Chapter Summaries

Wang Qi joined a gathering of exiled immortals and noticed that their cultivation insights focused on surface phenomena rather than underlying principles. He suspected their inability to reach the Primordial Spirit realm came from inherited knowledge creating cognitive barriers, and Zhao Qingfeng began explaining what the group knew about memories of past lives.

• Wang Qi considered the Immortal Alliance’s hostility toward exiled immortals and learned that they were usually sent to Divine Capital, though he had not been told to attend monthly examinations.
• Zhao Qingfeng asked Wang Qi and the others to put away their computational devices before the exiled immortals exchanged cultivation experiences.
• Wang Qi judged the group’s unusual cultivation insights and techniques to be shallow, noting that Zhao Qingfeng’s Tian Ge Xing lacked the essence of electromagnetic force.
• Wang Qi wondered whether exiled immortals inherited past-life knowledge that trapped them at the level of superficial understanding and prevented them from breaking through the heavenly barrier.
• Wang Qi asked whether the exiled immortals had past-life memories or unusually early mental maturity, and Zhao Qingfeng rebuked him before agreeing to answer.
• Zhao Qingfeng said most exiled immortals could not clearly remember former lives, though they sometimes gained unexplained insights or recalled unfamiliar cultivation formulas.

Wang Qi investigated the Transcendent Immortals’ strange cultivation limits and secretly recorded their exchange, where they revealed hostility toward Modern Dharma. Chen Feng then recruited Wang Qi to research them and handed him an appointment letter for the girl he had been waiting for.

• Wang Qi learned that Transcendent Immortals struggled to cultivate Primordial Spirits but could readily form Nascent Souls through Ancient Methods, and he judged them dangerous.
• After the gathering, Wang Qi used a hidden device to record the Transcendent Immortals, who mocked Modern Dharma and declared their own path correct.
• Wang Qi told Chen Feng about the gathering, and Chen Feng explained that he had planned to study the Transcendent Immortals’ cognitive barriers and Highest Purity Spiritual Treasures.
• Chen Feng persuaded Wang Qi to help with the research and gave him an appointment letter for the girl who would begin work on the sixteenth day of the first month.

Wang Qi confronted Chen Feng after discovering that his Opening Spirit work involved untransformed young demon beasts, then learned Chen Feng had another research task for him. Chen Feng explained his interest in Divine Capital’s historical materials but left the purpose behind his research unanswered.

• Wang Qi accused Chen Feng of misleading him about the Opening Spirit job, and Chen Youjia kicked Wang Qi out the window after he made a provocative remark about her marriage prospects.
• Chen Feng told Wang Qi to track wild Opening Spirit and Qi Accumulation demon beasts and observe how their intelligence and personalities developed.
• Chen Feng showed Wang Qi an ancient history book and explained that Divine Capital’s descendants of the Ancient Method kept historical materials unavailable in Illusion Realm Langya Heaven.
• Wang Qi asked why Chen Feng pursued research in Divine Capital, and Chen Feng said he had something he wanted to prove but would explain after Wang Qi had done enough for him.

Wang Qi struggled to teach basic arithmetic to a class of young demon beasts, whose cries and unruly behavior made him question his ability to teach. After class, he spoke with Hu Buxue about the difficulty of educating demons in a community hostile to them.

• Wang Qi tried to teach the demon beasts that one plus one equaled two, but could not tell whether they understood him.
• Wang Qi called on Second Meow, then discovered that Big Woof had bitten Third Chirp and turned math class into a lesson about not hurting classmates.
• Wang Qi complained to Hu Buxue that teaching the young demons was exhausting and wondered whether demons could teach them instead.
• Hu Buxue explained that local cultivators were hostile to demons and Half-Demons, unlike at the West Border, where many served as Border Guards.
• Hu Buxue said she found it interesting to teach the demon beasts step by step to become human.

Wang Qi adjusted to teaching young Demon Race students while refining his cultivation research and designing a device to simulate Foundation Establishment. He demonstrated the External Foundation Base to Chen Feng and Chen Youjia, and it made his aura appear to reach Foundation Establishment without changing his soul or life.

• Wang Qi learned to teach the young Demon Race students through games and reported their survey results to Chen Feng.
• Wang Qi continued studying calculational artifacts, sword techniques, the Dao-Seeking Jade, and his Foundation Base design while teaching every few days.
• Wang Qi invited Chen Feng and Chen Youjia to see his latest invention, a belt buckle that used a Telepathy Bottle and spiritual energy.
• Wang Qi activated the External Foundation Base, which converted spiritual energy into astral qi and raised his aura to that of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Wang Qi demonstrated the Ghost King Memory, an external Foundation Base that let him wield Foundation Establishment-level power, and sparred with Chen Youjia to test it. After trying on the belt, Chen Feng realized the device might be even more useful to Foundation Establishment cultivators.

• Wang Qi explained that he had refined a Foundation Base design into a Telepathy Bottle and made the belt buckle read it as an external Foundation Base.
• Chen Feng questioned the belt’s design and name, then asked how well it performed in combat.
• Chen Youjia tested Wang Qi’s protective aura and sparred with him, finding that his defense, strength, speed, and computational ability reached Foundation Establishment standards in some areas.
• Wang Qi removed the Ghost King Memory and lent the belt to Chen Feng, who realized it might have another use for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Wang Qi and Bo Xiaoya completed a new Law of Large Numbers, then Wang Qi gave Bo Xiaoya and Ai Changyuan blueprints for an experimental external Foundation Base and asked them to test it. The chapter ended with Wang Qi hoping to obtain copies of their memory module designs, especially Ai Changyuan’s powerful Foundation Base.

• Wang Qi and Bo Xiaoya celebrated completing and verifying a new Law of Large Numbers.
• Ai Changyuan suggested naming it the Bo-Wang Law, and Wang Qi said the name would be decided after the paper was published.
• Wang Qi learned that Ai Changyuan had reached Foundation Establishment, while Bo Xiaoya said she expected to reach it within half a month.
• Wang Qi gave Ai Changyuan and Bo Xiaoya blueprints for an external Foundation Base and asked them to test the device.
• Bo Xiaoya agreed to help, and Wang Qi asked both cultivators to share copies of the memory module blueprints they refined.

Wang Qi discussed Chen Youjia’s progress on the Chebyshev Law of Large Numbers and sought Chen Feng’s approval for an experiment on how spiritual power affected young demons’ intelligence and personality. Chen Feng agreed to assist once Wang Qi followed consent and safety requirements, and Wang Qi said he would establish his Foundation before August so he could better teach the village’s advanced-class demons.

• Wang Qi teased Chen Youjia about her stalled work while noting that she was approaching the key concepts of the Chebyshev Law of Large Numbers.
• Wang Qi told Chen Feng he wanted to test how a memory device’s temporary boost of spiritual power affected Opening Spirit Stage demons’ intelligence and personality.
• Chen Feng warned Wang Qi not to harm the students in Opening Spirit Village and questioned the experiment’s necessity, safety, and subject selection.
• Wang Qi explained his plans, and Chen Feng agreed to help after requiring an application and informed, voluntary approval from the children’s teachers and responsible adults.
• Chen Feng asked when Wang Qi would reach Foundation Establishment, and Wang Qi said he planned to do so before August to provide better spell enlightenment to the advanced-class demons.

Wang Qi began his experiment on awakened young demons, using memory units to enhance their minds and entering dreams with them to observe their awareness. The experiment ended with the little demons exhausted but safe, and Wang Qi felt warmly attached to them.

• Wang Qi received approval for his experiment after Chen Feng tested the driver and memory unit on a Demon Race cultivator and found no risk of irreversible harm.
• Wang Qi divided the young demons into two experimental groups and a control group, then began testing the feline group with Big Meow.
• Wang Qi used the Dream Weaving Technique to communicate with Big Meow and assess its consciousness after installing the memory unit.
• Wang Qi tested the other young demons, including Third Meow, and found that each showed affection toward him in the dream.
• Wang Qi calmed the few overly energetic demons and ended the experiment with the young demons drowsy and resting.

Wang Qi reported his findings on how Memory external Foundation Bases affected little devils’ intelligence and spiritual awakening, then arranged to test an ancient cultivation method on wild demons. He began the experiment by implanting the Floating Cloud Sect’s Gale Memory into a subdued demon bull and entering its mind to observe the effects.

• Wang Qi told Chen Feng that contact with external Foundation Bases improved little devils’ intelligence and spiritual awakening, while showing no statistically significant effect on personality.
• Wang Qi explained that he could not continue his planned ancient-method experiments with the little devils, so Chen Feng assigned him to study circled wild demon beasts.
• Wang Qi asked for another Ghost King Memory because the one he had used was no longer pure, and Chen Feng reminded him to leave within three days and reserve time for secluded cultivation.
• Three days later, Wang Qi subdued a Qi Accumulation demon bull, recorded its readings, and implanted the Gale Memory from the ancient Floating Cloud Sect.
• Wang Qi used the Dream Weaving Technique to enter the demon bull’s mind and examine the results of the experiment.

Wang Qi’s investigation led him into an Ancient Demon Race relic zone, where spiritual interference disrupted his map and he encountered two hidden Ancient Method Cultivators. As Li Yuncong and Tang Xiao attacked him, Wang Qi recognized their sword art as the Emperor-Grade Heaven-Splitting Dao.

• Wang Qi’s map feed became distorted as he entered the relic zone, and Zhen Chanzi warned him that two Foundation Establishment Cultivators were nearby.
• Li Yuncong and Tang Xiao searched the ground for an immortal artifact, hoping to find a flaw in the relic’s spiritual restriction and escape to the distant seas.
• Tang Xiao spotted Wang Qi, and Li Yuncong ordered them to kill him before he could report their presence.
• Li Yuncong and Tang Xiao attacked Wang Qi with twin streaks of Sword Light, and Wang Qi recognized their Emperor-Grade Heaven-Splitting Dao.

Wang Qi killed Tang Xiao and captured Li Yuncong after defeating both Emperor-Grade Heaven-Splitting Dao Foundation Establishment cultivators. He began interrogating Li Yuncong, but stopped him from speaking after realizing the sect had a secret method that could expose them.

• Wang Qi dodged the Liesue Longsha Sword and charged through Li Yuncong’s artifact swarm using his phase waves.
• Li Yuncong formed the Emperor-Heaven Army God Armor and attacked, but Wang Qi struck through its defenses with Jimie Fentian Palm spiritual power.
• Wang Qi deflected Tang Xiao’s flying sword and pierced Tang Xiao’s heart, killing him as he carried the body through several trees.
• Wang Qi broke Li Yuncong’s limbs, sealed his dantian, and healed him before he could self-destruct.
• Wang Qi threatened Li Yuncong into answering questions, then damaged his throat to prevent him from speaking and triggering a secret spirit restriction.

Wang Qi interrogated Li Yuncong and learned that the Ancient Method cultivators were pursuing an immortal artifact, while Zhai Difeng and Li Jijiu began tracking them. Wang Qi stopped when a tentacled creature blocked his path.

• Zhai Difeng examined Tang Xiao's corpse, concluded a Modern Dharma Qi Refining Cultivator had attacked, and ordered his group to pursue for no more than fifteen li.
• Li Jijiu carved a divine path talismanic edict into Tang Xiao's corpse, turning it into a World Cleansing Envoy that would ignite his hidden arrangements.
• Wang Qi learned from Li Yuncong that the Ancient Method group sought a human immortal artifact from a set of Half Immortal Weapons.
• Wang Qi sensed interference ahead, stopped running, and found a mass of writhing tentacles blocking the path.

Wang Qi questioned Li Yuncong about the seemingly lifeless tentacle monsters and learned that a Hongyuan Sect shaman-priest named Li Jijiu had created them with divine power. As the monsters spread and a Golden Core pursuer remained behind him, Wang Qi prepared to use holy light and the ring to escape the ruins.

• Wang Qi restrained Li Yuncong and learned that the tentacle monster was not a technique of the Emperor-Grade Heaven-Splitting Dao.
• Li Yuncong revealed that a Divine Core shaman-priest of the Hongyuan Sect called Li Jijiu was working with them and wielded the divine art behind the monsters.
• Wang Qi learned that creatures contaminated by the divine power became nearly unkillable, grotesque monsters.
• Wang Qi burned away Li Yuncong's spiritual power and restrictions, then asked Zhen Chanzi to watch for the ring's reaction.
• As the tentacles multiplied and devoured spiritual energy, Wang Qi prepared to seek an escape route and gathered holy light to fight them.

Wang Qi fought through Li Jijiu’s tentacle-filled forest and escaped, but Li Jijiu caught up and destroyed his heart. Wang Qi’s consciousness sank into darkness.

• Wang Qi used his No-Error Sword Net and the Flame of Life to cut through the tentacles while running through the forest.
• Zhai Difeng recognized Wang Qi’s power as Sky Spirit Ridge’s celestial evolution, and Li Jijiu charged ahead in anger.
• Wang Qi escaped the tentacle hell after hacking his way through the forest for twenty minutes.
• Wang Qi taunted his pursuers, but Li Jijiu’s spiritual pressure crushed him to the ground.
• Li Jijiu fired a red-black ray that shattered Wang Qi’s heart, and Wang Qi’s consciousness faded.

After Ritual Master Li’s attack left Wang Qi apparently dead, Feng Luoyi used the Dao-Seeking Jade to move him into the ruins, where Zhen Chanzi watched over him. Feng Luoyi arranged for the Immortal Alliance to send help, leaving Wang Qi injured and stranded among the Ancient Method Cultivators.

• Ritual Master Li tried to destroy Wang Qi’s corpse, but Wang Qi vanished when his jade pendant activated a prearranged spell.
• Zhai Difeng ordered his group to storm the ruins without sparing casualties and reminded Ritual Master Li of their agreement.
• Zhen Chanzi discovered that Feng Luoyi had rescued Wang Qi by moving him through space into a dark passage.
• Feng Luoyi explained that interference from the ruins had weakened him, and he used his remaining power to keep the purification force from reaching Wang Qi’s brain.
• Feng Luoyi told Zhen Chanzi to conceal his intervention and promised that the Immortal Alliance would send rescuers within half a month.

Wang Qi’s body regenerated after holy light transformed into a powerful flame that overcame the Hongyuan Divine Sect’s evil force. He woke amid the remains of his decayed body, replenished his nutrients, and asked Zhen Chanzi where they were.

• Zhen Chanzi watched Wang Qi’s apparently dead body as it decayed under the invading evil force.
• Wang Qi’s holy light resisted the evil force and gradually transformed within his body.
• On the third day, a white flame appeared at Wang Qi’s neck and overcame the evil force, causing his body to regenerate.
• Wang Qi woke in a pool of corpse fluid, cleaned himself, and realized his body urgently needed nutrients.
• Wang Qi injected emergency medicine from his storage pouch and asked Zhen Chanzi where they were.

After reviving from the Golden Core’s attack, Wang Qi replenished his body and argued that his strange pattern of encounters proved he possessed strong luck that protected him from irresistible threats. He recovered enough to eat and prepare a counterattack, though rescue was still half a month away.

• Wang Qi injected nutrient medicine into himself while Zhen Chanzi explained that an immortal artifact had carried him into the ruins to protect him.
• Wang Qi used statistics about how often he encountered Teacher Feng to claim that his strong luck activated when he faced threats he could not overcome.
• Zhen Chanzi said a survey team should arrive in the area in half a month, and Wang Qi suspected he was either in a relatively safe part of the ruins or trapped within its restrictions.
• Wang Qi injected himself with eight more syringes, recovered his strength, ate dry rations, and declared that it was time to counterattack.

Wang Qi learned how the ancient Demon Race settlement’s maze, guardians, and gates worked, then experimented with spiritualized stones. The stones awakened spirits after he punched them, leaving Zhen Chanzi horrified.

• Wang Qi learned from Zhen Chanzi that the ruin was an ancient Demon Race settlement whose maze and guardians still operated.
• Zhen Chanzi explained that dead ends summoned guardians, while the small doors were restricted and the main gate led directly to the Demon God Palace.
• Wang Qi tore stones from the corridor walls and ground, reasoning that they would not trigger the defenses.
• Wang Qi punched the stones as they fell, and the rocks instantly awakened their spirits, astonishing Zhen Chanzi.

After surviving a deadly encounter, Wang Qi used his evolved Holy Light to give life to stones and create Stone Demons. He mapped the labyrinth with their shared vision and calculations, leaving himself close to finding the exit.

• Zhen Chanzi was shocked when Wang Qi animated lifeless stones in seconds by infusing them with soul power and Holy Light.
• Wang Qi explained that Holy Light had evolved into both a spiritual power suited to Illusion Techniques and a material white flame that could replace the Flame of Life.
• Wang Qi sent more than forty Stone Demons through the passages to scout, and they initially found only dead ends.
• Wang Qi used the Dao-Seeking Jade and a mapping algorithm to infer unexplored sections of the labyrinth from the fixed passage and wall dimensions.
• Wang Qi calculated that at most three more scouting trips would be needed to find the exit.