Arc 23The Fallen Immortal Plain

Chen Fan restored the Azure Cloud Sword Sect’s standing, entered the Ascension Convention, and crushed the Golden Crow forces sent to kill him. In the Fallen Immortal Ancient Plain, he uncovered Supreme Cangming’s plan to harvest the Prodigies’ life force, as the realm collapsed into Divine City and Supreme Cangming threatened its people.

  • Chen Fan killed Song Yan and Old Freak Blood Fiend, forced Dugu Ao to submit, and became the Azure Cloud Sword Sect’s Limitless Sword Master.
  • After five years of cultivation, Chen Fan guided Chen Changqing and Mo Wendao to Nascent Soul, then took them to Divine City for the Ascension Convention.
  • Chen Fan defeated the gate patrol commander, crippled Lu Jiuyuan’s eye technique, drove the Thunderblade Sect from Courtyard C-7, and bested Gu Changge’s Divine Thought contest.
  • Lu Heaven-Burning attacked Chen Fan at the convention, but the Ascension Nine Heavens Bell repelled him before the Prodigies entered the Fallen Immortal Ancient Plain.
  • Inside the ancient plain, Chen Fan refined its Death Fiend Qi and killed Lu Heaven-Burning and the thirty-six Golden Crow Guards after a Nanhua Sect disciple betrayed his location.
  • Chen Fan found the Immortal Alliance Inspectorate draining dead Prodigies’ life force into a bronze cauldron, killed the seven warriors, and unleashed the Five Declines death tide.
  • Chen Fan purified the death tide into a Five Declines Dao Seed as the other abysses erupted and the surviving Prodigies discovered their exit was sealed.
  • The ancient plain collapsed into Divine City, where Supreme Cangming sealed the city and declared that its people must repay him for his protection.
Chapters 551–575 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 551The Traitor

Chen Changqing tried to protect his six-year-old son, Chen Fan, as enemies from the Mysterious Sword Sect and Old Freak Blood Fiend attacked the Azure Cloud Sword Sect. Just as Chen Changqing prepared to sacrifice himself to save Chen Fan, Song Yan betrayed him and thrust a poisoned dagger toward the child.

  • Chen Fan sensed the approaching enemies and told Chen Changqing that twenty years was too long to wait.
  • The attackers severed the mountain-protecting formation's southeastern life gate, and their forces devastated the Azure Cloud Sword Sect.
  • Old Freak Blood Fiend and Dugu Ao surrounded Sunset Glow Peak and demanded that Chen Changqing hand over Chen Fan.
  • Chen Changqing used his Yi Wood Green Vine Bell to shield Chen Fan and planned to detonate his Golden Core so his son could escape.
  • Dugu Ao called on Song Yan, who emerged from hiding and stabbed toward Chen Fan with a poisoned dagger.

Ch. 552A Nascent Soul Makes His Move

Chen Fan revealed overwhelming power when he killed Song Yan to save Chen Changqing, then Blood Fiend Old Monster recognized him as a Supreme Dao Embryo and attacked to seize him. The chapter ended with Blood Fiend Old Monster's giant blood-and-bone hand reaching for Chen Fan and his father amid the collapsing Spirit Spring Hall.

  • Chen Changqing shielded Chen Fan from Song Yan's demonic blade, but Chen Fan stopped it between two fingers and shattered it.
  • Chen Fan touched Song Yan's head, reducing him and his Golden Core to gray-white ash without leaving a trace of his primordial spirit.
  • Dugu Ao and Blood Fiend Old Monster reacted in shock to Chen Fan's power, and Blood Fiend Old Monster identified him as a Supreme Dao Embryo with an Innate Law Imprint.
  • Blood Fiend Old Monster summoned the Nine Nether Blood-Transforming Banner and unleashed its sea of blood over Sunset Glow Peak.
  • Blood Fiend Old Monster's giant demonic hand reached down to seize Chen Fan and Chen Changqing in the ruins.

Ch. 553Chen Fan Makes His Move

Chen Fan unsealed part of his divine power, destroyed Blood Fiend Old Monster, and forced Dugu Ao and the Mysterious Sword Sect to surrender. He chose to keep Dugu Ao alive as a watchdog, then prepared to mark him with Life-and-Death Dao Resonance.

  • Chen Fan healed Chen Changqing and stopped him from detonating his Golden Core.
  • Chen Fan unsealed part of the Spirit-Sealing Seals and summoned the Life-and-Death Millstone, which crushed Blood Fiend Old Monster, his banner, and his warship.
  • Chen Fan returned to the Spirit Spring Hall and confronted the kneeling Dugu Ao about threatening Chen Changqing's corpse.
  • Dugu Ao begged for mercy and offered the Mysterious Sword Sect's storehouses, spirit veins, and Ten-Thousand-Year Sword Tomb to Qingyun as the sect's cultivators surrendered.
  • Chen Fan decided to keep Dugu Ao alive as a watchdog and raised a finger glowing with Life-and-Death Dao Resonance.

Ch. 554Sword Master

Chen Fan crushed Old Monster Blood Fiend and forced Dugu Ao to surrender the Mysterious Sword Sect, then was proclaimed Azure Cloud Sword Sect’s sole sovereign, the Limitless Sword Master. With Chen Changqing agreeing to handle the sect’s affairs, the Azure Cloud Sword Sect began consolidating its victory and preparing to take Mysterious Sword Mountain.

  • Chen Fan branded Dugu Ao with the Life-and-Death Red Dust Seal, and Dugu Ao surrendered the Mysterious Sword Sect’s command token and formation control center.
  • Mo Wendao emerged from seclusion and learned that Chen Fan had crushed Old Monster Blood Fiend with one palm strike.
  • Mo Wendao confirmed Chen Fan was born of Azure Cloud’s bloodline and proclaimed him the sect’s sole sovereign, the Limitless Sword Master.
  • Chen Changqing promised to handle worldly and sect affairs for Chen Fan, and Chen Fan accepted the title.
  • The Azure Cloud Sword Sect’s damaged grand formation restored itself as Fortune surged, and Mo Wendao ordered the sect to take control of Mysterious Sword Mountain within three days.

Ch. 555Five Years

Five years after Azure Cloud Sword Sect rose to prominence, Chen Fan had quietly perfected the Life Formation Core in his Divine Kingdom while living under Chen Changqing’s devoted care. When a Southern Nation Immortal Alliance envoy summoned Azure Cloud’s young prodigies to the Divine City for the coming Ascension Convention, Chen Fan decided the sect would attend.

  • Over five years, Chen Fan absorbed the red-dust qi of his father’s care and completed the Life Formation Core in his Divine Kingdom.
  • Chen Changqing brought Chen Fan medicinal soup and cursed Mo Wendao for relying too much on pills.
  • A golden-armored envoy arrived on a Crimson-Blood Sky Roc, crushing Azure Cloud’s disciples with his Deity Transformation pressure.
  • The envoy proclaimed that Supreme Cangming was nearing the five decays of heaven and man, and ordered Azure Cloud to bring its foremost prodigies under thirty to the Divine City.
  • Mo Wendao asked Chen Changqing and Chen Fan whether the sect should obey the edict, and Chen Fan said they must go to the Divine City.

Ch. 556Creating Cultivation Techniques

Chen Fan created cultivation techniques for Chen Changqing and Mo Wendao, then used gathered resources to help them break through to Nascent Soul. With both ready, Chen Fan and his father set out for Divine City.

  • Chen Changqing refused to let eleven-year-old Chen Fan go to Divine City, then offered to accompany him, while Mo Wendao warned that their Golden Core cultivation could not protect him.
  • Chen Fan created the Great Void Longevity Guidance for Chen Changqing and the Nine Heavens Profound Heaven Art for Mo Wendao, and ordered the Southern Region’s sects to send resources to Setting Sun Mountain.
  • Mo Wendao gathered resources from the Mysterious Sword Sect and its thirty-six subordinate sects, and Chen Fan used them to guide both men through their Nascent Soul breakthroughs.
  • Chen Fan dispersed the double Nascent Soul tribulation clouds with his Martial God’s Will, and Chen Changqing and Mo Wendao emerged as early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
  • Chen Changqing celebrated his breakthrough and took Chen Fan’s hand, and the three prepared to leave for Divine City.

Ch. 557Watchdog

Chen Changqing, Mo Wendao, and Chen Fan arrived at the Southern Nation Immortal Alliance’s divine city for the Ascension Convention, where a patrol commander demanded an exorbitant fee and insulted them. Chen Changqing drew his sword to defend Chen Fan and confronted the commander.

  • Chen Changqing led Chen Fan and Mo Wendao through the crowded divine city entrance, while Chen Fan sensed Death Fiend Qi beneath the city.
  • A patrol commander mocked the Azure Cloud Sword Sect and threw its passage jade token into the mud.
  • The commander demanded one hundred thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones to let them enter and threatened to cripple their nascent souls if they objected.
  • The commander insulted Chen Fan, prompting Chen Changqing to draw his spirit sword and challenge him.

Ch. 558Investigation

Chen Fan stopped the Divine City's patrol commander from striking Chen Changqing and crushed him and his guards with a single palm. He entered the city with his father as Inspector Lu Jiuyuan watched and activated his secret technique to investigate him.

  • The triangular-eyed commander attacked Chen Changqing, but Chen Fan froze the space around them and stopped the blow.
  • Chen Fan pressed his palm down, crippling the commander and shattering the knees of the accompanying patrol guards.
  • Chen Fan took Chen Changqing's hand and led him through the Heaven-Piercing Gate as its killing formation withdrew.
  • Inspector Lu Jiuyuan observed Chen Fan from the gate tower, puzzled by his power despite his lack of mana.
  • Lu Jiuyuan activated Nine Luminaries Void-Gazing to examine Chen Fan.

Ch. 559Crippled

Chen Fan crippled Lu Jiuyuan after the Inspector probed him, then traveled with Chen Changqing and Mo Wendao through the divine city to their assigned lodging. At the Four Directions Lodge, they were given a shabby courtyard, where members of the Thunderblade Sect had already taken over and ordered them to leave.

  • Lu Jiuyuan probed Chen Fan with Divine Sense, and Chen Fan’s power struck back, blinding him, crippling his Lifebound Eye Technique, and splitting his Dao Foundation.
  • Chen Changqing shielded Chen Fan and asked if he was hurt, while Chen Fan dismissed the incident as a stinkbug falling from the gate tower.
  • Mo Wendao led Chen Changqing and Chen Fan through the divine city toward the Four Directions Lodge as they heard cultivators discuss the upcoming gathering and its celebrated contenders.
  • A goateed steward refused to give the Azure Cloud Sword Sect a mid-grade courtyard and assigned them a C-class side courtyard instead.
  • At the C-seven courtyard, Chen Changqing, Chen Fan, and Mo Wendao found the Thunderblade Sect occupying it, with its leader ordering them away and a youth cutting the warding plaque in two.

Ch. 560Evil Meets Its Retribution

Chen Changqing confronted a Thunderblade Sect cultivator who had seized the Azure Cloud Sword Sect’s courtyard, but Chen Fan secretly crippled the intruder with a flicked stone. After the intruders fled, Chen Changqing comforted Chen Fan and warned him to stay inside and cultivate.

  • Chen Changqing defended Courtyard C-7 and challenged the Thunderblade Sect cultivator who threatened him and Chen Fan.
  • The middle-aged cultivator attacked Chen Changqing with his lightning-wreathed Flying Thunder Saber.
  • Chen Fan flicked a stone that shattered the saber and gravely wounded the cultivator, crippling his Nascent Soul.
  • The three Golden Core disciples carried the injured cultivator away after Chen Fan told them to leave.
  • Chen Changqing embraced Chen Fan, then worked with Mo Wendao to clean the courtyard and set up a concealing array.
  • That night, Chen Changqing fed Chen Fan a Red Spirit Fruit and ordered him to remain in the room and cultivate.

Ch. 561Calling Card

Chen Fan secretly drew Death Fiend Qi from the Divine City’s ancestral spirit vein and confirmed that it was tied to Supreme Cangming’s five decays. The Myriad Phenomena Academy’s Liu Qingfeng and Gu Changge arrived at the Azure Cloud Sword Sect’s courtyard, where Gu Changge identified Chen Fan as the hidden power behind recent incidents and questioned him about his previous life.

  • Chen Fan absorbed a wisp of Death Fiend Qi from the spirit vein and turned it into nourishment for the Millstone.
  • Liu Qingfeng arrived at the courtyard with a calling card from the Myriad Phenomena Academy and asked to visit the Azure Cloud Sword Sect.
  • Chen Fan urged Chen Changqing to open the gate, and Gu Changge stepped into the courtyard with Liu Qingfeng.
  • Gu Changge sensed an obscure Dao Rhythm within Chen Fan and concluded that he was behind the palm print and the attack that killed a Nascent Soul Dao body.
  • Chen Changqing shielded Chen Fan, but Gu Changge asked why he hid his identity in a mortal body despite his wisdom from a previous life.

Ch. 562What Kind of Lousy Rules Are Those?

Gu Changge challenged Chen Fan to a Divine Soul contest, expecting the young boy to be an easy target. Chen Fan destroyed Gu Changge’s formation with a trace of Life-and-Death Millstone Dao Rhythm, leaving Gu Changge badly injured and Chen Changqing stunned.

  • Gu Changge proposed a contest of refinement, and Mo Wendao warned that a Divine Soul match could destroy Chen Fan’s Dao Foundation.
  • Chen Changqing rejected the challenge, but Gu Changge activated the Vast Righteous Starry Luo Formation and sent his Divine Thought toward Chen Fan.
  • Chen Changqing tried to shield his son, but Chen Fan calmed him with a touch and stepped forward.
  • Chen Fan tapped the board with a speck of gray-white Life-and-Death Millstone Dao Rhythm, shattering Gu Changge’s formation and damaging his Primordial Spirit.
  • The backlash injured Gu Changge and knocked Liu Qingfeng through the courtyard wall, while Chen Changqing stared at Chen Fan in shock.

Ch. 563Courting Death

Chen Fan defeated Gu Changge, who publicly declared him the Southern Nation’s foremost Prodigy, prompting Chen Changqing and Mo Wendao to fear that rivals would target him. Chen Fan realized Gu Changge meant to use him as a pawn and sent a hidden Dao phantom after him, where it attacked Gu Changge and Liu Qingfeng.

  • Chen Fan defeated Gu Changge in a single move, and Gu Changge acknowledged his loss before bowing to him.
  • Outside the courtyard, Gu Changge announced that Chen Fan was the Southern Nation’s foremost Prodigy, drawing a shocked crowd and then leaving with Liu Qingfeng.
  • Chen Changqing and Mo Wendao feared Gu Changge’s praise would make Chen Fan a target, but Chen Fan calmed his father and went back to his room.
  • Chen Fan revealed his anger at Gu Changge’s scheme and sent a chaotic Dao phantom through Divine City to pursue him.
  • Gu Changge explained to Liu Qingfeng that he meant to provoke the Golden Crow Immortal Pavilion and Taiyin Demon Sect into attacking Chen Fan.
  • A colossal gray-white hand emerged from a void fissure and struck at Gu Changge and Liu Qingfeng, shattering Liu Qingfeng’s bonded wooden sword.

Ch. 564The Escalation

Chen Fan used a projection of his power to cripple Gu Changge and warn the Myriad Phenomena Academy not to target Qingyun again. As the divine city’s sects watched the courtyard, Chen Changqing prepared to defend his son, while his parental care continued to strengthen Chen Fan’s Divine Kingdom.

  • Chen Fan’s giant hand shattered Liu Qingfeng’s bones, captured Gu Changge, and hurled him into the Myriad Phenomena Academy’s residence palace.
  • Chen Fan’s Dharma Form threatened Han Mo and the Myriad Phenomena Academy, then withdrew after warning them not to use underhanded tricks against Qingyun.
  • Chen Changqing offered Chen Fan fruit and promised to shield him if the sects attacked, while Mo Wendao prepared to fight.
  • Chen Fan’s Life-and-Death Formation Core dissolved the watching sects’ Divine Thoughts before they could reach the courtyard.
  • For three days, rumors about Chen Fan’s defeat of Gu Changge spread as hidden watchers gathered around the courtyard and Chen Changqing continued caring for his son.

Ch. 565The Opening

Lu Heaven-Burning attacked Chen Fan’s courtyard, but the Ascension Nine Heavens Bell interrupted him and announced the start of the Southern Nation’s Ascension Convention. Lu Heaven-Burning withdrew under the Immortal Alliance’s decree and vowed to kill Chen Fan at the Heaven-Reaching Battle Platform, while Chen Fan noticed corrupt Death Fiend Qi in the bell’s lingering vibrations.

  • Lu Heaven-Burning arrived above District Bing in a carriage pulled by nine Blazing Golden Crows and insulted Chen Fan before unleashing Sun True Fire at Courtyard Bing Seven.
  • Chen Changqing shielded Chen Fan while Mo Wendao tried to form a defensive formation, and Chen Fan prepared to strike back.
  • The Ascension Nine Heavens Bell dispersed Lu Heaven-Burning’s attack and forced him and the Golden Crows back.
  • The Immortal Alliance announced that the Southern Nation’s Ascension Convention had begun and ordered all participating Prodigies to gather at the Heaven-Reaching Battle Platform.
  • Lu Heaven-Burning left for the battle platform after threatening to kill Chen Fan, and Chen Fan noticed Death Fiend Qi in the bell’s lingering vibrations.

Ch. 566Entering

After Chen Fan healed Chen Changqing, the Azure Cloud Sword Sect arrived at the Ascension Convention and faced hostility from rival factions. The Immortal Alliance opened the Fallen Immortal Ancient Plain, where the prodigies would fight for Heaven-Reaching Fiend Commands, and Chen Fan sensed a threat against his sect.

  • Chen Fan gave Chen Changqing a green fruit containing grand void origin source, healing his injuries and restoring his Nascent Soul.
  • Chen Changqing, Chen Fan, and Mo Wendao set out for the Ascension Convention after learning the battle platform had been unsealed.
  • At the Heaven-Reaching Divine Mountain, cultivators mocked the Azure Cloud Sword Sect, while Han Mo, Lu Heaven-Burning, You Tong, and the blind Inspector Lu Jiuyuan watched them.
  • Inspector Lu Jiuyuan secretly ordered the Iron Armor Guard to slaughter the Azure Cloud Sword Sect in the ancient plain and send Chen Fan's severed limbs to him.
  • The Immortal Alliance envoy announced that 3,200 prodigies under thirty had to find one of a thousand Heaven-Reaching Fiend Commands in the Fallen Immortal Ancient Plain within three days.
  • The void shattered at the center of the battle platform as the Fallen Immortal Ancient Plain began to open.

Ch. 567Hidden

Chen Fan entered the Fallen Immortal Ancient Plain despite Chen Changqing’s desperate warnings and discovered that the deadly Death Fiend Qi nourished his Miniature Divine Kingdom instead of harming him. He concealed his strength and used one of his father’s talismans as the plain’s ancient forces began to stir.

  • Lu Heaven-Burning led the cultivators into the Fallen Immortal Ancient Plain, followed by sects and clans from across the Southern Nation.
  • Chen Changqing gave Chen Fan protective talismans and Earth-Escaping Spirit Jade, urging him to hide until the secret realm closed, but Chen Fan entered the vortex anyway.
  • As Chen Fan crossed into the plain, its chaotic Death Fiend Qi froze briefly before an ancient force beneath the Abyss roared awake.
  • Chen Fan landed on the scorched plain and watched other cultivators suffer as the Death Fiend Qi corroded their bodies and protections.
  • The Death Fiend Qi poured into Chen Fan but was refined by the Life-and-Death Millstone into nether-yin Dao Rhythm, which replenished his Divine Kingdom.
  • Chen Fan suppressed the signs of his power and carefully slapped one of Chen Changqing’s Diamond Talismans against his chest.

Ch. 568A Child?

Chen Fan encountered three Nanhua Sect disciples cornered by two Soul-Devouring Fiend Beasts in the Fallen Immortal Ancient Plain. The beasts attacked him, and he struck one through the throat and skull with a single punch.

  • Chen Fan walked through the ancient battlefield, protected by a cheap Diamond Talisman while the Myriad Realms Red Dust Scripture drew father-son karma into his Divine Kingdom.
  • He found three Nanhua Sect disciples trapped by two tier-three Soul-Devouring Fiend Beasts, with their formation broken and their leader badly wounded.
  • Chen Fan emerged from behind a ruined wall, and the beasts abandoned the disciples to attack the child whose vitality attracted them.
  • As one beast lunged to bite him, Chen Fan punched through its throat and out the back of its skull.

Ch. 569Choice

Chen Fan killed two Four-Armed Fiend Beasts with ease and continued into the Ancient Plain, leaving three Nanhua Sect disciples alive. One disciple recognized him as the Azure Cloud Sword Sect’s Holy Son and considered claiming the bounty on his whereabouts.

  • Chen Fan destroyed one Four-Armed Fiend Beast with a punch and absorbed its Death Fiend Qi.
  • Chen Fan killed the fleeing Four-Armed Fiend Beast by flicking a scrap of broken sword at it, then crushed its Fiend Crystal for its qi.
  • Chen Fan ignored the three surviving Nanhua Sect disciples and walked toward the ruins deep in the Ancient Plain.
  • Fang Zheng and the young female cultivator thanked Chen Fan for saving them.
  • The other male disciple recognized Chen Fan and thought about reporting his whereabouts to claim the Golden Crow Immortal Pavilion’s bounty.

Ch. 570Sending Word

A greedy Nanhua Sect disciple sent Chen Fan’s location to Lu Heaven-Burning, who mobilized the Golden Crow Guards and sealed the Rubble Fiend Abyss with a killing formation. Lu confronted Chen Fan on the Immortal-Fall Broken Bridge and dismissed him as a mere body cultivator.

  • A Nanhua Sect disciple secretly shattered a Golden Crow Messenger Feather to send Lu Heaven-Burning Chen Fan’s location and feats.
  • Lu Heaven-Burning received the message, ordered thirty-six Golden Crow Guards to surround the Rubble Fiend Abyss, and commanded the Nine Suns Heaven-Burning Ancient Diagram to seal the area.
  • Chen Fan crossed the Immortal-Fall Broken Bridge while absorbing the surrounding Death Fiend Qi into his Divine Kingdom.
  • The Nine Suns Heaven-Burning Ancient Diagram activated, and a Golden Crow warship arrived with Lu Heaven-Burning and the Golden Crow Guards.
  • Lu Heaven-Burning gave the informant a worthless pill, then burned him to ash when he protested.
  • Lu Heaven-Burning descended before Chen Fan and mocked him as a peasant who relied only on brute strength.

Ch. 571A Miserable Death

Chen Fan killed Lu Heaven-Burning with a single strike of Life-and-Death Dao power after Lu Heaven-Burning threatened him and scorched his talisman. Lu Xuanyang learned of his death when Lu Heaven-Burning’s soul tablet shattered, then received the protective decree sent from the Fallen Immortal Ancient Plain.

  • Lu Heaven-Burning demanded that Chen Fan kneel and surrender his Qingyun Ancient Tomb opportunities, threatening to destroy Setting Sun Mountain and kill his father.
  • Chen Fan noticed that a spark had damaged his Diamond Talisman and told Lu Heaven-Burning that he was noisy and had dirtied it.
  • Lu Heaven-Burning attacked Chen Fan with a Golden Crow claw, but Chen Fan summoned a Life-and-Death Millstone that destroyed the attack, crushed Lu Heaven-Burning, and shattered the Nine Suns Heaven-Burning Ancient Diagram.
  • A thousand-zhang golden decree flew from the wreckage toward the Immortal Alliance Divine City as the thirty-six Golden Crow Guards fell from the sky.
  • The hall-guarding elder watched Lu Heaven-Burning’s life tablet shatter, and Lu Xuanyang rushed into the hall and reacted with grief and rage.
  • Lu Xuanyang received the protective decree that had been left within Lu Heaven-Burning’s Divine Soul.

Ch. 572Fury in the Outside World

Lu Xuanyang learned that Lu Fentian had died in the Fallen Immortal Ancient Plain, but the Immortal Alliance refused to let him enter before the three-day limit. Inside the Ancient Plain, Chen Fan killed the fleeing Golden Crow deathsworn, devoured their treasures to strengthen himself, and checked that his Diamond Talisman was intact.

  • Lu Xuanyang rushed to the Ancient Plain's entrance after learning of Lu Fentian's death, but the Immortal Alliance commanders blocked him from entering before three days had passed.
  • Lu Jiuyuan suspected that Chen Fan had killed Lu Fentian and ordered his hidden guards to withdraw, but the boundary wall prevented his message from getting through.
  • At the Immortal-Fall Broken Bridge, Chen Fan killed all thirty-six Golden Crow deathsworn with Life-and-Death Dao Resonance.
  • Chen Fan took the rings and treasures from Lu Fentian and the guards, then swallowed their resources and the damaged Nine Suns Heaven-Burning Ancient Diagram to strengthen his body.
  • Chen Fan examined his restored Diamond Talisman and resolved to avoid damaging the talismans his stand-in dad had drawn.

Ch. 573The Heavenly Five Declines

Chen Fan discovered that Supreme Cangming was using the Ascension Convention to sacrifice young cultivators and stave off the Heavenly Five Declines. In the depths of the ancient plain, an Immortal Alliance Inspectorate squad confronted him and launched an attack.

  • Chen Fan descended into the black-blood chasm and found an altar where dead Prodigies’ life force was being funneled into an ancient bronze cauldron.
  • Chen Fan recognized that Supreme Cangming had arranged the convention to consume the Prodigies’ vitality and delay his decline.
  • Seven black-armored Immortal Alliance Inspectorate warriors emerged and surrounded Chen Fan at the altar.
  • The commander identified Chen Fan as Chen Changqing’s son and ordered his men to cripple him and place him in a Soul-Devouring Urn.
  • The six warriors attacked Chen Fan together with seven Nascent-Soul-Breaking Iron Halberds.

Ch. 574Escape?

Chen Fan reversed Supreme Cangming’s five-decays blood sacrifice formation and annihilated its seven guardians. The bronze cauldron then shattered, unleashing a vast tide of death fiend qi that engulfed the altar while Chen Fan remained protected by the Diamond Talisman.

  • Chen Fan stomped the bronze altar, reversing the formation and unleashing the five-decays death fiend qi.
  • The death tide destroyed the seven Nascent-Soul-Breaking Iron Halberds and corroded the black-armored commander and six death warriors.
  • Chen Fan sealed the commander’s escape and killed all seven warriors with the power of his Divine Kingdom.
  • With the formation nodes vacant, the bronze cauldron shattered and released the accumulated death fiend qi across the chasm.
  • The unleashed calamity swallowed the altar and damaged the surrounding walls, while Chen Fan stood protected by the Diamond Talisman.

Ch. 575Supreme Cangming

Chen Fan absorbed the Five Declines death tide and formed a Five Declines Dao Seed, while the sealed Ancient Plain’s survivors faced a deadly trap. As the Ancient Plain collapsed into Immortal Alliance Divine City, Supreme Cangming revealed that he planned to sacrifice its people to extend his life.

  • Chen Fan used his Divine Kingdom’s Millstone to consume and purify the Five Declines death tide, forming a Five Declines Dao Seed and refining his avatar’s body.
  • The other seven bone-burying abysses erupted, killing cultivators across the Fallen Immortal Ancient Plain with their death tides.
  • You Tong and the surviving Prodigies discovered that the exit was sealed by a Nine Nether Nine Fiends Life-Devouring Formation and realized they had been made sacrifices.
  • Chen Fan sensed the formation and recognized that Supreme Cangming had arranged the Ascension Convention to harvest the life force of Prodigies and millions of others.
  • The Ancient Plain collapsed into Immortal Alliance Divine City, where the Protective City Formation sealed the city and Supreme Cangming appeared in a massive Dharma Form.
  • Supreme Cangming declared that the Southern Nation must repay him for protecting it and raised a bony finger against the people of the Divine City.
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