Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei measured his Aperture and discovered a barrier tied to the original body's memories of childhood hunger and famine. After Feng Xiupu advised him to wear away the obsession with Mind Power, Chen Fei reached the Peak Viscera Refining Realm and became the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's True Inheritance Chief Disciple.

• Chen Fei located his Aperture but encountered a barrier that showed him memories of the original body's hunger and hardship.
• Feng Xiupu identified the barrier as an obsession and advised Chen Fei to wear it away with Mind Power.
• Chen Fei spent a month grinding at the barrier, then broke through to the Peak Viscera Refining Realm and found his body and Mind Power had grown stronger.
• Chen Fei continued trying to wear away the barrier, but only made slight progress.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect held its half-year evaluation, and Chen Fei was named True Inheritance Chief Disciple without anyone challenging him.

Chen Fei reached Great Perfection in Suppress Dragon Elephant and found it had greatly accelerated the removal of his Aperture obsession, though he still faced six or seven years of waiting. Unwilling to remain in the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, he left in disguise and traveled with a merchant group toward Xingfen City.

• After the True Inheritance competition, Chen Fei focused on refining pills and cultivating Suppress Dragon Elephant while saving money for future cultivation needs.
• Chen Fei made foundation-strengthening pills for Chi Defeng and Lan Yunzhi after learning that Lan Yunzhi was pregnant.
• Suppress Dragon Elephant reached Great Perfection, strengthening Chen Fei and giving him precise control over his body and aura.
• Chen Fei discovered that Great Perfection had cut the estimated time to erase his Aperture obsession to six or seven years, but he still decided to return to his old village.
• Chen Fei left the Yuan Chen Sword Sect with his aura concealed, and Wu Guangyin lost track of him while trying to guard him.
• Ten days later, Chen Fei traveled out of the city with the Immortal Cloud Merchant Group, disguised as a Bone Forging Realm martial artist.

Chen Fei traveled with the Immortal Cloud Merchant Group toward Xingfen City, where he heard a ridiculous rumor about his appearance and passed a dangerous Weird’s territory under the protection of a spiritual weapon. He continued grinding away the obsession outside his Apertures while Chu Lan sought chances to speak with him.

• Chu Lan brought Chen Fei warm wine, but Chu Wennian found them and drank the whole pot before advising Chen Fei to stay in Immortal Cloud City.
• Chu Lan repeated a rumor that the famous Chen Fei was eight feet tall with an eight-foot waist, and Chen Fei realized how distorted the story of his fight with Shen Tu Cang had become.
• Chen Fei told Chu Wennian he would return to Immortal Cloud City after handling his business in Xingfen City, while Chu Wennian reflected on his own past and regrets.
• The caravan passed the Thatched Hut where a Weird might appear, and Chen Fei closed his eyes as the guards warned the passengers to avoid listening, looking, or smelling.
• A spiritual weapon sounded from the caravan and suppressed the faint murmuring, allowing the group to pass safely through the area.
• Chen Fei continued cultivating and grinding away the obsession outside his Apertures, while Chu Lan repeatedly approached him and hurried away, blushing.

Chen Fei returned to Xingfen City, learned that Pingyin County remained engulfed by a rapidly growing Ghastly, and planned to visit his former village before the danger spread. He encountered Zhang Sinan, Dan Xiang, and Ling Hanjun at the Xu residence, then seized Ling Hanjun and revealed his superior strength.

• Chen Fei parted from Chu Wennian and Chu Lan, then bought news about dangers near Xingfen City and the situation in Pingyin County.
• Chen Fei learned that a Tier 2 Ghastly still shrouded Pingyin County and that its affected area was expanding, though his former village remained outside it.
• Chen Fei spotted Dan Xiang and Ling Hanjun in Xingfen City and followed them to the Xu Clan residence, where he saw Zhang Sinan training.
• Chen Fei secretly watched Zhang Sinan and Dan Xiang, then left them alone and followed Ling Hanjun to his room.
• Chen Fei grabbed Ling Hanjun by the neck before his sword could strike, leaving Ling Hanjun terrified and unable to move.

Chen Fei forced Ling Hanjun to explain how he had obtained the Suppress Dragon Elephant hide and learned that the cave on Guanzhou Mountain might hold the missing cultivation methods. With Xu Wangliang and several Viscera Refining Realm companions already exploring the cave, Chen Fei decided to go there with Ling Hanjun.

• Chen Fei subdued Ling Hanjun and showed him the Suppress Dragon Elephant hide, asking how he had obtained it.
• Ling Hanjun admitted that he had found the hide in a cave on Guanzhou Mountain in Pingyin County.
• Ling Hanjun explained that the cave contained Spider Demons and valuable herbs, and that Xu Wangliang had taken several Viscera Refining Realm companions there more than ten days earlier.
• Chen Fei decided to have Ling Hanjun lead him to Guanzhou Mountain that day.

Chen Fei visited the ruined village where his original body had lived and dispelled the lingering obsession that had blocked his Apertures, making it possible for him to attempt a breakthrough. He chose to return to Guanzhou Mountain to investigate the formation around the cave before deciding what to do next, but a powerful fluctuation suddenly swept toward him.

• Chen Fei and Ling Hanjun rode to Guanzhou Mountain, where mountain bandits revealed that fog had appeared on the southern slope about ten days earlier.
• Chen Fei spotted the formation-bound fog near the cave and decided to visit the nearby ruined village before entering the mountain.
• Chen Fei walked through the village, felt the original body's lingering response fade, and dispelled the obsession blocking his Apertures.
• Chen Fei realized he could attempt to break through to the Aperture Refining Realm but chose to return to Guanzhou Mountain to inspect the formation and protect his chance to obtain the Suppress Dragon Elephant's later techniques.
• As Chen Fei and Ling Hanjun neared the mountain, a fluctuation surged from Guanzhou Mountain and swept toward them.

Chen Fei and Ling Hanjun crossed the mist on Guanzhou Mountain and followed the cave passages to the remains of the Spider Demons. They found no cultivation method at Ling Hanjun’s old discovery site, then reached Xu Wangliang’s group, who were attacking a barrier around an ancient corpse and a Black Box.

• Chen Fei led Ling Hanjun through the disorienting mist to the cave entrance.
• Ling Hanjun guided Chen Fei past the Spider Demon remains to the stone sphere where he had found the beast hide.
• Chen Fei shattered the stone sphere and found nothing inside, then continued deeper into the cave with Ling Hanjun.
• Chen Fei and Ling Hanjun heard impacts and found Xu Wangliang and five others attacking a barrier around an ancient corpse and a Black Box.
• Xu Wangliang’s group sought the Black Box, hoping its contents could help them break through to the Aperture Refining Realm.

Chen Fei arrived at the cave where Xu Wangliang and the others had been trying to break a barrier around a Black Box, which he believed contained the next part of Suppress Dragon Elephant. After killing all six Viscera Refining Realm cultivators, he approached the box, but the barrier blocked him too.

• Xu Wangliang and the others continued attacking the barrier while Ling Hanjun arrived with Chen Fei.
• Kou Renji attacked Chen Fei, who killed him with a single sword strike.
• Chen Fei claimed the Black Box and warned Xu Wangliang and the others to leave.
• Xu Wangliang and the other four attacked Chen Fei together, but he killed them with one sword strike.
• Chen Fei walked toward the Black Box, but a barrier appeared and stopped him.

Chen Fei broke the barrier by matching its formation with his Great Perfection Suppress Dragon Elephant and opened the black box, which contained fragments of the technique’s continuation. Dragon Elephant True Person’s note revealed that the fragments were already incomplete and that Chen Fei would have to reconstruct the true method himself.

• Chen Fei failed to break the barrier with his sword and realized he lacked the formation knowledge to dispel it by force or skill.
• Chen Fei placed his hand on the barrier and used the formation’s changing light to match the profundities of Suppress Dragon Elephant.
• Ling Hanjun watched as Chen Fei completed the test and the barrier shattered into starlight.
• Chen Fei opened the black box and found hundreds of fragments bearing the continuation of Suppress Dragon Elephant.
• Chen Fei read Dragon Elephant True Person’s note, learning that the fragments had been incomplete when Dragon Elephant True Person found them and that his own attempt to reconstruct the method had failed.

Chen Fei escaped the cave entrance ambush by Lu Zhichun and used the formation to shield himself while fighting the elder’s deadly Mind Skill contamination. Lu Zhichun learned about the Black Box and the inheritance from Ling Hanjun, then demanded that Chen Fei lower the formation as Ling Hanjun died from Lu Zhichun’s voice.

• Chen Fei buried Dragon Elephant True Person, sealed Ling Hanjun’s cultivation, and left him alive to make his way back to Xingfen City.
• Chen Fei was ambushed at the cave entrance by Lu Zhichun, whose strike wounded him and whose Mind Skill contaminated his Mind Power.
• Chen Fei retreated into the cave and activated the formation with Suppress Dragon Elephant to protect himself.
• Lu Zhichun appeared, killed Ling Hanjun with his Mind Skill, and learned from him about the Black Box, the beast-hide cultivation method, and the undecayed corpse.
• Lu Zhichun demanded that Chen Fei disperse the formation, while Chen Fei struggled to clear the contamination and considered whether he could break through inside it.

Chen Fei tricked Lu Zhichun into leaving by claiming to be a true disciple of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, then studied Dragon Elephant True Person’s writings and learned how to operate the Dragon Elephant Formation. Lu Zhichun remained hidden outside the cave, waiting for Chen Fei to emerge.

• Ling Hanjun died from the force of Lu Zhichun’s shout, and Chen Fei claimed his strength meant he must have a sect protector.
• Chen Fei posed as Shen Tu Cang, a second true disciple of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, and showed Lu Zhichun two Nayuán Pearls as proof.
• Lu Zhichun pretended to accept Chen Fei’s explanation and vanished, but Chen Fei suspected he was still watching from nearby.
• Chen Fei read the beast-hide fragments, and his Panel offered to organize the chaotic Suppress Dragon Elephant technique for three hundred thousand taels of silver.
• Chen Fei studied the silk cloth’s formation instructions, simplified the Dragon Elephant Formation through Suppress Dragon Elephant Suppress Body, and rapidly increased its proficiency.
• Lu Zhichun hid outside the cave with his Aura restrained, waiting for Chen Fei to come out.

Lu Zhichun broke Chen Fei’s trust and attacked the Dragon Elephant Formation, but Chen Fei trapped him inside it and fled toward Xingfen City. When the formation failed sooner than expected and Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong caught up, Chen Fei entered the Weird mountain village to escape them.

• Lu Zhichun returned to the cave and demanded that Chen Fei hand over the Black Box, then attacked the Dragon Elephant Formation when Chen Fei refused to trust him.
• Chen Fei secretly changed the Dragon Elephant Formation into a Confinement Array and trapped Lu Zhichun when he approached the barrier.
• Chen Fei fled toward Xingfen City, concealing his Aura and using the Thousand Source Heart Locking Incantation to suppress the contamination in his Mind Power.
• When the contamination surged and warned him that Lu Zhichun was close, Chen Fei abandoned the quickest safe route and ran into the Weird mountain village.
• Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong reached the village, sensed Chen Fei inside, and charged in after him.

Chen Fei awoke without his memories in Rice Village, where the village chief showed him the unsettling settlement and its villagers. Two more guests arrived, including Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong, and the villagers prepared a meal as the three newcomers remained wary.

• Fang Ziqiu led a group of Rogue Cultivators into Pingyin County after the array formation weakened, and the East Gate shut behind them.
• Chen Fei found himself in Rice Village with no memory of how he got there and a Red Candle in his hand.
• The village chief forcibly led Chen Fei around the village, where strange crops, fish, and livestock deepened his unease.
• The village chief brought Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong to the village center, where Chen Fei recognized one of them but could not recall why.
• The villagers served food to the three guests, but Chen Fei, Lu Zhichun, and Hua Daohong did not touch it.

Chen Fei, Lu Zhichun, and Hua Daohong were trapped in Rice Village, where a sinister force made them forget their memories and compelled them to teach the villagers martial arts. Chen Fei began teaching the Extreme Mountain Breathing Technique, leaving the villagers silently watching him.

• Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong tried to leave Rice Village, but Chen Fei felt compelled to go another way and soon found himself back at the dinner table, unable to remember eating.
• The village chief invited the three men to teach martial arts, while a chilling influence spread from their stomachs and dulled their suspicions.
• Lu Zhichun demonstrated and explained Mountain Reliance Fist in full, then forgot the technique as his cultivation subtly weakened.
• Hua Daohong taught the villagers his first leg technique, losing his memories and a small portion of his cultivation without noticing.
• Chen Fei explained the Extreme Mountain Breathing Technique, saying that normal breathing was enough to cultivate it, and the villagers watched in silence.

Fang Ziqiu explained how the martial artists were clearing Pingyin County while warning that Barren Mountain Ancient Village was unusually dangerous. In the ancient village, Chen Fei accidentally benefited from the villagers’ failed attempt to learn his breathing technique, then drank wine that left him dazed as the village chief demanded more instruction.

• Fang Ziqiu explained that clearing the Tier 1 ghastlies would weaken Pingyin County’s Ghastly Domain and warned against entering Barren Mountain Ancient Village.
• Chen Fei taught the villagers the Extreme Mountain Breathing Technique, but his explanation of natural breathing gave them no useful comprehension.
• Chen Fei added that one tael of silver was essential, and the villagers’ stolen comprehension and strength flowed back into him as their vitality dimmed.
• The village chief offered wine to Chen Fei, Lu Zhichun, and the other man, and Chen Fei found himself drinking despite trying to refuse.
• The village chief asked the three men to impart more techniques while Chen Fei struggled with drunkenness and blurred perception.

Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong were compelled to teach martial techniques to the villagers, losing cultivation and Mind Power as the villagers absorbed energy from them. When Chen Fei took his turn, his unusual lessons enraged the villagers but caused their energy to flow into him, and he began teaching pill refining when the village chief asked for another skill.

• Lu Zhichun demonstrated and explained the Eighteen Road Leg Technique, while the villagers absorbed energy from him and damaged his cultivation and Mind Power.
• Hua Daohong taught an inner-strength technique, concealed the details of his other techniques, and joined Lu Zhichun in growing wary and uncertain about escaping.
• The village chief called on Chen Fei to teach, but Chen Fei explained that the villagers had already learned his Breathing Technique and introduced his Extreme Mountain Fist.
• Chen Fei taught the villagers to cultivate Extreme Mountain Fist by waving their hands and said the method required one tael of silver, causing energy to flow from them into him.
• At the village chief's request, Chen Fei began teaching the Qi Blood Pill recipe by telling the villagers to make Stir-fried Pig Liver and slice it thinly.
• A villager charged at Chen Fei but was crushed into powder, and energy from the villager and the others surged into Chen Fei.

In Rice Village, Chen Fei’s memories and perception were manipulated as he and his companions were persuaded to stay overnight. A mysterious woman entered Chen Fei’s cottage and asked him to paint her, while figures appeared in Lu Zhichun’s and Hua Daohong’s rooms.

• In Pingyin County, the Weirds grew stronger and more resistant to attacks, causing heavy casualties among the martial artists, but Fang Ziqiu insisted they continue testing the Ghastly Domain.
• Chen Fei felt his memories of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect becoming blurred as the villagers’ cultivation lessons cleared his mind and apparently caused one villager to turn to powder.
• Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong urged the villagers to stop the lessons, and the village chief blocked their departure as night abruptly fell and their doubts faded.
• The village chief led Chen Fei, Lu Zhichun, and Hua Daohong to separate guest cottages, where Chen Fei tried to make sense of his fading memories and decided to leave the next day.
• A mysterious woman entered Chen Fei’s cottage after he briefly lost awareness and asked him to paint her, while another person appeared in each of Lu Zhichun’s and Hua Daohong’s rooms.

In Rice Village, strange visitors weakened Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong through chess and wine, while Chen Fei resisted a woman’s request to paint her and struggled against the village’s unnatural drowsiness. The village chief then presented them with a cultivation technique, and Chen Fei noticed words flickering at the bottom of his vision.

• An Old Man lured Lu Zhichun into a chess game that steadily drained his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Hua Daohong realized the wine was weakening him, spat it out, and resisted the Old Man’s attempt to make him keep drinking.
• Chen Fei refused to paint the woman, who left after her seductive behavior failed to sway him; drowsiness then overtook him and made him forget what he had planned.
• The village chief gathered Chen Fei, Lu Zhichun, and Hua Daohong and announced that Rice Village would share a treasured technique with them.
• An old woman demonstrated and explained the Gathering Wind Technique while energy drained from the three listeners.
• Chen Fei noticed a line of words flickering at the bottom of his vision.

Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong eagerly studied the Gathering Wind Technique from the old woman while the village chief drained their cultivation. Chen Fei simplified the technique into blowing air, learned it, and began drawing energy from the old woman, startling her.

• Lu Zhichun asked the old woman about the Gathering Wind Technique, and Hua Daohong joined the discussion as their cultivation drained away.
• The village chief noticed Chen Fei standing in a daze, while Chen Fei struggled to focus on the words flickering in his vision.
• Chen Fei simplified the Gathering Wind Technique for forty thousand taels of silver, reducing it to blowing air, then gained his first point of experience by exhaling.
• Chen Fei blew a sharp stream of air that shredded the grass and cut a trench into the ground.
• Chen Fei's technique began drawing energy from the old woman, who turned toward him as she realized he was rapidly comprehending the Gathering Wind Technique.

Chen Fei used an unexpected method to cultivate the Gathering Wind Technique, absorbing energy from the old woman while Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong were drained by Rice Village. As the two men tried to escape and the old woman fled Chen Fei’s continued absorption, the village chief wondered whether they should send Chen Fei away.

• Chen Fei absorbed energy while practicing the Gathering Wind Technique, and the village chief watched as he continued comprehending it.
• Chen Fei offered to share a cultivation shortcut, but the village chief and villagers backed away rather than listen.
• After half an hour, Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong had entered the technique but were left severely weakened, while Chen Fei absorbed much of the energy the old woman had taken from them.
• Lu Zhichun and Hua Daohong used their spirit artifacts to recover their awareness, recognized Rice Village’s danger, and charged toward the village’s exit.
• The village chief revealed that Rice Village’s rules prevented violence, while Chen Fei continued draining the old woman until she fled in terror.