Chapter Summaries

Liu Qian chose Ge Yunxuan to lead a secret mission to the Inner Sea, and Ge Yunxuan sought resources to attempt Core Formation despite the danger. In Flint City, Chen Feng arrived at the He Household as Hua Xuanzi, challenged its invitation, and was summoned to the rear courtyard by an elder.

• Liu Qian rejected Wang Hu and Yue Yao for the Inner Sea mission, while Mo Yang declined and Ge Yunxuan volunteered to lead it.
• Ge Yunxuan asked to borrow Contribution Points for a Spirit-Stabilizing Pill and a Golden Core spiritual treasure, revealing his plan to attempt Core Formation despite having only a fifty percent chance of success.
• Liu Qian agreed to arrange a loan and promised the sect would care for Ge Yunxuan's descendants if he died; Ge Yunxuan then entrusted the Ge Household's affairs to an elder before entering seclusion.
• Chen Feng approached the He Household in Flint City as Hua Xuanzi, while the household waited for the Nascent Soul cultivator they had invited.
• He Shouyang recognized Chen Feng as Hua Xuanzi, and Chen Feng demanded an explanation for the invitation before an elder called him to the rear courtyard.

Chen Feng rejected the He Household ancestor’s offer to retrieve Creation Spiritual Liquid from Falling Rosy Clouds Valley, suspecting a trap, but decided to visit the valley to find Zhengjiao’s split soul. After receiving a voice transmission at the Star-Breaking Cult headquarters, he vanished before setting out.

• Chen Feng met the He Household ancestor, who revealed that strange Spiritual Qi from Falling Rosy Clouds Valley had trapped him in his ruined body and offered to share the location of Creation Spiritual Liquid.
• Chen Feng refused to retrieve the treasure and rejected the He Household ancestor’s proposal for an alliance, then reasoned with Zhengjiao that the offer concealed a deeper danger.
• The He Household ancestor told He Shouyang that Creation Spiritual Liquid existed in the cave abode but could not be brought out, and explained that he hoped a powerful cultivator like Hua Xuanzi would achieve his goal there.
• Chen Feng returned to the Star-Breaking Cult and decided to travel to Falling Rosy Clouds Valley to help Zhengjiao subdue his split soul.
• A voice transmission talisman reached Chen Feng, and he vanished from the headquarters after listening to it.

Chen Feng arranged for materials to build an Aerospace Carrier capable of crossing the Storm Sea Region while the second great battle between the Expansion Divine Sect and Moon-Gazing City began. After reflecting on the danger of the painting scroll and his changing outlook, he returned to the modern world, where a Jack Security Company flying car amazed crowds in the Golden Triangle.

• Zeng Niu told Chen Feng that Liu Qian planned to send Ge Yunxuan and a team to the Inner Sea, and Chen Feng asked him to return in three days for materials.
• Zeng Niu confirmed that the battle between the Expansion Divine Sect and Moon-Gazing City had begun, with Outer Sea cultivators arriving in the Inner Sea.
• Chen Feng asked Zuo Poxing to obtain enough Postnatal Spirit Treasure materials to forge a dharma ship, and Zuo Poxing promised to buy them within two days.
• Chen Feng considered how the cultivation world was changing him and worried that the painting scroll could bring powerful cultivators to Earth, then resolved to continue along his path.
• In the modern world, tourists gathered to watch a Jack Security Company flying car perform high-speed maneuvers above a Golden Triangle plaza.

Qiefusi led Eagle Sauce Country’s Superpowered Special Operations Team into the Golden Triangle to capture Jack and test X, while John sent two martial artists to steal a flying car. The team infiltrated the manor but was discovered, and Number Three’s group encountered Wild Wolf as he rushed to stop them.

• Agents reported that the Golden Triangle’s defenses seemed weak, and the CIA chief revealed that the Superpowered Special Operations Team had been deployed.
• Qiefusi met John, tested the enormous greatsword forged with Blazing Sun Iron, and learned that Jack was believed to be at his military base while X might live at the manor.
• Qiefusi sent Number Thirty and Number Thirty-One with John to seize a flying car, then led the rest of the team on foot toward the manor.
• Number Three’s group infiltrated the manor, killed patrolling soldiers, and headed toward its deepest area before Wild Wolf detected them and sounded the alarm.
• Number Three ordered his team to charge, but Wild Wolf knocked several martial artists down in one exchange, and Number Three recognized him as one of Jack’s top lieutenants.

Eagle Sauce Country's team infiltrated Jack's Golden Triangle estate, where Wild Wolf and the estate's martial artists fought back. As Jack ordered the estate sealed and researchers evacuated, General Qiefusi flew toward the research institute while John waited outside for the operation to reveal what Jack was hiding.

• Number Three confronted Wild Wolf, and their opening clash showed that Wild Wolf's Gang Qi could badly damage the evolver despite his snake scales.
• Wild Wolf ordered other martial artists to defend the estate's inner area, where they overwhelmed the infiltrators as the alarm triggered fighting across the estate.
• Jack received word of the attack, ordered the estate sealed and the researchers moved underground, then flew toward the estate.
• Lin Wei sent the researchers toward the underground base and refused Tuosen's offer to test the weapons institute's equipment against the intruders.
• The estate's Xiantian martial artists killed many members of the Superpowered Special Operations Team, while John learned the assault force had lost more than half its members.
• John's team saw Qiefusi flying toward the deepest part of the estate and hoped he could uncover Jack's advanced technology.

Qiefusi infiltrated the manor and challenged Jack while Lin Wei watched with scientific curiosity. Jack was badly wounded and brought out the Soul-Refining Banner, warning Lin Wei to escape as Qiefusi attacked again.

• Qiefusi flew into the manor and confronted Lin Wei, who recognized a power in him resembling the one in Chen Feng’s Demon Core.
• Jack arrived, checked that Lin Wei was safe, and fought Qiefusi, but Qiefusi’s speed and strength overwhelmed him.
• Jack’s Gang Qi attacks barely wounded Qiefusi, while Qiefusi’s blows steadily depleted Jack’s strength.
• CIA officials watched the fight and learned that Lin Wei was from Dragon Country and worked for the Dragon Academy of Sciences.
• With Jack injured and Qiefusi healing, Jack summoned the Soul-Refining Banner and urged Lin Wei to escape.
• Qiefusi drew his greatsword and slashed at Jack, refusing to let either him or Lin Wei leave.

Lin Wei used her Spiritual Sense to trigger Chen Feng’s hidden alteration in Qiefusi, stripping away his Demon Power and allowing Jack to capture him. As John’s team retreated, John gave the CIA three days to contact the Painting Civilization before launching a nuclear strike on the Golden Triangle; Chen Feng sensed that Lin Wei had stirred his Spiritual Sense but continued toward his destination in the Painting Scroll World.

• Jack concealed himself and Lin Wei in Yin Qi while Qiefusi destroyed the spirits summoned from the Soul-Refining Banner.
• Lin Wei confronted Qiefusi and connected her Spiritual Sense with Chen Feng’s hidden strand inside him, causing his Demon Power to vanish and backlash to overwhelm him.
• Jack emerged, and Lin Wei told him to send Qiefusi and the others showing signs of beast transformation to her laboratory.
• John ordered the CIA team to retreat, identified Lin Wei as X, and set a three-day deadline to contact the Painting Civilization before a nuclear strike on the Golden Triangle.
• Chen Feng sensed that Lin Wei had stirred his Spiritual Sense in the modern world but decided not to return, trusting the measures he had set in place.

Chen Feng and Zhengjiao reached Falling Rosy Clouds Valley to search for Zhengjiao’s soul fragment, where Chen Feng was challenged by Wang Lian and reunited with Chang Shan. The chapter ended with Chang Shan threatening to kill Wang Lian for offending Chen Feng, while Wang Lian begged Jiang Song to save him.

• Chen Feng and Zhengjiao arrived at Falling Rosy Clouds Valley, where they found a crowd of cultivators and met Jiang Song’s group.
• Chen Feng refused Jiang Song’s invitation, and Wang Lian confronted him to demand an apology.
• Chang Shan arrived with You Lingzi and Yun Yun, recognized Chen Feng as Hua Xuanzi, and offered him thirty percent of a secret realm’s spoils.
• Wang Lian realized Chen Feng was a Nascent Soul expert and tried to retreat, but Chang Shan threatened to kill him for offending Chen Feng.
• Wang Lian fell to his knees and pleaded with Jiang Song to save him.

Chen Feng left Jiang Song’s group after Chang Shan and Wei Hanqiu killed Wang Lian, Yu Li, and the others who had provoked him. In Falling Rosy Clouds Valley, Chen Feng joined Chang Shan, Yun Yun, and You Lingzi briefly, then refused to join their expedition for the Creation Spiritual Liquid and went on alone, leaving Chang Shan wary that he might reveal the secret.

• Chang Shan attacked Jiang Song’s group, but Wei Hanqiu intervened and killed Wang Lian, Yu Li, and the others to appease Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng said he had never cared about the quarrel, then flew into Falling Rosy Clouds Valley as Chang Shan and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators followed him.
• Zhengjiao sensed one of his split souls to the south, and Chen Feng agreed to travel with Chang Shan, Yun Yun, and You Lingzi toward the dangerous southern region.
• Chang Shan told Chen Feng that the Heaven-Surpassing Sect had once been a High Antiquity superpower with eight Spirit Transformation cultivators, then asked whether Chen Feng wanted the Creation Spiritual Liquid.
• Chang Shan claimed he had seen Creation Spiritual Liquid in a secret realm, but Chen Feng refused to join the expedition and left alone.
• Chang Shan considered stopping Chen Feng because he knew about the Creation Spiritual Liquid, but hesitated to confront him.

Chen Feng traveled deeper into Falling Rosy Clouds Valley to find Zhengjiao’s split soul and discovered it trapped in a Spirit Treasure stone pillar. He learned that the pillar was guarded by six powerful beast souls and emitted the strange Spiritual Qi that had imprisoned Xue Bitian, but he still intended to try to reach Zhengjiao’s split soul.

• Chang Shan decided not to attack Chen Feng, and he, You Lingzi, and Yun Yun continued toward the cave abode containing the Creation Spiritual Liquid.
• Chen Feng refused to pursue the Creation Spiritual Liquid, traveled deeper into the valley with Zhengjiao, and transformed into his peak state as the black fog grew denser.
• Chen Feng and Zhengjiao found a six-meter black stone pillar covered in runes and totems, and Zhengjiao recognized his split soul among them.
• Xue Bitian, a cultivator trapped by the pillar’s strange Spiritual Qi for over a thousand years, warned Chen Feng that the pillar’s totems could manifest as Nascent Soul-level Demon Beasts.
• Xue Bitian asked Chen Feng to inform Moon-Gazing City of his fate, care for his descendants, and kill him, but Chen Feng instead asked about the beasts guarding the Spirit Treasure.
• Xue Bitian warned that six beast souls guarded the pillar, including two at Nascent Soul Great Perfection, and that Chen Feng would also have to withstand the treasure’s strange Spiritual Qi.

Chen Feng activated the stone pillar and fought its six Nascent Soul Demon Beasts, using Three-Phase Bombs and Teleportation to capture Zhengjiao's split soul and escape. Zhengjiao discovered that the split soul was bound to the Spirit Treasure's artifact spirit and began trying to devour it, while Chen Feng agreed to keep him safe for four days as the revived beasts pursued them.

• Chen Feng ignored Xue Bitian's warning and approached the stone pillar, causing it to summon six powerful Demon Beasts, including Zhengjiao's split soul.
• Chen Feng fought the beasts hand-to-hand, then used a Three-Phase Bomb and Teleportation to suppress Zhengjiao's split soul while Zhengjiao entered it.
• Chen Feng discovered that the Demon Beasts revived through the stone pillar, so he grabbed Zhengjiao's motionless split soul and fled as the beasts gave chase.
• Zhengjiao told Chen Feng that the split soul had become part of the Spirit Treasure and that he was trying to devour its artifact spirit.
• Chen Feng agreed to give Zhengjiao four days to succeed, then used another Three-Phase Bomb and Teleportation to flee from the attacking Blazing Flame Lion and the pursuing beasts.

Chang Shan, Yun Yun, and You Lingzi discovered a hidden cave abode containing Creation Spiritual Liquid, but Nascent Soul Demon Beasts disrupted their attempt to enter. Chen Feng escaped Falling Rosy Clouds Valley while the beasts pursued him and planned to lead them to the battle between Moon-Gazing City and the Expansion Divine Sect.

• Chang Shan used a Restriction-Breaking Disc to reveal a cave abode, where he, Yun Yun, and You Lingzi saw Creation Spiritual Liquid before the opening closed amid distant roars.
• Chang Shan and his companions saw five powerful Demon Beasts chasing Chen Feng, who killed one with a Three-Phase Bomb and escaped with Teleportation.
• The three cultivators returned to the black forest, while other cultivators fled Falling Rosy Clouds Valley as the Demon Beasts pursued Chen Feng out of the valley.
• Chen Feng learned that the five Demon Beasts had followed him outside the valley and that Zhengjiao needed about three more days to fuse with his soul fragment.
• Chen Feng sent a voice transmission asking where Moon-Gazing City and the Expansion Divine Sect were fighting, intending to draw the Demon Beasts there.

Chen Feng learned that the Expansion Divine Sect and Moon-Gazing City were fighting over Heavenly Vault Peak and headed there. Moon-Gazing City’s Aerospace Carriers shifted the battle in its favor, but the arrival of elite forces and Nascent Soul cultivators turned the clash into a full-scale war.

• Chen Feng received Zuo Poxing’s report that the Expansion Divine Sect was attacking Moon-Gazing City at Heavenly Vault Peak and flew toward the battle.
• Jiang Bohan ordered Jiang Jiu to deploy the fleet, and ten Xingfeng Sect Aerospace Carriers carried Moon-Gazing City’s elite cultivators into battle, routing the Expansion Divine Sect’s Outer Sea forces.
• An Expansion Divine Sect cultivator used a Divine Ability to drive its fleeing Outer Sea fighters into a frenzy, but Jiang Bohan’s cold snort disrupted the technique.
• Jiang Bohan used Heaven and Earth Reversal against Gu Ran and the other Expansion Divine Sect Nascent Soul cultivators, while Gu Ran countered with a black lotus and ordered his allies to retreat.
• Nascent Soul cultivators and Golden Core cultivators joined the fighting, beginning the full-scale battle between the Expansion Divine Sect and Moon-Gazing City.

Chen Feng arrived at the battle between the Expansion Divine Sect and Moon-Gazing City and ordered Xingfeng Sect’s intelligence agents to withdraw before five Nascent Soul Demon Beasts attacked. The two factions’ Nascent Soul Cultivators joined forces, and Jiang Bohan and Gu Ran swiftly killed the Blazing Flame Lion while Chen Feng watched.

• Chen Feng contacted Gong Qinghan by walkie-talkie and ordered her to withdraw the Xingfeng Sect intelligence agents from the battlefield.
• Gong Qinghan ignored cultivator Weng’s attempt to stop her and gathered the agents outside the battlefield.
• Five Nascent Soul Demon Beasts appeared and attacked indiscriminately, forcing cultivators from both factions to flee.
• Jiang Bohan and Gu Ran agreed to join forces, while three Nascent Soul Cultivators evacuated the remaining low-level cultivators.
• Jiang Bohan restrained the Blazing Flame Lion and struck it with a massive finger, then Gu Ran used his black lotus to shatter it.
• Chen Feng witnessed the two cultivators’ power and recognized the strength of the Inner Sea’s top cultivators.

Chen Feng watched the Expansion Divine Sect and Moon-Gazing City battle five Nascent Soul Demon Beasts, which repeatedly returned after being killed. When the beasts pursued Chen Feng to a mountain crowded with cultivators, the two powers sealed the area and fought them there, leaving Chen Feng hidden among the trapped crowd.

• Zhengjiao told Chen Feng that the five Demon Beasts had been easy to kill because the stone pillar had taken control of the Blazing Flame Master, and Chen Feng urged him to finish his work soon.
• The Expansion Divine Sect and Moon-Gazing City declared a temporary ceasefire, and Chen Feng joined cultivators watching their Nascent Soul experts fight the beasts.
• Gu Ran discovered that the Demon Beasts had no memories, but after the beasts were killed, all five returned unharmed, leading Gu Ran to suspect they were copies that could revive until their source was destroyed.
• The five Demon Beasts abandoned the battle and flew toward Chen Feng, prompting Jiang Bohan and Gu Ran to follow them to the mountain where Chen Feng was watching.
• Jiang Bohan sealed the mountain and trapped more than ten thousand cultivators while the Nascent Soul experts fought the beasts; Chen Feng stayed hidden among the crowd as the fighting resumed.

Moon-Gazing City and the Expansion Divine Sect trapped the five Demon Beasts after they revived, then searched the gathered cultivators for the person who had lured them. Chen Feng concealed his identity and began his escape, leaving himself only one chance to break through the formation and flee.

• The five Demon Beasts revived after being slain, so Jiang Bohan and Gu Ran trapped them with the Heaven-Sealing Formation and the Prison-Suppressing Pagoda.
• Jiang Bohan demanded that the person who lured the Demon Beasts reveal himself, and Gu Ran proposed searching the gathered cultivators one by one.
• Chen Feng concealed himself among the cultivators and waited for a chance to escape while Nascent Soul Cultivators searched the crowd.
• When the searchers approached, Chen Feng used his power to send himself and nearby cultivators flying toward the formation barrier, drawing the Nascent Soul Cultivators' attention.
• Chen Feng flew toward the barrier among the other airborne cultivators and prepared to break through it before Jiang Bohan and Gu Ran could stop him.

Chen Feng broke through Moon-Gazing City’s formation, endured Jiang Bohan and Gu Ran’s coordinated attack, and escaped after nearly sixty Teleportations. He hid in the Southern Region to heal while Zhengjiao continued merging with the artifact spirit, and both superpowers began investigating his identity.

• Chen Feng shattered a Nascent Soul Cultivator’s Dharma body, broke a hole in the formation barrier, and was struck by Jiang Bohan’s Divine Ability after Gu Ran disrupted his Teleportation with the Soul Control Technique.
• Chen Feng survived the blow and escaped; Jiang Bohan and Gu Ran pursued him but gave up after he Teleported nearly sixty times.
• True Lord Kongyou wondered whether the fleeing cultivator was Chen of the Northern Territory, while Gu Ran and Jiang Bohan argued over the Great Expansion Divine Art that had protected Chen Feng’s Divine Soul.
• Gu Ran ended the Expansion Divine Sect’s battle and said he would investigate whether the fugitive belonged to the sect, while Jiang Bohan left to search for him.
• Chen Feng appeared in a mountain range near the Boundary Sea Region, warned Zhengjiao to merge with the artifact spirit within two days, and began healing the lingering injuries from Jiang Bohan’s attack.

News of Chen Feng's escape from Heavenly Vault Peak spread across the Southern Region, while the Expansion Divine Sect realized he had cultivated the Stars Body-Refining Instruction and planned to lure him out with its lost continuation. Still recovering near the Boundary Sea Region, Chen Feng prepared to return to the Outer Sea and watched Zhengjiao begin to fuse with a split soul.

• News spread that a mysterious cultivator had lured five Nascent Soul Demon Beasts to Heavenly Vault Peak and escaped the combined forces of Moon-Gazing City and the Expansion Divine Sect.
• Zuo Poxing agreed to make a show of searching for the mysterious cultivator, then suspected the person was Chen Feng but kept his doubts to himself.
• Yan Chenzi identified Chen Feng's Star Body and explained that he had cultivated the Stars Body-Refining Instruction, prompting the Expansion Divine Sect to seek him for his method of secretly absorbing Star Energy.
• Gu Ran proposed searching for Chen Feng through the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, while Yan Chenzi suggested using the lost continuation of the Stars Body-Refining Instruction as bait.
• Chen Feng, still healing near the Boundary Sea Region, decided to return to the Outer Sea as Zhengjiao's phantom began to solidify during its fusion with the split soul.

Chen Feng learned about Zhengjiao’s restored body and the Soul-Locking Six Spirits Pillar, then returned to Falling Rosy Clouds Valley to retrieve the treasure. He slipped past the forces guarding the entrance and rode Zhengjiao deeper into the valley, leaving the story with six Nascent Soul Cultivators ahead of them.

• Zhengjiao formed a physical body after merging with a split soul and revealed his new Blood Rupture Divine Ability.
• Zhengjiao told Chen Feng that he had devoured the Soul-Locking Six Spirits Pillar’s artifact soul and explained the pillar’s powers and limits.
• Chen Feng decided to return to Falling Rosy Clouds Valley after learning Zhengjiao could control the five trapped Demon Beasts.
• Zhang Jinyan and forces from Moon-Gazing City and the Expansion Divine Sect questioned cultivators and sealed the valley entrance while six Nascent Soul Cultivators entered.
• Chen Feng and Zhengjiao entered the valley undetected and headed toward the stone pillar.
• Zhengjiao detected six Nascent Soul Cultivators ahead, but Chen Feng ordered him to avoid them and continue onward.

Chen Feng encountered Chang Shan trapped in a secret realm and learned that the He Household ancestor had lured cultivators there with a false promise of Creation Spiritual Liquid. Chang Shan died after entrusting Chen Feng with the evidence and a request to inform the Expansion Divine Sect.

• Zuo Xuzi and Luo Qian led their groups through Falling Rosy Clouds Valley, then fled in different directions after Zhengjiao carried Chen Feng past them on the back of a powerful Demon Beast.
• Chen Feng heard a plea for help from a spatial rift and discovered that Chang Shan was trapped inside with the dead Yun Yun and You Lingzi.
• Chang Shan explained that the He Household ancestor had deceived them with a false promise of Creation Spiritual Liquid, leaving them immobilized as strange Spiritual Qi drained their life force.
• Chang Shan revealed that he had seen Hua Xuanzi being hunted by five Demon Beasts, making Chen Feng worry that his identity could be exposed.
• Chang Shan sent three storage rings through the rift and asked Chen Feng to report the He Household ancestor to the Expansion Divine Sect; Chen Feng agreed, and Chang Shan died.