Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan learned that Thunderclap Demon Venerable was rushing to help his family, then assessed Hidden Spirit Sect’s combat strength and left Zhan Ling discouraged about his cultivation. He agreed to adopt Cloud Flower Deer’s mysterious Unicorn Little Snake, but the next morning Grape revealed it had consumed an alarming amount of the sect’s spiritual energy.

• Xu Fan and Zhan Ling discussed Thunderclap Demon Venerable’s family situation and the Hidden Spirit Sect’s Venerable-level fighters.
• Xu Fan rated Zhan Ling’s combat strength, prompting Zhan Ling to leave and cultivate the Divine Ability of Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation.
• Cloud Flower Deer brought Xu Fan an unknown Unicorn Little Snake and asked to adopt it, and Xu Fan agreed after feeding it a Spirit Feeding Pill.
• Grape reported that the Unicorn Little Snake had absorbed one-thousandth of the Hidden Spirit Sect’s total spiritual energy.

Xu Fan investigated the mysterious Unicorn Little Snake and learned that the Heavenly Devil Sect wanted to visit the Hidden Spirit Sect. He approved their request, then staged an extravagant reception that stunned the visiting Supreme Elders.

• Xu Fan found that the Unicorn Little Snake had grown after absorbing spirit qi, but its spiritual soul contained only chaos; Cloud Flower Deer then took it and the Unicorn Little Snake to the Origin Realm.
• Demon Venerables discussed raising a Star Swallowing Snake in a Mystic Realm to become a weapon against human Cultivators.
• Xu Fan decided to forge himself a Space-attribute Immortal Artifact, then received a Visit Card from the Heavenly Devil Sect and approved its request to visit.
• Zhan Ling explained the formal visit custom and told Xu Fan to prepare a grand reception for the Heavenly Devil Sect.
• Xu Fan and the Hidden Spirit Sect welcomed three Heavenly Devil Sect Supreme Elders with an elaborate display, including a crystallized spirit qi road and ranks of Integration Stage Puppets.

Devil Ape Venerable and two other Heavenly Devil Sect elders visited Hidden Spirit Sect to discuss a marriage and congratulate Xu Fan on his anticipated advancement in Artifact Refining. After exchanging gifts and pleasantries, they departed for the Extreme Sky Domain, while Zhan Ling thanked Xu Fan for helping him face his former elder safely.

• Devil Ape Venerable arrived with two elders, a Mahayana Stage Puppet, and 600 Integration Stage Puppets, and became fixated on Xu Fan’s Spirit Break Immortal Artifact.
• Xu Fan welcomed the Heavenly Devil Sect elders and agreed to forge a customized Dao Artifact for their Saintess Candidate, who would marry his disciple’s descendant.
• Devil Ape Venerable reunited with Zhan Ling, who nervously greeted the elder who had once tried to stop him from leaving the Heavenly Devil Sect.
• Devil Ape Venerable offered eight Avatar Jade Talismans and congratulatory gifts, and Xu Fan accepted the talismans belonging to Devil Ape Venerable and the Supreme Great Elder.
• Xu Fan entertained the visitors and gave each elder several Dao Artifacts before they boarded a Star Vessel for the Extreme Sky Domain.
• Zhan Ling thanked Xu Fan for the encounter, and Xu Fan said that he would not forge Immortal Artifacts for the elders for free.

Xu Fan sorted through the Heavenly Devil Sect’s gifts and decided to refine an Immortal Artifact for Zhan Ling before his Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation. He joined Clone Number One in the Artifact Refining Hall, though the clone questioned whether the materials should instead be used for Xu Gang.

• Xu Fan had Grape sort the Heavenly Devil Sect’s gifts and found Spirit Ore suited to Immortal Artifacts.
• Xu Gang told Xu Fan to prioritize others, while Xu Fan insisted his disciple would reach the Mahayana Stage sooner than he expected.
• Xu Fan told Zhan Ling to enter seclusion and promised to refine an Immortal Artifact for him to use after Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation.
• Xu Fan estimated that Zhan Ling would reach about 16.3 times his current combat power as an Invincible Venerable, and Xu Gang’s example left Zhan Ling devastated.
• Xu Fan went to the Underground Space and joined Clone Number One to begin refining Zhan Ling’s Immortal Artifact.
• Clone Number One questioned whether they should use the five-element Spirit Ore to refine an Immortal Artifact for Xu Gang instead.

Xu Fan continued refining artifacts while his sixth disciple, Li Xuandao, finally returned to the Hidden Spirit Sect after a dangerous journey through the sealed space. Thunderclap Demon Venerable protected Li Xuandao on the way, and Grape welcomed him home as Xu Fan sent a clone to meet him.

• Xu Fan and Clone Number One discussed Spirit Ores and refined them with Phoenix Divine Fire in Great Dao Furnaces.
• Li Xuandao fought through the Demon Race and worried that his master might have forgotten him as he made his way back to the Sect.
• Thunderclap Demon Venerable recognized Li Xuandao as a Hidden Spirit Sect disciple, gave him protective Divine Thunder, and told him to ask for Thunderclap at the Sect.
• Li Xuandao reached the Hundred-thousand Li Great Lake, and Xu Fan learned of his return and sent a clone to meet him.
• Grape welcomed Li Xuandao back, and Li Xuandao gave Grape a Heavenly Brain Spirit Fruit and its Core Tree Seed.

Li Xuandao returned to Hidden Spirit Sect, presented Xu Fan with a rare Heavenly Luck Stone, and planned to cultivate in seclusion until Mahayana. Xu Fan accepted his filial gift and arranged preparations for Li Xuandao’s tribulation, while the sect continued its artifact-refining work.

• Grape welcomed Li Xuandao back and told him about major events in the Sect during his absence.
• Li Xuandao returned to Hidden Spirit Island, noticed its changes, and paid his respects to Xu Fan.
• Li Xuandao gave Xu Fan a Heavenly Luck Stone he had found in the Demon World, and Xu Fan accepted it as a long-sought treasure.
• Li Xuandao said he intended to enter seclusion until he reached Mahayana, and Xu Fan directed him to test himself in the Trial Minor World and choose useful Dao Artifacts.
• Xu Fan and Clone Number One discussed splitting the Heavenly Luck Stone so Number One could forge a Fortune Artifact for the Hall Master.
• Three months later, Zhang Daqi showed Xu Fan his Five Elements Pearl, and Xu Fan praised his progress before assigning him customized Treasure Artifacts to make for the Sect’s disciples.

Xu Fan welcomed Thunderclap Demon Venerable, his Azure Bird wife, and their son into the Hidden Spirit Sect’s Demon Department, while Zhang Daqi continued training to become an Artifact Refining Grandmaster. As the Sect’s affairs went smoothly, Xu Fan grew wary that a major disaster was approaching.

• Xu Fan told Zhang Daqi to master the artifact-refining technique within a hundred years, and Zhang Daqi left determined to study.
• Xu Fan considered deducing the Divine Ability of Temporary Clones again so clones could handle more work while he forged Immortal Artifacts.
• Seven months later, Thunderclap Demon Venerable brought his Azure Bird wife and son to the Hidden Spirit Sect, where they hoped to find safety and companionship for the child.
• Xu Fan welcomed the family into the Demon Department, gave their son a Dao Artifact Lightning Pearl, and arranged a Traveling Palace for them.
• Xu Fan said Wind Thunder Demon Venerable would remain imprisoned because he still refused to serve the Sect.
• After the family left, Xu Fan wondered whether the Sect’s smooth development meant a major event was coming.

Xu Fan learned that the Two Realms Passage would reopen in two years and investigated Li Xingci’s reincarnation records, then discovered that Su Rantian’s cultivation method was endangering her. The chapter ended with Xu Fan diagnosing her need to transfer her spirit and cultivate again.

• Grape told Xu Fan that the Origin Realm could no longer suppress the Two Realms Natural Passages for long, and Xu Fan ordered a small opening so Swallow Demon Venerable could scout the area.
• Xu Fan found the Unicorn Giant Snake consuming spiritual qi, then refined Spirit Ore into a digestible food after Li Xingci explained what the snake could eat.
• Li Xingci gave Xu Fan records from his Reincarnation Dream, and Xu Fan told him to stop cultivating until he could revise the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation Divine Ability.
• Li Xingci told Xu Fan that Su Rantian might have a problem with her cultivation method, and Xu Fan asked him to bring her in after her seclusion.
• Xu Fan diagnosed Su Rantian’s Supreme Forgetfulness method as incomplete and said her happiness had planted a calamity within her, leaving her in need of Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation.

Xu Fan helped Su Rantian choose Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation, then finished refining the Spirit Domain Five Elements Plate. After it survived its Lightning Tribulation and took shape, Zhan Ling prepared to use it for his own Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation.

• Xu Fan advised Su Rantian to undergo Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation, gave her the necessary Divine Ability, and promised to refine a pill to suppress her injuries.
• Two years later, the Spirit Domain Five Elements Plate faced three Lightning Tribulations above the Hidden Spirit Sect and successfully took shape.
• Zhan Ling learned the Immortal Artifact had been refined for him and could allow him to undergo Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation.
• Xu Fan redirected the Immortal Artifact's Immortal Qi feedback to Clone Number Two and Clone Number One, leaving both clones exhausted after three hours.
• Xu Fan caught the completed Spirit Domain Five Elements Plate, and his clones praised its focused design and craftsmanship.

Xu Fan used a costly Array to help Zhan Ling undergo Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation, then sealed the Spirit Domain Five Elements Plate to him. Zhan Ling left as a child to begin cultivating anew, while Xu Fan encouraged Xu Gang to focus on building his combat strength.

• Xu Fan activated the Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation Great Array, and Zhan Ling endured an hour of being ground apart before emerging as a child.
• Zhang Xueling suggested letting Zhan Ling's divine sense drift outside to reduce the pain, and Xu Fan decided to apply the idea to future Divine Abilities and Cultivation Methods.
• Xu Fan bound the Spirit Domain Five Elements Plate to Zhan Ling and sealed the Immortal Qi in his body.
• Xu Fan sent three Jade Light Rabbits to care for Zhan Ling, who left on a Spirit Boat to cultivate in seclusion.
• Xu Fan told Xu Gang that re-cultivation would not improve aptitude and encouraged him to keep strengthening his combat ability.

Xu Fan completed Heavenly Might No. 1 and warned that the Heavenly Daos’ hidden moves could force the Hidden Spirit Sect to leave before he ascended. He then discovered Sha Diao had developed an Alloy that could repair Star Vessels and promised to help him advance as an Artifact Refiner.

• Xu Fan and his clones completed the Mahayana Stage Puppet Heavenly Might No. 1, which could strike eight times for the energy cost of one strike by the first-generation puppet.
• Xu Fan said the Human World and Demon World Heavenly Daos were secretly deploying their final hidden moves and that he was preparing a plan to get the sect out of danger.
• Xu Fan visited Clone No. 2 at the Star Vessel and learned that Sha Diao had developed an Alloy capable of repairing large cracks in Star Vessels.
• Xu Fan promised to reward Sha Diao by refining a Dao Artifact to help him become a true Artifact Refining Grandmaster.

Xu Fan sent Rain Goose Demon Venerable and his clan to scout the Demon World, while arranging help for Pangolin after learning how hard he had struggled there. When Rain Goose Demon Venerable was killed by an Invincible Demon Venerable lying in wait, Xu Fan confronted the enemy with Heavenly Might No. 1 and Origin Flame Venerable’s avatar.

• Xu Fan sent Rain Goose Demon Venerable and a group of Wind Blue Rain Geese through the Two Realms Passage to scout the Demon World.
• Xu Fan learned that Pangolin had fled powerful Demon races and was building up his forces, so he sent Grape’s avatar and three Orbital Cannons to help him.
• Rain Goose Demon Venerable’s head emerged from the passage, and Grape shut it as an Invincible Demon Venerable tried to force his way through.
• Xu Fan prepared to avenge Rain Goose Demon Venerable and appeared before the enemy in Heavenly Might No. 1 with the Spirit Break Immortal Artifact.
• Origin Flame Venerable’s avatar joined Xu Fan, and the Invincible Demon Venerable transformed into a Mystic Moon Giant Eagle that shrouded the area in darkness.

Xu Fan and Origin Flame Venerable fought the Mystic Moon Giant Eagle, an Invincible Demon Venerable, while Xu Fan tested his puppet’s strength. Xu Fan’s eighth rod smashed the Giant Eagle’s head, but it escaped through space and vowed to remember him.

• Origin Flame Venerable told Xu Fan the Mystic Moon Giant Eagle had just reached the Invincible Demon Venerable level and agreed to hold it off while Xu Fan observed its abilities.
• Origin Flame Venerable battled the Giant Eagle as its mystic moon began turning blood-red, and Xu Fan attacked with the Mahayana Stage Puppet.
• The Giant Eagle blocked Xu Fan’s first two rods, while Xu Fan used nine Golden Crow suns to illuminate the darkness and weaken its hidden nets.
• Xu Fan struck the Giant Eagle with rods three through seven, then prepared his strongest attack as the mystic moon’s power grew.
• Xu Fan’s eighth rod pinned the Giant Eagle and shattered its head, but the wounded demon escaped through space and threatened to remember him.

Xu Fan drove off two Invincible Demon Venerables by wielding Venerable Youming’s Avatar Jade Talisman, then established a base and received a damaged Immortal Artifact from Pang Fu. After resting, he summoned Jade Light Demon Venerable for a full-body therapy session.

• Xu Fan avenged Frozen Rain Goose Demon Venerable’s death in part and promised protection for his clan.
• The Mystic Moon Giant Eagle returned with a Four-Winged Dragon-Headed Strange Bird, but both fled when Xu Fan revealed Venerable Youming’s Avatar Jade Talisman.
• Xu Fan ordered Grape to establish a Temporary Base and transferred his consciousness back to his main body.
• Pang Fu gave Xu Fan a severely damaged Immortal Artifact, which Xu Fan decided to keep and repair.
• Xu Fan promised Pang Fu more Star Vessels and asked him to take No.1 Great Elder and Peak Master Sha on his next trip.
• Xu Fan summoned Jade Light Demon Venerable to ease his mental fatigue, and she offered him full-body therapy.

Xu Fan oversaw the completion of the Wind Thunder Star Vessel, named it, and arranged for it to earn profits for Wang Yulun’s daughter. He also agreed to refine a Dao Artifact from a Thunderbird Demon Venerable’s wing for Venerable Qian Ling, while work on the Extreme Void Colossus Star Vessel neared completion.

• Xu Fan sent a Puppet to return Rain Goose Demon Venerable’s head to the Wind Blue Rain Goose clan and planned to help them raise a future Demon Venerable.
• Clone Number Two showed Xu Fan the crimson Star Vessel he had refined, and Xu Fan encouraged the shrunken Zhan Ling to cultivate and grow so his Immortal Artifact could become more compatible with him.
• Wang Yulun named the new vessel Wind Thunder, and Xu Fan assigned it to Pang Fu while giving Wang Yulun a share of its profits for his daughter’s future needs.
• Clone Number Two described Wind Thunder’s capabilities, and Xu Fan inspected the nearly finished Extreme Void Colossus dissection work.
• Venerable Qian Ling gave Xu Fan half a Thunderbird Clan Invincible Demon Venerable’s wing, and Xu Fan agreed to refine it into a Dao Artifact for Qian Ling’s disciple.

Xu Fan let Venerable Qian Ling stay in the Hidden Spirit Sect, then redirected him from bothering Number Two to exploring the Virtual World. Meanwhile, Clone Number One reunited with the Hall Master of Artifact Refining Hall and gave him a Heavenly Luck Stone.

• Xu Fan agreed to let Venerable Qian Ling stay in the sect after he came to hide from the Thousand Spirits Sect Supreme Great Elder.
• After Number Two complained about Qian Ling interrupting his Star Vessel refining, Xu Fan gave Qian Ling instructions for the process and suggested he try the Virtual World.
• Pang Fu brought Clone Number One to Supreme Immortal City and left, agreeing to return in a year.
• Clone Number One reunited with the Hall Master of Artifact Refining Hall, who recognized that he had advanced to Great Grandmaster in Artifact Refining.
• Clone Number One gave the Hall Master of Artifact Refining Hall a Heavenly Luck Stone as a gift.

Clone No. 1 visited the Hall Master of Artifact Refining Hall, received Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, and presented him with a carefully deduced Immortal Script Array. After the Hall Master advanced to Great Grandmaster in Artifact Refining, his father invited him to join Heavenly Dao Palace and warned that he had three hundred years to ascend.

• Clone No. 1 asked about the Hall Master’s father and encouraged him to consider ascending, but the Hall Master wanted to reach Great Grandmaster in Artifact Refining on his own.
• The Hall Master gave Clone No. 1 a Vermilion Bird Divine Fire crystal core without asking for payment.
• Clone No. 1 showed the Hall Master an Immortal Script Array he had spent nearly a hundred years deducing for him.
• After studying the array for nine months, the Hall Master advanced to Great Grandmaster in Artifact Refining and performed a master-disciple salute toward Clone No. 1.
• The Hall Master’s father appeared through a Spiritual Light projection, congratulated him, and delivered an invitation from Heavenly Dao Palace along with a Spatial Ring.
• The Hall Master refused to ascend while the War of Two Races continued, and his father gave him three hundred years before arranging for someone to bring him to the Immortal World.

Clone No. 1 returned toward the Hidden Spirit Sect after teaching the Hall Master of Artifact Refining Hall, while Xu Fan dealt with the Star Swallowing Snake’s enormous demand for spiritual energy. The chapter ended with Li Chufan and Zhan Ling racing through the sky as Xu Fan reflected on the Sect’s changing techniques.

• Clone No. 1 taught the Hall Master of Artifact Refining Hall for three months before Pang Fu arrived to take him aboard the Wind Thunder.
• Pang Fu told Clone No. 1 that the Unicorn Giant Snake was consuming at least thirty percent of the Sect’s daily spiritual energy, and the Great Elder had left the response to him.
• Xu Fan learned that the Star Swallowing Snake would need at least fifty more years before it acknowledged him and could be released into the Extreme Sky Domain.
• Xu Fan heard that Elder Rantian was out of danger and that Li Xingci’s reincarnation worlds felt increasingly real as he practiced the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation Divine Ability.
• Li Chufan and Zhan Ling raced on flying swords, using Talismans and spiritual-energy-powered modifications to increase their speed.

Li Xingci asked Xu Fan about the end of the Dao, while Li Chufan discussed his mother's re-cultivation with his father. Later, Clone Number One returned to the Sect and guided Er Tie toward specializing in Spiritual Sword refinement, as Venerable Qian Ling delivered the Spirit Ore Xu Fan needed.

• Xu Fan told Li Xingci that the end of the Dao was chaos and that reaching it would be boring, then dissolved his Temporary Clone.
• Li Chufan asked when his mother would undergo Spirit Transfer and Re-cultivation, and Li Xingci agreed to ask Xu Fan about changing her form.
• Xu Fan summoned Clone Number One to refine an Immortal Artifact-grade Spirit Gathering Array because the Sect lacked spiritual energy and Number Two was busy.
• Clone Number One praised Er Tie's progress but advised him to specialize in refining Spiritual Swords if he hoped to become an Artifact Refining Great Grandmaster.
• Er Tie resolved to focus on Spiritual Sword refinement, while Clone Number One reassured Er Yuan that she would have Magic Treasures to use.
• Venerable Qian Ling arrived with the Spirit Ore and received Earth Origin Pills from Xu Fan to ease his physical and spiritual pain.

Jian Wuji returned to the Hidden Spirit Sect and chose to keep cultivating under Nine Sword Venerable, while Xu Fan dealt with a fight among the dragon eggs and the Star Swallowing Snake. One dragon egg hatched into a Golden Little Dragon that bonded with Xu Gang and immediately began consuming spiritual energy.

• Clone Number One took the spirit ore to refine an Immortal Artifact, and Jian Wuji returned to the Hidden Spirit Sect to reunite with Wang Xiangchi.
• Jian Wuji told Xu Fan he wished to continue cultivating under Nine Sword Venerable, and Xu Fan gave him healing and energy-restoring pills.
• Grape reported that the dragon eggs were fighting the Star Swallowing Snake, so Xu Fan stopped them and learned the six eggs had beaten the snake after it bumped into them.
• One dragon egg cracked and hatched into a Golden Little Dragon, which ate its eggshell and curled up asleep on Xu Gang's head.
• Li Xingci advised Xu Gang to feed the Golden Little Dragon flesh and blood, while Xu Fan noted that its spiritual energy consumption would need to be managed.