Chapter Summaries

Lingbo explained why she stopped Baby and Ye Fei’s little ones from playing in the water, while Lingyan and Lingbo discussed the gods’ treatment of their Divine Artifacts. Ye Fei went to check on the children, and Lingbo continued protecting Baby from being treated as a tool.

• Lingyan told Lingbo that Ye Fei’s information appeared entirely ordinary, while Lingbo argued that the gods overthought his unusual luck and easygoing nature.
• Ye Fei asked Lingbo what his little ones had done, and she said they had tried to take Baby into water where workers and Seafood were being raised.
• Ye Fei went to find the children, worried that Baby might cause serious damage if he played in the water with the Water God Whip.
• Lingyan questioned whether the Water God Whip could enter water, and Lingbo insisted Baby should be pampered rather than made to work.
• Lingyan remarked that Fire God and Thunder God had likely spared Lingbo because she was good-looking, after she had persuaded their Divine Artifacts to refuse some of their many assigned jobs.

Ye Fei’s little companions prepared a moonlit sea-creature performance to surprise him, and he happily praised their thoughtfulness. Lingbo and Feng An watched the aftermath before Ye Fei returned home with the little ones to enjoy the evening together.

• Ye Fei explained that Baby was too young to play near the underwater farm, and he comforted the cubs as they discussed it.
• Feng Bai led Ye Fei toward the Seawater Area, where Fire Dance brought the other little ones to join them.
• Qingxue and Feimeng pointed out the sea-creature performance, as orcas, lanternfish, water snakes, and lobsters appeared beneath the moonlight.
• Ye Fei thanked the little ones for their surprise and decided to spend the evening at home with them instead of cultivating.
• Lingbo questioned whether the performance had been good, and Feng An explained that Ye Fei valued the care behind it.

After reaching the second Golden Core stage and improving his spiritual energy shield, Ye Fei welcomed Jun Mo back from the maze. Jun Mo showed off his gains, revealing that he had reached the fourth Golden Core stage and that Lingkong had changed.

• Ye Fei advanced to the second Golden Core stage, raising his combat power above one thousand.
• Ye Fei sold a smelting semi-finished product to Senior Lingyan, then upgraded and fused his five elemental spiritual energy shields.
• Jun Mo returned from the maze with Big Cat and his fish, then complained that the rose-covered courtyard wall was prickly.
• Ye Fei reassured Jun Mo that Phoenix Perch had prepared the wall for Feng An, not to keep Jun Mo away.
• Jun Mo told Ye Fei about his maze gains, including Lingkong's changes and his increased combat power.
• Ye Fei checked Jun Mo's information and found that he had reached the fourth Golden Core stage.

Ye Fei explained how Spiritual Energy Shields could be fused as Jun Mo practiced and advanced his shield. After the group reunited at Free and Unrestrained Mountain, Ye Fei described how time in the Worker Area had begun running up to sixteen times faster, supported by the faction core’s energy.

• Ye Fei told Jun Mo that shields of the same level could be fused, and Jun Mo spent several million points to create an intermediate Five Elements Shield.
• Long Heng returned to the Mountain Peak and joined Feng An, Water God, Baby, and Ye Fei, while Water God teased Feng An about his son.
• Qingxue, Feimeng, and the others returned with large carp, and Ye Fei prepared to grill the fish.
• Ye Fei told Jun Mo that a Freshwater Lake had appeared near the Worker Area and that time there now moved at a different rate.
• Ye Fei explained that their level-four faction could accelerate time in the Worker Area up to sixteen times, and that its development currently generated enough energy to sustain the acceleration.

Ye Fei and Jun Mo discussed the workers’ time-adjustment region and its limits before Lingyan explained the faction’s higher levels to the gods. The conversation turned into teasing about the Elf Queen’s attacks on Wind God, leaving the Queen glaring while everyone else laughed.

• Jun Mo asked whether workers could cultivate in the time-accelerated region, and Ye Fei explained that its Spiritual Energy was too thin.
• Ye Fei described the time-adjustment levels, and Lingyan clarified that level 10 required special conditions.
• Water God complained that Lingyan shared information too freely, and Lingyan joked about whipping Wind God.
• Water God laughed at the phrase, and Feng An brought the Elf Queen over to hear the joke.
• Ye Fei remarked that the Queen had never hit Wind God, making Jun Mo, the children, and Water God laugh while the Queen glared.

Lu Heng returned from the maze battered and spiritually drained after escaping a heart barrier, which Lingyan explained had manifested his fears as real spiritual-energy attacks. Jun Mo then asked Lingyan to create a heart barrier illusion realm so he could face his own trial, leaving Ye Fei to care for Lingxiao and Lingxu.

• Lu Heng called for help in the Faction Channel, and Ye Fei and Jun Mo found him trapped beneath an ordinary magical fishing net.
• Ye Fei tossed Lu Heng into his spirit spring pond, where Lu Heng explained that the maze's final level had trapped him in a nightmare-like ordeal.
• Lingyan corrected Lu Heng, identifying the ordeal as a heart barrier and explaining that the maze's condensed spiritual energy had made some of his frightening encounters real.
• Lu Heng said he had killed many sea monsters, raised his cultivation, and escaped through an underwater teleportation array just before he died.
• Jun Mo asked Lingyan to create a heart barrier illusion realm, agreed to remain inside until he overcame it, and asked Ye Fei to care for Lingxiao and Lingxu.

The maze stage ended, and Lin Mu and Lin Xian returned to find Ye Fei and the others already gathered at the homestead. Lin Mu learned that Ye Fei had beaten him in the Heart-Questioning Illusion, then took out his frustration on Fan before learning Fan was a regenerative Corrupt-Heart Tree.

• Lingyan took Little Daoist away while Lu Heng stayed in the pond and asked Ye Fei for food.
• The maze stage ended, and Lin Mu and Lin Xian returned to the homestead.
• Lin Mu confronted Ye Fei about beating him in the Heart-Questioning Illusion, and Ye Fei pinned him down as they argued.
• Fan teased Lin Mu from the paulownia tree, so the Water God kicked him down and urged Lin Mu to beat him.
• Ye Fei revealed that Fan was a regenerative Corrupt-Heart Tree who could reappear wherever dead or rotting wood remained.

Fan explained that his presence made others want to fight him, while the gods and their companions teased one another about whose children were best behaved. Lingyan returned from setting up a heart barrier illusion realm and joined their childish contest by waking Ye Fei’s Spirit Sword to claim a treat.

• Fan said his natural aura provoked hostility and showed how he disguised it as that of a Wood Elf.
• Ye Fei told Fan he did not need to hide his true aura at home, and Lingbo warned Baby not to imitate the others.
• Feng An called Long Heng a silly brat, and the Queen smacked Fan as Fire Dance declared their family had no brats.
• Lingxu and Lingxiao praised Jun Mo, while Lingyan returned from setting up a heart barrier illusion realm and mocked the others for competing over their children.
• Lingyan asked Ye Fei to bring out his Spirit, and the hungry Spirit Sword jumped into Lingyan’s arms for the snacks.

Lingyan fed Little Kitty dried fish made from god-level remnant souls while the others discussed the dangers of speaking too plainly about his connection to the World Rules. Feng An planned for more God-level Players to attack Free and Unrestrained Mountain, and Ye Fei uncovered a surprising link between the Wood Demon Pavilion and the Wood God.

• Lingyan fed Little Kitty dried fish made from god-level remnant souls, and the Queen and Fan reacted with alarm.
• Lingyan warned the others not to say certain things aloud, and the Queen smacked Fan's head before it regenerated.
• Ye Fei asked whether more God-level Players would arrive after the seventh month's disaster period ended.
• Feng An said the Wood God planned to oppose him and showed a map while the group discussed defending Free and Unrestrained Mountain and the Wood Demon Pavilion.
• Ye Fei questioned why Blue Feather had named her faction the Wood Demon Pavilion, and the Queen revealed that Blue Feather had been born from wood.

The group tried to identify the Wood God’s race after learning that he was not wood, and Ye Fei guessed that he was a toad. The chapter ended with Lingyan asking why Ye Fei had chosen that guess.

• Fan grew angry at Blue Feather for targeting the Queen, but the Queen told him to quiet down and said Blue Feather could stay if she behaved.
• Lingbo asked what race the Wood God belonged to, and Lingyan said that he was not wood.
• The group clarified that the Wood God was an Elements God, while the Queen was the Life God.
• The Queen said the Wood God lived in the Swamp and had never left or been seen by players.
• Ye Fei guessed that the Wood God was a toad, and Lingyan asked why he had thought of one.

Feng An and the Queen discussed using the Wood Demon Pavilion as bait to draw out the Wood God, while Ye Fei’s companions planned to stay within the Sphere of Influence and cultivate. Lingyan took charge of training Ye Fei’s family to repay his debt, and Feng An left Long Heng in Lingyan’s care as he prepared to go out.

• The Queen considered whether the Wood God might target Blue Feather, and Lingbo joked that the Wind God had been tricked.
• Feng An told the Queen not to warn the Wood Demon Pavilion, intending to use it as bait if the Wood God tried to attack.
• Ye Fei ended the discussion and said the others would stay in the Sphere of Influence to fight and cultivate.
• Lingyan volunteered to oversee the family’s training, and Ye Fei thanked him.
• Lingyan reminded Feng An that Fire Dance could now eat the Nether Phoenix’s remains, and Feng An insisted he had not forgotten his spoils of war.
• Feng An handed Long Heng to Lingyan before heading out, while the Queen took her own troublesome child home.

Ye Fei led Lu Heng, Lin Mu, and Long Heng outside Free and Unrestrained Mountain’s protective barrier to gather materials and show visiting God-level Players that the faction had ordinary, weaker members. As Long Heng complained and cursed Feng An, the gods watched and revealed that the Wind God Inheritance was behind Long Heng’s urge to insult his father.

• Ye Fei brought Lu Heng and Lin Mu beyond Free and Unrestrained Mountain’s barrier to gather materials and show outsiders the faction’s lower-tier players.
• Ye Fei explained how the Sphere of Influence’s environment and Time Acceleration Array had helped the faction grow stronger.
• Long Heng complained about their errand and cursed the older players while the group searched the snow for a chest.
• Lin Mu messaged Long Heng to be more polite, and Long Heng replied that he often called Feng An an old fart to his face.
• Feng An explained that the Wind God Inheritance caused Long Heng’s hostility toward him, while Lingbo joined in teasing Feng An.

Long Heng’s increasingly volatile mood left him eager to draw a thunder tribulation, so Ye Fei suggested provoking one by letting Long Heng bite him. The plan worked, and as the lightning struck Long Heng, Ye Fei watched over him and hoped the tribulation would purify the strange emotions affecting him.

• Long Heng complained that their outing had failed to draw anyone out, and Ye Fei urged him to stay quiet and move around when his mood worsened.
• Long Heng proposed taking thunder tribulation strikes to purify his abnormal emotions, and Ye Fei agreed to try to summon one.
• Ye Fei had Long Heng grow into his true form and bite his neck, but the first gentle attempts did not trigger a tribulation.
• Long Heng broke Ye Fei’s skin, prompting berserk lightning spiritual energy to throw Long Heng away as Tribulation Clouds gathered.
• Ye Fei reassured the paralyzed Long Heng that he would survive the lightning and watched as the tribulation began purifying him.

While Ye Fei continued drawing Long Heng’s tribulation lightning into his cultivation, the gods speculated about his unusual progress and worried about speaking too freely. After two days, Ye Fei received a notice that his mutated spiritual root required an evolution trial and fell into an unknown space, where he began searching for what the trial demanded.

• Lingbo watched Ye Fei redirect Long Heng’s tribulation lightning, while Fan guessed that Ye Fei was being selected and rewarded through a hidden system.
• The Queen silenced Fan and took him home, warning that the gods needed to keep their suspicions to themselves.
• Lingbo questioned Feng An about Long Heng’s suffering, but Feng An sighed that some matters were not a choice and vanished.
• Long Heng recovered consciousness, curled around Ye Fei’s arm, and fell asleep as Ye Fei continued cultivating beneath the tribulation lightning.
• After two days of lightning, Ye Fei received a notice that his mutated spiritual root required an evolution trial, then fell into an unfamiliar space filled with fleeting flashes of lightning.

Ye Fei explored a strange space by eating the buried fruit while Lingyan spoke with the mirror being watching over him. The being sent Ye Fei back after he fell asleep, while Lingyan insisted that no one deliberately put the junior through hardship.

• Ye Fei found buried fruit, discovered he could hold only one at a time, and ate several while guessing their flavors.
• Lingyan arrived and questioned the mirror being about Ye Fei’s situation and the changes facing the gods.
• The mirror being said the gods needed to accept responsibilities or the world would reset, and Lingyan agreed not to interfere with Ye Fei.
• Lingyan confirmed the cultivation friend connection had not been deliberately arranged and asked for Ye Fei to be sent back.
• Lingyan refused to let the mirror being torment Ye Fei, and the mirror later kicked the sleeping Ye Fei out of the space.

After the Thunder Tribulation, Ye Fei woke with an upset stomach while Long Heng recovered from his injuries inside a Dragon Qi shell made by Feng An. Feng An left Long Heng with Ye Fei to handle other matters, and Long Heng told Ye Fei to focus on cultivation as trouble among the gods loomed beyond their reach.

• Long Heng found Ye Fei still cultivating after the Thunder Tribulation ended, but Ye Fei woke and ran to the toilet with an upset stomach.
• Feng An picked up the injured Long Heng and enclosed him in a Dragon Qi shell to help him recover.
• Feng An wondered how Ye Fei had connected with the World Rules and teased him about living an unusually easy life in the survival game.
• Ye Fei flattered Feng An and praised his time with the Queen, while Feng An admitted he had mostly watched events rather than targeting ordinary players.
• Feng An left Long Heng with Ye Fei, who complained that the Wind God seemed to be acting strangely.
• Long Heng warned Ye Fei that some gods might suffer but urged him to cultivate instead of worrying about events beyond their reach.

Ye Fei gathered the others to cultivate using the Time Cage, explaining how its accelerated boundary worked and setting it up over part of the mountain. The group settled into cultivation while Jun Mo remained in Lingyan’s Heart Barrier trial and the younger ones stayed with the seniors.

• Ye Fei brought the others back to Free and Unrestrained Mountain to resume cultivating while Jun Mo remained in Lingyan’s Heart Barrier trial.
• Ye Fei told Lin Mu to let others know their rapid progress came from a Time Acceleration item, and Lin Mu messaged several friends in hopes of receiving gifts.
• Ye Fei activated the Time Cage at five times normal speed, and Lin Mu discovered that crossing its boundary transported his entire body across at once.
• Ye Fei adjusted the Cage’s boundary into a visible barrier, kept its area small to limit energy consumption, and began cultivating beneath the Phoenix Tree with Long Heng in his arms.
• Big Cat and Little Jiaoren slept beside the Pond, while Lu Heng and Lin Xian chose their own places to cultivate.

Ye Fei welcomed Qingxue and Fire Dance home, with Fire Dance now a Phoenix Egg undergoing a transformation that would let it grow through independent cultivation. Long Heng, also in egg form, showed that he still had his temper and considerable combat power, leaving Lu Heng and Lin Mu battered for teasing him.

• Feimeng sent Qingxue and the Phoenix Egg into Ye Fei's arms when they returned home.
• Ye Fei teased Lin Mu about becoming an egg, prompting Lin Mu to threaten him and Lu Heng to laugh at him.
• Ye Fei told Lin Xian that Fire Dance's origin was being restored and that it would be able to grow after it hatched.
• Lu Heng poked fun at Long Heng for turning back into a Dragon Egg, and Long Heng rammed him into the air.
• Lin Mu mocked Lu Heng for provoking Long Heng, but Long Heng struck Lin Mu on the head before Lin Xian went to sit beside Jun Mo's Big Cat.

Ye Fei let the dragon eggs rest in nests of flame, tended the Artifact Refining Furnace and Alchemy Furnace, and prepared food while the others relaxed. When invaders appeared, he took his Little Dumplings to watch from the Life Tree, where the gods were already spectating.

• Ye Fei placed the two eggs in flame nests and told the others they could relax while he prepared food.
• Ye Fei removed tempered materials and finished Spirit-Gathering Pills from the furnaces, then loaded them with fresh materials.
• Ye Fei shut off the Time Cage so the others could come out and relax.
• The Life Tree and Phoenix Tree spread their branches overhead after more invaders appeared outside.
• Lu Heng lamented that they were too weak to fight, and Lin Mu reminded him how much they had improved.
• Ye Fei flew with his Little Dumplings to the Life Tree, where the gods were watching the invaders from a table.

Ye Fei let Baby take the Spirit Sword outside to play, where Baby joined the battle against more than a thousand God-level players. As Ye Fei and the others watched from Free and Unrestrained Mountain, Baby hacked through enemies while the mountain’s borrowed Wood Demon Pavilion fighters posed as guardian beasts.

• Baby asked Ye Fei to take the Spirit Sword out to play, and Ye Fei agreed after telling him to stay safe.
• Baby promised to protect Spirit and ran off with the sword, while Lingbo said he had learned his swagger from Fan.
• Ye Fei saw Old Yellow Ox and Black Tiger fighting outside Free and Unrestrained Mountain, with Li Yue and Fan concealed in pendants on their heads.
• Lingyan explained that the mountain had borrowed fighters from the Wood Demon Pavilion because it lacked players in the middle power tiers.
• The Queen explained that Blue Feather and other Wood Demon Pavilion members were strong but could not surpass the leaders in their respective categories.
• Lin Mu and the others arrived to watch, and Lin Mu was startled to see Baby wielding the oversized sword and hacking at players.