Chapter Summaries

Chen Feng captured three Expansion Divine Sect disciples and learned that Lu Guo had hidden copies of the sect's secret arts in his Inner Sea lineage, though Chen Feng decided to delay going there until he reached the Nascent Soul stage. Meanwhile, Kongyou City prepared Outer Sea forces for the coming war, and Gu Ran contacted True Lord Kongyou after losing contact with Yan Huayang and the other disciples.

• Lu Guo offered to reveal where he had hidden copies of the Soul Control Technique and the first three levels of the Great Expansion Divine Art, and Chen Feng spared him while storing Yan Huayang and the aloof woman's Divine Souls.
• Lu Guo warned Chen Feng about the sect's marks and explained that the Expansion Divine Sect could not locate their Divine Souls because their bodies and jade talismans had been destroyed.
• Chen Feng kept Lu Guo in Zhengjiao's Soul Coffin, planned to cultivate his Star Body and pursue the Nascent Soul Realm before visiting the Inner Sea, and told Zhengjiao to help defend the sect during his seclusion.
• Mo Wuxie told representatives of Outer Sea forces that Kongyou City would lead them to join the battle within six months, and he described the Expansion Divine Sect's large force of subordinate sects and Golden Core cultivators.
• True Lord Kongyou received a transmission from Expansion Divine Sect elder Gu Ran, who asked what had happened after contact with Yan Huayang and the other two disciples was lost.

After Yan Huayang and two others disappeared, the Expansion Divine Sect suspected Moon-Gazing City, while Jiang Jiu set out to visit the Xingfeng Sect amid speculation that it possessed a High Antiquity inheritance. Haili stopped Jiang Jiu’s party at the Black Sea, but Liu Qian allowed them to pass so Jiang Jiu could meet Chen Feng.

• Gu Ran told True Lord Kongyou that Yan Huayang and the other two had vanished in the Outer Sea, and True Lord Kongyou ordered Mo Wuxie and Linghu Heng to investigate.
• Mo Wuxie suggested that the Xingfeng Sect might be responsible, but Linghu Heng rejected the accusation, and True Lord Kongyou told them to wait for evidence.
• Jiang Jiu learned that the Expansion Divine Sect was demanding the return of Yan Huayang and the other two, then left the Outer Sea with the Divine Armor Army on the Xuanming Spirit Turtle.
• Jiang Jiu and the Divine Armor Army commander speculated that Chen Feng and the Xingfeng Sect might have obtained a High Antiquity inheritance, but Jiang Jiu decided not to investigate while Moon-Gazing City was at war.
• Haili intercepted Jiang Jiu’s party with Aerospace Carriers and contacted Liu Qian, who allowed them to pass through the Black Sea and told Haili to return to the branch.

Jiang Jiu and the Divine Armor Army traveled through the Xingfeng Sect’s guarded territories and saw its advanced ships, weapons, and modern Northern Border. As they arrived to meet the sect’s leaders, Liu Qian prepared to discuss Moon-Gazing City’s war with the Expansion Divine Sect, with Zhengjiao present to deter the Xuanming Spirit Turtle.

• Haili allowed Jiang Jiu’s party to travel toward Yingzhou but insisted that Xingfeng Sect dharma ships follow them through the Black Sea.
• Jiang Jiu rejected her commander’s criticism of the sect’s Demon Race elders and praised Chen of the Northern Territory for winning their loyalty.
• Jiang Jiu’s party saw the Xingfeng Sect’s warships, artillery, missile launchers, and Aerospace Carrier fleet as they crossed the Black Coast and entered Yingzhou.
• Jiang Jiu learned that the sect’s dharma ships could give Moon-Gazing City an advantage in its war, but she grew wary of the Xingfeng Sect’s capabilities.
• The Xuanming Spirit Turtle sensed Zhengjiao near Hengduan Mountain, while Liu Qian and Mo Chen prepared to receive Jiang Jiu and discuss the war.
• Zhengjiao arrived at Liu Qian’s request and promised that the Xuanming Spirit Turtle would not dare make a move.

Jiang Jiu visited the Xingfeng Sect to recruit it for Moon-Gazing City’s war against the Expansion Divine Sect, but Liu Qian refused and instead negotiated a weapons sale. The talks ended with Liu Qian demanding Nascent Soul formation treasures for the sect’s magic ships, while Jiang Jiu considered his claim that refining them cost Chen Feng his lifespan.

• Jiang Jiu landed the Xuanming Spirit Turtle outside Hengduan Mountain after the Xingfeng Sect’s Nascent Soul Demon Beast warned them not to fly closer, then left most of her soldiers behind and rode jeeps up the mountain.
• Liu Qian welcomed Jiang Jiu and the Divine Armor Army commander, explaining that Chen Feng was in seclusion; Zhengjiao intimidated the visitors when the commander complained that Chen Feng would not see them.
• Jiang Jiu offered compensation to recruit the Xingfeng Sect into Moon-Gazing City’s war against the Expansion Divine Sect, but Liu Qian refused to take part.
• Jiang Jiu asked to buy magic ships and firearms, and Liu Qian agreed to discuss a sale while asking whether Moon-Gazing City had Nascent Soul formation treasures.
• Liu Qian proposed trading one magic ship for one Nascent Soul formation treasure; Jiang Jiu countered with three treasures for a hundred ships, but Liu Qian rejected her offer and claimed refining each ship cost Chen Feng some of his lifespan.

Jiang Jiu completed a trade with the Xingfeng Sect, buying weapons and agreeing to exchange Nascent Soul formation spirit objects for Aerospace Carriers. Two months later, True Lord Kongyou led forces from the Outer Sea toward the war between the Expansion Divine Sect and Moon-Gazing City, while the Xingfeng Sect prepared for the danger its weapons could bring.

• Jiang Jiu agreed to trade three Nascent Soul formation spirit objects for fifty Aerospace Carriers and bought weapons with Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Liu Qian and Mo Chen discussed the risk that Moon-Gazing City might target the Xingfeng Sect, and Liu Qian said Yue Yao would prepare Three-Phase Bombs.
• Jiang Jiu told the Divine Armor Army commander that Moon-Gazing City's leaders would approve the trade once they saw the vessels' value, despite possible rivalry among the grand commanders.
• After two months of preparations, True Lord Kongyou learned that the Xingfeng Sect had completed its trade with Moon-Gazing City and gathered forces for the war.
• True Lord Kongyou and Mo Wuxie led more than a hundred Golden Core cultivators and seven thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators through a teleportation array to the Inner Sea.

Xiao Ling led Outer Sea cultivators toward Moon-Gazing City aboard the Xuanming Spirit Turtle, but a Nascent Soul ambush in the Storm Sea Region forced Luo Qian to stay behind and fight. As the group continued onward, Xingfeng Sect spy Gong Qinghan secretly recorded the attack for the sect.

• Xiao Ling distributed Xingfeng Sect firearms and ammunition to some of the cultivators gathered on Jade Island, then led them aboard the Xuanming Spirit Turtle toward the Inner Sea.
• Half a month later, Xiao Ling spoke with Jiang Bohan, who asked about Chen of the Northern Territory and the Xingfeng Sect; Xiao Ling warned him that Chen was dangerous to provoke.
• A Nascent Soul Late Stage attacker struck the Xuanming Spirit Turtle near the Storm Sea Region's exit, and Xiao Ling used an array to steady the turtle and protect its passengers.
• Zuo Xuzi sent red threads toward the turtle with the Diffraction Sect's Soul Control Technique, but Luo Qian arrived and used his cauldron to stop them while ordering Xiao Ling to continue ahead.
• Gong Qinghan, an undercover Xingfeng Sect cultivator, hid her cameras after recording the clash and rejoined the group when a Rogue Cultivator told her to stay near Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling led the Outer Sea cultivators through an ambush by the Expansion Divine Sect, where Xingfeng Sect firearms helped them inflict heavy casualties despite being outnumbered. After the enemy withdrew, Luo Qian arrived and learned that the Outer Sea forces had won.

• Xiao Ling warned the cultivators that the Expansion Divine Sect had gathered a large force to ambush them at the exit of the Storm Sea Region.
• The Outer Sea cultivators entered the Inner Sea and prepared to fight as tens of thousands of Expansion Divine Sect cultivators appeared ahead.
• The Xuanming Spirit Turtle blocked Thunder Sound High Person's lightning attack, then fought him and another Nascent Soul cultivator while Xiao Ling faced Kou.
• Gong Qinghan and other Outer Sea cultivators used firearms and grenades to overcome the Inner Sea cultivators' superior numbers and equipment.
• Thunder Sound High Person ordered a retreat after learning that thousands of his low-level cultivators had died; the Outer Sea forces counted three thousand Qi Refining, one thousand Foundation Establishment, and seven Golden Core casualties.
• Luo Qian arrived after the battle, apologized to Xiao Ling for Moon-Gazing City's oversight, and was surprised to learn that the Outer Sea forces had won.

After the Xingfeng Sect’s firearms helped Moon-Gazing City defeat a larger Expansion Divine Sect force, news of the battle spread through the Inner Sea. At the Glazed Glass Sect, Mo Yang used the Xingfeng Sect’s backing to make Expansion Divine Sect deacons accept the original price for Glazed Glass Crystal.

• Xiao Ling told Luo Qian about his victory over the Expansion Divine Sect’s ambush, and Luo Qian brought him toward Moon-Gazing City.
• Thunder Sound High Person learned that firearms had caused the Expansion Divine Sect’s defeat and planned to report the losses.
• The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion circulated news of the battle, drawing attention from Inner Sea forces to the Xingfeng Sect and its firearms.
• Liu Qian learned that Expansion Divine Sect representatives wanted to buy Glazed Glass Crystal and sent Mo Yang to support the Glazed Glass Sect.
• Deacon Tian demanded a reduced price for the Glazed Glass Crystal, but Mo Yang insisted on the original price and the Glazed Glass Sect’s Golden Core cultivators protected him.
• After receiving word about the Xingfeng Sect’s role in the Inner Sea battle, Deacon Tian agreed to pay the original price and avoid a fight.

After the Expansion Divine Sect traded with the Glazed Glass Sect, Qian Xinzi committed his sect to following the Xingfeng Sect’s orders. In the modern world, Chen Feng approached the Sun and absorbed its Star Energy to break through his Star Body bottleneck, alarming space agencies worldwide.

• Deacon Tian asked Mo Yang about buying the Xingfeng Sect’s weapons, and Mo Yang directed him to Steward Liu in the Northern Border.
• After the trade, Qian Xinzi thanked Mo Yang and declared that the Glazed Glass Sect would follow the Xingfeng Sect’s orders; the sect’s leaders bowed in agreement.
• Chen Feng failed to advance his Star Body on the Moon, suspected its Star Energy was insufficient, and flew toward the Sun.
• NASA detected Chen Feng, and Qiefusi urged Paul to treat him as a friend and conceal his identity from other countries.
• Chen Feng stopped hundreds of kilometers from the Sun, absorbed its Star Energy, and broke through as his body transformed.
• NASA continued sending signals and offered nuclear materials, while governments around the world held emergency meetings over the light near the Sun.

Chen Feng completed the Star Body Third Stage near the Sun and agreed to meet Eagle Sauce Country again after receiving its message. Back at the Golden Triangle, he reunited with Lin Wei, learned that Jack's forces had been fighting Cherry Blossom Country's army for a month, and set out to inspect the conflict.

• Eagle Sauce Country claimed the unidentified object near the Solar System was a classified probe, while Lin Wei suspected it was Chen Feng and failed to reach him.
• Chen Feng completed the Star Body Third Stage, planned to seek the Cultivation Method's continuation, and received Eagle Sauce Country's request for another meeting.
• Qiefusi and officials at NASA received Chen Feng's message, “Tomorrow, the usual place!”, and prepared for the meeting as John and Paul discussed Qiefusi's unexplained personality changes.
• Chen Feng returned to the Golden Triangle, told Lin Wei he had cultivated near the Sun, and learned that Jack's forces had fought Cherry Blossom Country's army in more than a dozen clashes.
• Chen Feng decided to visit Jack's forces and check on the fighting.

Chen Feng discovered Cherry Blossom Country’s secret landing force and fighter jets threatening Rakhine State, then gave Jack two Aerospace Carriers to counter the attack. As Wild Wolf’s men began learning to operate them, Hōjō Kazuyuki prepared to use the fighter jets and their bombs to pressure Jack into negotiations.

• Chen Feng told Jack that Cherry Blossom Country had landed ten ships east of Rakhine State and sent three formations of fighter jets toward its cities.
• Chen Feng took Jack outside and gave him two Aerospace Carriers, instructing him to get more fusion batteries from Lin Wei if needed.
• Jack summoned Wild Wolf, who began leading soldiers aboard the carriers to learn how to operate them and confront the fighter jets.
• Hōjō Kazuyuki reported to Yamamoto Kazuo that the jets had entered Rakhine State’s airspace, and Yamamoto ordered him to hold off bombing while he contacted Jack.
• After learning Jack Security Company personnel were nearby, Hōjō Kazuyuki dismissed the threat, relying on the fighter jets and their explosives to deter an attack.

Jack rejected Yamamoto Kazuo’s demand for the method of becoming a superpowered person, and the Aerospace Carriers intercepted Cherry Blossom Country’s fighter jets over Rakhine State. The chapter ended with Cherry Blossom Country’s commanders watching footage of the enormous futuristic warship as their remaining jets were destroyed.

• Jack spoke with Yamamoto Kazuo, who offered to withdraw Cherry Blossom Country’s forces if Jack handed over the method of becoming a superpowered person.
• Jack refused to make a deal, confident that Wild Wolf and the Aerospace Carrier could stop the fighter jets.
• Wild Wolf rammed three fighter jets with the Aerospace Carrier, then sent the two carriers to destroy Cherry Blossom Country’s other jets across Rakhine State.
• Yamamoto Kazuo ordered Hōjō Kazuyuki to bomb Rakhine State, but Hōjō reported that the fighter formations were under attack and ordered the remaining jets to drop their bombs and withdraw.
• Hōjō and the officers watched the final footage from fighter jet number 185 and saw a massive warship before learning that all six remaining fighter jets had been destroyed.

Jack’s Aerospace Carrier destroyed the Cherry Blossom Country’s landing ships and forced its main fleet to withdraw, while Yamamoto Kazuo planned to expose the craft to the world. At Tuosen’s underground research base, Chen Feng learned that the team had developed a powerful but impractical laser weapon and was considering a high-energy particle beam instead.

• Hōjō Kazuyuki ordered the Cherry Blossom Country’s landing ships to retreat as Jack’s forces attacked from the beach.
• The Aerospace Carrier evaded the ships’ gunfire and destroyed all ten landing ships, while Yamamoto Kazuo abandoned Hōjō Kazuyuki and ended their call.
• Yamamoto Kazuo ordered the main-front fleet to withdraw and decided to publicize Jack’s Aerospace Carrier.
• Chen Feng visited Tuosen’s underground experimental base and learned that Tuosen’s team had developed a powerful laser weapon with an impractically large platform.
• Tuosen argued that the researchers should develop a high-energy particle beam weapon, and Chen Feng listened as the team sought his decision.

Chen Feng proposed adapting a laser weapon for orbital deployment so he could use it against cultivators in the Painting Scroll World, then visited Tiya’s institute to inspect its Artificial Spirit Aperture. The chapter ended as the awakened monkey released a powerful presence.

• Chen Feng redirected the researchers’ laser-weapon project toward an orbital design, and Tuosen promised to modify it within a month.
• Chen Feng met Tiya, who reported preliminary success creating an Artificial Spirit Aperture, and followed her to the biochemical research institute.
• Tiya and the experts showed Chen Feng a monkey with a Spiritual Qi device implanted in its abdomen and explained how it worked.
• Chen Feng told Tiya to wake the monkey despite her concerns about an accident.
• The monkey awoke as the Artificial Spirit Aperture circulated Spiritual Qi, then unleashed a powerful presence that frightened Tiya and the other researchers.

Chen Feng tested an Artificial Spirit Aperture on a monkey, found that it could not learn a spell, and took the remaining apertures for human experiments. Meanwhile, the Aerospace Carrier’s appearance sparked international outrage, and John confronted Yamamoto Kazuo over Cherry Blossom Country’s public disclosure.

• Chen Feng watched the monkey draw Spiritual Qi from its Artificial Spirit Aperture and taught it the Fireball Technique, but the monkey could not understand how to cast the spell.
• Chen Feng took the two remaining Artificial Spirit Apertures from Tiya, intending to experiment on humans from Eagle Sauce Country.
• Lin Wei showed Chen Feng international reports about the Aerospace Carrier, including Cherry Blossom Country’s claim that Jack was controlled by aliens and its call for military sanctions.
• Chen Feng reassured Lin Wei that he was not worried about other countries coveting the Aerospace Carrier, then went to eat with her.
• At the CIA, John called Yamamoto Kazuo and demanded to know why Cherry Blossom Country had announced Jack’s Aerospace Carrier without consulting Eagle Sauce Country.

Yamamoto Kazuo cut off Eagle Sauce Country’s military aid after John condemned Cherry Blossom Country’s actions, while John prepared for negotiations with Painting Civilization. During the meeting, Chen Feng rewarded Qiefusi’s service and offered to evolve him again, leaving Qiefusi eager to accept.

• Yamamoto Kazuo ended his call with John, refusing to continue the war in the Golden Triangle, and John ordered his staff to track which countries were sending people to meet Jack.
• John joined Qiefusi and Eagle Sauce Country’s officials aboard a fleet in the Pacific, where they prepared to meet Painting Civilization and seek a way to gain superpowers.
• Chen Feng arrived as a sphere of light, and Qiefusi knelt and greeted him as his master, alarming John and the representatives.
• Chen Feng thanked Qiefusi for bringing nuclear materials and explained that his visit to the Sun had not harmed it.
• Chen Feng said he could help ten more people evolve into transcendents, then offered to evolve Qiefusi again, prompting Qiefusi to pledge his loyalty.

Qiefusi returned from meeting the Painting Civilization and selected ten soldiers to evolve, while Chen Feng tested the Artificial Spirit Aperture on one of them. The test succeeded, but the soldier’s first attempt at the Fireball Technique burned him to ashes.

• Houston and the experts found that their monitoring devices had recorded no data about Qiefusi, then removed them when he emerged from the ball of light.
• Qiefusi lifted Legislator Theo and threatened him for questioning his dealings with the Painting Civilization, then threw him aside after John and the others intervened.
• Qiefusi told the leaders that the Painting Civilization could help ten more people evolve, and John declined a place before Qiefusi selected ten soldiers.
• Chen Feng told Jack to meet with countries seeking Aerospace Carrier technology but to promise them nothing and string them along.
• Chen Feng gave nine soldiers Demon Cores and tested an Artificial Spirit Aperture on the tenth, which fused successfully and allowed the soldier to learn the Fireball Technique.
• The soldier conjured a flame that quickly engulfed him and burned him to ashes.

Chen Feng fused Qiefusi with a Foundation Establishment Demon Core and an Artificial Spirit Aperture, transforming him into a powerful half-demon before leaving with the nuclear material. Back on the warship, Eagle Sauce Country tried to arrest Qiefusi, who killed a representative and began fighting the forces sent against him.

• A soldier vanished after being burned by his own Fireball Technique, and Chen Feng noted the danger of the Artificial Spirit Aperture.
• Chen Feng implanted a Foundation Establishment Demon Core and the remaining Artificial Spirit Aperture in Qiefusi, whose body began to fail until the Spiritual Qi stabilized and strengthened him.
• Qiefusi completed his evolution with immense strength, flight, and a monstrous form, which Chen Feng temporarily changed back to normal before departing with the nuclear material.
• The representatives accused Qiefusi of treason and ordered his arrest, but he killed one representative with a single blow and demanded to see the president.
• Soldiers opened fire on Qiefusi without harming him, and he transformed, flew at a helicopter, and tore off its rotor before hurling it into the sea.
• Chen Feng detected the battle between Qiefusi and Eagle Sauce Country’s forces, then continued toward the Golden Triangle without intervening.

Qiefusi avoided arrest after the president dismissed the investigation and put him in charge of matters concerning the Painting Civilization, while Chen Feng returned to the Painting Scroll World to prepare for the Xingfeng Sect’s troubles. After hearing about the Expansion Divine Sect’s Clone Technique, Chen Feng learned that Gong Qinghan had filmed the battle and wanted to see the footage.

• Qiefusi confronted the fleet after destroying a helicopter, but the president dismissed the House of Representatives’ investigation and entrusted him with handling the Painting Civilization.
• Qiefusi decided to seek the presidency so he could better assist his master and the Painting Civilization.
• Chen Feng briefed Tiya and the researchers on problems with the Artificial Spirit Aperture, then returned to the Painting Scroll World without visiting Lin Wei.
• Liu Qian told Chen Feng that the Expansion Divine Sect had won a major battle using a Nascent Soul cultivator’s Clone Technique, and Chen Feng asked whether anyone had recorded it.
• Liu Qian said Gong Qinghan had filmed the battle and explained that she had recently advanced from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.

Chen Feng received three Nascent Soul-forming spiritual objects from Liu Qian and watched footage of Wang Lingying fighting three Moon-Gazing City deputy commanders. He then began a long seclusion to reach Golden Core Perfection before attempting the Nascent Soul Realm, and left Yinyin and Xiao Lian in the rear mountain garden.

• Liu Qian reported the Xingfeng Sect's weapon sales to Moon-Gazing City and the Expansion Divine Sect, then gave Chen Feng three Nascent Soul-forming spiritual objects he had traded for with the Aerospace Carrier.
• Gong Qinghan met Chen Feng and showed him footage of Wang Lingying using three clones to battle three Moon-Gazing City deputy commanders, who later fell; Chen Feng rewarded her with a bottle of pills.
• Chen Feng reassured Liu Qian that he had found a possible way to extend the elders' lifespans, then told him to manage the sect while he entered long-term seclusion.
• Chen Feng returned to the rear mountain garden, where Yinyin and Xiao Lian greeted him; he encouraged Yinyin about her wish to cultivate and offered Xiao Lian help with martial training.