Chapter Summaries

The fat boy took Qi Tian to Great Confucian Scholar Hong Qingquan’s lecture to keep him entertained, but Qi Tian argued with Hong Qingquan until he vomited blood and fainted. The fat boy fled the academy with Qi Tian and decided to return him to Meal Ticket Boss, while still trying to keep her disguise secret.

• Qi Tian knocked Zhang Tiezui unconscious for telling a misleading story, then exposed the fat boy’s disguise and kept her talking.
• The fat boy brought Qi Tian to Hong Qingquan’s lecture at Qingquan Confucian Academy, where Qi Tian listened with unusual interest.
• The fat boy left Qi Tian with guards and went shopping around Jade Capital City.
• A guard rushed to tell the fat boy that Qi Tian had argued with Hong Qingquan, who had vomited blood and fainted.
• The fat boy returned to Qingquan Confucian Academy, grabbed Qi Tian, and fled with him before deciding to take him back to Ren Family and hand him over to Meal Ticket Boss.

Ren Jie quieted Tian Yi by copying a mysterious character from the Sage Dao Discussion Realm, and Tian Yi became absorbed in studying it. The next day, Tian Yi’s avatar had advanced in realm, and Ren Jie gave him more characters to study as they headed to the Spirit Jade Essence Auction House.

• Fatty complained that Tian Yi had angered Zhang Tiezui and Hong Qingquan by correcting them, leaving one unconscious and the other with his teeth knocked out.
• Ren Jie recalled the fleeting words in the Sage Dao Discussion Realm and copied an unfamiliar character for Tian Yi.
• Tian Yi stared at the character in silence while Fatty tried unsuccessfully to get his attention.
• The next day, Tian Yi’s aura and realm improved, and the paper he had been holding shattered.
• Ren Jie gave Tian Yi several more copied characters to study in the Spirit Beast Carriage on their way to the Spirit Jade Essence Auction House.

Fang Tianen and Fang Qi learned that Ren Jie had ended negotiations over the captured Fang Family members, while Ren Jie went to the Spirit Jade Essence Auction House and announced he would auction them. Li Rou was left stunned by his request.

• Fang Tianen drove away the two negotiators and discussed with Fang Qi how the Fang Family should respond to Ren Jie's threat to auction its captured members.
• Fang Qi said the Fang Family should negotiate slowly rather than storm the Ren Family, and planned to visit the Spirit Jade Essence Auction House the next day.
• Ren Jie arrived at the Spirit Jade Essence Auction House with Fatty and his Guard Squad and entered the Ren Family's permanent private room.
• Li Rou, an Intermediate Appraiser and manager, welcomed Ren Jie and agreed to consider his last-minute request to auction something.
• Ren Jie said he wanted to auction the Fang Family's Third Elder, five Divine Power Realm cultivators, and twenty True Qi Realm cultivators, starting at one Jade Coin.

Ren Jie proposed auctioning Fang Yuesong and his twenty-five men at the Spirit Jade Essence Auction House, then showed Head Manager Zhuge Xi a damaged Jade Slip containing an incomplete ancient cultivation method. Zhuge Xi recognized its immense value, and Li Rou realized the method could attract powerful bidders even as Ren Jie prepared to sell it.

• Ren Jie asked Li Rou to summon the Head Manager so he could arrange an auction for Fang Yuesong and his men.
• While waiting, Ren Jie teased Fatty about Li Rou, and Fatty playfully grabbed him by the neck.
• Zhuge Xi arrived and began to explain that the auction house generally did not auction people or handle feuds between the Five Great Families.
• Ren Jie showed Zhuge Xi a damaged Jade Slip recovered from Fang Yuesong's Storage Ring, and Zhuge Xi reacted with intense excitement.
• Ren Jie explained that the Jade Slip contained an incomplete ancient Mind-Cleansing Soul-Solidifying Method and said he had prepared one copy for each of the twenty-six captives.
• Li Rou realized the method could draw enormous bids from powerful cultivators but was astonished that Ren Jie intended to auction it.

Ren Jie persuaded Zhuge Xi to auction a cultivation technique alongside the Fang Family captives, and Zhuge Xi arranged a series of sales during the Empress Dowager’s Birthday Celebration. As Fang Qi admired Lan Tian’s gift, the auction began by offering ten True Qi Realm cultivators, shocking the crowd.

• Ren Jie explained the value of the cultivation technique to Zhuge Xi and gave him a separate copy, prompting Zhuge Xi to agree to arrange the auction.
• Zhuge Xi decided to limit the technique to three to five buyers and ordered Li Rou to organize five auction rounds for the Fang Family captives.
• Fang Qi received and wore the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl sent by Lan Tian, while Lu Qing praised Lan Tian’s coming achievements.
• A maid reported that the auction’s planned items had not included Ren Jie’s announcement, and Fang Qi said she did not care about the captives remaining with him.
• A Senior Auctioneer took the stage and announced that ten powerful True Qi Realm cultivators would be auctioned, leaving the audience stunned and protesting.

Ren Jie auctioned ten captured Fang Family members alongside an ancient soul-condensing technique, turning the sale into a fierce contest among the great families. The technique sold for 26,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Jade, while Fang Qi and the other bidders were left scrambling to respond.

• The auctioneer revealed that the ten True Qi Realm captives were Fang Family members, and Fang Qi recognized Ren Jie’s role in the auction.
• The auctioneer set a starting price of 5,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Jade and announced an ancient technique found on Fang Yuesong that could help cultivators calm their minds and condense their souls.
• Gao Peng and Fang Yan realized the technique could help them break through and decided to pursue it, while Fang Qi ordered her family to be notified.
• Bidders rapidly raised the price as Fang Qi weighed whether the Fang Family could afford to compete.
• The auctioneer sold the technique and the ten captives for 26,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Jade, leaving Fatty breathless with nervous relief.

Ren Jie’s auction of Fang Family captives and Memory Spirit Jade drove fierce bidding, while he warned his companions that the windfall could not be repeated safely. The final auction began with Ren Jie opening at thirty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Jade, stunning the crowd and leaving the bidders to wonder whether he was raising his own price.

• Ren Jie told Fatty that the auction scheme could only be used once and warned that repeated sales would draw dangerous attention to the Ren Family.
• The auction sold more Fang Family captives and Memory Spirit Jade, and the Senior Auctioneer announced Fang Yuesong and the original ancient Jade Slip as the final lot.
• Fang Yan and Gao Peng discussed why the Fang Family would have to bid for Fang Yuesong, and Fang Qi learned that her family had decided to buy him back.
• The second-to-last batch sold for twenty-four thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Jade before the Senior Auctioneer opened bidding on Fang Yuesong and the Jade Slip.
• Ren Jie placed the first bid at thirty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Jade, shocking the auction hall and prompting speculation that he was driving up his own price.

Ren Jie outbid Fang Qi for the Jade Slip and Fang Yuesong, then used recorded secrets to force her to surrender the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl. He left with the pearl after Fang Qi agreed to his demands.

• Fang Qi bid against Ren Jie for the Jade Slip and Fang Yuesong, raising the price to thirty-eight thousand one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Jade.
• Ren Jie stopped bidding and left Fang Qi to win the auction, then taunted her as she emerged from her private room.
• Ren Jie demanded ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Jade in exchange for recordings about Fang Qi and Fang Yuesong, and Fang Qi agreed.
• Ren Jie also demanded the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl, threatening to expose private recordings of Fang Qi.
• Fang Qi reluctantly removed the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl and handed it over to Ren Jie.

Ren Jie secured the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl from Fang Qi and collected the auction proceeds, while Fang Qi realized she had been deceived and Lu Qing set out to kill Ren Jie. The chapter left Fang Qi uneasy as Lu Qing disappeared underground on his way to Ren Jie.

• Ren Jie exchanged Memory Spirit Jades for Fang Qi's Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl, then collected one hundred and eighteen thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Jade from Zhuge Xi.
• Yu Ren Long took a Memory Spirit Jade and left, while Yu Cheng carried the exhausted Yu Wu Shuang back to Bright Jade Mountain Manor's branch.
• Fang Qi discovered that Ren Jie had tricked her and crushed the Memory Spirit Jades in anger.
• Lu Qing vowed to retrieve the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl and kill Ren Jie, despite Fang Qi warning him not to act rashly.
• Lu Qing used the Five Elements Evasion Armor to sink into the ground, while Fang Qi ordered her Maids to keep silent and worried about his mission.

Ren Jie prepared to detoxify Sixth Aunt Yun Feng'er, estimating her chances of survival at over seventy percent, while the city reacted to the fortune he had won at auction. Elsewhere, Chang Lao Si consolidated his growing gambling house and was confronted by a mysterious floating man.

• Ren Jie returned to Sixth Uncle Ren Tianzong and said he was ready to treat Yun Feng'er, giving her a recovery chance of more than seventy percent.
• Ren Jie examined Yun Feng'er, modified the protective formations, and joined Fatty in preparing and fusing the medicines.
• The Jade Capital City buzzed over Ren Jie's auction of Fang Family members and his enormous Spirit Jade earnings.
• Chang Lao Si's expanded Chang Le Gambling House grew stronger, and he broke through to Divine Power Realm Great Perfection.
• A fast intruder broke through the Chang Le Gambling House's outer formations, and a floating middle-aged man appeared before Chang Lao Si.

Feng Bugui boasted to Chang Lao Si that he had mortgaged his businesses to buy an ancient cultivation technique, while Chang Lao Si knew the technique was a simplified version of Ren Jie's work. At the same time, Fang Yuesong died after recounting his capture, and Ren Jie began treating Yun Feng'er, suppressing the dangerous reactions in her body.

• Feng Bugui visited Chang Lao Si and bragged that he had bought an ancient technique by mortgaging all his businesses, believing it would let him break through to the Yin Yang Realm.
• Chang Lao Si watched Feng Bugui leave and realized that the technique he had bought was a simplified version of one Ren Jie had created for him.
• Fang Tianen and the Fang Family elders questioned Fang Yuesong about being captured by Tong Qiang and Ren Jie's guards, and Fang Yuesong died after finishing his account.
• Ren Jie began feeding Yun Feng'er carefully prepared potions while Fatty watched and Ren Tianzong anxiously observed.
• As Yun Feng'er's symptoms changed, Ren Jie countered them with different potions until a violent force erupted inside her, and he began suppressing the formation within her body.

Ren Jie’s treatment of Yun Feng'er awakened a Gu King hidden in her body, forcing him to devise a way to save her before the cold marrow’s restraint wore off. After learning that Yun Feng'er carried Ancient Demon blood and had once been powerful, he planned to have her use her own strength to gradually melt the still-unawakened Gu King.

• Ren Jie and Fatty gradually eased Yun Feng'er's condition with repeated antidote doses, and she began to stir and speak.
• Ren Jie sensed a Gu King surging toward Yun Feng'er's head, while Ren Tianzong sealed her blood vessels and acupoints above the shoulders.
• Ren Jie used Heavenly Profound Cold Marrow from the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl to suppress the Gu King, which Fatty said would hold for about three hours.
• Ren Jie explained that killing the Gu King externally would also endanger Yun Feng'er unless Ren Tianzong reached the Taiji Realm.
• Ren Tianzong revealed that Yun Feng'er had half Ancient Demon blood and had once been stronger than he was.
• Ren Jie proposed restoring Yun Feng'er's power so she could circulate it and gradually melt the Gu King from within.

Ren Jie used the Sage Dao Discussion and the Spirit Jade Essence Pearl to kill the Gu King inside Yun Feng'er and restore her power. The Pearl’s power triggered a dramatic breakthrough in Ren Jie’s cultivation and divine sense, and as he examined his companions, he discovered something strange beneath his courtyard.

• Ren Jie studied Yun Feng'er’s technique and used her own power to form arrays that restrained the Gu King, while the weakening Heavenly Profound Cold Marrow and the creature’s strength put her in danger.
• Ren Jie poured power from the Spirit Jade Essence Pearl into the Sage Dao Discussion, shattered the Gu King’s head with his divine sense, and used Yun Feng'er’s formations to absorb its stolen power back into her.
• Ren Jie told Sixth Uncle to unseal the Heavenly Profound Cold Marrow so Yun Feng'er could control her restored power, and his own strength surged to the seventh layer of the True Qi Realm.
• Ren Jie used his temporarily heightened divine sense to examine Tong Qiang, Xie Jian, Tie Ta, Xiao Niao, and the others, and noticed that Qi Tian briefly opened his eyes before returning to contemplation.
• As Ren Jie’s divine sense withdrew, he detected an unknown object fused with the stones underground in his courtyard.

Ren Jie discovered a terrifying demon core sealed inside the Spirit Jade Essence Pearl, and Sixth Master Ren Tianzong struggled to contain its spreading demonic aura. Yun Feng'er awoke enough to help suppress it, and Ren Tianzong flew away from Jade Capital City with the remaining dangerous aura.

• Ren Jie branded a Divine Sense Imprint on the hidden person in the stone, then the pearl in his Storage Ring erupted with a terrifying consciousness.
• Ren Tianzong released the Heavenly Profound Cold Marrow, and Yun Feng'er opened her eyes before closing them to circulate her power.
• Ren Jie took out the Spirit Jade Essence Pearl and learned that it held a sealed demon core whose growing aura threatened to draw people from across the world.
• Ren Jie urged Ren Tianzong to abandon the pearl and its dangerous aura, but Yun Feng'er spoke and released a blood drop that weakened the demon qi.
• Ren Jie used the blood to suppress the demon core and repair its seal, while Ren Tianzong flew beyond Jade Capital City to discard the remaining baleful aura.

Ren Jie sealed the dangerous Heavenly Demon Core with Sixth Aunt’s blood and confirmed that Yun Feng'er was recovering. After a demon aura drew powerful beings toward Jade Capital City, Ren Jie left to attend to another matter while Fatty stayed behind to prepare medicine.

• Ren Jie finished sealing the Heavenly Demon Core, and Fatty examined it before returning it to him.
• A fierce demon aura erupted outside Jade Capital City, and Ren Jie warned that powerful demons and experts would soon search the area.
• Ren Jie described the Gu King to Fatty and explained that Sixth Aunt’s recovery left excess power that could help Sixth Uncle recover.
• Ren Tianzong urged Ren Jie to stay safe and offered to protect him, while Ren Jie decided to leave briefly and asked Fatty to prepare medicine for Yun Feng'er.
• Ren Jie departed the Primeval Forest, moving faster than before with his strengthened body and power.

Ren Jie used the array at his residence to ambush Lu Qing, who had been lying in wait to assassinate him, and tracked the wounded attacker as he fled underground. Lu Qing reached an Imperial Palace estate, but another assailant struck him before he could recover.

• Ren Jie ordered the guards away and activated the residence array, blasting Lu Qing and leaving him gravely injured.
• Lu Qing used the Five Elements Evasion Armor to flee underground, while Ren Jie followed him by means of a Divine Sense Imprint.
• Lu Qing raced beneath Jade Capital City, took Medicine Pills, and hid in a deserted Imperial Palace estate.
• Lu Qing emerged in a palace room, concealed the Five Elements Evasion Armor, and tried to tend to his injuries.
• A sudden gust and immense pressure struck Lu Qing before he could react.

Ren Jie cornered Lu Qing, repeatedly interrupting his attempts to escape with the Five Elements Evasion Armor and using a false claim about Ren Tianxing to unsettle him. Lu Qing revealed his loyalty to a powerful master before igniting his own body, leaving Ren Jie without answers about the man behind him.

• Ren Jie struck Lu Qing before he could activate the Five Elements Evasion Armor, then pursued him through the rooms and repeatedly knocked him down.
• Lu Qing released Blood Poison Needles, but Ren Jie sensed and evaded them with the Indestructible Body of the Vajra.
• Ren Jie deduced that Lu Qing was preparing a final gamble and falsely claimed that Ren Tianxing had marked him with a Taiji Realm Divine Sense Imprint.
• Lu Qing believed the mark proved Ren Tianxing had been tracking him, then paused while channeling mana into the demon core in his hand.
• Ren Jie struck Lu Qing in the heart, and Lu Qing declared that his master was stronger than Ren Tianxing before igniting himself and bursting into flames.

Ren Jie killed Lu Qing, took the Five Elements Evasion Armor, and left a false earth-shattering secret for Lu Qing to carry back to Lan Tian’s people. He returned to find Yun Feng'er recovered and showed her the unusual demon core sealed inside the Spirit Jade Essence Pearl.

• Ren Jie collected Lu Qing’s belongings and ensured that Lu Qing died believing Ren Tianxing was secretly involved.
• A jade token linked to Lu Qing shattered in Lan Tian’s Heavenly Courtyard, and a messenger left to report his death.
• Fang Qi learned Lu Qing had been killed and collapsed under the shock and accumulated humiliation.
• Ren Jie examined the Shapeshifting Great Demon’s core and the Five Elements Evasion Armor, then headed to Sixth Uncle’s residence.
• Ren Jie found Yun Feng'er recovered and greeted her, while she promised him a grand gift and offered to help deal with his enemies.
• Ren Jie showed Yun Feng'er the Spirit Jade Essence Pearl and asked whether she recognized the demon core sealed inside it.

Ren Jie directed Yun Feng'er in reforging the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl into a dazzling ornament for the Empress Dowager's birthday, transforming it from a defensive magical treasure into a luxurious showpiece. Yun Feng'er and the fatty were astonished by the result, while Ren Jie offered to make Yun Feng'er a matching set once she recovered.

• Yun Feng'er and Sixth Master Ren Tianzong warned Ren Jie to keep the demon core safe and reminded him that he needed a valuable birthday gift for the Empress Dowager.
• Ren Jie revealed the lusterless Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl and said he would reforge it, despite Sixth Master Ren Tianzong's doubts about finishing in time.
• Ren Jie instructed Yun Feng'er to use her flame-control talent to remove much of the Nebula Cold Iron and reshape the pearl into a hollow, ornamental design.
• Yun Feng'er completed the reforging under Ren Jie's guidance, creating a radiant Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl that impressed everyone present.
• Ren Jie explained that the new piece had sacrificed its defensive power for beauty, then offered to make Yun Feng'er a matching jewelry set after her recovery.

After curing Sixth Aunt, Ren Jie teased Dead Fatty over her desire for a set of accessories before returning home to cultivate. A pulse from the demon core in his Storage Ring revealed signs of life, and a vicious aura surged toward his divine sense.

• Yun Feng'er admired the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl as Ren Jie described more accessories, then Ren Jie left with Dead Fatty to give Yun Feng'er and her husband time alone.
• Ren Jie offered Dead Fatty a set of accessories, but she denied wanting them and grew distressed when he dropped the offer.
• Ren Jie returned to his room and circulated the Jade Emperor Art, sensing his powerful True Qi and his ability to fight opponents far above his realm.
• The demon core wrapped in Spirit Jade Essence began pulsing inside Ren Jie's Storage Ring, forcing him to take it out and investigate.
• Ren Jie sensed a calm heartbeat-like rhythm within the core, then a vicious aura erupted and attacked his divine sense.