Chapter Summaries

Chu Fan forfeited his first match, then revealed his overwhelming strength by crippling Zhang Yingying and defeating Kong Yang before defending the Supernatural Power Realm Arena without a challenger. After advancing, he immediately announced that he would also defend the Opening Apertures Realm Arena.

• Chu Fan conceded his opening match to Song Rentou, intending to repay the Diamond Sect for the help and resources he had received.
• Zhang Yingying threatened Chu Fan and the Seven Star Gang, so Chu Fan crippled her and drove off the Zhang Family guards despite Zhang Tianyu's intervention.
• Chu Fan defeated Kong Yang with a single shoulder strike and nearly killed him with a saber attack before an elder intervened; Kong Yang conceded, giving Chu Fan the match.
• Chu Fan challenged everyone to face him in a one-incense-stick defense of the Supernatural Power Realm Arena, but no one dared step forward, so Qingyangzi declared him advanced.
• Chu Fan walked onto the Opening Apertures Realm Arena and announced that he would continue defending the arena, challenging anyone to fight.

Chu Fan dominated the Opening Apertures Realm Arena, defeating Baili Guanhai and Bai Bing'er before no one else dared challenge him. He then stepped onto the Mind Clarification Realm Arena, only to claim he had gone to the wrong place and flee as the furious crowd pelted him.

• Chu Fan challenged Azure Province’s Opening Apertures Realm cultivators, and Qingyangzi halted the crowd’s rush and ordered them to line up.
• Baili Guanhai of Sword Heart Island challenged Chu Fan, but Chu Fan overwhelmed his sword techniques with speed and strength and knocked him unconscious.
• Bai Bing'er of the Mysterious Ice Palace used ice concealment and relentless attacks, but Chu Fan found her, overcame her defenses, and forced her to concede.
• The waiting Opening Apertures Realm challengers abandoned the line, and Chu Fan left the arena after an incense stick passed without another challenge.
• Chu Fan stepped onto the Mind Clarification Realm Arena, then said he had gone to the wrong place and climbed down, provoking the crowd to throw objects at him.

Chu Fan exposed Hong Mei'er’s attempt to control Li Qingxue with the Qingsi Sect’s Love Thread and challenged the Zhang Family’s Zhang Tianhao as the Mind Clarification Realm Arena opened. The chapter ended with Zhang Tianhao entering the arena and the two men’s auras colliding before their fight began.

• Chu Fan severed the Love Thread entangling Li Qingxue, and Leng Qingqiu revealed that Li Qingxue was her disciple and warned the Qingsi Sect against attacking her.
• Chu Fan charged Hong Mei'er, but Leng Qingqiu stopped him; he withdrew and resolved to settle the score in the tournament or secret realm.
• Zhang Tianhao thanked Chu Fan for crippling Zhang Yingying, then provoked him with a joke and escaped Chu Fan’s furious attack using an illusion.
• Leng Qingqiu accepted Li Qingxue and Zhao Tianxing as disciples, and the Mind Clarification Realm Arena opened with Wang Dandan defeating Mu Binglan in a fierce match.
• Chu Fan observed the arena’s fighters while considering the major factions’ plans for the Xuanyuan Secret Realm, then was matched against Zhang Tianhao.
• Zhang Tianhao entered the arena despite his misgivings, and his Mind Clarification Realm pressure collided with Chu Fan’s as their battle began.

Chu Fan defeated Zhang Tianhao in the arena, only for Zhang Tianhao to deliberately fall into demonic deviation and warn him about the Zhang Family and the Xuanyuan Secret Realm. With seven days remaining before the secret realm opened, Chu Fan resolved to improve his speed and planned to report Zhang Tianhao’s warning to Lord Leng.

• Zhang Tianhao used his Water Cloud Illusion Realm and Icy Rain Killing Array to attack Chu Fan, but Chu Fan saw through his concealment and overwhelmed him in close combat.
• Zhang Tianhao unleashed the power of pollution, and Qingyangzi restrained him while Demon Suppression Bureau captains bound and removed him.
• Zhang Tianhao secretly warned Chu Fan to beware of the Zhang Family and its ancestor in the Xuanyuan Secret Realm, and Chu Fan realized he had deliberately arranged to be captured.
• Qingyangzi declared Chu Fan the winner, and the tournament continued as Chu Fan observed the other fighters and concluded that the matchups were being manipulated for show.
• Chu Fan identified speed as his main weakness and decided to use the Wind Spirit Stone to improve the Nine Heavens Wind Control Scripture before the secret realm opened in seven days.
• Chu Fan resolved to return to Qingzhou City, report Zhang Tianhao’s warning to Lord Leng, and interrogate him.

After securing a place in the Xuanyuan Secret Realm tournament, Chu Fan traveled to the Stone Forest and devoured several of Old Man Ghost Bone’s demon-puppet souls with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner. With seven days remaining before the secret realm opened, he headed back toward Qingzhou City and began rapidly strengthening his cultivation.

• The Mind Clarification Realm tournament ended with Chu Fan among the twenty candidates, and Leng Qingqiu removed Old Man Ghost Bone’s blood curse before teleporting him to the Dragon Bone Mountain Range.
• Chu Fan reached the Stone Forest, used the Five Elements Cauldron and sealing techniques to subdue its demon puppet, and absorbed its ancient fierce soul into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
• Old Man Ghost Bone sensed the loss of his demon puppet and fled between hideouts, but Chu Fan continued harvesting his other demon-puppet souls and destroyed the monitoring talisman at the secret dwelling in Heifeng Ridge.
• After taking four fierce souls, Chu Fan found the fifth demon puppet had escaped and decided to improve his strength before the secret realm opened.
• Chu Fan concluded the Demon Suppression Stele caused his rising pollution level, then swallowed three Five-Pattern Qi Increasing Pills and used the Nine Heavens Wind Control Scripture to accelerate his cultivation and speed.