Chapter Summaries

Xie Feng bargained with Xuanyuan Yu for the release of the Dao of Destruction and Ink Mysteries City's elite troops, then invited Xuanyuan Yu into Returning Moon City. There, Xuanyuan Yu confronted Jin Yue over the Qilin King Secret Key Diagram, and she claimed it belonged to her.

• Xie Feng persuaded Xuanyuan Yu to pay fifty million Emperor's Fortune for the Dao of Destruction and promised to return the elite troops after tomorrow.
• Gu Yu brought the Dao of Destruction to Xuanyuan Yu, who arranged for him to return to Ink Mysteries City while his troops would follow later.
• The Dao of Destruction insisted Xuanyuan Yu had ordered him to go to Great Fall Land with the Imperial Evil Lord present, but the Imperial Evil Lord denied knowing him, leaving them confused.
• Xie Feng invited Xuanyuan Yu into Returning Moon City, where Xuanyuan Yu first sent the Dao of Destruction away and then confronted Jin Yue in the garden.
• Jin Yue accused Xuanyuan Yu of stealing the Qilin King Secret Key Diagram and declared that she had reclaimed what belonged to her.

After learning that Xuanyuan Yu had taken Feng Xuan’s secret diagram, Xie Feng revealed it had already been destroyed and asked Xuanyuan Yu about the Peak of Heaven. Jin Yue agreed to guide Xie Feng there, and they departed aboard her starship.

• Jin Yue confronted Xuanyuan Yu over the Qilin King Secret Key Diagram, and Xuanyuan Yu admitted he had found it among Feng Xuan’s ashes twelve years earlier.
• Xie Feng said the diagram was with him but had been destroyed, then asked Xuanyuan Yu about traveling to the Peak of Heaven.
• Xuanyuan Yu warned that the Peak of Heaven was filled with powerful experts and suggested Jin Yue, who had visited it before, could guide Xie Feng.
• Xie Feng asked Jin Yue to lead him to the Peak of Heaven, and she agreed to accompany him despite being hunted.
• Jin Yue took Xie Feng aboard her thousand-year starship and piloted it high into the sky toward the Peak of Heaven.

Xie Feng and Jin Yue reached White Rainbow Bridge, the guarded entrance to the Peak of Heaven, and chose a rumored mountain back entrance instead. After Jin Yue was bitten by a venomous snake and Xie Feng killed it, its owner confronted them and fought Jin Yue, revealing strength comparable to a Peak God King.

• Xie Feng and Jin Yue passed through a seven-colored light ring and arrived near White Rainbow Bridge, where Jin Yue explained its nine defenses.
• Xie Feng and Jin Yue disguised themselves in black robes, hid their starship, and headed through the mountains toward a rumored back entrance to the Peak of Heaven.
• An Ink-Hued Heaven-Destroying Snake bit Jin Yue, and Xie Feng killed it with the Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire; Jin Yue said she was immune to poison.
• A wild-looking man mourned the snake he called Iron Head, blamed Xie Feng and Jin Yue for its death, and demanded to know who they were.
• The man attacked, and Jin Yue fought him; their exchange of powerful blows showed that he was around Peak God King in strength.

Xie Feng and Jin Yue subdued a Peak of Heaven gatekeeper and bribed him with Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pills for an invitation to Snow Peak’s banquet. They impersonated Lu Xun and Chu Xiu of Misty Rain Island and set off for White Rainbow Bridge, then turned back toward the gatekeeper with suspicious smiles.

• Jin Yue formed a deadly black hole with her golden wings, frightening the gatekeeper until Xie Feng persuaded her to stop in exchange for his answers.
• The gatekeeper revealed that Snow Peak was hosting a banquet for important guests and that he had found a dropped invitation.
• Xie Feng offered up to two hundred Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pills, and the gatekeeper accepted the deal and handed over the invitation.
• Jin Yue explained that they would impersonate Lu Xun and Chu Xiu, and they decided to act like a couple whose marriage had fallen apart.
• The gatekeeper told them to use White Rainbow Bridge, but Xie Feng and Jin Yue turned around and approached him with ill-intentioned smiles.

Xie Feng and Jin Yue crossed the White Rainbow Bridge and entered the Peak of Heaven, where Xie Feng hoped to uncover a long-awaited truth. While browsing a market in the city below the mountain, Xie Feng found a broken sword fragment that Little Sword recognized as part of the sword he treasured.

• Jin Yue knocked the suspicious man unconscious, bound him with the Dark Ink Fan, and tossed him into a ditch.
• Xie Feng used the invitation to pass the White Rainbow Bridge's defenses, and he and Jin Yue entered the Peak of Heaven through a fissure in space.
• Xie Feng told Jin Yue he had come to uncover the truth, and Jin Yue said she would help while pursuing her own concerns.
• Jin Yue explained that Feng Xuan had sheltered refugees in the city below the Peak of Heaven, while Feng Yan wanted to demolish it.
• Xie Feng and Jin Yue browsed a market stall, where Little Sword sensed its beloved sword's presence in a fragment among rusty weapons.
• Xie Feng picked up the blue sword fragment, and Little Sword mourned that its goddess had been broken.

Xie Feng learned how a sword fragment had fallen from a clash between two mysterious fighters and took it, leaving Little Sword heartbroken. While browsing with Jin Yue, he encountered Mu Tiandao, who mistook him for Lu Xun and offered medicine while pursuing Lu Xun’s ancient elephant skull; Jin Yue explained Mu’s motives, and they continued shopping.

• Xie Feng paid the stallholder a hundred strands of Emperor's Fortune to learn that the sword fragment had fallen during a battle between two fighters in the sky amid a storm.
• Xie Feng took the fragment into his dantian, where Little Sword mourned what it called its departed love.
• Mu Tiandao greeted Xie Feng as Lu Xun and offered him healing pills, while hinting that he still wanted Lu Xun’s ancient elephant skull.
• Jin Yue refused the pills and told Mu Tiandao they would visit him another time.
• After Mu Tiandao left, Jin Yue explained that he was the Heavenly Saber Sect’s wealthy sect master and had pursued the skull for years, then continued browsing with Xie Feng.

Xie Feng and Jin Yue disguised themselves as the island lord of Misty Rain Island and his wife to enter the Peak of Heaven ahead of its banquet. At the inn, they encountered Ming Dao, a King's Disciple of the Demon-Burying Clan, whose arrival drew wary attention as he approached their table.

• Xie Feng bought clay figurines of the island lord of Misty Rain Island and his wife, then revealed that he and Jin Yue had used disguise techniques to take their appearances.
• Xie Feng and Jin Yue presented their invitation at the Peak of Heaven and were escorted to a guest pavilion before heading to the inn for food and information.
• Xie Feng overheard diners explain that Ming Dao belonged to the Demon-Burying Clan's peace faction, which sought to end its feud with the Peak of Heaven.
• Ming Dao entered the crowded inn with two lackeys, refused to clear the place, and walked toward the empty seats at Xie Feng and Jin Yue's table.

Xie Feng let Ming Dao believe he could help secure the auction’s final lot in exchange for the Demon-Burying Clan’s best plot of land, then secretly followed a purple-robed man into the snowy mountains. The chapter ended with Xie Feng confronting the man and guessing that he was clutching something valuable.

• Ming Dao revealed that he had killed the real Lu Xun and his wife, then asked Xie Feng to obtain the auction’s final lot.
• Xie Feng demanded the Demon-Burying Clan’s best plot of land as payment, and Ming Dao agreed.
• Xie Feng broke through to intermediate God Grade while meditating at midnight.
• Xie Feng followed a streak of purple light to the snowy mountains and met the purple-robed man who had noticed him.
• Xie Feng stared at the purple-robed man’s clenched hand and guessed that it held something valuable.

Xie Feng subdued Third Brother and learned that the stolen ring came from Feng Yan’s private treasury before following him to the Non-Sinking Sea. As they descended through the sea’s formation, Xie Feng remembered that he had entered it five years earlier and found a Golden Tomb beneath the seabed.

• Xie Feng struck the purple-robed man with the Dark Ink Fan, disarmed him, and claimed the ancient ring containing a supreme-grade movement technique.
• The purple-robed man admitted that he had taken the ring from Feng Yan’s private treasury and introduced himself as Third Brother.
• Xie Feng identified himself as Lu Xun and ordered Third Brother to lead him to the treasury.
• Third Brother brought Xie Feng to the Non-Sinking Sea and explained that a formation guarded it after a space-time disturbance years earlier.
• Xie Feng recognized the sea as the place where he had once found a Golden Tomb, while Third Brother used a flask holding Feng Yan’s presence to carry them safely beneath the surface.

Xie Feng and Third Brother broke into Feng Yan’s private treasury, where Xie Feng found Jin Yue and Feng Xuan’s marriage contract and emptied the entire chamber. He gave the contract to Jin Yue, who kept it with her until dawn.

• Third Brother used a counterfeit of Feng Yan’s fingerprint to open the sealed entrance to the private treasury beneath the Non-Sinking Sea.
• Xie Feng searched the treasury for the Golden Tomb but found no trace of his eldest senior brother’s body.
• Xie Feng discovered Jin Yue and Feng Xuan’s marriage contract, took it, and swept the rest of the treasury into his spatial ring.
• Third Brother fled after Xie Feng left the treasury completely bare, and Xie Feng returned to his lodgings.
• Xie Feng gave Jin Yue the marriage contract, and she learned Feng Yan had lied about burning it.
• Jin Yue sat alone with the contract until dawn.

Xie Feng and Jin Yue attended the Peak of Heaven’s banquet in disguise as Lu Xun and his wife, where Xie Feng reunited with Feng Luo, the imperial son he had helped rob Feng Yan’s secret stash. After meeting several guests and learning Feng Hao was the Peak of Heaven’s crown prince, Xie Feng watched Feng Hao and Feng Luo trade barbs.

• Xie Feng and Jin Yue arrived at the Snow Palace banquet, where Mu Tiandao reminded Xie Feng to visit Misty Rain Island after the feast.
• Feng Luo arrived and recognized Xie Feng, who teased him about their raid on Feng Yan’s secret stash before explaining the incident to Jin Yue.
• Feng Luo introduced Xie Feng to guests from powerful factions, and Ming Dao reminded Xie Feng to help him bid on the final auction item.
• Feng Hao arrived to an enthusiastic welcome, and Feng Luo told Xie Feng that Feng Hao was the Peak of Heaven’s crown prince.
• Feng Hao approached Feng Luo, and the brothers exchanged pointed remarks about Feng Hao arriving late.

At a banquet, Feng Hao provoked Xie Feng into a fight and was swiftly defeated, leaving him humiliated at the entrance. After Xie Feng demanded a hundred thousand strands of Emperor's Fortune as the winner's reward, Liu Cheng challenged his fairness.

• Feng Hao insulted Xie Feng and demanded a fight after Feng Luo warned him against provoking them.
• Xie Feng agreed to fight Feng Hao, and they set the loser's seat at the main entrance as a condition.
• Feng Hao's punches failed to hit Xie Feng, who then struck him with one-tenth-strength Qilin King's Heaven-Obscuring Palm and sent him to the entrance.
• Xie Feng added a hundred thousand strands of Emperor's Fortune to Feng Hao's forfeit, and the grand elder accepted the result.
• Liu Cheng accused Xie Feng of bullying someone younger, and Xie Feng asked what Liu Cheng considered fair.

Jin Yue defeated Liu Cheng in one move after he challenged Xie Feng, and Xie Feng mocked the two men who had lost to him. Feng Yan arrived, recognized Jin Yue despite her disguise, and asked Xie Feng to let Feng Hao return to his seat; Xie Feng agreed.

• Liu Cheng challenged Xie Feng, but Xie Feng told him to fight Jin Yue instead.
• Jin Yue concealed her true power, defeated Liu Cheng with a single move, and forced him to admit defeat.
• Xie Feng mocked Liu Cheng and Changshu Pavilion while Feng Hao watched furiously.
• Feng Yan arrived with Qing Yi and the Ming King, and Feng Luo explained who the men were to Xie Feng.
• Feng Yan quietly revealed that he recognized Jin Yue, then agreed with Xie Feng that Feng Hao deserved his earlier lesson.
• Feng Yan asked Xie Feng to let Feng Hao return to his seat, and Xie Feng agreed to give the Phoenix Lord face.

At a banquet marking Feng Xuan’s death, Feng Yan presented the Tracing Moon Diagram and offered a free auction item to anyone who could break its seal. Xie Feng learned that Jin Yue had the first half, recognized Feng Xuan as his eldest senior brother Kong Qiusu, and revealed that he had mastered the formations in that half.

• Feng Hao threatened Xie Feng, but Feng Luo drove him away and warned Xie Feng about his grudge-holding nature.
• Feng Yan announced that the banquet marked the death anniversary of the previous Phoenix Lord, Feng Xuan.
• Feng Luo told Xie Feng that Feng Xuan had been accused of betraying the Peak of Heaven during the Demon-Burying Clan rebellion and had been killed by Feng Yan and his allies.
• Feng Yan unveiled Feng Xuan’s Tracing Moon Diagram, a formation cultivation technique, and promised a free auction item to anyone who broke its seal.
• Jin Yue said Feng Yan’s scroll was the second half of the diagram and accused him of taking Feng Xuan’s belongings.
• Xie Feng concluded that Feng Xuan was his eldest senior brother, Kong Qiusu, and told Jin Yue he had already mastered the formations in the first half.

Xie Feng broke the seal on Feng Yan’s Tracing Moon Diagram and secretly memorized its contents, then traded the scroll back for two auction items. After the banquet ended, the guests moved upstairs for the auction.

• Feng Hao, Feng Luo, Mu Tiandao, Liu Cheng, and several alchemists failed to break the seal on Feng Yan’s Tracing Moon Diagram.
• Xie Feng offered to undo the seal in exchange for the scroll, promising Feng Yan fifty million Emperor’s Fortune if he failed.
• Xie Feng used Chaos Power to break the seal and memorized the Tracing Moon Diagram with his divine sense.
• Feng Yan avoided handing over the scroll, but Xie Feng returned it and asked for two treasures from the auction instead.
• Feng Yan agreed, and half an hour after the banquet ended, everyone moved to the second floor for the auction.

Xie Feng attended the Peak of Heaven auction, accepted two gifts from Feng Yan, and made Feng Luo his little brother in exchange for tribute. He bought a perpetual power stone and agreed to help Ming Dao obtain the final auction item as he sought a place to settle in the Fifth Universe.

• A black-robed man delivered Xie Feng two sealed auction items from Feng Yan, which were removed from the sale.
• Feng Luo offered Xie Feng ten thousand Emperor's Fortune to become his little brother, and Xie Feng accepted.
• The auction opened with an Origin Level cultivation technique and sword, which other bidders won for one million and two million Emperor's Fortune.
• Xie Feng bought a fist-sized perpetual power stone for ten thousand Emperor's Fortune after other attendees declined to bid.
• During the intermission before the final item, Ming Dao signaled Xie Feng to help him win it, and Xie Feng agreed.

At the auction, the final lot was revealed as a seven-thousand-year-old energy source said to help someone break through two major realms. Xie Feng entered the bidding against Mu Tiandao, then privately offered him the ancient elephant skull to make him stop, leaving Mu Tiandao tempted by the deal.

• The auctioneer announced that the final lot was a peerless energy source whose contents would only be revealed to the winner.
• The crowd began bidding, and Mu Tiandao and Ming Dao drove the price into the tens of millions before Ming Dao ran out of money.
• Mu Tiandao bid one hundred million Emperor's Fortune, and Xie Feng entered the contest with a bid of three hundred million.
• Mu Tiandao raised the price to six hundred million as Feng Yan looked forward to the auction's proceeds benefiting the Emperor Phoenix Clan.
• Xie Feng privately offered Mu Tiandao the ancient elephant skull in exchange for ending the bidding, and Mu Tiandao hesitated because it could extend his life by at least two thousand years.

Xie Feng won the auction for a peerless treasure by driving the bid to ten billion Emperor’s Fortune, then paid with a box of one hundred Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pills. The curtain revealed the treasure: a tiny, ancient white skeleton suspended inside a crystal sphere.

• Mu Tiandao withdrew his bid, and Liu Cheng immediately raised the price to one billion Emperor’s Fortune.
• Xie Feng warned Liu Cheng that he would defeat him with a single bid, then offered ten billion Emperor’s Fortune; Liu Cheng could not match it, and the auctioneer awarded Xie Feng the energy source.
• Xie Feng admitted he did not have ten billion Emperor’s Fortune, then produced a jade box containing one hundred Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pills as payment.
• Liu Cheng accused Xie Feng of obtaining the pills through underhanded means, but Feng Luo defended Xie Feng and forced Liu Cheng to sit down.
• The auctioneer invited Xie Feng onto the stage and unveiled the treasure, a white skeleton resting inside a huge crystal sphere.

At the Peak of Heaven’s auction, Xie Feng recognized the remains being sold as those of his eldest senior brother, Feng Xuan, and killed Liu Cheng when he tried to seize them. After Xie Feng and Jin Yue revealed their identities, Xie Feng confronted Feng Yan with the truth about the remains, and Feng Yan’s reaction confirmed his suspicion.

• Xie Feng recognized the skeleton on the golden platform as his eldest senior brother, Kong Qiusu, known in the Fifth Universe as Feng Xuan.
• Ming Dao challenged Xie Feng for the energy source, and Xie Feng denied their agreement and refused to hand it over.
• Liu Cheng and Ming Dao rushed to seize the remains, so Xie Feng unleashed his sword and killed Liu Cheng.
• Xie Feng’s disguise failed, revealing his true face, and Jin Yue also disclosed her identity as Feng Yan and the Peak of Heaven’s forces surrounded them.
• Feng Yan demanded to know why Xie Feng had disguised himself as Lu Xun, and Xie Feng privately asked whether the remains were Feng Xuan’s; Feng Yan’s shocked reaction confirmed his suspicion.

Xie Feng and Jin Yue confronted Feng Yan at the Peak of Heaven, where Jin Yue used her marriage contract to reject him. As the fight erupted, Xie Feng killed Ming King, enraging Feng Yan.

• Xie Feng connected Old Man Pine Gatherer and the remains to the Peak of Heaven, then warned Feng Yan that Jin Yue was under his protection.
• Jin Yue condemned Feng Yan’s coercive pursuit and revealed her marriage contract with Feng Xuan, publicly reminding Feng Yan that he could never surpass him.
• Ming King attacked Jin Yue, and the guests fled while Feng Hao and Feng Luo left the snow palace.
• Xie Feng stored the remains, then used Little Sword and Dragon Elephant Power to kill Ming King and crush his soul.
• Xie Feng felt his strength drain from the powerful technique, and Ming King’s death enraged Feng Yan.