Chapter Summaries

Lu Li, a transmigrated miner in the Azure Pool Sect, used a twin fish jade pendant to contact the police in Great Xia and convince them he was in another world. After confirming the pendant’s signal came from beyond Blue Star, the country believed him and began coordinating with him to help him survive.

• Lu Li told Xiao Zhang through the jade pendant that he had transmigrated, was trapped in the Azure Pool Sect’s mine, and would be killed if he failed to meet his quota.
• Lu Li explained how he awakened the pendant with spiritual power, while Xiao Zhang and a veteran officer investigated the strange connection.
• The veteran officer told Xiao Zhang to keep Lu Li calm while he checked Lu Li’s identity and reported the situation.
• A Jing City security official contacted Lu Li, confirmed the country believed his account, and asked for details about his surroundings and what he needed to survive.

After confirming that Lu Li’s jade pendant connected to a cultivation world and could potentially transmit objects, Li Yuanchao told him that the nation believed him. Lu Li prepared to test the pendant so he could escape his predicament.

• Li Yuanchao ordered a full investigation into Lu Li’s disappearance and the jade pendant’s signal.
• An academician confirmed the signal came from beyond Blue Star and said Spiritual Power might let the pendant transmit objects through a wormhole.
• Li Yuanchao spoke to Lu Li through the pendant and promised the nation believed him.
• Lu Li decided to attempt an object transmission using his piece of first-tier azure gold ore and asked Li Yuanchao to send a powerful handheld hammer drill and a Desert Eagle.

Lu Li successfully used the jade pendant to receive a Desert Eagle and a mining drill from Great Xia, then put the drill to work meeting his Azure Pool Demonic Sect ore quota. The connection ended as his spiritual power ran out, leaving the people in Great Xia preparing to respond while Lu Li faced a new demand in the mine.

• Lu Li asked Great Xia for a mining drill and a Desert Eagle, and Li Yuanchao arranged to send them through the jade pendant.
• Lu Li channeled spiritual power through the Azure Gold Spirit Ore and successfully pulled both items through the pendant’s opening.
• The connection faded, and Li Yuanchao urged Lu Li to stay safe and contact them again when he could.
• Li Yuanchao ordered a car to Jinghai to report the discovery, while Lu Li used the drill to extract a piece of spirit ore from the mine wall.
• As the drill’s battery turned red, a voice bearing Late Qi Refining pressure demanded that everyone hand over their ore.

Lu Li used the fish-patterned jade pendant to mine and store twenty-eight pieces of Azure Gold Spirit Ore, then witnessed Bai Sheng execute a menial disciple who fell short of quota. After Bai Sheng noticed Lu Li had met his quota despite being at the First Layer of Qi Refinement, Lu Li planned to use his connection to Great Xia to secure promotion to the outer sect.

• Lu Li discovered the jade pendant could store items and counted twenty-eight pieces of Azure Gold Spirit Ore he had mined.
• Bai Sheng killed a menial disciple who was one piece short of his quota and sent the corpse and soul toward the Soul Hall.
• Lu Li handed in four pieces of ore and claimed he had found a loose cluster when Bai Sheng questioned how he met his quota at the First Layer of Qi Refinement.
• Lu Li decided he could not escape the Azure Pool Demonic Sect and needed to rise into the outer sect to protect his life.
• Lu Li resolved to send Great Xia detailed intelligence about the sect, Bai Sheng, and Azure Gold Ore, along with his goal of outer-sect promotion.

Lu Li contacted Great Xia through the fish-shaped jade pendant and described the Imprisoned Dragon Realm, hoping the state could help him escape his dangerous position in the Azure Pool Demonic Sect. He revealed that the realm was a standard Middle Thousand World, leaving Li Yuanchao and the gathered officials stunned by the possibility of a Great Thousand Immortal Realm above it.

• After returning from the mine, Lu Li worried about Bai Sheng and decided to seek help from the state before his next shift in seven days.
• Lu Li activated the fish-shaped jade pendant in a secluded mountain corner, alerting the authorities in Great Xia.
• Li Yuanchao answered Lu Li’s call and assured him that the state would support him unconditionally.
• Lu Li explained that he was on the Eastern Desolation Star in the Imprisoned Dragon Realm and that the Azure Pool Demonic Sect lay on the Western Continent.
• Lu Li told Li Yuanchao that the Imprisoned Dragon Realm was a standard Middle Thousand World and that a Great Thousand Immortal Realm existed above it.

Lu Li explained his dangerous position in the Azure Pool Demonic Sect to Li Yuanchao and the Battle Command Department, who advised him to avoid drawing Bai Sheng’s attention by advancing to the Second Layer of Qi Refinement and delaying entry into the outer sect. Lu Li then sent Great Xia ten pieces of Azure Gold Spirit Ore and a cultivation manual so the country could study ways to help him progress.

• Lu Li detailed the cultivation world, his low cultivation, and the danger Bai Sheng posed before he had to return to the mine in seven days.
• The Battle Command Department analyzed Lu Li’s situation and recommended that he reach the Second Layer of Qi Refinement while waiting six to eight months before seeking entry into the outer sect.
• Lu Li proposed sending Azure Gold Spirit Ore to Great Xia so its scientists could find a way to purify it and help him cultivate.
• Elder Wang declared that studying materials from the cultivation world was feasible and urged Lu Li to send samples.
• Lu Li transmitted ten pieces of Azure Gold Spirit Ore and a standard cultivation manual through the jade pendant.
• Li Yuanchao promised Lu Li that the country and organization would not let him down.

Lu Li ended his communication with Great Xia after Li Yuanchao promised to protect his parents and urged him to stay alive. Back in his hut, Lu Li began cultivating and wondered whether Great Xia had Spiritual Qi.

• Li Yuanchao sent Elder Wang and the researchers to study Lu Li’s spirit ore and cultivation method.
• Lu Li asked Li Yuanchao not to tell his family about his situation and asked the country to look after his parents.
• Li Yuanchao told Lu Li that his only condition was that he do everything possible to stay alive, and they agreed to communicate every seven days if it was safe.
• Lu Li ended the transmission when his Spiritual Power ran low and promised himself he would survive for his family and Great Xia.
• Lu Li returned to his hut and cultivated with the Five Elements Instruction, reflecting on his slow progress with five spirit roots.
• Lu Li wondered whether Spiritual Qi existed in Great Xia and whether people there could cultivate immortality.

National Security used advanced technology to analyze the Five Elements Instruction and formed the 749 Group to study the otherworldly cultivation civilization. After seven days of slow cultivation, Lu Li witnessed Bai Yi ascend to True Lord and suspected Bai Yi was connected to Bai Sheng, leaving him determined to rely on Great Xia’s advice and stay alive.

• Researchers told Li Yuanchao that the Five Elements Instruction resembled a mathematical formula and that quantum computers could simulate cultivation.
• Li Yuanchao ordered relevant personnel and resources consolidated into a new group named 749.
• After seven days of cultivating without progress, Lu Li left the wooden hut and wondered whether Great Xia had learned to purify Spirit Ore.
• A powerful Spiritual Power fluctuation arose as Bai Yi broke through to True Lord, prompting celebrations across the Azure Pool Sect.
• Lu Li suspected True Lord Bai Yi was connected to Bai Sheng and resolved to think carefully, seek Great Xia’s risk analysis, and survive.

Lu Li entered the mine and activated the fish-shaped jade pendant to contact Great Xia, while Bai Sheng’s hopes for Foundation Establishment rose after the Bai Ancestor advanced to True Lord. The first formal cross-realm communication began when Wang Zhiwen called out to Lu Li, who answered him.

• Bai Sheng ordered the menial workers into the mine and privately celebrated his household’s rise after the Bai Ancestor became a True Lord.
• Lu Li worried that Bai Sheng would investigate him if he kept delivering full ore quotas without advancing beyond the First Layer of Qi Refinement.
• Lu Li found an empty stretch of tunnel and used his Spiritual Power to activate the fish-shaped jade pendant.
• At the 749 Group’s underground control hall, Li Yuanchao ordered everyone to prepare as the pendant began to glow.
• Wang Zhiwen spoke through the amplification device, and Lu Li confirmed that he could hear him.

Lu Li learned that the nation had used quantum-computer simulations to devise a more efficient circulation route for the Five Elements Instruction. Though Li Yuanchao warned him not to risk trying the theoretical method, Lu Li decided he believed in the nation.

• Wang Zhiwen told Lu Li that researchers had made a major discovery about the Five Elements Instruction, though they had not yet learned to refine Spiritual Qi efficiently.
• Lu Li used Azure-Gold Spirit Ore to maintain the jade pendant’s connection and received a 3D demonstration device from Wang Zhiwen.
• Wang Zhiwen showed Lu Li how simulations revealed inefficiencies in the original circulation pattern and proposed sequential pulse absorption of the five elements.
• Wang Zhiwen said the revised method could theoretically increase cultivation speed three to five times, and Li Yuanchao warned Lu Li not to experiment rashly.
• Lu Li studied the projection, trusted the proposed method, and declared that he believed in the nation.

Lu Li agreed to test the Great Xia researchers’ improved Five Elements Instruction and asked whether the jade pendant could transmit living beings. A failed white-mouse transmission produced data suggesting that living-body transmission might require spiritual power beyond the limits of the world—possibly the power of an immortal.

• Lu Li agreed to cultivate the improved Five Elements Instruction carefully and promised to record his experiences for Wang Zhiwen and Li Yuanchao.
• Lu Li sent Great Xia a report on the Imprisoned Dragon Realm, including news of a Bai-surnamed True Person advancing to True Lord.
• Lu Li asked whether the jade pendant could transmit living things, and Li Yuanchao’s team prepared a white mouse for an experiment.
• Lu Li transmitted the glass box but not the white mouse, leaving the mouse behind in Great Xia.
• Wang Zhiwen and the researchers analyzed the instruments’ readings and concluded that living-body transmission might be possible with spiritual power exceeding this world’s limits.

After learning that returning to Blue Star might require becoming an immortal, Lu Li found hope in Great Xia’s plan to support his cultivation and establish immortal cultivation for all. He began practicing the country’s improved Five Elements Instruction, suffering a painful backlash but remaining eager to continue.

• Li Yuanchao encouraged Lu Li not to give up on returning to his family, suggesting they might cultivate immortality or be preserved until he could return.
• Li Yuanchao announced the Southern Heavenly Gate mission, which would research otherworld civilizations, support Lu Li’s path to immortality, and seek to bring immortal cultivation to Great Xia.
• Lu Li embraced his role as Great Xia’s pioneer and promised Chief Li he would not let the country and its people down.
• After requesting supplies from Great Xia, Lu Li used the demonstration device to study the improved Five Elements Instruction and began cultivating in the mine tunnel.
• Lu Li guided metal-element spiritual power through his meridians, spat blood from the pain, and grinned as he praised the technique.

Lu Li cultivated with the state-improved Five Elements Instruction and azure gold spirit ore, expecting to advance to the Qi Refining Second Layer and eventually enter the outer sect. Meanwhile, Bai Sheng learned that the Bai Household had gained Upper White Peak and several sect properties, including the mine where Lu Li worked.

• Lu Li celebrated that the improved Five Elements Instruction had nearly quadrupled his cultivation speed and believed he had reached intermediate comprehension.
• Lu Li cultivated with two pieces of azure gold spirit ore, enduring pain as the improved method circulated spiritual power through his meridians.
• Lu Li planned to reach the Qi Refining Second Layer, reduce Bai Sheng's suspicions, and enter the outer sect to gain more resources.
• Bai Sheng waited anxiously outside the mine until his cousin arrived with news from the Bai Household.
• Bai Sheng's cousin reported that the sect had established Upper White Peak for the Bai Household and assigned it eight mines and four gardens, including the mine beneath them.

Lu Li avoided handing over his full ore quota when Bai Sheng announced a one-day pardon, then revealed his intermediate mastery of the Five Elements Instruction while cultivating. His fellow menials were astonished, and an unseen observer watched him with surprise.

• Bai Sheng announced that menials who missed their ore quota would not be punished that day, while those who met it would receive a spirit coin.
• Lu Li secretly returned two pieces of azurite spirit ore to his jade pendant and handed in only two, passing Bai Sheng’s inspection.
• Bai Sheng collected the ore and hurried away on his flying sword, while Lu Li reflected on the importance of True Lord Bai Yi’s promotion.
• Lu Li returned to the communal hut and cultivated with the intermediate Five Elements Instruction, drawing astonishment from the other menials.
• Lu Li decided to keep a low profile as he focused on cultivating, unaware that someone watched him with surprise.

Lu Li cultivated for seven days, broke through to the Qi Refining Second Layer, and impressed Bai Sheng with his progress. He entered the mine for the next scheduled cross-world communication and connected with the nation.

• Ye Chenfeng wondered whether Lu Li had a special presence, but Elder Jian sensed nothing unusual and urged Ye Chenfeng to focus on refining his sword essence.
• Lu Li cultivated day and night for seven days, strengthening his Spiritual Power and breaking through to the Qi Refining Second Layer.
• The other laborers praised Lu Li’s progress, while Ye Chenfeng acknowledged his diligence despite his poor aptitude.
• Bai Sheng noticed Lu Li’s breakthrough, approved of his progress, and sent the laborers down the mine with a warning about punishment.
• Lu Li reached a deserted spot in the mine and used his jade pendant to contact the nation, where someone greeted him in Mandarin.

Lu Li reported that Great Xia’s improved Five Elements Instruction had helped him reach Qi Refining Second Layer, and he sent his cultivation insights and more azure gold spirit ore back to Group 749. After reviewing the strategic team’s advice, he agreed to wait at least six months before advancing to the Azure Pool Sect’s outer sect and asked for more mining-drill batteries.

• Lu Li told Li Yuanchao and Wang Zhiwen that the improved Five Elements Instruction had worked and that he had reached Qi Refining Second Layer.
• Lu Li sent his cultivation insights to Great Xia, and Wang Zhiwen arranged for them to be archived and uploaded.
• At Wang Zhiwen’s request, Lu Li sent another batch of azure gold spirit ore, which the researchers hoped to purify soon.
• Li Yuanchao shared Group 749’s analysis, advising Lu Li to wait at least six months before advancing so he would minimize suspicion and risk.
• Li Yuanchao explained that outer sect status would sharply reduce Lu Li’s danger and provide him with a private residence for secure communications and cultivation.
• Lu Li agreed to be careful and asked the nation to send more batteries for his mining drill so he could stockpile spirit ore.

Lu Li mined Azure Gold Spirit Ore while Great Xia’s Group 749 analyzed his cultivation data and experimented with extracting the ore’s spiritual power. Their search for a spiritual solvent led them to dispatch a WZ-10 helicopter toward the Jinghua University residential compound.

• Lu Li used a Dexi Power Drill to mine several pieces of Azure Gold Spirit Ore deep inside the mine.
• Group 749 analyzed Lu Li’s cultivation notes, revised its Five Elements Instruction model, and aimed to prepare a new version before their next communication.
• Wang Zhiwen and Professor Chen oversaw tests that extracted a stable spirit ore core, but the process recovered only three percent of its spiritual power.
• A chemist proposed dissolving the ore with a frequency-matched spiritual solvent, so Wang Zhiwen redirected the research teams to find one.
• A WZ-10 attack helicopter took off from the State Security Building and headed for the Jinghua University residential compound.

Zhou Mingyi was summoned from retirement to serve as chief scientific adviser on a secret national project, the Southern Heavenly Gate Immortal Ascension Plan, at Group 749. As the base recruited experts, Li Yuanchao ordered authorities and businesses across the country to provide the requested personnel and equipment without delay.

• Zhou Li berated her retired father, Zhou Mingyi, for not doing more childcare and housework, while his fellow professors defended him.
• A special forces operative arrived by helicopter and summoned Zhou Mingyi to advise on a national key project, prompting him to leave with the team.
• Zhou Mingyi was taken to the thirty-seventh basement floor of a secured facility and introduced to Group 749 and its Southern Heavenly Gate Immortal Ascension Plan.
• A clerk reported that thirty-five percent of the needed experts had been recruited, and Li Yuanchao ordered all remaining personnel requisitions to be fulfilled unconditionally.
• When told that custom machinery might take too long to produce, Li Yuanchao directed authorities to prioritize state-owned suppliers and requisition qualified private companies if necessary, with the state paying twice the price.

Liao River Heavy Industries and Group 749 were mobilized to support a war effort after the military revealed that Great Xia faced a war across worlds. The factory began converting its production lines for strategic supplies, while experts raced to build equipment for spirit ore research.

• County Magistrate Wang and county officials asked Liu Jianguo to change Liao River Heavy Industries' production lines, but he initially refused because of foreign contracts and the factory's reputation.
• A military major declared Liao River Heavy Industries a top-class war-readiness unit and ordered it to suspend normal production for strategic supplies.
• The major confirmed that a war had broken out, and Liu Jianguo ordered the factory to cancel its contracts and convert its production lines.
• County Magistrate Wang ordered the county to guarantee the factory's water, electricity, and logistics needs.
• Li Yuanchao rallied Group 749's experts and engineers to build equipment for spirit ore research and help their compatriot in another world.

Group 749 researchers devised a way to protect spiritual power while purifying azure-gold spirit ore, and began designing a purification machine. Meanwhile, a Security Bureau agent intervened at the Fengnan Machinery Factory, where Lu Dahai and his wife were promoted after Wang was fired.

• Zhou Mingyi suggested melting azure-gold spirit ore inside a bath of its own liquid material to prevent its spiritual power from escaping.
• Wang Zhiwen approved the method and ordered experts to design a purification machine without limits on funding or personnel.
• Group 749 researchers used quantum computers to simulate and optimize the cultivation method.
• Fatty Wang berated Lu Dahai at the Fengnan Machinery Factory, while a new technician secretly recorded the mistreatment.
• A Security Bureau agent ordered the factory director to promote Lu Dahai and his wife and remove workshop director Wang, then the factory director fired Fatty Wang.