Chapter Summaries

Chen Beiwu trained Golden Egg against simulated lightning and then entered a companion beast matchmaking battle to build its confidence. He faced Han Zheng and his Thunder-Needle Ferret, which eyed Golden Egg hungrily as the fight was about to begin.

• Chen Beiwu activated the high-power lightning tribulation platform and put Golden Egg through nine consecutive strikes.
• Golden Egg endured the lightning with its Flowing Golden Scales, then became angry at Chen Beiwu before backing down from the thought of fighting him.
• Chen Beiwu booked a solo companion beast battle to find Golden Egg an opponent.
• Han Zheng accepted the match because he needed Spirit Origin to buy medicine for his Thunder-Needle Ferret's breakthrough.
• At Battle Platform Fifteen, Han Zheng brought out the forty-nine-year-old Thunder-Needle Ferret, which stared hungrily at Golden Egg.

Chen Beiwu’s Golden Egg sparred with Han Zheng’s Thunder-Needle Ferret and proved impervious to its attacks. Golden Egg swallowed the ferret during its ultimate lightning attack, then spat it out unconscious at Han Zheng’s request.

• Han Zheng’s Thunder-Needle Ferret cautiously circled Golden Egg before striking with Wind-Thunder Blade, but its claws recoiled while Golden Egg remained unharmed.
• The enraged Thunder-Needle Ferret unleashed its accumulated lightning with Thunder Serpents Dance Wildly, and Chen Beiwu let the spar continue.
• Golden Egg remembered the painful lightning test and used the Sea Absorption Spirit Art to swallow the lightning and the Thunder-Needle Ferret.
• Han Zheng rushed to retrieve his companion, and Chen Beiwu told Golden Egg to spit it out.
• Golden Egg sneezed out the unconscious Thunder-Needle Ferret and pointed at it innocently.

Chen Beiwu ended his sparring session with Han Zheng after Golden Egg swallowed and then released the Thunder-Needle Ferret. While seeking scarce spiritual goods, Chen Beiwu caught a seller adulterating queen bee honey and forced him to face the consequences, then received a new offer of honey.

• Chen Beiwu confirmed the Thunder-Needle Ferret was unharmed and ended the sparring session with Han Zheng, who left with his Companion Beast.
• Golden Egg regretted losing the chance to eat the Thunder-Needle Ferret, and Chen Beiwu put him in the Spirit Beast Pouch.
• Chen Beiwu posted a request to buy moonlight dewdrops and Green Vine Branches, then met a young man offering Frost-Jade Queen Bee Honey.
• Chen Beiwu exposed that the seller had mixed Frost Jade Honey into the queen bee honey and demanded that he eat the adulterated bottle.
• The young man swallowed the bottle, then stopped Chen Beiwu and offered two more bottles, claiming their quality was genuine.

Chen Beiwu exposed a counterfeit queen bee honey seller, then took Iron Egg to Azure Frost Valley and studied the Marsh Serpent Kan-Killing Formation. After a Formation Disk broke during his practice, he recognized that he had mastered most of the formation but lacked the materials and cultivation to inscribe its main disk.

• Chen Beiwu bought queen bee honey from a local seller and later confirmed the private transaction had nearly let the shop pass off counterfeit honey.
• Chen Beiwu gave Iron Egg the Sun-Swallowing Qi-Drinking Technique, hoping it could eventually help heal Iron Egg's paralyzed hind legs.
• Chen Beiwu took Iron Egg and Golden Egg to Azure Frost Valley, evaded the frost jade bee queen, and settled in a cave to cultivate.
• Chen Beiwu studied the Marsh Serpent Kan-Killing Formation and devised two variations that could trap or attack Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Chen Beiwu's Formation Disk broke after he inscribed eleven patterns, and he concluded that he understood most of the formation but lacked the proper disk, materials, and cultivation to complete it.
• Chen Beiwu gathered Iron Egg and Golden Egg to return to the sect and turn in the mission.

At the Mission Hall, Chen Beiwu helped Li Lin sell her variant snow-skin shark after Ma Dongmei obstructed her sect mission. He then searched the mission wall and noticed a bounty for transcribing cultivation manuals.

• Ma Dongmei refused to accept Li Lin's variant snow-skin shark for the sect bounty and urged her to take a private fish-buying mission instead.
• Chen Beiwu turned in queen bee honey for eight hundred contribution points, then asked Li Lin if her spirit fish was for sale.
• Li Lin sold the shark to Chen Beiwu for five hundred contribution points, and he gave her a Message Transmission Talisman for future sales.
• Chen Beiwu searched the mission wall and became interested in a bounty for transcribing cultivation manuals.

Chen Beiwu chose the Clear Spring Heart-Nourishing Art, a low-grade Foundation Establishment method from the Immortal Alliance, and submitted it to the Mirror Moon Sect for contribution points. Yu Shuiyao recognized its unusual merits and suspected its creator had been a Late Qi Refining cultivator.

• Chen Beiwu reviewed the sect’s rewards for transcribing cultivation methods and returned to the Immortal Alliance to find a suitable method.
• Chen Beiwu selected the Clear Spring Heart-Nourishing Art, copied its ten thousand characters, and brought it back to the Southern Wasteland.
• Ma Dongmei accepted Chen Beiwu’s submission for review and promised to notify him if the True Transmission Hall approved it.
• Yu Shuiyao reviewed the submitted method and recognized its distinctive approach, speculating that its founder had been a Late Qi Refining cultivator.

Yu Shuiyao considered the Clear Spring Heart-Nourishing Art evidence that Chen Zi'ang might share her talent for developing cultivation methods, and posted a bounty for a completed Foundation Establishment method. Chen Beiwu earned contribution points, accepted a mission to complete another incomplete method, and spent nearly all his points on a Flood Dragon Blood Pill for Golden Egg.

• Yu Shuiyao posted a high-reward bounty for completing a Foundation Establishment cultivation method and returned to work on the Calamity Sea Dragon-Subduing Formation.
• Ma Dongmei gave Chen Beiwu 8,000 contribution points for transcribing the Clear Spring Heart-Nourishing Art and offered him a mission to complete the Grand Void Star-Watching Art.
• Chen Beiwu accepted the cultivation method mission and posted bounty missions for Moonheaven Dew and Withered Thunder Branch.
• Chen Beiwu exchanged 6,000 contribution points for a Flood Dragon Blood Pill intended to help Golden Egg, leaving him with 300 points.
• A Mysterious Pivot Hall deacon delivered the pill, and Chen Beiwu noticed it had developed a trace of pill resonance.

Chen Beiwu reviewed the Grand Void Star-Watching Art, tested Golden Egg’s progress with several spell arts, and obtained a Flood Dragon Blood Pill for it. He planned to use Foundation Establishment to help achieve flawless qi refining, while Golden Egg had to build up forty-nine years of cultivation before taking the pill.

• Zhao Heng arranged for Chen Beiwu to receive a Flood Dragon Blood Pill refined by Fairy Yun Wan and exchanged Message Transmission Talismans with him.
• Chen Beiwu decided the incomplete Grand Void Star-Watching Art was not worth replacing his current divine sense method with.
• Golden Egg demonstrated its progress with Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water, Scale-Blade Evasion, Water-Concealing Flow, and Water-Splitting Thorn.
• Chen Beiwu tested Golden Egg’s Water-Splitting Thorn against his Tideborn Silk Armor and praised its power.
• Chen Beiwu showed Golden Egg the Flood Dragon Blood Pill but told it to cultivate for forty-nine years before attempting to take it.
• Chen Beiwu resolved to gather information and use Foundation Establishment to help him achieve flawless qi refining.

Chen Beiwu considered using pills to help Golden Egg break through and then draw on the contract’s returned nourishment to pursue flawless Qi Refining. Li Wan’er visited with a Mao-Day Treasure Chicken, and her mention of the thirteenth layer of Qi Refining left Chen Beiwu wondering how it compared with the Immortal Alliance’s flawless realm.

• Chen Beiwu prepared to leave seclusion and return to the Immortal Alliance when Li Wan’er called from outside his cave abode.
• Li Wan’er arrived carrying a struggling Mao-Day Treasure Chicken and invited Chen Beiwu out for boiled eggs, which he mistook for Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Li Wan’er explained that she had meant the thirteenth layer of Qi Refining and said Chen Beiwu could likely reach the twelfth layer.
• Li Wan’er threatened the Mao-Day Treasure Chicken until it laid three Scarlet Eggs, then let it fly away.
• Li Wan’er gave Chen Beiwu the eggs to boil because she had enjoyed his cooking before.

Chen Beiwu cooked a feast of Mao Day Egg dishes for Li Wan'er, whose praise and request for another meal pleased him as the meal also aided his cultivation. He then sent Yun Yishu a message about his questions, while Yun Yishu refused Jiang Yuyan's demand for the Golden Tower Elixir and noticed a new transmission talisman.

• Chen Beiwu warned Li Wan'er he had never cooked Mao Day Eggs before, then used her spirit rice and spring water to prepare several egg dishes.
• Li Wan'er devoured Chen Beiwu's egg fried rice and the rest of the meal, praised his cooking, and arranged to come back for another egg feast.
• Chen Beiwu realized the meal had significantly advanced his cultivation and saw Li Wan'er off.
• Chen Beiwu sent Yun Yishu a Message Transmission Talisman to ask about his doubts.
• Jiang Yuyan demanded the Golden Tower Elixir, but Yun Yishu dismissed her and turned her attention to a newly arrived transmission talisman.

Yun Yishu explained the hidden upper limits of Qi Refining to Chen Beiwu and why the Five Great Sects suppressed knowledge of them. Despite learning how costly and difficult the higher layers were, Chen Beiwu resolved to pursue the thirteenth layer.

• Jiang Yuyan offered Yun Yishu an ancient Nascent Soul formation technique in exchange for her Golden Tower Elixir allotment, but Yun Yishu rejected the deal.
• Yun Yishu visited Chen Beiwu and explained that Qi Refining laid the foundation for a cultivator’s later realms.
• Yun Yishu revealed that the Five Great Sects suppressed information about the thirteenth layer to limit rogue cultivators and preserve their control over cultivation resources.
• Yun Yishu described the costs and benefits of the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth layers, including the potential for rapid Foundation Establishment at the thirteenth layer.
• Chen Beiwu told Yun Yishu that he still wanted to try cultivating the thirteenth layer.

Chen Beiwu learned about the Mirror Moon Sect’s secret methods for reaching the Thirteenth Layer of Qi Refining, then chose to focus on his immediate cultivation goals and filmed a video for his popular account. Meanwhile, Xu Lingling ended her seclusion and watched Chen Beiwu’s new video.

• Yun Yishu explained three secret Qi Refining methods to Chen Beiwu, including the Heavenly Evolution Wheel-Turning Art, and told him how to qualify as a Sequence Disciple.
• Chen Beiwu learned that Yun Yishu had reached the Twelfth Layer of Qi Refining before Foundation Establishment, then decided to pursue his current cultivation goals rather than seek the costly methods.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Immortal Alliance, saw that his account had over 200,000 followers, and began filming a video about his life as a seventeen-year-old high school slacker.
• True Person Xu allowed Xu Lingling to end her seclusion after she complained, and she discovered Chen Beiwu’s new video had over a million likes.
• Xu Lingling watched Chen Beiwu’s video and questioned why a fishing streamer was showing his meditation and lavish breakfast.

Xu Lingling watched Chen Beiwu’s video showing his daily routine and reacted sharply to a message that arrived on her phone. Chen Beiwu returned to school, where his teacher and classmates learned he had reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining.

• Xu Lingling watched Chen Beiwu study advanced talisman and formation books in his video, then saw him catch a radiant spirit fish at Still Abyss West Lake.
• Xu Lingling received a message asking whether she was available, accidentally crushed her phone with electrical arcs, and replaced it with one from her Storage Ring.
• Wang Kui scolded his class about their cultivation and played a video of former students doing menial work before Chen Beiwu arrived.
• Wang Kui sensed that Chen Beiwu had advanced to the eighth layer of Qi Refining, astonishing the class and prompting Liu Yan to question the teacher’s judgment.
• Chen Beiwu modestly credited his progress to studying independently, and Wang Kui welcomed him into the classroom.

After revealing his breakthrough to the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining at school, Chen Beiwu thanked Xu Lingling for helping his business and invited her to eat. He gave her a mysterious gift, which revealed a familiar rainbow radiance when she opened it.

• Chen Beiwu silenced his classmates’ questions with his Eighth Layer of Qi Refining pressure and said he had used a Spirit-Nurturing Pill.
• Li Jing defended Chen Beiwu when classmates doubted his explanation, and Xu Lingling arrived to take him for a walk.
• Liu Yan suspected Chen Beiwu had relied on the Xu family and resented his closeness to Xu Lingling.
• Chen Beiwu thanked Xu Lingling for helping his business and invited her to share a meal at Li’s Teahouse.
• Chen Beiwu presented Xu Lingling with a gift, and she opened the box to find a familiar rainbow radiance.

Chen Beiwu and Xu Lingling encountered the Demon-Capturing Guards capturing a demon in Far Sky County, then walked toward Xu Lingling’s home after the threat was eliminated. On the way, they saw a crowd of women gathered in the park, which Chen Beiwu said was probably meeting prospective partners.

• Chen Beiwu gave Xu Lingling a variant Jade Beauty Shark and showed her the Purple Flame Calyx the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce had sent as an apology gift, which she declined.
• A Clever Ape served Chen Beiwu and Xu Lingling lunch at Li's Teahouse, and Chen Beiwu wondered why an ape near the limit of spirit-monster cultivation was working as a waiter.
• The Demon-Capturing Guards arrived after a demon caused alarm, and Chen Beiwu withdrew his divine sense when Tian Chang subdued the demon.
• News alerts reported that the Law Enforcement Bureau had destroyed a blood-sacrifice den and apprehended Qing Niangzi after killing two second-realm lesser demons.
• Chen Beiwu offered to walk Xu Lingling home, and they noticed a crowd gathered in Four Seasons Park.

Chen Beiwu and Xu Lingling watched cultivators seek marriage and discussed how matchmaking could conceal military-service obligations. After several months of cultivation in the Southern Wasteland, Chen Beiwu tested his newly mastered illusion art on Golden Egg and received a message transmission at his Cave Abode.

• Xu Lingling questioned a marriage notice seeking a full-time househusband, and Chen Beiwu explained that the woman had stated her unusual terms openly.
• Chen Beiwu showed Xu Lingling how another woman's generous marriage offer was a scheme to recruit a husband to fulfill a family member's military service.
• Xu Lingling asked whether Chen Beiwu would marry into a family for beasts, artifacts, and pills, but he said he would be his own mountain.
• Chen Beiwu ordered cultivation resources for Golden Egg and Iron Egg, then traveled to the Southern Wasteland to cultivate.
• Months later, Chen Beiwu tested his mastered Illusory Mist Du Spirit Art on Golden Egg, who panicked at the illusion of an Azure Jade Divine Dragon.
• Chen Beiwu stopped Golden Egg and Iron Egg from fighting, then noticed a Message Transmission Talisman outside his Cave Abode.

Chen Beiwu obtained the Moonheaven Dew and the Qi Refining Aperture Condensation Method, then began cultivating it alongside the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book. As he entered a state of self-forgetfulness, Golden Egg reacted to his spiritual resonance while Iron Egg felt left out.

• Chen Beiwu met Gu Chun to negotiate for the Moonheaven Dew, but refused to mediate her dispute with Shu You and offered her thirteen hundred Contribution Points instead.
• Gu Chun handed over the Moonheaven Dew and vowed to master the Reverse Origin Cauldron-Swapping Art to retaliate against those exploiting her jade-nourished spirit body.
• Chen Beiwu received his mission Contribution Points, raised his total to 8,300, and spent 5,000 to obtain the Qi Refining Aperture Condensation Method.
• Chen Beiwu found that Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water was not available for exchange and returned to Water Moon Secluded Abode with the new cultivation method.
• Chen Beiwu began cultivating the Qi Refining Aperture Condensation Method, and Golden Egg's magic power stirred as Iron Egg watched them.

After a sudden enlightenment left Chen Beiwu exhausted but brought him to the perfected Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, he examined his progress and Golden Egg’s gains. Senior Sister Wan'er arrived with a Three-Colored Star Toad and invited him to help catch a giant loach near Daxing Sea Island.

• Chen Beiwu ended his cultivation when pain at his heel broke his sudden enlightenment, then took Recovery Pills to restore his strength.
• Golden Egg briefly entered sudden enlightenment and gained two basic Dao Marks, bringing its total to forty-six.
• Chen Beiwu realized his Vastwood Magic Power had grown purer and stronger, leaving him ready to open a new acupoint and reach the Tenth Layer of Qi Refining, though he had not opened the Deep Pool Aperture.
• Li Wan'er visited Chen Beiwu with a Three-Colored Star Toad and invited him to catch a giant loach she had spotted near Daxing Sea Island.
• Chen Beiwu recognized the toad as a rare, valuable Treasure Beast but gave up on coveting it after Li Wan'er explained that her master raised it.

Chen Beiwu, Li Wan'er, and the Three-Colored Star Toad searched beneath Daxing Sea Island for a huge loach. They encountered a powerful Great Hui close to dragon transformation, and Li Wan'er prepared to face it.

• Li Wan'er brought Chen Beiwu to Daxing Sea Island and gave the Three-Colored Star Toad a scale to track the huge loach.
• The Three-Colored Star Toad followed the scale's scent as Li Wan'er piloted the Flying Boat deep beneath the sea.
• Chen Beiwu sensed a dangerous presence to the south, and Li Wan'er blasted apart a coral reef to reveal a massive dark silhouette.
• The silhouette's dragon roar froze Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg with its pressure until it roared again in the distance and the pressure lifted.
• Li Wan'er reassured Chen Beiwu that their opponent was a Great Hui close to dragon transformation.

Chen Beiwu and Li Wan'er encountered and killed an Azure Python Blood Wyrm beneath the sea, and Li Wan'er gave him its valuable gall. They returned to Daxing Sea Island with the wyrm's meat, while the loach Li Wan'er had been seeking remained unfound.

• Chen Beiwu sensed a threat near the seabed and discovered an Azure Python Blood Wyrm on the verge of becoming a flood dragon.
• Li Wan'er struck the wyrm with her silver hairpin, then froze and sliced it into four sections with her Ice Soul Treasure Needle.
• Li Wan'er collected the wyrm and decided to stop searching for the loach she had originally wanted to find.
• Chen Beiwu explained that the wyrm's best cuts were its heart-tip meat and spinal marrow meat, and Li Wan'er cut those pieces from the carcass.
• Li Wan'er gave Chen Beiwu the wyrm gall, which contained much of the beast's cultivation essence.