Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei and Guo Linshan accompanied Chi Defeng to the Drunken Red Pavilion after discovering that a secret art was draining his vitality. Chi Defeng confronted Bai Xinghui, who denied using him as a cauldron, leaving the cause of his condition unresolved.

• Chen Fei suspected that Chi Defeng's worsening condition came from being used as a cauldron by someone at the Drunken Red Pavilion.
• Guo Linshan examined Chi Defeng and found his vitality withering; he warned that forcibly removing the secret art could reduce Chi Defeng's cultivation to the Flesh Refining Realm.
• Guo Linshan agreed to accompany Chen Fei and Chi Defeng to find Bai Xinghui and ask her to undo the secret art.
• On the way, Chen Fei told Guo Linshan that he had perfected the Tongyuan Art Third Layer and awakened the giant strength trait.
• At the Drunken Red Pavilion, Bai Xinghui greeted Chi Defeng with intimate attention, and he resisted the sudden desire she stirred in him.
• Chi Defeng asked Bai Xinghui whether she had used him as a cauldron, and she denied it.

Chen Fei and Guo Linshan failed to persuade Bai Xinghui to remove the Secret Art afflicting Chi Defeng, so Chen Fei explored whether Mind Power could undo it. Guo Linshan located the Secret Art inside Chi Defeng but could not unravel its structure, leaving the task unresolved.

• Guo Linshan and Chen Fei confronted Bai Xinghui about Chi Defeng's Secret Art, but she refused to remove it and provoked Chi Defeng until Guo Linshan calmed him with Inner Energy.
• Guo Linshan explained that an expert at the Marrow Refining Realm or an Aperture Refining Realm practitioner could remove the Secret Art, while Chi Defeng doubted he could advance further.
• Chen Fei wondered whether his Mind Power control could help and returned with Guo Linshan and Chi Defeng to their rented courtyard.
• Chen Fei took out the depleted Nayuán Pearl, astonishing Guo Linshan with how quickly he had learned the Spiritual Artifact Compendium.
• Guo Linshan joked that Chen Fei might be a Great Power Reincarnation, then tried to use Mind Power to remove Chi Defeng's Secret Art.
• Guo Linshan found the Secret Art's location in Chi Defeng's abdomen but said his Mind Power was too crude to undo its knot-like structure.

Chen Fei helped Chi Defeng contain the seed Bai Xinghui had planted in his body, then advanced his cultivation and mastered a powerful use of the Nayuán Pearl. The chapter ended with Chen Fei asking Chi Defeng whether he wanted revenge on Bai Xinghui.

• Chen Fei found that he could not remove the seed in Chi Defeng’s body, but Chi Defeng visited Old Man Si, who sealed it for three months and offered to remove it later if necessary.
• Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, perfected Tongyuan Art Third Layer, and learned Tongyuan Art Fourth Layer from Feng Xiupu.
• Feng Xiupu explained that Aperture Refining Realm cultivators could solidify Traits with Mind Power, and warned Chen Fei that using Mind Power to extend a Trait could injure his mind.
• Chen Fei cultivated Tongyuan Art and the Spiritual Artifact Compendium continuously until the latter reached Great Perfection.
• Chen Fei used the Nayuán Pearl to draw in essence qi, gaining over five hundred inner force while consuming much of his Mind Power and leaving the pearl looking withered.
• When Chi Defeng arrived the next morning, Chen Fei asked him whether he wanted revenge on Bai Xinghui.

Chen Fei used the Jade Pendant to reverse the seed inside Chi Defeng, turning Bai Xinghui’s method of absorbing his energy against her. Chi Defeng returned from the Drunken Red Pavilion revitalized, while Bai Xinghui was left drained.

• Chi Defeng agreed to trust Chen Fei’s plan after Chen Fei explained that they would use the Jade Pendant rather than directly attack Bai Xinghui.
• Si Yuanhai removed the seal on Chi Defeng’s seed, leaving Chi Defeng briefly weakened as it absorbed his blood essence and force.
• Chen Fei used the Jade Pendant to reverse the seed’s structure and told Chi Defeng to find Bai Xinghui before the change faded.
• Chi Defeng went to the Drunken Red Pavilion and entered Bai Xinghui’s room, where he pressed her down on the bed.
• Half an hour later, Chi Defeng emerged rejuvenated and near the peak of the Bone Tempering realm, while Bai Xinghui lay exhausted and drained.

Chen Fei discovered that combining the Jade Pendant with the Nayuán Pearl greatly increased his cultivation speed, bringing a Marrow Refining breakthrough within reach. After attending Chi Defeng’s wedding banquet, he was confronted by Shen Dingyan, who blamed him for letting an opponent escape and attacked him.

• Chi Defeng told Chen Fei that he had resolved his conflict with Bai Xinghui and gained hope of reaching the Marrow Refining Realm, and Chen Fei urged him to leave the Drunken Red Pavilion alone.
• On his way back to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, Chen Fei refused Shen Dingyan’s request to help him fight another Marrow Refining Realm Martial Artist and left them to settle matters themselves.
• Chen Fei combined the Jade Pendant and Nayuán Pearl, boosting his daily inner force gains enough to potentially reach the Marrow Refining Realm in less than two months.
• Chi Defeng told Chen Fei he planned to take Lan Yunzhi as a concubine, and they celebrated with a small banquet while Guo Linshan remained in seclusion.
• Shen Dingyan spotted Chen Fei at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, blamed him for the other fighter’s escape, and attacked him; Chen Fei leaned back to evade the palm.

Shen Dingyan accused Chen Fei of aiding the Divine Flame Sect and pursued him out of Immortal Cloud City. After Shen Dingyan overwhelmed him with the Thunderclap Sword Force, Chen Fei used his Jade Pendant and Sword Six to stab him in the chest.

• Shen Dingyan confronted Chen Fei at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion and accused him of helping a Divine Flame Sect disciple escape.
• Chen Fei fled through a window, and Shen Dingyan chased him out of the city while Xu Yuanchun lost track of them.
• Shen Dingyan caught Chen Fei and attacked with the Thunderclap Sword Force, while Chen Fei used the Tranquil Source Incantation and Starry Night Sword Shield to defend himself.
• As Shen Dingyan's sword force stiffened Chen Fei's body, the Jade Pendant blinded and deafened Shen Dingyan, creating an opening.
• Chen Fei used Sword Six to knock aside Shen Dingyan's sword and stab him in the chest.

Chen Fei killed Shen Dingyan after a desperate fight, then concealed the body and claimed to Feng Xiupu that he had escaped after being beaten. The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect suspected Chen Fei’s involvement in Shen Dingyan’s disappearance and demanded that the Yuan Chen Sword Sect hand him over, just as people burst into Chen Fei’s room.

• Chen Fei killed Shen Dingyan, took his Nayuán Pearl, and hid the body while leaving a Divine Flame Sect mark at the scene.
• Chen Fei returned injured to Feng Xiupu and said Shen Dingyan had beaten him before he escaped.
• Feng Xiupu reported the incident to Wu Guangyin, who agreed to protest to the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect.
• Xu Yuanchun found signs of a fight outside Immortal Cloud City and reported Shen Dingyan missing to Hong Yuanfeng.
• After searching unsuccessfully, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect identified Chen Fei and ordered the Yuan Chen Sword Sect to detain him.
• As Chen Fei treated his injuries, a crowd kicked open his door and announced that his affair had been exposed.

Chen Fei faced an attempt by the Law Enforcement Hall to send him to the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect for questioning, but Guo Linshan, Feng Xiupu, and Wu Guangyin intervened to protect him. Wu Guangyin refused to yield and, after learning Chen Fei was an Eighth Grade Pill Master, considered seeking help from the Pill Refiner Alliance.

• Zhou Hanzhong and the Law Enforcement Hall disciples came to arrest Chen Fei and take him to the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, but Guo Linshan blocked them.
• Feng Xiupu arrived and escorted Chen Fei and the others toward the Law Enforcement Hall while Guo Linshan went to find Wu Guangyin.
• Wu Guangyin argued with Zhong Benyuan, rejected the order to send Chen Fei away, and led Chen Fei out of the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Wu Guangyin warned that Hong Yuanfeng would keep pressuring the sect, while Feng Xiupu and Guo Linshan worried about Chen Fei's safety.
• Guo Linshan revealed that Chen Fei was an Eighth Grade Pill Master, prompting Wu Guangyin to consider asking the Pill Refiner Alliance for help.

Chen Fei recovered from his injuries and learned that the Tongyuan Art had eased his path to a breakthrough, while the Pill Refiner Alliance intervened to stop the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect from making things difficult for him. The Yuan Chen Sword Sect sent him to the Wind Anomaly Realm to avoid further conflict, and he had ten days to prepare.

• Wei Xingshan learned that Hong Yuanfeng had accused Chen Fei of killing Shen Dingyan and ordered the Alliance to tell the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect not to target Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei perfected the Tongyuan Art Fourth Layer, which accelerated his recovery and reduced the experience needed to break through to the Marrow Refining Realm.
• Zhou Hanzhong used a Spirit Tree branch to draw out Chen Fei's Nayuán Pearl, but Feng Xiupu explained that he had given Chen Fei a different pearl, and Zhou Hanzhong left without finding evidence.
• Feng Xiupu taught Chen Fei the Tongyuan Art Fifth Level after Chen Fei told him how he had nearly perfected the Fourth Layer during a moment of sudden enlightenment.
• Wu Guangyin told Chen Fei that he would not have to go to the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, but the Yuan Chen Sword Sect was sending him to the Wind Anomaly Realm within ten days.

After the sect assigned Chen Fei to the dangerous Wind Anomaly Realm, Feng Xiupu gave him the Thorn Sword manual and lent him money to prepare, while Guo Linshan offered to help him find companions. Chen Fei used the money to simplify Suppress Dragon Elephant and realized a hot spring might meet its boiling-water requirement.

• Feng Xiupu explained that the Wind Anomaly Realm held dangerous Weird and gave Chen Fei the Thorn Sword manual to improve his defenses.
• Guo Linshan offered to accompany Chen Fei to the realm, but Feng Xiupu said the sect would not allow him to go.
• Chen Fei borrowed fifty thousand taels from Feng Xiupu and thanked him and Guo Linshan for their help.
• Chen Fei exchanged the money in Immortal Cloud City, then lured would-be robbers into a poisoned courtyard and remained safely elsewhere as his injuries healed.
• Chen Fei spent fifty thousand taels to simplify Suppress Dragon Elephant, which became soaking his entire body in boiling water, and considered using the city's hot spring.

Chen Fei cultivated the Suppress Body portion of Suppress Dragon Elephant in a hot spring for eight days, greatly improving his strength, senses, and control despite not breaking through to the Marrow Refining Realm. He returned to the sect, joined Ge Hongjie’s team, and prepared to depart for the Wind Anomaly Realm.

• Chen Fei discovered that the hot spring let him cultivate Suppress Dragon Elephant, whose Suppress Body stage consumed his internal force and qi and blood.
• Chen Fei chose to spend his Primordial Qi on Suppress Dragon Elephant rather than use it to advance his realm, and cultivated in the inn for eight days.
• Chen Fei’s body, senses, strength, and control improved, making Sword Five easy to use and reducing the strain of Sword Six.
• Chen Fei bought a powerful bow and returned to the sect, where Guo Linshan told him he had found a team for him.
• Guo Linshan introduced Chen Fei to Ge Hongjie, who agreed to take him along to the Wind Anomaly Realm.

Chen Fei joined Ge Hongjie’s team for a mission in the Wind Anomaly Realm, winning over his wary companions by displaying his archery and Movement Technique. After the disciples entered the strange city to hunt Weirds and search for treasures, Chen Fei’s team began investigating a quiet courtyard.

• Ge Hongjie introduced Chen Fei to the team, but Mu Langtao and Senior Brother Zhao objected to Chen Fei’s low cultivation, and Senior Brother Zhao left.
• Chen Fei demonstrated his archery by shooting a distant bird, then retrieved it with his Movement Technique, impressing Ge Hongjie, Zhang Fangqiong, and Mu Langtao.
• Zhang Fangqiong recognized Chen Fei as the disciple who had lured an anomaly away during the herb-gathering mission, and Ge Hongjie welcomed him as a valuable teammate.
• The team reached the Wind Anomaly Realm, learned they were to destroy its Nodes and kill Weirds, then entered through the cave-like portal into a vast city.
• Elder Sun suppressed a strange howl, and the disciples advanced through the city gate before scattering into teams to search for Weirds and treasures.
• Ge Hongjie, Zhang Fangqiong, Mu Langtao, and Chen Fei entered a courtyard and found no Weirds or treasures.

Chen Fei joined Ge Hongjie, Zhang Fangqiong, and Mu Langtao as they searched a Strange Realm for nodes that could release Primordial Qi or unleash a dangerous Weird. They found a false node and fought the Strange Shadow it released, which Chen Fei helped suppress with his arrows before Ge Hongjie and Zhang Fangqiong killed it and discovered a Strange Pearl.

• Mu Langtao explained that the group was searching for Strange Realm nodes, which could release Primordial Qi and sometimes Primordial Stones when destroyed.
• Ge Hongjie searched for nodes with Suspended Spirit Liquid until Zhang Fangqiong took over and sensed a node beside a well.
• Ge Hongjie explained that a node might be false, and Zhang Fangqiong warned that breaking one could release a dangerous Weird.
• Zhang Fangqiong struck the node, triggering a Mind Power impact and releasing a Strange Shadow that sent Mu Langtao flying and injured Ge Hongjie and Zhang Fangqiong.
• Chen Fei resisted the impact with the Tranquil Source Incantation and repeatedly shot the Strange Shadow with specialized arrows, holding it back until Ge Hongjie beheaded it.
• Chen Fei destroyed the Strange Shadow's head with arrows, and Ge Hongjie and Zhang Fangqiong cut apart its body before a Strange Pearl appeared.

Chen Fei’s archery helped Ge Hongjie’s group defeat a Weird, and he later revealed that he was an Eighth Grade Pill Master. He successfully refined five Ever Floating Pills with the Strange Pearl, leaving the group impressed and Mu Langtao regretting that his old teacher had misled him about pill refining.

• Chen Fei suppressed the Weird with his archery, allowing Ge Hongjie to kill it and collect its Strange Pearl.
• Ge Hongjie’s group searched for another hour without finding a Node, then returned to camp and discussed refining pills with Strange Pearls.
• Chen Fei showed his Alliance Eighth Grade Pill Master’s Jade Token, and Ge Hongjie agreed to let him refine the Strange Pearl into Ever Floating Pills.
• Chen Fei refined five Ever Floating Pills over a bonfire, stunning Mu Langtao with his unconventional technique.
• Ge Hongjie proposed giving Chen Fei two pills and one to each of the others, and Mu Langtao immediately swallowed his share.

Chen Fei used the Suspended Spirit Liquid and his Jade Pendant to locate a node in the Wind Anomaly Realm, then broke it with an arrow. The node released a surge of Primordial Qi before the realm repaired itself, leaving the group strengthened and something beneath the node catching Mu Langtao’s eye.

• Chen Fei and his companions cultivated with Ever Floating Pills, and Ge Hongjie recovered from his injuries.
• The next morning, Chen Fei asked to lead the search and drank some Suspended Spirit Liquid.
• Chen Fei used the Jade Pendant to perceive threads throughout the Strange Realm and located a node in a nearby courtyard.
• Chen Fei stopped Ge Hongjie from approaching the node and broke it with an arrow.
• The node released Primordial Qi that improved the group’s cultivation and recovery before the Strange Realm repaired it.
• Mu Langtao pointed beneath the node and shouted that something was there.

Chen Fei led Ge Hongjie, Zhang Fangqiong, and Mu Langtao through the Strange Realm, using his Jade Pendant to locate Nodes and helping the group collect Primordial Qi, Strange Pearls, and a Node Fragment. After finding several True and False Nodes, they returned to camp flushed from absorbing too much Primordial Qi, with their cultivation and prospects greatly improved.

• Ge Hongjie collected a Node Fragment after Chen Fei’s group broke a True Node, learning it could earn them five thousand Contribution Points from the sect.
• Chen Fei led the group to a suspected False Node, where they quickly killed the Weird and obtained a Strange Pearl.
• The group broke another True Node at close range and absorbed a large wave of Primordial Qi, restoring Ge Hongjie’s injuries and loosening Mu Langtao’s bottleneck.
• Chen Fei used his restored Mind Power to search for more Nodes, and the group found two additional True Nodes and two False Nodes, gaining another Strange Pearl from the Weird they killed.
• After three double-hours of searching and absorbing Primordial Qi, Chen Fei and the others returned to camp flushed from overabsorption.

Chen Fei and his companions refined Ever Floating Pills from Strange Pearls while exploring the Strange Realm and absorbing its essence qi. After Mu Langtao broke through to the Viscera Refining Realm, Chen Fei reached the Marrow Refining Realm and gained greater strength and speed.

• Ge Hongjie bought a pill furnace, and Mu Langtao gathered herbs so Chen Fei could refine Ever Floating Pills using Strange Pearls.
• Chen Fei refined five pills with two Strange Pearls, and the group took them to cultivate as their medicinal power proved far stronger than before.
• Over the next days, the group broke numerous True and False Nodes, collected a Node Fragment and three Strange Pearls, and absorbed enough essence qi to restore Ge Hongjie and Zhang Fangqiong’s injured Apertures and Mind Power.
• Mu Langtao successfully broke through to the Viscera Refining Realm, while Chen Fei limited the pills to three Strange Pearls because the furnace could not withstand more.
• Chen Fei broke through to the Marrow Refining Realm, then demonstrated his enhanced senses and movement by catching a falling leaf before returning to his seat.

Chen Fei and his companions entered the Strange City to search for Nodes, but a mysterious Black Spot descended on their courtyard and caused Zhang Fangqiong and Mu Langtao to attack Ge Hongjie. The chapter ended with Ge Hongjie caught in a sudden betrayal under the Black Spot’s influence.

• Chen Fei assessed how his improved strength and Suppress Dragon Elephant would change his future fights and planned his next cultivation steps.
• Lu Haiyan sent Zhao Jingyuan to ask Ge Hongjie’s team to cooperate, but Ge Hongjie refused and Zhao Jingyuan returned empty-handed.
• Ge Hongjie’s group discussed the threat from Lu Haiyan, then entered the Strange Realm without confronting his team.
• Chen Fei detected a real Node in a courtyard, but a Black Spot rushed toward the group and enveloped the area.
• Ge Hongjie warned everyone not to light the Red Candle, but Zhang Fangqiong stabbed at his heart and Mu Langtao exploded against him.

Chen Fei and the others broke through a powerful Double-Layered Illusion Realm and rescued one another from its layered deceptions. They destroyed the Weird behind the illusions, while Lu Haiyan and his team were left badly injured.

• Ge Hongjie and Zhang Fangqiong each fought through illusions, while Chen Fei used the Jade Pendant and Tranquil Source Incantation to escape the layered deception.
• Chen Fei rescued Mu Langtao, then stopped Ge Hongjie and Zhang Fangqiong from fighting by throwing Awakening Incense between them.
• The group found Lu Haiyan and his team trapped beneath the Dark Curtain, with most of them collapsed and Lu Haiyan still fighting.
• Ge Hongjie used Awakening Incense to force the Weird out of Lu Haiyan, and an arrow pulled the Strange Shadow from his body.
• Chen Fei and the others pinned down and stabbed the Strange Shadow until it vanished into smoke.

Chen Fei and his companions were seized by Fang Qinghong, who overpowered them and forced Chen Fei to find three bronze beads in exchange for their lives. Chen Fei set out to retrieve the first bead while suspecting Fang Qinghong was confined or otherwise unable to leave his lair, but the dangerous energy implanted in his mind remained active.

• Ge Hongjie refused to escort the injured Lu Haiyan and Zhao Jingyuan out of the Strange Realm after they had followed the group with hostile intent.
• Fang Qinghong transported the six survivors to an unfamiliar place, injured or restrained them, and singled out Chen Fei as the only one with value.
• Fang Qinghong ordered Chen Fei to find three bronze beads, promising to release two people for each bead and threatening them if Chen Fei failed.
• Chen Fei accepted the task after Fang Qinghong implanted dangerous energy in his mind and threatened to kill one captive if the first bead was not found within two hours.
• Fang Qinghong sent Chen Fei back to the courtyard and warned him that the Strange Realm was sealed off, while Chen Fei suspected Fang Qinghong could not leave his location and worried about the energy in his mind.