Chapter Summaries

Yi Chen steadily strengthened the Flame Mountain Tribe while researching a movement technique to prepare for an expedition beyond The Valley in spring. Across the Milky Way, the Billion Medicines Cultivation Method Research Institute announced that its attempts to create a new cultivation method had failed, leaving many geniuses injured and humanity in turmoil.

• Yi Chen found that most Flame Mountain Tribe clansmen had learned to sense Spiritual Energy, while Gu Li and Luo Ge quickly reached the Qi Condensation Realm Second Stage and learned the Flying Knife Art.
• Yi Chen researched a movement technique to help humans use their agility against Ferocious Beasts and planned the Flame Mountain Tribe's first expedition for after winter.
• Humanity grew increasingly anxious as more than a thousand Cultivation Method Research Institutes failed to release new cultivation methods.
• The Billion Medicines Cultivation Method Research Institute reported that more than fifty experiments had failed and over thirty cultivation geniuses had suffered damage to their Qi Seas and meridians.
• The announcement shocked humanity, and pharmaceutical shares and other stocks across the Milky Way plunged.

The public complained after more than a thousand Cultivation Method Research Institutes failed to produce a new cultivation method, leaving Yi Chen as their only hope for the improved Chaos Art. As ordinary people dismissed the idea of freeing him from Exile Planet, powerful figures secretly prepared a new storm.

• News outlets reported that pharmaceutical stocks had plunged and blamed Yi Chen for devastating the industry.
• Viewers in Yi Chen's Live Stream Room cursed the research institutes and worried that progress beyond the Spirit Release Realm First Level depended on Yi Chen sharing the improved Chaos Art.
• The public debated whether the Flame Mountain Tribe would gain the strength to learn the improved Chaos Art without losing its reverence for Yi Chen.
• Someone proposed bringing Yi Chen out of Exile Planet so he could create and publish cultivation methods, but others argued that his release would endanger humanity.
• While ordinary people exhausted their ideas, powerful tycoons and influential figures began brewing a new storm.

On AB356 Planet, Yi Tenglong ordered his granddaughter to arrange for loyal, intelligent followers to reach the Exile Planet and protect Yi Chen, while continuing to endure self-imposed torture over his past. On the Exile Planet, Yi Chen finished studying wind and the traits of birds and beasts and was ready to research movement techniques.

• Yi Tenglong learned that the latest cultivation-method experiments had failed and that Myriad Races spies might be preparing an operation.
• Yi Tenglong ordered hackers to sabotage an unmanned warship's operating system so parliamentarians could send a ship to the Exile Planet under the pretext of exiling criminals and repairing it.
• Yi Tenglong told his granddaughter to send brilliant, unwaveringly loyal people to protect Yi Chen, explaining that hostile forces might try to control or assassinate him.
• Yi Tenglong said he endured daily punishments to keep living until the Young Master returned, and his granddaughter left the prison-like room.
• After more than a month of study at Flame Mountain, Yi Chen gained a deep understanding of wind and birds and beasts and became ready to research movement technique cultivation methods.

Yi Chen returned to the Flame Mountain Tribe, where his leadership and the spread of the Chaos Art had transformed the tribespeople’s prospects for surviving winter. He began sprinting as he worked to combine his insights into a new cultivation method, while billions of viewers speculated that it would increase speed and watched its influence ripple through society.

• Yi Chen returned to the Tribe and was greeted with deep respect as its people enjoyed a safe, well-provisioned Harsh Winter.
• The High Priest and the elders spread stories of Yi Chen’s miracles, strengthening the tribespeople’s worship of him.
• Yi Chen went to his Wooden House’s clearing and sprinted while trying to unify what he had learned over the past half month.
• Viewers in the Live Stream Room guessed that Yi Chen was creating a speed-enhancing cultivation method and debated how fast it might let people run.
• Viewers reported that speculation about the method was already affecting automotive and shoe stocks, news coverage, and even a movie’s box office.

Yi Chen spent another month developing a Spirit Release Realm movement technique while humanity grew increasingly distressed over his delay in releasing the improved version of the Chaos Art. After completing the technique, he summoned Gu Li, leaving viewers wondering whether he would finally teach her the improved cultivation method.

• Yi Chen continued testing Meridian Cultivation routes while people who had reached the Spirit Release Realm First Level grew anxious and stagnated without the improved version of the Chaos Art.
• Viewers reported that stalled cultivation had caused widespread psychological distress, while work, school, and the stock market suffered across human society.
• Yi Chen completed a set of movement-technique Meridian Cultivation routes after another month of research.
• Yi Chen stepped outside the Wooden House and reflected that creating cultivation methods at his current realm was far more demanding than creating lower-level ones.
• Yi Chen sent someone to bring Gu Li over, exciting viewers who wondered if he would teach her the improved version of the Chaos Art.

Yi Chen summoned Gu Li to learn where he could find a fast Ferocious Beast, disappointing viewers who had hoped he would teach her the improved Chaos Art. He lured a Level 9 Lightning Sable from its cave to test his New Cultivation Method, and viewers debated whether he could match its speed.

• Gu Li told Yi Chen that a Lightning Sable lived in a Mountain Cave south of the Tribe and could be lured out with roasted meat.
• Yi Chen meditated while Gu Li and Luo Ge gathered tribesmen, raw meat, and firewood, then led them to the Lightning Sable's cave.
• Yi Chen's group roasted meat outside the cave, drawing out a snow-white Lightning Sable barely over thirty centimeters long.
• The Scanner revealed that the Lightning Sable could run at 121 meters per second and reach a burst speed of 180 meters per second, prompting viewers to question whether Yi Chen's New Cultivation Method could keep up.

Yi Chen used his new cultivation method to outrun and outmaneuver a Lightning Sable, leaving Gu Li and the viewers astonished by his speed. As he pursued the creature across the snow, the Scanner recorded him exceeding the speed of sound.

• Yi Chen raced past the Lightning Sable and blocked the entrance to the Mountain Cave, stunning Gu Li and the others.
• The Live Stream viewers learned Yi Chen could run at 160 meters per second and marveled at the new cultivation method's power.
• The Lightning Sable attacked Yi Chen, but he struck it with dry firewood and sent it tumbling into the snow.
• The Lightning Sable fled at more than 180 meters per second, but Yi Chen repeatedly overtook it and blocked its escape.
• The Scanner recorded Yi Chen reaching 360 meters per second as he chased the Lightning Sable across the snow.

Yi Chen tested his new Cloud Stepping Art, which let him outrun the Lightning Sable, then created a weakened version for the Flame Mountain Tribe. He gathered the Tribe in The Valley and began carving the technique’s chant and Meridian Cultivation Chart into a stone wall.

• Viewers reacted to Yi Chen’s new method surpassing the sound barrier, and news sites reported on the Cloud Stepping Art and its impact on public sentiment.
• Yi Chen released the Lightning Sable after testing the technique and returned to the Flame Mountain Tribe with Gu Li and the others.
• Yi Chen named the method the Cloud Stepping Art, and Gu Li asked how he had moved faster than the Lightning Sable.
• Yi Chen created a weakened version of the Cloud Stepping Art in one hour so more Tribe members could learn it before spring.
• Yi Chen summoned the Tribe to The Valley, where more than a thousand members gathered, and began carving the weakened technique onto a stone wall.

Yi Chen taught the Flame Mountain Tribe the weakened Cloud Stepping Art, leaving humanity dismayed after viewers realized it was less powerful than the version they had hoped for. He then gathered the tribe’s Spirit Release Realm First Level geniuses and began carving the Chaos Art again, preparing to teach them its improved form.

• Viewers celebrated when Yi Chen carved the Cloud Stepping Art, but they noticed its Meridian Cultivation Chart used fewer meridians and acupoints than the Scanner’s version and realized he had weakened it.
• Humanity’s excitement gave way to despair, and the recovering stock market plunged again.
• Yi Chen taught the Flame Mountain Tribe the weakened Cloud Stepping Art and answered the clansmen’s questions.
• Yi Chen dismissed the clansmen who had not reached the Spirit Release Realm First Level and kept the twenty-some who had.
• Yi Chen picked up a stone and began carving the Chaos Art for the gathered geniuses, including Gu Li.

Yi Chen revealed and taught Gu Li and the others an improved, Spirit Release Realm-level Chaos Art, sparking wild excitement across humanity. After finishing the lesson, he returned to the Wooden House to cultivate and planned to expand his territory and research a stronger offensive cultivation method in spring.

• Yi Chen engraved a new Chaos Art and Meridian Cultivation Chart with an additional meridian and sixteen acupoints.
• Yi Chen told Gu Li and the others that he had created an improved Chaos Art for the Spirit Release Realm, and Gu Li asked whether it could raise their realms further.
• Humanity erupted in celebration as news of the improved Chaos Art spread and stock markets surged.
• Yi Chen spent six or seven hours explaining the improved Chaos Art until Gu Li and the other top-ranked geniuses understood it.
• Yi Chen returned to the Wooden House, began cultivating, and planned to expand his territory and research a more powerful offensive cultivation method in spring.

Yi Chen advanced to the Spirit Release Realm Third Level while humanity increasingly devoted its free time to cultivation. A mysterious golden Miniature Ferocious Beast, which had remained an egg for over two thousand years, entered Yi Chen’s room and fell asleep beside him.

• Yi Chen broke through to the Spirit Release Realm Second Level and later reached the Third Level after further cultivation.
• Humanity’s rising cultivation made people spend most of their free time training instead of sleeping or pursuing entertainment.
• Viewers spotted a golden Miniature Ferocious Beast by Yi Chen’s window, and the Scanner identified it as a Level 1 creature with no recorded name.
• The viewers searched old footage and discovered that the beast had remained an intact egg for more than two thousand years before hatching recently.
• The golden Miniature Ferocious Beast slipped into Yi Chen’s room, approached him, and fell asleep beside him.

Yi Chen discovered that the Miniature Ferocious Beast was absorbing his Spiritual Power and kicked it into a wooden wall, apparently killing it. As the Live Stream Room viewers justified secretly learning Yi Chen’s cultivation methods, the creature began to recover in a corner of the Wooden House.

• The Live Stream Room viewers noticed the Miniature Ferocious Beast absorbing tiny wisps of Spiritual Power from Yi Chen’s Qi Sea.
• Yi Chen sensed that Spiritual Power continued leaking even after he stopped cultivating, and found the Miniature Ferocious Beast sleeping beside him.
• Yi Chen tested the leak by moving away, then kicked the creature into a wooden wall when it resumed absorbing his Spiritual Power.
• The Live Stream Room viewers argued over whether secretly learning Yi Chen’s methods counted as stealing and discussed how humanity should reward him.
• The deformed Miniature Ferocious Beast began returning to its original shape, and its chest slowly started rising and falling.

Yi Chen discovered that the Miniature Ferocious Beast he had kicked to death could revive without losing energy. After killing it again and witnessing another revival, he became interested in keeping it for future study.

• The Miniature Ferocious Beast revived from Yi Chen's earlier kick and approached him, while viewers marveled at its ability to return from death.
• The creature lay submissively before climbing onto Yi Chen's bed and absorbing Spiritual Power from his Qi Sea.
• Yi Chen threw the Miniature Ferocious Beast aside and pierced it with a Thorn Fruit, then waited to see whether it would revive.
• After exactly ten minutes, the creature revived while still pinned to the wall, then died again from its wound.
• Yi Chen removed the Thorn Fruit and decided to wait for another revival, considering the Miniature Ferocious Beast a valuable subject for studying life.

Yi Chen let the resurrecting Miniature Ferocious Beast stay beside him, where it stopped stealing his Spiritual Power and rapidly grew stronger by absorbing Spiritual Energy. After reaching the Spirit Release Realm Fifth Level, Yi Chen gathered the Flame Mountain Tribe to expand their sphere of influence, though the viewers could only guess why.

• Yi Chen tested whether the Miniature Ferocious Beast stole Spiritual Power from others, confirmed it targeted only him, and allowed it to sleep beside him while he cultivated.
• Over three days, the Miniature Ferocious Beast began absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and grew to the strength of a Level 3 Ferocious Beast as Yi Chen broke through to the Spirit Release Realm Fifth Level.
• Yi Chen stopped cultivating, saw that spring had arrived in The Valley, and ordered the Flame Mountain Tribe to gather.
• The Live Stream Room viewers speculated that Yi Chen might teach the complete version of the Cloud Stepping Art or plan the tribe's hunting, but none guessed his reason.

Yi Chen launched the Flame Mountain Tribe’s expansion, appointing four leaders to conquer Ferocious Beasts and absorb Human Race tribes while prioritizing the tribe’s safety. He assigned the High Priest to manage logistics and ordered the leaders to gather Spirit Mines as their expeditions began.

• Yi Chen appointed Gu Li, Luo Ge, Tai Shi, and Zong Shan as the Four Great Leaders and ordered each to lead 150 tribespeople in one direction.
• Yi Chen instructed the leaders to subdue or kill Ferocious Beasts, recruit willing beasts, and bring nearby Human Race tribes into the Flame Mountain Tribe without slaughtering them.
• Yi Chen ordered the leaders to gather Spirit Mines for future sword-making and assigned the High Priest full responsibility for logistics and tribal affairs.
• Gu Li and the other leaders began selecting their subordinates while the High Priest planned the tribe’s administration.
• Viewers in the Live Stream Room realized that Yi Chen intended to conquer the Flame Mountain Range and expected him to teach the complete Cloud Stepping Art once enough tribespeople advanced.

Yi Chen focused on raising his cultivation and preparing to create a sword technique while the Miniature Ferocious Beast briefly went out with the tribespeople. After Luo Ge reported a powerful Ferocious Beast, Yi Chen prepared to investigate and ordered the tribe to forge iron longswords as well as keep gathering Spirit Mines.

• Yi Chen refused to take the Miniature Ferocious Beast for a walk, but let it follow the tribespeople; it returned that night and stayed by his side for the following days.
• After reaching the Spirit Release Realm Sixth Level, Yi Chen learned from the High Priest that Luo Ge had encountered a powerful Ferocious Beast and agreed to go investigate.
• Yi Chen learned that the tribe had gathered over a dozen kinds of Spirit Mines, though they had found no deposits and some ores were difficult to smelt.
• The High Priest reported that the tribe had also collected a great deal of ordinary Iron Ore, which could be forged into longswords.
• Yi Chen ordered the tribe to keep collecting Spirit Mines and to gather Iron Ore in large quantities and forge it into longswords.

Yi Chen went to Flame Mountain to confront a level 14 Poison Wolf, while the Miniature Ferocious Beast followed and tried to help. The Poison Wolf ignored the tiny beast, which fired its golden fur needles at the wolf without piercing its hide.

• Yi Chen left The Valley for Luo Ge's position, and the Miniature Ferocious Beast rode on the guide's head after Yi Chen refused to carry it.
• Luo Ge described a giant, agile Poison Wolf that could spew poisonous Black Mist and had resisted the tribesmen's attacks.
• Yi Chen went alone onto the grassland to face the Poison Wolf, carrying Thorn Fruit, while the Miniature Ferocious Beast rushed ahead of him.
• The Poison Wolf ignored the Miniature Ferocious Beast, which retaliated by firing its golden hairs like needles.
• The golden needles bounced off the Poison Wolf's hide, leaving the Miniature Ferocious Beast completely bare from the waist up.

The Miniature Ferocious Beast blinded the Poison Wolf with a self-destructive blast, helping Yi Chen kill it. After the beast quickly revived, Yi Chen praised it, named it Little Golden Ball, and let it ride on his shoulder.

• The Miniature Ferocious Beast's needles failed to hurt the Poison Wolf, so it climbed onto the wolf and exploded, destroying its left eye.
• Yi Chen attacked the Poison Wolf's wounded eye with Thorn Fruits until the wolf died.
• The Miniature Ferocious Beast revived after about a minute, and Yi Chen realized its resurrection time had shortened as it grew stronger.
• Yi Chen praised the Miniature Ferocious Beast, named it Little Golden Ball, and placed it on his shoulder.

After killing the Poison Wolf, Yi Chen returned to The Valley and began seeking inspiration for a sword technique by studying the properties of branches and contemplating Sword Intent. Viewers dismissed his work as a misguided attempt to develop a cold-weapon cultivation method, until a Federal Government announcement spread across the Milky Way and caught everyone’s attention.

• Yi Chen told Luo Ge and the tribespeople that the Poison Wolf had been dealt with, and they praised him as he returned to The Valley.
• Yi Chen considered how to comprehend Sword Intent, then went to the southern forest and experimented with swinging branches while Little Golden Ball imitated him.
• Yi Chen realized that differences in a branch’s toughness affected its power and form, and he contemplated Sword Intent while slashing and thrusting with it.
• Viewers in the Live Stream Room guessed Yi Chen was creating a sword-based cultivation method and argued that cold weapons could not match thermal weapons or the Flying Knife Art.
• A Federal Government announcement caught the public’s attention and spread rapidly through the Milky Way, reaching even the hostile races’ upper echelons.

The Federal Government announced that it would send serious criminals to Exile Planet two years early, prompting citizens to suspect a covert attempt to reach Yi Chen and acquire his cultivation methods. Meanwhile, Yi Chen returned to The Valley after a month of sword practice and learned that Gu Li had discovered a strange Spirit Mine deposit.

• The Federal Government announced an early transport of serious criminals to Exile Planet, and citizens argued over whether the plan targeted Yi Chen.
• Citizens' anger subsided as others urged them to wait for evidence and avoid disrupting the Federal Government's plans.
• Yi Chen spent about a month comprehending Sword Intent and developing a sword technique, while occasionally aiding the Four Routes Army against Ferocious Beasts.
• The High Priest told Yi Chen that Gu Li had found a strange Spirit Mine deposit in a Great Mountain over fifty kilometers east of The Valley.