Recaps

Cao Fengqi received the Artifact Refiner Transcendent inheritance and became a Spirit Forger, then used his upgraded cheat to raise his forging skill to Mystic Artificer rank 9 perfection. He discovered the limits of his current power and turned his attention to the forging blueprints in his shelter.

• Cao Fengqi absorbed the Transcendent Sequence Rune’s inheritance and became a Spirit Forger with a Heart of Emberfire.
• Cao Fengqi saw that his constitution and spiritual power had increased, his Lost Land revivals had risen to ten, and his cheat had upgraded.
• Cao Fengqi used the Skill Proficiency Cheat to raise his spirit-forging skill to Mystic Artificer rank 9 perfection, though his strength prevented further gains.
• Cao Fengqi learned that souls could strengthen his Heart of Emberfire and that his improved cheat could detect weak enemies and their weaknesses within two kilometers.
• Cao Fengqi considered forging powerful equipment and possibly replicating the Arcane Musket, then spotted something promising among the blueprints on his table.

Cao Fengqi used his Mystic Artificer skills to forge a level 5 Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Case and repair his Mystic Cold Saber. After absorbing a soul, he discovered that advancing his Spirit Forger level required a thousand level 4 souls.

• Cao Fengqi examined the forging blueprints and chose the Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Case as a life-saving weapon.
• Cao Fengqi dismantled the Mystic Cold Saber’s hilt and forged the nail case’s outer plates, then shaped spikes from Mystic Devouring Beast teeth.
• Cao Fengqi fused three souls into the weapon and completed the level 5 Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Case.
• Cao Fengqi repaired the Mystic Cold Saber with level 3 materials and absorbed one of his remaining souls to improve the Heart of Emberfire.
• Cao Fengqi saw that his Spirit Forger progress had reached only 0.1% and learned that he needed a thousand level 4 souls to advance.

Cao Fengqi’s family shelter came under attack during a torrential downpour, but he killed five Ash Aberrant Devourers with Emberfire-imbued arrows. The family was safe for the moment, and Cao Fengqi began assessing his new power.

• Cao Fengqi stayed out of the Lost Land overnight, worried that the Mystic Devouring Beast might be waiting where he had logged off.
• Cao Fengqi, Cao Jiancheng, Liu Xiuxiu, Liu Chunying, and Dabao gathered for breakfast as heavy rain prevented the group from moving on.
• Cao Fengqi spotted five red alerts approaching and warned his family that intruders were coming.
• Five Ash Aberrant Devourers tore through the level 3 shelter door, and Cao Jiancheng urged the family to escape through the back.
• Cao Fengqi used Weakness Insight to mark the monsters’ cores, then killed all five with Emberfire-imbued arrows.

After Cao Fengqi revealed his Spirit Forger Transcendent Sequence, he saw the rainstorm unleashing a much wider disaster around Liangmin County. He used his Evil-Breaking Bow to kill two Ash Aberrant Devourers from 1,500 meters away, saving a family, who recognized him as their rescuer.

• Cao Fengqi showed his family his Emberfire and confirmed that he had gained the Spirit Forger Transcendent Sequence.
• After hearing cries and seeing a gigantic monster in the distance, Cao Fengqi scanned the area and realized multiple evil beasts were nearby.
• Cao Fengqi used Weakness Insight to target two Ash Aberrant Devourers attacking a family 1,500 meters away.
• The two Ash Aberrant Devourers defeated a father and son who tried to hold them off while their family fled.
• Cao Fengqi's two arrows killed the Ash Aberrant Devourers, and the rescued family identified him as the Cao Family's second son.

After defending the Cao Family’s shelter, Cao Fengqi learned that a powerful monster was devastating the area and resolved to strengthen his family’s defenses. He entered the Lost Land, discovered a level 5 resource, and recovered level 4 armor metal as he set out to claim more supplies.

• Cao Fengqi gathered a soul and usable claws from the Ash Aberrant Devourer, while the Cao Family worried about the powerful monster causing destruction nearby.
• An old man thanked Cao Fengqi for saving his family and returned two Ash Aberrant Devourer corpses and the arrows he had used.
• Cao Fengqi decided to make more Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Cases and pursue materials to upgrade the Cao Family’s shelter.
• After breakfast, Cao Fengqi entered the Lost Land and used his cheat to scan for resources, finding a level 5 resource and several other valuable supplies.
• Cao Fengqi dug up ruined Tianshan Cold Armor, which contained enough metal to make five or six Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Cases, then headed toward the level 5 resource.

Cao Fengqi found a Blessed Moon God Stone, then hunted Mystic Devouring Beasts to collect meat for trading. He kept bringing carcasses back to his shelter until Liu Xiuxiu told him there was no room left in the house.

• Cao Fengqi carefully approached a level 5 resource near Desolate Town’s central area and dug up a Blessed Moon God Stone that warded off evil and neutralized toxins.
• He concluded that evil spirits and beasts had occupied or consumed most level 5 resources, so he planned to trade Mystic Devouring Beast meat for metal in Liangmin County.
• Cao Fengqi baited three Mystic Devouring Beasts with level 3 arrows, killed them, and carried their carcasses back to his shelter.
• He moved to another location and hunted more beasts, filling his room with seven carcasses before asking his family to handle them.
• Cao Fengqi hunted seven more Mystic Devouring Beasts and returned home with their bodies.
• Liu Xiuxiu saw the room full of carcasses and told Cao Fengqi to stop hunting because there was no room left in the house.

Cao Fengqi stored Mystic Devouring Beast meat, forged six Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Cases, and gained constitution by absorbing souls. Unable to trade while the rain and dangerous roads halted travel, he explored north of Desolate Town and discovered an extraordinary concentration of supplies.

• Cao Fengqi brought home seven more Mystic Devouring Beast carcasses, bringing the family’s total to fourteen, and said he planned to trade their meat for metal to upgrade the shelter.
• Cao Jiancheng returned with Dog Hou meat, but the family joked that they already had more food than they could store or eat.
• Cao Fengqi forged five additional Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Cases and absorbed his remaining souls, raising his Spirit Forger experience to one percent and his constitution to sixty-one.
• Cao Fengqi learned that travel and trading remained suspended, so he decided to explore the north side of Desolate Town instead of hunting Mystic Devouring Beasts.
• Cao Fengqi reached the north side and detected numerous supplies, including two level 5 supplies, one level 6 supply, and a level 1 supply larger than several houses.

Cao Fengqi discovered a huge cache of refined rice buried in what he identified as the Harvest Rice Shop, then encountered Nightmares whose mental and physical attacks overwhelmed his defenses. He fled with the Nightmares pursuing him.

• Cao Fengqi cautiously investigated the abundant resources and dug up a hollow metal structure containing at least a hundred tons of refined rice.
• Cao Fengqi identified the location as the Harvest Rice Shop and sealed the opening to protect the grain from dampness.
• Cao Fengqi moved toward a level 4 resource and was ambushed by flying evil beasts that unleashed a mysterious mental attack.
• Cao Fengqi recognized the attackers as Nightmares after his Emberfire arrow was blocked by a crow apparition.
• Two Nightmares attacked Cao Fengqi with mental force and a claw of darkness, shattering his Blue-Patterned Robe's shield and forcing him to flee.

Cao Fengqi encountered two Nightmares while exploring the north side of Desolate Town, wounded one with his Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Case, and escaped. Back at the shelter, frustrated by the darkness and his lost equipment, he accepted Liu Chunying’s offer to massage him.

• Cao Fengqi dodged the Nightmares’ attacks with warnings from his script, then used the Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Case to pierce one Nightmare’s wings.
• The second Nightmare attacked with feathers, but the wounded Nightmare’s companion stopped pursuing Cao Fengqi and pulled the nails from its wings.
• Cao Fengqi fled two kilometers, concluded that Nightmares controlled the north and northwest, and returned to the shelter to plan for upgrading his equipment.
• Cao Fengqi found Liu Xiuxiu and Liu Chunying processing the Mystic Devouring Beast’s corpse and asked Dabao and Xiaobao for a massage.
• Liu Chunying offered to ease Cao Fengqi’s fatigue, sent the children to help Liu Xiuxiu, and told him to lie face down on the sofa.

As torrential rain continued to isolate the Cao Family, Cao Fengqi hunted dangerous Wart-Faced Leeches near their shelter and collected their souls. When neighbors Chen Feng, Zhang Fenfen, and Chen Xiaohua came to borrow food, the Cao Family welcomed them and gave them a generous supply of high-quality meat.

• Cao Fengqi told his family he could forge level 5 weapons and decided to avoid the dangerous town while the rain continued.
• Cao Fengqi used his scan to locate evil beasts, then hunted Wart-Faced Leeches near the shelter to harvest their souls and gather materials.
• Cao Fengqi continued hunting Wart-Faced Leeches over the following days while staying close enough to protect his family.
• Cao Fengqi discovered Chen Feng, Zhang Fenfen, and Chen Xiaohua at the door asking to borrow food in exchange for level 4 metal.
• Cao Jiancheng welcomed the neighbors, and Cao Fengqi gave Chen Feng about fifty jin of Mystic Devouring Beast meat, astonishing him with its level 4 quality.

As torrential rain and famine drove people to rob one another, Cao Fengqi hunted evil beasts and guarded his family. A group of five strangers arrived at the Cao home, and one woman asked Liu Xiuxiu whether Fengqi wanted a wife.

• Cao Fengqi's family gave Chen Feng's family a piece of level-four Mystic Devouring Beast meat, and their children joked about marrying Xiaohua.
• Cao Fengqi hunted three more evil beasts, then killed eight on the fourth day after the migration group stopped.
• On the fifth day, Cao Fengqi heard people robbing one another and realized famine was causing disorder to spread.
• Cao Fengqi returned home and learned the Song couple had asked to borrow food, but Cao Jiancheng refused to help them.
• Five strangers came to the Cao home, and a woman nervously asked Liu Xiuxiu whether Cao Fengqi wanted a wife.

Yang Yuanyuan brought her twin daughters, Wang Zhiyan and Wang Zhixue, to ask Cao Fengqi to marry one of them in exchange for food and shelter. Cao Fengqi postponed the marriage decision but gave the Wang Family a hundred jin of Mystic Devouring Beast meat, leaving the twins grateful and his family open to discussing the match later.

• Yang Yuanyuan explained to Liu Xiuxiu that her family was desperate and offered Wang Zhiyan and Wang Zhixue as wives for Cao Fengqi without a bride price.
• Cao Fengqi hesitated over accepting a wife he barely knew and said they could discuss it again in a few days.
• The twins protested when their father urged them to marry, saying they wanted to stay with him.
• Cao Fengqi told Cao Jiancheng to give the Wang Family a hundred jin of meat, and Liu Xiuxiu said the families could discuss the children later.
• The Wang Family thanked Cao Fengqi after receiving the meat, while he reminded himself that his priority was strengthening himself and protecting his family.

The Wang Family moved their shelter beside the Cao Family’s, and both families discussed the possibility of Cao Fengqi marrying Wang Zhiyan and Wang Zhixue. The next morning, a Liangmin County enforcer invited Cao Fengqi to a council about whether the migration would continue, giving him a chance to trade for metal materials.

• Wang Zhiyan’s family moved their shelter beside the Cao Family’s after receiving Mystic Devouring Beast meat from Cao Fengqi.
• Yang Yuanyuan urged Wang Zhiyan and Wang Zhixue to get closer to Cao Fengqi, while the sisters resolved to become stronger and avoid being a burden.
• Cao Jiancheng and Liu Xiuxiu discussed the Wang twins as possible wives for Cao Fengqi, who said it was too soon to decide.
• Cao Fengqi counted the thirty souls he had collected and hoped daylight would arrive, but woke to another dark morning.
• Zhao Xingyun invited Cao Fengqi to a county council on whether Liangmin County should continue its migration and offered to guard the Cao Family.
• Cao Fengqi accepted the invitation and looked forward to trading for level 5 metal materials to strengthen himself.

Cao Fengqi attended a gathering of Liangmin County’s powerful families and learned that deaths, famine, and evil beasts were driving the county toward chaos. He arranged to trade his Mystic Devouring Beast meat for metal to upgrade his family’s shelter, and Ma Jiuxing began recruiting traders for him.

• Cao Fengqi arrived at the council gathering and assessed the equipment carried by the county’s transcendents and other powerful figures.
• People at the gathering discussed the Zhang family’s destruction, the Ashen Aberrant Armored Warrior, and the worsening danger and famine in Liangmin County.
• Ma Jiuxing greeted Cao Fengqi, who asked him to help trade Mystic Devouring Beast meat for level 4 and level 5 metal.
• Cao Fengqi offered around two thousand jin of level 4 meat at favorable rates, and Ma Jiuxing agreed to introduce him to potential traders.

Cao Fengqi traded Mystic Devouring Beast meat for metals at the Liangmin County council grounds, drawing the attention of the Wang Family, who tried to use Wang Long’s injury to pressure him for resources. As Cao Fengqi prepared to confront them, Xiao Youya and the other county officials arrived and challenged the law enforcement captain’s biased judgment.

• Ma Jiuxing announced Cao Fengqi’s offer to trade level 4 Mystic Devouring Beast meat for level 4 and level 5 metal, and many residents gathered to trade.
• Wang Shaokun urged his brother Wang Shaoyang to make Cao Fengqi compensate the Wang Family, and Wang Shaoyang confronted Cao Fengqi over Wang Long’s severed limbs.
• Cao Fengqi argued that Wang Long had attacked him and his father first, while law enforcement captain Zhang Zhentian sided with the Wang Family and demanded compensation and an apology.
• Cao Fengqi drew his Mystic Cold Saber as Zhang Zhentian spoke, but Xiao Youya arrived with the county officials and demanded that Zhang repeat his claim of fairness.

Xiao Youya defended Cao Fengqi against the Wang Family and dismissed Zhang Zhentian from the enforcement team. After the confrontation eased, Cao Fengqi used his Script Cheat to assess the county’s powerful transcendents, including Xiao Youya.

• Xiao Youya dismissed Zhang Zhentian as enforcement team captain after accusing him of letting the Wang Family rob Cao Fengqi in broad daylight.
• Xiao Youya refused Spirit Forger Wang’s demand for an explanation from Cao Fengqi and declared that the Wang Family could not touch him, even if he had killed Wang Long.
• Cao Fengqi used Weakness Insight and Analysis on the Wang Family and learned that Spirit Forger Wang’s defenses left him with less than a ten percent chance of winning.
• An arcane mage and County Magistrate Zhou Hantian calmed the dispute, and Zhou dismissed Zhang Zhentian from the enforcement team and appointed Leng Jiu in his place.
• Cao Fengqi considered Xiao Youya’s status and abilities, then activated Weakness Insight and Analysis to compare himself with the county’s transcendents.

County Magistrate Zhou organized a voluntary operation to clear two groups of evil beasts before Liangmin County’s migration continued, and Cao Fengqi learned through his script that Xiao Youya was poisoned. After the meeting, Xiao Youya offered to protect the Cao Family, and Cao Fengqi ended their conversation by asking if she knew about the poison.

• County Magistrate Zhou announced that Transcendents would lead a battle against Ash Aberrant Devourers and Wart-Faced Leeches, offering rewards and safer placement for those who participated.
• Deputy County Magistrate Liu Zhihu said participation was voluntary, but no one withdrew; Cao Fengqi looked forward to hunting and used his script to assess the other Transcendents.
• Cao Fengqi’s analysis showed that Xiao Youya was poisoned and would die if the poison flared up after thirty minutes of skirmishing.
• After the meeting, Cao Fengqi asked Ma Jiuxing to trade Mystic Devouring Beast meat for level 5 metals, then went to speak with Xiao Youya.
• Xiao Youya told her family that she had repaid a favor to Cao Fengqi and later offered to protect the Cao Family after the evil beasts were cleared.
• Cao Fengqi accepted her offer and asked Xiao Youya whether she knew she had been poisoned.

Cao Fengqi warned Xiao Youya that she had been poisoned, and Divine Granny Chen Alan divined that the poison was in both her hands and traced its source to the Lost Land. Xiao Youya asked Cao Fengqi to call her big sister, while he left to trade for metal materials and her father began considering him as a possible son-in-law.

• Cao Fengqi offered Xiao Youya a level-five poison-curing item, but she declined and asked Chen Alan to divine the poison’s location.
• Chen Alan found poison in both of Xiao Youya’s hands and divined that its source was the Lost Land.
• Xiao Youya thanked Chen Alan, returned to Cao Fengqi, and told him to call her big sister because she was ten years older.
• Cao Fengqi left to trade for metal materials as the gathered crowd greeted him with newfound respect.
• Xiao Youxiu questioned Xiao Youya about Cao Fengqi, but she avoided explaining their situation and advised him to keep practicing his strongman techniques.
• Xiao Cunzhi privately decided Cao Fengqi might be an acceptable husband for Xiao Youya and could marry into the family.

Cao Fengqi completed his trades in Liangmin County, acquiring 400 jin of level 5 metal, and returned home to prepare for the county’s operation against evil beasts. He began forging a level 5 great umbrella while his family worked on upgrading their shelter.

• Wang Shaokun accepted Zhang Zhentian into the Wang Family after Zhang lost his enforcement-team captain position.
• Cao Fengqi completed his trades with Liangmin County’s powerhouses, collecting level 5 metal and materials for several weapons.
• Ma Jiuxing thanked Cao Fengqi for giving him extra Mystic Devouring Beast meat after helping with the trades.
• Cao Fengqi asked his parents to upgrade the family shelter while he prepared a weapon for the next day’s operation.
• Liu Chunying volunteered to assist Cao Fengqi as he sorted the different level 5 metals.
• Cao Fengqi began forging his great umbrella, and Liu Chunying watched his precise technique.

Cao Fengqi forged the Great Umbrella into a perfect-grade level 5 weapon with a powerful attack skill, then received a warning that three armed humans were approaching the Cao Family's shelter. He recognized them as hostile and prepared for the threat.

• Cao Fengqi rested from forging while Liu Chunying massaged him, and the two shared an intimate moment.
• Cao Fengqi finished the Great Umbrella, infused it with ten souls, and forged it into a transforming weapon with a Fire Wind Edge Slash skill.
• Cao Fengqi tested the umbrella's sword form and praised its power, while Liu Chunying admired his work.
• Cao Fengqi's script warned him that three armed humans were approaching the Cao Family's shelter, and he identified them as enemies.

Cao Fengqi ambushed and killed Zhang Zhentian, then confronted Wang Shaokun and his companion after discovering they had planned to lure evil creatures to the Cao Family shelter. The chapter ended with Cao Fengqi transforming his umbrella into a greatsword and charging at Wang Shaokun.

• Cao Fengqi left the shelter and waited in the rain for the approaching intruders, while Wang Shaokun revealed that Zhang Zhentian had obtained Hundred Souls Liquid to attract evil creatures to the Cao Family shelter.
• Cao Fengqi recognized Zhang Zhentian as he approached and killed him with a greatsword strike, severing his arm and head.
• Cao Fengqi found the Hundred Souls Liquid in Zhang Zhentian's hand and realized the plan targeted his family.
• Cao Fengqi approached Wang Shaokun and his companion, and Wang Shaokun claimed Zhang Zhentian had acted alone and said he would not attack Cao Fengqi for Deputy County Magistrate Xiao's sake.
• Cao Fengqi rejected Wang Shaokun's claim, transformed his umbrella into a greatsword, and charged at him.

Cao Fengqi killed Wang Shaokun and Wang Shaoqing after revealing that he possessed Transcendent power, then gathered their equipment and disposed of the bodies. He returned home and told Liu Chunying that his family needed to move before Spirit Forger Wang came after them.

• Cao Fengqi killed Wang Shaoqing with his greatsword and overpowered Wang Shaokun in a series of attacks.
• Wang Shaokun pleaded for his life and invoked his Transcendent father, but Cao Fengqi revealed his emberfire and killed him.
• Cao Fengqi collected Wang Shaokun's armor, sword, and Hundred Souls Liquid, then burned the bodies of Wang Shaokun, Wang Shaoqing, and Zhang Zhentian.
• Cao Fengqi returned home and told Liu Chunying that they had to move because he had killed Wang Shaokun.
• Liu Chunying agreed to tell Cao Fengqi's parents, reassured by his calm confidence.

Wang Zhiyan and Wang Zhixue revealed that they had become transcendents and gained powerful staffs, while the Cao Family prepared to flee after Cao Fengqi killed Wang Shaokun. The Wang family chose to stand by the Cao Family, and the sisters offered to protect Cao Fengqi in return for his kindness.

• Cao Fengqi's family began dismantling their shelter to escape after he killed Wang Shaokun, Spirit Forger Wang's son.
• Wang Zhiyan and Wang Zhixue told their family they had found Transcendent Sequence Runes and level six staffs in a cave, and promised they could protect them.
• Cao Fengqi told the Wang family that he had killed Wang Shaokun and invited them to flee with his family, then watched to see whether they would accept.
• The Wang family debated the danger of opposing Spirit Forger Wang, but Wang Zhiyan and Wang Zhixue insisted they could not abandon the Cao Family after receiving its help.
• Wang Zhixue told Cao Fengqi that she and her sister would protect him from now on, and Cao Fengqi teased them as newly made transcendents.

Cao Fengqi revealed that he was a transcendent and helped the Wang Family prepare to leave rather than confront Spirit Forger Wang. He also invited Xiaohua’s family to join them, and the families drove toward the Xiao Family’s place.

• Cao Fengqi showed his Emberfire and explained that the Wang sisters’ level 6 staffs had revealed they were transcendents, though they were not yet strong enough to fight veteran transcendents.
• Cao Fengqi asked Wang Binggao’s family to dismantle their shelter and move with the Cao Family, and they agreed.
• Dabao cried at the thought of leaving Xiaohua behind, so Cao Fengqi asked Liu Chunying to invite Xiaohua’s family to come along.
• Chen Feng and his wife brought Xiaohua to thank the Cao Family, then packed their shelter along with the Wang Family.
• Cao Fengqi led the Cao, Wang, and Chen families toward the Xiao Family’s place in the darkness.

Cao Fengqi impressed the Wang family by killing two Ash Aberrant Devourers with long-range arrows, then brought his group to the Xiao Family’s shelter. He told Xiao Youya he had killed Wang Shaokun and Wang Shaoqing, and she offered to shelter him, leaving Xiao Youxiu worried about his place as her brother.

• Cao Fengqi told Wang Zhixue and Wang Zhiyan not to reveal that they were transcendents and explained that he was a Spirit Forger.
• Cao Fengqi shot two Ash Aberrant Devourers from over a kilometer away, then retrieved his arrows and harvested their souls.
• Cao Fengqi warned the sisters that transcendents would soon face thousands of Ash Aberrant Devourers and Wart-Faced Leeches along the migration route.
• Cao Fengqi brought the group to the Xiao Family’s level 5 shelter and called for Xiao Youya.
• Cao Fengqi told Xiao Youya that he had killed Wang Shaokun and Wang Shaoqing, and she invited him to set up nearby while she guarded the shelters.
• Xiao Youxiu realized his sister intended to protect Cao Fengqi and worried that his place as her brother was in danger.