Chapter Summaries

Yue Wen practiced the Dragon-Snake Escape Art on Qimo Tuo’s purple gemstone ring and attended Dong Mengyao’s gathering of independent cultivators. After learning that the Celestial Venerables’ Society and Red Prison Mountain had recruited many strong contenders, Xiao Chuxi proposed that their small group unite to compete, insisting that first place would go to one of the five of them.

• Yue Wen used the Dragon-Snake Escape Art to make progress opening Qimo Tuo’s ring, but exhausted his Divine Sense before he could get far.
• Yue Wen attended Dong Mengyao’s gathering and met Xiao Chuxi, Xiao Chubei’s older brother.
• Dong Mengyao revealed that many invitees had stayed away, and Xiao Chuxi explained that the Celestial Venerables’ Society and Red Prison Mountain had recruited strong local cultivators for the competition.
• Xiao Chuxi described the powerful contenders and alliances expected to dominate the qualifying spots.
• Xiao Chuxi urged the remaining cultivators to support him and declared that first place would go to one of their five.

Yue Wen rejected Xiao Chuxi’s offer to serve as his bodyguard, made a pact not to attack each other in the tournament, and returned to find Zhao Xing'er planning tactics. Her plans focused on ambushing and killing opponents, so Yue Wen began to suggest a more suitable strategy.

• Xiao Chuxi offered the independent cultivators payment and a place in the next round if they supported him, while Yue Wen declined to be his bodyguard and said he intended to compete for first place.
• Yue Wen and Xiao Chuxi shook hands on a pact not to attack each other during the Points Tournament, and Dong Mengyao decided to continue backing Xiao Chuxi so she could advance.
• Xiao Chubei told Xiao Chuxi that Yue Wen had a chance to win, and Xiao Chuxi dismissed the remark.
• Zhao Xing'er described plans to lure opponents into a gorge and ambush them, then to bait them into clear water and attack from above.
• Yue Wen explained that the tournament required collecting Immortal Goods and escaping through teleportation formations, not simply killing opponents, and Zhao Xing'er wondered how to prevent anyone from escaping.
• Yue Wen praised Zhao Xing'er's terrain-based planning and began offering his own ideas.

Yue Wen entered the Independent Cultivator Track Points Tournament and killed a contestant who ambushed him in their shared starting house. He collected an ancient badge and hurried toward the Agency trio’s meeting point, while the commentators praised him as an upright sword cultivator.

• Xu Zi introduced the tournament and guest commentator Guo Zhanlu, who praised raw strength and straightforward competition.
• Yue Wen appeared in a wooden loft house, drew his sword, and encountered a round-headed contestant carrying a golden pickaxe.
• Yue Wen avoided the contestant’s ambush, blinded him with a flash, and killed him with a sword strike; the contestant’s Life Talisman removed his remains.
• Yue Wen searched the house, found a fifty-point ancient badge, and set off on foot toward the Agency trio’s meeting point.
• Xu Zi and Guo Zhanlu watched Yue Wen’s kill, and Guo praised him as a sunny, upright sword cultivator.

Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Zhao Xing'er reunited in the valley and staged a fake fight over a Dragon Blood Crystal to lure in pursuers. Yue Wen ambushed the contestants who rushed for the staged treasure, and the trio prepared to search their backpacks and move on.

• Yue Wen met Qi Dian at the agreed valley entrance, and they waited nearly half an hour for Zhao Xing'er.
• Zhao Xing'er arrived with several pursuers behind her and explained that she had eliminated a dozen contestants before the rest chased her.
• Yue Wen hid while Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian pretended to fight over a Dragon Blood Crystal to attract the pursuers.
• Five contestants charged for Qi Dian's dropped backpack, and Yue Wen ambushed and killed four of them.
• The crew-cut man grabbed the backpack but found Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Zhao Xing'er surrounding him; Zhao Xing'er killed him when he surrendered and pretended to play dead.
• Yue Wen critiqued Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian's acting, then told them to search the backpacks and move to another location.

Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian used a fake Dragon Blood Crystal and a staged fight to lure in and ambush a heavily loaded contestant. After taking his haul, they moved toward the teleportation array to set a second ambush, while the commentators learned that Yue Wen owned a local agency in River City.

• Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian planted themselves on a busy route and staged a fight to make Qi Dian's fake Dragon Blood Crystal look like easy prey.
• A young Daoist in black robes approached to steal their apparent loot, but Yue Wen ambushed and killed him after the others revealed their act.
• The trio took the Daoist's backpack, which held Immortal Goods worth more than a thousand points, and moved to a second location near the teleportation array.
• Yue Wen spotted a large group approaching and ordered the team to activate their second plan.
• Xu Zi told Guo Zhanlu that Yue Wen owned a local agency in River City, prompting him to question whether Yue Wen still seemed sunny.

Yue Wen lured Xue Pinggu and his pursuing cultivators into a narrow gorge, then trapped them and attacked from above with Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian. The group continued raining boulders on the trapped cultivators, while Qi Dian was sent to fetch more rocks.

• Xue Pinggu led his group toward the southern teleportation formation, chasing Yue Wen after he appeared to steal a Dragon Blood Crystal.
• Yue Wen drew the pursuers into a narrow gorge and struck back with his Flying Sword, killing one cultivator and revealing his Astral Realm strength.
• Xue Pinggu recognized Yue Wen’s trap and ordered a retreat, but boulders blocked both exits.
• Yue Wen used a Shadow Talisman to appear above the gorge, where Zhao Xing'er and their allies began dropping rocks on the trapped group.
• Yue Wen used the Sword Heart Resonance Method to make boulders crash down repeatedly as Zhao Xing'er hurled more rocks from above.
• Qi Dian arrived with two boulders and asked to join in, but Zhao Xing'er told him to fetch more rocks instead.

Yue Wen’s team used a fake Dragon Blood Crystal to ambush Xue Pinggu’s group, then Yue Wen chased a gray-clad man who had fled at the crystal’s mention. After the man threw him the genuine crystal and drew a crowd, Yue Wen tricked the cultivators into diving for a fake and blasted them with lightning, prompting Guo Zhanlu to enter the Secret Realm to confront him.

• Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian crushed Xue Pinggu’s team with falling boulders and collected about five thousand points’ worth of Immortal Goods.
• Yue Wen’s team set another fake-crystal trap, but a gray-clad man fled as soon as he heard Zhao Xing'er mention a Dragon Blood Crystal.
• Yue Wen chased the gray-clad man to the northern waters, where the man threw a genuine Dragon Blood Crystal into the air to escape.
• Yue Wen caught the crystal, then threw a fake into the lake and persuaded the gathered cultivators to dive in together.
• Yue Wen unleashed Thunder Tiger Shakes the Heavens Fist into the water, electrocuting dozens of cultivators and causing Xu Zi to watch in shock.
• Guo Zhanlu left the commentary booth and announced that he would enter the Secret Realm to slay Yue Wen.

Yue Wen and his companions lured and electrocuted contestants beneath the water, then faced Yun Huairou and Xue Pinggu with a much larger force. As the group surrounded them, Yue Wen announced the Blood-Boiling Combo Technique, and the commentary desk reacted with surprise.

• Xue Pinggu asked Yun Huairou to help him take revenge on Yue Wen and his companions, and Yun Huairou agreed in exchange for the loot and Xue Pinggu's service.
• Yun Huairou and Xue Pinggu diverted their team to investigate a reported Dragon Blood Crystal, while Yue Wen continued shocking the waters until no independent cultivators remained alive beneath them.
• Yue Wen met up with Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian, but Yun Huairou's group arrived and surrounded the three, with Xue Pinggu identifying them as the bandits.
• Xue Pinggu and Yun Huairou prepared their Magical Artifacts as their cultivators closed in, and Yue Wen called for the Blood-Boiling Combo Technique.
• Guo Zhanlu expressed relief that Yue Wen's group was finally outnumbered, but Xu Zi suddenly exclaimed at the supernatural power they used.

Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian used their newly mastered combined supernatural power to battle Xue Pinggu, Yun Huairou, and their allies. The trio defeated Xue Pinggu and routed the other attackers, while the commentators struggled to explain Yue Wen’s bizarre sword-controlling talent.

• Yue Wen resonated with Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian, then used them as sword-controlled companions while they fought off attacks from Xue Pinggu, Yun Huairou, and several cultivators.
• Zhao Xing'er charged Yun Huairou and struck him through his Watercloud Silk, while Yue Wen flew on Qi Dian and used his flying sword to defend them.
• Yue Wen dodged Xue Pinggu’s venomous snakes with the Shadow-Shifting Talisman Art and sent Zhao Xing'er after him as Yun Huairou returned to protect Xue Pinggu.
• Yue Wen’s flying sword pressured Yun Huairou, leaving Zhao Xing'er free to strike Xue Pinggu with her Fire Dance Whirlwind-Staff Technique and eliminate him.
• Yun Huairou fled as Zhao Xing'er attacked the remaining cultivators, and commentators Xu Zi and Guo Zhanlu discussed Yue Wen’s extraordinary, bizarre abilities.

After defeating Yun Huairou and Xue Pinggu’s forces, Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian recovered their spoils and prepared to hunt for more wealthy targets. As they approached the Eastern Teleportation Array, Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er hid and sent Qi Dian forward alone as bait.

• Yue Wen’s team killed eight of Yun Huairou’s remaining bodyguards and drove away spectators to collect dozens of underwater backpacks.
• The trio rested in an empty house and estimated their combined haul at nearly forty thousand points, including the Dragon Blood Crystal.
• Yue Wen encouraged Qi Dian to overcome his embarrassment and fight for victory, and Qi Dian regained his determination.
• The team set out again, with Qi Dian carrying eight heavy backpacks so Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er could fight freely.
• Near the Eastern Teleportation Array, Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er hid while Qi Dian walked ahead alone, apparently baiting people into attacking.

Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Zhao Xing'er took over the eastern teleportation gate and staged safe departures to lure contestants into an ambush. The scheme began drawing in valuable targets as the commentary desk watched Yue Wen’s tactics unfold.

• Chang Daniu and a rival band of cultivators argued over who would rob Qi Dian, but Zhao Xing'er and Yue Wen killed both leaders.
• Qi Dian stopped the surviving cultivators from fleeing, and Yue Wen offered them enough points to qualify in exchange for acting as decoys.
• Yue Wen instructed the cultivators to repeatedly fly over the gate so it would look safe, while Qi Dian and Zhao Xing'er posed inside the teleportation formation.
• A girl carrying eight thousand points entered the formation, and Yue Wen ambushed and killed her before collecting her backpack.
• Xu Zi described the staged ambush as impossible to guard against, and Guo Zhanlu admitted that he admired Yue Wen and conceded.

Yue Wen absorbed the Dragon Blood Crystal’s energy, strengthening his body but destroying the valuable item just as Zhao Xing'er asked to see it. Meanwhile, Chen Yanqing learned that contestants were gathering at the eastern Ancient City teleportation array, and two extras warned Yue Wen that the Celestial Venerables' Society and Red Prison Mountain were attacking together.

• Yue Wen ambushed contestants at the eastern teleportation array with his group, building their haul to nearly ninety thousand points after paying the extras.
• Yue Wen absorbed the Dragon Blood Crystal’s True Dragon blood energy, greatly strengthening his body and crumbling the crystal into dust.
• Zhao Xing'er asked Yue Wen to show her the Dragon Blood Crystal, and Yue Wen tried to conceal that he had destroyed it.
• Two extras warned Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er that the Celestial Venerables' Society and Red Prison Mountain were attacking together.
• Yun Huairou told Chen Yanqing that fewer contestants were approaching the western teleportation array, and a scout reported that the eastern Ancient City array was bustling while the northern and southern arrays were quiet.

Yue Wen provoked the Celestial Venerables' Society and Red Prison Mountain into fighting, then drew their three Astral Realm experts away from the gate. Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian stayed behind to seize the scattered spoils, while the chase after Yue Wen began.

• Chen Yanqing and Yun Huairou moved to the eastern gate and encountered Zhang Putuo and Red Prison Mountain's team.
• Yue Wen sent the extras to evacuate, then used a blinding flash and a surprise sword attack to trigger a battle between the two factions.
• Zhang Putuo and the Celestial Venerables' Society fought fiercely, and the fighting eliminated the Society's independent cultivators.
• Yue Wen revealed himself, and Chen Yanqing explained that he had manipulated both sides; Zhang Putuo and Yun Huairou joined forces to pursue him.
• Qi Dian distracted Red Prison Mountain's remaining cultivator while Zhao Xing'er struck him down, and the two prepared to collect the backpacks.

Yue Wen escaped a three-person ambush by turning the Immortal Goods in his pursuers’ backpacks into sword attacks, then stole valuable points and headed for the Northern Region Waters teleportation array. There he reunited with the Xiao brothers’ team just as Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian arrived.

• Yun Huairou, Zhang Putuo, and Chen Yanqing cornered Yue Wen in the Western Forest and attacked after he appeared to beg for mercy.
• Yue Wen used Sword Heart Resonance Method to unleash the Immortal Goods in their backpacks; Chen Yanqing was eliminated, while Yun Huairou and Zhang Putuo survived.
• Yue Wen stole valuable Immortal Goods from all three pursuers and escaped, leaving them to realize that Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian might also be collecting the scattered backpacks.
• Yue Wen gathered his stolen haul, worth about twenty thousand points, and flew toward the Northern Region Waters teleportation array to meet Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian.
• The Xiao brothers’ team, led by Xiao Chuxi and Xiao Chubei, stopped Yue Wen near a reef island; Xiao Chuxi showed off his team’s haul while Xiao Chubei and Dong Mengyao offered to help.
• Yue Wen pointed out Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian as they arrived, stunning the Xiao brothers’ team.

Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian left the Secret Realm with an enormous haul, discussed dividing their prize money equally, and returned to the venue as the tournament neared its end. After staff warned that eliminated contestants were waiting outside and might be angry, the trio were told to leave through the back door.

• Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian arrived with backpacks packed with loot, stunning Xiao Chuxi, Dong Mengyao, and the others with the scale of their haul.
• Yue Wen and his team entered the teleportation array, and he proposed concentrating their points into two high scores to secure the top two rankings.
• Zhao Xing'er asked how they would divide the prize money, and Yue Wen insisted on an equal share for each teammate.
• The trio vanished from the Secret Realm as Guo Zhanlu reflected on Yue Wen's strength and tactics during the tournament.
• Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian returned to the venue, where staff asked them to deposit their Immortal Goods and advised them to leave by the back door to avoid angry contestants.

Yue Wen’s Agency swept the top three spots in Jiangcheng City’s Points Tournament, and Wang Shoucai warned Yue Wen that a powerful spirit infant, possibly the resurrected Fan Baimo, was killing people in the Wasteland Zone. The chapter ended with Wang Shoucai noting that the Dragon Blood Crystal had vanished from the secret realm, while Yue Wen hid his reaction.

• Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian took first, second, and third place in the Points Tournament, while Xiao Chuxi placed fourth.
• Yue Wen’s gang attended the modest awards ceremony, where Wang Shoucai congratulated them on sweeping the top three.
• Wang Shoucai told Yue Wen that two bodies Yue Wen had reported were victims of a spirit embryo’s killings, and that the infant had likely regained substantial cultivation.
• Wang Shoucai said the spirit embryo might be Fan Baimo, a former Demon God Cult protector and founder of Flame Ghost Hall, and warned Yue Wen to avoid the Wasteland Zone.
• Wang Shoucai said the usual prize might be the Dragon Blood Crystal, but staff could not find it or determine who had taken it; Yue Wen concealed his reaction.

After Yue Wen’s team swept the Points Tournament, Guang Zhenren arranged replacement rewards because the Dragon Blood Crystal had vanished from the Secret Realm, while the bureau discovered that Fan Baimo may have entered Jiangcheng City. Back at the Agency, Carefree Media offered Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian talent contracts, presenting them with wildly mismatched promotional personas.

• Wang Shoucai told Guang Zhenren that Yue Wen’s three entrants took the top three places, and reported that the Dragon Blood Crystal had gone missing in the Secret Realm.
• Guang Zhenren assigned the three winners other Immortal Goods as rewards and questioned Fang Qingcang and Lan Zhi about facing Yue Wen in the City Heroes’ Battle.
• Guang Zhenren revealed that the bureau had traced Fan Baimo to a barrier fissure and suspected he had entered Jiangcheng City proper.
• On their ride home, Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian joked about the nicknames viewers had given them, including Qi Dian’s “Backpack Freak.”
• He Caihua and Sister Xia of Carefree Media visited the Agency and offered the three full-time talent contracts with a seventy-thirty revenue split.
• Sister Xia presented proposals branding Yue Wen as a romantic leading man, Zhao Xing'er as a warm big sister, and Qi Dian as an absurdist lighter-eating fool.

Yue Wen and his companions rejected Carefree Media’s contract, then heard Miyun Zi’s offer to join the Celestial Venerables’ Society. Yue Wen declined to leave Jiangcheng City, and a new visitor arrived at the Agency after Miyun Zi departed.

• Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian turned down Carefree Media’s offer because its demands conflicted with their cultivation and goals.
• Miyun Zi visited the Agency, apologized for his earlier disrespect, and gave Yue Wen a White Jade Soul-Aspect Lion Head artifact.
• Miyun Zi explained the Celestial Venerables’ Society’s mission and invited the three cultivators to join as level-four members.
• Yue Wen declined the invitation and refused Miyun Zi’s plans to relocate them to Longdu City.
• After Miyun Zi left, a chubby middle-aged man entered the Agency and greeted everyone.

Yue Wen and his companions received three immortal materials as tournament rewards and went to find a local artifact refiner. They met the fearsome Diamond Granny at her workshop and asked her to help refine the materials.

• Wang Shoucai gave Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian the Azure-Purple Immortal Copper, Fire Serpent Glazed Eye, and Ink-Dyed Small Sword as rewards.
• Wang Shoucai recommended a skilled Jiangcheng City artifact refiner but warned them not to mention that he had once arrested her.
• Yue Wen spent the night breaking the restrictions on Qimo Tuo's storage ring, leaving only one layer before setting it aside.
• Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian rode to the Hundred Refinements Sect in City Five's derelict district and saw a man pinned to a wall with a saber by Diamond Granny.
• Yue Wen told Diamond Granny they had come for her artifact-refining services, and she invited the three into the factory.

Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian visited Diamond Granny to have three magical artifacts refined, but she offered to do the work for free if they helped recover a debt from a Flame Ghost Hall elder. Yue Wen devised a plan to infiltrate an evil cultivator gathering, leaving the trio to prepare their disguises for the event next week.

• Diamond Granny quoted prices for fusing Yue Wen's sword, setting Zhao Xing'er's Glazed Eye, and removing the spirit ink from Qi Dian's sword, then raised Qi Dian's price as she teased him.
• Diamond Granny explained that a Flame Ghost Hall elder had fled with two corpse puppets without paying her, and asked the trio to collect the debt in exchange for refining their artifacts for free.
• Diamond Granny revealed that the debtor would attend an evil cultivator's disciple-taking ceremony next week and offered invitations so the trio could infiltrate the gathering.
• Diamond Granny supplied counterfeit Flame Ghost Hall tokens, while Yue Wen proposed posing as a disciple with Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian disguised as corpse puppets.
• Yue Wen produced a genuine token belonging to one of Ahei Mo's direct disciples and suggested using Corpse-Scent Jade to strengthen their disguises.
• Diamond Granny agreed to make Corpse-Scent Jade for the pair, while Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian remarked on Yue Wen's unsettlingly practiced plan.