Chapter Summaries

Lin Jing defeated Chen Xingci at the Yuntian Heaven's Chosen Tea Party, leaving the Central Continent cultivators stunned. Wang Ruoyao then challenged the Eastern Desolation, and Zheng Siqi stepped onto the arena to face her.

• Chen Xingci admitted defeat to Lin Jing, who again insisted he was only an ordinary cultivator.
• The gathered cultivators reacted with shock to Lin Jing's victory, while Xiao Ye and Wang Chun wondered whether their own regions had anyone who could match him.
• Zheng Siqi watched the fight and told his livestream audience he would soon take the stage; Lin Jing credited the Fairness System for changing his fate, and Zheng Siqi agreed.
• Wei Jiaming considered taking the next match to defend the Central Continent's reputation, but Wang Ruoyao volunteered first and flew to the arena.
• Zheng Siqi accepted Wang Ruoyao's challenge and introduced himself as a Late Stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Heavenly Revelation Sect.

Wang Ruoyao battled Zheng Siqi with water techniques, but he used fast-growing seeds and wood techniques to gain the advantage and win. Afterward, he claimed that many cultivators in the Eastern Desolation were stronger than him, including one who could kill a thousand versions of him with a single palm.

• Wang Ruoyao flooded the arena with water and attacked Zheng Siqi with waves, water arrows, and giant claws, while he fought back with his flying sword.
• Zheng Siqi used fast-growing seeds to create a forest, then formed wood giants that battled Wang Ruoyao's water giants.
• Zheng Siqi distracted Wang Ruoyao with two wood giants and freed his flying sword, which he stopped before her; Wang Ruoyao conceded defeat.
• Wang Ruoyao questioned Zheng Siqi about the Eastern Desolation's strongest cultivators, and he claimed that many could defeat him and one could kill a thousand of him with a single palm.
• Zheng Siqi warned that Eastern Desolation cultivators would soon arrive in the Central Continent, then returned to his seat.

After Zheng Siqi defeated Wang Ruoyao, the Central Continent’s cultivators reacted with disbelief, and two demonic path holy sons arrived to challenge the gathering. With Chen Xingci and Wang Ruoyao weakened, Wei Jiaming was the only Central Continent heaven’s chosen ready to face them as Li Yanzhou took the arena.

• Zheng Siqi defeated Wang Ruoyao, leaving the crowd and Wei Jiaming stunned by the Eastern Desolation cultivators’ strength.
• Zheng Siqi entered the livestream and asked viewers to keep tipping after his victory.
• Wang Zechuan and Li Yanzhou arrived at the tea party and mocked the righteous path’s heaven’s chosen.
• Wei Jiaming told the demonic holy sons to leave, but Wang Zechuan used Chen Xingci and Wang Ruoyao’s injuries to taunt the gathering.
• Li Yanzhou challenged the righteous path’s heaven’s chosen to fight him, while the crowd worried that no one but Wei Jiaming could oppose the demonic pair.

Li Yanzhou fought Wei Jiaming at the Yuntian Heaven's Chosen Tea Party, using the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to unleash vengeful ghosts and an Evil Soul Dharma Body. As Zheng Siqi's livestream viewers discussed the Devil Dao and the Eastern Desolation, Zheng Siqi offered to fight if the righteous Heaven's Chosen failed; Wei Jiaming and Li Yanzhou then prepared to clash with their strongest attacks.

• Wei Jiaming sent Wang Ruoyao to recover her spiritual power and prepare to face Wang Zechuan, then stepped onto the stage to challenge Li Yanzhou.
• Li Yanzhou summoned vengeful ghosts from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and Wei Jiaming countered them with the Yuntian Sword Instruction while attacking Li with his flying sword.
• Li Yanzhou formed a giant ghostly palm to fight Wei Jiaming's flying sword as Zheng Siqi's livestream viewers debated the Devil Dao and why the Eastern Desolation had no Devil Dao Sects.
• Zheng Siqi told his livestream that he would fight the two Devil Dao Heaven's Chosen if the Central Continent's righteous fighters could not defeat them.
• Li Yanzhou summoned a hundred-meter-tall Evil Soul Dharma Body that turned the Ten Thousand Souls Banner into a spear, and Wei Jiaming enlarged his flying sword into a divine sword to meet it.

After Wei Jiaming and Li Yanzhou injured each other, Wang Zechuan challenged the righteous path and fought Wang Ruoyao, who had not fully recovered her spiritual power. Wang Zechuan caught her off guard with his demonic flames and saber, forcing her to leave the arena while gravely injured.

• Wei Jiaming and Li Yanzhou clashed with their magic weapons, both suffered injuries, and Li Yanzhou called on Wang Zechuan to continue the fight.
• Wang Zechuan challenged the righteous path, and Wang Ruoyao took the arena despite not having fully recovered.
• Wang Ruoyao countered Wang Zechuan's saber and black dragon attacks with water techniques, and the two fought at a stalemate.
• Zheng Siqi asked Lin Jing about the Demonic Flame Sect, and Lin Jing described its practice of forcing mortal nations to provide women for its cultivators.
• Wang Zechuan unleashed Demonic Flame Burns the Heavens, used the ensuing mist to land a saber strike on Wang Ruoyao, and forced her to retreat from the arena.

After Wang Ruoyao fell to Wang Zechuan, Zheng Siqi entered the arena to challenge the arrogant demonic cultivator. Wang Zechuan insulted Liu Yi and Chen Jie, and Zheng Siqi launched the first attack as their duel began.

• Wang Zechuan defeated Wang Ruoyao and taunted the righteous Heaven's Chosen, while Wei Jiaming advised the injured Chen Xingci not to fight.
• Zheng Siqi agreed to enter the arena if no one else stepped forward, after livestream viewers urged him to challenge Wang Zechuan.
• Wang Zechuan continued insulting the righteous cultivators, prompting Zheng Siqi to leap onto the arena and introduce himself as a disciple of the Heavenly Revelation Sect in the Eastern Desolation.
• Wang Zechuan mocked Zheng Siqi and called Liu Yi and Chen Jie trash, so Zheng Siqi warned that Chen Jie would come for him.
• Zheng Siqi attacked with his flying sword, and Wang Zechuan sent his spirit saber to meet it.

Zheng Siqi countered Wang Zechuan’s fire techniques, then overwhelmed him in a fistfight after Wang boasted that Devil Cultivators were physically stronger. Li Yanzhou interrupted before Zheng could kill Wang, and the defeated pair left after Li threatened Zheng.

• Zheng Siqi used ice techniques and a furnace to neutralize Wang Zechuan’s demonic flames, while their Law Treasures continued clashing.
• Wang Zechuan mocked Zheng Siqi and challenged him to close combat, claiming Devil Cultivators had superior physical strength.
• Zheng Siqi broke Wang Zechuan’s arm with one punch and beat him until he crashed onto the arena floor.
• Li Yanzhou released fifty-three vicious ghosts to stop Zheng Siqi, who cut them down but spared Wang because of Yuntian City’s rules and the Demonic Flame Sect’s likely revenge.
• Wei Jiaming rebuked Li Yanzhou for interfering, and Li helped Wang Zechuan leave after threatening Zheng Siqi.

Zheng Siqi defeated Wang Zechuan at the Yuntian Heaven's Chosen Tea Party, earned a huge amount of Energy Points by livestreaming the event, and escaped Yuntian City with Lin Jing. Meanwhile, Liu Yi emerged from secluded cultivation stronger and unveiled Fairness System 9.0, which could draw chaotic void currents and convert them into Spiritual Qi, though the new function remained untested.

• Zheng Siqi defeated Wang Zechuan, drawing cheers from the crowd, and Wei Jiaming warned him that the demonic path might retaliate.
• Zheng Siqi advised Lin Jing to use spatial teleportation to avoid an ambush, then thanked livestream viewers for their gifts.
• Zheng Siqi discovered that his livestream had attracted 95.6 billion viewers and earned 10.7 billion Energy Points.
• Zheng Siqi and Lin Jing left Yuntian City through separate spatial gates after agreeing to stay in touch.
• Liu Yi completed his secluded cultivation at the Late Dao Soul Realm, transformed ninety percent of his cells into World Seeds, and revealed Fairness System 9.0's untested ability to convert chaotic void currents into Spiritual Qi.

Liu Yi tested Fairness System 9.0, assessing its energy production and new features, including the Yin-Yang Ruins and Reincarnation Illusion Realm. After confirming the system worked, he prepared to roll it out to its hosts.

• Liu Yi found that the Origin System converted void turbulence into energy and that creating a subsystem cost 12,357 Energy Points, with each host receiving 1,226 Energy Points per day.
• Liu Yi noticed he had 2,252 merit points but could not determine how he had earned them.
• Liu Yi activated the Yin-Yang Ruins feature, entered the secret realm, confirmed it worked, and returned through its spatial gate.
• Liu Yi tested the Reincarnation Illusion Realm, lived through 75 years in an illusory life while only one shichen passed outside, and set its usage fee at one million Energy Points.
• Liu Yi checked the remaining functions, confirmed they worked, and decided to update the system for its hosts.

Liu Yi spent his Energy Points updating the Fairness System to version 9.0, while Ye Qingxue broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm on the Northern Plains. After finding the new system features too expensive, she decided to seriously consider livestreaming a sword dance to earn Energy Points.

• Liu Yi watched his Energy Points plunge as the Fairness System updated to version 9.0, then reassured himself that bound hosts would eventually repay the cost.
• Ye Qingxue cultivated on the Northern Plains and sold the Ten-Pattern Golden Core Method for 2.35 million Energy Points to fund her breakthrough.
• Ye Qingxue refined her body with an ice soul, consumed Spirit Stones and Energy Points, and broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ye Qingxue inspected the updated system's Yin-Yang Ruins and Reincarnation Illusion Realm, but could not enter the former and could not afford the latter.
• Ye Qingxue resolved to plan a livestreamed sword dance to earn Energy Points while continuing to cultivate on the glacial plain.

Liu Yi reviewed reactions to Fairness System 9.0 and watched cultivators adapt to earning Energy Points through livestreaming. He was left stunned when he discovered that Ye Qingxue, the aloof Ice and Snow Fairy, had begun livestreaming too.

• Liu Yi read forum comments praising the increased daily Energy Points and discussing the Reincarnation Illusion Realm, the Yin-Yang Ruins, and Merit Value.
• Liu Yi watched Liu Jingran livestream his cautious exploration near the Yin-Yang Ruins entrance and solicit tips from viewers.
• Liu Yi browsed videos of sect maidens and fairies performing for the public, reflecting that cultivators had been brought down from their pedestals to compete for Energy Points.
• Liu Yi spotted Ye Qingxue livestreaming, checked the system backend to verify her identity, and reacted in disbelief.

Ye Qingxue livestreamed a sword dance to earn Energy Points, surprising viewers and fellow cultivators. Her stream ended with Liu Yi, Ye Liang, and Qian Duoduo each reflecting on the competition for progress, while Qian Duoduo resolved to expand his business and challenge Ye Liang.

• Liu Yi watched Ye Qingxue’s sword-dance livestream, read viewers’ reactions, and sent her 100,000 Energy Points.
• Ye Liang saw the platform recommend Ye Qingxue’s stream, recognized her, and concluded she was livestreaming to earn Energy Points.
• Qian Duoduo watched Ye Qingxue’s sword dance, sent her 200,000 Energy Points, and heard her announce she would stream again in a month.
• After Ye Qingxue ended the stream, Qian Duoduo resolved to open ten more factories, try producing intermediate goods, resell Eastern Desolation specialties, and improve Money Asks the Way so he could defeat Ye Liang.

Ye Qingxue celebrated earning 10.2 billion Energy Points from her sword-dance livestream and settled on the glacial plain, while the Heavenly Revelation Sect decided not to interfere with her streaming. Li Qingwan planned to expand her dance streams with fellow disciples, and Liu Yi introduced tiered platform fees on TikTok, ending the chapter with a system notification to all hosts.

• Ye Qingxue used her livestream earnings to build an ice palace and protective formation on the glacial plain, where she planned to study the Great Dao of Ice.
• Lin Nan and the Heavenly Revelation Sect elders debated Ye Qingxue's livestreaming and decided neither to encourage nor punish it, rejecting Wang Bo's proposal to take a share of disciples' earnings.
• Li Qingwan worried that her dance-stream income was falling and planned to recruit junior sisters to perform with her, with some pushing boundaries to attract viewers.
• Liu Yi decided to curb top streamers' earnings and added tiered platform cuts to TikTok, then sent a notification about the new rules to all system hosts.

Li Jing saw how the Fairness System had transformed the Qin State and returned to the Heavenly Immortal Sect, where its leaders tried to poison her for urging them to abandon their rebellion. She exposed the sect as wicked and revealed the System’s powers and binding requirements as they prepared to kill her.

• Li Jing walked through prosperous Qingchuan City and saw its people praise the Qin emperor and the Fairness System while rebuilding their lives.
• Li Jing realized that the Heavenly Immortal Sect had become a hunted cult, and learned that her sister had been killed by the Demonic Flame Sect.
• Li Jing told Bai Sikong that the sect could no longer win support or raise a rebellion, but Sun Fei accused her of being bewitched by the Fairness System.
• Li Jing recognized that Sun Fei had poisoned her tea, and Bai Sikong demanded that she either kill herself or let the sect kill her.
• Li Jing condemned the sect as selfish and wicked, then declared that the Fairness System was a divine treasure that barred utterly wicked people from binding it.

Li Jing killed Bai Sikong and the Heavenly Immortal Sect members who had tried to capture her, then resolved to grow stronger, avenge her sister, and spread the Fairness System beyond Qin State. Meanwhile, Qin Wu prepared to ambush He Yucheng when he emerged from seclusion in three days.

• Li Jing revealed that she had reached the Middle Stage of the Divine Sea Realm and killed three Heavenly Immortal Sect members before defeating Sun Fei and Bai Sikong.
• Bai Sikong begged Li Jing for mercy, but she killed him and buried him with the other four bodies.
• Li Jing remembered how her older sister had sacrificed for her and vowed to destroy the Demonic Flame Sect and eventually settle accounts with the Emperor of Qin before leaving Qin State to earn Energy Points.
• Qin Wu broke through to the Middle Stage of the Dao Seed Realm and told Shangguan Zhong he planned to confront He Yucheng.
• Shangguan Zhong reported that 2,132 people had reached the Divine Sea Realm, he had reached the Early Stage of the Dao Seed Realm, and their preparations were complete; Qin Wu ordered him not to let He Yucheng send a message or kill him.

Qin Wu launched a planned ambush on He Yucheng to resist the Demonic Flame Sect and protect the Fairness System from discovery. With Shangguan Zhong and the secret guards supporting him through the Four Symbols Immortal-Locking Formation, Qin Wu crippled He Yucheng and shattered his Golden Core.

• Qin Wu rejected Shangguan Zhong’s offer to attack in his place and ordered him to follow the original plan.
• He Yucheng emerged from seclusion boasting of his cultivation progress, and Qin Wu approached him under the guise of offering congratulations.
• Qin Wu ambushed He Yucheng with a powerful punch, then attacked again as He Yucheng tried to defend himself with a spirit saber.
• Shangguan Zhong and the secret guards formed the Four Symbols Immortal-Locking Formation around the palace, suppressing He Yucheng while Qin Wu continued his assault.
• Qin Wu broke He Yucheng’s arms and legs, then struck his Dantian and shattered his Golden Core.

Qin Wu captured He Yucheng and ordered him kept alive so Qin State could secretly prepare against the Demonic Flame Sect. In Xuanyi World, Liu Yi traced a devastating war to a mysterious severed arm and bronze token, then sent them into chaotic spatial currents, where he continued to observe the still-pulsing arm.

• Qin Wu had He Yucheng's cultivation crippled and ordered Shangguan Zhong to interrogate him while keeping him alive and concealing his capture.
• Qin Wu told Shangguan Zhong to repair and reinforce the palace, then planned to use the time gained to strengthen Qin State and eventually confront the Demonic Flame Sect.
• Liu Yi traced Xuanyi World's sudden war to a severed arm and bronze token that had fallen from the void a century earlier and fueled the races' killing intent.
• Liu Yi used Heavenly Dao authority to guide a spatial rift around the severed arm and token, sending them into chaotic spatial currents.
• After the arm vanished, the killing influence faded, the surviving powerhouses regained their reason, and they stopped the war as Liu Yi watched the arm continue to pulse.

Liu Yi sealed and began refining the severed arm, restored the Xuanyi World’s Spirit Veins, and expanded the Monster Game World’s spawn points. After leaving the Xuanyi World, he sensed Little Yellow breaking through to the Divine Acupoint Realm.

• Liu Yi trapped the severed arm in the Chaos Yin-Yang Five Elements Mote Formation, comprehended its surface runes, and raised his Great Dao of Slaughter to the Middle Chiliocosm level.
• Liu Yi transformed the mote worlds into a Heaven and Earth Furnace to refine the arm while protecting its bronze token, then concealed it with three thousand layers of seals.
• Liu Yi restored the Xuanyi World’s destroyed Spirit Veins and reflected on how the Tribulation had increased World Origin and completed the world’s Great Dao Principles.
• Liu Yi found the Monster Game World’s spawn point overcrowded and created a million new spawn points for system hosts.
• Liu Yi left the Xuanyi World and sensed Little Yellow draw in Spiritual Qi before laughing about his breakthrough to the Divine Acupoint Realm.

Liu Yi welcomed Little Yellow’s breakthrough to the Divine Acupoint Realm and urged him to strengthen his foundation and combat ability. Meanwhile, Yang Yunxi concealed her Fairness System and began reforming the Jade Spring Pavilion to earn Energy Points and expand its reach.

• Liu Yi congratulated Little Yellow on breaking through to the Divine Acupoint Realm, learned he had condensed 115 divine acupoints, and sent him to prepare a celebratory meal.
• Yang Yunxi decided to keep the Fairness System secret from the Hehuan Sect and planned to reform the Jade Spring Pavilion to earn more Energy Points.
• Yang Yunxi summoned the pavilion’s staff, revealed her Golden Core cultivation, and announced that the Jade Spring Pavilion would follow the Azure Alliance’s model and accept only Energy Points.
• Yang Yunxi promised performance-based rewards, opportunities to study new skills, and the right to buy freedom, then urged the staff to help expand the pavilion.
• Yang Yunxi distributed the detailed reform plan, outlining rules for skill assessments and Energy Point settlements.

Xu Cheng'an discovered that the Evil Soul Hall and the Qing State court were abducting citizens to turn their souls into fierce ghosts, and decided to help overthrow the regime. He recruited Li Zhiyuan to lead a rebellion, while Li revealed that his father had been taken and past uprisings had been crushed by the state-protecting immortal master.

• Xu Cheng'an learned that the Qing State court offered seized citizens to the Evil Soul Hall, whose disciples refined their souls into fierce ghosts.
• Xu Cheng'an decided he had to intervene, planning to defeat the state-protecting immortal master and help the people raise a rebellion.
• Xu Cheng'an found Li Zhiyuan practicing swordsmanship in a run-down courtyard and asked whether he wanted the power to change his fate.
• Li Zhiyuan agreed to rebel, explaining that officials had taken his father and that the state-protecting immortal master had crushed earlier uprisings.
• Li Zhiyuan told Xu Cheng'an that the court and immortal master seemed to deliberately oppress the people and provoke rebellion, and asked why they would do so.