Chapter Summaries

Zhou Feng survived the Monster Dragon King's spatial attack and fled while the Monster Dragon King returned to defend the spirit vein. Zhou Feng then slaughtered the fighters on the battlefield, raising his Man Butcher passive to thirty thousand stacks.

• The Monster Dragon King used Spatial Reversal to twist Zhou Feng's body, but Zhou Feng recovered with the Life Wheel's protection of his life force.
• Zhou Feng judged that he could neither kill the Monster Dragon King nor be killed by him, and ran toward the battlefield.
• The Monster Dragon King chose to return to the spirit vein rather than pursue Zhou Feng.
• Zhou Feng slaughtered cultivators from the Monster Alliance and the Rogue Cultivators, stacking the Man Butcher passive to thirty thousand.

Zhou Feng discovered that his accumulated kills had greatly increased his aptitude, while the spirit vein shattered and its Spirit Vein Spirit escaped. As the Monster Alliance tried to eliminate outsiders, a swordsman whose power surpassed the Feathered Ascension Realm appeared, and the Monster Dragon King noticed Zhou Feng was still there.

• Zhou Feng realized the Man Butcher passive had reached thirty thousand stacks and Steal Aptitude had raised his physical and soul aptitude to extraordinary heights.
• The spirit vein shattered under the struggle of the Feathered Ascension Experts, releasing spiritual liquid that revived and transformed the surrounding land.
• The Spirit Vein Spirit broke itself in half to escape, and the cultivators fought to seize it.
• Monster Alliance experts vowed to keep the spirit vein from outsiders and ordered that no one outside the alliance be allowed to leave.
• A master of the sword appeared and suppressed the Monster Alliance experts with a sword manifestation beyond the Feathered Ascension Realm.
• The Monster Dragon King discovered Zhou Feng among the corpses and noticed his strange aura.

Zhou Feng fought the Monster Dragon King after gaining enough strength to withstand his attacks. A newly fused Armor-Piercing Fist let Zhou Feng strike through the Monster Dragon King's spatial defenses, and he ended the chapter battering him at close range.

• The Monster Dragon King found Zhou Feng and attacked, but Zhou Feng blocked his dragon claw with a punch and recovered from his injuries.
• Zhou Feng's strength and understanding of the Rules of Strength grew as he traded blows with the Monster Dragon King.
• The Monster Dragon King transformed and used spatial powers to erode the area around Zhou Feng.
• Zhou Feng drew a new passive skill, fusing Armor-Piercing Spear into Armor-Piercing Fist, which gave his punches 30% penetration.
• The Monster Dragon King unleashed wind and acid rain, but Zhou Feng's punch bypassed his spatial defenses and struck him directly.
• Zhou Feng abandoned his defensive stance and overwhelmed the Monster Dragon King with a barrage of punches.

Zhou Feng defeated the Monster Dragon King despite the difference in their realms, then killed him by exploiting an opening with his Soul Fist. After plundering the Monster Dragon King’s essence, Zhou Feng received a powerful surge of feedback from his passives.

• Zhou Feng’s passives let him overpower the Monster Dragon King, whose injuries worsened as he tried to fight back.
• The Monster Dragon King decided to flee and began reverting to his ancestral form, creating an opening for Zhou Feng.
• Zhou Feng used his Soul Fist to stun the Monster Dragon King and seized him before he could use his protective treasures.
• Zhou Feng drained the Monster Dragon King’s life force, bit off his flesh, and twisted off his head, killing him.
• Zhou Feng triggered Aptitude Steal, Soul Collection, and other passives, then used Longevity Plunder to refine the Monster Dragon King’s essence.

After killing the Monster Dragon King, Zhou Feng drew the attention of powerful cultivators and survived a devastating attack. As he tried to leave, he discovered that someone was watching and marking him, while the Intelligent Brain’s Six Rens Art warned that every possible step brought great misfortune.

• The Monster Dragon King's death plunged the Monster Alliance into crisis, and Zhou Feng became a target for cultivators coveting his Myriad Longevity Body.
• An unseen supreme expert struck Zhou Feng, destroying half his body, but he rapidly regenerated before the attacker's surprise.
• The appearance of the Spirit Vein Spirit diverted the cultivators' attention, and Zhou Feng left without anyone openly pursuing him.
• Heaven and Earth Purification removed a mark placed on Zhou Feng, while the Intelligent Brain found that his lost blood and tissue had disappeared and that suspicious watchers were nearby.
• When Zhou Feng considered using a Spatial Teleportation Talisman, the Intelligent Brain's Six Rens Art warned that every route was an Ominous Sign, and Zhou Feng realized he had become inexplicably nervous.

Zhou Feng reflected on forging his scattered techniques into a path built on the Longevity Heavenly Venerate’s inheritance and his Longevity Bloodline. When Si Hun blocked his way and questioned him, Zhou Feng attacked first, prompting Si Hun to unleash his Fierce Might.

• Zhou Feng considered how to unify his incompatible techniques and create abilities suited to his strengths, using the Longevity Heavenly Venerate’s inheritance and his Longevity Bloodline as a foundation.
• Si Hun appeared in front of Zhou Feng and praised his rise despite the Eastern Land’s lack of cultivation resources.
• Si Hun examined Zhou Feng’s aura and asked why it bore traces of so many Great Dao Rules.
• Zhou Feng punched Si Hun without answering, erupting with powerful blood qi.
• Si Hun’s expression darkened as golden blood qi and Fierce Might burst from him, and he rebuked Zhou Feng for his audacity.

Zhou Feng escaped Si Hun by using Spatial Teleportation Talismans and Spirit Beans, but a stone bracelet redirected him to a dangerous underground labyrinth. He arrived surrounded by demonic remnants and unseen creatures, with an ambush beginning as he tried to understand where he was.

• Si Hun disrupted Zhou Feng's Spatial Teleportation Talisman with his ring, while spatial power sliced Zhou Feng's body apart and it began to recover.
• Zhou Feng concealed his aura with the Life Wheel and used self-destructing Spirit Beans to create an opening before activating more Spatial Teleportation Talismans.
• A stone bracelet appeared on Zhou Feng's wrist and transported him away, while nearby voices said they had collected his blood and the Spirit Vein Spirit had escaped.
• Zhou Feng arrived in a dim underground network of tunnels filled with demonic remnants, foul energy, and blood-red eyes watching him.
• An unseen creature roared and ambushed Zhou Feng.

Zhou Feng found himself in a cavern after escaping danger, discovered that the Spirit Vein Spirit had attached itself to his wrist as a stone bracelet, and learned more about the Enlightenment Realm. The Spirit Vein Spirit tried to make him search for Earth Vein Origin in exchange for more knowledge and spirit crystals, but Zhou Feng hated being threatened.

• Zhou Feng killed a winged rotten rat that had tried to ambush him in the cavern.
• Zhou Feng used the Intelligent Brain to recall the Spirit Vein Spirit and found it around his wrist as a stone bracelet.
• The Spirit Vein Spirit proposed cooperating with Zhou Feng and explained that the Enlightenment Realm had three stages: Asking Dao, Hearing Dao, and Comprehending Dao.
• The Spirit Vein Spirit stopped its explanation and demanded that Zhou Feng find Earth Vein Origin in exchange for more knowledge and spirit crystals.
• The Spirit Vein Spirit tried to pressure Zhou Feng into helping it recover its strength, unaware that Zhou Feng hated being threatened.

Zhou Feng erased the Spirit Vein Spirit and obtained its Great Dao Origin Rune, choosing safety over the opportunities it offered. The Monster Alliance identified him as a threat and launched a Curse Kill, but Zhou Feng’s Life Wheel and vitality let him withstand it.

• Zhou Feng used the Intelligent Brain and Six Rens Art to confirm he could erase the Spirit Vein Spirit safely, then cleansed its consciousness with Soul Power despite its pleas and threats.
• The Spirit Vein Spirit vanished, leaving behind a Great Dao Origin Rune, which Zhou Feng wrapped in the Jade Pool Azure Lotus to contain its immense spiritual energy.
• Feathered Ascension Experts at the Far Eastern Immortal Cliff learned that Zhou Feng had erased the Spirit Vein Spirit and ordered the Monster Alliance to Curse Kill him and find his body.
• Zhou Feng developed dense poisonous sores and intense pain from the curse, but his Life Wheel protected his life force as he began purging the curse with his vitality.

After enduring and purging the Curse Kill, Zhou Feng planned to explore his strange surroundings, seek knowledge in Heavenly Fox Cave, and continue his revenge against the Monster Alliance. He discovered underground ruins and encountered a gaunt figure covered in purple crystals.

• Zhou Feng survived the Curse Kill by using his Life Wheel to wash the curse power from his body, then reasoned that curses required a costly medium and could not be used constantly.
• Zhou Feng planned to investigate the area, travel to Heavenly Fox Cave for its myriad Dao scriptures, and take further revenge on the Monster Alliance.
• Zhou Feng sealed the spiritual qi Great Dao Rune within the Jade Pool Azure Lotus and explored the damp, Earth Grudge Qi-filled passageways.
• Zhou Feng found an underground junction with ruined buildings and dry bones bearing a tattered Daoist robe and blurred writing.
• A gaunt figure with purple crystals growing across its face entered the ruins, noticed Zhou Feng, and demanded to know who was hiding.

Zhou Feng encountered Fei Li in an abandoned underground node and learned about the Sacred Blood Purple Crystal Mine, whose crystals stirred his Longevity Bloodline. He ordered Fei Li to lead him to the mine.

• Fei Li searched the abandoned node and called out, unaware that Zhou Feng was nearby.
• Zhou Feng revealed himself, then killed the stitched crab monsters pursuing Fei Li with a single spear thrust.
• Zhou Feng sensed the monsters’ life force activating his Longevity Bloodline and realized the purple crystals might benefit him.
• Fei Li explained that prolonged contact with the Sacred Blood Purple Crystal Mine caused blood to coagulate into purple crystals and eventually killed miners.
• Zhou Feng ordered Fei Li to take him to the place where he had mined.

Zhou Feng followed Fei Li to the Sacred Blood Purple Crystal Mine, where his Longevity Bloodline reacted strongly to the ore. As the Monster Alliance struggled to track him, Zhou Feng confronted Daoist Ziyuan, who guarded the mine.

• Fei Li led Zhou Feng underground and explained that the Sacred Blood Purple Crystal Mine stopped his hunger and kept his body energetic.
• The Monster Alliance discovered that its Curse Kill had failed and that Zhou Feng's concealed fate and underground location made him difficult to track.
• Zhou Feng sensed the mine's bloodlike ore stirring his Longevity Bloodline and went toward it despite Fei Li's fear of the guards.
• Daoist Ziyuan recalled torturing a runaway miner's younger sister to death and using her skin in his Sacred Blood Brocade Garment.
• Zhou Feng appeared before Daoist Ziyuan, who sensed his unfamiliar aura and its powerful life force mixed with brutality and madness.

Zhou Feng encountered Daoist Ziyuan in the Sacred Blood Purple Crystal Mine and survived the Ziyuan Mirror’s Sacred Blood Pollution, then overwhelmed him with his strength. After noticing the strange Man-Faced Robe, Zhou Feng heard it wailing, and Fei Li recognized a voice from it.

• Daoist Ziyuan recognized Zhou Feng as someone from the surface and arrogantly ordered him to surrender.
• Daoist Ziyuan attacked Zhou Feng with the Ziyuan Mirror, covering his body in purple crystals.
• The crystals fell away and nourished Zhou Feng’s Longevity Bloodline, leaving Daoist Ziyuan shocked that Sacred Blood Pollution had failed.
• Zhou Feng struck Daoist Ziyuan twice and crushed his body, while the Man-Faced Robe remained intact and its faces became clearer.
• The Man-Faced Robe began to sob, and Fei Li recognized a familiar voice.

Zhou Feng killed Daoist Ziyuan, but could not search his soul after it was mysteriously drawn away. When Fei Li begged him to save Yan'er, Zhou Feng discovered that Fei Li was not human and began questioning what kind of being he was.

• Zhou Feng crushed Daoist Ziyuan, who escaped by launching his head away and turning his battered body into Sacred Bloodwood vines.
• Zhou Feng shot Daoist Ziyuan with an arrow of Taixu True Qi, killing him before he could flee, but a mysterious force swallowed his soul and foiled the Soul-Searching Art.
• Fei Li pleaded with Zhou Feng to save Yan'er, whose face remained on the now-silent Man-Faced Robe.
• Zhou Feng recognized that ordinary people should not be mining in the cultivation world and grew suspicious of Fei Li's nature.
• When Fei Li's savage aura intensified, Zhou Feng severed his head and discovered that his body had no blood and seemed more like a specially cultivated organism than a human.

Zhou Feng absorbed the Sacred Blood Purple Crystal Mine and transformed his Longevity Bloodline, which began changing the surrounding environment and leaking Longevity Substance. After asking the Intelligent Brain to suppress the leakage, he searched Daoist Ziyuan’s belongings, unaware that monsters had gathered in the darkness and were waiting to attack.

• Zhou Feng used Longevity Plunder to absorb the life force and Longevity Substance from the miners and the Sacred Blood Purple Crystal Mine.
• The Sacred Blood Purple Crystal Mine resonated with Zhou Feng and transformed his Longevity Bloodline, extending his lifespan and causing his body to emit pure qi that improved the surrounding environment.
• Zhou Feng realized that his leaking Longevity Substance could attract danger and asked the Intelligent Brain to conceal his aura and suppress the leakage.
• Zhou Feng picked up the Man-Faced Robe and found that it could conceal his aura, then stored it away.
• Zhou Feng found books and Storage Rings that had belonged to Daoist Ziyuan, while monsters silently gathered in the darkness and waited for an opportunity.

Zhou Feng learned about Abyss Bottom, the Sacred Blood Clan, and the Man-Faced Robe while examining Daoist Ziyuan's possessions. After monsters attacked him, he slaughtered them and found their life force could nourish his Longevity Bloodline.

• Zhou Feng discovered that Abyss Bottom was a sunless underground stratum ruled by the Sacred Blood Clan and found refined Sacred Blood Ore in Daoist Ziyuan's Storage Ring.
• Zhou Feng learned that the Man-Faced Robe concealed a person's aura and protected them from contamination by Sacred Blood Ore.
• The Six Rens Art warned Zhou Feng of minor misfortune, and a swarm of grotesque Man-Faced Monsters rushed toward him.
• Zhou Feng killed the swarm with a single punch, triggering his Man Butcher passive and wondering why it worked on monsters.
• A giant insect monster attacked Zhou Feng from behind, but his Immovable as a Mountain passive stopped its scythes before he killed it.
• Zhou Feng slaughtered the remaining Man-Faced Monsters and discovered that their abundant life force and Longevity Substance could nourish his Longevity Bloodline.

After devouring the Man-Faced Monsters, Zhou Feng grew stronger and drew the new passive Immortal Gold Bone, which let his bones absorb immortal aura from gold and stone. He tested it with Essence Gold and decided to explore the Abyss Bottom for more resources before confronting the Monster Alliance.

• Zhou Feng devoured the Man-Faced Monsters, strengthening his Life Wheel and Longevity Bloodline while filling the Skill Panel’s progress bar.
• Zhou Feng drew the Immortal Gold Bone passive, which increased his physical defense as his bones absorbed immortal aura from gold and stone.
• Zhou Feng melted a grain of Essence Gold into his body and felt his bones grow slightly stronger.
• Zhou Feng considered searching the Abyss Bottom and the Monster Alliance’s treasury for valuable ores, while keeping Sacred Blood Ore in mind.
• Zhou Feng prepared to explore the Abyss Bottom, where he still needed to uncover secrets and find a way out.

Zhou Feng explored the Abyss Bottom under the cover of a Man-Faced Robe and met Yuan Hu, who mistook him for a Sacred Blood Aristocrat. Zhou Feng accepted Yuan Hu’s invitation to Dark Gray City and learned how the Abyss Bottom formed, along with the strange origins of Sacred Blood Ore.

• Zhou Feng used his Intelligent Brain to navigate the Abyss Bottom and followed traces toward a gathering place.
• Yuan Hu spotted Zhou Feng’s Man-Faced Robe, assumed he was a fellow cultivator, and invited him onto his carriage.
• Zhou Feng posed as Daoist Ziyuan, claiming he had been ambushed, and let Yuan Hu mistake him for a Sacred Blood Aristocrat.
• Yuan Hu invited Zhou Feng to recover in Dark Gray City, and Zhou Feng agreed while asking few questions.
• Yuan Hu explained that the Abyss Bottom formed after the Monster Alliance extracted the Eastern Land’s spiritual veins and that Sacred Blood Ore came from a buried mighty expert.

Zhou Feng entered an underground city where Sacred Blood Clan members could pass without paying lamp oil, while he tried to hide that he knew little about the Abyss Bottom. The City Lord, An Lian, mistook his pure aura for that of a Holy Son and fixed her attention on him.

• Yuan Hu explained that Sacred Blood Ore was said to come from a cultivator's blood and led Zhou Feng toward a city protected by layered walls and a spirit pearl.
• At the city gate, Zhou Feng advanced without paying lamp oil, following the Six Rens Art's prediction, and entered without being stopped.
• Zhou Feng noticed the city's concentric walls and felt many people watching him as he wondered what to do next.
• An Lian appeared and called Zhou Feng a Holy Son, prompting onlookers to react with surprise and hope.
• An Lian, captivated by Zhou Feng's pure aura, decided to seize her opportunity with him.

An Lian mistook Zhou Feng’s pure aura for that of a Holy Son and brought him to the center of Dark Gray City, where she discovered he came from the surface. After Zhou Feng struck her and she convinced him to listen, An Lian began explaining the Sacred Blood Clan’s pursuit of immortality.

• An Lian decided Zhou Feng could save Dark Gray City and tried to bring him with her because she believed his Sacred Blood was pure and powerful.
• Zhou Feng followed An Lian to the center of Dark Gray City, where she realized he was from the surface after he questioned her intentions.
• Zhou Feng attacked An Lian with a powerful punch, but she blocked it and told him she meant no harm.
• An Lian explained that Zhou Feng’s pure aura made him different from the crazed Sacred Blood bearers she had encountered.
• Zhou Feng’s divination showed Great Omen, and An Lian began telling him how the Sacred Blood Clan had become obsessed with chasing immortality.