Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan taught Xu Gang and Xu Yuexian about cultivation, warned Wang Yulun and Murong Qian'er about a dangerous pregnancy pill, and unveiled his Spiritual Power Armor. Wang Yulun tried on the armor and demonstrated its greatly enhanced power.

• After Wang Yulun regained his senses from Xu Fan's bewitching dance, Xu Fan took Xu Gang and Xu Yuexian to teach them cultivation basics.
• Three months later, Xu Fan watched the siblings practice spells and explained that their rapid progress came from eating Murong Qian'er's Spirit Dishes.
• Xu Fan gave Wang Yulun Fetal Spirit Pills and warned the couple that the Myriad Universe Fetal Spirit Pill could damage their child's potential.
• Xu Fan showed Wang Yulun and Murong Qian'er his Spiritual Power Armor, which amplified spiritual power and offered strong defenses.
• Wang Yulun put on the armor and used the Thousand Blade Flying Sword at extraordinary speed, drawing the siblings' attention.

Xu Fan tested his Spiritual Power Armor and guided his disciples’ spell practice as three years passed. Xu Gang and Xu Yuexian grew into capable cultivators, while Wang Yulun prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment and Xu Fan remained unable to cross into the stage despite sensing it nearby.

• Xu Fan praised Wang Yulun’s performance in the Spiritual Power Armor and promised Treasure Artifact sets after he and Murong Qian’er reached Foundation Establishment.
• Xu Yuexian successfully cast the Minor Spirit Rain Art while Xu Gang struggled, and Xu Fan encouraged him to persevere and learn at his own pace.
• Three years later, Xu Gang dismissed a young woman’s question, prompting Xu Yuexian to fly away in anger and Xu Gang to chase after her using his shield.
• Wang Yulun told Xu Fan that he planned to attempt Foundation Establishment in a year but lacked confidence in achieving first-grade Foundation Establishment.
• Xu Fan sent two powerful spiritual power puppets to follow Cloud Flower Deer and the child, then admitted he could sense Foundation Establishment was near but still could not reach it.

Xu Fan prepared Wang Yulun for a dangerous mission, then gave his disciples secret techniques and let them continue training in an Illusion Realm. The chapter ended with Xu Fan finishing a batch of custom Magic Artifacts for Pang Fu to collect.

• Wang Yulun told Xu Fan he was leaving for a Mystic Realm mission expected to last about half a year, and Xu Fan gave him three protective arrays while warning him to agree first if he faced a choice.
• Xu Fan sensed that Wang Yulun's life was in danger but found that probing further through the Heavenly Mechanism brought a fatal sense of danger.
• Xu Gang chose the War Hall and Xu Yuexian chose the Treasure Seeking Pavilion, so Xu Fan gave each sibling a Jade Slip of secret techniques.
• Xu Fan sent the siblings into an Illusion Realm to continue their unfinished battle against Demon Beasts.
• Xu Fan refined four custom Magic Artifacts and notified Pang Fu to collect them.

Xu Gang and Xu Yuexian endured Xu Fan’s Illusion Realm challenge and received his advice on conserving spiritual power and coordinating their spells. Pang Fu then offered Xu Fan a quota to accompany a Floating Sky Vessel, and Xu Fan agreed to trade him Spiritual Power Armor while accepting Pang Fu’s son for a future discipleship test.

• Xu Gang and Xu Yuexian fought through increasingly powerful Demon Beasts, then retreated from the Illusion Realm after reaching their limits.
• Xu Fan praised the siblings’ battlefield decisions and taught Xu Gang to improve his spiritual-power control and spell synergy.
• Pang Fu delivered pills and Magic Artifacts and offered Xu Fan a Floating Sky Vessel mining quota in exchange for a favor.
• Pang Fu asked Xu Fan to take his three-year-old son with Dual Spiritual Roots as a disciple, and Xu Fan agreed to test him when he turned six.
• Pang Fu asked to buy Spiritual Power Armor, and Xu Fan gave him two Transcendent Type II Armor Spirit Pearls, one for Pang Fu and one to sell confidentially.

Xu Fan prepared for a four-month journey aboard the Floating Sky Vessel, outfitting and saying goodbye to his disciples before boarding. He ran into Ye Xiaoyao on the vessel, who arranged a room beside his own and made it difficult for Xu Fan to avoid him.

• Xu Fan told Xu Gang and Xu Yuexian he would be away for several months, then gave them custom magic artifacts and Five Elements Spirit Beads before leaving.
• Pang Fu promised to look after Xu Fan’s disciples as Xu Fan boarded the Floating Sky Vessel.
• At the Inner Sect’s Giant Gate, Xu Fan avoided a Flood Dragon’s costly ride offer and admired the vessel before boarding.
• Ye Xiaoyao greeted Xu Fan and, after learning he had a passenger Token, arranged for him to stay in the room beside his own.
• Ye Xiaoyao took Xu Fan to tour the vessel and invited him to share a drink after it set off, while Xu Fan privately regretted being unable to get away.

Xu Fan and Ye Xiaoyao bonded over food and wine, and Xu Fan advanced to the Qi Refining Twelfth Level after getting drunk. Aboard the Floating Sky Vessel, Xu Fan inspected its runes until an unknown person offered to take him as a disciple.

• Ye Xiaoyao treated Xu Fan to spirit dishes and wine, then told him about his broken engagement and his vow to return stronger in three years.
• Xu Fan and Ye Xiaoyao became sworn brothers, and Xu Fan drank until he blacked out.
• Xu Fan woke aboard the Floating Sky Vessel beside a giant Cloud Swallowing Snake and discovered he had advanced to the Qi Refining Twelfth Level.
• Ye Xiaoyao gave Xu Fan Foundation Establishment Pills, explained that he was Xu Fan's guide, and told him the vessel would reach the Endless Sea in three days.
• Xu Fan examined the Floating Sky Vessel's rune arrays, and a stranger praised his insight and offered to take him as a disciple.

Xu Fan explored the Floating Sky Vessel’s runes and met Senior Sister Sha Yan and her brother, Sha Diao, before the ship entered the Endless Sea. He shared a long-distance communication rune array with Sha Diao and looked ahead to the sea’s rare resources and powerful demon beasts.

• Xu Fan declined an Artifact Refining Peak elder’s invitation and spent three days studying more than five thousand runes on the Floating Sky Vessel.
• Xu Fan met Sha Yan and her brother, Sha Diao, and struggled to keep from laughing at Sha Diao’s name.
• The Floating Sky Vessel entered the Endless Sea, and Xu Fan admired the nine guardian warships escorting it.
• Xu Fan showed Sha Diao a wireless communication rune array, and Sha Diao recognized its intended function before studying its more complex outer runes.
• Xu Fan went to the bow and anticipated finding rare treasures and materials from powerful demon beasts in the Endless Sea.

Xu Fan joined the Heavenly Gate Sect fleet to study its Giant Cannons and discovered the advanced rune craft behind them. After Sha Diao introduced his Communication Artifact ideas to an elder, the elder proposed a relay network that could enable long-distance Light Shadow Conversations across Elephant Prefecture.

• Sha Diao realized Xu Fan's outer rune structure could relay information between distant Communication Artifacts.
• The fleet's secondary cannon killed a Void Refining Stage Shallow Sea Giant Whale, and Sha Diao explained the cannons' power and cost to Xu Fan.
• Three days later, Xu Fan boarded a warship and studied the Thunder Flame Giant Cannon's runes with a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Sha Diao brought Xu Fan to the Artifact Refining Department to meet an elder interested in his Communication Artifact ideas.
• The elder proposed placing thirty-six thousand Large Treasure Artifacts across Elephant Prefecture to create a relay network for long-distance Light Shadow Conversations.

Xu Fan declined an Artifact Refining Grandmaster’s offer of tutelage but received a token granting him access to the Inner Sect. After the fleet battled a Sea Beast Tide and established Zhenhai City, Xu Fan settled in and partnered with Sha Diao to open an Artifact Refining Workshop.

• Xu Fan told the Old Man he preferred Artifact Refining but declined becoming his Registered Disciple, and the Old Man gave him an Inner Sect Token.
• The Floating Sky Vessel Fleet rammed through a Sea Beast Tide, then collected the corpses and searched for resources.
• Ye Xiaoyao explained that Demon Beast gathering grounds could contain Spirit Ore or ruins, and took Xu Fan to Zhenhai City for a month-long stay.
• Xu Fan learned that a Spirit Stone Ore Vein worth tens of billions had been found beneath the fleet, then encountered Sha Diao and Sha Yan seeking his help.
• Sha Jingtian called Sha Yan away, and Xu Fan agreed to join Sha Diao in opening the Sha Diao Artifact Refining Workshop.

Xu Fan and Sha Diao opened an artifact workshop and agreed to make a Second Rank net Treasure Artifact for a Golden Core Cultivator. While Sha Diao processed the materials, Xu Fan repaired and upgraded a young pill refiner’s furnace, and she hurried out without taking her leftover materials.

• Xu Fan and Sha Diao discussed Artifact Refining at their workshop and accepted materials and a deposit from a Golden Core Cultivator for a net-type Treasure Artifact.
• Xu Fan suggested materials for the net, and he and Sha Diao agreed to split the fee and divide the refining work.
• A young pill refiner asked Xu Fan to repair her cracked Pill Refining Furnace, and he accepted 50 Spirit Stones and her leftover ore scraps.
• Xu Fan reforged and upgraded the furnace into a pink Pill Refining Furnace, impressing the young woman.
• The young woman blushed and ran out without collecting her leftover materials, leaving Xu Fan wondering whether he looked frightening.

Xu Fan left Zhenhai City after helping Sha Diao build a thriving artifact-refining business and began exploring the seabed in a concealed submarine. As he started treasure hunting, Ye Xiaoyao was fleeing a Peak Nascent Soul Stage Demon Beast nearby.

• Xu Fan watched Sha Diao use two kinds of Spiritual Fire, then refined a powerful Fishing Net Treasure and a Storage Pouch.
• Xu Fan and Sha Diao fulfilled many unusual orders, boosting the workshop’s reputation, before Xu Fan persuaded Sha Diao to stop taking orders.
• Xu Fan left Zhenhai City, bought a Spiritual Jade Pearl for twenty thousand spirit stones, and piloted his Spiritual Wind Vessel out to sea.
• Xu Fan descended to the seabed in his concealed submarine and activated its detection and night-vision modules.
• Xu Fan spotted a Golden Core Electric Eel and cautiously steered around it as he began hunting for treasure.
• Nearby, Ye Xiaoyao fled a Peak Nascent Soul Stage Demon Beast.

Xu Fan rescued the badly injured Ye Xiaoyao and fought the wounded Gold Devouring Swordfish underwater. He killed it at great cost, secured its body, and returned to find Ye Xiaoyao recovering.

• Ye Xiaoyao fled from the Gold Devouring Swordfish after the Heavenly Sword Immortal Emperor urged him to seek Xu Fan's help and claim the fish's valuable central bone.
• Xu Fan felt danger, heard Ye Xiaoyao call for help, and brought the unconscious Ye Xiaoyao into his Submarine.
• Xu Fan emerged in Spiritual Power Armor and used Quicksilver Snakes, ice techniques, and Spirit Needles to blind and kill the Gold Devouring Swordfish.
• Xu Fan lamented the loss of his Quicksilver Snakes, stored the Gold Devouring Swordfish, and gave Ye Xiaoyao healing pills and Spirit Fruit juice.
• Ye Xiaoyao woke and thanked Xu Fan, who showed him the Storage Bag containing the Gold Devouring Swordfish.

Xu Fan and Ye Xiaoyao were swept into a Minor World filled with Demon Beasts, where Ye Xiaoyao needed ten days to recover his strength and locate the exit. Xu Fan raided an inheritance hall and broke through a Demon Beast encirclement, but the pursuing flock still threatened them.

• Ye Xiaoyao gave Xu Fan a rare Spatial Ring as a reward, but a Space Rift swallowed their submarine and deposited them in a Minor World.
• Old Sword explained that the Minor World held Sword Dao Inheritance and that Ye Xiaoyao needed ten days to recover before he could find the exit.
• Xu Fan piloted the Spiritual Wind Vessel toward a cultivator's palace while a huge flock of Demon Beasts pursued them.
• Xu Fan collected the treasures in the Inheritance Hall, then escaped the surrounding Demon Beasts using Giant Puppets and Archer Puppets.
• Xu Fan and Ye Xiaoyao discussed the cost of Golden Core Stage Puppets as the Demon Beast flock continued to chase them.

Xu Fan and Ye Xiaoyao escaped a Minor World after Xu Fan destroyed a Golden Core Strange Bird, then Xu Fan asked whether Qi Refining could exceed the Twelfth Level. Old Sword explained that ancient humans had developed higher Qi Refining levels under Demon Race oppression, but this world's Heavenly Dao did not allow unlimited advancement.

• Xu Fan defended the Spiritual Wind Vessel from endless Strange Bird Demon Beasts while Ye Xiaoyao recovered, then killed the Golden Core Strange Bird with Thunder Titanium Beads and a Long Tube Artifact.
• Xu Fan bombarded the pursuing birds until his Spiritual Power Armor ran low, and ten days later he and Ye Xiaoyao escaped the Minor World through a weak point in space.
• At a teahouse in Zhenhai City, Ye Xiaoyao asked for Sword Dao Inheritance materials, and Xu Fan gave them to him before asking about Qi Refining levels beyond the Twelfth.
• Ye Xiaoyao promised to answer before the Floating Sky Vessel journey ended, then asked Old Sword whether anything existed beyond Qi Refining Twelfth Level.
• Old Sword told Ye Xiaoyao that ancient humans had developed Qi Refining Twenty-Fourth and Thirtieth Layers, but the world's Heavenly Dao did not permit unlimited advancement.

Xu Fan learned that higher Qi Refining levels were nearly impossible to reach, then traveled with the Floating Sky Vessel and discussed Artifact Refining ambitions with Sha Diao. The chapter ended as Xu Fan spotted a city on a giant Heavenly Land Turtle and asked Sha Diao why it depended on human cultivators.

• Old Sword told Ye Xiaoyao that the Qi Refining Twenty-Fourth and Thirty-Sixth Layer methods were desperate paths that weakened one’s immortal foundation, and said he could no longer retrieve the lost inheritance.
• Xu Fan reviewed his remaining Puppets and worried about his Spirit Stones and the well-being of his Disciples and Wang Yulun.
• The Floating Sky Vessel collected more than a hundred thousand Heavenly Gate Sect disciples from Zhenhai City and continued its voyage.
• Sha Diao praised Xu Fan’s Artifact Refining talent and urged him to lead the branch and forge a Giant Boat stronger than the Floating Sky Vessel.
• Sha Diao said the Sect would soon adopt Xu Fan’s Communication Artifact idea, and Xu Fan spotted a city atop what Sha Diao identified as a Mahayana Stage Heavenly Land Turtle.

Xu Fan traded several refined Magic Artifacts for deep-sea treasures on a Heavenly Land Turtle, including a Spirit Transformation Stage Red Dragon Shark tooth he planned to use for multiple creations. Back aboard the Floating Sky Vessel, he joined Sha Diao, Sha Yan, and Qian Qian for a meal and was thanked for repairing Qian Qian’s Pill Refining Furnace.

• Xu Fan and Sha Diao stopped at a Heavenly Land Turtle and browsed the city’s stalls.
• Xu Fan traded four sets of Magic Artifacts for a pair of Nascent Soul Stage Illusory Song Demoness eyes, Spiritual Power Pearls, and a Spirit Transformation Stage Red Dragon Shark tooth.
• Xu Fan explained how he would turn the tooth into several Magic Artifacts and bought more Demon Beast spirit bones with Sha Diao.
• Sha Diao brought out a small Pill Refining Furnace for Sha Yan to give their father after his beloved furnace exploded.
• Qian Qian thanked Xu Fan for repairing her Pill Refining Furnace, and Sha Yan warned Xu Fan that Qian Bai Zhan was Qian Qian’s father.

Xu Fan failed to recreate the Floating Sky Vessel’s runes while the vessel returned to the Heavenly Gate Sect, and he learned more about the realm’s ancient history from Ye Xiaoyao. After reuniting with his disciples, Xu Gang and Xu Qing promised to stay by his side, and Xu Fan agreed to take them along on future journeys.

• Xu Fan’s sixth attempt to reproduce the Floating Sky Vessel’s runes failed, so he set the project aside and worked on a Red Dragon Shark fang.
• Wang Yulun was captured by three Golden Core Stage Fox Demons, who overcame his resistance and removed his Spiritual Power Armor.
• Ye Xiaoyao told Xu Fan Old Sword’s account of the realm’s ancient Demon Race and warned him against cultivating beyond the Qi Refining Twelfth Level.
• The Floating Sky Vessel returned safely to the Heavenly Gate Sect, and Xu Fan went back to his Small Hilltop.
• Xu Fan gave Xu Gang and Xu Qing Five Elements Spirit Storage Pearl Bracelets and agreed to take them with him on future outings.

Xu Fan discovered that Wang Yulun and Murong Qian'er had been possessed by fox demons and drove the demons from their minds. The visions he uncovered revealed a Demon Race infiltration plot and left Wang Yulun scrambling to explain his possessed behavior to Murong Qian'er.

• Xu Fan shared a lavish meal with his disciples, Pang Fu, Wang Yulun, and Murong Qian'er, while noticing something strange about Wang Yulun.
• After the children left, Xu Fan confronted the fox demons controlling Wang Yulun and Murong Qian'er, and drew them into a White World.
• Xu Fan used rhythmic sounds to expel the demons from the couple, restoring their awareness and capturing the two Fox Demon Shadows.
• Xu Fan examined a Fox Demon Shadow and learned that Demon Race agents had entered the realm through Spatial Turbulence as part of an invasion plot.
• The memories showed Wang Yulun giving in to the fox demon’s influence, and Murong Qian'er angrily refused to hear his explanation.

Xu Fan returned to the hilltop, checked on his disciples’ progress, and offered them training advice while a powerful Azure-Robed Man captured Demon Race members at the border. A year later, Xu Fan tested the Sect’s new Communication Artifact and suggested improvements to Sha Diao.

• Xu Fan gave Wang Yulun the Fox Demon’s projection, and Wang Yulun flew off to report the Demon Race intelligence while Murong Qian’er took their child home.
• Xu Gang and Xu Yuexian reported their progress and handed Xu Fan their rewards, which he returned to them.
• An Azure-Robed Man emerged from an Azure Giant Gate, suppressed and captured the Demon Race members whose Forbidden Barrier had been broken, then teleported toward the Central Continent.
• Xu Fan coached Xu Gang on coordinating spiritual power with his Dharma Seal and taught Xu Yuexian to blend her concealment with the surrounding environment.
• A year later, Xu Fan tried the Sect’s new Communication Artifact and gave Sha Diao suggestions, including call rejection and a choice between two modes.

Xu Fan suggested improvements to Sha Diao’s Communication Artifacts, then added luxury cars to the Virtual City he had built from memories of his previous life. Ye Xiaoyao arrived asking Xu Fan to forge flying swords, and Xu Fan accepted a mysterious jar in exchange for the work.

• Xu Fan showed Sha Diao a new phone-like shape for Communication Artifacts, and Sha Diao left to seek a reward from his master.
• Xu Fan added several luxury car models to the Virtual City in his Secret Chamber and reflected on his memories of his previous life.
• Ye Xiaoyao asked Xu Fan to forge thirty-six Second-Rank Treasure Artifact flying swords for his Sword Cloud Dragon Array.
• Urged by Old Sword to freeload, Ye Xiaoyao offered Xu Fan a jar he had found in some ruins as payment.
• Xu Fan accepted the jar and told Ye Xiaoyao to buy the materials from a list he would provide the next day.