Chapter Summaries

Yan Tiandu defeated Randy in the competition’s final match and won the Ancestral Dragon Bone. Chen Feng presented him with the prize, leaving Yan Tiandu relieved and grateful as the competition concluded.

• Yan Tiandu activated his fire runes and fought Randy with overwhelming power, while Randy summoned a giant angel to attack him.
• Yan Tiandu’s rune sword shattered Randy’s angelic spear, and his remaining runes broke through Randy’s defenses until Randy conceded.
• Yan Tiandu recalled his runes and collapsed from exhaustion, while Randy calmly accepted the loss and congratulated him.
• Chen Feng announced the competition’s rewards and gave Yan Tiandu the Ancestral Dragon Bone for taking first place.

After receiving Lei Qianren’s invitation to Sea God Academy, Chen Feng decided to travel there and invited Great Xia Nation’s top geniuses to come along. Yan Tiandu, Randy, and several others agreed, while the group began weighing the risks of entering an unfamiliar academy full of stronger experts.

• Chen Feng continued cultivating, strengthening his laws and sword qi while wondering how Lei Qianren and the others were faring at Hanging Mountain.
• Lei Qianren invited Chen Feng and Great Xia Nation’s geniuses to Sea God Academy, describing its abundant yuan qi, safety, and greater opportunities for advancement.
• Chen Feng invited the top geniuses from Wushen University and the Great Li Dynasty to travel there by human warship, with preparations to be completed within three days.
• Yan Tiandu, Randy, Guo Rong, Li Lian, Delis, Huo Kong, and others decided they wanted to go, while Li Jian hesitated because of his younger sister.
• Jiang Shiran worried that the group might be too weak to avoid being bullied at Sea God Academy, and Shi Wang agreed that they needed to consider the danger.

Chen Feng and nearly all the young geniuses decided to leave for Sea God Academy, while Yang Jun stayed behind to govern Great Xia Nation. Before departing, Chen Feng gave Bodhi Seeds to former teachers and Principal Li, said goodbye to his family, and prepared to board the spacecraft.

• Shi Wang, Li Jian, and Lu Xuan decided to attend Sea God Academy, while Qian Yu, Fang Yuan, and Zhou Feng also chose to go.
• The Great Li Dynasty geniuses traveled to Great Xia Nation, where they marveled at its prosperity before joining the other students aboard the spacecraft.
• Yang Jun agreed to remain in charge of Great Xia Nation as Chen Feng's regent while Chen Feng and the other geniuses departed.
• Chen Feng gave Bodhi Seeds to Teacher Wei Zheng, Teacher Xu Bing, and Principal Li, and each was astonished by the improvement in their abilities.
• Chen Feng said goodbye to his parents and younger sister Shu Qin, who reluctantly let him leave for Sea God Academy.

Chen Feng led more than a hundred Great Xia Nation geniuses and several Great Li Dynasty geniuses aboard a spacecraft toward the Sea God Academy at Hanging Mountain. After several Wormhole Jumps, they arrived near the academy, where Chen Feng had everyone disembark in a forest and sent the spacecraft away.

• Fan's mother and Chen Wu supported Chen Feng's departure, and Chen Feng left resources for his family and friends.
• Chen Feng boarded an advanced spacecraft with the Great Xia Nation and Great Li Dynasty geniuses, including Yan Tiandu, Lu Xuan, and Li Jian.
• The Great Li Dynasty travelers marveled at outer space and the spacecraft's Wormhole Jumps, while Jiang Shiran explained why the vessel had to exit each wormhole to cool down.
• After several days, the spacecraft reached the nebula-covered world of Hanging Mountain and approached a point about a thousand kilometers from the Sea God Academy.
• Chen Feng had everyone disembark in a forest, and the captain departed with the spacecraft to return to the Great Xia Nation after checking for pursuers.

Chen Feng and his companions explored Hanging Mountain after arriving, then came upon soldiers massacring and looting civilians. After Chen Feng killed the soldiers who attacked him, a powerful man claiming to belong to Sea God Academy arrived and threatened him, leaving Chen Feng shocked by the academy's apparent brutality.

• Chen Feng and his companions felt the immense gravity and dense Yuan energy of Hanging Mountain, then decided to explore before going to Sea God Academy.
• While flying, Chen Feng noticed signs of human activity and led the group to a road where black-armored soldiers were burning homes, killing civilians, and abusing captive women.
• A soldier who had tortured a woman attacked Chen Feng with an arrow, but Chen Feng caught it and killed him by throwing it back through his throat.
• The other soldiers charged Chen Feng, who killed more than fifty of them with sword Qi.
• A winged middle-aged man arrived, identified himself as being from Sea God Academy, and threatened to kill Chen Feng while displaying a bottle of collected eyeballs.

Chen Feng defeated a Sea God Academy disciple who threatened him, then led his companions away after they killed the soldiers accompanying the man. A larger army arrived later and discovered the bodies, realizing that an expert had killed the academy disciple.

• A middle-aged Sea God Academy disciple attacked Chen Feng with a blue Flood Dragon, but Chen Feng shattered the attack and crippled him with one punch.
• Chen Feng killed the crippled man, and Yan Tiandu and the others killed the remaining soldiers.
• Chen Feng searched the dead man's belongings and collected his silver notes, Storage Ring, and other valuables.
• Chen Feng agreed with Lu Xuan, Qian Yu, Li Jian, and the others to leave quickly, and the group flew away.
• A large mounted force arrived at the scene, found the bodies, and worried about the death of a Sea God Academy disciple.

Chen Feng and his companions reached Sea God Academy after traveling through Hanging Mountain Continent and seeing its wars and prosperous capital. At the academy gates, Chen Feng tried to find Daoist Qinghu, and a disciple recognized the green-gourd-carrying man as Senior Brother Hu Qiusheng.

• Chen Feng reassured Jiang Shiran and Lu Xuan that he would protect them as they traveled through Hanging Mountain Continent.
• Chen Feng and his companions reached the Sage Dynasty's capital and saw the vast, bustling Sea God Academy.
• Chen Feng, Yan Tiandu, and Randy reflected on the new world's cultivation opportunities before the group set out for the academy the next morning.
• Chen Feng saw hopeful applicants kneeling outside Sea God Academy and approached its gates with his companions.
• A blue-robed disciple warned Chen Feng not to enter, so Chen Feng asked for Daoist Qinghu and described his green gourd.
• The disciple recognized the description as Senior Brother Hu Qiusheng.

Chen Feng entered Sea God Academy by claiming to be Hu Qiusheng’s friend, but Hu Qiusheng was in seclusion. Wang Qing agreed to evaluate Chen Feng’s companions and arrange entry for those who qualified.

• Yang Kang escorted Chen Feng inside after Chen Feng said he was friends with Hu Qiusheng.
• Wang Qing took over and learned that Hu Qiusheng was in seclusion, then offered to arrange Chen Feng’s admission if he proved qualified.
• Chen Feng asked Wang Qing to admit his companions too, and Wang Qing summoned them for evaluation after checking their claim that they came from the war-torn Liang Kingdom.
• Wang Qing noticed the group’s unusual appearances but chose not to investigate further and asked them to demonstrate their abilities.
• Huo Kong displayed his fist techniques, and Wang Qing accepted him as a menial disciple of Sea God Academy.

Chen Feng and his companions qualified for Sea God Academy, and Chen Feng earned direct entry to the Outer Court after impressing Wang Qing in a three-punch assessment. The group left to begin settling into the academy, where Zhou Kang explained its strict hierarchy.

• Wang Qing assigned Bankro, Augustine, Guo Rong, Jiang Shiran, Lu Xuan, Zhang Hua, Li Jian, Qian Yu, Fang Yuan, Zhou Feng, Yan Tiandu, and Randy as menial disciples after judging their abilities.
• Chen Feng revealed his mid-stage Celestial Bridge cultivation, and Wang Qing offered him direct entry to the Outer Court if he passed a three-move assessment.
• Chen Feng stood his ground against Wang Qing's first punch, matched his second, and controlled their third exchange, leaving Wang Qing astonished by his strength.
• Wang Qing accepted Chen Feng as an Outer Court Disciple and confirmed that the others were Sea God Academy disciples, pending verification with Senior Brother Qiusheng.
• Chen Feng and the others left the hall, and Zhou Kang explained that Chen Feng's Outer Court status placed him above menial disciples in the academy hierarchy.

Chen Feng learned Sea God Academy’s hierarchy and settled in as an Outer Court Disciple while waiting to learn more about its strongest disciples. Hu Qiusheng emerged from seclusion, confirmed Chen Feng’s identity, and arrived to take him with him, startling the Outer Court Disciples around them.

• Chen Feng paid Yang Kang and learned about the academy’s disciple ranks, including the ten Sequence Positions and their exceptional holders.
• Chen Feng asked whether Jun Qianwu had arrived, but Zhou Kang had not seen a girl matching her description.
• Chen Feng collected his identity plaque and robes, received a room in the Outer Court, and learned about the academy’s routines and its rumored Sea God founder.
• Hu Qiusheng emerged from seclusion after Wang Qing confirmed his connection to Chen Feng and prepared to claim a recruitment reward.
• Hu Qiusheng appeared in Chen Feng’s residential area and told him to come along, frightening disciples who had considered bullying the newcomer.

Chen Feng and the others were assessed at Sea God Academy, where Bodhi warned Chen Feng to conceal his Nine Divine Tree Martial Souls to avoid attracting dangerous attention. Hu Qiusheng secured cultivation time in Tongtian Cave and gave the group his personal token before leaving, calling himself young despite being eight hundred and thirty years old.

• Hu Qiusheng brought Chen Feng and the others to the Merit Hall for assessment and rewards.
• Bodhi warned Chen Feng not to reveal his Nine Divine Tree Martial Souls, and Chen Feng asked Hu Qiusheng to keep the secret.
• Hu Qiusheng had Chen Feng assessed according to his current strength and earned four hours of cultivation time in Tongtian Cave.
• Hu Qiusheng told Chen Feng that Lei Qianren, Jiang Nalan, and the others had become Inner Court Disciples and were cultivating at the Heaven-Piercing Pillar.
• Hu Qiusheng gave Chen Feng his personal jade token as protection and told the group to call him Senior Brother.

Chen Feng and the others settled into their roles at Sea God Academy, where even the newcomers had to work and cultivate under its strict hierarchy. Yan Tiandu and the other menial disciples endured their chores, finding some comfort in the academy’s superior instruction, while Lu Xuan kept going because Chen Feng was there.

• After Hu Qiusheng left, Shi Wang, Li Jian, Andre, Augustine, and Bankro discussed the academy’s rewards, dangers, and beauties, and Chen Feng urged everyone to avoid trouble while they grew stronger.
• Chen Feng and the others stayed at the academy, dividing their time among cultivation, meals, sleep, and menial work.
• Yan Tiandu complained while sweeping near the latrines, but kept working because he hoped to improve and had already benefited from the academy’s lessons.
• Randy calmly continued his cleaning duties without complaining about his status.
• Lu Xuan, Jiang Shiran, and Guo Rong grumbled about their dirty chores, but Lu Xuan decided she could endure them because Chen Feng was there.

Chen Feng encountered Xiong Batian teaching at Sea God Academy and learned that Xiong Batian needed the Soul Returning Pill to save his injured father. After Chen Feng refused to give him the pill, Xiong Batian knelt and pleaded for it, leaving Chen Feng surprised by his desperation.

• Chen Feng attended Xiong Batian's lecture and saw that Wang Qing was also among the students.
• Xiong Batian recognized Chen Feng, feared he might seek revenge, and was relieved when Chen Feng said their past conflict was behind them.
• Xiong Batian asked Chen Feng for the Soul Returning Pill from the Great Li emperor's Storage Ring, explaining that it could save his father's life.
• Chen Feng refused to sell the pill and walked away, saying he had no need for Xiong Batian's offer.
• Xiong Batian knelt before Chen Feng and offered his merit points, King-grade Pills, and yuan stones for the pill.

Xiong Batian obtained a Soul Returning Pill from Chen Feng and saved his father, then returned to Sea God Academy after spending time with him. Chen Feng later reunited with his friends as Lei Qianren revealed that he had broken through to the Heaven-Piercing Realm, and they celebrated together.

• Chen Feng gave Xiong Batian the Soul Returning Pill in exchange for his contribution points and other belongings.
• Xiong Batian returned to the Great Li Dynasty, found his father barely alive, and fed him the pill, which healed his soul injury.
• After spending several days with his recovering father, Xiong Batian returned to Blue Star and thanked Chen Feng, who said the pill had been a transaction.
• Chen Feng received a message and gathered Yan Tiandu and the others, then sensed that Lei Qianren had broken through to the Heaven-Piercing Realm.
• Lei Qianren explained that insights from the Heaven-Piercing Pillar had helped him break through, and he celebrated with Chen Feng and their companions.

Chen Feng and the others traveled to the Sage Dynasty’s northwest to hunt bandits and investigate their blood-draining attacks. They tracked the killers to a ruined city, where a blood-cultivating Heavenly Bridge expert and his followers surrounded them.

• Lei Qianren became an elite disciple while continuing to plan how to strengthen Great Xia Nation.
• Wang Qing told Chen Feng about the academy’s mission to suppress bandits who had drained civilians’ blood, and Chen Feng gathered a group to pursue it.
• Chen Feng’s group found a ruined marketplace filled with dried corpses and followed the mounted bandits’ tracks to an abandoned city.
• The city gate slammed shut behind them, and ghostly shadows attacked as poisonous blood mist spread through the streets.
• Zhou Kang sent up a distress flare, and Chen Feng forced the hidden attacker to reveal himself as a powerful Blood Shadow man surrounded by bandits.

Chen Feng slaughtered the Blood Shadow bandits in Dark Night Ancient City and collected their leader’s demonic Crystal Core. After Yang Chun and other disciples arrived, a young Outer Court Disciple recognized Chen Feng and ordered the group below to thank Yang Chun for saving them.

• The Blood Shadow leader ordered his bandits to attack Chen Feng and his companions, but Chen Feng unleashed his sword aura and cut down the attackers.
• Chen Feng defeated the leader’s blood-mist attacks, pursued him with the Shaohua Sword, and extracted his demonic Crystal Core.
• Wang Qing, Zhou Kang, Li Jian, Jiang Shiran, and Yan Tiandu marveled at Chen Feng’s strength as he looted the bandits and led the group away.
• Yang Chun and another Inner Court Disciple arrived on a Griffin with more disciples, and the group assumed Yang Chun had killed the bandits.
• A young Outer Court Disciple spotted Chen Feng, trembled, and ordered the people below to thank Yang Chun for saving their lives.

Chen Feng confronted Su Yan and Yang Chun after Su Yan slapped Zhou Kang, refusing to let the insult pass despite warnings about Yang Chun’s strength. As Yang Chun prepared to discipline him, he released a white ice crystal whose frigid qi engulfed the area and struck Chen Feng first.

• Su Yan challenged Chen Feng over the fireworks, then struck Zhou Kang twice when Zhou Kang tried to explain that he had set them off.
• Chen Feng demanded that Su Yan apologize, and Su Yan hid behind Yang Chun while provoking him to intervene.
• Yang Chun invoked the academy’s rules and agreed to teach Chen Feng a lesson, with Zhong Han encouraging him.
• Chen Feng drew the Shaohua Sword and insisted on seeking justice for Zhou Kang despite Wang Qing’s warning.
• Yang Chun released a marble-sized white ice crystal, sending bone-chilling cold across a thousand meters and making Chen Feng’s expression change.

Chen Feng battled Yang Chun, a powerful Nirvana-level Ice cultivator, and revealed his three Divine Tree Martial Souls to turn the fight in his favor. Yang Chun was weakened by Chen Feng’s Domains, while Chen Feng’s friends urged Zhou Kang and Wang Qing not to fear the Inner Court Disciples.

• Yang Chun unleashed his Ice Attribute power, freezing the surroundings and trapping Chen Feng inside a fortified Ice Barrier.
• Chen Feng broke through the barrier with his Spiral Heart Force Sword Technique, then exchanged powerful sword and fist attacks with Yang Chun.
• Yang Chun escalated his assault with Ice Armor and a vast wave of freezing energy, but Chen Feng summoned his three Divine Tree Martial Souls.
• Chen Feng’s Sluggish, Life, and Illusion Domains weakened Yang Chun and enhanced Chen Feng, leaving Yang Chun stunned and hesitant to attack.
• Yan Tiandu, Shi Wang, and Li Jian praised Chen Feng’s strength and joked that Zhou Kang should strike Yang Chun if Chen Feng won; Zhou Kang and Wang Qing were astonished by their boldness.

Chen Feng fought Yang Chun to a standstill, trapped and absorbed much of Yang Chun’s source ice dragon, then defeated and humiliated him. After Su Yan revealed the Nine Palaces Sword Array’s flaw, Chen Feng suspected he was Daoist Jiugong, and the chapter ended with Chen Feng defying Zhong Han as she tried to stop him.

• Chen Feng fought Yang Chun with his martial souls, sword, and domains, resisting Yang Chun’s freezing attacks despite their difference in cultivation.
• Chen Feng trapped Yang Chun’s source ice dragon in the Nine Palaces Sword Array and used the Life Divine Tree to absorb its cold air essence.
• Su Yan revealed how to attack the formation’s flaw, prompting Chen Feng to ask whether Su Yan was Daoist Jiugong.
• Chen Feng layered more formations around the ice dragon, but Yang Chun eventually broke it free after losing some of his cultivation.
• Chen Feng struck Yang Chun repeatedly, knocking him down and slapping him as Yang Chun threatened him with academy punishment.
• Zhong Han intervened and threatened to summon the Inner Court Disciples, but Chen Feng challenged her and slapped Yang Chun again.

Chen Feng defeated Zhong Han, Su Yan, and Yang Chun, then learned they belonged to Gentleman Camp. When Bo Yan and two other Inner Court Disciples arrived to retaliate, Jiang Nalan and Chen Feng's other allies intervened, leaving the rival groups facing off.

• Chen Feng sliced through Zhong Han's whale attack, used his Bewitching Demon Tree to stun her, and slapped her to the ground.
• Chen Feng struck Su Yan, identified him as Daoist Jiugong, and ordered Zhou Kang to punish him; Zhou Kang and Shi Wang beat Su Yan while Chen Feng warned him not to target his friends.
• Chen Feng asked Su Yan about Jun Qianwu, learned he had not seen her, and then helped Shi Wang's group beat Yang Chun.
• Bo Yan and two other Nirvana Level Inner Court Disciples arrived, and Chen Feng learned from Wang Qing that they and their injured companions belonged to Gentleman Camp.
• Jiang Nalan, Chen Yitian, Zhou Zhenxiong, and Zhao Muyun arrived to defend Chen Feng's group, and Jiang Nalan demanded that Bo Yan leave.
• Bo Yan challenged Jiang Nalan to name his faction, and Jiang Nalan replied that he needed no faction to deal with them.