Chapter Summaries

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.

Yi Xuan used missiles and five rotor printers to demolish the old grand elder’s palace ruins further before beginning to rebuild the square. The drones leveled the ground and reinforced its foundations, while the old grand elder watched in dismay and growing disbelief.

• Yi Xuan asked the old grand elder for permission to damage the ruins further, and the grand elder agreed as long as Yi Xuan rebuilt the palace.
• Yi Xuan ordered Firmament to fire two missiles at the ruins, prompting the old grand elder to accuse him of wrecking the palace again.
• Xiao Anhe and Shi Zhenghao arrived and recognized the missile attack as Yi Xuan’s handiwork.
• Yi Xuan replayed the grand elder’s earlier agreement, then ordered four more missiles to blast the remaining ruins into dust.
• Five rotor printers cleared the dust, filled the holes, leveled the square, and began reinforcing its foundations with cement and steel.

Yi Xuan asked Xiao Anhe and the old Supreme Elder why Nascent Soul experts could sense the signals connecting his bracelet to the palace-building puppets. The two confirmed they could detect the growing web of signals across the Azure Cloud Sect, leaving Yi Xuan’s concern about his future signal network unresolved.

• The old Supreme Elder urged Yi Xuan to focus on becoming stronger instead of relying on his inventions, while Yi Xuan reassured him that he had powerful allies.
• Yi Xuan concealed how he studied the Puppet Technique and let the others believe it was the source of his growing abilities.
• Yi Xuan showed Xiao Anhe and the old Supreme Elder his bracelet and asked them to sense its connection to the five puppets building the palace.
• Xiao Anhe said he had noticed Yi Xuan’s unusual methods before, and the old Supreme Elder recognized the bracelet’s technology as Yi Xuan’s work.
• The old Supreme Elder sensed that signals now spread throughout the Azure Cloud Sect, where the three Supreme Elders could detect them if they paid attention.

Yi Xuan learned why Nascent Soul cultivators could sense electromagnetic waves: their Primordial Spirits had undergone a qualitative transformation. He tested different wavelengths and frequencies to evade their perception, but the experiments failed, leaving him unable to hide his signals from them.

• Shi Zhenghao confirmed that cultivators below the Nascent Soul Realm could not sense electromagnetic waves, while Nascent Soul experts could locate transmitters and receivers.
• Xiao Anhe and the Azure Cloud Sect's old grand elder explained that forming a Nascent Soul raised a cultivator's level of life by refining the Primordial Spirit.
• The old grand elder described how cultivating the Primordial Spirit led to the Golden Core breaking and a Nascent Soul forming.
• Yi Xuan realized that stronger Nascent Soul cultivators would become increasingly sensitive to electromagnetic waves as their Primordial Spirits grew stronger.
• Yi Xuan ordered his wristband to test different wavelengths and frequencies while Xiao Anhe and the old grand elder monitored its connection to the drones.
• Xiao Anhe and the old grand elder continued sensing the signals through every test, and Yi Xuan concluded that he had been caught by the throat.

After learning that Nascent Soul cultivators could trace electromagnetic signals, Yi Xuan stopped the planned communication network in the Xia Kingdom and searched for safer ways to communicate. He settled on investigating quantum communication after No. 01 reminded him, “When in doubt, quantum mechanics,” and began transferring knowledge from the Book of Technology into the computer.

• Yi Xuan's master and the old grand elder warned him that Nascent Soul cultivators could trace electromagnetic signals and ambush him before he could use his weapons.
• Yi Xuan left the square and ordered No. 01 to put construction of communication base stations in the Xia Kingdom on hold.
• At No. 1 Base, Yi Xuan considered wired communication and satellite communication, then asked No. 01 to develop a satellite communication plan.
• No. 01 suggested the saying “When in doubt, quantum mechanics,” prompting Yi Xuan to consider quantum communication as a way to avoid electromagnetic signals.
• Yi Xuan extracted quantum communication knowledge from the Book of Technology, transferred it to a Jade Slip, and told No. 01 to read and store it.

Yi Xuan used the Book of Technology to master quantum communication and built two prototype devices, then tested one aboard the Firmament. The test succeeded, and he headed back to No. 1 Base to compare the devices’ recorded data.

• No. 01 absorbed some of the quantum communication knowledge while Yi Xuan mastered it through the Book of Technology, though the sudden influx left his head aching and frightened him.
• Yi Xuan assembled two quantum communication prototypes, and No. 01 confirmed they had no technical problems while criticizing their bulky, ugly design.
• Yi Xuan took one device aboard the Firmament and left the other at No. 1 Base for No. 01 to operate; Shi Zhenghao arrived too late and left an object on Yi Xuan’s desk.
• While flying southwest of the Azure Cloud Sect, Yi Xuan spotted black water and rising black gas in the sea, but held back from investigating and tested the device instead.
• The device received the data sent from No. 1 Base quickly, confirming that quantum communication worked, and Yi Xuan piloted the Firmament back to the base to compare the results.

Yi Xuan tested the Firmament’s improved flight capabilities, received the Shi Household’s formation manual from Shi Zhenghao, and brought quantum communication equipment to No. 1 Base. The tests confirmed quantum communication’s advantages, while Yi Xuan considered how Divine Sense’s limits helped conceal the underground base.

• Yi Xuan flew the Firmament back to his courtyard and learned that Shi Zhenghao had left a package while watching it depart.
• Yi Xuan opened the package, found the Shi Household’s secret formation manual, and put it away for later study.
• Yi Xuan took the quantum communication equipment to No. 1 Base and asked No. 01 for the test results.
• Yi Xuan reasoned that Divine Sense weakened when probing underground, making No. 1 Base at five hundred meters deep difficult for most cultivators to discover.
• Yi Xuan reviewed the test data and found that quantum communication outperformed electromagnetic-wave communication in speed, range, and signal quality.
• Pangu tried to hug Yi Xuan, but he stopped it and rejected being embraced by a lump of iron.

Yi Xuan tested quantum communication with the Grand Elder and confirmed that Divine Sense could not detect its transmissions, so he began planning a quantum satellite network. To determine whether a satellite could work, he asked what lay beyond the sky, and the Grand Elder began recounting an earlier attempt to find out.

• Yi Xuan visited the Grand Elder’s restored palace and tested his quantum communication device under the Grand Elder’s Divine Sense.
• Yi Xuan confirmed that the Grand Elder had sensed no communication and concluded that quantum transmissions could evade cultivators’ perception.
• Yi Xuan chose satellite communication over a network of ground stations and identified a rocket and the existence of a universe as remaining problems.
• Yi Xuan asked the Grand Elder where someone would end up by flying straight upward, and the Grand Elder said someone had once sought Heaven Beyond Heaven.

Yi Xuan learned from the old grand elder that Heaven Beyond Heaven suppressed cultivators and had killed an explorer with a mysterious corrosive gas. He returned to No. 1 Base and shifted his focus from launching satellites to building a rocket that could explore beyond the world.

• The old grand elder told Yi Xuan that cultivators who flew toward Heaven Beyond Heaven usually fell when their True Essence ran out.
• The old grand elder described how a Tribulation Transcendence Realm Perfection cultivator reached a gas-like boundary, lost an arm to its effects, and died after mysterious gas entered his body.
• Yi Xuan left the old grand elder and returned to No. 1 Base, considering the gas a potential weapon against powerful cultivators.
• Yi Xuan ordered No. 01 to develop quantum communication satellites while he began planning a rocket to explore Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Yi Xuan examined famous rockets from his previous life but could not decide which one to choose.

Yi Xuan began preparing for a rocket launch in the Cultivation Realm, choosing a Long March-inspired design while his mechanical army gathered the necessary planetary data. He objected when No. 01’s optimized rocket turned out to be only three meters tall, then learned it used a High-Grade Spirit Stone for propulsion and could theoretically carry a satellite into space.

• Yi Xuan ordered No. 1 Base and the portable research center to gather launch data and prepare equipment while producing quantum communication modules.
• Yi Xuan chose a Long March-inspired rocket design over the reusable Falcon option and began designing before the planetary survey was complete.
• No. 01 optimized the rocket plan, shrinking its height to three meters and prompting Yi Xuan to demand an explanation.
• No. 01 revealed that the rocket used a High-Grade Spirit Stone for power, with a chemical fuel chamber as backup in case Spirit Stones failed at high altitude.
• Yi Xuan accepted that the rocket could theoretically carry his quantum communication satellite into space, but worried about whether the Cultivation Realm’s outer space was hostile to technology.

Yi Xuan’s Divine Sense broke through after he completed his fifth needle, allowing him to control five flying needles outside his sea of consciousness. He used them to engrave formations with exceptional precision and speed, and grew confident that the formations would help his rocket reach Heaven Beyond Heaven.

• Yi Xuan waited while No. 1 Base’s mechanical army collected and calibrated basic data about the cultivation world.
• After completing his fifth needle, Yi Xuan’s Divine Sense expanded to a range comparable to a Late Grain Avoidance Stage cultivator’s.
• Yi Xuan discovered that his five steel needles could now leave his sea of consciousness and dart under his control.
• Yi Xuan began using the Divine Sense Flying Needles to engrave formations, even engraving five formations at once.
• Yi Xuan gained confidence that the new formations would help him brute-force his rocket to Heaven Beyond Heaven.