Chapter Summaries

Cao Fengqi cleared out the Corpse People and claimed several treasures, including a level 11 staff and a pearl that blocked probing. After encountering a powerful Corpse Person that attacked his Nightmare Domain, he returned to raise the Fangelanya Demon, leaving it set to become his first level 11 battle pet in thirteen hours.

• Cao Fengqi killed more than two hundred thousand Corpse People and collected eighteen drops of divine blood in total.
• Cao Fengqi collected the nearby resources and found a powerful level 11 Golden Lotus Illusory Spirit Staff and a level 12 Thought-Sealing Pearl.
• Cao Fengqi used the pearl to restore his Nightmare Domain and explored deeper, where he found another vast group of Corpse People.
• A powerful Corpse Person attacked Cao Fengqi's Nightmare Domain with blood-colored eyes, so he cut off his perception and decided to return the next day.
• Cao Fengqi put two level 11 Corpse People, the Fangelanya Demon, and a Blade Angel into the Insect Nest Ten Thousand Gu Pool, expecting the Fangelanya Demon to reach level 11 in thirteen hours.

After upgrading his Fangelanya Demon and Blade Angel, Cao Fengqi returned to the underground world of the Sky-Supporting Imperial Capital to fight the Corpse Person clan. He discovered five level 11 enemies and sent a flame-wreathed Dragon of Wind and Thunder to attack them.

• Cao Fengqi reviewed the Fangelanya Demon’s new level 11 skills and noted that the Blade Angel had reached the level 10 limit.
• Cao Fengqi entered the Lost Land and spread his Nightmare Domain through the Corpse Person passages, drawing the clan’s attention.
• Cao Fengqi summoned his 48 divine blood battle pets, which killed more than 100,000 Corpse People as he gathered materials to refine Divine Blood Potions.
• Cao Fengqi attacked a charge of more than 200 level 10 Corpse People with the Golden Lotus Mysterious Flame, killing over half of them.
• The Corpse Person leader revealed five level 11 evil beasts, and Cao Fengqi launched a flame-coated Dragon of Wind and Thunder at them.

Cao Fengqi and his battle pets fought five level 11 Corpse People in the underground passage, using the Prison Eye to isolate their spellcaster while attacking the others. The Fangelanya Demon returned with the spellcaster’s head, leaving four Corpse People still facing Cao Fengqi.

• The level 11 Corpse People attacked Cao Fengqi and his companions with blood threads, a sea of blood, and Purgatory World, but the Dragon of Wind and Thunder and Cao Fengqi’s golden lotuses held them off.
• Cao Fengqi used the Prison Eye to pull the staff-wielding Corpse Person into its domain with the Fangelanya Demon.
• Cao Fengqi unleashed the Three-Eyed Crow’s Nether Sea Crowfall and the Mirage Rat’s Illusion World against the other four Corpse People.
• The Corpse People raised Corpse Mountain to block the passage, then used blood to heal and strengthen three attackers fighting the Dragon of Wind and Thunder.
• The Fangelanya Demon returned in Divine Blood State carrying the head of the spellcasting Corpse Person.

Cao Fengqi and his battle pets slaughtered the Corpse People and collected resources while advancing through the underground passage. He found and stored a level 10 arrow tower, then discovered a level 11 forging hammer.

• Cao Fengqi used the Fangelanya Demon’s Prison Eye to distract and trap a magic-type Corpse Person while the Dragon of Wind and Thunder killed the others.
• The trapped Corpse Person broke free, but the Dragon of Wind and Thunder killed him and the remaining Corpse People.
• Cao Fengqi stored the five level 11 Corpse Person corpses, then continued through the passage as his pets slaughtered evil beasts and he collected souls and materials.
• Cao Fengqi’s scan detected more resources and 190,000 Corpse People ahead, and he considered upgrading all his battle pets into divine-blood battle pets.
• After upgrading the last five Wind-Swept Broken Blades, Cao Fengqi used the completed Dragon of Wind and Thunder to block an arrow tower’s attacks, killed its operator, and stored the tower.
• Cao Fengqi found a level 11 forging hammer containing body-nurturing chalcedony.

Cao Fengqi collected Divine Blood Potions and Corpse Person corpses, raising his battle pets while preparing to continue exploring the underground world. After avoiding a dangerous group near the imperial palace, he moved to the southern district and found new resources and enemies, ending as a level 11 Corpse Person leader and its forces charged at him.

• Cao Fengqi collected twenty-three drops of Divine Blood Potion and counted 159 level 10 Corpse Person corpses for upgrading his battle pets.
• Cao Fengqi rested, then found that all his battle pets apart from those being raised to level 11 had reached level 10.
• Cao Fengqi explored toward the imperial palace, sensed Corpse People nearby, and chose not to risk encountering the level 12 and level 13 Corpse People beneath it.
• Cao Fengqi rode the Abyssal Bone Warhorse to the southern district, where his scan detected resources and thousands of evil beasts.
• Cao Fengqi entered a passage and had the Dragon of Wind and Thunder attack its evil beasts.
• A level 11 Corpse Person leader charged Cao Fengqi with seventy or eighty level 10 Corpse People.

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.