Chapter Summaries

Zhou Feng traveled toward Immortal Pond City, discovering a prosperous cultivation society and planning to seek a breakthrough and earn spirit stones there. A lavish carriage stopped beside him, and its owner, Jiang Yi, struck up a conversation after Zhou Feng recognized the carriage’s Hybrid Sky Horses.

• Zhou Feng entered a densely populated region under Jade Sword Holy Land, where cultivators used spirit-powered devices and traveled with spiritual artifacts.
• Zhou Feng learned that Immortal Pond City held an Immortal Pond Assembly and planned to visit the city before deciding whether to travel to Jade Sword City.
• Zhou Feng walked toward Immortal Pond City with Big Yellow because he had no travel artifact and Big Yellow was too small to ride.
• Jiang Yi stopped his carriage beside Zhou Feng after noticing his unusual appearance and Mountain Dog.
• Zhou Feng identified Jiang Yi’s pink horses as Sky Horses, and Jiang Yi was impressed while sensing a hint of threat from him.

Jiang Yi tried to befriend Zhou Feng after sensing his hidden strength, but Zhou Feng rejected his apology gift and ignored his persistent questions. Jiang Yi grew more convinced Zhou Feng was an extraordinary cultivator and deliberately kept pestering him as they headed toward Immortal Pond City.

• Jiang Yi introduced himself to Zhou Feng and secretly probed his strength, prompting Zhou Feng and Big Yellow to prepare for a fight.
• Jiang Yi apologized and offered Zhou Feng an Insight Fruit, but Zhou Feng identified it and left without taking it.
• Jiang Yi decided Zhou Feng was no ordinary cultivator and continued following him, hoping to make a close friend before the Immortal Pond Gathering.
• Jiang Yi repeatedly questioned Zhou Feng about his journey and destination while Zhou Feng refused to answer and tightened his fists.
• Jiang Yi watched Zhou Feng's expressionless face with a faint smile, having deliberately provoked the situation to see how he would react.

Zhou Feng traveled toward Immortal Pond City with Jiang Yi, a powerful Jiang Clan descendant who insisted on befriending him. After learning about local transportation and the Immortal Pond Gathering, Zhou Feng sped up to test his physical abilities, while Jiang Yi turned the journey into an unintended race.

• Zhou Feng decided Jiang Yi seemed sincere but kept his distance, hoping the persistent stranger would eventually leave.
• As they walked together, Jiang Yi told Zhou Feng about the region’s reliance on transportation and the upcoming Immortal Pond Gathering and auction.
• Zhou Feng considered getting transportation, then quickened his pace toward Immortal Pond City and stored Big Yellow in his Spirit Beast Pouch.
• Jiang Yi mistook Zhou Feng’s physical sprint for a contest and pursued him using only his body, while his servants followed in the carriage.
• Travelers recognized Jiang Yi and watched the two men race toward the city, discussing his talent, unusual personality, and love of making friends.

Zhou Feng and Jiang Yi reached Immortal Pond City, where the Jade Sword Holy Land’s Nine Dragon Spirit Locking Array suppressed cultivators’ strength and access to spiritual energy. Zhou Feng learned how the Holy Land used the formation, its property system, and its core disciples’ tokens to protect and profit from the city.

• Zhou Feng noticed the growing number of cultivators near Immortal Pond City, including many Divine Ability Realm cultivators, while Jiang Yi grew tired from their physical run.
• Zhou Feng arrived at the city and used the Treasure Appraisal Eye to identify the Nine Dragon Spirit Locking Array, which suppressed spiritual energy and cultivators’ strength.
• Zhou Feng reached the open city gate and realized the formation made guards unnecessary and prevented ordinary cultivators from flying.
• Jiang Yi took out a Sword-shaped Jade Pendant, which removed the formation’s restraints on him as a privilege for Jade Sword Holy Land core disciples.
• Zhou Feng learned that the Jade Sword Holy Land owned the city’s inns and residences, charged outsiders double contribution points for property, and used the revenue to sustain the formation and strengthen its disciples.

Jiang Yi gave Zhou Feng a token to enter the Immortal Pond Gathering, and Zhou Feng accepted it despite sensing trouble ahead. As Zhou Feng learned about Immortal Pond City’s powerful native families, he resolved to settle there until he reached the Divine Ability Realm.

• Jiang Yi gave Zhou Feng a jade sword token that would let him enter the Immortal Pond Gathering, and Zhou Feng accepted it while planning an escape route.
• Jiang Yi went to the center of Immortal Pond City, while Zhou Feng headed toward lodging reserved for outsiders.
• Zhou Feng read a booklet explaining that the city’s natives guarded their bloodlines and cultivation resources by raising few children, many of whom joined the Jade Sword Holy Land.
• Zhou Feng recognized how formidable the natives and the Jade Sword Holy Land were, then reminded himself that his goal was immortality rather than competing with them.
• Zhou Feng decided to stay in Immortal Pond City for a few years and focus on reaching the Divine Ability Realm.

Zhou Feng settled into an expensive courtyard in Immortal Pond City, becoming a temporary resident who could take City Lord's Mansion missions and buy restricted goods. While exploring the bustling city ahead of the Immortal Pond Gathering, he encountered two captive Snow Rabbit girls being offered for sale.

• Zhou Feng rented a small courtyard for one thousand Jade Sword Coins a month and considered earning spirit stones through alchemy or City Lord's Mansion missions.
• He decided to explore Immortal Pond City before the Immortal Pond Gathering and auction, then went out with Big Yellow.
• Zhou Feng saw that the gathering had drawn many cultivators and filled the city's streets with taxed stalls.
• He used the Treasure Appraisal Eye on two bound girls with rabbit ears and learned they were Snow Rabbits who could produce cold-resistant fur.
• Zhou Feng watched from the crowd as cultivators commented on the Snow Rabbit girls, who had been captured and brought to be sold as slaves.

Zhou Feng watched a stall owner try to sell two snow-rabbit sisters, but made it clear he had no interest in buying them. He left the scene and continued exploring Immortal Pond City to look for bargains and assess the alchemy market.

• The stall owner offered the twin snow-rabbit sisters for two thousand Jade Sword Coins and tore their clothes to draw attention to their appearance and seductive charm.
• The sisters looked to Zhou Feng for help, assuming his calm demeanor meant he was kind, while the stall owner and onlookers treated him as a wealthy young master.
• Zhou Feng asked whether snow-rabbit meat tasted good, revealing that he felt no sympathy for the sisters and would not buy them.
• The stall owner tried to redirect the sales pitch, but Zhou Feng lost interest and left to search for bargains and investigate the market for alchemy.

Zhou Feng assessed his prospects for earning spirit stones in Immortal Pond City, then attended the opening of the Immortal Pond Gathering and witnessed the arrival of powerful Holy Land cultivators. At the Immortal Pond, he discovered that its spiritual energy nourished the body and wondered how often Jade Sword Holy Land disciples could use it.

• Zhou Feng learned that Immortal Pond City had laws protecting mortals, but gave up competing with its established alchemists so he could focus on cultivation.
• Zhou Feng considered using his strength to bait lawbreakers and take their spirit stones, then turned his attention to the Immortal Pond Gathering and prepared escape plans.
• Holy Land Disciples arrived in Immortal Pond City with spectacular displays, including an attack of darkness that the Jade Sword Holy Land's giant sword dispersed.
• Zhou Feng watched the powerful visitors and reconsidered whether he could fight them across realms, deciding to rely on his body and Passive Skills.
• Zhou Feng approached the Immortal Pond and felt its unusually dense spiritual energy nourishing his body.

Zhou Feng attended the Immortal Pond Gathering, hoping to win a chance to bathe in the Immortal Pond and break through his body's cultivation bottleneck. The Jade Pool and Great Sun Holy Lands’ young talents arrived, and Jiang Yi appeared searching for Zhou Feng.

• Zhou Feng absorbed spiritual energy near the Immortal Pond and considered competing for a chance to bathe in it.
• Fairy Qingyao of the Jade Pool Holy Land arrived, and Zhou Feng sensed that her strength was formidable despite her recent breakthrough to the Divine Ability Realm.
• Sima Di of the Great Sun Holy Land interrupted Fairy Qingyao’s entrance, and the two traded insults.
• Jiang Yi arrived without fanfare, prompting Sima Di and Fairy Qingyao to descend, then searched for Zhou Feng because he needed his support for a coming event.

At the Immortal Pond Gathering, Zhou Feng tried to stay unnoticed while cultivators competed for the remaining slots to bathe in the Immortal Pond. Jiang Yi singled him out and offered him Whale King Musk in exchange for helping secure a slot and answering a question afterward, leaving Zhou Feng committed to the risky deal.

• The Three Great Sacred Lands began a ruleless relay combat to decide five Immortal Pond slots, with three already effectively claimed by Jiang Yi and the other leading cultivators.
• Zhou Feng judged the Divine Ability Realm competitors too strong and decided to keep a low profile rather than fight for a slot.
• Jiang Yi teleported to Zhou Feng, drawing the crowd's attention and making others suspect Zhou Feng had hidden strength.
• Zhou Feng confronted Jiang Yi for putting him in the spotlight, while Jiang Yi explained that he had his reasons.
• Jiang Yi offered Zhou Feng all his Whale King Musk if Zhou Feng helped him obtain a slot and answered one question after bathing in the Immortal Pond.
• Zhou Feng accepted the deal and told Jiang Yi his name.

Jiang Yi named Zhou Feng as the first fighter, drawing attention to Zhou Feng’s concealed strength as he prepared to face Young Master Yinlin. Leng Man’er recognized how rapidly Zhou Feng had advanced, while the match began with Yinlin provoking him and Jiang Yi.

• Jiang Yi called Zhou Feng his brother and sent him to fight first, prompting the crowd and Fairy Qingyao to scrutinize Zhou Feng.
• Zhou Feng stayed to test his strength despite distrusting Jiang Yi, then faced Young Master Yinlin, a Jade Pool Holy Land disciple at the Divine Ability Realm.
• Leng Man’er recognized Zhou Feng and was astonished that he had reached the ninth level of the Purple Mansion Realm only months after entering it.
• Young Master Yinlin threatened to kill Zhou Feng to provoke Jiang Yi, and Fairy Qingyao coolly asked Jiang Yi whether he would take the insult to heart.

Zhou Feng faced Young Master Yinlin, who challenged him to an open battle after Zhou Feng refused to react to his provocations. Zhou Feng revealed an Invincible Phenomenon that instantly shattered Yinlin’s Great Yin Phenomenon, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Fairy Qingyao stopped Jiang Yi from attacking Zhou Feng’s opponent, and Jiang Yi agreed to hold back.
• Young Master Yinlin tried to provoke Zhou Feng into attacking, but Zhou Feng stayed silent and calmly watched him.
• Young Master Yinlin transformed into a phantom and unleashed his Great Yin Phenomenon, filling the sky with Taiyin Qi and a chilling moon.
• Zhou Feng released his own phenomenon, a golden, domineering image representing the path of invincibility, and shattered Yinlin’s phenomenon.
• The watching cultivators recognized Zhou Feng’s Invincible Phenomenon and marveled that he had condensed it while still in the Purple Mansion Realm.

Zhou Feng fought Young Master Yinlin, whose Taiyin Sword and Dao Artifact overwhelmed him and made the onlookers question his strength. Zhou Feng recovered and charged again, while Young Master Yinlin raised a defensive lotus to humiliate him.

• Young Master Yinlin formed a Taiyin Sword from Divine Ability Power and badly wounded Zhou Feng with a single strike.
• Zhou Feng broke free of the ice by stirring his blood essence and avoided the sword's edge, though chunks of flesh fell from his body.
• The spectators and Young Master Yinlin doubted Zhou Feng's strength, but Zhou Feng stayed focused and assessed the gap between them.
• Zhou Feng's Invincible Phenomenon surged back as he charged at Young Master Yinlin, who assumed he posed no threat without divine abilities.
• Young Master Yinlin summoned a defensive black lotus Dao Artifact, and the onlookers recognized that he was trying to humiliate Zhou Feng.

Zhou Feng faced Young Master Yinlin’s black lotus while Jiang Yi remained convinced that Zhou Feng was the person foretold to bring him a breakthrough. After recovering from Yinlin’s Taiyin-infused attack, Zhou Feng stopped holding back and pushed his body to its limits as Yinlin renewed his assault.

• Jiang Yi recalled that the Jade Sword Holy Land’s Grand Elder had predicted his breakthrough opportunity would be an eccentric, sturdy person with an Invincible Phenomenon, and he believed Zhou Feng matched the prediction.
• Zhou Feng’s punch failed to damage Young Master Yinlin’s black lotus, which swallowed the force of his attack.
• Zhou Feng’s wounds quickly healed after his Human Emperor Blood erased the Taiyin Power that had been preventing recovery.
• Fairy Qingyao warned Yinlin not to underestimate Zhou Feng, and Yinlin immediately attacked with the Taiyin Sword.
• Zhou Feng regretted losing his chance to catch Yinlin off guard and pushed his physical body to its limits.

Zhou Feng unleashed his immense vital energy and fought Young Master Yinlin in a brutal close-combat clash. Yinlin’s hesitation let Zhou Feng seize the advantage, though Zhou Feng’s injuries grew increasingly severe.

• Zhou Feng burned his abundant vital energy, astonishing the spectators and forcing Yinlin to shield himself from the heat with the Taiyin Black Lotus.
• Zhou Feng struck Yinlin with a golden fist, and their opposing forces collided in an explosive clash that briefly suppressed Zhou Feng’s vital energy.
• Yinlin matched Zhou Feng in close combat, while Zhou Feng’s arm shattered under the impact and his injuries strengthened his attacks through Injury Conversion.
• Zhou Feng charged on despite his broken arm and attacked Yinlin’s crown, prompting Yinlin to rely on the Taiyin Black Lotus and try to create distance.
• Yinlin’s reluctance to risk lasting harm shifted the momentum, allowing Zhou Feng to press his advantage as his own injuries worsened.

Zhou Feng’s passives and newly acquired God's Finger let him crack Yin Lin’s Taiyin Black Lotus during their fight. When Zhou Feng unleashed Nuclear Blast Fist, Yin Lin revealed his Innate Divine Ability and tripled his strength, crushing the attack and turning the battle in his favor.

• Onlookers recognized that Zhou Feng was only at the Purple Mansion Realm, while Leng Man'er understood that his recovery let him fight recklessly.
• Zhou Feng’s relentless attacks weakened Yin Lin’s Taiyin Qi and cracked the Taiyin Black Lotus.
• Zhou Feng used God's Finger’s shattering intent to break through the black lotus after learning Yin Lin’s defensive pattern.
• Zhou Feng launched Nuclear Blast Fist, drawing in spiritual energy and some of his blood qi.
• Yin Lin revealed his Innate Divine Ability, tripled his strength, and crushed Zhou Feng’s attack.

Zhou Feng fought Young Master Yinlin at the Immortal Pond Gathering, enduring Yinlin’s Spirit Augmentation and Life Lotus Technique before overpowering him. The fight was stopped before either could kill the other, and Zhou Feng asked whether he had won.

• Yinlin revealed his Innate Divine Ability, Spirit Augmentation, and froze Zhou Feng, but Jiang Yi and Yinlin sensed Zhou Feng’s aura growing stronger.
• Zhou Feng reignited his Blood Qi and struck Yinlin, shattering the damaged Taiyin Black Lotus.
• Yinlin used the Jade Pool Holy Land’s Life Lotus Technique to make a parasitic lotus drain Zhou Feng’s power.
• Zhou Feng charged through the lotus’s attack, crushed Yinlin’s spine in an embrace, and seized him by the throat.
• An intervening force separated Zhou Feng and Yinlin and removed the parasitic lotus, preventing a death at the gathering.
• Zhou Feng asked if his victory counted as Yinlin looked shaken.

Zhou Feng defeated Yinlin, and the watching cultivators recognized his cultivation method as Emperor Pan’s Human Emperor Scripture. Yinlin fled the platform, fearful that Zhou Feng had genuinely intended to kill him.

• The judges declared Zhou Feng the winner, and his Invincible Phenomenon grew stronger by absorbing Yinlin’s defeat.
• The cultivators debated whether Zhou Feng could keep fighting and concluded that his endurance and recovery had overwhelmed Yinlin.
• The cultivators identified Zhou Feng’s golden blood qi and body-focused cultivation as signs of Emperor Pan’s Human Emperor Scripture.
• The cultivators speculated that Zhou Feng’s Innate Divine Ability complemented the Emperor Pan Scripture by giving him extraordinary recovery.
• Yinlin left without speaking and resolved to be wary of Zhou Feng, whom he considered a dangerous madman.

After defeating Yin Lin, Zhou Feng recovered from his injuries and drew the Blood Qi Infusion passive skill. A muscular challenger who also cultivated the Emperor Pan Scripture then confronted him, revealing the name of the scripture Zhou Feng had known as the Human Emperor Scripture.

• Leng Man'er worried that Zhou Feng's injuries would leave him vulnerable to the other competitors after his battle with Yin Lin.
• Zhou Feng's Heart of Tenacity and Blood Qi Recovery passive healed his injuries, and he realized he could keep fighting.
• Zhou Feng opened his Skill Panel, confirmed that changing Yin Lin's fate had made a new passive available, and drew Blood Qi Infusion.
• Other competitors urged each other to challenge Zhou Feng before he recovered, and a muscular man rushed onto the platform.
• The challenger said he cultivated the Emperor Pan Scripture, and Zhou Feng realized that was the name of the Human Emperor Scripture he cultivated.

Zhou Feng learned that cultivating the Emperor Pan Scripture made reaching the Divine Ability Realm difficult, but chose to focus on earning a place in Bathing in the Immortal Pond. He attacked Golden Peng and routed him, while his Invincible Phenomenon grew stronger.

• Golden Peng told Zhou Feng that the Emperor Pan Scripture required a top-tier divine ability to break through to the Divine Ability Realm.
• Zhou Feng declined to ask Golden Peng for advice and attacked him to secure a place in Bathing in the Immortal Pond.
• Zhou Feng's aura and Invincible Phenomenon grew stronger despite his earlier injuries, shocking the watching cultivators.
• Zhou Feng overpowered Golden Peng in their direct clash and struck him with a fist and an elbow.
• Golden Peng vomited blood and was utterly routed by Zhou Feng.