Chapter Summaries

Liu Yan questioned a subordinate about a Human Immortal who claimed to have mastered the Sun Moon Sect's One Thought Finger in one night, then ordered him brought in. Meanwhile, the Immortal Realm's leaders could not explain alarming celestial signs, and Liu Yan received a visit from Peak Master Guo.

• Liu Yan's subordinate reported seeing a Human Immortal use One Thought Finger and said he claimed to have mastered it in a single night.
• Liu Yan doubted the claim and considered whether the sect's secret art had been stolen, then ordered her subordinate to bring the Human Immortal to her.
• At the Heavenly Immortal Palace, Elder Shi told the gathered leaders that he could find no explanation for the strange celestial signs, prompting them to make secret preparations.
• Peak Master Guo arrived at Star Hall, and Liu Yan asked what business had brought him there.

Guo Shijie mocked Liu Yan and Star Peak, so Liu Yan claimed a disciple had perfected the Sun Moon Sect’s One Thought Finger in half a day and summoned him to prove it. When the disciple arrived, Guo Shijie saw Yi Feng and dismissed the claim, leaving Yi Feng angered by his insult.

• Guo Shijie visited Star Peak to boast that Sun Moon Peak disciples had reached minor accomplishment and insulted Star Peak for accepting Human Immortals.
• Liu Yan told Guo Shijie that one of her disciples had perfected a technique, then clarified that he had perfected One Thought Finger in half a day.
• Guo Shijie doubted Liu Yan and demanded to see the disciple, so Liu Yan had him brought into the hall.
• Guo Shijie saw Yi Feng, laughed at Liu Yan for using a Human Immortal to fool him, and vowed to eat shit if Yi Feng had perfected One Thought Finger overnight.
• Yi Feng heard Guo Shijie's contemptuous words and became angry.

Yi Feng challenged Guo Shijie to wager his life against Guo Shijie's intermediate Immortal Sword and the two peak masters’ admission that their peaks were trash, requiring Guo to swear a vicious oath. Guo swore to honor the wager and headed to the training grounds, while Yi Feng prepared to demonstrate the One Thought Finger.

• Guo Shijie denied promising to eat anything but offered his intermediate Immortal Sword if Yi Feng had mastered the One Thought Finger, and demanded that Liu Yan call Star Peak trash if Yi Feng failed.
• Yi Feng raised the stakes, offering his life if he lost and demanding that Guo admit Sun Moon Peak was trash if Guo lost.
• Yi Feng insisted Guo swear by Sun Moon Sect’s fortune and his cultivation to uphold the wager, and Guo swore the oath.
• Star Peak elders gathered and witnessed Guo’s oath as Yi Feng came outside and looked toward Sun Moon Peak.
• Liu Yan asked whether Yi Feng was confident and resolved to protect him if he lost, while Guo mocked Yi Feng and headed toward the Sun Moon Sect’s training grounds.

Yi Feng demonstrated that he had mastered the One Thought Finger, proving Guo Shijie had lost their wager. Guo Shijie tried to attack him, but Liu Yan restrained him and demanded that he honor the bet.

• Yi Feng confidently promised Liu Yan that he could perform the One Thought Finger, and she offered to grant him one condition if he succeeded.
• Yi Feng demonstrated the perfected One Thought Finger before a large crowd, astonishing the onlookers and proving his skill to Liu Yan and Guo Shijie.
• Yi Feng demanded that Guo Shijie fulfill their wager, but Guo Shijie tried to strike him and Liu Yan stopped him.
• Guo Shijie argued that losing the wager did not prevent him from killing Yi Feng, while Yi Feng taunted him and threatened to teleport away if attacked.
• Liu Yan reminded Guo Shijie that breaking his Heavenly Dao oath would bring disaster upon him and Sun Moon Peak, then urged him to honor the wager.

After Yi Feng forced Guo Shijie to honor his oath and leave in disgrace, Liu Yan warned him about possible retaliation and told him to prepare for the New Disciple Competition. She set him a top-five-hundred goal, though she and a Star Peak elder privately thought his Human Immortal cultivation made that unlikely.

• Yi Feng taunted Guo Shijie over his oath, and Guo Shijie drove his sword into the ground, admitted Sun Moon Peak had lost, and fled.
• Star Peak’s elders and disciples praised Yi Feng, and Liu Yan dismissed the crowd before asking what reward he wanted.
• Liu Yan warned Yi Feng that Guo Shijie might retaliate, but Yi Feng dismissed the danger and corrected himself about Guo Shijie’s cultivation realm.
• Liu Yan explained that the New Disciple Competition would begin in seven days and involve hunting demonic beasts and robbing other disciples.
• Liu Yan asked Yi Feng to place in the top five hundred in exchange for another request, while privately agreeing with a Star Peak elder that even the top three thousand would be a good result for him.

On Shadow Island, Gong Chen found Jiang Zhi and offered her a chance to serve his master, who could control life and death on the island. He brought her to the master’s protected courtyard to recover, leaving her to wait for news of the master’s return.

• Gong Chen approached Jiang Zhi as she searched Shadow Island for a way out and told her he could not help her escape himself.
• Gong Chen explained that his master had killed the Shadow Wolves and granted him the power to use his cultivation on the island.
• Gong Chen invited Jiang Zhi to serve his master, and she eagerly agreed.
• Gong Chen took Jiang Zhi to the master’s independent world, where the healing air began restoring her injuries.
• Gong Chen told Jiang Zhi to recover in the courtyard but leave before the master returned, promising to contact her when he came back.

Yi Feng returned to Shadow Island to bring Gong Chen, a Cycle Realm cultivator, out as protection against his stronger competitors and Guo Shijie. After leaving Gong Chen in charge of him, Yi Feng appointed Dai Cang to manage the courtyard and vanished from the island with Gong Chen.

• Yi Feng decided to bring someone from Shadow Island to help him outside, then used the system to return to the island.
• Gong Chen welcomed Yi Feng, who learned that a Cycle Realm woman had been recruited and instructed the others to let her swear an oath before staying and recovering.
• Yi Feng told Gong Chen he would take him off the island but warned him not to entertain thoughts of escape; Gong Chen swore his loyalty and nearly crippled himself to prove it.
• Yi Feng appointed Dai Cang to manage the courtyard and handle the new woman's affairs while Gong Chen was away.
• Yi Feng grabbed Gong Chen and vanished from Shadow Island, leaving the courtyard residents amazed and hopeful that they might eventually be taken out too.

Jiang Zhi joined the Lord’s group and broke through her cultivation bottleneck after eating a grape. Meanwhile, Yi Feng brought Gong Chen to the Sun Moon Sect and ordered him to eliminate Guo Shijie, leaving Yi Feng afraid Gong Chen would discover he was powerless.

• Dai Cang told Jiang Zhi that the Lord had agreed to take her under his command, though the Lord had gone out with her previous handler.
• Jiang Zhi swore loyalty and received a small plate of fruit and grapes as an initiation gift.
• Jiang Zhi ate a grape in a quiet place, broke through her bottleneck, and realized how powerful the fruit was.
• Yi Feng brought Gong Chen to the Sun Moon Sect and ordered him to find an opportunity to get rid of Guo Shijie, the Nine-Revolutions Profound Immortal who controlled Sun Moon Peak.
• Gong Chen questioned why Yi Feng could not simply destroy Guo Shijie himself, and Yi Feng feared he was about to be exposed.

Yi Feng bluffed Gong Chen into believing his limited cultivation concealed immense power and that he was pursuing a secret plan against the Heavenly Immortal Palace. While Yi Feng and Guo Shijie separately arranged to kill each other, an Earth Immortal assassin ambushed Yi Feng and attacked him.

• Yi Feng claimed Gong Chen could not perceive his cultivation and hinted that his reasons for recruiting only on Shadow Island were heavenly secrets, leading Gong Chen to suspect he planned to overthrow the Heavenly Immortal Palace.
• Yi Feng decided to wait for a safer opportunity before having Gong Chen kill Guo Shijie, while Guo Shijie secretly ordered an Earth Immortal disciple to assassinate Yi Feng.
• Yi Feng went to find Liu Yan and ask for permission to learn more techniques, then encountered a sharp-faced man blocking his path in a bamboo grove.
• The assassin revealed his peak Earth Immortal cultivation and thrust his sword at Yi Feng, sending powerful Sword Qi toward him.

Yi Feng killed a sharp-faced Earth Immortal at perfection with his One Thought Finger and tried to learn how his strength made it possible. After his system called his strength unknown and You Duxing said only someone with extraordinary talent might manage it, Yi Feng concluded that his talent put him on par with an Earth Immortal at perfection.

• Yi Feng tested himself against the sharp-faced man and killed him with one strike of the One Thought Finger.
• Yi Feng questioned how he could defeat an Earth Immortal at perfection, and the system answered that his strength was unknown but could be Human Immortal.
• Yi Feng asked You Duxing whether a low-stage Human Immortal could kill an Earth Immortal at perfection, and You Duxing said it was nearly impossible except for someone with exceptional talent.
• Yi Feng decided You Duxing must have been describing him and left believing his talent made him equal to an Earth Immortal at perfection.

Yi Feng concluded that he was a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius whose cultivation might have advanced without his knowledge, then went to celebrate with You Duxing’s fellow disciples. He left the gathering as they urged him to tell the Peak Master about his talent so the Sect Master might take him as a closed-door disciple.

• Yi Feng decided that his system could no longer measure his realm and that his One Thought Finger made him invincible below Earth Immortal.
• Guo Shijie learned that Yi Feng had survived and that the peak-stage Earth Immortal he sent had been killed, so he planned to wait before sending a Golden Immortal after him.
• Yi Feng went to You Duxing’s residence with wine but learned that You Duxing had been called away.
• Chunlai, Xiawang, and other disciples joined Yi Feng for food and drinks in the woods of Sun Moon Peak.
• Yi Feng told the disciples that his talent was seen once in ten thousand years, and they urged him to report it to the Peak Master.

Yi Feng was surrounded by five veteran disciples from Sun Moon Peak, who had come to kill him. He challenged them to settle the matter at the Life and Death Arena, and Xiawang mistakenly believed he had proposed it as a way to escape.

• Five veteran disciples from Sun Moon Peak surrounded Yi Feng and threatened Chunlai, Xiawang, and the other Star Peak disciples.
• The Sun Moon Peak leader ordered his men to attack, but Yi Feng calmly proposed they fight on the Life and Death Arena instead.
• Yi Feng taunted the leader and claimed he wanted Sun Moon Peak to witness the man’s death, making the leader furious.
• Another blue-clothed disciple persuaded the leader to accept the challenge and take the first match himself.
• Yi Feng set off for the Life and Death Arena with the five men, while Xiawang admired him and assumed he planned to slip away and seek help.

Yi Feng insisted on fighting five peak-stage Earth Immortals from Sun Moon Peak on the Life and Death Arena, despite his fellow disciples and Liu Yan trying to stop him. As Guo Shijie hurried to watch Yi Feng die, Yi Feng challenged Liu Yan’s assumption about his cultivation.

• Yi Feng told Star Peak disciples to summon Sun Moon Peak’s disciples and Guo Shijie to the Life and Death Arena, demanding that they witness him defeat the five Earth Immortals.
• Liu Yan learned that Yi Feng had reached the arena and rushed over to stop him.
• Guo Shijie welcomed the chance to kill Yi Feng openly and went to the arena, enraged by Yi Feng’s insult.
• Liu Yan warned Yi Feng that the five opponents were peak-stage Earth Immortals and offered to handle Guo Shijie herself.
• Yi Feng refused to back down and asked Liu Yan who had told her he was only a Human Immortal.

Yi Feng faced Sun Moon Peak’s disciples on the Life and Death Arena, shocking everyone by demanding that all five fight him at once. Guo Shijie stopped Liu Yan from intervening as the five opponents surrounded Yi Feng and prepared to attack.

• Liu Yan wondered whether Yi Feng was hiding his strength, while Guo Shijie expected his death to leave Star Peak without grounds to retaliate.
• Yi Feng taunted Guo Shijie and formed a Life and Death Arena contract with the blue-robed disciple.
• Yi Feng dismissed the contract seal and demanded that all four other Sun Moon Peak disciples join the fight.
• Liu Yan tried to stop Yi Feng, but Guo Shijie restrained her and insisted that no one could interfere once Yi Feng entered the arena.
• The four disciples joined the blue-robed man in surrounding Yi Feng and summoning their weapons, ready to attack when the elder began the match.

Yi Feng killed five Sun Moon Peak disciples with a single attack, revealing strength far beyond what the crowd expected. Guo Shijie tried to attack him but was stopped by the Life and Death Arena elder, and Star Peak returned home celebrating its victory.

• Yi Feng had the five Sun Moon Peak disciples stand together before the fight began.
• Yi Feng killed all five with sharp force from his fingers, stunning the crowd and covering Guo Shijie and nearby disciples with blood.
• Star Peak disciples and elders cheered as they concluded Yi Feng had hidden his true cultivation.
• Guo Shijie charged onto the arena, but the Life and Death Arena elder knocked him back and ordered him to leave.
• Liu Yan led Star Peak away, and the disciples carried Yi Feng home amid their celebrations.

Yi Feng mocked Guo Shijie after leaving the Life and Death Arena, while Guo Shijie resolved to kill him despite growing doubts about his hidden strength. He ordered disciples to target Yi Feng at the trial assembly and summoned powerful reinforcements, suspecting Yi Feng might possess rare treasures.

• Yi Feng taunted Guo Shijie as disciples carried him away, and Guo Shijie returned to Sun Moon Peak injured and collapsed.
• Guo Shijie declared that Yi Feng had concealed his strength and killed a disciple who urged caution.
• Guo Shijie ordered three disciples to find a chance to kill Yi Feng at the sect's trial assembly in three days.
• Guo Shijie's Personal Disciple questioned how Yi Feng could hide his cultivation even from Heavenly Immortals and a Nine-Revolutions Profound Immortal.
• Guo Shijie suggested Yi Feng might possess an Immortal Embracing Needle, then ordered his Personal Disciple to summon Tianfu Kingdom's three great geniuses and Golden Immortal disciples.

After his defeat at the Life and Death Arena, Guo Shijie ordered Sun Moon Peak’s disciples to dominate the upcoming sect trial and kill Yi Feng. Liu Yan warned Star Peak’s disciples about the danger, while Yi Feng calmly prepared to use any attack against him as an excuse to retaliate.

• Guo Shijie rallied Sun Moon Peak’s disciples by calling the Life and Death Arena events an insult to their sect.
• Guo Shijie ordered Tianfu Kingdom’s three geniuses to take the trial’s top three places and told the other disciples to suppress Star Peak’s contestants.
• Guo Shijie commanded every Sun Moon Peak disciple to kill Yi Feng on sight, offering a generous reward and advising them to attack together.
• Liu Yan warned Star Peak’s trial participants that Sun Moon Peak would likely target them and urged them to travel in groups and prioritize survival.
• Liu Yan cautioned Yi Feng to avoid Sun Moon Peak’s experts, but Yi Feng assured her he would be careful while privately welcoming a chance to retaliate.

Liu Yan opened the Outer Sect Secret Realm to help Yi Feng and the Star Peak disciples prepare for the trial against Sun Moon Peak. As Yi Feng tried and failed to cultivate in the secret realm’s spiritual spring, its energy suddenly weakened for everyone.

• Yi Feng interrupted Liu Yan to claim he had the best talent, and Liu Yan assigned Yang Yi to watch over him during the trial.
• Liu Yan made an exception to let Star Peak’s disciples enter the Outer Sect Secret Realm for two days of cultivation, and warned Yi Feng that Sun Moon Peak would target him at the trial in three days.
• Liu Yan opened the secret realm, and the disciples entered and found a hot spring filled with condensed spiritual energy.
• Unable to cultivate, Yi Feng climbed into the spring, copied the others’ posture, and decided to sleep.
• The disciples found that the secret realm’s spiritual energy had suddenly become much weaker while they were cultivating.

The spiritual energy in the Outer Sect Secret Realm vanished while Yi Feng and the disciples were inside, forcing them to leave early. Liu Yan and the elders found the realm ruined, and Third Elder blamed Guo Shijie as tensions between Star Peak and Sun Moon Peak escalated.

• Yang Yi urged the disciples to keep cultivating despite the realm's spiritual energy being weaker than expected, while Yi Feng settled over the spring eye and prepared to sleep.
• The disciples noticed the spiritual energy dwindling until none remained, and Liu Yan discussed Star Peak's struggle to retain control of the secret realm with the elders.
• The secret realm gate opened, and Yang Yi told Liu Yan that the disciples had left because all the spiritual energy inside had disappeared.
• Yi Feng echoed the others' complaints to hide that he could not sense spiritual energy or cultivate.
• Liu Yan and the elders entered the realm and found its pool dried up, its herbs withered, and no spiritual energy left.
• Third Elder accused Guo Shijie of sabotaging Star Peak's secret realm and vowed to kill him.

Liu Yan accused Guo Shijie of destroying Star Peak’s Outer Sect Secret Realm, and the Sun Moon Sect Master settled the dispute by taking Guo Shijie’s Heavenly Spirit Lamp to repair it. Guo Shijie protested that Star Peak had extorted him, but the Sect Master ended the argument and left.

• Liu Yan accused Guo Shijie before the Sun Moon Sect Master of destroying Star Peak’s Outer Sect Secret Realm, while Guo Shijie denied it and blamed Star Peak.
• The Sect Master said Star Peak would not destroy its own secret realm and asked Guo Shijie to prove he was innocent.
• Guo Shijie offered his Heavenly Spirit Lamp, explaining that it could restore the secret realm’s spiritual energy overnight.
• The Sect Master gave the Heavenly Spirit Lamp to Liu Yan and declared the dispute settled, and Liu Yan accepted her decision reluctantly.
• Guo Shijie argued that Star Peak had destroyed the secret realm to frame him and extort the lamp, but the Sect Master ordered them to stop and departed.
• Guo Shijie accused Liu Yan of extorting him after the Sect Master vanished.