Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan welcomed the injured Pangolin back and appointed him Inspector of the Demon Department, tasking him with enforcing loyalty to the Sect. A month later, Pangolin assembled the demons and began teaching that the Sect’s interests came first and that the Great Elder deserved greater respect.

• Xu Fan ordered Pangolin brought to Hidden Spirit Island, appointed him Inspector after he recovered, and explained his duties.
• A Rabbit-eared Girl treated Pangolin and received permission from Grape to take him to see Xu Fan.
• Pangolin apologized to Xu Fan, accepted his new role, and was told to place the Sect’s interests above all else.
• The Rabbit-eared Girl celebrated earning points for treating Pangolin, unaware that the Demon Department would soon blame her for helping him.
• One month later, Pangolin summoned the demons and berated them for not showing the Great Elder enough respect.

Xu Fan prepared the Demon Department to serve the Hidden Spirit Sect and discussed his plan to bring the Sect to the Upper Realm. Meanwhile, Wang Xiangchi struggled with a Sword Dao bottleneck, and he and Han Feiyu planned to seek breakthroughs through experience outside the Sect.

• Xu Fan had Pangolin lead the demon beasts in pledging loyalty to the Hidden Spirit Sect and told Xu Yuexian he planned to bring the Sect to the Upper Realm when he ascended.
• Xu Gang and Li Xingci told Xu Fan they were ready to reach the Tribulation Crossing Stage, while Wang Xiangchi remained troubled by his slow Sword Dao progress.
• Xu Fan explained the foundations of the Sword Dao, but Wang Xiangchi gained no breakthrough from the lesson.
• Han Feiyu offered Wang Xiangchi an Enlightenment Flower, but Wang Xiangchi declined it and told him to keep it.
• Han Feiyu said he wanted to join Senior Brother Wuji in exterminating the Demon Race, and Wang Xiangchi agreed while planning to venture out separately to temper himself.

While fishing with Xu Fan, Wang Yulun hooked three strange bellybands, angering their powerful owners and leaving him with a karmic mark. Wang Xiangchi set out to gain experience with a protective puppet, while Xu Fan remained unable to see through his disciple’s romantic fate.

• Xu Fan learned Xing was cultivating in the Origin Realm and, after discovering she had consumed a tenth of its Immortal Spirit Qi, gave her another tenth to absorb.
• Wang Yulun caught a fragrant Dao Artifact bellyband, and Xu Fan suggested selling it at Pang Fu’s Merchant Guild auction house.
• Wang Yulun caught two more bellybands, triggering furious threats from their owners; Xu Fan noticed they had placed a karmic mark on Wang Yulun but said it was not an immediate danger.
• Wang Yulun gave Wang Xiangchi a Swordsman Puppet for protection as Wang Xiangchi left to gain experience.
• Xu Fan and Wang Yulun discussed Wang Xiangchi’s lack of a partner, and Xu Fan said the disciple’s romantic fate was obscured from his divination.

Xiong Li and Zhuang Ling fought to a standstill, then arranged an Integration Stage exchange between the Hidden Spirit Sect and selected branches of the Joyful Union Sacred Land. Xu Fan approved the exchange and lifted restrictions on the Two Realms Natural Passage, while asking Qiu Ziyuan to arrange more exchanges to help the sect’s disciples find dao companions.

• Xiong Li and Zhuang Ling fought for over three hours before stopping as worthy opponents, and Zhuang Ling explained that she had come to invite the Hidden Spirit Sect’s disciples to exchange with the Joyful Union Sacred Land.
• Qiu Ziyuan agreed to an Integration Stage exchange and confirmed that the participating branches would be General Tomb, You Xiang Gui, Shu Xian Ge, and Sheng Xin Lan.
• Qiu Ziyuan suggested that Xiong Li take Zhuang Ling as a dao companion, but Xiong Li said he had vowed to guard the sect forever and would not pursue affection.
• Xu Fan approved the exchange and told Qiu Ziyuan to lift restrictions on the Two Realms Natural Passage because the surrounding Demon Race had been cleared.
• Xu Fan directed Qiu Ziyuan to arrange more exchanges with other sects to help reduce the Hidden Spirit Sect’s high rate of single disciples, while stressing that no one should be forced.

Xu Fan received a warning from the Golden Winged Great Peng about dangers awaiting him in the Upper Realm, while Xing finished cultivating and promised to protect the Sect. Wang Yulun’s soul briefly entered another world through his fishing line, where a group of women mistook him for their husband, before he returned safely.

• The Golden Winged Great Peng warned Xu Fan that his clan had noticed him and threatened the Human Race after his ascension.
• Xu Fan told Wang Yulun that he planned to bring Hidden Spirit Island to the Upper Realm, and Xing said she would help defend the Sect.
• Wang Yulun’s soul left his body and entered another world, where several women sought his help against the Vast Righteous Sect.
• The women realized Wang Yulun was not their husband and sealed him, causing his soul to return to his body.
• Wang Yulun explained what happened, and Xu Fan concluded that the world had a different flow of time and urged his good brother to make use of his providence.

Xu Fan watched the Sky-Piercing Giant Tree absorb negative energy and let it continue mining as a Tool Tree. He then discussed plans to build a Myriad Stars Vessel and learned that the Elder Council was struggling to locate the Gold Devouring Tiger Clan's remaining core members.

• Xu Fan observed the dark figure's Bat Giant Beasts mine Spirit Ore Stars and decided to leave the Tool Person undisturbed for a few decades.
• The Sky-Piercing Giant Tree produced dark fruits that its hatchling bats devoured, then absorbed the surrounding dark energy to strengthen itself.
• Xu Fan summoned Xing, who explained that the tree might be a tool of the Heavenly Dao's Will and could ruin the world if left uncontrolled; Xu Fan chose not to destroy it.
• After observing the tree for more than three months, Xu Fan left and discussed repairing the Myriad Stars Vessel with Clone No. 2, who proposed sending disciples to the Immortal World before smuggling over Hidden Spirit Island.
• Xu Fan examined Clone No. 2's Spirit Ore list and decided he could obtain the materials through his Tool Tree, while Ming Kong told him the Elder Council had not found the Gold Devouring Tiger Clan's remaining core members.

Xu Fan discovered that a high-grade Cross-border Teleportation Array led to the Nanshan Realm and two neighboring worlds. He and Xu Yuexian traveled there, where the human cultivators welcomed them and raised the prospect of trade and an alliance.

• Ming Kong told Xu Fan that treasures containing the Time Great Dao would be sent to the Hidden Spirit Sect, then dissolved his clone after his main body encountered an enemy.
• Xing drove back an Invincible Realm giant beast on the Hundred-thousand Li Great Lake, but its Heavenly Dao's Will pulled it back to its own world; Xu Fan noted Wang Yulun's abundant Causality Power.
• Wang Yulun gave Xu Fan a stone Compass, which Xu Fan activated and identified as a powerful Cross-border Teleportation Array.
• Xu Fan sent a clone through the array and learned that the Nanshan Realm, North Sea Realm, and Lingyuan Realm were neighboring worlds locked in a long conflict.
• Xu Fan prepared a clone of Xu Yuexian and traveled with her to the Nanshan Realm, where a local cultivator welcomed them and asked whether the Demon Race had been wiped out in the Feather Realm.

Xu Fan and Xu Yuexian explored Qing Xuan Sect’s prosperous main city, where Xu Fan bought eight Immortal Artifacts before meeting Sect Master Xuan Jun. Xu Fan and Xu Yuexian accepted an invitation to the sect, where its Supreme Great Elders welcomed them and offered to explain the Nanshan Realm’s powerful figures and history.

• Xu Fan and Xu Yuexian visited a Merchant Guild, where Xu Fan bought eight Immortal Artifacts and requested a list of its Immortal Artifact Spirit Ores.
• Xu Fan’s true body arrived through the Teleportation Array and merged with his avatar at the Merchant Guild.
• After leaving the guild, Xu Fan and Xu Yuexian met Qing Xuan Sect Master Xuan Jun, who invited them to the sect.
• Xu Fan and Xu Yuexian met the Qing Xuan Sect’s five Supreme Great Elders and Sect Master Xuan Jun, and the leading Supreme Great Elder offered to have Xuan Jun explain the Nanshan Realm’s powerful figures and history.

Xu Fan established the beginnings of trade with Qing Xuan Sect in the Nanshan Realm, then returned to the Hidden Spirit Sect and discussed a future visit with Xu Gang and Li Xingci. He watched Wang Xiangchi risk his life against a Lava Demon Venerable, and the chapter ended as Wang Xiangchi discarded his escape options to face the fight head-on.

• Xu Fan learned from Xuan Jun that the Nanshan Realm had expanded into world-spanning trade and exchanged trade samples with Qing Xuan Sect.
• Xu Fan returned to the Hidden Spirit Sect, asked Grape to catalogue the samples, and summoned Pang Fu to handle trade matters.
• Xu Gang and Li Xingci asked to visit other worlds, and Xu Fan agreed they could go with Pang Fu later while warning them of the dangers.
• Xu Fan opened a Void Teleportation Gate and showed Xu Gang and Li Xingci Wang Xiangchi fighting a Lava Demon Venerable in the Demon World.
• After the Lava Demon Venerable severed and ate Wang Xiangchi's arm, Wang Xiangchi threw his Spatial Ring and Dao Artifact Palace into the magma, choosing to face the danger without retreat.

Wang Xiangchi comprehended the Wind Thunder Sword Dao while fighting the Lava Demon Venerable, then defeated him with the help of Xu Fan’s BGM Magic Treasure. Stranded in the magma with no spiritual power, Wang Xiangchi received a Water Spirit Pill from Xu Fan, while Li Xingci was punished with a duck-counting Illusory World.

• A suona BGM boosted Wang Xiangchi as he comprehended the Wind Thunder Sword Dao and fought the Lava Demon Venerable, while Xu Fan stopped Xu Gang and Li Xingci from intervening.
• The Lava Demon Venerable tried to destroy the BGM Magic Treasure, then trapped himself and Wang Xiangchi inside a giant sphere of lava.
• Wang Xiangchi broke through the lava sphere and defeated the Lava Demon Venerable, but realized his Spatial Ring and Dao Artifact Palace had fallen into the magma and his spiritual power was exhausted.
• Xu Fan returned to Hidden Spirit Island with Xu Gang and Li Xingci, then sent Li Xingci into an Illusory World filled with ducks as punishment for secretly helping Wang Xiangchi.
• A Water Spirit Pill fell beside Wang Xiangchi, who recognized it as a gift from Xu Fan and said he had not disappointed his master.

Xu Fan treated Wang Xiangchi’s injuries after his breakthrough, then received Feng Changning and the Imperial Preceptor’s request for help separating the Nine Phoenix Dynasty from the Cultivation World. He agreed to speak to the Elder Council but suspected they were hiding a crucial detail and decided not to hurry.

• Xu Fan warned Wang Xiangchi against cutting off every path of retreat, gave him Origin Essence Pills, and told him to rest for three months.
• Feng Changning and the Imperial Preceptor showed Xu Fan their plan to carve an independent realm for the Nine Phoenix Dynasty out of the Cultivation World.
• The Imperial Preceptor explained that the dynasty’s Fortune Divine Beast made separation from the Cultivation World easier than splitting from the Demon World, while Feng Changning offered to conquer equal territory in the Demon World for the Elder Council.
• Feng Changning promised that Xu Fan’s words would become heavenly decrees if the dynasty rose to become an Immortal Dynasty, and Xu Fan agreed to speak to the Elder Council in exchange for Immortal Artifact Spirit Ores.
• Xu Fan told Wang Yulun that Feng Changning and the Imperial Preceptor were hiding a crucial point, so he would let them wait before discussing their plan further.

Feng Changning and the Imperial Preceptor accepted that they could not persuade the Great Elder and planned to strengthen the Nine Phoenix Dynasty while preserving their ties to him. On Hidden Spirit Island, Xu Fan fished with Wang Yulun, checked his progress toward Tribulation Transcendence, and spoke with Xing about her trip through the Extreme Sky Domain.

• Feng Changning and the Imperial Preceptor discussed the Great Elder's power, agreed to develop the Nine Phoenix Dynasty through trade, and resolved to maintain their friendship with him.
• Xu Fan and Wang Yulun discussed the Cross-border Teleportation Array and the valuable dudous Wang Yulun had caught before he fished up a puppet-like woman.
• Xu Fan examined Wang Yulun and found that his Cultivation Method suited him as he prepared for Tribulation Transcendence.
• Xu Fan and Wang Yulun reflected on the Hidden Spirit Sect's growth and decided that Xu Fan should not challenge the three Supreme Venerables in the Nanshan Realm.
• Xing arrived on a Unicorn Giant Snake and told Xu Fan that the Extreme Void Colossi were weak and unappetizing, and that she would not visit the Demon World again.

Xu Fan brought Pang Fu and his assistants to the Nanshan Realm to begin trade with the Qing Xuan Sect, then went to investigate a legendary abyss tied to reincarnation. There, he met Venerable Honglian, who proposed becoming Dao Companions, and he suggested a way for her to avoid the misfortune foretold by her Destiny.

• Pang Fu reported that trading with the Nanshan Realm could bring huge profits, and Xu Fan appointed him to lead trade between the two worlds.
• Xu Fan, Xu Yuexian, Zhan Ling, Pang Fu, and Pang Fu's assistants traveled to the Qing Xuan Sect's main city, where Pang Fu and his assistants went with a Qing Xuan Sect Elder.
• Xu Fan sent the others to pursue their own plans while Zhan Ling studied the Nanshan Realm's laws in hopes of reaching the Invincible Realm.
• Xu Fan traveled to a bottomless pit said to lead to the place of reincarnation and rebirth, where Venerable Honglian stopped him.
• Venerable Honglian proposed becoming Dao Companions, but Xu Fan said he would consult his wife and advised Honglian to ascend through another Middle Thousand World to escape her Destiny's predicted misfortune.

Xu Fan explored the Nanshan Realm’s underground entrance to the Samsara Void Realm and discovered how it sent Yin Souls to the Reincarnation World. When the realm’s Heavenly Dao sealed the pit and sent a three-headed guardian to attack him, Xu Fan revealed that he had anticipated its malice.

• Venerable Honglian asked Xu Fan how she could break her Destiny, and he advised her to reincarnate and have Heavenly Dao’s Will change it.
• Xu Fan descended into the dark pit, found countless eyes in its walls, and used a blazing light to drive them away.
• At the eighteenth underground layer, Xu Fan found the Samsara Void Realm Gate and learned that the Nanshan Realm sent Yin Souls through it in exchange for pure power from the Reincarnation World.
• Xu Fan began merging with the Gate to comprehend it, then stopped before his insights could make the realm unable to contain him.
• The pit sealed shut, and a three-headed, eye-covered giant dog emerged from the Gate and sent Yin Souls to seize Xu Fan.
• Xu Fan told the unseen watcher that he had sensed the Nanshan Realm’s Heavenly Dao plotting against him, as the guardian bore down on him with a flood of Yin Souls.

Xu Fan threatened to ignite the Nanshan Realm’s spiritual energy unless its Heavenly Dao’s Will explained its actions. After learning the realm had two Heavenly Dao’s Wills, he demanded six thousand years of Time Acceleration and control over Little Black.

• Xu Fan absorbed the Yin Souls from the pit, then challenged Venerable Shanhai and Venerable Yunlong to fight him.
• Xu Fan threatened to ignite all the Nanshan Realm’s spiritual energy and began burning the Heavenly Spirit Sea with his Spirit Burning Technique.
• Venerable Honglian, Venerable Shanhai, and another Venerable urged Xu Fan to stop, and Little White appeared to negotiate.
• Little White explained that Little Black controlled the pit and was sealed there because it opposed the human race; the Venerables said Little Black had tried to use Xu Fan to escape.
• Xu Fan demanded six thousand years of Time Acceleration and Little Black, while Little White agreed on the condition that Little Black’s Origin Essence remained in the realm.
• Xu Fan snapped his fingers and made the Heavenly Spirit Sea burn ten times faster.

Xu Fan forced the Nanshan Realm’s Heavenly Dao’s Will to accept his terms, then used accelerated time and a technique that drained Little Black’s Origin Essence. He spared a fragment of Little Black’s essence and sent it beyond the Nantian Realm, warning it that he would destroy it if its karmic burden touched him.

• Xu Fan threatened to ignite the Heavenly Spirit Sea’s spiritual energy until the little white dog agreed to his second condition.
• Xu Fan used the Origin Essence of Heavenly Dao’s Will to accelerate time by 6000 years, then returned to the bottomless pit to deal with Little Black.
• Xu Fan offered to teach the little white dog his heaven-sealing method in exchange for Spirit Ores, but the dog vanished in anger after seeing his list.
• Xu Fan filled the pit’s eighteen layers with bubbles that absorbed Little Black’s Origin Essence and rejected Little Black’s offers of a Minor World and a Reincarnation Seal.
• Little Black asked Xu Fan to preserve a thread of its Origin Essence to avoid entangling him in karmic burden, so Xu Fan separated a crystal fragment and sent it beyond the Nantian Realm.

Xu Fan brought back the sealed Origin Essence of a Heavenly Dao's Will from the Nanshan Realm and planned to use it to upgrade Grape and create a merit Immortal Artifact. He then went to watch Xu Gang undergo Tribulation Transcendence.

• Xu Fan sealed Little Black's remaining Origin Essence and persuaded the little white dog to hand over the Immortal Artifact Spirit Ores in exchange for sparing its father.
• Xu Fan returned to Hidden Spirit Island and decided to split the Black Crystal's Origin Essence between Grape and a future merit Immortal Artifact.
• Grape absorbed half of the Origin Essence, while Xu Fan postponed turning Hidden Spirit Island into a world of its own.
• Xu Fan sensed tribulation clouds gathering and teleported to watch Xu Gang face Tribulation Transcendence with his fully developed Thousand-Hand Phantom.

Xu Fan defended Xu Gang when a Great Luo Golden Immortal reached into the lower realm during Xu Gang’s tribulation. Xu Fan briefly rose to the brink of transcendence, then rejected the path that required him to abandon his emotions and returned to his former strength.

• Xu Gang endured his lightning tribulation with ease, while Li Xingci waited to begin his own.
• A giant hand bearing Immortal Script emerged from a rift and seized for Xu Gang, so Xu Fan moved his disciple and the onlookers to a backup tribulation site.
• Xu Fan confronted Heavenly Dao's Will and learned that a Great Luo from the Upper Realm was interfering, then pushed back the giant hand’s attack.
• The Great Luo altered the Great Dao Laws and used a command to weaken Xu Fan, but Xu Fan raised his Great Dao comprehension and stood at the brink of transcendence.
• Xu Fan stepped partly out of the river of myriad worlds, sealed the Great Luo, severed the connection between the Two Realms, and turned the severed hand into a Realm Pearl.
• Xu Fan rejected transcendence because it required him to abandon his emotions, and the power of shackles returned him to his former strength.

Xu Fan watched Xu Gang survive his Lightning Tribulation, then saw Li Xingci pass his own with defensive Dao Artifacts. After explaining why he had not advanced to Great Luo, Xu Fan shared a useful Dao comprehension with Clone No. 1 and told Clone No. 2 to repair the Myriad Stars Vessel before an important discussion.

• Xu Fan traced the Causality Threads connected to Xu Gang’s attack and assured everyone that Xu Gang could withstand his tribulation.
• Xu Fan helped Xu Gang refine defensive Dao Artifacts, and Xu Gang endured the remaining Lightning Tribulations before Li Xingci began his own.
• Li Xingci passed his Lightning Tribulation easily with defensive Dao Artifacts, prompting Xu Fan to scold Xu Gang for relying too much on Divine Abilities.
• Xu Fan explained to Clone No. 1 that he had not advanced to Great Luo because doing so required him to abandon his emotions, then restored a failed Immortal Artifact component into its original ore.
• Xu Fan shared his Great Dao comprehension with Clone No. 1 and told Clone No. 2 to repair the Myriad Stars Vessel before they discussed something important.

Xu Fan discovered that an Upper Realm Great Luo Golden Immortal wanted to reincarnate as Xu Yuexian and replace her, then learned her previous life had left a hidden consciousness within her. After reassuring Xu Yuexian and recording the Great Luo as an enemy, Xu Fan received Black Ball, who asked for the Iron Eater Beast Clan to be recognized as neutral.

• Xu Fan examined Xu Yuexian’s karmic ties and asked Grape to investigate why an Upper Realm Great Luo had targeted her.
• Grape concluded that the Great Luo intended to reincarnate as Xu Yuexian and replace her to achieve a breakthrough.
• Xu Fan sealed the Great Luo’s arm into his notebook and promised Xu Yuexian he would protect her from repeating her previous life’s mistakes.
• Xu Yuexian’s previous-life consciousness briefly appeared before dispersing, and Xu Fan explained that it had remained hidden within her.
• Black Ball visited Xu Fan and asked him to permit the Iron Eater Beast Clan to become a neutral clan.