Chapter Summaries

Chiffon learned from Lu Weishan that the Ash Plains Continent had become a wasteland after a Poisonous Miasma outbreak and that its strongest cultivators had fled to the Extreme Origin Continent. He agreed to meet Lu Weishan’s eldest senior brother, hoping to find a safe place for his classmates.

• Chiffon killed the Poison Cultivator attacking Lu Weishan with a lightning strike and asked him about the desolate land.
• Lu Weishan explained that the Poisonous Miasma had transformed the Northern Plains Continent into the Ash Plains Continent ten years earlier, while the Extreme Origin Continent remained safe.
• Lu Weishan told Chiffon that powerful cultivators had escaped to the Extreme Origin Continent, leaving weaker cultivators behind, and that intelligent Poison Cultivators now hunted the survivors.
• Chiffon learned that Lu Weishan’s group had 158 members and that their eldest senior brother had reached Foundation Establishment Layer Nine.
• Chiffon revealed that he was at Foundation Establishment Stage and asked Lu Weishan to take him to meet the group’s eldest senior brother.

Chiffon took Lu Weishan to the survivors’ shelter on Rock Mountain, then returned to protect his classmates from the Poison Cultivators. He rescued them from a stronger attacker, and the group felt safer with him back.

• Chiffon brought Lu Weishan to the cave on Rock Mountain and noticed Qi Tianmao’s suspicious reaction when they met.
• Qi Tianmao said the eldest senior brother was away, so Chiffon left to bring his classmates to the shelter.
• Chiffon flew back and found Qiao Beiqiao, White Snow, Bakugo Katsuki, and Shoto Todoroki fighting a Poison Cultivator.
• A Qi Cultivation Layer Nine Poison Cultivator charged the group, and Chiffon struck it with lightning, allowing Qiao Beiqiao to finish it off.
• Chiffon landed with his classmates, who welcomed him back and felt safer with him there.

Chiffon brought his classmates to the Ash Plains Continent and settled near the cave where Qian Jiangxing and Lu Weishan were staying. He left the chapter with a four-story house built on the mountaintop, just as rain threatened to fall.

• Chiffon explained that the Ash Plains Continent had been devastated by Poisonous Miasma and said he planned to clear out the Poison Cultivators before traveling to the continent that remained normal.
• Chiffon brought his classmates to Rock Mountain, where Lu Weishan introduced him to Qian Jiangxing, who agreed to let them stay nearby.
• Chiffon decided his group would live outside the crowded cave and used stored building materials to construct a house.
• Chiffon and his classmates worked together for a day, completing a four-story house and installing windows as the sky darkened.
• Qian Jiangxing and Lu Weishan emerged from the cave and were shocked to find the new building behind it.

Chiffon finished building a house and sheltered Qian Jiangxing and Lu Weishan from a downpour, who were increasingly convinced he was extraordinary. As he learned how survivors endured the Poisonous Miasma, he discovered that four Golden Core Stage cultivators controlled the Spirit Stone Mines.

• Chiffon invited Qian Jiangxing inside the newly built house when a heavy rain began.
• Chiffon served tea to Qian Jiangxing, Lu Weishan, and Qiao Beiqiao, while Qian Jiangxing and Lu Weishan marveled at his unfamiliar possessions and methods.
• Qian Jiangxing explained that Poison Cultivators hid from rain, giving the survivors on Rock Mountain a chance to survive.
• Qian Jiangxing told Chiffon that survivors ate the meat of certain infected beasts and used spirit stones to stave off hunger.
• Chiffon asked to visit a Spirit Stone Mine, but Qian Jiangxing explained that four Golden Core Stage cultivators controlled the mines and limited the spirit stones distributed each month.

Chiffon furnished his newly built house and planned to visit a Spirit Stone Mine, while Qi Tianmao and Li Liang discovered the strange building and grew suspicious of him. Qi Tianmao left considering what countermeasures to take against Chiffon.

• Chiffon learned that the nearest cultivator guarding the Spirit Stone Mine was at the Golden Core Third Layer and asked Qian Jiangxing to take him there after the weather cleared.
• Qian Jiangxing and Lu Weishan left, and Chiffon set up a Soundproof Shielding Barrier before furnishing the building for his classmates.
• Li Liang spotted the building and called Qi Tianmao over to investigate it.
• Qi Tianmao and Li Liang found that their Spiritual Sense could not penetrate the house, and Chiffon opened the door when they approached.
• Chiffon gave Qi Tianmao water but refused to let him inside, leaving Qi Tianmao and Li Liang astonished by the house and its occupants.
• Qi Tianmao told Li Liang not to meddle and privately considered taking countermeasures against Chiffon.

Chiffon and the students spent a quiet, rainy night in their mountain house while the cultivators watched its bright lights from outside. The next morning, Lu Dali and Qi Tianmao approached Chiffon after Qian Jiangxing left, and Lu Dali offered him three tiny, poor-quality spirit stones.

• Chiffon told Denki Kaminari and Midoriya Izuku to rest, while the students spent the night watching television and recording videos.
• Qian Jiangxing told the Rock Mountain cultivators not to disturb Chiffon, and the night passed without incident.
• Qi Tianmao urged Lu Dali to take advantage of Qian Jiangxing’s absence to confront Chiffon.
• Qian Jiangxing left the mountain and entrusted Lu Dali with looking after everyone.
• Lu Dali and Qi Tianmao visited Chiffon, but Chiffon refused to let them into his house.
• Lu Dali offered Chiffon three small, mottled spirit stones, and Chiffon looked disappointed by their poor quality and size.

Lu Dali and Qi Tianmao visited Chiffon’s house, where Lu Dali became fixated on White Snow and tried to follow her upstairs. Chiffon stopped him and drew him outside, while Qi Tianmao attacked Qiao Beiqiao, starting a fight on Rock Mountain.

• Chiffon took the three spirit stones Lu Dali offered, then invited Lu Dali and Qi Tianmao inside to look around.
• Lu Dali and Qi Tianmao saw White Snow and were captivated by her beauty, while Chiffon noticed their interest.
• White Snow went upstairs, and Lu Dali tried to grab her arm but was trapped in an icy illusion before returning to the room.
• Lu Dali tried to go upstairs after White Snow, but Chiffon stopped him and pulled him outside to Rock Mountain.
• Qi Tianmao warned Qiao Beiqiao to stay inside, but Qiao Beiqiao attacked him with his Fly Whisk, and Qi Tianmao drew his sword.

Chiffon rescued Qiao Beiqiao from Lu Dali, killed Lu Dali with the Thunder God Staff, and claimed his belongings. After several days of rain, Qian Jiangxing returned to Rock Mountain wounded and warned that Poison Cultivators were coming.

• Lu Dali threatened Chiffon, but Chiffon refused to become his lackey as Qiao Beiqiao fought Qi Tianmao nearby.
• When Lu Dali attacked Qiao Beiqiao, Chiffon blocked the hammer strike and unleashed lightning, while Qiao Beiqiao killed Qi Tianmao.
• Chiffon killed Lu Dali, took his Storage Bag, and later shared Type-W Serum with the students.
• After the rain lasted several days, Qian Jiangxing returned with beast corpses, injured and warning that Poison Cultivators would soon arrive.

Chiffon prepared Rock Mountain for an attack by more than a hundred Poison Cultivators, building a defensive platform and rallying the students and cultivators to fight. The Poison Cultivators began climbing the mountain, and both sides entered battle.

• Qian Jiangxing warned Chiffon that more than a hundred Poison Cultivators were approaching Rock Mountain and would arrive in about half an hour.
• Chiffon began building defenses and quickly constructed a circular concrete platform outside Rock Mountain.
• Chiffon warned everyone to report bites immediately or cut off the infected limb, and Tenya Iida urged the students to fight carefully and use the attack as training.
• Qian Jiangxing learned that Lu Dali and Qi Tianmao had been missing for several days, then spotted Poison Cultivators climbing the mountain.
• Qian Jiangxing and the students attacked the climbers, with Mineta Minoru, Shoto Todoroki, Bakugo Katsuki, and Denki Kaminari using their abilities to drive them back.

Chiffon let Hero Class A and the cultivators train against the weaker Poison Cultivators until Foundation Establishment Stage enemies appeared, then protected them with lightning attacks. He left the Golden Core Second Layer Poison Cultivator dead after seizing its Spirit Artifact shield and saber.

• Tenya Iida saved Toru Hagakure, while Fumikage Tokoyami protected Shoto Todoroki and Midoriya Izuku fought the Qi Refining Stage Poison Cultivators.
• When Foundation Establishment Stage Poison Cultivators appeared, Chiffon struck them down with Lightning Arcs and rallied the defenders.
• Chiffon sensed a Golden Core Second Layer Poison Cultivator charging toward the summit and intercepted it before it could threaten the others.
• The Golden Core Stage Poison Cultivator blocked Chiffon's lightning with a Low-grade Spirit Artifact shield and clashed with him using a Spirit Artifact saber.
• Chiffon overwhelmed the Poison Cultivator with lightning, took its shield and saber, then split it in two with Lightning Slash.

Chiffon wiped out the Poison Cultivators on Rock Mountain, and the exhausted students and cultivators regrouped after the battle. He gave White Snow a Spirit Artifact dagger and decided to postpone traveling to the Extreme Origin Continent until he was strong enough to defeat a Late Golden Core expert.

• Chiffon seized and destroyed the Golden Core Stage Poison Cultivator's dark Golden Core, then killed every remaining Poison Cultivator on Rock Mountain.
• The students and cultivators rested after the battle, and Chiffon thanked them before setting Spiritual Sense Marks around the mountain.
• After dinner, White Snow explained that her Quirk could not affect the Poison Cultivators, and Chiffon gave her a Low-grade Spirit Artifact dagger.
• Chiffon considered having an artifact refiner upgrade his Dark Mist Blade when they reached the Extreme Origin Continent.
• Chiffon told Qiao Beiqiao they would delay traveling until he could defeat a Late Golden Core expert.

Chiffon went with Qian Jiangxing to inspect Rock Mountain’s Spirit Stone Mine and provoked its keeper, Senior Shu, by probing the mine with his Spiritual Sense. The chapter ended with Chiffon mocking Senior Shu over the meager Spirit Stones, as Senior Shu prepared to kill him.

• Chiffon told Qiao Beiqiao that securing the Spirit Stone Mine would help them grow stronger, then left White Snow and Qiao Beiqiao behind.
• Chiffon asked Qian Jiangxing to take him to the Spirit Stone Mine, and they reached it in ten minutes.
• Senior Shu gave Qian Jiangxing Rock Mountain’s monthly Spirit Stones and ordered him and Chiffon to leave.
• Chiffon secretly inspected the mine with his Spiritual Sense, angering Senior Shu, who accused him of spying and drew a curved blade.
• Qian Jiangxing offered to surrender the month’s Spirit Stones to save Chiffon, but Chiffon summoned the pouch and mocked the small amount inside.
• Senior Shu resolved to kill Chiffon after Chiffon taunted him about the Spirit Stones.

Chiffon and Qian Jiangxing confronted Senior Shu over the reduced Spirit Stone payments and his lies about the mine’s remaining supply. Chiffon killed Senior Shu and claimed the Spirit Stone Mine.

• Qian Jiangxing questioned Senior Shu about reducing the monthly Spirit Stone payment from fifty to thirty, while Chiffon accused him of lying about the mine’s reserves.
• Chiffon and Qian Jiangxing attacked Senior Shu, and Chiffon’s Thunder God Staff forced the Golden Core Stage cultivator back.
• Chiffon declared that the Spirit Stone Mine belonged to him and struck Senior Shu hard enough to send him crashing into the mountain.
• Senior Shu’s Explosive Talisman failed to harm Chiffon, who pursued the fleeing Senior Shu with his Sky-Breaking Bow.
• Chiffon killed Senior Shu with Invisible Long Arrows, took his Storage Bag, and burned his body to ashes.

Chiffon killed Senior Shu, emptied the Spirit Stone Mine, and shared some of the loot with Qian Jiangxing and Qiao Beiqiao. After the cultivators settled back at Rock Mountain and prepared for attacks, Chiffon cultivated for half a month, reaching late Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer while using up half his spirit stones.

• Chiffon mined every spirit stone from Senior Shu’s mine while Qian Jiangxing guarded the entrance, then gave him five thousand spirit stones and a smaller bag for Rock Mountain’s cultivators.
• Yun Yuxiu entered the empty mine, assumed Senior Shu had fled with the spirit stones, and left to warn the others.
• Chiffon gave Qiao Beiqiao several thousand spirit stones, while Qian Jiangxing distributed twice the usual amount to the cultivators at Rock Mountain.
• Chiffon arranged sentry duty for his classmates and cultivated alongside Qiao Beiqiao as the group guarded against Poison Cultivators.
• After half a month of cultivation, Chiffon had reached late Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer and used up half his spirit stones.

Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao advanced their cultivation, and Chiffon detected a large group gathering at Rock Mountain to seek help over Senior Shu’s missing spirit stones. Chiffon and Qian Jiangxing joined the group as they prepared to travel to another Spirit Stone Mine, while Yun Yuxiu grew suspicious about Lu Dali’s absence.

• Chiffon reached late Foundation Establishment Layer Seven, while Qiao Beiqiao reached the peak of Qi Cultivation Layer Nine and was told to stabilize his cultivation.
• Chiffon detected more than four hundred cultivators approaching Rock Mountain and met their leaders, including Yun Yuxiu, Shen Qian, Shao Zhilong, and Huang Tao.
• Yun Yuxiu explained that the group planned to seek help from a distant Spirit Stone Mine because Senior Shu had disappeared with their spirit stones.
• Chiffon notified Qian Jiangxing, whose cultivation had stabilized at the peak of Foundation Establishment Layer Nine, and brought him and his group down the mountain.
• Yun Yuxiu asked why Lu Dali was absent, and Qian Jiangxing said Lu had not returned since leaving Rock Mountain a month earlier.
• Yun Yuxiu set out with the gathered cultivators, warning them to watch for Poison Cultivators along the way.

Chiffon and more than five hundred cultivators fled a growing Poison Cultivator horde to Zhou Xingbang’s mine, where Zhou Xingbang wiped out their pursuers with a black flag. He agreed to provide spirit stones only if the group handed over its food, leaving them to decide whether to accept his terms.

• Chiffon followed Qian Jiangxing’s group toward Zhou Xingbang’s mine as Poison Cultivators began gathering behind them.
• Yun Yuxiu ordered the cultivators to flee when more than a hundred Poison Cultivators appeared, and the horde pursued them as their numbers grew.
• Yun Yuxiu called for Zhou Xingbang’s help, and Zhou Xingbang used a black flag to kill the hundreds of pursuing Poison Cultivators.
• Yun Yuxiu and Shen Qian told Zhou Xingbang that Shu Yingcai had disappeared with the spirit stones, and Qian Jiangxing asked Zhou to provide stones every two months.
• Zhou Xingbang offered sixty spirit stones to each Rock Mountain in exchange for their food, alarming the cultivators.

Chiffon confronted Zhou Xingbang over his unfair Spirit Stone offer, seized Zhou Xingbang’s Black Cloud Banner, and claimed the Spirit Stone Mine. Zhou Xingbang fled, but Chiffon caught up with him and spoke as he tried to rest.

• Qian Jiangxing protested that Zhou Xingbang’s offer of sixty Spirit Stones for two months was too little, and Zhou Xingbang threatened to send everyone away without food.
• Chiffon offered Zhou Xingbang a boxed meal, then demanded one hundred Spirit Stones for it and fifty more portions.
• Chiffon took Zhou Xingbang’s Black Cloud Banner and defeated his attack with the Dark Mist Blade.
• Chiffon said he intended to take Zhou Xingbang’s Spirit Stone Mine, while the other cultivators refused Zhou Xingbang’s offer to help fight him.
• Zhou Xingbang fled, and Chiffon followed him; after Zhou Xingbang slowed to rest, Chiffon spoke behind him.

Chiffon killed Zhou Xingbang and returned to the Spirit Stone Mine, where Qian Jiangxing had been defending it from Shen Qian, Shao Zhilong, and Huang Tao. Chiffon stopped their attack and killed Huang Tao, leaving the others to face his judgment.

• Chiffon caught Zhou Xingbang, killed him with the Thunder God Staff, and took his Golden Core.
• Qian Jiangxing blocked Shen Qian, Shao Zhilong, Huang Tao, and Yun Yuxiu from entering the mine until Chiffon returned.
• Shen Qian, Shao Zhilong, and Huang Tao attacked Qian Jiangxing, but he held them off until Chiffon blocked their next assault.
• Shao Zhilong, Shen Qian, and Huang Tao claimed they would follow Chiffon, but Chiffon rejected their offer because they had injured Qian Jiangxing.
• Chiffon said he would uphold justice on Heaven's behalf and crushed Huang Tao with a primordial energy hand seal.

Chiffon killed Huang Tao, Shen Qian, and Shao Zhilong, then emptied their Spirit Stone Mine and distributed spirit stones to new team leaders and allies. He returned to Rock Mountain, gave Qian Jiangxing and Qiao Beiqiao spirit stones, and sent Qian Jiangxing into seclusion to prepare for forming a Golden Core.

• Chiffon killed Huang Tao with one palm, then shot down the fleeing Shen Qian and Shao Zhilong with the Sky-Breaking Bow.
• Chiffon collected the men's Storage Bags and gathered more than 130,000 spirit stones from the mine.
• Chiffon appointed Mao Shanhong, Xiang Zaiwang, and Lu Liang to lead teams and gave each leader and Yun Yuxiu 5,000 spirit stones.
• Chiffon flew Qian Jiangxing back to Rock Mountain, gave him 10,000 spirit stones, and told him to consolidate his cultivation before attempting to form a Golden Core.
• Chiffon gave Qiao Beiqiao 10,000 spirit stones after returning to his house.

Chiffon hosted a rainy-day gathering for his classmates after reaching the early ninth level of Foundation Establishment, reflecting on their time together and his plans to reach the Golden Core Stage. Tenya Iida followed with a speech encouraging everyone to keep working toward becoming heroes.

• Chiffon promised to help Qiao Beiqiao withstand the Lightning Tribulation once his cultivation rose, and the Rock Mountain cultivators returned with ten spirit stones each from Qian Jiangxing.
• After twenty days of cultivation and using more than thirty thousand spirit stones, Chiffon reached the early ninth level of Foundation Establishment and decided to wait until the Golden Core Stage before visiting the Extreme Origin Continent.
• Chiffon's classmates prepared a gathering in the new glass-roofed fifth floor, and Tenya Iida brought Mineta Minoru upstairs after catching him stealing food.
• Chiffon toasted his classmates, recalled their experiences together, and said he was glad to have met them in this world.
• Tenya Iida gave a speech about their bonds and encouraged the class to work hard to become heroes, earning applause from everyone.