Chapter Summaries

Tang Zhixue endured a brutal Martial Arts Fruit training session, then used plant vitality to grow a second-tier Clear Spirit Tree that blocked the Shelter entrance. He left food for the Biting Spring Granny despite doubting she could reach it, and ended the chapter with no way to know whether the offering would work.

• Tang Zhixue fought the Martial Arts Clone until the Martial Arts Fruit's effect ended, improving his combat experience but becoming utterly exhausted.
• Tang Zhixue recovered by absorbing plant vitality and planted five Clear Spirit Tree branches outside the Shelter.
• Tang Zhixue nourished the branches until they merged into a second-tier Clear Spirit Tree that blocked the entrance and could resist second-tier and weaker strange entities.
• Tang Zhixue remembered the Biting Spring Granny event and learned she would knock nightly, accept food he had cooked and eaten, and leave something in return.
• Tang Zhixue left rice, grilled meat, and grilled White Melon in the gaps by the entrance, then replenished the Dream Space with a Plant Vitality Crystal.

Tang Zhixue reached master-level proficiency in the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra, extending the Shelter’s purification effect to twelve hours. In the Dream Space, he began testing how the mantra could enhance his forging of golden-pattern iron.

• Tang Zhixue recited the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra by the fireplace, dispersing foul qi and driving the strange evil demons away from the Shelter.
• Tang Zhixue sensed clear and turbid qi around him and realized the mantra drew clear qi from heaven and earth to purify its surroundings.
• Tang Zhixue raised the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra to master level and discovered that its temporary purification effect lasted twelve hours.
• Tang Zhixue fell asleep and entered the Dream Space, where he brought out the Forging Furnace and purified golden-pattern iron ore.
• Tang Zhixue recited the mantra as he heated and hammered the iron, channeling clear qi into it to strengthen its purification.

Tang Zhixue gained forging and mantra proficiency, then found that Biting Spring Granny had accepted his food and left him a Warm Spring Pearl. After replenishing the Shelter’s energy and discovering the Silent White Fog had receded farther, he wondered whether upgrading his unusual Blazing Sun Shelter would change anything.

• Tang Zhixue saw that forging had greatly increased his Blazing Tiger Fist, forging, and Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra proficiency.
• Tang Zhixue found that Biting Spring Granny had taken the food and left him a Warm Spring Pearl and a note asking him not to leave leftovers next time.
• Tang Zhixue used Vitality Absorption on the Second Tier Clear Spirit Tree, created twenty Plant Vitality Crystals, and spent them replenishing the Shelter’s energy.
• Tang Zhixue found that the Silent White Fog had receded to a twenty-meter radius and saw no sign of the Junweng anomaly.
• Tang Zhixue considered whether leveling up his Blazing Sun Shelter would cause changes, then returned inside to cook breakfast.

Tang Zhixue strengthened the Shelter’s defenses and worked toward its next upgrade, then encountered Giant View Weirds gathering in the fog. After they withdrew, he prepared for Biting Spring Granny’s visit and wondered whether the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra could be combined with tanning hides.

• Tang Zhixue broke off Clear Spirit Tree branches, planted them around the Shelter, and used plant vitality to grow them into trees.
• Tang Zhixue discovered that the Shelter could be upgraded again, but the new requirements called for a hundred ten-meter Spirit Clarity Tree trunks; he also noticed its door god protection effect had disappeared.
• Tang Zhixue spent the day gathering materials, then recited the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra outside until its light faded and its proficiency increased.
• Tang Zhixue heard wet footsteps and saw several Giant View Weirds pacing at the edge of the fog before retreating into the woods.
• Tang Zhixue blocked the Shelter’s entrance with Spirit Clarity Tree trunks, left grilled meat for Biting Spring Granny, and reminded others in the chat channel to improve their Shelters’ purification effects.
• Tang Zhixue began reciting the mantra again, then wondered whether he could combine it with tanning animal hides as he did with forging.

Tang Zhixue used the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra to purify and soften two animal hides, then began tanning them with wood ash. He left both hides rolled up to stabilize overnight, awaiting the finished results.

• Tang Zhixue submerged the tiger hide in fresh water and used the mantra to draw impurities from its fibers.
• The tiger hide became soft, clean, and silver-patterned, and its item description identified it as a half-finished Spirit-Patterned Tiger Hide.
• Tang Zhixue learned about tanning and stabilization, rubbed wood ash into the tiger hide, and left it rolled in a cool, ventilated place.
• Tang Zhixue purified the boar hide in the same basin, then treated it with wood ash and left it beside the tiger hide.

Tang Zhixue discovered that the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra had transformed his oil lamp and helped him tan hides, then advanced his Blazing Tiger Fist to Master level through forging in the Dream Space. The next morning, he inspected the treated hides and rinsed them for further use.

• Tang Zhixue found that his oil lamp had become a Clear Radiance Oil Lamp and sent Luo Hongcai ten White Melons to thank him for the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra.
• Tang Zhixue forged Purification Golden-Pattern Iron in the Dream Space while reciting the mantra and advanced Blazing Tiger Fist to Master level.
• Tang Zhixue checked his personal panel in the morning and noted that his mantra continued to gain proficiency quickly while his Master-level fist technique progressed more slowly.
• Tang Zhixue inspected the Spirit-Patterned Tiger Hide and Spirit-Patterned Pig Hide, recognized the mantra's benefits for tanning, and rinsed and wrung out both hides.

Tang Zhixue discovered that Biting Spring Granny’s Building Card had installed a Modern Toilet in his Shelter, though it only contained a squat toilet and sink. After breakfast, he found Junweng outside amid Giant View Weird corpses and contacted Fang Yunxi to ask about oil lamps.

• Tang Zhixue finished drying the hides, cleared Spirit Clarity Tree trunks from the doorway, and found a Building Card from Biting Spring Granny.
• Tang Zhixue tore the card and found the Modern Toilet listed on his Shelter panel, then discovered its new door inside the bedroom.
• Tang Zhixue inspected the toilet’s squat toilet, sink, and drain, and decided he could use it for washing once he obtained a way to heat water.
• Tang Zhixue went outside after breakfast and saw Junweng standing beyond a gap in the Silent White Fog, surrounded by Giant View Weird corpses.
• Tang Zhixue went back inside, considered using his bamboo tubes and oil lamp, then messaged Fang Yunxi to ask whether she had any oil lamps left.

Tang Zhixue used seven oil lamps to cast the Big Dipper Ghost-Slaying Incantation and killed Junweng again, obtaining an Imbalance Arrow. He finished preparing 100 Spirit Clarity Trees and upgraded Shelter: Blazing Sun, whose transformation was still unfolding as the light faded.

• Tang Zhixue bought seven oil lamps from Fang Yunxi and arranged them to cast the Big Dipper Ghost-Slaying Incantation, which struck Junweng outside the Shelter.
• Tang Zhixue found an Imbalance Arrow, a second-tier item that reversed a creature’s bodily movements for five minutes after it was struck.
• Tang Zhixue cultivated the Clear Spirit Tree Wall until it formed a second-tier barrier around the Shelter, then continued growing Spirit Clarity Trees.
• Tang Zhixue used the final Spirit Clarity Tree to meet the upgrade requirement and commanded Shelter: Blazing Sun to upgrade.
• A bright blue light engulfed the Shelter and tree wall as the ground and wood shifted, but the transformation’s result had not yet been revealed.

Tang Zhixue explored his newly upgraded level 3 Blazing Sun Shelter, discovering its treehouse layout, new tranquility effect, and glowing vines. While checking his personal information over lunch, he realized his forging skill had barely advanced and suspected he needed to forge an item to improve it.

• Tang Zhixue found his wooden house transformed into a treehouse and watched vines form stairs to its entrance.
• He explored the spacious shelter and learned it had gained the Spirit Clarity Tranquility effect, which improved concentration and could occasionally inspire sudden insight.
• Tang Zhixue found the expanded Planting Cottage, an upstairs bedroom, storeroom, and forge, and complained that the storeroom was inconveniently located upstairs.
• He discovered Glowing Parasitic Vines throughout the house and found he could control their lights with spoken commands.
• While eating lunch, Tang Zhixue checked his personal information, noticed his Basic Forging proficiency had barely increased, and wondered if he needed to forge an item to improve it.

Tang Zhixue discussed Shelter upgrades with the regional chat and left to test whether forging in the real world increased his proficiency. In the woods, he found fresh tracks that smelled like the Giant View Weird and wondered why another one had appeared after the Junweng Weird killed one that morning.

• Tang Zhixue suspected that forging proficiency only increased when he worked in the real world and planned to test his theory.
• Tang Zhixue told the regional chat that his Shelter had reached level three, described its new lighting plant, and advised others to upgrade their Shelters.
• Tang Zhixue left his Shelter to gather Clear Spirit Wood and test his forging proficiency.
• Tang Zhixue found fresh, fishy-smelling wet patches in the woods near where he had killed the Junweng Weird’s prey that morning.
• Tang Zhixue wondered why another Giant View Weird had appeared after the Junweng Weird killed one earlier.