Chapter Summaries

Zhou Feng waited calmly for Wang Shu to arrive at their duel while Li Rong'er and Li Manya discussed her marriage and whether to secretly help him. Wang Shu finally made a lavish entrance and revealed that he had broken through to the Purple Mansion Realm.

• Zhou Feng waited in the shade with Big Yellow instead of standing on the arena platform as the crowd wondered why Wang Shu was late.
• Wang Shu delayed his arrival while using the Wang Family's thousand-year-old Ancient Medicine essence to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm, though it could not help him awaken an Innate Divine Ability.
• Li Rong'er asked Li Manya what she should do about marrying Zhou Feng, and Li Manya advised her that feelings could develop after marriage.
• Li Manya decided she might secretly help Zhou Feng, then sensed that his powerful blood vitality could let him challenge a newly entered Purple Mansion Realm cultivator.
• Wang Shu arrived in an ornate carriage pulled by dragon horses as maidservants scattered flowers, and the crowd realized he had reached the Purple Mansion Realm.

Wang Shu arrived for his duel with Zhou Feng displaying his new Purple Mansion Realm pressure and extravagant armor, hoping to impress the crowd and Li Rong'er. The Li Family's Third Elder came to watch, alarming Li Rong'er and making Zhou Feng wary, while Wang Shu remained confident that winning would secure his marriage.

• Wang Shu arrived in a luxurious carriage wearing the Suanni Gold-Devouring Armor and revealed the pressure of the Purple Mansion Realm.
• The spectators compared Wang Shu's deliberate display unfavorably with Zhou Feng's natural heroic presence, while Li Rong'er found Wang Shu only slightly less annoying than before.
• Wang Shu announced that the Li Family's Third Elder had come to watch, and Li Rong'er feared she might have to marry him if he won.
• Wang Shu privately rejoiced that he had paid dearly to bring the Third Elder, believing her presence would help settle his marriage to Li Rong'er.
• Zhou Feng saw the Third Elder arrive and grew wary, but he judged that Wang Shu posed almost no threat despite reaching the Purple Mansion Realm.

Zhou Feng faced Wang Shu in the arena after Wang Shu revealed his Purple Mansion Realm breakthrough. Zhou Feng unleashed his full strength and shattered Wang Shu’s battlefield illusion, then met his attacks head-on, leaving Wang Shu furious and humiliated.

• Li Family's Third Elder recognized Zhou Feng’s Human Emperor Aura, while Li Manya judged Wang Shu’s Purple Mansion Realm aura unstable and saw a chance for Zhou Feng.
• Wang Shu taunted Zhou Feng, but Zhou Feng silently prepared for the fight until Li Family's Third Elder ordered them to begin.
• Wang Shu summoned a spear and used his divine soul to alter the arena into a battlefield illusion.
• Zhou Feng unleashed the Blood Burning Technique and Spirit Attachment Method, shattered the illusion, and punched Wang Shu’s spear crooked.
• Wang Shu attacked again with his spear and battle armor, but Zhou Feng met the blow head-on as his blood sprayed and golden light emerged.
• Wang Shu grew enraged and resolved to fight Zhou Feng to the death with his spirit artifact battle armor.

Zhou Feng used Wang Shu’s attacks and Martial Fiend Qi to cultivate the Human Emperor Scripture, then overwhelmed him despite running low on vital essence. The fight continued as Zhou Feng effortlessly dodged Wang Shu’s attacks, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Zhou Feng endured Wang Shu’s spear strikes and battle armor while his wounds healed and his Human Emperor Scripture cultivation advanced under the pressure of combat.
• Wang Shu released his battle soul and intensified the Martial Fiend Qi, but Zhou Feng absorbed it and smashed Wang Shu and the battle soul into the arena.
• Zhou Feng’s aura reached its peak, but he felt exhausted from insufficient vital essence and drank medicinal liquid from the Medicine Gourd.
• Wang Shu attacked again, believing Zhou Feng was too exhausted to fight, but Zhou Feng dodged him and criticized his inability to wield his Purple Mansion Realm strength.
• Zhou Feng used his speed, Combat Instinct, and Hunting Master perception to evade Wang Shu’s attacks, leaving the spectators bewildered.

Zhou Feng pushed his badly damaged body to its limits and killed Wang Shu with a single punch, despite failing to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm. After Zhou Feng collapsed from his injuries, his wounds began healing rapidly.

• Zhou Feng failed to condense Human Emperor Blood or break through to the Purple Mansion Realm, and his body suffered severe damage.
• Wang Shu struggled to use his new Purple Mansion Realm cultivation, while onlookers and Li Family's Third Elder assessed the fight and Zhou Feng's injuries.
• Zhou Feng gathered his strength and waited until his injuries neared a critical state to boost his attack through Injury Conversion.
• Wang Shu threatened Zhou Feng and tried to surrender, but Zhou Feng struck first and blasted him apart with one punch.
• Zhou Feng's wounds split open after the attack, then began recovering rapidly as his aura rose.

After killing Wang Shu, Zhou Feng recovered from his wounds and decided to use the Wang Family as a whetstone for cultivating the Human Emperor Scripture. He left with Big Yellow and Wang Shu’s seized equipment, while the spectators began to suspect Zhou Feng was no ordinary Rogue Cultivator.

• Zhou Feng recovered from his injuries with Heart of Tenacity and decided he did not regret killing Wang Shu, resolving to destroy the Wang Family and use them to improve his Human Emperor Scripture.
• The spectators reacted with shock to Wang Shu’s gruesome death, and Zhou Feng recognized that the Wang Family would come after him.
• Zhou Feng took the Dark-Gold Suanni Battle Armor and War Soul Spear, then prepared to leave with Big Yellow.
• The Wang Family members tried to reclaim the Spirit Tools, but Big Yellow scared them off and Zhou Feng left without responding.
• The spectators marveled at Zhou Feng’s strength and rapid recovery, while a black-clad person with a centipede Gu insect noticed him and murmured his name.

Wei Gang recognized Zhou Feng as a former Three Gu Sect disciple and began tracking him, while Zhou Feng sensed danger and planned to seek Earth Fiend Qi at the Tianxing Gathering. After Zhou Feng’s victory over Wang Shu made him famous and drew the Li Family’s attention, Elder Zheng realized Zhou Feng might clash with two former suitors of Li Rong’er at the gathering.

• Wei Gang recognized Zhou Feng from the lingering aura of the Demon Devouring Gu and used a Tracking Gu to find where he was staying.
• Zhou Feng sensed that someone might be following him and resolved to pursue a breakthrough to the Purple Mansion Realm by seeking Earth Fiend Qi.
• Zhou Feng planned to trade Wang Shu’s armor and spear for information about Earth Fiend Qi at the Tianxing Gathering.
• News spread that Zhou Feng had killed Wang Shu in the Life and Death Arena and taken the Wang Family’s two inherited Top-grade Spirit Tools, drawing attention from the City Lord’s Mansion and the Li Family.
• Elder Zheng learned that two attendees of the Tianxing Gathering had once pursued Li Rong’er and worried they would make trouble for Zhou Feng.

Zhou Feng helped Qian Qianqian develop her alchemy skills before returning home, where Butler Li Er tried to arrange his marriage into the Li Family. Zhou Feng rejected the proposal outright, leaving Butler Li Er unsure how to proceed.

• Zhou Feng checked the shop's Rejuvenation Pill sales and found they had sold out again.
• Zhou Feng advised Qian Qianqian to improve her cultivation before trying alchemy again, noting that the Demon Devouring Gu was helping her advance despite its effects on her blood and qi.
• Butler Li Er met Zhou Feng at his courtyard and explained that winning his fight against Wang Shu meant he could marry into the Li Family.
• Zhou Feng denied knowing the Li Family's Eldest Miss and showed no interest in becoming the family's son-in-law.
• Butler Li Er was left dumbfounded by Zhou Feng's refusal and wondered how the Li Family could respond without harming its dignity.

Zhou Feng rejected the Li Family’s marriage proposal, prompting Wei Gang to plan an ambush outside Tianxing City. After drawing the Excellent Offspring Passive Skill, Zhou Feng discovered a Three Gu Sect communication gu and decided to investigate.

• Butler Li Er accepted Zhou Feng’s refusal and left without forcing the Li Family’s proposal on him.
• Wei Gang witnessed Zhou Feng’s refusal and planted a communication gu to lure him out of the city, intending to ambush him with fellow disciples.
• Zhou Feng drew the Excellent Offspring Passive Skill, which lowered the chance of having offspring but gave them a high chance of inheriting his abilities and cultivation.
• Zhou Feng found the Three Gu Sect’s communication gu and realized it was bait to draw him outside Tianxing City.
• Zhou Feng reasoned that the pursuers were probably Three Gu Sect disciples at the Spirit Platform Realm and decided to investigate.

Zhou Feng followed Wei Gang’s trail to a group of Three Gu Sect disciples and learned they planned to expose his demonic-sect background, potentially barring him from the Tianxing Gathering. To protect his chance of finding Earth Fiend Qi, he attacked them with the Purple Jade Bell, leaving the disciples scrambling to activate their array.

• Zhou Feng decided to use the Three Gu Sect disciples to increase his Soul Power before attempting to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Wei Gang told his fellow disciples that Zhou Feng had refused to become the Li Family’s son-in-law and explained that the Three Gu Sect had branded him a traitor.
• Wei Gang’s group planned to reveal Zhou Feng’s Three Gu Sect background and use his conflict with the Li Family to turn Tianxing City against him.
• Zhou Feng overheard the plan and resolved to kill the group before they could jeopardize his chance to find Earth Fiend Qi at the Tianxing Gathering.
• Zhou Feng activated the Purple Jade Bell, and Wei Gang and the other disciples sensed the ambush and rushed to activate their grand array.

Zhou Feng fought his way through the Nine Gu Heart Connecting Great Array and killed Wei Gang and the other Three Gu Sect disciples. He collected their souls and supplies, then resolved to settle his score with the sect after reaching the Purple Mansion Realm.

• Wei Gang and the other disciples activated the Nine Gu Heart Connecting Great Array, but Zhou Feng broke through its shield and entered.
• Zhou Feng endured the array's corrosive force and killed the disciples with brutal physical attacks, despite taking a severe wound.
• Wei Gang tried to threaten Zhou Feng with a letter about him, but Zhou Feng killed him before he could finish speaking.
• Zhou Feng said he would deal with the Three Gu Sect after breaking through to the Purple Mansion Realm, then used Heart of Tenacity to heal himself.
• Zhou Feng collected souls and searched seven or eight Storage Bags, finding hundreds of thousands of spirit stones in each.

After returning to Tianxing City, Zhou Feng prepared to attend the Tianxing Gathering and seek a way to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm. At the Heavenly Star Platform, Zhao Baihu confronted him over rumors about Li Rong'er, leaving Zhou Feng to face the overwhelming pressure of a powerful genius.

• Zhou Feng reviewed how his defensive Passive Skills and Injury Conversion had helped him defeat stronger opponents, but worried that his Spirit Platform Realm was holding him back.
• The Wang Family announced it would challenge Zhou Feng at the Tianxing Gathering, while rumors spread that he had rejected Li Rong'er and insulted the Li Family.
• Zhou Feng left Big Yellow at the shop and headed to the Heavenly Star Platform, where he presented his invitation and entered past the crowd.
• Zhao Baihu and another Purple Mansion Realm cultivator blocked Zhou Feng, and Zhao Baihu warned him to stop pursuing Li Rong'er.
• Zhou Feng sensed the tiger-like pressure surrounding Zhao Baihu and realized the young man was a far stronger genius than Wang Shu.

Zhou Feng rejected the Li Family’s marriage proposal, provoking Zhao Baihu until Li Rong'er intervened. When Li Rong'er greeted Zhou Feng shyly, he decided to end the situation by telling her they were not suitable.

• Zhao Baihu confronted Zhou Feng, dismissed him as too weak to be a threat, and warned that he was unworthy of Li Rong'er.
• Zhou Feng said he had already refused the marriage and asked Zhao Baihu to move aside, revealing to the crowd that he had rejected the Li Family.
• Zhao Baihu flew into a rage and pressured Zhou Feng with his aura, while Zhou Feng resisted with his blood qi.
• Li Rong'er arrived and ordered Zhao Baihu to stop; Zhao Baihu immediately withdrew his aura.
• Li Rong'er greeted Zhou Feng bashfully, and Zhou Feng apologized and told her they were not suitable.

Zhou Feng publicly rejected Li Rong'er, then went to the Heavenly Star Platform's trading area to seek a safe source of Earth Fiend Qi. He offered a top-grade Spirit Tool for precise information, but the exchange drew interest without an immediate answer.

• Zhou Feng told Li Rong'er that they were not suitable and that he wanted to focus on cultivation, but accepted her offer to be friends.
• Li Rong'er realized she envied Zhou Feng's freedom, while Zhao Baihu held back from attacking him.
• Zhou Feng entered the Heavenly Star Platform as onlookers speculated that the Li Family's allies, the Wang Family, or Li Rong'er's admirers might target him.
• Zhou Feng rented a trading spot and offered a Spirit Tool for coordinates to a safe location containing Earth Fiend Qi.
• When few people responded, Zhou Feng displayed the War Soul Spear, drawing attention from nearby traders who hesitated over his difficult requirements.

Zhou Feng ignored Wang Jin’s attempt to reclaim the Wang Family’s Spirit Tools and focused on finding Earth Fiend Qi. Li Rong’er offered to discuss what she knew about it privately, but Zhao Baihu objected as they prepared to meet alone.

• Wang Jin confronted Zhou Feng over the Dark-Gold Suanni Battle Armor and War Soul Spear, but Zhou Feng calmly claimed both Spirit Tools as his own.
• Zhou Feng suppressed the Spirit Tools’ Wang Family marks, while Wang Jin and his men hesitated to attack him at the Heavenly Star Platform.
• Li Rong’er arrived and said she knew something about Earth Fiend Qi.
• Zhou Feng readily agreed to speak with Li Rong’er in a private room, and Zhao Baihu objected to them being alone.

Zhou Feng learned from Li Rong'er that Earth Fiend Qi could be found in the Tianxing Secret Realm, but entering it required a clan slot or joining the City Lord's Mansion. Li Rong'er offered him a slot in exchange for protecting her, and Zhou Feng agreed, giving her two Top-grade Spirit Tools as payment for her information.

• Wang Jin was left ignored as Zhou Feng and Li Rong'er entered a private room, and his spiritual power suddenly went out of control.
• Li Rong'er told Zhou Feng that Earth Fiend Qi remained in parts of the Tianxing Secret Realm, which the City Lord's Mansion controlled and opened for cultivators below the Divine Ability Realm.
• Li Rong'er explained that Rogue Cultivators needed to join a Great Clan or the City Lord's Mansion to enter the secret realm.
• Li Rong'er offered Zhou Feng one of her slots in exchange for protecting her when she entered the Tianxing Secret Realm.
• Zhou Feng agreed and handed Li Rong'er two Top-grade Spirit Tools to pay for her earlier information, while counting his protection as payment for the slot.

Zhou Feng gave Li Rong'er two Top-grade Spirit Tools and accepted her Spirit Crystal Warm Jade, which accelerated his Passive Skill progress. With the Tianxing Secret Realm opening in seven days, he drew Stronger with Every Battle and gained a combat power boost that could stack up to thirty percent.

• Zhou Feng gave Li Rong'er two Top-grade Spirit Tools to repay part of the favor he owed her.
• Li Rong'er gave Zhou Feng the Tianxing Secret Realm token and a Spirit Crystal Warm Jade, then left the private room.
• Zhou Feng discovered that the warm jade accelerated his Passive Skill progress and slowly absorbed surrounding spiritual energy to replenish itself.
• Zhou Feng drew Stronger with Every Battle, which increased his strength by one percent every ten seconds in combat, up to thirty percent.

Zhou Feng gained the percentage-based Passive Skill Stronger with Every Battle and attended the Tianxing Gathering’s first Dao discussion. The monk Ruosheng introduced Faxi Temple’s Law of Wish Power, leaving Zhou Feng suspicious of its claims.

• Zhou Feng praised Stronger with Every Battle for increasing his strength by thirty percent and compensating for his lack of offensive methods.
• Zhou Feng considered using spirit-rich objects to advance his Skill Panel and recalled that the Tianxing Gathering included treasure appraisal.
• Zhou Feng went to the Stargazing Platform for the first Dao discussion, hoping to learn about orthodox cultivation paths.
• The host invited Ruosheng, a young monk from Faxi Temple in the Far West, to open the discussion.
• Ruosheng demonstrated the Law of Wish Power, and Zhou Feng questioned whether it could truly be cultivated alongside other methods.

At a cultivation discussion, Zhou Feng was pressed to share his insights despite being only in the Spirit Platform Realm. He challenged Wang Jin to settle their dispute through combat, and an old man transported everyone to an arena.

• Monk Ruosheng explained his external cultivation of Wish Power, but Zhou Feng and the other listeners showed little interest.
• The cultivators discussed different paths and spell principles, broadening Zhou Feng's knowledge while leaving him unable to follow much of the spell discussion.
• Wang Jin singled out Zhou Feng as an inexperienced Spirit Platform Realm cultivator and tried to provoke him, but Zhou Feng stayed silent and composed.
• Monk Ruosheng invited Zhou Feng to speak, so Zhou Feng challenged Wang Jin to fight instead of discussing the Dao.
• A powerful old man transported the gathered cultivators to a separate arena to discuss the Dao through martial combat.

Zhou Feng faced Wang Jin, a Purple Mansion Realm cultivator whose Wang Family Innate Divine Ability manifested an ancestral War Soul. Though the War Soul’s spear struck Zhou Feng with overwhelming force, he recovered and summoned the Purple Jade Bell to counterattack.

• Zhou Feng ignored Wang Jin’s threats and prepared to fight, while Monk Ruosheng said he would intervene if either combatant was in danger.
• Wang Jin activated the Wang Family’s War Soul, which manifested an ancestral warrior and locked Zhou Feng in place with Soul Power.
• Wang Jin’s spear smashed Zhou Feng into the arena, but Zhou Feng’s shattered flesh rapidly healed and he counterattacked.
• Zhou Feng summoned the Purple Jade Bell as the crowd reacted to his recovery from the War Soul’s attack.