Chapter Summaries

Chu Fei discovered that Liu Tingyun had hidden a Trojan Program in the Magic Artifact’s driver and secretly built a sandbox and antivirus system so he could keep her unaware while retaining control. As he absorbed more Nanoparticles, he hit limits in both control and memory, then realized Gene Storage Technology might provide a compatible way to expand his storage.

• Chu Fei concluded that Liu Tingyun’s cultivation foundation was weak and decided to report a lower thought benchmark score while keeping the Trojan Program isolated rather than removing it.
• Chu Fei designed a sandbox and antivirus software, expanded his Thought Model to dual-core six-threading, and reassigned a Virtual Thread to manage energy control.
• Chu Fei constructed the Magic Artifact’s driver program, absorbed 250 grams of Nanoparticles, and found that he could control only 300 grams for now.
• Chu Fei built data models for several Magic Artifact transformations but discovered that his available memory space was insufficient.
• Chu Fei rejected body modifications and cybernetic augmentation, then remembered the Bio-Gene Chip and identified Gene Storage Technology as a possible solution.

Chu Fei studied Fractal Geometry as he sought to design his own Thought Model architecture and prepare for becoming an Awakened before Winter Solstice Day. After consulting Cao Liwen, he returned to the laboratory, resolved to prepare for possible betrayal through further cultivation, and began decompressing the inheritance sealed in his cerebral cortex.

• Chu Fei studied at Dawn Academy's Virtual Center, mastered the second level of Perception of Wind, and reviewed advanced knowledge needed for his cultivation.
• Chu Fei compared matrix-based Thought Models with Fractal Geometry and decided to research a new architecture suited to his own path.
• Chu Fei asked Cao Liwen about Fractal Geometry, then said he could not predict his chances of obtaining a mature Spirit Fruit on Winter Solstice Day and needed to strengthen his Cultivation Level.
• Cao Liwen explained Fractal Geometry to Chu Fei while Liu Tingyun listened, and Chu Fei left without asking her about the Greedy Wolf Team's additional investment.
• Chu Fei privately suspected Cao Liwen and Liu Tingyun might have doubts about him, and decided that continued cultivation was his best preparation.
• Chu Fei entered the Virtual Space, used Wisdom Dewdrop to accelerate his thinking, and began both designing a new Thought Model and decompressing the inheritance information.

Chu Fei studied the inheritance while designing a new Thought Model, and explained why he expected this year’s Dimensional Space exploration to be unusually dangerous. After three days of intense work, he finished decompressing the inheritance and brought Thought Model Version 1.0 into preliminary form.

• Chu Fei learned that his test scores, youth, and potential had made him the inheritance recipient, but he remained wary of the claim that it was the only inheritance and kept its sensitive technologies secret.
• After the Virtual Space warned him to rest, Chu Fei slept for more than ten hours, then ran with Zhao Hongyue and explained how outsiders, Dawn City’s influence, and his assignment to protect Yuan Mingyuan could make the Dimensional Space dangerous.
• Chu Fei promised to organize Perception of Wind so the Dawn Team could study it, and Zhao Hongyue agreed to supply hydrogen fuel for his laboratory.
• Chu Fei resumed researching the Fractal Geometry core Thought Model while decompressing the inheritance, consuming Wisdom Dewdrops to speed his work.
• After three days of intense study, Chu Fei finished decompressing the inheritance and formed a preliminary version of his new Thought Model.

Chu Fei tested the abilities and cultivation advances he had developed over the past seven days, finding that his Thought Model and combat skills had improved substantially. After reviewing his new Metamorphosis Spell and the research knowledge inherited from the Flying Tiger Team’s Dimensional Space, he turned to testing his Magic Artifact.

• Chu Fei benchmarked his version 3.2 Thought Model and recorded a score of 30,408, nearly double his previous result.
• Chu Fei tested the upgraded Perception of Wind, including its improved scanning, ground-vibration detection, and new line-scan mode.
• Chu Fei tested the Metamorphosis Spell by piercing his abdomen and watching the wound heal, then noted that he needed to protect his head and neck.
• Chu Fei assessed his Energy Model, whip technique, hand-to-hand combat skills, and newly built antivirus software and sandbox.
• Chu Fei reviewed the 1% of the Flying Tiger Team’s Dimensional Space inheritance he had learned and turned to testing his Magic Artifact.

Chu Fei tested his Magic Artifact, using its Nanoparticles to form protective gear and tools and to enhance Perception of Wind. After Zhao Hongyue reported signs of a possible Beast Tide, Chu Fei helped prepare Propofol as Winter Solstice Day drew near.

• Chu Fei constructed a double-layered helmet and bracer from Nanoparticles, tested their protection, and concluded that the gear was useful only in emergencies.
• Chu Fei tested the Magic Artifact’s transformations, measured its energy use, and fashioned an ear flap that improved Perception of Wind by about 30%.
• Chu Fei reminded himself not to act recklessly before becoming an Awakened and then met Zhao Hongyue outside the research room.
• Zhao Hongyue told Chu Fei that Propofol prices had doubled and that increasing numbers of aggressive Mutated Beasts suggested a possible Beast Tide.
• Chu Fei directed Zhao Hongyue to the Propofol synthesis process on Computer Number One and later returned to the academy after receiving Zhou Haiyi’s message to gather that evening.
• With 60 hours left until Winter Solstice Day, Chu Fei faced the approaching opening of the Dimensional Space alongside signs of a Beast Tide.

Chu Fei reviewed the dangers and history of the Flying Tiger City Dimensional Space as Dawn Academy prepared students for its opening. Although classmates formed teams, Zhou Haiyi summoned Chu Fei to join an elite team personally requested by Wu Yong.

• Chu Fei reflected on Dawn Academy's brutal student selection and concluded that reaching Wu Yong's level might be necessary for him to control his fate.
• Zhou Haiyi explained the Dimensional Space's history, rewards, and opportunities, encouraging students to register while Chu Fei privately recognized the dangers and her misleading claims.
• More than twenty students registered, and Chu Fei reviewed past exploration records, learning about the vast space, its Demonic Spirits, and its valuable medicinal herbs.
• Ma Wenhua asked Chu Fei to join a team with Guo Xuan and Liu Dongping, while Guo Xuan disparaged Sun Xiangqing.
• Zhou Haiyi summoned Chu Fei to Wu Yong's elite team, and Chu Fei left the others, angering Guo Xuan and prompting Sun Xiangqing to taunt him.

Chu Fei met the group assembled for a dangerous mission in the Dimensional Space and demonstrated his control of Perception of Wind while pouring tea. After Gao Haifeng issued new wristbands and the group began switching them, one youth tried to flee, and his wristband exploded.

• Chu Fei reunited with Zhao Yuanhao and met Yuan Xuesheng, the Yuan Family's chief steward, while Gao Haifeng gathered everyone for the mission briefing.
• Chu Fei used Perception of Wind to transfer heat in a teapot, impressing Gao Haifeng and Yuan Xuesheng.
• Gao Haifeng warned that the mission could be deadly and gave everyone three minutes to withdraw, but nobody left.
• Gao Haifeng distributed new mission wristbands, including an administrator wristband for Yuan Mingyuan, and the group replaced their old devices.
• One youth refused to switch wristbands, then threw his device at Gao Haifeng and tried to escape as it exploded.

Chu Fei protected Yuan Mingyuan from an assassination attempt, was badly injured by N5 explosives, and recovered after painful treatment with his abilities strengthened. Gao Haifeng then revealed that the upcoming mission was to search for the Spring of Life, which could suppress Awakened mutations.

• Chu Fei shielded Yuan Mingyuan from an explosion, but the attacker followed up by detonating four bottles of N5 explosives and injuring Chu Fei and several others.
• Gao Haifeng captured the attacker, who said he had tried to kill Yuan Mingyuan because she rejected him, while Chu Fei urged him not to look down on himself.
• Yuan Xuesheng agreed to pay ten million for Chu Fei's rapid recovery and an additional five million as compensation for saving Yuan Mingyuan.
• Chu Fei endured a painful treatment and woke the next morning nearly healed, with his benchmark score increased by about seven percent.
• Gao Haifeng told Chu Fei that the mission's objective was to search for the Spring of Life, which could suppress mutations in the Awakened.

Chu Fei learned why the Spring of Life mattered to Awakened and why Dawn Academy was helping Yuan Mingyuan’s family. Second Senior Brother also explained how Chu Fei could build Euclidean Space logic without breaking through, sending him to the Virtual Center to begin studying before the Dimensional Space opened.

• Gao Haifeng explained that aberration worsened with cultivation and that the Spring of Life could suppress it, while Chu Fei learned it might be made from Life Energy and Spirit Fruit and could be worth pursuing.
• Gao Haifeng told Chu Fei that Dawn Academy supported Yuan Mingyuan because Master relied on the Yuan Family, whose head was close to losing control of his aberration.
• Chu Fei asked Gao Haifeng how to make his Virtual Threads compute in parallel, and Gao Haifeng advised him to use Euclidean Space logic in his Thought Model.
• Gao Haifeng explained that Chu Fei would remain Semi-Awakened until he converted his Thought Model into a Cosmic Brain through the final Fourier Transform.
• Chu Fei decided to study Euclidean Space logic before Winter Solstice Day and went to the Virtual Center to review its reference books and Thought Models.

Chu Fei prepared for the Winter Solstice Dimensional Space expedition, studied the risks of advancing to Awakened, and joined the Dawn Academy group as it gathered with other teams. As the expedition’s opening approached, a large contingent from Dawn City arrived and stunned the crowd.

• Chu Fei learned that Semi-Awakened cultivators could construct spatial logic without completing the transformation to Awakened, and decided to keep progressing at his current stage.
• Huang Gang and Zhao Hongyue outfitted Chu Fei with supplies, and Chu Fei gave them the lab administrator password before heading to meet Yuan Mingyuan.
• Chu Fei told Yuan Mingyuan he would protect only her, then joined thirty-two second-year students who chose to enter the Dimensional Space despite Zhou Haiyi’s warning about the high death rate.
• Gao Haifeng led the group to the Underground World gathering point, where Chu Fei saw Yuan Mingyuan’s small party alongside a much larger Yuan Family contingent.
• Chu Fei reviewed Yuan Mingyuan’s intelligence files, found himself ranked third among Flying Tiger City’s young fighters, and learned that Yuan Mingyuan was ranked second.
• More than two hundred youths wearing Dawn City uniforms arrived, provoking alarm among the gathered groups and drawing Chu Fei’s attention.

Chu Fei followed Yuan Mingyuan’s group into the Dimensional Space, where they set out to search for the Spring of Life. After night fell, a youth who had been shadowing Yuan Mingyuan stabbed Chu Fei in the chest, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Long Yunfei introduced the Dawn City Youth Group and accepted an exploration direction from Flying Tiger City’s youths, while Chu Fei sensed the group carried killing intent.
• The Dimensional Space opened, and Chu Fei entered with Yuan Mingyuan’s group after passing through a security gate.
• Yuan Mingyuan led the group away from the other teams and revealed that their mission was to find the Spring of Life.
• Chu Fei noticed one of the young men circling Yuan Mingyuan behaving suspiciously as the group traveled through the wilderness.
• After night fell, the suspicious youth approached Chu Fei and stabbed him in the chest with a dagger.

After Zhao Yuanhao stabbed Chu Fei and left him for dead, Chu Fei survived by using the Metamorphosis Spell and chose to disappear into the shadows. He learned that several factions were pursuing Yuan Mingyuan and the Spring of Life, decided to protect Yuan Mingyuan, and began eliminating the pursuers.

• Huang Shaoyong stabbed Chu Fei and escaped while Zhao Yuanhao secretly stabbed Chu Fei again, took his backpack, and left him behind.
• Chu Fei recovered after everyone had departed and learned from his wristband recordings that Zhao Yuanhao had betrayed him, the City Lord wanted to break up the Yuan Family, and Long Yunfei's group was also pursuing Yuan Mingyuan.
• Chu Fei decided to save Yuan Mingyuan and seek the Spring of Life, then followed the groups ahead through the darkness.
• Chu Fei silently ambushed seven pursuers during their rest, killed all of them, and took their supplies.
• Chu Fei recovered in a tree hollow and set off again, concealed in the darkness.

Chu Fei discovered that the expedition had become a planned purge of Flying Tiger City's young geniuses and secretly contacted Guo Xuan for help. Guo Xuan publicly exposed the Dawn City Youth Group's presence, while Chu Fei stayed hidden as a flare rose into the night.

• Chu Fei detected a concealed sentry and decided to bypass it while continuing to follow Yuan Mingyuan toward the Spring of Life.
• Chu Fei inferred that Flying Tiger City's leadership struggle centered on succession and that the Old City Lord might be eliminating potential rivals to protect the Young City Lord.
• Chu Fei overheard a Dawn City Youth Group squad discuss killing Chu Fei and ambushing Flying Tiger City teams, revealing a coordinated hunt.
• Chu Fei ruled out contacting Yuan Mingyuan and secretly sent Guo Xuan the intelligence, asking him to spread it while keeping Chu Fei's survival hidden.
• Guo Xuan posted a public warning that the Dawn City Youth Group was hunting the expedition, and Chu Fei saw a flare rise into the night.

Chu Fei followed Yuan Mingyuan toward a red-marked danger zone while secretly sabotaging the Dawn City Youth Group and disguising himself after ambushing six of its members. As he continued pursuing Yuan Mingyuan in search of the Spring of Life, someone ahead cried out, “Demonic Spirit!”

• Chu Fei recorded Dawn City squad members denying that they had attacked Zhang Haoyu and sent the recording to Guo Xuan.
• Chu Fei realized Yuan Mingyuan was moving away from the Spring of Life and toward the red-marked area near Cao Liwen’s hidden Spirit Fruit.
• Guo Xuan fueled public suspicion of the Dawn City Youth Group, and fighting broke out between the groups as both sides suffered casualties.
• As sunrise blinded the approaching Dawn City squad, Chu Fei feigned death and killed all six members in a surprise attack.
• Chu Fei cleaned the scene, changed his appearance and height, and warned Guo Xuan that the opposing faction might turn on them.
• Chu Fei continued tracking Yuan Mingyuan toward the danger zone, where someone suddenly shouted, “Demonic Spirit!”

Chu Fei watched Yuan Mingyuan bargain with a humanoid Demonic Spirit and learned that it could speak Mandarin and wield magic. When the pursuers attacked, the Demonic Spirit and its forces defeated them, leaving Chu Fei to wonder why they stopped short of capturing everyone and to focus on the potential of Demonic Spirit magic.

• Chu Fei observed Yuan Mingyuan's group approach a mountain range guarded by winged Demonic Spirits, including a humanoid one carrying a glowing Magic Staff.
• Yuan Mingyuan offered the humanoid Demonic Spirit a small glass bottle, bargained with it, and entered the mountains with her group after it let them pass.
• The pursuers charged the Demonic Spirits, and the humanoid one cast magic that sent fireballs across the attackers.
• The humanoid Demonic Spirit struck down the four leading youths, and hundreds of Demonic Spirits overwhelmed the rest of the pursuers.
• The Demonic Spirits stopped their pursuit, carried their captives back toward the mountains, and left a dozen or so youths to retreat as Chu Fei considered their motives and magic.

Chu Fei used magic and careful deception to enter the Demonic Spirits’ territory, then followed a wildcat to a hidden research facility. There, he passed Gu Yun’s verification test and learned that completing the inheritance required recapturing a humanoid Demonic Spirit.

• Chu Fei disguised himself as an injured survivor and killed three youths who tried to rob him, then warned off others and entered the Demonic Spirits’ territory.
• Chu Fei offered Supernatural Potions to a fox and a wildcat, followed the wildcat up the mountain, and found a concealed building.
• Chu Fei forced his way through the building’s ventilation system and discovered Gu Yun’s skeleton, research notebook, and last testament.
• Chu Fei completed the facility’s verification process and scored 81 points, barely qualifying for the more complete inheritance.
• The facility revealed that the escaped “Little White Mouse” had to be recaptured and its data copied, and showed Chu Fei that it was a humanoid Demonic Spirit with Demon Wings.

After learning the research base’s findings, Chu Fei discovered how the Demonic Spirits and Spirit Mother Trees worked and realized Yuan Mingyuan’s group had secretly traded for Spring of Life residue. He followed them toward the Spirit Mother Tree, learned Zhao Yuanhao had been taken by the Demonic Spirits, and reached a hut where Zhao Yuanhao was screaming inside.

• Chu Fei honored Gu Yun, left the laboratory, and gave a Supernatural Potion to the fox guarding the tunnel exit.
• Chu Fei saw the returning youths from the Flying Tiger City Youth Corps, recognized Huang Shaoyong among them, and followed the fox deeper into the range.
• Chu Fei learned from the inheritance how Spirit Mother Trees created Demonic Spirits and how the Spring of Life was made from Spirit Fruits.
• Chu Fei spotted Yuan Mingyuan’s group leaving with Spring of Life residue and overheard that Zhao Yuanhao had tried to seize it before the Demonic Spirits took him away.
• Chu Fei followed the fox to a wooden hut near the Spirit Mother Tree, where a winged Demonic Spirit emerged and Zhao Yuanhao screamed inside.

Chu Fei confronted Guchi, a thousand-year-old Demonic Spirit, and learned that it was the genetically modified subject needed to complete the scientists’ research into magic. After their first clash and recovery, Guchi revealed that it intended to use Chu Fei as an incubator for its transformation, setting the stage for their final battle.

• Chu Fei studied the inherited research on magic and realized that the escaped Demonic Spirit was the missing subject needed to complete the experiment.
• Chu Fei demanded that Guchi release the captives, and Guchi challenged him to get past it before rising into the air with magic.
• Guchi attacked with flames and speed while Chu Fei fought back with a whip and fists, and the two exchanged a fierce series of blows that damaged both of them.
• Chu Fei used an ultrasonic punch to scatter the flames, and he and Guchi drank potions to heal while Zhao Yuanhao called for help from inside the house.
• Chu Fei and Guchi exchanged names and recovered while watching each other, then Guchi drew a Magic Staff and said it needed Chu Fei as an incubator for its transformation.

Chu Fei fought Demonic Spirit Gucci, but Gucci’s flight, relentless fireballs, and Spring of Life kept it ahead, forcing Chu Fei to flee. After wounding Gucci and killing four members of the Dawn City Youth Group, Chu Fei chose a secluded site near the Spirit Fruits to cultivate and prepare for another confrontation.

• Chu Fei’s whip wounded Demonic Spirit Gucci, but Gucci healed with the Spring of Life and drove Chu Fei into a retreat with repeated fireballs.
• Chu Fei escaped Gucci by jumping from a cliff into a river, then reached the plains beyond the danger zone.
• Chu Fei killed a Dawn City Youth Group member, took his gear, and used a hand crossbow and longsword to injure Gucci, forcing it to retreat.
• Chu Fei pretended to be exhausted, then ambushed and killed four pursuing members of the Dawn City Youth Group and looted their supplies.
• Chu Fei decided to cultivate in seclusion near the hidden Spirit Fruits, replenished his supplies, and resolved to return for magic.

Chu Fei reached the cave containing the Spirit Tree and its eight mature Spirit Fruit, killing two escaping fighters to protect the secret of the Yuan Family’s dealings. He subdued a winged creature guarding the fruit, which rolled over and exposed its belly.

• Chu Fei overheard Yuan Mingyuan and Li Wanjun accuse each other of trading young geniuses for raw Spring of Life liquid before the Yuan, Zhang, and Wang families ambushed Li Wanjun’s group.
• When darkness fell, Chu Fei killed two people fleeing the battle and secretly moved on toward the cave shown on Cao Liwen’s map.
• Chu Fei found a Spirit Tree bearing eight mature Spirit Fruit in a cave littered with animal and human bones.
• Chu Fei spotted a camouflaged, cat-sized creature with scaled skin and feathered wings guarding the tree.
• The creature attacked Chu Fei, but he caught and restrained it until it stopped struggling and exposed its belly.