Chapter Summaries

Jiang Beiran taught Mo Xia how to raise ghosts and left Wu Qingce to explain his deeds, while he met Luo Wenzhou to collect maps and hear about his travels. After discovering Luo Wenzhou had reached the Mystic Spirit realm through a secret art, Jiang Beiran took him toward an undisclosed destination.

• Jiang Beiran taught Mo Xia about ghost cultivation, sealed Tian Ge's corpse, and left Mo Xia in the Thatched Cottage with a Bell Blade and chess manuals.
• Wu Qingce told Mo Xia about Jiang Beiran's accomplishments, and Mo Xia's admiration made Wu Qingce decide he was his most beloved Junior Brother.
• Jiang Beiran returned to the Returning Heart Sect, received Luo Wenzhou's letter, and flew to meet him by a lake.
• Luo Wenzhou gave Jiang Beiran the maps he had made while traveling and revealed that the Qu Clan's secret art had helped him advance to the Mystic Spirit realm.
• Luo Wenzhou recounted unusual events from his journey, and Jiang Beiran invited him onto an Auspicious Cloud to visit a good place.

Jiang Beiran gave his four disciples new Dharma Treasures and assigned them fresh tasks before preparing to travel to Liang Kingdom. Meanwhile, Liu Zijin and the other girls learned that Jiang Beiran would soon return to the sect, then unexpectedly encountered him outside Lu Bogui’s house.

• Luo Wenzhou sensed the fire spirit qi in Jiang Beiran’s barrier while waiting for the others to arrive.
• Jiang Beiran gave Wu Qingce, Gu Qinghuan, Luo Wenzhou, and Qu Yangze specialized Dharma Treasures and warned them to keep their abilities concealed.
• Jiang Beiran told his four disciples that he planned to visit Liang Kingdom and handed each of them a new task.
• Liu Zijin and the other girls visited Lu Bogui, who told them Jiang Beiran had written that he would return to the sect within the next few days.
• As Liu Zijin and the others left Lu Bogui’s house, they ran into Jiang Beiran, who asked what they were doing there.

Jiang Beiran returned and found the Five Golden Flowers visiting Lu Bogui to ask for news of him, then confronted them and learned they had gone three times. He forgave them and asked them to help with something, while discovering that all five had reached unexpectedly high cultivation ranks.

• Jiang Beiran used his spiritual pressure to stop Liu Zijin and the others outside Lu Bogui's house, but Lu Bogui came out and sent the Five Golden Flowers away with pastries and a request to help him.
• Jiang Beiran told Lu Bogui that he would take another long trip soon, then left while the Five Golden Flowers worried about how to explain their visits.
• Liu Zijin decided the five should honestly apologize rather than lie, and they returned to Orchid Pavilion, where Yu Manwen learned Jiang Beiran was back and Shi Fenglan concealed that she already knew.
• Jiang Beiran appeared as the Five Golden Flowers were leaving Orchid Pavilion and led them to a secluded place to ask why they had sought out Lu Bogui.
• Fang Qiuyue explained that the five had visited Lu Bogui three times to ask whether he knew Jiang Beiran's whereabouts, and Jiang Beiran forgave them and asked them to help him.
• Jiang Beiran examined the Five Golden Flowers' cultivation and found Liu Zijin at the third rank of Mystic Spirit, the Yu Family Three Sisters at the first rank, and Fang Qiuyue at the fifth rank of Great Profound Master.

Jiang Beiran asked the Five Golden Flowers to help Senior Apprentice Brother Lu so he could repay Lu Bogui for saving and caring for him, then visited Mu Yao to check on the plague response and left her in charge of the Sheng Kingdom while he went to consult Yin Jianghong. The chapter left Mu Yao continuing as emperor as Jiang Beiran departed to discuss a remedy for the infected.

• Jiang Beiran judged Liu Zijin and the Yu sisters exceptionally talented and asked the Five Golden Flowers to seek Senior Apprentice Brother Lu's help so they could owe him favors.
• Jiang Beiran explained that Lu Bogui had saved him, helped him enter the Returning Heart Sect, and cared for him like an older brother and father.
• Yu Guishui and the others promised to trouble Senior Apprentice Brother Lu, and the Five Golden Flowers celebrated their new bond with him.
• Jiang Beiran returned to the imperial palace, told Mu Yao he would take another long trip, and asked her to continue ruling while he spoke with her Big Father.
• Mu Yao reported that the plague disinfection plan was underway, and Jiang Beiran advised her to enforce sanitation laws firmly before leaving to find Yin Jianghong.

Jiang Beiran met with Yin Jianghong to discuss the antidote and arrange for Mu Yao to remain on the throne while he traveled to Pingshu County. Back at Orchid Pavilion, he found Shi Fenglan’s rare treasures and introduced a new dungeon system for their cultivation game, drawing Yu Manwen into the gathering despite her frustration that he had not visited her sooner.

• Jiang Beiran gave Yin Jianghong two pill formulas and asked him to let Mu Yao remain on the throne while Jiang Beiran handled matters in Pingshu County.
• Yin Jianghong recognized the map as Pingshu County and agreed to take care of the emperor while Jiang Beiran traveled there.
• At Orchid Pavilion, Jiang Beiran found the Earth-Hidden True Crystal and realized it might be alive, but told Shi Fenglan to put it and the other treasures she had brought away.
• Jiang Beiran introduced Shi Fenglan and Xiao Duo to new dungeon rules and game pieces, and Shi Fenglan called Yu Manwen and the others to join them.
• Yu Manwen arrived and reproached Jiang Beiran for not visiting her after his return, then joined Shi Fenglan as Jiang Beiran explained the game.

Meng Sipei learned that the plague had been stopped and accepted Wan Anqing’s assignment to investigate turmoil in the Liang Kingdom, while suspecting that Jiang Beiran had secretly guided Yin Jianghong. Jiang Beiran prepared to travel to the Liang Kingdom alone, but Lin Yuyan caught up with him as he was about to leave.

• At the Four Directions Sect gate, Gu Mingda claimed that Sheng Kingdom’s new female emperor had solved the plague, then entered the sect after Meng Sipei arrived.
• Wan Anqing told Meng Sipei that Yin Jianghong had proposed a way to stop the plague, and Meng Sipei suspected that the expert who had helped dispel the miasma had guided him.
• Wan Anqing asked Meng Sipei to travel to the Liang Kingdom, where the Major Sects were mobilizing over a mysterious upheaval and possible treasure, and she agreed to go.
• Jiang Beiran told Wu Qingce not to break through before he returned and refused to bring him to the Liang Kingdom, planning instead to rely on Li Fucheng and Su Xiuyu there.
• Jiang Beiran set out alone, but Lin Yuyan hurried to meet him after the White Mist Sword flew to his side.

Jiang Beiran left for Liang Kingdom with the White Mist Sword after Lin Yuyan failed to reclaim it, and he learned that the journey could be dangerous. There, he reunited with Li Fucheng and Zhou Guican, who led him toward Crescent Valley, where powerful forces had gathered over a rumored treasure.

• Lin Yuyan chased the White Mist Sword to Jiang Beiran, but the sword refused to leave his side, so he kept it and departed for Liang Kingdom.
• Jiang Beiran crossed into Liang Kingdom and found the land largely covered by desolate deserts.
• Zhou Guican returned to the Righteousness Gathering Hall and learned that Li Fucheng had been acting secretly because he expected Jiang Beiran to arrive.
• Li Fucheng and Zhou Guican greeted Jiang Beiran, then Li Fucheng led him toward a nearby town and reported that seven major forces had gathered at Crescent Valley.
• Jiang Beiran learned that three Mystic Sect Realm experts and seven peak Mystic Emperor Realm experts were competing for a likely supreme treasure.

Jiang Beiran heard Huo Zhishang explain how his family was ruined by the Tan Family and Azure Thunder Cult, and learned that Huo Zhishang’s brother was preparing to destroy them. He agreed to meet the brother and then asked Li Fucheng about the Crescent Valley phenomenon, arranging to stay in Li Fucheng’s guest room until the meeting.

• Li Fucheng brought Jiang Beiran to a temple hall, where Huo Zhishang arrived and admitted that Huo Wenkang was his elder brother’s son, not his own.
• Huo Zhishang recounted how Tan Ruihuan and the Azure Thunder Cult persecuted his family, forcing his sister-in-law to die and his brother to submit while Huo Zhishang escaped with Huo Wenkang.
• Huo Zhishang told Jiang Beiran that his brother had secretly built up strength and planned to destroy the Tan Family and Azure Thunder Cult, offering Liang Kingdom to Jiang Beiran in return for his help.
• Jiang Beiran agreed to meet Huo Zhishang’s brother, and Huo Zhishang left to arrange the meeting.
• Jiang Beiran declined Li Fucheng’s invitation to the black market and other attractions, then asked when Li Fucheng had sensed the phenomenon at Crescent Valley.
• Jiang Beiran chose to stay in Li Fucheng’s guest room and asked him to notify him after Huo Zhishang brought his brother the next day.

Jiang Beiran used newly acquired divination tools to confirm that a valuable jade treasure would appear in Crescent Valley, then met Huo Hongfei and learned why he sought to destroy the Tan Family. The chapter left Jiang Beiran weighing the Tan Family’s role as a force that restrained conflict among Liang Kingdom’s sects.

• Jiang Beiran burned thirteen sticks of Spirit Sandalwood Incense and used a map and the Three-Legged Black Copper Toad to divine that Crescent Valley held Liang Kingdom’s most valuable coming treasure, a jade-type supreme treasure.
• Li Fucheng reported that Huo Zhishang had returned, and Jiang Beiran went to meet him and Huo Hongfei.
• Huo Hongfei bowed to Jiang Beiran, offered his allegiance, and recounted how he had married into the Tan Family to spare his clan, enduring humiliation while secretly learning about the family.
• Huo Hongfei revealed that Tan Yongde was connected to the Azure Thunder Cult and that the Tan Family had ties to fourteen powerful Liang Kingdom sects.
• Huo Hongfei explained that he believed the Tan Family functioned as a weapon for stopping wars between sects, and Jiang Beiran recognized that it might serve as a guardian of Liang Kingdom.

Huo Hongfei presented Jiang Beiran with a detailed plan to destabilize Liang Kingdom and overthrow the Tan Family, and Jiang Beiran proposed exploiting the coming treasure at Crescent Valley. Jiang Beiran then took Li Fucheng to investigate the valley, where Li Fucheng detected a hidden formation and began helping him navigate it.

• Huo Hongfei showed Jiang Beiran three booklets documenting the Tan Family's ties and Liang Kingdom's sect rivalries, then outlined his plans to plunge the kingdom into chaos before Sheng Kingdom struck.
• Jiang Beiran agreed to cooperate with Huo Hongfei and told him to prepare a scheme around Crescent Valley, where a treasure would appear in eight days at the hour of Shen.
• Huo Hongfei and Huo Zhishang speculated that Jiang Beiran could predict the future, and Huo Hongfei warned his brother to keep their dealings with the emperor secret.
• Jiang Beiran brought Li Fucheng to Crescent Valley after the system offered a reward for taking him along, and Li Fucheng detected a Heavenly Perception Human Instrument Formation near Lishui County.
• Jiang Beiran taught Li Fucheng how to understand and bypass the formation, then asked him to report any other formations he sensed as they entered Crescent Valley.

Jiang Beiran followed Meng Sipei into Crescent Valley, where Liang Kingdom experts mistook her arrival and a mysterious formation for a Sheng Kingdom ambush. The chapter ended with Yan Siyuan charging out of the formation and discovering that no enemies were waiting outside.

• Jiang Beiran spotted Meng Sipei inside Crescent Valley and followed her with Li Fucheng while the formation setter, Yin Xiuliang, watched her approach.
• Meng Sipei encountered Yin Xiuliang and Lin Renwu, and Jiang Beiran used an Earth-Escaping Talisman to take her away when Yin Xiuliang's formation was broken.
• Li Fucheng activated the Nether Brilliance Formation, leading Lin Renwu to believe Sheng Kingdom forces had set a trap and summoned the Liang Kingdom experts to prepare for battle.
• Liang Kingdom disciples entered the formation openly, confusing the trapped experts and prompting Lin Renwu to suspect they were being lured into a larger ambush.
• Yan Siyuan charged out despite Lin Renwu's warning and shouted that there was no one outside.

Jiang Beiran rescued Meng Sipei after she wandered into Liang Kingdom and was discovered, then watched the Liang sect masters suspect Lin Renwu of treachery over her escape. After the leaders agreed to investigate, Jiang Beiran recruited Meng Sipei to follow his plan and ordered Li Fucheng to arrange a place for her to stay.

• After the disciples left, Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang accused Lin Renwu of helping Meng Sipei escape, and Lin Renwu insisted he had been deceived and had done nothing wrong.
• Lin Renwu grew furious and spat blood as the sect masters doubted him, but Qiu Honglang stopped Yan Siyuan from attacking and promised to investigate the matter within three days.
• Jiang Beiran watched the confrontation through his Heavenly Eye Formation and reflected that Meng Sipei's extraordinary luck had helped her find a Formation Eye.
• Jiang Beiran questioned Meng Sipei about entering Liang Kingdom alone and explained that her Breath-Concealing Talisman could not hide her from formations.
• Jiang Beiran told Meng Sipei to repay her debt by following his plan, then asked Li Fucheng to find her a place to stay where he could contact her easily.

Jiang Beiran enlisted Huo Hongfei to use Meng Sipei’s presence to stir up conflict among the Liang Kingdom’s sects. Meanwhile, Lin Renwu suspected Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang were conspiring against him, while Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang agreed to investigate whether Lin had colluded with Sheng Kingdom.

• Meng Sipei settled into Li Fucheng’s residence and asked about her connection to the senior, but Li Fucheng refused to answer under the senior’s orders.
• Jiang Beiran told Huo Hongfei about Meng Sipei and asked him to cooperate with her as part of a plan to cause turmoil in Liang Kingdom.
• Lin Renwu suspected Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang had used Meng Sipei to frame him, and Yin Xiuliang reported that his formation had been broken from within.
• Yan Wenguang urged Lin Renwu to investigate before acting, warning that Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang might be coordinating against him over the coming treasure.
• Qiu Honglang visited Yan Siyuan, and the two agreed to investigate whether Lin Renwu was secretly working with Sheng Kingdom.

Yin Xiuliang warned Lin Renwu that a mole in his cult was helping Wuji Studio and the True Origin Sect, leading Lin Renwu to suspect Yan Wenguang and send him away. Meanwhile, Meng Sipei left the inn as instructed, and Jiang Beiran prepared for his plan’s next stage.

• Yin Xiuliang told Lin Renwu that Yan Qi had overheard a discussion about breaking Yin Xiuliang’s formation and keeping Lin Renwu from attacking Wuji Studio, suggesting a mole was working with their enemies.
• Lin Renwu suspected Yan Wenguang after recalling his reluctance to leave the cult, though he initially told Yin Xiuliang to stop discussing the matter.
• Meng Sipei waited at the inn for several days, then left during the hour of the Monkey after Li Fucheng relayed the senior’s instructions.
• Lin Renwu grew angry at Yan Wenguang’s lack of investigative results and drove him away from Crescent Valley, while Yan Wenguang insisted they might have misunderstood their enemies.
• Jiang Beiran sneezed and reflected that the main players were in position and the grand show was about to begin.

Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang mistook Lin Renwu for a traitor working with Sheng Kingdom and fought him, while Jiang Beiran watched from afar. Yin Jianghong, Ji Qinglin, and Wan Anqing then arrived, revealing that Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang had fallen into a trap as they struggled to escape.

• Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang chased a Substitute Talisman of Meng Sipei and concluded that Lin Renwu was colluding with Sheng Kingdom.
• Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang confronted Lin Renwu, who denied the accusations, and the three fought after Mystic Emperors revealed they had been trapped by the Wild Continent Array.
• Jiang Beiran watched from a mountain as the battle continued for a day and a night, then Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang were weakened by poison.
• Yin Jianghong arrived, confusing Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang, while Lin Renwu attacked Yin Jianghong and urged Yan Siyuan to flee, claiming they had all been tricked.
• Ji Qinglin and Wan Anqing blocked Yan Siyuan and Qiu Honglang as they tried to escape, while Jiang Beiran admired a precious jade in Crescent Valley.

Jiang Beiran recovered a precious jade in Crescent Valley while Yin Jianghong and the other experts defeated Liang Kingdom’s leaders. As the aftermath began, Jiang Beiran refused to help manage the conquered country, prepared to return to Sheng Kingdom, and left the remaining work to Yin Jianghong and Huo Hongfei.

• Jiang Beiran split open a stone in Crescent Valley and found moon-white jade formed where a honghu had once perched, then stored it in his Universe Ring.
• Yin Jianghong told Jiang Beiran that Lin Renwu was dead, Qiu Honglang had been captured, and Yan Siyuan had been taken alive; Huo Hongfei thanked Jiang Beiran for avenging his family.
• Yin Jianghong asked Jiang Beiran to advise him on Liang Kingdom’s newly united sects, but Jiang Beiran chose not to help and directed him to consult Huo Hongfei.
• Jiang Beiran decided to leave Liang Kingdom, sent a message by paper kite, and told Li Fucheng he could choose whether to stay or return to Sheng Kingdom.
• Li Fucheng chose to remain in Liang Kingdom, and Jiang Beiran reminded him to visit his master before departing.

Su Xiuyu persuaded Yan Siyuan to surrender to Sheng Kingdom, while Jiang Beiran considered how the conquest of Liang Kingdom had outpaced his plans. In Pingwan City, Meng Sipei continued waiting for Jiang Beiran, and Huo Hongfei invited Li Fucheng to meet the Purple Rainbow Sect’s sect master.

• Su Xiuyu knelt before Yan Siyuan and explained that Liang Kingdom had fallen, urging his master to cooperate with Sheng Kingdom in exchange for True Origin Sect’s safety.
• Yan Siyuan agreed to surrender sincerely after Su Xiuyu warned him that the mysterious expert could see through people’s hearts.
• Jiang Beiran reflected on how Huo Hongfei and Meng Sipei had rapidly advanced the annexation of Liang Kingdom, and resolved to try to spare Yan Siyuan if Su Xiuyu could persuade him.
• Li Fucheng recalled Huo Hongfei’s capture of the Tan Family and welcomed Meng Sipei, who had come to wait for Jiang Beiran.
• Huo Hongfei arrived and invited Li Fucheng to meet the Purple Rainbow Sect’s sect master, while Meng Sipei worried that Jiang Beiran might have no use for her.

Jiang Beiran secured Yan Siyuan’s surrender and returned to the Returning Heart Sect, where Shi Fenglan told him that her uncle had invited him to visit the Shi Family. He accepted the invitation, then learned that Lu Bogui had noticed the Water Mirror Hall women’s repeated visits and suspected Jiang Beiran had sent them.

• Su Xiuyu reported that Yan Siyuan and the True Origin Sect would submit to Sheng Kingdom, and Jiang Beiran sent him away without removing his Gu worm.
• Jiang Beiran informed Yin Jianghong that Yan Siyuan had surrendered, then left him to handle the matter.
• Back at the Returning Heart Sect, Jiang Beiran learned that Shi Fenglan’s uncle had specifically invited him to the Shi Family, and he agreed to go after taking care of other business.
• Jiang Beiran visited Lu Bogui, who asked whether Jiang Beiran had instructed the five women from Water Mirror Hall to seek his help.

Jiang Beiran prepared for a trip to the Shi Family, handed medicines to Lu Bogui, and sent the White Mist Sword back to Lin Yuyan. At Mo Xia’s swamp, he found that the cleaned-up place was drawing ghosts and that a female ghost had regained her original appearance, leaving him to suspect Mo Xia might be responsible.

• Jiang Beiran gave Lu Bogui bottles of Haoyuan Pill and Dragon Saliva Pill, explaining that he had obtained the medicines through his dealings with Demon Lord Yin.
• Jiang Beiran ordered the White Mist Sword to return to Lin Yuyan before leaving for the Shi Family, while Lin Yuyan resolved to follow him on his next trip.
• Jiang Beiran stopped at his self-barrier, gave Gu Qinghuan talisman paper for contacting him, and then traveled to Mo Xia’s thatched cottage.
• Jiang Beiran found Mo Xia playing chess with an old man’s ghost and learned that Mo Xia had become accustomed to living among the ghosts there.
• Jiang Beiran discovered that the female ghost he had marked had regained her original appearance and learned that more ghosts had gathered since Mo Xia arrived.
• Jiang Beiran suspected Mo Xia might have a special physique that attracted ghosts and decided to test the idea on a future visit.

Liu Zijin and the Yu Family Three Sisters realized Jiang Beiran had seen through their insincere requests and planned to apologize, while Jiang Beiran gave Lin Yuyan a jade and tasks before setting off with Shi Fenglan for her home in Tong Kingdom. They traveled in Shi Fenglan’s Flying Mansion, and Jiang Beiran marveled at its intricate formations as they began their day-long journey.

• Liu Zijin received Jiang Beiran’s note telling her not to come, then gathered with the Yu Family Three Sisters and Fang Qiuyue to discuss their failed attempts to get his help.
• Liu Zijin volunteered to apologize to Jiang Beiran first, while the Yu Family Three Sisters waited for news.
• Jiang Beiran met Lin Yuyan, gave her Hong Jade to suppress her baleful aura, and assigned her tasks in a brocade pouch.
• Jiang Beiran questioned Shi Fenglan about her family and Tong Kingdom, but she knew little about either.
• Shi Fenglan revealed her Flying Mansion, and Jiang Beiran agreed to travel with her to Tong Kingdom.
• Jiang Beiran explored the Flying Mansion’s complex formations and learned that the trip to Shi Fenglan’s home would take about a day.