Chapter Summaries

After narrowly missing Foundation Establishment, Xiao Hua and his companions escaped their buried cave and continued toward Mingxi. As Xun Shu revealed why their destination and purpose had to remain secret, Xiao Hua accepted their caution, and Qian Diheng promised to give him first chance at whatever opportunity they found.

• Xun Shu, Kun Feiyan, and Qian Diheng advanced their cultivation but failed to establish their foundations, and Xiao Hua encouraged them to see their progress as a fortunate opportunity.
• Xiao Hua and the others used Earth Evasion Talismans to escape the debris-buried cave and flew north after the storm passed.
• Xiao Hua gained a new insight into the relationship between the transformations of Heaven and Earth and the Heavenly Dao, then became more diligent in his cultivation while traveling.
• After more than a month of winding travel, Xiao Hua asked Xun Shu why they were taking detours toward Mingxi, and Xun Shu explained that their destination and purpose were known to very few Thunder Control Sect members.
• Xiao Hua accepted the need for secrecy, and Qian Diheng promised to yield him the first opportunity in Mingxi, but Xiao Hua declined to claim it ahead of chance.

Xiao Hua and his companions flew to Weeping Moon City, where Qian Diheng revealed that he had chosen the city because it contained an artifact-refining business that could upgrade magical artifacts. They reached the city and learned about its powerful stone formations before entering its open perimeter.

• Xun Shu told Xiao Hua that Weeping Moon City lay north, and the group changed course to head there.
• Qian Diheng secretly told Xiao Hua about a Weeping Moon City shop that could refine magical artifacts and even magic treasures, accepting spirit stones, artifacts, or pills as payment.
• Xiao Hua declined to spend his pills because he was saving them for foundation establishment.
• Qian Diheng explained that Weeping Moon City was protected by the Hundred Evolution Giant Stone Formation and the Ten Thousand Layer Stone Wave Formation.
• The group descended upon reaching the city’s no-fly zone and approached its gaps between the giant stones, while Xiao Hua considered the city’s formations.

Xiao Hua and his companions entered Weeping Moon City and discovered its bustling streets were protected by a powerful illusion array. A dispute over a Spirit Camel carriage escalated until Xiao Hua subdued the beast with his bare hands, and the group left in another carriage while the cultivators who had challenged them went back into a shop.

• Xiao Hua detected a subtle barrier while passing through Weeping Moon City’s gate and realized the city’s apparent crowds outside were illusions created by an array.
• Qian Diheng called for a Spirit Camel carriage, but a group of cultivators from a nearby shop boarded it first and refused to give way.
• The carriage driver sided with the first passenger, and Qian Diheng revealed that he and his companions belonged to the Thunder Control Sect.
• Xiao Hua seized the Spirit Camel’s halter and forced the powerful beast to the ground, causing its passengers to jump down.
• The cultivators returned to the shop to look for Senior Brother Chang, while Xun Shu restrained Qian Diheng from following them.
• Xiao Hua pointed out another carriage, and Qian Diheng and Kun Feiyan boarded it instead.

Xiao Hua arrived in Weeping Moon City with Qian Diheng and Xun Shu, learned about the upcoming Bidding Convention, and considered getting his defensive magic treasures reforged. He left the inn to seek an artifact-refining shop and chose Luan's Shop after hearing Fan Ye recommend it, while another cultivator urged him to visit Seven Wonders Sect.

• Qian Diheng booked rooms for the group, and Xun Shu told Xiao Hua that a Bidding Convention would take place in three days.
• Xun Shu mentioned the Lotus-Leaning Green Fruit, and Xiao Hua considered whether it could benefit his unusual cultivation progress.
• Xiao Hua asked Qian Diheng about reforging his defensive magic treasures, and Qian Diheng said he would scout the place first.
• Xiao Hua studied an artifact-refining jade slip in his room before leaving the inn to look for shops.
• Fan Ye recommended Luan's Shop, while a cultivator promoted Seven Wonders Sect; Xiao Hua chose Luan's Shop and gave Fan Ye a spirit stone.
• A faint point of light appeared within Xiao Hua's Buddha Sarira without his noticing.

Xiao Hua visited Luan's Shop on Fan Ye's recommendation and triggered a powerful Five Elements fire while inspecting a peacock-shaped object. Luan Han identified it as the Luan family's Lingmou Zhu Fire and explained that its inheritance had mostly been lost.

• Xiao Hua disguised himself before entering the remote Luan's Shop and found Luan Jianming asleep behind the counter.
• Xiao Hua examined the shop's materials and reached for a peacock-shaped object in a compartment.
• Five sparks from the counter merged into a powerful fireball, which Xiao Hua contained after his Ice Seal incantation failed to extinguish it.
• Luan Jianming woke, mistook Xiao Hua for a thief, and then bowed after recognizing him as a senior.
• Luan Han arrived, welcomed Xiao Hua as Fan Ye's referral, and identified the fireball as the Luan family's Lingmou Zhu Fire.

Xiao Hua bought artifact-refining materials from Luan Han and asked whether the Luan family’s inherited Lingmou Zhu Fire could refine an unusually heavy material that resisted spiritual sense. He entered the rear courtyard to consult Luan Han’s martial uncle, while a passing cultivator briefly mistook him for someone she had known as Xiao Hua.

• Xiao Hua rejected Luan Han’s toy peacock and bought several portions of every artifact-refining material in the shop, paying more than Luan Han requested.
• Xiao Hua described his grandmaster’s strange material, and Luan Han suggested that the Luan family’s Lingmou Zhu Fire might be able to refine it.
• Xiao Hua agreed to meet Luan Han’s martial uncle, and identified himself as Zhang Hua.
• Three cultivators entered Luan’s Shop after Xiao Hua left; one of the women thought his back resembled Xiao Hua’s, then dismissed the possibility that he had survived.
• Luan Han brought Xiao Hua to meet his early Foundation Establishment martial uncle, who had agreed to hear the question about the Golden Core elder’s material.

Xiao Hua sought Luan Qing’s advice on refining the Prajna Heavy Sword, and learned it might require Demon Realm methods, a heart-refining technique, or a perfected Lingmou Zhu Fire. He tried to trade his Samadhi True Fire art for the Luan family’s fire art and, as Luan Qing remained unconvinced, brought out another item to sweeten the offer.

• Xiao Hua introduced himself to Luan Qing and asked whether the Lingmou Zhu Fire could temper his grandmaster’s strange, heavy object.
• Luan Qing demonstrated the weakened Lingmou Zhu Fire and said the material likely required demonic fire or Demon Realm artifact-refining methods, though a heart-refining method might also work.
• Xiao Hua asked Luan Qing to trade the Lingmou Zhu Fire art, but Luan Qing initially refused to share the Luan family inheritance.
• Xiao Hua revealed that he possessed Samadhi True Fire and offered its fire art in exchange, but Luan Qing doubted its value for artifact refining.
• Xiao Hua argued that his complete Samadhi True Fire art was worth the trade and took out another item to add to his offer.

Xiao Hua traded a thousand-year-old Mother-Child Spirit Fruit and the Samadhi True Fire art with Luan Qing for the Luan family’s Lingmou Zhu Fire art. After realizing the art required a fire seed, Xiao Hua received a five-colored flame from Luan Qing, who then explained that the Luan family’s fire seeds had weakened over generations.

• Xiao Hua offered Luan Qing a thousand-year-old Mother-Child Spirit Fruit in exchange for the Lingmou Zhu Fire art.
• Luan Qing considered attacking Xiao Hua but abandoned the idea and traded the Lingmou Zhu Fire art for Xiao Hua’s Samadhi True Fire art.
• Xiao Hua discovered that Lingmou Zhu Fire required a fire seed and realized the art alone was of little use.
• Luan Qing gave Xiao Hua a five-colored fire seed, which Xiao Hua drew into his body.
• Luan Qing explained that the Luan family’s Lingmou Zhu Fire had once been immensely powerful but had weakened as its fire seeds became weaker and more mixed.

Xiao Hua left Luan's Shop after learning about the Lingmou Zhu Fire and discovered Xiao Xianrui there with Jiang Li and a Foundation Establishment cultivator. When Jiang Li cruelly accused Xiao Xianrui of wasting the Hundred Herbs Sect's resources and hinted that she had come to meet Xiao Hua, a sudden slap stunned everyone in the shop.

• Xiao Hua reflected on Luan's explanation of the Lingmou Zhu Fire as he left Luan's Shop.
• Xiao Hua recognized Xiao Xianrui and Jiang Li outside the shop, along with a Foundation Establishment cultivator who stared at Xiao Xianrui.
• Luan Han warmly greeted Xiao Hua and traded sharp words with Jiang Li over his praise of Xiao Hua's generosity.
• Jiang Li accused Xiao Xianrui of coming to Weeping Moon City to find someone and suggested that person was Xiao Hua.
• Jiang Li insulted Xiao Xianrui for failing to reach Foundation Establishment after the Hundred Herbs Sect had spent resources raising her cultivation.
• A sudden disturbance in the shop's spiritual energy was followed by a crisp slap that left everyone stunned.

Xiao Hua confronted Yue Cong and Jiang Li in Luan's Shop, then left after giving Xiao Xianrui a peacock toy. Yue Cong secretly marked Xiao Hua and planned to take revenge once he left Weeping Moon City, while Xiao Hua searched unsuccessfully for the mark.

• Xiao Hua slapped Jiang Li and warned Yue Cong that he was a disciple of the Thunder Control Sect, prompting Yue Cong to withdraw his pressure and apologize.
• Xiao Hua introduced himself as Zhang Hua, exchanged greetings with Yue Cong, Jiang Li, and Xiao Xianrui, and bought a peacock toy.
• Xiao Hua gave the peacock to Xiao Xianrui before leaving Luan's Shop and changing his appearance in a shadowed place.
• Jiang Li complained about Xiao Hua, and Yue Cong told her he had marked Xiao Hua and would avenge her after Xiao Hua left Weeping Moon City.
• Xiao Xianrui departed with an escort of Hundred Herbs Sect disciples, while Xiao Hua reappeared and searched for Yue Cong's mark without finding it.

Xiao Xianrui and several Hundred Herbs Sect disciples left Weeping Moon City, but an unfamiliar cultivator ambushed them and killed the disciples with a flying sword. Xiao Xianrui fought back and tried to escape, but the attacker closed in as she prepared a desperate strike.

• Xiao Xianrui led the disciples away from Weeping Moon City, then turned back after realizing they needed its Teleportation Array to return to Hundred Herbs Sect.
• An unfamiliar eleventh-layer Qi Cultivation cultivator intercepted Xiao Xianrui and declared that he would take their lives.
• Xiao Xianrui and the disciples attacked with talismans and Crescent Moon, but the cultivator unleashed eight sword lights that killed the disciples.
• Xiao Xianrui attacked with Crescent Moon and defensive talismans, then searched for a chance to flee as the cultivator used Fireball Talismans.
• The cultivator evaded Xiao Xianrui's attacks, rushed within two zhang, and forced her to turn and strike with Crescent Moon.

Xiao Xianrui nearly died fighting Xiao Hua, but he stopped the demonic hammer and used an Essence Nourishing Talisman to halt her incomplete foundation establishment. After she returned safely to Weeping Moon City, Xiao Hua rejoined Qian Diheng and Xun Shu and hurried with them to the Bidding Convention.

• Xiao Xianrui's Crescent Moon shattered against Xiao Hua's demonic hammer, and she began to establish her foundation as the hammer neared her forehead.
• Xiao Hua stopped the attack, offered Xiao Xianrui a choice between using an Essence Nourishing Talisman and establishing her foundation, then used the talisman to halt her progress and gave her a jade slip explaining it.
• Xiao Xianrui thanked the unnamed senior and returned toward Weeping Moon City, while Xiao Hua watched over her and later followed her to the city.
• After Xiao Xianrui entered the Teleportation Array, Xiao Hua returned to the inn, where Qian Diheng hurried him onto a Spirit Camel carriage with Qian Diheng and Xun Shu for the Bidding Convention.
• Xiao Hua told Qian Diheng and Xun Shu he had bought artifact-refining materials, and apologized when Xun Shu warned him they could be late.

Xiao Hua and his companions reached Weeping Moon City's Bidding Convention late, but Qian Diheng persuaded a guard to let them enter before the finale. Xiao Hua entered the bidding hall in disguise and learned the convention's anonymous bidding system as he arrived at the venue.

• Xiao Hua explained that he had been delayed while helping Xiao Xianrui establish her foundation, and the Spirit Camel carriage brought the group to the convention after it had begun.
• Qian Diheng bribed a city guard, who let the four cultivators enter because the finale magic treasure had not yet arrived.
• The group entered a restricted area to put on Mihuan before proceeding toward the bidding hall.
• A cultivator gave Xiao Hua a jade slip, a numbered token, and a bidding rod, and Xiao Hua learned that only the token's owner could see its number.
• Xiao Hua crossed the corridor and entered the Bidding Convention venue, where the sight left him stunned.

Xiao Hua attended Weeping Moon City's Bidding Convention and watched the bidding for pills, failing to obtain the Huayuan Pills he wanted. The auction then moved on to spirit herbs, beginning with Lotus-Leaning Green Fruit cultivated using a female cultivator's primordial yin.

• Xiao Hua entered the immense auction hall, took his seat, and learned how to use his bidding token.
• Chang Feiyan opened the bidding with ordinary pills, and Xiao Hua tested his token by placing a bid.
• Xiao Hua bid several times on Huayuan Pills but gave up when the price rose beyond his reach, deciding to seek the spirit herbs needed to refine them.
• The bidding for rare pills concluded, and Chang Feiyan announced that the auction would proceed to spirit herbs and fruits.
• A female cultivator presented one hundred high-quality Lotus-Leaning Green Fruit plants, which Chang Feiyan said she had cultivated with Weeping Moon City's secret method and her primordial yin.

Xiao Hua bought young Lotus-Leaning Green Fruits and agreed to purchase Weeping Moon City’s remaining low-level spirit herbs in a discounted bundle. When the bundle’s list revealed ten scarce Danhe plants, other cultivators objected to their inclusion, but Chang Feiyan insisted the deal would stand.

• Chang Feiyan explained that Lotus-Leaning Green Fruits cultivated with a maiden’s primordial yin enhanced Minghua Pills, but no one bid on the young fruits until Xiao Hua offered the starting price.
• Xiao Hua won the hundred Lotus-Leaning Green Fruits and bought several more young spirit herbs as other lots went unclaimed.
• Chang Feiyan offered Xiao Hua all the remaining low-level spirit herbs at a discount, and Xiao Hua agreed.
• Chang Feiyan announced that the remaining 435 varieties, including ten five-year-old Danhe plants, would go to Xiao Hua for eight supreme-grade spirit stones.
• Other cultivators protested that the scarce Danhe should be auctioned separately, but Chang Feiyan refused to reverse the bundled sale.

Xiao Hua watched the Bidding Convention sell spirit herbs and rare materials before spotting two gold-foil sheets tied to the Baye Linglong Scripture. He failed to obtain them without Qian Mo secret stone, then turned his attention to the spiritual flying sword announced as the convention’s grand finale.

• Xiao Hua watched spirit herbs sell for high prices and hoped to trade his ten-thousand-year herbs for the finale item.
• Chang Feiyan offered two mysterious gold-foil sheets in exchange only for Qian Mo secret stone, and Xiao Hua tried to bid with spirit stones and a thousand-year Ling Yi Grass.
• Xiao Hua revealed himself as Jiang Mo and offered his Ling Yi Grass, but the cultivator with Qian Mo secret stone remained silent, leaving Xiao Hua without the gold foil.
• Chang Feiyan unveiled a spiritual flying sword, and Xiao Hua recognized that it likely possessed a sword spirit and considered bidding for it.
• Cultivators questioned whether the flying sword could be refined and whether it was connected to two sword cultivators who had disappeared in Meng Kingdom.

At Weeping Moon City’s Bidding Convention, an azure flying sword escaped its display and drew the attention of Xiao Hua and two foreign sword cultivators. Elder Hua Jianyu arrived to stop them, then confronted them over disrupting the auction.

• Chang Feiyan announced that the azure flying sword came with a jade slip containing its refining method, and Xiao Hua eagerly anticipated bidding for it.
• The flying sword gained sentience and tried to fly into the crowd, but the platform’s restriction stopped it.
• Duan Yuming and Wang Xuyyao revealed themselves as Xuanjian Sect sword cultivators and attacked the platform’s restriction to seize the sword.
• A powerful azure orb shattered Wang Xuyyao’s attack and disrupted Duan Yuming’s Fish-Traveling Sword, forcing both sword cultivators to retreat.
• Chang Feiyan identified the arriving elder as Hua Jianyu, and she warned Duan Yuming and Wang Xuyyao for breaking Weeping Moon City’s rules.

Duan Yuming and Wang Xuyyao confronted Hua Jianyu and Chang Feiyan over the Qing Ling flying sword, which they claimed belonged to their missing fellow disciple Zhang Yutong. Weeping Moon City refused to hand it over without proof or payment, and the chapter ended as Wang Xuyyao reacted furiously to Chang Feiyan’s proposed exchange.

• Duan Yuming and Wang Xuyyao apologized to Hua Jianyu, then accused Weeping Moon City of involvement in the disappearance of two Xuanjian Sect sword cultivators.
• Hua Jianyu used her pressure against the pair, who resisted with their flying swords, and Duan Yuming identified the Qing Ling sword as Zhang Yutong’s.
• Hua Jianyu challenged them to prove ownership, while Duan Yuming asked where the sword came from and requested its return.
• Chang Feiyan explained that an ordinary tenth-layer Qi Cultivation cultivator had sold the sword to Weeping Moon City a month earlier, but refused to reveal the seller’s likeness.
• Chang Feiyan demanded a large payment for the sword and offered to accept the sword cultivators’ own flying swords in exchange.
• Wang Xuyyao flew into a rage and sent a rainbow streak shooting up beside her.

Wang Xuyyao and Duan Yuming fled the Bidding Convention after clashing with Hua Jianyu, and no one bid on the flying sword associated with Zhang Yutong. After the convention ended, Chang Feiyan thanked Xiao Hua and asked about his thousand-year-old Ling Yi Grass, while refusing to explain the gold foil beyond saying it came from a cultivation lineage in southern Meng Kingdom.

• Hua Jianyu blocked the sword cultivators with the Azure Wave Moon-Harming Ruler, but Duan Yuming and Wang Xuyyao broke through the door restrictions and escaped.
• Chang Feiyan resumed the auction of the flying sword, but the cultivators, including Xiao Hua, chose not to bid, and he ended the convention.
• Xiao Hua wondered who had abducted Zhang Yutong and Zhang Yuhe and why Zhang Yutong's flying sword had appeared at the auction.
• A city guard led Xiao Hua to collect his winnings, and Chang Feiyan personally delivered his storage pouch.
• Chang Feiyan asked Xiao Hua about his Ling Yi Grass and said it could help repay a favor, but he only revealed that the gold foil had been entrusted by a cultivation lineage in southern Meng Kingdom.

Xiao Hua received a credential from Chang Feiyan to attend Weeping Moon City's secret bidding gathering, then learned that Kun Feiyan had been invited to an exchange market in Jiangcheng Town where a Condensing Knowledge Treasure might appear. The group agreed to go, though Xiao Hua doubted such a rare treasure would be traded at a small market.

• Chang Feiyan gave Xiao Hua a credential for the secret bidding gathering and urged him to attend in ten days.
• Chang Feiyan hurried away to search for the cultivator who had sold the flying sword after discovering it belonged to Zhang Yutong.
• Xiao Hua reunited with Xun Shu and Qian Diheng, and they waited for Kun Feiyan to leave the Bidding Convention.
• Kun Feiyan returned with news that Qiang Lan had invited her to an exchange market in Jiangcheng Town where a Condensing Knowledge Treasure might appear.
• Qian Diheng and Xun Shu agreed to go to Jiangcheng Town, while Xiao Hua questioned whether such a rare treasure could truly be available there.