Chapter Summaries

Qian Ye froze the Willow Tree King and the eight surrounding willows, then uprooted all nine so Janet and the others could extract their Thousand-Year Willow Wood Hearts. The willows remained alive but had lost much of their strength, and Qian Ye left the rest to the women.

• Qian Ye dodged the Willow Tree King's golden branches while Jiang Fang explained that his movement was Void Transfer, not ordinary Teleportation.
• Qian Ye let the branches bind him, then used a Freezing Technique to freeze the Willow Tree King and the eight surrounding willows.
• Qian Ye emerged from the golden cocoon and reassured Jiang Fang, Zhao Ruo, Janet, and Enchantress that he was unharmed.
• Qian Ye realized Janet wanted the Thousand-Year Willow Wood Hearts and uprooted all nine willows, leaving them alive but weakened.
• Qian Ye asked the women to handle what came next.

Qian Ye and the others harvested willow wood hearts from the island’s willow spirits, then searched for food and rested while Qian Ye prepared grilled fish and fish swim bladder soup. The group enjoyed his cooking and planned to continue exploring the island.

• Qian Ye and the others defeated the willow trees and collected Thousand-Year Willow Wood Hearts and a Ten-Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart.
• Qian Ye gathered the wood hearts and proposed that the group search farther across the island for more spirits of vegetation.
• Qian Ye went to the lake to catch fish while Jiang Fang, Zhao Ruo, Janet, and Enchantress waited and talked about his cooking.
• Qian Ye returned with fish, cooked fish swim bladder soup and grilled fish, and the women helped prepare the meal.
• Enchantress, Jiang Fang, Janet, and Zhao Ruo praised Qian Ye’s food as they ate.

Qian Ye and the women finished gathering more than a hundred spirits of vegetation on Mist Island, while he secretly recognized the island’s Cloud Contact Vine and the Mu Ya Crystals behind its growth. As the group left, the vine appeared, and Qian Ye kept its connection to the ancient spacecraft and its master hidden while the women asked what it was.

• Zhao Ruo, Enchantress, Jiang Fang, Janet, and Qian Ye ate grilled fish and soup, with Zhao Ruo offering Qian Ye the fish she had carried in her mouth.
• Qian Ye led the group across Mist Island and gathered more than a hundred varieties of spirits of vegetation.
• Qian Ye spotted a Cloud Contact Vine and privately understood that Mu Ya Crystals from an ancient spacecraft had empowered it and the island’s plants.
• Qian Ye kept the island’s secrets from Jiang Fang and the others, then took them away without worrying about the vine.
• Inside the King-Level Intelligent Fighter, Zhao Ruo, Janet, and Jiang Fang asked Qian Ye about the vine that had appeared as they left.

Enchantress explained the Cloud Contact Vine and revealed that Earth held alien technology and secrets of the wider universe. The conversation ended with Qian Ye reflecting on Hong’s search for greater strength and the mysteries beyond Earth.

• Qian Ye identified the plant monster as a Cloud Contact Vine, and Enchantress explained that it was powerful enough to challenge even a Beyond Wargod.
• Enchantress told Jiang Fang that a Cloud Contact Vine could be tamed by feeding it blood, provided its would-be master was stronger than it.
• Enchantress revealed that spaceships, ancient civilization ruins, the Black God Set, and the Prehistoric Intelligent Fighter came from aliens who had crashed on Earth.
• Enchantress explained that Hong had turned an alien spaceship into the Dojo of Limits headquarters and had found alien weapons in other crashed ships.
• Enchantress described universe powerhouses fighting on and destroying a white dwarf, leaving Zhao Ruo, Jiang Fang, and Janet astonished.
• Qian Ye reflected that Hong pursued greater strength so he could explore the stars and uncover the universe’s secrets.

Qian Ye brought Zhao Ruo, Janet, Jiang Fang, and Enchantress to the HR Alliance skyscraper’s eighty-eighth floor, revealing that he owned it and the rooftop garden. Vinina Polinas arrived and greeted him warmly, then met Enchantress and the other women.

• Qian Ye led the women into the Alliance Skyscraper, claiming they would get a better price for their Spirits of Vegetation on the eighty-eighth floor.
• Qian Ye revealed that he had bought the eighty-eighth floor and the rooftop above it, explaining that his strength had persuaded the Alliance’s nine great families to agree.
• Jiang Fang told Zhao Ruo that Vinina Polinas was a former executive president, an advanced Wargod, and the widow of Li Yao.
• Vinina entered the floor, embraced and kissed Qian Ye, and asked who the women were.
• Qian Ye introduced Jiang Fang, Zhao Ruo, Janet, and Enchantress to Vinina, who welcomed Enchantress to the HR Alliance headquarters.

Qian Ye revealed that he and the women had found more than a hundred kinds of Spirits of Vegetation on Mist Island and gathered them to divide among the group. He settled on equal shares, with the women accepting cash for part of theirs, and gave each one a Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart to help them break through their cultivation bottlenecks.

• Vinina asked Qian Ye how he had become involved with Enchantress and the others, and he said Enchantress and Jiang Fang had joined his side after he defeated Hong and Thunder God.
• Qian Ye told Vinina that his group had found over a hundred kinds of Spirits of Vegetation on Mist Island, including eight Thousand-Year Willow Wood Hearts and one Ten-Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart.
• Qian Ye laid out the Spirits of Vegetation and proposed dividing them equally among himself, Vinina, Zhao Ruo, Enchantress, Jiang Fang, and Janet.
• The women argued that Qian Ye deserved the largest share, but he offered to buy the portion they would not accept, and they agreed.
• Qian Ye gave each of the women a Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart and said it could help them break through their bottlenecks.

Qian Ye distributed the Spirits of Vegetation, welcomed Enchantress, Zhao Ruo, Jiang Fang, and Janet into his household, and gave Vinina a Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart. Back at his villa, he examined the Ten-Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart and learned that Demon Babata had cultivated Mist Island’s Spirits of Vegetation to find an inheritor.

• Qian Ye and the four women divided the Spirits of Vegetation, while Qian Ye kept the Ten-Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart for himself.
• Qian Ye told Enchantress, Zhao Ruo, Jiang Fang, and Janet that they had left the Dojo of Limits and offered them rooms at his villa; all four moved in.
• Qian Ye gave Vinina a Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart so she could try to advance beyond Wargod.
• Qian Ye returned to the villa and shared dinner with Zhao Ruo, Janet, Jiang Fang, and Enchantress.
• Qian Ye examined his Ten-Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart and recalled that Demon Babata had accelerated the growth of Mist Island’s Spirits of Vegetation to attract humans and select an inheritor.

Qian Ye consumed the Ten-Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart while the women living with him used their Thousand-Year Willow Wood Hearts to advance. When a level-one sea-monster tide threatened Chunshen River Frontline Base, Qian Ye and the women went to help, and he searched underwater for the Sky-Screeching Beast behind the attack.

• Qian Ye drank the Ten-Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart and fell asleep, while Zhao Ruo, Jiang Fang, Enchantress, Janet, and Vinina Polinas began consuming their Thousand-Year Willow Wood Hearts.
• A golden egg descended from space and sank into the sea, and Qian Ye recognized it as the egg of a Golden Horned Beast.
• Janet told Qian Ye and the others that a level-one sea-monster tide was attacking Chunshen River Frontline Base, so they went to help.
• Enchantress, Zhao Ruo, Jiang Fang, and Janet joined the battle and helped turn the tide while Qian Ye plunged underwater to find the monster leading the attack.
• Qian Ye identified the suspected leader as the Sky-Screeching Beast, an S-rank Advanced Lord with powerful sound-wave attacks.

Qian Ye killed the Sky-Screeching Beast and stopped the level-one beast tide at the Chunshen River Frontline Base, becoming famous across Earth. The Huaxia military recognized his achievements and promoted him, though he accepted only the honorary rank and uniform.

• Qian Ye beheaded the Sky-Screeching Beast and sent its head flying to the Chunshen River Frontline Base, causing the beast tide to stop.
• Li Dawei thanked Qian Ye for saving the base and its people, and Qian Ye left with Zhao Ruo and the others.
• People uncovered footage of Qian Ye defeating Hong, Thunder God, and their subordinates, and Qian Ye became known worldwide as Earth's strongest expert.
• Jia Yi and Li Dawei visited Qian Ye after the Huaxia military promoted him and presented him with a badge, rank, honors, and uniform.
• Qian Ye reluctantly accepted the honorary promotion but declined real authority and military duties.

Qian Ye took Jiang Fang, Zhao Ruo, and Janet to Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 9 to seek Black God Sets, then entered alongside Iceberg and his group. Luo Feng did not arrive, and the group reached the staffed passage hall inside the ruins.

• Qian Ye invited Jiang Fang and Zhao Ruo to explore Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 9, and Janet asked to join them.
• Qian Ye and the women flew to the Amazon Jungle, where they waited for Luo Feng's group at the entrance.
• Iceberg arrived leading eight people, but Luo Feng was absent, prompting Qian Ye to note that events had diverged from the original story.
• Iceberg recognized Qian Ye and suggested they enter together, and Qian Ye agreed.
• Qian Ye and Iceberg led the group through the passage into the hall, where about a hundred staff members worked under Vladimir.

Qian Ye concealed himself and Jiang Fang, Zhao Ruo, and Janet from the ruins’ testing system, then led them directly into a passage to attempt a team clear. The group reached a vast hall filled with pillars, with the trial still ahead.

• Qian Ye and the others entered Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 9 through its mirrorlike entrance and arrived in a hall where the system began sending entrants into separate passages.
• Qian Ye used a barrier to hide himself and his companions from the ruins’ system, explaining that he wanted to keep them safe and help them all earn Black God Sets.
• Qian Ye used his Divine Eye to locate a passage and transported the group inside.
• Qian Ye led Jiang Fang, Zhao Ruo, and Janet through the winding passages of the alien spacecraft.
• Qian Ye and the three women entered a large hall containing many pillars, and Zhao Ruo remarked that it seemed to hold nothing else.

Qian Ye and the others were attacked by black-clad liquid warriors inside the wrecked spaceship. After Jiang Fang, Janet, and Zhao Ruo failed to defeat them, Qian Ye froze the warriors and led the group onward.

• Qian Ye told Zhao Ruo and Janet that valuable items in the wreckage were likely stored somewhere, and he avoided answering Janet's question about who supplied the Black God Set.
• Black-clad warriors emerged from around the hall, and Qian Ye sent Jiang Fang out to test them while he watched from behind his barrier.
• Jiang Fang, Janet, and Zhao Ruo fought the warriors but could not stop them from reassembling, so they retreated into the barrier when their stamina ran low.
• Qian Ye stepped outside the barrier and froze the black-clad warriors, leaving them unable to attack.
• Qian Ye led Jiang Fang, Janet, and Zhao Ruo onward through the trial.

Qian Ye and his companions explored deeper into Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 9, breaking through a sealed room and reaching a hall of advanced equipment. There, they met the bald crystal man, the ruin’s intelligent life, who welcomed them.

• Qian Ye opened a metal door and led Jiang Fang, Zhao Ruo, and Janet into a room that sealed itself behind them.
• After Jiang Fang, Zhao Ruo, and Janet failed to break the walls, Qian Ye shattered all four with a touch and led the group onward.
• The group entered a brightly lit hall filled with advanced equipment after its large door opened.
• A voice welcomed them to Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 9, and a bald crystal man appeared before them.
• Qian Ye recognized the crystal man as the intelligent life controlling the ruins, created on Yun Mo Planet to serve Hu Yanbo.

Qian Ye and his teammates obtained Black God Sets from Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 9 after he refused Hu Yanbo’s offer to become his disciple. He then arranged for Vinina to spread news about the Mu Ya Crystals on Mist Island and picked her up for dinner, leaving her to wonder what dangers awaited there.

• The bald crystal man offered Qian Ye a chance to become Hu Yanbo’s disciple, but Qian Ye refused and demanded the Black God Sets for his team.
• The bald crystal man gave Black God Sets to Qian Ye, Zhao Ruo, Janet, and Jiang Fang, who left the ruins together.
• Vinina asked Qian Ye whether she should publicize the Mu Ya Crystals on Mist Island, and he told her to release all the information.
• Qian Ye met Vinina at the Alliance Skyscraper and drove her to dinner after she asked why they should not search for the crystals themselves.
• Qian Ye warned Vinina that Mist Island had a plant monster above king level and an emperor-level monster in its lake.

Qian Ye put the Mist Island mission aside to arrange a meeting with HR Alliance Chairwoman Isadona, whom he planned to persuade to hand over the alliance’s Huaxia headquarters for his Light Dojo. The chapter ended with Vinina worrying that Qian Ye’s enormous appetite would harm him as he ordered another thirty jin of beef.

• Vinina agreed with Qian Ye that bringing others to Mist Island would help distract any emperor-level monster, and Qian Ye planned to keep her close during the mission.
• Over beef hot pot, Qian Ye told Vinina he intended to take over the HR Alliance’s Huaxia headquarters and establish the Light Dojo.
• Vinina warned Qian Ye that Chairwoman Isadona controlled the HR Alliance and much of the underground economy, but he said he would handle her without force.
• Qian Ye told Vinina to arrange a meeting with Isadona and make the matter sound urgent; Vinina exaggerated his words on the phone, angering Isadona into promising to come that evening.
• After eating thirteen jin of beef, Qian Ye ordered another thirty jin, and Vinina worried that he was eating too much.

Qian Ye gave Vinina a Black God Set before meeting Chairwoman Isadona and Elder Fal to demand that the HR Alliance skyscraper become the headquarters of his Light Dojo. Isadona challenged his request, and Qian Ye's blunt reply left the meeting tense.

• Qian Ye finished his meal with Vinina, then gave her a Black God Set, which fused with her body and formed armor.
• Vinina met with Chairwoman Isadona and Elder Fal in the HR Alliance's Jiangnan Base City skyscraper while they waited for Qian Ye.
• Qian Ye arrived and was introduced to Isadona and Fal, then asked Isadona to let his Light Dojo use the alliance skyscraper as its headquarters.
• Isadona asked what Qian Ye would do if she refused, and he pointed out that she and Fal could not defeat him.

Qian Ye secured Isadona’s agreement to make him an honorary elder of the alliance and offered her a chance to regain her youth. The chapter ended with Isadona doubting his claim that he was over five thousand years old and facing his offer.

• Qian Ye checked in with Fal and received one blind vat as a reward, while Fal found herself blushing and developing feelings for him.
• Isadona offered to transfer her skyscraper to Qian Ye if he joined the alliance as an honorary elder, and he accepted.
• Qian Ye asked Vinina Polinas and Fal to leave so he could speak privately with Isadona.
• Qian Ye told Isadona he was over five thousand years old and offered her something that could restore her youthful appearance, but she did not believe his age claim.

Qian Ye gave Speaker Isadona a Rejuvenation Pill that he claimed would restore her youth, and she swallowed it after reaching the hotel. Elder Fal later invited Qian Ye to her suite to ask how he had defeated Hong and Thunder God, and he compared himself to an elephant beside an ant.

• Qian Ye offered Speaker Isadona a free Rejuvenation Pill and assured her it would restore her twenty-year-old appearance for ten years.
• Isadona accepted the pill and agreed to stay at the hotel with Elder Fal, then swallowed it after deciding to trust Qian Ye.
• Qian Ye arranged rooms for Isadona and Elder Fal through Vinina and reflected on the contrast between life inside the base and the wilderness outside it.
• Elder Fal called Qian Ye late at night and asked him to come to her hotel suite to answer some questions.
• Elder Fal asked how Qian Ye had defeated Hong and Thunder God, and Qian Ye said he was like an elephant compared with Hong, who was like an ant.

Qian Ye’s Rejuvenation Pill restored Isadona’s youth, and he received a Blind Vat +1 reward after checking in with her. Isadona then visited Fal, who struggled to believe that the young woman before her was the Speaker from next door.

• Qian Ye and Fal spent the night together after Fal kissed him.
• Isadona woke covered in expelled grime and called Qian Ye, who explained that the pill was clearing toxins from her body.
• After bathing, Isadona discovered she had returned to the appearance and youth of a twenty-year-old and thanked Qian Ye.
• Qian Ye received a Blind Vat +1 reward from the system for checking in with Isadona.
• Isadona visited Fal and revealed her identity, explaining that Qian Ye’s pill had restored her youth.

Fal learned that Qian Ye had restored Isadona’s youth and asked whether she could regain her own youthful appearance too. After Qian Ye gave her a Rejuvenation Pill, Isadona went on her rescheduled dinner date with him the next day, drawing admiring looks from passersby.

• Fal saw Isadona looking twenty years old and became excited at the thought that Qian Ye might rejuvenate her too.
• At dinner, Qian Ye confirmed he had helped Isadona regain her youth and gave Fal a Rejuvenation Pill so she could do the same.
• Fal learned that Isadona had asked Qian Ye out, and he said he had declined because he had already promised to meet Fal and had arranged to see Isadona the next day.
• The next afternoon, Isadona dressed up and went to dinner with Qian Ye, while people on the street praised her beauty.