Recaps

Cao Fengqi looted a Heavy Crossbow Platform and other spoils after defeating the Corpse People, then used their corpses to strengthen his battle pets. By the next day, five pets had reached level 11, bringing his total to six, while the Gray-Feathered Moth was still improving.

• Cao Fengqi inspected the Heavy Crossbow Platform and considered its destructive power, drawbacks, and enormous metal cost.
• He returned from the Lost Land and found five battle pets absorbing the corpses of level 11 Corpse People in the Insect Nest Ten Thousand Gu Pool.
• Cao Fengqi added a level 11 evil beast corpse to the pool so the Gray-Feathered Moth could become another level 11 battle pet.
• The next day, Cao Fengqi saw that the Dream-Eyed Butterfly, Three-Eyed Crow, Bloody Scarecrow, Blade Angel, and Xiaotian Dog had reached the Fifth Sequence.
• Cao Fengqi confirmed he now had six level 11 battle pets, while the Gray-Feathered Moth needed eight more hours to reach level 11.

After strengthening his battle pets, Cao Fengqi cleared a Corpse People tribe and collected corpses and Divine Blood Potions. He found no underground passages in the eastern district, then entered the northern district and detected a level 10 resource.

• Cao Fengqi reviewed his battle pets' new Fifth Sequence skills and received a Death Substitution Straw Man from the Bloody Scarecrow.
• Cao Fengqi entered the underground world and found a Corpse People tribe, defeating its four level 11 leaders and gathering their spoils.
• Cao Fengqi counted 102 Divine Blood Potions and enough level 10 Corpse Person corpses to advance his Artifact Refiner and Beast Shepherd Sequences.
• Cao Fengqi went to the eastern district, searched more than ten kilometers underground, and found no passages or treasures.
• Cao Fengqi entered the northern district, where his scan detected a level 10 resource and surprised him.

Cao Fengqi explored the northern district of the Mechanical Empire’s imperial capital, hunted Corpse People, and found valuable resources, including a level 10 Ice-Crack Cloud Metal deposit. He began mining and refining the metal, estimating that he could process about 15 tons in ten hours.

• Cao Fengqi found a huge level 10 Ice-Crack Cloud Metal deposit but decided to explore the northern district before mining it.
• Cao Fengqi followed the scan results and hunted evil beasts, collecting Corpse Person corpses and Divine Blood Potions.
• Cao Fengqi found and stored a level 10 Arrow Tower, then avoided a Corpse Person tribe beneath the imperial palace.
• Cao Fengqi returned to the Ice-Crack Cloud Metal deposit and had his battle pets begin mining it.
• Cao Fengqi used Transcendent Emberfire and the Golden Lotus Mysterious Flame to refine a chunk of ore, producing 541 jin of metal in ten minutes.

Cao Fengqi advanced his Artifact Refiner Sequence to Artifact Controller and his Beast Shepherd Sequence to Beast Realm Envoy, gaining mind-based weapon control and a Beast Realm Space. He ended the chapter pleased with his new abilities and greatly increased attributes.

• Cao Fengqi returned to the Cao Family's shelter and absorbed level 10 souls to advance his Artifact Refiner Sequence.
• Cao Fengqi became an Artifact Controller and gained Mind Artifact Control, which let him mentally direct up to nine blades or arrows.
• Cao Fengqi used the Skill Proficiency Cheat to max out Mind Artifact Control and considered forging throwing knives from his level 11 metal.
• Cao Fengqi absorbed more level 10 souls and advanced his Beast Shepherd Sequence to Beast Realm Envoy.
• Cao Fengqi learned that he could establish a Beast Realm Space in a real-world region and recall his battle pets into it to protect them from danger.

After reaching the Fifth Sequence, Cao Fengqi opened a Beast Realm Space and spent a week refining metal while his battle pets advanced. Eternal night then fell outside the Land of Dawn, and as his companions described the dangers beyond, the Supplies Cheat detected supplies speeding toward them over the sea.

• Cao Fengqi admired his increased attributes and the new racial skills of his level 11 Gray-Feathered Moth.
• Cao Fengqi opened a Beast Realm Space so he could protect his battle pets from danger.
• Cao Fengqi spent the following days refining level 10 metal while his battle pets grew stronger.
• Xiao Youxiu, Xiao Youya, and Feng Qinglan told Cao Fengqi that eternal night had fallen outside the Land of Dawn and that evil spirits and beasts had appeared.
• The Supplies Cheat detected six level 9 items and one level 10 item approaching quickly across the sea.

Cao Fengqi caught Sharma, a Tianzhu infiltrator scouting the Land of Dawn, and confiscated his powerful equipment. After crippling Sharma and arranging for his soul to be searched, Cao Fengqi flew off to capture Sharma’s accomplices.

• Sharma flew toward the Land of Dawn and reported to Prophet Gupta that he had spotted Great Xia residents and wanted to capture them for information.
• Cao Fengqi used his Supplies Cheat to detect Sharma, drag him onto the beach, and seize his communicator and equipment.
• Cao Fengqi gave Sharma’s equipment to Xiao Youya and the others, then used Golden Lotus Mysterious Flame to destroy Sharma’s limbs.
• Cao Fengqi said a Soul Listener would search Sharma’s soul and flew over the ocean to capture his accomplices.
• Feng Qinglan told the dazed Sharma that he had just encountered Great Xia’s strongest expert.

Cao Fengqi ambushed and captured six Tianzhu Country experts plotting to attack Great Xia, then took their flying vessel toward Xu Fenghua’s shelter. The captured experts faced soul-searching while Cao Fengqi planned to make use of their equipment and prepare Divine Blood Potions.

• Prophet Gupta and the Tianzhu group discussed suppressing Great Xia through a surprise attack, hoping Sharma would bring them good news.
• Cao Fengqi appeared behind the group under cover of his Nightmare Domain and attacked them with the Golden Lotus Mysterious Flame.
• Cao Fengqi disabled all six Tianzhu experts, while their Arcane Tower’s shield missed them because their senses had been disrupted.
• Cao Fengqi told Xu Fenghua that he had captured the experts, and she asked him to bring them to her family’s shelter for soul-searching.
• Cao Fengqi flew the captured group toward the Land of Dawn aboard their level-ten vessel and considered their equipment, his new battle pet slots, and the Divine Blood Potions.

Cao Fengqi learned that Tianzhu Country planned to assassinate Great Xia’s experts before its transcendents arrived, and Xu Fenghua warned him that more agents remained at large. After sharing information about Tianzhu’s powerful skeleton mage Roy, Cao Fengqi offered Xu Fenghua several level 10 defenses, and they set off for the Witch Sea to inspect them.

• Cao Fengqi reported the captured Tianzhu Country agents’ plans, and Great Xia’s generals took them away for soul searching.
• Xu Fenghua told Cao Fengqi that Tianzhu Country’s leader Roy was a powerful skeleton mage and that two other teams were still gathering intelligence in Great Xia.
• Xu Fenghua warned Cao Fengqi that he could be targeted for assassination and that Tianzhu Country might enlist smaller nations against Great Xia.
• Cao Fengqi offered Xu Fenghua a level 10 arrow building, a heavy crossbow platform, and another arrow tower.
• Xu Fenghua eagerly agreed to inspect the defenses, and she and Cao Fengqi headed for the Witch Sea.

Cao Fengqi gave Xu Fenghua powerful arrow towers and heavy crossbow platforms, while Tianzhu Country's leaders planned to assassinate Great Xia's strongest, Cao Fengqi. The chapter ended with Lord Roy agreeing to provide a treasure for the assassination.

• Cao Fengqi offered Xu Fenghua the arrow towers and heavy crossbow platforms for free, and she accepted after teasingly giving him several kisses.
• Cao Fengqi continued refining Ice-Crack Cloud Metal, helping his battle pets grow stronger.
• Tianzhu Country's leaders learned that Sharma's team had disappeared in the Land of Dawn and feared Great Xia might have discovered their plans.
• The leaders discussed Cao Fengqi's immense power and chose to target him to deter Great Xia.
• Lord Roy approved Prophet Ravi's assassination plan and promised to provide a treasure to help kill Cao Fengqi.

Twenty-one Tianzhu Country powerhouses launched a surprise attack on Cao Fengqi, confident that their treasures and escape formation would ensure success. Cao Fengqi detected them and prepared to turn their assassination attempt into a chance to seize their treasures, while the attackers noticed an energy field around them.

• Tianzhu Country’s team activated the Grand Rebirth Formation and set out under Nayak’s command to kill Cao Fengqi.
• The Vicious-Spined Witch Fish spotted the team near the Land of Dawn and relayed a warning to the coast.
• The warning woke Cao Fengqi, who sensed the approaching powerhouses and their treasures with his Nightmare Domain.
• Cao Fengqi suspected the group had come to assassinate him and looked forward to taking their treasures.
• A mystic-type mage noticed his Array-Breaking Jade glowing as the team approached the coast, but an elderly man assured him that Great Xia’s scouting methods could not detect them.

Cao Fengqi intercepted twenty Tianzhu Country experts at sea and was caught in Nayak’s Black Hole Life Token after the group’s concealment failed. Nayak prepared to kill him inside the token’s sealed space, unaware that Cao Fengqi had not yet summoned his battle pets.

• Cao Fengqi detected the approaching Tianzhu Country experts and flew out over the ocean to keep the fight away from his family and companions.
• The Vicious-Spined Witch Fish’s Abyssal Current Calamity Array struck the hidden group, and Cao Fengqi appeared before them.
• Nayak used a Black Hole Life Token to swallow Cao Fengqi, leaving the other nineteen experts convinced their plan had succeeded.
• Inside the token’s space, Nayak transformed and unleashed the level 12 Demon-Impeaching Shadow Flame that Lord Roy had lent him.

Cao Fengqi dominated Nayak inside the Black Hole Space, took his treasures, and killed him before escaping. He then sent his summons against the nineteen Tianzhu Country experts, who were killed and transported by their Rebirth Jade Pendants to a Grand Rebirth Formation.

• Cao Fengqi used Dream-Pupil Domination twice to overcome Nayak’s spiritual defenses and make him obey.
• Nayak surrendered his treasures, including a Rebirth Jade Pendant and the level 12 Black Hole Life Token that had trapped Cao Fengqi.
• Cao Fengqi killed Nayak with Golden Lotus Mysterious Flame and emerged above the sea.
• Cao Fengqi fled at high speed while five Blade Angels and two Three-Eyed Crows attacked the nineteen Tianzhu Country experts.
• The experts were killed and appeared one after another at the Grand Rebirth Formation inside a Transcendent Shelter.

Cao Fengqi wiped out Tianzhu Country’s assault team, then used his Nightmare Domain to intercept their Transcendent Shelter as they fled. Rama realized Cao Fengqi could fly and had likely entered the Fifth Sequence.

• Cao Fengqi’s battle pets killed the Tianzhu Country powerhouses in an instant, and the survivors reappeared inside the Transcendent Shelter without Nayak.
• The survivors told Rama that Cao Fengqi had ambushed them at sea with battle pets they believed were above level ten.
• Rama set the Transcendent Shelter toward their base so they could report to Leader Roy and reassess Great Xia’s strength.
• Cao Fengqi found the shelter by tracking its spawn point, while his Nightmare Domain confused the passengers’ sense of direction and led them back toward him.
• Cao Fengqi appeared in front of the shelter, and Rama recognized that his midair flight meant he had reached the Fifth Sequence.

Cao Fengqi defeated the powerhouses of Tianzhu Country, took their treasures, and returned to the Land of Dawn. The next day, Leader Roy and the surviving leaders of Tianzhu Country realized the assassination party had been wiped out and decided they needed to reassess Great Xia.

• Cao Fengqi broke through the Transcendent Shelter’s barrier, used Illusion World to disorient the Tianzhu Country powerhouses, and killed them with the Golden Lotus Mysterious Flame.
• Cao Fengqi found the Grand Rebirth Formation and collected Rebirth Jade Pendants, the Demon-Impeaching Shadow Flame, and other treasures.
• Cao Fengqi returned to the Land of Dawn and decided to wait for Tianzhu Country’s remaining transcendent beings rather than search for them.
• The next morning, Tianzhu Country’s leaders discussed Rama, Nayak, and the others’ failure to return and feared they had been wiped out.
• Leader Roy concluded that Great Xia might possess a special treasure and said Tianzhu Country needed to reassess its strength.

Tianzhu Country's leaders abandoned plans for a full-scale war and decided to negotiate with Great Xia over the Land of Dawn, while Cao Fengqi upgraded his Transcendent Shelter. After learning Tianzhu Country would arrive in five days, Cao Fengqi declined to join Great Xia's meeting and planned to eliminate their leaders when they came.

• Leader Roy rejected a full-scale war and proposed demanding sixty percent of the Land of Dawn through negotiations and a battle between experts.
• Cao Fengqi upgraded his Transcendent Shelter with level 10 Ice-Crack Cloud Metal, raising it to a level 10 Transcendent Citadel.
• Cao Fengqi decided to mine for a few more days before exploring the Fate Witch Grand Church and confronting its level 11 evil beasts.
• Xu Fenghua told Cao Fengqi that Tianzhu Country wanted to negotiate and would arrive in about five days.
• Cao Fengqi refused to attend Great Xia's meeting and told Xu Fenghua to alert him when Tianzhu Country arrived, intending to kill its upper echelon.

Cao Fengqi finished gathering and refining ice-crack cloud metal in the Mechanical Empire, then traveled to the Fate Witch Grand Church to seek its inheritance. He reached the Divine Witch Altar with his level 11 Abyssal Bone Warhorse, preparing to face the powerful beings deeper inside.

• Cao Fengqi stayed at the Cao Family shelter while Xu Fenghua promised to tell him the meeting’s results and contact him if his help was needed.
• Cao Fengqi spent two days refining ice-crack cloud metal, then decided that the metal he had gathered from the Mechanical Empire and Witch Sea was enough.
• Cao Fengqi drove more than a day to the Fate Witch Grand Church, reflecting on the dangers and unknown regions of the Lost Land along the way.
• Cao Fengqi returned to the far-left route through the church and summoned his level 11 Abyssal Bone Warhorse, confident he would not have to flee this time.
• Cao Fengqi reached the Divine Witch Altar plaza, where his scan detected resources including one level 11 resource and one special resource.

Cao Fengqi returned to the Divine Witch Altar and easily defeated the eerie knight that had once forced him to retreat. He claimed a powerful Transcendent Shelter and continued deeper into the Fate Witch Grand Church, extending his Nightmare Domain to investigate the path ahead.

• Cao Fengqi reached the Divine Witch Altar and found the trench left by the eerie knight’s previous spear attack.
• The eerie knight attacked, but the Abyssal Bone Warhorse blocked its strike with Bone Armor Cycle.
• Cao Fengqi sent the Dragon of Wind and Thunder against the knight, which it quickly overwhelmed and killed along with its skeletal warhorse.
• Cao Fengqi examined the remains, identified the knight as a Skeleton Knight corrupted by evil energy, and collected its useful items.
• Cao Fengqi found and claimed a level 10 Transcendent Shelter with a cultivation room, then looted the surrounding area.
• Cao Fengqi estimated that fifteen kilometers remained before the end of the Fate Witch Grand Church and extended his Nightmare Domain deeper to investigate.

Cao Fengqi entered the cemetery at the heart of the Fate Witch Grand Church and encountered a group of shadow-dwelling level 11 evil spirits. He fought one with his beasts and Golden Lotus Mysterious Flame, then unleashed Mental World Seal as the battle continued.

• Cao Fengqi discovered eight strange evil spirits hiding in the shadows near the Fate Witch Grand Church cemetery.
• Cao Fengqi rode the Abyssal Bone Warhorse toward one spirit, which trapped them in a dark purgatory filled with attacking vengeful souls.
• Cao Fengqi sent the Dragon of Wind and Thunder to attack the spirit, but it vanished into the shadows and reappeared beside him.
• Cao Fengqi used the Golden Lotus Mysterious Flame against the spirit, which blocked the petals with a shield before turning into smoke and avoiding further damage.
• Cao Fengqi reflected the spirit's dark storm with Dream-Pupil Transfer and then activated Mental World Seal.

Cao Fengqi subdued the Eerie Shadow and learned its powerful shadow skills, then contracted seven more level-11 Eerie Shadows. A scan detected valuable resources ahead in the Fate Witch Grand Church's cemetery, and he wondered whether they came from the inheritance site.

• Cao Fengqi used Evil Herding Art to contract the level-11 Eerie Shadow trapped by his Mental World Seal.
• Cao Fengqi examined the Eerie Shadow's twelve skills and learned them, especially valuing its concealment and Shadow Gap Transition.
• Cao Fengqi rode the Abyssal Bone Warhorse and subdued the other seven Eerie Shadows, bringing his battle pet total to twenty-two.
• The cheat detected resources up to level 13 within seven kilometers, and Cao Fengqi looked toward the cemetery at the end of the church grounds, wondering if it held inheritance treasures.

Cao Fengqi entered the Fate Witch Grand Church’s inheritance site and opened its trial, where he chose to pursue witch arrays. He learned that gaining a great witch’s soul acknowledgment was required to receive an inheritance and began considering how to do so.

• Cao Fengqi used the inheritance key to open the stone door at Heavenly Fate Remains Burial Mountain and discovered the Starstone Space beyond it.
• Cao Fengqi stepped onto the cultivation cushion and was transported to a trial chamber displaying four Wizard Sequence paths: witchcraft, witch arrays, gu cultivation, and secret medicines.
• Cao Fengqi chose witch arrays, reasoning that they could help him build wizard towers, and opened that path’s stone door.
• The inheritance informed Cao Fengqi that he needed a great witch’s soul acknowledgment to obtain that witch’s arrays.
• Cao Fengqi suspected the floating objects were preserved great witches’ souls and decided to try communicating with them using spiritual power and demonstrating his talent.

Cao Fengqi used his elemental affinity to attract the Great Witch souls and accepted the inheritance of the Great Witch of Ruin Arrays. After learning about powerful witch arrays and their material requirements, he discovered that his cheat had produced two treasures.

• Cao Fengqi displayed his elemental affinity, causing the Great Witch souls to awaken and crowd around him.
• The Great Witch of Ruin Arrays appeared and offered its inheritance, which Cao Fengqi accepted.
• Cao Fengqi absorbed knowledge of witch arrays, including fifteen level 11 arrays and higher-level information locked until he advanced.
• Cao Fengqi noticed that some arrays required special materials, including flags and an array plate for the Eighteen-Layer Purgatory Array.
• Cao Fengqi's cheat scanned nearby resources and caused two items to appear before him, leaving him stunned.

Cao Fengqi obtained the Eighteen Formation Flags and Heaven and Earth Disc from the legacy of a Ninth Sequence wizard, then returned to his forging room to learn the Eighteen-Layer Purgatory Array. He began inscribing the formation on the disc to test its power.

• Cao Fengqi discovered that the Eighteen Formation Flags and Heaven and Earth Disc could grow to level 18 and amplify formations when used together.
• A voice told Cao Fengqi that examinees could attempt the legacy trial only once, and the formation transported him out of the legacy grounds.
• Cao Fengqi decided not to attack the stone gate and accepted that the remaining treasures inside were likely inaccessible.
• Cao Fengqi returned to his forging room and studied the Eighteen-Layer Purgatory Array, the legacy wizard’s most powerful killing formation.
• After two hours of study, Cao Fengqi began inscribing the array onto the Heaven and Earth Disc using his Transcendent Fire of Knowledge.

Cao Fengqi mastered the Eighteen-Layer Purgatory Array and Heaven-Erecting Array, then explored the right side of the Fate Witch Grand Church. He trapped seventeen uncanny shadows in the Eighteen-Layer Purgatory Array and saw them use their strongest survival skill against its first attack.

• Cao Fengqi maximized the proficiency of the Eighteen-Layer Purgatory Array and Heaven-Erecting Array and prepared both on the Heaven and Earth Disc.
• The next morning, Cao Fengqi entered the Lost Land and used Nightmare Domain to scout the right side of the Fate Witch Grand Church.
• Cao Fengqi killed a level 11 corrupted expert with Dragon of Wind and Thunder and detected seventeen uncanny shadows.
• Cao Fengqi provoked the uncanny shadows and activated the Eighteen-Layer Purgatory Array when they approached.
• The uncanny shadows turned into black mist to withstand the array's first wave of attacks, and Cao Fengqi recognized its terrifying power.

Cao Fengqi cleared more of the Fate Witch Grand Church, captured additional eerie shadows, and found a route crystal leading to the Land of Dawn. He ended the chapter near the church’s heart with 43 level 11 eerie shadow battle pets, two short of filling his remaining slots.

• Cao Fengqi froze 17 eerie shadows with the Eighteen-Layer Purgatory Array and formed contracts with them, gaining 17 level 11 battle pets.
• Cao Fengqi reset the array and continued through the church, where his scan revealed supplies including a level 11 Road of Dawn route crystal.
• Cao Fengqi put away the crystal, which recorded a route to the Land of Dawn, and continued toward the supreme witch hall.
• Cao Fengqi used the Dragon of Wind and Thunder to attack corrupted level 11 powerhouses while searching the remaining area for eerie shadows.
• Cao Fengqi found 18 eerie shadows and captured them with the Eighteen-Layer Purgatory Array, bringing his total to 43 battle pets.

After clearing the Fate Witch Grand Church, Cao Fengqi learned that Great Xia would settle its dispute with Tianzhu Country and an alliance of smaller countries through arena battles over territory in the Land of Dawn. He agreed to fight when the contest began the day after tomorrow, while Great Xia prepared its participants.

• Cao Fengqi finished exploring the Fate Witch Grand Church and considered heading to powerful factions or the Land of Dawn for further exploration.
• After returning to his shelter, Cao Fengqi read Xu Fenghua's message about Great Xia's negotiations with Tianzhu Country and summoned her upstairs to explain.
• Xu Fenghua told Cao Fengqi that Great Xia, Tianzhu Country, and an alliance of smaller countries would compete in individual, squad, and team battles to divide thirty percent of the Land of Dawn.
• Xu Fenghua explained that Great Xia accepted the contest because fighting the united factions outright would be dangerous and the surrounding territory would remain unchanged.
• Cao Fengqi declined to help select participants or lend treasures, but agreed to fight when Xu Fenghua came to get him on the day of the contest.