Chapter Summaries

Chen Jue protected the Lunar Module and crossed N9527 Crater’s Wormhole Tunnel to reach Second Home. As he passed through, his panel detected an unknown fragmentary information source and began analyzing the [Unknown Seal].

• Chen Jue awakened the [Only the Eternal One Is Supreme] state after contemplating the sun and its connection to the Taiyang acupoint.
• Chen Jue covered the Lunar Module with thermal insulation film, spoke with Elder Zhong, and shut down the craft before leaving with two supply crates.
• Chen Jue bounded across the moon to N9527 Crater, where he saw Lunar Rover tracks and a rover working on the far rim.
• Chen Jue sensed a mental magnetic field in the crater floor and stepped into the Wormhole Tunnel with the crates.
• The panel detected an unknown fragmentary information source and reported that its attempt to decode the [Unknown Seal] had reached 0.1%.

Chen Jue crossed the Wormhole Tunnel from the Moon to Second Home, where he discovered an atmosphere rich in primordial qi and recorded the planet’s conditions. After preparing a hidden camp, he set out to investigate a nearby lake and forest for water and food.

• Chen Jue found that passing through the Wormhole Tunnel had allowed the Attribute Panel to analyze 0.1% of the [Unknown Seal], but he could not determine why.
• Chen Jue examined the tunnel and surrounding rock, then concluded that solid objects could pass through it while gases could not.
• Chen Jue tested the air, removed his helmet, and sensed that the plateau’s primordial qi concentration was several times higher than what he had encountered before.
• Chen Jue measured the planet’s gravity at 1.52 times Earth’s and recorded the result alongside other initial environmental observations.
• Chen Jue buried two supply crates, packed survival gear, and surveyed the alien forest, dark-gold lake, and distant flying creatures.
• Chen Jue headed down from the plateau toward the forest to investigate the lake as a possible source of water and food.

Chen Jue trained the Mystic School Qi Observation Technique on the Life Ore-rich mountain and explored the forest and lake beyond it. His observations suggested that the silent forest was bounded by a strange magnetic field and that the mountain might be the fossilized stump of the mythical Jianmu.

• Chen Jue practiced the Mystic School Qi Observation Technique while descending the mountain, then spent free attribute points to raise it to Level 1.
• Chen Jue used the technique to see a dark-gold magnetic field around the mountain and found the Wormhole Tunnel cutting through it.
• Chen Jue entered the quiet forest, found no animal life, and reached a clear lake whose water tested safe to drink.
• Chen Jue climbed a towering tree and spotted birds beyond a curtain-like magnetic field separating their territory from the forest.
• Chen Jue recognized that the mountain resembled an enormous tree stump and wondered whether it was the fossilized Jianmu from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Chen Jue wondered whether the stump-like mountain on the unfamiliar planet was the remains of Jianmu and recorded his theories for later investigation. He returned toward the mountain by bounding through the forest, then used a powerful sonic blast to slow his fall and land safely.

• Chen Jue connected the mountain, the moon, and ancient legends about Jianmu, but decided he lacked enough evidence to draw conclusions.
• Chen Jue wrote down his theories and exploration plans, then chose to return to the mountain before nightfall.
• Chen Jue used [Light as a Swallow] to leap across the treetops and cover dozens of kilometers in minutes.
• Chen Jue jumped from a tree more than eighty meters high and used [Tiger Roars in the Mountains] to blast the ground and slow his descent.
• Chen Jue landed safely, reflected on developing his sound-striking and movement skills, and walked up the mountain.

Chen Jue built an underground base inside a mountain on the unfamiliar planet and discovered that sleeping there greatly improved his attributes and lifespan. After noticing the star overhead barely moved, he estimated that the planet’s day lasted about forty-eight hours and decided to wait through the night before exploring signs of bird activity.

• Chen Jue dug a roughly sixty-square-meter basement into the mountain, set up an inflatable tent, and covered the entrance with camouflage cloth.
• Chen Jue rested using Hidden Dragon Sleep and gained attributes and a year of lifespan while absorbing Primordial Qi from the mountain rock.
• Chen Jue noticed the unfamiliar star remained high in the sky despite the time on his watch and concluded that the planet’s day-night cycle differed from Earth’s.
• Chen Jue estimated that one day on the planet lasted about forty-eight hours and planned to wait through the night before investigating signs of bird activity.

Chen Jue practiced the Dragon Slaying Sword Art with life ore and primordial qi, awakening sword qi that could blast through rock and fire hundreds of meters. After observing the alien planet’s twelve moons, he prepared to explore the distant forested mountains at daylight.

• Chen Jue drank the lake water, found it invigorated his cells, and began practicing the Dragon Slaying section of the Qi Observation and Dragon Slaying Scripture.
• Chen Jue formed sword fingers, cultivated the Dragon Slaying Sword Art, and used free attribute points to raise it to Level 1.
• Chen Jue’s sword fingers gathered primordial qi and magnetic force, allowing him to blast a deep hole in a rock wall with a beam of sword qi.
• Chen Jue raised the Dragon Slaying Sword Art to Level 3, then emerged at night and saw twelve moons in the unfamiliar sky.
• Chen Jue tested a sword-qi strike that traveled nearly three hundred meters, recorded the sky in his notebook, and rested until sunrise.
• Chen Jue packed his gear, descended the stump-shaped mountain, and headed toward the forested mountains a hundred kilometers away.

Chen Jue crossed the Golden Light Barrier and explored a forest filled with dangerous, powerful creatures, including a colony of Giant Ants led by a Transcendent-Level Ant Queen. After killing a Strange Fish and encountering a fire-breathing Strange Snake, he left the snake in pieces with Golden Sword Qi.

• Chen Jue crossed the Golden Light Barrier and found that the land beyond it had less Primordial Qi and signs of animal life.
• Chen Jue encountered Giant Ants and sensed their Ant Queen's Mental Magnetic Field, then skirted the nest after conveying goodwill.
• Chen Jue reached a river and watched Strange Fish hunt a White Moth with a high-pressure water jet.
• Chen Jue speared a Strange Fish, crossed the river, and examined his catch before deciding it might be edible.
• A Strange Snake attacked Chen Jue and breathed fire, but he evaded the flames and sliced it apart with Golden Sword Qi.

Chen Jue watched Feiyi defeat a flock of Ying and burn a giant tree, then fought the Feiyi to claim the golden fruit that grew from the tree. He collected the fruit and a Ying egg and headed back toward the outpost.

• Chen Jue killed a fire-breathing snake with sword qi, examined its poisonous, corrosive fluid, and roasted and ate a Luoyu Fish.
• Chen Jue found a flock of Ying fighting Feiyi around a giant tree, and the Feiyi drove the birds away before burning the tree down.
• A golden fruit grew from the charred tree as primordial qi gathered, and Chen Jue attacked the Feiyi leader to seize it.
• Chen Jue killed the Feiyi leader with his Tang Dao, took the golden fruit, and collected the leader’s gallbladder.
• Chen Jue found a Ying egg inside the burned bird’s body and set off toward the outpost with it.

Chen Jue escaped a massive gathering of beasts drawn to the mysterious fruit and returned safely behind the golden barrier. Examining the fruit, he realized it was a seed carrying the life information of the dead giant tree.

• Chen Jue tossed the giant ant queen a snake gallbladder in exchange for help distracting the pursuing beasts, then evaded the ants’ flying troops by leaping through the treetops.
• Chen Jue outran the pursuing birds, beasts, and insects and crossed the golden barrier, which the creatures refused to enter.
• The queen ant’s warning fluctuations drove the creatures away from the barrier after Chen Jue had left.
• Chen Jue returned to the lake, checked that nothing had followed him, and washed himself and his combat suit.
• Chen Jue sensed a vision of a seedling inheriting a dead tree’s life information and concluded that the mysterious fruit was a seed preserving the giant tree’s legacy.

Chen Jue planted the giant tree’s seed, which rapidly grew into a flowering tree and bore a fruit that granted him sixty additional years of life. As he realized the tree might be the Immortal Tree from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the parrot bird egg he had collected began to crack.

• Chen Jue planted the Transcendent Level tree seed beside the lake, and it sprouted and grew into a five-meter tree in less than half an hour.
• The young tree bloomed and produced a pale golden fruit, which Chen Jue picked and ate.
• Chen Jue gained the [Longevity Dao Fruit] status, increasing his lifespan from 297 to 357.
• Chen Jue recognized the tree as a possible Immortal Tree and wondered whether it could bear fruit only once in its lifetime.
• The parrot bird egg beside Chen Jue began to crack and enter accelerated incubation.

Chen Jue watched a Parrot hatch and decided to raise the unusually intelligent chick, whom he named Wu, as both a companion and a potential disciple. He hoped to study its inherited abilities, but their bond began with the chick relieving itself on his shoulder.

• Chen Jue watched the Parrot hatch and sensed its strong mental presence and dependence on him.
• The chick drank the fluid inside its shell, ate the shell, and accepted Chen Jue’s affection.
• Chen Jue tried several names before settling on Wu and calling it Little Parrot.
• Little Parrot imitated Chen Jue by calling him “Dada,” and Chen Jue considered teaching it as a disciple.
• Chen Jue decided to raise Little Parrot and study whether it inherited its parents’ sonic abilities.
• Little Parrot cheerfully responded to Chen Jue, then pooped on his shoulder and angered him.

Chen Jue studied Little Parrot’s breathing and devised a new approach to flight, then used the Attribute Panel’s state refinement function for the first time. The refinement began, but its result remained unknown.

• Chen Jue brought Little Parrot back from the Immortal Tree and noticed the fledgling feared the mountain’s strange magnetic field.
• At the outpost, Chen Jue recorded the day’s encounters and observed Little Parrot absorbing primordial qi through its breathing.
• Chen Jue studied the bird’s breathing and considered how its respiratory system helped it fly, hoping to improve his own limited ability to stay airborne.
• Chen Jue used the Golden Toad Skill to fill his stomach and intestines with air, but the effort only produced a strong gust and did not lift him.
• Chen Jue selected four movement-art states, including Golden Toad Swallowing Qi, and spent 0.7 free attribute points to begin refining them.

Chen Jue refined [Great Roc Spreading Its Wings] and tested its gliding ability along the mountainside. He fashioned wooden wings to boost his flight and ended the chapter soaring a thousand meters above the forest.

• Chen Jue refined four state blocks into the new state [Great Roc Spreading Its Wings], which let him glide by mimicking a bird's posture and using airflow.
• Chen Jue tested the technique by leaping from the summit and gliding down the mountainside, then stopped his high-speed descent with his breath and powerful legs.
• Chen Jue considered how tools could imitate the factors behind flight and chopped down a massive tree to make two wooden wings.
• Chen Jue strapped the wooden wings to his arms and used them with [Great Roc Spreading Its Wings] to fly around the mountain.
• Chen Jue grew confident enough to climb above the summit and soar a thousand meters over the forest, admiring the lake, river, and clouds below.

Chen Jue surveyed the unfamiliar planet, tested the Wormhole Tunnel, and requested engineered wings from the base. While he rested after his flight, a multinational expedition arrived elsewhere on the planet and discovered gold.

• Chen Jue flew above the forest, spotted blue lights in a distant marsh, and found that passing through the Wormhole Tunnel from above did not transport him.
• The [Unknown Seal] analysis progress rose to 0.2%, and Chen Jue speculated that the tunnel’s one-way effects resembled quantum superposition.
• Chen Jue’s body temperature exceeded 50°C after flying, then fell to about 38°C as he cooled himself; he sketched alloy wings for the base to send.
• Chen Jue returned to his outpost, rested beside the sleeping parrot, and planned to try the final technique in the Qi Observation and Dragon Slaying Scripture after waking.
• A multinational expedition passed through another Wormhole Tunnel and arrived on the planet, where a Hong Mou Group astronaut found dark golden veins in a rock and declared they had landed on a mountain of gold.

Exploration teams from Earth established camps in Second Home, where they found abundant Life Ore and discussed the worldwide spread of Chen Jue’s Body-Tempering Exercise. Chen Jue woke from a restorative sleep and began teaching Little Parrot to make vowel sounds.

• The mixed-race young man and the other explorers set up a base on a mountain rich in Life Ore, sending out drones and Lunar Rovers to survey the desert.
• A Bear Country team arrived on an island, and the Xingyi Sect master agreed to camp near the landing site with them.
• The Xingyi Sect master told Liu Xing to practice the Body-Tempering Exercise and reflected on Chen Jue’s influence and the secrecy of its unpublished forms.
• Chen Jue woke after four hours of sleep and saw that his attributes had increased while he rested.
• Chen Jue noticed Little Parrot’s strong night vision, carved characters into a rock wall, and tried to teach it vowel sounds.

Chen Jue taught Little Parrot a few sounds before practicing Seven-Star Life Extension, which he perfected and used to trigger a massive influx of primordial qi. The chapter ended with his hundred acupoints opening and his attributes and lifespan surging.

• Chen Jue taught Little Parrot to imitate human speech, then put the sleepy hatchling back on the mattress.
• Chen Jue began practicing Seven-Star Life Extension by circulating qi through the seven acupoints.
• Chen Jue perfected the skill, and his Suspended Acupoint drew in qi that flowed through the Big Dipper's seven corresponding acupoints.
• When the qi reached the Haidì Acupoint, a torrent of heat opened Chen Jue's hundred acupoints and began crystallizing primordial qi inside them.
• The mountain's qi surged into Chen Jue as his cells transformed and his attributes and lifespan rose rapidly; he exclaimed, "Holy shit!"

After breaking through the limits of life and death, Chen Jue discovered that his cultivation had transformed his body and accelerated Little Parrot’s growth. The two flew to a misty swamp, where they encountered lightning-wielding Kui Oxen that attacked them.

• Chen Jue awakened the [Life-and-Death Profound Gate] status, gained seventy-two years of lifespan, and realized the Heavenly Eye crystal needed to recharge.
• Little Parrot rapidly grew, learned to fly, and released a powerful sonic blast that extinguished Chen Jue’s cooking fire.
• Chen Jue and Little Parrot flew to the river, caught Luoyu Fish, and shared a meal while Chen Jue studied the bird’s sonic attack.
• Little Parrot led Chen Jue toward a mist-covered swamp, where they found enormous Kui Oxen fighting and wielding lightning.
• The Kui Oxen spotted Chen Jue and Little Parrot, then fired lightning arcs through the mist toward them.

Chen Jue followed Little Parrot through a mist-shrouded marsh, survived the Kui Oxen’s lightning, and discovered a flock of giant birds gathered around a Phoenix Bird. The Phoenix Bird addressed him through a rainbow light and asked whether he was human.

• Chen Jue used [Tiger Roars in the Mountains] and his wooden wings to escape the Kui Oxen’s lightning, then flew onward after Little Parrot.
• As Chen Jue crossed the marsh, he saw signs of even larger, stronger Kui Oxen and speculated about how their electrical attacks might inspire a [Transcendent Level] technique.
• Chen Jue emerged from the mist into a basin with a gigantic dead tree and watched Little Parrot reunite with the Parrot leader.
• The flock grew agitated when Chen Jue approached, but a cry from the nest silenced the birds and announced their king’s awakening.
• A gigantic Phoenix Bird emerged from the nest and used five-colored rainbow light to communicate with Chen Jue, asking, “Little fellow, are you human?”

Chen Jue communicated with an intelligent Phoenix Bird and learned about the planet’s ancient human past, its Forbidden Zones, and the bird’s five-colored mental light. The chapter ended when Little Parrot brought him a corroded bronze mask resembling a Sanxingdui artifact.

• Chen Jue greeted the Phoenix Bird through their Mental Magnetic Fields, and it told him he was the first human it had ever seen.
• The Phoenix Bird said its parents had described humans as ancient rulers of the world, and Chen Jue calculated that the bird had lived for 1,524 years.
• Chen Jue learned that the Forbidden Zone had formed around a dying giant tree and that two other Forbidden Zones lay elsewhere on the planet.
• The Phoenix Bird explained that its five-colored light came from its powerful Mental Magnetic Field crystal, and Chen Jue connected it to the Five-Colored Divine Light of mythology.
• Little Parrot emerged from the Phoenix Bird’s nest with a corroded bronze mask, which Chen Jue recognized as resembling a Sanxingdui mask with protruding eyes.

Chen Jue traded a powerful spear to the Phoenix Bird for a bronze mask and learned about seven-colored crystals that could awaken intelligence and strengthen mental energy. Back at his outpost, he put on the mask and discovered that it drew qi into his head, beginning to transform his eyes and ears.

• Chen Jue examined the bronze mask in the Phoenix Bird’s nest and traded it a Retractable Spear after demonstrating its power by shattering a distant rock.
• The Phoenix Bird controlled the spear with five-colored mental energy, and Chen Jue connected the feat to the Daoist arts of Staff Release and Object Manipulation.
• The Phoenix Bird told Chen Jue where to find seven-colored crystals and explained that it hoped he would raise Little Parrot, which carried its bloodline.
• Chen Jue left the basin with Little Parrot and the bronze mask, then returned to his outpost and examined the mask beside the lake.
• Chen Jue put on the mask, which clung to his face, resonated with his breath, and drew qi into his head, stimulating the transformation of his eyes and ears.