Chapter Summaries

Zuo Xiaoduo and Qin Fangyang allocated twenty thousand jin of King-level Demon Beast meat to schools, martyrs’ families, and Qin Fangyang, while cautioning Zuo Xiaoduo about feeding it to his parents. Ye Changqing and Wen Xingtian raged over the gifts to rival schools, then considered how Hidden Dragon High Martial could make use of the Space Rings Zuo Xiaoduo had seized.

• Qin Fangyang advised Zuo Xiaoduo to use King-level Demon Beast meat to repay those who had helped him and build connections.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Qin Fangyang decided to give three thousand jin each to five schools, reserve two thousand jin for Martyrs' Families, and give Qin Fangyang fifteen hundred jin.
• Qin Fangyang warned Zuo Xiaoduo not to give the meat to students at Phoenix City Second High School and to feed only a little to his parents after cooking it.
• Ye Changqing and Wen Xingtian lamented that Zuo Xiaoduo had given so much meat to other schools, while Qin Fangyang privately enjoyed their frustration.
• Qin Fangyang suggested Zuo Xiaoduo's seized Space Rings could be exchanged for cultivation resources, and Ye Changqing and Wen Xingtian resolved that Hidden Dragon High Martial should handle them well.

Zuo Xiaoduo discussed how to process the treasures he had collected, while Qin Fangyang advised him to let Hidden Dragon High Martial handle the work. Zuo then brought Qin into the Annihilation Sky Pagoda to cultivate with king beast meat, and Qin reflected on the pagoda's space.

• Qin Fangyang told Zuo Xiaoduo to count his loot, keep what he needed, and let Hidden Dragon High Martial manage the rest.
• Ye Changqing and Wen Xingtian overheard the conversation and privately reacted to Qin Fangyang's advice and Zuo Xiaoduo's money-loving nature.
• Zuo Xiaoduo invited Qin Fangyang to eat king beast meat and cultivate before the evening event.
• Qin Fangyang explained that king beast meat benefited cultivators differently and that he would need only about thirty catties to reach saturation.
• Zuo Xiaoduo realized the meat's benefits had limits, while Qin Fangyang looked around the Annihilation Sky Pagoda Space thoughtfully.

Qin Fangyang warned Zuo Xiaoduo to guard the Annihilation Sky Pagoda and be careful about trusting others, while Zuo Xiaoduo considered whether to make it recognize an owner. As the evening banquet approached, Grandma Shi agreed to help prepare, and the Gao couple arrived with gifts before leaving for Shuicheng First High School in a few days.

• Qin Fangyang recognized that something was unusual about the Annihilation Sky Pagoda and warned Zuo Xiaoduo not to bring others into it or trust people carelessly.
• After Qin Fangyang stayed behind to cultivate, Zuo Xiaoduo considered asking Ye Changqing before having the pagoda recognize an owner.
• Zuo Xiaoduo begged Grandma Shi to handle the banquet preparations, and she agreed before kicking him out of the kitchen for making a mess.
• Vice Principal Gao and his wife arrived with gifts, and Madam Gao affectionately urged Zuo Xiaoduo to visit them at Shuicheng First High School after their family left in a few days.

Vice Principal Gao explained why he would remain in Water City and send the Gao youngsters from Hidden Dragon to the battlefield after training. As the vice principals gathered, Zuo Xiaoduo politely served tea and listened to their easy conversation.

• Gao Zhiyun said he would stay in Water City rather than return to Upper Capital, and devote himself to making amends.
• Gao Zhiyun confirmed that the three hundred Gao youngsters at Hidden Dragon would go directly to the battlefield after training.
• Vice Principal Cheng said he would keep the imprisoned snakes alive and continue their punishment for the rest of his life.
• Vice Principal Liu arrived in a wheelchair with his wife, and Vice Principal Zhan joined the gathering.
• Zuo Xiaoduo served tea attentively while listening to the vice principals converse.

Zuo Xiaoduo watched Qin Fangyang’s cultivation advance and helped with a formal banquet honoring him and Phoenix City Second High School’s teachers. The gathering left Qin Fangyang visibly pained when Ye Changqing praised the late He Yuanyue.

• Qin Fangyang consumed fifty pounds of King Beast meat inside the Annihilation Sky Pagoda and advanced from early to mid God-Imperial.
• Qin Fangyang joined Vice Principal Gao, Vice Principal Cheng, and the others, apologizing for his cultivation and chatting with them at ease.
• Xiang Kuangren, Wen Xingtian, and Ye Changqing arrived, and Xiang Chong, Xiang Bing, Li Chenglong, and Zuo Xiaoduo served the banquet.
• Ye Changqing hosted the formal meal, and the guests shared toasts as dishes arrived.
• Ye Changqing praised Phoenix City Second High School’s teachers and He Yuanyue, prompting Qin Fangyang to drain his wine with pain in his eyes.

Ye Changqing recounted how Chi Changsheng was killed in battle and later reincarnated, giving Qin Fangyang hope that he might reunite with his beloved in another life. He revealed that Chi Changsheng had grown into the East Army’s foremost genius and married Shan Xiaoru.

• Ye Changqing told Qin Fangyang and the others that Chi Changsheng died after fighting Great Shaman Wind Emperor, while Wei Central Plains and his thirty-six guards sacrificed themselves to save him.
• Ye Changqing explained that Shan Xiaoru’s hair turned white from grief, and Marshal Dongfang and the Left Route Heavenly King arranged a reincarnation ritual to give her hope.
• Eighteen years later, a young man claiming to be Chi Changsheng reached the Dongfang camp and proved his identity through his memories and knowledge of the army.
• Qin Fangyang heard the story and hoped he could meet his beloved again across lifetimes, though he thought of Lü Qianqian rather than He Yuanyue.
• Ye Changqing revealed that Chi Changsheng had married Shan Xiaoru and identified him as Young Master Absolute Blade, Tie Mengru, astonishing Xiang Kuangren, Wen Xingtian, and Qin Fangyang.

Ye Changqing told Qin Fangyang that Shan Xiaoru and Tie Mengru were alive, giving Qin renewed hope of reuniting with Qianqian. At dinner, Qin and the others reminisced about how often he used to beat Zuo Xiaoduo.

• Ye Changqing revealed that Shan Xiaoru and Tie Mengru were alive and that Qin Fangyang might reunite with Qianqian.
• Qin Fangyang resolved to stay alive and wait for Qianqian to find him.
• Wen Xingtian asked Qin how he had disciplined Zuo Xiaoduo, and Zuo tried to praise Qin’s gentle teaching.
• Qin Fangyang joked that his method was to beat Zuo Xiaoduo without mercy, recalling that he had beaten him as often as eight times a day.
• Li Chenglong recalled that Zuo Xiaoduo grew stronger after each beating and then used his strength to beat the others.

At the banquet, the teachers joked about Zuo Xiaoduo needing beatings, while Xiang Kuangren used Xiang Chong and Xiang Bing as a pretext to send people away. With the outsiders gone, Qin Fangyang asked Principal Ye what to do with Zuo Xiaoduo’s meat and rings.

• Qin Fangyang told Wen Xingtian that Zuo Xiaoduo needed even harsher beatings, and Wen Xingtian threatened to put the method into practice.
• Xiang Kuangren sent Xiang Chong, Xiang Bing, and Li Chenglong away, pointedly excluding Zuo Xiaoduo.
• Vice Principal Gao left after toasting Qin Fangyang, knowing he was still under suspicion and about to be transferred.
• Xiang Chong and Xiang Bing called Li Chenglong outside, leaving only the school leaders, their wives, Zuo Xiaoduo, and Qin Fangyang at the table.
• Qin Fangyang asked Principal Ye what should be done with Zuo Xiaoduo’s meat and rings.

Wen Xingtian proposed how Hidden Dragon High Martial would handle Zuo Xiaoduo’s supplies, while taking credit for the plan and leaving Ye Changqing to endure the embarrassment. He suggested selling the treasures to students at one-tenth of market price and promoting Zuo Xiaoduo as a student leader.

• Ye Changqing pushed Wen Xingtian to explain how he had overheard Qin Fangyang and Xiao Duo, and Wen Xingtian blamed Ye Changqing for listening in.
• Qin Fangyang sarcastically praised Ye Changqing’s cultivation, while the others struggled to hide their amusement.
• Wen Xingtian told Qin Fangyang that he had urged Ye Changqing to treat Zuo Xiaoduo fairly and denied that the school would use the student’s wealth for its own benefit.
• Wen Xingtian proposed selling the supplies to students at one-tenth of market price, with all proceeds going to Xiao Duo, and publicizing Zuo Xiaoduo’s generosity.
• Wen Xingtian suggested building Zuo Xiaoduo into a student leader and requiring buyers to pay with wealth or school credits so the treasures would not seem worthless.

Wen Xingtian explained how Hidden Dragon High Martial would compensate Zuo Xiaoduo for the items he found, while Qin Fangyang described Zuo’s habits and suggested sending him on difficult missions. The gathering ended with Qin praising Ye Changqing for lending Zuo the Annihilation Sky Pagoda, leaving Ye bewildered.

• Wen Xingtian said the school would convert Zuo Xiaoduo’s discoveries into wealth, resources, or money and handle their sale, and he proposed awarding Zuo a million school credits.
• Qin Fangyang rejected the extra credits and asked the school to motivate Zuo by assigning him missions, then teased him for being lazy, cautious, greedy, and skilled at making excuses.
• Zuo Xiaoduo protested as the teachers and others laughed, while Qin explained that Zuo cultivated hard because he feared danger and wanted to become strong enough to avoid it.
• Qin Fangyang raised a toast to Ye Changqing and praised him for lending Zuo the Annihilation Sky Pagoda, surprising Ye.

Zuo Xiaoduo secured ownership of the Annihilation Sky Pagoda, then revealed that he had the last rare ingredient needed to treat Vice Principal Liu’s injuries. Ye Changqing took the fruits so the treatment could begin, while Zuo Xiaoduo mourned the five-billion reward he had unknowingly forfeited.

• Ye Changqing told Zuo Xiaoduo that the Annihilation Sky Pagoda was his, and Qin Fangyang urged him to bind it with Divine Sense.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked Vice Principal Liu which medicinal ingredients were still needed to heal his injuries.
• Madam Liu explained that only the Soul-Tempering Vermilion Fruit remained, despite the family offering a reward of five billion.
• Zuo Xiaoduo produced two Soul-Tempering Vermilion Fruits, and Ye Changqing snatched them to help Vice Principal Liu recover.
• Zuo Xiaoduo lamented that he had lost the five-billion reward by giving the fruits away.

Zuo Xiaoduo gave up the Soul-Tempering Vermilion Fruit to help Madam Liu, then came to terms with the loss as Ye Changqing praised his growing sense of responsibility. The chapter ended with Zuo Xiaoduo asking Wen Xingtian about the Pure Water Jade Lotus and its effects on girls.

• Madam Liu was overwhelmed with emotion after receiving the Soul-Tempering Vermilion Fruit, and Grandma Shi helped her sit down and drink Water of Life.
• Zuo Xiaoduo stopped mourning the fruit and accepted that helping Madam Liu mattered more than money or resources.
• Qin Fangyang and Wen Xingtian recognized Zuo Xiaoduo’s change of heart, while Ye Changqing praised him for learning to care for others.
• Zuo Xiaoduo broke Ye Changqing’s solemn speech by asking whether he could now be called Lord Zuo.
• Wen Xingtian told Zuo Xiaoduo that the Pure Water Jade Lotus could match or exceed the fruit’s value, and Zuo Xiaoduo asked what it did for girls.

After Qin Fangyang visited Hidden Dragon High Martial, Zuo Xiaoduo felt reassured and gave him a Dragon Soul Ginseng to strengthen him before his next breakthrough. Qin Fangyang left convinced that the school was a good place for Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong, while the students treasured the gifts he had brought them.

• Ye Changqing invited Qin Fangyang to observe Hidden Dragon High Martial's upcoming annual parents' gathering, but Qin Fangyang politely declined.
• Zuo Xiaoduo kept Qin Fangyang at Hidden Dragon High Martial for another day, then gave him a Dragon Soul Ginseng and urged him to use it after breaking through to guixuan.
• Qin Fangyang toured the campus with Wen Xingtian and praised the injured former soldiers who taught there after serving on the battlefield.
• Qin Fangyang became fully confident that Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong were in good hands at Hidden Dragon High Martial.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong gladly accepted Qin Fangyang's cultivation materials and carefully kept his gifts as tokens of his care.

Qin Fangyang gained a major boost to his cultivation and planned a delivery circuit for Zuo Xiaoduo’s gifts, while reflecting on Ye Changqing’s account of the past. Zuo Xiaoduo then gave Hidden Dragon High Martial most of the Centipede King and Snake King’s remains, leaving the school to arrange their distribution.

• Qin Fangyang advanced to Mid God-Imperial after eating King-level Demon Beast meat and resolved to reach Guixuan as quickly as possible.
• After hearing Ye Changqing’s account, Qin Fangyang planned to deliver Zuo Xiaoduo’s gifts to his old friends, ending his route at Sun Moon Pass.
• Zuo Xiaoduo spent the day processing the Centipede King and Snake King, keeping five thousand jin of Spirit Meat and giving the remaining sixty-seven thousand jin to Wen Xingtian.
• Xiang Kuangren proposed that training-camp students bound for the front lines receive some of the meat, and Ye Changqing agreed.
• Hidden Dragon High Martial’s senior staff met to plan distribution of the Spirit Meat and other remains, while Zuo Xiaoduo kept the valuable Centipede Beads.

Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong finished sorting a vast haul of treasure and goods, including the spoils from two Beast Kings and thousands of Space Rings. Zuo Xiaoduo sold off unwanted mundane goods for a huge sum, while keeping prized beads and other valuables for himself.

• Zuo Xiaoduo admired the Centipede Beads and Snake Beads, kept several of the largest beads and two King Beast cores, and stored the rest after imagining playing marbles with them.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong spent a week sorting 2,864 Space Rings, leaving Li Chenglong exhausted and six jin lighter.
• Ye Changqing arranged for a logistics teacher to help Zuo Xiaoduo sell unwanted goods to merchants gathered outside the villa.
• Fang Yinuo went inside and bought women's underwear, protective clothing, fine liquor, and premium tea leaves.
• The logistics teacher converted the mundane goods into 1.7 billion in cash, and Zuo Xiaoduo happily watched the money arrive in his account.

After selling most of his haul from the Star Radiance Mountain Range, Zuo Xiaoduo’s account surpassed five billion, while Hidden Dragon High Martial arranged to sell the King Beast meat to its faculty and students. The chapter left Zuo Xiaoduo celebrated by the school and Li Chenglong resolved to eat the meat raw to improve his cultivation.

• Zuo Xiaoduo spent three days selling his less valuable spoils, bringing his account balance past five billion while leaving valuable items and unsettled payments aside.
• Zuo Xiaoduo gave Li Chenglong a hundred jin of King Beast meat, and Li Chenglong decided to eat it raw to maximize his cultivation gains.
• Hidden Dragon High Martial announced that Zuo Xiaoduo had brought back King Beast meat for the school and would receive all proceeds from its sale.
• Hidden Dragon High Martial set rules for selling the meat to faculty and students at one-tenth of market price, awarded Zuo Xiaoduo a Hidden Dragon High Martial Soul Medal, and warned against resale.
• The students erupted in excitement over the announcement.

Zuo Xiaoduo sold King-level Demon Beast Spirit Meat and discounted Space Rings to Hidden Dragon High Martial students, earning their gratitude and establishing himself as a respected student leader. After the school transferred the proceeds and his account reached one trillion, he hid his balance notifications and returned to his routine of studying, cultivating, reading fortunes, and sparring with his friends.

• Zuo Xiaoduo offered impoverished students five catties of Spirit Meat on credit at half the market price, payable within ten years.
• Zuo Xiaoduo offered students without adequate Space Rings a one-per-person purchase at one-fifth of the market price.
• Ye Changqing and the other school leaders celebrated Zuo Xiaoduo's growing influence and envisioned him leading future graduates.
• Hidden Dragon High Martial transferred the sales proceeds to Zuo Xiaoduo, bringing his account balance to one trillion.
• Zuo Xiaoduo turned off his phone notifications so he would not know how much money he had.
• Zuo Xiaoduo resumed his daily routine of classes, cultivation, fortune-telling, and sparring with Li Chenglong, Xiang Bing, Xiang Chong, and the others.

Zuo Xiaoduo rose to fame at Hidden Dragon High Martial as he defeated older students, while he and Li Chenglong pushed their cultivation toward breakthroughs. Beyond the school, a clash between the Left and Right Heavenly Kings inflamed tensions with the Witch Alliance, though You Dongtian’s real motive was to recruit the Left Heavenly King to help obtain ingredients.

• Zuo Xiaoduo restored Class One’s humility, then fought his way through the second year and advanced into the third year, earning admiration and submission from the new students.
• Li Chenglong consumed King-level Star Beast meat, compressed his cultivation ten times, and prepared to break through, while Zuo Xiaoduo continued his suppressions and reached his thirty-sixth.
• News spread that the Left and Right Heavenly Kings had fought in the Witch Alliance, leaving Sun Moon Pass on alert as war seemed imminent.
• After the Flood Great Shaman rejected his request, You Dongtian called the Left Route Heavenly King and said Uncle Zuo and Auntie Zuo needed him to supply ingredients for a family banquet.

You Dongtian manipulated the Left Route Heavenly King into joining a dangerous trip to gather ingredients for Wu Yuting’s family banquet. The Left Route Heavenly King agreed to meet him at Sun Moon Pass with a formidable force.

• You Dongtian claimed that ingredients were needed for Wu Yuting’s banquet and coaxed the Left Route Heavenly King into helping.
• The Left Route Heavenly King worried You Dongtian would blame him to their elders, so he agreed to go along.
• You Dongtian listed rare specialties from the Witch Alliance’s Twelve Great Witches and said they would bring their forces.
• The Left Route Heavenly King balked at the plan, but You Dongtian taunted him as unfilial until he agreed.
• You Dongtian arranged for them to meet in front of Sun Moon Pass in one day, then hung up.

You Dongtian led the Left Route Heavenly King, his wife, and their subordinates on a raid through Witch Alliance territory to gather rare treasures. After provoking several Great Shamans and stealing Hurricane Crabs, the group fled with a host of enemies in pursuit.

• The Left Route Heavenly King and his wife joined You Dongtian and his five Venerables, and You Dongtian assigned everyone roles in his plan to collect treasures.
• You Dongtian learned Flood Great Shaman had gone into seclusion, then used a Spiritual Qi rain to harvest Water-Fire Bamboo Shoots.
• You Dongtian helped the five Venerables escape Great Shaman Liehuo and his wife, while two Eight Directions Envoys were rescued and the group regrouped with the envoys who had gathered Space Lotuses.
• The group fled into Great Shaman Bingming's territory, where the Left Route Heavenly King's wife uprooted two Ice Soul Lotuses and enraged Bingming.
• You Dongtian briefly left the group, then returned pursued by Great Shaman Wind Emperor after stealing ten Hurricane Crabs from Wind Lake.
• You Dongtian and the others fought while fleeing through several Great Shamans' territories, with Liehuo, Dan Kong, Bingming, and Wind Emperor in pursuit.