Recaps

Yi Xuan investigated the Artifact Sect's great hall, found a mysterious weapon and a warning against cultivation, and decided to turn the hall into a portable research base. After returning to No. 1 Base to copy its equipment and redesign damaged machines, he learned that his venerable master had returned and wanted to see him.

• Yi Xuan found twelve warning characters and a strange weapon in the Artifact Sect's great hall, but could not identify or refine the weapon.
• Yi Xuan returned to No. 2 Base and decided to replicate No. 1 Base's equipment inside the great hall.
• Yi Xuan checked on Shi Zhenghao, who had remained in his cave, and told Zhuo Ning to stop watching him so closely.
• Yi Xuan returned to No. 1 Base and set the Pangu robots to work copying its equipment while he planned upgrades to the Black Tortoise and laser emitter.
• Ten days later, Liang Shi told Yi Xuan that his venerable master had returned and summoned him, so Yi Xuan went to the sect's mountain.

The Azure Cloud Sect received a large share of the spoils after the Southern Frontier's sects destroyed the Gazing Immortal Sect, and Yi Xuan learned that his role in stopping its plot had earned him a province. He wondered whether the province could be useful, while Xiao Anhe offered to let him merge it into the sect's newly acquired mortal kingdom.

• Xiao Anhe announced that the Gazing Immortal Sect had been destroyed and credited Yi Xuan with helping foil its plot in the Artifact Ruins.
• Xiao Anhe explained that the Azure Cloud Sect had gained cultivation resources, two Spirit Stone mines, and a mortal kingdom from the division of the Gazing Immortal Sect's spoils.
• Xiao Anhe told Yi Xuan that the major sects had granted him a province as thanks for his actions.
• Cui Yan explained that the province was ordinary mortal territory taken from the Gazing Immortal Sect's former kingdom, not a Spirit Stone mine.
• Xiao Anhe offered to let Yi Xuan merge the province into the Azure Cloud Sect's new kingdom and said Yi Xuan and nine other disciples could keep their Artifact Ruins gains.

Yi Xuan claimed Xiong Province so he could develop technology among its population, while deciding to proceed cautiously to avoid provoking powerful cultivators. He went to No. 2 Base and called out to Old Zhuo near Shi Zhenghao’s cave.

• Xiao Anhe proposed that the sect manage Xiong Province while giving Yi Xuan its annual tribute, but Yi Xuan asked to manage the province himself.
• Xiao Anhe mistakenly assumed Yi Xuan was planning for his descendants and formally granted Xiong Province to him in the sect rules.
• Yi Xuan left the hall and headed by subway to No. 2 Base, considering the dangers of spreading technology in the cultivation world.
• Yi Xuan decided to develop technology in Xiong Province gradually, wary that cultivators might eliminate him if they saw technology as a threat.
• Yi Xuan ran toward Shi Zhenghao’s seclusion cave and shouted to Old Zhuo, asking if he wanted a wife.

Yi Xuan persuaded Zhuo Ning to govern Xiong Province by promising him a dedicated Martial Dao deduction system and a Black Tortoise. He declared the province the Xia Kingdom, made Zhuo Ning its founding emperor, and left him stunned by how quickly he had ascended the throne.

• Yi Xuan startled Zhuo Ning by asking whether he wanted many spouses, then explained he wanted Zhuo Ning to become an emperor.
• Yi Xuan told Zhuo Ning how he had acquired Xiong Province, and Zhuo Ning worried that ruling it would interfere with his martial arts cultivation.
• Yi Xuan offered to arrange a Primordial artificial intelligence for Zhuo Ning's martial arts deductions, and Zhuo Ning accepted the post after Yi Xuan promised him a Black Tortoise.
• Yi Xuan declared Xiong Province the Xia Kingdom, handed Zhuo Ning a steel imperial seal, and named him its founding emperor.
• Zhuo Ning wondered if his ascension had happened too quickly, and Yi Xuan confirmed that he had just become emperor before leaving.

Yi Xuan began building three railway tunnels between the Azure Cloud Sect and the Xia Kingdom to ensure reliable transport for his plans to develop the region. He visited Fatty Lin for construction materials and learned that someone had made counterfeit air conditioners.

• Yi Xuan ordered No. 01 to build all three proposed railway routes after deciding that a single line would leave transportation vulnerable to attack.
• No. 01 started construction, and the project quickly consumed materials from Yi Xuan's warehouse.
• Yi Xuan went to Fatty Lin's residence to discuss the materials needed for the railway project.
• Fatty Lin told Yi Xuan that counterfeit air conditioners threatened their air conditioner business.
• Yi Xuan reacted with disbelief that someone had copied his air conditioners.

Yi Xuan investigated why Fatty Lin’s air-conditioning business had collapsed after a cheap metal knockoff took most of the market. He promised Fatty Lin another business opportunity and asked him what kind of people were most numerous in the world.

• Fatty Lin told Yi Xuan that a cheaper, crude metal air conditioner had driven his market share below twenty percent.
• Yi Xuan cut open the knockoff with his lightsaber and found that it worked on the same principle as his air conditioner, though less smoothly and with fewer settings.
• Yi Xuan explained that the knockoff’s lower price had attracted ordinary customers who could afford his product but preferred a cheaper option.
• Fatty Lin pleaded with Yi Xuan to save the business and hinted that he still wanted to join the grenade venture.
• Yi Xuan told Fatty Lin he had another profitable deal for him if he answered what kind of people were most numerous in the world.

Yi Xuan proposed targeting the world’s many farmers with an inexpensive farming machine called a “donkey killer,” rather than focusing on high-profit products for wealthy customers. He told Fatty Lin they would give the machines away, but the chapter ended before he explained how they would profit.

• Yi Xuan pointed out that their earlier business strategy had gone wrong by neglecting ordinary people who could not afford expensive products.
• Fatty Lin realized cheap, high-quality fans had resisted knockoffs better than their costly air conditioners.
• Yi Xuan showed Fatty Lin a farming machine that could till soil, make ridges, and sow seeds without draft animals.
• Fatty Lin worried tenant farmers would not be able to afford the machine, and Yi Xuan said they would give it away.

Yi Xuan explained that the donkey enrager ran on diesel rather than Spirit Stones and proposed giving Fatty Lin the machinery and technology to build a lucrative petroleum business. They agreed that Fatty Lin would run the business and help develop the Xia Kingdom, while Yi Xuan took a share of the profits.

• Yi Xuan argued that the donkey enrager was only bait because its mechanical design could eventually be copied.
• Yi Xuan revealed that diesel powered the donkey enrager and explained that it came from petroleum.
• Yi Xuan told Fatty Lin that selling petroleum could earn more than the grenade business, and offered him ten percent of the profits.
• Yi Xuan agreed to hand Fatty Lin the petroleum extraction and refining equipment and technology, while staying out of production and sales.
• Yi Xuan asked Fatty Lin to send merchant caravans to develop the Xia Kingdom and establish its oil industry; Fatty Lin also promised to supply materials for the subway.
• Yi Xuan and Fatty Lin settled their plans and drank together at the Lin residence that night.

Yi Xuan completed the upgraded Black Tortoise No. 2 mechs and tested their basic functions and combat performance. They withstood a powerful collision without damage and demonstrated sharp saber techniques.

• Yi Xuan finished two four-meter-tall Black Tortoise No. 2 mechs after upgrading them to address the original model’s failure against Qi Yun.
• No. 01 and No. 07 supervised the mechs’ first startup and basic inspection, which they passed with smoother movement thanks to flexible metal in their joints.
• Yi Xuan stored the mechs in the Artifact Sect’s great hall ring while robots and construction machinery built his portable research center inside its folded space.
• Yi Xuan took one mech into the valley and set the other under its artificial intelligence’s control for combat tests.
• The two mechs collided with only paint scuffs, then fought with two-meter sabers using martial arts data Yi Xuan had loaded into their computers.

Yi Xuan tested the upgraded Black Tortoise No. 2, comparing its new energy shield against a laser emitter capable of killing a Nascent Soul expert. The shield held, and Yi Xuan concluded that the mech could now contend with a Nascent Soul Realm expert.

• Yi Xuan watched two identical Black Tortoise No. 2 mechs fight for over ten minutes without either damaging the other.
• Yi Xuan activated the upgraded energy shield, which offered about three times the defense and stored up to a hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yi Xuan had the opposing mech fire its new arm-mounted laser emitter, powered by a one-percent-size High-Grade Spirit Stone, at his shield.
• The shield blocked the laser until the emitter ran out of energy, though the test consumed a hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yi Xuan declared that the upgraded mech could contend with a Nascent Soul Realm expert and shouted, "Who else?!"

Yi Xuan supplied Zhuo Ning with a mechanical army and the Black Tortoise No. 2, allowing Zhuo Ning to conquer the Xia Kingdom and restore order. With Fatty Lin’s caravan and a new petroleum industry established, the kingdom’s economy began to recover.

• Zhuo Ning investigated the Xia Kingdom’s factions and presented Yi Xuan with three plans to bring the chaotic kingdom under control.
• Yi Xuan chose force and sent Zhuo Ning nearly ten thousand Nüwa units, five hundred Pangu units, and the Black Tortoise No. 2.
• Zhuo Ning used the mechanical army to destroy the major factions and take control of the Xia Kingdom in less than a month.
• Zhuo Ning restored the government, and the people saw city administration, production, and trade begin to recover.
• Fatty Lin’s caravan arrived, and Yi Xuan’s machines established the Xia Kingdom’s petroleum processing industry.
• After the first oil was extracted, Fatty Lin’s Donkey-Killer began to be distributed across the kingdom.

After the Donkey-Killer went unclaimed at first, Old Man Liu and his son tried one and showed the villagers how efficiently it could plow, making the machine a farming necessity across the Xia Kingdom. As Fatty Lin profited from rising diesel sales, Yi Xuan expanded the kingdom’s infrastructure and opened vocational schools to train young people in practical skills.

• On the first day, nobody took a free Donkey-Killer, but Yi Xuan and Fatty Lin stayed confident that people would come to understand its use.
• After plague killed his livestock, Old Man Liu took a free Donkey-Killer and diesel barrel, then used the machine to plow his fields quickly through the night.
• Old Man Liu's neighbors watched him work and, after his son explained where the machine came from, hurried to the city to claim Donkey-Killers of their own.
• News of the machine spread through the villages, and within a month farmers across the Xia Kingdom considered it essential; rising diesel sales soon covered Fatty Lin's giveaway losses.
• Yi Xuan began planning city infrastructure, including roads, sewage systems, and streetlights, while opening vocational schools for children aged fourteen to eighteen.

Yi Xuan brought Liang Shi to the Xia Kingdom's imperial city to make him take a break from his research into Demon Beast cloning. After witnessing a street fight and recognizing one of the fighters, Yi Xuan decided to visit the law enforcement team.

• Yi Xuan explained that Liang Shi needed to balance his research with rest, and Liang Shi apologized for becoming too absorbed in his experiments.
• Yi Xuan praised Liang Shi for reaching the Twelfth Level of the Qi Refining Realm and reminded him that, unlike Yi Xuan, he had a chance to pursue cultivation and extend his lifespan.
• Liang Shi asked whether Spirit Roots might be connected to genes, and Yi Xuan encouraged him to investigate the possibility of helping Yi Xuan overcome being a Rootless Person.
• Two martial artists fought in the street until the Xia Kingdom's law enforcement team subdued them and took them away.
• Yi Xuan said that one of the fighters looked familiar and decided to visit the law enforcement team with Liang Shi.

Qian Lei recounted the destruction of the Gazing Immortal Sect, his flight from the Southern Frontier, and how he and the surviving disciples ended up serving in the Xia Kingdom’s law enforcement team. After his shift, he came face-to-face with Yi Xuan, who asked whether he remembered him.

• After the Southern Frontier sects attacked the Gazing Immortal Sect, Qian Lei’s master took his own life, and Qian Lei fled as the sect fell.
• Wanted by the sects that had conquered their home, Qian Lei and other surviving disciples hid across the Southern Frontier before deciding to seek refuge in Xiong Province.
• Qian Lei recognized the Black Tortoise No. 2 when Zhuo Ning’s mechanical army stopped the group at the entrance to the Xia Kingdom, so he ordered the disciples to surrender.
• Yi Xuan advised Zhuo Ning to release compliant cultivators and establish city law enforcement teams, and Qian Lei and the other disciples joined the imperial city team.
• After finishing his shift as a squad captain, Qian Lei met Yi Xuan, who asked, “Do you remember me?”

Yi Xuan reunited with Qian Lei, whose calmness surprised him despite Yi Xuan’s role in the Gazing Immortal Sect’s destruction. After explaining that he no longer blamed Yi Xuan and saw his former sect leader’s ambition as the true cause, Qian Lei asked how Yi Xuan planned to deal with him, and Yi Xuan said his perspective was too narrow.

• Yi Xuan met Qian Lei and accepted his invitation to eat at a restaurant, while Liang Shi struggled to understand how the two could be friendly despite being enemies.
• Qian Lei ordered food and wine, then told Yi Xuan and Liang Shi about his hardships over the past half year.
• Liang Shi tensed and reached for the Black Tortoise No. 2 mecha in his Storage Bag as Qian Lei recounted the Gazing Immortal Sect’s destruction.
• Qian Lei told Liang Shi that he no longer hated Yi Xuan and blamed his former sect leader’s ambition for the sect’s downfall.
• Qian Lei asked how Yi Xuan planned to deal with him, and Yi Xuan replied that Qian Lei’s perspective was too narrow.

Yi Xuan met Qian Lei, a captain in the Xia Kingdom Law Enforcement Team, and learned why he had given up on rebuilding the Gazing Immortal Sect. Yi Xuan then led Qian Lei and Liang Shi into the imperial palace, leaving Qian Lei alarmed when they reached the emperor’s sleeping quarters.

• Yi Xuan asked Qian Lei whether he planned to restore the Gazing Immortal Sect, and Qian Lei admitted that he had accepted its destruction despite still thinking of it as home.
• Qian Lei recalled how the sect’s cook had found and raised him, how he had escaped after Sect Leader Liu’s death, and how relentless pursuit had made rebuilding the sect seem impossible.
• Yi Xuan told Qian Lei to come with him, and Qian Lei followed alongside Liang Shi without knowing what Yi Xuan intended.
• Yi Xuan showed a token to the palace guards and led the group to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
• Qian Lei realized they had reached the emperor’s sleeping quarters and feared that the nighttime visit would cost him his position and home in the Xia Kingdom.

Yi Xuan proposed rebuilding the Gazing Immortal Sect in the Xia Kingdom and gathering its scattered disciples there. Qian Lei was overjoyed, while Zhuo Ning asked how the restored sect would relate to the kingdom.

• Yi Xuan visited Zhuo Ning in the Hall of Mental Cultivation with Liang Shi and Qian Lei, and Zhuo Ning playfully complained about the burdens of ruling.
• Yi Xuan introduced Qian Lei as the former Gazing Immortal Sect disciple who now led the imperial city's law enforcement team.
• Yi Xuan announced that he wanted to rebuild the Gazing Immortal Sect, and Qian Lei grabbed his shoulders in excitement before realizing how weak he seemed.
• Yi Xuan proposed that Qian Lei gather the sect's scattered disciples in the Xia Kingdom and become its sect master once Yi Xuan rebuilt its mountain gate.
• Zhuo Ning asked whether the Xia Kingdom would fall under the rebuilt Gazing Immortal Sect's jurisdiction.

Yi Xuan arranged to rebuild the Gazing Immortal Sect inside the Xia Kingdom without placing it above the kingdom, and planned to unite cultivation and technology through the new sect. Just as he settled down to sleep, No. 01 reported that the mountain where Yi Xuan's senior brother was in seclusion had exploded.

• Yi Xuan assured Zhuo Ning that the Gazing Immortal Sect would obey the Xia Kingdom's laws and would not affect Zhuo Ning's role as emperor.
• Yi Xuan, Zhuo Ning, and Qian Lei chose a famous mountain near the capital for the sect's new home, and Yi Xuan tasked Qian Lei with gathering the scattered disciples.
• Yi Xuan proposed that Qian Lei join the Azure Cloud Sect to have his warrant withdrawn, then sent Liang Shi with the Firmament to find and transport the other disciples safely.
• Yi Xuan decided to make the Xia Kingdom and the rebuilt Gazing Immortal Sect an experiment in combining technological and cultivation civilizations.
• No. 01 alerted Yi Xuan that a mountain at No. 2 Base had exploded, then clarified that it was the mountain where Yi Xuan's senior brother was in seclusion.

Yi Xuan learned that Shi Zhenghao had broken through to the Golden Core Realm after blasting apart the mountain where he had been in seclusion. He returned to No. 2 Base, where Shi Zhenghao challenged him to a race, and Yi Xuan accepted.

• Yi Xuan learned that an explosion had destroyed the cave at No. 2 Base, and No. 01 explained that it had come from inside the mountain.
• Yi Xuan watched footage of the mountain splitting open and Shi Zhenghao floating above it in golden light.
• No. 01 scanned Shi Zhenghao and reported that he had reached the late stage of the Golden Core Realm.
• Yi Xuan left a note for Liang Shi and the other two, then piloted the Firmament back to No. 2 Base.
• Shi Zhenghao challenged Yi Xuan to race him, and Yi Xuan promised to make him admit defeat.

Yi Xuan accepted Shi Zhenghao’s speed challenge and agreed to wager the Shi Household’s ancestral formation manual against one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. Shi Zhenghao took an early lead, but Yi Xuan sent the Firmament above the clouds to unleash its greater speed, leaving the race’s outcome to come.

• Yi Xuan agreed to race Shi Zhenghao and let him set the wager, then asked for the Shi Household’s ancestral formation manual if he won.
• Shi Zhenghao agreed to risk the manual because he believed Yi Xuan could not beat him, and they chose the valley and the Azure Cloud Sect as the start and finish points.
• Shi Zhenghao and the Firmament started together, but Shi Zhenghao quickly pulled ahead and disappeared over the horizon.
• Yi Xuan sent the Firmament above the clouds and began accelerating, confident that he would win the formation manual.

Yi Xuan brought the Firmament to the Azure Cloud Sect, where its stealth design let it pass through the defensive formation unnoticed and astonished Xiao Anhe. Yi Xuan told his master that Shi Zhenghao had reached the Golden Core realm, and Shi Zhenghao soon arrived and found Yi Xuan there.

• Shi Zhenghao flew toward the Azure Cloud Sect, celebrating his Golden Core breakthrough and imagining how he would spend the hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yi Xuan overtook Shi Zhenghao in the Firmament and reached the Azure Cloud Sect first.
• Xiao Anhe spotted the Firmament above his residence and cautiously addressed its presumed visitor.
• Yi Xuan emerged from the Firmament, and Xiao Anhe was shocked to learn that his disciple had built it and that it had evaded the sect's defensive formation.
• Yi Xuan told Xiao Anhe that Shi Zhenghao had advanced to the Golden Core realm, making Xiao Anhe delighted.
• Shi Zhenghao arrived and stared at Yi Xuan in shock, asking what he was doing there.

Yi Xuan returned Shi Zhenghao to the Azure Cloud Sect, where Shi Zhenghao challenged him to prove the Firmament’s attack power. The Firmament’s experimental missile destroyed a mountain, leaving Shi Zhenghao shouting that his house was gone.

• Yi Xuan arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect ahead of Shi Zhenghao and told Xiao Anhe that he had brought back both his senior brother and a Golden Core elder.
• Shi Zhenghao assumed Yi Xuan had used a Greater Teleportation Talisman to win their race, while Yi Xuan revealed the Firmament overhead without resolving the suspicion.
• Shi Zhenghao challenged Yi Xuan to make him move half an inch in exchange for the family’s array formation manual.
• Yi Xuan ordered the Firmament to replace its mounted missiles with experimental rounds and attack Shi Zhenghao.
• The missile flew past Shi Zhenghao and destroyed a mountain, prompting a voice to shout, "Where's my house?"

Yi Xuan accidentally destroyed the Old Grand Elder’s treasured residence while testing an experimental missile disguised as a Puppet Technique, and the Old Grand Elder confronted him and Xiao Anhe. After realizing how much the residence meant to the old man, Yi Xuan seized him and ran down the mountain, leaving Xiao Anhe and Shi Zhenghao puzzled.

• Yi Xuan realized his experimental missile had missed its intended target and blown up the Old Grand Elder’s residence.
• The Old Grand Elder arrived with disciples, accused Xiao Anhe of responsibility, and used his Divine Sense to find Yi Xuan hiding behind Xiao Anhe and Shi Zhenghao.
• Yi Xuan claimed the explosion had happened while he was demonstrating his latest Puppet Technique, but the Old Grand Elder scolded him and demanded a resolution.
• Xiao Anhe explained that the residence held memories from the Old Grand Elder’s long life, and Yi Xuan realized the damage was serious.
• The Old Grand Elder scolded Shi Zhenghao for his past misdeeds, but Yi Xuan grabbed the Old Grand Elder and ran down the mountain with him.

Yi Xuan asked the old Supreme Elder to record his destroyed palace in a Jade Slip, then used No. 01 to create a detailed model so he could rebuild it. After examining the model, Yi Xuan began developing a quadcopter while Liang Shi watched.

• Yi Xuan learned that the old Supreme Elder had given up the sect master position and devoted his life to protecting the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Yi Xuan asked the old Supreme Elder to record the palace in a Jade Slip and promised to rebuild it identically within three days.
• The old Supreme Elder recorded the palace in great detail and returned to the mountaintop.
• Yi Xuan connected the Jade Slip to No. 01, generated a life-size three-dimensional model, and projected it.
• Yi Xuan switched to development mode and designed a quadcopter, which Liang Shi mistook for a toy.

Yi Xuan revealed that his unusual quadcopter drones were designed to carry 3D-printer nozzles so he could rebuild the grand supreme elder’s destroyed residence. The next morning, he brought five oversized drones to the ruins and began scanning the site to create a model.

• Liang Shi questioned the drone’s unusual cooling system and other components until Yi Xuan explained that it was a mobile 3D printer.
• Yi Xuan admitted that he had accidentally destroyed the grand supreme elder’s residence and planned to make amends by rebuilding it with the printer drones.
• Yi Xuan told Liang Shi the drones would be ready the next morning, and Liang Shi went home curious about how they would work.
• Yi Xuan brought Liang Shi to the ruined residence and apologized to the grand supreme elder, who was resting in a rocking chair.
• Yi Xuan deployed five oversized drones, which began scanning the square as a projection assembled a model of the site.