Recaps

Ye Fei’s new meditation cushion improved his cultivation, and he discovered that the combat power of a wealthy cultivator he had befriended had fallen sharply. He added Jun, a fifteen-year-old former Daoist Sect member with the highest combat power he had seen, as a friend and began talking with him.

• Ye Fei gained more spiritual energy while cultivating on his new meditation cushion, which Little Fox and Little White Tiger also enjoyed.
• Ye Fei spent the day gathering supplies and hunting, then let the two cubs sleep on the cushion while he cultivated.
• Ye Fei checked his friends list and saw that Junior Schoolmate’s combat power had risen to 15, while the wealthy big shot’s had fallen from 12 to 2.
• Ye Fei received a random friend request from Ice Mountain and saw that the cultivator had combat power 19.
• Ye Fei added Jun as a friend and introduced himself as a 25-year-old cultivator with no prior experience.

Ye Fei exchanged messages with Jun, a young Taoist living on an iceberg, and learned about his isolated surroundings and how greening points affected cultivation. After Jun agreed to test whether fire could melt the ice, Ye Fei set out to complete a quest for five plants with Little White Tiger and Little Fox.

• Jun told Ye Fei that cultivation depended on items, Spirit-Gathering Formations, and greening points, then asked why Ye Fei's Combat Power was so low despite his higher realm.
• Ye Fei said he had stronger family members at home, and Jun revealed that he was an orphan who had been shunned at his Taoist temple and barely taught by his master.
• Ye Fei and Jun compared their homes: Jun lived among thick ice and trapped beasts, while Ye Fei described the deep snow and hidden pits on Snow Mountain.
• Ye Fei asked whether fire could melt the ice, and Jun agreed to test it somewhere safe.
• Ye Fei received a quest to find five plants for 50 survival points and a level-two planting gift pack, then headed out with Little White Tiger and Little Fox.

Ye Fei found and planted several seedlings, including a Snow Lotus that needed snow to grow, while Feng Bai helped him kill a Snow Wolf. After a player reported using gunpowder to blast a cliff and uncover prey, Ye Fei worried that the reckless act could have killed him.

• Feng Bai dragged a Snow Wolf to Ye Fei, who killed and harvested it for materials and a Beast Essence Stone.
• Ye Fei found four seedlings, including a blue-quality Snow Lotus, and planted them around his home.
• Ye Fei spread snow around the Snow Lotus to cool it until it resumed growing.
• A player told Ye Fei that he had blasted open a cliff and uncovered a bear, a tiger, and two leopards.
• The player explained that he had used gunpowder, and Ye Fei warned him about the danger of using explosives amid the ice.

Ye Fei traded 1,000 units of level 1 House Enhancement Materials, due within three days, for the boy’s Fox King and Tiger King Inner Cores. After learning that a King-level Inner Core could evolve a pet but reset it to level 1 with 80% of its original attributes, Ye Fei wondered whether he should wait until Little Fox reached a level cap.

• The boy told Ye Fei that he had fallen from a cliff, broken an arm, and found Fox King and Tiger King Inner Cores.
• Ye Fei agreed to trade 1,000 units of level 1 Enhancement Materials within three days for the two cores.
• The boy said he trusted Ye Fei to survive, and Ye Fei collected the cores after returning home.
• Ye Fei planted a Pine Seedling, then studied the Fox King Inner Core on his Meditation Cushion.
• Ye Fei discovered that using a King-level Inner Core evolved a common-level pet, reset it to level 1, and left it with 80% of its original attributes.
• Ye Fei wondered whether pets had a level cap and considered waiting before evolving Little Fox.

Ye Fei examined Qingxue and Feng Bai, learning that both cubs had a level cap of 10 and should reach it before evolving. He feigned weakness to lure wolves into his courtyard for the cubs to hunt, then began cultivating while they fought.

• Ye Fei used See Through to learn Qingxue was a level 7 fox cub with a level cap of 10 and a higher absorption rate for fox Beast Essence Stones.
• After resting, Ye Fei examined Feng Bai and learned the premature cub's deficiencies had been supplemented by its mother's Beast King Core; Feng Bai also had a level cap of 10.
• Ye Fei tried shouting to attract wolves, but when that failed, he removed sections of his courtyard wall after reading that damaged walls could invite attacks.
• Ye Fei feigned illness and let Qingxue and Feng Bai hunt a pack of more than fifty wolves that entered through the gap.
• Ye Fei confirmed the cubs were safe, then began cultivating and planned to clean up the wolf remains after two hours.

Ye Fei endured another painful body-tempering session while his two recently advanced companions fought off a wolf pack. He gathered materials and prepared for level-one home reinforcement, then discovered that felling his mature pine tree yielded valuable reinforced timber and blue-quality resin.

• Ye Fei began body tempering, and the pain from strengthening his chest drew a wild wolf pack to the courtyard.
• Little White Tiger and Little Fox defeated the wolves while Ye Fei remained incapacitated, and his body tempering succeeded with strength and defense each increasing by one.
• Ye Fei processed the wolf corpses, sold most of the materials, and bought iron ore to prepare level-one home reinforcement materials.
• Ye Fei found that his basic timber supply was low and decided to chop down the mature pine tree he had planted in the courtyard.
• Ye Fei felled the pine tree and obtained basic timber, pine needles, reinforced timber, and blue-quality resin.

Ye Fei chopped trees for materials and points, but still lacked enough money to buy the beast bones he needed for a thousand enhancement materials and the two Beast King Cores. That night, he lured another wolf pack to his courtyard and tested his Fine Iron Longbow while Qingxue and Feng Bai attacked.

• Ye Fei searched the listings for seedlings, then went outside to chop trees and sell resin and pine needles.
• Little Fox and Little White Tiger hunted nearby, returning with two pine seedlings and several animals.
• Ye Fei sold his harvest and bought beast bones, but calculated that he still needed about twenty-five hundred more to craft enough enhancement materials.
• After dinner, Ye Fei dismantled the courtyard wall to lure wild beasts and released Qingxue and Feng Bai when a pack of fifty-eight wolves arrived.
• Ye Fei drew his Fine Iron Longbow only three-quarters of the way, but its arrow proved far more powerful than his Wooden Bow.

After defending his courtyard from a pack of wolves, Ye Fei processed the loot, opened a Level-Two Planting Gift Pack, and planted frostflowers. He reviewed his home’s changing information and prepared materials for a flower trellis, leaving its crafting queued for the morning.

• Ye Fei processed the remains of fifty-eight wolves, sold most of the materials, bought beast bones, and queued enhancement-material crafting.
• Ye Fei checked his status and opened the Level-Two Planting Gift Pack, receiving frostflower seeds, fertilizer, and an Ordinary Flower Trellis Recipe.
• Ye Fei planted two frostflowers and found that they had already added greening points to his home.
• Ye Fei reviewed his home information, noting the growth stages and greening points of its plants and the Phoenix Tree’s unchanged seedling status.
• Ye Fei bought hemp rope and queued materials for an Ordinary Flower Trellis, intending to support his grape vine.

Ye Fei completed his daily quest, lent Blood-Replenishing Pills to a wealthy acquaintance, and finally learned the Golden Light Shield after taking the boy’s advice seriously. The spell earned him 100 Survival Points, though its bubble-like appearance left him questioning how strong it was.

• Ye Fei traded 1,000 portions of level 1 enhancement materials to the boy and discussed future materials, the Beast King's inner core, and learning the Golden Light Shield.
• Ye Fei took Qingxue and Feng Bai out to find plants, collected three saplings and three Supply Crates, and chopped down over a hundred trees.
• A wealthy acquaintance asked Ye Fei to lend them ten Blood-Replenishing Pills, and he agreed to sell them for one point.
• Ye Fei devoted himself to studying the Golden Light Shield and successfully cast it for the first time, earning 100 Survival Points.

Ye Fei learned how the Golden Light Shield used spiritual energy and advised Iceberg on a possible hot-water heating system. Snowfield repaid Ye Fei’s Blood-Replenishing Pills with rare items, and he discovered Snowfield had become a dual-race practitioner with 80 combat power.

• Ye Fei tested the Golden Light Shield and found that withdrawing it restored the spiritual energy used to activate it.
• Iceberg explained that withdrawable spells returned their energy and considered Ye Fei’s suggestion to use hot-water heating against the cold.
• Snowfield sent Ye Fei an Undying Fire Seed, a Fire Phoenix Golden Core, Flame Spirit Armor, and a Crimson Flame Fire Art as thanks for the Blood-Replenishing Pills.
• Ye Fei accepted the gifts and saw that Snowfield’s status listed Human Race and Spirit Race, with combat power of 80 instead of 2.

Ye Fei began evolving his fire spiritual root with the Undying Fire Seed, unaware that the process had left him helpless and engulfed in flames. The unusual phenomenon attracted a Fox Wolf pack and its approaching king, while Little Fox and Little White Tiger fought to keep them outside the courtyard.

• Ye Fei prepared layered Wooden Fence defenses, then heeded Iceberg's warning and postponed using the Undying Fire Seed until morning.
• Ye Fei cultivated through the night, then used the Undying Fire Seed after breakfast and fell into an unresponsive state as flames surrounded him.
• Little Fox and Little White Tiger grew worried when Ye Fei caught fire, then noticed enemies approaching from the dead trees.
• The spiritual-root evolution attracted Fox Wolves and a Fox Wolf King, which advanced toward Ye Fei's courtyard.
• Little Fox and Little White Tiger killed the approaching Fox Wolves and guarded the courtyard while Ye Fei remained unconscious.

Ye Fei trapped and killed the Snow Mountain Destroyer · Fox Wolf King despite his interrupted Spiritual Root evolution leaving his health to drain, with help from the iceberg boy’s Bloodthirsty Chain. Its death pushed the Snow Mountain crisis into its final three-day stage, and Ye Fei returned the chain while continuing to chat with the boy.

• Ye Fei woke under the Fox Wolf King’s attack, used Golden Light Shield to survive, sealed the beast inside rings of fences and walls, and gave the two Little Dumplings Blood-Replenishing Pills.
• Ye Fei attacked the trapped Fox Wolf King with a repeating crossbow while managing the health loss caused by his interrupted evolution.
• The iceberg boy sent Ye Fei a Bloodthirsty Chain, which forced its bound target to lose health over time.
• Ye Fei repeatedly restrained the Fox Wolf King with the chain and shot it with arrows until it died, earning 500 Survival Points.
• The Fox Wolf Pack entered Revenge Mode, and the Snow Mountain crisis entered its final stage for three days.
• Ye Fei returned the chain and thanked the iceberg boy, then joked about being watched; the boy explained that he saw future information rather than people.

Ye Fei processed the Fox Wolf corpses and sold most of the materials, earning a huge number of Survival Points after Little Fox and Little White Tiger’s hunt. While recovering from his injuries, he also advanced his fire spiritual root and learned the Crimson Flame Fire Art.

• Ye Fei and Iceberg realized they had come from different worlds after Iceberg tried using a Faucet for the first time.
• Ye Fei processed the remaining Fox Wolf corpses and found that the two little furballs had killed 10 Fox Wolf Elites and 368 ordinary Fox Wolves.
• Ye Fei sold the Fox Wolf meat, sinews, fangs, claws, and leather for 2,937 Survival Points, bringing his total to 6,188.
• Ye Fei confirmed that his fire spiritual root had risen from 3 to 13 and learned the Crimson Flame Fire Art, increasing his spiritual energy limit to 6,000.

Ye Fei examined the Fire Phoenix Golden Core and found that it could hatch a Pet Egg linked to the Phoenix Tree, which he stored away until the tree grew. He then equipped the Flame Spirit Armor and gave Qingxue and Feng Bai their respective King Inner Cores, leaving both pets asleep while their evolutions began.

• Ye Fei discovered that the Fire Phoenix Golden Core revealed a Phoenix Tree Pet Egg, then stored both items until the Phoenix Tree grew.
• Ye Fei checked the Flame Spirit Armor, equipped it, and found it appeared as an invisible red vest that recharged during cultivation.
• Ye Fei saw that Qingxue had reached level 10 and could not advance further because of her bloodline, then gave her the Fox King Inner Core.
• Qingxue absorbed the Fox King Inner Core and began Essence Evolution while Ye Fei placed her beside his pillow.
• Feng Bai woke at level 10, and Ye Fei gave the cub the Tiger King Inner Core.
• Feng Bai curled around the inner core and fell asleep beside Qingxue as Ye Fei prepared to stew more meat for them.

Ye Fei noticed the unusual calm around his home and realized the wind had stopped, suggesting a blizzard was coming. After learning that the blizzard could damage courtyard walls and houses, he reinforced his defenses and wondered whether he could enhance furniture too.

• Ye Fei installed a trellis for the Grape Vine, which advanced from seedling stage to growth stage.
• Ye Fei realized the wind had stopped and warned the Grassland Junior Schoolmate to stay safe while he prepared his defenses.
• A Snow Mountain resident reported that the blizzard was damaging courtyard walls and houses.
• Ye Fei used Level 1 Enhancement Materials to strengthen all four layers of courtyard walls and the house's structure.
• Ye Fei noticed his remaining enhancement materials and considered trying to enhance his furniture.

Ye Fei enhanced his storage cabinets and discovered that his evolved pets, Qingxue and Feng Bai, could understand him. After feeding Qingxue and buying a more comfortable bed and a Gourmet Crafting Bench, he slept until evening, when Feng Bai woke and showed that he was hungry.

• Ye Fei found that only the Storage Cabinets could be enhanced and upgraded three of them to hold ten slots each.
• Qingxue woke and happily learned she could understand Ye Fei, though he still could not understand her.
• Ye Fei fed Qingxue three pieces of meat and prepared more food, realizing he would need a larger stove to feed both pets.
• Ye Fei bought a Gourmet Crafting Bench and a Comfortable Double Bed, then set up the new bed and rested on it.
• Feng Bai woke while Ye Fei slept, waited patiently with Qingxue, and jumped onto Ye Fei when he awoke, eager for food.

Ye Fei prepared for the blizzard, cared for Little Fox and Little White Tiger, and attempted Body Tempering again. He completed five rounds in a row without the severe pain he had experienced before, gaining a surprising range of attributes and wondering what had changed.

• Ye Fei tried the new Gourmet Crafting Bench and learned that Little White Tiger needed fifteen chunks of meat while Little Fox ate three.
• Ye Fei prepared twenty chunks of meat, comforted Little White Tiger, and tidied the yard and harvested its ripe vegetables as the blizzard approached.
• Ye Fei began his eighth Body Tempering attempt with Little Fox and Little White Tiger beside him and gained Defense and Spirit after succeeding.
• Ye Fei completed four more Body Tempering rounds, gaining points in Speed, Spirit, Defense, Strength, and Comprehension.
• Ye Fei realized that all five attempts had succeeded without the severe pain he expected and wondered what had changed.

Ye Fei discovered that the high-tier Crimson Flame Blazing Fire Art let him absorb Spiritual Energy nearly twice as quickly, making him eager to cultivate. When a blizzard struck and damaged his Courtyard Wall, he stayed inside with Qingxue and Feng Bai and planned to keep cultivating until he could attempt a breakthrough.

• Ye Fei compared his attributes and concluded that his cultivation art might explain his improved progress.
• Ye Fei cultivated with the Crimson Flame Blazing Fire Art and gained 16 Spiritual Energy in two hours.
• A blizzard approached, and Ye Fei saw storm-tossed objects slam into the Courtyard Wall and reduce its durability.
• Qingxue and Feng Bai helped Ye Fei identify a huge creature carried past by a tornado as a powerful kind of tiger.
• Ye Fei decided to remain in the courtyard, repair the damaged wall, and cultivate until he had enough Spiritual Energy to attempt Qi Refining Second Tier.

Ye Fei broke through to Qi Refining Second Tier and discovered that his cultivation had accelerated after entering an immersive state. After discussing cultivation with the boy on the iceberg, he recommended buying a better Cultivation Technique, then reflected on how little money he had.

• Ye Fei used 100 spiritual energy to break through to Qi Refining Second Tier, then continued cultivating in an immersive state.
• Ye Fei checked his gains and found that his attributes had increased and he had absorbed 46 spiritual energy in under four hours.
• Ye Fei asked the boy on the iceberg what could explain his faster spiritual energy absorption, and the boy suspected immersive cultivation was the main factor.
• Ye Fei told the boy that rewards had supplied most of his spiritual energy and recommended buying a better Cultivation Technique rather than enhancing the Spirit-Gathering Formation.
• The boy on the iceberg bought a Cultivation Technique and suggested Ye Fei save 20,000 survival points for Spirit-Gathering Formation enhancement materials, leaving Ye Fei conscious of how little he could afford.

After the Snow Mountain crisis ended, Ye Fei cared for Little Fox and Little White Tiger while the blizzard kept him confined. He watched the snow conceal the homesteads, then saw the surroundings reset once it cleared.

• Ye Fei compared his Combat Power with his three friends’ and fed the two little furballs twelve Beast Essence Stones.
• Little Fox let Little White Tiger eat ten stones and evolve first so it would become a stronger fighter, then ate the remaining two and went to sleep.
• A notification announced the Snow Mountain crisis had ended and Snow Mountain Destroyer · Fox Wolf had disappeared, while heavy snow blocked the view around the homesteads.
• Ye Fei checked the housing interface and suspected the expanding homestead boundaries and surrounding snow were part of a maintenance update.
• At one in the morning, the snow cleared, revealing dead trees, tangled branches, and a visible Supply Crate as the area beyond Ye Fei’s courtyard appeared reset.

Ye Fei let Little Fox and Little White Tiger hunt around the courtyard, processed the prey they brought back, and took them out after breakfast to search for plant seedlings. Little Fox burrowed into the snow to look for seedlings, leaving Ye Fei concerned as the chapter ended.

• Ye Fei let Little Fox and Little White Tiger open the courtyard wall and drag their hunted prey inside.
• Ye Fei processed a Snow Fox, then swept the courtyard snow and checked the growing Snow Lotus as the two pets brought back more prey.
• Ye Fei processed four pheasants, three rabbits, two Snow Wolves, and one Snow Fox, then stored the harvested materials.
• Ye Fei collected the Supply Crate and ate breakfast with the two pets, promising they could hunt again afterward.
• Ye Fei carried Little Fox and Little White Tiger outside to search for plant seedlings, and Little Fox immediately burrowed into the snow.

Ye Fei collected seedlings, expanded his homestead, and built a second story onto his house. After showing Little Fox and Little White Tiger the renovated home, he found them gleefully rolling down the stairs, leaving Little Fox embarrassed by their game.

• Little Fox brought Ye Fei a Pine Seedling, and he gently comforted her after reminding her of an embarrassing mishap from their first meeting.
• Ye Fei searched for plants and collected two Watermelon Seedlings, a Peach Tree Seedling, a Pear Tree Seedling, and an Apricot Tree Seedling, completing his quest with an extra seedling.
• Ye Fei sent Little Fox and Little White Tiger out hunting, expanded his courtyard, and added a second story and stairs to his wooden house.
• Little Fox and Little White Tiger returned with two Snow Wolves, and Ye Fei showed them the renovated house and moved the Storage Cabinets upstairs.
• Little White Tiger enthusiastically climbed and jumped down the stairs, and Ye Fei later caught both furballs rolling down them as Little Fox worried he would think they were stupid.

Ye Fei expanded the courtyard and installed a heavy iron gate so Little Fox and Little White Tiger could come and go without his help. After he entered immersive cultivation overnight, the two little ones defended the home from a snow wolf attack and brought dozens of carcasses inside; Ye Fei woke near dawn to find them safe.

• Ye Fei cleared the surrounding area and expanded the courtyard from 10 × 10 to 20 × 20, reducing its walls from six layers to three.
• After Little Fox and Little White Tiger brought home prey, Ye Fei bought and installed a heavy iron gate that let them enter and exit with their kills.
• Ye Fei warned Qingxue not to take risks at night, and Little Fox agreed to stay near him while he cultivated.
• Ye Fei entered immersive cultivation around midnight and failed to notice the warning that a pack of snow wolves was approaching.
• Little Fox and Little White Tiger fought the wolves and dragged more than forty carcasses into the courtyard before Ye Fei woke near dawn.

Ye Fei prepared dumplings and meat patties while Qingxue and Little White Tiger played in the yard after Qingxue advanced. After cleaning up and planting fruit trees and watermelon seedlings, he discovered he could rearrange the yard’s plants and cleared its center.

• Qingxue advanced after eating the snow wolves’ Beast Essence Stones, and Ye Fei disassembled the remaining carcasses for materials.
• Ye Fei ground snow wolf meat, bought flour and seasonings, and made dumplings and meat patties for himself and the two little fluffballs.
• Qingxue woke and joined Little White Tiger outside, where the pair knocked snow from the yard’s trees and plants.
• Ye Fei swept the snow, then planted peach, apricot, and pear trees along the house and put the Watermelon Seedlings beneath them.
• Ye Fei discovered he could move plants, shifted the grape vine and trellis, lined the pine trees along the courtyard wall, and cleared the yard’s center.

Ye Fei moved his meditation cushion beneath the Phoenix Tree and warned Little Fox and Little White Tiger not to touch it. At breakfast, the two fluffballs shared meat patties and tried Ye Fei’s dumplings, leaving Little White Tiger happily eating meat while Little Fox kept him from asking for more dumplings.

• Ye Fei set his Meditation Cushion beneath the Phoenix Tree, and Little White Tiger stopped Little Fox from getting too close to the tree.
• Ye Fei served Little Fox and Little White Tiger blue-quality meat patties and stewed meat for breakfast.
• Little Fox took four of the twelve meat patties, and Little White Tiger soon stopped sulking and tried to snuggle with her.
• Ye Fei offered each fluffball a dumpling, and Little Fox enjoyed the taste but decided meat made a better meal.
• Little Fox refused another dumpling and barked at Little White Tiger when he looked ready to ask for more.