Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei entered the Heart Realm after touching a Bronze Bead and learned that the Heart Pearls were Formation Artifacts connected to a sealed Half-Human Half-Strange. Forced to undergo a test with a monk, he stunned him by producing a roasted chicken from nothing.

• Chen Fei used Suppress Dragon Elephant to pull the Alien Energy from his mind and destroy it, then found that the Strange Realm’s exit had vanished.
• Chen Fei reached the first Bronze Bead through a ripple in space and found himself in the Heart Realm beside a smiling monk.
• The monk explained that the Heart Pearls were Formation Artifacts for undoing a Heart Formation that trapped a Half-Human Half-Strange, but refused to say whether Chen Fei could control it.
• The monk demanded that Chen Fei take part in an imitation test or remain trapped in the Heart Realm forever.
• Chen Fei performed his technique, Creation from Nothing, and produced a warm roasted chicken, leaving the monk stunned.

Chen Fei passed the first Heart Pearl’s test and returned it to Fang Qinghong, who released Zhang Fangqiong and Mu Langtao but sent Chen Fei to retrieve another Pearl under tighter control. After using Suppress Dragon Elephant to consume most of the Alien Energy Fang Qinghong implanted in him, Chen Fei uncovered memories suggesting Fang Qinghong intended to turn him into a clone puppet; he then reached the second Heart Pearl and met the monk again.

• Chen Fei passed the monk’s test, received the damaged Heart Pearl, and learned that destroying three Heart Pearls at once would dispel the Heart Formation.
• Chen Fei returned the Heart Pearl to Fang Qinghong, who released Zhang Fangqiong and Mu Langtao and implanted more Alien Energy in Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei met Zhang Fangqiong and Mu Langtao in the courtyard, sent them to wait by the city gate, and continued toward the second Heart Pearl.
• Chen Fei used Suppress Dragon Elephant to consume nearly all the Alien Energy in his dantian and saw fragments of Fang Qinghong’s life, leading him to suspect Fang Qinghong planned to make him a clone puppet.
• Chen Fei reached the second Heart Pearl and agreed to demonstrate Universe in the Sleeves for the monk again.

Chen Fei obtained the second Heart Pearl and used a lit candle to distract the Weird around the third one, while Fang Qinghong prepared to exploit the Strange Realm’s opening. At the third Heart Pearl, Chen Fei refused to trade away his Space Grid technique and learned that the monk could teach him simple Heart Formation control instead.

• Chen Fei passed the second trial by showing the monk his Space Grid, received the cracked second Heart Pearl, and learned Heart Formation knowledge from it.
• Chen Fei avoided returning to Fang Qinghong and headed for the third Heart Pearl, while Sun Quan learned that opening the Strange Realm’s entrance would take at least six more hours.
• Fang Qinghong sensed movement in the second Heart Pearl and planned to escape during the coming battle, intending to attack the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and later devour the Strange King.
• Chen Fei found over a hundred Weird guarding the third Heart Pearl, lit a distant candle with a fire arrow to draw them away, and entered the Stone Tower.
• The monk offered to teach Chen Fei simple Heart Formation control in exchange for his technique, but Chen Fei said his ability was innate, and the monk accepted that he could not learn it.

Chen Fei acquired and mastered the control method for the Heart Formation, then used the Heart Pearls to locate the Strange King and discover Fang Qinghong’s captives. He freed Zhang Fangqiong and Mu Langtao and drove the Heart Formation against Fang Qinghong, who failed to break free.

• The monk gave Chen Fei the Heart Pearl and moved him several hundred meters away from the agitated Weird.
• Chen Fei simplified Heart Formation control into Vibrating Heart and quickly raised his proficiency to Perfected Level by accelerating his heartbeat.
• Fang Qinghong gave Chen Fei half an hour to return with the second Heart Pearl and threatened him when Chen Fei explained the Weird had gathered around it.
• Chen Fei used the Heart Pearls to find the Strange King’s grave and saw Zhang Fangqiong and Mu Langtao imprisoned in Fang Qinghong’s courtyard.
• Chen Fei moved Zhang Fangqiong and the other captive to the city gate, then used the Heart Formation to attack Fang Qinghong.
• Fang Qinghong tried to counter the Heart Formation with his limited control techniques and then charged against it, but the formation remained stable.

Chen Fei used the damaged Heart Formation to force Fang Qinghong into the Strange King's tomb, then escaped as they began fighting and the Strange Realm destabilized. Sun Quan and Qin Dingyu arrived, refused Fang Qinghong's pleas for help, and trapped him when he tried to flee the exploding tomb.

• Fang Qinghong battered the Heart Formation until Chen Fei poured in all his strength and sent the seal into the Strange King's tomb, where Fang Qinghong confronted the Strange King.
• Chen Fei exhausted the Heart Formation, stored its fragments, and fled toward the city gate as the Strange Realm shook and its chill weakened.
• Chen Fei reunited with Ge Hongjie, Zhang Fangqiong, and Mu Langtao at the city gate, and Sun Quan and Qin Dingyu arrived through the opening exit.
• Qin Dingyu ordered the disciples to leave while he and Sun Quan went to investigate the damaged tomb and heard Fang Qinghong ask them to help fight the Strange King.
• Sun Quan and Qin Dingyu refused to enter the tomb and Qin Dingyu set up a formation around it; after the tomb exploded, the formation blocked Fang Qinghong as he tried to escape.

Qin Dingyu and Sun Quan confronted Fang Qinghong, whose attempt to seize control of the Strange Realm failed, and the Strange King killed him. Back at the outer camp, Chen Fei learned how Apertures were found and refined as Ge Hongjie and Zhang Fangqiong prepared to try breaking through again.

• Qin Dingyu and Sun Quan drove Fang Qinghong back into the grave, where the Strange King attacked him.
• Fang Qinghong unleashed the Reverse Anomaly Art and disrupted the Strange Realm, but Qin Dingyu sealed off his control of it.
• The Strange King tore apart Fang Qinghong's soul and swallowed it, while Sun Quan entered the grave to fight the creature.
• At the Strange Realm Outer Camp, Ge Hongjie, Mu Langtao, Zhang Fangqiong, and Chen Fei discussed their escape and their cultivation plans.
• Chen Fei realized Fang Qinghong had died when the remaining Alien Energy in his mind dispersed.
• Ge Hongjie explained that cultivators had to locate their individual Apertures with Mind Power, then excavate and temper them with essence qi.

After the Wind Anomaly Realm shattered, Chen Fei returned to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect alive and discovered that the losses had been severe. Back home, he planned to repay his debt and asked Chi Defeng about herbs and tasks, learning that the Pill Refiner Alliance was seeking ways to improve the Flying Mausoleum Pill.

• Sun Quan announced the Wind Anomaly Realm had shattered, and Qin Dingyu revealed that the Strange King had left behind a jade fragment containing an incomplete half-strange cultivation technique.
• Chen Fei cultivated during the journey back, advancing his Tongyuan Art and Tranquil Source Incantation as Zhang Fangqiong sat beside him.
• The disciples returned to the sect, where grieving families realized many people had died; Feng Xiupu and Guo Linshan welcomed Chen Fei and noticed he had reached the Marrow Refining Realm.
• Chen Fei returned to his room, notified Chi Defeng that he was safe, and resolved to earn money to repay his fifty-thousand-tael debt and build up his savings.
• Chi Defeng told Chen Fei that aged herbs for the Flying Mausoleum Pill were difficult to obtain, then reported that the Pill Refiner Alliance had a task to develop an improved version using fewer aged herbs.

Chen Fei learned that the Pill Refiner Alliance was offering a Qi Yuan Pill for a new Ever Floating Pill recipe and decided to pursue it for Feng Xiupu. He agreed to accompany Guo Linshan into a jointly held Secret Realm for the True Inheritance assessment, then refused Yu Yisheng’s challenge and instructed that he would admit defeat if pressed.

• Chen Fei learned that the Pill Refiner Alliance wanted a new Ever Floating Pill recipe and offered a Qi Yuan Pill as the reward, which could heal Feng Xiupu’s injuries.
• Guo Linshan told Chen Fei that he had passed the first round of the True Inheritance Disciple assessment and invited him to enter a Secret Realm for the second round.
• Chen Fei agreed to accompany Guo Linshan into the Secret Realm, where he could gather Spiritual Materials and potentially qualify for the True Inheritance inheritance early.
• Yu Yisheng learned that Chen Fei had returned from the Wind Anomaly Realm and reached the Marrow Refining Realm, then sent him a Challenge Letter.
• Chen Fei refused Yu Yisheng’s challenge and said he would admit defeat if Yu Yisheng kept pressing.

Chen Fei accepted Feng Xiupu’s Soaring Void Wander manual to improve his movement flexibility and returned to Immortal Cloud City to earn money and practice it. There, he learned that Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan had gone missing, while Qin Jinglan hinted at a growing interest in him.

• Yu Yisheng grew angry when Chen Fei refused to fight and conceded that Yu Yisheng was stronger.
• Chen Fei agreed to join Guo Linshan in the True Inheritance Disciple Secret Realm and demonstrated that his Soul Chasing Step had reached a high level.
• Feng Xiupu gave Chen Fei the Soaring Void Wander manual, advising him to focus on nimble movement rather than straight-line speed.
• Chen Fei went to Immortal Cloud City to earn money, where Chi Defeng told him that Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan had disappeared.
• After gathering enough money, Chen Fei simplified Soaring Void Wander and accepted a Pill Refiner Alliance task to improve the Flying Mausoleum Pill recipe.
• Qin Jinglan told Chen Fei that other pill refiners were researching the Flying Mausoleum Pill, then gazed at him flirtatiously.

Chen Fei developed Ever Mausoleum Pill Number Two by combining the Ever Floating Pill and Flying Mausoleum Pill recipes, creating a cheaper pill with a substantial share of the Flying Mausoleum Pill’s medicinal effect. He brought a sample to the Pill Refiner Alliance for evaluation, offering to take the Seventh-Rank Pill Refiner assessment if his rank was questioned.

• Chen Fei settled into the Hot Spring Inn to cultivate, study pill recipes, and keep his secrets protected by the room’s formation.
• After mastering the Flying Mausoleum Pill recipe, Chen Fei fused it with the Ever Floating Pill recipe and created Ever Mausoleum Pill Number One, whose effect proved only slightly stronger than the Ever Floating Pill’s.
• Chen Fei adjusted the recipe to use some aged herbs and refined Ever Mausoleum Pill Number Two, which reached about sixty percent of the Flying Mausoleum Pill’s medicinal effect at a little over half its herb cost.
• Chen Fei took the new pill to the Pill Refiner Alliance, where Qin Jinglan brought him to the counter and Deacon Duanmu You questioned whether an Eighth Grade Pill Master could have made the discovery.
• Chen Fei handed Duanmu You a sample for verification and offered to take the Seventh-Rank Pill Refiner assessment immediately.

Chen Fei submitted a pill for the Alliance’s task, sold the Ever Mausoleum Pill Number One recipe, and exchanged for a Bigu Pill recipe to improve his pill-refining skills. As he went to buy ingredients to practice its simplification, Si Yinan appeared grown up and begged him to save her unconscious grandfather.

• Tu Jilin told Chen Fei that his pill did not meet the Alliance’s requirements and explained that a qualifying pill needed over seventy percent of the Flying Mausoleum Pill’s effect at under half its ingredient cost.
• Chen Fei decided to study more recipes and sold Ever Mausoleum Pill Number One to the Alliance for three thousand Contribution Points.
• Chen Fei exchanged for a difficult Bigu Pill recipe, simplified it into egg fried rice, and headed to a rented courtyard to practice cooking it.
• Si Yinan called out to Chen Fei in an alley, looking about twenty years old, and begged him to help her unconscious grandfather.

Chen Fei agreed to help Si Yinan rescue her grandfather, Si Yuanhai, whose mind was trapped in the Heart Strange Realm. After perfecting his Tranquil Source Incantation, Chen Fei entered the realm with Si Yinan and saw that she carried Si Yuanhai’s thumb ring to help locate him.

• Si Yinan led Chen Fei to a hidden courtyard and explained that Si Yuanhai’s mind was trapped in the Heart Strange Realm.
• Chen Fei agreed to enter the realm with Si Yinan after learning about its dangers, the Heart Candle, and the protections for their bodies.
• Chen Fei cultivated Tranquil Source Incantation to Great Perfection and gained a Mind Power ability that could briefly stall an enemy’s thoughts.
• Si Yinan lit the Heart Candle and used a Secret Art and Jade Pendant to bring herself and Chen Fei into the Heart Strange Realm.
• Chen Fei found himself in a colorless plain beside the childlike Si Yinan, who carried Si Yuanhai’s Jadeite Thumb Ring.

Chen Fei and Si Yinan navigated the Heart Strange Realm while trying to reach Si Yuanhai’s heart-soul before the Heart Candle burned out. When danger blocked their route, Chen Fei led them through a black fog, where a human figure appeared ahead.

• Chen Fei sensed deadly danger along their route and led Si Yinan through repeated detours until they found a clear path near the Water Rhythm River.
• Chen Fei stopped at a Dark Curtain, then carried Si Yinan on his back as they ran around it while the Heart Candle dwindled and strange whispers assailed them.
• Si Yinan nearly crushed the Heart Candle under the whispers’ influence, but Chen Fei seized it and jolted her back to awareness.
• With more danger ahead and little time left, Chen Fei entered a black fog while Si Yinan closed her eyes and ears to resist its influence.
• Chen Fei remained clearheaded against the murmurs and saw a human figure appear ten meters ahead.

Chen Fei and Si Yinan escaped the black fog in the Heart Strange Realm and found a way to stop Si Yuanhai’s heart soul from moving, but danger in the real world forced them out before they could reach him. When Yan Dequan attacked, Chen Fei stayed behind to protect Si Yinan as she fled with her grandfather.

• Chen Fei used Fleeting Eternity to freeze the Strange Shadows that resembled him and Si Yinan, then escaped the black fog.
• Chen Fei drew the Heart Candle’s light close to himself and Si Yinan, slowing its burn, and used a Heart Pearl fragment to stop the Thumb Ring from leading the Weird toward Si Yuanhai’s heart soul.
• Chen Fei and Si Yinan were forced out of the Heart Strange Realm when their courtyard formation warned them of approaching danger.
• Yan Dequan arrived with his disciples and demanded that Chen Fei surrender the sect’s secret art while threatening Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan.
• Chen Fei blocked Yan Dequan’s Strange Hands and told Si Yinan to carry Si Yuanhai away, then injured Yan Dequan’s two pursuing disciples and faced Yan Dequan alone.

Chen Fei drove Yan Dequan away by invoking the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s name, then rescued Si Yinan and Si Yuanhai and moved them to a safer residence. With Si Yuanhai close to death and their last chance to enter the Heart Strange Realm gone, Chen Fei asked Si Yinan what strength the Strange Jade required.

• Chen Fei broke Yan Dequan’s illusion and fought off his Strange Hands, but neither gained a decisive advantage.
• Chen Fei claimed to belong to the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect and warned that fellow disciples were coming, prompting Yan Dequan to retreat with his disciples.
• Chen Fei followed Si Yinan’s tracks to a residence, broke its illusion, and carried her and Si Yuanhai to one of his rented courtyards.
• Chen Fei placed Heart Pearl fragments around Si Yuanhai and gave more to Si Yinan to help conceal their Aura.
• Si Yinan explained that she had exhausted her strength controlling the Strange Jade, and Chen Fei asked what power it needed.

Chen Fei used Primordial Qi to briefly revive Si Yuanhai and help Si Yinan regain the strength to drive the Strange Jade, but learned that rescuing Si Yuanhai required retrieving his heart-soul from the Heart Strange Realm. He prepared to return there with help from Guo Linshan, Ge Hongjie, and Zhang Fangqiong, while suspecting the realm could purify Mind Power.

• Chen Fei failed to drive the Strange Jade effectively, then promised Si Yinan he would try restoring her strength the next day so they could reenter the Heart Strange Realm.
• Chen Fei sent Messenger Pigeons to summon Guo Linshan and Ge Hongjie, and discovered that his Mind Power had grown purer after exposure to the Heart Strange Realm's pollution.
• Guo Linshan, Ge Hongjie, and Zhang Fangqiong arrived, and Chen Fei explained Si Yuanhai's condition and their plan to rescue him.
• Chen Fei channeled Primordial Qi from the Nayuán Pearl into Si Yuanhai and Si Yinan; Si Yuanhai briefly improved, but his condition began worsening again.
• Si Yinan absorbed the Primordial Qi and announced that she could drive the Strange Jade again.

Chen Fei and Si Yinan entered the Heart Strange Realm to rescue Si Yuanhai, using the Heart Pearl fragment to distinguish the real Si Yuanhai from a Weird impersonating him. They returned to Immortal Cloud City after trapping the Weird in the Thumb Ring, and Si Yuanhai woke as Chen Fei noticed his Mind Power had grown purer.

• Zhang Fangqiong straightened Chen Fei's clothes and warned him to be careful before Chen Fei and Si Yinan entered the Heart Strange Realm.
• Chen Fei carried Si Yinan through the black fog and used repeated Fleeting Eternity Mind Skills to stun the Weirds blocking their route.
• Chen Fei and Si Yinan found two identical Si Yuanhais, and Si Yinan explained that choosing the wrong one could destroy her grandfather's heart-soul.
• Chen Fei used a Heart Pearl fragment to expose the Weird's sinister Aura, then inserted the Thumb Ring into it and trapped it.
• Chen Fei and Si Yinan left the Heart Strange Realm, and Si Yuanhai later opened his eyes while Chen Fei sensed his Mind Power had become purer.

After saving Si Yuanhai, Chen Fei received Heart Strange Stones and began using them to purify his Mind Power while cautiously resisting their contamination. He spent the next several days training and making egg fried rice to raise his Bigu Pill proficiency, and Suppress Dragon Elephant's Suppress Body portion finally reached Proficient Level.

• Si Yuanhai thanked Chen Fei and the others with Heart Strange Stones, and Chen Fei kept five after the others accepted one each.
• Chen Fei agreed on a secret signal with Si Yuanhai, then returned to his rented courtyard with rice and eggs.
• Chen Fei used the Heart Strange Stone to temper his Mind Power, relying on the Tranquil Source Incantation to clear its contamination.
• Chen Fei made egg fried rice to raise his Bigu Pill proficiency, which reached 1075/3000.
• Chen Fei resumed cultivating at Hot Spring Inn, and after several days Suppress Dragon Elephant's Suppress Body portion reached Proficient Level.

Chen Fei strengthened his body and martial arts while racing to improve the Flying Mausoleum Pill recipe before another Alchemist claimed the mission. He perfected Soaring Void Wander and brought Tongyuan Art to the perfected fifth layer, but the new Pill Recipe remained unfinished.

• Chen Fei reached Grand Perfection in Bigu Pill proficiency and gave away the oil-fried rice balls he made while practicing.
• Chi Defeng told Chen Fei that an unknown young Alchemist had met the basic requirements for the Flying Mausoleum Pill mission, prompting Chen Fei to intensify his experiments.
• Chen Fei bought a sturdier pill furnace and repeatedly tested herbs and Refining Techniques to improve the Flying Mausoleum Pill recipe.
• Chen Fei perfected Soaring Void Wander, allowing him to create lifelike afterimages and precisely maneuver over short distances.
• On the tenth day of testing, Chen Fei perfected the fifth layer of Tongyuan Art, while his new Pill Recipe was still incomplete.

Chen Fei pursued his cultivation and Qi Yuan Pill research before taking the Seventh-Rank Pill Refiner assessment. He unexpectedly refined a Flying Mausoleum Pill with half a Pill Pattern, matching Shi Changji’s achievement, and realized he had not even used his full strength.

• Chen Fei strengthened his body with the Immense Strength and Iron Bone Traits and continued studying the Qi Yuan Pill recipe as the Secret Realm’s opening drew near.
• After another failed attempt at the Qi Yuan Pill recipe, Chen Fei decided to take the Seventh-Rank Pill Refiner assessment and met Qin Jinglan at the alliance station.
• Tu Jilin supervised Chen Fei’s Flying Mausoleum Pill assessment and watched him refine the pill using his fierce, unusual technique.
• Chen Fei produced a Flying Mausoleum Pill with half a Pill Pattern, surprising Tu Jilin and prompting him to say Chen Fei now matched Shi Changji.
• Tu Jilin explained that Shi Changji had met the improvement mission’s requirements by refining the same kind of pill with half a Pill Pattern, and Chen Fei realized his own result had come without serious effort.