Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei bought two fragmented Seventh-Order Supreme Techniques and fused them into the Heavenly God Universe Frost Art, then used the Astonishing Molting Art to upgrade the Hidden Essence Bell and Qian Yuan Sword to Middle-Grade Sky Opening Mystic Treasures. The chapter left Liao Xia investigating the Mind Wraith Division killer who slew Wan Mengzhi and the others, with newly purchased intelligence in hand.

• Chen Fei exchanged Spiritual Materials and Sky Opening Mystic Treasures for the fragmented techniques, Spirit Awakening Pills, and returned to Qiankun City.
• Chen Fei fused the techniques into the Heavenly God Universe Frost Art and used spiritual essence to advance his cultivation techniques.
• Chen Fei used the Astonishing Molting Art to consume the Spring Thunder Blade and upgrade the Hidden Essence Bell to a Middle-Grade Sky Opening Mystic Treasure.
• Chen Fei consumed the Heavenly Star Sabre to upgrade the Qian Yuan Sword to a Middle-Grade Sky Opening Mystic Treasure.
• Liao Xia learned that a Mind Wraith Division killer had slain Wan Mengzhi and six others, then obtained intelligence about the killer from another source.

Liao Xia suspected the human race had killed his attendants and traveled to confront them with Ji Zhongkui. In Qiankun City, Chen Fei completed the Earth Rule and drew a vast torrent of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi into his Secret Chamber.

• Liao Xia read reports linking the human race to Lü Fan's death and the deaths of his seven attendants, then decided to investigate the human race.
• Liao Xia sought Ji Zhongkui's help, and the two Late-Stage Sky Opening Realm experts set out for the human race with Ji Zhongkui's attendant.
• Chen Fei finished cultivating with Sky Opening Realm spiritual essence, perfected Heavenly God Universe Frost Art, and increased the number of battle soldiers he could form.
• Chen Fei used the Panel to combine five earth-type Subordinate Rules into the complete Earth Rule, causing Heaven and Earth Essence Qi to surge toward Qiankun City.

Chen Fei broke through to the Mid-Stage Sky Opening Realm in Qiankun City, strengthening his body and techniques before discovering a Heaven Rank Mind Wraith Division mission. When Liao Xia, Ji Zhongkui, and Weng Yin confronted him on the way to the city, Chen Fei repelled Liao Xia’s Nine Heavens Sword with a single strike and froze the swords in midair.

• Chen Fei broke through to the Mid-Stage Sky Opening Realm, completed the Law of Earth, and advanced the Seventh-Order Suppressing Heavens to the Proficient Realm.
• Chen Fei examined a Heaven Rank mission on his Mind Wraith Division scroll and decided to learn more about it in Xuanren City before accepting.
• Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui discussed going to Xuanren City after finishing their business, while Chen Fei sensed danger and rushed away from Qiankun City.
• Chen Fei encountered Liao Xia, Ji Zhongkui, and Weng Yin, and Liao Xia recognized him as the human Sky Opening Realm cultivator they suspected had killed his attendant.
• Liao Xia attacked Chen Fei with the Nine Heavens Sword, but Chen Fei’s strike sent the swords flying and froze them in midair.

Chen Fei overwhelmed Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui in battle, while his six battle soldiers trapped Weng Yin. After severely injuring Liao Xia and crushing Ji Zhongkui’s defenses with the Golden Crow Hammer, Chen Fei sealed the area with a seventh-rank formation, leaving all three enemies with no route to escape.

• Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui attacked Chen Fei, but Chen Fei’s sword strike froze and sent Liao Xia’s Nine Heavens Swords flying.
• Weng Yin was surrounded by Chen Fei’s six battle soldiers and trapped in the Six Traps Formation.
• Chen Fei broke through Liao Xia’s sword formation and cut him severely, while blocking Ji Zhongkui’s Golden Crow Hammer with the Hidden Essence Bell and his hand.
• Ji Zhongkui abandoned his Golden Crow Hammer and fled, but Chen Fei hurled it after him and smashed through his defenses, caving in his chest.
• Chen Fei activated a seventh-rank formation that sealed a hundred li around them and cut off Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui’s escape routes.

Chen Fei killed Liao Xia, Ji Zhongkui, and Weng Yin after defeating their escape attempts and overcoming Liao Xia’s desperate surge of power. He discovered that Liao Xia had betrayed the Night Race, then headed toward Xuanren City to investigate a Heaven Rank mission as someone in Night Race territory learned that their clan brother had died.

• Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui used talismans and Sky Escape Talismans to try to flee, but Chen Fei disrupted their escape with a sword strike.
• Liao Xia forced the power of the Emerald Haze Essence Pill to its peak and attacked Chen Fei, but Chen Fei killed him with a second sword strike.
• Ji Zhongkui fled, but Chen Fei caught up and killed him; Chen Fei then killed Weng Yin, who had been surrounded by battle soldiers.
• Chen Fei absorbed the three men’s spiritual essence and memories, discovering that Liao Xia had betrayed the Night Race and learning the incomplete Golden Chapter Night Concealment Art.
• Chen Fei collected the Sky Opening Mystic Treasures, erased the traces of the battle, and headed for Xuanren City to investigate a Heaven Rank mission.
• In Night Race territory, a figure burst into a thatched hut and announced that their clan brother had died.

Liao Shounan emerged from five thousand years of seclusion after learning that Liao Xia had died, while Chen Fei investigated a Heaven Rank mission targeting the Rain Race. Chen Fei chose to cultivate before deciding whether to accept it, as news of Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui’s deaths reached Cold Nan City’s leaders.

• Liao Huitong urged Liao Shounan to avenge Liao Xia, but Liao Shounan called Liao Xia’s departure from the Night Race an act of escape and lamented that he had died before fulfilling his promise to return at Tier 8.
• Liao Shounan left seclusion after five thousand years, unleashing power that destroyed the nearby huts, plants, and living beings while leaving Liao Huitong unharmed.
• Chen Fei sensed a brief fluctuation in his Indestructible Divine Sense Undying and suspected it came from the Night Race before going to the Mind Wraith Division branch in Xuanren City.
• Chen Fei examined the Heaven Rank mission’s hundreds of branch tasks and realized they were gathering information about the Rain Race, a Tier 8 Race in Profound Spirit Domain.
• Chen Fei tipped the deacon, rented a Cultivation Room, and decided to cultivate before choosing whether to accept the mission.
• News of Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui’s deaths reached the Late-Stage Sky Opening Realm cultivators and the Cold Nan City Lord.

After Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui’s deaths weakened Cold Nan City, Hao Yue Rong ordered an investigation into the human race without sending cultivators to pursue them. In Xuanren City, Chen Fei used his spoils to raise the Qian Yuan Sword to Seventh-Order High-Grade and merged techniques to create the Heavenly Frost Night God Art.

• Yu Dingchang told Hao Yue Rong that Liao Xia’s seven attendants had died before Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui, and suggested the deaths might be connected to the human race.
• Hao Yue Rong ordered continued investigation of the human race and vigilance within Cold Nan City, but sent no cultivators there.
• Chen Fei counted the wealth he had gained from Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui, including more than one million Mid-Grade Essence Crystals after adding his existing funds.
• Chen Fei used the Astonishing Molting Art to absorb the Golden Crow Hammer into the Qian Yuan Sword, upgrading it to a Seventh-Order High-Grade Sky Opening Mystic Treasure.
• Chen Fei merged the Golden Chapter Night Concealment Art with other techniques and created the Heavenly Frost Night God Art.

Chen Fei used Late-Stage Sky Opening Realm spiritual essence to improve his cultivation, mastering more of the Water rules and raising the Heavenly Frost Night God Art to Great Perfection. He assessed the threat from Cold Nan City, then tested his upgraded battle soldiers and Nine Heavens Sword.

• Chen Fei discovered that his completed Earth Rule suppressed his progress in comprehending Water, though the Panel and spiritual inspiration still let him advance.
• Chen Fei consumed three portions of Late-Stage Sky Opening Realm spiritual essence, raising the Heavenly Frost Night God Art to Great Perfection and completing two Water Subordinate Rules while pushing a third past halfway.
• Chen Fei considered how Cold Nan City might respond to Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui's deaths and judged that a full assault by its powerful cultivators could be troublesome.
• Chen Fei assessed his physique, Karma Rule, and strength against the Cold Nan City Lord, then left Xuanren City to continue cultivating and test his combat power.
• Chen Fei fused nine Initial Stage Sky Opening Realm battle soldiers into two Mid-Stage Sky Opening Realm soldiers, which wielded the Nine Heavens Sword with coordinated sword intent.

Chen Fei tested his battle soldiers, then traveled to Tianning City to complete a Mind Wraith Division mission targeting Zhu Huanyan. He confronted Zhu Huanyan and Yue Luo, who had planned to attack the human race for Chen Fei’s supposed treasure, and shattered Tianning City’s formation attack with a single palm.

• Chen Fei tested two battle soldiers in combat, judged their combined strength, and set out for Tianning City to pursue a Profound Rank mission.
• Cold Nan City Lord Hao Yue Rong decided against investigating the human race over Liao Xia and the others’ deaths, choosing to avoid risking Cold Nan City.
• Chen Fei learned that his mission target, Zhu Huanyan, was a Mid-Stage Sky Opening Realm cultivator from the Melting Race whom he had encountered at the Devouring Origin Clan Ruins.
• Yue Luo persuaded Zhu Huanyan to join a planned attack on the human race to seize Chen Fei’s treasure, and Zhu Huanyan demanded the other humans as blood food.
• Chen Fei appeared above Tianning City, identified Zhu Huanyan and Yue Luo, and declared that he had come to kill them both.
• Tianning City’s formation attacked Chen Fei with a Heaven Reaching Sword Shadow, but he shattered it with one palm.

Chen Fei attacked Tianning City and overwhelmed the Melting Race defenders despite their formation, leaving the city’s leadership dead and Yue Luo badly wounded. Yue Luo fled, while Chen Fei killed Zhu Huanyan and the three remaining Initial Stage Sky Opening Realm cultivators.

• Chen Fei disrupted the Melting Wasteland Array, forcing Zhu Huanyan and the other Melting Race cultivators to stabilize it.
• Zhu Huanyan and Yue Luo joined forces and attacked Chen Fei with the array’s power augmenting them.
• Chen Fei’s sword strike shattered Zhu Huanyan’s defenses and nearly killed him, while it destroyed Yue Luo’s Thousand Crane Fan and seriously wounded him.
• Yue Luo fled as Zhu Huanyan, unable to escape, pleaded for his life.
• The Melting Race cultivators unleashed the array’s fallback measures, but Chen Fei cut down Zhu Huanyan and killed the three Initial Stage Sky Opening Realm cultivators.

Chen Fei killed Yue Luo, discovered how the Karma Rule had guided him to cut off threats against himself and the human race, and rose to Earth Rank in the Mind Wraith Division. After buying two Seventh-Order Supreme Techniques and returning to Qiankun City, he cultivated for two months until a strange ripple shook the Profound Spirit Domain and drew him into the sky.

• Chen Fei caught up with Yue Luo, killed him, and read his Divine Soul Fragments to learn about hidden Essence Crystals and several Secret Realms.
• Chen Fei realized his Karma Rule had helped prompt him to eliminate Zhu Huanyan and Yue Luo before their plots against the human race could unfold.
• Chen Fei arranged a Profound Rank mission on Yue Luo, turned it in, and advanced to Earth Rank killer, where he accepted the mission to kill Liao Xia.
• Chen Fei spent two hundred and sixty thousand Mid-Grade Essence Crystals to buy the Mind Wraith Division's two Seventh-Order Supreme Techniques, then returned to Qiankun City and cultivated.
• Two months later, a ripple passed through the Profound Spirit Domain, its rules trembled, and Chen Fei appeared above Qiankun City.

Chen Fei realized that the Rain Race had produced a Ninth-Order Supreme, and the Profound Spirit Domain was sealed as powerful Ninth-Order forces gathered to decide the race’s fate. The chapter left the Rain Race facing an invasion, while its new Supreme was restrained and the domain’s Tier 8 Races were promised a chance at similar power if they fought well.

• Chen Fei and the cultivators in Qiankun City saw a massive sword shadow rise over the distant Rain Race Territory as water rules resonated across the Profound Spirit Domain.
• A giant bowl descended and a membrane sealed the Profound Spirit Domain, leading Chen Fei to realize that Ninth-Order Supremes had intervened.
• Gong Tianchu revealed himself as the Rain Race’s newly ascended Ninth-Order Supreme, and Nan Qijun defended the You Clan’s support for his breakthrough against Mou Zhuqin and two other Supremes.
• Nan Qijun proposed letting the Profound Spirit Domain’s races decide the Rain Race’s fate, and Mou Zhuqin assessed the forces within the domain.
• An aged Ninth-Order voice restrained Gong Tianchu, warned him not to interfere, and ordered the Rain Race destroyed while promising the domain’s Tier 8 Races a chance to obtain similar power.

Chen Fei learned that the Rain Race’s new Ninth-Order Supreme Realm expert had prompted the Profound Spirit Domain’s races to prepare a siege, and he was summoned with the Xuan Clan to Xian City. While weighing the missions and his own progress toward the Late-Stage Sky Opening Realm, he noticed a reward offering access to the Xian Race’s Mystic Light Pool.

• Chen Fei learned from the Mind Wraith Division that the Ninth-Order Supreme races had given the Rain Race’s rivals a chance to compete for advancement by besieging it.
• Li Song told Chen Fei that the Xian Clan had ordered the Xuan Clan to go to Xian City, where Sky Opening Realm cultivators would be offered missions against the Rain Race.
• Chen Fei and the Xuan Clan cultivators arrived in Xian City and saw that its mission rewards included rare treasures and medicinal pills.
• Chen Fei reflected on how he had improved the Heavenly Frost Universe Divine Art, completed the Karma Primary Rule, and begun cultivating the Rule of Destruction.
• Chen Fei noticed that one mission offered time in the Mystic Light Pool, the Xian Race’s richest source of spiritual vitality.

Chen Fei chose a low-risk garrison mission with the Xuan Clan and encountered Hao Yue Rong, who decided to let the past conflict over Liao Xia go. That night, Gong Tianchu broke free of the surrounding restraints, unleashed a corrupting power, and attacked the Ninth-Order Supremes guarding the Rain Race Territory.

• Chen Fei selected a garrison mission with Li Song and the Xuan Clan to watch the outskirts of Rain Race Territory.
• Chen Fei met Hao Yue Rong in Xian City's marketplace, and Hao Yue Rong chose to forget the matter of Liao Xia and Ji Zhongkui.
• Chen Fei returned to his courtyard and sensed strange darkness spreading from Rain Race Territory.
• Gong Tianchu tore through the surrounding restraints and fought Mou Zhuqin and another Ninth-Order Supreme as the Rain Race cultivators vanished into the Heart Strange Realm.
• Gong Tianchu's Water Rule turned pitch-black, and he smashed Mou Zhuqin and the other Supreme into Rain Race Territory, where the darkness swallowed them.

Gong Tianchu’s return to the Profound Spirit Domain set the Silent Clan’s scheme in motion, unleashing the Heart Strange Realm’s power from the Rain Race Territory. As the seven Tier 8 Races raised a barrier to contain the spreading corruption, a sinister voice urged the domain’s cultivators to become Mind Wraith Grievance Spirits.

• Gong Tianchu used the Silent Clan’s power to reach the Ninth-Order Supreme Realm, then triggered the plan to unleash the Heart Strange Realm through the Rain Race Territory.
• A Ninth-Order Supreme Realm expert heading toward the Profound Spirit Domain sensed the crisis and turned back toward his own race.
• The Heart Strange Realm’s power poured from the Rain Race Territory, seized control of the Profound Spirit Domain’s restriction, and forced cultivators to flee for safety.
• Chen Fei carried Li Song and other Xuan Clan cultivators to their territory, then returned to Qiankun City and warned Dao Yuefeng and the others that the Rain Race had opened a passage to the Heart Strange Realm.
• The seven Tier 8 Races, led by the Xian Race, raised pillars of light to divide the Profound Spirit Domain and hold back the contamination.
• A voice from the Rain Race Territory urged cultivators to become Mind Wraith Grievance Spirits in exchange for survival and a chance to reach the Ninth-Order Supreme Realm.

The Rain Race opened a lasting passage to the Heart Strange Realm, and Gong Bopeng revealed the Silent Life Art as a way for cultivators to wield its power. With the Rain Race’s plans threatening the Profound Spirit Domain and the other races unable to attack safely, Chen Fei warned Qiankun City not to cultivate the art while considering what it might mean for him.

• Zhang Shifang condemned Gong Bopeng for believing he could retain his intelligence after becoming a Mind Wraith Grievance Spirit.
• Gong Bopeng appeared with his spiritual intelligence intact, distributed Jade Slips, and revealed the Silent Life Art across the Profound Spirit Domain.
• Gong Bopeng claimed the art could let cultivators use Heart Strange Realm power and evade Supreme Realm experts, then vanished into the realm after Zhang Shifang and the other experts attacked.
• Gong Bopeng gave the other races one hour to decide, while Zhang Shifang’s forces chose to reinforce their barrier rather than charge the Rain Race Territory.
• Chen Fei warned Qiankun City not to cultivate the Silent Life Art, then studied the inscription with a faintly rippling gaze.

Chen Fei tested whether the Panel could reverse the Heart Strange Realm’s contamination by cultivating the Silent Life Art, then decided to take the Xuan Clan to Xian City to seek protection and resources. The Panel restored his polluted origin, giving Chen Fei and the human race a possible fallback if the Profound Spirit Domain fell.

• Chen Fei reasoned that the Panel’s backup trait might let him restore his origin after the Silent Life Art transformed it into Mind Wraith Power.
• Chen Fei went to the barrier containing the Heart Strange power and cultivated the Silent Life Art, causing his origin to become polluted and his destructive urges to grow.
• Chen Fei activated a Panel backup, shattered the polluted portion of his origin, and used Essence Crystals to restore it, confirming the Panel could reverse the contamination.
• Chen Fei returned to the Xuan Clan and told Li Song he planned to go to Xian City; Li Song chose to go with him and the Xuan Clan.
• Chen Fei and the Xuan Clan reached Xian City, where the mission requirements at the Mystic Light Pool had been lowered.

As the Rain Race invasion neared, Shi Jianzhu explained Xian City’s defensive strategy and distributed supplies and advance mission rewards to cultivators who had gathered there. Chen Fei accepted a mission to hold the line, exchanged his reward for half a Mystic Light Stone, and began examining it before the attack arrived.

• Shi Jianzhu told the gathered Sky Opening Realm cultivators that the Rain Race would invade soon and outlined how the races would use their protective formations and Xian City's Rule Teleportation Formation to defend in turns.
• Shi Jianzhu gave the cultivators Mystic Light Stones and healing medicines, and offered thirty percent of mission rewards in advance to those who accepted missions suited to their cultivation levels.
• The cultivators accepted missions to hold the line or kill Rain Race enemies, and Chen Fei chose to hold the line without revealing his Mid-Stage Sky Opening Realm cultivation.
• Chen Fei exchanged his advance reward for half a Mystic Light Stone and returned to his courtyard to examine it before the Rain Race arrived.
• Chen Fei sensed the Mystic Light Stone's structure and shattered it in his hand.

Chen Fei traded Healing Holy Medicine for eleven Mystic Light Stones and used them to rapidly cultivate his water Subordinate Rules. As the Rain Race army invaded the Profound Spirit Domain and split into three forces, Xian City raised its defenses and received a threatening message from the darkness outside.

• Chen Fei shattered Mystic Light Stones to cultivate Suppressing Heavens and two water Subordinate Rules, then offered the Xuan Clan three thousand Mid-Grade Essence Crystals per stone.
• Li Song gave Chen Fei eleven Mystic Light Stones in exchange for Healing Holy Medicine, and Chen Fei returned to his courtyard when he found the other cultivators were meditating.
• Chen Fei used the stones to bring his fourth water Subordinate Rule close to eighty percent and his fifth close to twenty percent.
• A great bell sounded, and a Bronze Mirror showed the Rain Race army spreading out across the Profound Spirit Domain and splitting into three forces.
• Shi Jianzhu shielded Xian City as the Rain Race appeared outside, where a voice accused its defenders of rejecting their chance and threatened their deaths.

Shi Jianzhu and the Xian Race fought the Rain Race and its Mind Wraith Grievance Spirits, with Chen Fei joining the battle under the Micro Dust Reversal Array’s protection. After discovering that a grievance spirit could hide inside the black fog, Chen Fei dragged it back out to continue fighting.

• Shi Jianzhu clashed with Gong Bopeng as more than twenty Xian Race experts confronted the Rain Race’s Eighth-Order fighters.
• The Xian Race sent over a thousand cultivators out through the Micro Dust Reversal Array, and Chen Fei joined them with Li Song and the Xuan Clan members nearby.
• Chen Fei used the Hidden Essence Bell to withstand an early-stage Tier 7 grievance spirit’s soul attack and gain the upper hand.
• The grievance spirit polluted the surrounding essence and rebounded a stronger soul impact when Chen Fei struck it, but its attack still failed to harm him.
• The grievance spirit hid its body in the black fog to escape, and Chen Fei pulled it back out.