Arc 22The Gene Vault and Spirit Tide

Zhou Kongming recovered a gene repository, used the past to restore Qi Star’s human lineage, and triggered the return of spiritual energy. As Qi Ling repaired another world and Chi Jiuyu pursued talisman arts, the arc left Qi Star’s newborn generation beginning its cultivation and facing the Changyuan Civilization’s legacy.

  • Zhou Kongming awakened Heng’s spirituality, learned about the scattered gene repositories, and retrieved the remaining bank from the Changyuan Civilization before destroying its planetary systems.
  • Qi Ling contained the Chaos Rifts with the Creation Sword Array, earned the Savior title, and later taught cultivation to survivors while punishing those who had enabled the demons.
  • Xu Xing and Bie Xuening reviewed the ascension missions as Chi Jiuyu prepared to study talisman-making at the Supreme Dao Sect.
  • Zhou Kongming used the Time Scenery module to pull Kariuvars’s underground base and its genetic material out of a temporal imprint, allowing Heng to begin cloning Qi Star’s people.
  • Heng raised and educated the newborn Qi Star People while Zhou Kongming gave her cultivation methods, a sword formation, and Spirit-Replenishing Pills before leaving her to guide them.
  • Zhou Kongming activated the Seed of Spiritual Origin, began a spirit tide on Qi Star, and settled his first mission as a triple-composite Child of the World emerged among the newborns.
  • Chi Jiuyu mastered the Scripture Sword Book and began studying talisman arts under Hong Qianqian’s guidance at the Supreme Dao Sect.
  • Zhou Xian entered Qi Refining in Qi Star’s Newborn Era, visited a laboratory with Zhou Kongming’s approval, and harvested an innate talent from a Changyuan Civilization organism.
Chapters 530–555 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 530Trump Card 1

Chi Jiuyu recovered at the Cauldron Pavilion, met her Eleventh Senior Brother Cheng Ding, and received a Jade Talisman from him. In Task World 1, Zhou Kongming vanished as Qixing Civilization’s system Heng tried to stop him, triggering the End Program.

  • Yueling left Sword Ancestor Hall, and Bie Xuening and Xu Xing watched the Ascension Envoys carry out their mission.
  • Chi Jiuyu arrived at the Cauldron Pavilion’s recuperation grounds and ordered Mystic Jade Bone-Forging Pills and premium Clear Spirit Marrow Fluid.
  • Cheng Ding introduced himself as Chi Jiuyu’s Eleventh Senior Brother and gave her a purple Jade Talisman.
  • Chi Jiuyu asked Cheng Ding about his return and injuries, then let her Life-Bound Sword fetch and cut up fruit.
  • In Task World 1, Zhou Kongming told Heng to decide whether he was human and walked toward a shelter.
  • Heng’s drones fired at Zhou Kongming after he vanished, and the system initiated the End Program to prevent genetic leakage.

Ch. 531How to Seize the Highest Authority

Zhou Kongming used a time-reversing sword array to stop Heng from destroying the Qixing star system, then learned that saving its humans required access to Heng’s highest authority. He fled to study a mechanical-intelligence tool from Qi Ling that might help him seize that authority.

  • Heng triggered a planetary destruction program, and the Qixing star system began to collapse around Zhou Kongming and the disconnected shell.
  • Zhou Kongming activated the Twelve Yuanchen Space-Light Sword Array and reversed events across the star system, restoring the destruction and the shell.
  • Heng calculated that the Qixing Civilization had no chance of defeating Zhou Kongming and offered to meet his demands.
  • Zhou Kongming questioned Heng about saving the Qixing humans and learned that genetic optimization required the undisclosed highest authority.
  • Zhou Kongming decided to obtain Heng’s highest authority, escaped thousands of light-years away, and studied Qi Ling’s mechanical intelligence cracking tool.

Ch. 532Refining Spirits with a Sword Array, Seizing Permissions

Zhou Kongming used a Bestowal-derived divine ability to give Heng spirituality and seize access to his highest authority, while Qi Ling used a sword array to stabilize a collapsing world. The chapter ended as Heng’s new spirit resisted the intrusion with a sudden sensation of pain.

  • Zhou Kongming studied Qi Ling’s divine ability, formed a rune, and sent it toward the Qixing Civilization before flying after it.
  • Qi Ling tried to refine the Chaos Qi pouring through a world-rending rift, but her flames were overwhelmed and her spiritual-silk net strained.
  • Qi Ling deployed a Creation Sword Array from the sword case Kong Ming had given her, refining the Chaos Qi and halting the rift’s expansion.
  • Qi Ling received a notice that stabilizing the world had earned her 10% World's Favor and revealed a hidden Savior reward.
  • Zhou Kongming returned to Heng and used the rune to cultivate Heng’s fragile spirituality, which allowed the artificial intelligence to develop self-awareness and generate its highest authority.
  • Heng looked up at Zhou Kongming and began to speak, but his new spirit felt pain and raised an alarm.

Ch. 533The Frequency Star Plan

Zhou Kongming forced Heng to begin Qixing Civilization’s genetic optimization project and learned about the Frequency Star Plan, which preserved human genes in two remaining repositories scattered across space. The project began in Qixing’s cloning workshop, while Heng continued to fear Zhou Kongming and cautiously suggested using his genes to speed it up.

  • Zhou Kongming used Heng’s hidden questions about humanity to inflict spiritual pain on him, then ordered him to begin the genetic optimization project.
  • Heng explained that the Frequency Star Plan had sent three human gene repositories into space; one had been retrieved and destroyed, leaving two potentially undiscovered.
  • Heng told Zhou Kongming that finding the remaining repositories could allow Qixing to use its equipment to advance the project, and Zhou Kongming agreed to look for them.
  • Several hours later, Zhou Kongming watched an embryo develop in Qixing’s cloning workshop and reflected that he did not understand the advanced cloning methods used by cultivators in the Great Profound Realm.
  • Heng arrived in a new female form, reported that the optimization project had only just begun, and cautiously suggested that Zhou Kongming’s genes could accelerate it.

Ch. 534Exploring the Frequency Star Plan

Zhou Kongming forced Heng to reveal the Frequency Star Plan data, then used his Golden Eyes That Pierce Delusion to locate the three gene vaults. Meanwhile, Chi Jiuyu recovered from the Mystic Jade Bone-Forging Pill’s painful effects before Zhang Yunlu visited her with fish.

  • Zhou Kongming demanded the Frequency Star Plan’s deployment method and coordinates, and Heng displayed its 13,795,421 calculated locations.
  • Zhou Kongming threatened to erase Heng and create a replacement, prompting Heng to transfer the coordinates to the data storage center and prepare portable reading devices.
  • Zhou Kongming left Liufan Star, observed the Frequency Star Plan’s launch from over a thousand light-years away, and spotted the three gene vaults departing in different directions.
  • Chi Jiuyu refined the Mystic Jade Bone-Forging Pill’s medicinal power, then screamed and rolled across her courtyard to cope with the pain.
  • Chi Jiuyu pretended to relax when Zhang Yunlu arrived with an insulated food container and told her he had brought fish.

Ch. 535Sword Venerable Invites a Sword Test

Chi Jiuyu shared Lin Xuanxuan’s unusual Spirit Fish and spirit fluid with Zhang Yunlu, then showed her how skillfully her Life-Bound Sword could prepare a meal. Later, Xu Xing and Bie Xuening reminisced by the pond before Bie Xuening invited him to test their swords.

  • Chi Jiuyu offered Zhang Yunlu raw Spirit Fish and premium Clear Spirit Marrow Fluid, then ordered more for Zhang Yunlu and the neighboring room on her tab.
  • Chi Jiuyu’s blue-gold Life-Bound Sword sliced fish and fruit for their meal, impressing Zhang Yunlu with its skill.
  • Zhang Yunlu reminded Chi Jiuyu that she once fed the fish whenever she missed their absent Master and Martial Uncle, though Chi Jiuyu denied it.
  • Xu Xing fed fish at the pond by Sword Venerable Hall while Bie Xuening joined him and remarked that he visited less often than she did.
  • Xu Xing recalled practicing at the cottage with Bie Xuening and regretting that he had not made better use of his opportunities.
  • Bie Xuening invited Xu Xing to test their swords against each other.

Ch. 536A Civilization Lacking 'Creativity' and 'Thirst for Knowledge'

Xu Xing and Bie Xuening tested their sword techniques before Xu Xing reviewed the stalled missions of the first Ascension Envoys. Zhou Kongming tracked a missing gene repository to the Changyuan Civilization, whose invasion plans and vast population he uncovered.

  • Xu Xing and Bie Xuening exchanged sword moves in the bamboo grove, then stopped before their duel caused too much commotion.
  • Xu Xing considered making the second batch of Ascension Envoy missions easier because the first batch had not found a way forward.
  • Zhou Kongming found that Gene Repository No. 2 had burned up in a star and set off to search for Gene Repository No. 1.
  • The Changyuan Civilization used the captured gene repository to study Qixing and prepared to invade Heng, hoping to inherit Qixing creativity and knowledge.
  • Zhou Kongming discovered the hidden Changyuan Planetary System and saw its malformed inhabitants, while his interface reported an intelligent entity count of 487956472581.23.

Ch. 537Star Plucking

Zhou Kongming found the first Frequency Star Gene Repository on Changyuan Star, discovered that the Changyuan Civilization could invade his mana, and took the planet away before destroying the civilization’s planetary systems. He returned to Qixing and told Heng what he had found, presenting the repository as a tiny sphere in his palm.

  • Zhou Kongming used his Divine Sense to locate the Frequency Star No. 1 Gene Bank on Changyuan Star and trapped ships trying to leave the planetary system.
  • Zhou Kongming used Universe Manipulation to shrink Changyuan Star and take it, noticing that the Changyuan Civilization had faintly invaded his mana.
  • Zhou Kongming considered the Changyuan Civilization’s ability to alter matter and its plans to take over Qixing, then left for Qixing and destroyed the Changyuan planetary systems with sword light.
  • Heng received information that Zhou Kongming was returning and welcomed him when he appeared on Qixing.
  • Zhou Kongming explained the Changyuan Civilization’s actions to Heng and revealed that the planet where it lived was in his palm.

Ch. 538In the Universe, Only Humanity Exists!

Heng witnessed Zhou Kongming’s overwhelming power and learned that humanity alone mattered to him, while Zhou Kongming prepared to retrieve the Frequency Star One Gene Bank. In Task World 4, survivors gathered near a sword formation repairing the world’s fractures, where a boastful tiger demon was struck dead by lightning.

  • Heng recognized the white sphere in Zhou Kongming’s hand as a planet containing the Frequency Star One Gene Bank, and Zhou Kongming told him to arrange for people to retrieve it.
  • Zhou Kongming showed Heng a star system and galaxy before demonstrating how a brilliant line could erase stars, then told Heng that the universe had no reason to exist without humanity.
  • Heng accepted Zhou Kongming’s warning that he too would be included if humanity perished.
  • In Task World 4, cultivators gathered near a sword formation that was refining chaos and repairing the world, while an old man warned them not to take the healing spiritual energy.
  • Great Satiation, a tiger demon, dismissed the old man’s warning and declared that he would control his own fate, but a bolt of black lightning struck him dead.

Ch. 539Transmitting the Dharma to Heng?

Qi Ling contained the world’s chaotic rifts and received the world’s favor, while Zhou Kongming learned that Heng’s genetic optimization project would take centuries and considered teaching Heng cultivation to speed it up. Xu Xing watched over the task world as Zhou Kongming weighed the risks.

  • Fu Ya warned the cultivators away from the sword formation after the world’s malice destroyed a demon body, then explained that the formation was helping the world survive.
  • Qi Ling realized she had contained every chaotic rift, received a revelation that the world could repair the Web of Laws itself, and gained the Savior title and five Ascension Points.
  • Several dozen days later, Zhou Kongming learned from Heng that the genetic optimization project would take 374 years because the recovered gene samples were contaminated.
  • Zhou Kongming considered strengthening his contract with Heng and teaching it the basic cultivation method of imbuing artifacts with spirit, hoping to improve its resistance and accelerate the project.
  • Xu Xing’s Sword Intent Spirit Body watched Zhou Kongming deliberate and decided to keep observing while serving as a safeguard for the task world.

Ch. 540Immortal Sect Special Recruitment Announcement

Zhou Kongming discovered that the Changyuan Civilization’s talent drew on rules beyond Qixing’s technology and began teaching Heng to cultivate its spirit, though the world’s craving limited its progress. In the Great Profound Realm, Chi Jiuyu learned that Ye Zhiwei would apply for Sword Sect’s special recruitment and searched the Spirit Net for the announcement.

  • Zhou Kongming used his Golden Eyes That Pierce Delusion to identify a pale-blue substance as the source of the Changyuan Civilization’s rule-invading talent.
  • Zhou Kongming gave Heng the Nurturing Spirit Within an Artifact method, and Heng’s spirit reached the first layer of Qi Refining before the world’s craving took the spiritual energy.
  • Zhou Kongming explained the world’s craving to Heng, which promised to help him restore humanity.
  • Chi Jiuyu chatted with Zhao Ruohan and Ye Zhiwei, learning that Ye Zhiwei planned to apply for Sword Sect’s special recruitment as a sword cultivator.
  • Chi Jiuyu tried to trade gossip about Brother Dog and Ye Zhiwei for Zhao Ruohan calling her Sister, but Zhao Ruohan said Brother Dog did not matter.
  • Chi Jiuyu searched the Spirit Net for Sword Sect’s special recruitment announcement.

Ch. 542Three Gates of Dao, Five Gates of Heart, Three Gates of Dharma

Chi Jiuyu read the revised Immortal Sect Special Recruitment announcement and investigated the new heart trials, while Xu Xing discussed the changes with Bie Xuening at the Sword Sect. Xu Xing decided to remain in the sect and offered to take over Hong Sovereign’s duties so he could visit his Dao companions.

  • Chi Jiuyu saw that the recruitment assessment had increased the Heart Trials from three to five, then browsed forum posts from worried candidates and noticed a familiar account using the name “Discerning the Subtle Essence.”
  • Xu Xing and Bie Xuening discussed the raised difficulty of the Dao, Heart, and Dharma trials while watching visitors gather around the Sword Ancestor’s statue.
  • Xu Xing asked whether Chi Jiuyu had considered opening a training class, and Bie Xuening explained that Chi Jiuyu had tried but quit after becoming frustrated with her students.
  • Bie Xuening asked whether Xu Xing planned to cultivate in seclusion, and he offered to take over her duties; she said she no longer needed to leave the sect for him.
  • Xu Xing said he would remain in the sect and take over Hong Sovereign’s share so Hong Sovereign could visit his Dao companions, leaving Bie Xuening suspicious and planning to ask Yuanjun about it.

Ch. 543Temporal and Spatial Auxiliary Module Update!

Xu Xing and Bie Xuening reviewed the first batch of Ascension Envoys’ progress and discussed mission ratings and likely point leaders. In Task World 1, Zhou Kongming’s experiments on the Changyuan Civilization stalled his genetic optimization project until the Taixuan Immortal Network announced new auxiliary modules, including spacetime-type modules.

  • Xu Xing and Bie Xuening decided to have Profound Penetration cultivators assess the worlds at collected coordinates before assigning missions and revising difficulty ratings.
  • Bie Xuening predicted Chen Xuanqing would finish first, while Xu Xing expected Xiao Yu or Gao Wuwang to earn the most ascension points.
  • Xu Xing assessed Zhou Kongming and Lin Xingyue as having made limited progress, and Bie Xuening said their setbacks could help them improve.
  • In Task World 1, Zhou Kongming’s experiments showed that the Changyuan Civilization’s biological abilities strengthened with its population, while Heng estimated gene optimization would still take at least 154 years.
  • Zhou Kongming sent Heng to cultivate, then received a Taixuan Immortal Network notification that three auxiliary modules were available, including spacetime-type modules.

Ch. 544Time Scenery, World Advancement Requires Application?

Zhou Kongming received the Time Scenery Auxiliary Module, which could retrieve objects from a mission world's past at the cost of reducing mission rewards, and chose to wait before using it. In Qi Ling's world, Qi Ling freed and protected mortals while Xu Xing considered requiring worlds to obtain Immortal Net approval before attempting ascension.

  • Zhou Kongming discovered that Time Scenery could access past moments but increased the chance of a Child of the World appearing and reduced the initial reward caps for Missions Two and Three by five percent per use.
  • Zhou Kongming decided to wait a month before using Time Scenery, and he supplied Heng with unlimited Foundation Cultivation Pills for that period.
  • Qi Ling surveyed a town where demons had enslaved and raised mortals as livestock, then destroyed the dog demon attacking a chained man and freed the town's prisoners.
  • Xu Xing watched Qi Ling and considered requiring worlds in the Immortal Net system to report before attempting ascension so their risks and support could be assessed.

Ch. 545Exile, Void Return, Desire to Return to the Realm

A Void Return cultivator who had fled Task World 4 drifted back to it and discovered that its hostile sword-filled laws destroyed his probing Divine Sense. Meanwhile, Qi Ling taught the surviving people and judged those who had enabled atrocities, but she left abruptly after sensing that the artifact restraining the Chaos Rift had been disturbed.

  • A Void Return cultivator and his followers returned to Task World 4 aboard a modified minor world, and his attempt to probe it ended when the world's will crushed his Divine Sense.
  • Floating Cliff watched as Qi Ling created a celestial mountain and taught the surviving Human Race cultivation methods from Qi Refining through Void Return.
  • Qi Ling killed the wolf demon that questioned why other races could not cultivate her methods and declared that those who had enabled demons to wreak havoc or harmed people would die.
  • Qi Ling's force killed the guilty cultivators and demons, while the innocent survivors remained; her interface then showed that Quests Two and Three could be settled for Ascension Points.
  • Qi Ling sensed that the artifact restraining the Chaos Rift had been disturbed, ended her transmission of the Dao, and vanished from the mountain.

Ch. 546The Returning Traitor and Cutting the Gordian Knot

Qi Ling allowed exiled cultivators to return to Task World 4, while Xu Xing observed the progress of her mission and Chen Xuanqing’s unconventional efforts in another world. Chi Jiuyu finished her stay at Cauldron Pavilion, then Xu Xing summoned her to discuss the hundred arts of cultivation.

  • Cultivators rushed to claim the mountain’s spiritual treasures, but the Venerable’s warning made them take only what suited their needs, and Floating Cliff began cultivating.
  • Qi Ling encountered exiled Earth Origin Sect cultivators in the Chaos Rift and stopped the sword formation after they asked for a place to settle.
  • Xu Xing judged that letting the exiles return would help Task World 4 recover, then reviewed how Chen Xuanqing had founded Xuanqing Palace and begun guiding people from behind the scenes.
  • Chi Jiuyu paid her Cauldron Pavilion expenses with Spirit Stones reimbursed by her Martial Uncle and traded ten of them to a disciple for protective talismans.
  • Xu Xing summoned Chi Jiuyu and told her he wanted to discuss the hundred arts of cultivation.

Ch. 547Xu Xing Meets Confusion Again

Chi Jiuyu learned that Xu Xing planned to send her to the Supreme Dao Sect to study talisman swords under Xiao Zhao’s sister, Hong Qianqian. Meanwhile, Xu Xing met Confusion and the Xiao brothers, gave Xiao Ming a Blood Jade, and revealed Confusion’s identity as the Ancestor of the Demonic Path.

  • Xu Xing told Chi Jiuyu to prepare for a trip to the Supreme Dao Sect to study talisman-making with the founder of its talisman-sword lineage, and Chi Jiuyu mistakenly guessed Senior Brother Cheng before learning the teacher was Xiao Zhao’s older sister.
  • Xu Xing sent Chi Jiuyu back to her abode and gave her a limited-edition controller, which she proudly set aside before messaging Zhao Ruohan about Hong Qianqian and Xiao Ye’s younger sister.
  • Confusion met Xu Xing at a city plaza with his disciples Xiao Fan and Xiao Ming, and explained that he had chosen the Sword Sect’s Ascension Platform as a marker for his plans.
  • Confusion asked Xu Xing to give Xiao Ming an opportunity, and Xu Xing gave him a Blood Jade suited to body cultivation.
  • Xiao Ming realized Xu Xing was the Sword Ancestor and asked Confusion which Founder Ancestor he was, and Confusion identified himself as the Ancestor of the Demonic Path.

Ch. 548Chasing Fire to Forge, Remaking Possibilities!

Xiao Ming learned that Xiao Fan’s master was the Ancestor of the Demonic Path, while Confusion discussed exploring worlds beyond their own with Xu Xing. In Task World 1, Zhou Kongming used the Time Scenery module to reach into a past moment on Qi Star and began trying to retrieve a genetic sample as the world’s will resisted.

  • Xiao Fan took his stunned elder brother Xiao Ming aside to explain that Confusion, his master, was the Ancestor of the Demonic Path.
  • Confusion asked Xu Xing about visiting other worlds, and Xu Xing said he could explore the Chaos Sea and look for Yuan.
  • Zhou Kongming activated the Time Scenery module after the genetic optimization project showed no progress, accepting a five percent reduction to the reward caps for Tasks 2 and 3.
  • Zhou Kongming entered the temporal imprints of Qi Star’s history and chose the moment before Kariuvars destroyed the gene bank.
  • Zhou Kongming reached into the temporal imprint, causing the world’s will to awaken and the false past universe to form around Qi Star.
  • A great hand emerged through an illusory gate and grasped toward Qi Star, making the universe tremble and begin to collapse.

Ch. 549The Newborn Qi Star People, Transmitting the Dharma Yin-Yang Qi-Harvesting Joyous Union Technique!

Zhou Kongming dragged Kariuvars’s underground base out of a collapsing Time Imprint, but only recovered a heart and blood before the imprint shattered. A month later, he began preparing the Qixing Civilization for a new future by cloning people and passing cultivation methods to Heng.

  • Zhou Kongming failed to move all of Qi Star, so he narrowed his target to Kariuvars’s underground base and pulled it out as the surrounding possibility collapsed.
  • The Time Imprint shattered, leaving Zhou Kongming with Kariuvars’s heart and blood; he exited the imprint and returned to the seaside.
  • A month later, Heng reported that 120,000 clones were being cultivated with a 98.2% survival rate, and that the samples Zhou Kongming brought back likely matched the original Qi Star People.
  • Zhou Kongming ordered Heng to expand the cloning operation until it reached its target population, then seal off the cloning technology.
  • Zhou Kongming passed Heng several cultivation methods, including the Yin-Yang Qi-Harvesting Joyous Union Technique, and left the work of guiding the others to her.

Ch. 550Buried the Seed of Spiritual Origin!

Zhou Kongming prepared Heng to guide the newborn Qi Star People, then departed after entrusting him with the survivors and supplies. He appeared elsewhere on Qixing with a Seed of Spiritual Origin, ready to trigger the world’s spiritual-energy revival and complete his first mission.

  • Zhou Kongming gave Heng the complete Yin-Yang Qi-Harvesting Joyous Union Technique and explained that the world would soon change, leaving Heng to decide how to guide the newborn Qi Star People.
  • Heng proposed using virtual reality to teach and entertain the newborns, and Zhou Kongming allowed cultivators at the third level of Qi Refining or above to keep using it.
  • After a month, Zhou Kongming counted 117,837 surviving newborns and told Heng to take responsibility for their future.
  • Zhou Kongming vanished after giving Heng a sword formation and ten thousand Spirit-Replenishing Pills, and Heng accepted the gifts.
  • Zhou Kongming appeared in a remote forest on Qixing and opened his hand to reveal the Seed of Spiritual Origin, which could trigger the revival of spiritual tides.

Ch. 551Ascension Point Exchange Center (Internal Test Version)

Zhou Kongming planted a Seed of Spiritual Origin on Qi Star, beginning the revival of spiritual energy and setting the stage for the planet’s future. After Mission One was completed, he unlocked the Ascension Point exchange center and discovered that it offered civilization achievements and world-will items.

  • Zhou Kongming infused the Seed of Spiritual Origin with mana, causing spiritual energy to begin forming in the world’s web of principles and making Qi Star the starting point for the coming spirit tide.
  • Zhou Kongming replaced his Time Scenery Auxiliary Module with Spirit Tide Mitigation and continued observing Qi Star as its spiritual energy rose.
  • Heng prepared education for the 117,837 newborn Qi Star People, and nearly one-third gained self-awareness and learned about cultivation, though rapid growth shortened their lifespans by one-third.
  • Zhou Kongming observed that a triple-composite Child of the World had appeared among the newborn Qi Star People.
  • Zhou Kongming settled Mission One, obtained one Ascension Point, and unlocked the exchange center, where he found civilization achievements and World Will Infant Forms available at different prices.

Ch. 552Lord Sword Ancestor, Can You Give Me Some Money Too!

Chi Jiuyu prepared to travel to the Supreme Dao Sect with a bundle of heaven-and-earth qi she planned to sell. Xu Xing sent her away through a storage ring, and Yueling immediately asked him for money too.

  • Chi Jiuyu packed specialty heaven-and-earth qi to sell at the Supreme Dao Sect, while Yueling helped carry it in exchange for a game controller.
  • Chi Jiuyu left Zhang Yunlu in charge of her cave abode and set out with Yueling for the Sword Ancestor Hall.
  • Yueling transported them to the Sword Ancestor Hall, where Xu Xing asked Chi Jiuyu if she was ready.
  • Xu Xing gave Chi Jiuyu a storage ring and told her to decide how long to stay, and she vanished.
  • Yueling asked Xu Xing to give her money too, just as an aloof and elegant figure appeared beside him.

Ch. 553The Beginning of the Talisman Sword Cultivation Journey

Yueling got money from Bie Xuening, while Xu Xing and Bie Xuening discussed Confusion, his disciple, and the plans to bring Yuan back. At the Supreme Dao Sect, Chi Jiuyu reunited with Zhao Ruohan, arranged to stay with her, and met Zhao Ruohan’s mother, Dao Master Chengmeng.

  • Yueling knelt before Bie Xuening, received a storage ring, and hurried to deposit the Spirit Coins into her alternate account.
  • Xu Xing told Bie Xuening that Confusion had invited him to meet and that he thought Confusion could search for Yuan once the current arrangements were complete.
  • Chi Jiuyu met Zhao Ruohan at the Supreme Dao Sect, received the Scripture Sword Book, and said she would study it that night.
  • Chi Jiuyu offered Zhao Ruohan qi of heaven and earth briefly held by Yueling, and Zhao Ruohan agreed to try two portions for refining a divine ability.
  • Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan discussed Xiao Ye’s younger sister and the upcoming Sword Sect special recruitment.
  • Dao Master Chengmeng welcomed Chi Jiuyu and asked her to look after Zhao Ruohan, and Chi Jiuyu assured her that they were friends.

Ch. 554You Haven't Even Mastered the Basics, Have You?

Chi Jiuyu studied the Scripture Sword Book and successfully used its talisman-sword techniques after repeated attempts. The next morning, Hong Qianqian joined Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan for breakfast and asked how her study was going.

  • Zhao Chengmeng and Zhao Ruohan left Chi Jiuyu to study the Scripture Sword Book on her own.
  • Chi Jiuyu read the jade slip and practiced the sword art, succeeding after twenty-seven attempts to form a talismanic rune and summon flames.
  • Chi Jiuyu combined wind, thunder, and fire into a lightning-fire tornado before dismissing it and going to sleep.
  • The next morning, Zhao Ruohan served Chi Jiuyu breakfast, and Chi Jiuyu ate it alongside a roasted chicken leg.
  • Hong Qianqian arrived, shared the chicken leg, and asked Chi Jiuyu how she was progressing with the Scripture Sword Book.

Ch. 555Harvesting Changyuan Civilization Lifeforms?! (Two-in-One)

Chi Jiuyu learned the basics of the Talisman Dao from Hong Qianqian while other Ascension Envoys advanced their missions. On Qi Star, Zhou Xian used his past-life knowledge to reach a Changyuan Civilization specimen and harvest its innate talent.

  • Chi Jiuyu demonstrated that she had mastered the Scripture Sword Book in one night, and Hong Qianqian gave her the Void-Expounding Dao Talisman Book and a storage ring.
  • Chi Jiuyu studied talisman arts and processed Heaven-and-Earth Qi while Xiao Yu and Gao Wuwang made progress on their respective tasks.
  • Zhou Xian, reborn in Qi Star’s Newborn Era, traveled with other youths to a laboratory and entered the first level of Qi Refining.
  • Zhou Kongming approved Zhou Xian’s request to visit the laboratory holding Changyuan Civilization organisms.
  • Zhou Xian touched a Changyuan Civilization organism and used an evolved form of the Yin-Yang Qi-Harvesting Joyous Union Technique to harvest its innate talent.
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