Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei passed the Rank 6 Alchemist assessment by refining Spirit Snow Pills, then used his earnings to simplify Heaven Escaping Movement. The chapter ended with the technique transformed into Void Roaming Steps.

• Chen Fei refined four Spirit Snow Pills in his assessment, and Chi Guanqing certified him as a Rank 6 Alchemist.
• Chen Fei completed the remaining four batches of Spirit Snow Pills and arranged for Qin Jinglan to notify him of future assignments.
• Chen Fei sold six Spirit Snow Pills and used his alliance Contribution Value to arrange for Chi Defeng to obtain Flying Tomb Pill ingredients.
• Chen Fei spent three hundred thousand taels of silver to simplify Heaven Escaping Movement, transforming it into Void Roaming Steps.

Chen Fei improved his techniques and cultivation by practicing and refining Spirit Snow Pills before the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s leaders warned that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect might launch an assault on the Divine Flame Sect. The chapter ended with Feng Xiupu assuring Chen Fei that he would remain in the sect rather than face the dangerous fighting.

• Chen Fei simplified the Heaven Escaping Movement and resumed gaining insights rapidly by practicing Void Roaming Steps.
• Over ten days, Chen Fei advanced his inherited techniques, refined eight cauldrons of Spirit Snow Pills, earned alliance contribution, and swallowed five pills to speed his cultivation.
• Chen Fei attended a meeting where he saw Elder Zhou, whose failed breakthrough to the Joint Aperture Realm had left him weakened.
• Qu Qingsheng told the sect elders that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect had found traces of the Divine Flame Sect and might call surrounding sects to join an encirclement.
• Feng Xiupu explained that Chen Fei would stay in the sect because he was too inexperienced to safely fight Aperture Refining Realm cultivators.

Chen Fei continued cultivating and refining pills while the sect alliance fought the Divine Flame Sect at Taiyan Mountain. After the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect sent a Joint Aperture Realm expert to break the stalemate, the expert died, leaving the battle's outcome uncertain.

• The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect invited nearby sects to join its campaign against the Divine Flame Sect, and the Yuan Chen Sword Sect sent three Aperture Refining Realm martial artists and dozens of Organ Refinement Realm martial artists.
• Chen Fei opened his second acupoint, improved his cultivation and alchemy, and nurtured the Qian Yuan Sword with Heaven Stone Gold as he continued earning silver.
• The sect alliance drove the Divine Flame Sect toward Taiyan Mountain, where fierce fighting caused heavy casualties and continued for half a month without breaking the stalemate.
• The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect sent a Joint Aperture Realm expert toward Taiyan Mountain, and a day later a tremendous burst of light erupted there.
• Martial artists returned to their sects in panic two days later and reported that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect's Joint Aperture Realm expert had died.

After the Divine Flame Sect ambushed and killed Xin Zhiqing with a Joint Aperture Realm expert wielding a magic treasure, the balance of power around Xianyun City shifted. The Yuan Chen Sword Sect sent Wu Guangyin to offer condolences, while the Divine Flame Sect celebrated its chance to challenge the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s rule.

• Zhou Cunshan told Qu Qingsheng and the others how a Divine Flame Sect expert ambushed Xin Zhiqing with a magic treasure and mortally wounded him.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s elders recognized that Xin Zhiqing’s death left the aging Tong Zhongqiu as the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s only Joint Aperture Realm cultivator.
• Qu Qingsheng ordered Wu Guangyin to visit the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and told the sect’s disciples to avoid leaving unnecessarily.
• Wu Guangyin arrived at the grief-stricken Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and waited in its reception hall alongside representatives from other sects.
• The Divine Flame Sect celebrated on Taiyan Mountain, believing it could become the ruler of Xianyun City if the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect failed to produce another Joint Aperture Realm cultivator within thirty years.

Jian Jinsheng fought Tong Zhongqiu to a standstill after Tong’s failed ambush, easing the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s immediate crisis while leaving doubts about its future. In Xianyun City, Chen Fei found an unusually large number of commissions to refine Spirit Snow Pills.

• Jian Jinsheng detected a threat in the cave and escaped outside, where Tong Zhongqiu appeared to ambush him.
• Tong Zhongqiu and Jian Jinsheng fought fiercely, but Tong’s ruler blade kept them evenly matched until the battle began to favor Jian Jinsheng.
• Tong Zhongqiu retreated, and news of the inconclusive battle spread through Xianyun City, restoring some confidence in the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect while raising concerns about Tong’s limited lifespan.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect lifted its travel restrictions after several peaceful days, and Chen Fei received Qin Jinglan’s message about a new Spirit Snow Pill commission.
• Chen Fei visited the Alchemist Alliance and discovered that the posted Spirit Snow Pill commissions requested at least thirty batches.

Chen Fei refined Spirit Snow Pills as the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect mobilized the Alchemist Alliance to strengthen its forces against the Divine Flame Sect. After using his earnings to have the panel sort Dragon Subduing Elephant, he learned that Spirit Suppression was complete and discovered he could store primeval stones as well as silver, then began cultivating Spirit Suppression.

• Chen Fei accepted a seven-batch Spirit Snow Pill task and refined seven batches in one day, keeping six pills for himself.
• Chen Fei accepted another task for six batches and planned to return to the Alchemist Alliance the next day.
• Chen Fei sold several Spirit Snow Pills and used the proceeds to fund the panel's sorting of Dragon Subduing Elephant.
• Chen Fei learned that the Spirit Suppression portion was complete, while Soul Suppression was only partly recorded, and saw that simplifying Spirit Suppression would cost 1,500,000 taels.
• Chen Fei deposited a primeval stone into the panel and confirmed that he could still deposit silver as well.
• Chen Fei began cultivating Dragon Subduing Elephant Spirit Suppression while resolving to save enough for simplification.

Chen Fei cultivated Dragon Subduing Elephant Spirit Suppression and spent weeks refining and selling Spirit Snow Pills to earn enough Yuan Stones to simplify the technique. After his Qian Yuan Sword became a Spirit Sword, Wu Hongwen of the Divine Flame Sect arrived at the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's gate to pay a visit.

• Chen Fei linked his Spiritual Power with his body while cultivating Dragon Subduing Elephant Spirit Suppression, sensing the potential to strengthen both.
• Chen Fei moved to Xianyun City with Chi Defeng and began refining Spirit Snow Pills at the Alchemist Alliance to earn Yuan Stones.
• For fifteen days, Chen Fei refined pills and secretly sold some in Xianyun City, accumulating fifty Yuan Stones to simplify Dragon Subduing Elephant Spirit Suppression into Dragon Subduing Elephant Body Suppression.
• Chen Fei continued improving his cultivation, and ten days later the Qian Yuan Sword finished transforming into a Spirit Sword.
• Wu Hongwen of the Divine Flame Sect arrived at the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's mountain gate and announced his visit.

The Divine Flame Sect urged the Yuan Chen Sword Sect to ally against the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, citing the Heart Anomaly Realm as the source of its growing strength. The Yuan Chen Sword Sect leaned toward its old ally, while the Divine Flame Sect’s offer of the powerful Divine Seal Art began drawing Rogue Cultivators to its side.

• Wu Hongwen offered an alliance to Qu Qingsheng and said the Divine Flame Sect’s strength was linked to the Heart Anomaly Realm, but withheld details unless the Yuan Chen Sword Sect joined.
• Feng Xiupu told Chen Fei that the sect had no comprehensive records of the Heart Anomaly Realm and would likely continue supporting the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect.
• The Divine Flame Sect began recruiting Rogue Cultivators, offering half of the Divine Seal Art and promising the full method for sufficient merit.
• News that the Divine Seal Art opened eighty-three Acupoints spread through Xianyun City, stirring Rogue Cultivators and troubling members of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.

As the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and Divine Flame Sect escalated their conflict, Chen Fei focused on alchemy and cultivation, opening his third acupoint. On his way to Xianyun City to collect a custom sword sheath, he was surrounded by three Aperture Refining Realm cultivators led by Dong Xiuzhi, who intended to kill him to pressure the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.

• The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and Divine Flame Sect improved benefits for rogue cultivators and issued bounties on each other’s Aperture Refining Realm cultivators.
• The Divine Flame Sect’s leaders decided to have newly arrived rogue cultivators destroy smaller sects that supported the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect.
• Chen Fei raised Heaven Escaping Movement to the Proficient Level and continued refining pills while the sects’ clashes grew more frequent.
• Chen Fei opened his third acupoint and headed to Xianyun City to collect the custom-made sheath for the Qian Yuan Sword.
• Three Aperture Refining Realm cultivators surrounded Chen Fei in the wilderness, and Dong Xiuzhi said they planned to kill him to make the Yuan Chen Sword Sect choose the right side.

Chen Fei fought off an ambush by three Divine Flame Sect martial artists, revealing the startling power of his Heavy Origin Sword Array and Dragon Subduing Elephant technique. After sending Zheng Guangfei flying, Chen Fei fled rather than face Dong Xiuzhi and the other two together.

• Chen Fei tried to persuade Dong Xiuzhi, Zheng Guangfei, and Shi Zhengwu to reconsider killing him, but they advanced with their Spirit Artifacts drawn.
• Chen Fei deployed the Heavy Origin Sword Array, and its twenty sword beads and Sword Silk caught the three attackers by surprise.
• Chen Fei shifted the array's gravity onto Dong Xiuzhi, then used the opening to strike Zheng Guangfei with overwhelming force and send him crashing through trees.
• Chen Fei judged that Dong Xiuzhi made fighting all three too risky, so he used Heaven Escaping Movement to flee.

Chen Fei escaped an ambush by Divine Flame Sect-affiliated cultivators and reported the attack to Qu Qingsheng, while the Yuan Chen Sword Sect remained too weak to retaliate. He continued cultivating and refining pills, reaching five opened acupoints and Great Perfection in the Spirit Snow Pill formula, then began considering how to produce more pills per furnace.

• Chen Fei escaped Dong Xiuzhi, Shi Zhengwu, and Zheng Guangfei with Heaven Escaping Movement, and Dong Xiuzhi decided they could not catch him.
• Chen Fei reported the ambush to Qu Qingsheng, who warned him to stay in the sect, while the sect's elders discussed the danger of confronting the Divine Flame Sect or merging with the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect.
• Chen Fei warned Feng Xiupu to be careful, then traveled by a detour to Xianyun City and resolved to strengthen himself to break the deadlock.
• Over the next two months, Chen Fei opened two more acupoints, bringing his total to five, and exchanged Contribution Value for the third through fifth layers of the Thousand Silk Art.
• Chen Fei reached Great Perfection in the Spirit Snow Pill formula and produced four pills with faint Pill Patterns, then considered whether he could increase the output to five without sacrificing much medicinal effect.

Chen Fei refined five Spirit Snow Pills in one batch to meet the Alchemist Alliance’s requirements, then experimented with compressing batches to increase each pill’s potency. After confirming that three-pill batches produced pills with Pill Patterns and stronger physical benefits, he prepared to try making only two pills per batch, hoping for further gains.

• Chen Fei refined five Spirit Snow Pills in one batch, confirmed they met the task requirements, and handed three over to the Alchemist Alliance.
• Chen Fei received a task to refine four batches and made two five-pill batches to ensure he had enough pills to complete it.
• Chen Fei compressed the third batch into three Spirit Snow Pills, each bearing a Pill Pattern.
• Chen Fei swallowed one patterned pill and found it had over sixty percent more medicinal potency than an ordinary Spirit Snow Pill while noticeably strengthening his body.
• Chen Fei decided to attempt a two-pill batch and considered whether further compression might improve other abilities, including Spiritual Power.

Chen Fei failed to refine a two-pill version of the Spirit Snow Pill, then advanced his cultivation and alchemy while the conflict between the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and the Divine Flame Sect shifted. With thirteen acupoints, he accepted a sect mission at Molten Sun Manor just as news spread that someone planned to break through to the Joint Aperture Realm.

• Chen Fei's attempt to refine two Spirit Snow Pills failed because his furnace and spirit herbs could not withstand the medicinal collisions, so he submitted ordinary pills to the Alchemist Alliance.
• The Divine Flame Sect gained territory and smaller sects while the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect withdrew to defend more important regions.
• Chen Fei exchanged for the Luo E Pill formula, simplified it into the Spirit Snow Pill, and stopped refining Flying Tomb Pills, leaving Chi Defeng financially secure.
• Chen Fei's acupoints increased to eleven as he advanced the Thousand Silk Art and reached Perfection in the Heavy Origin Sword, but he worried his Spiritual Power would not keep pace.
• After his acupoints reached thirteen, Chen Fei accepted a mission at Molten Sun Manor, while news spread that someone in the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect intended to attempt a breakthrough into the Joint Aperture Realm.

Chen Fei and Fang Zhehua investigated the theft of Green Sun Grass and Blood Snakes at Molten Sun Manor. They learned that a black shadow had been stealing Blood Snake blood, and Chen Fei examined a snake killed during the thief’s escape.

• Chen Fei traveled to Molten Sun Manor for an assignment from the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and met Manor Lord Qian Jianlong and Long Rainbow Sect elder Fang Zhehua.
• Fang Zhehua challenged Chen Fei with an aggressive gaze, but Chen Fei met it without backing down.
• Qian Jianlong explained that Green Sun Grass and Blood Snakes had gone missing, while the remaining snakes had grown weak from having their blood secretly taken.
• Qian Jianlong reported that guards had spotted a black shadow drawing blood from a Blood Snake, but it had escaped after dropping the snake.
• Fang Zhehua suspected a Rogue Cultivator and judged that the thief was not in the Aperture Refining Realm.
• Chen Fei examined the dead Blood Snake and sensed that its flesh held no trace of elemental energy.

Chen Fei and Fang Zhehua searched for the intruder who had infiltrated Molten Sun Manor, but the faint aura offered no clear lead. Chen Fei strengthened the aura trace and followed its pull, while Fang Zhehua found a cave with similar traces; the black line pointed elsewhere, suggesting the search was not over.

• Chen Fei and Fang Zhehua examined the spot where the intruder had been seen, but the trapped aura was too faint to identify anyone.
• Chen Fei and Fang Zhehua split up to search the area, and Chen Fei used the Thousand Silk Art to strengthen the aura trace while stripping away his own aura.
• Chen Fei stored the strengthened black line in a Heart Bead fragment and found that it could roughly point toward the trace's owner.
• Chen Fei returned to Molten Sun Manor and learned that Fang Zhehua had found similar traces near a cave.
• Chen Fei saw that the black line pointed somewhere other than the cave Fang Zhehua had found.

Chen Fei and Fang Zhehua captured a thief in a cave beneath Molten Sun Manor, but Chen Fei suspected the man was a scapegoat and that Qian Jianlong and Fang Zhehua were involved in the theft. He left a false body in his room and secretly returned to the cave to investigate.

• Fang Zhehua and Chen Fei agreed to split any recovered resources, then entered the cave to search for the thief.
• Fang Zhehua caught a man who had eaten most of the stolen goods, and Qian Jianlong’s guards confirmed he was the shadowy figure from the night of the theft.
• Chen Fei noticed the black thread tremble inside Molten Sun Manor and concluded its owner had entered without being detected.
• Chen Fei suspected Qian Jianlong and Fang Zhehua were stealing from the manor and using the captured man as a scapegoat.
• Chen Fei left a false body in his room and slipped out of Molten Sun Manor to inspect the cave again.

Chen Fei uncovered signs that Molten Sun Manor was hiding a plot and fled after Fang Zhehua and Sha Yingsi attacked him. He trapped Fang Zhehua and Yu Xiaolin in his Heavy Origin Sword Array, then spotted Sha Yingsi outside it.

• Chen Fei investigated the cave and concluded that the evidence of habitation and the remaining auras did not match Fang Zhehua's account.
• Fang Zhehua, Sha Yingsi, and Qian Jianlong decided to kill Chen Fei, but their attack on his quarters struck only a fake body.
• Chen Fei fled toward Xianyun City and confronted Fang Zhehua, who pretended to be escaping the suspected infiltration before revealing his murderous intent.
• Yu Xiaolin joined Fang Zhehua in trying to capture Chen Fei, but Chen Fei's Heavy Origin Sword Array trapped them both.
• Chen Fei transformed the sword pearls into sword silk and noticed Sha Yingsi watching from outside the array.

Chen Fei used his perfected Heavy Origin Sword Array and overwhelming strength to defeat the three Long Rainbow Sect martial artists who had come to kill him. He killed Sha Yingsi and attacked Yu Xiaolin while Fang Zhehua remained trapped, leaving both survivors with little chance of escape.

• Sha Yingsi arrived and found Fang Zhehua and Yu Xiaolin trapped in Chen Fei's Heavy Origin Sword Array.
• Chen Fei defeated Sha Yingsi in a series of exchanges, and Sha Yingsi used the Reverse Absolute Spear as a desperate last resort.
• Chen Fei withstood Sha Yingsi's spear strike and killed him with a sword strike that severed his head.
• Fang Zhehua and Yu Xiaolin damaged their spears to boost their power and tried to break through the sword array.
• Chen Fei shifted the array to trap Fang Zhehua alone and attacked Yu Xiaolin despite his surrender and threats.
• Yu Xiaolin was forced backward by Chen Fei's sword while Fang Zhehua continued struggling inside the contracting array.

Chen Fei defeated Fang Zhehua’s group, returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, and helped the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect expose the plot at Molten Sun Manor. After receiving pills and improving Heaven Escaping Movement, he learned the sect had launched a counterattack, and the fish had taken the bait.

• Chen Fei killed Sha Yingsi, while Yu Xiaolin fled using Reverse Absolute Spear and died from the technique’s backlash; Fang Zhehua self-destructed rather than be captured.
• Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and reported the events to Qu Qingsheng, who sent the news to the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and told Chen Fei to conceal his role.
• Guo Huaiyu captured Qian Jianlong and had Immortal Cloud Sword Sect disciples take control of Molten Sun Manor.
• Guo Huaiyu rewarded Chen Fei with Spirit Snow Pills and a Spirit Tempering Pill, then ordered him to remain at Molten Sun Manor.
• Chen Fei spent three days cultivating Heaven Escaping Movement and advanced it to Mastery Level, strengthening the false body it created.
• Immortal Cloud Sword Sect experts were besieged by Divine Flame Sect fighters, showing that the enemy had taken the bait.

The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect turned the Long Rainbow Sect’s betrayal into a counterattack, trapping the Divine Flame Sect while allied sects prepared to destroy the Long Rainbow Sect. Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and learned he would join the assault, leaving with Feng Xiupu after revealing how far his Heavy Origin Sword had advanced.

• Tang Zhi'shi revealed that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect had surrounded the Divine Flame Sect’s attackers, and the counter-encirclement began.
• Chen Fei left Molten Sun Manor and returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect after learning he was free to go.
• Feng Xiupu told Chen Fei that the Divine Flame Sect had lost more than a dozen Aperture Refining Realm cultivators and that allied sects would attack the Long Rainbow Sect.
• Qu Qingsheng ordered the elders to join the campaign against the Long Rainbow Sect, and Feng Xiupu confirmed that Chen Fei would go with them.
• Chen Fei showed Feng Xiupu his forty sword beads refined into sword silk, revealing the strength behind his recent victories.