Chapter Summaries

Soulshade Sect leaders Tan Chunyi and Pu Chunxu planned to capture Chen Fei and sent the Wu Brothers Trio after him. Meanwhile, the Rock Peak Sect prepared to settle near the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, forcing the Thousand Blade Sect to reconsider its plans for the secret realm before Rock Peak arrived in one month.

• Tan Chunyi persuaded Pu Chunxu to capture Chen Fei, and they agreed to send the Wu Brothers Trio because Chen Fei might have been connected to Duanmu Xiao and Kou Yuanheng's disappearances.
• Qu Qingsheng welcomed Wei Zikuan and the Rock Peak Sect's advance party, who inspected nearby sites for their new mountain gate.
• Ye Qishan learned that the Rock Peak Sect was settling near the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and ordered further investigation.
• A Thousand Blade Sect elder reported that Rock Peak would claim none of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's resource sites or its secret realm and would arrive in one month.
• Ye Qishan realized the Thousand Blade Sect had little time to pressure the Yuan Chen Sword Sect without breaking the Thousand Feather Alliance's rules.

Fu Xuanye halted the Thousand Blade Sect’s plans against the Yuan Chen Sword Sect after learning the Rock Peak Sect was coming, then discovered three hostile Aperture Unification Realm Middle Stage cultivators entering the sect. When the Wu Brothers Trio attacked Chen Fei, he overwhelmed them with ease.

• Ye Qishan told Fu Xuanye that the Rock Peak Sect would arrive in the Sea Peak Region in one month, so Fu Xuanye ordered the Thousand Blade Sect to pause its moves against the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.
• Fu Xuanye used the Hidden Essence Bell to approach the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, but sensed three Aperture Unification Realm Middle Stage cultivators slipping past its formation and withdrew.
• The Wu Brothers Trio confronted Chen Fei in his courtyard, and Wu Hongxin attacked him with an iron hammer.
• Chen Fei deflected Wu Hongxin’s hammer and struck him, while his brothers shared the damage and restored him.
• Chen Fei grabbed Wu Hongxin, slammed him into the ground, and left all three brothers severely injured and unable to resist.

Chen Fei crushed the Wu Brothers Trio despite Wu Hongzhong and Wu Hongxiao forcing breakthroughs to the Aperture Unification Realm Late Stage. After killing them, Chen Fei learned that they belonged to the Soulshade Sect and spotted Fu Xuanye retreating nearby.

• Wu Hongzhong forced a breakthrough to the Aperture Unification Realm Late Stage and attacked Chen Fei while Wu Hongxiao moved to help Wu Hongxin.
• Chen Fei broke Wu Hongzhong’s attack, smashed him into the ground, and left him near death.
• Wu Hongxiao tried to force a breakthrough, but Chen Fei struck him down and killed him with a sword slash.
• Chen Fei killed Wu Hongzhong and Wu Hongxin, then learned through the Dream Entering Art that they came from the Soulshade Sect.
• Chen Fei collected the brothers’ belongings and noticed Fu Xuanye silently retreating to the southeast.

Chen Fei captured Fu Xuanye, stripped him of his treasures, and left him alive, then infiltrated the Blood Sun Sect to confront the hidden Soulshade Sect. He killed Tan Chunyi in a clash at Tang Nan Mountain, leaving Pu Chunxu facing Chen Fei’s overwhelming power.

• Chen Fei shattered Fu Xuanye’s Hidden Origin Bell barrier, knocked him unconscious, and took his treasures before throwing him into the sea.
• Fu Xuanye woke alive but robbed, guessed the Yuan Chen Sword Sect was responsible, and decided to abandon the Tier 3 Secret Realm plans and return to Yellow Stone City.
• Chen Fei bypassed the Blood Sun Sect’s formation and met Tan Chunyi, exposing the Soulshade Sect’s aura-concealing Exotic Treasure.
• Pu Chunxu ambushed Chen Fei after Tan Chunyi secretly alerted him, but Chen Fei evaded the attack and revealed his identity as the man the Soulshade Sect had tried to kill.
• Chen Fei unleashed the Four Forbidden Arts and struck Tan Chunyi while a sword essence intercepted Pu Chunxu; Tan Chunyi was killed as Tang Nan Mountain shook.

Chen Fei killed Tan Chunyi and Pu Chunxu, then wiped out the Soulshade Sect cultivators who attacked him on Tang Nan Mountain. He took the sect’s Aura-concealing Bronze Bead and removed its Secret Chamber from the mountain to search it elsewhere.

• Chen Fei pursued Pu Chunxu and killed him after defeating his attempt to flee, then collected the belongings of Pu Chunxu and Tan Chunyi.
• Chen Fei used a sword array to kill the Soulshade Sect cultivators who charged him, while others fled.
• Chen Fei took the Soulshade Sect’s Bronze Bead and examined the heavily guarded Secret Chamber.
• Chen Fei severed the arrays connecting the Secret Chamber to Tang Nan Mountain, lifted it out, and vanished with it.

Chen Fei looted the Soulshade Sect cultivators’ belongings and dismantled the array sealing their Secret Chamber, while Sea Light City investigated Blood Sun Sect’s destruction and suspected it was a Soulshade Sect stronghold. He returned to Yuan Chen Sword Sect with sect resources and a Qiluo Spirit Tree bearing three fruits.

• Chen Fei carried the Secret Chamber to a Desolate Island, sorted the slain Soulshade Sect cultivators’ belongings, and began carefully dismantling its array.
• Bi Zhongxun investigated the ruined Tang Nan Mountain and, after questioning former Blood Sun Sect members, suspected Blood Sun Sect had secretly been the Soulshade Sect.
• Fu Xuanye connected the Blood Sun Sect’s destruction to the mysterious expert he suspected had killed the three cultivators who passed Yuan Chen Sword Sect, and decided to keep quiet.
• Chen Fei spent three hours undoing the array and found cultivation techniques, supplies, and a Qiluo Spirit Tree with three developing lifespan-extending fruits inside the Secret Chamber.
• Chen Fei returned to Yuan Chen Sword Sect, gave Qu Qingsheng the collected resources, and showed him the Qiluo Spirit Tree.

Chen Fei reviewed the cultivation techniques taken from other sects and selected several that could strengthen his abilities and protect him. He rejected the dangerous Three Flowers Art for himself, but wondered whether he could strengthen his clone’s unified aperture projection enough for it to cultivate the art.

• Chen Fei gave Qu Qingsheng the Qiluo Spirit Tree, asking him to take one fruit to Elder Zhou and decide how to use the other two.
• Qu Qingsheng stored the tree to plant within the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, while Chen Fei began sorting through the stolen cultivation techniques.
• Chen Fei found the Heavenly Evolution Eye Art, which could enhance his Heavenly Eye, and the Linked Body Art, which he planned to use with his clone as protection.
• Chen Fei examined the Three Flowers Art and determined that its method of forcibly condensing the Three Flowers would weaken its practitioner’s foundation and lifespan.
• Chen Fei considered giving the Three Flowers Art to his clone, but realized the clone’s unified aperture projection would collapse unless he could first strengthen it.

Chen Fei advanced several cultivation techniques while considering how to strengthen his clone and prepare for a future breakthrough. As the sea demons expanded their invasion and Shen Yanhe failed to reach the Mountain Sea Realm, the Thousand Feather Alliance offered Aperture Unification Realm cultivators access to some of its techniques and secret arts, and Chen Fei sought a faster way to condense the Three Flowers.

• Chen Fei simplified the Three Flowers Art, Linked Body Art, and Heavenly Evolution Eye Art, then focused on cultivating teleportation, the Linked Body Art, and the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword.
• The sea demons occupied four sea regions, enslaved some stranded people, and began probing neighboring regions for further invasions.
• Shen Yanhe attempted to break through to the Mountain Sea Realm but was gravely injured and failed, prompting Chen Fei to suspect that Shen Yanhe's divine soul had been the obstacle.
• Over three months, Chen Fei advanced the Soul Severing Art and Linked Body Art to the Perfection Realm and cultivated the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword to Great Perfection.
• The Thousand Feather Alliance announced that willing Aperture Unification Realm cultivators could visit the Main Alliance to access some of its techniques and secret arts, and Chen Fei hoped to find a safe way to condense the Three Flowers faster.

Chen Fei and Tong Linyun visited Baka in the Tier 3 Secret Realm before traveling toward the Thousand Feather Alliance's Main Alliance. On the way, they encountered a deceptive paper ship Weird, which Chen Fei destroyed with one sword.

• Chen Fei visited Baka, who was managing the Secret Realm's Spiritual Materials and growing stronger from them.
• Chen Fei and Tong Linyun left the Sea Peak Region for the Thousand Feather Alliance's Main Alliance while Qin Haishan and the others stayed behind.
• Chen Fei spotted a Strange Ship on the sea and recognized it as a Weird, and Tong Linyun saw through its false appearance as well.
• The ship's illusion confused Tong Linyun, but Chen Fei's sword sound snapped her out of it.
• Chen Fei struck the paper ship with the Qian Yuan Sword, reducing its Paper Men to ash and cutting the ship in two.

Chen Fei and Tong Linyun reached Thousand Feather City and explored the newly established Scripture Pavilion. Chen Fei found a risky method that might strengthen his clone, then entered the second floor to search for more useful cultivation arts.

• Chen Fei trapped and killed the Strange Ship with his sword array, then flew with Tong Linyun to Thousand Feather City.
• Chen Fei and Tong Linyun registered at the Thousand Feather Alliance's Main Alliance and learned how the Scripture Pavilion's three floors worked.
• Chen Fei browsed the first floor and memorized Aperture Unification Three Questions, considering whether its third method could create a unified aperture for his clone.
• Chen Fei found no suitable method for quickly condensing the three flowers and used his Haiyu City Jade Token to enter the second floor.
• A voice asked Chen Fei what kind of art he needed.

Chen Fei searched the Thousand Feather Alliance’s Scripture Pavilion for unorthodox methods to speed up his cultivation and learned that reaching the third floor required understanding a Secret Art within ten days. After studying the Formless Art Zhang Qiuming gave him, Chen Fei considered when to return to the pavilion.

• Zhang Qiuming advised Chen Fei about cultivation techniques and showed him Secret Arts for strengthening his united aperture and condensing the Three Flowers.
• Chen Fei studied the second-floor Jade Slips but found none that could shorten his path to Aperture Unification Realm Peak enough.
• Chen Fei asked Zhang Qiuming about reaching the third floor and received a Jade Slip containing the Formless Art as his test.
• Chen Fei left the Scripture Pavilion with Tong Linyun and bought a courtyard in Thousand Feather City.
• Chen Fei studied the Formless Art in the courtyard’s Secret Chamber and concluded that understanding it within ten days would be easy for him.

Chen Fei passed Zhang Qiuming’s test and gained access to the Scripture Pavilion’s third floor, where he found the Innocent Compass Method, a secret art suited to his exceptional aperture. After leaving the pavilion, he simplified the method into Water Absorption.

• Chen Fei cultivated the Formless Art to the Perfection Realm and spent the following days practicing techniques in Thousand Feather City.
• Chen Fei disguised his appearance and aura, sold the modified iron hammers of the Wu Brothers Trio at a marketplace for 6,300 Mid-Grade Essence Stones, and left without buying anything.
• On the ninth day, Chen Fei demonstrated the Formless Art to Zhang Qiuming, who let him enter the third floor of the Scripture Pavilion.
• Chen Fei examined the third-floor jade slips and found the Innocent Compass Method, which could help him condense more powerful Three Flowers using his exceptional aperture.
• Chen Fei finished reading the remaining jade slips, then simplified the Innocent Compass Method into Water Absorption.

Chen Fei traded a Seven Treasures Soul Return Pill for the rare materials needed to cultivate the Innocent Compass Method, then began condensing his First Flower. The chapter ended as the flower descended toward his combined aperture and Primordial Qi surged toward him.

• Chen Fei used the Innocent Compass Method to absorb water while cultivating, and reached the Proficient Realm after twenty days of practice.
• At an exchange gathering, Chen Fei traded a Seven Treasures Soul Return Pill to Chang Yuanyin for Thousand Year Snow Silkworm, Silver Frost Grass, and Phoenix Fire Spirit Fruits.
• Chen Fei asked Chang Yuanyin to look for Celestial Spirit Fungus, which he needed to condense his Second Flower, and Chang Yuanyin agreed to inquire.
• Chen Fei returned to his courtyard and used the gathered Spiritual Materials to condense his First Flower, drawing spiritual essence into his combined aperture.
• The First Flower formed and began settling onto Chen Fei's combined aperture as the chamber's Primordial Qi rolled toward him.

Chen Fei advanced to Aperture Unification Seventh Revolutions and adapted to the changes in his physique while searching for the Celestial Spirit Fungus. He learned that Peng Xuming had the fungus and agreed to consider rescuing people in the Outer Sea in exchange for it.

• Chen Fei absorbed Essence Stones, broke through to Aperture Unification Seventh Revolutions, and sensed that his physique was nearing a barrier to the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Chen Fei adapted to his increased physical sensitivity, perfected the Innocent Compass Method, and cultivated the Heavenly Eye to Great Perfection, but he still lacked the Celestial Spirit Fungus needed to condense his Second Flower.
• At a Marketplace exchange, Chen Fei heard that Weird were spreading across the Thousand Feather Alliance and that sea demons were expanding their territory.
• Chang Yuanyin told Chen Fei that Peng Xuming possessed the Celestial Spirit Fungus but wanted someone to rescue people from the Outer Sea.
• Chen Fei met Peng Xuming, confirmed the fungus was genuine, and offered to undertake the rescue mission after first seeing the item and arranging for it to be handed to the Mission Hall.

Chen Fei accepted Peng Xuming’s commission to rescue people trapped in Phoenix Lake City in the sea demon-controlled Qin Guang Sea Area, with two Celestial Spirit Fungi offered as payment. On his way there, five cultivators who had been tailing him attacked, and Chen Fei instantly killed Qian Shixing.

• Peng Xuming explained the danger of rescuing seventy-five people from Phoenix Lake City and asked Chen Fei to prioritize bringing two people to Thousand Feather City.
• Chen Fei accepted the private commission, and Peng Xuming placed two Celestial Spirit Fungi in the Mission Hall as payment.
• Chen Fei told Tong Linyun he would be away for ten days to a month, then left Thousand Feather City three days later under a changed Aura.
• Five cultivators led by Yi Yuezhong followed Chen Fei out of the city, then accelerated to intercept him far from Thousand Feather City.
• Chen Fei confronted the five men and struck Qian Shixing with the sheathed Qian Yuan Sword, causing him to burst into Blood Mist.

Chen Fei crossed the occupied sea areas in disguise and reached Phoenix Lake City, where he found the city’s survivors being exploited under the Sea Demons. He subdued Yu Qiwu and began questioning him about the courtyard once used by Peng Xuming’s relatives.

• Chen Fei killed Qian Shixing and Yi Yuezhong’s four companions after they tried to attack him and flee.
• Chen Fei crossed the devastated Ni Feng Sea Area and entered the Ming Hu Sea Area concealed by the Hidden Essence Bell.
• Chen Fei passed through the Ming Hu Sea Area and reached Phoenix Lake City, avoiding the Sea Demons along the way.
• Chen Fei saw that several thousand people remained in Phoenix Lake City, where some humans enforced the Sea Demons’ rule and oppressed others.
• Chen Fei entered the courtyard where Peng Xuming’s relatives had lived and pinned Yu Qiwu to the ground while demanding answers.

Chen Fei killed Yu Qiwu, secretly doomed Tian Daosheng, and rescued Peng Huaitao, Peng Yuelan, and Peng Shanrong from Phoenix Lake City. The survivors escaped at night, while Kou Maojiang noticed their reunion and wondered whether an Aperture Unification Realm cultivator had entered the city.

• Chen Fei killed Yu Qiwu after using the Dream Entering Art to witness his cruelty, then healed the maid Yu Qiwu had injured.
• Chen Fei entered Tian Daosheng's study, used his power to leave Tian Daosheng confused, and severed his vitality so he would die within three days.
• Peng Huaitao and Peng Shanrong endured forced farm labor in Phoenix Lake City, where Peng Huaitao struggled with his crippled cultivation and failing strength.
• Chen Fei appeared before Peng Huaitao, showed him Peng Xuming's Jade Pendant, and told him he could restore his cultivation.
• Chen Fei brought Peng Huaitao, Peng Yuelan, and Peng Shanrong out of Phoenix Lake City under cover of night.
• Kou Maojiang saw the three Peng family members had reunited on his Array Plate and suspected an Aperture Unification Realm cultivator had entered Phoenix Lake City.

Chen Fei rescued Peng Huaitao, Peng Yuelan, and another Peng Family member from Phoenix Lake City, but two Tier 3 Late Stage sea demons pursued him. He faced Yan Liu, a powerful Demon King Descendant, and Sea Turtle in battle.

• Kou Maojiang tried to report Peng Huaitao and the others to the sea demons, but Chen Fei's avatar killed him.
• Chen Fei escorted Peng Huaitao, Peng Yuelan, and their companion out of Phoenix Lake City and headed toward the Ming Hu Sea Area.
• Two Tier 3 Late Stage sea demons tracked Chen Fei down, so his avatar took the three Peng Family members onward while his true body stayed to confront them.
• Yan Liu revealed himself as a Demon King Descendant and demanded that Chen Fei submit to a mark, while Sea Turtle urged him to devour Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei checked that no other nearby Tier 3 Sea Demons could interfere, then attacked Yan Liu and Sea Turtle with the Qian Yuan Sword.

Chen Fei used the Four Forbidden Arts to overwhelm Sea Turtle, who had mistaken him for an ordinary cultivator, while Yan Liu revealed his Demon King Bloodline talent and trapped him in a domain. Chen Fei broke free with the Five Forbidden Arts, killed Sea Turtle, and turned to face Yan Liu.

• Chen Fei activated the Four Forbidden Arts and struck Sea Turtle before he could finish revealing his true form, gravely injuring him.
• Yan Liu revealed his eight-armed true form and used his Demon King Bloodline talent to freeze Chen Fei and the surrounding area.
• Yan Liu ordered Sea Turtle to kill Chen Fei, and Sea Turtle charged while Chen Fei was trapped.
• Chen Fei used the Five Forbidden Arts to tear apart Yan Liu's seal and evade Sea Turtle's attack.
• Chen Fei pierced and killed Sea Turtle, took his Demon Core, and turned to face the wary Yan Liu.

Chen Fei fought Yan Liu, whose Domain Seal and Demon King bloodline made him a dangerous opponent. After opening the Six Forbidden Arts and striking a key Node to break the seal, Chen Fei pressed his attack, and Yan Liu unleashed the Demon King Power he had kept in reserve.

• Yan Liu used his Domain Seal to interrupt Chen Fei, but Chen Fei escaped Yan Liu's hammer strike with transposition.
• Chen Fei used his Heavenly Eye to examine the domain before Yan Liu withdrew it.
• Yan Liu charged again, and Chen Fei opened the Six Forbidden Arts, causing his distant avatar to weaken under the strain.
• Chen Fei pierced a key Node in the Domain Seal and continued his sword attack without being paused.
• Yan Liu released his Demon King Power, throwing the surrounding Essence Qi into chaos.