Chapter Summaries

After the Moon Embracing Sect completed its new formation and acquired twenty-five Spirit Mountains, Lin Fan organized the sect’s expansion and assigned its leaders and disciples to new roles. The sect began rebuilding its mountains, setting the stage for its rapid growth.

• Lin Fan thanked Liu Xun and the Liu Family disciples by giving each of them a Seventh Grade Profound Origin Pill, and they discovered the gifts after returning home.
• Lin Fan told the sect that its new Sect Protecting Grand Formation was complete and that it now possessed twenty-five Spirit Mountains, most of them damaged and in need of restoration.
• Lin Fan divided the Moon Embracing Sect into Inner and Outer Sects and assigned elders, disciples, and personal disciples to their new positions.
• Lin Fan designated mountains for the sect’s main peak, elders, Pill Peak, Artifact Refining Peak, Scripture Peak, and Dao Seeking Peak, and appointed Xiao Ling'er, Third Elder, and Fan Jianqiang to oversee key facilities.
• The Moon Embracing Sect members began rebuilding all twenty-five Spirit Mountains.

Moon Embracing Sect completed its reconstruction and Lin Fan arranged new rules for the growing sect while preparing for a crisis expected in eight months. Elsewhere, Spirit Sword Sect learned that Eight Swords Sect had been destroyed, and Cloud Heaven Valley received news of a Seventh Realm expert’s tomb.

• Moon Embracing Sect restored its twenty-four Spirit Mountains, expanded its main peak, and established a mid-grade Spirit Gathering Formation as its members improved their cultivation.
• Lin Fan gathered the five elders and had them prepare systems for sect missions, rewards, punishments, and supervision, to take effect when new disciples were recruited next year.
• Lin Fan reflected that the first crisis would arrive in eight months and that he had only a little over two months before he needed to prepare.
• Two Spirit Sword Sect figures learned that Eight Swords Sect had been destroyed and decided to conceal the news until a sealed figure awakened the Sword Spirit Saint Body.
• A disciple told Cloud Heaven Valley’s Valley Master that a Seventh Realm Peak Great Expert’s tomb had appeared, and the secret chamber doors burst open.

Yun Ruofu learned that Seventh had died after clashing with the Moon Embracing Sect and the Liu Family, and vowed to investigate and avenge him after pursuing Fire Devouring Daoist's tomb. Liu Xun told Lin Fan about the tomb and offered to bring Moon Embracing Sect members along with the Liu Family.

• Yun Ruofu heard that Fire Devouring Daoist's tomb had been discovered and hoped its treasures would help him reach the Seventh Realm.
• Yun Ruofu learned Seventh had died after going to Hongwu Immortal City to seize the Moon Embracing Sect and its Alchemy Prodigy, and suspected the Liu Family was involved.
• Yun Ruofu killed the disciple who told him the news, vowed to avenge Seventh, and ordered guards to monitor Fire Devouring Daoist's tomb.
• Liu Xun visited Moon Embracing Sect with spirit herbs and materials, then told Lin Fan about Fire Devouring Daoist's tomb and the dangers surrounding it.
• Liu Xun offered to take Moon Embracing Sect members to the tomb alongside the Liu Family, hoping to earn Lin Fan's goodwill and receive more medicinal pills.

Lin Fan agreed to join Liu Xun’s expedition to the Fire Devouring Daoist’s tomb after divining that the trip held danger but would end auspiciously. Xiao Ling’er learned the tomb might hold the Immortal Devouring Flame, while Fan Jianqiang panicked when Lin Fan ordered him to come along.

• Lin Fan recognized the Fire Devouring Daoist’s tomb as a likely opportunity for Xiao Ling’er, weighed the risks, and used the Heaven and Earth Great Evolution Technique to divine the expedition’s outcome.
• Lin Fan interpreted the hexagram as a dangerous journey with an overwhelmingly auspicious result and told Liu Xun that the Moon Embracing Sect would join the expedition.
• Lin Fan gathered the sect’s disciples, and Liang Danxia told Xiao Ling’er that the tomb might contain the Immortal Devouring Flame, urging her to seek it.
• Xiao Ling’er volunteered to go, and First Elder offered to protect her on the journey.
• Lin Fan ordered Fan Jianqiang to join them, prompting Fan Jianqiang to call the expedition a certain-death situation because it had only a ninety-eight percent chance of success.

Qiu Yongqin challenged Fan Jianqiang for neglecting cultivation and refusing the Sect Master's call, but Fan defended fleeing an impossible danger as the wiser choice. Lin Fan still ordered Fan to come along, and Xiao Ling'er later comforted the disciples before learning Liang Danxia's gift was a strange flame.

• Qiu Yongqin criticized Fan Jianqiang for making no cultivation progress and refusing the Sect Master's summons, while the other mascots shared his frustration.
• Fan Jianqiang argued that people should flee an insurmountable danger rather than die pointlessly, leaving Qiu Yongqin and the others speechless.
• Fan Jianqiang abruptly dismissed his argument as nonsense and joked that Qiu Yongqin should protect him, but Lin Fan insisted he would come along and promised to be there.
• Xiao Ling'er encountered the dejected disciples and told them Fan Jianqiang was special, advising them that adapting could keep them safer.
• Liang Danxia revealed that the gift for Xiao Ling'er was a strange flame, shocking her.

Xiao Ling'er received the Hundred Refinements Divine Fire from Liang Danxia, and Lin Fan gained access to her new abilities through combat power sharing. After discovering Fan Jianqiang’s Nirvana Scripture and other powerful gains, Lin Fan continued cultivating until Liu Xun called him to depart.

• Liang Danxia told Xiao Ling'er the history of the Hundred Refinements Divine Fire and shared the flame with her.
• Lin Fan activated combat power sharing and discovered that Fan Jianqiang had advanced to Cave Heaven Realm Second Level.
• Lin Fan gained the Hundred Refinements Divine Fire, the upgraded Burning Flame Art, and the secret arts Great Sun Burning Heaven and Nine Transformations of Immortal Fire.
• Lin Fan discovered Fan Jianqiang’s Nirvana Scripture, which allowed its user to revive up to three times and advance by a minor realm after revival.
• Lin Fan decided to gradually restore the Moon Embracing Sect’s lost techniques and secret arts, then continued cultivating.
• Twenty days later, Liu Xun sent word that they were preparing to depart.

Lin Fan and his companions joined Liu Xun for a journey to the Fire Devouring Daoist’s tomb, while the Liu Family quietly arranged extra protection. As they traveled toward White Emperor City, Xiao Ling'er worried that claiming the Immortal Devouring Flame could endanger the Moon Embracing Sect.

• Lin Fan departed with Xiao Ling'er, Fan Jianqiang, and First Elder Su Xinghai, while Wu Xingyun disabled the sect’s teleportation array behind them.
• Liu Xun saw Xiao Ling'er and Fan Jianqiang and secretly asked the Liu Family to send Second Elder Uncle along to protect them.
• The group set out through Hongwu Immortal City's teleportation array toward White Emperor City, where they planned to fly to the Fire Devouring Daoist’s tomb.
• Liu Xun explained that the tomb’s formation would open within a day or two and cautioned Lin Fan to avoid its most precious treasures.
• Xiao Ling'er told her teacher she feared that obtaining the Immortal Devouring Flame could bring ruin to the Moon Embracing Sect.

Xiao Ling'er and Liang Danxia prepared for the possibility that she would have to flee with the Immortal Devouring Flame, while Lin Fan and the Liu Family escorted the group to the Fire Devouring Daoist’s tomb. As factions gathered to break the tomb’s formation, Lin Fan assessed the arriving prodigies and powerhouses before a sudden blast shook the area.

• Xiao Ling'er resolved to protect the Immortal Devouring Flame, even if she had to leave the Moon Embracing Sect and live as a fugitive.
• Lin Fan reassured Xiao Ling'er, and Liu Xun promised the Liu Family would protect her and Fan Jianqiang.
• The group reached the tomb near the edge of the Southwest Region, where Liu Xun warned them that Cloud Heaven Valley would target the Moon Embracing Sect over Su Xinghai killing Yun Ruofu’s younger brother.
• At the tomb, Lin Fan watched the gathered factions and judged which prodigies might be Protagonist Templates, while keeping an eye on Cloud Heaven Valley and the Spirit Sword Sect.
• A muffled blast suddenly rang out across the tomb site.

After the tomb’s Inheritance Array admitted only younger cultivators, Lin Fan, Xiao Ling’er, and Fan Jianqiang entered, but the array separated them inside. Lin Fan began stripping the tomb of every resource he could find, leaving the area bare.

• Tang Hu explained that the dim section of the array was an entrance for cultivators under a hundred years old who had not reached the Fifth Realm.
• The factions sent their eligible younger cultivators into the tomb, while Liu Xun warned Lin Fan that he could not protect them inside.
• Cloud Heaven Valley’s elder ordered his disciples to kill everyone from the Moon Embracing Sect and, if possible, the Liu Family members.
• Lin Fan, Xiao Ling’er, and Fan Jianqiang entered the tomb holding hands, but the array separated them in the vast inner world.
• Lin Fan decided to gather treasure and stripped the nearby area of its spiritual plants, soil, and other resources until a passerby mistook the scene for a Spirit Locust Disaster.

Cultivators avoided a reported Spirit Locust Disaster while Lin Fan dug up treasures and Yu Mo sent his followers to search the tomb. Xiao Ling'er headed toward the Immortal Devouring Flame, while Fan Jianqiang was erased by a cultivator’s attack—only for that attacker to be instantly overwhelmed by hidden assaults.

• Cultivators spread warnings about the Spirit Locust Disaster and turned away from its direction, while Lin Fan continued digging up treasure herbs and replenished himself with a ninth-grade Profound Origin Pill.
• Yu Mo heard reports of the spirit locusts, set the danger aside for the moment, and dispatched his followers to search the great tomb for treasures and opportunities.
• Fan Jianqiang traveled through the tomb in hiding, relying on the Heaven and Earth Great Derivation Technique fragment to choose his route.
• Xiao Ling'er learned from Liang Danxia that the tomb was rich in resources and followed her strange flame’s sense toward the Immortal Devouring Flame.
• A Fourth Realm cultivator struck Fan Jianqiang with an Origin Energy Chain, apparently wiping him out, but dozens of concealed attacks immediately engulfed the attacker and broke through his defenses.

Xiao Ling'er killed seven Cloud Heaven Valley disciples with poison and hurried toward the Immortal Devouring Flame’s sudden eruption, which drew cultivators from across the tomb. Lin Fan found himself closest to the phenomenon and realized he would become everyone’s target.

• Fan Jianqiang survived being blasted apart, collected his storage pouch, erased the traces, and decided to place another scarecrow nearby.
• Xiao Ling'er poisoned and killed seven Cloud Heaven Valley disciples, then burned away their remains and took their storage pouches.
• A vast eruption of flames revealed the Immortal Devouring Flame and made it impossible for Xiao Ling'er to obtain the inheritance unnoticed.
• Yu Mo, Huo Yun'er, Cloud Heaven Valley’s senior disciple, and most other cultivators headed toward the phenomenon to claim its treasure.
• Lin Fan saw that the phenomenon was right in front of him and realized he was the closest cultivator, making him a target.

Lin Fan waited for a strange-fire eruption to subside as powerful factions gathered, while Xiao Ling'er urged him to be ready to escape. When a swaggering Dragon Family disciple claimed all the treasure, Lin Fan recognized the familiar name Long Aotian.

• Lin Fan identified the phenomenon as a likely strange-fire eruption and withdrew, while arriving cultivators mistook the cleared area for the path of a Spirit Locust Disaster.
• Yu Mo, Huo Yun'er, Shang Wan Quan, and other faction leaders arrived and watched the weakening phenomenon, while Lin Fan moved behind the crowd.
• Xiao Ling'er asked Lin Fan to take her and Fan Jianqiang away if danger arose, and Lin Fan agreed to consider it.
• As the strange fire receded, the Dragon Family disciple ordered everyone to leave and threatened them.
• The disciple introduced himself as Long Aotian of the Dragon Family of White Emperor City and repeated his demand that everyone flee.

Lin Fan and Fan Jianqiang recognized each other as fellow transmigrators and confirmed their connection through a coded phrase. Xiao Ling'er learned that the sect rules included questions meant to identify transmigrators, while Fan Jianqiang was surprised to hear they were written into the rules.

• Fan Jianqiang suggested recruiting Long Aotian, but Lin Fan warned that Long Aotian's Intelligence Reduction Halo affected allies as well as enemies.
• Lin Fan and Fan Jianqiang discussed why they had met in Hongwu Immortal City and recognized each other as like-minded people from another world.
• Fan Jianqiang and Lin Fan used a coded phrase to confirm they were fellow countrymen, leaving Xiao Ling'er confused.
• Lin Fan explained that Xiao Ling'er was not a transmigrator and called her the future Flame Emperor.
• Xiao Ling'er recognized their coded phrase as one of the questions in the sect rules, and Fan Jianqiang was startled to learn the rules contained it.

Yu Mo attacked Long Aotian after learning he was a local young master, but Long Aotian killed him with one punch and drew the others into a furious battle. As Xiao Ling'er entered the fading flame's light curtain, Fan Jianqiang rushed to block Long Aotian despite Lin Fan's warning about the Intelligence Reduction Halo.

• Yu Mo learned that Long Aotian came from a declining local family and, enraged that he had hesitated, launched an attack.
• Long Aotian countered with the Overlord Divine Fist and killed Yu Mo, the Third Divine Son of the Feather Clan.
• The Demon Cultivators joined forces against Long Aotian, while Lin Fan warned Fan Jianqiang and Xiao Ling'er to stay rational.
• Long Aotian fought off his attackers as Xiao Ling'er entered the light curtain after the strange flame faded.
• Long Aotian pursued Xiao Ling'er, and Fan Jianqiang leaped into his path while Lin Fan watched in shock.

Xiao Ling'er obtained the Immortal Devouring Flame, defeated Shang Wan Quan, and escaped pursuit with Liang Danxia’s help. After Liang Danxia negotiated a future alliance with Huo Yun'er, Xiao Ling'er prepared to contact her master and Fan Jianqiang and find a place to hide.

• Fan Jianqiang used scarecrow substitutes to delay Long Aotian, while Xiao Ling'er reached the main chamber and refined the Immortal Devouring Flame.
• The Fire Devouring Daoist tried to seize Xiao Ling'er's body, but Liang Danxia destroyed his remnant soul and strengthened Xiao Ling'er's divine soul.
• Xiao Ling'er advanced to the ninth level of the Mysterious Origin Realm, then used the Nine Transformations of Immortal Fire to defeat Shang Wan Quan and flee with his Storage Bag.
• Fan Jianqiang repeatedly revived as scarecrow substitutes and trapped Long Aotian in formations, buying Xiao Ling'er time to escape.
• Xiao Ling'er used Great Sun Burning Heaven to repel her pursuers, and Liang Danxia temporarily took control of her body to meet Huo Yun'er.
• Huo Yun'er swore a Dao Heart Oath promising Xiao Ling'er protection and a future favor, then left; Liang Danxia returned control and urged Xiao Ling'er to contact her master and Fan Jianqiang.

After Long Aotian killed Yu Mo and escaped the Feather Clan, Liu Bai and the Spirit Sword Sect’s Tang Hu protected Lin Fan’s group from the factions coveting Xiao Ling’er’s Heavenly Flame. The party returned safely to the Moon Embracing Sect, where Lin Fan planned to use their harvest to strengthen the sect and prepare for an approaching crisis.

• The Feather Clan learned Yu Mo had died, and its Evil Eye Golden Eagle protector killed the Dragon Family elders before Long Aotian crippled its claw and vanished.
• As the other factions gathered to seize Xiao Ling’er’s Heavenly Flame, Liu Bai arrived and threatened anyone who attacked the Liu Family’s allies.
• Tang Hu declared that the Spirit Sword Sect protected Lin Fan, Xiao Ling’er, and the Moon Embracing Sect’s mountain gate because Wen Jian was its future Sword Son, forcing the factions to back down.
• Lin Fan’s party avoided White Emperor City, returned safely to the Moon Embracing Sect, and Lin Fan told Xiao Ling’er to supply the Liu Family with more pills while she cultivated.
• Lin Fan distributed the tomb’s gathered materials to improve the sect, and Fan Jianqiang praised his recruitment rules for attracting disciples with protagonist destinies.
• Lin Fan anticipated the sect’s first annual crisis and began considering ways to prevent it before the recruitment ceremony.

Lin Fan formed an alliance between Moon Embracing Sect and six neighboring sects by offering high-grade pills in exchange for aid, intelligence, and oaths, prompting other factions to plot against the alliance. As the sect grew stronger, Lin Fan failed to divine the coming crisis and prepared for it, while a Bright Moon Sect ancestor revealed that a Golden Age of geniuses was beginning.

• Lin Fan persuaded Jade Kirin Palace, Phantom Spirit Valley, Five Thunder Sect, and three other sects to swear Dao Heart Oaths and ally with Moon Embracing Sect in exchange for pills and mutual support.
• The Chen Family and Jiang Family agreed to destroy the six allied sects, while Cloud Heaven Valley sought to use Bright Moon Sect against Moon Embracing Sect.
• Liu Xun warned Lin Fan that the new alliance could provoke the Chen and Jiang Families, and Second Master Liu was assigned to oversee its defense.
• Wang Yulin supplied Wang Teng with a high-quality pill, while Lin Fan refined pills for the six sects and advanced to the Fourth Cave Heaven Realm.
• Lin Fan's attempt to divine the crisis half a year ahead produced an overwhelming mass of karma, so he stopped the divination and hid strands of hair and pieces of skin as safeguards.
• A Bright Moon Sect Grand Elder dismissed Cloud Heaven Valley's request to attack Moon Embracing Sect and revealed that a Golden Age of heavenly geniuses was beginning.

The Chen and Jiang Families’ attack on the Moon Embracing Sect was interrupted by the Spirit Sword Sect, whose Sword Son Wen Jian challenged Xiao Ling’er to decide the sect’s fate. Xiao Ling’er defeated him and saved the sect, and Lin Fan began preparing for the Grand Opening of Mountain Gate by sending disciples to spread the news and attract new recruits.

• Second Master Liu escaped to the Moon Embracing Sect, but a Spirit Sword Sect elder’s arrival sent the Chen and Jiang Family experts fleeing.
• Wen Jian challenged Xiao Ling’er to a rematch, making the Moon Embracing Sect’s survival depend on her victory.
• Xiao Ling’er fought Wen Jian with her strange flames and sword techniques, then defeated him with a close-range strike; Wen Jian accepted his loss and left with his protectors.
• The Liu Family agreed to install a stronger sect-protecting formation, while Lin Fan confirmed Xiao Ling’er could supply Pointing Profound Pills to the Liu Family.
• Wang Teng asked to join the Moon Embracing Sect to learn Great Sun Burning Heaven, while Jade Kirin Palace and the other sects began rebuilding and gathering formation materials.
• Lin Fan sent the five elders and seven mascots to spread word of the battle and attract potential recruits before the Grand Opening of Mountain Gate.

Lin Fan sent Tang Wu away from the Moon Embracing Sect, but Tang Wu secretly stole five worthless scrolls from the Scripture Repository before heading to the Cloud Heaven Valley. After the sect’s recruitment ended, Wang Teng sought admission to learn an invincible technique, and Lin Fan promised him a new art called Artificial Sun Fist.

• Lin Fan ordered Duan Qingyao to direct Tang Wu toward Cloud Heaven Valley, and the elders tricked Tang Wu into leaving by pretending to be recruits bound for that sect.
• Tang Wu sneaked into the Scripture Repository, took its five scrolls, and left for Cloud Heaven Valley while Fan Jianqiang watched him go and restored the repository’s true collection.
• The First Elder announced the recruitment results, and the elders chose not to take personal disciples as they waited to learn from Lin Fan’s recruiting methods.
• Wang Teng arrived at the Moon Embracing Sect and asked to join so he could learn Great Sun Burning Heaven, but Lin Fan explained that its cultivation requirements made it unsuitable for him.
• Lin Fan told Wang Teng that the sect had other invincible techniques, then devised Artificial Sun Fist to match Wang Teng’s wish for a distinctive, overwhelmingly powerful attack.
• Wang Teng kowtowed to Lin Fan and asked to become his disciple, while Su Xinghai wondered where Lin Fan had obtained so many invincible techniques.

Lin Fan welcomed Qiu Yongqin back to the Moon Embracing Sect after learning that bandits had slaughtered his village, and promised the Sect would help him pursue revenge while letting him keep his mysterious jade bottle. Lin Fan also uncovered the Sect’s lost inheritance and history of stolen treasures, while Tang Wu joined Cloud Heaven Valley as an outer sect disciple and vowed to rise above his humiliating assignment.

• Lin Fan suspected Qiu Yongqin had gained a protagonist-like talent through a fortunate opportunity, while Wang Teng returned from fetching seawater and began testing Lin Fan’s instructions for electrolyzing it.
• Li Changshou found Qiu Yongqin at Great Green Mountain and persuaded him to return to the Moon Embracing Sect, where Qiu Yongqin explained that cultivators had massacred his family and village.
• Lin Fan promised the Sect would help Qiu Yongqin seek revenge, granted him Personal Disciple privileges, and told him to keep his jade bottle rather than hand it over.
• Lin Fan learned from Li Changshou that the Moon Swallowing Immortal Art was held by Myriad Flowers Holy Land and that many Southwest Region sects had taken the Moon Embracing Sect’s inheritances and resources.
• Tang Wu arrived at Cloud Heaven Valley expecting to be specially nurtured, but the assessment elder assigned him to the outer sect, prompting Tang Wu to vow that he would eventually rise to prominence.