Chapter Summaries

After his injuries caused his cultivation to wither, Lin Shisan left the Azure Cloud Mountains, believing he would only hold Tiny Waist back. Han Yansong returned his Little Black Cauldron and sent him to Deer Gate Mountain with supplies and an introduction, where Lin Shisan spent the night outside the curfew gates and continued trying to cultivate.

• Lin Shisan decided to leave the Azure Cloud Mountains after his dantian began to wither and he feared holding Tiny Waist back.
• Han Yansong met Lin Shisan at Coiling Dragon Cliff, returned the Little Black Cauldron, and said the search for Lin Shisan's father's memorial tablet was still underway.
• Han Yansong gave Lin Shisan a Storage Ring containing an introduction to Deer Gate Mountain, an access token, and supplies, and suggested he stay there temporarily.
• Lin Shisan traveled to Deer Gate Mountain but could not enter because of the curfew and his lack of official status, so he spent the night in a nearby cave.
• After waking, Lin Shisan sat down to cultivate despite his dwindling spiritual energy.

Lin Shisan struggled to reach Deer Gate Peak and reported to Feng Qingye at the Scripture Repository · Yellow Pavilion. After accepting Lin Shisan’s gift, Feng Qingye assigned him a small courtyard and told him to bathe and change before receiving his duties.

• Lin Shisan ran for hours to reach the mountain gate, where a blue-robed disciple delayed him until midday before letting him enter.
• Lin Shisan followed Han Yansong’s map through the outer sect grounds and finally reached Deer Gate Peak.
• Lin Shisan traveled on to the Scripture Repository · Yellow Pavilion and met its young steward, Feng Qingye.
• Feng Qingye asked about Lin Shisan’s connection to Han Yansong and accepted the Body Tempering Pill Lin Shisan offered as a gift.
• Feng Qingye gave Lin Shisan a courtyard and instructed him to bathe, change clothes, and return for his duties.

Lin Shisan moved into comfortable quarters at the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, where Feng Qingye explained his cleaning duties and the dangers of dealing with frustrated visitors. After learning that the pavilion charged for entry and its gatekeepers could face the anger of disciples who found nothing inside, Lin Shisan realized he had traded one dangerous job for an even riskier one.

• Lin Shisan settled into the courtyard assigned to him and returned to the pavilion to find Feng Qingye.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan to keep the grounds and rooms outside the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion spotless and trim the bamboo and grass along the path.
• Feng Qingye explained that Lin Shisan could not clean inside the pavilion because entry required payment and the restricting formation cost money to operate.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that outer sect disciples received one free visit each year and had to buy Spirit Tokens to enter more often.
• Feng Qingye revealed that a previous gatekeeper had been killed by an Immortal Lord who returned empty-handed, leaving Lin Shisan worried about his new post.

Feng Qingye explained the dangers and secrets of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to Lin Shisan, while Lin Shisan struggled with his lost cultivation and hoped the Little Black Cauldron could help. He discovered new fine print in the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art and was horrified by its advice to castrate himself.

• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that frustrated visitors blamed the pavilion workers because the gray-market Spirit Token business was protected by powerful people, and he described the rare chance of finding a discarded mystery box.
• Feng Qingye revealed that the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion was a Spirit Artifact belonging to the Tai Chi Hall's Founding Patriarch and explained that visitors only searched its outer region.
• After Feng Qingye left, Lin Shisan cleaned the pavilion and spent several quiet days there, troubled because his Dantian was dry and his First Body Tempering cultivation had vanished.
• Lin Shisan kept the Little Black Cauldron hidden in his Storage Ring, fearing others might recognize it as a Demonic Artifact, but eventually took it out with the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art.
• Lin Shisan noticed signs that the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art had advanced and found an explanatory passage with the words, "To achieve greatness, first castrate yourself."

Lin Shisan began cultivating the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art despite seeing no change in his withered dantian, while he earned Feng Qingye’s favor through diligent work and gifts. Feng Qingye returned Lin Shisan’s father’s memorial tablet and told him to consider whether he wanted to stay, leaving Lin Shisan to decide by morning.

• Lin Shisan realized the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art suited his depleted dantian and completed ten cultivation circuits without any response.
• Lin Shisan worked diligently for Feng Qingye and brought him food and drink, improving Feng Qingye’s attitude toward him.
• An elderly Immortal Lord opened an empty mystery box, and Lin Shisan buried him instead of leaving him for the Demon Beasts.
• Lin Shisan mistook an imagined speck of light in his dantian for a tiny dragon, then continued his work and bought Feng Qingye more food.
• Feng Qingye gave Lin Shisan his father’s memorial tablet, which Han Yansong had found and delivered.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that Han Yansong would not force him to stay and asked him to decide by the next morning.

After deciding to leave the sect, Lin Shisan was attacked by an enraged outer sect disciple but survived and discovered that the ordeal had revived his cultivation. He stayed on as a servant disciple and rapidly advanced through multiple realms, wondering whether his luck had finally changed.

• Lin Shisan prepared to leave the Tai Chi Hall and take his father home, but found a young outer sect disciple threatening Feng Qingye over a worthless Spirit Token.
• The young man lifted Lin Shisan with divine sense and attacked him after Lin Shisan cursed him for blaming Feng Qingye.
• The young man’s sword qi struck Lin Shisan, who later woke in Feng Qingye’s office; both he and Feng Qingye had survived.
• Lin Shisan changed his mind and stayed as a servant disciple, while the young man’s crushing divine sense had revived his dried-up dantian.
• Two nights later, Lin Shisan’s jiaolong true spirit roared as he resumed cultivation and quickly advanced from the first to the second body tempering realm, with further breakthroughs following.

Lin Shisan consolidated his sudden cultivation gains and prepared to welcome Uncle-Master Lei Shi, but when a powerful visitor arrived, Feng Qingye called him Uncle-Master Bai instead. Lin Shisan realized they might be in serious danger and feared the visitor would discover his secret.

• Lin Shisan stabilized his cultivation at the Body Tempering Third Layer, paid respects to his father, and gave Feng Qingye evolved apples to help explain his rapid progress.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that Uncle-Master Lei Shi would visit the next day to open a mystery box, so Lin Shisan agreed to buy the man his favorite liquor.
• Lin Shisan and Feng Qingye cleaned the pavilion and waited on their knees for Lei Shi, growing uncomfortable under the sun.
• A visitor arrived flying on a sword, and Feng Qingye began greeting him as Uncle-Master Bai instead of Lei Shi.
• Lin Shisan saw Feng Qingye's nervous reaction and feared the visitor might kill them or discover the Little Black Cauldron.

Feng Qingye introduced Lin Shisan to Uncle-Master Bai, who used his Spirit Token to enter the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and hunt for a mystery box. After Lin Shisan was sent away for food and drink, he returned to find the pavilion destroyed and Feng Qingye gravely wounded.

• Feng Qingye introduced Lin Shisan to Uncle-Master Bai, who recognized Lin Shisan's false spiritual root and mocked Feng Qingye for taking him in.
• Feng Qingye presented Uncle-Master Bai with Seven-Day Immortal, and Uncle-Master Bai used Senior Brother Lei's Spirit Token to register his name.
• Feng Qingye activated the Little Yellow Flag, opening a starry sky full of flying mystery boxes for Uncle-Master Bai to pursue.
• As Uncle-Master Bai struggled to catch a box, Feng Qingye sent Lin Shisan down the mountain to buy pork trotters, Seven-Day Immortal, and apples.
• Lin Shisan returned to find the courtyard and pavilion wrecked, then dug Feng Qingye out from beneath broken timber, badly injured.

Lin Shisan cared for Feng Qingye after Bai Wuqi beat him and weakened his cultivation, then took over the pavilion's chores while Feng Qingye recovered. Two days later, a message arrived that Lei Shi was coming to open a blind box, so Lin Shisan went to buy wine and pork trotters.

• Feng Qingye, wrapped in bandages, ate pork trotters and drank Seven-Day Immortal while Lin Shisan worried over his injuries.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that Bai Wuqi had broken bones and scattered most of the spiritual energy in his dantian, leaving him with only a fraction of his former cultivation.
• Lin Shisan agreed to handle the pavilion's chores and reluctantly helped Feng Qingye with his needs while he was unable to move.
• Feng Qingye reminded Lin Shisan to check the Message Stone so they would not miss anyone coming to open a blind box.
• After two days of work, Lin Shisan received a message that Lei Shi, Bai Wuqi's senior brother, was coming to open a blind box.
• Lin Shisan went down the mountain to buy a jar of hundred-year-old Seven-Day Immortal and brought Feng Qingye two pork trotters.

Lin Shisan welcomed Lei Shi, who learned that Bai Wuqi had destroyed Feng Qingye’s dantian and left to punish him. Feng Qingye feared Bai Wuqi would retaliate, so he urged Lin Shisan to flee, but a Demon Beast suddenly lunged at Lin Shisan.

• Lin Shisan offered Lei Shi a jar of Seven-Day Immortal and explained that Bai Wuqi had injured Feng Qingye.
• Lei Shi went to Feng Qingye’s quarters, condemned Bai Wuqi for destroying Feng Qingye’s dantian, and left to confine him on the Back Mountain.
• Feng Qingye warned Lin Shisan that Bai Wuqi might arrange their deaths in retaliation and told him to escape immediately.
• Feng Qingye offered Lin Shisan his savings and belongings, but Lin Shisan refused to leave him behind.
• A Demon Beast lunged at Lin Shisan, and Feng Qingye rolled under the bed while shoving him.