Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan tracked down Cheng Hai's group, killed Cheng Hai, and took the survivors' storage treasures while learning that Zong Quan carried their Kunwu Token. He caught up with Zong Quan, claimed the token and his ring, then let him leave.

• Chen Fan found Cheng Hai's group, and its members scattered when they saw him approach.
• Chen Fan killed Cheng Hai with one sword strike and found no Kunwu Token on his body.
• Senior Brother Gao told Chen Fan that Zong Quan had the team's Kunwu Token, and the three survivors handed over their storage treasures.
• Chen Fan used the Demon-Killing Eye to track Zong Quan through the forest and confronted him in his hiding place.
• Zong Quan gave Chen Fan the Kunwu Token and his black ring, then fled; Chen Fan let him go.

After collecting the Kunwu Tokens, Chen Fan returned to rescue Zaro and reunite with Lanruo and Wisdom before following the tokens’ arrow to the Crystal Palace. There, Situ Xue and the Falling Star Pavilion blocked the entrance as Chen Fan’s group arrived.

• Chen Fan gathered his three Kunwu Tokens, then turned back to meet his companions instead of following their arrow immediately.
• A Blood God Sect member chased Zaro, but Chen Fan arrived and killed the attacker with one strike.
• Chen Fan showed Zaro the three tokens and advised him to leave the Kunwu Secret Realm at the next opportunity.
• Lanruo and Wisdom returned with a Kunwu Token, and the four followed the tokens’ arrow to the Crystal Palace.
• Chen Fan’s group found Situ Xue and several Falling Star Pavilion martial artists blocking the palace entrance, and Situ Xue recognized them.

Chen Fan waited with the other martial artists outside the Crystal Palace while Situ Xue sought the killer of his disciple Yue Ling'er. Zong Quan exposed Chen Fan, but Chen Fan killed him before he could finish accusing him.

• Chen Fan learned that Situ Xue and the Falling Star Pavilion martial artists were barring the Crystal Palace entrance and waited with Lanruo and the others.
• More martial artists arrived, including Cheng Hai's remaining team members, while Situ Xue kept the crowd outside.
• Situ Xue announced that his disciple Yue Ling'er and four Falling Star Pavilion members had died and said he would search the gathered martial artists for the killer.
• Zong Quan revealed his identity, claimed someone had witnessed the attack, and pointed toward Yuan Yao.
• Chen Fan appeared before Zong Quan and beheaded him with a flash of red sword light.

Chen Fan killed Zong Quan and fought Situ Xue after rejecting his demand for a blood oath. He overwhelmed Situ Xue and his Falling Star Pavilion fighters, but Situ Xue transformed his body into gold and withstood Chen Fan’s sword.

• Chen Fan used the Void-Escaping Wings to kill Zong Quan before he could finish accusing him.
• Situ Xue questioned Chen Fan about his disciple’s death and demanded a blood oath, but Chen Fan refused.
• Situ Xue attacked Chen Fan with a powerful saber slash, and Chen Fan countered with Berserk and the Flying Shadow Sword, sending him flying.
• Chen Fan used the Void-Escaping Wings and Seven-Kill Sword to wound Situ Xue and kill several Falling Star Pavilion martial artists.
• Situ Xue surged with blood and qi, turned his body pure gold, and emerged unharmed when Chen Fan struck him.

Chen Fan defeated Situ Xue by evading the Indestructible Vajra Body until it ran out, then pursued him into the Crystal Palace, where rules prevented them from fighting. The teams gathered in an inner hall, and Chen Fan recovered some of his spoils from Zaro.

• Lanruo told Chen Fan that Situ Xue’s Indestructible Vajra Body would fail if he stopped attacking, so Chen Fan evaded Situ Xue until the technique ended.
• Chen Fan struck back and badly wounded Situ Xue, while Situ Xue’s remaining subordinates sacrificed themselves to shield him as he escaped into the Crystal Palace with three Kunwu Tokens.
• Chen Fan entered the Crystal Palace after collecting items from the fallen martial artists, but an internal rule prevented him from attacking Situ Xue in the main hall.
• Chen Fan found Hilo’s Blood God Sect team, Yi Bu’s team, and another team in a spacious room, then sat apart as Situ Xue arrived with only two subordinates.
• Zaro and Lanruo’s group entered with weapons and armor from the fallen Falling Star Pavilion martial artists, and Chen Fan kept a spirit sword and dagger while lending Zaro the rest.

Chen Fan and the other martial artists entered the Kunwu Secret Realm’s final stage, where each trial offered a reward and a chance to leave. Chen Fan completed his first test and chose to continue onward rather than take the exit.

• Lanruo warned Chen Fan that Situ Xue might leave early and seek revenge outside the secret realm.
• Yuan Yao and her companions apologized to Chen Fan, who accepted that they had not been responsible for exposing him.
• The final martial artists entered the hall, and a voice announced that the final stage would offer rewards but could also be deadly.
• Chen Fan appeared in a room built from essence crystal and found that he could not break its walls or escape the cultivation suppression.
• A crystal warrior attacked Chen Fan, and he killed it with one sword strike.
• Chen Fan received a mid-grade spirit sword and saw that choosing it made the other reward vanish, so he passed up the teleportation gate and entered the next trial.

Chen Fan continued clearing the Kunwu Secret Realm’s increasingly difficult trial rooms and found a Life Pearl, while Zaro survived a brutal fight and left with a movement manual. In a sealed room with no crystal opponent, Chen Fan realized the next trial required him to fight another entrant.

• Chen Fan defeated Seventh and Eighth Layer crystal men, chose a Life Pearl, and continued through the rooms.
• Zaro defeated a Seventh Layer crystal man with the treasures Chen Fan had lent him and chose a movement technique manual before leaving the secret realm.
• Chen Fan easily cleared the Ninth Layer trial and entered a room that did not begin another fight.
• A wounded, slightly fat martial artist from the elite squad entered through a side door, and Chen Fan recognized him as a Dao Domain Third Layer expert.
• The man concluded that he and Chen Fan had to kill each other to proceed, and Chen Fan realized the secret realm’s reward stages had given way to its death stage.

Chen Fan defeated a fat martial artist in the Kunwu Secret Realm, claimed a heaven-grade Life Pearl, and entered the next trial room, where he encountered Situ Xue. Knowing only one person could survive, Chen Fan launched an attack.

• Chen Fan defeated the fat martial artist before he could swallow a forbidden pill and passed the trial.
• Chen Fan chose a fully charged heaven-grade Life Pearl, used it to heal himself, and felt the Withered Silence effects weaken.
• Chen Fan took the fat martial artist’s twin spirit swords and other belongings, then proceeded to the next room.
• Chen Fan found Situ Xue waiting in the room and challenged him despite the danger of his remaining trump cards.
• Chen Fan drew his sword, activated Berserk, and charged at Situ Xue.

Situ Xue used a secret method and a powerful paper figure to keep fighting Chen Fan, who struggled to get past the construct and finish him. Chen Fan badly wounded Situ Xue, but the paper figure kept him occupied as the fight continued.

• Situ Xue forcibly activated the Indestructible Vajra Body, but Chen Fan evaded him until the golden state faded.
• Situ Xue’s protective barrier blocked Chen Fan’s strike, and he released a paper figure that overwhelmed Chen Fan’s first level of Berserk.
• Chen Fan activated his second level of Berserk and gained the upper hand against the paper figure, though it endured his attacks.
• Chen Fan used his last Void-Escaping Wings to bypass the paper figure and strike Situ Xue, shattering his barrier and leaving him gravely wounded.
• The paper figure attacked Chen Fan again, preventing him from reaching Situ Xue as he searched for another opening.

Chen Fan defeated Situ Xue by destroying his paper man, then recovered and advanced to the next room, where he encountered Lanruo. Lanruo conceded in a strange display that produced rewards without a fight, leaving Chen Fan wary of her connection to the Kunwu Secret Realm.

• Chen Fan used a Blood Crystal and dual Berserk to destroy the paper man, then beheaded Situ Xue and received a defensive spirit artifact and a healing pill.
• Chen Fan recovered with healing pills, a Blood Seed, and Blood Crystals, then waited six hours for his Void-Escaping Wings to restore before moving on.
• Chen Fan entered a new room and found Lanruo, who said she could not defeat him and conceded the round.
• Lanruo raised her hand, released an unusual aura, and caused two rewards to appear as if the battle had ended.
• Chen Fan asked who Lanruo was, but she only said she was herself, deepening his suspicions about her knowledge of the Kunwu Secret Realm.

Chen Fan chose the Moon God's Tear after defeating his opponent, then entered the final trial and faced Hilo and Yi Bu. After striking Yi Bu by surprise, Chen Fan let Yi Bu believe he belonged to the Blood God Sect and urged Hilo to attack him.

• Chen Fan chose the Moon God's Tear, which Lanruo said could help him comprehend the Dao, and watched her leave through the spatial vortex.
• Chen Fan restored himself before entering the final room, where Hilo and Yi Bu had already agreed to target the third arrival.
• Hilo charged Chen Fan while Yi Bu waited to assess his strength, but Chen Fan used the Void-Escaping Wings to strike Yi Bu and sever one arm and half his chest.
• Yi Bu mistook Chen Fan's Berserk art for a Blood God Sect technique, and Chen Fan pretended to be weakened and asked Hilo to help kill Yi Bu.
• Hilo recognized that Chen Fan's power shared the Blood God Sect's origin and turned his killing intent toward Yi Bu.

Chen Fan manipulated Hilo and Yi Bu into fighting, then revealed his strength and killed Hilo before turning his attention to Yi Bu. Yi Bu, weakened by regeneration and battle, began charging up a fiery final attack.

• Yi Bu regenerated his severed arm and transformed, knocking Chen Fan aside before fighting Hilo in a brutal exchange.
• Hilo realized Chen Fan was pretending to be unconscious and urged Yi Bu to target him, but Chen Fan stood up and attacked Hilo.
• Chen Fan used the Void-Escaping Wings to strike Hilo, sever both his arms, and kill him with a sword slash.
• Chen Fan fought Yi Bu, knocked him back, and weakened him until Yi Bu returned to his original form.
• Yi Bu ignited his body with fiery power and vowed that Chen Fan would not escape alive.

After surviving Yi Bu’s self-destruction, Chen Fan reached the final hall of the Kunwu Secret Realm and met its organizer, Kunwu. Offered a choice of one of three unknown treasures, Chen Fan focused on the white orb because he urgently needed to remove the Withered Silence divine ability.

• Chen Fan survived Yi Bu’s self-destruction with the help of his armor, a healing pill, and his physique, then collected the surviving Sumeru Rings and Hilo’s Blood Seed.
• After recovering enough to move and fight, Chen Fan passed through the door into a vast hall with a black dragon statue and seventy-two lamps, half of them lit.
• The burning lamps healed Chen Fan’s wounds as a huge phantom appeared and introduced itself as Kunwu, the organizer of the game.
• Kunwu offered Chen Fan a choice of one of three treasures: a small tower, a pill, and a white orb, but refused to explain what they were or how their values compared.
• Because he needed to remove the Withered Silence divine ability, Chen Fan decided to approach the white orb.

Chen Fan absorbed the Origin Pearl’s inheritance, destroyed his White Cloud True Art cultivation, and began cultivating Origin Art. Outside the closed Kunwu Secret Realm, Zaro kept waiting for Chen Fan but was confronted by a wounded survivor from Falling Star Pavilion who demanded his treasures.

• The Origin Pearl healed Chen Fan’s lingering Withered Silence and flooded his mind with an immense inheritance, including the Origin Art cultivation technique.
• Chen Fan learned that Origin Art could produce powerful Origin Qi and decided to replace White Cloud True Art despite having to destroy his True Essence Seed and start over.
• Chen Fan crippled his cultivation, set Origin Art to auto-cultivate, and quickly began making progress.
• Zaro remained near the Kunwu Secret Realm, waiting for Chen Fan and keeping the armor and spirit blade Chen Fan had lent him.
• A wounded Falling Star Pavilion martial artist recognized Zaro, accused his group of slaughtering Pavilion members, and demanded everything Zaro had obtained.

Chen Fan rapidly recultivated inside the Kunwu Secret Realm before being forced out, while Zaro was captured by Falling Star Pavilion martial artists. Chen Fan emerged into their ambush and realized they had targeted Zaro to draw him out.

• Zaro fought a wounded Falling Star Pavilion martial artist, but his saber attack failed to overcome the man's superior cultivation.
• Zaro summoned a bearded man's phantom, who questioned him about the deaths of the other Kunwu Secret Realm entrants and Junior Brother Situ.
• Chen Fan absorbed the realm's dense spiritual energy and advanced to the fourth level of martial arts in one day.
• Falling Star Pavilion martial artists took Zaro's armor and spirit saber, then prepared a formation to capture Chen Fan, whom they blamed for the Young City Lord's fate.
• Chen Fan was expelled from the Kunwu Secret Realm and discovered Zaro unconscious inside a sealed canyon, surrounded by Falling Star Pavilion martial artists.

Chen Fan emerged from the Kunwu Secret Realm and was ambushed by Falling Star Pavilion warriors seeking revenge for Situ Xue. He broke their formation and slaughtered them with his flying swords, leaving only their third-layer Dao Domain leader briefly standing before finishing him.

• Falling Star Pavilion warriors confronted Chen Fan and accused him of killing their warriors and causing Situ Xue’s death, which Chen Fan openly confirmed.
• The warriors activated a killing formation and a battle formation while they waited for Pavilion Master Qiu to arrive.
• Chen Fan used the Star God Seal’s Break Formula to silence the killing formation.
• Chen Fan summoned over a hundred spirit swords and shattered the warriors’ battle formation, killing all but their third-layer Dao Domain leader.
• Chen Fan used the Flying Shadow Sword and another volley of flying swords to destroy the remaining warrior.

Chen Fan healed Zaro and learned that Lanruo and Wisdom had not emerged, then stayed behind to await a powerful opponent from Falling Star Pavilion. He ambushed a bearded Dao Fruit expert with Void Concealment, wounded him, and pressed his attack.

• Chen Fan used the Origin Pearl to heal Zaro, who explained that Falling Star Pavilion martial artists had taken the weapons and equipment he had been guarding.
• Zaro told Chen Fan that neither Lanruo nor Wisdom had emerged and said he planned to travel to the Southern Region to find his father.
• Chen Fan decided to stay in the canyon and wait for Qiu Pavilion Master, hoping to test a new move.
• A bearded Dao Fruit expert arrived at the canyon, and Chen Fan ambushed him from concealment with a sword strike.
• Chen Fan used the Void-Escaping Wings to close in and struck again, disarming and badly wounding the bearded man before attacking once more.

Chen Fan captured Qiu Bulai after the giant's strengthened Indestructible Vajra Body wore off, then demanded that he teach him the divine ability. Qiu Bulai refused and revealed that his master, Kunwu City's lord, had reached the third level of Chang Sheng two hundred years earlier.

• Qiu Bulai strengthened his Indestructible Vajra Body and fled, but Chen Fan used Little Butterfly to pursue him until the secret art's backlash left him helpless.
• Chen Fan captured Qiu Bulai alive, restrained him with a Yuan-Locking Ring and chains, and brought him to Star Hall.
• Chen Fan disguised as Zhang Fan confronted Qiu Bulai over Falling Star Pavilion's pursuit of him and learned that Qiu Bulai was a vice pavilion master and disciple of Situ Xiu.
• Chen Fan offered to release Qiu Bulai in exchange for learning the Indestructible Vajra Body, but Qiu Bulai said only his master could teach it.
• Qiu Bulai revealed that Situ Xiu had already reached the third level of Chang Sheng two hundred years earlier, making Chen Fan wary of facing him.

Chen Fan arranged to trade Qiu Bulai’s release for the cultivation method of the Indestructible Vajra Body from Kunwu City’s Lord, Situ Xiu. Afterward, White Lord identified Chen Fan’s Origin Pearl as a connate spirit treasure containing Dao marks, leaving Chen Fan with a powerful aid for future cultivation.

• Chen Fan used the captured Qiu Bulai to contact his master, Situ Xiu, and asked for the Indestructible Vajra Body cultivation method in exchange for Qiu Bulai’s release.
• Situ Xiu agreed to the trade, and Chen Fan set a meeting outside the Kunwu Secret Realm for noon the next day, warning that he would retaliate if the item was false or Situ Xiu came himself.
• Chen Fan returned to Star Hall and told White Lord about the secret realm, its game, and how it had suppressed their powers.
• White Lord said he did not recognize Kunwu and explained that the secret realm’s master might belong to a different era.
• White Lord identified the Origin Pearl as a connate spirit treasure containing Dao marks that could help Chen Fan comprehend a Dao, and Chen Fan merged it into his body.

Chen Fan examined his spoils from the Kunwu Secret Realm, discovering a new Heavenly Scripture fragment and a strange scarlet crystal. He obtained Kunwu City’s Indestructible Vajra Body divine ability from Situ Nan and learned that the crystal was Sourceblood Marrow, a treasure used to reach its fourth realm.

• Chen Fan found a mysterious scarlet stone and an independent Heavenly Scripture fragment among his spoils, and resolved to collect more fragments later.
• Chen Fan met Situ Nan outside the Kunwu Secret Realm, who delivered a jade disc containing the Indestructible Vajra Body under the condition that Chen Fan release Pavilion Master Qiu after the transaction.
• Chen Fan used the Sun-Covering Mirror to check the jade disc before accepting it and learning the divine ability.
• Chen Fan learned that the Indestructible Vajra Body had nine realms, with only Longevity experts able to break its defense after the fourth realm.
• Chen Fan discovered that Situ Xue’s scarlet crystal was Sourceblood Marrow, a key treasure for advancing the Vajra Body to its fourth realm.