Chapter Summaries

Jiang Beiran accompanied Shi Fenglan to the Shi Family’s palace atop Longpan Mountain, where he learned about the rise of sects and the strength of powerful clans. After Shi Fenglan’s uncle summoned them, they reached the door to meet him.

• Shi Fenglan brought Jiang Beiran to the summit of Longpan Mountain, and he told a young man that a Mystic Saint of the Shi Family was looking for him.
• Jiang Beiran reflected on how sects had overtaken clans by selecting and cultivating talented youths, while powerful families such as the Shi Family retained their independence.
• Shi Fenglan led Jiang Beiran past Jiangxiao Tower and through the palace, where he noticed that the servants were Mystic Practitioners.
• Shi Fenglan received a voice transmission from her uncle summoning them, and they arrived at his door as his voice invited them inside.

Jiang Beiran learned why Shi Fenglan had been confined for twenty years and sent to the Returning Heart Sect, and Shi Hongfang warned him not to deceive her. Shi Hongfang then led Jiang Beiran to meet the Shi Family Ancestor, while Shi Fenglan was left behind.

• Shi Hongfang sent Shi Fenglan out and questioned Jiang Beiran about his relationship with her and whether he had wanted the treasures she gave him.
• Jiang Beiran admitted that he had been tempted, and Shi Hongfang explained that the Mystic Saint Ancestor had specifically asked to meet him.
• Shi Hongfang told Jiang Beiran that Gu Liangren had predicted an evil fiend would cling to Shi Fenglan and confined her in a formation until her twentieth birthday.
• Shi Hongfang explained that Gu Liangren later directed the family to send Shi Fenglan to the Returning Heart Sect and warned them not to interfere until the proper time.
• Shi Hongfang warned Jiang Beiran not to deceive Shi Fenglan, then took him toward the Ancestor while she stayed behind.
• Jiang Beiran followed Shi Hongfang to a tower whose top he could not see.

Jiang Beiran entered the Spirit Illusion Tower with Shi Hongfang and deliberately appeared to have poor cultivation talent, then met the Shi Family Ancestor, Shi Hongyun, in a hidden paradise. After Jiang Beiran invented a Shenluo Physique to explain his resistance to Shi Hongyun’s mental pressure, the chapter left Shi Hongyun asking why he stayed in Sheng Kingdom and Jiang Beiran answering that it was for safety.

• Shi Hongfang led Jiang Beiran into the Spirit Illusion Tower, where Jiang Beiran pretended he could not climb farther and was judged to have low-low-grade talent.
• Shi Hongfang brought Jiang Beiran through a bronze door into a beautiful hidden realm and led him to Shi Hongyun, who was playing with several young women.
• Shi Hongyun scolded Jiang Beiran for failing to visit and thank him, while Jiang Beiran admitted he liked staying in Sheng Kingdom.
• Shi Hongyun dismissed Jiang Beiran’s offered spirit-vein gains and asked Shi Hongfang about his cultivation talent, then questioned who had taught him formations.
• Shi Hongyun tested Jiang Beiran with mental pressure and asked about his unusual constitution; Jiang Beiran claimed it was the Shenluo Physique, which could borrow the forces of heaven and earth.
• Shi Hongyun asked why Jiang Beiran stayed in Sheng Kingdom, and Jiang Beiran replied that it was for safety.

Jiang Beiran invented a Shenluo Physique explanation to satisfy Shi Hongyun, who then insisted he stay at the Shi residence and ordered Shi Hongfang to investigate his background. As Xiang'er showed him around, dangerous system options repeatedly urged him away from her and the dining hall, until Shi Fenglan found him and offered to take him somewhere good.

• Jiang Beiran explained that his Shenluo Physique helped him locate ideal places to arrange arrays and draw on greater power from heaven and earth, and Shi Hongyun accepted the explanation.
• Shi Hongyun ordered Xiang'er to arrange lodging for Jiang Beiran and told Shi Hongfang to show him around without defenses, then instructed Shi Hongfang to investigate Jiang Beiran's mysterious background.
• Shi Hongyun and Shi Hongfang speculated that Jiang Beiran might be a hidden junior from a powerful clan because he stayed composed before Mystic Saints despite his ordinary history and low cultivation.
• Xiang'er offered to show Jiang Beiran the lively inner city, but he chose quieter lodging and rejected a system option that would have rewarded him for asking about her title.
• Jiang Beiran left the dining hall after another set of system options warned him away from staying, and Shi Fenglan appeared and invited him to eat and see a good place.

Jiang Beiran settled into an empty house in Shi Fenglan’s Ten Thousand Flower Valley and wondered about the evil fiend and Gu Liangren. Shi Hongfang visited, enjoyed Jiang Beiran’s tea, and took him away to tour the Shi Family estate and discuss matters privately.

• Xiang'er searched the dining hall for Jiang Beiran while he went with Shi Fenglan to Ten Thousand Flower Valley.
• Shi Fenglan offered Jiang Beiran an empty house, and he accepted despite sensing that someone was watching him from afar.
• Jiang Beiran asked Shi Fenglan to fetch Shi Hongfang, hoping to avoid further attention from Xiang'er.
• Shi Hongfang praised Jiang Beiran’s teas and accepted tea leaves from him.
• Shi Hongfang said the Ancestor had asked him to show Jiang Beiran around the estate, then left with him while Shi Fenglan stayed behind.

Shi Hongfang took Jiang Beiran to tour Hengya Pavilion, where Jiang Beiran saw its rare jade collection and met Liu Weining, who sensed the Honghu Jade he carried. After curator Gao Lanwen accused Jiang Beiran of looking down on the pavilion, he faced a choice of how to respond.

• Shi Hongfang brought Jiang Beiran into the Shi Family’s guarded jade pavilion and showed him its rare raw stones and finished jade artifacts.
• Liu Weining sensed treasure jade on Jiang Beiran and demanded to see it, but he refused to reveal the Honghu Jade in his Universe Ring.
• Shi Hongfang asked whether Jiang Beiran wanted to learn jade craftsmanship, and Jiang Beiran declined.
• Curator Gao Lanwen emerged and challenged Jiang Beiran to explain why he had supposedly looked down on Hengya Pavilion.

Jiang Beiran stood up to Gao Lanwen at Hengya Pavilion, then toured Linglong Workshop with Shi Hongfang and learned that the Shi Ancestor expected him to demonstrate his abilities in return for her favor. The chapter left Jiang Beiran preparing to reveal some of his mystical arts while carefully deciding how much to show.

• Jiang Beiran challenged Gao Lanwen’s accusations, and Shi Hongfang intervened because the Ancestor had personally invited him.
• Gao Lanwen and Jiang Beiran backed down from their confrontation, but Gao Lanwen grew furious when her disciple Liu Weining followed Jiang Beiran to inspect the precious jade he carried.
• Shi Hongfang asked whether Jiang Beiran had seen through Gao Lanwen, and Jiang Beiran said he could discern a thing or two.
• Shi Hongfang explained that he would accompany Jiang Beiran through the Shi Family’s sixteen pavilions and revealed that Hengya Pavilion was their leading Mystic Art Pavilion.
• Jiang Beiran toured Linglong Workshop, understood that the Ancestor expected him to repay her favor by showing his talents, and considered which abilities he could safely reveal.

Shi Hongfang took Jiang Beiran to Linglong Workshop each morning, while Jiang Beiran introduced Shi Fenglan to his new Legend of the Profound Dragon card game. The chapter ended with Shi Fenglan eagerly beginning her first match against Jiang Beiran.

• Shi Hongfang questioned Jiang Beiran about his curiosity and said he felt more at ease leaving Shi Fenglan in his care.
• Shi Hongfang recognized Jiang Beiran's influence on Shi Fenglan's changed habits and arranged to take him to Linglong Workshop every day at Chen Hour.
• After Shi Hongfang left, Shi Fenglan asked Jiang Beiran to gamble, and he introduced her to Legend of the Profound Dragon.
• Jiang Beiran explained the card types and basic rules, then gave Shi Fenglan a thirty-card deck to study.
• Shi Fenglan rolled a white side to go first, and Jiang Beiran began guiding her through the opening round.

Jiang Beiran beat Shi Fenglan twice at their card game, then traveled with Shi Hongfang to Linglong Workshop, where he frightened two fire-evading beasts by pretending he would remove their horns. He left the beasts in chaos and followed Shi Hongfang into Hengya Pavilion, where the girl from the previous day came running down after spotting him.

• Jiang Beiran used Duan Zhengchun to steal Shi Fenglan's Tie Xinlan, won their match, and explained the danger of keeping powerful but risky cards.
• Shi Fenglan added Duan Zhengchun to her deck but lost again when Jiang Beiran avoided playing a female character and used Xie Xun's Lion's Roar.
• The next morning, Shi Hongfang brought Jiang Beiran to Linglong Workshop in a carriage pulled by two fire-evading beasts, and Jiang Beiran claimed he could remove their horns.
• Jiang Beiran frightened the beasts by implying he would cut off their horns, and they later panicked and fought each other after he left the carriage.
• The workshop master stopped the beasts and remarked on Jiang Beiran's strange skills as Jiang Beiran followed Shi Hongfang into Hengya Pavilion.
• A girl from the previous day rushed down from the second floor after shouting that the jade had arrived.

Jiang Beiran demonstrated his unfamiliar Double-Hook Grinding Technique to Gao Lanwen, impressing the eighth-grade Jade Refiner and easing their conflict. He left Gao Lanwen curious about his abilities, while Liu Weining immediately asked him to teach her the technique.

• Gao Lanwen confronted Jiang Beiran after he shook his head at a piece of Longxi Jade, and he explained that he would have carved it with the Double-Hook Grinding Technique.
• Jiang Beiran used another piece of Longxi Jade to demonstrate the technique, and Gao Lanwen recognized his exceptional skill.
• Gao Lanwen asked Jiang Beiran where he had learned the technique and offered to trade for it, but he refused to say and gave her the carved jade as an apology.
• Gao Lanwen accepted Jiang Beiran's gift and let their earlier disagreement go, while Jiang Beiran considered how powerful his upgraded skill points might be.
• Liu Weining asked Jiang Beiran to teach her the Double-Hook Grinding Technique, but he refused.

Jiang Beiran used his Double-Hook Grinding Technique to draw Gao Lanwen into seeking his instruction, while Shi Hongfang promised him Earth-Hidden True Crystal in exchange for helping her. At Langyu Pavilion, Jiang Beiran challenged Gao Lanwen’s assumptions about jade and presented her with a piece of jade to examine.

• Shi Hongfang offered Jiang Beiran Earth-Hidden True Crystal if he explained the Double-Hook Grinding Technique to Gao Lanwen.
• Gao Lanwen dismissed Jiang Beiran’s technique, but he declined to argue and returned to Shi Hongfang, confident she would call him back.
• Gao Lanwen eventually summoned Jiang Beiran and invited him to Langyu Pavilion to compare techniques and exchange insights.
• At Langyu Pavilion, Jiang Beiran said jade could be both broad and refined, and Gao Lanwen called the idea impossible.
• Jiang Beiran took a piece of jade from his Universe Ring and asked Gao Lanwen to examine it.

Jiang Beiran showed Gao Lanwen jade artifacts that combined jade with other materials, enhancing their benefits while eliminating their flaws, and she recognized his stone-fusion technique as extraordinary. Gao Lanwen apologized and eagerly agreed to discuss the technique with him starting the next day, while Jiang Beiran hoped to learn about the artifacts in Langyu Pavilion.

• Gao Lanwen examined Jiang Beiran's Red Fire Jade fused with Sky Sea Stone and discovered that it strengthened fire techniques while suppressing the jade's dangerous flame aura.
• Jiang Beiran showed Gao Lanwen Nine Star Jade fused with White Flame Secret Sand, which improved its ability to restore both meridians and internal organs.
• After Shi Hongfang warned that Jiang Beiran often concealed his abilities, Gao Lanwen concluded that he might be an expert sent by the Shi Family's Ancestor and called him Master Jiang.
• Gao Lanwen apologized for offending Jiang Beiran, and he graciously accepted her apology.
• Jiang Beiran proposed discussing his stone-fusion method with Gao Lanwen, who eagerly agreed to begin the next day.

Jiang Beiran demonstrated a gold-inlay technique that enhanced Mind-Clearing Jade, impressing Gao Lanwen with his skill and his use of formations in jade refining. Gao Lanwen asked to study formations under him and offered him anything from Hengya Pavilion, while Shi Hongfang asked how much Jiang Beiran truly knew.

• Jiang Beiran carved a Mystic Turtle pattern into Mind-Clearing Jade and inlaid it with gold and silver wire, producing a pendant with improved sensitivity that still sensed the power of heaven and earth.
• Gao Lanwen worked out that Jiang Beiran had used the pattern to stabilize the jade and had applied formation techniques, while Liu Weining offered him her Sacred Glazed Heart-Soul Jade in exchange for a demonstration.
• Jiang Beiran explained how he had used formations to refine the jade, and Gao Lanwen realized that combining formations with jade refining could open a path beyond her previous methods.
• Gao Lanwen asked Jiang Beiran to teach her Formation Study and offered him any jade or other reward he wanted.
• Shi Hongfang asked Jiang Beiran how much his supposedly superficial knowledge of formations amounted to.

Jiang Beiran agreed to teach Gao Lanwen formations after Shi Hongfang intervened, while declining her Wuhua Mystic Jade. He left to prepare a Formation Book and continued touring Linglong Workshop with Shi Hongfang, whose gratitude from Gao Lanwen fueled his hopes of winning her affection.

• Gao Lanwen begged Jiang Beiran to teach her formations, and Shi Hongfang persuaded him to accept.
• Jiang Beiran agreed to write Gao Lanwen a Formation Book, but refused the Wuhua Mystic Jade she offered.
• Jiang Beiran chose not to pursue the jade immediately and left Langyu Pavilion as Liu Weining followed him.
• Shi Hongfang thanked Jiang Beiran and promised to support him, while suspecting that he was hiding more abilities.
• Jiang Beiran and Shi Hongfang toured Linglong Workshop, then Jiang Beiran declined to take the horns of the two Exotic Beasts for the time being.

Jiang Beiran studied the Shi Family’s Flying Mansion while Shi Hongyun took an interest in his unusual talents. After Gao Lanwen brought Liu Weining to see him and Shi Fenglan stormed off in search of a new playmate, Jiang Beiran began investigating the mansion’s advanced Formation Techniques.

• Jiang Beiran spent time gambling with Shi Fenglan and studying her Flying Mansion, while Shi Hongfang reported that Gao Lanwen admired Jiang Beiran’s Jade Refining skills to Shi Hongyun.
• Shi Hongyun told Shi Hongfang to let Jiang Beiran act freely, and Shi Hongfang wondered whether Jiang Beiran was a saint reincarnated.
• After half a month, Gao Lanwen brought Liu Weining to Jiang Beiran, but he turned them away when Liu Weining demanded to see jade.
• Shi Fenglan left in a huff to find another playmate, and Jiang Beiran realized he could not enter the Flying Mansion without her.
• Jiang Beiran studied the mansion’s Universe Art and interlocking formations, then spent the day drawing a complex diagram without making progress.

Jiang Beiran struggled to calculate Mysterious Doors and Hidden Armor before Shi Fenglan brought her niece Shi Jiamu to visit. Shi Jiamu proved to be a sharp card-game player who learned to build decks quickly, leaving Jiang Beiran curious about her future role.

• Jiang Beiran found that calculating Mysterious Doors and Hidden Armor by hand was far harder than he had expected.
• Shi Fenglan introduced Shi Jiamu to Jiang Beiran, who made her recite a lengthy oath before letting her enter his room.
• Shi Jiamu asked about Jiang Beiran's strength and then learned the rules of Legend of the Profound Dragon, quickly evaluating cards and building a capable deck.
• Jiang Beiran defeated Shi Jiamu several times, but she studied her mistakes and refined her deck-building skills as they played through the night.
• Shi Jiamu eventually built a deck that beat Jiang Beiran, impressing him with her intelligence and leaving him wondering whether she would help him in the future.

Jiang Beiran stopped playing cards with Shi Jiamu and Shi Fenglan to study the Flying Mansion’s formations, then decided he needed another formation expert’s perspective. He brought his formation book to Gao Lanwen and met Taiyi Pavilion’s Lu Yangyu, whose unseen scrutiny left Jiang Beiran intrigued.

• Jiang Beiran ended the card game, noticed Shi Jiamu’s cultivation seemed to have reached Profound King, and spent the day studying formations in Shi Fenglan’s Flying Mansion.
• Jiang Beiran decided that discussing formations with an experienced teacher would help, so he asked Shi Hongfang to escort him to Linglong Workshop.
• Shi Hongfang brought Jiang Beiran to Hengya Pavilion, where Jiang Beiran gave Gao Lanwen the Taiyi Profound Words Book as the foundation for her formation lessons.
• Jiang Beiran asked to meet an experienced formation instructor, and Gao Lanwen led him and Shi Hongfang to Taiyi Pavilion.
• Lu Yangyu welcomed the group and invited them upstairs to talk, while Jiang Beiran sensed that Lu Yangyu had examined him with an unseen gaze.

Jiang Beiran met Lu Yangyu at Taiyi Pavilion to discuss formations, but their conversation soon turned into a drinking session that made them sworn brothers. Lu Yangyu agreed to share what he knew about formation linking, and Jiang Beiran promised to demonstrate his wine-distilling method afterward.

• Jiang Beiran met Lu Yangyu in Taiyi Pavilion’s feng shui-aligned sitting room, where Lu Yangyu praised his abilities and asked about his identity.
• Gao Lanwen and Shi Hongfang left Jiang Beiran with Lu Yangyu, and Jiang Beiran asked to discuss formation linking.
• Lu Yangyu admitted he knew only the basics of formation linking but agreed to discuss the technique with Jiang Beiran.
• Lu Yangyu accidentally groped You'er while reaching for the wine, then poured his Ten Continents Spring with perfect accuracy.
• Jiang Beiran dismissed Lu Yangyu’s wine and offered Qiyun Clear Dew Wine, which Lu Yangyu praised and drank eagerly.
• Lu Yangyu declared Jiang Beiran his sworn younger brother, and Jiang Beiran promised to demonstrate his distillation method after they discussed formations.

Jiang Beiran learned that Lu Yangyu was highly skilled only in defensive formations and that formation linking required broad expertise across formation types. In return for Lu Yangyu’s wine, Jiang Beiran explained distillation and gave him a Condenser, and Lu Yangyu offered to take him to meet the master of the Wine Pavilion.

• Jiang Beiran discussed formations with Lu Yangyu and learned that even accomplished Formation Masters often specialized in only one type.
• Lu Yangyu admitted that he could not explain formation linking because he lacked expertise in other formations.
• Jiang Beiran described distillation and explained how it could produce stronger, more flavorful wine.
• Jiang Beiran gave Lu Yangyu a Condenser and offered to demonstrate distillation.
• Lu Yangyu invited Jiang Beiran to the Wine Pavilion to demonstrate the method and meet its master.

Jiang Beiran demonstrated distillation and taught Fu Zhehan and Lu Yangyu the principles behind it at Tu'mi Pavilion. After producing a first batch of strong spirits, he received permission to study Lu Yangyu's clan treasure, Yanbo Diaosou, which recorded the locations of spiritual veins.

• Lu Yangyu brought Jiang Beiran to Tu'mi Pavilion, where Fu Zhehan welcomed them and tasted Jiang Beiran's Qiyun Clear Dew Wine.
• Jiang Beiran assembled a distillation pot and taught Fu Zhehan and Lu Yangyu about fermentation, suitable ingredients, and how distillation concentrated alcohol.
• Jiang Beiran distilled a batch of clear, pungent wine, and Fu Zhehan asked him about the process and how to judge the wine's purity.
• Lu Yangyu offered Jiang Beiran Yanbo Diaosou in exchange for wine, and Jiang Beiran discovered it recorded locations of spiritual veins.
• Lu Yangyu refused to let Jiang Beiran take or copy the book, so Jiang Beiran began scanning its contents with Spiritual power while reading it.