Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen stayed at Miaomiao Mountain to guide the younger disciples while Cao Youqian left with Song Zhaoyi for the Cloud Mist Sect. Fang Mu joined Fang Linglong’s expedition to some ruins, but his growing sense of danger followed the group to a barren mountain, where they uncovered a cave.

• Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian discussed their sparring, and Xiao Chen agreed to look after the Miscellaneous Dao Institute while Cao Youqian visited the Cloud Mist Sect with Song Zhaoyi.
• Fang Mu placed among the top three in the Cloud Mist Sect’s outer sect competition but remained unable to comprehend the cultivation technique a gentleman had taught him.
• Fang Linglong invited Fang Mu to explore ruins, explaining that his spirit fire could help the group break a five-elements formation.
• Fang Mu joined Fang Linglong and the others at a barren mountain and warned that something felt wrong, but a fellow cultivator dismissed his concern.
• Fang Linglong moved a massive boulder aside, revealing a cave entrance as Fang Mu’s ominous premonition intensified.

Fang Linglong led Fang Mu and the other Cloud Mist Sect disciples into the ruins and through a five-element formation, only for the cave to reveal itself as a trapped altar. The group became sealed inside, and their attacks and communication talisman failed to get them out.

• Fang Linglong explained how the five-element defensive formation worked and led the disciples into the cave.
• Fang Linglong used a heavenly eye talisman to reveal the formation flags, and she, Fang Mu, Li Bin, and Yang Min struck them together.
• After the formation broke, a ghostly green glow transformed the cave into an altar covered with corpses, bones, and murals of unfamiliar demons.
• Fang Linglong ordered everyone to retreat, but a green barrier sealed the altar and trapped the group.
• The disciples attacked the barrier without effect, and one of them revealed that a communication talisman could not reach the sect.

Fang Linglong broke the altar’s first barrier with her Talisman Treasure, but an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon trapped the group in demonic blood and began tormenting their minds. Fang Mu awakened to the Lesser Fate Technique and activated his teacher’s jade pendant, which produced a figure before him.

• Fang Linglong used her Talisman Treasure to shatter the ghostly green barrier, but an invisible second restriction kept the group from escaping.
• The demon flooded the altar with scarlet demonic blood, swallowed You Daniu and the others, and inflicted terrifying illusions on them.
• Fang Mu kept reciting the Dao De Jing until the illusions cleared and he comprehended the beginner stage of the Lesser Fate Technique.
• Fang Mu took out his teacher’s jade pendant and infused it with his divine sense, causing a figure to appear before him.

Chu Feng caught a rare silver dragon fish while learning that Fang Mu had mastered the Lesser Fate Technique, then used his jade pendant to guide Fang Mu through a confrontation with the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon. After Fang Linglong rescued the survivors, she and Fang Mu sealed a promise with a high five, which Yang Min witnessed.

• Chu Feng caught a silver dragon fish and learned that Fang Mu had reached the beginner stage of the Lesser Fate Technique, earning Chu Feng a cultivation reward.
• Chu Feng's image appeared above the altar, identified himself as Chu Feng of the Dao-Seeking Academy, and told Fang Mu to come become his disciple.
• Fang Mu used the jade pendant's Sword Qi to destroy the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon hiding beneath the altar.
• Fang Linglong used a transport talisman to take Fang Mu and the unconscious Cloud Mist Sect disciples away from the collapsing mountains.
• Fang Linglong asked Fang Mu to help the Fang Clan if it ever faced trouble, and they sealed his promise with a high five that Yang Min saw.

Song Zhaoyuan learned that Fang Mu might hold a secret and planned to keep him from leaving the Cloud Mist Sect. Fang Mu told Elder Chen he intended to depart for the Dao-Seeking Academy, and Elder Chen accepted his decision and invited him to a banquet to meet an honored guest.

• Yang Min reported the trial to Song Zhaoyuan, who suspected Fang Mu had a secret and ordered Junior Brother Kong to bring him in.
• A menial disciple summoned Song Zhaoyuan to welcome Miss Zhaoyi, so he instead ordered someone to watch Fang Mu and prevent him from leaving the sect.
• Fang Mu packed his belongings and went to Elder Chen to say goodbye before leaving for the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Fang Mu explained his decision and what had happened in the ruins, and Elder Chen celebrated his connection to Half-Saint Chu's disciple rather than blaming him.
• Elder Chen asked Fang Mu to accompany him to a banquet and meet an honored guest.

At the Cloud Mist Sect banquet, Fang Mu and Fang Linglong clashed with Song Zhaoyuan and Elder Fang after Song Zhaoyuan's cousin insulted Fang Mu. As the elders arrived and tensions rose, Elder Chen revealed that Fang Mu was Half-Saint Chu's disciple and Cao Youqian's junior brother.

• Elder Chen brought Fang Mu to the banquet, where Fang Mu said he hoped to become renowned like Cao Youqian.
• Song Zhaoyuan's cousin insulted Fang Mu and threatened to have the sect master hold Elder Chen accountable for bringing him.
• Fang Mu took Fang Linglong's hand and tried to leave, but Song Zhaoyuan stopped them and prepared to fight.
• Elder Fang ordered Fang Linglong to apologize and told Fang Mu to leave, while Elder Chen defended his nominal disciple.
• Song Zhaoyuan threatened Elder Chen by invoking Cao Youqian, and Elder Chen revealed Fang Mu's connection to Half-Saint Chu and Cao Youqian.

Fang Mu approached Cao Youqian to prove that he was Chu Feng’s disciple. After questioning him and inspecting his Sword Jade, Cao Youqian accepted him as a junior brother, leaving the banquet hall stunned.

• Fang Mu took out his Sword Jade as Cao Youqian and Song Zhaoyi arrived at the banquet.
• Fang Mu walked up to Cao Youqian with Fang Linglong and greeted him as his senior brother.
• Cao Youqian asked Fang Mu about his status when he met Chu Feng and the fortuitous encounter that led to his discipleship.
• Fang Mu recounted his encounter, and Cao Youqian examined the Sword Jade and confirmed it contained Chu Feng’s Sword Qi.
• Cao Youqian introduced himself as Fang Mu’s second senior brother, silencing the hall.

Fang Mu forced Song Zhaoyuan and Song Zhaoxue to honor their bet after Cao Youqian intervened, then prepared to leave for the Dao-Seeking Academy. Meanwhile, Chu Feng heard rumors of a deadly sea demon and sailed toward a fight involving it in the East Sea.

• Cao Youqian left the punishment of those who had offended Fang Mu in Fang Mu’s hands, and Elder Fang begged for mercy and offered compensation.
• Fang Mu refused Song Zhaoyuan and Song Zhaoxue’s apologies and made them roll out of Welcoming Guest Peak to honor their bet.
• Cao Youqian urged Fang Mu to grow strong enough to command respect himself and gave him three days before they traveled to the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• At a tavern on Wangyu Island, Chu Feng’s group heard that a powerful sea demon was threatening shipping in the East Sea, and Chu Feng agreed to seek it out.
• After the treasure ship encountered towering waves, Chu Feng calmed the sea, and Great Sage Golden Wing sensed two beings fighting nearby, one likely the sea demon.
• Chu Feng told Great Sage Golden Wing to have the captain speed toward the fight so they could join the action.

Chu Feng and Great Sage Golden Wing watched Nie Xiuyuan tame a giant sea yao by reciting his master’s writing and sharing wine with it. After Nie Xiuyuan broke through and befriended the Kun, Chu Feng arrived to protect him from suspicious cultivators.

• Chu Feng spotted Nie Xiuyuan holding open a giant sea yao’s mouth with his sword while reciting about the Kun and feeding it wine.
• Nie Xiuyuan leaped onto the beast’s head, and his recitation merged with the Kun’s calls as their auras joined.
• Nie Xiuyuan broke through to the Third Stage of Dao Integration and perfected the True Intent of Great Freedom, earning Chu Feng a cultivation reward.
• Nie Xiuyuan asked the Kun to roam the world with him, and it agreed; he then told the gathered cultivators that he had tamed Kunkun using a piece of writing by Half-Saint Chu.
• Some cultivators doubted Nie Xiuyuan was Chu Feng’s disciple and began to question him, but Chu Feng descended with Half-Saint pressure and identified him as his disciple.

Chu Feng returned to the Dao-Seeking Academy with Great Sage Golden Wing, Elder Bing, Bai Qian, and Chen Qianqian, and introduced the two girls to the academy head. After enrolling them as his disciples, he brought the group to Miaomiao Mountain, where Fang Mu welcomed him back.

• Chu Feng reunited with Nie Xiuyuan and agreed to drink with him before continuing his journey back to the academy.
• Months later, Great Sage Golden Wing flew over the Dao-Seeking Academy in his Half-Saint form, startling the students until they learned who he was.
• Chu Feng and his companions visited the academy head, who praised Great Sage Golden Wing and recognized Bai Qian's mixed bloodline and Chen Qianqian's natural-born demon heart.
• The academy head asked Chu Feng to provide a copy of Chen Qianqian's cultivation technique and then dismissed the group.
• Chu Feng completed Bai Qian and Chen Qianqian's admission procedures and took them to Miaomiao Mountain, where Fang Mu welcomed him back.

Chu Feng reunited with Fang Mu and his disciples at Dao-Seeking Academy, then resumed guiding them in cultivation after a night with Bing Yan. Ye Beixuan asked to travel to a dangerous place and wanted help from his senior brothers and sisters, leaving them curious about his destination and plans.

• Chu Feng welcomed Fang Mu, learned he had not completed enrollment, and offered to take him to register.
• Chu Feng praised his disciples’ cultivation progress, and they shared a feast at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute.
• Bing Yan prepared to return to the Heavenly Spirit Institute for seclusion, but Chu Feng persuaded her to spend the night with him.
• Chu Feng guided his disciples in cultivation over the following days while Bai Qian played with Chen Qianqian.
• Ye Beixuan asked Chu Feng for permission to travel to a dangerous place and requested help from his senior brothers and sisters.
• Xiao Chen asked Ye Beixuan where he planned to go and how many helpers he needed.

Ye Beixuan proposed a trip to Desolate Ancient City so he could obtain its key before Qin Yun and prevent Sword-Forging City’s destruction. Chu Feng equipped eight disciples with powerful Sword Jades for the journey, then gave the Mountain-Moving Marquis a jade sword to deter the Great Evolution Holy Land.

• Ye Beixuan recalled how he had found the Pseudo Primordial Chaos Mirror and broken through to the Dao Integration Realm in Desolate Ancient City in his previous life, and resolved to obtain its key before Qin Yun.
• Chu Feng agreed that the disciples should explore Desolate Ancient City, and Xiao Chen, Cao Youqian, Qin Qin, Wang Baole, Xu Caichen, Han Paopao, and Chu Caiyi volunteered to go with Ye Beixuan.
• Chu Feng told the disciples he could enter the Saint Realm at any time, then promised to prepare protection for their journey.
• Seven days later, Chu Feng gave eight disciples Sword Jades that could be used together to form the Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation, equivalent to seven Chu Fengs attacking at once.
• Chu Feng told the disciples to return alive and gave the Mountain-Moving Marquis a jade sword to show the Great Evolution Holy Land if its people caused trouble.

Cao Youqian, Ye Beixuan, and their companions claimed the last courtyard at the Four Seas Inn, where they confronted disciples of the Emotion-Forsaking Palace. After Yan Hongye apologized and Fairy Yuxin withdrew, Xiao Chen and the others settled in, and news of their arrival for Unrivaled City’s centennial auction spread.

• Cao Youqian paid for the Four Seas Inn’s last courtyard just as Yan Hongye demanded that his group give it up.
• Ye Beixuan stopped Yan Hongye’s sword strike, and Han Paopao offered to fight her on the Life and Death Arena.
• Fairy Yuxin recognized Cao Youqian, Xiao Chen, and Qin Qin, and ordered Yan Hongye to apologize.
• Yan Hongye admitted her mistake, and Cao Youqian warned her before the Emotion-Forsaking Palace group left.
• Xiao Chen and his companions checked into the courtyard, and news of their arrival for the centennial auction spread through Unrivaled City.

Xiao Chen and his companions attended the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s centennial auction, where Ye Beixuan sought a key he remembered from his previous life. The auction began with the five ancient relics among their targets, while the Great Evolution Holy Land elders planned to watch the group and seize their opportunity.

• Elder Ouyang and Elder Sikong decided to watch the Dao-Seeking Academy disciples, and Elder Ouyang planned to summon the patriarch to Unrivaled City.
• Xiao Chen and his companions traveled to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and took their seats in a private room for the auction.
• Ye Beixuan named the five ancient relics as their targets, and Cao Youqian offered to bid on other items to distract the crowd.
• Ye Beixuan spotted a spirited young man in the third row and resolved to keep a close eye on Qin Yun so he could obtain the key first.
• Gu Sanbian welcomed the guests and announced the auction’s eighty-one treasures before Fairy Miaoyun brought out the first item.

At the Myriad Treasures Pavilion auction, Cao Youqian bought nothing after briefly bidding on the South Sea Flood Dragon King Pearl, while Qin Yun bid on an ancient relic containing a Half-Saint qilin skull and a mysterious stone pearl. As Qin Yun seemed poised to win it for one million spirit stones, an unidentified bidder raised the price.

• Fairy Miaoyun presented the South Sea Flood Dragon King Pearl, and Cao Youqian bid two million six hundred thousand before backing off when an old man offered three million one hundred thousand.
• Cao Youqian placed several bids on later auction items as the auction proceeded.
• Gu Sanbian unveiled an ancient relic: a Half-Saint qilin skull with a mysterious stone pearl in its mouth, warning the guests about its powerful baleful Qi.
• Ye Beixuan kept his divine sense fixed on Qin Yun while Qin Yun opened bidding at one million spirit stones.
• Gu Sanbian began counting down Qin Yun's bid, but an unidentified voice raised the price to one million one hundred thousand.

At the Myriad Treasures Pavilion auction, Qin Yun won a qilin bone before bidding against the White Bone Sect for a saint-grade Demon God Bone. Cao Youqian’s casual eighty-million bid secured the bone for the Dao-Seeking Academy, leaving Sword-Forging City’s plans in jeopardy.

• Qin Yun won the qilin bone for just over one million low-grade spirit stones, while the Great Evolution Holy Land elders chose not to bid.
• Gu Sanbian introduced a saint-grade Demon God Bone, and the auction began with a ten-million low-grade spirit stone starting bid.
• Qin Yun bid on the Demon God Bone because Sword-Forging City hoped to forge it into a saint sword and help its ancestor break through to the Half-Saint Realm.
• Cao Youqian joined the bidding, prompting Qin Yun to suspect that the Dao-Seeking Academy was deliberately targeting Sword-Forging City.
• After the White Bone Sect raised its bid to seventy-six million with treasures to make up the difference, Cao Youqian offered eighty million and won the Demon God Bone.

Cao Youqian arranged for Ye Beixuan to collect their auction items as bait for anyone with hostile intentions, while the Mountain-Moving Marquis agreed to help deal with Nirvana cultivators. Ye Beixuan collected the items and left the auction in disguise, drawing suspicious attention from the Great Evolution Holy Land's elders.

• Cao Youqian told Ye Beixuan to collect the auction items slowly so they could lure out anyone planning to attack them.
• Cao Youqian, Xiao Chen, and the others put on black cloaks, and the Mountain-Moving Marquis appeared and offered to handle the Nirvana cultivators.
• After the auction ended, Cao Youqian told Ye Beixuan to leave the city and fly east with the items while the others waited outside.
• Ye Beixuan wore a bronze mask and walked openly through the auction, attracting the attention of the Great Evolution Holy Land's elders.
• Ye Beixuan collected the items and a VIP token from Gu Sanbian, then left without hearing the token's full explanation.

Ye Beixuan drew greedy pursuers out of Unrivaled City and led them to Crouching Ox Mountain, where the Mountain-Moving Marquis intervened. The White Bone Sect and other cultivators were confronted by the Marquis and a mysterious group, leaving the sect surrounded.

• Gu Sanbian and the deputy city lord of Sword-Forging City both wondered at Ye Beixuan’s apparent world-weariness, while Qin Yun suspected he possessed a soul secret treasure.
• Ye Beixuan left Unrivaled City at speed using a flight talisman, prompting his pursuers to chase him toward Crouching Ox Mountain.
• Xiao Chen, Cao Youqian, and the others waited on Crouching Ox Mountain as Ye Beixuan arrived and faced the White Bone Sect cultivators.
• When a White Bone Sect elder attacked Ye Beixuan, the Mountain-Moving Marquis’s strike blasted a crater into the ground and forced the elder to withdraw.
• More than a hundred pursuers appeared, but the Mountain-Moving Marquis called for help, and a black-cloaked figure with over a dozen companions arrived.
• The other pursuers retreated, leaving the White Bone Sect to face the Mountain-Moving Marquis and the mysterious group.

The Mountain-Moving Marquis revealed himself as a former foe of the Myriad Ghost Marquis and faced down the White Bone Sect on Crouching Ox Mountain. The battle ended with the White Bone Sect defeated, and Cao Youqian teased the spectators about who had made the decisive moves.

• The Mountain-Moving Marquis revealed his identity to the Myriad Ghost Marquis, who recognized his old enemy from the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• The Sword-Forging City group and nearby spectators abandoned plans to interfere and waited, fearing the Dao-Seeking Academy would punish them if they fled.
• The Myriad Ghost Marquis ordered the White Bone Sect to attack Xiao Chen's group, and Cao Youqian, Xiao Chen, and Qin Qin's group fought back.
• After half an hour, one White Bone Sect Dao Integration elder fell to sword light, and the Mountain-Moving Marquis tore apart the other elder and destroyed his soul.
• Qin Qin's group suppressed the defeated White Bone Sect members, and Cao Youqian asked a spectator if he truly wanted to know who had made the move.

Ye Beixuan stopped the Sword-Forging City party and offered Qin Yun a chance to obtain the Demon God Bone by surviving one strike. After Ye Beixuan went easy on him, he asked Sword-Forging City to investigate two ancient relics in exchange for selling them the bone.

• The Mountain-Moving Marquis dismissed the other cultivators, but Ye Beixuan called the Sword-Forging City party back.
• Ye Beixuan and the Dao-Seeking Academy students revealed their identities, and Qin Yun admitted that he had competed for the auction items and sent his great-uncle to follow them.
• Ye Beixuan offered to sell Sword-Forging City the Demon God Bone if Qin Yun survived one strike and promised him a chance to become his disciple.
• Qin Yun accepted despite his great-uncle's warning, and Ye Beixuan struck him hard enough to send him flying but caused no internal injury.
• Qin Yun realized Ye Beixuan had spared him, and Ye Beixuan asked Sword-Forging City to investigate the two ancient relics in exchange for the Demon God Bone.