Recaps

Fang Yi practiced the Golden Sun Breathing Technique and agreed to let his cousin Lin Yiyi stay at his home while she attended summer camp in Tai City. After she arrived, Lin Yiyi messaged her Pioneer squad about an operation and warned them to stay cautious around powerful Pioneers.

• Fang Yi completed his morning cultivation and received a call from his Aunt asking him to host Lin Yiyi.
• Fang Yi agreed, sent his address, and welcomed Lin Yiyi when she arrived that afternoon.
• Fang Yi showed Lin Yiyi to her room, and they exchanged a few polite questions before she went inside.
• Lin Yiyi joined the Spirit Qi Recovery—Martial Arts Pioneer Squad chat and reported that she had moved into her cousin's house.
• Lin Yiyi and the other squad members discussed a powerful Pioneer who had slashed out a sun at the Underground River and agreed to avoid drawing attention during their operation.

Fang Yi discovered that his cousin Lin Yiyi was a talented cultivator and overheard her planning to attend a Great World Change in Yanghuo Town. He decided to follow her there to claim the opportunity for himself.

• Fang Yi reflected on how Lin Yiyi’s stay had brought order, regular meals, and awkward moments to his formerly solitary home.
• Fang Yi sensed spirit qi gathering in Lin Yiyi’s bedroom and watched her cultivate through the window.
• Fang Yi recognized that Lin Yiyi had reached Divine Axe Two Stars and was close to Star Ascension.
• Lin Yiyi took a call and arranged to meet her team in Yanghuo Town for a Great World Change the following day.
• Fang Yi realized Lin Yiyi’s summer camp was a cover for the trip and decided to go to Yanghuo Town himself.

Lin Yiyi’s squad entered Yanghuo Town to investigate an unpredictable, sky-hanging Vine linked to a Great World Change, while Fang Yi followed them and assessed their abilities. After learning that powerful Pioneers had already died approaching the Vine, the group faced the mission with growing concern.

• Lin Yiyi and her squad gathered at Yanghuo Town, where Romanced and Scammed Out of 50 Cents asked about Lin Yiyi’s cousin.
• Fang Yi watched the squad and gauged their strength, noting that Lin Yiyi was a Divine Axe Two Stars and one teammate was a Divine Axe Three-Star.
• Lin Yiyi asked about an absent squad member, and the silent young man said she was busy and could not come.
• The squad discussed reports of a mysterious Vine that descended from the sky and appeared unpredictably in different places.
• Romanced and Scammed Out of 50 Cents warned that the Vine was an unknown, unusually dangerous Great World Change and that powerful Pioneers had died investigating it.
• Fang Yi heard the warning and reflected that the Martial Dao Pioneer’s path was full of peril.

Lin Yiyi and her companions discovered a massive Vine that carried a deathly aura and the corpses of Pioneers, so they cultivated at a distance. Lin Yiyi broke through to Three-Star, but the Vine suddenly came alive and attacked the group.

• Lin Yiyi's group found a colossal Vine hanging from the sky and sensed its desolate, life-draining aura.
• 81-year-old Beautiful Young Woman spotted Pioneer corpses hanging from the Vine, and the group agreed to cultivate from a safe distance.
• Fang Yi watched from a nearby tree as Lin Yiyi entered cultivation and prepared to reach Three-Star.
• Lin Yiyi broke through to Three-Star with Ghost Axe, and her companions gathered to congratulate her.
• The Vine stirred and sent its leaves surging toward the group like giant pythons, leaving everyone horrified.

Fang Yi saved Lin Yiyi’s team from the Barren vines with a single saber strike, then gained the Endless Vitality cultivation method and extracted the Barren Attribute. Lin Yiyi woke after he had left, and her teammates told her what had happened.

• The Martial Arts Squad struggled to shield Lin Yiyi during her breakthrough as Barren vines overwhelmed their barrier and they considered fleeing.
• Fang Yi arrived and cut through the vines with his Blazing Tang Saber, driving them back and saving the team.
• Fang Yi’s system wrote the Endless Vitality cultivation method from an ultimate Wood Attribute and extracted the Barren Attribute from the vines.
• The squad thanked Fang Yi, but he declined their offers and left.
• Lin Yiyi woke ten minutes later, and the young man described Fang Yi’s slash and the vines’ retreat.

After returning home, Lin Yiyi discussed the mysterious Yang Attribute Pioneer who had rescued the Martial Arts Squad and suspected he was the fighter from the Underground River. The chapter ended with Jialan asking the group to report any trace of him, while Lin Yiyi realized she had not noticed when Fang Yi left.

• Lin Yiyi returned to Fang Yi's home exhausted from using the Divine Axe and told her cousin she had been studying.
• Lin Yiyi read the Martial Arts Squad chat, where 81-year-old Beautiful Young Woman and Romance Scammer praised the rescuer's power.
• Lin Yiyi suggested that the Pioneer who rescued them might be the same Yang Attribute fighter from the Underground River, and the others agreed it was likely.
• Jialan unexpectedly asked the group to notify her if they found any trace of the Pioneer, leaving Dan Mo Wenzhu shaken by her interest.
• Lin Yiyi wondered what the Pioneer looked like, then noticed that Fang Yi had quietly disappeared from outside her room.

Fang Yi granted the Barren Attribute to a wildflower that strongly responded to his spiritual energy, and it rapidly evolved into a life-draining plant. He left off wondering whether the attribute had unlocked the flower’s potential for evolution.

• Fang Yi entered the forest outside Tai City to find a plant suited to receive the Barren Attribute.
• Fang Yi released his spiritual energy through the forest and found a wildflower that eagerly absorbed it.
• Fang Yi chose the wildflower and forcibly implanted the Barren Attribute into it.
• The flower unleashed Barren Power, draining nearby plants and animals until the forest became barren within seconds.
• Fang Yi plucked the flower and observed that it continued gently absorbing life force and behaving as if intelligent.
• Fang Yi wondered whether receiving an attribute had unlocked the wildflower’s ability to evolve.

The Spirit Qi Recovery Plant Research Department investigated a forest devastated by the Barren Attribute and realized someone had removed its source. Fang Yi planted the Barren-attribute wildflower in a pot, then learned his childhood friend Wang Liang had returned and invited him to meet, hinting at a secret.

• The research team found the forest’s Anomaly Value above 30 and the vegetation withered, and their teacher identified the area as affected by the deadly Barren Attribute.
• The old man explained the Barren Attribute’s dangers and compared the site with the Vine hanging down from the sky and the Ancient Tree Forbidden Zone in Cang City.
• The researchers found that the Barren Attribute’s source was gone and wondered who could have entered the forbidden area and dug it up.
• Fang Yi planted the Barren-attribute wildflower in a ceramic pot and placed it on his windowsill as a potential battle assistant.
• Wang Liang messaged Fang Yi from Tai City and invited him to meet, saying he had a huge secret to share.

Fang Yi reunited with his childhood friend Wang Liang, who warned him that education and wealth would soon lose their value as the world changed. When Wang Liang received an urgent military summons, he drove Fang Yi toward his mission, leaving Fang Yi to suspect the military was secretly handling threats linked to Spirit Qi Recovery.

• Fang Yi and Wang Liang reunited, shared a meal at their old fried skewer shop, and reminisced about their childhood.
• Wang Liang warned Fang Yi that society would soon be reshuffled and told him to keep their conversation secret.
• A school bell and the students leaving Fourth High School reminded the friends of their younger days before Wang Liang prepared to take Fang Yi home.
• Wang Liang received an urgent order to report to a location within three minutes and warned Fang Yi to pretend he saw nothing.
• Wang Liang sped toward his mission as Fang Yi wondered what dangers the military was handling amid the Great World Change.

Fang Yi entered Restricted Spirit Zone 19 with Wang Liang and watched a military squad fight a mutated Vicious Dog that combined the Dark Attribute with fire. The squad had the beast on the verge of defeat, but the battle was interrupted by a sudden change.

• Fang Yi and Wang Liang arrived at Restricted Spirit Zone 19, where dense spirit qi and signs of military activity filled the mountain base.
• Wang Liang brought Fang Yi to a valley, where a mutated Vicious Dog attacked soldiers with black flames and left several injured.
• A female officer welcomed Wang Liang into a five-person squad and ordered Zhang Mi and Li Yu to draw the Vicious Dog's attention while the others attacked.
• The squad coordinated its strikes, and the female officer pierced the Vicious Dog's eye and cut its back, keeping its dangerous claws at bay.
• Fang Yi admired the squad's teamwork as its members grew confident that they could subdue the Vicious Dog, but a sudden change occurred.

Vicious Dog evolved into a Tier B Aberration, combining its Fire Attribute with the corrosive Dark Attribute and overwhelming Chu Lan’s squad. As the Pioneer soldiers assembled to stop it from escaping Restricted Zone 019, an unexpected figure charged forward.

• Vicious Dog unleashed Black Mist, evolved, and broke through the soldiers’ spiritual-energy barrier with its new bone spikes.
• Wang Liang narrowly dodged a Dark Attribute spike, while Chu Lan ordered the squad to retreat and use open ground to contain Vicious Dog.
• Vicious Dog spread corrosive Black Mist and charged toward Chu Lan, forcing her to announce its reclassification as a Tier B Aberration.
• Chu Lan summoned all Pioneers of Divine Axe First Star and above to reinforce the formation and prevent Vicious Dog from leaving Restricted Zone 019.
• As Chu Lan began giving her next order, an unexpected figure rushed past her toward Vicious Dog.

Fang Yi revealed his overwhelming Thunder Attribute power by saving the soldiers of Restricted Zone 019 from the Vicious Dog. He left the soldiers stunned after killing the Rank B Aberration with a single lightning slash.

• Fang Yi pinned the Vicious Dog with a thunderous palm strike, shattered its Black Mist, and sent it flying.
• Chu Lan and the soldiers realized that the seemingly ordinary Fang Yi was a Pioneer far stronger than Chu Lan.
• Wang Liang recognized Fang Yi as his childhood friend and stared in disbelief at his strength.
• Fang Yi drew his Tang Saber and unleashed a lightning slash before the Vicious Dog could react.
• Fang Yi blasted the Vicious Dog apart, leaving the soldiers amazed at how easily he had killed the Rank B Aberration.

Fang Yi killed the Rank B Vicious Dog and saved Forbidden Land 019, revealing his extraordinary strength to Wang Liang and Chu Lan. Chu Lan recognized Fang Yi’s value but doubted he would consider an invitation from her worth accepting.

• Fang Yi easily killed the Vicious Dog with a lightning-charged slash, astonishing Chu Lan and the others.
• Wang Liang checked on Fang Yi and learned that his childhood friend had already become a Pioneer, though he did not press him for details.
• Chu Lan thanked Fang Yi, recorded his contact information, and had Wang Liang see him out.
• Wang Liang asked Chu Lan why she had not invited Fang Yi to join the military, and she explained that his strength and High-level Thunder Attribute made him exceptionally valuable.
• Chu Lan told Wang Liang that she was not important enough to invite Fang Yi, and Wang Liang understood that she meant he might reject an invitation from her.

After returning home, Fang Yi reflected on how the authorities used restricted zones to protect the public and considered why he had revealed his Thunder Attribute to the military. He kept his Yang Attribute secret, sought access to the authorities’ resources and information without joining an organization, and began cultivating as he sensed another breakthrough approaching.

• Fang Yi returned to his apartment, ate a jianbing guozi, and reasoned that the military and Spirit Qi Cultivation Association were working to protect ordinary people from anomalies.
• Fang Yi read Wang Liang’s messages praising his strength and warning him that Chu Lan and others had noticed him.
• Fang Yi concluded that he had deliberately exposed his Thunder Attribute to attract the authorities’ attention and gain access to their information, while keeping his Yang Attribute as a trump card.
• Fang Yi declined to join an organization because he did not want his freedom restricted, then sensed that the spirit qi from the restricted zone was bringing him close to another breakthrough.
• Fang Yi sat on his bed, crossed his legs, and began cultivating.

Lin Yiyi witnessed a terrifying five-star Divine Axe Realm breakthrough near her apartment and mistook its source for a senior pioneer, while her cousin Fang Yi remained unaware. After Lin Yiyi returned home and made noodles, Fang Yi found news of a mysterious fire at Qingbei University and suspected it was related to the Yang Attribute.

• Lin Yiyi sensed a powerful Divine Axe Realm breakthrough and saw its aura reach at least five stars, which inspired her to cultivate all night.
• Lin Yiyi returned to the apartment and found Fang Yi lounging on the sofa with his tablet.
• Lin Yiyi made Wonton Noodles for Fang Yi while he searched for news about the World Revival.
• Fang Yi watched a video of a devastating fire at Qingbei University and wondered if it was another Yang Attribute incident.

Fang Yi went with Chu Lan to Qingbei University to inspect the Heavenly Fire damage and discuss the growing Great World Change. At the burned sports field, he unexpectedly ran into his ex-girlfriend Chu Qingli and her roommate Wang Lu.

• Fang Yi called Chu Lan and arranged to meet her at Qingbei University, where she planned to inspect the fire and needed his help with a Pioneer training pilot program.
• Fang Yi and Chu Lan entered the crowded campus and examined the sports field, which the Heavenly Fire had reduced to scorched wreckage.
• Chu Lan left to visit the principal, while Fang Yi stayed behind to look over the ruins and worry about the spreading Great World Change.
• Chu Qingli recognized Fang Yi at the field and approached him with her roommate Wang Lu.
• Wang Lu learned Fang Yi was Chu Qingli's ex-boyfriend and told him that the gap between their lives was too great.

Fang Yi reunited with Chu Qingli at Qingbei, but left with Chu Lan and the principal to investigate the Heavenly Fire. They found the fire still raging uncontrollably over the No. 1 sports field, and Chu Lan’s bracelet began recording readings as she approached it.

• Wang Lu’s remarks about Fang Yi and Chu Qingli’s past left Chu Qingli regretting the distance between them.
• Chu Lan told Fang Yi that the Heavenly Fire was more serious than expected and asked him to inspect where it began.
• The principal greeted Fang Yi respectfully and asked him to resolve the danger at the No. 1 sports field.
• The principal explained that the Heavenly Fire had appeared several nights earlier and that neither the school nor the fire department could extinguish it.
• Fang Yi, Chu Lan, and the principal reached the sports field and saw the fire consuming everything around it.
• Chu Lan brought her silver bracelet near the flames, and its numbers began to rise as Fang Yi asked what it was.

Fang Yi entered the raging Heavenly Fire unharmed and acquired the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Sealing Art. He sealed the flames inside a basketball hoop, leaving the athletic field closed and the school safe from the fire spreading.

• Chu Lan measured the Heavenly Fire's rising abnormal threshold and said she would report it so stronger Pioneers could handle it.
• Fang Yi walked into the Heavenly Fire, where his Yang Attribute protected him and his ability unlocked the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Sealing Art.
• Fang Yi emerged uninjured and told Chu Lan he could resolve the Heavenly Fire.
• Fang Yi used the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Sealing Art to trap the flames and seal them inside a basketball hoop.
• The Principal agreed to keep the athletic field closed, and Fang Yi remarked that Qingbei had seven or eight athletic fields.

After Fang Yi implanted the Endless Wildfire template into his Tang Saber, he tested it and accidentally ignited a forest. A livestream captured his flaming slash, making him a viral sensation as the Heavenly Fire Blade.

• Chu Lan praised Fang Yi's strength, offered to advise him about joining the military, and said she would report his sealing of Heavenly Fire.
• Fang Yi returned to the forest and implanted the Endless Wildfire template into his Tang Saber.
• Fang Yi tested the saber with a slash, unleashing flames that spread through the forest.
• Streamer Zhang Ya livestreamed the blaze and filmed Fang Yi standing amid the flames with his burning Tang Saber.
• Viewers recognized Fang Yi's slash as the source of the fire, and footage of the Heavenly Fire Blade went viral across the city.

After Zhang Ya’s livestream exposed the Fire Attribute pioneer’s blade strike, Han Li questioned her while Fang Yi confirmed to Old Li that he was the one in the video. As Tai City’s authorities and the Spirit Qi Cultivation Association confronted growing threats, Fang Yi believed he was strong enough to claim a place in the changing era.

• Zhang Ya’s popular livestream about the blade-wielder was cut off, and uniformed officials took her to the police station for questioning.
• Han Li learned that Zhang Ya believed the Fire Attribute pioneer was young and connected the incident to the unidentified Thunder Attribute pioneer at Jade Emperor Mountain.
• Fang Yi saw the news about the Heavenly Fire Blade and confirmed to Old Li that he had made the strike.
• Fang Yi said his strength was now enough to secure a place in the changing era.
• The Spirit Qi Cultivation Association’s president warned that city anomalies and Dark Attribute sources were increasing while the association lacked enough pioneers.

Fang Yi discovered that Lin Yiyi had vanished and her phone was unreachable, while Lin Yiyi and the 81-year-old Beautiful Young Woman were trapped in a deadly black mist. Just as Lin Yiyi’s barrier broke, Fang Yi arrived and tore through the darkness.

• Fang Yi woke, found Cousin missing from the apartment, and realized she had left in a hurry.
• After Lin Yiyi failed to answer his call, Fang Yi grew alarmed that something had happened to her.
• Lin Yiyi and the 81-year-old Beautiful Young Woman endured the black mist for two hours as it sent reanimated corpses against them.
• The anomaly overwhelmed their defenses, and the black mist swallowed the Beautiful Young Woman before Lin Yiyi’s barrier shattered.
• Fang Yi descended in a burst of thunder and ripped apart the black mist around Lin Yiyi.

Fang Yi rescued Lin Yiyi and Zhao Meng from a black-mist Anomaly, revealing his lightning and fire abilities to Lin Yiyi. After they returned home, Lin Yiyi realized her cousin had been secretly protecting her and thanked him by offering to cook extra eggs for lunch.

• Fang Yi tore through the black mist with lightning and destroyed the Ghost Shadow with a blazing saber strike.
• Lin Yiyi and Zhao Meng escaped the illusion as the street returned to normal.
• Zhao Meng recognized Fang Yi as the person who had saved her squad from Vine, and Lin Yiyi realized he wielded both lightning and fire.
• Fang Yi took Lin Yiyi home to escape Zhao Meng's questions.
• Lin Yiyi asked why Fang Yi had not told her about his abilities, and he replied that she had never asked.
• Lin Yiyi went to cook lunch and offered to fry Fang Yi two extra eggs as thanks.

After Fang Yi returned to cultivating, Lin Yiyi concealed that he had saved her and the beautiful young woman. Jialan posted a dangerous mission in the Extremely Dark Zone, warning the group that it was connected to the Dark Attribute and allowing members to bring reliable, powerful Pioneers.

• Lin Yiyi decided not to tell the squad that Fang Yi had rescued her and the beautiful young woman.
• Jialan released a mission in the Extremely Dark Zone and warned that it was likely connected to the Dark Attribute.
• Dan Mo Wenzhu explained that the zone was a dangerous Dark Attribute forbidden area filled with Anomalies and warned that the coming era would be cruel.
• Jialan told the group to think carefully before taking the mission and said they could bring reliable, powerful Pioneers.

Fang Yi agreed to join Lin Yiyi on a dangerous mission to explore the Extremely Dark Zone, drawn by its threat and a million-per-person reward. They headed toward the mission site by subway, where Fang Yi gave up his newly claimed seat to an elderly woman.

• Lin Yiyi told Fang Yi that her mysterious teammate Jialan had posted a mission to explore the Extremely Dark Zone, a dangerous region shrouded in the Dark Attribute.
• Fang Yi recalled the cunning, hostile abnormalities he had encountered and agreed to accompany Lin Yiyi into the zone.
• Lin Yiyi said the team would leave immediately and revealed that the mission paid one million per person.
• Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi traveled toward the mission site by subway and agreed to buy a car after the mission.
• An elderly woman asked Fang Yi to give up his seat, and he let her take it.

Jialan ordered a dangerous expedition into the Extremely Dark Zone to retrieve the Lost Tempering Flower, the only thing that could save Huang Tian. Meanwhile, Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi reached the meeting point and joined the growing squad, where Zhao Meng eagerly fawned over Fang Yi.

• Jialan explained that the Lost Tempering Flower was needed to save Huang Tian and decided the mission into the Extremely Dark Zone had to proceed.
• Jialan privately recalled her bond with Uncle Wu and resolved to obtain the flower for him.
• Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi endured a crowded subway ride to reach the gathering point, where Lin Yiyi vomited but continued toward the mission.
• Zhao Meng spotted Lin Yiyi and greeted her and Fang Yi with unusual enthusiasm, while Lu Jiahe wondered why Fang Yi seemed familiar.
• Lu Jiahe learned that Fang Yi was Lin Yiyi's cousin and that he was even stronger than her.
• The group set off toward the Desolate Land as one of the other early arrivals looked displeased by the attention Fang Yi received.