Chapter Summaries

The Hidden Spirit Sect sealed the Ruined City and warned away the watching Mahayana Venerables while Xiong Li, Ying Ci, and Han Feiyu battled a Mahayana opponent. After Han Feiyu survived a soul attack and Ying Ci’s ambush was thwarted by a substitute, the opponent found his escape blocked and had to keep fighting.

• The Hidden Spirit Sect sent a Mahayana Stage Puppet and hundreds of Integration Stage Puppets, sealed the Ruined City, and forced the watching Mahayana Venerables to leave or surrender.
• Xiong Li, Ying Ci, and Han Feiyu coordinated their attacks to wear down the Mahayana Venerable while guarding against his Demon Souls and Divine Abilities.
• The Mahayana Venerable attacked Han Feiyu with a soul-bearing sound wave, but Han Feiyu’s Soul-Protecting Ring blocked it.
• The Mahayana Venerable tried to kill Han Feiyu, but Ying Ci’s strike triggered his Wooden Decoy and let him escape the blow.
• The Mahayana Venerable tried to teleport away, but the strengthened Space Seal kept him trapped as Xiong Li urged him to continue fighting.

Xiong Li, Ying Ci, and Han Feiyu defeated a Mahayana Venerable and claimed his treasures. They divided the spoils according to the Sect’s rules and sent them to the Hidden Spirit Sect’s Treasure Vault.

• Xiong Li, Ying Ci, and Han Feiyu kept up their coordinated assault while refusing to fall for the Mahayana Venerable’s feigned openings.
• Xiong Li shattered the Venerable’s defensive Dao Artifact and struck him away, but the three held back because Han Feiyu warned that he had another defensive artifact.
• Xiong Li and Ying Ci launched a final coordinated attack, and Ying Ci destroyed the Venerable’s dantian, forcing out his True Spirit.
• The Venerable’s True Spirit tried to flee and then threatened to self-destruct, but Grape captured it with a net.
• Han Feiyu opened the Venerable’s Spatial Rings, and the three agreed to divide the treasures, with Xiong Li receiving forty percent as the main attacker.
• Xiong Li, Ying Ci, and Han Feiyu converted their shares into points, and Grape teleported the spoils to the Hidden Spirit Sect’s Treasure Vault.

Xiong Li, Ying Ci, and Han Feiyu took the Merchant Guild’s goods after winning their bet, while the Thousand Spirits Sect prepared for an exchange with the Hidden Spirit Sect. Venerable Qian Ling brought Starry Moon Crystal Sand to Xu Fan, who welcomed the ore needed to increase the Hidden Spirit Sect’s Mahayana Puppet production.

• Xiong Li and the others watched Puppets carry the Merchant Guild’s goods away, and Ying Ci thanked Han Feiyu for saving his spirit stones through their scheme.
• The Hidden Spirit Sect and Thousand Spirits Sect built an exchange area and a Life-or-Death Battlefield between their territories.
• The Thousand Spirits Sect Supreme Great Elder told Li Zishi to secure an opportunity for a tailored Immortal Artifact before challenging Hidden Spirit Sect disciples.
• Venerable Qian Ling returned with Starry Moon Crystal Sand and learned that the Supreme Great Elder had already sought an opportunity for Li Zishi.
• Venerable Qian Ling visited Xu Fan and offered him the Starry Moon Crystal Sand, which Xu Fan needed to refine more Mahayana Stage Puppets.

Xu Fan prepared the Hidden Spirit Sect for its disciple exchange with the Thousand Spirits Sect, assigning Zhang Xueling to compete for first place in the Void Refining Stage. As the exchange began, Xu Lingtai set out to face a long-estranged friend whose anger over the Immortal Palace Feast had been building for centuries.

• Xu Fan learned from Venerable Qian Ling that the Thousand Spirits Sect had a talented disciple named Li Zishi and that the Supreme Great Elder had wagered an Immortal Artifact on the exchange.
• Xu Fan discussed the Demon Race’s Cross-border Teleportation Array with Venerable Qian Ling, then promised to count the next delivery of Immortal Artifact Spirit Ores as double.
• Xu Fan ordered Zhang Xueling to win first place in the Void Refining Stage exchange, threatening to send him to farm if he failed.
• Five days later, disciples from both Sects traveled to the exchange venue, while Xu Lingtai’s wife persuaded him to go despite his worry about an old friend.
• A furious Integration Stage disciple from the Thousand Spirits Sect searched the exchange area for Xu Lingtai, as other disciples anticipated their long-awaited confrontation.

Xu Lingtai faced Xie Peng in the Virtual Life-or-Death Battlefield to settle a grudge from a thousand years ago, with Xie Peng threatening to use an Immortal Palace Feast talisman. Xie Peng gained the upper hand, but Xu Lingtai unleashed a Substitute Death Technique and a surprise attack, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Xu Lingtai apologized to Xie Peng, who demanded that they fight or Xu Lingtai endure a full Immortal Palace Feast.
• Xiang Yun secretly gave Xu Lingtai a Spirit Guard Ring, and Xu Lingtai agreed to fight Xie Peng before disciples from both sects.
• Xie Peng trapped Xu Lingtai with Divine Ability formations and attacked his defenses with a flaming Giant Blade and fire serpents.
• Xu Lingtai’s true body exploded as he used a Substitute Death Technique, then his Thousand-Hand Phantom bombarded Xie Peng.
• Xie Peng’s five-mountain formations withstood the bombardment until Xu Lingtai summoned a Heaven Piercing Giant Sword that shattered them, while Xu Lingtai watched from hiding.

Xie Peng defeated Xu Lingtai by sealing him inside a Black Mountain Peak and using an Immortal Palace Feast Talisman, then accepted Xu Lingtai's Five-Colored Mountain Peak cultivation slot. The sect exchange contests began, and Li Zishi challenged Xiong Li in the Life-or-Death Arena as their battle opened with Li Zishi's sword strikes.

• Xie Peng sealed Xu Lingtai inside a Black Mountain Peak and activated an Immortal Palace Feast Talisman, but Xu Lingtai resisted the illusion and could not break the seal.
• Xu Lingtai conceded defeat, thanked Xie Peng for preserving his dignity, and transferred his Five-Colored Mountain Peak cultivation slot to him.
• Xie Peng reflected that his long-standing inner demon had finally been resolved as the two sects began their broader exchange competitions.
• Xiong Li offered his Five-Colored Mountain Peak cultivation slot to anyone who could defeat him in the Virtual World's Life-or-Death Arena, and Li Zishi stepped forward to challenge him.
• Xu Fan praised Li Zishi's strength and told Xu Gang that his talent would not improve through Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation.
• Li Zishi opened the fight by launching dazzling sword strikes that engulfed Xiong Li.

Li Zishi defeated Xiong Li in a fierce battle, then dominated the competition events and asked to challenge the Hidden Spirit Sect’s disciples. Xu Fan considered who should face him, but his plans were interrupted when Zhou Kailing returned to Hidden Spirit Island.

• Li Zishi suppressed Xiong Li with several sword daos, but Xiong Li transformed into a Chaos Dharma Idol and fought back with his full strength.
• Xiong Li unleashed his strongest strike, but Li Zishi dodged through the Space Dao, and Xiong Li conceded after admitting he could not harm him.
• Li Zishi emerged from the Virtual World and won every event he entered, setting records that impressed the disciples and elders.
• Li Zishi asked Grape to arrange a challenge against the Hidden Spirit Sect Great Elder’s disciples, and Xu Fan advised Wang Xiangchi to let Xu Gang and Xingci face him instead.
• Grape reported that Zhou Kailing had returned, and Zhou Kailing told Xu Fan that the vanished Hundred-thousand Li Great Lake had frightened him.

Xu Fan sent Zhou Kailing to fight Li Zishi, a Thousand Spirits Sect disciple, in a sect spar. Zhou Kailing overwhelmed Li Zishi with the strange fragrances of his self-created Divine Ability, and Li Zishi surrendered before the promised follow-up techniques could be used.

• Xu Fan ordered Zhou Kailing to face a challenger despite Zhou Kailing's wish to leave and seek inspiration.
• Li Zishi arrived at the Virtual Arena and introduced himself to Zhou Kailing, then became nervous when he learned Zhou Kailing had created Immortal Palace Feast.
• The battle began, and Zhou Kailing dodged Li Zishi's sword strike before using Fragrance Enters Soul.
• Zhou Kailing explained that the fragrance would lead to a series of follow-up Divine Abilities, though he promised not to use them if Li Zishi defeated him first.
• Zhou Kailing changed the fragrance to the aroma of roasted meat, and Li Zishi admitted defeat under the mental pressure.

Zhou Kailing left Hidden Spirit Island to seek inspiration in Elephant Prefecture, while Xu Fan investigated a mysterious river after Wang Yulun found fish that enhanced cultivation talent and comprehension. At the river’s source, Xing revealed that the water occasionally branched and leaked an extraordinary aura.

• Zhou Kailing conceded to Zhou Kailing’s opponent, then returned to Hidden Spirit Island and told Xu Fan he planned to develop abilities targeting the Demon Race’s senses.
• Xu Fan received Wang Yulun’s message about a discovery and flew to a valley where Wang Yulun and Xing were grilling Crystal Fish that could improve talent and comprehension.
• Xu Fan took the fish for research and said he would breed them, then investigated the river that had produced them.
• A powerful aura flickered from the river’s Spring Eye, and Xu Fan hurried to its source.
• Xing told Xu Fan that the river sometimes branched and leaked its aura, which could explain why it produced the fish.

Xu Fan arranged to move a valley onto Hidden Spirit Island after Wang Yulun revealed a mysterious river’s Spring Eye, and the Island’s seven Space Cubes gave it powerful teleportation capabilities. Meanwhile, Han Feiyu and Ying Ci considered teaming up for Battle Royale, but Ying Ci became distracted by a beautiful Thousand Spirits Sect disciple competing in Life-or-Death Speed.

• Xu Fan told Grape to move the valley onto Hidden Spirit Island and explained the Spring Eye’s connection to a mysterious river to Wang Yulun.
• Xu Fan teleported Wang Yulun and Xing back to Hidden Spirit Island, which kept seven Space Cubes after Han Feiyu declined to take back the six he had lent the Sect.
• Han Feiyu died in Life-or-Death Speed after a sneeze made him lose his balance, then met Ying Ci when he exited the Virtual World.
• Han Feiyu and Ying Ci agreed to seek two more teammates for Battle Royale, and Li Leihu and Er Yuan offered to join them.
• Ying Ci chose to watch the beautiful Thousand Spirits Sect disciple in Life-or-Death Speed, and Han Feiyu returned after failing to find other teammates.
• Ying Ci praised the disciple’s beauty but criticized her driving skills and predicted she would last only one incense stick.

Ying Ci and Han Feiyu set their sights on a Thousand Spirits Sect Heavenly Pride for the Battle Royale, while Er Tie joined an artifact-refining exchange between the two sects. After Li Zishi won the previous Battle Royale, he reconsidered his overconfidence, leaving the Hidden Spirit Sect disciples concerned that he would be harder to defeat next time.

• Han Feiyu invited Xiao Qi to team up with him and Ying Ci, but a Thousand Spirits Sect Heavenly Pride took her away to join his team.
• Ying Ci said they would target the Heavenly Pride in the Battle Royale because he had slighted Han Feiyu, and led Han Feiyu toward the arena.
• Er Tie and the artifact refiners from both sects received a challenge to make Spiritual Swords from Spiritual Iron and Millennium Mysterious Stone for points.
• Li Zishi emerged victorious from the previous Battle Royale after the Hidden Spirit Sect disciples nearly overwhelmed him with coordinated attacks.
• Li Zishi reflected on the danger of facing a crowd alone, and the Hidden Spirit Sect disciples worried that his new caution would make him harder to snipe.

Han Feiyu and Ying Ci arrived to watch a battle between the Hidden Spirit Sect and the Thousand Spirits Sect, which grew into a chaotic melee. The Hidden Spirit Sect’s battle array defeated its rival, and Ying Ci ended up eliminated after provoking a Thousand Spirits Sect Heavenly Pride.

• Ying Ci used the Group Chat Technique to locate the Thousand Spirits Sect Heavenly Pride who had slapped Han Feiyu, and he and Han Feiyu headed toward the battle.
• Li Leihu and other Hidden Spirit Sect disciples fought the Thousand Spirits Sect, then more disciples from both Sects joined the battle.
• The Hidden Spirit Sect’s Three-Person Battle Array adapted as the melee grew and eventually overwhelmed the Thousand Spirits Hundred Battles Array.
• The defeated Thousand Spirits Sect Heavenly Pride used a final burst of power to eliminate two Hidden Spirit Sect disciples.
• Ying Ci stabbed the Heavenly Pride in both sides of his buttocks, and the enraged Heavenly Pride exploded, eliminating Ying Ci too.
• Li Leihu asked Han Feiyu to tell Ying Ci to be more careful, while Han Feiyu helplessly agreed.

Ying Ci and a Heavenly Pride fought to a draw, while Han Feiyu comforted Ying Ci afterward as he remembered his childhood. Xu Fan later inspected the damaged Myriad Stars Vessel and learned that his two clones had been destroyed, leaving the human race to wait five years for their revival.

• Han Feiyu was eliminated by Hidden Spirit Sect Disciples and joined Xiao Qi in cheering for Ying Ci against her senior brother, the Heavenly Pride.
• Ying Ci and the Heavenly Pride used powerful techniques that caused them to perish together, ending their duel in a draw.
• Han Feiyu found Ying Ci on a mountain, where Ying Ci recalled his poor childhood and the chicken butt his father had once brought him.
• Xu Fan went to the valley to relax, then received a message from Clone Number One and an invitation from Ming Kong.
• Xu Fan examined the damaged Myriad Stars Vessel and learned that the Demon Race's spy Yuan Deng had destroyed his two clones in a self-detonation.
• Ming Kong showed Xu Fan how the clones had protected the vessel's core, and Xu Fan said they would take five years to revive.

Xu Fan secured half of Ming Kong’s Contribution Points and exchanged most of them for treasures containing the Time Great Dao. He returned to Hidden Spirit Island with the treasures, hoping to use them to advance his cultivation.

• Xu Fan told Ming Kong that he could interfere with the Cross-border Teleportation Array if he first sensed its aura, and Ming Kong agreed to search for its location.
• Ming Kong sent Shao Yu to take Xu Fan to the Myriad Treasures Realm and gave Xu Fan half of his Contribution Points.
• Xu Fan exchanged nearly all the points for precious treasures containing the Time Great Dao, which the staff member gathered for him over three days.
• Xu Fan returned to Hidden Spirit Island with boxes of Time Treasures and asked Grape to calculate how much time they could accelerate.

Xu Fan prepared to revive No. 1 and No. 2 before beginning a 6,300-year time acceleration, but waited for the sect exchange to end. After the exchange, Li Zishi asked Xu Fan to spar, and Xu Fan agreed.

• Xu Fan created a Minor World and two soul seeds, then instructed Grape to restore No. 1 and No. 2's memories into them.
• Xu Fan checked the exchange rankings, saw Li Zishi in first place, and learned that Li Zishi had drawn with Li Xingci and lost to Xu Gang.
• The two sects' exchange ended, and Chong Bei vowed to take revenge on Ying Ci for stabbing him in the butt.
• Ying Ci exchanged points for a Wind-Riding Dao Robe and discussed his new tactic with Han Feiyu, who warned him that Chong Bei held a grudge.
• At Grand Unity Hall, Li Zishi challenged Xu Fan to test the gap between them, and Xu Fan agreed to spar.

Xu Fan sparred with Li Zishi, whose Heavenly Vision Eye revealed Xu Fan as an overwhelming abyss encompassing all Daos. After Li Zishi recovered from his terror and unleashed his strongest sword, the Thousand Spirits Sect's elders praised his potential as a future Invincible Venerable.

• The Supreme Elders discussed how long Li Zishi could withstand Xu Fan, and Venerable Qian Ling said Xu Fan’s strength surpassed even the Supreme Venerable of the past.
• Li Zishi activated his Heavenly Vision Eye and saw Xu Fan as an abyss that crushed his will, so Xu Fan advised him to close his eyes before he developed a Heart Devil.
• Venerable Qian Ling teased the Supreme Great Elder, who revealed that Youming would soon leave for the Northern Extreme Domain and then sealed Qian Ling in place to make him stay.
• Li Zishi described Xu Fan’s power as a blazing sun beyond Mortals and regained his composure, pleasing Xu Fan with the praise.
• Xu Fan asked Li Zishi to attack with full strength, and Li Zishi unleashed a sword strike combining the Five Elements and Spatial Force.
• The Supreme Elders praised Li Zishi’s growth and imagined the Thousand Spirits Sect producing a second Invincible Venerable, while Xu Fan watched his sword with pleasant surprise.

Xu Fan taught Li Zishi the Space Dao and left him immersed in comprehension before returning to the Hidden Spirit Sect. Three days later, Hidden Spirit Island departed for the Extreme Sky Domain, while Venerable Qian Ling’s attempt to leave with the fleet was stopped by the Thousand Spirits Sect Supreme Great Elder.

• Xu Fan slowed and shattered Li Zishi’s Sword Light, then demonstrated a powerful Space Dao strike that left Li Zishi immersed in comprehension.
• Xu Fan thanked the Thousand Spirits Sect elders for their hospitality and departed for Hidden Spirit Island in a luxurious Beast Carriage.
• The Hidden Spirit Sect announced that Hidden Spirit Island would leave for the Extreme Sky Domain in three days, and Xu Fan instructed Grape to prepare a secluded place for his future tribulation.
• Hidden Spirit Island rose into the air and flew toward the Extreme Sky Domain as the Thousand Spirits Sect elders watched enviously.
• Venerable Qian Ling tried to fly onto the Starship Fleet, but the Thousand Spirits Sect Supreme Great Elder grabbed him with a Sky-Covering Giant Hand and dragged him back.

Xu Fan sealed himself away in the Extreme Sky Domain to prepare for his breakthrough to the Tribulation Crossing Stage, while Hidden Spirit Island continued its routines under full defenses. A Vegetable Spirit Rabbit was revealed as Myriad Spirits Elder of the Human Race Elder Council, who lamented that the island had undone his long-laid plans.

• Xu Fan ordered Grape to activate Hidden Spirit Island's strongest defenses while he entered accelerated seclusion to advance to the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
• Wang Yulun asked Xing to help drive off the Purple Jade Flood Dragon if it came seeking revenge, and Xing agreed to repel it.
• The Vegetable Spirit Rabbit Clan tended Hidden Spirit Island's spiritual plants, and one rabbit suddenly recalled memories of a long-standing plan.
• Grape's Combat Puppets confronted the rabbit, who transformed into a man and identified himself as Myriad Spirits Elder, Number Nine of the Human Race Elder Council.
• Zhan Ling greeted Myriad Spirits, and Grape verified his identity through Shao Yu, a disciple of Elder Ming Kong.
• Myriad Spirits said that Shao Yu had once received his guidance and lamented that Hidden Spirit Island had swept away the plans he had laid over many years.

Myriad Spirits Venerable left Hidden Spirit Island after passing messages to the Elder Council, and Li Xingci revealed that the sect had several Mahayana Demon Venerable operatives. After three years, Xu Fan emerged from seclusion and began preparations to undergo the Flesh Tribulation, leaving Hidden Spirit Island in West Heaven Prefecture.

• Myriad Spirits Venerable gave the group a Jade Slip for Shao Yu and teleported away to prepare to infiltrate the Demon Race again.
• Li Xingci told Zhan Ling and the others that the sect had developed several Mahayana Demon Venerable operatives using Puppets and Reincarnation Seals.
• Grape described Hidden Spirit Island's contingency plans, including escape measures if the Cultivation World were destroyed.
• After three years in the Extreme Sky Domain, Xu Fan emerged from the accelerated Minor World and ordered Grape to teleport Hidden Spirit Island to the designated location.
• Xu Fan told his disciples that he had cultivated for a little over a thousand years and confirmed that he was going to advance to the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
• Hidden Spirit Island completed its long-distance teleportation to West Heaven Prefecture, the region least affected by the Demon Race.

Xu Fan brought Hidden Spirit Island to Little Sword Immortal City, then went to a remote site to face his Tribulation Transcendence. As his Tribulation Cloud grew beyond ten thousand miles, three Thunder Dragons appeared, and Grape warned that the storm would soon cut off their signal.

• Hidden Spirit Island arrived above Little Sword Immortal City, alarming its residents, and Xu Fan sent Qiu Ziyuan to explain that the sect intended no harm.
• The three sect elders returned to their sects to report Hidden Spirit Island's arrival after the Cultivators fled and then came back to the city.
• Hidden Spirit Island settled in the mountains ten thousand miles east of Little Sword Immortal City, and Xu Fan teleported to a distant site prepared for his tribulation.
• Xu Fan released his pent-up power, summoning a Tribulation Cloud that expanded beyond ten thousand miles as Thunder Dragons appeared within it.
• Grape warned Xu Fan that the Tribulation Cloud was disrupting its signal, and a third Thunder Dragon emerged above the others.