Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan received medicinal herb seeds and cultivation guides from Seven Treasures Pavilion, then used the Heavens Trash Recycling Station to turn stored remains into several kinds of bone meal. With fertilizer prepared for spring, he looked forward to planting the family’s herb fields.

• Seven Treasures Pavilion attendants delivered the contracted herb seeds and cultivation materials to Ning Dazhuang, and Ning Chuan verified the inventory.
• Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan discussed preparations for planting while Ning Chuan planned to improve the fields with unusual fertilizer.
• Ning Chuan scanned the Heavens Trash Recycling Station’s skeletal waste and ordered it purified and ground into bone meal.
• The Station produced over a thousand tons of bone meal, including ordinary, Spirit Rhyme, and Fire Sun varieties, as well as Inert Alloy Bone Powder.
• Ning Chuan planned how to use the different fertilizers and anticipated the spring herb harvest.

Ning Chuan brought two kinds of bone powder from the Inheritance Space and explained how the family could use them to fertilize their medicinal fields. The Nings stored the fertilizer and looked ahead to spring planting.

• Ning Chuan carried sacks of High Calcium Phosphorus Bone Powder and Spirit Rhyme Bone Powder downstairs and told Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan that they could fertilize the medicinal fields.
• Ning Dazhuang examined the ordinary bone powder, while Liu Lan asked whether the fertilizer was affordable; Ning Chuan assured them there was plenty.
• Ning Chuan showed his parents the jade-like Spirit Rhyme Bone Powder and recommended saving it for the Seven Treasures Pavilion seeds and promising seedlings.
• Ning Chuan advised spreading the ordinary powder as base fertilizer and using diluted Spirit Rhyme Bone Powder as top dressing if needed, and his parents agreed to keep the fertilizer secret.
• Ning Chuan explained to Ning Xiaohe that the powder would feed medicinal herb seedlings, then the family stored both sacks in the dry shed.

Ning Chuan sparred with Ning Xiaohe to sharpen her Spirit Rhino Bull Fist and teach her to adapt under pressure. After exposing a false opening and catching her off guard, he explained her mistakes, leaving Xiaohe encouraged to train more carefully.

• Ning Chuan began a first-touch sparring session with Ning Xiaohe and corrected her technique as she attacked with the nine forms of the Spirit Rhino Bull Fist.
• Ning Xiaohe grew more fluid and confident under Ning Chuan's guidance, while Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan watched proudly.
• Ning Chuan deliberately exposed a false opening, and Ning Xiaohe committed to a full-strength strike that he evaded before pressing her wrist and catching her as she stumbled.
• Ning Chuan explained that Xiaohe had overcommitted and failed to judge whether the opening was a trap, then praised her progress and encouraged her to learn from the mistake.
• Ning Chuan ended the sparring session, and Ning Xiaohe went to wash and rest as their parents praised his careful teaching.

Ning Chuan planned the family’s spring medicinal planting and proposed testing their bone powder before using it on a large scale. The trial showed that Spirit Rhyme Bone Powder produced the strongest seedlings, giving the family confidence in their upcoming Blood Ginseng crop.

• Ning Chuan advised his parents to plant Blood Ginseng on three-tenths of the half-mu field, Honeysuckle on one-tenth, and leave another tenth fallow.
• Ning Chuan explained how to apply regular bone powder as base fertilizer and Spirit Rhyme Bone Powder in Blood Ginseng planting holes.
• Ning Chuan proposed comparing unfertilized soil, regular bone powder, and Spirit Rhyme Bone Powder in a small vegetable trial before committing to the medicinal field.
• Ning Dazhuang prepared three test beds, Ning Chuan applied the different fertilizers, and Liu Lan and Ning Xiaohe helped sow and water the seeds.
• Three days later, Ning Chuan’s family saw that the Spirit Rhyme Bone Powder bed had the highest germination rate and the strongest, greenest seedlings.

Ning Chuan’s family celebrated after confirming that Spirit Rhyme Bone Powder helped their seedlings grow vigorously. The family resolved to work together on the medicinal fields, with Ning Chuan guiding the technical side and Ning Dazhuang contributing his farming experience.

• Ning Chuan explained that the fertilizer trial had succeeded, and Ning Dazhuang decided to apply the bone powder throughout the Blood Ginseng and Honeysuckle fields.
• Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan prepared a lavish celebratory meal while Ning Chuan helped and Ning Xiaohe eagerly watched.
• The family toasted Ning Chuan and celebrated their hopes for a more prosperous future.
• After dinner, Ning Dazhuang asked Ning Chuan to guide the planting decisions, and Ning Chuan agreed to rely on his father’s farming experience as they worked together.

The Ning Family prepared their fields and sowed Blood Ginseng and Honeysuckle, using bone powder and Ning Chuan’s Azure Emperor Longevity Soul Power to help the crops grow. With planting finished, the family looked ahead to careful tending and the seeds’ emergence.

• Ning Dazhuang and Ning Chuan prepared the soil while Liu Lan and Ning Xiaohe helped with the work.
• Ning Chuan and his family spread ordinary bone powder across the Blood Ginseng and Honeysuckle plots, then deeply tilled the Blood Ginseng field.
• Ning Chuan marked planting holes for Blood Ginseng and added Spirit Rhyme Bone Powder to each one.
• Ning Chuan planted Blood Ginseng seeds and secretly infused them with Azure Emperor Longevity Soul Power as his family covered them.
• Ning Chuan, Liu Lan, and Ning Dazhuang sowed Honeysuckle in furrows, completing the planting by sunset.

The Ning family watched their medicinal seeds sprout and thrive unusually quickly after Ning Chuan used bone powder and his Soul Power to nourish the field. By the chapter’s end, careful management and his continued cultivation had left the backyard plots flourishing, with Blood Ginseng seedlings showing especially strong growth.

• Ning Chuan sensed that ordinary bone powder improved the soil while Spirit Rhyme Bone Powder and his Soul Power accelerated the seeds’ development.
• On the fifth morning, Ning Dazhuang discovered Blood Ginseng sprouts and called Liu Lan, Ning Chuan, and Ning Xiaohe to see them.
• Over the following days, the Blood Ginseng and Honeysuckle plots produced healthy seedlings well ahead of the untreated control plot.
• Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan tended the seedlings while Ning Chuan advised them on field management and secretly nourished the plants with Soul Power.
• Ning Chuan sensed that the Blood Ginseng roots were gathering unusually potent medicinal properties as the family’s medicinal field flourished.

The Ning Family’s Blood Ginseng and Honeysuckle seedlings grew exceptionally well, attracting attention from their neighbors. Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan concealed their special cultivation methods, but Zhao Si remained interested in the unusual medicinal field.

• The Ning Family’s medicinal seedlings flourished, drawing curious and envious talk from neighbors in Elm Forest Alley.
• Zhang Cuihua visited Liu Lan with cucumbers and tried to learn the secret behind the vigorous plants.
• Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan attributed the seedlings’ growth to ordinary fertilizer, good soil, and luck, following Ning Chuan’s advice.
• More neighbors questioned the couple, who stayed welcoming but gave only general planting advice.
• Most neighbors stopped probing, but Zhao Si continued to watch the Ning Family’s medicinal field.

Ning Chuan caught Zhao Si, Scarface, and Gousheng breaking into his family’s medicinal field to steal seedlings and force out their growing secret. He defeated them and drove them away, then repaired the damaged Blood Ginseng seedling.

• Zhao Si, Scarface, and Gousheng plotted to break into the Ning Family’s courtyard and steal medicinal seedlings and the fertilizer formula.
• Ning Chuan sensed their scheme and secretly followed them as they climbed into the courtyard and began digging up the medicinal herbs.
• Ning Chuan confronted the three men and swiftly broke Scarface’s wrist, knocked Zhao Si aside, and choked Gousheng unconscious.
• Zhao Si begged for mercy and promised to keep quiet, and Ning Chuan ordered him to take the others away and never return.
• Ning Chuan replanted the soil around the half-dug Blood Ginseng seedling.

After Ning Chuan defeated Zhao Si and his companions, the three sought help from the gang leader Liu Kui by promising him the Ning Family’s unusually fast-growing herb field. Liu Kui agreed to investigate and planned to visit the family the next day.

• Zhao Si, Scarface, and Gousheng fled Elm Forest Alley after Ning Chuan beat them, then decided to seek help from Liu Kui.
• The three went to Liu Kui’s underground gambling den and persuaded his guards to let them meet him.
• Zhao Si and his companions told Liu Kui about the Ning Family’s herb field and warned him that Ning Chuan was unusually strong.
• Liu Kui questioned whether the Ning Family had powerful connections, then agreed to take the matter on and ordered Zhao Si to lead him there the next day.

Ning Chuan waited for Zhao Si’s promised retaliation, then confronted and killed the soul master Liu Kui when he broke into the family courtyard to steal herbs. He left the courtyard carrying Liu Kui’s corpse and a dog-marked token, while his family remained unaware of the fight.

• Ning Chuan reassured Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan, then spent the day keeping watch over the courtyard with his spiritual sense.
• Near the end of the hour of Hai, Ning Chuan sensed a powerful intruder approaching and recognized the man as Liu Kui, sent by Zhao Si and the others.
• Liu Kui inspected the herb field and reached for a Blood Ginseng seedling, so Ning Chuan confronted him.
• Liu Kui used his Poisoned Sleeve Arrow and Mad Dog Frenzied Bite soul skills, but Ning Chuan deflected the first attack and defeated him with one punch.
• Ning Chuan killed Liu Kui, searched his body, took a black wooden token carved with a dog’s head, and carried the corpse away into the night.

Ning Chuan burned Liu Kui's corpse, then discovered Zhao Si, Scarface, and Gousheng waiting outside his courtyard and killed them to protect his family. He burned their bodies as well, leaving the alley clean and returning with the threat apparently removed.

• Ning Chuan used a Flame Talisman to destroy Liu Kui's corpse in an abandoned residence.
• Ning Chuan found Zhao Si, Scarface, and Gousheng lurking outside his courtyard and overheard them planning to threaten his family.
• Ning Chuan crept up on the three men and killed Gousheng by crushing his neck.
• Ning Chuan dodged Scarface's attack and killed him with a kick, then killed the terrified Zhao Si with a strike to the brow.
• Ning Chuan carried the three bodies to the abandoned residence, burned them with Flame Talismans, and removed the remaining traces.

After the disappearance of Liu Kui and his men, Ning Chuan planned to strengthen his family’s defenses and improve his cultivation. He used resources from the Heavens Trash Recycling Station to break through to Soul Power Level Forty.

• Ning Chuan considered the risks of Liu Kui’s disappearance and resolved to strengthen the courtyard and advance his cultivation.
• Ning Chuan reassured Liu Lan and Ning Dazhuang while disguising his plans for the courtyard defenses as pest prevention.
• Ning Chuan searched the Heavens Trash Recycling Station for gentle resources to help him break through his Soul Power bottleneck.
• Ning Chuan consumed purified Century Woodheart Marrow and Clear Spirit Grass, then cultivated the Azure Emperor Longevity Art.
• Ning Chuan shattered the barrier to Level Forty and advanced his Soul Power.

After reaching Soul Power level forty, Ning Chuan strengthened the Ning Family Courtyard with a formation, warning vines, and concealment gauze. He tested the defenses at night and settled in to continue cultivating.

• Ning Chuan broke through to level forty and gained the strength to fight Soul Ancestors below level forty-five without using the Five Thunder Talisman.
• Ning Chuan retrieved a damaged Lesser Derivation Five Elements Formation Disk, ten Sentinel Vine Seeds, and Shadow-Hiding Gauze from the Heavens Trash Recycling Station.
• Ning Chuan worked with Ning Dazhuang, Liu Lan, and Ning Xiaohe to install the formation, plant the vines, and conceal a Blood Ginseng seedling.
• Ning Chuan activated the formation at night and confirmed that it could warn him of intruders and blur the courtyard gate while using little Soul Power at minimum power.
• Ning Chuan returned to the attic, satisfied that his strength and the courtyard's defenses had improved.

Knife Scar investigated Liu Kui’s disappearance and found that Zhao Si and his family had vanished too, while residents of Elm Forest Alley knew nothing. Suspecting someone in the alley had taken them, Knife Scar withdrew and ordered his men to search Helsing City and watch the Ning Family courtyard, as Ning Chuan silently observed from within.

• Knife Scar learned Liu Kui had not returned after meeting Zhao Si the previous afternoon.
• Knife Scar and his men searched Zhao Si’s empty, ransacked home and learned that Zhao Si and his family were missing.
• Knife Scar’s men questioned Elm Forest Alley’s residents, but no one reported seeing Liu Kui or hearing a disturbance.
• Knife Scar concluded that someone in the alley had dealt with Liu Kui and Zhao Si’s group, then ordered a citywide search and surveillance of unusual households.
• Knife Scar glared at the Ning Family courtyard before withdrawing, while Ning Chuan listened from inside.

After failing to find Liu Kui in Elm Forest Alley, Knife Scar sought help from Liu Han, Liu Kui’s powerful elder brother. Liu Han suspected the alley concealed a valuable opportunity and ordered Knife Scar to watch it while he investigated who might be behind the disappearance.

• Knife Scar decided to seek Liu Han’s help after concluding that the people in Elm Forest Alley were too dangerous to confront directly.
• Knife Scar and his men reached the Blackwater Gang’s base at Blackwater Wharf and persuaded the guards to take them to Liu Han.
• Knife Scar told Liu Han that Liu Kui and Zhao Si’s group had vanished after going to Elm Forest Alley, with no signs of a struggle.
• Liu Han suspected that Liu Kui had discovered the “great fortune” Zhao Si mentioned and had been killed by someone seeking to claim it.
• Liu Han ordered Knife Scar to keep Elm Forest Alley under constant watch and report suspicious residents, newcomers, or sudden windfalls without alerting the enemy.

Ning Chuan reassured his family with the courtyard’s warning defenses as Liu Kui’s men watched Elm Forest Alley. He accepted Sun Dehai’s offer of information and protection, then used the formation and warning vines to repel two intruders attempting to sneak into the Ning Family courtyard.

• Ning Chuan calmed Ning Xiaohe, Ning Dazhuang, and Liu Lan, then demonstrated how the Lesser Derivation Five Elements Formation and warning vines detected intruders.
• Ning Chuan continued cultivating, studying herbs, and strengthening the medicinal field and courtyard defenses while Knife Scar’s men kept the alley under watch.
• Sun Dehai visited Ning Chuan, warned him that Liu Kui’s forces had noticed the Ning Family, offered Seven Treasures Pavilion’s protection, and proposed deeper cooperation over Ning Chuan’s herbs.
• Ning Chuan asked Sun Dehai to monitor Liu Kui’s remaining forces, while putting off a decision about closer cooperation.
• Two men sent to investigate the Ning Family tried to climb the courtyard wall, but Ning Chuan’s formation and warning vines incapacitated one and drove the other away.

Ning Chuan used the Heavens Trash Recycling Station to find a compatible Greenwood Spirit origin imprint and fuse it with an Empty Spirit Jade Marrow, creating a fourth soul ring. He reached level forty as a Soul Ancestor and gained the Azure Emperor Longevity Domain, leaving him ready to face Knife Scar and Liu Kui’s remaining forces.

• Ning Chuan searched the Station for a stable life-aligned origin and selected the dying Greenwood Spirit imprint from Azure Emperor Garden.
• Ning Chuan retrieved and purified an Empty Spirit Jade Marrow fragment, then nourished it with Azure Emperor Longevity Soul Power.
• Ning Chuan fused the Greenwood Spirit imprint into the jade marrow and absorbed it through his martial soul.
• Ning Chuan formed a black fourth soul ring equivalent to a fifteen-thousand-year ring and advanced to level forty, becoming a Soul Ancestor.
• Ning Chuan learned the Azure Emperor Longevity Domain, a growth-type domain that enhanced allies, weakened enemies, and controlled nearby plants.
• Ning Chuan resolved to test his new strength against Knife Scar and Liu Kui’s remaining forces.

Knife Scar learned that two scouts had been repelled by a strange defense at the Ning Family's house in Elm Forest Alley. He ordered his men to watch the family discreetly and investigate their background rather than attack them directly.

• Knife Scar grew impatient when the scouts failed to return from Elm Forest Alley.
• Blackie and Big Ox returned injured and terrified, reporting that moving vines and an unseen attack had stopped them from entering the courtyard.
• Knife Scar suspected the Ning Family had a powerful formation or Soul Tool protecting them and wondered whether it was connected to Liu Kui's disappearance.
• Knife Scar ordered the scouts to recover and keep quiet about the incident.
• Knife Scar instructed his underlings to secretly monitor the Ning Family's house and investigate the family's background.

Ning Chuan used a listening talisman to uncover Knife Scar’s plan to surveil the Ning family, then staged misleading signs to manipulate the investigation. He planted another talisman at the Hundred Goods Shop and waited for the chance to expose Knife Scar’s network.

• Ning Chuan’s paper figure overheard Knife Scar order his men to disguise themselves as peddlers and scrap collectors while investigating the Ning family.
• The paper figure returned to Ning Chuan, who learned the full surveillance plan and decided to feed Knife Scar misleading information.
• Ning Chuan arranged for Ning Dazhuang to visit Ji Shi Tang and acted conspicuously around the courtyard, drawing Knife Scar’s spies toward false clues.
• Ning Chuan planted another listening talisman at the Hundred Goods Shop, suspecting it was a place where Knife Scar’s men exchanged information.