Chapter Summaries

Chen Ze and the Jade Green Lion reached the Netherworld Cult to reclaim the spirit vein, and Chen Ze used three Sixth-grade Formations to break its Fifth-grade defensive formation. As his Doppelgangers battled the cult’s cultivators, Chen Ze noticed the defenders were behaving strangely and rushed with the Jade Green Lion toward the cult’s depths.

• Chen Ze’s Doppelganger reported that the other forces had been dealt with, but the Netherworld Cult’s formation was too difficult to breach directly.
• Chen Ze summoned dozens of Doppelgangers and inspected the Netherworld Cult’s Fifth-grade Defensive Formation.
• Chen Ze deployed three Sixth-grade Formations, and he, the Jade Green Lion, and the Doppelgangers broke through the cult’s defense.
• The Jade Green Lion and the Doppelgangers fought the Netherworld Cult’s cultivators, who resisted despite being overwhelmingly outmatched.
• Chen Ze noticed that no Spirit Transformation Realm experts had appeared among the defenders, so he and the Jade Green Lion plunged into the depths of the Netherworld Cult.

Chen Ze and the Jade Green Lion discovered the Netherworld Cult was using the Black Flame Sect’s Spiritual Vein in a nearly completed formation. Youmingzi refused to surrender it, and the Jade Green Lion fought the cult’s cultivators before clashing with him.

• Chen Ze and the Jade Green Lion opened the sealed hall and followed a passage to an underground cavern where the Netherworld Cult was maintaining a formation around the Spiritual Vein.
• Chen Ze recognized Youmingzi as the cult’s leader and demanded that he hand over the Black Flame Sect’s Spiritual Vein.
• Youmingzi refused and ordered his cultivators to attack Chen Ze and the Jade Green Lion.
• The Jade Green Lion knocked down the surrounding cultivators with blasts of azure light and sweeps of its claws.
• Youmingzi abandoned the formation and charged with a black longsword, and the Jade Green Lion rushed forward to meet him.

Youmingzi unleashed his formation’s strongest attacks, but Chen Ze and the Jade Green Lion endured them until the formation collapsed and a black vortex swallowed the cavern. They escaped with a Seventh-grade Defense Talisman, only to see a massive black dragon emerge from a new vortex overhead.

• Youmingzi accelerated the formation and attacked Chen Ze and the Jade Green Lion with black Spiritual Energy bullets and his Netherworld Wave.
• Chen Ze remained unharmed with Invincible Golden Body, while the injured Jade Green Lion continued to hold off the attacks.
• The formation collapsed and backlashed, swallowing Youmingzi as a black vortex formed and began pulling everyone inside.
• Chen Ze activated a Seventh-grade Defense Talisman, helping him and the Jade Green Lion escape the collapsing cavern.
• A gigantic black vortex appeared overhead, and a massive black dragon emerged from its center.

Chen Ze and his companions faced a Black Giant Dragon formed from a mutated spirit vein, which threatened the Zhenyun Mountain Range. Chen Ze destroyed it with Seventh-grade Attack Talismans and ordered the Netherworld Cult ruins searched, while the Jade Green Lion hinted that the spirit vein might still be recoverable.

• The Jade Green Lion identified the Black Giant Dragon as a spirit vein mutated by the Netherworld Cult's formation.
• The Black Giant Dragon attacked Chen Ze and his companions, while their counterattacks failed and the Jade Green Lion struggled to hold on.
• Chen Ze used Seventh-grade Attack Talismans to weaken and destroy the Black Giant Dragon, spending three talismans in the process.
• The Jade Green Lion praised Chen Ze's power, and Chen Ze told the Doppelgangers to search the Netherworld Cult's ruins for valuables.
• The Jade Green Lion exclaimed that there was still hope, leaving Chen Ze confused.

After the Netherworld Cult was destroyed, Chen Ze found a barely surviving Top-grade Spirit Vein and placed it in the Myriad Things Space to recover. The next day, he found it already showing signs of renewed vitality and began planning how to cultivate all five attributes without slowing his progress.

• Chen Ze found the weakened Top-grade Spirit Vein in the Netherworld Cult ruins and placed it in the Myriad Things Space for nourishment.
• Chen Ze sent his Doppelgangers to watch the Shadow Moon Sect and White Bone Sect, then withdrew his formations and returned to his main body.
• Chen Ze went to sleep considering the spirit vein’s potential and his growing cultivation resources.
• The next day, Chen Ze entered the Myriad Things Space, checked the Jade Green Lion’s injuries, and saw that the weakened spirit vein had become more active.
• Chen Ze went to the Myriad Things Shop to plan his cultivation and wondered which attribute spiritual power to develop first.

Chen Ze chose the Nine Yang True Fire Art to strengthen his fire-attribute spiritual power, then reviewed Myriad Things Space’s profits and supply needs. With miners idle and the Earth Jade Stone Mine under his control, he ordered it moved into Myriad Things Space and recalled the forty Doppelgangers working there.

• Chen Ze compared several Heaven-tier High-grade fire cultivation techniques and exchanged 3 million Low-grade Spirit Stones for the Nine Yang True Fire Art.
• Chen Ze learned from Xiao Ping that store supplies would last about five days and decided to exchange for another 10 million Points’ worth of best-selling goods.
• Chen Ze handed three days of profits to the Green-robed Woman for recycling, yielding 12.6 million Points from store items and 5.55 million Points from ore.
• Chen Ze considered moving the Earth Jade Stone Mine into Myriad Things Space to give the miners work and free the forty Doppelgangers for other tasks.
• Chen Ze ordered Ye Qinggang to move the Earth Jade Stone Mine into Myriad Things Space and had the forty Doppelgangers return there to rest.

Chen Ze reclaimed the Netherworld Cult’s spoils, arranged the transfer of the Earth Jade Stone mine, and compared his cultivation speeds with several Spirit Veins supporting him. After switching to the Nine Yang True Fire Art, he felt his fire-attribute spiritual power grow stronger, though his overall cultivation progressed more slowly than with the mastered Xuantian Record.

• Chen Ze’s Doppelgangers brought in 4 million Points from their travels and reclaimed 30 million Points’ worth of spoils from the Netherworld Cult, bringing his record total to 52.15 million Points.
• Ye Qinggang told Chen Ze that he and forty Doppelgangers had moved the Earth Jade Stone mine into Myriad Things Space, and Chen Ze instructed them to gradually reduce their deliveries to the Dagan Dynasty before reporting the mine exhausted.
• Chen Ze entered the Automated Training Room, replaced the Xuantian Record, and cultivated it with support from four Top-grade Spirit Veins and one Mid-grade Spirit Vein.
• Chen Ze handed the Nine Yang True Fire Art to the Phantom for automatic cultivation and sensed his fire-attribute spiritual power growing purer and stronger.
• Chen Ze checked his Attribute Panel and found that the Nine Yang True Fire Art gained 6 cultivation points per session, while the mastered Xuantian Record gained 26.

Chen Ze visited Xie Yuanwei in the Scripture Repository and offered him the chance to leave Myriad Things Space and travel, awakening his desire for freedom. Chen Ze then learned that the Anyuan Dynasty stores were nearly ready to open, while the Dagan Dynasty teams still needed to scout medium-sized cities.

• Chen Ze checked that his cultivation calculations were accurate, praised Li Hengwen for managing the Mine area, and went to the Scripture Repository.
• Chen Ze spoke with Xie Yuanwei, who had adjusted to life in Myriad Things Space and broken through to the Golden Core Realm.
• Chen Ze told Xie Yuanwei that he might eventually leave Myriad Things Space, though returning to Wannan City would be impossible, and suggested traveling through other regions.
• Xie Yuanwei resolved to keep cultivating and pursue the freedom to explore the world beyond his former life as city lord.
• Chen Ze asked Shen Wansan about the store-opening teams, and Shen reported that the fifty teams in the Anyuan Dynasty expected to open within two or three days.
• Shen Wansan explained that the ninety-three teams in the Dagan Dynasty still had to scout medium-sized cultivator cities before choosing locations for their stores.

Chen Ze approved the expansion of Myriad Things General Store and authorized his Doppelganger in Longqing City to capture key figures in the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce. The operation began at Baiyue Tower, where Han Gai trapped several executives inside a concealed formation.

• Chen Ze told Shen Wansan to let the store-opening teams continue exploring, and Shen Wansan reported that hundreds of Doppelgangers would soon be ready for deployment.
• Chen Ze authorized the Doppelganger infiltrating the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce to act that night so he could enter the Spirit Pool afterward.
• Han Gai invited the chamber’s executives to a banquet at Baiyue Tower while Liu Jiang and two others secretly took positions nearby.
• Han Gai placed High-grade Spirit Stones and formation flags around the private room, then used his pressure to restrain the executives and prevent them from mobilizing Spiritual Energy.
• Chen Ze briefly controlled Han Gai to speak with his Master, and the executives realized they had been caught in a concealed trap.

Chen Ze sent five Doppelgangers to investigate the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce in Longqing City, then entered the Spirit Pool to cultivate. Meanwhile, Chen Dong’s alchemy talent impressed Ji Mingyuan, who began considering him as a Personal Disciple.

• Chen Ze ordered five Doppelgangers to investigate everyone in the Longqing City Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and report every detail.
• Chen Ze learned that the five executives knew little beyond the orders of the branch president, and told Liu Jiang to watch for the missing Spirit Transformation Realm elder.
• Chen Ze entered the Spirit Pool to cultivate after finding that his new technique increased his cultivation points slowly.
• Chen Dong continued improving his alchemy at the Danxin Sect while concealing his ability and refining only second-grade pills for Ji Mingyuan.
• Ji Mingyuan noticed Chen Dong’s skill and began considering taking him as a Personal Disciple.

Chen Dong received the Star Luo Alchemy Technique from Ji Mingyuan and began studying its advanced methods. At the Dagan Dynasty border, Lu Zhiwen followed a mysterious stranger who claimed to know about the border secret realm.

• Ji Mingyuan praised Chen Dong’s progress and gave him the Star Luo Alchemy Technique, expressing his hope that Chen Dong would master it.
• Chen Dong studied the manual after Ji Mingyuan left and decided to report his discovery to Chen Ze later.
• Lu Zhiwen learned that the Dagan and Anyuan Dynasty leadership had withdrawn from the border three days earlier, leaving his investigation without direction.
• A person dressed in black approached Lu Zhiwen and offered to help him find what he was seeking.
• Lu Zhiwen followed the stranger to a secluded valley, where the Mysterious Person revealed that they knew he was curious about the border secret realm.

Lu Zhiwen followed a mysterious informant to learn about the border secret realm and discovered that it was connected to Xuantian Hall. The informant revealed that he belonged to a dissident faction within Xuantian Hall and asked Lu Zhiwen to join its opposition, leaving their cooperation underway but the secret realm’s full connection unresolved.

• Lu Zhiwen accepted the Mysterious Person’s offer of information and learned that Xuantian Hall held answers about the border secret realm.
• The Mysterious Person tested Lu Zhiwen’s cultivation with a burst of pressure, then asked him to join because they shared an enemy.
• Lu Zhiwen agreed to cooperate while concealing his own motives to investigate Xuantian Hall for Chen Ze.
• The Mysterious Person revealed that he belonged to a faction opposing Xuantian Hall’s current strategy and sought allies against it.
• The Mysterious Person said a hall master had fought experts from the Dagan Dynasty and the Anyuan Dynasty after the border secret realm’s Light Screen shattered, until Lin War God intervened.

Lu Zhiwen joined the Scales Organization and traveled with Ye Xiu to a hidden Xuantian Hall branch that served as one of its strongholds. There, he met Qingshuang after she tested him with a sudden attack.

• Lu Zhiwen agreed to join the Scales Organization, and Ye Xiu explained its goal of balancing power and protecting ordinary people.
• Ye Xiu revealed that he was a Scales squad leader and guided Lu Zhiwen through remote routes to avoid Dagan Dynasty inspections and spies.
• After two days of travel, Lu Zhiwen and Ye Xiu reached a temporary Scales camp, then set out for the Xuantian Hall branch the next morning.
• Ye Xiu brought Lu Zhiwen into the branch, where a woman attacked him from the shadows and tested his reactions.
• Ye Xiu introduced the woman as Qingshuang, a Scales member who specialized in concealment and intelligence gathering, and she led them farther inside.

Lu Zhiwen joined Scales and learned that the organization aimed to restore Xuantian Hall to its original mission of maintaining the continent’s balance. He remained undercover, planning to report what he learned to Chen Ze, while Scales discussed the aftermath of the secret realm incident.

• Ye Xiu introduced Lu Zhiwen to Scales members Huo Xuan, Zi Yao, Mo Feng, and Mo Yuan, who welcomed him while reserving their trust.
• Lu Zhiwen watched Scales’ Wall of Inheritance and learned from Ye Xiu and Mo Yuan that Xuantian Hall’s founder inspired Scales’ mission to protect the continent’s balance.
• Lu Zhiwen decided to stay with Scales and seek a chance to relay its beliefs and plans to Chen Ze.
• Mo Yuan declared that Scales would intervene more actively against forces threatening the balance of Xuantian Continent.
• Ye Xiu reported that Sun Tai had been captured by the Dagan Dynasty after Lin Bingchun defeated him, and Mo Yuan ordered Scales to investigate the secret realm’s aftermath and the movements of the dynasties.

Ye Xiu, Qingshuang, and Lu Zhiwen set out for the Dagan Dynasty's Imperial City to investigate Sun Tai and the secret realm survivors. After emerging from seclusion, Chen Ze learned of the Scales Organization through Lu Zhiwen and instructed him to continue reporting while undercover.

• Ye Xiu urged the Scales Organization to investigate Sun Tai and the secret realm in the Imperial City, and Mo Yuan approved a discreet mission for Ye Xiu, Qingshuang, and Lu Zhiwen.
• Qingshuang shared her Imperial City map and intelligence contacts as the three planned their approach, and Lu Zhiwen secretly reported the Scales Organization's situation to Xiao Ping and Xiao An in the Myriad Things Space.
• Ye Xiu, Qingshuang, and Lu Zhiwen left for the Imperial City at dawn while Mo Yuan and the others wished them well.
• Chen Ze emerged from the Spirit Pool, heard Lu Zhiwen's report, and concluded that he should keep Lu Zhiwen undercover to learn more about Scales and Xuantian Hall.
• Chen Ze praised Lu Zhiwen through a voice transmission, and Lu Zhiwen concealed the exchange from Ye Xiu and Qingshuang while promising to keep reporting.

After three days cultivating in Myriad Things Space, Chen Ze discovered that several newly appeared Spiritual Veins had greatly increased his cultivation speed, bringing him to the Spirit Transformation Realm, Third Layer. He learned that Shen Wansan’s Doppelgangers had been dispatched across Xuantian Continent and that many new stores were opening, then received a message from Shen Wansan.

• Chen Ze inspected his Attribute Panel and found that three days in the Spirit Pool had raised his cultivation by two layers.
• Chen Ze realized the newly appeared Spiritual Veins were boosting each Xuantian Record cultivation cycle to 26 points.
• Zhao Ling'er prepared a meal for Chen Ze and reported that Shen Wansan had dispatched 400 trained Doppelgangers across Xuantian Continent.
• Zhao Ling'er told Chen Ze that fifty Myriad Things General Stores in the Anyuan Dynasty had opened two days earlier and that ninety-three stores in the Dagan Dynasty were ready to open the next day.
• Shen Wansan sent Chen Ze a voice transmission asking whether he had emerged from seclusion.

Chen Ze approved Shen Wansan’s plan to open ninety-three Myriad Things General Stores at once and hold auctions in several cities, while cautioning him to avoid offering items that would provoke a bloodbath. After preparing auction goods and additional store inventory, Chen Ze found that his accumulated Points and Spirit Stones had grown substantially.

• Shen Wansan explained that simultaneous openings across ninety-three Dagan Dynasty cities would build the store’s influence and deter rival factions, with two early-stage Spirit Transformation Realm Doppelgangers guarding each location.
• Chen Ze weighed the risks, approved Shen Wansan’s preparations, and agreed to attend the openings.
• Shen Wansan proposed auctions in several cities to amplify the store’s display of strength, and Chen Ze approved while warning him not to auction Heaven-tier techniques or spells.
• Shen Wansan selected prosperous auction venues, invited influential figures, and publicized rare treasures, stirring excitement in the cities.
• Chen Ze exchanged items from the Myriad Things Space for the auctions and twenty million Points’ worth of store inventory, then counted his remaining 5,200 Low-grade Spirit Stones and sixty-eight million Points.

Chen Ze exchanged for the Heaven-tier High-grade Purple Firmament Sword and expanded Myriad Things Space from 3.2 to 6.4 square kilometers. As the Jade Green Lion reacted to the sudden expansion, Myriad Things Space changed again.

• Chen Ze decided to hold off on training more Doppelgangers until the Myriad Things General Stores had stabilized and considered which Magic Artifact to obtain.
• Chen Ze chose the Purple Firmament Sword for its sharpness, penetrating power, lightning attack, and compatibility with his fighting style, then exchanged for it at a cost of three million Points.
• Chen Ze put away the Purple Firmament Sword, planning to refine it later, and decided Myriad Things Space needed more room.
• Chen Ze exchanged 6.4 million Low-grade Spirit Stones for a Myriad Things Space Area Expansion Card, increasing the space to 6.4 square kilometers.
• The Jade Green Lion stopped cultivating and looked around in surprise as Myriad Things Space changed again.

Chen Ze spent Points to expand the Myriad Things Space to 25.6 square kilometers, impressing the Jade Green Lion with the newly formed landscape. After touring the space, the Jade Green Lion returned to cultivation, and Chen Ze went to speak with Xiao Ping and Xiao An.

• Chen Ze used Points to expand the Myriad Things Space twice, bringing its area to 25.6 square kilometers.
• The Jade Green Lion watched the land, mountains, forests, rivers, and lake form, then asked Chen Ze how he had done it.
• Chen Ze told the Jade Green Lion the space would grow further and toured the new areas with it, while noting that mist still concealed the boundaries.
• The Jade Green Lion returned to secluded cultivation, determined to grow stronger and keep up with Chen Ze.
• Chen Ze went to Xiao Ping and Xiao An, sent the other Doppelgangers back to work, and prepared to speak with them.

Chen Ze planned to divide Myriad Things Space into zones and create a town where reformed miners could live under rules and rewards. He then proposed lifting their cultivation restrictions, leaving Xiao Ping worried about the space’s stability.

• Chen Ze praised Xiao Ping and Xiao An for managing Myriad Things Space and heard Li Hengwen report that the four Mines were operating steadily.
• Chen Ze discussed planning the 25.6-square-kilometer space more carefully, and Xiao Ping said they had prepared for future expansion.
• Chen Ze proposed giving reformed cultivators an area near the Mine to live in, with rules and rewards to maintain order and encourage good work.
• Chen Ze announced that he wanted to remove the cultivators’ restrictions so they could cultivate inside Myriad Things Space, and Xiao Ping questioned the risk to its stability.