Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei used the Gathering Wind Technique to absorb energy from the villagers while rapidly comprehending the technique, leaving the old woman terrified and draining Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong. As Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong fled Mi Village, the village chief wondered whether he should send Chen Fei away.

• Chen Fei discovered a shortcut to cultivating the Gathering Wind Technique and began absorbing energy, while the village chief and villagers kept their distance.
• Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong entered the technique but suffered severe damage to their foundational origins as Chen Fei absorbed much of the energy the old woman had taken from them.
• Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong activated their Spirit Artifacts, recovered enough clarity to recognize the danger, and decided to flee Mi Village.
• The village chief warned that violence was forbidden in Mi Village, but Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong ran toward the outskirts anyway.
• The old woman fled in terror as Chen Fei continued draining her, and the village chief wondered whether he should send Chen Fei away.

Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong tried to escape Mi Village’s Anomaly Domain while Chen Fei continued absorbing the old woman’s energy as he comprehended the Gathering Wind Technique. The village chief forcibly sent Chen Fei out of Mi Village, where Chen Fei recovered his memories and realized the villagers had resorted to expelling him.

• Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong ran in circles inside Mi Village, and Lu Zhichun began destroying his spiritual artifact to search for the domain’s node.
• The village chief watched Chen Fei keep comprehending the Gathering Wind Technique and asked the butcher to teach him the Spirit Severing Technique.
• Chen Fei drained the old woman until she died, and the butcher backed away rather than risk becoming his next victim.
• When Chen Fei refused to leave Mi Village, the village chief forcibly expelled him and lost his right hand as the price.
• Chen Fei landed outside Mi Village, regained his memories, and suspected the village chief had cheated to get rid of him.

After escaping Mi Village, Chen Fei found a cave and broke through to the Aperture Refining Realm, then used his new cultivation method to absorb an extraordinary amount of primordial energy. The chapter ended with him holding the trembling dark green energy left in his Sea of Consciousness by Lu Zhichun.

• Chen Fei recalled Mi Village's dangers and decided to leave the village for now so he could break through before returning.
• Chen Fei found a secluded cave and began opening an Acupoint, enduring the pain of his body's transformation.
• Chen Fei successfully broke through to the Aperture Refining Realm and felt his lifespan and strength increase.
• Chen Fei spent three hundred thousand taels to simplify the Aperture Refining chapter of the Heavy Origin Sword Art and absorbed primordial energy for half a day.
• Chen Fei examined the trembling dark green energy left in his Sea of Consciousness after Lu Zhichun ambushed him.

Chen Fei tracked down Lu Zhichun after Lu escaped Mi Village, badly injured and with most of his Acupoints shattered. Lu tried to trick Chen Fei and then fled, but Chen Fei pursued him as Lu begged to be spared.

• Chen Fei sensed Lu Zhichun's dark green energy and went to find him after learning he had escaped Mi Village.
• Lu Zhichun reflected on how he had deceived Hua Daohong and used a life-risking technique to escape, leaving five of his seven Acupoints shattered and his spirit artifact destroyed.
• Lu Zhichun planned to recuperate in a cave and return to Lin Yin Mountain, but Chen Fei appeared nearby.
• Lu Zhichun feigned an attack to conceal his fear, then fled when he recognized Chen Fei as an Aperture Refining Realm martial artist.
• Lu Zhichun pleaded for Chen Fei to spare him and promised repayment, but Chen Fei continued pursuing him without trusting his words.

Chen Fei pursued the badly injured Lu Zhichun and used the Heavy Origin Sword Array to trap and overwhelm him. Lu Zhichun unleashed his remaining strength in a desperate attack, but Chen Fei destroyed him with a final sword strike.

• Chen Fei ignored Lu Zhichun’s pleas and used the Heavy Origin Force Field to slow him down.
• Chen Fei formed the Heavy Origin Sword Array around Lu Zhichun and attacked him continuously with ten sword beads.
• Lu Zhichun, bloodied and unable to escape, begged Chen Fei to spare him and offered his hidden treasures.
• When Chen Fei refused, Lu Zhichun shattered two acupoints and pulverized his own organs to unleash a final surge of power.
• Chen Fei collapsed the sword array, gathered its power into the Qian Yuan Sword, and struck Lu Zhichun, reducing him to ash.

Chen Fei inspected the remains of Lu Zhichun, checked Mi Village and Pingyin County, and fled after witnessing the county’s immense danger. Meanwhile, Chu Wennian, Chu Lan, and Ruan Qiaojun escaped their pursuers and headed for Xingfen City.

• Chen Fei collected Lu Zhichun’s damaged spirit artifact and Earth Rock Crystal, then considered learning the Heaven Escaping Movement and repairing the Yuan Chen Sword Canon.
• Chen Fei confirmed that Mi Village remained hidden in the mist and decided not to enter without enough silver on his panel.
• Chen Fei sensed the powerful presence inside Pingyin County and watched its eastern gate drag fleeing figures back inside.
• Fang Ziqiu escaped the county’s tentacles with a formation, then passed Chen Fei without stopping; Chen Fei judged the county too dangerous and headed toward Xingfen City.
• Chu Wennian carried the injured Chu Lan as Ruan Qiaojun gave him a pill that healed his chest wound.
• Ruan Qiaojun urged Chu Wennian and Chu Lan to return to Xingfen City, where crowds might help conceal their auras from their pursuers.

In Xingfen City, Chen Fei rescued Ruan Qiaojun, Chu Wennian, and Chu Lan from their pursuers and learned that Ruan Qiaojun was returning to Qin Hai City to claim her place in the Ruan Family. He agreed to escort her there in exchange for Heaven Stone Gold, and the group set out the next morning.

• Chen Fei encountered Chu Wennian, Chu Lan, and Ruan Qiaojun fleeing through an alley, and Ruan Qiaojun offered him Heaven Stone Gold to escort them to Qin Hai City.
• Chen Fei removed a tracking Mind Mark from Ruan Qiaojun and took the three of them to a deserted courtyard, evading the pursuers who came searching for her.
• Ruan Qiaojun explained that her father, the Ruan Family patriarch, had died and that members of the family wanted to stop her returning to Qin Hai City.
• Chen Fei agreed to escort Ruan Qiaojun in exchange for the Heaven Stone Gold kept in the Ruan Family vault.
• The next morning, Chen Fei, Ruan Qiaojun, Chu Wennian, and Chu Lan left Xingfen City by carriage for Qin Hai City.

Chen Fei escorted Ruan Qiaojun and her companions toward Qin Hai City while Rain Tower assassins tracked them. When Qu Yuanen tried to persuade Chen Fei to abandon them, Chen Fei rejected him and struck down an attacker, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Ruan Qiaojun asked Chen Fei whether he was the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s chief True Disciple, and he confirmed that he had reached the Aperture Refining Realm.
• Chen Fei cultivated through the night as he considered how to advance his Acupoints and Spiritual Power.
• Qu Yuanen approached the camp and used Heart-Treading Art, but Chen Fei broke its effect immediately.
• Qu Yuanen confirmed that Rain Tower had accepted a mission to kill Ruan Qiaojun and refused her offer to pay for its cancellation.
• Chen Fei rejected Qu Yuanen’s attempt to persuade him to leave the group, then struck down an attacker as poisonous gas drifted toward the camp.

Chen Fei foiled Rain Tower’s assassination attempt on Ruan Qiaojun and pursued the surviving assassin Qu Yuanen to the rest of the group. He killed Yuan Haixing after learning Rain Tower intended to continue the mission, then demanded an explanation from the remaining assassins.

• Qu Yuanen ordered a poisoned barrage against Chen Fei, but Chen Fei used the Gathering Wind Technique to deflect the attacks and protect Ruan Qiaojun, Chu Wennian, and Chu Lan.
• Rain Tower assassins attacked Chen Fei and tried to kill Ruan Qiaojun, but Chen Fei used the Heavy Origin Force Field and Heavy Origin Sword Bead to kill the attackers and most of the ambushers.
• Chen Fei let Qu Yuanen escape, then followed his sounds through the wind to a forest where Qu Yuanen met Yuan Haixing and the surviving Rain Tower assassins.
• Yuan Haixing declared that Rain Tower would not abandon the mission, but Chen Fei appeared and trapped the group with his force field.
• Chen Fei killed Yuan Haixing and asked Qu Yuanen and the others to explain the situation.

Chen Fei learned that Rain Tower had been hired to keep Ruan Qiaojun from returning to Qin Hai City, then Dai Fangxuan arrived after identifying Chen Fei as the target of a separate assassination contract. Dai Fangxuan attacked, but Chen Fei trapped him in the Heavy Origin Sword Array, where Dai Fangxuan shrugged off the sword beads and advanced toward him.

• Qu Yuanen revealed that Rain Tower would continue its mission to kill Ruan Qiaojun even with an Aperture Refining Realm cultivator guarding her.
• Qu Yuanen received a message listing Xiaoyao Guest Xiaobo, Immortal Cloud True Disciple Nie Chuanshan, and Yuan Chen Chief Chen Fei as possible identities for Chen Fei.
• Dai Fangxuan arrived, identified Chen Fei as the likely target, and revealed that he had accepted a Rain Tower contract to kill him.
• Chen Fei rejected Dai Fangxuan's demand for respect, and Dai Fangxuan attacked with his blade and Wind Profound Art.
• Chen Fei deployed the Heavy Origin Sword Array, but Dai Fangxuan blocked its sword beads and walked toward Chen Fei unharmed.

Chen Fei used his Heavy Origin Sword Array and immense physical strength to overwhelm Dai Fangxuan, who escaped after Chen Fei pierced his chest. Chen Fei returned after failing to catch him, while Ruan Qiaojun and the others waited behind.

• Chen Fei transformed the sword beads in his array into Sword Silk, forcing Dai Fangxuan to fight his way through the expanded attacks.
• Dai Fangxuan broke through the Sword Silk and struck Chen Fei with Wind Breaking Slash, but Chen Fei blocked the attack with his Qian Yuan Sword.
• Chen Fei unleashed Dragon Subduing Elephant and repeatedly battered Dai Fangxuan, eventually severing his left arm and suppressing him.
• Dai Fangxuan exploded his severed arm to create an opening, then fled as Chen Fei pursued him and cut down Qu Yuanen and the other Rain Tower assassins.
• Chen Fei pierced Dai Fangxuan's chest, but Dai Fangxuan escaped by burning his blood essence; Chen Fei returned after his Soul Chasing Steps failed to catch him.

Chen Fei and Ruan Qiaojun reached Qin Hai City after surviving Rain Tower’s attack, while Ruan Donglai prepared to welcome her publicly and strip her of real authority. The chapter ended with Ruan Qiaojun introducing Chen Fei to her uncle, whose polished welcome did not fool Chen Fei.

• Chen Fei explained that Dai Fangxuan and the other Rain Tower assassins would not attack again soon, then refused the assassins’ unremarkable spoils and returned with Ruan Qiaojun, Chu Wennian, and their companion to the carriage.
• During the journey, Chen Fei reviewed the limits of his Heavy Origin Sword, considered how Refine Sword into Silk could improve it, and realized Dragon Subduing Elephant remained powerful when activated with Origin Force.
• After three peaceful days, Ruan Donglai told Ruan Bojun to welcome Ruan Qiaojun publicly while planning to deprive her of real control once Chen Fei left.
• When Chu Wennian’s carriage neared Qin Hai City, Ruan Donglai led the family to greet Ruan Qiaojun, who introduced Chen Fei as the senior who had protected her.
• Ruan Donglai respectfully thanked Chen Fei for bringing Ruan Qiaojun home, while Chen Fei recognized the older man’s welcoming manner as a facade.

Chen Fei accepted the Heaven Stone Gold and a map from Ruan Qiaojun, then helped her force a breakthrough to the Organ Refinement Realm. Ruan Donglai realized Chen Fei had enabled her advance, leaving Ruan Qiaojun better positioned to take control of the Ruan Family.

• The Ruan Family tried to connect Chen Fei with its young women, but he declined to take any of them with him.
• Ruan Qiaojun gave Chen Fei the Heaven Stone Gold and a map marking where her father had found it.
• Chen Fei warned Ruan Qiaojun that she would struggle to control the Ruan Family unless she reached the Organ Refinement Realm, then offered to help her break through.
• Chen Fei refined a Flying Tomb Pill and guided Ruan Qiaojun as she swallowed it and advanced from the Marrow Refinement Realm to the Organ Refinement Realm.
• Ruan Donglai sensed Ruan Qiaojun's breakthrough and understood the cause of his unease, but did not dare interrupt her.

Ruan Qiaojun broke through to the Organ Refinement Realm with Chen Fei’s help, strengthening her claim to lead the Ruan Family before Chen Fei departed for Xianyun City. On the way, he encountered Zhang Sinan and Shan Xiang in Xingfen City, then discovered that the Ghost Bride’s hut had lost its yin energy.

• Ruan Qiaojun broke through to the Organ Refinement Realm, undermining Ruan Donglai’s influence and earning the support of more Ruan Family members.
• Chen Fei left Qin Hai City, and Ruan Qiaojun decided to put the family in order before returning to Xianyun City to pursue martial arts.
• Chen Fei traveled to Xingfen City, where he saw Zhang Sinan and Shan Xiang preparing to go to Xianyun City after the Xu Family collapsed.
• Chen Fei continued toward Xianyun City and found that the Ghost Bride’s thatched hut no longer emitted yin energy.

Chen Fei avoided a thatched hut’s strange influence, then returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect after successfully breaking through to the Aperture Refining Realm. His breakthrough delighted Feng Xiupu, and news of it quickly spread through the sect and nearby schools.

• Chen Fei avoided investigating the thatched hut and rested far from it, but its power trapped him in an illusion until he used the Thousand Source Heart Locking Art to expel dark red energy from his Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Fei suspected the hut or its Phoenix Crown and Brocade Robe had caused the Ghost Bride’s existence, and he decided to seek stronger techniques to guard against such attacks.
• Chen Fei traveled through the night and returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, where a disciple recognized his changed aura and suspected he had reached the Aperture Refining Realm.
• Chen Fei visited Feng Xiupu and confirmed that he had successfully broken through, making his master rejoice.
• News of Chen Fei’s breakthrough spread through the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and reached several nearby sects.

After Chen Fei broke through to the Aperture Refining Realm, the Yuan Chen Sword Sect welcomed him, appointed him to a post, and gave him congratulatory gifts and monthly cultivation resources. As he tried cultivating with a Spirit Stone, his panel displayed a new prompt asking whether to store it.

• News of Chen Fei's breakthrough spread among the sects, and the Yuan Chen Sword Sect celebrated his achievement.
• Qu Qingsheng offered Chen Fei a sect position, which Chen Fei accepted, and the elders gave him spiritual materials as congratulatory gifts.
• Chen Fei sorted the gifts, then used the Sword Nourishing Art to feed metals and stones to the Qian Yuan Sword.
• A Steward Disciple brought Chen Fei a Spirit Snow Pill and a Low-grade Spirit Stone as his monthly resources.
• Chen Fei entered his secret chamber to try cultivating with the Spirit Stone, and his panel asked, "Spirit Stone detected. Store it?"

Chen Fei discovered that spirit stones made cultivation easier but declined to store one in the panel because he feared losing the ability to simplify arts with silver. After learning the Heaven Escaping Movement at the True Inheritance Hall and cultivating it for ten days, he decided he still needed to simplify his arts, though his funds were low.

• Chen Fei used a spirit stone to cultivate for an hour, then swallowed a Spirit Snow Pill and felt his cultivation improve further.
• Chen Fei told Chi Defeng that their pill business would continue for now but gradually decrease, and Chi Defeng accepted the change.
• Chen Fei visited the True Inheritance Hall, where Zhou Cunshan advised him to focus on the Heavy Origin Sword Art before learning the Heaven Escaping Movement.
• Chen Fei received the Heaven Escaping Movement inheritance and immediately used the art, surprising Zhou Cunshan with his comprehension.
• After ten days of cultivation, Chen Fei found that the Heaven Escaping Movement slowed at higher stages and resolved to simplify his arts despite his limited funds.

Chen Fei asked Feng Xiupu how to earn money quickly, and Feng Xiupu explained the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s dominance and suggested alchemy or the Spirit Locking Pagoda as ways to obtain resources. Chen Fei went to the Alchemist Alliance to ask about opportunities for Aperture Refining Realm alchemists, where Qin Jinglan welcomed him.

• Chen Fei told Feng Xiupu he had used all his monthly Essence Stones and Spirit Snow Pills and asked how to make money quickly.
• Feng Xiupu explained that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect ruled the region because it had two Joint Aperture Realm powerhouses, and said Chen Fei could earn money through alchemy or by spending a month in the Spirit Locking Pagoda for two Essence Stones.
• Chen Fei left for Xianyun City to ask the Alchemist Alliance for help finding spiritual herbs and earning money.
• Chen Fei met Qin Jinglan at the Alchemist Alliance, and she realized he had reached the Aperture Refining Realm.
• Qin Jinglan told Chen Fei that Aperture Refining Realm alchemists could accept certain missions and invited him to follow her.

Chen Fei obtained the Spirit Snow Pill formula and used his simplification panel to turn its training into a more efficient path through the Flying Tomb Pill. After three months of refining and training, his Spirit Snow Pill reached perfection, letting him prepare to take profitable Alchemist Alliance commissions.

• Chen Fei replaced his Alchemist Alliance token and learned that spiritual-herb commissions required strict yields but could reward surplus pills and Contribution Value.
• Chen Fei copied the Spirit Snow Pill formula from the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s Scripture Depository and discovered that simplifying it would cost one hundred thousand taels of silver.
• Chen Fei sold some spiritual herbs to raise the money, simplified the Spirit Snow Pill into the Flying Tomb Pill, and arranged to buy the ingredients from Chi Defeng and the Treasure Pavilion.
• Chen Fei spent twenty days refining Flying Tomb Pills, raising the Spirit Snow Pill to Proficient while using half the Contribution Value granted by the sect.
• Three months later, the Heavy Origin Sword reached Proficient and Chen Fei perfected the Spirit Snow Pill.

Chen Fei tested the stronger Heavy Origin Sword Array and calculated how his cultivation limited its use. After perfecting the Spirit Snow Pill formula, he took on a pill-refining task and began a Rank 6 Alchemist assessment, leaving Qin Jinglan worried as she watched him start refining.

• Chen Fei tested his Proficient-Level Heavy Origin Sword Art, creating twenty sword beads and refining them into Sword Silk, but found that the technique strained his vital energy and Spiritual Power.
• Chen Fei noted that his first acupoint was nearly full and expected to complete it in about two months.
• After raising the Spirit Snow Pill formula to Great Perfection, Chen Fei visited the Alchemist Alliance and accepted a task to refine five furnaces of Spirit Snow Pills.
• Chen Fei paid a primordial stone to take the Rank 6 Alchemist assessment, which also used the Spirit Snow Pill.
• Chi Guanqing supervised as Chen Fei inspected the spirit herbs and pill furnace, then began refining; Qin Jinglan grew worried when his flames did not fill the furnace as they had before.