Recaps

Ye Fei and his companions found a cave with an abnormally hot spring where Demon Insects had already hatched and attacked players. Yang Cheng warned him about the nest and revealed that he had brought Lin Mu to Ye Fei’s home; Yang Cheng had also asked Lin Mu for help, setting up their likely reunion.

• Fire Dance and Little Fox led Ye Fei to a cave where many players had gathered near an ant nest.
• Ye Fei found Yang Cheng among the players and learned that Demon Insects had controlled and killed two people near the entrance.
• Ye Fei explained that hotter hot springs caused Demon Insect Eggs to hatch faster and suspected the cave had become a nest.
• Yang Cheng told Ye Fei that Lin Mu had visited his home seeking a powerful Cultivation Practitioner to discuss cultivation.
• Yang Cheng revealed that he had messaged Lin Mu for help, and Lin Mu was likely on his way.

Ye Fei confronted Lin Mu over their past and the cursed Demon Insect Lin Mu had left near his home, then demanded compensation. Lin Mu handed over a Heavenly Spirit Pearl and an Earth Spirit Pearl, wary of the Phoenix and Little Phoenix.

• Lin Mu arrived, admired Feng Bai, and dodged Ye Fei's punches until Little Phoenix struck him with lightning and Ye Fei landed a hit.
• Ye Fei accused Lin Mu of leaving a cursed Demon Insect near his home, while Lin Mu questioned Yang Cheng's description of Ye Fei.
• Ye Fei brought up Lin Che's claims that Lin Mu had caused trouble for him in the past and demanded compensation.
• Lin Mu admitted to causing some trouble, insisted he had not meant harm, and offered Ye Fei a Heavenly Spirit Pearl and an Earth Spirit Pearl.
• Lin Mu privately lamented his family and his fear of provoking the Phoenix, while he held out the two pearls and asked if they were enough.

Ye Fei collected compensation from Lin Mu and heard him confess how he had repeatedly tricked him, then agreed to return the next morning to deal with the Demon Insects. As Ye Fei headed home, he reflected on Lin Mu’s Dark Phoenix cultivation and how humans could avoid bloodline suppression by becoming half-demons.

• Ye Fei took the Heavenly Spirit Pearl and Earth Spirit Pearl from Lin Mu and asked him to explain how he had sabotaged him in the past.
• Lin Mu confessed to arranging situations that had angered and inconvenienced Ye Fei, while Ye Fei fed his companions and enjoyed watching Lin Mu envy the food.
• Lin Mu urged Ye Fei to deal with the Demon Insects, but Ye Fei said he had only discovered the area and planned to go home.
• Ye Fei agreed to return with Lin Mu at eight the next morning, and Lin Mu added him as a friend before he left.
• Lin Mu messaged Ye Fei to mock his low cultivation; Ye Fei replied that he would get his chance to watch Lin Mu suffer in turn.
• Ye Fei considered Lin Mu’s Dark Phoenix cultivation and the difference between racial evolution and humans becoming half-demons.

Ye Fei brought Jun Mo home after warning him about the dangers that emerged at night, and Jun Mo asked permission to fight back against Eclipse Moon. The chapter ended with Jun Mo and Eclipse Moon happily having a snowball fight outside while Ye Fei prepared dinner.

• Ye Fei returned with Jun Mo and described Lin Mu as a walking disaster after their irritating exchange of messages.
• Eclipse Moon stomped Jun Mo into the snow, but Jun Mo's big cat rescued him, while Little Fox lectured Eclipse Moon about how to rescue their human properly.
• Ye Fei warned Jun Mo to head home and rest before nightfall, when wild creatures grew stronger and unknown monsters might appear.
• Jun Mo asked Ye Fei if he could hit Eclipse Moon, and Ye Fei agreed as long as he stayed safe.
• While Ye Fei prepared dinner, Jun Mo and Eclipse Moon played a snowball fight outside as the household watched from the courtyard wall.

Feng An told Ye Fei that the Demon Insects in the Ant King's nest were held back by the Ant King's formations, and Ye Fei planned to approach the area carefully. Jun Mo agreed to join Ye Fei the next morning to face the Demon Insects, and the chapter ended with Ye Fei showing him the Spirit Fruits growing at home.

• Feng An denied sealing the Demon Insects in the ant nest and warned Ye Fei to beware of the Ant King's formations.
• Little Phoenix reassured Ye Fei that it and Phoenix Perch could benefit from eating the Demon Insects and might turn their abilities into materials.
• Jun Mo realized it was dark after playing at Ye Fei's home, and Ye Fei invited him to join the trip to the Demon Insect area the next morning.
• Jun Mo chose to go, saying he needed to train, fight, and gather rewards and materials.
• After dinner, Ye Fei showed Jun Mo his Spirit Fruits, including orange-quality Blue Crystal Grapes and purple-quality Red-Scaled Fruits.

Jun Mo discovered that Ye Fei’s Phoenix Tree greatly increased the Red-Scaled Fruit harvest, but learned that ordinary trees would produce far less and take much longer to ripen. After Jun Mo went home, Ye Fei shared the fruit with companions and stored the rest for his animals rather than selling it.

• Jun Mo picked Red-Scaled Fruits and planned to grow Spirit Fruit at home, but Ye Fei explained that the Phoenix Tree had boosted the harvest from the usual twenty to fifty fruits per tree to several hundred and shortened ripening time.
• Jun Mo decided to save for a Spirit Spring and prepare his Homestead before trying to grow fruit, then Little Phoenix took him and Lingxiao home.
• Ye Fei fed crushed Red-Scaled Fruit to the little Jiaoren while Little Fox and Little White Tiger crowded around it, and he told them to give it space to cultivate.
• After Little Phoenix returned, Ye Fei set aside fruit for Senior Lingyan, Junior Schoolmate Lu Heng, Long Heng, and Feng An, then stored the remaining baskets for his companions rather than selling them.

Ye Fei shared Red-Scaled Fruits with friends, and Lu Heng eagerly prepared to test their effects against Mutation Beasts. Jun Mo visited Ye Fei for breakfast and fussed over Lingxu, while he and Ye Fei reflected on the affection and care they found in their households.

• Feng An accepted Ye Fei's Red-Scaled Fruit and learned he could take more from Ye Fei's home himself.
• Ye Fei read messages from Long Heng, Senior Lingyan, and Lu Heng, who was amazed by the twenty fruits and set out to fight Mutation Beasts.
• Jun Mo arrived for breakfast and searched for Lingxu, who splashed him with water before retreating underwater.
• Jun Mo explained to Ye Fei that his household had come to care for him, and Ye Fei said his own companions supported him too.

Ye Fei met Lin Mu at the demon insect cave and negotiated who would bear the danger and receive the rewards for killing the insects. While Lin Mu arranged the terms, Jun Mo warned Ye Fei that Lin Mu seemed likely to be badly hurt, and Ye Fei learned about Jun Mo’s new technique.

• Ye Fei arrived at the agreed time after dealing with six hot springs, and Lin Mu asked whether they should enter the cave or destroy it.
• Ye Fei explained that luring out the demon insects could put people at risk, while Lin Mu revealed that killing them might bring a curse.
• Ye Fei warned Lin Mu that his household would claim the rewards if it took on the danger of killing the insects, and Lin Mu went to discuss the terms with the others.
• Jun Mo secretly told Ye Fei that Lin Mu appeared likely to suffer a serious injury, then demonstrated his spiritual-energy-consuming Sound Isolation Technique.
• Ye Fei advised Jun Mo to conserve spiritual energy and wondered how his good luck with materials and pets could coexist with his habit of downgrading food when he cooked.

Lin Mu prepared a sealing formation to draw demon insects out of the cave so the players could attack them for rewards, while Ye Fei and Jun Mo stood ready. The first three demon insects emerged, but the players held back to see whether attacking them would cause harm.

• Lin Mu told Ye Fei that he would confine the demon insects to an area and leave the attack strategy to the players.
• Ye Fei warned Jun Mo to watch out for the demon insects and the other players, then prepared his Longbow as Jun Mo questioned his choice of weapon.
• Yang Cheng asked Ye Fei to spare any players who got in the way, and Ye Fei warned that he would shoot anyone who deliberately interfered.
• Lin Mu completed a sealing formation around the cave entrance that let players attack the demon insects while preventing them from escaping.
• Three butterfly-shaped demon insects flew out of the cave, but the players watched without attacking.

Ye Fei tested the Demon Phosphorus Butterflies’ dangerous abilities and showed the group that they could be killed safely with the right defenses. After Jun Mo killed one with his Golden Light Shield, the others prepared to fight the remaining insects as Ye Fei rested with Little Phoenix.

• Ye Fei killed a Demon Phosphorus Butterfly with a Phoenix Spirit Arrow and confirmed that its damage reflection was weak enough for his Flame Spirit Armor to absorb.
• Ye Fei left the remaining Demon Insects’ abilities unexplained, while Lin Mu warned that the formation would not hold if more insects emerged.
• Jun Mo attacked a spatial-transfer Demon Insect, caught it with a reshaped Golden Light Shield, and killed it with lightning.
• The other people announced that they would try fighting the next Demon Insects, and Ye Fei agreed to rest while they did.
• Jun Mo showed Ye Fei an orange-quality Gold Spirit Pearl, but Ye Fei revealed a purple Earth Spirit Pearl and an orange-quality spirit plant seedling, leaving Jun Mo dejected.

Ye Fei and Jun Mo faced a controlled player whose attack had nearly hit Ye Fei, while Yang Cheng argued that the man could still be saved. As Jun Mo prepared to fight a Pink Insect, Ye Fei waited for the Demon Insect inside the player to emerge, and Lin Mu recalled how dangerous Ye Fei had once been when drunk.

• A controlled player attacked Ye Fei, and Jun Mo blocked the bullets with a Golden Light Shield.
• Ye Fei asked Yang Cheng whether he would throw the player into the Formation, but Yang Cheng insisted the man could survive if they removed the Demon Insect.
• Jun Mo accused Yang Cheng's group of pretending the attack was innocent, and Ye Fei told Jun Mo to focus on the Pink Insect while he waited for the Demon Insect inside the player.
• Lin Mu urged Yang Cheng to kill the player before the Demon Insect emerged, then remembered how a drunk Ye Fei had swiftly beaten several thugs who attacked them at karaoke.

Ye Fei and Jun Mo watched a Demon Insect revive after its first death, while Yang Cheng’s group waited for another insect to emerge from a player’s head. The level 5 Demon Insect burst out and killed two players, leaving Ye Fei readying an arrow as it fed on their corpses.

• Yang Cheng apologized to Lin Mu and sent him a gift, and Lin Mu agreed to stay out of the fight while his group maintained the formation.
• Jun Mo killed a Demon Insect, which revived within ten seconds before Little Phoenix roasted and ate it; Ye Fei and Jun Mo each received a kill reward.
• Ye Fei told Little Phoenix to cripple the level 5 Demon Insect before eating it and instructed Qingxue to keep the others from joining the fight.
• Ye Fei warned Jun Mo to rest after repeated use of his magical artifact, and Jun Mo sat down to recover.
• The level 5 Demon Insect burst from a player’s head and killed two players; Yang Cheng fled as the insect began draining energy from their corpses.

Ye Fei used the Dragon Spirit Arrow and Little Phoenix’s lightning to defeat the Demon Insect while Lin Mu maintained the formation. As Little Phoenix prepared to eat the creature, Jun Mo questioned Ye Fei and Lin Mu’s relationship, and Lin Mu insisted they were enemies.

• Lin Mu urged Ye Fei to shoot as more Demon Insects emerged and threatened the formation.
• Ye Fei fired the Dragon Spirit Arrow, which tore away the Demon Insect’s wings and burned off its horns before dissipating.
• Little Phoenix pinned the weakened Demon Insect and used lightning to finish it off, while Ye Fei asked Lin Mu whether demonic creatures feared lightning.
• Ye Fei teased Lin Mu about Thunder Tribulations, and Lin Mu shut his eyes to keep from losing his temper and dropping the formation.
• Jun Mo asked Ye Fei whether he and Lin Mu really had a bad relationship, and Lin Mu declared that he spent every day trying to bully Ye Fei.

Ye Fei and his companions drove away Yang Cheng’s group while Lin Mu maintained the Formation around the Demon Insects. After the group departed, Lin Mu revealed that he had been hiding his strength, and the team prepared to demolish the cave rather than enter it.

• Little Phoenix ate roasted Demon Insects and confirmed that Phoenix Perch was unharmed and wanted more.
• Yang Cheng asked to take his group away, and Jun Mo told them to leave before they could feed the Demon Insects or get in the way.
• Ye Fei burned the three corpses, while Lin Mu changed the Protective Array into a sphere and revealed that five players maintaining it were unconscious.
• Lin Mu explained that he had deliberately let Yang Cheng’s group try first and be scared off, then said the team should demolish the cave.
• Ye Fei asked Jun Mo whether he had explosives, and Jun Mo agreed to use his blasting experience on the frozen ground and rock beneath the snow.

Ye Fei had Jun Mo blast open the cave so he could gather the Demon Insects and claim the Hot Spring reward, while Lin Mu agreed to handle the danger. The explosion tore through the mountainside, leaving Ye Fei and the others staring at a red garment drifting through the flames.

• Lin Mu boasted about his strength, and Ye Fei told him to stop showing off and stick to their agreement over the Demon Insects and Hot Spring.
• Lin Mu questioned where Ye Fei's younger brother had come from, and Ye Fei explained that Jun Mo had joined him in this world and warned Lin Mu not to provoke him.
• Jun Mo finished arranging explosives at the cave entrance and asked Ye Fei whether they should take cover.
• Ye Fei told Jun Mo to light the explosives, and he and Lin Mu raised protective barriers as the blast sent rocks and fire flying.
• After the explosion, Jun Mo and Lin Mu watched a red garment drift back and forth through the flames.

Ye Fei and the others fought the demon insects crawling from the newly opened cave entrance, then rested and shared food while Little Phoenix ate its fill. With about two hours remaining, they decided to keep blasting the cave open to give themselves more room and stay safer.

• Lin Mu expanded the formation around the collapsed cave entrance as Ye Fei, Lin Mu, and Jun Mo prepared to deal with the demon insects.
• Ye Fei pinned insects with Spiritual Energy Arrows while Lin Mu and Jun Mo attacked, and Little Phoenix roasted and ate the insects they killed.
• After the group defeated about twenty insects, Lin Mu rested, Jun Mo admired his rewards, and Ye Fei checked the crafting recipes and other items he had received.
• Ye Fei fed Little Phoenix, Lin Mu, Jun Mo, and Lingxiao recovery food while Little Phoenix happily showed it was full.
• Lin Mu asked whether they should keep blasting or go down into the cave, and Ye Fei chose to blast it open for more room and greater safety.

Ye Fei and Jun Mo arranged explosives in a formation to open the ground and reach the hot spring, but the blast released demon insects that attacked them. After Little Phoenix devoured several insects, Ye Fei spotted a moving danger in the hot spring below.

• Jun Mo arranged explosives and reinforced the formation while Lin Mu questioned the cost and setup.
• Ye Fei waited for the demon insects to gather beneath the charges, then signaled Jun Mo to detonate them.
• A mantis-shaped demon insect escaped the blast with spatial movement and attacked Ye Fei, but Lin Mu restrained it with ropes of demonic qi.
• Ye Fei and Little Phoenix hunted the other demon insects in the smoke, and Little Phoenix ate several of them.
• Ye Fei noticed a water-shaped dangerous object moving in the hot spring beneath them.

Ye Fei used the Blood Grave Mantis’s damage-sharing ability to train his body by having Little Phoenix strike it with lightning while he healed himself. He collapsed from prolonged numbness as Jun Mo brought the injured Lin Mu back, and Little Fox hurried to shield Ye Fei from view.

• Lin Mu called Ye Fei over to handle the Blood Grave Mantis, whose damage-sharing effect made Lin Mu unwilling to attack it.
• Ye Fei pinned the mantis with his Phoenix Bird wings and asked Little Phoenix to strike it with lightning while he took the shared injuries and healed with Blood-Replenishing Pills and spiritual energy.
• Jun Mo went to watch over Lin Mu, who searched the crater and found a steaming hot spring instead of the demon insect he expected underground.
• Ye Fei had Little Phoenix increase the lightning and continued alternating damage and healing until his body went rigid from numbness.
• Little Fox caught Ye Fei as he fell and covered him with its tail while Jun Mo dragged Lin Mu toward them.

After the Hot Spring was dealt with, Ye Fei recovered while Lin Mu and Jun Mo negotiated over the water spirit reward. Jun Mo acquired it by trading Lin Mu an annotated Formation guide and three thousand portions of Explosives.

• Jun Mo pulled Lin Mu away from the pit and gave him Blood-Replenishing Pills while teasing him about nearly falling into the water.
• Ye Fei checked the reward for killing the level 6 Demon Insect and received one gold-quality Demon Crystal Ore.
• Lin Mu offered to trade the water spirit for a Demon Heart Pill, but Ye Fei suggested Jun Mo might want it instead.
• Jun Mo admitted he could use the water spirit but could not afford its price, so Lin Mu lowered the offer to three million Survival Points.
• Jun Mo traded Lin Mu an annotated beginner's guide to Formations and three thousand portions of Explosives for the water spirit.
• Ye Fei warned Jun Mo to be more careful about being taken advantage of after the deal was settled.

After the Lin Family’s formation dissolved, Lin Mu subdued his half brother and returned to his family’s territory. Ye Fei and Feng An discussed Jun Mo’s plans to bring Lingxu home and how the pets around them behaved like family.

• Lin Mu wrapped a demonic-qi chain around his half brother’s neck when the younger man mocked his condition, then made him kneel and admit he was wrong.
• Lin Mu left for the Lin Family’s place after telling Ye Fei he would be available if another opportunity arose.
• Ye Fei sent Jun Mo home to sell his inventory and buy a spirit spring for Lingxu, warning him to avoid people from Yang Cheng’s side.
• Jun Mo rode home on Big Leopard, carrying the Water Spirit he had bought for Lingxu.
• Feng An covered the crater and melted snow with a gust of wind, then questioned why Jun Mo wanted Lingxu to return home.
• Ye Fei and Feng An discussed how Lingxu, Big Cat, and the other pets showed affection despite their disdainful behavior.

Ye Fei spotted players heading toward the Ant Nest after Lin Mu misled them into thinking he and Jun Mo were badly injured. He ignored the brewing attack and continued searching for hot springs, while Feng An watched to see what would happen.

• Ye Fei and his pets stopped near a dead forest after Eclipse Moon spotted players approaching the Ant Nest.
• Brother Hu led more than thirty players toward Ye Fei and Jun Mo, arguing that Ye Fei would not dare kill players and that they could overpower him.
• Ye Fei told Feng An he suspected Lin Mu had spread the story that he and Jun Mo were badly injured, and Feng An confirmed Lin Mu had plotted against him earlier.
• Lin Xian warned Ye Fei that players with Yang Cheng were clamoring to attack him, but Ye Fei replied that he was fine.
• Ye Fei dismissed Lin Mu's actions and continued searching for hot springs to farm rewards.

After Jun Mo took the little Jiaoren home, Ye Fei’s Phoenix Tree burned the pool dry, apparently to remove the sea creature’s scent. Feng An refilled the pool with Spirit Spring water, and Ye Fei let his little ones play in it while he stayed out.

• Jun Mo took the little Jiaoren home after dinner, leaving Ye Fei to tidy the pool.
• Little Phoenix set the pool ablaze, and the other little ones rushed over to watch.
• Feng An teased the Phoenix Tree about burning the pool and asked whether he could chop it, prompting the tree to protest.
• Feng An refilled the pool with Spirit Spring water and explained that the little ones disliked the ocean scent carried by the Jiaoren.
• Ye Fei let the little ones jump into the clean pool and pushed Big Dog back into the water while he waited for Feng An to leave.

Ye Fei watched his companions share Spirit Pearls and gave Fire Dance a bead of demonic energy before settling down to cultivate. The next morning, Jun Mo warned him that Little Phoenix was being bullied, and Ye Fei found a lightning-wreathed Phoenix fighting a snake outside his courtyard.

• Ye Fei let his companions choose Spirit Pearls, and they shared them without quarreling.
• The Phoenix Tree gave Fire Dance a tiny bead containing demonic energy, which Fire Dance happily took to its nest.
• Ye Fei put the sleeping companions to bed, entrusted the home's safety to Phoenix Perch, and began cultivating.
• Ye Fei missed messages and a gust of wind that appeared at his home after midnight.
• Jun Mo shouted for Ye Fei to get up, saying a snake was bullying Little Phoenix.
• Ye Fei went outside and saw a lightning-wreathed Phoenix circling a battered grayish-brown snake.

Ye Fei and Jun Mo watched Little Phoenix battle Feng An while discussing Jun Mo’s vision of the Phoenix Tree being chopped down. After Big Cat revealed it liked water when it played in Ye Fei’s pool without the Jiaoren, Ye Fei noticed Fire Dance had changed and wondered if its lightning-and-fire phoenix form worked like a mecha.

• Jun Mo told Ye Fei that the Phoenix fighting Feng An matched a scene he had seen in the future, and Ye Fei asked whether the Phoenix Tree being chopped down was also still to come.
• Ye Fei let Big Cat try the courtyard pool, where it changed into its leopard form and played alongside Eclipse Moon.
• Jun Mo realized his Leopard Cat had avoided his own pool because the Jiaoren lived there and decided to dig Lingxiao another pool.
• Ye Fei explained that fire had roasted his pool to disinfect it and said Fire Dance's condition had changed.
• Ye Fei watched Little Phoenix fight as a giant phoenix formed from lightning and fire and wondered if it was like a mecha controlled from inside.

After Little Phoenix killed the snake Feng An had sent, Ye Fei harvested its materials and later checked how his pets had changed after evolving. The chapter ended with Fire Dance explaining that Phoenix Perch kept its refined leaves hidden and only exploded ordinary fireballs disguised as leaves.

• Little Phoenix killed the snake after a long fight, and Ye Fei collected its meat, scales, bones, and Earth Spirit Pearl.
• Ye Fei decided to roast snake meat for dinner, while Jun Mo and Ye Fei later set out in different directions to search for resources.
• Ye Fei saw that Qingxue had gained Multiple Tails, Feng Bai had gained a wind enhancement, Eclipse Moon had gained Enhancement, and Phantom Spirit had evolved into a Nine-Colored Deer Cub.
• Ye Fei noticed that Fire Dance and Phoenix Perch had gained combat power and asked Fire Dance whether Phoenix Perch refined its leaves.
• Fire Dance showed Ye Fei that Phoenix Perch hid its refined leaves and that the exploding leaves were ordinary fireballs made to look like leaves.