Recaps

Cheng Han demonstrated his dream arts and new Stone Spirit technique to Zhao Qihuan while discussing his imminent advancement to Mystic Adept. Zhao promised to seek him a more suitable reward, then urged him to consider heirs, leaving Cheng Han awkwardly aware that he was still only sixteen.

• Zhao Qihuan relayed the Pavilion Master's praise for Cheng Han and urged him to focus on cultivation rather than meddle in Anhua City's affairs.
• Cheng Han displayed a lotus containing more than twenty dreams, impressing Zhao Qihuan with his mastery of dream arts.
• Zhao Qihuan explained the risks of condensing multiple Profound Imprints, while Cheng Han privately trusted the Eye of Omniscience to prevent conflicts between them.
• Zhao Qihuan offered Cheng Han a Dream Affinity item as a reward for helping defeat the disguised Dream Master, but Cheng Han demonstrated that he could turn a glass into stone and said he preferred Stone Spirit Profound Arts.
• Zhao Qihuan agreed to ask the Pavilion Master for a more suitable reward and advised Cheng Han to consider having heirs, leaving Cheng Han embarrassed because he was still a child by his own reckoning.

Cheng Han learned that Mystic Adept Zong Chang was backing the arrested officials, then secretly used an Anomaly to kill the prisoners before they could be transferred into Zong Chang’s reach. He watched Qian Qingqing train and realized she was close to condensing a Source Sense Imprint.

• Cheng Han told Ying Beibei that Zong Chang and the Profound Pavilion were pressuring him, but he refused to abandon the arrests and headed to the Hall of Councillors.
• Cheng Han deduced information about Zong Chang, while imprisoned official Wei Shenghao invoked his connection to the Mystic Adept to intimidate the Arbitrators.
• Cheng Han transformed Wei Shenghao into a Faceless Strange Monster, which broke through the prison and killed the other detained officials.
• Cheng Han watched Qian Qingqing practice with a spear and realized she was close to condensing a Source Sense Imprint.

Cheng Han used the Faceless Strange Monster to expose corruption in Fang Garden and learned that Zong Chang might pose a hidden threat. He then unveiled the Peeking Secret Mirror, using its power to intimidate officials and prepare a purge of the Finance Department.

• Cheng Han watched the Faceless Strange Monster slaughter prisoners before his controlled branches delayed its escape and Black Armor Army warriors killed it.
• Xie You warned Cheng Han that Zong Chang might suspect him of arranging the Winter Garden Anomaly, and Cheng Han predicted Zong Chang would avoid acting openly.
• Xie You introduced Cheng Han's Peeking Secret Mirror at the Hall of Councillors, where it exposed an affair between Miss Ao and Wang Danian.
• Cheng Han explained that the mirror would demonstrate his cultivation and expose corrupt officials, then ordered every Finance Department official to attend a meeting.

Cheng Han sent Xie You to expose Finance Department Deputy Director Dai Feng’s crimes using an Illusionary Flower and the Peeking Secret Mirror. Afterward, Zhao Qihuan conveyed a warning from the Tai An Profound Pavilion and delivered a Stone Demon Ring as a reward for Cheng Han’s talent in Stone Spirit Profound Arts.

• Xie You drafted and delivered Cheng Han’s Executive Order, then gathered Parliament Building employees to watch the Finance Department officials face the Peeking Secret Mirror.
• When Dai Feng and the other officials refused to use the Mirror, Xie You used the Illusionary Flower to create an illusory Dai Feng who triggered it.
• The Peeking Secret Mirror revealed Dai Feng’s sexual misconduct and bribery, and the real Dai Feng fainted as the crowd condemned him.
• Zhao Qihuan told Cheng Han that Zong Chang wanted to settle the dispute over Wei Shenghao’s death and warned him to watch out for people in the Profound Pavilion.
• Zhao Qihuan delivered the Stone Demon Ring, a Stone Spirit Dharma Artifact awarded by the Tai An Profound Pavilion’s Pavilion Master.

Cheng Han analyzed the Stone Demon Ring, condensed a Lofty Stone Fragmented Imprint, and used the ring to create twelve Stone Horses in the Parliament Building plaza. The spectacle baffled the Garrison Profound Warriors, who could not explain how Cheng Han had summoned more than one Stone Demon.

• Cheng Han discovered that the Stone Demon Ring could summon a Stone Demon that evolved into a Greater Stone Demon with a Stone Curse, and he learned the ring could grow into a Profound Artifact.
• Cheng Han condensed the Lofty Stone Fragmented Imprint and decided to use it as his public mark while keeping his other Profound Imprints hidden.
• Xie You reported that the Finance Department officials had been arrested, and Cheng Han ordered twelve large stones delivered to the plaza.
• Cheng Han used the Stone Demon Ring to produce twelve Stone Horses, astonishing the workers and employees who watched them run around the plaza.
• Xu Daoming and Zhao Qihuan watched the Stone Horses through a Mystic Array and admitted they did not know how Cheng Han had created them.

Chen Shu and Wang Fen sold pancakes at Parliament Square and discussed Cheng Han’s reforms as crowds gathered for the Stone Horses’ daily gallop. The horses raced with flaming hooves that left Blazing Fire Red Lotuses, while Cheng Han ended the chapter chatting remotely with Qian Qingqing.

• A patrol squad helped Chen Shu and Wang Fen push their Pancake Cart through the snow, and Chen Shu remarked that the Patrol Department had changed under Grand Governor Cheng Han.
• At Parliament Square, a manager checked Chen Shu’s Business License and reminded the couple to follow the rules for their stall.
• Chen Shu and Wang Fen sold pancakes to visitors and told Big Beard about the Wishing Monument, the Low-Income Security Act, and the Stone Horses’ performances.
• As crowds gathered for the morning Warhorse Gallop, the twelve Stone Horses raced around the track with flaming hooves and left Blazing Fire Red Lotuses behind.
• Xu Daoming and Zhao Qihuan watched the spectacle through a Mystic Array, while Xie You admired it from the Parliament Building.
• Cheng Han chatted remotely with Qian Qingqing and asked whether she wanted to see the Blazing Warhorses; she replied that she did.

Cheng Han used Qian Qingqing and Qian Changyun’s visit to investigate a suspicious residence in Shaohua Neighborhood, where the level-seven Eye of Omniscience detected Hidden Power beneath the house. The discovery revealed that the plotline for advancing to a Profound Warrior had begun.

• Qian Qingqing answered Cheng Han’s message with a spear-written “Want,” and Cheng Han sent her a fiery horse that filled her attic with Flame Lotuses.
• Qian Qingqing nearly clipped Qian Changyun’s nose hairs with her spear after he returned from visiting his classmate Liu Wei.
• Cheng Han learned that the Dream Arising Society had warned Betrayer Cai Feng about a traitor, confirming that the Society had taken his bait.
• Black Cat connected Liu Wei’s family home in Shaohua Neighborhood to a suspicious presence after one of its cats had its soul erased there.
• Cheng Han used his connection to Qian Changyun to inspect Liu Wei’s residence and saw Black Ripples conceal the stairs to the basement, indicating Hidden Power.

Cheng Han used a Deduction to confirm that the hidden force behind the black ripples was connected to the missing civilians, then suspected it involved a door. After deciding to lure out the hidden enemy with a New Year gift, he reviewed Black Cat’s report linking the Dream Arising Society’s concealment to an antique in Liu Wei’s Father’s collection.

• Cheng Han used the missing people’s connections to reveal fragments in the halo, confirming that the hidden force was linked to them, though the bat-serpents showed no connection.
• Cheng Han studied the fragments and suspected they depicted a door.
• Cheng Han examined the Divine Banyan reliefs at the Parliament Building and wondered whether their carved fruit and sphere represented unknown things.
• Cheng Han decided to send the hidden enemy a New Year gift to draw it out.
• Cheng Han read Black Cat’s report, which suspected that the Dream Arising Society had planted a hidden object among the antiques in Liu Wei’s Father’s basement exhibition room.

Cheng Han canceled costly New Year decorations and planned a self-funding flying-horse parade that would also conceal his schemes and advancement. Meanwhile, Black Cat investigated antiques linked to Liu Lehui and found the Holy Crest of Life on a suspicious Luck Prayer Disc, revealing a far larger lead than Cheng Han expected.

• Cheng Han cut the colored-light and ribbon budgets, redirected the money to minimum living allowances, and announced a flying-horse parade funded by merchant sponsorships.
• Cheng Han planned to use the parade to distract Qinglin City while it moved against Mr. Big Fish and to make his future advancement seem less suspicious.
• Black Cat reasoned that the Dream Arising Society might have planted a tampered antique as bait for Liu Lehui, then investigated the items on the antique list.
• Black Cat cleared the oldest antique and found that Liu Lehui had bought a Luck Prayer Disc cheaply from a seller who later died, then reported the discovery to Cheng Han.
• Cheng Han recognized the Holy Crest of Life on the Luck Prayer Disc and concluded that the lead involved a much bigger target than he had expected.

Cheng Han perfected a concealed transformation technique for fighting Mr. Big Fish while Qian Qingqing arranged for the Liu Family to leave their home during the New Year Celebration. With the preparations complete, Cheng Han was ready to make his move.

• In Anhua City, Cheng Han issued new livelihood-focused Executive Orders and continued testing a fish’s transformations as he developed Xenomorph Tactics.
• In Qinglin City, Qian Qingqing visited Liu Lehui and secured his agreement to join her Charity Committee and attend the New Year Celebration at the Qian home.
• Qian Qingqing invited the Liu Family so they would be away from their residence, allowing Cheng Han to confront Mr. Big Fish without restraint.
• After twenty-three trials, Cheng Han successfully created a concealed monster form using the Profound Method of Life Control and learned that Qian Qingqing had completed her arrangements.

Cheng Han attended New Year preparations and gave gifts to ten citizens, while the Black Cat completed its preparations for a battle during the celebration. The chapter ended with the Meow Clan Army ready to strike and Cheng Han expected to advance to Mystic Adept soon.

• Cheng Han wore a Banyan Longevity Hat and attended a meeting where officials filled the room in green hats.
• The Black Cat inspected eighteen criminals prepared for the Alien Plan and asked whether it could become human; Cheng Han said it might be possible once he reached Mystic Supervisor level or higher.
• Cheng Han met ten citizens selected from the Wishing Monument, gave them New Year envelopes, and Guo Yi discovered his family had received a housing certificate.
• A mid-ranking Civil Affairs Department official complained about the Grand Governor’s harsh crackdown and the long hours required to prepare the New Year Celebration.
• At Base No. 3, the Black Cat transformed Gray Toe Rats into short-lived flying rats and had them carry Wooden Beads, completing its preparations for war during the celebration.

Cheng Han prepared for the New Year Celebration and used its citywide countdown to advance from Warrior to Mystic Adept before thousands of onlookers. His transformation culminated in a giant Divine Banyan appearing over Anhua City, while his Spirit Value limit rose to 197.8.

• Cheng Han dressed in ceremonial robes bearing the Divine Banyan and declared, “May the Divine Banyan endure forever, may Myriad Radiance prosper evermore!”
• Qian Qingqing welcomed Liu Lehui and his family to the Qian Family residence as part of a gathering arranged to conceal the planned attack.
• Cheng Han began transforming his Body Forging Imprint atop the Parliament Building while a green-light countdown spectacle drew crowds across Anhua City.
• As the countdown continued, Cheng Han hovered in the air and released the pressure of his advancing power, prompting Shen Wenxian and the officials to recognize that he was becoming a Mystic Adept.
• At eight o’clock, Cheng Han completed his advancement and summoned a thousand-meter Divine Banyan above the city, raising his Spirit Value limit from 179.5 to 197.8.

During Anhua City’s New Year celebration, Cheng Han used his new Profound Warrior abilities to stage a spectacular parade while launching a surprise attack on Mr. Big Fish’s hideout. The celebration continued as the Liu Family Mansion vanished beneath the Radiant Flame and stone carriages showered the crowd with gifts.

• Zhao Qihuan and the other Garrison Profound Warriors witnessed Cheng Han’s advancement and reported that a disturbance had appeared in Qinglin City.
• Cheng Han ordered the attack on the empty Liu Family Mansion as Gua Gua scattered candy over the crowd and the flying squirrel Suicide Squad approached the mansion.
• Mr. Big Fish detected the disturbance but held back, and Cheng Han transformed the squirrels into fireballs infused with the Radiant Flame of Fire.
• The gray flames consumed the Liu Family Mansion without leaving ash.
• Cheng Han revealed twenty stone carriages drawn by Stone Pegasi, and the stone figures aboard tossed New Year gifts to the cheering crowd.

Cheng Han continued his covert attack on the Dream Arising Society, unleashing the Xenomorph Squad while a citywide New Year spectacle distracted Anhua City. The Garrison Mystics mistook the destruction in Qinglin City for a possible attack on a Profound Net Node and prepared for war.

• Stone Pegasi carried carriages over Anhua City as illusory branches burst into a spectacular rain of flowers, impressing the Garrison Mystics.
• The Mystics detected powerful fluctuations at Qinglin City and suspected that a defected Dream Master had attacked a Profound Net Node, so they prepared a temporary Mystic Array.
• Cheng Han watched the Radiant Flame of Fire destroy the Liu Family mansion and learned that the surviving Luck Prayer Disc belonged to an enormous network.
• Cheng Han worried that he had accidentally escalated the situation, then ordered the Xenomorph Squad to move out.
• Serpent Monster variants burst from their human incubation hosts, consumed them, and vanished in groups to begin their attack.

Cheng Han attacked the Dream Arising Society’s Luck Prayer Disc with Nightmare Flying Serpents and the Radiant Flame of Fire, exposing its connection to Extinction Ruins. As the darkness began expanding across Qinglin City, the authorities unleashed a vast Green Light response across the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm.

• Mystic Adepts in Qinglin City tracked Nightmare Devouring Serpents from Dewu Neighborhood to the Snowy Forest in Shaohua Neighborhood, where the serpents transformed into flying serpents and headed for the Liu Family Mansion ruins.
• Cheng Han used the Mask of Life to shield the flying serpents from the Luck Prayer Disc’s Life Leech, then unleashed the Ten Directions Flame God Prison against it.
• The Black Mist Ball vanished, revealing an entrance to Extinction Ruins that absorbed much of Cheng Han’s Gray Flame and began expanding.
• Cheng Han realized the Dream Arising Society’s plan could drag Qinglin City and other Minor Spirit Realms into Extinction Ruins, and wondered whether his attack had forced the scheme to start early.
• The Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm trembled as the authorities released dazzling Green Light and raised dozens of towering pillars, revealing they had prepared a countermeasure.

Cheng Han reassured Anhua City's civilians as the green light suppressed the Extinction Ruins' darkness and a powerful strike destroyed its portal, killing Mr. Big Fish. His Deduction revealed the Myriad Radiance Divine Banyan's connection to the Myriad Heavens Domain, and the Eye of Omniscience upgraded to Level 8.

• Cheng Han calmed Anhua City's civilians by announcing that the green light and fireworks were a New Year celebration.
• A green pillar destroyed the Extinction Ruins' portal, and Mr. Big Fish emerged from the pit before the remaining force blasted him into ashes.
• Cheng Han used Deduction and glimpsed the Myriad Radiance Divine Banyan in the Myriad Heavens Domain, learning that it had sent power to its offshoot and that the Divine Banyan Peak held a passage to the homeland.
• The Eye of Omniscience reached Level 8, raising Cheng Han's Spirit Value limit and granting him three Time-Space Beacons.

After the New Year Celebration ended, Cheng Han used a deduction to witness the Myriad Heavens Race opening a stable passage into the Abyssal Mist Realm and launching a vast expeditionary force. He realized the Two-Realm War had begun and reflected on how war had forged the Myriad Radiance People’s formidable military machine.

• Cheng Han completed the celebration’s closing ceremony, and the clearer Divine Banyan illusion revealed his improved mastery of mystic arts after receiving the Soul Tempering Imprint.
• Stone Pegasuses carried sponsored banners into Parliament Square, bringing the New Year Celebration to an end.
• Cheng Han deduced that a Green Torrent had struck the World Barrier between the Void Wind Realm and the Abyssal Mist Realm, opening a stable cross-realm gateway.
• Cheng Han inferred that Myriad Heavens Race God-level Experts had turned the enemy’s interference to their advantage and created the passage.
• Cheng Han witnessed millions of Mystic Boats carrying the Myriad Heavens Race army through the gateway and realized the Two-Realm War had begun.
• Cheng Han reflected on the speed of the army’s mobilization and wondered whether the Myriad Radiance People were a people born from blood and fire.

Cheng Han received a half-month to settle his affairs before joining the Profound Pavilion, and learned that the Myriad Heavens Race had to keep expanding and fighting to survive. Meanwhile, the Dream Arising Society promoted Cai Feng, unaware that the Black Cat recognized him as a mole whose plan had succeeded.

• Cheng Han offered Xie You a government post, but she chose to stay by his side because he treated her like a person rather than an object.
• Zhao Qihuan and Qin Delin visited Cheng Han, explained his upcoming training at the Profound Palace, and confirmed that the Myriad Radiance Divine Banyan occupied eighty-two Small Worlds.
• Cheng Han deduced that Great Worlds expanded by absorbing Small Worlds and that the Myriad Heavens Race fought to avoid stagnation and destruction.
• A Dream Master summoned Cai Feng, warned him that a Betrayer had deceived members of the Dream Arising Society, and ordered him to report any clues.
• The Dream Master promoted Cai Feng to Grand Dream Master and promised him a Dream Source Seed.
• Cai Feng celebrated his promotion, while the Black Cat concluded that its master's mole plan had succeeded and decided to report back.

Cheng Han returned to Qinglin City and encountered Patrol Officers from his former outpost arguing with those from the Ninth Outpost. After settling the dispute and disciplining the officers, he set out with Zhan Bajing to visit Fifteen Middle School and address personal matters from his past.

• Zhan Bajing and Jiang Man's patrol met Ma Nanshan's Ninth Outpost team at the jurisdiction boundary, where the officers and Spirit Mastiffs renewed their feud.
• Cheng Han revealed himself to the patrol officers and rebuked them for their rude conduct.
• Cheng Han docked both outposts' bonuses and ordered the round-faced Patrol Officer to forfeit half a year's salary instead of going to prison.
• Cheng Han asked Zhan Bajing to accompany him to Fifteen Middle School, and they left together.

Cheng Han visited Fifteen Middle School during the strange, persistent rain caused by the Two-Realm War and warned Zhan Bajing to stockpile staple foods. He met Principal Yan Shan and revealed that he had uncovered Yan Shan’s secret identity as a Dream Master of the Dream Arising Society.

• Cheng Han explained to Zhan Bajing that the breached World Barriers would bring prolonged rain and advised him to stockpile staple foods.
• Cheng Han and Zhan Bajing entered Fifteen Middle School, where Zhan Bajing explained that the Hall of Councillors had funded extensive renovations after Cheng Han rose to prominence.
• Cheng Han went to the Principal’s Office alone to visit Principal Yan Shan, while Zhan Bajing waited outside.
• Cheng Han greeted Yan Shan and called him a Dream Master, startling him.
• Cheng Han connected Yan Shan to Dream Master Cai Feng through a trace of aura and used the Level 8 Eye of Omniscience to uncover Yan Shan’s hidden identity.

Cheng Han killed Yan Shan, a Dream Arising Society Dream Master who had secretly enabled attacks at Fifteen Middle School, and arranged for the Garrison Palace to learn of the victory. Before leaving for the Profound Palace, he gave Qian Qingqing a Mystic Adept’s Marriage Book, leaving her blushing in front of her family.

• Cheng Han trapped Yan Shan in a dream, learned that Yan Shan had protected Ye Qin and Qin Zi Cheng, and exposed his plan to use his assistant as a Serpent Monster to attack.
• Cheng Han let the Serpent Monster devour Yan Shan, then killed the monster and reported Yan Shan’s death to the Garrison Palace.
• Cheng Han ordered Netherworld to eliminate Yan Shan’s six Dream Reincarnation Clones, while Zhan Bajing received merit for supposedly assisting in the kill.
• Cheng Han gave Qian Qingqing a Marriage Book as a Seal Formation Gift, and she blushed when Qian Changyun recognized it.

Cheng Han used a dreamlike ceremony to win Qian Qingqing’s signature on their Marriage Book, then departed for Qing Han Profound Palace. His extraordinary flowers proved to be treasures, while his Mystic Boat reached the palace.

• Cheng Han showed Qian Qingqing a succession of wondrous scenes in a dream, and she signed the Marriage Book, becoming his fiancée.
• Cheng Han left Qian Mansion in a burst of flowers, and Qian Qingqing claimed them all for herself.
• Qian Qingqing and her family discovered that the flowers grew roots, sang lullabies, and left her feeling refreshed.
• Cheng Han traveled by Mystic Boat and spotted Qing Han Profound Palace in the distance.

Cheng Han arrived at Qing Han Profound Palace and learned about its vast sky rings, strict hierarchy, and the difficulties of advancement. When a black-robed Mystic Adept challenged his request to study two arts, Cheng Han cited the special allowance for those with the Spirit Banyan Mystical Body.

• Cheng Han and Zhao Qihuan approached Qing Han Profound Palace, where Cheng Han used his Eye of Omniscience to learn that God General Cangpu had created its five Profound Banyan Sky Rings.
• Zhao Qihuan described the Profound Palace’s leadership, population, and scarcity of Mystic Masters as their Mystic Boat neared the sky rings.
• Zhao Qihuan stopped the Mystic Boat and tried to contact the Profound Palace, but the Communication Mystic Array initially received no response.
• A black-robed Mystic Adept asked what Cheng Han intended to study, and Cheng Han requested a Stone Spirit Profound Art and a Wood Spirit Art.
• When the black-robed Mystic Adept objected, Cheng Han invoked the rule allowing those with the Spirit Banyan Mystical Body to study a second art alongside Wood Spirit Arts.

Cheng Han claimed to possess the Spirit Banyan Mystical Body to secure special treatment at Qing Han Profound Palace, then confronted Kuang Ning when the palace tested him with a Second-Order Profound Seal. He left Kuang Ning cornered by suggesting the Palace Lords could sense the Divine Banyan’s response.

• Cheng Han recited the Profound Law concerning the Spirit Banyan Mystical Body and convinced Zhao Qihuan that he possessed it.
• Mystic Warrior Gong verified the law, opened the Palace-Protecting Mystic Array Passage, and assigned the Mystic Boat to Berth B-16.
• Cheng Han and Zhao Qihuan entered Qing Han Profound Palace, where Colonel Liu directed Cheng Han to attempt to comprehend the Myriad Trees Imprint.
• Kuang Ning challenged Cheng Han to prove his claimed mystical body by gaining insight into the Second-Order Profound Seal, threatening to report him if he failed.
• Cheng Han suggested the Palace Lords could sense the Divine Banyan’s response, freezing Kuang Ning’s smile.

Cheng Han refused to back down from Kuang Ning’s challenge and began his stay in the Profound Palace by barbecuing and sightseeing instead of immediately comprehending the Second-Order Profound Seal. Kuang Ning watched for signs of progress, but Cheng Han’s leisurely behavior left him convinced that the supposed genius was a fool.

• Kuang Ning dismissed the Red Armor Soldiers and sent Zhao Qihuan away, leaving Cheng Han alone to comprehend the Second-Order Profound Seal.
• Cheng Han asked the servants about the hall’s rules, then ordered ingredients and Fruit Wood charcoal so he could barbecue while taking his time.
• The servants brought Cheng Han rare ingredients, and he enjoyed grilled Blue Haze Fish while reflecting on the Profound Palace’s lavish resources.
• Kuang Ning learned that Cheng Han was barbecuing and ordered a Red Armor Army Colonel to monitor him.
• Over the following days, Cheng Han toured Heaven Ring C, climbed Qing Han Peak, and spent little time comprehending, leading Kuang Ning to call him a fool.