Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng disrupted a scheme to draw out Han Houzhi’s hidden treasure by supplying a supreme-grade water-attribute divine ability, then gave the Seventh Moon Treasure Mirror to Xin Baobao. The would-be traders were left empty-handed, while Wei Tong watched with a furrowed brow.

• Han Houzhi offered a low-grade Heaven Tier water-attribute divine ability for the Seventh Moon Treasure Mirror, but a purple-robed Golden Immortal countered with a middle-grade one.
• Han Houzhi recognized the offer as bait and withdrew his jade slip rather than reveal his higher-grade divine ability.
• He Pingsheng offered Han Houzhi a supreme-grade water-attribute divine ability, forcing him into the center of attention, but Han Houzhi returned it.
• Wang Dun and He Pingsheng confused Han Houzhi about their identities, and Han Houzhi turned his divine sense toward Wang Dun.
• He Pingsheng traded his divine ability for the Seventh Moon Treasure Mirror and gave the mirror to Xin Baobao instead of keeping it.
• Wei Tong furrowed his brow as the scheme failed, and Luo Bingyao gave a displeased snort.

At the Trading Fair, He Pingsheng traded a sixth-grade immortal artifact for space origin and studied two divine abilities while the exchanges continued. He memorized [Spirit Roaming Taixu], a supreme-grade Heaven Tier method, and passed it to Ji Wuxin.

• He Pingsheng reassured Luo Bingyao after she complained that he was playing favorites, then took his turn offering an item for trade.
• He Pingsheng offered a high-grade sixth-grade immortal artifact abacus and asked for high-level formation or talisman-making texts.
• Xiling Ye offered sixth-grade space origin for the abacus, and He Pingsheng accepted the trade.
• While the Trading Fair continued, He Pingsheng memorized [Severed Arm Survival] and estimated it would take thirty years to cultivate.
• He Pingsheng discovered that [Spirit Roaming Taixu] was already a supreme-grade Heaven Tier method, memorized it, and handed it to Ji Wuxin.

He Pingsheng examined Ye Xiaodao’s inherited talisman text, [Secret Script of Heavenly Talismans], and offered her two sixth-grade fire-attribute Great Dao Pills in exchange. Kong Shengji tried to outbid him, so He Pingsheng withdrew the pills and presented Ye Xiaodao with another work instead, leaving their trade unresolved.

• Ji Wuxin learned [Spirit Roaming Taixu] from Wang’s Jade Slip, and Li Ziwan explained that using it depended on one’s comprehension of the Spatial Great Dao Art.
• He Pingsheng sent the Jade Slip for [Spirit Roaming Taixu] to Luo Bingyao so she could learn it too.
• Ye Xiaodao offered He Pingsheng an outline of [Secret Script of Heavenly Talismans], a middle-grade Earth Tier text containing formulas for first- through eighth-grade Immortal Talismans.
• He Pingsheng offered Ye Xiaodao two supreme-quality sixth-grade fire-attribute [Spring and Autumn Great Dao Pills] for the text.
• Kong Shengji offered three Great Dao Pills, prompting He Pingsheng to withdraw his offer and show Ye Xiaodao another heaven-defying work.

He Pingsheng traded a divine refining method to Ye Xiaodao, exposed Kong Shengji’s attempt to seize it, and put up a Great Dao Pill at the trading fair. After the fair ended, he explained his Wang Dun disguise to Han Houzhi and prepared to check the Golden Feather Gathering rules, while Xin Baobao warned that Kong Shengji might be waiting outside.

• Ye Xiaodao accepted He Pingsheng’s Heavenly Prison Soul-Tempering Formula, while Kong Shengji intercepted the jade slip and discovered it was blank.
• Wei Tong ordered Kong Shengji and the Northern Plateau Kong Household to leave the trading hall, and He Pingsheng handed Ye Xiaodao the genuine technique with its Supreme Unity Chapter withheld.
• He Pingsheng offered a supreme-quality sixth-grade fire-attribute Spring and Autumn Great Dao Pill for a broad formation classic, then traded it for a sixth-grade Time Origin.
• He Pingsheng finished the fair with several treasures and bought Luo Bingyao concealing clothes before Wei Tong announced that the gathering rules were posted near the City Lord’s Manor.
• Han Houzhi questioned He Pingsheng about using the name Wang Dun, and He Pingsheng claimed his senior brother had borrowed his identity and Heaven Ascension Token.
• He Pingsheng agreed to go with Han Houzhi to see the rules, while Xin Baobao warned that Kong Shengji might be waiting at the entrance.

He Pingsheng and his companions read the Golden Feather Gathering rules and learned that its first contest would test fortune through a nine-stage door-picking trial. With contestants scoring below sixty eliminated, He Pingsheng could not tell what to make of the unusually harsh opening round and suggested they return to discuss it later.

• He Pingsheng introduced Xin Baobao, Han Houzhi, and Ji Wuxin to one another as they walked toward the square.
• The group read the rules for the Golden Feather Gathering and learned it would have eight contests, with points weighted differently and contestants eliminated by half at each stage.
• He Pingsheng learned that the first contest, the Nine Dragons Immortal Sect, required contestants to choose doors nine times and accumulate at least sixty points to pass.
• The crowd complained that the luck-based contest could eliminate many contestants, while some argued that prodigies with great innate foundations would likely score well.
• Han Houzhi asked He Pingsheng what he thought, and He Pingsheng said he could not judge the contest yet and proposed returning to discuss it later.

He Pingsheng left the gathering grounds with Xin Baobao and Luo Bingyao, then spent ten days learning Spirit Roaming Taixu but could not yet use it. Meanwhile, Immortal Emperor Li Mu and Wei Tong discussed the coming fortune test and the secrets of He Pingsheng, Han Houzhi, and Wang Dun.

• Xin Baobao noticed the gathering’s ninth test and the trip to the Great Horn Immortal Domain, while Luo Bingyao suspected the organizers might change the rules.
• He Pingsheng left with Xin Baobao and Luo Bingyao, gave Xin Baobao the Seventh Moon Treasure Mirror, and told her to refine it for protection.
• Immortal Emperor Li Mu and Wei Tong discussed the unusual abilities and fortunes of He Pingsheng, Han Houzhi, and Wang Dun, and agreed to wait for the fortune test before drawing conclusions.
• He Pingsheng entered secluded cultivation and learned Spirit Roaming Taixu in ten days, but could not use it because his understanding of Spatial Daoist Law was insufficient.

He Pingsheng prepared to enter the Golden Feather Gathering’s first round, the test of fortune, after exchanging Wang Dun’s Heaven Ascension Token for a competition token. At the Nine Dragons Immortal Sect, he reunited with Wang Dun and met Han Houzhi, Li Zijun, and Li Ziwan, while Wang Dun pretended to divine Li Ziwan’s fortune and declared that her fiancé had died.

• He Pingsheng told Kong Jiaojiao and the children to stay at Xin Baobao’s residence while he went to the competition with Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao.
• He Pingsheng registered with Wang Dun’s Heaven Ascension Token and received a purple Jade Token bearing Wang Dun’s name and He Pingsheng’s aura.
• He Pingsheng reached the Nine Dragons Immortal Sect and agreed to enter with Wang Dun and Han Houzhi.
• Wang Dun denied being He Pingsheng’s Senior Brother when Han Houzhi asked, then insulted Han Houzhi after He Pingsheng introduced him as the killer of thirteen Supreme Unity Golden Immortals.
• Wang Dun read Li Ziwan’s palm and claimed that her fiancé had just died.

Wang Dun predicted that Li Ziwan’s fiancé, Young Master Mao, had died beneath the five elements’ water, and news soon confirmed he had fallen to undersea ice dragons in Northern Source. Master Six Words traded He Pingsheng a piece of Myriad Willow Ghost-Binding Wood for the sixth chapter of the Heavenly Prison Soul-Tempering Formula, while the Golden Feather Gathering’s square filled with prominent lineages.

• Wang Dun warned Li Zijun that Li Ziwan’s fiancé had died beneath water, and Master Six Words arrived to meet him.
• Master Six Words praised He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi, then gave He Pingsheng Myriad Willow Ghost-Binding Wood in exchange for the sixth chapter of the Heavenly Prison Soul-Tempering Formula.
• Master Six Words failed to read Li Ziwan’s physiognomy and left, prompting Luo Bingyao and He Pingsheng to suspect something was amiss.
• A woman in black reported that Young Master Mao had fallen after undersea ice dragons attacked him in Northern Source, confirming Wang Dun’s prediction.
• Li Ziwan withdrew from the Golden Feather Gathering and departed with Instantaneous Teleportation, while the crowd questioned Wang Dun.
• The square filled with attendees from the six great lineages and other prominent families.

He Pingsheng and the other peerless geniuses gathered for the Golden Feather Gathering’s fortune trial, where they entered one of nine identical gates. Their scores differed despite taking the same gate, and He Pingsheng ended up with only five points.

• Li Zijun asked Wang Dun for a divination reading, and Wang Dun refused because he only read fortunes for women.
• Kong Shengji threatened He Pingsheng, but Wang Dun, Luo Bingyao, and Xin Baobao readied their weapons, prompting Kong Household elders to drag Kong Shengji away.
• Wei Tong explained the fortune trial and opened the formation, sending the participants through nine courtyards to earn scores.
• He Pingsheng entered the third gate with Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao, while the other prodigies followed them.
• Luo Bingyao, Xin Baobao, Ji Wuxin, and Li Zijun received nine points, while Wang Dun and Han Houzhi received six; He Pingsheng got five, and Kong Shengji mocked him.

He Pingsheng, Wang Dun, and Han Houzhi repeatedly scored poorly in the gate trials while their rivals earned near-perfect scores, but they still qualified for the next round. Kong Shengji mocked them until Xin Baobao kicked him away, and the chapter ended with the three wondering whether their low scores were connected to their origins.

• He Pingsheng received only five points at the first gate, and Wang Dun tried to reassure him before leading everyone to the second gate.
• He Pingsheng, Wang Dun, and Han Houzhi earned seven points each at the second and third gates while most of the other prodigies scored higher, prompting Han Houzhi to suspect deliberate interference.
• Kong Shengji mocked He Pingsheng and his companions, so He Pingsheng told Xin Baobao to throw him out, and Xin Baobao kicked him across the courtyard.
• The three continued through the gates and received seven points at each, finishing with sixty-one points for He Pingsheng and sixty-two for Wang Dun and Han Houzhi.
• He Pingsheng and his companions confirmed they had qualified, while the other prodigies, including Kong Shengji, had earned eighty-one points; the three wondered whether their origins explained the difference.

He Pingsheng saw that sixty-one points placed him near fortieth-thousandth in the fortune test, while 38,432 participants qualified for the second round. After the failed contestants were expelled, Wei Tong and his malevolent corpse discussed why He Pingsheng, Wang Dun, Han Houzhi, and Xin Baobao’s true potential had remained unclear.

• He Pingsheng checked the rankings and found himself near fortieth-thousandth, while sixteen contestants shared first place.
• Wei Tong announced that 38,432 contestants had qualified and ordered those who scored below sixty to leave.
• A Supreme Unity Golden Immortal elder cleared the failed contestants from the square, and Xin Baobao explained how their collective resentment had affected the laws.
• Wang Dun led He Pingsheng and the others toward the Great Hall to obtain tokens for the second round.
• Wei Tong told his malevolent corpse that He Pingsheng, Wang Dun, and Han Houzhi might not be peerless prodigies, or the Heavenly Dao might be concealing their potential, and he added that Xin Baobao was just as exceptional.

He Pingsheng and the other Golden Immortals learned that the second contest would test their divine sense by catching Jade Ice Bees. The contestants dispersed to prepare, with the contest set to begin in three days.

• Wei Tong argued that Xin Baobao's perfect first-test score might have been underestimated because the observers had not paid attention to her, while the malevolent corpse considered taking a peerless prodigy's opportunities.
• He Pingsheng received his divine sense test qualification token and rejoined Luo Bingyao, Xin Baobao, and the other top contestants in the square.
• Li Zijun described past divine sense contests, which had tested strength in several different ways.
• The rules for the second contest appeared: contestants would use only divine sense to catch living Jade Ice Bees inside a grand array, without pills, talismans, magic power, or Daoist Law.
• The other contestants left after learning the rules, and He Pingsheng told Luo Bingyao that they would catch the bees when the contest began.

He Pingsheng, Xin Baobao, and Luo Bingyao discussed the Jade Ice Bees and the rules for the Golden Feather Gathering’s second round. At the entrance, the formation exposed an entrant who had taken a Divine Sense-restoring pill, and Luo Bingyao hurried away after He Pingsheng and Xin Baobao suspected she might have obtained Jade Ice Bees.

• Xin Baobao explained that Jade Ice Bees could reproduce rapidly, carried frost venom, and came in sixteen colors, while He Pingsheng scolded Luo Bingyao for thinking of ways to cheat.
• He Pingsheng and the two women returned to Xin Baobao’s residence, where Xin Baobao invited He Pingsheng to stay in her courtyard after the Golden Feather Gathering.
• Three days later, the second round began inside a vast hemispherical formation, and the entrance alarm exposed a female immortal who had taken a Spirit-Restoring Golden Core; the guard disqualified her.
• The guard warned the crowd that someone had already been disqualified for trying to bring Jade Ice Bees inside, prompting Luo Bingyao to insist she had never planned to cheat.
• Xin Baobao suggested that the formation detected traces of Great Dao Arts left by pills or talismans, while Luo Bingyao clutched her stomach and hurried away.

He Pingsheng, Luo Bingyao, and Xin Baobao entered the formation for the second round of the competition and took their seats. After Kong Shengji tried to provoke He Pingsheng, Wang Dun abruptly stomped him unconscious, and Wang Dun discovered that he had somehow fallen asleep.

• He Pingsheng asked Luo Bingyao about her stomach and what color she had pooped out, then led her and Xin Baobao into the formation.
• Luo Bingyao guessed that contestants should compete for the stone stools, but He Pingsheng picked a seat at random and the others sat beside him.
• Kong Shengji mocked He Pingsheng and challenged him to a bet, but He Pingsheng repeatedly said he did not dare, making Xin Baobao and Luo Bingyao laugh.
• Wang Dun descended from the sky and stomped Kong Shengji off his stool, leaving him motionless on the ground.
• Wang Dun checked Kong Shengji and told the onlookers that Kong Shengji was alive but had somehow fallen asleep.

Wang Dun forced Kong Shengji to wake after Kong pretended to have fallen asleep to conceal Wang Dun’s ambush. Wei Tong then began the Divine Sense competition by explaining its rules, and Luo Bingyao excitedly recognized the Jade Ice Bees as Glazed Gold.

• Wang Dun slapped Kong Shengji awake and claimed he had saved him, while Kong played along rather than challenge him.
• Wei Tong entered the Grand Array and had the contestants inspected for cheating, eliminating thousands who had used pills or Immortal Talismans.
• Wei Tong explained that contestants had to use Divine Sense to keep live Jade Ice Bees within ten zhang, with their Jade Tokens recording the score.
• Wei Tong banned Great Dao Arts, Immortal Essence, interference, and outside Ice Bees, warning that cheaters would be expelled.
• Countless Jade Ice Bees appeared, and Luo Bingyao exclaimed that the Glazed Gold was hers.

He Pingsheng and the other contestants competed to capture golden Ice Bees, carefully managing their scores and rankings. After He Pingsheng rose to first place with sixty-four thousand bees, someone attacked him from behind with a Divine Sense Flying Knife, causing him to lose control of them and fall beyond thirty thousandth place.

• Luo Bingyao captured golden Ice Bees with her divine sense while He Pingsheng watched the other contestants to gauge their scores.
• He Pingsheng captured 10,100 Ice Bees and briefly took first place; Wang Dun and Han Houzhi also captured about ten thousand each.
• As other contestants caught up, He Pingsheng, Wang Dun, and Han Houzhi increased their catches and returned to the top three.
• He Pingsheng gradually raised his count to sixty-four thousand as the contest passed its halfway point and most contestants reached their limits.
• An unseen attacker sent a Divine Sense Flying Knife at He Pingsheng from behind; his defensive art blocked it, but he lost control of his Ice Bees and his score reset to zero.

He Pingsheng survived two divine-sense attacks by a Northern Plateau Kong Household Immortal, but the second attack scattered his Ice Bees and threatened his standing near the end of the competition. In the final breaths, he used his immense divine sense to help Luo Bingyao seize first place and reclaim second for himself, leaving Kong Shengji stunned.

• A Northern Plateau Kong Household Immortal attacked He Pingsheng, but He Pingsheng's Purple Mansion Nine-Shield Art protected him, and the elders expelled the attacker from the Grand Array.
• Kong Shengji taunted He Pingsheng, who resumed capturing Ice Bees while hiding his strength and promising that his chance to attack Kong Shengji would come.
• With twenty breaths left, another Divine Sense Flying Knife struck He Pingsheng and scattered his Ice Bees; Kong Shengji claimed responsibility, and the attacker's elders restrained him.
• Luo Bingyao lost control of her Ice Bees in anger, but He Pingsheng stopped her from attacking Kong Shengji and told her to concentrate.
• He Pingsheng used his divine sense to draw a hundred thousand Ice Bees to Luo Bingyao, putting her in first place, then drew another hundred thousand to himself and took second place.
• Kong Shengji watched He Pingsheng's display of power in shock.

He Pingsheng protected himself and Luo Bingyao from a final attack, then confronted Kong Shengji after the contest ended. Wang Dun kicked Kong Shengji away, but He Pingsheng and Wang Dun pressured him into claiming he had flown out on his own, and the authorities left without taking action.

• He Pingsheng formed nine Divine Sense Shields to block the final flying-knife attacks on himself and Luo Bingyao before the contest ended.
• Wei Tong apologized for the Northern Plateau Kong Household’s interference, rejected Kong Shengji’s complaint against He Pingsheng, and warned him not to endanger his household.
• He Pingsheng demanded an explanation from Kong Shengji, and Wang Dun kicked him a thousand li away through the formation.
• Four black-robed Supreme Unity Golden Immortals arrived to investigate, while Wang Dun pleaded with He Pingsheng to protect him from disqualification.
• He Pingsheng and Wang Dun warned Kong Shengji that he would die if he exposed the attack, and Kong Shengji told the investigators that he had flown out on his own.

He Pingsheng rejected the Kong Household elders’ compensation and warned them not to let Kong Shengji target him again. The elders then asked Xiling Ye about Wang Dun, but left uncertain how strong he was in combat.

• He Pingsheng heard the Kong Household elders explain that Kong Shengji’s behavior had changed after his bloodline resonance and accepted their apology for the attack.
• He Pingsheng refused their two fifth-grade Space Origins, said he would overlook Kong Shengji’s actions this time, and warned that the Kong Household could not protect his eighth-grade bloodline if it happened again.
• After leaving, the Kong Household elders decided to ask Xiling Ye about Wang Dun.
• Xiling Ye described Wang Dun’s divine sense, talisman mastery, alchemy, and cultivation, then said he could not judge Wang Dun’s combat strength.
• Xiling Ye advised the Kong Household elders to avoid provoking Wang Dun, and they left without learning how powerful he was.

Elder Kong and Xiling Ye weighed Wang Dun’s strength and the threat he posed, while the Malevolent Corpse opened the River of Time to investigate Wang Dun, He Pingsheng, and Han Houzhi. He failed to find timelines for the first two, and looking into Han Houzhi’s past left him screaming that his eyes had gone blind.

• Elder Kong concluded that Wang Dun’s combat strength was ordinary and told his companion that the Kong Household should still warn Kong Shengji not to provoke him.
• Xiling Ye explained that he had concealed the truth from the Kong Household because the Xiling patriarch remained in seclusion and their clan could not safely fight Wang Dun, then resolved to let the Kong Household confront him while secretly fanning the flames.
• The Malevolent Corpse ignored Wei Tong’s warning and opened the River of Time to inspect the pasts and futures of Wang Dun, He Pingsheng, and Han Houzhi.
• The Malevolent Corpse found that Wang Dun’s and He Pingsheng’s timelines were obscured, but he located Han Houzhi’s timeline and merged his mental power with it.
• The Malevolent Corpse saw a towering figure on a golden Great Dao turn toward him, then screamed that his eyes had gone blind.