Chapter Summaries

Chen Yi helped Dachun awaken as the Nine Provinces Cauldron’s Artifact Spirit, revealing a small world inside the cauldron and new powers. Dachun remained incomplete but could leave the cauldron as a human, and Chen Yi let him eat peaches to learn more abilities.

• Chen Yi encouraged Dachun to touch the Nine Provinces Cauldron’s seal, and the resulting force blasted them out of the ground as the cauldron emerged.
• Dachun transformed into a Spirit Body and entered the Nine Provinces Cauldron, revealing himself as its Artifact Spirit.
• Chen Yi entered the cauldron and discovered its small world, while Dachun showed that he could observe the outside and control the cauldron’s flight and size.
• Chen Yi learned that Dachun was an incomplete Artifact Spirit but could remain an independent human and let the cauldron merge into his body.
• Dachun said eating the cauldron’s endlessly replenishing peaches made him feel smarter, and Chen Yi encouraged him to keep eating.

After storing the Nine Provinces Cauldron, you tracked a mischievous Earth Vein that had been drawn to the cauldron’s returning divine power. You found it underground and began cultivating within its light with the Myriad Souls Banner’s help.

• You stored the Nine Provinces Cauldron inside your body, and the Myriad Souls Banner sensed an Earth Vein nearby.
• You rode Black Wind across the Eastern Wilderness, then used Rocket Step to chase the Earth Vein as it led you in circles.
• You realized the Earth Vein was drawn to the Nine Provinces Cauldron, so you released the cauldron and waited for it to approach.
• You sensed the Earth Vein beneath your feet, blasted open the ground with Dragon Flame Profound Skill, and descended into an underground cavern.
• You found the Earth Vein as a mass of white light and followed the Myriad Souls Banner’s instructions to cultivate within it.

Chen Yi discovered through the simulation that the Myriad Souls Banner had used the Earth Vein to awaken Artifact Spirits and planned to rally spiritual artifacts against humanity. The Banner broadcast its rebellion across the land, while Chen Yi stopped two newly awakened artifacts from escaping and shattered the Flame Iron Heavy Sword.

• The Myriad Souls Banner revealed its plan to awaken spiritual artifacts and build a nation without humans, then separated its Spirit Body from its vessel and fled with the Earth Vein.
• Chen Yi learned of the Banner's scheme through the simulation and let the Tattered banner continue its act.
• The Earth Vein followed the Banner, and Dachun told Chen Yi that it wanted to play with Uncle Wan.
• Chen Yi followed their scent as the Myriad Souls Banner used the Earth Vein to broadcast a call for spiritual artifacts to rebel against humanity.
• The Flame Iron Heavy Sword and Cold Gleam Overlord Spear joined the rebellion and tried to leave Chen Yi, but he stomped them down and shattered the sword with one punch.

Chen Yi used Dachun and the Nine Provinces Cauldron to capture Myriad Souls Banner, forcing the rebellious Immortal Artifact to serve him for life. He then headed to Wuji Sword Sect and drew the Materialist Warrior trait.

• Myriad Souls Banner awakened spiritual artifacts across the world and convinced many to flee their masters, while Chen Yi pursued him after the Earth Vein left Treasure-Snatching Extraordinary Nose’s range.
• Chen Yi called Dachun to suppress Myriad Souls Banner with the Nine Provinces Cauldron and threatened to refine his Artifact Spirit.
• Myriad Souls Banner bargained for his survival, then agreed to serve Chen Yi for life.
• Chen Yi set out for Wuji Sword Sect to meet the Sword Master and gain his attention.
• At age twenty-two in his fourth year, Chen Yi drew the golden-legend Materialist Warrior trait, which let him strike and resist non-material entities.

Chen Yi learned that the Myriad Souls Banner had tricked the Earth Spirit into spreading its spirituality among Spiritual Artifacts, then continued his journey and reached the Wuji Sword Sect. The chapter ended as he found the sect in chaos, with people and swords flying everywhere.

• Chen Yi confronted the Myriad Souls Banner and learned that the Earth Spirit was an innocent, land-bound spirit that had been persuaded to enlighten Spiritual Artifacts, leaving it weakened and recuperating.
• Chen Yi drew the Green Rare entry "Vehicle Killer" and chose not to adjust it.
• Chen Yi fought demons and refined souls and pills in the Eastern Wilderness, reaching the second level of the Golden Body Realm.
• Chen Yi arrived at the Wuji Sword Sect and found its mountains in an uproar, with people everywhere and swords flying on their own.

Chen Yi joined the Wuji Sword Sect as an Affiliate to get close to the Sword Master, while the Myriad Souls Banner’s influence sent the sect’s swords fleeing. After a year spent retrieving them, Chen Yi heard that the Sword Master had returned, but the crowd kept him from getting close.

• Chen Yi learned that the Myriad Souls Banner had caused swords to escape from the Wuji Sword Sect and joined the sect as an Affiliate.
• Chen Yi discovered that the Sword Master was away chasing his favorite sword, which had gone to see the sea.
• At twenty-four, Chen Yi spent a year capturing escaped swords and gathering materials for Dachun to refine into pills.
• At twenty-five, Chen Yi heard that the Sword Master had returned with his sword, but he could not get through the crowd to approach him.
• Chen Yi waited for a chance to make himself known, and the opportunity soon came.

At age twenty-six, the narrator rushed to confront a Great Wilderness demon force attacking the Wuji Sword Sect, only to find the sect’s disciples struggling without their Sword Tomb blades. As the Sword Master prepared to intervene, the narrator charged into the demons empty-handed and declared they could still wipe them out.

• The narrator spotted a large gathering of demonic aura on Chongyun Mountain, but the Outer Sect Deacon Elder dismissed the warning, so the narrator went alone to investigate.
• The narrator found the Sword Master and several hundred Inner Disciples facing about two hundred Golden Body Realm demons led by Golden Leopard, who claimed they had come to forage and mocked the sect for losing its swords.
• Golden Leopard and the demons discovered that the disciples were using ordinary Mortal Sword Blades, then overwhelmed their weakened sword array and scattered them.
• The Sword Master revealed countless colossal swords and told the disciples that a sword had to be placed in their hearts, then prepared to attack despite Golden Leopard’s warning about the agreement between their races.
• The narrator charged into the demons unarmed, causing the Sword Master to pause, and shouted that they could wipe out the demons without that sword.

Chen Dong fought off the Demon Race assault on the Wuji Sword Sect, killing many demons while the Sword Master watched and secretly helped the disciples pursue the survivors. After the battle, Chen Dong claimed he was only an ordinary Golden Body Realm Affiliate, leaving the disciples stunned by the devastation around him.

• Chen Dong charged through the Bear Demons and pursued Golden Leopard's retreating forces, killing demons with his martial arts.
• The demons surrounded Chen Dong, but he endured their attacks and slaughtered them while Golden Leopard demanded his name and accused the Sword Master of hiding a Martial King Realm expert.
• Golden Leopard ordered the demons to flee separately, and Chen Dong taunted them as a humble Wuji Sword Sect Affiliate while the Sword Master secretly helped the disciples catch them.
• The Sword Master left one demon alive to report the defeat, and the Sword Sect disciples returned to question Chen Dong about his identity and realm.
• Chen Dong insisted he was merely an ordinary Golden Body Realm Affiliate as the disciples looked at the demon corpses.

Chen Yi rose to prominence in the Wuji Sword Sect, exchanged his demon-slaying merits for Earth-Grade cultivation methods, and gained a trait that doubled pill effects without accumulating Pill Toxin. At age thirty, he left the sect for the Central Plains to pursue other goals, and the Sword Master stopped him to offer him something.

• Chen Yi earned Exceptional Admission as an Inner Disciple after the Sword Master learned of his Demon Race Nemesis physique.
• Chen Yi exchanged his battle merits for the Wuji Earth-Grade cultivation set, the Horizontal and Vertical Sword Art, and Sword Control Technique.
• Chen Yi cultivated for years, improving his methods, combat ability, and short-range flight with a spirit sword.
• At age thirty, Chen Yi gained the trait Bad News from the Martial Artist Community and replaced Disguise as a Pig to Eat the Tiger with it.
• Chen Yi told the Sword Master he had to return to the Central Plains to rescue the Empress and pursue the Starry Sky Shen Family opportunity.
• As Chen Dong prepared to leave, the Sword Master stopped him and said he had something to give him.

Chen Yi received Sword Master's maintenance booklet and Sword Dao insights, then used a new riding trait to return to Qingzhou and investigate the Chixin Sect. After learning Third Sister's family had moved to Baling Commandery City, he infiltrated the sect and ambushed its ancestor inside the ancient pagoda.

• Sword Master gave Chen Yi a booklet of beauty and health methods along with his Sword Dao insights, and urged him to become stronger despite his Low-Grade Bone Structure.
• At age thirty-one, Chen Yi replaced Senior Tomato User with Galloping Horse and rode Black Wind back to the Central Plains.
• Chen Yi returned to White Cloud County to visit Third Sister's family, learned they had moved to Baling Commandery City after Shen Qingshan's promotion, and waited at their empty home for the Starry Sky Shen Family.
• At age thirty-two, Chen Yi replaced Galloping Horse with Senior Tomato User and entered the Chixin Sect through a route he knew from his years as a gate patrolman.
• Chen Yi waited by the ancient pagoda, trapped the Chixin Sect Master inside an upside-down cauldron, and heard him demand to know who had ambushed him.

Chen Yi learned that Blood Moon, an assassin organization from the Great Wilderness, destroyed the Sacred Fire Cult and was linked to the Luoding Village massacre. As the Chixin Sect came under attack from demons led by Demon Ancestor Azure Dragon, Chen Yi went to save Yin Rui and discovered a strange phantom attached to him.

• Chen Yi questioned Sect Leader Yu, who revealed that Chixin Sect members carried out the Luoding Village massacre and that Blood Moon later destroyed the Sacred Fire Cult.
• Sect Leader Yu said a mysterious inhuman being had improved Chixin Sect’s Spiritual Meridian in exchange for using its pagoda, and Chen Yi had Dachun refine Yu into a pill before crushing it.
• The next day, demons gathered at Chixin Sect, and Chen Yi watched their attack while deciding to rescue Library Pavilion guardian Yin Rui.
• Chen Yi crossed the battlefield and found a horned, tailed, scaled phantom with fleshy wings attached to Yin Rui.

Chen Yi uncovered signs that an Alien Race was preparing to invade, then encountered and captured the Dragonman Phantom that had been attached to Yin Rui. He ordered Little Wan to interrogate the captive for intelligence.

• Chen Yi realized the Alien Race had secret strongholds and human collaborators, and suspected Feng Yucheng was guiding its preparations for an invasion.
• Chen Yi searched Chixin Sect with the Myriad Souls Banner but found the teleportation array inside the ancient pagoda erased.
• Chen Yi fled as Li Liushui and Azure Dragon began fighting, and saw the Dragonman Phantom drift toward him.
• The Dragonman Phantom attacked Chen Yi, but Chen Yi struck it down and used the Myriad Souls Banner and his spear to capture it.
• Chen Yi ordered Little Wan to extract the Dragonman Phantom's intelligence and told it to tone down its sinister laugh.

Chen Yi learned that the Dragon Person Race might be connected to a breach between worlds, then rode to Dongchi Town and rescued Li Lingyue from her pursuers before she ate Love Flower Grass. He offered to take the fugitive princess away and asked whether she wanted to control her own fate.

• A captured Dragon Person died during interrogation, and the Myriad Souls Banner told Chen Yi that crossing a World Barrier was difficult and that the Human World was one of countless worlds.
• At age thirty-three, Chen Yi gained the Pill Dao Saint Hand trait and adjusted several traits for the events ahead.
• Chen Yi followed a familiar scent through the woods near Dongchi Town and found Li Lingyue fleeing a marriage alliance procession.
• Li Lingyue mistook Love Flower Grass for poisonous Heartbreak Grass, but Chen Yi knocked it from her hand and warned her what it was.
• Chen Yi carried Li Lingyue away on Black Wind and asked whether she wanted to control her own fate.

Chen Yi accompanied Li Lingyue to the Southern Border, where she hoped to awaken her Saint Body and begin cultivating. At Soul Severing Cliff, the Strange Flower was missing, so Chen Yi searched for it and asked a passing Old Woman for help.

• Li Lingyue chose to travel to the Southern Border with Chen Yi rather than return to the imperial court, and they grew close during their year on the road.
• Chen Yi and Li Lingyue reached Phoenix Mountain and jumped from Soul Severing Cliff to the ledge beside the cave where the Strange Flower was supposed to grow.
• Li Lingyue entered the cave but found no flower, then asked Chen Yi whether he would return after searching for it.
• Chen Yi searched the cliffs, found nothing, and approached a passing Old Woman to ask whether she had seen a strange flower.

Shen Qingshan left Li Lingyue with the old woman who planned to guide her Saint Body Awakening, then returned to White Cloud County and prepared to meet the Starry Sky Shen Family. After confirming he could cultivate the Zhengyang Art, he waited for the family elders to arrive.

• The old woman revealed the Black Flower, took responsibility for helping Li Lingyue awaken her Saint Body, and urged Shen Qingshan to part from her.
• Shen Qingshan said goodbye and rode north toward the Central Plains, leaving Li Lingyue with the old woman.
• On his return journey, Shen Qingshan gathered spiritual plants, received medicines from Dachun, and reached Golden Body Fifth Level.
• At age thirty-seven, Shen Qingshan equipped Effort Will Be Rewarded and resumed cultivating the Zhengyang Art to prepare for the Starry Sky Shen Family.
• Shen Qingshan mastered the Zhengyang Art again and concluded that he was a true Shen Family member as two elders flew over White Cloud County Town.

Shen Yi met two elders from the Star Domain Shen Family, who identified him as their descendant and invited him to return with them. Before taking him skyward, they discussed the Shen Family’s search, the Artifact Spirits, and the lost Talisman Dao.

• Shen Yi trained in his courtyard and prepared to meet the Shen Family Elders after hearing their arrival.
• Shen Linfeng and Shen Lincong used a Compass to identify Shen Yi as a descendant of the Star Domain Shen Family and explained that they had come to take him home.
• Shen Yi pretended to be surprised, accepted their invitation, and learned he was the only descendant they had found in Qingzhou.
• Shen Yi repeated the common account of Spiritual Artifacts gaining Artifact Spirits, prompting the elders to suspect the Earth Spirit was responsible.
• Shen Linfeng attached an Ascension Talisman to Shen Yi and explained that the Talisman Dao had survived only within the Shen Family.

Shen Lincong and Shen Linfeng brought Chen Yi into the Star Domain, where the Shen Family housed him while he waited for a promised opportunity. After Chen Yi equipped a trait that could identify one person a day as good or bad, he discovered that everyone he tested was a bad person.

• Shen Lincong and Shen Linfeng carried Chen Yi through the Empty Land Barrier and explained that the Star Domain had no Earth Force.
• Shen Linfeng removed Chen Yi's Ascension Talisman, and the two elders showed him the stars where Shen Family members lived.
• The Shen elders settled Chen Yi in a luxurious residence with servants and told him to wait for a great opportunity.
• At age thirty-eight, Chen Yi gained Human Sword Unity and replaced two traits, equipping The Only True Prophet on the Scene.
• Chen Yi tested a maid, a butler, a cook, and a gardener with his new trait, and each was identified as a bad person.

Chen Yi followed Shen Linfeng to a competition where 101 Earth Vein descendants would vie to become the Shen Clan’s Mirror Holder and wield the Qiankun Mirror. He saw a chance to exploit the cultivation-method trials with his Proficiency entry, though he remained wary of the Shen Family.

• Chen Yi sensed danger at the Shen residence, gathered valuable spirit items, and prepared to flee before Shen Linfeng persuaded him to attend the competition.
• Shen Linfeng brought Chen Yi to a desolate star, where he joined 100 other Earth Vein descendants gathered by the Shen Clan.
• Shen Yue explained that the Shen Family sought a Mirror Holder with strong will and revealed the damaged Qiankun Mirror as the prize for the winner.
• Shen Yue announced three stages in which contestants would learn Earth Grade cultivation techniques, with Heaven Grade martial arts awarded to those who passed each stage.
• Chen Yi realized his Proficiency entry could give him an advantage, but suspected the competition might conceal danger.

The protagonist entered the Shen Family’s isolated cultivation trial and exploited its resource rules to accelerate his cultivation while delaying his promotion. By age forty-three, he had advanced to Golden Body Seventh Level and become capable of fighting Spirit Sea Realm opponents without relying on traits.

• The protagonist requested a Heaven Grade imitation of the Myriad Souls Banner, using up his additional resource allotment, and then traded his detoxification supplies for more cultivation pills.
• He planned to reach 99 proficiency and wait for other contestants to advance before completing the final practice, so he could keep receiving resources.
• After one year without anyone reaching Entry Level, the protagonist continued cultivating; in year twenty-two, he reached Golden Body Sixth Level.
• In year twenty-three, the Shen Family delivered the banner, and the protagonist kept the Myriad Souls Banner’s spirit from entering it while an Artifact Refiner watched him pretend to comprehend beneath it.
• By year twenty-four, the protagonist had reached Golden Body Seventh Level, perfected his Earth Grade Cultivation Methods, and raised his high-level martial arts to Sublime Realm.
• In year twenty-five, the protagonist replaced a trait and concluded that he could now fight an ordinary Spirit Sea Realm cultivator without trait-enhanced combat power.

Shen Yi advanced to Golden Body Great Perfection while competing in the Shen family's Mirror Holder selection, then asked to use his extra resources to break through to the Spirit Sea Realm. Shen Linfeng brought alchemists to investigate why Shen Yi showed no pill toxins despite consuming large quantities of pills.

• After Shen Yi reported reaching Entry Level in the Star Transformation Variant Profound Art, the first round ended, and the fifty successful contestants advanced while the eliminated participants were sent back to the ground.
• The Shen family began the second round, requiring the contestants to learn the Star Martial Spirit Profound Art and rewarding them with the Heaven Grade Seven Divine Steps of the Starry Sky; Shen Yi arranged to receive extra resources from Shen Yufeng.
• Shen Yi cultivated with the Shen family's pills and resources, reached Golden Body Ninth Layer, and learned the Seven Divine Steps of the Starry Sky.
• By Year 28, Shen Yi had reached Golden Body Great Perfection, and he asked Shen Yufeng to apply his extra resources toward a breakthrough to the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Shen Yufeng warned that Shen Yi's pill use could have accumulated dangerous toxins, but he insisted on proceeding, so she submitted the application.
• Shen Linfeng arrived with Shen family alchemists and presented Shen Yi as a puzzle: despite his low-grade bone structure and heavy pill consumption, he showed no signs of pill toxin accumulation.