Chapter Summaries

Cao Feiyu told Chen Fei that Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins had emerged in Kun Abyss after drifting through the Void Turbulence, drawing factions from across the Immortal Dynasty and beyond. She explained the ruins’ possible contents and dangers, then began warning him about two other threats.

• Chen Fei noticed signs that Cao Feiyu had carefully preserved traces of a past life with someone else before sitting with her in the courtyard pavilion.
• Cao Feiyu told Chen Fei that the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins had appeared deep in Kun Abyss and that factions across the Immortal Dynasty and beyond were heading there.
• Cao Feiyu explained that the ruins had drifted in the Void Turbulence for ages before entering Kun Abyss, making them unusually dangerous as well as potentially rewarding.
• Cao Feiyu recounted conflicting accounts of the Ancient Heavenly Court’s fall and said its Heavenly Emperor and other top experts had vanished for several hundred thousand years before its collapse.
• Cao Feiyu said the Heavenly Court’s remaining experts had dragged its core region into the Void Turbulence to keep its treasures and inheritances from their enemies, and warned Chen Fei that the ruins posed two additional dangers.

Cao Feiyu explained the dangers and planned exploration of the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins, and Chen Fei showed interest in joining the expedition. She then told him about Destiny Mansion, a drifting trial ground that selected young prodigies, and revealed that Senior Brother Chu had once declined its invitation.

• Cao Feiyu warned Chen Fei that the ruins held active protective arrays and Vengeful Demons with ancient experts’ memories, abilities, and home-ground advantages.
• Cao Feiyu explained that several sects would explore the ruins together, which were expected to open for large-scale entry in five days.
• Cao Feiyu said Wei Zhongqian would lead Dan Chen Sect members to Kun Abyss the day after tomorrow, and Chen Fei admitted he wanted to go.
• Cao Feiyu advised Chen Fei to stay in the safer outer regions and explained that the ruins could prepare him for Destiny Mansion.
• Cao Feiyu described Destiny Mansion as a surviving trial ground of the destroyed Destiny Heavenly Court that periodically sent out streamers to select young prodigies.
• Cao Feiyu revealed that Senior Brother Chu had once been chosen by a Destiny Streamer but had ultimately declined to enter Destiny Mansion.

Cao Feiyu explained that the Destiny Mansion could grant a cultivator destiny to bypass one minor-stage bottleneck, but its polluted, unpredictable trials were deadly and its power reached only the Half-Step Profound Dome Heavenly Lord Realm. Chen Fei found the prospect of saving a Sixteenth Order Status Spiritual Material tempting, but decided he needed more information and preparation before considering entry.

• Chen Fei asked what the Destiny Mansion contained, and Cao Feiyu explained that its trials could grant destiny to break through one minor stage without Status Spiritual Material.
• Cao Feiyu warned that the trials were extremely dangerous, adjusted to each entrant, and could grant cultivation only up to the Half-Step Profound Dome Heavenly Lord Realm.
• Cao Feiyu said higher-level Training Grounds and inheritances had been lost when the Destiny Heavenly Court collapsed, leaving the Destiny Mansion with limited power.
• Cao Feiyu explained that Chu Xuanyu and most other selected cultivators gave up because the Destiny Mansion's trials had grown polluted and unpredictable during its long drift through Void Turbulence.
• Chen Fei considered the chance to save a Sixteenth Order Status Spiritual Material attractive, but resolved to gather information and prepare before deciding whether to enter.

Chen Fei decided to join Emerald Screen Peak’s expedition to the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins after weighing Cao Feiyu’s warnings and preparing for the dangers ahead. At dawn, he arrived at Dan Xin Hall with the other cultivators, where the expedition gathered before its departure.

• Chen Fei thanked Cao Feiyu for advising him about the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins and confirmed he would go, while she told him to prioritize survival and gather at Dan Xin Hall at dawn two days later.
• After Chen Fei left, Cao Feiyu worried about the dangers but considered the ruins a useful training ground before his possible future attempt to enter the Destiny Mansion.
• Chen Fei reviewed the threats he might face, assessed his abilities and supplies, then spent the next two days cultivating and planning combat strategies.
• At dawn, Chen Fei arrived at Dan Xin Hall, where more than three hundred cultivators had gathered for the expedition.
• Wei Zhongqian and Cao Feiyu greeted Chen Fei, while other disciples reacted with surprise to his decision to join the dangerous journey.
• Chen Fei assessed the gathered cultivators and identified Wei Zhongqian and two other Late Stage Peak experts as the expedition’s strongest members.

Chen Fei traveled with Wei Zhongqian and the Emerald Screen Peak disciples to Kun Abyss for the opening of the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins. After revealing his progress in the Eternal Void Time Array Canon, he arrived at the crowded outskirts of Kun Abyss, where countless forces had gathered.

• Wei Zhongqian summoned a celestial vessel and led the Emerald Screen Peak group toward Kun Abyss.
• Cao Feiyu advised Chen Fei to wait until other cultivators entered the ruins before venturing inside, and he promised to act cautiously.
• Chen Fei demonstrated that he could use the Eternal Void Time Array Canon to conceal simple sub-arrays within the void, astonishing Cao Feiyu.
• Cao Feiyu warned Chen Fei that other cultivators, including Demonic Cultivators, could pose a greater danger than Demonic Beasts.
• The celestial vessel stopped about a hundred li from Kun Abyss, where Chen Fei saw thousands of Great Cang Realm auras among the gathered forces.

Chen Fei arrived at Zhenyuan Hall with Emerald Screen Peak and learned that the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins might open the next day. After leaving the hall, he spotted Shi Pojun among the waiting factions and recalled the costly method Shi had used to approach the Great Cang Realm Late Stage.

• Chen Fei sensed the overwhelming presence of a Profound Dome Heavenly Lord as Wei Zhongqian led Emerald Screen Peak to pay respects at Zhenyuan Hall.
• Chen Fei recognized that Grand Supreme Zhang Duchuan's shifting phantom depicted the Ninefold Kun Abyss as Zhang announced that the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins might open tomorrow.
• Cao Feiyu confirmed that Zhang Duchuan had used the Taiyan Mirror to suppress the Kun Abyss demonic tide.
• Chen Fei joined the gathered cultivators on a cloud dais and recognized Shi Pojun, who exchanged a calm nod with him.
• Chen Fei recalled that Shi Pojun had refined half a portion of Sixteenth Order High-grade Status Spiritual Material to gain strength approaching the Great Cang Realm Late Stage.

Shi Pojun suspected Chen Fei had killed Shi Zhoushuo and planned to use the dangers of the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins to take revenge, while prioritizing his search for High-grade Status Spiritual Material. On the second day, a ripple from Kun Abyss stirred the demonic qi, and Profound Dome Heavenly Lords sent their divine senses into the ruins.

• Shi Pojun recalled Chen Fei’s presence in Kun Abyss when Shi Zhoushuo died and privately resolved to kill him inside the ruins.
• Shi Pojun set aside his plans for revenge for the moment, focusing on finding Sixteenth Order High-grade Status Spiritual Material and reaching the Great Cang Realm Late Stage.
• At dawn on the second day, a space tremor and ripple spread from the depths of Kun Abyss, causing its demonic qi to boil.
• The waiting cultivators turned toward Kun Abyss as powerful divine senses from the major forces’ camps probed its depths.
• A cultivator recognized the divine senses as belonging to Profound Dome Heavenly Lords.

As the expected spatial upheavals in Kun Abyss faded, Chen Fei asked Cao Feiyu whether the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins could destabilize the forbidden land, and she explained that the ruins were anchoring its structure. A resentful roar then swept out from the depths, revealing the presence of a powerful Vengeful Demon, and Cao Feiyu warned Chen Fei to stay away from the ruins’ core.

• The spatial ripples from Kun Abyss weakened and stopped, leaving the gathered factions confused and waiting.
• Chen Fei asked Cao Feiyu whether the powerful experts entering Kun Abyss could cause it to expand like Xuning Abyss.
• Cao Feiyu explained that the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins had formed a fixed connection with Kun Abyss and now helped stabilize its spatial structure.
• A furious roar surged from Kun Abyss, injuring many cultivators below the Sixteenth Order and testing Chen Fei’s divine soul before his Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror blocked it.
• Cao Feiyu identified the roar’s source as a high-ranking Vengeful Demon and warned Chen Fei not to enter the ruins’ core region.

The Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins opened as a massive pillar of dark-gold and black energy erupted from Kun Abyss. After Heavenly Lords plunged toward the ruins’ deepest layer, Chen Fei followed Emerald Screen Peak’s group into the abyss, mindful that its complex spaces prevented Great Cang Realm cultivators from descending directly.

• A catastrophic torrent burst from Kun Abyss, and a strange pillar of light drew energy from the surrounding world as the ruins opened.
• Grand Elder Zhang Duchuan announced that the ruins were open, then used the Taiyan Mirror Light to descend into the ninth layer.
• A blood-red streak, an azure sword light, and hundreds of other Heavenly Lord auras followed Zhang Duchuan into Kun Abyss.
• Chen Fei felt the overwhelming pressure left by the Heavenly Lords as Wei Zhongqian ordered Emerald Screen Peak’s group to move.
• Chen Fei followed the thousands of Great Cang Realm cultivators toward Kun Abyss and considered the dangers of its folded and fractured spaces.

Chen Fei and the Great Cang Realm cultivators reached the Ninth Layer of Kun Abyss and approached the Ancient Heavenly Court Fragment, whose golden radiance briefly turned into a devouring darkness. As the ruins returned to their golden state, the cultivators entered its purified domain, where an immense force stopped them from flying farther.

• Chen Fei and the cultivators descended through Kun Abyss to its Ninth Layer, where they saw the vast Ancient Heavenly Court Fragment.
• Cao Feiyu explained the ancient court's lingering majesty as its golden light pushed back the demonic qi.
• A resentful roar and destructive wave erupted from the palace, extinguishing its golden light as the ruins turned black and devoured demonic qi.
• Cao Feiyu warned Chen Fei not to venture deep into the ruins, but Wei Zhongqian led Emerald Screen Peak forward with the other cultivators.
• The ruins regained their golden radiance, and the cultivators entered its pure domain before an immense force halted their flight.

Chen Fei and the other cultivators entered the Ancient Heavenly Court Fragment Ruins, where they found a vast immortal-like realm filled with high-grade spiritual materials. They advanced past an entrance barrier that admitted only cultivators of sufficient strength, while deeper restrictions and treasures remained ahead.

• The Ancient Heavenly Court's Anti-Air Formation forced Chen Fei and the cultivators to land before its shattered Heavenly Gate, and Chen Fei guarded himself against the rich spiritual essence.
• Chen Fei followed the Emerald Screen Peak group through the Heavenly Gate and saw the hidden inner realm of pavilions, waterfalls, and Jade Pools.
• Cultivators discovered Sky Blue Wood and other valuable materials among the ruined buildings, and Wei Zhongqian led the group toward the richer inner regions.
• Chen Fei searched for Demonic Cultivators and Vengeful Demons but sensed neither as the group hurried onward.
• Chen Fei reached a transparent barrier that separated areas by cultivation rank, and Cao Feiyu explained the Ancient Heavenly Court's rank-based restrictions.

After crossing a barrier, Chen Fei found himself alone at the ruins’ entrance and discovered that the immortal garden beyond the Heavenly Gate had reset to its earlier state. Suspecting an impossibly realistic illusion, he stored a piece of Sky Blue Wood in his Space Grid, where it failed to appear, leaving him to question whether the panel connected to the origin of the Primal Continent.

• Chen Fei crossed the barrier and found himself alone back at the ruins’ entrance, while Cao Feiyu and the other cultivators were gone.
• Chen Fei concluded that the surroundings were real and considered whether each cultivator had entered a separate small world.
• Chen Fei passed through the ruined Heavenly Gate and found the immortal garden and its treasures exactly as they had been before.
• Chen Fei tested a piece of Sky Blue Wood and found its properties matched those of genuine Sixteenth Order material, deepening his doubts about the setting.
• Chen Fei chose to investigate cautiously and placed the Sky Blue Wood in his Space Grid, but saw only intertwined gold and black origin energy inside.

Chen Fei used the Space Grid and the Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror to expose and break through an illusion in the Ancient Ruin. He emerged among the Great Cang Realm cultivators, but the source of the sudden impacts around them remained unknown.

• Chen Fei recognized that the Sky Blue Wood and the immortal garden were part of an illusion after the Space Grid revealed the wood's golden-black essence.
• Chen Fei marked the essence with his divine sense and used it to sense the illusion's connections and find a weakness in its energy network.
• Chen Fei drove the Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror into the weakness, destabilizing the illusion and plunging into the resulting Space Ripples.
• Chen Fei emerged among the Great Cang Realm cultivators and spotted Cao Feiyu and Wei Zhongqian with the Emerald Screen Peak group.
• Dull impacts sounded from all directions as Chen Fei's doubts about the illusion had yet to fade.

An invisible remnant formation trapped many Great Cang Realm Early Stage cultivators in an illusion and severely damaged their origins, while Chen Fei remained unharmed. As the group considered how to proceed through the Ancient Heavenly Court ruins, Wei Zhongqian and an Emerald Screen Peak formation expert warned against attacking regional barriers and explained which formations could be safely confronted.

• Many Great Cang Realm Early Stage cultivators collapsed after an undetected illusion attack, and their uncontrolled Dao Domains erupted around them.
• An Emerald Screen Peak disciple told Wei Zhongqian that half his origin had dissipated, and the other injured cultivators appeared similarly devastated.
• Wei Zhongqian sent the three injured Emerald Screen Peak disciples back toward the sect, while Chen Fei told Cao Feiyu he intended to continue forward.
• An Emerald Screen Peak elder warned that the formation's power had been spread across the crowd and could have killed fewer victims outright if concentrated.
• An Emerald Screen Peak senior sister warned the group not to attack regional barriers because they were linked to the Ancient Heavenly Court's main formation, but said they could attack independent formations.
• Wei Zhongqian added that regional barriers might target Heavenly Lord realm powerhouses, so the group did not need to worry too much about them.

Chen Fei stayed in the safer outer area of the Ancient Heavenly Court ruins and found a damaged formation protecting a collapsed building. When Cao Feiyu appeared, a second identical Cao Feiyu arrived and confronted her, leaving Chen Fei caught between the two.

• Chen Fei declined to follow Wei Zhongqian and Cao Feiyu deeper into the ruins, choosing to explore the nearby area instead.
• Shi Pojun watched Chen Fei with a mocking smile before flying toward another palace region.
• Chen Fei summoned the Array Puppet, traveled to a secluded collapsed building, and began studying its remnant protective formation.
• Cao Feiyu appeared and advised Chen Fei to remain in the area, but he grew uneasy despite her familiar appearance.
• A second Cao Feiyu appeared, accused the first of being a Vengeful Demon, and drew Autumn Water Condensing Frost as their auras clashed.

Chen Fei escaped a confrontation involving two Cao Feiyus and another version of himself, only to encounter three more Cao Feiyus in the ruins. He used the Array Puppet to attack them and watched their reactions, leaving their identities unresolved.

• A second Chen Fei appeared beside an Array Puppet, deepening the confusion among Chen Fei and the two Cao Feiyus.
• Chen Fei told everyone to separate and fled, and the other three departed in different directions.
• After reaching a ruined plaza, Chen Fei met a Cao Feiyu who warned that Vengeful Demons were creating copies.
• Two more Cao Feiyus appeared and gave Chen Fei conflicting warnings and instructions.
• Chen Fei's Array Puppet attacked all three Cao Feiyus, who effortlessly blocked its attacks with their swords and powerful auras.
• Chen Fei remained calm and observed the three Cao Feiyus rather than judging their identities by their reactions.

Chen Fei exposed the false Cao Feiyus and destroyed the Vengeful Demon hiding inside one of them with the Qian Yuan Halberd. As its blood mist dispersed, the demon asked how he had discovered it.

• Chen Fei punched one Cao Feiyu through her sword-light shield and sent her flying, causing the other two Cao Feiyu figures to vanish.
• Chen Fei summoned the Qian Yuan Halberd and attacked the remaining Cao Feiyu with his Dao Domain and full strength.
• The false Cao Feiyu revealed itself as the Vengeful Demon and tried to stab Chen Fei while trading its life for his.
• Chen Fei's body defense stopped the demon's sword, and his halberd strike destroyed its assumed form, leaving a dispersing blood mist.
• The Vengeful Demon asked Chen Fei how he had discovered its identity.

Chen Fei confronted the true Vengeful Demon, He Qiusheng, after discovering that the Cao Feiyu he had destroyed was only a clone. He Qiusheng drew power from a Space Rift and attacked with a Palace Lantern, but Chen Fei exposed a hidden second lantern and struck it, injuring He Qiusheng through their connection.

• Chen Fei saw through the illusion and recognized the black-misted figure as He Qiusheng, the Vengeful Demon's true body.
• He Qiusheng raged about his former strength and unleashed a howl that opened a Space Rift behind him.
• He Qiusheng absorbed demonic energy from the rift, strengthening his aura toward the Great Cang Realm Mid-stage threshold.
• He Qiusheng used a Palace Lantern to unleash a sea of black flames at Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei ignored the incoming flames and struck a concealed Palace Lantern behind him with the Qian Yuan Halberd, forcing it into view.
• The collision shook He Qiusheng and made him stagger, injuring him through the lantern's connection.

Chen Fei pursued He Qiusheng across the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins, damaged his Palace Lantern, and forced him to confront the truth that the Heavenly Court was now only a ruin. He Qiusheng’s despair triggered a vast eruption of demonic qi throughout the ruins, leaving Chen Fei caught inside the transformation.

• He Qiusheng fled the ruins plaza, but Chen Fei vanished after him and intercepted him several hundred miles away.
• Chen Fei struck He Qiusheng’s Palace Lantern with the Qian Yuan Halberd, cracking the artifact and injuring He Qiusheng’s Vengeful Demon Origin.
• He Qiusheng protested that Chen Fei dared attack him in the Heavenly Court, but Chen Fei pointed out that the place was now a ruin.
• He Qiusheng looked over the decayed palace grounds, recognized that the Heavenly Court belonged to the past, and let out a despairing shriek.
• The sky above the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins darkened, and torrents of demonic qi erupted as the entire region became a vast, destructive vortex.

Chen Fei endured He Qiusheng’s darkness and demonic flame assault by unleashing the Heaven Swallowing Divine Body, then found He Qiusheng’s position and struck his cracked Palace Lantern. The clash briefly cleared the surrounding ruins and exposed He Qiusheng, whose body reeled from the impact.

• He Qiusheng surrounded Chen Fei with darkness, soul-corroding murmurs, and a torrent of black flames carrying power comparable to the Great Cang Realm Mid-stage.
• Chen Fei activated the Heaven Swallowing Divine Body and held back the attack with his ten-foot defensive sphere.
• Chen Fei used the Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror to locate He Qiusheng while enduring the torrent.
• Chen Fei forged infiltrating demonic qi into his Qian Yuan Halberd and struck toward He Qiusheng.
• The Qian Yuan Halberd hit He Qiusheng’s cracked Palace Lantern, briefly dispersing the darkness and exposing He Qiusheng as he staggered.