Chapter Summaries

The Destroyer Squad tracked down Candle Night and engaged it in a rain-soaked alley, but the Anomaly escaped after demonstrating its destructive Dark Attribute. During the pursuit, the squad’s reconnaissance member detected that the Anomaly concentration had risen beyond 80, suggesting more than one Anomaly was nearby.

• Su Qingying helped the Destroyer Squad locate Candle Night, and the captain ordered the team to begin the operation.
• The Destroyer Squad surrounded Candle Night, and the captain struck it with a blade of spirit qi.
• Candle Night unleashed a corrosive Black Mist and a destructive roar, forcing the squad members to retreat.
• Candle Night broke through the southeast corner in the darkness and sent the east-side member flying before fleeing.
• The Destroyer Squad pursued Candle Night through the alleys, and the reconnaissance member’s watch showed an Anomaly concentration above 80.

The Destroyer Squad was lured into an abandoned factory, where Candle Night and a Dark Attribute Black Serpent trapped them in spreading Black Mist. As the captain and his team faced death, Fang Yi watched from outside and recognized the Anomalies.

• The Destroyer Squad realized the abandoned factory was a trap when the Great Serpent shut the doors and Candle Night attacked from the darkness.
• Dark Attribute Poison Mist corroded a team member, and the captain ordered the squad to retreat while he went after Candle Night.
• The captain fought Candle Night in the Black Mist as the squad struggled to locate the exit and avoid the poison.
• With his spirit qi nearly exhausted and his eyes corroded, the captain despaired as the Black Mist consumed the factory.
• Fang Yi appeared on a nearby building, watched the Black Mist, and wondered whether these creatures were the Anomalies.

Fang Yi entered the Black Mist and killed a Black Serpent and Candle Night with his Yang and thunder powers. The Destroyer Squad survived the thinning mist but discovered the factory’s devastation and wondered what had happened.

• Fang Yi used the Golden Sun Breathing Technique to disperse much of the Black Mist and suppress its Dark Sub-Attribute.
• Fang Yi cut the injured Black Serpent in half with his Tang Saber, and his flames destroyed its body.
• Candle Night lunged at Fang Yi, who killed the small beast with Triple Critical Strike Power and Thunder Power.
• Fang Yi left the factory after judging his combat ability among Pioneers to be fairly strong.
• The exhausted Destroyer Squad noticed that the Black Mist had thinned and smelled burning and blood.
• The captain rose to inspect the factory and reacted with shock at the scene before him.

The Destroyer Squad discovered that the Pioneer who killed Black Serpent and Candle Night possessed both Yang and Thunder High-level Attributes. Su Qingying reported her findings, and the Immortal Cultivation Association told her to return rather than risk disturbing him.

• The Destroyer Squad found Black Serpent and Candle Night dead, and Su Qingying recognized the Yang Attribute traces as belonging to her monitoring target.
• The reconnaissance officer concluded that one Pioneer had killed both anomalies, revealing that he wielded both Yang and Thunder High-level Attributes.
• Su Qingying reported the dual-attribute Pioneer to her organization and suggested approaching him to recruit him.
• The agent ordered Su Qingying to return, explaining that the Immortal Cultivation Association did not want to disturb someone who had shown no hostility and had saved her and the area.

Fang Yi reflected on the growing Spirit Qi Recovery crisis, the state’s cautious response, and the threat posed by Dark Attribute creatures. After sensing that the Spirit Qi Cultivation Association had stopped monitoring him, he prepared to cultivate in the morning sun and wondered when he would encounter another Great World Change.

• Fang Yi considered how Pioneers were independently seeking anomalies and how Xia Kingdom had established the Spirit Qi Cultivation Association without publicly revealing it.
• Fang Yi reasoned that the state was withholding the truth to prevent social chaos and protect people from the dangers of Spirit Qi Recovery.
• Fang Yi recalled how two cunning Dark Attribute creatures had trapped an Association squad and concluded that his High-level Attributes and matching Cultivation Methods gave him a major advantage.
• Fang Yi noticed that the force monitoring him had vanished and guessed that the woman from the Spirit Qi Cultivation Association had left.
• Fang Yi felt more favorably toward the Association, then sat down to cultivate the Golden Sun Breathing Technique as the sun came out.

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.