Recaps

Xue Fuyao followed the aura of a powerful spirit plant to Yu Da’s home and bought it from him with supplies and money. Before leaving, she warned Yu Da that Jiangxi Town might be targeted by demonic cultivators.

• Xue Fuyao sensed a powerful spirit plant nearby and followed its aura with Shadow Three to Yu Da’s home.
• Xue Fuyao told Yu Da that she was searching for a spirit plant, and Yu Da invited them inside after realizing he had found one.
• Yu Da explained that he had dug up the unusually pure spirit plant and brought it home after failing to find a buyer.
• Xue Fuyao revived the plant’s wilted leaves with a touch and agreed to buy it from Yu Da.
• Yu Da asked for pills, talismans, formation disks, spirit stones, gold, and silver, and Xue Fuyao gave them to him.
• Xue Fuyao warned Yu Da that demonic cultivators might have targeted Jiangxi Town and urged his family to be careful.

Xue Fuyao identified and contracted with the Myriad Poisons Origin-Returning Vine, then traveled with Shadow Three to Thousand-Household City to reach the Three Realms Auction House. The teleportation array was closed to the public for three days, so she decided to wait in the city.

• Xue Fuyao warned Yu Da that Jiangxi Town could be vulnerable to a Devil Race surprise attack, then left with Shadow Three.
• Xue Fuyao explained that the plant was the Myriad Poisons Origin-Returning Vine, learned its history, and placed it in her Portable Medicinal Garden after contracting with it.
• Xue Fuyao and Shadow Three traveled to Thousand-Household City, where she explained the locals’ body tempering and Haoran Righteous Qi to Shadow Three.
• Xue Fuyao learned that the teleportation array was requisitioned for three days and chose to wait rather than travel to the Three Realms Auction House on foot.

Xue Fuyao investigated a restaurant after sensing dense demon qi and discovered that its owner’s wife was the Demon Realm Left Protector, a sheep demon destined to attack Thousand-Household City. She then learned Ying Jiu and Fifteen wanted to stay at the dangerous border, and Shadow Three argued that they could cultivate Haoran Righteous Qi there.

• Xue Fuyao sent Shadow Three to investigate the restaurant and learned that its owner’s daughter-in-law had spiritual energy fluctuations.
• Xue Fuyao and Shadow Three entered the crowded restaurant, ordered food and wine, and sensed the woman’s faint fragrance and spiritual energy.
• Shadow Three said the woman had used a charm technique on him, and Xue Fuyao identified her as an ordinary sheep demon.
• Xue Fuyao recognized the woman as the Demon Realm Left Protector, who had brought down three cities and was likely fated to die while attacking Thousand-Household City.
• Xue Fuyao objected when Shadow Three said Ying Jiu and Fifteen wanted to stay at the border, but he replied that they could cultivate Haoran Righteous Qi there.

Xue Fuyao agreed to let Ying Jiu and Fifteen remain behind to build an army, but first planned to take them to the Three Realms Auction House for protective treasures. When she traveled with Shadow Three, the Left Protector of the Demon Realm diverted the Teleportation Array and lured her into a dungeon, where Xue Fuyao quickly captured her.

• Shadow Three told Xue Fuyao that Ying Jiu and Fifteen’s Sects supported their decision to stay, and Xue Fuyao agreed on the condition that they visit the Three Realms Auction House first.
• Xue Fuyao spent three days researching suitable treasures for Ying Jiu and Fifteen, hoping to obtain Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasures at the auction house.
• Xue Fuyao took Shadow Three to the Teleportation Array while Ying Jiu and Fifteen hid in the crowd, and the Left Protector of the Demon Realm entered the array just before it activated.
• Xue Fuyao realized the array had taken her somewhere other than her destination and used Water Silk and the Immortal-Binding Rope to capture and gag the Left Protector.
• Xue Fuyao recognized that the Left Protector had lured her into a dungeon covered in Formation Runes, while the captive believed Xue Fuyao would need information from her to escape.

Xue Fuyao extracted the Left Protector’s memories, discovered she was a Demon Race spy, and infiltrated her hidden cave disguised as the sheep demon. After killing the sheep demons and taking their treasure, Xue Fuyao left with an Earth Vein Flesh Lingzhi to share with her allies.

• Xue Fuyao used the Soul-Seizing Technique on the Left Protector and learned from her memories that she was a Demon Race undercover agent who abducted people to eat their hearts.
• Xue Fuyao killed the Left Protector, disguised herself as the sheep demon, and left the cell cave.
• Two little sheep demons greeted Xue Fuyao, and she tricked them into summoning the other sheep demons with the promise of fresh blood food.
• Xue Fuyao sealed the exits and burned the gathered sheep demons with the Spirit-Mind Purifying Flame, then collected their remains as whole roast sheep.
• Xue Fuyao searched the sheep demon’s secret chamber, found an Earth Vein Flesh Lingzhi, and took it to share with Shadow Three, Shadow One, and the others.

Xue Fuyao uncovered the God-Slaying Spear’s identity and killed a devil who mocked her, awakening the weapon by feeding it his flesh and blood. She left for a nearby city to teleport to Three Realms City, and spotted a carriage convoy on the road.

• Xue Fuyao collected the treasures from the cave and told Shadow Three that a devil had ambushed her, prompting him to vow revenge on the Devil Race.
• A black-armored devil arrived with Princess Highness’s orders and mocked Xue Fuyao while boasting about his spear.
• Xue Fuyao recognized the weapon as the God-Slaying Spear and used her Heavenly Eye to shatter the devil’s Demon Crystal.
• Xue Fuyao took the spear and fed it the devil’s body, restoring its appearance as it absorbed his flesh and blood.
• Xue Fuyao left for a nearby city to find a Teleportation Array to Three Realms City, then saw a convoy of horse-drawn carriages.

Xue Fuyao ran into Xueheng and Mu Wei at a caravan stop and learned that Xueheng had been tricked into an exploitative contract with a trading company. She confronted the manager and demanded to know where Xueheng’s Bond Contract was.

• Xue Fuyao landed near the caravan and introduced herself to Mu Wei as Xueheng’s ancestor.
• Xueheng pushed Mu Wei aside, recognized Xue Fuyao, and told her how he had been swindled into working for a trading company.
• Xue Fuyao confronted the manager, who claimed Xueheng’s contract was legitimate.
• Xue Fuyao asked where the Bond Contract was so she could free Xueheng without paying to redeem him.

Xue Fuyao learned that Mu Wei had been branded with a Sin Mark and sold to the Shengxing Trading Company, then reached Jiangbei City to free Xueheng. The trading company demanded a hundred thousand upper-grade spirit stones to end his contract early.

• Xue Fuyao forced the man in charge to reveal that Xueheng’s Bond Contract was in Jiangbei City, then flew there with Xueheng.
• After Xue Fuyao left, the man mocked Mu Yao, while Mu Wei vowed revenge and an inconspicuous ant crawled into her clothes.
• Xueheng told Xue Fuyao that the Water Spirit Sect had sent Mu Wei to the trading company after she caused deaths in some ruins and other sects pressured the Water Spirit Sect.
• Xue Fuyao and Xueheng arrived at the Shengxing Trading Company, where a woman said ending Xueheng’s hundred-year contract would cost a hundred thousand upper-grade spirit stones.

Xue Fuyao and her companions destroyed the Shengxing Trading Company branch in Jiangbei City after recovering Xueheng’s Bond Contract, then left for Three Realms City. Before traveling onward, she warned Xueheng to disguise himself because enemies connected to the Xue Clan might still be hunting them.

• Xue Fuyao summoned Shadow Three, Ying Jiu, and Fifteen, took Xueheng’s Bond Contract from the Shengxing Trading Company, and burned it.
• Xue Fuyao ordered her companions to kill everyone at the branch and collected its supplies while Xueheng worried about retaliation.
• Xue Fuyao told Xueheng that Zhang Zhenyu might have survived and warned him to disguise himself and stop using the snow-character Xue surname.
• Shadow Three, Ying Jiu, and Fifteen cleared out the branch, and the group left Jiangbei City for Three Realms City.
• Xue Fuyao gave Xueheng a Jade Pendant to change his appearance, returned with him to Jiangbei City, and entered its Teleportation Array.

Xue Fuyao explored Three Realms City with Xueheng, bought Heavenly Thunder Bombs from her old acquaintance Jiang Zuo, and then watched a confrontation between a wolf demon and a Rabbit Demon. The chapter left the cause of the dispute apparent: the wolf demon had caged a group of young rabbits and claimed he was entitled to eat some of them.

• Xue Fuyao and Xueheng arrived in Three Realms City, and she sent Shadow Three and the others to buy valuable items she spotted with the Heavenly Eye.
• Xue Fuyao recognized Jiang Zuo at a stall, bought all his Heavenly Thunder Bombs, and learned his Artifact Refining talent had not yet been exposed.
• Xue Fuyao complimented Jiang Zuo's work and left before he could grow suspicious of her familiarity.
• Xue Fuyao and Xueheng watched a crowd from a restaurant window as a wolf demon taunted a Rabbit Demon beside a cage full of young rabbits.

Xue Fuyao visited the Three Realms Auction House before its auction and offered several rare treasures and Jade Beauty Pills in exchange for something other than Spirit Stones. Manager Hou recognized her as the Jade Beauty Pills’ alchemist and offered a range of valuable goods, leaving her to choose what she wanted.

• Xue Fuyao told Xueheng that the Rabbit Tribe’s attack on the Central Continent had cost them their refuge among humans and would not erase their humiliation among demons.
• Xueheng stopped watching the distressed rabbit demon, and he and Xue Fuyao decided to stay in Three Realms City until the Three Realms Auction.
• Xue Fuyao went to the Three Realms Auction House with Shadow Three and the others and told the guards she had items to sell.
• Manager Hou agreed to consider her offerings for the upcoming auction, but Xue Fuyao said she wanted an immediate exchange instead of Spirit Stones.
• Xue Fuyao presented a Demon Sword, Merfolk King's Pearls, Earth Vein Flesh Lingzhi, and one hundred Jade Beauty Pills, prompting Manager Hou to recognize her identity.
• Manager Hou offered Heavenly Flames, Ninth-Grade Pills, Top-Tier Magic Artifacts, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in exchange.

Xue Fuyao traded her goods at the Three Realms Auction House for three Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasures, including one that could control souls. She then met Jimo Xiubai to decide how to sell the stone slab, and they leaned toward auctioning it to draw out bidders opposed to the Snake Clan.

• Xue Fuyao selected the soul-controlling Heavenheart Bottle, Clear Breeze, and the contract-forming Blood Lotus from the auction house’s inventory.
• Manager Hou chose not to investigate Xue Fuyao’s group because they could refine Jade Beauty Pills and were valuable business partners.
• Xue Fuyao gave Ying Jiu and Fifteen the Blood Lotus and God-Slaying Spear before returning to the inn.
• Xueheng took Spirit Stones from Xue Fuyao and went to explore Three Realms City while she went to meet Jimo Xiubai.
• Jimo Xiubai outlined selling the stone slab directly, trading it to the Snake Clan, or putting it up for auction.
• Jimo Yunqi advised auctioning the slab, explaining that the Snake Clan had internal rivals and enemies who might bid to keep it from them.

Xue Fuyao and the Jimo Brothers arranged for the Snake Clan’s Sacrificial Dance Stone Tablet to be auctioned, hoping the rival factions would fight over it. On the way back, Xue Fuyao learned that Xueheng had been abducted and tracked him to a hidden valley behind an illusory cliff.

• Jimo Yunqi convinced the Three Realms Auction House to auction the Stone Tablet, and the devil woman agreed to publicize it and gave them a Purple Token.
• Shadow Three told Xue Fuyao that Xueheng had been abducted by a person in black after leaving the city, so Xue Fuyao used her Gu Worm to track him.
• Xue Fuyao rode Xiao Yan after Xueheng’s moving location and reached the Broken Cliff where Shadow Three’s group had lost the trail.
• Xue Fuyao used her Heavenly Eye to find a flaw in the cliff’s illusion, broke the formation, and revealed a mist-filled valley.
• Xue Fuyao warned Shadow Three and the others that the mist was poisonous, then refused a Detoxification Pill, saying it could not harm her.

Xue Fuyao and Shadow Three fought their way through a poisoned valley, discovering that the mist and venomous creatures had concealed a group of attackers. After a surviving enemy died in terror at the sight of her face, Xue Fuyao disguised herself and advanced into the valley, where she faced death-sworn guards ready to self-destruct.

• Xue Fuyao used Clear Breeze to lead Shadow Three and the others above the poisonous mist, revealing they had been walking in circles and that venomous creatures guarded its edge.
• Xue Fuyao scattered Bai Ling's powder over the creatures, causing them to explode, while Shadow Three and the others killed two people who rushed out.
• Shadow Three reported that the dead attackers were neither Zhang Clan members nor people from the Shengxing Trading Company, then brought a surviving man to Xue Fuyao.
• The man saw Xue Fuyao's face and died in terror before she could use the Soul-Seizing Technique, prompting her to realize she had not disguised herself with Broken Jade.
• Xue Fuyao changed her appearance and advanced with Shadow Three as death-sworn guards attacked and prepared to self-destruct.
• Xue Fuyao shielded her group with Water Silk and used Heavenly Thunder Bombs to detonate the guards before they could complete their self-destruction.

Xue Fuyao tracked the kidnappers to an underground chamber where Xueheng and many other captives were imprisoned. She confronted the Valley Master and Yunye, who tried to use Xueheng as a hostage, and the chapter ended as the Valley Master ordered Yunye to kill him.

• Xue Fuyao and the Shadow Guards pursued several fleeing figures after an explosion in the valley.
• The Valley Master and Yunye discussed their plan to evacuate with the kidnapped Xueheng and the other prisoners.
• Xue Fuyao and the Shadow Guards entered the chamber after killing the remaining people in the valley.
• The Valley Master offered to release Xueheng, but Xue Fuyao refused to let him go.
• Yunye held a sword to Xueheng's neck, and the Valley Master ordered him to kill Xueheng when Xue Fuyao showed no concern.

Xue Fuyao rescued Xueheng and learned from the old man's memories that the Yun Household had been imprisoning Xue Clan descendants to study their bloodline. She freed the captives, ordered the secret chamber destroyed, and left the valley in ruins.

• Yunye dropped his sword and lost control of his body after Xue Fuyao revealed she had taken precautions.
• Xue Fuyao searched the old man's memories and learned that the Yun Household had been hunting Xue Clan descendants to study their bloodline and find the clan's sealed treasures.
• Shadow Three reported that Xueheng had been drugged, and Xue Fuyao ordered him taken back and the prisoners released.
• Xue Fuyao warned the freed captives to keep silent and sent Fifteen to give them money.
• Ying Jiu killed Yunye and placed Heavenly Thunder Bombs around the secret chamber.
• Xue Fuyao triggered the bombs, causing an explosion that shattered the valley and collapsed the ground.

After rescuing Xueheng from the Yun Household’s valley, Xue Fuyao woke him by having Shadow Three and the others beat him while she healed him. Back in Three Realms City, she followed an enticing aroma toward Heavenly Fragrance Tower, where Lady Culinary God was cooking.

• Xue Fuyao’s group left the destroyed valley, and Ying Jiu identified Xueheng’s unconsciousness as the effect of the Yun Household’s secret drug.
• With no antidote available, Xue Fuyao ordered Shadow Three and the others to beat Xueheng while she healed him, and the pain eventually woke him.
• Xueheng learned from Shadow Three and Fifteen that he had been abducted and rescued, though he remembered only being struck by fists.
• Xue Fuyao wondered why the valley’s leader had been frightened by her face and resolved to visit the Yun Household after finishing her business in the area.
• After returning to Three Realms City, Xue Fuyao handed Xueheng to Shadow Three and followed a powerful aroma toward Heavenly Fragrance Tower.
• People nearby said Lady Culinary God was cooking there and would prepare a dish for free if someone brought her an ingredient that moved her heart.

Xue Fuyao brought mutton infused with Earth Vein Flesh Lingzhi to Heavenly Fragrance Tower, hoping Lady Culinary God would cook with it, but received no reply. After dining with Big Treasure and Fox Cub, she bathed in Spirit Liquid and considered her next destinations: the Devil Race, the Yun Household, and the Demon Race.

• Xue Fuyao brought a piece of the Sheep Demon's mutton to Heavenly Fragrance Tower, hoping its Earth Vein Flesh Lingzhi effects would interest Lady Culinary God.
• Xue Fuyao ordered the tower's pastries and signature dishes, then shared the meal with Big Treasure and Fox Cub while she waited for a response.
• Xue Fuyao brewed fresh camellia blossoms in spirit water and drank it with Big Treasure and Fox Cub, but Lady Culinary God still sent no word.
• Xue Fuyao returned to her lodgings, sealed the room with a Formation Disk, and bathed in heated Spirit Liquid.
• Xue Fuyao considered visiting the Devil Race to obtain a puppet-making method, as well as visiting the Yun Household and the Demon Race.

Xue Fuyao agreed to return to the Heavenly Fragrance Tower after Lady Culinary God invited her to try a lamb dish. She waited in a private dining room as the first dishes arrived, but Lady Culinary God had yet to appear.

• Fifteen reported that several people rescued from the secret chamber in Mountain Valley wanted to stay, and Xue Fuyao gave him a Storage Bag to support them.
• Xue Fuyao learned that a waiter from the Heavenly Fragrance Tower had come looking for her about the lamb she ordered.
• The Heavenly Fragrance Tower waiter told Xue Fuyao that Lady Culinary God wanted to cook for her, and Xue Fuyao agreed to go.
• The waiter led Xue Fuyao past the long queue at the Heavenly Fragrance Tower and took her to a private dining room.
• Maidservants brought out dishes whose aroma briefly left some of them looking intoxicated, while Xue Fuyao waited for Lady Culinary God.

Xue Fuyao discovered that Lady Culinary God was a man and watched him expertly process the Sheep Demon, whose flesh had been transformed by Earth Vein Flesh Lingzhi. On the day of the Three Realms Auction, she set out with him and learned that he was called Chu Tianshuo.

• Xue Fuyao used her Heavenly Eye and realized that the veiled Lady Culinary God was actually a man.
• Lady Culinary God learned that the Sheep Demon had eaten Earth Vein Flesh Lingzhi and eagerly took Xue Fuyao to his portable cave abode to prepare its meat.
• Lady Culinary God processed the Sheep Demon's body with great skill while Xue Fuyao asked why he disguised himself as a woman.
• Lady Culinary God agreed to attend the Three Realms Auction with Xue Fuyao to obtain a seasoning he needed.
• After several days of processing the Sheep Demon's ingredients, Lady Culinary God told Xue Fuyao his name was Chu Tianshuo as they headed to the auction.

Xue Fuyao arrived at the Three Realms Auction with Chu Tianshuo and watched the Demon Sword’s reveal ignite the sword cultivators’ interest. A prince from the fourth floor claimed he would take it, provoking outrage as the sects worried whether they had enough Spirit Stones to compete.

• Xue Fuyao entered the private room with Chu Tianshuo, where Jimo Xiubai and Jimo Yunqi were waiting.
• Xue Fuyao asked about the auction items and learned that the Three Realms Auction kept its offerings secret until they appeared.
• The auctioneer revealed that the broken sword was the Demon Sword, a blade said to rival a Divine Artifact and restorable only by someone with an indomitable sword heart.
• Sword cultivators recognized the long-sought Demon Sword and grew excited at the chance to obtain it.
• A prince on the fourth floor announced that he would take the sword, prompting a sword cultivator to protest and a disciple to warn his master that they might lack enough Spirit Stones.

The Demon Sword drew rising bids at the Three Realms Auction House, prompting an aging Devil Race Sword Cultivator to offer everything he owned to buy it. As Xue Fuyao watched the auction, she wondered whether she had sold the sword too cheaply.

• Jimo Xiubai urged Jimo Yunqi to bid on the Demon Sword, but Jimo Yunqi said he could not afford it and was not a Sword Cultivator.
• An aging Devil Race Sword Cultivator recalled how the Demon Sword had led to his cultivation deviation and resolved to spend his remaining wealth on it.
• The old man gave his Storage Ring to the maidservant to appraise, and she assigned a high value to a rusted pill cauldron after he claimed it came from a secret realm.
• The Demon Sword's price rose from one thousand to fifteen hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones as the auction proceeded.
• Xue Fuyao watched the bidding and wondered whether she had sold the Demon Sword too cheaply.

Xue Fuyao discovered that the strange spirit plant being auctioned was actually a rare fish that could transform into grass, and her cultivation methods seemed to crave it. After she and Jimo Xiubai mocked its claim to be an auspicious beast, Chu Tianshuo warned that acquiring the fish would cost her dearly.

• The Demon Sword sold for eight thousand top-grade spirit stones, prompting Xue Fuyao to abandon thoughts of negotiating with the Three Realms Auction House.
• Xue Fuyao saw a strange spirit plant at the auction and sensed that the Longevity Formula and Creation Green Lotus Formula craved it.
• The auctioneer revealed that the plant was Sea Origin, a rare fish from the seabed, and demonstrated its transformation from grass into a fish and back.
• Xue Fuyao called the fish stupid, and Jimo Xiubai joined her in dismissing its claim to be an auspicious beast.
• Chu Tianshuo warned Xue Fuyao that obtaining the fish would cost her dearly, and she asked what made it special.

At the Three Realms Auction House, Chu Tianshuo explained the Sea Origin and competed with Xue Fuyao to acquire it. After they bought it together, the auction paused, and a covered object resembling a wall was brought onto the stage, prompting Xue Fuyao and Jimo Xiubai to suspect they recognized it.

• Chu Tianshuo explained that ordinary Sea Origins were plentiful, but rare ones could switch between fish and plant forms.
• After Chu Tianshuo’s conversation with Xue Fuyao’s group was overheard, the bidders lost interest, and the auctioneer claimed the Sea Origin could control seawater.
• Chu Tianshuo and Xue Fuyao both wanted the Sea Origin, then agreed to buy it together and split the cost.
• Chu Tianshuo won the Sea Origin while Xue Fuyao paid half, and both sensed something unusual about it.
• The auction house announced an intermission and brought a red-cloth-covered object resembling a wall onto the stage.
• Xue Fuyao and Jimo Xiubai exchanged looks, suspecting the covered object was something they knew.

Xue Fuyao discovered that something inside the Sea Origin’s flowerpot had caught her attention, and she asked Chu Tianshuo for the pot while agreeing to split the creature. After the Sea Origin changed into a fish and knocked itself unconscious, she decided to have her half cooked, leaving the mystery inside the flowerpot to be investigated later.

• A Demon elder explained that Sea Origins were usually common in the sea, but rare shape-shifters were considered auspicious because one of their kind had once become a Demon Emperor and left behind a rumored secret.
• Xue Fuyao watched the Sea Origin and sensed that the flowerpot, rather than the creature, had drawn her interest.
• Chu Tianshuo gave Xue Fuyao the flowerpot, removed the Sea Origin, and placed it in a bucket of water, where it turned into a fish and battered itself unconscious.
• Xue Fuyao asked whether eating the Sea Origin would affect their brains, then told Chu Tianshuo to cook her half because the creature was not entirely a plant and she could not keep it alive.