Chapter Summaries

Chen Fei and Guo Linshan encountered Fu Zhaoxing’s group fleeing from a strange band of pursuers and considered joining forces to fight them for their Iron Tags. Yu Doushan appeared and let Fu Zhaoxing’s group cut him apart, then reformed from the scattered flesh and attacked them.

• Chen Fei led Guo Linshan away from the pursuing group, while Fu Zhaoxing activated the Flying Peng Stance to escape with his companions.
• Fu Zhaoxing stopped and proposed combining forces with Chen Fei to counterattack the pursuers, but Chen Fei initially refused because their numbers were too small.
• After Fu Zhaoxing offered to join forces with a gathered group from the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, Chen Fei and Guo Linshan considered the plan for the Iron Tags.
• Yu Doushan suddenly appeared before them, and Fu Zhaoxing and his companions attacked him with their combined technique.
• Yu Doushan collapsed into minced flesh, but Fu Zhaoxing sensed danger and ordered everyone to retreat before flesh tentacles struck at them.
• Yu Doushan re-formed from the flesh and announced that he could now strike back, as Fu Zhaoxing and the others charged at him again.

Chen Fei and Guo Linshan fled as Yu Doushan transformed into a seemingly unstoppable mass of flesh and blood, then sought help from a large group led by Jiao Xiangyuan. As Fu Zhaoxing arrived with only two others and warned that the monster was still chasing them, the group faced the threat together.

• Chen Fei sensed that Yu Doushan's transformation came from control of his flesh and blood rather than a cultivation technique, and he and Guo Linshan fled toward a larger group.
• Fu Zhaoxing escaped the monster with two junior brothers and headed toward the strongest gathering of Iron Tags to warn everyone.
• Chen Fei and Guo Linshan reached a group led by Jiao Xiangyuan, where Zeng Jing'an and Mou Yuanchang challenged them over their Iron Tags.
• Chen Fei warned the group that a demon beast might have possessed a martial artist and was hunting people, while Jiao Xiangyuan took the warning seriously.
• Fu Zhaoxing arrived with only two companions and announced that the monster was pursuing them and could not be stopped.

Chen Fei and Fu Zhaoxing convinced Jiao Xiangyuan’s group that the Rabbit Demons were possessing martial artists and urged them to gather allies before the threat grew. Yu Doushan and the possessed arrived to force the group to join them, and Jiao Xiangyuan struck Yu Doushan down as the others watched to see whether he would recover.

• Fu Zhaoxing explained how Yu Doushan had survived being smashed into meat paste, and the group considered that Rabbit Demons were possessing martial artists.
• Chen Fei urged Jiao Xiangyuan and the others to gather more people and eliminate the Rabbit Demons before they grew stronger.
• Yu Doushan and a dozen blood-colored figures appeared behind the group, including possessed martial artists and Fu Zhaoxing’s dead junior brothers.
• Yu Doushan demanded that the group join him, then pounced when Jiao Xiangyuan refused.
• Jiao Xiangyuan pierced Yu Doushan’s heart and shattered his body with the Rending Sword Art, while Chen Fei waited to see how the Rabbit Demon would recover.

Chen Fei discovered that Mind Power could disrupt the Rabbit Demons’ bloodline-based regeneration and killed one by combining Mind Skills with his sword. He realized this explained why Yu Doushan only attacked after being struck, as the battle’s outcome began to hinge on exploiting that weakness.

• Jiao Xiangyuan fought Yu Doushan, but the Rabbit Demon recovered from repeated fatal injuries, adapted to Jiao Xiangyuan’s techniques, and began overpowering him.
• Chen Fei shot down Rabbit Demons with his bow, observed their regeneration, and tested how quickly they recovered from different injuries.
• As the fighters realized the Rabbit Demons could outlast them, Chen Fei approached a recovering Marrow Refining Realm Rabbit Demon and examined its flesh and blood.
• Chen Fei used Fleeting Eternity to slow the Rabbit Demon and discovered that Mind Power fluctuations sustained its regeneration.
• Chen Fei struck the Rabbit Demon’s severed arm with another Mind Skill, then killed it with a sword slash infused with Mind Power.
• Chen Fei looked toward Yu Doushan and understood why the Rabbit Demon had only attacked after someone struck first.

Chen Fei discovered that Mind Power could stop the Rabbit Demons from absorbing attacks and recovering, and he rallied the martial artists to fight back. He and Jiao Xiangyuan cornered Yu Doushan, leaving the Rabbit Demon halted by Chen Fei’s sword shield as Jiao Xiangyuan’s Starfall Sword closed in.

• Chen Fei explained how the Rabbit Demons absorbed Mind Power and ordered the martial artists to switch opponents and attack with their Mind Power.
• Chen Fei killed Sun Zonghai with a Mind Power strike, proving that the Rabbit Demons could be killed once their recovery was countered.
• The martial artists attached Mind Power to their attacks, slowing the Rabbit Demons’ recovery, while Jiao Xiangyuan found that Yu Doushan remained difficult to suppress.
• Jiao Xiangyuan called for Chen Fei’s help, and Chen Fei joined him to fight Yu Doushan.
• Chen Fei used Starry Night Sword to block Yu Doushan’s charge, and Jiao Xiangyuan’s Starfall Sword struck as the Rabbit Demon was left momentarily stiff.

Chen Fei and the others nearly destroyed Yu Doushan by erasing the Mind Power in his flesh, but Yu Doushan escaped using a desperate feint. Chen Fei pursued him alone, and Yu Doushan tried to bargain for his life by offering to lead Chen to Iron Tags.

• Chen Fei and the others attacked Yu Doushan’s scattered flesh with Mind Power while Jiao Xiangyuan kept it from reassembling.
• The group killed the other Rabbit Demons and joined in weakening Yu Doushan, while Chen Fei’s combat strength earned him their respect.
• Yu Doushan concentrated his Mind Power, injured Mou Yuanchang with a backlash, and feigned a mutual-destruction attack before fleeing.
• Chen Fei recognized the escape ploy and chased Yu Doushan as the others failed to keep up.
• Yu Doushan offered to show Chen Fei where to find Iron Tags, but immediately accused him of lying when Chen agreed.

Chen Fei killed the Rabbit Demon and encountered its friend, Ginseng Baka, who proved powerful but was willing to trade for an Iron Tag. After rejecting Baka’s demands for living humans and Dreamlike Lotus Seeds, Chen Fei offered to cook a dish from herbs, leaving Baka curious about the exchange.

• Chen Fei used Swift Movement to catch and kill the fleeing Rabbit Demon as it called for its friend, Baka.
• Ginseng Baka emerged from a cave, grew into a giant, punched at Chen Fei, then shrank back and said he had done enough for his friend.
• Baka explained that the Rabbit Demon had given him a human to absorb, which taught him to speak, and Chen Fei asked about finding an Iron Tag.
• Baka offered to retrieve an Iron Tag in exchange for two living humans, then suggested Dreamlike Lotus Seeds when Chen Fei refused.
• Chen Fei showed Baka a roast chicken, asked what he ate, and offered to make him a dish from herbs in exchange for the Iron Tag.

Chen Fei finished the Rabbit Demon and collected the Iron Tags, then declined Jiao Xiangyuan’s team and returned alone to Baka. Baka showed Chen Fei a pile of rare, decades-old herbs and asked whether they were enough to cook with.

• Jiao Xiangyuan gave Guo Linshan four Iron Tags to distribute, and Chen Fei returned, confirming that he had killed the Rabbit Demon.
• Chen Fei received three Iron Tags, bringing his total to six, and declined Jiao Xiangyuan’s invitation to travel with the group.
• Guo Linshan chose to stay with Jiao Xiangyuan’s team rather than travel with Chen Fei, who then concealed his Iron Tags and went back to Baka.
• Chen Fei kept his distance from Baka and asked to see its herbs before deciding what to cook.
• Baka brought out more than thirty herbs, all over fifty years old, including one nearing a hundred years, and asked if they were enough.

Chen Fei won Baka’s trust and appetite by mixing two unusual medicinal liquids from Baka’s herbs. He bargained with Baka for the Iron Tag and left Baka eager to retrieve it in exchange for twenty bowls of the drinks.

• Chen Fei mixed a pale-green medicinal liquid from Baka’s herbs, and Baka cautiously tasted it before drinking the bowl.
• Baka enjoyed the first drink, then eagerly finished a second, fiery-tasting medicinal liquid.
• Chen Fei offered to make more medicinal liquid in exchange for the Iron Tag, while Baka asked for ten bowls of each kind.
• Chen Fei agreed to Baka’s counteroffer and struck palms with him as an oath.
• Baka agreed to fetch the Iron Tag from the Strange Locust Tree while Chen Fei prepared the medicinal liquids.

Chen Fei traded handmade medicinal liquids for an Iron Tag from Baka and learned that the Dreamlike Lotus was too powerful for Baka to defeat. After discovering Baka knew the Scarlet Fruit Tree, Chen Fei proposed luring away the snake guarding it so Baka could take the fruits.

• Chen Fei made Baka promise to retrieve an Iron Tag before he prepared more medicinal liquid, then sorted the herbs while Baka went to get it.
• Baka returned injured after fighting the Strange Locust Tree and handed Chen Fei an Iron Tag in exchange for twenty-two bowls of medicinal liquid.
• Baka drank all the bowls and asked Chen Fei to keep making more, while Chen Fei asked whether he knew of other Iron Tags, Lotus Seeds, or Lotus Leaves.
• Baka said he could not defeat the Dreamlike Lotus, and Chen Fei learned that Baka also wanted the fruits from the Scarlet Fruit Tree but could not overcome its guardian snake.
• Chen Fei offered to lure the snake away, and Baka said he was confident he could take the fruits from the tree.

Chen Fei lured the python away from the Scarlet Fruit Tree so Baka could approach it and claim the remaining Scarlet Fruit. After Chen Fei’s attacks failed to kill the python, it ignored the tree’s summons and continued pursuing him while Baka fought the tree.

• Chen Fei and Baka agreed to split the Scarlet Fruit equally, and Chen Fei went ahead to draw the python away.
• Chen Fei found only one fruit remaining and attacked the python, enraging it with arrows and a sword strike that failed to pierce its skull.
• Chen Fei led the pursuing python several li from the tree while repeatedly shooting its head and wearing down its defenses.
• The Scarlet Fruit Tree summoned the python, but Chen Fei’s arrows made it turn back to pursue him instead.
• Baka transformed into a giant and charged within five meters of the Scarlet Fruit Tree as its branches whipped at him.

Baka fought through the Scarlet Fruit Tree’s attacks, took a Scarlet Fruit, and tore off a branch for Chen Fei before returning to the burrow. Chen Fei prepared the fruit for Baka’s enjoyment and drank his own portion, which hit him like a ball of flame.

• Baka entered its Berserk Form, broke through the Scarlet Fruit Tree’s branches, and pulled down a Scarlet Fruit with its branch.
• Baka kicked the tree’s trunk and ran back to the burrow with the fruit and branch as the pursuing python abandoned Chen Fei and headed for the tree.
• Chen Fei confirmed the fruit was a Scarlet Fruit and accepted the branch as a valuable Spiritual Material.
• Chen Fei explained the choice between a more nutritious preparation and a tastier one, and Baka chose taste.
• Chen Fei prepared a bowl of medicinal liquid for Baka, who found it exceptionally delicious.
• Chen Fei drank his own Scarlet Fruit mixture, and the heat made his body feel as if it were catching fire.

Chen Fei refined the remaining half of the Scarlet Fruit, advancing his Marrow Refining Realm cultivation and drawing Baka into seeking more Spiritual Materials for medicinal liquids. After Baka returned from a fight with the Strange Locust Tree carrying its fruit and leaves, Chen Fei discovered that the materials had an unusual effect on his Mind Power.

• Chen Fei dissolved the remaining Scarlet Fruit into medicinal liquid and refined it, raising his Marrow Refining Realm progress to nearly seventy percent.
• Baka praised the Scarlet Fruit medicinal liquid, and Chen Fei promised to prepare more flavors from edible Spiritual Materials.
• Baka set out to obtain fruit from the Strange Locust Tree while Chen Fei refined the remaining medicinal power for two days.
• Baka returned battered after fighting the Strange Locust Tree and gave Chen Fei its fruit and leaves.
• Chen Fei tested the Strange Locust Tree materials and found that his Mind Power had become still while remaining sharply perceptive.

Chen Fei prepared Strange Locust Tree medicinal juice to help Baka resist the Dreamlike Lotus’s mental suppression, then followed him toward the pool. There, they found a large group attacking the Lotus with a spiritual artifact, and Chen Fei was confronted by Pan Baoxue and an archer.

• Chen Fei learned that the Strange Locust Tree had few leaves, but their effects could help Baka resist the Dreamlike Lotus’s illusions.
• Chen Fei spent nearly two hours preparing medicinal juice from the Strange Locust Tree leaves and fruit, and Baka agreed to try it.
• Chen Fei and Baka reached the pool and saw more than forty martial artists attacking an injured Dreamlike Lotus behind a blue barrier.
• Chen Fei recognized a Night Pearl as the source of the barrier and wondered how someone below the Aperture Refining Realm could fully activate the spiritual artifact.
• Pan Baoxue recognized Chen Fei and called for Lei Shixiong and others to attack him, while an archer shot an arrow that embedded itself in the ground before Chen Fei.

Chen Fei arrived at the Dreamlike Lotus gathering, but Pan Baoxue turned Ma Xuefei and Lei Yingchao against him, prompting them to block his departure over his Iron Tag. Chen Fei evaded their attacks and shot Pan Baoxue, severing his arm.

• Chen Fei assessed the Dreamlike Lotus and spoke with Lei Yingchao, who ordered him to leave the area.
• Pan Baoxue told Ma Xuefei a false account of his past encounter with Chen Fei and urged her to seize him for his Iron Tag.
• As Chen Fei tried to leave, Ma Xuefei shot at him and Lei Yingchao joined the others in blocking his escape.
• Chen Fei used Soaring Void Wander to evade their attacks and questioned why they were forcing him to stay.
• Chen Fei fired an arrow past Lei Yingchao and severed Pan Baoxue's arm.

Chen Fei escaped Lei Yingchao's group and learned from Baka that the Ground Rat would appear if the Dreamlike Lotus's true body was threatened. As Chen Fei watched the group damage the lotus's roots, a Black Line attacked the guards around the pool.

• Chen Fei wounded Pan Baoxue with an arrow, dodged Lei Yingchao and Ma Xuefei's attacks, and escaped because they could not catch him.
• Baka told Chen Fei that the Ground Rat would appear if anyone tried to kill the Dreamlike Lotus's true body.
• Chen Fei and Baka returned to a vantage point, where Chen Fei watched the martial artists destroy the lotus's roots while carefully avoiding its true body.
• Baka cried out as a Black Line rushed toward the pool, killing several guards and scattering their bodies into chunks of blood and flesh.

The Ground Rat slaughtered the martial artists guarding the Dreamlike Lotus, overcame Lei Yingchao’s desperate defense, and was surrounded as the lotus’s barrier weakened. After Baka warned Chen Fei that the Rat Demon had been enraged, it shrank, unleashed a piercing cry, and killed the martial artists surrounding it, leaving the battle at the pool in chaos.

• The Ground Rat charged toward the Dreamlike Lotus and dismembered martial artists, including two early-stage Viscera Refining Realm fighters.
• Lei Yingchao blocked the Rat Demon with Capturing Iron Hand, but it broke through his defense despite Ma Xuefei’s arrow and his use of Self-Sacrifice Art.
• The Rat Demon struck Lei Yingchao gravely, while the other martial artists attacked the Dreamlike Lotus and rushed to surround the beast.
• Chen Fei watched from several hundred meters away as Baka told him the Rat Demon had been enraged.
• The Rat Demon shrank after its piercing cry and swiftly killed the martial artists besieging it, leaving them mortally wounded.

Chen Fei watched the Ground Rat slaughter martial artists and Xiao Liling trap it with the Exquisite Pearl while her group attacked the Dreamlike Lotus. After the Lotus self-destructed and its essence fled, Chen Fei pursued it as Ma Xuefei, Ling Jiahua, and other hidden martial artists joined the chase.

• The Ground Rat killed more than a dozen Viscera Refining Realm martial artists, then shrank and paused to recover as Ma Xuefei fled.
• Xiao Liling trapped the Ground Rat with the Exquisite Pearl and ordered her companions to keep attacking the Dreamlike Lotus.
• The Ground Rat battered the barrier while the Dreamlike Lotus self-destructed, filling the enclosure with rippling force and weakening the Exquisite Pearl.
• Xiao Liling opened the barrier to release the force, then flung the Ground Rat away before it could escape.
• Chen Fei followed Baka to chase the fleeing Dreamlike Lotus's essence as Ma Xuefei, Ling Jiahua, and other martial artists pursued it too.
• Ling Jiahua slashed at Chen Fei, but Chen Fei used the sword shield to turn the force aside and raced ahead.

Chen Fei seized the weakened Dreamlike Lotus after disrupting the three Viscera Refining Realm cultivators pursuing it, then fled with them in pursuit. As a powerful sense of danger approached, he realized the Rat Demon Xiao Liling had flung away was still a threat.

• Ling Jiahua and Ma Xuefei watched Chen Fei overtake them as he pursued the Dreamlike Lotus, while three Viscera Refining Realm cultivators kept pace with him.
• An Shiji tried to claim the Dreamlike Lotus, but Duan Yinfeng and Wei Baolai intervened, allowing the Spiritual Material to unleash a mind-force attack and escape underground.
• Chen Fei tracked the Dreamlike Lotus, blasted it out of the ground, seized it, and erased its spiritual wisdom.
• Chen Fei blocked Wei Baolai and fled with the Dreamlike Lotus as An Shiji, Duan Yinfeng, and Wei Baolai chased him.
• The Thousand Source Incantation accelerated as Chen Fei sensed danger approaching and recognized the Rat Demon as the real threat.

Chen Fei secured the Dreamlike Lotus by splitting its scent between himself and An Shiji, then shared its medicinal power with Baka while keeping most of it for himself. After his Mind Power doubled, Chen Fei sensed the Secret Realm’s dangers and decided to leave for the Yuan Chen Sword Sect and claim the True Inheritance Disciple inheritance.

• Chen Fei used Baka and a portion of the Dreamlike Lotus as bait to draw the Rat Demon away, then hid the remaining source in his Space Grid.
• Chen Fei returned to Baka, prepared the Dreamlike Lotus medicinal liquid, and drank most of its power while Baka consumed the rest and stood guard.
• As the Secret Realm’s deadline approached, battles over Iron Tags intensified, and Guo Linshan’s group survived an ambush and gathered enough tags.
• On the ninth day, Chen Fei finished refining the Dreamlike Lotus and found that his Mind Power had doubled, accelerating his inner-force cultivation.
• Chen Fei sensed danger around Half Bottle Mountain, told Baka he was leaving, and set out for the exit to return to the Yuan Chen Sword Sect.