Chapter Summaries

Zhou Xiaoran and Old Chen rushed to finish a formation powered by the Artificial Sun as a massive tsunami gathered off the coast. The shield covered the coastal region, but a creature beneath the sea wounded Kang Chu, and Lin Fan discovered that the waves were still building.

• Professor Li warned Zhou Xiaoran and Old Chen that the approaching tsunami was more terrifying than expected, and Zhou sent them to hurry the preparations.
• Old Chen completed the formation arrays while Zhou coordinated the Artificial Sun, and its power activated the coastal shield shortly before six in the morning.
• Police, reporters, and evacuated residents saw the enormous glowing shield and shared images of it online, drawing viewers back to Kang Chu's livestream.
• Kang Chu turned back toward the coast, reported that the sea level had dropped by at least ten meters, and was struck by a water column that pierced his wing.
• Bob learned about the shield through the livestream and berated his intelligence department for failing to report it sooner.
• Lin Fan surfaced in the South China Sea, found an unexplained whirlpool he could not destroy, and warned that the waves had risen hundreds of meters and were still gathering momentum.

Lin Fan faced a massive tsunami unleashed by a collapsing whirlpool and raced to blunt its force before it struck Hua Nation. As the wave reached Hainan, he raised a colossal shield from the Fanxiao Axe and prepared to hold the tsunami back.

• Lin Fan learned from Zhou Xiaoran that the evacuation and formation preparations were complete, then warned her to prepare for a thousand-meter wave.
• The whirlpool erupted at sunrise, flinging a wave more than 1,300 meters high toward Hua Nation, and Lin Fan tried to weaken it with repeated attacks.
• People on Hainan watched the tsunami approach in terror, and Old Si awakened an ability to control wind and rain.
• Lin Fan drove a colossal bronze shield into the seabed between Hainan and the wave, giving the island's residents hope and ordering them to hide.
• Lin Fan stood atop the shield and combined Purple Qi Comes From The East, the Golden Light Spell, and the Fanxiao Axe to withstand the tsunami.

Lin Fan and the formations helped protect the islands from a massive tsunami, but after the waves receded, a Golden Spear Fish pierced through the defensive formation. Lin Fan pulled Old Chen out of its path, leaving the group facing a dangerous Ferocious Beast.

• Lin Fan used a shield to divert the tsunami from the island, and Old Si found the coastline flooded but no residents killed.
• Lin Fan split the waves near Wan Wan, then hurried to help Kang Chu and the others defend their coastline.
• Lin Fan weakened the tsunami with his sword while Old Chen activated earth-element formations that hurled boulders and mountains at the waves.
• The defensive shield held against the remaining five-hundred-meter waves, and the group watched the seawater recede.
• Lin Fan pulled Old Chen away as a blood-red Golden Spear Fish pierced the formation, and more impacts began striking it.

Lin Fan fought the Ferocious Beasts attacking the South Sea defenses while the Resident Happiness Living Department repelled the creatures that broke through. After the tsunami receded, he warned Zhou Xiaoran and Old Chen to prepare for a prolonged invasion and told them to cook the Ferocious Beast corpses for food.

• Lin Fan dragged a Foundation Establishment-stage Golden Spear Fish through the defensive shield, then went outside to kill Ferocious Beasts and send their corpses inside.
• A huge electric eel forced its way through the shield, knocked Old Chen down, and was blasted apart by Liu Gang with a Super RPG.
• Liu Gang ordered his reinforcements to form a defensive line and shoot any Ferocious Beasts that broke through.
• The Resident Happiness Living Department held the line as the tsunami receded, while Professor Li and Zhou Xiaoran discussed the dangers and benefits of Spiritual Qi Revival.
• Lin Fan told Zhou Xiaoran and Old Chen to cook the Ferocious Beast corpses for food and prepare for marine Ferocious Beasts to invade for a long time.

Lin Fan and the others cooked meat from slain Ferocious Beasts while defending against the remaining sea monsters, and Zhou Xiaoran advanced after eating. Lin Fan left Liu Gang in charge and set out with Zhou Xiaoran and Old Chen to investigate a major change at the tsunami’s source, where the vortex had appeared.

• Zhou Xiaoran organized the noncombat personnel to butcher and stew the Ferocious Beasts, and Kang Chu supplied seasonings while livestreaming.
• Lin Fan killed a gigantic octopus with Foundation Establishment Late-Stage strength and brought its body inside the defensive formation to be roasted.
• Lin Fan and the others continued fighting off sea creatures until the first batch of fish soup was ready and the tsunami began to recede.
• Zhou Xiaoran broke through after eating the Ferocious Beast meat, while the others remarked on its taste and effects.
• Lin Fan handed the defense over to Liu Gang and took Zhou Xiaoran and Old Chen to investigate a change he sensed near the vortex’s former location.

Lin Fan, Old Chen, and Zhou Xiaoran reached a newly emerged island in the South Sea, where a vast purple bamboo forest suggested a possible connection to Guanyin Bodhisattva. As they prepared to explore, Lin Fan helped Old Chen recognize that science and cultivation were distinct systems that could inform each other without one being forced to explain the other.

• Lin Fan told Old Chen and Zhou Xiaoran that he had broken through to Foundation Establishment, while Zhou Xiaoran revealed that Ferocious Beast meat had helped her advance.
• Bob and officials in the Imperial Capital used satellite imagery to discover an island covered in purple bamboo at the tsunami's source and wondered whether it was Guanyin Bodhisattva's abode.
• Lin Fan brought Old Chen and Zhou Xiaoran to the island, explaining that it had emerged from the sea when the tsunami began and that a vortex had previously resisted his attack.
• The three landed safely at the island's edge, where Old Chen noted that the ground was dry despite the island's apparent emergence from underwater.
• Lin Fan explained that science and cultivation could verify and inspire each other but should not be forcibly combined or used to dismiss the other.
• Old Chen reconsidered his attempt to explain cultivation through science and began to accept that the two systems had to remain distinct.

Lin Fan, Old Chen, and Zhou Xiaoran entered a hidden island and found a mysterious lotus platform that gathered spiritual energy in an unexpectedly uncomfortable way. Lin Fan left the purple bamboo key with his companions and decided to search the island once more before leaving.

• Lin Fan, Old Chen, and Zhou Xiaoran discovered an array blocking the island and dug up a purple bamboo key that let them enter.
• The three explored the island but found no buildings or other signs of its owner.
• Old Chen discovered a spotless jade lotus platform, and Lin Fan found that sitting cross-legged on it activated a powerful Spirit Gathering Array.
• Zhou Xiaoran tried the lotus platform and climbed off in embarrassment, while Lin Fan and Old Chen joked about its strange method of transmitting spiritual energy.
• Lin Fan decided to leave the lotus platform in place, gave the key to Old Chen and Zhou Xiaoran, and proposed searching the island once more before leaving.

Lin Fan left Purple Bamboo Island and helped the Resident Happiness Living Department respond to the Ferocious Beast attack, while officials ordered coastal residents to relocate. In the Cultivation World, Qi Zixiao synchronized memories with her incarnation and realized she had shared a bed with Lin Fan and been pinched.

• Lin Fan and his companions found nothing else on Purple Bamboo Island, left its lotus platform and formation behind, and returned to the coast.
• Old Chen found Professor Li and his group bleeding from all seven orifices after they ate too much Ferocious Beast meat, while Liu Gang arranged to freeze and distribute the meat.
• Lin Fan told Liu Gang to keep the protective formation active and suggested relocating everyone within a hundred li of the coast; the Ministers approved the relocation plan and ordered an inspection of Purple Bamboo Island.
• Bob ordered the Capitalist Income Protection Guild to send a nuclear submarine to investigate Purple Bamboo Island and learned that the recovered cultivators' corpses would enter the atmosphere the next morning.
• The Resident Happiness Living Department announced fully subsidized relocation from coastal areas, and Lin Fan considered how to teach his students cultivation.
• Qi Zixiao synchronized memories with her incarnation, recalled sharing a bed with Lin Fan and being pinched, and angrily called him a Dog Thief.

After the Heaven's Chosen Assembly, Qi Zixiao stole the three Stone Sculptures from Three Saints City to investigate whether they concealed the Three Lifetimes Method. She escaped detection and returned to her lodgings, while the city's crackdown exposed other fugitives instead, leaving a Demonic Cultivator cursing the thief as Qi Zixiao joined the fight.

• Qi Zixiao decided to take the three Stone Sculptures and study them after suspecting they might hold clues to the Three Lifetimes Method.
• With Sister A'Wu concealing her, Qi Zixiao used the Five Colors Divine Light to remove the statues, then blended into the crowd disguised as Zhou Na.
• Three Saints City's guards sealed the city and searched for the thief, while Huo Yuan erupted in anger and ordered them to find the culprit.
• The Old Madmen outside the city remained focused on forcing Huo Yuan to hand over the Three Lifetimes Method.
• The next day, guards exposed a Demonic Cultivator at the Saintess Squad's lodging, and he cursed the thief before Qi Zixiao joined the battle against him.

Qi Zixiao escaped suspicion after Huo Yuan blamed an Old Demon for the missing Stone Sculptures, then returned to Earth and learned that Spiritual Qi had fully revived and cultivation classes were being planned. The chapter left the first national cultivation open class undecided, as university, middle-school, and primary-school principals argued over where it should be held.

• Qi Zixiao defeated a Demonic Cultivator, and Three Saints City remained locked down for three days while its guards failed to find the criminals or Stone Sculptures.
• Huo Yuan suspected Su Muxue, but she denied being in Three Saints City and said Mo Daolin had grounded her.
• Huo Yuan chose an Old Demon as a scapegoat, announced that the Stone Sculptures had been destroyed, and lifted the city lockdown.
• Qi Zixiao watched Lin Fan's video, which told her that Hua Nation's Spiritual Qi had fully revived and that Xiaoran had reached Foundation Establishment.
• The Resident Happiness Living Department outlined a national plan for cultivation classes and a first open lecture, then invited school leaders to discuss its venue.
• Magic City University argued for hosting the lecture, while a primary school principal insisted that cultivation should begin in childhood.

School principals argued over which students should receive the first Cultivation Open Class, then competed to host it after Third Vice Minister decided universities would apply. The chapter ended with university leaders rushing to write applications intended to win the expert’s approval.

• Elementary, middle, and university principals argued over which students were best suited for the first cultivation class.
• Third Vice Minister decided university students should attend first and invited universities to submit applications to host the class.
• Principals from top universities argued over which school should host, while Third Vice Minister opened the competition to all universities.
• After the meeting, university principals hurried to prepare applications for the expert to review.
• The principal of Imperial Capital Academy called for humanities and archaeology experts to help write a comprehensive application, while the president of Hua Qing University gathered literary experts to write a concise one.

Universities submitted elaborate applications to Lin Firmament for the chance to teach cultivation, but she found the strongest entries too evenly matched to choose among. Meanwhile, Eagle Country prepared to study a female cultivator’s corpse, hoping to uncover the secrets of cultivation.

• University presidents enlisted academics and industry leaders to craft distinctive applications, then sent the completed submissions to Third Vice Minister, who forwarded them to Lin Firmament.
• Lin Firmament read the applications and found several compelling, but the many equally strong proposals left her unable to choose a university.
• Vice President Moose ordered Eagle Country’s experts to stop using communications equipment and prepare for a highly secret research mission.
• Moose presented the experts with the corpse of a beautiful female cultivator, whom he said had died after a terrifying battle.
• The researchers realized the corpse was their sole specimen and eagerly agreed to investigate its secrets with extreme care.

Eagle Country’s experts began examining the cultivator’s preserved corpse, but her ordinary proportions and indestructible clothing defied their expectations. They were left preparing stronger tools after scissors and a cutting machine failed to damage her dress.

• Moose urged the experts to study the corpse, and they measured her height and weight before questioning how someone with an ordinary build could have wielded such power.
• Moose confirmed that the corpse was the one recovered from outer space, and the experts continued their examination.
• Dailisi tried to tear off the woman’s dress, but the fabric resisted her, and an expert proposed that it was protected by a restriction that limited its movement.
• The experts tested the dress and found that it could not be moved far enough to remove or expose it.
• Dailisi tried cutting the dress with a cutting machine, but its blade snapped, so the experts called for a water jet and a laser.

Scientists failed to damage or remove the cultivator’s clothing and found that her body was equally resistant to cutting, burning, freezing, and chemical corrosion. After Dailisi spotted a tiny gap between the woman’s lips, the researchers prepared to collect saliva and oral secretion samples.

• The experts tested the woman’s gown with high heat, freezing, tools, and microscopic analysis, but could not damage it.
• Moose urged the scientists to continue their research and shift their focus to the woman’s body.
• The experts tried to collect hair, nail, skin, and saliva samples, but their tools and machines failed against her body.
• Dailisi spotted a pinhole-sized gap between the woman’s lips, and the experts prepared tools to extract oral samples.
• The researchers searched for dandruff and earwax while Moose felt relieved that they had found a possible way to make progress.

Researchers discovered an active microorganism in the female cultivator’s saliva, named it God's Flower, and theorized that it strengthened human cells and explained cultivators’ abilities. After cultivating more of it, they prepared to begin animal testing.

• Dailisi inserted a fine needle into the female corpse’s mouth and collected saliva containing an unknown active microorganism.
• The experts examined the microorganism and hypothesized that it strengthened human cells and might be the source of cultivators’ power.
• The researchers discovered that the microorganism replicated and infected fresh human tissue, then named it God's Flower.
• The experts cultivated God's Flower and found that it would infect fresh tissue but not stale samples.
• The researchers decided to begin animal experiments and called for white mice, rabbits, pigeons, and other animals.

After animal tests showed that God's Flower was poisonous to animals but did not infect them, the experts voted on whether to begin human trials without a vaccine. The vote narrowly favored the risky approach, and Dr. Paige volunteered as the first test subject.

• The experts tested God's Flower on numerous animal species, and the animals died without showing signs of infection.
• Dr. Paige outlined cautious and aggressive options, and the experts' vote ended in a tie before Moose cast the deciding vote for immediate human trials.
• Moose sent armed soldiers to secure the laboratory, and Dr. Paige volunteered to receive the first injection.
• The experts strapped Dr. Paige to a bed and prepared to inject one gram of God's Flower into a vein.

Dr. Page received increasing doses of God's Flower and transformed into a superhuman, prompting Moose and the experts to celebrate the breakthrough and imagine huge profits. After Page accidentally killed an expert with one punch, the others remained eager to become superhuman themselves.

• Moose ordered the experts to follow Page's request for escalating injections, and Page reported feeling wonderful as his strength increased.
• Page leaped several meters and subsequent tests showed that his physical abilities had risen more than tenfold and were still growing.
• Moose and the experts concluded that God's Flower could create superhumans and celebrated its potential for Eagle Country and the Capitalist Income Protection Guild.
• Page struck a noisy expert, who crashed through laboratory equipment and died from his injuries.
• Page said he had not meant to kill the expert, and the others reassured him while privately hoping they could become superhuman too.

After Dr. Paige and thirty-eight other researchers injected themselves with God's Flower, they gained superhuman strength but discovered it made them irritable around noise. Moose left the laboratory with some God's Flower and injected himself with fifteen milliliters, hoping it would restore his lost virility.

• A researcher injected himself with ten milliliters of God's Flower, prompting the others to inject themselves as well.
• Moose ordered the monitoring team to kill the researchers if they became uncontrollable, then watched as all thirty-nine gained superhuman strength.
• The researchers discovered that noise triggered their irritation and resumed their experiments, including using the corpse to cultivate more God's Flower.
• Moose visited the laboratory, took some God's Flower, and returned to his villa.
• Moose injected himself with fifteen milliliters, believing it could make him a Superman and restore his former virility.

Lin Firmament resolved her choice paralysis by deciding to establish her own Cultivation School, where she could give public lectures and train disciples to help explore the universe. She proposed building it on Purple Bamboo Island, and Seventh Vice Minister sought approval from the other Ministers.

• Moose regained his virility after years of failed training and went out to celebrate at a bar.
• Lin Firmament considered several places to lecture, then decided to start her own school and cultivate disciples to gather resources and support future exploration.
• Lin Firmament called Seventh Vice Minister and announced that she wanted to start a Cultivation School and hold her first public lecture there.
• Lin Firmament proposed building the school on Purple Bamboo Island, and Seventh Vice Minister said he would discuss the idea with the others.
• Seventh Vice Minister told the other Ministers about Lin Firmament's proposal, and they agreed to give her Purple Bamboo Island.

Lin Firmament accepted Purple Bamboo Island and permission to establish a cultivation school, despite the island’s logistical and security problems. She named it Purple Bamboo Academy and planned to deal with foreign visitors herself, invoking the South Sea’s status as part of her country.

• Seventh Vice Minister explained Purple Bamboo Island’s security, transport, and construction difficulties, but Lin Firmament said she would handle them.
• Lin Firmament told Seventh Vice Minister she would begin building once she received the required procedures and approval documents.
• Lin Firmament named herself principal, chose Old Chen and Zhou Xiaoran as vice principals, and named Zhou Na as legal representative.
• Lin Firmament named the school Purple Bamboo Academy, and Seventh Vice Minister arranged for the paperwork to be sent.
• Lin Firmament said she would go to Purple Bamboo Island and asked whether she could beat, capture, or kill people sent by foreign factions.
• After Seventh Vice Minister said she would need to be in the right, Lin Firmament declared that the South Sea had been her country’s inherent territory since ancient times.