Chapter Summaries

Jiang Beiran received Heavenly Crane Soul for sharing his distillation method, then examined Liu Weining’s Sacred Glazed Heart-Soul Jade and discovered it carried King's Way Qi. He left Hengya Pavilion still hoping to acquire the jade, while Gao Lanwen concealed her difficulty understanding his formation book.

• Fu Zhehan gave Jiang Beiran Heavenly Crane Soul and asked him to return to discuss spirit-wine brewing.
• Jiang Beiran let Liu Weining inspect his Honghu Jade in exchange for examining her Sacred Glazed Heart-Soul Jade, which he identified as containing King's Way Qi.
• Shi Hongfang offered Jiang Beiran precious jade, but Jiang Beiran changed the subject by asking about Gao Lanwen's formation studies.
• Gao Lanwen claimed Jiang Beiran's formation book was easy to understand, although she had struggled with it.
• Jiang Beiran reclaimed the Honghu Jade, returned Liu Weining's jade, and left Hengya Pavilion by carriage, thinking he still needed to find a way to obtain it.

Jiang Beiran farmed system points at the Shi Family Mystic Market, where he impressed a wandering monk with his knowledge of divination. Shi Yutong then tried to recruit him as her teacher with a piece of Treasure Light Strange Glaze, but he refused and grew more wary of the Shi Family’s internal conflicts.

• Jiang Beiran rejected a stranger’s request for directions and earned a point of charm from the system.
• Jiang Beiran made the Shi Family Mystic Market his regular place to gather points, and he reached ten by confounding a wandering monk who claimed he faced a bloody calamity.
• Jiang Beiran answered the monk’s questions about divination so expertly that the monk recognized him as a master, but Jiang Beiran left before he could speak further.
• Shi Yutong introduced herself to Jiang Beiran and asked him to teach her divination, offering him Treasure Light Strange Glaze.
• Jiang Beiran refused Shi Yutong’s request and continued toward Linglong Workshop, while she watched him leave with amusement.
• Jiang Beiran reflected on the factions and monitoring within the Shi Family and decided he needed to find a way to leave.

Jiang Beiran tutored Gao Lanwen in Formation Techniques before joining Lu Yangyu and Shen Tianhua to examine an ancient formation book. The chapter left Jiang Beiran reluctantly agreeing to explain the formation depicted in it.

• Jiang Beiran patiently guided Gao Lanwen through a Formation layout, and she correctly derived its arrangement after he explained the calculations.
• Lu Yangyu called Jiang Beiran over with news of a treasure, and Shi Hongfang gave him a box that resembled the one used to hold the Earth-Hidden True Crystal.
• Liu Weining offered Jiang Beiran her Sacred Glazed Heart-Soul Jade in exchange for the Honghu Jade, but he refused and took the Honghu Jade back.
• Lu Yangyu introduced Jiang Beiran to his old friend Shen Tianhua, a seventh-grade Formation Master, and called Jiang the Pillar of the Sea and Sky.
• Lu Yangyu showed Jiang Beiran an ancient book of formations and begged him to explain how to lay out the formation drawn inside.

Jiang Beiran identified Shen Tianhua’s glacier-found ancient text as an incomplete formation book and agreed to help interpret it if Shen gathered the missing volumes. After leaving Taiyi Pavilion, Jiang Beiran chose to flee when a staged attack erupted near Shi Yutong, who dismissed the actors and went her own way.

• Jiang Beiran examined Shen Tianhua’s ancient text and deduced that it came from a glacier and was only one part of a larger work.
• Shen Tianhua said rival groups had taken the other volumes, and Jiang Beiran agreed to interpret them for a reward once Shen gathered them.
• Jiang Beiran left while Lu Yangyu and Shen Tianhua discussed the rival groups and drank Jiang Beiran’s wine.
• Shi Yutong caught up with Jiang Beiran and offered to help him leave the Shi Family if he taught her fortune-telling, but he refused.
• A surge of Mystic Qi struck near Jiang Beiran and Shi Yutong, and Jiang Beiran chose to run away rather than protect her.
• Shi Yutong told the two staged attackers to stop, then left in another direction.

Jiang Beiran was summoned by Shi Weiyi and learned about the Bixiao Gathering on Golden Tripod Island, a treasure-filled island open to cultivators below the Mystic Emperor realm. Although he tried to refuse, Shi Weiyi revealed that he had already arranged for Jiang Beiran to go, leaving him facing a dangerous trip he did not want.

• Jiang Beiran returned to Ten Thousand Flower Valley and found Shi Fenglan and Shi Jiamu playing with valuable flowers, then brewed tea for them.
• Shi Jiamu told Jiang Beiran that Shi Weiyi had summoned him, and she and Shi Fenglan accompanied him to Sage Mansion.
• Shi Weiyi discussed the upcoming Bixiao Gathering with Shi Jiamu and promised to help her find the Flying Swallow Mystic Pearl if she won first place.
• Shi Weiyi explained that Golden Tripod Island opened each late autumn to a limited number of cultivators below the Mystic Emperor realm and contained rare treasures.
• Jiang Beiran declined to attend, but Shi Weiyi said he had already told the Ancestor that Jiang Beiran would go with the group.

Jiang Beiran agreed to accompany Shi Jiamu and Shi Fenglan to Golden Tripod Island for the Bixiao Gathering after learning that only Profound Kings could enter. As the group prepared to go, Shi Jiamu explained the island’s deadly history and the gathering’s rules, leaving Shi Fenglan reassured by Jiang Beiran’s presence.

• Jiang Beiran accepted Shi Weiyi’s request to join the Bixiao Gathering, and Shi Fenglan eagerly asked to go with him.
• Shi Jiamu escorted Jiang Beiran from Boya Pavilion and explained how Golden Tripod Island had opened to cultivators, trapping entrants among dangerous Alien Race and rival treasure hunters.
• Shi Jiamu described how the major clans and sects allocated entry quotas and established rankings and rewards to reduce deaths over the island’s treasures.
• Shi Jiamu revealed that more than two hundred people had died the previous year, but said she still intended to go and avoid killing unless threatened.
• Shi Fenglan panicked about the danger, then cheered up when Shi Jiamu reminded her that Jiang Beiran would be there.

Jiang Beiran examined Shi Jiamu’s preparations for the Bixiao Gathering on Golden Tripod Island and confirmed she had carefully researched its shifting terrain and likely opponents. He warned her that danger inside the island might force her to make choices she had never faced before, leaving Shi Jiamu resolved to prepare herself.

• Shi Fenglan eagerly packed for Golden Tripod Island, while Shi Jiamu revealed she had gathered maps and information as the team captain.
• Jiang Beiran reminded Shi Jiamu of her gambling losses, and the two recalled how he had stopped her from wagering herself after she lost at Legend of the Profound Dragon.
• Shi Jiamu explained why a terrain map was likely to appear this year and presented her research on the gathering’s entrants, including Shao Huaqing.
• Jiang Beiran reviewed Shi Jiamu’s notes and praised her thorough preparation, then admitted he had killed many people.
• Jiang Beiran explained that Shi Jiamu’s family had sheltered her from difficult choices and warned her not to hesitate when Golden Tripod Island forced her to act; Shi Jiamu promised to remember.

Jiang Beiran took charge of selecting the Shi Family’s Bixiao Gathering team and advised Shi Jiamu to prioritize finding treasure while avoiding fights. He then went to the Mystic Market to recruit Ji Zishi, a Four Seasons Spring assistant renowned for accurately measuring and identifying medicines.

• Jiang Beiran questioned Shi Jiamu about the Shi Family’s team candidates and claimed final authority over selecting the members.
• After reviewing the roster, Jiang Beiran told Shi Jiamu to build a team focused on gathering more treasure while avoiding combat, rather than centering its personnel on fighting.
• Jiang Beiran decided to look for additional candidates and left Shi Jiamu with the roster.
• The next day, Jiang Beiran visited Four Seasons Spring in the Mystic Market to seek Ji Zishi, whose precise measurements and keen sense of smell had made him famous.

Jiang Beiran recruited jade-sensing Liu Weining for Shi Jiamu’s Golden Tripod Island treasure-hunting team and reassured Shi Jiamu that his concealment clothes and other preparations would keep the group safe. After demonstrating the clothes’ effectiveness, he noticed his new Perception attribute could detect someone hidden by Minran and continued studying the Flying Mansion’s mechanisms.

• Jiang Beiran asked Gao Lanwen to lend him Liu Weining for the Bixiao Gathering, and Gao Lanwen agreed after he explained Liu’s jade-sensing ability could help on Golden Tripod Island.
• Jiang Beiran recruited Liu Weining, who eagerly agreed when he promised she could touch jade every day.
• Jiang Beiran gave Shi Jiamu the roster for the treasure-hunting team and explained that Minran and Formation Techniques would help them avoid detection, while he would handle any accidents.
• Jiang Beiran demonstrated his concealment clothes by repeatedly evading Shi Jiamu’s Mystic-grade divine sense, and Shi Fenglan startled Shi Jiamu so badly that she smashed through the ceiling.
• Jiang Beiran realized his new Perception attribute let him sense Shi Fenglan approaching despite her Minran and then went with her to the Flying Mansion to study its mechanisms.

Jiang Beiran gathered twelve Shi Family workers with unusual skills to search for treasures on Golden Tripod Island, frightening them into accepting the mission with Tracking Talismans. The workers studied the island map and prepared to rely on Jiang Beiran’s plan as they faced the dangerous journey ahead.

• Shi Jiamu brought twelve workers to meet Jiang Beiran, and they worried that the Shi Family planned to send them to their deaths on Golden Tripod Island.
• Ji Zishi recognized that Jiang Beiran had previously questioned some of them about their talents for finding treasures, and the group realized why they had been summoned.
• Jiang Beiran told the workers they had to go to Golden Tripod Island and had Shi Jiamu brand them with Tracking Talismans to prevent them from fleeing.
• Ji Zishi asked whether they could return alive, and Jiang Beiran gave him a map of Golden Tripod Island before leaving with Shi Jiamu and Shi Fenglan.
• Ji Zishi urged the workers to study the map and trust Jiang Beiran, so they gathered around it and began planning how to survive.

Jiang Beiran reviewed Golden Tripod Island’s past treasure yields and proposed a team-selection plan for the Bixiao Gathering. Shi Weiyi approved after Minran concealed Jiang Beiran from Shi Lechi’s divine-sense search, and Jiang Beiran left resolved to keep the Shi Family guessing about his background.

• Shi Jiamu gave Jiang Beiran an incomplete record of treasures from Golden Tripod Island, and he used it to plan which specialists to bring.
• Jiang Beiran learned that entrants could be chosen after the island’s environment became visible, then went with Shi Jiamu to present his team list to Shi Weiyi.
• Jiang Beiran explained his selections and showed Shi Weiyi Minran, which concealed its wearer from Cultivators below the Mystic Emperor realm.
• Shi Weiyi had Shi Lechi search the room with the Five Skandhas Technique, but Shi Lechi could not detect Jiang Beiran wearing Minran.
• Shi Weiyi approved Jiang Beiran’s plan and said he would speak to the selected personnel, while Jiang Beiran left wondering how the Shi Family viewed him.

Jiang Beiran avoided the Shi Family juniors demanding Bixiao Gathering spots, then returned to guide Shi Jiamu through the pressures of being captain. Shi Jiamu accepted that her relationships had changed as she grew up, while Shi Fenglan asked Jiang Beiran to help her become an adult and a powerful gust interrupted them.

• Shi Jiamu told Shi Ruijing and Shi Yingfa that she had finished the Bixiao Gathering roster without choosing Shi Yongyuan, and Shi Yingfa warned her that her siblings would soon press her for answers.
• Shi Jiamu went to Ten Thousand Flower Valley seeking Jiang Beiran's help, but he was away, so she fled when Shi Jinghuan arrived to ask about the roster.
• Jiang Beiran stayed at Linglong Workshop and drank with Lu Yangyu, who told him Shen had found a lead on the ancient text.
• Jiang Beiran returned to Ten Thousand Flower Valley, where Shi Jiamu confronted him about leaving; he told her that being captain meant facing changed relationships and growing up.
• Shi Jiamu thanked Jiang Beiran and left to prepare, while Shi Fenglan asked him to help her become an adult.
• A powerful gust burst through the door and overturned Jiang Beiran's tea set as he suspected Shi Fenglan's father was responsible.

Jiang Beiran met Shi Hongyun, who challenged him to take first place at the Bixiao Gathering and train two eighth-grade Mystic Art Masters for the Shi Family in exchange for clearing his debt of favor. Shi Hongyun showed him a projection of Golden Tripod Island and asked him to report any discoveries about its mysterious defensive formation.

• Shi Yangxi summoned Jiang Beiran to meet Clan Saint Shi Hongyun, while Shi Hongfang and Shi Yan discussed their concerns about him.
• Jiang Beiran entered Shi Hongyun’s mind-born domain and found him playing an erotic version of a childhood statue game with young women.
• Jiang Beiran insulted the Mystic Art Masters of Linglong Workshop, and Shi Hongyun challenged him to win the Bixiao Gathering and train two eighth-grade masters to settle his debt.
• Shi Hongyun showed Jiang Beiran a detailed projection of Golden Tripod Island, but Jiang Beiran could find no visible traces of its powerful defensive formation.
• Shi Hongyun asked Jiang Beiran to share any useful discoveries from the island, promised the Shi Family would reward him, and sent him away with Shi Yangxi.

Jiang Beiran joined the Shi Family as they arrived at Golden Tripod Island for the Bixiao Gathering, where he encountered several Mystic Saints and saw the rare Dream Illusion Crimson Crystal. Venerable Wuxiang again tried to recruit him, but Jiang Beiran avoided answering directly and Shi Hongyun intervened, leaving the favor between them unresolved.

• Shi Yingfa thanked Jiang Beiran for helping Shi Jiamu and asked him to keep her safe, but Jiang Beiran refused to promise more than protecting himself.
• Shi Yangxi ordered the group to set out, and Jiang Beiran arrived with the Shi Family above Golden Tripod Island, where he sensed a gathering of powerful experts.
• Guan Chengyun showed Shi Hongyun and Gu Hongbo his Dream Illusion Crimson Crystal, and the three Mystic Saints traded playful insults.
• Venerable Wuxiang recognized Jiang Beiran and asked whether he would leave with her if given another chance, while Jiang Beiran chose to look toward Shi Hongyun instead of answering.
• Shi Hongyun stepped in to stop Venerable Wuxiang from recruiting Jiang Beiran, and Venerable Wuxiang warned that he would have to repay her favor.

Jiang Beiran watched the Mystic Saints fail to break Golden Tripod Island’s defenses, then prepared his team for the trial as the island’s teleportation gates opened. He led the disguised group into a mountain terrain, leaving their fate inside the island uncertain.

• The Mystic Saints unleashed powerful attacks on Golden Tripod Island, but its defensive formation absorbed them without a trace.
• Shi Yangxi raised an island from the sea, and Jiang Beiran withdrew to the Flying Mansion to reassure the nervous members of his team.
• Shi Fenglan and Liu Weining shared the Honghu Jade while Shi Jiamu joked about winning, prompting Jiang Beiran to silence her.
• Dozens of gates opened around Golden Tripod Island, and Jiang Beiran confirmed that they led to a mountain terrain and blocked Spiritual power.
• Jiang Beiran disguised his team as fifth-rank Mystic Masters and led them toward the gate after Shi Yangxi told him not to let anyone die.
• Jiang Beiran and his team entered the teleportation gate.

Jiang Beiran established a hidden mountain base on Golden Tripod Island and led a small team to gather rare materials while testing the protection offered by Minran. After the team returned safely with valuable finds, he prepared to send the rest of the group out in turn to search on their own.

• Jiang Beiran concealed a mountain base with formations and assigned Ding Yuanzheng, Ji Zishi, and Ni Guanyu to search for ore, herbs, and insect nests, giving them Minran garments.
• Jiang Beiran and Shi Jiamu accompanied the three on their first search, and Minran let them pass unnoticed by nearby Profound Kings.
• Ding Yuanzheng located a high-quality Purple Frost Stone, which Shi Jiamu dug out and Jiang Beiran stored.
• Ji Zishi found a two-hundred-year-old Qianyuan Herb, and Jiang Beiran added it to their gathered materials.
• Jiang Beiran returned to the cave with the team, where Ji Zishi reassured everyone that Minran kept them hidden from Profound Kings.
• Jiang Beiran told the team he would take each member out once the next day, after which they would search independently.

Jiang Beiran led his squad to gather a wealth of treasures on Golden Tripod Island while searching for clues about the island. Elsewhere, Lin Shiyun and Lin Shuangwen were ambushed by masked cultivators, who robbed them and trapped them both.

• Jiang Beiran’s squad filled their cave with rare materials, and Shi Jiamu brought back a Mysterious Grade High Rank Dharma Treasure from a lake.
• Jiang Beiran left camp to investigate Golden Tripod Island, hoping to uncover clues about its unusual nature and protective formation.
• Lin Shiyun found a Zhaotian Crystal underground, but masked cultivators surrounded her and Lin Shuangwen before they could leave.
• Lin Shiyun surrendered the crystal and their other possessions, but the masked leader demanded they come with the group as well.
• Lin Shiyun attacked to give Lin Shuangwen a chance to escape, but a masked cultivator threatened her nephew and revealed that they had targeted him.

Jiang Beiran secretly rescued Lin Shiyun and Lin Shuangwen from Xiao Yiran’s attack, then continued exploring Golden Tripod Island. Lin Shiyun returned to camp with the Zhaotian Crystal, while Wei Guang told Jiang Beiran about a volcano and asked for help obtaining Smoke-Wisp Grass for his mother.

• Lin Shiyun broke free of the Ten Absolutes Technique with Wood Spirit Qi and fought Xiao Yiran and his six subordinates, but Xiao Yiran’s black fire overwhelmed her.
• After Xiao Yiran knocked Lin Shiyun unconscious, Jiang Beiran killed him and his men, treated Lin Shiyun, and left without revealing himself.
• Lin Shiyun woke, helped Lin Shuangwen recover, and left the site after thanking her unknown rescuer.
• Lin Shiyun returned to camp with the Zhaotian Crystal and kept the rescue secret from Xiao Qi and the others.
• Wei Guang told Jiang Beiran about a lava-filled volcano and asked for help getting one of the Smoke-Wisp Grass stalks for his mother; Jiang Beiran told him to ask Miss Shi himself.

Jiang Beiran encountered Ju Zimin, a powerful Supreme Sect disciple who could see through his Minran, and secretly watched him fight a group of hostile cultivators. After Jiang Beiran saved Ju Zimin and tested his loyalty, Ju Zimin tried to keep his oath of righteousness, and Jiang Beiran stopped him, saying he had passed the test.

• Jiang Beiran noticed no Alien Race had appeared on Golden Tripod Island and continued searching for clues about its mysteries.
• Ju Zimin warned Jiang Beiran to leave, then confronted a spear-wielding cultivator who had attacked his injured junior brother and junior sister.
• Ju Zimin defeated the spear-wielding cultivator in single combat but was badly wounded before the enemy's companions attacked again.
• Jiang Beiran offered to save Ju Zimin in exchange for his life, then killed the six attackers and the spear-wielding cultivator with overwhelming force.
• Jiang Beiran demanded that Ju Zimin obey any order, even one to kill his family, and Ju Zimin refused, choosing righteousness over his oath.
• Ju Zimin tried to take his own life after asking Jiang Beiran to spare his junior disciples, but Jiang Beiran stopped him and revealed that he had passed a test.

Jiang Beiran gave Ju Zimin healing pills and, after learning that Ju Zimin could see through Minran, brought him under his command. He suspected Ju Zimin could perceive things hidden from others and asked him to paint the view of Golden Tripod Island.

• Ju Zimin used Jiang Beiran's Fragrance Condensing Pills to heal Ye Zhengping, Sun Yingxuan, and himself, then resolved to repay the senior who had saved them.
• When Ju Zimin returned four hours later, Jiang Beiran told him to stay by his side, but Ju Zimin spotted him again despite his improved Minran.
• Jiang Beiran gave Ju Zimin a Minran garment and showed him that other people could not see them, revealing that Ju Zimin alone could perceive him.
• Ju Zimin recalled often noticing what others overlooked, and Jiang Beiran suspected he could detect things with very low presence.
• Jiang Beiran took Ju Zimin to a mountain and asked him to paint everything he saw, hoping to learn whether Golden Tripod Island concealed things from ordinary sight.