Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei improved his cultivation and techniques over several months, using Sea Demon essence blood to develop a brutal new Aura that could disguise his presence. As Sea Demons increasingly threatened Haiyu City and the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, someone arrived at Chen Fei’s Cultivation Room.

• Liu Wangu withdrew after Tong Linyun’s presence made it too dangerous to act against the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, and Chen Fei returned to cultivation.
• Over two months, Chen Fei advanced his Aperture Unification cultivation and brought the Clone Shadow Escape Art to the Perfection Realm, raising his clone to the Peak Aperture Refining Realm.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Nirvana Blood Origin Art to Perfection and refined Sea Demon essence blood, gaining the ability to change his Aura into a savage, brutal one.
• Sea Demon numbers around Haiyu City increased, causing mounting casualties among Aperture Unification Realm cultivators and putting the Yuan Chen Sword Sect at risk despite Chen Fei’s avatar warning them of danger.
• After another month, someone arrived outside Chen Fei’s Cultivation Room as the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword neared the Perfection Realm.

Chen Fei refused a dangerous Mission Hall assignment, citing the rule that exempted him from further missions for a year after completing an emergency mission. Fang Sifu and Mo Xuyang left without persuading him, then considered retaliating by changing the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s defense zone but held back because Chen Fei had ties to Gu Danying.

• Fang Sifu and Mo Xuyang brought Chen Fei a Jade Slip and ordered him to report for a mission by noon the next day.
• Chen Fei refused to accept the Jade Slip, invoking the Mission Hall rule that exempted him from missions for a year after an emergency mission.
• Fang Sifu and Mo Xuyang tried to pressure Chen Fei by citing the worsening sea demon threat and the mission’s importance, but Chen Fei stood by the rules.
• Fang Sifu and Mo Xuyang left after failing to persuade Chen Fei, who returned to cultivating and continued recovering his Aperture Unification.
• Fang Sifu suggested making the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s defense zone more dangerous, but Mo Xuyang refused because Chen Fei had earned Gu Danying’s appreciation.

Chen Fei completed his cultivation of the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword to the Perfection Realm, further increasing his combat strength. Using a disguised identity in Haiyu City, he sold five Mid-Grade Magic Treasures and returned to his Cultivation Room as the sales stirred an undercurrent in the city.

• Mo Xuyang abandoned the effort to punish Chen Fei rather than risk improperly changing the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's defensive zone.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword to the Perfection Realm and found that his attacks had become more lethal and his forbidden arts easier to activate.
• Chen Fei disguised himself with the Nirvana Blood Origin Art and entered a shop in Haiyu City to sell Zhao Chengzhong's sword.
• Chen Fei sold two Mid-Grade Magic Treasures to Lu Tianfeng for four thousand nine hundred Mid-Grade Essence Stones.
• Chen Fei sold his remaining three Mid-Grade Magic Treasures at other shops, earning more than thirteen thousand Mid-Grade Essence Stones in total.
• Chen Fei bought medicinal pills, shook off his tails, and returned to his Cultivation Room as an undercurrent began to ripple through Haiyu City.

In Haiyu City, Black Shirt and Green Shirt discussed the unknown killer who had sold Ning Yanding and the others’ weapons, while suspecting Chen Fei’s group but deciding not to act yet. Meanwhile, Chen Fei cultivated with the damaged spiritual treasure and tried to gather insights that might help him develop soul-related techniques.

• Black Shirt told Green Shirt that Ning Yanding and the others’ weapons had appeared for sale and suspected their killer might be the seller, whose identity and whereabouts remained unknown.
• Green Shirt and Black Shirt considered Chen Fei, Qin Haishan, and Tong Linyun as suspects but agreed their strength could not explain the deaths of five Aperture Unification Realm Middle Stage cultivators.
• Green Shirt said Chen Fei’s group could be killed later, while Black Shirt vanished into the shadows, intent on finding the person behind the killings.
• Chen Fei used formations to conceal himself in his cultivation room and spent his newly acquired Mid-Grade Essence Stones cultivating with the damaged spiritual treasure.
• Chen Fei absorbed the spiritual treasure’s broken insights, hoping the Panel could organize them into knowledge about Suppress Dragon Elephant Suppress Soul or other soul techniques.

Chen Fei cultivated with the spiritual treasure as his clone defended the Yuan Chen Sword Sect amid Haiyu City’s worsening sea demon assault. When he detected that nearby Aperture Unification Realm defenders were missing, he ordered a retreat, then discovered someone was attacking Haiyu City’s array and several figures were rising into the sky.

• Chen Fei used the spiritual treasure’s energy and essence stones to restore his unified aperture, then chose to wait a few more days before attempting Aperture Unification Fifth Revolutions.
• Chen Fei’s clone fought sea demons beside Qu Qingsheng and sensed a Tier 3 Sea Demon approaching without any nearby human Aperture Unification Realm experts to intercept it.
• Chen Fei warned Qu Qingsheng to retreat the Yuan Chen Sword Sect toward Haiyu City and cautioned Tong Linyun to check her sect’s defensive zone.
• Chen Fei used his Heavenly Eye to check the central region and sensed that Min Yanlu was absent.
• An explosion shook Haiyu City as someone attacked its array, and several figures shot into the clouds after the city’s flight restriction vanished.

Chen Fei and the Yuan Chen Sword Sect fought off a frenzied Sea Demon assault while a Thousand Eye Strange’s controlled agents caused chaos inside Haiyu City. As a Tier 3 Sea Demon drew near, the city’s formation shook violently near the site of its dug-out core.

• Gu Danying discovered that Haiyu City faced both internal attacks and a wave of Sea Demons, then activated the city’s warning formation and ordered most residents to fight outside.
• Chen Fei joined the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s defensive line, where his clone used the Tai Xuan Sword Formation to slaughter Sea Demons and shield the sect members.
• Chen Fei learned that the Thousand Eye Strange had returned and was controlling agents inside the city, and he evaded one controlled martial artist rather than risk drawing attention by killing him.
• Chen Fei hurried toward the Yuan Chen Sword Sect as a Tier 3 Sea Demon approached, while his clone held the line against the assault.
• Haiyu City’s formation suddenly shook, and Chen Fei realized the disturbance had come from the south, where the formation core had been dug out.

Gu Danying used the Void Blade and a powerful saber intent to repel the sea demons attacking Haiyu City’s southern wall, while Chen Fei rushed toward the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s defensive zone. After Chen Fei crossed the city wall, Liu Wangu trapped him inside a concealment formation and prepared to kill him.

• Gu Danying joined the other Aperture Unification Realm Peak cultivators at the southern wall after a formation core was destroyed and Tier 3 Peak Stage sea demons threatened to break through.
• Gu Danying wounded several sea demons with the Void Blade, then unleashed a devastating saber intent that weakened or killed many attackers and drove the strongest ones toward retreat.
• Chen Fei sensed the power at the southern wall and recognized it as a remnant of Min Yanlu’s Mountain Sea Realm power.
• Chen Fei reached the city wall and vanished into a concealment formation controlled by the corrupted Liu Wangu, who had already killed two people there.
• Liu Wangu confronted Chen Fei inside the formation and declared that no one would know or be able to save him.

Chen Fei revealed his superior cultivation and swordsmanship when Liu Wangu attacked him, then overwhelmed and killed him. Liu Wangu died realizing how badly he had misjudged Chen Fei.

• Liu Wangu attacked Chen Fei with his A Line of Sky sword art, expecting to cripple and torment him.
• Chen Fei revealed that he had reached Aperture Unification Fourth Revolutions and wielded a far stronger sword technique than Liu Wangu.
• Liu Wangu activated two forbidden arts, but Chen Fei opened three and advanced under the pressure of an ancient-beast-like presence.
• Chen Fei pierced through Liu Wangu's Unloading Dragon Capture, shattering his arms and sending him flying.
• Chen Fei killed Liu Wangu, who understood too late why Tong Linyun had regarded him as someone who did not know his own measure.

Chen Fei killed Liu Wangu, then joined the battle outside Haiyu City while Gu Danying’s Mountain Sea Realm blade intent held back the strongest Sea Demons. After an array eye was destroyed, Shi Yuanmin ambushed Chen Fei, but Min Yanlu appeared and forced Shi Yuanmin to flee.

• Chen Fei collected Liu Wangu’s belongings and erased his Aura from the formation before returning to Haiyu City.
• Chen Fei charged out to fight the Tier 3 Initial Stage Sea Demons, while Qu Qingsheng’s avatar reassured the sect members.
• Gu Danying killed a Tier 3 Peak Stage Turtle Demon with his blade and caused the other Sea Demons to retreat.
• Chen Fei fought a Crab Demon as another main array eye was destroyed, weakening Haiyu City’s formation by more than thirty percent.
• Shi Yuanmin ambushed Chen Fei with a sword thrust, but Min Yanlu appeared above Haiyu City and Shi Yuanmin vanished.

Chen Fei assessed how far he fell short of Shi Yuanmin and watched Min Yanlu return to Haiyu City and punish those who had betrayed it. Min Yanlu drove off a Tier 4 Sea Demon, while Chen Fei concluded that his strength was still far from enough.

• Chen Fei compared his cultivation, techniques, and treasures with Shi Yuanmin's and concluded that he would likely flee rather than fight him head-on.
• Chen Fei emerged from the sea unharmed, and the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's people saw that he had recovered from Shi Yuanmin's attack.
• Min Yanlu appeared in Haiyu City, trapped Lu Guangbi and the other destroyers, and killed them with a sweep of his hand.
• Min Yanlu went to the southern wall, where a Tier 4 Sea Demon blocked his attack and then escaped with several Tier 3 Peak Stage Sea Demons.
• Min Yanlu used the Enlightenment Tower to slaughter the remaining Sea Demons, while Chen Fei watched and recognized how great the gap between their strength was.

After Haiyu City survived the Sea Demons’ invasion, Chen Fei used the Broken Ruler to strengthen his unified aperture and prepare for a forced fifth revolution. He successfully broke through to Aperture Unification Fifth Revolutions, bringing himself within one step of the Late Stage.

• Chen Fei and Tong Linyun left the Mission Hall and discussed how their sects had fared during the invasion.
• Chen Fei returned to his Cultivation Room and decided to hasten his breakthrough by using the Broken Ruler to restore and strengthen his unified aperture.
• Chen Fei spent a day and night feeding Essence Stones to the Broken Ruler until his unified aperture reached its limit.
• Chen Fei began forcing his unified aperture to contract, then used the Dragon Elephant Interface Point to overcome the stalled breakthrough.
• Chen Fei completed Aperture Unification Fifth Revolutions and sensed that he was one step away from the Aperture Unification Realm Late Stage.

Chen Fei considered how to achieve a Top-Grade Aperture when he forcefully advanced to the Aperture Unification Realm Late Stage and decided to seek an Aperture Solidifying Pill through a mission. As he continued repairing his unified aperture, Haiyu City recovered from the previous battle while sea demons appeared outside the city again.

• Chen Fei assessed how his cultivation technique and resources affected his prospects, and concluded that a Top-Grade Aperture would improve his chances of reaching the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Chen Fei realized that forcing a breakthrough to the sixth revolution would limit him to a High-Grade Aperture unless he used an Aperture Solidifying Pill.
• Chen Fei decided to keep his plan to break through in two months and seek an Aperture Solidifying Pill through a Mission Hall mission.
• Chen Fei resumed cultivating in his Cultivation Room as Haiyu City dealt with the deaths and losses caused by the previous day's turmoil.
• Sea demons appeared outside Haiyu City again despite the heavy losses they had suffered beneath the Enlightenment Tower.

Shi Yuanmin secretly planned to capture Chen Fei and seize the secret behind his strength, while Chen Fei recovered and advanced his cultivation before accepting a mission near the location of a Black God Pearl. After leaving Haiyu City under a disguised identity, Chen Fei spotted Chen Daoheng of Fallen Sky Pavilion.

• Shi Yuanmin told Tan Mingxiang to wait and avoid provoking Min Yanlu, while hiding his earlier attack on Chen Fei and his plan to claim Chen Fei's secret for himself.
• After more than a month of cultivation, Chen Fei sold Liu Wangu's treasures, replenished his Essence Stones, and greatly advanced his techniques and recovery.
• Chen Fei avoided reporting Shi Yuanmin because explaining how he survived the sword strike could expose his own secrets, and he accepted a Mission Hall task that offered an Aperture Solidifying Pill.
• Chen Fei realized the mission area overlapped with the location associated with his Black God Pearls, then prepared and left Haiyu City under a changed identity.
• Fifteen minutes after departing through the East Gate, Chen Fei spotted several people in the distance, including Chen Daoheng of Fallen Sky Pavilion.

Chen Fei tracked down an Azure Dragon Carp and discovered its unusual ability led to a cave connected to the Black God Pearls. Before he could investigate, the pearls transported him to a strange place where people and sea demons climbed a peak with black stones on their backs.

• Chen Fei searched the mission area with the Heavenly Eye and found traces of an Azure Dragon Carp after fifteen days.
• Chen Fei fought the Tier 3 Middle Stage Azure Dragon Carp, wounded it, and pursued it as it repeatedly shifted more than twenty li at a time.
• Chen Fei followed the Azure Dragon Carp to a cave and realized the Black God Pearls were drawing him toward the same place.
• Chen Fei waited aside as a panicked figure and pursuers approached, but the Black God Pearls enveloped him and transported him away.
• Chen Fei woke at the foot of a tall peak and saw people and sea demons climbing it with black stones on their backs.

Chen Fei arrived in the Black God Territory, where everyone’s abilities were sealed and carrying black stones up the mountain supposedly earned rewards or freedom. When Ming Zhongjiang and his companions tried to force Chen Fei to mine a stone, he fought back with refined swordsmanship and gained the advantage.

• Chen Fei found his cultivation, Mind Power, physical strength, and magic treasures sealed in the Black God Territory.
• Ming Zhongjiang explained that carrying black stones to the summit could earn rewards or allow people to leave, then invited Chen Fei to join his group.
• Ming Zhongjiang led Chen Fei to Xue Dongchuan and two other men, who urged him to mine a black stone.
• Chen Fei suspected a trap, and Xue Dongchuan, Ming Zhongjiang, and the other two surrounded him and threatened him with their weapons.
• Xue Dongchuan attacked, but Chen Fei redirected the attackers’ weapons with his swordsmanship and cut Xue Dongchuan’s cheek.

Chen Fei defeated Xue Dongchuan, Ming Zhongjiang, and their companions, then forced Ming Zhongjiang to reveal the Black God Territory’s black-stone rules. After confirming that carrying black stone up the mountain could provide a way out, Chen Fei fused several stones together and turned his attention to the Space Grid.

• Chen Fei used his mastery of basic martial arts moves to kill Xue Dongchuan and two of his companions, then severed both of Ming Zhongjiang’s arm tendons.
• Chen Fei tortured Ming Zhongjiang until he explained that first-time black-stone carriers could exchange fifty years of lifespan for one weightless stone that would let them leave the Black God Territory upon reaching the summit.
• Ming Zhongjiang revealed that climbers had to reach the summit within a day and could not set down or discard their black stones, and Chen Fei killed him after questioning him.
• Chen Fei confirmed the rules, collected the group’s belongings, and returned to find their bodies gone but their black stones still present.
• Chen Fei fused several ordinary black stones into a large block and considered using the Space Grid to carry it.

Chen Fei investigated the Black God Territory, testing his stored Sword Essence and studying the mountain before carrying a black stone up the path. He suspected the territory had multiple entrances and that Black God Peak was a formation, while Fallen Sky Pavilion members recognized him as he climbed.

• Chen Fei released his stored Sword Essence and found that the Black God Territory immediately sealed its power, then stored nearly a cubic meter of black stone in his Space Grid.
• Chen Fei circled Black God Peak, questioned why the Thousand Feather Alliance knew nothing about the territory, and suspected it had other entrances and a hidden purpose.
• Chen Fei noticed that the mountain’s terrain resembled a large formation, though he could not determine its function.
• Chen Fei carried a black stone to the Mountain Climbing Stone, where Chen Daoheng and Huang Yuheng recognized him and remarked on his solid foundation.
• Chen Fei climbed the mountain path, rested without letting the black stone touch the ground, and observed that Demon Beasts could carry stones uphill with fewer pauses than humans.

Chen Fei reached the summit of Black God Peak, entered the city, and exchanged a black stone for access to a vast list of treasures and abilities. After becoming wary of the rewards and deciding to investigate the way down, he met the gaze of a kneeling man whose strange eyes began drawing him into a trance.

• Chen Fei climbed Black God Peak for eight hours and found that the entire mountain was part of a formation connected to his seal and the black stone he carried.
• Chen Fei entered the city, passed people kneeling before a temple, and noticed that their forehead patterns seemed to correspond to the depth of their Aura and possibly their Soul Cultivation.
• Chen Fei entered the temple, saw a black Divine Statue with bluish-green marks, and threw his black stone into the well after briefly sensing a warning against it.
• Chen Fei received one stone of Contribution and saw a list offering Spirit Treasures, Magic Treasures, cultivation techniques, rare materials, and transplanted talent abilities.
• Chen Fei became suspicious that the rewards were too generous, left the temple to investigate the restrictions on descending the mountain, and met the gaze of a kneeling man whose eyes began pulling him into a trance.

Chen Fei explored Black God City, learned that leaving the mountain cost ten years of lifespan, and discovered a marketplace where he bought an Azure Sky Flower after bargaining with its seller. He also obtained information from the seller and learned that Contribution Points could be transferred between people.

• Gong Shiyan invited Chen Fei to join the Black God Sect, but Chen Fei left without accepting or refusing.
• Chen Fei discovered that continuing down the mountain would cost him ten years of lifespan, so he returned to Black God City.
• Chen Fei paid one black stone to claim a stone house and found a marketplace stocked with cultivation resources.
• Chen Fei bargained with a stall owner over an Azure Sky Flower and offered three black stones along with questions.
• Chen Fei exchanged black stones for Contribution Points, then paid the seller and received the Azure Sky Flower and information he needed.
• Chen Fei learned that people in Black God City could transfer Contribution Points to one another.

Chen Fei exchanged Contribution Points for exemptions from the lifespan cost of descending the mountain and obtained a Violet Flame Exquisite Pill, but the Panel revealed a sudden change in his situation. Back in Haiyu City, his clone vanished, leaving the Yuan Chen Sword Sect worried about him.

• Chen Fei stored the Azure Sky Flower and learned that the Black God Sect offered a soul-related technique, though he remained wary of joining it.
• Chen Fei found an exchange option costing five Contribution Points for three exemptions from the punishment for descending the mountain and bought it.
• Chen Fei spent one Contribution Point to obtain a Violet Flame Exquisite Pill, then sensed Suppress Dragon Elephant Suppress Spirit trembling in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Fei checked the Panel and saw the words “Thousand Feather Alliance, Haiyu City.”
• Chen Fei’s clone suddenly disappeared while teaching the Yuan Chen Sword Sect disciples, and Qu Qingsheng tried to reassure the sect that Chen Fei had recalled it.