Chapter Summaries

Lin Ke accepted Qu Binli’s challenge to exchange insights at Azure Lightning Peak in ten days, then felt a sudden premonition at the auction house. He suspected the captured Cloud Dream Saintess was a decoy and began searching for the true saintess among the imprisoned Clam Maidens.

• Qu Binli publicly challenged Lin Ke, and Lin Ke agreed to meet him for an exchange of insights at Azure Lightning Peak in ten days.
• Lin Ke left the goods yard but grew increasingly agitated, recognizing the feeling as a sudden premonition like the one he had experienced when Zong Ya was in danger.
• Lin Ke examined the Cloud Dream Saintess and considered her Nine-Turn Tidal Body, her capture, and the Clam Maidens’ attempts to rescue her.
• Lin Ke concluded that the Cloud Dream Saintess might be a false saintess and searched the caged Clam Maidens for the hidden true one.

Lin Ke identified the real Cloud Dream Saintess among the Clam Maidens and considered attending Qu Binli’s potentially hostile Dao Discussion Assembly. He entered the auction to study the lots and their bidders, and the first Yunmeng Clam Maiden went up for sale as the finale began.

• Lin Ke examined the Clam Maidens’ traits and realized the Cloud Dream Saintess had many attendants, helping him locate the true saintess.
• Lin Ke decided to attend the Dao Discussion Assembly despite expecting Qu Binli and True Person Qing Dian’s allies to try to humiliate him.
• The auction opened, and Lin Ke entered easily because of his eighth-place ranking on the Genius Ranking.
• Lin Ke watched a variety of expensive treasures sell, noting that he could afford few of them.
• The auctioneer presented an ordinary Yunmeng Clam Maiden as the thirty-ninth lot and opened bidding at thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones.