Chapter Summaries

Mo Yuanjiao’s party reached Songyang County and reunited Baojian with his cousin Tong Jialiang, who remained severely unwell after his ordeal. Mo Yuanjiao proposed taking Tong Jialiang to Xiushui Village for treatment, and Han Weishu questioned whether they could truly help him.

• Mo Yuanjiao discovered servants bullying Baojian and, with Madam Mo’s intervention, made sure the bullies were punished.
• Mo Yuanjiao brought his family to Songyang County and visited the escort agency where Tong Jialiang and Han Weishu were staying.
• Mother Qin and Tietou's Mother welcomed the Mo family and arranged their lodging.
• Baojian saw Tong Jialiang’s emaciated, vacant state, called to him, and thanked Han Weishu for caring for his cousin.
• Mo Yuanjiao asked Han Weishu’s permission to take Tong Jialiang to Xiushui Village for treatment, and she asked whether the village could truly help him.

Mo Yuanjiao brought Tong Jialiang, Baojian, and Han Weishu to Xiushui Village so Sun Yigao could examine Tong Jialiang and begin figuring out how to treat him. Afterward, Mo Yuanjiao brought Old Madam Mo and Madam Mo to the village, where they were surprised by its busy streets and shops.

• Han Weishu agreed to travel with Mo Yuanjiao and Baojian to Xiushui Village for Tong Jialiang's treatment.
• Mo Yuanjiao dropped Old Madam Mo, Madam Mo, and the servants and guards at a residence in Emerald Peak Town, then took the others to Xiushui Village.
• Lin Dayou prepared an empty house for the group, and Han Weishu continued caring for Tong Jialiang with Baojian's help.
• Sun Yigao examined Tong Jialiang and said he would study similar cases and do his utmost to treat him.
• Two days later, Mo Yuanjiao brought Old Madam Mo and Madam Mo to Xiushui Village, where they discovered its busy market and shops.

Mo Yuanjiao brought Old Madam Mo and Madam Mo around Xiushui Village, then accepted them as his disciples and settled them nearby. Meanwhile, Lin Xiao and his companions arrived in Banxiang City for the Talisman Master Assembly and faced steep lodging prices.

• Mo Yuanjiao showed Old Madam Mo and Madam Mo the village and the Lingxian Sect’s surroundings, and Old Madam Mo praised the sect.
• Mo Yuanjiao explained that his mother and grandmother would need to cultivate under him before attempting the Heart-Questioning Road, and both completed a simple master-disciple ceremony.
• Mo Yuanjiao settled Old Madam Mo and Madam Mo at the Lin Household’s old residence in Xiushui Village and returned to teaching martial arts at the private school.
• After fifteen days aboard the spirit ship, Lin Xiao and his companions disembarked at Banxiang City, where the Talisman Master Assembly was to be held.
• Lin Xiao learned that renting even a bare cave abode cost fifteen to fifty Spirit Stones a day and agonized over whether to pay for lodging.

Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu settled into a cave abode in Banxiang City with Yuan Qing, then headed outside the city to hunt Demon Beasts before the Talisman Master Assembly. A system notification unlocked tasks to build breeding facilities and capture Demon Beasts alive, prompting Lin Xiao to lead Jiang Youfu deeper into the wilderness.

• Lin Xiao rented a cave abode for fifteen days and gave Yuan Qing a Peach Leaf Pendant to wear.
• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu left to hunt outside Banxiang City while Yuan Qing stayed behind, then went out to ask about Xu Juan and the city’s situation.
• Lin Xiao received two system tasks to build breeding facilities and capture and breed at least five Demon Beasts of each of five species.
• Lin Xiao realized the system had unlocked storage for tameable living creatures and hurried Jiang Youfu away from the other hunters.
• Lin Xiao checked his notes to guide them into the remote mountains as Jiang Youfu followed, eating and sharing roasted beans.

Lin Xiao captured five Blue Yin Birds to raise and received Mushroom Fruit saplings from the system as their food. In Banxiang City, Yuan Zhiyun recognized Yuan Qing as someone familiar and secretly followed him while he searched for news of the Heavenly Profound Sect.

• Lin Xiao trapped five Blue Yin Birds with spiritual power threads and stored them in his private vault.
• The system rewarded Lin Xiao with twenty Mushroom Fruit saplings, and Liao Pantu agreed the birds could be raised once Lin Xiao mentioned their favorite food.
• Lin Xiao continued his hunting trip with Jiang Youfu after capturing the birds.
• Yuan Zhiyun left her cave abode in Banxiang City to ask about Icefield Spirits, which the Yuan Household had failed to obtain.
• Yuan Zhiyun spotted Yuan Qing and followed him, while he searched the busy streets for news of the Heavenly Profound Sect.

Yuan Qing reunited with Yuan Zhiyun, who worried about his recent illness and invited him to stay near her, but he kept the trouble he had faced at the Heavenly Profound Sect to himself. He returned to find Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu relaxing in their lodgings with a newly developed foot-massaging formation.

• Yuan Qing spotted the Heavenly Profound Sect's insignia on a patrol while exploring Banxiang City and gathering information about the Talisman Master Assembly.
• Yuan Zhiyun recognized Yuan Qing and followed him out of the city, where he removed his disguise and greeted her as his big sister.
• Yuan Qing gave Yuan Zhiyun an excuse about escaping Demon Beasts by burning his Essence Blood, and she invited him to visit her cave abode when he had time.
• Yuan Qing returned to his lodging and found Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu soaking their feet in a bubbling formation while enjoying snacks and tea.

Yuan Qing joined Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu for a foot soak, which brought him a peaceful night and memories of his childhood before he woke alone in their cave. Meanwhile, Liu Chun prepared for the Talisman Master Assembly by cultivating at the secure lodging provided to screened participants.

• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu invited Yuan Qing to soak his feet, and he relaxed so deeply that he fell asleep on the couch.
• After Yuan Qing began snoring, Liao Pantu emerged from Lin Xiao’s pendant and went to the inner room to soak his own feet and eat snacks.
• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu left early the next morning, then used Divine Sense to confirm that Yuan Qing was simply asleep.
• Yuan Qing dreamed of losing his parents, struggling alone, and finding refuge with the Yuan Household’s matriarch and Yuan Zhiyun; he woke, admired the automatic fan, and left the cave abode.
• Liu Chun, who had passed the Talisman Master Assembly’s preliminary screening, spent his remaining days in the provided lodging cultivating for the event.

Liu Chun stayed in seclusion to protect the sect’s transaction funds and prepare for the Talisman Master Assembly, while Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu spent the fifteen days before the event capturing weaker Demon Beasts. The assembly began in Banxiang City with tens of thousands of talisman masters competing in batches, but Liu Chun had not appeared among the first group.

• Liu Chun avoided leaving his lodging, worried that trouble could cost him the sect’s transaction funds, and hoped to find his little sister after earning a good ranking.
• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu used a map from the Myriad Connections Information Shop to capture lower-level Demon Beasts, while Yuan Qing searched for information and contacted sect friends.
• Fifteen days later, Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu joined the crowds watching the Talisman Master Assembly begin in Banxiang City.
• The organizers divided the fifty thousand contestants into ten batches, and the first group entered to draw ten basic talismans under a time limit.
• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu did not see Liu Chun among the first batch, while Liao Pantu explained that the senior cultivators stayed to enjoy meeting old friends.

Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu watched Liu Chun compete in the Talisman Master Assembly while Wu Sanbao recognized him and considered how to target him. Liu Chun completed all ten basic talismans, and Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu stayed to watch the remaining contestants.

• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu spotted Liu Chun among the second group of talisman masters and refrained from calling out to him because they were in disguise.
• Wu Sanbao recognized Liu Chun and worried that passing the assembly could make him too valuable to attack easily.
• The gong signaled the start, and Liu Chun focused on drawing ten basic talismans while Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu watched.
• Liu Chun finished all ten talismans and placed them in his sealed bag for collection.
• The second group's time ended with the contestants completing their talismans, and Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu stayed to watch the assembly.

Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu returned from the Talisman Master Assembly and shared beggar’s chicken with Yuan Qing and Liao Pantu. Yuan Qing explained that even if he cleared his name, his former master would not let him return to the Heavenly Profound Sect.

• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu returned late from the Talisman Master Assembly and brought Yuan Qing hot beggar’s chicken made from Spotted Sparrow Birds.
• Yuan Qing, Lin Xiao, and Jiang Youfu eagerly ate while Liao Pantu waited inside the Soul-Nourishing Pendant for his portion.
• Lin Xiao remembered Liao Pantu, brought the pendant into an isolated inner room, and let him eat his chicken.
• After dinner, Yuan Qing explained that he had met a fellow disciple to discuss his troubles while Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu attended the assembly.
• Yuan Qing said that his master had expelled him to protect his own reputation and would not take him back even if Yuan Qing cleared his name.

Yuan Qing explained why he would not return to the Heavenly Profound Sect and said he hoped to go home and help his sister, Yuan Zhiyun. After Lin Xiao told him about the Yuan Household’s search for an Icefield Spirit, Yuan Qing suspected its ancestor was in trouble; the next day, Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu went out to find food for their stored Demon Beasts.

• Yuan Qing said his master would make life difficult for him at the Heavenly Profound Sect, so he planned to return home if he cleared his name.
• Yuan Qing explained that he was the adopted son of the Yuan Household and wanted to help his sister, Yuan Zhiyun, who was having difficulties.
• Lin Xiao told Yuan Qing that the Yuan Household had been seeking an Icefield Spirit and that Yuan Zhiyun had gone to the Icefield Mystic Realm; Yuan Qing suspected the Household’s ancestor needed it.
• Yuan Qing thanked Lin Xiao and said he would ask his fellow disciples about Icefield Spirits the next day.
• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu went outside the city to gather food for the Demon Beasts they had stored, since the storage area did not feed them.
• Lin Xiao asked whether he could raise the Demon Beasts in storage, and the system limited access to the living-creature storage area to three months.

Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu searched for food for the Demon Beasts near Banxiang City, then used a Golden Porcupine to find its ordinary food and gathered blue fruits and young trees. The chapter then explained how Yuan Qing’s rescued fellow disciples had struggled to resume their lives in the Heavenly Profound Sect.

• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu searched the Demon Beasts’ habitat but found very little of their system-designated favorite foods.
• Lin Xiao realized the Demon Beasts probably survived on ordinary foods instead of their scarce favorites and decided to use one to locate its usual food.
• Lin Xiao released a hungry Golden Porcupine and followed it with Jiang Youfu to a thicket of blue-fruited bushes.
• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu gathered the blue fruits and dug up young fruit trees before Lin Xiao returned the partly fed Golden Porcupine to storage.
• The chapter described how the people rescued from the Green Field Mystic Realm, including Yuan Qing’s friends, had been neglected by the Heavenly Profound Sect and were too weakened to take on missions.

Yuan Qing met Pan Han in Banxiang City and entrusted him with a Storage Bag for Xu Juan. Pan Han warned that Elder Gu was investigating unusual people and events in the Green Field Mystic Realm, prompting Yuan Qing to worry that the inquiry involved Lin Xiao.

• Yuan Qing's efforts to support the abandoned disciples had led the elders to condemn him, and he had later been expelled after an enemy framed him.
• The Heavenly Profound Sect sent the recovered Green Field Mystic Realm survivors, including Pan Han, to serve in Banxiang City, where they eventually learned Yuan Qing had been harmed.
• Yuan Qing contacted Pan Han and met him in a remote corner of Banxiang City.
• Yuan Qing gave Pan Han a Storage Bag to pass to Xu Juan, his close friend from the sect.
• Pan Han warned Yuan Qing that Elder Gu had questioned survivors and other disciples about unusual people or events in the Green Field Mystic Realm.
• Yuan Qing suspected the sect's investigation might be connected to Lin Xiao, who had found their way out of the mystic realm.

Yuan Qing used his secret ability to blur the memories of Pan Han and the other Heavenly Profound Sect disciples, protecting Lin Xiao from being exposed. The Talisman Master Assembly began its second round, where contestants would make identical attack talismans to be tested against one another.

• Yuan Qing persuaded Pan Han to claim that he and the other senior brothers had seen nothing in the Green Field Mystic Realm, using his gaze to alter Pan Han's memory.
• Yuan Qing recalled that he could distort people's memories and had learned of charm demons with similar powers in an unofficial record.
• Pan Han gathered the other Heavenly Profound Sect disciples and repeated Yuan Qing's words, and they agreed they had seen nothing.
• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu arrived early as the Assembly announced the names of the twenty-five thousand contestants who had passed the first round.
• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu learned that the glowing-name effect helped viewers find a name on the list.
• The Assembly introduced the second-round rules: contestants would make ten identical attack talismans, which would be tested against another contestant's talismans to decide who advanced.

Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu watched the talisman tests while waiting for Liu Chun to appear, then tracked the staff member who collected his talisman bag. By evening, that staff member reached a testing platform carrying the ring with Liu Chun’s talismans.

• Two hundred United Heroes Hall cultivators tested talismans on a hundred platforms, comparing their peak energies to determine which talismans qualified.
• Lin Xiao explained to Jiang Youfu that they needed to practice using attack talismans in case they encountered dangerous people.
• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu spotted Liu Chun in the seventh batch, and he sensed someone watching him but could not identify them.
• After Liu Chun left the stage, Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu watched the staff member who had collected his talisman bag.
• Toward evening, the staff member stepped onto a testing platform with the storage ring containing Liu Chun’s talismans.

The Talisman Master Assembly discovered that someone had tampered with Liu Chun’s talismans on platform seventy-nine and sealed the platform while investigators took away its testers. Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu concluded Liu Chun could still qualify based on his five earlier successful talismans as the rest of the assembly continued.

• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu noticed that Liu Chun’s talismans grew weaker after the first five and suspected something was wrong.
• Talisman Venerable Lianyue detected tampering on platform seventy-nine and sent a Golden Core cultivator to investigate.
• The cultivator found strange black powder on Liu Chun’s remaining talisman and ordered the platform sealed and both testers isolated.
• Spectators learned that the Talisman Sect was handling the investigation, while Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu reasoned Liu Chun’s first five qualifying talismans could still earn him a comparison.
• The Talisman Master Assembly continued, with platform seventy-nine sealed and its testers absent.

Wu Sanbao’s attempt to sabotage Liu Chun’s talismans exposed the return of the dangerous Execution Stone, prompting the United Heroes Hall representatives to alert the major sects. Liu Chun’s five untampered talismans qualified, and he advanced from the pending group, leaving the spectators surprised by his success.

• Wu Sanbao learned that the Talisman Sect had detected Execution Stone powder on Liu Chun’s talismans and fled Banxiang City.
• A Talisman Sect Golden Core cultivator showed the Execution Stone powder to the United Heroes Hall representatives, who agreed to notify the sects.
• The Talisman Master Assembly announced that Liu Chun’s five untampered talismans qualified and placed him in the pending group for assessment.
• Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu waited with the crowd as spectators debated whether Liu Chun was skilled or merely lucky.
• The Talisman Master Assembly released the advancement list, and Liu Chun’s name appeared among those who advanced.

Jiang Youfu and Lin Xiao celebrated seeing Liu Chun’s name at the Talisman Master Assembly, while Liu Yunan and Qin Jianghe negotiated with Pusi Kingdom’s emperor and chancellor over the campaign against Huanyou Nation. Lingxian Sect declined to send fighters but offered to supply cultivation and combat goods, and Li Zhouxuan asked what they could provide.

• Jiang Youfu spotted Liu Chun’s name at the Talisman Master Assembly, and he and Lin Xiao left to celebrate with food.
• Li Zhouxuan and Chancellor Meng met with Liu Yunan and Qin Jianghe to discuss attacking Huanyou Nation and the sects that had colluded with it.
• Qin Jianghe said Lingxian Sect could not spare people for the attack after its losses fighting Wei Hai.
• Qin Jianghe offered to supply cultivation and combat goods at the lowest price as a gesture of friendship.
• Li Zhouxuan offered to connect Lingxian Sect with the three great sects and proposed steady trade, then asked what goods and grades it could supply.

Li Zhouxuan and Chancellor Meng negotiated with Qin Jianghe and Liu Yunan for the Lingxian Sect to supply the imperial family, court, and three great sects. Qin Jianghe offered to let the court conceal the sect’s role in future dealings, and the chapter ended as representatives of the three great sects arrived at the palace.

• Li Zhouxuan trusted the Lingxian Sect’s supply claims because Li Zhanying had reported its wealth and reliability, and Chancellor Meng accepted the imperial family’s confidence in the sect.
• Liu Yunan assured Li Zhouxuan that the Lingxian Sect could provide a wide range of quality goods and would try to procure anything missing from its list.
• Qin Jianghe offered to let the imperial family and court handle all dealings with the three great sects without revealing the Lingxian Sect as their supplier, provided they showed enough sincerity.
• Li Zhouxuan and Chancellor Meng eagerly asked what sincerity the Lingxian Sect required, but Qin Jianghe redirected the meeting to the urgent campaign against Huanyou Nation and the sponsorship terms.
• Liu Yunan presented his prepared supply list to Li Zhouxuan and Chancellor Meng, and the next day the three great sects’ representatives went to the imperial palace.

Liu Yunan and Qin Jianghe attended an imperial council as representatives of the Lingxian Sect, drawing attention with their high-grade robes and mysterious cultivation. The other sects accepted the Lingxian Sect’s rise as a replacement for the declining Shangyang Sect and chose not to provoke it.

• Liu Yunan and Qin Jianghe entered the imperial city in their new sect uniforms, which the other sect representatives recognized as exceptionally protective high-grade robes.
• Emperor Li Zhouxuan introduced the guests, and the Clear River Sect and Cloud and Mist Sect learned that the two youths represented the Lingxian Sect.
• The Clear River Sect and Cloud and Mist Sect recalled the Lingxian Sect’s defeat of Wei Hai and concluded that the Shangyang Sect had been weakened beyond recovery.
• The two sects decided the Lingxian Sect was unlikely to cause trouble and that challenging it would bring needless risk.
• At the council hall, Qin Jianghe politely declined the Cloud and Mist Sect representative’s offer of the foremost seat, and the Lingxian Sect took the place below it.