Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Wu Yu returns safely from the Underground World after killing dozens of monsters and collecting low-value Cards.
• Before leaving the underground evacuation point, he activates a disposable [Life’s Instant] artifact as insurance against a possible attack by the Three Great Sects. He later removes it from the inn and heads to the Zhao Residence.
• At the residence, Wu Yu tells Zhao Polu that the Long Family Ancestor ambushed him underground—and that Wu Yu killed him.
• Wu Yu shows Zhao Polu the [All Beings Spine], which Zhao recognizes but advises burning with the [Evernight Lamp].
• Wu Yu then reveals the “Book of a Hundred Lifetimes.” Zhao identifies it as a relic of the Reincarnation Heavenly God, a True God and founder of the [Silver Dynasty].
• Zhao explains that the book allows humans, Fierce Beasts, and Eerie Beings to undergo a hundred reincarnations in pursuit of godhood. He warns Wu Yu not to use it: its real purpose and dangers are unknown, and no one Zhao knows of has become a god through it.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu acts cautiously but decisively, spending money on a backup artifact despite its likely waste. At the Zhao Residence, he sees through Zhao’s polite pretense and presses him for an honest assessment of the spine and book.
• Zhao Polu initially responds to Wu Yu’s report with casual praise, but his composure breaks when he sees the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes. His reaction reveals that the Long Family Ancestor’s longevity and body-stealing schemes were tied to this divine treasure.
• The two speak with familiarity and mutual respect, though Wu Yu challenges Zhao directly when he suspects him of withholding what he knows.

Significant themes

• Power and hidden schemes: The Long Family Ancestor’s apparent immortality concealed a long-running plan involving reincarnation and the bodies of his descendants.
• The danger of divine gifts: The Book offers a path to godhood, but Zhao’s warning suggests that such power comes with unknown risks and motives.
• Caution amid uncertainty: Wu Yu balances preparedness against cost, while Zhao urges restraint when faced with a seemingly extraordinary opportunity.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Wu Yu learns that the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes is not a single, uniformly powerful artifact. Copies differ, and its users can inherit talents and abilities from past lives, though bloodline and aptitude limit its effects.
• Zhao Polu recalls formidable holders from across the vast Strange God Martial Realm: a Living Bodhisattva who converted a city with Buddhist Sound, a Divine Elephant Sect elder with a gigantic body, and a Blood Sea prodigy who reportedly killed a Heavenly God bare-handed.
• Zhao Polu destroys the Long Family Ancestor’s All Beings Spine and transforms it into All Beings Lamp Oil. It must be burned in Wu Yu’s Evernight Lamp within a day; as a Heavenly Human, Wu Yu can refine only half of its power.
• Wu Yu also asks about the Colossal God Armor. Zhao Polu explains that if its patron is the Giant Spirit God, recognition requires strength rather than sacrifice.
• Wu Yu prepares to leave for the Hidden Shop. Zhao Polu quietly laments that they may not meet again for a long time and hints that someone is still watching.
• Just after departing, Wu Yu is called back by Zhao Yulian, who has brought him a bottle of the Zhao Clan’s secret medicine because she heard he was injured.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu remains curious and resourceful, seeking practical guidance on the artifacts he has acquired. He accepts Zhao Polu’s help but feels some embarrassment about his limitations.
• Zhao Polu shows both deep knowledge and formidable, understated power. Though he distrusts the path of the gods for a Night Watcher, he helps Wu Yu by converting the deity’s remains into something useful for the Evernight Lamp. His farewell reveals personal regret beneath his calm demeanor.
• Zhao Yulian shows concern and affection for Wu Yu, hurrying out late at night to give him medicine. Wu Yu gently reassures her, while she insists the pills may still help.

Significant themes

• Power and its limits: The Book’s promise of reincarnation is constrained by each user’s nature, while strength determines access to the Giant Spirit God’s recognition.
• Mortality and impermanence: Zhao Polu’s words about death, the lamp, and passing clouds reflect the chapter’s focus on loss and the fleeting nature of relationships and life.
• Duty and identity: Zhao Polu refuses to let a Night Watcher follow the gods’ path, instead adapting divine essence to strengthen Wu Yu’s own tradition.
• Care expressed through action: Zhao Polu’s practical assistance and Zhao Yulian’s late-night gift both show concern for Wu Yu in different ways.

Plot and events

• Wu Yu and Zhao Yulian part ways. He reluctantly accepts her valuable healing pills, then gives her the Blackfeather Flying Sword and True Essence Hand, explaining they suit her current level. They hope to meet again.
• Before evacuating, Wu Yu sells damaged treasures and shops in the Earth God’s blessed land. Frustrated by the Earth God’s refusal to offer a discount, he leaves just short of being able to afford an Azure God Pill.
• At the city’s evacuation point, Wu Yu encounters several other Tower Climbers, whose brief conversation touches on the competing traditions of Immortal and Martial Dao. The group evacuates as Earthfire Purgatory approaches.
• Back at the Zhao Residence, Zhao Polu warns Yulian not to use her newly awakened sword intent carelessly. He says mastering the Azure Lotus Sword Canon—and inheriting the Azure Lotus, one of the True Martial Nine Swords—is her path to immortality and to seeing Wu Yu again. An azure lotus appears between her brows.
• In the Tower, Wu Yu’s injuries, curses, and damage to both body and soul rapidly heal during his rest. His companions tease him about supposedly robbing people; Wu Yu denies it, while Wang Yan admits to stealing from martial arts schools with a drone.
• Wu Yu notices that Liu Zheng is unusually quiet and troubled, but does not press him. He then checks his settlement results: his actions have earned a Mythic Three-Star rating.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu shows care for Yulian by leaving her two useful treasures, while accepting her pills despite his reluctance. He returns severely injured but is fully restored by the Tower.
• Zhao Yulian is grateful for Wu Yu’s kindness and is left determined to reunite with him. Her sword talent develops as the Azure Lotus Sword Intent begins to manifest.
• Zhao Polu acts as Yulian’s stern guide, linking her cultivation ambitions to the possibility of meeting Wu Yu again.
• Wu Yu’s fellow Tower Climbers tease him and share stories of their own questionable exploits. Liu Zheng’s silence hints at a problem left unexplained.

Significant themes

• Parting, gratitude, and reunion: Wu Yu and Yulian exchange gifts, and Yulian’s future goal becomes bound up with seeing him again.
• Ambition and inheritance: Yulian must master a legendary sword art to pursue immortality.
• Consequences and reward: Wu Yu’s choices across the trials—from survival and hidden quests to altering fate—culminate in his exceptional rating.
• Camaraderie and moral ambiguity: The Tower Climbers joke about theft and survival tactics, revealing their relaxed but ethically flexible group dynamic.

Chapter summary

After completing numerous quests in the Strange God Martial Realm, Wu Yu receives a Mythic Three-Star settlement—the highest rating he had hoped for. He realizes that the unexpectedly high score was boosted by his encounters with Cat-faced Granny and Beauty Snake, whom the Tower classifies as Mythic Echoes.
The settlement also mentions an Azure Lotus Sword God, whose identity Wu Yu cannot determine. He suspects it may be Xu Qinghe, whose sect connections could help her reach great heights. He also hopes that if he returns to the realm much later, Xu Qinghe might have become powerful enough to assist him. Remembering that his prior relationship with Zhao Yulian helped him—and other climbers, including Liu Zheng and Liu Yu—gain access to valuable quests, Wu Yu briefly worries about Zhao Yulian’s future before setting the thought aside.
The reward panel offers him a choice of fourteen rewards from twenty-four, ranging from currency and cultivation resources to rare artifacts and upgraded items. Wu Yu is tempted by the millions of Great Ruins Source Points, but decides that his 2.7-million base reward should suffice and that the other options are too valuable to pass up. He dismisses the weaker purple rewards and focuses on higher-grade choices.
One reward particularly catches his attention: the Poverty-Origin Pill, upgraded from the Relic Eastern Radiance Grass. It can greatly aid Spirit Refinement cultivators attempting to break through, with especially strong effects at lower realms. Since Wu Yu’s Spirit Refinement is behind his qi-refinement progress, he recognizes the pill as a timely opportunity. The chapter ends as he considers the reward options; he has not yet made his selections.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu shifts from relief at surviving the realm to excitement about his Mythic rating and its rewards. His careful weighing of currency against rarer resources shows his growing strategic mindset.
• Zhao Yulian is absent, but Wu Yu credits his connection with her for the favorable quests and rewards he and his companions received. He hopes she can continue progressing.
• Xu Qinghe is likewise absent, but Wu Yu speculates that she may become the Azure Lotus Sword God and potentially help him in a future visit.
• Liu Zheng and Liu Yu are mentioned as fellow climbers who benefited from Wu Yu’s connection to Zhao Yulian.

Significant themes

• Relationships create opportunities: Wu Yu’s prior ties to Zhao Yulian shaped the group’s fortunes in the realm.
• Progress through strategic choices: A high rating brings abundance, but Wu Yu must decide which rewards best support his advancement.
• Uneven paths of cultivation: His qi refinement is ahead of his Spirit Refinement, making the Poverty-Origin Pill especially valuable.
• Uncertainty about the future: Wu Yu imagines how much time may pass before he returns and wonders what Zhao Yulian and Xu Qinghe will become.

Key plot points and events

• Wu Yu reviews twenty-four Tower settlement rewards and prioritizes strengthening his Divine Sense and Spirit Refinement, selecting a pill suited to that path.
• He chooses the [Evernight Lamp] and an equipment-fusion reward, deciding that high-grade Dao Foundation gear can be replaced later. His upgraded boots also lose their side effects and gain stronger abilities.
• He rejects lesser rewards, including a cache of incense silver, and selects several red-grade upgrades: pills, the Frost Heaven Divine Sword, and the Seal of a Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation. He expects these to complement his impending Essence Refinement breakthrough and replace a less useful art.
• He also takes a cracked godhead, an upgraded Equipment Reforging Card, and other powerful options.
• The [Wings of the Fallen] make him suspect that Gabriel, the little girl he encountered, may truly be a fallen angel. He selects the wings for the Twilight Witch, who needs stronger equipment.
• Wu Yu hesitates over whether to choose mythic echoes, while judging the Ancient Scroll—central to his identity—to be exceptionally valuable even at a lower upgrade rank.
• Once the rewards take effect, Wu Yu gains knowledge, stronger sword intent and physique, and a subtle reincarnation aura. His companions feel an instinctive fear of him.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu shows careful strategic judgment: he weighs immediate power against future opportunities, favors rewards that support his three cultivation paths, and considers how equipment will benefit his allies.
• His companions—Liu Yu, Bai Xiaotian, and Liu Zheng—react to the unsettling aura around him. Bai Xiaotian jokes that Wu Yu might kill them; Wu Yu dismisses the idea, while Liu Zheng explains that powerful abilities or a higher level of existence can trigger instinctive fear.
• Wu Yu’s thoughts about Gabriel connect the rewards to unresolved events involving her, the Blond-Haired Youth, and a possible “fall,” though he still does not know why she was imprisoned.

Significant themes

• Strategic growth: Powerful rewards matter most when they fit a cultivator’s abilities and long-term plans.
• Power and perception: Wu Yu’s upgrades are felt by others before they are fully understood, suggesting that strength can inspire involuntary fear.
• Mystery and foreshadowing: The wings hint at Gabriel’s true nature and the hidden conflict surrounding her.
• Interconnected cultivation systems: Wu Yu’s choices bridge Divine Sense, martial arts, Essence Refinement, and reincarnation-themed power.

Plot points and events

• Having heard Liu Zheng call himself a Foundation Establishment Adept, the group assumes he has reached that realm. He clarifies that he has actually abandoned cultivation and plans to pursue the Divine Intent Realm, possibly breaking through at the Inspection Bureau.
• Liu Zheng invites the group to his celebration banquet. Most initially decline, but several—including Liu Yu, Yellow Town, Chen Lingling, Bai Xiaotian, and eventually Wu Yu—agree to a separate private dinner.
• The group thanks Wu Yu for securing their early entry into Frostsky Purgatory. Their final ratings range from A to C, while Wu Yu’s Mythic Three-Star result far surpasses theirs. Wang Yan’s low rating appears to stem from Liu Zheng using him heavily.
• Tower Climbers trade Cards and resources. Wu Yu keeps his unusually valuable rewards hidden and reflects on two red-highlighted Mythic Echo Cards—Cat-faced Granny and Beauty Snake—which are only white-quality, unranked items. He suspects they conceal a larger secret.
• Liu Zheng spends 100,000 Great Ruins Source Points to reveal the next destination: Azure Heaven Realm—Thousandfall Market. The group can only speculate about what kind of world it will be.
• Wu Yu maxes every branch of his new Ancient Scroll Talent skill tree, strengthening Dragon Shout and Dragon Vein abilities. Its starting Dragonborn talent remains purple, but he expects it may improve later.
• Chen Lingling hints that she has a surprise for Wu Yu in the real world. The Ancient Gate opens, allowing everyone to return.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Zheng shifts from discussing cultivation to pursuing a different path and seeks to strengthen ties with the group through a banquet. His treatment of Wang Yan also suggests he is willing to exploit others for his own results.
• Wu Yu remains far ahead of the others, conceals his exceptional rewards, and grows intrigued by the Mythic Echoes. His Foundation Establishment status also gives him confidence that Liu Zheng’s plans cannot easily pressure him.
• Wang Yan hides his resentment behind cheerful claims that his sacrifice helped everyone.
• Chen Lingling and Bai Xiaotian, despite past conflicts with the Inspection Bureau, agree to Liu Zheng’s gathering; Chen later teases Wu Yu with her promised surprise.
• The group’s discussion of ratings, rewards, and the next destination reinforces their camaraderie, though their differing success and loyalties remain apparent.

Significant themes

• Unequal advancement and hidden power: Wu Yu’s achievement sharply exceeds the group’s, while Liu Zheng’s change of direction shows that advancement can take different forms.
• Secrets and uncertain value: The humble appearance of the Mythic Echo Cards contrasts with their likely importance, reflecting the Tower’s unpredictable rewards.
• Pragmatism and self-interest: Liu Zheng’s use of technology costs him rewards, and Wang Yan’s experience shows the personal cost of serving someone else’s ambitions.
• Uncertainty and anticipation: The unknown nature of Thousandfall Market and Chen Lingling’s promised surprise set up the next stage of the story.

Plot points

• Wu Yu and the others leave after completing their mission. Bai Xiaotian complains that he is the poorest member of their unusually well-connected team, then asks Wu Yu whether he found any useful cards. Wu Yu says no, having sold the cards Bai Xiaotian could use.
• Back in his own world, Wu Yu returns to the company but leaves soon after. With people from Deep Space City arriving and the company’s situation uncertain, he chooses the Old Wu Clinic as a safer place to sort through his rewards.
• Wu Yu disables the clinic’s surveillance equipment, while the Twilight Witch conceals the building with a Silent Barrier.
• Wu gives the Twilight Witch the top-tier Red-grade Dao Foundation equipment Wings of the Fallen. She attunes to them, and her eternal-twilight power transforms their appearance and alters their traits and skills.
• Wu then uses a Pill Upgrade Card on a pill intended for soul refinement. The pill bursts from its bottle and tries to escape, but Wu traps and pulls it back.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xiaotian’s envy of his teammates’ wealth and connections comes through in his banter with Wu Yu; he remains hopeful that Wu will find him valuable equipment later.
• Wu Yu is cautious about the uncertain political situation, taking sensible precautions without assuming the company itself will attack him.
• The Twilight Witch is delighted by Wu Yu’s gift and demonstrates that she can adapt powerful equipment to her own abilities. Their familiar, teasing exchanges show their close, trusting relationship.
• Wu Yu’s thoughts about acquiring more witches reveal his ambition—and his comic desire to let them handle missions while he collects the rewards.

Significant themes

• Preparation amid uncertainty: Wu Yu chooses a secure refuge and protects it before examining his gains.
• Power and adaptation: Equipment can be reshaped by the user’s unique supernatural abilities.
• Unequal resources and status: Bai Xiaotian’s jokes highlight the wealth and influence surrounding the team.
• Loyalty and mutual benefit: Wu Yu equips the Twilight Witch, whose strength and service are closely tied to his own.

Plot points and events

• Wu Yu identifies the illusory orb as a Poverty-Origin Pill, normally used to strengthen divine sense and help spirit refiners break through by harnessing the power of Qiong.
• Since the pill is within the Pill Upgrade Card’s grade range, he upgrades it. A fleeting vision of a fierce Qiong unsettles him, but he holds on, and the pill is successfully enhanced.
• He stores the upgraded pill in a specialized bottle that can contain its aura and nature.
• Wu Yu then uses an Equipment Reforging Card on a corroded necklace called Failed Son, which he had bought cheaply and once hoped to resell.
• The necklace becomes the Chain of Death and Failure, which grants the powers of Death and Ruin after the wearer dies—until revival. Wu Yu cannot yet determine how the effect interacts with his own means of survival.
• He reviews three newly acquired items: the Blood God Symbiote, Blood-Escape Cloudwind Boots, and the Endless; Evernight Lamp. The lamp is especially important to his Night Watcher identity, while the symbiote’s benefits come with a serious equipment restriction.

Character developments

• Wu Yu takes a practical view of his limited resources: his company can support his cultivation in Qi refining, but he must find his own resources for essence and spirit refinement.
• He shows growing caution and strategic judgment, using upgrade opportunities on items he can benefit from rather than gambling on valuable equipment.
• He recognizes that the Night Watchers may have more enemies than allies, so he resolves not to reveal the Evernight Lamp carelessly.
• He remains curious but wary about the new equipment, especially its uncertain death-triggered effect and the symbiote’s drawback.

Character interactions

• No other characters appear directly. Wu Yu’s choices are shaped by knowledge from the Blessed Land Caravan’s steward about the necklace, his company’s limited resources, and earlier reactions from Zhao Polu and others, who recognized him through the Evernight Lamp.

Significant themes

• Resourcefulness and self-reliance: Wu Yu compensates for the company’s limited support by making careful use of Tower items.
• Power with a price: The symbiote’s strength may come at the cost of access to other equipment, while the reworked necklace only activates after death.
• Risk and uncertainty: Upgrading and reforging offer powerful gains but carry unpredictable effects.
• Hidden identity and danger: The Evernight Lamp is both a valuable asset and a clue that could expose Wu Yu to the Night Watchers’ enemies.

Key plot points and events

• Wu Yu bonds the Blood God Symbiote by feeding the blood-colored orb his blood qi. Its newborn consciousness is confused and fearful, but quickly becomes attached to him.
• The Symbiote can coexist with most equipment, but reacts dangerously to anything covering it. When Wu Yu puts on the Heavenly Silkworm Gloves, it begins to collapse; removing them calms it.
• Wu Yu tests its shapeshifting abilities. It can become claws, gloves, boots, armor, a cloak, or a helmet, granting strong defenses and form-specific benefits. Full-body coverage is exceptionally protective and even enhances his Sword Body, though it does not affect his Spirit Realm.
• The Symbiote asks to reside between Wu Yu’s brows, alongside the Profound Spirit Heavenly Eye. This unlocks Exorcising Evil Divine Light, a blood-colored beam that can damage monsters and the divinely favored, and Blood God Garment, which imitates the True Spirit Robe’s defense. Wu Yu tests the beam, then decides the Symbiote can remain there.
• Wu Yu asks the Twilight Witch about her Wings of the Fallen. She demonstrates their sorrowful, despairing wings, then accepts additional equipment from him.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu moves from caution to trust as he learns that the Symbiote is cooperative but sensitive to being covered by other gear. He experiments methodically and is impressed by its versatility.
• The newly born Blood God Spawn communicates its needs directly, choosing Wu Yu’s brow as its resting place. Wu Yu accommodates it and incorporates its abilities into his fighting style.
• The Twilight Witch remains loyal and relaxed around Wu Yu. She demonstrates her wings and playfully teases him about the intimate equipment he gives her, while promising to change into it later.

Significant themes

• Symbiosis and trust: Wu Yu’s power grows through cooperation with a living piece of equipment rather than simple ownership.
• Adaptability and trade-offs: The Symbiote offers many forms and powerful defenses, but its compatibility limits and blood-qi cost require judgment.
• Power through integration: Combining the Symbiote with Wu Yu’s Heavenly Eye creates a new weapon, though its strength remains constrained by his current cultivation.
• Loyalty and intimacy: The exchanges with the Twilight Witch reinforce their familiar, affectionate master-servant relationship.

Key plot points and events

• After reviewing his settlement rewards, Wu Yu rests at the Old Wu Clinic while waiting for his uncle, Wu Yang.
• Wu Yang returns late at night and is startled by Wu Yu’s presence—and by Huang, the beautiful woman beside him. Wu Yu briefly leaks his life aura upon waking, frightening Wu Yang, then conceals it.
• Wu Yu tells Wu Yang that the family will move back to the completed Dragonblood Lake Complex the next day. He warns his uncle to keep secret the strange changes caused by Wu Yu’s Foundation Establishment and gives him valuable pills meant for mortals, stressing that he must not sell them.
• Wu Yang plans to continue working as a Cybernetic Doctor in the Black Market, where Wu Yu’s new status should help protect him.
• The following day, the complex’s defenses are rebuilt. Mo Bufan completes the formation dome using spells and spirit stones, restoring the complex’s composite formation.
• Wu Yu thanks Mo Bufan, but learns his weakened condition is unrelated to the work: Mo Bufan recently nearly beat a man from Deep Space City after his wife ran to greet the man, and the incident has made him the target of online ridicule.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu shows concern for his family’s safety and well-being, discreetly protecting his secret and providing carefully chosen medicine for his parents and uncle. He remains awkwardly protective—and sometimes exasperated—toward Wu Yang.
• Wu Yang is relieved to see Wu Yu, accepts the pills responsibly, and appears confident that he can manage his Black Market move with his nephew’s backing. His loose social life remains a source of teasing.
• Mo Bufan proves his skill and dedication by restoring the formation despite becoming visibly exhausted. His private marital turmoil emerges through Liu Tianming’s gossip.
• Liu Tianming quietly explains the reason for Mo Bufan’s distress, while True Person Li handles the remaining work at the complex and discusses the resources needed to power it.
• Wu Yu casually introduces Huang as his girlfriend; Wu Yang reacts enthusiastically, though he relaxes once he learns she does not work for the company.

Significant themes

• Family loyalty and secrecy: Wu Yu protects his relatives by sharing resources while insisting they keep his unusual transformation hidden.
• Security and rebuilding: The restored formation represents the family’s effort to reclaim a safe home amid a precarious world.
• Status and social networks: Wu Yang’s ability to operate in the Black Market depends on relationships and on the protection his nephew’s new rank provides.
• Public judgment and private trouble: Mo Bufan’s domestic conflict becomes public spectacle, showing how personal crises can be amplified by online mockery.

Key plot points and events

• Wu Yu learns that Mo Bufan has forgiven his girlfriend despite her public scandal. The company is containing the online backlash, but can do little to stop widespread discussion.
• The complex’s new protective array stabilizes, allowing residents to return to homes rebuilt exactly as before.
• Since Wu Yu destroyed the Dragonblood Lake Complex when he reached Foundation Establishment, he visits residents to apologize and offers gifts as compensation. His sincerity turns the visits into a chance to make acquaintances.
• He meets the Man in Blue and Zhao Huling. The man acknowledges Wu Yu’s past help to Huling and asks him to be patient with her mischief.
• Wu Yu’s parents settle back into their restored villa, bickering over ordinary household matters. Wu Yu is relieved they have suffered no lasting distress.
• Three days later, Wu Yu concludes that the Golden Spirit Earth-Origin Pill has brought his blood qi to its limit. He is ready to leave the Essence Refinement Path and prepare for the Divine Intent Realm.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu takes responsibility for the destruction he caused rather than avoiding the residents. His considerate apologies earn their goodwill. He also shows concern for his parents and remains on friendly terms with Zhao Huling.
• Mo Bufan is portrayed as stubbornly devoted to his girlfriend, even when others believe she has disgraced him.
• Wu Yu’s parents quickly resume their familiar domestic squabbles, reassuring Wu Yu that they are coping well.
• The Twilight Witch remains affectionate and mischievous. Her blood-draining needs have delayed Wu Yu’s cultivation slightly, though the Spirit Realm helps restore his blood qi.

Significant themes

• Responsibility and reconciliation: Wu Yu acknowledges the harm he caused and makes a sincere effort to repair relationships.
• Devotion versus clear judgment: Mo Bufan’s forgiveness contrasts with the company’s skepticism about his relationship.
• Cultivation alongside everyday life: Extraordinary powers and dangerous curses coexist with family bickering, social obligations, and domestic comforts.
• Progress and its costs: Wu Yu reaches the limit of one cultivation path, but his progress is shaped by both powerful resources and the demands of those close to him.

Key plot points and events

• After completing Foundation Establishment, Wu Yu decides to cultivate patiently and use the resources he has acquired to advance his Essence and Soul Refinement paths. He jokes about abandoning his ideal of natural body refinement in favor of medicinal supplements.
• Wu Yu trains his martial skills, which have advanced to Dao Foundation rank. The Seal of a Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation has fused with the eerie Book of a Hundred Lifetimes, while the Twilight Witch practices using the Wings of the Fallen.
• The Higher Academy’s principal summons Wu Yu. Expecting the principal may want to recruit him, Wu Yu leaves for the Academy.
• Meanwhile, in Apocalypse Town, tattooed men arrive at Wu Yu’s younger cousin’s home under the pretense of collecting a debt. Zhao Xiaoming kills them with supernatural black rats and warns the cousin that the attack was arranged and may not be over. He tells her to contact Wu Yu.
• At the Academy gates, Qian True Person meets Wu Yu and congratulates him on Foundation Establishment, praising his good fortune and prospects.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu is newly established as a True Person and balances excitement over his advancement with a more measured approach to cultivation. He continues training despite relying heavily on powerful abilities and talismans.
• The Twilight Witch grows more capable with the Wings of the Fallen and spars with Wu Yu, who is outmatched without using spirit-realm power. Their relationship remains playful and intimate.
• Zhao Xiaoming acts protectively toward Wu Yu’s cousin, swiftly eliminating the attackers but recognizing that the threat likely has a larger source.
• Qian True Person serves as the Academy’s welcoming intermediary, openly admiring Wu Yu’s rapid rise.

Significant themes

• Power and cultivation: Wu Yu’s progress reflects both disciplined training and access to extraordinary resources.
• Protection amid hidden threats: The attack on his cousin suggests danger is closing in beyond the Academy, even as Wu Yu’s status rises.
• Ambition and opportunity: Wu Yu’s achievements attract institutional attention, raising the possibility of recruitment and shifting alliances.

Plot points and events

• Qian True Person escorts Wu Yu to meet the principal and explains that the academy was surprised he reached Foundation Establishment while still a student. He also reflects on the advantages enjoyed by early Tower Climbers—and the risks of not returning.
• On the way, Wu Yu notices a crowd and stops to help when he recognizes his friend Chen Feng. Chen Feng’s father, now a powerful Divine Intent Realm martial artist, is angrily confronting him in public after striking him.
• Wu Yu intervenes with a respectful appeal. Chen Feng’s father restrains his anger and takes his son away, while Li Qingqing and her handsome male companion leave as well.
• Wu Yu and Qian continue to the academic affairs building. Qian suggests Wu Yu consider part-time work at the academy alongside a company job.
• The academy’s director introduces Zhou Jing as the new principal. Wu Yu recognizes she is not the principal he previously met, but keeps his reaction hidden. Zhou congratulates him on becoming a True Person and presents him with a part-time employment contract.

Character developments

• Wu Yu appears composed and self-possessed, even when surprised. His Divine Sense and Blood God Spawn let him assess the situation quickly, and he uses his influence to calm Chen Feng’s father without escalating the conflict.
• Chen Feng’s father has made a major breakthrough to the Divine Intent Realm. His power and changed appearance contrast with his fierce, paternal anger toward his son.
• Chen Feng is shown in a vulnerable position, but his grateful glance suggests he values Wu Yu’s help.
• Qian True Person treats Wu Yu as an unusually accomplished graduate and tries to guide him toward employment at the academy.
• Zhou Jing is introduced as the new principal. Though she looks frail and unwell, she speaks confidently and makes a direct offer to Wu Yu.

Character interactions

• Qian and Wu Yu discuss Wu Yu’s rapid advancement, the Tower, and possible post-graduation work.
• Wu Yu steps between Chen Feng and his father, urging the older man not to make a scene; Chen Feng’s father listens, then removes Chen Feng from the crowd.
• Wu Yu avoids intervening in the apparent conflict involving Chen Feng, Li Qingqing, and her companion beyond dispersing the immediate confrontation.
• Zhou Jing addresses Wu Yu directly with congratulations and a contract offer, while Qian watches for his reaction.

Significant themes

• Opportunity and risk: Early access to the Tower can create lasting advantages, but survival is uncertain.
• Power and status: Wu Yu’s new rank changes how others regard him, while Chen Feng’s father’s breakthrough reshapes the balance around his family.
• Restraint and public conduct: Wu Yu uses authority to defuse a volatile scene rather than inflame it.
• Work and ambition: The academy’s offer frames Wu Yu’s future as a choice between, or combination of, institutional and company work.

Key plot points and events

• Principal Zhou offers Wu Yu a part-time teaching post at the Higher Academy. The contract would give him access to valuable Tower resources, corporate goods, and networking opportunities, but also requires cooperation with Tower Climbers and at least ten classes a month.
• Wu Yu declines, preferring to devote his free time to cultivation. Zhou accepts the decision and arranges for his graduation to be processed in a month.
• After Wu Yu leaves, Zhou reveals that she is An Jiaye’s disciple. An Jiaye is interested in Wu Yu’s rapid progress and suspects he has exceptional talent. He orders the Academy’s laboratories shut down, despite Zhou’s objections about the indebted students being used in its program.
• Wu Yu heads to the Battle Hotel to meet Chen’s Father and seek martial-arts legacies. A female Martial Artist provokes him, and Wu Yu restrains her with his Divine Sense. Chen’s Father breaks the pressure, then slaps her for falsely accusing Wu Yu.
• Chen’s Father explains that other divine-intent Martial Artists had insisted on testing Wu Yu, and he had hurried over when he heard what was happening.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu remains committed to cultivation and turns down an attractive career opportunity rather than take on teaching duties. He also shows confidence in his power, while staying patient about advancing his martial-arts realm.
• Zhou Jing tries to recruit Wu Yu but respects his refusal. Though she questions An Jiaye’s order to close the laboratories, she ultimately obeys.
• An Jiaye takes an interest in Wu Yu’s talent and exercises authority over Zhou Jing, ordering the laboratories shut down.
• Chen’s Father welcomes Wu Yu and protects him from the hotel’s staged provocation, acknowledging that the “test” was mishandled.
• The brief clash between Wu Yu and the female Martial Artist establishes the gap between his power and hers; Chen’s Father’s swift intervention reinforces his loyalty to Wu Yu.

Significant themes

• Cultivation versus worldly opportunity: Wu Yu rejects material and professional benefits to preserve time for his own advancement.
• Power, talent, and testing: Wu Yu’s rapid growth draws attention from influential figures and prompts others to test him.
• Authority and complicity: Zhou’s obedience to An Jiaye contrasts with her unease about the Academy’s exploitative laboratory program.

Key plot points and events

• Wu Yu meets Chen’s father, who provides the materials Wu Yu requested about the martial-art path. Chen’s father explains that some powerful martial artists have explored immortal cultivation, though with limited success.
• Chen Feng appears bruised and miserable. His father complains that Chen repeatedly forgives his girlfriend, even after she nearly got him killed. Wu Yu initially suggests letting Chen make his own choices, but backs off when he learns how serious the danger was.
• Several members of the Electromagnetic Martial Arts Society arrive. One, Xiao Xu, has apparently arranged a provocative welcome for Wu Yu; the society’s white-robed president intervenes, apologizes, and explains that they wanted to meet Wu because he practices immortal-martial dual cultivation.
• The president invites Wu Yu to join the society, a small group of Tower Climbers who practice electromagnetic martial arts and share resources. Wu Yu declines because of his company responsibilities.
• Wu Yu notices that a silver device nearby contains a large amount of unusually potent blood-qi material, though he cannot identify it.
• The society gives Wu twelve metal “Encrypted Books” containing information on the Divine Intent Realm, breakthrough methods, and valuable records of past martial artists’ breakthroughs. Wu Yu activates them with blood-and-qi power and begins reading.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu remains cautious and courteous. He declines recruitment, quietly has the Twilight Witch record the members’ faces and auras, and recognizes the value of the breakthrough records.
• Chen’s father is protective and exasperated with his son, but remains a helpful host to Wu Yu.
• Chen Feng is shown to have improved in both essence refinement and qi refining, apparently through innate talent associated with his Evil Cultivator nature. His reckless romantic choices remain a source of conflict with his father.
• Xiao Xu initially provokes Wu Yu, but quickly apologizes when the president rebukes him.
• The white-robed president acts as a conciliatory leader, smoothing over the awkward introduction and offering Wu Yu both membership and useful materials.

Significant themes and new information

• The chapter highlights the growing overlap between immortal cultivation and martial arts, as groups seek out practitioners who combine the two.
• Martial progression: Transcendent Martial Artists enter the Divine Strength Realm after perfecting body tempering and opening the Transcendent Gate. The next stage, the Divine Intent Realm, requires uniting nine strands of divine power into a personal divine intent—also known in ancient times as a dharma form.
• Knowledge and cooperation are valuable resources: the society’s members advance by exchanging materials, while firsthand breakthrough records are especially rare and important.

Plot points and events

• Wu Yu studies the Martial Artist path and learns how Divine Intent Realm practitioners combine nine strands of divine power into a unique Dharma Form. Martial Artists’ power can surpass even the formidable weapons of the Great Cataclysm.
• He discovers that a breakthrough depends on collecting or cultivating intents to nourish and strengthen the Dharma Form. Wu Yu already has several promising intents, including sword intent, reincarnation, and the azure dragon intent.
• Chen’s Father explains that the Electromagnetic Martial Arts Society can supply a breakthrough secret art and rare cosmic materials, but only to members. He shows Wu Yu a Nine-Star Origin Stone containing magnetic thunder.
• Wu Yu declines to join, asks about buying materials, and leaves without obtaining the secret art. Chen’s Father offers to ask other Tower Climbers for help.
• After Wu Yu departs, the White-Robed President learns that Xiao Xu failed to replicate Wu Yu’s ability. He angrily berates him.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu shows an increasingly strong grasp of martial cultivation and recognizes that his existing intents could make his eventual Dharma Form unusually powerful. He remains independent, politely refusing the society’s recruitment offer.
• Chen’s Father is generous and enthusiastic, sharing the society’s resources and offering to help, though Wu Yu privately doubts he can find a solution.
• The White-Robed President reveals a ruthless, domineering side as he demands that Xiao Xu copy Wu Yu’s ability.
• Xiao Xu admits that Wu Yu’s mind and will are beyond his capacity to imitate.

Significant themes

• Martial power is presented as a direct, forceful path capable of rendering advanced technology obsolete.
• Breakthroughs depend not only on strength but on insight: intents shape the potential of a practitioner’s Dharma Form.
• Knowledge and cultivation resources are controlled by powerful organizations, creating tension between independence and institutional access.
• The President’s demand to copy Wu Yu’s ability introduces a theme of corporate appropriation and exploitation.

Key plot points and events

• The Antarctic Group’s White-Robed President reprimands Xiao Xu for failing to break Wu Yu’s resolve. He recognizes Wu Yu’s exceptional blood qi and body-tempering ability, suspects the Tower granted him a divine ability, and decides not to risk a direct confrontation.
• Instead, the President orders a gift of Purple Sky Meteorite and the Antarctic Purple Sky Divine Intent Secret Art. The aim is to draw Wu Yu to the Antarctic Group later for more advanced techniques. The group abandons its attempt to replicate his ability and refocuses on exploiting Tower resources.
• In a flying car, Wu Yu watches news about Tower Climbers whose newfound powers have caused chaos and drawn swift crackdowns from corporations and authorities.
• Yu Tiezhu calls Wu Yu to borrow 10,000 for medical treatment after an incident left him needing a medical pod. His trading access has been suspended, and he has spent much of his money on cultivation resources for his children. Wu Yu lends him the money and advises him to focus on becoming strong enough to protect them.
• After the call, Wu Yu receives another request—from Manager Lin—and reacts with sudden alertness.

Character developments and interactions

• The White-Robed President shifts from anger at Xiao Xu to a calculated strategy: he sees Wu Yu as valuable and chooses inducement over force.
• Xiao Xu accepts the President’s criticism and follows orders, though he initially fails to understand the gift’s strategic purpose.
• Wu Yu remains detached from the wider turmoil but shows practical generosity toward Yu Tiezhu, while warning him against sacrificing his own strength for his children.
• Yu Tiezhu is embarrassed and financially strained, yet devoted to helping his children cultivate. Wu Yu’s loan and advice reveal the limits of their casual acquaintance—and Wu Yu’s willingness to help without taking control of his choices.

Significant themes

• Power and strategic influence: Groups seek to control or attract people with rare abilities.
• Opportunity and disorder: The Tower’s gifts create both extraordinary powers and public disruption.
• Family duty versus self-preservation: Yu Tiezhu prioritizes his children, while Wu Yu argues that strengthening himself is also a way to protect them.
• Generosity and personal autonomy: Wu Yu helps Yu Tiezhu but leaves his family decisions to him.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Shouyuan summons Wu Yu to Star River Group and asks about his plan to cultivate both the Immortal and Martial paths. He warns that Zheng Ru has resigned, leaving the company without another specialist to guide him.
• Lin explains the three major transcendent systems: the Immortal Dao’s Spirit Realm, the Martial Dao’s dharma form, and augmented humans’ union of spirit and flesh.
• The central danger of immortal-martial cultivation is that both the Spirit Realm and dharma form require merging psionic organs. At the Martial Dao’s divine-intent breakthrough, Wu Yu’s Spirit Realm would be forcibly incorporated into his dharma form.
• Wu Yu remains composed, reasoning that Lin must know a solution. Lin reveals he has prepared what Wu Yu needs, admitting his warning was partly meant to frighten him.
• Lin asks to see a projection of Wu Yu’s Spirit Realm. Wu Yu agrees, but Lin’s reaction turns sour, and he asks whether Wu Yu has “smashed someone” with it.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu shows curiosity and growing confidence. Rather than panicking at the apparent danger, he trusts that a solution exists and allows Lin to inspect his Spirit Realm.
• Lin Shouyuan acts as an experienced mentor, giving Wu Yu unusually comprehensive guidance. His teasing warning gives way to genuine concern when he sees the Spirit Realm.
• Their conversation is cooperative and candid: Lin shares sensitive cultivation knowledge, while Wu Yu responds openly and follows his advice.

Significant themes

• The risks of combining paths: Different cultivation systems can interact in dangerous, unexpected ways.
• Knowledge as protection: Understanding the rules of cultivation helps Wu Yu assess threats and make informed choices.
• Unconventional power: Wu Yu’s Spirit Realm appears unusual enough to provoke alarm, hinting that his cultivation may defy ordinary expectations.

Key plot points and events

• Wu Yu reveals that he used his newly formed Spirit Realm to crush enemies. Lin Shouyuan explains that a Spirit Realm is a fragile, newborn world: forcing it against the Greater World can crack, distort, or contaminate it.
• Wu Yu’s Spirit Realm has suffered many cracks, though its unusual, irregular nature has kept them from causing serious harm so far. Lin warns that they could worsen as Wu Yu advances and advises him to seek repairs from beings within the Torch Dragon Lineage’s Spirit Realm.
• Lin emphasizes that River City lacks many resources regardless of money, and urges Wu Yu to make good use of the opportunity offered by the Tower while balancing caution with courage.
• The Man in Blue gives Wu Yu a Space Chip containing a Divine Intent Secret Art, Cold Marrow Spiritwood, and the foundational Spirit Realm Separation Method.
• Asked about Wu Yu’s recent contacts, the Man in Blue identifies people from the Battle Hotel as members of the Antarctic Group, a powerful Deep Space City megacorporation famed for its transcendent legacy of Replication.

Character developments

• Wu Yu responds humbly to criticism, accepts that his use of the Spirit Realm was reckless, and seeks guidance rather than arguing. He is relieved that the damage appears repairable.
• Lin Shouyuan shows concern for Wu Yu, acknowledging that he failed to warn him before the Tower’s summons. He acts as a mentor, explaining the danger and directing Wu Yu toward help.
• The Man in Blue supports Wu Yu with valuable cultivation resources and displays caution when he learns of Wu Yu’s contact with the Antarctic Group.

Significant themes

• Power and responsibility: A Spirit Realm can overwhelm individuals, but wielding it carelessly risks damage on a far greater, world-level scale.
• Opportunity and restraint: Wu Yu must take advantage of rare opportunities without confusing bravery with recklessness.
• Resource inequality: River City’s limitations cannot simply be overcome with money; access to the Tower and its connections is exceptionally valuable.
• Hidden forces: Wu Yu’s ordinary encounters may connect him to powerful organizations beyond River City.

Character interactions

• Lin gently corrects Wu Yu and offers both a technical explanation of his Spirit Realm’s damage and practical advice for repairing it.
• Wu Yu shows respect and trust toward Lin, asking direct questions and accepting his counsel.
• The Man in Blue gives Wu Yu cultivation materials, then questions him about his recent acquaintances. His identification of the Antarctic Group raises the stakes around Wu Yu’s new connections.

Key plot points

• The Man in Blue explains the Antarctic Group’s exclusive legacy, [Replication], which can copy objects and reproduce other people’s techniques. Its power has limits: copying costs enormous resources, and permanently copying powerful arts or manifestations can cause irreversible harm.
• Wu Yu realizes that the strange provocation he faced at the Battle Hotel may have been an attempt by an Antarctic Group martial artist to copy him. He follows instructions to inspect and cleanse his aura, flushing out a trace that briefly takes the form of a penguin holding a kitchen knife before vanishing.
• The Man in Blue suspects the Antarctic Group is expanding into River City and promises to handle the matter, treating the incident as a challenge to the Star River Group.
• He cautions Wu Yu to prioritize cultivating the Spirit Realm, warning that the Tower’s resources come with serious dangers.
• Wu Yu studies Star River Group materials on the Divine Intent Realm and records useful findings. He returns home satisfied. Several days later, as he wakes beside a sleeping companion, his Communication Watch suddenly floats toward him.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yu moves from shock at the idea of replication to a clearer understanding of its limits and defenses. He recognizes that the Battle Hotel incident was likely deliberate and becomes more alert to corporate rivalry.
• The Man in Blue acts as Wu Yu’s guide, explaining how to detect and resist replication. He also shows loyalty to the Star River Group by taking responsibility for confronting the suspected intruder.
• Wu Yu and the Man in Blue share a practical, trusting exchange: Wu Yu asks questions, follows the advice, and thanks him for his help.

Significant themes

• Power and its cost: Replication appears nearly limitless, but its resource demands and physical consequences impose constraints.
• Corporate rivalry: The megacorporations’ competing legacies and influence shape events, turning an apparent personal provocation into a larger institutional conflict.
• Mental discipline and self-protection: A strong, unblemished mind and will can guard against having one’s abilities copied.
• Risk in advancement: Transcendent paths offer valuable resources but can expose practitioners and civilians to corruption and dangerous forces.