Chapter Summaries

Montes Arthur pursued the Ferocious Beast hyena in the truck and repeatedly unleashed his Dragon Might Combat Technique, while Batia, Zuo Teng, and Zhang Xuezhou escaped from the cargo compartment. The attack failed, the hyena tore apart the truck, and Montes Arthur came to on Shangge Namesi's back as Batia approached through the fleeing pack.

• The Ferocious Beast hyena charged after the truck, and Montes Arthur prepared to counterattack as Batia readied an escape with Zuo Teng and Zhang Xuezhou.
• When the hyena struck the truck, Batia, Zuo Teng, and Zhang Xuezhou jumped out; Zhang Xuezhou soared away using the Cloud Soaring Technique.
• Montes Arthur unleashed the Dragon Might Combat Technique several times, while Zhang Xuezhou noticed its attacks were intermittent and wide-ranging.
• Batia saw that the hyena had broken into the cargo compartment and shouted a warning, prompting Shangge Namesi to raise the cargo box.
• Montes Arthur's repeated attacks left him dazed, and the hyena continued tearing the truck apart as Batia approached him and Shangge Namesi.

Batia, Zuo Teng, and Montes Arthur fled the Ferocious Beast hyena while Zhang Xuezhou used his Crane Soaring Backward Flight to scout a route to a cave. The hyena left the heavy truck, and Montes Arthur prepared to use his intimidation technique again.

• Batia protected Montes Arthur and cleared a path as they fled, while Zhang Xuezhou flew ahead to escape the beasts on the ground.
• Batia asked Zhang Xuezhou to find shelter, and Zuo Teng shouted for him to locate a cave.
• Zhang Xuezhou pointed them toward the cave they had used before and gave Zuo Teng directions to reach it.
• Montes Arthur struggled with blurred vision from the X864 gene medicine and regretted that his first strike had missed.
• Zhang Xuezhou warned that the Ferocious Beast had left the heavy truck, and Montes Arthur prepared to unleash his fighting technique.

Montes Arthur and his companions fled a hyena Ferocious Beast into a ruined cave and fought to hold it back. Zhang Xuezhou joined them after drawing a giant Ferocious Beast bird, leaving the group trapped between two predators.

• Montes Arthur used his Dragon Might Combat Technique to clear ordinary beasts as Shangge Namesi carried him and the others toward a cave Zuo Teng knew about.
• Zhang Xuezhou glided ahead through the woods and scouted the cave, while the group followed him and crawled inside.
• Montes Arthur struck the approaching hyena with his Intimidation Combat Technique, and Batia hit its nose with his shield, but neither attack stopped it.
• Zuo Teng reinforced the cave entrance with loose earth as the hyena battered through the barrier.
• Zhang Xuezhou dropped into the cave to take shelter, and a giant Ferocious Beast bird landed outside, trapping the group with both predators.

Zhang Xuezhou and the others were trapped in a cave between a Ferocious Beast hyena and a giant Ferocious Beast bird. Montes Arthur’s uncontrolled hallucinatory combat technique made the beasts fight each other and leave, but he remained dangerously affected by his own ability.

• Zhang Xuezhou drew the giant Ferocious Beast bird to the cave, forcing him and his companions to prepare for a desperate fight alongside Montes Arthur and the Ferocious Beast hyena.
• Zhang Xuezhou used the Stone Transformation Technique while Zuo Teng, Batia, and Shangge Namesi tried to defend themselves, but Montes Arthur’s combat technique caused hallucinations and confusion among his allies.
• Zhang Xuezhou fought off his hallucinations by recalling the Kunpeng Combat Technique and realized Montes Arthur’s ability was affecting the hyena outside as well.
• The hallucinating hyena fought back against the giant bird until the bird released it and flew away, after which the hyena chased it.
• Zhang Xuezhou waited for Montes Arthur’s combat technique to subside, then knocked the still-swaying Montes Arthur to the ground with an entrenching shovel.

Zhang Xuezhou recovered the blue crystal raw stone and rescued Batia and the others from the cave after Montes Arthur’s fighting technique incapacitated them. He drove the injured group away, hoping to return to Western Capital City and secure his gains.

• After the herds fled, Zhang Xuezhou drove a heavy truck to the abandoned vehicle and used Stone Transformation to uncover a blue crystal inside the raw stone.
• Zhang Xuezhou loaded the crystal, covered it again with stone, and called to the people in the cave to escape.
• Batia broke free of Montes Arthur’s hallucination, found the others still alive, and helped Zhang Xuezhou carry Zuo Teng, Shangge Namesi, and Montes Arthur to the truck.
• Batia asked whether Zhang Xuezhou had been hit by the fighting technique, and Zhang Xuezhou claimed it had missed him.
• Zhang Xuezhou assured Batia that he would not take the injured group captive, and Batia praised him as a person of noble character.

Zhang Xuezhou brought the exotic beasts and Spirit Jade to Ludan Port, where he realized the jade could be used as bait for large-scale hunting. After the beasts calmed down, Xu Zhihui asked to buy one so he could return with something for his Lineage.

• Zhang Xuezhou and the others reached Ludan Port with more than thirty exotic beasts and three injured people, and unloaded the heavy truck.
• Zhang Xuezhou put the raw Spirit Jade in the shallows, then realized it could attract exotic beasts and Ferocious Beasts as hunting bait.
• The exotic beasts gradually calmed after the Spirit Jade was submerged, and Zhang Xuezhou exchanged contact information with Batia.
• Xu Zhihui approached Zhang Xuezhou to buy an exotic beast, hoping to avoid returning empty-handed to his Lineage.
• Zhang Xuezhou agreed to sell Xu Zhihui whichever beast he chose and promised it would reach shore alive.

Zhang Xuezhou sold the exotic beasts to Xu Zhihui and arranged for buyers to watch them while they waited for the shuttle boat. When Zhou Xin arrived and saw the exhausted young hunters, Zhang Xuezhou reassured him that Zhou Tianhao would return with the transport soon.

• Zhang Xuezhou negotiated with Xu Zhihui to sell living exotic beasts at a twenty percent markup.
• Batia brought more than ten people from the Scarlet Alliance State to choose beasts and help watch them.
• The shuttle boat arrived, and Batia began arranging cabins, cargo, and boarding.
• Zhou Xin arrived and recognized Montes Arthur and Zuo Teng among the people lying at the port.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Zhou Xin that Zhou Tianhao had gone to fetch the exotic beasts and would return in about an hour.

Zhang Xuezhou negotiated the sale of his live exotic beasts to Zhou Tianhao and drew Zhou Xin’s attention to the raw Spirit Jade he had bought from Zuo Teng. Zhou Xin recognized it as a Qinmeng Secret Stone, agreed to visit it in the future, and stayed to hear Zhang Xuezhou’s information about the Ferocious Beasts.

• Zhang Xuezhou told Zhou Xin that he still owed Professor Zhou twenty million for blood serums, and Zhou Xin agreed that Zhou Tianhao could buy Zhang Xuezhou’s live exotic beasts at market price once they reached shore.
• Zhou Xin noticed fish gathering around a shallow stretch of water and saw Zhang Xuezhou standing on a brown stone there.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that he had bought the raw jade from Zuo Teng for two hundred thousand, while Zhou Xin offered up to ten million to buy it.
• Zhou Xin recognized the stone as a Qinmeng Secret Stone that could help heal injuries and asked to visit it regularly; Zhang Xuezhou agreed.
• Zhou Xin chose to stay and asked Zhang Xuezhou about the Qinmeng hunt, and Zhang Xuezhou offered to explain what he knew about the two Ferocious Beasts.

Zhou Xin explained Montes Arthur’s failed hunt and warned Zhang Xuezhou about the Montes Lineage as its reinforcements arrived. As Montes Ganghao questioned the survivors and turned toward Zuo Teng, Zhou Xin signaled Zhang Xuezhou to try to resolve the confrontation.

• Zhang Xuezhou told Zhou Xin that Montes Arthur had been injured while hunting a Ferocious Beast after his supplies failed, and Zhou Xin expected the Montes Lineage’s support team to arrive soon.
• Zhou Xin warned Zhang Xuezhou against cooperating with powerful foreign teams and identified the arriving speedboat as Montes Ganghao’s.
• Zhou Xin described the Montes Lineage’s many high Sequence Holders and its immense resources.
• Montes Ganghao arrived with two companions, and Batia and Adrian were reprimanded and struck for failing to protect Montes Arthur.
• As Montes Ganghao questioned the team and turned toward Zuo Teng, a vehicle horn sounded, and Zhou Xin signaled Zhang Xuezhou to handle the situation if possible.

Zhang Xuezhou’s group stayed behind at Ludan Port to haul exotic beasts while the other teams boarded and departed. Zhou Xin arrived and proposed using Zhang Xuezhou’s Spirit Jade as bait to lure a Ferocious Beast, leaving Zhang Xuezhou to agree and hope Zhou Xin would recognize his ownership of it.

• Batia protected Zhang Xuezhou’s claim of friendship with Montes Arthur and warned him to leave Ludan Port before Ferocious Beasts arrived.
• Zhang Xuezhou arranged for Batia to count the exotic beasts as Montes Arthur’s team boarded.
• Xu Zhihui and his companions boarded early, and Xu Zhihui worried that Zhang Xuezhou’s risky gains would widen the gap between them.
• Zhou Tianhao discovered that Zhou Xin was aboard and went to greet him, but Zhou Xin teased him about his eyesight.
• Zhou Xin pulled a stone from the water and asked Zhang Xuezhou to use his Spirit Jade as bait for a Ferocious Beast.
• Zhang Xuezhou agreed to cooperate and resolved to make use of the Spirit Jade while relying on Zhou Xin to affirm that it belonged to him.

While waiting for a Ferocious Beast to appear, Zhou Xin and Zhang Xuezhou talked through the night as the truck ran out of power. Zhou Xin eventually proposed carrying the Spirit Jade himself to lure a beast into range.

• At Ludan Port, Zhou Tianhao admired Zhang Xuezhou’s resourcefulness and worried that Zhou Xin might turn against him for the Spirit Jade.
• With the truck’s battery fading, Zhang Xuezhou considered his limited safeguards and hoped to remain on good terms with Zhou Xin.
• Zhou Xin kept watch and talked with Zhang Xuezhou, kicking away a venomous snake and reflecting on cultivation and his youth.
• After seeing Zhang Xuezhou practice Crane Form Fist, Zhou Xin judged his skills and continued waiting for the injured giant bird or hyena to pursue them.
• When the truck’s headlights went out and no Ferocious Beast appeared, Zhou Xin asked whether he could carry the Spirit Jade to lure one toward them.

Zhang Xuezhou used the Spirit Jade while Zhou Xin and Wang Haoran slept, hoping to benefit Ren Yisheng before anyone else claimed the jade. Ren Yisheng grew his Law Body but realized it would keep dissipating, and he wondered how Ren Anran had anticipated the problem.

• Zhang Xuezhou persuaded Zhou Xin to rest until the heavy truck had enough power to transport any prey he caught.
• After Zhou Xin fell asleep, Zhang Xuezhou decided to use the Spirit Jade before anyone else could claim it and consulted Ren Yisheng.
• Zhang Xuezhou removed the jade’s stone shell and used the Stone Transformation Technique in reverse, filling the truck with Spiritual Qi.
• Ren Yisheng used the Yang Corporeal Soul Transformation Technique to grow his Law Body from 1.2 meters to 1.5 meters.
• Ren Yisheng realized his Law Body would slowly dissipate without Spirit Jade and recalled that Ren Anran had previously advised him to research the problem.

Zhang Xuezhou used the Spiritual Qi released from the blue crystal to advance his Poison Avoidance Art while Zhou Xin and Wang Haoran slept. Their training was interrupted when a wounded Ferocious Beast bird landed on the truck, and Zhou Xin attacked it after realizing how much stronger he had become.

• Zhang Xuezhou shaved away the blue crystal casing and used its escaping Spiritual Qi to cultivate his techniques and open acupoints.
• Zhang Xuezhou advanced the Poison Avoidance Art toward its cultivation limit while the Spirit Jade’s color faded and wild beasts gathered outside.
• A Ferocious Beast bird landed on the truck roof, waking Zhang Xuezhou, Zhou Xin, and Wang Haoran as Ren Yisheng vanished from the compartment.
• Zhou Xin leaped from the truck and struck the wounded bird, recognizing that the newly promoted Ferocious Beast hyena had injured it.
• Zhou Xin climbed onto the bird’s back and realized that his own strength had increased.

Zhou Xin subdued the giant bird, but it damaged Zhang Xuezhou’s Spirit Jade while swallowing it. Zhou Xin covered the changed jade and regretted that he had gained a Ferocious Beast at the cost of harming Zhang Xuezhou’s property.

• Zhou Xin beat the injured giant bird into submission in seconds while Wang Haoran and Zhang Xuezhou dealt with the cargo compartment below.
• Wang Haoran helped Zhang Xuezhou push the Spirit Jade into the bird’s mouth and felt his health and strength return.
• The bird swallowed the jade, so Zhou Xin pried open its beak and pulled the stone from its tongue.
• Zhang Xuezhou lamented the damage as Zhou Xin hid the jade under his clothes and smeared mud over it.
• Zhou Xin realized the jade’s scent had attracted the gathered beasts and made everyone nearby fall asleep, then felt embarrassed that he had gained the bird while damaging Zhang Xuezhou’s jade.

Zhang Xuezhou, Zhou Xin, and Wang Haoran struggled to haul their Ferocious Beast toward Ludan Port in a failing truck, while Zhou Xin considered how to compensate Zhang Xuezhou for his misfortune. As they continued toward the port, Zhou Xin became interested in whether Zhang Xuezhou's livestreaming app could transmit video from Qinmeng.

• Zhang Xuezhou drove the damaged truck while Wang Haoran repaired its solar panels and Zhou Xin stripped it down to reduce its weight.
• With the truck's remaining charge insufficient to reach Ludan Port, Zhou Xin asked Wang Haoran to run ahead and bring back a vehicle to tow it.
• Zhou Xin and Zhang Xuezhou discussed Professor Ren's death and Zhang Xuezhou's lost Qinmeng Secret Stone, and Zhou Xin resolved to find a practical way to help him after they returned to Western Capital City.
• Zhou Xin asked Zhang Xuezhou about the Zhang Household's livestreaming app, and Zhang Xuezhou explained how livestreaming differed from prerecorded streaming.
• After learning that Qinmeng lacked the communications infrastructure for livestreaming, Zhou Xin asked whether the app could transmit video if they arranged satellite service and a relay station.

Zhou Xin’s group hauled the captured giant bird toward Ludan Port, while Zhou Xin promised support for the Zhang Household after the Spirit Jade was damaged. As Montes Ganghao arrived by aircraft, Zhang Xuezhou worried his deception would be exposed and wondered whether his lack of Fortune kept him from holding on to valuable gains.

• Zhou Tianhao met the convoy and joined the others in attaching tow ropes to the stripped-down heavy truck carrying the giant bird.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Zhang Manqian that the dog had ambushed the bird and that the bird had damaged their Qinmeng Secret Stone.
• Zhou Xin told Zhou Tianhao to share his younger aunt’s products with the Zhang Household, signaling support for an alliance between the younger generation.
• The group used several vehicles to speed the heavy truck toward Ludan Port, where Zhou Xin spotted an aircraft carrying Montes Ganghao.
• Zhang Xuezhou guessed Montes Arthur had awakened and realized that others might have exposed his claim that Montes Arthur was his friend.
• Zhang Xuezhou reflected that both pieces of Spirit Jade had slipped from his grasp and concluded that entering the imperial court in real life had become urgent.

Zhou Xin captured Montes Ganghao and explained to Zhang Xuezhou the dangers of close combat. As they drove, Zhang Xuezhou reconsidered how to develop his abilities and wondered whether he could make others adapt to his unusual schedule instead.

• Zhou Xin returned to the truck with Montes Ganghao captured after using the Qinmeng Secret Stone to restore his strength.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked whether they should kill or injure Montes Ganghao, and Zhou Xin knocked him unconscious again when he stirred.
• Zhou Xin warned Zhang Xuezhou never to challenge close-combat specialists at their own strength and advised him to rely on distance and firearms.
• Zhang Xuezhou assessed his limited combat abilities and considered developing a dharma body in the real world while relying on His Eminence's gift in the other world.
• Zhang Xuezhou wondered whether he could change other people so they would adapt to his twelve-day waking and resting schedule.

Zhang Xuezhou’s improvised plan persuaded Captain Ao Aisi to deceive the Aomeijia Alliance, while Zuo Teng argued that paying the crew would have been safer. After Ren Anran questioned why Zhang Xuezhou kept his distance from Zhou Xin, he explained that being valued by powerful people often drew him into dangerous situations.

• Zhou Xin ordered Ao Aisi to send a false message to the Aomeijia Alliance after Zuo Teng explained the risks of their situation.
• Zuo Teng and Zhou Tianhao questioned Zhang Xuezhou’s plan, and Zhang revealed that he had adapted it from a chapter in his father’s novel.
• Zuo Teng explained that paying the captain and crew with public funds would have kept the consequences more controllable, while Zhang Xuezhou defended his attempt to save money.
• Ren Anran wondered why Zhang Xuezhou was avoiding Zhou Xin, and Zhang said he feared the danger that came with powerful people taking an interest in him.

Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran discussed cultivation, Ren Yisheng’s condition, and their Qinmeng expedition as they traveled to Huli Port to board a ship back to the Alliance States. Their departure was interrupted when Mengtesi Badun arrived by speedboat and confronted Zhou Xin.

• Zhou Xin listened to advice from the group and chose a plan, while Zhang Xuezhou reflected on Zuo Teng’s willingness to spend money to solve problems.
• Ren Anran asked Zhang Xuezhou how to help Ren Yisheng, whose body was nearing the equivalent of twenty years old; Zhang said they lacked the cultivation to understand the problem.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran discussed the Body Transformation Realm and their experiences in Qinmeng while heading for Huli Port.
• At Huli Port, the group prepared to transfer to a large Scarlet Alliance State cargo ship using small boats.
• Mengtesi Badun arrived in a speedboat and shouted at Zhou Xin, who threatened to disable the boat and suspected that Ao Aisi’s information had reached Badun.

Mengtesi Badun arrived near Huli Harbor and tried to recruit Zhou Xin to deal with a troublesome matter in Qinmeng Imperial City. After Badun seized Zuo Teng as leverage, Zhou Xin turned the confrontation into a filthy projectile fight, leaving Zhang Xuezhou to watch their undignified clash.

• Mengtesi Badun arrived by speedboat and traded insults with Zhou Xin, then said he had come to welcome him and invited him to help with a troublesome matter near Qinmeng Imperial City.
• Badun pulled Zuo Teng onto his speedboat and offered Zhou Xin three shares and a grandson if he came along.
• Zuo Teng claimed he was Bage Lin, a second mate under Captain Ao Aisi, and Badun tossed him back toward the ship.
• Zhou Xin threatened to throw bombs, then hurled beast dung at Badun when he doubted the threat.
• Badun cursed as Zhou Xin's ship sent more dung flying, while Zhang Xuezhou calmly prepared another lump for Zhou Xin.