Chapter Summaries

Zuo Xiaoduo endured two hours of punishing training in the Gravity Room, using the Flame Sun True Scripture to adapt to the fivefold gravity and pushing himself through repeated rounds of martial arts. A full drop and a half of Fortune Points arrived after Shen Tienan’s predicted Death Calamity came true, and Zuo Xiaoduo finished seven more rounds before collapsing outside the room.

• Zuo Xiaoduo practiced the Star-Seizing Palm, Dragon Gate Leg, and Starry Sky Step in fivefold gravity while circulating the Flame Sun True Scripture and regulating his breathing.
• Zuo Xiaoduo repeatedly pushed himself to exhaustion, rested briefly, drank from the Gravity Room’s faucet, and took several pills during two hours of training.
• Zuo Xiaoduo received a full drop and a half of Fortune Points, realizing Shen Tienan’s Death Calamity had come true and the other groups’ safe escapes had yielded only a small amount.
• Zuo Xiaoduo used his renewed strength to complete seven rounds of martial arts in the final five minutes, then collapsed outside the Gravity Room.

After Zuo Xiaoduo completed an exhausting session in the Gravity Room, Qin Fangyang praised his training and explained where to aim hidden weapons against powerful enemies. Qin Fangyang then escorted him home, revealing that he intended to teach him about the martial world and confront his reluctance to strike fatal blows.

• The Gravity Room teacher pulled Zuo Xiaoduo out after two hours under five times normal gravity and praised his relentless training to Qin Fangyang.
• Zuo Xiaoduo noticed that the Gravity Room's pressure had purified the spiritual energy in his body, and Qin Fangyang approved of his training routine.
• Qin Fangyang advised Zuo Xiaoduo to practice hidden weapons against the eyes and ear canals, which were less protected than the throat or heart.
• Qin Fangyang said he would escort Zuo Xiaoduo to and from school for the next few days, then walked him home through an ominous, blood-red haze.
• Qin Fangyang told Zuo Xiaoduo he would use their walks to teach him about the martial world and observed that Zuo Xiaoduo avoided striking opponents in fatal areas.

Qin Fangyang used a deadly ambush to teach Zuo Xiaoduo that enemies had to be killed decisively, then drew his pursuers away. At Mu Yanyan's office, she questioned Meng Chenyu about why she had let Mu Yunfeng escape after he attacked Zuo Xiaoduo.

• Qin Fangyang killed ten masked attackers and three more assailants while explaining to Zuo Xiaoduo why mercy could endanger ordinary people.
• Qin Fangyang told Zuo Xiaoduo the attackers had come for him, though their true target was Qin Fangyang, and addressed a roadside camera.
• After Zuo Xiaoduo entered the Zuo family residential complex, Qin Fangyang headed elsewhere and drew dark figures after him.
• Mu Yanyan asked Meng Chenyu why she had apparently wanted Zuo Xiaoduo dead, and Meng Chenyu denied it.
• Mu Yanyan challenged Meng Chenyu to explain why she had allowed Mu Yunfeng to leave after he attacked Zuo Xiaoduo.

Zuo Xiaonian warned Mu Yanyan that the Meng Family might be plotting against her family, and she and her master discussed their suspicions about Meng Chenyu and Meng Chentian. Mu Yanyan promised to expel Meng Chenyu if she or her family harmed Zuo Xiaoduo again, while Zuo Xiaonian remained convinced Meng Chentian’s polished demeanor concealed an ulterior motive.

• Meng Chenyu claimed she had not dared to stop Zuo Xiaoduo while Second High School was chasing him, and Mu Yanyan sent her away.
• Zuo Xiaonian secretly warned Mu Yanyan that the Meng Family had built the building and might have ulterior designs.
• Mu Yanyan agreed to watch Meng Chenyu and promised to expel her if she or the Meng Family was confirmed to have endangered Zuo Xiaoduo again.
• Mu Yanyan took Zuo Xiaonian into the clouds to discuss how Meng Chenyu might have leaked the location of Zuo Xiaonian’s last breakthrough.
• Zuo Xiaonian told Mu Yanyan she suspected Meng Chentian had an ulterior motive and described his carefully polished manner as false.

Zuo Xiaonian and Mu Yanyan discussed Meng Chentian’s suspiciously perfect demeanor and agreed that Mu would investigate his background through the Star Shield Bureau. They headed to Zuo Xiaonian’s home to consult Zuo Xiaoduo, but a message from He Yuanyue revealed that she also wanted to see him.

• Zuo Xiaonian told Mu Yanyan that she had found no information about Meng Chentian and asked her to investigate his birth and training records through the Star Shield Bureau.
• Mu Yanyan asked whether Zuo Xiaoduo had predicted Zuo Xiaonian’s breakthrough, and Zuo Xiaonian confirmed that he had.
• Mu Yanyan suggested visiting Zuo Xiaoduo to ask for guidance, and Zuo Xiaonian called Zuo Changlu to arrange dinner.
• Zuo Changlu welcomed Mu Yanyan to dinner, surprising her with his unusual generosity.
• Zuo Xiaonian received a message from He Yuanyue asking her to bring Xiaoduo.

Zuo Xiaoduo’s family welcomed Zuo Xiaonian’s teacher Mu Yanyan to dinner, where his enormous appetite left her astonished. The meal ended with Zuo Xiaoduo claiming he was full while eyeing the food still on the table.

• Wu Yuting prepared a huge meal while Zuo Xiaoduo waited impatiently for dinner.
• Zuo Xiaoduo ate several steamed buns before Zuo Xiaonian and Mu Yanyan arrived.
• Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting welcomed Mu Yanyan and sat down with her and Zuo Xiaonian.
• Zuo Xiaoduo rapidly devoured the dishes, rice, buns, pickles, and chili sauce while the others chatted.
• Zuo Xiaoduo stood up and politely said he was full, though he kept looking at the remaining food.

Mu Yanyan visited the Zuo family and asked Zuo Xiaoduo about his fortune-telling, especially his prediction that her breakthrough would be obstructed. The chapter ended as Zuo Xiaoduo prepared to explain his ability, hoping Mu Yanyan’s trust would help him save Zuo Xiaonian.

• Zuo Xiaoduo took another roast goose, and Mu Yanyan explained that his appetite came from his rapid cultivation and would ease after he reached the Innate Realm.
• Wu Yuting and Mu Yanyan teased Zuo Xiaonian about how she had hidden her appetite by taking Bigu Pills, and Zuo Changlu insisted that she attend to her master.
• After dinner, Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting left Mu Yanyan and Zuo Xiaonian alone, then privately joked about Mu Yanyan’s appearance.
• Mu Yanyan and Zuo Xiaonian entered Zuo Xiaoduo’s room and found him practicing punches; Zuo Xiaonian put away his electronic devices before Mu Yanyan asked about his fortune-telling.
• Zuo Xiaoduo prepared to tell Mu Yanyan how he had foreseen the obstruction in her breakthrough, believing her trust could help him save Zuo Xiaonian.

Zuo Xiaoduo explained to Mu Yanyan that Zuo Xiaonian's upcoming breakthrough carried a death calamity that could also determine Mu Yanyan's fate. He revealed that the date had become fixed and difficult to change, leaving Mu Yanyan questioning why they could not simply reschedule the breakthrough.

• Mu Yanyan asked Zuo Xiaoduo to explain Zuo Xiaonian's calamity, and he described how Mu Yanyan would bear the brunt of the enemies' attack while guarding her.
• Zuo Xiaoduo read their faces and saw that both women faced grave danger, though Zuo Xiaonian now had signs of a brilliant future if she survived.
• Zuo Xiaoduo said that in his vision Mu Yanyan died protecting Zuo Xiaonian, who died from qi deviation during her breakthrough fifty days later.
• Mu Yanyan asked whether the outcome was fate or fortune, and Zuo Xiaoduo explained that Zuo Xiaonian could survive the calamity and rise afterward, but the danger was hard to alter.
• Zuo Xiaoduo said the breakthrough date had become a fixed moment of death despite his efforts to change it, and Mu Yanyan questioned why they could not move the date.

Zuo Xiaoduo learned that Zuo Xiaonian’s breakthrough was tied to the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact, which explained why she had been unable to leave Phoenix City. He saw a possible way to address her death calamity and joined Mu Yanyan in preparing to meet He Yuanyue at Phoenix Looking Back.

• Zuo Xiaonian told Zuo Xiaoduo and Mu Yanyan that He Yuanyue had linked her breakthrough to the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact and its fixed date.
• Zuo Xiaoduo connected the Phoenix Vein’s influence to Zuo Xiaonian’s fate and explained why she had remained in Phoenix City despite offers from powerful sects.
• Mu Yanyan worried that the Phoenix Vein connection made Zuo Xiaonian’s death calamity more dangerous and resolved to consult He Yuanyue.
• Mu Yanyan said He Yuanyue had arranged to meet her and Zuo Xiaoduo at Phoenix Looking Back that night, and they agreed to go together.
• A thunderstorm swept over Phoenix City, and Zuo Xiaonian noted that two and a half hours remained.

He Yuanyue gathered Zuo Xiaoduo, Zuo Xiaonian, and Mu Yanyan at Phoenix Looking Back to observe Phoenix City's Dragon Vein during a rare celestial alignment. She warned that if the city had no Dragon Vein, they would lose the coming battle and Zuo Xiaonian would have to flee and never return.

• After the rain stopped, Zuo Xiaonian rescued a kitten stranded on a mat in the floodwaters.
• Zuo Xiaoduo, Zuo Xiaonian, and Mu Yanyan joined He Yuanyue at Phoenix Looking Back beneath the full moon.
• He Yuanyue noticed three stars briefly brighten in the southern sky, while the jade pendant inside Zuo Xiaoduo warmed and flashed.
• He Yuanyue explained that she intended to use the celestial timing to watch Phoenix City's Dragon Vein rise and teach Zuo Xiaoduo more about the Qi-Observing Art.
• He Yuanyue told Mu Yanyan that if Phoenix City had no Dragon Vein, the battle would be lost and Zuo Xiaonian must leave the city forever.

He Yuanyue warned that Phoenix City would become a death trap for Zuo Xiaonian if its Dragon Vein was gone or had been used by the enemy. She then had Zuo Xiaoduo inspect the city and discovered two unusual spots without rising water vapor, which she believed might help reverse their disadvantage.

• He Yuanyue warned Zuo Xiaonian that she would perish in Phoenix City if its Dragon Vein was gone or already used by the enemy, but Zuo Xiaonian vowed to stay with her family.
• He Yuanyue asked Zuo Xiaoduo to examine Phoenix City from the mountain summit as water vapor rose across the landscape after the rain.
• Zuo Xiaoduo noticed two distant places in the bustling city where no water vapor rose.
• He Yuanyue realized the two spots might be important and ordered Sister Lan to fly Zuo Xiaoduo over them while he kept watching.
• Mu Yanyan questioned He Yuanyue, who said the discovery might become the key to reversing their disadvantage.

Zuo Xiaoduo discovered that the Meng Group headquarters and the Ning Lineage’s ancestral graves lay where an enormous landform resembling a grounded phoenix was being held down. He Yuanyue realized that these sites were blocking the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact from gathering enough force to rise, and the chapter ended with her identifying them as the cause of its weakening momentum.

• Sister Lan brought Zuo Xiaoduo back after he confirmed the locations of the two suspected sites.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told He Yuanyue that the sites were the Meng Group headquarters and the Ning Lineage’s ancestral graves, provoking her furious reaction.
• He Yuanyue asked Zuo Xiaoduo to examine the surrounding landforms, and he saw that Phoenix City and the nearby mountains resembled a huge bird.
• From the sky, Zuo Xiaoduo observed that the bird’s wings and tail seemed poised for flight, but something held its feet to the ground.
• He Yuanyue connected the two sites to the bird’s feet and concluded that they were the root cause of the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact’s waning momentum.

He Yuanyue realized that human greed had kept the phoenix from rising and waited anxiously for the Azure Dragon to appear. Meanwhile, Qin Fangyang fought through waves of assassins sent by Shen Yushu and continued hunting them on Phoenix Tail Mountain.

• He Yuanyue lamented that selfish desire had imprisoned the phoenix and urged the Azure Dragon to emerge.
• He Yuanyue told Mu Yanyan to wait until she had finished observing the night’s signs before explaining what was happening.
• Qin Fangyang recalled that Shen Yushu’s forces had attacked him repeatedly after he took Zuo Xiaoduo home.
• Shen Yushu offered an enormous bounty for Qin Fangyang’s death, drawing assassins and powerful fighters to Phoenix City.
• Qin Fangyang killed more than a hundred attackers, including several Dan Origin Realm Peak experts, and vowed to cut down everyone who came after him.

Qin Fangyang slaughtered wave after wave of assassins on Phoenix Tail Mountain, leaving Shen Yushu desperate to stop him. Shen ordered the mountain set ablaze, and Qin appeared on a cliff as the fire rose.

• Qin Fangyang fought attackers across Phoenix Tail Mountain through the rain, killing nearly four hundred people who charged up after him.
• Shen Yushu feared Qin Fangyang's threat and regretted turning his son's teacher into an enemy, but believed he could no longer back down.
• After the rain stopped, Shen ordered thousands of trucks to pour fuel around the mountain and set it on fire.
• As the flames soared, Qin Fangyang appeared on a cliff jutting out from Phoenix Tail Mountain.

Qin Fangyang escaped the attack on Phoenix Tail Mountain by displaying peak Infant Transformation strength, leaving Shen Yushu's bounty hunters shaken and unwilling to pursue him. At Phoenix Looking Back, He Yuanyue watched the fire rise over Southern Sky, still waiting for the dragon she believed must appear.

• Qin Fangyang rode his sword into the sky and promised Shen Yushu another chance the next day.
• Shen Yushu's allies accused him of providing false intelligence after realizing Qin Fangyang was a peak Infant Transformation expert.
• The surviving bounty hunters abandoned the hunt, blamed Shen Yushu, and celebrated their escape.
• Shen Yushu, left without the lure of money, decided to arrange a meeting with President Meng.
• He Yuanyue anxiously watched Southern Sky for a dragon as the full moon moved away from its central point.
• A fire suddenly engulfed Southern Sky, and its heat turned the rain into steam that rose across hundreds of miles.

A fire dragon burst free from the earth above Phoenix City and soared into the sky, drawing clouds and violent winds after it. He Yuanyue realized the Dragon Vein had awakened alongside the Phoenix Vein, while Zuo Xiaonian sensed something strangely mischievous about the dragon.

• Zuo Xiaoduo, Mu Yanyan, Zuo Xiaonian, Sister Lan, and He Yuanyue watched the fire dragon emerge from the blaze and rise into the heavens.
• After the dragon vanished, dark clouds gathered from every direction and fierce winds swept across the mountain.
• He Yuanyue concluded that the Dragon Vein had guarded the Phoenix Vein and had awakened when rain and southern fire gave it the strength to escape its restraints.
• Mu Yanyan marveled that ancient legends of dragons were real, while He Yuanyue explained why the dragon had remained dormant.
• Zuo Xiaonian told He Yuanyue that the dragon seemed less than upright and had the swagger of someone who had suddenly made good.

After the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact changed the situation, Zuo Xiaoduo found that Zuo Xiaonian’s fate read only as question marks. A lightning strike hit Phoenix Looking Back, triggering landslides that slowly turned the mountain back around.

• He Yuanyue said the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact had given them at least a fifty-fifty chance, and Zuo Xiaoduo saw question marks when he used his Celestial Person Eye on Zuo Xiaonian.
• Zuo Xiaonian teased Zuo Xiaoduo, then twisted the flesh at his waist when she caught him staring.
• Qin Fangyang arrived through the storm clouds and urged everyone to leave Phoenix Looking Back before the rain began.
• A massive bolt of lightning struck Phoenix Looking Back, and Qin Fangyang, Sister Lan, and Mu Yanyan carried everyone to safety.
• The lightning triggered landslides, and Phoenix Looking Back began slowly turning back.

He Yuanyue explained that the mountain’s change awakened a hidden Dragon Vein and transformed Phoenix City’s feng shui from near-certain destruction into a chance for survival. She warned that the favorable configuration alone would not save the Phoenix Vein, leaving the group to act against those trying to steal its power.

• Zuo Xiaoduo observed that Phoenix Looking Back now seemed ready to fly, while He Yuanyue explained that the awakened Dragon Vein supported the Phoenix Vein.
• He Yuanyue said the Witch Alliance’s schemes and other harmful forces had accidentally awakened the hidden fire dragon and changed Phoenix City’s configuration.
• Zuo Xiaonian described the phoenix as turning back in reassurance after the dragon finally caught up, and He Yuanyue agreed with her interpretation.
• He Yuanyue said the dragon’s appearance gave Phoenix City a chance to survive, but human effort was still needed to prevent the Dragon Vein and Phoenix Vein from perishing.

He Yuanyue brought the group to Second High School to discuss the secret Dragon Vein revelation, while Qin Fangyang explained how he had fought through a bounty hunt and revealed that his lifelong goal was finding his missing wife. He Yuanyue realized Qin Fangyang’s actions connected him to the person favored by the Dragon Vein.

• He Yuanyue ordered everyone to keep the Dragon Vein revelation secret, and Mu Yanyan swore an oath not to disclose it.
• He Yuanyue led the group to her office at Second High School to settle several matters.
• Sister Lan questioned Qin Fangyang about his injuries, and he explained that Shen Yushu had sent assassins after him and placed a billion-yuan bounty on his head.
• Qin Fangyang said he had spent nearly a century searching for his missing wife and described fighting thousands of bounty hunters at Phoenix Tail Mountain.
• Qin Fangyang revealed that he had stopped only after Shen Yushu set Phoenix Tail Mountain ablaze, and He Yuanyue connected him to the person favored by the Dragon Vein.

He Yuanyue realized that Zuo Xiaonian and Zuo Xiaoduo were the candidates she had been searching for, then explained how her decades-long effort to draw attention to Phoenix City's phoenix vein had involved the Ning and Meng families. She left off recounting the families’ past efforts, before explaining what happened next.

• He Yuanyue noticed Zuo Xiaoduo’s aura and asked whether he and Zuo Xiaonian were biological siblings.
• Zuo Xiaonian admitted that she was adopted, and He Yuanyue rejoiced that the two candidates had been found.
• Qin Fangyang tried to draw attention to his wounds, but He Yuanyue focused instead on a confidential matter tied to Zuo Xiaonian’s breakthrough, the phoenix vein soul impact, and the Star Soul Continent’s fortunes.
• He Yuanyue said she had discovered a phoenix vein in Phoenix City decades earlier and had spent years trying to get the higher-ups to investigate it.
• He Yuanyue recalled asking Ning Suifeng and Meng Tianyue for help, and said their families had joined forces to report the phoenix vein before their efforts eventually waned.