Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei mastered the ice Heavenly Dao and advanced his Hun Tian Sword Chapter while his Night Demon War Soldier fought the Yuanlin Sea’s strongest evil creature. Nan Caiming and Chu Keqing joined forces against the avatar, suspecting Chen Fei had mastered several more Heavenly Daos.

• Chen Fei completed his mastery of the ice Heavenly Dao, bringing his complete Heavenly Daos to nine, and continued cultivating the Hun Tian Sword Chapter toward great perfection.
• The Night Demon War Soldier stopped beating the Yuanlin Sea’s strongest evil creature, which fled into the sea despite the shattered Heavenly Dao urging it to attack.
• Nan Caiming appeared above Chen Fei’s black barrier, and Shi Ding'an recognized the Space Dao Ancestor and fled.
• Nan Caiming attacked the Night Demon War Soldier, but their sword clash sent him retreating after the avatar’s strength and Heavenly Dao power surprised him.
• Nan Caiming called for Chu Keqing’s help, and Chu Keqing appeared, sensing that Chen Fei controlled more than six complete Heavenly Daos and perhaps more than seven.

Chu Keqing and Nan Caiming joined forces to attack Chen Fei’s Night Demon War Soldier, but it defended the black barrier and withstood their assaults. When the two Dao Ancestors went all out, the Night Demon War Soldier unleashed its final Black Jade Power and entered a mutual-destruction state, leaving both attackers forced back as cracks spread across its body.

• Chu Keqing asked Chen Fei to reveal his secret, but the Night Demon War Soldier said it was an innate trait of the divine soul.
• Chu Keqing sent his Yang Extreme Body to attack the black barrier while Nan Caiming and his Yin Extreme Body engaged the Night Demon War Soldier.
• The Night Demon War Soldier used the Space Heavenly Dao, Three Heads Six Arms, and the Frost Sky Domain to block their combined attacks and recover its aura.
• Chu Keqing switched to the Destruction Heavenly Dao, and he and Nan Caiming struck again, but the Night Demon War Soldier blocked them and restored itself with Black Jade Power.
• Chu Keqing entered a life-risking state and Nan Caiming poured his power into the Fire Heavenly Dao as the Night Demon War Soldier merged its last Black Jade Power into itself.
• The Night Demon War Soldier collided with Nan Caiming and forced both Dao Ancestors back, but cracks appeared across its body.

Chen Fei used his improved strength and formations to turn the ambush against Nan Caiming and Chu Keqing. He severed Nan Caiming in two with a single sword strike, while Chu Keqing remained delayed by the Night Demon War Soldier’s formation.

• Nan Caiming and Chu Keqing attacked the Night Demon War Soldier, but Chen Fei blocked their combined strike from behind the black barrier.
• Shi Ding'an sensed the battle from a million miles away and continued fleeing so he would not burden Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei revealed that cultivating the Hun Tian Sword Chapter to great perfection and advancing Dragon Elephant Void Return had brought his physical strength close to the Dao Ancestor of Strength’s.
• Chen Fei wounded Nan Caiming in a direct clash and used the Black Tortoise Formation and the Night Demon War Soldier’s Azure Dragon Formation to delay Chu Keqing.
• Chen Fei severed Nan Caiming’s connection to the Space Heavenly Dao, overpowered the Kong Xuan Sword, and cut Nan Caiming in two.

Chen Fei relentlessly pursued the badly wounded Nan Caiming while Chu Keqing remained pinned down by the Night Demon War Soldiers’ formations. Chen Fei halted Nan Caiming briefly with the Time Rule and struck off his head, leaving Chu Keqing isolated.

• Nan Caiming fused his severed body back together with the Fire Heavenly Dao and retreated, hoping Chu Keqing would come to his aid.
• Chu Keqing remained trapped in repeated ninth order top-grade grand formations, while Chen Fei interfered with his attempts to escape using the Space Heavenly Dao.
• Nan Caiming burned his power to accelerate his recovery, while Chu Keqing weighed fleeing if Nan Caiming could not survive.
• Chen Fei used the Frost Sky Domain and Sharpness Heavenly Dao to catch up with Nan Caiming, then froze him momentarily with the Time Rule.
• Nan Caiming raised the Kong Xuan Sword to defend himself, but Chen Fei swept the Qian Yuan Sword across his neck and severed his head.

Chen Fei killed Nan Caiming, forcing Chu Keqing to flee, and discovered that the Immortal Ascension Path was about to appear ahead of schedule. Nan Caiming’s death shook the Void Return Realm as Chen Fei began preparing for the coming upheaval.

• Chen Fei destroyed Nan Caiming’s body and Dao after a sword strike, then watched Chu Keqing escape through the karma heavenly Dao.
• Chen Fei extracted a portion of Nan Caiming’s talent and found that his soul fragments resisted the God Devouring secret art.
• The Time Rule Crystal showed Chen Fei the hidden Immortal Ascension Path as the Void Return Realm’s heavenly Daos resonated and the realm began changing.
• Supreme Realm cultivators sensed the Immortal Ascension Path’s early emergence and the rapid weakening of the fire heavenly Dao, leading them to suspect Nan Caiming had died.
• The Void Race panicked when Nan Caiming’s soul lamp went out, while Ran Yangguan hesitated to attack them for fear of provoking his killer.
• Chen Fei sat in the Yuanlin Sea and prepared to turn spirit crystals and spiritual materials into strength.

Chen Fei used Nan Caiming’s spiritual essence and resources to master the Space Heavenly Dao, then began the tribulation to reach the ninth order peak. As others reacted to his rise and plotted around him, the chapter left Chen Fei facing the Dao Fruit Tribulation.

• Chen Fei shattered Nan Caiming’s spiritual essence and used the resulting insights to advance Dragon Elephant Void Return and master the Space Heavenly Dao.
• Supreme Realm cultivators concluded that Nan Caiming had died and avoided competing for the Space Heavenly Dao, while Ni Zhongli recognized Chen Fei as his killer.
• Chu Keqing strengthened his clan’s formation and considered relying on the Immortal Ascension Path to find a chance against Chen Fei.
• Ninth order peak cultivators from the Void Return Realm continued to die in the Training Ground, and Ning Jisheng waited for the Immortal Ascension Path to appear.
• Chen Fei claimed all authority over the Space Heavenly Dao, triggering the Dao Fruit Tribulation as his strength rose.
• Shi Ding'an sensed the tribulation near the Yuanlin Sea and realized that Chen Fei was advancing toward the ninth order peak.

Chen Fei swiftly overcame the Dao Fruit Tribulation, reached the Dao Ancestor level, and gathered void spiritual radiance to strengthen his treasures while cultivating Dragon Elephant Void Return. As the Immortal Ascension Path began to appear, seven Xuan Yu Realm experts used plane origin to raise their power, and an intangible path emerged.

• Chen Fei destroyed the Dao Fruit Tribulation’s external and internal trials, then entered the void origin and gathered spiritual radiance with his three powerful heavenly daos.
• Chen Fei returned to the Yuanlin Sea, reached the Dao Ancestor level, raised the Night Demon War Soldier to the same level, and infused the Qian Yuan Sword and Hidden Origin Bell with void spiritual radiance.
• Chen Fei used his remaining resources to continue cultivating Dragon Elephant Void Return as tremors spread through the Void Return Realm.
• Seven ninth order peak experts from the Xuan Yu Realm, including Ning Jisheng, received plane origin and rapidly mastered and strengthened their heavenly daos.
• The Void Return Realm’s tremors peaked, and an intangible path appeared.

The Immortal Ascension Path appeared across the Void Return Realm, drawing powerful cultivators into a contest to become Realm Lord. Chen Fei prepared to enter the path after returning Shi Ding'an and the human race and Xian Clan to their cities, leaving them behind in the Xuanling Domain.

• The Immortal Ascension Path appeared throughout the Void Return Realm, and Dao Ancestor-level powerhouses rushed toward it as cultivators began entering.
• Luan Xianyuan ordered Ning Jisheng and the other five outsiders to kill any cultivators they encountered, while asserting his confidence as Tianhua Tower’s preselected Realm Lord candidate.
• Chen Fei stopped cultivating Dragon Elephant Void Return when his progress stalled and decided he could not wait to finish the method before entering the path.
• Chen Fei met Shi Ding'an, reassured him that he understood why he had fled, and brought him back toward the Xuanling Domain.
• Chen Fei set Xian City and Qiankun City down in their original locations, leaving the human race and Xian Clan behind before he entered the Immortal Ascension Path.

Chen Fei fortified Qiankun City and Xian City before entering the Immortal Ascension Path, where he faced a resurrected expert from the vanished Tao Clan. He chose a contest of arms and killed Sikong Jiang with a single punch.

• Chen Fei strengthened the Four Symbols Great Array with top-grade spirit crystals and the Hidden Origin Bell, then left an eighth order war soldier in Qiankun City as protection.
• Shi Ding'an told the gathered humans that Chen Fei had reached ninth order peak and slain a Dao Ancestor, stunning them as Chen Fei reached the Immortal Ascension Path.
• Chen Fei entered the path and found himself in a boundless white realm, where Sikong Jiang of the Tao Clan appeared to test him.
• Sikong Jiang offered Chen Fei a contest of culture or arms, explaining that a contest of arms would end only in death.
• Chen Fei chose arms and struck Sikong Jiang with one punch, turning him to ash.

Chen Fei easily killed Sikong Jiang and advanced through the Immortal Ascension Path, while other powerful cultivators also cleared its first stage. In the second stage, Chen Fei learned he could take Xu Yaolin as a companion, but Xu Yaolin’s death would weaken one of Chen Fei’s Powerful Heavenly Daos.

• Chen Fei suppressed Sikong Jiang’s Heavenly Dao power and killed him with one punch, entering the second stage of the Immortal Ascension Path.
• The Dao Ancestor of Strength, the Destiny Dao Ancestor, and the seven powerhouses from the Xuan Yu Realm also passed the first stage.
• Xu Yaolin, a Gou Clan powerhouse from millions of years earlier, appeared before Chen Fei as the second-stage gatekeeper.
• Xu Yaolin explained that Chen Fei could choose him as a companion and pass the second stage directly.
• Chen Fei asked about the cost of having Xu Yaolin as a companion, and Xu Yaolin revealed that his death would weaken one of Chen Fei’s Powerful Heavenly Daos.

Chen Fei refused Xu Yaolin as a companion and entered the Immortal Ascension Path’s third trial alone, where he faced Sun Chenghou and Du Shanjing. He effortlessly cut through their opening attacks and cleaved Du Shanjing and his shield in two.

• Chen Fei refused Xu Yaolin’s offer, and Xu Yaolin vanished with resentment after warning that the choice was unwise.
• Chen Fei reached the divine mountain and spotted Yan of the Origin Race among the historical powerhouses gathered there.
• The Immortal Ascension Path began its true contest, and the Void Return Realm and its lower planes displayed the trials in the sky.
• Chen Fei appeared on a mountain platform opposite Sun Chenghou and Du Shanjing, while observers in Qiankun City watched him face two opponents alone.
• Sun Chenghou launched talismans as Du Shanjing defended with his shield, but Chen Fei cut through the talismans and cleaved Du Shanjing and the shield apart.

Chen Fei overwhelmed Du Shanjing and revealed that he wielded the Space Heavenly Dao, then turned his sword on Sun Chenghou. Sun Chenghou met the attack with the Kun Shen Brush, but Chen Fei still held the advantage.

• Chen Fei shattered Du Shanjing’s shield with one sword strike, leaving him gravely wounded and shocking Sun Chenghou.
• Sun Chenghou formed a ninth order top-grade great array from talisman runes, intending to use it to inscribe stronger talismans.
• Chen Fei passed through the array with the Space Heavenly Dao and pursued Du Shanjing.
• Du Shanjing used a blood shield to resist Chen Fei’s sword, but Chen Fei killed him, extinguishing his body and soul.
• Chen Fei appeared before Sun Chenghou and struck; Sun Chenghou empowered himself with talismans and arrays and met the Qian Yuan Sword with the Kun Shen Brush.

Chen Fei killed Sun Chenghou, cultivated with the Dao Ancestor’s spiritual essence, and advanced along the Immortal Ascension Path. At the second trial, he encountered Wu Shijian, who resolved to fight him for the chance to become Realm Lord of the Void Return Realm.

• Chen Fei cut through Sun Chenghou’s defenses and killed him with one sword strike, then collected his spiritual essence and Kun Shen Brush.
• Chen Fei concealed himself with black light and cultivated, raising Dragon Elephant Void Return from eighty to eighty-five percent of the perfection realm.
• Cultivators across the Void Return Realm watched the trials and realized Chen Fei had killed Nan Caiming; several other powerful contestants also completed the first trial.
• The first trial halved the Dao Ancestor-level contestants, and Chen Fei resumed his ascent after cultivation.
• Chen Fei encountered Wu Shijian at the second trial, and Wu Shijian recognized him by his frost heavenly dao aura and prepared to fight.

Chen Fei faced Wu Shijian, the Dao Ancestor of Strength, on the Immortal Ascension Path while the human and Void races watched anxiously. Chen Fei met Wu Shijian’s fully empowered blow head-on and knocked the Boundary Breaking Blade away, leaving the duel poised to escalate.

• The Void Race identified Chen Fei as the human who had killed their ancestor, but held off attacking the human race until Wu Shijian’s duel was decided.
• Wu Shijian built up his aura as he approached Chen Fei, who remained still and waited for him to strike.
• Wu Shijian brought down the Boundary Breaking Blade with his full momentum, and Chen Fei countered with an upward sweep of the Qian Yuan Sword.
• When Chen Fei’s sword began to overpower his slash, Wu Shijian unleashed the Life Heavenly Dao and pushed his strength beyond its previous peak.
• Chen Fei activated Dragon Elephant Void Return and knocked Wu Shijian’s Boundary Breaking Blade violently aside.

Chen Fei defeated and killed Wu Shijian on the Immortal Ascension Path, stunning the cultivators watching across the Void Return Realm. Afterward, Chen Fei claimed Wu Shijian’s sealed Heavenly Daos and replaced several of his own authorities, including frost with strength.

• Wu Shijian intensified the strength Heavenly Dao beyond what his life Heavenly Dao could safely sustain, but Chen Fei’s physique and three powerful Heavenly Daos held his Boundary Breaking Blade in a stalemate.
• Chen Fei used his Three Heads Six Arms form to trap Wu Shijian’s blade and strike him with four Fist Seals, leaving him grievously wounded and kneeling.
• Chen Fei struck again, and Wu Shijian’s body exploded into blood mist; the sealed Heavenly Daos confirmed his death.
• Cultivators watching the battle erupted into an uproar after witnessing Chen Fei overwhelm the long-dominant Dao Ancestor of Strength.
• Chen Fei took Wu Shijian’s Boundary Breaking Blade and began replacing his Heavenly Dao authorities, gaining fifty percent authority over the earth Heavenly Dao and then the strength Heavenly Dao.

Chen Fei mastered the strength Heavenly Dao, then used Wu Shijian’s spiritual essence to cultivate Dragon Elephant Void Return to great perfection. His physique reached the Realm Lord level, leaving him poised to advance along the Immortal Ascension Path with overwhelming strength.

• The humans celebrated Chen Fei’s victory over the Dao Ancestor of Strength, while the Void Race feared the consequences if he became Realm Lord.
• Chen Fei fully mastered the strength Heavenly Dao and turned to cultivating Dragon Elephant Void Return with Wu Shijian’s spiritual essence.
• Chen Fei’s proficiency in Dragon Elephant Void Return rose rapidly as world vital energy surged and the Heavenly Daos resonated throughout the void.
• Chen Fei reached great perfection in Dragon Elephant Void Return, raising his physique to the Realm Lord level.
• Chen Fei tested his newfound strength, dispersed the black light, and vanished farther along the mountain path.

Chen Fei reached the Ascension Ladder, where competitors had to challenge whoever climbed ahead of them, and discovered that each step strengthened the climber with a blessing from heaven and earth. He boldly began ascending, but Ning Jisheng stepped forward to challenge him on the ninth stair.

• Chen Fei reached the lake at the Immortal Ascension Path and learned that its summit's radiance could make a cultivator Realm Lord and strengthen the Void Return Realm.
• Eleven competitors gathered before the Ascension Ladder, including Chen Fei, seven cultivators from the Xuan Yu Realm, the Destiny Dao Ancestor Liu Chonghe, the Chaos Dao Ancestor Chu Keqing, and a Heart Anomaly Realm wraith.
• The competitors learned that climbers had to face individual challenges from the others and could continue upward only by winning, while those who acknowledged defeat could not escape death.
• When the barrier vanished, Chen Fei stepped onto the ladder and received a blessing of heaven-and-earth power with each step, prompting the Xuan Yu Realm cultivators to act before he gained more strength.
• Ning Jisheng went up to challenge Chen Fei, and the Ascension Ladder sealed off the steps as Chen Fei turned to face him.

Chen Fei faced Ning Jisheng on the Ascension Ladder and revealed overwhelming strength despite his apparent cultivation. The chapter ended with Chen Fei killing Ning Jisheng with one punch, shocking the Dao Ancestors and Supremes watching.

• Ning Jisheng recognized Chen Fei from the Training Ground and attacked him with his colossal blade.
• Chen Fei caught Ning Jisheng's blade barehanded and remained unharmed, while the rebound injured Ning Jisheng.
• Chen Fei crushed the blade in his grip, then launched a punch that Ning Jisheng could not evade.
• Chen Fei's punch shattered Ning Jisheng's defenses and killed him, destroying his body and soul.
• The Dao Ancestors and Supremes watching were stunned by Chen Fei's display of power.

Chen Fei killed Ning Jisheng with one punch and continued climbing the Ascension Ladder, but Luan Xianyuan used a God Summoning Bead to disrupt the ladder’s one-on-one rules and rally the Dao Ancestors against him. As the attackers rushed in under a blue protective shield, Chen Fei faced the encirclement calmly.

• Chen Fei tested his strength by catching Ning Jisheng’s ten-thousand-foot saber, then killed him with a single punch.
• Luan Xianyuan urged his Tianhua Tower companions and the other Dao Ancestors to encircle Chen Fei.
• Luan Xianyuan released a God Summoning Bead, which disrupted the Ascension Ladder’s rules and allowed multiple Dao Ancestors to enter.
• Chu Keqing, the Heart Anomaly Dao Ancestor, and Liu Chonghe joined the charge toward Chen Fei, each seeking to protect their own interests or claim the Realm Lord position.
• Chen Fei calmly faced the attackers as a blue shield appeared around Luan Xianyuan and every Dao Ancestor on the ladder.

Chen Fei faced Luan Xianyuan and twelve other Dao Ancestors on the Ascension Ladder, demonstrating that their shared-damage shield and combined attacks could not stop him. As the group prepared to attack again, Chen Fei unleashed the Strength Heavenly Dao, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Luan Xianyuan used the Pot Heaven Shield to link thirteen Dao Ancestors so they could share damage, then struck Chen Fei with the Proud Cold Spear.
• Chen Fei shattered Luan Xianyuan’s Absolute Ice Seal with one sword strike and sent him flying, forcing the shielded group to bear the impact.
• Luan Xianyuan ordered Chu Keqing, Liu Chonghe, and the others to join the fight, and Chen Fei spread Soul Burning Blazing Flames across the Heavenly Ladder.
• The thirteen Dao Ancestors combined their strongest attacks, but Chen Fei blocked them without lasting harm, so Luan Xianyuan ordered another assault.
• As Luan Xianyuan and the others attacked again, Chen Fei raised his aura and caused the Strength Heavenly Dao to tremble.