Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei passed himself off as a newly transformed Primordial Demon and was registered aboard a warship in the blockade between Cold Mountain Domain and Azure Glow Domain. With ten days before he was expected to hunt cultivators, he entered the Ancient Tome Chamber to test whether his Status Panel could remove the mutative parts of Primordial Demon techniques.

• Chen Fei confirmed that his second Divine Soul layer could resist contamination for about ten days, then flew toward the Primordial Demon blockade.
• Yu Guoheng and four Tenth-Order Primordial Demons intercepted Chen Fei, inspected his demonized body and Divine Soul, and accepted him as genuine.
• Yu Guoheng escorted Chen Fei to a warship, where Chen Fei registered his Aura and received a Waist Token.
• Yu Guoheng invited Chen Fei to join his team hunting cultivators, but Chen Fei declined and said he wanted a few days to rest.
• Chen Fei learned that the warship had an Ancient Tome Chamber and went there to read the Body Tempering Technique Heavenly Fiend Tremor Art.

Chen Fei studied Primordial Demon techniques and devised the battle Secret Art Demon Suppression, which could briefly unleash power beyond his current realm but threatened to destroy him after three breaths. He reached Blazing Sun Island to join a patrol mission toward Cold Mountain Domain and encountered Zhang Hanyun.

• Chen Fei spent several days reading techniques in the Ancient Tome Chamber and explained to its deacon that his former cultivation had focused on the soul.
• Chen Fei accepted a patrol mission to Blazing Sun Island, choosing a route toward Cold Mountain Domain and dismissing the Ink Rock Fruit reward as useless to him.
• Chen Fei fused the Primordial Demon techniques he had studied into Sky Bearing True Devil Art and the battle Secret Art Demon Suppression, which let him reach Realm Lord Peak power for only three breaths.
• Chen Fei arrived at Blazing Sun Island and activated his mission scroll to summon the others on the patrol.
• Zhang Hanyun and another Primordial Demon arrived, and Zhang Hanyun told Chen Fei that they had met before.

Chen Fei’s disguise as a Primordial Demon came under suspicion from Zhang Hanyun and Qin Shi Shi, forcing him to flee toward Cold Mountain Domain. After crossing into a neutral zone with Qin Shi Shi still pursuing him, Chen Fei activated his Status Panel Backup and absorbed several million Low-Grade Immortal Crystals’ Primordial Qi.

• Zhang Hanyun recognized Chen Fei and questioned why he had become a Primordial Demon, while Qin Shi Shi urged killing him outright.
• Zhang Hanyun told Chen Fei to cancel his patrol mission and meet his master, but Chen Fei refused after sensing their killing intent.
• Chen Fei used his extreme Movement Technique to escape, and Qin Shi Shi pursued him while Zhang Hanyun followed and ordered Qin Shi Shi to capture him alive.
• Chen Fei crossed more than twenty million li toward Cold Mountain Domain, using his Primordial Demon Aura to keep other Primordial Demons from interfering.
• Chen Fei entered the neutral zone, where the strain of his Wind God Guard began to take effect, and Qin Shi Shi continued chasing him.
• Chen Fei activated his Status Panel Backup and shattered several million Low-Grade Immortal Crystals to draw their Primordial Qi into his body.

Chen Fei stopped fleeing and used Demon Suppression to fight Qin Shi Shi, a Tenth-Order Peak Primordial Demon. He overwhelmed Qin Shi Shi with power and insight into his attacks, leaving him badly injured as Chen Fei continued striking.

• Chen Fei absorbed Low-Grade Immortal Crystals to restore his elemental energy and soul while preparing to confront Qin Shi Shi.
• Chen Fei stopped and told Qin Shi Shi he intended to beat him to death, while Qin Shi Shi approached and used a Secret Art to appear behind him.
• Chen Fei activated Demon Suppression and caught Qin Shi Shi's powerful punch, then shattered his right leg with a kick.
• Chen Fei read Qin Shi Shi's attacks and broke his arm before striking his head, leaving Qin Shi Shi's vision darkened.
• Chen Fei reminded Qin Shi Shi that he had asked to be beaten to death and threw another punch.

Chen Fei recovered after killing Qin Shi Shi, reached the Cold Mountain Domain, and retreated into the Ruin Realm to refine Great Dao Stones. After reaching the limit of what his elemental energy could hold, he used five Status Rank Fragments and began receiving the imprint of an Earth God Realm expert.

• Chen Fei finished Qin Shi Shi with a final punch, then used Low-Grade Immortal Crystals and the Status Panel Backup to stabilize and repair his injuries.
• Chen Fei took Qin Shi Shi's Primal Fiend Spirit Essence and Shadow Garment and left the battlefield.
• Zhang Hanyun found Qin Shi Shi's remains, suspected Chen Fei might be a disguised cultivator, and hurried back to warn his Master.
• After recovering and reaching Bowang City, Chen Fei avoided approaching the city and entered the Ruin Realm to refine Great Dao Stones.
• Chen Fei refined his Great Dao Stones until his elemental energy held 1,296, then considered whether a powerful soul could replace Heaven and Earth Status Rank for breakthroughs.
• Chen Fei merged five Status Rank Fragments into his body, causing images of an Earth God Realm expert to appear in his Sea of Consciousness.

Chen Fei refined a Status Rank Fragment, broke through to Realm Lord Late Stage, and reached Realm Lord Peak in divine soul strength before mastering the Earth God Skill Nine Dragons Sealing Kill. He entered Bowang City with Zhu Shiyu, where Zhong Liqiu began to explain why the city had not reinforced Azure Glow Domain, but Chen Fei suddenly attacked him.

• Chen Fei refined the Status Rank Fragment and broke through to Realm Lord Late Stage, while his divine soul reached Realm Lord Peak.
• The Panel revealed Nine Dragons Sealing Kill, and Chen Fei used Sword Sealing the Sea to simplify and master it.
• Chen Fei returned from the Ruin Realm and traveled toward Bowang City, sensing no nearby Primordial Demons.
• Zhong Liqiu inspected Chen Fei and Zhu Shiyu with the city's formation, confirmed they were not Primordial Demons, and welcomed them inside.
• As Zhong Liqiu began explaining why Bowang City had not aided Azure Glow Domain, Chen Fei opened a Space Grid and unleashed Nine Dragons Sealing Kill at him.

Chen Fei realized Bowang City had been devoured by an anomaly that had subtly guided him toward entering it, and he and Zhu Shiyu escaped its boundary. Zhong Liqiu pursued them and tried to force them into the city, leaving Chen Fei to fight him with Demon Suppression.

• Chen Fei used Nine Dragons Sealing Kill to trap Zhong Liqiu and retreated with Zhu Shiyu after detecting an anomaly around Bowang City.
• Chen Fei recognized that the anomaly had replaced Bowang City and was influencing their thoughts, while its inhabitants seemed unaware they had been devoured.
• Chen Fei and Zhu Shiyu moved away from Bowang City and planned to enter the Cold Mountain Domain elsewhere.
• Zhong Liqiu appeared beside them despite their distance and demanded that they enter Bowang City, then attacked when Chen Fei refused.
• Chen Fei blocked Zhong Liqiu from pursuing Zhu Shiyu and cut Zhong Liqiu in two with Demon Suppression.

Chen Fei and Zhu Shiyu escaped Bowang City’s strangeness and reached Qianhai City, where they learned that the Cold Mountain Domain was under attack from strangenesses and powerful Primal Fiends. Chen Fei considered how to reach the Earth God Realm and learned of a controlled Secret Realm that produced the necessary Status Rank Spirit Materials.

• Chen Fei cut Zhong Liqiu apart, then fled with Zhu Shiyu beyond the living dead man’s perception range.
• After a month of travel, Chen Fei and Zhu Shiyu reached Qianhai City and passed its fifteen-minute inspection for Primal Fiends and strangeness.
• A Qianhai City steward registered Chen Fei and Zhu Shiyu and explained that the Cold Mountain Domain was fighting two strangenesses and suffering attacks from powerful Primal Fiends.
• Chen Fei considered how to advance to the Earth God Realm and learned that a controlled Secret Realm in the Cold Mountain Domain produced Status Rank Spirit Materials capable of supporting that breakthrough.

Chen Fei weighed the benefits of Cold Mountain Domain’s major sects and chose the weakened Nurturing Spirit Sect for its plentiful resources and access to powerful soul inheritances. After he and Zhu Shiyu joined as Inner Sect Disciples, Chen Fei asked how he could become a True Inheritance Disciple.

• Zhu Shiyu recommended Heaven Star Palace, Fiend Moon Sect, and Nurturing Spirit Sect as possible sects for Chen Fei to join.
• Chen Fei chose the Nurturing Spirit Sect because its fallen Heavenly God Realm expert had left it with generous resources and fewer restrictions on its inheritances.
• Chen Fei and Zhu Shiyu traveled to Pine Forest City and demonstrated their techniques to a Nurturing Spirit Sect deacon.
• After strict identity checks, Chen Fei and Zhu Shiyu became Inner Sect Disciples and received robes, identity tokens, and the Nurturing Spirit Art.
• Chen Fei asked Guan Junli what he needed to do to become a True Inheritance Disciple.

Chen Fei learned how Inner Sect Disciples could become True Inheritance Disciples and decided to pursue the Heaven's Chosen List by openly displaying his talent. He then studied the Nurturing Spirit Sect's Tenth-Order cultivation arts and found a method for breaking through realms without Heaven and Earth Status Rank.

• Guan Junli explained that Inner Sect Disciples could become True Inheritance Disciples by reaching the Earth God Realm, passing the True Inheritance Tower after a hundred years, or entering the top hundred of the Heaven's Chosen List.
• Chen Fei considered whether to challenge the Heaven's Chosen List at his current Realm Lord Late Stage or first advance to Realm Lord Peak, then chose to display his talent rather than hide it.
• Chen Fei and Zhu Shiyu visited the Scripture Pavilion, where Chen Fei reviewed the Nurturing Spirit Sect's cultivation art inheritances.
• Chen Fei found a cultivation art describing a risky realm breakthrough using a soul one rank higher, pure elemental energy, burned flesh-and-blood essence, and special Natural Material Treasures.

Chen Fei studied cultivation methods in the Nurturing Spirit Sect’s Scripture Pavilion and chose Lu Zongcheng of Secluded Shadow Valley as his Heaven’s Chosen List challenge. Lu Zongcheng accepted after learning Chen Fei was only at Realm Lord Late Stage, and news of the challenge spread through the domain.

• Chen Fei learned that the Scripture Pavilion held three methods for breaking through without Status Rank Spirit Materials, each requiring divine soul strength one stage above his cultivation, and decided to seek True Inheritance Disciple status.
• Zhu Shiyu recommended Jia Wanli, Bai Shiwang, and Lu Zongcheng as potential challengers, and Chen Fei chose Lu because of the feud between their sects and the likelihood he would accept.
• Chen Fei asked Zhu Shiyu how much to wager and learned that five hundred Great Dao Stones would likely secure Lu’s acceptance; Chen then sought a place to borrow the stones.
• A challenge letter offering five hundred Great Dao Stones reached Lu Zongcheng, who ordered a disciple to verify Chen Fei’s cultivation and said he would accept if Chen was truly at Realm Lord Late Stage.
• Two days later, news that a Nurturing Spirit Sect Inner Sect Disciple had challenged a Secluded Shadow Valley Heaven’s Chosen List disciple spread.

Chen Fei challenged Lu Zongcheng of Secluded Shadow Valley while still at Realm Lord Late Stage, drawing attention across the Cold Mountain Domain. After testing Chen Fei’s strength and gathering to watch the match, the sects’ disciples and experts witnessed Lu Zongcheng open the fight; Chen Fei’s Earth God Skill began to emerge as nine massive dragons filled Lu Zongcheng’s view.

• Guan Junli questioned Chen Fei’s confidence in challenging Lu Zongcheng, then brought him to Lin Yuxi for a test of his moves.
• Lu Zongcheng learned that Chen Fei came from Azure Glow Domain and assumed he possessed powerful methods, but remained confident because he had recently comprehended an Earth God Skill.
• Five days later, Chen Fei and Lu Zongcheng met at Gold Sand City’s Martial Arts Arena, where disciples and Earth God Realm experts from both sects gathered to watch.
• Lu Zongcheng taunted Chen Fei for refusing a life-and-death agreement, and the two introduced themselves before beginning the match.
• Lu Zongcheng struck first with his Green Duckweed Spear, but Chen Fei burned his elemental energy and physique to raise his strength toward Realm Lord Peak and blocked with the Qian Yuan Sword.
• Lu Zongcheng demanded that Chen Fei use an Earth God Skill, then saw nine massive dragons fill his field of vision.

Chen Fei turned the battle against Lu Zongcheng around by revealing a second Earth God Skill, Azure Heavens Divine Seal, and repeatedly striking Lu Zongcheng’s divine soul. Lu Zongcheng was left heavily injured and trapped in Chen Fei’s attacks.

• Chen Fei trapped Lu Zongcheng with Nine Dragons Sealing Kill, but Lu Zongcheng used his Earth God Skill Raging Waves to shatter one dragon and weaken the seal.
• Lu Zongcheng’s Raging Waves shocked the spectators and made Nurturing Spirit Sect fear Chen Fei had challenged an opponent far stronger than expected.
• Chen Fei unleashed Azure Heavens Divine Seal, injuring Lu Zongcheng’s divine soul and stunning him despite his Green Duckweed Spear.
• Chen Fei struck with his Qian Yuan Sword while Lu Zongcheng remained trapped, worsening Lu Zongcheng’s injuries.
• Chen Fei used Azure Heavens Divine Seal twice more, disrupting Lu Zongcheng’s attacks and leaving him heavily injured when his spear rebounded into his body.

Chen Fei defeated Lu Zongcheng and became the talk of the Cold Mountain Domain after displaying extraordinary strength as a Realm Lord Late Stage. After confirming his background, the Nurturing Spirit Sect made him a True Inheritance Disciple and gave him resources and cultivation privileges; he began refining Great Dao Stones to advance further.

• Chen Fei used another Azure Heavens Divine Seal to force Secluded Shadow Valley to admit defeat before Lu Zongcheng could continue fighting.
• Chen Fei returned to the Nurturing Spirit Sect, where Tong Zhitian praised his performance, while Zhao Qianzhu led the defeated Secluded Shadow Valley disciples away.
• News of Chen Fei’s talent spread throughout the Cold Mountain Domain, and cultivators debated how highly he might rank after reaching Realm Lord Peak.
• The Nurturing Spirit Sect investigated Chen Fei’s origins and concluded that he was a refugee from the Azure Glow Domain who had likely gained power and Nine Dragons Sealing Kill through the Secret Realm.
• The Nurturing Spirit Sect made Chen Fei a True Inheritance Disciple, and Tong Zhitian gave him three thousand Great Dao Stones, access to Tenth-Order Inheritances, and monthly time in the Enlightenment Pool.
• Chen Fei returned to his courtyard on Heavenly Yang Peak and began refining the Great Dao Stones to raise his cultivation.

Chen Fei refined Status Rank Spirit Materials in the Nurturing Spirit Sect’s Grotto-heaven and broke through both his essence force and physique to Realm Lord Peak. After adapting to his new strength, he stood outside the sect’s Scripture Pavilion.

• Chen Fei finished refining the Great Dao Stones and went to the True Inheritance Hall to request materials for breaking through.
• Tong Zhitian led Chen Fei into a Grotto-heaven where the sect stored Status Rank Spirit Materials and explained that the sect had no materials left for breaking through to the Earth God Realm.
• Tong Zhitian gave Chen Fei materials for his essence force and physique, and Chen Fei used the first to break through to Realm Lord Peak.
• Chen Fei’s divine soul reached the Realm Lord limit, and he assessed how his stronger essence force would improve his combat skills.
• Chen Fei refined the second material to raise his physique to Realm Lord Peak, then went to the Nurturing Spirit Sect’s Scripture Pavilion.

After reaching Realm Lord Peak, Chen Fei collected every tenth-order inheritance and Earth God Skill in the Nurturing Spirit Sect’s Scripture Pavilion and fused them into new techniques. He began cultivating his upgraded techniques in the Ruin Realm, preparing for his eventual Heaven’s Chosen List challenge.

• Tong Zhitian gave Chen Fei Heaven Origin Gold to help the Qian Yuan Sword reach Top-Grade Realm Treasure sooner.
• Chen Fei took transcription copies of all the Scripture Pavilion’s tenth-order inheritances and Earth God Skills, drawing attention from the sect and the Cold Mountain Domain.
• Chen Fei read the inheritances in the Ruin Realm and fused them into the Soul Origin Sword Canon and Devil Sky Art.
• Chen Fei fused twenty-one Earth God Skills into Wind God, Heaven's Tilt, Nine Dragons Seal, and Dao Divine Seal, each reaching the level of a High-Grade Earth God Skill.
• Chen Fei simplified the new techniques and Earth God Skills, then used the Ruin Realm’s spiritual essence to begin cultivating them.

Chen Fei planned ways to break through to the Earth God Realm, including raising his physique and using Gathering God Transformation. When Liao Gongjin challenged him, Chen Fei accepted after changing the wager to Thunder Star Liquid, and the crowded Gold Sand City arena prepared for their match.

• Chen Fei assessed his cultivation and considered using his Status Panel Backup to attempt Gathering God Transformation once his divine soul reached the Earth God Realm Initial Stage.
• Chen Fei received a challenge from Liao Gongjin of Secluded Shadow Valley, ranked sixteenth on the Heaven's Chosen List.
• Chen Fei agreed to fight if the wager changed from Great Dao Stones to Thunder Star Liquid.
• Liao Gongjin accepted the revised wager, and Chen Fei agreed to meet him in Gold Sand City three days later.
• News of the match spread across Cold Mountain Domain, and cultivators filled the area around the Martial Arts Arena before it began.

Chen Fei faced Liao Gongjin of Secluded Shadow Valley in a Heaven’s Chosen List match, where Liao tried to exploit his movement-type Earth God Skill and trap Chen Fei after dodging Nine Dragons Sealing Kill. Chen Fei’s skill had transformed into a High-Grade Earth God Skill, and Liao was sealed and staggered as the chapter ended with Chen Fei facing him inside the seal.

• Secluded Shadow Valley brought Liao Gongjin to challenge Chen Fei, relying on his Tenth-Order Limit divine soul and elemental power and three Earth God Skills.
• Liao Gongjin accused Chen Fei of using Secluded Shadow Valley to climb the Heaven’s Chosen List, but Chen Fei rejected his moral posturing and accepted the fight.
• Liao Gongjin opened with Raging Waves and used Extreme Shadow to evade Chen Fei’s Nine Dragons Sealing Kill before striking at Chen from behind.
• A dragon’s roar disrupted Liao Gongjin’s essence power, and Nine Dragons Sealing Kill reappeared to trap him despite his earlier escape.
• Earth God Realm experts recognized that Chen Fei’s Nine Dragons Sealing Kill had become a High-Grade Earth God Skill, and its backlash numbed Liao Gongjin after his blade struck one of its dragons.

Chen Fei defeated Liao Gongjin by revealing a High-Grade Earth God Skill, Nine Dragons Seal, and his victory sparked speculation that he could rank sixth on the Heaven's Chosen List. After Cai Qiuying accepted the prospect of a challenge, Chen Fei sent her a Challenge Letter wagering rare spirit materials needed to advance his physique.

• Chen Fei trapped Liao Gongjin with Nine Dragons Seal and shattered half his body with a sword strike, forcing Zhao Qianzhu to admit defeat.
• Tong Zhitian shielded Chen Fei from Zhao Qianzhu, and Zhao Qianzhu led Secluded Shadow Valley away while other Earth God Realm experts congratulated Tong Zhitian.
• Cultivators judged Chen Fei strong enough to contend for sixth place, and Cai Qiuying publicly said she would await his challenge.
• Chen Fei refined Thunder Star Liquid, then learned Cai Qiuying had accepted the prospect of fighting him.
• Three days later, Chen Fei's Challenge Letter reached Azure Cloud Sect, offering Black Flames Fruit, Purple Auspicious Grass, and Jade Pendant Fruit as the wager.

Chen Fei prepared to challenge Cai Qiuying for sixth place on the Heaven's Chosen List, while Cai Qiuying planned to counter his High-Grade Earth God Skill with the Azure Cloud Sect's Primal Chaos Universe. After rumors about the Secret Art spread and drew the domain's top cultivators to Gold Sand City, Chen Fei and Cai Qiuying entered the Martial Arts Arena for their match.

• Cai Qiuying accepted Chen Fei's challenge and wager of Black Flames Fruit, Purple Auspicious Grass, and Jade Pendant Fruit, then considered targeting his physique with her Primal Chaos Universe Secret Art.
• News of Chen Fei's coming match spread through the Cold Mountain Domain, and cultivators gathered in Gold Sand City to see whether Cai Qiuying could overcome his High-Grade Earth God Skill.
• Rumors about Primal Chaos Universe spread throughout the domain, shifting most observers' expectations toward Cai Qiuying.
• Cai Qiuying dismissed Xing Siyu's concern that Chen Fei would be prepared for the Secret Art, arguing that knowing about it would not let him avoid its power.
• The top five on the Heaven's Chosen List and nearly fifty Earth God Realm experts arrived to watch as Chen Fei and Cai Qiuying stepped onto the Martial Arts Arena.