Recaps

The narrator traveled with Know-It-All to find the human-led Firewood Sect while investigating the Jade Slip’s spell, Severing Three Souls. After reaching the sect’s impoverished town, the narrator learned that Firewood Sect was a vassal of the Minotaur-led Iron Blood Sect.

• The narrator summoned Know-It-All, left the area with him, and asked about the strongest human sect on Blaze Star.
• Know-It-All identified the Firewood Sect, and the narrator sent Chen Two to watch Duobao Tonglao while studying the Jade Slip.
• The narrator learned that Severing Three Souls scattered three spiritual souls into random reincarnations that could reunite and resurrect the caster.
• The narrator drew the trait Are You Awake, Big Dipper?, replaced Treasure-Snatching Extraordinary Nose with Disguise as a Pig to Eat the Tiger, and arrived at Firewood Sect.
• Know-It-All explained that Firewood Sect governed Firewood Town and nearby villages as a vassal of the Iron Blood Sect, led by the Minotaur Race.
• Know-It-All began telling the narrator a joke about a Minotaur couple and the birth of their child.

Chen entered Firewood Town to seek guidance from the Firewood Sect and was immediately made its Great Elder after revealing his ninth-turn Qi Transformation realm. He met the sect’s patriarch and master, who hoped his strength would help secure their standing as the Iron Blood Sect’s vassal.

• Chen sent Chen Five to follow Know-It-All, then entered Firewood Town and queued to join the Firewood Sect.
• Chen learned that the Firewood Sect tested recruits with a pitch-black stone and required promising disciples to perform farm and household labor.
• Chen asked whether the Firewood Sect had Core Formation cultivators and learned that both its patriarch and sect master had reached that realm.
• Chen revealed his ninth-turn Qi Transformation cultivation and offered to help strengthen the sect, so the Great Elder gave him the position.
• Shen Yifeng and Ma Bang hosted Chen at a modest banquet and said they hoped his future Core Formation would secure the sect’s vassal status under the Iron Blood Sect.
• When Chen asked whether they feared he had ulterior motives, Shen Yifeng pointed to the sect’s bare walls and asked what he could possibly want.

Chen joined Firewood Sect as its Sixth Elder and used his alchemy and economic reforms to solve the sect’s tax problems and build its wealth. After bandits killed a disciple and stole Source Stones, Chen destroyed their stronghold and enslaved the survivors as miners for Firewood Sect.

• Shen Yifeng explained that Iron Blood Sect drained Firewood Sect’s wealth, and welcomed Chen despite his lack of a residence permit.
• Chen joined Firewood Sect as its Sixth Elder and offered Pills he had refined to help pay the sect’s taxes.
• Ma Bang sold Chen’s Pills for enough Source Stones to cover the taxes, and Chen distributed the surplus among the disciples.
• Chen reorganized the sect’s work around gathering spirit plants and refining Pills, while Ma Bang sold them at the market to build Firewood Sect’s wealth.
• Bandits attacked Ma Bang’s party on the road, killing a disciple and stealing some Source Stones.
• Chen transformed into Super Saiyan 1, destroyed the bandits’ stronghold, and ordered the surviving bandits to mine for Firewood Sect.

Chen helped Firewood Sect expand its resources, secure its mines, and improve its combat strength before focusing on condensing his core. Shen Yifeng recognized Chen’s Void Realm origins from his unfamiliar terms and warned him that revealing them to the Alien Race would be fatal.

• Chen used bandits as miners and sealed Firewood Sect’s mines with a grand formation to prevent escapes.
• Chen forged intermediate Dharma Artifacts for Firewood Sect, and Ma Bang tried to make him sect leader, but Chen returned the robes and left Ma Bang in charge.
• Chen consulted Shen Yifeng about Core Formation, shared his Cultivation Method for correction, and learned that a Void Origin-Returning Pill could greatly improve his chances.
• Chen asked about Spiritual Sense and flight, prompting Shen Yifeng to infer that he came from the Void Realm.
• Shen Yifeng explained that Cultivators in this world relied on Divine Abilities for such feats and warned Chen that the Alien Race would kill him if they learned his origins.

You sought out the Dwarf Alchemist Tai Ge to improve your alchemy and learn how to obtain materials for a Void Origin-Returning Pill. After proving your skill and exchanging knowledge with him, you advanced to grade-three Alchemist and left Mo Xu Mountain while Know-It-All remained imprisoned as Tai Ge’s gardener.

• Shen Yifeng warned you that people who ascended from the Void Realm could become targets of prejudiced Alien Races, and you resolved to grow strong enough to protect the Human Race.
• You spent two years studying core formation and strengthening your True Qi before traveling to Mo Xu Mountain to seek guidance from the grade-two Alchemist Tai Ge.
• Tai Ge rejected you, so you asked Chen Five to bring Know-It-All, who claimed to be Tai Ge’s sworn brother, to the mountain.
• Tai Ge chased Know-It-All for stealing spirit plants, then challenged you to refine a Snow Maple Pill to prove your alchemy skill.
• You refined the pill successfully, and you and Tai Ge began exchanging alchemy knowledge while Know-It-All was sentenced to restore ten batches of stolen spirit plants.
• After reaching grade three in Alchemy, you asked Tai Ge where to find Void Origin-Returning Pill materials and left, while Know-It-All continued working in the medicinal garden.

The protagonist gathered the last ingredients for the Void Origin-Returning Pill by tracking down the auction buyers and taking the materials from them. With everything collected, he began refining the pill, preparing to break through into Core Formation.

• The protagonist entered the Green Flame Chamber of Commerce auction disguised as a Flame Race member and bought the Uniting Three Souls Dharma Spell.
• The protagonist followed the buyer of the Mid-Origin Sand and took the material after knocking him down, then accepted Source Stones the buyer offered as a gesture of friendship.
• Chen Five lured the Winged Race buyer of the Ghost-Startling Grass into a fight, giving the protagonist time to catch up and kill him.
• The protagonist found the Ghost-Startling Grass and other resources in the Winged Race member’s storage bag, which identified him as an outer sect Elder of the Flying Feather Sect.
• The protagonist gathered every ingredient and began refining the Void Origin-Returning Pill beside earthfire, intent on breaking through into Core Formation.

After refining a Void Origin-Returning Pill, Chen Yi truly broke through to Core Formation and spent a year consolidating his cultivation. He then equipped Mortal Bone and Low-Grade Bone Structure to pursue Divine Abilities, but Mortal Bone began to show its might just as he considered starting with a Spiritual Sense ability.

• Chen Yi refined a Void Origin-Returning Pill and used it to break through to the Core Formation Realm.
• Chen Yi stayed in seclusion for a year to stabilize his Origin Core.
• Chen Yi equipped Concentrated Essence, Low-Grade Bone Structure, and Mortal Bone before leaving seclusion for Firewood Town.
• Chen Yi studied Shen Yifeng's list of Earthly Fiend Divine Abilities and considered attempting one related to Spiritual Sense.
• Mortal Bone began to show its might.

Chen Yi comprehended his first Divine Ability, Mountain Carrying, while traveling to confront Duobao Tonglao and reclaim the Myriad Souls Banner. He reached her Taoist temple and learned that her servants and disciples guarded it with Spirit Treasures he considered his own.

• Chen Yi struggled to comprehend Divine Abilities related to Spiritual Sense and flight, then began making progress with Mountain Carrying.
• At age seventy, Chen Yi drew the Golden Legend Entry "Zilong! Zilong!" but declined to keep it because its power required him to carry a child.
• Chen Yi decided to settle scores with Duobao Tonglao and ordered Chen Two to provide information about her whereabouts.
• Chen Two reported that Duobao Tonglao had been away for a long time and that her servants and disciples remained at the Taoist temple.
• On the journey, Chen Yi comprehended Mountain Carrying, gaining the ability to unleash tremendous strength at the cost of most of his Origin Qi.
• Chen Yi arrived at Duobao Tonglao's lair, met up with Chen Two, and learned that the guards possessed Spirit Treasures from Duobao Tonglao.

The protagonist attacked Duobao Temple to reclaim the Immortal Artifacts stolen by Duobao Tonglao, defeating most of her disciples and uncovering banned Human Race books stamped by the Holy Dragon Society. The surviving disciples revealed that the stolen items were at the Spirit Nourishing Pool, and the protagonist rushed there to rescue his companions.

• The protagonist broke into Duobao Temple, deflected its Thousand Blade Array with the Female Heavenly Emperor's Bellyband, and demanded the return of his belongings.
• The temple disciples fought back with Spirit Treasures, but the protagonist overwhelmed them and left ten survivors begging for mercy.
• The protagonist searched the ruined temple, collecting Spirit Treasures, cultivation materials, artifact-refining texts, and banned books bearing the Holy Dragon Society's seal.
• The protagonist questioned the survivors about their master's Divine Pattern teachings and showed them drawings of the stolen Immortal Artifacts.
• The survivors said the stolen items were at the back mountain's Spirit Nourishing Pool, and the protagonist hurried there to save his companions.

You found the Immortal Artifacts Duobao Tonglao had taken and discovered she had been nurturing them in a Spirit Nourishing Pool, where their Artifact Spirits had returned. After reuniting with them, you learned why she had collected them and that she had invested her lifetime’s savings in their recovery.

• You forced your way through Duobao Tonglao’s arrays and found the Immortal Artifacts soaking in the Spirit Nourishing Pool, chatting happily about their dreams.
• You squeezed through the array’s hidden entrance, startled the Artifact Spirits, and beat up the Myriad Souls Banner before greeting the reunited artifacts.
• You asked whether the artifacts had accepted Duobao Tonglao as their master, and the Demon Refining Pot explained that they could no longer acknowledge one.
• You scooped up Spirit Nourishing Liquid and asked the artifacts what had happened.
• The artifacts explained that Duobao Tonglao had recognized their unusual quality, discovered their suppressed Artifact Spirits, and used her secret-refined Spirit Nourishing Liquid to restore them.

You discovered that the Spirit Nourishing Pool had been mixed with Soul Cleansing Water, which could rewrite the Artifact Spirits’ memories, and packed it away to deal with later. Returning to Firewood Sect, you found the town in ruin and Human Race residents forced to labor in the mine under Minotaur overseers, and confronted the overseers.

• You realized the pool’s liquid contained Soul Cleansing Water that could rewrite memories, then packed up the pool to separate the poison later.
• You learned that Duobao Tonglao’s whereabouts were unknown and set out with the Immortal Artifacts for Firewood Sect.
• You returned to Firewood Town and found it desolate, with most homes empty and beggars lining the roads.
• You found Firewood Sect deserted and suspected its members had gone to work at the mine.
• You saw Human Race laborers being worked thin by Minotaur overseers, and threatened the overseers with the Myriad Souls Banner in hand.

The Sixth Elder returned to the mines, slaughtered the Minotaurs, and rescued the Firewood Sect disciples, learning that the Iron Blood Sect had devastated the region. He set out alone to destroy the Iron Blood Sect and announced his intention to the people of Hundred Street Town.

• The Sixth Elder transformed into Super Saiyan 2, killed the Minotaurs in the mines, and rescued the Firewood Sect disciples.
• Shen Yifeng explained that the Iron Blood Sect had plundered Firewood Town and forced the Firewood Sect members into the mines.
• The Firewood Sect disciples called for revenge, but the Sixth Elder told them to find and bring back the villagers who had fled.
• The Sixth Elder hurried to the Iron Blood Sect and saw its Minotaur disciples exploiting the people of Hundred Street Town.
• The Sixth Elder told the inn proprietress to inform the townspeople that the Iron Blood Sect would fall that day.

You stormed the Iron Blood Sect and slaughtered its Minotaur disciples, drawing the attention of oppressed Human Race townsfolk who watched you reach the sect plaza. After declaring yourself the Sixth Elder of Firewood Sect, you faced the arrival of Iron Blood Sect master Niu Sanjiao.

• You kicked down the Iron Blood Sect's gate, split a Minotaur's axe with your palm, and sent him crashing through the mountain.
• You advanced up the mountain, killing Minotaurs with the Heavenly Dragon Blade as townsfolk gathered to watch.
• You reached the mountaintop and killed or drove back the defenders in the sect plaza with your techniques.
• You told the Iron Blood Sect disciples that you were the Sixth Elder of Firewood Sect and planned to make Firewood Sect a subordinate of Qiufeng Sect.
• Niu Sanjiao descended like a meteor and confronted you, furious at your attack on his sect.

The protagonist fought Niu Sanjiao, whose Wind Control ability made him too fast to hit, while the bull’s lightning horn briefly incapacitated him. By adapting Mountain Carrying into Light Speed Fist, the protagonist pierced Niu Sanjiao’s chest and declared it a Divine Art.

• Niu Sanjiao returned to find his sect destroyed and attacked the protagonist in a rage.
• The protagonist battled Niu Sanjiao, enduring his rapid attacks with Wolverine’s healing and binding him briefly with the Immortal-Binding Rope.
• Niu Sanjiao used his third horn to strike the protagonist with lightning, broke free, and revealed his Wind Control ability.
• The townspeople and surviving Iron Blood Sect members watched as the two resumed their fierce battle.
• The protagonist adapted Mountain Carrying into Light Speed Fist and punched through Niu Sanjiao’s torso.

During battle, the protagonist combined Mountain Carrying with Shattering Star Wave Finger to create the third-grade Light Speed Fist, then destroyed the Iron Blood Sect and claimed its territory for the Firewood Sect. The Qiufeng Sect agreed to his arrangement and promised to exempt the Firewood Sect from taxes for a hundred years.

• The protagonist used Light Speed Fist to badly wound Niu Sanjiao, then killed him with the Heavenly Dragon Blade.
• The protagonist slaughtered the Iron Blood Sect, gathered its souls into the Myriad Souls Banner, and sent his clones to loot its resources.
• The protagonist found Niu Sanjiao's lightning-shaped horn and discovered it could convert a small amount of Origin Qi into a lightning attack.
• The protagonist told the townspeople that the Firewood Sect would take over the Iron Blood Sect's territory.
• The protagonist went to the Qiufeng Sect, which recognized him and agreed to transfer the territory to the Firewood Sect while waiving its taxes for a hundred years.

Chen Yi spent ten years helping the Firewood Sect prosper while comprehending Divine Abilities, then discovered a grievously wounded stranger and a sleeping boy hiding in the sect’s cellar. The stranger appeared to be a Desolate Realm cultivator from another planet, and Ma Bang and Shen Yifeng had kept his arrival from Chen Yi.

• Chen Yi refused Ma Bang’s repeated offers to become sect master and focused on guiding the Firewood Sect’s growth.
• The Firewood Sect expanded its territory and membership, and Firewood Town and nearby villages became prosperous.
• Chen Yi spent six years comprehending his second Divine Ability, Divine Travel, and found that his cultivation slowed in Blaze Star’s thin Immortal Qi.
• At age eighty-three, Chen Yi considered leaving for a First-Class Star but felt reluctant to part from the Firewood Sect.
• When Signal Light warned of possible danger, Chen Yi used Myriad Ghosts Going to Market to search Firewood Town and discovered a wounded stranger holding a sleeping boy in the cellar.
• Chen Yi recognized Ma Bang and Shen Yifeng in the cellar and prepared to listen to their conversation.

A dying Kindling Society member entrusted a prodigious child to Shen Yifeng and Ma Bang, who planned to smuggle him to Vermilion Purple Star. After learning the society’s mission and seeing the child’s extraordinary birth signs, you insisted that you would escort him off Blaze Star.

• Mr. Xun died after entrusting the child to Shen Yifeng and urging him to take the boy to Vermilion Purple Star.
• Ma Bang and Shen Yifeng argued over who would carry out the mission until you offered to go and asked about the Kindling Society.
• Shen Yifeng explained that the Kindling Society secretly protected human geniuses from alien persecution and revealed that the sleeping child had the characters for sun and moon on his palms.
• Shen Yifeng showed you Mr. Xun’s poem, which concealed the contact details for the child’s destination on Vermilion Purple Star.
• Shen Yifeng described his plan to flee with the child and force his way into Star Harbor, but you declared that you alone would take the child off Blaze Star.

Elder Chen agreed to escort Shen Yifeng and the child with the Sun and Moon marks from Blaze Star, knowing the marks made the child easy to identify. When the Heavenly Sha Sect and Dragon Person Race raided Firewood Town, Elder Chen intervened and killed their captain Muhaha, revealing himself to the attackers.

• Elder Chen agreed to take Shen Yifeng and the marked child toward a First-Class Star, while Ma Bang offered Firewood Sect's support.
• Elder Chen chose to travel alone, and Ma Bang helped prepare the child's necessities.
• At dawn, the Heavenly Sha Sect and Dragon Person Race raided Firewood Town and searched children for the Sun and Moon marks.
• Granny He confronted the Dragon Person scouts, and Shen Yifeng stopped their captain from striking her.
• Elder Chen appeared and Muhaha attacked him, but Elder Chen severed Muhaha's wing and tore out his heart.
• The Dragon People recognized Elder Chen as the mysterious man who had destroyed the Sect Master's physical body.

Chen Yi escaped the Heavenly Sha Sect with the infant and set out to reach Star Harbor, naming the child Adou. Outside the simulation, he prepared new entries for the next attempt and waited for the year to change.

• Chen Yi stopped the Dragon People from disturbing Granny He, while his four explosive clones lured them away from the town.
• Chen Yi left through the Firewood Sect's secret passage with the infant, refusing Ma Bang's offer to accompany him.
• Chen Yi traveled toward Star Harbor on foot and learned that the child had been passed from person to person as many people died.
• Chen Yi promised the child porridge and named him Adou after discovering he had no name.
• Outside the simulation, Chen Yi considered disguises and the residence permit problem, selected entries, and waited for the year to change.

Chen traveled with Adou, whose unusual ability to hear artifact spirits caused the Myriad Souls Banner to switch from scolding him to eagerly entertaining him. At Tai Ge’s mountain, Chen rescued Know-It-All by poisoning him into keeping Adou’s identity secret and forcing him to guide them toward Star Harbor.

• Chen fed Adou white porridge while traveling, and the artifact spirits fussed over the child as he laughed at their arguments.
• The Myriad Souls Banner realized Adou could hear artifact spirits and promptly changed his attitude, amusing the child with tricks.
• Chen found Know-It-All performing forced labor for Tai Ge and offered him porridge before revealing that he had poisoned him.
• Chen showed Know-It-All Adou and explained that he needed a safe route from Blaze Star to Star Harbor without attracting pursuit.
• Know-It-All agreed to help after Chen threatened to leave, and Chen took him away from Tai Ge while Tai Ge was distracted.

You disguised yourself and Adou as Green-Skin Race members and reached Star Harbor, where you passed the entrance inspection despite the heightened security. The chapter ended when General Luo called you over just as you were about to board a Star Boat.

• Know-It-All forged residence permits for you and Adou, and the Myriad Souls Banner persuaded Adou to accept the disguise.
• You and Know-It-All arrived at Star Harbor, where all three sects' legions guarded the port; Know-It-All advised you to escape west if necessary.
• You made yourself appear four meters tall, concealed Adou and your belongings, and entered Star Harbor by bribing a Winged Race inspector.
• You passed a patrol of Three-Eyed Race members without them seeing through your disguise and joined the line for the transport pillar.
• General Luo ordered increased scrutiny for the missing Human Race child, then called you over.

Chen was exposed while trying to get Adou through Star Harbor, so he fought off the Alien Races surrounding them. With Star Harbor’s forces closing in and his Star Boat destroyed, he planned to escape aboard another vessel while continuing to battle.

• A Three-Eyed Race general recognized the golden Sun and Moon characters on Adou’s hands, and Chen rushed into the pillar of light with Adou and their Star Boat.
• Chen revealed his Spirit Treasures and used a hundredfold Light Speed Fist to kill charging Alien Races and halt the attackers.
• A Desolate Realm expert destroyed Chen’s Star Boat, while Star Harbor’s commanders ordered their troops to kill Chen and capture Adou alive.
• Chen watched other Star Boats rise and waited for a chance to leap aboard one, then fought through the advancing army with his blade and fists.

The protagonist tried to escape Blaze Star aboard a Green Flame Chamber of Commerce Star Boat, but the Three Great Sects shut down the Star Harbor formation and caused the ships to crash. After surviving the wreckage, he resolved to break through the encirclement by attacking the Heavenly Sha Sect’s stronghold.

• A Winged Race commander used the Heavenly Treasure Glazed Ring to absorb the protagonist’s Light Speed Fist and limit his attacks.
• The protagonist used his lightning boots and Seven Divine Steps of the Starry Sky to leap onto a Green Flame Chamber of Commerce Star Boat.
• The Three Great Sects shut down the Star Harbor formation, sending the Star Boats crashing down and creating a burning wreckage field.
• Yang Chenglin and other commanders approached the wreckage, killed survivors, and assumed the protagonist had died in the crash.
• The protagonist burst from the wreckage unharmed, gathered a new ring of flames, and targeted the Heavenly Sha Sect’s stronghold in the west.

Chen fought through Star Harbor’s encirclement with Adou on his back, using his treasures and Dragon Person Bane to break past the Dragon Person Race. As enemy forces closed in and he feared they could not escape, a vast Human Race force arrived to help.

• Chen fought through the enemy army with Adou on his back, using his Spirit Treasures and killing several cultivators.
• Hahaji recognized Chen and ordered the Heavenly Sha Sect to block his escape through the western side of Star Harbor.
• Chen used Dragon Person Bane to cut through the Dragon Person Race’s defensive line and escape the harbor’s encirclement.
• Yang Chenglin realized Chen’s physique was especially lethal to the Dragon Person Race, prompting its members to withdraw from the pursuit.
• Nine Desolate Realm cultivators and armies of the Three-Eyed and Winged Races surrounded Chen as he struggled to protect Adou.
• A vast force of Human Race people arrived to help Chen.

Shen Yifeng and Ma Bang led Human Race supporters to help Chen Yi escape Star Harbor, but their desperate assault came at a terrible cost. Ma Bang sacrificed himself to bind nine Desolate Realm experts, and Chen Yi’s sudden burst of speed let him knock them into the chain’s grasp.

• Shen Yifeng and Ma Bang gathered Human Race members around Star Harbor to aid Chen Yi, and the reinforcements charged the pursuing Alien Race army with explosives.
• Shen Yifeng reached Chen Yi and offered to cover his retreat while the nine Desolate Realm experts mocked him.
• Ma Bang sacrificed himself to summon the Legendary Evil Artifact Earth-Binding Ghost Chain and lock onto the nine experts.
• Chen Yi used Divine Travel with the Seven Divine Steps of the Starry Sky to strike all nine experts in rapid succession.
• The Earth-Binding Ghost Chain bound the nine Desolate Realm experts together as they argued over how to escape.