Recaps

As Great Xia debated how to allocate the limited Land of Dawn, Cao Fengqi considered ways to grow stronger and learned that the capital had halted his level 9 artillery-shell research. Xu Zhenjiang then announced Tianbei Base City's stance: families seeking refuge in the Land of Dawn must guard its coast and dangerous borders, while the remaining land would be used for farming and livestock.

• Generals discussed whether ordinary people and their families should be allowed into the Land of Dawn, while General Chen warned that many factions had a say in its allocation.
• Cao Fengqi weighed improving his battle pets, exploring other factions' territories in the Fate Witch Grand Church, and investigating the Radiant Mystic Gold vein and its Aberrant Claw Demons.
• Xu Fenghua told Cao Fengqi that the capital had found a level 9 Cloud-Hunting Stone deposit and suspended research on Perfect-grade level 9 artillery shells.
• Xu Fenghua explained that the capital also lacked enough Smelter-level Artifact Refiners to forge the shells, and Cao Fengqi said he was unconcerned.
• Xu Zhenjiang announced Tianbei Base City's stance: those whose families entered the Land of Dawn must guard its coast and dangerous borders, while the rest of the land would be used for farming and livestock.

After assessing Tianbei Base City's political and military situation, Cao Fengqi resolved to grow stronger and went to hunt Aberrant Claw Demons in the Radiant Mystic Gold mine. He discovered a group with seven level 9 demons and no level 10 ones, then ordered his battle pets to attack.

• Xu Zhenjiang gained the other generals' support for Tianbei Base City's position, while Cao Fengqi listened without offering an opinion.
• Cao Fengqi examined the generals' strength, judged that he still needed to grow stronger, and planned to improve his battle pets and Sequence level.
• Cao Fengqi returned to the Radiant Mystic Gold mine and found that more than six hundred tons of level 8 metal had been mined.
• Cao Fengqi used the Dream-Eyed Butterfly's Nightmare Domain to locate forty-five level 8 and seven level 9 Aberrant Claw Demons, with no level 10 demons among them.
• Cao Fengqi mounted the Abyssal Bone Warhorse and ordered his battle pets to attack quickly and quietly.

Cao Fengqi’s battle pets overwhelmed the Aberrant Claw Demons guarding the Radiant Mystic Gold mine, prompting two level 10 demons to attack. He ordered his forces into the air and surveyed the enemy from a safe distance, confident that he could take control of the vein.

• Cao Fengqi used the Dream-Eyed Butterfly’s Nightmare Domain while 26 Blade Angels attacked and swiftly defeated seven level 9 Aberrant Claw Demons.
• A level 10 Aberrant Claw Demon launched a massive claw attack, but the level 10 Fangelanya Demon pierced it with a golden shockwave and the Blade Angels dodged the rest.
• Cao Fengqi extended the Nightmare Domain and discovered two level 10 Aberrant Claw Demons, backed by thirteen level 9 demons and dozens of level 8 demons.
• Cao Fengqi ordered the Blade Angels to finish off the remaining enemies and then fly up, while he recalled his nonflying battle pets.
• The two level 10 Aberrant Claw Demons joined their attacks into a claw over a kilometer wide, but the Gray-Feathered Moth and the others evaded it by climbing higher.
• Cao Fengqi surveyed the enemy force from above and believed he would soon claim the Radiant Mystic Gold vein for the Cao family.

Cao Fengqi returned to his territory and discovered that the Profound Heaven Gang had entered it, so he sent his level 9 battle pets to confront them. He left the seven intruders dead and considered their belongings a lucky haul.

• Cao Fengqi returned to his mine with the souls and corpses of the Aberrant Claw Demons he had killed.
• Wu Kuang led six Profound Heaven Gang members into the far-left area of the Fate Witch Grand Church to claim territory and seek treasures.
• Cao Fengqi detected the intruders and approached them with the Dream-Eyed Butterfly, Xiaotian Dog, and Ghost Mole Cricket.
• Cao Fengqi warned the gang to leave, but Wu Kuang refused and his group attacked.
• Xiaotian Dog overcame the gang's attacks and killed all seven members, leaving Cao Fengqi pleased with his unexpected haul.

Cao Fengqi explored the Fate Witch Grand Church, killed a group of Japanese Transcendents, and gathered valuable equipment and resources. After finding Three-Eyed Crows and Bloody Scarecrows ahead, he sent his level 9 battle pets to wipe them out and continued collecting resources.

• Cao Fengqi reviewed his haul, including a level 9 giant axe, then chose to explore the faction’s territory to his right rather than head for the center.
• Cao Fengqi flew over the faction’s traps and discovered eight Japanese Third Sequence experts; he ordered his Blade Angels to kill them all.
• Cao Fengqi collected the group’s equipment and claimed a Perfect-grade level 9 Flame Dragon Wind Sword.
• Cao Fengqi advanced with his level 9 battle pets and scanned the area, finding Three-Eyed Crows, Bloody Scarecrows, and numerous resources.
• Cao Fengqi ordered his battle pets to attack, and they defeated the evil beasts in less than thirty seconds.

Cao Fengqi’s battle pets swept through several territories in the Fate Witch Grand Church, gathering valuable resources and new recruits. He passed the Spark Guild’s territory and ignored the Battle Heaven Guild’s warning as he continued toward the center.

• Cao Fengqi’s battle pets defeated groups of Blade Angels, Three-Eyed Crows, and Bloody Scarecrows, and he collected their resources.
• Cao Fengqi avoided exploring beyond the Divine Witch Altar and changed direction to clear territories on the right.
• Cao Fengqi’s scan found a level 10 resource and a Transcendent Sequence Rune, so he ordered his pets to attack and cleared the area.
• Cao Fengqi led his pets through another Blade Angel territory and collected the spoils after defeating them.
• Cao Fengqi skirted the Spark Guild’s territory, encountered the Battle Heaven Guild’s warning, and calmly passed it.

Cao Fengqi encountered ten members of the Battle Heaven Guild, including five Fourth Sequence experts, as he continued through the Fate Witch Grand Church. After Yu Qinghe divined his strength, the guild members yielded their territory, stunned to learn he had swept through the area to their left and planned to clear the area to their right.

• Cao Fengqi detected ten level-nine resources and two level-ten resources ahead, then covered the Battle Heaven Guild group with the Dream-Eyed Butterfly's Nightmare Domain.
• Five Battle Heaven Guild members sensed the domain and prepared for battle while their leader asked Yu Qinghe to perform a divination.
• Cao Fengqi recalled his Blade Angels to avoid suspicion over forbidden arts and approached the group with his monsters.
• Yu Qinghe divined Cao Fengqi's strength and urged the Battle Heaven Guild members to yield their territory.
• Cao Fengqi said he had swept through the territory to their left and would soon sweep through the area to their right, leaving the group shocked and wondering who he was.

Cao Fengqi cleared both waves of Blade Angels, astonishing the Battle Heaven Guild with his strength. After he admitted he was associated with the authorities, he continued toward the Fate Witch Grand Church’s remaining areas to gather resources before the migration.

• Cao Fengqi scanned the area, found ten level 9 Blade Angels in the first wave, and went to fight them.
• Yu Qinghe told the Battle Heaven Guild that her calculation showed they would have no chance of surviving a fight with Cao Fengqi, whose battle pets were at least level 9.
• The Battle Heaven Guild heard the fighting stop and suspected Cao Fengqi had defeated all thirty Blade Angels in less than three minutes.
• Cao Fengqi returned and told the group he had cleared both waves without exploring farther.
• Liang Fenglong asked whether Cao Fengqi worked with the authorities, and Cao Fengqi confirmed that he did.
• Cao Fengqi headed deeper into the Fate Witch Grand Church, planning to gather resources to strengthen his battle pets before the migration.

Cao Fengqi entered the Fate Witch Grand Church and found the Hundred Family Generals staking out territory near the Blade Angels. After they attacked him with a curse, he shrugged it off and prepared to retaliate.

• Cao Fengqi crossed the Divine Witch Altar without encountering anyone or any evil beasts, then followed a gilded battle flag deeper into the territory.
• Cao Fengqi's scan detected eleven people and a special resource ahead, and he approached cautiously after realizing they were preparing to fight the second wave of Blade Angels.
• The Hundred Family Generals sensed Cao Fengqi trespassing and readied their arrow tower, a powerful weapon they used to kill Blade Angels.
• The blood-eye witch staff wielder used a curse to attack Cao Fengqi, but Defense Transfer passed its damage to Fangelanya Demon, leaving Cao Fengqi unharmed.
• Cao Fengqi told the Hundred Family Generals he would return their hostile welcome.

Cao Fengqi led his beasts in an assault on the Hundred Family Generals, whose powerful defenses and counterattacks failed to stop the level-ten Fangelanya Demon. As the battle turned against them, an invisible Ruin Pilferer appeared beside Cao Fengqi and stabbed him through the heart with a move that ignored defenses.

• Cao Fengqi ordered his beasts to attack, and the Gray-Feathered Moths fused while his other creatures charged the Hundred Family Generals.
• The Hundred Family Generals detected the approaching beasts, but the Dream-Eyed Butterfly's Nightmare Domain disrupted their senses until the deputy leader's spell shattered it.
• The Gray-Feathered Moth spread its Golden Feather World, and the Hundred Family Generals' shield bearer raised a territory-sealing barrier to block the feathers.
• Cao Fengqi sent the level-ten Fangelanya Demon to seize the arrow tower; it broke Wu Hao's blood-soul threads and hurled its horns into the tower, knocking it over.
• The Fangelanya Demon endured the arrow tower's barrage, leaving the Hundred Family Generals shaken as Cao Fengqi watched from his wheelchair.
• An invisible middle-aged man appeared beside Cao Fengqi and stabbed him in the heart with Myriad Ruins Life Reaping, claiming the move ignored all defenses.

Cao Fengqi survived Zhou Xuanji’s heart-piercing attack and killed him, then fought off the Hundred Family Generals as they tried to escape with their arrow tower. The remaining nine used spatial escape scrolls to vanish, leaving Cao Fengqi to continue clearing Blade Angels.

• Cao Fengqi revealed that Defense Transfer had diverted Zhou Xuanji’s fatal wound to the Bloody Scarecrow, then killed Zhou with blades from his Dimensional Cloak.
• The Hundred Family Generals’ deputy leader ordered his group to flee and used a black chain and a level-ten scroll to hold back the Fangelanya Demon.
• Cao Fengqi summoned the Fangelanya Demon away from the scroll’s waves, while the Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu killed Bingxing.
• The deputy leader put away the arrow tower, and the remaining nine Hundred Family Generals escaped with spatial scrolls.
• Cao Fengqi noted the group’s equipment and the corpses of two Fourth Sequence experts, then ordered his pets to keep clearing Blade Angels.

Cao Fengqi looted the Hundred Family Generals’ fallen teammates and swept through the remaining factions in the Fate Witch Grand Church, gathering a massive haul of equipment and evil beast corpses. The Battle Heaven Guild and the Hundred Family Generals met and discussed the authorities’ strength while Cao Fengqi planned how to upgrade and fuse his battle pets.

• Cao Fengqi found level 9 weapons, protective gear, and Escape Talismans among the two corpses’ belongings, then headed toward the Blade Angels’ territory.
• Deputy Leader Qian and the surviving members of the Hundred Family Generals encountered Liang Fenglong and the Battle Heaven Guild after fleeing Cao Fengqi.
• Liang Fenglong told Deputy Leader Qian that Cao Fengqi worked with the authorities and that the Battle Heaven Guild had stopped exploring after Qinghe’s divination warned them of a terrifying presence beyond the Divine Witch Altar.
• Deputy Leader Qian invited Liang Fenglong to meet and build ties ahead of the factions’ gathering at the Fifth Land of Shelter, and Liang Fenglong agreed.
• Cao Fengqi cleared the remaining occupied territories to the right, collecting over a thousand evil beasts and 130 level 9 Blade Angel corpses.
• Cao Fengqi planned to use the corpses to raise several battle pets to level 9 and fuse some into level 10 pets.

Cao Fengqi used the souls and materials he had gathered to advance his Artifact Refiner Sequence to Weapon Master, greatly increasing his attributes and crafting abilities. With his battle pets still growing stronger and migration only hours away, he rested, more confident about the move and the Fifth Land of Shelter.

• Cao Fengqi sent the captured corpses to the Insect Nest Ten Thousand Gu Pool so his battle pets could fuse and grow stronger.
• He absorbed souls until his Artifact Refiner Sequence advanced to Weapon Master and gained the associated forging knowledge.
• Cao Fengqi checked his updated attributes and noted that he could now forge level 10 weapons, though he lacked enough high-level metal and Emberfire for stronger gear.
• He rested while his battle pets continued improving, anticipating the coming migration and the Fifth Land of Shelter.

Cao Fengqi prepared to leave with his family and welcomed Wang Zhiyan’s family into their shelter to live with them. As the migration from Tianbei Base City began, Cao Fengqi and his companions traveled together and relaxed aboard his shelter.

• Cao Fengqi learned that the migration of around 50 million people would proceed in groups, and he prepared his shelter for the journey.
• Liu Xiuxiu welcomed Wang Zhiyan and her family to live in the Cao Family’s shelter, and Cao Fengqi showed Wang Zhiyan and Wang Zhixue their rooms.
• Cao Jiancheng told Cao Fengqi that the shelters had to maintain a speed of 70 kilometers per hour, and Cao Fengqi started the shelter’s propulsion system.
• Cao Fengqi invited Xiao Youxiu, Zhao Chentian, Zhang Mo, and their companions onto his shelter to share food and drinks as the procession moved forward.

Cao Fengqi reached the edge of the Fifth Land of Shelter with his family and learned that the Land of Dawn could not accommodate everyone from Great Xia. After consulting with Spark Guild leaders about the coming decisions and external threats, he returned to check on his battle pets, which were nearing the end of their improvement.

• Cao Fengqi told his family that the Land of Dawn was too small for everyone and that Tianbei generals proposed having residents guard the borders while others farmed.
• Cao Fengqi received notice that Great Xia's leaders would meet in two days to discuss the Land of Dawn.
• Xia Yang invited Cao Fengqi to a Spark Guild leaders' meeting, where Cao Fengqi shared Tianbei's position and warned that Tianzhu Country was also heading toward the Land of Dawn.
• Cao Fengqi discussed the worsening situation and other shelter factions with Spark's leaders before returning home.
• Cao Fengqi checked the battle pets improving in the Insect Nest Ten Thousand Gu Pool and expected them to finish in about ten hours.

Cao Fengqi’s battle pets finished advancing, giving him five new level 10 pets and bringing his total to six. After discussing a meeting with Wang Zhiyan’s senior sister, he traveled to the Radiant Mystic Gold vein to eliminate its Aberrant Claw Demons and claim it.

• Cao Fengqi inspected the level 10 Gray-Feathered Moth and four Blade Angels, noting their new skills and powerful stats.
• Cao Fengqi counted six level 10 battle pets and saw that many of his other pets had reached level 9 or higher.
• Wang Zhiyan asked Cao Fengqi to meet her senior sister, a Great Xia major general, and he agreed.
• After breakfast, Cao Fengqi entered the Lost Land with the Gray-Feathered Moth and four level 10 Blade Angels.
• Cao Fengqi used the teleportation array to reach the Radiant Mystic Gold vein and declared that he would claim it for the Cao family.

Cao Fengqi led his battle pets to the radiant mystic gold vein and launched an attack on the Aberrant Claw Demons guarding it. His forces killed the two level 10 demons and overwhelmed the lower-level beasts, leaving Cao Fengqi to collect the spoils.

• Cao Fengqi's scan revealed two level 10 resources and two level 9 resources in the vein.
• The Gray-Feathered Moth intercepted an Aberrant Claw Demon's giant claw with its Shattered Feather Meteoric Blast.
• Cao Fengqi ordered his battle pets to attack, and the Blade Angels and other level 10 pets overwhelmed the two Aberrant Claw Demons.
• Cao Fengqi watched as his level 9 pets slaughtered the nearby level 8 and level 9 Aberrant Claw Demons.
• The two level 10 Aberrant Claw Demons died after five minutes, and Cao Fengqi rode toward them to claim the rewards.

Cao Fengqi mined a level 10 Beast Token and Radiant Mystic Gold Heart, along with two pieces of level 9 metal, then returned to prepare more battle pet upgrades. The next morning, he boarded the Thundercloud Flying Boat to attend a meeting with Great Xia’s generals and powerhouses.

• Cao Fengqi discovered a level 10 Beast Token that let battle pets recover faster, attack through its gate, and shield him from attacks.
• Cao Fengqi sent his battle pets to mine level 10 Radiant Mystic Gold Heart and two pieces of level 9 Radiant Mystic Gold Marrow.
• Cao Fengqi planned to upgrade five more battle pets and stored the mined resources in the Insect Nest Ten Thousand Gu Pool.
• Cao Fengqi confirmed the meeting time with Sister Fenghua and spent the evening at the Cao Family shelter.
• The next morning, Cao Fengqi traveled by official vehicle to the Thundercloud Flying Boat, where Great Xia’s generals were waiting to depart.

Cao Fengqi traveled with Tianbei’s generals to the Fifth Land of Shelter, where he marveled at Great Xia’s gathered Fourth Sequence experts and powerful treasures. After trading taunts with Xu Zhenjiang and agreeing to spar after the meeting, he arrived at the shelter with the others.

• Xu Zhenjiang, General Chen, General Song, and Tianbei’s generals flew toward the Fifth Land of Shelter aboard the Thundercloud Flying Boat.
• Xu Fenghua warned Cao Fengqi to behave himself in the Land of Dawn, but he mocked her warning and challenged Xu Zhenjiang to a spar.
• Xu Zhenjiang accepted Cao Fengqi’s challenge, while the other generals assumed the young man was boasting.
• Cao Fengqi surveyed the gathered flying vehicles, treasures, and luxurious cars, marveling at Great Xia’s resources.
• General Song told everyone to jump from the hovering Thundercloud Flying Boat, and the Fourth Sequence experts landed safely.
• General Zhang welcomed Xu Zhenjiang, General Song, General Chen, and the Tianbei generals, then led them toward the Transcendent Shelter.

Cao Fengqi attended Great Xia’s highest decision-making council meeting and assessed the strength of its generals. The council began debating four proposals for settling and defending the Land of Dawn, but the meeting paused on questions about threats from the ocean and the prophet’s warning that the land was a trap.

• Cao Fengqi inspected the assembled generals and found only two with combat power comparable to level 10, one from the Capital and one from the Demon Capital.
• Great Xia’s generals took their seats as five generals from the Capital and Demon Capital prepared to preside over the council meeting.
• General Sun presented four proposals for allocating the Land of Dawn, ranging from reserving it for cultivation to granting space to the top 5,000 experts.
• A general asked the Fifth Land of Shelter’s representatives about ocean dangers and whether evil creatures might attack the Land of Dawn from multiple directions during the eternal night.

The generals agreed on a plan to let Fourth Sequence experts live in the Land of Dawn while taking turns defending military bases, with fifty experts assigned to guard the coast. Cao Fengqi decided he wanted a coastal post, but learned the limited spots would likely be awarded by strength.

• General Zhang described how oceanic evil beasts were growing stronger, and General Sun proposed teleportation arrays and a residential district for coastal guardians and their families.
• The generals rejected concentrating Great Xia's strongest experts in the Land of Dawn and agreed that Fourth Sequence experts could live there while sharing defense duties.
• General Feng proposed giving fifty coastal guards ten thousand square meters of land each, while other Fourth Sequence experts would receive two thousand square meters and rotate through military bases.
• Cao Fengqi said he wanted to guard the coast, while Xu Zhenjiang told him he would need to work at the planned Transcendent Arsenal.
• General Song explained that competition for the fifty coastal posts would be fierce and likely decided by strength, which made Cao Fengqi smile.

Cao Fengqi claimed a coastal Stronghold, confidently hinting that his recent profession change gave him a powerful advantage. Lieutenant General Guan Tianlong chose to challenge him, believing the eighteen-year-old Artifact Refiner was an easy target.

• The leaders announced that generals could claim one of 50 coastal Strongholds, with disputes settled through sparring.
• Cao Fengqi placed his medal on a Stronghold, and Xu Zhenjiang and General Chen claimed the same position beside him.
• Xu Fenghua questioned Cao Fengqi's ability to defend the Stronghold, but he said he had changed professions and remained confident.
• Seventeen generals claimed positions, and the first 50 Strongholds were quickly occupied, leaving challenges necessary.
• After reviewing the contenders, Guan Tianlong selected Cao Fengqi as his challenge target, believing he could easily defeat the young lieutenant general.

Cao Fengqi prepared to spar against Guan Tianlong, a combat-focused lieutenant general who underestimated the young artifact refiner. The chapter ended with Guan Tianlong offering to let Cao strike first, while Xu Zhenjiang anticipated his humiliation.

• General Song warned Cao Fengqi that Guan Tianlong was a powerful mystic-type gunner, but Cao declared he would defeat him in one move.
• General Feng opened the floating mystic island arena and explained the sparring rules to the assembled generals.
• Lieutenant General Gu defeated Lieutenant General Liang in a duel of fire and wind magic, and other generals followed with matches.
• Cao Fengqi took his turn in the arena, drawing attention as Great Xia's youngest lieutenant general and an artifact refiner.
• Guan Tianlong entered with his spear, dismissed Cao Fengqi's combat ability, and offered to let him strike first.

Cao Fengqi defeated Guan Tianlong in one move with spiritual attacks from five level-nine Mirage Rats, then declared that he had used less than a tenth of his strength. The generals realized Cao Fengqi was both an Artifact Refiner and a Beast Shepherd, and that his Beast Shepherd profession may have reached the Fourth Sequence, leaving Xu Zhenjiang facing a formidable rival.

• Cao Fengqi opened a gray door above the arena and unleashed the spiritual attacks of five level-nine Mirage Rats on Guan Tianlong.
• The attacks broke through Guan Tianlong's defenses and put him into Mirage Sleep, allowing Cao Fengqi to throw him out of the arena.
• General Feng checked Guan Tianlong and said he had suffered a powerful spiritual attack but was not seriously injured.
• The generals praised Cao Fengqi and wondered what battle pets or power he had used.
• General Song concluded that Cao Fengqi had level-nine battle pets and a Beast Shepherd profession that had likely reached the Fourth Sequence.
• Xu Zhenjiang realized Cao Fengqi had two Fourth Sequence professions and cursed at the thought that he had met his match.

Cao Fengqi revealed that he had reached the Beast Shepherd Sequence’s Fourth Sequence and secured a coastal defense post after defeating Lieutenant General Guan Tianlong in one move. The Great Xia generals then discussed how to assign residences and organize an Edge Guard Army, while more meetings and a major competition lay ahead.

• Xu Fenghua asked Cao Fengqi about his Beast Shepherd Sequence, and he said he had reached the Fourth Sequence before becoming an Artifact Refiner and had raised his level-nine battle pet himself.
• Xu Zhenjiang and the other generals realized Cao Fengqi’s strength was formidable, while Guan Tianlong woke up humiliated by his defeat.
• General Feng finalized the fifty coastal defense assignments and announced that challengers could contest a post on the first day of each month.
• The generals debated how to place civilians and factions and proposed forming an Edge Guard Army to protect the settlement and prepare for arrivals from Tianzhu Country.
• Cao Fengqi sat through the daylong meeting as the generals planned further meetings and a major competition to assess Great Xia’s powerhouses.