Chapter Summaries

Duanmu Xiao waited outside the Yuan Chen Sword Sect for Chen Fei to leave, while Chen Fei continued cultivating until his Qian Yuan Sword transformed into a Low-Grade Magic Treasure. The chapter left Chen Fei considering hunting a sea demon to make use of the sword essence in his Space Grid and obtain cultivation resources.

• Duanmu Xiao continued waiting for Chen Fei, unwilling to attack inside the Yuan Chen Sword Sect or risk alerting his target.
• Chen Fei stayed in seclusion to cultivate the Primal Chaos Profound Art, aiming to reach Great Perfection and use its Secret Art to raise his cultivation.
• After another month passed, Chen Fei's Qian Yuan Sword completed its transformation from a Top-Grade Spirit Artifact into a Low-Grade Magic Treasure.
• Chen Fei considered hunting a sea demon to replace the sword essence in his Space Grid and earn resources, despite the danger of fighting Demon Beasts.

The Yuan Chen Sword Sect prospered as Chen Fei cultivated the Primal Chaos Profound Art to Great Perfection and used it to turn his Combined Aperture once, increasing its strength. Five days later, Chen Fei left the sect, and Duanmu Xiao prepared to act after waiting a year for his appearance.

• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect attracted many new disciples and grew stronger as its resources and Chen Fei's Shadow Clone helped its elders advance.
• Duanmu Xiao waited outside the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and considered killing its people if Chen Fei remained in seclusion.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Primal Chaos Profound Art to Great Perfection and compressed his sword energy to sharpen its power.
• Chen Fei used the art's Secret Art to shatter and restore his Combined Aperture, completing a turn and making it tougher.
• After recovering for five days, Chen Fei left the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, and Duanmu Xiao learned he had emerged.

Duanmu Xiao stalked Chen Fei in the Outer Sea, intending to kill him during a fight with a Demon Beast, but Chen Fei had already discovered him and set a trap. Chen Fei ambushed Duanmu Xiao and struck him with overwhelming force, leaving the two locked in battle.

• Duanmu Xiao observed Chen Fei from afar and judged his strength while looking for a chance to assassinate him.
• Chen Fei plunged into the sea, using his hidden clone to create a disturbance before concealing his main body's Aura and circling back.
• Duanmu Xiao sensed danger and began to retreat, but Chen Fei attacked him with sword lights that trapped him and disrupted his movement.
• Duanmu Xiao used the Blood Demon Blade to destroy the first wave of sword lights, then defended against Chen Fei's Qian Yuan Sword with Entangling Sword Softness.
• Chen Fei acknowledged Duanmu Xiao's defense and advanced with another sword strike, attaching his sword essence to the Qian Yuan Sword.

Chen Fei defeated Duanmu Xiao, captured him, and left him badly injured while Duanmu Xiao concealed his identity and waited for a chance to escape. After fleeing to BoHai City to retrieve pills from a Soulshade Sect business, Duanmu Xiao found that Chen Fei was secretly watching him with Dream Entering Art.

• Chen Fei overwhelmed Duanmu Xiao with the Qian Yuan Sword, knocked him unconscious, and carried him to a cave for questioning.
• Duanmu Xiao concealed his identity and fed Chen Fei fabricated answers while secretly recovering from his injuries.
• When a battle drew Chen Fei away, Duanmu Xiao broke through the cave restrictions, escaped into the sea, and recovered on a deserted island.
• Duanmu Xiao traveled to BoHai City, entered a Soulshade Sect pavilion, and retrieved pills from a sealed iron box.
• Chen Fei watched Duanmu Xiao retrieve the pills from outside the firmament using Dream Entering Art.

Chen Fei used the Dream Entering Art to make the injured Duanmu Xiao reveal the Soulshade Sect’s headquarters and report his failed assassination mission. After Chen Fei staged an attack on the headquarters in the dream, Duanmu Xiao left HaiLin City to retrieve his stored resources.

• Chen Fei used the Dream Entering Art on the mentally damaged Duanmu Xiao and accelerated time within the dream as Duanmu Xiao recovered.
• Duanmu Xiao traveled to HaiLin City and entered the Soulshade Sect’s underground headquarters through a concealed alley formation.
• Duanmu Xiao told Black Shadow that his mission to kill Chen Fei had failed and exaggerated Chen Fei’s strength to secure a stronger assassin.
• Chen Fei made Duanmu Xiao dream that an Aperture Unification Realm Peak expert attacked the Soulshade Sect’s headquarters.
• Duanmu Xiao left HaiLin City to retrieve the resources he had stored at the Soulshade Sect’s branch divisions.

Chen Fei killed Duanmu Xiao after revealing that his apparent escape had only been a dream, then collected the resources Duanmu Xiao had hidden across the sea. In Muwan City, Chen Fei reviewed the treasures and cultivation methods he had acquired before approaching a branch of the Soulshade Sect in disguise.

• Chen Fei ground away the imprint on Duanmu Xiao's Qiankun Bag, causing Duanmu Xiao to awaken and realize his escape had been an illusion created by the Dream Entering Art.
• Duanmu Xiao learned that Chen Fei had entered his dream and discovered his hidden stores, then Chen Fei killed him and absorbed his spiritual essence into the Qian Yuan Sword.
• Chen Fei traveled to nearly six locations over five days and collected Duanmu Xiao's Mid-Grade Essence Stones, pills, healing medicines, two Low-Grade Magic Treasures, and Jade Slips.
• Chen Fei examined the Jade Slips, including a map to a location outside the Thousand Feather Alliance, seven Aperture Refining Realm inheritances, and Duanmu Xiao's Severing Light Shadow Sword cultivation method and two Secret Arts.
• Chen Fei changed his appearance and concealed his Aura before arriving at a Soulshade Sect branch in Muwan City.

Chen Fei impersonated Duanmu Xiao at a Soulshade Sect branch and traced the chain of people with access to the assassination mission’s details. After planting a hidden message to lure the employer, he waited in Xuanlin City and came face to face with Jiang Liulin.

• Chen Fei used Duanmu Xiao’s token and verification seals to enter the Soulshade Sect branch as Black Official and request a higher commission for his assassination mission.
• Chen Fei used the Dream Entering Art on the Black Shadow and followed the reported information through several Soulshade Sect members until he found the person who could access the mission details.
• Chen Fei obtained the Soulshade Sect’s method for contacting employers and placed a hidden message to arrange a meeting.
• Jiang Liulin arrived at the designated restaurant in Xuanlin City, recognized Chen Fei, and froze in surprise.

Chen Fei uncovered Jiang Liulin’s role in the assassination attempt and traced the plot to Miao Wanhong and the Shenshui Sect. He challenged Miao Wanhong to a blood battle, leaving the two sects on the brink of open conflict.

• Chen Fei took Jiang Liulin from a restaurant and used his mind to uncover that he was a Shenshui Sect agent who had arranged the Soulshade Sect’s assassination attempt.
• Chen Fei brought Jiang Liulin to the Shenshui Sect, where Miao Wanhong denied knowing him and disowned him.
• Chen Fei sent Miao Wanhong a challenge letter, declaring that he had come to test his martial skills.
• Chen Fei revealed that he intended to settle the Shenshui Sect’s attempt on his life through a blood battle.

Chen Fei challenged Miao Wanhong to a blood battle, demanding five hundred Mid-Grade Essence Stones, and Miao Wanhong admitted he could not win. Mo Shiyi proposed that Miao accept the challenge with help from the Xuan Yuan Pearl, leaving the conspirators’ plan uncertain.

• Chen Fei issued Miao Wanhong a blood battle challenge for ten days later and demanded five hundred Mid-Grade Essence Stones.
• Miao Wanhong and Shenshui Sect feared the challenge because Chen Fei had already defeated him, so Miao decided to admit defeat rather than risk dying.
• Mo Shiyi and the other conspirators arrived and learned Chen Fei knew about their Soulshade Sect assassination plot.
• The group worried that paying Chen Fei would invite further challenges, while Hu Yanwu suggested hiring Soulshade Sect again.
• Mo Shiyi ordered Miao Wanhong to accept the battle and offered him the Xuan Yuan Pearl, which the others would empower before the fight.

After the Shenshui Sect sought a powerful fighter to face Chen Fei in the Blood Battle Arena, Mo Shiyi recruited Zhu Guannu, a ruthless first-turn cultivator, to kill him. Chen Fei revealed that he had also reached the first revolution, leaving Qin Haishan and the others stunned as Zhu Guannu agreed to take the fight for seven hundred Mid-Grade Essence Stones.

• Miao Wanhong rejected using the Xuan Yuan Pearl against Chen Fei, so Mo Shiyi proposed hiring a guest elder to fight in his place.
• Mo Shiyi identified Zhu Guannu, a vicious cultivator who had returned from the Outer Sea, as a suitable opponent and offered him five hundred Mid-Grade Essence Stones.
• Chen Fei told Qin Haishan and the others that the Shenshui Sect had hired the Soulshade Sect to assassinate him, and Qin Haishan extracted Jiang Liulin's testimony into a Jade Slip.
• Chen Fei revealed that he had completed one revolution of the Aperture Unification Realm, astonishing Qin Haishan, Tong Zhongqiu, and the others.
• Mo Shiyi offered Zhu Guannu five hundred Mid-Grade Essence Stones to fight Chen Fei, but Zhu Guannu demanded seven hundred and agreed after Mo Shiyi accepted.

As the Sea Peak Region anticipated Chen Fei’s bloody battle with Shenshui Sect, he trained in the Heart Strange Realm and mastered Substitute Shadow. By fusing it with Shadow Clone and Escaping Heavens Travel, Chen Fei unexpectedly raised his movement speed to a top-tier level among Aperture Unification Realm Initial Stage cultivators.

• News spread across the Sea Peak Region that Chen Fei would fight Shenshui Sect in a bloody battle over Soulshade Sect’s assassination attempt.
• Chen Fei used a fivefold Heart Refining Formation to purify a third-rank Mind Wraith Source and strengthen his mind.
• Chen Fei cultivated Substitute Shadow to Great Perfection, but found that it could only block attacks at the Aperture Refining Realm level.
• Chen Fei fused Substitute Shadow with Shadow Clone and Escaping Heavens Travel, increasing his movement speed by about thirty percent.

Chen Fei arrived at the Blood Battle Arena to face Zhu Guannu, who represented the Shenshui Sect and received power from the Xuan Yuan Pearl. When Zhu Guannu charged at him, Chen Fei used Substitute Shadow to move an astonishing distance, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Chen Fei reflected that strengthening his Shadow Clone could improve his own power and continued cultivating the Primal Chaos Profound Art fused with the Severing Light Shadow Sword.
• Chen Fei and his companions arrived in Sea Light City for the blood battle, where Zhu Guannu appeared as the Shenshui Sect's representative.
• Bi Zhongxun confirmed that Chen Fei and Zhu Guannu were both at Aperture Unification First Revolution, surprising the gathered cultivators.
• Mo Shiyi used the Xuan Yuan Pearl to augment Zhu Guannu with the power of roughly two Aperture Unification Realm cultivators, damaging the pearl's spirituality.
• Zhu Guannu charged at Chen Fei inside the Blood Battle Arena, but Chen Fei merged with his Shadow Clone and reappeared one li away, shocking everyone watching.

Chen Fei used his improved Movement Technique to evade Zhu Guannu and wait for the Xuan Yuan Pearl’s power to fade, but Zhu Guannu swallowed a Mid-Grade Essence Stone to boost his speed and force a confrontation. As Zhu Guannu launched his attack, Chen Fei used the Shadow Reflection Severing Mystery Sword, and a Jade Pendant on Zhu Guannu’s chest began to glow.

• Chen Fei’s Substitute Shadow-enhanced Movement Technique surprised the onlookers and let him stay ahead of Zhu Guannu.
• Zhu Guannu’s Xuan Yuan Pearl power continued to dissipate as Chen Fei evaded him and mocked his reliance on it.
• Zhu Guannu swallowed a Mid-Grade Essence Stone, causing his body and speed to surge so he could close in on Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei stopped fleeing rather than use a forbidden art, while Zhu Guannu prepared a powerful blade strike.
• As Zhu Guannu attacked, Chen Fei unleashed the Shadow Reflection Severing Mystery Sword, and Zhu Guannu’s Jade Pendant glowed after he resisted the sword lights.

Chen Fei used repeated Mind Skills to destabilize Zhu Guannu’s control of the Xuan Yuan Pearl, then struck through his defenses and forced Zhu Guannu to unleash three forbidden techniques. Chen Fei won their clash, but Zhu Guannu survived in a deep pit and began recovering as they faced each other.

• Zhu Guannu’s Mind Jade barrier shattered under Chen Fei’s waves of sword-light attacks, destabilizing Zhu Guannu’s mind and Blade Yuan.
• Zhu Guannu shattered the copper bell in his mind to suppress the sword lights, but Chen Fei’s hidden Severing Mystery Sword pierced his defenses and caused the Xuan Yuan Pearl’s power to erupt inside him.
• Chen Fei pressed his attack, and Zhu Guannu activated the Star Shifting Art, Heart Piercing Incantation, and Aperture Splitting Art to launch a final strike.
• Chen Fei met Zhu Guannu’s blade with Blood Flame and sword Yuan, sending Zhu Guannu crashing into a deep pit while the collision wounded Chen Fei.
• Zhu Guannu began rapidly recovering in the pit, and Chen Fei appeared beside him as confusion crossed Zhu Guannu’s eyes.

Chen Fei killed Zhu Guannu in the Blood Battle Arena and collected the promised five hundred Mid-Grade Essence Stones, further raising his reputation and drawing more people toward the Yuan Chen Sword Sect. Back at Listening Wind Courtyard, he continued cultivating and examined a body-tempering technique from Zhu Guannu’s belongings: the Mystic Forging Treasure Art.

• Chen Fei used the Dream Entering Art to learn how Zhu Guannu gained his regenerative power, then killed him with a strike that extinguished his vitality.
• Chen Fei claimed Zhu Guannu’s Qiankun Bag and two Low-Grade Magic Treasures, then left the Blood Battle Arena as Mo Shiyi and the others realized how difficult it would be to face him.
• Miao Wanhong handed over five hundred Mid-Grade Essence Stones, which Chen Fei collected before Mo Shiyi and the others departed to consider their next move.
• News of Chen Fei’s victory spread across the Sea Peak Region, bringing another wave of prospective disciples to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.
• Chen Fei refined third-tier mid-grade pills while cultivating and studied the Mystic Forging Treasure Art, a body-tempering technique found in Zhu Guannu’s Qiankun Bag.

Chen Fei merged the Mystic Forging Treasure Art into his cultivation after learning how it had strengthened Zhu Guannu, while Mo Shiyi and the others plotted to kill Chen Fei before his injuries healed. Chen Fei discovered their plan through the Soulshade Sect’s channels and considered their offer to hire an Aperture Unification Realm Middle Stage assassin.

• Chen Fei recognized that the Mystic Forging Treasure Art complemented Suppress Dragon Elephant by strengthening his physical defense, then merged the technique into his cultivation.
• Mo Shiyi urged Miao Wanhong, Meng Heng, Hu Yanwu, and the others to take advantage of Chen Fei’s injuries and arrange his death.
• The group discussed the Soulshade Sect’s delayed assassination and proposed raising the reward to lure Chen Fei to the Outer Sea or hire an Aperture Unification Realm Middle Stage expert.
• Mo Shiyi ordered them to activate their hidden pieces and monitor Qin Haishan and the others in case Chen Fei left for the Outer Sea.
• Chen Fei received a message through Duanmu Xiao’s jade and learned the Soulshade Sect was awaiting word on whether he could be lured out, or would send a Middle Stage assassin instead.

Mo Shiyi and the leaders of several families prepared to ambush Chen Fei in the Outer Sea, relying on the Soulshade Sect to lure him out. As Chen Fei advanced rapidly through intensive pill-fueled cultivation, the group reached the designated location and encountered the hooded assassin.

• Mo Shiyi learned that the Soulshade Sect's assassin would try to lure Chen Fei to the Outer Sea within a month, while an additional Aperture Unification Realm Middle Stage expert would cost more than the group could afford.
• Mo Shiyi told Meng Heng and the others to use all their strength if the assassin successfully drew Chen Fei out.
• Chen Fei spent half a month cultivating with large quantities of Tier 3 mid-grade pills, rapidly advancing his cultivation and strengthening his physique through Profound Suppress Dragon Elephant.
• The Soulshade Sect reported that the assassin had begun moving and that Chen Fei would leave the Yuan Chen Sword Sect within days.
• Mo Shiyi and the others checked their hidden agents, then secretly left their Sects and traveled separately to the Outer Sea after receiving the location.
• Mo Shiyi waited on an uninhabited island and saw a hooded figure rise from beneath the sea, carrying a Sword Blade matching the Soulshade Sect's description of the killer.

Chen Fei infiltrated Mo Shiyi’s ambush disguised as a Soulshade Sect assassin, then revealed himself and unleashed a forbidden-art-enhanced sword strike. The Linked Jade signaled that Mo Shiyi had died, leaving Hu Yanwu and the others rushing toward the battle in shock.

• Chen Fei posed as the Soulshade Sect assassin and convinced Mo Shiyi that he had verified his identity and knew where Chen Fei would appear.
• After the ambush failed to draw Chen Fei out on schedule, Chen Fei led Mo Shiyi away from the others under the pretense of cutting off the target’s retreat.
• Chen Fei turned on Mo Shiyi, revealed his identity, and used several forbidden arts to power up the Qian Yuan Sword.
• Hu Yanwu and the others followed the Linked Stone signal toward the fight, then saw their Linked Jade crack, indicating that Mo Shiyi had died.

After Mo Shiyi died, Hu Yanwu and the others retreated and decided to cancel their Soulshade Sect contract rather than continue fighting Chen Fei. Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect with Mo Shiyi’s spoils, and the Soulshade Sect later informed him that the assassination mission had been canceled.

• Hu Yanwu and the other three fled to the Sea Peak Region after learning that Mo Shiyi had died.
• Miao Wanhong, Meng Heng, and Hu Yanwu discussed what to do, and Hu Yanwu agreed to cancel the Soulshade Sect mission.
• Chen Fei revealed that he had targeted Mo Shiyi to weaken the alliance without drawing excessive attention from the Thousand Feather Alliance.
• Chen Fei examined Mo Shiyi’s damaged Xuan Yuan Pearl, saber, and Qiankun Bag, and planned to challenge the other three families through blood duels.
• The Soulshade Sect sent Duanmu Xiao a secret letter confirming that the mission to assassinate Chen Fei had been canceled and offering fifty Mid-Grade Essence Stones as compensation.

Chen Fei strengthened his power, killed a Tier 3 Octopus Demon, and forced the remaining sects to submit to his blood battle challenges, further elevating the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s standing. After months of cultivation brought him close to the Second Revolution, Tong Zhongqiu told him the passage to Immortal Cloud City had been exposed, and Chen Fei reached First Revolution Peak.

• Chen Fei completed the Star Shifting Art and Heart Piercing Incantation, then killed a Tier 3 Octopus Demon in the Outer Sea and gave its remains to Qu Qingsheng and the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.
• Chen Fei discovered that activating all Four Forbidden Arts let him unleash explosive power for only one or two strikes, but risked lasting physical damage if used in a real battle.
• News of Chen Fei’s feat spread, Qin Haishan and three others bought demon meat and blood from him, and the Drifting Cloud Sect’s status fell after Mo Shiyi’s death.
• Hu Yanwu admitted defeat and paid Chen Fei five hundred Mid-Grade Essence Stones; Chen Fei then defeated the remaining two challengers and collected another thousand.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Severing Light Shadow Sword to Great Perfection, fused in the Azure Sky Art, and advanced his cultivation toward the Second Revolution.
• Tong Zhongqiu told Chen Fei that the Strange City had disappeared and exposed the passage to Immortal Cloud City; two months later, Chen Fei reached First Revolution Peak.