Chapter Summaries

Chen Ze tested the Divine Concealment Technique and discovered he could hide his cultivation so completely that Xiao Ping and Xiao An could not detect it. He then used the Myriad Things Space Area Expansion Card to double the space to 100,000 square meters and bought another card to expand it further.

• Chen Ze demonstrated the Divine Concealment Technique to Xiao Ping and Xiao An, who could sense no cultivation or aura from him.
• Chen Ze considered the Myriad Things Space Area Expansion Card and exchanged 100,000 Points for one.
• Chen Ze returned to Myriad Things Space and found its area had doubled to 100,000 square meters.
• Xiao Ping and Xiao An asked Chen Ze about the expansion, and he told them the system had caused it.
• Chen Ze exchanged another expansion card for 200,000 Points, intending to enlarge Myriad Things Space again.

Chen Ze expanded the Myriad Things Space to 3.2 million square meters and began planning how to organize its growing territory and mining operations. He left Xiao Ping, Xiao An, and Li Hengwen to carry out those plans while he inspected the Spirit Fields and considered their future value.

• Chen Ze spent 6.2 million Points on five Area Expansion Cards, bringing the Myriad Things Space to 3.2 million square meters.
• Chen Ze summoned Xiao Ping and Xiao An and told them to replan the space, and they began organizing it into residential, work, study, and storage areas.
• Chen Ze asked Li Hengwen about the Mine, and Li Hengwen reported that the miners were orderly and that he had compiled important information from their memories.
• Chen Ze told Li Hengwen to move the Mine farther away, help establish separate mining areas, and allow miners with lighter sins appropriate rest.
• Chen Ze inspected the 640 Spirit Fields and noted that their accelerated time could ripen century-old herbs within days.

Chen Ze reclaimed accumulated goods for 45 million Points, restocked the Myriad Things General Store, and created 100 new doppelgangers to expand into the Anyuan Dynasty. He moved and secured the Dark Azure Jade Mine in the Myriad Things Space, then waited for Shen Wansan and Chen Lao Liu to return.

• Chen Ze reclaimed stored items for 45 million Points and exchanged 10 million Points' worth of Cultivation Resources for the Myriad Things General Store.
• Chen Ze exchanged for 100 doppelgangers and planned to send them into the Anyuan Dynasty as the store network expanded.
• Chen Ze summoned Shen Wansan and Chen Lao Liu, telling them to finish their matters and return to the Myriad Things Space.
• Chen Ze moved the Dark Azure Jade Mine to the edge of the Myriad Things Space and surrounded it with offensive, defense, and concealment formations.
• The 100 doppelgangers finished forming, bowed to Chen Ze, and followed him to the study hall while he waited for Shen Wansan and Chen Lao Liu.

Chen Ze praised Shen Wansan for expanding Myriad Things General Store into ten mid-sized cities and assigned him and Chen Lao Liu to prepare one hundred Doppelgangers to open stores in the Anyuan Dynasty. He planned to spread the store across small cultivator cities throughout the Xuantian Continent, leaving the expansion preparations to his subordinates.

• Shen Wansan reported that the ten Branch Stores in mid-sized cultivator cities had opened successfully and were already earning strong profits despite local shopkeepers' resistance.
• Chen Ze approved Shen Wansan's work, urged him to keep expanding cautiously, and promised to install formations at the ten Branch Stores.
• Chen Lao Liu told Chen Ze that the Doppelgangers had adapted to the Anyuan Dynasty and handed their work there over to Chen Nan and the others.
• Chen Ze assigned Shen Wansan to teach one hundred Doppelgangers how to open stores and Chen Lao Liu to teach them about the Anyuan Dynasty.
• Chen Ze explained his plan to expand Myriad Things General Store through small cultivator cities across the Xuantian Continent, and Chen Lao Liu and Shen Wansan agreed to prepare the Doppelgangers.

Chen Ze prepared to expand the Myriad Things General Store and assigned his hundred doppelgangers to a mission in the Anyuan Dynasty. Back at his residence, he heard Zhao Ling'er’s report on Wannan City and the Qingyun Sect, and planned to visit Longqing City more often.

• Chen Ze handed the hundred doppelgangers to Shen Wansan and Chen Lao Liu to prepare them for their mission in the Anyuan Dynasty.
• Chen Ze learned from Zhao Ling'er that Zhang Lejian was healthy and that Miss Qing'er often visited him.
• Zhao Ling'er reported that Doppelganger Xie Yuanwei had maintained order and prosperity in Wannan City under Chen Ze’s formation and fair laws.
• Qin Songyun collected his Profound Sun Clear Spirit Pill, while Li Qiang took over the Qingyun Sect’s purchases from the Myriad Things General Store.
• Qin Songyun entered seclusion to study alchemy, while Li Qiang took responsibility for guiding Chen Fan’s cultivation.

Chen Fan, Yu Xingsi, and Zhou Quan rose to prominence in Qingyun Sect as Wanze Sect expanded under Zhao Yun and Zhao Wushan, while Chen Dong advanced in alchemy at Danxin Sect. After the border crisis subsided, Lu Zhiwen stayed behind to investigate the secrets surrounding Hall Master Sun, but found that information about the incident had been suppressed.

• Qingyun Sect adopted reforms that pushed Chen Fan, Yu Xingsi, and Zhou Quan to become celebrated leaders among its younger disciples.
• Zhao Yun and Zhao Wushan led Wanze Sect to strengthen its standing in Lunshi City, aided by resources from Myriad Things General Store.
• Chen Dong improved his alchemy under Ji Mingyuan's guidance and began attempting to refine higher-grade pills.
• The Dagan Dynasty's border regions returned to relative calm, though officials stayed to question Hall Master Sun of Xuantian Hall.
• Lu Zhiwen remained at the border and searched for clues, but merchants and townspeople refused to discuss what had happened.

After hearing how his Doppelgangers supported Myriad Things General Store, Chen Ze broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, Sixth Layer, as the Chaos Qi strengthened his body and Nascent Soul. He returned to his residence, congratulated by Zhao Ling'er, and decided to rest after five days of seclusion.

• Zhao Ling'er reported that the Doppelgangers infiltrated major sects, gathered resources, and helped Myriad Things General Store handle its excess goods.
• Chen Ze praised the Doppelgangers for their efforts and resolved to reward them in the future.
• Chen Ze's cultivation surged, so he entered the Automated Training Room and discovered that he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, Sixth Layer.
• Chen Ze sensed that the Chaos Energy Cluster had greatly improved his spiritual power, meridians, and Nascent Soul, which began developing intricate inner structures.
• Chen Ze returned from Myriad Things Space, received Zhao Ling'er's congratulations, and told her he would rest after his five days of seclusion.

Chen Ze learned that a sixth-order monster guarded a Mine in the Zhenyun Mountain Range and traveled there to assess the danger. Unable to defeat a Spirit Severing Realm opponent directly, he began arranging a plan to trap and wear it down with a Sixth-grade Formation.

• A clone told Chen Ze that the clones had found a valuable Mine but could not claim it because a sixth-order monster occupied it.
• Chen Ze learned that the monster had abducted one clone and killed two others who tried to lure it out of its cave.
• Chen Ze traveled to the Zhenyun Mountain Range and questioned the surviving clones about the monster and the Mine.
• Chen Ze decided to set up a Sixth-grade Formation around the Mine and ordered the clones to withdraw or take positions for his preparations.

Chen Ze completed three Sixth-grade Formations around the Mine and used an invisible Doppelganger to inspect the sixth-order monster inside. After the monster detected and struck at him, Chen Ze learned through the Heavenly Eye that it was a late-stage sixth-order monster, likely the strongest in the Dagan Dynasty.

• Chen Ze ordered his Doppelgangers to place High-grade Spirit Stones and formation flags, then activated three Sixth-grade Formations around the Mine.
• Chen Ze took control of the Doppelganger inside the cave and approached the sleeping, lion-like monster while invisible.
• The monster briefly woke and sensed Chen Ze’s presence, but it found nothing and went back to sleep.
• Chen Ze fired Sword Qi at the monster, which dodged and retaliated with spell light that sent him flying despite his Invincible Golden Body.
• Chen Ze used the Heavenly Eye and discovered that the monster was a late-stage sixth-order creature.

Chen Ze fought a sixth-order monster with his sword and the sixth-grade Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, but even the formation’s barrage failed to kill it. As the formation gathered for another attack, the monster offered to reveal a major secret about the Zhenyun Mountain Range.

• Chen Ze’s strongest purple Sword Qi struck the sixth-order monster but only scraped it, and the monster appeared behind him and lunged while he remained invisible.
• Chen Ze activated the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, whose Sword Qi battered the monster but left it alive and badly injured.
• Chen Ze prepared the formation to attack again, while the sixth-order monster asked why he was trying to kill it and received no answer.
• The sixth-order monster offered Chen Ze a major secret about the Zhenyun Mountain Range in exchange for its life.

Chen Ze forced a sixth-order monster to submit after it offered to lead him to an ancient Spirit Pool in the Zhenyun Mountain Range. He secured its heartblood and discovered a mineral vein in the monster’s cave, then ordered it to help mine the site.

• The sixth-order monster revealed that an ancient Spirit Pool lay deep in the Zhenyun Mountain Range and offered to guide Chen Ze there in exchange for its life.
• Chen Ze agreed to spare the monster if it led him to the Spirit Pool, then demanded a drop of its heartblood to control it.
• The sixth-order monster surrendered its heartblood to Chen Ze and offered to take him to the Spirit Pool, but Chen Ze told it to wait.
• Several dozen of Chen Ze’s Doppelgangers emerged from the cave, and Chen Ze located the mineral vein they had sensed.
• Chen Ze asked the sixth-order monster to mine the vein, and the monster agreed despite knowing that refusing was not an option.

Chen Ze convinced the sixth-order monster to excavate a spirit vein, then used Myriad Things Space to absorb an entire mountain before setting off with the monster to find its Spirit Pool. Along the way, he learned about the Jade Green Lion’s origins and healing pool, and began considering whether to make it his mount.

• Chen Ze had the sixth-order monster extract a spirit vein, then stored the whole vein with ease.
• Chen Ze’s Doppelgangers helped Myriad Things Space absorb the mountain, leaving the sixth-order monster stunned.
• Chen Ze dissolved the three Sixth-grade Formations that had restricted the monster and agreed to visit the Spirit Pool.
• The sixth-order monster revealed that it was a Jade Green Lion that had discovered the Spirit Pool while recovering from Heavenly Tribulation injuries.
• Chen Ze learned that the Spirit Pool’s life essence could heal injuries and improve cultivation, and considered taking the Jade Green Lion as his mount.

Chen Ze explored the Spirit Pool with the Jade Green Lion and experienced an illusion in which he became the ruler of another world. After seeing through it with Heavenly Eye, he learned the pool’s abilities and began cultivating to merge with its power.

• The Jade Green Lion led Chen Ze to the Spirit Pool, where he sensed an ancient will and touched the water.
• Chen Ze entered an illusion of a living world, received its light, and was told he was its chosen ruler.
• Chen Ze realized the world was an illusion and used Heavenly Eye to return to the Spirit Pool.
• The Jade Green Lion explained that the pool showed people their deepest wishes and let them sense the wills of those who came before.
• The Jade Green Lion told Chen Ze to cultivate and merge with the pool’s power, and Chen Ze began doing so.

Chen Ze failed to see a clear cultivation increase after meditating in the Spirit Pool, then helped the Jade Green Lion defend it from seven greedy cultivators. The Jade Green Lion erased their Fire Phoenix attack, and Chen Ze waited to see its full strength.

• Chen Ze emerged from cultivation confused when his system panel showed no significant increase, despite feeling power surge through him.
• Seven mid-stage Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators arrived to seize the Spirit Pool, and the Jade Green Lion confronted them.
• The Jade Green Lion fought off the cultivators’ attacks until they targeted the Spirit Pool and joined forces with magical treasures.
• Chen Ze deployed three Sixth-grade Formations to protect the Spirit Pool and urged the cultivators to retreat, but they attacked with talismans that became Fire Phoenixes.
• The Jade Green Lion unleashed a vast azure vortex that swallowed and erased the Fire Phoenixes, while Chen Ze watched for its next move.

Chen Ze stopped the Jade Green Lion from killing the defeated cultivators, then forced them to seal their cultivation and sent them to the Myriad Things Space as miners. He realized the Spirit Pool’s apparent cultivation gains were an illusion because he was controlling a Doppelganger, though his Spiritual Sense seemed to have grown stronger.

• The Jade Green Lion unleashed a storm of energy that killed one cultivator and drove the others to despair.
• Chen Ze stopped the Jade Green Lion and offered the cultivators a chance, but kept them trapped in the formation and ordered them to submit or die.
• The cultivators sealed their cultivation, and Chen Ze’s attendants took them to Li Hengwen to be sent to the Myriad Things Space as miners.
• Chen Ze realized the Spirit Pool’s effects had been an illusion because his Doppelganger could not cultivate.
• Chen Ze suspected the illusion had tempered his soul and slightly expanded the range of his Spiritual Sense, and he resolved to study the Spirit Pool further.

Chen Ze strengthened his Spiritual Sense in the Spirit Pool, then decided to take the pool and bring the Jade Green Lion with him. After removing the Spirit Pool and storing it in the Myriad Things Space, he successfully brought the willing Jade Green Lion inside as well.

• Chen Ze practiced controlling his Spiritual Sense and sensed the Spirit Pool's hidden formations, herbs, and traces of life.
• Chen Ze told the Jade Green Lion he planned to move the Spirit Pool and invited him to come along, and the Jade Green Lion agreed to follow him.
• Chen Ze used his Doppelgangers and the Jade Green Lion to excavate the Spirit Pool, removed its roots, and stored the whole pool in the Myriad Things Space.
• Chen Ze named the Jade Green Lion Little Green and successfully stored him in the Myriad Things Space without resistance.

Chen Ze brought the Jade Green Lion into the Myriad Things Space and settled it in a palace. He cultivated in the Spirit Pool and discovered that he had advanced to the eighth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm, leaving him wondering how much the pool had accelerated his cultivation.

• The Jade Green Lion entered the Myriad Things Space, accepted it as its new home, and explored its surroundings.
• Chen Ze introduced the Jade Green Lion to Xiao Ping and Xiao An, who escorted it to its new palace.
• Chen Ze entered the Spirit Pool and cultivated with his true body, feeling his Spiritual Energy grow and the Chaos Energy Cluster in his Nascent Soul become more active.
• Chen Ze checked his Attribute Panel and found that he had reached the eighth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Chen Ze asked Xiao Ping how long he had cultivated and learned that only two days had passed, leading him to credit the Spirit Pool for his extra breakthrough.

Chen Ze questioned the Jade Green Lion about the Spirit Pool’s effects and learned why the lion had never transformed into human form. The conversation left Chen Ze reflecting on the hardships and dangers monster beasts faced as they cultivated.

• Chen Ze reviewed his gains from two days of cultivation and marveled at the Spirit Pool’s dense Spiritual Energy.
• Chen Ze asked the Jade Green Lion about the Spirit Pool, and it said the pool’s benefits should normally be modest for someone of Chen Ze’s cultivation.
• Chen Ze asked why the Jade Green Lion stayed in monster beast form, and the lion explained that transforming caused it to feel weak and lose strength.
• The Jade Green Lion said other high-level monster beasts suspected its mutated physique caused the problem.
• Chen Ze thought of Little Silver and learned that monster beasts faced Heavenly Tribulations after reaching the fourth order, with many dying or being badly weakened.

Chen Ze promised to help the Jade Green Lion overcome its inability to take human form, then sent store-opening teams toward the Anyuan Dynasty and began planning wider expansion. He reviewed the Myriad Things General Store’s earnings and his current Spirit Stone reserves.

• Chen Ze heard how the Jade Green Lion had been shunned by its clan and struggled to transform, then promised to find a way to help it.
• Shen Wansan and Chen Lao Liu told Chen Ze that fifty store-opening teams were ready, and Chen Ze authorized Chen Lao Liu to take them to the Anyuan Dynasty.
• Shen Wansan proposed preparing the Myriad Things General Store for expansion across the Xuantian Continent, and Chen Ze assigned him more Doppelgangers to train and send out to learn local customs.
• Chen Ze checked the accumulated goods and Spirit Stones, finding that the stores had earned 24.5 million Low-grade Spirit Stones in five days and that he now held 30.8 million Low-grade Spirit Stones, 110,000 Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and 1,350 High-grade Spirit Stones.

Chen Ze spent his accumulated resources to create 650 Doppelgangers and began dispatching them to expand his reach across the Xuantian Continent. After returning from Myriad Things Space, he learned that Liu Jiang and the others in Longqing City needed help with their plan involving the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, so he prepared to go there alone.

• Chen Ze used 71.4675 million Points to exchange for 650 Doppelgangers, bringing his total to 1,424.
• Chen Ze assigned 400 Doppelgangers to Shen Wansan for training and arranged for the other 250 to appear in different locations before traveling to other regions.
• Chen Ze returned to his residence after spending two days in Myriad Things Space and learned from Zhao Ling'er that everything had gone smoothly.
• Zhao Ling'er told Chen Ze that Liu Jiang and the others had found a target at the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and needed a Doppelganger's support.
• Chen Ze contacted Liu Jiang, learned that Longqing City remained calm while the Liu and Cao Families watched for a chance to move against the City Lord's Mansion, and decided to travel there alone.