Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun recruited Mo Fuyang to help search the Garbage Dump for Great Wasteland Black God Crystal, promising spirit stones in return. After a year of gathering and refining, the group had collected four hundred jin and prepared to expand their operation, while Chen Xun rewarded Mo Fuyang with pills.

• Chen Xun offered the Garbage Dump treasure hunters spirit stones for finding Great Wasteland Black God Crystal, and Mo Fuyang agreed to organize their help.
• Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, Little Crane, Little Crimson, and Mo Fuyang searched the Garbage Mountains together and became a cheerful team.
• After a year, the group established a guarded Garbage Recycling Plant and Little Crane calculated that they had collected about four hundred jin of crystal worth forty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Xun praised Little Crane and gave Mo Fuyang three bottles of Supreme Purity Ancient Pills for his work.
• Chen Xun looked toward Big Black Ox, who confirmed that the Large Teleportation Array was nearly complete and only lacked its final material.

Chen Xun and his companions set out for Leaving Dust Island aboard the World Breaking Ship, using Mo Fuyang’s essence qi guidance box to navigate. As they sped across the Great Sea Region, they listened to the Nine Heavens Immortal Sound Array Disk and continued toward their destination.

• Chen Xun gathered the Great Wasteland Black God Crystals and led his companions toward Leaving Dust Island to establish a base.
• Little Crane summoned the Giant Ship, and Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, Little Crane, Little Crimson, and Mo Fuyang boarded it.
• Mo Fuyang activated his box, which recorded Leaving Dust Island’s unique Heaven and Earth Essence Qi as a navigational guide.
• Big Black Ox raised the Five Elements Array Flags, and the concealed World Breaking Ship accelerated across the sea toward the island.
• Chen Xun asked Mo Fuyang to play the Nine Heavens Immortal Sound Array Disk, and the companions listened while Mo Fuyang cultivated.
• The World Breaking Ship continued through the Great Sea Region as sea beasts surfaced below.

After two months aboard the World Breaking Ship, Mo Fuyang and Chen Xun’s group reached Floating Island, Leaving Dust, and were overwhelmed by its immense scale and powerful cultivators. They arrived on the island and set course for Hun Yuan Immortal City.

• Mo Fuyang discovered that the World Breaking Ship had reached Leaving Dust in only two months, and he and the others saw the floating continent, its fleets, and more than a hundred flying flood dragons.
• Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, Little Crane, Little Crimson, and Mo Fuyang entered a waterway, where an array carried their ship rapidly onto Leaving Dust Island.
• Little Crane and Big Black Ox marveled at the waterway’s beauty and arrays while Chen Xun and Little Crimson mistook a sea race fleet’s forks for fishing tools.
• The group arrived among the island’s teleportation halls and saw distant transport portals, spiritual mountains, and vast fleets.
• Chen Xun told Big Black Ox to steer toward Hun Yuan Immortal City, and the World Breaking Ship set off across Leaving Dust Island.

Chen Xun and his companions arrived at Leaving Dust Island and learned about the Myriad Realms Spirit Bank’s Thousand Machines Spirit Seals, which stored and transferred Spirit Stones. After marveling at the island’s stable teleportation arrays, they paid the fare in Low-Grade Spirit Stones and headed toward Hun Yuan Immortal City.

• Chen Xun and his companions landed on Leaving Dust Island and headed for a teleportation hall.
• A young man told Chen Xun that the teleportation fare was one Low-Grade Spirit Stone per person and asked whether he had a Thousand Machines Spirit Seal.
• Mo Fuyang explained that the Myriad Realms Spirit Bank operated across the Three Thousand Great Worlds and that a Yellow Rank Thousand Machines Spirit Seal cost three thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox recognized that the hall was likely a Blessed Grotto Heaven and watched travelers use Spirit Seals with its teleportation arrays.
• Chen Xun asked to pay with Spirit Stones, and Mo Fuyang handed five Low-Grade Spirit Stones to the attendant.
• Chen Xun and the others boarded the array and teleported toward Hun Yuan Immortal City.

Chen Xun and his companions arrived in Hun Yuan Immortal City to sell their materials and plan a future Garbage Recycling Plant. After dreaming aloud about expanding the enterprise across the Three Thousand Great Worlds, they headed for the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion and discovered its main entrance was elsewhere.

• Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, Little Crane, Little Crimson, and Mo Fuyang explored Hun Yuan Immortal City and agreed to sell materials, buy supplies, and prepare to establish a Garbage Recycling Plant.
• At the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion, Chen Xun and Big Black Ox admired its construction and considered the value of its materials.
• Chen Xun declared that they would build a grand recycling enterprise and expand it across the Three Thousand Great Worlds, while Big Black Ox believed him and the others expressed doubt.
• Chen Xun approached the pavilion from the wrong side, and Little Crane and Mo Fuyang pointed out the main entrance and explained the side entrance was for distinguished guests.
• A group arrived through the air to welcome Miss Chi Ye through a concealed side door, and Chen Xun led his companions around to the main entrance.

Chen Xun and his companions explored the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion and examined Image Recording Stones and a Void Transmission Disc. Little Crimson chose a modest recording stone, while the group continued browsing the pavilion.

• Chen Xun and his companions entered the vast Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion and surveyed its artifacts.
• Little Crane spotted an Image Recording Stone, and the group learned about the different ranks and prices through its display pendant.
• Little Crimson asked to buy a Yellow Rank Image Recording Stone so it could watch the recordings later, and Chen Xun agreed.
• Chen Xun and the others found a Void Transmission Disc and began examining its information.

Chen Xun and his companions explored the Immortal Pavilion, where they learned about Void Transmission Discs and encountered the Chaos Immortal Spirit Rankings. The rankings revealed how the Great Age’s heavenly prides cultivated, and the group left with a new understanding of their methods and the wider cultivation world.

• Chen Xun learned that Void Transmission Discs could send messages across vast distances, though their discs and replacement stones cost many spirit stones.
• Mo Fuyang explained that independent traders offered less reliable goods, while the Immortal Pavilion standardized its prices and merchandise.
• Little Crane spotted the Yellow Rank Chaos Immortal Spirit Rankings, and Chen Xun questioned whether the Heavenly Dao had created a ranking board for sale.
• Chen Xun and his companions examined the heavenly-pride rankings and were shocked to see cultivators delaying breakthroughs to extend their cultivation and build stronger foundations.
• Mo Fuyang explained that powerful heavenly prides could afford to delay advancement, while Chen Xun praised their patience and said cultivation should focus on the heart rather than fighting.

Chen Xun explored the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion and arranged to sell Great Wasteland Black God Crystal for Spirit Stones. The transaction left him with forty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, while he learned how the Pavilion handled business and payments.

• Chen Xun decided to browse the Pavilion and planned to buy a Ten Thousand Races Ranking once he had Spirit Stones.
• Chen Xun inspected the Pill Refining Furnaces and decided to repair his Northern Cold Blazing Jade Furnace instead of buying an expensive replacement.
• Yun Jin approached Chen Xun and invited him to discuss selling Great Wasteland Black God Crystal in Bamboo Serenity Pavilion.
• Chen Xun agreed to sell four hundred jin of Great Wasteland Black God Crystal for forty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yun Jin produced the Spirit Stones with his Thousand Machines Spirit Seal, and Chen Xun examined the pure, elemental-neutral currency.

Chen Xun sold Great Wasteland Black God Crystal to Yun Jin and arranged to sell to him again, then took his companions shopping in the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion. The group ended the night posing for a family portrait beneath the city’s sky, with a meteor captured in the image.

• Yun Jin suspected Chen Xun had refined the crystal from discarded artifacts, then asked to buy his future supply directly and offered to raise the price for larger quantities.
• Chen Xun agreed to return to Yun Jin, who offered to pass along discarded materials from the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion once his status rose.
• Chen Xun reunited with Big Black Ox, Little Crane, Little Crimson, and Mo Fuyang, then spent over five thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones on cultivation-related goods.
• The group left the pavilion and marveled at the lively, radiant immortal city beneath the starry sky.
• Little Crimson suggested taking a picture, and Chen Xun persuaded Mo Fuyang to join the group portrait.
• Big Black Ox lifted Chen Xun onto its shoulders as the others posed; the Image Recording Stone captured them and a meteor while passersby looked on disdainfully.

Chen Xun visited the Myriad Realms Spirit Bank to obtain a Yellow-rank Thousand Machines Spirit Seal and asked Wan Xiangying about its purpose. As she began explaining the Spirit Bank’s origins and the ancient Great Slaughter Era, Chen Xun learned that powerful figures had sought to prevent the Three Thousand Great Worlds from collapsing into an age of extinction.

• Chen Xun and his companions explored the immortal city through the night, then arrived at the Myriad Realms Spirit Bank at dawn.
• Wan Xiangying greeted Chen Xun and learned that only he wanted a Thousand Machines Spirit Seal, while Big Black Ox and the others went to rest with Yue Er.
• Chen Xun asked Wan Xiangying why cultivators needed a Thousand Machines Spirit Seal when they already had Storage Rings.
• Wan Xiangying explained that Spirit Stones could become tainted when stored for too long and said the seal had another, more important function tied to the origins of the great age.
• Wan Xiangying recounted how the Great Slaughter Era brought constant killing and endangered the Three Thousand Great Worlds, prompting powerful figures of many races to plan how to end the chaos and protect future generations.

Wan Xiangying explained how the Thousand Machines Spirit Seal protected transactions and enforced the rules of the great age, leaving Chen Xun convinced that his old methods would no longer work. He decided to buy a seal and deposit thirty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

• Wan Xiangying described the spirit seal's safeguards, tracking function, and role in supporting trade among the races.
• Wan Xiangying explained that only Spirit Transformation cultivators could disable tracking, while access to location records required special status.
• Chen Xun realized that the seal could expose his past corpse-destruction methods and decided to stop killing for treasure.
• Chen Xun asked Wan Xiangying to get him a Thousand Machines Spirit Seal and said he would deposit thirty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Chen Xun acquired and tested a Thousand Machines Spirit Seal, then reunited with his companions and discussed buying protected property in an immortal city. As they headed out, he questioned Little Crane about the Great Age, and she faced his demand to revise her skeptical answer.

• Wan Xiangying gave Chen Xun a Thousand Machines Spirit Seal, which he refined using one of his Five Elements Nascent Souls instead of his own divine soul.
• Chen Xun tested the Spirit Seal by storing thirty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, then severed its connection and covered one Primordial Spirit with death qi as a precaution.
• Chen Xun met Big Black Ox, Little Crimson, Little Crane, and Mo Fuyang, and said they would buy property before returning to Garbage Island.
• Chen Xun explained that buying property offered more protection than digging a hole, and Little Crimson reacted with surprise at how law-abiding cultivators seemed in the Great Age.
• Chen Xun asked Little Crane what she thought of the Great Age, and she said they should not trust hearsay; he struck her on the head and ordered her to reorganize her words.

Chen Xun warned his companions not to trust the Great Age’s powerful clans and led them to buy a remote mountain outside Hun Yuan Immortal City as the base for their Garbage Recycling Plant. After securing the property, he prepared to set up a Teleportation Array and return to begin their larger undertaking.

• Little Crane told Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson that the Chaos Immortal Spirit Board and the sealing of Small Realms might be tied to powerful clans controlling the Great World Source, and Chen Xun urged everyone to stay cautious.
• Chen Xun reflected on the Great Age’s power struggles and warned his companions not to underestimate its strongest races, then he and Big Black Ox beat Little Crimson when it began to mention Heaven Severance.
• The next morning, Chen Xun and his companions inspected a barren mountain outside Hun Yuan Immortal City, where a Nascent Soul Realm agent revealed a hidden wooden-fenced estate and marked the land as theirs under Leaving Dust Island’s rules.
• Chen Xun accepted the remote mountain as the Garbage Recycling Plant’s first bridgehead, and Big Black Ox and Little Crimson went to prepare a Teleportation Array.
• Chen Xun told Mo Fuyang that their plan was about to begin and that the five Garbage Islands had only been the first step.

Chen Xun and his companions returned to the Garbage Dump and announced that they would exchange Great Wasteland Black God Crystal fragments for spirit stones. The Fat Daoist became the first to accept the offer, while other Treasure Hunters watched.

• Chen Xun and his companions used Big Black Ox's teleportation array to travel from Leaving Dust Island back to the Garbage Dump.
• A Fat Daoist searching for treasure fell into a pile of garbage when Chen Xun's arrival startled him.
• Little Crimson and the others surrounded the Fat Daoist, who explained that his family had fallen on hard times and he had come to seek treasures.
• Chen Xun announced that Treasure Hunters could exchange four jin of Great Wasteland Black God Crystal fragments for one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• The Fat Daoist offered five jin of fragments, and Chen Xun began the exchange as the watching cultivators grew tempted by the offer.

Chen Xun opened a Garbage Recycling Plant on Garbage Island, offering Treasure Hunters spirit stones for discarded magical artifacts and Great Wasteland Black God Crystal. Qing Li and Qing Wan brought in their first load and agreed to help recruit others, while Chen Xun and his companions waited for the operation to grow.

• Chen Xun announced that Treasure Hunters could exchange garbage for spirit stones at his plant without losing their freedom, while Mo Fuyang and others spread the word.
• Song Heng used his family’s Treasure Hunting Compass and prayed for good fortune as he searched the garbage.
• Chen Xun and his companions waited at the plant until Qing Li and Qing Wan arrived with about twelve jin of materials.
• Qing Li asked to work for the plant and recruit other Treasure Hunters, and Chen Xun agreed while warning them to avoid trouble.
• Little Crimson confirmed the load’s weight, and Chen Xun paid Qing Wan three hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Qing Li and Qing Wan left to spread the word as Big Black Ox began breaking down the garbage.

Chen Xun’s Garbage Recycling Plant brought in a large monthly profit by buying Great Wasteland Black God Crystal from Treasure Hunters. As the group celebrated and planned to acquire resources and the Profound Rank Thousand Machines Spirit Seal, an unseen presence beyond the array drew their attention.

• Mo Fuyang and Qing Li paid Treasure Hunters for their materials, and word of the plant’s generous rates spread through the Garbage Dump.
• Fellow Daoist Chu sold his Great Wasteland Black God Crystal, then returned to the dump to search for more after hearing how much other Treasure Hunters had earned.
• Little Crane reported that the plant had purchased 1,132 pounds of Great Wasteland Black God Crystal that month and made a large profit in Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Xun told Big Black Ox, Little Crane, and Little Crimson that Yun Jin would provide spirit herbs and pill formulas, and he planned to use their earnings to obtain the Profound Rank Thousand Machines Spirit Seal.
• The group’s celebration abruptly stopped when they sensed something beyond the array, and they turned to face it.

Song Heng approached Chen Xun and offered to use his treasure-hunting ability to find valuable materials in shattered spirit seals. Chen Xun agreed to let him work with Mo Fuyang and the treasure hunters, leaving Song Heng under suspicion but provisionally accepted.

• Song Heng entered Chen Xun's formation and proposed leading treasure hunters to find Great Wasteland Black God Crystal.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox restrained Song Heng and threatened to seize his Treasure Hunting Compass.
• Song Heng revealed that he belonged to the Grave Luck Demon Fiend Race and could identify fragments containing Returning Origin Purple God Essence and Purple Mansion Azure Spirit Liquid.
• Chen Xun questioned Song Heng about his purpose and main body, then agreed to consider accompanying him to an immortal tomb in the future.
• Chen Xun told Song Heng to consult Mo Fuyang and recruit willing treasure hunters, while warning him against causing trouble or contention.
• Song Heng departed as Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, Little Crane, and Little Crimson watched the starry sky.

The Garbage Recycling Plant expanded its operations across Garbage Island, recruiting Treasure Hunters and buying garbage fragments while enforcing rules against theft and violent competition. As word spread and the plant’s business grew, Chen Xun and the others stayed busy processing garbage and running the plant.

• Mo Fuyang assigned Song Heng and a dozen Treasure Hunters to search a thousand-mile area for buried garbage while Qing Li and Qing Wan left to recruit more workers.
• Song Heng used his Treasure Hunting Compass to locate a garbage heap and directed the Treasure Hunters to search it for Great Wasteland Black God Crystal fragments.
• Mo Fuyang left to weigh goods for Lion Senior, and Song Heng hurried away to avoid dealing with the mutated Red Lion.
• Qing Li and Qing Wan learned that the plant planned contribution rankings and rewards, while enforcing rules against theft and harmful conflicts.
• Treasure Hunters across the region heard that the plant paid twenty-five Mid-Grade Spirit Stones per jin of garbage fragments, and the number of workers steadily increased.
• Chen Xun and the others processed garbage at night and ran the plant during the day as its business expanded.

A hundred years after the Garbage Recycling Plant opened, it had transformed Garbage Island into a prosperous, orderly enterprise earning more than a hundred million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. Qing Wan, Qing Li, Mo Fuyang, and Little Crane managed its growing operations, while Little Crane reviewed expenses and upheld a promise to Yun Jin.

• Qing Wan spoke with Qing Li through a Void Transmission Disc, and he said he planned to visit Leaving Dust Island to buy Thousand Machines Spirit Seals and pills.
• Qing Wan reflected on how her and Qing Li's cultivation and fortunes had improved under the Seniors' care.
• Little Crane arrived at the Garbage Recycling Plant, where over a thousand cultivators greeted her respectfully.
• Mo Fuyang presented Little Crane with the accounts and described plans to expand the plant's network of Void Transmission Discs.
• Little Crane identified overpriced spirit medicines and ordered Mo Fuyang to negotiate, but insisted they continue selling Great Wasteland Black God Crystal to Yun Jin because Big Brother had promised him.
• Little Crane left to prepare a revised price register, while Mo Fuyang called after her to remember her reading.

Five Dust Clearing Mist Nether Ships descended over the Garbage Dump and unloaded mountains of trash, leaving the locals awed by their power. Little Crimson and Song Heng joked about one day surpassing Mist Nether, then continued their work together at the dump.

• Little Crane and the Garbage Recycling Plant workers watched as five colossal Dust Clearing Mist Nether Ships emerged from a spatial rift.
• Little Crane recognized the ships as being made from Ten Thousand Year Essence Stabilizing Meteorite Iron and judged that they could rival Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Four ships vanished, while the remaining ship dumped garbage across the coastline and Treasure Hunters departed through its openings.
• Song Heng told Little Crimson that Mist Nether seemed powerful and troublesome, and Little Crimson warned him not to provoke them.
• Little Crimson struck Song Heng for underestimating Brother Xun's future, then joked that their force could one day build a Giant Ship and fly over Mist Nether's headquarters.
• Little Crimson and Song Heng laughed together and continued providing garbage recycling services across the dump.