Chapter Summaries

Ye Fei processed the white crane, sold most of its valuable drops, and planted a cypress sapling before opening a green Supply Crate that contained salt. He advised Junior Schoolmate about the next stages of cultivation and reflected that he preferred staying safely behind while his pets protected him.

• Ye Fei ordered Little Fox and Little White Tiger to stay in bed and recover, then disassembled the white crane and listed its feathers, claws, and most of its meat for sale.
• Ye Fei stewed some crane meat, planted a cypress sapling for ten Greening points, and opened a green Supply Crate that gave him salt along with other supplies.
• Junior Schoolmate told Ye Fei he had reached qi refinement first tier, and Ye Fei explained that he would need to undergo body tempering twelve times before advancing.
• Junior Schoolmate lamented how long cultivation would take, while Ye Fei encouraged him to be patient and reflected on his own cautious outlook and reliance on his pets.

Ye Fei cared for Little Fox and Little White Tiger after Little Fox recovered, then searched the trading interface for materials to support his growing vegetables. He built trellises for the tomatoes and cucumbers and planned to make a sturdier structure for the grapevine later.

• Ye Fei finished tending to the vegetables and grapevine, fed the two little animals, and cultivated outside overnight.
• The next morning, Ye Fei found his cultivation had stabilized at a gain of a little over twenty spiritual energy points per night.
• After seeing that Little Fox had recovered, Ye Fei let it and Little White Tiger play outside while he cleaned the yard.
• Ye Fei searched the trading interface for trellis materials and found bundles of large bamboo skewers.
• Ye Fei bought bamboo skewers and hemp rope and used them to build trellises for the tomatoes and cucumbers.

After a month in the snowy world, Ye Fei heard wolves howling and learned that strange wolf-fox creatures had appeared across Snow Mountain. A region-wide crisis began, and Ye Fei considered using his stockpile of wood to trap and kill the beasts.

• Qingxue the Little Fox and Little White Tiger Feng Bai brought Ye Fei pheasants, then spent several days hunting near him while he gathered wood and cultivated.
• On the thirtieth night, Ye Fei heard wolves howling and saw players in the chat channel report the sounds and white animals.
• A player with Combat Power 15 identified the creatures as Snow Wolves, and Ye Fei waited with Qingxue the Little Fox and Little White Tiger for danger to appear.
• At one in the morning, a region-wide notification announced that wolf-fox-like creatures could attack homes and living beings, with Random Treasure Chests awarded for killing them.
• Ye Fei listened to players discuss defense plans and considered how many creatures he could trap with his stockpile of wood.

Ye Fei and Junior Schoolmate discussed how locusts and dwindling grass could threaten the animals on their respective lands. After a quiet night of cultivation, Ye Fei cooked his first vegetable dish, cabbage and beef meatball soup, and fed it to Little White Tiger and Little Fox.

• Junior Schoolmate told Ye Fei that locusts were sweeping through the grassland, and Ye Fei described the Uncertain Beasts threatening Snow Mountain.
• Ye Fei warned Junior Schoolmate that locusts could strip the grassland, leaving animals hungry and forcing them to seek food elsewhere.
• Junior Schoolmate offered to lend Ye Fei supplies if needed, then resolved to protect the grassland so the sheep would not leave.
• Ye Fei cultivated through the quiet night while Little Fox and Little White Tiger stayed in his pockets.
• At daybreak, Ye Fei harvested a cabbage and made cabbage and beef meatball soup, then urged Little White Tiger to eat its cabbage while Little Fox ate happily.

Ye Fei hunted nearby while feeling that the weather had turned strangely cold, then traded his White Tiger Blade to Snowfield/9109-0009-0158 for a Wind Spirit Repeating Crossbow and its bolt recipe. After crafting a heavy crossbow bolt, Ye Fei prepared to defend his home as the disaster began.

• Ye Fei took Qingxue and Feng Bai out, hunted a pheasant and a rabbit, and returned home after the cold weather made him uneasy.
• Ye Fei left the two cubs inside the yard and began crafting fencing.
• Snowfield/9109-0009-0158 offered a Wind Spirit Repeating Crossbow and Heavy Crossbow Bolt Recipe in exchange for Ye Fei's White Tiger Blade.
• Ye Fei completed the trade and learned the recipe for crafting heavy crossbow bolts.
• Ye Fei crafted a Heavy Crossbow Bolt and discovered it had a 25% penetration effect, complementing the crossbow's 15% penetration.

Ye Fei prepared his rooftop defenses as a pack of Snow Mountain Destroyers attacked, trapping them in rings of Wooden Fences and firing at them with his Wind Spirit Repeating Crossbow. He killed one Fox Wolf with a piercing headshot and opened the Random Treasure Chest he earned.

• A Fox Wolf appeared outside Ye Fei's fence, prompting him to modify his roof and set up the repeating crossbow.
• Eleven Fox Wolves charged Ye Fei's home, and he surrounded them with six rings of Wooden Fences.
• Ye Fei fired Heavy Crossbow Bolts at one Fox Wolf, gradually wearing it down despite several missed shots.
• A piercing shot struck the Fox Wolf's head and killed it, earning Ye Fei seven survival points and a Random Treasure Chest.
• Ye Fei opened the Random Treasure Chest on the roof.

Ye Fei reinforced his fences and killed all the trapped Snow Mountain Destroyers, then opened the remaining treasure chests and obtained several useful items. With a Faucet among his rewards, he considered making bathing possible at home.

• Ye Fei crafted Level-One Home Reinforcement Material and upgraded his Wooden Fences, giving them stronger defenses and damage reflection.
• Ye Fei used the reinforced fences and his Wind Spirit Repeating Crossbow to kill the Fox Wolves one by one, earning survival points and treasure chests.
• Ye Fei completed the Snow Mountain Destroyer attack event and reinforced another full ring of Wooden Fences.
• Little Fox and Little White Tiger joined Ye Fei on the roof after the battle, and he reassured them that keeping them safe came first.
• Ye Fei opened six Random Treasure Chests, expanded his inventory, fed a Beast Essence Stone to each pet, and kept a Faucet that could let him bathe at home.

Ye Fei crafted a blue-grade Fine Iron Longbow after opening the event treasure chest and absorbing a small energy orb. He discovered the bow required more strength than he currently had, leaving him unable to use it.

• Ye Fei opened the event treasure chest and received recipes for a Fine Iron Longbow and reinforced wooden arrows, along with a small energy orb.
• Ye Fei bought iron ore and processed materials to make fine iron ingots, then converted the energy orb into spiritual energy and absorbed it.
• Ye Fei processed timber and bought beast sinew and intermediate leather to craft the bow, while sweeping snow from his yard.
• Ye Fei picked and ate a cucumber, while Little White Tiger recoiled from it and Little Fox refused to try it.
• Ye Fei collected the blue-grade Fine Iron Longbow, which boosted accuracy and penetration, but found he lacked the strength to use it.

Ye Fei endured a painful body-tempering attempt that drew a pack of wolves to his home while Little Fox and Little White Tiger fought them off. He woke from the ordeal to find the two little ones had defeated the pack and fallen asleep after feeding on the wolves.

• Ye Fei successfully tempered his body, gaining one Defense and one Comprehension, then continued cultivating until his spiritual energy exceeded 200.
• Ye Fei began another body-tempering attempt, but severe pain in his head made him scream and collapse while Little Fox and Little White Tiger rushed outside.
• Ye Fei’s cries disturbed a nearby hunting wolf pack, and 35 wild wolves gathered to attack his home.
• Little White Tiger used its beast king aura to suppress the wolves, while Little Fox and Little White Tiger fought and killed the pack.
• Ye Fei finished enduring the pain and found the two little ones asleep beside the wolf carcasses after feeding on them.

Ye Fei harvested the wolf carcasses, improved his attributes through body tempering, and earned more than a thousand survival points by selling materials. He spent nearly all of them on a Meditation Cushion and ended the chapter cultivating on it.

• Qingxue reached level 7 and Feng Bai reached level 6, then Ye Fei harvested the remaining materials from the wolf carcasses.
• Ye Fei's third body-tempering attempt increased his Strength and Spirit by one each, allowing him to meet the Fine Iron Longbow's Strength requirement.
• After resting and feeding his pets, Ye Fei chopped ten trees and sold the day's gathered materials, raising his survival points to 1108.
• Ye Fei bought a Meditation Cushion for 1000 survival points and discovered it was a two-meter-wide cushion.
• Ye Fei sat on the Meditation Cushion and resumed cultivating for the night.

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.