Chapter Summaries

Chen Ze broke through to the fourth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm and prepared to strengthen his influence in Wannan City and expand into the Anyuan and Longqing Dynasties. The chapter left his doppelgangers heading out to establish footholds and infiltrate the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce in Longqing City.

• Chen Ze completed his study of the sixth-grade Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and chose to study the Inverted Five Elements Formation rather than spend eighty-one days on an eighth-grade formation.
• Doppelganger Xie Yuanwei replaced the City Lord's Mansion guard commanders, helped reassure Wannan City's cultivators, and arranged for the Ye Family to take over the Earth Jade Mine.
• Xie Yuanwei cultivated in the Myriad Things Space and broke through to the Golden Core Realm with Chen Ze's Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Chen Ze sent Qingfeng, Mingyue, Poxiao, and Qi Shi to the Anyuan Dynasty to establish a foothold and scout cities for Myriad Things General Store branches.
• Chen Ze sent Liu Jiang, Ma Hua, and Zhang Jue toward Longqing City to investigate its forces and find a way to place an agent in the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.

One of Chen Ze’s Doppelgangers searched a dangerous mountain range for resources and uncovered a hidden cave containing a rare cultivation technique. After securing the cave’s treasures, he prepared to continue hunting for opportunities while sensing that hidden forces had begun watching him.

• A Doppelganger found a spiritual herb beside a glowing spring and stored it in the Myriad Things Space for Chen Ze.
• He spotted Netherblue Ice Grass, waited for two cultivators to collect it, then attacked amid a flying-sword ambush, reclaimed the grass, killed them, and took their spoils.
• After resting in a concealed cave, he sensed that his activity had drawn the attention of hidden forces and set out to search unexplored areas.
• He discovered a vine-covered cave, deciphered its protective formation, and safely dismantled it.
• Inside, he found an ancient tome titled Nine Revolutions Profound Technique and several bottles, and recognized the tome as a body-tempering cultivation method.

The Doppelganger found valuable medicinal pills in a cave, then defeated a middle-aged cultivator and a group drawn by the fighting. He collected their valuables and continued deeper into the mountain range to gather resources for Chen Ze.

• The Doppelganger discovered precious medicinal pills in a cave and prepared to leave, but heard cultivators approaching.
• The Doppelganger ambushed a middle-aged cultivator, defeated him, and took the valuables from his Storage Ring.
• A group of cultivators entered the cave, and the Doppelganger fought them off using surprise attacks and the cave's terrain.
• The Doppelganger collected the fallen cultivators' valuables and left the exposed cave.
• The Doppelganger traveled deeper into the mountain range, cautiously seeking resources for Chen Ze.

The Doppelganger discovered Spirit Light Stones in Spirit Light Lake and informed Chen Ze, who sent more Doppelgangers to collect them while searching for a mineral vein. A woman in white confronted Chen Ze and attacked him, leaving them locked in battle as the Doppelgangers continued gathering stones underwater.

• The Doppelganger found a hidden valley and secretly collected Spirit Light Stones from the lakebed.
• A woman in white visited Spirit Light Lake with two disciples, and the Doppelganger hid until they left before reporting his discovery to Chen Ze.
• Chen Ze identified the ores as Spirit Light Stones and ordered more Doppelgangers to help collect them.
• Chen Ze arrived at Spirit Light Lake, sent the Doppelgangers underwater, and searched the shore for a mineral vein using the Heavenly Eye.
• The woman in white attacked Chen Ze, accusing him of trespassing, and he fought back while the Doppelgangers continued collecting stones.

Chen Ze defeated the woman in white and trapped her with his Doppelgangers, but her Spirit Transformation Realm senior brother arrived to rescue her. Chen Ze pretended to let them leave, then attacked, and the confrontation resumed with his Doppelgangers and three formations.

• Chen Ze used Kun Yuan Wan Jun to withstand the woman in white’s attacks and drove her into retreat.
• Chen Ze’s Doppelgangers emerged from the lake and subdued the woman in white and her two disciples.
• True Man Black Wind arrived, blocked the Doppelgangers’ attacks, and claimed he only wanted to retrieve his Junior Sister.
• Chen Ze said True Man Black Wind could leave, then struck at the woman in white as she followed him.
• True Man Black Wind blocked Chen Ze’s attack, and Chen Ze ordered his Doppelgangers to attack while setting up three formations.

Chen Ze trapped True Man Black Wind and the woman in white in his formations, and True Man Black Wind’s talisman failed to break the barrier. True Man Black Wind then summoned his Natal Spiritual Treasure and prepared to lead his Junior Sister in a desperate escape.

• True Man Black Wind searched for the formation while Chen Ze’s Doppelgangers surrounded him and the woman in white.
• True Man Black Wind activated a fifth-grade talisman, but it could not damage Chen Ze’s sixth-grade Golden Bell Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Chen Ze demanded that the pair leave themselves behind, and True Man Black Wind revealed his Natal Spiritual Treasure, a small black sword.
• True Man Black Wind fed blood and cultivation into the sword, transforming it into a greatsword whose Sword Qi made the formation tremble.
• True Man Black Wind ordered the woman in white to break out with him, and she followed him toward the formation.

Chen Ze defeated True Man Black Wind and the woman in white with his formations, then had them captured and sent to Li Hengwen. Afterward, he continued searching the lake for Spirit Light Stones and a possible mineral vein, while realizing the mountain range was controlled by many powerful forces.

• Chen Ze activated the Invincible Golden Body and Sixth-grade Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, stopping True Man Black Wind and the woman in white’s joint attack.
• True Man Black Wind damaged his foundation and burned his origin trying to break the formation, but failed and fell unconscious after the woman in white surrendered.
• Chen Ze spared the woman in white after she sealed her cultivation and ordered his doppelgangers to send her, True Man Black Wind, and her two disciples to Li Hengwen.
• Chen Ze learned that the lake was vast and rich in Spirit Light Stones, then sent his doppelgangers back to gather them and searched for a mineral vein.
• Chen Ze discovered that dozens of powerful forces occupied the mountain range and that many nearby cultivators rivaled True Man Black Wind in strength.

Chen Ze captured True Man Black Wind and three others, sent them to work in Myriad Things Space, and studied Black Wind’s Natal Spiritual Treasure. After learning about its power and drawbacks, Chen Ze decided not to use or return the sword.

• Chen Ze searched the lake and found no mineral vein, then left Doppelgangers behind to collect Spirit Light Stones.
• Chen Ze inspected True Man Black Wind’s black sword in Myriad Things Space and ordered Li Hengwen to search the prisoners’ souls.
• True Man Black Wind woke, learned that his cultivation was sealed and his Junior Sister had been sent to work, and resigned himself to captivity.
• Li Hengwen reported that the prisoners belonged to Black Wind Mountain and identified the sword as Black Windstorm, a Black-tier High-grade Natal Spiritual Treasure.
• Chen Ze considered the risks of nurturing a Natal Spiritual Treasure and decided not to use Black Windstorm or let his Doppelgangers wield it.

Chen Ze stored True Man Black Wind’s Natal Spiritual Treasure for later recycling, then sent his Doppelgangers to explore the mountain range while he flew on alone. A masked Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator ambushed him, and their evenly matched sword fight continued as the attacker grew anxious about attracting other cultivators.

• Chen Ze asked Li Hengwen about the effects of recycling True Man Black Wind’s Natal Spiritual Treasure and stored Black Windstorm in the Myriad Things Space.
• Chen Ze’s Doppelgangers finished collecting Spirit Light Stones, and he dispersed the formations and ordered them to explore the mountain range.
• Chen Ze and the Doppelgangers set off in different directions, leaving the stripped lakebed behind as distant watchers observed the area.
• A masked Mysterious Person ambushed Chen Ze with sword light, then attacked again after spotting Chen Ze’s Heaven-tier Low-grade Taihe Sword.
• Chen Ze fought the early-stage Spirit Transformation Realm Mysterious Person evenly using the Primordial Sword Scripture and Kun Yuan Wan Jun.
• The Mysterious Person grew anxious that their battle would attract other cultivators waiting to seize an advantage.

Chen Ze turned the Mysterious Person’s ambush against him, using his Doppelgangers to overwhelm the Spirit Transformation Realm attacker. The Mysterious Person’s escape attempts failed, leaving him surrounded and unable to teleport away.

• The Mysterious Person changed his sword style and struck Chen Ze from behind with Starfall Kill, but Chen Ze’s Kun Yuan Wan Jun armor repelled the blow.
• Chen Ze summoned two Doppelgangers, and the three of them drove the Mysterious Person into a disadvantage.
• The Mysterious Person refused to reveal his identity and used a black bead to shield himself before fleeing.
• Three more Doppelgangers appeared to intercept the Mysterious Person, and Chen Ze and the others surrounded him.
• After being pierced by a sword, the Mysterious Person crushed a teleportation talisman, but an invisible barrier prevented his escape.

Chen Ze defeated the Mysterious Person and went to investigate a powerful anomaly in the mountain range. He found a Chaos Spirit Treasure on a stone platform, and as the surrounding space began to collapse, the gathered cultivators rushed toward it.

• Chen Ze defeated the Mysterious Person, ordered the Doppelgangers to seal his cultivation and take him to Li Hengwen, then dismantled his temporary formation.
• Chen Ze sensed a distant ripple and saw a beam of light rise from the horizon, so he flew toward the anomaly.
• Chen Ze hid his aura in the void and summoned several Doppelgangers as powerful cultivators from nearby factions gathered.
• A stone platform appeared with a seven-colored treasure box, which the cultivators identified as a legendary Chaos Spirit Treasure.
• As the space around the platform began to collapse, the gathered cultivators rushed toward the treasure despite the spatial cracks.

Chen Ze watched a staged struggle over a Chaos Spirit Treasure, then followed the fleeing cultivator after discovering the treasure box had been swapped with a fake. A powerful old man arrived and claimed the treasure should go to the one fated for it, while Chen Ze remained determined to take it himself.

• A cultivator grabbed the treasure box, then threw a fake into the air to distract the others and escape with the real one.
• The enraged cultivators pursued the fleeing man, while Chen Ze concealed himself and followed the chase.
• A late Spirit Transformation Realm old man arrived, and Chen Ze learned from Li Hengwen that the Zhenyun Mountain Range might hold ruins left by an ancient Body Integration Realm expert.
• The old man urged the cultivators to stop fighting and let the treasure go to the one fated for it, causing weaker cultivators to back away as Chen Ze watched him warily.

An old man took the treasure box after overpowering the cultivators who challenged him, but Lu Xuening arrived and attacked him. The battle was interrupted by another figure appearing on the battlefield.

• The old man forced the first cultivator to surrender the treasure box and drove off the other onlookers.
• Guo Zhesheng of the Ice Heart Sword Sect challenged the old man, was blasted away, and retreated.
• Lu Xuening of the White Bone Sect arrived, and Chen Ze sensed that she had reached the peak late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Lu Xuening attacked the old man with a white jade flute, and another figure suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

Chen Ze waited until Lu Xuening, Murong Lie, and the old man were locked in battle, then trapped them inside a formation. He revealed himself to stop the fight but faced Murong Lie’s attack, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Murong Lie arrived and joined Lu Xuening in attacking the old man for the treasure box.
• The old man resisted their combined assault, but the fight grew increasingly fierce as he fell behind.
• Chen Ze signaled his Doppelgangers to take their positions and activated a Concealment Formation around the battle.
• Chen Ze completed two more formations and appeared before the three fighters, telling them to stop.
• Murong Lie dismissed Chen Ze and launched a flaming spear attack at him.

Chen Ze trapped the old man, Lu Xuening, and Murong Lie in a formation and demanded the Chaos Spirit Treasure. After gravely wounding Murong Lie to force the others to submit, Chen Ze obtained the treasure and released the Sword Qi surrounding them.

• Chen Ze’s formation unleashed a massive Sword Qi that forced the old man, Lu Xuening, and Murong Lie to stop fighting and defend themselves together.
• Chen Ze revealed himself and demanded that they hand over the Chaos Spirit Treasure in exchange for their lives.
• Chen Ze intensified the formation’s Sword Qi and targeted Murong Lie, whose allies moved away rather than helping him.
• The Sword Qi gravely wounded Murong Lie, convincing the old man and Lu Xuening that Chen Ze could decide their fates.
• The old man surrendered the Chaos Spirit Treasure, which flew into Chen Ze’s palm as the surrounding Sword Qi dispersed.

Chen Ze captured the old man and Lu Xuening after taking the Chaos Spirit Treasure, then sent them and Murong Lie to the Myriad Things Space. He escaped the Zhenyun Mountain Range unseen, while Li Hengwen prepared the three captives for mining.

• Chen Ze refused to release the old man and Lu Xuening, explaining that he had only promised not to kill them and offering them a choice between sealing their cultivation or being beaten and sealed.
• The old man and Lu Xuening sealed their cultivation, and Chen Ze's Doppelgangers knocked them unconscious along with the badly injured Murong Lie and sent all three to the Myriad Things Space.
• Chen Ze ordered his Doppelgangers to hand the captives over to Li Hengwen, then withdrew his arrays and used the Invisibility Spell to evade more than a dozen probing divine senses.
• Li Hengwen arranged for the three cultivators to undergo soul-searching and mining, giving Murong Lie special treatment.

Chen Ze refined the Chaos Spirit Treasure and disappeared into it, then returned after mastering its secrets and gaining a mysterious wisp of Chaos Qi. Meanwhile, his departure destabilized the Zhenyun Mountain Range and brought ruin and division to the sects of the missing experts.

• Chen Ze began refining the ancient Chaos Spirit Treasure while the factions of the Zhenyun Mountain Range searched for the vanished old man, Lu Xuening, and Murong Lie.
• After confirming the three experts were gone, rival forces attacked their sects: Shen Hanmei led the White Bone Sect into retreat, the Black Flame Sect was devastated, and the old man's sect split into factions.
• Chen Ze's Doppelgangers took advantage of the upheaval in the Zhenyun Mountain Range and profited from the disorder.
• Chen Ze reached the crucial stage of refining the treasure, shouted for it to open, and vanished in a burst of light as Zhao Ling'er arrived.
• Zhao Ling'er heard Chen Ze's voice through a doorway that appeared on the treasure box, and he reassured her that he was refining it and needed time to stabilize it.
• Chen Ze returned to his residence after completely refining the treasure and discovered that he had gained a mysterious wisp of Chaos Qi that strengthened his soul and seemed connected to his Nascent Soul.

Chen Ze finished refining the Chaos Treasure Box and learned that five days had passed while he was inside it. Zhao Ling'er explained how Shen Wansan and the Doppelgangers had kept the Myriad Things Space and the 176 Myriad Things General Stores operating despite supply shortages, leaving Chen Ze to address the store’s damaged reputation.

• Chen Ze named the intelligent-seeming artifact the Chaos Treasure Box and stored it in the Myriad Things Space.
• Zhao Ling'er told Chen Ze that five days had passed during his refinement, though his Attribute Panel showed he had reached Nascent Soul Realm, Level Five.
• Zhao Ling'er explained that all 150 store-opening teams had opened Branch Stores, including ten in mid-tier cultivator cities, bringing the total to 176 stores.
• Shen Wansan rationed goods from the Myriad Things Shop while the traveling Doppelgangers sold accumulated items and contributed Cultivation Resources.
• The stores stayed open and earned greater profits, but inconsistent goods and limited high-quality supplies harmed their reputation.

Chen Ze heard Zhao Ling'er’s reports on the Doppelgangers’ work in Longqing City, Xuantian Hall, and elsewhere, then entered Myriad Things Space to find it overflowing with supplies. Xiao Ping and Xiao An urged him to upgrade the space, saying the funds he had provided were already enough.

• Zhao Ling'er reported that Liu Jiang and the others had reached Longqing City, where the Liu and Cao Families were pressuring the City Lord's Mansion over the secret realm.
• Zhao Ling'er explained that Doppelgangers Feng Wuhen and Feng Qingyun had reported to Elder Tian of Xuantian Hall and were told to remain hidden.
• Chen Ze instructed Feng Wuhen and Feng Qingyun to continue their undercover work and gather intelligence, then reviewed the other Doppelgangers’ situations.
• Chen Ze sent Zhao Ling'er to Longqing City to visit Elder Zhang and entered Myriad Things Space.
• Xiao Ping and Xiao An welcomed Chen Ze back and urged him to upgrade the crowded Myriad Things Space, telling him that one hundred million was already enough.

Chen Ze used the Myriad Things General Store’s profits to upgrade the Myriad Things Space to Level Seven, then found the shop’s wares and skills had advanced. He bought the Divine Concealment Technique and left with a powerful new way to hide and disguise cultivation realms.

• Xiao Ping gave Chen Ze a ledger showing 59.85 million Low-grade Spirit Stones earned by the Doppelgangers, mostly through 176 Myriad Things General Stores.
• Chen Ze spent 100 million Points to upgrade the Myriad Things Space, learned the next upgrade would cost 1 billion, and inspected its expanded but still cramped area.
• Chen Ze visited the Myriad Things Shop and found that its items had risen by one grade, including seventh-grade goods and Heaven-tier High-grade Magic Artifacts.
• Chen Ze bought the Divine Concealment Technique for 2 million Points and immediately learned how to use it.