Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei fought Cai Qiuying for her sixth place on the Heaven's Chosen List, revealing that he had mastered two High-Grade Earth God Skills and using Soul Origin Kill to overcome her Primal Chaos Universe. The chapter left Cai Qiuying reeling after their weapons clashed, while the duel remained unresolved.

• Cai Qiuying asked Chen Fei how he cultivated Nine Dragons Seal, then began their match by activating Primal Chaos Universe.
• Cai Qiuying struck Chen Fei with her Moon Piercing Halberd, but he blocked her attack with the Qian Yuan Sword and revealed his second High-Grade Earth God Skill, Heaven's Tilt.
• Chen Fei activated Soul Origin Kill and advanced with Nine Dragons Seal and Wind God Guard, putting Cai Qiuying at a disadvantage.
• Cai Qiuying refused to concede and clashed with Chen Fei in midair, then turned pale and staggered back from the impact.

Chen Fei defeated Cai Qiuying in four moves, using Nine Dragons Seal and Heaven's Tilt to overwhelm her despite her desperate effort to strengthen Primal Chaos Universe. The victory raised Chen Fei to sixth on the Heaven's Chosen List, while the chapter ended with the realization that he could not challenge the top five without Five Elements Oak and an Earth God Realm soul.

• Cai Qiuying tried to retreat from Chen Fei's Qian Yuan Sword but could not escape its force, then rallied with Raging Battle and continued fighting.
• Chen Fei used Nine Dragons Seal to trap Cai Qiuying and Heaven's Tilt to injure her, leaving her with no room to dodge.
• Cai Qiuying forced Primal Chaos Universe to circulate more powerfully, but Chen Fei struck with greater strength and shattered part of her origin.
• Cai Qiuying admitted defeat, and Chen Fei dispersed Nine Dragons Seal before they left the Martial Arts Arena.
• The battle's result spread across the Cold Mountain Domain, where cultivators recognized Chen Fei's strength but noted that he lacked Five Elements Oak needed to surpass sixth place.

After returning to the Nurturing Spirit Sect, Chen Fei raised his physique to the Tenth-Order critical point and began creating a Secret Art that fused elemental energy, soul, and body. He challenged Qu Chengxiu for first place, but Qu refused, and Qiu Tangping then offered to fight him instead.

• Wei Liangzhen promised Chen Fei that the Nurturing Spirit Sect would obtain a Status Rank Spirit Material for him within ten years.
• Chen Fei refined the Black Flames Fruit and Purple Auspicious Grass, bringing his physique to the threshold of the Earth God Realm Initial Stage.
• Chen Fei entered the Ruin Realm and used the Nurturing Spirit Sect's inheritances and the Panel to begin fusing a three-aspect Secret Art.
• Chen Fei challenged Qu Chengxiu, but Qu refused after confirming that Chen Fei's soul had not transformed to the Earth God Realm Initial Stage.
• Qiu Tangping, third on the Heaven's Chosen List, asked Chen Fei to fight him instead.

Chen Fei accepted Qiu Tangping’s challenge and unveiled Soul Source Splitting in their match at Gold Sand City. He struck Qiu Tangping with overwhelming force, smashing him into the arena floor before the outcome was revealed.

• Qiu Tangping challenged Chen Fei, and Chen Fei agreed to meet him in Gold Sand City three days later.
• Chen Fei explained to Tong Zhitian that he wanted to test himself against the Heaven's Chosen List’s top five, while Tong Zhitian warned him about Qiu Tangping’s Earth God Realm divine soul.
• Cultivators and Earth God Realm experts gathered at Gold Sand City to watch the match, and Qiu Tangping and Chen Fei entered the Martial Arts Arena.
• Chen Fei activated Soul Source Splitting, greatly increasing his Aura and drawing attention from the spectators.
• Chen Fei rushed Qiu Tangping and struck with the Qian Yuan Sword, smashing Qiu Tangping into the ground.

Chen Fei overwhelmed Qiu Tangping in their Martial Arts Arena contest, forcing Qiu Tangping to unleash the High-Grade Divine Soul Skill Heaven's Advent. The chapter ended as Chen Fei met the descending Sky Curtain with Soul Source Splitting, Heaven's Tilt, and Dao Divine Seal.

• Qiu Tangping activated Frost Source Dissection and used Ice Domain and Profound Darkness, but Chen Fei's Heaven's Tilt forced him back and injured him.
• Chen Fei unleashed more of his strength and struck Qiu Tangping into the Nine Dragons Seal, leaving him nearly seriously injured.
• Qiu Tangping abandoned the ordinary contest and summoned Heaven's Advent, shattering the Nine Dragons Seal as Tong Zhitian watched for danger.
• Chen Fei raised the Qian Yuan Sword and used Soul Source Splitting, Heaven's Tilt, and Dao Divine Seal against the descending Sky Curtain.

Chen Fei defeated Qiu Tangping and claimed third place on the Heaven's Chosen List, despite withstanding repeated Earth God-level divine soul attacks without serious injury. The story left Chen preparing to challenge the top-ranked Qu Chengxiu after reviewing a recording of his past match.

• Qiu Tangping repeatedly unleashed Heaven's Advent, but Chen Fei endured the attacks and rapidly restored his divine soul.
• Chen Fei charged Qiu Tangping's final Heaven's Advent and slashed through its Sky Curtain, sending Qiu Tangping crashing into the arena barrier.
• A Freezing Frost Hall expert admitted defeat for Qiu Tangping, and the crowd celebrated Chen Fei's rise to third place on the Heaven's Chosen List.
• Chen Fei and the Nurturing Spirit Sect left Gold Sand City as news of his victory spread throughout Cold Mountain Domain.
• At Heavenly Yang Peak, Chen Fei studied a recording of Qu Chengxiu and judged that Qu's soul might be near the Earth God Realm Middle Stage.

Chen Fei prepared to face Qu Chengxiu by mastering Phantom Divine Shadow, then challenged him again. A Heavenly God Realm expert changed their match into a contest inside a controlled Secret Realm to claim Gold Banquet Bamboo, and Chen Fei and Qu Chengxiu entered as the spectators watched remotely.

• Chen Fei reasoned through how Qu Chengxiu’s divine-soul skill might threaten him and decided to learn another Earth God Skill for defense.
• Zhu Shiyu brought Chen Fei several ordinary Earth God Skills, and Chen Fei mastered Phantom Divine Shadow in the Ruin Realm Void.
• Chen Fei sent Qu Chengxiu a Challenge Letter, and Qu Chengxiu accepted a match in Gold Sand City three days later.
• Luo Guanglong proposed that Chen Fei and Qu Chengxiu compete in a controlled Secret Realm, with whoever found the Gold Banquet Bamboo declared the winner.
• Chen Fei and Qu Chengxiu arrived in South Creek City, learned that the Gold Banquet Bamboo grew on the central snowy mountaintop, and entered the Secret Realm as the contest appeared on Sky Curtains across the Cold Mountain Domain.

Chen Fei crossed the Secret Realm using concealment and heightened perception, avoiding eleventh-order monsters as he headed toward the Gold Banquet Bamboo. He discovered and seized a portion of Five Elements Oak, then escaped with it, leaving everyone wondering whether he would consume it and forfeit the contest.

• Chen Fei entered the Secret Realm, activated Hidden Shadow and Searching the Heavens and Earth, and cautiously advanced toward its core.
• Chen Fei sensed eleventh-order monsters before they detected him and changed course to avoid them as he moved deeper into the Secret Realm.
• Chen Fei discovered a lake guarded by monsters and recognized a portion of Five Elements Oak wedged into a rock.
• Chen Fei sent the Night Demon War Soldier to draw the monsters away, then seized the Five Elements Oak and fled toward the outer perimeter.
• Chen Fei examined the Five Elements Oak while Qiu Xihong and the watching cultivators waited to see whether he would refine it and accept defeat.

Chen Fei kept the Five Elements Oak without refining it and continued the contest, then abandoned the dangerous Gold Banquet Bamboo route to challenge Qu Chengxiu directly. Their battle began with Qu Chengxiu’s powerful skills, while Chen Fei used a new Earth God Skill to split into two figures and weaken the attack.

• Chen Fei stored the Five Elements Oak in the Qian Yuan Sword and advanced toward the Central Snow Mountain, using Night Demon War Soldiers to distract eleventh-order monsters.
• Chen Fei sensed that the Gold Banquet Bamboo was moving amid the many eleventh-order monsters and decided to defeat Qu Chengxiu instead of risking entry into the mountain’s core.
• Chen Fei revealed himself to Qu Chengxiu and led him away from the Central Snow Mountain so they could settle the contest in battle.
• Qu Chengxiu opened the fight with Spirit Binding Kill and God Descent, and Chen Fei used Phantom Divine Shadow to create two figures and force the attacks to cover both.
• Chen Fei’s true body nullified Qu Chengxiu’s weakened attacks, surprising the observers and Qiu Xihong.

Chen Fei countered Qu Chengxiu’s ranged attacks and exposed the limits of Qu Chengxiu’s single High-Grade Earth God Skill. After revealing his own movement skill, Chen Fei trapped and overwhelmed Qu Chengxiu, who withdrew from the Secret Realm.

• Chen Fei used Phantom Divine Shadow to evade Qu Chengxiu’s God Descent, leaving Qu Chengxiu unable to injure him.
• Qu Chengxiu retreated while attacking from range, but Chen Fei used Wind God to catch up and Phantom Divine Shadow to confuse him.
• Chen Fei exploited an opening in Qu Chengxiu’s spear attack, forced him back, and trapped him with Nine Dragons Seal.
• Chen Fei struck Qu Chengxiu with Heaven’s Tilt until Qu Chengxiu broke free with God Descent, worsening his injuries.
• Chen Fei caught Qu Chengxiu as he tried to retreat and struck him hard enough to make him spit Blood Mist, prompting Qu Chengxiu to leave the Secret Realm.

Chen Fei defeated Qu Chengxiu and took the top spot on the Heaven's Chosen List, securing resources for the Nurturing Spirit Sect. After returning, he created the Hidden Pearl Art and used the Five Elements Oak to transform his Spirit Soul to the Earth God Realm Initial Stage, then prepared to cultivate his physique.

• Qu Chengxiu withdrew from the Secret Realm, conceding his place as leader of the Heaven's Chosen List to Chen Fei.
• Cultivators across the Cold Mountain Domain reacted to Chen Fei's victory, while the Nurturing Spirit Sect celebrated the resources his ranking would bring.
• Qiu Xihong brought Chen Fei to South Creek City's secret vault, where Chen Fei studied the Hidden Pearl Art and chose a Tenth-Order body-tempering inheritance for the sect.
• Chen Fei returned to the Nurturing Spirit Sect and created the Hidden Pearl Art in the Ruin Realm Void.
• Chen Fei swallowed the Five Elements Oak and transformed his Spirit Soul to the Earth God Realm Initial Stage.
• Chen Fei swallowed the Jade Pendant Fruit, ready to cultivate his physique to the Earth God Realm Initial Stage without risking demonic corruption.

Chen Fei broke through to the Earth God Realm Initial Stage in physique and essence by burning his soul and physique, using his Status Panel Backup to restore his soul, and drawing on Status Rank Fragments to complete his Heaven and Earth Status Rank. Five days later, he received a message that Elder Wei had summoned him.

• Chen Fei used the Jade Pendant Fruit, a Night Demon War Soldier, and Realm Treasures, then reversed Gathering God Transformation to burn his soul and break through to an Earth God Realm Initial Stage physique.
• Chen Fei activated his Status Panel Backup to restore only his soul, regaining Earth God Realm Initial Stage strength and control over his new physique.
• Chen Fei used Gathering God Transformation to burn his physique and force his essence cultivation past its barrier, then struggled to condense a Heaven and Earth Status Rank before demonic nature overwhelmed him.
• Chen Fei merged six Status Rank Fragments into his divine soul, speeding up his condensation of the Heaven and Earth Status Rank and completing his breakthrough to the Earth God Realm Initial Stage.
• Five days later, Chen Fei received a message that Elder Wei had summoned him.

Chen Fei studied the demonic risks of Rule Characteristics and met Wei Daozhen, who revealed himself as an eleventh-order Primordial Demon and tried to kill him. Chen Fei exposed his own Earth God Realm strength and overwhelmed Wei Daozhen, leaving the demon severely battered and still fighting.

• Chen Fei studied the Status Rank Fragments, comprehended the Rule Characteristic Stagnation, and learned that Rule Characteristics also carried demonic nature.
• Chen Fei visited Wei Daozhen at Heaven Thousand Peak after confirming the Hidden Pearl Art concealed his cultivation.
• Wei Daozhen sealed the courtyard, revealed his Primordial Demon nature, and attacked Chen Fei on behalf of his higher-ups.
• Chen Fei blocked Wei Daozhen’s strike and revealed that both his cultivation and physique had reached the Earth God Realm Initial Stage.
• Chen Fei seized Wei Daozhen, battered him with punches and kicks, and smashed apart much of his body.

Chen Fei defeated and captured Wei Daozhen, then searched his soul and learned that Primordial Demons were infiltrating the Cold Mountain Domain. As the Nurturing Spirit Sect investigated attacks on its prodigies, Chen Fei fused the incomplete inheritances he found into the Godslaying Sword.

• Chen Fei sealed the gravely wounded Wei Daozhen and concealed him in the Ruin Realm, avoiding an immediate alarm from the Nurturing Spirit Sect.
• Chen Fei searched Wei Daozhen's memories and obtained incomplete versions of the Heavenly Godslaying Sword and Devil Eye Art, but found no information about other Primordial Demons.
• Tong Zhitian told Chen Fei that Qiu Tangping had died, Qu Chengxiu was near death, and three other prodigies were missing; Chen Fei revealed that Wei Daozhen had summoned him the previous day.
• The Nurturing Spirit Sect elders went to investigate Wei Daozhen while Tong Zhitian warned Chen Fei to stay cautious amid the infiltrators.
• Chen Fei fused the Soul Origin Sword Canon with the two incomplete inheritances to create the Godslaying Sword, then simplified the technique and its Sluggishness Rule Characteristic.

Chen Fei mastered the Stagnation Rule Characteristic and began refining his Demon Suppression technique while the Cold Mountain Domain reeled from Primordial Demon attacks and empowered Aberrations. The domain’s forces conscripted cultivators, including Chen Fei, to attack the Aberrations and divide their power through connected Secret Realms.

• Chen Fei perfected the Godslaying Sword, advanced the Stagnation Rule Characteristic to full mastery, and gained a deeper understanding of the Mystic Feather World.
• Chen Fei assessed how far he could push his Rule Characteristic and returned to the Ruin Realm to optimize Demon Suppression.
• Zhu Shiyu told Chen Fei that hidden Primordial Demons had cursed and polluted several Heavenly God Realm experts, weakening them.
• Zhu Shiyu warned Chen Fei that fear was strengthening the Aberrations, which threatened to consume more cities and break the Cold Mountain Domain’s formations.
• The Cold Mountain Domain ordered its forces to attack the Aberrations by linking them to controlled Secret Realms, and conscripted Chen Fei and other cultivators.

Chen Fei learned from Tong Zhitian that the expanding Sky Desolation separated Cold Mountain Domain from other territories and that Mystic Feather World might be the remains of a dead power or a breeding ground. The group began attacking Bowang City's abnormality by entering houses split away from the city, and Chen Fei found himself in a vast field of wheat.

• Chen Fei asked Tong Zhitian why the classics said so little about what lay beyond Cold Mountain Domain, and Tong explained that cultivators needed Heavenly God Realm Peak strength to cross Sky Desolation.
• Tong Zhitian told Chen Fei that Sky Desolation was expanding and shared the Founding Ancestor's theories that Mystic Feather World was either the remains of a dead power or a breeding ground.
• Chen Fei and the Nurturing Spirit Sect group arrived in Lian Juan City, where Tong Zhitian explained that cultivators would destroy houses split from Bowang City to weaken its abnormality.
• A heartbeat-like sound blurred Bowang City and caused houses to appear outside its walls, so Tong Zhitian led Chen Fei and the others into one of them.
• Chen Fei opened his eyes inside the house and found himself standing in a boundless field of wheat.

Chen Fei used his overwhelming strength to break the wheat-field anomaly and help Tong Zhitian’s group escape, collecting several rare spiritual materials along the way. The larger battle around Bowang City continued, with casualties mounting and further waves still to come.

• Chen Fei saw through the false Lin Yuxi, destroyed the wheat field, and was sent back to the moment he had first entered it.
• Chen Fei repeatedly crushed the restored wheat field while Tong Zhitian and the other Realm Lords helped weaken the anomaly from within.
• Chen Fei used his Stagnation Rule Characteristic to seize Ice Soul Wood and later obtained two more portions of Eleventh-Order Spiritual Materials.
• Tong Zhitian tore open the space and brought the group out of the anomaly, where Chen Fei saw that two Realm Lord Peak members were missing and Lin Yuxi was badly wounded.
• Chen Fei and the others received healing medicines in Lian Juan City as the battle against Bowang City’s anomalies continued and losses grew.

Chen Fei destroyed the strange village inside Bowang City and discovered that two Eleventh-Order Primordial Demons, Yu Chenggu and Wei Xusheng, had been sent to kill him. After Chen Fei wounded Yu Chenggu and restrained Wei Xusheng, Yu Dongzhou revealed himself as another Primordial Demon and attacked Chen Fei.

• Cold Mountain Domain's cultivators destroyed the houses outside Bowang City, then entered stronger courtyards that appeared after the Secret Realm struck again.
• Inside a strange village, Chen Fei destroyed a funeral procession and a wedding procession, causing the village to vanish.
• Yu Chenggu and Wei Xusheng revealed themselves as Eleventh-Order Initial Stage Primordial Demons and attacked Chen Fei.
• Chen Fei used Phantom Divine Shadow to mislead the Primordial Demons, then kicked Yu Chenggu through the stomach and trapped Wei Xusheng with nine giant dragons.
• Chen Fei suspected Yu Dongzhou, who had been among the squad's Earth God Realm experts, and Yu Dongzhou revealed himself as an Eleventh-Order Middle Stage Primordial Demon before attacking with his Blood Blade Saber.

Chen Fei fought Yu Dongzhou and killed Yu Chenggu and Wei Xusheng while resisting the power of the anomaly. Yu Dongzhou unleashed a massive Divine Soul attack, but Chen Fei’s own Divine Soul had also reached the Earth God Realm Middle Stage.

• Chen Fei blocked Yu Dongzhou’s attack with Demon Suppression and used a Space Grid killing move to cut Yu Chenggu in two and grievously wound Wei Xusheng.
• Chen Fei entered the Nine Dragons Seal and killed Wei Xusheng before Yu Dongzhou’s use of the anomaly’s power shattered the seal.
• Chen Fei endured the anomaly’s corrosive forces and charged Yu Dongzhou, raising his Stagnation Rule Characteristic to seventy percent to restrain him.
• Yu Dongzhou grew several hundred zhang tall and unleashed a Divine Soul attack, while Chen Fei’s six layers of Sub-Divine Soul shattered around his core Divine Soul.

Chen Fei killed Yu Dongzhou during the anomaly by unleashing a Complete Rule Characteristic, then recovered and returned to Lian Juan City with the others. He revealed his breakthrough to the Earth God Realm, and Qi Chuanjiang approved of his successful but dangerous advance.

• Chen Fei overwhelmed Yu Dongzhou, but Yu Dongzhou burned his divine soul and plane with Heavenly Devil Disintegration to trap him in a Blood Sea.
• Chen Fei charged at Yu Dongzhou, shattered his Heaven and Earth Status Rank, and forced his Stagnation Rule Characteristic to one hundred percent, striking Yu Dongzhou down with a Sword Thread.
• Chen Fei's Aura began to collapse, but he stabilized it by absorbing shattered Mid-Grade Immortal Crystals, while Yu Dongzhou burned to ashes and suffered Dao Dissipation.
• The anomaly collapsed fifteen minutes later, returning Chen Fei, Qi Chuanjiang, Tong Zhitian, and the others to outside Lian Juan City, where they found three Realm Lord Realm disciples missing.
• Chen Fei revealed that he had forcibly condensed a Heaven and Earth Status Rank and broken through to the Earth God Realm, and Qi Chuanjiang praised his success.