Chapter Summaries

Jiang Beiran searched Golden Tripod Island for clues about its strange valley, but his surveillance formation and days of exploring with Ju Zimin revealed nothing unusual. The chapter left him continuing the search, now asking Ju Zimin about the Supreme Sect and its leader.

• Jiang Beiran explored the island with Ju Zimin and found that Ju Zimin's paintings showed the same scenery he saw.
• Jiang Beiran returned to camp, dismissed the group's requests, and let Liu Weining hold his Honghu Jade after asking about her reaction to it.
• Jiang Beiran used an enhanced Heavenly Eye Formation to survey the valley, but found only a boundary shield and no clues; he also sent Shi Fenglan away when she interrupted him.
• Wei Guang apologized to Jiang Beiran for asking him to seek Smoke-Wisp Grass and promised to prove his value by finding rare materials himself.
• Jiang Beiran continued exploring with Ju Zimin for twenty days without discovering anything, then asked about the Supreme Sect, its sect master Fan Xiuyong, and his cultivation level.

A Mystic Emperor-level Stone Spirit attacked the cultivators on Golden Tripod Island, killing Hunyuan Sect disciples and trapping Lin Shiyun’s group under its pressure. As Jiang Beiran continued investigating the island with Ju Zimin, Xiao Qi unexpectedly resisted the Stone Spirit and began recovering from his injuries.

• A Stone Spirit killed six Hunyuan Sect disciples, including Sha Zhiye and Mu Yangping, after overpowering them with its Mystic Emperor-level cultivation.
• Jiang Beiran learned about the Zeng Kingdom and Ju Zimin’s difficult cultivation path, then asked Ju Zimin to describe everything they saw while exploring the island.
• Lin Shiyun and Lin Shuangwen heard cries for help and saw a burly man and a young female cultivator crushed by an unseen attack.
• Xiao Qi arrived with his men, but the Stone Spirit’s pressure forced him, Lin Shiyun, and the others to the ground.
• Xiao Qi erupted with azure-blue Mystic Qi, stood despite his shattered body, and began recovering, causing the Stone Spirit to pause in surprise.

Jiang Beiran rescued Xiao Qi from a Stone Spirit, then learned that Lin Shiyun had found leads on the Yin-Yang Secret Feather and the Imperial Gu. He took the unconscious Xiao Qi away for treatment and agreed to help Lin Shiyun obtain the feather.

• Xiao Qi held off the Stone Spirit long enough for Lin Shiyun and the others to escape, but the Stone Spirit badly wounded him.
• Jiang Beiran arrived, rescued Xiao Qi, and destroyed the Stone Spirit after it refused to communicate.
• Lin Shiyun returned and told Jiang Beiran she had found leads on the Yin-Yang Secret Feather and the Imperial Gu.
• Lin Shiyun explained that her Third Brother would give her the Yin-Yang Secret Feather if she placed in the top three at the Bixiao Gathering, and Jiang Beiran agreed to help.
• Jiang Beiran carried Xiao Qi away, telling Lin Shiyun that Xiao Qi would bring her the items once he recovered.

Jiang Beiran learned that a mysterious presence inside Xiao Qi had awakened, drawn him a map to a place in Ji Kingdom, and vanished before Xiao Qi remembered anything. After sending Xiao Qi back to the Lin camp, Jiang Beiran discovered another Stone Spirit had entered Golden Tripod Island through a portal.

• A calm presence awakened inside Xiao Qi, called Jiang Beiran its Wei Yang Star, and drew him a map to Luoyun Prefecture in Ji Kingdom before Xiao Qi returned to himself.
• Xiao Qi could not remember the presence or his dream, but he told Jiang Beiran about his many positions in the Lin family and his unexplained power during the fight with the Stone Spirit.
• Lin Shiyun told Lin Shuangwen that an unknown expert had rescued Xiao Qi, then comforted her about the danger on Golden Tripod Island.
• Jiang Beiran sent Xiao Qi back to the Lin camp and suspected the Bixiao Gathering had a special incident in store because Xiao Qi was there.
• Jiang Beiran activated the Heavenly Eye Formation and saw a Stone Spirit enter through a portal in the southeast of the island.

Xiao Qi intervened when Kaisen’s Stone Spirit attack was petrifying Yao Xinyuan and his companions, then fought back with help from Brother Wang’s talismans. The Stone Spirit realized that two Qike had ambushed him and feared he was about to be killed.

• Kaisen’s Stone Spirit petrified Ban Liang, Yao Xinyuan, and several other disciples, leaving them unable to move or use their Mystic Qi.
• Xiao Qi arrived and struck the Stone Spirit with his spear, weakening its hold on the petrified group.
• Xiao Qi told Yao Xinyuan and the others to flee while Brother Wang’s Resilient Heart Talisman dispelled the Stone Spirit’s petrification effect on him.
• After receiving Brother Wang’s signal, Xiao Qi attacked the Stone Spirit, which dodged his spear thrust.
• Konia struck the Stone Spirit from behind, and Kaisen feared the two Qike had killed Konia and would slaughter him next.

Jiang Beiran supported Xiao Qi and Ju Zimin as they fought a Mystic Emperor-level Stone Spirit, testing whether his mystic artifacts could help them overcome the gap in strength. After boosting both fighters with talismans and the Tianyao Formation, he left them pressing the attack while he considered what else to try.

• Xiao Qi and Ju Zimin fought Kaisen, but Kaisen split into six stones and overwhelmed Xiao Qi with a rapid assault.
• Jiang Beiran activated the Tianyao Formation to shield Xiao Qi and used talismans to greatly increase his strength.
• Xiao Qi destroyed three of Kaisen’s stone forms, and Ju Zimin joined him with enhanced strength, striking Kaisen in the chest.
• Jiang Beiran reflected that most of his mystic artifacts could not enable a fight above one’s level, though some performed well in his tests.
• Jiang Beiran increased the Tianyao Formation’s power to help finish the battle and searched his Universe Ring for another artifact to use.

Xiao Qi and Ju Zimin defeated a Stone Spirit and rescued Yao Xinyuan's group, while Jiang Beiran inferred that the Stone Spirits had found a way to enter Golden Tripod Island in small numbers. When Xiao Qi recognized the island from a blurry memory triggered by the mysterious disk, Jiang Beiran concluded that the island was tied to Xiao Qi's past and likely held a major breakthrough for him.

• Xiao Qi used his azure Mystic Qi and Jiang Beiran's Five Qi Spell to defeat and destroy Kaisen, while Jiang Beiran estimated the Stone Spirit had cultivation around the early Mystic Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Qi and Ju Zimin accepted Yao Xinyuan's thanks after rescuing his group, and Xiao Qi pretended that his coughing up blood was a side effect to strengthen their sense of indebtedness.
• Jiang Beiran revised his plans because of the Stone Spirits, assigned Shi Fenglan to monitor the island, and sent Xiao Qi and Ju Zimin to search for more mysterious disks.
• At the disk, Xiao Qi recalled that he had visited Golden Tripod Island long ago and sent Jiang Beiran a message about the connection.
• Jiang Beiran examined the disk and told Xiao Qi to keep searching, concluding that the island was tied to him and would likely bring him a major breakthrough.

Jiang Beiran helped Xiao Qi endure the fifth mysterious disc’s spiritual assault, which revealed memories to both of them and confirmed that Xiao Qi had once spent a long time on Golden Tripod Island. By locating five discs, Jiang Beiran identified the basic anchor points of the island’s grand array and prepared to uncover its secrets.

• Jiang Beiran continued hunting Stone Spirits while Xiao Qi and Ju Zimin rallied the surviving Profound Kings into a guarded camp.
• Jiang Beiran sent Xiao Qi and Ju Zimin to search four locations for the next disc, and Ju Zimin found the fifth disc embedded in a cave ceiling.
• Xiao Qi was overwhelmed by the fifth disc’s spiritual assault, so Jiang Beiran used a Soul-Calming Talisman and his Spiritual power to stabilize him.
• Jiang Beiran briefly received fragmented memories, including a red-haired man asking whether he could protect the continent, but the memories quickly faded.
• Xiao Qi said the memories confirmed he had once stayed on the island for a long time, and Jiang Beiran reassured him without explaining what was happening.
• Jiang Beiran recognized five anchor points in the island’s grand array and returned to the Heavenly Eye Formation, intent on revealing its true nature.

Jiang Beiran deciphered the formation concealing Golden Tripod Island’s mountain range and followed Xiao Qi to a hidden palace that appeared in his memories. As they entered the palace, a voice from underground announced that it had been waiting for Xiao Qi.

• Jiang Beiran reconstructed his map fragments and identified the Eight-Yang Shi-Gen Formation, but chose the system option to tell Shi Hongyun about his discovery later.
• Jiang Beiran took Xiao Qi and Ju Zimin to locate more mysterious discs, and Xiao Qi experienced vivid memories at each one before forgetting what he had seen.
• After viewing the ninth disc, Xiao Qi remembered a destination and led Jiang Beiran to an illusory mountain that only the two of them could enter.
• Xiao Qi opened a bronze door inside the mountain, revealing a ruined palace overgrown with black vines.
• As Jiang Beiran and Xiao Qi explored the palace, a maniacal voice from underground cried that it had been waiting for Xiao Qi.

Jiang Beiran stopped an Evil Soul from possessing Xiao Qi, then watched Xiao Qi recover memories identifying himself as the reincarnation of an ancient Profound Emperor. The Spirit Rhinoceros Disk revealed a route to a remote snowy region, where the pair emerged beside a house Xiao Qi remembered.

• The Evil Soul recognized Jiang Beiran as an unexpected presence, tried to seize Xiao Qi, and vanished after Jiang Beiran restrained it.
• Jiang Beiran considered how his interference might have disrupted the continent’s fated events, then set those questions aside as Xiao Qi uncovered another Spirit Rhinoceros Disk.
• Xiao Qi entered the disk’s silver light and, after Jiang Beiran awakened him, said he was the reincarnation of an ancient Profound Emperor.
• Xiao Qi remembered that finding more Spirit Rhinoceros Disks beyond the mountain region would reveal everything, and he uncovered a bronze mirror leading elsewhere.
• Jiang Beiran and Xiao Qi passed through the mirror into a small house in a vast snowy landscape, which Xiao Qi believed lay within Tan Kingdom.

Jiang Beiran returned from Golden Tripod Island’s hidden teleportation route and began collecting treasures across the island, including the legendary Golden Crow Tripod. After receiving a message that made him rush away from a Golden Rainbow Tree, the chapter left his destination and the message’s contents unrevealed.

• Xiao Qi told Jiang Beiran that the hidden cabin was in Wei Kingdom, and Jiang Beiran realized he could leave the island without being inspected, though Xiao Qi still could only enter Golden Tripod Island when it opened.
• Xiao Qi asked whether he would remain himself if he recovered his memories, and Jiang Beiran told him to make that choice for himself; Xiao Qi then returned to camp with Ju Zimin while Jiang Beiran went treasure-hunting alone.
• Lin Shiyun asked Xiao Qi to tell Jiang Beiran she wanted to discuss the Imperial Gu, and Xiao Qi agreed to pass along her message.
• Jiang Beiran collected a hundred-and-twenty-year-old Bilu Grass, then dove into a volcano and retrieved the legendary Golden Crow Tripod.
• Shi Fenglan sent Jiang Beiran a casual message asking when he would come home for steamed buns, and Jiang Beiran resolved to admonish her for misusing the Spirit Paper Kite.
• After Jiang Beiran caught another Spirit Paper Kite and read its message, he instantly vanished.

Xiao Qi’s newly awakened power let him defeat the Stone Spirit, and he and Ju Zimin emerged as the heroes who saved the Profound Kings on Golden Tripod Island. After the survivors returned, Jiang Beiran presented Shi Hongyun with the group’s gains and explained why Shi Jiamu had kept hers; the chapter ended with Xiao Qi preparing to recount what had happened.

• Xiao Qi used his azure Mystic Qi to overwhelm and destroy the Stone Spirit, then collapsed from the strain as the Profound Kings rushed to help him.
• Jiang Beiran collected the remaining rare materials while leaving the camp’s recorded treasures untouched, and the survivors later gave Xiao Qi their Universe Rings in gratitude.
• When the portals opened, the Profound Kings thanked Xiao Qi and Ju Zimin before leaving Golden Tripod Island.
• Shi Ruijing reunited with Shi Jiamu, while Jiang Beiran handed Shi Hongyun a list of Shi Jiamu’s gains and explained why she had kept them.
• Xiao Qi and Ju Zimin received a jubilant welcome outside, and Lin Shiyun invited Xiao Qi to tell the gathered elders about his deeds.

The Bixiao Gathering ended with Shi Jiamu’s team declared champion, while Xiao Qi credited a Shi Family clansman and the Sacred Glazed Heart-Soul Jade for defeating the stone spirits. Shi Hongyun made Jiang Beiran a Shi Family guest elder with the Virtue Tablet post, freeing him to leave and return as he pleased; the chapter ended with Shi Fenglan saying Shi Jiamu planned to give him the champion’s reward.

• Ying Hanmo announced Shi Jiamu’s team as champion, provoking the crowd until Lin Pusheng asked Xiao Qi to explain what had happened.
• Xiao Qi revealed that a low-profile Shi Family clansman had given him the Sacred Glazed Heart-Soul Jade, and the crowd accepted his decision to yield the champion title.
• Jiang Beiran told Shi Hongyun that Golden Tripod Island was protected by a complex Eight-Yang Shi-Gen Formation, earning a Word Spirit point and Shi Hongyun’s praise.
• Shi Hongyun appointed Jiang Beiran a Shi Family guest elder with the Virtue Tablet post and cleared the favor he owed, allowing him to move freely.
• After the awards ceremony, Jiang Beiran returned to the Flying Mansion, where Shi Fenglan told him Shi Jiamu would likely give him the champion’s reward.

Lin Shiyun told Jiang Beiran about a possible Imperial Gu lead in a Zeng Kingdom black market and arranged to send him the Yin-Yang Secret Feather. Back at the Shi Family's Flying Mansion, Jiang Beiran received his Sage Token Command and learned from the clan's ancestral admonitions that ancient ruins held the world's hidden truths, deepening his suspicions about the continent's lost history.

• Lin Shiyun told Jiang Beiran that someone had sought the Bliss Flower in a Zeng Kingdom black market three to four months earlier to make an Imperial Gu, and gave him a map marking the location.
• Jiang Beiran gave Lin Shiyun Spirit Paper Kites so she could contact him after obtaining the Yin-Yang Secret Feather.
• Shi Weiyi presented Jiang Beiran with his Sage Token Command and the Shi Family's rules and ancestral admonitions.
• Jiang Beiran read the clan rules and heard the Shi Family founder's warning that the world's truths lay in ancient ruins and the family must avoid repeating the old path.
• Jiang Beiran connected the founder's words to his questions about the disappearance of Profound Emperors and the continent's earliest awakened ones.

After the Bixiao Gathering, Jiang Beiran befriended the ninth-rank Formation Master Situ Zhi while helping Shi Hongyun recruit him as a potential guest of the Shi Family. Back at the Shi Mansion, Jiang Beiran declined further study of Golden Tripod Island and returned to Ten Thousand Flower Valley, where he learned several people had been looking for him.

• Jiang Beiran explained the Eight-Yang Shi-Gen Formation to Situ Zhi while concealing the secrets of Golden Tripod Island’s outer formation.
• Jiang Beiran and Situ Zhi debated formation theory for an afternoon, exchanged insights, and agreed that Situ Zhi would visit him at the Shi Mansion.
• Jiang Beiran helped Shi Hongyun win Situ Zhi’s agreement to visit as a guest, though Situ Zhi did not become a Shi Family elder.
• Shi Hongyun escorted Jiang Beiran back to the Shi Mansion, and Jiang Beiran declined his offer to keep studying Golden Tripod Island.
• Jiang Beiran told Shi Hongyun he would recruit talent for Linglong Workshop, then left for Ten Thousand Flower Valley after Shi Hongyun departed.
• Shi Fenglan told Jiang Beiran that several people had come looking for him, and an unseen person called out to him as “Uncle.”

Shi Jiamu gave Jiang Beiran the Eight-Horned Mystic Ice Grass, a treasure that could prevent alchemy furnace explosions, and he went to thank Shi Weiyi. After agreeing to refine a Seven-Life Mystic Gate Pill for Shi Weiyi’s father, Jiang Beiran realized the Shi Family now regarded him as a powerful ally and resolved to leave before he attracted more attention.

• Shi Jiamu presented Jiang Beiran with the Eight-Horned Mystic Ice Grass, and he recognized its value for safely refining high-grade pills.
• Jiang Beiran visited Shi Weiyi, who offered him a residence in South Garden, but Jiang Beiran declined because he preferred staying in Ten Thousand Flower Valley.
• Shi Weiyi asked Jiang Beiran to refine a Seven-Life Mystic Gate Pill for his father, and Jiang Beiran agreed and received a token to claim the ingredients.
• Shi Weiyi concluded that Jiang Beiran had exceptional alchemy skills and wondered what hidden place had trained him, though he obeyed the Ancestor’s order not to investigate further.
• Jiang Beiran visited the people who had sought him out and realized they were trying to become acquainted with him, so he decided he needed to leave.

Jiang Beiran sought help finding Sun-Slaying Glaze and returned to Linglong Workshop to visit Gao Lanwen and Lu Yangyu. Shi Hongfang offered a private treasure record and promised to search for the glaze, while Jiang Beiran’s conversations at Taiyi Pavilion turned to the mystery of Golden Tripod Island.

• Shi Hongfang told Jiang Beiran that the Liu Family had thanked Han Dacheng for saving Liu Weining and had let him keep the Sacred Glazed Heart-Soul Jade.
• Shi Hongfang asked Jiang Beiran to make Han Dacheng favor the Shi Family, then promised to give Jiang Beiran his private record of rare treasures and help search for Sun-Slaying Glaze.
• Jiang Beiran gave Gao Lanwen an advanced Formation Book, and she wondered how she could get him to pay more attention to her.
• Jiang Beiran met Lu Yangyu at Taiyi Pavilion, where Lu Yangyu said his Master had given up studying Golden Tripod Island because its formation was beyond human understanding.

Jiang Beiran met with Lu Yangyu, received a powerful Prayer Wheel, and learned that Lu Yangyu knew a skilled ghost cultivator who might become his fellow researcher. He agreed to help Shen Tianhua with a complicated ancient text before leaving in two days, while Lu Yangyu revealed the extraordinary status of Situ Zhi, whom Jiang Beiran had befriended.

• Lu Yangyu welcomed Jiang Beiran with poor wine, then happily accepted Jinbochun Wine and gave him a three-gem Prayer Wheel for salvation.
• Lu Yangyu said he knew a reclusive woman who was an expert in ghosts and agreed to arrange an introduction for Jiang Beiran.
• Lu Yangyu explained that Shen Tianhua's effort to gather incomplete copies of an ancient text had stalled because their holders were insincere and difficult to challenge, and Jiang Beiran agreed to help after hearing the details.
• Jiang Beiran said he would leave in two days and asked Lu Yangyu to have Shen Tianhua meet him before then.
• Jiang Beiran asked Lu Yangyu to receive Situ Zhi if he visited, and Lu Yangyu revealed that the renowned Master Hongfa had laid several famous grand arrays and was among the continent's most esteemed Formation Masters.
• Jiang Beiran and Lu Yangyu drank late into the night, and Jiang Beiran left after Lu Yangyu passed out.

Jiang Beiran studied Shi Hongfang’s expanded Rare Treasures Manual and decided to send his disciples to gain positions at mystic arts gatherings. After refusing Shi Jiamu’s request for help, he encouraged her to face her problems herself, then spent the rest of the day with Shi Fenglan and received a visit from Ji Zishi.

• Jiang Beiran read Shi Hongfang’s Rare Treasures Manual, found it still lacked records of the Yin-Yang Secret Feather and Sun-Slaying Glaze, and chose to dispatch disciples to mystic arts gatherings.
• Shi Jiamu asked Jiang Beiran to take her out to gain experience, but he refused, and she left determined to handle difficulties on her own.
• Jiang Beiran told Shi Fenglan he would comfort her if she was upset, then practiced controlling his Word Spirit by closing the doors with the command “Close.”
• Shi Fenglan asked Jiang Beiran to cook lunch, and he began preparing Sichuan Peppercorn Chicken, mapo tofu, and fragrant cured meat rice.
• Ji Zishi arrived to see Jiang Beiran, and Shi Fenglan invited him in and began brewing tea while he privately imagined Jiang Beiran had married into the Shi Family.

Jiang Beiran recruited Ji Zishi after encouraging him to broaden his experience in Alchemy, then left with Lu Yangyu to meet Shen Tianhua. On the way, Lu Yangyu mistook Jiang Beiran’s relationship with Shi Fenglan for romance and began explaining why the Shi Family respected her father, Boat Master Shi.

• Shi Fenglan and Ji Zishi ate Jiang Beiran’s Sichuan Peppercorn Chicken, mapo tofu, and cured meat rice, and Ji Zishi thanked him for helping him win first place at the Bixiao Gathering.
• Jiang Beiran asked Ji Zishi about his ambitions and advised him to travel and gain a wider perspective, then promised to help him and told him to wait for instructions.
• After Ji Zishi left, Jiang Beiran considered recruiting more capable underlings while Shi Fenglan enjoyed the Single-Basket Golden Milk Pastry.
• Lu Yangyu arrived and told Jiang Beiran that Shen Tianhua was waiting at his place for help, so Jiang Beiran left with him.
• Lu Yangyu praised Jiang Beiran for supposedly winning Shi Fenglan’s affection, and Jiang Beiran asked why the Shi Family respected her father so much.
• Lu Yangyu began telling Jiang Beiran about Boat Master Shi.