Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei chose to challenge Zeng Zaiwen, the tenth-ranked True Disciple, despite warnings about Zeng’s strength and ruthless reputation. After delivering his challenge letter, Chen Fei offered the Qian Yuan Sword as a wager and demanded to know whether Zeng would accept.

• Chen Fei told the Steward Disciple that he planned to challenge Zeng Zaiwen, and the Steward Disciple warned him about Zeng’s rank and harsh treatment of challengers.
• The Steward Disciple informed Chen Fei that the top thirty True Disciples could attend the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s competition as guests, but Chen Fei remained focused on Zeng Zaiwen.
• Chen Fei reviewed information about Zeng Zaiwen’s peak Organ Refinement Realm cultivation and his Heaven Escaping Movement technique.
• Chen Fei went to Zeng Zaiwen’s courtyard and sent in a challenge letter, prompting Zeng Zaiwen, Mo Yuanfei, and Qi Ziyi to receive him.
• Zeng Zaiwen mocked Chen Fei for daring to challenge him, and Chen Fei slammed down his sword sheath, offered the Qian Yuan Sword as the wager, and asked whether Zeng would accept.

Chen Fei challenged the tenth-ranked True Disciple, Zeng Zaiwen, and wagered his Qian Yuan Sword on the match. Zeng Zaiwen accepted, and the duel was set for three days later, leaving the sect abuzz with doubts about Chen Fei’s chances.

• Mo Yuanfei tried to challenge Chen Fei for the Qian Yuan Sword, but Chen Fei refused to fight without a wager and turned to Zeng Zaiwen instead.
• Zeng Zaiwen tried to draw the sword to inspect it, but Chen Fei stopped him and insisted he win it first.
• Zeng Zaiwen accepted Chen Fei’s challenge, and they went to the True Inheritance Hall to establish their wager.
• Chen Fei and Zeng Zaiwen signed the wager, leaving the Qian Yuan Sword in the hall, and scheduled their match for three days later.
• News of the challenge spread through the sect, and disciples questioned why Chen Fei would stake his sword against the far more experienced Zeng Zaiwen.

Chen Fei challenged tenth-ranked True Disciple Zeng Zaiwen, while Zeng’s master Huo Zhongdao strengthened Zeng’s Spiritual Power with a Cuiyan Fruit. The duel began at the Training Ground, where Zeng dodged Chen’s arrows and launched a sword attack that Chen blocked with a sword shield.

• Guo Linshan, Zhang Fangqiong, and Ge Hongjie visited Chen Fei and offered encouragement before his duel with Zeng Zaiwen.
• Huo Zhongdao warned Zeng Zaiwen not to underestimate Chen Fei and gave him a Cuiyan Fruit to improve his Spiritual Power.
• After cultivating with the fruit, Zeng Zaiwen found that his Heaven Escaping Movement had become more effortless.
• Three days later, a large crowd gathered at the Training Ground as Zeng Zaiwen and Chen Fei arrived for their duel.
• Chen Fei fired repeated arrows, but Zeng Zaiwen dodged them and advanced until he could attack at close range.
• Chen Fei blocked Zeng Zaiwen’s sword thrust with a sword shield and praised his movement technique.

Chen Fei and Zeng Zaiwen tested their swordsmanship, with Chen Fei’s defense and counterattacks matching Zeng Zaiwen’s speed. Zeng Zaiwen unleashed his full strength, and the chapter left Chen Fei’s sword covered in cracks as their clash intensified.

• Chen Fei defended against Zeng Zaiwen’s repeated attacks with the Starry Night Sword and Thorn Sword, impressing Yan Shijin and Huo Zhongdao.
• Zeng Zaiwen used the Drawing Sword Technique, but Chen Fei dodged his strike and counterattacked with Sword Eight; both fighters evaded further blows without injury.
• Zeng Zaiwen acknowledged Chen Fei as a worthy opponent and began using Heaven Escaping Movement at full strength.
• Chen Fei held his ground behind his sword shield, using Great Strength, Iron Bones, and Dragon Subduing Elephant to withstand Zeng Zaiwen’s attacks.
• Zeng Zaiwen increased his afterimages from three to five, while cracks and scars spread across Chen Fei’s longsword.

Chen Fei used the Heavy Origin Sword to overcome Zeng Zaiwen’s superior movement technique and defeat him with a single powerful strike. Zeng Zaiwen was left unconscious, and Chen Fei was declared the winner.

• Zeng Zaiwen realized Chen Fei’s iron sword was close to breaking and attacked more fiercely.
• Chen Fei evaded Zeng Zaiwen’s afterimages but could not catch him, so he used the Heavy Origin Sword to suppress his movements.
• Chen Fei concentrated the surrounding gravity into his sword and countered Zeng Zaiwen’s Broken Sword Technique with The Ant Shakes the Tree.
• Zeng Zaiwen was struck, vomited blood, and fell unconscious as Chen Fei’s iron sword shattered.
• Ruan Lütao announced Chen Fei as the winner, and the disciples erupted in excitement.

After defeating Zeng Zaiwen, Chen Fei gained recognition across the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and moved into the tenth-ranked True Disciple’s courtyard, where he continued cultivating. When Chi Defeng told him that Si Yuanhai might soon leave Xianyun City, Chen Fei decided to meet him and learn how to enter the Heart Anomaly Realm as they had promised.

• Chen Fei defeated Zeng Zaiwen with a single strike, and the sect’s disciples and elders recognized his exceptional strength and talent.
• Chen Fei moved into the tenth-ranked True Disciple’s courtyard and received visits and gifts from nearby True Disciples.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Dragon Subduing Elephant and Heavy Origin Sword while the Qian Yuan Sword continued transforming toward a Half-Spirit Sword.
• Chi Defeng told Chen Fei that Si Yuanhai might be leaving Xianyun City and had asked Chen Fei to visit him.
• Chen Fei decided to seek out Si Yuanhai to learn how to enter and leave the Heart Anomaly Realm, honoring their old promise.

Chen Fei learned how to use the Anomaly Jade and the Heart Candle method from Si Yuanhai, then used the Jade’s ripple to lure Yan Dequan into an ambush. Chen Fei shattered Yan Dequan’s Anomaly Palm with Gravity Shift, but Yan Dequan escaped the attack and fled.

• Chen Fei visited Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan, and Si Yuanhai taught him the Ghost Taming Lineage’s secret technique and gave him the Heart Candle method and Anomaly Jade.
• Chen Fei studied the Heart Candle method, then sent out a ripple through the Anomaly Jade to attract Yan Dequan.
• Si Yuanhai sensed the ripple and rushed toward Chen Fei, while Yan Dequan followed it to Chen Fei’s courtyard.
• Yan Dequan attacked Chen Fei with Anomaly Hands and freezing power, but Chen Fei’s force field disrupted the attack.
• Chen Fei used Gravity Shift to destroy Yan Dequan’s Anomaly Palm and struck at him, but Yan Dequan escaped into the alley.

Chen Fei killed Yan Dequan after defeating his desperate attack and escaped before Xianyun City's guards arrived. He returned to Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan, who learned that the man who had haunted them was dead.

• Yan Dequan used his Substitute Anomaly to survive Chen Fei's sword strike, then tried to flee, but Chen Fei caught up with him.
• Yan Dequan sacrificed his flesh and essence blood to strengthen the Anomaly Hands, but Chen Fei disrupted their formation with his force field and Eternal Moment.
• Chen Fei reached Yan Dequan and killed him with his black sword, then took Yan Dequan's waist pouch and left the alley.
• Si Yuanhai found Chen Fei and hurried with him back to the rented courtyard, where Si Yinan was anxiously waiting.
• Chen Fei told Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan that Yan Dequan was dead, leaving them stunned.

After killing Yan Dequan, Chen Fei helped Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan return to their home in Xianyun City, then entered the Heart Anomaly Realm to temper his Spiritual Power. Over the next thirty-five days, his cultivation progressed, and the Qian Yuan Sword became a Half-Spirit Sword.

• Chen Fei refused Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan's attempts to thank him formally and accompanied them back to their old courtyard in Xianyun City.
• Chen Fei told Chi Defeng that he had killed Yan Dequan, and Si Yuanhai later drank and talked with Chen Fei and Chi Defeng through the night.
• Chen Fei used the Anomaly Jade and Heart Candle to enter the Heart Anomaly Realm, where he exposed his Spiritual Power to its contaminating influence before returning to his secret chamber.
• Chen Fei used the Thousand Source Art to purge the contamination, restoring his Spiritual Power and finding it purer than before.
• After thirty-five days of cultivation, Chen Fei neared the peak of the Organ Refinement Realm and perfected the Dragon Subduing Elephant, while the Qian Yuan Sword advanced into a Half-Spirit Sword.

Chen Fei reforged the Qian Yuan Sword’s power and exchanged for the Heart Locking Art, which he fused with the Thousand Source Art. As the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s ceremony approached, Yan Shijin explained that its True Disciples would challenge visiting sects, leaving Chen Fei to consider the strength awaiting them.

• Chen Fei tested the Qian Yuan Sword’s sturdiness and heaviness, finding that it increased his sword move’s power by at least twenty percent.
• Chen Fei exchanged for the Heart Locking Art using the top ten True Disciples’ annual privilege and fused it with the Thousand Source Art into the Thousand Source Heart Locking Art.
• Yan Shijin visited Chen Fei and described the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s superior strength and its True Disciple ceremony.
• Yan Shijin told Chen Fei that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s disciples would challenge visiting True Disciples, with Essence Gathering Beads offered as rewards for victories.
• Yan Shijin recalled that the sect’s eighth-ranked disciple had swept through the top disciples of two sects before losing to the Long Rainbow Sect’s top disciple.

Chen Fei strengthened his cultivation and techniques as he prepared to attend Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s ceremony with Yuan Chen Sword Sect. The group arrived at Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, where its elder welcomed Qu Qingsheng and the delegation.

• Yan Shijin told Chen Fei about Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s past contests and its powerful True Disciples, hoping Chen Fei might stand out at the ceremony.
• Chen Fei reached Great Perfection in the Thousand Source Heart Locking Art and Heavy Origin Sword Art, and advanced Dragon Subduing Elephant to perfection.
• Qu Qingsheng led thirty True Disciples and several elders, including Feng Xiupu, to Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and warned the disciples to judge their opponents carefully.
• An elder of Immortal Cloud Sword Sect welcomed Qu Qingsheng and Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s delegation at the mountain gate.

Chen Fei and Yan Shijin explored the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s market before the sect’s true inheritance competition, where Chen Fei heard that Xiao Lingling planned to use Withered Water to strengthen her spirit artifact. They returned to Greeting Guest Peak as the visiting sects gathered and fighting broke out on the Training Ground.

• Chen Fei noticed that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s formation raised the concentration of primordial energy across its grounds and found Greeting Guest Peak especially rich in it.
• Yan Shijin took Chen Fei to the market, where Qu Ruosi bought Withered Water from a stall owner at an inflated price.
• Chen Fei learned that Withered Water could increase a Half-Spirit Artifact’s spirituality, but decided it was not worth buying for his Qian Yuan Sword.
• At a Wine House, Chen Fei overheard Qu Ruosi give the Withered Water to Xiao Lingling to strengthen her Exquisite Pearl for the upcoming competition.
• Chen Fei and Yan Shijin returned to Greeting Guest Peak, where the gathering had grown crowded and two martial artists began fighting on the Training Ground.

At the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s gathering, Chen Fei watched its True Disciples demonstrate their superiority before Wang Guiwu challenged the other sects. Wang Guiwu crushed Big Dipper Tower’s Liu Peiyong, leaving the Yuan Chen Sword Sect to consider who could face him next.

• Chen Fei watched the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s True Disciples compete and recognized how much stronger they were than the other sects.
• The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s Sect Master ordered the sects’ matches to begin early, and Wang Guiwu stepped forward to challenge them.
• Liu Peiyong challenged Wang Guiwu, who wounded him with one strike and then defeated him after Liu launched a desperate second attack.
• Yan Shijin and Miao Daoxin considered whether they could defeat Wang Guiwu as he called for another challenger.

Miao Manyun challenged Wang Guiwu and used the Wind Scroll Sword Art to appear to gain the advantage, but Wang Guiwu broke through her techniques and badly injured her. Tang Renfei then stepped forward to fight Wang Guiwu, and their opening exchange echoed the start of Miao Manyun’s match.

• Miao Manyun stopped Xiao Lingling from challenging Wang Guiwu and entered the training ground herself.
• Miao Manyun pressed Wang Guiwu with the Wind Scroll Sword Art, while Chen Fei and Miao Daoxin realized Wang Guiwu was calmly letting her build momentum.
• Wang Guiwu shattered Miao Manyun’s Sword Rain and countered her Sword Swirl, sending her from the training ground with severe injuries.
• Tang Renfei of the Long Rainbow Sect challenged Wang Guiwu and opened with the Poison Dragon Spear.
• Wang Guiwu and Tang Renfei clashed sword and spear without either giving ground, leaving onlookers reminded of Wang Guiwu’s fight with Miao Manyun.

Wang Guiwu defeated Yan Shijin and Miao Daoxin in succession, leaving the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s strongest disciples gravely injured. When Wang Guiwu challenged the other sects, Chen Fei entered the Training Ground and sent him flying with a single blow.

• Wang Guiwu defeated Tang Renfei, and Yan Shijin stepped forward to challenge him before Miao Daoxin could take the field.
• Wang Guiwu overpowered Yan Shijin with the Heavenly Mountain Sword and left him gravely injured.
• Miao Daoxin fought Wang Guiwu with the Heavy Origin Sword, but Wang Guiwu’s Battle Profound Energy helped him defeat Miao Daoxin and leave him near death.
• Wang Guiwu challenged the number one disciples of the other sects, and Chen Fei stepped onto the Training Ground in response.
• Wang Guiwu attacked Chen Fei, but Chen Fei sent him flying and asked whether that strength was enough.

Chen Fei dominated Wang Guiwu in their duel, repeatedly overpowering the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect disciple with his Heavy Origin Sword and immense strength. Wang Guiwu resorted to a desperate blood-sacrifice technique, and Chen Fei faced him as the fight continued.

• Chen Fei sent Wang Guiwu flying with a single sword strike, stunning the gathered sects and drawing the attention of Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s leaders.
• Wang Guiwu demanded Chen Fei’s name, but Chen Fei refused and countered his Heavenly Mountain Sword with the Heavy Origin Sword.
• Chen Fei broke through Wang Guiwu’s attack and struck him down, while Wang Guiwu’s injuries failed to give him an advantage.
• Wang Guiwu rose and challenged Chen Fei again, and Chen Fei mocked him by crooking a finger just as Wang Guiwu had done to Miao Daoxin.
• Wang Guiwu injured himself and sacrificed his blood to unleash Battle Profound Energy at its limit, sharply raising his aura as Nie Haichun watched and withheld judgment.

Chen Fei defeated Wang Guiwu and then challenged the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s True Disciples. He saw through Nie Haichun’s Startling Spirit Sword and knocked him out of the Training Ground.

• Wang Guiwu attacked Chen Fei after unleashing Battle Profound Energy, but Chen Fei stopped his charge and wounded his sword hand.
• Chen Fei drove Wang Guiwu backward with repeated strikes and sent him crashing outside the Training Ground, where he lost consciousness.
• Chen Fei challenged the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s True Disciples, and Nie Haichun accepted despite Wen Huichao’s warning to be careful.
• Nie Haichun used the Startling Spirit Sword to create illusory attacks, but Chen Fei identified his real body and struck him down.
• Chen Fei found Nie Haichun again after he hid himself and knocked him outside the Training Ground, leaving the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s disciples stunned.

Chen Fei defeated Nie Haichun with a single sword strike, revealing Spiritual Power strong enough to surprise the spectators and earning sixth place among the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s True Disciples. Luo Mengsi then challenged him with the Demon Purging Bow, and as Chen Fei broke through her arrow net, a new arrow suddenly whistled toward him from behind.

• Chen Fei swept Nie Haichun off the Training Ground with one sword strike, securing sixth place among the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s True Disciples.
• The spectators marveled at Chen Fei’s pure Spiritual Power, while the Yuan Chen Sword Sect celebrated his achievement.
• Tian Chi doubted that his Phantom Sword could counter Chen Fei, and Luo Mengsi volunteered to fight him.
• Luo Mengsi opened with a powerful arrow that Chen Fei dodged, then sent more than a dozen arrows at him.
• Chen Fei advanced through Luo Mengsi’s arrow net, disrupting it by striking three arrows at their weakest points.
• As Chen Fei neared Luo Mengsi, he heard an unexpected arrow whistling behind him.

Chen Fei defeated Luo Mengsi after breaking through her Demon Purging Bow arrow net, then began a head-on battle with Shen Tucang, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s second-ranked True Disciple. Chen Fei forced Shen Tucang back but held back a sword strike that he believed would kill him.

• Luo Mengsi trapped Chen Fei in a tightening arrow net, but Chen Fei used Eternal Moment and his strength to shatter the arrows instead of dodging.
• Luo Mengsi conceded, and Chen Fei won; the Yuan Chen Sword Sect disciples celebrated his victory over the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s fourth-ranked True Disciple.
• Shen Tucang entered the Training Ground and challenged Chen Fei to a direct clash.
• Chen Fei and Shen Tucang exchanged powerful sword strikes, and Chen Fei discovered that the Black Tortoise Sword Art absorbed and returned force while growing stronger with each battle.
• Chen Fei concentrated his power at the tip of the Qian Yuan Sword, sensed that the strike could kill Shen Tucang, and dispersed it before striking.

Chen Fei fought Shen Tucang while holding back a lethal version of the Heavy Origin Sword, then used his speed to frustrate Shen Tucang’s counterattack. After a long clash neither could win, and the match ended in a draw.

• Chen Fei considered using a sword strike that could kill Shen Tucang, but held back because they were fighting at the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and had no personal grudge.
• Chen Fei struck Shen Tucang three times, then abruptly retreated beyond his attack range before Shen Tucang could unleash his accumulated power.
• Shen Tucang dispersed the borrowed power and charged Chen Fei, who met him in another fierce sword clash.
• Chen Fei and Shen Tucang fought for a quarter of an hour, damaging the Training Ground while neither could overcome the other.
• Chen Fei proposed a draw, and Shen Tucang reluctantly agreed.