Chapter Summaries

Ye Fei learned that his poor spiritual roots had made his cultivation unusually difficult, while Lu Heng and Lingyan offered advice and support. The chapter ended with Lingyan explaining that, as a spirit, he could not benefit from pills that improved cultivation aptitude.

• Lu Heng told Ye Fei that his spiritual roots had all exceeded ten points after his initial evolution, and Ye Fei joked about how weak his own had been.
• Lu Heng offered to send Ye Fei a package of grassland ingredients after he killed a nearby wolf king, and Ye Fei teased him about wanting him to cook.
• Lingyan explained that Ye Fei's original world and evolution had left him with poor aptitude, warned him not to overuse spiritual-root pills, and cautioned him about pill toxins.
• Lingyan told Ye Fei that his self-refined pills would not cause him pill-toxin problems, but warned him to use a safer, higher-level alchemy furnace.
• Ye Fei offered Lingyan spiritual-root-improving pills, but Lingyan said he could not use them because he was a spirit.

Ye Fei reflected on spirit cultivation and then advanced from Qi Refining Fourth Tier to Qi Refining Sixth Tier, gaining strength but temporarily struggling to control his body. After adjusting to his new physical abilities, he played with the little ones and considered how close he was to reaching 100 combat power and unlocking the World Channel.

• Ye Fei thought about the difference between spirit cultivation and cultivation, then decided to focus on advancing and surviving.
• Ye Fei advanced from Qi Refining Fourth Tier to Qi Refining Fifth Tier and gained attribute points.
• Ye Fei advanced again to Qi Refining Sixth Tier, but his sudden increase in strength left him uncoordinated and unable to walk steadily.
• Ye Fei practiced walking and running around the Phoenix Tree for more than half an hour until he adjusted to his body.
• Ye Fei played with the little ones, checked his stored spiritual energy, and saw that his combat power had risen to 72.

Lin Xian visited Ye Fei and was startled to see Eclipse Moon ram trees while a little white ball collected the drops. Over tea and snacks, Ye Fei explained that he treated his pets as family, leaving Lin Xian to reflect on how differently others viewed their pets.

• Ye Fei warned Lin Xian that his home was by the leafless tree, then sent Little Fox and the little ones out to play while Feng Bai took Eclipse Moon outside.
• Lin Xian saw Eclipse Moon knock down trees and a little white ball collect the drops, then asked Ye Fei how it was possible.
• Ye Fei welcomed Lin Xian, brewed fruit tea, and served him homemade dried fruit and juice.
• Lin Xian noted that Ye Fei's way of talking about snacks for Phantom Spirit could be misunderstood, and Ye Fei explained that he considered his pets his family rather than beings to control.

Lin Xian visited Ye Fei, bringing a purple Fire Spirit Pearl to trade for food, and the two discussed demons and the costs of training. The chapter left them comparing their struggles to replenish magic and spiritual energy.

• Lin Xian admired Ye Fei's comfortable life and admitted that memorizing magic spells was difficult for him.
• Lin Xian offered Ye Fei a purple-grade Fire Spirit Pearl, and Ye Fei estimated that it was worth a little over ten thousand points.
• Lin Xian realized Yang Cheng had offered Feng An materials worth nearly ten times the pearl's value, and Ye Fei again said Feng An was not a bad person.
• Little Fox jumped onto Ye Fei's shoulder, and Lin Xian awkwardly explained that her cuteness made him want to reach out and touch her.
• Ye Fei and Lin Xian discussed how meditation restored their energy too slowly, and Ye Fei suggested Lin Xian demonize and fight directly to conserve magic.

Ye Fei tested Lin Xian’s demonized form and discovered that the Flame Spirit Armor’s defense automatically struck back with fire. Lin Xian recovered from the encounter, while Ye Fei realized his equipment was far more powerful than he had expected.

• Ye Fei persuaded Lin Xian to demonize so they could test his combat abilities, promising to rely only on defense.
• Lin Xian transformed into an Eagle Demon and attacked Ye Fei with four talons, but Golden Light Shield blocked the strike at little spiritual-energy cost.
• Lin Xian swooped down again, and the Flame Spirit Armor responded by burning his talons and breaking his demonization.
• Ye Fei used Blood-Replenishing Pills to help Lin Xian recover, and Lin Xian complained that Ye Fei’s equipment had attacked him despite their agreement.

Ye Fei shared a meal with Lin Xian, who left him gifts for the little ones before heading home. Ye Fei gave out the handmade toys and fresh grass, while Eclipse Moon complained that its plush was too small and fled after Little Fox scolded it.

• Ye Fei served Lin Xian a feast, and the two ate and chatted together.
• After leaving, Lin Xian sent Ye Fei a targeted trade containing handmade plush toys and fresh grass for the little ones.
• Ye Fei showed Little Fox its large fox plush, and Little Deer happily ate the grass.
• Feng Bai and Eclipse Moon returned, and Ye Fei gave Eclipse Moon a miniature husky plush.
• Eclipse Moon wanted a larger plush, but Little Fox scolded it before it grabbed the toy and hurried inside.

Ye Fei abandoned his trip to the Snow Wolf Pack after Jun Mo warned that his home would soon be attacked and burned. He returned to find thirteen ant half-demon players approaching, then prepared a fiery trap meant to warn off the Ant King behind them.

• Ye Fei and the little ones reached the Snow Wolf Pack's territory, where more than a dozen Snow Wolves surrounded them.
• Jun Mo warned Ye Fei that his home was about to be raided and would soon catch fire, so Ye Fei rushed back.
• Ye Fei sent Little White Tiger, Little Deer, and Eclipse Moon to deal with the Snow Wolves while he hurried home with Little Fox.
• Ye Fei spotted thirteen ant half-demon players sneaking toward his Homestead and realized they feared fire and were seeking to expand their Ant Colony.
• Ye Fei told the phoenix tree to absorb the flames and asked Phantom Spirit to create an illusion, hoping to make the Ant King avoid his Homestead or confront him directly.

A squad of ant half-demons tried to break into Ye Fei’s Homestead, but he trapped them in an illusory maze and burned them to death. The Phoenix Tree absorbed the flames, while Ye Fei revealed that Phantom Spirit and Little Deer’s illusions had made the attack possible.

• The squad captain mistook the Phoenix Tree for an illusion and sent a woman to check whether Ye Fei was home.
• After the woman confirmed the Homestead was empty, the squad began destroying its walls and used Flamethrowers to set them alight.
• The squad realized the burning walls formed a maze, and the captain tried to lead everyone out.
• Phantom Spirit’s illusion of the Phoenix Tree attacked the intruders and knocked the captain back into the flames.
• The ant half-demons called for the Ant King as the fire consumed them, while the Phoenix Tree absorbed the flames.
• Ye Fei explained that the apparent tree demon was Phantom Spirit’s illusion, the fences were decoys, and Little Deer’s illusions hid the real courtyard wall.

After Ye Fei successfully defended his homestead, he collected rewards and sold equipment dropped by the attackers. He returned home and began preparing tier 3 enhancement materials to repay Jun Mo.

• Ye Fei received 10,000 survival points and a Tier 3 Homestead Building Enhancement Crafting Recipe for defending against more than ten players.
• The Phoenix Tree shot a flame near Ye Fei, and Little White Tiger climbed it while Phantom Spirit stopped Eclipse Moon from grabbing its trunk.
• Ye Fei collected burned fence remains and attackers’ equipment, then listed the surviving weapons for sale.
• Ye Fei told Little Fox that selling attackers’ equipment could earn them points, and Little Fox offered to handle future intruders without burning their gear.
• Ye Fei returned home, played with his companions, and went to the Crafting Bench to prepare tier 3 enhancement materials for Jun Mo.

Ye Fei repaid Jun Mo with five hundred Tier Three Enhancement Materials and upgraded his courtyard walls. While discussing the home’s defenses with the Divine Phoenix Tree, he discovered it could respond with fire, but its playful flames left Eclipse Moon with scorched fur.

• Ye Fei crafted five hundred Tier Three Enhancement Materials and sent them to Jun Mo as repayment.
• Ye Fei enhanced his courtyard walls and saw that they gained strong defense, damage reflection, durability, and self-repair.
• Ye Fei asked the Phoenix Tree to burn anyone who threatened the walls, and it answered by aiming a flame at his shoulder.
• Ye Fei realized the tree was a God-level Divine Phoenix Tree and teased it about its fire and his clothes.
• The Phoenix Tree chased Ye Fei with fireballs, and Eclipse Moon pounced at one and was knocked into the pool with scorched fur.

Ye Fei warned Jun Mo to be cautious with his Jiaoren and explained that it could not speak human language until it reached a high level. After chatting about their pets and cultivation, Ye Fei asked the Phoenix Tree about Immortals and Demons, but it answered by chasing him with fireballs.

• Jun Mo told Ye Fei that his Leopard Cat bullied his little Jiaoren, whose Recognition had stopped rising at 60.
• Ye Fei warned Jun Mo that Jiaoren could be difficult to control and advised him to build their bond slowly while staying alert.
• Ye Fei told Jun Mo that Jiaoren could only awaken human speech after reaching Immortal or Demon Level or above.
• Jun Mo recalled a future fragment in which his grown Jiaoren spoke to him beside his fully grown cat, and he remained hopeful about their future.
• Ye Fei and Jun Mo exchanged cultivation advice, and Ye Fei sent Jun Mo seafood for his pets.
• Ye Fei asked the Phoenix Tree about Immortals and Demons, then complained about its fireballs as it chased him across the branches.

Ye Fei broke through to Qi Refining Seventh Tier and went to find Little Fox and Little Deer, who had been trapped by a Red-Winged Flying Ant Half-Demon. He killed the 175-Combat-Power enemy with the Dragon-Phoenix Flame Spirit Bow’s Mimicry Arrow, though the shot consumed a great deal of Spiritual Energy.

• Ye Fei completed his advancement to Qi Refining Seventh Tier, raising his Combat Power to 89.
• Little White Tiger led Ye Fei to a cliff, where he found Little Fox and Little Deer surrounded by the corpses of summoned black ants.
• Ye Fei identified the flying enemy as a first-tier, ninth-stage Red-Winged Flying Ant Half-Demon with 175 Combat Power.
• Ye Fei fired a Phoenix Bird Mimicry Arrow from the Dragon-Phoenix Flame Spirit Bow before the Half-Demon could use his summoning skill.
• The Mimicry Arrow burned the Half-Demon to ashes, but its Spiritual Energy cost pained Ye Fei.

Ye Fei took the Demon Puppet Flute from the defeated Half-Demon and sent it to Long Heng to dismantle and sell. Long Heng warned that the flute’s owner might be buying back its parts, so Ye Fei planned to erase the owner’s traces before selling the flute itself.

• Ye Fei healed Little Fox and Little Deer, collected the spoils, and identified the bone flute as a Demon Artifact that could summon powerful puppets.
• Ye Fei sent the flute to Long Heng, who dismantled it and sold two puppets, suspecting the original owner had bought them back.
• Ye Fei told Long Heng that he could form Phoenix Bird Arrows with the Dragon-Phoenix Flame Spirit Bow but could not yet use its Dragon Soul.
• Long Heng asked whether Feng An had gone missing, and Ye Fei said Feng An was likely occupied without revealing what he knew.
• Long Heng stopped selling the flute’s main body, returned it to Ye Fei, and told him to refine it to erase the original owner’s traces.

Ye Fei reforged the Living Sacrifice Demon Puppet Flute into an Unnamed Demon Artifact and sold it to Long Heng, who could use it. The payment pushed Ye Fei’s Survival Points to five million and unlocked the Survival Mall’s recycling mode.

• Long Heng explained that living-sacrifice artifacts used a creature refined alive as their Artifact Spirit, making them powerful but dangerous if they could not be controlled.
• Long Heng sent Ye Fei a large batch of farm-raised seafood, which Ye Fei cooked into more than a dozen orange-quality dishes and traded to him.
• Ye Fei took the reforged bone flute from the Artifact Refining Furnace and found it had become a silver sonic-attack bell usable by Demon Race members above tier 2.
• Ye Fei gave the Unnamed Demon Artifact to Long Heng, who named it, kept it for himself, and paid Ye Fei three million Survival Points.
• Ye Fei reached five million Survival Points and unlocked the Survival Mall’s recycling mode.

Ye Fei refined Heart-Cleansing Pills while cultivating and became worried when Feng An stopped responding. He used his luck to locate Feng An, who returned to Ye Fei’s home, leaving Ye Fei weakened and asking the Snake Demon to guard the household.

• Ye Fei tested the recycling price of a Water Spirit Pearl, then began refining Heart-Cleansing Pills and cultivating while the pills were prepared.
• Ye Fei completed two Heart-Cleansing Pills, assigning one to Feng An, but Feng An did not reply or collect it.
• Ye Fei worried after learning Long Heng also could not contact Feng An, and he used the Wind Snake Essence and his luck to sense Feng An’s whereabouts.
• Feng An appeared before Ye Fei, explaining that Ye Fei’s luck had freed him from his restraints and brought him back to his previous location marker.
• Ye Fei, weakened by using his luck, asked Feng An to help guard his home and complained that Feng An had gone out courting death before fulfilling their agreement.

Ye Fei spent his luck to save Feng An, leaving him unable to refine pills or safely venture outside for a few days. After Feng An protected Ye Fei’s home with an array and left, an army of flying and ground ants approached, and Ye Fei prepared to ask Feng An whether they could burn it away.

• Feng An realized Ye Fei had forced him to borrow luck and complained that repaying the debt could take half his life.
• Ye Fei made clear mutton soup despite his depleted luck, and Feng An judged the food before setting up a protective array around the home.
• Feng An told Ye Fei to stay inside for a few days and left, while Ye Fei reassured Little Fox, Little Deer, Little White Tiger, and Big Dog.
• The Phoenix Tree alerted Ye Fei to approaching ants, and he spotted a swarm in the sky and on the snow.
• Ye Fei thanked the Phoenix Tree and decided to ask Feng An whether the array could withstand fire so they could burn the ant army.

Ye Fei prepared a fire trap around his home and defended it as the Ant King's swarms approached. He burned and shot the scouting Half-Demon ants while refusing the Ant King's offer to join the Ant Clan.

• Feng An told Ye Fei that his protective formation stopped outside attackers, then secretly came to watch.
• Ye Fei arranged Wooden Fences and flammable grease around his home and told Qingxue to keep everyone inside.
• The black ants reached the fences, where the Half-Demon players tried to remove the grease and were caught in Phoenix Tree fire and Ye Fei's arrows.
• A Flying Ant player called for Ye Fei to come out and fight, but Ye Fei stayed behind his defenses and kept shooting the ground ants.
• The ants offered Ye Fei a chance to name his terms if he joined the Ant Clan, and Ye Fei dismissed the Ant King's supposed authority.

Ye Fei defended his homestead from ant Half-Demon players, using Spiritual Energy arrows to kill those hidden among the swarm and earn achievement rewards. Feng An finally revealed himself, and Ye Fei asked him to bring the remaining players within the homestead’s building range so their deaths would yield better rewards.

• Ye Fei shot down the attacking Half-Demon players while Feng An and the Phoenix Tree watched from above.
• Ye Fei used his ability to distinguish players from ants and continued targeting players hiding in the swarm.
• Ye Fei reached the achievement requirement for killing 20 players besieging his homestead and received Survival Points and Selectable Energy Orbs.
• Feng An appeared and asked whether Ye Fei needed help.
• Ye Fei asked Feng An to throw the remaining players into his homestead’s building range so he could earn extra rewards by killing them.

Ye Fei and Feng An slaughtered the Ant Half-Demon players attacking Ye Fei’s Homestead, while Ye Fei earned a reward for killing fifty attackers. The Ant King then ordered the surrounding swarm into an all-out assault, but the ants could do little against Feng An’s Formation Protection.

• Ye Fei told Feng An he would treat the players besieging his home like enemies, and Feng An used Tornadoes to fling them into Ye Fei’s arrows.
• Feng An urged Ye Fei to practice his accuracy, while Ye Fei insisted he aimed by calculating where the targets would land.
• Ye Fei killed fifty Ant Half-Demon players and received 50,000 Survival Points and 1,000 points in Selectable Energy Orbs.
• The Ant King ordered the Ant Half-Demon players to make the surrounding swarm attack Ye Fei’s Homestead.
• The ants and Ant Half-Demons crashed against Feng An’s Formation Protection without damaging it, leaving Ye Fei nauseated by their appearance.

Ye Fei and the Phoenix Tree burned the attacking ants while he defended the Homestead and bought an intermediate Golden Light Shield spell manual. Feng An explained the prices and limits of cultivation techniques, leaving Ye Fei to wonder about grades beyond Gold.

• Ye Fei urged the Phoenix Tree to burn the ants, and its flames spread through the swarm, earning Survival Points and defensive kills even as some Half-Demon players died outside his kill count.
• Ye Fei used his bow to shoot Half-Demon players while Feng An questioned whether the fire would overheat the Homestead.
• Ye Fei explained that the Golden Light Shield and circulating pool water protected the four little ones from the heat.
• Feng An told Ye Fei that intermediate, advanced, and top-grade Golden Light Shield manuals cost one million, ten million, and a hundred million, and that later grades required learning earlier ones first.
• Ye Fei bought and learned the intermediate Golden Light Shield, then asked whether cultivation techniques had grades above Gold.
• Feng An said Gold was the highest grade available for purchase, while higher techniques had to be created, comprehended, or obtained through certain existing cultivation methods.