Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuezhou’s new Spirit-Forging Pill gave Zhou Tianhao a brief ability to glide, while Zhang Xuezhou treated Zhou Rihui and advised him to recover before receiving further treatment. Zhou Yueyan questioned the medicine’s effects, and she looked forward to recovering and stepping down as rotating chairperson.

• Zhang Xuezhou observed Zhou Tianhao’s poor, low-altitude flight after the medicine gave him feathers and a birdlike ability.
• Zhou Rihui scolded Zhou Tianhao for flapping around and ordered him to stop disrupting the hospital room.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Zhou Rihui to rest, eat well, and use X446 while his body recovered from treatment.
• Zhou Rihui realized his injuries had improved and grew hopeful that he could advance to the Sixth Sequence.
• Zhou Yueyan questioned how Zhou Tianhao’s Black Tortoise genes had produced a flying ability, and Zhang Xuezhou explained that the medicine had come from an offering for Divine Grace.
• Zhou Yueyan noted that she was nearly done as rotating chairperson and expected Zhang Xuezhou to heal Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian next.

After recovering with Zhang Xuezhou’s Tuer God treatment, Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian planned to stay hidden while helping stabilize the Sequence Committee and draw out potential enemies. Zhang Xuezhou explained how he obtained Divine Grace, leaving the siblings to accept his healing despite their doubts about the Tuer God.

• Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian returned to Western Capital City for treatment as Zhou Yueyan and Zhou Rihui recovered.
• Zhang Xuezhou suggested that Professor Li Yingbo take the rotating chairperson role while the injured leaders stayed out of sight.
• Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian agreed to work with Ren Yisheng and remain hidden in case Zhao Tianhua or Pei Jing attacked.
• The siblings asked about Zhang Xuezhou’s sacrifices, and he revealed that he injected Egret Bird blood preparation and had eaten a vicious insect’s core yolk to receive Divine Grace.
• Changkong Yinghao questioned what the Tuer God was, but ultimately decided to accept the healing without needing to understand how it worked.

Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian considered whether Zhang Xuezhou’s healing ability and the Tuer God were connected to Huang Daoxian and the danger of Sinkhole No. 2. They ended by deciding that confirming Tur priests could heal the same way might close the loop and rule out that connection.

• Changkong Yinghao set aside investigating the Tuer God because he feared losing access to Zhang Xuezhou’s healing methods, then shifted his attention to Huang Daoxian after Zhou Yueyan described the Eastern Mountain Imperial Mausoleums incident.
• Changkong Yinghao suspected Huang Daoxian might have been manipulating events for more than a century and wondered whether people close to him had been affected.
• Changkong Yinglian worried that another war among the powerful was coming, and she and Changkong Yinghao discussed how difficult it would be to investigate Huang Daoxian.
• Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian circled back to whether the Tuer God behind Zhang Xuezhou could be a vicious insect from Sinkhole No. 2.
• Changkong Yinghao noted that Ren Anran had studied in the Thousand Islands Alliance and that Zhang Xuezhou said Tur priests shared his healing ability, which they could verify.

Zhang Xuezhou decided to deepen his ties with the Changkong Lineage and other powerful people in Western Capital City to secure protection and advance his Gene Sequence. He continued testing his medicine on Zhou Tianhao, whose new abilities made him eager to obtain more of the scarce extract used to brew it.

• Zhang Xuezhou concluded he could withstand the Changkong siblings’ scrutiny and needed their help to obtain Egret Bird resources for his advancement.
• Zhang Xuezhou resolved to bind his interests to powerful people so they would protect him despite his links to the sinkholes and Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demons.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Zhou Tianhao that the medicine had permanently improved his agility, though it caused vomiting, hallucinations, and feather growth.
• Zhou Tianhao eagerly asked Zhang Xuezhou to brew more medicine, despite its severe side effects.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that the remaining medicine depended on the Zhou Household’s N2 extract, and Zhou Tianhao considered taking more vials from the safe in Room 06.

Zhang Xuezhou tested his Ferocious Beast extract medicine on Wang Li after he and Zhou Tianhao had confirmed its effects, and the treatment gave Wang Li temporary animal-like traits. The medicine’s promise was limited by scarce ingredients and difficult treatment, while Zhang Xuezhou remained focused on strengthening those close to him and advancing toward the elite.

• Zhang Xuezhou invited Wang Li to test the Spirit-Forging Pills after he and Zhou Tianhao had taken them for three days without lingering problems.
• Wang Li took a gram of the medicine, endured an afternoon of torment, and panicked when downy fluff grew on his body.
• Zhou Tianhao reassured Wang Li that the hair growth faded with repeated doses and demonstrated the medicine’s benefits by leaping and gliding.
• Zhou Tianhao praised the medicine’s potential and estimated it could sell for ten million a gram, prompting Wang Li to ask for more despite the cost.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that scarce raw materials and the medicine’s harsh effects made mass production difficult, and he resolved to pursue greater strength amid threats to humanity.

Zhang Xuezhou’s genetic medicine proved capable of giving lower-Sequence Holders extra abilities by using Ferocious Beast extract, though its benefits depended on resources and careful dosing. Zhou Tianhao learned that the N Series medicine he had taken from his aunt was Ferocious Beast extract, but Zhang Xuezhou assured him the stolen vial was not a serious problem.

• Zhang Xuezhou explained that his medicine could be taken repeatedly if users managed drug resistance and kept their genes stable with matching blood preparations.
• Wang Li worried that the medicine’s resource requirements would put poorer Sequence Holders at a disadvantage, but he recognized its potential to make him stronger than his peers.
• Zhou Tianhao imagined how the medicine could help him advance through the Sequences and become powerful enough to intervene in larger conflicts.
• Zhou Tianhao asked Zhang Xuezhou about the N Series medicine his aunt had given him, and Zhang Xuezhou explained that it was Ferocious Beast extract suited to a compatible Sixth Sequence Holder.
• Zhou Tianhao realized he had taken Ferocious Beast extract from his aunt’s supply, but Zhang Xuezhou reassured him that one vial was not a major loss.

Zhang Xuezhou continued testing how Egret Bird serum and Ferocious Beast extracts altered his genes, finding that his body had grown stronger and developed a powerful, instinctive ability to fly. He ended by leaping from a window to test his new flight at night.

• Zhang Xuezhou considered sharing the medicine with Ren Wuyang, his parents, and Zuo Teng, but decided against distributing it for now.
• Zhang Xuezhou injected himself with Egret Bird serum and R32 catalyst for the seventh time, observing that his Egret Bird gene had become much stronger while its distribution remained stable.
• Zhang Xuezhou concluded that the medicine's flight ability could weaken if overused or disrupted, though its lasting improvements to gene strength would still be beneficial.
• Zhang Xuezhou decided to have Kalanduo search for Ferocious Beast giant ant extract so more people could strengthen their bodies.
• Zhang Xuezhou leaped from a window and flew fifty or sixty meters into the air, then set out to test his endurance and recovery.

Zhang Xuezhou tested the limits of his medication-granted flying ability on a trip to East Mountain, then surveyed Luo Taizu’s neglected mausoleum and found no blessed land. At sunrise, he detected powerful, ownerless golden fortune across the Eastern Mountain Imperial Mausoleums and began using a Fortune Technique to establish a starting point there.

• Zhang Xuezhou flew from North Rehe to the Eastern Mountain Imperial Mausoleums over four hours, covering more than a hundred li before safely landing with the Cloud Soaring Technique.
• Zhang Xuezhou judged that flying drained his ability and took hours to recover, so he planned to use it only in emergencies and marked his landing spot for a return-flight test.
• Zhang Xuezhou surveyed Luo Taizu’s overgrown mausoleum with his Feng Shui Site Surveying Technique, but found no sign of a blessed land.
• As sunrise bathed East Mountain in gold, Zhang Xuezhou sensed vast golden fortune that remained despite the Luofu Dynasty’s fall.
• Zhang Xuezhou activated the Fortune Technique from Letting Be and began imprinting a starting point for fortune in the East Mountain area.

Zhang Xuezhou drew fortune from East Mountain to form his Fortune Body, then explored Luo Taizong’s mausoleum after his Treasure-Seeking Technique detected something linked to Spiritual Qi. He broke through the tomb’s stone wall and uncovered the burial chamber.

• Zhang Xuezhou prayed for the Scarlet Alliance State and gathered East Mountain’s golden fortune to form his Fortune Body.
• Zhang Xuezhou realized that fortune gathering had limits and decided to explore East Mountain’s imperial mausoleums for fortune nodes.
• Zhang Xuezhou entered Luo Taizong’s mountain mausoleum and detected a faint response from his Treasure-Seeking Technique.
• Zhang Xuezhou used the Stone Transformation Technique to break through the mausoleum’s stone wall and reveal the burial chamber.

Zhang Xuezhou recovered a large Spirit Jade from Luo Taizong’s tomb and wondered about the dangers of Spirit Jade sites and Huang Daoxian’s activities in imperial tombs. After sealing the passage, he received messages about Zhou Tianhao’s medicine and the uproar it had caused.

• Zhang Xuezhou searched Luo Taizong’s tomb and removed a jade tiger paperweight, revealing the Spirit Jade beneath its weathered surface.
• Zhang Xuezhou considered whether Spirit Jade sites in the Scarlet Alliance State might attract dangerous outsiders and decided to deal with such places as he found them.
• Zhang Xuezhou found a withered gladiolus vine on Luo Taizong’s coffin and suspected Huang Daoxian had been investigating imperial tombs, so he planned to ask Bai about it.
• Zhang Xuezhou sealed the tomb passage and judged East Mountain worth exploring further for its treasures and cultivation opportunities.
• Zhang Xuezhou’s communicator received delayed messages reporting Zhou Tianhao’s disclosure, Zhou Rihui’s accusations, and Zhou Yueyan’s urgent questions about the medicine.

Zhang Xuezhou learned that Song Fengying had located the site where a fire meteor fell in Pan'an and planned to livestream there, so he urged her to stay away until the area could be checked. He agreed to join her and planned to bring investigators, while also hoping to search for Huang Daoxian.

• Zhang Xuezhou grew concerned when Song Fengying told him she had been tipped to explore the Pan'an site where a fire meteor fell in year 47 of the Dazheng calendar.
• Zhang Xuezhou warned Song Fengying that the site might be dangerous and urged her to cancel her nighttime livestream.
• Song Fengying explained that she had sensed something unusual near the site, much as she did at North Rehe Research Institute, and had used that feeling to find it.
• Zhang Xuezhou persuaded Song Fengying to delay the stream and promised to bring people to check the area for risks.
• Zhang Xuezhou agreed to livestream with Song Fengying and planned to use his connections with the investigators heading to Luo'an Province to explore the Pan'an Sinkhole Area and look for Huang Daoxian.

Zhang Xuezhou told Song Fengying to delay her Pan'an Sinkhole livestream until he could join her, then returned from East Mountain and flew toward the North Rehe Research Institute. Meanwhile, Zuo Quan patrolled the mausoleums and muttered about Luo Zhong and his lord, leaving Zuo Teng and Zuo Denggao with clues that their family’s troubles were tied to old events from the fallen Luofu Dynasty.

• Zhang Xuezhou investigated the people steering Song Fengying toward the Pan'an Sinkhole and told her to wait until he regained consciousness before livestreaming there with him.
• Song Fengying agreed and looked forward to returning to livestreaming and running her business with Zhang Xuezhou.
• Zhang Xuezhou returned from Emperor Gaozong of Luo's Imperial Mausoleum and flew from East Mountain toward the North Rehe Research Institute as his drug-enhanced flight began to weaken.
• Zuo Quan searched East Mountain for Luo Zhong, cursed him and the people from Western Capital City, then left after finding nothing unusual.
• Zuo Teng and Zuo Denggao emerged from hiding after eavesdropping on Zuo Quan, pieced together fragments about Luo Zhong and Ba'er Bo, and concluded that their family’s troubles were linked to the Luofu Dynasty's old palace coup.

After Zhang Xuezhou tested the Ferocious Beast giant bird extract pills, he explained that their flying ability faded with use and discussed other extracts that could produce different effects. The Zhou Household members became interested in trying the medicine with surplus Ferocious Beast extract from the Changkong Household.

• Zhang Xuezhou said his flying and leaping ability had dropped by nearly twenty percent after he used it at full strength once.
• Zhou Tianhao lamented that his ability would fade, while Zhou Rihui and Zhou Yueyan discussed using the pills strategically and exploring their effects at the Sixth Sequence.
• Zhang Xuezhou told the Zhou Household that giant ant extract had given him powerful protection but was extremely toxic and had already run out.
• Zhou Yueyan mentioned that the Changkong Household had surplus Ferocious Beast extract, and Zhou Rihui and Zhou Yueyan considered turning it into medicine.

Zhang Xuezhou revealed that the oral sequence medicine let him fly nearly a hundred li in four hours, astonishing Zhou Rihui and Zhou Yueyan with its potential. The medicine remained untested at higher sequence levels, and Zhang cautioned them against taking it recklessly as their research continued.

• Zhou Rihui and Zhou Yueyan became eager to study and use Zhang Xuezhou's oral sequence medicine, though neither dared to test it yet.
• Zhou Rihui asked how much medicine Zhang had taken, and Zhang said he had spent four hours flying to East Mountain.
• Zhou Rihui decided he would take the medicine, while Zhou Yueyan said its effects were beyond the syllabus.
• Zhou Yueyan compared the medicine's potential to the aerial abilities of Crane Bird sequence holders and noted Yu Tianqi's limited flight.
• Zhang Xuezhou said the laboratory's displayed medicine could be used, but warned Zhou Rihui not to take large doses without supervision.

After waking in another world, Zhang Xuezhou found himself stranded at sea with Li Shaojun and Gongsun Hong after a storm wrecked their ship. As Li Shaojun and Gongsun Hong struggled to find land and fresh water, Zhang Xuezhou revealed that his gourd held plenty of water.

• Zhang Xuezhou woke on a wooden plank at sea beside Li Shaojun and Gongsun Hong, who explained that a storm had destroyed their ship.
• Gongsun Hong said they had been paddling for days toward an island but had lost their bearings, while Li Shaojun complained about the voyage and his dwindling strength.
• Zhang Xuezhou decided they should find a way to get their bearings before choosing their next move.
• Li Shaojun admitted he had searched Zhang Xuezhou's belongings for supplies, and Gongsun Hong revealed that both of them had taken water from his gourd.
• Zhang Xuezhou opened the gourd's hidden supply and showed that it refilled with water, offering Li Shaojun and Gongsun Hong as much as they needed.

Zhang Xuezhou used his hidden water gourd and a treasured feather to ease the group’s thirst and hunger, then urged Li Shaojun to scout for land. After Li Shaojun spotted an island and was hauled back from the sea, the three paddled toward it, where they found a small house that might offer clues to their location.

• Zhang Xuezhou revealed his water gourd and used the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s feather to provide water and cook fish for Gongsun Hong and Li Shaojun.
• Zhang Xuezhou urged Li Shaojun to use the Cloud Soaring Technique to scout the sea, and Li Shaojun spotted a distant black dot.
• Li Shaojun fell into the sea while descending, and Zhang Xuezhou and Gongsun Hong hauled him back onto the plank.
• Li Shaojun pointed out the direction of the distant land and paddled with Zhang Xuezhou and Gongsun Hong toward it.
• Zhang Xuezhou, Gongsun Hong, and Li Shaojun reached a barren island and found a small house on it.

Zhang Xuezhou, Li Shaojun, and Gongsun Hong discovered a sealed Mohist mechanism house on a shell-covered island and uncovered instructions that led them to pull an iron rod. The island transformed into a vessel and plunged through the sea, leaving Zhang Xuezhou using the Water Avoidance Instruction as seawater flooded the house.

• The group found a strange copper-and-wood house on a barren island and suspected it belonged to the Mohists.
• Gongsun Hong and Li Shaojun failed to open the rusted door, so Li Shaojun burned through the wooden roof with Six Ding Divine Fire and Gongsun Hong doused it with seawater.
• The group entered the sealed house, found bamboo slips and an iron rod, and struggled to decipher the instruction to move the kun.
• Gongsun Hong, Li Shaojun, and Zhang Xuezhou pulled the iron rod together, causing blood to appear beneath it and a boom to sound under the island.
• The island sank and began speeding through the sea as seawater flooded the house; Li Shaojun identified it as the Kun of the Northern Darkness, and Zhang Xuezhou activated the Water Avoidance Instruction.

Zhang Xuezhou, Gongsun Hong, and Li Shaojun survived underwater on the Northern Nether Kun with Gongsun Hong repeatedly sharing his breath with Li Shaojun. After a wave carried them into a strange new place, a horned monster attacked and killed Li Shaojun, then carried his corpse as it pursued the others.

• Li Shaojun tried to let himself die underwater, but Gongsun Hong kept him alive by sharing air and using water techniques.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Gongsun Hong held on as the three endured the currents and pressure around the Kun.
• A gentle wave swept the three upward into a new place, where a horned, armored monster accused the Kun of bringing helpers back for revenge.
• The monster stabbed Li Shaojun through the throat and declared him good-for-nothing.
• The monster slung Li Shaojun's corpse over its back and went after Zhang Xuezhou and Gongsun Hong.

Zhang Xuezhou, Gongsun Hong, and Li Shaojun reached the Mohists’ Mechanism City on the giant kun, but a demon ambushed them and killed Li Shaojun. Gongsun Hong fought the demon until Zhang Xuezhou’s Immobilize Character Scroll immobilized friend and foe alike; the demon then broke free and revealed his flood dragon form.

• The giant kun carried Zhang Xuezhou, Gongsun Hong, and Li Shaojun into a constructed area beneath the sea, where a demon ambushed them and killed Li Shaojun.
• Gongsun Hong drew the demon’s attention and attacked with eighteen sword-shaped Law Treasures, wounding him and discovering that he had reached Entering Sainthood.
• Gongsun Hong called for Zhang Xuezhou’s help, and Zhang used Prefect Wen Weng’s Immobilize Character Scroll, suppressing both Gongsun Hong and the demon.
• Gongsun Hong broke free of the scroll’s suppression, but the demon also escaped and transformed into a three-zhang-long flood dragon.

After Li Shaojun was killed, Zhang Xuezhou and Gongsun Hong faced a flood dragon demon and searched for a way to survive. Zhang Xuezhou found common ground between the demon and Gongsun Hong, temporarily persuading it not to eat them.

• Gongsun Hong fled toward the entrance, while the flood dragon demon explained that the deep-sea pressure made escaping nearly impossible.
• Zhang Xuezhou reasoned that the demon's four months without food might have weakened it and tried to distract it by mentioning the Sea Dragon Kings.
• The flood dragon demon dismissed the Sea Dragon Kings and revealed his resentment toward Ao Li, who had gained the true dragon inheritance.
• Zhang Xuezhou claimed that Gongsun Hong had fought Ao Li and was seeking a Mohist fortuitous opportunity to get revenge.
• The flood dragon demon sympathized with Gongsun Hong, who had also come to the Mohists seeking skills to defeat Ao Li, and decided he could not eat him just yet.