Chapter Summaries

Lin Beauty negotiated with the Chief Officer over handing a potion and its packaging to officials while preserving Luo Hua’s original cultivation materials. Feng Jun discovered that the military had recruited former Cultivation Courtyard students to study Luo Hua’s techniques, then visited the Lakemarta Desert and found an unfamiliar power line connected to the Rain-Praying Array.

• Lin Beauty agreed to provide one Short-Acting Longevity Potion and the used packaging, while keeping the original cultivation materials in Cultural Town and handing over an encrypted copy.
• Feng Jun tracked the USB drive to a secret military base near Jinzhou and recognized Martial Cultivators who had attended the Dragon Gate Assembly and Cultivation Courtyard.
• Feng Jun learned that the military had recruited people to research the six Martial Cultivation techniques he had provided, and he complained to Good Scenery and Yang Yuxin about Luo Hua’s techniques reaching them indirectly.
• Yang Yuxin reassured Feng Jun that the military would prevent the techniques from leaking, easing his frustration.
• Feng Jun visited the Lakemarta Desert, saw the newly built semi-underground hangars and soldiers gathered for a performance, and discovered an extra power line on the Rain-Praying Array.

Feng Jun agreed to help the military conduct a space exercise and solve the fleet’s return problem, but insisted that they prepare at least a Wu Grade fleet. The commanders accepted in principle and wanted to discuss the revised plan with him.

• Feng Jun returned to Luo Hua, rested, and later asked Lin Beauty whether she had received the goods and how to handle the hospital equipment list.
• Steward Mei brought Feng Jun a USB drive and word that the military wanted to conduct an outer-space exercise with a Ji Grade warship fleet.
• Feng Jun considered the fleet’s exposure and return risks, then told Lin Beauty he would help only if they prepared at least a Wu Grade fleet.
• Lin Beauty reported that the military had agreed to a Wu Grade fleet in principle, but needed two days to revise the plan and wanted the commanders to speak with Feng Jun.

Feng Jun prepared to escort Xia Nation’s Wu Grade unit and its warships, while Lin Beauty tried to manage the mission and the pressure surrounding her grandmother’s miraculous injection. The chapter ended with Feng Jun and Lin Beauty arriving at the military base in Qian Province, where the fleet awaited departure.

• Feng Jun refused Xia Nation’s request to socialize with the unit, though he allowed Lin Beauty to accompany him to prevent communication problems.
• Lin Beauty’s grandmother arrived at Cultural Town after receiving an injection that improved her health, and Feng Jun divined that she would live to ninety-eight.
• Lin Beauty’s relatives pressed her to identify the injection, while her grandmother wished she had shared it with Lin Beauty’s mother; Lin Beauty kept quiet about her remaining three doses.
• Feng Jun teleported Lin Beauty to a military base in Qian Province, where she passed security checks and the Wu Grade unit’s warships stood ready.
• Feng Jun walked through the rainy base and respected the soldiers’ restricted-area rules, while Lin Beauty accompanied him and joked that she had dressed to tempt him.

Feng Jun and Lin Beauty joined the Space Force’s first military exercise aboard the Wu-Grade Main Battleship as the fleet launched from Blue Star. The fleet headed for Mars to practice space tactics while its strange departure sparked worldwide speculation.

• Lin Beauty refused a spacesuit, but Feng Jun persuaded her to wear a regular Army uniform instead.
• Feng Jun and Lin Beauty boarded the Wu-Grade Main Battleship, where Lin Beauty learned that her room monitors could not show live external footage.
• The fleet traveled underwater and then flew south before ascending into space, with its seventeen warships joining into one enormous craft.
• The fleet accelerated away from Blue Star, and people around the world debated what they had seen in the sky.
• The Space Fleet headed toward Mars at over two hundred thousand kilometers per hour to practice tactics behind the planet.

During the voyage to Mars, Feng Jun joined the crew for a tour and a space banquet, where Lin Beauty drew attention by sitting beside him in a dress uniform. When Old Gao began to sing opera, Feng Jun abruptly left the deck, and Lin Beauty hurried after him.

• The commander kept the fleet on its original course to Mars after Xia Nation reported that Blue Star could no longer observe it.
• Lin Beauty asked Feng Jun why he had ignored her, and he said he could not sense her calls from his room.
• The commander allowed people to tour the warship, but Feng Jun stayed behind while Lin Beauty and the senior reporter explored.
• The crew held a banquet on the extended deck, and Lin Beauty joined Feng Jun at a mixed table in a ceremonial uniform skirt.
• The commander performed a blindfolded gun assembly, and Old Gao sang opera after the crew urged him to perform.
• Feng Jun silently left when Old Gao began singing, and Lin Beauty noticed his absence and followed him into the ship.

Feng Jun rebuffed Lin Beauty’s flirtation in his battleship quarters while Sister Han caught them together and teased them. After Lin Beauty left, she returned with a suitcase and announced she intended to move in with him.

• The senior reporter learned that Lin Beauty had followed Feng Jun into Room A-2 and went to eavesdrop at his open door.
• Sister Han overheard Lin Beauty pleading with Feng Jun about their past, then entered and questioned them about the spacious room and their relationship.
• Lin Beauty warned Sister Han to forget what she had learned, while Feng Jun dismissed the reporter’s teasing and used his power to reopen the door after she closed it.
• Lin Beauty bolted the door and approached Feng Jun, but he opened it again and insisted he would not give her what she wanted.
• Lin Beauty left, then returned with a suitcase and said she planned to move in with Feng Jun; he blocked her from entering with his Divine Thought.

Feng Jun rebuffed Lin Beauty’s attempt to move in, then shared beer and a guarded conversation with Old Gao. When the commander arrived, Feng Jun arranged for Lin Beauty to move rooms, and she appeared with her suitcase.

• Feng Jun refused Lin Beauty’s request to move into his room, and she left with her luggage.
• Old Gao visited Feng Jun, thanked him for his contributions to Xia Nation, and discussed the warship’s design over beer.
• A duty officer reported Old Gao’s visit to the commander, who went to check on them.
• Feng Jun called Lin Beauty and asked why she had not come over, then asked the commander whether she could move into his room.
• The commander agreed, and Lin Beauty arrived with her suitcase, explaining that Sister Han wanted a room to herself.

Feng Jun moved Lin Beauty into his room aboard the fleet, then left alone in a Space Mecha to investigate Mars for extraterrestrial life and spiritual energy. As the fleet prepared for an exercise, Lin Beauty told Sister Han she supported his mission despite wishing she could accompany him.

• Feng Jun let Lin Beauty move into his room, warned her to sleep on the sofa, and began meditating while she settled in.
• Five days later, the fleet reached Mars, and Feng Jun told the commander he would investigate the planet alone for extraterrestrial life.
• The commander supplied Feng Jun with a Space Mecha, while Lin Beauty unsuccessfully asked to join him and tearfully watched him depart through the airlock.
• The commander organized preparations for the fleet's exercise, and Sister Han asked Lin Beauty about Feng Jun and the danger on Mars.
• Feng Jun flew toward Mars in his Space Mecha and prepared to test whether the planet had spiritual energy.

Feng Jun discovered a Spirit Stone Mine and a broken Ancient Artifact beneath Mars's ice, then sought the Guardians' help to identify and collect it. The Guardians explained the arrowhead's danger and value, and gave Feng Jun a Defensive Talisman Treasure in case Mars had a guardian of its own.

• Feng Jun searched Mars, found a Spirit Stone Mine, and set up a Spirit-Gathering Formation beside it.
• The fleet commander asked Lin Beauty whether they should send a ship to search for Feng Jun, but she trusted his abilities and advised against it.
• Feng Jun found a broken arrowhead beneath the South Pole's ice and brought its aura to the Guardians for advice.
• The Guardians identified the arrowhead as a broken Ancient Artifact used by a Mahayana Stage cultivator and offered to collect it for three hundred Upper Spirit Stones.
• After Feng Jun mentioned the Spirit Stone Mine and possible guardians on Mars, the Guardians gave him a Defensive Talisman Treasure that could withstand one strike from a Body Integration Stage cultivator.

Feng Jun encountered spiritual-energy-consuming microorganisms on Mars while preparing to retrieve an arrowhead, then met the sinister presence connected to it. The presence claimed the arrowhead as its own, and Feng Jun offered to return and consult his senior.

• Feng Jun tunneled toward the arrowhead and discovered microorganisms swarming around his Spirit-Gathering Formation, where spiritual energy made them grow and resist heat.
• Feng Jun killed the microorganisms with a plasma cannon, restored his spiritual energy using a Spirit-Restoring Formation disk, and continued digging.
• A warship observer spotted a fire on Mars, but Lin Beauty advised the commander not to disturb Feng Jun while the fleet exercise continued.
• Near the arrowhead, Feng Jun used a Storage Talisman and jade talisman artifact to withstand its baleful aura and detect a sinister presence.
• The presence questioned Feng Jun about his talismans and senior, then claimed the arrowhead belonged to it; Feng Jun said he would return to inform his senior.

Feng Jun confronted an ancient thought on Mars that tried to keep him from leaving and demanded assurances he would not reveal the arrowhead’s owners. Their argument over the arrowhead and Spirit Stone Mine turned into a negotiation over Extreme Spirit, and the thought’s claim to rule Mars faltered when Feng Jun asked whether it had had any subjects in six thousand years.

• The thought used spatial laws to try to detain Feng Jun, but he warned that using the Guardians’ Aura Attraction would make them enemies.
• Feng Jun challenged the thought’s claim to the arrowhead and the Spirit Stone Mine, while the thought demanded he find a way to guarantee his silence.
• The thought threatened Feng Jun with the ancient arrowhead’s Baleful Energy, and Feng Jun argued that the mine could not truly belong to it if it had remained dormant.
• After Feng Jun revealed that he had given a hundred pieces of Extreme Spirit to another senior, the thought offered to cooperate and tried to buy Extreme Spirit in exchange for the arrowhead.
• Feng Jun questioned the thought’s authority over Mars and asked whether it had had any subjects there in the past six thousand years, leaving the thought silent.

Feng Jun negotiated with the thought over cooperation and the damaged arrowhead, paying nearly all his Upper Spirit Stones for it. After collecting the arrowhead, the thought tried to sell him a Spirit Stone Mine and asked what he needed, leaving their future business unresolved.

• Feng Jun described Blue Star's dwindling cultivators, and the thought proposed that they cooperate.
• The thought offered the damaged arrowhead for five thousand Upper Spirit Stones, but Feng Jun refused and argued that it was worth far less.
• The thought demanded Feng Jun's Upper Spirit Stones, eventually accepting 177 as payment for the arrowhead and its assistance.
• The thought used Baleful Energy to place the arrowhead in Feng Jun's storage talisman, completing the transaction.
• The thought offered to sell Feng Jun a Spirit Stone Mine and asked what he lacked, while Feng Jun asked what the thought was skilled at.

Feng Jun asked a mysterious thought to help create a virtual-combat magic treasure to train Luo Hua’s disciples safely. When he showed it the Heaven-Deriving Mirror, the thought reacted with shock and demanded to know where he had gotten it.

• Feng Jun explained that he wanted a virtual-combat treasure to improve his disciples’ fighting skills without exposing them to the risks of real battles.
• Feng Jun recounted how he and Yi Jue had discussed the idea and why a suitable treasure required a database, combat data, and a processing center.
• The thought spent nearly half an hour clarifying Feng Jun’s requirements, then said that making the treasure would be complicated and require more spiritual energy for derivations.
• Feng Jun offered to pay in Upper Spirit Stones and showed the thought the Heaven-Deriving Mirror, asking whether it could repair it.
• The thought’s consciousness fluctuated violently as it recognized the Heaven-Deriving Mirror and asked Feng Jun where he had gotten it.

Feng Jun negotiated with a mysterious thought over the Heaven-Deriving Mirror and learned that the thought was the Natural Spirit of the legendary Yin-Yang Mirror. The Mirror Spirit claimed the damaged mirror was its Twin Mirror, but their connection remained only a guess.

• The thought recognized the Heaven-Deriving Mirror, recalled its old acquaintance among the surviving Blue Star Guardians, and mocked that Guardian’s oath.
• Feng Jun and the thought haggled over repairing or buying the mirror, with the thought threatening to take it by force when Feng Jun refused to name a price.
• Feng Jun offered to give the mirror to the thought, then withdrew it after realizing the thought lacked enough spiritual energy to refine it.
• The thought called the Heaven-Deriving Mirror its Twin Mirror, prompting Feng Jun to ask about the legendary Yin-Yang Mirror.
• Feng Jun identified the thought as the Natural Spirit born within the true Yin-Yang Mirror, and it claimed its power could determine life and death rather than merely reflect damage.

Feng Jun negotiated with the Mirror Spirit, gave it the Heaven-Deriving Mirror, and collected samples of Martian microorganisms before helping the Space Fleet complete its Mars operations. As the fleet prepared to leave, he asked the Mirror Spirit to watch over future visitors, while it realized he might not return for a long time.

• Feng Jun gave the Mirror Spirit the Heaven-Deriving Mirror after refusing its demand for eight thousand Upper Spirit Stones, then collected microorganism samples and burned a wide area to clear a safe landing zone.
• Lin Beauty contacted Feng Jun, and he explained that the fire was clearing unknown microorganisms so the warships could land safely.
• After the fleet debated the risks of landing, Feng Jun offered to collect soil and conduct tests himself; the commander ordered the researchers to obey.
• Feng Jun spent three days installing observation equipment and robots, then prepared to leave Mars as the warships regrouped in orbit.
• The Mirror Spirit confronted Feng Jun about leaving, and he asked it to look after future visitors from Blue Star while admitting he might not return for about a hundred years.
• The Mirror Spirit realized Feng Jun knew it had no resources and questioned whether those unable to reach the Cultivation World would stay on Blue Star and use Extreme Spirit Stones to restore their origins.

Feng Jun and the Mirror Spirit reconciled and spent two days designing an artifact, combining the Mirror Spirit’s planning with Feng Jun’s technical ideas. As Feng Jun prepared to teleport to Blue Star, the Mirror Spirit asked him to conceal that it had arrived from the Guardian it wanted to meet.

• The Mirror Spirit returned the Heaven-Deriving Mirror to Feng Jun and entered it so it could speak with an old Guardian, while warning that the Guardian might have become a demonic cultivator.
• Feng Jun collected the combined structure of seventeen warships into his Spirit Beast Bag and discussed artifacts and data processing with the Mirror Spirit instead of returning to Blue Star immediately.
• Feng Jun and the Mirror Spirit spent two days and two nights developing a clear plan for refining the artifact Feng Jun needed.
• As Feng Jun prepared to teleport, the Mirror Spirit asked him not to tell the Guardian right away that it had reached Blue Star.

Feng Jun returned the battleship fleet to Blue Star near Hawaii, then went to Luo Hua Manor to meet the Mirror Spirit. After sensing the Guardians’ attention and inspecting the Yin-Yang Mirror, the Mirror Spirit prepared to begin working on it.

• Feng Jun released the battleship formation near Hawaii at night, while four observers woke the fleet’s crew and confirmed their location and the journey had taken less than three days.
• The fleet’s personnel began contacting headquarters and planning their return to Xia Nation, while Lin Beauty did not explain Feng Jun’s absence.
• Feng Jun returned to Luo Hua Manor, entered the warehouse, and retrieved the Yin-Yang Mirror from the second storeroom.
• Feng Jun raised a Defensive Formation around the Heaven-Deriving Mirror after the Mirror Spirit said the Guardians had swept their Divine Sense over him three times.
• The Mirror Spirit asked to work on the Yin-Yang Mirror, and Feng Jun agreed while suggesting they should part ways if they could not get along.

Feng Jun let the Mirror Spirit meet the Guardians while he handled other matters, including a request for Martian microorganisms and Yu Qingzhu’s planned breakthrough. The next day, as Lin Beauty’s relatives sought a way to stay at Cultural Town, the Guardians summoned Feng Jun to talk.

• Feng Jun reassured the Mirror Spirit that the Guardians had probably not detected it, then left it alone while he walked beside the river in the rain.
• The Guardians contacted Feng Jun, confirmed they knew the Mirror Spirit was present, and waited to see what its strand of Spirit Severing intended to do.
• Yang Yuxin asked Feng Jun about Martian microorganisms, and he warned that they devoured spiritual energy before agreeing to provide some for study.
• Feng Jun told Yu Qingzhu to suppress her urge to advance for several months because he had other arrangements for her.
• After nightfall, the Mirror Spirit and the Guardians met, while Feng Jun left to visit the elders and Sophia and check foreign reports about the Space Fleet.
• Lin Beauty dealt with relatives who wanted to stay at Cultural Town, and the Guardians summoned Feng Jun to speak with them.

Feng Jun learned why the Mirror Spirit wanted to travel to Heavenly Zither and how it hoped to escape its Earthbound Spirit state by becoming an artifact spirit. The Guardians urged the arrangement so the Mirror Spirit could gather resources, but Feng Jun insisted he would refine the Yin-Yang Mirror himself before taking it along.

• The Guardians and the Mirror Spirit argued over whether the Mirror Spirit should go with Feng Jun to Heavenly Zither and gather Spirit Stones.
• The Guardians revealed that the Mirror Spirit hoped to place its Soul Division in Feng Jun’s replica Yin-Yang Mirror and use it to alter the Heaven-Deriving Mirror’s rules over thousands of years.
• The Guardians suggested repairing the Heaven-Deriving Mirror while changing its rules, but the plan required vast amounts of rare materials and Spirit Stones.
• The Guardians wanted the Mirror Spirit to travel with Feng Jun so it could help obtain resources, while the Mirror Spirit hesitated over serving as an artifact spirit under Feng Jun.
• Feng Jun said he would bring the Yin-Yang Mirror only if he could refine it himself.

Feng Jun refused to let the Mirror Spirit follow him without refining it, while the Guardians tried to broker an agreement between them. Back in Luo Hua, Lin Beauty's investigation helped her uncle secure a promotion, and the chapter ended with the Guardians suggesting that the Mirror Spirit acknowledge Feng Jun as its master.

• Feng Jun told the Mirror Spirit that he would refine it if it followed him to the Cultivation World, despite having already given it the Heaven-Deriving Mirror.
• The Guardians offered to place restrictions on the Mirror Spirit, but Feng Jun insisted on refining it himself for added security.
• The Guardians sent Feng Jun back to Luo Hua, where he resumed watching Lin Beauty handle her uncle's promotion dispute.
• Lin Beauty's background check revealed that the regional branch president's wife and son lived overseas, prompting him to negotiate with her uncle and agree to the promotion.
• After Feng Jun left, the Guardians suggested that the Mirror Spirit acknowledge him as its master, then offered to switch places because Blue Star was already its own master.