Recaps

Lu Ming used his flying Divine Ability to lure Han Feng away from the battlefield, then unveiled the mysterious Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus against him. The lotus collided with Han Feng's golden sword Gang as Lu Ming leapt into a ravine, and its destructive flames erupted through the mountains.

• Lu Ming flew away from the battlefield, drawing Han Feng into pursuit while Lu Qingyan and the others watched anxiously.
• Lin Changkong and Lu Jin continued their True Qi battle as Lin Changkong planned to wait for Han Feng to defeat Lu Ming; Lu Jin secretly formed a lightning talisman in his palm.
• Han Feng threatened to return and kill Lu Ming's father and allies, so Lu Ming landed on a rocky outcrop and faced him.
• Lu Ming revealed a Fire Lotus of emerald and golden flames, naming it Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus, and tossed it toward Han Feng.
• Han Feng struck at the Fire Lotus with his golden Gang as Lu Ming jumped into the ravine, and the lotus unleashed destructive flames.

Lu Ming used Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus against Han Feng, surviving its destructive flames through the Flame of Life's healing power while Han Feng disappeared. As Lu Jin and Lin Changkong resumed their confrontation, Lin Changkong revealed a Golden Crow Diagram that could unleash power rivaling a Quasi-Grandmaster Divine Ability.

• Lu Jin recognized the mountain-wide destruction as the likely result of Lu Ming using Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus and worried that Lu Ming might have been caught in its flames.
• Lu Ming emerged badly burned from the ravaged mountains and healed rapidly with the Flame of Life.
• Lin Changkong demanded to know where Han Feng was, and Lu Ming suggested that Han Feng might have been burned to ash.
• Lu Jin blocked Lin Changkong as Lin Changkong's plans unraveled and the two prepared to continue their fight.
• Lin Changkong revealed a Golden Crow Diagram bestowed by a grandmaster of the Great Golden Crow Hall and said it could be used once more with power rivaling a Quasi-Grandmaster Divine Ability.

Lin Changkong unleashed the Golden Crow Diagram’s Golden Crow Divine Fire, but Lu Jin revealed a hidden lightning technique that proved to be a true Grandmaster Divine Ability. The chapter ended as Lu Jin’s enormous lightning palm descended and Lin Changkong realized he faced a deadly threat.

• Lu Ming prepared to use another Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus if Lu Jin fell behind, while Lu Jin remained calm about Lin Changkong’s revealed trump card.
• Lu Jin taunted Lin Changkong and declared that the Thunderfire Hall would manage the Golden Gang Sword Hall’s businesses after winning the contest.
• Lin Changkong poured his True Qi and essence blood into the Golden Crow Diagram, summoning a purple-gold sea of fire that formed a gigantic Golden Crow and attacked Lu Jin.
• Lu Jin revealed a purple lightning talisman on his palm and invoked thunderclouds that gathered Primordial Qi into a colossal lightning-marked hand.
• Lin Changkong recognized Lu Jin’s technique as a true Grandmaster Divine Ability and reacted with shock and fear.

Lu Jin used the Lu Clan’s hidden Grandmaster Divine Ability to defeat Lin Changkong, while Lu Ming realized the clan still carried remnants of its powerful legacy. Lin Changkong’s failed escape ended with Lu Ming killing him, though his dying threat left the Great Golden Crow Hall as a future danger.

• Lu Jin’s lightning-talisman hand overwhelmed Lin Changkong’s three-legged golden crow and destroyed it.
• Lin Changkong fled after suffering backlash, but Lu Jin pursued him and struck him down despite his offers and threats.
• Lu Ming caught the Heaven and Earth Sleeve that fell from Lin Changkong’s body.
• Lu Ming found Lin Changkong apparently dead, but Lin Changkong revealed he was still alive and tried to shatter a boulder with Primordial Qi.
• Lu Ming dropped successive boulders until Lin Changkong ran out of strength and died, cursing Lu Ming and threatening revenge from the Great Golden Crow Hall.

After Lu Ming and Lu Jin defeated Lin Changkong and destroyed the Golden Gang Sword Hall’s remaining leaders, Lu Jin explained the hidden Grandmaster Divine Ability, Purple Firmament Great Thunder Talisman. The Thunderfire Hall celebrated its victory, and Lu Jin brought Lu Ming to meet the woman who had secretly helped them.

• Lu Jin praised Lu Ming’s caution, took Lin Changkong’s Heaven and Earth Sleeve, and burned the corpse to ensure he was dead.
• Lu Jin revealed that the Lu Clan had preserved the Grandmaster Divine Ability Purple Firmament Great Thunder Talisman and promised to teach it to Lu Ming when the time was right.
• Lu Jin killed the Golden Gang Sword Hall’s Great Divine Ability Practitioners while Lu Ming followed and treated the wounded, including Lu Jinglei.
• Lu Qingyan, Lü Feng, and the other survivors celebrated the Thunderfire Hall’s victory, and Lu Jin invited former instructors to return.
• Lu Jin led Lu Ming to a nearby mountaintop and thanked Clan Head Li for helping them; Lu Ming recognized her as Auntie Li and asked whether she had stopped Lin Changkong’s Divine Ability Master.

Li Yan and Zhou Fuling arrived after Lu Jin killed Lin Changkong, and they offered support to Lu Ming and Thunderfire Hall. Lu Jin announced that the Golden Gang Sword Hall might soon cease to exist, leaving Commander Fu stunned.

• Li Yan praised Lu Jin's strength and asked him to keep her aid secret, while Lu Ming thanked her for helping him.
• Li Yan and Lu Jin discussed how Thunderfire Hall and the Li Clan might cooperate to take over the Golden Gang Sword Hall's businesses.
• Zhou Fuling and Commander Fu arrived, and Zhou Fuling disguised her concern for Lu Ming as a search for spiritual herbs.
• Commander Fu asked where Lin Changkong had gone, and Lu Jin said he had slain him and that the Golden Gang Sword Hall might disappear from Qingyuan Market.
• Commander Fu challenged Lu Jin's claim in disbelief.

Lu Jin revealed that he had cultivated True Qi and killed Lin Changkong, while Zhou Fuling gave Lu Ming a precious healing pill before leaving. When Zhou Xuan’s flag pushed back the Black Rain, Lu Ming and Lu Jin saw the Sacred Ruins deep within the zone, but an Eight-Armed Rain Spawn extinguished the wind and hid them again.

• Lu Jin showed Commander Fu his Thunderfire True Qi and confirmed that he had killed Lin Changkong.
• Zhou Fuling gave Lu Ming an Ice Lotus Essence-Protecting Pill and left with Commander Fu for Qingyuan Market.
• Lu Jin told Lu Ming that Zhou Xuan’s main flag had been activated, driving back the Black Rain and completing the task.
• Lu Ming and Lu Jin glimpsed ancient buildings, jade towers, and other wonders in the Sacred Ruins deep within the Black Rain Zone.
• An Eight-Armed Rain Spawn dispelled the yellow wind with black rain, hiding the ruins and prompting Lu Jin to warn that Qingyuan Market would soon become unsettled.

Lu Ming and his companions returned safely to Thunderfire Hall after witnessing the upheaval in the Black Rain Zone, while the rumored sacred ruin stirred covetous interest across Qingyuan Market. Lu Jin then led Thunderfire Hall in raiding and absorbing the fallen Golden Gang Sword Hall, leaving Thunderfire Hall as the market’s foremost hall.

• Lu Jin warned Lu Ming that the sacred ruin could draw powerful outsiders to Qingyuan Market and told him to help Mengmeng escape if the Great Golden Crow Hall arrived.
• Lu Ming resolved to cultivate the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner Divine Ability and seek the Highness Zhou Xuan had mentioned.
• Lu Ming and the others returned safely to Thunderfire Hall, where Zhong Ying and Lu Mengmeng welcomed them before the exhausted group rested.
• Reports of the sacred ruin and rumors that Lin Changkong and his fighters had died in battle with Thunderfire Hall spread through Qingyuan Market.
• Lu Jin led Thunderfire Hall’s Great Divine Ability Practitioners to raid Golden Gang Sword Hall and revealed that he had reached the True Qi Master realm.
• Thunderfire Hall took over Golden Gang Sword Hall’s businesses, and the defeated hall lost its Divine Ability inheritance and its place as Qingyuan Market’s leading hall.

Lu Ming continued cultivating after Thunderfire Hall defeated Golden Gang Sword Hall, then visited the market office to ask about the Sacred Ruins. The chapter ended with him seeking confirmation from Zhou Xuan about the ruins in the Black Rain Zone.

• Lu Ming refined the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner and sensed that his twelfth Divine Ability Dharma Mark was nearly complete.
• Lu Ming considered finding a spirit flame to strengthen Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus and temper his Divine Ability Bone.
• Lu Ming left Thunderfire Hall, now drawing many new disciples after Golden Gang Sword Hall's defeat, and went to the market office to learn more about the Sacred Ruins.
• Zhou Xuan and Cheng Shan expressed surprise that Lu Jin had killed Lin Changkong, and Lu Ming gave a vague account of the battle.
• Lu Ming gave Zhou Fuling a sachet made by his mother, which she happily accepted.
• Lu Ming asked Zhou Xuan whether the Sacred Ruins deep in the Black Rain Zone really existed.

Lu Ming learned that the Sacred Ruins were real and that Zhou Xuan was trying to contain news of them, while Her Highness might arrive early. After revealing his rapid progress in the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner, Lu Ming planned to seek a higher-grade spirit fire in Fengyang Prefecture with Zhou Xuan.

• Zhou Xuan told Lu Ming that the Sacred Ruins were real, that Her Highness had come for them, and that he planned to seek the prefect’s help to contain the news.
• Zhou Xuan warned Lu Ming to cultivate the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner to Major Accomplishment before Her Highness arrived, and Lu Ming revealed that he had already condensed seven Golden Flame Marks.
• Lu Ming asked Zhou Xuan where he could find a spirit fire, and Zhou Xuan said one might be available in Fengyang Prefecture but would cost hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Gold Sand.
• Zhou Xuan learned that Lu Ming had cultivated nineteen strands of Clear Qi and invited him to Fengyang Prefecture to look for news of a spirit fire.
• Lu Ming agreed to ask his grandfather about the trip, then left the market office as Zhou Fuling offered to see him out.

Lu Ming learned that cultivating the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner posed little danger, though the task in the Sacred Ruins would be risky, and Zhou Fuling gave him the other three Spirit Banner cultivation methods to study. After Lu Ming told Lu Jin that he would accompany Zhou Xuan to Fengyang Prefecture, Lu Jin agreed and handed him the Heaven and Earth Sleeve.

• Lu Ming asked Zhou Fuling about the dangers of cultivating the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner and the task Her Highness would require of him.
• Zhou Fuling explained that the banner was one part of the Four Aspects Divine Banner Great Spirit Restriction and that Ye Ling cultivated the Nether Moon Spirit Spring Banner.
• Zhou Fuling gave Lu Ming three Divine Ability Jades containing the other Spirit Banner cultivation methods, warning him not to cultivate them.
• Lu Ming returned to Thunderfire Hall and told Lu Jin that Zhou Xuan planned to go to Fengyang Prefecture to ask the prefect to suppress the news and had invited him along.
• Lu Jin approved Lu Ming's trip and gave him the Heaven and Earth Sleeve to take with him.

Lu Jin gave Lu Ming a Heaven and Earth Sleeve stocked with Heavenly Gold Sand, and Lu Ming learned to activate it with his Fire Lotus Yuan Qi. When Lu Ming raised the subject of his maternal grandfather’s upcoming birthday, Zhong Ying agreed to take the whole family to Fengyang Prefecture and face Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall after nearly twenty years away.

• Lu Jin gave Lu Ming the Heaven and Earth Sleeve and three hundred thousand Heavenly Gold Sand, and Lu Ming successfully activated it with his Fire Lotus Yuan Qi.
• Lu Jin reminded Lu Ming that his maternal grandfather’s birthday was approaching, and Lu Ming agreed to ask his parents about their plans.
• At dinner, Lu Ming offered to carry a gift to his maternal grandfather, and Zhong Ying surprised him by proposing that the whole family go together.
• Zhong Ying explained that after fearing for her family’s safety, she had been prepared to return to Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall and set aside her pride to protect Lu Mengmeng.
• Lu Ming reassured Zhong Ying that his strength and achievements would protect her from ridicule, and Lu Qingyan agreed to travel with her to Fengyang Prefecture.

Zhong Ying and her family traveled with Zhou Xuan and Zhou Fuling to Fengyang Prefecture so she could visit the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall and celebrate her father’s birthday. As they neared the prefecture, Lu Ming and Zhou Fuling grew closer during the journey.

• Lu Jin approved Zhong Ying’s decision to visit her family and asked Lu Qingyan to convey his birthday wishes to her father.
• Lu Ming’s family met Zhou Xuan and Zhou Fuling at the city gates, then set off together for Fengyang Prefecture.
• Zhou Fuling invited Lu Ming and Lu Mengmeng into her carriage, where she and Lu Ming talked about the family’s old conflict with the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall.
• Zhou Fuling offered to support Lu Ming when he visited the hall, but became upset when he told her not to trouble herself over his affairs.
• Lu Ming gave Zhou Fuling a bracelet woven from medicinal herbs, and she accepted it and resumed chatting with him.
• After three days of travel, the group approached Fengyang Prefecture.

Zhong Ying returned to the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall with Lu Ming, Lu Qingyan, and Lu Mengmeng to visit her father, Zhong Taiyue. Their reunion began to mend their long-standing estrangement, and the chapter ended with Zhong Taiyue warmly greeting his grandchildren.

• Lu Ming parted ways with Zhou Xuan and Zhou Fuling after their group entered Fengyang City.
• Zhong Ying arrived at the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall with her family and gathered courage from Lu Qingyan and Lu Ming to enter.
• Liang Gao recognized Zhong Ying at the gift registry and eagerly led her family to the main courtyard.
• Zhong Taiyue met Zhong Ying, and she called him Father, easing the tension between them.
• Zhong Taiyue greeted Lu Ming and Lu Mengmeng, then reached out to pat Lu Ming's head without intimidating him.

Lu Ming revealed to Zhong Taiyue and the Zhong Clan that he had a High-Grade Divine Ability Bone and had cultivated ten Divine Ability Dharma Marks in half a year. After Lu Ming demonstrated his strength, his relatives’ doubts and disdain gave way to respect.

• Zhong Taiyue introduced Lu Ming to his four older cousins, Zhong Xia, Zhong Hui, Zhong Yue, and Zhong Ling, and told them to look after him.
• Zhong Taiyue praised Zhong Quan, the clan’s most outstanding young man, and offered to provide Lu Ming with cultivation resources.
• Lu Ming told the gathered Zhong Clan members that he had opened his bone half a year earlier and cultivated ten Divine Ability Dharma Marks.
• After Zhong Taiyue questioned him, Lu Ming released the Primordial Qi of his ten Dharma Marks, shocking everyone in the hall.
• Lu Ming credited his progress to a Spirit Pill Jiao and training near the Black Rain Zone, and the Zhong Clan members began to take him seriously.

Zhong Taiyue welcomed Lu Ming and his family warmly after learning of Lu Ming’s talent and Lu Jin’s achievements, then brought them to the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall’s examination. Lu Ming met the hall’s senior masters and his cousin Zhong Quan, while Zhong Taiyue continued trying to draw him toward the hall.

• Zhong Taiyue praised Lu Ming’s talent, rebuked his jealous cousins, and softened toward Lu Qingyan.
• Zhong Ying told Zhong Taiyue that Lu Jin had become a True Qi Master and defeated Lin Changkong, strengthening the Thunderfire Hall.
• Zhong Taiyue invited Lu Ming to view the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall’s divine abilities, and Lu Ming agreed to attend its examination.
• Zhong Taiyue led Lu Ming and the others into the crowded training hall, where the disciples greeted him.
• Zhong Taiyue introduced the True Qi Master Qiu Feng, the Feather Robe Master Xiao Gong, and Lu Ming’s eldest cousin Zhong Quan.

Zhong Taiyue introduced Lu Ming to Zhong Quan, who welcomed him after learning of his cultivation talent, and showed him the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall’s powerful Divine Abilities. When Zhong Ling and Zhong Xia challenged Lu Ming to demonstrate his abilities, he asked to test the hall’s arts, and Zhong Taiyue agreed.

• Zhong Taiyue introduced Lu Ming as Zhong Ying’s son and asked Zhong Quan to look after him in Fengyang Prefecture.
• Zhong Taiyue revealed that Lu Ming had condensed ten Divine Ability Dharma Marks in half a year, and Zhong Quan responded with admiration and offered to help him.
• Zhong Quan explained that the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall had three Upper Divine Abilities that could be fused into a killing move rivaling a Quasi-Grandmaster Divine Ability.
• Zhong Ling and Zhong Xia challenged Lu Ming to demonstrate his talent, and Lu Ming asked Zhong Taiyue for permission to try the hall’s Divine Abilities.
• Zhong Taiyue agreed to let Lu Ming test them.

Lu Ming visited Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall and challenged its disciples to demonstrate his talent and protect his mother from the Zhong Clan’s scorn. After defeating Huang Qiang’s Great Golden Bell with one strike, he asked whether anyone stronger would face him.

• Zhong Taiyue announced that Lu Ming had condensed ten Divine Ability Dharma Marks in half a year and invited the hall’s disciples to challenge him.
• Huang Qiang volunteered, boasting that Lu Ming would have to break his Great Golden Bell to win.
• Lu Ming revealed that he had cultivated Thunderfire Whip to Major Accomplishment and charged Huang Qiang’s golden bell.
• Lu Ming shattered the Great Golden Bell with one blow and sent Huang Qiang flying into the crowd.
• Lu Ming, intent on displaying his prowess before the Zhong Clan, asked the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall disciples if anyone stronger would challenge him.

Lu Ming challenged the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall’s disciples and fought Qiu Chu, the second hall master’s son, in a fierce duel. After more than twenty exchanges, Lu Ming was still holding his own, and Zhong Taiyue asked Zhong Quan if he had noticed anything.

• Lu Ming asked whether anyone stronger would fight him, and Qiu Chu stepped forward to defend the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall’s honor.
• Zhong Quan warned Lu Ming that Qiu Chu had seventeen Divine Ability Dharma Marks and a High-Grade Divine Ability Bone.
• Qiu Chu said Lu Ming would win if he lasted twenty exchanges, then blocked Lu Ming’s Thunderfire Whip with his Great Golden Bell and struck him back.
• Lu Ming activated his Sun-Shining Golden Body and exchanged repeated blows with Qiu Chu, keeping pace beyond twenty exchanges.
• The Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall’s disciples watched in silence as Lu Ming held his own, and Zhong Taiyue asked Zhong Quan whether he had noticed anything.

Lu Ming defeated Qiu Chu by revealing that he had cultivated the Upper Divine Ability Thunderfire Whip to the Perfection Realm, astonishing the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall. Impressed by his talent, Zhong Taiyue tried to persuade Lu Ming to stay and bet that he could not grasp the basics of three Upper Divine Abilities in one month, but Lu Ming accepted.

• Qiu Chu broke their agreement to stop after twenty exchanges and unleashed a fusion technique of Flood Dragon Mystic Gang and Great Golden Bell at Lu Ming.
• Lu Ming countered with his Perfection Realm Thunderfire Whip and overwhelmed Qiu Chu's attack, prompting Qiu Feng to intervene before the whip could strike his son.
• Qiu Feng recognized Lu Ming's Upper Divine Ability at the Perfection Realm, leaving Zhong Taiyue and the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall disciples stunned by his talent.
• Zhong Taiyue asked Zhong Ying to help persuade Lu Ming to stay at the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall, but she and Lu Qingyan left the decision to Lu Ming.
• Lu Ming agreed to learn the hall's three Upper Divine Abilities and accepted Zhong Taiyue's bet to grasp their basics within one month.

Lu Ming began cultivating the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall’s Great Golden Bell under Zhong Taiyue’s guidance and showed remarkable talent absorbing its materials. Zhong Taiyue agreed to help him find rare materials and left to arrange a meeting with a noble young lady at his birthday banquet.

• Lu Ming stayed with his family in the Zhong Clan courtyard and attended a banquet, where he met relatives from the other branches.
• Zhong Taiyue introduced the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall’s three Upper Divine Abilities, and Lu Ming chose to learn the Great Golden Bell first.
• Zhong Taiyue used Holy Gold Powder to guide Lu Ming’s cultivation, and Lu Ming absorbed a gourdful in less than an hour.
• Zhong Taiyue speculated that Lu Ming might have a Mutated High-Grade Divine Ability Bone after hearing how quickly he progressed.
• Lu Ming asked Zhong Taiyue to help find materials for his Four Aspects Divine Banner Great Spirit Restriction, and Zhong Taiyue agreed.
• Zhong Taiyue told Lu Ming about his upcoming birthday banquet and hurried off to arrange a meeting with a Zhao Clan granddaughter.

Lu Ming attended Zhong Taiyue’s birthday banquet, where his grandfather tried to arrange a meeting between him and Zhao Qian. The encounter ended with Lu Ming unexpectedly spotting Zhou Fuling among the guests, and she smiled when their eyes met.

• Lu Ming attained initial mastery of the Great Golden Bell in three days, prompting Zhong Taiyue to arrange a meeting between him and a noble young lady at the birthday banquet.
• Zhong Quan brought Lu Ming and Lu Mengmeng to the celebration and introduced Lu Ming to Zhao Qian, who showed little interest in him.
• Zhao Qian noticed the arrival of Huo Qing, the prefecture lord’s youngest son, who was escorting a radiant young woman.
• Lu Ming recognized the young woman as Zhou Fuling, and she spotted him and smiled.

Zhou Fuling arrived at the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall and revealed that Lu Ming was her junior brother, astonishing the gathered families with her Great Shang Imperial Domain background. She reunited warmly with Lu Ming and Lu Mengmeng, while Zhong Quan realized his grandfather’s matchmaking plan was likely doomed.

• Zhou Fuling followed Huo Qing to greet Zhong Quan, and Huo Qing introduced her as a distinguished guest.
• Huo Qing revealed that Zhou Fuling’s family came from the Great Shang Imperial Domain, stunning Zhong Quan, Zhao Qian, and the others.
• Zhou Fuling told Zhong Quan she had come to find her junior brother, then walked through the crowd to Lu Ming.
• Zhou Fuling greeted Lu Ming as her junior brother, and the onlookers were shocked to learn of their relationship.
• Lu Mengmeng rushed to hug Zhou Fuling, and Zhong Quan remembered her earlier words about Lu Ming’s beautiful companions and reconsidered his grandfather’s plan.

At the birthday gathering, Lu Ming reunited with Zhou Fuling, who revealed their close connection through alchemy and her preserved herb bracelet. She brought him news of the Spirit Fire he had been seeking, leaving him eager to learn where it was.

• Zhou Fuling greeted Lu Ming warmly and explained that she had taught him alchemy, making him her junior brother.
• Zhong Quan and the others learned that Lu Ming was studying alchemy under Zhou Fuling's fourth uncle, while Huo Qing offered him help in Fengyang Prefecture.
• Lu Ming and Zhou Fuling left the gathering to talk privately, and he promised to weave her another herb bracelet.
• Zhou Fuling told Lu Ming she had news about the Spirit Fire, and he excitedly asked where it was.

Lu Ming learned that obtaining the Netherwater Flame would require five hundred thousand Heavenly Gold Sand and a century-old high-grade spirit herb, and Zhou Fuling agreed to help him meet the cost. At Zhong Taiyue’s birthday banquet, Zhong Taiyue mistook Zhou Fuling for a young lady of the Zhao Clan and assumed she was being matched with Lu Ming.

• Zhou Fuling told Lu Ming about the Netherwater Flame and explained that its owner would sell it at an alchemy masters’ gathering, with five hundred thousand Heavenly Gold Sand as the first requirement.
• Zhou Fuling offered to lend Lu Ming the two hundred thousand Heavenly Gold Sand he lacked, and Lu Ming accepted.
• Zhou Fuling revealed that Lu Ming also needed a high-grade spirit herb at least a hundred years old, and said Fourth Uncle was searching for one.
• Zhong Quan summoned Lu Ming to the birthday banquet so Zhong Taiyue could introduce him to Fengyang Prefecture’s powers.
• Zhong Taiyue mistook Zhou Fuling for a young lady of the Zhao Clan and joked about her suitability as Lu Ming’s match, prompting Zhou Fuling to tease him about interrupting their meeting.