Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei escaped a test by a Fallen Sky Pavilion disciple and became suspicious of the pavilion’s connection to the Thousand Eye Strange. As the Thousand Feather Alliance prepared to conscript cultivators to reinforce its threatened outer defense line, Chen Fei resumed training and wondered whether his mysterious Panel came from a mighty being’s Dao fruit.

• Chen Fei evaded Chen Daoheng, who had tested his ability to detect concealed figures, and Chen Daoheng reported the encounter to Huang Yuheng.
• Huang Yuheng and Chen Daoheng left when Huang Yuheng’s jade token warned that the Thousand Eye Strange was close to being exposed.
• Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, trained the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword, and suspected Fallen Sky Pavilion had a hidden connection to the Thousand Eye Strange.
• Ten days later, Qin Haishan and the others told Chen Fei that the alliance would likely conscript them to reinforce the outer defense line within days.
• Chen Fei agreed to seek an assignment alongside his allies, then trained and wondered whether the Panel was a Dao fruit left by a powerful being.

Chen Fei tested the power and danger of unleashing all five Forbidden Arts, then recovered as the Thousand Feather Alliance ordered forces to reinforce the front line. He led Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s contingent to Haiyu City, where he spotted Chen Daoheng of Fallen Sky Pavilion.

• Chen Fei unleashed five Forbidden Arts at once and used the Broken Ruler to store his strongest sword strike in the Space Grid, leaving his body badly injured.
• The Thousand Feather Alliance announced conscription quotas, and Chen Fei decided that Yuan Chen Sword Sect would set out for the front line in five days.
• Chen Fei recovered, prepared supplies, and sailed with the sect’s contingent toward the front line aboard five ships.
• After three days, Chen Fei and the others arrived at Haiyu City, where the Aperture Refining Realm cultivators were led away and the rest were sent to receive assignments.
• Chen Fei spotted Chen Daoheng of Fallen Sky Pavilion while proceeding toward the City Lord Manor.

Chen Fei and Qin Haishan arrived in Haiyu City, where they learned about the missions and mandatory demon-hunting requirements. Before they could make plans with their companions, Xu Wucheng requisitioned them for an urgent mission, and they met the rest of his team.

• Chen Daoheng investigated Chen Fei's background, judged him to be no threat, and crushed the Jade Slip containing the report.
• A steward registered Chen Fei and his four companions and explained the Mission Hall's rewards and the requirement to slay a sea demon of equivalent cultivation within three months.
• Xu Wucheng requisitioned Chen Fei and Qin Haishan for an urgent mission, leaving Tong Zhongqiu, Zhao Tianxuan, and Yu Shoucheng behind.
• Xu Wucheng brought Chen Fei and Qin Haishan to a courtyard, where they met Tong Linyun and Guo Huasheng, an Array Master who filled the courtyard with an illusory scene of flowers, birds, and trees.

Chen Fei and Qin Haishan joined Xu Wucheng’s team for a dangerous mission behind the sea demons’ lines, and Chen Fei’s powerful healing ability impressed the group. After reviewing the mission and preparing in Haiyu City, the five set out to investigate an unusual occurrence.

• Xu Wucheng asked the group about their specialties, and Guo Huasheng demonstrated his skill with formations while Qin Haishan showed his ghastly detection abilities.
• Chen Fei claimed expertise in healing and pill refining, then rapidly healed Xu Wucheng’s wounds and internal bruising, earning the team’s approval.
• Xu Wucheng gave Chen Fei and Qin Haishan Jade Slips detailing a mission to investigate an unusual area behind the sea demons’ lines, with a substantial reward and a competing team.
• Chen Fei explored Haiyu City and learned that the team would receive a magic treasure to conceal their auras during the mission.
• Xu Wucheng gathered the team and warned them not to take the dangerous mission lightly before the five departed through Haiyu City’s East Gate.

Chen Fei and the others infiltrated the sea demons’ territory under cover of a cloud, carefully avoiding patrols as they approached their target. When Xu Wucheng hesitated at a suspicious gap in the defenses, Chen Fei used his superior vision to identify a trap and prove his skill to the group.

• Guo Huasheng used the Gathering Cloud Stone to conceal the five travelers inside a cloud as they flew behind the sea demons’ lines.
• Xu Wucheng led the group slowly forward, repeatedly changing course to avoid sea demons lying in wait.
• Xu Wucheng hesitated when the group found an apparent gap in the guards, suspecting it might be a trap.
• Chen Fei spotted sea demons ahead and warned that their numbers would surge beyond twenty li, making the route a trap.
• Chen Fei accurately described the positions of three sea demons behind them and shaped cloud into the form of one, convincing Xu Wucheng and impressing Tong Linyun and Guo Huasheng.

Chen Fei used his enhanced Heavenly Eye to guide Xu Wucheng and the others through the Sea Demons’ warning lines toward their mission target. Near the heavily guarded area, he saw a black light curtain hiding the target and tried using a Netherworld Eye secret art to see through it.

• Chen Fei combined several eye techniques with the Stargazing Art and led Xu Wucheng, Tong Linyun, and the others through gaps in the Sea Demons’ patrols.
• Chen Fei stopped to recover his mental energy, and Xu Wucheng gave him Sky Spirit Pills to restore it.
• Chen Fei resumed guiding the group closer to the target, where stronger Sea Demons made further progress increasingly dangerous.
• Chen Fei spotted a black light curtain concealing the mission area and agreed to try seeing through it.
• Chen Fei used a Netherworld Eye secret art, causing the light curtain to ripple and drawing the attention of a Tier 3 Late Stage Sea Demon.

Chen Fei used his Heavenly Eye to see through a double-layered barrier and discovered a Formless Realm Formation guarded by Sea Demons. He and Xu Wucheng’s group withdrew toward Haiyu City, but stopped when Chen Fei and Xu Wucheng sensed something nearby.

• The Sea Demons searched for intruders while Chen Fei secretly probed the barrier, revealing a hidden Tier 3 Peak Stage Sea Demon behind its first layer.
• Chen Fei used his Heavenly Eye to see a strange formation and a pearl whose energy was flowing into it, then reproduced their details for the group.
• Guo Huasheng recognized the markings on the pearl as those of the lost Formless Realm Formation, and Tong Linyun identified it as a teleportation array.
• Chen Fei led Xu Wucheng, Tong Linyun, Guo Huasheng, and Qin Haishan away from the Sea Demons and toward Haiyu City.
• Eighty li outside Haiyu City, Chen Fei and Xu Wucheng suddenly stopped and raised their guard.

Chen Fei and his companions were ambushed by traitors trying to prevent them from reporting the Formless Realm Formation to Haiyu City. After sending Qin Haishan to escape, Chen Fei unleashed the Three Forbidden Arts and killed Zhao Chengzhong, while Ning Yanding remained nearby.

• A hidden enemy ambushed Xu Wucheng and his group with three Aperture Unification Realm Late Stage cultivators, and Xu Wucheng ordered everyone to scatter after the Soul Tremor Talisman was destroyed.
• Chen Fei detected two more pursuers and carried Qin Haishan through the sea, repeatedly changing direction to evade them.
• Zhao Chengzhong and Ning Yanding intercepted Chen Fei and Qin Haishan, and Qin Haishan urged Chen Fei to leave him behind.
• Chen Fei sent Qin Haishan away and stayed to hold off the two pursuers as the distant Late Stage cultivators approached.
• Chen Fei activated the Three Forbidden Arts, raised his strength to the Aperture Unification Realm Middle Stage, and killed Zhao Chengzhong with a sword strike.

Chen Fei killed Zhao Chengzhong and Ning Yanding after revealing his formidable strength and using a Mind Skill to break Ning Yanding’s control of the Three Forbidden Arts. After searching Ning Yanding’s memories, Chen Fei spotted a Black Line and headed toward it on his way back to Haiyu City.

• Chen Fei killed Zhao Chengzhong with one slash, collected his spiritual essence and possessions, and erased the Auras left by their fight.
• Ning Yanding fled toward the Aperture Unification Realm Late Stage experts, but Chen Fei appeared in front of him and refused his plea for mercy.
• Ning Yanding activated the Three Forbidden Arts, but Chen Fei’s repeated Mind Skill attacks wounded his mind and made the power in his body run rampant.
• Chen Fei stabbed Ning Yanding to death, used the Dream Entering Art to search his memories, and gathered his spiritual essence and possessions.
• Chen Fei opened the Heavenly Eye, spotted a Black Line that did not conflict with his route to Haiyu City, and headed toward it.

Xu Wucheng, Guo Huasheng, and Tong Linyun were ambushed and overwhelmed by martial artists allied with the sea demons. Chen Fei arrived to save Tong Linyun and revealed his full power against Liao Minglei.

• Three Aperture Unification Realm Late Stage cultivators wounded Xu Wucheng and offered to spare him if he joined them, and Xu Wucheng asked what they wanted.
• An attacker ambushed Guo Huasheng while he maintained his formation, knocked him unconscious, and freed the trapped Aperture Unification Realm Middle Stage cultivator.
• Liao Minglei, Kang Hongdao, and Zhou Chongyi wore down Tong Linyun until her forbidden art faded and she faced imminent death.
• Chen Fei attempted a sneak attack on Liao Minglei, who dodged it and mocked him.
• Chen Fei activated the Three Forbidden Arts and unleashed a powerful Aura that made Liao Minglei's mocking expression freeze.

Chen Fei revealed his true strength and killed Liao Minglei, then turned to face Kang Hongdao and Zhou Chongyi. He left Zhou Chongyi dead with a single sword while Tong Linyun withdrew from the fight.

• Chen Fei struck Liao Minglei so hard that his blade smashed into his chest, leaving him gravely injured.
• Tong Linyun blocked Kang Hongdao and Zhou Chongyi while Chen Fei pursued Liao Minglei.
• Chen Fei stopped Liao Minglei from escaping or self-detonating, then killed him with a sword strike and took his Qiankun Bag.
• Chen Fei told Tong Linyun to retreat, then attacked Kang Hongdao as Zhou Chongyi joined the fight.
• Chen Fei used the Space Grid to strike Zhou Chongyi with hidden sword essence, killing him with one sword.

Chen Fei rescued Tong Linyun after killing Zhou Chongyi and Kang Hongdao, returned to Haiyu City, and reported the mission's dangers to the Mission Hall. After asking to meet Alliance Leader Min Yanlu, Chen Fei settled into a Cultivation Room, where Tong Linyun later came to ask him to heal her injuries.

• Chen Fei killed Kang Hongdao after defeating Zhou Chongyi, then rescued the badly wounded Tong Linyun and took her belongings.
• Chen Fei, Tong Linyun, and Qin Haishan returned safely to Haiyu City and submitted their mission report to Sun Lilin, who sent a search team after Xu Wucheng and passed along Chen Fei's request to meet Min Yanlu.
• Chen Fei and Tong Linyun rented nearby Cultivation Rooms while Qin Haishan chose to stay at an inn.
• Chen Fei examined the five Qiankun Bags and five Mid-Grade Magic Treasures he had collected before Tong Linyun came to his room and asked him to heal her.
• Chen Fei let Tong Linyun into his Cultivation Room, where the two began an intense session as he treated her injuries.

After sorting the spoils from Kang Hongdao and the others, Chen Fei fused and simplified two techniques, gaining a stronger, unrestricted clone and a way to cultivate the Nirvana Blood Origin Art without demon-beast flesh. His mission was verified, and he learned that Min Yanlu had agreed to meet him, though Xu Wucheng and Guo Huasheng remained missing.

• Tong Linyun left Chen Fei's Cultivation Room at dawn after spending the night with him.
• Chen Fei examined the Jade Slips from five Qiankun Bags and found the Shadow Doppelganger Art and Nirvana Blood Origin Art.
• Chen Fei fused the Shadow Doppelganger Art with the clone technique from Escaping Heavens Travel, creating the Clone Shadow Escape Art and improving his clone.
• Chen Fei simplified the Nirvana Blood Origin Art into Blood Exchange and began cultivating it by removing and restoring the personal imprint in his blood.
• Sun Lilin told Chen Fei that his mission had been verified, but Xu Wucheng and Guo Huasheng had not been found.
• Sun Lilin said Min Yanlu had agreed to meet Chen Fei and escorted him to see the Alliance Master.

Chen Fei visited Min Yanlu, the legendary founder of the Thousand Feather Alliance, and reflected on how Min Yanlu had transformed from a dull-witted youth into a Mountain Sea Realm powerhouse. After waiting and cultivating in Min Yanlu’s courtyard, Chen Fei entered to meet the Alliance Leader and found his perception of his own power had been clouded.

• Chen Fei recalled Min Yanlu’s early struggles, sudden rise in talent after adulthood, thirty-year disappearance, and return as a Mountain Sea Realm cultivator who founded the Thousand Feather Alliance.
• Sun Lilin brought Chen Fei to Min Yanlu’s residence, where Gu Danying said his master had gone out and led Chen inside to wait.
• Chen Fei cultivated Escaping Heavens Travel and studied the Clone Shadow Escape Art for several hours while waiting for Gu Danying.
• Gu Danying returned, praised Chen Fei’s diligence, and led him to a courtyard where Min Yanlu had agreed to meet him.
• Chen Fei entered a side room, greeted Min Yanlu, and realized his power seemed to have vanished because his perception had been clouded.

Chen Fei told Min Yanlu what he had learned about the traitors through the Dream Entering Art and asked for a way to accelerate his cultivation. Min Yanlu rewarded him with an Azure Sky Flower, which could strengthen and repair his united aperture.

• Chen Fei explained that he had used the Dream Entering Art to investigate Ning Yanding and had uncovered information about people allied with the sea demons.
• Min Yanlu recognized Chen Fei's dream cultivation method and had him display the memories he had seen.
• Chen Fei showed Min Yanlu what Ning Yanding knew about several traitors, including one Aperture Unification Realm Late Stage cultivator.
• Min Yanlu praised Chen Fei's contributions and invited him to choose a reward, but said he could not exchange his merit for a divine-soul technique.
• Chen Fei asked for a way to cultivate faster without harming his foundation, and Min Yanlu gave him an Azure Sky Flower to strengthen and repair his united aperture.
• Min Yanlu sent Chen Fei out of the courtyard, leaving him impressed by the gulf between Aperture Unification Realm and Mountain Sea Realm power.

Chen Fei prepared to improve his strength and considered how to raise his chances of reaching the Mountain Sea Realm. After carefully examining and refining the Azure Sky Flower, he directed nearly all its medicinal energy toward his unified aperture.

• Gu Danying escorted Chen Fei out and offered to help him if he ran into trouble in Haiyu City.
• Chen Fei bought high-grade Tier Three spirit pills and considered using the Nirvana Blood Origin Art to conceal his identity when selling the treasures he had obtained from Ning Yanding and the others.
• Chen Fei reflected on Min Yanlu's explanation of soul cultivation and concluded that he should seek a Soul Technique or begin collecting Mind Techniques to strengthen his mind.
• Chen Fei used the Heavenly Eye to verify the Azure Sky Flower had not been tampered with, then used its traits to devise a way to preserve its medicinal power.
• Chen Fei prepared medicinal liquid, recovered his Mind Power while cultivating his techniques, and then swallowed the liquid with the Azure Sky Flower.
• Chen Fei controlled the Azure Sky Flower's energy, drawing nearly ninety-nine percent of it to his unified aperture and beginning to reassemble it.

After strengthening his Aperture Unification with the Azure Sky Flower, Chen Fei collected the mission reward, delivered shares to the missing Xu Wucheng and Guo Huasheng’s forces, and sent his clone to support the Yuan Chen Sword Sect. When Liu Shizhen tried to force a pill on Ji Ruiqing and grab her, Chen Fei struck him with a sword attack to the mind.

• Chen Fei absorbed the Azure Sky Flower, reducing the strain the Aperture Splitting Art placed on his Aperture Unification.
• Chen Fei, Tong Linyun, and Qin Haishan collected their mission reward and sent Jade Tokens to the forces of the missing Xu Wucheng and Guo Huasheng.
• Chen Fei’s clone brought healing medicines to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect in Haiyu City and stayed to support its members.
• Liu Shizhen of the Evergreen Sect approached Ji Ruiqing with a Flourishing Snow Pill, and Qu Qingsheng warned Chen Fei about Liu Shizhen’s father and sect.
• Ji Ruiqing refused Liu Shizhen’s advances, but he reached for her arm, so Chen Fei attacked his mind with a sword light and sent him flying back in pain.

Chen Fei used the Dream Entering Art and an illusion to make Liu Shizhen forget their encounter, but the lingering effects drove Liu Shizhen into reckless violence until he died fighting a Tier 3 Sea Demon. While Chen Fei’s clone protected the Yuan Chen Sword Sect in Haiyu City, Chen Fei’s true body searched for a faster way to cultivate elemental power.

• Chen Fei clouded Liu Shizhen’s mind and sent him back to the Evergreen Sect, reassuring Qu Qingsheng and the others that they were safe.
• Over the next few days, Liu Shizhen’s temper worsened, and he repeatedly picked fights while Liu Wangu was away on a mission.
• During a battle against sea demons, Liu Shizhen froze before a Tier 3 Sea Demon, then attacked it and suffered fatal injuries.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect heard that Liu Shizhen had died, and its members suspected Chen Fei had caused his fate but kept their suspicions to themselves.
• Chen Fei’s clone protected the sect during defensive missions as the disciples improved their cultivation, while Chen Fei considered faster ways to raise his elemental power.

Chen Fei used the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword’s Secret Art and his Heavenly Eye to forcibly compress his unified aperture, breaking through to Aperture Unification Fourth Revolutions. Meanwhile, Liu Wangu suspected someone had plotted against Liu Shizhen and ordered an investigation, leaving Chen Fei considering another breakthrough.

• Chen Fei judged that the sea demon war would continue and decided he needed to raise his strength even faster.
• Chen Fei used the Heavenly Eye and the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword’s Secret Art to carefully compress his unified aperture over six shichen.
• Liu Wangu questioned Zong Zhengren about Liu Shizhen’s death, suspected someone had plotted against him, and ordered an investigation.
• Chen Fei absorbed Heaven and Earth Essence Qi and completed his breakthrough to Aperture Unification Fourth Revolutions.
• Chen Fei sensed his increased power and wondered whether he could try for Aperture Unification Fifth Revolutions.

Chen Fei recovered from his forced breakthrough while cultivating, and Liu Wangu investigated Liu Shizhen’s death before confronting him in the Marketplace. Tong Linyun arrived beside Chen Fei as Liu Wangu threatened him, unaware that Chen Fei had already slain five cultivators at his own level.

• Chen Fei decided to rest for several months before forcing another breakthrough and continued cultivating while his combined aperture healed.
• Tong Linyun visited Chen Fei’s Cultivation Room, discussed cultivation insights with him, and left after struggling to match his pace.
• Zong Zhengren gave Liu Wangu a detailed account of Liu Shizhen’s movements in Haiyu City, and Liu Wangu searched for suspects.
• Liu Wangu investigated the courtyard where a suspicious person stayed, then later went to the Marketplace to confront Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei denied involvement in Liu Shizhen’s death, and Liu Wangu threatened to attack him.
• Tong Linyun joined Chen Fei and questioned Liu Wangu’s challenge, knowing Chen Fei had slain five Aperture Unification Realm Middle Stage cultivators in one day.