Chapter Summaries

Lei Xiehu returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and won over its members by acting gently and marking those Chen Fei wanted protected. Meanwhile, Chen Fei and his companions waited for the altar to finish merging with the Space Channel, and it began to glow after more than a month.

• Lei Xiehu arrived at the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, introduced himself as its new protector, and impressed the sect with his strength and gentle manner.
• Lei Xiehu called Chi Shuqing and Tong Linyun his mistresses, then brought Si Yinan over and marked her and other longtime members with protective lightning seals.
• Chen Fei, Min Yanlu, True Person Haiyue, and Yan Yinwen inspected the altar embedded in the Space Channel and found it shielded by spatial power.
• Chen Fei decided to wait until the altar finished merging with the Space Channel before examining it again.
• Min Yanlu organized the recovery of the Thousand Feathers Alliance while Chen Fei and the others waited for more than a month.
• A ripple passed through the altar, which began glowing with shadows moving inside it.

Chen Fei and Yan Yinwen guarded an altar as three early fourth-tier monsters emerged, and Chen Fei killed them before they could fully escape into it. He discovered their spiritual essence was pure and used it to rapidly advance his third divine palace, while the altar remained active and unexplained.

• Chen Fei and Yan Yinwen watched a monster emerge from the altar, and Chen Fei recognized that more were coming.
• Chen Fei’s clone fought the first monster while Chen Fei’s true body struck it down, but a streak of red light escaped into the altar.
• Two more monsters attacked, and Chen Fei used the Hidden Origin Bell and dragon elephant power to kill them, though portions of their red lights escaped.
• Chen Fei asked Yan Yinwen about the monsters’ origins, and she said they had appeared on the Central Continent over ten thousand years ago and were once suppressed by the sacred lands.
• Chen Fei discovered that the monsters’ spiritual essence contained no impurities and absorbed it, advancing his third divine palace from less than ten percent to forty percent.

Chen Fei waited for the altar to produce more monsters, then killed three that emerged and obtained their spiritual essence. After discovering that the essence varied between monsters and could not easily serve as an anchor for the Space Grid, he flew toward the outer seas to test his idea.

• Chen Fei refused Yan Yinwen’s suggestion to report the altar, explaining that the monsters’ spiritual essence could help his cultivation, and withdrew with her fifty li away.
• After an hour, the altar produced three monsters, and Chen Fei attacked them before they could travel far.
• Chen Fei killed the three monsters, but two souls returned through the altar while he shattered the third with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Chen Fei extracted three portions of spiritual essence and found that their compositions differed, complicating his plan to use them to separate impurities.
• Chen Fei left his clone to guard the altar and flew toward the outer seas to test his idea.

Chen Fei tested whether he could separate pure soul essence from sea monsters, then discovered the altar would likely reopen within a year with the capacity to bring over more monsters. He returned to Qianyan City to cultivate, but news arrived that Feihuang City had fallen.

• Chen Fei killed sea monsters and found that the Space Grid could extract only a small fraction of their pure soul essence, which advanced his third divine palace to over seventy percent.
• Chen Fei observed that the altar was accumulating Void Power and would likely reopen in about a year, potentially teleporting three or four monsters at once.
• Chen Fei set up an illusionary body and an array to monitor the altar, then returned to Qianyan City after telling Yan Yinwen he was going back to cultivate.
• Lei Xiehu and Nie Li welcomed Chen Fei back, and Chen Fei entered secluded cultivation at Tingfeng Courtyard to improve his techniques and strength.
• News reached Qianyan City that Feihuang City, over a hundred thousand miles away, had fallen.

After Feihuang City was destroyed, Chen Fei sent his avatar to inspect the ruins and investigate the force behind the attack. He found traces of soul imprints with the Soul Chasing Hairpin, but Liao Zhixiu followed him, and the chapter ended with Liao Zhixiu preparing to act after Chen Fei refused to cooperate.

• Chen Fei learned that Feihuang City had fallen and sent his avatar to investigate while his true body stayed in Qianyan City to cultivate.
• Chen Fei reached Feihuang City and saw that its buildings, the Feihuang Sect's stronghold, and the Peak Fourth Order Tree King had been destroyed.
• Chen Fei found a faint sense of silent extinction near the Tree King's pit and used the Soul Chasing Hairpin to collect soul-imprint fragments pointing northeast.
• Chen Fei detected Liao Zhixiu following him and confronted him in the sky.
• Liao Zhixiu claimed he wanted to investigate together, but Chen Fei refused and continued on; Liao Zhixiu attached a talisman to his jade pendant.

Chen Fei caught Liao Zhixiu following him, wounded him in a fight, and continued toward the destination marked by the Soul Chasing Hairpin. He found a Feihuang Sect secret hall guarded by a formation and a battle with demonic creatures, then sensed a deadly upheaval and teleported underground.

• Liao Zhixiu used a jade pendant to conceal himself and trail Chen Fei, but Chen Fei detected him and confronted him.
• Chen Fei overwhelmed Liao Zhixiu with his sword techniques and blasted apart his shoulder, forcing him to burn his divine soul and flee.
• Chen Fei decided not to use his Formation Disk to pursue Liao Zhixiu and resumed following the Soul Chasing Hairpin.
• Chen Fei reached a hidden Feihuang Sect palace where Mountain Sea Realm cultivators fought demonic creatures, and he spotted Qiu Zesheng among them.
• Chen Fei noticed vegetation aura and an air of extinction rising from dead Feihuang Sect disciples, teleported nine li underground, and sensed a terrifying upheaval above.

After surviving a devastating burst of Nirvana Power at the ruins of the Feihuang Sect, Chen Fei searched the devastated area and found that its treasures had been destroyed. He chose not to investigate the Tree King’s possible role, left for Qianyan City, and began reading a salvaged book.

• Chen Fei emerged from hiding after the eruption and found a vast crater where the land and the Feihuang Sect had been wiped away.
• Chen Fei detected vegetation aura and lingering Nirvana near the ruins, wondered whether the Tree King had survived or caused the destruction, then decided the mystery was beyond him.
• Chen Fei recovered several ruined Spiritual Treasures and transferred their remaining spiritual essence into the Chang Heng Sword.
• Chen Fei found a wooden box protected by a formation, salvaged a book, and discovered that its jade slip was destroyed and its Purple Gold Grass had withered.
• Chen Fei abandoned the search for clues, headed toward Qianyan City, and began reading the salvaged book.

Chen Fei learned that the Feihuang Sect had tried to steal the sealed Black God's power, and concluded that the Tree King had been corrupted and destroyed the sect from within. As three Mountain Sea Realm experts pursued his avatar, Chen Fei's true body left Qianyan City to intervene.

• Chen Fei read that the Feihuang Sect had sought to steal the Black God's power through its subordinates and inferred that the corrupted Tree King had turned against the sect.
• Chen Fei spotted Liao Zhixiu among seven people led by Qu Tianfang, who ordered Ling Shourong, Gu Baiquan, and Liao Zhixiu to stop him and question him.
• Chen Fei accelerated with the Thousand Illusory Heaven Escaping Steps, but Ling Shourong activated Qu Tianfang's talisman and used its Kunpeng phantom to help the three catch up.
• Chen Fei realized his avatar could not defeat the three pursuers, so his true body left Tingfeng Courtyard in Qianyan City and flew toward him.

Qu Tianfang investigated a crater made by a devastating strike and ordered his men to capture the person who had left it. After Ling Shourong, Gu Baiquan, and Liao Zhixiu caught up with Chen Fei, his avatar escaped their opening assault, but remained badly outnumbered.

• Qu Tianfang examined a crater containing the soul imprints of more than a dozen dead Mountain Sea Realm cultivators and decided to capture the person who had left it.
• Ling Shourong received Qu Tianfang's message ordering him to intercept the fleeing man, so he continued the pursuit with Gu Baiquan and Liao Zhixiu.
• The three caught Chen Fei after pursuing him for tens of thousands of miles and demanded that he seal his cultivation and come with them.
• Chen Fei refused to surrender, and Liao Zhixiu and Gu Baiquan attacked while Ling Shourong kept an arrow aimed at him.
• Chen Fei used his black-and-white perception and Thousand Illusory Heaven Escaping Steps to evade the coordinated attacks and Ling Shourong's arrow, but recognized that his avatar could not defeat all three opponents.

Qu Tianfang learned that the elusive fighter was a rare genius, while Chen Fei’s clone continued fighting Ling Shourong, Liao Zhixiu, and Gu Baiquan inside their formation. After the clone was nearly defeated, Chen Fei’s main body arrived and revealed the clone’s identity, then left Liao Zhixiu gravely wounded.

• Qu Tianfang received a message about the fighter he and his companions had pursued and recognized him as a potential genius and future threat.
• Ling Shourong, Liao Zhixiu, and Gu Baiquan overwhelmed Chen Fei’s clone with coordinated attacks, forcing it to use its limited innate teleportation.
• The trio battered the clone until it was near death, and Liao Zhixiu threatened it while the others allowed him to act.
• Chen Fei’s main body broke through the formation, blocked Liao Zhixiu’s attack, and confirmed that the defeated fighter had been his clone.
• The trio attacked Chen Fei, but he charged at Liao Zhixiu and struck the Rainstorm Blade with the Qian Yuan Sword, leaving Liao Zhixiu gravely wounded.

Chen Fei killed Liao Zhixiu and stopped Gu Baiquan and Ling Shourong from escaping. After they begged for mercy, he trapped them in the Xuanyuan Sword Array and entered to deal with them.

• Chen Fei killed the helpless Liao Zhixiu with the Qian Yuan Sword.
• Gu Baiquan and Ling Shourong fled using their Kunpeng Talismans, but Chen Fei intercepted them with his teleportation talent.
• Ling Shourong dismantled his Kunpeng Talisman to boost their speed, but Chen Fei’s sword shadow split the Kunpeng phantom and ended their escape.
• Gu Baiquan and Ling Shourong offered to meet Chen Fei’s terms, but balked when he demanded they seal their cultivation.
• Chen Fei deployed the Xuanyuan Sword Array around the two men, then entered as they cried out and begged for mercy.

Chen Fei killed Liao Zhixiu and two other Early Mountain Sea Realm experts, then returned to Qianyan City and spent months advancing his cultivation and Sword Sect Talent. After consuming the partially restored Purple Gold Grass, he completed his third Divine Palace and opened the Void with his soul.

• Chen Fei killed Gu Baiquan, Ling Shourong, and Liao Zhixiu, while Qu Tianfang learned of their deaths and led his group back to Tianyang Holy Land.
• Chen Fei divided the captured spiritual essence among his spirit treasures, kept Ling Shourong's Shadow Lock Bow, and returned to Qianyan City.
• Chen Fei used the spiritual essence to advance his third Divine Palace and restore his avatar, then began trying to revive the Purple Gold Grass.
• Chen Fei spent months tempering his Sword Sect Talent to Great Perfection as the Purple Gold Grass recovered and the Central Continent grew more unsettled.
• Chen Fei swallowed the Purple Gold Grass and medicinal liquids, completed his third Divine Palace, and used his Sword Sect Talent to open the Void.

Chen Fei explored deeper into the Void to find new talents, weighing their benefits against the abilities he already possessed. He found several talents that could greatly strengthen his defense and offense, then realized four of them could form a powerful fighting system.

• Chen Fei passed over familiar talents, including Prison Suppression, Bronze Skin, Iron Bones, and Raging Roar, as he continued deeper into the Void.
• Chen Fei found Hidden Rage, recognized its similarity to Dragon Subduing Elephant, and rejected it because he already had that talent.
• Chen Fei discovered Tenacity and considered how it could combine with Domain Suppression and Dragon Subduing Elephant to greatly improve his defense and combat power.
• Chen Fei found Swiftness and noted that it increased both movement and attack speed after he was hit.
• Chen Fei realized that Raging Roar, Tenacity, Swiftness, and Hidden Rage could work together as a system that grew stronger during a fight.

Chen Fei chose the Unceasing Talent to strengthen his survival and cultivation, then advanced his Divine Palaces and spent half a year training. The Thousand Feathers Alliance altar began nearing activation, leaving Chen Fei watching it as it trembled on the verge of opening.

• Chen Fei chose the Unceasing Talent over the toughness talent, hoping to pair it with Dragon Subduing Elephant’s Blood Rebirth and improve his ability to survive.
• Chen Fei merged the Unceasing Talent into his third Divine Palace, and the remaining Purple Gold Grass energy began constructing his fourth Divine Palace.
• Chen Fei sensed the Void through the Unceasing Talent and absorbed pure World Vital Energy, then simplified the talent into Deep Breathing.
• Chen Fei spent half a year in Qianyan City, advancing the Unceasing Talent and reaching Great Perfection in the Thousand Illusory Sword Slaying Profound.
• The Thousand Feathers Alliance altar began accumulating energy, but its light dimmed again; Chen Fei sensed it could activate at any moment and watched it closely.

Chen Fei used Unceasing Talent to flood the altar with Void vital energy, forcing the creatures on the other side to send attackers before the altar was damaged. He killed two of the four creatures and trapped the last in a lightning pool, demonstrating that their souls could not escape his Xuanyuan Sword.

• Chen Fei realized the altar was growing stronger and could soon send Mid Mountain Sea Realm fourth-tier creatures, so he used Unceasing Talent to channel Void vital energy into it.
• The altar reached its limit, allowing Chen Fei to sense the powerful creatures on the other side and provoke them into acting before it was damaged.
• The altar sent three creatures to trap Chen Fei and a stronger early fourth-tier creature to attack him, but Chen Fei endured the blows from the three attackers.
• Chen Fei unleashed a lightning pool and killed two creatures, then used the Xuanyuan Sword to destroy their souls as they tried to escape.
• The last creature roared in fear when it realized that its soul could not flee either.

Chen Fei killed four Fourth Order monsters at the altar, absorbed their spiritual essence, and continued advancing his cultivation in Qianyan City. As the Black God formed a domain over Misty Lake, Chen Fei and the holy lands discovered that its threat to the Central Continent had begun.

• Chen Fei killed the strongest monster at the altar by interrupting its attempted breakthrough, then watched the altar lose the energy needed to transport living beings.
• Chen Fei absorbed the spiritual essence of all four monsters, bringing his fourth divine palace close to seventy percent completion before returning to Qianyan City.
• Over the next half-year, Chen Fei advanced his cultivation, and the Purple Heaven Gang Sword reached Great Perfection, causing a heavenly phenomenon over Qianyan City.
• Chen Fei considered seeking True Man Mengying's inheritance in the Heart Anomaly Realm, but judged that confronting the Anomaly Kings there would be dangerous.
• The Black God formed a vast domain over Misty Lake after escaping its node, and the holy lands found they could not break through it despite their Sun Moon Realm power.

After learning that the Black God had escaped into a barrier that barred Sun Moon Realm experts, Chen Fei weighed joining the Mountain Sea Realm assault on Misty Lake. He delayed for a month to strengthen himself and then reached Great Perfection in the Dragon Subduing Elephant.

• Chen Fei learned that the Black God had created a barrier that restricted entry to Fourth Order power and that the holy lands were calling Mountain Sea Realm cultivators to attack it.
• The holy lands offered supreme arts and rare treasures as rewards, while the Black God’s growing monsters threatened to make the barrier more dangerous with time.
• Chen Fei considered whether to enter the barrier and decided to wait a month while cultivating the Dragon Subduing Elephant to gain Blood Rebirth.
• After a month, Chen Fei reached Great Perfection in the Dragon Subduing Elephant, and everyone in Qianyan City heard a primordial roar.

Chen Fei reached Great Perfection in Dragon Subduing Elephant, gaining Blood Rebirth, and later brought Unceasing Talent to Perfection. After testing his strength in the Heart Anomaly Realm, he prepared to enter Misty Lake with Tang Shouchang and arrived at the marketplace outside the Black God Barrier.

• Chen Fei completed Dragon Subduing Elephant, awakening Blood Rebirth and greatly increasing his strength and defense.
• Three days later, Chen Fei brought Unceasing Talent to Perfection, then entered the Heart Anomaly Realm to test himself but withdrew from the Mengying Stone region because of nearby Anomaly Kings.
• Chen Fei killed the Long-tongued Anomaly, refined its origin, and gave Qu Qingsheng several instructions.
• Ning Bo Zheng declined to go to Misty Lake, while Tang Shouchang agreed to accompany Chen Fei.
• Five days later, Chen Fei and Tang Shouchang reached the marketplace outside the Black God Barrier, where Chen Fei planned to stay back and shoot arrows.

Chen Fei reviewed the Black God Barrier’s rules and mission rewards while deciding which team to join for an expedition. Tang Shouchang identified three suitable teams led by Mid Mountain Sea Realm cultivators, leaving Chen Fei to choose among them.

• Chen Fei refined the incomplete Shadow Lock Archery Technique by combining it with his other techniques and strengths.
• Chen Fei examined the Mission Hall’s missions and learned that Black God remained hidden while the barrier weakened Mountain Sea Realm cultivators and prevented them from flying.
• Chen Fei rejected the mission to guard the sacred lands’ expanding safe area and judged the rewards for killing monsters and obtaining sacred land techniques.
• Tang Shouchang reported the available recruiting teams, and Chen Fei asked which Mid Mountain Sea Realm-led teams were not formed by sects.
• Tang Shouchang indicated three remaining teams for Chen Fei to consider.

Chen Fei and Tang Shouchang joined Zhao Ruizheng and Zhao Tianyue's team after demonstrating their combat abilities, with Chen Fei's powerful archery impressing Zhao Ruizheng. The four entered the Black God Barrier, where Chen Fei felt its oppressive force and saw the dark, monster-infested territory ahead.

• Chen Fei and Tang Shouchang asked to join Zhao Ruizheng's team, and Zhao Ruizheng agreed to test their strength.
• Tang Shouchang sparred with Zhao Tianyue, displaying his saber technique before Zhao Ruizheng ended the match.
• Chen Fei struck Zhao Tianyue with two powerful arrows, and Zhao Ruizheng stopped the spar after seeing his archery.
• Chen Fei and Tang Shouchang formally joined Zhao Ruizheng and Zhao Tianyue's team, and the four headed to the Black God Barrier the next morning.
• Zhao Ruizheng led the team through the barrier, where Chen Fei endured its heavy pressure and saw the dangerous territory beyond the safe area.