Chapter Summaries

Ye Fei traded Braised Lion's Head to his wealthy junior schoolmate for a large supply of mutton and other ingredients, then went out to complete a tree-chopping quest. The chapter leaves him chopping dead trees while Little Deer stays nearby to protect him.

• Ye Fei checked the materials he had sold and used his earnings to gather copper ore and materials for his junior schoolmate.
• His junior schoolmate asked for more Braised Lion's Head and offered lamb chops in exchange for half of the cooked dish.
• The junior schoolmate sent Ye Fei 400 lamb chops, 500 portions of mutton, and 50 whole skinned sheep for one portion of Braised Lion's Head.
• Ye Fei traded a portion of Braised Lion's Head for the ingredients, then set out with his companions to complete a tree-chopping quest.
• Little Deer stayed beside Ye Fei to protect him while he chopped trees and checked his spiritual energy.

Ye Fei asked Iceberg about equipment that could help pets carry prey and learned that pet storage was far beyond his budget. Iceberg also described his newly hatched leopard cat, and Ye Fei advised him on feeding it as the boy asked whether different Beast Essence Stone labels mattered.

• Ye Fei noticed Eclipse Moon had leveled up and Phantom Spirit’s Recognition had increased while he cultivated.
• Little Fox brought back a living Snow Wolf, and Ye Fei killed it before asking Iceberg to find pet equipment that could carry items.
• Iceberg told Ye Fei that the smallest pet storage space cost 100,000 and could hold prey, Supply Crates, plants, and other items.
• Iceberg explained that his level 3 leopard cat had eaten over a dozen Beast Essence Stones to advance, and Ye Fei advised him to feed it gradually.
• Iceberg asked whether the labels on different Beast Essence Stones affected how pets ate them.

Ye Fei advised Iceberg on feeding and evolving his pet, then returned to chopping trees while Little Deer explored nearby. Little Deer found a green Supply Crate, and Ye Fei wondered if the deer was a shy, tsundere type before continuing his work.

• Ye Fei told Iceberg to prioritize Beast Essence Stones dropped by the same type of beast and explained how a Beast King Core could let a pet advance while retaining most of its attributes.
• Iceberg thanked Ye Fei and encouraged him to save for pet storage, leaving Ye Fei worried about the cost of raising his pets.
• Little Deer noticed Ye Fei's low mood, and he brushed it off before resuming his tree-chopping.
• Little Deer found a green-quality Supply Crate, which Ye Fei opened and used to obtain an Inventory Expansion Ticket and other supplies.
• Ye Fei thanked Little Deer with a petting, and after it bounded away, he wondered whether it was a tsundere before returning to chop trees.

Ye Fei followed the little fluffballs to a pit full of crippled prey and harvested its contents. On the way home, he learned that Little Fox and Little White Tiger had ambushed wolves while two packs fought, and he warned them not to keep targeting the same groups.

• Ye Fei followed Little White Tiger and Puppy to Little Fox, who showed him a deep pit filled with nearly dead wolves and other prey.
• Ye Fei shot the animals on the surface, climbed into the pit, and processed the remaining beasts, selling feathers and other goods to free inventory space.
• Ye Fei carried the sleeping Puppy home as Little Fox and Little White Tiger rode on his shoulders and Little Deer bounded alongside them.
• Little Fox confirmed Ye Fei's guess that the fluffballs had taken advantage of a fight between two wolf packs to cripple and trap their prey.
• Ye Fei warned the little ones that repeatedly ambushing the same packs could provoke the survivors and their wolf kings.

Ye Fei sold the materials from his hunt and finally reached five-digit survival points while Little Fox, Feng Bai, and Puppy Eclipse Moon rested at home. He sent Junior Schoolmate dinner and received the Coal-Fired Temperature Controller and coal in return.

• Little Fox ate her Beast Essence Stones, set aside Feng Bai's share in a Storage Cabinet, and went to sleep after warning Feng Bai to stay safe.
• Ye Fei listed the surplus materials for sale, cultivated while they sold, and saw his survival points rise to 10,486.
• Ye Fei found Feng Bai catching bees in the grape trellis and brought the bored cub inside.
• Ye Fei sent Junior Schoolmate roast lamb chops, grilled mutton skewers, and honey-roasted lamb for dinner.
• Junior Schoolmate thanked Ye Fei and traded him a Coal-Fired Temperature Controller with a bonus pack of 1,000 coal.

Ye Fei installed a coal-fired temperature controller, listed materials for sale, and woke his pets for dinner. While checking the Snow Mountain chat, he learned that a player once known for having 1 Combat Power had become a Demon Race Magic User, but the player disappeared before explaining how.

• Ye Fei set temperatures for parts of his Homestead, loaded coal into the controller, and enabled automatic replenishment.
• Ye Fei listed Beast Sinews, Beast Fangs, Claws, and Low-Level Leather for sale, then woke Qingxue, Eclipse Moon, Phantom Spirit, and the others for dinner.
• Ye Fei checked the Snow Mountain chat and saw players discussing greening and planting on the mountain.
• Players recognized Snow Mountain/0003-4656-1210 as the person who had once started with 1 Combat Power and noticed their profile now identified them as a Demon Race Magic User with 11 Combat Power.
• Ye Fei marked the player for special attention, but they vanished from the chat without explaining how they had changed races.

Ye Fei helped Little Deer choose a new place to cultivate and bought it a Meditation Cushion, then advised Iceberg on how to care for his exhausted leopard cat. The chapter left Little Jun with guidance to let the cub rest and slow its advancement.

• Ye Fei asked Qingxue to find out whether the Phoenix Tree made Little Deer uncomfortable while cultivating, and Little Deer chose a spot beside its Spirit Herb Field.
• Ye Fei bought a second Meditation Cushion and placed it beside the Spirit Herb Field for Little Deer.
• After cultivating overnight, Ye Fei found that Little Deer Phantom Spirit's Recognition of him had risen by 10 points and praised Qingxue.
• Iceberg told Ye Fei that his level 4 leopard cat was listless, and Ye Fei checked its information and saw that it was sleepy and exhausted.
• Ye Fei learned that Little Jun had kept the leopard cat playing and fed it after it advanced, so he advised him to let it sleep naturally and wait two or three days between advancements.

Ye Fei advised Iceberg on caring for his exhausted Little Leopard Cat and improving his cooking, then began Body Tempering beneath the Phoenix Tree. While he cultivated, his pets stayed home, and Eclipse Moon noticed something outside.

• Ye Fei told Iceberg to let the Little Leopard Cat sleep and gave him two portions of blue-grade jerky for it to eat when it woke.
• Iceberg complained that his cooking results varied in quality, and Ye Fei suggested trying stewed or boiled dishes.
• Ye Fei completed his morning quests, found Supply Crates, and returned home with his spiritual energy at 466 points.
• Ye Fei began Body Tempering beneath the Phoenix Tree, gained strength, speed, and comprehension, then entered immersive cultivation.
• Little Fox, Eclipse Moon, and Feng Bai discussed the household's poverty while guarding the home, until Eclipse Moon noticed something outside.

Ye Fei and the little ones watched a gigantic, unidentified beast pass in the distance while staying quiet inside the Courtyard. Iceberg Boy eventually warned that a thief would target Ye Fei’s Phoenix Tree, and Ye Fei discovered a notification identifying the threat as a Fire Spirit invasion.

• Little Deer warned the others to stay quiet and watch the giant creature from behind the Phoenix Tree.
• Ye Fei woke up, saw the beast in the distance, and checked reports about it in the Chat Channel.
• Ye Fei asked Iceberg Boy to look into the danger, but the boy saw only firelight at first and said Ye Fei was safe.
• After Ye Fei mentioned his Phoenix Tree, Iceberg Boy saw a thief trying to steal it and warned Ye Fei.
• Ye Fei spotted the notification “Phoenix Tree seedling (?): Fire Spirit Invasion” and rested before investigating further.

Ye Fei used his Talent Ability to uncover how to draw the invading fire spirit away from the Phoenix Tree and began planning to make it the Flame Spirit Armor’s artifact spirit. He ended the chapter preparing to activate the armor’s stored energy as bait.

• Ye Fei rested after using his ability to learn that fire spirits sought hosts, while Little Fox and Little White Tiger worried about his condition and planned to earn money to help him.
• After waking past midnight, Ye Fei ate Braised Lion’s Head and returned to the Phoenix Tree to investigate the fire spirit.
• Ye Fei discovered that an invading fire spirit would move toward an object with more fire spirit energy before fusion was complete, and the game notified him that he had successfully used his Talent Ability.
• Ye Fei took off his Flame Spirit Armor and considered using its stored 832 energy to lure the fire spirit away from the Phoenix Tree and make the armor its host.

Ye Fei captured the fire spirit inside the Flame Spirit Armor, but discovered he needed a more advanced furnace to reforge it. The big shot bought him an Advanced Artifact Refining Furnace, leaving Ye Fei to wonder if his friend had spent nearly all his survival points on the gift.

• Ye Fei used his talent to draw a fire spirit from the Phoenix Tree into the Flame Spirit Armor, burning his hand and leaving the armor unusable until it was reforged.
• Ye Fei checked his friends list and learned that his See Through ability could reveal other people's cultivation and survival points.
• Ye Fei asked the big shot how much an Advanced Artifact Refining Furnace cost and explained that he had trapped a fire spirit in his armor.
• The big shot sent Ye Fei an Advanced Artifact Refining Furnace and said it would count as payment for the Trap Manual.
• Ye Fei saw that the big shot had only one survival point left, accepted the furnace for one point, and began reforging the Flame Spirit Armor.

Ye Fei slept after starting the Flame Spirit Armor’s reforging and discovered his burned hand had begun healing. Little Fox decided that the way to speed his recovery was to earn money, and secretly organized the other little ones to help.

• Ye Fei began reforging the Flame Spirit Armor, then went to sleep to recover his spiritual energy and injured hand.
• After Ye Fei fell asleep, Little Fox showed Little White Tiger his burned hand and decided they would earn money to buy medicine if it had not improved by morning.
• Little White Tiger worried about Ye Fei’s injury and told Feng Bai, who shared his concern with Little Deer.
• Ye Fei woke to find his hand still charred-looking but healing beneath the damaged skin, and he told Little Fox it would recover in a few days.
• Little Fox gathered the others to plan how to earn money, while Ye Fei prepared food and noticed the little ones avoiding looking at his injured hand.

Ye Fei went out with the little ones to find a Supply Crate, but Little Fox and the others used traps and illusions to ambush a wild wolf pack. The exhausted little ones left Ye Fei to collect the wolves’ materials.

• Ye Fei found a white-quality Supply Crate beneath a dead tree and completed his task.
• Little White Tiger drew circles in the snow while Ye Fei struggled to understand what the little ones were planning.
• Little Fox returned and led Ye Fei home, where he saw an illusory giant white tiger and a wild wolf pack caught in traps.
• Little Fox and the others fought the trapped wolves, then Puppy called Ye Fei over after the illusions vanished.
• Ye Fei fed the exhausted little ones Heart Pills and used the Dedicated Disassembly Knife to turn the wolf corpses into materials.

After Ye Fei and his little companions brought home a huge haul of Wild Wolves, he sold the materials to build up his Survival Points and weighed what to buy. He decided to save the money for enhancing the Spirit-Gathering Formation, leaving the household focused on earning more.

• Ye Fei carried the little ones home with nearly two hundred Wild Wolf corpses, reinforced the yard’s defenses, and explained that the wolf packs might come seeking revenge.
• Ye Fei stored the meat and vegetables, sold the beast materials at low prices, and earned 35,206 Survival Points.
• Ye Fei considered buying equipment, cultivation items, and an Intelligence-Opening Pill, but decided they mattered less than upgrading the Spirit-Gathering Formation.
• Little Fox woke, found Ye Fei beneath the grape arbor, and agreed that they should prioritize the formation and keep earning money.

Ye Fei waited for the wolf pack to attack, but it stayed away as a blizzard swept over his home. He found a Heavenly Spirit Pearl in the storm and gave it to Little Deer, who swallowed it and went to sleep.

• Ye Fei and the little ones heard the wolf pack nearby, but no wolves appeared, and Ye Fei concluded they had abandoned their attack because a blizzard was coming.
• The blizzard engulfed the mountaintop, so Ye Fei had the little ones stay inside while he tried to cultivate.
• Unable to calm his mind, Ye Fei used spiritual energy to inspect objects in the storm and spotted a purple-glowing stone.
• Ye Fei reached through the courtyard wall, injured his arm, and retrieved a Heavenly Spirit Pearl, which he recognized as a valuable material for refining Spirit-Gathering Pills.
• Little Deer showed it wanted the pearl, and Ye Fei gave it the treasure; Little Deer swallowed it and went to sleep on the bed.

Ye Fei risked injury to retrieve a Spirit-Gathering Grass Seedling that could produce seeds, then was badly hurt while hauling a black bear into the yard. Little Fox and Little White Tiger carried him to bed and stayed by his side as he slept.

• Ye Fei saw that Little Deer’s recognition had increased while it underwent Heavenly Spirit Pearl body tempering, then used Blood-Replenishing Pills to endure the storm and pull the Spirit-Gathering Grass Seedling into the yard.
• Ye Fei celebrated discovering a plant that could produce seeds, reassured Qingxue about his bleeding hand, and waited on the courtyard wall for another chance to retrieve something.
• Ye Fei grabbed a black bear caught in the blizzard and asked Little Fox to help pull him and the bear inside.
• Little Fox and Little White Tiger rammed Ye Fei to drag the heavy black bear into the yard, leaving him with severe injuries.
• Ye Fei told Little Fox and Little White Tiger to leave the black bear’s corpse alone and get him to bed, where he fell asleep after taking Blood-Replenishing Pills.
• Little Fox and Little White Tiger warned Puppy Eclipse Moon to stay quiet and watched over Ye Fei, realizing that their tackles could hurt him.

Ye Fei recovered from his injuries and claimed the Wind Ring Thorn from the black bear before turning to cultivation. He modified a patch of land beside the spirit herb field into a low-level spirit field and planted the spirit-gathering grass.

• Little Fox woke Ye Fei and pointed out that the black bear's corpse was about to disappear.
• Ye Fei collected the red-quality Wind Ring Thorn, dismantled the bear's corpse for materials, then ate and went back to sleep.
• Ye Fei woke the next day with his hands healed and his ribs nearly recovered, reassuring the worried little ones.
• After eating, Ye Fei brought the little ones to the empty ground beside the spirit herb field and bought low-level spirit field modification material.
• Ye Fei transformed the ground into a low-level spirit field and planted the spirit-gathering grass seedling.

Ye Fei planted Spirit-Gathering Grass and received a reward of spiritual energy, then prepared to make new clothes using the Artifact Refining Furnace. He left the Beast Essence Stones for his companions to share as he began crafting equipment.

• Ye Fei explained the value of the Spirit-Gathering Grass, and Little Fox and Little Deer agreed to protect it until it produced seeds.
• Little White Tiger showed concern for Ye Fei after injuring him, and Ye Fei reassured her that he was fine.
• Ye Fei placed the Artifact Refining Furnace in the yard and bought four basic equipment blueprints for warm clothing.
• Ye Fei found the Beast Essence Stones he had forgotten and left Little Fox to divide them among the companions.
• Little Fox brought Feng Bai and Eclipse Moon over to eat first and planned to take a turn after they woke.

Ye Fei crafted new winter equipment with an Artifact Refining Furnace and chatted with his junior schoolmate on the Grassland about their different lives, cultivation, and spending. The conversation ended with the junior schoolmate jokingly asking Ye Fei to become his benefactor.

• Ye Fei began crafting a bearskin coat, then bought materials and queued up a wool sweater, wolfskin trousers, and leopardskin snow boots.
• Ye Fei asked his junior schoolmate on the Grassland about equipment materials, and the junior schoolmate wondered why the boots did not require claws.
• Ye Fei explained that his starting clothes had lasted until a blizzard tore them, while his junior schoolmate marveled that he had survived without fighting and questioned his use of an Artifact Refining Furnace.
• Ye Fei told his junior schoolmate that he rarely needed new equipment because he watched the little ones hunt, and the junior schoolmate complained that his own gear wore out from fighting wolves and sheep.
• The two compared their savings and discussed whether to buy cultivation techniques or Spirit-Gathering Formation enhancements; the junior schoolmate recommended a technique before realizing Ye Fei already had one.
• The junior schoolmate joked that Ye Fei should become his expert and keep him fed, while privately appreciating their chats and Ye Fei's cooking.

Ye Fei finished making warm new clothes and showed their stats to his Junior Schoolmate on the Grassland, who pointed out that the coat would be unbearably hot in his climate. After changing into his new gear, Ye Fei planned to cultivate at home through the blizzard and upgrade the Spirit-Gathering Formation once the Flame Spirit Armor was refined.

• Ye Fei sent his Junior Schoolmate on the Grassland the stats for his Bearhide Hooded Long Windbreaker, which had 15 defense and 30 warmth.
• His Junior Schoolmate explained that the coat would be too hot in the grassland’s high temperatures, while Ye Fei said he needed its warmth in the freezing weather on Snow Mountain.
• Ye Fei took out his newly made equipment and changed out of the cotton clothes he had worn for over a month.
• Little Fox admired Ye Fei’s new clothes as he explained that he would wear the lighter gear at home and the thick coat outside.
• Ye Fei decided to cultivate indoors during the blizzard and upgrade the Spirit-Gathering Formation after the Flame Spirit Armor was refined, while Little Fox stayed beside him to guard the house.