Chapter Summaries

After forcing the injured Demon King Nie Li to retreat, Chen Fei returned to the fleet and continued toward Qian Yan City. His feat prompted eight sects to merge into the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, leaving former Immortal Cloud Sword Sect elder Wei Xingshan to regret passing up the chance to recruit Chen Fei.

• Chen Fei collected Nie Li's blood and qi with the Hidden Essence Bell and explained that he had not reached the Mountain Sea Realm, but had relied on a forbidden technique and Nie Li's injuries to fight him.
• The fleet resumed its voyage, while the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and the other sects marveled at Chen Fei's strength and potential.
• Tong Zhongqiu and the others submitted a petition to Qu Qingsheng requesting that their sects merge into the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.
• Five days later, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, Soul Severing Gate, Rock Peak Sect, and five other sects formally joined as branch lineages, with Tong Zhongqiu and other cultivators appointed as lineage masters.
• Wei Xingshan remembered that he could have recruited Chen Fei into the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect years earlier and regretted letting the opportunity pass.

Chen Fei killed the sea demons Nie Li sent after the fleet and added valuable materials to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s treasury. During the voyage, Qu Qingsheng successfully broke through to the Aperture Unification Realm, and three months later the fleet reached Qian Yan City.

• Chen Fei killed a Tier 3 Peak Stage Turtle Demon sent by Nie Li and gave its Tortoise Shell to Qu Qingsheng for the sect treasury.
• Chen Fei kept Demon King blood beads to help advance the Qian Yuan Sword and Hidden Essence Bell and later consolidate his Mountain Sea Realm cultivation.
• After a month of peaceful sailing, Qu Qingsheng began attempting a breakthrough to the Aperture Unification Realm while Chen Fei watched over him.
• Qu Qingsheng successfully broke through, becoming the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s second Aperture Unification Realm cultivator.
• Three months later, Chen Fei spotted land ahead and recognized Qian Yan City.

After the Yuan Chen Sword Sect settled near Qian Yan City, Chen Fei sought a Mountain Sea Realm cultivation method to clarify his path to a breakthrough. He visited the declining Heavenly Heart Sect, whose leader, Situ Song, agreed to discuss the price of its inheritance, and Chen Fei revealed a sword blade as his offer.

• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect established its mountain gate in the Qian Yan Mountain Range, where other forces offered only formal courtesies and its lack of Secret Realms left it short of resources.
• Chen Fei read that the Sun Moon Realm was found only among a few great holy lands, then decided he needed a Mountain Sea Realm cultivation method before pursuing that distant realm.
• Chen Fei chose the Heavenly Heart Sect as a possible source of the method and visited its leader, Situ Song.
• Situ Song guessed Chen Fei wanted the Heavenly Heart Incantation and asked what he could offer for it.
• Chen Fei placed a sword blade on the table, unleashing a fierce sword intent that stirred the surrounding Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.

Chen Fei traded a Top-Grade Magic Treasure to Situ Song for the Heavenly Heart Incantation, then merged it with the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword to create the Sky Profound Sword and cultivated it. After half a year of progress, news spread that Dream Shadow True Person’s inheritance cave dwelling had appeared near Qian Yan City.

• Chen Fei exchanged a Top-Grade Magic Treasure with Situ Song for the Heavenly Heart Incantation and agreed not to pass it outside the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.
• Chen Fei merged the Heavenly Heart Incantation and the Supreme Mystery Heavenly Sword, creating the Sky Profound Sword, then began cultivating it alongside Suppress Dragon Elephant Suppress Soul.
• The Yuan Chen Sword Sect stayed quiet and avoided competing for Secret Realms while using its abundant resources to support its members.
• Chen Fei cultivated the Sky Profound Sword for half a year, improving its proficiency and strengthening his sword essence and divine soul.
• News reached Chen Fei that Dream Shadow True Person’s inheritance cave dwelling had appeared a thousand li from Qian Yan City.

Chen Fei studied Dream Shadow True Person’s inheritance cave abode and learned from the Heavenly Heart Incantation how Mountain Sea Realm cultivation and talent awakening worked. As the cave abode opened, the gathered martial artists rushed inside.

• Chen Fei decided to seek the Dream Shadow Cave Abode’s Core Inheritance because his incomplete Dream Entering Art could no longer help him as his cultivation advanced.
• Chen Fei arrived at the cave abode and learned that its existence depended on a Dream Shadow Stone hidden within the Heart Strange Realm.
• Chen Fei studied the Heavenly Heart Incantation and learned that Mountain Sea Realm cultivators opened nine divine palaces and could awaken talents by entering the void.
• Chen Fei considered how strong Spirit Souls and well-tempered talents might allow a cultivator to seek additional talents earlier than usual.
• Chen Fei reflected on the orthodox, faith-refining, and flesh-and-blood methods of Mountain Sea Realm cultivation as the cave abode began to tremble.
• A brilliant ray shot from the cave abode, and the gathered martial artists surged inside.

Chen Fei passed the Dream Shadow Cave Abode’s first three trials by resisting illusions, identifying their flaws, and combining an acquired illusion-control method with the Dream Entering Art. He climbed the mountain path at an unprecedented pace, and when he crossed the mountainside, a pair of eyes opened in the cave’s depths as his steps suddenly stopped.

• Chen Fei entered the cave abode alone after it rejected his avatar, then endured a lonely illusion while comprehending his cultivation techniques.
• Chen Fei recognized the forest and the ants devouring him as illusions, then made the ants disappear by identifying one as unreal.
• Chen Fei studied an illusion-control manual in a Secret Chamber and fused its method with the Dream Entering Art, causing the chamber to break apart and reveal a mountain.
• Chen Fei began climbing the mountain, while observers outside watched his light ascend far faster than anyone else's.
• Chen Fei passed the mountainside, causing ripples to spread through the cave abode, and a pair of eyes opened in the darkness as he abruptly paused.

Chen Fei saw through the dreams in Dream Shadow Cave Abode and tore through its remaining trials, concluding that the cave abode was deliberately preventing challengers from reaching the summit. At the summit, he appeared in a Martial Arts Arena surrounded by dozens of people who were promised a Heart Soul Stone for killing him.

• Chen Fei resisted a dream that filled his mind with false memories and anger, then shattered it with a sword strike.
• Chen Fei sensed the cave abode’s watching presence and growing power, while Gu Fangyu and other challengers watched him pass trials at an astonishing pace.
• Chen Fei tore through the remaining seven dream realms, including the trials left by the historical Number One Person, and reached the path near the summit.
• Chen Fei stepped forward and appeared in a Martial Arts Arena, where dozens of people were offered a Heart Soul Stone for killing him.

Chen Fei was transferred to the Martial Arts Arena, where Dream Shadow Cave Abode’s Artifact Spirit tried to have him killed by dozens of cultivators to prevent him from claiming the inheritance and ownership of the cave abode. When they attacked, Chen Fei unleashed Nine Revolutions Universe and killed Lin Hanyu with a single strike.

• The cultivators recognized the Heart Soul Stone as a valuable prize and learned that only the person who killed Chen Fei could obtain it.
• Chen Fei sensed the gaze of Dream Shadow Cave Abode’s Artifact Spirit and revealed that he had been nearing the summit, while the Artifact Spirit admitted it had moved the group and used dream power to influence them.
• The cultivators’ desire to kill Chen Fei grew under the Artifact Spirit’s influence, and Lin Hanyu charged first as the others rushed in behind him.
• Chen Fei unleashed Nine Revolutions Universe, meeting Lin Hanyu’s saber strike with the Broken Ruler.
• Chen Fei’s blow shattered Lin Hanyu into minced flesh and sent a wave of air through the Martial Arts Arena.

Chen Fei slaughtered the Aperture Unification Realm cultivators who had surrounded him, using Void Teleportation and the Heavenly Eye to evade their attacks and break their formations. The survivors fled the Martial Arts Arena, abandoning the Heart Soul Stone to Dream Shadow Cave Abode.

• Chen Fei killed Lin Hanyu with one strike, shocking the cultivators surrounding him.
• Chen Fei used innate teleportation to appear among the attackers and killed an Aperture Unification Realm Late Stage cultivator.
• Chen Fei teleported to Yue Zhongrong and overcame his desperate all-or-nothing attack, killing him.
• The cultivators tried to form barriers against teleportation, but Chen Fei used the Heavenly Eye to break through and kill another cultivator.
• The remaining cultivators lost their nerve and withdrew from the arena, leaving the Heart Soul Stone behind.

Chen Fei defeated the Aperture Unification Realm cultivators in Dream Shadow Cave Abode and resisted the Artifact Spirit’s attempts to force him out or deceive him with dreams. As he advanced toward the great hall, the Artifact Spirit offered him another Heart Soul Stone to leave, but Chen Fei questioned why he should give up a trial he could still pass.

• Chen Fei drove away the dozens of Aperture Unification Realm cultivators and claimed the Heart Soul Stone, while the Artifact Spirit watched from concealment.
• The Artifact Spirit tried to expel Chen Fei, but he resisted its force and used the Broken Ruler to shatter the Martial Arts Arena’s illusion.
• Chen Fei recognized the apparent void as another dream, cut through it, and returned to the mountain path.
• Dream Shadow Cave Abode turned its malice against Chen Fei as he walked toward the great hall, but its dream attacks could not affect him.
• The Artifact Spirit warned Chen Fei to stop and offered him another Heart Soul Stone if he left, but Chen Fei replied that passing the trial would earn him the stone anyway.

Chen Fei slaughtered the Dream Shadow Cave Abode’s Tier 3 Mind Wraiths, forcing its Artifact Spirit to summon a Tier 4 Mind Wraith from the Heart Strange Realm to stop him. After clearing the remaining wraiths, Chen Fei approached the rift as the Tier 4 threat’s power poured through.

• Chen Fei formed an Extreme Severing Mystery Sword and used the Qian Yuan Sword to rapidly destroy the Tier 3 Mind Wraiths.
• The Artifact Spirit refused to accept Chen Fei as its master and opened a passage to lure a Tier 4 Mind Wraith into the cave abode.
• A Tier 4 Mind Wraith entered the passage, drawn by the prospect of growing stronger in the outer world.
• As the Tier 4 Mind Wraith began to emerge, Chen Fei swiftly killed the remaining Tier 3 Mind Wraiths and absorbed their Yin Qi into the Heart Refining Formation.
• Chen Fei walked toward the rift while the Tier 4 Mind Wraith’s overwhelming aura surged through it.

Chen Fei drove off a Tier 4 Mind Wraith by releasing Black God's power, then headed to the great hall to claim Dream Shadow Cave Abode. The Artifact Spirit refused to acknowledge him and shattered the Trial Peak as Chen Fei approached.

• Chen Fei confronted the Tier 4 Mind Wraith as it forced its way through a fissure, and its power disrupted his senses and shook his Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Fei struck the Mind Wraith with the Extreme Severing Mystery Sword, but his attack barely wounded it before it recovered.
• Chen Fei released Black God's power from a sealed bottle, terrifying the Mind Wraith into retreating through the fissure into the Heart Strange Realm.
• Chen Fei shattered a Node in the fissure, collected the Tier 3 Mind Wraith Source, and went to the great hall after the cave abode's trials ended.
• The Artifact Spirit refused to accept Chen Fei as its master and caused the Trial Peak to shatter.

Chen Fei used Dream Shadow Cave Abode’s remaining Spirit Treasure origin to advance the Qian Yuan Sword, then destroyed its rebellious Artifact Spirit and escaped as the cave abode collapsed. He left the Dream Entering Art unobtained, but gained a connection to the Dream Shadow Stone and planned to seek it after reaching the Mountain Sea Realm; meanwhile, an unknown presence detected the Emperor Venerable’s power.

• Chen Fei fused Dream Shadow Cave Abode’s Spirit Treasure origin and the Broken Ruler into the Qian Yuan Sword, pushing it toward becoming a Spirit Treasure.
• Chen Fei demanded the Dream Entering Art from the Artifact Spirit, but it refused and challenged him to find its true body in the Heart Strange Realm.
• Chen Fei triggered Dream Shadow True Person’s final contingency, causing the Artifact Spirit’s spirituality to dissipate completely.
• Chen Fei sensed a connection to the Dream Shadow Stone but decided to wait until he reached the Mountain Sea Realm before searching for it among Tier 4 Mind Wraiths.
• Dream Shadow Cave Abode crumbled after Chen Fei departed, while Tang Shouchang observed from a distance and chose not to intercept him.
• Chen Fei escaped more than two hundred li away and checked his gains, while a scarlet eyeball in the Qian Yan Mountain Range opened and recognized the Emperor Venerable’s power.

Chen Fei refined the Heart Soul Stone and attended Qian Yan City's celebration to hear Mountain Sea Realm experts explain their martial paths, gaining insight into his own breakthrough. During the third day's lecture, his avatar suddenly appeared in a Yuan Chen Sword Sect kitchen before an old woman.

• A scarlet eyeball sensed an Emperor Venerable's power in the Cold Pool, then concealed itself as a stone without being discovered.
• Chen Fei refined the Heart Soul Stone while strengthening his soul and cultivating Suppress Dragon Elephant Suppress Soul and the Sky Profound Sword.
• Qu Qingsheng delivered Qian Yan City's invitation to its ten-year celebration, and Chen Fei decided the Yuan Chen Sword Sect would prepare a customary gift.
• Chen Fei attended the celebration's lectures and listened to Ning Bozheng and two other Mountain Sea Realm experts explain their martial paths.
• During the third day's lecture, Chen Fei's avatar vanished from the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and reappeared in a kitchen, where an old woman saw him.

Chen Fei discovered that a faint Cyan Energy similar to Black God's power had infected members of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and sealed off the Sect to contain it. He went to Qian Yan City to alert rotating City Lord Tang Shouchang, but his senses were veiled as soon as he entered Tang Shouchang's study.

• Chen Fei examined the kitchen workers' memories and found a trace of Cyan Energy hidden in their strength.
• Chen Fei recognized the energy as similar to Black God's, sealed the infected kitchen workers, and searched the Sect for others carrying it.
• Chen Fei found and sealed more than twenty infected people, then raised the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's formation to cut off contact with the outside.
• Chen Fei left the Mountain Sea Realm expert's lecture and went to meet rotating City Lord Tang Shouchang.
• Chen Fei entered Tang Shouchang's study, where his senses were immediately veiled.

Chen Fei warned Tang Shouchang about the contaminating Gu Poison, but Tang’s investigation triggered its spread through Qian Yan City. Chen Fei returned to Yuan Chen Sword Sect, where his clone defeated a horde of mutated attackers, though the released Cyan Energy rushed toward the sect.

• Chen Fei told Tang Shouchang about the contamination and showed him a person carrying Cyan Energy.
• When Tang Shouchang examined the Cyan Energy, it burst and spread through Qian Yan City, killing nearly a hundred people and contaminating thousands more before the city’s formations contained it.
• Tang Shouchang took Chen Fei above the city, then flew with two other Mountain Sea Realm experts toward the Qian Yan Mountain Range while Chen Fei returned to Yuan Chen Sword Sect.
• Chen Fei found the sect’s sealed contaminated people still contained and its elders preparing for battle.
• Several thousand mutated creatures attacked Yuan Chen Sword Sect, and Chen Fei’s clone slaughtered them with the Sky Profound Sword Formation.
• Cyan Energy poured from the creatures’ remains and rushed toward Yuan Chen Sword Sect.

Chen Fei and the Yuan Chen Sword Sect faced a powerful evil creature while Tang Shouchang, Wu Renxu, and Zhang Chaoyun wore down another one near Qian Yan City. The three Mountain Sea Realm cultivators chose to capture their weakened creature alive for Flying Imperial City's bounty, but a crack sounded as they sealed it.

• The cyan gu insect struck the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's formation, and Chen Fei went out to confront it as the evil creature's true body appeared nearby.
• Tang Shouchang, Wu Renxu, and Zhang Chaoyun attacked the evil creature near Qian Yan City and steadily reduced its strength.
• Wu Renxu identified the creature as a Black God Subordinate and proposed capturing it alive for Flying Imperial City's bounty, which included Scarlet Flame Gold.
• Tang Shouchang and Zhang Chaoyun agreed, and the three cultivators weakened the creature before Wu Renxu trapped it in a formation.
• As the formation shrank around the nearly exhausted creature, a tiny cracking sound rang out.

Wu Renxu, Zhang Chaoyun, and Tang Shouchang discovered that the weakened evil creature could neither be sealed nor killed, and Wu Renxu proposed feeding it with surviving sects to make it sealable. Tang Shouchang followed the other two to monitor them, while Chen Fei sensed danger at Yuan Chen Sword Sect.

• The seal in Wu Renxu's hand shattered, and his Paper Fan was damaged when he tried to contain the evil creature.
• Wu Renxu explained that the creature recovered faster than they could kill it and could draw Heaven and Earth Essence Qi from the void.
• Wu Renxu proposed feeding the evil creature blood food and resentment, and Zhang Chaoyun agreed to help in exchange for a share of the bounty.
• Wu Renxu offered Tang Shouchang a share of the rewards if he joined them, but Tang condemned their plan to use the surviving sects as food.
• Tang Shouchang followed Wu Renxu and Zhang Chaoyun from a distance to keep watch over them.
• At Yuan Chen Sword Sect, Chen Fei killed a gu insect and then sensed alarm as he looked into the distance.

Wu Renxu and Zhang Chaoyun drove the weakened evil creature toward Yuan Chen Sword Sect, intending to use its people as blood food despite Tang Shouchang’s objections. Chen Fei confronted them, but they attacked him, and the chapter ended as he broke free of Wu Renxu’s restraint and blocked Zhang Chaoyun’s spear with the Qian Yuan Sword.

• Wu Renxu, Zhang Chaoyun, and Tang Shouchang pursued the weakened evil creature through the ruined Sects of the Qian Yan Mountain Range.
• Tang Shouchang recognized Yuan Chen Sword Sect ahead and warned Wu Renxu that Chen Fei had earned merit by discovering the evil creature, but Wu Renxu and Zhang Chaoyun chose the Sect as bait anyway.
• Tang Shouchang left in anger while Wu Renxu and Zhang Chaoyun continued driving the evil creature toward Yuan Chen Sword Sect.
• Chen Fei sensed the evil creature and the Mountain Sea Realm cultivators approaching, then confronted them outside the Sect’s formation.
• Wu Renxu immobilized Chen Fei with the pressure of his folding fan, and Zhang Chaoyun thrust his spear at him.
• Chen Fei broke free and raised the Qian Yuan Sword to block Zhang Chaoyun’s spear, awakening the sword’s dormant spirituality.

After Zhang Chaoyun nearly killed Chen Fei and Wu Renxu destroyed the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s formation, Chen Fei began breaking through to the Mountain Sea Realm to protect his sect. As the two experts tried to stop him, Chen Fei reached the void where myriad talents gathered.

• Zhang Chaoyun struck Chen Fei with his spear, nearly reducing him to a skeleton, then Wu Renxu shattered the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s formation.
• Chen Fei survived by using the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi gathering around him to heal and begin breaking through to the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Wu Renxu and Zhang Chaoyun attacked Chen Fei, but his heightened perception and teleportation let him evade their strikes.
• Wu Renxu threatened to slaughter the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s people, and Chen Fei swore to destroy his sect and kill everyone connected to him if they died.
• Chen Fei withdrew more than thirty li away and fully unleashed his power as the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi surged around him.
• Chen Fei’s breakthrough began, and he entered the void where countless talents gathered.