Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei stole most of the Dream-Weaving Lotus from the Rat Demon’s pursuit, then refined its essence with Baka and doubled his Spiritual Power. As the secret realm neared its end, Chen Fei sensed danger around Half-Bottle Mountain and decided to leave for the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and its True Disciple inheritance.

• Chen Fei used the Rat Demon’s arrival to escape An Shiji and the others with most of the Dream-Weaving Lotus, while Baka and the others distracted the Rat Demon.
• Chen Fei hid the Iron Token and Dream-Weaving Lotus in his Space Grid, then returned to Baka’s dwelling and prepared the lotus with medicinal herbs.
• Chen Fei and Baka refined the Dream-Weaving Lotus’s medicinal power, and Chen Fei consumed most of it while Baka stood guard.
• Guo Linshan’s group survived an ambush and gathered enough Iron Tokens, while Chen Fei continued cultivating in seclusion.
• On the ninth day, Chen Fei finished refining the lotus, doubled his Spiritual Power, and began sensing his Acupoints.
• Chen Fei sensed that Half-Bottle Mountain held great danger and chose to leave the secret realm early for the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.

Chen Fei left Baka’s cave with medicinal herbs and headed for the secret-realm exit, discovering that his surging spiritual power had greatly improved his physical responsiveness. After driving off Feng Dali and the other would-be robbers, he reached the exit gathering and spotted Bell Stone Milk at a stall.

• Baka gave Chen Fei several rare medicinal herbs, and they made a pact to meet again if they had the chance.
• Chen Fei concealed his most valuable herbs and six iron tokens, then noticed his spiritual power had sharply improved his reactions and strength.
• Feng Dali ambushed Chen Fei, but Chen Fei shot him repeatedly until Feng Dali and his three companions fled.
• Chen Fei reached the portal, where disciples traded resources and iron tokens before leaving the secret realm.
• Chen Fei recognized Bell Stone Milk at a stall and considered its use in artifact refining.

Chen Fei and Guo Linshan traded their surplus Iron Tokens for materials and left the increasingly dangerous secret realm. They returned to the sect with their trial tokens, where Feng Xiupu greeted them and Guo Linshan presented five tokens.

• Chen Fei traded an Iron Token to Wei Zongzhu for Bell Stone Milk and Gold Iron Stone, then acquired Soft Jade Gold while continuing to search for materials to forge a Half-Spirit Sword.
• Chen Fei and Guo Linshan encountered Xiao Lingling's group, chose to avoid them, and used their Iron Tokens to leave the secret realm.
• Pan Baoxue spotted someone familiar as Chen Fei and Guo Linshan departed, then watched them vanish with a dark expression.
• Chen Fei steadied himself quickly after passing through the exit, and Feng Xiupu hurried over to check that he and Guo Linshan were unharmed.
• Guo Linshan presented five Iron Tokens to Feng Xiupu, who smiled with relief.

Chen Fei and Guo Linshan qualified for True Disciple inheritance after surviving the transformed secret realm and collecting five Iron Tokens each. As the trial ended with devastating losses, Chen Fei studied his greatly increased Spiritual Power and the Acupoints that would eventually lead him to the Aperture Refining Realm.

• Chen Fei revealed five Iron Tokens, and Wu Guangyin confirmed that he and Guo Linshan would receive True Disciple inheritance after passing the sect’s character test.
• Guo Linshan exchanged his gathered materials for 13,600 Contribution Value, while Chen Fei kept his spirit-sword forging materials and Baka’s herbs and received 3,100 Contribution Value for the rest.
• Chen Fei sensed and observed an Acupoint with his Spiritual Power, then examined how the Thousand Source Art let him cultivate Internal Energy continuously with little strain on his meridians.
• After three days, the secret realm’s exit closed, and Chen Fei saw that fewer than fifty Marrow Refinement Realm and fewer than a hundred Organ Refinement Realm martial artists had survived.
• Wu Guangyin led the Yuan Chen Sword Sect away from the valley to report the trial’s unprecedented losses and the secret realm’s changes.

After passing the True Inheritance Trial, Chen Fei returned to the sect and resumed alchemy while preparing for the temperament test. When Qian Guangji tried to trade for Chen Fei’s Aperture Breaking Pill, Chen Fei rejected his offer and set out to learn more about the test and the sect’s inheritance.

• Feng Xiupu brought Guo Linshan and Chen Fei back to the courtyard, where the disciples learned that both had passed the True Inheritance Trial.
• Chen Fei returned to alchemy for five days and found that his stronger Spiritual Power made pill refining easier.
• Qian Guangji asked Chen Fei to sell his Aperture Breaking Pill and offered Half-Spirit Sword materials, breakthrough pills, and one day in the Wu Family’s Spirit Origin Pool.
• Chen Fei demanded two days in the Spirit Origin Pool and that Qian Guangji’s side bear any complaint over how much vital energy he absorbed, then declined when Qian Guangji refused.
• After Qian Guangji warned that the Aperture Breaking Pill was dangerous for Chen Fei to hold, Chen Fei decided to learn more about the matter and take the temperament test that day.

Fan Zongzheng and Qian Guangji sought ways to obtain Chen Fei’s Aperture Breaking Pill, while Feng Xiupu explained the competition rules for True Disciples and urged Chen Fei to take the temperament assessment. Chen Fei began the assessment with the Spirit Refining Bead, then awoke in a strange scene surrounded by people, one of whom was calling on a phone.

• Qian Guangji told Fan Zongzheng that Chen Fei would trade the Aperture Breaking Pill only for two days in the Wu Family's Spirit Origin Pool, and Fan Zongzheng decided they might use other methods permitted by sect rules.
• Feng Xiupu explained that the last-ranked True Disciple had to accept a challenge every six months and lose the position if defeated.
• Chen Fei asked about the temperament assessment, and Feng Xiupu encouraged him to take it immediately.
• Chen Fei went to the True Inheritance Hall, where disciples discussed his chances of holding the last-ranked True Disciple position.
• A Steward Disciple registered Chen Fei and led him to the Spirit Refining Bead, which he touched to begin the assessment.
• Chen Fei lost awareness of his surroundings, then opened his eyes to find a group of people gathered around him as someone anxiously dialed a phone.

Chen Fei passed the Spirit Refining Bead’s temperament test and became a True Disciple of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect. Hall Master Zhou Cunshan introduced him to the sect’s three surviving inheritances, and Chen Fei examined the Giant Spirit Sword and Heaven Escaping Movement before turning to the final stele.

• Chen Fei recognized the Spirit Refining Bead’s vision of his previous life as an illusion and broke free of it.
• The Steward Disciple confirmed Chen Fei had passed the temperament test and would become a True Disciple.
• Zhou Cunshan brought Chen Fei underground and explained that only three of the sect’s seven complete inheritances remained.
• Chen Fei examined the Giant Spirit Sword and learned about acupoint cultivation and the risks of combining techniques without guidance.
• Chen Fei examined the Heaven Escaping Movement, which could create an avatar, but Zhou Cunshan told him he could choose only one technique for now.
• Chen Fei turned toward the final stone stele, which felt unusually heavy and profound.

Chen Fei chose the Heavy Origin Sword and received its inheritance, then officially became a True Disciple of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect. He learned that his low ranking meant fewer resources and a lower residence, while challenges could let him rise.

• Chen Fei chose the Heavy Origin Sword over the Giant Spirit Sword and Heaven Escaping Movement.
• Zhou Cunshan transmitted the Heavy Origin Sword inheritance to Chen Fei, covering cultivation up to the Early Stage Aperture Refining Realm and thirty-six acupoints.
• Chen Fei registered as a True Disciple and learned he ranked ninety-eighth among the sect's ninety-eight True Disciples.
• The Steward Disciple showed Chen Fei his courtyard on True Inheritance Peak and explained that higher rankings brought denser origin energy and more monthly resources.
• Chen Fei thought of Qian Guangji and the people seeking his Aperture Breaking Pill, then entered his new courtyard to inspect its origin energy.

Chen Fei cultivated on True Inheritance Peak and broke through to the Organ Refinement Realm after twenty days. He reported his breakthrough, received an updated cultivation record, and began simplifying the Heavy Origin Sword as rumors about his advancement spread through the sect.

• Inner Sect Disciples began training and plotting to challenge Chen Fei for his True Disciple position, while Chen Fei remained focused on cultivation.
• After twenty days of training, Chen Fei broke through to the Organ Refinement Realm and discovered he could faintly sense origin energy.
• Chen Fei tested his improved speed and sword strength, then estimated that his new cultivation would let him confront powerful opponents more directly.
• Chen Fei reported his breakthrough to the True Inheritance Hall, where the Steward Disciple congratulated him and updated his records.
• Chen Fei spent forty thousand taels to simplify the Heavy Origin Sword and learned that he needed to withstand waterfall impacts; he summoned a servant to help arrange his training.

As sect disciples mocked Chen Fei as a lucky, weak True Disciple, Ge Hongjie warned him that they were trying to provoke him into accepting challenges early. Chen Fei revealed his strength and asked Ge Hongjie to announce that he would accept challenges in a month, wagering that the challengers would bring valuable stakes; the sect’s disciples largely dismissed his decision as reckless.

• Sect disciples gossiped that Chen Fei had gained his True Disciple position through luck and expected him to lose challenges after the half-year grace period.
• Ge Hongjie visited Chen Fei and warned him that someone might be stirring up contempt to provoke him into accepting challenges early.
• Chen Fei told Ge Hongjie to announce that challengers could come to True Inheritance Peak in a month, provided they wagered something valuable.
• Chen Fei demonstrated his strength by pointing toward Ge Hongjie with an overwhelming Sword Qi-like aura, convincing Ge Hongjie to spread the news.
• Inner Sect Disciples reacted to the announcement, with most condemning Chen Fei as rash and doubting he could cultivate his True Disciple technique enough in a month.

Chen Fei accepted the challenge for his True Disciple position and spent the month cultivating the Heavy Origin Sword, whose Organ Refinement section reached the Proficient Level. When nine challengers gathered at his courtyard, Chen Fei agreed to face them for suitable stakes, and Lan Yunfeng offered Iron Essence for the first challenge.

• Qian Guangji and Fan Zongzheng discussed how to exploit Chen Fei's challenge and planned to provoke him into wagering the Aperture Breaking Pill.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Heavy Origin Sword beneath an artificial waterfall, and after fifteen days its Organ Refinement section reached the Proficient Level, transforming his Internal Energy and strengthening his techniques.
• Chen Fei continued training for another fifteen days, though the Heavy Origin Sword did not reach the Perfect Level before the challengers arrived.
• Qian Guangji and eight other Inner Sect Disciples gathered in Chen Fei's courtyard, and Chen Fei observed that they were near the middle stage of the Organ Refinement Realm while suppressing their cultivation.
• Chen Fei said he would accept their challenges if they offered stakes equal to the True Disciple position, and Lan Yunfeng offered Iron Essence as his stake and asked to challenge first.

Chen Fei agreed to face all nine Inner Sect challengers in a same-day wheel battle, wagering his True Disciple position and an Aperture Breaking Pill against their stakes. The True Inheritance Hall registered the wager, leaving the Steward Disciple alarmed by Chen Fei’s confidence and the risks of fighting one opponent after another.

• Qian Guangji offered a larger, purer piece of Iron Essence and Frozen Spring Water to persuade Chen Fei to choose him as his challenger.
• Chen Fei proposed accepting all nine challenges in succession, and the challengers agreed after he promised to fight them all that day and demanded an additional thirty percent in Contribution Value.
• Qian Guangji wagered the Wu Family’s Spirit Origin Pool against Chen Fei’s Aperture Breaking Pill, and Chen Fei accepted.
• Chen Fei and the other nine went to the True Inheritance Hall, where Chen asked the Steward Disciple to register the same-day wheel battle.
• The Steward Disciple warned Chen about the dangers of a wheel battle but registered the wager after Chen insisted.

Chen Fei risked his True Disciple position and an Aperture Breaking Pill by challenging Qian Guangji and eight others in a one-day wheel battle. At the Training Ground, Chen Fei swiftly defeated Qian Guangji, who had used a concealed killing move, while the remaining challengers still awaited their turns.

• Chen Fei signed the wager agreement accepting challenges from Qian Guangji and eight others, and news of the wheel battle spread through the sect.
• Qian Guangji prepared a heart-protecting mirror and a Half-Spirit Sword before the crowded Training Ground opened for the matches.
• Chen Fei arrived with an impressive display of Soul Chasing Steps, and Ruan Lütao began the first match between him and Qian Guangji.
• Qian Guangji rushed Chen Fei to prevent him from using his bow, but Chen Fei fired an arrow that forced him to rely on his heart-protecting mirror.
• Chen Fei saw through Qian Guangji's Splitting Light Sword and its Shifting Form and Shadow killing move, then struck him unconscious with a punch.

Chen Fei defeated Qian Guangji with a single punch and drove Yue Pan to concede with his heavy bow. Lü Shouhong then tried to outlast Chen Fei’s arrows, but Chen Fei began charging his newly created Starfall technique.

• Chen Fei knocked Qian Guangji unconscious with one punch, and Ruan Lütao declared him the winner.
• Yue Pan charged Chen Fei but was forced back by a barrage of powerful arrows until Chen Fei’s final shot made him concede.
• Ruan Lütao announced Chen Fei’s second victory, and Lü Shouhong entered the Training Ground to challenge him.
• Lü Shouhong retreated to draw out Chen Fei’s arrows, but Chen Fei began slowly charging his Starfall archery technique, alarming Lü Shouhong.

Chen Fei defeated or forced the challengers to surrender in his one-against-nine contest, using his archery to expose Tian Yijie's stealth and overcome Lan Yunfeng's powerful Half-Spirit Artifact. After Lan Yunfeng fell, Chen Fei stood victorious on the Training Ground.

• Lü Shouhong surrendered after Chen Fei's charged bowshot shook the Training Ground's formation, and Chen Fei won the bout.
• Guan Haiguang, Zeng Zhengxuan, and Wei Zaosheng each surrendered rather than face Chen Fei.
• Tian Yijie used a Half-Spirit Artifact to turn invisible, but Chen Fei sensed and struck him with arrows until he surrendered; Fu An'cai then surrendered as well.
• Lan Yunfeng challenged Chen Fei and used his Half-Spirit Artifact to absorb the arrows' force and strengthen himself as he advanced.
• Lan Yunfeng charged after Chen Fei's fifth arrow, but Chen Fei dodged his broadsword strike and pierced his shoulder blade with a longsword, ending the fight.

Chen Fei defeated nine challengers, collected the wagers, and obtained the Sword Nourishing Art to begin preparing a Half-Spirit Sword. He learned that the hot springs he wanted were reserved for the top ten True Disciples, giving him another reason to climb the rankings.

• Chen Fei defeated Lan Yunfeng and the other eight challengers, winning the match without being injured.
• Chen Fei collected the spiritual materials and ninety thousand Contribution Value wagered on the match.
• Chen Fei copied the Sword Nourishing Art from the Scripture Depository and studied how it could nurture a Half-Spirit Sword into a spiritual sword.
• Chen Fei asked the Steward Disciple whether he could divert a hot spring to his courtyard, but learned that the top ten True Disciples had hot springs in their courtyards.

Chen Fei simplified the Sword Nourishing Art into blacksmithing, mastered it, and commissioned Ouyang Jie to forge a sword blank that he named the Qian Yuan Sword. He spent the following weeks cultivating and nurturing the sword, but the Heavy Origin Sword cultivation method broke through before the blade became a Half-Spirit Artifact.

• Chen Fei hammered pig iron for a day and night, raising his Sword Nourishing Art to Great Perfection.
• Chen Fei brought his spiritual materials to the Treasure Pavilion and hired Ouyang Jie to forge them into a sword blank.
• Chen Fei collected the sword blank the next day and used the Sword Nourishing Art to absorb its sharp intent.
• Chen Fei named the blade the Qian Yuan Sword, then began nurturing it with Internal Energy, Spiritual Power, and Frozen Spring Water.
• Chen Fei spent the next thirty-seven days refining pills, cultivating, and nurturing the sword before his Heavy Origin Sword cultivation method broke through.

Chen Fei weighed the costs of improving his cultivation and decided to use the Wu Family's Spirit Origin Pool while continuing to build his strength before challenging higher-ranked True Disciples. He entered a private room in the pool and began absorbing its energy.

• Chen Fei tested his perfected Heavy Origin Sword Art, then cultivated with a Frost Clearing Pill and considered how rising in the True Disciple rankings could provide more resources.
• Chen Fei decided to improve the Heavy Origin Sword Art and nurture the Qian Yuan Sword before challenging higher-ranked True Disciples.
• Chen Fei visited the Wu Family estate and presented the Iron Token that granted him access to its Spirit Origin Pool.
• Wu Hongming led Chen Fei through the guarded hall and explained that Chen would cultivate in a separate room to protect the main pool.
• Chen Fei entered the room, sensed energy flowing in from the main pool, and felt his cultivation begin to rise.

Chen Fei used two Essence Gathering Beads and his Spiritual Power to filter impurities from the Wu Family's Spirit Origin Energy, allowing him to absorb it at a remarkable rate. After reaching the mid-stage of the Organ Refinement Realm, he continued despite growing strain, while the Dragon Subduing Elephant helped his body endure.

• Chen Fei used the Essence Gathering Bead to confirm that the Wu Family's Spirit Origin Energy was easy to absorb but difficult to refine and burdened the body.
• Chen Fei linked two Essence Gathering Beads with nine Internal Energy spheres to filter impurities from the Spirit Origin Energy, and successfully refined the purified energy.
• Chen Fei raised his Organ Refinement Realm progress by ten percent every two hours, reaching the mid-stage after six hours as discomfort built.
• A Wu Family disciple reported the pool's declining concentration to Wu Hongming, who inspected it, found no leak, and ordered spirit materials added to replenish it.
• Chen Fei reached another ten percent progress by the eighth hour, but his body began to swell and tear until the Dragon Subduing Elephant circulated rapidly and eased the strain.

Chen Fei endured the strain of absorbing vast quantities of spirit origin energy in the Wu Family’s Spirit Origin Pool and advanced close to the late stage of the Organ Refinement Realm. After recovering for seven days, he went to the True Inheritance Hall to arrange an early challenge against a higher-ranked True Disciple.

• The Dragon Subduing Elephant suppressed the pain in Chen Fei’s meridians as he continued absorbing spirit origin energy.
• Wu Hongming repeatedly added valuable Kui Long Grass to the Spirit Origin Pool, then watched Chen Fei emerge before another addition was needed.
• Chen Fei left the pool with his Organ Refinement Realm progress at sixty-five percent, and Wu Hongming failed to learn how he had absorbed so much energy.
• Chen Fei spent seven days recovering in seclusion and declined Chi Defeng’s suggestion to take Alchemist Alliance missions.
• Chen Fei visited the True Inheritance Hall and learned that he could challenge the tenth-ranked True Disciple early if that disciple agreed.