Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng traveled for two and a half years to Celestial Scorpion Royal City while a black-clad Divine Spirit Realm woman persistently followed him, apparently seeking his solid divine gold. After arriving, he went to buy materials for divine refining but learned that none were available in the royal city.

• He Pingsheng studied Heavenly Wave Hundred Refinements aboard a divine ship and identified the black-clad Divine Spirit Realm Second Layer woman who repeatedly scanned him.
• He Pingsheng repeatedly boarded ships toward Pearl City and waited aboard rather than exploring, while the woman followed him on each leg of the journey.
• After two and a half years, He Pingsheng arrived at Celestial Scorpion Royal City and entered a commerce association to shop.
• He Pingsheng asked for first- or second-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for divine refining, but the shopkeeper said none were available in the royal city.

He Pingsheng stocked up on pills and poison pellets in Celestial Scorpion Royal City before settling in Grand Elephant Dragon City to cultivate for three epochs. When the Black-Clad Woman finally attacked him, he survived her divine-sense strike and killed her with poison.

• He Pingsheng bought over two hundred bottles of second-grade Divinity-Pacifying Pills and hundreds of second-grade Poison Pellets, along with more than twenty third-grade Poison Pellets.
• He Pingsheng traveled through Peace City to Grand Elephant Dragon City, rented a courtyard, and strengthened its defenses with third-grade formations.
• He Pingsheng cultivated for three epochs, enhancing his pills, refining poison, and advancing to the heat layer of the Divine Command Realm while the Black-Clad Woman waited outside.
• The Black-Clad Woman attacked He Pingsheng with a Divine Sense Flying Knife as he emerged from seclusion, but the Heavenward Crown protected him.
• He Pingsheng paralyzed the Black-Clad Woman with poison, then killed her with deadly poison that destroyed her soul.

He Pingsheng sought third-grade Three-Zhang Grain to cultivate his divine sense, but Shopkeeper Ma warned that the powerful lineages controlled it and that growing it required a rare divine meridian or a difficult formation. The chapter left He Pingsheng considering the Earth-Ordering Baleful Entrapment Grand Array as a possible alternative.

• He Pingsheng reached the third layer of the Divine Command Realm and realized his divine sense was holding him back.
• He Pingsheng visited the Heavenly Dragon Commerce Association and offered Shopkeeper Ma a supreme-grade Spirit Communion Golden Core.
• He Pingsheng asked to trade the pill for third-grade Three-Zhang Grain so he could practice divine refining and grow more grain himself.
• Shopkeeper Ma said Grand Elephant Dragon City had no Three-Zhang Grain and warned that powerful lineages would seize any suitable growing site.
• Shopkeeper Ma explained that the Earth-Ordering Baleful Entrapment Grand Array could replace a divine meridian in a land of yin baleful energy, but was difficult to establish.

He Pingsheng learned about the Earth-Ordering Baleful Entrapment Grand Array and traded his supreme-grade Spirit Communion Golden Core to Shopkeeper Ma for its formation diagram and information about Baleful Armored Dragons. He learned that the Lü Household of Huai Port City organized trips to an island where Divine Command Realm cultivators could try to capture the rare beasts.

• Shopkeeper Ma explained that Baleful Armored Dragon armor was needed to make the formation plate for the Earth-Ordering Baleful Entrapment Grand Array.
• Shopkeeper Ma advised He Pingsheng not to trade his pill for three-zhang grain and offered the formation diagram and information about Baleful Armored Dragons instead.
• He Pingsheng accepted the exchange, and Shopkeeper Ma gave him two jade slips containing the formation instructions and details about the beasts.
• Shopkeeper Ma told He Pingsheng that the Lü Household owned an island near Huai Port City where Baleful Armored Dragons lived.
• Shopkeeper Ma explained that the Lü Household periodically sent groups of one hundred Divine Command Realm cultivators to the island to try to capture the beasts.

He Pingsheng discovered that drinking Bitter Unevenness tea helped him overcome the cultivation stagnation caused by prolonged seclusion, and he advanced to the fourth layer of the Divine Command Realm. He then traveled toward the Lü Household to gain worldly experience, stopping in Celestial Scorpion Royal City to seek grain and a suitable weapon.

• He Pingsheng bought several hundred furnace-batches of second-grade Divinity-Pacifying Pills from Shopkeeper Ma and returned to his rented courtyard to cultivate.
• He Pingsheng worried that an obstruction refining the pill’s divine power meant Wisdom Severance, but realized his body had grown rusty from too much secluded cultivation.
• He Pingsheng drank Bitter Unevenness tea and found that it loosened his body and let his Divine Fire Sun-Expanding Art resume refining the pill.
• He Pingsheng used the tea to overcome further periods of stagnation and, after thirteen yuan, broke through to the fourth layer of the Divine Command Realm.
• He Pingsheng left his rented courtyard and traveled toward the Lü Household, stopping in Celestial Scorpion Royal City to visit the Heavenly Scorpion Commerce Association.
• He Pingsheng learned that the association did not sell Three-Zhang Grain and would not let him access third-grade divine artifacts, so he considered looking elsewhere for an offensive weapon.

He Pingsheng traded a supreme-grade third-grade flying sword at the Commerce Association for Three-Zhang Grain and access to its third-floor stock. He chose the fire-attribute heng saber Silent Flame and was told he could select two more items of equal value.

• He Pingsheng showed the attendant his flying sword, and Elder Li agreed to trade for it after identifying it as a supreme-grade third-grade divine artifact.
• Elder Li offered He Pingsheng ten first-grade and two second-grade stalks of Three-Zhang Grain as extras, and he chose the first-grade stalks.
• Elder Li led He Pingsheng to the third floor, where he browsed the divine artifacts and found a black heng saber.
• He Pingsheng selected the low-grade fire-attribute saber Silent Flame, and the attendant offered him a fire-attribute divine ability, which he declined.
• The attendant valued Silent Flame at one-third of He Pingsheng's flying sword and said he could choose two more items of equal value to the saber.

He Pingsheng traded a supreme-grade flying sword for supplies, then traveled to Huai Port City and learned Dragon Island would not open for another eighty-four thousand years. During secluded cultivation, he enhanced his purchases and prepared to disguise his cultivation so he could apply to enter the island.

• He Pingsheng chose Silent Flame and four third-grade Divine Talismans at the Commerce Association, including a Hundred Transformations Divine Talisman.
• He Pingsheng bought a ticket to Huai Port City, traveled there by divine ship, and learned Dragon Island would open in about eighty-four thousand years.
• He Pingsheng found a cave abode outside the city, enhanced his purchases in the Treasure-Gathering Basin, and refined a supreme-grade Divinity-Pacifying Pill.
• The enhanced talismans gave He Pingsheng Fire Phoenix attacks, increased speed, and the ability to disguise his cultivation as high as the twelfth layer of the Divine Spirit Realm.
• He Pingsheng planned to use the Hundred Transformations Divine Talismans to appear stronger when applying to join the Lü Household's Dragon Island expedition.

He Pingsheng used the Immortal Treasure-Gathering Basin to raise Three-Zhang Grain to third grade and refined his divine sense with it for ten thousand years. After obtaining more grain in Celestial Scorpion Royal City, he advanced his divine refining to the Divine Command Realm and left seclusion as the Lü Household’s Island Opening Assembly approached.

• He Pingsheng enhanced Three-Zhang Grain and confirmed that the third-grade plants could strengthen divine sense across several realms.
• He Pingsheng used the Taixu Spirit-Devouring Method to consume eighteen third-grade Three-Zhang Grain plants, raising his divine refining to the eighth layer of the Divine General Realm before he ran out.
• He Pingsheng exchanged a supreme-quality Spirit Communion Golden Core for eighty-seven first-grade Three-Zhang Grain plants gathered from Celestial Scorpion Royal City’s black markets.
• He Pingsheng returned to secluded cultivation, refined his divine sense, and enhanced a fire-attribute Divine Ability.
• He Pingsheng advanced his divine refining to the first layer of the Divine Command Realm, with divine sense comparable to the Early Divine Spirit Realm, and left seclusion ahead of the Lü Household’s Island Opening Assembly.

He Pingsheng disguised his cultivation and registered for the Lü Household’s Island Opening Assembly selection in Huai Port City. Three days later, Lü Xinwu announced that candidates would need to show more than three thousand points of divine power in a testing formation to pass the preliminary test.

• He Pingsheng used a Hundred Transformations Divine Talisman to conceal his cultivation as a twelfth-layer Divine Command Realm cultivator and traveled to Huai Port City.
• At the Lü Household’s registration hall, He Pingsheng met Bai Xingjian and received a selection token after registering under his own name.
• He Pingsheng waited three days in the square, where Bai Xingjian rejoined him before the selection began.
• Lü Xinwu announced that candidates had to exceed three thousand points of divine power in the testing formation, and that any method of boosting their Divine Sense was permitted.

He Pingsheng watched the Divine Sense Strength Test and saw how rare scores above three thousand were. After a rogue cultivator named Qingxuan scored 3,924 with help from a supreme-grade divine talisman, He Pingsheng took the test and passed with 3,042 points, joining Lü Xinwu’s group.

• Lü Xinwu’s tests showed that most cultivators scored around 2,200, while only a few passed the three-thousand-point threshold.
• Lu Huinan scored highly, and Bai Xingjian later passed with 3,230 points, drawing Lü Xinwu’s attention.
• A short, ugly rogue cultivator named Qingxuan scored 3,924 and explained that he had used a supreme-grade divine talisman to strengthen his divine sense.
• He Pingsheng entered the formation and adjusted his divine sense until his score settled at 3,042.
• Lü Xinwu told He Pingsheng to stand behind her with the other cultivators who had passed.

He Pingsheng passed the Lü Household’s Divine Sense test and reached the second selection round, where Lü Xinwu exposed his disguised cultivation. After He explained his plan to join a team and offered her divine gold, Lü Xinwu agreed to assign him to a powerful team, and his name appeared on the final list.

• He Pingsheng passed the first test with a Divine Sense score above three thousand and followed Lü Xinwu and the other candidates to the second round.
• Bai Xingjian reassured He Pingsheng that the candidates would not simply be ranked by their first-round scores.
• Lü Xinwu interviewed candidates individually, and He Pingsheng entered after placing four hundred and thirty-third.
• Lü Xinwu identified He Pingsheng’s true cultivation as the fourth layer of the Divine Command Realm despite his disguise as a twelfth-layer cultivator.
• He Pingsheng offered Lü Xinwu six pieces of middle-grade divine gold and explained that he hoped to join a team and share in its rewards on Dragon Island.
• Lü Xinwu agreed to assign He Pingsheng to a powerful team, and his name appeared on the final selection list.

He Pingsheng and Bai Xingjian passed the selection and learned the rules for the Lü Household’s Dragon Island gathering. They were assigned to Group A, where Qingxuan took charge of the group’s jade slips as they waited for their leader, Lü Zhiyi, to arrive.

• He Pingsheng and Bai Xingjian confirmed that both had made the top hundred and learned that the Lü Household would place one of its disciples in each group.
• Lü Xinwu explained the island’s zones, the ten-year limit, the rules for hunting Baleful Armored Dragons, and the rewards for participants.
• Two women assigned He Pingsheng and Bai Xingjian to Group A and gave the group jade slips with information about the beasts and their zone.
• The group learned that Lü Zhiyi would lead them and collect the Baleful Armored Dragons’ back armor.
• Qingxuan took the jade slips for safekeeping, and the group agreed to read them with their divine sense.

Lü Xinwu brought the gathered cultivators to Dragon Island for the island-opening assembly, where Lü Zhiyi led Group A into its assigned zone. The group landed among the island’s misty mountains, ready to search for Baleful Armored Dragons.

• Qingxuan and Lu Huinan explained that Baleful Armored Dragons carried weak yin poison, though they warned the cultivators to stay cautious.
• Lü Xinwu arrived with ten Lü Household disciples and introduced Lü Zhiyi as Group A’s captain.
• He Pingsheng and the other members of Group A introduced themselves to Lü Zhiyi, and Xu Zhizhi explained the origin of Li Ganzhi’s name after the group laughed.
• Lü Xinwu took the groups aboard her Divine Boat and repeated the rules as they traveled toward Dragon Island.
• Lü Xinwu stopped the Divine Boat before the island, and the groups flew to their assigned zones while restraining their auras.
• Lü Zhiyi led Group A across Zone A and landed with the group among the island’s mountains.

Lü Zhiyi explained the dangers of hunting Baleful Armored Dragons and sent the group to search Dragon Island’s Zone A separately. After three months, He Pingsheng found one and faced a choice: kill it alone or summon the others.

• Lü Zhiyi warned the group that Baleful Armored Dragons were third-grade Demon Beasts and said previous expeditions had repeatedly failed to capture one.
• Lü Zhiyi gave everyone a Linking Divine Talisman and instructed them to search separately, conceal their auras, and report any sighting without attacking.
• Xu Zhizhi asked to search with Li Ganzhi, but Lü Zhiyi refused, and the group members departed in different directions.
• He Pingsheng rode a Blood Jade Tiger through the silent mountains, using his divine sense to search for traces of the dragons.
• After three months, He Pingsheng detected and identified a Baleful Armored Dragon, then hesitated over whether to kill it alone or summon the others.

He Pingsheng fought the Baleful Armored Dragon alone to claim its back armor, using several powerful treasures and abilities to overcome the third grade demon beast. After killing it and taking its armor and divine spark, he hurried toward the location indicated by the Linking Divine Talisman.

• The Baleful Armored Dragon attacked He Pingsheng, and his Heavenly Poison Mechanical Crossbow failed to pierce its armored hide.
• He Pingsheng tried to summon the others, but the Linking Divine Talisman showed that someone else had already sounded an alarm and made it impossible for him to send a signal.
• The Baleful Armored Dragon blasted He Pingsheng away with black demonic light, but his Alchemy Furnace and Heavenly Gang Great Gold Talisman shield protected him.
• He Pingsheng wounded the Baleful Armored Dragon with Crimson Sunset Mountain Cleaver and a supreme grade Fire Phoenix Divine Talisman, then paralyzed it with a second poisoned bolt.
• He Pingsheng killed the Baleful Armored Dragon, took its back armor and divine spark, burned its corpse, and flew toward the location indicated by the red arrow.

He Pingsheng joined Lü Zhiyi’s group as they fought a Baleful Armored Dragon and explained why he had arrived late. A second Baleful Armored Dragon attacked, and the group faced a more dangerous battle while still hesitating to use their trump cards.

• He Pingsheng arrived and helped Lü Zhiyi’s group fight a Baleful Armored Dragon.
• He Pingsheng told the group he had been delayed after encountering another Baleful Armored Dragon, while Qingxuan accused him of lying.
• Lü Zhiyi urged the group to use their trump cards, but no one did, and the battle dragged on.
• A second Baleful Armored Dragon struck He Pingsheng, whose talisman and Alchemy Furnace helped him survive the attack.
• Ximen Tianfeng fled alone as the second Baleful Armored Dragon joined the fight, and Lü Zhiyi again called for everyone to use their trump cards.

He Pingsheng bargained with Lü Zhiyi to use a supreme-grade divine talisman against the Baleful Armored Dragons in exchange for studying their back armor and receiving Three-Zhang Grain. After the group killed both dragons, the survivors rested, and Qingxuan asked Lü Zhiyi if he had more divine talismans to trade.

• He Pingsheng offered to use his third-grade supreme-grade divine talisman if Lü Zhiyi let him study a dragon’s back armor for a year and paid him five thousand stalks of Three-Zhang Grain.
• Lü Zhiyi agreed to let He Pingsheng study the armor under supervision and take the chief credit, and He Pingsheng accepted.
• He Pingsheng activated the Fire Phoenix Divine Talisman, gravely wounding one Baleful Armored Dragon, which the group quickly killed.
• Ximen Tianfeng returned, and the group fought for half a day before killing the remaining Baleful Armored Dragon.
• Lü Zhiyi cut the back armor from both dragons and collected their divine sparks, while He Pingsheng defended himself to Qingxuan over his earlier delay.
• Qingxuan asked Lü Zhiyi whether he had more supreme-grade divine talismans and offered to trade a third-grade divine artifact for one.

He Pingsheng duplicated Lü Zhiyi’s Baleful Armored Dragon backplates while pretending to study their patterns, then spent years cultivating after the group found no more dragons. As the ten-year trip ended, he destroyed his Linking Divine Talisman to avoid returning it, and Lü Zhiyi revealed that his previous expedition had also failed because he could not find any dragons.

• He Pingsheng and Lü Zhiyi arranged for He to study Lü’s backplates while leaving Silent Flame as collateral.
• He Pingsheng duplicated both backplates over the next year, returned them to Lü, and got Silent Flame back.
• After years of searching turned up no more Baleful Armored Dragons, He Pingsheng hid in a cave and cultivated with a supreme-grade second-grade Divinity-Pacifying Pill.
• Lü Zhiyi summoned the group when the ten years ended, announced their reward of a thousand stalks of Three-Zhang Grain each, and asked everyone to hand over their Linking Divine Talismans.
• He Pingsheng claimed he had accidentally crushed his talisman, and the group left with all eleven members alive.
• He Pingsheng asked why Lü Zhiyi’s previous expedition had failed, and Lü said they had been unable to find any dragons.

After Team A returned from Dragon Island with two Baleful Armored Dragon back plates, Lü Xinwu distributed three-zhang grain rewards to the teams. Lü Zhiyi then organized a private Trading Fair, where he gave He Pingsheng eight thousand stalks of grain and began offering Spirit Pivot Pills.

• All one hundred and ten participants returned from Dragon Island, and Lü Xinwu had the island inspected before asking which teams had found Baleful Armored Dragons.
• Lü Zhiyi showed two back plates from Team A; Teams H and D had found dragons but failed to capture them, while the other teams found none.
• Lü Xinwu rewarded each Team A member with one thousand stalks of first-grade three-zhang grain and each member of the other teams with fifty stalks.
• Lü Zhiyi invited the group to a private Trading Fair, and He Pingsheng prepared a venue on a nearby hill.
• Lü Zhiyi gave He Pingsheng a Storage Ring containing eight thousand stalks of three-zhang grain, which the other attendees noticed and asked to trade for.
• Lü Zhiyi opened the Trading Fair by offering a batch of Spirit Pivot Pills that could repair damage to divine sense.

He Pingsheng traded a heaven-tier divine ability for Li Ganzhi’s unidentified black pearl and used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to identify it. The pearl turned out to be a fifth-grade weapon capable of forcing mutual destruction with an opponent below the third layer of the Divine Venerable Realm, leaving He Pingsheng shaken by how close they had come to disaster.

• Lü Zhiyi offered third-grade Spirit Pivot Pills, and He Pingsheng bought them with a piece of middle-grade solid divine gold.
• He Pingsheng presented the heaven-tier, low-grade Mystic Armor Ice Shield divine ability, attracting offers from the trading-fair participants.
• He Pingsheng chose Li Ganzhi’s unidentified black pearl as payment, and Li Ganzhi agreed to trade it for the divine ability.
• He Pingsheng secretly used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to identify the pearl as a fifth-grade, low-quality Heaven and Earth Shared Silence Pearl.
• He Pingsheng learned the pearl could unleash enough power to bring about mutual destruction with an opponent below the third layer of the Divine Venerable Realm, and realized its unusual activation method had prevented an accident.