Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan and the Artifact Refining Hall Master bonded while studying and crafting runes, and Li Xingci passed Venerable Yantian’s test, leaving Xu Fan free to arrange his wedding. Back at the Hidden Spirit Sect, Xu Fan learned of Zhang Xueling’s remarkable dedication in the Questioning Dao Illusion Realm and heard that Xiong Li was being pursued by the Joyful Union Sacred Land.

• Xu Fan and the Artifact Refining Hall Master studied the golden gate’s Heavenly Dao runes, crafted Treasure Artifact chains, and became close friends.
• Li Xingci emerged unharmed after passing Venerable Yantian’s test, and Venerable Yantian agreed not to interfere in his affairs.
• The Artifact Refining Hall Master offered Xu Fan access to the Divine Fire in the Volcano Mountain Range, and Xu Fan invited him to visit the Hidden Spirit Sect.
• Xu Fan returned with Li Xingci and urged him to hold a wedding before Venerable Yantian ascended, then criticized Li Xingci’s crude clone.
• Grape told Xu Fan that Zhang Xueling had spent more than twenty years steadily comprehending Dao methods, and Xu Fan ordered Grape to send him over after he emerged from seclusion.
• Grape reported that Xiong Li had nearly beaten Zhuang Ling to death and was now being pursued by the Joyful Union Sacred Land.

Xu Fan learned that Xiong Li was being pursued by Zhuang Ling's Nascent Soul Stage sister and checked on the sect's affairs. Cloud Flower Deer brought back a Flame Spirit Deer and a White Spirit Elephant from other sects, forcing Xu Fan to conceal the Hidden Spirit Sect from probing causal threads.

• Xu Fan ordered stronger guards for Xiong Li after learning Zhuang Ling's sister was trying to bring him back to the Joyful Union Sacred Land.
• Zhang Xueling left the Questioning Dao Illusion Realm longing to return, so Xu Fan barred him from it and directed him to study in the Sect's Scripture Repository.
• Xu Fan checked on Xiong Li's travels and the Mixed-Iron Ape base, then learned from the Heavenly Fortune Turtle that the sect's fortune could barely suppress the six Dragon Eggs.
• Cloud Flower Deer brought a Flame Spirit Deer from the Flame Mountain Sect and a White Spirit Elephant from the Heavenly Devil Sect, prompting Xu Fan to worry about trouble with both sects.
• Xu Fan used a Five Spirit Bright Monkey and his blood to hide the Hidden Spirit Sect from two probing Causality Threads, then learned Cloud Flower Deer had originally brought the Heavenly Fortune Turtle from the Elder Council's Heavenly River Spirit Pool.

Xu Fan sent Clone Number One to the Volcanic Immortal Realm to refine Dao Artifacts, then used a Dao Protection Puppet to rescue Xiong Li from a Joyful Union Sacred Land cultivator and kill three attacking Dark Serpents. Clone Number One settled into the Artifact Refining Hall, where the Hall Owner granted him access to the Divine Fire.

• Xu Fan welcomed the completed Dao Artifact Spirit Gathering Pearl and arranged for Clone Number One to refine Dao Artifacts in the Volcanic Immortal Realm.
• A woman from the Joyful Union Sacred Land attacked Xiong Li and tried to force him to become Dao Companions with her younger sister.
• Xu Fan controlled a Dao Protection Puppet that defeated the woman, pulled the Spiritual Sword from Xiong Li's chest, and took him to safety.
• Xu Fan ordered Grape to strike three Spirit Transformation Stage Dark Serpents with Alloy Gravity Rods, killing them.
• The Hall Owner brought Clone Number One to the largest Artifact Refining Room and granted him maximum Divine Fire access, warning him to use only ten percent of its power.

Xu Fan sent Xu Yuexian out to explore and used the Fortune Praying Art to bless his disciple, then learned that the missing White Spirit Elephant calf belonged to the Heavenly Devil Sect. Su Rantian and Li Xingci set out to return the calf to its parents, with Su Rantian carrying it in the Dao Artifact Starry Sky.

• Clone Number One tested the Divine Fire and estimated that he could finish refining the requested Dao Artifacts in ten years.
• Xu Yuexian asked to leave Hidden Spirit Island, and Xu Fan allowed her to go while warning her not to draw more Spirit Stones from the Sect Treasury.
• After Grape reported that the Northern Border Ruins had opened, Xu Fan prayed for his disciple's good fortune, but learned he had said “disciple” rather than Xu Yuexian and feared he had spent too much of his own fortune.
• Xu Fan asked the Heavenly Fortune Turtle for a blessing, but the turtle refused because it could only bless him once every ten years.
• Xu Fan recognized the Jade White Little Elephant as a missing calf from the Heavenly Devil Sect and asked Li Xingci to arrange its return.
• Su Rantian and Li Xingci volunteered to take the calf to the Devil Domain, and Su Rantian stored it in the Dao Artifact Starry Sky.

Xu Fan sent Li Xingci and Su Rantian toward the Heavenly Devil Sect’s territory, then arranged support for Feng Changning’s ambitious cultivation program on Nine Phoenix Island. Feng Changning visited a Cultivation Academy, became interested in the talented orphan Gu Sanmei, and planned to teach her personally.

• Xu Fan attached a transformed Spatial Ring to Li Xingci, gave the pair an uncertain divination, and told them to go to the Heavenly Devil Sect’s sphere of influence.
• Xu Fan saved the Five Spirit Bright Monkey with spiritual pills and learned that Feng Changning wanted a Spirit Gathering Array and unused Puppets for Nine Phoenix Island.
• Xu Fan ordered Shi Zhan to receive Spirit Gathering Pearls for Feng Changning’s island-wide cultivation program.
• Feng Changning visited a Cultivation Academy and reviewed the students’ progress with a Nine Phoenix Pavilion disciple.
• Feng Changning recognized Gu Sanmei, an orphan with rare Fire and Wood Dual Spiritual Roots, and ordered that she be brought to Nine Phoenix Pavilion so she could teach her personally.

Little Ling and Feng Changning used a space-based weapon to destroy four Spirit Transformation Cultivators approaching Nine Phoenix Island. Meanwhile, Clone Number One’s newly forged Dao Artifact drew over a thousand commission requests, and he began building a relationship with the Artifact Refining Hall’s Hall Master.

• Little Ling told Feng Changning that four Cultivators, including the Spirit Transformation Cultivator who had threatened Nine Phoenix Island before, had appeared nearby, and she revealed the weapon supplied by the Great Elder.
• A satellite-controlled Alloy Gravity Rod destroyed the Cloud Lark and killed all four Cultivators, impressing Feng Changning with the secret weapon’s power.
• Xu Fan returned to his usual fishing, teaching, and checking on the Demonic Spirit Realm after watching a long series.
• Cultivators seeking Dao Artifacts crowded the Artifact Refining Hall’s Hall Master, who collected their requests and rewards for Clone Number One to review.
• Clone Number One showed the Hall Master his newly forged Profound Iron Dao Artifact Spiritual Sword, then received a Jade Slip containing more than a thousand commission requests.
• Clone Number One invited the Hall Master to discuss his Immortal Script Rune Array system, and the Hall Master eagerly accepted.

Xu Fan recognized a request for Ancient Immortal Artifact Forging Diagrams as Ye Xiaoyao’s work, while Ye waited in vain for an Artifact Refining Grandmaster to respond. At the Artifact Refining Hall, Clone Number One showed the Hall Master an Immortal Script Array that gave him a glimpse of what he needed to become a Great Grandmaster.

• Xu Fan examined a list of orders, noticed a request offering three Ancient Immortal Artifact Forging Diagrams for spirit swords, and suspected Senior Brother Ye was behind it.
• Ye Xiaoyao replicated the three diagrams with Old Sword’s guidance, then waited for an Artifact Refining Grandmaster to summon him for the transaction.
• The Hall Master told Clone Number One that his father’s legacy could help him become a Great Grandmaster, but he wanted to reach that level through his own efforts.
• Clone Number One demonstrated an Immortal Script Array for a Quasi-Immortal Artifact-level Giant Club, and the Hall Master realized it contained a missing piece of his own array work.
• After the Hall Master thanked Clone Number One and left, Xu Fan approved of the approach and told Clone Number One to preserve their brotherly friendship.

Li Xingci and Su Rantian were swept into the Void Realm by a Void Wind, where their spiritual energy and strength were dissolved. After waking on a beach, they began searching for people and a way out, but five giant wolves surrounded them.

• Su Rantian and Li Xingci used an Array Formation and Ethereal Projections to hide their departure, but a Void Wind swallowed the area where they stood.
• A Mahayana Venerable found the enormous pit and concluded that the pair had entered the Void Realm, then began sealing the region.
• Xu Fan explained that Li Xingci's life Tribulation had grown hazy as its power began to be shared with Su Rantian.
• Li Xingci woke on a beach in the Void Realm, carried Su Rantian to higher ground, and discovered their spiritual energy and physical strength had been dissolved.
• Li Xingci found fruit for them to eat, then led Su Rantian toward a mountain in search of people and a way to escape.
• Five Brown Giant Wolves surrounded Li Xingci and Su Rantian, and Li Xingci's fingernails began to change.

Li Xingci and Su Rantian survived their first ordeal in a world without spiritual qi and camped beneath the mountain while Li Xingci shared stories from his past lives. Back on Hidden Spirit Island, Ning Dao acquired a Dao Artifact Spirit Sword from Xu Fan and promised to bring him Five Spirit Bright Monkeys.

• Li Xingci used his sword to kill three giant wolves, then controlled the remaining two with his Soul Confusion Technique and rode them with Su Rantian toward the mountain.
• Li Xingci and Su Rantian reached the mountain at sunset, set up camp with his transforming Fingernail Covering, and talked beneath an unfamiliar starry sky.
• Li Xingci began telling Su Rantian about his experiences during the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation as they ate beside the campfire.
• Xu Fan told Xu Gang a fabricated story about his future tribulation, prompting Xu Gang to resolve to cultivate harder.
• Ning Dao arrived at Xu Fan's courtyard wounded, and the masterless Dao Artifact Spirit Sword recognized him and entered his body.
• Ning Dao agreed to collect every Five Spirit Bright Monkey he could catch, and Xu Fan gave him a Fifth-Rank Treasure Artifact Palace.

Xu Fan learned about developments in the Demonic Spirit Realm, including the Iron-Eating Demon Venerable guarding the Thick-Armored Honey Badger clan. Meanwhile, Human and Demon forces gathered for war in the Extreme Sky Domain, but their leaders held back from starting the battle.

• Ning Dao told Xu Fan that five Integration Stage Demon Wolves had ambushed him and credited Xu Fan's Dao Artifact Spirit Sword with saving his life.
• Xu Fan checked Grape's report and learned that the Thick-Armored Honey Badger clan had gained a Mahayana Demon Venerable and that the Iron-Eating Giant Ape's territory was stable and trading with nearby races.
• Grape identified the new Demon Venerable as an Iron-Eating Demon, and Xu Fan asked whether Number One Thick-Armored Honey Badger could bring him a panda cub.
• As the Human and Demon armies prepared to fight in the Extreme Sky Domain, the Young Man and the Golden Winged Great Peng taunted each other before both forces held their positions.
• A Human-Bodied Lion-Headed demon asked the Golden Winged Great Peng why he had delayed the battle, and the Great Peng explained that the Young Man's words always had a motive.

Li Xingci and Su Rantian traveled across the energy-less Void Realm, where he recounted the lonely first life that had shaped him. Meanwhile, Xu Fan began turning a Demon Race Giant Beast Warship into a Puppet, but its poor performance on land left him considering how to power it.

• Li Xingci and Su Rantian rode across the grassland, and Li Xingci killed four charging lions with a Great Bow.
• Li Xingci told Su Rantian how he had been the sole survivor of a Cold Tide and lived alone for thirty-two years before dying.
• Su Rantian asked to enter Reincarnation with Li Xingci, and he explained that they would need Soul Dream Stones.
• Xu Fan asked Sha Diao how to modify the Demon Race Giant Beast Warship, rejected the idea of dismantling it, and chose to turn it into a Puppet.
• Xu Fan used Pangolin to pilot the Giant Beast Warship, but it managed only two steps before collapsing and injuring Pangolin.
• Xu Fan decided the warship's core could be modified for land combat and considered prying open the Demon Race's Treasure Vault to supply it with Spirit Stones.

Xu Fan sought access to the core array diagram above the star, while Clone Number One arranged to trade a Dao Artifact for the viewing. As Ning Dao departed to capture Five Spirit Bright Monkeys, Ye Xiaoyao noticed a young swordsman and considered nurturing him.

• Clone Number One collected gifts from cultivators seeking artifact-refining favors and asked the Artifact Refining Hall Master how to view the star’s core array diagram.
• The Hall Master said an Artifact Refining Grandmaster could view it by submitting a Dao Artifact, and Clone Number One agreed to the exchange.
• Xu Fan sent a Star Iron Dao Artifact Spirit Sword to Volcanic Immortal Town and declined the Flood Dragon Headed Giant Turtle’s request to form contracts with her six children.
• Ning Dao told Xu Fan that he was going to capture six Five Spirit Bright Monkeys near Jade Sea Immortal City and then flew off.
• Ye Xiaoyao encountered a young Foundation Establishment swordsman training against giant wolves and decided the young man might be worth nurturing.

Han Feiyu abandoned his Artifact Refining studies after his master arranged a massive order for Spiritual Swords. Meanwhile, Xu Gang rescued Xu Lingtai’s wife from a Devil Cultivator and told the couple to return to Linsen Immortal City before Xu Lingtai’s term ended.

• Han Feiyu traveled to Volcanic Immortal Town seeking an Artifact Refining Grandmaster, then enrolled in an Artifact Refining Teaching Hall after struggling to find someone who could fulfill his orders.
• Xu Fan learned Han Feiyu was studying Artifact Refining and decided not to approach him, but Wang Xiangchi forwarded Xu Fan’s list to Han Feiyu, who ordered three thousand Second-Rank Treasure Artifact Five Elements Spirit Swords.
• Xu Fan told Grape to start a production line for Han Feiyu’s order, which Grape expected to finish in half a month.
• Xiong Li met Xu Lingtai and his wife outside Shangwen Immortal City, where a Spirit Transformation Stage Devil Cultivator appeared and tried to seize her.
• Xu Gang emerged from the Devil Cultivator’s body as a Golden Crow, rescued Xu Lingtai’s wife, and instructed Xu Lingtai to take her to Linsen Immortal City and meet Grandmaster when his ten-year term ended.

Xiong Li returned to the Hidden Spirit Sect after ten years of training and learned that a dragon-turtle carrying an egg was draining the Sect’s spiritual qi. Xu Fan welcomed him back, warned that the War of Two Races was approaching, and later stopped Xu Yuexian from rushing into the Sect after claiming she could obtain an Immortal Artifact.

• At a banquet, Xiong Li and Xu Lingtai discussed their strength with Xi'er, and Xiong Li said he and Xu Lingtai were evenly matched.
• Xiong Li returned to the Hidden Spirit Sect and learned that a dragon-turtle carrying a Dragon Egg had absorbed much of the Sect’s spiritual qi.
• Xu Fan welcomed Xiong Li, revealed that his Spatial Ring held three Spirit Transformation Stage Puppets, and warned him to prepare for the coming War of Two Races.
• Xu Fan told Xu Gang that Xi'er had been discovered by the Heavenly Devil Sect and that he intended to turn the Demon Race’s Giant Beast Warship into a Puppet.
• Xu Yuexian told Xu Fan she would obtain an Immortal Artifact for him, then flew into the Sect and was seized by Xu Fan, who used the Five Spirit Bright Monkey to restore her clarity.

Xu Yuexian returned with a blade-less Immortal Sword after spending her fortune on an Immortal Shop’s wares, and Xu Fan sent her out to collect rare delicacies. In the Void Realm, Li Xingci and Su Rantian settled into life as blacksmiths while Li Xingci considered the guarded gate that could lead them out.

• Xu Yuexian showed Xu Fan the assembled Immortal Sword, and he explained that it was damaged, difficult to refine, and worth far less than she had spent.
• Xu Fan reassured Xu Yuexian that she could draw on the Treasure Vault, then asked after Li Xingci and teased her about finding a partner.
• Xu Fan listed rare foods and wine for Xu Yuexian to collect from several Immortal Cities, and she left on the errand.
• Xu Fan recalled an old promise and calculated that it was time to fulfill it.
• In the Void Realm, Li Xingci forged weapons in a small city with Su Rantian, and he reflected on the Nascent Soul Stage Void Beast guarding the only way out.

Li Xingci defended a Mortal city from a Flame Wolf attack, then hunted the pack and discovered his golden fingernail absorbed Beast Crystals. He prepared to help Elder Mo Zhan escape the world, while Xu Fan sensed his disciple’s unstable Destiny and hesitated to divine his fortune.

• Li Xingci and Su Rantian learned that a beast tide threatened the Mortal cities and waited for his fingernail to turn fully golden.
• Li Xingci welcomed Elder Mo Zhan, who promised to serve as his Dao Protector if Li Xingci helped him leave the world.
• Li Xingci shot the Flame Wolf Alpha during an attack, driving the pack away from the city.
• Li Xingci hunted the Flame Wolves with Elder Mo Zhan and returned with Beast Crystals that his fingernail began absorbing.
• Xu Fan sensed Li Xingci’s unstable Destiny and hesitated to toss a Yin Yang Copper Coin to divine his fortune.

Xu Fan learned that Xiang Yun had found Earth Core Marrow Gold while fighting Demon Race cultivators in a Mystic Realm, then sent Sect forces to support him and mine the ore. After the Sect eliminated an Integration Stage Thousand-Leg Centipede, Xu Fan awarded Xiang Yun four basic-grade Dao Artifact Spirit Swords despite his refusal.

• Xu Fan watched Xiang Yun battle dozens of Nascent Soul Stage Demon Race cultivators and learned that his Mystic Realm contained Earth Core Marrow Gold.
• Xiang Yun requested Sect support and reported the Mystic Realm, so a Spirit Transformation Puppet shielded him from the Demon Race.
• Xiong Li arrived with mining Puppets, weapon satellites, and other forces, but an Integration Stage Thousand-Leg Centipede emerged from the mountains.
• Xu Fan controlled the Five Spirit Bright Monkey as six Heavy Armor Puppets trapped the Thousand-Leg Centipede and a Great Treasure Sword killed it.
• The mining Puppets began collecting the ore, and Xu Fan offered Xiang Yun either two Dao Artifact Spirit Swords or four basic-grade Dao Artifact Spirit Swords as his share.
• Xiang Yun refused a reward, but Xu Fan chose the four basic-grade Dao Artifact Spirit Swords for him.

Xu Fan celebrated finding Earth Core Marrow Gold, while Han Feiyu received a large shipment of matching Spiritual Swords and tested their improved Sword Array power. After deciding to learn pill refining, Han Feiyu met Ye Xiaoyao, who gave him another bag of swords and disappeared before he could refuse.

• Xu Fan told Clone Number One that he had found Earth Core Marrow Gold and imagined producing at least eighteen Demon Suppressing Stars.
• Han Feiyu received three thousand Second-Rank Treasure Artifact Five Elements Spirit Swords from a Hidden Spirit Sect disciple and could not get Wang Xiangchi to accept payment.
• Han Feiyu tested ninety-six Spiritual Swords, confirmed that matching swords strengthened his Sword Arrays while reducing their spiritual energy cost, and inspected all three thousand swords.
• Han Feiyu decided to become a Pill Refiner and placed a large order before leaving the testing Dao Field.
• Ye Xiaoyao recognized Han Feiyu as a fellow Sword Array cultivator and gave him a Storage Bag of his old Spiritual Swords, then vanished before Han Feiyu could return it.

Xu Fan used rare resources and the Five Spirit Bright Monkeys’ abilities to save Wang Yulun after he lost nearly a thousand years of lifespan in a mysterious Mystic Realm. Wang Yulun survived, and Xu Fan promised to help him recover and advance his cultivation.

• Han Feiyu put away the Spiritual Swords he had received as a gift.
• Xiong Li delivered 142,461 jin of Earth Core Marrow Gold, and Xu Fan arranged for it to be moved underground for artifact refining.
• Xu Fan inspected Sha Diao’s Small Sea Vessel and told him to remove half its Giant Cannons because the Cannonballs were too costly.
• Xu Fan learned that Wang Yulun had returned gravely weakened, and he used a Life Divine Ability to stabilize him.
• Wang Yulun told Xu Fan that a mysterious Mystic Realm had subjected him to thousands of years of accelerated time and gave him a Small Cyan Stone.
• Xu Fan used Wood Origin, a Heavenly Extreme Spirit Pill, and the Five Spirit Bright Monkeys’ Divine Abilities to restore part of Wang Yulun’s lifespan, then promised to help him recover.

Xu Fan saved Wang Yulun after the man lost a thousand years of lifespan in a mysterious Mystic Realm, then investigated a stone from the realm. Wang Xiangchi brought Jian Wuji to the Hidden Spirit Sect, where his master challenged him to prove his strength in the Trial Tower.

• Xu Fan examined Wang Yulun and found something unusual in his soul, then told him to stay in the Sect while he searched for a way to restore his lifespan and cultivation.
• Wang Xiangchi visited his aged father, learned he might recover his cultivation, and paid the balance on Han Feiyu's order for three thousand Spiritual Swords by mortgaging his treasures.
• Wang Xiangchi arranged a Spirit Boat to bring Jian Wuji to the Hidden Spirit Sect, where Jian Wuji was amazed by the Sect's surroundings.
• Wang Xiangchi told Jian Wuji to enter the Foundation Establishment combat rankings' top fifty before traveling with him, and Jian Wuji headed to the Trial Tower to prove himself.