Chapter Summaries

During a placement exam, Chen Beiwu saw the Great Sun mutate and nearly died from gazing at it, but a mysterious treasure in his heart saved him. He resumed the exam and answered its final question in a way that puzzled Teacher Lei.

• Chen Beiwu answered a question about a Red-Striped Scorching Fire Serpent by choosing to report its location to the Immortal Alliance.
• The Great Sun changed into a terrifying presence, and Chen Beiwu nearly died before the treasure in his heart healed him.
• Chen Beiwu reassured Teacher Lei that he was fine and continued the placement exam, which would affect his Spirit Stone subsidy.
• Chen Beiwu answered the final question about escaping an Iron Calamity Bear by advising the cultivator to discard their equipment and play dead.
• Teacher Lei considered Chen Beiwu's answer nonsense and thought the expected solution was to use a Lesser Thunder-Summoning Talisman on oneself.

After the Great Sun Mutation helped his cultivation advance, Chen Beiwu broke through to the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining during the school day. He left the Cultivation Rooms eager to study the mutation and consider his new opportunity to apply for a Spirit Beast.

• After finishing his exam, Chen Beiwu hurried to the Cultivation Rooms and used a Clear Water Pill while practicing the Daoyin Exercises.
• Chen Beiwu broke through to the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining and gained the right to apply to the Immortal Alliance to buy a Spirit Beast before turning eighteen.
• Chen Beiwu left the cultivation chamber when his time ran out and told Xu Lingling he had broken through.
• Chen Beiwu teased Xu Lingling that the answer to the tenth exam question was B, then left to study the Great Sun Mutation.

Chen Beiwu returned home to find his disabled dog Iron Egg waiting for him, and he considered helping the loyal Fire-Element Exotic Beast with Bone-Tempering Powder. As Chen Beiwu entered his Cultivation Room, he reflected on Iron Egg’s unusual Fortune and potential, but also on why their incompatible attributes made him hesitate to contract him as a Beast Companion.

• Chen Beiwu returned home, quieted Iron Egg, and promised to apply for Bone-Tempering Powder to help his hind legs.
• Chen Beiwu went to his Cultivation Room and reflected on how the Immortal Alliance charged cultivators for access to spiritual energy.
• Chen Beiwu recalled rescuing Iron Egg as a puppy after a truck struck him, and how Iron Egg later saved Chen Beiwu’s father from a kiln fire.
• Chen Beiwu recognized that Iron Egg was a Fire-Element Exotic Beast with Fortune close to Second Tier and the potential to become a Lesser Demon.
• Chen Beiwu weighed Iron Egg’s potential against their incompatible attributes and his own rare Water and Wood dual Earth Spiritual Roots, which made him reluctant to contract Iron Egg.

Chen Beiwu entered the Nine-Breath Chaos Land and discovered that his treasure had captured a trace of Seven-Colored Fortune from the Great Sun Mutation. Hoping to find a suitable Companion Beast before the College Entrance Examination, he spent the Fortune to trigger an unknown Fortuitous Encounter, then was drained of Spirit Power and sent out of the Chaos Land.

• Chen Beiwu entered the Nine-Breath Chaos Land through his cultivation and reflected on how he had acquired and mastered the Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability.
• The Nine-Breath Chaos gave Chen Beiwu a trace of Seven-Colored Fortune after the Great Sun Mutation, convincing him the treasure was more powerful than he had thought.
• Chen Beiwu reviewed the tiers of Fortune he had gathered and the Fortuitous Encounters they had triggered, including finding Iron Egg and avoiding his father's death.
• Chen Beiwu decided to use the Seven-Colored Fortune in hopes of finding a suitable Companion Beast before the College Entrance Examination.
• Chen Beiwu formed a Fortune Golden Bell, turned the Seven-Colored Fortune into a lively Spirit Fish, and rang the bell to trigger an unknown Fortuitous Encounter.
• The activation drained Chen Beiwu's Spirit Power and forced him out of the Nine-Breath Chaos Land.

After advancing to the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining, Chen Beiwu celebrated with his mother and learned how his streaming income helped pay for her medicine. He resolved to use his ancestral treasure to lift the Chen Household out of poverty.

• Chen Beiwu refined Spirit Power in the Cultivation Room and reflected on how five successful uses of Nine-Breath Chaos had strengthened his cultivation.
• Iron Egg brought Chen Beiwu warm tea, and Huang Xiaoling recognized that he had reached the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining.
• Huang Xiaoling prepared Spirit Deer meat to celebrate Chen Beiwu’s breakthrough, and he felt its nourishing Spirit Power after eating.
• Huang Xiaoling urged Chen Beiwu to quit streaming and focus on cultivation, but he reminded her that he streamed to help cover household expenses.
• Chen Beiwu thought about his mother’s costly Pure Frost Pills and vowed to use his ancestral treasure to raise the Chen Household out of poverty.

Chen Beiwu reviewed his cultivation and exam results, then discussed choosing a Companion Beast with Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling. He turned his attention to the Great Mystery Guarding the One during alchemy class, but Teacher Li’s next words caught his interest.

• Chen Beiwu practiced the Great Mystery Guarding the One and reflected that years of cultivation had raised the purity of his Five Phases Spiritual Roots by one point.
• Xu Lingling tried to trick Chen Beiwu about his grades, but he checked the school results and found he ranked second in the year.
• Chen Beiwu considered an Azure Spirit Newt as his future Companion Beast, while Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling discussed their own prospects.
• During alchemy class, Chen Beiwu focused on the Great Mystery Guarding the One until Teacher Li said something that caught his attention.

Chen Beiwu learned that a Frostfall Pill could cure his mother’s Cold Poison and bought one from Li Jiacheng at a discounted price. After leaving Li’s office, he walked into Wang Kui’s reprimand of the class, but Wang Kui greeted him kindly when he saw who had arrived.

• Teacher Li explained that the Second-Tier Middle Grade Frostfall Pill could clear Cold Poison, though it could not restore lost Lifespan or cultivation.
• When the bell rang, Chen Beiwu’s classmates noticed his Seventh Layer of Qi Refining and envied his prospects of entering a top sect.
• Chen Beiwu asked Li Jiacheng about the Frostfall Pill, and Li offered to sell him one for three hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Beiwu accepted Li’s offer and thanked him for helping him make a connection.
• After Chen Beiwu entered the classroom during Wang Kui’s reprimand, Wang Kui recognized him and calmly told him to come in and watch the time next time.

After receiving approval to purchase a Spirit Beast, Chen Beiwu learned he and Xu Ziqing would travel to Fallen Dragon Prefecture on the fifteenth. He declined Xu Ziqing’s invitation to fish at Still Abyss West Lake and went to cultivate, while Liu Yan criticized his confidence about Foundation Establishment.

• Xu Lingling complained that Chen Beiwu escaped punishment, and Liu Yan defended him by praising his Spirit Beast contract and talent.
• Chen Beiwu received approval from Wang Kui and confirmation from the Spirit Beast Pavilion, with his departure set for the fifteenth; Xu Ziqing said she would travel with him.
• Xu Ziqing invited Chen Beiwu and Xu Lingling to fish at Still Abyss West Lake, where Chen Beiwu recalled the story of True Lord Still Abyss and his rare Redtail Goldfish.
• Chen Beiwu declined the invitation, and Liu Yan told him that Xu Ziqing liked him; Chen Beiwu dismissed the idea and left for the Cultivation Room.
• Liu Yan argued that Chen Beiwu would regret rejecting the Five Foundation Establishment Spirits, but Chen Beiwu had already left.

Chen Beiwu reported illegal fishing to earn a Spirit Stone and avoided a Cultivation Loan while reflecting on how his fortune and calamities interacted. Back home, he reunited with Chen Qin, who noticed he had advanced to Late Qi Refining, while her family’s loan debt had forced her to abandon cultivation.

• Chen Beiwu photographed illegal fishing near Still Abyss West Lake and reported it to Far Sky County World Affairs Hall for a reward.
• Chen Beiwu used Nine-Breath Chaos to release accumulated tribulation as minor bad luck, narrowly avoiding a bird dropping.
• Chen Beiwu refused a Cultivation Loan flyer because its compounding interest could burden borrowers and their descendants.
• Chen Beiwu encountered Chen Qin outside their residential complex, and she was surprised to learn he had reached Late Qi Refining.
• Chen Beiwu recalled that Aunt Chen had died after taking a Cultivation Loan, leaving Chen Qin in debt and forcing her to leave school and work at Elegant Rhyme Pavilion.

Chen Beiwu learned from Chen Qin about the Cleansing Spirit Tune and the benefits of waiting until the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining to hear it. At home, he realized his parents were trying to fund treatment for his mother's Heart-Severing Cold Syndrome, while his mother argued that his cultivation deserved priority.

• Chen Qin gave Chen Beiwu a Jade Slip about water-type Spirit Beasts and advised him not to hear the Cleansing Spirit Tune before reaching the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, revealing it could improve the chance of Foundation Establishment by one percent.
• Chen Dong teased Chen Beiwu about marrying Chen Qin, and Chen Beiwu insisted they were only friends.
• Chen Beiwu discovered that the family’s dried Spirit Beast meat was gone and understood that his parents were trying to raise money for his mother’s treatment.
• Chen Beiwu thought that entering a cultivation university affiliated with one of the Thirteen Immortal Sects could resolve his family’s troubles.
• Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling discussed their finances and found they were still five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones short of the treatment cost.
• Chen Dong considered taking dangerous work at the Azure Radiance Tile Factory, but Huang Xiaoling urged him to stop and said the money should instead support Beiwu’s future.

Chen Beiwu discovered two promising water-type Spirit Beasts in Chen Qin’s Jade Slip before the Nine-Breath Chaos Land suddenly pulled him inside and revealed an immense Bronze Gate. He woke beneath the trees in an unfamiliar place with unusually rich spiritual energy and froze at the sight of something green nearby.

• Chen Beiwu reviewed Chen Qin’s information and placed the Azure-Wave Spirit Carp at the top of his Spirit Beast shortlist.
• Chen Beiwu read about the Darkwater Spirit Turtle and wondered how it had appeared in the Spirit Beast Pavilion and how Sister Qin had learned so much about it.
• Dark golden lines formed across Chen Beiwu’s Magic Power, and a golden light transported him from the Cultivation Room into the Nine-Breath Chaos Land.
• A seven-colored light split the Chaos Land and revealed a vast Bronze Gate that opened onto a bottomless black hole, after which Chen Beiwu lost consciousness.
• Chen Beiwu woke outdoors beneath a tree, sensed the rich spiritual energy, and froze when he noticed a flash of green nearby.

Chen Beiwu used the newly awakened Ten Directions Chaos Divine Ability to escape a powerful beast in a mysterious world and return to his Cultivation Room with a rare Jade-Scale Snake. The next morning, he reviewed how the gates worked and resolved to prepare carefully before exploring again.

• Chen Beiwu distracted a Jade-Scale Snake and killed it before a resonant spiritual roar from a nearby Azure Thunder Tiger forced him to flee.
• Chen Beiwu activated the Ten Directions Chaos Gates with the Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability and vanished as the Azure Thunder Tiger arrived.
• Chen Beiwu returned to his Cultivation Room carrying the Jade-Scale Snake and recognized its valuable blood, scales, and gallbladder.
• Chen Beiwu speculated that the other world was an undiscovered realm or hidden Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land, and that his Seven-Colored Fortune had led him there.
• Chen Beiwu went to class the next morning and reasoned that the gates required a short, undisturbed buildup and that the other world’s rich Spiritual Energy also attracted dangerous demon beasts.

Chen Beiwu traveled into the mountains to find a safe place to cultivate, avoiding signs of powerful beasts and a distant clash of Demon Beasts. He found a cave occupied by a First-Tier Bullet Ape, killed it, and harvested its materials before preparing to claim the cave.

• Chen Beiwu prepared his scent-masking supplies, protective gear, coins, poisoned weapons, and Thorn-Smoke Pills before teleporting into the mountains.
• Chen Beiwu avoided the tracks of a large deer Variant Beast and fled from the violent Demon Qi of beasts fighting deeper in the mountain range.
• Chen Beiwu searched the forest for a safe base and found a vine-hidden cave marked as the territory of a Demon Beast.
• Chen Beiwu lured out the cave's First-Tier Bullet Ape and dodged its attack before slashing its throat with his Bone Blade.
• Chen Beiwu kept away until the Bullet Ape bled out, then harvested its materials and covered the bloodstains, gaining two Spirit Stones.

Chen Beiwu established a hidden cave abode in the Primordial Forest and improved his cultivation by meditating on a Second-Tier Spiritual Vein. While exploring nearby, he found a valuable Black Gold Ginseng and then heard a faint cry for help.

• Chen Beiwu harvested Bullet Ape Essence Blood, prepared a concealed cave abode, and began cultivating in the Primordial Forest.
• After a night of meditation, Chen Beiwu found that the Second-Tier Spiritual Vein had greatly improved his cultivation speed.
• Chen Beiwu killed a Green Rock Rat and discovered a First-Tier Black Gold Ginseng in its cave.
• Chen Beiwu stored the ginseng and continued mapping the area around his cave abode.
• Chen Beiwu heard someone weakly calling for help near scattered footprints in the bushes.

Chen Beiwu saw through the Illusion Weasel Wolf’s disguise, poisoned it, and killed it with a Water Blade Talisman before it could flee into Blue Rock Lion territory. After collecting its valuable parts and meat, he returned to the Cultivation Room and wondered whether he could bring living creatures through as well as inanimate objects.

• Chen Beiwu examined the tracks and blood near a trapped Maiden, then pretended to be lured by the Bloodface Vine she offered.
• The Maiden revealed herself as an Illusion Weasel Wolf, but Chen Beiwu’s crystalline needle poisoned it and disrupted its attack.
• Chen Beiwu kept his distance as the weakened Illusion Weasel Wolf fled, then used a Water Blade Talisman to kill it when it ran toward Blue Rock Lion territory.
• Chen Beiwu collected the beast’s Essence Blood, pelt, tail fur, and meat, planning to roast some meat for Iron Egg.
• Back in the Cultivation Room, Chen Beiwu considered whether he could carry living creatures through by touching them.

Chen Beiwu discovered that Iron Egg had awakened a reconnaissance talent after eating Illusion Weasel Wolf meat. He then noticed signs of fire poison on his father, Chen Dong, and worried that something had happened at home.

• Chen Beiwu confirmed that living creatures could travel with him between worlds and fed Illusion Weasel Wolf meat to Iron Egg.
• Iron Egg broke through, and Chen Beiwu contained its fire-element demon power with the Water Prison Spell.
• Iron Egg revealed a fire star chart that showed nearby movement, and Chen Beiwu learned it could use the talent about four times a day.
• Chen Beiwu went downstairs and saw that Chen Dong looked exhausted and carried the lingering aura of fire poison.
• Chen Beiwu wondered why Chen Dong had been firing bricks and feared that trouble had struck their family.

Chen Beiwu went fishing on the Pearl River for his livestream and caught a rusty iron box containing a Second-Tier Spirit Medicine, Bloodface Vine. Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling recognized it while Chen Beiwu pretended it was ordinary river algae, leaving viewers arguing over what he had found.

• Huang Xiaoling and Chen Dong argued over his factory job and their fears about her illness, while Chen Beiwu quietly left without telling them where he was going.
• Chen Beiwu opened his livestream at the Pearl River, where viewers joked about his reputation for catching everything except fish.
• A viewer identifying herself as the Future Imperial Censor of the Law Enforcement Bureau gifted Chen Beiwu a membership card, and viewers discussed the corpses and artifacts he had previously caught.
• Chen Beiwu caught a rusty iron box, and viewers identified the spirit medicine inside as Bloodface Vine while he called it red algae and hid it from the camera.
• Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling recognized the Bloodface Vine on the livestream, and Xu Ziqing recalled her grandfather's belief that Chen Beiwu had good fortune.

Chen Beiwu brought home a rare Bloodface Vine and persuaded his parents to sell it to pay for the family’s expenses. He then asked Iron Egg to cultivate with him, ending with a warning about the dog’s formidable strength.

• Xu Ziqing told Xu Lingling she planned to pursue Chen Beiwu, leaving Xu Lingling regretful about her own feelings.
• Chen Beiwu showed Chen Dong a large Black Carp he claimed to have caught, making his father smile.
• Chen Beiwu revealed a century-old Bloodface Vine, and Huang Xiaoling identified it as a valuable Second-Tier Spirit Medicine worth up to nine hundred Spirit Stones.
• Chen Beiwu insisted his parents sell the Bloodface Vine to help the family, and Huang Xiaoling and Chen Dong agreed to sell it and quit brickmaking.
• Chen Beiwu asked Iron Egg to cultivate with him and reminded the dog that loyalty mattered most, then warned him not to use his powerful tail carelessly.

Chen Beiwu used the Jade-Scale Snake’s gallbladder and Black Gold Ginseng to purify his Magic Power, then followed Iron Egg into the mountains in search of more snakes. They discovered a hidden Spirit Lake and an Azure Thunder Tiger, prompting Chen Beiwu to use the Ten Directions Chaos Gate to escape as the beast sensed something nearby.

• Chen Beiwu refined a Jade-Scale Snake’s gallbladder and a slice of Black Gold Ginseng, making his Magic Power five percent purer.
• Iron Egg swallowed the snake’s corpse, revealed a star map, and led Chen Beiwu deeper into the mountains.
• Chen Beiwu and Iron Egg passed through a thick fog and found a Spirit Lake surrounded by a formation that seemed to have been abandoned.
• An Azure Thunder Tiger appeared on the lake’s central island and used lightning to stun Spirit Fish.
• Chen Beiwu suspected the tiger had killed the lake’s former owner and used the Ten Directions Chaos Gate to vanish with Iron Egg.
• The Azure Thunder Tiger looked toward the spot where Chen Beiwu had disappeared, confused by what it sensed.

Chen Beiwu escaped the Azure Thunder Tiger with Iron Egg and learned that Jade-Scale Snakes lived on the Spirit Lake’s Central Island, then faced Xu Ziqing in a school spar. He defeated her with the Water-Gathering Technique, surprising the watching students.

• Chen Beiwu soothed Iron Egg after escaping the Azure Thunder Tiger and learned that the Jade-Scale Snakes were plentiful on the Spirit Lake’s Central Island.
• Chen Beiwu decided not to return to the Spirit Lake until he had reached Foundation Establishment, then went to school after cultivating.
• Wang Kui paired Chen Beiwu with Xu Ziqing for a practical spell arts spar, and the students gathered to watch the two Seventh-Layer Qi Refiners.
• Xu Ziqing attacked with Flame Pillar and Fire Pythons while Chen Beiwu used Wind Manipulation and Water Mist to approach her.
• Chen Beiwu’s water techniques triggered his Protective Talisman and left a compressed-water blade at Xu Ziqing’s neck, winning the spar.
• Wang Kui announced Chen Beiwu as the winner, and the students marveled that he had mastered the First-Tier Superior-Grade Variant Art, Water-Gathering Technique.