Chapter Summaries

At the Lü Household’s trading fair, He Pingsheng traded for an alchemy tome and refused to sell his Three-Zhang Grain. After the fair, Qingxuan ambushed him and demanded the grain, leaving He Pingsheng facing a fight.

• He Pingsheng traded an ice attribute Heaven Tier Divine Ability to Li Ganzhi and later bought Ximen Tianfeng’s alchemy tome with middle-grade divine gold.
• Qingxuan urged He Pingsheng to trade away five thousand stalks of Three-Zhang Grain, but He Pingsheng refused.
• After the trading session ended, He Pingsheng dismantled his formation and took a roundabout route toward Huai Port City.
• Qingxuan intercepted He Pingsheng in the void and demanded five thousand stalks of Three-Zhang Grain in exchange for valuables.
• Qingxuan revealed he meant to take He Pingsheng’s head for the grain and threatened to make him a servant or kill him.

He Pingsheng fought Qingxuan and gained the upper hand, but Lu Huinan intervened and demanded the Baleful Armored Dragon's back armor. She threatened to report him to the Lü Household if he refused, whether or not he had actually killed the beast.

• Qingxuan attacked He Pingsheng with his divine sword, but He Pingsheng blocked his strikes and resisted his Divine Sense attack with the Heavenward Crown.
• He Pingsheng unleashed Crimson Sunset Mountain Cleaver, but Lu Huinan arrived on a third-grade Flood Dragon and destroyed the saber light before it hit Qingxuan.
• Lu Huinan accused He Pingsheng of killing the Baleful Armored Dragon and taking its back armor, citing traces on Dragon Island and his dealings with Lü Zhiyi.
• Lu Huinan demanded the back armor and threatened to tell the Lü Household that He Pingsheng had kept it, even though she admitted she was only guessing that he had killed the beast.
• He Pingsheng called Lu Huinan vicious.

He Pingsheng paralyzed Lu Huinan’s Flood Dragon and Qingxuan, then overwhelmed Lu Huinan in battle. Lu Huinan escaped with a Death-Substitute Puppet, while He Pingsheng killed Qingxuan and the Flood Dragon and fled with their spoils.

• He Pingsheng used the Heavenly Poison Mechanical Crossbow to paralyze Lu Huinan’s Flood Dragon and Qingxuan.
• He Pingsheng chased Lu Huinan and broke through her defenses before pinning her to a cliff with the Heng Saber.
• Lu Huinan warned He Pingsheng that her Divine Lord Realm father would avenge her, but He Pingsheng struck her down.
• Lu Huinan’s body turned out to be a Death-Substitute Puppet, and her voice taunted He Pingsheng from afar as she escaped.
• He Pingsheng killed the paralyzed Flood Dragon and Qingxuan, took their spoils, burned the scene, and flew away.

He Pingsheng was pursued through the Divine Mountain by Lu Shigu, a Middle God at the third layer of the Divine Lord Realm, who tried to force him into becoming a divine slave. He Pingsheng’s attacks failed to harm Lu Shigu, but his poisoned bolts struck twice before Lu Shigu recovered.

• He Pingsheng abandoned his flight toward Huai Port City and hid deeper in the Divine Mountain, but Lu Shigu caught up with him and trapped him in the void.
• Lu Shigu revealed his Divine Lord Realm cultivation and offered to make He Pingsheng his or his daughter’s divine slave.
• He Pingsheng rejected the offer and attacked with Fire Phoenix Divine Talismans and Crimson Cloud Moon Slash, but Lu Shigu stopped all three attacks effortlessly.
• He Pingsheng fired two bolts of paralytic poison from his Heavenly Poison Mechanical Crossbow, slowing Lu Shigu, then hit him with two bolts of True Poison.
• Lu Shigu laughed off the third-grade poison, recognized He Pingsheng’s powerful artifacts as evidence of hidden secrets, and warned that He Pingsheng could not escape.

Lu Shigu captured He Pingsheng and tried to search his soul, discovering the secret of the Immortal Treasure-Gathering Basin. He Pingsheng used the Heaven and Earth Shared Silence Pearl while Lu Shigu swore an oath, and the blast devastated the surrounding million li, leaving He Pingsheng atop an isolated mountaintop.

• Lu Shigu caught He Pingsheng, restrained him, and demanded his Divine Slave Mark before beginning a soul search.
• Lu Shigu's divine sense was badly injured when he discovered He Pingsheng's divine sense had reached the early Divine Spirit Realm.
• Lu Shigu learned that He Pingsheng possessed the Immortal Treasure-Gathering Basin and rushed to claim it.
• He Pingsheng offered Lu Shigu the basin in exchange for an oath, then secretly branded and threw the Heaven and Earth Shared Silence Pearl.
• The pearl exploded as Lu Shigu swore, destroying every mountain within a million li before the basin returned to He Pingsheng.

After killing Lu Shigu, He Pingsheng fled with a surviving fourth-grade Divine Artifact. Lu Huinan reported her father’s death to the Lu Household, which began tracing He Pingsheng through the City Lord’s Manor’s Divine Gold records and narrowed the search to one person who had traveled to Huai Port City.

• He Pingsheng recovered his Divine Sense, found Lu Shigu’s remains and a surviving fan Divine Artifact, then fled the area.
• Lu Huinan sensed her father’s death, found his shattered remains, and went to the Lü Household in Huai Port City to report He Pingsheng.
• The Lü Household declined to pursue He Pingsheng after learning he had killed a Lu Household Divine Lord, and sent Lu Huinan back to Celestial Scorpion Royal City.
• Lu Huinan told Lu Quanfeng that He Pingsheng had killed her father, and Lu Quanfeng ordered the Lu Household to trace him through the City Lord’s Manor.
• Lu Huinan and a Lu Household elder searched Divine Gold spending records and narrowed more than 468,000 people named He Pingsheng to one who had traveled to Huai Port City.

Lu Huinan and the Lu Household traced He Pingsheng’s travels and ordered his movements and Divine Gold activity monitored. He Pingsheng avoided using his Divine Gold as he journeyed back to the He Family, where he found everything peaceful.

• Lu Huinan learned that He Pingsheng had traveled through Celestial Scorpion Royal City, Peace City, and Grand Elephant Dragon City, and told the City Lord’s Manor staff to track him and report any new activity.
• The Lu Household elder gave the manor staff a Message Divine Talisman and ordered them to alert her whenever He Pingsheng left a trace they could detect.
• After more than thirty years flying through the wilderness, He Pingsheng reached a small town and learned that he was still within Celestial Scorpion Divine Province.
• He Pingsheng traveled to Great Wave City, found a larger city nearby, and boarded a divine ship without using the Divine Gold in his Life Tablet.
• He Pingsheng bought tickets through intermediaries and spent several years traveling before returning to the He Family, where he saw no sign that the Lu Household had found them.

He Pingsheng returned to the He Family and learned that Patriarch Duanmu Qinghu had waited for him to upgrade Duanmu Yunshu’s Heavenward Crown. After agreeing to upgrade it, He Pingsheng questioned Old Cao about whether he had deliberately become his divine slave, leaving Old Cao frightened and pleading his loyalty.

• He Pingsheng checked the He Family with his Divine Sense, returned to the Mountain Gate, and told Old Diao he had reached the fourth layer of the Divine Command Realm.
• Old Cao arrived with Patriarch Duanmu Qinghu, who asked He Pingsheng to upgrade Duanmu Yunshu’s Heavenward Crown.
• He Pingsheng agreed to upgrade the crown to middle grade within a year and had Duanmu Qinghu wait in a guest room.
• He Pingsheng praised Old Cao’s character, then asked why he had become greedy over He Pingsheng and suggested he had deliberately become his divine slave.
• Old Cao dropped to his knees, swore his loyalty, and sat back down when He Pingsheng said he had something serious to ask.

He Pingsheng learned that the Lu Household might trace his divine gold records and endanger the He Family, so he considered how to hide its core members. Old Cao proposed secretly relocating He Pingsheng and his family to the Duanmu Household’s territory while leaving the rest of the He Family in place; He Pingsheng then returned to the Inner Sect and summoned his family and Han Houzhi.

• He Pingsheng told Old Cao, Li Canghai, and Old Diao that he had killed a Dao Lord from the Lu Household and feared they would trace him through his Nameplate records.
• Old Cao explained that records from He Pingsheng’s twenty-five cycles away had already been erased, but the Lu Household might still seek higher-level authorization to investigate.
• He Pingsheng rejected taking even a small risk and worried the Lu Household’s Forefather could eventually reach the Divine King realm.
• Old Cao proposed leaving the He Family’s disciples in place while secretly moving He Pingsheng, his relatives, and his wives to land within the Duanmu Household’s territory, where they would stop using their divine gold balances.
• He Pingsheng approved the plan, sent Old Cao to negotiate with old man Duanmu, and went with Li Canghai to the Inner Sect.
• He Pingsheng reunited with Su Zhenzhen, learned she had reached the sixth layer of the divine command realm, and asked her to gather the family and Han Houzhi.

He Pingsheng moved his family to a remote Two-Star Lineage purchased in Han Houzhi’s name, establishing the Han Household as a refuge. After a year of cultivation and formation study, he prepared to build the Earth-Ordering Baleful Entrapment Grand Array but still needed materials and a way to conceal it.

• He Pingsheng discovered Han Houzhi had never spent divine gold and used that circumstance to purchase a Two-Star Lineage in Han Houzhi’s name.
• He Pingsheng and his family traveled by Divine Boat to the remote lineage territory and renamed it the Han Household, instructing Han Houzhi to manage it discreetly.
• He Pingsheng collected everyone’s Nameplates except Han Houzhi’s and established third-grade Mountain-Guarding, Spirit-Gathering, and Divine-Sense Sealing Formations.
• He Pingsheng gave Han Houzhi supreme-grade Three-Zhang Grain to strengthen his divine sense and later distributed enhanced Three-Zhang Grain to the others.
• After one yuan of secluded cultivation, He Pingsheng raised his divine sense to the fourth layer of the Divine Command Realm and inscribed eight Formation Plates for the Earth-Ordering Baleful Entrapment Grand Array.
• He Pingsheng realized that he still needed to obtain the array’s remaining materials and find a way to keep the formation from exposing the Han Household.

He Pingsheng planned to cultivate Three-Zhang Grain and sought a fourth-grade illusion formation to conceal the array. He learned that Old Diao had arrived at the Han Household to seek refuge.

• He Pingsheng asked Han Houzhi about his progress and the Han Household’s situation, then gave him a third-grade flying sword and tasked him with buying array materials and a fourth-grade illusion formation.
• He Pingsheng gave Han Houzhi a ring containing a thousand pieces of middle-grade solid divine gold to fund the purchases.
• He Pingsheng checked on Su Zhenzhen and learned that her cultivation had reached the seventh layer of the Divine Command Realm, aided by incense offerings from the He Family.
• He Pingsheng discovered that Old Diao was managing the Han Household’s disciples and learned that he had fled there after an elder from the Lu Household beat him over a woman.

He Pingsheng learned that Luo Bingyao and Kong Jiaojiao had suffered wisdom severance, then discussed how to cultivate Three-Zhang Grain without exposing the He lineage to danger. Old Diao proposed using a Contract Divine Talisman as a solution.

• Su Zhenzhen told He Pingsheng that Luo Bingyao and Kong Jiaojiao had suffered wisdom severance, and He Pingsheng tried to accept that Luo Bingyao might cultivate the Great Dao of Incense Offerings instead.
• Su Zhenzhen said she had given Luo Bingyao materials and methods for carving a divine statue, and He Pingsheng decided to leave her to choose for herself.
• He Pingsheng visited Old Diao and explained that he had brought back Three-Zhang Grain, a divine meridian, and the means to grow the grain.
• He Pingsheng worried that sharing the Three-Zhang Grain with outer disciples would invite trouble if word spread, while treating them as servants would drive disciples away and violate cause and effect.
• Old Diao suggested that the Contract Divine Talisman could solve He Pingsheng's problem.

He Pingsheng learned how Contract Divine Talismans could bind disciples to long-term service and planned to use them to strengthen his lineage. He comforted Luo Bingyao, gave his family and disciples divine artifacts and Three-Zhang Grain, and followed Wen Buwan to the Divine Herb Valley with a middle-grade divine meridian.

• Old Diao explained how Contract Divine Talismans worked, and He Pingsheng decided to use them to arrange long-term service contracts with outer disciples.
• He Pingsheng gave Old Diao several stalks of supreme-grade third-grade Three-Zhang Grain to strengthen his divine sense.
• Luo Bingyao cried that wisdom severance had made her fear He Pingsheng would no longer value her, and he reassured her that he would always protect her.
• He Pingsheng gave Xin Baobao a supreme-grade third-grade Silent Flame, distributed divine artifacts and Three-Zhang Grain to everyone, and told them to cultivate with their current methods for now.
• Wen Buwan showed He Pingsheng the lineage's Divine Herb Valley and explained that its low-grade divine meridian could not support higher-grade herbs.
• He Pingsheng produced a middle-grade divine meridian, delighting Wen Buwan.

He Pingsheng established Divine Herb Valley with Wen Buwan and spent several hundred years strengthening the formations around his Dao Companions’ halls. Han Houzhi returned with a fourth-grade Illusion Formation and news that the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins would soon open, with Wang Dun likely among the participants.

• He Pingsheng gave Wen Buwan a middle-grade Divine Meridian, and they planted it in Divine Herb Valley and set up three layers of third-grade formations.
• He Pingsheng promised to repair the formations around Wen Buwan’s great hall and entrusted her with tending the Old He Family’s future Three-Zhang Grain.
• Over the following years, He Pingsheng set up formations for his Dao Companions, cultivated with them, and guided their children.
• Han Houzhi returned with materials for a fourth-grade Illusion Formation, which He Pingsheng welcomed.
• Han Houzhi told He Pingsheng that the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins would open in less than one yuan and that Wang Dun might take part.

He Pingsheng learned how the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins worked and planned ways to secure entry tokens while avoiding the Lu Household. After Han Houzhi left, He Pingsheng and his companions completed a fourth-grade illusion formation that concealed the He Family lineage.

• Han Houzhi explained the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins, their tiered areas, and the limited Heavenly Antiquity Tokens available in Celestial Water City.
• Han Houzhi told He Pingsheng that tokens could be won through combat selection, obtained through connections at the City Lord's Manor, or bought at auction, and that they could transport holders to and from the ruins.
• He Pingsheng instructed Han Houzhi to enter the combat selection and investigate other ways to secure tokens, hoping to obtain up to three.
• After Han Houzhi left, He Pingsheng gathered Wen Buwan, Qiao Huizhu, and Su Zhenzhen to construct a fourth-grade illusion formation over the He Family lineage.
• The formation concealed the lineage across a thousand li, allowing the group to proceed with plans for the Earth-Ordering Baleful Entrapment Grand Array.

He Pingsheng and Wen Buwan established a formation for growing Three-Zhang Grain, while the Han Household expanded and strengthened its cultivation through contracted disciples and incense offerings. After a hundred thousand years, an auction of Heavenly Antiquity Tokens began in Celestial Water City, and He Pingsheng prepared to attend.

• He Pingsheng and Wen Buwan set up an Earth-Ordering Baleful Entrapment Grand Array in Divine Herb Valley and tested how many Three-Zhang Grain stalks it could support, settling on about five thousand.
• He Pingsheng recruited Outer Disciples and offered Three-Zhang Grain to those who signed long-term Contract Divine Talismans, expanding the lineage to thousands of disciples.
• Over the following hundred thousand years, Luo Bingyao, Kong Jiaojiao, Zhou Qingmei, and several of He Pingsheng's children advanced to the Divine Command Realm.
• Han Houzhi told He Pingsheng that the City Lord's Manor was auctioning two hundred Heavenly Antiquity Tokens at the Celestial Water Commerce Association before the selection began.
• He Pingsheng decided to attend the auction and told Han Houzhi to stop buying Third Grade offensive and defensive Divine Talismans because they had enough.

He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi traveled to Celestial Water City to bid on Heavenly Antiquity Tokens at the Celestial Water Commerce Association’s open-air auction. As the auction was about to begin, a famous artifact refiner called Master Tong arrived.

• He Pingsheng refused Taizhen and Xin Baobao’s request to join him, warning that their divine gold records and real names could expose them to the Lu Household, and promised to try to obtain tokens for them.
• He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi reached Celestial Water City, and He Pingsheng disguised his appearance and cultivation before entering the auction.
• Han Houzhi paid the shopkeeper to register He Pingsheng as his divine servant, and the two took front-row seats in the crowded courtyard.
• He Pingsheng told Han Houzhi to bid decisively and try to secure a token early as the auction crowd filled the venue.
• Master Tong arrived with two beautiful women, and Han Houzhi identified him as a famous artifact refiner in Celestial Water City.

He Pingsheng ignored Master Tong’s attempts to make him surrender his front-row seat and withstood a series of divine sense attacks, surprising the artifact-forging master with his strength. Su Ya then opened the Celestial Water Commerce Association auction, which was offering two hundred Heavenly Antiquity Tokens individually.

• Han Houzhi told He Pingsheng that Master Tong was an artifact-forging fanatic with modest cultivation and a powerful divine sense.
• Master Tong stood before He Pingsheng’s seat, but He Pingsheng refused to offer it and instead saluted Master Tong and his companions before sitting back down.
• Master Tong secretly attacked He Pingsheng’s sea of consciousness several times, but He Pingsheng’s powerful divine sense resisted every strike.
• The commerce association added seats for Master Tong and his companions, and Su Ya introduced the auction’s rules and announced the first Heavenly Antiquity Token’s starting price.

He Pingsheng outbid Master Tong to secure the first two Heavenly Antiquity Tokens, then watched the remaining tokens sell for increasingly high prices. After the auction, Master Tong attacked him with divine sense, but the Heavenward Crown protected him.

• He Pingsheng bid two million for the first Heavenly Antiquity Token after Master Tong offered one million, and Su Ya warned Master Tong against threatening bidders.
• He Pingsheng bid three million for the second token after Master Tong opened at one million, and Su Ya declared it sold to him.
• He Pingsheng and Master Tong refrained from bidding on the third token at first, but Master Tong eventually won it for three million.
• The remaining Heavenly Antiquity Tokens sold for more than three million each in most cases, with the final token fetching seven million.
• After the auction, Master Tong demanded to know He Pingsheng's lineage, and He Pingsheng said he was a rogue cultivator who needed two tokens.
• Master Tong attacked He Pingsheng with a powerful divine sense strike, but the Heavenward Crown broke it apart.

He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi left the auction with two Heavenly Antiquity Tokens after Master Tong attacked He Pingsheng with his divine sense. Master Tong pursued them out of the city and confronted them, and his two companions began fighting He Pingsheng.

• Master Tong discovered that He Pingsheng's Heavenward Crown defended against divine sense attacks, while Su Ya apologized for the auction house's failure to protect him.
• He Pingsheng exchanged five hundred pieces of middle-grade divine gold for two Heavenly Antiquity Tokens and left the auction with Han Houzhi.
• Master Tong followed He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi out of Celestial Water City, intending to interrogate them and seize them if they lacked a powerful lineage.
• After pursuing them for half a day, Master Tong intercepted the pair and demanded to know their background, but Han Houzhi insisted they were rogue cultivators.
• Master Tong's two companions put on divine talismans and attacked He Pingsheng, who dodged them and sensed that they were at the first and second layers of the Divine Command Realm.