Chapter Summaries

Ling Ye returned from Kunlun Mountain and resumed relaxing at home, while Su Wanqing reported progress in controlling her new strength. His definition of “basic” overwhelmed her, but she left determined to keep training as Ling Ye hoped to enjoy a few quiet days.

• Ling Ye returned to the villa less than half an hour after leaving and ignored the aftermath of his visit to Kunlun Mountain.
• Su Wanqing came downstairs and told Ling Ye she had begun controlling her strength well enough to handle a glass without breaking it.
• Ling Ye judged Su Wanqing’s progress insufficient and listed the abilities he considered the basic standard for a three-year-old in the Primordial World.
• Su Wanqing was shocked by his standards, but resolved to keep working hard and went upstairs to digest his advice.
• Ling Ye watched Su Wanqing leave with satisfaction, expecting a few quiet days before returning to his television.

Su Wanqing resumed cultivating the Basic Spirit Nurturing Art and discovered a vast Star Chart hidden within its words, far beyond what she could understand. She withdrew from the painful vision and focused on mastering the art’s basic techniques before attempting to comprehend its deeper mysteries.

• Su Wanqing overcame her discouragement and recommitted herself to improving her cultivation and control.
• As she carefully studied the Basic Spirit Nurturing Art, its characters transformed in her perception into a complex, revolving Star Chart.
• Su Wanqing realized the Star Chart represented the art’s true core, but its overwhelming complexity forced her to stop studying it.
• Su Wanqing resolved to perfect her control of her existing power and correct the flaws Ling Ye had identified before reaching for the Star Chart again.

Ling Ye wandered into a tea house, brewed a remarkable drink from a sliver of Chaos Green Lotus Leaf, and exposed a swindling Daoist who tried to exploit a young woman. He left after noticing a faint trace of Witch Clan bloodline in the swindler, deciding it was none of his concern.

• Ling Ye went for a walk and stopped at the Pure Heart Tea House, where he brewed plain water with a sliver of Chaos Green Lotus Leaf.
• The tea’s fragrance refreshed everyone in the tea house, while Ling Ye dismissed the drink as only passable.
• An old Daoist entered and tried to sell a young woman a useless jade pendant and fake talisman water.
• Ling Ye used his power to make the old Daoist confess his fraud, and the humiliated swindler fled.
• Ling Ye noticed a faint trace of Witch Clan bloodline in the old Daoist, then finished his tea and left.

Ling Ye’s accidental release of Dao power awakened a faint Witch Clan bloodline in Zhao Dezhu, while the news and Zhang Mingyuan’s call confirmed that the Kunlun incident had been concealed and its ruins sealed. Ling Ye dismissed the remaining concerns and headed back to his villa, thinking about dinner and Su Wanqing’s supplies.

• Zhao Dezhu returned to his rented room, discovered unusual strength and sharper senses, and believed Ling Ye had enlightened him.
• Ling Ye watched the news explain the golden bell over Kunlun as a permafrost gas explosion and saw Zhang Mingyuan giving an official statement.
• Zhang Mingyuan called Ling Ye to report that the Kunlun ruins were sealed and that Longyuan had identified a secret group codenamed Black Fiend.
• Ling Ye told Zhang Mingyuan the golden bell would fade on its own and hung up, refusing further calls about the incident.
• Ling Ye headed back to his villa, wondering how long Su Wanqing would remain in seclusion and whether his food supplies would last.

Ling Ye returned to the villa and found Su Wanqing had settled her newly awakened power and improved her cooking. After Su Wanqing tried to lift a remote with her spiritual sense, Ling Ye demonstrated the vast gap between her effort and true Spiritual Sense Manipulation, and she resolved to keep practicing.

• Ling Ye returned to the villa, assessed Su Wanqing's progress, and ate the meal she had prepared.
• Su Wanqing used a strand of spiritual sense to lift one corner of the television remote about a millimeter and excitedly showed Ling Ye.
• Ling Ye told Su Wanqing that she had only pried at the remote, then demonstrated precise control by moving it through the air with ease.
• Ling Ye advised Su Wanqing to practice on feathers or tissues and asked her to buy more ingredients.
• Su Wanqing accepted that she was only at the preschool stage and vowed to keep practicing.

Su Wanqing made steady progress in controlling her divine sense while practicing with feathers and tissues. Zhao Dezhu visited to thank Ling Ye for what he believed was spiritual enlightenment, but Ling Ye dismissed him, and Su Wanqing returned to her practice.

• Su Wanqing learned to steadily guide three feathers and fold tissues at the same time, showing early mastery of fine control and multitasking.
• Zhao Dezhu arrived at Su Wanqing’s villa, newly tidy and fervent, and credited Ling Ye with awakening his spiritual roots.
• Zhao Dezhu offered Ling Ye a piece of ordinary jade as thanks, but Ling Ye told him to leave and keep the worthless stone.
• Zhao Dezhu fled after bowing to Ling Ye, convinced he had disturbed a reclusive master.
• Ling Ye explained that Zhao Dezhu’s slight improvement came from a trace of stagnant blood being stirred, and Su Wanqing resumed practicing with the feathers and tissues.

Su Wanqing advanced her Spiritual Sense Manipulation by levitating and moving a water-filled mug, but an uninvited gang interrupted her practice while pursuing Zhao Dezhu. Ling Ye effortlessly incapacitated the intruders, and Su Wanqing resumed training determined to handle trouble herself.

• Su Wanqing progressed from controlling small objects to smoothly lifting and moving a mug full of water.
• A violent knock disrupted Su Wanqing's concentration, but Ling Ye silently steadied the mug and kept the water from spilling.
• Su Wanqing found Zhao Dezhu outside with three tattooed men, whose leader accused him of taking a hundred thousand yuan for a fake consecrated artifact.
• Ling Ye warned the men and Zhao Dezhu, but the men charged into the villa and collapsed under his invisible pressure.
• Ling Ye swept the unconscious men outside, and Zhao Dezhu fled while Su Wanqing shut the door.
• Su Wanqing resolved to become stronger and practiced controlling the mug, three pens, and a mouse at once.

Ling Ye discovered that his jade jar of Chaos Green Lotus Leaf tea had vanished, leaving him irritated by the loss of his daily routine. Zhao Dezhu brought an apology gift, and Ling Ye accepted the old purple-clay jar and banknotes for their unusual qualities, leaving Su Wanqing to use the money for groceries.

• Ling Ye searched the villa for his missing tea jar and suspected it had slipped into a spatial rift.
• Su Wanqing told Ling Ye she had not seen or moved the jar, and offered to buy replacement tea.
• Zhao Dezhu arrived with a tea jar and banknotes to apologize, and Ling Ye asked Su Wanqing to bring the gift inside.
• Ling Ye dismissed the Da Hong Pao as fake but found the old purple-clay jar and circulated banknotes interesting.
• Ling Ye kept the jar and gave the banknotes to Su Wanqing for groceries, telling her to buy more meat.

Ling Ye discovered that a spatially gifted Treasure Seeking Mouse had stolen his jade jar and tracked it to a hidden space beneath an abandoned factory. He chose to leave the mouse alone after learning it was behind other local thefts, and settled in to watch the police investigation unfold.

• Ling Ye grew fond of the empty purple clay jar, while Su Wanqing went upstairs to practice writing with her Sacred Sense.
• Ling Ye used his Sacred Sense to replay the events surrounding the jade jar’s disappearance and saw a silver-white mouse bite open a spatial passage and steal it.
• Ling Ye tracked the mouse to a concealed storage space beneath an abandoned factory, where it was sniffing the jar without damaging it.
• Ling Ye decided to leave the jar with the mouse and wait to see what it would do.
• Ling Ye saw a news report about local thefts of medicinal herbs and ancient jade and recognized the mouse’s spatial trace on several stolen items.
• Ling Ye decided not to interfere in the police’s pursuit of the mouse and watched the news for entertainment.

Su Wanqing finally mastered guiding eight brushes to write the character "Dao," but Ling Ye was more entertained by the Treasure Seeking Mouse’s attempted theft at Treasure Gathering Pavilion. He secretly saved the mouse from a guard’s attack, while Su Wanqing resolved to keep practicing to win his attention.

• Su Wanqing repeatedly practiced writing "Dao" with eight brushes until she guided them smoothly and formed a neat character imbued with a hint of spirit.
• Ling Ye praised Su Wanqing’s progress as barely presentable, then noticed the Treasure Seeking Mouse had reached Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• The Treasure Seeking Mouse tried to take a valuable Tiantian Yellow Stone, triggering a hidden alarm that brought security guards and an old martial arts expert into the storeroom.
• As the old man attacked, Ling Ye deflected his claw with an invisible barrier, allowing the Treasure Seeking Mouse to escape through a crack in the wall.
• Ling Ye told Su Wanqing he had been watching the mouse, prompting her to renew her determination to practice until she could hold his interest.

Ling Ye visited the Treasure Seeking Mouse in its hidden nest after it stole his jade jar, but instead of punishing it, he let it keep the jar as its keeper. He returned to the villa amused by the thought of having the troublesome, timid mouse as a pet.

• Su Wanqing dropped her brushes after Ling Ye said the mouse’s antics were more interesting than her calligraphy, then resumed practicing with ten brushes.
• Ling Ye traveled to the abandoned factory and found the Treasure Seeking Mouse hiding with his jade jar in its underground space.
• The frightened mouse begged for mercy and offered Ling Ye its collected trinkets as an apology.
• Ling Ye let the mouse keep the jar but warned it to guard it and be more careful while foraging.
• Ling Ye returned to the villa and considered the Treasure Seeking Mouse an entertaining pet.

Su Wanqing began learning to guide a fruit knife with her mental sense after Ling Ye helped her find the right technique. Meanwhile, the Treasure Seeking Mouse continued stealing spiritual treasures and eyed a protected jade paperweight in a skyscraper, leaving Ling Ye curious about its next move.

• The Treasure Seeking Mouse stole treasures from private collectors and auction-house warehouses, prompting rumors of an elusive thief across Donghai City.
• Zhang Mingyuan suspected the thefts might be connected to Ling Ye but filed them as an anomalous incident and continued focusing on the Blackbane organization.
• Su Wanqing struggled to lift a fruit knife until Ling Ye flicked a grape against its handle, helping her guide the knife into a smooth circle through the air.
• Ling Ye explained that Su Wanqing should guide the knife according to its nature rather than force it, and she continued practicing despite his doubts about its usefulness.
• After stealing a bloodstone, the Treasure Seeking Mouse watched a protected jade paperweight containing Sharp Gold energy inside a skyscraper while Ling Ye observed its plans.

Ling Ye watched the Treasure Seeking Mouse attempt to steal a jade paperweight from a guarded CBD office, while Su Wanqing practiced controlling a fruit knife. The mouse escaped after the paperweight’s defenses repelled its theft, and Su Wanqing made progress peeling an apple.

• The Treasure Seeking Mouse hesitated to enter the CBD building because its metal structure and security made its spatial passage difficult to open.
• Ling Ye asked Su Wanqing how she would enter a heavily guarded safe, and her suggestions inspired the mouse to seek another route.
• The Treasure Seeking Mouse slipped into the building through a staff entrance and reached a ventilation duct above the office containing the jade paperweight.
• The jade paperweight’s engraved patterns counterattacked the mouse’s Spatial Theft, forcing it to flee back to its underground lair.
• Su Wanqing steadied her control of the fruit knife and peeled most of an apple in one unbroken strip.

Su Wanqing nearly peeled an apple in one unbroken strip, and Ling Ye helped her understand the state of unity between person and blade that she had briefly reached. Meanwhile, the Treasure Seeking Mouse discovered dormant Dull Gold essence in an ancient copper coin and prepared to use it to approach the Sharp Gold aura, while Ling Ye watched with amusement.

• Su Wanqing's apple peel broke just before she could remove it completely, but Ling Ye asked her to recall how controlling the knife had felt.
• Su Wanqing realized that guidance meant resonance and integration rather than forceful control, and Ling Ye told her to practice maintaining unity between person and blade.
• The Treasure Seeking Mouse searched its hoard and found an ancient copper coin containing dormant Dull Gold essence.
• Ling Ye guessed that the Treasure Seeking Mouse planned to use the coin to soothe the Sharp Gold aura in the jade paperweight, though he judged its odds of success to be less than one in ten thousand.
• Ling Ye decided he might secretly help the Treasure Seeking Mouse if its next attempt became dangerous, then planned to have Su Wanqing buy potato chips.

Su Wanqing advanced her fine spiritual control while the Treasure Seeking Mouse used a copper coin to steal a jade paperweight from a guarded office. Ling Ye secretly helped the mouse succeed, and the chapter ended with both cultivators making progress in their distinct skills.

• Su Wanqing practiced controlling toothpicks and sewing needles, then held three threaded needles in a stable formation.
• The Treasure Seeking Mouse chose a worn copper coin containing Dull Gold as bait for its attempt to take the jade paperweight.
• The mouse traveled through underground passages to the skyscraper and used its spatial talent to send the coin into the target office.
• The coin's Dull Gold aura made the paperweight's defenses hesitate, allowing the mouse to take it and escape with both treasures.
• Ling Ye revealed that he had subtly reinforced the coin and prolonged the defense's hesitation, while Su Wanqing celebrated her breakthrough controlling three threaded needles.

Ling Ye turned a Black Fiend elite who infiltrated his villa into a practical target for Su Wanqing and the Treasure Seeking Mouse. The jade paperweight went berserk and devastated the courtyard, leaving the intruder riddled with wounds and his fate uncertain.

• The Treasure Seeking Mouse discovered that the jade paperweight’s restless Sharp Gold aura was damaging its hideout, while Su Wanqing practiced weaving silk threads with three needles.
• A Black Fiend elite sneaked into the villa, and Ling Ye weakened the defenses and told Su Wanqing to pin the intruder down without killing him.
• Ling Ye told the Treasure Seeking Mouse to pass the dangerous paperweight to the intruder, and the mouse eagerly carried it to the courtyard.
• Su Wanqing sent her needles at the elite as he slipped on frost, and he caught the paperweight thrown from above.
• The paperweight erupted with sharp golden energy, riddling the elite with holes and wrecking the courtyard before the Treasure Seeking Mouse slipped away.

After Su Wanqing and Ling Ye survived an attack by a Black Fiend operative, Ling Ye explained how she could refine her spiritual sense into a needle. Su Wanqing entered deep cultivation with a new insight, while Ling Ye discovered that the Treasure Seeking Mouse’s jade jar had drawn an organization’s attention.

• Ling Ye told Su Wanqing to contact Zhang Mingyuan, who sent Dragon Abyss teams to remove the unconscious Black Fiend operative and repair the villa courtyard.
• Ling Ye demonstrated how needles could be concentrated or dispersed by slicing a grape into tiny pieces with invisible force.
• Ling Ye explained that Su Wanqing needed to condense and strengthen her spiritual sense before she could learn Imperial Needle.
• Su Wanqing gained a new insight and began tempering her spiritual sense on the carpet.
• Ling Ye sensed the Treasure Seeking Mouse celebrating with the jade jar at the abandoned factory and realized it had attracted an organization’s attention.

Su Wanqing refined her Spiritual Sense into a destructive “Needle of Thought” and successfully tested it on a grape. Meanwhile, a Longyuan scout discovered the mouse nest’s spatial node, glimpsed a terrifying presence, and reported it as a forbidden zone before Treasure Seeking Mouse and Ling Ye settled back into safety.

• Su Wanqing condensed her Spiritual Sense into a needle and disintegrated the inside of a grape, earning Ling Ye’s silent acknowledgment.
• A Longyuan courier scout followed a compass to the abandoned factory and found an old copper coin beside the spatial node.
• The scout sensed a fleeting, overwhelming Dao aura inside the node, fled, and reported the area as a highest-level forbidden zone.
• Treasure Seeking Mouse relaxed after the scout left, while Ling Ye decided Longyuan’s fear would keep people away.
• Su Wanqing continued practicing her Needles of Thought, aiming to cut grape flesh into uniform cubes without damaging the skin.

Su Wanqing struggled to use the Needle of Thought to cut a grape’s flesh into cubes without breaking its skin, while Ling Ye watched over her and rescued the Treasure Seeking Mouse from Black Fiend Soul Chasers. Su Wanqing finally succeeded, reaching the threshold of microscopic spiritual-sense control, as the mouse decided to cling to its powerful patron.

• Su Wanqing repeatedly failed to carve grape flesh into even cubes, gradually refining her control over her spiritual sense while Ling Ye observed.
• Two Black Fiend Soul Chasers tracked the Treasure Seeking Mouse to its underground nest and used a skull artifact to block its attempt to escape through space.
• Ling Ye bound one Soul Chaser, destroyed the skull artifact, and drove both attackers away with a command that severely damaged their cultivation.
• The Treasure Seeking Mouse survived, credited Ling Ye with saving it, and resolved to guard the jade jar and stay close to its powerful patron.
• Su Wanqing used a finely condensed, vibrating Needle of Thought to cut a grape’s flesh into cubes while leaving its skin intact, then collapsed with exhaustion as Ling Ye called her work kindergarten-level.

Su Wanqing collapsed after making her first rough fruit-meat cubes, while Ling Ye watched over her and judged her effort. The Black Fiend Sect Master ordered a search for Ling Ye and the figure who had thwarted his Soul Chasers, as the Treasure Seeking Mouse quietly benefited from the Dao Rhyme in Ling Ye’s jade jar.

• Su Wanqing fell asleep from mental exhaustion after reaching the threshold of Spiritual Sense into Needle, and Ling Ye covered her with a blanket.
• The Black Fiend Sect Master rebuked the two Soul Chasers and ordered the Myriad Ghosts Soul Searching Array activated to find the figure who had opposed Black Fiend and the person behind him.
• The Treasure Seeking Mouse absorbed lingering Dao Rhyme from Ling Ye’s jade jar and entered a restful state that slowly restored and strengthened its mental power and spatial perception.
• Ling Ye tasted Su Wanqing’s uneven fruit-meat cubes, gave her kindergarten graduation project sixty points, and went upstairs to sleep.