Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei discovered that True Lord Xilian had enslaved Wu Guangyin and planned to use the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s disciples in a blood sacrifice. He rushed with Chi Shuqing to warn the Sinking Water Pavilion, where he sensed something amiss and sought an audience with its sect master.

• Chen Fei expelled and destroyed the thrall shadow controlling Wu Guangyin, then learned that True Lord Xilian intended to kill disciples and use their blood to spread corruption.
• Qu Qingsheng took Wu Guangyin away, while Chen Fei agreed to warn the Sinking Water Pavilion and told Chi Shuqing what had happened.
• Chen Fei and Chi Shuqing hurried to the Sinking Water Pavilion, where Chen Fei sensed something wrong despite the seemingly peaceful scene.
• Chen Fei sent his clone inside to search for sect master Ji Ruiqing, but Chu Yushuang intercepted him on the way.
• Chen Fei told Chu Yushuang that he had come on Sect Master Qu’s orders to request an audience with her sect master.

Chen Fei and Chu Yushuang found Ji Ruiqing unresponsive and raised the Sinking Water Pavilion’s alarm after Chen Fei discovered that Qu Yuexiu had been corrupted by a thrall fiend. Chen Fei drove the fiend out and trapped it, but feared that the missing Elder Chen and Sect Master Ji were carrying out a plan that could doom the sect.

• Chu Yushuang led Chen Fei to the main peak, but Ji Ruiqing did not answer their calls, and Elder Su was away on a mission.
• Chen Fei asked where to sound the alarm, raced ahead to Bell Mountain Peak, and rang the bronze bell despite Qu Yuexiu’s attempt to stop him.
• Qu Yuexiu attacked Chen Fei with a corrupted Mind Skill, but his mind resisted it, and he struck her forehead with the God Slaying Sword.
• Chen Fei drove a thrall fiend out of Qu Yuexiu’s Sea of Consciousness, wounded it, and imprisoned it with three God Slaying Swords.
• Chen Fei told Chu Yushuang they needed to find Elder Chen and Ji Ruiqing, warning that the missing figures might be endangering the Sinking Water Pavilion.

Chen Fei and the Sinking Water Pavilion cultivators traced the phantasm ghost’s scheme to Bitter Water Peak and uncovered a hidden cavern beneath the mountain. Chen Fei charged ahead into the cavern and encountered Chen Xiangyu, who attacked him with a mental strike.

• Qu Yuexiu woke and told Chu Yuexiu that Chen Xiangyu and the Sect Master were at Bitter Water Peak.
• Chen Fei destroyed the remaining phantasm ghost, then entered the Sinking Water Pavilion with Chi Shuqing and hurried toward Bitter Water Peak.
• Chen Fei detected sluggish vital energy on the mountain, broke open a concealed cavern entrance, and led the Sinking Water Pavilion cultivators through its tunnels.
• Chen Fei followed the Star Gazing Art deeper into the cavern and encountered Chen Xiangyu, who attacked him with a blade and a sword-intent strike aimed at his Sea of Consciousness.

Chen Fei forced the tiger ghost out of Chen Xiangyu, then confronted the possessed Ji Ruiqing and appeared to be killed by her sword essence. He unexpectedly survived long enough to strike Ji Ruiqing from behind, driving the tiger ghost out as the chapter ended.

• Chen Fei shattered Chen Xiangyu’s resistance and destroyed the tiger ghost possessing her.
• Chen Fei confronted the possessed Ji Ruiqing in the hidden cave and realized she was struggling to resist the tiger ghost.
• Ji Ruiqing unleashed sword essence that blasted Chen Fei’s body apart, while the Sinking Water Pavilion cultivators charged to save her.
• Ji Ruiqing struck down several elders and prepared to kill Chu Yushuang and the other frozen cultivators.
• Chen Fei appeared behind Ji Ruiqing and tapped the back of her head, blasting a black shadow from her body.

Chen Fei saved Sinking Water Pavilion by freeing Ji Ruiqing from the chang ghost, while Zhou Zixun discovered that Big Dipper Tower had already been destroyed by the spreading sacrifice. The chapter leaves Zhou Zixun fearing that the Yuan Chen Sword Sect could have suffered the same fate if Chen Fei had not acted quickly.

• Chen Fei's true body arrived at Sinking Water Pavilion, and Ji Ruiqing killed the chang ghost after it was forced out of her body.
• Ji Ruiqing thanked Chen Fei for saving Sinking Water Pavilion and explained that the chang ghost had planned to sacrifice the sect's earth vein; Chen Fei declined a feast and hurried back to his sect.
• Zhou Zixun reached Big Dipper Tower and sensed that Zhong Shizheng and the sect were under the chang ghost's influence.
• Zhou Zixun sent his avatar into Big Dipper Tower while fighting Zhong Shizheng, then learned that the disciples were slaughtering one another and the elders were driving a sacrificial array.
• Zhou Zixun's avatar was destroyed, and he realized Big Dipper Tower had been completely annihilated before he arrived.

True Lord Xilian’s Puppet Wraiths devastated sects and cities across the region, while Chen Fei focused on cultivation rather than confronting a threat beyond his power. After opening three Acupoints in ten days, he began sensing their linkage at seventy-one, astonishing Chi Shuqing.

• True Lord Xilian’s Puppet Wraiths contaminated disciples and clansmen across the region, destroying Big Dipper Tower and several smaller factions while the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and Sinking Water Pavilion escaped unharmed.
• Tong Zhongqiu recognized Sun Jie’s Puppet Wraith and received True Lord Xilian’s warning, while Yu Shoucheng chose not to intervene and Jian Jinsheng briefly clashed gazes with True Lord Xilian through a captured wraith.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect and Sinking Water Pavilion concealed Chen Fei’s role in their survival, and Chen Fei resumed cultivation because he could not challenge True Lord Xilian.
• Over ten days, Chen Fei opened three Acupoints, reaching seventy-one and sensing their linkage earlier than other cultivators; Chi Shuqing was stunned by his progress.

Chen Fei’s rapid cultivation progress astonished Chi Shuqing, while he prepared to use his approaching breakthrough to advance even further. After visiting friends and buying supplies in Xianyun City, he encountered Yu Shijin, who challenged him to exchange moves.

• Chi Shuqing marveled at Chen Fei’s cultivation speed, then pushed herself during their joint cultivation and fainted after failing to outlast him.
• Chen Fei visited Chi Defeng, reassured him about the threat posed by True Lord Xilian, and heard that Chi Defeng planned to flee with him if disaster struck.
• Chen Fei returned several Heart Anomaly Stones to Si Yuanhai, but Si Yuanhai refused to accept them.
• Chen Fei went to Jin Hai Pavilion to buy spiritual pills for his imminent breakthrough from the Mid-stage to the late Aperture Refining Realm.
• Yu Shijin recognized Chen Fei at the pavilion and challenged him to exchange moves.

Chen Fei avoided Yu Shijin’s challenge and returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, where he used his gathered pills and primordial stones to break through to the Late Stage Aperture Refining Realm. He immediately continued absorbing pills and the surrounding primordial energy to strengthen himself further.

• Yu Shijin challenged Chen Fei at Jin Hai Pavilion, but Chen Fei declined, leaving Yu Shijin disappointed in him.
• Chen Fei bought the pills he needed in Xianyun City and departed for the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, encountering Yu Shijin and several Yu Family members on the way.
• Chen Fei returned to the sect, prepared pills and primordial stones, and began cultivating with his clone standing guard.
• Chen Fei opened his seventy-second acupoint and connected all seventy-two acupoints, breaking through to the Late Stage Aperture Refining Realm.
• Chen Fei drew in more pills and primordial energy from several miles around him to continue cultivating.

Chen Fei broke through to the late Aperture Refining Realm and used the resulting collision of spiritual inspiration to advance several cultivation methods. After his cultivation and spirit surged, Chi Shuqing witnessed the results and was astonished.

• Chen Fei used pills and World Vital Energy to fill ten acupoints and break through to the late Aperture Refining Realm.
• Chen Fei seized the collision of spiritual inspiration to raise the Great Thunderous Sword to Great Perfection and the Star Gazing Art to Great Perfection.
• Chen Fei used the remaining inspiration to comprehend the eighth layer of the Thousand Silk Art before the opportunity ended.
• Chen Fei's spirit advanced to controlling eighty-three acupoints, while his cultivation reached eighty-two open acupoints.
• Chi Shuqing entered the secret chamber, saw that Chen Fei had completed his breakthrough, and stared at his rising aura in amazement.

Chen Fei advanced to the late Aperture Refining Realm, acquired the ninth layer of the Thousand Silk Art, and discovered that second-tier heart anomalies could strengthen his Spiritual Power. After an unknown hostility drove him out of the Heart Anomaly Realm, he told Qu Qingsheng he planned to reclaim the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's inheritance from Sword Return Tower and revealed his new cultivation level.

• Chen Fei broke through to the late Aperture Refining Realm and demonstrated the Great Thunderous Sword to Chi Shuqing.
• Chen Fei visited the Alchemist Alliance to exchange for the ninth layer of the Thousand Silk Art, and Wei Xingshan advised him on the technique.
• Chen Fei killed first-tier heart anomalies until they no longer improved his Spiritual Power, then absorbed the origin of a second-tier anomaly and began growing stronger again.
• Chen Fei sensed an inexplicable hostility after absorbing the second-tier anomaly's origin and left the Heart Anomaly Realm.
• Chen Fei told Qu Qingsheng he wanted to reclaim the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's inheritance from Sword Return Tower, then revealed that he had reached the late Aperture Refining Realm.

Chen Fei revealed to Qu Qingsheng that he had reached the late stage of the Aperture Refining Realm and mastered four Yuan Chen Sword Canon techniques, convincing the Sect Master that he could face Sword Return Tower alone. After resting and exchanging his remaining primordial stones for a few medicinal pills, Chen Fei prepared to set out.

• Qu Qingsheng worried that attacking Sword Return Tower would risk the sect’s late-stage cultivators and leave the Yuan Chen Sword Sect undefended.
• Chen Fei said he would go alone, then demonstrated the pinnacle Heavy Origin Sword, Giant Spirit Sword, Heaven Escaping Movement, and Great Thunderous Sword fused into the Yuan Chen Sword Canon.
• Qu Qingsheng recognized that Chen Fei could defeat or escape Sword Return Tower’s cultivators and agreed to let him go, warning him to be careful.
• Chen Fei stayed at the Yuan Chen Sword Sect for two days and exchanged his remaining primordial stones for a small supply of medicinal pills.

Chen Fei discovered that refining second-order Heart Anomaly origins caused the Heart Anomaly Realm itself to grow hostile toward him, making continued cultivation there dangerous. After testing the hostility and carrying a refined origin back to the real world, he went to Sword Return Tower and prepared to attack its main peak.

• Chen Fei left the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and entered the Heart Anomaly Realm far from the sect to investigate the hostility he had sensed there.
• Chen Fei realized the Heart Anomaly Realm itself might be rejecting him because he had killed and refined a second-order Heart Anomaly, though the hostility had weakened somewhat over time.
• Chen Fei used the Star Gazing Art to kill another second-order Heart Anomaly and found that refining its origin sharply intensified the hostility.
• Chen Fei refined the origin in a Heart Refining Array and escaped back to the real world with the refined origin, concluding that further refinement in the Heart Anomaly Realm could draw the attention of high-order Heart Anomalies.
• Chen Fei traveled to a mountain outside Sword Return Tower, aimed a lightning-charged arrow at its main peak, and began building power for an attack.

Chen Fei gathered immense power into an arrow and fired it at Sword Return Tower, whose leaders raised the sect array against the approaching threat. The arrow struck the main peak, leaving the fate of the sect unresolved.

• Chen Fei used the Great Thunderous Sword and Thousand Silk Art to charge his bow and arrow with power far beyond his ordinary combat strength.
• Sui Wengong and Xing Xinzhao sensed danger approaching Sword Return Tower and activated the sect array.
• Xing Xinzhao linked the elders’ Sword Eyes, revealing that the hostile force carried Peak Aperture Refining Realm power.
• Sui Wengong gathered the array’s strength while the elders reinforced him at the formation’s Array Eyes.
• Chen Fei released the arrow, which crossed several li and struck Sword Return Tower’s main peak with a deafening impact.

Chen Fei used repeated charged arrows to destroy Sword Return Tower’s mountain gate formation, killing Yuan Nanyun and driving the disciples into chaos. As Sui Wengong and Xing Xinzhao reached him, Chen Fei shot down one of their elders and prepared to face the rest.

• Sui Wengong blocked Chen Fei’s first powerful arrow, and he and Xing Xinzhao realized another strike could break Sword Return Tower’s formation.
• Sui Wengong led the elders away from the main peak to confront Chen Fei, while Yuan Nanyun stayed behind to maintain the formation.
• Chen Fei fired another charged arrow at the main peak, shattering the formation, fatally injuring Yuan Nanyun, and sending Sword Return Tower’s disciples fleeing.
• Sui Wengong and Xing Xinzhao found Chen Fei alone and charged at him, while Chen Fei replaced his ruined bow and shot an elder apart.

Chen Fei killed two Sword Return Tower cultivators with his arrows, then evaded Sui Wengong’s attacks and struck from within the enemy formation. Sui Wengong trapped him with the Zhenyuan Mirror while Xing Xinzhao’s spiritual attack failed, leaving Chen Fei pinned but seemingly unaffected by the sword intent.

• Chen Fei killed an Aperture Refining Realm elder and Fan Zeguang with single arrows, despite Fan Zeguang’s sudden breakthrough in battle.
• Sui Wengong blocked Chen Fei’s arrows and led the Sword Return Tower group forward, confident that Chen Fei could not charge a more powerful shot at close range.
• Chen Fei used a lightning-quick movement technique to reach the side of the group and aimed at He Yunrui, but Sui Wengong intercepted the arrow.
• Xing Xinzhao attacked Chen Fei’s Sea of Consciousness with sword intent while Sui Wengong used the Zhenyuan Mirror to pin him in place.
• Xing Xinzhao spat blood after his spiritual attack had no apparent effect on Chen Fei.

Chen Fei broke through the Zhenyuan Mirror’s suppression and killed Sui Wengong and Xing Xinzhao before shooting down the fleeing Sword Return Tower members. He entered Sword Return Tower’s main hall after gathering spiritual treasures and dealing with Yuan Nanyun’s remains.

• Chen Fei shattered the Zhenyuan Mirror’s restraint with the Qian Yuan Sword and killed Sui Wengong with one strike.
• Xing Xinzhao burned his essence, energy, and spirit to attack Chen Fei, but Chen Fei killed him with a reverse slash.
• Chen Fei used his Electromagnetic Cannon to kill the Sword Return Tower members fleeing into the forest, then sent his avatar to collect their belongings.
• Chen Fei took the Zhenyuan Mirror and entered Sword Return Tower, where he collected Yuan Nanyun’s spiritual treasure and turned his body to ash.
• Chen Fei stepped into Sword Return Tower’s main hall.

Chen Fei searched Sword Return Tower’s secret chamber after destroying its defenders and found medicine used to treat Xing Xinzhao’s damaged Acupoints, along with modest supplies. As he prepared to leave, he noticed that the meditation cushion seemed suspiciously ordinary.

• Chen Fei sent a clone to True Inheritance Peak to deal with disciples who had practiced Yuan Chen’s techniques while his true body entered Sword Return Tower’s main hall.
• Chen Fei forced aside the Green Steel Stone blocking the secret chamber and found its defensive and self-destruct formations had not been activated.
• Chen Fei discovered medicinal liquid that had helped Xing Xinzhao recover from ruptured Acupoints and took the remaining medicine for the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.
• Chen Fei found fewer than three hundred origin stones, a few pills and ordinary spirit herbs, but no Spirit Artifacts in the chamber.
• Chen Fei considered the valuable artifacts he had taken from Sword Return Tower and the spiritual essence his Qian Yuan Sword had absorbed.
• Chen Fei stored the chamber’s supplies and noticed that the meditation cushion seemed strange despite showing no abnormalities under the Star Gazing Art.

Chen Fei discovered that an unusual meditation cushion helped him comprehend techniques, then looted Sword Return Tower and examined its inheritances. He was surprised by the Sword Eye technique, which could capture traces of what had passed and, at its pinnacle, draw aura from the past.

• Chen Fei sat on the strange cushion and found that its calming effect helped him develop insights into the Blade Slayer Sword.
• Chen Fei stored the cushion, destroyed Yuan Chen Sword Sect technique tablets at the lakebed inheritance ground, and took Sword Return Tower's three Inheritance Stones.
• Chen Fei and his clone searched Sword Return Tower for Spiritual Power techniques and valuables, then left without killing its Ordinary Disciples.
• Chen Fei read the Spiritual Power techniques and found their ideas interesting but of little immediate use.
• Chen Fei examined Sword Return Tower's movement and cultivation inheritances, finding little value beyond a move that could shorten the Electromagnetic Cannon's charging time.
• Chen Fei studied the final Inheritance Stone and discovered Sword Eye, which could capture traces left by the past.

Chen Fei simplified and began cultivating the Sword Eye while planning to travel to the imperial capital and sell the Zhenyuan Mirror for cultivation resources. After a night of intensive practice, he advanced the Sword Eye to the Proficient Realm and expected to reach Great Perfection within ten days.

• Chen Fei simplified the Sword Eye into drawing visualization diagrams and destroyed the three Inheritance Stones after recording their techniques.
• Chen Fei decided to travel to the imperial capital to sell the Zhenyuan Mirror, since Black City Market could not offer a suitable price.
• Chen Fei refined pills and cultivated his techniques, using nearly two hundred threads of Spiritual Power to draw Sword Eye visualization diagrams at once.
• Chen Fei spent the night immersed in Sword Eye cultivation and advanced it to the Proficient Realm, estimating he could reach Great Perfection in less than ten days.

Chen Fei discovered that the Space Grid could be opened in the Heart Anomaly Realm if it held no physical objects, then tested whether it could store a Heart Anomaly origin. After killing a second-tier Heart Anomaly and successfully storing its origin, he returned to reality and placed it in a Heart Refining Array.

• Chen Fei realized the cabinet inside the Space Grid might have prevented him from opening it in the Heart Anomaly Realm, so he left the cabinet behind with a clone and entered the realm.
• Chen Fei sensed a distant third-tier Heart Anomaly's hostility and confirmed that he could summon the Space Grid without the cabinet inside it.
• Chen Fei found a second-tier Heart Anomaly hidden in a Black Mist puddle, whose reflection could return his attacks and injuries.
• Chen Fei killed the Heart Anomaly with a barrage of God Slaying Swords and guided its origin into the Space Grid.
• Chen Fei returned to reality, confirmed the origin was safely contained, and placed it in a four-layer Heart Refining Array.