Chapter Summaries

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.

At the auction, Chen Beiwu discovered that his Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability had transformed, allowing him to instinctively see cultivators’ fortunes. After leaving, he spotted an ambush near Gray Wind Gorge and escaped, only to realize the Foundation Establishment cultivators had not been targeting him.

• Chen Beiwu’s Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability changed, letting him see most cultivators’ fortunes with a thought.
• Bi Xi auctioned a Foundation Establishment Pill, and bidders drove its price to twenty thousand spirit stones.
• Chen Beiwu left the auction without bidding, while Wei Xuesong debated whether to warn his master about him.
• Chen Beiwu used a jade token as bait and traveled away from Blackrock Mountain, hoping Wei Xuesong would make a move.
• Near Gray Wind Gorge, Chen Beiwu spotted two Foundation Establishment cultivators lying in ambush and activated the Ten Directions Gate before changing course.
• Chen Beiwu safely left the area and realized the ambush had not been meant for him.

Chen Beiwu returned to the Immortal Alliance, resumed planning his yellowtail dendrobium sales, and learned that his mother had recovered from her cold poison. At the Hidden Dawn Market, Golden Egg completed his Companion Beast Metamorphosis and gained twenty basic Dao Marks.

• Chen Beiwu checked his livestream account and customer reviews, then decided to buy a manageable amount of yellowtail dendrobium rather than stock twenty thousand jin.
• Chen Beiwu bought five hundred jin of yellowtail dendrobium from small-scale growers and returned home that evening.
• Chen Beiwu saw that Huang Xiaoling's fortune had turned white after the Frostfall Pill purged her cold poison, though her lost lifespan and cultivation could not be restored.
• Huang Xiaoling offered to help with Chen Beiwu's business, but he said he was not ready to start a company and agreed that his parents could help with routine work.
• Golden Egg began his Companion Beast Metamorphosis, and Chen Beiwu guided him through the process using their contract and the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book.
• Golden Egg completed his metamorphosis by morning with increased intelligence and twenty basic Dao Marks in his Technique Meridian.

Chen Beiwu strengthened his cultivation through Golden Egg’s companion beast cycle and sold talismans in Hidden Dawn Market, where he met Zhu Qiong, a Five Great Sects True Disciple. Zhu Qiong took an interest in Chen Beiwu and his unusual Water Arrow Talismans before an inner disciple arrived to meet the Moon-Picking Envoy.

• Chen Beiwu discovered that Golden Egg’s Three Meridians had quadrupled his cultivation speed, but Golden Egg was not yet strong enough to turn its supreme-grade spirit arts into Companion Beast Marks.
• At a stall in Hidden Dawn Market, Chen Beiwu heard that the Gu Household had canceled its husband-selection gathering after its second young lady was gravely injured in an attack at Gray Wind Gorge.
• Zhu Qiong, disguised behind a veil, bought two Water Arrow Talismans from Chen Beiwu, who hid his surprise at recognizing Zhu Qiong as a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• At Spirit Cuisine Tower, Zhu Qiong admired Chen Beiwu’s talismans and found him amusing.
• Inner disciple Shu You arrived and requested an audience with the Moon-Picking Envoy.

Chen Beiwu resumed fishing at Still Abyss West Lake and caught a protected Two-Instrument Sturgeon, which he released before an orange-fortuned elder arrived searching for it. He suspected his golden fortune had attracted the fish, suggesting a new use for his accumulated fortune.

• Shu You presented this year's Moon-Picking Standards to Zhu Qiong, who told her to follow the sect's rules without changes.
• Chen Beiwu left after noticing the orange glow across the way, cultivated in his Cave Abode, and then returned to the Immortal Alliance.
• Chen Beiwu livestreamed at Still Abyss West Lake and caught a protected Two-Instrument Sturgeon, then released it.
• An orange-fortuned elder arrived looking for the sturgeon, but Chen Beiwu explained that he had released it, and the elder departed.
• Chen Beiwu wondered whether the golden fortune in his Nine-Breath Chaos had drawn the sturgeon to him.

Chen Beiwu restarted his livestream and offered free beast appraisals to attract viewers and build a sales channel. After exposing a viewer’s supposed exotic fish as a mundane fish altered by spells, he answered another call and encountered a powerful creature hidden in flowing flames.

• Chen Beiwu restarted his livestream, announced two free beast appraisals, and called Begonia Fish.
• Begonia Fish showed Chen Beiwu a strange fish, which Chen Beiwu identified as a mundane Three-Tailed 𫚔 modified with spells.
• Chen Beiwu explained how to test the fish and suggested Begonia Fish had been fooled into buying it as an exotic beast; Begonia Fish angrily ended the call.
• Chen Beiwu’s livestream popularity passed a hundred thousand, and he called the next viewer, Eighteen-Year-Old Sexy Female Cockroach.
• A mass of flowing liquid flame appeared on the call, and a pair of molten-gold slit pupils opened within it.