Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei visited Xian City to borrow Essence Crystal Spirit Materials so he could accelerate his cultivation, while the Xian Race worried about surviving the Bie Clan and Liang Clan’s rule. After Chen Fei revealed that he had advanced to Late-Stage Eighth-Order in less than a month, Shi Ding An agreed that lending him forty million High-Grade Essence Crystals was worthwhile.

• The Xian Race’s Eighth-Order cultivators discussed how to protect their people from the Bie Clan and Liang Clan, whose strength made resistance impossible.
• Chen Fei arrived at Xian City, and Shi Ding An welcomed him into the great hall to ask what had brought him there.
• Chen Fei asked to borrow forty million High-Grade Essence Crystals, startling the Xian Race cultivators as they considered their own need to pay tribute.
• Chen Fei explained that the resources would speed his cultivation and revealed his Late-Stage Eighth-Order Aura.
• Shi Ding An, convinced Chen Fei’s rapid advancement made the loan worthwhile, offered to lend the forty million and asked whether Chen Fei wanted more.

Chen Fei used the Xian Race’s forty million High-Grade Essence Crystals to condense three Rule Crystals and cultivate Dragon Elephant Suppressing Heavens to Great Perfection, breaking through to a Mid-Stage Ninth-Order Body. After half a year of progress connecting the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, several Peak-Stage Eighth-Order members of the Mo Clan and Geng Clan followed an Eighth-Order member of the Liang Clan toward the Xian Race.

• Shi Ding An dismissed suspicions that Chen Fei possessed a supreme treasure and considered the crystals a worthwhile exchange for his friendship.
• Chen Fei returned to Qiankun City with forty million High-Grade Essence Crystals and used them to condense three Rule Crystals while cultivating his techniques and rules.
• Dragon Elephant Suppressing Heavens reached Great Perfection, and Chen Fei used the Mystic Womb True Understanding’s origin to push through to a Mid-Stage Ninth-Order Body.
• Chen Fei found that only the Space Rule Crystal and Earth Rule Crystal had connected, though his progress toward completing the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends was faster than expected.
• After more than half a year, several Peak-Stage Eighth-Order members of the Mo Clan and Geng Clan followed an Eighth-Order member of the Liang Clan toward the Xian Race.

The Liang Clan inspected the Xian Race’s Eighth-Order experts and demanded its annual tribute of twenty million High-Grade Essence Crystals. After accepting the Xian Race’s compliance, Fu Xianbing sent Ning Xinzhao to lead them to the human race.

• Ning Xinzhao described the Xian Race’s strength to Fu Xianbing and mentioned Chen Fei, but Fu Zhouxun and Fu Xianbing dismissed the local races as weak.
• Shi Ding An and the Xian Race’s Eighth-Order experts welcomed the Liang Clan and revealed the full force gathered in Xian City.
• Fu Xianbing assessed the Xian Race’s three Peak-Stage Eighth-Orders and ordered the race to pay twenty million High-Grade Essence Crystals or equivalent spirit materials.
• Shi Ding An accepted the tribute demand on behalf of the Xian Race, and Fu Xianbing ordered Ning Xinzhao to take them to the human race.

Shi Ding An led the Liang Clan delegation to Qiankun City, where Fu Xianbing demanded an offering from the human race and Fu Zhouxun tried to recruit Chen Fei into Sky Territory Hall. When Fu Zhouxun attacked Chen Fei and threatened Qiankun City, Chen Fei unleashed his full strength and killed him with the Qian Yuan Sword.

• Shi Ding An led Fu Xianbing and the others from Xian City to Qiankun City, where Chen Fei greeted them.
• Fu Xianbing ordered the human race to provide five million High-Grade Essence Crystals, and Chen Fei agreed.
• Fu Zhouxun invited Chen Fei to join Sky Territory Hall and demanded that he undergo a test, but Chen Fei tried to decline.
• Fu Zhouxun ordered Chen Fei to attack him, then pressed him to use greater strength as Chen Fei struck with his fist and Qian Yuan Sword.
• Fu Zhouxun swept Chen Fei aside and sent saber radiance toward Qiankun City, so Chen Fei blocked it to protect the city.
• Fu Zhouxun charged Chen Fei with the Cold Soul Blade, but Chen Fei countered with the Qian Yuan Sword and cut Fu Zhouxun into a cloud of Blood Mist.

Chen Fei revealed his Peak-Stage Eighth-Order cultivation and crushed Fu Zhouxun’s first attack, forcing Fu Xianbing and Fu Zhouxun to unleash their supreme treasures against him. He remained unharmed under their combined Ninth-Order-level assault and challenged them to show their true strength.

• Chen Fei struck Fu Zhouxun into Blood Mist, but Fu Zhouxun survived through a protective treasure, and Fu Xianbing attacked Chen Fei with the Mountain and River Seal.
• Shi Ding An weighed whether to support his human allies or avoid provoking the Liang Clan, then stabbed Ning Xinzhao, leaving him badly injured as Xiang Gongshu fought alongside him.
• Chen Fei caught the Mountain and River Seal with one hand and began crushing it while taunting Fu Xianbing and Fu Zhouxun.
• Fu Zhouxun empowered the Cold Soul Blade with several treasures and unleashed an Early-Stage Ninth-Order strike as Fu Xianbing drove the Mountain and River Seal to its limit.
• Chen Fei blocked Fu Zhouxun’s strike with the Qian Yuan Sword, endured the seal’s pressure, and calmly asked whether that was all their strength.

Chen Fei tested his strength against Fu Zhouxun and Fu Xianbing, then killed them and Ning Xinzhao and Xiang Gongshu despite their attempts to escape and bargain. The Liang Clan learned that Fu Zhouxun and Fu Xianbing’s soul lamps had gone out, setting the stage for its response.

• Chen Fei realized his normal battle strength could contend with an Early-Stage Ninth-Order and pursued Fu Zhouxun and Fu Xianbing as they tried to flee.
• Fu Zhouxun used a jade shard to escape with Fu Xianbing, but Chen Fei’s Azure Heavens Domain halted them long enough for him to catch up.
• Chen Fei rejected Fu Xianbing’s warning that the Profound Spirit Domain’s people would suffer and killed Fu Zhouxun and Fu Xianbing with his sword.
• Chen Fei killed Ning Xinzhao and Xiang Gongshu after they begged for their lives, while Shi Ding An watched.
• A Liang Clan steward discovered that Fu Zhouxun and Fu Xianbing’s soul lamps had gone out.

After Fu Zhouxun and Fu Xianbing were killed, Fu Zhonggang sent Liang Clan experts to enlist the Bie Clan and investigate the deaths in Xian Clan Territory. Meanwhile, Shi Ding An evacuated the Xian Race, whose cultivators fled with Chen Fei after learning he had killed the Liang Clan heirs and they were now bound to face the Liang Clan’s retaliation.

• The Liang Clan discovered Fu Zhouxun and Fu Xianbing’s deaths, and Fu Zhonggang learned that the killings had occurred in Xian Clan Territory alongside those of two Mo Clan and Yin Clan experts.
• Xiao Jiasheng concluded that only a Ninth-Order powerhouse could have overcome the victims’ protective treasures, while Fu Zhonggang ruled out the Bie Clan’s Ninth-Order expert as the culprit.
• Fu Zhonggang ordered Xiao Jiasheng and Fu Chongyi to enlist the Bie Clan’s help in investigating Xian Clan Territory, and four Ninth-Order experts set out for Xian City.
• Shi Ding An evacuated Xian City and led the Xian Race’s Eighth-Order cultivators toward Qiankun City, then joined Chen Fei in fleeing the Profound Spirit Domain.
• Shi Ding An recounted how Chen Fei had killed Fu Zhouxun, Fu Xianbing, and two other Eighth-Order cultivators, leaving the Xian Race to accept that it had become tied to the human race against the Liang Clan.

Chen Fei prepared to hide the Xian Race from the Liang Clan while cultivating the Deceiving Heaven Art and Mystic Womb True Understanding. As the Liang Clan’s Ninth-Order pursuers tracked the group, Chen Fei’s source broke through the Ninth-Order barrier, leaving him at a new level of power.

• The Xian Race’s Creation Realm cultivators feared the Liang Clan would catch them, and Chen Fei promised he could conceal their traces after taking time to adjust.
• Chen Fei refined the Qian Yuan Sword and Hidden Essence Bell with Secret Realm Source, strengthening them toward Ninth-Order power.
• Chen Fei crushed Ning Xinzhao’s spiritual essence and cultivated the Mystic Womb True Understanding, Deceiving Heaven Art, and Time Subordinate Rules to prepare for the pursuit.
• Chen Fei used Fu Zhouxun’s spiritual essence and resources to advance his techniques; the Deceiving Heaven Art reached Great Perfection, and he focused his remaining effort on the Mystic Womb True Understanding.
• The Mystic Womb True Understanding reached Great Perfection, and Chen Fei’s source broke through the Ninth-Order barrier.
• Xiao Jiasheng, Fu Chongyi, and two other Early-Stage Ninth-Order experts found where Xian City and Qiankun City had stood, discovered the group’s direction, and set off in pursuit.

Chen Fei hid the fleeing Xian Race from four pursuing Ninth-Order experts, but their tracking treasure began to strip away his concealment. As the threat closed in, Chen Fei prepared to strengthen his Night Demon War Soldier.

• Xiao Jiasheng and the other Liang Clan experts pursued the Xian Race and humans, suspecting their flight was connected to Fu Zhouxun and Fu Xianbing's deaths.
• Chen Fei sensed four Early-Stage Ninth-Orders pursuing the spirit boat and used the Deceiving Heaven Art to break their lock-on.
• Shi Ding An changed the spirit boat's course, but Xiao Jiasheng and the others lost the Xian Race's traces and began suspecting it had a Ninth-Order accomplice.
• Chi Boqing used a Bronze Mirror to search for the spirit boat, and its power began unraveling Chen Fei's concealment restrictions.
• Chen Fei summoned his Night Demon War Soldier and used High-Grade Essence Crystals with the Status Panel Backup to raise its Aura.

Chen Fei split from the Xian Race and drew three Ninth-Order pursuers after him while the Night Demon War Soldier led another away. To conceal himself from the Dao Ancestors, Chen Fei sent his consciousness into the Space Rule, provoking a distant figure to awaken.

• The Night Demon War Soldier’s origin surpassed the Eighth-Order limit, and Chen Fei arranged for the Xian Race cultivators to regroup at Crane Tread Lake before leaving to face their pursuers.
• Chi Boqing, Xiao Jiasheng, Kou Shengze, and Fu Chongyi split up to pursue Chen Fei and the Night Demon War Soldier after spotting them in the Bronze Mirror.
• Chen Fei sensed three Ninth-Order experts pursuing him and used the Nether Heaven Defiant Calamity Art, the Deceiving Heaven Art, and other protections to obscure his location.
• Chen Fei sent his consciousness into the Space Rule, and a figure sitting cross-legged in the void opened its eyes as the surrounding space overturned.

Nan Caiming confronted an unknown awareness that had entered the Space Rule, but Chen Fei used the Panel to simplify the rule and resist being expelled. Chen Fei remained hidden and discovered he could use Simplification to contend for control of rules.

• Nan Caiming detected an awareness entering the Space Rule and tried to identify its owner, but layered origins and restrictions concealed its location.
• Nan Caiming drove the awareness to the edge of the Space Rule, where it suddenly steadied itself after seizing a sliver of ownership.
• At the border between the Profound Spirit Domain and the Sky Wave Domain, Chen Fei used one hundred thousand Top-Grade Essence Crystals to simplify Body as Space Rule into space rule.
• Chen Fei circulated the space rule crystal, gained enough comprehension to withstand Nan Caiming, and realized the Panel could help him contend for rules.
• Chen Fei connected to the Night Demon War Soldier ten million li away and vanished from his location.

Chen Fei used the Space Rule to intercept Fu Chongyi and fought him while sustaining his Small Tongtian Realm state. After crippling Fu Chongyi with a sword strike, Chen Fei killed him and left the battle with Fu Chongyi’s body split apart.

• Chen Fei used the link to his Night Demon War Soldier and the Space Rule to swap places, then crossed the distance to intercept Fu Chongyi.
• Fu Chongyi recognized Chen Fei as the human race’s sole Eighth-Order and attacked him with the Red Peng Spear, but Chen Fei’s Space Rule and physical strength overwhelmed him.
• Fu Chongyi used the Wings of the Hanging Sky to flee, but Chen Fei pursued and repeatedly restrained him with Void Power and Time Subordinate Rules.
• Chen Fei slashed Fu Chongyi across the shoulder and chest, gravely injuring him and destroying much of his combat strength.
• Chen Fei pierced Fu Chongyi’s head with the Qian Yuan Sword and split his body apart.

Chen Fei killed Fu Chongyi after using the Small Heaven Reaching Realm, then recovered and adapted the Bronze Rune to extract part of Fu Chongyi’s Ninth-Order talent. Nan Caiming began searching for the consciousness that had challenged his control of the Space Rule, while Xiao Jiasheng and the others sensed Fu Chongyi’s death from afar.

• Chen Fei used the Future Time Subordinate Rule to exploit Fu Chongyi’s weakness and destroy him, though the effort left Chen Fei weakened.
• Nan Caiming realized that a consciousness had seized a trace of the Space Rule’s power and ordered an investigation of Ninth-Order experts.
• Chen Fei recovered with Essence Crystals and used the nine rules and Sacrificial Fiend Art restrictions to strengthen the Bronze Rune until it extracted some of Fu Chongyi’s talent.
• Chen Fei used the Deceiving Heaven Art to bypass the Ninth-Order spiritual essence’s divine-soul restrictions and read its memory fragments.
• Xiao Jiasheng and the other two sensed battle fluctuations from afar, then felt Fu Chongyi’s Aura dissipate and stared in disbelief.

Chen Fei drove Xiao Jiasheng and the other Liang Clan cultivators into retreat after Fu Chongyi died, then used Fu Chongyi’s spiritual essence to accelerate his cultivation. He completed the second step of Peak-Stage Eighth-Order and chose the Space Rule as his core rule, leaving him poised to advance while keeping his power concealed.

• Xiao Jiasheng and the other two Liang Clan cultivators fled toward the Profound Spirit Domain after Fu Chongyi’s death, while Chen Fei and the Night Demon War Soldier did not pursue them.
• Chen Fei obtained Fu Chongyi’s incomplete Wings of the Hanging Sky technique and considered cultivating it as a cover for his potential control of the Space Rule.
• Chen Fei decided to prioritize reaching Early-Stage Ninth-Order rather than advancing his Time Subordinate Rules, and used a small portion of ninth-order spiritual essence as fuel for the Heavenly Demon Path.
• The spiritual essence completed the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends connections between Chen Fei’s thirty-six Rule Crystals, finishing the second step of Peak-Stage Eighth-Order.
• Chen Fei chose the Space Rule as his core rule for the third step, abandoning his earlier choice of the Cold Element Rule.

Chen Fei reached the limit of the Eighth-Order and began crossing the Reaching Heaven Tribulation, while the Liang Clan and Bie Clan reacted to Fu Chongyi’s death without learning who killed him. The chapter left Chen Fei striking the first heavenly lightning with his palm as he faced the tribulation’s outer and inner dangers.

• Chen Fei used spiritual essence to strengthen his Space Rule Crystal and complete the preparation for incarnating into the Space Rule.
• Xiao Jiasheng, Chi Boqing, and the other Bie Clan cultivator escaped after Fu Chongyi was slain, then Xiao Jiasheng reported the events to Fu Zhonggang.
• Fu Zhonggang ordered Xiao Jiasheng into Demon Refining Valley, while Kou Haixia heard Chi Boqing’s report and recognized the danger posed by the unknown attacker.
• Chen Fei consumed more ninth-order spiritual essence, completed the third step of Peak-Stage Eighth-Order, and reached the limit before the Ninth-Order barrier.
• Chen Fei summoned the Qian Yuan Sword and Hidden Essence Bell to cross the Reaching Heaven Tribulation with him, then struck a deep purple lightning bolt and split open the space beneath the tribulation clouds.

Chen Fei endured the Reaching Heaven Tribulation and broke through to the Ninth-Order Supreme Realm, entering the Void Source to observe its mysteries. Before being forced out, he obtained an incomplete Source Art and discovered that his Space Grids could capture streams of the Void Source.

• Chen Fei suppressed the Inner Tribulation, destroyed the final thunder dragon, and merged his Rule Crystals as he broke through to the Ninth-Order Supreme Realm.
• Chen Fei's divine soul entered the Void Source and observed its streams of light, martial scenes, and traces of cultivation techniques.
• Chen Fei studied Yan and the Source Race experts discussing Suppressing Heavens and obtained the incomplete Source Art through the Panel.
• Chen Fei opened two Space Grids, which captured streams of the Void Source before his exhausted soul was pulled out.
• Chen Fei awoke at the border between the Profound Spirit Domain and the Sky Wave Domain and saw a portion of the Void Source inside each Space Grid.

After breaking through to the Early-Stage Ninth-Order, Chen Fei fused four cultivation methods into the Heaven Source Art and assessed what he still needed to strengthen. He concluded that Time Subordinate Rules were essential but could not decide battles against other Supreme Realm cultivators who had mastered them, and the complete Time Rule remained beyond reach.

• Chen Fei returned from the void as Heaven and Earth Essence Qi gathered around him, completing his transformation into an Early-Stage Ninth-Order cultivator.
• Chen Fei fused the Defiant Calamity Art, Yu Light Art, Wings of the Hanging Sky, and Source Art, creating the Heaven Source Art.
• Chen Fei judged the Heaven Source Art to be a middle-grade Ninth-Order method and resolved to seek stronger legacies to improve his combat strength.
• Chen Fei reviewed how Time Subordinate Rules could be neutralized when both fighters had mastered them, leaving battles to be decided by other powers.
• Chen Fei learned that the Yu Clan’s records mentioned more than three Time Subordinate Rules, but no one could merge past, present, and future into the complete Time Rule.

Chen Fei refined Void Source into the Qian Yuan Sword and Hidden Essence Bell, raising both to Middle-Grade Reaching Heaven Mystic Treasures and stabilizing his Early-Stage Ninth-Order realm. He returned to Crane Tread Lake, where the Xian Race and the Sky Wave Domain experts sensed his arrival and realized he had reached the Supreme Realm.

• Chen Fei fused a wisp of Void Source into the Qian Yuan Sword, which advanced directly to Middle-Grade Reaching Heaven Mystic Treasure.
• Chen Fei used the remaining Void Source to raise the Hidden Essence Bell to an outstanding Middle-Grade Reaching Heaven Mystic Treasure, then stabilized his Early-Stage Ninth-Order realm.
• At Crane Tread Lake, Shi Ding An explained to Wu Wenshu that the Xian Race was staying temporarily, while the Sky Wave Domain experts warned them not to enter their territory.
• Wan Aili sensed Chen Fei approaching and told the Xian Race experts that his master was returning.
• Chen Fei appeared above Crane Tread Lake, and Wu Wenshu and the other Eighth-Order experts recognized the overwhelming aura of a Ninth-Order Supreme Realm powerhouse.

Chen Fei revealed that he had reached the Early-Stage Ninth-Order and led the Xian Race away from Crane Tread Lake. He accepted Liao Xingfeng’s invitation to the Night Race’s territory, where Liao Xingfeng recognized him and began speaking with him.

• The Xian Race’s cultivators bowed to Chen Fei after realizing he had broken through to the Supreme Realm, and he told them to settle somewhere before making further plans.
• As Chen Fei prepared to leave Crane Tread Lake with the Xian Race, Liao Xingfeng arrived and invited them to stay with the Night Race.
• Chen Fei sensed several Mid-Stage Ninth-Order cultivators and a strange presence in the Sky Wave Domain, then accepted Liao Xingfeng’s invitation despite warning him that they carried trouble.
• Liao Xingfeng’s people escorted the Xian Race toward Night Race territory while Chen Fei and Liao Xingfeng went ahead and shared tea.
• Liao Xingfeng confirmed Chen Fei’s identity and explained through his questions that he knew of Chen Fei’s reputation and his loyalty to the Xian Race.

Chen Fei agreed to explore an emerging broken plane with Liao Xingfeng after they discussed the Ruin Realm’s strange calm and sparred. Back in Qiankun City, Chen Fei revealed his Ninth-Order breakthrough to the human race and gave the Xuan Clan Mantle Jade, then sat in the Central Great Hall with three portions of spiritual essence before him.

• Liao Xingfeng told Chen Fei that broken planes were emerging across the Ruin Realm and invited him to explore the one in the Sky Wave Domain.
• Chen Fei agreed to join Liao Xingfeng and then sparred with him in the courtyard.
• Chen Fei returned to Qiankun City, where the human race and the Xuan Clan learned he had reached the Ninth-Order Supreme Realm.
• Chen Fei gave Shi Ding An Mantle Jade for the Xuan Clan’s Creation Realm cultivators to aid their breakthroughs.
• Chen Fei sat cross-legged in Qiankun City’s Central Great Hall with three portions of spiritual essence floating before him.