Chapter Summaries

Chang Qian defended Haicheng Group’s investment in Wen County and her leadership at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, offering to buy shares at 110% of the current price. After the meeting, she ate a tomato and called Wang Chen.

• A Tianhai Investment representative challenged Chang Qian over Wang Zhenghai’s 10% stake in Stone Peak Mountain Integrated Development Group and questioned the Wen County project.
• Chang Qian defended Wang Zhenghai’s ecological planting technology and offered to buy shareholders’ stakes at 110% of the current stock price.
• A director asked how Haicheng Group would respond to the Han family blocking its land bids, and Chang Qian proposed expanding into second- and third-tier cities.
• The shareholders ended the meeting without further challenges, while a middle-aged director voiced support for Chang Qian and offered to buy shares at the same premium.
• After the shareholders left, Chang Qian ate a tomato and called Wang Chen.

Wang Chen prepared to leave Shangma Village for Wen County, spending his final days there with Tian Tian and Wang Xiaomeng. He returned to Wen County with his uncle, aunt, and sister, as his success had begun changing his family’s plans.

• Wang Chen told Chang Qian he would return to Wen County the following week and considered whether Haicheng Group could handle the pressure surrounding their partnership.
• Wang Chen sent Huahua to fetch Wang Xiaomeng, who brought Tian Tian over and teased the couple before they went out together.
• Wang Chen rode with Tian Tian to Feima Lake, where she said she planned to apply to Capital University, and he gave her a protective jade pendant he had crafted.
• Wang Chen, Tian Tian, and Wang Xiaomeng shared a lavish meal and spent the afternoon together before returning to the city.
• Three days later, Wang Chen drove to Wen County with Wang Zhengyang, Tian Wenxiu, and Wang Xiaomeng; Wang Zhengyang considered moving back to develop his career.

Wang Chen persuaded his parents to buy a spacious villa in Kaiyuan Mountain Villa, offering money he said he had earned from bonuses and endorsements. His family bought a detached villa, while Wang Chen resolved to ensure his grandparents would live to a hundred.

• Wang Chen proposed that his parents replace their cramped, dilapidated house with a new home.
• Wang Chen convinced Father Wang and Wang's Mother to consider a villa, saying he could contribute five hundred thousand yuan from bonuses and endorsements.
• Wang Zhengyang offered to help his brother with the down payment, and Grandmother offered the brothers her savings, but both brothers refused the money.
• After the village banquet, Wang Zhengyang brought the family to view homes at Kaiyuan Mountain Villa.
• Father Wang bought a detached villa of about three hundred square meters for a little over two million yuan after Wang Chen insisted.

Wang Chen’s family celebrated buying a villa, and he reassured his sister that he would stay with Tian Tian. Later, Wang Zhenghai learned that Wang Chen’s Green ecological planting technology had earned him a ten percent stake in the group, and Wang Chen admitted he had developed it himself.

• Wang Zhenghai and Wang’s Mother inspected their newly purchased villa, while Tian Wenxiu offered to buy appliances for the house.
• Wang Chen surveyed Stone Peak Mountain as Wang Zhenghai worked late managing the group company.
• Wang Xiaomeng asked Wang Chen whether he and Tian Tian would break up, and he promised he would not leave her.
• Wang Zhenghai confronted Wang Chen about the Green ecological planting technology behind his ten percent stake in the group.
• Wang Chen admitted he had developed the technology through his own research and told his father to focus on managing the company while he handled the technical side.

Wang Chen flew across Lop Nur on his journey and found seven off-road travelers stranded with both SUVs stuck in the sand. He offered to help free the vehicles, giving the group hope of escaping the uninhabited region.

• Wang Chen used his spiritual energy to fly southwest from Wen County, traveling for ten days and strengthening his spiritual energy along the way.
• Wang Chen reached Lop Nur and flew across the desert, collecting small stones for his younger brother and sister.
• Wang Chen spotted flashing distress signals and found seven travelers stranded beside two SUVs stuck in the sand.
• The travelers explained that they had been trapped for two days, their phones were broken, and their food and water were running low.
• Wang Chen offered to pull the SUVs free, and the travelers regained a little hope.

After rescuing stranded hikers and secretly leaving, Wang Chen mined Mutton Fat White Jade in the Kunlun Mountains and returned to Wen County to establish a Spirit Gathering Great Formation. The chapter then followed his rise at Capital University and the growth of Shanhai Life Technology, ending as Wang Chen sensed a chance to return before fulfilling one final wish.

• Wang Chen disappeared after helping the hikers free both off-road vehicles, and the long-haired man called him their benefactor despite wondering whether he was a ghost.
• Wang Chen traveled to the Kunlun Mountains and used his Psionic Energy to mine over a hundred pounds of high-quality Mutton Fat White Jade.
• After returning to Wen County, Wang Chen crafted control tokens and activated a Spirit Gathering Great Formation at Stone Peak Mountain.
• Wang Chen studied biology at Capital University, founded Shanhai Life Technology, advanced to Seven Rings, and began a relationship with Tian Tian as Xie Yunyao later joined them.
• Shanhai Life Technology conquered cancer, Wang Chen won a Nobel Prize and advanced to Eight Rings, and Tian Tian and Xie Yunyao gave birth to his children on the same day.
• Before advancing to Nine Rings, Wang Chen sensed an opportunity to return but still had one final wish to fulfill.

Wang Chen completed his dreamlike trial, returned to his body with a perfected Nascent Soul and greatly strengthened Divine Soul, and left seclusion after sixteen days. He took Yuan Yuan to the Immortal Market while Xie Yunyao and Zi Ling remained in seclusion.

• Wang Chen used his psionic domain to target people across a city, then flew away as his power was nearly spent.
• The next morning, Wang Chen’s psionic power reached Ninth Ring, and his Soul and Consciousness separated from his physical shell before flying into a light in space.
• Wang Chen returned to his secret chamber, received Divine Soul +10 and Comprehension +10, and found his Nascent Soul perfected despite losing all Heavenly Merit and Human Virtue points.
• Wang Chen’s divine intent let him destroy the Xuan Yuan Nascent Soul Book, and he deepened his understanding of three Daoist arts before leaving seclusion.
• Wang Chen learned from Yuan Yuan that he had been in seclusion for sixteen days and took her to the Immortal Market while Xie Yunyao and Zi Ling remained in seclusion.

After learning that Outer Realm Heavenly Demons had driven up prices and the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance was forcibly conscripting cultivators, Wang Chen arranged to earn Spirit Stones by refining Magic Treasures for the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce. He returned to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion, where Bai Susu offered her True Dragon Scales to help fund the White Colt Tower.

• Wang Chen learned from Shopkeeper Chen that Heavenly Demon attacks had breached three subordinate realms, raising the price of supplies and prompting mass conscription by the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance.
• Wang Chen negotiated an agreement to refine high-grade, supremely yang Magic Treasures for the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and received materials and specifications for his first commission.
• Wang Chen returned to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion and found that Bai Susu had emerged from seclusion and was recovering her cultivation.
• Bai Susu gave Wang Chen a stack of True Dragon Scales to sell for Spirit Stones to support the White Colt Tower.

Wang Chen used his Life-Giving Creation Cauldron to refine Xuan Yang Armor and Kangshen Spears for Four Seas Chamber of Commerce while seeking to improve his Artifact Refining Technique. After a month, he delivered four high-grade magic treasures to Shopkeeper Chen, who was astonished by their quality.

• Wang Chen examined the thirty-nine True Dragon Scales from Bai Susu and resolved to raise his Artifact Refining Technique before attempting to refine them.
• Wang Chen summoned Little Cauldron and began producing Xuan Yang Armor and Kangshen Spears to fulfill Four Seas Chamber of Commerce's demanding monthly order.
• Wang Chen refined Mysterious Scale Armor Plates and gave them to Su Ziling to weave into armor while he continued making Kangshen Spears.
• After a month of refining, Wang Chen left Xuan You Immortal Mansion and traveled to Luodu Immortal City to meet Shopkeeper Chen.
• Wang Chen presented two sets of Xuan Yang Armor and two Kangshen Spears, and Shopkeeper Chen confirmed they were high-grade and praised Wang Chen's skill.

Wang Chen expanded his arrangement with the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and continued refining Magic Treasures to improve his Nine Directions Artifact Refining. A year later, he reached Great Perfection and became a Grandmaster, gaining greater efficiency and a way to improve the Xuan Yang Armor.

• Wang Chen delivered four Magic Treasures to Shopkeeper Chen, and the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce’s head shopkeeper rewarded him with extra High Spirit Stones and agreed to a long-term partnership.
• Wang Chen secured twice the materials by agreeing to deliver six Magic Treasures each month, then returned to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion and rewarded Little Cauldron for its work.
• Wang Chen refined Magic Treasures with perfect success, delivered six each month, and invested nearly all his High Spirit Stones in the White Colt Tower for Bai Susu, Su Ziling, and Yuan Yuan.
• One year later, Wang Chen’s Nine Directions Artifact Refining reached Great Perfection, making him a Grandmaster.
• Wang Chen’s artifact-refining efficiency more than doubled, and he devised a method to raise the grade of the Xuan Yang Armor.

Wang Chen ordered fourth-tier materials from Shopkeeper Chen to upgrade his life-bound Dragon Abyss Sword into a Spirit Treasure. After weeks of demanding refinement with the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron, he fused the sword with the materials and True Dragon Scales, completing its transformation.

• Wang Chen asked Shopkeeper Chen to use his payment for the month as a deposit on fourth-tier materials, explaining that he planned to attempt refining a Spirit Treasure.
• Shopkeeper Chen agreed to give Wang Chen a ten percent discount and arrange for the materials to be transferred from other branches.
• Wang Chen chose to upgrade the Dragon Abyss Sword rather than the Seven Severing Sword because upgrading all seven swords would cost too much.
• More than a month later, Wang Chen paid for the assembled materials with his savings and advance refining fees, then began upgrading the Dragon Abyss Sword in the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron.
• Wang Chen refined the fourth-tier materials into the sword over eight days, then spent half a month fusing in the True Dragon Scales Bai Susu had given him.

Wang Chen successfully upgraded the Dragon Abyss Sword into a top-grade fourth-tier Spirit Treasure, then received an unsettling message from Du Jiuniang and traveled to Nine Provinces Immortal City. He left Bai Susu in charge of his home and artifact-refining arrangements while he went to learn what had happened in the Mountain Sea Realm.

• Wang Chen endured nine tribulation bolts as the Dragon Abyss Sword advanced into a top-grade fourth-tier Spirit Treasure.
• Wang Chen nurtured the Dragon Abyss Sword for five days, then delivered Magic Treasures to Shopkeeper Chen and settled his outstanding fees.
• After receiving a message from Du Jiuniang, Wang Chen told Su Ziling he would be away and entrusted Bai Susu with the Xuan You Immortal Mansion and the ongoing Magic Treasure deliveries.
• Wang Chen left for Nine Provinces Immortal City through Luodu Immortal City's great teleportation array, suspecting that major trouble had occurred in the Mountain Sea Realm.

Wang Chen learned that the Mountain Sea Realm was falling to a demonic calamity and that its passages to the Haotian Realm were sealed, leaving Xu Xinlan in grave danger. Du Jiuniang revealed a World-Crossing Pearl connected to the Star Sea Realm after Wang Chen insisted he would pay any price to bring Xu Xinlan to safety.

• Wang Chen met Du Jiuniang, who recognized that he had attained true immortality in a lower realm and marveled at his achievement.
• Du Jiuniang told Wang Chen that the Mountain Sea Realm was being overrun, several realm passes had fallen, and the Haotian Realm could spare little help.
• Wang Chen asked Du Jiuniang to bring Xu Xinlan to the Haotian Realm, but she said the passages were sealed and her quota was already promised to someone else at a much higher price.
• Du Jiuniang asked how important Xu Xinlan was to Wang Chen, and he said he had promised her; when she offered to give Xu Xinlan the quota, he told her to name her price.
• Du Jiuniang showed Wang Chen a World-Crossing Pearl that connected to the Star Sea Realm and recounted how she and other True Immortals had been defeated there, with some losing their lives.

Wang Chen agreed to explore the Star Sea Realm for Du Jiuniang in exchange for a death-substitution puppet and a chance to reunite with Xu Xinlan. After half a year of cultivation, he reunited with Xu Xinlan in the Nine Provinces Immortal City and prepared to settle her before fulfilling Du Jiuniang’s commission.

• Du Jiuniang offered Wang Chen a Nascent Soul-level death-substitution puppet to explore the Star Sea Realm and report its basic conditions, and promised further rewards if he recovered her lost Divine Soul.
• Du Jiuniang explained that several great clans possessed World-Crossing Pearls and warned Wang Chen that revealing the secret would bring their retaliation.
• Wang Chen agreed to enter the Star Sea Realm after reuniting with Xu Xinlan, and he and Du Jiuniang established a Dao pact.
• Wang Chen cultivated for half a year until he reached the peak of the first level of Nascent Soul, then learned that the Nine Provinces Immortal Envoy had returned.
• Wang Chen traveled to the Nine Provinces Immortal City and embraced Xu Xinlan at the Flying Cloud Pavilion, comforting her after their reunion.

Wang Chen brought Xu Xinlan to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion and reunited with her, then returned to Nine Provinces to prepare for his exploration of the Star Sea Realm. After binding Du Jiuniang’s Substitute Death Puppet and taking precautions, he used the World-Crossing Pearl to prepare to enter the dangerous realm.

• Wang Chen brought Xu Xinlan to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion and introduced her to Su Ziling, Yuan Yuan, and Bai Susu, who welcomed her as family.
• Wang Chen bid farewell to Xu Xinlan, Su Ziling, and Yuan Yuan, then returned to Nine Provinces to fulfill his promise to Du Jiuniang.
• Du Jiuniang taught Wang Chen how to bind the Substitute Death Puppet, and he successfully refined it by morning.
• Du Jiuniang gave Wang Chen the World-Crossing Pearl containing the Star Sea Realm’s Daoist marker and entrusted the mission to him.
• Wang Chen sealed himself in a guarded quiet chamber, set up a warning array, and drew on thirty percent of the Cangqing Realm’s World Origin Power before entering the Star Sea Realm.

Wang Chen awakened in the body of Lu Yuan, a student in the futuristic Star Sea Realm, and defeated Senior Zhang in a martial arts match. After rejecting Mu Yu’s confession of affection for Senior Zhang without distress, he returned to the dormitory to review Lu Yuan’s memories and prepare for the upcoming High Martial Assessment.

• Wang Chen regained consciousness as Lu Yuan during a fight and challenged his opponent to continue.
• Lu Yuan dodged Senior Zhang’s attack and knocked him down with a punch to the abdomen.
• Mu Yu rushed to help Senior Zhang and told Lu Yuan that she liked Senior Zhang, but Lu Yuan calmly wished them happiness and left.
• Gao Jing caught up with Lu Yuan, who thanked him and learned that Gao Jing would attend Guangming Military Academy on Dongsu No. 3 Star.
• After Gao Jing left, Lu Yuan reviewed his memories and learned about his background, life on Azure Star, and upcoming martial arts assessment.

Wang Chen reviewed Lu Yuan’s memories and learned about the Holy Light Empire, its advanced technology, and the dangers of the Star Sea Realm. After settling into Lu Yuan’s dormitory, he connected to the hyperspace Star Sea Network.

• Wang Chen learned that Lu Yuan had been killed by Zhang Zhaocheng after Zhang used Gene Enhancement to gain an advantage in their arena fight.
• Wang Chen discovered that the Star Sea Realm had no spiritual energy, offered him no Cultivation Panel, and held dangers he could not yet explain.
• Wang Chen reviewed Lu Yuan’s limited options as a war orphan: enter a higher academy or enlist in the military.
• Wang Chen ordered and ate dinner in his dormitory, then put on a virtual access device and connected to the Star Sea Network.

Wang Chen discovered that the Star Sea Network’s security scan nearly exposed his transplanted soul, but the Primordial Dao Stele protected him. Unable to return to the Haotian Realm, he resolved to explore the Star Sea Realm and entered the Star Sea Arena.

• Wang Chen connected to the Star Sea Network and sensed a dangerous scan from his virtual access device.
• The Primordial Dao Stele appeared in Wang Chen’s Sea of Consciousness and stopped the scan.
• Wang Chen concluded that the network’s defenses might have destroyed previous arrivals from the Haotian Realm.
• Wang Chen tried to return to the Haotian Realm but failed to penetrate the world barrier, so he decided he would need to grow stronger before returning.
• Wang Chen reconnected to the network, saw its virtual spaces and the Dark Web, and entered the Star Sea Arena.

Wang Chen explored Star Sea Arena and entered his first ranked duel, where he swiftly defeated a popular Bronze-rank opponent. He left the match with three points and demonstrated that his combat ability far exceeded his rank.

• Wang Chen watched nearly a hundred Star Sea Arena battles to learn about the Empire's combat techniques.
• Wang Chen paid one point to enter a Bronze-rank weapon duel and equipped a longsword, light armor, and short blade.
• Wang Chen faced a catgirl opponent whose supporters cheered for her while she showed off to the audience.
• The catgirl charged Wang Chen with her daggers, but he shifted aside and killed her with a single sword strike.
• Wang Chen left the battlefield after winning three points.

After Tongtong lost her first Star Sea Arena match to Wang Chen, Si Kouyun encouraged her and praised his professional-level swordsmanship. Wang Chen continued his winning streak, changed his arena ID, and went to class the next morning.

• Tongtong refused to answer her friends’ messages until Si Kouyun came in and told her that Yu Bai was worried about her.
• Si Kouyun watched Tongtong’s match record and explained that she had underestimated her opponent and could not judge him by his poor record.
• Si Kouyun praised Wang Chen’s swordsmanship as professional-level and urged Tongtong to use the defeat as motivation.
• Tongtong vowed to defeat LY297483, unaware that Wang Chen planned to change his ID.
• Wang Chen won his tenth consecutive match, surpassed four digits in points, and spent 1,000 points to change his ID.
• Wang Chen slept through the night, woke the next morning, and went to class after breakfast.