Chapter Summaries

Ye Fei and his companions found and cleared more hot springs, then he finally saw the Phoenix Tree’s golden-red leaves and reassured it that they were beautiful. After messaging Long Heng about the disaster and Feng An’s snake, Ye Fei prepared for a feast and planned to keep searching for rewards until the disaster ended.

• Ye Fei’s group found nine hot springs in a day, earning Inventory Expansion Tickets, Spirit Pearls, and other rewards.
• Back home, Ye Fei climbed the Phoenix Tree and saw its small golden-red leaves unfurl.
• The Phoenix Tree started withdrawing its leaves when it thought Ye Fei disliked them, but Ye Fei praised them until it was satisfied.
• Little Phoenix played with the leaves while Ye Fei and the other companions enjoyed a peaceful moment at home.
• Long Heng messaged Ye Fei about the snake attack and asked about the disaster; Ye Fei replied that they were still searching for hot springs.
• Ye Fei reflected that the disaster might be nearly over and decided his family would feast before continuing to cultivate and search for rewards.

After Snow Mountain’s disaster ended, Ye Fei played in the snow with Jun Mo and the others while Feng An visited. Feng An urged Ye Fei to build a solid foundation before advancing and promised a valuable gift if Ye Fei drew down a thunder tribulation during Foundation Establishment.

• The system announced that Snow Mountain’s disaster had ended, though players warned that remaining hot springs and Demon Insect Eggs could still produce threats.
• Ye Fei started a snowball fight with Jun Mo, Eclipse Moon, and the others, while Big Cat poured snow down Jun Mo’s collar.
• Feng An arrived and asked whether Ye Fei had cleared the nearby hot springs, but Ye Fei said he would let the Demon Insects hatch and feed them to Fire Dance.
• Ye Fei told Feng An he planned to prepare for Foundation Establishment and refine pills afterward, and Feng An advised him to build a solid foundation first.
• Feng An promised Ye Fei a Foundation Establishment gift package if he drew down a thunder tribulation, then buried Ye Fei and the others in snow.

Ye Fei resumed painful body tempering at home after warning Jun Mo to stay cautious around demon insects. He completed another round and saw his attributes and five-element spiritual roots increase, but still needed ten more rounds to reach the ninth stage.

• Ye Fei reassured Jun Mo, warned him about the remaining demon insects, and told him to stay safe while searching for supply crates.
• Jun Mo complained that he was short on money after building another pool for Lingxiao and buying toys for his pets.
• Ye Fei went home with his little companions and relaxed in the hot spring before lunch.
• After lunch, Ye Fei began tempering his body beneath the tree while Little Fox and Little Phoenix encouraged each other to keep cultivating.
• Ye Fei completed a round of body tempering, gained one point in all attributes and each spiritual root, and noted that he still needed ten rounds to reach the ninth stage.

Ye Fei endured a painful Body Tempering breakthrough as his body began repairing and strengthening itself, while Feng An explained that he was trying to break through the Gene Lock imposed by his world's limitations. Feng An watched for signs of which cultivation path Ye Fei would awaken, prepared to intervene if the process went wrong.

• Ye Fei continued his final round of Body Tempering at the Qi Refining Eighth Stage, crying out in pain as his skin and meridians split and repaired themselves.
• Feng An told Little Phoenix that Ye Fei was attempting to break through his original Gene Lock, since his world had left him without a Spiritual Root.
• Feng An considered possible cultivation paths for Ye Fei, including Five Elements Generation, Five Elements Overcoming, and awakening a Lightning Spiritual Root.
• Feng An recalled that Ye Fei could force luck onto others, unlike other players, and reflected on how players handled karmic debts.
• Feng An watched Ye Fei and said he would help if anything went wrong.

Ye Fei revisited an illusion of the warm childhood home he had always wished for, then rejected it and chose to return to the home he had made with Qingxue and the others. The chapter ended with him breaking free of the illusion and deciding to go back to them.

• Ye Fei woke in an imagined version of his childhood, where his parents were alive and their family life seemed peaceful.
• Ye Fei remembered the real hardships of his childhood, including his parents' debts and deaths and his relatives' attempts to take advantage of him.
• Ye Fei left the house to buy medicine and pears for his parents, then returned to find his mother caring for his father's leg.
• Ye Fei shed tears at the sight of his imagined parents getting along, then shattered the dream.
• Ye Fei freed a kitten caught in a mousetrap and offered to take it home, but it bared its teeth at him.
• Ye Fei resisted the figures calling him to stay and chose to return to Qingxue, Feng Bai, Eclipse Moon, Phantom Spirit, Phoenix Perch, and Fire Dance.

Ye Fei returned from a heart-questioning illusion and completed Body Tempering, triggering an unexpected enhancement of his Five-Element Spiritual Root. After he began cultivating with the five elements nourishing one another, Feng An noticed Ye Fei’s anticipated Thunder Spiritual Root had not appeared.

• Ye Fei woke from the illusion, realized his Body Tempering had succeeded, and received a heart-questioning reward.
• Ye Fei completed tempering his Five-Element Spiritual Root and began an uncontrolled enhancement and cultivation process.
• Feng An teased the little ones and warned them to be cautious around Jun Mo, while Little Phoenix defended Jun Mo’s concern for Ye Fei.
• Jun Mo visited, learned Ye Fei was cultivating, and left with Lingxiao rather than disturbing him.
• Ye Fei completed one cycle of five-element cultivation and rested as Feng An examined him and questioned why his Thunder Spiritual Root had not awakened.

Ye Fei planned to reach Foundation Establishment within two days and decided to postpone entering the World Channel until then. After Body Tempering, his fused Five-Element Spiritual Root and self-created cultivation technique greatly increased his Spiritual Energy capacity, while he continued cultivating and playfully teasing Phoenix Perch.

• Feng An advised Ye Fei to wait until Foundation Establishment before entering the World Channel, since a Qi Refining newcomer would attract attention.
• Ye Fei explained that he aimed to finish his breakthrough preparations within two days so he could prepare for the Fourth Month Disaster.
• Feng An left to keep others from disturbing Ye Fei, while Ye Fei ate with the little ones.
• Ye Fei checked his updated attributes and found that his fused Five-Element Spiritual Root and Self-Created Cultivation Technique had increased his Spiritual Energy capacity and Combat Power to 136.08.
• Ye Fei sensed Spiritual Energy in the Pond and teased Phoenix Perch by provoking it to shoot Fireballs at him.

After the Grassland disaster ended, Ye Fei advised Lu Heng to rest and prepare for a breakthrough, then watched Jun Mo try cooking with disastrous results. Jun Mo planned to keep practicing so he could contribute instead of relying on Ye Fei for food.

• Lu Heng told Ye Fei that the Grassland disaster had ended, and Ye Fei advised him to rest and prepare for a breakthrough.
• Jun Mo told Ye Fei about the many Supply Crates he had found in an undiscovered cave and invited him to explore, but Ye Fei declined because he planned to watch a tribulation.
• Ye Fei supervised Jun Mo as he made clear-stewed mutton, guiding him through the preparation.
• Jun Mo's stew received a white-quality rating, while Ye Fei's stew made with the same ingredients and method received a blue-quality rating.
• Jun Mo took the dishes home and resolved to keep practicing so he could contribute rather than always relying on Ye Fei.

Ye Fei advanced to Qi Refining stage nine with an unusually smooth breakthrough while his companions talked about where they had come from. He discovered that body tempering still remained and began checking whether he had enough spiritual energy to complete it.

• Jun Mo left after dinner, telling Ye Fei he would return the next evening instead of visiting in the morning.
• Little Fox, Feng Bai, Little Deer, Eclipse Moon, and Little Phoenix discussed how they had been born or found, and Eclipse Moon protested that it had hatched from an egg in its master's arms.
• Ye Fei began preparing to break through to Qi Refining stage nine, but found he could not stop his spiritual energy from accelerating through his meridians.
• After just over an hour, Ye Fei successfully advanced to Qi Refining stage nine and received one attribute point in every stat.
• Ye Fei saw that Body Tempering remained at 0/12 and considered whether his spiritual energy would be enough, while worrying that the process might affect his spiritual root again.

Ye Fei watched Jun Mo present a twelve-layer linked formation disk that boosted plant growth, and Phoenix Perch turned it into a wind chime for the tree. Jun Mo received a small flame essence as thanks, leaving him reassured that Phoenix Perch cherished his gift.

• Ye Fei finished cultivating, comforted Qingxue, and sent a message with grilled shrimp to someone he had not heard from recently.
• Jun Mo arrived with Big Cat and showed Ye Fei a formation disk that provided plants with an additional 120% growth amplification.
• Ye Fei praised Jun Mo’s work and thanked him, then gave the formation disk to Phoenix Perch.
• Phoenix Perch placed two Flame Tree Leaves on Jun Mo’s head, then gave him a leaf-shaped flame essence after stopping him from rubbing the leaves.
• Phoenix Perch crafted the formation disk and flame leaves into a wind chime and hung it from a low branch, making Jun Mo feel that his gift was treasured.

Ye Fei began his breakthrough from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, but discovered he lacked enough spiritual energy to activate his thunder spiritual root. He pushed his body to absorb more energy and repeatedly simulated lightning, while Feng An secretly protected his household and watched without intervening.

• Ye Fei warned Jun Mo that he planned to attempt a breakthrough and might summon lightning, so Jun Mo fled with Big Cat after sensing danger.
• Ye Fei checked his attributes and cultivation status, then began breaking through from Qi Refining, tier nine, to Foundation Establishment.
• Ye Fei realized he lacked enough spiritual energy to activate his thunder spiritual root, so he suppressed the breakthrough and accelerated his absorption until his body was badly injured.
• Ye Fei removed his magical robe and Flame Spirit Armor, then tried to simulate lightning with spiritual energy in his palms.
• Feng An protected Ye Fei's household and property while criticizing Ye Fei's unreliable attempt to draw a thunder tribulation, but he stayed hidden and did not interfere.

Ye Fei summoned a thunder tribulation with his luck and endured its lightning while trying to awaken a thunder spiritual root. As the tribulation continued, Phoenix Perch warned Feng An that success could transform it into heavenly punishment, leaving Feng An worried about the danger.

• Ye Fei infused a lightning strike with his luck and sent it into the sky, summoning tribulation clouds while holding back his breakthrough.
• Ye Fei warned Feng An that he might need him to block the tribulation, then climbed to the top of the Phoenix Tree.
• Ye Fei absorbed spiritual energy and let the first bolt strike him, hoping the tribulation would awaken a thunder spiritual root.
• Feng An watched the lightning repeatedly strike Ye Fei and concluded that Ye Fei could survive the tribulation.
• Phoenix Perch warned that awakening a thunder spiritual root could mutate the tribulation into heavenly punishment, and Feng An realized he might have to face it.

Ye Fei awakened his mutated thunder spiritual root, but heavenly punishment struck before he could recover, and Long Heng sacrificed himself to protect him. Feng An paused Long Heng’s fading dragon soul and helped Ye Fei create a tiny courtyard to revive him, while warning that Ye Fei’s luck could make repaying the new debt dangerous.

• Ye Fei completed his thunder tribulation and awakened a mutated thunder spiritual root as his body began to heal.
• Feng An warned that heavenly punishment was different from tribulation, but stopped before explaining the danger.
• Heavenly punishment descended without warning, and Long Heng shielded Ye Fei before his body and dragon scales dissolved.
• Ye Fei asked Feng An to awaken him and build a small courtyard so Long Heng’s dragon soul could be preserved.
• Feng An paused Long Heng’s soul and used Ye Fei’s consciousness to build a tiny courtyard, then suggested reviving him as an egg.
• Ye Fei insisted that Long Heng himself must be revived, while Feng An noted that Long Heng’s sacrifice had created a new debt tied to Ye Fei’s extraordinary luck.

Ye Fei brought Long Heng home as a dragon egg after Feng An turned the unconscious Dragon Soul into one, then completed his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage and received a series of achievement rewards. Feng An revealed that he had given Ye Fei a Supreme Grade Artifact Refining Furnace and scrapped the old one.

• Feng An transformed Long Heng's damaged Dragon Soul into a dragon egg and told Ye Fei to keep it in his pool while it recovered.
• Feng An protected Long Heng's courtyard, and Ye Fei brought the egg home and introduced it to his pets.
• Ye Fei released the suppression on his cultivation and advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage, earning several achievement rewards.
• Ye Fei noticed a Supreme Grade Artifact Refining Furnace among his rewards and asked Feng An how it had appeared.
• Feng An admitted that he had given Ye Fei the new furnace and scrapped his original Artifact Refining Furnace.

Ye Fei rested after his tribulation, bought an advanced Golden Light Shield manual and supplies, then went to sleep. While he was away, the Dragon Egg’s aura upset the little ones, and Fire Dance tried to punish it with lightning, only for the egg to absorb every strike.

• Feng An left after telling Ye Fei he would bring materials the next day so Ye Fei could refine a Pill.
• Ye Fei checked that Phoenix Perch had survived the tribulation, bought an advanced Golden Light Shield manual and homestead supplies, and went to sleep.
• Little Fox and Little Phoenix worried about Ye Fei and watched the Dragon Egg, whose aura irritated the little ones.
• After Little Fox led the others to the Backyard, Fire Dance attacked the Dragon Egg with Lightning Strikes.
• Fire Dance discovered that the Dragon Egg had absorbed the lightning and flew to its nest in distress.
• Phoenix Perch comforted Fire Dance and hoped Long Heng would hatch soon.

Ye Fei explored the newly unlocked World Channel and learned that other players had noticed his high Combat Power and suspected he owned multiple Spirit Tools. He discovered that Long Heng could message him from inside the Dragon Egg, but Long Heng refused to hatch after being reborn as a True Dragon hatchling.

• Ye Fei examined the World Channel categories and Trading Interface, finding a wide range of high-grade items for sale.
• Lingyan warned Ye Fei that players had guessed he owned at least two Spirit Tools and advised him to be cautious about requests to borrow items.
• Ye Fei replied that he was poor and would not lend out his belongings, then greeted the Phoenix Tree and checked on Long Heng's Dragon Egg.
• Ye Fei confirmed that Long Heng was awake and could receive and send messages while recovering inside the egg.
• Long Heng told Ye Fei he did not want to talk, then resolved to stay inside the eggshell rather than hatch as a True Dragon hatchling.

Ye Fei tried to coax Long Heng out of his Dragon Egg while Feng An delivered materials and Jun Mo watched. When Ye Fei teased Long Heng about missing his request for food, Long Heng finally broke through the shell and emerged.

• Jun Mo spotted the Dragon Egg, and Ye Fei explained that Long Heng was recovering inside it after taking a calamity for him.
• Feng An appeared, scolded Jun Mo for mistaking the dragon for a snake, handed Ye Fei materials, and threatened to crack Long Heng's shell.
• Ye Fei left Long Heng by the pool and ate with Jun Mo and the creatures, missing Long Heng's message asking for food.
• Ye Fei found the food gone and teased Long Heng that he would have to wait until dinner, then carried the egg toward the Gourmet Crafting Bench to get him something to eat.
• Long Heng smashed through the shell with a silver-scaled fist and struck Ye Fei's shoulder.

Long Heng hatched from his dragon egg in the form of a baby, furious that Ye Fei had let the Thunder Tribulation strike him and leave his scales shattered. Ye Fei carried him home, where Feng An removed the snow pillar sealing Long Heng’s tiny yard, and Long Heng began rebuilding his home.

• Long Heng broke out of his egg, scolded Ye Fei for letting him take the Thunder Tribulation, and complained that his dragon scales were shattered.
• Ye Fei fed Long Heng and carried him home while Jun Mo and Big Cat followed.
• Long Heng discovered that Feng An’s snow pillar prevented him from building and shouted at Feng An to remove it.
• Feng An teased Long Heng, but Ye Fei stopped him, and Feng An removed the snow pillar to reveal Long Heng’s tiny yard.
• Long Heng began buying materials to expand his yard and build a house, then offered Ye Fei materials for two sets of beginner magical artifacts.

Ye Fei let the Alchemy Furnace decide what pills to make from Feng An’s ingredients, then considered the new Foundation Establishment cultivation rules and his wish to live independently. He turned to artifact refining, sent Long Heng the materials for a top-grade outfit, and checked the recipes for beginner gear.

• Ye Fei left Long Heng’s home with Jun Mo, who marveled at Long Heng’s wealth and enormous Spirit Spring pool.
• Jun Mo took Lingxiao out for a stroll, saying Ye Fei should focus on pill refining and that he would soon establish his foundation.
• Ye Fei put Feng An’s ten attribute ingredients into the Alchemy Furnace and let it choose what to refine, spending 10,000 Spiritual Energy.
• Ye Fei learned from Feng An that sects controlled access to Foundation Establishment methods through contribution points, and decided he wanted a home and an independent life instead.
• Ye Fei checked his Artifact Refining Furnace’s recipes, sent Long Heng the materials for a top-grade outfit, and noted that beginner gear used Stored Energy rather than his Spiritual Energy.

Ye Fei teased the weakened Long Heng about his childlike appearance and promised to make him sparkly equipment, while the others joined in the joke. When Lin Mu reported finding a blind Half-Demon who wanted to visit the Mountain Peak, Ye Fei went to meet them, and Long Heng insisted on coming along.

• Long Heng complained that his Magical Artifact equipment was plain, and Ye Fei explained that his luck bonus had gone toward making pills for Feng An.
• Ye Fei offered to make Long Heng sparkly accessories, but Long Heng angrily argued that he needed intimidating Battle Armor instead.
• Ye Fei teased Long Heng about tying his silver hair into buns with red ribbons, and Phoenix Perch created a flaming mock-up that made Long Heng threaten to retaliate when he became a Divine Dragon.
• Ye Fei told Long Heng to rest in the Spiritual Energy-rich pool while he went to meet visitors after Lin Mu reported finding a blind Half-Demon.
• Long Heng insisted on going with Ye Fei to explore Snow Mountain and visit the Little Daoist's Jiaoren, but Ye Fei carried him along while warning that his damaged scales were too fragile.