Chapter Summaries

Su Hao registered his tournament victory for five hundred Merit Points, then discovered the Library Pavilion and copied its entire collection into Marble Space. On his way back to Chaotic Stone Peak, Feng Yu'er caught up with him to ask some questions.

• Su Hao visited the Disciple Record and registered under his real name, Feng Wei, receiving five hundred Merit Points for winning the grand tournament.
• Su Hao obtained a Book Retrieval Warrant and entered the Library Pavilion, where he realized he could browse its extensive collection himself.
• Su Hao spent two days copying the entire Library Pavilion into Marble Space and left delighted with his new trove of knowledge.
• Feng Yu'er found Su Hao near Chaotic Stone Peak and told him she had questions, and Su Hao invited her to ask.

Feng Yu'er confided that her Master had discouraged her from learning anything beyond cultivation, and she feared the reason after finding a diary that described the same pattern. Su Hao reassured her that he would face any danger before it reached her and told her to burn the diary and return to cultivating.

• Feng Yu'er asked Feng Wei whether he, too, felt uneasy about being praised as a genius, and Su Hao told her to gain strength to protect herself.
• Feng Yu'er explained that her Master had forbidden her from studying Art Methods and Artifact Refining, then showed Su Hao a diary with a similar account that ended before its owner reached the Golden Core Realm.
• Su Hao considered the diary alongside the sect's declining numbers at higher cultivation realms and decided the sect might be hiding something.
• Su Hao told Feng Yu'er that he would reach the Nascent Soul Realm before her crisis arose and would resolve any danger, calming her fears.
• Su Hao instructed Feng Yu'er to burn the diary, act as though nothing had happened, and return to cultivating; she nodded and watched him leave.

Su Hao studied Artifact Refining after setting aside his impractical Absolute Defense Formation, then developed a principle-based approach that surpassed the Cultivation World's conventional methods. At sixteen, he had finished the useful books in the Library Pavilion and was ready to investigate how this world's Dharma Artifacts were made.

• Su Hao reflected on Feng Yu'er's Sixth Sense and accepted that his powerful aura made it difficult to pass as an ordinary boy.
• After testing his Absolute Defense Formation, Su Hao found it too complicated and slow to use, so he decided to study Artifact Refining to miniaturize it.
• Su Hao spent half a year mastering basic Artifact Refining knowledge, then claimed Fairy Feng Ling's private residence for experiments and gave her a Spirit Qi Wave Formation in return.
• Over the next year and a half, Su Hao read the useful books in the Library Pavilion and refined his understanding of Formations and Artifact Refining.
• Su Hao contrasted Cultivators' Freeform Style with his own Principle-Based Style, which focused on the mechanisms and variables behind an artifact's performance.

Su Hao solved the control problem in Artifact Refining by using a Location Stone and his Mental Tentacles to control a Flying Sword, then considered replacing its materials with Runes. Ashan reported that he had passed Moon-Gazing Valley’s test and was nearing the Immortal Sect, while Su Hao realized he had been in the sect for three years and could break through to Foundation Establishment.

• Su Hao concluded that his half-finished Flying Sword could not be controlled without Divine Sense Stone and devised a way to use a Location Stone as its core.
• Su Hao modified the Flying Sword and successfully controlled it remotely with his Mental Tentacle, confirming the Location Stone method worked.
• Su Hao considered using Runes in place of Artifact Refining materials to create powerful Dharma Artifacts from Diamond Armor.
• Ashan sent Su Hao a message saying he had passed Moon-Gazing Valley’s test and was approaching the Immortal Sect by Flying Boat.
• Su Hao noted that three years had passed since he joined the sect and that he could now break through to Foundation Establishment.

Su Hao consulted Fairy Feng Ling about the wind attribute of her Foundation Establishment method, then safely advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm at his Experiment Base. He used a Spirit Qi Wave Rune to speed up his cultivation and began accumulating energy for the next level.

• Ashan passed Moon-Gazing Valley's disciple selection and joined the Immortal Sect, while Su Hao planned to entrust him with routine tasks.
• Su Hao asked Fairy Feng Ling whether the wind spiritual power formed by her Foundation Establishment method would weaken Art Methods from other lineages.
• Su Hao returned to his Experiment Base, sealed the laboratory, and used his Senior Brother Token and a Connection Pill to begin breaking through.
• Su Hao constructed and activated his Foundation Establishment core, reaching the Foundation Consolidation level.
• Su Hao created a Spirit Qi Wave Rune and estimated that it would reduce his Pool Accumulation from five years to a little over three months.

After stabilizing his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, Su Hao registered his new realm and planned to obtain a Golden Core cultivation method. He reunited with Ashan, assigned him research on Art Transplantation, and upgraded his cultivation talent.

• Su Hao emerged from three months of seclusion, confirmed his breakthrough to the second level of Foundation Establishment, and registered it with Fairy Feng Ling.
• Fairy Feng Ling explained that she would remain in the Immortal Sect for one year and that Su Hao could exchange 300 Merit Points for a Golden Core cultivation method.
• Su Hao summoned Ashan and learned that he had reached the first level of Qi Induction after three months of cultivation.
• Su Hao ordered Ashan to research the Art Transplantation Plan, study the sect’s materials, and work with Feng Cheng on minor experiments.
• Su Hao gave Ashan a Spirit Qi Wave Rune to test, then used Marble Space to raise Ashan’s cultivation speed to fifty times normal.

Ashan received Su Hao’s spiritual-energy treatment, while Su Hao spent his remaining year in the Immortal Sect developing Rune-based Dharma Artifacts. After successfully creating fifty Diamond Flying Swords, Su Hao set out to redesign them into modular weapons that could form powerful arrays.

• Ashan woke after Su Hao administered the needles and learned from Su Hao’s materials that his Spirit Roots had been enlarged and his cultivation accelerated.
• Su Hao planned his remaining year around replacing Artifact Refining materials with Runes, cultivating, creating a portable Dharma Artifact, and practicing the Sinking Mountain Wind Binding Technique.
• After four months of experimentation, Su Hao replaced most Artifact Refining materials with Runes and built a Diamond Flying Sword that pierced through stone walls.
• Su Hao created and controlled fifty Diamond Flying Swords, then considered how their limited number and complicated construction could be improved.
• Su Hao began upgrading Little Light and redesigning the swords as identical, combinable weapons for different Flying Sword Arrays.

Su Hao tested his newly designed flying sword arrays, which devastated a remote mountain and demonstrated their immense power. After sensing a mysterious, likely Body Integration Cultivator approaching, he retreated to his laboratory, leaving the stranger to inspect the flattened mountain.

• Su Hao traveled to a deserted valley and tested the range and penetrating power of his forty-eight Flying Swords.
• Su Hao used the Twelve Flying Sword Array—Shock Cannon to blast a hole through a mountain, then the Twenty-Four Flying Sword Array—Sword of Dawn to cleave it in half.
• Su Hao activated the Forty-Eight Flying Sword Array—Ten Thousand Swords Flying Together, which riddled the mountain's upper half with attacks and reduced it to rubble.
• Su Hao sensed a powerful Cultivator approaching, suspected he was a Body Integration Cultivator, and chose to retreat to his laboratory in Cloud-Amidst Ten-Thousand Moon Valley.
• The bearded Cultivator arrived, marveled at the flattened mountain, failed to find Su Hao, and left to drink.

Su Hao completed the fourth Foundation Establishment level, bought the Golden Core Realm Mental Method, and began planning a multifunctional Dharma Artifact before leaving the Immortal Sect. He went looking for materials and, after Fairy Feng Ling and Feng Yan both refused him, was left to ask his Master next.

• Su Hao spent two months cultivating Essence Sealing, then two more reaching the fourth Foundation Establishment level, Holding Guard.
• Su Hao examined the Golden Core Realm Mental Method at the Disciple Record and learned that the Golden Core Realm Spirit Method and Art Method cost more Merit Points than he had.
• Su Hao studied Spiritual Intent, decided it would take too long to cultivate quickly, and added a task to the Log Board to save the cultivation world's chrysanthemums.
• Su Hao began seeking materials for a multifunctional personal Dharma Artifact and went to Fairy Feng Ling, who said she had used all her materials.
• Su Hao visited Feng Yan for materials, but Feng Yan drove him away and suggested he ask his Master, Little Feng Ling.

Su Hao dismantled stolen Dharma Artifacts to gather materials and refined the Universal Blade, then learned that he would leave the Immortal Sect with Fairy Feng Ling for a dangerous five-year garrison mission in Spirit Mountain Vein Province. The chapter ended with Su Hao assuring her that his Blade-Riding Flight Technique would let him keep pace despite not mastering Qi-Form Wind Escape Technique.

• Su Hao dismantled eight Flying Shuttles and a protective Dharma Artifact, recording the materials in Marble Space.
• Su Hao designed and refined the Universal Blade, then made a smaller Dharma Artifact for Ashan.
• Fairy Feng Ling told Su Hao they would leave the Immortal Sect within a month for a five-year garrison mission at a Spirit Stone mine handover point in Spirit Mountain Vein Province.
• Fairy Feng Ling warned Su Hao that Spirit Mountain Vein Province was dangerous and urged him to master Qi-Form Wind Escape Technique.
• Su Hao told Fairy Feng Ling that his Blade-Riding Flight Technique would let him fly as fast as she could.

Su Hao prepared Ashan for his long absence, then left Moon-Gazing Valley with Fairy Feng Ling to carry out a mission in Spirit Mountain Vein Province. His Universal Blade’s flight performance impressed Fairy Feng Ling, who asked him to make her a Universal Sword.

• Su Hao explained Spirit Mountain Vein Province’s dangerous, contested status and resolved to gather cultivation methods from across the world.
• Su Hao gave Ashan research assignments, Feng Cheng’s revised cultivation method, and a Dharma Artifact before leaving for five years.
• Su Hao modified the Universal Blade and set out with Fairy Feng Ling after receiving the Immortal Sect’s Flying Sword.
• Su Hao demonstrated the Universal Blade’s flight function and easily kept pace with Fairy Feng Ling as they traveled.
• Fairy Feng Ling asked Su Hao to find materials and refine her a Universal Sword when they reached Spirit Mountain Vein Province.

Su Hao returned to Molai Village and reunited with the Feng Family after years away, then gave Third Uncle Feng Xianglong a cultivation test and a life-saving treasure. He left the family behind and rejoined Fairy Feng Ling in Moling City, where they continued their journey after shopping.

• Su Hao landed in Moling City, left Fairy Feng Ling to shop, and used his Perception to locate Molai Village.
• Feng Guangguang recognized Su Hao at the Feng Family Courtyard, and Su Hao reunited with Grandmother and the rest of the family.
• Su Hao told Third Uncle Feng Xianglong that pursuing immortality without talent was dangerous and gave him a technique to test the family’s cultivation potential.
• Su Hao sparred with Feng Xianglong, then gave him a Location Stone that could save his life.
• Su Hao left the Feng Family Courtyard and returned to Fairy Feng Ling, who was shopping and eating in Moling City.

Su Hao and Fairy Feng Ling traveled to Wangling City, then set out across the sea toward Spirit Mountain Vein Province. While studying a navigation Dharma Artifact during the flight, Su Hao detected cultivators attacking a flying boat and considered going closer to watch.

• Su Hao and Fairy Feng Ling reached Wangling City, where they heard rumors that Nine-Refinement Star Origin Mountain had profited from a clash between two Immortal Sects.
• Su Hao and Fairy Feng Ling left the city and began crossing the sea separately to avoid drawing attention to Su Hao's Dharma Artifact.
• Fairy Feng Ling showed Su Hao that her mission scroll was a Dharma Artifact that pointed toward their destination.
• Su Hao recorded the scroll's information and studied its navigation method while flying over the sea.
• Su Hao detected more than thirty cultivators attacking a massive flying boat and wondered whether to approach.

Su Hao spotted Elder Shen among the Cultivators attacking a Flying Boat and used Fairy Feng Ling’s need for privacy as a chance to investigate. After discovering the boat carried supplies and its defenders were close to defeat, Su Hao armored himself and Flash Stepped into its packed cabin to inspect the materials.

• Su Hao persuaded Fairy Feng Ling to stop on a tiny island, then left her alone while she dug a pit and handled her business.
• Su Hao used Radar Perception and Flash Step to reach the sky above the Flying Boat, where he saw Elder Shen and more than thirty other Cultivators attacking it.
• Su Hao learned that the attackers outnumbered and outmatched the Flying Boat’s Nine-Refinement Star Origin Mountain escort, whose defenders were losing hope and conserving Spiritual Power.
• Su Hao guessed the attackers might belong to Primordial Tri-Unity Peak and suspected the cargo contained something the sect wanted.
• Su Hao transformed into his Life Child, equipped his Diamond Armor and Absolute Defense Formation, then Flash Stepped into the Flying Boat’s cabin to examine its supplies.

Su Hao discovered that the Flying Boat’s cargo hold was packed with rare materials, but Tri-Unity Peak ambushed the vessel and shattered its protective barrier. After Su Hao collected the cargo and found a hidden box containing a Nine-Cycle Spirit-Combining Lotus, Elder Shen attacked him and demanded the flower.

• Su Hao examined the Flying Boat’s abundant rare materials and realized Immortal Sects controlled most Artifact Refining resources.
• Elder Shen and Tri-Unity Peak’s cultivators broke the Flying Boat’s protective barrier, killed ten Star Origin Mountain cultivators, and drove the others away.
• Elder Shen entered the hold and found it empty as Su Hao stored the materials, then watched Su Hao uncover a hidden compartment.
• Elder Shen attacked Su Hao with his Flying Swords, but Su Hao’s Diamond Armor withstood the strikes.
• Su Hao opened the hidden box and found a Nine-Cycle Spirit-Combining Lotus, which Elder Shen identified and demanded back.
• Elder Shen sent his Flying Swords at Su Hao and the box, and Su Hao swung his saber at them.

Su Hao took the Nine-Cycle Spirit-Combining Lotus from Elder Shen and reunited with Fairy Feng Ling. Two days later, five cultivators pursued them, and Fairy Feng Ling fled underwater with Su Hao, where two of their pursuers followed.

• Su Hao destroyed Elder Shen's Flying Swords, broke through his Protective Barriers, and took the Nine-Cycle Spirit-Combining Lotus before leaving with Flash Step.
• Elder Shen raged and attacked the Flying Boat as more cultivators entered, repeatedly shouting about the Crystal Armor Man.
• Su Hao found Fairy Feng Ling at her Islet, and the two continued their journey across the sea.
• Fairy Feng Ling pulled Su Hao away from five approaching cultivators, then used Sea Evasion Technique to take them underwater.
• Su Hao sensed that two of the five cultivators had followed them into the sea.

Su Hao and Fairy Feng Ling were confronted at sea by a Golden Core cultivator and four Foundation Establishment cultivators who intended to rob them. Su Hao killed all five with the Universal Blade, leaving Fairy Feng Ling stunned and questioning how powerful her supposedly newly Foundation Establishment Disciple really was.

• Fairy Feng Ling worried about the pursuers but Su Hao grabbed her hand and used the Universal Blade to carry them out of the water.
• The Golden Core cultivator and four Foundation Establishment cultivators surrounded Su Hao and Fairy Feng Ling, threatened them, and revealed their affiliation with the Six-Element Metal Transformation Sect.
• Su Hao warned the five to leave, then attacked with the Universal Blade and pierced the Golden Core cultivator and all four Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Su Hao continued attacking to ensure the wounded enemies could not resist, decapitating two Foundation Establishment cultivators and then the Golden Core cultivator as he began using the Heart-Piercing Drill.
• Fairy Feng Ling watched Su Hao kill the attackers almost instantly and wondered how he could be so powerful when he had only just reached Foundation Establishment.

Su Hao and Fairy Feng Ling discovered that the Six-Element Metal Transformation Sect had learned of Moon-Gazing Valley’s upcoming garrison rotation and might be part of a wider plot against the sect. They reached Spirit Mountain Vein Province and arrived at the Moon Valley-controlled Thousand Peaks Assembly, where Su Hao learned that ordinary people lived and worked there.

• Su Hao opened an encrypted mission scroll taken from the slain cultivators and learned that the Six-Element Metal Transformation Sect was targeting Moon-Gazing Valley during its upcoming garrison rotation.
• Fairy Feng Ling warned that multiple Immortal Sects might be exploiting the rotation and hurried with Su Hao toward Spirit Mountain Vein Province to report the leak.
• After crossing the sea, Su Hao and Fairy Feng Ling reached Spirit Mountain Vein Province and found its Spirit Qi denser than that of Moon Valley.
• Four days later, Su Hao and Fairy Feng Ling arrived at the Thousand Peaks Assembly, a small city under Moon Valley’s jurisdiction.
• Fairy Feng Ling explained that ordinary people in the city had been brought from other provinces long ago, and Su Hao realized they were effectively being kept as slaves.

Su Hao and Fairy Feng Ling received orders to garrison Qi Tower Peak, where they discovered that a Moon Valley disciple and a Golden Core Cultivator had been killed. They decided to report the attack to the Thousand Peaks Assembly, while Fairy Feng Ling asked Su Hao to make her a Universal Sword.

• Elder Rain replaced their assignment with a five-year garrison duty at Qi Tower Peak and hurried away after examining the Secret Scroll about Moon Valley.
• Su Hao and Fairy Feng Ling traveled to Qi Tower Peak to investigate the post before their duty began.
• Su Hao found the corpse of a Moon Lineage Disciple and used Little Light to locate further signs of battle nearby.
• They discovered blood, a Bloodstained Coat, and a severed finger that Su Hao identified as belonging to a Golden Core Cultivator.
• Fairy Feng Ling suspected a Nascent Soul Cultivator had attacked, and she and Su Hao set off to report the killings to the Thousand Peaks Assembly.
• Fairy Feng Ling asked Su Hao whether his Universal Blade could face a Nascent Soul Cultivator and requested that he forge her a Universal Sword.

After discovering that two disciples stationed at Qi Tower Peak had vanished and likely died, Fairy Feng Ling and Su Hao stayed at the Thousand Peaks Assembly while Elder Rain mobilized disciples and warned others. In the marketplace, Su Hao offered to refine Fairy Feng Ling a powerful Universal Sword and became interested in a Sky Lotus Platform, whose price he asked as Fairy Feng Ling doubted he could afford it.

• Fairy Feng Ling told Elder Rain that the two disciples stationed at Qi Tower Peak were likely dead, and Elder Rain ordered Yu Mu and Yu Jie to warn and recall disciples.
• Elder Rain told Su Hao and Fairy Feng Ling to remain at the Thousand Peaks Assembly while he worked to protect the disciples around Moon Valley.
• Fairy Feng Ling asked Su Hao about the cost of materials for a Universal Sword, and he promised to refine one for her from materials he already had.
• Su Hao told Fairy Feng Ling that the sword's effectiveness would depend on her understanding of its formations, and promised to write her a user manual.
• Su Hao examined a Sky Lotus Platform that its owner said could transmit signals between paired platforms, then asked how much it cost.