Chapter Summaries

Xue Fuyao avoided Jimo Xiubai despite his friendly approach, then continued searching for a hidden place on her way to Falling Leaf City. Jimo Xiubai decided to follow her, and Xue Fuyao finally found a secret chamber beneath a cave.

• Jimo Xiubai tried to befriend Xue Fuyao, hoping to help his aunt meet Elder Lingmu, but she backed away after recalling his future betrayal.
• Jimo Yunqi apologized for his younger brother and invited Xue Fuyao to travel with them, but she refused and said she was going to Falling Leaf City.
• After Xue Fuyao left, Jimo Xiubai persuaded Jimo Yunqi to go to Falling Leaf City as well.
• Xue Fuyao searched for half a month before falling through the ground into a dry cave in the mountains.
• Xue Fuyao recognized the cave as the place she had been seeking, found a mechanism, and opened a secret chamber.

Xue Fuyao took a broken sword and two unusual weapons from a secret chamber, then reached Falling Leaf City seeking a mount. At the Spirit Slave Trading Market, she bought a mottled Unicorn Spirit Beast after Big Treasure drew her attention to it.

• Xue Fuyao tested the broken sword, was rejected by it, and stored it along with a set of silver needles and knives.
• Xue Fuyao left the secret chamber, erased her traces, and traveled on foot to Falling Leaf City over two days.
• Xue Fuyao entered the Spirit Slave Trading Market with Big Treasure and wondered why the news she expected had not yet spread.
• Big Treasure pointed out a mottled Unicorn Spirit Beast, and Xue Fuyao recognized its lively eyes as a sign that it might be mutated.
• Xue Fuyao bought the Unicorn Spirit Beast from Li Laosan for one gold ingot and placed it in a new Spirit Beast Pouch.

Xue Fuyao encountered Jimo Xiubai at the Yunlan Merchant Guild, then learned that the newly founded Nine Lakes Merchant Guild was holding an auction. Remembering that it had trafficked her in her previous life, she decided to undermine it and began forming a plan after hearing about an item at the auction.

• Xue Fuyao bought a Spirit Beast Pouch at the Yunlan Merchant Guild and unexpectedly ran into Jimo Xiubai, who said he had waited half a month to see her.
• Jimo Yunqi stopped Jimo Xiubai from chasing Xue Fuyao, then the brothers received a flashing signal from their Lineage Tokens and hurried away.
• Xue Fuyao moved the Unicorn Spirit Beast into its new quarters and went to a teahouse, where she heard about the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild's upcoming auction.
• Xue Fuyao remembered that the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild had sold her to the Demon Race in her previous life and resolved to bring it down before it grew powerful.
• Xue Fuyao heard that the auction would feature a Face-Preserving Pill, and a plan began to take shape in her mind.

Xue Fuyao learned how to qualify for the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild’s auction and planned to attend without supporting the guild’s million-Spirit-Stone promotion. At her inn, she encountered members of the Water Spirit Sect and began preparing to trade the Zhang Family’s treasures for Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasures at the Ghost Market.

• Xue Fuyao learned that the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild offered lifetime auction invitations and half-price purchases to anyone who spent a million Spirit Stones in one transaction, and she decided she could afford that amount but would not spend it with the guild.
• Xue Fuyao checked into a lavish inn and recognized the women who entered as members of the Water Spirit Sect, recalling their rapid arrival during the Beast Tide in her previous life.
• Xue Fuyao noticed a young Water Spirit Sect disciple at the back of the group who seemed familiar, then went to her room with the disciple’s face on her mind.
• Xue Fuyao replenished the Brocade Spider’s Spirit Liquid and fed blood to the Golden Bee Queen, which understood some commands but still did not fully obey her.
• Xue Fuyao decided to keep the Zhang Family’s books and retain or sell its pills, while seeking to trade the recognizable treasures from its vault for Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasures at the Ghost Market.

Xue Fuyao attended the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild’s first auction and recognized a pair of bracelets in the catalog as the Gu Clan’s sacred Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet, resolving to win them. The auction opened with a mutated Spirit Fox said to carry the bloodline of the Nine-Tailed Fox, and bidders began raising the price.

• Xue Fuyao spent a thousand Spirit Stones on clothes to obtain an invitation and entered the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild’s auction.
• Xue Fuyao recognized the catalog’s silver bracelets as the Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet, a Gu Clan relic that could turn ordinary insects into gu, and decided to bid for it.
• Lan Tianhai introduced himself as the auction’s host, and Xue Fuyao wondered whether he was connected to an ancient Eastern Continent lineage.
• Lan Tianhai opened the auction by presenting a mutated Spirit Fox said to carry Nine-Tailed Fox blood, with a starting bid of three thousand Upper-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Bidders in the private rooms began raising the Spirit Fox’s price.

Xue Fuyao bought butterfly monster beast eggs and won the Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet at the auction, planning to turn the eggs into gu butterflies. The chapter ended with her obtaining the ancient artifact she had been waiting for.

• A bidder from a third-floor private box won the mutated spirit fox for ten thousand upper-grade spirit stones, and Xue Fuyao recognized the box as belonging to the Azure Jade Sect from her previous life.
• Xue Fuyao bid on the butterfly monster beast eggs from the Valley of Ten Thousand Butterflies and won them for twelve hundred upper-grade spirit stones.
• Mu Wei and the Water Spirit Sect disciples regretted that they had not brought enough spirit stones to win the butterfly eggs.
• Xue Fuyao put the butterfly eggs away and thought about preparing a second gift for the Zhang Family after returning from the Ghost Market.
• Xue Fuyao won the Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet for three thousand upper-grade spirit stones.

Xue Fuyao fed part of a Divine Spirit Fruit to her Unicorn Spirit Beast, which transformed into a rare Flame Spirit Beast. After contracting the Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet and placing butterfly demon beast eggs inside it, she named the beast Xiao Yan and traveled toward the Ghost Market.

• Xue Fuyao left Falling Leaf City and hid in a cave to feed the Unicorn Spirit Beast part of the Divine Spirit Fruit.
• Xue Fuyao fed another portion of the fruit and some of her blood to the Golden Bee, then contracted with the Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet and placed the butterfly demon beast eggs inside it.
• After two days, the Unicorn Spirit Beast completed its transformation into a Flame Spirit Beast capable of traveling across land, sea, and sky.
• Xue Fuyao named the Flame Spirit Beast Xiao Yan and rode toward the Ghost Market, stopping along the way to enjoy the scenery.
• After traveling for half a month, Xue Fuyao spotted a waystation and decided to rest and find larger clothes.

Xue Fuyao learned that travelers were gathering near Consort Ming Mountain and suspected they were drawn by a deadly incident she remembered from her previous life. She avoided the mountain, crossed a dangerous marsh, and reached Cloud Crossing Town on her way to Delusion City and the Ghost Market.

• Xue Fuyao learned that the waystation near Consort Ming Mountain was crowded with travelers who had stayed for nearly half a month.
• Xue Fuyao recalled a past disaster on Consort Ming Mountain in which a thousand people had died without leaving bodies or souls, and decided to leave the area.
• Xue Fuyao saw the other travelers preparing to head toward Consort Ming Mountain but chose not to warn them and traveled east instead.
• Xue Fuyao enlarged her body to ride the Flame Spirit Beast safely across a marsh filled with filthy water and a strange, toothed bird.
• Xue Fuyao reached Cloud Crossing Town in the appearance of a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old, continuing toward Delusion City and the Ghost Market.

Xue Fuyao obtained a Gold Ghost Tea Token that would guide her to the Ghost Market, then traveled to Delusion City to search for the gentler Wine God Heartflame. After inspecting Wine God Street, she recognized the small tavern where she believed the heavenly flame could be found.

• Xue Fuyao overheard talk that a treasure was about to emerge on Consort Ming Mountain, and Lieyan questioned a cultivator about the rumor.
• Xue Fuyao asked the pale teahouse waiter for Gold Ghost Tea and paid with treasures from the Zhang Family Treasure Vault.
• The waiter gave Xue Fuyao a black-and-gold Token and told her the Ghost Market would open on the fifteenth of next month.
• Xue Fuyao left Cloud Crossing Town for Delusion City, intending to reach the Ghost Market and find the Wine God Heartflame.
• Xue Fuyao searched Delusion City's Wine God Street and recognized a small tavern tucked into a corner.

Xue Fuyao bought a tavern from Li Laigen and found the Wine God Heartflame hidden in its bronze sign lamp. After a bearded middle-aged man warned her that Li Laigen had cheated her, she sold him the tavern for a hundred jars of wine, and Big Treasure produced a jade bottle marked “Wine God.”

• Xue Fuyao paid Li Laigen eight Upper-Grade Spirit Stones for the tavern and its contents, then searched the shop for the Wine God Heartflame.
• Xue Fuyao sensed a faint wine fragrance near the bronze lamp and discovered the Wine God Heartflame hidden inside it.
• A bearded middle-aged man told Xue Fuyao that Li Laigen had swindled previous buyers and that only Li Laigen knew the Wine King Formula.
• Xue Fuyao agreed to sell the tavern to the bearded middle-aged man in exchange for a hundred jars of Daughter's Red wine, without signing an agreement.
• Big Treasure the Treasure-Seeking Mouse produced a green jade bottle bearing the words “Wine God.”

Xue Fuyao gathered rumors about Delusion City and identified opportunities she could seize, including a way to befriend the city lord, recover Shattered Star, and obtain the Five Elements Spirit Pearls. After destroying her notes, she went out to scout the area before visiting the Market.

• Big Treasure showed Xue Fuyao how it found the Wine God Brew hidden beneath a bed, and she put away the bottles it had brought back.
• Xue Fuyao rented a small courtyard, altered her appearance, and wrote down rumors about opportunities in Delusion City.
• Xue Fuyao planned to use Ten-Thousand-Year Lingzhi Grass to gain the city lord's favor and to find Shattered Star, the artifact forged by Old Man Qingliu.
• Xue Fuyao learned that a batch of Sealing Stones arriving in three days contained the Five Elements Spirit Pearls, which she intended to obtain before they were divided among factions.
• Xue Fuyao burned her notes and went out to explore, planning to use the Heavenly Eye at the Market to find overlooked bargains.

Xue Fuyao tracked down Old Man Qingliu’s wife and lover to obtain Shattered Star, while avoiding attention from Zhang Yongqing. After disguising herself as Zhang Yongqing, she confronted the women, who brought out a box containing Shattered Star.

• Xue Fuyao learned that Old Man Qingliu’s wife and lover lived nearby and suspected they still had Shattered Star.
• Xue Fuyao encountered Zhang Yongqing, recognized him from her previous life, and saw that he was only at the Qi Refining Second Layer.
• Xue Fuyao disguised herself as Zhang Yongqing and kicked open the courtyard gate where the two women lived.
• Xue Fuyao told the women she wanted Shattered Star, and they said Old Man Qingliu had failed to forge it.
• The woman in white brought out a long box and presented it as Shattered Star.

Xue Fuyao gathered centipedes to prepare a discreet way to torment Zhang Yongqing, then searched Delusion City's market for treasures hidden in sealing stones. After buying a stone containing blood-colored jade, she was stopped by a little girl who asked to buy it from her.

• Xue Fuyao put away Shattered Star, left the courtyard, and decided to make Zhang Yongqing suffer rather than kill him quickly.
• She placed a fragrant black jar in a nearby forest and waited until ten centipedes crawled inside, then sealed the jar and planned to wait three days.
• Xue Fuyao returned to Delusion City and walked through the evening market, searching unsold sealing stones with her Heavenly Eye.
• She spotted a stone surrounded by faint red mist, paid the vendor five hundred Spirit Stones, and picked it up without having it opened.
• A little girl grabbed Xue Fuyao's sleeve and asked her to sell the sealing stone.

Xue Fuyao clashed with Mu Wei and the Water Spirit Sect disciples after Mu Wei tried to take her Sealing Stone. She forced the group to pay with Mu Wei’s possessions, then let them leave, while her reaction to the stolen items hinted at a connection between her and Mu Wei.

• Mu Wei grabbed Xue Fuyao’s sleeve and demanded the Sealing Stone, but Xue Fuyao pulled free and knocked her to the ground.
• Xu Qing and the Water Spirit Sect disciples surrounded Xue Fuyao and demanded an apology, ignoring witnesses who defended her.
• Xue Fuyao revealed her Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation, then kicked a disciple who tried to leave and threatened the group with her sword.
• Xue Fuyao demanded ten thousand upper-grade Spirit Stones per person, then agreed to take valuables when Xu Qing said they lacked the money.
• Xue Fuyao took Mu Wei’s Storage Bag and Storage Jade Pendant, felt her heart ease, and kicked Mu Wei toward Xu Qing before allowing the group to go.

Xue Fuyao stripped and discarded the belongings she took from Mu Wei, then the azure Lotus Petal showed her a memory of Xu Qing helping Mu Wei steal a Firebird egg. She realized their actions had caused the Beast Tide that killed her in her past life.

• Xu Qing blamed Mu Wei for provoking Xue Fuyao and losing the storage Jade Pendant, while Mu Wei begged her to hide the loss from their Master.
• Xue Fuyao transferred the stolen goods, sold the distinctive storage Jade Pendant, destroyed the remaining belongings, and changed her disguise before returning to her lodgings.
• The azure Lotus Petal sent a streak of light into Xue Fuyao's Heavenly Eye and showed her a memory from her past life in Xu Qing's body.
• Xue Fuyao watched Xu Qing help Mu Wei take a Firebird egg, which Mu Wei accidentally shattered as they tried to return it.
• The Firebird unleashed the Beast Tide that killed Xue Fuyao, and she realized Mu Wei and Xu Qing had caused her death.

Xue Fuyao examined the loot taken from Mu Wei, then used dragon-blood jade to accelerate the creation of a Gold Centipede Gu and sent it after Zhang Yongqing. After cultivating for two days, she sensed that Shadow Three, Shadow Eleven, and Ying Ershier had arrived in Delusion City.

• Xue Fuyao decided to keep Mu Wei's valuable medicines and materials, including a nine-thousand-year-old Purple King Ginseng, while setting aside the items she could not use.
• Xue Fuyao used her Heavenly Eye to open a sealing stone and discovered a Blood Jade Stone containing dragon blood.
• Xue Fuyao fed crumbs of the Blood Jade Stone to the centipedes in her black jar, and a red-marked Gold Centipede Gu emerged soon afterward.
• Xue Fuyao let the Gold Centipede Gu learn Zhang Yongqing's aura and ordered it to find him; it crawled to his inn and chose the room with the strongest scent.
• Xue Fuyao cultivated for two days and advanced closer to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Xue Fuyao sensed that Shadow Three, Shadow Eleven, and Ying Ershier had arrived.

Xue Fuyao used Shadow Three, Shadow Eleven, and Ying Ershier to buy Sealing Stones in Delusion City while she searched for rare treasures herself. She acquired a disguised stone radiating golden light and several stones containing Ancient Monster Beast cores, then stored the latter in the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet, which had recovered around thirty percent of its strength.

• Xue Fuyao spotted Shadow Three, Shadow Eleven, and Ying Ershier in the crowd and used Divine Sense through the Token to direct them to buy selected Sealing Stones.
• Shadow Three bought dozens of stones and brushed off questions by claiming his mother had taught him to act quickly when something caught his eye.
• A tall, thin man and his boss secretly followed Shadow Three and the others, deciding they looked like wealthy targets.
• Xue Fuyao bought a disguised stone radiating golden light for one thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones and refused the seller's offer to open it.
• Xue Fuyao bought several Sealing Stones containing Ancient Monster Beast cores and placed them, stones and all, in the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet.

Xue Fuyao recognized that a sealed ancient corpse was the source of a future catastrophe and used a sea anemone’s illusion mist to steal its sealing stone. After the mist cleared, the street descended into chaos, while the corpse remained hidden in her Demon-Suppressing Bracelet.

• Xue Fuyao bought a small sealing stone containing Five Elements Spirit Pearls and saw that the crowd’s prized stone held a shriveled ancient corpse.
• Xue Fuyao recalled that the corpse would soon drain a city of millions of people and decided to take it before anyone learned what it was.
• Xue Fuyao found and bought a sealing stone containing a thousand-year-old Illusion-Dream Sea Anemone, then had the stallholder open it.
• Xue Fuyao and Shadow Three’s group held their breath as pink mist engulfed the area, and Xue Fuyao took the enormous sealing stone into her Demon-Suppressing Bracelet.
• A sudden gale dispersed the mist, and a sword strike killed the sea anemone as people began waking and scrambling for scattered sealing stones.

After the chaos at the merchant guild, Xue Fuyao examined the ancient corpse and opened the Sealing Stones she had bought, then received a visit from Wang Zheng. He asked her for a stalk of ten-thousand-year lingzhi grass to save his father, and she heard that he would pay any price.

• Xue Fuyao slipped away from the merchant guild and gave Shadow Three, Shadow Eleven, and Ying Ershier rare ores to forge weapons or exchange for cultivation resources.
• Xue Fuyao inspected the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet as it absorbed black matter from the ancient corpse, leaving red beads behind that she chose not to touch.
• Xue Fuyao unsealed the Five Elements Spirit Pearls, bound them to herself, and opened her other Sealing Stones to obtain rare ores and medicinal implements.
• Wang Zheng arrived at Xue Fuyao’s lodging and introduced himself as the son of Delusion City’s lord.
• Wang Zheng asked Xue Fuyao for ten-thousand-year lingzhi grass, saying a divination had led him to her and offering to pay any price to save his father.

Xue Fuyao traded ten-thousand-year lingzhi grass to Wang Zheng for a Spirit-Devouring Bee Egg, then gambled on transforming it into a Gu Bee. The next day, she went to investigate the Golden Centipede Gu's progress at Zhang Yongqing's inn.

• Xue Fuyao asked Wang Zheng for a Spirit-Devouring Bee Egg in exchange for ten-thousand-year lingzhi grass, and he agreed.
• Xue Fuyao handed over the lingzhi grass and received the egg in a Cold-Aura Jade Box.
• Xue Fuyao chose to place the Spirit-Devouring Bee Egg in her Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet, hoping to transform it into a Gu Bee.
• Xue Fuyao checked the growing Butterfly Eggs and wondered whether the Golden Centipede Gu had succeeded.
• Xue Fuyao went to the inn where Zhang Yongqing was staying and ordered savory tofu pudding without cilantro.