Chapter Summaries

Sui Bingqing attacked Chen Fei over Fang Changzhi’s death, but Chen Fei used the Crimson Soul Heavenly Demon and a ninth-order high-grade mystical array to withstand her. He fled rather than risk a direct fight, leaving Sui Bingqing to unleash her full strength against the still-standing demon and array.

• Sui Bingqing recognized Chen Fei and attacked him, convinced he had hidden power and could reveal how Fang Changzhi died.
• Chen Fei summoned the late-stage ninth-order Crimson Soul Heavenly Demon, who blocked Sui Bingqing’s first strike.
• Chen Fei and the Night Demon War Soldier formed three ninth-order mid-grade arrays that fused into a ninth-order high-grade mystical array around Sui Bingqing.
• The Crimson Soul Heavenly Demon’s soul roar briefly delayed Sui Bingqing, allowing the array to take effect and forcing her to treat Chen Fei as an equal opponent.
• Chen Fei sent the Crimson Soul Heavenly Demon to attack and fled with his six wings, refusing to risk a direct battle.
• Sui Bingqing drew the Gluttonous Tear Sword and unleashed her full power, hurling the Crimson Soul Heavenly Demon away as the array shook but held.

Chen Fei escaped Sui Bingqing and recovered from the backlash of losing the Crimson Soul Heavenly Demon, while Gong Yuanyan and Zhuang Shenzhong plotted to ambush him in the Xuanling Domain. Chen Fei returned there first, and the two pursuers arrived at the heavenly gate shortly afterward.

• Sui Bingqing broke the formation and destroyed the Crimson Soul Heavenly Demon, but could not find Chen Fei's concealed aura and abandoned the pursuit.
• Gong Yuanyan and Zhuang Shenzhong decided to hunt the supposedly injured Chen Fei, while Kou Haixia refused to join them.
• Chen Fei recovered using See God Unending and his panel, restoring his ability to summon the Crimson Soul Heavenly Demon after spending hundreds of thousands of top-grade spirit crystals.
• Chen Fei found the eight inheritance grounds in the Broken Plane had been razed, then returned through the heavenly gate to the Xuanling Domain.
• Gong Yuanyan and Zhuang Shenzhong reached the heavenly gate and saw the opening to the Xuanling Domain.

Chen Fei used the spirit crystals from the Hidden Origin Bell to improve his cultivation and began the void merging tribulation to reach the ninth order mid stage. Gong Yuanyan and Zhuang Shenzhong arrived and discovered him undergoing the tribulation, leaving their next move unresolved.

• Gong Yuanyan and Zhuang Shenzhong planned to ambush Chen Fei and use the human race as leverage if necessary.
• Chen Fei cultivated with the top-grade spirit crystals, mastered the Mist Heavenly Dao, and advanced his Dragon Elephant Void Return and Time Subordinate Rule [Past].
• Chen Fei's training produced a fog that enveloped Qiankun City and nearby cities, and human cultivators began refining it.
• Nan Caiming sensed that he had lost control of nearly a tenth of the Space Heavenly Dao's authority and worried that other Dao Ancestors would discover his weakening.
• Chen Fei's physique and abilities improved, and he began the void merging tribulation to break through to the ninth order mid stage.
• Gong Yuanyan and Zhuang Shenzhong saw Chen Fei undergoing the tribulation, and Zhuang Shenzhong asked what they should do.

Gong Yuanyan and Zhuang Shenzhong attacked Chen Fei during his Void Merging Tribulation, hoping to seize his supreme treasure, but Chen Fei turned the tables and defeated them. After completing the tribulation, Chen Fei entered the Void Origin as his cultivation transformed.

• Gong Yuanyan fired the God Extinguishing Arrow at Chen Fei, but Chen Fei slowed it with his Time Rule Crystal, prompting Gong Yuanyan and Zhuang Shenzhong to retreat.
• Chen Fei used the Space Heavenly Dao to intercept Gong Yuanyan and Zhuang Shenzhong, drawing his Void Merging Tribulation over them.
• The Crimson Soul Heavenly Demon disrupted the pair's attack, and Zhuang Shenzhong and Gong Yuanyan split up to flee; the demon pursued Zhuang Shenzhong.
• The Night Demon War Soldier trapped Gong Yuanyan in a Ninth Order mid-grade formation while Chen Fei continued his tribulation.
• Chen Fei easily endured the Void Merging Tribulation, which ended after Zhuang Shenzhong and Gong Yuanyan were left grievously injured.
• Chen Fei absorbed the surrounding World Vital Energy, completed his transformation, and followed a Space Crack into the Void Origin.

Chen Fei explored the Void Origin and discovered the incomplete Black Tortoise Array Art, a ninth-order top-grade inheritance from the Formation Clan. After returning, he advanced to the Ninth Order Mid Stage and killed the gravely wounded Zhuang Shenzhong and Gong Yuanyan.

• Chen Fei stored streams of Void Origin and used the Destiny Rule to search for powerful cultivation arts.
• Chen Fei discovered traces of the Formation Clan and learned how its Four Symbols Great Array had failed to kill the Destruction Dao Ancestor.
• Chen Fei remained focused on the Formation Clan's legacy until he obtained the incomplete Black Tortoise Array Art.
• Chen Fei's soul was expelled from the Void Origin as World Vital Energy surged toward him and raised him to the Ninth Order Mid Stage.
• Chen Fei killed Zhuang Shenzhong and Gong Yuanyan with two streaks of sword light.

After reaching the ninth-order mid stage, Chen Fei killed Zhuang Shenzhong and Gong Yuanyan and advanced the Qian Yuan Sword and Hidden Origin Bell into high-grade Heaven Piercing Mysterious Treasures. Back in Qiankun City, he set the Night Demon War Soldier to refine azure nether divine wood and merged his techniques into a newly discovered Black Tortoise Origin Art.

• Chen Fei stabilized his breakthrough to the ninth-order mid stage after killing Zhuang Shenzhong and Gong Yuanyan.
• Chen Fei had the Qian Yuan Sword and Hidden Origin Bell devour the opponents' treasures, then used void origin to advance both weapons to high-grade Heaven Piercing Mysterious Treasures.
• Chen Fei returned to Qiankun City and found azure nether divine wood among Gong Yuanyan's possessions.
• The Night Demon War Soldier began refining the azure nether divine wood to improve its physical strength.
• Chen Fei merged the Soul Origin Array Art with the incomplete Black Tortoise Array Art and gained the ninth-order supreme-grade Black Tortoise Origin Art.

Chen Fei simplified and cultivated the Black Tortoise Origin Art, Dragon Elephant Void Return, and Time Subordinate Rule [Past] to prepare for Sui Bingqing’s retaliation. After learning about Chen Fei and suspecting he possessed a supreme treasure, Sui Bingqing set out to borrow a treasure to counter his defenses, while Chen Fei’s cultivation caused an illusory river to appear over Qiankun City.

• Chen Fei simplified the Black Tortoise Origin Art into the Soul Origin Array Art and used spiritual essence to cultivate it alongside Dragon Elephant Void Return and Time Subordinate Rule [Past].
• At Yandang Cliff, the Tiger Clan steward gave Sui Bingqing information identifying Chen Fei, his location, and his recent feats.
• Sui Bingqing concluded Chen Fei possessed a supreme treasure and decided to borrow a treasure to counter his formation and Evil creature before confronting him alone.
• In Qiankun City, Chen Fei continued cultivating until an illusory river appeared above him and stirred memories among cultivators within ten thousand miles.

Chen Fei advanced his time-rule cultivation, reached a ninth-order peak physique, and created a tenfold Time Hut while preparing to master the space heavenly dao. Meanwhile, Sui Bingqing borrowed Chang Nahai’s Bright Smoke Mirror to hunt a dangerous creature.

• Chen Fei completed the three known time subordinate rules, began comprehending the frost heavenly dao, and developed a partial ability to merge with heaven and earth after his physique reached the ninth-order peak.
• Chen Fei fully cultivated Three Heads Six Arms and reached great perfection in Black Tortoise Origin Art, gaining the ability to form top-grade ninth-order formations.
• Chen Fei created a tenfold Time Hut around the Night Demon War Soldier and planned to master the space heavenly dao within a little over five months.
• At Nine Bends Island, Chang Nahai warned Sui Bingqing to protect his Bright Smoke Mirror, which she had borrowed to catch an elusive evil creature.
• Sui Bingqing declined Chang Nahai’s offer to accompany her and left to hunt the creature.

Chen Fei used the Time Hut to cultivate the Space Heavenly Dao, accelerating the loss of Nan Caiming’s authority and forcing the Dao Ancestor to seek help from the Karma Dao Ancestor. Sui Bingqing infiltrated human territory to seize Chen Fei’s treasure, but their battle began with Chen Fei sending her flying.

• Chen Fei had the Night Demon War Soldier refine the Azure Nether Divine Wood, strengthening it to the Ninth Order Mid Stage and enabling it to maintain the Time Hut.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Space Rule inside the Time Hut, making Nan Caiming’s Space Heavenly Dao authority drain far faster than expected.
• Nan Caiming searched the Profound Wind Realm for the thief, found no Ninth Order cultivators there, and decided to ask the Karma Dao Ancestor for help.
• Sui Bingqing ambushed the Night Demon War Soldier near Qiankun City, but Chen Fei appeared and confronted her.
• Sui Bingqing attacked Chen Fei with the Gluttonous Tear Sword, and Chen Fei met her strike with his manifested six arms, hurling her away.

Chen Fei overwhelmed Sui Bingqing with his strength and techniques, then pursued her as she tried to escape behind the Star River Map. After his relentless attacks drained much of the treasure’s power, Sui Bingqing summoned the Bright Smoke Mirror and unleashed a counterattack.

• Chen Fei struck Sui Bingqing away in a direct clash, then pressed her with Three Heads Six Arms and Soul Burning Blazing Flames.
• Sui Bingqing used Primordial Beast Devours Heaven to swallow the flames, but the technique collapsed and injured her.
• Chen Fei shattered Sui Bingqing’s sword shadows and drove her back against the Star River Map, forcing her to flee.
• Chen Fei caught up to Sui Bingqing and repeatedly attacked the Star River Map, exhausting much of its power despite her pleas for mercy.
• Sui Bingqing withdrew the Star River Map, brought out the Bright Smoke Mirror, and sent countless Fist Seals surging toward Chen Fei.

Chen Fei killed Sui Bingqing after countering her treasures and time-based attack, then claimed her treasures and learned the Gluttonous Tear Sword Art. The Tiger Clan and Chang Nahai discovered their losses, while Nan Caiming arrived at the Karma Dao Ancestor’s dojo.

• Sui Bingqing used the Bright Smoke Mirror to turn Chen Fei’s attacks against him, but Chen Fei evaded the attack and froze her with the Time Subordinate Rule [Now].
• Chen Fei struck Sui Bingqing while she was unable to defend herself, killed her, and absorbed her spiritual essence and memories.
• Chen Fei discovered the Bright Smoke Mirror and the incomplete Gluttonous Tear Sword Art, then tested how long the Night Demon War Soldier needed to create a ninth order top-grade Black Tortoise Formation.
• The Tiger Clan sensed Sui Bingqing’s death and traced her actions to the human race of the Xuanling Domain.
• Chang Nahai discovered that his mark on the Bright Smoke Mirror had been erased and headed for Yandang Cliff.
• Nan Caiming arrived at Guzhao Island, the Karma Dao Ancestor’s dojo.

Nan Caiming asked Ni Zhongli to use the karma Heavenly Dao to find the thief who had stolen his space Heavenly Dao. Ni Zhongli agreed in exchange for ten percent of its authority and began divining, leaving them traveling through the Void Return Realm together.

• Nan Caiming arrived near Guzhao Island and asked Ni Zhongli to help him locate the thief who had stolen his space Heavenly Dao.
• Ni Zhongli initially refused, wary of the danger and complications involved.
• Nan Caiming offered to support Ni Zhongli on the Immortal Ascension Path, but Ni Zhongli demanded a share of the space Heavenly Dao's authority instead.
• Nan Caiming negotiated Ni Zhongli's share down from thirty percent to ten percent, and Ni Zhongli accepted.
• Ni Zhongli used Nan Caiming as an anchor to search for cultivators connected to the space Heavenly Dao, and the two traveled through the void.

Chen Fei used the Time Rule Crystal to protect himself after Ni Zhongli and Nan Caiming tracked the stolen Space Heavenly Dao Authority to a figure in the future. Meanwhile, Chang Nahai learned that Sui Bingqing had died while pursuing Chen Fei and questioned how a Ninth Order Early Stage cultivator could have caused it.

• Chen Fei sensed through the Time Rule Crystal that Nan Caiming and Ni Zhongli were coming, then used its power to shield himself by placing his karmic entanglements in the future.
• Ni Zhongli consumed his origin to strengthen the Karma Heavenly Dao, but he and Nan Caiming could not close the distance to the figure they tracked.
• Ni Zhongli deduced that the thief was several centuries in the future, leaving Nan Caiming to consider more extreme methods of finding him.
• Chang Nahai arrived at the Tiger Clan and learned that Sui Bingqing had perished while trying to kill Chen Fei.
• Sui Songsun told Chang Nahai that Chen Fei had killed a Ninth Order Mid Stage cultivator, but Chang Nahai remained confused about how Chen Fei could have caused Sui Bingqing's death.

Chang Nahai and the Tiger Clan weighed the danger of pursuing Sui Bingqing’s killer, while Nan Caiming grew desperate to recover the Space Heavenly Dao. Ni Zhongli proposed an uncertain method that might reveal the thief’s true body.

• Chang Nahai speculated that someone other than the human Ninth Order might have killed Sui Bingqing and warned the Tiger Clan against rushing into a dangerous confrontation.
• Sui Songsun said the Tiger Clan had sent stewards to investigate the Xuanling Domain and search for clues about where Sui Bingqing had perished.
• Chang Nahai agreed to wait at Yandang Cliff with the Tiger Clan for news about the killer and the lost Bright Smoke Mirror.
• Nan Caiming decided to kill any Ninth Order Supreme Realm cultivator he suspected of stealing the Space Heavenly Dao.
• Ni Zhongli offered to try a method that might expose the thief’s real body, though he could not guarantee it would work.

Ni Zhongli expanded his search for the thief who had stolen Nan Caiming’s Space Heavenly Dao Authority until he found a promising clue. When the Karma Heavenly Dao warned that continuing could bring about his death, Ni Zhongli stopped to weigh whether to pursue the thief or abandon the deduction.

• Ni Zhongli changed his approach and searched outward from the thief’s hidden karmic connections, while Nan Caiming waited for him to identify the culprit.
• Ni Zhongli broadened his search to cultivators who had not cultivated a Heavenly Dao when the thief first appeared, and a subtle change in the void gave him a promising lead.
• As Ni Zhongli narrowed the search, his divine soul warned him that continuing the deduction could bring a fatal disaster.
• Ni Zhongli considered whether the thief’s future power involved the Time Rule and whether he should try to kill the thief before that power grew.
• In the Xuanling Domain, Chen Fei suddenly raised his head.

Chen Fei prepared for the possibility that Ni Zhongli would attack him by hiding his Divine Protection Resurrection spiritual light in the Space Grid. A sudden omen of death frightened Ni Zhongli into abandoning his deductions, and he denied to Nan Caiming that he had found a clue.

• Chen Fei saw a possible future in which Ni Zhongli came alone to the Xuanling Domain and attacked him over the Time Rule.
• Chen Fei concluded that he could neither fight nor escape Ni Zhongli, so he planned to use Divine Protection Resurrection if he was killed.
• Chen Fei set commands for the resurrection spiritual light and placed it in the Space Grid, where Ni Zhongli could not deduce it.
• On Guzhao Island, Ni Zhongli felt a sudden, intense omen of his own death, which vanished before he could understand it.
• Ni Zhongli decided not to continue his deductions and told Nan Caiming that he could not find the thief, while Nan Caiming challenged his claim that he had found no clue.

Ni Zhongli accepted Nan Caiming’s gifts and chose not to involve himself further as Nan Caiming prepared to hunt for the thief stealing his space heavenly dao. Chen Fei’s resurrection spiritual light erased the threat from the future, and he advanced his cultivation before the Tiger Clan received reports of suspected heavenly tribulation fluctuations in the Xuanling Domain.

• Ni Zhongli returned Nan Caiming’s space heavenly dao authority, accepted his treasures, and agreed to keep the incident quiet.
• Nan Caiming rejected seeking help from the Destiny Dao Ancestor and ordered his people to list suspicious ninth-order supreme realm cultivators for him to kill.
• Chen Fei placed the resurrection spiritual light into the Space Grid, removing Ni Zhongli and Nan Caiming from the future timeline.
• Chen Fei fused the Black Tortoise Origin Art and Gluttonous Tear Sword Art into the Black Tortoise Sword Art, then cultivated it alongside Dragon Elephant Void Return and the frost heavenly dao.
• The Black Tortoise Sword Art reached great perfection, and Chen Fei assigned its cultivation slot to the clear sky heavenly dao.
• A Tiger Clan steward reported that the Mai Clan and Cang Clan had detected fluctuations suspected to be from a heavenly tribulation in the Xuanling Domain.

Chang Nahai brought Sui Songsun and three other Tiger Clan cultivators to Proverb Mountain to divine whether Chen Fei had killed Sui Bingqing. After the mountain consumed fifteen million top-grade spirit crystals without producing an answer, its failure revealed that the truth was beyond its diminished divination power.

• Chang Nahai and Sui Songsun discussed the Tiger Clan’s limited investigation into Sui Bingqing’s killer and considered using Proverb Mountain to learn more.
• Chang Nahai led Sui Songsun and the other three Tiger Clan cultivators to Nine Bends Island, where the Liu Clan showed them Proverb Mountain.
• Sui Songsun used his blood essence to ask whether Chen Fei had killed Sui Bingqing, and Proverb Mountain absorbed spirit crystals as it attempted to answer.
• Proverb Mountain consumed fifteen million top-grade spirit crystals but displayed no answer, leaving the Tiger Clan to infer that the divination could not reveal the truth.

After learning that Chen Fei possessed ninth order peak power, the Tiger Clan and Liu Clan debated whether to pursue his supreme treasure but judged a direct attack too dangerous. Zhao Wenxu remained tempted and began considering a scheme involving powerful experts from the Void Return Realm's core region.

• Proverb Mountain confirmed that Chen Fei had ninth order peak power, leaving Chang Nahai and the others to wonder how he had gained such strength.
• Sui Songsun and the Tiger Clan declined to join Zhao Wenxu's proposal to surround and kill Chen Fei, fearing their clans could be destroyed.
• The Liu Clan also rejected a direct attack, and its members agreed to stay alert in case Chen Fei retaliated against Nine Bends Island.
• Back at Nine Bends Island, Zhao Wenxu brooded over Chen Fei's supreme treasure and considered diverting the danger toward ninth order peak experts in the core region.
• In Qiankun City, Chen Fei opened his eyes after consuming the essence crystals and spiritual materials in the hall.

Chen Fei strengthened his physique and advanced his mastery of the Space Heavenly Dao while the human race and the Xian Clan prospered. As Nan Caiming’s authority over space continued to shrink, he killed dozens of Supreme Realm cultivators in a fruitless search for the thief, provoking fear and hatred across the Void Return Realm.

• Chen Fei used the Time Hut to cultivate the Space Heavenly Dao, aiming to master enough authority to escape Nan Caiming.
• Qu Qingsheng and Chen Fei’s other old friends and sect elders entered the Heaven Opening Realm, and Chen Fei attended their breakthrough celebrations.
• Shi Ding'an survived the Heaven-Piercing Tribulation and became a ninth order Supreme Realm cultivator, raising the Xian Clan to a ninth order Supreme Race.
• The Xian Clan stayed beside Qiankun City and maintained its alliance with the human race, while the Xuan Clan and Sky Horned Rhinoceros Clan also grew under human protection.
• Chen Fei raised his Space Heavenly Dao authority to just over thirty percent, reducing Nan Caiming’s remaining share to less than seventy percent.
• Nan Caiming killed more than thirty ninth order Supreme Realm cultivators while searching for the thief, but learned none of them was responsible and drew widespread suspicion and hostility.