Chapter Summaries

After the selection matches, Chen Fei asked for the sect-defining arts of all seven Holy Lands so he could fuse them into a stronger inheritance before the Life and Death Duel. The Holy Lords approved his request and supplied him with the seven arts and a vast number of Myriad Phenomena Bamboo stalks, leaving him poised to begin training in the Enlightenment Room.

• Zhan Xuming ended the selection and brought the twenty selected cultivators and Demon Kings to the central hall for a month of preparation.
• Zhan Xuming introduced the Enlightenment Room and gave the participants Immortal Sound Grass and Thousand Search Pills to strengthen their comprehension and souls.
• Chen Fei examined the Enlightenment Stones, then asked Zhan Xuming for the sect-defining arts of all seven Holy Lands.
• Chen Fei explained that he would focus on the Star God Art while practicing the other arts as supplementary cultivation, and Zhan Xuming secured the Holy Lords' approval.
• Chen Fei received seven jade slips and one thousand three hundred stalks of Myriad Phenomena Bamboo.

Chen Fei refined more than a thousand Myriad Phenomena Clones and advanced the Divine Protection Dream Entering Art to Great Perfection, awakening Dreamscape Derivation. He then fused the core cultivation arts of seven holy lands into the Nine Heavens Star Radiance Art, a cultivation art at the pinnacle of the Mountain Sea Realm.

• Chen Fei used forty-five Myriad Phenomena Clones to advance the Divine Protection Dream Entering Art to Perfection, then refined more than a thousand stalks of Myriad Phenomena Bamboo into additional clones.
• Meng Guangning explained that Chen Fei was the first person since True Man Mengying to be compatible with the Divine Protection Dream Entering Art, while Zhan Xuming reported that some Black God adherents remained hidden in the city.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Divine Protection Dream Entering Art to Great Perfection and awakened Dreamscape Derivation, which allowed him to comprehend and deduce cultivation arts in dreams.
• Chen Fei spent five days completing the Myriad Phenomena Clones, checked that they were functioning, and began reading the seven holy lands' core sect-protecting cultivation arts.
• Chen Fei read all seven cultivation arts and fused them with the Purple Heaven Star Radiance Art, creating the Nine Heavens Star Radiance Art.

Chen Fei cultivated the Nine Heavens Star Radiance Art to Great Perfection and used it to connect nine divine palaces, reaching the Peak Mountain Sea Realm. He then strengthened Sword Suppressing Star River with seven talents, greatly increasing his combat power ahead of the Life and Death Duel a month away.

• Chen Fei found that the Holy Lands had provided no Sun Moon Realm cultivation methods and decided to focus on the Life and Death Duel before seeking them.
• Chen Fei burned Myriad Phenomena Clones to bring Thunderfall to Great Perfection, which helped raise the proficiency of the Nine Heavens Star Radiance Art.
• Chen Fei simplified the Nine Heavens Star Radiance Art into the Purple Heaven Star Radiance Art and used more clones to raise it to Perfection, strengthening his physique and linking his six divine palaces.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Nine Heavens Star Radiance Art to Great Perfection and activated Nine Stars Alignment, linking three phantom divine palaces with his six real ones to reach the Peak Mountain Sea Realm.
• Chen Fei merged seven talents into Sword Suppressing Star River, increasing his attack, defense, speed, and recovery.

Chen Fei strengthened his combat abilities by mastering new movement and eye techniques while preparing for the Life and Death Duel. As the duel began, the Black God’s followers remained a threat, though the sacred grounds had not found where it was creating demonic creatures.

• Chen Fei tested the improved Nine Stars Alignment and Sword Suppressing Star River, then obtained movement and eye technique manuals from Zhan Xuming.
• Su Wenyu caught and killed Ni Mingli, who had hidden near the central hall to place a jade stone there under the Black God’s orders.
• The sacred grounds guarded the central hall and searched the Endless Sea for the Black God, hoping to disrupt its creation of demonic creatures for the duel.
• Chen Fei mastered Extreme Heaven Steps and improved his Heavenly Eye with Thousand Year Gaze, which let him process enemy movements far faster at a high cost in soul power.
• Chen Fei consumed Thousand Search Pills to strengthen his soul as the remaining time dwindled.
• After half a month passed, the Life and Death Duel officially began.

Chen Fei and the Endless Sea forces gathered at the Life and Death Duel site as Shadow Island’s contenders and the Black God arrived. The rules bound the contest’s outcome to the Endless Sea itself, and the duel began with the fate of the plane at stake.

• Chen Fei gave Qu Qingsheng a Jade Box containing his blood as a safeguard for Blood Rebirth, then traveled toward the duel site with the Endless Sea forces.
• The Sun Moon Realm experts and Demon Emperors placed the Bloodwing Phoenix in the Late Fourth Order tier after Chen Fei demonstrated his improved sword strength.
• She Qianling led Shadow Island’s contenders through the Space Channel into the Endless Sea, where She Zijing warned them not to underestimate its people.
• Zhan Xuming and the Endless Sea forces arrived and faced the Shadow Island contenders and the Black God at the duel site.
• The rules of the Endless Sea established the consequences of victory and defeat, and the Life and Death Duel began.

Shen Huawen and the other fighters from the Endless Sea faced Black God's reincarnated geniuses and Shadow Island in the Life and Death Duel. After the Endless Sea lost the Early fourth-rank round, Chen Fei stepped into the arena to fight next.

• You Ziyi recognized Shen Huawen's Overlord Heaven Art and Golden Cicada Force, then defeated and killed him after adapting to their shared techniques.
• Black God's side sent Lu Wenbin, a former Purple Cloud Holy Land disciple, who fought a Shadow Island fighter and was killed.
• You Ziyi later defeated the last Shadow Island fighter, eliminating Shadow Island and the Endless Sea from the Early fourth-rank round while Black God's side retained two fighters.
• Zhu Xiaowen prepared to enter the arena, but Chen Fei stopped him and went in himself.

Chen Fei faced Shadow Island’s Su Lianyuan in the second match of the Life and Death Duel, where Black God’s first victory made the outcome critical. Chen Fei endured Su Lianyuan’s One Man Army and launched a sword strike that reached him through the shattered void.

• Chen Fei entered the arena, and Su Lianyuan answered for Shadow Island with his Splitting Spear.
• Su Lianyuan summoned a Military Formation of armored soldiers and advanced, building his strength as the army grew.
• Chen Fei reclaimed control of the World Vital Energy and used the Nine Heavens Star Radiance Art to reach Peak Mountain Sea Realm power.
• Su Lianyuan surrounded Chen Fei with his army and attacked, but Chen Fei blocked the combined assault without shifting.
• Su Lianyuan retreated into the armored soldiers, but Chen Fei used Thousand Year Gaze to discern his position and the Military Formation’s workings.
• Chen Fei stepped forward and thrust the Hidden Yuan Sword, sending a Space-Folding strike through the void toward Su Lianyuan.

Chen Fei killed Su Lianyuan with one sword, then remained in the arena to face Gu Jijiang, a former Star Holy Land disciple reborn by Black Mist. Gu Jijiang unleashed a destructive reversal of Nine Stars Alignment and tried to take Chen Fei down with him, but Chen Fei killed him with Sword Suppressing Star River.

• Chen Fei killed Su Lianyuan with a single sword, drawing cheers from the Endless Sea and concern from Shadow Island.
• She Qianling asked She Qiu whether he could defeat Chen Fei, and She Qiu vowed to kill him.
• Chen Fei refused to leave the arena and faced Gu Jijiang, who recognized Nine Stars Alignment and revealed his hatred for the Star Holy Land.
• Zhan Xuming explained that Gu Jijiang had once massacred fifteen cities for a breakthrough and had been imprisoned in Demon Sealing Ridge.
• Gu Jijiang reversed Nine Stars Alignment to conceal himself and strike at Chen Fei, but Chen Fei saw through the attack and forced him back.
• Gu Jijiang detonated his light and dark stars and Talent Skills in an attempt to kill them both, but Chen Fei used Sword Suppressing Star River to kill him.

Chen Fei defeated Gu Jijiang and stayed in the arena to face Chi Runsheng, who relied on his windlike movement to attack from a distance. Chen Fei tracked Chi Runsheng’s true position and killed him, leaving the Life and Death Duel still underway.

• Chen Fei killed Gu Jijiang with a sword strike, and the Endless Sea side cheered as Shadow Island’s fighters reassessed his strength.
• Chen Fei refused to leave the arena, and Chi Runsheng entered to challenge him after She Qianling warned him not to clash head-on.
• Chi Runsheng transformed into wind and attacked from a distance, but Chen Fei dodged or cut apart every ripple attack.
• After Chi Runsheng mocked him, Chen Fei located his true body and forced him to reveal himself by striking behind him.
• Chen Fei used a secret art to pursue Chi Runsheng across space, wounded him with successive sword strikes, and killed him with a final slash.

Chen Fei defeated Chi Runsheng’s false bodies, Duan Qingchi, and Mo Rongduan, bringing him to seven victories in the middle-stage fourth-rank match. As Black God’s side sent out its next fighter, True Man Mengying appeared and revealed himself as Chen Fei’s successor’s predecessor.

• Chen Fei waited until Chi Runsheng’s false bodies attacked so he could follow the secret art connecting them to Chi Runsheng’s hidden true body and strike him.
• Chen Fei shattered Duan Qingchi with six consecutive sword strikes, overcoming the Peak Mountain Sea Realm cultivator’s formidable defense.
• Mo Rongduan filled the arena with accelerating Reincarnation Arrows, but Chen Fei shifted through a Space Rift, reached him, and killed him at close range.
• After Chen Fei secured his seventh victory, Black God sent another fighter into the arena.
• The newcomer revealed his face and identified himself as True Man Mengying, the famed former number one beneath the Sun Moon Realm.

Chen Fei resisted True Man Mengying’s dream-based attacks and shattered the Void, proving his mastery of the Divine Protection Dream Entering Art. True Man Mengying then unleashed several cultivation arts and attacked Chen Fei with a blazing Dust Separation Giant.

• Chen Fei recognized True Man Mengying and said he would try to kill him to free him from the Black God’s control.
• True Man Mengying drew Chen Fei into the Void and attacked him with thousands of swords, but Chen Fei broke free using his mastery of the Divine Protection Dream Entering Art.
• True Man Mengying transformed into a giant and tried to crush Chen Fei, but Chen Fei pierced his palm and shattered the Void with the Hidden Yuan Sword.
• Back in the arena, True Man Mengying activated Nine Stars Alignment, the Nine Heavens Dust Separation Art, and the Burning Heaven Divine Fire.
• True Man Mengying’s blazing Dust Separation Giant appeared before Chen Fei and swung its blade at him.

Chen Fei defeated True Man Mengying with a towering Dust Separation Dharma Form, then fought on despite his injuries and killed all ten opponents in the second match of the Life and Death Duel. The Endless Sea secured the match, with Chen Fei left severely drained after his victories.

• Chen Fei and True Man Mengying created matching Dust Separation Giants and clashed in the arena.
• Chen Fei expanded his giant into a several-mile-tall Dust Separation Dharma Form and killed True Man Mengying with one sword strike.
• The Dharma Form’s immense strain left Chen Fei badly injured and nearly drained of strength.
• She Qiu challenged Chen Fei, hoping to exploit his weakened state, but Chen Fei fought back with his remaining techniques and killed him.
• Chen Fei continued battling and, a quarter hour later, killed the final combatant from Black God's side, winning the second match for the Endless Sea.

After Chen Fei’s victory, Zhan Xuming rewarded him with the Sun Moon Realm inheritance of the Star God Art, which taught him how talents could fuse into Divine Ability Seeds to break through. As Chen Fei studied the technique, the Late Fourth Order duel began, and She Mingchuan gained the advantage over the Bloodwing Phoenix.

• Chen Fei returned from the arena to cheers, and Zhan Xuming praised his victory and warned that he might be needed again.
• Chen Fei asked for a Sun Moon Realm cultivation technique, and Zhan Xuming gave him the Star God Art inheritance.
• The Late Fourth Order Life and Death Duel began with Black God and Shadow Island taking the field first.
• Chen Fei studied how Mountain Sea Realm talents could fuse into Divine Ability Seeds and learned that Sun Moon Realm cultivation centered on nurturing divine abilities.
• The Bloodwing Phoenix fought She Mingchuan, whose sword strikes swallowed the Nirvana Flame with Space Rifts and forced her to retreat.

The Life and Death Duel continued as She Mingchuan defeated the Bloodwing Phoenix and Shadow Island won the late Fourth Order round. Shadow Island then won the Peak Fourth Order round as well, leaving the three factions tied with one victory apiece and setting up the supplementary challenge between the victors.

• The Bloodwing Phoenix fought She Mingchuan, who tracked its true body through the Nirvana Flame and tore it apart with his sword.
• The Bloodwing Phoenix resurrected, but She Mingchuan went on to slay five opponents before Shadow Island secured the late Fourth Order round.
• Chen Fei considered how talent bonuses, Divine Ability Seeds, and his Six Desires Demon Clone could strengthen his future cultivation.
• Chen Fei recalled that his demon clone had reached the Early Mountain Sea Realm, slain Fenghai City's lord and his ally, and plundered Fenghai City and Hupao City.
• Shadow Island won the Peak Fourth Order round when its last fighter burned everything to defeat Gu Zhongquan, who failed to break through to the Sun Moon Realm.
• With all four rounds complete, the three sides each had one victory, and the supplementary challenge between the lower-ranked and higher-ranked victors began.

Chen Fei entered the arena to defend the Endless Sea’s hopes against the Black God’s fighters and defeated You Ziyi’s self-destructive attack without being harmed. The Black God took notice of Chen Fei, while Shadow Island’s fighters watched and considered the threat he posed in their later round.

• Chen Fei volunteered to fight for the Endless Sea and faced You Ziyi, who had raised his cultivation to the Mid Mountain Sea Realm alongside Rong Zongying.
• You Ziyi attacked Chen Fei with the Overlord Heaven Art and Golden Cicada Force, but Chen Fei cut through his cicada-wing defenses.
• You Ziyi unleashed a self-destructive strike fueled by his Essence, Qi, Spirit, and Soul, but Chen Fei blocked it with the Dust Separation Dharma Form and emerged unharmed.
• She Qianling and the others on Shadow Island recognized that Chen Fei’s strength at the Mid Fourth Order was far beyond what they had expected.
• The Black God stared at Chen Fei and began to remember the fighter it had once regarded as an ant.

Chen Fei defeated Rong Zongying, triggering Black Mist’s banishment from the Endless Sea and leaving Shadow Island as the remaining threat. He raised his cultivation to the Late Mountain Sea Realm and entered The Void to seek a new talent, discovering See God Undying.

• Chen Fei defeated Rong Zongying in a single exchange, and the Endless Sea’s rules bound Black Mist and banished it beyond The Void.
• Black Mist vanished without resisting, while the Endless Sea cultivators prepared to challenge Shadow Island and use the Realm Spirit Bead to protect their plane.
• Pang Changping began refining Chen Fei’s Hidden Origin Bell and Qian Yuan Sword as Chen Fei consumed the Xuan Ti Fruit.
• Chen Fei completed his seventh divine palace and broke through to the Late Mountain Sea Realm.
• Chen Fei entered The Void, passed several familiar talents, and reached a light cluster that revealed See God Undying.

Chen Fei found the See God Undying talent in the void and chose it for its ability to keep his body at peak condition. After returning, he simplified and rapidly cultivated the talent until it reached Great Perfection.

• Chen Fei discovered the See God Undying and Heart of Sincerity talents, judging both valuable, and decided to take See God Undying.
• Chen Fei examined four elemental talents—Fire Flame, Water Flow, Metal Bane, and Wood Forest—then turned back through the void with See God Undying.
• Chen Fei returned to the starting point with only five percent of his divine soul remaining, and See God Undying took residence in his seventh divine palace.
• Chen Fei simplified See God Undying into Dragon Subduing Elephant and used more than two hundred Myriad Phenomena Clones to raise its proficiency.
• Chen Fei’s See God Undying reached Great Perfection, and its light swept over his body.

Chen Fei completed his eighth Divine Palace and chose Heart of Sincerity after exploring deeper talents in the Void. With the talent reaching Great Perfection, he sensed Shadow Island’s malice and entered the arena, promising to return shortly.

• Chen Fei completed his eighth Divine Palace and entered the Void, where his increased control let him travel farther than before.
• Chen Fei crossed a barrier and examined talents including Sever Tail, Invisibility, Ice Edge, and Divine Molting, but chose none of them.
• Chen Fei returned to Heart of Sincerity, acquired it, and stabilized the power of his eight connected Divine Palaces.
• Chen Fei simplified Heart of Sincerity into Calming Heart Art and used a Myriad Phenomena Clone to comprehend the talent to Great Perfection.
• Chen Fei sensed strong malice from Shadow Island, received the Qian Yuan Sword and Hidden Origin Bell from Pang Changping, and entered the arena.

Chen Fei faced She He in the Life and Death Duel and used his newly improved Qian Yuan Sword and nine divine palaces to withstand She He's regenerating forest domain. After recognizing the limits of his current cultivation, Chen Fei unleashed the perfected Sword Suppressing Star River as She He brought down his strongest attack, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• She Qianling ordered She He to force Chen Fei to reveal his strongest strike, believing Shadow Island could win if Chen Fei was killed.
• Chen Fei examined the Qian Yuan Sword after Pang Changping's refinement and entered the arena with nine settled divine palaces and two partially connected phantom palaces.
• She He concealed himself within a vast forest domain and attacked with thousands of branches wielding sword techniques, but Chen Fei's strike and Thunder Pillars destroyed much of the forest.
• Chen Fei realized She He restored the forest by using World Vital Energy and considered how a domain talent might support the Dust Separation Dharma Form, though See God Undying made that tradeoff less appealing.
• She He unleashed more than ten thousand branches in his strongest sword array, and Chen Fei activated Sword Suppressing Star River fused with nine talents to meet the attack.

Chen Fei killed She He with the Dust Separation Dharma Form, then faced She Mingjian’s immediate attempt to exploit his supposed weakness. Chen Fei revealed that See God Undying kept him at full combat strength, and She Mingjian died attacking him while Shadow Island’s plans unraveled.

• Chen Fei used the Dust Separation Dharma Form to break She He’s enormous sword and destroy his defenses, killing him.
• She Mingjian entered the arena immediately and launched a life-sacrificing attack, hoping to kill Chen Fei before he could recover.
• Chen Fei answered with a second Dust Separation Dharma Sword strike, revealing that See God Undying kept him at peak strength despite the technique’s heavy consumption.
• She Mingjian turned himself into a blood mist and hurled himself at Chen Fei, but the Dust Separation Dharma Sword cut him to ashes.