Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng used Bai Bing’s strength and an invented powerful master to make the Lei Family annul Shao Yue’s marriage, then learned that the secret realm was likely a deadly tomb. When Lu Feng reached the Azure Sky Array Association, Qiao Mumu and the others had already left for the secret realm.

• Lu Feng persuaded Bai Bing to pose as his maid while he demanded an explanation from the Lei Family and annulment of Shao Yue’s marriage.
• Lu Feng bluffed Lei Ao and Lei Shuang with his cultivation, Bai Bing’s strength, and a fabricated master, and Lei Ao agreed to call off the marriage.
• Lu Feng and Bai Bing reassured Shao Yue, then Bai Bing warned Lu Feng that a family experienced in exploring secret realms had lost more than a dozen Five Elements Realm soulmasters in the White Cloud City secret realm.
• Lu Feng sent a message to the Shao Family explaining that Shao Yue had been chosen by a major force and that her marriage had been annulled, but the Family Head was absent.
• Lu Feng discovered that the Array Association Exchange Meeting had ended early because of injuries, and he hurried to the Azure Sky Array Association’s inn.
• Bai Bing told Lu Feng that Qiao Mumu and the others had already set out for the secret realm.

Lu Feng and Bai Bing joined the Six Great Array Associations at a sealed foundation believed to conceal a Death Tomb. When the foundation proved impossible to breach, the group opened a side tomb entrance with Qing Xuan Liquid, and Lu Feng and Bai Bing prepared to enter cautiously.

• Lu Feng sent Shao Yue and Qiao Mumu’s group back to Spirit Prison, then hurried with Bai Bing to the secret realm discovered by Qu Estate.
• Bai Bing warned Qiao Xuan that the foundation concealed a perilous Death Tomb and suggested entering through another tomb chamber instead.
• Lan Yin and Qiao Xuan proposed digging elsewhere, but Qu Lietang claimed the idea and gained the Six Great Array Associations’ support.
• The group uncovered a stone wall, where Hong Fengzi’s punches failed to break through and Qing Dengzi used Qing Xuan Liquid to corrode it.
• Lu Feng judged that the foundation’s patterns, rather than its material, made it unbreakable, and he and Bai Bing agreed to enter the tomb cautiously once the opening was large enough.

Lu Feng and Bai Bing entered the tomb after the other Soul Masters and encountered a deadly black mist that had destroyed most of Yu Chen Array Association. Lu Feng discovered that sunlight could disperse the mist, then prepared to explore the other passage with Bai Bing.

• Qing Dengzi negotiated to enter the tomb first, and Hong Fengzi organized the remaining factions into an orderly line.
• Lu Feng waited until noon to enter with Bai Bing, then learned from Qiao Xuan that the others had split up and gone deeper into the tomb.
• Xu Gongyu fled from a black mist that had killed his companions, and Lu Feng pulled him clear just before the mist stopped at the entrance.
• After a Soul Master was swallowed by the mist and rescued unconscious, Xu Gongyu revealed that only he had escaped from Yu Chen Array Association.
• Lu Feng reflected sunlight onto the black mist, causing it to dissipate, and explained that sunlight restrained it.
• Qiao Xuan left with Xu Gongyu, while Bai Bing stayed; Lu Feng prepared to investigate the other passage as a Huang Yi Array Association member challenged him.

Lu Feng, Bai Bing, and Lu Qian chose the passage guarded by a Shadowbane Beast, then discovered that an illusion array had trapped Lu Qian and compelled him to surrender his treasures. Lu Feng searched for a way to disable the array while warning Bai Bing not to pull Lu Qian out and risk damaging his soul.

• Lu Feng refused to travel with Qian Yiguan, who sent Raccoon Nose Rabbit Rats down the other path and blocked the passage behind him with Azure Eye Poison Spider webs.
• Lu Qian recognized the black mist as a Shadowbane Beast, and he, Lu Feng, and Bai Bing cautiously continued along the passage.
• The group found Yu Chen Array Association members dead with their storage devices stripped of valuable goods, and Lu Feng suspected an illusion array had caused their deaths.
• Lu Feng used Jade Shards to halt moving stones, but Lu Qian entered the illusion array and began handing his treasures to the black mist.
• Lu Feng stopped Bai Bing from rescuing Lu Qian by force and continued using the Star Evolution Art to search for the array's switch.

Lu Feng rescued Lu Qian from an illusion array that stole his treasures, then led Bai Bing and Lu Qian through traps toward a Shadowbane Beast. They reunited with Lan Yin’s group at a deadly red-light array, which Lu Feng identified as evil but admitted he could not break.

• Lu Feng shot a hidden mechanism to free Lu Qian from the black mist, and Lu Qian discovered that the illusion array had stolen his treasures, including an Earth Soul-grade Treasure Item.
• Lu Feng explained that the array used Shadowbane Beast gas to make people surrender their valuables and suggested the stolen treasures might be at the beast’s nest.
• Lu Feng used Jade Shards to trigger traps, then drove back black mist with a Flame Sun Crystal as the group followed a circular passage toward cries for help.
• Lu Feng, Bai Bing, and Lu Qian found Lan Yin and the survivors, who described the dangers they had faced and warned of a red-light array that drained spiritual energy and blood.
• After Lu Feng identified the red light as an evil array but said he could not break it, Hall Master Xing Luan of Beast Taming Manor demanded that he dismantle it.

Lu Feng explained how to curb the Bloodthirsty Evil Array, and Xing Luan sacrificed his soul beasts to saturate it. After crossing the array, the remaining group argued over who should scout the dangerous path ahead, and Qu Lietang summoned a figure with a golden array plate.

• Lu Feng revealed that spirit blood could temporarily curb the Bloodthirsty Evil Array, prompting the group to debate whether to sacrifice soul beasts or turn back.
• Lan Yin chose to leave with many others, while Xing Luan agreed to provide soul beasts in exchange for first choice of any treasure they found.
• Xing Luan drove his soul beasts into the array, and the Thunderwood Mountain Ape died after severing its bond with him as the array reached saturation.
• Lan Gu and Qing Dengzi mocked Xing Luan for sacrificing the beasts inside the array rather than pouring in their spirit blood, and the remaining group crossed the weakened array.
• Xing Luan and Qing Dengzi demanded that Lu Feng, Qu Lietang, and their companions lead the way, so Qu Lietang produced a golden array plate and summoned a human figure.

Lu Feng and the others crossed a dangerous array path, then triggered a swarm of poisonous Ice Turtle Corpse Worms hidden in Azure Irrigation Crystals. As the group fled, Lu Qian was bitten and collapsed, while Lu Feng carried him toward a fork in the path.

• Qu Lietang sent Qu Qianli, transformed into an Array Puppet, ahead to map a safe route through the array, and the group followed using the Nine Palaces Eight Rings Step.
• The group found blue-glowing Azure Irrigation Crystals, but Lu Feng warned that the crystals had been tampered with, and bugs burst from them when they were disturbed.
• The Ice Turtle Corpse Worms swarmed the group, killed Qu Lietang, and broke through Xing Luan's weak fire attack before Hong Fengzi temporarily held them back with the Hong Lion Fist.
• Lu Feng identified the bugs and carried the bitten, unconscious Lu Qian while fleeing; Lan Gu refused to help, and Bai Bing warned that a fork lay ahead.

Lu Feng saved the poisoned Lu Qian by turning her into an Array Puppet, discovering that she was a woman in the process. When Hong Fengzi tried to attack the group, Lu Qian revealed her poisonous power, and the survivors argued over how to divide a treasure they had not yet found.

• Lu Feng led the exhausted group into a sealed cave, where the Soft-shelled Turtle Bugs scattered and flew away.
• Lu Feng discovered Lu Qian was a woman and used array patterns to preserve her soul and consciousness as an Array Puppet.
• Qing Dengzi and Hong Fengzi plotted with Lan Gu and Xing Luan to kill Lu Feng, Bai Bing, and Lu Qian and claim the treasure for themselves.
• Hong Fengzi attacked Bai Bing, but Lu Feng stepped out and deterred him by revealing his strength as both an array master and an instructor.
• Lu Qian emerged with an array plate and demonstrated that she could wield the poison in her body, making the others wary of her.
• Lan Gu urged the group to postpone dividing the treasure, while Xing Luan demanded first choice and Qing Dengzi and Hong Fengzi denied agreeing to it.

Lu Feng and the others faced deadly Black Water that corroded anyone caught beneath it, while Xing Luan killed Hong Fengzi by kicking him back into the cave. Lan Gu used the Black Water to break through the stone wall, but Qing Dengzi crossed alone and returned pursued by a Shadowbane Beast.

• Lan Gu and Hong Fengzi failed to break the stone wall, which revealed grooves as its surface flaked away; Lu Qian warned Bai Bing away from the cave.
• Black Water began dripping from the grooves, badly injuring Lan Gu, Hong Fengzi, and Qing Dengzi, while Xing Luan remained safe and kicked the wounded Hong Fengzi into the cave, where he died.
• Lu Qian said they could only wait for the Black Water to stop, but Qing Dengzi offered a brief defense and Lan Gu used palm strikes to direct droplets into the wall and corrode an opening.
• Qing Dengzi crossed the Black Water alone under an umbrella-shaped Spiritual Qi Shield, ignoring Lan Gu's protest and her attempt to stop him.
• Qing Dengzi staggered back from the cave with black pupils as a huge mass of black mist chased him, and Lan Gu recognized it as a Shadowbane Beast.

Lu Feng, Lu Qian, and Bai Bing navigated the Black Water cave as Qing Dengzi died after Xing Luan turned his poison against him. Lu Feng and Bai Bing descended through a newly opened hole and discovered a chamber made entirely of Cold Heart Rock.

• Lu Qian assured Lu Feng that the Shadowbane Beast could not cross the Black Water, while Qing Dengzi escaped the cave badly corroded.
• Xing Luan killed Qing Dengzi with the Spirit Devouring Cannon Raccoon's attack after the beast swallowed Qing Dengzi's Poison Powder, then claimed Qing Xuan Liquid and other items from the corpse.
• Lu Qian revealed that she had a torn map of part of the Death Tomb, and Lu Feng defended her when Lan Gu and Xing Luan questioned her knowledge of the tunnels.
• The group opened a hole in the ground where light shone through, and Lu Feng secured two Jie Kong Bottles from Xing Luan before preparing to descend.
• Bai Bing joined Lu Feng in the descent, and they found no immediate danger but felt a bone-chilling cold from deeper within the chamber.
• Lu Feng examined the stone walls and discovered that the chamber was made entirely of Cold Heart Rock.

Lu Feng and Bai Bing discovered a vast cache of Red Niter beneath the Cold Heart Rock and realized they were trapped in a powerful array populated by deceptive soldiers. Lu Feng identified it as a Netherworld Soldier Illusion Array divided across five nodes, leaving the group facing a danger they might not survive.

• Bai Bing and Lu Feng found Red Niter beneath the Cold Heart Rock, and Bai Bing explained its value to the Thunder Fire Sect.
• Xing Luan and Lan Gu jumped into the opening after receiving no reply, while Lu Qian stayed behind with a faint smile.
• An array soldier disguised as Lu Feng attacked Bai Bing, and another disguised as Lu Qian fought Lu Feng; the two realized they could not see each other's attackers.
• Bai Bing and Lu Feng called for Lu Qian, Xing Luan, and Lan Gu but could not reach them, while array soldiers disguised as Xing Luan and Lan Gu launched further attacks.
• Lu Feng recognized the Netherworld Soldier Illusion Array and reasoned that its power was divided among five nodes, then warned Bai Bing that real Netherworld Soldiers could kill them all.

Lu Feng and Bai Bing defeated the Shadowbane Beast avatars in the Netherworld Soldier Illusion Array and entered the Yang Yang Sect’s trial chamber. Lu Feng bypassed the one-reward limit to open all five jade boxes and found the Fu Xun Engraving Knife, leaving the final box unopened.

• Lu Feng discovered that the array soldiers held Shadowbane Beast avatars rather than Earth Soul Realm souls, then told Bai Bing to coat their weapons in Sun Essence.
• Lu Feng and Bai Bing wore down and destroyed the array soldiers, collected two pentagonal black jade pieces, and used them to enter a secret chamber.
• A voice told Lu Feng he could choose one reward, but he unraveled the linked patterns on all five jade boxes before opening any of them.
• Lu Feng found a cookbook in the first box, decayed pills in the second, and a Cold Heart Sword in the third.
• Lu Feng opened the fourth box and found the Fu Xun Engraving Knife, a prized tool that reduced the spiritual energy needed to set up arrays.

Lu Feng found the Fu Xun Engraving Knife and a taboo Thousand Corpse Ghost Control Array in the hidden boxes before reuniting with Bai Bing and leaving the Yang Yang Sect trial site. As they crossed the Crystal Stone Area on their way out, Lu Feng found Qu Lietang’s array disc, which still held Qu Qianli.

• Lu Feng opened the last jade box, discovered the Thousand Corpse Ghost Control Array, and stored its jade slip after dispersing the Turbid Qi.
• Lu Feng repaired the jade box patterns, escaped the secret chamber, and met Bai Bing, who said she had found a cultivation method and revealed her search for the Yang Yang Sect ruins.
• Lu Feng and Bai Bing discussed the trial site and collected Red Niter before returning through the cave.
• Lu Feng saw Ice Turtle Corpse Worm corpses in the Crystal Stone Area and uncovered Qu Lietang’s array disc, which contained Qu Qianli.

Lu Feng preserved Qu Qianli’s soul in an array plate and promised to deliver the Star Evolution Art to Qu Kan. Meanwhile, Ye Fan confronted Xu Huayuan after she tried to recruit Ning Xiang, and his imminent breakthrough made her offer unnecessary.

• Lu Feng learned how Qu Qianli had sacrificed himself to protect Qu Kan, then sealed Qu Qianli’s fragile soul inside the array plate and promised to reunite them.
• Man Zhongli told Ye Fan that Xu Huayuan had taken Ning Xiang to the Spirit Food Hall after noticing her knowledge of ingredients.
• Ye Fan went to the Spirit Food Hall and learned that the auntie was Xu Huayuan, its hall master, who wanted Ning Xiang transferred to her group.
• Ning Xiang refused to leave Ye Fan’s group, and Xu Huayuan offered to help Ye Fan break through to the Core Plate Realm in exchange for her transfer.
• Ye Fan began advancing toward the Core Plate Realm on his own, surprising Xu Huayuan.

Ye Fan accepted Ning Xiang’s decision to study spirit-dish cooking alongside the Medicine Dao and planned a stricter cultivation schedule for her. Meanwhile, Lu Feng returned from the deadly Trial Land, parted ways with Bai Bing, and entered White Cloud City, where Qian Yichen and Qian Yiguan followed him, intending to steal his treasures.

• Ye Fan agreed that Ning Xiang could learn spirit-dish cooking and said he would arrange a cultivation plan allowing her no more than six hours of rest each day.
• Lu Feng told those waiting at the Trial Land that the others had died in its dangerous arrays, then declined to return to Spirit Prison with Bai Bing and Qiao Xuan.
• Lu Feng entered White Cloud City and sensed Qian Yichen and Qian Yiguan following him to rob him of his secret-realm treasures.
• Lu Feng stalled at marketplace stalls while silently inscribing array patterns on jade and hiding the stones beneath the stalls.
• Qian Yichen and Qian Yiguan waited for Lu Feng to leave the marketplace, then hurried after him when he began to depart.

Lu Feng used an Echo Array to humiliate Qian Yichen and Qian Yiguan, then infiltrated Qu Estate and found Qu Kan imprisoned and near death. After reuniting Qu Kan with Qu Qianli, he learned that a Pulse Disk in the estate’s Secret Realm could offer Qu Kan a chance to grow strong enough to survive.

• Lu Feng activated an Echo Array that overwhelmed Qian Yichen and Qian Yiguan, making them dance and strip in front of a crowd before they recovered and abandoned their pursuit.
• Lu Feng secretly entered Qu Estate and overheard Qu Jiaojiao and an old man discussing the Secret Realm, the Pulse Disk, and Yan Nanqiu’s chance to open it.
• Lu Feng learned that Qu Quan and Qu Lietang had killed Qu Qianli and imprisoned Qu Kan, while Qu Jiaojiao secretly brought Qu Kan medicinal herbs.
• Lu Feng revealed Qu Qianli from an array disk to Qu Kan, who asked Lu Feng to help him escape and avenge his grandfather.
• Qu Qianli warned Qu Kan that he needed greater strength to survive, and Lu Feng asked what the Pulse Disk was.

Qu Qianli explained the Qu Estate’s Pulse Disk and the true Star Evolution Art, prompting Lu Feng to free Qu Kan and take him to the Secret Realm. They reached a locked Stone Gate beneath a dried-up well, where Qu Kan suspected the nine-hole iron disk required the patriarch’s ability to control nine beads.

• Qu Qianli told Lu Feng and Qu Kan that the Pulse Disk held the true Star Evolution Art and asked Lu Feng to help Qu Kan try to open it.
• Lu Feng helped Qu Kan escape his array by keeping an illusory image of him inside, then subdued the Secret Realm’s guards with Soul Shock.
• Lu Feng recharged the defensive array at the well’s mouth with a Low-Grade Source Stone and took Qu Kan into the Secret Realm.
• Lu Feng and Qu Kan found a Stone Gate beneath the well, and Qu Kan speculated that its nine-hole iron disk was linked to the patriarch’s mastery of the Star Evolution Art.

Lu Feng opened the Qu Estate’s hidden treasure vault and helped Qu Kan test the Pulse Disk, which failed to respond fully to Qu Kan’s blood. When Lu Feng tried it, the disk activated and revealed the Qu Estate’s violent history and the true purpose of its Reverse Bloodline Array.

• Lu Feng used nine jade beads engraved with Star Evolution Marks to open the Stone Gate, revealing a vault packed with array treasures.
• Qu Kan gathered about seventy percent of the treasures, while Lu Feng took a chest of jade array flags.
• Qu Kan’s vital blood only activated part of the Pulse Disk’s patterns, and a Blood Gathering Pill did not improve his result.
• At Qu Kan’s urging, Lu Feng placed his vital blood on the Pulse Disk, and every pattern turned red before the disk sent a memory into his mind.
• Lu Feng learned that Qu Huakai had betrayed an array grandmaster, who later slaughtered the Qu Estate and created the Reverse Bloodline Array to punish the family.

Lu Feng gave Qu Kan the Extreme Star Sky Evolution Art and helped him escape the Qu Estate, whose leaders ordered his capture after discovering the theft. On the road to Tian Yuan City, Lu Feng encountered a poisoned woman pursued by masked men, who revealed she was Fan Linlin, a Martial Spirit Prison envoy betrayed by her younger brother.

• Lu Feng promised to teach Qu Kan the Extreme Star Sky Evolution Art, and Qu Kan swore to use it for the people.
• Lu Feng gave Qu Kan money and sent him away from Maple Forest Ferry to hide and cultivate.
• The Qu Estate discovered the Secret Realm theft, and Qu Quan suspected Qu Kan after finding him missing; the estate head ordered Qu Kan captured alive.
• Lu Feng practiced the Extreme Star Sky Evolution Art in the Six Paths Domain and reached minor success in the Windless Realm.
• Lu Feng encountered four masked men pursuing the poisoned Fan Linlin, who was soon overwhelmed and injured.
• The leader revealed Fan Linlin's identity as a Martial Spirit Prison envoy and claimed her younger brother had betrayed her.

Lu Feng rescued Fan Linlin from the Black-Clad Men and helped Fan Shaobo uncover evidence of the City Lord's Mansion colluding with bandits and suspected Blood Clan forces. He left without learning anything about Ma Qiufeng, while Fan Linlin and Fan Shaobo planned their next steps.

• Lu Feng used Jade Pearls and the Netherworld Bow to kill two Black-Clad Men, allowing Fan Linlin to defeat the remaining attackers as hidden observers fled.
• Fan Shaobo arrived, and Lu Feng revealed himself; Fan Linlin thanked him for saving her.
• Lu Feng told Fan Shaobo that he had found Blood Clan pills after Zhao An's men attacked him, and Fan Shaobo confirmed that Blood Clan forces were suspected in Tian Yuan City.
• Lu Feng gave Fan Shaobo a ledger from Floating Creek Stronghold, which linked the City Lord's Mansion to mountain bandits; Fan Shaobo and Fan Linlin planned to investigate the city lord and the Blood Clan.
• Fan Shaobo had no news about Ma Qiufeng, and Lu Feng left for the city; Fan Linlin resolved to continue seeking a path to promotion while Fan Shaobo aimed to join their father.