Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei challenged Zeng Zaiwen, the tenth-ranked True Inheritance Disciple, and wagered his Qian Yuan Sword to secure the match. The sect learned of the challenge and doubted Chen Fei could defeat Zeng Zaiwen, with the bout set for three days later.

• Mo Yuanfei tried to provoke Chen Fei into a fight, but Chen Fei refused to battle without a stake and instead pressed Zeng Zaiwen to accept his challenge.
• Zeng Zaiwen accepted Chen Fei's challenge after Chen Fei refused to let him inspect the Qian Yuan Sword before winning it.
• Chen Fei and Zeng Zaiwen signed the wager at the True Inheritance Hall, placing the Qian Yuan Sword there and scheduling their match for three days later.
• News of Chen Fei's challenge spread through the sect, and disciples questioned why he would face a far stronger opponent so soon.

Chen Fei faced Zeng Zaiwen in a challenge match while both disciples’ masters prepared them for the fight. Zeng Zaiwen used a Quenching Swallow Fruit to strengthen his Mind Power, but after dodging Chen Fei’s arrows and closing in, he found his sword attack blocked by Chen Fei’s shield.

• Guo Linshan, Zhang Fangqiong, and Ge Hongjie encouraged Chen Fei before his match with Zeng Zaiwen.
• Huo Zhongdao gave Zeng Zaiwen a Quenching Swallow Fruit, which strengthened his Mind Power and improved his movement technique.
• Zeng Zaiwen arrived at the Martial Arts Arena, where a large crowd had gathered to watch the match.
• Chen Fei opened the fight with arrows, but Zeng Zaiwen dodged them and advanced toward him.
• Zeng Zaiwen suddenly attacked Chen Fei at close range, but Chen Fei blocked his sword with a sword shield.

Chen Fei faced Zeng Zaiwen in a martial arts challenge, using defensive sword techniques and Suppress Dragon Elephant to withstand Zeng Zaiwen’s powerful, escalating attacks. The fight remained unresolved as Chen Fei’s sword began to buckle under the pressure.

• Chen Fei repeatedly blocked Zeng Zaiwen’s attacks with the Starry Night Sword and Thorn Sword while Yan Shijin and Huo Zhongdao observed his defense.
• Zeng Zaiwen used a charged Sword Drawing Technique, but Chen Fei dodged it and counterattacked; both fighters avoided each other’s strikes.
• Zeng Zaiwen recognized Chen Fei as a worthy opponent and began circulating Escaping Heavens Travel at full power.
• Zeng Zaiwen attacked with three illusory figures, but Chen Fei used Suppress Dragon Elephant to strengthen his sword shield and repel the force.
• Zeng Zaiwen increased his simultaneous attacks to five figures, and Chen Fei noticed his longsword had become covered in damage.

Chen Fei used the Heavy Yuan Sword to overcome Zeng Zaiwen’s superior movement technique and defeat him with a single strike. The fight ended with Zeng Zaiwen unconscious and Chen Fei declared the winner, while the onlookers marveled at his rapid progress.

• Zeng Zaiwen expected Chen Fei’s ordinary sword to break and attacked, but Chen Fei evaded his strikes using his powerful Mind Power.
• Chen Fei realized he could not catch Zeng Zaiwen or secure victory with his displayed techniques alone, so he used the Heavy Yuan Sword to suppress Zeng Zaiwen’s afterimages.
• Chen Fei pinned Zeng Zaiwen’s movement and reversed their advantage, forcing Zeng Zaiwen to face his attack directly.
• Zeng Zaiwen unleashed the Severing Sword Technique, but Chen Fei concentrated the Heavy Yuan Sword’s gravity into his iron sword and repelled the attack.
• Chen Fei’s strike sent Zeng Zaiwen flying and left him unconscious, while Chen Fei’s iron sword shattered.
• Ruan Lutao announced Chen Fei as the winner, and the disciples erupted in astonishment at his victory.

After defeating Zeng Zaiwen, Chen Fei gained recognition across the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and moved into the True Inheritance Tenth's courtyard, where he continued cultivating. When Chi Defeng told him that Si Yuanhai was leaving Immortal Cloud City, Chen Fei decided to meet him and learn how to enter and leave the Heart Strange Realm.

• Chen Fei defeated Zeng Zaiwen with one sword, prompting disciples and elders to reassess his talent and support his cultivation.
• Chen Fei moved into the True Inheritance Tenth's courtyard and accepted visits and gifts from other True Inheritance Disciples.
• Chen Fei trained Suppress Dragon Elephant and Heavy Yuan Sword while his Qian Yuan Sword continued transforming toward a Half-Spirit Sword.
• Feng Xiupu refused the fifty thousand taels Chen Fei had saved to repay him and chased Chen Fei out of his courtyard.
• Chi Defeng told Chen Fei that Si Yuanhai planned to leave Immortal Cloud City and wanted Chen Fei to find him.
• Chen Fei realized Si Yuanhai was likely honoring their agreement to teach him how to enter and leave the Heart Strange Realm.

Chen Fei learned from Si Yuanhai how to make a Heart Candle and use the Strange Jade to enter the Heart Strange Realm, then used its ripple to lure Yan Dequan into a fight. Chen Fei shattered Yan Dequan’s Strange Palm with one strike, but Yan Dequan escaped, leaving the outcome of their battle unresolved.

• Chen Fei met Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan, learned the Demon Control lineage’s Secret Art, and received the Strange Jade and instructions for making a Heart Candle.
• After leaving Si Yuanhai, Chen Fei used the Strange Jade’s ripple to lure Yan Dequan instead of entering the Heart Strange Realm.
• Si Yuanhai sensed the lineage’s ripple, realized Chen Fei might be in danger, and rushed toward its source.
• Yan Dequan confronted Chen Fei, but Chen Fei’s force field disrupted Yan Dequan’s Strange Hands and weakened his attack.
• Chen Fei shattered Yan Dequan’s giant Strange Palm with his Black Sword, but Yan Dequan fled from the courtyard.

Chen Fei killed Yan Dequan after the Demon Control expert sacrificed his vitality and unleashed his Strange Hands. He then reunited with Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan, telling them Yan Dequan was dead and they no longer needed to flee Immortal Cloud City.

• Yan Dequan used Substitute Strange to escape Chen Fei’s first sword strike, then tried to flee, but Chen Fei caught up with him.
• Yan Dequan sacrificed his vital blood and flesh to empower his Strange Hands, but Chen Fei disrupted their formation with his force field and killed him with the Black Sword.
• Chen Fei took Yan Dequan’s waist pouch and left before Immortal Cloud City’s guards arrived.
• Si Yuanhai found Chen Fei and urged him to leave, not realizing that Chen Fei had already defeated Yan Dequan.
• Back at the courtyard, Chen Fei told Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan that Yan Dequan was dead, leaving them stunned.

After killing Yan Dequan, Chen Fei helped Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan return to their courtyard in Immortal Cloud City, then entered the Heart Strange Realm to temper his Mind Power. He endured and purged the realm’s contamination, strengthening his Mind Power, and after thirty-five days of cultivation his Qian Yuan Sword became a Half-Spirit Sword.

• Chen Fei stopped Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan from kneeling to thank him and brought them back to their original courtyard after killing Yan Dequan.
• Chen Fei told Chi Defeng that Si Yuanhai no longer needed to flee Immortal Cloud City, and Si Yuanhai later shared stories with Chen Fei and Chi Defeng over drinks.
• Chen Fei used the Strange Jade and a Heart Candle to enter the Heart Strange Realm and expose his Mind Power to its contaminating influence.
• Chen Fei left the Heart Strange Realm before the infection reached his Mind Power’s trunk, then used the Thousand Source Incantation to purge the contamination and found his Mind Power had grown purer.
• Chen Fei cultivated for thirty-five days, advancing toward the Peak Viscera Refining Realm as Suppress Dragon Elephant neared perfection and the Qian Yuan Sword became a Half-Spirit Sword.

Chen Fei forged the Qian Yuan Sword into a sturdy, heavy Half-Spirit Sword and fused the Heart Locking Incantation with the Thousand Source Incantation. As he prepared for the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s ceremony viewing, Yan Shijin explained that its disciples would challenge the visiting sects’ True Inheritance disciples for Nayuán Pearl rewards.

• Chen Fei tested the Qian Yuan Sword’s heaviness and sturdiness, confirming that it strengthened his sword move by about twenty percent.
• Chen Fei exchanged for the Heart Locking Incantation using a benefit for the Top 10 True Disciples, then fused it with the Thousand Source Incantation.
• Yan Shijin visited Chen Fei and described the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s strength and the upcoming ceremony viewing.
• Yan Shijin told Chen Fei that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s disciples would issue optional challenges, with a Nayuán Pearl awarded for defeating one.
• Yan Shijin recalled that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s eighth-ranked disciple had once defeated top disciples from two sects before losing to the Long Rainbow Sect’s top disciple.

Chen Fei strengthened his cultivation before traveling with the Yuan Chen Sword Sect to the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s ceremony, where disciples would compete. The group reached the mountain gate and was welcomed by an elder of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect.

• Yan Shijin told Chen Fei that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s disciples had dominated past matches with help from their recovery pills and that challengers could earn valuable rewards.
• Over the following days, Chen Fei brought the Thousand Source Heart Locking Incantation and Heavy Yuan Sword Art to Grand Perfection and advanced Suppress Dragon Elephant to the perfected level.
• Chen Fei gathered with thirty True Inheritance Disciples and the sect’s elders as Qu Qingsheng warned them to judge their opponents carefully during the upcoming matches.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect traveled to the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, where an elder welcomed Qu Qingsheng and his party.

Chen Fei explored the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s Marketplace with Yan Shijin and learned about the sect’s powerful Primordial Qi formation and several prominent true disciples. After seeing Xiao Liling receive Withered Water for her artifact ahead of the competition, Chen Fei returned to Welcoming Guest Peak, where invited sects had gathered and two martial artists were already fighting.

• Chen Fei noticed that Primordial Qi grew denser as he traveled deeper into the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and settled into a room on Welcoming Guest Peak.
• Yan Shijin took Chen Fei to the Marketplace, where Qu Ruosi bought an overpriced vat of Withered Water from a stall owner who had another portion in reserve.
• Chen Fei and Yan Shijin heard people discussing the next day’s true disciple competition while relaxing at a wine house.
• Qu Ruosi gave the Withered Water to Xiao Liling, who said it could increase the spirituality of her Exquisite Pearl.
• Chen Fei and Yan Shijin returned to Welcoming Guest Peak and saw two martial artists fighting in the arena.

Chen Fei watched the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s true inheritance matches and saw how far its disciples surpassed the other sects. Wang Guiwu then defeated Big Dipper Pavilion’s Liu Peiyong, leaving the Yuan Chen Sword Sect to consider who could challenge him.

• Chen Fei and the other sects arrived at the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect Main Peak, where he sensed the powerful Primordial Qi and Aura.
• The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s true inheritance matches revealed its disciples’ overwhelming strength, and Yan Shijin noted that the gap between the sects had widened.
• The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s sect master ordered the four sects’ matches to begin that day, and Wang Guiwu called for a challenger.
• Liu Peiyong challenged Wang Guiwu, who knocked him down with one strike and then gravely injured him when he attacked again.
• Yan Shijin said he might have a chance against Wang Guiwu, while Miao Daoxin weighed whether the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect disciple had shown his full strength.
• Wang Guiwu recovered and asked whether anyone else would come forward to challenge him.

Miao Manyun challenged Wang Guiwu with Sinking Water Pavilion’s Wind Sweep Sword Art, but he feigned being pressured before defeating her with a thunderous sword strike. Tang Renfei then stepped forward to fight Wang Guiwu, and their spear and sword clashed head-on.

• Miao Manyun took Xiao Liling’s place and challenged Wang Guiwu, using the Wind Sweep Sword Art to build momentum through entangling attacks.
• Chen Fei and Miao Daoxin recognized that Wang Guiwu was calmly allowing Miao Manyun to appear dominant while keeping her strength under control.
• Miao Manyun unleashed Sword Rain, but Wang Guiwu broke through it with his thunder-infused sword and forced her into a counterattack.
• Miao Manyun gathered her sword force into Sword Twister, but Wang Guiwu shattered it, struck her chest, and sent her off the arena badly injured.
• Tang Renfei of the Long Rainbow Sect entered the arena and attacked Wang Guiwu with his Poison Dragon Spear, meeting his sword without either fighter giving ground.

Wang Guiwu defeated Yan Shijin and Miao Daoxin, leaving the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s top disciples badly injured. Chen Fei then entered the arena and sent Wang Guiwu flying with a single strike.

• Wang Guiwu knocked Tang Renfei out of the Martial Arts Arena after deliberately holding back during their fight.
• Yan Shijin challenged Wang Guiwu to test his strength, but Wang Guiwu overwhelmed him with the Heavenly Mountain Sword and left him gravely injured.
• Miao Daoxin entered the arena to avenge Yan Shijin, but Wang Guiwu’s Fighting Profound Force strengthened him until he defeated Miao Daoxin with a devastating strike.
• Wang Guiwu challenged the other sects’ top disciples, and Chen Fei stepped into the arena to face him.
• Chen Fei struck Wang Guiwu so hard that Wang Guiwu flew across the arena, then asked whether that was enough strength.

Chen Fei overwhelmed Wang Guiwu in repeated clashes, revealing strength that astonished the four sects. Wang Guiwu sacrificed his blood and vitality to unleash a desperate boost, and Chen Fei faced him as the fight continued.

• Chen Fei was identified as the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's True Inheritance Tenth, and Qu Qingsheng, Wu Guangyin, and Feng Xiupu watched in surprise as he sent Wang Guiwu flying.
• Wang Guiwu attacked Chen Fei with the Heavenly Mountain Sword, but Chen Fei countered with the Heavy Yuan Sword and forced him backward.
• Wang Guiwu used Fighting Profound Force to strengthen himself through injury, but Chen Fei broke through his sword and sent him crashing into the arena floor.
• Chen Fei taunted Wang Guiwu and beckoned him to continue, returning the same humiliation Wang Guiwu had dealt Miao Daoxin.
• Wang Guiwu struck his chest, sacrificed his blood, and ignited a faint Blood Flame to raise his power at the cost of severe aftereffects.
• Wen Huichao recognized Wang Guiwu's desperate gambit, while Nie Haichun said Chen Fei would have to get past Wang Guiwu first.

Chen Fei defeated Wang Guiwu and then challenged the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s True Inheritance Disciples. He saw through Nie Haichun’s Startling God Sword and knocked him from the arena, leaving the other sects wary of his strength.

• Chen Fei stopped Wang Guiwu’s attack, repeatedly drove him back, and knocked him unconscious outside the Martial Arts Arena.
• An Immortal Cloud Sword Sect elder stabilized Wang Guiwu’s injuries and carried him away as the gathered disciples reacted to Chen Fei’s victory.
• Chen Fei challenged the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s True Inheritance Disciples, and Nie Haichun stepped forward to fight him.
• Nie Haichun used the Startling God Sword to confuse Chen Fei and the spectators, but Chen Fei identified the real sword and struck Nie Haichun’s hidden body.
• Chen Fei found Nie Haichun’s concealed position again with the Heavy Yuan Force Field and knocked him outside the arena.

Chen Fei defeated Nie Haichun and continued challenging the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect's True Inheritance Disciples, revealing Mind Power strong enough to counter their techniques. Luo Mengsi entered the arena and attacked with the Demon Subduing Bow; Chen Fei broke through her arrow net, but a new threat sounded behind him as he closed in.

• Chen Fei swept Nie Haichun out of the Martial Arts Arena with one sword strike, claiming sixth place among the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect's True Inheritance Disciples.
• The spectators recognized Chen Fei's unusually pure Mind Power, and he silently signaled that he would continue challenging without resting.
• Luo Mengsi volunteered to fight Chen Fei and took the arena with her Demon Subduing Bow.
• Luo Mengsi fired an arrow that Chen Fei dodged, then sent a net of arrows at him as he advanced.
• Chen Fei used his archery knowledge and the Qian Yuan Sword to disrupt several arrows and rush through the net toward Luo Mengsi.
• As Chen Fei neared Luo Mengsi, he heard arrows whistling behind him and furrowed his brows.

Chen Fei shattered Luo Mengsi’s arrow net and advanced to face Shen Tu Cang, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s second true disciple. Their fierce clash left Chen Fei searching for a way to break Shen Tu Cang’s growing strength, and he stopped himself from unleashing a strike that might kill him.

• Luo Mengsi repeatedly retrieved and accelerated her arrows, but Chen Fei used Fleeting Eternity and Sword Shield to smash them all apart.
• Luo Mengsi admitted defeat, and the Yuan Chen Sword Sect disciples celebrated Chen Fei’s unprecedented rise to fourth among the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s true disciples.
• Shen Tu Cang challenged Chen Fei and attacked with the Black Tortoise Sword Art, which absorbed and returned Chen Fei’s force while pressing him from every direction.
• Chen Fei concentrated the Heavy Yuan Sword’s power onto the Qian Yuan Sword’s edge and forced Shen Tu Cang back for the first time in a frontal clash.
• Chen Fei gathered his power at the sword tip, then dispersed it when he realized the strike might kill Shen Tu Cang.

Chen Fei fought Shen Tu Cang with the Heavy Yuan Sword but held back its lethal full-power strike, then used his speed to exploit the Black Tortoise Sword Art’s limits. After a long, punishing clash, they agreed to a draw, leaving Shen Tu Cang frustrated by how much of the match he had spent being driven back.

• Chen Fei refrained from using a sword strike that could kill Shen Tu Cang, since the match was taking place at the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect.
• Chen Fei struck Shen Tu Cang repeatedly, then abruptly retreated beyond his reach while Shen Tu Cang was burdened by accumulated borrowed power.
• Shen Tu Cang dispersed the borrowed power and charged Chen Fei, but Chen Fei continued to overpower him in their exchanges.
• Chen Fei and Shen Tu Cang fought for a quarter of an hour, damaging the Martial Arts Arena without either gaining a decisive victory.
• Chen Fei proposed a draw, and Shen Tu Cang reluctantly accepted.

Chen Fei drew with Shen Tu Cang, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s second-ranked True Inheritance Disciple, and returned with the Yuan Chen Sword Sect after earning widespread recognition. Back in the sect, he resumed cultivating and began measuring his Apertures.

• Chen Fei fought Shen Tu Cang to a draw, leaving Shen Tu Cang frustrated by his inability to overcome Chen Fei’s movement and attacks.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s disciples and elders celebrated Chen Fei’s result, while Feng Xiupu praised him for stopping before challenging the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s chief disciple.
• Gong Guanzhi rewarded Chen Fei with a Qi Yuan Pill and returned the damaged Yuan Chen Sword Body inheritance to Qu Qingsheng.
• Feng Xiupu warned Chen Fei not to study the damaged Legacy Techniques when he reached the Aperture Refining Realm, except for Escaping Heavens Travel.
• News of Chen Fei’s result spread through Immortal Cloud City and nearby cities, making his name famous within a hundred li.
• Eight days after returning to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, Chen Fei resumed cultivation and tried to measure his Apertures.