Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei used the Dream Entering Art to enter and shatter the dream that was consuming people aboard the Zheng Family ship, saving three victims but injuring the demon behind the attack. His strike enraged the demon, and as Dai Yuqiu and Dugu Man moved to track it down, Chen Fei sensed its dream power approaching the ship.

• Zheng Chuanwen told the passengers they needed at least three more hours to sail out of the fog, and everyone stayed tense and watchful.
• Three people suddenly convulsed as the dream attack struck them, and Chen Fei touched one victim's brow to enter the dream.
• Inside the fog-filled dream, Zhang Sinan and Zeng Defang appeared to torment Chen Fei, but he recognized the emotional manipulation and shattered the visions with his voice and sword light.
• Chen Fei returned to the deck and halted the attack, leaving the three victims alive but severely weakened.
• Dai Yuqiu sensed that the demon had been injured, and she told Dugu Man they could use its retaliation to locate its hiding place.
• Chen Fei sensed the demon's dream power surging toward the Zheng Family ship from the fog.

Chen Fei discovered that the Zheng Family had been using its ship to deliver passengers to a demon, then killed Zheng Chuanwen and used the demon’s weakened dream power to locate it. Dugu Man and Dai Yuqiu also tracked the demon to an island, where Dugu Man prepared to fight it as Chen Fei pursued it.

• Chen Fei realized the ship marked its passengers as food for the demon and confronted Zheng Chuanwen.
• Chen Fei overpowered Zheng Chuanwen, who admitted that the Zheng Family traded passengers’ lives for spiritual materials and loot without knowing the demon’s hiding place.
• Chen Fei killed Zheng Chuanwen, took his possessions, and followed the demon’s dream power across the sea.
• Chen Fei resisted the demon’s weakening dream power, locked onto its location, and pursued it.
• Dai Yuqiu’s compass led her and Dugu Man to an island where Dugu Man prepared to slay the second-order demon as Chen Fei approached.

Dugu Man and Dai Yuqiu reached the monster at the island’s center, but Geng Wangsheng arrived and tried to claim it by force. When Chen Fei refused to leave, Geng Wangsheng attacked him and was driven back in their first exchange.

• Dugu Man and Dai Yuqiu found the monster’s vine-covered body in a pool at the island’s center.
• Chen Fei arrived, followed by Geng Wangsheng, who threatened Dai Yuqiu and clashed with Dugu Man.
• Mei Boping and Mei Baisong arrived but fled when Geng Wangsheng ordered them off the island.
• Geng Wangsheng attacked Chen Fei after he refused to leave, and Chen Fei countered by striking a weak point in Geng Wangsheng’s saber technique.
• Geng Wangsheng retreated several steps, leaving Dugu Man and Dai Yuqiu stunned by Chen Fei’s advantage.

Chen Fei overwhelmed Geng Wangsheng in a duel, withstanding his full-force Moon Bright Saber Art while keeping his insight clear through Spiritual Power. A demonic creature then ambushed Chen Fei with a vine, and he grabbed it and began dragging the creature from its pool as it unleashed more vines.

• Geng Wangsheng demanded Chen Fei's identity after Chen Fei drove him back with a single sword strike.
• Geng Wangsheng used Walking Alone Under the Moon and attacked Chen Fei with his full strength.
• Chen Fei restored his ability to read Geng Wangsheng's techniques with Dragon Subduing Elephant Spirit Suppression and blocked his saber without giving ground.
• A demonic creature's vine shot toward Chen Fei, and he seized it while resisting its Spiritual Power attack.
• Geng Wangsheng retreated and stopped himself from using a life-risking forbidden technique as Chen Fei pulled the demonic creature toward him.
• The demonic creature sent more than a hundred vines stabbing toward Chen Fei.

Chen Fei faced Dugu Man, Geng Wangsheng, Dai Yuqiu, and the monster at the pool as they joined forces against him. He shattered their combined assault, drove the humans into retreat, and turned toward the fleeing monster.

• Dugu Man persuaded Geng Wangsheng to join her in driving Chen Fei away, while Dai Yuqiu prepared to support them with formations.
• Dai Yuqiu’s first formation was shattered by Chen Fei’s God Slaying Sword before it could form, and Dugu Man, Geng Wangsheng, and Dai Yuqiu launched a coordinated attack as the monster joined in.
• Chen Fei unleashed the Blood Burning Art and struck upward, breaking Dai Yuqiu’s four formations, burning away the monster’s vine spear, and severely injuring all three opponents.
• Geng Wangsheng fled, and Dugu Man carried the unconscious Dai Yuqiu away; Chen Fei struck at the retreating pair with God Slaying Swords and arrows but did not pursue them.
• Chen Fei’s wounds rapidly healed as he turned toward the monster, which had fled several hundred meters from the pool.

After defeating the demonic creature and driving off the other cultivators, Chen Fei discovered that refining its Demonic Core strengthened his physique through the Dragon Elephant Nexus. His body began approaching the Joint Aperture Realm even though his cultivation remained in the Aperture Refining Realm.

• Chen Fei killed the demonic creature, while Mei Boping and Mei Baisong fled after witnessing his overwhelming strength.
• Dai Yuqiu told the badly injured Dugu Man that the demonic creature was dead, and Dugu Man accepted her defeat and vowed they would meet again.
• Chen Fei took the Demonic Core to a secluded island and found that the Dragon Elephant Nexus absorbed its power and converted it into physical strength.
• As Chen Fei refined the Demonic Core, his physique drew close to the Joint Aperture Realm, raising the possibility that his body would reach that level before his cultivation.

Chen Fei’s Dragon Subduing Elephant cultivation pushed his physique beyond the limits of the Aperture Refining Realm, strengthening his anticipation for Haiyue Grotto-heaven. Inside the grotto-heaven, cultivation and memories were supposed to be sealed, but Chen Fei discovered that his panel’s power remained.

• Chen Fei crushed a Demonic Core by accident, then realized Dragon Subduing Elephant had greatly strengthened his physique beyond the Aperture Refining Realm’s limits.
• Chen Fei traveled to the Qingping Sea Region and watched the Thousand Feathers Alliance’s major factions gather around Haiyue Grotto-heaven.
• When Haiyue Grotto-heaven opened, Chen Fei used his Haiyue Token to enter, and a voice announced that everyone would become ordinary mortals and have to cultivate anew.
• Chen Fei appeared in a dense forest with his cultivation and cultivation-method memories gone, but sensed a force within himself and realized Haiyue Grotto-heaven had not sealed the panel’s power.

Chen Fei recovered memories of his martial arts and used his techniques despite having no cultivation. After claiming a scroll and learning the Spiritual Rhinoceros Finger, he drove Ji Linxian and Wei Jiawen out of the Haiyue Grotto-heaven when they attacked him.

• Chen Fei unlocked memories of his cultivation methods and movement and sword techniques, including the Great Perfection Realm Starry Night Sword.
• Chen Fei reached the glowing scroll before Ji Linxian and Wei Jiawen, then opened it and learned the Spiritual Rhinoceros Finger.
• Ji Linxian and Wei Jiawen charged Chen Fei with stones, expecting him to be unable to use the scroll's technique so soon.
• Chen Fei shattered their weapons with a branch and swung it at their necks using the Starry Night Sword.
• Ji Linxian and Wei Jiawen surrendered and vanished from the Haiyue Grotto-heaven.

Chen Fei learned the Spiritual Rhinoceros Finger and used its power to regain Skin Tempering Realm cultivation in Haiyue Grotto-heaven. He defeated Rao Chengwan for two scrolls, but the blood marks above him grew more conspicuous as the trial continued.

• Chen Fei drove away Ji Linxian and Wei Jiawen, gained two blood marks, and simplified the Spiritual Rhinoceros Finger until he learned it.
• Chen Fei used the Spiritual Rhinoceros Finger to shatter a scroll and reach the Skin Tempering Realm, then set off to find more scrolls.
• Zhuo Tianying and Geng Wangsheng each mastered a scroll technique and reached the Skin Tempering Realm as battles spread across the grotto-heaven.
• Chen Fei encountered Rao Chengwan, who had two scrolls and recognized him from the Latent Dragon Nascent Phoenix Ranking.
• Rao Chengwan attacked Chen Fei with Hegemon Fist, but Chen Fei countered with his sword techniques and drove him away, claiming two scrolls and gaining another blood mark.

Chen Fei rapidly mastered scroll techniques in Haiyue Grotto-heaven and advanced far beyond the other participants. After Ban Miaoyuan witnessed Chen Fei reach the Marrow Refinement Realm, a grotto-heaven announcement revealed that someone had reached the Organ Refinement Realm and activated a new mode.

• Chen Fei simplified and mastered Wind Source Step and Wind Ling Sword, reaching the peak of the Muscle Tempering Realm.
• Observers outside Haiyue Grotto-heaven discussed Chen Fei’s record of killing or driving out three people, while Teng Daoxuan held the highest count with five.
• Teng Daoxuan gathered scrolls and avoided unnecessary fights as he searched for more opportunities to increase his cultivation.
• Nearly an hour into the trial, Chen Fei continued collecting and mastering scrolls, advancing to the Marrow Refinement Realm.
• Ban Miaoyuan saw Chen Fei’s cultivation and speed, fled in disbelief, and concluded that Chen Fei’s comprehension far surpassed his own.
• Haiyue Grotto-heaven announced that someone had reached the Organ Refinement Realm, activating a new mode and leaving Ban Miaoyuan stunned.

Someone in Haiyue Grotto-heaven restored their cultivation to the Organ Refinement Realm, triggering the trial’s second stage and unleashing armed attackers. Chen Fei used his bow and electromagnetic force to wipe out a camp and kill its Peak Organ Refinement Realm General, obtaining a light orb containing what appeared to be a medicinal pill.

• Dugu Man and Zhuo Tianying wondered who had advanced so quickly as the scrolls vanished and strangely dressed attackers appeared throughout Haiyue Grotto-heaven.
• Outside the grotto-heaven, observers saw the second stage begin and speculated that Zhuo Tianying or Teng Daoxuan had triggered it.
• Teng Daoxuan fled a squad of six Bone Forging Realm archers, while other participants faced attackers of varying strengths and discovered they dropped scrolls and light orbs.
• Chen Fei found a camp beside a river and used his refined iron longbow to kill more than twenty soldiers with electromagnetically accelerated arrows.
• Chen Fei killed the camp’s Peak Organ Refinement Realm General with a single arrow, and the General’s disappearance left behind a light orb containing a medicinal pill.

Chen Fei defeated a camp of soldiers, collected their rewards, and used the proficiency orbs to improve Thunderclap Fist while simplifying the scrolls. As other trial participants raced to strengthen themselves, Chen Fei spotted a powerful military camp, whose soldiers began growing stronger when Haiyue Grotto-heaven trembled.

• Chen Fei killed the remaining soldiers, collected a Body Tempering Pill, five cultivation scrolls, and eight proficiency orbs, then discovered the orbs could not improve Dragon Subduing Elephant Spirit Suppression.
• Chen Fei used the orbs to raise his Thunderclap Fist proficiency and began simplifying the five scrolls, taking care not to reveal power beyond Haiyue Grotto-heaven's rules.
• Trial participants adapted to fighting the soldiers, joined forces, and grew stronger by collecting scrolls and proficiency orbs.
• Zhuo Tianying cleared a camp, advanced to the Marrow Refinement Realm, and continued cultivating to pursue first place.
• Teng Daoxuan abandoned killing other participants and focused on hunting soldiers and comprehending scrolls.
• Chen Fei spotted a huge military camp beneath a distinctive banner, then watched Haiyue Grotto-heaven tremble as rays of light entered the camp and strengthened its soldiers.

Chen Fei exploited his rapid growth to overwhelm a massive barracks and kill its chief commander, triggering a new mode in Haiyue Grotto-heaven. The soldiers vanished, leaving the other trial participants stunned and wondering who had ended the battle so quickly.

• After soldiers' deaths strengthened the survivors and Haiyue Grotto-heaven began shrinking, Chen Fei and the other participants continued fighting, increasingly joining forces.
• The outside spectators lost access to the water curtain when the trial entered its third layer, while Zhuo Tianying led the largest group of participants through the dangerous trial.
• Chen Fei picked off soldiers around the largest barracks, absorbed their drops, and raised his strength faster than the soldiers could grow stronger.
• When a lieutenant charged out, Chen Fei killed him with one arrow and continued suppressing the barracks without letting its soldiers or archers approach.
• Chen Fei killed the enemy camp's chief commander, activating a new mode that made every soldier disappear and left the other participants bewildered.

Chen Fei reached the palace at the top of the Heavenly Ladder after killing the enemy camp's chief general, leaving the other participants stunned by the gap in their abilities. Inside, he offered his Geng Metal to challenge the former top-ranked participants for a greater reward.

• Haiyue Grotto-heaven announced that someone had killed the enemy camp's chief general, and the participants realized the feat had likely been accomplished by the mysterious top-ranked contestant.
• A golden Heavenly Ladder appeared, and Zhuo Tianying led the participants toward it to find out who stood at the top.
• On the ladder, Dugu Man fought a mirror-image opponent, while Geng Wangsheng and another participant quickly conceded after facing Chen Fei's Peak Aperture Refining Realm mirror image.
• Chen Fei reached the palace and entered, where he saw statues of past top-ranked participants and learned he could challenge them to improve his reward.
• Chen Fei offered the Geng Metal he had earned for killing the chief general and decided to risk it in a challenge, confident he would not lose.

Chen Fei defeated Yan Xuanji in the Haiyue Grotto-heaven and claimed first place in the trial, earning three valuable rewards. After leaving the grotto-heaven, he concealed his aura and escaped into the deep sea.

• Chen Fei fought Yan Xuanji, the past trial champion, and killed him in three strikes by overpowering his saber with the Qian Yuan Sword.
• The Haiyue Grotto-heaven announced that Chen Fei had defeated a past champion, and his statue appeared in the Heavenly Ladder Hall.
• The grotto-heaven awarded Chen Fei a Sea Birth Flower, Geng metal, and a jade slip containing a Joint Aperture Realm technique.
• Chen Fei was transported away from the grotto-heaven, severed the traces of his aura, and vanished into the deep sea.

Guan Hongxuan tracked Chen Fei through the sea with the Retrace Eye and pursued him to steal his treasures. Rather than risk relying on Sea Snail City, Chen Fei used a shadow clone to mislead his pursuer and swallowed the Sea Birth Flower to begin a dangerous breakthrough to the Joint Aperture Realm.

• Guan Hongxuan used the Retrace Eye to locate Chen Fei after Chen Fei concealed his aura and fled underwater.
• Chen Fei sensed Guan Hongxuan pursuing him and ran through dense schools of fish to disrupt the tracking.
• Guan Hongxuan reduced the interference and continued following Chen Fei, while Chen Fei weighed fleeing to Sea Snail City against breaking through.
• Chen Fei decided to break through, sent his shadow clone ahead as a decoy, and swallowed the Sea Birth Flower.
• The Sea Birth Flower caused Chen Fei's Spiritual Power to boil as his breakthrough began.

Chen Fei used the Sea Birth Flower to break through to the Joint Aperture Realm while Guan Hongxuan pursued him toward Sea Snail City. He completed the breakthrough just as Guan Hongxuan accelerated, and the chapter ended with Chen Fei floating above the sea as his power surged.

• Chen Fei endured the Sea Birth Flower's effects while the Dragon Elephant Nexus gathered his 108 acupoints for fusion.
• Chen Fei's mind broke past its limit, allowing him to perceive the world more clearly and identify Guan Hongxuan as an Early Joint Aperture Realm cultivator.
• Guan Hongxuan used a secret technique to empower the Retrace Eye and rapidly close the distance to Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei reversed the seven techniques of the Yuan Chen Sword Canon and used Reverse Origin Joint Aperture to fuse his acupoints.
• Chen Fei successfully broke through to the Joint Aperture Realm, advanced Dragon Subduing Elephant Spirit Suppression to Great Perfection, and strengthened his Dragon Elephant Nexus.

Chen Fei completed his breakthrough to the Joint Aperture Realm and pursued Guan Hongxuan, the cultivator who had been hunting him. He confronted Guan Hongxuan in midair and rejected his denial, locking onto him for a fight.

• Chen Fei broke through to the Joint Aperture Realm, and the Dragon Elephant Nexus remained within his newly formed joint aperture while his physical strength surged.
• Chen Fei used the Star Gazing Art to locate Guan Hongxuan and raced toward him across the sea.
• Guan Hongxuan sensed Chen Fei approaching, tried to flee, and stopped when Chen Fei kept closing the distance.
• Guan Hongxuan saw Chen Fei's Qian Yuan Sword and assumed the newly arrived cultivator was not a serious threat.
• Chen Fei said Guan Hongxuan had been tracking him, but Guan Hongxuan denied it and tried to smooth things over.
• Chen Fei said, "I don't believe that!" and aimed the Qian Yuan Sword at Guan Hongxuan, locking his aura onto him.

Chen Fei killed Guan Hongxuan in a swift battle and returned to Chenshui Island. The Yuan Chen Sword Sect and Sinking Water Pavilion feared the approaching Joint Aperture Realm cultivator until they recognized Chen Fei.

• Chen Fei rejected Guan Hongxuan’s attempt to dismiss their conflict and attacked him.
• Guan Hongxuan used the Moon Bright Pearl to suppress Chen Fei, but Chen Fei broke free and shattered its attack with the Qian Yuan Sword.
• Chen Fei killed Guan Hongxuan, collected his valuables, erased the traces of the fight, and left.
• A day later, the disciples and elders at Chenshui Island spotted a figure approaching and feared it was a Joint Aperture Realm expert.
• Chen Fei descended before the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s main hall, and the gathered cultivators recognized him with disbelief and relief.

Chen Fei returned to Chenshui Island as a Joint Aperture Realm cultivator, bringing great joy and renewed hope to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and its ally, the Sinking Water Pavilion. As word spread, island residents wondered whether the sects would relocate, while neighboring forces began sending visitors to congratulate them.

• Chen Fei descended on Chenshui Island and greeted Qu Qingsheng, Zhou Zixun, Feng Xiupu, and the others after breaking through to the Joint Aperture Realm.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect's elders celebrated Chen Fei's achievement, while the Sinking Water Pavilion rejoiced at the strength it brought to their alliance and its members reflected on Chi Shuqing's early faith in him.
• Zhang Fangqiong remembered Chen Fei's growth, and Guo Linshan decided it was time to prepare for his own breakthrough to the Aperture Refining Realm.
• The two sects' members celebrated as news spread across Chenshui Island, where residents wondered whether they could follow the Yuan Chen Sword Sect to a more prosperous place.
• Neighboring forces learned that the Yuan Chen Sword Sect had produced a Joint Aperture Realm expert and sent people to Chenshui Island to offer congratulations and pay visits.