Chapter Summaries

Fang Yi overwhelmed Yue Fengjiang with his flaming saber technique, while the battle’s massive energy fluctuations drew the attention of Spirit Association Headquarters. After learning that God Blade was fighting Undertaker in Cang City, the commander-in-chief ordered the city to stop the fight and sent officials there.

• Fang Yi used his flaming saber technique to suppress Yue Fengjiang and force him backward.
• The battle’s flames and pressure alarmed people throughout Cang City.
• Spirit Association Headquarters detected rising energy fluctuations in Cang City and identified them as a possible battle between Pioneers.
• A Liaison Officer reported that God Blade and Undertaker were fighting in Cang City.
• The commander-in-chief ordered Cang City to stop the fight and sent a representative, including Hai Xuan if available, to intervene.

Fang Yi overwhelmed Yue Fengjiang with devastating golden fire and gave the Spirit Association a countdown to explain itself. As Cang City burned and the Spirit Association agents raced to intervene, they realized too late that the Undertaker possessed city-destroying power.

• Fang Yi revealed that he had given the Spirit Association ten minutes to provide an explanation, while Yue Fengjiang realized his life depended on its response.
• Fang Yi’s slashes melted Yue Fengjiang’s blade and split a high-rise as flames spread across Cang City.
• Fang Yi counted down and told Yue Fengjiang he would send him on his way before divine fire descended.
• Cang City Spirit Association agents arrived by helicopter and saw a colossal sea of fire and a slash that nearly split the earth.
• The agents recognized that Fang Yi had City-Slaughtering Level power and sped toward the designated location in fear.

Fang Yi defeated and killed Cang City's Captain God Blade with a devastating slash, while Cang City Spirit Association agents watched helplessly from a helicopter. As the flames subsided, a Spirit Association Headquarters team led by Hai Xuan arrived in Cang City.

• Cang City agents flew toward the fire and saw Captain God Blade overwhelmed by Undertaker, whom they called the Tai City Captain.
• The agents tried to reach the fighters and plead for mercy, but the flames kept their helicopter at the outskirts.
• Undertaker struck God Blade, and the Captain was swallowed by fire as the agents realized their failure to stop him had cost Cang City its strongest Pioneer.
• Fang Yi sheathed his blade as the flames receded, while ordinary people mistook the disaster for a Heavenly Fire event and Cang City's Pioneers sensed his oppressive aura.
• A helicopter marked with the Xia insignia arrived from Spirit Association Headquarters, carrying Hai Xuan, who noted that the flames were dying out and sensed powerful Yang Attribute energy.

Hai Xuan arrived in Cang City and recognized that Undertaker’s power had reached City-Slaughtering Level. After Fang Yi confronted the Cang City Spirit Association over Yue Fengjiang’s death, Hai Xuan made clear that headquarters would support him and give him an explanation.

• Hai Xuan arrived by helicopter and saw the devastation left by Fang Yi’s flames, identifying the power behind it as City-Slaughtering Level.
• The Cang City Spirit Association president challenged Fang Yi over Yue Fengjiang’s death, and Fang Yi said Yue Fengjiang deserved to die after the association failed to arrive in time.
• Fang Yi overwhelmed the Cang City representatives with his aura and warned them not to disrespect him again.
• The Cang City representatives looked to Hai Xuan for support, but she remained apart and did not intervene on their behalf.
• Hai Xuan approached Fang Yi, introduced herself as Gu Yurou from Spirit Association Headquarters, and said headquarters would give him an explanation.

Hai Xuan punished Cang City's Spirit Association officials for provoking Undertaker, ordering them removed from their positions after three days. Fang Yi left Cang City by private jet, while Hai Xuan wondered how powerful he would become.

• Hai Xuan confirmed that God Blade had provoked Undertaker first and promised Fang Yi that the Spirit Association would respond.
• Hai Xuan ordered the Cang City Spirit Association to calm public opinion within three days, then announced that all its officials would be removed and replaced by headquarters.
• Hai Xuan assured Fang Yi that the Spirit Association would not allow anyone to provoke him again and explained why the government continued concealing Spirit Qi Recovery.
• Fang Yi learned that his private jet had arrived and left Cang City.
• Hai Xuan watched Fang Yi depart and wondered how his strength compared with the powerful figures exploring mysterious regions.

Jialan defended Fang Yi’s ruthless response to Cang City, arguing that strong captains would be needed when Spirit Qi Recovery brought greater dangers. On the plane, Fang Yi received Jialan’s doubled payment and accepted a friend request from Gu Yurou, whose personal photos revealed a softer side.

• Jialan praised Fang Yi’s decisiveness and said captains needed the authority and prestige to protect humanity from future threats.
• Jialan warned that Cang City would suffer from its incompetent leadership.
• Fang Yi received a 10,000,000 payment from Jialan and realized she had doubled his reward.
• Fang Yi accepted Gu Yurou’s friend request and browsed her everyday photos.
• Fang Yi reflected on the contrast between Gu Yurou’s gentle private photos and her cool, decisive work persona.

Pioneers in Hai City discussed how Undertaker had killed Cang City Captain Yue Fengjiang, also known as God Blade, before news of a chemical factory explosion began circulating. The internet scrubbed public reports of the real battle, while the Pioneer Forum celebrated Undertaker’s victory and debated the authorities’ support for him.

• Pioneers in a Hai City restaurant learned that Tai City Captain Undertaker had killed Cang City Captain Yue Fengjiang, whose blade skills and strength had made him a formidable opponent.
• A news report attributed a massive explosion in Cang City to a chemical factory and reported no casualties, while the restaurant owner heard that two armed groups had fought there.
• The Spirit Association deleted online posts about the Cang City fire, leaving ordinary people with only the official explosion story and restricting open discussion to the Pioneer Forum.
• Undertaker's Leg Hair posted photos and an account claiming Undertaker had killed God Blade after giving the Cang City Spirit Association ten minutes to act, and enthusiastically praised Undertaker on the Forum.
• Pioneers debated God Blade’s defeat and the authorities’ support for Undertaker, with most Forum users backing Undertaker.

Fang Yi returned from Cang City to find his cousin Lin Yiyi cooking, then cultivated after she told him his victory over the Cang City Captain had made him famous. The next morning, he used the pure Dark Attribute he had gained from the Bone Bird to break through to Divine Axe Eight Stars.

• Fang Yi came home with new beef-flavored dog food and shared air-fried sausages with Lin Yiyi.
• Lin Yiyi told Fang Yi that the Forum was celebrating his victory in Cang City and that the news had made him famous among Pioneers.
• Fang Yi said he would keep cultivating because the world held threats beyond what they knew, prompting Lin Yiyi to resolve to work harder too.
• Fang Yi cultivated with the Golden Sun Breathing Technique and drew on the Dark Attribute he had absorbed from the Bone Bird.
• Fang Yi broke through to Divine Axe Eight Stars after the Divine Axe swung eight times.

After breaking through to Divine Axe Eight Stars, Fang Yi checked on Little White and the dormant Barren Flower, then agreed to accompany Lin Yiyi to investigate a Great World Change in Tianhai Forest. They drove toward the Star God Military Region, where Jialan had arranged for Lin Yiyi to join them.

• Fang Yi noticed that Little White had grown plump and considered choosing a suitable template to implant in the dog.
• Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi inspected the dormant Barren Flower, which Lin Yiyi had protected with a transparent cover.
• Lin Yiyi told Fang Yi that Jialan had invited her to visit Tianhai Forest, where a Great World Change had been discovered, and Fang Yi agreed to go.
• Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi drove toward Tianhai Forest in the Star God Military Region, with Lin Yiyi wondering whether Jialan could get them inside.

Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi entered the Star God Military Region and met Song Yue, who led them toward Tianhai Forest. They sensed a strange, lifeless fire spreading from beneath the forest, and Song Yue could not explain its nature.

• Star God Military Region soldiers stopped Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi at the perimeter, but Fang Yi showed a Star Meteorite token and identified himself as the Tai City Captain known as the Undertaker.
• Song Yue greeted Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi inside the Military Region and was impressed by Lin Yiyi's strength.
• Song Yue explained that Tianhai Forest's mutation was unusually troublesome and led them toward it.
• Fang Yi sensed heat and gloomy black aura near the forest, and Song Yue said preliminary tests identified it as a lifeless Fire Attribute spreading from underground.

Fang Yi entered the Mountain Sea Forest to investigate the anomalous black flames that had spread beyond control and killed or injured several Military Region Pioneers. Protected by his Yang Attribute, he walked deeper into the cave, intrigued by the Hellfire’s connection to the Death Rule.

• Fang Yi sensed the Aura of Death within the black flames engulfing Mountain Sea Forest and told Lin Yiyi to wait outside while he investigated.
• Song Yue warned Fang Yi that the flames attacked people and had killed three and seriously injured seven Pioneers sent inside.
• In the Star God Military Region, Jialan asked the old man with her to intervene if Fang Yi was in danger, and he promised to protect him.
• Fang Yi entered the cave and used the Golden Sun Breathing Technique to shield himself from the heat.
• Fang Yi walked deeper into the cave and examined the black flames, which seemed to contain a trace of the Death Rule associated with Hellfire.

Fang Yi entered the cave of black flames, whose Twilight Fire drained spiritual energy, and used his Yang Attribute to reach its magma depths. There he acquired the Twilight God Domain cultivation method and a Death template, which he decided to save for Little White.

• Fang Yi cut through waves of black flame and found that his Yang Attribute made the flames vanish before they could harm him.
• Fang Yi reached the magma and touched it, prompting the system to identify the Twilight Fire Attribute and grant him the Twilight God Domain cultivation method.
• Fang Yi learned that the Twilight God Domain devoured surrounding attribute power and strengthened his Yang Attribute.
• Fang Yi acquired the Death template, which marked anyone who killed its bearer and trapped them in repeated deaths.
• Fang Yi decided not to implant the Death template himself and considered saving it for Little White.

Fang Yi suppressed Duskfire in the cave, but discovered a mutated Half-Dragon there and fought back when it attacked him. As Jialan and Old Wu learned that another life-form had appeared, they rushed into the cave to reach Fang Yi.

• Fang Yi used the Nine Dragon Heavenly Fire Sealing Art and his Yang Attribute to drive Duskfire back underground.
• After Duskfire receded, Fang Yi discovered a mutated lizard nearing dragonhood on the cave floor.
• The Half-Dragon attacked Fang Yi with Duskfire, and Fang Yi drew his Tang Saber as crimson light engulfed the cave.
• A soldier told Jialan and the old man that another life-form had appeared in the cave, putting Fang Yi in danger.
• Old Wu rushed into the cave ahead of Jialan and the soldiers to reach Fang Yi.

Fang Yi killed a Mutant Lizard that was evolving into a Half-Dragon and subdued the Duskfire, astonishing the soldiers and Jialan. As the group left the cave, a newly emerged military expert sensed that Fang Yi was dangerous.

• The troops found Fang Yi beside the severed Half-Dragon and the Duskfire, which had been trapped within a ring of fire.
• Old Wu revealed that he had watched Fang Yi defeat the nearly evolved Mutant Lizard and praised Fang Yi’s strength.
• Jialan asked Fang Yi to keep the Half-Dragon’s existence from the Spirit Association, and Fang Yi agreed.
• Fang Yi burned the blood from his Tang Saber before leaving the cave with the others.
• A military man emerged from seclusion after breaking through and sensed danger in Fang Yi.

Fang Yi met Bai Su, a newly promoted Divine Axe Eight Stars Wood Attribute Pioneer from the Star God War Zone, and accepted his challenge to spar. Fang Yi effortlessly burned through Bai Su’s plant attacks, leaving him stunned and despairing.

• Fang Yi met Bai Su, and Old Wu introduced Bai Su as a Star God War Zone genius who had just reached Divine Axe Eight Stars.
• Bai Su challenged Fang Yi to a friendly spar, and both revealed that they had reached Divine Axe Eight Stars.
• Bai Su summoned an enormous army of trees and sent thousands of branches toward Fang Yi.
• Fang Yi drew his Tang Saber and burned Bai Su’s trees and vines with powerful flames.
• Bai Su recoiled from Fang Yi’s overwhelming fire and shouted that the result was impossible.

Fang Yi defeated Bai Su in a spar, overpowering his wood techniques with a single fire slash and leaving the Star God Military Region stunned. Bai Su accepted the loss and headed straight back into seclusion, while the Military Region’s experts gained a new respect for Fang Yi.

• Bai Su drained his spirit qi to create a vast forest and sent a storm of sharpened leaves at Fang Yi.
• Fang Yi erased the leaf blades and forest with a slash of fire, then placed his blade between Bai Su’s brows.
• Bai Su acknowledged his crushing defeat and left to enter seclusion again, despite having just emerged from it.
• The Military Region’s experts praised Fang Yi’s strength, and the old man expressed his admiration.

Fang Yi cultivated Divine Thunder Refinement in the Military Region’s forbidden zone, drawing in powerful lightning to temper his body despite the danger. As the experts watched in shock, he absorbed the thunder and revealed his extraordinary dual-attribute strength.

• Fang Yi chose to cultivate Divine Thunder Refinement in the Military Region’s approaching thunderstorm, while Lin Yiyi stayed farther away to cultivate safely.
• The Military Region personnel took shelter as the storm intensified, and they spotted Fang Yi sitting beneath the lightning.
• Fang Yi activated Divine Thunder Refinement and invited the lightning to strike him, absorbing its Thunder Attribute energy to temper his blood, bones, and body.
• The lightning grew more violent, but Fang Yi absorbed its power and felt his body transform.
• The Military Region experts wondered how Fang Yi could possess both ultimate Yang and Thunder Attributes, and Jialan told them he was an exceptional dual-attribute Precursor.

Fang Yi completed his Thunder Tempering and demonstrated strength powerful enough to shatter a hill with one punch. The Star God Military Region considered recruiting him, but learned that he preferred to remain independent and resolved instead to maintain a good relationship with him.

• Fang Yi absorbed the divine lightning and shattered a small hill with a single punch, shocking the Military Region personnel.
• Fang Yi absorbed the storm's last traces of Thunder Power as the thunderstorm faded.
• The old man regretted that Fang Yi had joined the Spirit Association, and Jialan explained that Fang Yi had never formally joined or received its support.
• The old man considered recruiting Fang Yi, but Jialan said he had shown no interest in belonging to a faction.
• The old man and Jialan agreed that the Military Region should maintain a good relationship with Fang Yi, and Jialan promised to do so.

Fang Yi implanted the Death template in Little White, awakening a soul-related ability, while Lin Yiyi explained that she had rejected the Military Region's invitation to avoid burdening him. The chapter left Fang Yi comforting his cousin about her decision.

• Fang Yi returned home with Lin Yiyi and implanted the Death template in Little White.
• Little White evolved the ability Walker of Death, which let him see dead souls and use Resurrection once per day.
• Lin Yiyi sensed Little White's eerie aura, and Fang Yi reassured her that he had made the dog stronger.
• Fang Yi asked Lin Yiyi why she had refused the Military Region's invitation.
• Lin Yiyi said she had rejected the offer because she feared joining would constrain Fang Yi and make her a burden.
• Fang Yi ruffled Lin Yiyi's hair and told her she was thinking too much.

Fang Yi dealt with Xiaobai’s corpse-collecting antics and learned that it had awakened a difficult-to-use resurrection ability. He then met Chen Ruo, the Tian City Captain, who asked him to help with a Tier A abnormality.

• Lin Yiyi found a foul corpse Xiaobai had brought home, and Fang Yi reprimanded the dog for collecting dead animals.
• Fang Yi explained that Xiaobai could attempt one resurrection each day but had not succeeded, then named it Messenger.
• The Spirit Association operator told Fang Yi that Tian City Captain Chen Ruo wanted to meet him privately, and he agreed.
• Fang Yi met Chen Ruo at the Tai City Spirit Association headquarters, where she asked him to help Tian City deal with a Tier A abnormality.