Chapter Summaries

Feng Jun told Elder Yu that he possessed thousands of tons of gold but would not sell it to the national treasury or take loans against it. He then asked whether Elder Yu could help sell crude oil from an unknown oil field, leaving Elder Yu astonished by the scale of Feng Jun’s resources.

• Feng Jun said he had about five thousand tons of gold and agreed that it could remain hidden for Xia Nation’s benefit, but refused to sell it to the national treasury or borrow against it.
• Elder Yu promised to help Feng Jun with another request, and Feng Jun asked whether he could sell a large quantity of crude oil.
• Elder Yu asked about the oil’s source, price, quality, and volume, while Feng Jun said it was light crude from an unknown oil field and could be delivered wherever designated.
• Feng Jun said no one could monitor him during delivery and explained that he had waited to act until conditions were ready.
• Elder Yu wondered how many kinds of commodities Feng Jun could trade.

Feng Jun told Elder Yu that he could deliver the entire captured Leidunk, but only if Xia Nation prepared a concealed dock and a wooden decoy to disguise its arrival. Elder Yu arranged to use a replica of the Leidunk’s sister ship, the Crown Point, while keeping Feng Jun’s identity and the plan secret.

• Feng Jun told Elder Yu that he wanted the whole Leidunk kept in a concealed dock rather than dismantled for components.
• Feng Jun proposed turning a one-to-one wooden model into the real frigate, calling it a large-scale magic trick.
• Elder Yu asked Little Du to arrange a vacant, signal-shielded dock, but Little Du objected that clearing a naval port would be difficult.
• Little Du offered a replica of the Leidunk’s sister ship, the Crown Point, and Elder Yu agreed to use it as the decoy.
• Elder Yu and Little Du agreed to submit reports through their relevant departments, and Little Du then called someone to say the missing Leidunk might have been found.

Elder Yu obtained a location map for the Aegis Frigate model that Feng Jun planned to move, while Feng Jun avoided accepting any identification that might bind him to Xia Nation. After the model was secretly towed to a new dock, workers saw its canvas covering move.

• Elder Yu learned that the replica warship would be moved that night and brought Feng Jun into the Front Building to discuss it.
• Feng Jun asked for a map to the ship but refused identification, wary of taking on obligations.
• Little Du sent Elder Yu a crude location map, which Feng Jun memorized before Elder Yu deleted it.
• Workers secretly moved the model from a covered warehouse at a Qiong City naval port and disguised it at a new dock.
• After the exhausted workers finished, two of them noticed that the canvas over the model had moved.

Feng Jun’s unexplained operation replaced a naval model with the missing Mairei frigate Leidunk, complete with weapons, and Xia Nation’s officials moved to keep the ship and conceal what happened. Elder Yu confirmed that the Mairei crew’s bodies would never be found, then asked Feng Jun whether an aircraft carrier could be acquired the same way.

• At the dock, guards discovered that the Crown Point model had become the real Leidunk, and Xia Nation’s military quickly secured the ship.
• Little Du verified that the frigate was the missing Mairei vessel and called Elder Yu, who dismissed questions about how it appeared and said the Mairei crew were dead.
• Elder Yu praised Feng Jun for obtaining the intact frigate, while Feng Jun denied knowing anything and said the Mairei bodies would never be found.
• Elder Yu reassured himself that Mairei Country would have no proof and asked Feng Jun whether an aircraft carrier could be handled the same way.

Feng Jun discussed whether he could make an aircraft carrier disappear and negotiated with Elder Yu over his actions and compensation. He left with a promise of intelligence on certain Overseas Wanderers Society members, while grain prices and the missing warship Laidunke remained in the news.

• Elder Yu asked whether Feng Jun could deal with an aircraft carrier, and Feng Jun said it might be possible but warned against using such a move casually.
• Elder Yu offered repayment for Feng Jun's recent service, and Feng Jun asked for help eliminating the Overseas Wanderers Society.
• After Elder Yu explained the political risks, Feng Jun asked for information on members hostile to Xia Nation who lived abroad, and Elder Yu agreed to prepare lists.
• Feng Jun declined to buy grain domestically and said he was contacting international grain merchants.
• Red Sister told Feng Jun that grain prices in Ting Country were rising as Laidunke remained missing, and Feng Jun joked that he could go there and stir things up.

Feng Jun hosted Luohua Manor’s Immortal Sect Celebration, where Daoist leaders gathered and agreed to standardize several cultivation terms. After Feng Jun’s introductory discussion, he led the guests to the Traveling Residence for the main event, while Elder Yu’s group remained excluded.

• Jade Sect and Fanghu sent uninvited guests, forcing Feng Jun to enforce his thirty-person limit and lodge many visitors in temporary prefab houses.
• Zhang Caixin and Huahua visited the notable guests, and Feng Jun hosted them for a meal before offering activities and a cultivation discussion.
• Feng Jun argued that Qi Nourishing Stage should be called Mortal Transcendence Stage, and the gathered Daoist leaders largely agreed despite objections from Jade Ruins’ Grand Elder.
• The visitors debated cultivation terminology while Elder Yu’s security team listened and secretly recorded the discussion.
• Feng Jun led the guests to the Traveling Residence for the celebration’s main event, leaving Elder Yu’s group outside.

Feng Jun hosted thirty fellow cultivators in his Blessing Courtyard, returned Jade Ruins' repaired Immortal Ascension Mirror, and watched the sect negotiate its use with Cinnabar Cloud Heaven. He then formally accepted Zhang Caixin as his disciple and laid out Luo Hua's strict rules, leaving the guests impressed by his strength and status.

• Feng Jun activated the Spirit-Restoring Formation in the Blessing Courtyard, and the guests marveled at its spiritual energy and learned it was a magical artifact.
• Feng Jun returned the repaired Immortal Ascension Mirror to Jade Ruins, prompting Zhang Dongyuan and other leaders to examine it.
• Guan Shanyue secured Jade Ruins' agreement to assess fifty Cinnabar Cloud Heaven candidates at each of the next five trials.
• Feng Jun completed Zhang Caixin's apprenticeship ceremony and gave her a Storage Pouch and a green-lotus flying artifact.
• Feng Jun told the guests that Luo Hua accepted disciples only at the Qi Refining Stage and allowed only Emergence from Dust Stage cultivators to take disciples.

Feng Jun established Luo Hua’s rules and authority at Zhang Caixin’s disciple-taking ceremony, then hosted the visiting Daoists with a lavish banquet and a lecture on the five elements. The guests were invited to cultivate in Luo Hua’s Spirit-Gathering Formation, while Zhang Caixin remained with Feng Jun.

• Daoist Chen offered to become Feng Jun’s nominal disciple, and Zhang Caixin recited Luo Hua’s Seven Admonitions during her ceremony.
• Feng Jun told the guests to report Luo Hua disciples who crossed the line and warned them not to punish his people themselves.
• Guan Shanyue and other Daoists endorsed Feng Jun’s strict policy, and Luo Hua hosted a lavish banquet for its guests.
• The Daoists gave Zhang Caixin gifts, including several courtyards, while Li Shishi’s planned fireworks were canceled to keep Luo Hua discreet.
• Feng Jun lectured the guests on five-element cultivation and invited them to practice in Luo Hua’s Spirit-Gathering Formation.

Feng Jun declined Chen Shengwang’s request to become his disciple but offered him a retainer position at Luo Hua, with cultivation support and a monthly salary. Chen Shengwang accepted, though Feng Jun made the arrangement conditional on inspecting Fanghu’s sole Storage Pouch, which Chen planned to retrieve after the celebration.

• Chen Shengwang asked Feng Jun to take him as a disciple because he had stalled at Fifth Layer Qi Condensation and hoped to advance further.
• Feng Jun calculated that Chen Shengwang had an Innate Pure-Yang Houtu aptitude and explained that he had no Houtu cultivation techniques.
• Feng Jun offered Chen Shengwang a retainer position at Luo Hua, outlining his duties, cultivation benefits, and a monthly salary of one hundred thousand.
• Chen Shengwang accepted the offer, saying he valued Feng Jun’s ability to answer questions and resolve doubts.
• Feng Jun asked Chen Shengwang to bring his Storage Pouch for inspection before they finalized the hiring, and Chen said he would retrieve Fanghu’s pouch after the celebration.

After hosting his guests and helping Zhang Caixin plan her cultivation, Feng Jun handled new requests involving Xiao Song's recovery and Ren Zhixiang's Recovery Center. He arranged to buy fifty thousand tons of wheat from Elder Yu and proposed paying in gold, leaving Elder Yu to consider how to handle Feng Jun's enormous reserves.

• Feng Jun ended the guests' cultivation early because of the rain, and everyone left except Tang Wenji.
• Feng Jun helped Zhang Caixin choose the Cleaning Technique, Water Arrow Technique, Water Tornado Technique, and Sound Attack as her cultivation studies and secondary profession.
• Yang Yuxin told Feng Jun that Xiao Song's treatment had succeeded and that he would need about two months to recover; Feng Jun refused Xiao Song's request to meet him and asked to buy more communications equipment.
• Ren Zhixiang discussed his Recovery Center plans with Feng Jun, and Elder Yu raised concerns about the five-story buildings before joining their conversation.
• Elder Yu offered to arrange up to five hundred thousand tons of wheat, and Feng Jun requested fifty thousand tons once his warehouses were cleared.
• Feng Jun said he would pay for the wheat in gold and noted that spending some of his several thousand tons of gold could demonstrate his strength.

Feng Jun discussed grain, oil, and other commodities with Elder Yu, who tried to persuade him to move quickly on crude oil for national energy security. Feng Jun refused to be pressured, and the chapter left Elder Yu asking about iron mines as Feng Jun considered why domestic iron ore struggled to compete.

• Elder Yu agreed to Feng Jun's proposal to use a wheat shipment as a test of his wealth.
• Elder Yu asked Feng Jun for a few hundred barrels of crude oil after professionals mocked his claim that he could obtain two oil fields.
• Feng Jun said the oil project was optional for him and warned Elder Yu not to demand proof, though he supported preparing strategic oil storage.
• Feng Jun mentioned having two coal mines, and Elder Yu asked whether he also had iron mines.
• Feng Jun dismissed the idea of importing iron ore and recalled an iron ore merchant explaining that high domestic mining costs made local ore uncompetitive.

Feng Jun turned down the prospect of trading iron ore and accepted Chen Shengwang as a guest retainer at Luo Hua. Chen Shengwang moved two women into newly built rooms by Pump One, prompting Elder Yu to investigate their connection to the manor.

• Feng Jun decided against buying iron ore because its costs and strategic importance made it an unsuitable venture.
• Chen Shengwang brought an ancient Storage Pouch to Luo Hua, and Feng Jun inspected it, secretly marking it with his Divine Sense, then welcomed Chen as a retainer.
• Chen Shengwang asked to bring two women into the manor, and Feng Jun allowed them to stay in rooms by Pump One under Chen's guarantee.
• Feng Jun transported eight spell-hardened earthen houses from the Phone Plane and set them up beside Pump One.
• Chen Shengwang decorated two rooms, moved the women in, and began arranging renovations for the remaining rooms.
• Elder Yu grew uneasy about the two unfamiliar women and sent his secretary to investigate their relationship with Luo Hua.

Elder Yu sought Chen Shengwang’s help in teaching cultivation to the Yu family, but Feng Jun warned that taking a Yu disciple would complicate Chen’s role at Luohua Manor. Feng Jun then headed to Chaori with Gazi, Zhang Caixin, and Good Scenery, where he found his parents had advanced to the Second Layer of Mortal Transcendence.

• Elder Yu asked Chen Shengwang about his cultivation and proposed that he teach the Yu family’s descendants.
• Chen Shengwang told Feng Jun about Elder Yu’s request, and Feng Jun cautioned that a Yu family disciple would make Chen’s guest-retainer position inconvenient.
• Feng Jun prepared gold for a wheat deal and decided to return to Chaori, bringing Gazi, Zhang Caixin, and Good Scenery with him.
• Red Sister stayed behind to oversee Luohua Manor after Feng Jun reassured her that he would not favor anyone.
• Feng Jun and his companions reached the Chaori construction site, where he learned his parents had advanced to the Second Layer of Mortal Transcendence.

Feng Xiao announced the prize book review event winners and reflected on readers’ responses to his work and the coincidences between Ten Years of Official Immortal and real-world news. He ended by asking readers to support Data-Driven Cultivation with their monthly votes.

• Feng Xiao reposted the prize book review event results, listing the winners and clarifying that the prizes were Qidian Coins, not gift coins.
• Feng Xiao thanked readers for their reviews and reflected on the many years they had spent reading his stories together.
• Feng Xiao described how a plot point about joining the Mairui Country military coincided with real-world news about a woman seeking citizenship.
• Feng Xiao recalled other apparent real-world echoes of events he had written about in Ten Years of Official Immortal.
• Feng Xiao accepted his identity as an Immortal Heroes author and asked readers to support Data-Driven Cultivation with their monthly votes.

Feng Jun hosted his family at the lakeside, donated money to Chaori, and avoided pressure to fund tourism development. He then entered the Phone Plane to handle pending business, where he told Baili Adept that the Supreme Clarity Sect could buy the appliances instead.

• Feng Jun activated the Small-Courtyard Residence beside the lake, and his family spent the night there as the formation gathered spiritual energy.
• County Magistrate Yang asked Feng Jun for a donation, and Feng Jun pledged one million yuan for the orphanage, high school laboratory, and county hospital.
• A Yunyuan City vice mayor arrived to seek funding for Chaori tourism, but Feng Jun slipped away and Zhang Junyi refused to redirect their project funds.
• Gazi left for the Spirit Realm, and Feng Jun entered the Phone Plane to address Huangfu Wuxia's grain deal and other pending business.
• Feng Jun asked Baili Adept about the refrigerator and air-conditioner business, then said the Supreme Clarity Sect could buy the appliances if Baili Adept would not proceed.

Feng Jun tested cross-plane transportation by taking Fu Venerable to the Blue Star Realm, where he found that the journey had damaged Fu Venerable’s body and Divine Soul. He returned to the road near Zhao Family Fort to continue assessing the test.

• Ji Ping'an brought Feng Jun news that the thunder cultivators had built a Spirit Stone Generator and developed a device that let Thunderstones power electrical appliances.
• Feng Jun decided to begin testing cross-plane transportation of people and approached Fu Venerable about buying refrigerators and air conditioners.
• Feng Jun led Fu Venerable away from Nangong Youjiu, bound him with an Immortal-Binding Cord, and knocked him unconscious with Divine Sense.
• Feng Jun transported Fu Venerable to the Blue Star Realm and used Phone Space to check his condition, finding that cross-plane travel had left him with twenty-three percent life vitality.
• Feng Jun returned to the road near Zhao Family Fort after reading the notification about Fu Venerable’s travel damage.

Feng Jun brought the unconscious Venerable Yang to Pacify Arms Mountain and began testing whether he could recover in the Mortal World. He left the chapter confronting Nangong Youjiu, Baili Adept, and Huangfu Wuxia after they arrived to witness the experiment.

• Feng Jun stored Venerable Yang in an Emergence from Dust Stage Spirit Beast Bag, and Zhang Caixin saw him do it.
• Good Scenery explained that Feng Jun had killed multiple Emergence from Dust Stage cultivators, and Zhang Caixin learned that Golden Core True Adepts existed in the dangerous world he visited.
• Feng Jun took Good Scenery to Pacify Arms Mountain, then released Fu Venerable and activated a Spirit-Restoring Formation to test his recovery.
• Nangong Youjiu sent attendants to investigate the spiritual energy, then asked Baili Adept to witness what Feng Jun was doing; Baili Adept brought Huangfu Wuxia along.
• Sumiao sensed the experiment but chose not to interfere, while the three arriving Emergence from Dust Adepts saw Fu Venerable begin to react.
• Feng Jun glared at Nangong Youjiu, Baili Adept, and Huangfu Wuxia and demanded to know what they wanted.

Feng Jun explained why he had chosen Fu Venerable for an experiment and dismissed the complaints of Fu Venerable and Nangong Youjiu. After Su Miao inspected Fu Venerable, he accepted that he could not resist future tests, while Nangong Youjiu began to realize how little leverage they had.

• Nangong Youjiu questioned Feng Jun about the experiment, and Feng Jun said the visitors had become test subjects and he did not need to warn them in advance.
• Fu Venerable woke after the test, challenged Feng Jun over the sneak attack, and asked why Venerable Yang had not been chosen instead.
• Feng Jun said he considered the test relatively safe and would share risks fairly, then removed the Spirit-Restoring Formation and left with Huangfu Wuxia.
• Su Miao silently scanned Fu Venerable with her Divine Sense and vanished, leaving Baili Adept to depart soon afterward.
• Nangong Youjiu pressed Fu Venerable about Feng Jun's methods, but Fu Venerable said resistance was pointless because Su Miao would not allow them to resist during future tests.

Feng Jun sought volunteers for his dangerous tests, while Sumiao concluded that his methods could suppress Kong Ziyi’s curse despite causing harm. Nangong Youjiu bargained to avoid being tested, and Venerable Yang arrived ready to participate as Feng Jun prepared to take him to the Cultivation World.

• Sumiao identified residual spatial fluctuations around Feng Jun’s test and told Kong Ziyi that the treatment could suppress her Yin-Yang Curse without damaging her foundation.
• Feng Jun summoned Nangong Youjiu for a test, but Nangong offered a Longevity Pill and a Qiuchen Market shop to avoid participating.
• Nangong offered Feng Jun access to a large Spirit Spring container, while Kong Ziyi privately promised him a much larger Storage Pouch of her own.
• Nangong agreed to find another Mid-Tier Adept if Venerable Yang suffered misfortune, and he warned Feng Jun that Yang might resent surviving the test unharmed.
• Venerable Yang arrived and asked whether the test had begun, so Feng Jun told him to first accompany him to the Cultivation World.

Feng Jun prepared to travel to the cultivation world to inspect mines and handle other matters, while Huangfu Wuxia and Kong Ziyi discussed accompanying him. He tried to keep Kong Ziyi’s grandmother, Sumiao, from joining them by arguing that her concern could interfere with Kong Ziyi’s treatment, and Sumiao accepted his point and called her granddaughter back.

• Huangfu Wuxia warned Feng Jun that leaving Pacify Arms Mountain could invite trouble, but he said he needed to visit the cultivation world and inspect mines containing Oil-Transformed Insect Carcasses.
• Huangfu Wuxia offered to accompany Feng Jun, then agreed to arrange for an Emergence from Dust cultivator to oversee Pacify Arms Mountain while he was away.
• Kong Ziyi asked to travel with Feng Jun, explaining that she and Sumiao wanted to protect him from people who might target him because of their family disputes.
• Feng Jun worried that Sumiao’s presence would restrict his private activities, then argued that her attachment to Kong Ziyi could compromise the treatment and suggested ending it.
• Sumiao acknowledged that her personal concern could affect her judgment and called Kong Ziyi back to speak with her.