Chapter Summaries

Chen Feng defeated Qian Yu and forced Fang Yuan to flee, then followed a mysterious beam of light deeper into the underground palace. Yan Tiandu reached its source first: a Mountain River Diagram set into a metal wall that appeared to form a spatial entrance.

• Qian Yu fell into Chen Feng’s Bewitching Demon Tree illusion, and Chen Feng struck him while he was distracted.
• Qian Yu unleashed thousands of sword qi strands, but Chen Feng’s Golden Sword Qi blasted them back and wounded him.
• Qian Yu escaped with a teleportation talisman, and Chen Feng collected the corpses while Fang Yuan fled through a distant passage.
• The underground palace shook, and Chen Feng, Lu Xuan, and numerous young experts followed a mysterious beam of light toward the depths.
• Yan Tiandu reached the beam’s source and found a Mountain River Diagram on a metal wall, where the painting formed a spatial entrance.

Yan Tiandu entered the world inside the Mountain River Painting, where Qian Yu and Fang Yuan attacked him over their earlier defeat by Chen Feng. Yan Tiandu survived their combined assault and prepared to fight back with the Nine Dragon Art.

• Qian Yu failed to remove the Mountain River Painting, and Yan Tiandu entered its spatial passage with Qian Yu, Cheng Tian, and the others.
• Yan Tiandu and the group arrived in a barren world, where Qian Yu recognized him as Chen Feng's companion and urged Fang Yuan to attack him.
• Fang Yuan and Qian Yu launched a surprise attack, but Yan Tiandu blocked their strikes with his Dao fire.
• Qian Yu and Fang Yuan unleashed their powerful techniques together, forcing Yan Tiandu back and drawing blood from his mouth.
• Yan Tiandu cursed the pair and called out the Nine Dragon Art.

Yan Tiandu defeated Qian Yu and Fang Yuan after they ambushed him, then pursued them when they fled behind Prince Chengtian. He refused to reveal his background and ordered the prince to move.

• Yan Tiandu fought Qian Yu and Fang Yuan with his Fire Dragons and powerful sword, badly injuring both of them.
• Yan Tiandu mocked Qian Yu and Fang Yuan for ambushing him and losing, then decided to kill them.
• Fang Yuan and Qian Yu fled behind the five Imperial Princes and asked Prince Chengtian to protect them.
• Prince Chengtian asked Yan Tiandu which sect he belonged to, and Yan Tiandu told him to move and said it was none of his business.

Chen Feng intervened when Prince Chengtian attacked Yan Tiandu and challenged the Imperial Prince despite being a realm below him. Prince Chengtian threatened Chen Feng, who refused to back down, leaving them poised to fight.

• Prince Chengtian attacked Yan Tiandu with Dragon Emperor Fist after Yan Tiandu threatened to kill him and the other Imperial Princes.
• Yan Tiandu countered with his sword, then revealed the Dao Fire Imprint to gather fire elemental energy, but Chengtian struck again before he could build his power.
• Chen Feng sent streams of golden sword qi to intercept Chengtian's fists and stood between Chengtian and Yan Tiandu.
• Chen Feng told Prince Chengtian to stop pursuing Yan Tiandu and search for treasures instead.
• Prince Chengtian ordered Chen Feng to move aside or die, and Chen Feng insulted him and accepted the challenge.

Chen Feng defeated and humiliated Prince Chengtian, then withdrew when Jun Qianwu intervened to protect the princes. Following Lu Xuan’s Treasure Seeking Mouse deeper into the vast space, Chen Feng reached a gigantic sinkhole as the others converged on the disturbance.

• Chen Feng used a mental attack to stun Prince Chengtian, beat him, and pinned him beneath his foot while the onlookers and princes reacted.
• Jun Qianwu stopped Chen Feng from killing Prince Chengtian, so Chen Feng left with Lu Xuan; she refused Chengtian’s request to kill him.
• Yan Tiandu argued that he could have defeated Chengtian, but Chen Feng focused on conserving their strength to search for the crucial treasure.
• Chen Feng asked Lu Xuan to use the Treasure Seeking Mouse discreetly, and they followed it away from the others.
• The Treasure Seeking Mouse led Chen Feng and Lu Xuan to a massive sinkhole as the surrounding groups rushed toward the disturbance.

Chen Feng found the corpse of Daoist Jiugong, who offered him a powerful inheritance and asked him to carry a message to Daoist Qinghu. Chen Feng remained suspicious of the offer, and Bodhi warned him not to trust the corpse.

• Chen Feng flew into a pit filled with human and demon beast bones and found a black-robed corpse radiating powerful attacks.
• The corpse identified himself as Daoist Jiugong and offered Chen Feng the Nine Palaces Sword Art, an Inheritance Sword Pill, and knowledge of the Heaven-Piercing Realm.
• Daoist Jiugong told Chen Feng that he had died after fighting Daoist Qinghu and asked him to explain that he had always loved her.
• Daoist Jiugong demonstrated the Nine Palaces Sword Array, but Chen Feng attacked the corpse and stayed wary of its generous offer.
• As others approached, Daoist Jiugong urged Chen Feng to accept the inheritance before his lingering consciousness vanished.
• Bodhi awakened and warned Chen Feng not to believe Daoist Jiugong.

Chen Feng distrusted the corpse of the supposed Heaven-Piercing Expert and backed away, while the old man offered his inheritance to the gathered youths. The old man identified himself as Daoist Jiugong and promised his Sword Core inheritance to whoever opened their mind first, and Qian Yu gave in to greed.

• Bodhi warned Chen Feng that the old man might be seeking a young genius's body through Body Seizure, and Chen Feng decided not to approach.
• Qian Yu, Fang Yuan, Zhou Feng, Jun Qianwu, Guo Rong, Yan Tiandu, Randy, Prince Chengtian, and other youths gathered around the corpse.
• Qian Yu, Fang Yuan, and Prince Chengtian's group attacked the corpse, but its power repelled them and injured several of them.
• The old man told Qian Yu, Fang Yuan, and the five imperial princes that he was Daoist Jiugong and offered his inheritance to the first person to open their mind.
• The old man displayed his Nine Palaces Sword Array and promised his Sword Core inheritance, causing Qian Yu to open his mind first.

Daoist Jiugong seized Qian Yu’s body and revealed that he had lured young cultivators to the island so he could be reborn. As he attacked the gathered geniuses, Jun Qianwu confronted him and claimed the Sword Core inheritance and the item in his box.

• Daoist Jiugong’s remnant soul entered Qian Yu after Qian Yu opened his mind, taking control of his body.
• Daoist Jiugong absorbed the Sword Core, seized a black box, and killed several young cultivators with his sword qi.
• Chen Feng and the others realized that Qian Yu had been subjected to Body Seizure as Daoist Jiugong revealed how he had hidden in the Mountain River Painting and lured victims to the island.
• Jun Qianwu attacked Daoist Jiugong with sword qi, and he was shocked to sense that she had reached the Nirvana Level.
• Jun Qianwu announced that she intended to take Daoist Jiugong’s inheritance and the item in the box.

Jun Qianwu stopped Daoist Jiugong from taking over Qian Yu and pulled his remnant soul from Qian Yu’s body. After Qian Yu gained the Sword Core inheritance and tried to escape, Jun Qianwu dragged him back, took the Sword Core, and seized the small black box.

• Jun Qianwu used an illusion and sword qi to force Daoist Jiugong’s remnant soul out of Qian Yu’s body.
• Qian Yu awoke with Daoist Jiugong’s Sword Core inside him and realized he had gained the Heaven-Piercing Expert’s inheritance.
• Daoist Jiugong tried to seize Qian Yu again, but Qian Yu activated a Spatial Talisman to escape.
• Jun Qianwu reached through space and dragged Qian Yu back before he could get away.
• Jun Qianwu struck Qian Yu, forced out the Sword Core, and took it along with the small black box.

Jun Qianwu obtained Daoist Jiugong's inheritance, including the Nine Palaces Sword Art and records about reaching Tongtian, while Chen Feng feared the Great Li Dynasty would use it to threaten the Great Xia Nation. As Jun Qianwu prepared to leave, Chen Feng attacked her with his three divine trees, but her Underworld King Bell blocked his spiritual assault.

• Jun Qianwu opened the box and found the Nine Palaces Sword Art and information about reaching Tongtian, while the wounded Qian Yu and Daoist Jiugong could not stop her.
• Chen Feng feared that the Great Li Dynasty might use the inheritance to produce a Tongtian expert and conquer the Great Xia Nation, so he decided to steal Jun Qianwu's treasure.
• Chen Feng summoned the Bodhi Divine Tree, Life Divine Tree, and Bewitching Demon Tree, unleashing their domains and a powerful illusion attack on Jun Qianwu.
• Jun Qianwu's Underworld King Bell activated and blocked Chen Feng's spiritual and soul attacks, leaving him shocked that she possessed a spiritual defense treasure.

Chen Feng’s illusion drew Jun Qianwu into memories of her parents and the tragedy that destroyed Hundred Flowers Village. While she remained lost in the illusion, Chen Feng seized the box and sword pill and escaped with a spatial talisman, leaving the Bewitching Demon Tree elements behind.

• Jun Qianwu’s Underworld King Bell withdrew after Chen Feng’s illusion made her see her parents and froze her with memories of her childhood.
• Chen Feng sensed Jun Qianwu’s memories and learned that her eyes had killed everyone in Hundred Flowers Village when she was fifteen.
• Jun Qianwu’s memories revealed that she had cultivated illusion arts to reunite with her dead family through illusions.
• Chen Feng appeared before Jun Qianwu, took the box and sword pill from her hand, and escaped with a spatial talisman.
• Chen Feng signaled Yan Tiandu, Randy, Guo Rong, Lu Xuan, and the others to leave while abandoning the Bewitching Demon Tree elements.

Chen Feng stole the Heaven-Piercing inheritance from Jun Qianwu and escaped, while the Great Li Dynasty and other factions mobilized to hunt him down. He reunited with Lei Qianren and urged him to retreat quickly, preferably back to the Great Xia Nation.

• Chen Feng vanished with the inheritance, leaving Jun Qianwu and the others stunned; Yan Tiandu and his companions fled the space.
• Jun Qianwu woke from Chen Feng's illusion without anger, then captured Daoist Jiugong's remnant soul and sealed it in a bottle.
• Prince Chengtian and the other factions spread word of the stolen inheritance and sent experts to search for Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng hid in a distant corner with the Sword Core inheritance and planned to find a concealed place to refine it.
• Lei Qianren appeared before Chen Feng, who urged him to retreat at once and try to return to the Great Xia Nation.

Chen Feng and Lei Qianren were surrounded by powerful factions seeking information about Tongtian, forcing them to flee through an alternate-dimensional space. Chen Feng memorized the jade records and swallowed the Heaven-Piercing Expert’s Sword Core, while Lei Qianren asked what he had learned about Tongtian.

• Emperor Dewei, the Grand Emperor, and numerous Nirvana and Heavenly Bridge experts arrived and surrounded Chen Feng and Lei Qianren.
• The Water Fire Sect’s sect master arrived, then held back after seeing the Great Li Dynasty’s two most powerful rulers.
• Lei Qianren took Chen Feng through an alternate-dimensional space and tried to escape before the surrounding experts could stop them.
• Chen Feng read the jade’s information about Tongtian and the Nine Palaces Sword Array, then memorized it.
• Chen Feng swallowed the Heaven-Piercing Expert’s Sword Core and used the Life Divine Tree to endure its destructive aura.
• Lei Qianren asked Chen Feng whether he had found any information about Tongtian.

Lei Qianren memorized Chen Feng’s information about Tongtian, then fought the Great Li Dynasty and other experts who pursued them for the inheritance. As Lei Qianren weakened under their combined assault, Jun Qianwu arrived, threatening to make their predicament worse.

• Chen Feng gave Lei Qianren a white jade containing information about Tongtian, and Lei Qianren memorized it before returning the stone.
• The Great Li Dynasty’s emperor and Grand Emperor caught up with Lei Qianren and Chen Feng, but Lei Qianren fought through their attacks and fled across the Dark Sea.
• Experts from several factions surrounded Lei Qianren, and he killed or wounded many of them while protecting Chen Feng from those seeking the inheritance.
• The emperor and Grand Emperor continued attacking, and Lei Qianren injured the emperor before being struck by the crowd and forced to spit blood.
• Jun Qianwu flew toward the battle as Lei Qianren struggled to withstand the growing number of Nirvana experts.

Chen Feng used the Tongtian inheritance as a bargaining chip to stop the experts attacking Lei Qianren and secure a chance to escape. After he threw the stone toward the crowd, Lei Qianren took Chen Feng and the students into another dimension, while the experts fought over the inheritance.

• Lei Qianren battled the surrounding experts and prepared to reveal his Thunderwing Green Vulture form when Chen Feng recognized the danger.
• Chen Feng threatened to destroy the Tongtian inheritance, making the Grand Emperor, the Emperor, and the other attackers stop.
• Chen Feng negotiated safe passage for his group in exchange for the stone, and the Grand Emperor ordered everyone to retreat one thousand meters.
• Chen Feng threw the stone away from the group, drawing the experts into a scramble for it.
• Lei Qianren used spatial energy to take Chen Feng and the students into another dimension while the experts fought over the stone.

Chen Feng and Lei Qianren escaped the Dark Sea aboard a spacecraft after tricking the Grand Emperor with a stone whose inheritance had been erased. The experts realized the deception and began searching for Chen Feng, while Lei Qianren asked him whether he had truly given away the inheritance.

• Chen Feng, Lei Qianren, and the students escaped in a spacecraft as the Grand Emperor seized the stone and claimed the prize.
• The Grand Emperor discovered the stone’s contents had been erased, and Prince Chengtian and the gathered experts realized Chen Feng had tricked them.
• The Grand Emperor left the Dark Sea in fury, while Jun Qianwu and Prince Chengtian reacted to the deception.
• The remaining sect leaders and family experts discussed the Imperial Palace’s dominance and agreed to search for Chen Feng.
• Lei Qianren and Chen Feng traveled back aboard the spacecraft, and Lei Qianren asked whether Chen Feng had really given away the inheritance.

After returning to Blue Star, Chen Feng and Lei Qianren studied Daoist Jiugong’s inheritance, learning that reaching Tongtian required harmonizing with heaven and letting go of the desire to attain it. Lei Qianren realized his pursuit had kept him on the wrong path, then brought Chen Feng to the repaired central divine hall in Jingfu.

• Chen Feng revealed that he had erased the information from the inheritance stone given to the Great Li Dynasty, and Lei Qianren praised him and provided origin stones for cultivation.
• Chen Feng refined the Sword Core and began merging the sword qi of the Myriad Sword Art and Nine Palaces Sword Array into a new form.
• Chen Feng studied the inheritance’s guidance on Tongtian and learned that one had to harmonize with the Dao rather than pursue the realm with a desirous heart.
• Lei Qianren realized that his desire to reach Tongtian had kept him from aligning with heaven, and he rejoiced at finally understanding his mistake.
• The group returned to Blue Star, where the students rested after their training and Lei Qianren took Chen Feng to the repaired central divine hall in Jingfu.

Lei Qianren returned with Chen Feng and revealed that they had secured information about Tongtian, thanks to Chen Feng taking the inheritance from Jun Qianwu. The Nation Lord planned to share the information with the National Councilors and reward Chen Feng with the Malevolent Qi stored in the Imperial Treasury.

• Jiang Nalan told the National Councilors that Jun Qianwu of the Great Li Dynasty had reached Nirvana before turning twenty and could threaten their search for Tongtian.
• Lei Qianren returned with Chen Feng and revealed that Chen Feng had taken the inheritance from Jun Qianwu, while he and Chen Feng kept a copy of its Tongtian information in their minds.
• Lei Qianren recounted how Daoist Jiugong had attempted Body Seizure and how Chen Feng had helped them escape pursuit, earning the National Councilors' admiration.
• Lei Qianren asked Chen Feng for permission to share the Tongtian information with the National Councilors, and Chen Feng agreed.
• Lei Qianren offered the Malevolent Qi in the Imperial Treasury to help Chen Feng nurture his lost Martial Soul Tree, then led the group to the guarded treasury.

Chen Feng cultivated in Great Xia Nation’s treasure vault, using its vast resources to regrow his Divine Trees and refine the Sword Core. Meanwhile, the Grand Emperor tortured Daoist Jiugong for information about Tongtian, but Daoist Jiugong refused to cooperate.

• Lei Qianren let Chen Feng use the treasure vault’s resources for a month as a reward for obtaining information about Tongtian.
• Chen Feng summoned the Bewitching Demon Tree, Life Divine Tree, and Bodhi Divine Tree to absorb Malevolent Qi, Origin Stones, pills, and herbs while he refined the Sword Core.
• Chen Feng’s Bewitching Demon Tree began growing again, and his newly formed Sword Qi gained a hint of formation power.
• The Grand Emperor tortured Daoist Jiugong with a soul-damaging whip and demanded information about Tongtian.
• Daoist Jiugong refused to reveal what he knew, and the Grand Emperor asked whether he wanted to reincarnate and cultivate anew.

Daoist Jiugong deceived the Grand Emperor with a fabricated Heaven-Piercing method and staged a demonstration to make him consider releasing the formations. The Grand Emperor remained wary, and Daoist Jiugong stopped the demonstration without revealing its supposed crucial step.

• The Grand Emperor tortured Daoist Jiugong, but Daoist Jiugong refused to speak and threatened to destroy his memories rather than endure a soul search.
• After recovering somewhat, Daoist Jiugong pretended to weaken and offered the Grand Emperor part of a supposed Heaven-Piercing secret in exchange for his release.
• Daoist Jiugong gave the Grand Emperor false instructions to reverse his meridians and defy heaven, while the Grand Emperor suspected the method could cause cultivation deviation.
• Daoist Jiugong used Soul Power to stage a reversed-circulation demonstration that appeared to produce a Heaven-Piercing aura, exciting the Grand Emperor.
• Daoist Jiugong asked the Grand Emperor to release the formations so he could show the crucial step, but the Grand Emperor feared he would escape.
• Daoist Jiugong stopped the demonstration and challenged the Grand Emperor's courage, leaving the formations intact and the supposed secret unfinished.