Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei uncovered the Zheng Family’s role in feeding travelers to a demon creature, killed Zheng Chuan Wen, and followed the demon’s dream power to locate it. As Chen Fei pursued the creature, Du Gu Man and Dai Yu Qiu also reached its island and prepared to confront it.

• Chen Fei realized the Zheng Family’s ship marked its passengers as food for the demon creature and seized Zheng Chuan Wen.
• Chen Fei pressured Zheng Chuan Wen, who revealed the Zheng Family traded travelers’ lives for Spiritual Materials and admitted he did not know the creature’s hiding place.
• Chen Fei killed Zheng Chuan Wen, took his possessions, and headed toward the demon creature’s dream power.
• Chen Fei resisted the creature’s dream attack, tracked its aura with the Stargazing Art, and pursued it even after it tried to sever their connection.
• Dai Yu Qiu located the demon creature’s island with her sinan, and Du Gu Man landed there to hunt it as Chen Fei approached.

Du Gu Man and Dai Yu Qiu reached the monster at the island’s center, but Geng Wang Sheng arrived and tried to claim it by force. Chen Fei stood against Geng Wang Sheng and drove him back with a single sword strike, leaving Du Gu Man and Dai Yu Qiu stunned.

• Du Gu Man and Dai Yu Qiu found the monster’s tangled, brain-like body in the water at the island’s center.
• Chen Fei arrived, followed by Geng Wang Sheng, who threatened Dai Yu Qiu and demanded that everyone leave the monster to him.
• Du Gu Man confronted Geng Wang Sheng, but two newcomers, Mei Bo Ping and Mei Bo Zong, withdrew when he intimidated them.
• Geng Wang Sheng attacked Chen Fei with the Moonlight Blade Art after Chen Fei refused to leave.
• Chen Fei struck the weak point in Geng Wang Sheng’s technique and forced him back several steps.

Chen Fei overwhelmed Geng Wang Sheng in their duel, blocking his full-strength Moonlight Lone Walk with ease. When a wounded monster ambushed Chen Fei, he seized its vine and began dragging its body toward him as it launched more vines.

• Geng Wang Sheng demanded Chen Fei's identity, then attacked him with Moonlight Lone Walk at full strength.
• Chen Fei used Suppress Dragon Elephant Suppress Spirit to sharpen his perception and stopped Geng Wang Sheng's blade with the Qian Yuan Sword.
• Du Gu Man and Dai Yu Qiu watched as Chen Fei held Geng Wang Sheng at a clear disadvantage, while Geng Wang Sheng nearly resorted to a forbidden move.
• The monster ambushed Chen Fei with a vine, and Chen Fei caught it and dispersed the power within it.
• Chen Fei pulled the monster's body across the ground as more than a hundred vines shot toward him.

Chen Fei faced Du Gu Man, Geng Wang Sheng, Dai Yu Qiu, and the monster at the pool after they joined forces against him. He survived their combined assault, drove off the three martial artists, and turned to pursue the wounded monster.

• Du Gu Man offered Geng Wang Sheng half the gains from the monster if he helped drive Chen Fei away, and Geng Wang Sheng agreed.
• Dai Yu Qiu tried to trap Chen Fei with a formation, but Chen Fei cut its formation Node apart before it could form and injured her with the backlash.
• Du Gu Man attacked Chen Fei with the Ten Thousand Blades Sword Art as Geng Wang Sheng struck and Dai Yu Qiu sealed him with four formations.
• The monster hurled a spear of vines at Chen Fei, who broke the formations and countered the attackers with a powerful slash that heavily wounded all three martial artists and the monster.
• Geng Wang Sheng fled, and Du Gu Man carried Dai Yu Qiu away; Chen Fei struck them with Severing God Swords and arrows but did not pursue them.
• Chen Fei recovered from his wounds and walked after the fleeing monster.

Chen Fei killed the demon and discovered that its Demon Core strengthened his physique through the Dragon Elephant Interface Point. As he refined it on a secluded island, his body began approaching the level of an Aperture Unification Realm cultivator, even though his cultivation remained in the Aperture Refining Realm.

• Chen Fei overcame the demon’s vines and killed it, while Mei Bo Ping and Mei Bo Zong fled after witnessing his strength.
• Dai Yu Qiu told Du Gu Man that the demon was dead, and Du Gu Man accepted that Chen Fei had decisively defeated them.
• Chen Fei collected the demon’s Demon Core and moved to a secluded island to avoid attracting attention.
• Chen Fei discovered that the Dragon Elephant Interface Point absorbed the Demon Core’s power and converted it into increased physical strength.
• As Chen Fei continued refining the Demon Core, his physique drew closer to the level of the Aperture Unification Realm.

Chen Fei strengthened his physique beyond the Aperture Refining Realm limit and arrived at Haiyue Cave Abode, where its assessment sealed everyone’s cultivation and memories of martial arts. After being transported to a forest in an ordinary body, he discovered that the cave abode had not sealed the power of his Panel.

• Chen Fei crushed a Demon Core by accident, then realized his physique had broken through the Aperture Refining Realm limit and that his Dragon Elephant Interface Point had grown more tenacious.
• Chen Fei traveled to the Qingping Sea Area and waited among martial artists and representatives of the Thousand Feather Alliance’s great forces for Haiyue Cave Abode to open.
• The Haiyue Cave Abode opened, and Chen Fei entered with his Haiyue Token as one of a hundred people drawn inside.
• A voice announced that entrants would become mortals and forget their cultivation techniques, then Chen Fei was transported to a dense forest with his memories and cultivation sealed.
• Chen Fei tested his strength and discovered that the power of his Panel remained usable inside the Haiyue Cave Abode.

Chen Fei recovered memories of his martial techniques despite Haiyue Cave Abode’s sealed cultivation and used his sword skills to defeat Ji Linxian and Wei Jiawen. After the pair admitted defeat, they were expelled from the cave abode, while Chen Fei kept the scroll and its technique.

• Chen Fei used the Extreme Mountain Breathing Technique to recover memories of his old techniques and recalled that he could use simplified cultivation methods despite his sealed cultivation.
• Chen Fei recovered Ascending Cloud Travel and Starry Night Sword by practicing movement and sword forms with a branch.
• Chen Fei took a glowing scroll and learned the Spirit Rhinoceros Finger formula as Ji Linxian and Wei Jiawen charged at him.
• Ji Linxian and Wei Jiawen attacked Chen Fei with stones, but Chen Fei shattered them with his branch and threatened them with Starry Night Sword.
• Ji Linxian and Wei Jiawen admitted defeat and vanished from Haiyue Cave Abode.

Inside Haiyue Cave Abode, Chen Fei learned Spirit Rhinoceros Finger, regained Skin Refining Realm cultivation, and began seeking more scrolls while Blood Marks revealed his growing record of defeating others. He overpowered Rao Chengwan and claimed his two scrolls, gaining another Blood Mark.

• Chen Fei simplified and learned Spirit Rhinoceros Finger, then used it to shatter a scroll and reach the Skin Refining Realm.
• Zhuo Tianying and Geng Wang Sheng each gained Skin Refining Realm cultivation by mastering a scroll after fights inside the cave abode.
• Chen Fei tracked Rao Chengwan, who had two scrolls and recognized him as the rival who had displaced him from the Hidden Dragon and Young Phoenix List.
• Rao Chengwan attacked Chen Fei with Tyrant Fist, but Chen Fei countered with sword techniques and Reverse Injury Spiked Armor.
• Rao Chengwan was defeated and vanished, leaving two scrolls for Chen Fei and adding another Blood Mark above his head.

Chen Fei used his simplified techniques to rapidly collect scrolls and advance through the cultivation realms inside Haiyue Cave Abode. After Ban Miaoyuan saw Chen Fei reach the Marrow Refining Realm, the cave abode announced that someone had advanced to the Viscera Refining Realm and opened a new mode.

• Chen Fei simplified Wind Source Step and Wind Surging Sword, mastered them immediately, and reached the peak of the Flesh Refining Realm.
• Observers outside Haiyue Cave Abode noted Chen Fei’s growing tally of kills and expulsions, while Teng Daoxuan remained the trial’s most feared competitor with five Blood Marks.
• As the scrolls grew scarce and battles resumed, Chen Fei continued advancing by quickly mastering techniques and collecting scrolls.
• Ban Miaoyuan saw Chen Fei at the Marrow Refining Realm, watched him master another technique in moments, and fled, shocked by the gap between them.
• Haiyue Cave Abode trembled and announced that someone had reached the Viscera Refining Realm, opening a new mode; Ban Miaoyuan suspected Chen Fei but could hardly believe it.

Chen Fei exploited the second stage of Haiyue Cave Abode by using his restored cultivation and mastery of the Great Thunderclap Sword to attack a soldiers' camp. After killing its powerful General, he obtained a Light Cluster containing what appeared to be a pill.

• Someone reached the Viscera Refining Realm, triggering Haiyue Cave Abode's second stage and making the scrolls disappear as new attackers appeared.
• Trial-takers across Haiyue Cave Abode were ambushed by armed squads, and Teng Daoxuan fled from six Bone Forging Realm archers.
• Chen Fei found that killing the attackers yielded cultivation scrolls and Light Clusters that increased technique Proficiency.
• Chen Fei attacked a camp of several dozen soldiers with arrows accelerated by electromagnetism, killing more than twenty before its General charged out.
• Chen Fei shot through the General's heavy armor and chest, causing him to vanish and leave behind a Light Cluster containing a pill.

Chen Fei cleared a soldiers’ encampment, collected its rewards, and strengthened his Thunderclap Fist while deciding how to use the scrolls he found. As trial-takers such as Zhuo Tianying and Teng Daoxuan fought to catch up, Chen Fei spotted a massive Barracks, which began absorbing radiance from across Haiyue Cave Abode and growing stronger.

• Chen Fei killed the soldiers near him with accelerated arrows, then collected a Body Releasing Pill, five scrolls, and eight Proficiency Light Clusters.
• Chen Fei discovered that the Light Clusters could not improve techniques absent from Haiyue Cave Abode’s records, and he used one to raise his Thunderclap Fist Proficiency.
• Trial-takers across Haiyue Cave Abode adapted to the battles, joined forces, and grew stronger by killing soldiers and studying their scrolls.
• Zhuo Tianying wiped out a camp, advanced to the Marrow Refining Realm, and studied a scroll to pursue first place.
• Teng Daoxuan stopped attacking other trial-takers and focused on killing soldiers and comprehending scrolls.
• Chen Fei spotted the massive Barracks and its banner, then watched as radiance flooded into it and strengthened the soldiers inside.

Chen Fei exploited his overwhelming strength to slaughter soldiers and kill the enemy camp general, while the other trial-takers struggled against the soldiers’ growing power. His victory activated a new mode in Haiyue Cave Abode and left everyone wondering who had defeated the general.

• Chen Fei realized that slain soldiers strengthened those still alive and that Haiyue Cave Abode was shrinking, forcing the trial-takers into more frequent battles.
• The water screen outside Haiyue Cave Abode vanished as the trial entered its third layer, concealing the trial-takers’ progress from onlookers.
• Zhuo Tianying led a growing group of trial-takers toward a Barracks while Geng Wang Sheng and Du Gu Man wondered who had topped the first layer.
• Chen Fei killed more than a hundred soldiers and a lieutenant near the largest Barracks, then continued overwhelming the forces pursuing him.
• Chen Fei killed the enemy camp general, triggering a new mode that made all the soldiers disappear and stunned the other trial-takers.

After Chen Fei killed the Enemy Camp General, the Heavenly Stairway appeared and the remaining trial-takers began their final battles. Chen Fei reached the palace and prepared to challenge the Haiyue Cave Abode’s past first-place winners for a greater reward.

• The trial-takers learned that someone had killed the Enemy Camp General alone, and Du Gu Man and Zhuo Tianying realized the mysterious first-place contestant had far surpassed them.
• The Heavenly Stairway appeared where the Enemy Camp General had been, and Zhuo Tianying led the others toward it.
• Du Gu Man faced a mirror-image opponent on the stairway, while Geng Wang Sheng encountered Chen Fei’s Peak Aperture Refining Realm image and admitted defeat.
• Chen Fei reached the palace, opened its doors, and entered a hall containing statues of past trial winners.
• Chen Fei sent the Geng Metal he had gained from killing the Enemy Camp General forward and prepared to challenge a past winner, hoping to improve his reward.

Chen Fei defeated Yan Xuanji’s mirror image in three strikes and claimed first place in Haiyue Cave Abode, earning three treasures. After the cave abode transported him away from the other trial-takers, he concealed his Aura and vanished into the deep sea.

• Chen Fei chose Yan Xuanji’s mirror image and overwhelmed his blade with the strength of Suppress Dragon Elephant.
• Chen Fei killed Yan Xuanji’s mirror image in three strikes, and Haiyue Cave Abode announced that he had claimed first place.
• Chen Fei received a Sea Born Flower, Geng Metal, and a Jade Slip containing an Aperture Unification Realm cultivation technique.
• Haiyue Cave Abode transported Chen Fei more than a hundred miles away from the cave entrance.
• Chen Fei sensed something amiss, severed the Aura he had left behind, and disappeared into the deep sea.

Guan Hongxuan pursued Chen Fei through the sea using his Tracing Back Eye, intending to kill him and seize his treasures. With the chase closing in, Chen Fei chose to attempt a breakthrough to the Aperture Unification Realm and swallowed the Sea Born Flower.

• Guan Hongxuan used his Night Pearl to search for Chen Fei, then tracked his vanished Aura with the Tracing Back Eye.
• Chen Fei sensed Guan Hongxuan pursuing him and fled through schools of fish to complicate the tracking.
• Guan Hongxuan pushed the Tracing Back Eye into Limit Circulation and continued closing in on Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei considered escaping to Sea Snail City but feared its forces might abandon him, so he chose to break through instead.
• Chen Fei sent a Shadow Clone racing ahead, swallowed the Sea Born Flower, and felt his mind erupt into turmoil.

Chen Fei endured the Sea Born Flower’s painful effects while fleeing Guan Hongxuan and used the Dragon Elephant Interface Point and Reverse Essence Acupoint Unification to break through to the Aperture Unification Realm. He completed the breakthrough as Guan Hongxuan rapidly closed in, and his body continued to grow stronger.

• Chen Fei’s mind boiled after he swallowed the Sea Born Flower, while his one hundred and eight Apertures began gathering under the Dragon Elephant Interface Point’s restraint.
• Chen Fei’s mind broke through its limit, allowing him to perceive more of Heaven and Earth and identify Guan Hongxuan as an Aperture Unification Realm Initial Stage cultivator.
• Guan Hongxuan used a Secret Art to empower the Tracing Back Eye, clear away interference, and surge toward Chen Fei.
• With Guan Hongxuan closing in, Chen Fei reversed the seven cultivation methods of the Yuan Chen Sword Canon and used Reverse Essence Acupoint Unification to merge his Apertures.
• Chen Fei stabilized his unified aperture, advanced Suppress Dragon Elephant Suppress Spirit to Great Perfection, and floated above the sea as his physique strengthened.

Chen Fei broke through to the Aperture Unification Realm and discovered that the Dragon Elephant Interface Point remained, greatly strengthening his physique. He caught up with Guan Hongxuan, the cultivator who had pursued him, and prepared to fight after rejecting Guan Hongxuan’s denial.

• Chen Fei broke through to the Aperture Unification Realm as Heaven and Earth Essence Qi tempered his body and strengthened his unified aperture.
• Chen Fei found that the Dragon Elephant Interface Point still existed and used the Stargazing Art to locate Guan Hongxuan beneath the sea.
• Guan Hongxuan sensed an approaching Aperture Unification Realm cultivator, abandoned his pursuit, and tried to flee when Chen Fei chased him.
• Chen Fei confronted Guan Hongxuan, who realized Chen Fei had likely broken through during the pursuit and denied tracking him.
• Chen Fei said he did not believe Guan Hongxuan and locked his aura onto him with the Qian Yuan Sword pointed at the sea.

Chen Fei refused to let Guan Hongxuan dismiss their conflict as a misunderstanding and killed him in three moves. A day later, Chen Fei returned to Chenshui Island, where the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and Sinking Water Pavilion had gathered in alarm at the sight of an approaching Aperture Unification Realm expert.

• Chen Fei charged Guan Hongxuan, broke free of the Moonlight Pearl's suppression, and overpowered its strike with the Qian Yuan Sword.
• Chen Fei ignored Guan Hongxuan's plea for mercy and killed him, then collected his belongings and erased the traces of the battle.
• After Chen Fei had been away for more than a month, Chenshui Island prospered as rumors of its strength spread and more sects and factions paid visits.
• The mountain-patrol disciples and elders of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and Sinking Water Pavilion spotted a figure approaching and feared it was an Aperture Unification Realm expert.
• The approaching figure proved to be Chen Fei, whose return moved the gathered members of the two sects.

Chen Fei returned to Chenshui Island as an Aperture Unification Realm cultivator, bringing the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and its ally the Sinking Water Pavilion great joy. News of his breakthrough spread across the island and nearby forces, who began preparing to visit and offer congratulations.

• Chen Fei greeted Qu Qingsheng, Zhou Zixun, Feng Xiupu, and the others after returning as an Aperture Unification Realm expert.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect elders celebrated Chen Fei's achievement, while the Sinking Water Pavilion recognized the benefits his breakthrough would bring their alliance.
• Guo Linshan recalled meeting Chen Fei and decided it was time to prepare for his own breakthrough to the Aperture Refining Realm.
• News of Chen Fei's breakthrough spread through Chenshui Island, prompting residents to wonder whether the sects would relocate to a more prosperous area.
• Nearby forces learned of Chen Fei's breakthrough and began sending representatives to Chenshui Island to offer congratulations and pay visits.

After Chen Fei’s breakthrough to the Aperture Unification Realm, he stayed on Chenshui Island, cultivated, and prepared Yuan Chen Sword Sect to move to a more suitable region. News of his breakthrough reached the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, leaving Gong Guanzhi and Tong Zhongqiu stunned.

• Chen Fei appeared once before visiting forces, confirming that Chenshui Island had an unusually young Aperture Unification Realm expert.
• Chen Fei visited Sea Swallow City and obtained a list of regions Yuan Chen Sword Sect could choose after rising to a Fourth-Level Force, then brought it back for Qu Qingsheng and the others to review.
• Chen Fei had the Qian Yuan Sword absorb the Moonlight Pearl’s spiritual essence and learned that Guan Hongxuan’s Azure Sky Art included the Tracing Back Eye technique.
• Chen Fei continued cultivating the Primal Chaos Profound Art and planned to fuse it with the Azure Sky Art to improve his cultivation and combat strength.
• Gong Guanzhi told Tong Zhongqiu that Yuan Chen Sword Sect had produced an Aperture Unification Realm cultivator, and Tong Zhongqiu stopped in surprise.