Chapter Summaries

Cao Fengqi used the Vulcan Autocannon and Holy Light Cannon to kill the Wraith Remains wizard and the twenty Wraith Remains attacking him. He collected their weapons and discovered a Fatefall Space Seal containing a sword art, though he found the loot less useful than he had hoped.

• Cao Fengqi repeatedly interrupted the Wraith Remains wizard's spellcasting, destroyed its crimson clone with a Holy Light Cannon, and blasted the wizard to death with another shot.
• Cao Fengqi gunned down the three level 7 Wraith Remains at the front of the charging group, then used the Vulcan Autocannon to kill the remaining attackers.
• Cao Fengqi collected the Wraith Remains' battered weapons and inspected the wizard's Fatefall Witch's Staff and ruined robe.
• Cao Fengqi found the Fatefall Space Seal on the wizard and discovered that its ten-cubic-meter storage space contained only a book.
• Cao Fengqi identified the book as the Five Elements Spirit-Invoking Sword Art, which could teach him tenth-stage swordsmanship, but he was disappointed that it was not a movement manual or a Transcendent Sequence Rune.

Cao Fengqi searched Lord An's Wizard Tower and found powerful treasures, including an inheritance key to the Fate Witch Grand Church's ancient wizard assessment. He left Cangxuan Town resolved to seek the inheritance and find a way to reach its distant headquarters.

• Cao Fengqi searched the wizard tower's first three floors but found no diaries or other notable items.
• Cao Fengqi found a Witch's Love Crystal necklace in a room with a skeleton, learned it benefited women only, and took the usable items.
• Cao Fengqi reached the tower's fifth floor and collected the Wizard Tower Orb, a second piece of Source Metal, and an inheritance key.
• Cao Fengqi learned the key could start the ancient great wizard's inheritance assessment at the Fate Witch Grand Church headquarters, but the site was far from Cangxuan Town.
• Cao Fengqi looked over Cangxuan Town, declared his first campaign stop complete, and vanished.

Cao Fengqi mistook Wang Zhiyan for her twin sister Wang Zhixue and became intimate with her before realizing the mistake. After Wang Zhiyan explained that she and her family would join the Tianbei Base City authorities, they made a Spirit Medium Contract, and Cao Fengqi gave her valuable items as she prepared to leave.

• Cao Fengqi woke in the afternoon, found his family away, and opened the door to Wang Zhiyan.
• Cao Fengqi mistook Wang Zhiyan for Wang Zhixue and became intimate with her, then promised to marry her and gave her two Witch's Love Crystals.
• Wang Zhiyan told Cao Fengqi that she and her sister had agreed to join the authorities and go to Tianbei Base City with their family.
• Wang Zhiyan and Cao Fengqi made a Spirit Medium Contract that allowed telepathic communication and emergency teleportation.
• Cao Fengqi gave Wang Zhiyan level 5 cigars and level 6 Heavenly Bone Liquid and Marrow-Cleansing Liquid.

Wang Zhiyan agreed to become Cao Fengqi’s fiancée, while her family prepared to join the authorities. Cao Fengqi bought a level 7 wheelchair to use as a mount for his journey to the Fate Witch Grand Church and planned to improve it with formations.

• Wang Zhiyan told her family that Cao Fengqi would visit weekly and had invited them to dinner before they left for the authorities.
• Wang Zhixue felt unsettled about her sister’s engagement, but her mood improved when Wang Zhiyan gave her a Witch’s Love Crystal from Cao Fengqi.
• Cao Fengqi searched the Spark Guild trading platform for a way to travel over difficult terrain and found Mage Okra’s Wheelchair.
• Cao Fengqi negotiated with the seller and bought the wheelchair for nine level 6 souls, then planned to ask Sister Youya to add formations.
• Cao Fengqi’s mother asked him to invite the Wang Family over for a proper get-together before they left the next day.

The Cao and Wang families officially engaged Cao Fengqi and Wang Zhiyan, and Cao Fengqi later met Feng Qinglan and Feng Qingxuan at the Xiao family home. He gave Xiao Youxiu a level-six saber, offered Xiao Youya a level-seven treasure, and asked her to set up formations on his new mount before his long journey.

• Liu Xiuxiu and Yang Yuanyuan finalized Cao Fengqi and Wang Zhiyan's engagement, though they did not set a wedding date.
• Cao Fengqi encountered Feng Qinglan and Feng Qingxuan outside the Xiao family home and followed them inside to see Xiao Youya.
• Xiao Youxiu asked Cao Fengqi to forge him a level-six saber, and Cao Fengqi gave him one he already had.
• Cao Fengqi offered Xiao Youya a level-seven treasure, but she rejected his sweet talk and told him to get to the point.
• Cao Fengqi asked Xiao Youya to set up level-seven acceleration, concealment, and defense formations on his new mount.

Cao Fengqi asked Xiao Youya to install an acceleration array and the Wizard Tower Orb on his wheelchair, while Feng Qingxuan decided to improve his forging skills to compete for her attention. After Xiao Youya finished the work, Cao Fengqi gave her the Witch's Love Crystal by groping her and fleeing.

• Cao Fengqi gave Xiao Youya his level 7 wheelchair and Wizard Tower Orb and asked her to install an acceleration array.
• Feng Qinglan failed to persuade Xiao Youya to go shopping and arranged to have dinner with her that night.
• Feng Qingxuan decided to skip dinner and train until he reached the peak of the Mystic Artificer realm so he could prove himself to Xiao Youya.
• Xiao Youya knocked Xiao Youxiu out of the room after he suggested Cao Fengqi pursue her.
• Xiao Youya finished installing the array, rejected Cao Fengqi's offer of a massage, and refused his Witch's Love Crystal.
• Cao Fengqi placed his hand on Xiao Youya's butt, squeezed it, and ran away.

Xiao Youya privately acknowledged that the crystal Cao Fengqi gave her could greatly aid her cultivation, while warning Xiao Youxiu not to accept favors from others. Cao Fengqi finished preparing for his journey to the Fate Witch Grand Church and set out to begin a new challenge.

• Xiao Youya felt embarrassed and angry about Cao Fengqi's advances but kept the crystal after recognizing its powerful cultivation benefits.
• Xiao Youya warned Xiao Youxiu not to accept gifts or owe favors, and he explained that he had earned his saber through hard work and refused Feng Qingxuan's help.
• Cao Fengqi admired his upgraded wheelchair and planned to use its speed and water-travel abilities to reach the Fate Witch Grand Church.
• Cao Fengqi bought a compass, replenished supplies, and traded his level 7 bow and arrows for a perfect-grade sword.
• After using most of his level 6 souls to improve his strength and equipment, Cao Fengqi declared himself ready to journey to the Fate Witch Grand Church.

Cao Fengqi traveled from Cangxuan Town toward the Fate Witch Grand Church, encountering the deadly dangers of the Lost Land along the way. He reached the Great Fog Forest and prepared to approach the church’s territory at the foot of the Fangelan Mountains.

• Cao Fengqi left Cangxuan Town in his level 7 wheelchair, carrying refined grain and heading toward the Fate Witch Grand Church.
• Cao Fengqi crossed scarred, lifeless terrain and detoured around a vast red-warning area.
• Cao Fengqi approached an enormous level 8 resource, but fled when a massive claw struck the ground near him.
• Cao Fengqi passed more restricted zones, a ruined city, and other humans before stopping to rest after traveling over a thousand kilometers.
• Cao Fengqi set out again the next day and reached the Great Fog Forest, beyond which lay the Fangelan Mountains and the Fate Witch Grand Church.

Cao Fengqi reached the Fate Witch Grand Church and learned that its inheritance lay at Heavenly Fate Remains Burial Mountain, eighty kilometers away. When he recognized enemies from Dragon Head Mountain, he attacked first, and Liu Dongyi was overwhelmed by his weapons.

• Cao Fengqi scanned the Great Fog Forest and found a resource-rich area crowded with people exploring the Fate Witch Grand Church.
• Cao Fengqi learned that the inheritance site was at Heavenly Fate Remains Burial Mountain and prepared to continue toward it.
• Guo Hao and Liu Dongyi recognized Cao Fengqi as the one who had ruined their Dragon Head Mountain plan.
• Cao Fengqi recognized the pair as enemies and opened fire with his Vulcan Autocannon.
• Guo Hao defended himself with an earthen wall and a witch talisman while Liu Dongyi attacked with blood shadows.
• Cao Fengqi struck at Liu Dongyi with a Holy Light Cannon and Mental Smite, then continued firing until Liu Dongyi's blades and armor began to break.

Cao Fengqi killed two Dragon Head Mountain transcendents at the Fate Witch Grand Church, then discovered a level-seven Storage Witch Ring buried beneath a collapsed statue. Liu Dongyi and Guo Hao sought revenge through Dragon Head Mountain, while Cao Fengqi found the ring contained more treasures.

• Cao Fengqi killed Liu Dongyi and Guo Hao with his Holy Light Cannon and Vulcan Autocannon, then shot a red-glowing Dragon Head Mountain member who challenged him.
• Cao Fengqi collected the surviving equipment from the two transcendents and continued deeper into the Fate Witch Grand Church, leaving the terrified ordinary members alive.
• Liu Dongyi revived in Tianbei Base City, complained about losing his equipment and a life, and contacted Deputy Mountain Lord Li to arrange revenge against Cao Fengqi.
• Cao Fengqi scanned the ruins and detected a level-seven resource buried beneath a collapsed witch statue.
• Cao Fengqi dug up a finger bone bearing a level-seven Storage Witch Ring and discovered that the ring held more treasures.

Cao Fengqi explored deeper into the Fate Witch Grand Church, gaining two level 7 items and learning Gu Thought Shadow Possession. After detecting abundant high-level resources and approaching eerie, intact palace-like structures, he sent Nightmare ahead to scout.

• Cao Fengqi consumed the Spirit Gu Poison Pill and used the memory crystal to learn Gu Thought Shadow Possession, which let him share senses with and remotely control Nightmare.
• Cao Fengqi examined a wizard's books about Gu insects and evil creatures, then continued exploring and collected a level 6 Soul-Slaying Poison.
• Cao Fengqi detected three transcendents fighting unknown creatures nearby but avoided them and pressed onward.
• Cao Fengqi's cheat detected many resources, including a level 8 resource near the twenty-six-kilometer mark, and he realized the Fate Witch Grand Church held an immense trove of treasures.
• Cao Fengqi spotted eerie palace-like structures and used Gu Thought Shadow Possession to send Nightmare ahead as a scout.

Cao Fengqi probed a church mirage and battled seven Mirage Rats, learning that their mental attacks could permanently injure his Nightmares. He then received a warning that seven people were approaching to kill him and flew toward them, recognizing two enemies he had shot before.

• Cao Fengqi entered an illusory church and discovered red alerts marking hidden dangers, including every supply item.
• He attacked the seven Mirage Rats with his Nightmares, but they evaded his attacks and struck his Nightmare with mental nets, permanently reducing its mental power by 15 points.
• The Mirage Rats sent more than a hundred projections at Cao Fengqi, but he and his Nightmares dispersed them with area attacks before he fired into the church and saw the rats take cover.
• Cao Fengqi decided not to risk entering the church and resolved to seek information about the dangers inside the Fate Witch Grand Church.
• The script warned Cao Fengqi that seven people were approaching, and he judged that Dragon Head Mountain had sent them to kill him.
• Cao Fengqi flew toward the group and recognized two people he had previously riddled with bullets, along with an elderly man and a middle-aged mystical-type transcendent.

Cao Fengqi escaped Dragon Head Mountain after Elder Chen’s attack severely injured his spirit, then returned home and met with his uncle, who asked him to decipher a level 7 compass. The chapter ended with Cao Fengqi interested in the chance to earn an honorary position that would let him exchange merit points for items in the authorities’ treasury.

• Elder Chen used Soul Plucking to kill Cao Fengqi’s Nightmare, but Cao Fengqi escaped by withdrawing his spiritual power and fleeing on his wheelchair.
• Cao Fengqi fled more than a hundred kilometers to the Great Fog Forest, while Elder Chen and the others failed to catch up and abandoned the pursuit.
• Cao Fengqi left the Lost Land and rested at home, recovering from the mental injury caused by Elder Chen’s attack.
• Cao Jianjun offered to obtain Cao Fengqi an honorary position with the authorities if he deciphered a level 7 compass.
• Cao Jianjun explained that an honorary position would let Cao Fengqi earn merit points and exchange them for items in the authorities’ treasury.

Cao Fengqi dismantled a level-seven energy disc and quickly deduced its forging blueprints, earning his uncle’s amazement and a promised position at the authorities’ armaments factory. He looked forward to using the authorities’ resources to find information on the Fate Witch Grand Church and Dragon Head Mountain’s Transcendents.

• Cao Jianjun brought Cao Fengqi a Wind, Fire, Thunder and Lightning Energy Disc that the authorities had failed to crack, hoping he could study it.
• Cao Fengqi dismantled the disc and its anti-tampering mechanism with Emberfire, spiritual sense, and precise insight.
• Cao Fengqi drew the forging blueprints, including the anti-tampering device, while Cao Jianjun and Cao Fengzhi watched in astonishment.
• Cao Jianjun promised to apply for a nominal armaments factory position for Cao Fengqi and have the merit points for cracking the disc credited to him.
• After Cao Jianjun left, Cao Fengqi agreed to help him and considered using his new position to obtain information about the Fate Witch Grand Church and Dragon Head Mountain’s Transcendents.

Cao Fengqi encouraged Liu Chunying to leave the Lost Land and open a healing clinic, then accepted an honorary position at the Transcendent Arsenal after his exceptional work on powerful equipment. He received his credentials as an honorary captain and was about to be shown the institute’s research project.

• Liu Chunying apologized for dying in the Lost Land and losing Cao Fengqi’s equipment, then said she planned to open a medical clinic using her Healing Spell.
• Cao Fengqi agreed with Liu Chunying’s plan and privately decided he should move out of his parents’ home.
• Cao Jianjun reported that Cao Fengqi deciphered the Wind, Fire, Thunder and Lightning Energy Disc and reverse-engineered its forging blueprint in less than half an hour, and Director Duan approved an honorary position for him.
• Cao Jianjun brought Cao Fengqi level 6 medicines and took him to the Transcendent Arsenal to complete his formalities.
• Director Duan gave Cao Fengqi his credentials and named him an honorary captain, with no actual authority or responsibilities.

Cao Fengqi learned how merit points and military service records worked, then followed Director Duan to a government research project. He offered to judge whether he could help finish the work in a day, but Wu Jiahao doubted his confidence.

• Director Duan explained that Cao Fengqi’s ten thousand merit points had different purchasing power depending on supply and demand, and that service records could qualify him for promotion.
• Cao Fengqi searched the trading platform for information on the Fate Witch Grand Church and objected to its prices; Director Duan and Cao Jianjun explained the dangers and equipment losses involved in exploring it.
• Director Duan took Cao Fengqi to a research work area and introduced him to Wu Jiahao as a potential contributor to the project.
• Cao Jianjun revealed that Cao Fengqi had perfect ninth-dan Mystic Artificer skill, but Wu Jiahao questioned whether forging skill translated to research ability.
• Cao Fengqi said he would join only if he could finish the task that day, while Wu Jiahao scoffed at the claim because his team had spent half a month completing only half the project.

Cao Fengqi reviewed the Transcendent Arsenal’s research into a disposable level 6 weapon and negotiated for merit and cultivation-room access before offering a redesign. He began making an oversized nail case to demonstrate his approach.

• Wu Jiahao had Xiao Liu bring the research materials to Cao Fengqi, who found the project aimed to make a soul-free level 6 transcendent grenade for clearing Desolate Towns.
• Cao Fengqi asked Director Duan about the project’s rewards, then pushed for merit points and access to a level 8 cultivation room for his uncle and the others.
• Cao Fengqi dismissed the existing design as simple, provoking the Mystic Artificers, and said the metal pellets needed to be redesigned to withstand the explosion.
• Cao Fengqi suggested using a level 5 outer case and level 6 spikes, making the weapon larger if necessary.
• Cao Fengqi used Transcendent Emberfire and level 5 metal to forge an oversized nail case beside the research team.

Cao Fengqi quickly perfected a hidden weapon at the research institute and earned sixty percent of the project credit, then used merit points to buy detailed information about the Fate Witch Grand Church. The information warned him about dangerous creatures there, including Mirage Rats that could attack and permanently damage a person’s mind.

• Cao Fengqi forged a level 5 hidden weapon in under ten minutes, impressing Director Duan and the research institute staff.
• Director Duan offered Cao Fengqi sixty percent of the project credit and invited him to join the institute, but Cao Fengqi left the offer open.
• Cao Fengqi asked Cao Jianjun for a quiet room and spent 2,000 merit points to obtain information about the Fate Witch Grand Church.
• Cao Fengqi read about the church’s history, its evil creatures, and the Mirage Rat’s abilities and deadly mental attacks.

Cao Fengqi studied the Fate Witch Grand Church’s threats and searched the authorities’ trading platform for ways to strengthen himself, eventually learning two level 9 Strongman Techniques. He then spotted Xu Fenghua at the Super Armory, learning that she was the powerful deputy director of the Tianbei Base City Law Enforcement Bureau.

• Cao Fengqi read that the Fate Witch Grand Church’s varied enemies made it dangerous for a lone transcendent, and considered strengthening his Beast Herder Sequence and battle pets to counter them.
• Cao Fengqi browsed the authorities’ trading platform, found powerful Beast Shepherd items too costly, and exchanged merit points for the Heavenly Shadow Phantom Movement Technique and Star-Shooting Art.
• Cao Fengqi mastered both level 9 Strongman Techniques, greatly improving his movement and archery.
• Cao Fengzhi invited Cao Fengqi to look through a telescope at the woman he hoped to date, whom he called his future sister-in-law.
• Cao Fengqi recognized a woman he had previously found rude and asked who she was; Cao Fengzhi identified her as Deputy Director Xu Fenghua, an Adjudicator and General Xu Zhenjiang’s only daughter.

Cao Fengqi sold surplus equipment, repaired his dual blades, and absorbed souls to prepare for the Mirage Rats. He entered the mirage and began fighting all seven rats, discovering that his sword art was far more powerful than expected.

• Cao Fengqi learned from Cao Fengzhi about Xu Fenghua's status and power, then dismissed thoughts of seeking her out.
• Cao Fengqi sold his spare equipment and World Medal, repaired his level 7 dual blades, and used souls to raise his Spirit Tamer experience and prepare for the Mirage Rats.
• Cao Fengqi traveled by wheelchair to the Fate Witch Grand Church and entered the mirage with Xiaotian Dog, Nightmare, and his other companions.
• Cao Fengqi fired at the red warnings, exposing the seven Mirage Rats and drawing their attack.
• Cao Fengqi used Emberflame Burns the Heavens to sweep the Mirage Rats with fire and was surprised by the sword art's power.