Chapter Summaries

Ye Fei defeated Jiang Feng with his bare fists and learned that his mixed spiritual roots and body cultivation helped explain his strength. Jiang Mengyun also revealed that the Nine Leaning Luo Swords he bought cheaply was Luo Ying’s supreme technique.

• Jiang Feng challenged Ye Fei again, but Ye Fei shattered his three attacks with his fists, forcing Jiang Feng to concede and apologize to Du Yuan.
• Ye Fei praised Du Yuan for standing up for himself, then spoke with the disciples preparing to enter the Divine Feather Secret Realm and confirmed he would join them.
• Ye Fei asked Jiang Mengyun why he was stronger than other Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators, and she explained the advantages of cultivating both qi and body with multiple spiritual roots.
• Jiang Mengyun told Ye Fei that magic treasures and secret arts also shaped a cultivator’s strength, and revealed that the Nine Leaning Luo Swords was Luo Ying’s supreme technique.

Ye Fei visited Luo Ying before the trip to the Divine Feather Secret Realm and received several protective treasures from her and Ning Siyu. After training with the gifts, he prepared to leave for Divine Feather Valley with Jiang Mengyun, keeping their plan secret from Jiang Yiyun.

• Jiang Mengyun urged Ye Fei to visit Luo Ying, so he flew to Green Bamboo Peak and met Ning Siyu.
• Luo Ying gave Ye Fei the Elephant Armor Art and Shadowless Boots, while Ning Siyu lent him her Vajra Umbrella.
• Ye Fei refined the Vajra Umbrella and Shadowless Boots, tested the boots’ speed, and began cultivating the Elephant Armor Art.
• After twenty days, Jiang Mengyun reminded Ye Fei to keep his promise to take her into the secret realm and told him not to tell Jiang Yiyun.
• Jiang Mengyun said she would enter the Azure Dragon Sword before they set out, and Jiang Yiyun arrived at Ye Fei’s cave abode.

Ye Fei accompanied Jiang Yiyun to Sunset Peak for the journey to the Divine Feather Secret Realm, where Luo Ying gave him a map and the unique jade plaque needed to enter the Formation God Hall. The group set out aboard Luo Ying’s flying ship, with Ye Fei tasked to retrieve something from the hall after entering the secret realm.

• Jiang Yiyun visited Ye Fei, showed off her changed appearance, and later left with Jiang Mengyun.
• Jiang Mengyun told Ye Fei to escort Jiang Yiyun to Sunset Peak, then secretly followed and entered the Azure Dragon Sword.
• At Sunset Peak, Jiang Yiyun reassured the disciples that her Scent-Concealing Armor would keep Demon Beasts from being drawn to her.
• True Person Qinghuai assembled the disciples, and Luo Ying brought them aboard a flying ship bound for the secret realm.
• Luo Ying gave Ye Fei a map and the purple jade plaque, telling him to enter the Formation God Hall and retrieve something.

Luo Ying told Ye Fei to enter the Divine Feather Secret Realm and retrieve the Array Canon and Super Array Disk from Formation God Hall, explaining that his father had opened its entrance but never entered. After arriving at Divine Feather Valley, Ye Fei saw a graceful figure aboard an approaching flying ship and wondered if she had come too.

• Luo Ying revealed that Ye Fei's father had lost his sight while breaking through Medicine God Hall's entrance array and assigned Ye Fei to finish his task at Formation God Hall.
• Luo Ying explained that Ye Fei needed to retrieve the Array Canon and Super Array Disk before seeking the God-Devouring Zhi, then helped him study the secret realm's map.
• Ye Fei memorized the map during the journey, and Luo Ying's flying ship reached Divine Feather Valley two days later.
• Luo Ying gave the disciples Storage Pouches with Locator Jade Disks and map Jade Slips, then handed Ye Fei a Storage Ring to hold the sect's harvest.
• Ye Fei inspected the empty Storage Ring and noticed a graceful figure on a rapidly approaching flying ship, wondering if she had come too.

Ye Fei saw Liu Qianqian again as cultivators gathered outside Divine Feather Valley, where Luo Ying and Huo Qiuyang’s sect leaders exchanged threats. When the secret realm opened, Ye Fei entered and found himself alone in a quiet forest before discovering an unfamiliar white-robed woman inside the Azure Dragon Sword.

• Ye Fei recognized Liu Qianqian, his former childhood sweetheart, and she was shocked to see him at the ninth Qi Refining layer.
• Luo Ying explained to Ye Fei that cultivators had to compete for scarce resources, and Ye Fei decided he would not give up.
• Huo Qiuyang challenged Ye Fei outside the Free and Easy Gate’s ship, but Luo Ying subdued him with spiritual pressure before his father intervened.
• Luo Ying and the Rakshasa Gate’s sect leader traded threats about what would happen inside the secret realm.
• After the Five-Colored Light Gate opened, Ye Fei entered the secret realm with the Free and Easy Gate’s disciples and arrived alone in a silent forest.
• Ye Fei entered the Azure Dragon Sword and found an unfamiliar white-robed woman beside the Azure Dragon Pool.

Ye Fei and Jiang Mengyun traveled to the Formation God Hall and entered its central octagonal tower. The tower sealed itself behind them, leaving them trapped inside.

• Jiang Mengyun removed her Human-Skin Mask, and Ye Fei brought her out of the Azure Dragon Sword into the Divine Feather Secret Realm.
• Jiang Mengyun led Ye Fei southeast toward the Formation God Hall, using her divine sense to avoid other people.
• Jiang Mengyun guided Ye Fei through a concealed passage in a cliff and used his purple Jade Plaque to open the protective formation.
• Ye Fei and Jiang Mengyun reached a meadow and entered the six-story octagonal tower, which Jiang Mengyun identified as the place holding what they sought.
• The tower doors shut behind them, and Ye Fei found that the entrance had vanished into a seamless wall.

Ye Fei and Jiang Mengyun discovered that the Octagonal Tower trapped them until they passed its trials, then deciphered the first floor’s shattered characters. As the tower sent a painful stream of insight into Ye Fei, Jiang Mengyun used a peculiar fragrance to distract him.

• Jiang Mengyun and Ye Fei learned from the wall inscriptions that they had to pass five trials to escape the six-floor Array God Tower.
• After two days of fruitless study, Ye Fei realized the black runes were pieces of characters cut apart by a sword.
• Ye Fei and Jiang Mengyun assembled the fragments into golden characters, which transformed into a strand of light and entered Ye Fei’s mind.
• Ye Fei cried out in agony as the golden strand poured into him, and Jiang Mengyun tried to help him endure the pain.
• Jiang Mengyun removed one of her undergarments beneath her robe, releasing a fragrance that made Ye Fei stop crying and stare at her in a daze.

Ye Fei studied the formation insights forced into his Sea of Consciousness and used them to break through the barriers blocking the staircase in the Array God Tower. He and Jiang Mengyun reached the third floor, where another puzzle awaited and Jiang Mengyun worried that Ye Fei would have to receive more insights.

• Ye Fei grabbed Jiang Mengyun while dazed by the incoming insights, and she kicked him into the tower wall before the golden thread disappeared into his brow.
• Jiang Mengyun gave the unconscious Ye Fei a pill, and he pretended to struggle with pain as they climbed to the second floor.
• Ye Fei studied the formation knowledge in his Sea of Consciousness and learned how to break the barriers covering the stairs.
• Ye Fei broke the barriers in two batches, digesting the remaining insights between them, and reached the third floor with Jiang Mengyun.
• Ye Fei found that the third floor resembled the first, and Jiang Mengyun worried that he would have to receive insights again.

Ye Fei and Jiang Mengyun climbed the Array God Tower, where Ye Fei received more formation insights and nearly lost control while absorbing them. He stopped himself from crossing a line with Jiang Mengyun, then passed out, leaving her troubled as he began crying out in pain again.

• Jiang Mengyun failed to move the third-floor text fragments, so Ye Fei pieced them together and endured the painful reception of the Array God’s legacy.
• Jiang Mengyun went up to the fourth floor, where Ye Fei studied his insights, passed the formation test, and reached the fifth floor.
• Ye Fei and Jiang Mengyun pieced together the fifth-floor characters, and Ye Fei suffered far worse pain as he received the insights.
• When Jiang Mengyun tried to support him, Ye Fei pulled her into his embrace and grabbed her, but he came to his senses after seeing her tear and pushed her away.
• Ye Fei passed out after the golden light vanished, while Jiang Mengyun waited beside him and wondered how she could face him.
• Ye Fei suddenly cried out in pain again as Jiang Mengyun sat beside him.

Ye Fei endured the pain of digesting the energy from the fifth floor, then broke the formations on the Array God Tower’s sixth floor and collected the Array Canon and three formation discs. He and Jiang Mengyun left the tower and traveled to gather mortal-cleansing herbs before heading to Soul-Devouring Valley.

• Ye Fei digested the energy that had nearly overwhelmed his Sea of Consciousness and followed Jiang Mengyun to the sixth floor of the Array God Tower.
• Ye Fei used his new formation knowledge to break the barriers and take the Array Canon and the Defense, Attack, and Time formation discs.
• Ye Fei searched the valley’s empty pavilions, found Jiang Mengyun by the five-colored barrier, and left with her.
• Jiang Mengyun told Ye Fei they would gather mortal-cleansing herb before going to Soul-Devouring Valley, then flew with him to a dense forest.
• Jiang Mengyun pointed out a patch of mortal-cleansing herbs and told Ye Fei to gather some and try transplanting them into the Azure Dragon Sword.