Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng reunited with his son He Tianya and learned that Su Zhenzhen and two of his children had died. As the Golden Feather Gathering approached, he decided to bring his family with him rather than leave them vulnerable to the Xiling Household.

• He Tianya greeted He Pingsheng and explained that he had reached the third layer of the golden immortal stage after ascending to Li Mu Enclosure.
• He Tianya told He Pingsheng that a sudden pain had made him suspect his mother, Su Zhenzhen, had died, and He Pingsheng grieved for her and his other deceased children, He Tianyi and He Tianshi.
• Great Order Wisdom King comforted He Pingsheng and urged the family to cherish the present.
• He Pingsheng learned that He Tianya and He Tianyu had not qualified for the Golden Feather Gathering because their Standard Heavenly Gate Formation scores fell short of rank nine, ninety-nine points.
• He Pingsheng said he would take everyone to the Golden Feather Gathering because he feared the Xiling Household might attack while he was away.

He Pingsheng brought Luo Bingyao to Immortal Emperor City to prepare for the Golden Feather Gathering and find a place to cultivate. After exploring the city’s central district, they entered a betting hall to learn about the competitors.

• He Pingsheng uprooted a mountain, stored it inside his Primordial Purple Gold Staff, and let He Tianya, He Tianyu, He Yuqing, and Kong Jiaojiao enter it.
• He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao traveled by Void Immortal Boat to Immortal Emperor City and entered after showing their Heaven Ascension Tokens.
• He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao used Instantaneous Teleportation to reach the central district, where He Pingsheng suggested finding a mountain to buy.
• Luo Bingyao showed He Pingsheng her purple jade token qualifying her for the Golden Feather Gathering.
• He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao entered a gambling hall displaying the competitors’ names and betting odds.

He Pingsheng discovered that a gambling house had listed him among the contenders in Li Mu Enclosure and blamed Han Houzhi for spreading his name. The next betting board ranked He Pingsheng first in combat strength, leaving him furious at Han Houzhi.

• He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao sat in a gambling house, where He Pingsheng saw his name listed second in the odds for overall strength.
• He Pingsheng wondered how the gambling house knew about him and concluded that Han Houzhi must have spread his information.
• Luo Bingyao explained what she knew about the listed contenders, including Li Ziwan’s rumored descent from Immortal Emperor Li Mu.
• The proprietor opened a new board for combat strength, listing He Pingsheng first, Xin Baobao second, and Ji Wuxin third.
• He Pingsheng cursed Han Houzhi after seeing himself ranked first in combat strength.

He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao met Li Zijun at the Golden Feather Gathering, where he recounted a fabricated tale about He Pingsheng’s exploits. He Pingsheng suspected Han Houzhi was impersonating him and using his name to stir up trouble.

• Luo Bingyao complained that she was unknown, and He Pingsheng reminded her that her Void Spirit Root gave her exceptional prospects for cultivation.
• Li Zijun approached Luo Bingyao and asked to share her table, while his two Supreme Unity Golden Immortal guards watched the surroundings.
• Li Zijun offered to explain the local customs, and Luo Bingyao asked him to tell her about the He Pingsheng ranked first on the light screen.
• Li Zijun claimed He Pingsheng was a Golden Immortal Tenth Layer who had instantly killed Xiling Tianya, then described a battle involving Xiling Tianchen.
• Luo Bingyao and He Pingsheng realized someone was impersonating him, and He Pingsheng suspected Han Houzhi.

He Pingsheng learned more about the mysterious two-mountain fighter and discovered that the famed He Pingsheng was actually Wang Dun. He also asked Li Zijun about Li Ziwan, Xin Baobao, Xiling Tianchen, and Kong Shengji, leaving with new information about the Golden Feather Gathering’s notable contestants.

• Li Zijun described a Black Domain fighter who wielded two colored mountains and had defeated more than a dozen Supreme Unity Golden Immortals, leading He Pingsheng to suspect the fighter was Han Houzhi.
• He Pingsheng asked to see He Pingsheng’s portrait and recognized Wang Dun, then revealed to Li Zijun that he was Wang Dun traveling with his disciple, Luo Bingyao.
• Li Zijun explained that Li Ziwan was a secretive descendant of Immortal Emperor Li Mu and the foremost prodigy of the younger generation in the Emperor Palace.
• Li Zijun said Xin Baobao was a Devil Race holy maiden from the Celestial Nether Galaxy who had once forced a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal to flee with a single saber strike.
• Li Zijun described Xiling Tianchen and Kong Shengji as talented eighth-grade prospects but dismissed their current strength.

He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao discussed the prodigies expected at the Golden Feather Gathering before the Heavenly Netherworld Holy Maiden, Xin Baobao, arrived at the casino. Xin Baobao sensed a Great Dao Art’s aura on He Pingsheng, and she followed him when he left.

• Li Zijun explained that the Golden Feather Gathering might feature seven or eight contests and that more prodigies were likely to appear.
• Xin Baobao entered the casino, sat at He Pingsheng’s table, and stared at him.
• Xin Baobao told He Pingsheng she sensed the aura of a Great Dao Art on him.
• Xin Baobao closed her eyes as if comprehending the aura, while He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao waited.
• He Pingsheng left the casino with Luo Bingyao, and Xin Baobao followed him.

He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao entered the Celestial Expanse Commerce Association to search for advanced cultivation texts and other goods. On the seventh floor, He Pingsheng found sixth-grade Immortal Talismans, but learned purchases were limited to one per person and kept a defensive talisman for Luo Bingyao.

• Xin Baobao followed He Pingsheng to comprehend the Dao, while Li Zijun tried to join him and Luo Bingyao before Luo drove both followers away.
• Luo Bingyao asked He Pingsheng if she was beautiful, but he called her passable and continued toward the Celestial Expanse Commerce Association.
• The association’s attendant checked He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao’s Heaven Ascension Tokens, gave them purple access tokens, and recognized He Pingsheng before he quietly signaled her to keep his identity secret.
• He Pingsheng told Luo Bingyao he wanted texts on alchemy, formations, and talisman-making, then skipped the lower floors and went to the seventh floor.
• He Pingsheng picked up three sixth-grade Immortal Talismans, but a Profound Immortal elder told him purchases were limited to one per person, so he chose a defensive talisman for Luo Bingyao.

He Pingsheng traded for rare materials and found a Spirit-Restoring Golden Core on the Commerce Association’s eighth floor. There, he ran into Wang Dun, whose false identity he concealed by introducing himself as Wang Dun’s junior brother.

• He Pingsheng bought a defensive Immortal Talisman to study and traded sixth-grade space origin for sixth-grade time origin.
• He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao searched the seventh and eighth floors for useful cultivation texts but found none.
• He Pingsheng discovered a bottle containing two Spirit-Restoring Golden Cores and asked the attendant to fetch the elder to discuss a barter.
• Wang Dun appeared with Immortal Maiden Tantai, and Luo Bingyao reacted angrily when she recognized him.
• He Pingsheng told Immortal Maiden Tantai that he was Wang Dun’s junior brother and introduced himself as Wang Dun, letting Wang Dun keep his disguise.

He Pingsheng met Tantai Qijun, traded for rare pills, and received treasures and origins from Wang Dun. Wang Dun exchanged Heaven Ascension Tokens with He Pingsheng and gave him a Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal Three-Day Trial Card.

• He Pingsheng saw that Tantai Qijun was a powerful eighth-grade-fortune cultivator and learned she was the Tantai Household's holy maiden and Li Mu Enclosure's greatest beauty.
• He Pingsheng exchanged a supreme-grade Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pill for two Spirit-Restoring Golden Cores and enhanced them in the Treasure-Gathering Basin.
• Wang Dun gave Luo Bingyao an invisibility jade token and ten immortal artifacts, then gave He Pingsheng more than a dozen Time and Space Origins.
• Wang Dun privately exchanged Heaven Ascension Tokens with He Pingsheng and gave him a Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal Three-Day Trial Card.

Wang Dun gave He Pingsheng a purple talisman and a Heaven-Shrouding Pill, warning him about the River of Time and the dangers of cutting away another person's past or future. He Pingsheng shared several treasures with Wang Dun, who then left to court Tantai Qijun, and He Pingsheng explained the Heaven Ascension Token rules to Luo Bingyao.

• Wang Dun gave He Pingsheng a purple card that could grant great all-encompassing golden immortal combat strength and warned him not to form three avatars or casually alter anyone's past or future.
• Wang Dun urged He Pingsheng to swallow a Heaven-Shrouding Pill, which concealed his past and future from anyone searching the River of Time.
• He Pingsheng offered Wang Dun a stone disk, Immortal Artifacts, spirit liquid, and nine pieces of demonic path great dao order, but Wang Dun accepted only the spirit liquid.
• Wang Dun encouraged He Pingsheng to compete boldly at the Golden Feather Gathering, then left to court Immortal Maiden Tantai.
• He Pingsheng showed Luo Bingyao the Heaven Ascension Token and explained that each token was bound to its owner's aura, though brief swaps were possible.

He Pingsheng traded for an incomplete alchemy text on refining golden cores and learned how to enter the upcoming trading fair. Outside the commerce association, he encountered Xin Baobao, whose deadly presence unsettled Luo Bingyao.

• He Pingsheng exchanged a supreme-grade earth-tier divine ability for the incomplete Supreme Clarity Spirit Pill Record, which contained methods for refining golden cores.
• He Pingsheng learned that the commerce association’s trading fair required an invitation and that the event would take place in about ten days.
• He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao left the commerce association and saw Xin Baobao waiting outside.
• Luo Bingyao drew the Sacred Bone Demonic Sword and pretended to strike Xin Baobao, but He Pingsheng stopped her.
• Xin Baobao recognized Luo Bingyao’s bluff and revealed such intense killing intent that Luo Bingyao felt afraid.

Xin Baobao challenged Luo Bingyao to a fight, claiming she could kill her with one slash, and demanded to stay with He Pingsheng for a thousand years if she won. He Pingsheng agreed to the match after setting a condition of his own, and the group arrived at the City Lord's Manor arena as a crowd gathered to watch.

• Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao traded insults, and Xin Baobao claimed she could cut Luo Bingyao down with one slash.
• Xin Baobao challenged Luo Bingyao to fight in Immortal Emperor City's illusory arena and asked to stay beside He Pingsheng for a thousand years if she won.
• He Pingsheng initially refused, but agreed to the fight after the crowd's taunts upset Luo Bingyao; he stipulated that Xin Baobao must concede three leagues at the Golden Feather Gathering if she failed to kill Luo Bingyao with one slash.
• He Pingsheng gave Luo Bingyao his Primordial Purple Gold Staff, which transformed into a blood-colored saber she could use without refining.
• Xin Baobao led He Pingsheng, Luo Bingyao, and the growing crowd to the City Lord's Manor, where a respected senior agreed to referee the match.

Xin Baobao and Luo Bingyao fought in a mirroring formation, where Luo Bingyao survived Xin Baobao’s devastating opening strike and claimed victory. Afterward, Xin Baobao promised to keep her word and asked He Pingsheng to let her cultivate beside him so she could borrow the heavenly demon great dao order for a thousand years.

• He Pingsheng paid the referee a hundred High Grade Immortal Crystals to activate the mirroring formation for Xin Baobao and Luo Bingyao’s duel.
• Xin Baobao opened the match with a massive purple saber strike that overwhelmed Luo Bingyao’s Heavenly Net Blood Saber Slash and cut through her body.
• Luo Bingyao stayed standing and declared that Xin Baobao had lost because her first strike had failed to kill her, and Xin Baobao admitted she had been careless.
• The duel ended, and He Pingsheng praised Luo Bingyao as the onlookers marveled at Xin Baobao’s strength.
• Xin Baobao told He Pingsheng she would keep her promise, then asked to cultivate beside him and borrow the heavenly demon great dao order for a thousand years.
• He Pingsheng narrowed his eyes and asked Xin Baobao whether she could see the heavenly demon great dao order.

Xin Baobao revealed that the Northern Crown Secret Realm had entrances across the Li Mu Star Cluster and asked He Pingsheng to lend her his Demonic Path Great Dao Order. He refused to give it away but agreed to discuss a loan, and Xin Baobao showed him the Severed Arm Survival Divine Ability.

• Xin Baobao led He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao to her residence and explained that she recognized He Pingsheng as the holder of a Great Dao Order from the Northern Crown Secret Realm.
• Xin Baobao explained that separate entrances to Heavenly Emperor Northern Crown's ruins existed in nearly every star system of the Li Mu Star Cluster, with entrants unable to see one another.
• Xin Baobao asked He Pingsheng to trade for or lend her the Demonic Path Great Dao Order, but He Pingsheng refused to give it to her and said he would consider a loan for the right price.
• Xin Baobao offered He Pingsheng the outline of the Severed Arm Survival Divine Ability, which could sacrifice a body part to negate a fatal strike but prevented the limb from ever regrowing.

He Pingsheng borrowed Xin Baobao’s Severed Arm Survival Divine Ability in exchange for a Great Dao Order, then enhanced a copy and discovered it could repeatedly protect him from lethal blows after being cultivated anew. Luo Bingyao obtained two invitations to the Celestial Expanse Commerce Association’s Trading Fair, but Li Zijun expected to attend with her.

• He Pingsheng and Xin Baobao agreed to exchange a Great Dao Order for a thousand-year loan of Severed Arm Survival, and He Pingsheng moved into her residence with Luo Bingyao.
• He Pingsheng enhanced a copy of Severed Arm Survival in the Treasure-Gathering Basin and found that it used heavenly demon true blood to cancel a lethal blow, which could be cultivated again after it dissipated.
• He Pingsheng tried to enhance a Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal Three-Day Trial Card, but it remained unchanged.
• Luo Bingyao brought He Pingsheng two invitations to the Celestial Expanse Commerce Association’s Trading Fair, explaining that Li Zijun had given them to her.
• Luo Bingyao said Li Zijun wanted her to take him along and seat him beside her, then teased He Pingsheng by asking whether he was jealous.

He Pingsheng attended the Celestial Expanse Commerce Association’s Trading Fair under the name Wang Dun, accompanied by Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao. The gathering brought together many supreme talents, and the chapter ended with Li Zijun and his sister Li Ziwan joining He Pingsheng and Luo Bingyao.

• Xin Baobao insisted on accompanying He Pingsheng to the Trading Fair, and revealed that she had an invitation.
• Wang Dun greeted He Pingsheng at the entrance, provoked Xin Baobao, and drew Tantai Qijun and another woman to his defense.
• He Pingsheng entered the Ninth Layer with Ji Wuxin and explained that he was now going by Wang Dun, while his senior brother was the real He Pingsheng.
• He Pingsheng and Ji Wuxin looked for Han Houzhi, who had become renowned in the Black Domain but remained unknown by name.
• Li Zijun joined Luo Bingyao, while his sister Li Ziwan sat beside He Pingsheng and introduced herself.

At the Golden Feather Gathering’s trading fair, He Pingsheng sat with Li Ziwan, Xin Baobao, and others while keeping his identity and abilities concealed. Kong Shengji of the Kong Household insulted him and demanded he leave Li Ziwan’s side, but Li Zijun stepped in to defend him.

• He Pingsheng used Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils on Li Ziwan, but a mysterious aura hid her innate foundation; he saw that she was at the twelfth layer of the Golden Immortal Stage.
• Han Houzhi entered the hall and greeted He Pingsheng before taking a seat elsewhere.
• Li Ziwan learned that Xin Baobao had come with He Pingsheng and became more curious about him.
• Kong Shengji arrived with six Supreme Unity Golden Immortal attendants, greeted Li Ziwan, and told He Pingsheng to get lost after learning they had only just met.
• He Pingsheng calmly questioned Kong Shengji’s hostility and then ignored his demand to leave, while preparing to defend himself if attacked.
• Kong Shengji threatened He Pingsheng, and Li Zijun intervened, saying He Pingsheng was a friend of hers and Li Ziwan’s and that she had invited him to sit with them.

He Pingsheng, using the name Wang Dun, refused Kong Shengji’s challenge and mocked him until the hall erupted in laughter. When Xiling Ye arrived to confront him over the death of a Xiling Household elder, Wang Dun admitted killing the man and dared the household’s group to fight, leaving Kong Shengji to quietly back down.

• Li Zijun explained that He Pingsheng was an invited guest, preventing Kong Shengji from forcing him to give up his seat.
• He Pingsheng refused Kong Shengji’s challenge, and his retort made the gathered attendees laugh at the Holy Son.
• Kong Shengji threatened He Pingsheng over the upcoming Golden Feather Gathering, but He Pingsheng pointed out that its combat matches were only illusions.
• Xiling Tianchen identified Wang Dun as He Pingsheng, whom he accused of killing his Seventh Martial Uncle.
• Wang Dun admitted killing the Xiling Household elder and challenged Xiling Ye and his companions to fight, but they sat down and deferred settling the grudge.
• Kong Shengji withdrew to a seat and pretended he had chosen to spare He Pingsheng, leaving Wang Dun bewildered by his shamelessness.

He Pingsheng watched powerful factions gather at the trading fair, including several prodigies with eighth-grade innate foundations. Wei Tong opened the fair by offering copies of the spatial divine ability Spirit Roaming Taixu for sale to qualified immortals, and Kong Shengji stood to buy one.

• Li Ziwan warned He Pingsheng that the Kong Household would not dare attack him in Immortal Emperor City unless he agreed to fight to the death.
• The Heavenly Mystery Lineage arrived, and He Pingsheng spotted a Golden Immortal with an eighth-grade bloodline among them.
• Two members of the Double-Pupiled Bird Tribe arrived, and He Pingsheng saw that both had opened their third eyes and possessed eighth-grade bloodlines.
• Wei Tong began the three-day trading fair and offered ten copies of Spirit Roaming Taixu for ten thousand high-grade Immortal Crystals each, restricted to immortals with eighth-grade innate foundations.
• Kong Shengji, holy son of the Northern Plateau Kong Household, stood and announced that he wished to buy a copy.

He Pingsheng helped Ji Wuxin buy the Spirit Roaming Taixu Divine Ability and waited through the Trading Fair for a treasure he needed. When a woman offered the Seventh Moon Treasure Mirror, He Pingsheng realized it could conceal his use of the Immortal Treasure-Gathering Basin, but worried that making an offer would expose his secret.

• Xin Baobao explained that Kong Shengji was showing off his eighth-grade bloodline by buying the Spirit Roaming Taixu Divine Ability.
• He Pingsheng gave Ji Wuxin ten thousand high-grade immortal crystals, and Ji Wuxin bought a jade slip containing the Divine Ability.
• Wei Tong started the trading game, and Ji Wuxin and Kong Shengji offered sixth-grade fire attribute origin and a defensive immortal talisman.
• After the trading continued for about two hours, a woman offered the seventh-grade Seventh Moon Treasure Mirror in exchange for a heaven-tier water-attribute Divine Ability or another treasure.
• He Pingsheng decided the mirror could block the Immortal Emperor's divine sense while he used his Treasure-Gathering Basin, but feared that bidding would reveal his secret.