Chapter Summaries

Feng Jun escaped after forcing Goba Fu to appear to commit suicide, while investigators connected the dead man to the Insect God Cult and realized he was not the spy who had downloaded military manuals. Their investigation pointed toward an unknown human force capable of mimicking Salina, and it ended with Salina’s Xiongmang ancestry drawing the military leader’s attention.

• Feng Jun fled to a distant collapsed building after making Goba Fu shoot himself in a surveillance blind spot.
• Military investigators identified Goba Fu, found an authentic Insect God Cult photograph on him, and concluded that his stolen pass did not explain the data theft.
• Salina discovered that someone had used her identity to download and erase large amounts of data, so she alerted the Military Intelligence Directorate.
• Investigators learned that Salina’s fingerprints and irises had been mimicked and debated whether the manuals were sought by the Insect Race or a human force.
• Salina argued that the data thief was separate from Goba Fu and might have entered without passing checkpoints, while investigators suspected Goba Fu had been deliberately exposed.
• A military leader asked about Salina’s ancestral home, and she revealed that she came from Xiongmang Green Star Moon City.

Feng Jun learned that the Lower Capital Military Headquarters had inferred his identity and motive for infiltrating them, but chose not to confront him. After confirming their wary neutrality, he left for the Third Battlefield to take True Venerable Luan Xiong back to the Folding-Ruler Galaxy, where Luan Xiong protested that he had not finished hunting.

• Number Eight and the officers concluded that someone had used Mimicry Technology to infiltrate headquarters, and Salina suggested the intruder belonged to the Super Gene Warriors' faction.
• Salina revealed that Minister Shen had died by suicide with a laser pistol, leaving the officers stunned.
• Feng Jun heard the Big Shot's account and waited in Lower Capital to see how the military would respond, but they focused on investigating the Insect God Cult and quietly warned him away from further downloads.
• Feng Jun concluded that the Lower Capital military wanted to avoid provoking him without accepting him, then left to meet True Venerable Luan Xiong.
• True Venerable Luan Xiong complained that Feng Jun had interrupted his and Tuo Tuo's hunt for Nascent Soul Insect Race cultivators, and challenged Feng Jun's claim that he should leave after three days.

True Venerable Luan Xiong revealed that he had found the Cocoon-Silk Galaxy, an Insect Race stronghold, and Feng Jun assessed the forces and risks of moving there. Most cultivators chose to remain in the Folding-Ruler Galaxy to fight stragglers and mine its resources, while Feng Jun warned that he would soon enter seclusion to break through.

• True Venerable Luan Xiong told Feng Jun that he had found the Cocoon-Silk Galaxy, near the Insect Race's birthplace and guarded by numerous powerful insectoids.
• True Venerable Luan Xiong and True Venerable Jiu Si argued that the cultivators should shift operations from the Folding-Ruler Galaxy to the Luan-Nine Galaxy, which Luan Xiong had discovered.
• Feng Jun returned to the Folding-Ruler Galaxy and found that around seventy percent of the cultivators preferred to stay and recover, fight remaining insectoids, and mine its mineral deposits.
• Feng Jun warned the cultivators that he might soon enter seclusion to break through and asked who wanted to return to the major planet, but no one volunteered.
• Yue Qing told Feng Jun to let him know when he was about to break through, and Feng Jun left after reminding everyone to put safety first.

Feng Jun organized another expedition into the Void before entering seclusion to break through, requiring Golden Core cultivators to pay a thousand Upper Spirit Stones and provide female cultivators with Spatial Physiques. After clashing with a Blackwater Sect envoy over the lack of advance notice, he left the expedition’s participants scrambling for funds and suitable companions.

• Feng Jun announced the Void expedition at Liba Beach without notifying the Seven Sects and Eighteen Paths, and set a two-day registration period with a thousand Upper Spirit Stone entry fee.
• The Dantai Family, Gongyang Clan, and Wei Clan arranged female cultivators with Spatial Physiques, while Zhang Caixin, Yun Buyao, and Mi Yunshan lent more than sixty thousand Upper Spirit Stones at ten percent interest for three months.
• A Blackwater Sect cultivator arrived near the registration deadline and questioned Feng Jun about not being notified, so Feng Jun explained that he planned to enter seclusion and suggested the man lend Spirit Stones to other participants.
• The Blackwater envoy refused to lend money to people he did not know, and a Gongyang Clan True Immortal accused him of being short on Upper Spirit Stones, prompting the two to trade insults.
• Patriarch Huangfu, unable to provide a Spatial Physique cultivator for his team, quietly asked Huangfu Wuxia to approach Feng Jun about borrowing Liu Yiyi.

Feng Jun organized more than ninety cultivators into teams to seek treasures in the Void before withdrawing to Liba Beach to enter seclusion and advance. Yi Jue learned of his plans after he left, and Fishing Elder Venerable warned that the Insect Race could gather more than ten Soul Emergence cultivators in the Cocoon-Silk Galaxy.

• Feng Jun let Liu Yiyi decide whether to join the Patriarch Huangfu’s team, and Liu Yiyi chose to seek cultivation resources in the Void.
• Feng Jun refused to let Zhang Caixin join until she reached Core Embrace, then divided more than ninety cultivators into six teams and sent them into the Void.
• Feng Jun checked the passage entrance, the Giant Planet, and the Folding-Ruler Galaxy, sent seven injured True Immortals back to recuperate, and returned replacements to the front lines.
• Yi Jue learned that Feng Jun had entered seclusion to advance and complained that he had not told her before leaving.
• Fishing Elder Venerable warned the front-line cultivators to stay alert after sensing a connection, then revealed that the Insect Race could assemble more than ten Soul Emergence cultivators in the Cocoon-Silk Galaxy.

Feng Jun silently advanced to Fifth-Layer Golden Core while in seclusion, unaware that his technique for concealing breakthrough fluctuations would soon help people at Liba Beach avoid disaster. He and the Big Shot detected a distortion in nearby space and time, but its purpose remained unclear.

• Fishing Elder and Ren Tu Venerable concluded that the Folding-Ruler Galaxy was unlikely to undergo a second warp jump, easing concerns about the Second Battlefield.
• Yi Jue worried that Huoliu had not returned, and Elder Withered Wood suggested Feng Jun might be stronger than she thought.
• Feng Jun advanced to Fifth-Layer Golden Core in two months and stabilized his realm without revealing the breakthrough's usual fluctuations.
• Feng Jun remained in seclusion to hide his rapid advancement and the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit's scent while occasionally materializing technological information.
• Feng Jun noticed an anomaly in the nearby spatial laws, and the Big Shot explained that time and space had become distorted after the two-way Space Gate concealed the change during the day.

Feng Jun waited for the spatial disturbance to weaken, then investigated the faint World Domain fluctuations near the Two-Way Door. When a spatial vortex attacked his seclusion cave, he used the Golden Crow Sect’s World-Breaking Divine Art to make it collapse.

• Feng Jun followed the Big Shot’s advice and waited until dawn to teleport through the Two-Way Door, then asked the Guardians about the disturbance.
• The Guardians promised to watch the passage between the realms, and later reported faint World Domain fluctuations near the Two-Way Door that seemed to be analyzing it.
• Feng Jun waited until both sides closed the Two-Way Door before returning to his seclusion cave and letting the next day pass.
• A spatial vortex formed above Feng Jun’s cave as his aura appeared to signal a breakthrough, and Wu Xiu, Xiaomeng, and other cultivators attacked it without effect.
• Feng Jun emerged and activated a silver shuttle with the command “Break the wall,” causing the vortex to collapse.
• Wu Xiu identified Feng Jun’s technique as the Golden Crow Sect’s World-Breaking Divine Art.

After Feng Jun repelled a spatial attack with a solidified World-Breaking Divine Art, he thanked the cultivators who had come to his aid and explained the technique’s origins. He concealed how Spirit-Release Venerable Luan Xiong had made the divine art for him, leaving the crowd impressed by Luan Xiong’s reputation.

• Feng Jun promised a divination to each cultivator who had helped defend his manor, then gave the Yuangang Sect True Adept two after hearing he had tried to assist twice.
• Feng Jun identified the spatial vortex as an Elder Spatial Annihilation Art and said he would investigate the attack the next day.
• Xiaomeng recognized Feng Jun’s silver shuttle as the Golden Crow Sect’s World-Breaking Divine Art and asked how he had obtained a solidified version.
• Feng Jun recalled seeking help from Jiu Si and Luan Xiong in the Insectoid World, where Luan Xiong made him a solidified World-Breaking Divine Art to counter the spatial attack.
• Feng Jun told Xiaomeng that Spirit-Release Venerable Luan Xiong was exceptionally strong, and she agreed that his cultivation and mastery of the Dao were renowned.

After Feng Jun’s interrupted advancement proved complete, he told the cultivators that the attack may also have been intended to trap the Human Race elites in the Void. The news stirred Liba Beach, and as the search for the culprit began, the Yuangang Sect offered Feng Jun protection in the Insectoid World while other forces sent support.

• Feng Jun met with Xiaomeng, Sumiao, Broken Blade, and the others, who offered help investigating the attack and asked about his interrupted advancement.
• Mei Yeyu and Feng Jun raised the possibility that the attack was meant to prevent the Void expedition from returning, and Kong Ziyi urged everyone to publicize the danger to its cultivators.
• Feng Jun revealed that he had already advanced to Fifth-Layer Golden Core, and Broken Blade left to spread the news about the threat to the Void expedition.
• Family and independent cultivators on Liba Beach became enraged, while the Mysterious Water Sect notified its sect that more than twenty of its disciples were in the Void.
• Feng Jun and the Big Shot debated whether to ask True Venerables to investigate, but reached no conclusion before dawn.
• A Yuangang representative reported that the sect was occupied in the Insectoid World and offered Feng Jun protection there, while the Tantai and Gongyang families sent True Immortals and the Wei Clan sent a Domain Protection Formation with three True Immortals.

After the attack on Liba Beach, Feng Jun sought the Guardians’ help and received a temporarily repaired Heaven-Peering Mirror that could trace the spatial assault. Grand Void True Immortals arrived to support him, and the chapter ended with True Venerable Hanhai appearing while Luan Xiong was away fighting in the Insectoid World.

• Yang Jing offered to descend to the lower realm, while Mo Ran and Tuan Tuan brought Qingque to Liba Beach to support Feng Jun.
• Feng Jun showed the Guardians a simulated annihilation aura, and they identified the attack as cross-realm targeting.
• The Guardians temporarily repaired Feng Jun’s Heaven-Peering Mirror and said Spirit Projection Stage cultivators could use it to locate the attacker; Feng Jun paid two thousand Upper Spirit Stones.
• Feng Jun returned to Liba Beach, welcomed Mo Ran, Tuan Tuan, and Qingque, and asked Qingque for advice, but Qingque said he could only help when Feng Jun faced a choice.
• Xiaomeng told Feng Jun that You Xuan was willing to descend if Luan Xiong was no longer keeping watch, and Feng Jun decided to consult Luan Xiong first.
• True Venerable Hanhai appeared and told Feng Jun that Luan Xiong was fighting in the Insectoid World, startling the three Grand Void True Immortals.

Feng Jun and Hanhai Venerable used the Heaven-Deriving Mirror to trace the attack to a barren landmass near the Luo Clan’s Minor World passage. Hanhai identified the site and agreed to begin investigating, while Feng Jun considered who might still threaten him over the mirror.

• Hanhai Venerable arrived to help Feng Jun investigate the attack and agreed to operate a treasure that required a Soul Emergence expert.
• Feng Jun showed Hanhai the Heaven-Deriving Mirror and the Obsidian engraved with the attacker’s aura.
• Hanhai used the mirror to locate the Luo Clan’s Minor World passage and identified the Luo Clan as a powerful family now ranked second among the Secret Realm Families.
• Hanhai traced the attack to a barren landmass seven or eight hundred million li from the Luo Clan’s passage, where it had been launched from a Ring Mountain.
• Hanhai returned the mirror to Feng Jun and explained that its imprinted intent discouraged theft, then questioned which Nascent Soul True Immortal would dare target Feng Jun.

Feng Jun took True Venerable Hanhai, True Immortal Mo Ran, and Protector Qingque to the New Desert Sector to investigate the obscured karmic trail. They discovered that a lost Six-Yao Deceiving-Heaven Formation and a bloodline curse had erased the traces, suggesting clan cultivators were responsible.

• Feng Jun shut down the Two-Way Door, sent Good Scenery and the others back to Luo Hua, and restored the estate’s defensive formation.
• Feng Jun agreed to investigate the Heavenly Zither Upper Realm with True Venerable Hanhai, while Mo Ran and Qingque decided to join them.
• True Venerable Hanhai brought Feng Jun, Mo Ran, and Qingque through several teleportations and then tore through space to reach the New Desert Sector.
• At a ring-shaped mountain, Feng Jun and True Venerable Hanhai found that the traces had been cleaned away, while Qingque sensed that the area was too clean.
• True Venerable Hanhai identified the obstruction as the lost Six-Yao Deceiving-Heaven Formation and explained that its gray mist came from a curse meant to deter divination through blood essence.

Feng Jun and the others investigated the ancient Six-Yao Formation and found no clear record of its origin, so Hanhai Venerable led them to the Luo Clan’s passage to make inquiries. They met Luo Shiqi, the clan’s First Elder, whose unusual numbered name prompted Hanhai to question him.

• Mo Ran doubted that the Luo Clan had set the formation, and Hanhai Venerable agreed it might be an ancient formation activated only recently.
• Hanhai Venerable told Qingque that his Heart Sword could not detect the formation and said he had sensed only traces of flawed laws.
• Mo Ran suggested posting a reward for information, but Hanhai Venerable chose to visit the Luo Clan first.
• Hanhai Venerable brought Feng Jun, Mo Ran, and Qingque to the Luo Clan’s passage, where its guards recognized him and summoned their elders.
• Luo Shiqi welcomed Hanhai Venerable with an elaborate ceremony and explained that he had risen from humble beginnings and no longer cared for a personal name.

Hanhai True Adept and Feng Jun questioned Luo Shiqi about a cross-world attack launched from the New Desert Sector, while the Luo Clan denied involvement and the discussion grew tense. Mo Ran intervened to clarify that they sought the Luo Clan’s help because it held influence over the surrounding powers, not because they suspected the clan.

• Hanhai True Adept asked why Luo Shiqi, a Spirit Projection Intermediate Stage cultivator, received them instead of the Luo Clan’s Spirit Severing Great Lords.
• Feng Jun asked whether the Luo Clan had any higher-ranking Spirit Projection cultivators, and Hanhai explained that Feng Jun was a divination expert investigating the attack with the Mysterious Water Sect.
• Hanhai told Luo Shiqi that an attack formation in the New Desert Sector had targeted Feng Jun’s foundation in Kunhao across world domains and implicated Mysterious Water Sect members.
• Luo Shiqi and Luo Yuanwu discussed the lost Six-Yao Deceiving-Heaven Formation, while Qingque True Immortal revealed his Grand Void standing and Luo Yuanwu recognized Feng Jun as the Mountain Lord of Liba Beach.
• Luo Shiqi denied that Luo Clan disciples were responsible, but Hanhai demanded more than a guarantee and warned him not to obstruct the investigation.
• Mo Ran stepped in and explained that the group needed the Luo Clan’s help because the surrounding powers deferred to it and could provide information.

Mo Ran and Hanhai True Venerable pressured the Luo Clan to cooperate with an investigation into the attack in New Desert, and Feng Jun left to meet the Wei Clan. After learning that Feng Jun had taken Wei Clan disciples into the Void, Luo Shiqi pledged the clan’s support, while Hanhai kept quiet about his sect’s activities there.

• Luo Shiqi agreed to cooperate with Hanhai True Venerable and accompany him to investigate New Desert after Mo Ran and Feng Jun challenged the Luo Clan’s complaints.
• Feng Jun left to meet the Wei Clan, and Luo Clan members began contacting their disciples stationed in New Desert for news.
• Mo Ran told Luo Yuanwu that Feng Jun had performed a divination for him and had already taken Wei Clan disciples into the Void.
• Luo Shiqi reacted angrily to the news that someone had endangered people in the Void and pledged the Luo Clan’s help with the investigation.
• Hanhai disclosed that some Nascent Souls and Golden Cores from his sect were in the Void, and Luo Shiqi asked Mo Ran how many Grand Void Sect members had gone there.

Luo Zhuhe received Luo Shiqi and a group of powerful guests in New Desert as they investigated the plot against Feng Mountain Lord. Wei Sancai appeared and accused the Luo Clan of allowing the culprit to enter, leaving Luo Shiqi furious but unable to retaliate.

• Luo Zhuhe learned that the main lineage's Grand Elder, Luo Shiqi, had arrived with Hanhai True Immortal, Qingque, and Mo Ran.
• Luo Shiqi brought the group to Ring Mountain and asked Luo Zhuhe whether anything unusual had happened there.
• Wei Sancai arrived and traded insults with Luo Shiqi, challenging the Luo Clan's role in allowing the person who plotted against Feng Mountain Lord to come to New Desert.
• Wei Sancai warned that Hanhai True Immortal and Feng Mountain Lord had heard Luo Shiqi's threats, while Luo Shiqi held back from attacking him.
• Luo Yuanwu asked whether the visitor was the Wei Clan's True Immortal Sancai, and Luo Shiqi insisted that he was Wei Sansi.

Feng Jun accepted the Wei Clan’s formation and brought Wei Sancai to New Desert, where the True Venerable deduced that a True Treasure might have been detonated to unleash the Spatial Annihilation Technique. As Wei Sancai, Hanhai, and Feng Jun gained insights from discussing spatial laws, Luo Yuanwu and Luo Shiqi sensed that the Six-Yao Deceiving-Heaven Formation might be connected to their own ancestors.

• Luo Yuanwu ordered Luo Zhuhe to urgently gather intelligence about the True Venerables outside their home.
• Wei Sancai sensed the lingering spatial laws at Liba Beach and gained insight into the Spatial Annihilation Technique.
• Feng Jun accepted the Wei Clan’s Domain Protection Formation for temporary use, and Wei Sancai volunteered to help investigate the Six-Yao Deceiving-Heaven Formation.
• At New Desert, Wei Sancai divined that a True Treasure might have been detonated to produce the spatial annihilation attack.
• Wei Sancai explained his understanding of spatial laws, prompting insights in Hanhai and Feng Jun as the Luo Clan members stood guard.
• Luo Yuanwu told Luo Shiqi that the Six-Yao Deceiving-Heaven Formation felt connected to their bloodline, and Luo Shiqi admitted he sensed the same connection.

Luo Shiqi and Luo Yuanwu debated whether the Luo Clan should conceal its connection to the lost Six-Yao Deceiving-Heaven Formation or confess before Feng Jun’s allies uncovered the truth. Luo Shiqi decided that an early admission was safer, and the chapter ended as Feng Jun exchanged remarks with Luo Shiqi after Hanhai Venerable and Wei Sancai finished discussing the Dao.

• Luo Yuanwu proposed hiding the Luo Clan’s connection to the formation, but Luo Shiqi warned that Feng Jun might uncover the truth and that the clan could not rely on a Great Lord for protection.
• Luo Shiqi cautioned Luo Yuanwu that peace between sects and clans might not last and urged him to admit the formation belonged to the Luo Clan before others discovered it.
• Hanhai Venerable praised Wei Sancai’s understanding of spatial laws after their discussion of the Dao, and Wei Sancai said he had gained insights as well.
• Feng Jun nodded toward Luo Yuanwu, leaving him uneasy, while Luo Shiqi praised Feng Jun’s talent and Feng Jun replied that he was not yet fifty.

Luo Yuanwu revealed that the Six-Yao Deceiving-Heaven Formation likely came from the Luo Clan’s ancestors and had been used by the culprit to conceal their actions. The group gathered historical records to identify suspects, and Luo Shiqi returned with three True Immortals from the Clan Kinship Office to help investigate.

• Feng Jun hinted that the Luo Clan had no reason to stir up trouble, prompting Luo Yuanwu to tell Hanhai True Venerable that the formation likely bore the Luo Clan’s ancestral bloodline aura.
• Luo Yuanwu said the Luo Clan had not known the formation was there but would pursue whoever used it, while Feng Jun said he believed him.
• Luo Shiqi ordered records of cultivators from as far back as possible, and the group brought records spanning centuries to the site of the formation.
• Luo Shiqi left to contact the Clan Kinship Office and returned two hours later with three white-haired True Immortals.

Feng Jun brought the people out of the Void and resumed investigating the sabotage at Liba Beach, while taking Hanhai True Immortal and Wei Sancai to the Insectoid World. After helping clear the Folding-Ruler Galaxy and returning the cultivators to the Giant Planet, he traveled with them to Xingzheng Star, where Half-Fool True Immortal greeted Hanhai True Immortal.

• Feng Jun refused Wei Sancai's request to enter the Void with him and Luo Shiqi's request to bring Luo Clan members on a future trip.
• Feng Jun gathered the Void expedition, learned that a Void Netherbeast had killed one Mysterious Water Sect cultivator, and brought everyone to Lantern Town before sending the injured sect disciples to the Icefield Plane.
• Feng Jun returned to the New Desert Sector, checked the growing suspect list, and reassured Hanhai True Immortal that the Luo Clan did not need to be watched while they investigated.
• Feng Jun took Hanhai True Immortal and Wei Sancai to the Folding-Ruler Galaxy, where Wei Sancai exterminated the insects and Hanhai True Immortal ordered cultivators to stop mining and leave.
• Feng Jun transported the cultivators to the Giant Planet, then brought Hanhai True Immortal and Wei Sancai to Xingzheng Star, where Half-Fool True Immortal welcomed Hanhai True Immortal.