Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into a poor Rogue Cultivator, Qin Huaian survived a beating by mine tyrants, earned spirit stones mining red copper, and returned to his rented room in Cloudfield Market. As he worried about his weak cultivation and whether he could ever return to Blue Star, a mysterious voice announced that Seed Number Seven had activated and began binding him.

• Qin Huaian awoke in the body of a miner after the original owner was beaten by mine tyrants who stole his ore.
• Qin Huaian examined his meager possessions, then returned to mining so he could afford food and keep his rented dwelling.
• Qin Huaian mined red copper for two days and received eight spirit stones from the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect administrator.
• Qin Huaian recognized the mine tyrants at the mine entrance but left without confronting them and rode back to Cloudfield Market.
• Qin Huaian attempted to cultivate the Azure Splendor Art and realized his progress was painfully slow.
• A voice announced that Seed Number Seven had activated and was binding Qin Huaian, whose consciousness then entered an unfamiliar space.

Qin Huaian discovered that Number Seven Seed gave him a spacious storage area and a mirror image that could cultivate and deduce techniques, dramatically increasing his progress. After cultivating through the night, he left to buy supplies and met his neighbor Su Yichen, who was heading to see Chu Li.

• Qin Huaian created a true-body mirror image in the seed space and learned that he could store objects he touched there.
• Qin Huaian had the mirror image cultivate the Azure Splendor Art and spent 6 spirit stones to deduce it to Proficient, boosting his cultivation speed.
• Qin Huaian considered mining for more spirit stones, then cultivated alongside the mirror image through the night.
• The next morning, Qin Huaian left to buy supplies and encountered Su Yichen, who said he had earned money by killing an Ironbacked Gray Bear.
• Qin Huaian learned Su Yichen was going to see Chu Li at Emerald Pavilion and continued toward the inner city.

Qin Huaian bought Grain-Repelling Pills in Cloud Field Market and learned that mine tyrants preyed on miners at the Red Copper Vein. He joined a group of six cultivators and boarded the flying boat bound for the mine.

• Qin Huaian entered the inner city and bought five bottles of Grain-Repelling Pills from Shopkeeper Xue at Rosy Cloud Pavilion.
• Qin Huaian saw the price of Red Copper Ore at a roadside stall and grew eager to return to the mine to dig for Spirit Stones.
• Wang Baole warned Qin Huaian and the waiting cultivators that mine tyrants robbed miners, then suggested they work together for protection.
• Qin Huaian joined Wang Baole, Jiang Yuan, and four other cultivators in a seven-person team.
• Qin Huaian and the other miners paid one Spirit Stone each, boarded the flying boat with their work badges, and departed for the Red Copper Vein.

Qin Huaian mined Red Copper Ore and Red Copper Essence in the mining district, using his Seed Space to conceal part of his haul while his Mirror Body cultivated with Spirit Stones. After a month, he left the mine alone to return to the market and cash in the ore hidden in his Seed Space.

• The mine managers explained the mining rules and led the cultivators into the tunnels, where Qin Huaian chose a passage he had mined before.
• Qin Huaian filled his basket quickly and secretly stored extra ore and a fist-sized piece of Red Copper Essence in his Seed Space.
• Qin Huaian, Wang Baole, Jiang Yuan, and the other cultivators turned in their ore and received Spirit Stones for their work.
• Qin Huaian used Spirit Stones to cultivate his Mirror Body, raising his Qi Refining Second Layer progress to 13/100.
• Over the month, Qin Huaian found another piece of Red Copper Essence, and Wang Baole found one as well; Wang Baole declined Qin Huaian's invitation to return to the market.
• Qin Huaian left the mining district alone to return to the market and cash in the ore stored in his Seed Space.

Qin Huaian sold Red Copper Essence at Precious Splendor Tower, bought a storage bag, and continued advancing his Fireball Technique. After purchasing pills from Rosy Cloud Pavilion, he headed for the Hall of Myriad Treasures.

• Qin Huaian deduced the Fireball Technique to Beginner level and tested how much spiritual power it consumed.
• Qin Huaian sold 53 jin and 6 liang of Red Copper Essence to Master Nangong for 8,576 spirit stones, then bought a low-grade Storage Bag for 1,000 spirit stones.
• Qin Huaian used 40 spirit stones to deduce the Fireball Technique toward Mastery while walking to Rosy Cloud Pavilion.
• Qin Huaian bought twenty bottles of Grain-Repelling Pills, two bottles of Qi Recovery Pills, and one Essence Cultivation Pill from Shopkeeper Xue for 310 spirit stones.
• Qin Huaian left Rosy Cloud Pavilion and headed toward the Hall of Myriad Treasures.

Qin Huaian sold Red Copper Ore at Hall of Myriad Treasures and spent Spirit Stones on defensive equipment, talismans, and an offensive Dharma Artifact. Back at his cave dwelling, he advanced the Fireball Technique and Azure Splendor Art through derivation, then considered spending heavily to optimize them.

• Qin Huaian sold 19,455 pounds of Red Copper Ore at Hall of Myriad Treasures for 11,673 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Qin Huaian bought a defensive jade pendant, the Heavenly Silkworm Jade Robe, Spiritual Talismans, and a Seven-Star Bone-Piercing Needle with five hundred matching Black Iron Needles.
• Qin Huaian returned to his cave dwelling and derived the Fireball Technique to Mastery Grade, then to Major Accomplishment, increasing its power.
• Qin Huaian learned that optimizing the Fireball Technique to Perfection would cost 1,600 Spirit Stones and chose not to optimize it yet.
• Qin Huaian derived the Azure Splendor Art to Major Accomplishment, improving his Spirit Stone absorption speed, and found that optimizing it would cost 4,000 Spirit Stones.
• Qin Huaian counted his remaining 6,450 Low-Grade Spirit Stones and steeled himself to spend more in pursuit of stronger cultivation arts.

Qin Huaian perfected the Azure Splendor Art and Fireball Technique, then advanced to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer. At the mine, he encountered the bullies who had robbed the original owner and stopped them from leaving.

• Qin Huaian spent Spirit Stones to bring the Azure Splendor Art and Fireball Technique to Perfection Grade.
• Qin Huaian cultivated with Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and advanced from the Qi Refining Second Layer to the Fourth Layer in about a month.
• Su Yichen told Qin Huaian he was returning to the mortal world after a Shadow Panther attack cost him his right arm.
• Qin Huaian renewed his room rental and traveled to the Red Copper Vein mine.
• The former mine bullies approached Qin Huaian, but their burly leader chose to leave rather than provoke him.
• Qin Huaian stopped the group and asked if they recognized him.

Qin Huaian robbed a group of mine bullies, moved deeper into the mine, and derived the Spirit Eye Technique while mining. A beast tide then trapped the miners behind the mine’s protective formation as Silver Moon Demon Wolves attacked, leaving Qin Huaian facing a desperate battle.

• Qin Huaian defeated a group of mine bullies, took their ore and spirit stones, and learned that miners had moved deeper into the vein to find Red Copper Essence.
• Qin Huaian mined deeper in the vein and spent 450 spirit stones deriving the Spirit Eye Technique to the Mastery level.
• Qin Huaian mined a basket of ore and found a fist-sized piece of Red Copper Essence before a beast tide shook the mountain.
• Qin Huaian fled with the other miners to the mine entrance, where three Foundation Establishment cultivators maintained a protective formation against thousands of berserk Silver Moon Demon Wolves.
• Wei Junyu warned the crowd that at least three second-rank Silver Moon Wolf Kings were behind the attacking pack and that the miners might have to defend themselves once the formation failed.

Qin Huaian and the miners broke out from the Red Copper Mine as Silver Moon Demon Wolves overwhelmed its protective formation. Qin Huaian and Wang Baole fought their way through the pack, but two stronger wolves attacked them just as they neared escape.

• Wei Junyu distributed flying swords and talismans, and a cultivator surnamed Zhong urged the miners to fight for themselves.
• The three stewards detonated the protective formation, and Wei Junyu led the breakout while the Foundation Establishment cultivators engaged the Silver Moon Wolf Kings.
• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole fought through the wolves, using talismans and avoiding stronger enemies as they followed a path toward the outskirts.
• Two First-Order Middle Stage demon wolves lunged at Qin Huaian and Wang Baole, and Qin Huaian fired a spiritual-power fireball at the wolf attacking Wang Baole.

Qin Huaian and Wang Baole escaped the demon wolf pack and hid in a cave to recover. After learning about Wang Baole’s background and journey to Cloudfield Market, they planned to head north toward human settlements once the wolves dispersed.

• Qin Huaian killed the two First-Order Middle Stage demon wolves attacking him and Wang Baole, then gave Wang Baole talismans and a Qi Recovery Pill as they fled.
• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole ran through the forest until they lost the wolf pack, then found a concealed cave and took turns keeping watch.
• Qin Huaian reviewed his cultivation and supplies while cultivating through the night, and Wang Baole later woke to take watch.
• Wang Baole told Qin Huaian about his great-grandfather, his self-taught cultivation, and how he had come to Cloudfield Market to mine while waiting for sect recruitment.
• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole decided to wait two days for the wolves to disperse before heading north toward areas where people lived.

Qin Huaian and Wang Baole headed north, found a rare Profound Yang Flower, and were chased by a Mountain-Pushing Beast after Qin Huaian uprooted it. Qin Huaian slowed the beast with fireballs, but White-headed Vultures appeared overhead as the chase continued.

• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole crossed a river after catching and roasting fish.
• Qin Huaian recognized a not-yet-blooming Profound Yang Flower and uprooted it, storing it in the Seed Space.
• A Mountain-Pushing Beast attacked, and Qin Huaian and Wang Baole fled using Divine Movement Talismans.
• Qin Huaian wounded the beast with a Seven-Star Bone-Piercing Needle and a Fireball Technique, then escaped its strike with the Heavenly Silkworm Jade Robe’s Defensive Array.
• Qin Huaian kept the beast at bay with small fireballs and recovered spiritual energy with a Qi Recovery Pill.
• White-headed Vultures circled overhead, and the Mountain-Pushing Beast charged Qin Huaian more frantically.

Qin Huaian and Wang Baole escaped the white-headed vultures and searched for a place to recover. In an abandoned tree hollow, they found a dead cultivator’s belongings, including several books that Qin Huaian eagerly began to inspect.

• Qin Huaian blasted the charging Mountain-Pushing Beast with a fireball, but white-headed vultures killed it and drove him and Wang Baole away.
• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole found a modified tree hollow and cautiously entered it.
• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole discovered a skeleton wearing intact soft armor inside the hollow.
• Qin Huaian found an unrestricted storage bag beside the skeleton and took out spirit stones, a flying sword, and several books.
• Wang Baole asked Qin Huaian what the books contained, and Qin Huaian said they would open them and see.

Qin Huaian and Wang Baole found a map and several books in a cultivator’s storage bag, then prepared to leave the Million Mountains for Cloudfield Market. After Qin Huaian mastered Skystride Hundred Transformations through his mirror body, he and Wang Baole went outside to test their improved speed.

• Qin Huaian studied a map showing routes from the Million Mountains to Cloudfield Market and Donglai Market, while Wang Baole celebrated their chance to escape.
• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole examined four books, divided the storage bag and spirit stones, and agreed to copy the books once they reached a market.
• Qin Huaian decided they should cultivate and learn Skystride Hundred Transformations before traveling, since they had few Divine Movement Talismans left.
• Wang Baole learned the movement art in three days, and Qin Huaian used his mirror body and 750 spirit stones to deduce it to Great Accomplishment.
• Qin Huaian activated Skystride Hundred Transformations and moved about five times faster, while Wang Baole said his speed increased about three times; they went outside to test it.

Qin Huaian and Wang Baole cultivated in the Million Mountains, advancing their Qi Refining levels before setting out for Cloudfield Market. After evading a Saber-Toothed Tiger, they escaped the mountains and headed for a nearby city in the Qi Kingdom.

• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole buried the deceased cultivator and returned to the tree hollow to cultivate with their spirit stones.
• Wang Baole broke through to the third level of Qi Refining, and Qin Huaian later reached the fifth level after more than a month of cultivation.
• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole left the tree hollow and followed the map toward Cloudfield Market, improving their Skystride Hundred Transformations as they traveled.
• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole fled from a late first-tier Saber-Toothed Tiger and detoured around its territory.
• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole left the Million Mountains and planned to spend the night in a nearby city of the Qi Kingdom.

After reaching Eternal Peace City, Qin Huaian and Wang Baole settled into an inn, where Qin Huaian explored a new way to use his seed space to memorize books. He began using the mirror body to deduce the Qi Recovery Pill, hoping to earn spirit stones through alchemy.

• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole arrived in Eternal Peace City, declined invitations to the House of Delight, and rented rooms at an inn using a low-grade spirit stone.
• Qin Huaian considered his dwindling spirit stones and decided that learning alchemy could provide a safer source of income than hunting demon beasts.
• Qin Huaian discovered that the seed space could record unread books into his mind, then used it to memorize the Everlasting Spring Art, the Great Jin Customs Record, and Alchemy Basics.
• Qin Huaian reviewed the requirements for becoming an alchemist and chose to start by deducing the commonly used Qi Recovery Pill.
• Qin Huaian spent 100 spirit stones to have the mirror body deduce the Qi Recovery Pill to beginner level over six hours.

Qin Huaian began learning to refine Qi Recovery Pills and decided to use alchemy to earn spirit stones instead of continuing to mine. After selling his accumulated ore, he bought a mid-grade Dharma Artifact pill furnace and headed to Rosy Cloud Pavilion to purchase herbs.

• Qin Huaian and Wang Baole traveled to Cloudfield Market, where Wang Baole rented a cave dwelling and received books on alchemy and the Everlasting Spring Art.
• Qin Huaian confirmed that his Mirror Body had reached entry-level mastery of Qi Recovery Pill alchemy and realized mining risked exposing his Seed Space.
• Qin Huaian sold his Red Copper Essence and Red Copper Ore at the Hall of Myriad Treasures for 11,024 low-grade spirit stones.
• Qin Huaian bought a mid-grade Dharma Artifact pill furnace for 4,200 low-grade spirit stones.
• Qin Huaian left for Rosy Cloud Pavilion to buy the herbs needed to refine Qi Recovery Pills.

Qin Huaian bought ingredients to begin learning alchemy and learned that the sects would hold a disciple selection in three months. He returned to his cave abode and successfully refined his first batch of Qi Recovery Pills.

• Shopkeeper Xue learned that Qin Huaian had survived the beast tide and reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.
• Qin Huaian bought ten sets of Qi Recovery Pill ingredients and heard about the upcoming sect disciple selection.
• Qin Huaian told Wang Baole to prepare for the selection, and Wang Baole resolved to focus on cultivation.
• Qin Huaian studied the alchemy steps and used spirit fire to refine his first batch of Qi Recovery Pills.
• Qin Huaian successfully produced ten Qi Recovery Pills.

Qin Huaian refined Qi Recovery Pills and used them to accelerate his cultivation, reaching the sixth level of Qi Refinement before the sect's recruitment. He discovered the pills had become less effective and went to seek Shopkeeper Xue's advice about stronger medicine.

• Qin Huaian tested his first Qi Recovery Pills, then used his mirror body to improve his pill-refining skill and refined more batches while cultivating.
• Qin Huaian spent most of his spirit stones on pill deductions, ingredients, and cultivation, and bought herbs from several shops to avoid drawing Shopkeeper Xue's attention.
• Qin Huaian refined seventy-two batches of pills over more than a month and broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refinement.
• Qin Huaian noticed that Qi Recovery Pills now increased his cultivation speed by only 1.3 times and suspected they were no longer strong enough for his cultivation level.
• Qin Huaian decided to visit Shopkeeper Xue to ask where he could find more effective pills.

Qin Huaian visited Rosy Cloud Pavilion during the rush before sect recruitment and showed Shopkeeper Xue that he could refine Qi Recovery Pills. Shopkeeper Xue confirmed Qin Huaian was a first-rank alchemist and explained how spiritual-root aptitude affected entry to the inner sect, leaving Qin Huaian asking whether pills could help someone break through to Foundation Establishment.

• Qin Huaian arrived in crowded Cloudfield Market and told Xue Lingyun a story while waiting for Shopkeeper Xue.
• Qin Huaian showed Shopkeeper Xue a Qi Recovery Pill he had refined and explained that he had recently learned the method.
• Qin Huaian refined a batch of ten Qi Recovery Pills as Shopkeeper Xue watched his technique.
• Shopkeeper Xue said Qin Huaian's alchemy was good enough for the Rosy Cloud Sect's outer sect and explained the aptitude requirements for inner sect disciples.
• Qin Huaian asked Shopkeeper Xue whether taking pills could break through the Foundation Establishment barrier.

Qin Huaian learned about Foundation Establishment Pills and stronger cultivation pills from Shopkeeper Xue, then arranged to supply Rosy Cloud Pavilion with Qi Replenishing Pills. He returned to his cave dwelling, refined pills while cultivating, and had produced thirty-seven bottles after ten days.

• Shopkeeper Xue explained that Foundation Establishment Pills were scarce because their key ingredients were rare, and that cultivators usually needed exceptional aptitude to establish their foundations without one.
• Shopkeeper Xue told Qin Huaian that True Essence Pills were more potent than Qi Replenishing Pills but cost one thousand low-grade spirit stones per bottle.
• Shopkeeper Xue offered Qin Huaian spirit herbs on credit and agreed that Rosy Cloud Pavilion would buy all the Qi Replenishing Pills Qin Huaian refined during their cooperation.
• Qin Huaian accepted the arrangement, took fifty portions of spirit herbs, and returned to his cave dwelling to refine pills and cultivate.
• After ten days, Qin Huaian had refined thirty-seven bottles of Qi Replenishing Pills, with thirteen batches failing.