Chapter Summaries

Ji Xinghuo tested how flight speed affected his Stellar Force consumption and fused a second Aether Affinity, advancing it into Aether Resonance. He discovered that the added recovery let him sustain flight at cruising speed and returned to Peach Blossom Valley, where Ren Mian asked where he had been.

• Ji Xinghuo tested his flight endurance and found that maximum-speed flight drained his Stellar Force quickly, while cruising at about 125 kilometers per hour could last much longer.
• Ji Xinghuo considered his slow path toward Legendary and decided to fuse another Aether Affinity to improve his recovery and cultivation.
• Ji Xinghuo fused the Aether Affinity Ability Seed, raising his Stellar Force and advancing the ability into a second Aether Resonance during a Starfall Phenomenon.
• Ji Xinghuo discovered that he could fly at cruising speed without losing Stellar Force, then accelerated back to Peach Blossom Valley.
• Ren Mian waited in the courtyard and asked Ji Xinghuo where he had gone.

Ji Xinghuo spent a warm evening with Ren Mian and discovered her secret Azure Sky Tree grove, where rare fruit and unusually dense Ether energy made cultivation far more efficient. After a night of training and waking to a snow-covered Peach Blossom Valley, he decided to stay with Ren Mian for a while and enjoy the reclusive life.

• Ji Xinghuo shared dinner with Ren Mian and Xiao Kui, then congratulated Ren Mian on successfully fusing with Rubber Body.
• Ren Mian showed Ji Xinghuo her grove of hundreds of Azure Sky Trees, each bearing valuable Azure Sky Fruit.
• Ren Mian explained that the trees gathered Ether energy and introduced Ji Xinghuo to Royal Blood Mushrooms that boosted cultivation.
• Ji Xinghuo cultivated for six hours and gained 6 points of Stellar Force, then ate another Royal Blood Mushroom and continued training.
• Ji Xinghuo woke to find Peach Blossom Valley covered in snow and decided to stay with Ren Mian for a while.

Ji Xinghuo traveled to a tribal war to gather Spirit Source Energy, then returned to Peach Blossom Valley and cultivated until his Stellar Force exceeded 5,000. As the Cold Season ended, Ren Mian asked him to join her on a dangerous hunt on Nether Abyss Star.

• Ji Xinghuo received Cold Hill Chieftain’s message, left Ren Mian and Azure Rainbow in the Secret Realm, and hurried toward a Highlander-Dan People war.
• Ji Xinghuo infiltrated the Highlander army, stayed out of the fighting, and gained more than 28,000 Spirit Source Energy before slipping away.
• Ji Xinghuo returned to Peach Blossom Valley, resumed his quiet routine with Ren Mian, Azure Rainbow, and Xiao Kui, and went on two more trips after receiving messages from Cold Hill Chieftain.
• After forty-five days of cultivation, Ji Xinghuo’s Stellar Force surpassed 5,000 points.
• Ren Mian told Ji Xinghuo that Cold Moon was ending and asked him to join her on a dangerous hunting trip to Nether Abyss Star.

Ji Xinghuo agreed to help Ren Mian hunt a powerful monster on Nether Abyss Star after learning that the planet’s ecosystem was controlled by the Gene Mother Tree, a cultivated source of Ability Seeds. They planned to leave at dawn to target a Vine Banyan Composite that might hold multiple Starfall-Grade Ability Seeds before they were harvested.

• Ji Xinghuo agreed to follow Ren Mian into danger, and Xiao Kui teased them while they held hands.
• Ren Mian used the Thinking Necklace to discuss Nether Abyss Star and discovered that Ji Xinghuo could speak freely about it because he lacked the usual spiritual restriction.
• Ren Mian explained that the Gene Mother Tree, a modified seed of the Azure Spirit Divine Tree, created Nether Abyss Star’s plants and monsters and cultivated Ability Seeds.
• Ren Mian identified their target as a Vine Banyan Composite in a Level 6 Area, a monster at least equivalent to a Quake-level threat, and said Ji Xinghuo’s help raised her odds of victory to seventy percent.
• Ren Mian warned that Starfall-Grade Ability Seeds would soon be harvested and that the Vine Banyan Composite might have two or three; Ji Xinghuo agreed they should leave at dawn.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian traveled from Peach Blossom Valley to Nether Abyss Star, where they headed into a dangerous forest to investigate a location Ren Mian had chosen. After disguising themselves as Fungus Giants and crossing several areas, they encountered a swamp filled with hundreds of thousands of Swamp Lurkers.

• Ji Xinghuo left Peach Blossom Valley with Ren Mian and flew with her to Eternal Day City, impressing her with his speed and endurance.
• Ji Xinghuo used his authority as an Eternal Day General to take Ren Mian through the star gate to Nether Abyss Star without applying for passage.
• After receiving positioning chips in Guardian City, Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian traveled by train to a Level 4 Area near the equator.
• Ren Mian summoned a pack of Wolf Soul Woods and disguised herself and Ji Xinghuo as Fungus Giants so they could cross the surface safely.
• The pair crossed several areas into a Level 5 Area, where Ji Xinghuo sensed a swamp crowded with hundreds of thousands of Swamp Lurkers.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian fled a Black Tide, broke through the flying monsters, and narrowly survived a nuclear strike by the Crystalline Elves. After returning to the blast zone, they discovered a severely wounded Calamity Monster hiding underground, leaving them to decide whether to pursue it.

• Ren Mian turned the wolf pack away from the swamp, but a Black Tide of monsters surged toward them and forced Ji Xinghuo to carry her into the sky.
• Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian fought through a vast flock of flying monsters, and Ji Xinghuo sent his location to the Crystalline Elves before they escaped the swarm.
• The Crystalline Elves fired Orbital Laser Cannons and detonated a nuclear weapon against the Black Tide, while Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian survived the blast from a distance.
• After waiting for the blast's aftermath to subside, Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian returned to the cleared zone and found Eternal Day Guardians searching for surviving monsters.
• Ji Xinghuo detected a severely wounded, at least Radiant-level Calamity Monster hiding underground and asked Ren Mian whether they should go after it.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian discovered that the Zhehua Snake possessed the Starfall ability Wither-Bloom Rebirth, and Ji Xinghuo blasted its body apart while they searched for its Ability Seed. As several legendary Eternal Day Guardians closed in to claim the ability, Ji Xinghuo fired an arrow at the approaching Dan People.

• Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian attacked the recovering Zhehua Snake, but its Miasma and rapid regeneration made it difficult to kill.
• Ji Xinghuo used a charged Ball Lightning to blast the Zhehua Snake apart, but Ren Mian recognized that it could revive through Wither-Bloom Rebirth.
• Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian searched the snake's scattered remains for its Ability Seed while its body began regenerating.
• Five legendary Eternal Day Guardians approached, including a Nature Lord, an Insect Emperor, and three Dan People riding a Wind-Riding Dragon Falcon.
• Ji Xinghuo formed a sword array to warn the approaching Guardians, then fired a Tungsten Core Heavy Arrow at the Dan People.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian fought off the Nature Lord, the Insect Emperor, and three legendary Dan People while searching the Zhehua Snake’s remains for the Wither-Bloom Rebirth Ability Seed. Ji Xinghuo killed the Ghost Killer and Insect Emperor, then crushed the Flame Berserker in a head-on punch as the battle continued.

• Ji Xinghuo used the Black Eternal Crystal Battle Bow to shoot down the Wind-Riding Dragon Falcon, forcing the Wind Walker and the other legendary Dan People to retreat.
• Qi Feng revealed that the Zhehua Snake contained Wither-Bloom Rebirth, then allied with the Insect Emperor to attack Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian.
• Ren Mian fought the Insect Emperor while Ji Xinghuo used Azure Rainbow to seek Qi Feng underground and unleashed Ionization Storm against the insect cloud.
• Ji Xinghuo killed the Ghost Killer with a Tungsten Core Heavy Arrow and then blasted the Insect Emperor apart with another shot.
• The Flame Berserker charged Ji Xinghuo with a full-strength punch, but Ji Xinghuo met him head-on and shattered his arm and half his body.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian defeated the attackers, killing Qi Feng and Wind Walker while the Insect Emperor escaped. They found the Zhehua Snake’s Wither-Bloom Rebirth Ability Seed and prepared to leave before danger returned.

• Ji Xinghuo escaped the Insect Emperor’s beetle swarm and joined Azure Rainbow in attacking Qi Feng, while Ren Mian’s monsters kept the enemy forces at bay.
• Ji Xinghuo used Green Lock Dragons to prevent Qi Feng from merging with the earth, then smashed his head and killed him with an Electromagnetic Spiral Force.
• Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian used Azure Rainbow’s Gravity Field, Electric Arc Pulse, sword lights, and beams to kill the beetles, but the Insect Emperor’s spirit vanished and its main body remained at large.
• Ji Xinghuo spotted the hiding Wind Walker and killed him with a Tungsten Core Heavy Arrow from more than two thousand five hundred meters away.
• Ji Xinghuo found the Zhehua Snake’s Wither-Bloom Rebirth Ability Seed, and Ren Mian urged them to gather the remaining seeds and leave.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian divided the spoils from the Zhehua Snake battle, and Ji Xinghuo gave Ren Mian the Wither-Bloom Rebirth Ability Seed in exchange for Azure Sky Fruit. They traveled into a Level 6 Area and descended through a concealed underground passage, reaching Ren Mian’s destination deep beneath the surface.

• Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian collected seven Ability Seeds from the Zhehua Snake and found valuable spoils, including Qi Feng’s wooden staff, a Paradise Gem, and more than fifty Aether Crystals.
• Ren Mian asked for Wither-Bloom Rebirth and the staff; Ji Xinghuo gave her the Ability Seed and asked for Azure Sky Fruit as compensation.
• After resting, Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian traveled through the night and entered a Level 6 Area, carefully avoiding dangerous monsters and a Heavenly King-level Vine Banyan Composite.
• After flying for more than forty hours, Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian reached a concealed entrance beneath a forested hill and descended through a ruined underground shelter.
• Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian navigated a root-filled maze deep in the crust and arrived at an enormous underground space.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian entered an underground Crystalline Elf city claimed by the Quake-level Vine Banyan Composite, and Ren Mian sent him to draw out its avatar while she hid nearby. Ji Xinghuo wounded the giant tree and faced its intelligent avatar, Thousand Greens, whose sudden supersonic attack forced him to prepare every defense.

• Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian discovered that the plant-filled underground city belonged to the Vine Banyan Composite, which Ren Mian said was Quake-level and as strong as a first-stage Celestial King.
• Ren Mian explained that the giant tree was only the monster’s avatar and asked Ji Xinghuo to lure it out while she concealed herself nearby.
• Ji Xinghuo flew toward the tree, fired a Tungsten Core Heavy Arrow into its trunk, and provoked the surrounding plants into attacking him.
• Thousand Greens emerged from the trunk, introduced itself, and questioned Ji Xinghuo about his strength and his connection to the Eternal Day Guardians.
• Thousand Greens suddenly charged at supersonic speed, and Ji Xinghuo’s Myriad Stellar Eye activated as he raised his defenses and fired an arrow.

Ji Xinghuo fought desperately to hold off Thousand Greens while Ren Mian secretly worked beneath the Vine Banyan Composite. After Ji Xinghuo strengthened his defenses and landed a powerful hit, Thousand Greens regenerated unharmed, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Thousand Greens dodged Ji Xinghuo’s arrow and pursued him with rapid, unpredictable attacks, while he fought back with Blink Step, lightning, his axe, and sword lights.
• Thousand Greens transformed into thorns and unleashed fire, freezing plants, poison, lightning, and other attacks, leaving Ji Xinghuo badly wounded as Azure Rainbow helped him escape.
• Ji Xinghuo saw Ren Mian secretly merging rootstock into the Vine Banyan Composite’s roots and kept Thousand Greens occupied while she worked.
• Ji Xinghuo spent over 60,000 Spirit Source Energy to raise Saint Scale Armor and Manifold Barrier to level six, then knocked Thousand Greens back for the first time.
• Ji Xinghuo used Myriad Aspects of the Universe to coordinate an Electromagnetic Javelin attack with Azure Rainbow’s Gravity Field and his Dragon Chant, but Thousand Greens regenerated completely from its scattered fragments.

Ji Xinghuo held off Thousand Greens while Ren Mian secretly prepared to destroy the Vine Banyan Composite with its natural nemesis, the Void Flame Root. After the monster burned, Ji Xinghuo discovered that its Ability Seeds included Plant Origin Body, an Eclipse Esper.

• Thousand Greens repeatedly attacked Ji Xinghuo at supersonic speed, while he relied on his defenses and a boulder from his Dimensional Stomach to survive and destroy one avatar.
• Ji Xinghuo freed Azure Rainbow, then drew Thousand Greens away from the passage while dodging its grayish-white rays and other plant attacks.
• Ren Mian's plan ignited the Vine Banyan Composite with the Void Flame Root, and the burning monster caused Thousand Greens to collapse into ash.
• Ren Mian healed Ji Xinghuo and confirmed they had defeated the Quake-level monster together.
• Ji Xinghuo touched the charred trunk and saw that the Vine Banyan Composite possessed the Plant Origin Body Ability Seed, an Eclipse Esper.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian harvested the Vine Banyan Composite’s Ability Seeds, including the rare Starfall Acceleration and Eclipse Plant Origin Body. Ji Xinghuo traded Plant Origin Body to Ren Mian for the Photosynthesis Ring and other promised rewards, then they escaped the underground city before nearby monsters could surround them.

• Ji Xinghuo cut Ability Seeds from the Vine Banyan Composite, including Flora Heart, Life Revival, and the Starfall conceptual ability Acceleration.
• Ji Xinghuo found the Eclipse Ability Seed Plant Origin Body, and Ren Mian explained how it could grant a Plant Witch the abilities of many grafted plants.
• Ren Mian offered Ji Xinghuo the Apocalypse Rank 2 Photosynthesis Ring, the other Ability Seeds, and a possible Azure Spirit Saint Leaf in exchange for Plant Origin Body.
• Ji Xinghuo accepted the trade and gave Plant Origin Body to Ren Mian, then put on the Photosynthesis Ring.
• Ren Mian warned that nearby monsters would discover the underground city was unclaimed, so Ji Xinghuo gathered the remaining Ability Seeds and flew with her through the passageway to escape.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian returned from Nether Abyss Star after Ren Mian fused with the Plant Origin Body, then kept a low profile following a rare Twin Stars phenomenon. Back at Peach Blossom Valley, Ji Xinghuo strengthened Azure Rainbow and accelerated his cultivation, while Ren Mian changed her plans and celebrated her birthday with him.

• Ren Mian fused with the Plant Origin Body in Guardian City, and she and Ji Xinghuo triggered a Twin Stars phenomenon when they entered the Star Realm.
• Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian stayed in Eternal Day City for five days before returning to Peach Blossom Valley, where Ren Mian said she would postpone returning to Olympia and focus on planning her evolution.
• Ji Xinghuo gave Azure Rainbow the Life Revival Ability Seed, raised its new ability to Level 4, and spent more Spirit Source Energy improving its other abilities.
• Ji Xinghuo cultivated with three Aether Resonances, rapidly increasing his Stellar Force, and later passed 8,000 points.
• Ren Mian served Ji Xinghuo a lavish dinner and told him that it was her birthday.

On Ren Mian’s birthday, she and Ji Xinghuo became lovers after she confessed that she wanted to experience more of life. She knew about his relationship with Zhao Manying and allowed him to continue seeing her for now, but warned that he had to be fully devoted whenever they were together.

• Ji Xinghuo celebrated Ren Mian’s birthday with an expensive fruit-wine dinner and listened as she spoke about feeling alone and wanting to change how she lived.
• Ren Mian sat on Ji Xinghuo’s lap, and the two went upstairs and spent the night together while Ji Xinghuo upgraded Thousand Spirit Dexterous Hands into Myriad Spirit Limbs.
• At sunrise, Ren Mian asked Ji Xinghuo about Zhao Manying, and he explained their hundred-day dating agreement and insisted they had not gone further.
• Ren Mian said she had fallen for Ji Xinghuo but demanded that he be wholeheartedly devoted to her when they were together and keep other women from affecting her life.
• Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian resumed their intimacy until Xiao Kui entered and mistook them for fighting.

After spending days with Ren Mian, Ji Xinghuo left Peach Blossom Valley to answer news of a war and gather Spirit Source Energy. On his return, he spotted Shen Yucheng, the Earth-born Flame Berserker who had helped the Qian Yuan Society target him, and turned to pursue him.

• Ji Xinghuo created a hot spring in Peach Blossom Valley and soaked with Ren Mian, who revealed she was sixty-five and had an Ability Seed that kept her from aging.
• Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian spent more than ten days together before the Cold Hill Chieftain sent word of a war near Skyfall Cliff.
• Ji Xinghuo left Ren Mian and flew toward the battlefield, testing his increased flight speed along the way.
• Ji Xinghuo disguised himself, scouted the battlefield, gained nearly thirty thousand points of Spirit Source Energy, and departed.
• While searching for Gale Wind Beasts on his return route, Ji Xinghuo recognized the flying Flame Berserker as Shen Yucheng and accelerated toward him.

Ji Xinghuo defeated Shen Yucheng and interrogated him about the Qian Yuan Society, uncovering its suspected reach and a hidden alien object. After Ji Xinghuo left to retrieve it in Chang'an, he secretly continued to follow Shen Yucheng.

• Ji Xinghuo caught up with Shen Yucheng, revealed his identity as New Heaven, and overwhelmed him in a brutal aerial fight.
• Ji Xinghuo used lightning to interrogate Shen Yucheng, who described how the Qian Yuan Society had recruited him and supported his rise in the Exploration Department.
• Shen Yucheng said the Qian Yuan Society was a global organization with powerful members, possible control of an Earth Stargate, and suspected ties to the Wingfolk of the Tianyu Royal Court.
• Shen Yucheng named several suspected organizations, including the Giant Conglomerate, but said he had no list of confirmed members.
• Shen Yucheng revealed that he had buried an unopenable alien object in Mount Li Park in Chang'an, and Ji Xinghuo left to retrieve it.
• After Ji Xinghuo departed, Shen Yucheng flew away without noticing a blurry figure following him from high above.

Ji Xinghuo traded with Shen Yucheng for a Clone Gemini Ability Seed, then learned from him that the Qian Yuan Society might threaten Earth and could be backed by the Wingfolk. After discussing the danger with Ren Mian, Ji Xinghuo set out to report the intelligence to the Sharp Sword Bureau, stopping at Skyfall Cliff on his way back.

• Shen Yucheng offered Ji Xinghuo a Clone Gemini Ability Seed in exchange for being allowed to leave, and Ji Xinghuo paid him with Aether Crystals.
• Ji Xinghuo returned to Peach Blossom Valley, told Ren Mian about the Qian Yuan Society and Shen Yucheng, and they suspected the Wingfolk were behind the threat to Earth.
• Ren Mian told Ji Xinghuo to report the intelligence to the Sharp Sword Bureau, and he agreed to return to Earth at dawn.
• Ren Mian gave Ji Xinghuo Azure Sky Fruits to deliver to Chi Zhonglin and Jiangnan Caiyi, and he stopped at Eternal Day City before flying east.
• Ji Xinghuo reached Skyfall Cliff, removed his Highlander disguise, and began flying up the cliff.

Ji Xinghuo returned to Skyfall Cliff, sold Azure Sky Fruit to the Void Spirit Traveler, and bought six Ability Seeds while seeking an Expansion Oddity. After evaluating the seeds, he accepted the Void Spirit Traveler’s offer of a True Essence Injection that granted an additional fusion opportunity, then asked whether he had any more.

• Ji Xinghuo found Xia Qingyu’s courtyard empty, left a note, and visited Cold Hill, who told him the Void Spirit Traveler was at Skyfall Cliff.
• Ji Xinghuo sold the Void Spirit Traveler one thousand Azure Sky Fruit for three thousand Aether Crystals and bought Absolute Hit, Eye of Truth, Life Revival, Shadow Clone, Aether Affinity, and Psionics.
• Ji Xinghuo examined the Ability Seeds, found Eye of Truth incompatible with him and Shadow Clone promising, and set Absolute Hit aside for later consideration.
• Ji Xinghuo asked the Void Spirit Traveler to find an Expansion Oddity, then spent the night waiting at Skyfall Cliff.
• The Void Spirit Traveler offered Ji Xinghuo a True Essence Injection for one hundred Aether Crystals, and Ji Xinghuo bought it before asking if he had any more.