Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei overwhelmed He Qiusheng with precisely controlled Mid-stage power and drove him into a desperate final attack. After Chen Fei shattered the Palace Lantern’s flame beast and struck He Qiusheng’s core, the Vengeful Demon staggered backward, his fate left uncertain.

• Chen Fei struck He Qiusheng again, shattering his Origin Demonic Qi and filling him with fear.
• Chen Fei sealed He Qiusheng’s escape routes with another powerful Qian Yuan Halberd strike.
• He Qiusheng burned his Origin Demonic Qi and sacrificed the Palace Lantern to unleash a black-flame beast at Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei’s Qian Yuan Halberd shattered the beast head, knocked aside the lantern, and struck He Qiusheng’s body.
• Chen Fei’s will locked onto He Qiusheng’s core, preventing him from escaping or dispersing the force, and the blow sent him staggering backward.

Chen Fei defeated He Qiusheng and discovered that the Vengeful Demon’s origin contained an extraordinary number of Status Fragments, likely preserved from a powerful existence’s former foundation. After extracting the fragments, Chen Fei turned to the emptied Black Bead, which he still intended to use.

• Chen Fei crushed He Qiusheng, whose illusory form dissolved into black motes and vanished.
• Chen Fei gathered the surrounding demonic qi and Destructive Intent into a black bead and sensed that it held far more Status Fragments than a Great Cang Realm Early Stage cultivator normally yielded.
• Chen Fei reasoned that He Qiusheng might have been a powerful expert in life whose deep Rule Imprints had survived his transformation into a Vengeful Demon.
• Chen Fei stripped the Status Fragments from the bead, collecting enough to make roughly half of a Low-grade Sixteenth Order Status Spiritual Material.
• Chen Fei examined the emptied Black Bead and summoned a gold-black airflow from his sleeve, preparing to use the object.

Chen Fei refined He Qiusheng’s Black Bead into a tool that sensed nearby Vengeful Demons through their resonance with the Ancient Ruin. He followed one presence back toward Cao Feiyu and discovered her aura amid the sounds of an ongoing battle.

• Chen Fei used the Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror and Sky Blue Wood Vital Energy to inscribe hidden detection patterns into He Qiusheng’s Black Bead.
• The refined Black Bead relayed vague directions, distances, and approximate Cultivation Realms for several nearby Vengeful Demons.
• Chen Fei decided to return toward the place where he had encountered Cao Feiyu, suspecting one presence belonged to her.
• Chen Fei concealed his aura and carefully traveled through the dangerous shadowed side of the Ancient Ruin.
• Chen Fei reached the area and sensed Cao Feiyu’s strained aura alongside the sounds of weapons, spells, and battle.

Chen Fei saw through the Vengeful Demon’s illusions tormenting Cao Feiyu and used the Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror to dispel them. Cao Feiyu was left standing in an empty battlefield as the revealed demon glared at Chen Fei.

• Chen Fei found Cao Feiyu fighting what appeared to be a frenzied Emerald Screen Peak disciple among the bodies of her fellow disciples.
• Chen Fei recognized that the attackers, the corpses, and the apparent dead Chen Fei were illusions created by the Vengeful Demon to exploit Cao Feiyu’s grief and confusion.
• Chen Fei shouted to Cao Feiyu that the Vengeful Demon was hiding nearby and summoned the Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror.
• The mirror light dispelled the illusory disciple, the corpses, and the scene tormenting Cao Feiyu.
• Chen Fei directed the mirror light at the hidden Vengeful Demon, forcing it to reveal its shadowy form as it screeched and glared at him.

Chen Fei used the Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror to help Cao Feiyu see through Vengeful Demon Rong Xiuyuan’s illusions and regain her fighting spirit. Cao Feiyu drove Rong Xiuyuan back, and he fled when he realized he could not control the battle.

• Cao Feiyu remained trapped in doubt after Chen Fei dispelled Rong Xiuyuan’s first illusion, unsure whether the scene before her was real.
• Rong Xiuyuan engulfed Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu in a stronger illusion domain, returning Cao Feiyu to the nightmare of her disciples’ deaths and Chen Fei’s apparent corpse.
• Chen Fei sent Cao Feiyu the mirror’s fluctuations, letting her perceive the real battlefield alongside the illusion and identify Rong Xiuyuan.
• Cao Feiyu broke free and struck Rong Xiuyuan with a powerful sword attack, tearing open the illusion domain and forcing him to evade through the demonic qi.
• Rong Xiuyuan lunged at Chen Fei, but Cao Feiyu intercepted him and defeated his attack in a direct clash.
• Rong Xiuyuan fled after Cao Feiyu wounded him and Chen Fei’s mirror made it possible to track his true body.

Cao Feiyu pursued Rong Xiuyuan while Chen Fei disrupted his escape and interrupted his Heavenly Rain Might, giving her an opening to wound him severely. She trapped the weakened Vengeful Demon in her Heavenly Descent Sword Art and unleashed a sword storm as he faced imminent death.

• Rong Xiuyuan fled toward the deeper ruins, but Cao Feiyu pursued him with her sword intent locked onto his true body.
• Chen Fei used the Array Puppet to summon a Thunder Pillar that disrupted the remnant formations Rong Xiuyuan planned to use to escape.
• Rong Xiuyuan unleashed Heavenly Rain Might to suppress Cao Feiyu, but Chen Fei's Soul Origin Reflection Array distracted him and weakened the technique.
• Cao Feiyu pierced Rong Xiuyuan's shoulder after he blocked her strike with his black saber, destroying the saber and badly wounding him.
• Cao Feiyu trapped Rong Xiuyuan in a Heavenly Descent Sword Art formation and sent a storm of azure Sword Qi grinding toward him.

Cao Feiyu killed Rong Xiuyuan with the Heavenly Descent Sword Formation after Chen Fei disrupted the Vengeful Demon's attempts to escape and draw on the ruins. Afterward, Chen Fei explained his cultivation choices to Cao Feiyu, who accepted his unusual path and insisted he keep the Vengeful Demon Origin.

• Rong Xiuyuan failed to awaken the ruins' formations, then burned his remaining origin in a final attack that Cao Feiyu's sword formation destroyed completely.
• Cao Feiyu purified the area around Rong Xiuyuan's remains, dismissed her sword formation, and reflected on how Chen Fei had saved her from the illusion.
• Chen Fei told Cao Feiyu that the Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror and his experience with illusion arts had helped him see through Rong Xiuyuan's illusion.
• Cao Feiyu questioned Chen Fei's choice of the Heaven Origin Art and his cultivation of its Sixteenth Order; Chen Fei said he aimed to advance quickly and overwhelm others with realm.
• Chen Fei explained that he learned unconventional skills easily, prompting Cao Feiyu to recall the Dan Chen Sect's True Man of Hundred Arts and accept Chen Fei's approach.
• Cao Feiyu again offered the Vengeful Demon Origin to Chen Fei and insisted that he keep it.

Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu rested through the yin phase of the ruins, and Chen Fei refined the Vengeful Demon Origin into valuable Status Fragments. When the yang side appeared, they hunted a hidden Vengeful Demon; Cao Feiyu struck it down after Chen Fei exposed it, and its body began to collapse.

• Chen Feiyu used the Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror to find a safer place in the yin-side ruins, and he and Cao Feiyu rested in a ruined pavilion.
• Chen Feiyu refined the Vengeful Demon Origin into Status Fragments, but Cao Feiyu refused his offer to share them.
• The yin energy receded, and Chen Feiyu detected a hidden Great Cang Realm Early Stage Vengeful Demon on the yang side.
• Chen Feiyu used the Mirror Light to expose the Vengeful Demon, and Cao Feiyu resisted its hateful attack and pierced its soul-fire with her sword.
• The Vengeful Demon's soul-fire vanished, and its body began to expand and contract as black mist scattered from it.

Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu joined forces to hunt Vengeful Demons in the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins, using Chen Fei’s Mirror Light to expose them and Cao Feiyu’s sword formations to kill them. After one day, they had slain fifteen demons and gathered enough Status Fragments to refine a portion of Sixteenth Order Mid-grade Status Spiritual Material with sixty-five percent completeness.

• Cao Feiyu annihilated a Great Cang Realm Early Stage Vengeful Demon, and she and Chen Fei agreed to split its origin evenly because Chen Fei had broken its illusion.
• Chen Fei used the Black Bead to map nearby Vengeful Demons, and he and Cao Feiyu followed his guidance to expose and kill isolated targets.
• Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu continued hunting, defeating fifteen Vengeful Demons in total, including four at the Great Cang Realm Mid-stage.
• Cao Feiyu rested while Chen Fei extracted Status Fragments from his share of their gains.
• Chen Fei estimated that the day’s fragments could refine into Status Spiritual Material with sixty-five percent completeness, exceeding the value of the half portion promised by Emerald Screen Peak.

Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu endured an unexpectedly prolonged yin-side state in the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins before the golden yang-side returned. They resumed hunting, but their coordinated attack on a powerful Stone Demon faltered when it caught Cao Feiyu’s sword, leaving her to break free by unleashing Rampaging Sword Energy.

• Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu realized the yin-side state had lasted longer than usual and that the growing chaos erosion threatened to assimilate them.
• Chen Fei suspected that cultivators, demonic cultivators, battles, and disturbed formations had disrupted the ruin’s yin-yang balance, and he and Cao Feiyu agreed to retreat if the erosion became too dangerous.
• After another half a shichen, golden radiance swept through the ruin and ended the extended yin-side state, so Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu set out to hunt again.
• Chen Fei found a concealed Vengeful Demon near a ruined garden and exposed the Stone Demon with his Mirror Light.
• Cao Feiyu struck the Stone Demon’s neck, but it clamped her sword between its palms; she tore through its hands with Rampaging Sword Energy and pulled her blade free.

Cao Feiyu and Chen Fei fought Vengeful Demon Ke Muqing, but Ke Muqing drew Chaos Erosion Power into himself and broke through to the Great Cang Realm Late Stage. As Ke Muqing launched a devastating shield strike, Cao Feiyu urged Chen Fei to flee and tried to deflect the blow.

• Cao Feiyu evaded Ke Muqing’s counterattack and aimed a sword strike at his brow while Chen Fei’s Array Puppet summoned a lightning pillar that weakened Ke Muqing’s shield.
• Ke Muqing released Chaos Erosion Power from the Yin side of the ruin, transformed, and forcibly advanced to the Great Cang Realm Late Stage.
• Ke Muqing blocked Cao Feiyu’s sword with his arm, shrugged off the strike, and rushed at her with the Pitch-Black Vengeful Spirit Giant Shield.
• Ke Muqing swung the shield at Cao Feiyu, who shouted for Chen Fei to run and used Sword Qi to disrupt and deflect the attack as she retreated.

Chen Fei used formations to save Cao Feiyu from Ke Muqing’s attacks, but Ke Muqing shattered the restraints and turned its killing intent on him. Cao Feiyu intervened to shield Chen Fei as Ke Muqing prepared to strike.

• Chen Fei activated a Bewildering Soul Dazzling Light Formation that briefly disrupted Ke Muqing’s senses, giving Cao Feiyu a chance to dodge its shield blade and survive the blow.
• Cao Feiyu urged Chen Fei to flee, but he revealed that Ke Muqing’s Great Cang Realm Late Stage strength was temporary and activated a concealed composite formation around it.
• Ke Muqing swept its shield through the formation, destroying most of its visible restraints, but Chen Fei triggered hidden rune chains that caught several of its limbs and body.
• Ke Muqing broke the chains and targeted Chen Fei, prompting Cao Feiyu to rush between them and attack with her sword to block its advance.

Chen Fei identified flaws in Ke Muqing’s unstable control of his late-stage power and guided Cao Feiyu to strike the shield’s weak points. As their coordinated attacks disrupted Ke Muqing’s power, Cao Feiyu gained a chance to launch a counterattack.

• Chen Fei used the Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror to find flaws in Ke Muqing’s power circulation and told Cao Feiyu to attack the shield’s Qian position.
• Cao Feiyu struck the indicated point, sending chaotic energy back through Ke Muqing’s shield arm and disrupting his control.
• Ke Muqing grew furious and swung his shield at Cao Feiyu, while Chen Fei directed her toward the Kun position and sent Rune Chains to interfere.
• Cao Feiyu struck the Kun position and used her sword technique to deflect the weakened force, further destabilizing Ke Muqing’s power.
• Cao Feiyu gathered the remaining power of her sword array and charged Ke Muqing with a decisive sword strike.

Cao Feiyu and Chen Fei exploited Ke Muqing’s unstable power and coordinated attacks to break through his defenses and kill him. With Ke Muqing destroyed, Cao Feiyu’s suppressed injuries surfaced, and Chen Fei rushed to check on her.

• Ke Muqing charged Cao Feiyu with his shield, but she deflected his momentum with ripples of sword essence and struck the shield’s weakened Shield Heart.
• Cao Feiyu and Chen Fei pressed their advantage with sword strikes and Rune Chains, disrupting Ke Muqing’s power and wearing down his shield.
• Cao Feiyu pierced Ke Muqing’s chest with Heavenly Descent · Evil Exterminator, causing his uncontrolled power to implode and destroy his body.
• Cao Feiyu coughed blood and swayed as her injuries surfaced after the battle, and Chen Fei appeared beside her to ask if she was all right.

After Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu defeated Ke Muqing, they escaped pursuing Vengeful Demons and reached a secluded lake to recover. Cao Feiyu gave Chen Fei the demon’s Origin Crystal, and he extracted enough Status Fragments to condense a complete Sixteenth Order Mid-grade Status Spiritual Material.

• Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu fled the battlefield as two Vengeful Demons arrived and decided not to pursue them.
• At a secluded lake, Chen Fei confirmed they were temporarily safe and Cao Feiyu refused her share of Ke Muqing’s Origin Crystal.
• Cao Feiyu began healing while Chen Fei used the Heaven Swallowing Divine Forge to extract Status Fragments from the Origin Crystal.
• Chen Fei realized the fragments he had gathered now exceeded the amount needed for a complete Sixteenth Order Mid-grade Status Spiritual Material.
• Chen Fei placed his Status Fragments together in the Void Return Realm, where they began gathering toward a central point.

Chen Fei explained how his cultivation methods helped him detect flaws, then joined Cao Feiyu in investigating a Vengeful Demon. They exposed its fabricated battle and struck as it tried to escape, leaving it badly wounded.

• Cao Feiyu recovered enough to fight and asked Chen Fei how he had detected the previous Vengeful Demon's weaknesses.
• Chen Fei attributed his insight to the Eternal Void Time Array Canon and the Indestructible True Nature Spirit Light Mirror, while warning that his ability had limits.
• Chen Fei sensed a Vengeful Demon near ruined palaces, and he and Cao Feiyu traveled there to investigate.
• They discovered a Vengeful Demon pretending to fight two Demonic Cultivators, and Chen Fei's Mirror Light dispelled the illusion and revealed its true, weaker form.
• The Vengeful Demon tried to flee, but Cao Feiyu intercepted it and Chen Fei identified a flaw in its body after it forcibly raised its realm.
• Cao Feiyu pierced the indicated point, causing the Vengeful Demon's borrowed power to falter and recoil.

After defeating the Vengeful Demon, Chen Fei discovered a hidden palace concealed behind a spatial illusion in the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins. He sent a puppet through its dangerous defenses and found a vast store of Dao Crystals, rare spiritual materials, and Inheritance Stones.

• Cao Feiyu killed the Vengeful Demon, and Chen Fei collected its Origin and noticed a faint spatial fold where it had vanished.
• Chen Fei exposed a concealed entrance and found it filled with dense demonic aura and Chaos Erosion Power, then used a puppet and layered spatial barriers to investigate it safely.
• The puppet reached a rusted palace gate and pushed it open while Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu watched through a water mirror.
• Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu saw millions of Dao Crystals, dozens of Sixteenth Order spiritual materials, and scattered Inheritance Stones inside the palace.

Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu discovered and safely retrieved a vast hidden hoard in an Ancient Heavenly Court palace, then divided its Dao Crystals and spiritual materials. Chen Fei’s initial inspection of the Inheritance Stones revealed that they contained exceptionally high-level Sixteenth Order cultivation inheritances.

• Chen Fei confirmed that the palace’s hoard was real: millions of Dao Crystals and dozens of Sixteenth Order spiritual materials, including a high-grade treasure, lay inside.
• Chen Fei used a puppet and spatial formations to safely draw out the Dao Crystals, tested one for hidden dangers, and split the crystals with Cao Feiyu.
• Chen Fei retrieved thirty-seven spiritual materials and gave Cao Feiyu the Purple Mansion Dao Origin Jade; she accepted it and left the other materials to him.
• Chen Fei used the puppet to retrieve more than a hundred Inheritance Stones and scanned several dozen, finding that all the ones he examined contained Sixteenth Order High Grade or top-grade inheritances.

Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu investigated the murals in an Ancient Heavenly Court hall and found a stele bearing an unknown ancient script. After Chen Fei carefully memorized its characters, his panel recorded them as a new illustration, leaving him eager to learn what it contained.

• Cao Feiyu entrusted Chen Fei with the hall’s hundred-odd Inheritance Stones so they could offer them to the Dan Chen Sect later.
• Chen Fei used a puppet to search the hall thoroughly while he and Cao Feiyu examined its unusual murals.
• Cao Feiyu questioned why a warehouse-like hall depicted a Divine General’s exploits, and Chen Fei joined her in scrutinizing the walls.
• The puppet revealed a mural of a strange beast bearing a stele inscribed with characters neither Chen Fei nor Cao Feiyu recognized.
• Cao Feiyu explained that the script might be an Ancient Dao True Script, which legends said could let its master manifest laws through words.
• Chen Fei memorized the inscription, and his panel announced that it had discovered a new illustration.

Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu took refuge inside the hidden palace when Gu Yanzhen, a powerful Demonic Cultivator, pursued them. Gu Yanzhen arrived outside and used a tracking compass to search for them, while the pair concealed themselves within the barrier.

• Chen Fei studied the illustrated guide's mysterious map, then had his puppet finish searching the palace and retrieve it safely.
• Chen Fei found an inverted-tower marker on the map and prepared to investigate, but sensed a powerful Demonic Cultivator approaching directly toward them.
• Chen Fei tore open the Illusionary Arts Barrier, brought Cao Feiyu inside, and sealed the entrance behind them.
• Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu concealed their auras and waited inside the palace, hoping the barrier would hide them from their pursuer.
• Gu Yanzhen arrived outside with the Qianyuan Tracking South-pointing Compass, which pointed toward the hidden palace but trembled and could not precisely locate them.