Chapter Summaries

Xu Cheng'an revealed that the Evil Soul Hall deliberately oppressed Qing State’s people to harvest their souls, then gave Li Zhiyuan the Fairness System and guidance for a rebellion. Li Zhiyuan prepared to lead the uprising while Xu Cheng'an set out to stop the state-protecting immortal master from interfering.

• Xu Cheng'an explained that the Evil Soul Hall fostered misery and rebellion in Qing State to harvest souls for its vengeful ghosts.
• Li Zhiyuan vowed to overthrow Qing State, bound the Fairness System, and explored its features.
• Xu Cheng'an advised Li Zhiyuan to use Energy Points and study the book “How to Go from an Uprising to Building a Harmonious Society in Three Years.”
• Li Zhiyuan studied the book, accepted Xu Cheng'an's guidance, and outlined a plan to recruit supporters and rally people in famine-struck areas.
• Xu Cheng'an added Li Zhiyuan on Microchat, sent him 500,000 Energy Points, and flew off to suppress Qing State's state-protecting immortal master.

Xu Cheng'an subdued Qing State’s guardian immortal master and seized the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, preparing to let the people overthrow their oppressive rulers. Meanwhile, Liu Yi began advancing his inner worlds into Small Chiliocosms.

• Xu Cheng'an entered Qing State’s imperial palace, captured Zhao Zhixing, and shattered his Golden Core.
• Xu Cheng'an searched Zhao Zhixing’s soul and learned that the Evil Soul Hall had been collecting the people’s souls to refine vicious ghosts.
• Xu Cheng'an sealed Zhao Zhixing, took the Ten Thousand Souls Banner containing more than five hundred thousand souls, and left the emperor and officials alive so Qing State’s people could overthrow them.
• Liu Yi praised Little Yellow’s Heaven-Devouring Pot and then went into seclusion to advance his inner worlds.
• Liu Yi used 129,600 portions of his Divine Sense to begin the advancement, as the inner worlds’ formations resonated with the formation of the Chaos Celestial Stars and refined Chaos Qi.

Liu Yi completed the second stage of his World Dao Body cultivation, while Li Zhiyuan led the Peasants' Association in an uprising and captured Antai City. The association began consolidating its control and preparing for the Qing State's response.

• Liu Yi finished cultivating the second stage of the World Dao Body, with all his cells transformed into World Seeds and his blood turned golden.
• Li Zhiyuan organized the Peasants' Association, which distributed land, promoted the Fairness System, and expanded its influence across the countryside.
• Li Zhiyuan gathered ten thousand soldiers and led them to attack Antai City, where insiders opened the north gate for the uprising.
• Li Zhiyuan's forces routed the Qing troops at the military camp, accepted the surviving soldiers' surrender, and captured the government offices under Yang Ning.
• Li Zhiyuan ordered Sun Cheng to guard the prisoners and arrange trials, while Yang Ning hunted remaining enemies and Zhou Kang organized relief and system promotion.

Zhou Kang and the Peasants' Association staged a public grievance hearing in Antai City, executed corrupt officials and local bullies, and offered the people porridge and System Seeds. Watching the crowd embrace the association, Li Zhiyuan planned the next steps toward overthrowing the Qing State and building a harmonious society.

• Zhou Kang declared that the Peasants' Association had taken Antai City to overthrow the Qing and invited the people to bring their grievances against the prisoners.
• A woman accused a constable of falsely taking her husband, and an old man condemned the Lin Household's young master for killing his daughter after abducting her.
• The crowd pelted the accused with rotten food and stones, and Zhou Kang ordered their public execution.
• Zhou Kang announced that the association would provide free porridge and distribute Fairness System Seeds, prompting many people to support the Peasants' Association.
• Li Zhiyuan watched the gathering succeed and reviewed plans for ideological education, land distribution, tax reform, and military expansion before resolving to pursue the revolution.

Bai Qianqian arrived in the Qing State, learned of the Evil Soul Hall’s oppression, and captured Zhang Mu after discovering he had come to obtain souls for Li Yanzhou. She planned to spread the system and investigate the Peasants' Association’s rebellion before returning to the capital to ambush the Evil Soul Hall.

• Bai Qianqian resolved to overthrow the Qing State court, spread the system, and target the Evil Soul Hall.
• Zhang Mu demanded that Emperor Jin Ming find Zhao Zhixing, threatening the officials in the throne hall with his power.
• Bai Qianqian restrained Zhang Mu, searched his soul, and learned that Li Yanzhou had sent him to obtain souls for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and Evil Soul Dharma Body.
• Bai Qianqian sealed Zhang Mu in the Portable Daoist Sanctum and placed a painful restriction on Jin Ming and the officials instead of killing them.
• Bai Qianqian decided to head north to assess the Peasants' Association and potentially give them the System Seed before returning to wait for the Evil Soul Hall.

Bai Qianqian saw how Li Zhiyuan’s Peasants’ Association had transformed the region through land redistribution, public justice, and improvements to people’s lives. After hearing residents prepare to defend their gains against the Qing State and the Evil Soul Hall, she was invited to talk by someone who recognized her.

• Bai Qianqian watched Peasants’ Association members redistribute farmland and villagers pledge to overthrow the Qing State and build a harmonious society.
• Bai Qianqian saw association soldiers bring criminals to a public speak-bitterness meeting, where the people denounced them and justice was carried out.
• Bai Qianqian traveled toward Antai City and observed reclaimed fields, new infrastructure, and healthier residents in the association-controlled region.
• Bai Qianqian entered Antai City and heard people discuss their improved lives, their efforts to join the association, and the threat posed by the Qing State and the Evil Soul Hall.
• An unidentified voice called to Bai Qianqian and invited her to come up for a chat.

In Antai City, Xu Cheng'an told Bai Qianqian how he had helped Li Zhiyuan begin the Peasants' Association's effort to build a harmonious society. Bai offered to protect the project from the Evil Soul Hall while Xu stayed to oversee the association, and they reflected on the mysterious book that inspired their cause.

• Bai Qianqian met Xu Cheng'an in Antai City, and he praised the people's vitality under the Peasants' Association's developing society.
• Xu Cheng'an revealed that he had given Li Zhiyuan the System Seed, recommended the book about building a harmonious society, and suppressed Zhao Zhixing after supporting Li's uprising.
• Bai Qianqian told Xu Cheng'an she had suppressed Zhang Mu, an Evil Soul Hall cultivator sent by Li Yanzhou, and warned that the Hall might send more people.
• Xu Cheng'an decided to remain in the capital and guard against the Evil Soul Hall, while Bai Qianqian offered to handle its cultivators so he could oversee the Peasants' Association.
• Bai Qianqian and Xu Cheng'an wondered who had written the book and acknowledged that, despite the dangers and difficulty, they wanted to witness a harmonious society come to life.

Liu Yi and Little Yellow watched Feng Mingjun get expelled from the Jade Spring Pavilion after his blazing yang Qi harmed the girls who served him. Feng Mingjun decided to return to the Demonic Flame Sect and sell its cultivation methods to the Fairness System, while Yang Yunxi approached Liu Yi and Little Yellow.

• Liu Yi and Little Yellow sampled street food in Yongning City and entered the Jade Spring Pavilion to watch a dispute.
• Yang Yunxi told Feng Mingjun that the pavilion would no longer serve him because his Demonic Flame Art's blazing yang Qi harmed the girls.
• Feng Mingjun decided to sell the cultivation methods in the Demonic Flame Sect's Scripture Pavilion to the System Store and replace the Demonic Flame Art with a righteous-path method.
• Feng Mingjun apologized to Yang Yunxi and left to return to the Demonic Flame Sect.
• Yang Yunxi reassured the onlookers that the pavilion welcomed customers who did not harm its girls, then approached Liu Yi and Little Yellow.

Liu Yi learned that Wang Zechuan had insulted him and Chen Jie, and heard of the Demonic Flame Sect’s brutal practices. He then agreed to try the Jade Spring Pavilion’s improved services, leaving Yang Yunxi eager to arrange its finest offerings.

• Little Yellow told Liu Yi that Wang Zechuan had called him and Chen Jie trash at the Yuntian Heaven's Chosen Tea Gathering.
• Little Yellow explained that the Demonic Flame Sect forced Qin State to provide women for its disciples’ dual cultivation, and said Chen Jie had not yet challenged Wang Zechuan.
• Liu Yi said he would kill Wang Zechuan if they crossed paths, then spoke with Yang Yunxi about the Jade Spring Pavilion’s reforms.
• Yang Yunxi invited Liu Yi to try the Pavilion’s services, which incorporated the Hehuan Sect’s secret arts.
• Liu Yi accepted the invitation, and Yang Yunxi led him inside while urgently arranging the Pavilion’s finest services through Microchat.

Liu Yi enjoyed the Jade Spring Pavilion before encountering Mei Kong, who demanded the return of his stolen fortune. After Liu Yi frightened him into dropping the accusation, Mei Kong invited him to explore the dangerous Blood Devil Secret Realm in search of Law Treasures and Immortal Artifacts.

• Liu Yi praised the Jade Spring Pavilion's massage techniques to Yang Yunxi, saying they offered more comfort than the Azure Alliance's.
• Mei Kong confronted Liu Yi over the fortune Liu Yi had taken on the Yin-Yang Plain, but Liu Yi pretended not to recognize him.
• Mei Kong revealed his identity, explained that a system helped him reach the Early Stage of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, and claimed he could control his bad luck.
• Liu Yi threatened Mei Kong when he demanded his fortune back, and Mei Kong backed down after remembering Liu Yi's strength.
• Mei Kong invited Liu Yi to explore the Blood Devil Secret Realm, where they might find Law Treasures and Immortal Artifacts, and explained its history and dangers.

Liu Yi declined Mei Kong’s invitation to explore the Blood Devil Secret Realm, suspecting the situation was too dangerous, and began considering an immortal artifact rental service for future tribulation cultivators. Mei Kong left to promote his system, while Yang Yunxi privately resolved to warn the Jade Spring Pavilion’s attendants about him.

• Liu Yi questioned whether the Blood Devil had created the Blood Devil Cultivation Method and decided not to enter the secret realm with Mei Kong.
• Liu Yi considered renting immortal artifacts through the Fairness System to help cultivators survive heavenly tribulations, but postponed the service until Dao Seed Martial Dao cultivators needed it.
• Liu Yi politely refused Mei Kong’s invitation, exchanged Microchat contacts with him, and departed with Little Yellow.
• Mei Kong swallowed his request for the return of his belongings, reflected on his gains from the Fairness System, and hurried out to spread it.
• Yang Yunxi collapsed after Liu Yi and Mei Kong left, then told the Jade Spring Pavilion attendants to keep quiet before beginning to explain Mei Kong’s origins.

After breaking through to the Middle Stage Treasure Artifact Realm, Chen Jie learned that Wang Zechuan had insulted him and decided to kill the Demonic Flame Sect’s holy son. He claimed first place on the Spirit Transformation Realm Combat Power Ranking, then began livestreaming his ambush outside the sect to earn Energy Points as he waited for Wang Zechuan.

• Chen Jie broke through at a volcanic crater and entered the Portable Daoist Sanctum, where he watched a video of Wang Zechuan insulting him and vowed to kill him.
• Chen Jie challenged the Trial Tower and took first place on the Spirit Transformation Realm Combat Power Ranking.
• Chen Jie saw Ye Qingxue livestreaming a sword dance for Energy Points and decided to livestream his own planned ambush.
• Chen Jie hid near the Demonic Flame Sect’s gates and started a livestream announcing that he intended to kill Wang Zechuan.
• Viewers flooded Chen Jie’s livestream and sent tips as he explained his grievance and the danger of his plan.

Feng Mingjun sold the Demonic Flame Sect’s inherited Cultivation Method to the System Store, then fled the sect to protect himself. Meanwhile, Qin Wu used tips and livestream comments to keep Chen Jie waiting for Wang Zechuan, hoping his death would divert the sect’s attention and give the Qin State time to develop.

• Feng Mingjun sold the Demonic Flame Art for 12.53 million Energy Points, confirmed his Dao oath was unaffected, and activated a Portable Daoist Sanctum.
• Feng Mingjun fled the Demonic Flame Sect on his flying sword after deciding to switch to an orthodox Cultivation Method and spread the system elsewhere.
• Chen Jie considered capturing a Demonic Flame Sect cultivator to learn Wang Zechuan’s whereabouts, but a livestream tip persuaded him to keep waiting for Wang Zechuan.
• Qin Wu revealed he had sent Chen Jie the tip and ordered Shangguan Zhong to monitor the livestream and keep Chen Jie from acting before Wang Zechuan appeared.
• Qin Wu ordered the Secret Guard to investigate officials, gather the hundred thousand beauties demanded by the Demonic Flame Sect, and erase witnesses’ memories of the Fairness System and changes in the Qin State.

Qian Duoduo opened Duoduo Department Store in Flying Immortal City, selling scarce goods from the System Store to Central Continent cultivators. The shop’s first day brought in a huge profit, and Qian Duoduo planned to expand if business continued to thrive.

• Qian Duoduo inspected his new shop and reminded his four contracted clerks to keep the Fairness System secret.
• Qian Duoduo announced the opening with a fireworks display and advertised a thirty percent discount on all goods.
• Cultivators flocked to the shop, marveled at its unfamiliar goods, and bought so much that the shelves and reserve stock were emptied.
• Qian Duoduo counted 2.26 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones in revenue and 1.85 million in net profit, then awarded each clerk 10,000 Energy Points.
• Qian Duoduo celebrated in the Portable Daoist Sanctum and considered opening stores in the Southern Barbarians, Northern Plains, and Western Rivers.

Liu Yi learned that Qin State had transformed over five years through the Qin Emperor’s use of the Fairness System for disaster relief, tax reform, farming, and infrastructure projects, despite the Demonic Flame Sect’s tribute demands. He arrived in Wu'an City to see its recovery firsthand, while wondering how the Qin Emperor had kept the sect’s guardian from discovering the system.

• Little Yellow drove Liu Yi through prosperous fields and along Qin State’s improved roads, and Liu Yi searched TikTok for news about the country’s changes.
• Liu Yi watched a video showing Qin State’s shift from famine and poverty to recovery after the imperial court distributed the Fairness System and built infrastructure.
• Liu Yi read comments explaining that the Qin Emperor had promoted the system, reformed taxes, improved farming, and selected tribute women from criminals and corrupt officials’ families.
• Liu Yi wondered how the Qin Emperor had concealed the system’s spread from the Demonic Flame Sect’s guardian and anticipated the coming confrontation.
• Little Yellow brought Liu Yi to Wu'an City, where Liu Yi saw its rebuilt streets and flourishing surroundings, though the city still had few pedestrians.

Liu Yi visited Wu'an City and watched the Puppet Sect unveil its new mechas, which combined mechanical puppetry and formations to strengthen and protect their wearers. The launch sparked debate over how mechas would affect cultivators and martial cultivators, while Liu Yi anticipated further innovations as the Fairness System spread.

• Liu Yi explained to Little Yellow that a drought and famine, rather than the Demonic Flame Sect, had devastated Wu'an City's population five years earlier.
• Liu Yi and Little Yellow checked into Wu'an City's grandest inn, enjoyed its signature dishes, and Little Yellow resolved to recreate their distinctive flavor.
• Liu Yi watched Zhong Lingxiu demonstrate the Puppet Sect's mecha, describing its intelligent controls, flexible power sources, protective strength, grades, and prices.
• Liu Yi reflected that the Fairness System was fueling creative exchanges that could eventually blend technological and cultivation civilizations.
• Liu Yi browsed comments debating mechas' benefits for immortal cultivators and martial cultivators, along with their high cost and possible future price drops.

Liu Yi bought and tested a powerful mecha from the System Store while Little Yellow admired it and considered ordering a custom one. Later, they watched Chen Jie livestream his stakeout outside the Demonic Flame Sect, and Chen Jie finally spotted Wang Zechuan leaving with two Nascent Soul Realm subordinates.

• Liu Yi bought the ten-million-Energy-Point mecha, tested its movements and defenses, and stored it away.
• Little Yellow praised the mecha and said they wanted to commission a dog-shaped model from the Puppet Sect.
• Little Yellow showed Liu Yi Chen Jie's livestream, where Chen Jie had waited outside the Demonic Flame Sect for twelve days, hoping to kill Holy Son Wang Zechuan for Energy Points.
• Liu Yi watched the viewers tip and urge Chen Jie on, while he dismissed the idea of making a special trip to hunt Wang Zechuan himself.
• Wang Zechuan appeared outside the sect gates with two Nascent Soul Realm subordinates, and Chen Jie planned to follow them before attacking farther from the sect.

Chen Jie ambushed Wang Zechuan outside the Demonic Flame Sect and fought through his defenses and life-saving trump card. As Chen Jie pressed in to kill him, an expert from the sect shouted a warning from afar.

• Chen Jie followed Wang Zechuan and his two companions away from the Demonic Flame Sect, then launched a surprise attack.
• Wang Zechuan recognized Chen Jie's hostility, and Chen Jie revealed that he sought revenge for being called trash at the Yuntian Heaven's Chosen Tea Party.
• Wang Zechuan ordered his two Nascent Soul Realm guards to block Chen Jie's punch, but Chen Jie killed both of them and blasted Wang Zechuan away.
• Wang Zechuan used a bronze lamp to unleash demonic flames, then opened a bronze pot containing a Void Return Realm expert's full-power strike.
• Chen Jie survived the strike with four punches and rushed at Wang Zechuan, who defended himself with the lamp, a shield, and protective armor.
• A Demonic Flame Sect expert shouted at Chen Jie to stop killing the sect's holy son.

Chen Jie killed Wang Zechuan near the Demonic Flame Sect’s mountain gate, then fled from Shen Yifan while livestream viewers sent tips and advice. As Shen Yifan unleashed a devastating technique that engulfed the area around Wu'an City, Liu Yi realized his own advice had trapped him too.

• Chen Jie killed Wang Zechuan, but Shen Yifan arrived and pursued him for the holy son’s death.
• Chen Jie fled while livestreaming, drawing a flood of tips as Shen Yifan attacked with palms and a flying sword.
• After Chen Jie was injured and struggled to escape, Liu Yi advised him to lead Shen Yifan toward the Supreme Profound Sect’s mountain gate.
• Chen Jie changed course for the Supreme Profound Sect, while Liu Yi and the livestream viewers discussed his chances of survival.
• Shen Yifan unleashed Demonic Flame Burns the Heavens, spreading flames across a thousand li and threatening Wu'an City.
• Liu Yi watched the flames engulf the area and realized he had trapped himself too.

Liu Yi destroyed the demonic flames threatening Wu'an City and gravely wounded Shen Yifan while saving Chen Jie. He then killed Shen Yifan, took his treasures, and heard Chen Jie thank him for intervening.

• Liu Yi appeared above Wu'an City and used one punch to extinguish the demonic flames and send Shen Yifan crashing to the ground.
• Chen Jie realized Liu Yi had saved him and recognized how far Liu Yi's strength had surpassed his own.
• Shen Yifan begged Liu Yi to spare him, but Liu Yi said he had acted to protect Wu'an City and because he disliked the Demonic Flame Sect.
• Liu Yi killed Shen Yifan in body and soul and took his storage Law Treasure and flying sword.
• Chen Jie thanked Liu Yi for saving his life, and Liu Yi replied that he had not intervened specifically for Chen Jie.