Chapter Summaries

Jiang Man gave Luo Xuan a Qi Refining Secret Realm Qualification in exchange for clearing her debt, then discussed the mysterious woman he called his wife. Meanwhile, Ji Meng prepared for threats from the Bai Family, and Ji Wuye sent three people to the Wuyun Sect to protect two people.

• Jiang Man raised Tang Feng’s pay, let Song Qing and the others keep the shop’s earnings, and gave Chang Qiwen a restorative fruit.
• Jiang Man had Luo Xuan, Little Fatty, and Song Qing draw lots, then gave Luo Xuan the Qi Refining Secret Realm Qualification and cleared her debt.
• Jiang Man explained cultivation to the group, learned that Young Master Fang was preparing for Core Formation, and heard that Chang Qiwen’s sister had entered the Qi Refining Institute.
• Song Qing described a powerful senior sister with a bell, and Jiang Man suggested she might be the wife he had mentioned before vanishing.
• Ji Meng and Qing Dai discussed the Bai Family’s likely attempts to test Jiang Man; Ji Meng said they would follow his wishes and planned to find the Bai Family Ancestor.
• Ji Wuye told three people that Jiang Man had passed their test and ordered them to enter the Wuyun Sect’s Inner Sect to protect two people.

The Ji Family’s three geniuses prepared to go to the Wuyun Sect to protect people, while Jiang Man sold information about the Immortal Dao Coordinates and continued cultivating. As Yan Yiqiu left the First Institute, Ren Qian and two others stopped her to discuss something.

• Ji Shoumo, Ji Linglong, and Ji Chenfeng guessed they would be sent to protect Jiang Man and Ji Meng at the Wuyun Sect, and planned to help their targets improve their combat strength.
• Jiang Man told Chen Shi to offer the Wuyun Sect as the location of the Immortal Dao Coordinates, while relying on Teacher Ji to provide a convincing fake.
• Tantai Xue accepted the offer and planned to investigate the location, the Envoy, and his motives while the Spirit Tablet considered whether the Spirit Blossom Immortal Spirit should probe for the coordinates.
• Jiang Man cultivated through the winter, opened his second Mental Gourd in December and his third on February twentieth, and nearly exhausted his Spirit Sources.
• Yan Yiqiu urged the First Institute students to focus on Core Formation and preparing for the Inner Sect, then left relieved that her teaching duties were ending.
• Ren Qian and two others stopped Yan Yiqiu and asked to discuss some matters with her.

Ren Qian appointed Yan Yiqiu as an assistant instructor in the Inner Sect to help protect Jiang Man’s courtyard, while Jiang Man visited He Huaian and bought sixty Primordial Spirit pills. Fang Yong then met Wei Ran, who told him to report Jiang Man’s shop for suspected collusion with an Evil God, as Elder Kao prepared to investigate.

• Ren Qian gave Yan Yiqiu an appointment as an Inner Sect assistant instructor to help Jiang Man and shield his group from complications.
• After Jiang Man left for the Pill Refining Institute, his Spirit Pet Egg began hatching, and the Old Yellow Ox contacted Zhao Tiankuo about awakening its intelligence.
• Jiang Man gave He Huaian rare wine and information about a Dao of Alchemy inheritance, then persuaded him to provide sixty Primordial Spirit pills for 310,000 Spirit Sources.
• Fang Yong visited Wei Ran after forming his core, and Wei Ran told him to report Jiang Man’s shop for allegedly colluding with an Evil God to make excessive profits.
• Elder Kao reviewed information about Jiang Man’s shop and decided to probe its suspicious goods transactions.

Jiang Man was arrested after Fang Yong exposed the Shaobing Shop’s dealings with an Evil God’s subordinate, while Elder Bai moved to exploit Fang Yong for an attack. In prison, Jiang Man advanced his Nine-Star Primordial Spirit Method to Great Accomplishment, but Zhao Tiankuo’s side refused his message.

• Mountain-Suppressing Office cultivators sealed the Shaobing Shop and detained Song Qing and Tang Feng after catching an Evil God’s subordinate buying shaobing; Song Qing admitted to colluding with an Evil God.
• Ren Qian told Jiang Man that Fang Yong had reported the shop, earning a fifty-thousand reward, and warned that Jiang Man’s arrest also reflected Peak Master Bai’s growing interest in him.
• Ren Qian took Jiang Man, Old Yellow Ox, and the newly hatched Heavenly Dog to the Enforcement Hall, while Jiang Man revealed that his cooperation involved sharing the whereabouts of the Immortal Dao Coordinates.
• Elder Bai learned that Fang Yong had successfully moved into Jiang Man’s courtyard and arranged for him to be approached with a plan to poison Jiang Man.
• Ji Shoumo and Ji Linglong discussed protecting Jiang Man and Ji Meng at the Wuyun Sect and planned to supervise their cultivation while treating them respectfully.
• In prison, Jiang Man filled his third gourd, learned the Nine-Star Primordial Spirit Method from Old Yellow Ox, and reached Great Accomplishment by late June; Old Yellow Ox then told him the other side refused to accept his message.

Jiang Man waited for Ting Fengyin’s return while gathering Spirit Sources and managing the danger surrounding the Immortal Dao Coordinates. When the Magpie Bridge opened, Ting Fengyin warned him about the strength of his targets and the risks to True Person Taihua, while Taihua grew uneasy as he investigated the Bai Family Ancestor.

• Jiang Man focused on earning Spirit Sources and improving his Cultivation, while Heavenly Dog looked forward to leaving their secluded home for the outside world.
• Jiang Man reassured Spirit Blossom Immortal Spirit that the Immortal Dao Coordinates were hidden and arranged for Chen Shi to deliver her power to the mysterious subordinate in exchange for Spirit Sources.
• Jiang Man collected Spirit Sources and Guiding the Void Spring-Origin Pills, then waited for Ting Fengyin as August passed.
• The Magpie Bridge opened, and Jiang Man visited Ting Fengyin, who demonstrated that the Wish-Granting Fish only granted wishes they were willing to fulfill.
• Ting Fengyin explained the Sun-Moon Immortal Spirit’s ability to revive and warned Jiang Man to kill Meng Qiewei and the Bai Family Ancestor together, while also telling him to warn True Person Taihua to leave.
• True Person Taihua grew increasingly uneasy as he investigated the Bai Family Ancestor and recalled his spies.

Jiang Man left the Enforcement Hall and attended Yan Yiqiu's final Outer Sect lesson before learning that powerful Ji and Bai family members would join his Inner Sect courtyard. Meanwhile, Tantai Xue prepared to visit the Wuyun Sect to investigate information that Ji Hao possessed the item she sought.

• Jiang Man obtained twenty years of protection by having Ting Fengyin seal the Immeasurable Kalpa Stone, while Old Yellow Ox advised that he could distinguish the Bai Family Ancestor by his bearing in combat.
• Ren Qian asked Jiang Man to leave the Enforcement Hall before the Grand Competition, and Jiang Man returned home with Old Yellow Ox and the Heavenly Dog.
• Yan Yiqiu delivered her final Outer Sect lesson and warned Jiang Man to avoid powerful enemies when necessary.
• Jiang Man and his classmates learned that Yan Yiqiu had been appointed an Inner Sect teaching assistant and would continue overseeing them.
• Jiang Man learned that Ji Meng, Xiao Qing, and several Ji and Bai family members would join their courtyard, and he warned his classmates that the six Ji and Bai arrivals were likely at least at the Primordial Spirit Late Stage.
• Tantai Xue received information identifying Ji Hao as the holder of the item she sought and agreed to enter the Wuyun Sect so Tantai Xiaotian could verify it.

Jiang Man visited Ji Meng to learn about moving into the Inner Sect, where he discovered its nine peaks, competitive admissions, and costly housing. The Ji Family sent Ji Shoumo and two others to protect Jiang Man and Ji Meng by imposing a demanding cultivation plan, which Jiang Man immediately wanted to make even more intense.

• Jiang Man gave the Heavenly Dog a shaobing, and it enthusiastically wished to eat one every day.
• Jiang Man asked Ji Meng to help him understand the Inner Sect and find a residence, and she explained its nine peaks and how roughly two hundred Golden Core cultivators entered each year.
• Ji Meng warned Jiang Man that Inner Sect housing was expensive before three Ji Family members arrived and offered to protect the pair.
• Ji Linglong presented a demanding cultivation schedule and said the Ji Family would provide most of the necessary resources while supervising their training.
• Jiang Man objected to the schedule's two hours of rest and said he did not need to sleep, while Ji Meng insisted that she still needed rest.

Jiang Man settled into an expensive courtyard, revealed that he had already reached the Primordial Spirit Early Stage, and began cultivating while the Ji Family revised his training plan. After he and Ji Meng registered as Inner Sect disciples, Shen Jinsheng and Shen Baimin arranged to challenge him in the sect’s simulation assessment, unaware of his reputation.

• Ji Shoumo helped Jiang Man rent a courtyard on the Ninth Peak at a thirty-percent discount, and Jiang Man insisted on beginning cultivation immediately.
• Jiang Man told Ji Linglong that he had reached the Primordial Spirit Early Stage and practiced the Nine-Star Primordial Spirit Method, so Ji Linglong gave him twenty Guiding the Void Spring-Origin Pills and revised his plan.
• Jiang Man cultivated through the night while Ji Meng read nearby, and the Ji Family watched over them as his Spirit Pets arrived.
• Jiang Man, Ji Meng, and her companions reported to the registration office and received their Inner Sect Tokens and other basic supplies.
• Shen Jinsheng and Shen Baimin mocked Jiang Man and said they would challenge him in the simulation assessment, while Jiang Man gave the examiner a Golden Core display with his Hundred Rivers Series mastered.
• When Shen Jinsheng asked to challenge Jiang Man, the examiner was astonished that the candidates wanted to face the Outer Sect legend.

Shen Jinsheng and the others challenged Jiang Man in the assessment arena, where they were effortlessly defeated and learned he was a special recruit with a formidable reputation. Jiang Man then joined the Inner Sect’s First Institute, where powerful disciples gathered, new rankings appeared, and he focused on cultivating before his Fate Pattern caught up.

• Shen Jinsheng challenged Jiang Man and was overwhelmed by his defense and punch, after which the other challengers were also defeated.
• Shen Jinsheng and Shen Baimin received a warning from their cousin not to provoke Jiang Man, whose Hundred Rivers Series had reached great accomplishment.
• Jiang Man entered the First Institute and witnessed Ji Shoumo and Bai Qiufeng clash before Ji An intervened; Qing Dai told the other disciples that Jiang Man was intended to marry her young lady.
• Instructor Chen Yicheng left Yan Yiqiu to explain the Inner Sect’s lessons, assessments, competitions, and ranking beads to the students.
• The ranking beads placed Ji An first and Jiang Man twelfth, while Yan Yiqiu was surprised by the strength of the unfamiliar disciples.
• Jiang Man decided to return to cultivating and try to shake off the Peerless Heaven’s Chosen Destiny before his Fate Pattern arrived.

On his first day in the Inner Sect, Jiang Man learned that a Bai Family elder had arranged for Fang Yong to poison him, but Old Yellow Ox showed him how to absorb the poison safely for a time. Elder Bai learned that Jiang Man had swallowed it and planned to use the antidote to lure him into a trap.

• Fang Yong told Jiang Man that a Bai Family messenger had paid him to administer a slow-acting poison, and Jiang Man took the poison to consult Old Yellow Ox.
• Bai Qiufeng ordered an all-out attack on Jiang Man’s protectors, while Ji An’s group confronted Jiang Man before he escaped and later collected Spirit Sources from Shen Jinsheng and his companion by using his notebook.
• Jiang Man returned to his residence and asked Old Yellow Ox to examine the poison; Old Yellow Ox identified it as Heart-Shattering Poison and explained how the Evil God Method could absorb it temporarily.
• Jiang Man swallowed the poison that night, and Elder Bai saw his name-stone flash, confirming that he had taken it.
• Elder Bai heard Fang Yong’s background and rejected the suggestion of controlling him, then planned to reveal the antidote so Jiang Man would come to him.

Jiang Man learned the Charm Technique, heard how disciples could qualify for the upper court’s Grand Competition, and continued cultivating despite warnings about the dangers of attracting attention. After twelve days, he advanced from the Primordial Spirit Early Stage to the Middle Stage, shocking the disciples who had been watching him.

• Miao Yulin and Qi Xi discussed their missions to observe Jiang Man and the others, and Miao Yulin suspected their identities were the real reason they were being tested.
• Jiang Man and his Small Courtyard companions attended their first Inner Sect spell arts lesson and learned the Charm Technique.
• Teacher Yan explained the requirements for lower court disciples to compete for places in the upper court’s Grand Competition.
• Jiang Man’s cultivation was revealed to be Primordial Spirit Early Stage, while most of the Small Courtyard’s leading disciples were at Primordial Spirit Late Stage or Perfection.
• After the six detained disciples returned, they watched Jiang Man cultivate for twelve days, until his aura erupted and he advanced to the Primordial Spirit Middle Stage.

Jiang Man learned disenchantment in Spell Arts class and discovered that a poison lesson had been arranged to steer him toward the people who poisoned him, but he chose to focus on obtaining the Nine-Star Body Refinement Method. After ten days of nonstop cultivation, he appeared on the verge of another breakthrough, leaving Ji Shoumo and the others stunned by his speed.

• Jiang Man told Ji Shoumo and Ji Chenfeng that his Nine-Star Primordial Spirit Method had reached great accomplishment through nonstop cultivation and supreme talent.
• Jiang Man attended a Spell Arts Course on disenchantment, where the teacher explained how to resist charm techniques and warned students about poison ahead of the Grand Competition.
• Jiang Man learned that the Heart-Shattering Pill lesson was intended to lead him to the people who poisoned him, but he decided to seek the Nine-Star Body Refinement Method instead.
• Old Yellow Ox told Jiang Man that Zhao Tiankuo wanted to use him to find someone from the Demon Race, while Jiang Man asked Ji Shoumo and the others for Spirit-Refining Pills and cultivated day and night.
• On October fifth, Jiang Man’s Primordial Spirit energy surged as illusory stars revolved around him, and Ji Shoumo and Ji Chenfeng realized he was about to break through again.

Tantai Xue entered the Wuyun Sect to investigate the Spirit Blossom Envoy and visited the Shaobing Shop, where a mysterious Man in White warned Song Qing about the danger of staying there. Meanwhile, Jiang Man learned that the Bai Family Ancestor had entered Wuyun Sect territory, and True Person Taihua considered leaving after receiving only half of a cultivation method from Zui Fufang.

• Tantai Xue told Tantai Xiaotian that the Spirit Blossom Envoy was likely a Wuyun Sect undercover agent who collected Spirit Sources privately, then entered the sect to investigate.
• Tantai Xue visited the Shaobing Shop, met the Man in White, and learned little from Song Qing about the people targeting the shop.
• After Tantai Xue left, the Man in White warned Song Qing that staying near the shop’s boss could put his life at risk, then paid for his shaobing and left.
• Ji Shoumo and Ji Chenfeng questioned Jiang Man about his rapid cultivation, and Ji Shoumo warned him that the Bai Family might retaliate if he drew too much attention.
• Jiang Man received word from True Person Taihua that the Bai Family Ancestor had entered Wuyun Sect territory and replied with half of Old Huang’s method while urging Taihua to leave.
• True Person Taihua decided to keep investigating the ancestor’s identity and planned to leave the Wuyun Sect once he confirmed it.

Jiang Man sought to lie low by taking a mission while the Bai Family plotted to isolate and poison him. As he prepared to leave on an inner-sect mission, Fang Yong and Song Qing crossed paths, and a mysterious white-clad man warned that the people around Song Qing were in danger.

• Jiang Man considered taking a Secret Realm mission to avoid the Bai Family Ancestor, then learned that powerful Primordial Spirit secret techniques required missions to obtain.
• Bai Qiufeng, Bai Long, and Bai Ming planned to separate Jiang Man from the Ji Family and target him with concealed poison.
• Elder Bai learned that Jiang Man had been assigned an inner-sect mission with four people and ordered his poison triggered during it, using Fang Yong to help locate him.
• Fang Yong visited Song Qing’s shaobing shop, learned Tang Feng had returned home, and admitted that Jiang Man’s enemies had left him caught in a storm.
• A white-clad youth warned Song Qing that his connections to Jiang Man, Gao, and Old Chang put him in danger because they had all experienced fortunate encounters.

The Bai Family Ancestor tested Jiang Man and attacked Ji Meng’s courtyard, prompting Jiang Man to prepare for a mission and hide in its Secret Realm. The Ancestor revealed himself as Mr. Bai, while Jiang Man sought pills to strengthen himself before facing whatever came next.

• The Man in White told Song Qing that he had sought out Jiang Man to investigate rumors, and he tested Song Qing while considering whether the rumors were true.
• A white figure attacked Ji Meng’s courtyard, but Qing Dai defended her and Jiang Man repelled another sudden attack from the same dangerous visitor.
• Jiang Man learned that his mission token had arrived and sold the Secret Realm’s location to Fang Yong, then decided to enter the Secret Realm to avoid the Bai Family Ancestor.
• Jiang Man found Ji Meng and Qing Dai safe amid the ruins and told Ji Meng that he was going on a mission.
• True Person Taihua sent Drunken Floating Life a warning about the Bai Family news and hurried away from the Wuyun Sect.
• The Man in White told Song Qing his surname was Bai, then Jiang Man asked Ji Shoumo and Ji Chenfeng for pills so he could grow stronger before completing his mission.

Jiang Man entered the Black Spirit Abyss mission realm, learned that it was a dangerous prison jointly guarded by the Three Great Sects, and received an Iron Token for a supposedly safe newcomer area. Meanwhile, Ji Meng stayed in the Outer Sect as Mr. Bai watched for her, and Tantai Xue was tasked with approaching Ji Hao; Jiang Man discovered that his token only let him view Golden Core missions.

• Jiang Man decided to enter the mission realm after learning that the Nine-Star Body Refinement Method was too expensive to buy and might be earned through difficult missions.
• Ji Meng told Qing Dai to search patiently for Mr. Bai, while Mr. Bai noted that Ji Meng had not come to confront him and suspected she had grown weaker.
• Tantai Xiaotian warned Tantai Xue that a vortex might soon stir in the Immortal Gate and told her to approach Ji Hao to check whether he had an item.
• Jiang Man arrived at the Black Spirit Abyss, registered with the attendant, and learned that it imprisoned members of the Demon Race, ferocious beasts, and former Evil God's Subordinates.
• The attendant gave Jiang Man an Iron Token for a newcomer area and explained the dangers and mission resources available in the Black Spirit Abyss.
• Jiang Man learned that his Iron Token only allowed him to view Golden Core missions and wondered whether the attendant had made a mistake.

Jiang Man accepted a high-level Mountain-Suppressing Office mission to investigate personnel missing in the Black Spirit Abyss, then met the Golden Core cultivators guarding his assigned area. He revealed his Primordial Spirit power by forcing them to kneel and ordered them to show him the formation and their preparations.

• Jiang Man asked Junior Sister Mo to notify him if a task appeared that could earn the Nine-Star Body Refinement Method, and she later contacted him when the Mountain-Suppressing Office issued an urgent investigation mission.
• After Senior Brother He and the other investigators vanished and their soul lamps went out, the Mountain-Suppressing Office offered rewards for finding or rescuing them, and Jiang Man accepted the task.
• Jiang Man joined Xie Zhixu, Qin Ge, and Xia Jian, claimed to be at Primordial Spirit Late Stage, and split from them to reach his assigned area.
• Xie Zhixu gave Jiang Man formation runes, but the Heavenly Mirror of a Hundred Books offered no useful information about him.
• Jiang Man met three Golden Core cultivators guarding the area, overwhelmed them with his Primordial Spirit pressure, and told them to show him the formation and their preparations.

Jiang Man arrived at Black Spirit Abyss, where three cultivators doubted his claims but followed his instructions as he studied and modified the formation. After he inspected their work, he learned that Black Spirit Abyss had been sealed off, with messages unable to leave and people unable to escape.

• Jiang Man told the three cultivators that he had eighty-five Inner Sect points, then surveyed the formation junction and said he would reinforce it after secluding himself.
• Jiang Man studied the formation in the best lodging while the three cultivators discussed their suspicions and continued patrolling and reinforcing the area.
• After five days, Jiang Man emerged and gave the three his formation runes to install alongside their existing formation.
• Jiang Man inspected the completed modifications three days later and found the work satisfactory.
• Jiang Man received a report that Black Spirit Abyss had been sealed off, then sent his location to investigate whether his contact was connected to the upheaval.

Jiang Man investigated the disappearance of Mountain-Suppressing Office personnel, rescued six survivors from a dangerous grove, and claimed a reward that let him obtain the Nine-Star Body Refinement Method. As the seal around Black Spirit Abyss strengthened and reports stopped, the Office decided to send Jiang Man back into the grove to investigate.

• Jiang Man found that eight Mountain-Suppressing Office personnel had disappeared and suspected trouble after noticing that Demon Beasts had stopped approaching the area.
• Jiang Man approached the grove but retreated when his Primordial Spirit sensed a powerful threat; moments later, six injured people burst out, and he brought them back to the Office.
• Jiang Man persuaded Junior Sister Mo to secure immediate approval for his reward, obtained the Nine-Star Body Refinement Method, and bought cultivation pills at a discount.
• Senior Brother He woke and revealed that he and the others had escaped the grove themselves, exposing Jiang Man's claim to credit; he also reported finding a strange altar inside.
• Jiang Man learned that an Abyss-type Evil God was sealing space, continued cultivating as communication failed, and opened his fifth mental gourd in late December.
• The Mountain-Suppressing Office's leader ordered Senior Brother He to send Jiang Man back into the dangerous area to investigate.

Jiang Man investigated the sealed grove, uncovered how an Ancient Well-Type Evil God was affecting the surrounding area, and entered the grove to attack its source. As the Mountain-Suppressing Office struggled to contain the threat, Jiang Man neared a tree bearing a powerful fruit and replied to their warning with a boast.

• Senior Sister Mo assigned Jiang Man to investigate the grove, and he ordered Tao He, Zheng Yan, and Song Wushuang to report local changes every three days.
• Jiang Man sent reports describing the grove's expansion, how spiritual qi affected it, and how he found a gap and entered to cultivate while investigating the Ancient Well-Type Evil God's influence.
• His reports revealed that the evil god's aura was locking down minds and spirits; after Jiang Man identified a fruit-bearing tree as its source, Captain He and the Mountain-Suppressing Office tried to warn him away.
• The evil god's aura began contracting and churning, and the Mountain-Suppressing Office sealed off the area as they concluded Jiang Man was attacking the source.
• Jiang Man walked toward the fruit-bearing tree as chains representing the mental and spiritual locks snapped around him, then replied to Senior Brother He's warning: "Have you ever seen a Peerless Heavenly Prodigy?"