Recaps

Ye Fei celebrated New Year by making dumplings for his friends and preparing gifts for the little ones at home. Senior Lingyan sent him a rare Wind Wolf Soul Orb, leaving Ye Fei puzzled by the claim that it had simply been picked up on the road.

• Ye Fei adjusted a Crafting Bench recipe until he was satisfied with dumplings made from several meat and vegetable fillings, while Lin Mu stopped complaining after Ye Fei promised him a share.
• Ye Fei sent dumplings and New Year messages to his friends; Jun Mo said he would visit, Feng An arrived at the Phoenix Tree, and Long Heng came over on his own.
• Lu Heng and Ye Fei exchanged messages about New Year customs, while Lu Heng enjoyed the dumplings and reflected on how celebrations had faded in his world.
• Ye Fei prepared New Year snacks and gifts at home and assigned Feng An to watch the little ones, especially the injured Long Heng.
• Senior Lingyan sent Ye Fei a four-gold Wind Wolf Soul Orb as a New Year and Foundation Establishment gift, claiming he had picked it up on the road.
• Feng An laughed at Lingyan's excuse, but Long Heng reminded him that he had once used the same excuse when giving him a Dragon Pearl.

Ye Fei hosted Jun Mo and his little Jiaoren, Lingxu, but the visit turned into a fight between Lingxu and Long Heng over their missing body parts and insults. Lingxu could finally speak, but he fell silent when Long Heng mentioned the Jiaozhu he lacked, leaving Jun Mo to learn that one would cost over a billion.

• Feng An gave Ye Fei a transparent, four-gold-quality material that he claimed to have found in an icy lake.
• Jun Mo arrived with Lingxu, and Ye Fei and Jun Mo briefly went to collect Spirit Fruit.
• When they returned, Long Heng and Lingxu were fighting, and Jun Mo rushed to rescue Lingxu while Ye Fei held Long Heng back.
• Feng An explained that Long Heng had called Lingxu incomplete, while Lingxu had called Long Heng a patchwork creature who had abandoned his species.
• Long Heng said Lingxu lacked a Jiaozhu, causing Lingxu to curl up in Jun Mo's arms.
• Feng An explained that a Jiaozhu could sometimes drop from an adult Jiaoren and currently cost over a billion.

Jun Mo decided to save for a Jiaozhu for Lingxiao or Lingxu after learning it could cost over a billion Survival Points. After the New Year gathering, Feng An warned Ye Fei that cultivators and their companions needed so many Survival Points that saving for one would be difficult.

• Jun Mo declared that he would work hard to save enough money to buy a Jiaozhu, while Long Heng and the little Jiaoren argued until Ye Fei and Big Cat stopped them.
• Ye Fei gathered the guests for a New Year dinner, and Jun Mo later played in the snow with Eclipse Moon, Feng Bai, and Big Cat before leaving with the little Jiaoren.
• Feng An explained that only powerful Jiaoren could yield an intact Jiaozhu, but Ye Fei trusted Jun Mo to keep cultivating while pursuing his new goal.
• Feng An argued that earning a billion Survival Points was difficult because cultivators and their companions needed constant funding, then left with Long Heng.

Ye Fei cultivated beneath the Phoenix Tree while his little companions kept their distance, and the tree’s subtle help drew spiritual energy into a faster cycle. After gaining over seven thousand spiritual energy overnight, Ye Fei wondered how to advance once his reserves reached their limit.

• Ye Fei reassured Qingxue and the others that spending money on their growth was worthwhile, then sent them to play while he prepared to cultivate.
• Little Fox, the White Tiger, Little Deer, and Eclipse Moon each nuzzled Ye Fei before heading to the backyard, while Little Phoenix watched from the Phoenix Tree.
• Ye Fei invited Fire Dance to cultivate with him, but the Phoenix Tree used Flame Tree Leaves to carry her back to her nest.
• Ye Fei cultivated beneath the tree as the Phoenix Tree ignited fire-attribute spiritual energy, which gathered around him into a circulating loop; the tree insisted it had not helped.
• After cultivating from near midnight until morning, Ye Fei reached 7,631 spiritual energy and wondered whether reaching his 23,500-point cap would let him advance.

Ye Fei discovered that converting spiritual energy to lightning let him enhance his meridians and gain strength without advancing his cultivation realm. Feng An asked powerful players about the method and secretly used their experiments to create faint debts connecting them to Ye Fei.

• Ye Fei enhanced his meridians with 5,000 spiritual energy, gained eight strength points, and received a reward for discovering the method.
• Ye Fei asked Feng An whether meridian enhancement was a normal part of cultivation, and Feng An noticed that Ye Fei had gained attributes without advancing his realm.
• Feng An asked players in a high-level chat channel how to classify meridian enhancement, prompting them to test the method and discuss its effects.
• Feng An concluded that the method was a minor enhancement leaning toward superpowers that used internal energy to improve physical attributes.
• Feng An secretly treated the players' successful experiments as faint debts linking them to Ye Fei, pleased that he had drawn them into his scheme.

Feng An explained how enhancement system players grew stronger through materials and grafting, prompting Ye Fei to compare their path with Lin Xian’s transformation. Feng An then brought up the Wind Wolf Ancestor’s search for the killer of his grandson, whose divination result said the killer had been dead for a long time.

• Feng An explained that enhancement system players relied on material rewards and grafting rather than exercise to increase their attributes.
• Ye Fei learned that Yang Cheng planned to graft Tiger Claws to keep a rival from surpassing him, and wondered whether the change would make him a half-demon.
• Feng An explained that grafted players generally remained human and described how advanced enhancement progressed from materials to fusion.
• Ye Fei realized Lin Xian’s body would become artifact-like, leaving him to grow stronger through further tempering and enhancement.
• Feng An asked whether Ye Fei’s senior was dead, then recounted how the Wind Wolf Ancestor’s divination search for his grandson’s killer had identified the killer as long dead.

Feng An warned Ye Fei that Old Wind Wolf was seeking revenge, and Ye Fei alerted Senior Lingyan, who revealed his strength and advised Ye Fei to stay on his cultivation path. Before Ye Fei could resume cultivating, a white crane crashed into the courtyard barrier, and he sent Feng Bai and Little Fox out to face it under Phoenix Perch’s watch.

• Feng An told Ye Fei that Old Wind Wolf was hunting for the killer and warned that the Wind Wolf Soul Orb could help someone on Snow Mountain find him.
• Ye Fei messaged Senior Lingyan to warn him about Old Wind Wolf, and Lingyan said he could stop being human if necessary.
• Lingyan recognized that Ye Fei had succeeded with the unusual cultivation method and advised him not to abandon cultivation as his primary path.
• A white crane crashed into Ye Fei’s courtyard barrier, and Feng Bai and Little Fox rushed to attack it.
• Ye Fei let Feng Bai and Little Fox go out to fight the crane and asked Phoenix Perch to watch over them.

Ye Fei and his companions fought a Spirit Crane, with Long Heng watching as their chaotic attacks brought it down. Afterward, Ye Fei harvested its drops and meat, while Long Heng’s praise of crane meat drew a threatening look from Little Phoenix.

• Long Heng ran outside to watch the Spirit Crane, while Ye Fei readied his Longbow and explained how much spiritual energy he could use for an arrow.
• Little Phoenix kept the Spirit Crane grounded as Little Deer, the White Tiger, Big Fox, and Big Dog attacked it, and Ye Fei blocked its Wind Blades with Golden Light Shields.
• Ye Fei’s companions killed the Spirit Crane in less than ten minutes, earning him a hunting achievement reward.
• Ye Fei harvested a purple-quality Wind Spirit Orb, nine purple-quality crane feathers, and more than twenty cuts of orange-quality meat.
• Long Heng praised the crane meat, and Little Phoenix’s stare reminded him that he was also on a Phoenix’s menu.

Ye Fei prepared the orange-quality meat while Long Heng and the other little ones unexpectedly got along and fell asleep together. He then looked into making equipment to sell, but discovered that buyers could not easily verify claims about special effects, leaving him unsure how to profit from refining.

• Ye Fei comforted Long Heng and Little Phoenix, then prepared the orange-quality meat using several cooking methods.
• Ye Fei found Long Heng asleep beside Eclipse Moon, with Big Dog and the other little ones having comforted him until he settled down.
• Ye Fei went to the basement to sort through materials and browse purchase requests for equipment that might sell well.
• Ye Fei checked the sale listings and realized buyers had no easy way to verify sellers' claims about equipment's special effects.

Ye Fei worried about how to price equipment whose hidden effects he could not see, then woke from a nap to find Lin Xian holding Long Heng after Lin Mu had misled him about the dragon boy. Long Heng angrily denied being Ye Fei’s son or a human, while Lin Xian wondered if Lin Mu had tricked him.

• Ye Fei asked Feng An how people identified equipment effects, and Feng An explained that appraisal manuals revealed them while reminding Ye Fei his talent could see equipment.
• Ye Fei fretted over selling equipment without knowing its value, then soothed Little White Tiger and Little Fox before taking a nap.
• Ye Fei woke and found Lin Xian holding Long Heng beneath the Phoenix Tree as the dragon boy kicked and clawed at him.
• Lin Xian said Lin Mu had warned him that Ye Fei’s son was rowdy and told him to restrain the child.
• Long Heng furiously insisted he was hundreds of years old and neither human nor Ye Fei’s son, leaving Lin Xian to wonder whether Lin Mu had deceived him.

Lin Xian explained how Lin Mu had sent him to Ye Fei and discovered that Lin Mu had mistaken his name and appearance after his magic backlash. As Lin Mu hurried to meet them, Lin Xian embarrassed himself by revealing that he once wore a maid outfit, then tried to convince Ye Fei that he made cloth dolls to sell.

• Lin Xian explained that Lin Mu was his cousin and recalled meeting him while looking like a purple yam after his magic backlash.
• Ye Fei realized Lin Mu might not have recognized Lin Xian, and Lin Xian messaged him before withdrawing in embarrassment over being called Little Bao and Baoyu.
• Lin Mu told Ye Fei that Lin Xian had been autistic and often ill as a child, and Ye Fei suggested Lin Mu let Lin Xian beat him when he arrived.
• Lin Xian accidentally revealed that he had worn a maid outfit as a child, then explained the outfit to Long Heng by dressing a cloth doll.
• Ye Fei reassured Lin Xian about his dolls, but Lin Xian insisted he made them to sell and worried that Ye Fei would mistake him for a doll-loving pervert.

Lin Mu found Lin Xian at Ye Fei’s house and learned that his frail little cousin had become a Half-Demon. After Lin Xian beat him and Long Heng knocked him from a tree with a leaf, Lin Mu explained that he had not recognized Lin Xian when he rescued him, leaving Ye Fei suspicious of his motives.

• Lin Mu searched the courtyard for Lin Xian, and Ye Fei told him to look inside the house.
• Lin Xian attacked Lin Mu for bringing him there and exposing his old name, while taking care not to hurt him badly.
• Long Heng suggested Lin Xian make Lin Mu a maid outfit, then revealed that Lin Mu had nearly slapped him to death earlier.
• Lin Mu charged Long Heng, but a Phoenix Tree leaf knocked him from the branch, and Ye Fei kicked him while he lay on the ground.
• Lin Mu said he had only teased Lin Xian and had not recognized him as the disfigured Half-Demon he rescued.
• Ye Fei questioned why Lin Mu had led Lin Xian into trouble, while Lin Mu apologized and said he had saved him after hearing him ask for help reaching Mountain Peak.

Long Heng learned that Lin Mu’s devotion to Lin Xian came from a childhood incident that Lin Mu had romanticized, while Lin Xian trusted him simply because he had no reason not to. At dinner, Lin Mu urged Lin Xian to move nearby for protection, but Lin Xian refused and chose to keep some distance.

• Long Heng asked Ye Fei why Lin Mu treated Lin Xian so well despite his reputation for tormenting his brother.
• Lin Mu explained that Lin Xian had protected him at their great-aunt’s funeral, but Lin Xian remembered that he had accidentally knocked Lin Mu over and later defended him from a scolding.
• Long Heng asked Lin Xian why he trusted Lin Mu, and Lin Xian said he trusted people he had met, including Ye Fei and Yang Cheng.
• Long Heng nicknamed Lin Mu the “purple sweet potato spirit,” punched him when he tried to braid his hair, and sent Feng An the cousins’ story.
• Ye Fei told Little Fox to enjoy the story without judging the cousins, then went to check on dinner.
• Lin Mu asked Lin Xian to move near the others for protection, but Lin Xian refused because he wanted to maintain a comfortable distance from Ye Fei and his family.

Ye Fei explained to Long Heng how people and other beings change as their desires and circumstances shift, and why having the power to choose matters. Long Heng cried over being rejected by his former kin, while Ye Fei resolved to rely on himself and love himself rather than expect others to give back what he gave.

• Lin Mu warned Ye Fei that Yang Cheng could no longer control the people coming after him, then Ye Fei kicked Lin Mu out when he asked for a share of the spoils.
• Lin Mu complained to Lin Xian about Ye Fei, and Lin Xian teased him by imagining Ye Fei using lightning dragons and phoenixes.
• Ye Fei took Long Heng down from the courtyard wall and warned him not to imitate Lin Mu or overthink the human heart.
• Ye Fei told Long Heng that his own desires had grown from simply surviving to seeking strength and a comfortable life, and explained that every race changed and made sacrifices to gain things.
• Long Heng recalled that his former kin had all wanted to kill him after he became a jiaolong, and he cried as he clung to Ye Fei's arm.
• Ye Fei comforted Long Heng and said they needed the power to choose for themselves, then reflected that he would trust others only in part and focus on loving himself.

Ye Fei discussed his debt and luck with Feng An, who realized Ye Fei's resentment might have caused his bad luck. Feng An left in a temper, and Ye Fei planned to go out with Little Phoenix to hunt spirit beasts.

• Ye Fei told Feng An that their debt left him feeling pressured, and Feng An said he could not kill Ye Fei but could keep adding to his debts.
• Ye Fei asked whether he could control bad luck, and Feng An pointed to Yang Cheng's downfall as an example.
• Feng An realized Ye Fei's resentment might have caused his own bad luck and recalled that Ye Fei's transferred good luck had freed him from the World Seal.
• Feng An slapped Ye Fei, demanded that he refine the pills, and buried him under snow before leaving.
• Phoenix Perch attacked Ye Fei with fireballs and sparks, while Little Phoenix comforted him.
• Ye Fei invited Little Phoenix to go out the next day to hunt more spirit beasts for food.

Ye Fei and Feng An prepared to release a top-grade Immortal Pill, which required Feng An to supply vast amounts of spiritual energy and face its thunder tribulation. As the tribulation gathered, Ye Fei protected his home and Phoenix Tree while Feng An prepared to open the furnace.

• Ye Fei summoned Feng An to the Alchemy Furnace on the ninth day and had him supply the spiritual energy needed to finish refining the unnamed Immortal Pill.
• Feng An sensed the coming thunder tribulation and told Ye Fei to bring Long Heng home before the restless Little Dragon Person wandered into danger.
• Ye Fei carried Long Heng back, put him in the water, and climbed the Phoenix Tree to shield it with a Blue-Purple Protective Barrier.
• Feng An agreed to keep the thunder tribulation within Ye Fei's protected area, though Ye Fei insisted that Feng An himself had to withstand the bolts.
• Feng An raised the Alchemy Furnace before him, and Ye Fei opened it to release the Immortal Pill as the gathered creatures watched.

Ye Fei endured the immortal pill’s thunder tribulation while Feng An presented the Spirit-Shaping Pill, which Ye Fei rejected and Feng An put up for auction. Hearing about the auction reminded Ye Fei that he could unlock the Auction Interface to sell magical artifacts, and he decided to spend the required survival points.

• Ye Fei used the thunder tribulation to temper his meridians and absorb lightning spiritual energy while Long Heng and Little Fox watched.
• Feng An showed Ye Fei the top-grade Spirit-Shaping Pill, but Ye Fei refused it because its effects were unsuitable for him and his companions.
• Ye Fei explained that he did not want an artifact spirit fused into his equipment, and Feng An accepted that view.
• Feng An listed the Spirit-Shaping Pill for auction, where it immediately received a bid.
• Ye Fei remembered that auctions could help him sell magical artifacts and chose to unlock the Auction Interface for a hundred thousand survival points.

After Long Heng began recovering, Ye Fei kept him home and prepared to enter seclusion, but a new blizzard struck the Snow Mountain Region. Ye Fei suspected Feng An might be involved in a fight and continued refining artifacts for sale.

• Feng An left to investigate two powerful newcomers in the Snow Mountain Region, while Long Heng complained that he could not view the auction listing for the immortal pill.
• Ye Fei suspected Long Heng was a Dragon Race hatchling and confined him at home until his recovery was complete.
• Ye Fei planned to enter seclusion to strengthen his dantian, but a blizzard struck the next morning.
• Ye Fei wondered whether Feng An was fighting other powerful players, and Phoenix Perch suggested such a battle could cause severe weather.
• Ye Fei began refining a low-level Windbreaking Blade and told the Artifact Refining Furnace not to upgrade it.

Ye Fei auctioned the Windbreaking Blade and began cultivating the Five Elements Generation Art while the blizzard kept him indoors. When he noticed his junior schoolmate Lu Heng bidding on the blade, Ye Fei offered to refine him a better artifact and learned that Lu Heng had just unlocked the World Channel.

• Ye Fei listed the Windbreaking Blade for auction with a starting price of 300,000 survival points, then cultivated atop Phoenix Perch as the blizzard raged.
• Phoenix Perch helped Ye Fei gather spiritual energy, and rising bids on the blade interrupted his practice.
• Ye Fei recognized Lu Heng among the bidders and messaged him to stop bidding, offering to refine a higher-grade artifact instead.
• Lu Heng explained that he had bid after seeing others praise the blade's close-combat effect, though he knew little about artifact refining.
• Ye Fei assembled a materials list for Lu Heng, who said he could afford only one set and asked whether he could pay the rest later.

Ye Fei earned a large profit from selling a Windbreaking Blade and sent Feng An a newly refined magical artifact. Feng An revealed that he had helped open a dangerous area whose door would remain open for seven days, causing the Blizzard across the Snow Mountain region.

• Ye Fei refined a Windbreaking Blade for Lu Heng using upgraded materials, while telling him to save spiritual energy for its use.
• Ye Fei’s auction of a Windbreaking Blade ended with a sale for 463,000 points, and he spent the proceeds on more artifact materials and Spirit-Gathering Pill Materials.
• Ye Fei sent Feng An a newly finished Sword-Form Magical Artifact, and Feng An thanked him while warning that the Blizzard would last seven more days.
• Feng An told Ye Fei that he and six other powerful players had opened a dangerous area, and that the door had no obstacle for him after seven attempts.
• Feng An’s companions urged him to enter the area before the opportunity expired, while they planned to keep studying body refinement.

Ye Fei told Lu Heng about sects and shared the principles behind his Five Elements Generation cultivation technique. Lu Heng decided to avoid sects and pursue his own approach, considering a Five Elements Overcoming technique instead.

• Lu Heng excitedly told Ye Fei that the magical artifact Ye Fei had refined was advanced, and Ye Fei confirmed it while warning him to be cautious in the World Channel.
• Lu Heng described the sect recruiters' promises and said their demands felt like a search for free labor.
• Ye Fei explained sect benefits and restrictions, including access to higher-grade techniques and the difficulties of leaving.
• Lu Heng decided not to join a sect and said he would try to comprehend a cultivation technique himself.
• Ye Fei told Lu Heng about his Five Elements Generation technique, and Lu Heng considered improving his spiritual roots so he could attempt Five Elements Overcoming instead.

Ye Fei refined three beginner magical artifacts and gave his household Spirit-Gathering Pills before attempting to modify the Alchemy Furnace. The modification succeeded but consumed all his spiritual energy, leaving him to cultivate beneath the Phoenix Tree while he waited for more survival points.

• Ye Fei refined a saber, a sword, and a bow, then listed them for auction.
• Ye Fei gave Spirit-Gathering Pills to Little Fox and the other household members so they could cultivate at home.
• Ye Fei simulated a batch-refining system and poured spiritual energy into the Alchemy Furnace.
• The Alchemy Furnace consumed all of Ye Fei's spiritual energy and gained a modification that let it refine up to ten identical pills in one batch.
• With too few survival points to test the modification, Ye Fei returned beneath the Phoenix Tree and cultivated while it guided spiritual energy to him.

Ye Fei celebrated the auction sales, learned a mid-grade Spirit-Gathering Pill recipe, and continued making pills and magical artifacts during the blizzard. As Qingxue led the others to cultivate, Ye Fei reflected on how much responsibility she carried and decided to save his luck for Feng An.

• Ye Fei saw that all three auctioned magical artifacts had sold for a total of 1,278,090 survival points and noticed the Desert-tagged player had bought both Windbreaking Blades.
• Ye Fei bought and learned the mid-grade Spirit-Gathering Pill recipe, then started making ten sets of purple-quality pills.
• Little Fox called Feng Bai and Eclipse Moon away from the pool and took them to cultivate while Little Deer and Little Phoenix headed to the backyard too.
• Ye Fei and the leaf representing Phoenix Tree acknowledged that Qingxue had the most to manage in their household.
• Ye Fei bought more artifact-refining materials and kept crafting, choosing not to spend luck because he wanted to preserve it for Feng An.

After the blizzard eased, Ye Fei set up an Intermediate Spirit-Gathering Formation while the little ones went outside to hunt and gather supplies. They returned with five tiger carcasses, revealing that an Intelligent Beast Tribe had targeted Feng Bai and wanted to take him away.

• After seven days of sheltering from the blizzard, Ye Fei let Qingxue and the others go outside while he stayed home to rearrange the Spirit-Gathering Formations.
• Ye Fei bought materials and refined a red-quality Intermediate Spirit-Gathering Formation, then placed it in the courtyard.
• The little ones returned with Supply Crates, spirit plant seedlings, prey, and five large tiger carcasses.
• Little Fox explained that a group of tigers had threatened to kill the others unless Feng Bai went with them.
• Ye Fei realized the tigers belonged to an Intelligent Beast Tribe that had singled out Feng Bai as its target.

Jun Mo asked Ye Fei for a flying sword as a Foundation Establishment gift, and Ye Fei agreed to make one once Phantom Spirit’s antlers had grown. Meanwhile, Feng An appeared unconscious and buried in snow, but Ye Fei discovered he had left a controllable shell behind while entering self-sealing cultivation.

• Jun Mo told Ye Fei he had reached Foundation Establishment and asked him to forge a flying sword once he had gathered the materials.
• Ye Fei agreed to forge Jun Mo a flying sword after Phantom Spirit’s antlers grew nearly ten centimeters long.
• Long Heng called Ye Fei to help move Feng An, whom he had found unconscious and buried in snow outside his front gate.
• Ye Fei commanded Feng An to stand and follow him, and Feng An’s human-shaped shell obeyed.
• Ye Fei explained to Jun Mo and Long Heng that Feng An was cultivating in a self-sealed state and had left the shell to protect Ye Fei during the coming disaster.