Chapter Summaries

Ye Fei crafted a simple longbow and wooden arrows, then hunted a rabbit before encountering a hostile Snow Fox with combat power 22. He climbed a tree and, with Qingxue the Little Fox attacking from below, fought to keep the Snow Fox from reaching him.

• Ye Fei learned the longbow and arrow recipes, crafted both, and set out with Qingxue the Little Fox to hunt.
• Ye Fei found a wild rabbit and killed it with a headshot from his new bow.
• Qingxue spotted an adult Snow Fox, and Ye Fei saw that it had targeted him and had combat power 22.
• Ye Fei climbed a dead tree with his bow while Qingxue approached the Snow Fox, who lunged at her.
• Ye Fei wounded the Snow Fox's tail with an arrow, drawing its attention as Qingxue attacked its hindquarters.
• The Snow Fox began climbing the tree while Ye Fei fired arrows and Qingxue tore at its legs and back.

Ye Fei and Qingxue the Little Fox killed the Snow Fox, and he used its Beast Essence Stone to raise Qingxue to level 3. After selling materials, he bought a recipe and made a 6-Slot Storage Cabinet, finally giving him a way to organize his Inventory.

• Ye Fei and Qingxue the Little Fox defeated the Snow Fox, and he fed the injured Qingxue a Blood-Replenishing Pill before taking her and the corpse home.
• Ye Fei harvested the Wild Rabbit and Snow Fox, gaining materials and a fox Beast Essence Stone.
• Qingxue ate the Beast Essence Stone in her sleep and advanced to level 3, gaining the Speed trait and 5 Combat Power.
• Ye Fei sold low-level leather and beast bones for 10 points, bringing his total to 34.
• Ye Fei spent 30 points on the 6-Slot Storage Cabinet recipe and crafted the cabinet with 20 basic timber.

Ye Fei sold most of his surplus materials for survival points, then exchanged messages with his junior from another time and space about their dangerous hunts. The junior offered him mutton and lamb chops, but Ye Fei refused the gift, explaining that they were not truly fellow alumni and that their worlds worked differently.

• Ye Fei sold his beast claws, fangs, leather, sinews, wolf meat, and bones, earning 41 survival points and raising his total to 45.
• After dinner, Ye Fei checked Beast Essence Stone listings and was surprised by their high prices, especially fox stones.
• Ye Fei's junior described hunting rabbits, sheep, and an adult wild wolf, and said they had obtained a Beast Essence Stone.
• The junior offered Ye Fei six portions of mutton and two portions of lamb chops in exchange for two pieces of Basic Timber.
• Ye Fei refused the offer, explaining that they were not actually fellow alumni and that classmates in his time often competed against one another.

Ye Fei prepared his home and set out to hunt while caring for the recovered Qingxue the Little Fox. After finding his vegetables had sprouted and identifying a strange Phoenix Tree Sapling, he discovered a green Supply Crate lodged high in a dead tree.

• Ye Fei accepted a trade of lamb chops, cooked them overnight, and slept after browsing complaints about players whose martial arts teams had cost them Survival Points.
• Ye Fei woke to find Qingxue the Little Fox recovered, then cleaned his yard, built a temporary toilet, and traded ice for mutton.
• Ye Fei prepared supplies for the day's hunting quest and ate lamb chops with Qingxue before heading out.
• Ye Fei found his vegetables sprouting and inspected a Phoenix Tree Sapling whose description promised that planting it would attract a Phoenix.
• Ye Fei spotted a green Supply Crate high in a dead tree, chopped the tree down, and made the crate fall to the ground.

Ye Fei expanded his Inventory, planted new crops, and spent the day gathering materials with Qingxue. After Qingxue brought him a pheasant, he earned a Hunting Pack and learned a Wooden Fence recipe that improved his home’s defenses.

• Ye Fei used an Inventory Expansion Ticket, planted a grape seedling and cucumber seeds, then went out to chop trees.
• Ye Fei returned home for lunch after gathering timber and Supply Crates without finding prey.
• Qingxue disappeared after lunch and returned with a nearly dead pheasant, which Ye Fei finished off to complete his hunting quest.
• Ye Fei harvested the pheasant, listed its feathers for sale, and opened his Hunting Pack to find Blood-Replenishing Pills, beast bones, and a Wooden Fence Crafting Recipe.
• Ye Fei learned the recipe, crafted and placed a Wooden Fence section, then spent the afternoon collecting timber and smelted poor-quality timber for energy.

Ye Fei defended his home from a nighttime wolf pack attack by using layers of Wooden Fences and arrows, then killed the pack with help from Qingxue. After collecting the rewards and loot, he discovered that Qingxue could eat wolf-type Beast Essence Stones.

• Ye Fei placed two layers of Wooden Fences around a larger yard to strengthen its defenses.
• After a wolf pack attacked the fences, Ye Fei shot the wolves and repeatedly repositioned fences to keep them from reaching the house.
• Ye Fei killed the ordinary wolves, and Qingxue injured the fleeing pack leader before Ye Fei trapped it among the fences and finished it off.
• Ye Fei received Survival Points and the Wolf Pack Nemesis aura, then salvaged meat, materials, and four Beast Essence Stones from the seven wolves.
• Qingxue ate all four Beast Essence Stones and fell asleep in Ye Fei's palm.

Ye Fei sold his collected materials and earned enough Survival Points to buy a Gene Evolution Fluid, hoping it would strengthen him. After drinking it, he entered a strange space where glowing points of light surrounded him, and several began drifting toward him.

• Ye Fei sold beast claws, fangs, and intermediate leather, then sold more meat, sinews, bones, and leather to raise his Survival Points to 502.
• Ye Fei found the Gene Evolution Fluid in the Survival Mall and bought the single dose available for 500 points.
• Ye Fei completed his Random Quest to find one Supply Crate, then drank the Gene Evolution Fluid while Qingxue watched.
• Ye Fei awoke inside a strange space, unable to move or speak, and eventually calmed himself as several lights began drifting toward him.

Ye Fei chose cultivation as his evolution path, but his new Spirit-Guiding Art left his combat power unchanged and his cultivation uninitiated. He returned to his chores with Qingxue, cleared the snow from his yard, and restored normal growth to his seedlings.

• Ye Fei selected cultivation, unlocked his spiritual roots and received the Spirit-Guiding Art, but his combat power remained 3.
• Ye Fei told Grassland that he had gained the cultivator label by buying genetic evolution serum for 500 points and admitted his cultivation had made no progress.
• Ye Fei reunited with Qingxue and began preparing fox meat for stew after returning to his daily chores.
• Ye Fei found that snow had slowed his cabbage and tomato seedlings, then cleared the yard so the plants could resume normal growth.

Ye Fei completed his hunting quest, expanded his yard’s greenery, and gathered supplies while preparing for the approaching blizzard. After finding another mysterious sapling, he planted it in his yard and hoped it would grow into a fruit tree.

• Ye Fei sent Qingxue to kill a wild rabbit, then continued hunting until he completed his quest and collected four Supply Crates and a Pine Seedling.
• Ye Fei planted the Pine Seedling, raising his home’s greenery to 15, and spent time with Qingxue before eating lunch.
• Ye Fei read chat messages about a player selling martial arts instruction, then sold hunting materials and used his points to buy an axe.
• Ye Fei saw that the blizzard would arrive in less than seven hours and spent the afternoon chopping wood, finding another mysterious Sapling, and gathering materials.
• As the wind and snow intensified, Ye Fei returned to his yard, queued Wooden Fences, and planted the mysterious Sapling.

Ye Fei endured the blizzard, successfully drew spiritual energy into his body, and learned that his junior had also chosen cultivation. After tending to his home the next morning, he found an enormous creature in the yard and wondered where Qingxue had dragged it from.

• A blizzard notification appeared, and Ye Fei watched tornadoes and snow batter the area beyond his fenced yard.
• Ye Fei found few players discussing the blizzard in chat and suspected that players had been scattered across different locations.
• Ye Fei cultivated through the night, drew qi into his body, and gained one point of spiritual energy.
• Ye Fei learned that his junior had chosen cultivation too, though the junior had not yet successfully drawn qi into his body.
• Ye Fei tidied his yard and prepared breakfast while Qingxue played outside.
• Ye Fei returned to the yard and found an enormous creature, clutching his Longbow as he asked Qingxue where it came from.

Ye Fei took in a dying white tiger that Qingxue the Little Fox had let into the yard, only to discover it had accepted him as master on behalf of its unborn cub. After the adult tiger died in childbirth, Ye Fei fed the newborn its inner core, and he ended the chapter staying home to cultivate during the blizzard.

• Qingxue the Little Fox led a gravely wounded white tiger into Ye Fei's yard, where the tiger voluntarily accepted him as its master's cub.
• The white tiger gave birth to a newborn cub, then died and left behind an inner core, a purple hide, and a purple blade.
• Ye Fei gave the inner core to the hungry White Tiger Cub, which swallowed it and fell asleep while evolving.
• Qingxue grew jealous of the new pet, but Ye Fei comforted her and served her meat soup.
• With the blizzard still raging, Ye Fei stayed home and cultivated while Qingxue curled up in his pocket and slept.

Ye Fei cultivated throughout the day, gaining twenty-five points of spiritual energy, while his pets Qingxue the Little Fox and the newly named Feng Bai grew affectionate with each other. He abandoned his hunting quest as the blizzard continued and ended the day watching the two cubs make a mess of the yard.

• Ye Fei cultivated through the morning and gained eleven points of spiritual energy before taking Qingxue the Little Fox back to the cabin for lunch.
• Ye Fei introduced the awake white tiger cub to Qingxue, who was disarmed when the cub clung to her affectionately.
• Ye Fei named the cub Feng Bai, and the two pets copied each other while eating and then played around the yard.
• Ye Fei cultivated through the afternoon and abandoned his hunting quest because the blizzard had not stopped.
• Ye Fei finished the day with twenty-five points of spiritual energy and tried to sweep the yard while Qingxue and Feng Bai ran around him.

After the blizzard eased, Ye Fei raised his homestead temperature and discovered that cultivating in the yard greatly increased his spiritual energy. He began clearing storm debris for random rewards while Qingxue the Little Fox and Feng Bai the little white tiger hunted prey and brought it home.

• Ye Fei unlocked homestead temperature adjustment with his new greening points and raised the temperature by 5°C.
• Ye Fei found that cultivating outdoors at night more than tripled his spiritual energy intake and reached 83/1000 by morning.
• Ye Fei accepted the special quest to clear blizzard debris and earned survival points, a pill, an iron ingot, a pine seedling, and an unhatched egg.
• Qingxue the Little Fox and Feng Bai the little white tiger returned with a wild wolf each, and Ye Fei finished off and harvested both.
• Ye Fei continued clearing debris as Qingxue and Feng Bai went hunting again, later returning with larger prey.

After a day of hunting, trading, and tending his home, Ye Fei cultivated through the night and reached enough spiritual energy to attempt Qi Refining. His first breakthrough failed, but he received most of the energy back and immediately tried again.

• Ye Fei completed his daily quest after Qingxue the Little Fox and Feng Bai the little white tiger brought back prey, earning points, pills, materials, and a Simple Wooden Longbow recipe.
• Ye Fei messaged his junior schoolmate, who reported absorbing spiritual energy and hunting sheep and wolves, and Ye Fei recommended cultivating outdoors.
• Ye Fei planted a Pine Seedling, organized his supplies, and counted eighty-three survival points after selling materials and killing eight wild wolves.
• Ye Fei cultivated in the yard overnight until he had 126 spiritual energy and began Qi Refining.
• Ye Fei's first breakthrough failed, refunding 75 spiritual energy, so he started another attempt and tried to memorize how the energy moved through his meridians.

Ye Fei broke through to Qi Refinement First Tier, then shared his cultivation method with a powerful player who had offered a reward for help. After the player successfully sensed spiritual energy and paid the rest, Ye Fei ended the day with 312 Survival Points.

• Ye Fei entered Qi Refinement First Tier, raising his stats and Combat Power as he continued clearing snow.
• Qingxue and Feng Bai joined Ye Fei while he prepared wolf meat stew and worked around his home.
• Snowfield/9109-0009-0158 contacted Ye Fei for help sensing spiritual energy and offered 100 points in return.
• Ye Fei told Snowfield/9109-0009-0158 to practice the Spirit-Guiding Art outside; the player paid him 50 points upfront.
• Snowfield/9109-0009-0158 later confirmed successfully sensing spiritual energy and paid Ye Fei the remaining 50 points.
• Ye Fei collected supplies, earned points from hunting and sales, and finished the day with 312 Survival Points.

Ye Fei exchanged cultivation advice and information about pill-making with his junior, then resumed cultivating in his yard. He discovered that after reaching the first tier of qi refinement, he absorbed two points of spiritual energy at a time.

• Ye Fei told his junior that breaking through to qi refining required 100 spiritual energy and described his failed first attempt.
• Ye Fei reasoned that sharing ordinary cultivation information was a fair exchange, and his junior revealed that the Spirit-Gathering Pill recipe cost 600 points but required an Alchemy Furnace and rare ingredients.
• His junior explained that he had bought the recipe after selling Beast Essence Stones dropped by wolves that attacked his yard.
• Ye Fei put the sleeping little fox and Little White Tiger under the quilt, then went to the yard to cultivate.
• Ye Fei received a notification that he had gained two spiritual energy and realized the amount had doubled after his breakthrough to qi refinement first tier.

Ye Fei endured his first spiritual energy body-tempering session, gaining one point each in spirit and strength while Qingxue the Little Fox and Feng Bai feared for him. After comforting the two little ones, he returned to clearing snow and received a Random Quest to find two plant seedlings.

• Ye Fei discovered that advancing through Qi Refining required twelve body-tempering sessions and spent 100 spiritual energy to begin the first one.
• Ye Fei endured agonizing pain while Qingxue the Little Fox cried nearby and Feng Bai dragged her away to keep her from interfering.
• Ye Fei completed body tempering, gaining one spirit and one strength, then comforted Qingxue the Little Fox and Feng Bai.
• Ye Fei cooked rabbit meat, tucked the two little ones into his pockets, and went outside to clear snow while considering supports for his growing plants.
• Ye Fei received a Random Quest to find two plant seedlings for twenty Survival Points and a level-one planting gift pack.

Ye Fei and his companions found and killed a wild bison, then brought it home for him to butcher. He sold several valuable materials and left the bloody trail outside, hoping it would attract a wolf pack.

• Little Fox and Feng Bai caught prey nearby, found a dying Pine Seedling, and brought Ye Fei a pheasant.
• Little Fox and Feng Bai dragged a nearly defeated wild bison to Ye Fei, who killed it and learned they had found it trapped in a pit.
• Ye Fei dragged the bison home and butchered it, obtaining green-quality horns, hooves, leather, beef, and a Beast Essence Stone.
• Ye Fei listed the horns and leather for sale, stored the meat, and counted his timber and survival points.
• Ye Fei left the bison's bloody trail in the snow, hoping it would lure a wolf pack he could trap for materials and Beast Essence Stones.

Ye Fei trapped and killed five wild wolves, gaining Survival Points, materials, and a beast essence stone that helped Feng Bai evolve to level three. After selling the wolf and bison materials, he reached 728 points and found new cultivation items in the Survival Mall, including a 700-point defensive spell.

• Ye Fei trapped five wild wolves with Wooden Fences and practiced shooting them with his Longbow, earning Survival Points as he killed them.
• Ye Fei used a beast essence stone on Feng Bai, who evolved from a level-two to a level-three White Tiger Cub.
• Ye Fei sold bison and wolf materials, bringing his total to 728 points.
• Ye Fei checked the Survival Mall and found the cultivation recipes, two 700-point furnaces, a Cultivation Fellow Disciple Aid Talisman, and a Low-Level Golden Light Shield.

Ye Fei completed his quest to find plant seedlings, then rushed to rescue Qingxue and Feng Bai after they attacked a white crane and were badly injured. Bringing them home, he realized the plateau where he lived was the summit of an immense snow mountain surrounded by other peaks.

• Ye Fei learned the contents of the Low-Level Golden Light Shield manual but still did not know how to use the spell.
• Ye Fei found a dying cypress seedling, completed his Random Quest, and earned 20 Survival Points and a level-one planting gift pack.
• After Qingxue and Feng Bai failed to answer his calls, Ye Fei saw that a white crane had been killed and followed the injured Feng Bai to Qingxue.
• Ye Fei treated Qingxue with Blood-Replenishing Pills, gave both pets another pill, and dragged the crane carcass home with them.
• Ye Fei looked out from the cliff and realized his home was on a high plateau atop a snow mountain surrounded by other peaks.