Chapter Summaries

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.

The team entered the Extremely Dark Zone and suffered the Dark Attribute’s corrosive effects. Fang Yi used his warmth to ease Lin Yiyi’s discomfort, then agreed to warm Zhao Meng too as the group continued onward.

• A middle-aged Pioneer criticized the young team members, but Lu Jiahe stopped Zhao Meng from starting an argument.
• The middle-aged man opened the gates, and the team entered the Extremely Dark Zone, where the oppressive darkness made several members nauseated and weak.
• The middle-aged man explained that the Dark Attribute contaminated cultivators and drained their strength, so the team conserved energy by walking in silence.
• Fang Yi patted Lin Yiyi’s back, using his warmth to relieve her discomfort and motion sickness.
• Zhao Meng noticed Fang Yi helping Lin Yiyi and asked him to warm her too, so Fang Yi placed his hand on her waist.

Fang Yi and his team entered the Extremely Dark Zone, where Pan Ning killed a Rotten Cat Demon before a Dark Tide suddenly erupted. The tide sealed the zone’s entrance and threatened to engulf Team 3, the weakest team and the one with the most outside Pioneers.

• Pan Ning warned Fang Yi, Lin Yiyi, and the others that powerful Anomalies lurked throughout the Extremely Dark Zone as they advanced with Lu Jiahe’s lantern.
• A Rotten Cat Demon attacked, and Pan Ning destroyed it with a punch, revealing his Divine Axe Fourth Star strength.
• Zhao Meng sensed Fang Yi’s overwhelming aura when he reached for his blade, but he withdrew his hand before acting.
• Dark Attribute energy surged into towering waves and swept toward the team, prompting Pan Ning to identify the phenomenon as the Dark Tide.
• A woman watching the teams’ surveillance feeds realized the Dark Tide had appeared unexpectedly and sealed the entrance, trapping Team 3 inside.

Team 3 was nearly swallowed by the Dark Tide in the Extremely Dark Zone until Fang Yi stopped it with a blazing sealing technique. He confined the tide within a ring of fire, leaving the Pioneers and a watcher in the monitoring room stunned.

• The Dark Tide surged through the Extremely Dark Zone, forcing abnormalities and Team 3 to flee as it devoured everything in its path.
• Pan Ning realized the team could not outrun the tide, while Lin Yiyi grew too exhausted to keep running.
• Fang Yi drew his blade and unleashed a blazing attack that stopped the tide and bound nearby abnormalities in a ring of fire.
• Fang Yi shrank the ring of fire until it confined the Dark Tide as a pool of black water.
• Pan Ning and the other Pioneers stared in disbelief, while a woman in the monitoring room watched Fang Yi seal the Dark Attribute.

Fang Yi sealed a devastating Dark Tide and gained the Dark Attribute ability Limitless Dark Realm, then led Team 3 deeper through the anomaly-filled route. As they neared their destination, he and Lin Yiyi cut down the creatures in their way while Jialan watched in astonishment.

• Fang Yi trapped the Dark Tide inside a ring of Heavenly Fire, saving Team 3 and earning the group's awe.
• Fang Yi gained Limitless Dark Realm from the Dark Tide, an ability that pulled opponents into black mist and weakened them through Dark Attribute corrosion.
• Lin Yiyi noticed Fang Yi's newly changed eyes, while Jialan identified him on the surveillance feed and marveled that Team 3 had survived.
• Lin Yiyi and Pan Ning fought off anomalies along the route, with Fang Yi stepping in when the group faced stronger enemies.
• Fang Yi killed a massive, dragon-like Lizard with one slash, and Team 3 continued forward at an astonishing pace.

Fang Yi and Team 3 reached the Lost Tempering Flower and picked it without encountering resistance, completing their mission. Jialan announced their success and ordered the other teams to withdraw, leaving them stunned as they fought swarms of Anomalies.

• Pan Ning reflected on Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi’s extraordinary strength while Zhao Meng and Lu Jiahe competed to give Fang Yi snacks.
• Pan Ning led Team 3 to a graveyard where they found the Lost Tempering Flower among scattered bones.
• Jialan watched Team 3 reach the flower and recalled how the Spirit Association had failed to retrieve it after its captain died protecting the Sword Bearers team.
• Fang Yi picked the Lost Tempering Flower without obstruction, and Pan Ning confirmed that the team had completed its objective.
• Jialan announced that the mission was complete, promised the rewards, and ordered all teams to withdraw.
• The other two teams, trapped in battles with swarms of Anomalies, reacted in disbelief to Team 3’s success.

Fang Yi completed the mission to retrieve the Lost Tempering Flower and met Jialan after she requested to speak with him alone. Jialan thanked him for saving Old Wu and paid him an extra reward, leaving Fang Yi curious about her connection to the important figure.

• Fang Yi handed the Lost Tempering Flower to Jialan's scarred subordinate, and the group returned from the Extremely Dark Zone.
• Jialan messaged Lin Yiyi asking to speak with Fang Yi alone, then sent Lin Yiyi a friend request.
• Fang Yi agreed to meet Jialan and followed her subordinate to an off-road vehicle.
• Jialan thanked Fang Yi for bringing out the flower, paid him the mission reward plus an extra five hundred thousand, and said he had saved Old Wu's life.

Fang Yi learned from Jialan how Dark Attribute Anomalies threatened the country and cleared the lingering Dark Attribute from her wound. After returning home, he examined his new Limitless Dark Realm ability and implanted the Dark Attribute into his back, bringing himself close to a six-star breakthrough.

• Jialan explained that Dark Attribute Anomalies were spreading and that the state had created restricted zones while the Spirit Association guarded the cities.
• Fang Yi promised Jialan he would not ignore Anomalies, and she offered him her friendship and future missions.
• Fang Yi used his Lightning Affinity to destroy the Dark Attribute in Jialan's arm, then received a Star God War Zone token from her.
• Fang Yi returned to his apartment, where Lin Yiyi went out to buy groceries, and he considered how much his life had changed.
• Fang Yi studied Limitless Dark Realm and implanted the Dark Attribute into his back, noticing that he was close to reaching six stars.

Fang Yi cultivated after extracting the Dark Attribute, then took his Barren Flower into the forest to let it draw on its natural habitat. He stopped its rapid destruction of the surrounding plants and carried it deeper into the woods.

• Fang Yi sensed that his strength was nearing the threshold of six stars after extracting the Dark Attribute.
• Lin Yiyi told Fang Yi she had gone to train with her teammates and would return that evening, and he accepted her wish to grow independently.
• Fang Yi spent the morning at home, then took his Barren Flower out to the forest.
• Fang Yi planted the flower beside an ancient tree, and its Barren aura quickly withered the surrounding vegetation.
• Fang Yi removed the flower before it could cause more damage and continued deeper into the forest with it.

Fang Yi investigated a wolf pack evolving deep in the forest and saw its Wolf King reach Divine Axe Three-Star strength. As the nearby pioneers tried to alert the Spirit Association, a terrifying aura of decay swept across the forest, withering trees and cracking the earth.

• Fang Yi carried the Barren Spirit Flower through the forest and headed east after hearing a strange wolf howl.
• Fang Yi found a wolf pack undergoing evolution, with its members writhing in pain and howling.
• The pack's Wolf King evolved successfully, gaining a savage aura and strength comparable to a Divine Axe Three-Star pioneer.
• A group of Divine Axe First Star pioneers watched the pack and tried to contact the Spirit Qi Cultivation Association, fearing the wolves would threaten Tai City.
• A vast aura of decay swept over the forest, withering the trees, cracking the ground, and filling the sky with gray mist.

Fang Yi’s Barren Attribute flowers annihilated a pack of Wolf Demons, including their Divine Axe Three-Star alpha, while the Pioneers fled and awaited the Spirit Association’s Destroyer Squad. Afterward, Fang Yi discovered the flowers had evolved into powerful plant rulers that could grow stronger by devouring vitality.

• Fang Yi planted the spiritual flowers, unleashing a wave of Barren Power that swept through the forest toward the Wolf Pack.
• The flowers surrounded the Wolf Demons and drained their flesh and vitality, leaving piles of White Bones as the Pioneers retreated.
• The Spirit Association notified the Pioneers that the Destroyer Squad was on its way, and they hoped it would arrive before the flowers finished the wolves.
• Fang Yi transplanted the flowers back into their pot and praised them for devouring the Wolf Demons.
• Fang Yi noticed the flowers had grown more powerful and that nearby plants voluntarily submitted to them, revealing their evolution through the Barren Attribute.