Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: See Red Pheasant, Become My Woman

Key Plot Points and Events

• After half a month of seclusion, Xu Feng’s mastery of the Nameless secret art reaches the Grandmaster realm.
• His control over Spiritual Telekinesis improves dramatically:
  • He can now command seventy-two SSS-Grade Flying Blades.
  • He forms them into six “Golden Scale Spirit Fish,” each capable of releasing over 10,000 tons of impact force.
  • These constructs can threaten First-Order Star Gods and injure Second-Order Star Gods when used together.
• Xu Feng recognizes that his strength has risen greatly but reminds himself not to underestimate true Star God experts.
• After emerging from seclusion, he learns that:
  • Red Pheasant has repeatedly summoned him and threatened to confront him personally over Phantom Colors’s death.
  • Nether Spring Envoy is displeased about Phantom Colors.
  • The Heavenly Wind Imperial Court has sent a powerful squad into the area near Stone Gorge Entrance, apparently searching for something.
  • Tensions between Little Azure Firmament Mountain and the Imperial Court are escalating.
• Xu Feng orders Li Wen and Xiao Feng to strengthen camp security and investigate the Imperial Court squad. He decides to visit the ruins again and then confront Red Pheasant.

Confrontation with Red Pheasant

• Xu Feng arrives at Red Cloud Peak, where Red Pheasant’s guards demand that he surrender his weapons.
• He refuses and releases his newly developed force. The pressure overwhelms every guard on the platform, including a High-Rank Overlord commander, establishing Xu Feng’s greatly increased authority.
• Inside the main hall, Red Pheasant confronts him over:
  • Killing Phantom Colors.
  • Humiliating her subordinate.
  • Ignoring her orders.
  • Insulting Red Cloud Peak’s forces.
• Red Pheasant unleashes the oppressive force of her Fire Phoenix bloodline, but Xu Feng calmly withstands it with his Mountain Wind Falling Star Force.
• Impressed and angered by his resistance, Red Pheasant prepares to fight him directly.

The Gift and Xu Feng’s Provocation

• Instead of fighting, Xu Feng presents Red Pheasant with a Hundred-Refined Golden Body Pill, an ancient secret medicine capable of strengthening the body, purifying bloodlines, and breaking physical bottlenecks.
• The pill is extremely valuable to Red Pheasant, who has long been trapped at a body-refining bottleneck. Its medicinal aura immediately affects her, revealing its authenticity.
• Xu Feng claims he is apologizing for Phantom Colors’s death, but his real goals are to:
  1. Ease the conflict with Red Pheasant.
  2. Win her over as an ally.
  3. Gain access to her knowledge of Alien Race body-tempering techniques.
• He then boldly declares that since Phantom Colors could belong to her, he could also become hers, saying that he has taken a liking to her.
• Xu Feng briefly embraces Red Pheasant, deliberately provoking her, then releases her and leaves with complete confidence.
• Red Pheasant is furious and humiliated, but she keeps the pill rather than rejecting it. Her feelings become confused, mixing anger, suspicion, attraction, and uncertainty.
• Xu Feng privately reflects that his provocative behavior was intentional: emotional disruption may weaken Red Pheasant’s defenses more effectively than force or negotiation.

Encounter with the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court

• Returning to Stone Gorge Entrance, Xu Feng heads northwest with Li Wen to investigate the Imperial Court squad.
• With the help of the Shadow Blade Squad’s surveillance equipment, he detects seven enemies:
  • Three Limit War Gods.
  • Four peak Advanced War Gods.
• Xu Feng openly calls them out, forcing them to reveal themselves.
• The three leading figures emerge:
  • Rock King Tuoba Lie, a massive warrior carrying a huge battle axe.
  • Snake King Mosang, a sinister, unpredictable fighter with twin curved blades.
  • Eagle King Ulan, a powerful archer covered in dark feathers.
• The four remaining Advanced War Gods form an encircling formation.
• Tuoba Lie recognizes Xu Feng as the Golden Roc Peak Master and is surprised by the immense pressure emanating from him, realizing that Xu Feng is far stronger than intelligence reports suggest.

Character Development

• Xu Feng becomes significantly more powerful and confident, gaining a formidable telekinetic combat technique. He also demonstrates greater strategic maturity, balancing intimidation, diplomacy, manipulation, and long-term planning.
• Red Pheasant is shown to be proud, powerful, and fiercely protective of her authority. However, Xu Feng’s pill and audacious behavior unsettle her emotionally, creating the first signs of uncertainty in her attitude toward him.
• Li Wen and Xiao Feng continue developing as Xu Feng’s trusted subordinates. They carry out reconnaissance and defensive duties while accepting his leadership.
• Tuoba Lie, Mosang, and Ulan are introduced as elite representatives of the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court, indicating that the conflict is about to expand into a direct confrontation.

Significant Themes

• Power and authority: Xu Feng uses both actual strength and controlled displays of force to establish his status.
• Strategic manipulation: He treats the conflict with Red Pheasant as a political game, using a valuable gift and emotional provocation to gain leverage.
• Respect for stronger opponents: Despite his rapid advancement, Xu Feng understands that his power still differs from the complete abilities of true Star Gods.
• Emotional warfare: The chapter emphasizes that desire, pride, embarrassment, and attraction can be as useful as martial strength in influencing powerful figures.
• Rising external danger: The arrival of the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court’s elite squad suggests that the secret realm and its treasures are becoming the center of a much larger struggle.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng’s subordinates report the growing threats from Red Pheasant, Nether Spring Envoy, and the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court.
• Xu Feng intimidates Red Cloud Peak’s guards without fighting them.
• He withstands Red Pheasant’s pressure, exchanges verbal provocations with her, presents her with the Golden Body Pill, and deliberately embraces her before departing.
• Xu Feng and Red Pheasant’s relationship shifts from open hostility toward a complicated mixture of rivalry, negotiation, attraction, and possible alliance.
• Xu Feng confronts the Imperial Court’s three “Kings,” beginning a new and potentially dangerous conflict.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng confronts a seven-person force from the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court at Stone Gorge Entrance: Rock King Tuoba Lie, Snake King Mosang, Eagle King Ulan, and four High-Rank Overlord generals.
• The enemy demands that Xu Feng surrender the secret realm’s treasures. When he refuses, they launch a coordinated assassination.
• Xu Feng effortlessly neutralizes their attacks using his “Mountain,” “Wind,” and “Star” techniques. He then releases seventy-two Flying Blades, heavily injuring all three Kings.
• Ulan escapes, but Xu Feng and Li Wen capture and cripple Tuoba Lie and Mosang. The four remaining generals flee. Xu Feng deliberately lets Ulan live so the battle’s outcome will deter the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court.
• Xu Feng and Li Wen return with the two Kings’ heads and the Force-Congealing Pill recovered from the ruins.
• Red Pheasant struggles over whether to consume Xu Feng’s Hundred-Refined Golden Body Pill, knowing it could advance her bloodline and possibly bring her closer to the Star God Realm. She ultimately takes it, accepting that she now owes him a major favor.
• Xu Feng learns that Yue Changkong is encouraging Great Xia to consider a Star God Realm assassination attempt against him. He also hears that unrest is developing within the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court.
• At Celestial Pivot Hall, Xu Feng reports his victory to Envoys Lingfeng and Youquan. He presents the two heads and returns the Force-Congealing Pill, claiming he killed the invaders simply as part of his duty.
• Xu Feng’s deliberately “straightforward” defense—that he had no reason to ask permission before defending the secret realm—leaves Youquan speechless. Lingfeng ultimately accepts his explanation and acknowledges his merit.
• Xu Feng requests access to the fourth floor of the Scripture Repository to seek a body-refining inheritance. Lingfeng grants him three days of access, partly to reward him and partly to observe his motives and ambitions.
• Lingfeng and Youquan decide that the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court’s threat should not be feared; if war comes, Little Azure Firmament Mountain will respond.
• Xu Feng visits Red Cloud Peak and gives the guards Star God Dew, prompting speculation that he is pursuing Red Pheasant romantically.
• He meets Red Pheasant and humbly asks for her guidance on body refinement and advice about which inheritance to seek in the Scripture Repository.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng: Demonstrates overwhelming combat power, defeating three King-ranked opponents with ease. He becomes increasingly skilled at manipulating appearances: acting carefree and “thoughtless” before the envoys while carefully pursuing access to the Scripture Repository. His true goal is to find a body-refining secret art, and he uses both merit and humility to secure it.
• Li Wen: Fights alongside Xu Feng and helps cripple Tuoba Lie and Mosang. He is shocked to learn that Xu Feng’s condensed intent has reached seventy feet, realizing that Xu Feng’s supposedly poor talent and “reliance on quantity” are actually far beyond ordinary genius.
• Eagle King Ulan: Survives and returns to report the battle. She views Xu Feng as a terrifying hidden expert and interprets his apparent newcomer status as part of a deliberate scheme by Little Azure Firmament Mountain.
• Red Pheasant: Her attitude toward Xu Feng softens after consuming the pill he gave her. Although she remains wary of his motives, she acknowledges the value of his gift and begins considering what kind of person he truly is.
• Lingfeng: Recognizes Xu Feng’s exceptional talent and strategic value. Rather than punish him, he grants access to the Scripture Repository so the mountain can both cultivate his loyalty and assess his intentions.
• Youquan: Remains angered by Xu Feng’s failure to report the killings, but cannot refute Xu Feng’s technically reasonable defense.

Significant Themes

• Strength as authority: Xu Feng’s overwhelming victory reinforces that power determines how factions treat one another. Little Azure Firmament Mountain’s willingness to stand behind him also challenges the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court’s authority.
• Strategic deception and multiple identities: Xu Feng shifts between arrogant powerhouse, careless subordinate, humble student, and flattering suitor depending on his audience. The chapter repeatedly questions which version of him is genuine.
• Loyalty and political maneuvering: Xu Feng presents himself as loyal to Little Azure Firmament Mountain while quietly pursuing personal goals. Lingfeng similarly grants him access both as a reward and as a test.
• The importance of body refinement: Xu Feng’s greatest weakness is not combat power but his lack of a systematic body-refining inheritance. This motivates his request for access to the Scripture Repository and his approach to Red Pheasant.
• Mutual indebtedness: Red Pheasant’s consumption of the pill creates a significant favor between them, while Xu Feng’s assistance and humility begin changing their adversarial relationship.
• Escalating conflict: The killings provoke diplomatic tension with the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court, while Great Xia may attempt to assassinate Xu Feng. His rise is drawing increasingly dangerous attention.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and the Heavenly Wind Kings: Their attempted ambush becomes a one-sided display of Xu Feng’s superiority. He spares Ulan intentionally but brutally defeats Tuoba Lie and Mosang.
• Xu Feng and Li Wen: They cooperate in battle, and Li Wen reacts with stunned disbelief to Xu Feng’s immense progress. Their relationship mixes trust, rivalry, and comic contrast.
• Xu Feng and Lingfeng/Youquan: Xu Feng uses carefully crafted sincerity to avoid punishment and secure access to the Scripture Repository. Lingfeng sees potential in him, while Youquan remains suspicious and frustrated.
• Lingfeng and Youquan: They disagree in tone but ultimately support Xu Feng’s cultivation. Lingfeng views him as a potentially valuable weapon whose ambitions must be observed.
• Xu Feng and Red Pheasant: Their relationship shifts from hostility and flirtatious provocation toward cautious curiosity. Xu Feng adopts a humble attitude and asks for her expertise, while Red Pheasant begins to wonder whether his various personalities are all authentic.
• Red Pheasant and Xu Feng’s pill: By taking the Hundred-Refined Golden Body Pill, Red Pheasant accepts both its benefits and the favor she now owes him, creating an uncertain bond between them.

Chapter Summary: “Sky Roc Battles Dragon, Withered Wood’s Scheme!”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Red Pheasant explains several powerful Bird Race body-tempering techniques to Xu Feng:
  • Heavenly Feather Body-Tempering Art, focused on speed and sharpness.
  • Crimson Phoenix Nirvana Scripture, centered on vitality, fire tempering, and regeneration.
  • Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art, which balances strength, speed, and combat ability but demands exceptional bloodline, resources, and cultivation environments.
• Xu Feng identifies the Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art as the best fit for his mixed-Force combat style, though he intends to cultivate cautiously according to his current resources.
• Red Pheasant’s view of Xu Feng changes. Her former hostility gives way to curiosity and faint anticipation regarding his future achievements and performance.
• Xu Feng encounters Qingxuan Peak Lord and Withered Wood Peak Lord. Withered Wood shows an unusual, covetous interest in him, which Xu Feng notices but temporarily dismisses.
• Information about the upcoming ranking battle reveals that the mountain’s eighteen peak rankings are likely to undergo major changes. Xu Feng is expected to compete for the vacant Tenth Peak position, though he may become a target of other peak lords and Nether Spring Envoy’s possible schemes.
• Xu Feng enters the Scripture Repository and spends three days studying. He obtains the complete Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art and discovers records concerning the ancient Spirit Pivot Era.
• He learns that the technique requires resources and extreme environments—especially a place like the Ninth Heaven Gale Force Layer, unavailable in Dimension 13. However, Xu Feng realizes he may know of a comparable secret location that could aid his cultivation later.
• Upon returning to Golden Roc Peak, Xu Feng learns that a masked attacker severely wounded Double Pupil, one of his important retainers, while apparently targeting Xu Feng’s meditation chamber.
• Xu Feng reports the attack to Qingxuan Peak Lord. She investigates and identifies the attacker’s power as connected to advanced life-and-death, withering-and-flourishing techniques.
• Qingxuan confronts Withered Wood Peak Lord and discovers that he was responsible. Withered Wood admits he sensed a Tree Clan sacred treasure within Xu Feng—actually likely the silver Divine Tree inside him—and attacked because he believes it can restore his decaying body and help him break through to the Star God realm.
• Qingxuan forces Withered Wood to promise not to attack Xu Feng during the ranking battle, temporarily suppressing the matter rather than reporting it to the two envoys.
• Realizing his secret Divine Tree has been discovered, Xu Feng decides to use the ranking battle to challenge Withered Wood’s Fifth Peak and establish Golden Roc Peak’s reputation.
• The ranking battle begins. Xu Feng, currently ranked eighteenth, is given the first opportunity to issue a challenge.

2. Character Developments

• Xu Feng: Becomes more mature, cautious, and strategic. He accepts Red Pheasant’s advice without greed, studies the body-tempering path systematically, and responds to the attack by using mountain-gate rules rather than acting rashly. His attitude shifts from merely seeking a higher ranking to actively confronting Withered Wood and protecting the Divine Tree.
• Red Pheasant: Her hostility toward Xu Feng softens considerably. She respects his humility and practicality, while developing curiosity and subtle anticipation toward his future actions.
• Withered Wood Peak Lord: Revealed as desperate, obsessive, and increasingly reckless because his lifespan is nearly exhausted. His desire for Xu Feng’s Tree Clan-related treasure overrides his respect for the mountain’s rules.
• Qingxuan Peak Lord: Acts as a stern but fair mediator. She protects Xu Feng, upholds the mountain’s rules, and restrains Withered Wood while giving him one final chance.
• Double Pupil: Demonstrates loyalty by fighting the intruder despite being heavily outmatched and severely injured.
• Xiao Feng and Li Wen: Continue supporting Xu Feng through intelligence gathering, defense, and practical advice.

3. Significant Themes

• Power requires resources and foundations: Xu Feng learns that even the most profound techniques cannot be cultivated through talent alone; suitable treasures, environments, bloodlines, and endurance are essential.
• Practicality over reckless ambition: Xu Feng’s decision to begin with a technique suited to his present circumstances shows restraint and long-term planning.
• Hidden treasures invite danger: The Divine Tree within Xu Feng makes him a target, especially for ancient beings whose ambitions and lifespans are nearing their limits.
• Rules versus desperation: Withered Wood’s violation of mountain law contrasts with Qingxuan’s insistence that power must remain restrained by order and accountability.
• Emergence and reputation: Xu Feng’s challenge in the ranking battle represents his transition from a new and underestimated peak lord into a major force capable of reshaping the mountain’s hierarchy.
• Changing perceptions and relationships: Red Pheasant’s evolving feelings toward Xu Feng suggest that strength, humility, and unpredictability are gradually altering how others view him.

4. Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Red Pheasant: Their discussion establishes mutual respect. Red Pheasant provides rare guidance, while Xu Feng responds with sincere gratitude and measured judgment.
• Xu Feng and Withered Wood: Their initial meeting is outwardly polite but contains hidden hostility. Withered Wood’s probing gaze foreshadows his later attack and obsession with Xu Feng’s internal treasure.
• Xu Feng and Qingxuan: Xu Feng strategically reports the assault, allowing Qingxuan to intervene. She reassures him that the ranking battle will be protected by the mountain’s restrictions.
• Qingxuan and Withered Wood: Their confrontation exposes Withered Wood’s motives. Qingxuan condemns his ambush, warns him of punishment, and compels him to postpone further action.
• Xu Feng and his retainers: Xu Feng shows concern for Double Pupil, rejects his apology, provides healing resources, and orders increased protection for Golden Roc Peak.
• Xu Feng and Withered Wood at the ranking battle: Their silent exchange reveals an open conflict beneath the formal competition. Xu Feng intends to challenge upward, with Withered Wood’s Fifth Peak becoming his likely target.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The eighteen peak masters gather for the ranking challenge at Little Azure Firmament Mountain. Xu Feng, publicly known as Jinmu, challenges for the vacant Tenth Peak position and is temporarily appointed master of Furious Dragon Peak, which is later renamed Golden Roc Peak.
• The first round begins with challenges between various peaks. Several rankings change, but many challenges fail. Xu Feng observes the battles and evaluates the strength of the other peak masters.
• Kui Sha, the poisonous master of Fifteenth Peak and a Seven-Colored Poison Python, challenges Xu Feng. His poison needles and toxic mist prove completely ineffective against Xu Feng’s wind-based techniques and powerful intent.
• Xu Feng defeats Kui Sha with a single punch, breaking his arms and forcing him to concede before Xu Feng can land a finishing blow. The arena is stunned by Xu Feng’s overwhelming strength, and many conclude that he belongs among the top ten.
• During the second round, when the top ten may challenge higher-ranked peaks, Xu Feng unexpectedly forfeits his opportunity. His decision confuses Xiao Feng, the envoys, and many of the peak masters, especially since he appears strong enough to challenge several higher positions.
• Most other lower-ranked top-ten masters also decline to challenge. Han Xuan, master of Fourth Peak, finally challenges Red Pheasant, master of Second Peak.
• Han Xuan and Red Pheasant engage in a spectacular ice-versus-fire battle. Despite Han Xuan’s refined ice techniques and swordsmanship, Red Pheasant’s superior flame power overwhelms her. Han Xuan concedes after nearly one hundred exchanges, though Red Pheasant clearly restrains herself.
• The rankings change very little overall. Xu Feng officially becomes the Tenth Peak Master, and Furious Dragon Peak is replaced by Golden Roc Peak.
• Xu Feng receives generous rewards for defending the secret realm, killing a prince of the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court, and performing well in the ranking battle.
• Qingxuan explains that the Stone Gorge Pass Secret Realm is one entrance to the vast Kunlun Secret Realm, a connected cluster of many secret realms. The top ten peaks control ten primary entrances and gain both responsibilities and the privilege of exploring them.
• As the new Tenth Peak Master, Xu Feng inherits control of both Furious Dragon Peak’s primary entrance and the Stone Gorge Pass secondary entrance. He receives a special authority token that allows him to enter the realm, command guards, and avoid certain dangers.
• Qingxuan warns that the Stone Gorge region may contain the ruins of an important Spirit Pivot Era city-state and remains largely unexplored, even by the previous peak master Jiao Lin.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng/Jinmu: Establishes himself as an extraordinarily powerful peak master by defeating Kui Sha effortlessly. His calmness, confidence, and deliberate refusal to challenge higher-ranked peaks suggest that he is cautious and pursuing plans beyond immediate prestige. He officially gains authority, resources, and access to the Kunlun Secret Realm.
• Xiao Feng and Golden Roc Peak’s followers: Become increasingly proud of and loyal to Xu Feng after witnessing his overwhelming victory. They are eager to see him rise, though they do not understand his decision to forfeit the second-round challenge.
• Kui Sha: Initially arrogant and eager to test Xu Feng, he is quickly humbled when his signature poison techniques fail completely. His defeat exposes the vast gap between him and Xu Feng.
• Han Xuan: Demonstrates courage and formidable ice abilities by challenging a peak two ranks above her. Though defeated, she maintains composure, acknowledges Red Pheasant’s superiority, and returns to quietly recover.
• Red Pheasant: Reveals immense strength and refined control over fire. She defeats Han Xuan without appearing seriously threatened and seems intrigued by Xu Feng’s performance.
• Rongku: Remains outwardly passive with his eyes closed, but his retainers watch Golden Roc Peak with hostility, and his subtle reaction to Xu Feng’s forfeiture hints at hidden interest or disdain.
• Qingxuan’s master: Acts as both ranking official and mentor, explaining the responsibilities and privileges attached to Xu Feng’s new position.

Significant Themes

• Power and reputation: Xu Feng’s one-punch victory radically changes how the other peaks perceive him, proving that reputation must be backed by overwhelming ability.
• Strategy over ambition: Xu Feng chooses not to pursue a higher ranking despite having the strength to do so, suggesting that long-term planning and resource control matter more to him than immediate status.
• Hierarchy and privilege: The distinction between the top ten and bottom eight peaks is shown to be based on access to secret realms and resources, not merely ceremonial rank.
• Elemental opposition and combat mastery: The ice-and-fire duel between Han Xuan and Red Pheasant highlights contrasting fighting philosophies, while Xu Feng’s battle demonstrates the effectiveness of combining physical power with wind intent.
• Hidden dangers and unexplored opportunity: The Kunlun Secret Realm represents both immense resources and serious risks, setting up future exploration and conflict.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng calmly dismisses Xiao Feng’s concerns about Withered Wood Peak’s hostile attention.
• Kui Sha taunts Xu Feng before challenging him, but Xu Feng responds with restraint, defeats him instantly, and stops short of causing further injury.
• Xiao Feng questions Xu Feng about his planned second-round challenge, but Xu Feng gives no explanation for forfeiting.
• Han Xuan and Red Pheasant exchange respectful but competitive remarks before and during their ice-fire battle.
• Qingxuan privately explains the significance of the top-ten position and entrusts Xu Feng with the authority and duties connected to the Kunlun Secret Realm.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng is formally appointed master of the Tenth Peak and guardian of one of Little Azure Firmament Mountain’s secret-realm entrances. The Qingxuan Peak Master explains his responsibilities, including maintaining defenses, reporting changes, surrendering thirty percent of yearly resources, and respecting the other peak masters’ territories.
• He receives an overview of the Kunlun Secret Realm cluster, revealing ten major entrances and eight secondary entrances. The Stone Gorge ruins are rated as moderate in danger and output, while Radiant Mountain Valley connects to a much more dangerous, high-yield forbidden realm.
• A secret military report reveals that Star God Dew contains genetically engineered “Gu Microbes”—parasites capable of controlling or destroying their hosts when activated. Star God Pills contain insectoid remains with similar control potential. Xu Feng realizes that Little Azure Firmament Mountain has been using cultivation resources as hidden tools of enslavement.
• Although alarmed, Xu Feng deliberately gives Star God Dew and Star God Pills to his retainers as rewards, trusting his own spiritual control over them and using the gifts to strengthen Golden Roc Peak.
• Xu Feng continues exploring the Spirit Pivot satellite-city ruins for five days. His group discovers a previously inaccessible secret vault using a hidden backup control token that can deactivate the Dan Child guardians for a short time.
• Inside the vault, Xu Feng finds three information-storage crystals containing:
  • Basic rune-array knowledge
  • Designs and maintenance information for Spirit Pivot constructs
  • Energy-purification techniques
  • A manual for the Dan Child guardians
  • A large map of the Kunlun Spirit Pivot civilization
• The map identifies the main city, Dawn, four satellite cities, additional exits, and possible secret-realm entrances unknown to Little Azure Firmament Mountain. Xu Feng also confirms that the main-city command token can override the Dan Children in the satellite city.
• Xu Feng returns to prepare for an expedition into the main entrance, while Li Wen and Ah She remain behind to guard the ruins.
• Li Tianlang, Wang Lin, Huang Sen, and other human allies arrive. Using Xu Feng’s token and preparations, they enter the ruins to search for treasures themselves. This is revealed to be Xu Feng’s deliberate plan to share the newly secured “treasure mountain” with his brothers.

2. Character Developments

• Xu Feng rises from a powerful disciple to one of the sect’s core leaders. He becomes more strategic and ambitious, recognizing the enormous value of controlling the secret-realm network.
• His discovery of the Star God parasites makes him more distrustful of Little Azure Firmament Mountain and the upper realm. He becomes determined to uncover their methods and protect or strengthen his own faction.
• Xu Feng demonstrates both caution and ruthlessness: he refuses to consume the suspicious cultivation resources himself, but still distributes them to increase his subordinates’ strength.
• He gains a major technological advantage through the Spirit Pivot information crystals and begins considering how to reproduce or control the Dan Children.
• Xiao Feng remains deeply loyal and enthusiastically supports Xu Feng’s orders, unaware of the danger hidden in the Star God resources.
• Little White proves essential to the expedition by detecting hidden mechanisms and locating the backup control token.
• Li Wen is entrusted with guarding the ruins and helping Xu Feng execute his plan to share the secret realm with their allies.
• Li Tianlang returns after recovering from serious injuries and takes command of the new expedition, displaying confidence and responsibility despite the group’s teasing.
• Huang Sen has unexpectedly advanced to the entry-level War God realm and joins the exploration team, retaining his comedic personality.

3. Significant Themes

• Power concealed beneath rewards: Star God Dew and Star God Pills appear to be generous cultivation aids but are actually tools for biological and spiritual enslavement.
• Control versus loyalty: Xu Feng’s allies believe they are receiving rewards, while Xu Feng realizes that many cultivators in the sect may already be controlled. His own methods of spiritual domination are contrasted with the sect’s covert biological methods.
• Exploration and technological inheritance: The Spirit Pivot ruins are not merely treasure sites; they contain the knowledge of an advanced “cyber cultivation” civilization that could transform the Human Race’s future.
• Authority and legitimacy: Xu Feng’s official position grants him access, command privileges, and the ability to share resources openly rather than stealing or trespassing.
• Brotherhood and shared opportunity: Despite his growing power, Xu Feng chooses to let his allies benefit from the ruins, turning personal authority into a collective advantage.
• Hidden threats and political tension: The Withered Wood Peak Master and Nether Spring Envoy remain dangers, forcing Xu Feng to strengthen himself quickly while investigating the larger conspiracy.

4. Character Interactions

• The Qingxuan Peak Master formally instructs Xu Feng in his duties and recognizes him as a pillar of the sect.
• Xu Feng privately processes the military warning before calmly summoning Xiao Feng and ordering the distribution of Star God resources.
• Xiao Feng reacts with gratitude and excitement, while Xu Feng hides his unease over the fact that the “rewards” may be shackles.
• Xu Feng and Little White work closely together to discover the hidden vault mechanism and access the information crystals.
• Xu Feng uses the main entrance command token to stop the activated Dan Children and safely lead his group out.
• Li Wen receives Xu Feng’s orders and remains behind with Ah She to guard the ruins.
• Li Tianlang’s group reunites with Li Wen, exchanging jokes and teasing Huang Sen before Li Tianlang assumes a serious leadership role.
• Li Wen gives Li Tianlang the control token, allowing the brothers to enter the ruins safely and benefit from Xu Feng’s preparations.

Chapter Summary: “I’m Taking It, Taking It, Taking It!!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After returning to Golden Roc Peak, Xu Feng studies the information core recovered from Morning City. He realizes that Enlightenment Main City’s incomplete map is divided among its four satellite cities: Morning, Radiance, Dawn, and Rising Sun.
• Radiance City becomes the group’s next target because it is the closest satellite city and was once responsible for energy production and maintenance of Spirit Pivot technology.
• Xu Feng leads Xiao Feng, Red Beard, Rock Mountain, Silver Mane, Gray Fang, Hu Da, and Hu Er through the gateway beneath Golden Roc Peak into the ruins.
• The group reaches Radiance City and uses a control token to activate a concealed entrance in its golden walls.
• Inside, they discover a central hall containing a statue of the Radiance Sage and twelve powerful mechanical guards called “strongmen.” These constructs are far stronger than the pill-boy guards encountered in Morning City.
• Rather than confront the strongmen directly, Silver Mane discovers a maintenance route. The group enters a workshop filled with spare parts, energy crystals, and three dismantled strongmen.
• Xu Feng finds that the strongmen can be temporarily controlled with a Class-C maintenance authorization token. Using it, he awakens the twelve guards without provoking them.
• Xu Feng orders the others to remove the strongmen’s energy cores and carry the disabled constructs away, intending to claim them for Golden Roc Peak.
• He attempts to take the multifaceted crystal held by the Radiance Sage statue, but the system rejects his authority. By using Morning City’s Backup Core No. 3, he gains temporary Class-B authorization.
• This authorization grants access to Radiance City’s Spirit Nexus Research Institute. Xu Feng and Xiao Feng enter its central archive, while Red Beard and the others search the laboratories.
• The archive contains a massive crystal “honeycomb” storing Radiance City’s research, engineering, defense, and energy data. Xu Feng memorizes the city’s structural map, guard-control protocols, and energy-core locations.
• He also discovers a disturbing research log describing a stable spiritual-energy connection between Morning City and Radiance City, as well as unauthorized spiritual interference coming from a restricted area of Enlightenment Main City.
• As Xu Feng and Xiao Feng prepare to leave, the archive’s central system identifies that Xu Feng’s spiritual signature differs significantly from the original Spirit Pivot Era population. It questions him directly: “Who are you?”

Character Developments

• Xu Feng demonstrates strategic caution, technical knowledge, and growing authority. Rather than recklessly seize the Radiance Sage’s crystal, he uses available authorization systems and adapts quickly when his power proves insufficient.
• He also becomes more ambitious, choosing to confiscate the strongmen’s energy cores and potentially the constructs themselves, greatly strengthening Golden Roc Peak.
• Xiao Feng continues to act as Xu Feng’s dependable aide and commander. Though unfamiliar with the ancient script, he helps preserve the recovered knowledge by memorizing it as a backup.
• Red Beard proves his value as an expert in ancient ruins, runes, and Spirit Pivot architecture. He identifies the hidden city entrance and recognizes the Radiance Sage and maintenance systems.
• Silver Mane contributes through stealth and reconnaissance, discovering both the maintenance passage and the absence of active defenses within it.
• Hu Da and Hu Er remain inexperienced but enthusiastic. Their excitement highlights their growing trust in Xu Feng and their transition from hiding in fear to participating in major expeditions.
• The Radiance City archive system develops into a mysterious, semi-aware presence. Its recognition that Xu Feng is not a Spirit Pivot-era human creates a major identity threat.

Significant Themes

• Knowledge as power: The most valuable discoveries are not merely treasures but maps, control protocols, maintenance technology, and archived research.
• Authority and access: Xu Feng repeatedly encounters layered authorization systems. His strength alone is insufficient; progress depends on acquiring the correct tokens, identity credentials, and system permissions.
• Technology combined with cultivation: Spirit Pivot civilization blends mechanical constructs, energy networks, runes, and spiritual power, allowing Xu Feng to exploit both technological and cultivation-based methods.
• Caution versus greed: Xu Feng is eager to claim valuable resources, but he recognizes that conspicuous treasures and ancient systems may be traps. His restraint allows him to gain access to far greater rewards.
• The danger of the past awakening: Ancient systems remain active despite the civilization’s apparent destruction. The archive’s functioning defenses, strongmen, and unexpected interrogation suggest that the ruins may still possess intelligence and purpose.
• Xu Feng’s hidden identity: His disguise as an Alien Race member has so far protected him, but the ancient system detects that his spiritual characteristics do not match the original population. His identity may soon be exposed.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng assigns Xiao Feng overall command and relies on Red Beard, Silver Mane, and Gray Fang according to their specialized abilities.
• He gives Red Beard the control token and map, allowing him to uncover Radiance City’s hidden entrance.
• Silver Mane scouts the dangerous passage and later investigates the concealed maintenance door.
• Xu Feng uses the Class-C authorization token to make the strongmen stand down, then directs the group to remove their energy cores.
• Xu Feng and Xiao Feng work together in the archive, with Xu Feng decoding and memorizing information while Xiao Feng records it as insurance.
• The chapter ends with the archive system confronting Xu Feng about his anomalous identity, turning the expedition from a successful treasure hunt into a potential exposure crisis.

Chapter Summary:

South King Jin Yuyi

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng and Xiao Feng investigate a Spirit Pivot-era hive in Radiance City. Its ancient consciousness recognizes Xu Feng as an outsider and grants him limited access under the ancient covenant.
• The hive warns them that something deep within the main city, Dawn, has awakened and is watching through the Spirit Pivot network. It specifically tells them not to go deeper or establish a connection.
• Xu Feng takes the hive’s information core before escaping with his group. They also recover technical blueprints, Spirit Pivot components, a city map, and control protocols for defensive constructs.
• Back at Golden Roc Peak, Xu Feng studies twelve Spirit Pivot “strongmen,” powerful combat constructs whose standard strength equals that of peak or Limit War Gods. He successfully rewrites the control protocols of four before his temporary authority expires, binding them to his own spiritual imprint.
• The strongmen possess exceptional strength, defense, and coordinated combat potential. Xu Feng realizes they could greatly enhance his plans, particularly against the Withered Wood Peak Lord, though their dwindling energy reserves create a new problem.
• Xu Feng begins studying Spirit Pivot rune logic and construct repair. He successfully restores a portable defensive shield and improves his proficiency with Spirit Pivot technology.
• He concludes that Spirit Pivot runes function like programs encoded into spiritual energy, while constructs serve as their hardware. He also recognizes strong similarities between Spirit Pivot technology and the formation knowledge inherited by the Alien Races.
• Xu Feng orders increased security, surveillance of Withered Wood Peak, and the distribution of Radiance City’s maps. He plans to explore the remaining satellite-city ruins, obtain more information cores and spirit crystals, and delay entering Dawn until he is better prepared.
• Reports reveal that Withered Wood Peak has been monitoring the ruins. Its lord also visits Celestial Pivot Peak, apparently seeking assistance or authorization from the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court’s envoys.
• The Withered Wood Peak Lord secretly prepares the “Myriad Woods Return to Origin Array,” using his own body as part of the formation. He intends to seize the Divine Tree within Xu Feng and kill him.
• At Little Azure Firmament Mountain, the peak lords gather to meet envoys from the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court. The visit is ostensibly to settle old grievances but is actually meant to assess the mountain’s strength.
• A new envoy, South King Jin Yuyi, arrives. Xu Feng immediately recognizes him, ending the chapter on a note of shock and impending conflict.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng: Becomes increasingly cautious and strategic after learning of the awakened entity in Dawn. He successfully masters Spirit Pivot technology, gains four absolutely obedient high-level combat constructs, and expands his plans beyond simple survival toward dominating Dimension 13. He also shows growing confidence in confronting the Withered Wood Peak Lord.
• Xiao Feng: Continues acting as Xu Feng’s trusted aide and messenger, helping coordinate security and report developments at Withered Wood Peak.
• Li Wen: Remains a reliable ally and becomes one of the first outsiders to witness the strongmen’s power. He warns Xu Feng that the Star God experts may eventually uncover his disguise.
• Withered Wood Peak Lord: Is revealed to be actively plotting against Xu Feng. His greed for the Divine Tree drives him to perform a dangerous transformation and prepare an ambush formation.
• Jin Yuyi: Enters the story as a major and familiar figure from Xu Feng’s past. His arrival immediately alarms Xu Feng and suggests unresolved hostility or a serious confrontation.

Significant Themes

• Ancient technology and cultivation: Spirit Pivot technology is presented as another form of power cultivation, based on rune programming and spiritual energy. Xu Feng’s study suggests that technology, formations, martial power, and mental force may ultimately share the same principles.
• Preparation versus danger: Xu Feng repeatedly chooses preparation over reckless exploration, especially after the warning about Dawn’s awakened entity.
• Control and authority: The strongmen emphasize the importance of command authority. Xu Feng’s greatest breakthrough is not merely obtaining powerful constructs, but rewriting their loyalty so they obey him absolutely.
• Power and ambition: Xu Feng begins considering how his new forces could change the balance of power in the region, while the Withered Wood Peak Lord’s obsession with the Divine Tree reveals the destructive side of unchecked ambition.
• Secrets and surveillance: The awakened entity watches through the Spirit Pivot network, rival forces monitor the ruins, and the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court probes Little Azure Firmament Mountain’s strength. Nearly every faction is observing another from the shadows.
• Inherited knowledge: Xu Feng’s discoveries reinforce that current formation arts may descend from the ancient Spirit Pivot civilization, linking the lost era to the present world.

Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Xiao Feng jointly confront the hive’s warning and retreat from Radiance City.
• Xu Feng gives Xiao Feng orders to strengthen Golden Roc Peak’s defenses, distribute maps, and monitor Withered Wood Peak.
• Xu Feng interacts with Li Wen inside a shielded chamber, demonstrating the strength of the strongmen and explaining his broader plans.
• Li Wen warns Xu Feng that the Star God experts may see through his disguise, prompting Xu Feng to emphasize the importance of collecting all four information cores and completing the main-city map.
• The Withered Wood Peak Lord privately schemes against Xu Feng while monitoring the Divine Tree’s aura.
• At the final gathering, Xu Feng stands among the peak lords as Jin Yuyi enters the hall. Their recognition of one another establishes the chapter’s main cliffhanger.

Chapter Summary: “Hello, South King”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng discovers that Jin Yuyi, a surviving high-ranking member of the Golden Wing Clan, has advanced from Extreme Overlord to the Star God Realm and now serves as an envoy of the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court.
• During a banquet at Little Azure Firmament Mountain, Jin Yuyi reveals that he was responsible for sealing the passage between Dimension Realm No. 13 and Earth. This prevented Great Xia’s reinforcements from arriving and contributed to heavy human casualties.
• Jin Yuyi openly declares his hatred for Great Xia, vowing to slaughter every human stronghold in the realm in revenge for the destruction of the Golden Wing Clan’s territory and heritage.
• Xu Feng recognizes Jin Yuyi as a major future threat and decides to assassinate him before he returns to the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court and consolidates his influence.
• Red Pheasant notices Xu Feng’s hostility and warns him not to underestimate Jin Yuyi, subtly suggesting that she may have recognized Xu Feng’s hidden feelings or identity.
• Xu Feng enters the Spirit Pivot Ruins, travels to Dragonbreak Cliff, and prepares an elaborate ambush using:
  • Four powerful metal strongmen
  • A combined strike formation
  • An Illusion Mist Maze Array
  • Star God Weapon flying blades
  • The Chaos Pearl and other concealment tools
• Jin Yuyi enters the trap while traveling openly. The strongmen initially catch him off guard, but he resists their combined attack.
• Xu Feng reveals himself as the attacker. Jin Yuyi is shocked to discover that his enemy is Xu Feng, the Great Xia Psychic Master whom he considers responsible for the Golden Wing Clan’s destruction.
• Xu Feng and the four strongmen battle Jin Yuyi fiercely. Their coordinated attacks and Xu Feng’s close-combat abilities allow them to fight the newly ascended Star God to a standstill.
• Xu Feng deliberately provokes Jin Yuyi with cruel insults about the Golden Wing Clan, driving him into a rage.
• Jin Yuyi unleashes his Golden Wing True Form, greatly increasing his power and flooding the battlefield with destructive golden feathers.
• Xu Feng and the strongmen barely withstand the assault. Xu Feng counters with his strongest sword technique, “Flying Star—Moon Severing,” injuring Jin Yuyi and cracking his transformed wings.
• Xu Feng then uses multiple soul-tribulation techniques to disrupt Jin Yuyi’s mind and blood circulation. His flying blades and Spirit Fish attacks break through Jin Yuyi’s defenses.
• Jin Yuyi is severely wounded but survives the assault. He burns the power of his wings and prepares another ultimate technique, “Heavenly Roc Battles Dragon,” ending the chapter with the battle unresolved.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng: Becomes more decisive and ruthless. Rather than waiting for Jin Yuyi to attack Great Xia, he proactively organizes an assassination attempt. He demonstrates that, despite being below the Star God Realm, his formations, puppets, spiritual techniques, and combat skills allow him to challenge one directly.
• Jin Yuyi: Is revealed as both a political envoy and a deeply vengeful warrior. His hatred of Great Xia drives his actions, and his Star God cultivation proves formidable. However, his anger makes him vulnerable to Xu Feng’s psychological provocation.
• Red Pheasant: Shows keen observation and possible personal interest in Xu Feng’s disguised identity as Jinmu. She recognizes his emotional reaction to Jin Yuyi and warns him instead of exposing him.
• Li Wen: Remains loyal and offers to assist Xu Feng, but Xu Feng refuses in order to protect his identity and maintain the secrecy of the operation.
• Ling Feng and Youquan: Maintain a polite but wary diplomatic relationship with Jin Yuyi, revealing that tensions between the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court and Little Azure Firmament Mountain remain unresolved.

Significant Themes

• Revenge and reciprocal hatred: Both Jin Yuyi and Xu Feng are driven by memories of massacres and destruction. Each views the other side as responsible for unbearable losses.
• Preemptive action and survival: Xu Feng believes that allowing Jin Yuyi to grow stronger would endanger Great Xia, so he chooses assassination before the threat fully develops.
• Identity and allegiance: Xu Feng hides his human identity while operating among alien powers, and Jin Yuyi’s recognition of him transforms the conflict into a deeply personal confrontation.
• Strategy versus raw power: Xu Feng compensates for his lower cultivation through preparation, formations, puppets, concealment, and coordinated attacks.
• Rage as both strength and weakness: Jin Yuyi’s hatred unlocks tremendous power but also makes him easier for Xu Feng to manipulate emotionally.
• Political tension beneath diplomacy: The banquet’s formal courtesy conceals hostility between the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court, Little Azure Firmament Mountain, Great Xia, and the Golden Wing Clan.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Jin Yuyi: Their restrained banquet exchange becomes an open life-and-death conflict. Xu Feng treats him coldly, while Jin Yuyi initially approaches him as a fellow Golden Wing Clan member. During the ambush, mutual hatred is fully exposed.
• Red Pheasant and Xu Feng: Red Pheasant probes Xu Feng’s reaction to Jin Yuyi and warns him that Jin Yuyi is protected by both Star God power and the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court.
• Xu Feng and Li Wen: Xu Feng gives Li Wen responsibility for guarding his seclusion and concealing the assassination plan. Li Wen offers support, but Xu Feng insists on acting alone.
• Ling Feng and Jin Yuyi: Their banquet conversation appears cordial but contains veiled hostility. Ling Feng deliberately reminds Jin Yuyi of his role in sealing the passage to Great Xia, exposing the depth of his hatred before the assembled peak masters.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng battles Jin Yuyi, a powerful first-stage Star God Realm expert and South King of the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court.
• Jin Yuyi unleashes the Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art, transforming into a golden giant bird and later into the devastating Sky Roc Godslaying Spear.
• Xu Feng survives the attack by using an illusion, tricking Jin Yuyi into striking a false image.
• He counters by combining his Flying Blades into a massive telekinetic sword infused with the powers of Red Sun, Mystic Ice, and Jade Shadow, while also using the God-Shocking Tribulation to disrupt Jin Yuyi’s soul.
• Xu Feng shatters Jin Yuyi’s wings and severely wounds him. Jin Yuyi attempts to escape using a blood-red pill, but Xu Feng’s layered Spirit Pivot formations disable it and immobilize him.
• Three Flying Blades pierce Jin Yuyi’s heart, killing him.
• Xu Feng barely survives the battle, retrieves his weapons and equipment, collects the remains of his Spirit Pivot constructs, removes Jin Yuyi’s Space Ring, and returns secretly to Golden Roc Peak.
• Jin Yuyi’s death causes alarm throughout the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court and Little Azure Firmament Mountain. Both sides suspect the other of involvement, raising fears of war.
• Xu Feng recovers by circulating the Boundless Method and allowing the Divine Tree within him to absorb Jin Yuyi’s corpse. His blood energy rises toward the threshold of the Star God Realm.
• He obtains numerous treasures from Jin Yuyi’s Space Ring, including Pseudo-Divine Weapons, Golden Wing Clan techniques, pills, spirit materials, and intelligence documents.
• Little Azure Firmament Mountain holds a meeting to discuss Jin Yuyi’s death. Xu Feng, still disguised as Jinmu, provides misleading information about Jin Yuyi’s possible enemies.
• Envoy Lingfeng orders Xu Feng to investigate the battlefield—the very place where he killed Jin Yuyi—possibly as a test.
• Red Pheasant questions Xu Feng about his poor complexion, subtly suggesting she suspects he has recently fought someone.

2. Character Developments

• Xu Feng demonstrates that he can defeat a Star God Realm expert despite being at a lower cultivation level. His victory depends on strategy, illusions, formations, soul attacks, and the combined effects of his weapons and abilities.
• He suffers severe injuries and nearly exhausts both his physical strength and spiritual power, emphasizing the cost of fighting an opponent of Jin Yuyi’s level.
• Xu Feng becomes more cautious after realizing that Withered Wood may detect traces of the Divine Tree at the battlefield. He places Golden Roc Peak on high alert and focuses on restoring his strength.
• His blood energy reaches 183,129c and is expected to approach 200,000c after fully absorbing Jin Yuyi’s body, bringing him close to advancing into the Star God Realm.
• Jin Yuyi is revealed as an exceptionally powerful and arrogant fighter, but his confidence collapses when his escape pill fails and Xu Feng immobilizes him. His death confirms Xu Feng’s superiority over a major alien-race prodigy.
• Lingfeng and Nether Spring Envoy become wary of the political consequences of Jin Yuyi’s death and suspect that someone may be attempting to provoke conflict between Little Azure Firmament Mountain and the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court.
• Withered Wood remains a potential threat because of his interest in Xu Feng’s Divine Tree and his decision to investigate the battlefield.
• Red Pheasant displays perceptiveness, noticing Xu Feng’s weakened condition and hinting that she may suspect he has concealed something.

3. Significant Themes

• Strategy overcoming raw power: Xu Feng defeats a stronger and tougher opponent through deception, soul attacks, formations, and precise timing rather than direct strength alone.
• The cost of advancement: Although Xu Feng wins, the battle leaves him critically injured and nearly drains his spiritual reserves.
• Political suspicion and hidden identities: Xu Feng’s disguise as Jinmu allows him to participate in investigations into his own crime while rival factions attempt to assign blame.
• Power and opportunity: Jin Yuyi’s death provides Xu Feng with valuable resources, including cultivation techniques, weapons, information, and life essence.
• Escalating danger: The killing of a Star God threatens to ignite open war between major factions, while Withered Wood’s suspicions create a more personal danger for Xu Feng.
• Growth toward the Star God Realm: Absorbing Jin Yuyi’s body and consuming spirit fruits rapidly strengthens Xu Feng, bringing him close to a major breakthrough.

4. Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Jin Yuyi engage in a brutal duel marked by taunts, surprise attacks, and escalating techniques. Jin Yuyi acknowledges Xu Feng’s strength before being killed.
• Xu Feng relies on the two damaged “strongmen” to support him after the battle, showing the practical consequences of his injuries.
• Lingfeng and Nether Spring Envoy discuss Jin Yuyi’s death and worry that Little Azure Firmament Mountain will be blamed.
• Xiao Feng informs Xu Feng of the political fallout and the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court’s accusations.
• At the Celestial Pivot Peak meeting, Lingfeng questions Xu Feng—under the identity of Jinmu—about Jin Yuyi’s enemies. Xu Feng responds with carefully crafted misinformation.
• Lingfeng orders Xu Feng to investigate the battlefield, creating a dangerous situation in which Xu Feng may have to examine his own crime.
• Red Pheasant privately questions Xu Feng’s poor condition, adding pressure as others begin to notice inconsistencies in his story.

Chapter Summary: “Ambush! Another Ambush!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Red Pheasant subtly warns Xu Feng that people are plotting against him and hints that the Withered Wood Peak Lord left the mountain suspiciously.
• Xu Feng returns to Golden Roc Peak, isolates himself with formations, studies Jin Yuyi’s notes on the Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art, and repairs and upgrades his strongmen.
• The Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art proves far more profound than expected, involving bodily tempering, blood refinement, combat, and the Dao of slaughter.
• Little Azure Firmament Mountain’s leaders learn that the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court blames them for Jin Yuyi’s death and threatens war. Envoys Lingfeng and Nether Spring state that the sect must either find the true culprit or provide a scapegoat.
• Xu Feng deliberately announces that he is leaving the mountain to cultivate and investigate the place where the South King died. His true purpose is to lure out the Withered Wood Peak Lord and investigate the secondary ruins entrance at Withered Wood Peak.
• Xu Feng travels openly toward the northwest, hoping to reach the Fox Clan’s Thousand Caverns Mountain, whose powerful gale caves may help him cultivate the Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art.
• When Withered Wood announces that he is entering secluded cultivation at the very ruins entrance Xu Feng intended to visit, Xu Feng changes course and heads there, recognizing that Withered Wood has likely prepared an ambush.
• At the ruins, Withered Wood attacks a decoy strongman with his prearranged Spirit-Devouring Demon Vine formation. Xu Feng then ambushes Withered Wood from behind, supported by four Golden Roc Guard Mark II strongmen.
• The strongmen activate a combined formation and use their new Spirit Pivot Formation Breaker ability to dismantle Withered Wood’s sealing array.
• Xu Feng and the strongmen gradually destroy Withered Wood’s wooden defenses. Forced into a desperate state, Withered Wood reveals his true origin power and transforms into a gigantic black-vine treant.
• The treant unleashes a soul-devouring vortex and ghostfire, but Xu Feng protects himself with his condensed Mountain Wind Falling Star Force.
• Xu Feng activates the Chaos Pearl, disrupting the treant’s energy and weakening its attacks. He then uses Flying Star: Severing Moon, combining wind, mountain, and star powers to cleave through the treant.
• A Crimson-Eyed Spirit Fish, followed by Xu Feng’s spiritual attack, burns away Withered Wood’s vines, vitality, soul, and origin. Withered Wood dies after realizing that Xu Feng is actually Human Race rather than a member of the Golden Wing Clan.
• Xu Feng obtains an Ancient Tree Heart from the remains and confirms that the four strongmen are undamaged, though their energy reserves are depleted.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng: Becomes increasingly confident and strategically aggressive. He uses deception, public movements, decoys, advanced formations, upgraded strongmen, and multiple powers in combination. His battle demonstrates that he now possesses overwhelming superiority over Withered Wood. His Human Race identity is exposed to Withered Wood only at the moment of death.
• Withered Wood Peak Lord: His suspicion and greed toward Xu Feng’s hidden Divine Tree make him take the bait. He is revealed as a ruthless cultivator who uses refined souls, decay, devouring abilities, and elaborate formations. Despite his preparation and powerful origin transformation, he underestimates Xu Feng’s technological and combat abilities.
• Xiao Feng and Li Wen: Xiao Feng becomes responsible for Golden Roc Peak during Xu Feng’s absence, while Li Wen is tasked with assisting him and guarding the secret-realm entrance. Both understand that Xu Feng is deliberately provoking Withered Wood.
• Red Pheasant: Her earlier warning establishes that she is observant and may know more about the political and personal threats surrounding Xu Feng.
• Jin Yuyi: Though dead, his cultivation notes become crucial to Xu Feng’s future growth and reveal the enormous potential of the Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art.

Significant Themes

• Deception and hidden identity: Xu Feng maintains the appearance of Jinmu while secretly being a Human Race infiltrator. His public departure is itself a calculated lure.
• Preparation versus raw power: Both sides prepare ambushes and formations, but Xu Feng’s layered planning, repaired strongmen, and new abilities allow him to overcome Withered Wood’s traps.
• Technological and martial integration: Xu Feng combines martial forces, spiritual attacks, formations, and mechanical strongmen, showing the increasing synthesis of cultivation and Spiritual Pivot technology.
• Political pressure and scapegoating: The threat from the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court forces Little Azure Firmament Mountain to consider sacrificing someone, creating a dangerous atmosphere of suspicion.
• Predator and prey: Both Xu Feng and Withered Wood attempt to ambush the other, but Xu Feng reverses the situation and becomes the true hunter.
• Growth through inheritance: Jin Yuyi’s insights and the potential of the Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art give Xu Feng a new path toward a qualitative increase in strength.

Important Character Interactions

• Red Pheasant probes Xu Feng about Withered Wood’s movements, while Xu Feng carefully avoids revealing what he knows.
• Xu Feng orders Xiao Feng to request permission for his departure and assigns Xiao Feng and Li Wen responsibility for Golden Roc Peak.
• Xu Feng explains to Li Wen that his public departure is intended to lure out enemies.
• Xiao Feng and Red Beard identify Withered Wood’s “secluded cultivation” as suspicious and communicate with Xu Feng through the shattered jade signal.
• Xu Feng and Withered Wood engage in a battle of ambushes, formations, and escalating techniques.
• Withered Wood mocks Xu Feng’s strongmen as “metal lumps,” but the machines ultimately break his array and help destroy his defenses.
• Withered Wood’s dying realization that Xu Feng is Human Race confirms the success of Xu Feng’s disguise while also exposing the danger of his secret identity.

Chapter Summary: Heavenly Roc Sacred Body

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng defeats and kills Withered Wood Peak Lord inside the cliffside cave. He attributes the easy victory to Withered Wood’s wood-element abilities being suppressed by the environment, as well as his own preparation and superior strength.
• Anticipating that Little Azure Firmament Mountain will investigate, Xu Feng carefully cleans up the battlefield and conceals his involvement before traveling to the former Fox Clan territory.
• At Little Azure Firmament Mountain, Withered Wood’s life-bound soul lamp goes out. Envoy Lingfeng, Nether Spring Envoy, and several peak lords investigate but find no remains or clues.
• Nether Spring suspects that Jinmu—Xu Feng’s identity—may be connected to Withered Wood’s death, especially because Jinmu had traveled northwest. However, the heavenly secrets are unclear, so they decide to wait for his return.
• Xu Feng meets Hu Lang and obtains permission to use the Fox Clan’s sacred Thousand Caverns Mountain. Hu Lang gives him a holy token and warns that the mountain is occupied by the Hidden Wolf Clan.
• Xu Feng travels to Thousand Caverns Mountain and confronts the Hidden Wolf Clan. He identifies himself as Jinmu and demands access to the mountain for cultivation.
• When the wolf clan refuses, Xu Feng overwhelms its High-Rank Overlord leader with a single punch, warning the clan to withdraw. The Hidden Wolf Clan chief realizes they cannot oppose him and orders a retreat, planning to seek help from the Holy Maiden rather than risk angering the Silver Moon Wolf King.
• Xu Feng enters the mountain’s highest wind caves, eventually selecting the strongest cave, where azure-black wind blades tear through the air with enough force to injure ordinary Extreme Overlords.
• He removes his disguises and begins cultivating the Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art, using the Gale Force and a drop of Heavenly Roc True Blood extracted from Jin Yuyi’s remains.
• After four days, Xu Feng reaches the beginner stage of the art. He continues cultivating for three months, enduring constant dismemberment and regeneration while moving through increasingly powerful caves.
• By the end of the chapter, he reaches the proficient stage and approaches the fourth stage of the art.

Character Developments

Xu Feng/Jinmu

Xu Feng becomes increasingly confident in his combat power while remaining cautious about concealing his identity. His physical body is greatly strengthened through Gale Force tempering, developing embryonic “Golden Muscles and Jade Bones.” His limbs become strong enough to contend with an ordinary first-stage Star God even without using Force.

• Xu Feng also gains a deeper understanding of the Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art. He learns that its nine stages progressively temper the limbs, torso, organs, head, and consciousness, ultimately allowing him to transform into an ancient Heavenly Roc capable of fighting true dragons.
• He successfully awakens the early form of the Heavenly Roc Sacred Body, gaining immense bloodline pressure, powerful qi and blood, and a terrifying battle will.
• Withered Wood Peak Lord: His death becomes a major political and investigative crisis for Little Azure Firmament Mountain.
• Nether Spring Envoy and Envoy Lingfeng: They become suspicious of Jinmu and recognize that the recent deaths of major experts may indicate a hidden enemy targeting their sect.
• Hidden Wolf Clan: The clan’s arrogance turns into fear after Xu Feng effortlessly defeats its leader. Its chief proves pragmatic by immediately choosing retreat over needless resistance.

Significant Themes

• Preparation versus unexpected opposition: Xu Feng’s victory over Withered Wood results from both superior strength and careful preparation, emphasizing that strategy is as important as raw power.
• Concealment and suspicion: Xu Feng hides his identity and cleans up evidence, while Little Azure Firmament Mountain struggles to identify the person responsible for its losses.
• Strength and authority: Xu Feng’s status as a peak lord allows him to demand access, but his overwhelming physical power is what truly forces the Hidden Wolf Clan to submit.
• Pain as a path to transformation: Xu Feng deliberately exposes himself to devastating wind blades, using extreme suffering and repeated regeneration to refine his body.
• Evolution beyond ordinary limits: His physical strength reaches the War God Realm’s limit, making further progress impossible without breaking through toward godhood. The Heavenly Roc Sacred Body represents a new level of power based on bloodline, will, and bodily transformation rather than conventional cultivation alone.
• Inheritance and adaptation: Xu Feng uses Jin Yuyi’s Heavenly Roc True Blood and combines it with his own methods, turning another character’s advantage into a foundation for his own advancement.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Withered Wood Peak Lord: Their confrontation ends with Xu Feng killing Withered Wood in the cave.
• Xu Feng and Hu Lang: Hu Lang warmly welcomes Xu Feng, grants him access to all of Thousand Caverns Mountain, gives him the sacred token, and warns him about the Hidden Wolf Clan.
• Xu Feng and the Hidden Wolf Clan leader: Their negotiation collapses when the wolf leader invokes the clan’s ownership and connection to the Silver Moon Wolf King. Xu Feng responds by defeating him with one casual punch and ordering the clan to leave.
• Hidden Wolf Clan chief and his warriors: The chief suppresses their anger and orders a retreat after recognizing the vast difference in strength. He prioritizes survival and seeks assistance elsewhere.
• Nether Spring Envoy and Lingfeng: They jointly investigate Withered Wood’s death, with Nether Spring raising suspicion toward Jinmu but ultimately deciding to wait for more evidence.
• Xu Feng and his own cultivation: In the wind cave, Xu Feng endures relentless pain while drawing on the Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art and Heavenly Roc True Blood, culminating in the first manifestation of his Heavenly Roc Sacred Body.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• After three months of cultivation at Thousand Caverns Mountain, Xu Feng attempts the sixth Gale Force Cave. The stronger storm contains fragments of the Law of Wind that attack both his body and consciousness.
• Although he can endure the cave temporarily, he withdraws after exhausting his healing supplies. His cultivation has nevertheless advanced greatly:
  • Vitality rises to 200,000 cals.
  • The range of his Mountain Wind Falling Star Force expands to ten zhang.
  • His Divine Tree develops to cover most of his inner world.
  • He estimates that he can suppress an ordinary first-stage Star God and fight a second-stage Star God, though not a third-stage one.
• Xu Feng returns toward Little Azure Firmament Mountain while disguised as Jinmu, but the Nether Spring Envoy, Youquan, and two peak masters intercept him.
• He is questioned about his three-month absence, Jin Yuyi’s death, and the death of Peak Master Withered Wood. Xu Feng falsely attributes both deaths to a powerful Human Race expert named “Xu Feng”—himself.
• At the Heavenly Punishment Hall, nearly all of the mountain’s upper echelon gather to investigate him. Xu Feng denies involvement and claims to have cultivated alone at Thousand Caverns Mountain.
• When offered a Heart-Questioning Mirror examination, Xu Feng agrees but demands that, if proven innocent, the sect provide him with all resources necessary to cultivate the Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art. His confidence causes the authorities to hesitate.
• A special envoy from the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court, Eagle Jiuxiao, arrives with a Reversion Shadow Pearl containing blurry battlefield imagery from Jin Yuyi’s death. The image confirms that the killer used Human Race blood energy and Spiritual Telekinesis.
• The evidence points toward the real Xu Feng, and additional clues supposedly connect him to the area where Withered Wood died. Xu Feng skillfully interprets the genuine traces of his own battle, convincing the investigators that the murderer was the Human Race Xu Feng.
• The two factions conclude that Xu Feng killed Jin Yuyi for revenge and Withered Wood to provoke internal conflict within Little Azure Firmament Mountain.
• Xu Feng is cleared of suspicion and proposes that the sect and Heavenly Wind Imperial Court jointly hunt the “Human Race Xu Feng.”
• Rather than being punished, Jinmu is promised extensive resources and assigned to lead the future pursuit after reaching the Star God Realm.
• That night, Xu Feng recognizes the absurdity and usefulness of the situation: he has made his true identity the aliens’ greatest enemy while becoming a favored champion under his disguise.
• The next day, Little Azure Firmament Mountain issues a bounty: anyone providing information on Xu Feng receives one thousand drops of Star God Dew, while capturing or killing him earns one hundred Star God Pills and promotion to Fifth Peak Master.

2. Character Development

• Xu Feng/Jinmu: Becomes stronger, more calculating, and increasingly adept at maintaining his dual identity. He uses calm acting, selective truths, and the enemies’ assumptions to turn suspicion into political and material advantage. He also recognizes that his disguise must gain influence so he can access more resources and control the Spirit Pivot Ruins.
• Nether Spring Envoy Youquan: Initially suspicious of Jinmu, especially because of the timing of Withered Wood’s death, but gradually accepts Xu Feng’s explanation and later supports his promotion and cultivation.
• Envoy Lingfeng: Conducts the formal investigation with caution. Though suspicious, he is persuaded by the external evidence and Jinmu’s convincing testimony.
• Eagle Jiuxiao: Provides the crucial shadow-pearl evidence and reinforces the accusation against Xu Feng on behalf of the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court.
• Withered Wood and Jin Yuyi: Though already dead, their deaths drive the investigation and become the foundation of Xu Feng’s false narrative.

3. Significant Themes

• Double identity and deception: Xu Feng survives by convincing his enemies that he is both their loyal ally and their greatest enemy.
• Turning danger into opportunity: A potentially fatal interrogation becomes a chance to gain the sect’s full support and greater access to resources.
• Political manipulation and scapegoating: Xu Feng exploits existing distrust between the alien factions, framing his actions as a Human Race plot designed to cause internal conflict.
• Strength and preparation: His cultivation progress emphasizes the need to reach the Star God Realm before his enemies uncover the truth.
• Irony: Xu Feng is tasked with hunting himself, while simultaneously becoming the aliens’ most wanted target.
• Risk of exposure: Despite his success, the shadow pearl proves that erased evidence can still be recovered, forcing Xu Feng to act more cautiously in future operations.

4. Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and the investigators: He carefully balances respect, indignation, and apparent loyalty while answering Youquan and Lingfeng’s questions.
• Xu Feng and Youquan: Their exchange shifts from suspicion to reluctant approval. Youquan eventually promises resources and assigns Jinmu the mission of hunting Xu Feng.
• Xu Feng and Lingfeng: Lingfeng tests his story and later endorses him as the future pursuer of the Human Race enemy.
• Xu Feng and Eagle Jiuxiao: Eagle’s evidence nearly threatens Xu Feng’s disguise, but Xu Feng redirects it by elaborating on his own battle traces and supporting the accusation against himself.
• Xu Feng and the assembled peak masters: His public defense portrays him as a loyal, wronged, and emotionally invested member of the sect, winning their sympathy and reinforcing the Jinmu persona.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The alien forces of Little Azure Firmament Mountain and the Heavenly Wind Imperial Court issue an enormous joint kill-on-sight order for Xu Feng, offering Star God Dew, Star God Pills, positions, territory, and additional rewards for information about his relatives and associates.
• The bounty spreads across Dimension 13, while alien hunting squads and suspected spies begin searching for Xu Feng and attempting to purchase human traitors.
• In response, Great Xia’s Commander-in-Chief Di Huaiying announces a formal

Counterkill Order

• Anyone selling information on Xu Feng or his family will be declared a traitor and hunted by a Star God Realm expert.
• Informants will receive large merit rewards.
• Xu Feng’s family, friends, and associates receive the highest-level protection.
• Lu Fei and Xu Xiaodan are guarded by elite Dark Guards and Limit War Gods.
• Xu Feng’s friends are recalled and given enhanced cultivation resources and guidance.
• Xu Feng’s companions—Li Tianlang, Huang Sen, Yue Linfei, Wang Lin, and others—react to their sudden protection and promotion. They resolve to cultivate seriously so they can eventually support Xu Feng instead of relying on his protection.
• Huang Sen is recruited by Gu Cheng to investigate a possible traitor within the Kunlun Shadow Blade Squad, the only intelligence organization able to communicate with Xu Feng. He agrees despite the danger and prepares to depart for the Kunling Mountain Region.
• Qin Shanhe, Great Xia’s strongest War God, personally takes charge of protecting Lu Fei and Xu Xiaodan. The family remains under heavy security, though Lu Fei insists Xiaodan continue studying despite the crisis.
• In Azure Sky Mountain, Xu Feng—still disguised as the alien Peak Master Jinmu—learns about the bounty and Great Xia’s response. He feels guilty that his family has been endangered but believes the pressure may motivate his allies to grow stronger.
• Xu Feng receives compensation and cultivation resources from Azure Sky Mountain, including Star God Pills, body-refinement medicines, Sky Roc True Spirit Blood, and permission to select three treasures from the Celestial Pivot Treasury.
• He chooses:
  • Ice Soul, a Star God sword intended for Lu Fei.
  • Mountain-Shaking, a pair of Star God gauntlets for Li Wen.
  • Golden Scale Armor, a Pseudo-Divine Weapon for Kong Kong.
• At Red Cloud Peak, Red Pheasant reveals that she suspects Xu Feng has secrets but claims not to care. She proposes attacking a major Great Xia base, capturing important humans, and using Xu Feng’s family or relatives to force him into the open.
• She selects Base A1 in the Qin Mountains, where Great Xia’s human realm gate is located, and intends for Jinmu to lead the assault.
• Xu Feng secretly contacts Great Xia and turns Red Pheasant’s plan into a trap. Headquarters agrees to support him, deploying the top War Gods Frost and Zhao Lie, while Xu Feng, Li Wen, Frost, and Zhao Lie prepare to ambush and kill Red Pheasant.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng remains composed despite the danger to his family. His guilt evolves into determination, and he decides to exploit his double identity to eliminate Red Pheasant.
• Di Huaiying demonstrates decisive leadership, protecting Xu Feng while aggressively suppressing possible traitors and defending Great Xia’s unity.
• Huang Sen shifts from a carefree cook and comic figure into a committed operative willing to risk his life to protect Xu Feng and investigate internal betrayal.
• Xu Feng’s friends recognize the burden of benefiting from his achievements and resolve to cultivate harder so they can eventually fight beside him.
• Lu Fei remains calm and practical, accepting the protection but continuing to discipline Xiaodan academically. Her safety and importance to Xu Feng make her a central target.
• Xu Xiaodan shows maturity and humor under pressure, while still behaving like a normal student concerned about schoolwork.
• Qin Shanhe is introduced as both powerful and warm-hearted, taking his protective duty seriously while treating Xiaodan affectionately.
• Red Pheasant is revealed as ruthless, ambitious, and dangerously manipulative. Her willingness to attack civilians and exploit family ties makes her Xu Feng’s most immediate threat.
• Xu Feng’s disguise as Jinmu becomes increasingly dangerous as Red Pheasant begins probing his motives and proposing operations directly connected to his real identity.

Significant Themes

• Loyalty versus betrayal: The chapter emphasizes the danger of alien rewards corrupting human warriors and Great Xia’s determination to punish collaborators.
• Protection and sacrifice: Xu Feng’s achievements bring honor to Great Xia but also place his loved ones in danger, forcing the entire nation to protect those connected to him.
• Growth through responsibility: Xu Feng’s companions resolve to become stronger rather than remain beneficiaries of his success.
• Espionage and deception: Xu Feng’s position inside Azure Sky Mountain allows him to manipulate the enemy from within, turning an alien plot into an assassination opportunity.
• Family as both strength and vulnerability: Red Pheasant views human affection as a weakness, while Xu Feng’s attachment to his family motivates his most dangerous decisions.
• Unity under external pressure: The alien bounty attempts to create internal human conflict, but Great Xia responds by strengthening solidarity and punishing treachery.

Important Character Interactions

• Di Huaiying and Great Xia’s commanders: He formally announces the Counterkill Order and establishes strict measures against informants and traitors.
• Xu Feng’s friends: They discuss the bounty, their new protection, and their guilt over Xu Feng fighting alone before committing themselves to serious cultivation.
• Gu Cheng and Huang Sen: Gu Cheng recruits Huang Sen to uncover the suspected Shadow Blade traitor, trusting that his low-profile identity will help him investigate unnoticed.
• Qin Shanhe, Lu Fei, and Xu Xiaodan: Qin reassures them while warning Xiaodan not to trust strangers. His serious protection mission is softened by Xiaodan’s sarcastic response.
• Xu Feng and Red Pheasant: Red Pheasant proposes using Xu Feng’s family to lure him out, unaware that she is speaking directly to Xu Feng. He conceals his emotions, gathers information, and begins planning her death.
• Xu Feng and Great Xia Headquarters: Xu Feng informs Headquarters of the planned attack, and they agree to let him command the ambush against Red Pheasant with support from Frost and Zhao Lie.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The protagonist, Wang Yu, continues his journey to master high martial arts.
• He meets a new master, who reveals that the ultimate martial arts technique is to "forget everything and be natural."
• Wang Yu faces a challenge from a powerful opponent, but he overcomes it by using his newfound understanding of natural martial arts.

Character Developments

• Wang Yu: He begins to grasp the essence of high martial arts, moving away from rigid techniques towards a more natural and intuitive approach.
• New Master: Introduced as a wise and enigmatic figure, he provides guidance to Wang Yu about the true nature of martial arts.

Significant Themes

• Naturalness vs. Rigidity: The chapter explores the theme of letting go of structured techniques and embracing a more natural, instinctive approach to martial arts.
• Mastery Through Understanding: Wang Yu's growth highlights the importance of understanding the underlying principles rather than just memorizing techniques.

Character Interactions

• Wang Yu and the New Master: Their interaction is brief but profound, with the master providing a crucial insight that helps Wang Yu advance in his martial arts journey.
• Wang Yu and his Opponent: Their confrontation serves as a test for Wang Yu's new understanding, ultimately leading to his victory and growth.

Plot points and events

• Huang Sen arrives at Hidden Dragon, a heavily fortified Great Xia base in the Kunlun Mountains, under orders to join the Shadow Blade Squad as its logistics and nutrition consultant. The squad believes its assignment is ordinary reconnaissance; Huang knows the group has a more sensitive purpose.
• He meets Captain Shadow and the squad’s five other members—Feather, Ink, Rock, Falcon, and Wen Xin—and studies their backgrounds. Though he acts like a genial cook, he privately checks his room for surveillance and keeps watch for a possible traitor.
• Huang moves his bed into the squad’s shared quarters and wins their trust with homemade food. Over the next month, he cooks, helps with supplies and equipment, and quietly observes the team.
• Meanwhile, Xu Feng trains for a coming battle against the Human Race base. He uses Sky Roc True Spirit Blood to temper his spine, making substantial progress in twenty days, while improving his other techniques. Red Pheasant’s unusually quiet preparations heighten his suspicion.
• Red Pheasant finally summons Xu Feng to Red Cloud Peak. He orders Golden Roc Peak’s retainers to assemble, signaling that the conflict is about to begin.
• Huang notices that Sun’s shoes are unusually clean after recent rain. Since the nearby Earth Dragon Clan’s red soil becomes sticky when wet, he suspects Sun may have traveled near their territory and may be the squad’s mole.

Character development

• Huang Sen balances a friendly, unthreatening persona with careful counterintelligence work. His month of observation leads him to a specific suspect.
• Xu Feng remains focused and disciplined, pushing through painful cultivation to strengthen his body before battle. His wariness of Red Pheasant increases.
• The Shadow Blade Squad grows comfortable with Huang, relying on his cooking and treating him as part of the team, unaware of his suspicions.
• Red Pheasant remains difficult to read: her calm, secretive behavior suggests she is preparing a larger move.

Significant themes

• Trust and deception: Huang earns the squad’s confidence while secretly investigating them; ordinary-looking details may conceal betrayal.
• Preparation under pressure: Both Huang and Xu Feng use limited time to prepare—one through observation and investigation, the other through cultivation.
• Appearances can mislead: The squad’s official mission, Huang’s harmless-cook image, and Red Pheasant’s apparent inaction all conceal more complicated realities.
• Small clues matter: A subtle trace of soil—or its conspicuous absence—may reveal a traitor’s movements.

Character interactions

• Huang’s warm humor and food ease initial tension with Shadow and the squad, while Shadow maintains a professional but welcoming tone.
• Huang builds rapport with members through meals and practical help, using casual conversation to gather information.
• Wen Xin’s question about Huang’s assignment is gently shut down by Shadow, suggesting the team respects command secrecy.
• Xu Feng and Xiao Feng coordinate Golden Roc Peak’s readiness after Red Pheasant’s summons.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Red Pheasant changes the planned target from the heavily defended Human Race Base A1 to Hidden Dragon Base, believing it is more likely to contain Xu Feng or those supporting him.
• She devises a two-pronged assault: Chuan Yi and Zhen Kai will launch a frontal feint, while Red Pheasant and Xu Feng (“Jinmu”) lead the main force in a surprise flank attack aimed at capturing the base’s commanders.
• Xu Feng secretly informs Great Xia through an encrypted device and urges Shadow Blade to respond, while continuing to act as a loyal subordinate to Red Pheasant.
• The Alien Race army, totaling roughly thirty thousand troops, reaches Hidden Dragon Base. The frontal assault successfully draws attention, allowing Red Pheasant and Xu Feng to breach the flank.
• Their attack initially succeeds, with Xu Feng destroying the base’s laser cannons and scattering its defenders. However, Human Race Limit War Gods Frost and Zhao Lie suddenly appear, revealing that the ambush was anticipated.
• Red Pheasant is trapped in battle against Frost and Zhao Lie. When she calls for Xu Feng’s aid, he arrives, apparently to rescue her—but instead launches a devastating attack against her.
• Xu Feng reveals his betrayal, striking Red Pheasant with his full power. With assistance from Frost, Zhao Lie, and two Spirit Fish, he overwhelms and kills her.
• Xu Feng and Li Wen pretend to flee with Red Pheasant’s corpse, preserving the appearance that Xu Feng was merely escaping the battlefield.
• The Human Race then springs a larger ambush on the Alien Race army. Three Limit War Gods join the battle, causing massive Alien Race casualties.
• After two hours, the Alien Race army has lost more than sixty percent of its forces. Zhen Kai escapes severely wounded, Chuan Yi is captured, and several Golden Roc Peak retainers flee injured. The assault ends in a catastrophic defeat.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng: Demonstrates exceptional deception, strategic judgment, and combat strength. He balances his hidden loyalty to Great Xia with the need to maintain Red Pheasant’s trust, ultimately using that trust to land a fatal surprise attack. His strength has advanced dramatically since his earlier battles, shocking even Frost.
• Red Pheasant: Shows herself to be a capable strategist who recognizes Hidden Dragon Base’s logistical importance and suspects Xu Feng may be connected to it. However, her confidence in “Jinmu” blinds her to his betrayal. Her final reaction is dominated by rage and disbelief at being deceived.
• Frost and Zhao Lie: Reveal themselves as carefully concealed reinforcements and work together effectively against Red Pheasant. Their cooperation with Xu Feng demonstrates an organized Human Race counterstrategy.
• Chuan Yi and Zhen Kai: Follow Red Pheasant’s orders but are drawn into the larger trap. Zhen Kai barely escapes, while Chuan Yi is captured.
• Li Wen and the Golden Roc Peak retainers: Participate in the attack and help Xu Feng maintain his cover, though several are badly injured or forced to flee.

Significant Themes

• Deception and infiltration: Xu Feng’s role as “Jinmu” allows him to sabotage the Alien Race from within. The battle is won through intelligence and betrayal as much as through force.
• Strategic warfare: Both sides use feints, surprise attacks, intelligence gathering, and carefully concealed reinforcements. The Human Race’s layered ambush outmaneuvers the Alien Race’s overwhelming numbers.
• Trust and betrayal: Red Pheasant’s growing trust in Xu Feng becomes the means of her destruction, emphasizing the danger of misplaced confidence.
• Power and transformation: Xu Feng’s enormous increase in combat ability is highlighted when he helps kill a top-tier Limit War God who once regarded him as an ordinary War God.
• The cost of overconfidence: Red Pheasant assumes the Human Race is distracted and believes her swift attack will succeed, but her assumptions lead the entire army into a prepared trap.

Character Interactions

• Red Pheasant consults Xu Feng and the other Peak Lords, valuing his tactical suggestions and promising to help him advance to the Star God Realm.
• Xu Feng secretly communicates with Great Xia while publicly presenting himself as Red Pheasant’s loyal ally.
• Red Pheasant relies on Xu Feng to rescue her when Frost and Zhao Lie corner her, only to be fatally attacked by him.
• Frost and Zhao Lie coordinate their ice-and-fire assault against Red Pheasant, then assist Xu Feng in completing the deception.
• After Red Pheasant’s defeat, Frost and Zhao Lie discuss Xu Feng’s startling growth and help make his apparent escape believable.
• Chuan Yi and Zhen Kai lead the frontal attack but are later overwhelmed by the Human Race’s hidden forces and three Limit War Gods.

Chapter Summary: “Little Azure Firmament Mountain Shaken”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jinmu/Xu Feng returns to Little Azure Firmament Mountain with the battered survivors of the Hidden Dragon Base raid. Red Pheasant is reported dead, Li Wen is missing, and Zhen Kai has lost an arm.
• Xu Feng and Zhen Kai explain that the army fell into a Human Race ambush. Red Pheasant sacrificed herself to cover the retreat, allowing the others to escape.
• Envoy Lingfeng uses the Heart-Questioning Mirror to verify that Xu Feng and Zhen Kai are telling the truth. Their accounts are accepted, though the leadership remains wary of the disastrous defeat.
• The mountain reorganizes its hierarchy: Qingxuan rises to Second Peak, Han Xuan becomes Third Peak, and the remaining peaks advance to fill the vacancies.
• Xu Feng is appointed Seventh Peak Master and made Deputy Hall Master of the newly created Demon-Slaying Hall, whose public mission is to hunt Human Race geniuses and the “criminal” Xu Feng himself.
• At Hidden Dragon Base, Huang Sen and Ink confirm that Falcon was the mole responsible for the ambush. The Human Race forces withdraw to continue their larger mission.
• Qingxuan privately approaches Xu Feng. She offers him eight Hundred-Refined Golden Body Pills, protection, resources, and political support in exchange for personal loyalty to her.
• Xu Feng pretends to submit completely, while secretly judging Qingxuan to be more dangerous than Red Pheasant. He accepts the alliance because it gives him access to power, information, and resources.
• Qingxuan reveals that she and Red Pheasant had nearly completed bodily refinement and were close to the Star God Realm. Lei Fei, master of First Peak, is even closer, needing only to refine one final Heavenly Spirit bone.
• Xu Feng begins intensive cultivation. He uses the Hundred-Refined Golden Body Pills, the Sky Roc Dragon-Fighting Art, the Spirit Pivot Ruins, and the Gale Force caves at Thousand Caverns Mountain to temper his body.
• In the sixth Gale Force cave, he fully tempers his cervical vertebrae and gradually extends his Golden Muscles and Jade Bones through his torso and internal organs.
• Over the next month, Xu Feng studies Spirit Pivot runes and repairs ancient creations while secretly strengthening himself. He develops the idea of combining Spirit Pivot technology with Earth’s electronic technology.
• By the end of the chapter, all of Xu Feng’s torso bones and major organs have been refined; only his skull remains. He also completes a modified Spirit Pivot metal strongman whose loyalty is bound directly to him and prepares to test it in combat.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng/Jinmu: Becomes more politically influential and is elevated to Seventh Peak Master. He convincingly performs grief, loyalty, and gratitude while manipulating Little Azure Firmament Mountain from within. His physical strength rises dramatically, bringing him close to the level of the fallen Red Pheasant. He also expands from a warrior into a researcher and engineer by mastering Spirit Pivot technology.
• Qingxuan/Lingji: Reveals herself as calculating, strategic, and politically ambitious. Unlike Red Pheasant’s direct and forceful personality, she prefers subtle manipulation and alliances. She recognizes Xu Feng’s potential and attempts to secure him as a personal asset.
• Red Pheasant: Her death reshapes the power structure of Little Azure Firmament Mountain. She is portrayed as reckless and overly aggressive, but also loyal, generous, and exceptionally perceptive in recognizing Xu Feng’s talent.
• Lei Fei: Established as the strongest peak master and nearly ready to break into the Star God Realm, making him Xu Feng’s future target and a major threat to humanity.
• Zhen Kai: Survives the ambush but loses an arm. He is treated with sacred medicine and is expected to recover eventually.
• Huang Sen and Ink: Their suspicions complement one another, allowing them to identify Falcon as the mole. Their banter provides comic relief amid the serious military crisis.
• Falcon: Captured and left for interrogation after being exposed as the insider responsible for leaking information.

Significant Themes

• Betrayal and deception: Both sides rely on spies, false identities, staged loyalty, and hidden motives. Xu Feng’s entire position within the mountain is built on deception.
• Power vacuums and political maneuvering: Red Pheasant’s death creates an opening that Qingxuan and Xu Feng exploit. Promotions and new institutions become tools for consolidating influence.
• Loyalty versus self-interest: Qingxuan demands personal loyalty rather than loyalty to the sect, while Xu Feng offers obedience only as a calculated means to gain strength.
• Fate and destiny: Qingxuan argues that fate determines who survives and who falls, but Xu Feng’s actions suggest that preparation, manipulation, and strength can challenge apparent destiny.
• Strength through cultivation and technology: Xu Feng combines martial refinement, medicinal resources, environmental training, and ancient technology rather than relying on one path alone.
• The coming Star God conflict: The chapter emphasizes that the decisive factor in the war will be the number of Star God Realm experts, raising the stakes of Lei Fei’s impending breakthrough.
• Public identity versus true identity: Xu Feng must perform the role of Jinmu while secretly remaining the hunted Human Race figure Xu Feng.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Lingfeng/Youquan: The envoys question and verify his account of the battle, then reward him with status and authority while continuing to harbor possible suspicions.
• Xu Feng and Qingxuan: Their extended private conversation establishes a dangerous alliance. Qingxuan offers resources and political backing; Xu Feng pretends to accept her patronage while planning to eventually eliminate her.
• Xu Feng and Red Pheasant’s legacy: Xu Feng publicly mourns and praises Red Pheasant, but privately analyzes her strengths, weaknesses, and the circumstances of her death.
• Qingxuan and Red Pheasant: Qingxuan contrasts her own careful, calculating nature with Red Pheasant’s impulsive bravery. She admits that Red Pheasant was better at recognizing talent and nurturing Xu Feng.
• Huang Sen and Ink: Their investigation into Falcon ends in mutual confirmation, though their exchange is filled with irreverent jokes.
• Xu Feng and the Demon-Slaying Hall: His appointment gives him official authority to hunt his own supposed identity, allowing him to operate openly while concealing his true objectives.

Chapter Summary: “Suspicions About Xu Feng”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng completes a month of intensive Spirit Pivot research and upgrades his Modified Type-Three Strongman. The puppet now surpasses ordinary Extreme Overlords and can contend with top-tier Limit War Gods; several working together might even threaten a first-stage Star God.
• His Spirit Pivot skills advance to the Mastery level, allowing him to design moderately complex creations, write advanced control runes, and improve existing puppets.
• Xu Feng begins planning to obtain the remaining satellite-city cores and complete the map of the Spirit Pivot main city, Dawn. He hopes to acquire personal guard-grade puppets, pill formulas, and alchemical technology, particularly the Hundred-Refined Golden Body Pill.
• Although he dreams of using a personal guard puppet to resist Envoy Lingfeng, Xu Feng acknowledges that a third-stage Star God remains far beyond his current strength.
• At Thunder’s End Peak, Nether Spring Envoy Youquan warns Lei Fei that a series of deaths and disappearances within Little Azure Firmament Mountain may not be coincidental. The incidents include the deaths of Jin Yuyi, the Withered Wood Peak Master, Red Pheasant, and others.
• Youquan suspects Jinmu—Xu Feng’s identity within the mountain—of being connected to the incidents. Jinmu’s rapid rise, repeated survival during disasters, and involvement in nearly every major event make him especially suspicious.
• Youquan orders Lei Fei to investigate Jinmu secretly, granting him control over the Law Enforcement and Intelligence Halls. He hints that Lei Fei may help govern the mountain after breaking through to the Star God Realm.
• Lei Fei assigns his subordinates to investigate Jinmu’s history, movements, contacts, cultivation progress, and possible connection to the Human Race. He also orders surveillance of Seventh Peak and plans to challenge Jinmu’s authority by having Lei Bao seek control of the peak.
• The investigation uncovers a possible link between Jinmu’s supposed secluded cultivation and the Spirit Pivot Ruins. Secret passages could have allowed him to travel unnoticed while maintaining his alibi.
• Xu Feng learns from Xiao Feng that Lei Fei’s forces are investigating him. Rather than hide, he decides to leave seclusion openly, take personal control of the Demon-Slaying Hall, and request all intelligence concerning “Xu Feng” so he can personally lead the pursuit of his own supposed identity.
• At the Celestial Pivot Peak meeting, Lei Fei argues that Jinmu is too weak to control Seventh Peak and recommends Lei Bao replace him. The Nether Spring Envoy allows the matter to be decided through combat.
• Xu Feng accepts the challenge arrogantly, declaring that the fight must be to the death and warning Lei Bao that he must be prepared to die.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng/Jinmu: Grows stronger in Spirit Pivot technology and becomes increasingly ambitious, aiming to obtain Dawn’s greatest secrets. His response to suspicion demonstrates confidence, strategic boldness, and willingness to turn an investigation into an opportunity. He deliberately escalates matters by demanding a death match.
• Lei Fei: Revealed as a powerful, disciplined Ironback Bear Clan leader nearing a breakthrough. Though uninterested in intrigue, he accepts Youquan’s mission and begins treating Jinmu as a potentially dangerous destabilizing force.
• Nether Spring Envoy Youquan: Shows strong political awareness and distrust. He uses Jinmu’s suspicious rise as a means to test Lei Fei and strengthen his control over the mountain.
• Lei Bao, Lei Ying, and Lei Xiao: Become the main instruments of the investigation and political challenge against Jinmu. Lei Bao is particularly eager to gain recognition by taking Seventh Peak.
• Xiao Feng: Acts as Xu Feng’s trusted aide and informant, warning him about the investigation and assisting with the organization of the Demon-Slaying Hall.

Significant Themes

• Suspicion and hidden identities: Xu Feng’s concealed identity and unexplained rise make him vulnerable to investigation, while his enemies struggle to distinguish between treachery, extraordinary fate, and secret power.
• Power versus legitimacy: Jinmu’s authority is questioned because his strength and status have risen too quickly. The mountain’s stated principle that strength determines legitimacy becomes the basis for challenging him.
• Strategic deception: Both sides use secrecy, surveillance, false identities, and carefully constructed alibis. Xu Feng responds to covert investigation with deliberate public action.
• Ambition and technological advancement: Xu Feng’s Spirit Pivot achievements offer him a path to bridge the gap between himself and the Star Gods, while Dawn represents a vast source of weapons, puppets, and alchemical knowledge.
• Political maneuvering: The investigation is not merely about uncovering the truth; it is also a struggle for control of Seventh Peak and access to the Spirit Pivot Ruins.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Xiao Feng: Xiao Feng reports the Law Enforcement and Intelligence Halls’ investigation. Xu Feng calmly acknowledges the danger and orders Xiao Feng to help him openly investigate “Xu Feng.”
• Youquan and Lei Fei: Youquan entrusts Lei Fei with uncovering Jinmu’s secrets and offers him future authority over the mountain as a reward.
• Lei Fei and his clan retainers: Lei Fei organizes Lei Bao, Lei Ying, and Lei Xiao into a coordinated effort to investigate Jinmu, monitor Seventh Peak, and challenge his position.
• Lei Fei with Iron Feather and Hidden Book: The Law Enforcement and Intelligence Hall leaders help identify inconsistencies in Jinmu’s history and propose examining Spirit Pivot Ruins activity during his periods of seclusion.
• Xu Feng and Lei Bao: Their conflict becomes official when Lei Bao challenges Xu Feng’s control of Seventh Peak. Xu Feng transforms the political dispute into a life-or-death battle, setting up the chapter’s climactic confrontation.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng and Lei Bao engage in a life-and-death battle on the Life-and-Death Stage.
• Xu Feng discovers a weakness in Lei Bao's defense and exploits it to injure him.
• Xu Feng uses his superior battle awareness and technique to outmaneuver Lei Bao and ultimately decapitate him.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng demonstrates exceptional strength, battle awareness, and technique, proving himself a formidable opponent.
• Lei Bao's overconfidence and underestimation of Xu Feng lead to his defeat and death.
• Lei Fei's true intentions for challenging Xu Feng are revealed to be controlling him rather than killing him.

Significant Themes

• The importance of battle awareness and technique in combat, even against stronger opponents.
• The dangers of underestimating one's opponent and overconfidence in battle.
• The ruthlessness and decisiveness required to win a life-and-death battle.

Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Lei Bao's intense and strategic battle showcases their respective strengths and weaknesses.
• Xu Feng's glance at Lei Fei before killing Lei Bao hints at his awareness of Lei Fei's true intentions and his disregard for them.
• Qingxuan Peak Master's concern for Xu Feng's safety and Youquan's and Ling Feng's recognition of his abilities highlight their regard for him.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng defeats and kills Lei Bao in the Life-and-Death Platform battle, securing his position as the legitimate Seventh Peak Master.
• Lei Fei, furious over Lei Bao’s death and suspicious of Xu Feng’s identity and motives, privately warns him not to become too arrogant or reveal too much ambition.
• Xu Feng openly insults Lei Fei, calling him a cowardly, scheming “ball” and comparing his behavior to that of humans. This provokes Lei Fei into revealing overwhelming lightning power and nearly attacking him.
• Envoy Ling Feng intervenes, officially ending the confrontation. Xu Feng is confined for three days for his improper language, while Lei Fei receives no real punishment. Qingxuan is temporarily placed in charge of Demon-Slaying Hall affairs.
• Lei Fei leaves humiliated and enraged, silently vowing to kill Xu Feng.
• Xu Feng explains to Youquan and Qingxuan that confronting Lei Fei was deliberate. Since Lei Fei already viewed him as an enemy, Xu Feng believes forcing the conflict into the open will prevent Lei Fei from acting as freely in secret.
• Xu Feng orders Seventh Peak placed on full alert, strengthens its defenses, and commands his subordinates to investigate the ruins and Xu City.
• In seclusion, Xu Feng begins tempering the final bones of his skull with a Hundred-Refined Golden Body Pill. He recognizes that his current strength is insufficient against Lei Fei and resolves to complete his physical cultivation and break into the Star God Realm.
• Lei Fei learns that Xu Feng’s claimed Golden Wing Clan background is plausible but difficult to verify. He decides Xu Feng’s identity is less important than whether he can be exploited.
• Lei Fei plans a retaliatory expedition into Great Xia to kill humans and recover the mountain’s prestige after Red Pheasant’s death. He specifically orders that Xu Feng accompany him, intending to use the mission to test or control him.
• Xu Feng realizes Lei Fei intends to move against him and begins considering how to eliminate this threat by borrowing the power of his other identity, “Xu Feng.”
• Meanwhile, Huang Sen and the Shadow Blade Squad receive an encrypted message warning that Xu Feng may soon launch a major operation. They enter Level One combat readiness and suspend outside reconnaissance.
• At Base 9, Li Wen continues training Li Tianlang, effortlessly defeating and correcting him in martial combat.

2. Character Developments

• Xu Feng/Jinmu: Establishes himself as a fearless and highly aggressive Seventh Peak Master. Rather than tolerate Lei Fei’s covert suppression, he deliberately exposes their hostility before the entire mountain. Despite appearing reckless, he is strategically aware of his vulnerability and immediately begins preparing defenses, improving his cultivation, and planning a counterattack.
• Lei Fei: Changes from a threatening political rival into an openly murderous enemy. His public humiliation damages his authority and intensifies his hatred of Xu Feng. He responds by planning a military expedition and attempting to involve Xu Feng in it.
• Qingxuan: Continues to support Xu Feng but worries about the consequences of his recklessness. After hearing his reasoning, she acknowledges that his confrontation with Lei Fei may have been strategically necessary.
• Youquan and Ling Feng: Act as arbiters who prevent Lei Fei from killing Xu Feng. Ling Feng’s supposedly even-handed punishment clearly favors Xu Feng, demonstrating that the envoys recognize Xu Feng’s value or wish to restrain Lei Fei.
• Huang Sen and Shadow: Show increasing loyalty and concern for Xu Feng. Their squad is willing to support his coming operation, even while recognizing the danger of his position behind enemy lines.
• Li Tianlang: Displays determination and stubborn perseverance despite being completely outmatched by Li Wen.
• Li Wen: Acts as a strict, technically precise mentor, teaching through overwhelming but controlled demonstrations.

3. Significant Themes

• Defiance versus political restraint: Xu Feng refuses to survive through submission or vague diplomacy, while Lei Fei relies on rank, intimidation, and indirect pressure.
• Power and authority: The confrontation reveals that official titles alone do not guarantee control; reputation, strength, and the backing of higher authorities are equally important.
• Open conflict versus hidden schemes: Xu Feng intentionally turns a secret struggle into a public one, believing visible hostility offers more protection than covert attacks.
• Preparation and growth: After winning, Xu Feng recognizes the gap between his strength and Lei Fei’s and focuses on cultivation, defenses, intelligence, and strategic planning.
• Loyalty and mutual protection: Xu Feng’s followers prepare to defend Seventh Peak, while his human allies ready themselves to support his dangerous plans.
• The cost of pride: Lei Fei’s humiliation and Xu Feng’s insults escalate a political dispute into a potentially deadly conflict.

4. Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Lei Fei: Their exchange is the chapter’s central confrontation. Lei Fei issues veiled threats, while Xu Feng responds with direct provocation, forcing Lei Fei to reveal his hostility and nearly attack.
• Xu Feng and the envoys: Youquan cautions him against provoking Lei Fei, while Ling Feng stops the attempted attack and imposes a token punishment. Their actions suggest guarded support for Xu Feng.
• Xu Feng and Qingxuan: Qingxuan warns him that Lei Fei will seek revenge. Xu Feng argues that submission would only invite further attacks, convincing her that his confrontation had strategic value.
• Xu Feng and his Seventh Peak subordinates: He immediately assumes responsibility as Peak Master, issuing orders for heightened security, defensive formations, and investigation of Xu City.
• Lei Fei and Lei Ying: Lei Ying reports on Xu Feng’s background, after which Lei Fei decides to exploit him rather than continue investigating his identity.
• Huang Sen and the Shadow Blade Squad: The team discusses Xu Feng’s possible operation and responds with disciplined readiness, combining admiration for him with concern over the danger he faces.
• Li Wen and Li Tianlang: Their training interaction highlights Li Wen’s mastery and Li Tianlang’s determination to improve despite repeated defeat.