Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan cultivated cautiously in the Heavenly Gate Sect while hiding his supreme aptitude and longing for his former world. He met Wang Yulun on the way to Tai Xue Peak, where Wang Yulun asked him to teach his special combined spell.

• Xu Fan used his Mastery Level Spirit Rain Art on his Spirit Rice and planned to buy a Pill Refining Furnace after the harvest.
• Xu Fan reflected on the system that barred him from breakthroughs until the end of his lifespan, carved wooden cars, and added them to a miniature city built in his Basement.
• Xu Fan remembered his past as a beggar and the Old Beggar who had cared for him, then cultivated with the Five Elements Sutra.
• Xu Fan traveled toward Tai Xue Peak and met Wang Yulun, who asked how he had mastered the Light Body Art.
• Xu Fan teased Wang Yulun for practicing dangerous Offensive and Killing Arts, while Wang Yulun recalled Xu Fan saving him from Fire Wolves with a combined spell and asked to learn that skill.

Xu Fan attended an Herbal Properties of Alchemy lecture after deciding the course was worth its steep fee, then returned home and learned Wang Yulun planned to join the War Hall. As Wang Yulun prepared to leave, Xu Fan sent him two Jade Slips and urged him to stay alive.

• Xu Fan left Wang Yulun at the Instruction Hall and paid fifty Spirit Stones to attend the Herbal Properties of Alchemy lecture.
• The Pill Hall elder explained the status and earnings of pill refiners before teaching the properties and processing of spiritual herbs.
• Xu Fan returned to his courtyard, where Wang Yulun waited with a Grass Spirit Sheep and asked him to roast it.
• Wang Yulun revealed that he planned to join the War Hall and might face dangerous missions away from the sect.
• Xu Fan shared a meal with Wang Yulun, then sent him two Jade Slips and reminded him that staying alive mattered most.

Xu Fan secured safe, profitable farming work through the Task Hall Deacon and planned to learn Pill Refining and Artifact Refining. He decided he would take a disciple once he reached the Qi Refining Peak, but the system warned that high-level energy was probing him.

• Xu Fan recalled giving Wang Yulun jade slips containing his Light Feather Wind Transformation Art and Fire Spear Art, then returned to cultivation.
• Xu Fan persuaded the Task Hall Deacon to assign him a long-term Spiritual Field tending task and a three-day Spirit Farmer teaching task.
• Xu Fan tended the Deacon's Spiritual Fields and planned to sell Spirit Rice and learn Pill Refining and Artifact Refining.
• Xu Fan demonstrated his powerful self-created Swarm Killing Bird Art and decided he would pass his spells to a disciple after reaching the Qi Refining Peak.
• The system told Xu Fan that it had blocked high-level energy probing him, and Xu Fan complained about the intrusion.

Xu Fan experimented with combining spells to create a soul-inhabited Porcelain Sparrow, but the creature quickly failed. Wang Yulun killed a Qi Refining Level Six Demon Beast with one Fire Spear Art and was encouraged to aim for Class A Hall, while Xu Fan declined to join the War Hall.

• Xu Fan combined spells and a sparrow's soul to create a Porcelain Sparrow, but it lost its vitality and fell.
• Wang Yulun killed a Qi Refining Level Six Demon Beast with one strike using the Fire Spear Art.
• Wang Yulun's Senior Brother explained that he could qualify for Grade A and enter Class A Hall by killing ten Qi Refining Level Seven or higher Demon Beasts alone.
• Wang Yulun urged Xu Fan to join the War Hall, but Xu Fan said he preferred the status of Pill Refining and Artifact Refining Masters and wanted to keep a low profile.

Wang Yulun learned of Xu Fan’s talent as a Spirit Creator and asked to become his disciple, but Xu Fan erased his memory of the revelation. Xu Fan decided to keep a low profile, gave Wang Yulun a Jade Slip, and recorded what he had learned about the wider cultivation world.

• Wang Yulun told Xu Fan that the Immortal World was cruel and described the Feather Realm’s Central Continent, its powerful sects, and the revered Spirit Creators.
• Wang Yulun recognized Xu Fan’s talent from two Spell Jade Slips and asked to become his disciple.
• Xu Fan bound Wang Yulun, altered his memories of Spirit Creators, and told him he had only asked for help learning a few unique skills.
• Wang Yulun left with a Jade Slip after eating, and Xu Fan recorded his new knowledge before deciding to skip cultivation for the day.

Xu Fan taught new Heavenly Gate Sect disciples the Minor Spirit Rain Art in Beginner Valley, then escaped Zhang Weiyun, who insisted they were married because of a childhood joke and a Hello Kitty pendant. He returned to his Small Hilltop eager to harvest his Spirit Rice and begin pill refining.

• Xu Fan met Uncle Zhang at the city gate, but Uncle Zhang sent a Paper Crane to summon Zhang Weiyun despite Xu Fan's objections.
• Xu Fan explained the Minor Spirit Rain Art to the new disciples and demonstrated it in slow motion with a Light Shadow Art projection.
• Zhang Weiyun embraced Xu Fan and claimed they were lifelong spouses because he had given her a Hello Kitty Pendant as a token of affection.
• Xu Fan shook off Zhang Weiyun and went to Tai Xue Peak for afternoon lessons.
• Xu Fan returned to his Small Hilltop and estimated that his Spirit Rice would be ready for harvest in seven or eight days, letting him start pill refining.

Xu Fan asked Wang Yulun to explain the Sect’s Floating Sky Vessel in exchange for training him to fight fast, heavily defended Demon Beasts. He tested Wang Yulun in an illusion and began criticizing his combat mistakes.

• Xu Fan watched a giant vessel and its escorting warships fly toward the Inner Sect, then wondered when he might board or build one.
• Wang Yulun visited Xu Fan while recovering from injuries sustained fighting a Demon Beast and asked for advice on handling difficult opponents.
• Xu Fan agreed to teach Wang Yulun in exchange for information about the Floating Sky Vessel and brought him into a Soul Bewitching Art illusion.
• Xu Fan summoned a powerful Rock Mantis and gave Wang Yulun fifteen minutes to kill it.
• Wang Yulun fought the Rock Mantis, but Xu Fan criticized his slow Fire Spear Art and poor spell prediction after the beast wounded him.

Xu Fan trained Wang Yulun by reviewing his battle against the Rock Mantis and teaching him to account for enemies’ movement habits. Wang Yulun explained the Floating Sky Vessel’s origins and purpose, leaving Xu Fan interested in learning Artifact Refining so he could understand how it was made.

• Xu Fan subdued the Rock Mantis, returned with Wang Yulun to the original world, and reviewed Wang Yulun’s mistakes in battle.
• Xu Fan demonstrated how to adjust spell angles and exploit an opponent’s movement habits, then invited Wang Yulun to train with him.
• Wang Yulun explained that the sect had commissioned the Floating Sky Vessel five thousand years earlier to explore the dangerous Endless Sea and the Extreme Sky Domain.
• Wang Yulun described who could board the vessel, and Xu Fan gave up on visiting it because he would need to reach the Golden Core Stage or qualify as a third-tier Pill Refiner or Artifact Refiner.
• Xu Fan said he wanted to learn Artifact Refining, and Wang Yulun joked that Xu Fan could forge his Magic Treasures in the future.

Xu Fan harvested his spirit rice and shared a meal with Wang Yulun, who sought advice about his dangerous Class A Hall mission and asked to spar. Xu Fan defeated him with a simple spell combination, then offered to teach him for Spirit Stones and sent him toward the exit when he tried to bargain.

• Xu Fan harvested and prepared more than 1,200 kilograms of spirit rice, then welcomed Wang Yulun, who brought a Pear Blossom Pig for their meal.
• Over dinner, Wang Yulun told Xu Fan he had killed three of the ten Qi Refining Level Seven Demon Beasts required for his Class A Hall mission and explained that he hoped to enter the Thunder Origin Secret Realm at Qi Refining Level Four.
• Xu Fan warned Wang Yulun that the mission's final stages were dangerous, but Wang Yulun asked for special training and challenged Xu Fan to a spar.
• Xu Fan defeated Wang Yulun in the Arena by using Light Shadow Art, Ice Trap, and Fireball Art.
• Wang Yulun asked Xu Fan to teach him the spell combination, and Xu Fan offered paid courses before demanding 500 Spirit Stones upfront.
• When Wang Yulun tried to bargain, Xu Fan opened the Forbidden Barrier's exit and told him to leave.

Xu Fan sold his Top-Level Spirit Rice, bought a Pill Refining Furnace, and began studying pill refining at Tai Xue Peak. After a month of lessons, his first attempt at refining pills ended with the furnace exploding.

• Xu Fan sold 1,230 jin of Top-Level Spirit Rice to the Weifeng Merchant Guild for 620 Spirit Stones and agreed to sell there again.
• Xu Fan spent 500 Spirit Stones on a Magic Artifact Pill Refining Furnace and enrolled in the two-year pill refining course at Tai Xue Peak.
• Xu Fan met probationary instructor Sha Yan, attended her lessons, and studied the materials she gave him.
• After a month, Xu Fan tried refining pills in the Pill Refining Chamber on his mountain peak.
• Xu Fan added the Herb Essence and used the Pill Shaping Technique, but his Pill Refining Furnace exploded.

Xu Fan struggled through several furnace explosions before successfully refining ten Mid-Grade Fasting Pills and calculating the potential profit. His instructor Sha Jingtian noticed a pure pill fragrance on him and told Sha Yan to watch Xu Fan, suspecting he might be a genius.

• Xu Fan's first two attempts at refining Fasting Pills ended in furnace explosions, and the second damaged his Pill Refining Furnace.
• After studying the herbs and furnace and steadying his mind, Xu Fan successfully refined ten Mid-Grade Fasting Pills.
• Xu Fan calculated his costs and potential earnings, then decided to refine more batches while he still had the knack.
• Sha Jingtian told his class that furnace explosions were normal for beginners and explained the requirements for becoming a Basic Pill Refiner.
• After class, Sha Jingtian told Sha Yan to pay attention to Xu Fan because his pill fragrance suggested he might be a genius.

Xu Fan's new neighbor turned out to be Zhang Weiyun, who had advanced to Qi Refining Level Four and moved nearby to live close to him. After she cried for hours at his attempt to reject their engagement, Xu Fan agreed to give her father a betrothal gift and went with her to her mountain peak.

• Xu Fan inspected his damaged Pill Refining Furnace after making four bottles of Fasting Pills and heard construction on a nearby mountain peak.
• Zhang Weiyun arrived, told Xu Fan she had advanced to Qi Refining Level Four, and revealed that she had turned down an Elder's offer to join the Inner Sect.
• Zhang Weiyun listed the spells she had learned and ate Spirit Rice while Xu Fan tried to tell her he saw her as a younger sister.
• After Zhang Weiyun cried for hours, Xu Fan agreed to give her father a betrothal gift, and she resumed eating.
• Xu Fan took Zhang Weiyun to her mountain peak, challenged her to catch up to him for a new spell, and watched her boost her speed with a ribbon.

Xu Fan watched Venerable Xuanqing arrive at the Heavenly Gate Sect and take Zhang Weiyun as her disciple after Zhang Weiyun asked his advice. Once Zhang Weiyun left with her new master, Xu Fan returned to studying the Five Elements Sutra and considered how to improve it.

• Xu Fan helped Zhang Weiyun settle into her new courtyard, where she planned to plant purple cloud flowers.
• Venerable Xuanqing arrived at the Heavenly Gate Sect seeking a disciple and chose Zhang Weiyun for her Heavenly Fortune Spirit Body.
• The sect's middle-aged representative objected to Venerable Xuanqing taking a disciple by force, and Venerable Xuanqing agreed to respect Zhang Weiyun's choice.
• Zhang Weiyun asked Xu Fan whether she should accept, and Xu Fan urged her to become Venerable Xuanqing's disciple.
• Zhang Weiyun accepted Venerable Xuanqing's offer and left with her on the Xuanqing Divine Bird.
• Xu Fan returned to his courtyard and studied the Five Elements Sutra, finding it too ordinary to enhance easily.

Xu Fan sold his pills at Spirit Pill Pavilion and agreed to become a Special Contracted Pill Refiner under a confidential identity. Wang Yulun visited after surviving a month of hunting and asked Xu Fan how to defeat two dangerous Demon Beasts.

• Xu Fan offered five bottles of Mid-Grade Fasting Pills to Spirit Pill Pavilion and negotiated a contract that gave him discounted Spiritual Herbs, a higher purchase price, and access to rare materials and recipes.
• Xu Fan accepted the contract on the condition that his identity remain confidential, received a task-receiving Magic Artifact, and sold his pills for seventy-five Spirit Stones.
• Xu Fan bought Qi Refining Stage Pill Recipes and Spiritual Herbs, then returned to his mountain peak to study the differences between Pill Refining methods.
• Wang Yulun returned from Sky's Edge Forest after killing eight Demon Beasts and described his struggles against an earth-eating demonic beast and a Crimson Wind Blood Cat.
• Xu Fan told Wang Yulun that he should use his head rather than rely on direct combat, since his cultivation and spells alone would not defeat the two Demon Beasts.

Xu Fan learned that the valuable Enlightenment Pill could be refined at the Qi Refining Stage, but doing so risked damaging a pill refiner’s foundation. After a year passed, he reflected on his cultivation and the limits on how long anyone could remain in the realm.

• Xu Fan sent Wang Yulun into an illusion to fight the Rock Mantis, then advised him to study how to exploit its weak point.
• Xu Fan discovered that Enlightenment Pills were highly valuable and asked Sha Yan whether they could be refined during the Qi Refining Stage.
• Sha Yan explained that refining an Enlightenment Pill required immense mental power and Dao comprehension, and could destroy a pill refiner’s foundation.
• Xu Fan visited the deacon’s cave abode to water the Seven-Colored Flower, then returned to his hilltop.
• A year passed, and Xu Fan noted that cultivators could remain in the realm for no more than 10,000 years.

Xu Fan sold his refined pills through the Dharma Mirror, earned Spirit Stones, and began planning to study artifact refining. Pang Fu visited Xu Fan’s home with a congratulatory gift, while Zhang Weiyun continued training under Venerable Xuanqing.

• Xu Fan sold batches of pills to Supervisor Li for 97,000 Spirit Stones and advanced to Level 2 Dharma Mirror Permission.
• Xu Fan sold high-quality pills to Supervisor Li for 20,000 Spirit Stones, then suppressed an unexpected surge of spiritual power instead of breaking through.
• Zhang Weiyun asked Venerable Xuanqing to let her see her husband, but Venerable Xuanqing said she must first comprehend the introductory chapter of the Fortune Spirit Destiny Method.
• Xu Fan spent 10,000 Spirit Stones on junior artifact-refining materials and instructional materials.
• Pang Fu visited Xu Fan to congratulate him on his pill-refining success and offered him fifty Spirit Stones, which Xu Fan urged him to keep.

Xu Fan joined Pang Fu’s alliance of Outer Sect Disciples, then explained to Sha Yan that he refused her father’s offer to become his disciple because he wanted to pursue Artifact Refining and build a Sky Floating Giant Vessel. Sha Yan was reminded of her Big Brother Sha Diao, who had left to become the sect’s greatest Artifact Refining Master.

• Pang Fu invited Xu Fan to join an alliance that shared resources, information, and missions among Outer Sect Disciples.
• Xu Fan agreed to join, and Pang Fu gave him a communication Magic Artifact, a Jade Slip, and a Token.
• Sha Yan visited Xu Fan and asked why he had refused to join the Spirit Herb Hall and take her father, Teacher Jingtian, as his master.
• Xu Fan told Sha Yan he wanted to forge a Sky Floating Giant Vessel and regarded Pill Refining as a way to earn Spirit Stones.
• Sha Yan remembered her Big Brother Sha Diao declaring that he would become the Heavenly Gate Sect’s number one Artifact Refining Master.

Xu Fan studied Artifact Refining for three months, then read the latest sect news and received Wang Yulun and Murong Qian’er as guests. He recognized Murong Qian’er, and the visit suggested Wang Yulun wanted Xu Fan’s help with her matter.

• Xu Fan studied a Jade Slip lesson on basic Artifact Refining, learning how materials were tempered, shaped, and infused with Runes.
• Xu Fan spent three months reading every Artifact Refining Jade Slip and decided the craft was more interesting than Pill Refining.
• Xu Fan checked the Heavenly Gate Sect’s communication artifact and saw news about Murong Qian’er, sect activities, and trading requests.
• Wang Yulun arrived with Murong Qian’er and asked her to speak well of Xu Fan so he might help with her matter.
• Xu Fan greeted Murong Qian’er, identified her as the Outer Sect’s Number One Beauty, and surprised Wang Yulun.

Xu Fan cured Murong Qian'er of a Soul Devouring Beast’s lingering influence and agreed to enter a Mystic Realm with Wang Yulun and Murong Qian'er, after hearing it held an Artifact Refining Grandmaster’s inheritance. He prepared for the dangerous trip and then visited the Alliance to discuss missions for high-grade Spiritual Pills.

• Wang Yulun and Murong Qian'er asked Xu Fan to help with the ghostly aura left on Murong Qian'er by a Soul Devouring Beast, and Xu Fan purified it with Bright Light Purification.
• Xu Fan learned that the sect’s Mystic Realm contained only Qi Refining Stage Demon Beasts and an Artifact Refining Grandmaster’s inheritance, and agreed to go in ten days with Wang Yulun and Murong Qian'er.
• Xu Fan prepared for the Mystic Realm by engraving Runes onto Refined Iron Balls and making more in his Artifact Refining Room.
• Xu Fan visited the Alliance Headquarters, where Pang Fu welcomed him and Xu Fan asked about missions seeking Spirit Speed Pills and Body Tempering Pills.
• Xu Fan told Pang Fu he had refined a few bottles of high-grade Body Tempering Pills, impressing him.

Xu Fan traded pills, discussed the Alliance’s future with Pang Fu, and learned that dual cultivation of pill and artifact might forgo the Guiding Light to the Immortal World. He went to Artifact Refining Peak to practice making a Magic Artifact, but the first attempt exploded when he tried to integrate its sixth rune.

• Xu Fan traded Spiritual Pills and asked Pang Fu to post a task seeking rune materials, especially Naturally Formed Divine Descent Runes.
• Xu Fan and Pang Fu discussed the Alliance’s plans to become a Merchant Guild, and Pang Fu warned him that cultivating both pills and artifacts could mean giving up the Guiding Light.
• Xu Fan gave Pang Fu a bottle of high-grade Little Spirit Pills in exchange for the information, then headed to Artifact Refining Peak.
• Xu Fan rented a room in the Earth Core Workshop and used magma and spiritual power to shape Black Iron Spirit Ore and Thousand Cloud Steel into a sword.
• Xu Fan began integrating runes into the sword, but it exploded as he attempted to add the sixth rune, destroying the artifact and costly materials.