Chapter Summaries

Ye Fei used arrows and the Alchemy Furnace to capture the Beast Race gorilla while Feimeng and Fire Dance fought the other Beast Race players. Feng An realized Ye Fei had used a Lightning Domain to paralyze the gorilla before drawing him into the furnace to be refined.

• Little Phoenix flew off to help Feimeng and Fire Dance fight the Beast Race players while Phoenix Perch protected Fire Dance.
• Ye Fei repeatedly shot the gorilla, turning his limbs and torso to stone as the gorilla demanded that he come out and fight.
• While the gorilla punched the courtyard barrier, Ye Fei completed a ring of Wooden Fence and dropped the Alchemy Furnace over him, pulling him inside.
• Ye Fei took the furnace back to its place and prepared to refine the gorilla before he could use his giant beast form or Berserk ability.
• Feng An deduced that Ye Fei had used a Lightning Domain inside the furnace to paralyze the gorilla and get him inside.

Ye Fei and his companions defeated a group of Human Race Players while an illusion made them believe he still did not dare kill anyone. Afterward, Ye Fei explained to Feng An that he intended to let the rumor spread and use it to lure attackers.

• Little Phoenix Fire Dance captured Red Little Fox after the Beast Race enemies were defeated, and the group secured over a dozen Beast Cores.
• Ye Fei watched as Qingxue and the others fought the human players, while Phoenix Perch and Phantom Spirit's illusion kept them from escaping.
• The trapped players died believing their own allies were killing them, and Ye Fei praised his companions before feeding them and letting them rest.
• Feng An asked Ye Fei whether he would keep the rumor that he could not kill anyone alive.
• Ye Fei said he would let players see that supposed weakness so they would attack and provide materials, relying on Feng An if the household faced enemies it could not beat.

Ye Fei invited Lin Xian to join Free and Unrestrained Mountain, triggering a racial harmony achievement and enthusiastic welcomes. Ye Fei left the introductions to check on Eclipse Moon, while Lin Xian happily petted Feng Bai and Eclipse Moon recovered from its level-up excitement.

• Players spread rumors about Ye Fei and his cultivation, and some began searching for his home to seek the divine tree's protection.
• Ye Fei invited Lin Xian, who accepted and became the ninth member of Free and Unrestrained Mountain.
• The faction earned the Beginner Racial Harmony achievement for bringing together seven races, increasing its prosperity and core building progress.
• Lin Xian introduced himself to the members while Ye Fei went to investigate Eclipse Moon's cries in the backyard.
• Feng Bai placed a paw on Lin Xian's shoulder, and Lin Xian eagerly rubbed its soft fur before Ye Fei returned with Big Dog.
• Ye Fei explained that Eclipse Moon had leveled up and accidentally stepped on Phantom Spirit's tail, prompting Phantom Spirit to teach it a lesson.

The Player Faction’s leaders planned to raise its Prosperity to level 3 so they could unlock territory construction before the next disaster. Feng An, Lingyan, and the Elf Queen volunteered to earn Prosperity by arranging hunts, while Ye Fei agreed to lend Fire Dance to Lingyan; the Elf Queen hinted that Feng An had suggested luring creatures toward her home.

• The Elf Queen urged Feng An to level up the Player Faction and unlock territory construction before the next disaster.
• Feng An explained that a level 3 Player Faction could invite members to settle in its territory, and Lu Heng eagerly asked whether he could move to Snow Mountain.
• Long Heng warned that the faction still needed roughly eighty thousand Prosperity, and Feng An promised to help earn forty thousand by taking him to a lake full of fish.
• Lingyan volunteered to earn twenty thousand Prosperity within a week and asked Ye Fei to lend him one of his young ones.
• Ye Fei chose Fire Dance to go with Lingyan, and Lingyan agreed to prepare a pet cage despite worrying that the Phoenix might resent his history of hunting birds.
• The Elf Queen pledged to earn twenty thousand Prosperity and revealed that Feng An had proposed opening her courtyard wall to lure creatures toward the Life Tree.

Ye Fei sent Fire Dance to the Snowfield to stay with Lingyan so it could consume more avian materials and grow. Lingyan began hunting for food for Fire Dance, while the phoenix kept its loyalty to Ye Fei at 0.

• Fire Dance entered the trading cage, and Ye Fei transferred it to Lingyan after Phoenix Perch confirmed it would stay safe.
• Phoenix Perch showed Ye Fei a vision of Fire Dance arriving on the Snowfield and being teased with a phoenix plume by Lingyan.
• Lingyan shed his human shell to reveal his Spirit Race form and asked Fire Dance to raise its loyalty from 0 by at least one point.
• Fire Dance refused, insisting that Ye Fei was already its master, and Lingyan warned it not to attack him because reflected damage could badly injure it.
• Lingyan took Fire Dance to hunt phoenix-related birds and fed it their materials while the two chatted.
• Ye Fei and the other little ones watched Phoenix Perch's simulated livestream as Fire Dance ate and traveled with Lingyan.

Feng An explained that the approaching hundred-thousandth level 3 Player Faction might trigger new rules, while Ye Fei discovered that Feng An and the Elf Queen had contributed far more Prosperity than promised. The Elf Queen confronted Feng An after his advice to spread the Life Tree’s aura attracted too many beasts, leaving her unable to gather more Prosperity because her home had reached its limit.

• Feng An told Ye Fei that past Player Faction milestones had unlocked new features and that players were waiting to see what would happen when one hundred thousand factions reached level 3.
• Ye Fei checked his faction’s Prosperity and found that Feng An had exceeded his share and the Elf Queen had contributed over eight thousand more than promised.
• Feng An admitted he had urged the Elf Queen to spread the Life Tree’s aura like Ye Fei had spread a player’s presence, drawing many beasts to her region.
• The Elf Queen arrived at Ye Fei’s home and demanded that Feng An come out, while Feng An and Ye Fei each tried to deflect the blame.
• The Elf Queen said beasts still surrounded her home, but the World Rules had warned her that her home had reached its limit and could not gather more Prosperity.

Ye Fei upgraded the Player Faction to level 3 and established a vast territory, prompting its members to relocate. The Elf Queen and Lingyan moved in, while Feng An stayed outside; Ye Fei reunited with Little Phoenix and received three God-level Phoenix Bird eggs for it.

• Ye Fei upgraded the Player Faction and established its level 3 territory, which spanned 40,000 meters.
• The Elf Queen moved her enormous Life Tree Homestead into the territory and warned members to choose spots carefully, telling Wind God to wait.
• Lingyan moved to the Mountain Peak with Little Phoenix, and Lu Heng also chose a spot within the territory.
• Feng An said his home could not fit in the current territory and waited for Ye Fei.
• Fire Dance returned to Ye Fei and automatically renewed their master-pet bond; Ye Fei rushed over to hold the delighted Little Phoenix.
• Lingyan gave Ye Fei three unhatched God-level Phoenix Bird eggs to help Little Phoenix digest.

Ye Fei and the others prepared to open the reward box earned by Free and Unrestrained Mountain for becoming the hundred-thousandth level 3 Player Faction, suspecting it would trigger new rules and an attack by Invaders. They decided to wait for Lin Mu and the other invited players to gather before opening it.

• Ye Fei told Senior Lingyan and the Elf Queen that Free and Unrestrained Mountain had received a reward box for being the hundred-thousandth level 3 Player Faction.
• Ye Fei settled Little Phoenix and Little Dragon Cub in the Phoenix Tree, then explained that he suspected opening the box would bring Invaders whose strength might be based on the faction's combat power.
• The Elf Queen agreed to open the box, but Ye Fei proposed waiting for Lin Mu and the others to arrive first.
• Jun Mo arrived with Big Cat, who complained that Lu Heng had cut a patch of fur from his back after Big Cat tried to pounce on him.
• Ye Fei reassured Big Cat and sent him to the Backyard to have Qingxue examine the shorn patch.

Ye Fei opened a reward box that advanced Free and Unrestrained Mountain to a level 3 Player Faction and unlocked worldwide faction rankings and territory defense mode. The faction ranked third in average combat power, while its Core Building remained unfinished as Ye Fei began inspecting the reward materials.

• Ye Fei asked the assembled players whether they needed to prepare before opening the gift box, and Lin Xian explained that he could no longer change out of his half-demon form.
• Ye Fei opened the box, and Free and Unrestrained Mountain became the 100,000th level 3 Player Faction, earning building progress, materials, and a permanent Core Building effect.
• Worldwide announcements unlocked Player Faction rankings and territory defense mode, prompting players to check the new lists.
• Free and Unrestrained Mountain ranked 99,985th in development, somewhere in the forties for total combat power, and third for average combat power; its unfinished Core Building was not ranked.
• Feng An urged Ye Fei to inspect the rewards, and Ye Fei stored the unopened special effect before examining the materials box.

Ye Fei upgraded his talent by opening the Faction Core Building Material Pack, but the effort left him blind again. After the others left, he went to comfort the worried pets beneath the Phoenix Tree.

• Ye Fei strained his eyes to upgrade his talent, glimpsed the pack’s contents, and went blind again after opening it.
• Feng An collected the five materials, which added one hundred thousand to the building’s progress, then left to handle an invasion near his son’s home.
• Lingyan asked Feng An about the Player Faction’s defense mode, and the Elf Queen confirmed that Feng An and the dragon cub shared a bloodline.
• Ye Fei told Lingyan he had stored food, and Lingyan offered to feed Ye Fei’s pets while he recovered.
• Lingyan led the visitors away, and Ye Fei found his way to the Meditation Cushion and opened his arms to the worried little ones.

Ye Fei woke after nearly two days of sleep with his sight and health restored, while his companions told him how they had managed without him. He learned they had eaten at Senior Lingyan's home and heard how Eclipse Moon had returned frozen after playing with Lingxiao and falling into a Pond.

• Ye Fei reassured his worried companions, arranged for them to get meals from Senior Lingyan, and went to sleep while still blind.
• After nearly two days, Ye Fei woke with his vision restored and found Qingxue and Feng Bai playing in the Pond.
• Qingxue told Ye Fei that the companions had eaten at the house across the way, where the high-grade food had nearly overfilled them.
• Red Little Fox said the companions had eaten seven meals there and explained that none of them had slept while Ye Fei was unconscious.
• Ye Fei found Eclipse Moon covered in frost, tossed the dog into the Pond, and learned that Eclipse Moon had fallen in while playing with Lingxiao and stepped on Lingxu.

After waking from two days of sleep, Ye Fei reassured Eclipse Moon and checked the Player Faction’s progress. The Elf Queen visited his home, where Ye Fei admired her transformed Life Tree form and said that life’s beauty could not be defined by a template.

• Ye Fei comforted Eclipse Moon after Feng Bai pushed him into the Pond, while the Little White Tiger went back to sleep.
• Ye Fei told the Chat Channel that he had awakened and was fine, then noticed that donations had pushed the Player Faction’s Core Building progress past three hundred thousand.
• The Elf Queen warned Ye Fei not to overuse his special eyes, and Feng An mocked him and told her to ignore him.
• Ye Fei told Feng An that his son was about to wake up, and the Elf Queen asked whether Feng An was still leaving his son at Ye Fei’s home.
• The Elf Queen passed through Ye Fei’s Protective Barrier and transformed into a tree beside the Pond, where Ye Fei praised the beauty of her branches.
• Ye Fei told the Elf Queen that every life had its own beauty and that defined beauty was only a template.

The Elf Queen tried to persuade Ye Fei to inherit the God of Life position, but Lingyan and Feng An argued that Ye Fei should forge his own path. After Ye Fei refused the inheritance, Huang Yu arrived, and the Elf Queen demanded to hear why he could not accept it.

• The Elf Queen offered Ye Fei her divine position, while Lingyan and Feng An insisted he must not inherit it.
• Ye Fei complained that they were arguing about his future while he was still in the Pond, and Lingyan assured him that no one could force him to accept an inheritance.
• The Elf Queen explained that divine positions restricted growth at God-level and above, but Ye Fei said his cultivation path would not allow him to accept one.
• Feng An announced Huang Yu had arrived, and the Elf Queen continued demanding Ye Fei explain why he could not inherit a position despite having a Five-Element Spiritual Root.
• Feng An helped Ye Fei out of the Pond and held Little Dragon Cub, Little White Tiger, Qingxue, and Eclipse Moon while Ye Fei got ready to explain.

Ye Fei discovered that a leaf from the Elf Queen’s tree could replenish his spiritual energy, allowing him to refine Long Heng’s equipment set. Feng An supplied a Life Tree branch, and the Elf Queen paid tree sap to watch the artifact refining.

• Ye Fei condensed lightning in his palm, and the Elf Queen examined it with a leaf from her branch.
• The leaf changed after passing through Ye Fei’s lightning, and the Elf Queen realized what was special about it.
• Ye Fei discovered that absorbing the leaf restored his spiritual energy to its limit and asked Feng An for leaves so he could refine Long Heng’s equipment.
• Feng An gave Ye Fei a stored Life Tree branch instead of negotiating with the Elf Queen.
• The Elf Queen offered a cup of Life Tree sap at the Phoenix Tree’s base in exchange for watching the artifact refining.

Ye Fei began refining equipment for Long Heng with rare materials supplied by Feng An, while the Elf Queen and Lingyan speculated about the unusual people gathered around him. The refinement continued as Lingyan examined Long Heng and considered finding more treasures for Ye Fei.

• The Elf Queen watched Feng An give Ye Fei rare materials for Long Heng's equipment, while Feng An and Long Heng argued about talent and their supposed father-son relationship.
• Ye Fei sent Long Heng away from the Artifact Refining Furnace and began channeling spiritual energy into it through a branch of the Life Tree.
• The Elf Queen asked Lingyan whether Ye Fei might have cultivated in a past life, and Lingyan ruled out reincarnation because Ye Fei's soul and body fit perfectly.
• Lingyan explained that he was an innate spirit, then picked up Little Dragon Cub and suspected the cub had been modified after birth and cultivated along several paths.
• Feng An declined to guess Lingyan's kind, while the Elf Queen mocked him and continued trying to identify Lingyan.

Ye Fei became overloaded with spiritual energy after refining the remaining Life Tree Branch, then found that compressing the energy strengthened it and let him advance. Lingyan and the others watched over him as he cultivated, while Feng An and Long Heng bickered nearby.

• Ye Fei refined the last of the Life Tree Branch and became so stuffed with spiritual energy that it clogged his dantian and meridians.
• The Elf Queen left to study how to repair her tree, while Lingyan stayed to watch Ye Fei and Feng An found a reason to remain.
• Lingyan said he would guide Ye Fei without imposing his own beliefs, and Feng An argued that Ye Fei could handle the trouble Feng caused.
• Long Heng defended Feng An, who gleefully scooped him up and carried him to the tree as Lingyan laughed at their antics.
• Ye Fei tried to expand his dantian, but instead compressed his spiritual energy until it strengthened, circulated more comfortably, and helped him advance.

After advancing to Foundation Establishment Second Stage, Ye Fei continued refining his cultivation method while Lingyan and Feng An warned that the coming Disaster Phase might change. Feng An left Long Heng in Ye Fei’s care, and Ye Fei wondered whether the disaster would force everyone to face it alone.

• Ye Fei independently enhanced his spiritual energy, doubled his storage limit, advanced to Foundation Establishment Second Stage, and improved his attributes and cultivation techniques.
• Lingyan let Ye Fei continue cultivating in front of his guests and warned that the next Disaster Phase might change.
• Feng An teased Lingyan about learning Ye Fei’s method, then urged Ye Fei to cultivate because players might be unable to help one another during the disaster.
• Feng An left Long Heng with Ye Fei, who entrusted him to Phoenix Perch and checked on the sleeping Fire Dance.
• Ye Fei reassured Phoenix Perch that their family would survive future disasters and wondered if the coming Disaster Phase would be a solo instance.

At the five-month mark, players had to choose between disaster and challenge, and Ye Fei chose challenge mode. He and his companions entered a dark cave, where a stone tablet offered them the option to wait or leave and warned that half of any resources gathered outside would be taken as a Storage Fee.

• A new announcement began survival challenges across the regions, and Jun Mo warned Ye Fei not to choose disaster.
• Ye Fei chose challenge mode just before the countdown ended and entered an unfamiliar scenario with his companions, while Fire Dance could no longer sense Phoenix Perch.
• Ye Fei raised a Golden Light Shield, used a Toolbox made by Lu Heng and Jun Mo to create a torch, and examined the dark cave.
• Ye Fei chose the right-hand passage because its wind felt cooler, then found an exit and a stone tablet after walking for ten to twenty minutes.
• Ye Fei read that he could wait in the cave or leave to face uncertain disasters, with half of any gathered resources deducted as a Storage Fee.

After resting and eating beside the river, Ye Fei and his companions recovered from entering the challenge stage and set out to search for useful materials. They found strange named items that Ye Fei could only store, and the group began searching the area together.

• Eclipse Moon and Qingxue played in the river until Eclipse Moon gave up and sought Ye Fei's attention.
• Feimeng invited Fire Dance to play, but Fire Dance stayed with Ye Fei, worried about Phoenix Perch and determined to protect the group.
• Ye Fei reassured Fire Dance, then prepared grilled meat and fruit for everyone to eat.
• After eating, Ye Fei checked that his spiritual energy was working and led the group out to explore.
• Eclipse Moon found Brightglow Sand beneath dry grass, and Ye Fei stored the grains after discovering they could not go into his Inventory.
• Ye Fei collected Glowing Flower Moss, prompting Qingxue and the others to search nearby and bring him items they found.

Ye Fei and the little ones spent the day digging up every named plant and material they could find as they climbed a mountain. At the summit, Ye Fei rested with his family, told them about his old world, and settled in to cultivate for the night.

• Ye Fei examined the named items the little ones had gathered and decided to dig up everything they could find nearby instead of searching beyond the mountain.
• Ye Fei made baskets from ordinary weeds, and the little ones helped collect named items from the riverbank up toward the summit.
• Ye Fei and his family reached the summit at midnight, exhausted from a full day of gathering and digging.
• Ye Fei told the little ones about the world he had left, and Feimeng relayed Qingxue's offer to plant more flowers and grasses at home.
• Ye Fei cooked a simple meal, raised a Golden Light Shield around the family, and began cultivating instead of sleeping.