Chapter Summaries

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.

Xiao Youya sheltered Cao Fengqi and the families with him despite the risk of conflict with the Wang Family. Cao Fengqi then entered the Lost Land to hunt Mystic Devouring Beasts and build up his Spirit Forger experience.

• Xiao Youya promised to protect Cao Fengqi and the others from the Wang Family, and the Xiao Family helped them settle into the shelter.
• Leng Shuangshuang learned that Cao Fengqi had brought his twin fiancées, their family, and his neighbors, prompting Xiao Youya to reprimand Xiao Youxiu for speculating about him.
• Cao Fengqi told his parents to leave space in the shelter and entered the Lost Land to hunt Mystic Devouring Beasts.
• Cao Fengqi lured four Mystic Devouring Beasts with level 4 metal and killed them instantly with two Dividing Arrow Shots.

Cao Fengqi ventured deeper into the Mystic Devouring Beasts’ territory and fought two powerful leaders, killing them after struggling against their defenses. Examining one corpse, he discovered that it contained a level 5 evil beast egg.

• Cao Fengqi followed the script’s alerts into the beasts’ territory, where a group of Mystic Devouring Beasts and two leaders rushed toward him.
• Cao Fengqi used arrows and Emberfire to kill several beasts, then wounded one leader with Fire Wind Edge Slash.
• Cao Fengqi blocked the second leader’s bone spikes and fought it until it tried to flee.
• Cao Fengqi used an Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Case to pin down the fleeing leader and killed it with a heavy sword strike.
• Cao Fengqi inspected the leader’s corpse and discovered a level 5 evil beast egg inside it.

Cao Fengqi cleared the Mystic Devouring Beasts’ territory, found a level 5 evil beast egg that was dangerous and nearly impossible to tame, and gained constitution from level 5 souls. The next morning, his family celebrated the powerful beast meat he had brought home as he prepared for another battle.

• Cao Fengqi collected a level 4 Moonlight Marrow after killing the remaining Mystic Devouring Beasts.
• Cao Fengqi cut open a leader’s corpse and discovered a level 5 egg that would hatch into a Mutant Shadow Hunter, but its attributes warned him not to hatch it.
• Cao Fengqi set the egg aside and absorbed two level 5 souls, raising his constitution to 63.
• Cao Fengqi went to sleep before the next day’s battle and slapped the evil beast egg before leaving his room in the morning.
• Cao Jiancheng and Liu Chunying celebrated the level 5 Mystic Devouring Beast meat while Cao Fengqi’s family prepared to benefit from it.

Cao Fengqi joined the Xiao and Leng families as Liangmin County's fighters set out to clear an Ash Aberrant Devourer horde in Gaofeng County. After the battle began, he brushed off Xiao Youxiu's warning and revealed that his umbrella could transform into a greatsword before heading ahead alone.

• Cao Fengqi left the Cao Family shelter and joined Xiao Youya, Xiao Youxiu, and Leng Qingyun on the expedition.
• Wang Tieshan sent Zhou Meng to challenge Xiao Youya over Wang Shaokun's death, but Xiao Youya accepted responsibility and refused to back down.
• County Magistrate Zhou briefed more than two hundred fighters on the mission to hunt the Ash Aberrant Devourers and their Ashen Aberrant Armored Warrior in Gaofeng County.
• Divine Granny detected the powerful enemy, and Liangmin County's Transcendents charged ahead while the other fighters entered the county town to hunt the ordinary beasts.
• Xiao Youxiu told Cao Fengqi to stay with him, but Cao Fengqi's umbrella transformed into a greatsword, and he mocked Xiao Youxiu before walking ahead alone.

Cao Fengqi took advantage of the expedition to kill Ash Aberrant Devourers and collect their souls, then discovered valuable resources inside the Ruin Demon’s Ruins Nightmare domain. He found that the domain distorted his movement and began testing how to enter and leave it safely.

• Xiao Youxiu realized Cao Fengqi was a Transcendent Sequence holder and entered Gaofeng County, still furious at him.
• Cao Fengqi hunted Ash Aberrant Devourers, collecting souls and killing 245 of them, including four level 5 beasts.
• After the other Transcendents engaged the Ashen Aberrant Armored Warrior, Cao Fengqi kept clear of the main battle and continued hunting ordinary beasts.
• Cao Fengqi’s scan detected three level 7 resources and other treasures inside a vast Ruins Nightmare domain controlled by a Ruin Demon.
• Cao Fengqi marked the domain’s edge with arrows, entered, and discovered that walking forward took him farther from his target.
• Cao Fengqi escaped by walking backward, identified a possible way to navigate the domain, and entered again to pursue the resources.