Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng searched for Second Grade Poison Pellets and commissioned Abundant Harmony Manor to collect them for him. After paying, he accepted a Heartbond Talisman and Jade Token, then continued browsing for defensive items.

• He Pingsheng failed to find Poison Pellets at the stalls and went to Abundant Harmony Manor.
• He Pingsheng scanned Shopkeeper Liu twice, prompting the shopkeeper to recognize his Foundation Establishment cultivation and apologize for his initial treatment.
• He Pingsheng asked Shopkeeper Liu about Second Grade Poison Pellets, and the shopkeeper suggested seeking them in the Black Frontier or placing a commission.
• He Pingsheng commissioned a hundred Poison Pellets at fifty Spirit Stones each and asked Shopkeeper Liu to reserve any Third Grade Poison Pellets that arrived.
• He Pingsheng paid for the commission using a collection of Magical Artifacts and received a Heartbond Talisman and Jade Token.
• He Pingsheng stayed at the merchant house to browse for other defensive items, especially Talismans.

He Pingsheng bought two Sharp Metal Talismans and a broken Formation Plate, then was ambushed in midair by Daoist Nun Feng. He blocked her first sword strike but faced another attack as she pursued him to the ground.

• He Pingsheng bought two second-grade Sharp Metal Talismans after learning the trading house had no third-grade talismans.
• He Pingsheng bought a broken Formation Plate from a young stallholder for ten spirit stones.
• Daoist Nun Feng blocked He Pingsheng’s flight and struck at him with her sword.
• He Pingsheng used the Sacred Wood Shield and Vajra Shield to stop most of Daoist Nun Feng’s sword qi, then descended to the ground.
• Daoist Nun Feng followed He Pingsheng and launched another sword strike from within thirty zhang.

He Pingsheng fought Daoist Nun Feng, a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, while relying on his shields, banner, and talismans to survive her attacks. He ultimately killed her with a Heavenly Fire Talisman that pursued her as she fled.

• He Pingsheng endured Daoist Nun Feng's sword strikes and countered with the Nine Luminaries Dragon-Slaying Banner and the Sacred Wood Poison Dragon Technique.
• Daoist Nun Feng cut through most of He Pingsheng's vines, then pursued him with sword qi and a succession of Ice Thorns.
• He Pingsheng used the Great Banner Thunder-Rolling Technique, but spent most of his Wood Attribute spiritual power defending against Daoist Nun Feng's remaining sword qi.
• He Pingsheng frightened Daoist Nun Feng back with the Soul-Slaying Bell and activated his last Diamond Talisman for protection.
• He Pingsheng launched a Heavenly Fire Talisman at Daoist Nun Feng, and its pursuing fireball burned her to ashes.

After killing Daoist Nun Feng, He Pingsheng returned safely to Jade Dragon Peak and searched her Storage Bag, finding an Ice Thorn spell and an Origin-Reaching Pill. He enhanced several items, but the damaged Formation Plate remained unchanged in the Treasure-Gathering Basin.

• He Pingsheng collected Daoist Nun Feng's Storage Bag and flying sword, escaped the forest fire, and returned safely to his cultivation grounds.
• He Pingsheng found more than forty thousand spirit stones and learned the Ice Thorn Technique from a jade slip in Daoist Nun Feng's Storage Bag.
• He Pingsheng discovered a low-grade Origin-Reaching Pill and wondered why Daoist Nun Feng had kept it instead of trying to advance to the Golden Core Stage.
• He Pingsheng enhanced the Ice Thorn Technique into the Heaven Tier spells Glazed World and Poison Thorn Ice Cone Technique, and enhanced the pill and Sharp Metal Talismans into supreme-grade items.
• He Pingsheng found that enhancing the damaged Formation Plate had changed neither its number nor its condition.

He Pingsheng discovered that the damaged Formation Plate was too high-grade for his Treasure-Gathering Basin to enhance, then brought a supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pill to Yu Ning to help her form a Golden Core. After Yu Ning accepted the pills and praised Yuxuan as trustworthy, He Pingsheng asked about Yuxuan’s cultivation.

• He Pingsheng realized the Formation Plate was likely fourth grade or higher and decided he needed to grow stronger and build up his backing.
• He Pingsheng visited Yu Ning and asked why she had not formed her Golden Core.
• He Pingsheng gave Yu Ning a supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pill, but she initially refused because she thought he was sacrificing a pill meant for himself.
• He Pingsheng showed Yu Ning a second supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pill, and she accepted one while warning him to keep them secret.
• He Pingsheng asked whether Yuxuan was trustworthy, and Yu Ning described him as sincere, dependable, and upright.
• He Pingsheng asked what realm Yuxuan had reached.

He Pingsheng helped Yu Ning and Yuxuan obtain supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pills, and they both broke through to the Golden Core Stage, strengthening his position in the Great Void Sect. Wuwei then suspected the Grand Supreme Elder was dead and agreed with Sword Bamboo to test the theory by killing He Pingsheng.

• He Pingsheng told Yu Ning he wanted to help her and Yuxuan form Golden Cores so they could support him against Wuwei’s faction.
• Yu Ning showed Yuxuan two supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pills, and Yuxuan agreed to back He Pingsheng after breaking through.
• Yu Ning and Yuxuan formed their Golden Cores, and He Pingsheng appointed Yu Ning chief elder of the Internal Affairs Hall and Yuxuan acting elder of the Enforcement Hall.
• Wuwei raged over He Pingsheng’s appointments, while Sword Bamboo pointed out that Chongyang, Yu Ning, and Yuxuan now supported him.
• Wuwei reasoned that the Grand Supreme Elder might be dead because he had not intervened to protect He Pingsheng, and Sword Bamboo proposed killing He Pingsheng to test the suspicion.

He Pingsheng practiced two ice spells in seclusion, then learned that Shopkeeper Liu had gathered one hundred second-grade Poison Pouches. Sword Bamboo delayed him while Wuwei broke the formations protecting the Great Void Divine Hall, leaving He Pingsheng to face accusations that Elder Taixu was dead.

• He Pingsheng spent two months practicing [Glazed World] and [Poison Thorn Ice Cone Technique], then received Shopkeeper Liu's message about the Poison Pouches.
• He Pingsheng asked Yu Ning to collect the Poison Pouches, and she agreed to visit Horsehead Mountain Market.
• Sword Bamboo stopped He Pingsheng and questioned whether Elder Taixu was alive while keeping him talking.
• He Pingsheng heard an explosion at Jade Dragon Peak and rushed to find Wuwei and a Purple-Robed Formation Master at the breached Great Void Divine Hall.
• Wuwei dragged He Pingsheng into the hall, where Chongyang, Yuxuan, Sword Bamboo, and other elders gathered, and demanded an explanation.

He Pingsheng revealed that the Great Void Sect’s ancestor had died and left a Fortune Golden Lamp burning to conceal his death from the Beast Taming Immortal Sect. Wuwei, enraged that he had not inherited the Great Void Grand Mystic Scripture, smashed the lamp, and its spilled oil ignited the hall.

• Wuwei searched the palace for his father, but He Pingsheng admitted the ancestor had ascended to immortality after lying about having sixty years left to protect the Great Void Sect.
• He Pingsheng explained that the ancestor had used a Fortune Golden Lamp to release his aura and fool the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s Qi Watching technique.
• He Pingsheng denied receiving the Great Void Grand Mystic Scripture and said the ancestor had intended to let the forbidden technique disappear.
• Wuwei cursed his father and punched the Fortune Golden Lamp to the floor, spilling its oil.
• The lamp’s flame surged, and the spilled oil caught fire, engulfing the hall in towering flames.

He Pingsheng escaped the collapsing Great Void Sect after warning Yuxuan to evacuate ahead of the Beast Taming Sect’s arrival. He destroyed the receiving platform of the long-distance Teleportation Array, leaving Wuwei and Sword Bamboo unable to pursue him safely.

• Wuwei went berserk, fought Yuxuan, and brought down the Great Void Divine Hall before leaving with the Purple-Robed Formation Master.
• He Pingsheng urged Yuxuan to take the disciples and warn his master, then decided to flee rather than face the approaching Beast Taming Sect.
• Wuwei returned and caught sight of He Pingsheng entering a hidden chamber beneath the Spirit Plantation Garden.
• He Pingsheng activated the long-distance Teleportation Array and escaped before Wuwei and Sword Bamboo reached the platform.
• Wuwei refused to teleport after him because the receiving platform might be destroyed, and He Pingsheng destroyed it at the other end.

He Pingsheng escaped from a sealed cave and reached Dingxiang City after asking local cultivators for directions. He entered the Dingxiang Chamber of Commerce to buy a map and learn about the surrounding region.

• He Pingsheng destroyed the Teleportation Array, broke through the cave's stone wall, changed out of his Great Void Sect robe, and flew west through the mountains.
• He Pingsheng asked two Qi Refining Stage disciples for directions, learned about Dingxiang City, and flew southeast toward it.
• Dingxiang City's patrol guards stopped He Pingsheng from flying inside the city, so he entered on foot and explored its streets and cultivation establishments.
• He Pingsheng entered the Dingxiang Chamber of Commerce and asked its shopkeeper to sell him a map of Dingxiang City and Dingxiang Commandery.

He Pingsheng bought a detailed map of Dingxiang Commandery and thirteen second-grade Poison Pellets in Dingxiang City. After examining the map and deciding the city was a safe place to stay, he went into a store that sold supplies for Qi Refining Stage disciples.

• He Pingsheng bought the most detailed map for one thousand spirit stones after bargaining for a fifty-percent discount and ten years of faction updates.
• He Pingsheng bought all thirteen second-grade Poison Pellets in stock, then left without buying medicinal ingredients.
• He Pingsheng examined the map and saw that the Daoist Profound Alliance occupied only a small part of Dingxiang Commandery, with many other factions nearby.
• He Pingsheng decided to stay in Dingxiang City to remain safe and receive news from the Daoist Profound Alliance.
• He Pingsheng entered the Cultivation General Store, which sold supplies only for Qi Refining Stage disciples.

He Pingsheng learned how Dingxiang City's trading companies and property market worked, then visited the City Lord's Manor to find a place to live. He chose an eighth-grade courtyard without spiritual energy, though the chapter ended before he completed the purchase.

• He Pingsheng paid a shopkeeper twenty spirit stones to explain the city's trading companies and learned that the Coral Trading Company was the fairest for selling goods.
• The shopkeeper told He Pingsheng that all property transactions had to go through the City Lord's Manor and drew him a map.
• He Pingsheng went to the City Lord's Manor and learned that its homes were divided into nine grades, with the lower four grades lacking spiritual energy.
• He Pingsheng chose an eighth-grade, thirty-zhang courtyard because he would live alone and did not need spiritual energy.

He Pingsheng bought a quiet courtyard in Dingxiang City, secured it with formations, and spent half a year cultivating the Nine-Toxin Golden Body. After learning that the Great Void Sect had been destroyed, he confirmed that Yu Ning and Yuxuan had survived and went looking for more cultivation resources.

• He Pingsheng bought an eighth-tier courtyard near Dingxiang City's wall and paid ten years of taxes in advance.
• He Pingsheng inspected the courtyard, found no nearby cultivators, and installed defensive, divine-sense-sealing, and warning formations.
• He Pingsheng spent half a year cultivating the Nine-Toxin Golden Body to its first Foundation Establishment layer, using all but four of his Poison Pellets.
• He Pingsheng visited the Dingxiang Chamber of Commerce and learned that the Beast Taming Immortal Sect had destroyed the Great Void Sect, while Yu Ning and Yuxuan had survived.
• He Pingsheng went to the Xuanyuan Alchemy Shop seeking resources and noticed that its young attendant had reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining Stage.

He Pingsheng bought Spirit-Gathering Pills and ingredients from Xuanyuan Chang Geng, then used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to increase his supplies while studying the formula. He began refining Second-Grade Pills, but his first furnace exploded, leaving him to clean the cauldron and try again.

• He Pingsheng bought a bottle of low-grade Spirit-Gathering Pills and the shop’s five remaining batches of ingredients from Xuanyuan Chang Geng, but found no second-grade Poison Pellets.
• He Pingsheng returned to his courtyard with alchemy wood and studied the Spirit-Gathering Pills formula in Thirty-Six Alchemy Formulas.
• He Pingsheng used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to turn five batches of ingredients into ten and enhance twelve low-grade pills into twenty-four supreme-grade pills.
• He Pingsheng began refining Spirit-Gathering Pills, but the furnace exploded after about an hour, leaving only blackened residue.
• He Pingsheng cleaned the Alchemy Furnace after the failed first attempt.

He Pingsheng practiced refining Second-Grade Pills, discovered that a drop of Golden Bee Sacred Nectar improved their quality, and observed how the Treasure-Gathering Basin enhanced ruined pills into supreme-grade ones. He devised a way to control pill quality for future sales, then swallowed half a supreme-grade Spirit-Gathering Pill and found its medicinal power overwhelming.

• He Pingsheng failed at refining pills several times before successfully producing low-grade Second-Grade Pills in his sixth and seventh batches.
• He Pingsheng added a drop of Golden Bee Sacred Nectar to his final batch and produced two high-grade pills and ten middle-grade pills.
• He Pingsheng watched the Treasure-Gathering Basin turn ruined pills into twice as many pills, gradually raising their quality to supreme grade.
• He Pingsheng realized he could remove pills when they reached high grade to sell them without attracting the dangers associated with supreme-grade pills.
• He Pingsheng swallowed half a supreme-grade Spirit-Gathering Pill, but much of its energy dispersed because he could not refine it quickly enough.

After two years of secluded cultivation, He Pingsheng reached the second level of the foundation establishment realm and went out seeking supplies and news of the Great Void Sect. At the Xuanyuan Alchemy Shop, Xuanyuan Chang Geng offered him a job involving a rare mist god flower and explained the value of the Dual Spirit Pill.

• He Pingsheng left seclusion after reaching the second level of the foundation establishment realm and found no new news about the Great Void Sect at the Dingxiang Chamber of Commerce.
• He Pingsheng learned that trading companies in Dingxiang City would not sell third-grade materials to him and bought fewer than ten Poison Pellets from three shops.
• He Pingsheng showed Xuanyuan Chang Geng a poisonous thorn stem and asked him to help collect Poison Pellets.
• Xuanyuan Chang Geng offered He Pingsheng a job related to a rare second-grade mist god flower he had found in a Secret Realm.
• Xuanyuan Chang Geng explained that the mist god flower was used to refine the Dual Spirit Pill, which could double a foundation establishment cultivator's divine sense for two hours.

He Pingsheng learned that Xuanyuan Chang Geng wanted his help defeating two peak Foundation Establishment Realm demon beasts and harvesting a mist god flower, then used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to improve a major alchemy reference work. At the appointed meeting on Shuiyang Mountain, He Pingsheng recognized an enemy among Xuanyuan’s companions.

• Xuanyuan Chang Geng showed He Pingsheng the Dual Spirit Pill formula and invited him to help harvest the mist god flower, promising him a pill in return.
• He Pingsheng agreed to meet Xuanyuan’s other three companions before deciding whether to join the expedition, and they arranged to meet on Shuiyang Mountain in three days.
• He Pingsheng bought the Myriad Herb Alchemy Canon from the Coral Trading Company and used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to enhance it into two improved works.
• After studying the Golden Core Collection for two days, He Pingsheng prepared for the expedition and rode his sword to Shuiyang Mountain.
• He Pingsheng arrived at the summit, saw Xuanyuan Chang Geng and the other cultivators, and recognized one of them as an enemy.

He Pingsheng confronted Qin Mingyue, who had helped lay a trap to kill him and had killed his senior sister, Cheng Siyu. He killed her instantly despite Xuanyuan Chang Geng's attempt to delay their feud until after the expedition, then offered to replace her strength on the Mist God Flower expedition.

• He Pingsheng recognized Qin Mingyue in Dingxiang City and discovered that she was still at the first level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, while she realized his cultivation had surpassed hers.
• Qin Mingyue begged He Pingsheng to settle their blood feud after the expedition and offered him her share of the gains and everything in her Storage Bag.
• When the stooped old man offered to help Qin Mingyue for half her belongings, He Pingsheng attacked her with his black banner and Thorn Vines while the Yellow Turban Strongman guarded against interference.
• Qin Mingyue failed to escape, begged for mercy, and died after He Pingsheng's Thorn Vines overwhelmed her.
• He Pingsheng took Qin Mingyue's Flying Sword and Storage Bag and offered to make up for her contribution to the expedition, which Xuanyuan Chang Geng accepted.

He Pingsheng joined Xuanyuan Chang Geng, Bai Long, and Zi Xian on their journey to obtain the Mist God Flower and refine pills. After Xuanyuan tested their flying stamina, He Pingsheng impressed the others and offered his Cloud-Piercing Boat to carry them onward.

• Xuanyuan Chang Geng introduced He Pingsheng to Bai Long and Zi Xian, then confirmed that the group would divide the pills and decide who received Qin Mingyue’s share based on their contributions.
• Xuanyuan led the group into the sky and increased his speed to test their strength; Bai Long and Zi Xian fell behind, but He Pingsheng kept pace for four hours.
• Xuanyuan landed to recover, and He Pingsheng restored his depleted dantians with Sacred Nectar.
• Bai Long and Zi Xian caught up and asked Xuanyuan how much farther they had to travel.
• He Pingsheng unfolded his Cloud-Piercing Boat and invited everyone aboard, allowing Bai Long to rest.

He Pingsheng and his companions reached the mist god flower’s valley and discovered two deadly Man-Faced Demon Spiders guarding it. They began Xuanyuan Chang Geng’s plan to restrain the spiders and retrieve the flower intact, but the fight was still underway.

• Xuanyuan Chang Geng led He Pingsheng, Bai Long, and Zi Xian into the mist-shrouded valley where the mist god flower grew.
• The group spotted two great-perfection Foundation Establishment Man-Faced Demon Spiders guarding the flower, and Xuanyuan Chang Geng warned them that their venomous silk was dangerous.
• Xuanyuan Chang Geng explained that they had to defeat the spiders without damaging the flower, then assigned Bai Long to trap one spider, He Pingsheng to help fight the other, and Zi Xian to retrieve the flower.
• Xuanyuan Chang Geng attacked with his Shield while He Pingsheng tried to restrain a spider with thorny branches, but the spider dodged and fired silk at him.
• He Pingsheng sent thorny branches from the tree itself, trapping the spider.