Recaps

Chen Beiwu bought wild-simulated yellowtail dendrobium from mountain growers to disguise the phoenix yellow dendrobium he planned to sell. After completing his purchases, he leaped from a mountain summit with Wind Manipulation, and Ming Xue noticed him falling from the sky.

• Chen Beiwu changed his plans for selling phoenix yellow dendrobium and went into the mountains to buy yellowtail dendrobium from small growers.
• Ming Xue confronted Chen Beiwu, believing he had followed her, but he passed her and continued on his way.
• Chen Beiwu bought 109 jin of yellowtail dendrobium from an old grower and paid the transaction tax.
• Chen Beiwu spent two days buying more than 500 jin of yellowtail dendrobium, then leaped from a mountain summit using Wind Manipulation.
• Ming Xue, repairing the mountain range's formations, saw Chen Beiwu falling toward the ground.

Chen Beiwu met Ming Xue for the fourth time and learned that she was a Second-Tier Formation Master and a teacher at his school. She showed him a modified Fivefold Water-Locking Formation, explaining its limits and value as a tool for learning.

• Chen Beiwu and Ming Xue introduced themselves and discussed his interest in formations.
• Chen Beiwu recognized the first-tier Qi-Nourishing Fertile Soil Formation discs Ming Xue had been using.
• Ming Xue revealed that she taught at Anyang No. 1 High School and worked as a formation scholar, then asked Chen Beiwu to call her Sister Xue.
• Ming Xue gave Chen Beiwu a set of formation discs and asked him to identify the earth formation.
• Chen Beiwu guessed that the formation was a Threefold Water-Locking Formation, and Ming Xue explained that it was her modified Fivefold Water-Locking Formation, weakened by the Immortal Alliance formation but useful for study.

Chen Beiwu learned from Ming Xue how a Qi Refining cultivator could establish the Deep Abyss Water Suppression Formation using a Soul-Trapping Stone, then gave dragonhead dendrobium to Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling. The chapter ended as he began a spar with Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling questioned why Golden Egg was only flopping on the platform.

• Ming Xue gave Chen Beiwu a Threefold Water-Locking Formation plate, and he gave her dragonhead dendrobium in return.
• Ming Xue explained that a Soul-Trapping Stone containing a water-attribute spirit monster could help a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator set up the Deep Abyss Water Suppression Formation.
• Chen Beiwu left after exchanging contact information with Ming Xue, who watched him go and considered his youthful appearance appealing.
• Chen Beiwu gave Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling boxes of dragonhead dendrobium and said he had also prepared gifts for Teacher Li and Sister Qin.
• Xu Ziqing invited Chen Beiwu to spar, and Xu Lingling agreed to referee.
• Chen Beiwu summoned Golden Egg at the sparring grounds, where Xu Lingling asked why he was not using the Water-Flow Technique as Golden Egg flopped on the platform.

Chen Beiwu and Xu Ziqing sparred their Companion Beasts, Golden Egg and the Scarlet Flame Fox. Golden Egg’s exceptional defense secured the victory, and Xu Ziqing accepted that Chen Beiwu had judged his strength accurately.

• Xu Ziqing began the spar by attacking with the Scarlet Flame Fox while Chen Beiwu used Water-Flow Technique to give Golden Egg water.
• Xu Ziqing and the Scarlet Flame Fox launched a coordinated attack, but Chen Beiwu used a water double to evade it and tested Golden Egg’s defense.
• Chen Beiwu grabbed Golden Egg by the tail and hurled him at the Scarlet Flame Fox, whose flaming claws struck Golden Egg without injuring him.
• Golden Egg’s impact knocked the Scarlet Flame Fox unconscious, and Xu Ziqing gave it a pill while Chen Beiwu confirmed its injuries were superficial.
• Xu Lingling observed that Golden Egg’s scales had blocked a powerful Scarlet Flame Bullet and might rival a Second-Realm Lesser Demon’s defense.

Chen Beiwu livestreamed from Still Abyss West Lake, caught a valuable Jade-Scaled Fish, and sold out his Yellowtail Dendrobium. After calculating his profit, he planned to contact Guan Ange about finding a buyer for the fish.

• Chen Beiwu started a livestream at Still Abyss West Lake and joked with viewers while fishing.
• After catching only debris and a water snake, Chen Beiwu began advertising Yellowtail Dendrobium mixed with Dragonhead Dendrobium.
• Chen Beiwu caught a Jade-Scaled Fish, drawing a surge of viewers and comments about its high value.
• Chen Beiwu sold all five hundred jin of Yellowtail Dendrobium in three minutes and ended the livestream.
• Chen Beiwu thanked Golden Egg, calculated a net profit of roughly thirty-one hundred Spirit Origin, and took out Guan Ange's business card to seek a buyer for the fish.

Chen Beiwu sold a wild Jade-Scaled Fish to Guan Ange and used the proceeds to purchase the Myriad Arts Returning to One Jianmu Heavenly Scripture. A Golden Core True Person at the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect approved Chen Beiwu’s application, placing him among the cultivators the sect would watch.

• Chen Beiwu offered Guan Ange an eleven-jin wild Jade-Scaled Fish, and Guan Ange agreed to inspect it in person.
• At the Immortal Flavor Pavilion, Chen Beiwu and Guan Ange haggled over the fish and settled on twenty-two hundred Spirit Origin, with Guan Ange requiring the deal to stay confidential.
• Guan Ange declined to recruit Chen Beiwu and prepared to go fishing, while Chen Beiwu returned home and checked that his cultivation-method purchase was awaiting review.
• A Golden Core True Person at the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect reviewed Chen Beiwu’s cultivation details and approved his application along with several others.

Chen Beiwu shopped on the Immortal Alliance Official Website for supplies, pills, and protective artifacts, choosing the Tideborn Silk Armor and Concealment Jade Pendant for future purchase. He then listed Yellowtail Dendrobium at a high price in his Myriad Spirits App storefront to use discounts and scarcity tactics in his next livestream.

• Chen Beiwu bought talisman paper, formation discs, and Water Blade Talismans, then decided not to risk targeting the Azure Thunder Tiger.
• Chen Beiwu purchased a bottle of Spirit-Nurturing Pills to test whether they would speed up his cultivation.
• Chen Beiwu chose the Tideborn Silk Armor, planning to buy it once his livestream sales proceeds settled.
• Chen Beiwu added a Concealment Jade Pendant to his cart to conceal his aura, magic power, and appearance.
• Chen Beiwu listed Yellowtail Dendrobium in his Myriad Spirits App storefront for twenty-five Spirit Origin per jin, intending to use discounts and scarcity marketing in his next livestream.

Chen Beiwu reassured his parents that his livestream sales were earning money and that he would honor his promise to reach the eighth layer of Qi Refining before next September. At Abysswall Market, he arranged to buy Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium and offered Wanwan the Abyss-Hiding Art to sell, leaving her astonished by its quality.

• Chen Beiwu told his mother not to save the Frostfall Pill and sent her a screenshot of his seller dashboard.
• Chen Dong told Huang Xiaoling about Chen Beiwu’s livestream earnings, then secretly called his son and felt proud of his success.
• Chen Beiwu noticed Iron Egg’s fortune light turning pale blue and warned the dog to stay quiet while cultivating in the cave abode.
• At Abysswall Market, Chen Beiwu paid Wanwan a deposit for two thousand jin of Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium to be delivered in three days.
• Chen Beiwu gave Wanwan the water-attribute Abyss-Hiding Art, and she was shaken by its power and asked whether he truly meant to sell it.

Chen Beiwu arranged for Wanwan to sell the Abyss-Hiding Art at an upcoming auction and received a bound jade slip containing his chosen foundational technique. Chen Qin told him that the celebrated Zhang Yang had died by suicide.

• Wanwan proposed auctioning the Abyss-Hiding Art at Abysswall Market, and Chen Beiwu agreed after requiring her to sign a contract and swear a Dao oath before giving her its first three layers.
• Chen Beiwu searched the Spirit Fish Shop for unusual fish, saw the shopkeeper refuse to sell a Pure Lotus Trout, and left without buying anything.
• Chen Beiwu received and bound the jade slip for the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book while the delivery worker verified it.
• Chen Qin recognized the authentication inscriptions and asked Chen Beiwu if he remembered Zhang Yang.
• Chen Qin told Chen Beiwu that Zhang Yang had died by suicide, leaving him stunned.

Chen Qin told Chen Beiwu how Zhang Yang’s ambition, costly cultivation loans, and failed attempt to practice a heaven-grade technique ruined his prospects and led to his suicide. Chen Beiwu then studied the Myriad Arts Converging into One Jianmu Heavenly Scripture and formed an azure wood spirit seed in his dantian.

• Chen Qin explained that Zhang Yang’s father pushed him to become the youngest sect student instead of repeating a year to enter one of the Thirteen Immortal Sects.
• Zhang Yang reached the peak of Qi Refining and became the youngest Foundation Establishment Rogue Person, but his Dao foundation was not good enough to enter the Sword Abyss Immortal Sect.
• Chen Qin said Zhang Yang took out a huge cultivation loan to practice the Nine Luminaries Pure Yang Dao-Foundation-Building Scripture, damaged his Dao foundation, lost his chance at Golden Core, and killed himself under the debt burden.
• Chen Qin warned Chen Beiwu that heaven-grade techniques could harm cultivators who lacked sufficient spiritual root aptitude, and he agreed not to reach beyond his means.
• Chen Beiwu returned to his cultivation room, activated the jade slip, and saw a vast sea and an immense Jianmu in his vision.
• Chen Beiwu experienced the Jianmu’s Dao resonance, which condensed into an azure wood spirit seed in his dantian.

Chen Beiwu comprehended the Jianmu Heavenly Scripture of All Arts Returning to One Flow, then began converting his and Golden Egg’s power to vastwood magic power. After returning to Abysswall Market, he discovered the heavenly scripture cultivated faster and offered greater purity, lifespan extension, and magic power recovery.

• Chen Beiwu condensed the azure wood and clear vast spirit seeds after comprehending the Jianmu Heavenly Scripture of All Arts Returning to One Flow, learning that this meant he had met its basic aptitude requirement rather than proven himself a genius.
• Chen Beiwu planted the two spirit seeds in Golden Egg and guided it as it began cultivating the heavenly scripture, though it refined only a wisp of vastwood magic power in two hours.
• Chen Beiwu returned to his cave abode in Abysswall Market to cultivate and replenish the spirit seeds he had used.
• After a day and night of cultivation, Chen Beiwu found that the spirit seeds automatically converted his Ten Thousand Beasts Art magic power into vastwood magic power.
• Chen Beiwu assessed the heavenly scripture’s faster cultivation, greater power purity, lifespan extension, and breath tracing, which accelerated his magic power recovery.

Chen Beiwu considered how he and Golden Egg could cultivate the All Arts Converge Jianmu Heavenly Scripture beyond the normal Qi Refining limit, then dealt with Wanwan after she returned his spirit stones and reneged on their agreement. Feng Buxiu ordered Wanwan to report that Chen Beiwu had stolen her cultivation method, using a forged contract as evidence.

• Chen Beiwu concluded that he and Golden Egg might cultivate to the eleventh layer of Qi Refining together, though he decided to focus first on earning spirit stones and reaching the ninth layer.
• Wanwan returned Chen Beiwu’s spirit stones and apologized for failing to buy the phoenix yellow dendrobium, while denying knowledge of the cultivation method.
• Chen Beiwu accepted the spirit stones and let Wanwan leave, suspecting that someone powerful was backing her.
• Feng Buxiu revealed his influence in Abysswall Market as the Myriad Arts Pavilion’s shopkeeper, backed by the Foundation Establishment Shen Household.
• Feng Buxiu ordered Wanwan to report Chen Beiwu for stealing her cultivation method and gave her a document presented as their contract.

Feng Buxiu decided to steal a valuable cultivation inheritance from the Shen Household after they denied him a Foundation Establishment Pill, and he sent the Patrol Division to capture Chen Sheng. The Patrol Division found Chen Sheng’s cave abode empty, but a hidden array ambushed them before their leader used a Market Token to call on the Guardian Array.

• Feng Buxiu burned a ledger and resolved to take an inheritance that he could exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Sheng Gang and Sheng Yong discussed Feng Buxiu’s forged market contracts and concluded that Chen Sheng was likely a weak rogue cultivator.
• Wanwan reported Chen Sheng to the Patrol Division, whose masked leader led twelve cultivators toward his cave abode.
• The Patrol Division entered Bingyin · Cave Abode No. 28 and found it empty, then searched as mist and water blades erupted from an ambush.
• The water blades killed and wounded Patrol Division cultivators until the masked leader activated his Market Token and the Guardian Array destroyed them.

Chen Beiwu escaped Abysswall Market after uncovering a trap linked to the Shen Household and returned home to continue changing cultivation arts. The Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce then threatened him over his Yellowtail Dendrobium sales and demanded he either sell under its terms or leave the county’s dendrobium market.

• The masked cultivator learned that the formation had scattered Chen Sheng’s aura traces and turned his attention toward the Myriad Arts Pavilion to find someone to blame.
• Chen Beiwu concluded that Abysswall Market was unsafe, identified the Shen Household as the likely force behind Wanwan, and chose to postpone revenge while he and Golden Egg changed cultivation arts.
• Chen Beiwu received a message from the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce warning him to acquire wealth through proper means, followed by a gift box containing a letter and a bloodstained needle.
• The Chamber offered Chen Beiwu a monthly stipend and five percent of online sales if he livestreamed under its name, while forbidding him from selling Yellowtail Dendrobium in Far Sky County without its Merchant Seal.
• Chen Beiwu recognized the Meridian-Eroding Needle as a threat and understood that the Chamber meant to keep him out of its dendrobium trade unless he brought sufficient bargaining power.

After the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce threatened Chen Beiwu over his Yellowtail Dendrobium business, he asked Xu Lingling about the company and its leadership. He decided the threat likely came from a Qi Refining cultivator and resolved to keep selling despite the danger.

• Chen Beiwu put away the threatening letter and Meridian-Eroding Needle, then called Xu Lingling to ask about the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce.
• Xu Lingling told Chen Beiwu that the chamber was aggressive and named its president, Fang Ling, and vice president, Yu Yong'an, along with their cultivation stages.
• Xu Lingling asked True Person Xu to help Chen Beiwu, and he agreed on the condition that she practice the Nurturing Yang Method in seclusion for a month.
• Chen Beiwu concluded that a Qi Refining cultivator was probably behind the threat and decided to continue selling Yellowtail Dendrobium.

Chen Ziping was fired and killed after his attempt to intimidate an online seller angered someone powerful. Meanwhile, Chen Beiwu prepared his Yellowtail Dendrobium sales plan before Director Li arrived at his door.

• Chen Ziping showed off his Pine-Rhyme Mouse and learned that his subordinate had left a Meridian-Eroding Needle at the online seller’s doorstep.
• Yu Yong'an told Chen Ziping to leave the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce, and Director Li explained that he was fired for offending someone he should not have.
• Chen Ziping remembered the online seller, but Director Li’s spirit beast pierced his chest and killed him.
• Chen Beiwu reviewed his Yellowtail Dendrobium sales plan and went downstairs when the doorbell rang.
• Director Li introduced himself to Chen Beiwu, who sensed the man’s Foundation Establishment aura.

Chen Beiwu accepted the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce’s compensation after learning Chen Ziping had been sentenced to death, then continued cultivating. Nine days later, he broke through to the eighth layer of Qi Refining and proved himself a certified-level first-tier talisman maker.

• Li Yucheng offered Chen Beiwu a Purple Flame Calyx and said the chamber had sentenced Chen Ziping to death for abusing his authority and attacking a Pseudo-Foundation cultivator.
• Chen Beiwu accepted the gift, tried to call Xu Lingling, and realized she had paid a price to intervene on his behalf.
• Nine days later, Chen Beiwu used a Spirit-Nurturing Pill while cultivating the Heavenly Book and advanced to the eighth layer of Qi Refining.
• Chen Beiwu tested his improved divine sense by successfully drawing Water Arrow, Earth Shield, and Light Wind talismans.
• Chen Beiwu concluded that his success qualified him as a Low-Grade First-Tier Talisman Master.

Chen Beiwu expanded his plans for earning resources, advanced to the eighth layer of Qi Refining, and reassured his parents that he had not used a harmful pill. He then traveled through the Southern Wasteland to Hidden Dawn Market, where a voice stopped him.

• Chen Beiwu inscribed three low-grade first-tier Formation Disks and decided to choose a fundamental method for Iron Egg.
• Chen Beiwu registered for talisman and formation certifications, then surprised Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling with his breakthrough to the eighth layer of Qi Refining.
• Chen Beiwu denied taking a Tanhsi Pill and let Chen Dong sense the strength and purity of his aura.
• After celebrating dinner with his parents, Chen Beiwu activated the Ten Directions Chaos Gate to pursue further cultivation.
• Chen Beiwu followed a map through dangerous terrain and Purple Mist Miasma to reach Hidden Dawn Market in Chiyuan Valley.
• A voice called for Chen Beiwu to wait, and he turned around warily.

Chen Beiwu traveled toward Hidden Dawn Market, met Shi Botao, and handled several errands in Far Sky County. At the Formation Association, he learned about Xu Xin’s tragic companion-beast incident and questioned whether the investigation had uncovered the full story.

• Shi Botao mistook Chen Beiwu for someone attending the Gu Household’s husband-selection gathering, but Chen Beiwu denied it and declined to travel with him.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Immortal Alliance, used his credited Spirit Origin to buy Tideborn Silk Armor and a Concealment Jade Pendant, and passed the first-tier talisman master assessment.
• Chen Beiwu went to the Formation Association to take its certification assessment and learned that Xu Xin had once been a gifted formation master.
• The receptionist explained that Xu Xin’s Crimson Baleful Mane had killed his mother, after which Xu Xin crushed the beast with his Companion Beast Seal and suffered cultivation loss and mental damage.
• Chen Beiwu asked whether the Law Enforcement Bureau had investigated Xu Xin’s case, and the receptionist said it remained under investigation.

Chen Beiwu passed the first-tier formation master examination and obtained the Tideborn Silk Armor, which he tested against Golden Egg’s Water Cannon Technique. The test revealed the armor’s strong defenses and Iron Egg’s instinctive loyalty, as the dog rushed to protect Chen Beiwu from the attack.

• Chen Beiwu identified two formations and inscribed formation patterns, impressing examiner Li Yuan and earning his first-tier formation master certificate.
• Chen Beiwu declined Li Yuan’s offer of paid lectures and returned home, where he received the Tideborn Silk Armor.
• Chen Beiwu refined the armor with his Vastwood Magic Power, and it quickly recognized him as its master.
• Chen Beiwu asked Golden Egg to attack him with its Water Cannon Technique, while Iron Egg refused to strike him and rushed to shield him.
• Chen Beiwu activated the Tideborn Silk Armor to block Golden Egg’s attack and bind Golden Egg in a water net.
• Chen Beiwu realized Iron Egg had risked its life to protect him despite Golden Egg’s superior strength.

Chen Beiwu entered Hidden Dawn Market under a concealed appearance and learned that Mirror Moon Palace would recruit disciples there during a gathering hosted by the Gu Household. He discovered that inner disciple Shu You, who practiced the Moon-Soul Jade Pivot Yin-Harmonizing Manual and was said to favor women, had come to win the Gu Household’s second young lady.

• Chen Beiwu refined the Concealment Jade Pendant, which changed his appearance, and reminded Iron Egg to recognize him by scent.
• Chen Beiwu entered Hidden Dawn Market as Chen Zi'ang, a seventh-layer Qi Refining rogue cultivator, and declined a broker’s services.
• Chen Beiwu paid a gray-robed cultivator three spirit stones for information about Mirror Moon Palace’s recruitment plans.
• The cultivator explained that Shu You would attend the Gu Household’s husband-selection gathering on the ninth and recruit cultivators skilled in the hundred arts.
• Chen Beiwu learned that Shu You favored women and practiced the Moon-Soul Jade Pivot Yin-Harmonizing Manual.

Chen Beiwu searched Hidden Dawn Market for rare spirit medicines and arrays, then discovered that a stallholder was selling a prohibited Soul-Locking Stone. He bought it and decided to watch the seller for several days to learn whether he had more.

• Chen Beiwu asked about Mirror Moon Palace and learned that its leader, Shu You, was not known to favor handsome men.
• Chen Beiwu found that the market's spirit medicine shop did not carry the second-tier medicines he sought and concluded that he needed a major sect to secure high-tier resources.
• Chen Beiwu spotted an emerald Soul-Locking Stone at a stall and bought it together with a Rejuvenation Technique for two spirit stones.
• Chen Beiwu recalled that the Immortal Alliance prohibited Soul-Locking Stones and offered a huge bounty for reporting them, but he feared disclosure would expose Nine-Breath Chaos.
• Chen Beiwu decided to set up a stall beside the seller for several days to find out whether he had more Soul-Locking Stones.

Chen Beiwu set up a talisman stall in Hidden Dawn Market and studied the Southern Wasteland’s rudimentary formation teachings, comparing them with the Immortal Alliance’s systematic methods. He arranged a large purchase of phoenix yellow dendrobium with Wei Xuesong, who began to suspect they had met before.

• Chen Beiwu opened a stall selling low-grade first-tier talismans for five spirit stones each and advertising for phoenix yellow dendrobium.
• Chen Beiwu studied a basic formation book and concluded that Southern Wasteland formation texts omitted the principles taught by the Immortal Alliance.
• A cultivator doubted Chen Beiwu’s claims about his talismans, and a nearby stallholder mocked his business.
• Wei Xuesong offered to supply two thousand jin of phoenix yellow dendrobium, and Chen Beiwu agreed to pay fifty spirit stones.
• Chen Beiwu and Wei Xuesong signed a witnessed trading contract, after which Wei Xuesong asked whether Chen Beiwu had visited his stall that morning.

Chen Beiwu discovered that Wei Xuesong’s black market token carried a Concealment Ant’s aura and used Iron Egg to locate the people tracking it. Wei Xuesong planned to use the next day’s meeting to investigate Chen Zi'ang, whom he intended to capture as an ingredient for alchemy.

• Wei Xuesong sold Chen Beiwu a token to the Chihong River Black Market auction, where Foundation Establishment Pills might be available.
• Chen Beiwu cultivated while Golden Egg neared its Companion Beast Metamorphosis, then noticed the Concealment Ant’s aura on the token.
• Iron Egg detected the scent and produced a star chart that led Chen Beiwu to two locations near Blackrock Mountain.
• Wei Xuesong exchanged Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium and Yang Charm Pills with Shi Botao, who hoped to win favor at the Gu Household’s groom-selection gathering.
• Wei Xuesong learned that the Concealment Ant had located Chen Beiwu and planned to probe Chen Zi'ang during their meeting the next day.

Chen Beiwu sold talismans and bought phoenix yellow dendrobium before attending the Chihong River Black Market auction, where he failed to afford moonheaven dew. Gu Chun won the dew to attempt refining a Moonlight Pill and secure a place among Mirror Moon Palace’s inner disciples.

• Chen Beiwu sold a few talismans at Hidden Dawn Market and bought a large shipment of phoenix yellow dendrobium from Wei Xuesong.
• Chen Beiwu traveled to Blackrock Mountain and entered the Chihong River Black Market auction with his jade token.
• Bi Xi opened the auction, and Chen Beiwu observed the high prices paid for a second-tier spirit-gathering Formation Disk.
• Chen Beiwu bid on moonheaven dew but stopped when its price rose beyond what he could afford.
• Gu Chun won the moonheaven dew for two thousand eight hundred spirit stones so she could attempt to refine a Moonlight Pill before Mirror Moon Palace recruited disciples.