back at Bamboo Peak, Yu Ning explained the rare void spirit root and its ability to imitate any spiritual root.

• He Pingsheng bid farewell to Daoist Nun Qiao, who warned him that he had to reach the golden core stage to marry Qiao Huizhu.
• Daoist Nun Qiao revealed that Heavenly Talisman Mountain had accepted the engagement only because they believed He Pingsheng would never reach golden core and would eventually die, ending Qiao Huizhu’s tribulation of love.
• Yu Ning told He Pingsheng that the golden core condition was a way to toy with him, but he remained confident he could succeed.
• He Pingsheng asked Yu Ning about void spirit roots after hearing that Xiao Xuan of the Icebound Immortal Sect had one.
• Yu Ning explained that a void spirit root could imitate any kind of spiritual root with exceptional cultivation efficiency.

He Pingsheng hurriedly cultivated after realizing how dangerous the powerful figures around him were, but the Icebound Immortal Sect soon challenged him over his betrothal to Qiao Huizhu. He left the confrontation refusing to promise a fair match, then mocked Xiao Xuan by saying his dates with Qiao Huizhu took priority over cultivation.

• He Pingsheng shut himself away and used a supreme-grade Qi-Gathering Pill to cultivate after becoming alarmed by the strength of those around him.
• Zhao Ling'er summoned He Pingsheng and told him that Xiao Xuan of the Icebound Immortal Sect had come to challenge him.
• Xiao Xuan insulted He Pingsheng and questioned why Qiao Huizhu had chosen him, but He Pingsheng calmly said their marriage was none of Xiao Xuan's concern.
• Daoist Red Ice proposed that Xiao Xuan wait three years for He Pingsheng to reach the tenth level of Qi Refining before they fought over Qiao Huizhu.
• He Pingsheng said he could not reach the tenth level in three years, then explained that his regular dates with Qiao Huizhu left him little time to cultivate, enraging Xiao Xuan.

He Pingsheng learned that the Ice Pole Sect’s challenge had become unavoidable after the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void ordered him to accept. He agreed to fight Xiao Xuan in three years and received permission to use the sect’s resources to prepare.

• He Pingsheng angered Xiao Xuan by refusing to fight until he reached the tenth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and Yu Ning warned him not to accept the challenge.
• He Pingsheng returned to cultivating, but more than a month later Yu Ning told him the Ice Pole Sect had publicized an arena match and the Great Void Sect’s ancestor had ordered him to attend.
• Yu Ning explained that the Qiao Household of Heavenly Talisman Mountain had also agreed to the match, which would allow only spells and hand-to-hand combat, with no aids or artifacts.
• He Pingsheng accepted the challenge and promised to reach the tenth level within three years.
• Yu Ning told He Pingsheng he could use any suitable cultivation methods and spells from the Great Void Sect, request resources, and stop refining pills for the sect while he prepared.

He Pingsheng visited Jade Dragon Peak’s Scripture Repository Hall to find spells that could improve his strength for the coming competition. He chose the Poison Vine Technique and used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to transform it into the heaven-tier Sacred Wood Poison Dragon Technique, which he decided to practice.

• Yu Ning gave He Pingsheng a Taixu token that let him obtain sect items for free, provided he performed acceptably in the competition.
• He Pingsheng traveled to Jade Dragon Peak and asked the Scripture Repository Hall guardian for Qi Refining Stage spells suitable for him.
• He Pingsheng borrowed more than thirty spell manuals by warning the guardian that the sect would blame him if he lost to the Ice Pole Sect.
• He Pingsheng selected the Wood Attribute Poison Vine Technique because his body was full of poison, then copied it and placed it in his Treasure-Gathering Basin.
• The basin produced a heaven-tier Sacred Wood Poison Dragon Technique, and He Pingsheng chose to practice it instead of the Sacred Wood Rejuvenation Technique.

He Pingsheng reached the tenth layer of Qi Refining, Body Refining, and divine refining, but discovered a bottleneck blocking his progress. He emerged from seclusion just before his match against the Ice Pole Sect, telling Ancestor Chongyang that he should not lose too badly.

• He Pingsheng rejected the Scripture Repository Hall's spell manuals and claimed street-stall spells from Horsehead Mountain were better.
• He Pingsheng received high-grade Qi-Gathering Pills sent by Senior Sister Qiao and began secluded cultivation.
• He Pingsheng mastered the Sacred Wood Poison Dragon Technique, then spent two years raising all five dantian to the tenth layer and perfecting his Fire Crow technique.
• He Pingsheng found that even a supreme-grade Qi-Gathering Pill could not help him advance beyond the tenth layer, so he focused on Body Refining.
• After another year, He Pingsheng emerged with his dantian, divine refining, and Body Refining all at the tenth layer.
• Ancestor Chongyang took He Pingsheng to the Ice Pole Sect for his match, and He Pingsheng said he should not lose too badly.

He Pingsheng traveled with Ancestor Chongyang to the Ice Pole Sect for a match, where he was warned to avoid both a humiliating loss and a dangerous victory. After arriving, he was seated beside Qiao Huizhu as the assembled cultivators looked down on him and anticipated Senior Brother Xiao’s victory.

• Yu Ning gave He Pingsheng a low-grade Storage Bag, and he hid his invisible Storage Bags before packing a few items for the trip.
• He Pingsheng departed aboard Ancestor Chongyang’s Flying Boat while Big White and Little White followed behind.
• Ancestor Chongyang warned He Pingsheng that the Icebound Immortal Sect had three Great Nascent Souls and that he must not seriously injure his opponent.
• He Pingsheng and Ancestor Chongyang arrived at the Ice Pole Sect, where cultivators discussed He Pingsheng’s cultivation and aptitude.
• Qiao Huizhu took He Pingsheng by the hand and seated him beside her, provoking jealousy among the young talents who expected Senior Brother Xiao to beat him.

He Pingsheng met Daoist Nun Qiao and prepared to face Xiao Xuan in a match whose outcome would determine which sect gained a marriage agreement with Heavenly Talisman Mountain. The Ice Pole Sect announced restrictive rules and a rare supreme-grade Storage Bag as the prize, and He Pingsheng realized his own bags could be used without detection.

• He Pingsheng arrived and Daoist Nun Qiao and Qiao Huizhu urged him to fight steadily and stay alive against Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan arrived at the square and silently resolved to defeat He Pingsheng.
• The red-robed Ice Pole Sect elder announced that the winner would secure a marriage agreement between their sect and Heavenly Talisman Mountain.
• Daoist Nun Qiao and Qiao Huizhu learned that the marriage agreement had been presented differently from what they expected, and Daoist Nun Qiao pressed He Pingsheng to win.
• The Ice Pole Sect elder barred treasure artifacts, talismans, formations, pills, and other external aids from the match.
• The elder offered a supreme-grade Storage Bag as the prize, and He Pingsheng realized his own bags could conceal themselves even from Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.

He Pingsheng faced Xiao Xuan in the arena, where Xiao opened with a deadly ice technique. He Pingsheng blocked all seven arrows with his Earth Armor Technique, leaving Xiao to mock him as a turtle.

• He Pingsheng and Xiao Xuan handed over their Storage Bags and entered the arena as the red-robed elder warned them to surrender rather than risk their lives.
• Xiao Xuan mocked He Pingsheng, who taunted him about having been called trash before he began cultivating.
• Xiao Xuan unleashed Seven Arrows Fall on Heaven Mountain, alarming Qiao Huizhu and Ancestor Chongyang.
• He Pingsheng stood his ground and blocked the first Ice Arrow with Earth Armor Technique.
• Xiao Xuan sent the remaining six arrows at He Pingsheng, but his shield withstood them all.
• Onlookers credited the clash to earth overcoming water, while Xiao Xuan called He Pingsheng a turtle.

Xiao Xuan changed his attacks between elemental attributes, but He Pingsheng repeatedly defended with techniques suited to the attacks and outlasted his magic power. Frustrated, Xiao Xuan began the Ice Pole Sect secret art Refine Essence into Qi, despite its heavy cost.

• Xiao Xuan transformed his spiritual power into wood and launched seven arrows, but He Pingsheng switched to metal and blocked them with Vajra Shield.
• Xiao Xuan attacked with fire arrows, and He Pingsheng used Earth Armor Technique to withstand them even without an elemental advantage.
• Xiao Xuan realized He Pingsheng's defenses and magic power were formidable, while True Person Chongyang and Bing Xuan argued over He Pingsheng's defensive fighting style.
• He Pingsheng taunted Xiao Xuan to concede if he could not break the shield, and Xiao Xuan grew enraged.
• Xiao Xuan began Refine Essence into Qi, prompting the red-robed elder to warn him against using the costly secret art.

Xiao Xuan used the Formless Fire God Hammer, but He Pingsheng's Nine-Toxin Golden Body withstood the blow. After Elder Bing Xuan pressured He Pingsheng to attack, He Pingsheng sprang a vine trap that poisoned and defeated Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Xuan burned his essence blood and origin to summon the Formless Fire God Hammer and smash He Pingsheng's Earth Armor Technique.
• He Pingsheng dodged the hammer's fatal strike, then endured a blow to his shoulder without injury thanks to his Nine-Toxin Golden Body.
• Elder Bing Xuan urged He Pingsheng to stop defending and attack, while He Pingsheng explained that his elder had warned him not to injure Xiao Xuan.
• He Pingsheng dismissed his Earth Armor Technique and sent a Fire Crow at Xiao Xuan, who destroyed it and charged at him.
• An emerald vine burst from beneath Xiao Xuan, pierced him with poisonous thorns, and left him unable to fight; He Pingsheng ended the fight.

After winning a supreme-grade Storage Bag, He Pingsheng gave one Storage Bag to Qiao Huizhu and another to his master, Yu Ning, while hiding his other bags from the sect. He left Yu Ning Palace after securing her promise to keep his gift secret.

• Ancestor Chongyang showed He Pingsheng his Storage Ring and told him to speak with Qiao Huizhu before returning to the sect.
• He Pingsheng gave Qiao Huizhu the Storage Bag he had won, asked her to keep his secret, and warned her that Xiao Xuan might cause trouble.
• After returning to Bamboo Peak, He Pingsheng secretly retrieved and wore the Storage Bags hidden beneath his bed.
• He Pingsheng visited Yu Ning Palace and gave Yu Ning a supreme-grade Storage Bag as thanks for caring for him.
• He Pingsheng told Yu Ning that Qiao Huizhu had asked for the bag, and Yu Ning promised to keep the gift secret.

He Pingsheng kept his Water Essence Spirit Apricot in reserve and began refining his powerful spirit artifacts while Zhao Ling'er broke through to the peak of the Qi Refining Stage. After learning that He Pingsheng had given Yu Ning a supreme-grade Storage Bag, Zhao Ling'er told Tian Xiaoqing, and they agreed to keep the news from outsiders.

• He Pingsheng considered his cultivation bottleneck, chose not to eat his Water Essence Spirit Apricot, and began refining the Sacred Wood Shield, Soul-Slaying Bell, and Nine Luminaries Dragon-Slaying Banner.
• Zhao Ling'er reached the peak of the Qi Refining Stage by consuming her Water Essence Spirit Apricot, and Yu Ning gave her a middle-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Yu Ning told Zhao Ling'er that He Pingsheng had won a supreme-grade Storage Bag at the Ice Pole Sect and given it to her, asking her not to tell outsiders.
• Zhao Ling'er visited Tian Xiaoqing and urged her to reach the twelfth layer soon so she could receive a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Zhao Ling'er told Tian Xiaoqing about He Pingsheng's gift and Qiao Huizhu's request for it, and the two agreed that they were insiders, not outsiders.

He Pingsheng reunited with Xu Kunlun, Zhao Ling'er, and Tian Xiaoqing, then received two high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills as a reward from the sect's Nascent Soul ancestor. He traded them to Xu Kunlun and Zhao Ling'er for their lower-grade pills, while learning that his fellow disciples knew about his Supreme-Grade Storage Bag.

• He Pingsheng welcomed Xu Kunlun, Zhao Ling'er, and Tian Xiaoqing into his room and learned that Xu Kunlun and Zhao Ling'er had reached the twelfth layer of Qi Refining.
• Zhao Ling'er gave He Pingsheng two high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills that the sect's Nascent Soul ancestor had awarded him for his service at the Ice Pole Sect.
• He Pingsheng offered his high-grade pills to Xu Kunlun and Zhao Ling'er in exchange for their low-grade and middle-grade pills, explaining that he had stalled at the tenth layer.
• Xu Kunlun and Zhao Ling'er accepted the trade, and Tian Xiaoqing remarked that He Pingsheng had also given Master a Supreme-Grade Storage Bag.
• He Pingsheng discovered that all three disciples knew about the storage bag and worried that the news might spread.

He Pingsheng refined two supreme-grade spirit artifacts and used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to enhance a spear manual into two Heaven Tier techniques, choosing the Great Banner Thunder-Rolling Technique. He then watched Zhao Ling'er and Xu Kunlun successfully reach Foundation Establishment, leaving them ready to fly on swords.

• He Pingsheng spent six months refining the Soul-Slaying Bell and Nine Luminaries Dragon-Slaying Banner, then enhanced the Zhuang Family Thirteen Spears with the Treasure-Gathering Basin.
• He Pingsheng received the Firecloud Sacred Spear Technique and Great Banner Thunder-Rolling Technique, memorized the latter, and prepared to practice it.
• Zhao Ling'er invited He Pingsheng to witness her and Xu Kunlun attempting Foundation Establishment after six months of preparation.
• Zhao Ling'er and Xu Kunlun each took a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill and successfully broke through to Foundation Establishment.
• Yu Ning praised their success and told them to test their divine sense; both found they could extend it a hundred zhang and could now fly on swords.