Chapter Summaries

Dao Yan tried to escape Zhou Feng and keep him away from the Seven Star Compass’s refinement, but Zhou Feng and Ao Qing repeatedly caught up with him. The chapter ended with Ao Qing reaching down to crush both men after Zhou Feng seized Dao Yan and carried him out of the sea.

• Ao Qing transformed into her Dragon Form and vanished as Dao Yan used the Seven Star Escape Technique to flee Zhou Feng and recover his composure.
• Dao Yan realized the Seven Star Compass was still being refined and tried to stall Zhou Feng, but Zhou Feng soon appeared before him with Ao Qing close behind.
• Ao Qing trapped Zhou Feng and Dao Yan in a sword formation, and Zhou Feng’s punch struck Dao Yan, who fled using the Seven Star Escape Technique.
• Zhou Feng caught Dao Yan at the bottom of the sea and crushed half his body, while Ao Qing pursued them and unleashed the Eight Dragon Sounds.
• Zhou Feng seized Dao Yan and shot out of the sea, where Ao Qing waited and reached down to crush them both.

Zhou Feng endured Ao Qing's attacks and destroyed Dao Yan, reducing the karma burden that had been afflicting him. He then pushed himself to the brink of death to gain greater power, and the chapter ended as his newly acquired Immortal State began negating most damage while he faced Ao Qing.

• Zhou Feng withstood Ao Qing's assault while Dao Yan's body repeatedly crumbled, leaving Dao Yan afraid that his consciousness would be erased by karma.
• Ao Qing questioned Zhou Feng's physical strength, but Zhou Feng ignored her and used the Great Dao of Strength to crush Dao Yan again.
• Ao Qing used Yimu Radiance to make branches and shoots grow from Zhou Feng and Dao Yan, and Zhou Feng struck Dao Yan into a blood mist, greatly reducing his karma burden.
• Zhou Feng activated his Invincible Phenomenon and Man Butcher passive, pushing himself toward death to increase his combat power against Ao Qing.
• Ao Qing summoned the Sun Moon Wheel and attacked Zhou Feng with moonlight and a solar shield, while Zhou Feng used Longevity Steps to reach her.
• After suffering a fatal injury, Zhou Feng triggered Survive for a While and entered the Immortal State, which negated ninety percent of incoming damage as his injuries began to heal.

Zhou Feng fought Ao Qing in his Blood Locking state and, despite her higher cultivation and powerful trump cards, defeated her through relentless attacks and regeneration. After Ao Qing died, Zhou Feng checked his Skill Panel and found enough destiny power to draw another passive.

• Zhou Feng battled Ao Qing, using his physical strength and passives to keep the advantage despite her superior cultivation.
• Ao Qing unleashed her Sun-Moon Brilliance, Azure Dragon Token, and Four Symbols Formation, nearly breaking Zhou Feng's body.
• Zhou Feng recovered rapidly after his Immortal State ended, then shattered Ao Qing's Sun Moon Wheel and killed her.
• Zhou Feng relaxed after the battle, exhausted and low on blood energy and Longevity Substance.
• Zhou Feng checked the Skill Panel and saw that the progress bar had filled, allowing him to draw a new passive.

Zhou Feng gained the Great Dao Body Protection passive and left the Sea Mussel Woman on Penglai Island before heading for the Far Eastern Land. There, the Monster Alliance prepared to separate the region from the Eastern Land while revealing that its retaliation had destroyed the Heavenly Monster Kingdom and Princess's Estate in an attempt to lure Zhou Feng out.

• Zhou Feng drew the Great Dao Body Protection passive, which formed a regenerating shield powered by his stamina.
• Zhou Feng returned to Penglai Island and learned that the Sea Mussel Woman had decided to remain in the East Sea.
• Zhou Feng gave the Sea Mussel Woman most of the Dragon Palace spoils and left alone for the Far Eastern Land.
• The Monster Alliance continued preparing to separate the Far Eastern Land from the Eastern Land while its elders struggled against heaven-and-earth Karma Backlash.
• Yang Zhe learned that the Monster Alliance had traced Zhou Feng to the Heavenly Monster Kingdom and slaughtered its people, including everyone in the Princess's Estate, after Zhou Feng failed to appear.

Zhou Feng discovered that the Monster Alliance had killed people from the Heavenly Monster Kingdom because of their connection to him, and he charged into the Far Eastern Land in a fury. He slaughtered the Monster Alliance’s disciples and killed Xuan Ming, while Yang Zhe sensed a fierce backlash from heaven and earth karma.

• Zhou Feng sensed Princess Duling’s fading aura and learned that the Monster Alliance had killed people from the Heavenly Monster Kingdom because of him.
• Enraged by their deaths and the Monster Alliance’s brutality, Zhou Feng stopped concealing his aura and attacked the Far Eastern Land.
• Zhou Feng broke through the formation and killed numerous Monster Alliance disciples with his fists.
• Yang Zhe sensed an unusually fierce backlash of heaven and earth karma, but his perception was blocked as he tried to suppress it.
• Xuan Ming arrived and attacked Zhou Feng with lightning, but Zhou Feng overcame him and killed him in three moves.
• The surviving Monster Alliance disciples panicked as Zhou Feng’s wounds from the Longevity Steps quickly healed.

Zhou Feng fought the Monster Alliance while its Dream Heaven Grand Formation bound and suppressed him. When the formation revealed the buried spiritual veins that could help him break the deadlock, Zhao Tianxing concealed them and took direct control of the fight, leaving Zhou Feng facing a dangerous opponent.

• Zhou Feng killed Xuan Ming and overwhelmed the Monster Alliance disciples, prompting the alliance to activate the Dream Heaven Grand Formation.
• Order Chains bound Zhou Feng, but the disciples’ attacks failed to harm him, and he urged them to keep fighting.
• Zhao Tianxing drove the formation harder as Zhou Feng’s roar shook the battlefield and the buried spiritual veins began to resonate.
• The Intelligent Brain calculated an auspicious outcome and identified the spiritual veins’ locations as the key to breaking the deadlock.
• Zhao Tianxing hid the veins’ light, ordered the disciples to assist from the sides, and tried to refine Zhou Feng through the formation.
• Zhou Feng recognized Zhao Tianxing as an extremely dangerous opponent.

Zhou Feng fought Zhao Tianxing by attacking the spirit veins that sustained the Dream Heaven Grand Formation, enduring its suppression and the backlash as he smashed the earth. After destroying a spirit vein, he absorbed its essence and the formation’s Order Chains, entering a profound state of Dao comprehension through his own realization.

• Zhao Tianxing used the Dream Heaven Grand Formation to suppress Zhou Feng and retreated as Zhou Feng advanced.
• Zhou Feng struck the ground, exposed a newly integrated spirit vein, and revealed that the formation relied on spirit veins for energy.
• Zhao Tianxing dismissed Zhou Feng’s plan and ordered his disciples to attack, but Zhou Feng ignored them and kept smashing the ground despite his severe injuries.
• Zhou Feng shattered one of the spirit veins and absorbed its spilled spiritual essence and the formation’s Order Chains.
• Zhou Feng entered Dao comprehension, his divine soul emerged from his body, and seven-colored light surrounded him as Zhao Tianxing watched in fear.

Zhou Feng touched the origin of the Great Dao of Strength and used the Dream Heaven Grand Formation’s power against Zhao Tianxing and the Monster Alliance disciples, though the borrowed force nearly destroyed his body. As he advanced toward the Far Eastern Land’s center and saw the vast human sacrifices behind the Monster Alliance’s plan, he decided to turn the Eastern Land into a no-man’s land.

• Zhou Feng briefly separated his divine soul from his body, glimpsed the Great Dao of Strength, and returned with a new understanding of power.
• Zhou Feng borrowed the Dream Heaven Grand Formation’s power of order to kill Zhao Tianxing and the Monster Alliance disciples, then walked away badly injured.
• Yang Zhe learned of the deaths and resolved to deal with Zhou Feng himself while the Monster Alliance focused on separating the Far Eastern Land.
• Zhou Feng’s injuries healed as he traveled toward the central region and saw the wronged souls and bones left by the Spirit Filling Convention’s blood sacrifices.
• Zhou Feng grew furious at the Monster Alliance’s plan to bind the spirit veins with the dead and decided that the Eastern Land might as well become a no-man’s land.

Zhou Feng drew the Rupture passive and began smashing the spirit veins beneath the Far Eastern Land, using their backlash to temper himself and strengthen his Great Dao of Strength. When his attacks damaged the Dream Heaven Grand Formation and pushed a spirit vein toward collapse, Yang Zhe abandoned his hesitation and ordered an attack.

• Yang Zhe ordered his disciples to avoid Zhou Feng, who traveled unopposed while an unseen force tried to guide him toward a particular place.
• Zhou Feng drew the Rupture passive, which gave his attacks a chance to slow opponents’ reactions and injury recovery.
• Zhou Feng repeatedly struck the ground to fracture the underground spirit veins and absorb their essence as spiritual energy.
• The spirit veins’ backlash hurled Zhou Feng away and broke several bones, but he recovered and continued attacking while integrating the Great Dao of Strength.
• Yang Zhe noticed that Zhou Feng’s attacks were damaging the Dream Heaven Grand Formation and bringing a spirit vein close to collapse.
• Yang Zhe ordered an attack on Zhou Feng, deciding he could no longer leave the threat unchecked.

Zhou Feng battled Yang Zhe while destroying the Far Eastern Land’s spirit veins, then devised a cultivation method to absorb spirit veins into his body and grow stronger. Yang Zhe brought out the Emperor Pan Cauldron to stop him, leaving Zhou Feng under its crushing pressure.

• Yang Zhe activated the Dream Heaven Grand Formation and struck Zhou Feng with Annihilation Divine Light, but Zhou Feng escaped and restored himself by devouring energy from shattered spirit veins.
• Zhou Feng resolved to draw on demonic cultivation methods and formed a plan to store spiritual energy in acupoints, eventually placing spirit veins inside his body.
• Yang Zhe caught up to Zhou Feng, who burrowed underground and continued destroying spirit veins despite the formation’s suppression.
• Yang Zhe summoned the Emperor Pan Cauldron, revealing the legendary Human Emperor’s treasure to the shocked Monster Alliance members.
• The Emperor Pan Cauldron’s aura crushed Zhou Feng and made him feel that he could fall at any moment.

Yang Zhe used the Emperor Pan Cauldron and Dream Heaven Grand Formation to crush Zhou Feng, but Zhou Feng repeatedly survived by drawing shattered spirit veins into himself and rebuilding his body. The chapter ended with Zhou Feng still fighting underground, swallowing another shattered spirit vein as Yang Zhe watched in shock.

• Yang Zhe activated the Emperor Pan Cauldron, suppressing Zhou Feng and forcing him to break free by striking his head against a spirit vein.
• Yang Zhe pushed the Emperor Pan Cauldron to its limit, revealing scenes of Emperor Pan’s past and stirring pride and human identification among those who watched.
• The Emperor Pan Cauldron crushed Zhou Feng, but Yang Zhe withdrew it when Zhou Feng’s aura nearly vanished.
• Zhou Feng used Soul Power to draw a shattered spirit vein into his body and tried to contain it using his understanding of the Sea Mussel Space.
• Yang Zhe activated the Dream Heaven Grand Formation and exploded Zhou Feng’s body, but Zhou Feng survived by linking his body and soul through the Life Wheel and rebuilding with Longevity Substance.
• Zhou Feng drew another shattered spirit vein into his body before Yang Zhe could recover from his shock.

Zhou Feng endured Yang Zhe’s overwhelming attacks by devouring underground spirit veins and relying on his Life Wheel and passives to stay alive. Yang Zhe discovered Zhou Feng was still absorbing the veins and tried to drive him from the Far Eastern Land, but Zhou Feng opened an acupoint that contained the consumed spirit vein and survived another attack.

• Zhou Feng shattered a spirit vein, swallowed it, and forced his body to open an acupoint despite the risk of bursting apart.
• Yang Zhe released some of his seals, revealed his Yin-Yang Great Dao, and used the Emperor Pan Cauldron to suppress Zhou Feng while crushing an underground spirit vein.
• Zhou Feng played dead by locking his upgrades with the Life Wheel and fusing with the underground spirit vein, but Yang Zhe noticed that part of it had vanished.
• Yang Zhe pulled Zhou Feng from the spirit vein and ordered him to leave the Far Eastern Land, while Zhou Feng focused on surviving and recovering.
• Zhou Feng devoured the spirit vein inside an independent space within his newly opened acupoint, then dodged Yang Zhe’s renewed attack with the Longevity Steps.

Zhou Feng survived Yang Zhe’s attacks and developed the Acupoint Method by swallowing another spirit vein. Unable to kill him without risking further backlash, Yang Zhe expelled him and ordered the Monster Alliance to abandon the Far Eastern Land for Heavenly Demon Island, while the Heavenly Fox Ancestor learned that people from the Central Plains were coming.

• Zhou Feng swallowed another spirit vein during the battle and successfully opened an Acupoint, creating a method to contain and use the power of spirit veins.
• Yang Zhe forcibly expelled Zhou Feng from the Far Eastern Land after realizing he could not defeat him without risking backlash.
• Yang Zhe activated the Heavenly Monster Island Plan, ordering the Monster Alliance to abandon the Far Eastern Land and preserve only its most essential resources.
• The Monster Alliance elders objected to Yang Zhe’s decision, but he resolved to retreat and let the Central Plains sects deal with Zhou Feng.
• The Heavenly Fox Ancestor woke in alarm after learning that people from the Central Plains were coming to the Eastern Land.

Zhou Feng returned to the Far Eastern Land and ignored the Emperor Pan Cauldron, choosing to devour the exposed spirit veins instead. Gu Chensha arrived from the Central Plains seeking the cauldron, while the Heavenly Fox Ancestor sensed his arrival and watched him head toward the Far Eastern Land.

• The Heavenly Fox Ancestor sensed that her warning formations had been triggered and hid rather than act rashly.
• Zhou Feng returned to the Far Eastern Land after stabilizing his newly opened Acupoints and found the land desolate, with its spirit veins exposed.
• Yang Zhe had fled the Eastern Land with nine ancestral veins and many spiritual treasures, leaving the Emperor Pan Cauldron behind as bait for Zhou Feng and the Ancient Gloom Dynasty.
• Zhou Feng recognized the cauldron as an obvious trap and instead shattered an underground spirit vein, absorbed it, and began opening new Acupoints.
• Gu Chensha arrived from the Central Plains, sensed the Emperor Pan Cauldron, and headed toward the Far Eastern Land.
• The Heavenly Fox Ancestor sensed Gu Chensha's aura and realized he was not heading for Heavenly Fox Cave.

Gu Chensha reached the Eastern Land and found the Emperor Pan Cauldron, but Zhou Feng appeared as he moved to claim it. Gu Chensha attacked Zhou Feng and seized the cauldron, believing the opportunity was his.

• Gu Chensha recalled how the Ancient Gloom Dynasty’s inherited artifact had been shattered and its national fortune ruined.
• Gu Chensha found the Emperor Pan Cauldron and saw the Emperor Pan Body Tempering Method on it.
• Zhou Feng appeared beside the cauldron, and he and Gu Chensha recognized each other as coming from the Central Plains and Eastern Land, respectively.
• Gu Chensha decided Zhou Feng was the obstacle to obtaining the cauldron and unleashed a powerful true dragon aura attack.
• Zhou Feng’s body remained unharmed beneath a faint glow as Gu Chensha grabbed the Emperor Pan Cauldron’s leg.

Gu Chensha took the Emperor Pan Cauldron and used the Ancient Gloom Dynasty's fortune to awaken its power, realizing it might let him found a new dynasty. As he attacked Zhou Feng to seize the spirit veins inside him, Zhou Feng's spirit veins automatically fought back.

• Gu Chensha endured the earth-energy trap with the dynasty's fortune, and the Emperor Pan Cauldron began to revive by consuming that fortune.
• The Emperor Pan Cauldron suppressed Zhou Feng, while Gu Chensha realized it could help him establish a new dynasty.
• Zhou Feng absorbed another spirit vein as Gu Chensha noticed the other veins were gone and learned they were inside Zhou Feng.
• Gu Chensha attacked Zhou Feng, whose body remained still as his spirit veins automatically countered the blows.

Zhou Feng fought back against Gu Chensha with the power of the hundreds of spirit veins he had joined to his body, while Gu Chensha shed some of his burdens and resolved to pursue freedom and a new dynasty. The battle ended with Zhou Feng smashing Gu Chensha and the Emperor Pan Cauldron backward, leaving the Heavenly Fox Ancestor awed and relieved that Xue Ji had contracted with Zhou Feng.

• Zhou Feng used his spirit veins to counterattack automatically, but the effort left him exhausted as Gu Chensha considered how troublesome he was.
• Gu Chensha cast aside some of his pride and burdens, deciding that he wanted freedom and transcendence rather than being bound by expectations.
• Gu Chensha uprooted a mountain and used the rules of heaven and earth to pin Zhou Feng beneath it and refine him.
• Zhou Feng broke free of the mountain, used Longevity Steps to lock down the surrounding spiritual energy, and struck Gu Chensha with a powerful punch.
• Gu Chensha raised the Emperor Pan Cauldron to block Zhou Feng's punch, but the impact sent the cauldron and Gu Chensha flying backward as he spat blood.
• The Heavenly Fox Ancestor watched in awe and felt relieved that Xue Ji had formed a contract with Zhou Feng.

Zhou Feng killed Gu Chensha by beating him with the Emperor Pan Cauldron, then searched his soul for information about the Central Plains. After drawing the Forbidden Body passive, Zhou Feng turned to deal with the watching Heavenly Fox Ancestor.

• Gu Chensha began reshaping his body and connecting with the Emperor Pan Cauldron, but Zhou Feng stomped through his chest and seized the cauldron.
• Zhou Feng battered the Emperor Pan Cauldron until its countershock weakened, then used it to beat Gu Chensha to death and search his soul.
• The Heavenly Fox Ancestor watched in terror as Gu Chensha's death erased the Ancient Gloom Dynasty's last chance at revival.
• Zhou Feng celebrated his victory, drew the Forbidden Body passive, and gained the ability to ignore formations, illusions, and natural secret realms.
• Zhou Feng looked toward the Heavenly Fox Ancestor, intending to deal with her before leaving.

Zhou Feng dissolved his agreement with the Heavenly Fox Clan and set out for the Central Plains, where he hoped to break through to the Feathered Ascension Realm. After learning the True Dragon Feathering Art from Gu Chensha’s memories, he decided to devise his own method and test it repeatedly.

• Zhou Feng dissolved his contract with Xue Ji and left the Heavenly Fox Ancestor behind.
• Zhou Feng departed the ruined Eastern Land with the Emperor Pan Cauldron after absorbing its spiritual veins.
• Zhou Feng learned from Gu Chensha’s memories that the Central Plains was the Land of Ascension and required cultivation in the Feathered Ascension Realm to enter.
• Zhou Feng studied the True Dragon Feathering Art but rejected it because he lacked the true dragon qi it required.
• Zhou Feng considered using his rebirth and Blood Locking passives to survive feathered ascension and reshape his body.
• Zhou Feng decided to create his own method and test it repeatedly before attempting a full breakthrough.

Before heading to the Central Plains, Zhou Feng used the Feathered Ascension method to reshape his body, discovering that his spirit veins could act on instinct while his soul was absent. After reuniting with his body, he endured rejection and began adjusting to it, leaving him considering repeated ascensions.

• Zhou Feng separated his soul from his body and began Feathered Ascension without making extensive preparations, using Soul-Nourishing Wood to house his soul.
• As Zhou Feng’s body decayed, the spirit veins inside him drew in earthly qi and spirit vein essence, restoring the body and beginning to turn it into a stone spirit.
• Zhou Feng returned his soul to his body, but the body rejected it and became stiff and difficult to control.
• Zhou Feng began adjusting his soul and body with Longevity Substance and realized the spirit veins’ instincts could pose a danger if he were severely injured.
• Zhou Feng forced his body to take a step forward, causing wounds that quickly healed as the rejection weakened, and he considered undergoing Feathered Ascension repeatedly.