Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei destroyed Bao Xianquan’s Absolute Cold Domain and killed him with two Heaven Severing strikes, then absorbed his spiritual essence and memories. Wan Xinjing fled after sensing Bao Xianquan’s death, leaving Wan Aili behind.

• Bao Xianquan tried to wear Chen Fei down inside the Absolute Cold Domain, but Chen Fei’s sword strikes disrupted the domain and blocked his escape.
• Chen Fei used the God Slaying Sword to briefly halt Bao Xianquan, then merged a Heaven Severing strike into his sword and shattered Bao Xianquan’s body and domain.
• Bao Xianquan’s true body reappeared badly wounded outside the domain, and Chen Fei bound him before killing him with another Heaven Severing strike that tore through the Primordial Spirit Robe.
• Chen Fei absorbed Bao Xianquan’s spiritual essence, gained insight from his talent, and read fragments of his memories.
• Wan Xinjing saw the distant battle’s aftermath, abandoned Wan Aili, and fled while Wan Aili called after him.

Chen Fei killed Bao Xianquan, captured Wan Xinjing with the Divine Beast Ruler, and returned to Qiankun City. He planned to use the two Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan guardians to draw in their clan and claim its resources, while considering the danger of entering territory held by Bao Xianquan’s race.

• Wan Xinjing broke Wan Aili’s Huntian Jue barrier and fled, but Chen Fei intercepted him.
• Chen Fei extracted the incomplete Formless Extreme Cold Technique from Bao Xianquan’s soul and collected his spiritual essence and Mystic Treasures.
• Wan Aili persuaded Wan Xinjing to surrender, and Chen Fei used the Divine Beast Ruler to capture him.
• Chen Fei returned to Qiankun City, ordered Qiu Gongzhi and the others to maintain order, and gathered the treasures from the Cold Immortal Saber and Primordial Spirit Robe.
• Chen Fei examined the tiangang stone Bao Xianquan had sought and considered using it to upgrade the Hidden Origin Bell.

Chen Fei used Bao Xianquan’s resources to rapidly advance his cultivation while Wan Xinjing and Wan Aili prepared to upgrade the Hidden Origin Bell. As the bell faced a heavenly tribulation, the Xuanling Domain’s forces suffered a crushing defeat at Changya Ridge.

• Chen Fei merged the Formless Extreme Cold Technique into the Nine Heavens Nether Demon Art, gaining a Nether Demon Domain, then crushed Bao Xianquan’s spiritual essence to cultivate.
• Chen Fei used profound light particles and spiritual materials to complete cultivation of a main rule and strengthen his techniques and physique.
• Wan Xinjing promised to upgrade the Hidden Origin Bell within ten days, while Bao Xianquan’s enraged race demanded answers from the Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan.
• Wan Xinjing and Wan Aili forged the Hidden Origin Bell until it reached a critical threshold, and Chen Fei joined it to face the nine-nine heavenly tribulation.
• The outsider races overwhelmed the Xuanling Domain’s forces at Changya Ridge, driving them into retreat and killing many creation realm cultivators.

Chen Fei helped the Hidden Origin Bell survive its Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and advance to a Top-grade Creation Profound Treasure. The bell completed its transformation, bearing lightning patterns and immense power.

• Chen Fei entered the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation to protect the Hidden Origin Bell from being destroyed.
• Chen Fei froze the first bolt of heavenly lightning, which the Hidden Origin Bell shattered and absorbed to begin its advancement.
• Chen Fei slowed and weakened three more bolts with the Nether River, then let the Hidden Origin Bell face the next three alone.
• The Hidden Origin Bell endured the lightning, fused more deeply with the Tiangang Stone, and recovered from the damage.
• The final two bolts struck the Hidden Origin Bell and drove it into the ground, but it rose in a pillar of golden light as a Top-grade Creation Profound Treasure.

Chen Fei learned that Foreign Realm forces had broken through Changya Ridge and demanded half of Xuanling Domain, leading the sides to agree to a Life and Death Duel. He agreed to participate, though he warned Shi Borong that he might not be able to enter the Eighth Order Early Stage contest.

• Chen Fei received Shi Borong's message that Changya Ridge had fallen and sent a Creation Realm battle soldier to investigate the Foreign Realm forces.
• Shi Borong arrived at Qiankun City and told Chen Fei that the Foreign Realm races demanded half of Xuanling Domain's territory.
• Shi Borong revealed that two Foreign Realm races had fled Tianbo Domain into Xuanling Domain, likely after being driven out by the Night Clan.
• Shi Borong explained that the sides had agreed to a Life and Death Duel, where participating tribes would wager resources and the winners would take all.
• Chen Fei agreed to participate in the duel, then cautioned Shi Borong that he might not be able to fight in the Eighth Order Early Stage contest.

Chen Fei revealed his mid-stage Creation Realm cultivation to Shi Borong, then brought Wan Xinjing to the Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan to negotiate an exchange. The clan's leaders learned that Wan Xinjing wanted to return in return for all their eighth-order spiritual materials and high-grade spirit crystals.

• Chen Fei revealed his mid-stage Creation Realm cultivation, and Shi Borong told him the Life and Death Duel would take place in ten days at Nansha Valley.
• After Shi Borong left, Chen Fei decided to seek resources from the Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan without violating the ceasefire.
• Chen Fei and Wan Xinjing traveled in secret to White Rock Sands, where Wan Xinjing used his clan's soul resonance to contact Wan Huifeng and Wan Weizhi.
• Wan Huifeng and Wan Weizhi sent a spider puppet to investigate, and Wan Xinjing told them Chen Fei was his master.
• Wan Xinjing offered to return to the clan if it exchanged all its eighth-order spiritual materials and high-grade spirit crystals for him.

Chen Fei traded Wan Xinjing’s freedom for the Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan’s high-grade spirit crystals and spiritual materials. After Chen Fei removed Wan Xinjing’s restriction and recovered his memories, Wan Xinjing asked to guard the human race, leaving Wan Huifeng stunned.

• Wan Huifeng agreed to exchange the clan’s reserves for Wan Xinjing and traveled to meet him while Wan Weizhi prepared the Sky Horn Formation.
• Wan Huifeng presented the spiritual materials and spirit crystals, and Chen Fei confirmed the exchange.
• Chen Fei removed the Divine Beast Ruler’s restriction from Wan Xinjing and took back memories that revealed his secrets.
• Wan Xinjing considered proposing an alliance but concluded that the Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan had little to offer the humans.
• As Chen Fei prepared to leave, Wan Xinjing asked for the chance to guard the human race, shocking Wan Huifeng.

Wan Xinjing chose to serve Chen Fei as a guard in exchange for the human race’s promise to aid the Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan if disaster struck. Chen Fei brought him back under a soul restriction and weighed how to use the clan’s wealth to advance his cultivation.

• Wan Xinjing told Wan Huifeng he would return to protect the human race, and Chen Fei agreed while warning that he would impose restrictions.
• Wan Xinjing asked the human race to help the Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan if it faced future disaster, and Chen Fei accepted before taking him away.
• Wan Huifeng told Wan Weizhi and the other rhinoceroses that Wan Xinjing had chosen to follow Chen Fei, prompting disbelief and anger.
• Chen Fei placed a restriction in Wan Xinjing’s soul as they returned to human territory, and Wan Xinjing did not resist.
• Chen Fei assessed the Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan’s collection and considered whether to use it for rule comprehension or to improve his mastery of the Nine Heavens Nether Demon Art.

Chen Fei used the Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan’s resources to advance the Nine Heavens Nether Demon Art and master the main rules of snow and frost, bringing his strength close to the eighth order peak. On the tenth day, he left Qiankun City for Nansha Valley, where the Life and Death Duel was about to begin.

• Chen Fei returned to Qiankun City with Wan Xinjing, then chose to cultivate the Nine Heavens Nether Demon Art and the rules of snow and frost, setting aside Dragon Elephant Heaven Suppressing and the True Codex of the Mystic Matriarch.
• Chen Fei consumed the Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan’s entire collection, advanced his cultivation art to the perfection realm, and condensed the rule crystals of snow and frost as a supernatural blizzard swept Qiankun City and Lingbo City.
• Chen Fei tested his Nether Demon Domain and found that it could immobilize eighth order mid stage opponents and greatly weaken late stage opponents, leaving his combat strength close to the eighth order peak.
• On the agreed tenth day, Chen Fei entrusted Qiankun City and Lingbo City to Wan Xinjing and Wan Aili, then traveled alone toward Nansha Valley.
• Chen Fei arrived at Nansha Valley and flew toward the Xian Clan’s gathering after Shi Borong warmly called out to him.

At Nansha Valley, the Eighth Order races prepared to settle their territorial conflict through a Life and Death Duel, while the humans watched anxiously as Chen Fei stood among the combatants. Shen Anpu challenged Chen Fei at a higher cultivation realm, but Chen Fei demanded a larger stake and rejected Shen Anpu’s first two offerings as insufficient.

• Ran Bianqing greeted Chen Fei and invited him to visit Feather City, then the gathered races assessed the forces facing each other at Nansha Valley.
• A boundary formation marked the thousand-li arena, and mirrors and pearls began broadcasting the duel to the races’ main cities, including Qiankun City.
• Shen Anpu entered the arena and challenged Chen Fei, exploiting his Eighth Order mid-stage cultivation against Chen Fei’s early-stage realm.
• Ran Bianqing reminded Chen Fei that he could refuse a challenge from someone at a higher cultivation realm.
• Chen Fei accepted the challenge but said Shen Anpu’s first pile of spirit crystals and spiritual materials was not enough.
• Shen Anpu added another pile of valuables, but Chen Fei again declared the stake insufficient.

Chen Fei wagered the human race’s territory against Shen Anpu’s spirit crystals and spiritual materials, then revealed his Creation Realm Mid Stage cultivation and killed Shen Anpu with a single frost attack. As the human race celebrated his victory, an Eighth Order Late Stage expert challenged him to fight.

• Chen Fei wagered the human race’s entire territory, and Shen Anpu added a second heap of spirit crystals and spiritual materials before Chen Fei entered the arena.
• Shen Anpu attacked Chen Fei with the Star River Blade, but Chen Fei’s frost power froze Shen Anpu and revealed Chen Fei’s Creation Realm Mid Stage cultivation.
• Chen Fei shattered Shen Anpu’s ice prison, killed him, and took the spiritual essence and wagered treasures.
• Shi Borong and the Xian Clan experts congratulated Chen Fei, while people in Qiankun City and Lingbo City celebrated the human race’s victory.
• An Eighth Order Late Stage expert entered the arena and challenged Chen Fei to exchange moves.

Chen Fei accepted Shen Changzhen’s challenge and negotiated the stakes, eventually wagering half of the human race’s territory against the Zhong Clan’s essence crystals and spiritual materials. He entered the arena despite warnings, and Shen Changzhen unleashed his Scorching Sun Domain to begin the fight.

• Shen Changzhen challenged Chen Fei, claiming he wanted to avenge Shen Anpu, while Shi Borong and Ran Bianqing warned Chen Fei about the danger.
• Chen Fei demanded twice the offered essence crystals and spiritual materials, then offered all the human race’s territory if Shen Changzhen doubled the stakes again.
• The Zhong Clan refused to provide more resources, so Shen Changzhen agreed to wager half the human race’s territory against the existing stakes.
• Shi Borong and Ran Bianqing urged Chen Fei not to risk the fight, but Chen Fei entered the arena.
• Shen Changzhen released his Scorching Sun Domain, filling the arena with flames that scorched body, spirit, and soul.

Chen Fei overwhelmed Shen Changzhen in their duel, forcing him to flee before stopping him with the Nine Heavens Forbidden Art. Chen Fei killed Shen Changzhen with a final sword strike as the Waterfall Sun Sword began to draw down heavenly tribulation.

• Chen Fei unfolded the Nether Demon Domain, contesting Shen Changzhen's Scorching Sun Domain and impressing Ran Bianqing and Shi Borong with his cultivation art.
• Shen Changzhen attacked Chen Fei with the Waterfall Sun Sword, but Chen Fei's sword strike drove him back and spread frost across his body.
• Shen Changzhen fled after realizing he could not withstand Chen Fei, but Chen Fei froze his flames and blocked his escape.
• Shen Changzhen threatened to trigger the nine-nine heavenly tribulation, while Chen Fei activated the Nine Heavens Forbidden Art.
• Chen Fei struck Shen Changzhen with the Qian Yuan Sword, killing him before the heavenly tribulation could come down.

Chen Fei killed Shen Changzhen despite the heavenly tribulation he had summoned, revealing strength that stunned the eighth order experts. He intimidated the Zhong Clan, then returned safely as the other races focused on their own duels.

• Shen Changzhen summoned a heavenly tribulation to force Chen Fei from the arena, but Chen Fei endured the danger and killed him with one sword strike.
• Chen Fei secretly used the Bronze Shard and God Devouring to absorb Shen Changzhen's spiritual essence and read his soul fragments.
• A Zhong Clan old woman accused Chen Fei of cruelty, and Shi Borong and Chen Fei challenged the Zhong Clan to send someone into the arena.
• The Zhong Clan's remaining late stage experts refused to face Chen Fei, and the other races let him leave without challenge.
• Shi Borong and Ran Bianqing praised Chen Fei, while the Xian Clan, Feather Clan, and human territories celebrated his strength.
• The other races challenged their own rivals instead, and Chen Fei watched the remaining duels without further danger.

Chen Fei considered the resources he had gained and the requirements for reaching Eighth Order Peak and eventually the Ninth Order Supreme Realm. As he pondered his cultivation path, Yu Zongguan pierced Shi Borong with a spear and challenged Chen Fei to save him.

• Chen Fei assessed the resources in his spatial pouches and considered how they could advance his cultivation.
• Chen Fei reviewed the three steps of Eighth Order Peak cultivation and recognized that he still lacked a method to break through to the Ninth Order Supreme Realm.
• Chen Fei considered whether he could learn a Ninth Order breakthrough method from secret realms, ruins, or the Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan.
• Yu Zongguan pierced Shi Borong through the chest after several dozen exchanges, leaving the Xian Clan cultivators alarmed.
• Yu Zongguan taunted Chen Fei and asked whether he would save Shi Borong, while the old woman of the Zhong Clan watched with a cold sneer.

Yu Zongguan tried to force Chen Fei into a rigged melee by holding the wounded Shi Borong hostage, hoping to eliminate the human race’s greatest threat. Chen Fei responded by invoking the duel’s challenge rules and turning his attention toward the Zhong Clan’s and Mo Clan’s territory.

• Yu Zongguan explained that three Eighth Order Late Stage experts would fight Chen Fei and the gravely wounded Shi Borong, while Ran Bianqing condemned the unfair odds.
• Shi Borong urged Chen Fei to leave him behind, but Yu Zongguan tortured him to pressure Chen Fei into the arena.
• Shi Ding'an offered to discuss terms to spare Shi Borong, while Yu Zongguan implied that Chen Fei’s life could be exchanged for Shi Borong’s.
• Chen Fei asked whether duel participants could challenge one another, then pointed out that the Zhong Clan and Mo Clan held territory.
• Yu Zongguan laughed and accused Chen Fei of threatening the Mo Clan.

Chen Fei entered the arena to save Shi Borong and faced three Eighth Order Late Stage experts from the Mo, Zhong, and Yin Clans. After sending Shi Borong to safety and unleashing his full power, Chen Fei killed Shen Yuanping with a single sword strike.

• Chen Fei agreed to enter the arena if the Zhong Clan's old woman joined the match, and warned the Mo Clan he would challenge its Eighth Order Mid Stage experts if they refused.
• Yu Zongguan gathered Shen Yuanping and Xiao Jihong to fight Chen Fei, while the Mo Clan supplied stakes worth the possessions of four Eighth Order Late Stage experts.
• Chen Fei entered the arena, eased Shi Borong's injuries, and used the Hidden Origin Bell to move him hundreds of miles away when the three opponents attacked.
• Chen Fei unleashed six layers of the Power of Nine Heavens and spread his Nether Demon Domain, slowing his opponents.
• Chen Fei struck Shen Yuanping's dragon-headed cane with the Qian Yuan Sword and shattered her body into a cloud of blood mist.

Chen Fei killed Shen Yuanping and fought Yu Zongguan and Xiao Jihong while protecting Shi Borong in the Life and Death Duel. After refining their combined attack, Chen Fei struck at Yu Zongguan, and Xiao Jihong countered by attacking Chen Fei’s neck.

• Chen Fei killed Shen Yuanping with one sword strike, leaving Yu Zongguan and Xiao Jihong to face him together.
• Yu Zongguan and Xiao Jihong attacked Chen Fei, who blocked their combined strike with the Qian Yuan Sword and refined its power through Dragon Elephant Heaven Suppressing.
• Xiao Jihong sent numerous shadows to attack the Golden Bell Shield, but Chen Fei’s Creation Realm Early Stage battle soldier destroyed most of them.
• Chen Fei finished refining the attack’s power and struck at Yu Zongguan with a sword empowered by the Six-legged Dragon Elephant phantom.
• Xiao Jihong attacked Chen Fei’s neck with the Slaying Evil Blade, while Chen Fei answered with a God Slaying Sword strike.

Chen Fei defeated the three Eighth Order Late Stage experts who had surrounded him, killing Shen Yuanping and Xiao Jihong and grievously wounding Yu Zongguan. He turned to face the trapped Yu Zongguan as Shi Borong blocked his escape.

• Chen Fei struck Xiao Jihong's divine soul twice with the God Slaying Sword, disrupting his attack long enough for Chen Fei to clash with Yu Zongguan.
• Chen Fei crushed Yu Zongguan with the Qian Yuan Sword, but the Spirit Bell Jade saved part of Yu Zongguan's body and origin.
• Xiao Jihong and Yu Zongguan fled in opposite directions, but Chen Fei pursued Xiao Jihong while his battle weapon and Shi Borong intercepted Yu Zongguan.
• Xiao Jihong asked to reconcile, but Chen Fei refused and attacked; Xiao Jihong ignited his power and tried to break through to Eighth Order Peak.
• Xiao Jihong burned everything within himself for a final blade strike, but it only forced Chen Fei back before his divine soul shattered.
• Chen Fei appeared before the wounded Yu Zongguan as Shi Borong blocked his escape.

Chen Fei killed Yu Zongguan after defeating three Eighth Order Late Stage experts, then ignored Yu Shizhong’s challenge and turned his attention to the Zhong Clan. The Zhong Clan refused to face him in the arena, and its ancestor surrendered the clan’s newly won core territory by tossing a piece of jade to Chen Fei.

• Chen Fei killed Yu Zongguan and collected the spiritual essences, Mystic Treasures, and storage bags left by the three defeated experts.
• Yu Shizhong challenged Chen Fei to fight, but Chen Fei ignored him, judging that an Eighth Order Peak opponent would be too difficult to kill in a prepared duel.
• Shi Borong thanked Chen Fei and left the arena, but Chen Fei announced that he would continue challenging the Zhong Clan.
• Chen Fei challenged the Zhong Clan for half the human race’s territory, forcing its cultivators to accept the duel or surrender their newly won core territory.
• The Zhong Clan’s experts refused to face Chen Fei, and the clan’s ancestor tossed a piece of jade into the arena.