Chapter Summaries

After Cao Fengqi left, Wang Zhixue tried to hide her embarrassment over their kiss while her family welcomed his generous gifts and considered him a future son-in-law. The migration continued as the twins shared their thoughts and training, while Cao Fengqi went to explore Cangxuan Town’s resource-rich north.

• Wang Zhixue pushed Cao Fengqi out, fumed over their kiss, then brought his gifts to her family and claimed he had left through the back door.
• Yang Yuanyuan suggested Wang Zhixue marry Cao Fengqi, and Wang Qixiao encouraged both Wang Zhixue and Wang Zhiyan to get to know him.
• Cao Fengqi enjoyed breakfast, unaware the Wang Family had accepted him as a prospective son-in-law, and the Liangmin County group resumed its migration.
• Wang Zhixue began practicing the Wind-Breaking Movement Technique, while she and Wang Zhiyan used their Eternal Hunt Twin Stars secret art to share thoughts and insights.
• Cao Fengqi saved his remaining Hundred Souls Liquid and traveled to Cangxuan Town’s northern side, where his scan revealed numerous level 5 and level 6 resources.

Cao Fengqi hunted Nightmares in Desolate Town’s northern district and collected several resources while searching for a level 6 prize. He found a ruined Blazing Fire Gold Shield and realized its metal could supply the materials for his Gold Fire Blast Gun blueprint.

• Cao Fengqi entered the northern district, where his cheat detected many resources and Nightmares, and he killed two Nightmares with level 3 arrows.
• Cao Fengqi collected the Nightmares’ souls and gathered several metal resources, including level 4 Moonlight Marrow and a level 5 bow and arrows he did not need.
• Cao Fengqi endured mental attacks from four Nightmares and killed them with arrows before approaching two level 5 resources.
• Cao Fengqi used Weakness Insight and rapid archery techniques to kill eight Nightmares near a level 6 resource.
• Cao Fengqi uncovered a ruined level 6 Blazing Fire Gold Shield and recognized that its material could be used to forge his Gold Fire Blast Gun.

Cao Fengqi decided to forge the level 6 Gold Fire Blast Gun to fight Nightmares, then crafted the weapon and two powerful bullets. After discovering high-level resources and dangerous Wraith Remains near the town center, he returned to the Lost Land to continue hunting and gathering resources.

• Cao Fengqi chose the Gold Fire Blast Gun blueprint over the Thorn Soul Shadow-Killing Bow because its gunfire could effectively target Nightmares.
• Cao Fengqi scanned the north district, identified moving level 6 and level 7 resources near the town center, and concluded that the Gloom Ruins Night Watcher's Base lacked a Transcendent Sequence Rune.
• Cao Fengqi harvested eight Nightmare corpses, counted fifteen souls, and found a level 5 Heart of Moonlight among the resources.
• Cao Fengqi returned from the Lost Land and forged a level 6 Gold Fire Blast Gun using Blazing Fire Gold.
• Cao Fengqi used two level 5 souls to make Impact Blast Soul-Rending Bullets, loaded them into the gun, and re-entered the Lost Land.

Cao Fengqi hunted Nightmares while collecting resources in Desolate Town’s northern district, where he faced a level 6 Nightmare and suffered severe mental damage. He defeated it, continued to the Gloom Ruins Night Watcher’s Base, and found a level 6 Night Watcher’s Space Ring containing valuable items.

• Cao Fengqi killed eight Nightmares with arrows and collected resources and ruined equipment, including a level 6 Asta Robe.
• A hidden level 6 Nightmare attacked Cao Fengqi with mental assaults, cracking his Moon God Stone and causing him to bleed.
• Cao Fengqi used the Gold Fire Blast Gun to kill the level 6 Nightmare, then defeated four more Nightmares with Emberfire arrows.
• Cao Fengqi collected the Nightmare’s level 6 soul and feathers, then found a ruined level 6 Demon-Suppressing Blade.
• Cao Fengqi searched the ruins of the Gloom Ruins Night Watcher’s Base and found a level 6 Night Watcher’s Space Ring on a corpse.

Cao Fengqi found a Night Watcher Transcendent Sequence Rune and an ominous Evil God's Statue, then planned to prepare for his next hunt while waiting to learn whether the sequence was worth choosing. As his family’s migration neared Tianbei Base City, Xiao Youxiu invited him to lunch and teased him with exciting news.

• Cao Fengqi found a Night Watcher Transcendent Sequence Rune and an Evil God's Statue in the Night Watcher's spatial ring, but tossed the indestructible statue aside.
• Cao Fengqi decided to ask Sister Youya about the Night Watcher sequence before choosing it, and planned to give unused runes to his family.
• Cao Fengqi counted his materials and souls, then planned to forge bullets before hunting Nightmares at the Demon Hunters' Home.
• The migrating group traveled under lighter rain as Cao Jiancheng wondered how his relatives were doing near Tianbei Base City.
• Xiao Youxiu invited Cao Fengqi to lunch and hinted that he had exciting news, but Cao Fengqi did not accept the invitation outright.

Cao Fengqi visited the Xiao Family to trade for souls and ask about Transcendent Sequences, where Xiao Youxiu proudly revealed that he had become a Gloom Ruins Night Watcher. After Xiao Youya explained the strengths and limits of different classes, Cao Fengqi revealed that he possessed a Night Watcher rune, leaving Xiao Youxiu stunned.

• Cao Fengqi arrived at the Xiao Family after dinner and followed Xiao Youya to her workshop to trade and ask questions.
• Xiao Youxiu showed off his ghostly flame and announced that he had become a Gloom Ruins Night Watcher.
• Cao Fengqi exchanged five level 5 souls for fifty level 4 souls and asked Xiao Youya about the differences between Transcendent Sequences.
• Xiao Youya explained that Spirit Forger was a support class with potential, while Night Watcher was a balanced, common combat class effective against evil spirits and beasts.
• Cao Fengqi teased Xiao Youxiu about his ordinary class and revealed a Night Watcher Transcendent Sequence Rune, leaving Xiao Youxiu speechless with disbelief.

Cao Fengqi learned about the Night Watcher Sequence from Xiao Youya but decided not to master it, despite the siblings’ shock that he had obtained its rune. After forging a stock of specialized bullets, he returned to the Lost Land and prepared to attack the Demon Hunters’ Home for its Transcendent Runes.

• Cao Fengqi stunned Xiao Youxiu and Xiao Youya by revealing that he had a Night Watcher Transcendent Sequence Rune but considered the sequence too weak to use.
• Xiao Youya explained that mastering more Transcendent Sequences required more souls for leveling and difficult skill training, and Cao Fengqi thanked her before leaving.
• Cao Fengqi mocked Xiao Youxiu for trying to show off, while Xiao Youya scolded her brother for his boastfulness.
• Cao Fengqi decided to wait until he obtained three Transcendent Runes from the Demon Hunters’ Home before choosing another sequence.
• Cao Fengqi forged fifty Impact Blast Bullets and five Impact Blast Soul-Rending Bullets, then returned to the Gloom Ruins Night Watcher base with only one Delusion-Clearing Pill and approached the Demon Hunters’ Home.

Cao Fengqi lured five level 6 Nightmares into chasing a newly arrived Transcendent while he raced toward the Demon Hunters' Home. He reached the area and discovered that the Transcendent Sequence Runes lay underground beneath a still-standing pavilion.

• Cao Fengqi scanned West Water Lake, surveyed the Nightmares, and prepared to lure them away with the Hundred Souls Liquid.
• When Cao Fengqi detected a resource-laden stranger approaching, he smeared the Hundred Souls Liquid inside broken equipment and carved a warning on it.
• Cao Fengqi shot three Nightmares and sent the equipment toward the bearded middle-aged man, drawing the Nightmares' attention to him.
• The bearded middle-aged man read Cao Fengqi's warning, was struck by a mental attack, and fled as five level 6 Nightmares pursued him.
• Cao Fengqi ran to the Demon Hunters' Home and found that the Transcendent Sequence Runes were beneath a pavilion underground.

Cao Fengqi found a hidden chamber behind a trapped level-six gate and fought off the Nightmares long enough to get inside. He discovered a trove of graded treasures and three Transcendent Sequence Runes: two for Beast Herder and one for Sacred Filth Purifier.

• Cao Fengqi located a concealed Heavenly Mechanism Gate beneath the pavilion and melted through it with Emberfire after evading its spike trap.
• As the Nightmares returned, Cao Fengqi used his last Delusion-Clearing Pill and broke through the gate while their mental attacks struck him.
• Cao Fengqi escaped into the underground passage, sealed the opening with level-six metal, and recovered from his injuries.
• Cao Fengqi descended into a lavish chamber filled with graded treasures and opened a golden box.
• Cao Fengqi found two Beast Herder Transcendent Sequence Runes and one Sacred Filth Purifier Transcendent Sequence Rune.

Cao Fengqi collected the Beast Shepherd and Sacred Filth Purifier equipment and discovered a diary describing the Forbidden Secret Covenant Society and its dangerous methods for controlling evil beasts. After reading about the backlash and examining an evil beast egg, he decided the forbidden path might suit him because his ability could remove a skill’s negative effects.

• Cao Fengqi stored the Transcendent Sequence Runes and took the Shepherd's Beast Robe, exclusive Sacred Filth Purifier equipment, a cultivation cushion, and two barrels of liquor.
• Cao Fengqi found the Shepherd's Essays and learned that its Beast Shepherd owner had witnessed the world’s invasion by evil energy and the corruption of exotic beasts.
• Cao Fengqi read that the Forbidden Secret Covenant Society planned to sacrifice tens of millions of people to create an Abyss-Sealing Shadow Core, and that the diary’s owner had suffered severe backlash after controlling an evil beast.
• Cao Fengqi examined an evil beast egg that could hatch into a Mutant Shadow Hunter and wondered whether Brother An had created it.
• Cao Fengqi reasoned that his ability to remove negative effects could counter the forbidden technique’s backlash and thought the path suited him.

Cao Fengqi entered the Beast Shepherd Sequence and used his Skill Proficiency Cheat to master its skills, including removing the dangers from the forbidden Evil Herding Art. He returned to his room and began hatching an evil beast egg.

• Cao Fengqi decided to enter the Beast Shepherd Sequence, reasoning that he could abandon the path if his cheat could not protect him from its risks.
• Cao Fengqi swallowed the Beast Herder Transcendent Sequence Rune and became a Beast Pact Master, gaining Herding Fire and boosts to his constitution and spiritual power.
• Cao Fengqi used the Skill Proficiency Cheat to raise his Beast Shepherd skills, including bringing Beast Herding Heart to its professional limit.
• Cao Fengqi learned the Evil Herding Art from the diary, and the cheat removed its negative effects by eliminating the evil aura and evil god's will from controlled beasts.
• Cao Fengqi returned to his room, placed Mystic Devouring Beast meat beneath an evil beast egg, and saw that it would hatch in two hours.

Cao Fengqi used the Evil Herding Art and Beast Herding Heart to tame the newly hatched Shadow Hunter and named it Xiaotian Dog. After returning home, he woke his family to celebrate with level 6 liquor, leaving them excited by the rare drink.

• The Shadow Hunter hatched and attacked Cao Fengqi, who beat it into submission.
• Cao Fengqi used the Evil Herding Art to form a contract with the Shadow Hunter, then commanded it with Beast Herding Heart.
• Cao Fengqi named the Shadow Hunter Xiaotian Dog and fed it level 5 metal materials to heal its wounds.
• Cao Fengqi considered contracting the nearby Nightmares but returned to the shelter instead.
• Cao Fengqi woke his family late at night, brought out level 6 Diaohua fragrant liquor, and said he had forty or fifty jin to celebrate.

Cao Fengqi gave his family Transcendent Sequence Runes and equipment, then resumed traveling with the Liangmin County group. When he went to seek Sister Youya’s help with the unmoving Nightmares, a flashing warning from his script alerted him to danger ahead, where Spirit Forger Wang and his family seemed to be.

• Cao Fengqi gave Cao Jiancheng, Liu Xiuxiu, and Liu Chunying three Transcendent Sequence Runes and provided Liu Chunying with Sacred Filth Purifier equipment.
• The family celebrated their new status as transcendents, and Liu Chunying visited Cao Fengqi that night.
• Cao Fengqi traveled with the Liangmin County group as the weather brightened, then found that the Nightmares had not moved for more than ten hours.
• Cao Fengqi decided to seek Sister Youya’s help and summoned Xiaotian Dog for the children to play with.
• A flashing script alert stopped Cao Fengqi before he reached the Xiao Family, and he suspected Spirit Forger Wang and his family were ahead and meant him harm.

Wang Tieshan agreed to join Dragon Head Mountain after Liu Zhihu promised the Cao Family would be destroyed, while Cao Fengqi sought a way to defend against mental attacks. Wang Zhixue arrived with a Soul Dream Necklace that could resist them, but Cao Fengqi kissed her instead of accepting her revenge terms.

• Liu Zhihu persuaded Wang Tieshan to join Dragon Head Mountain and told the Wang Family to prepare for the next three days.
• Cao Fengqi visited Leng Shuangshuang to ask for Xiao Youya, learned she had entered the Lost Land, and decided to return later.
• Cao Fengqi went back into the Lost Land to check on Nightmare, then returned to spend time with Dabao and Xiaobao.
• Wang Zhixue visited Cao Fengqi and challenged him to call her grandaunt in exchange for Earth-Splitting Dark Iron.
• Wang Zhixue offered Cao Fengqi a Soul Dream Necklace that resisted mental attacks, and explained that she and her sister had obtained it through an inheritance assessment.
• Cao Fengqi pulled Wang Zhixue close and kissed her, then offered to give her one more place in their bargain.

Wang Zhixue traded with Cao Fengqi and returned home with level 5 lingzhi and level 6 liquor, prompting her family to wonder whether he brought the sisters good fortune. Cao Fengqi gave Xiao Youya liquor and learned about Wang Tieshan’s connections as he prepared to act before they reached Tianbei Base City in five days.

• Wang Zhixue left Cao Fengqi’s room with a level 5 lingzhi and level 6 Carved Flower Fragrant Liquor, pleased with their exchange and her revenge plan’s progress.
• Wang Zhixue showed the treasures to her family, who praised Cao Fengqi and speculated that he might be bringing the sisters good fortune.
• Cao Fengqi examined the Soul Dream Necklace and decided it would let him meet the Nightmares.
• Xiao Youya gave Cao Fengqi information about prominent families and explained Wang Tieshan’s ties to Zhou Meng, while assuring him that their arrival in Tianbei Base City was five days away.
• Cao Fengqi gave Xiao Youya level 6 liquor and hinted that he might need something from her the next day.

Cao Fengqi entered the Lost Land and used the Soul Dream Necklace, his gun, and the secret chamber’s narrow entrance to defeat the Nightmares. He contracted two level 6 Nightmares and six level 5 Nightmares, leaving him ready to act against Wang Tieshan’s family in Liangmin County.

• Cao Fengqi decided that he would need Xiao Youya to deter Liangmin County’s other factions while he attacked Wang Tieshan by force.
• Cao Fengqi entered the Lost Land, opened the sealed chamber exit, and attacked the Nightmares with arrows and the Gold Fire Blast Gun.
• Cao Fengqi killed three level 6 Nightmares and badly wounded the other two while using the chamber entrance as cover against their mental attacks.
• Cao Fengqi defeated the remaining Nightmares, then contracted the two surviving level 6 Nightmares and six level 5 Nightmares.
• Cao Fengqi believed his new Nightmare contracts would make him invincible in Liangmin County.

Cao Fengqi wiped out the Nightmare pack and prepared to kill an approaching intruder, only to learn the man was Zhang Mo, another local Transcendent. After shooting at Zhang, Cao Fengqi welcomed him to Cao Family Town and claimed the attack was a friendly greeting.

• Cao Fengqi let Xiaotian Dog devour a level 6 Nightmare corpse and detected someone approaching the area.
• Zhang Mo used his concealment skill to investigate the Nightmare territory, found the beasts dead, and decided to retreat.
• Cao Fengqi circled around Zhang and fired repeated volleys from his Gold Fire Blast Gun.
• Zhang dodged and blocked the bullets, then identified himself as Zhang Mo, the Night Executioner, and said they were fellow locals.
• Cao Fengqi recognized Zhang from Sister Youya's information, stopped shooting, and welcomed him to Cao Family Town while calling the attack a greeting.

Cao Fengqi discovered that Liu Chunying’s Sacred Filth Purifier skills might treat Zhang Mo’s mentally ill wife, so he brought her to meet Zhang Mo. Zhang Mo offered his life in return if Liu Chunying could cure his wife.

• Zhang Mo left Cao Fengqi’s claimed hometown after the two reached an understanding about his visit.
• Cao Fengqi wondered whether Liu Chunying could treat mental illness and asked her about her healing skills.
• Liu Chunying said her skills could likely treat ordinary mental problems, and Cao Fengqi took her to Zhang Mo’s shelter.
• Cao Fengqi introduced Liu Chunying to Zhang Mo and explained that her Transcendent class was Sacred Filth Purifier.
• Zhang Mo asked whether Liu Chunying could heal his wife and promised that his life would belong to Cao Fengqi if she succeeded.

Cao Fengqi and Liu Chunying treated Zhang Mo’s wife, Song Wenwen, restoring her recognition of her husband. Zhang Mo repaid Cao Fengqi with level 7 metal and souls for a promised dagger, while Cao prepared weapons and planned for the next day.

• Liu Chunying cast a purification spell that helped Song Wenwen recognize Zhang Mo, and Cao Fengqi said further treatments should cure her.
• Cao Fengqi met Zhang Mo in the Lost Land, where Zhang offered his life in gratitude and said he could kill Wang Tieshan alone without being exposed.
• Zhang Mo gave Cao Fengqi his level 7 Darkspawn Shadow Metal and ten level 6 souls, along with level 5 and level 4 souls, in exchange for a level 7 dagger.
• Cao Fengqi returned to his shelter and planned to forge more ammunition, expecting his Nightmares to recover by the next day.

Cao Fengqi prepared to strike at Wang Tieshan and the Wang Family, recruiting Zhang Mo and asking Xiao Youya to lend her presence. As the Liangmin County migration continued toward Tianbei Base City, Cao Fengqi gathered his family and allies for the planned attack.

• Cao Fengqi forged a level 7 Darkin Shadow Dagger and gave it to Zhang Mo, asking him to deal with the Wang Family while Cao Fengqi killed Wang Tieshan.
• Zhang Mo agreed to help and asked to move his shelter beside the Cao Family's after the attack.
• Cao Fengqi summoned his healed Nightmares and Xiaotian Dog, then told his parents he planned to deal with Wang Tieshan that day.
• Cao Jiancheng agreed that the family would face whatever happened together, while Cao Fengqi assured his parents he had made thorough preparations.
• Cao Fengqi visited Xiao Youya and asked her to accompany him as he sent Wang Tieshan and his family to the afterlife.