Chapter Summaries

Tong Zhongqiu and Jian Jinsheng fought in the sky while the Long Rainbow Sect fell to its attackers. Chen Fei entered the Scripture Pavilion, defeated Nie Zhiyang with overwhelming strength, and continued searching for manuals.

• Jian Jinsheng challenged Tong Zhongqiu over the destruction of the Long Rainbow Sect, and the two Aperture Unification Realm experts began fighting.
• Ding Lizhong and the Long Rainbow Sect's other remaining Late Aperture Refining Realm cultivator were killed by the besieging sects.
• Chen Fei left his hiding place and headed for the Long Rainbow Sect's Scripture Pavilion to search for cultivation manuals.
• Nie Zhiyang demanded that Chen Fei leave the Mind Techniques section, but Chen Fei offered to share copies of the manuals.
• Nie Zhiyang attacked Chen Fei with the Sword Heart Art, and Chen Fei knocked him back with a single strike.
• Nie Zhiyang fled the Scripture Pavilion, shaken by Chen Fei's strength.

Chen Fei found the Severing God Sword, a mind-spirit technique that could attack without backlash but could only be used once. After searching unsuccessfully for the Long Rainbow Sect’s hidden inheritances, he used the Dragon Elephant Formation to detect a concealed formation beneath the Martial Arts Arena and found a cave behind it.

• Chen Fei ignored the other figures in the Scripture Pavilion and searched its Mind Techniques, finding the Severing God Sword and learning how its one-use mind-spirit sword worked.
• Chen Fei left the Scripture Pavilion to seek the Long Rainbow Sect’s hidden Legacy Techniques, avoiding crowded suspected treasure caches.
• Chen Fei searched several possible inheritance sites, including the True Inheritance Hall, but found no hidden passages or concealed techniques.
• Chen Fei realized the Dragon Elephant Formation could detect other formations by observing the flow of Primordial Qi, and used it to probe the ground.
• Chen Fei detected a formation beneath the Martial Arts Arena, dug a concealed tunnel to it, and found a large karst cave with lights flickering at its far end.

Chen Fei broke into the Long Rainbow Sect’s inheritance ground and discovered a damaged portion of the Yuan Chen Sword Canon, along with spear arts that had been deliberately altered. After securing the sword canon’s inheritance core, he escaped as someone approached the cave.

• Chen Fei quietly pierced the formation around the inheritance ground and entered before its warning signal could reach anyone.
• He found the complete core art of the Yuan Chen Sword Canon on a stone tablet, but learned that only its first two layers were intact and part of the third remained.
• Chen Fei broke the tablet and stored its inheritance core, planning to use the art to combine the Heavy Yuan Sword Art with the Giant Strength Sword.
• He discovered that the Breaking Yuan Spear and the other three spear inheritances had been altered to cause Cultivation Deviation, then destroyed their stone fragments.
• When the cave’s outer formation trembled as someone arrived, Chen Fei cut through it and escaped, emerging near the Martial Arts Arena.

After the Long Rainbow Sect’s stores were cleared, Chen Fei encountered Shen Tu Cang, who challenged him to settle their old rivalry. They agreed to wager their Spirit Artifacts and pills, and as the match drew a crowd, Nie Zhiyang bet his sword on Chen Fei to win.

• Chen Fei left the Long Rainbow Sect with a scrap pill furnace, the Severing God Sword Mind Technique, and the Yuan Chen Sword Canon among his gains.
• Shen Tu Cang blocked Chen Fei and challenged him to a rematch of their earlier contest, but Chen Fei initially refused.
• Shen Tu Cang offered seven Mind Forging Pills, and Chen Fei agreed to fight for them while wagering the Qian Yuan Sword.
• Chen Fei and Shen Tu Cang went before Guo Huaiyu and the gathered sect leaders to establish a witness for their match.
• Wu Guangyin worried that Chen Fei would lose, while Bai Daoxiang opened a betting pool and most people backed Shen Tu Cang.
• Nie Zhiyang handed Bai Daoxiang his sword and bet on Chen Fei to win.

Chen Fei fought Shen Tu Cang in a public match, carefully concealing the full extent of his strength while countering Shen Tu Cang’s Black Tortoise Sword Art. He trapped Shen Tu Cang in a twenty-bead Heavy Yuan Sword Formation, shocking the spectators with his mastery.

• Bai Daoxiang and Nie Zhiyang agreed to run a betting pool, but closed it and returned the stakes when Feng Xiupu and other elders arrived to bet on Chen Fei.
• Guo Huaiyu began the match, and Shen Tu Cang attacked Chen Fei with the Black Tortoise Sword Art.
• Chen Fei blocked Shen Tu Cang’s attacks and let Shen Tu Cang’s power build, while keeping his own greater strength hidden.
• Shen Tu Cang unleashed Black Tortoise Collapse, but Chen Fei blocked it with a black barrier and formed the Heavy Yuan Sword Formation.
• Chen Fei’s twenty sword beads overwhelmed Shen Tu Cang’s defenses and astonished the spectators with his Heavy Yuan Sword mastery.

Chen Fei defeated Shen Tu Cang by trapping him in the Heavy Yuan Sword Formation and claimed the Mind Forging Pill. After returning to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, Chen Fei revealed that the Inheritance Stone he had taken from the Long Rainbow Sect contained the Yuan Chen Sword Canon, shocking Qu Qingsheng.

• Shen Tu Cang used Black Tortoise True Body to shatter Chen Fei's sword beads, but the beads quickly recovered and kept him trapped.
• Chen Fei created three more figures around the formation, leaving Shen Tu Cang unable to find his true body as his own explosive elemental energy tore him apart.
• Guo Huaiyu ended the fight with one sword strike and declared Chen Fei the winner; Shen Tu Cang accepted defeat and gave him the Mind Forging Pill.
• Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect with the Inheritance Stone, and Qu Qingsheng warned him that its inherited spear art might have been altered.
• Chen Fei told Qu Qingsheng that the Inheritance Stone contained the Yuan Chen Sword Canon, leaving Qu Qingsheng stunned.

Chen Fei returned the damaged Yuan Chen Sword Canon to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, whose elders began verifying the inheritance. He used simplification to cultivate it alongside the Heavy Yuan Sword, advanced his Aperture Refining cultivation, and began learning the Giant Strength Sword under increasing weight.

• Qu Qingsheng accepted the damaged Yuan Chen Sword Canon from Chen Fei and said he and the elders would verify it before Chen Fei cultivated it.
• Chen Fei told Feng Xiupu about the inheritance, then simplified the Yuan Chen Sword Canon into the Heavy Yuan Sword and gained insights into both techniques while cultivating.
• After a month, Chen Fei heard that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect had defeated the Long Rainbow Sect's betrayal, killed over a dozen Divine Flame Sect cultivators, and regained several resource points.
• Qu Qingsheng secured increased monthly resources for Chen Fei, who opened two more Apertures and reached a total of fifteen.
• Chen Fei finished the first layer of the Yuan Chen Sword Canon, obtained the Giant Strength Sword, and found that making his body bear more weight improved his insights into it.

Chen Fei fused the Shadow Reflection Art with the Severing God Sword to create a repeatable mind attack that avoided backlash, while steadily advancing his cultivation and sword techniques. After the four-sect Secret Realm rose in grade enough to admit Initial Aperture Refining Realm cultivators, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect arrived as the Yuan Chen Sword Sect prepared to investigate.

• Chen Fei perfected the Severing God Sword, then fused it with the Shadow Reflection Art to create a mind attack that used an illusory mind image and caused no backlash.
• Over five months, Chen Fei opened five Apertures, reaching twenty, while his Mind Power neared its limit and his Heavy Yuan Sword, Escaping Heavens Travel, and Giant Strength Sword advanced.
• Chen Fei completed the second layer of the Yuan Chen Sword Canon and fused the Giant Strength Sword into the Heavy Yuan Sword Formation, strengthening its sixty sword beads.
• News reached Chen Fei that the four-sect Secret Realm had risen in grade and could now admit Initial Aperture Refining Realm cultivators.
• Chen Fei thought of Baka as the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and two other sects planned to enter the Secret Realm, but the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect arrived.

Chen Fei and Feng Xiupu prepared to enter the newly advanced Tier 2 Secret Realm, where spiritual materials could help Chen Fei strengthen his mind power and continue opening apertures. The four sects entered the realm, while a Divine Flame Sect group prepared a mysterious altar formation nearby.

• Chen Fei decided to enter the Tier 2 Secret Realm to seek resources that could strengthen his mind power, and Feng Xiupu confirmed that he would go as well.
• Ge Hongjie and Zhang Fangqiong joined the expedition, hoping to find spirit grass that would help them break through to the Aperture Refining Realm.
• The four sects gathered at the entrance, where Chen Fei assessed Liao Hanqin of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect as the strongest cultivator present.
• Ren Zhongyang instructed the Yuan Chen Sword Sect disciples to regroup with nearby fellow disciples after the Secret Realm scattered them upon entry.
• The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect entered first, followed by the other three sects, while the Divine Flame Sect gathered around an altar formation centered on a Jade Token several dozen li away.

Divine Flame Sect forced open a distant entrance to the secret realm but could send only seven cultivators through, so Wu Yongzhao led six others inside. Chen Fei arrived alone at a transformed Half Bottle Mountain and decided to find Baka before approaching it.

• Quan Chengming used Primordial Stones, two spirit artifacts, and a black substance to force open the secret realm entrance with Long Rainbow Sect's key.
• Quan Chengming warned Wu Yongzhao that the altered key allowed only seven Initial Aperture Refining Realm cultivators to enter and that they would arrive at random locations.
• Wu Yongzhao chose six cultivators and led them through the entrance despite the danger of entering without a numerical advantage.
• Chen Fei arrived at the foot of a mountain whose oppressive Aura made him recognize it as the greatly changed Half Bottle Mountain.
• Chen Fei decided to find Baka before deciding whether to climb Half Bottle Mountain.

Chen Fei explored the newly expanded secret realm and collected several stalks of Spirit Grass. Nearby, Zeng Zaiwen and Mo Yuanfei were nearly killed by a powerful Ape Demon until an unseen sword bead struck it down.

• Chen Fei discovered that the secret realm had expanded and gathered several stalks of Spirit Grass for Spirit Snow Pills.
• Mo Yuanfei and Zeng Zaiwen struggled against a First Tier Peak Ape Demon and decided to retreat.
• The Ape Demon badly injured Mo Yuanfei and tore apart Zeng Zaiwen’s right arm, leaving both disciples on the verge of death.
• A black sword bead appeared and pierced through the Ape Demon’s arms and head, killing it.
• Zeng Zaiwen and Mo Yuanfei stared in shock at the dead Ape Demon.

Chen Fei rescued Zeng Zaiwen and Mo Yuanfei from an Ape Demon, then continued to Baka Cave, where he found Rabbit Demons had taken over and discovered a strange patch of rock. A voice outside asked which Yuan Chen Sword Sect member was below, leaving Chen Fei to investigate who had arrived.

• Chen Fei killed the Ape Demon that had injured Zeng Zaiwen and Mo Yuanfei, then gave them its corpse and continued toward Baka Cave.
• Chen Fei gathered more than ten stalks of Spirit Grass on the way and found Rabbit Demons living in Baka's cave.
• Chen Fei subdued the Rabbit Demons with his Heavy Yuan Force Field and found an abandoned Medicine Field inside the cave.
• Chen Fei spotted a dark-green patch of mountain wall, removed a small piece, and heard someone outside ask which Yuan Chen Sword Sect member was below.

Chen Fei tracked the Strange Locust Tree to a hidden cave and discovered it had become a second-rank demonic creature after finding a treasure. The tree attacked him with a storm of branches, and Chen Fei faced it inside the cavern.

• Jin Weiming invited Chen Fei to travel with him and Chi Shuqing, but Chen Fei declined and continued searching for Baka and the Strange Locust Tree.
• Chen Fei used the Aura left at the tree's former site to track it to a bare earthen slope.
• Chen Fei blasted open the slope and found a cave filled with a powerful cold Aura, evidence that the Strange Locust Tree had obtained a treasure and advanced to the second rank.
• Chen Fei followed the tree's tracks into a cavern and found it looming amid a deathly cold Aura.
• The Strange Locust Tree attacked Chen Fei with countless branches, but a black barrier blocked its first strike.

Chen Fei fought the Strange Locust Tree while Chang Shiwan revealed himself and later returned to attack him. Chen Fei defended against Chang Shiwan and trapped him in the Heavy Yuan Sword Formation, preparing to fight.

• Chen Fei's Yuan Chen Sword Canon withstood the Strange Locust Tree's attacks, and he discovered Chang Shiwan hiding in the cavern.
• Chang Shiwan fled when Jin Weiming and Chi Shuqing arrived, and the two declined to help Chen Fei before leaving.
• Jin Weiming told Chi Shuqing that someone had left a Mind Mark in the cavern to watch Chen Fei, but they continued on to seek a Dream Granny Flower.
• Chang Shiwan returned and attacked Chen Fei, who used the black barrier to block his blade light.
• Chen Fei enveloped Chang Shiwan in the Heavy Yuan Sword Formation and readied himself to fight.

Chen Fei trapped Chang Shiwan in his perfected sword formation and killed him despite his attempt to escape and offer compensation. Chen Fei then turned to face the Strange Locust Tree, whose chilling defense stopped his attack, leaving the battle against it unresolved.

• Chang Shiwan tried to break out of Chen Fei's Heavy Yuan Sword Formation, but the recovering sword beads blocked him and injured his arms.
• Chang Shiwan offered compensation and threatened Chen Fei with the Divine Flame Sect, but Chen Fei killed him with the sword formation.
• Chen Fei collected Chang Shiwan's items and absorbed the remaining spiritual essence of his damaged blade into the Qian Yuan Sword.
• The Strange Locust Tree withdrew its branches and gathered its cold power into a defensive state.
• Chen Fei threw a stone at the Strange Locust Tree, but its icy domain stopped and shattered the stone before it could reach the tree.

Chen Fei broke through the Strange Locust Tree’s defenses and destroyed the Tier 2 Demon Creature, uncovering the Mystic Spirit Stone beneath its roots. After collecting the stone and the tree’s mind-enhancing sap, he sensed several people waiting outside the cavern.

• Chen Fei used the Heavy Yuan Sword Formation and Sword Threads to wear down the Strange Locust Tree’s defenses, but the tree drew power from beneath its roots and resisted.
• Chen Fei sent out his Escaping Heavens Travel Shadow Clone and combined its attack with the sword formation to pierce the tree’s trunk and destroy it.
• Chen Fei refined the Strange Locust Tree and uncovered a large Mystic Spirit Stone beneath its roots.
• Chen Fei collected the Mystic Spirit Stone and the tree’s sap, which could improve Mind Technique cultivation and mind-related pills.
• As Chen Fei prepared to leave the cavern, he sensed several Auras outside, and the people waiting there stopped without revealing themselves.

Chen Fei fled a group from the Divine Flame Sect, then searched the Secret Realm for the Rat Demon so he could subdue it and use its knowledge to find Baka. Unable to locate the Rat Demon, he used Strange Locust Tree sap and Spirit Grass to make a stronger lure, attracting a cautious panther demon instead.

• Chen Fei sensed an ambush, escaped with Shadow Clone, and left the Divine Flame Sect disciples behind without learning their identities.
• Chen Fei found the Scarlet Fruit Tree toppled and drained, then headed for the water pool to search for the Rat Demon.
• Chen Fei found disciples from four sects battling a First Tier Peak Demon Plant at the pool, but crossed the water and searched for the Rat Demon.
• Chen Fei combined Strange Locust Tree sap with Spirit Grass juice to spread the sap's scent and lure the Rat Demon.
• A panther-type Demon Beast approached the bait but stopped several dozen meters from Chen Fei, wary of him.

Chen Fei lured the Second-Tier Rat Demon into his sword formation, defeated it, and forced it to submit by placing a sword mark in its mind. After treating its wounds, he asked the Rat Demon to follow the scent on an ink-black pebble and lead him to its owner.

• Chen Fei waited for the Rat Demon while First-Tier Peak Demon Beasts gathered around him, then killed the beasts that attacked.
• The Rat Demon arrived, struck Chen Fei's barrier with a powerful attack, and tried to flee when it sensed danger.
• Chen Fei used the Heavy Yuan Sword Formation and Shadow Reflection Severing God Sword to trap the Rat Demon and wear down its speed and recovery.
• Chen Fei threatened the exhausted Rat Demon, which submitted and allowed him to place a sword mark in its Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Fei fed the Rat Demon a Healing Pill, showed it an ink-black pebble, and ordered it to lead him to the owner of the scent.

Chen Fei and the Rat Demon found a poisonous swamp on their search for spirit herbs, where a powerful Earthworm Monster guarded a lotus. Chen Fei kept the monster occupied while the Rat Demon retrieved the herb, then the Rat Demon returned with it as the battle continued.

• Chen Fei decided to postpone climbing Half Bottle Mountain and sent the Rat Demon to search for spirit herbs that could strengthen Mind Power.
• Chen Fei followed the Rat Demon to a poisonous swamp, where a tentacle attacked them and the Rat Demon revealed that a monster guarded a Spirit Herb below.
• An enormous Earthworm Monster erupted from the swamp and attacked Chen Fei, whose sword techniques severed its tentacles but could not prevent them from regenerating.
• Chen Fei distracted the Earthworm Monster with his sword formation and attacks while the Rat Demon rushed into the swamp to retrieve the Spirit Herb.
• The Rat Demon returned to Chen Fei's shoulder carrying a lotus as the Earthworm Monster remained unharmed.

Chen Fei and the Rat Demon gathered spirit plants across the Secret Realm, escaping an Earthworm Monster and clearing a spider cave along the way. By twilight, Chen Fei had amassed a huge harvest and began refining the plants in a sword-formation furnace.

• Chen Fei used two phantoms to confuse the Earthworm Monster, escaped with the lotus, and gave the Rat Demon one Lotus Leaf as a reward.
• The Rat Demon led Chen Fei to a spider cave, where he killed the Spider Demons and collected Spirit Grass, Demon Cores, and spider silk.
• Chen Fei gave the Rat Demon part of the Spirit Grass and kept its roots, then continued searching for more Spiritual Materials.
• The Rat Demon led Chen Fei across the Secret Realm for a day as he avoided other cultivators and watched Liao Hanqin kill a Demon Beast from afar.
• At twilight, Chen Fei began refining spirit plants in a sword-formation furnace after gathering five mind-and-spirit materials, seven cultivation materials, and twenty ordinary Spirit Grasses.