Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei left Baka’s cave and headed for the Secret Realm’s exit, discovering that his surge in Mind Power had greatly improved his combat ability. After driving off Feng Dali and his companions, he reached the exit gathering, where he noticed a rare material that could help the sect refine Spirit Artifacts.

• Baka gave Chen Fei several century-old herbs, and the two made a fist-bump agreement that Chen Fei would return if he could.
• As Chen Fei ran toward the exit, he found that his increased Mind Power had improved his reactions and let him use his strength far more effectively.
• Chen Fei ambushed Feng Dali with arrows after Feng Dali tried to block his path, forcing Feng Dali and his three companions to flee.
• Chen Fei reached the exit gathering, where disciples traded resources and Iron Tags under cautious, unwritten rules.
• Chen Fei spotted Bell Stone Marrow at a stall and recognized it as a material useful for refining Spirit Artifacts.

Chen Fei traded an Iron Tag for materials to begin gathering what he needed to forge a Half-Spirit Sword, then left the dangerous Secret Realm with Guo Linshan. Outside, Feng Xiupu and Wu Guangyin learned that Guo Linshan had gathered the five Iron Tags required for the trial.

• Chen Fei met Guo Linshan and Jiao Xiangyuan, and learned that Guo Linshan had an extra Iron Tag while Chen Fei had two.
• Chen Fei traded an Iron Tag to Wei Zongzhu for Bell Stone Marrow and Gold Iron Stone, then obtained Soft Jade Gold while Guo Linshan traded away his extra tag.
• Chen Fei and Guo Linshan avoided Xiao Liling's arriving group and used their Iron Tags to leave the Secret Realm.
• Chen Fei steadied himself after exiting and reunited with Feng Xiupu and Wu Guangyin.
• Guo Linshan showed Wu Guangyin five Iron Tags, and Feng Xiupu smiled with relief.

Chen Fei and Guo Linshan emerged from the altered Secret Realm with five Iron Tags each, qualifying for the True Inheritance legacy, and turned in their collected materials for Contribution Points. As the trial ended, Chen Fei studied his growing Mind Power while the survivors departed, leaving the four sects to investigate the deadly changes inside the Secret Realm.

• Wu Guangyin confirmed that Chen Fei and Guo Linshan had each gathered five Iron Tags and told them to register for the True Inheritance legacy after passing the temperament test.
• Guo Linshan exchanged his bundle for 13,600 Contribution Points, while Chen Fei kept selected materials and received 3,100 Contribution Points for the rest.
• Chen Fei studied his strengthened Mind Power, sensed an Aperture within his body, and used the Thousand Source Incantation to cultivate inner force automatically.
• After three days, the Secret Realm entrance closed, and Chen Fei saw that fewer than fifty Marrow Refining Realm and fewer than a hundred Viscera Refining Realm martial artists had survived.
• Wu Guangyin led the Yuan Chen Sword Sect away from the valley to report the trial's heavy losses and the Secret Realm's unexplained transformation.

After passing the True Inheritance Trial, Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and spent five days refining pills while preparing for the temperament test. He rejected Qian Guangji’s offer to buy his Aperture Breaking Pill and decided to learn more about the sect’s rules before taking the test.

• Feng Xiupu brought Guo Linshan and Chen Fei back to the courtyard, where their fellow disciples were shocked that both had passed the True Inheritance Trial.
• Chen Fei returned home, arranged for Chi Defeng to bring medicinal herbs, and spent five days refining pills with greater ease thanks to his increased Mind Power.
• Qian Guangji offered Chen Fei materials for a Half-Spirit Sword, breakthrough pills, and one day in the Wu Family Yuanling Pool in exchange for his Aperture Breaking Pill.
• Chen Fei refused the offer and asked for two days in the Wu Family Yuanling Pool, but Qian Guangji said the Wu Family would not allow it and warned that the pill was too hot for Chen Fei to keep.
• Chen Fei decided to find out whether there were rules he did not know about and went to take the temperament test for becoming a True Inheritance Disciple.

Fan Zongzheng and Qian Guangji plotted to obtain Chen Fei’s Aperture Breaking Pill, while Feng Xiupu explained the risks and rules facing new True Inheritance Disciples. Chen Fei went to take the sect’s temperament test, but the Refining Spirit Pearl suddenly sent him into a strange, disorienting vision.

• Fan Zongzheng learned Chen Fei would not trade the Aperture Breaking Pill unless he received two days in the Wu Family Yuanling Pool, and he and Qian Guangji decided to use other methods to get it.
• Feng Xiupu explained that the lowest-ranked True Inheritance Disciple had to defend their position in a same-level challenge every half a year, and he expressed confidence that Chen Fei could handle it.
• Chen Fei decided to take the temperament test and headed to the True Inheritance Hall.
• The steward disciple registered Chen Fei and brought him to the backyard, where he was told to place his hand on the Refining Spirit Pearl.
• The Refining Spirit Pearl struck Chen Fei’s mind like lightning, and he opened his eyes to find himself surrounded by people while someone anxiously dialed a phone.

Chen Fei passed the Refining Spirit Pearl’s temperament test and became a True Inheritance Disciple of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect. Hall master Zhou Cunshan showed him the sect’s three surviving inheritances and explained their Aperture Refining Realm methods, leaving Chen Fei to examine the final stone tablet before choosing one.

• Chen Fei broke free of an illusion of his previous life and passed the Refining Spirit Pearl’s test.
• Zhou Cunshan took Chen Fei underground to see the three complete cultivation inheritances that remained in the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.
• Chen Fei viewed the Giant Strength Sword and learned that it could open eighty Apertures, while the lost Yuan Chen Sword Canon had once opened one hundred and eight.
• Zhou Cunshan explained that Apertures had to be cultivated in the correct sequence and warned Chen Fei against combining incompatible methods.
• Chen Fei viewed Escaping Heavens Travel, learned it opened seventy-five Apertures and could produce a clone, then turned to the final stone tablet.

Chen Fei chose the Heavy Yuan Sword and received its inheritance, then officially became a True Inheritance Disciple of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect. Ranked last among ninety-eight disciples, he considered how to improve his position and guard against those seeking his Aperture Breaking Pill.

• Chen Fei chose the controlling Heavy Yuan Sword over the Giant Strength Sword and Escaping Heavens Travel.
• Zhou Cunshan transmitted the Heavy Yuan Sword inheritance to Chen Fei, including its cultivation methods for thirty-six Apertures and insights from past masters.
• Chen Fei registered as a True Inheritance Disciple and received a new waist token, with his initial ranking set at ninety-eighth.
• A Deacon Disciple explained that higher-ranked disciples received courtyards with denser Primordial Qi and greater monthly resources, and that challenges could change rankings.
• Chen Fei thought of Qian Guangji and the people scheming for his Aperture Breaking Pill before entering his new courtyard to test its Primordial Qi.

Chen Fei broke through to the Viscera Refining Realm after twenty days of cultivation, greatly increasing his strength and beginning to cultivate the Heavy Yuan Sword. As he arranged a small waterfall to meet the technique’s simplification requirement, disciples plotting to challenge his True Inheritance position spread rumors about him.

• Inner Sect disciples plotted to challenge Chen Fei for his True Inheritance position, preparing Marrow Refining Realm and early Viscera Refining Realm fighters.
• Chen Fei cultivated on True Inheritance Peak, where richer Primordial Qi accelerated his progress, and he broke through to the Viscera Refining Realm.
• Chen Fei tested his new strength, sensed Primordial Qi with his Mind Power, and found that his speed and sword power had increased considerably.
• Chen Fei reported his breakthrough at the True Inheritance Hall and used forty thousand taels to simplify the Heavy Yuan Sword into enduring a waterfall’s impact.
• Chen Fei arranged for a scenic waterfall to be built, while his opponents began spreading rumors intended to provoke him into accepting a challenge.

Chen Fei learned that Inner Sect Disciples were belittling him and trying to provoke him into challenging before the agreed half-year of cultivation. Confident in his strength, he arranged to accept wagered challenges in one month, though most disciples thought the decision reckless.

• Sect disciples spread rumors that Chen Fei had become a True Inheritance Disciple through luck and called him the weakest True Inheritance Disciple in history.
• Ge Hongjie warned Chen Fei that disciples might be provoking him to accept an early challenge, and urged him to wait until he had cultivated for half a year.
• Chen Fei told Ge Hongjie to announce that challengers could come to True Inheritance Peak in one month and said he wanted to claim their wagers.
• Chen Fei demonstrated his intimidating Aura to reassure Ge Hongjie that he could handle the challengers, while explaining that he wanted time to cultivate the Heavy Yuan Sword.
• After Ge Hongjie spread the news, Inner Sect Disciples debated Chen Fei's decision and mostly judged him reckless and unlikely to win.

Fan Zongzheng, Qian Guangji, and other Inner Sect Disciples plotted to take Chen Fei’s True Inheritance position and Aperture Breaking Pill, while Chen Fei spent the month cultivating the Heavy Yuan Sword. As the challengers gathered at his courtyard, Chen Fei agreed to face them for stakes, and Lan Yunfeng stepped forward with Iron Essence to challenge him first.

• Fan Zongzheng and Qian Guangji discussed their plans to defeat Chen Fei and provoke him into wagering his Aperture Breaking Pill.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Heavy Yuan Sword until its Viscera refining Chapter reached Proficient Level, transforming his inner force and granting his sword attacks a gravity effect.
• Chen Fei continued training for another fifteen days but did not reach Perfected Level in the Heavy Yuan Sword.
• Qian Guangji and eight other Inner Sect Disciples arrived at Chen Fei’s courtyard to challenge him for his True Inheritance position.
• Chen Fei agreed to accept their challenges if they offered equivalent stakes, and Lan Yunfeng volunteered to challenge him first with Iron Essence.

Chen Fei agreed to face nine Inner Sect Disciples in a same-day challenge for his Lowest Ranked True Disciple position, wagering his Aperture Breaking Pill against Qian Guangji’s stake. The True Inheritance Hall began registering the wager, leaving the attendant disciple alarmed by Chen Fei’s all-or-nothing plan.

• Qian Guangji offered Iron Essence and Frozen Spring Water to persuade Chen Fei to choose him as his challenger.
• Chen Fei proposed accepting all nine challenges in succession and demanded that the challengers increase their stakes.
• Chen Fei named Qian Guangji as his first opponent and agreed to wager his Aperture Breaking Pill against the Wu Family’s Essence Qi Pool.
• Chen Fei and the nine challengers went to the True Inheritance Hall, where Chen Fei formally registered the same-day wheel war.
• The attendant disciple warned Chen Fei about the dangers, then began registering the wager and was shocked to see the Aperture Breaking Pill included.

Chen Fei wagered his True Inheritance position and an Aperture Breaking Pill on facing Qian Guangji and eight others in a single day. At the Martial Arts Arena, he defeated Qian Guangji in their opening duel, leaving the remaining challenges ahead.

• Chen Fei signed the wager to fight all nine challengers, and news of the wheel battle spread through the sect.
• Fan Zongzheng gave Qian Guangji a Half-Spirit Artifact breastplate mirror, and Qian Guangji prepared for the match with a Half-Spirit Sword.
• Chen Fei arrived at the Martial Arts Arena, where elder Ruan Lutao began the duel between him and Qian Guangji.
• Qian Guangji rushed Chen Fei to prevent him from using his bow, but Chen Fei shot him with an arrow that the breastplate mirror blocked.
• Chen Fei shot more arrows at Qian Guangji, spotted a hidden attacker behind him, and knocked Qian Guangji unconscious with a punch.

Chen Fei defeated Qian Guangji and Yue Pan in succession, overpowering one with his fists and driving the other back with his heavy bow. Lu Shouhong then tried to outlast Chen Fei’s arrows, but Chen Fei began charging his Starfall technique, leaving the next match poised to escalate.

• Chen Fei knocked Qian Guangji unconscious with a few punches, and Ruan Lutao declared Chen Fei the winner.
• Yue Pan charged Chen Fei but was battered by a series of arrows until Chen Fei deliberately fired beside him; Yue Pan conceded.
• Ruan Lutao announced Chen Fei’s second victory as the disciples began to believe he might defeat all nine challengers.
• Lu Shouhong entered the arena and retreated to conserve his strength and wait for Chen Fei’s arrows to run low.
• Chen Fei began slowly drawing his bow to charge Starfall, and Lu Shouhong reacted to the growing aura.

Chen Fei defeated the remaining challengers in the Martial Arts Arena, using his archery to expose Tian Yijie's stealth and then overcoming Lan Yunfeng's force-absorbing Half-Spirit Artifact. The final challenger fell, leaving Chen Fei victorious over all nine opponents.

• Lu Shouhong admitted defeat after Chen Fei drew back his bow, then watched Chen Fei's arrow shake the arena's formation.
• Guan Haiguang, Zeng Zhengxuan, and Wei Zaosheng each admitted defeat rather than face Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei used his Mind Power to locate Tian Yijie through his stealth and forced him to concede; Fu Ancai then admitted defeat as well.
• Lan Yunfeng challenged Chen Fei and used his Half-Spirit Artifact to absorb the force of Chen Fei's arrows and boost himself.
• Chen Fei dodged Lan Yunfeng's charge, struck his broadsword, and stabbed his shoulder, leaving him unable to fight.

Chen Fei crushed nine challengers in a wheel battle, winning their Spiritual Materials and Contribution Points and establishing his reputation across the sect. After learning the Sword Nurturing Art to prepare a Half-Spirit Sword, he discovered that the hot springs he wanted for cultivating Suppress Dragon Elephant were reserved for the top ten true disciples, giving him another reason to climb the rankings.

• Chen Fei defeated all nine challengers without injury, while Lan Yunfeng suffered a shattered shoulder blade and lost his stakes.
• Ruan Lutao declared Chen Fei the victor, and Chen Fei collected the Spiritual Materials and ninety thousand Contribution Points from True Inheritance Hall.
• Chen Fei planned to exchange for the remaining materials and forge a Half-Spirit Sword using the Sword Nurturing Art.
• On the third day, Chen Fei copied the Sword Nurturing Art from the Scripture Pavilion and learned that it could nurture a Half-Spirit Artifact into a Spirit Artifact.
• Chen Fei asked an attendant at True Inheritance Hall about bringing a hot spring to his courtyard and learned that only the top ten true disciples had courtyards with hot springs.

Chen Fei mastered Sword Nurturing Art by hammering pig iron, then commissioned Ouyang Jie to forge a Sword Embryo and named it the Qian Yuan Sword. He spent the following weeks cultivating and nurturing it, but on the thirty-seventh day, his Heavy Yuan Sword cultivation technique broke through before the blade became a Half-Spirit Artifact.

• Chen Fei simplified Sword Nurturing Art into blacksmithing and hammered pig iron until he reached Great Perfection in the technique.
• Chen Fei took his Spiritual Materials to the Treasure Pavilion, where Ouyang Jie agreed to forge them into a Sword Embryo.
• Chen Fei considered how to maximize his upcoming day at the Wu Family Yuanling Pool by using his Mind Power to gather its energy.
• Ouyang Jie presented Chen Fei with the finished Sword Embryo, and Chen Fei wrapped it in his Mind Power and named it the Qian Yuan Sword.
• Chen Fei returned to his courtyard and spent the following days refining pills, cultivating, and nurturing the Qian Yuan Sword.
• On the thirty-seventh day, Chen Fei's Heavy Yuan Sword cultivation technique broke through before the Qian Yuan Sword became a Half-Spirit Artifact.

Chen Fei refined his Heavy Yuan Sword and considered how to obtain more cultivation resources, then went to the Wu Family Yuanling Pool to use the Iron Tag he had won. He entered a private cultivation room and sensed the pool’s energy boosting his cultivation.

• Chen Fei tested his Perfected Level Heavy Yuan Sword and planned to cultivate it to Great Perfection before challenging higher-ranked True Inheritance Disciples.
• Chen Fei considered the cost of Clear Frost Pills and decided that raising his True Inheritance ranking would eventually be the fastest way to secure more resources.
• Chen Fei visited the Wu Family compound and presented his Iron Tag to Wu Hongming, who confirmed he could use the Yuanling Pool.
• Wu Hongming led Chen Fei to a guarded private room, where Chen Fei asked permission to refine Essence Qi freely.
• Chen Fei entered the room, sensed energy flowing from the Yuanling Pool, and felt his Heavy Yuan Sword Art circulate as his cultivation rose.

Chen Fei devised a filter using two Nayuán Pearls and nine inner force spheres to purify the Wu Family's Essence Qi, letting him cultivate far faster than normal in the Yuanling Pool. After eight hours, his progress had surged to the middle stage of the Viscera Refining Realm, but his body neared its limit as Suppress Dragon Elephant eased the strain.

• Chen Fei used the Nayuán Pearl to examine the Wu Family's Essence Qi and confirmed that it was easy to absorb but difficult to refine because of impurities and bodily resistance.
• Chen Fei connected two Nayuán Pearls with nine inner force spheres to filter the Wu Family's Essence Qi, then used the purified energy to rapidly increase his cultivation.
• After six hours, Chen Fei reached the middle stage of the Viscera Refining Realm, while the accumulated strain began to cause serious discomfort.
• A Wu family disciple reported the pool's declining Essence Qi concentration, and Wu Hongming inspected the intact restrictions before ordering Spiritual Materials added to replenish it.
• At the eighth hour, Chen Fei gained another ten percent in cultivation, and Suppress Dragon Elephant circulated rapidly to ease the severe swelling in his body.

Chen Fei used the Wu Family's Essence Qi Pool to advance his Viscera Refining Realm cultivation dramatically, then spent seven days recovering from the strain. He decided to challenge a higher-ranked True Inheritance Disciple to improve his standing before the next resource allocation.

• Suppress Dragon Elephant suppressed the strain in Chen Fei's meridians, allowing him to keep absorbing Essence Qi while Wu Hongming repeatedly added Kui Dragon Grass to the pool.
• Chen Fei left the Essence Qi Pool early after nearly a day, having advanced to sixty-five percent through the Viscera Refining Realm and saved months of cultivation.
• Chen Fei spent seven days in seclusion easing the discomfort in his body, then declined Chi Defeng's suggested Pill Refiner Alliance missions.
• Chen Fei went to True Inheritance Hall and asked to challenge a higher-ranked disciple ahead of schedule.
• The deacon disciple told Chen Fei he could challenge as high as the tenth-ranked True Inheritance Disciple if that disciple agreed.

Chen Fei chose to challenge tenth-ranked True Inheritance Disciple Zeng Zaiwen and delivered a Challenge Letter to his courtyard. After Zeng Zaiwen mocked him, Chen Fei offered the Qian Yuan Sword as the match’s stake and demanded to know whether Zeng would accept.

• Chen Fei told the deacon disciple he planned to challenge Zeng Zaiwen, despite warnings about Zeng’s strength and violent response to challengers.
• The deacon disciple told Chen Fei that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect would hold a disciple competition in two months, but Chen remained intent on challenging Zeng.
• Chen Fei reviewed information about Zeng’s cultivation and Escaping Heavens Travel technique, then went to Zeng’s courtyard with a Challenge Letter.
• Zeng’s maid brought Chen inside, where Mo Yuanfei and Qi Ziyi were visiting Zeng.
• Zeng and Mo mocked Chen for challenging, but Chen slammed down the Qian Yuan Sword, offered it as the stake, and asked Zeng whether he would accept.