Chapter Summaries

Chen Beiwu traded Stone-in-the-Grass to Darkwater Spirit Turtle for the Variant Golden Scale and began contracting it despite the challenges of raising it. The Golden Scale resisted with powerful Divine Sense, but Chen Beiwu used Nine-Breath Chaos’s aura to subdue it and complete the Three Treasures Companion Seal.

• Darkwater Spirit Turtle revealed that the Golden Scale carried a trace of Golden-Horned Flood Dragon bloodline, though its Dragon Transformation required conditions that made it nearly impossible to achieve.
• Chen Beiwu offered Darkwater Spirit Turtle his Jade Box of Stone-in-the-Grass, and the turtle accepted before tossing him the Golden Scale.
• Chen Beiwu asked the Golden Scale to become his Companion Beast and immediately began forming the Myriad Beast Mark, surprising Guan Ange.
• The Golden Scale resisted the Three Treasures Companion Seal with its immense Divine Sense and a gigantic Dragon Fish within its Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Beiwu summoned a trace of Nine-Breath Chaos’s power, subdued the Dragon Fish, and let the seal lock down the Golden Scale’s essence, energy, and spirit.

Chen Beiwu contracted Golden Scale, named it Golden Egg, and registered it as his Companion Beast despite Xu Ziqing's concern that its Metal attribute would hinder his cultivation. He began refining Golden Egg's three meridians in a rented cultivation chamber.

• Chen Beiwu named Golden Scale Golden Egg and saw that the beast had become submissive, though it was still hungry.
• Han Liangcai questioned the Darkwater Spirit Turtle about giving away Golden Scale, then used the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Mirror to confirm that Chen Beiwu's discovery of Stone-in-the-Grass had been a coincidence.
• Chen Beiwu showed Golden Egg to Xu Ziqing and told her he could not go with her to Sulfur Reef Island because he needed to feed it.
• Chen Beiwu registered Golden Egg at the Spirit Beast Pavilion, bought a Spirit Beast Pouch, and rented a cultivation chamber.
• Chen Beiwu began the Three Meridians Refinement, drawing out Golden Egg's essence, energy, and spirit so its Origin, Affiliation, and Dharma Meridians could manifest.

Chen Beiwu examined Golden Egg’s meridians and discovered its Mystic-Grade Origin Meridian, extraordinary Metal, Wood, and Water aptitude, and two powerful Innate Talents. The chapter left him convinced his gamble on Golden Egg had paid off, while Golden Egg simply felt hungry again.

• Chen Beiwu discovered Golden Egg’s Mystic-Grade Origin Meridian, which raised his Water Spiritual Root Purity to 82 and gave him Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitude.
• Chen Beiwu examined Golden Egg’s Attribute Meridian and found exceptional Metal, Wood, and Water aptitude far beyond his own.
• Chen Beiwu learned Golden Egg had only ten years of Dao Practice, despite its powerful Divine Sense and exceptional Innate Talent.
• Chen Beiwu uncovered Golden Egg’s Second-Tier Supreme-Grade Spirit Art, Flowing Golden Scales, which strengthened its body and defense.
• Chen Beiwu discovered Golden Egg’s Sea Absorption talent could consume many kinds of things to strengthen Flowing Golden Scales.
• Chen Beiwu celebrated his successful gamble on Golden Egg, while Golden Egg blinked in confusion and felt hungry again.

Chen Beiwu helped the Golden Egg refine the Sea Absorption Spirit Art, revealing that the Second-Tier Variant Golden Scale had been unable to use its Innate Talent on its own. He then searched for a cultivation technique suited to both of them and chose the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book, but could not afford to buy it yet.

• Chen Beiwu fed the Golden Egg Illusion Weasel Wolf meat and realized it had swallowed the food without using Sea Absorption.
• Chen Beiwu used his Divine Sense and their Companion Beast Contract to guide the Golden Egg in refining its stored energy, raising its Dao Practice from ten years to fifteen.
• Chen Beiwu fed the hungry Golden Egg again, put it away, and opened the Immortal Alliance Official Website to search for a suitable cultivation technique.
• Chen Beiwu filtered the results for Wood and Water Spiritual Roots, the Ten Thousand Beasts Art, and Golden Scale, then read about the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book.
• Chen Beiwu selected the technique’s Qi Refining Chapter but left it in his Shopping Cart because he could not afford it.

Chen Beiwu examined the expensive Heaven-Grade Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book and decided to save for it rather than settle for a lesser technique. Xu Ziqing arrived with a Scarlet Flame Fox whose Fortune appeared to be Third Tier, while her own Fortune had grown brighter after contracting it.

• Chen Beiwu learned that the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book could help a compatible cultivator reach Flawless Qi Refining, but its two-thousand-Spirit-Origin price was beyond his means.
• Chen Beiwu reflected that his new Heavenly Spiritual Root made Heaven-Grade techniques suitable for him and planned to gather Spirit Stones by exploring the Southern Wild Region.
• Chen Beiwu decided to use the Ten Thousand Beasts Art until he could afford the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book.
• Xu Ziqing and Sun Yajing arrived with senior female students, and Xu Ziqing carried a Scarlet Flame Fox she had recently contracted.
• Chen Beiwu recognized the Scarlet Flame Fox and noticed its Fortune might be Third Tier, while Xu Ziqing's Fortune had become brighter.

Chen Beiwu left the Spirit Beast Pavilion without sparring with Lin Yi and received an invitation from Guan Ange to cook at his restaurant. He hurried home to investigate whether contracting the Golden Egg had improved his fortune, where Chen Dong asked what Companion Beast he had chosen.

• Chen Beiwu declined Xu Ziqing's invitation to look around the Spirit Beast Pavilion and asked her to pass a message to Director Lin.
• Lin Yi invited Chen Beiwu to spar with his Flower Spirit Butterfly, but Chen Beiwu refused and left.
• Guan Ange offered Chen Beiwu a job cooking Spirit Fish at Immortal Flavor Pavilion, with a monthly salary of one hundred Spirit Origins after the trial period.
• Chen Beiwu rode the Bixi Train to Pingchen Township and hurried home to check his fortune in the Nine-Breath Chaos Land.
• Iron Egg sensed the scent of Water-Attribute Spirit Beasts on Chen Beiwu, and Chen Dong asked which Companion Beast he had chosen.

Chen Beiwu confirmed that contracting the Golden Egg had improved his Fortune, then used his Fortune-gathering ability to reduce a dangerous aura of calamity. He traveled to Abysswall Market to pursue opportunities and found that its supposedly safe streets were ruled by blatant exploitation.

• Chen Beiwu told Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling that the Golden Egg suited him best, and Chen Dong learned that he planned to cultivate at home.
• Chen Beiwu saw Golden Fortune and Crimson Calamity Aura after contracting the Golden Egg, then used Blue and Green Fortune to weaken the calamity.
• Chen Beiwu decided to seek Spirit Stones at Abysswall Market so he could buy the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book.
• Chen Beiwu entered Abysswall Market after paying a Spirit Stone and receiving an access Jade Slip.
• Chen Beiwu watched the gatekeepers steal an Exotic Herb from a Rogue Cultivator and heard them curse another visitor, then continued into the market without intervening.

Chen Beiwu explored Abysswall Market with Broker Wanwan and discovered that its cultivation techniques and other goods were far more expensive than their equivalents in the Immortal Alliance. After surveying the Market without buying anything, he identified a fast and safe way to earn Spirit Stones.

• Chen Beiwu hired Wanwan to show him around Abysswall Market and explain its customs.
• Wanwan took Chen Beiwu to the Myriad Arts Pavilion, where he found that incomplete Qi Refining techniques sold for prices that seemed absurd compared with those in the Immortal Alliance.
• Chen Beiwu considered selling Foundation Establishment techniques but worried that Abysswall Market might use underhanded tactics to seize them.
• Wanwan led Chen Beiwu through the Market's shops, but he bought nothing.
• Chen Beiwu paid Wanwan a Spirit Stone and concluded that he had found a fast and safe way to earn Spirit Stones.

Chen Beiwu arranged to buy Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium, then rented a cave abode in Abysswall Market and began cleansing the Golden Egg’s Demon Power. He left the Golden Egg hungry for gold and Purple Coral Stones as the cultivation process continued.

• Chen Beiwu asked Wanwan to procure a hundred jin of Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium for four Spirit Stones and paid her a deposit.
• Wanwan met two Rogue Cultivators in a remote alley, where they discussed targeting a wealthy-looking cultivator; Chen Beiwu overheard them with his Divine Sense.
• Chen Beiwu paid twenty Spirit Stones to rent a Lower-Grade Cave Abode for a week and was surprised by its dense Spirit Vigor.
• Chen Beiwu used the Ten Thousand Beasts Art to help the Golden Egg circulate its celestial circuits and cleanse its Demon Power into Magic Power.
• The Golden Egg showed hunger through their Companion Beast Contract, and Chen Beiwu offered it half a jin of gold and two Purple Coral Stones.

Chen Beiwu traveled to Anyi County, collected Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium from Wanwan, and visited Strange Fish Studio to look for a new source of profit. He found a Jade Sword Fish selling far below its usual price and decided to buy it alive.

• Chen Beiwu fed Golden Egg gold and Purple Coral Stone, helping it grow half a foot and gain another year of Dao Practice.
• Chen Beiwu bought five obscure Five Phases cultivation manuals while traveling by train to Anyi County.
• Chen Beiwu paid Wanwan three Spirit Stones for a sack of fine-quality Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium.
• Wanwan showed Chen Beiwu the Exotic Fish at Strange Fish Studio, where he spotted a Jade Sword Fish priced at twenty Spirit Stones.
• Chen Beiwu told Wanwan to pack the Jade Sword Fish alive.

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.