Recaps

Ye Fan and Xiao Feng joined Hundred Stars Village’s hunters on a trip to Mang Village to trade game for grain, while learning that the village might soon move out of the mountains. Xiao Feng also shared news of a warm, glowing stone found in a bird’s nest, which he hoped to trade for supplies.

• Ye Fan and Xiao Ke'er discussed the village chief’s plan to move Hundred Stars Village because the mountains had become dangerous.
• Xiao Feng arrived with news about a magical blue-green stone found by Granny Liu’s son in a red-tailed bird’s nest.
• Ye Fan and Xiao Feng joined the village hunters, loaded their goods onto carts, and set out for Mang Village.
• The hunters discussed worsening conditions in the mountains, including a recent encounter with a high-rank Devil Beast.
• The group reached Mang Village in the afternoon to trade their game for grain and other goods.

Ye Fan and his companions traded their mountain goods in Mang Village, while Ye Fan left stones at the smithy for Lin Youde. After filling three carts with supplies, the group set off for home before nightfall.

• Old Uncle Chen and the patrolmen brought the group to a busy street corner, where villagers gathered to inspect their goods.
• Old Uncle Chen offered a Hundred Treasures Chicken for five jin of grain and haggled with a villager.
• Ye Fan took several strange stones to the smithy and left them with Uncle Lin for Lin Youde, who was away making a delivery.
• Xiao Feng gave Ye Fan his share of the trade, and the group finished exchanging their goods for grain, hunting tools, medicinal ingredients, and linen shirts.
• Old Uncle Chen and the men loaded three carts and left Mang Village for home before dark.

After returning safely from a successful trade, Ye Fan and Xiao Feng visited Granny Liu and brought her medicine and grain. In the sunlight, they noticed a green stone glimmering nearby.

• The village welcomed Ye Fan, Xiao Feng, and the men back with carts full of grain and hunting tools, and Ye Fan reassured his parents that the trip had gone well.
• Xiao Ke'er gave Ye Fan herbs for soaking his feet before leaving with Xiao Changlin, while Xiao Feng carried the goods home.
• The next morning, Xiao Feng took Ye Fan to visit Granny Liu, whose son Chen Tian had gone hunting and whose husband had been killed by an Azure Tiger.
• Ye Fan and Xiao Feng brought Granny Liu medicine and grain and listened as she spoke about her hard life.
• Sunlight fell through the leaves, revealing a green stone that glimmered beside Granny Liu's home.

Ye Fan discovered that the blue-green stone from Granny Liu's chicken coop had entered his body, and its power lifted him into the sky as the stars gathered into his brow. The chapter ended with a perfect World Seed taking root in Ye Chen's sea of consciousness.

• Ye Fan was startled when the blue-green stone flashed toward his brow, and the Hundred Treasures Chicken reclaimed it.
• Chen Tian returned home, and Xiao Feng and Ye Fan left after learning that Granny Liu's illness was incurable and she had little time left.
• Ye Fan returned home and resolved to work hard so he could give his parents a better life.
• That night, Ye Fan noticed the Hundred Stars had vanished from the sky, and blue-green light appeared between his brows.
• The light lifted Ye Fan above the mountains as the stars and moon poured into his brow and the ferocious beasts bowed in fear.
• A perfect World Seed took root and sprouted in Ye Chen's sea of consciousness.

Inside Ye Fan’s sea of consciousness, a cyan-green mass of light and nearly a hundred stars drove back the chaos and created a new world. Ye Fan watched a primordial star form and realized the world had been born inside his body.

• The cyan-green mass of light repeatedly struck the chaos, opening space as purple lightning crackled around it.
• A hundred stars emerged from Ye Fan’s phantom and first protected the newly opened space.
• The stars began colliding with the chaos, with the first star exploding and releasing energy that helped stabilize the space.
• The cyan-green mass of light enveloped stars and drove them into the chaos, widening the world as more stars exploded and released energy.
• The remaining stars fused into one primordial star, and the new world stabilized as its wheel of time began to turn.
• Ye Fan watched the creation and asked in disbelief whether the new world was inside his body.

Ye Fan entered the newly formed Primordial Star and watched the blue-green sphere stabilize the world before transforming his body and connecting him to its Earth Vein. As the Spring of Life formed, Ye Fan sensed its power and underwent another baptism.

• Ye Fan opened the new world and saw the Primordial Star still surging with energy as the blue-green sphere spread life throughout it.
• The sphere entered Ye Fan and traveled through his body nine times, transforming his meridians.
• The sphere sank into the Earth Vein and linked it to Ye Fan, further strengthening his body and giving him control over the surrounding earth.
• Ye Fan unleashed lightning that split a mountain, then restored it with a thought.
• The gray-white energy mist condensed into the Spring of Life, whose flowing water baptized Ye Fan again.

Ye Fan’s father, Xiao Changlin, and the village elders set out to inspect land near Phoenix Cry Village and seek approval to relocate Hundred Stars Village. As the group headed out of the mountains, Xiao Ke’er worried about her father while Xiao Feng eagerly anticipated the freedom his absence would bring.

• Ye Fan’s father told him that the elders had found an abandoned stretch of land near Phoenix Cry Village that could house about a hundred households.
• Ye Fan’s mother packed supplies, and Ye Fan and his mother saw Xiao Changlin and the elders off as they carried the old village chief away on a log frame.
• Xiao Ke’er asked Ye Fan whether the village could stay, and he said that leaving the mountains offered the villagers hope for the future.
• Xiao Feng privately celebrated his father’s departure and planned to hunt and fish with Ye Fan, who noticed his strange excitement.
• Xiao Ke’er left the medicine shop to find Ye Fan, while the old village chief’s group emerged from the mountains and headed toward Phoenix Cry Village.

Ma Yuan tried to use his ties to City Lord Mo Cang to bring his friends into Sunset City's guard, while Mo Cang secretly agreed to place the city under Wu Kingdom's control. The Wu envoy defeated the golden true dragon protecting Sunset City, and the Qian Emperor sensed the loss of its power and summoned his officials.

• Ma Yuan collected money on patrol and asked Mo Cang to appoint his friends as gate captains, but Mo Cang threw him out of the manor.
• A black-robed figure told Mo Cang that Wu Kingdom's envoys had arrived, and Mo Cang met them in the hidden hall.
• Mo Cang accepted the Wu Emperor's proposal and surrendered Sunset City's city lord token to the envoy.
• The envoy used a Dragon-Trapping Formation to draw out the golden true dragon, then joined the purple true dragon in attacking it outside the city.
• The Wu envoy and purple true dragon subdued the golden dragon, while Sunset City's residents prayed and cultivators fled.
• The Qian Emperor sensed that the true dragon's power had been lost in Sunset City and ordered all civil and military officials summoned.

Ye Fan explored the changes in his new world, then opened it deep in the Endless Mountains to absorb Spiritual Qi. After its energy drain withered the surrounding vegetation and frightened the beasts, he stopped the process and returned home, realizing he still lacked a cultivation technique.

• Ye Fan reflected on how the new world had merged with the earth and grown easier for him to open, while wondering about his absent father.
• Xiao Ke'er visited Ye Fan, and they walked together through the nearby mountains before he escorted her back to the medicine shop.
• Xiao Feng attacked Ye Fan and challenged him to a fight, but Ye Fan easily dodged him and left while Xiao Ke'er continued to ignore her brother.
• Ye Fan opened the new world far from Hundred Stars Village and drew in the Endless Mountains' Spiritual Qi, strengthening its spiritual veins and Spring of Life.
• Ye Fan stopped absorbing energy after the surrounding trees withered and frightened beast roars alerted him that the new world had drained the area's Spiritual Qi.
• Ye Fan returned the spatial gate to his courtyard and went to sleep, still unable to use the Spiritual Qi around him because he had no cultivation technique.

The old village chief and Hundred Stars Village’s companions found an abandoned academy that could serve as a new home and traveled to Phoenix Cry Village before seeking permission in Sunset City. There, Ye Wangshan and the others endured abuse from three young ruffians connected to the city lord, then set out for Sunset City the next morning.

• Grand Commander Bai Yu traveled toward Sunset City as the Qian Kingdom investigated the theft of a divine dragon’s power.
• The old village chief and his companions reached Phoenix Cry Village and inspected the abandoned Bright Virtue Academy, deciding its fertile land suited their village’s relocation.
• Ye Wangshan’s group arrived in Phoenix Cry Village and saw three young ruffians mistreating an old woman.
• The ruffians accused the villagers of theft, slapped Eldest Uncle, and took the silver the old village chief offered to avoid further trouble.
• The innkeeper explained that the ruffians preyed on villagers because their elder brother was an official and their elder sister was City Lord Mo’s concubine.
• The old village chief and his companions left Phoenix Cry Village early the next morning and headed for Sunset City to seek approval to relocate.

Xiao Feng used the Nine-Star Soul-Returning Needle to revive Granny Liu temporarily, and Ye Fan secretly added the Spring of Life and Earth Spiritual Qi to her medicine, helping her recover. As Xiao Feng gained a reputation as a divine physician, the village chief’s party reached Sunset City, where strict inspections were underway because the city lord had gone missing.

• Xiao Feng used the Nine-Star Soul-Returning Needle to awaken Granny Liu, but found she had only three days to live without extraordinary medicine.
• Ye Fan secretly added the Spring of Life to Granny Liu’s medicine and infused her with Earth Spiritual Qi as he helped feed her.
• Granny Liu’s breathing and complexion improved, and the villagers praised Xiao Feng as a divine physician.
• Ye Fan and Ke'er continued preparing medicine for Granny Liu over the following days, with Ye Fan adding more Spring of Life as she grew stronger.
• The old village chief and his party arrived at Sunset City, where guards searched everyone because the city lord had gone missing.

Commander Cha Ha'er helped the elders from Hundred Stars Village secure the ruined old Bright Virtue Academy site as a place to resettle their villagers. As they prepared to return with the news, Grand Commander Bai Yu hurried toward Sunset City, warning that the city lord had vanished and an enemy general was on the way.

• The old village chief and his companions struggled to enter Sunset City until Commander Cha Ha'er recognized their mention of Bright Virtue Academy and let them through.
• Commander Cha Ha'er heard that the villagers had fled the dangerous Endless Mountains and offered to take them to someone who could help them settle.
• Commander Cha Ha'er brought the elders to Headmaster Song Yude, who agreed that the ruined old Bright Virtue Academy site near Phoenix Cry Village could become their new home.
• Commander Cha Ha'er promised to arrange the city registration and public notice once the villagers arrived, and the elders left overjoyed at the decision.
• Grand Commander Bai Yu urged his troops to hurry toward Sunset City because its city lord had disappeared and an enemy general threatened the city.

Ye Fan discovered a glowing jade box during a storm and found a jade pendant that revealed the Water Spirit Art. The cultivation method entered his consciousness, leaving him with a new understanding of immortal cultivation.

• Granny Liu recovered, and Xiao Feng wondered how his medicine had cured her when he had believed her time was near.
• Ye Fan worried that Father Ye had been away longer than promised while the old village chief and his party traveled home after settling the village’s relocation.
• During a thunderstorm, Ye Fan guided his inner world to a blue glow on a mountainside and drew a jade box inside.
• Ye Fan opened the box and found a mutton-fat jade pendant, which floated before him and displayed the Water Spirit Art.
• The Water Spirit Art’s characters entered Ye Fan’s sea of consciousness, and he received the complete method and its creator’s insights.

Ye Fan continued cultivating after returning to Hundred Stars Village, while the Wu and Qian kingdoms prepared to wage war over the power of their cities’ true dragons. The Qian army marched toward the border, and the old village chief’s party reached the Endless Mountains with news that the village relocation had been settled.

• Ye Fan circulated the Water Spirit Art and found that his Spiritual Qi was growing more abundant and his body more like a fierce beast’s.
• The Martial Emperor ordered Yan Fengxiao and Guo Youshan to lead troops against Wuling City and Qixia City, and Chen Haoran to seize Sunset City with Sima Heru accompanying him.
• The Qian Emperor’s ministers urged him to defend the three cities and strike the Wu Kingdom, and he approved a campaign against Wu.
• The Qian Kingdom issued its imperial decree and sent troops and generals toward the border.
• The old village chief and his party reached the Endless Mountains and hurried to tell the village that relocation had been settled.

The old village chief returned with a relocation site, and Hundred Stars Village began preparing to leave the increasingly unsettled Endless Mountains. Ye Fan secretly eased his father's exhaustion with Spiritual Qi and took another nighttime trip into the mountains before the move.

• The old village chief returned after more than a month, announced that he had found a relocation site, and told every household to stop hunting and pack over the next two days.
• Ye Fan secretly used the Gate of the World to channel Spiritual Qi into his exhausted father while massaging his back.
• Ye Fan's parents discussed asking Xiao Changlin to arrange a marriage between Ye Fan and Xiao Ke'er.
• Xiao Feng and Xiao Ke'er told Xiao Changlin about Granny Liu's recovery, and Xiao Ke'er persuaded him to rest before visiting her.
• Ye Fan entered his inner world and guided the Gate of the World deeper into the Endless Mountains for another nighttime excursion.
• The villagers began cleaning their homes and packing their belongings the next morning.

As the villagers packed to leave the mountains, Ye Fan visited Xiao Ke'er’s family and helped them prepare their medicine shop. That evening, he and Xiao Ke'er shared a quiet moment beneath the moon and embraced.

• Ye Fan’s family packed their belongings while Father Ye made crates for valuables.
• Ye Fan visited Xiao Ke'er’s medicine shop, where Xiao Feng was struggling to count medicinal insects and Xiao Ke'er was cleaning boxes.
• Ye Fan helped Xiao Changlin and the others prepare herbs, insects, and supplies for the journey.
• Xiao Changlin invited Ye Fan to stay for dinner, and Xiao Ke'er served the meal beside him.
• After dinner, Ye Fan and Xiao Ke'er walked together, sat beneath the night sky, and finally embraced.

Grand Commander Bai Yu prepared Sunset City for a possible Wu Kingdom attack as reports came in that the true dragon power had been stolen from three frontier cities. Meanwhile, the people of Hundred Stars Village left their ancestral home to seek a safer future, while Wu Kingdom generals Yan Fengxiao and Guo Youshan marched with an army of 400,000.

• Grand Commander Bai Yu learned that Wuling City and Qixia City had also lost their true dragon power, and that Guan Zizai had been killed while the lord of Qixia City was gravely wounded.
• Chahar reported that Sunset City had over fifty thousand soldiers and could draft thirty thousand more, and Grand Commander Bai Yu ordered increased patrols and scrutiny of travelers from the Endless Mountains.
• Grand Commander Bai Yu ordered Qin Shan to drill the troops day and night while they awaited reinforcements.
• The old village chief led the villagers of Hundred Stars Village away from their homes, determined to find a better life for their children and grandchildren.
• Yan Fengxiao and Guo Youshan set out with an army of 400,000.

The villagers continued their difficult journey toward Phoenix Cry Village while Xiao Ke'er struggled to keep up. Meanwhile, Chen Haoran sent Sima Heru ahead with 50,000 troops to stop Generals Yan and Guo from splitting their forces at Cloud Mountain Fortress.

• The villagers worried about life beyond the mountains, and the old village chief reassured them that the garrison commander of Sunset City had arranged a place for them.
• Xiao Ke'er admired the unfamiliar landscape as Xiao Feng tired under his heavy load and Ye Fan continued without showing fatigue.
• Chen Haoran warned Sima Heru that Generals Yan and Guo might divide their forces to attack Qian cities and put their troops in danger.
• Chen Haoran ordered Sima Heru to force-march with 50,000 elite troops to intercept Generals Yan and Guo before they reached Cloud Mountain Fortress.
• The villagers neared Phoenix Cry Village, and exhausted Xiao Ke'er welcomed a chance to rest.

The people of Hundred Stars Village reached Phoenix Cry Village and clashed with Ma Chuang, who tried to take Xiao Ke'er after recognizing her beauty. Ye Fan, Xiao Feng, and Chen Yun beat Ma Chuang and his lackeys before the villagers moved on, while Xiao Changlin secretly struck Ma Chuang with a silver needle.

• Ma Yuan urged Ma Chuang to keep a low profile after they fled Sunset City, but Ma Chuang decided to assert himself in Phoenix Cry Village.
• The old village chief led the exhausted people of Hundred Stars Village to Phoenix Cry Village, where Ma Chuang's lackeys insulted them and tried to drive them away.
• Ma Chuang arrived, leered at Xiao Ke'er, and threatened to take her, prompting Xiao Feng and Ye Fan to confront him as the villagers stood together behind them.
• Ye Fan knocked Ma Chuang down, while Xiao Feng and Chen Yun beat his two lackeys until the old village chief stopped the fight.
• The old village chief led the villagers onward, and Xiao Changlin secretly planted a silver needle in Ma Chuang's chest as he passed.

The villagers reached the abandoned Bright Virtue Academy and began preparing to rebuild Hundred Stars Village, while Ye Fan and Xiao Ke'er grew closer after the trouble in Phoenix Cry Village. The chapter ended with Ma Yuan discovering his brother Ma Chuang injured and demanding to know who had hurt him.

• Ye Fan's father pushed the wheelbarrow while Ye Fan carried bundles, and Xiao Feng promised Xiao Ke'er he would protect her and their family.
• Xiao Ke'er helped Granny Liu walk and thanked Chen Yun for standing up for her.
• The old village chief led the villagers to the former Bright Virtue Academy, where they made temporary beds and discussed rebuilding Hundred Stars Village.
• Xiao Ke'er privately told Ye Fan he had been especially handsome, then hurried away.
• Ma Yuan found out Ma Chuang had been carried back injured, confronted the villagers, and called for their father, Ma Defa.

Hundred Stars Village’s villagers began clearing land and sharing a communal meal as they rebuilt their homes. Meanwhile, Sunset City prepared for the Wu Kingdom’s invasion, while the Wu commanders argued over whether to unite or divide their forces.

• The old village chief rallied the villagers, who divided their work and began clearing weeds and brambles from the village site.
• Xiao Ke'er joined the women preparing the villagers’ first communal meal since they left their old village.
• The grand commander told Deputy General Qin and Commander Cha that 600,000 Wu troops had advanced to Cloud Mountain Fortress and ordered Qin to take 30,000 city defense troops to Wuling City.
• The grand commander ordered Commander Cha to post notices and conscript soldiers in Sunset City to replenish the army.
• At Cloud Mountain Fortress, Sima Heru urged Yan Fengxiao and Guo Youshan to keep their forces united, but Yan had him placed under guard.
• Guo Youshan insisted on leading the vanguard, and Yan dismissed him while continuing to consider the army’s strategy.

The villagers pooled their savings to buy grain and seeds in Sunset City as their supplies dwindled. Ye Fan joined Xiao Changlin’s party on the trip, where they arrived as soldiers posted conscription notices, unaware that a thirty-thousand-strong army had already set out.

• Xiangxiu warned the villagers that their food was running low, and the old village chief proposed pooling their travel money to buy supplies in Sunset City.
• The villagers handed their savings to Xiao Changlin to record, while the old village chief gave him a separate contribution that he said not to include in the accounts.
• Xiao Ke'er secretly gave Ye Fan her leftover flatbreads, and Ye Fan took some to Xiao Feng.
• Xiao Changlin led Ye Fan, Xiao Feng, Chen Tian, and Chen Yunye to Sunset City with two wheelbarrows to buy supplies.
• Soldiers posted conscription notices in Sunset City, while the townspeople speculated that the Wu Kingdom could not reach them through the mountains.
• An army of thirty thousand had quietly set out the previous evening.

Xiao Changlin and his companions entered Sunset City to buy grain seeds and heard that war might break out near Wuling City. At the Ever-Normal Granary, they met Commander Zha, who recognized Xiao Changlin and questioned Ye Fan about his sect after noticing his powerful Gang Qi.

• Xiao Feng and Ye Fan read a recruitment notice and learned that Sunset City’s garrison had left for Wuling City amid rumors of a coming war.
• Xiao Changlin explained that Wuling City lay north of Sunset City, and the group entered the city to buy grain seeds.
• The group found the Ever-Normal Granary and joined the line at its side granary, where guards restricted access to the main stores.
• Commander Zha arrived for an inspection, and Xiao Changlin recognized him from the village relocation arrangements.
• Xiao Feng called out to Commander Zha, who remembered Xiao Changlin and asked about the old village chief.
• Commander Zha noticed Ye Fan’s powerful protective Gang Qi and asked which sect he came from.

Commander Zha suspected Ye Fan had an Innate Spirit Body and brought him to the city lord’s manor to test him with the Heaven-Peering Mirror. The mirror trembled under the examination, leaving Zha convinced Ye Fan had extraordinary potential, while a tiny crack appeared in the mirror unnoticed.

• Commander Zha sensed that Ye Fan was brimming with Spiritual Qi and suspected he had an Innate Spirit Body.
• Commander Zha invited Ye Fan and the people from Hundred Stars Village to the city lord’s manor to examine him with the Heaven-Peering Mirror, and Ye Fan agreed.
• Steward He brought out the Heaven-Peering Mirror, and Commander Zha activated it to examine Ye Fan.
• The mirror’s light shifted wildly and the mirror trembled until Commander Zha withdrew his Spiritual Qi.
• Commander Zha concluded that Ye Fan possessed extraordinary potential and decided to keep him from the Wu Kingdom’s spies, unaware that the mirror had cracked.

After Commander Chahar discovered that Ye Fan had an Innate Spirit Body, he gave him a Spirit-Concealing Pearl and told him about the origins of cultivation and the Madman Great Emperor. Ye Fan left with the village documents and resolved to defy the heavenly Dao so he could protect his family and village.

• Commander Chahar assured Xiao Changlin and the villagers that Ye Fan was unharmed, then arranged grain and supplies for Hundred Stars Village.
• Commander Chahar told Ye Fan that the Heaven-Peering Mirror had revealed his Innate Spirit Body and the Spiritual Qi flowing through him.
• Commander Chahar gave Ye Fan a Low-Grade Spirit-Concealing Pearl to hide his Spiritual Qi from cultivators below the Nascent Soul realm.
• Commander Chahar recounted how the Heaven-Defiers arose and how the Madman Great Emperor united them after devastating battles.
• Ye Fan received the village relocation document and Bright Virtue Academy deed, then resolved to defy the heavenly Dao to protect his family and village.