Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei strengthened the Qian Yuan Sword with black stones until it became a mid-grade magic treasure, while enduring the hostility of the injured Tier 4 Strange Entity. A Mountain Sea Realm cultivator then appeared and seized the Strange Entity, and Chen Fei flew toward the passage to the Endless Sea.

• Chen Fei refined black stones and raised the Qian Yuan Sword to the level of a mid-grade magic treasure.
• Chen Fei continued feeding the sword black stones as he slew illusory figures and refined them into more stones.
• Chen Fei sensed an overwhelming presence approaching and saw a blurred figure appear above the black fog.
• The figure swept Chen Fei and more than a dozen Aperture Unification Realm cultivators out of the fog, then compressed the Tier 4 Strange Entity into a black bead.
• The figure vanished, and Chen Fei recognized that the cultivator had reached the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Chen Fei saw the Aperture Unification Realm Late Stage cultivator claim the deep pit and flew toward the passage to the Endless Sea.

Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect with Spirit Rhyme after passing through the guarded passage, then tested its effects on the Qian Yuan Sword and his cultivation. The Spirit Rhyme sharpened his understanding of the path to Aperture Unification Realm Peak, and he entered the secret chamber to study the damaged Spiritual Treasure.

• Chen Fei passed through the passage after Jiang Xiuming and the other Aperture Unification Realm Peak cultivators allowed him to proceed.
• Chen Fei returned safely to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and showed Qu Qingsheng and the elders the Spirit Rhyme, promising to refine pills for them.
• Chen Fei used one portion of Spirit Rhyme to strengthen the Qian Yuan Sword and confirmed it showed no pollution.
• Chen Fei consumed another portion of Spirit Rhyme and gained clearer insight into the Three Lives Severing Shadow Sword and the path to Aperture Unification Realm Peak.
• Chen Fei left the remaining Spirit Rhyme and entered the secret chamber to examine the damaged Spiritual Treasure in his Space Grid.

Chen Fei entered the Broken Ruler’s damaged inner space and absorbed its former owner’s Mountain Sea Realm imprint, gaining insight into the Aperture Unification Realm Peak and accelerating his Profound Suppress Dragon Elephant cultivation. Afterward, he discovered the Broken Ruler’s power had been drained and restored it with essence stones, leaving the treasure intact but severely damaged.

• Chen Fei found that the Slaughtering Spirit Art could barely suppress the Broken Ruler’s Aura, then touched the treasure and was drawn into its inner space.
• Chen Fei discovered that the Broken Ruler’s inner space had been reduced to a tiny mountain peak surrounded by darkness and an abyss.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Three Lives Severing Shadow Sword and absorbed the former owner’s Mountain Sea Realm imprint, improving his understanding of the Aperture Unification Realm Peak and raising his Profound Suppress Dragon Elephant proficiency.
• After an hour, Chen Fei returned to the secret chamber and realized that cultivating inside the Broken Ruler had consumed its power.
• Chen Fei fed the Broken Ruler essence from Mid-Grade Essence Stones, restoring its light after it absorbed seventy-three stones.

Chen Fei discovered that the Spiritual Treasure could greatly accelerate his Profound Suppress Dragon Elephant cultivation, though its use was costly and required time to recover between sessions. After five days of recuperation and other cultivation, he began refining Spirit Pills before disciples of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and representatives of allied sects.

• Chen Fei tested using the Spiritual Treasure solely to cultivate Profound Suppress Dragon Elephant and found its energy lasted ten hours, four times longer than when he absorbed insights as well.
• Chen Fei estimated that the Spiritual Treasure could help him reach Profound Suppress Dragon Elephant Perfection within several months, but he remained short of Essence Stones.
• Chen Fei spent five days improving the Three Lives Severing Shadow Sword with the Panel and cultivating elemental force with Third-Order Mid-Grade Spirit Pills while his body recovered.
• Chen Fei left the Secret Chamber and went to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's main peak, where sect disciples and allied-sect observers awaited his pill-refining demonstration.
• Chen Fei ignited the pill furnace with elemental force and began refining pills using his distinctive method, surprising the onlookers.

Chen Fei refined perfected pills containing Spirit Rhyme before the gathered sects and gave the pills to Qu Qingsheng for distribution. Zhou Zixun learned Chen Fei had set aside two pills to extend his lifespan and chose to accept them so he could watch the Yuan Chen Sword Sect continue to grow.

• Chen Fei used his distinctive pill-refining method to refine a batch of Tier 2 pills infused with Spirit Rhyme while Wei Xingshan and the other onlookers watched.
• Chen Fei finished refining, sent the pills to Qu Qingsheng, and left as the gathered disciples and sect representatives paid their respects.
• Qu Qingsheng gave Zhou Zixun a bottle containing two pills and explained that Chen Fei intended them to extend Zhou Zixun's lifespan.
• Zhou Zixun initially refused the pills as too precious, but Qu Qingsheng urged him to accept Chen Fei's kindness.
• Zhou Zixun accepted the pills, saying he still wanted to witness the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's rise.

Chen Fei continued cultivating after rumors spread that he was a Pills Saint Hand, strengthening his sword techniques and physique while an Aperture Unification Realm Peak cultivator secretly monitored him. As sea demons increased around the Thousand Feather Alliance, Chen Fei broke through to the Aperture Unification Realm Third Revolution and entered the Middle Stage.

• Chen Fei sensed an Aperture Unification Realm Peak cultivator monitoring the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, then continued cultivating until the watcher left three days later.
• Chen Fei reached Great Perfection in the Three Lives Severing Shadow Sword, merged the Wither Bloom Scripture into it, and mastered the forbidden art Life Death Inversion.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Profound Suppress Dragon Elephant to Perfection, advancing his physique to the Aperture Unification Realm Late Stage with exceptional sturdiness and recovery.
• The Thousand Feather Alliance ordered its forces to reinforce the periphery as sea demons increased, and Chen Fei hunted Tier 3 Initial Stage sea demons to fund his cultivation.
• After nearly two years of cultivation and spending several thousand Mid-Grade Essence Stones, Chen Fei used the Aperture Splitting Art and the Three Lives Severing Shadow Sword to stabilize his combined aperture and break through to the Aperture Unification Realm Third Revolution.

After breaking through to the Aperture Unification Realm Middle Stage, Chen Fei concealed his cultivation to avoid attracting the attention of the Thousand Feather Alliance’s Peak Forces. He visited the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s Tier 3 Secret Realm, discovered Baka’s power was accelerating the growth of its Spiritual Materials, and left to deal with the rising number of sea demons.

• Chen Fei suppressed his Aura to appear to be at the Aperture Unification Realm Initial Stage because revealing his rapid breakthrough could draw suspicion from the Peak Forces.
• Chen Fei decided the Yuan Chen Sword Sect should remain in the Sea Peak Region, where it could develop safely and retain its Tier 3 Low-Grade Secret Realm.
• Chen Fei visited the secret realm and found that the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s Spirit Tree and Spiritual Materials had grown better than those in the other families’ areas.
• Baka welcomed Chen Fei and offered him a spirit fruit, while Chen Fei learned Baka had reached the Tier 2 Late Stage and was helping the Spiritual Materials mature.
• Chen Fei left the secret realm to sweep away the sea demons gathering in the surrounding area.

Chen Fei used demon-attracting medicinal liquid to clear sea demons from the area around the Secret Realm, then pursued a Tier 3 sea demon. Kou Yuanheng ambushed him and accused him of killing Duanmu Xiao and impersonating a member of the Soulshade Sect, leaving Chen Fei facing him alone.

• Chen Fei lured Tier 2 sea demons to an island and killed nearly a hundred of them with strands of sword essence.
• Chen Fei detected a Tier 3 sea demon fleeing and pursued it across the sea.
• Chen Fei caught up with the sea demon, but Kou Yuanheng appeared and failed to seize him with a surprise attack.
• Kou Yuanheng claimed Chen Fei had killed Duanmu Xiao and impersonated him, then revealed that no one else was nearby.
• Chen Fei confirmed Kou Yuanheng had isolated them and faced him in midair.

Chen Fei exposed Kou Yuanheng’s ambush and formation, then revealed his true cultivation and unleashed three forbidden arts in their clash. Kou Yuanheng’s two forbidden arts could not withstand Chen Fei’s overwhelming strike, and he was blasted into the sea, badly injured.

• Chen Fei destroyed the formation Node Kou Yuanheng had secretly set up and rejected his accusation that he had killed Duanmu Xiao.
• Kou Yuanheng attacked Chen Fei with a dagger, relying on his Mountain Binding Art and powerful physique.
• Chen Fei unleashed the Aperture Splitting Art, Burning Blood Art, and Heart Piercing Incantation, revealing that he had reached the Aperture Unification Realm Middle Stage.
• Kou Yuanheng activated the Mountain Shattering and Blood Sea forbidden arts to counter Chen Fei’s attack.
• Chen Fei’s strike overwhelmed Kou Yuanheng, sent him crashing into the sea, and left him unable to dispel the force tearing through his body.

Chen Fei defeated Kou Yuanheng, stopped his escape, and tried to extract information from his mind. After breaking through Kou Yuanheng’s mental defenses, Chen Fei discovered the Mountain Binding Art and a mysterious clue about a sea trench before a bloodshot eye appeared in the memory scroll.

• Kou Yuanheng used Blood Shadow Escape to flee, but Chen Fei disrupted his technique and caught up with him.
• Chen Fei struck Kou Yuanheng with the Qian Yuan Sword, leaving him near death, then took him to an uninhabited island.
• Chen Fei’s first attempt to use the Dream Entering Art failed when Kou Yuanheng’s mind resisted it.
• Chen Fei battered Kou Yuanheng’s mind with sword lights and then used the Dream Entering Art to take control of it.
• Chen Fei found Kou Yuanheng’s history in the Soulshade Sect and learned that he had obtained the Mountain Binding Art in a sea trench.
• As Chen Fei investigated why Kou Yuanheng had entered the trench, a pupil-less, bloodshot eye appeared in the memory scroll.

Chen Fei resisted a Strange Eye hidden in Kou Yuanheng’s mind and uncovered the memories he needed to impersonate him. The awakened Weird seized Kou Yuanheng’s body, but Chen Fei struck him down and cut his throat.

• Dragon Elephant Suppress Spirit broke Chen Fei free from the Strange Eye’s village illusion and restored his clarity.
• Chen Fei realized a powerful Weird had secretly contaminated Kou Yuanheng and could take control of him when it chose.
• Chen Fei delayed entering the village while using Thousand Thread Art to search Kou Yuanheng’s memories for the Soulshade Sect’s mission and clues about Duanmu Xiao.
• After Chen Fei escaped the illusion, the Strange Eye took over Kou Yuanheng’s body and attacked him in the cave.
• Chen Fei smashed Kou Yuanheng into a pit with the Qian Yuan Sword, then appeared beside him and cut his throat.

After killing Kou Yuanheng, Chen Fei fought off the powerful Thousand Eye Strange’s attempt to descend through the Heart Strange Realm and refined its remaining power. Suspecting the Weird would keep pursuing him, he traveled to the Sea Ning Region and released a refined Black Shadow near Netherworld Gate.

• Chen Fei killed Kou Yuanheng, then destroyed the weakened Strange Eye before it could possess him.
• Chen Fei refined Kou Yuanheng’s spiritual essence and discovered traces of Weird contamination within it.
• Chen Fei repeatedly cut away the Thousand Eye Strange’s power as it tried to descend through the ripples, forcing it to withdraw.
• Chen Fei refined a locator from the pit and concluded the Weird might seek him out again.
• Chen Fei flew to the Sea Ning Region and released the Black Shadow several dozen li from Netherworld Gate.

Chen Fei lured the Thousand Eye Strange toward the Netherworld Gate by using a formation to attract the sect’s attention, then concealed himself. Bao Shangyun discovered that the Weird creature was a Tier 3 Peak Stage threat, and Jiang Yongzhou appeared as it tried to flee.

• Chen Fei tracked the Black Shadow into a sea fish and set up a formation to create a disturbance near the Netherworld Gate.
• Bao Shangyun arrived, detected traces of Chen Fei’s formation with the Azure Heavens Eye, and noticed the Weird creature’s frigid aura.
• The Thousand Eye Strange descended as a Tier 3 Peak Stage Weird creature, prompting Bao Shangyun to activate the Netherworld Gate’s formation and retreat with the other experts.
• The Thousand Eye Strange saw the Netherworld Gate’s defenses and tried to escape, but it struck frozen ripples and could not pass through.
• Jiang Yongzhou appeared above the Thousand Eye Strange and remarked on its nine hundred and sixty-five Strange Eyes.

Chen Fei watched the Netherworld Gate’s experts close in on the Thousand Eye Strange, expecting them to capture it, but several cultivators suddenly betrayed Jiang Yongzhou and shattered their formation. The ambush left Jiang Yongzhou badly wounded and the battle in disarray, while the Netherworld Gate could no longer trust its own ranks.

• Jiang Yongzhou fought the Thousand Eye Strange, but its control over the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi overwhelmed his probing attack.
• Xin Hongdu joined Jiang Yongzhou, and dozens of Netherworld Gate Aperture Unification Realm cultivators formed a formation that suppressed the Thousand Eye Strange.
• As the Thousand Eye Strange weakened, Chen Fei prepared to leave before the Netherworld Gate could investigate who had lured it there.
• Several Netherworld Gate cultivators reversed the formation and struck Jiang Yongzhou, while the Thousand Eye Strange attacked again and the traitors killed several of their fellow cultivators.
• Chen Fei realized that the traitors had been secretly polluted by the Thousand Eye Strange, leaving the Netherworld Gate unable to reform its ranks with confidence.

Netherworld Gate retreated after the Thousand Eye Strange contaminated some of its disciples, and Jiang Yongzhou ordered a sect-wide inspection. Chen Fei traveled to a sea trench from Kou Yuanheng’s memories and uncovered a hidden cave filled with righteous Aura.

• Jiang Yongzhou ordered Netherworld Gate to retreat because its disciples could not trust one another, and the Thousand Eye Strange escaped as black mist.
• Jiang Yongzhou told Netherworld Gate to report the contamination to the Thousand Feather Alliance, while Xin Hongdu ordered everyone to seal their cultivation and undergo inspection.
• Chen Fei flew to the sea trench where Kou Yuanheng had learned the Mountain Binding Art and where the Thousand Eye Strange had planted a seed in his mind.
• Chen Fei used the Heavenly Eye to find a concealed barrier, undid it, and entered a cave filled with righteous Aura.

Chen Fei used the Strange Power from Kou Yuanheng’s cavern and his Heavenly Eye to locate and collect the Thousand Eye Strange’s hidden inheritance grounds. After finding many techniques for the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, he discovered an incomplete copy of the Netherworld Gate’s Netherworld Art and wondered whether other Peak Forces’ legacies were hidden elsewhere.

• Chen Fei resisted the Strange Power in Kou Yuanheng’s cavern, collected it, and took the Inheritance Stone containing the Mountain Binding Art.
• Chen Fei used his Heavenly Eye to trace the Strange Power to another inheritance ground and obtained the Aperture Refining Realm technique Flame Splitting Art.
• Chen Fei spent nearly half a day locating more than a dozen inheritance grounds, collecting their techniques for the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and finding two that complemented his own cultivation.
• Chen Fei found the Netherworld Gate’s Sect-Protecting Technique, the incomplete Netherworld Art, in an inheritance ground.
• Chen Fei suspected the Thousand Eye Strange had obtained the Netherworld Art through planted seeds and considered searching for the legacy techniques of other Peak Forces.

Chen Fei discovered that the Thousand Eye Strange’s traps contained the Sect-Protecting Techniques of nine Peak Forces, giving him a rare chance to strengthen the Three Lives Severing Shadow Sword. After collecting the inheritances, he traveled to Sea Tooth City, whose ordinary appearance concealed the Soulshade Sect’s headquarters.

• Chen Fei took the incomplete Netherworld Art and realized that fusing top-tier inheritances could deepen his martial foundation.
• Chen Fei searched the traps and collected the Horizon's Edge Art, the Phoenix Dance Pavilion's technique, the Heavenly Saber Sect's technique, and other inheritances, ultimately obtaining techniques from nine Peak Forces.
• Chen Fei stopped searching after failing to find Fallen Sky Pavilion's technique and planned to fuse the nine inheritances into the Three Lives Severing Shadow Sword.
• Chen Fei kept the Inheritance Stones and traveled toward Sea Tooth City, concealing his Aura as he approached.
• Chen Fei identified Sea Tooth City as the concealed headquarters of the Soulshade Sect and recalled that the sect had suspected Duanmu Xiao, leading Kou Yuanheng to investigate him and discover Chen Fei.

Chen Fei secretly approached Sea Tooth City, left Inheritance Stones to draw the Thousand Eye Strange toward the Soulshade Sect, and returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect. After fusing nine Fragmented Techniques into the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword, he set out to sell Kou Yuanheng’s mid-grade magic treasure and learn what had happened in the Thousand Feather Alliance.

• Chen Fei reached Sea Tooth City unseen and left Inheritance Stones in the rocks, hoping the Thousand Eye Strange would target the Soulshade Sect when it returned.
• Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and told Qu Qingsheng that most of the sea demons near the Secret Realm had been cleared, though one Tier 3 Sea Demon had escaped.
• Chen Fei fused the nine Fragmented Techniques into the Three Lives Severing Shadow Sword, creating the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword and discovering that simplifying it would cost one thousand Mid-Grade Essence Stones.
• Chen Fei decided to sell the mid-grade magic treasure from Kou Yuanheng’s Qiankun Bag and ask about the Thousand Eye Strange’s fate as he traveled beyond the Sea Peak Region.

Chen Fei visited Bianhu City, sold Kou Yuanheng’s mid-grade magic treasure, and purchased information about recent events in the Thousand Feather Alliance. He checked into an inn after learning of developments involving the alliance’s outer defense line, the Netherworld Gate, the Heavenly Saber Sect, and the Alliance Master.

• Chen Fei entered Bianhu City, where the Turbid Spirit Jade and formation obscured his Aura and appearance.
• Chen Fei sold Kou Yuanheng’s short dagger to Lin Guanlan for two thousand one hundred and fifty Mid-Grade Essence Stones.
• Lin Guanlan considered robbing Chen Fei but decided against it because he could not be sure of Chen Fei’s strength or track him reliably.
• Chen Fei bought information on four recent matters in the Thousand Feather Alliance from a tea house.
• Chen Fei visited more shops and checked into an inn in Bianhu City.

Chen Fei tested Spiritual Materials as aids for cultivating the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword, but found their benefits too small to justify their cost. After discovering a Thousand Eye Strange trap near Bianhu City and sensing another martial artist there, he left, only to be attacked by someone who had secretly followed him.

• Chen Fei reviewed reports about the Netherworld Gate, Yan Xuanji’s seclusion, the Thousand Feather Alliance Master’s departure, and the growing danger along the Alliance’s defensive line.
• Chen Fei spent a thousand Mid-Grade Essence Stones to simplify the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword and tested several Spiritual Materials, finding their cultivation benefits inferior to pills.
• Chen Fei detected a Thousand Eye Strange trap outside Bianhu City and sensed that a martial artist had reached it before him, so he turned away.
• Chen Fei noticed that someone was following him and warned the hidden pursuer to stop.
• The pursuer attacked Chen Fei with a snow-white sword, but Chen Fei evaded the strike with Mystic Heaven Escape.