Chapter Summaries

Lei Xie Hu joined the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and marked Chen Fei’s old allies for protection, while Chen Fei and the others waited for the altar at the Spatial Passage to finish fusing. After more than a month, the altar began to glow and stir, but its next change remained unknown.

• Lei Xie Hu arrived at the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, where Qu Qingsheng and the others welcomed it as a powerful new protector.
• Lei Xie Hu recognized Chi Shuqing and Tong Linyun as chieftainesses, then placed protective lightning seals on Si Yinan and other people Chen Fei had identified.
• Chen Fei, Min Yanlu, Haiyue Zhenren, and Yan Yinwen examined the altar fused with the Spatial Passage, and Chen Fei chose to wait until the fusion was complete.
• Min Yanlu left to organize the Thousand Feather Alliance’s recovery, while many Demon Beasts fled and the region began to regain vitality.
• After more than a month, the altar rippled and glowed, with shadows appearing within it.

Chen Fei investigated the altar as monsters emerged from it and discovered they left behind spiritual essence without impurities when slain. After absorbing the essence, he rapidly advanced the forging of his third Divine Palace, while the altar remained a possible source of further danger.

• Chen Fei and Yan Yinwen watched a monster emerge from the altar, and Chen Fei's avatar fought it as more shadows appeared.
• Chen Fei's true body killed the first monster, but its red glow escaped into the altar; he then slew two more, though parts of their red glows also escaped.
• Yan Yinwen told Chen Fei that monsters had appeared on the Central Continent over ten thousand years earlier and had recently begun appearing again.
• Chen Fei examined the spiritual essence left by the monsters and found it contained no impurities.
• Chen Fei absorbed the essence, advancing his third Divine Palace from less than ten percent to forty percent.

Chen Fei tested the altar’s limits and discovered that monster spiritual essence could strengthen his cultivation, but even purified essence differed in composition. He left his clone to watch the altar while he flew toward the Outer Sea to investigate a way to separate impurities from other spiritual essence.

• Chen Fei decided to keep the altar’s activity secret and retreated fifty li with Yan Yinwen to watch it from a distance.
• After an hour, the altar sent three more monsters through, including one stronger than the others, then went dark.
• Chen Fei killed the three monsters, intercepted one fleeing divine soul, and collected three strands of spiritual essence after the other two returned through the altar.
• Chen Fei found that the monsters’ pure spiritual essence varied in composition, thwarting his plan to use it as an anchor for separating impurities.
• Chen Fei left his clone to guard the altar and flew toward the Outer Sea to continue his investigation.

Chen Fei tested how the Space Grid could separate pure spiritual essence from sea demons, then returned to Qian Yan City to cultivate while the altar recharged. Just as he considered seeking treasures to advance his third Divine Palace, news arrived that Flying Imperial City had fallen.

• Chen Fei killed two sea demons and found that the Space Grid could extract only a small amount of their pure spiritual essence, while the Hidden Essence Bell could absorb most of what remained.
• Chen Fei observed that the altar would need about a year to recharge and would likely be able to send more monsters through when it reopened, so he left an illusory body to monitor it.
• Chen Fei returned to Qian Yan City, greeted the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, and entered closed-door cultivation to improve his techniques and prepare to advance his third Divine Palace.
• Chen Fei considered visiting the City of Holy Land to find Natural Material Treasures, but news reached Qian Yan City that Flying Imperial City had fallen.

After Flying Imperial City was annihilated, Chen Fei sent his avatar to investigate the ruins and used Heaven Chasing Daoist’s Soul Chasing Hairpin to recover traces of a divine soul brand. The hairpin pointed northeast, but Liao Zhixiu followed Chen Fei and confronted him, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Chen Fei learned that Flying Imperial City had fallen and sent his avatar to investigate while his true self stayed in Qian Yan City to cultivate.
• Chen Fei reached Flying Imperial City and found the city reduced to ruins, its Tree King dead, and nearly all its defenders slain.
• Chen Fei used the Soul Chasing Hairpin to gather fragments of divine soul brands from the Tree King’s pit, and the hairpin resonated toward the northeast.
• Chen Fei sensed Liao Zhixiu following him and confronted him in the air.
• Liao Zhixiu claimed he wanted to explore together, but Chen Fei refused and continued on, prompting Liao Zhixiu to apply a talisman to his Jade Pendant.

Liao Zhixiu pursued Chen Fei, but Chen Fei defeated him and continued following the Soul Chasing Hairpin to a hidden Flying Imperial Sect palace. As monsters fought Mountain Sea Realm cultivators above the palace, Chen Fei noticed a strange aura around the dead sect members and shifted deep underground just before a tremendous upheaval.

• Liao Zhixiu used the Jade Pendant to follow Chen Fei, but Chen Fei detected him and confronted him in midair.
• Chen Fei overwhelmed Liao Zhixiu with lightning and sword techniques, wounding his shoulder, and Liao Zhixiu burned his divine soul to escape.
• Chen Fei followed the Soul Chasing Hairpin nearly twenty thousand li to a buried palace whose formation resembled Flying Imperial City's.
• Chen Fei saw Mountain Sea Realm cultivators fighting monsters above the palace and found dead Flying Imperial Sect members nearby.
• Chen Fei noticed plant-like and deathly auras around the bodies, shifted nine li underground, and sensed a vast upheaval erupt above.

Chen Fei survived the Silent Extinction blast that destroyed the Flying Imperial Sect and searched the devastated area for clues and surviving treasures. He found evidence that the Tree King might be connected to the destruction, but left the investigation behind and headed toward Qian Yan City while reading a recovered book.

• Chen Fei emerged from underground after confirming the blast had leveled the ground within ten li, and sensed that some Mountain Sea Realm cultivators had survived at a distance.
• Chen Fei found the Tree King's vegetation Aura entwined with Silent Extinction and considered whether the Tree King, possibly corrupted by the Black God, had destroyed the Flying Imperial Sect.
• Chen Fei collected the spiritual essence from ruined Spirit Treasures and used it to strengthen the Constant Heng Sword, but found their contents had been completely destroyed.
• Chen Fei discovered a hidden wooden box and recovered a partly preserved book, a ruined Jade Slip, and a withered stalk of Purple Gold Grass.
• Chen Fei abandoned the search for the Flying Imperial Sect's destruction, concealed most of his soul brand, and flew toward Qian Yan City while reading the book.

Chen Fei learned that the Flying Imperial Sect had tried to steal the Black God's power, a scheme that likely led to the Tree King's corruption and the sect's destruction. After Liao Zhixiu recognized him and sent two allies to pursue him, Chen Fei's true self left Qian Yan City to intervene.

• Chen Fei read that the Flying Imperial Sect had sought to steal the Black God's Authority through its Subordinates, and concluded that the corrupted Tree King had destroyed the sect from within.
• Chen Fei suspected other Peak Forces were pursuing the same dangerous power, but focused on strengthening himself to protect those close to him.
• Chen Fei encountered Liao Zhixiu with Qu Tianfang and his companions, then continued flying rather than stopping to answer their questions.
• Qu Tianfang sent Ling Shourong, Gu Boquan, and Liao Zhixiu after Chen Fei, giving Ling Shourong a spirit talisman that summoned a Kunpeng phantom and boosted their speed.
• As the three pursuers began catching up, Chen Fei judged that his clone could not defeat them and his true self left Qian Yan City to act.

Qu Tianfang investigated a massive pit and ordered Ling Shourong, Gu Boquan, and Liao Zhixiu to capture the person who had escaped it. The three caught up with Chen Fei and attacked his clone, which escaped their opening assault but faced overwhelming odds as the chapter ended.

• Qu Tianfang found evidence that a single strike had killed more than a dozen Mountain Sea Realm experts and sent a message ordering the escaped man captured.
• Ling Shourong, Gu Boquan, and Liao Zhixiu continued pursuing Chen Fei after Qu Tianfang's message reached them.
• The three caught Chen Fei and demanded that he seal his cultivation and go with them to meet the Holy Son, but he refused.
• Liao Zhixiu and Gu Boquan attacked Chen Fei from both sides while Ling Shourong aimed an arrow at him.
• Chen Fei used his sword and Purple Light to break free from the pair's encirclement, then let Ling Shourong's arrow strike an illusory body.
• Chen Fei faced the three cultivators again, aware that his clone had shown all its strength and could not easily withstand their combined attacks.

Qu Tianfang learned that the pursued fighter was a remarkable genius, while Ling Shourong, Liao Zhixiu, and Gu Boquan battered Chen Fei’s clone inside their formation. Chen Fei’s true body arrived after the clone was nearly killed and struck Liao Zhixiu with overwhelming force, leaving him gravely wounded.

• Qu Tianfang received the report and concluded that the talented fighter could not be allowed to escape alive.
• Ling Shourong, Liao Zhixiu, and Gu Boquan cornered Chen Fei’s clone with coordinated area attacks, but the clone used Innate Teleportation to evade their finishing blows.
• The three fighters continued attacking until Chen Fei’s clone was gravely wounded and appeared unable to resist.
• Liao Zhixiu prepared to maim the fallen Chen Fei, but Chen Fei’s true body broke through the formation and revealed that the injured fighter was a clone.
• Chen Fei charged Liao Zhixiu, shattered his defense with the Qian Yuan Sword, and tore away part of his body, leaving him near death.

Chen Fei killed Liao Zhixiu and pursued Ling Shourong and Gu Boquan after they fled. He trapped the two in the Xuanyuan Sword Array and stepped inside to deal with them.

• Chen Fei stabbed Liao Zhixiu, killing him as Gu Boquan and Ling Shourong escaped on their Kun Peng Talismans.
• Chen Fei used Innate Teleportation to appear ahead of the fleeing pair, who destroyed a Kun Peng Talisman to increase their speed.
• Chen Fei cut apart the Kun Peng phantom with the True Spirit of the Xuanyuan Sword and confronted Ling Shourong and Gu Boquan.
• Gu Boquan offered to meet Chen Fei's conditions, but Chen Fei demanded that they seal their cultivation before he questioned them.
• Chen Fei formed the Xuanyuan Sword Array around Ling Shourong and Gu Boquan, then entered it as they cried out and begged for mercy.

Chen Fei killed Liao Zhixiu, Gu Boquan, and Ling Shourong, then returned to Qian Yan City and strengthened his cultivation and talents. After consuming the restored Purple Gold Grass, he completed his third Divine Palace and cleaved open the void, finding tens of thousands of stars before him.

• Chen Fei killed Gu Boquan and Ling Shourong in the Xuanyuan Sword Array, then collected their spirit essence and Liao Zhixiu's remains.
• Qu Tianfang learned that Ling Shourong and the other two had been killed, but chose to return to Heavenly Sun Holy Land rather than seek revenge.
• Chen Fei salvaged the Lock Shadow Bow, absorbed some Pure Spirit Essence, restored his clone, and began nurturing the damaged Purple Gold Grass.
• Chen Fei spent months tempering the Talent Sword Sect to Great Perfection while the Purple Gold Grass recovered and the Central Continent faced growing danger from demons.
• Chen Fei consumed the Purple Gold Grass and completed forging his third Divine Palace in less than half an hour.
• Chen Fei used the Talent Sword Sect to cleave open the void and saw tens of thousands of stars.

Chen Fei searched deeper into the void for Talents and discovered several abilities that could strengthen him after he was attacked. He left the most promising clusters unchosen for now and continued exploring, realizing that four of the Talents might form a powerful system together.

• Chen Fei passed familiar Talents, including Suppress Prison, Copper Skin Iron Bone, and Sky Piercer, while continuing deeper into the void.
• Chen Fei discovered Rage Cry, which let him charge up a powerful strike, and Hidden Rage, which resembled Suppress Dragon Elephant.
• Chen Fei found Resilience, which increased defense after he was attacked, and considered how it could combine with Suppress Territory.
• Chen Fei discovered Swiftness, which increased his movement and striking speed after he was attacked.
• Chen Fei realized Rage Cry, Resilience, Swiftness, and Hidden Rage could work together as a combat system, then chose to keep exploring.

Chen Fei chose Talent Unceasing to strengthen his survival and cultivation, then spent half a year cultivating in Qian Yan City. As the Thousand Feather Alliance altar neared opening, its light suddenly dimmed, leaving Chen Fei wary that it could erupt at any moment.

• Chen Fei chose Talent Unceasing over Talent Tenacity, believing it could support Rebirth From a Drop of Blood and help him survive being sealed.
• Talent Unceasing merged into Chen Fei's Third Divine Palace, and the remaining power of the Purple Gold Grass began forging his Fourth Divine Palace.
• Chen Fei sensed the true void through Talent Unceasing, absorbed its pure Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, and simplified the talent into deep breathing.
• Over the next six months in Qian Yan City, Chen Fei advanced Talent Unceasing and brought the Thousand Illusion Severing Mystery Sword to Great Perfection.
• The Thousand Feather Alliance altar showed signs of nearing activation, but its light abruptly dimmed, and Chen Fei saw that it could be opened by the other side at any time.

Chen Fei used Talent Unceasing to overload the altar, forcing the monsters on the other side to send four Demon Beasts through to stop him. He killed two of them outright and left the last one trapped in his Thunder Pool.

• Chen Fei realized the altar was growing stronger and used Talent Unceasing to feed Void Essence Qi into it, revealing the overwhelming forces waiting on the other side.
• Chen Fei kept overloading the altar until the monsters sent three Demon Beasts through, followed by a stronger one intended to defeat him.
• The three Demon Beasts tried to pin Chen Fei down, but he used the Hidden Essence Bell to endure their attacks and unleashed his Thunder Pool.
• Chen Fei slew two Demon Beasts and erased their souls with the Xuanyuan Sword, while the surviving Demon Beast roared in terror at losing its escape route.

Chen Fei defeated four Tier 4 Initial Stage monsters at the altar, strengthened his cultivation, and reached Great Perfection in the Violet Sky Astral Sword. The Black God then appeared over Vague Lake inside an unbreakable domain, leaving the Central Continent facing his coming counterattack.

• Chen Fei killed the altar’s four monsters, including one attempting to break through to Tier 4 Middle Stage, and absorbed their spiritual essence.
• The altar ran out of power, while Chen Fei’s Fourth Divine Palace advanced to nearly seventy percent completion.
• After half a year of cultivation, Chen Fei brought the Violet Sky Astral Sword to Great Perfection and considered seeking Dream Shadow True Person’s inheritance in the Heart Strange Realm.
• The Black God used Golden Cicada Sheds its Shell to leave the Black God Territory and form a vast domain over Vague Lake.
• The sacred lands’ Sun Moon Realm cultivators failed to break the domain, which drew on the rules and Earth Qi of nearly half the Central Continent.

Chen Fei learned that the Black God had escaped into a barrier that barred Sun Moon Realm cultivators, leaving Mountain Sea Realm cultivators and Demon Kings to face him. After weighing the danger against the holy lands’ rewards, Chen Fei waited a month to cultivate Suppress Dragon Elephant to Great Perfection before deciding whether to enter.

• Chen Fei read that the Black God had escaped his seal, raised a barrier around Vague Lake, and threatened the Central Continent.
• The great holy lands called on Mountain Sea Realm cultivators to enter the barrier, offering valuable treasures and ultimate arts as rewards for fighting the Black God and its rapidly multiplying monsters.
• Chen Fei considered entering the barrier to gain strength, but chose to wait a month and cultivate Suppress Dragon Elephant to Great Perfection so he could gain Rebirth From a Drop of Blood.
• After a month, Chen Fei reached Great Perfection in Suppress Dragon Elephant, and an ancient-sounding roar rang through Qian Yan City.

Chen Fei reached Great Perfection in Suppress Dragon Elephant, gained the ability to recover from near-fatal bodily injuries, and tested his strength in the Heart Strange Realm. He then joined Tang Shouchang on the journey to Vague Lake, where they arrived outside the Black God Barrier and prepared to seek a mission team.

• Chen Fei completed Suppress Dragon Elephant, activating Rebirth From a Drop of Blood and greatly increasing his strength and defense.
• Talent Unceasing reached perfection, improving Chen Fei’s absorption of Primordial Qi and his ability to fight for long periods.
• Chen Fei entered the Heart Strange Realm, retreated from the Dream Shadow Stone after sensing a dangerous Tier 4 Late Stage Strange King, and killed a Tier 4 Initial Stage Long Tongue Strange that pursued him.
• Chen Fei asked Tang Shouchang and Ning Bozheng to go to Vague Lake; Ning Bozheng declined, while Tang Shouchang agreed to join him.
• Five days later, Chen Fei and Tang Shouchang arrived at Vague Lake, where Chen Fei prepared to find a team and fight from the rear with his Lock Shadow Bow.

Chen Fei reviewed the Black God Barrier’s missions and rules, then considered which team to join before entering it. Tang Shouchang reported that three teams led by Mountain Sea Realm Mid Stage cultivators remained after excluding those assembled by sects.

• Chen Fei examined the Mission Hall’s missions, including the search for the Black God, barrier exploration, guarding the safe zone, and monster hunts.
• Chen Fei assessed the rewards for killing monsters and judged that exchanging for several sacred land ultimate arts was more worthwhile than earning an incomplete Sect-Protecting Technique.
• Tang Shouchang returned and told Chen Fei that more than a dozen teams were recruiting, led by cultivators of different Mountain Sea Realm stages.
• Chen Fei ruled out teams led by Mountain Sea Realm Initial Stage cultivators and asked Tang Shouchang about the unaffiliated teams led by Mountain Sea Realm Mid Stage cultivators.
• Tang Shouchang discreetly pointed out the three remaining teams.

Chen Fei and Tang Shouchang joined Zhao Ruizheng and Zhao Tianyue’s team after demonstrating their combat abilities. The four entered the Black God Barrier, where heavy pressure and a demon-infested wilderness awaited them.

• Chen Fei and Tang Shouchang approached Zhao Ruizheng and Zhao Tianyue and agreed to prove their strength before joining the team.
• Tang Shouchang sparred with Zhao Tianyue, showing solid but ordinary Mountain Sea Realm Initial Stage ability.
• Chen Fei used two powerful arrows to force Zhao Tianyue back and impress Zhao Ruizheng with his Bow Technique.
• Chen Fei and Tang Shouchang officially joined Zhao Ruizheng and Zhao Tianyue’s team, and the four set out for the Black God Barrier the next morning.
• The four entered the barrier, where its crushing force made Chen Fei bend his knees and darkness stretched ahead toward the demons’ territory.