Chapter Summaries

Lei Qianren arrived in time to drive Bo Yan and the others away from Chen Feng, then explained that he could not remain with the group for long. Chen Feng continued his expedition with his companions and followed the Gentleman Camp members toward a dangerous bandit stronghold.

• Lei Qianren's arrival forced Bo Yan and the other Gentleman Camp disciples to retreat, while Yang Chun, Su Yan, and Zhong Han also fled.
• Chen Feng and Lei Qianren identified the escaped Su Yan as Daoist Jiugong, but Lei Qianren decided not to kill him for now.
• Lei Qianren met Chen Feng's friends, explained his patrol mission, and then parted ways with Chen Feng so he could continue training independently.
• Chen Feng and his group spotted Yang Chun, Zhong Han, and Bo Yan flying toward the northwestern lands and cautiously followed them.
• Bo Yan pointed out a demonic aura and a likely bandit stronghold, and Yang Chun warned Su Yan and the others not to follow into the dangerous area.

Chen Feng and his companions traveled to Loulan City, a ruined ancient city controlled by a huge bandit force, after learning it was the bandits’ main stronghold. They reached the outskirts at night and saw tens of thousands of red-clad bandits on patrol, with the formidable Blood Crow somewhere within.

• Chen Feng cultivated during a rest stop, consuming vast quantities of resources as his fourth Divine Tree Martial Soul absorbed most of their power.
• After Chen Feng’s group killed bandits who attacked the courtyard, its owner told them about the bandits’ stronghold in the former Loulan Ancient Kingdom.
• Chen Feng decided to head for the stronghold to kill bandits and earn merit, while Wang Qing warned him that the leader Blood Crow was a peak Nirvana expert who practiced Demonic Art.
• Chen Feng led his companions northwest, killing bandits along the way and noticing that the falling snow carried a disturbing red demonic aura.
• Chen Feng and his companions reached Loulan City, concealed themselves near the ruins, and saw tens of thousands of bandits patrolling its outskirts.

Chen Feng and the academy disciples joined the assault on the bandits outside the City of Loulan, where Great Qian Academy and Sea God Academy forces converged. After killing bandits with ease, Chen Feng entered the ancient city to pursue its deeper stores of plundered resources.

• Wang Qing warned Chen Feng and the others that the bandits used a blood-energy cultivation method that granted rapid power at the cost of slaughter and an unstable foundation.
• Great Qian Academy disciples attacked the bandits outside the City of Loulan, and Sea God Academy forces, including Yang Chun and Zhong Han's group, soon joined the battle.
• Yan Tiandu, Randy, Qian Yu, Chen Feng, and the others charged into the fighting, where Yang Chun froze bandits and broke open the city wall.
• Chen Feng killed a powerful bandit with one sword strike, then used his sword and thousands of Sword Qi blades to cut down more enemies.
• After Wang Qing pointed out that the ancient city held the bandits' accumulated wealth, Chen Feng crossed into the city and faced bandits firing arrows at him.

Chen Feng infiltrated the ancient city, captured and killed a bandit leader, and learned that the bandits’ treasure was hidden beneath the Imperial City’s moat. He slipped into the gold-covered Imperial City and sensed a powerful aura rising from within.

• Chen Feng fought his way through the bandits and reached the city center, where he found leaders cultivating beside pools of blood.
• Chen Feng concealed himself with the divine trees’ powers, but a red-haired bandit leader discovered him and attacked.
• Chen Feng trapped and subdued the bandit leader, who revealed that the treasure was hidden deep underground beneath the Imperial City’s moat.
• Chen Feng questioned the leader about the bandits’ defenses and cultivation technique, then killed him and took his blood-red Crystal Core.
• Chen Feng quietly reached the Imperial City, saw its golden streets and roofs, and sensed a powerful aura within as red energy surged toward the sky.

Chen Feng broke into the bandits’ underground treasure chamber, destroyed its traps, and absorbed a vast store of pills and Origin Qi. Bodhi explained that the Life Divine Tree’s fruits could eventually transform Chen Feng into a Life Body, and Chen Feng discovered that even a cut on his finger healed almost immediately.

• Chen Feng found a hidden entrance beneath the Imperial City’s moat and forced his way past layers of deadly traps into the underground passage.
• Chen Feng broke into the secret chamber and used his divine trees to absorb the bandits’ enormous stockpile of Small Origin Pills and other resources.
• Chen Feng found a Golden Vast Pill and numerous other pills, swallowing them to strengthen his body and cultivation.
• Bodhi told Chen Feng that the Life Divine Tree had formed three fruits that could eventually help him develop a Life Body and master the Life Law.
• Chen Feng cut his finger to test his body and watched the wound heal rapidly as the Life Divine Tree released green essence.

Chen Feng looted the bandits’ underground treasure vault and took the Mountain River Diagram, provoking Blood Crow, the bandit gang’s leader. He emerged into the hall where Blood Crow was fighting Bo Yan and the others, and the group realized Chen Feng had been taking treasure while they fought.

• Bodhi explained that the Life Divine Tree’s power had given Chen Feng strong regenerative abilities and offered to help him grow three Life Fruits.
• Chen Feng found a crystal-encrusted painting called the Mountain River Diagram and removed it from the vault, triggering a furious attack from above.
• Chen Feng countered the attack and broke through the earth into a hall where Bo Yan, Yang Chun, Zhong Han, and others were battling the bandit leaders.
• Blood Crow, a peak Nirvana expert, overwhelmed Yang Chun and the other fighters while Bo Yan held him back.
• Blood Crow accused Chen Feng of stealing the Mountain River Diagram, and Bo Yan questioned Chen Feng for looting while the others fought.

Chen Feng refused to surrender the treasure he had taken from the horse bandits and fought Bo Yan and two other Sea God Academy disciples who tried to stop him. After overwhelming them with his Bewitching Demon Tree and sword, he left the men defeated and alive.

• Bo Yan and Zhong Han demanded that Chen Feng hand over the horse bandits' treasure, but Chen Feng refused and prepared to leave.
• Blood Crow and Bo Yan attacked Chen Feng, and Chen Feng countered their blood and saber techniques with fists and sword qi.
• Chen Feng summoned his Bewitching Demon Tree, disrupting Bo Yan's mind and striking him in the face.
• Bo Yan called on two companions to attack Chen Feng, who used the tree's bewitching power to disable them and severed Bo Yan's broken arm.
• The two companions pleaded for their lives, and Chen Feng told them he would have killed them already if that had been his intention.

Chen Feng defeated Great Qian Academy disciples, fought bandits, and broke through to the late Skybridge Realm while helping his companions. After finding Jiang Shiran, he discovered Lu Xuan cornered by two bandits and flew down to protect her.

• Chen Feng drove off the bandit expert and repelled three Great Qian Academy Inner Court Disciples who tried to seize his treasures.
• Chen Feng fought bandits on the outskirts of Desert Ancient City, then reunited with Yan Tiandu's group and shared resources with them.
• Chen Feng broke through to the late Skybridge Realm and tested the Mountain River Diagram, which unleashed a powerful formation attack on a group of bandits.
• Chen Feng learned that Jiang Shiran and Lu Xuan were missing, found Jiang Shiran fighting bandits, and brought her back to the group.
• Chen Feng found Lu Xuan cornered in a dead-end alley by two bandits and flew down as they prepared to attack her.

Chen Feng returned to Sea God Academy after helping destroy the bandit force, but a Merit Hall steward accused him of falsifying his kill count and tried to detain him. Chen Feng fought back against the steward’s men, and the chapter ended with Hai Qing of Gentleman Camp arriving as Bo Yan and the others watched.

• Chen Feng killed two bandits who attacked Lu Xuan, then reunited with his companions and returned to Sea God Academy to report their merits.
• A Merit Hall steward doubted Chen Feng’s report of killing thousands of bandits and ordered law enforcement disciples to seize him for suspected false reporting.
• Yan Tiandu defended Chen Feng, but Chen Feng struck the law enforcement disciples and warned that witnesses in Lan City could verify his deeds.
• Chen Feng attacked the steward after he continued threatening him, while Yan Tiandu and the others sent for Lei Qianren and the steward summoned Gentleman Camp’s elite disciples.
• Hai Qing arrived, and the steward accused Chen Feng of resisting law enforcement as Bo Yan watched from the crowd and vowed to deal with him.

Chen Feng faced an attempt by the Gentleman Camp to have him arrested, but he remained calm as elite disciples Hai Qing and Yun Can confronted him. Just as Yun Can challenged Chen Feng’s right to resist them, a powerful newcomer arrived to oppose the Gentleman Camp.

• Hai Qing accused Chen Feng of falsely reporting merits and claimed authority to arrest him.
• Yun Can arrived and joined Hai Qing, while disciples from the Gentleman Camp and Chen Feng’s former opponents gathered to watch.
• Yang Chun and Zhong Han decided to stay out of the confrontation, and Bo Yan hid in the crowd.
• Yun Can questioned how Chen Feng could remain calm before two Heaven-Piercing Disciples.
• An unidentified newcomer declared that the Gentleman Camp would have to get past him to bully Chen Feng.

Lei Qianren arrived to rescue Chen Feng and defeated Hai Qing and Yun Can with one lightning strike, forcing the Gentleman Camp disciples to let them leave. At Lei Qianren’s residence, he explained the Tongtian Realm’s ten grades and offered Chen Feng a safe place to train, while Chen Feng chose to remain at the academy and shared two Bodhi Seeds with him.

• Lei Qianren reached the hall and told Hai Qing and Yun Can that they had no authority to arrest Chen Feng, but they blocked the exit.
• Hai Qing and Yun Can attacked Lei Qianren, and he defeated both of them with a single lightning-powered punch.
• Lei Qianren left with Chen Feng while the Gentleman Camp disciples watched, and Hai Qing and Yun Can discussed how they might retaliate.
• Lei Qianren brought Chen Feng to his residence, explained the ten grades of the Tongtian Realm, and offered him refuge on his private mountain peak.
• Chen Feng declined to stay at Lei Qianren’s peak and gave him two Bodhi Seeds, which Lei Qianren swallowed.

Chen Feng’s merits were restored after the academy confirmed they were genuine, and he spent them to enter Sea God Academy’s Fire Cave. He chose Zone Seven, exceeding the steward’s recommendation, and began his three-hour training session.

• Daoist Qinghu and Hu Qiusheng reported the Gentleman Camp’s attempt to a review elder, who confirmed Chen Feng’s merits were genuine and ordered them credited in full.
• Chen Feng thanked Daoist Qinghu and used his merits to enter the Fire Cave rather than buy medicinal ingredients.
• Maha warned Chen Feng that higher Fire Cave zones were more difficult and advised him to try Zone Six.
• Chen Feng surveyed the lava-filled training grounds and learned that the heat could strengthen the body, mind, and vital energy.
• Chen Feng entered Zone Seven, starting the timer on his identity token and drawing the attention of nearby disciples.

Chen Feng entered the academy’s Area Seven lava pool, where Flame Attribute disciples doubted he could survive its extreme heat. He jumped straight into the magma and endured it with his powerful Protective Qi, leaving the onlookers stunned and impressed.

• Chen Feng stripped, approached the lava pool, and drew curious looks from the disciples training there.
• The disciples noted that Chen Feng lacked a Flame Attribute aura and predicted he would not last a minute in Area Seven.
• Chen Feng sensed that his body and Protective Qi could withstand the heat, then leaped directly into the magma.
• Chen Feng let some heat pass through his protective barrier to temper his body and vital energy while he rested in the pool.
• The disciples who had mocked Chen Feng were astonished by his strength and watched him with respect.

Chen Feng left the Fire Cave after enduring three hours of Earthcore Fire, then went to Thunderclap Valley to temper his body with lightning. He sat calmly in the deeper area under purple lightning as the surrounding disciples watched in shock.

• Chen Feng spent three hours in the Fire Cave, where the Earthcore Fire purified his vital energy while he refined the remaining Heaven-Piercing Sword Core.
• Chen Feng headed to Thunderclap Valley, tipped the attendant disciple with pills, and entered the fourth Thunder Room.
• Chen Feng let white lightning strike him without Protective Qi, and his wounds quickly healed through his strong vitality.
• Chen Feng ignored warnings and walked into the area of powerful purple lightning, where he sat cross-legged and continued refining the Sword Core.
• The disciples watched as Chen Feng endured the lightning and piercing thunder sounds without moving or showing distress.

Chen Feng discovered that his fifth martial soul was absorbing lightning while he tempered his body in Thunderclap Valley’s Lightning Chamber. He paid for a longer stay and returned to a more dangerous area to strengthen both himself and the awakening Thunder Tree.

• Chen Feng endured purple lightning in the Lightning Chamber, moved deeper, and fell asleep as nearby disciples marveled at his toughness.
• The disciples recognized Chen Feng as the man who had beaten the Merit Hall steward and praised him for standing up to the steward’s abuse.
• While meditating, Chen Feng observed his martial souls, saw Life Fruits growing on the Life Divine Tree, and discovered that his fifth martial soul was absorbing lightning elements.
• Chen Feng left the chamber, added one hundred merit points, and returned to train for longer.
• Chen Feng entered the fifth area, endured powerful purple lightning that struck and wounded him, and sensed his body healing as his fifth martial soul absorbed more lightning.

Chen Feng spent several days absorbing lightning in the Lightning Chambers, strengthening his fifth Martial Soul and tempering his body. After refining a Sword Core and growing stronger, he moved to the seventh area, where purple lightning filled the chambers.

• Chen Feng realized his fifth Martial Soul was a Lightning Divine Tree and absorbed lightning as nourishment while cultivating in the Lightning Chamber.
• Bodhi encouraged Chen Feng to make use of the lightning resources and said his five Martial Souls were developing well.
• Chen Feng absorbed lightning for three days, tempering his body and weakening the Lightning Chamber before moving to the sixth area.
• The steward disciple found Chen Feng enduring dense purple lightning and left after confirming he was unharmed.
• Chen Feng finished refining a Sword Core, increased his sword qi to twenty-five thousand strands, and strengthened his body and spiritual power.
• Chen Feng noticed the lightning had been substantially absorbed, then left for the seventh area, where purple lightning flashed throughout.

Chen Feng trained in the Lightning Chambers for over a month, absorbing so much lightning that the energy in the first seven chambers diminished. Elder Zhou traced the change to Chen Feng, who stopped absorbing lightning and left the chamber, where the elder confronted him.

• Chen Feng entered the Lightning Chamber and recognized Yang Chun, while nearby disciples mocked him for training in a place with Level Seven lightning.
• Yang Chun warned the disciples that Chen Feng could defeat him, a Nirvana Level cultivator, and the group fell silent.
• Chen Feng spent half a month tempering his body as lightning arcs began to shine around his fifth divine tree.
• After a new attendant noticed reduced lightning in the chambers, Elder Zhou inspected the site and confirmed that the first seven chambers had lost energy.
• Elder Zhou checked the records and discovered Chen Feng had trained there for a month and a half; Chen Feng noticed the elder's scrutiny and stopped absorbing lightning.
• Chen Feng left the chamber, greeted Elder Zhou, and was told to wait.

Chen Feng left Sea God Academy to hunt Flood Dragons in the western ocean and earn merit and resources for his cultivation. As he flew toward the dangerous demon-inhabited region, Bodhi told him that awakening more Martial Souls could eventually make him strong enough to contend for a Sequence Position.

• Elder Zhou examined Chen Feng but found only traces of lightning aura, dismissed his suspicion, and ordered the steward disciples to keep watch.
• Chen Feng decided to stop using the Lightning Chambers for a while and accepted a mission to hunt Black Flood Dragons in the western ocean.
• Chen Feng rejected the idea of forming a team and left Sea God Academy alone, wary of the hostile Gentleman Camp and the dangers ahead.
• While flying toward the western ocean, Chen Feng reflected on his dwindling resources and his goal of awakening a fourth Martial Soul.
• Bodhi said Chen Feng's fourth tree Martial Soul and Lightning Martial Soul could greatly increase his strength and might eventually let him reach a Sequence Position.

Chen Feng traveled across Hundred Peaks Province to the ocean and descended into the dark waters to hunt the Flood Dragon clan. Meanwhile, Wu Mu arrived with the intention of dealing with Chen Feng over his humiliation of Gentleman Camp, though his next move remained unclear.

• Chen Feng crossed the desert, escaped an attack by a giant snake, and reached the ocean.
• Chen Feng located the Flood Dragon clan's territory and descended into its dark waters while Bodhi warned him to be careful.
• Wu Mu, a powerful Daoist Student and member of Gentleman Camp, followed Chen Feng to kill him.
• Bo Yan and the Merit Hall managers had asked Wu Mu to avenge Chen Feng's beating of Gentleman Camp members, but Wu Mu had dismissed their offer of benefits.

Chen Feng descended into the Dark Sea to hunt for evil dragons, encountering dangerous sea creatures and capturing an intelligent giant snake. The snake agreed to reveal where the dragons lived and begged Chen Feng to spare its life.

• Wu Mu pursued Chen Feng to cripple or kill him, while Bo Yan and the male steward waited for news at Sea God Academy.
• Chen Feng descended through the Dark Sea with his aura concealed by the Bodhi Divine Tree and observed its powerful, hostile creatures.
• Chen Feng repelled a swarm of sea snakes and found an underwater formation that gathered spiritual energy around reefs and spiritual herbs.
• A giant black snake attacked Chen Feng, but he overwhelmed it and seized it by the neck.
• Chen Feng demanded that the snake reveal where the evil dragons lived, and the snake said it knew the location and pleaded to be spared.