Chapter Summaries

Wang Quan refined three kinds of thunderfire seeds and learned from Qian Xiuyue that no clash had occurred between the Old Cultivation Method and the New Method. He entered the newly expanded Second-Layer World and was urged to choose the next building to clear.

• Wang Quan refined Great Yin Yin Thunder, Cold-Ice Yin Thunder, and Illusory Moon Yin Thunder, exhausting his Green Beetles in the process.
• Qian Xiuyue returned and told Wang Quan that a new building had appeared at the Drowning Dao Lower Court outpost, making the Second-Layer World safer for Yin Spirits.
• Qian Xiuyue explained that the Old Cultivation Method and the New Method had not clashed, and said her relationship with Zhao Hongyi had only partly improved.
• Wang Quan entered the crowded Second-Layer World and visited the Scripture Repository, where cultivators praised his People-Crossing Scripture.
• The cultivators asked Wang Quan to choose which building they would clear next, saying his scripture and work on the third building made him the most qualified.

Wang Quan and a physical-body cultivator investigated the Cafeteria, where its ghostly gatekeepers barred entry and attacked them. Wang Quan used the People-Crossing Scripture to torment one gatekeeper until it died, leaving the Cafeteria’s interior unexplored.

• Wang Quan chose the Cafeteria as the next building to investigate, and a scout reported that its powerful evil entities forced Yin Spirits to eat or be slaughtered.
• Wang Quan and a physical-body cultivator went to the Cafeteria, where its ghost-faced doors demanded Green Beetles and refused to let Wang Quan enter.
• The physical-body cultivator’s fierce flame and a Yin Spirit’s yin fire failed to harm the gatekeeper, which mocked them and accused Wang Quan of killing the general.
• Wang Quan recited the People-Crossing Scripture repeatedly, binding and beating the right-door ghost face until it agreed to open the door.
• Wang Quan repeatedly shut the door after the gatekeeper opened it, and the gatekeeper cursed him before dying.

Wang Quan and the cultivator who had descended in his true body entered a cafeteria full of powerful Evil dishes and began crossing them over with the People-Crossing Scripture. After Wang Quan eliminated the cafeteria’s roast chicken, a fat humanoid Evil arrived and challenged his claims about helping the dead.

• Wang Quan crossed over the ghost face guarding the cafeteria door, then entered with the other cultivator while the Yin Spirits were left outside.
• Wang Quan used Great Yin Yin Thunder to blast the Evil dishes and, with the cultivator’s help, restrained and crossed over a roast chicken.
• Wang Quan decided to clear the cafeteria despite the Evils’ strength, believing the Second-Layer World would grant greater rewards.
• A fat humanoid Evil arrived carrying an iron wok and ladle, and the cultivator warned Wang Quan that it was as strong as the Great Tomb general.
• Wang Quan claimed that the Great Tomb general had willingly asked to be crossed over and urged the fat man to accept his help.
• The fat man said only he and the Great Tomb general retained memories of their lives, while the other beings had none.

Wang Quan and a cultivator discovered that the Cafeteria became far more dangerous when Wang Quan entered, so they coordinated an effort to cleanse it from inside and out. After earning fifty points of yin virtue, Wang Quan resumed his cultivation and planned to test the Yang Qi Furnace spell after daybreak.

• The Cafeteria's evil delicacies attacked Wang Quan and the cultivator, forcing them to retreat before they were overwhelmed.
• Wang Quan proposed cleansing the Cafeteria's exterior by reciting scripture over its doors, windows, and pillars while the cultivator weakened its evil beings from within.
• Wang Quan bound a Malformed Great Dragon on a pillar with the People-Crossing Scripture, while the cultivator found the Cafeteria was weaker when Wang Quan was not inside.
• Cultivators carved Daoist Scriptures into the Cafeteria's doors and pillars and reinforced them with Dharma Power as attacks from within dimmed their light.
• Wang Quan returned to his body with fifty points of yin virtue, practiced the Moon-Gathering Cultivation Method, and planned to try the Yang Qi Furnace spell after daybreak.

Wang Quan rented a hundred pairs of kidneys to accelerate his cultivation of the [Yang Qi Furnace] spell. After attaching them with [Parting Chaos], he began weaving furnaces around each pair, leaving Qian Xiuyue and the spirit monsters shocked and suspicious.

• Wang Quan stored his gathered purple qi for later use and asked the Round-Faced Daoist Nun to rent him kidneys.
• The Round-Faced Daoist Nun arranged delivery of a hundred pairs of ordinary kidneys, and Wang Quan began practicing the [Yang Qi Furnace] spell on his own kidneys.
• A Red-Crowned Crane delivered the kidneys and collected a thousand Green Fly Coins for the delivery.
• Qian Xiuyue and the spirit monsters teased Wang Quan, who insisted he was practicing a spell.
• Wang Quan enlarged the delivery jar, attached the hundred pairs of kidneys with [Parting Chaos], and wove furnaces around them.

Wang Quan found that [Yang Qi Furnace] steadily strengthened his body when he merged it with rented kidneys, so he sold a strand of [Bright Moon Mana] and ordered at least a thousand pairs each day. The Round-Faced Daoist Nun discovered that the kidneys he returned were unusually healthy, leaving her and the Thin-Waisted Daoist wondering whether Wang Quan had even used them.

• Wang Quan tested [Yang Qi Furnace] with the rented kidneys and felt it steadily strengthen his organs and tissues.
• Wang Quan decided to keep cultivating the spell and asked the Round-Faced Daoist Nun to sell a strand of [Bright Moon Mana] and supply at least a thousand pairs of kidneys daily.
• The Round-Faced Daoist Nun recruited kidney suppliers, while the Thin-Waisted Daoist initially resisted supplying all his stock to Wang Quan.
• The Red-Crowned Crane delivered Wang Quan's returned kidneys and his stored strand of [Bright Moon Mana] to the Miscellaneous Goods Hall.
• The Thin-Waisted Daoist inspected the kidneys and found them healthy and ready to use again, prompting the Round-Faced Daoist Nun to wonder whether Wang Quan had used them at all.

Wang Quan expanded his kidney rental operation to ten thousand pairs while the Round-Faced Daoist Nun negotiated supplies and discussed buying or cultivating kidneys. Meanwhile, Qian Xiuyue’s Manor was completed, and she invited Wang Quan to a banquet where he could meet other cultivators.

• The Round-Faced Daoist Nun negotiated lower rental prices, and Wang Quan agreed to rent a thousand pairs of kidneys for at least ten days.
• Wang Quan increased his rentals until ten thousand pairs of kidneys reached his attachment limit, then asked the Round-Faced Daoist Nun to watch for cheap kidneys to buy.
• The Round-Faced Daoist Nun asked whether Wang Quan would sell his kidney-preserving spell, but he directed interested cultivators to the Drowning Dao Lower Court’s transmission halls.
• Qian Xiuyue’s Manor was completed after the conflict between the New Method and the Old Cultivation Method eased and Qian Xiuyue and Zhao Hongyi agreed to cooperate.
• Qian Xiuyue invited Wang Quan to a banquet, explaining that cultivators from the Lower Court would attend and could help one another.

Wang Quan strengthened his body with [Yang Qi Furnace], ended his kidney rental arrangement, and agreed to ask Qian Xiuyue about positions at Seven Maidens Mountain Manor. At the lavish banquet, he encountered Wu Yong but refused to join him at the table, choosing to enjoy the festivities alone.

• Wang Quan expanded [Yang Qi Furnace] across his body and concluded that buying kidneys would be more cost-effective than renting them or purchasing spirit herbs.
• Wang Quan told the Round-Faced Daoist Nun he no longer needed to rent kidneys, and she arranged for the Red-Crowned Crane to collect ten thousand pairs.
• The Round-Faced Daoist Nun asked Wang Quan to seek positions at Seven Maidens Mountain Manor for young people from her lineage, and he agreed to ask Qian Xiuyue.
• Cultivators and spirit monsters arrived at Seven Maidens Mountain for the banquet, where Wang Quan watched the elaborate performances and feasts from a quiet corner.
• Wu Yong questioned why Wang Quan had no seat and invited him to join the middle-tier table, but Wang Quan declined so he could enjoy the banquet on his own.

Wang Quan attended the Star Alliance’s opening banquet but remained distant from its revelry, while Qian Xiuyue challenged Wu Yong’s assumptions about him. After arranging places for ten people from Wang Quan’s friend’s lineage, Wang Quan entered the second-layer world to continue cleansing the cafeteria carvings as the retreat activated its vast star array.

• Wu Yong complained that Wang Quan had refused his banquet invitation, and Qian Xiuyue told him that his arrogance about choosing Wang Quan’s cultivation method had caused the distance between them.
• Wu Yong searched the banquet and found Wang Quan among the upper-tier guests, where Wang Quan drank quietly amid the festivities.
• Qian Xiuyue agreed that Wang Quan’s friend could send ten people to the retreat, without preferential treatment for them.
• Wang Quan told Qian Xiuyue he would enter the second-layer world rather than cultivate that night, and she warned him that doing so cost him cultivation time.
• The Seven Maidens Mountain Retreat raised 365 banners to activate the All-Heaven Starry Array, drawing starlight from surrounding mountains.
• Wang Quan continued cleansing carvings in the second-layer world, finding that permanent cleansing took more recitations but yielded greater rewards.

Wang Quan steadily studied the Daoist Scriptures and cultivated while handling work in the Second-Layer World, bringing his Yin Spirit close to the Yang Spirit realm. He explained the value of scripture study to Ying Jiaren and her companion, then left the boy yearning for the lavish life of cultivators’ Manors.

• Wang Quan returned to the Scripture Repository, passed another volume’s examination, and told Ying Jiaren and her companion that the Daoist Scriptures were important.
• Wang Quan told the Round-Faced Daoist Nun about Qian Xiuyue’s agreement and declined her offer to take him to Fairy Qin.
• Wang Quan spent the following weeks studying scriptures, gathering qi, refining Dharma Power, clearing evil, and helping the Officiant Daoist Nun and Dream Nun with ceremonies.
• The Officiant Daoist Nun and Dream Nun told Wang Quan they had paid over five hundred thousand Green Beetles to escape the Blissful Union House, and asked him to help settle the score someday.
• Wang Quan checked his First-Rank Dao Seal and found that his Yin Spirit was nearing the Yang Spirit realm, but he decided to wait before seeking Heavenly Opportunity.
• Ying Jiaren and her companion asked Wang Quan about cultivators’ Manors, and he confirmed that their banquets were even more lavish than they had heard.