Recaps

Gu Yanshuang led Gu Chenfeng and their companion up the mountain, defeating the Four Directions Gate’s forces and demanding answers from its master, Yan Sihai. After Yan Sihai refused to let them search the headquarters, Gu Yanshuang defeated him and forced him to offer information from his knees.

• Gu Yanshuang fought her way toward the summit while Gu Chenfeng watched her spear techniques, and she burned away the Four Directions Gate’s poisonous attacks with her fire Source Qi.
• Gu Yanshuang reached the Four Directions Gate headquarters with Gu Chenfeng and their companion, then demanded that Yan Sihai come out or see his sect destroyed.
• Yan Sihai recognized the pressure of Gu Yanshuang and the two figures behind her, apologized for his men, and tried to settle the matter peacefully.
• Gu Yanshuang demanded to know why Yan Sihai had sent a group out the previous day and ordered him to open the gates for a search.
• Yan Sihai refused, so Gu Yanshuang struck him down with Tiger Roars Through the Forest and held her spear to his throat.
• Yan Sihai mistook Gu Yanshuang for a Source Core Realm expert and begged to spare his life, promising to tell her everything.

Gu Yanshuang and Gu Chenfeng questioned Yan Sihai, who revealed that a mysterious young man had hired the Four Directions Gate to intercept Gu Chenfeng. Gu Chenfeng spared Yan Sihai and took the Four Directions Gate under his command, leaving Yan Sihai to swallow a pill whose purpose was not yet explained.

• Gu Yanshuang confronted Yan Sihai over the attempt to abduct Gu Chenfeng, and Yan Sihai begged for forgiveness.
• Yan Sihai explained that a noble young man had paid him to intercept and intimidate a wealthy young man from the Imperial Capital.
• Gu Yanshuang and Gu Chenfeng deduced that the Huangfu Lineage had used the Four Directions Gate as a scapegoat while planning to abduct Gu Chenfeng and seize the source crystal mine deed.
• Yan Sihai realized he had been framed and pleaded with Gu Chenfeng to spare his wife and daughter.
• Gu Chenfeng offered Yan Sihai a chance to live if he served him, and Yan Sihai agreed to put the Four Directions Gate under his command.
• Gu Chenfeng gave Yan Sihai a pill, which Yan Sihai accepted and swallowed.

Gu Chenfeng inspected the Four Directions Gate’s treasury after taking the sect under his command, but found little of value until he sensed something unusual in a battered, broken-handled battle-axe. After examining it with his spiritual power, he took the axe with him, apparently discovering something intriguing about it.

• Gu Chenfeng explained to Gu Yanshuang that he had taken over the Four Directions Gate to build a useful force and secure resources and intelligence without drawing attention to the Gu Lineage.
• Gu Yanshuang asked how he would keep Yan Sihai loyal, and Gu Chenfeng said he planned to give him a controllable poison disguised as an antidote.
• Gu Chenfeng rejected the Four Directions Gate’s low-grade treasures and told Yan Sihai to keep its Source Crystals and work hard for future rewards.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed an energy fluctuation near the storehouse entrance and uncovered a heavy, broken-handled axe Yan Sihai had found in Great Wilderness Ridge.
• Gu Chenfeng lifted the axe easily, and Gu Yanshuang identified it as a likely high-grade Source Weapon whose internal restrictions had been destroyed.
• Gu Chenfeng examined the axe with his spiritual power, froze briefly, then said he would take it back to study.

On the journey back to the Imperial Capital, Gu Yanshuang explained the Huangfu Lineage’s financial weakness and planned attacks on its income, while Gu Chenfeng considered how he could help. After receiving imperial honors, Gu Chenfeng deciphered the markings on the battle axe and discovered a martial technique.

• Gu Chenfeng and Gu Yanshuang discussed striking the Huangfu Lineage’s vulnerable finances, and Gu Yanshuang identified its three main sources of income: lending and gambling, the Exquisite Pavilion, and a hunting party in Great Wilderness Ridge.
• Gu Yanshuang planned to purge the Huangfu Lineage’s lending and gambling businesses, while her people searched for the hunting party’s traces.
• At the Prime Minister’s Residence, the siblings received an imperial decree promoting Gu Yanshuang to Chief Commander of the Tiger Guard and appointing Gu Chenfeng Assistant Director of Music, with a baronial title and rewards.
• Gu Yanshuang questioned Gu Chenfeng about the poem “Man Jiang Hong,” and he swore he had not been its original author.
• Gu Chenfeng studied the battle axe’s markings with his mental power and pieced them together into the martial technique Seven Mountain-Splitting Forms.

Gu Chenfeng discovered that the battle-axe held an incomplete mystic-grade technique and used the Enlightenment Platform to deduce its missing portion. In the imperial palace, Emperor Xuan discussed Gu Chenfeng’s growing abilities and the Gu Lineage’s power with the Imperial Preceptor, whose reassurances eased his doubts.

• Gu Chenfeng uncovered the Seven Mountain-Splitting Forms on the battle-axe and realized most of its haft, and part of the technique, was missing.
• Gu Chenfeng entered the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins and used the Enlightenment Platform to begin deducing the missing forms, replenishing his mental power with Spirit-Nourishing Pills.
• Emperor Xuan told the Imperial Preceptor that Gu Chenfeng had revealed literary talent and killed Source Qi Realm attackers, surprising him with his apparent cultivation.
• Emperor Xuan admitted he trusted the Gu Lineage but worried about its military power and whether Gu Chenfeng might become ambitious.
• The Imperial Preceptor argued that Gu Chenfeng and the weakened Gu Lineage posed no lasting threat, and Emperor Xuan said the explanation put his heart at ease.

After Gu Chenfeng’s triumph at the Golden Kylin Gathering restored the Gu family’s reputation, he delivered new pills to the Myriad Treasures House and learned how the Exquisite Pavilion was undermining it. He revealed supreme-quality pills to Liu Fuyan, leaving her hopeful that the Myriad Treasures House could regain the advantage.

• The Golden Kylin Gathering’s stories spread through Great Li, clearing Gu Lingxiao’s name and turning public opinion against Zhong Yanqi, Imperial Uncle Xiao, and Zhang You.
• Disguised as Ge Hong, Gu Chenfeng delivered high-quality Spirit-Nourishing and Body-Tempering Pills to Liu Fuyan at the Myriad Treasures House.
• Liu Fuyan explained that the Exquisite Pavilion had poached the Myriad Treasures House’s chief Alchemist, undercut its Essence Pills, introduced mental-energy pills, and spread rumors about its staffing.
• Gu Chenfeng warned that the Myriad Treasures House could keep losing customers if the Exquisite Pavilion matched its new pills and relied on its third-grade Alchemist’s reputation.
• Gu Chenfeng presented Liu Fuyan with supreme-quality Essence Pills and Spirit-Nourishing Pills, and asked whether they could give the Myriad Treasures House the upper hand.

Liu Fuyan resolved to accept Ge Hong’s support as she fought to keep the Myriad Treasures House in the Imperial Capital, while Gu Chenfeng advanced his plans against the Huangfu Lineage. Su Wanyue told Gu Chenfeng she had tracked the man who injured her and intended to confront him alone.

• Liu Fuyan decided she would accept Ge Hong’s help and strengthen their connection so she could become the Myriad Treasures House’s head manager.
• Gu Chenfeng finished restoring the Seven Mountain-Cleaving Forms Axe Technique, mastered its first form, and judged that his cultivation limited his ability to practice the second.
• Gu Chenfeng supplied the Four Directions Gate with techniques and Gu Lineage guards, and ordered Yan Sihai’s hunting team to investigate the Huangfu Lineage’s secret hunters.
• Gu Chenfeng planned to cultivate further before inspecting the suspected Source Crystal vein at the family mine near Great Wilderness Ridge.
• Su Wanyue reunited with Gu Chenfeng, confirmed he was unharmed, and told him she had tracked the man who had injured her.
• Su Wanyue refused Gu Chenfeng’s offer of assistance and said she would confront the man herself, while he urged her to protect herself.

Huangfu Yun tried to strengthen the Exquisite Pavilion’s pill business after the Gu Lineage’s counterattack hurt Huangfu finances, but the Myriad Treasures House surprised him with supreme-quality pills. He ordered Alchemist Huang to outproduce his rival and secretly pushed forward a dangerous operation at Great Wilderness Ridge.

• Huangfu Yun questioned Steward Chen about the Exquisite Pavilion’s disappointing turnover, and Chen blamed the Myriad Treasures House’s new Alchemist for retaining customers.
• Huangfu Yun reflected on his failed schemes against Gu Chenfeng and the crackdown that had damaged the Huangfu Lineage’s gambling and lending businesses.
• A manager reported that the Myriad Treasures House had introduced supreme-quality Essence Pills and Spirit-Nourishing Pills, alarming Steward Chen and Alchemist Huang.
• Alchemist Huang promised to produce supreme-quality first-grade pills and superior second-grade pills to defeat the Myriad Treasures House, and Huangfu Yun offered him two maids.
• On his way home, Huangfu Yun told a man in night clothes to warn Black Dragon to avoid the Gu Lineage at Great Wilderness Ridge and accelerate the effort to break a restriction.

Gu Chenfeng left the Imperial Capital with Ding Si to inspect a supposedly collapsed mine and search for a Source Crystal Vein. As he scanned underground with his mental power, he discovered a tunnel entering the gorge from outside.

• The Gu Lineage and the Huangfu Lineage continued their struggle, while the Myriad Treasures House used Gu Chenfeng's exceptional second-grade pills to gain an advantage over the Exquisite Pavilion.
• Gu Chenfeng reached Source Qi Realm Seven-Star, advanced his martial arts and alchemy, and left the Imperial Capital in disguise with Ding Si to inspect the mine.
• On the way, Ding Si wondered how Gu Chenfeng had become so skilled despite appearing lazy, and suspected his visits to Lady Su might involve dual cultivation.
• At the mine, Gu Chenfeng found the guards lax and entered the valley with Ding Si to examine the rubble-covered site.
• Gu Chenfeng used his heightened perception to scan underground and discovered a passage that entered from outside the valley and sloped downward.

Gu Chenfeng and Ding Si discovered that thieves had tunneled into the Source Crystal Vein and entered the mine through a Concealment Formation. Inside, they found the black-clad intruders working to break a Crimson Light Barrier in pursuit of a rumored treasure, and the chapter ended as Gu Chenfeng and Ding Si burst into the cavern.

• Gu Chenfeng detected a concealed tunnel beneath his mineral vein and sent Ding Si to search the surrounding mountains with him.
• Ding Si found the tunnel entrance, and he and Gu Chenfeng descended toward the vein while tracking signs of recent intruders.
• Gu Chenfeng used his heightened mental power to penetrate the Concealment Formation at the tunnel's end.
• The black-clad thieves discussed their failure to abduct Gu Chenfeng, their order to break the formation within three months, and the rumored treasure beneath the vein.
• A command flag detected an enemy at the tunnel entrance, and Gu Chenfeng and Ding Si shattered the barrier and leaped into the mine cavern.

Gu Chenfeng and Ding Si broke into the black-clad men’s underground mining base, where the four Source Sea Realm leaders ordered an attack and sealed the entrance. Gu Chenfeng fought through dozens of opponents with his powerful body, then assembled the Six Harmonies Great Spear and charged again as Ding Si battled the four leaders.

• Gu Chenfeng and Ding Si entered the cavern, where the black-clad leaders recognized Gu Chenfeng and realized their target had arrived.
• Ding Si offered to hold off the enemy while Gu Chenfeng escaped, but Gu Chenfeng refused and demanded that the men surrender.
• The four leaders ordered their men to capture Gu Chenfeng and kill Ding Si, while a formation master sealed the entrance.
• Ding Si fought all four Source Sea Realm leaders as Gu Chenfeng stormed through the black-clad men and defeated waves of Source Qi Realm martial artists.
• Gu Chenfeng drew the Six Harmonies Great Spear, assembled it, and charged the remaining opponents.

Gu Chenfeng overwhelmed the black-clad warriors in the mine with his spear and then revealed the battle axe strapped to his back, using it to slaughter the remaining attackers. The battle ended with every opponent dead, leaving Gu Chenfeng frustrated that he had not yet used his strongest moves.

• Gu Chenfeng killed a Source Qi Realm Eight-Star warrior with one spear strike, revealing that he had reached External Cultivation Perfection.
• Ding Si stopped holding back against the four Source Sea Realm experts after seeing Gu Chenfeng fight, and he drove them back with golden sword light.
• Two Source Qi Realm Nine-Star warriors ambushed Gu Chenfeng, but his concealed Black Gold Battle Axe blocked the strike aimed at his back.
• Gu Chenfeng connected the axe to his spear and swept through the black-clad men, cutting down groups of them with the massive weapon.
• Gu Chenfeng used Tiger Claw Rends the Sky to cleave one Nine-Star expert in two, then found that no opponents remained standing.

Gu Chenfeng and Su Wanyue joined forces against a masked swordsman who denied attacking her or arranging Gu Chenfeng’s assassination. The fight left the swordsman under pressure, while Gu Chenfeng discovered that his gray Source Qi could dispel the man’s freezing energy.

• Gu Chenfeng slaughtered the Source Qi Realm fighters in the mine, while Ding Si killed two Source Sea Realm opponents and chased the two who fled.
• A masked swordsman entered the mine, followed by Su Wanyue in disguise, who revealed that she had pursued him from the Imperial Capital as the man who attacked her.
• The swordsman denied attacking Su Wanyue’s people or sending assassins after Gu Chenfeng, but Su Wanyue attacked him anyway.
• Su Wanyue traded blows with the swordsman, using Gu insects to keep him on the defensive, and Gu Chenfeng joined the fight with his axe.
• The swordsman’s icy Source Qi began freezing Gu Chenfeng, but Gu Chenfeng’s gray Source Qi suppressed it, allowing him to return to the attack.

Su Wanyue and Gu Chenfeng joined forces against the Black-Clad Swordsman, whose powerful sword technique pushed them into a desperate clash. Gu Chenfeng’s last-ditch close-range attack exposed the swordsman as a woman when his hands caught her chest and tore her clothing.

• The Black-Clad Swordsman used a Movement Technique to evade Su Wanyue and Gu Chenfeng, but Su Wanyue blocked her escape and the pair renewed their assault.
• The Black-Clad Swordsman unleashed “Frostfreezing for a Hundred Miles,” and Su Wanyue met the storm of sword shadows with a bloody sigil.
• Gu Chenfeng struck with the Mountain-Piercing Form, helping Su Wanyue halt and then push back the Black-Clad Swordsman’s attack.
• As Gu Chenfeng’s energy ran low, the Black-Clad Swordsman regained the advantage, so Gu Chenfeng abandoned his axe and charged in with his fists.
• The Black-Clad Swordsman blocked Gu Chenfeng’s punches with a frost barrier and kicked at him, but Gu Chenfeng grabbed her chest, tearing her clothing and drawing a startled cry.

Gu Chenfeng discovered that the Black-Clad Swordsman was Shangguan Bingxin, and she and Su Wanyue realized their earlier clash had stemmed from a misunderstanding. After learning that both women were searching the Imperial Capital for a lost supreme treasure, Gu Chenfeng persuaded them to join him in opening the formation beneath his lineage’s mineral vein.

• Gu Chenfeng and Su Wanyue recognized the Black-Clad Swordsman as Shangguan Bingxin after their fight exposed her identity.
• Shangguan Bingxin explained that she had attacked Su Wanyue while investigating the same killings, and Su Wanyue learned that Shangguan belonged to the Azure Sky Sect while she herself was from the Gu God Sect.
• Shangguan Bingxin and Su Wanyue revealed that their sects were searching the Imperial Capital for a lost treasure and that they had both investigated the mineral vein’s mysterious formation.
• Gu Chenfeng proposed that they work together to open the formation, offering them a share of any treasure and hoping their sects would help protect his lineage’s mineral vein.
• Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin both agreed to join forces with Gu Chenfeng.

Gu Chenfeng reached an agreement with Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin to help break the mine’s formation, then brought them to the Four Directions Gate to recruit the people needed. The women disguised themselves before the group continued up the mountain.

• Gu Chenfeng agreed to take half the treasures from the mineral vein in exchange for helping Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin break its fourth-grade formation.
• Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin planned to use a fourth-grade water formation and asked Gu Chenfeng to provide the manpower.
• Ding Si returned to find Gu Chenfeng unharmed beside the two women, then reported that he had killed three of the four Source Sea Realm attackers and the last had fled badly injured.
• Gu Chenfeng ordered the survivors escorted to the Imperial Capital and the bodies cleared, then directed Ding Si to take the carriage to the Hidden Dragon Mountains.
• Gu Chenfeng left Ding Si at the foot of the Four Directions Gate and explained that Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin could recruit people there to help break the formation.
• Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin changed their appearances with veiled bamboo hats before continuing up the mountain with Gu Chenfeng.

Gu Chenfeng visited the Four Directions Gate with Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin to inspect its disciples’ training. When the second-in-command insulted the women, Shangguan Bingxin struck him down, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Yan Sihai assembled the Four Directions Gate members and disciples to demonstrate their training for Gu Chenfeng.
• Shangguan Bingxin and Su Wanyue judged the disciples unsuitable and called them trash.
• The second-in-command heard the women’s comments and cursed at them, accusing them of climbing into their patron’s bed.
• Shangguan Bingxin demanded to know what he had said, but the second-in-command shouted back despite Yan Sihai’s warning.
• Shangguan Bingxin appeared before the second-in-command and struck him with her sleeve, sending him flying.

Gu Chenfeng arranged for Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin to train the Four Directions Gate's disciples while they prepared to break the formation at the mineral vein. After improving rapidly, he found his physique cultivation had stalled and went to the Myriad Treasures House seeking a higher-grade body-tempering pill recipe.

• Shangguan Bingxin struck the Four Directions Gate's second-in-command, and Su Wanyue's cold snort stunned the gathered disciples and shocked Yan Sihai with the women's strength.
• Gu Chenfeng persuaded Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin to train the Four Directions Gate's people, while Yan Sihai agreed to cooperate and continue investigating the Huangfu Lineage's hunting party.
• Gu Chenfeng told Gu Hanshuang about the mineral vein and offered to have his people guard it; she agreed after hesitating.
• Over seven days, Gu Chenfeng advanced his Iron Elephant Art to perfection and his Source Qi cultivation to Eight-Star, but his physique progress stalled for lack of stronger arts or pills.
• Gu Chenfeng visited the Myriad Treasures House and asked Liu Fuyan for a body-tempering pill recipe above the first grade, and Liu Fuyan said they had one.

Gu Chenfeng became the Myriad Treasures House’s chief alchemist and received the Dragon-Elephant Bone Tempering Pill recipe. He still needed a hundred-year-old dragon saliva flower and learned that the Alliance Trade Fair’s auction might offer one.

• Gu Chenfeng asked Liu Fuyan whether the Myriad Treasures House had higher-grade body-tempering pill recipes, and she confirmed the branch held a third-grade recipe.
• Liu Fuyan offered Gu Chenfeng the chief alchemist position, a greater share of profits, equity, and access to third-grade recipes; he accepted and signed a new contract.
• Liu Fuyan gave Gu Chenfeng the Dragon-Elephant Bone Tempering Pill recipe, but explained that the Myriad Treasures House had no finished pills and could only help source some ingredients.
• Gu Chenfeng realized Big Bear had already given him a Source Sea Realm tiger demon’s heart, leaving a hundred-year-old dragon saliva flower as his missing main ingredient.
• Liu Fuyan told Gu Chenfeng that the Alliance Trade Fair and its nighttime auction would take place in a month, and invited him to attend with her.

Gu Chenfeng prepared for the Alliance Trade Fair by improving his alchemy and arranging help to search for Dragon Saliva Flowers, while Four Directions Gate grew stronger under Shangguan Bingxin and Su Wanyue’s training. The chapter ended with Gu Yanshuang warning him about possible Barbarian Tribe spies and the Huangfu Lineage’s suspicious silence, as Gu Chenfeng focused on obtaining the flowers and strengthening himself.

• Gu Chenfeng became Myriad Treasures House’s chief alchemist, obtained the Dragon-Elephant Bone Tempering Pill recipe, and agreed to support Liu Fuyan at the Alliance Trade Fair.
• Gu Chenfeng refined second-grade pills and saw Shangguan Bingxin and Su Wanyue turn Four Directions Gate’s disciples into disciplined trainees, with several reaching the Source Qi Realm.
• Gu Chenfeng met Big Bear and Second Bear in Great Wilderness Ridge and asked them to search for Dragon Saliva Flowers and watch for the Huangfu Lineage’s hunting party.
• Gu Yanshuang told Gu Chenfeng that the Imperial Guard was hunting suspected Barbarian Tribe spies outside the Imperial Capital and gave him a Communication Talisman.
• Gu Chenfeng resolved to obtain Dragon Saliva Flowers at the trade fair, refine the Dragon-Elephant Bone Tempering Pill, and grow strong enough to eliminate the threat of the Huangfu Lineage.

Gu Chenfeng traveled with Liu Fuyan toward the Alliance Trade Fair and discussed the Myriad Treasures Sect, the Gu family, and rumors about himself. He showed Liu Fuyan his latest pills, including several supreme-quality second-grade varieties, before she inhaled an unidentified medicine from a pink bottle despite his warning.

• A convoy from the Myriad Treasures House left the Imperial Capital for Roosting Phoenix Mountain, where the Alliance Trade Fair would be held.
• Gu Chenfeng learned from Liu Fuyan that the Myriad Treasures House was a secular business of the Myriad Treasures Sect, which had submitted to Great Li after Gu Beiwu's campaign.
• Liu Fuyan praised Gu Beiwu and Gu Lingxiao, then described the Third Young Master of the Gu Family as clever, handsome, and gifted despite his reputation as a wastrel.
• Gu Chenfeng offered Liu Fuyan the pills he had refined during his seclusion, and she found bottles of superior-quality and supreme-quality second-grade pills.
• Liu Fuyan opened the pink jade bottle and sniffed its contents before Gu Chenfeng's warning could stop her.

Gu Chenfeng accidentally exposed Liu Fuyan to a potent aphrodisiac and hurried to give her an antidote. Zhang Qi opened the carriage door at the worst moment, mistook the scene for an intimate encounter, and ordered the convoy onward without telling anyone to disturb them.

• Liu Fuyan sniffed a potent aphrodisiac that Gu Chenfeng had accidentally packed with his pills, and its effects quickly overwhelmed her.
• Gu Chenfeng searched for an antidote as Liu Fuyan lost her balance during their struggle over her medicine chest.
• Gu Chenfeng found a potion and poured it into Liu Fuyan's mouth while she was kneeling in front of him.
• Zhang Qi opened the carriage door, saw the awkward scene, and hurriedly shut it without interrupting them.
• Zhang Qi told the guard captain to take the convoy up Roosting Phoenix Mountain and keep away because Liu Fuyan was discussing confidential trade fair matters with Mister Ge.
• Zhang Qi privately assumed Liu Fuyan had sacrificed greatly to secure Gu Chenfeng's help and felt embarrassed by what she had seen.

After accidentally poisoning Liu Fuyan in the carriage, Gu Chenfeng treated her, and the two arrived at the Alliance Trade Fair flustered but unharmed. As the fair opened, Gu Chenfeng returned to Myriad Treasures House’s booth and found Steward Chen of Exquisite Pavilion and former Chief Alchemist Huang confronting them.

• Gu Chenfeng apologized to Liu Fuyan for the experimental medicine, and she accepted his explanation while privately dwelling on what might have happened.
• Liu Fuyan asked Zhang Qi to keep the carriage incident secret and warned that she might call on Zhang Qi to help ease Gu Chenfeng’s pressure if rumors interfered with his work.
• Liu Fuyan oversaw Myriad Treasures House’s booth while Gu Chenfeng explored the crowded Alliance Trade Fair and looked forward to the evening auction.
• Gu Chenfeng returned to the booth and found Steward Chen and former Myriad Treasures House Chief Alchemist Huang, now Exquisite Pavilion’s Chief Alchemist, drawing a crowd.

Chen Xu and Huang Wei disrupted Myriad Treasures House’s booth at the Alliance Trade Fair by spreading a scandalous rumor about Liu Fuyan. As the crowd began to believe them and the two sides clashed, an unfamiliar young man arrived and greeted Huang Wei as an old acquaintance.

• Chen Xu and Huang Wei confronted Liu Fuyan at the Myriad Treasures House booth, and Huang Wei claimed she had once seduced him.
• Liu Fuyan denied Huang Wei’s accusations, while Zhang Qi defended her and Huang Wei offered to take her as a concubine.
• Liu Fuyan ordered Chen Xu and Huang Wei to leave, and the two groups’ guards shoved and grappled.
• Chen Xu and Huang Wei’s rumor spread through the crowd, making some onlookers begin to believe it.
• A young man in a blue robe approached Huang Wei, put an arm around him, and asked whether life with his concubines was still harmonious.

Gu Chenfeng exposed Alchemist Huang’s impotence and Chen Xu’s kidney deficiency, humiliating the Exquisite Pavilion men and clearing the rumors about Liu Fuyan. At the trade fair, Liu Fuyan then learned that Huang Wei’s connections and third-grade pills were drawing the major buyers to Exquisite Pavilion, threatening her branch’s assessment.

• Gu Chenfeng pretended to know Alchemist Huang and revealed the details of his impotence and snake-assisted dual cultivation, causing Huang to collapse in shame.
• Gu Chenfeng exposed Chen Xu’s kidney deficiency, and Chen Xu fled with the Exquisite Pavilion guards while the crowd mocked them.
• Gu Chenfeng explained that he had learned Huang’s secrets from the green snake, and Liu Fuyan thanked him for defending her reputation.
• The trade fair began, and Myriad Treasures House sold pills to individual buyers while Liu Fuyan worried that she had secured no large orders.
• Zhang Qi reported that Huang Wei had used his connections, third-grade pills, and discounts to attract major buyers to Exquisite Pavilion.
• Liu Fuyan realized Exquisite Pavilion might take the large orders her branch needed to meet the Myriad Treasures Sect’s assessment.