Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei established the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s new standing after reaching the Joint Aperture Realm, while cultivating his techniques and nurturing the Qian Yuan Sword toward becoming a Low-grade Magic Treasure. At the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, Gong Guanzi told Tong Zhongqiu that the Yuan Chen Sword Sect had produced a Joint Aperture Realm cultivator, leaving Tong Zhongqiu stunned.

• The surrounding factions accepted Chen Fei’s arrival as a Joint Aperture Realm cultivator, and visitors came to Chenshui Island while Qu Qingsheng handled them.
• Chen Fei visited Haiyan City to register the Yuan Chen Sword Sect as a fourth-rank faction, then brought potential new territories back for Qu Qingsheng and the others to consider.
• Chen Fei used the Moon Bright Pearl’s spiritual essence to nurture the Qian Yuan Sword, which was nearing its transformation into a Low-grade Magic Treasure.
• Chen Fei studied the Azure Firmament Art and planned to fuse it with the Primordial Profound Art to improve his cultivation and combat strength.
• Gong Guanzi reported to Tong Zhongqiu that the Yuan Chen Sword Sect had produced a Joint Aperture Realm cultivator, and Tong Zhongqiu stopped in shock.

Tong Zhongqiu learned that Chen Fei, a newly emerged Joint Aperture Realm cultivator, came from the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and regretted that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect had once turned him away. Yu Shoucheng proposed drawing Chen Fei and his sect into an alliance by offering them a share of a Third Order Secret Realm.

• Tong Zhongqiu read Chen Fei’s information and learned that he had risen from the Bone Forging Realm to the Joint Aperture Realm in less than ten years while concealing his cultivation.
• Gong Guanzi explained that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect had overlooked Chen Fei, who had once been turned away before he could take its entrance examination.
• After Gong Guanzi left, Tong Zhongqiu reflected on the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s struggle to produce another Joint Aperture Realm cultivator.
• Yu Shoucheng visited Tong Zhongqiu and suggested recruiting Chen Fei and the Yuan Chen Sword Sect into an alliance.
• Yu Shoucheng offered a share of a Third Order Secret Realm as an inducement, and Tong Zhongqiu recognized that it could sway the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.

Tong Zhongqiu and Yu Shoucheng invited Chen Fei to join their effort to contest a Third Order Secret Realm, and Chen Fei agreed to an alliance. The Yuan Chen Sword Sect and Sinking Water Pavilion prepared to relocate to the Haifeng Domain as equal partners of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and the Yu Family.

• Yu Shoucheng proposed giving the Yuan Chen Sword Sect a share of the Third Order Secret Realm, and Tong Zhongqiu agreed to discuss the offer with their allies.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Primordial Profound Art and considered seeking a stronger mental cultivation technique to improve his attacks against Third Order Heart Anomalies.
• Chen Fei saw Tong Zhongqiu and Yu Shoucheng approaching Chenshui Island and met them at the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.
• Tong Zhongqiu and Yu Shoucheng invited Chen Fei to join their group in contesting the Third Order Secret Realm, and Chen Fei considered their proposal.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect and Sinking Water Pavilion announced that they would relocate to the Haifeng Domain and form an alliance with the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and the Yu Family.

The Yuan Chen Sword Sect and the residents of Chenshui Island set sail for Haifeng Domain, while the Sinking Water Pavilion joined the sect as an independent branch. During the voyage, Chen Fei used a shadow clone to teach the sect’s elders their inherited sword arts, strengthening the sect for its new home.

• More than a dozen ships carrying the two sects and most of Chenshui Island’s residents departed for Haifeng Domain.
• The Sinking Water Pavilion chose to join the Yuan Chen Sword Sect as a branch, retaining the right to recruit female disciples and pass down its cultivation methods in exchange for resources and obligations.
• Elder Zhao emerged from Chen Fei’s cabin after receiving instruction in the Heavy Origin Sword and demonstrated his improved mastery to the elders on deck.
• Wu Guangyin spent ten thousand contribution points to receive instruction from Chen Fei in the Water Jade Sword.
• Chen Fei’s shadow clone slowly demonstrated the Water Jade Sword and answered Wu Guangyin’s questions for two hours.

Chen Fei led the Yuan Chen Sword Sect on a long voyage to Haifeng Domain to join an alliance with the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and the Yu Family, while cultivating the Primordial Profound Art. After a Third Order Anomaly fled from his attack, the sect arrived in Haifeng Domain, where Wei Xingshan regretted that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect had not recruited Chen Fei earlier.

• Wu Guangyin and the other elders took turns receiving Chen Fei's guidance aboard the ships as the Yuan Chen Sword Sect sailed toward Haifeng Domain.
• Chen Fei studied the Primordial Profound Art's secret method for accelerating Joint Aperture First Turn and continued cultivating toward Great Perfection.
• Chen Fei detected a Third Order Anomaly near the ships, broke its mental attack with the God Slaying Sword, and watched it escape beyond his reach.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect completed its month-long voyage and was welcomed by the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, the Yu Family, and two other sects.
• Wei Xingshan saw Chen Fei and regretted that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect had not recruited him back in Xianyun City.

The Yuan Chen Sword Sect settled into its new mountain gate, and Chen Fei learned about the alliance’s coming contest for a Third Order Secret Realm. Zhao Tianxuan approached Chen Fei with an offer to show him a Joint Aperture Realm cultivation art, but Tong Zhongqiu interrupted before he could explain further.

• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect entered its new mountain gate, which the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and Yu Family had prepared for them.
• Chen Fei met Qin Haisan of the Soul Severing Gate and Zhao Tianxuan of the Mystic Fire Gate, then received information about their opponents in the upcoming secret-realm contest.
• Qin Haisan explained that the alliance had a paper advantage, while Zhao Tianxuan proposed an arena match and Yu Shoucheng doubted the opponents would accept it.
• After the meeting, Zhao Tianxuan caught up with Chen Fei and offered to show him a secret Joint Aperture Realm Mind Skill called Sword Slaying Profound.
• Tong Zhongqiu called out to Zhao Tianxuan, asking if he was selling the Sword Slaying Profound manual again.

Chen Fei negotiated with Zhao Tianxuan, trading the Primordial Profound Art for Sword Slaying Profound and fifty Mid-grade Spirit Stones. After Zhao Tianxuan left, Chen Fei received a flashing notification on his panel.

• Tong Zhongqiu warned Chen Fei that Sword Slaying Profound was difficult to cultivate as Zhao Tianxuan offered to sell it for one High-grade Spirit Stone.
• Chen Fei offered twenty Mid-grade Spirit Stones and the Primordial Profound Art in exchange for Sword Slaying Profound.
• Zhao Tianxuan recognized the value of the Primordial Profound Art, and Chen Fei insisted that Zhao make up the difference.
• Zhao Tianxuan agreed to pay fifty Mid-grade Spirit Stones and exchanged the cultivation manuals with Chen Fei.
• Tong Zhongqiu told Chen Fei that Zhao had failed to cultivate Sword Slaying Profound successfully, and Chen Fei admitted he mainly wanted to sell the Primordial Profound Art.
• A notification flashed on Chen Fei's panel as he received the fifty Mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s new mountain gate and unlocked a second Space Grid after his Spirit Stones surpassed five thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones. He tested the grid by unleashing a devastating sword strike and successfully storing its Limit Sword Origin inside.

• Tong Zhongqiu warned Chen Fei that Zhao Tianxuan might seek to buy Sword Slaying Profound, and Chen Fei offered Tong Zhongqiu a Primordial Profound Art, which he declined.
• Tong Zhongqiu advised Chen Fei to visit Haifeng City if he wanted to sell cultivation arts or find useful resources for the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect.
• Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s new mountain gate and found its members celebrating their new home.
• Chen Fei used fifty Mid-grade Spirit Stones to purchase a second Space Grid from the panel.
• Chen Fei gathered and compressed his power until his body began to crack, then struck with the Qian Yuan Sword and stored the resulting Limit Sword Origin in the Space Grid.

Chen Fei stored a powerful move in a Space Grid, studied the Sword Slaying Profound, and fused it with the Shadow Reflection Art to create the Shadow Reflection Mysterious Sword Slaying. Over eight months he mastered the technique and strengthened his cultivation, just as the contest for the Third Order Low-grade Secret Realm was announced as Capture the Flag.

• Chen Fei reserved one Space Grid for Heart Anomaly Origin and studied the difficult Sword Slaying Profound from Zhao Tianxuan’s jade slip.
• Chen Fei fused the Shadow Reflection Art with the Sword Slaying Profound and simplified the resulting Shadow Reflection Mysterious Sword Slaying through his panel.
• A month later, Guo Linshan broke through from the Organ Refinement Realm to the Early Stage Aperture Refining Realm, bringing more visitors to congratulate him and Feng Xiupu.
• Chen Fei cultivated in seclusion, reaching the Proficient Realm with the Shadow Reflection Mysterious Sword Slaying before advancing it to Perfection in the third month.
• Chen Fei reached Perfection with the Primordial Profound Art in the fifth month and Great Perfection with the Shadow Reflection Mysterious Sword Slaying in the eighth month.
• The method for competing over the Third Order Low-grade Secret Realm was announced as Capture the Flag.

The five-sect alliance discussed its Capture the Flag contest in Haiyue Grotto-heaven, while Chen Fei concealed his past trial victory. Zhao Tianxuan tried to advise Chen Fei on Sword Slaying Profound, only to discover that Chen Fei had already mastered far more of it than he had.

• Qin Haisan and the alliance leaders discussed their planned strategy and shares for the Capture the Flag battle in Haiyue Grotto-heaven.
• When Zhao Tianxuan asked whether Chen Fei had attended the grotto-heaven trial, Chen Fei said he had not received a Haiyue Token.
• Zhao Tianxuan followed Chen Fei and offered to teach him Sword Slaying Profound, hoping to recover some pride after their earlier exchange.
• Zhao Tianxuan urged Chen Fei to demonstrate the technique, assuming his cultivation had stalled.
• Chen Fei unleashed Sword Slaying Profound with seventy-two formations, leaving Zhao Tianxuan stunned.

Chen Fei impressed the alliance leaders by revealing his mastery of the Sword Slaying Profound, then returned to cultivation before the Third Order Secret Realm Capture the Flag battle began. Inside Haiyue Grotto-heaven, he joined the other four representatives and concealed the battle flag’s conspicuous aura with a casual sword strike.

• Chen Fei displayed the seventy-two formation Sword Slaying Profound, shocking Zhao Tianxuan and impressing Qin Haisan with his talent.
• Yu Shoucheng questioned Tong Zhongqiu about why the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect had failed to recognize Chen Fei’s talent in Xianyun City, and Tong Zhongqiu accepted that they had to look forward.
• Chen Fei returned to cultivation, focused on the Primordial Profound Art, and occasionally hunted Second Order Heart Anomalies to refine their origins.
• A month later, Haiyue Grotto-heaven opened the Capture the Flag battle, transporting ten Joint Aperture Realm fighters inside as a water curtain displayed their auras and the battlefield.
• Chen Fei and the other four found the black battle flag in a cave, and Chen Fei used a sword strike to make its powerful aura vanish.

Chen Fei concealed the Battle Flag’s aura with the Spirit Slaughter Technique, giving his side an advantage as the Capture the Flag battle began. The group started gathering resources to strengthen their flag while Yu Shoucheng went to scout the enemy, and they prepared to split up cautiously.

• Chen Fei used the Spirit Slaughter Technique to conceal the Battle Flag’s aura for around half an hour, and Qin Haisan took the flag.
• The contest began, and the group learned that they could win by capturing the enemy’s Battle Flag or strengthen their own by feeding it resources.
• Chen Fei explained that their Auras could be suppressed only while they remained still, so Qin Haisan chose to gather resources while Yu Shoucheng scouted the enemy.
• Yu Shoucheng left to observe the enemy, while Qin Haisan, Chen Fei, Tong Zhongqiu, and Zhao Tianxuan found resource points outside the cave.
• Zhao Tianxuan broke a remarkably hard ore with a powerful blade strike, and Qin Haisan fed it to the Battle Flag.
• Qin Haisan agreed to let the group split up to gather resources, warning them to stay close enough to reunite if danger arose.

After Yu Shoucheng was eliminated by Mo Shiyi, Qin Haisan’s group struggled to understand the opposing side’s advantage and decide how to respond. Chen Fei concealed his aura and moved ahead to scout, leaving a duplicate to draw attention.

• Chen Fei collected a blue flower bud and a simulated fruit before learning that Yu Shoucheng had been eliminated.
• Yu Shoucheng revealed that Mo Shiyi had used infused power to reach Mid Joint Aperture Realm strength and defeat him suddenly.
• Qin Haisan, Zhao Tianxuan, and Tong Zhongqiu regrouped with Chen Fei and worried about facing the enemy’s five fighters while outnumbered.
• Chen Fei concealed his aura with the Sword Eye and Dragon Subduing Elephant, then offered to scout ahead.
• Qin Haisan allowed Chen Fei to proceed, and Chen Fei moved ten miles forward while his duplicate continued ahead as a decoy.

Chen Fei’s side investigated Mo Shiyi’s group after Yu Shoucheng was eliminated and learned that the enemy had a powerful treasure and that resources near the border could rapidly grow a Battle Flag. Qin Haisan chose to avoid a risky attack and secretly harvest those resources while Mo Shiyi’s group stayed together, but the enemy’s strength was recovering.

• Chen Fei sent his avatar to scout Mo Shiyi’s group, which remained gathered around its Battle Flag, and sensed that a long-range threat had likely caused Yu Shoucheng’s elimination.
• Chen Fei’s avatar found unusually vital jade marrow near the border and relayed that the enemy appeared focused on using its treasure rather than gathering resources.
• Chen Fei and Qin Haisan weighed attacking Mo Shiyi’s group against secretly building their Battle Flag and chose to gather resources at the border.
• Chen Fei harvested resources while his avatar carried them to Qin Haisan, and Qin Haisan and the others mined nearby deposits to strengthen their Battle Flag.
• Mo Shiyi occasionally searched the area but stayed too far from the border to detect Chen Fei’s group, while his companions’ strength gradually recovered.

Chen Fei led Qin Haisan and the others into Mo Shiyi's territory, where they secretly gathered resources and strengthened their Battle Flag while Mo Shiyi's group searched in vain. When Mo Shiyi sent Miao Wanhong away to conceal their own Battle Flag, Chen Fei sensed danger approaching.

• Mo Shiyi's group set out to finish the fight, but Chen Fei used the enemy Battle Flag's movement to gather Qin Haisan and two others and lead them past Mo Shiyi's group unnoticed.
• Chen Fei's group mined resource points deep in enemy territory, where the resources held more elemental energy, and their Battle Flag rapidly grew stronger.
• Mo Shiyi's group searched their territory but found neither Qin Haisan's group nor their concealed Battle Flag, then realized the four had entered their own territory to gather resources.
• Chen Fei sensed Mo Shiyi's Battle Flag returning, gathered Qin Haisan's group again, concealed their traces, and led them to another location.
• Unable to find Chen Fei's group, Mo Shiyi gave their Battle Flag to Miao Wanhong to conceal while the others continued searching.
• Chen Fei sensed the opposing Battle Flag moving away, then felt danger approaching.

Chen Fei separated from Qin Haisan, Tong Zhongqiu, and Zhao Tianxuan to track down Mo Shiyi’s Battle Flag while the others returned to their territory to strengthen their own. Using Heavenly Eye, Chen Fei clearly found the Battle Flag’s route and began following it.

• Chen Fei led Qin Haisan, Tong Zhongqiu, and Zhao Tianxuan away from Mo Shiyi’s pursuit after sensing that Mo Shiyi had hidden the Battle Flag.
• The group decided to return to their own territory and raise their Battle Flag while Mo Shiyi’s side was occupied elsewhere.
• Chen Fei volunteered to search for Mo Shiyi’s Battle Flag alone, and Qin Haisan agreed after reminding him to stay cautious.
• Chen Fei returned to the last place where he had sensed the Battle Flag and used Retrace Eye to deduce that one person had carried it away.
• Chen Fei fused Sword Eye, Retrace Eye, and Star Gazing Art into Heavenly Eye, which revealed the Battle Flag’s route as a clear red line.

Chen Fei tracked Miao Wanhong to the hidden red Battle Flag and attacked him alone. He overcame Miao Wanhong’s defense and took the Blazing Flag before either group could reach them.

• Chen Fei used his fused detection technique to track the Battle Flag to a mountain range where Miao Wanhong was hiding.
• Miao Wanhong sensed Chen Fei passing by but chose not to attack, prioritizing the protection of the Battle Flag.
• Chen Fei doubled back, broke into Miao Wanhong’s formation, and revealed that he had come alone.
• Chen Fei’s first clash forced Miao Wanhong back, so Miao Wanhong switched to defense and tried to stall for Mo Shiyi’s group.
• Mo Shiyi’s group and Qin Haisan’s group rushed toward the battle after sensing its fluctuations.
• Chen Fei eliminated Miao Wanhong, and the Haiyue Grotto-heaven announced that the Blazing Flag had changed hands.

Chen Fei carried the captured Blazing Flag toward his camp while Mo Shiyi’s group tried to intercept him. Hu Yanwu confronted Chen Fei, discovered his mind attacks caused no backlash, and fled Haiyue Grotto-heaven when Chen Fei unleashed a deadly aura.

• Mo Shiyi and his companions rushed to intercept Chen Fei after learning Miao Wanhong had been eliminated and the Blazing Flag taken.
• Chen Fei concealed the Blazing Flag’s aura, prompting Mo Shiyi to split his group across four directions to block possible escape routes.
• Hu Yanwu encountered Chen Fei alone and attacked after deciding not to warn Mo Shiyi’s group.
• Chen Fei overwhelmed Hu Yanwu’s mind defenses with repeated Shadow Reflection Mysterious Sword Slayings without suffering backlash.
• Hu Yanwu warned Mo Shiyi’s group that Chen Fei might have killed Miao Wanhong, then retreated as Chen Fei pursued him.
• Chen Fei pointed his sword fingers and released a terrifying aura, causing Hu Yanwu to flee Haiyue Grotto-heaven.

Chen Fei eliminated Hu Yanwu and reunited with Qin Haisan’s group as they carried the Blazing Flag toward their camp. Chen Fei placed the flag in the cave, securing the Third Order Low-grade Secret Realm for their alliance for the next hundred years.

• Hu Yanwu conceded after Chen Fei threatened him with a sword attack concealed in the Space Grid, and a message announced Hu Yanwu’s elimination.
• Qin Haisan and his two companions reached Chen Fei, then escorted him and the Blazing Flag toward their camp.
• Mo Shiyi and his two companions caught up, and Mo Shiyi used the Mysterious Origin Pearl to combine their strength and attack Qin Haisan’s group.
• Qin Haisan defended against Mo Shiyi’s strike with the Blackwater Flag while Chen Fei continued toward the cave.
• Chen Fei placed the Blazing Flag in the cave, ending the battle and giving their alliance control of the Third Order Low-grade Secret Realm for a hundred years.

After Chen Fei’s side won the Third Order Secret Realm, Mo Shiyi’s defeated alliance learned that Chen Fei had overwhelmed Miao Wanhong and Hu Yanwu. Fearing Chen Fei would secure the secret realm for centuries, the five sects agreed to hire the Sangying Sect to assassinate him.

• Baka recovered his strength as a second-order demon and gained the ability to ripen spiritual materials.
• Mo Shiyi’s group mourned losing the secret realm, and Miao Wanhong and Hu Yanwu explained how Chen Fei had eliminated them.
• Mo Shiyi warned the others that Chen Fei’s youth and talent could keep their sects from claiming the secret realm for centuries.
• Mo Shiyi proposed hiring the Sangying Sect to kill Chen Fei, and the other four leaders agreed to share the cost.
• The Sangying Sect received a mission to assassinate Chen Fei of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect in the Haifeng Domain.