Chapter Summaries

Yu Ziyu discovered that a dead girl’s soul had returned as a fragile, wind-sensitive spirit, and that his roots could nurture souls. The girl clung to one of his roots, while Yu Ziyu learned he had gained a special soul-nurturing ability.

• Yu Ziyu considered the powers granted by reaching First Order and anticipated advancing further.
• Yu Ziyu attacked an approaching streak of starlight, but his branches passed through it.
• Yu Ziyu recognized the starlight as He Qing'er or He Ling'er, whose soul had Physical Attack Immunity and Spiritual Enhancement.
• Yu Ziyu realized the night breeze was hastening the soul’s disappearance as it drifted toward the ground.
• The girl embraced one of Yu Ziyu’s roots, and Yu Ziyu gained the special ability Soul Nurturing.

Yu Ziyu discovered that He Qing'er, one of the twin sisters, had died and become a soul resting on his root, while her sister remained alive and might regain her altered memories. He Qing'er remembered little beyond her name, so Yu Ziyu began helping her and found that his life essence made her spirit more solid.

• Yu Ziyu realized that He Qing'er's surviving sister could recover her memories, and considered sending out the Mutant Peregrine Falcons if necessary.
• He Qing'er awakened with little memory and asked Yu Ziyu who she was and where she was.
• Yu Ziyu recognized that He Qing'er's Telepathy could help him sense the surviving twin and saw a better way to handle the situation.
• He Qing'er told Yu Ziyu that her sense of the other girl was hazy, and he dripped life essence from a branch onto her.
• He Qing'er's spectral body grew more solid after absorbing Yu Ziyu's life essence.

He Qing'er used Telepathy to show Yu Ziyu that she could affect her unconscious sister, He Ling'er, from afar, and Yu Ziyu urged her to develop the ability. At dawn, he sheltered the sleeping He Qing'er underground and examined the captured animals, becoming especially curious about the honey badger.

• He Qing'er showed Yu Ziyu images of her village and made He Ling'er's finger twitch from a distance.
• Yu Ziyu told He Qing'er to cultivate and report anything unusual, and he noticed strange energy in He Ling'er that suggested her innate ability was awakening.
• As dawn came, He Qing'er fell asleep hugging Yu Ziyu's root, and he sank it underground to protect her while sensing that her presence eased his fatigue.
• Yu Ziyu surveyed the animals bound by his branches, including a monkey, a wild ox, a white crane, four wolves, and a honey badger.
• Yu Ziyu examined the honey badger and wondered how the animal had reached so far inland.

Yu Ziyu assessed the animals he had captured and decided which ones were worth nurturing, while considering his growing strength and the dangers humans posed. He resolved to keep a low profile until he could withstand humanity’s most destructive weapons.

• Yu Ziyu kept the stubborn honey badger confined while the golden monkey and bison behaved obediently.
• Yu Ziyu examined the mutant bison and noted its Crescent-Moon Bull Horns talent and Earth Stomp ability.
• Yu Ziyu decided to focus on nurturing the Red Fox, Peregrine Falcon, bison, and golden monkey, and considered killing animals that would not submit.
• Yu Ziyu assessed his growing body and tough bark and roots, concluding that he could withstand artillery shells.
• Yu Ziyu decided to hide and grow stronger rather than reveal himself to humans, whose weapons could include atomic and hydrogen bombs.

After reaching First Order, Yu Ziyu discovered that his vision, Spiritual Energy absorption, and sunlight-based Evolution Point gains had greatly increased. Xiao Qing learned to interfere with reality by lifting a branch with her mind, leaving Yu Ziyu impressed by her potential.

• Yu Ziyu assessed his First Order improvements and found that he could see much farther and absorb Spiritual Energy several times faster.
• Yu Ziyu realized that refining a day's sunlight now earned him one Evolution Point, ten times his previous amount.
• Yu Ziyu told Qing'er to put on clothes, and she formed a long white dress for herself.
• Xiao Qing used Mental Interference with Reality to make a branch five meters away rise more than a meter into the air.
• Yu Ziyu praised Xiao Qing's success and saw her as a promising prospect.

Yu Ziyu expanded his dense fog across the Canyon and strengthened Dense Fog Shroud, envisioning a vast, perilous Land of Fog. He left the beasts to adapt to the spreading fog as he prepared to make it their natural hunting ground.

• Yu Ziyu actively spread his mist across most of the Canyon and sensed the honey badger digging at its root cage.
• Yu Ziyu considered taming the honey badger and observed the intelligence of the evolving animals around him.
• Yu Ziyu spent 10 Evolution Points to upgrade Dense Fog Shroud, increasing its range and making the fog difficult for wind to disperse.
• Yu Ziyu watched the fog unsettle the beasts and decided not to clear it, expecting them to adapt and become hunters within it.

Yan Gaoyuan warned a lieutenant general that mutant beast attacks and spiritual energy surges were intensifying, while the nation struggled to contain dangerous creatures around Penghu. A map revealed eight provincial locations above a spiritual energy peak of 5,000, including Beiyu Canyon at 18,000, leaving the commander confronting the possibility of an exceptionally powerful mutant beast.

• Yan Gaoyuan reported that mutant beast unrest had intensified and pointed out locations where spiritual energy concentrations had risen.
• The lieutenant general considered the deadly mutant crows and sea beasts around Penghu, which had caused numerous plane crashes and missing ships.
• The lieutenant general ordered Yan Gaoyuan to compile all areas with spiritual energy peaks above 5,000.
• Yan Gaoyuan presented results showing eight such locations, including Beiyu Canyon with a peak of 18,000.
• The lieutenant general studied Beiyu Canyon as the chapter outlined how an 18,000 peak compared with established power tiers.

Yu Ziyu used a beating to frighten the captive animals into submission, then broke a branch whose sap drew their attention. The animals began moving toward the enticing substance.

• Yu Ziyu admired the Spiritual Qi and looked forward to making the Canyon his hunting ground as his mist-enhanced perception improved.
• Several hungry gray wolves howled and eyed the Golden Giant Eagle's corpse, so Yu Ziyu baited one with a branch.
• When the wolf tried to bite his branch, Yu Ziyu whipped it twice, leaving deep bloody welts and frightening the other animals.
• Yu Ziyu saw the captive animals fall silent and judged that his display had made an example of one to warn the others.
• Yu Ziyu snapped a branch, and its glistening sap drew the attention of the caged animals, the little monkey, and the honey badger.

Yu Ziyu disciplined the animals gathered around his life essence and rewarded Gray Wolf for obeying. Honey Badger retreated into his hole after sensing the vast difference between his strength and Yu Ziyu’s, while the chapter ended with an author’s note about the women in the story.

• Gray Wolf lunged for Yu Ziyu’s life essence, but Yu Ziyu lashed him into the tree cage and warned that the animals had to obey.
• Yu Ziyu explained to He Qing'er that he needed to be harsh to tame mutated animals, then split a huge rock with a branch to demonstrate his strength.
• Gray Wolf stayed still despite his hunger, so Yu Ziyu rewarded him by dripping life essence down to him.
• Yu Ziyu stopped Wild Ox and startled Golden Monkey when they rushed toward the life essence.
• Honey Badger withdrew into his hole after sensing Yu Ziyu’s overwhelming spiritual energy and recalling how his parents had disappeared after challenging a monster.

The scarred gray wolf mutated into a Wind Wolf after receiving Yu Ziyu’s Life Essence, awakening the ability to control wind and demonstrating it with a wind blade. The Wind Wolf and the other gray wolves submitted to Yu Ziyu, who strengthened all his new branches and was left with 40 Evolution Points.

• The scarred gray wolf absorbed Yu Ziyu’s Life Essence, grew larger, healed, and awakened the power to control wind as a Wind Wolf.
• The Wind Wolf fired a blue-green wind blade, then cowered and signaled its submission to Yu Ziyu.
• Qing'er used her spiritual power to interpret the Wind Wolf’s signal, and Yu Ziyu accepted its submission.
• The other three gray wolves prostrated themselves before Yu Ziyu, and he gave them diluted Life Essence.
• Yu Ziyu spent 52 of his 92 Evolution Points to strengthen all his new branches.

Yu Ziyu saved his remaining evolution points and sheltered the animals in the Canyon from a sudden downpour. Meanwhile, Yan Gaoyuan and a military convoy arrived near the mountains and headed toward a nearby village to wait out the weather and gather information.

• Yu Ziyu decided to keep his 40 evolution points in reserve after learning that upgrading Hallucination or Dense Fog Spread would cost 100 points.
• As heavy rain fell, Yu Ziyu used branches and roots to shelter the bird's nest and the mutated beasts in their cages.
• The wild bull left its shelter to enjoy the rain, and a clear voice explained to Yu Ziyu that cattle loved rainy days.
• Yan Gaoyuan and a regiment commander stopped their convoy at the foot of the mountains, where rain and thick fog made surveying difficult.
• The regiment commander directed the convoy to a nearby village, telling the soldiers not to trouble the villagers as they sought shelter and information.

Yan Gaoyuan and the regiment commander hurried toward a village after hearing cries of grief, while the commander warned his soldiers about the dangers of the mountain mission. Deep in the mountains, Yu Ziyu sensed a human with spiritual energy and feared that people had discovered him, though he remained convinced his existence was still secret.

• The convoy halted on a rain-soaked mountain road, and Yan Gaoyuan ordered most of the soldiers to accompany him to the village while others guarded the vehicles.
• The regiment commander armed himself with a modified Small Armor-Piercing Round and recalled the deadly mission he had joined ten days earlier.
• Yan Gaoyuan heard villagers grieving and sprinted ahead with a burst of spiritual energy, while the regiment commander warned the recruits to flee if danger arose.
• Yu Ziyu sensed a human figure through the mist and worried that humans had found him, but convinced himself that the witnesses to his existence could not expose him.
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Yu Ziyu learned that He Qing'er had absorbed fragments of He Ling'er's soul while erasing the girl's memories. He gave Qing'er life essence to strengthen her, leaving her at entry-level level 5 with new physical immunity and a telepathic connection to a similar flower.

• Yu Ziyu asked Xiao Qing whether she had erased the girl's memories, and she said that He Ling'er's soul fragments had burrowed into her while she crushed the phantom.
• Yu Ziyu noticed Xiao Qing had become more solid and considered whether she had absorbed He Ling'er's soul.
• Yu Ziyu gave Qing'er concentrated life essence and told her to grow stronger and help him.
• Qing'er grew to a height of 1.6 meters and advanced to entry-level level 5, gaining physical attack immunity and telepathy.

Yan Gaoyuan discovered that the village chief’s unconscious granddaughter was undergoing an awakening after being bitten by a Mutant Green Snake. He identified her emerging talent as fire-elemental and realized her awakening could attract the attention of the research institute.

• The village chief told Yan Gaoyuan and the regimental commander that a Mutant Green Snake had killed one granddaughter and left the other unconscious after she swallowed its gallbladder.
• The village chief led Yan Gaoyuan to see the girl, who had been unconscious for three days.
• Yan Gaoyuan sensed spiritual energy enveloping the girl and recognized that she was undergoing an awakening.
• Yan Gaoyuan identified the girl’s talent as fire-elemental and realized that the research institute would eagerly seek to awaken her.

Yu Ziyu’s subordinate possessed He Ling’er and questioned the soldiers in the village, while Yan Gaoyuan confirmed that Ling’er had awakened a fire-element talent and arranged to take her with him. The soldiers revealed that a Spiritual Energy Monitoring Satellite had detected unusual fluctuations in the mountains, and Yan Gaoyuan urged the villagers to leave.

• Yu Ziyu told the woman inhabiting He Ling’er to casually ask the soldiers why they had come, how they had found the area, and what was happening.
• Yan Gaoyuan confirmed that He Ling’er had awakened a fire-element talent and offered to take her with him and find a doctor for her memory loss.
• The village chief agreed to let He Ling’er go with Yan Gaoyuan, trusting his promise to protect her.
• He Ling’er asked the soldiers why they had come and how they had detected the mutated beasts.
• Yan Gaoyuan explained that a Spiritual Energy Monitoring Satellite had detected unusual spiritual energy fluctuations and warned the village chief to move out of the mountains.

After learning that a Spiritual Energy Monitoring Satellite had detected an unusual area, Yu Ziyu feared humans would discover and capture him. Qing'er confirmed the satellite only measured local spiritual energy concentration, and Yu Ziyu began using the surrounding fog to conceal his presence.

• Yu Ziyu worried that humans would locate him through the Spiritual Energy Monitoring Satellite and considered how to evade detection.
• The eight Peregrine Falcons sensed Yu Ziyu's distress and circled his true body.
• Yu Ziyu asked Qing'er to learn how the satellite worked, and she reported that it measured spiritual energy concentration to guide field investigations.
• Yu Ziyu concluded that the investigators had not confirmed his existence and considered adapting his Turtle-Breathing Technique to avoid surveillance.
• Yu Ziyu realized the thick fog might conceal his aura and mobilized it, causing the pressure throughout the Canyon to diminish.

Yu Ziyu concealed his presence with mist, then subdued and empowered the honey badger to keep intruders out of the mountains. Meanwhile, Yan Gaoyuan led soldiers into the thick mist to investigate the area’s high spiritual energy, unaware of the danger ahead.

• Yu Ziyu tested how effectively the mist hid his presence and decided he would kill anyone who discovered him before he was ready.
• The honey badger, white crane, and golden monkey grew unruly as Yu Ziyu’s oppressive aura faded, so Yu Ziyu struck the honey badger down.
• Yu Ziyu infused the injured honey badger with life essence, lengthened its claws, and used Hallucination to order it to keep intruders out of the mountains.
• Yan Gaoyuan led more than a dozen armed soldiers into the mountains before dawn to survey the area, where thick mist reduced visibility to a few meters.
• Yan Gaoyuan explained that rising spiritual energy could cause unusual mutations, and the soldiers hoped the area’s high readings came from a mutation rather than a powerful mutated beast.

Yu Ziyu used the mist and hallucinations to trap Yan Gaoyuan’s group, then sent the Wind Wolves and a brainwashed Honey Badger to attack them. The soldiers came under assault in the fog, and Yan Gaoyuan began to suspect the mist itself was alive.

• Yan Gaoyuan realized the group had been walking in a loop, while Yu Ziyu watched them through the mist and considered forcing them out of the mountains.
• Yu Ziyu prepared the Wind Wolves and Honey Badger to stop the group, having advanced Honey Badger to an Entry-Level six Mutated Beast and brainwashed it into viewing them as enemies.
• After escaping the loop, Yan Gaoyuan’s group heard wolves howling, and the Regiment Commander warned the soldiers to keep hold of their weapons.
• A Wind Wolf attacked and severed a soldier’s arm, prompting the soldiers to fire as Yan Gaoyuan kicked the wolf back.
• As screams sounded from the mist, Yan Gaoyuan sensed that the fog might be alive.

Yan Gaoyuan and the Regiment Commander’s group fought their way out of Mist Mountain after encountering a mutated Honey Badger and other Mutated Beasts, losing six men. Yu Ziyu let them escape so their report would deter further investigations and give him time to develop in secret.

• Yan Gaoyuan sensed a middle-tier Mutated Beast and recognized it as a mutated Honey Badger after it split a thick tree with its claws.
• Yan Gaoyuan charged the Honey Badger, and he and the Regiment Commander’s group later escaped the mountain badly injured, with six men lost.
• The Regiment Commander’s group retreated after shaking off the Blue Giant Wolves and the Honey Badger, fearing the Honey Badger would pursue them for revenge.
• Yu Ziyu watched from a distant canyon and chose not to kill the group, hoping their report would keep humanity’s higher-ups from investigating for a while.
• Yu Ziyu decided to remain hidden and use the fog and Mutated Beasts to protect his mountain and develop in peace.

Yu Ziyu arranged for Qing'er to keep controlling He Ling'er's body, giving her life essence as a reward while Ling'er traveled with human special forces. Later, the Wind Wolves returned with the badly wounded honey badger, and Yu Ziyu began removing shell fragments from its wounds.

• Yu Ziyu confirmed Qing'er could control He Ling'er's body for over ten hours and promised her regular life essence as a reward.
• Qing'er happily accepted, while the special forces soldiers joked about Ling'er's sudden bouts of sleep and suggested the name Yanfei.
• Yu Ziyu sensed four wounded Wind Wolves returning through the fog with the nearly dead honey badger they had rescued from the battlefield.
• Yu Ziyu restrained the struggling honey badger and used his branches to extract shell fragments lodged in its wounds.