Chapter Summaries

Shen Fei considered ways to draw the Four Emperors and the World Government into conflict while overseeing training at his secret base and planning to seek rare resources across dimensions. In the Marvel Universe, he tracked Quentin Beck after a deadly staged crash and confronted Beck's crew as they celebrated their plan against Stark.

• Shen Fei decided that the Four Emperors might be drawn together by something they all wanted, such as the red Poneglyphs or a Log Pose to Laugh Tale, and summoned his Baroque Works subordinates to ask about Alabasta.
• Shen Fei reassured Chelsea about life on the island, stopped Kuroame from overtraining, and checked on Esdeath and Akame as they trained.
• Shen Fei considered collecting Magical Creature materials in the Harry Potter Universe before Red Queen showed him a bridge pileup linked to Quentin Beck.
• Shen Fei identified Beck's improved drone-based Holographic Imaging System and decided to stop him and take his technology.
• Shen Fei entered the Bull Tavern and heard Quentin Beck and his crew celebrating their plan to target Stark; when one man reached for a weapon, Shen Fei struck him down with a red flash.

Shen Fei seized Quentin Beck’s Holographic Imaging System and burned down the bar, then joined Coulson and Melinda to investigate a time anomaly in Gloucestershire. At the Forest of Dean, Melinda’s attack on the Velociraptors prompted an angry confrontation over whether the creatures could be killed or had to be sent back to their own era.

• Shen Fei stunned Quentin Beck’s group, shot Beck, froze his wound, and demanded their Holographic Imaging System before burning down the bar.
• Shen Fei spotted Daredevil near the fire, returned to his villa, and reviewed reports about Kingpin’s plan to demolish Hell’s Kitchen.
• Coulson asked Shen Fei to investigate a time anomaly near Coleford, and Melinda flew him there in a cloaked Quinjet.
• Shen Fei told Melinda to fire on the Velociraptors pursuing S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and English soldiers, and she killed many of them with the Quinjet’s cannon.
• A person intervened to shield an injured Velociraptor, forcing Melinda to land, then angrily scolded Coulson for killing the creatures instead of returning them to their own era.

Shen Fei accompanied Coulson and the others through an Anomaly Point into the Jurassic era, then argued with Professor Carter about whether changing the past could threaten humanity. After leaving the researchers with his explanation, Shen Fei learned that Coulson had called him because Carter’s missing wife, Helen, had returned with a prediction of human extinction.

• Melinda and the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents killed the remaining Velociraptors despite Carter and his colleagues trying to stop them.
• Shen Fei led Coulson, Simmons, Fitz, Barbie, and the others through the Anomaly Point so Simmons and Fitz could observe the Jurassic world, and they returned before it vanished.
• At a meeting, Shen Fei challenged Carter’s claims about time and suggested Carter had crossed into a parallel world.
• Shen Fei left after explaining his view, and Coulson revealed that Helen’s return and her prediction of humanity’s extinction had prompted him to call Shen Fei.

Shen Fei followed Helen through a maze of anomalies and discovered that she planned to poison the apes she believed were humanity’s ancestors. He killed Helen, took the anomaly-locating baton, and sealed the anomalies before returning to the real world.

• Melinda left Simmons and Fitz with Bobbi and Lance, then Shen Fei followed her into the forest to pursue Helen.
• Shen Fei and Melinda reached Coulson’s team, where Coulson explained that Helen had stolen an important item from the anomaly research center and was fighting alongside clones.
• Shen Fei followed Helen through a chain of anomalies to a prehistoric era and watched her poison a stream where apes were drinking.
• Helen told Shen Fei that she intended to create a new humanity, but he mocked her beliefs and explained that powerful beings would not allow humanity to go extinct.
• Shen Fei disarmed Helen, destroyed her anomaly-opening device, took the anomaly-locating baton, and shot her dead.
• Shen Fei sealed the anomalies with Arcane Gates and returned to the real world with the baton.

Shen Fei dismissed the theory that Helen could erase humanity by traveling to Lucy’s era, then checked his Sorcerer Supreme duties and took Stark to Xandar. There, he asked the broker for information about the Power Stone, but the chapter ended before he learned anything about it.

• Shen Fei returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. without Helen and told the team that he had sealed the singularities; he dismissed Carter’s fears that Helen planned to end humanity in Lucy’s era.
• Coulson told Shen Fei that Skye had found her mother, and Shen Fei returned to New York and inspected the Holy Temples’ barriers.
• Shen Fei invited Stark to Xandar, and Stark joined him after changing clothes.
• Shen Fei and Stark toured Xandar before visiting the broker, where Shen Fei asked for information about the Orb, or Power Stone.

Shen Fei gathered spaceship technology, brought rare ingredients to the Yin-Yang School for Yunzhong Jun to refine Gathering Immortal Pills, and discussed the failing attempt to unite the six states with Han Fei. After checking on the Hunter World and speaking with Ada, he decided to explore a new world and grow stronger before Hela escaped and Thanos arrived.

• Shen Fei obtained the aerospace technology Stark needed, then returned to Earth with Stark and traveled to the Qin Era World.
• Shen Fei delivered a large supply of medicinal ingredients to Yunzhong Jun and ordered him to refine Gathering Immortal Pills while Xing Hun accompanied them.
• Donghuang Taiyi inspected the ingredients and directed Yunzhong Jun to begin refining them and Xing Hun to carry out his work.
• Shen Fei met Han Fei and argued that the six states' rulers lacked the resolve to form an alliance against Qin.
• Shen Fei learned that Cheadle had become chairman of the Hunter Association, then told Ada about Esdeath, Akame, Kuroame, and Chelsea; Ada said she and Robin were busy exploring a ruin.
• Shen Fei chose to enter a new world to strengthen himself before Hela escaped and Thanos arrived.

Shen Fei entered the Under One Person world and planned to obtain its cultivation methods and the Eight Wonders, especially Six Treasures Immortal Thief, while preparing for the Luo Tian Grand Ritual. After Red Queen’s attempted access to Na Du Tong was detected, Shen Fei shifted to other ways of gathering information and considered seeking Ma Xianhong’s Divine Machine Refinement.

• Shen Fei recognized the Under One Person world and planned to acquire Six Treasures Immortal Thief and Soul Binding Summons, using Kamar-Taj magic to make the latter more useful.
• Shen Fei obtained an overseas identity and funds, then found information about the Luo Tian Grand Ritual and Zhang Chulan while planning to establish Feifei Group.
• Red Queen alarmed Shen Fei that someone was tracing her, so he ordered her to erase their traces and suspected Gao Erzhuang had detected them.
• Gao Erzhuang told her father that an unknown hacker had invaded Na Du Tong’s network and escaped before she could identify them.
• Shen Fei abandoned his attempt to infiltrate Na Du Tong and considered gathering cultivation methods elsewhere, including seeking Ma Xianhong and Divine Machine Refinement.

Shen Fei joined New Biyou Village under the alias Wei Zhuang and investigated Ma Xianhong’s Self-Cultivation Furnace, discovering that it contained a living organism and showed signs of Gongshu Family mechanisms. After helping Ma Xianhong improve the Furnace and learning Divine Machine Refinement, Shen Fei proposed making its Devouring Pouches easier to carry.

• Shen Fei reached New Biyou Village in disguise, met Chou Rang and Ma Xianhong, and became the thirteenth Superior Rooted Instrument.
• Shen Fei met Daoist Zhao Guizhen and observed Fu Rong and the other villagers living and working in the mountain settlement.
• While Ma Xianhong was away, Shen Fei used Room to cut apart the Self-Cultivation Furnace, examined its living core and mechanisms, recorded its data, and restored it.
• Shen Fei demonstrated his mechanism knowledge to Ma Xianhong, who invited him to help improve the Self-Cultivation Furnace and gave him Divine Machine Refinement to study.
• Shen Fei suggested that Ma Xianhong make Devouring Pouches smaller and reshape them as bracelets or rings.

Shen Fei reflected on Ma Xianhong’s mystic items and the many cultivation systems of the Inhuman World while discussing the need for a powerful practitioner of techniques. The chapter left Ma Xianhong still searching for a way to awaken Zhao Nian, who remained trapped in his Inner Landscape.

• Shen Fei pointed out that the Devouring Pouch could inspire Ma Xianhong to develop spatial equipment, and Ma Xianhong considered the possibility.
• Shen Fei reviewed Ma Xianhong’s mystic items and the risks of equipping New Biyou Village’s fighters with powerful defenses.
• Shen Fei recalled meeting Zhao Nian, a self-taught practitioner of techniques who had become a vegetable after entering his Inner Landscape.
• Ma Xianhong failed to wake Zhao Nian with the Self-Cultivation Furnace and comforted Zhao Nian’s mother by promising to keep seeking a solution.
• Shen Fei concluded that Ma Xianhong needed a powerful practitioner of techniques to advance the Self-Cultivation Furnace and rescue Zhao Nian.

Shen Fei infiltrated Wudang Mountain to obtain its fundamental Tai Chi Fist manual and asked Sect Leader Zhou Meng to teach him. After their sparring match, Shen Fei left with a deeper understanding of soft force and gave Zhou Meng a True Person Pill as an apology.

• Shen Fei bypassed Wudang Mountain's guards and found Wang Ye, whose sharp senses briefly alerted him to Shen Fei's presence.
• Shen Fei entered the Scripture Pavilion and found Wudang Mountain's Tai Chi Fist manual, where Zhou Meng confronted him.
• Shen Fei explained his interest in Tai Chi Fist, and Zhou Meng allowed him to take the manual and agreed to spar with him.
• Shen Fei and Zhou Meng exchanged Tai Chi Fist techniques in the bamboo forest, drawing Yunlong Daozhang and Wang Ye to watch.
• Shen Fei withdrew after gaining insight into soft force, thanked Zhou Meng, and gave him a True Person Pill.

Shen Fei gave Zhou Meng a True Person Pill, which rapidly raised Wang Ye’s strength and left Wudang worried that news of the pill would draw dangerous attention. Shen Fei then studied Baji Quan and continued Ma Xianhong’s recruitment mission, but the ordinary man he approached declined after learning he would have to give up his wealth.

• Shen Fei gave Zhou Meng a True Person Pill as payment and explained that it could unlock the body’s meridians and potential.
• Zhou Meng gave the pill to Wang Ye, who swallowed it and gained a dramatic increase in strength without side effects.
• Wang Ye sparred with Yunlong Daozhang, demonstrating that his strength had reached the level of older-generation experts.
• Zhou Meng ordered Wang Ye and Yunlong Daozhang to keep the pill secret, fearing that news of it would make Wudang a target.
• Shen Fei studied a Baji Quan manual and contacted an ordinary man on Ma Xianhong’s behalf about joining Biyou Village.
• The man agreed eagerly at first, but declined after Shen Fei explained that joining meant abandoning his wealth.

Shen Fei raided Shaolin Temple for martial arts manuals, defeated its monks, and warned the temple against teaching martial arts to foreign powers. After obtaining fire cultivation methods from the Fire Virtue Sect, he arrived at Longhu Mountain for the Luo Tian Grand Ritual, where Zhang Chulan and the Shining Star Society were also present.

• Shen Fei entered Shaolin Temple's Scripture Pavilion and took martial arts manuals, then severely injured the monks who tried to stop him.
• Shen Fei defeated the Discipline Hall head and broke the Eighteen Arhats Formation, leaving Shaolin's senior monks injured.
• Shen Fei spared Jiekong, warned Shaolin not to teach martial arts to Foreign Devils, and collapsed the courtyard before leaving.
• Shen Fei visited the Fire Virtue Sect and obtained its fire-element cultivation methods for Yan Lingji.
• Shen Fei assumed a new identity and traveled to Longhu Mountain as the Luo Tian Grand Ritual approached.
• Shen Fei arrived at the ceremony, noticed Zhang Chulan, and planned to meet the Shining Star Society's president.

Shen Fei entered Longhu Mountain’s back mountain under the name Gai Nie, met Lu Linglong, and watched Zhang Chulan draw attention with his humiliating-looking rope crossing. When the Luo Tian Grand Ritual began, Shen Fei realized the matchups had been arranged and found himself in Zhang Chulan’s group, threatening the plan to steer Zhang Chulan to the semifinals.

• Shen Fei entered the back mountain as Gai Nie and met Lu Linglong, discussing the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art and her great-grandfather Lu Jin.
• Lu Linglong threw Cang Long across the cliff, and Shen Fei crossed the rope before Zhang Chulan crawled across it while Feng Baobao and the others followed.
• Shen Fei recognized Jia Zhengliang’s Object Manipulation Technique and considered how Divine Machine Refinement could let him produce Mystic Items without years of training.
• The Feng siblings approached Zhang Chulan at the competition grounds, and Feng Shayan reacted with hostility toward Feng Baobao.
• The Old Celestial Master and the Ten Elders began the drawing of lots, and Shen Fei noticed the matchups had been arranged to keep powerful contestants apart.
• Shen Fei discovered that he had been placed in Zhang Chulan’s group, while Zhang Chulan entered his first match in a black cloak and intimidated the other contestants.

Shen Fei watched the Luo Tian Grand Ritual matches before warning the Old Celestial Master that the Quanzhen Sect might target Tian Jinzhong. The warning led to a clash between Shen Fei and the Old Celestial Master deep in Longhu Mountain.

• Zhang Chulan defeated his opponents through a shameless ambush, then Feng Xingtong, Zhuge Qing, and Shen Fei won their matches.
• Wang Ye, Wang Bing, Feng Baobao, Feng Shayan, Jia Zhengliang, and other contestants also won as the preliminaries concluded.
• The Old Celestial Master and The Ten Elders discussed the attack on Shaolin Temple, which they suspected Shen Fei had carried out.
• Shen Fei secretly visited the Old Celestial Master and warned him that the Quanzhen Sect was investigating the Jiashen Disturbance and might target Tian Jinzhong.
• The Old Celestial Master pursued Shen Fei into the rear mountains, where their golden and black true qi collided in a powerful battle.

Shen Fei fought the Old Celestial Master Zhang Zhiwei on Longhu Mountain, matching his Golden Light Charm and Yang Five Thunder with vast true qi and ice techniques before ending the battle and slipping away. The next day, Zhang Chulan won his individual tournament match by forfeit, drawing jeers from the crowd.

• Shen Fei and Zhang Zhiwei battled with golden qi whips and a black dragon until Zhang Zhiwei switched to the Thunder Technique.
• Shen Fei blocked Zhang Zhiwei's lightning with ice and counterattacked with ice spears as Lu Jin and Zhang Lingyu watched from a distance.
• Shen Fei sensed other Inhumans approaching, ended the fight, and vanished; Zhang Zhiwei withdrew his Thunder Technique and said he did not know who his opponent was.
• Shen Fei returned to his room through the Arcane Gate and blended into the crowd as Xu San questioned Zhang Chulan about the battle.
• At the Luo Tian Grand Ritual, Zhang Chulan's opponent failed to appear, so the referee declared him the winner by default, prompting the audience to jeer.

Shen Fei defeated Tie Ma Liu decisively, then Feng Xingtong lost to Wang Bing after revealing the Wang Family also possessed Soul Binding Summons. The chapter ended with Wang Ye and Zhuge Qing beginning their match, as Wang Ye’s first attack surprised Zhuge Qing with its strength.

• Shen Fei beat Tie Ma Liu with his Green Bamboo Staff and won their match.
• Feng Xingtong released Wang Zizhong’s spirit to keep Wang Bing from devouring it, but Wang Bing then beat Feng Xingtong unconscious.
• Feng Zhenghao took the injured Feng Xingtong away while Wang Ai dismissed the fight as roughhousing.
• Wang Ye attacked Zhuge Qing with Tai Chi Fist, and Zhuge Qing was surprised by the force of his punch.

Wang Ye defeated Zhuge Qing by using Tai Chi Fist to counter his spells, then revealed Feng Hou Qi Men when Zhuge Qing risked a dangerous divination to understand his defeat. Zhuge Qing witnessed Wang Ye’s impossible shifting Qimen formation, while Shen Fei recognized that Wang Ye had shown him mercy.

• Wang Ye drove Zhuge Qing back with Tai Chi Fist, forcing him to escape the fist’s aura with his coat.
• Zhuge Qing unleashed a series of elemental spells, but Wang Ye neutralized them by choosing positions that countered each attack.
• Zhuge Qing activated Qi Men Manifestation and attempted to divine Wang Ye’s abilities, so Wang Ye struck him to interrupt the divination.
• Wang Ye apologized to his patriarch and demonstrated Feng Hou Qi Men to Zhuge Qing, who stared in disbelief as Wang Ye freely shifted the Four Plates.
• Wang Ye told Zhuge Qing, “I am the position. I am fortune and misfortune,” while Shen Fei reflected that Wang Ye had been too softhearted.

Wang Ye defeated Zhuge Qing by revealing Feng Hou Qi Men, while Shen Fei discovered several of Quanzhen Sect’s Four Maniacs at the Luo Tian Grand Ritual. Shen Fei brutally beat Wang Bing until Wang Ai intervened, and Old Celestial Master stopped Wang Ai and confronted him.

• Wang Ye used Feng Hou Qi Men to overwhelm Zhuge Qing, who conceded, while Lu Jin and Shen Fei discussed the Marquis Wu lineage and its connection to the Eight Wonders.
• Feng Shayan faced Jia Zhengliang, while Shen Fei recognized Xia He, Yu Huadu, and Shen Chong among Quanzhen Sect’s concealed fighters.
• Shen Fei watched Zhang Lingyu fight Lu Linglong and noticed other notable fighters in Zhang Lingyu’s bracket, including a Tang Sect member and a Miao woman.
• Shen Fei provoked Wang Bing, then pierced his fist with the Green Bamboo Staff and relentlessly battered him until Wang Ai rushed into the arena.
• Lu Jin blocked Wang Ai’s attack on Shen Fei, and Old Celestial Master stopped Wang Ai’s cane with one finger before warning him.

Shen Fei defeated Wang Bing, earned Lu Jin’s support, and entered the arena to face Wang Ye for the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art. Wang Ye unleashed Feng Hou Qi Men, but his time-slowing Luan Jin Duo failed and left him collapsed, while the match’s outcome remained unresolved.

• The Old Celestial Master stopped Wang Ai from interfering, and the referee declared Gai Nie the winner over Wang Bing.
• Wang Ai carried the injured Wang Bing away, while Lu Ci challenged Shen Fei and Lu Jin offered him help and a business card.
• Shen Fei told Lu Jin that he wanted the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, then entered the arena to fight Wang Ye.
• Wang Ye attacked with Tai Chi before forming a Feng Hou Qi Men formation and launching fire techniques at Shen Fei.
• Shen Fei countered with Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream and golden talismanic sword qi, while Wang Ye used teleportation, clones, and Earth Dragon Swim to evade him.
• Wang Ye emerged beside Shen Fei and used Luan Jin Duo, but he spat blood and collapsed before he could affect Shen Fei.

Shen Fei defeated Wang Ye and advanced to the semifinals, where he beat Zhang Chulan despite Zhang Chulan using Golden Light Charm and Yang Five Thunder. In the final, Shen Fei sent Zhang Lingyu flying repeatedly as the fight continued across an arena coated in Yin Five Thunder.

• Wang Ye conceded to Shen Fei after Luan Jin Duo failed to affect him, and Feng Baobao offered to secretly bury Shen Fei before he warned Zhang Chulan not to try it.
• Shen Fei joined Lu Linglong's gathering, where Feng Baobao outdrank Xi and a drunken Zhang Chulan exposed his virginity seal under the moon.
• Zhang Chulan fought Shen Fei in the semifinal with Golden Light Charm and Yang Five Thunder, but Shen Fei dispersed his attacks and Zhang Chulan surrendered.
• Shen Fei faced Zhang Lingyu in the final, and Zhang Lingyu opened with Northern Frontier Azure Pool, spreading Yin Five Thunder across the arena.
• Shen Fei sent Zhang Lingyu flying several times, while an ordinary-looking young man in the stands watched with killing intent.