Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei explored Feihuang City, sold a spiritual treasure, and gathered information about its bounties and cultivation resources. Meanwhile, Zeng Huaizheng showed Sheng Xizhou an image of someone he had seen in the city, darkening Sheng Xizhou’s expression.

• Chen Fei observed the secret realm beneath the Tree Demon and met a mid-fourth-tier Demon King, who offered to help him if he encountered trouble in Feihuang City.
• Chen Fei sold Miao Wanhua’s cane for 3,500 High-grade Spirit Stones and asked the shopkeeper about the bounties for capturing Black God subordinates.
• Chen Fei surveyed Feihuang City’s shops, declined to buy the available cultivation arts, and considered his plans for advancing through the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Chen Fei rented an inn instead of immediately visiting Shang Gong Hall.
• Zeng Huaizheng joined Chi Shengsheng and the others, then conjured the likeness of someone from Feihuang City, causing Sheng Xizhou to grow visibly angry.

Sheng Xizhou and several Sky Illusion Valley disciples identified Chen Fei as their target and planned to kill him after he left Feihuang City. Meanwhile, Chen Fei continued cultivating before claiming a bounty at Shang Gong Hall and requesting a powerful sword cultivation method.

• Zeng Huaizheng used the True Illusion Technique to reveal Chen Fei's disguised aura, and Sheng Xizhou said Chen Fei had injured him in a past encounter.
• Sheng Xizhou enlisted his fellow disciples to kill Chen Fei, and they agreed to wait until he left Feihuang City while Zeng Huaizheng monitored him.
• Chen Fei cultivated at an inn, strengthening his second Divine Palace and using the Sword Sect Talent to deepen his insights into the Mystic Demon Sword.
• Chen Fei brought a sealed Black God subordinate to Shang Gong Hall to claim its bounty.
• Qu Shangzheng confirmed the captive was a Black God subordinate, and Chen Fei asked to exchange it for a powerful sword cultivation method.
• Qu Shangzheng placed three jade slips before Chen Fei.

Chen Fei rejected the three offered sword techniques and declined to become a Guest Official of the Feihuang Sect, instead asking to see incomplete top-tier sword inheritances. He examined two fragments—the Netherworld Purgatory Samsara Sword and the Purple Firmament Heavenly Thunder Art—before the chapter ended with him considering their value.

• Qu Shangzheng offered Chen Fei a choice of three sword cultivation techniques, but Chen Fei asked whether the Feihuang Sect had better options.
• Chen Fei demonstrated his sword intent, and Qu Shangzheng explained that top-tier complete inheritances were kept within sects and offered him the Guest Official position.
• Chen Fei declined to join the Feihuang Sect and asked to see incomplete top-tier sword inheritances instead.
• Qu Shangzheng brought Chen Fei two jade slips, and Chen Fei learned that the Netherworld Purgatory Samsara Sword was less than twenty percent complete and could only be cultivated to the third divine palace.
• Chen Fei examined the Purple Firmament Heavenly Thunder Art, a powerful fragment of the fallen Sacred Land Purple Firmament Sect.

Chen Fei exchanged a Black God subordinate for the incomplete Purple Firmament Heavenly Thunder Art, fused it into a stronger sword technique, and remained in Feihuang City to cultivate while Zeng Huaizheng and the others waited for a chance to kill him. Their plans stalled when two badly wounded Mountain Sea Realm experts arrived at the city, pursued by strange demon beasts.

• Chen Fei chose the Purple Firmament Heavenly Thunder Art and obtained its jade slip from Qu Shangzheng at Shang Gong Hall.
• Chen Fei fused the incomplete technique into the Mystic Demon Sword, creating the Purple Heaven Mystic Demon Sword, then simplified it and began cultivating.
• Zeng Huaizheng watched Chen Fei's inn, while Chen Fei stayed in Feihuang City for two months and advanced his cultivation techniques.
• Zeng Huaizheng, Sheng Xizhou, Qi Yunhong, Cheng Haixiong, and Chi Shengsheng discussed how to lure Chen Fei out of the city without provoking the Feihuang Sect.
• Qiu Zesheng of the Sacred Yan Sect and Xu Jinglun of the Emperor Ling Sword reached Feihuang City gravely injured, pursued by several dozen strange demon beasts.

Strange monsters with a Black God-like aura attacked Feihuang City, where the Feihuang Sect’s cultivators and Tree King fought them. After Chen Fei returned to cultivating, Chi Shengsheng revealed that similar monsters had appeared during the calamity that destroyed the Central Continent’s top sects ten thousand years earlier.

• Chen Fei and the cultivators in Feihuang City spotted chaotic monsters bearing a faint radiance in their souls, and Luan Qinghui recognized that old events were beginning to resurface.
• Qiu Zesheng and Xu Jinglun apologized for leading the monsters to Feihuang City, and Luan Qinghui postponed punishing them until the threat was dealt with.
• The Tree King impaled the monsters with its roots, but they exploded, corrupted the roots, and recovered; Luan Qinghui’s soul-severing sword strike also failed to destroy them permanently.
• Luan Qinghui organized the Feihuang Sect’s Mountain Sea Realm cultivators and the Tree King to fight the monsters, while Chen Fei judged the city’s defenses strong enough and returned to cultivating.
• Zeng Huaizheng, Cheng Haixiong, and Sheng Xizhou questioned Chi Shengsheng about the monsters, and he said similar beings had emerged during the calamity that caused the top sects to disappear ten thousand years earlier.

After Feihuang City’s monster scare ended, Chen Fei stayed to cultivate until his Purple Heaven Mystic Demon Sword reached Perfection, then left the city. Zeng Huaizheng and two Sky Illusion Valley cultivators followed him to attack, but Chen Fei vanished from their perception.

• Luan Qinghui sensed a powerful monster near Feihuang City, led the Feihuang Sect back inside, and ordered the city sealed for a month.
• The Qingyan Holy Land searched Qingxu Gorge and Feihuang City’s surroundings but found no monsters, then took one sealed monster away.
• Chen Fei remained in Feihuang City to cultivate, reaching Great Perfection in the Sin Blood Shadow Escape Art and Perfection in the Purple Heaven Mystic Demon Sword.
• Zeng Huaizheng waited for Chen Fei to leave, then summoned Sheng Xizhou and Qi Yunhong to follow him while Chi Shengsheng and Cheng were away.
• Chen Fei left through Feihuang City’s east gate, flew a hundred miles, and then vanished, causing Zeng Huaizheng to lose track of him.

Chen Fei confronted Zeng Huaizheng, Qi Yunhong, and Sheng Xizhou after they tracked him down and attacked him, but he proved stronger than their combined assault. He evaded their next barrage and struck at Qi Yunhong, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Zeng Huaizheng failed to track Chen Fei until Chen Fei appeared before him, Qi Yunhong, and Sheng Xizhou and revealed his spatial movement talent.
• Zeng Huaizheng trapped the area in a formation that disrupted spatial movement, and Qi Yunhong and Sheng Xizhou attacked Chen Fei while Zeng Huaizheng deployed illusions.
• Chen Fei broke Zeng Huaizheng's illusion and blocked Qi Yunhong's and Sheng Xizhou's combined attack with the Qian Yuan Sword.
• Chen Fei unleashed lightning and thrust at Qi Yunhong, while Sheng Xizhou and Zeng Huaizheng gathered their strength for another assault.
• Chen Fei shifted behind Qi Yunhong and slashed toward his neck, and Qi Yunhong twisted the Shattered Moon Saber behind him to block.

Chen Fei defeated the three Sky Illusion Valley cultivators who had tried to trap him, killing Qi Yunhong, Zeng Huaizheng, and Sheng Xizhou. After absorbing their spiritual essence into his clone, he noticed a jade talisman was guiding someone toward them.

• Chen Fei used a formation disk to stop Qi Yunhong, Zeng Huaizheng, and Sheng Xizhou from teleporting back to Sky Illusion Valley, then killed the gravely wounded Qi Yunhong and destroyed his Blood Soul Seal.
• Chen Fei broke through Zeng Huaizheng's True Illusion Technique, found his true body, and killed him before he could escape.
• Sheng Xizhou failed to break Chen Fei's formation and died after Chen Fei overwhelmed his defenses with a lightning-charged sword strike.
• Chen Fei used the Dream Entering Art on Sheng Xizhou and learned that two other Sky Illusion Valley cultivators had stayed behind.
• Chen Fei's clone extracted spiritual essence from the three corpses and charged at the Mountain Sea Realm barrier, while a jade talisman began flickering as someone followed it toward Chen Fei.

Chen Fei used Zeng Huaizheng’s Thousand Lights Formation to ambush Chi Shengsheng and Cheng Haixiong, killing Cheng Haixiong before they could understand what had happened. Chi Shengsheng attacked Chen Fei in fury, and their swords clashed as the fight began.

• Chen Fei took the spirit treasures and formation disk from his defeated enemies, then headed toward the remaining pursuers while leaving traces of their auras.
• Chi Shengsheng and Cheng Haixiong followed the Jade Talisman to the Thousand Lights Formation, where they found signs of a fierce battle.
• Chen Fei triggered the formation’s disruption as Chi Shengsheng and Cheng Haixiong entered, then pierced Cheng Haixiong’s neck with a lightning-fast sword strike.
• Chen Fei killed Cheng Haixiong and severed his Blood Soul Seal before Chi Shengsheng could save him.
• Chi Shengsheng attacked Chen Fei with Phoenix Wings Soar Through the Heavens, and Chen Fei blocked the Heavenly Descent Sword with the Qian Yuan Sword.

Chen Fei killed Chi Shengsheng after overwhelming his desperate attacks, then used the spiritual essence from him and Cheng Haixiong to strengthen his clone. He fled toward Qianyan City as the clone formed three divine palaces, while Sky Illusion Valley discovered the deaths of five of its Mountain Sea Realm cultivators.

• Chi Shengsheng’s sword revealed Chen Fei’s strength, and he realized Zeng Huaizheng and the others had been killed and that he had walked into a trap.
• Chen Fei pursued Chi Shengsheng as he tried to escape through the Thousand Lights Formation, and Chi Shengsheng burned his divine soul to survive their first clash.
• Chen Fei overpowered Chi Shengsheng’s defenses and killed him, then gathered the spiritual essence of Chi Shengsheng and Cheng Haixiong.
• Chen Fei fed the spiritual essence to his clone, which broke through the Mountain Sea Realm and formed three divine palaces containing the Domain Suppression and Sword Sect talents.
• Chen Fei collected the formation and spirit treasures, erased the remaining imprints, and fled toward Qianyan City as Sky Illusion Valley discovered that five of its Mountain Sea Realm cultivators had died.

Jiang Yuming investigated the deaths of Chi Shengsheng and four other Sky Illusion Valley cultivators, using the True Illusion Technique to trace the killer’s movements. He identified a likely suspect but found the trail erased, so he damaged his own origin to force one last tracking mark toward the killing site.

• Jiang Yuming reconstructed the battle from lingering Divine Soul imprints and found that the killer had defeated Sheng Xizhou, Qi Yunhong, and Zeng Huaizheng with overwhelming speed.
• Jiang Yuming questioned Luan Qinghui and used Feihuang Sect records to identify a Mountain Sea Realm cultivator who had stayed near Zeng Huaizheng’s Wine House.
• Jiang Yuming found that the suspected killer had erased the Divine Soul imprints from his Guest Room at the Fragrant Lang Inn.
• Jiang Yuming confirmed with Qu Shangzheng that the suspect had exchanged Black God subordinates for a damaged Purple Firmament Heavenly Thunder Art, but Qu Shangzheng had no further information.
• Jiang Yuming gathered the remaining imprints despite damaging his origin, and the resulting mark traveled to the site where Sheng Xizhou’s group had died.

Jiang Yuming used his Heart of Sincerity to trace Chen Fei after the killings, but Chen Fei’s teleportation stopped the pursuit. Chen Fei upgraded his clone, salvaged the spiritual treasures of Sheng Xizhou and the others, and returned safely to Qianyan City to sort through his gains.

• Jiang Yuming tracked the killer’s imprint southeast, but it stopped when Chen Fei teleported away, forcing Jiang Yuming to destroy it.
• Chen Fei completed his clone’s upgrade, giving it three divine palaces and peak Early Mountain Sea Realm cultivation.
• Chen Fei extracted spiritual essence from four spiritual treasures to strengthen the Qian Yuan Sword and Hidden Origin Bell, then altered Zeng Huaizheng’s Spirit Shocking Jade Pendant to hide its origins.
• Chen Fei confirmed no one was pursuing him and teleported toward Qianyan City with the remaining spoils.
• Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, where Nie Li sensed his arrival and Tang Shouchang noticed that he had grown stronger.
• Chen Fei began sorting through the collections of Sheng Xizhou and the other five.

Chen Fei studied the spoils from Sky Illusion Valley and fused the Thousand Illusory Body Technique with two of his cultivation arts. He discovered that the resulting Thousand Illusory Sword Slaying Profound could give illusory Xuanyuan Swords traces of the Xuanyuan Sword's true spirit, and he considered the power of creating more than a thousand of them.

• Chen Fei sorted the nearly forty thousand High-grade Spirit Stones' worth of spoils and examined the remaining cultivation jade slips.
• Chen Fei studied Zeng Huaizheng's Thousand Illusory Body Technique and considered using its phantoms to improve his combat methods.
• Chen Fei fused the Thousand Illusory Body Technique with the Heaven Escaping Steps and the Nine Nether Sword Slaying Profound, creating the Thousand Illusory Heaven Escaping Steps and the Thousand Illusory Sword Slaying Profound.
• Chen Fei activated the Thousand Illusory Sword Slaying Profound and saw a phantom Xuanyuan Sword appear beside the original.
• Chen Fei discovered that the phantom Xuanyuan Sword could receive a trace of the Xuanyuan Sword's true spirit and imagined creating more than a thousand such swords.

Chen Fei developed a powerful but taxing sword technique, fused several incomplete manuals into the Purple Heaven Gang Sword, and continued cultivating. He used Heavenly Evolution Grass to help Feng Xiupu, Zhou Zixun, and Chi Shuqing break through to the Joint Aperture Realm, marking a major advance for the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.

• Chen Fei formed twenty Xuanyuan Sword phantoms with true spirits before stopping because the strain threatened his mind and soul.
• Chen Fei fused five incomplete techniques into the Purple Heaven Gang Sword, raising it above ordinary top-tier branch techniques in profundity.
• Chen Fei cultivated for a month and brought the Thousand Illusory Heaven Escaping Steps to the Great Perfection Realm.
• Chen Fei gave Heavenly Evolution Grass to Feng Xiupu, Zhou Zixun, and Chi Shuqing and helped them refine it.
• Feng Xiupu, Zhou Zixun, and Chi Shuqing each broke through to the Joint Aperture Realm, exciting the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.

Chen Fei strengthened his techniques and tested the devastating attacks he had stored in his Space Grid, earning Nie Li’s complete loyalty. When an altar emerged from the void in the Thousand Feathers Alliance, Min Yanlu and his companions asked Chen Fei to help drive out the demon kings and claim it, and he agreed to leave the next day.

• Feng Xiupu, Chi Shuqing, and Zhou Zixun used Heavenly Evolution Grass to advance to the Joint Aperture Realm, and Chen Fei gave the remaining stalks to Qu Qingsheng under a contribution requirement.
• Chen Fei killed a fourth-tier anomaly threatening Qianyan City, then spent months cultivating until his Sword Sect Talent and Purple Heaven Gang Sword reached perfection.
• Chen Fei demonstrated powerful stored sword attacks to Nie Li, who became fully loyal to him after seeing how vast the strength gap was.
• Min Yanlu arrived with True Person Haiyue and Yan Yinwen to report that an altar had fallen from the void into the Space Channel in the Thousand Feathers Alliance.
• Chen Fei agreed to go with them the next day to drive out the demon kings and retrieve the altar, saying Nie Li was too weak to join.

Chen Fei traveled with Min Yanlu, Yan Yinwen, and True Person Haiyue to the Thousand Feathers Alliance to confront its monster kings. When they discovered that eight monster kings, including two at the peak of the early fourth tier, awaited them, Chen Fei insisted they could still fight.

• Chen Fei revealed his Mountain Sea Realm clone and agreed to help Min Yanlu, Yan Yinwen, and True Person Haiyue confront the monster kings.
• The four left Qianyan City and crossed the devastated Thousand Feathers Alliance, where Chen Fei recognized the ruined former grounds of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect on Chenshui Island.
• Min Yanlu explained that the five monster kings were gathered near the fallen altar, and Chen Fei agreed to kill one while the others held off the rest.
• As the four approached, they discovered six monster kings, including one at the peak of the early fourth tier.
• Two more monster kings appeared, bringing the total to eight, but Chen Fei told Min Yanlu and the others that they could still fight.

Chen Fei charged toward eight demon kings despite Min Yanlu and the others’ fears, and the three chose to follow him. When the demon kings attacked, Chen Fei used the Hidden Origin Bell to block Lei Xiehu’s claw, leaving the outcome of the clash unresolved.

• Chen Fei told Min Yanlu, True Person Haiyue, and Yan Yinwen to wait while he tested the demon kings, and promised to hold them off if necessary.
• Min Yanlu and True Person Haiyue followed Chen Fei into battle, and Yan Yinwen decided to join them after weighing the risk.
• The eight demon kings spotted the four cultivators approaching and rushed to attack them, while the Dragon Pattern Fish appeared behind Min Yanlu and the others to block their retreat.
• Lei Xiehu, the Kongtong Python, and the Tianji Ape attacked Chen Fei as the other five demon kings charged Min Yanlu and the others.
• Chen Fei summoned the Hidden Origin Bell to meet Lei Xiehu’s claw, and its golden barrier shattered as the force struck him.

Chen Fei turned the Demon Kings’ attack around, killing the Tianji Ape and badly injuring the Kongtong Python as the others rushed to help Lei Xiehu. His avatar struck down the Dragon Pattern Fish, leaving the remaining Demon Kings facing his overwhelming strength.

• Chen Fei blocked attacks from Lei Xiehu, the Kongtong Python, and the Tianji Ape without retreating, then seized the Tianji Ape’s Sky-Overturning Cudgel.
• Chen Fei swung the Tianji Ape into the Kongtong Python, crushing half of the python’s body and leaving the ape badly injured.
• Chen Fei pierced the Tianji Ape through the chest with its own cudgel and killed it, then charged the wounded Kongtong Python.
• Lei Xiehu intervened to protect the Kongtong Python as the other five Demon Kings abandoned their opponents and rushed toward Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei’s avatar pierced the Dragon Pattern Fish’s head with the Chang Heng Sword while Min Yanlu and the others tried to stop the charging Demon Kings.

Chen Fei overwhelmed the Demon Kings, killing several and forcing Lei Xiehu to flee. With the remaining enemies trapped, Chen Fei’s clone singled out Yan Xie while Min Yanlu and the other two faced the last pair.

• Chen Fei’s clone killed Dragon Pattern Fish with one sword strike and used phantoms to stop four Demon Kings from aiding Lei Xiehu.
• Chen Fei emerged unharmed from Lei Xiehu’s lightning and cleaved Kongtong Python in two with the Qian Yuan Sword.
• After another Demon King died, Lei Xiehu feigned a desperate last stand, then burned its divine soul to escape at full speed.
• The three Demon Kings trapped by Min Yanlu and the others realized they had no chance to flee once Chen Fei joined the fight.
• Yan Xie recognized Chen Fei’s clone as the cultivator connected to its offspring’s death and regretted not pursuing him earlier.
• Chen Fei’s clone isolated Yan Xie with the Chang Heng Sword, leaving the other two Demon Kings to Min Yanlu and the other two.

Chen Fei defeated Lei Xiehu and enslaved it after the Demon King surrendered to save its life. Lei Xiehu reached Qianyan City and announced that it would protect the sect, stunning the city’s defenders and residents.

• Chen Fei slew Yan Xie with his clone while his true body caught up to Lei Xiehu and overwhelmed it with lightning and sword strikes.
• Lei Xiehu surrendered, and Chen Fei spent two hours engraving runes on its divine soul to enslave it.
• Min Yanlu, Yan Yinwen, and True Person Haiyue learned that the five Demon Kings behind the attack on the Thousand Feathers Alliance had been killed, while they divided the remaining two among themselves.
• Chen Fei told Min Yanlu that Lei Xiehu had been sent to Qianyan City, where Tang Shouchang, Ning Bo Zheng, and Nie Li prepared to confront the approaching Demon King.
• A sword phantom carrying Chen Fei’s aura appeared above Lei Xiehu, which announced that it had come to Qianyan City to protect the sect by its master’s command.