Chapter Summaries

Chi Jiuyu discovered she could touch Bie Xuening’s roasted bamboo shoot, but a sudden shift in time interrupted her attempt to pass on the Great Void Sword Canon. More than three months later, Xu Xing had grown close to Wu Shi and Bie Xuening, and Wu Shi announced he would venture into the Moon-Crowned Bears’ territory to collect a different kind of bamboo.

• Chi Jiuyu failed to communicate with Xu Xing, then visited Bie Xuening and found she could touch and eat a piece of her roasted bamboo shoot before time shifted again.
• Over three months, Xu Xing advanced to the second layer of Qi Refinement and became close to Wu Shi and Bie Xuening, while struggling with whether to reveal his secret.
• Bie Xuening and Xu Xing practiced Wu Shi’s new swordsmanship, and Wu Shi used a bamboo switch to make Xu Xing resume training when he tried to rest.
• Wu Shi, Xu Xing, and Bie Xuening collected and roasted bamboo for its sweet, cultivation-aiding sap.
• Wu Shi said he would enter the Moon-Crowned Bears’ territory to gather bamboo, and Xu Xing warned him about the dangers of the powerful clans connected to the bears.

Xu Xing confessed to Wu Shi that he had come from another world, and Wu Shi accepted his explanation without blame. Wu Shi then began revealing his own past, saying his original name was Fifty.

• Xu Xing struggled with whether to reveal his origins and finally left his room to speak with Wu Shi.
• Xu Xing told Wu Shi he came from another world, and Wu Shi asked him to explain what that meant.
• Xu Xing said he had confessed because Wu Shi and Bie Xuening had treated him well.
• Wu Shi reassured Xu Xing that his wariness in an unfamiliar place was understandable and said he would share his own origins.
• Wu Shi revealed that his original name was Fifty, marking him as the fiftieth edible member of the Human Race to survive the scouring of spiritual energy.

Wu Shi revealed that the Cang treated the Human Race as food, then traveled to a Moon Crown Bamboo forest and took bamboo while avoiding a conflict with the Moon-Crowned Bear clan. He returned to find Xu Xing and Bie Xuening training, while Chi Jiuyu watched them.

• Wu Shi told Xu Xing that he had survived the Cang's efforts to develop new dishes and warned him that Condensing One cultivators were only fit to be served at the table.
• Wu Shi asked Xu Xing to keep the truth from Bie Xuening, and Xu Xing resolved to work harder before leaving for the night.
• The next morning, Bie Xuening dragged Xu Xing into sword practice while Chi Jiuyu watched and wondered what had changed Xu Xing in the future.
• Wu Shi secretly cut down several stalks of Moon Crown Bamboo, and the Moon-Crowned Bear King ordered its clan to pretend the theft had not happened rather than report it to the Moon-Slaying Dragons.
• After checking that no bears pursued him, Wu Shi returned to the bamboo forest, where Xu Xing and Bie Xuening hurried to greet him.

Xu Xing and Bie Xuening helped Wu Shi process Moon Crown Bamboo, while Xu Xing endured strict training and reached the sixth level of Qi Refinement over the next two years. Chi Jiuyu watched Wu Shi develop a method to refine the bamboo with true fire, and the chapter ended with Bie Xuening nearing a perilous breakthrough to Embryonic Breath.

• Wu Shi brought Moon Crown Bamboo to Xu Xing and Bie Xuening, who gathered the stalks after he crushed them.
• Xu Xing drank bitter medicinal bamboo sap after training, then persuaded Wu Shi to give Bie Xuening portions without the medicine.
• Chi Jiuyu watched Wu Shi struggle to refine the bamboo before he learned to stimulate true fire with mana, inspired by Xu Xing's remark.
• Over two years, Xu Xing reached the sixth level of Qi Refinement while Bie Xuening advanced to the ninth level and prepared for Embryonic Breath.
• Xu Xing complained that he was unsuited to cultivation, while Bie Xuening hesitated to attempt the dangerous Heaven-Forged Dao Foundation method.

After Xu Xing admitted that he doubted he could live up to Wu Shi’s expectations, Wu Shi decided to take Xu Xing and Bie Xuening on a trip to visit old friends. Chi Jiuyu followed them as the ancient landscape came into view, while Charm Ancestor revealed that the chaotic past had been set right.

• Xu Xing collapsed after telling Wu Shi that he was lazy, fearful, and likely to run from hard choices, while Chi Jiuyu reassured him that Ancestor had chosen well.
• Wu Shi decided to take Xu Xing and Bie Xuening to visit Shi Jiu and San Shi and their two children.
• The next morning, Wu Shi canceled practice and had Xu Xing and Bie Xuening gather bamboo essence and processed Spirit-Nourishing Grass as gifts before they departed.
• Chi Jiuyu followed the three as the fog lifted and wondered whether Wu Shi and Xu Xing had known Senior Yuanjun and Senior Hong Sovereign from early on.
• Charm Ancestor contacted Chi Jiuyu and explained that the chaotic past had been straightened out, then urged her to keep watch and threatened to tell Sword Venerable about her complaints.

Chi Jiuyu arrived at a new chaotic time node in the Eastern Wasteland Region and searched for Wu Shi, Xu Xing, and Bie Xuening. Meanwhile, the three traveled to a mountain settlement, where Wu Shi reunited with San Shi and Shi Jiu and met their daughter Yuan.

• Chi Jiuyu emerged into the Eastern Wasteland Region and looked for traces of Wu Shi, Xu Xing, and Bie Xuening.
• Wu Shi led Xu Xing and Bie Xuening through the mountains, prepared diluted Moon Crown Bamboo essence for them, and continued their journey.
• The three reached a settlement halfway up a mountain and approached its guarded entrance.
• San Shi and Shi Jiu came out to greet Wu Shi, accompanied by their daughter Yuan.

Wu Shi reunited with San Shi and introduced Xu Xing and Bie Xuening to the settlement, where Yuanjun's awkward exchanges with them stirred resentment among the local youths. At the campfire, Xu Xing shared Moon Crown Bamboo essence with Bie Xuening and Yuanjun, leaving Yuanjun regretful but too proud to thank him.

• San Shi welcomed Wu Shi and met Xu Xing and Bie Xuening, while Yuanjun greeted Wu Shi as her uncle.
• At the settlement's campfire, Yuanjun's clash with Bie Xuening led the local youths to view Xu Xing and Bie Xuening as bullies.
• Wu Shi gave Xu Xing three bowls of Moon Crown Bamboo essence and had Shi Jiu deliver another bowl to Hong Sovereign in seclusion.
• Xu Xing gave one bowl to Bie Xuening, then offered another to Yuanjun as an elder's goodwill gesture.
• Yuanjun accepted the essence but insisted she would not thank Xu Xing, while Chi Jiuyu was shocked by her behavior.

Xu Xing accepted a settlement youth’s challenge and defeated Zhen in a spar, then faced Yuan when she challenged him next. Their evenly matched fight continued as Yuan attacked aggressively and Xu Xing countered with a fiery sword technique.

• The settlement’s young men challenged Xu Xing, and Wu Shi encouraged him to spar with their strongest fighter, Zhen, while San Shi and Wu Shi wagered a Radiant Sun Fruit and Moon Crown Bamboo essence.
• Zhen charged Xu Xing with an iron staff, but Xu Xing overpowered him with his sword and struck him down, earning Zhen’s sincere admission of defeat.
• Yuan leaped onto the arena and challenged Xu Xing, then exchanged formal salutes with him before they began fighting.
• Yuan used a burst of spiritual power to stop herself and kick at Xu Xing, but he dodged and sprang aside before slashing his sword with a flaming stream of energy that drove her back.

Yuan defeated Xu Xing in a spar after learning his Swordsmanship in minutes and turning it against him. That night, Bie Xuening confronted Yuan about her taunt, while Yuan privately questioned whether she had misjudged Xu Xing.

• Yuan learned Xu Xing's flame-slicing technique during their exchange, forcing him to use Swordsmanship.
• Yuan quickly copied Xu Xing's Swordsmanship, overwhelmed him, and won the spar as the crowd cheered.
• Xu Xing remained stunned by his defeat while holding the Radiant Sun Fruit in his room beside the sleeping Zhen.
• Bie Xuening confronted Yuan over her insult to Xu Xing, and Yuan said he was fake but refused to explain.
• Yuan reflected that Xu Xing seemed polite on the surface but looked down on others, then wondered if she had been oversensitive.

Xu Xing reflected on his dismissive attitude toward the people of this world after Yuan defeated him, while Wu Shi argued with San Shi over San Shi’s dangerous plan and learned he had only three years to survive without reaching the God Forging Realm. Wu Shi left with Xu Xing and Bie Xuening, carrying a new cultivation method, as Baleful Hawks arrived at the settlement and revealed the threat surrounding San Shi’s plans.

• Xu Xing told Wu Shi that losing to Yuan had made him recognize how he had treated others as insignificant natives and question his imagined role as a destined savior.
• Wu Shi told Xu Xing that they would leave at noon, while San Shi prepared a gathering and Wu Shi remained wary of him.
• Wu Shi confronted San Shi about his plan to fight for the Moon-Slaying Dragon Race’s hoarded essence, and San Shi revealed that he had three years to reach the God Forging Realm or his divine soul would be destroyed.
• San Shi gave Wu Shi a beast-hide scroll containing an Embryonic Breath cultivation method deduced by Hong and asked Wu Shi to look after his daughter if anything happened to him.
• Wu Shi gave the scroll to Xu Xing and Bie Xuening, then said they would visit his other friends instead of returning home.
• Baleful Hawks led by a Condensing One cultivator flew toward the settlement, and Wu Shi explained that San Shi was planning to join forces with them against the Moon-Slaying Dragon Race.

Xu Xing and Bie Xuening traveled with Wu Shi across the Eastern Wasteland Region, meeting several survivors and the young Kui before returning to the bamboo grove. As San Shi neared the God Forging Realm, a Cang arrived to capture him as an ingredient for the Thousand Spirit Banquet.

• Xu Xing and Bie Xuening followed Wu Shi through the Eastern Wasteland Region, where they met Yi and Hua, who injured himself testing Wu Shi's bamboo essence extraction method.
• The trio met Forty-Nine, now calling himself You, who gave Xu Xing and Bie Xuening spirit herbs.
• Xu Xing met the frail young Kui, encouraged his training, and gave him the Radiant Sun Fruit before the group departed.
• A year later, Xu Xing, Bie Xuening, and Wu Shi returned to the bamboo grove, while San Shi killed the Baleful Hawk leader and obtained the Moon-Howling Demon Wolf spiritual essence.
• A Cang rode a Moon-Howling Demon Wolf into the Eastern Wasteland Region, intending to capture San Shi for the Thousand Spirit Banquet.

After returning to their bamboo home, Wu Shi, Xu Xing, and Bie Xuening learned they would soon have to leave again. Meanwhile, San Shi broke through to God Forging Realm, but Cang Race member Zhou Cheng arrived to take him away.

• Wu Shi, Xu Xing, and Bie Xuening repaired their bamboo house and refined fresh spirit bamboo essence after returning from their travels.
• Xu Xing and Bie Xuening discussed their cultivation, and Wu Shi announced that they might have to leave again when their positioning gemstone cracked.
• Zhou Cheng and Little White watched the settlement from above, then secretly killed the approaching Moon-Slaying Dragons and most of the Baleful Hawks.
• San Shi completed his breakthrough to God Forging Realm, and Zhou Cheng descended with Little White to capture him.
• San Shi asked to settle a few matters, then gave Hong his breakthrough insights and told him to take care of his sister.

San Shi left with Zhou Cheng to become a Cang Race offering, believing his sacrifice could help the Human Race win a peaceful land. Chi Jiuyu killed Zhou Cheng, Zhou Sheng, and the Moon-Howling Demon Wolf, then introduced herself to San Shi as a future Human Race Spirit Transformation cultivator.

• San Shi left the settlement with Zhou Cheng, while Hong collapsed in grief and Yuan and Shi Jiu mourned his departure.
• Chi Jiuyu followed San Shi and Zhou Cheng, unable to interfere as an observer, and cursed her inability to fight the Cang Race.
• Zhou Sheng appeared to meet Zhou Cheng, but Chi Jiuyu suddenly attacked and killed him with her sword.
• Chi Jiuyu severed Zhou Cheng's arm, then destroyed him and the Moon-Howling Demon Wolf with a wave of red light.
• San Shi cautiously addressed Chi Jiuyu as a senior, and she identified herself as a Human Race Spirit Transformation cultivator and the future Sword Venerable's personal chief disciple.

Chi Jiuyu learned from San Shi that the future held a prosperous Human Race and watched San Shi vanish after hearing of it. She then witnessed Shi Jiu fighting the Moon-Slaying Dragons while Xu Xing and Bie Xuening escaped with the injured Yuan and Hong, and the group prepared to hide and await their master.

• Chi Jiuyu told San Shi that Xu Xing would defeat the progenitors of the Cang Ancestor and that Yuanjun and Hong Sovereign would become True Immortals.
• San Shi thanked Chi Jiuyu, then vanished along with the Cang Race members and the Moon-Howling Demon Wolf as Chi Jiuyu returned to being an observer.
• The Moon-Slaying Dragons attacked San Shi and Shi Jiu’s settlement, and Shi Jiu fought them with golden true flames to protect the Human Race and buy time.
• Xu Xing and Bie Xuening fled with the injured Yuan and unconscious Hong after Hong had killed several pursuers.
• Bie Xuening said she had entered a special state, and Xu Xing decided the group would hide, tend to the wounded, and wait for their master.

Xu Xing treated Yuan’s injuries while Hong recovered from his unusual Embryonic Breath state. When Wu Shi and Bie Xuening returned, Wu Shi confirmed Hong was recovering and led the group toward the bamboo forest, leaving Xu Xing worried that something had gone wrong.

• Bie Xuening left Xu Xing to check for pursuers while Xu Xing treated Yuan and examined Hong.
• Xu Xing stopped Yuan’s bleeding, gave her medicine, and set her broken arm and injured ankle.
• Bie Xuening and Wu Shi returned, and Wu Shi confirmed that Hong had begun recovering.
• Xu Xing asked Wu Shi about the situation, but Wu Shi remained silent and ordered everyone to leave quickly.
• Bie Xuening carried Yuanjun and Xu Xing carried Hong as the group hurried toward the bamboo forest.

After Bie Xuening broke through to Embryonic Breath, Wu Shi urged Xu Xing and Yuan to seek the special state that made the trial easier. Yuan left the bamboo grove alone, and Xu Xing followed her to a lake, where Chi Jiuyu appeared in an observer state and realized she had been sent into the past.

• Yuan recovered from her injuries and reached the ninth layer of Qi Refinement, while Hong remained unconscious but steadily improved.
• Bie Xuening broke through to Embryonic Breath, and Wu Shi discovered that her true essence could activate a rare gemstone that normally required mana.
• Wu Shi urged Xu Xing and Yuan to cultivate toward the special state, then went to check on Hong.
• Yuan left the grove for a walk, and Bie Xuening asked Xu Xing to follow her; Xu Xing found Yuan sitting by a lake.
• Chi Jiuyu appeared as an observer, received memories of the settlement's destruction, and shouted to Xu Xing, convinced he was watching her.

Yuanjun gradually recovered from the grief of losing her parents while Xu Xing and Bie Xuening quietly watched over her. After Hong woke from nearly two months of unconsciousness, he announced that he planned to leave the Eastern Wasteland Region for the Glorious World Domain or another prosperous major domain.

• Yuanjun cried alone by the lakeside, and Xu Xing and Chi Jiuyu watched without disturbing her.
• Xu Xing told Bie Xuening that Yuanjun had cried, and they agreed to take turns keeping watch over her.
• Over the next half month, Xu Xing and Bie Xuening guided and comforted Yuanjun as she slowly came to terms with her loss.
• Hong woke in the bamboo hut, drank a bowl of spirit bamboo essence, and dry-heaved until Xu Xing gave him honey.
• That evening, Hong ate roasted meat with Xu Xing, Yuan, and Wu Shi, then said he planned to go to the Glorious World Domain or another prosperous major domain.

Hong left the Eastern Wasteland Region to travel the wider domains, while Yuan and Xu Xing remained with Wu Shi and advanced their cultivation over the following year. Three months after being swept into the Heaven Domain, Hong discovered that Cang's Ancestor Heaven had inexplicably judged him valuable and given him a three-mark Heaven Token.

• Hong decided to leave for the wider domains, and Wu Shi promised to prepare Moon Crown Bamboo essence and look after Yuan.
• Xu Xing found Hong grieving privately at the lakeside, and Hong urged Xu Xing to leave the barren Eastern Wasteland Region and help the Human Race rise.
• Hong reached the middle stage of Embryonic Breath, received Moon Crown Bamboo essence and rare treasures from Wu Shi, and departed.
• Yuan Comprehended the Logic and reached Embryonic Breath within four months, while Xu Xing accomplished the same ten months later; Bie Xuening advanced to the peak of Embryonic Breath.
• After a year, Wu Shi learned that only a handful of people across the settlements had Comprehended the Logic, despite the rapid progress of Yuan, Xu Xing, and Bie Xuening.
• Three months after spatial turbulence swept him from the Glorious World Domain into the Heaven Domain, Hong received a three-mark Heaven Token, and Cang's Ancestor Heaven silently destroyed a four-marked Cang Race member who planned to attack him.

After advancing to God Forging, Hong learned that Wanli’s mission to find a lost Thousand Spirit Banquet ingredient would take him to the Eastern Wasteland Region, so he hurried back and found Moon-Howling Demon Wolves guarding its border. In the Eastern Wasteland, Xu Xing and the others continued cultivating as the crowned wolf entered the region under the watch of an immense pair of wolf eyes.

• Cang's Ancestor watched Hong’s unusual Dao foundation and regarded him as a possible variable.
• Over two years in the Heaven Domain, Hong improved his God Forging method and reached the initial stage of God Forging.
• Hong discovered that Wanli’s mission concerned a lost ingredient in the Eastern Wasteland Region, where the Moon-Howling Demon Wolf emperor’s heir planned to search for it.
• Hong returned to the Eastern Wasteland border and found a barrier and Moon-Howling Demon Wolves blocking the way.
• Chi Jiuyu watched Xu Xing and Bie Xuening train while Yuan meditated, and Yuanjun resolved to leave after reaching God Forging.
• A crowned Moon-Howling Demon Wolf walked from the border into the Eastern Wasteland as a pair of enormous wolf eyes watched from above.

Wu Shi told Xu Xing and Chi Jiuyu that the Moon-Howling Demon Wolves were coming to take him, then faced the wolf sent to capture him. Just as Wu Shi agreed to go, a powerful swordsman appeared and attacked the wolf.

• The Moon-Howling Demon Wolf Emperor's son traveled to the Eastern Wasteland Region to claim Wu Shi as an ingredient for Master Wanli.
• Wu Shi realized Hong's message had passed through the blockade deliberately and feared the Moon-Howling Demon Wolves would kill him if he resisted.
• Wu Shi told Xu Xing and Chi Jiuyu about the Cang Race's mission and the coming assault, then gave Xu Xing rare treasures and asked him to care for Bie Xuening.
• Xu Xing took Bie Xuening and Yuan away from the bamboo grove, leaving Wu Shi behind.
• The colossal silver wolf arrived and asked Wu Shi to come with him; Wu Shi agreed, but Xu Xing cursed the wolf and unleashed a terrifying sword attack.
• Wu Shi saw a crimson longsword stretch across the heavens as the Moon-Howling Demon Wolf panicked at the attack's Void Derivation power.