Chapter Summaries

Cao Fengqi revealed that he planned to eliminate the threat posed by Wang Tieshan’s family and showed the Xiao Family that he had become a Mystic Artificer. As Xiao Youya gathered allies to cover possible interference, Wang Binggao’s family offered to fight alongside Cao Fengqi.

• Cao Fengqi told the Xiao Family he planned to deal with Wang Tieshan’s family, and Xiao Youya agreed to help keep unpredictable factors in check.
• Cao Fengqi displayed a perfect-grade level 6 Gold Fire Blast Gun, stunning Xiao Youxiu and revealing to Xiao Youya that he had entered the Mystic Artificer Sequence.
• Xiao Youya arranged to contact other Transcendents and sent Leng Qingyun to call Zhang Jiuwen while she went to get Divine Granny.
• Cao Fengqi considered Zhou Hantian the main uncertainty behind his plan, rather than Liu Zhihu.
• Wang Binggao and his family told Cao Fengqi they would fight alongside him, and he welcomed their loyalty while glancing at Wang Zhixue and Wang Zhiyan.

Cao Fengqi and his family joined forces with the Wang Family to confront Wang Tieshan, while revealing that four Cao Family members had become Transcendents. At Spirit Forger Wang’s forge, Cao Fengqi opened the attack by shooting four Wang Family members dead.

• Cao Jiancheng revealed that he, Liu Xiuxiu, and Liu Chunying had become Transcendents through Cao Fengqi’s Transcendent Sequence Runes.
• Cao Jiancheng told Cao Fengqi that the Wang Family had agreed to fight alongside them, and Cao Fengqi confirmed that things with Xiao Youya were fine.
• The group approached Spirit Forger Wang’s forge, where Xiao Youya and experts from several Transcendent families watched.
• Cao Fengqi told his family to keep the children from watching, then fired four shots from his Gold Fire Blast Gun.
• Four Wang Family members inside the forge were shot in the head, and terrified onlookers cried out that people had been killed.

Cao Fengqi attacked the Wang Family over their attempts to rob and kill his family, shooting down Wang Shaoyang and Zhou Meng with his transcendent firearm. The chapter ended with Wang Tieshan still alive and vowing revenge after Cao Fengqi killed his son and ally.

• Cao Fengqi killed four members of the Wang Family at Spirit Forger Wang's shop, while Xiao Youya refused to intervene on their behalf.
• Wang Shaoyang charged out in level 5 armor, and Cao Fengqi killed him with one shot from the Gold Fire Blast Gun.
• Wang Tieshan called for Zhou Meng to help avenge Shaoyang and threatened to kill Cao Fengqi's family.
• Zhou Meng rushed out and attacked Cao Fengqi, but Cao Fengqi shot through his defenses and killed him with four bullets.

Cao Fengqi killed Zhou Meng and confronted Wang Tieshan as Liangmin County’s Transcendents gathered. Liu Zhihu moved to protect Wang Tieshan, but County Magistrate Zhou Hantian called for the dispute to end there.

• Cao Fengqi killed Zhou Meng with his Transcendent firearm, shocking the crowd and Wang Tieshan.
• Liu Zhihu, Hu Lan, Chen Minghui, Zhou Hantian, and other Transcendents arrived as residents gathered to watch.
• Wang Tieshan pleaded with Liu Zhihu to protect him, while Xiao Youya warned Liu Zhihu not to interfere on Cao Fengqi’s behalf.
• Cao Fengqi declared that he would kill Wang Tieshan and anyone who tried to stop him.
• Liu Zhihu drew his twin blades and said he would protect Wang Tieshan, while Hu Lan and Chen Minghui prepared to fight.
• Zhang Jiuwen accused Liu Zhihu and his allies of killing Zhao Yimin, and Zhou Hantian told everyone to end the matter there.

Cao Fengqi refused Zhou Hantian’s attempt to intervene in the dispute over Wang Tieshan and challenged the county magistrate, escalating the standoff into a fight. Cao Fengqi’s Nightmares and Zhang Mo killed Liu Zhihu, Hu Lan, and Chen Minghui before Cao Fengqi even fired his weapon.

• Zhou Hantian declared that he was maintaining order and would stop Xiao Youya’s side from interfering, but Cao Fengqi insulted him and insisted that anyone protecting Wang Tieshan would die.
• Zhou Hantian summoned green flames and said he would let Liu Zhihu act while preventing anyone else from interfering; Liu Zhihu, Hu Lan, and Chen Minghui moved to attack Cao Fengqi.
• After a wealthy-family expert condemned Cao Fengqi, Cao Fengqi shot and killed him, prompting Liu Zhihu to declare judgment and advance with his companions.
• Cao Jiancheng, Wang Zhixue, and Liu Chunying readied themselves to support Cao Fengqi, but he told them to stand aside and summoned two level-six and six level-five Nightmares.
• The Nightmares’ mental attack disabled Liu Zhihu’s group, and Zhang Mo stabbed Liu Zhihu through the head before slashing Hu Lan’s and Chen Minghui’s throats.
• Zhang Mo called the opponents weak, and Cao Fengqi agreed, noting that he had not even fired his Gold Fire Blast Gun.

Cao Fengqi killed Liu Zhihu, Hu Lan, Chen Minghui, and Wang Tieshan, then confronted Zhou Hantian and demanded to know why he had wanted him dead. After Zhao Chentian arrived seeking revenge, Zhou’s allies abandoned him, and Zhou offered to confess in exchange for his family’s safety.

• Cao Fengqi’s Nightmares killed Liu Zhihu, Hu Lan, and Chen Minghui, while Zhang Mo and others witnessed his overwhelming power.
• Bone claws erupted from the ground and killed Wang Tieshan as he hid behind his shield.
• Cao Fengqi threatened Zhou Hantian and the four transcendent beings beside him, then asked Zhou why he had wanted Cao dead.
• Zhao Chentian appeared, thanked Cao Fengqi for killing Liu Zhihu and Hu Lan, and vowed to avenge his family by wiping out the Liu and Hu families.
• Cao Fengqi told Zhao Chentian to help Uncle Zhang deal with the Wang and Zhou families, prompting Chen Jinfeng and the other three to leave Zhou’s side.
• Zhou Hantian offered to confess and give his life if Cao Fengqi spared his family.

Zhou Hantian confessed that he had agreed to help Liu Zhihu attack Xiao Youya and Leng Qingyun, but Cao Fengqi let Xiao Youya decide his fate. After she executed him, Cao Fengqi spared Zhou Xingyu and the rest of the Zhou Family, then arranged to collect the transcendent corpses as spoils.

• Zhou Hantian revealed that Liu Zhihu had offered him level-seven equipment to help keep Chen Alan and Zhang Jiuwen occupied during an attack on Xiao Youya and Leng Qingyun.
• Zhou Hantian pleaded with Xiao Youya to spare his family, and Cao Fengqi said he would not harm them unless they threatened him.
• Xiao Youya killed Zhou Hantian with a razor-sharp thread, while Cao Fengqi spared Zhou Xingyu and the others.
• Leng Qingyun and Divine Granny discussed how Cao Fengqi had indirectly saved their families, and Xiao Youya reassured Divine Granny that the world needed compassionate people.
• Cao Fengqi called Ma Jiuxing and asked Xiao Youya to send the enforcement team to gather the transcendent corpses for his battle pets.

After Cao Fengqi’s rise to power and the deaths of several Transcendents, news of his dominance spread across Liangmin County, leaving the Liu and Wu families to face the consequences of their past ties to him. At the council grounds, Cao Fengqi examined the spoils from the defeated families and turned his attention to a glowing, beehive-shaped object.

• News spread that Cao Fengqi had killed six Transcendents and their families, while his family now had five Transcendents and Xiao Youya controlled Liangmin County publicly.
• Liu Fengshan and Zhang Chunfen’s family regretted their estrangement from Liu Chunying, but realized Cao Fengqi would never forgive the Liu Family.
• Wu Qianqian’s neighbors avoided her family and blamed her for their misfortune, causing her to run inside in tears.
• Cao Fengqi inspected the resources and equipment taken from the defeated families, including a level 7 Gloom Ruins Hunting Blade that he disparaged.
• Cao Fengqi noticed a softly glowing, beehive-shaped object and became interested in it.

Cao Fengqi inspected the rare Moonlight Worm Nest and other spoils, then discussed advancement, his second Transcendent Sequence, and plans for Tianbei Base City with Xiao Youya and his family. He accepted the law enforcement team's help at home and offered Wang Binggao shelter, while Xiao Youya agreed to try to locate Cao Fengqi's missing relatives.

• Cao Fengqi admired the level 6 Moonlight Worm Nest and reviewed the valuable items he had acquired, including a Gale Potion and a Holy Light Cannon blueprint.
• Cao Fengqi asked Xiao Youya about the requirements for advancing to the third sequence and revealed that his second profession was the Beast Shepherd Sequence, like his mother's.
• Xiao Youya described Tianbei Base City's population, factions, and large numbers of transcendents, then offered to help search for Cao Jiancheng's relatives if they were transcendents.
• Zhao Chentian asked to follow Cao Fengqi to the Spark Guild, but Cao Fengqi and Cao Jiancheng considered staying together while seeking their family in Tianbei Base City.
• Cao Fengqi led the Liangmin County Law Enforcement Team home, accepted their offer to help build the Cao Family shelter, and let Wang Binggao use it.

Cao Fengqi entered the center of Desolate Town to hunt Wraith Remains and discovered an enormous cache of high-level and special supplies, including an inheritance key. After confirming that stationary supplies were valuable treasures, he prepared to attack a Wraith Remains guarding a nearby level 7 supply.

• Cao Fengqi reflected on his need to grow stronger before reaching Tianbei Base City, then entered the Lost Land with the Xiaotian Dog and his Nightmares.
• Cao Fengqi approached the center of Desolate Town and scanned dozens of level 6 and level 7 supplies, three level 8 supplies, two special supplies, and an inheritance key.
• Cao Fengqi realized that stationary supplies were likely treasures rather than metal carried by Wraith Remains, and he collected a Heart of Moonlight, a Wood Entanglement Spell Memory Crystal, and two Smoked Leaf Mountain Cigars.
• Cao Fengqi identified a nearby level 7 supply and a Wraith Remains carrying several metal materials, then advanced toward the creature with his battle pets ready to fight.

Cao Fengqi rushed toward the level 7 supplies but drew attacks from multiple Wraith Remains and barely escaped after losing a Nightmare and damaging his Soul Dream Necklace. He reached safety with the level 7 item, a Spatial Pattern Firepower Box, whose contents could attack targets under mental control.

• Cao Fengqi sent his Nightmares and Xiaotian Dog to hold off a Wraith Remains while he reached the level 7 supplies.
• A second Wraith Remains fired a level 7 arrow that killed a Nightmare, pursued Cao Fengqi, and cracked his Soul Dream Necklace.
• Cao Fengqi drank a Gale Potion, used movement techniques to flee, and deflected the arrow with his Gloom Ruins Hunting Blade.
• The two Wraith Remains abandoned their pursuit, and Cao Fengqi took stock of his losses while hiding behind a tree.
• Cao Fengqi examined the level 7 item and identified it as a Spatial Pattern Firepower Box with eight storage spaces and mentally controlled weapons.

Cao Fengqi tested the Spatial Pattern Firepower Box and then entered the center of Desolate Town to scout the Wraith Remains and collect nearby treasures. He found that the Wraith Remains could control metal from afar, and the chapter ended with three apparently motionless Wraith Remains attacking him with spells.

• Cao Fengqi placed his Arcane Musket in the Spatial Pattern Firepower Box and realized its eight weapon slots could let him fire multiple cannons in succession.
• Cao Fengqi circled north to investigate the Wraith Remains while his Gale Potion was still active, scanning the valuable resources around Desolate Town's center.
• Cao Fengqi tried luring a Wraith Remains with metal, but its mental control pulled the metal toward it, so he abandoned the tactic.
• Cao Fengqi collected a Heart of Moonlight, Marrow-Cleansing Liquid, and Inspiration Liquid from nearby resource sites.
• Three level 6 resources sprang to life and attacked Cao Fengqi with fireballs and a red spell that trapped him, so he released his seven Nightmares to fight back.

Cao Fengqi escaped a dangerous attack in Desolate Town and decided he needed Xiao Youya’s help repairing his Soul Dream Necklace. The next morning, Xiao Youxiu embraced Cao Fengqi as his godfather after accepting his loss in a bet, while Xiao Youya examined the damaged necklace and warned that it would be troublesome to repair.

• Cao Fengqi broke free from a mental swamp, evaded another arrow, and fled after discovering that Wraith Remains could use both ranged weapons and spells.
• Cao Fengqi returned to reality, found his Soul Dream Necklace damaged, and decided to ask Xiao Youya to repair it before exploring Desolate Town again.
• Cao Fengqi visited the Xiao family, where Xiao Youxiu called him godfather after resolving to accept his lost bet and seek Cao Fengqi’s help.
• Cao Fengqi asked Xiao Youya to repair his Soul Dream Necklace, and she said the level 6 item had suffered a powerful mental impact and would be difficult to fix.

Cao Fengqi visited Xiao Youya to have her repair a level 6 necklace, then gave her rare spirit liquids after the work left her exhausted. As Xiao Youya opened up about carrying the Xiao Family alone, Cao Fengqi offered to massage her using his cultivation cushion.

• Xiao Youya explained that repairing the necklace without its crafting blueprint required her to decipher its formation, and Cao Fengqi asked whether she could obtain similar level 7 equipment.
• Xiao Youya repaired the level 6 necklace while Cao Fengqi waited, and she was left pale and sweating from the mental strain.
• Cao Fengqi offered Xiao Youya Marrow-Cleansing Liquid and Inspiration Liquid, and she asked how he had acquired such valuable treasures.
• Xiao Youya accepted Cao Fengqi's kindness as she reflected on the burdens of supporting her family and admitted that she wished her younger brother were more considerate.
• Cao Fengqi offered to massage Xiao Youya to restore her mental strength and brought out a level 6 Transcendent's Cultivation Cushion.

Cao Fengqi tried to give Xiao Youya a massage, but his shameless advances made her furious and she drove him away. Later, Xiao Youxiu asked Cao Fengqi for help acquiring materials, then wondered whether to bring him and Xiao Youya together.

• Cao Fengqi laid out his level 6 cultivation cushion and persuaded Xiao Youya to lie down for a massage.
• Xiao Youya realized Cao Fengqi was touching her inappropriately and bound him with array flames before confronting him about his fiancées.
• Cao Fengqi reminded Xiao Youya that he had helped her the day before, then fled when she prepared a whip.
• Cao Fengqi dismissed Xiao Youya as troublesome and said he preferred silly girls like Wang Zhixue.
• Xiao Youxiu gave Cao Fengqi souls and asked him for Blazing Fire Gold, and Cao Fengqi agreed to help.
• Xiao Youxiu praised Cao Fengqi to Xiao Youya, who struck him with her whip; afterward, Xiao Youxiu considered setting them up.

After clearing the treasures he could safely collect in Desolate Town, Cao Fengqi weighed how to grow strong enough to face the Wraith Remains. As the migrating group neared Tianbei Base City, a powerful Transcendent Shelter arrived, and Cao Fengqi met a noble woman who judged his professions to have little promise.

• Cao Fengqi collected pills and Heavenly Bone Liquid, raising his constitution and spirit before stopping his exploration at a bottleneck.
• The migrating group spotted a moving shelter and halted when Xiao Youxiu summoned Cao Fengqi to meet a prominent member of the Spark Guild.
• Cao Fengqi and the Liangmin County transcendents examined the Transcendent Shelter, and his scan detected numerous high-grade treasures and a special resource within it.
• Cao Fengqi entered the shelter and found that it improved spirit and stamina recovery, mental activity, and learning speed.
• The noble woman in cyan sized up Cao Fengqi and considered his Artifact Refiner and Beast Shepherd professions to have little promise.

Feng Qinglan explained the factions and benefits available to the Liangmin County Transcendents, while dismissing Cao Fengqi’s prospects because of his Artifact Refiner and Beast Shepherd classes. The group learned about Transcendent shelters and the scarcity of pactable exotic beasts, and Xiao Youya suggested Cao Fengqi demonstrate his Artifact Refiner skills to negotiate with the Spark Guild.

• Feng Qinglan invited the Liangmin County Transcendents to join the Spark Guild and gave them information about Tianbei Base City’s factions.
• The Transcendents read about faction benefits and obligations, including merit tasks, while Feng Qinglan advised them to discuss their choices before signing contracts.
• Feng Qinglan explained that Transcendent shelters required rare Source Metal, and the armored man said conquering noble estates for it required cooperation.
• Feng Qinglan described common Transcendent classes and said evil energy had made suitable exotic beasts scarce for Beast Shepherds.
• Xiao Youya told Cao Fengqi he could show his Artifact Refiner talent and make requests of Feng Qinglan, surprising her.

Cao Fengqi demonstrated that he could forge a Gold Fire Blast Gun in a day, startling Feng Qinglan and the Spark Guild representatives. After mocking Feng Qinglan’s claims about her brother’s skill, he insisted that joining Spark would be a favor to them, and Xiao Youya urged Feng Qinglan to take his talent seriously.

• Xiao Youya confirmed that Cao Fengqi had forged the Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Case and revealed that he could also make a level 6 Gold Fire Blast Gun at eighteen.
• Cao Fengqi displayed a Gold Fire Blast Gun, and the Spark representatives questioned how long it took him to forge it and what Mystic Artificer rank he held.
• Feng Qinglan said her brother could forge a Gold Fire Blast Gun in three days and ranked among Spark’s top three refiners, while Cao Fengqi handed Xiao Youxiu a gun he had completed since the previous day.
• Cao Fengqi sarcastically called Feng Qinglan’s brother disabled and mocked the chosen ones of Tianbei Base City, leaving Feng Qinglan furious.
• Cao Fengqi told Xiao Youya that joining Spark would be poverty relief, and Xiao Youya asked Feng Qinglan to give him proper consideration.

After Cao Fengqi negotiated with the Spark Guild and received 730 souls from Xiao Youya, he absorbed souls to advance his Beast Contract Master Sequence to Spirit Tamer. The new sequence granted him the ability to learn his battle pets’ skills.

• Fengyun Hong and the Spark Guild members decided to recruit Cao Fengqi despite his demand for rare materials, and Feng Qinglan agreed to ask Xiao Youya to help negotiate.
• Xiao Youya gave Cao Fengqi 730 souls and advised him to be polite to Feng Qinglan; he considered joining Spark rather than the more restrictive Great Xia government.
• Cao Fengqi returned to the shelter with the group, ate with his family, and went to his room to cultivate.
• Cao Fengqi absorbed his souls until his Beast Contract Master Sequence advanced to Spirit Tamer.
• Cao Fengqi discovered that Spirit Tamer let him learn his battle pets’ skills.

After becoming a Spirit Tamer, Cao Fengqi discovered that his new arts let him read thoughts and inspect his battle pets' skills. He learned six compatible skills and used his cheat to raise them to maximum proficiency, leaving him able to cast them instantly.

• Cao Fengqi inspected his Beast Shepherd sequence and found that his new profession had raised his constitution and spirit by 90 each.
• Cao Fengqi examined Knowledge of Others' Minds and realized it let him read a target's current thoughts if their spirit was not much higher than his.
• Cao Fengqi summoned Xiaotian Dog and Nightmare and inspected their attributes and skills.
• Cao Fengqi chose three skills from each battle pet that his body could learn and connected his mind to theirs to master the skills.
• Cao Fengqi used his cheat to maximize all six skills, then instantly summoned illusory Nightmares with Nightmare Group Assault.