Recaps

Lin Yang and the Heavenly Divination Palace disciples suspected someone was targeting them and set out to investigate. Meanwhile, Jiang Fan discovered a hidden jade hall guarded by a powerful Three-Eyed Giant Beast and began searching for a way to defeat it.

• Lin Yang and Zhao Kun realized other sects seemed to be deliberately hunting Heavenly Divination Palace disciples, and Lin Yang ordered everyone to conceal their identities and gather information.
• Jiang Fan found a barrier hiding a magnificent white-jade hall and stepped inside.
• A True-Realm Apex Three-Eyed Giant Beast burst from the hall and attacked Jiang Fan with ghostly green flames.
• Jiang Fan evaded the beast's attacks and spotted a difference in its vertical forehead eye.
• The beast fired a poisonous beam from its vertical eye, grazing Jiang Fan's shoulder, and he concluded that the eye was its weakness.

Jiang Fan killed the Three-Eyed Giant Beast, gathered its qi luck orbs, and entered the great hall to refine the orbs. He condensed his seventh Great Dao and reached the true-realm apex.

• Jiang Fan pierced the Three-Eyed Giant Beast’s vertical eye and forehead, killing it.
• Jiang Fan collected fifteen qi luck orbs from the beast and absorbed its Spiritual Power, advancing to the true realm late stage.
• Jiang Fan entered the great hall and collected 122 qi luck orbs, bringing his total to 189.
• Jiang Fan refined the qi luck orbs and fused their Great Dao fragments into a seventh Great Dao.
• Jiang Fan’s cultivation surged from the true realm late stage to the true-realm apex as the great hall shook.

Jiang Fan condensed his seventh Great Dao, then spent the final day of the secret realm contest collecting Qi Luck Orbs to help his sect place in the top ten. After learning which elite disciples had gathered large stores of orbs, he discovered that a Heavenly Divination Palace disciple had mistaken him for an easy target.

• Jiang Fan stabilized his seventh Great Dao and left the palace to gather more Qi Luck Orbs before the contest ended.
• Jiang Fan defeated several groups of disciples who tried to rob him and increased his stash to 233 Qi Luck Orbs.
• Jiang Fan questioned a young disciple about the contestants with the most Qi Luck Orbs and learned several names, including Cai Yue and Jiang Shengwan.
• The young disciple mentioned a wealthy Heavenly Divination Palace contestant, then recognized Jiang Fan's sect emblem and fell silent.

Jiang Fan learned that the major sects had branded him the Big Fat Sheep and were hunting for his Qi Luck Orbs. When he discovered they had gathered at Phoenix Ridge to capture Heavenly Divination Palace disciples and force them to reveal his location, he set off to rescue them.

• A disciple told Jiang Fan that the sects were searching for the Big Fat Sheep, who had collected at least two hundred Qi Luck Orbs, and Jiang Fan admitted that he was the target.
• Jiang Fan ordered the disciple to spread word of his location, but the disciple revealed that the major sects were gathering at Phoenix Ridge to surround Heavenly Divination Palace disciples.
• Jiang Fan abandoned his plan to draw the sects to him and hurried toward Phoenix Ridge, while the disciple followed at a distance to watch.
• At Phoenix Ridge, Zhao Kun, Lin Yang, Zhou Yan, Shen Qingyu, and more than a dozen other Heavenly Divination Palace disciples were trapped against a rock wall by powerful disciples from several sects.

Lin Yang and the Heavenly Divination Palace disciples faced a coalition demanding their Qi Luck Orbs because of the unverified Big Fat Sheep rumors. Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen objected to the unfair attack but were ordered to stand down, leaving Heavenly Divination Palace to defend itself.

• Lin Yang refused to surrender Heavenly Divination Palace's Qi Luck Orbs and denied that Big Fat Sheep belonged to their sect.
• Zhu Jiuyang urged the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion disciple not to attack Heavenly Divination Palace without proof, but the disciple threatened him and the Lihuo Divine Sect.
• Ling Wuchen also challenged the accusation, saying the sects had no right to seize Heavenly Divination Palace's orbs, but Senior Brother Zhou ordered him back.
• Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen withdrew under pressure from their senior sectmates and hoped Heavenly Divination Palace would survive the confrontation and remain in the rankings.

The Heavenly Divination Palace disciples were overwhelmed as rival sects attacked to seize their Qi Luck Orbs, and Lin Yang was left helpless on the ground. Just as a Myriad Manifestations Pavilion disciple tried to humiliate her, an unknown newcomer intervened and brutally struck him down.

• The Myriad Manifestations Pavilion disciple attacked Lin Yang while disciples from several sects swarmed the Heavenly Divination Palace group for their Qi Luck Orbs.
• Zhao Kun, Zhou Yan, and Shen Qingyu were wounded or driven back by their opponents.
• The sharp-faced disciple knocked Lin Yang down, sealed her vital acupoints, and demanded her remaining Qi Luck Orbs.
• When Lin Yang refused, the disciple reached for her, intending to humiliate her, while Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen shouted for him to stop.
• A newcomer appeared, hurled the sharp-faced disciple into a crater, and struck him with lightning until he lay charred and barely breathing.

Jiang Fan arrived just in time to save Lin Yang from the sect disciples surrounding the Heavenly Divination Palace. He revealed 235 Qi Luck Orbs and challenged the gathered sects to take them from him, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Jiang Fan appeared and shielded Lin Yang, who broke down in relief while the Heavenly Divination Palace disciples regained hope.
• The gathered sect disciples recognized Jiang Fan as the mysterious “Big Fat Sheep” and planned to attack him together.
• Jiang Fan poured out 235 Qi Luck Orbs, shocking the gathered disciples and the Heavenly Divination Palace members.
• Lin Yang urged Jiang Fan to flee, and Zhao Kun tried to protect him, but Jiang Fan told Zhao Kun to heal and assured him he could keep the orbs.
• Jiang Fan named the sects whose Qi Luck Orbs he had taken and challenged them to come claim the orbs during the next half day.

Jiang Fan effortlessly defeated Fang Yu and more than a dozen elite disciples from various sects, then took their Qi Luck Orbs. He challenged the remaining cultivators on Phoenix Ridge to try to claim the growing pile.

• Fang Yu charged Jiang Fan with a Shattering Void Palm, but Jiang Fan sent him crashing into a cliff with a casual wave.
• When the crowd’s fear gave way to greed, more than a dozen disciples from several sects attacked Jiang Fan together.
• Jiang Fan overwhelmed the attackers, defeating them in moments with powerful strikes and swift movements.
• Jiang Fan collected the fallen disciples’ Qi Luck Orbs and declared that his pile held about three hundred, asking if anyone else wanted them.

Jiang Fan effortlessly blocked Chu Han’s True Realm attack and defeated him with a single palm strike, terrifying the gathered disciples. As Jiang Fan prepared to leave with the Qi Luck Orb, eight True Realm powerhouses from different sects surrounded him.

• Chu Han of the Black-and-White Academy challenged Jiang Fan for the Qi Luck Orb and attacked with a powerful fist projection.
• Jiang Fan stopped Chu Han’s attack with a golden Spiritual Power barrier and remained unharmed.
• Jiang Fan shattered Chu Han’s shield and struck his chest with one palm, sending him crashing into a boulder.
• Jiang Fan challenged the crowd, and the disciples fell silent under his intimidating gaze.
• A sinister-faced disciple from Heavenly Sword Valley accused Jiang Fan of offending every sect, and seven other True Realm powerhouses joined him to surround Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan laughed fearlessly as the eight True Realm auras pressed down on him.

Jiang Fan defeated eight True Realm sect disciples who attacked him together, then claimed their Qi Luck Orbs and challenged the rest of the gathering. The onlookers were left stunned, while Lin Yang wondered whether his Dao Foundation had recovered and Zhao Kun regretted mocking him.

• Eight True Realm disciples attacked Jiang Fan from all sides, but he repelled their moves and quickly defeated them.
• Jiang Fan drew the eight disciples’ Qi Luck Orbs to the gold pile and asked whether anyone else wanted to challenge him.
• The sect disciples at Phoenix Ridge were too frightened to respond and began calling Jiang Fan a monster.
• Lin Yang wondered whether Jiang Fan’s Dao Foundation had recovered, while Zhao Kun was ashamed of having mocked him.

After Jiang Fan defeated the True Realm disciples, Cheng Miaoyi and a Black-and-White Academy elder suspected his collapsed Dao Foundation had recovered, but Wei Lang refused to confirm it. Inside the Secret Realm, Jiang Fan collected the Qi Luck Orbs and told Lin Yang and the others they could leave with Heavenly Divination Palace safely in the top ten.

• Cheng Miaoyi and a Black-and-White Academy elder concluded that Jiang Fan’s strength and cultivation growth meant his Dao Foundation had recovered.
• Cheng Miaoyi and the elder asked Wei Lang to confirm their suspicion, but he told them to keep watching.
• Jiang Fan realized his fight had revealed too much and worried that Wei Lang might question him about Xiao Yun’s death.
• Jiang Fan stored the Qi Luck Orbs and learned from Lin Yang that she and the others had recovered enough to fight at about seventy percent strength.
• Jiang Fan said his roughly six hundred Qi Luck Orbs should secure a top-ten finish, so the group could leave the Secret Realm.

At Phoenix Ridge, Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen challenged Jiang Fan to a serious fight, hoping to test themselves against the man who had defeated them on the Jietian Battlefield. Jiang Fan easily countered their opening attacks, and the chapter ended with him warning Ling Wuchen that his sword was still not fast enough.

• Jiang Fan prepared to leave with the wounded Heavenly Divination Palace disciples, but Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen stopped him.
• Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen recalled their agreement at the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion and asked Jiang Fan to fight them seriously, wagering their Qi Luck Orbs if they lost.
• Jiang Fan accepted and sent Lin Yang and the others back a hundred zhang as disciples from other sects gathered to watch.
• Zhu Jiuyang attacked with fire dragons and a Brahma Seal while Ling Wuchen struck from the flank with his sword, but Jiang Fan blocked and evaded their attacks with ease.
• Ling Wuchen unleashed his Daybreak sword strike, but Jiang Fan dodged it and told him his sword was still not fast enough.

Jiang Fan defeated Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen, accepted their Qi Luck Orbs, and urged them to focus on cultivation. As the two departed, black energy filled the sky and began infecting the gathered disciples with demon seeds.

• Jiang Fan overpowered Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen's combined secret techniques, leaving them injured and unable to continue.
• Zhu Jiuyang admitted defeat and gave Jiang Fan thirty-five Qi Luck Orbs, while Ling Wuchen conceded and gave him sixty-two.
• Jiang Fan praised both men's talent and advised them to devote themselves to cultivation, which they promised to do.
• Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen prepared to leave as the second stage of the competition neared its end, but black energy rose from underground and covered the sky.
• Jiang Fan recognized demon seeds in the black energy as nearby disciples convulsed and transformed, and he realized an evil cultivator had infiltrated the competition.

Jiang Fan faced a Dao Realm evil cultivator who activated the Black Demon Array inside the secret realm, endangering the gathered disciples. As the evil cultivator broke Jiang Fan’s barrier and declared his desire to devour him, Jiang Fan refused to submit.

• The gray-clad evil cultivator revealed himself inside the secret realm and used the Black Demon Array to infect and attack the disciples.
• Outside the secret realm, Wei Lang explained that the evil cultivator had entered through a spatial rift by possessing a disciple, then urged the elders to keep watching for hope.
• The black mist overwhelmed disciples and drained their vitality to fuel the formation as Jiang Fan struggled to protect them.
• The evil cultivator shattered Jiang Fan’s golden barrier, injuring him and saying that devouring Jiang Fan could advance his cultivation.
• Jiang Fan wiped away his blood and told the evil cultivator that he was not worthy of devouring him.

Jiang Fan fought the gray-robed evil cultivator and exposed his weak Dao Realm foundations, but the cultivator activated the Black Demon Array and sent a colossal palm crashing down. Jiang Fan revealed his seven Great Daos as the attack descended.

• The gray-robed evil cultivator fired Black Fiend Arrows at Jiang Fan, who shattered them with golden power.
• The gray-robed evil cultivator attacked Jiang Fan with a Dao Realm claw strike, but Jiang Fan struck back and wounded him.
• Jiang Fan mocked the evil cultivator's unorthodox advancement and revealed that his own seven Great Daos gave him an advantage.
• The gray-robed evil cultivator, eager to devour Jiang Fan's power, activated the Black Demon Array and formed a colossal demonic palm.
• As the conscious disciples feared for Jiang Fan, he stomped and revealed seven Great Daos behind him.

Jiang Fan used his seven Great Daos to overpower the gray-robed evil cultivator, who threatened to kill hundreds of disciples with the demon seeds he had planted in them. Jiang Fan broke the Black Demon Array and dissolved the seeds, leaving the weakened cultivator in a shattered formation.

• Jiang Fan shattered the Black Demon Array’s attack with a pillar of light formed from his seven Great Daos.
• Jiang Fan seized the gray-robed evil cultivator, crushed his bones, and slammed him into the ground.
• The gray-robed evil cultivator revealed that demon seeds in hundreds of disciples would erupt if he died, and threatened an invasion of the Grand Capital Prefecture.
• Jiang Fan cast Demon-Breaking and sent crimson-gold runes through the array, burning away its demonic qi and dissolving the disciples’ demon seeds.
• Jiang Fan pointed in eight directions and shattered the Black Demon Array Foundation, causing the gray-robed evil cultivator to convulse and spit black blood.

Jiang Fan defeated the gray-robed evil cultivator, destroyed the Black Demon Array, and freed the disciples at Phoenix Ridge from their demon seeds. Outside the secret realm, the sect elders learned of Jiang Fan’s strength and credited Wei Lang with anticipating the turnaround.

• Jiang Fan used his knowledge of demonic cultivation methods to expose the Black Demon Array’s weakness and burned the gray-robed evil cultivator to nothing.
• The disciples at Phoenix Ridge awakened as the demonic markings faded, then thanked Jiang Fan and offered him their Qi Luck Orbs.
• Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen realized Jiang Fan had held back when he fought them earlier.
• Lin Yang praised Jiang Fan for saving more than a hundred disciples, and Jiang Fan replied modestly.
• The elders watching the Image Formation Array were stunned by Jiang Fan’s strength and questioned Wei Lang about his foresight.
• Wei Lang explained Jiang Fan’s path from the Lower Realm to the Heavenly Divination Palace, while the elders concluded he had known more than he admitted.

The Secret Realm closed, and Jiang Fan returned to the plaza after helping the Heavenly Divination Palace win the Qi Luck Orb contest and defeat the invading Evil Cultivator. The palace master named Jiang Fan his successor, and Wei Lang announced the sect’s first-place finish and awarded Jiang Fan all the Qi Luck Orbs he had obtained.

• The Secret Realm closed, and the disciples were teleported back to the Central Plaza as sect elders treated their injuries and checked for Demon Seeds.
• Yunyan True Person praised Jiang Fan, named him the Heavenly Divination Palace’s chief disciple, promised him resources, and declared he would pass the palace master position to him.
• Wei Lang announced the final rankings and declared that the Heavenly Divination Palace had won first place with 621 Qi Luck Orbs, retaining its fourth-tier status.
• Wei Lang praised Jiang Fan for slaying the Evil Cultivator, destroying the Demon Seeds, and saving over a hundred disciples, then awarded him all the Qi Luck Orbs he had obtained.

Wei Lang awarded Jiang Fan over six hundred Qi Luck Orbs and appointed him Grand Capital Prefecture Inspector, then summoned him privately to ask how his Dao foundation had been restored and whether he had killed Xiao Yun. Jiang Fan admitted killing Xiao Yun, leaving Wei Lang’s response unresolved.

• Wei Lang gave Jiang Fan over six hundred Qi Luck Orbs and appointed him Grand Capital Prefecture Inspector, while the sect elders recognized the appointment as the government drawing Jiang Fan into its fold.
• Wei Lang ordered the third-tier sect elders to stay and investigate the secret realm’s vulnerabilities and the organization mentioned by the evil cultivator.
• Wei Lang secretly summoned Jiang Fan to Reflection Hall that night, and Jiang Fan suspected the meeting concerned Xiao Yun.
• Wei Lang asked when Jiang Fan’s Dao foundation had been restored, and Jiang Fan said Wu Ji had restored it in Ghost Cry Valley.
• Wei Lang asked whether Jiang Fan had killed Xiao Yun, and Jiang Fan admitted it, explaining that Xiao Yun had ambushed him and tried to kill him.

Wei Lang told Jiang Fan that Xiao Yun’s death would no longer be pursued and questioned him about breaking the evil cultivator’s array. After learning about the Blood-Fiend True Scripture, Wei Lang tasked Jiang Fan with joining a coming operation against the evil cultivator organization.

• Wei Lang told Jiang Fan that Xiao Yun’s death was settled and no one would hold him accountable.
• Wei Lang asked how Jiang Fan had broken the Black Demon Array and removed the demon seeds from the disciples.
• Jiang Fan explained that he had learned the Blood-Fiend True Scripture through Soul Search after defeating the Crimson-Refining Ancestor.
• Wei Lang urged Jiang Fan to use his knowledge against evil cultivators and told him to keep the scripture so Grand Capital Prefecture could claim credit.
• Wei Lang said investigators had tentatively located the gray-robed evil cultivator’s organization and ordered Jiang Fan to await word before joining the planned operation.
• After Wei Lang left, Jiang Fan accepted that he was becoming involved with the authorities and resolved to keep moving forward.

On the return journey, Jiang Fan refused personal rewards and asked that his extra cultivation resources go to Lin Yan. He then learned that Daoist Xuanji was nearing the end of his life and had left to fulfill a long-held wish tied to a woman who disappeared after they agreed to become Dao companions.

• Yunyan True Person offered Jiang Fan better quarters, servants, and increased cultivation resources, but Jiang Fan declined them.
• Jiang Fan asked Yunyan True Person to give his reward to Lin Yan, and she thanked them both.
• Jiang Fan told Lin Yan he would look after her as her senior brother and asked Yunyan True Person where Daoist Xuanji had gone.
• Yunyan True Person revealed that Daoist Xuanji was nearing the end of his life because of hidden injuries from his youth.
• Yunyan True Person explained that Daoist Xuanji had left to seek a woman he once loved, who vanished after they agreed to become Dao companions.

Jiang Fan learned why Daoist Xuanji was still searching for the woman who had vanished decades ago, then returned to the Heavenly Divination Palace and used Qi Luck Orbs to condense an eighth Great Dao. He left off struggling to form a ninth, realizing his foundation needed more cultivation.

• Yunyan True Person told Jiang Fan that Daoist Xuanji had searched for the woman for decades, was grievously injured while looking for her in the Far Western Mountains, and still hoped to find her before he died.
• The Heavenly Divination Palace procession returned in triumph, and the elders and disciples welcomed Jiang Fan as the one who had led the sect to first place.
• Jiang Fan declined to join the celebrations and went to his secluded chamber, where he brought out more than six hundred Qi Luck Orbs and began cultivating with the Dao-Nurturing Chapter.
• Jiang Fan refined the Qi Luck Orbs and successfully condensed and solidified his eighth Great Dao.
• Jiang Fan tried to condense a ninth Great Dao but could form only a vague shadow, and he concluded that he needed to strengthen his foundation first.

Jiang Fan condensed his tenth Great Dao and entered the Dao Realm, then spent over a month cultivating and guiding Lin Yan and Jiang Ming. The Lord Prefect of the Grand Capital Prefecture summoned him, saying there had been progress on their previous matter and it was time to act.

• Jiang Fan used his remaining Qi Luck Orbs to condense the tenth Great Dao and complete his foundation, breaking through to the Dao Realm.
• Yunyan True Person and the elders recognized that Jiang Fan was breaking through in the rear mountain and reassured the gathered disciples.
• Jiang Fan assessed his new strength and decided to keep strengthening his foundation before seeking more Great Dao Fragments.
• Jiang Fan spent over a month cultivating and guiding Lin Yan and Jiang Ming, while deciding to wait before sending Jiang Ming back to the Heavenly Demon Imperial Court.
• A servant disciple told Jiang Fan that the Lord Prefect of the Grand Capital Prefecture had summoned him because there had been progress on their previous matter.

Jiang Fan joined Wei Lang and the sect elders in Azure Cliff City after they located a Blood Fiend Alliance base in the Rosy Glow Mountains. The group learned the Alliance planned to activate a Sacrificial Formation that could consume the life force of everyone within a thousand miles to create a peak Dao Realm expert.

• Jiang Fan left Lin Yan and Jiang Ming at home and went with Cen Zhaoye to meet Wei Lang in Azure Cliff City.
• Cen Zhaoye told Jiang Fan that Wei Lang had found the evil cultivators' lair in the Rosy Glow Mountains and had already set out with a team.
• Jiang Fan and Cen Zhaoye reached Azure Cliff City, where Wei Lang and Dao Realm elders were planning their attack.
• Wei Lang identified the target as Black Wind Valley, a Blood Fiend Alliance base guarded by several Dao Realm cultivators, including one likely at mid Dao Realm.
• Wei Lang revealed that the Alliance had built a Sacrificial Formation over a hidden yin grotto to drain life from the surrounding thousand miles and create a peak Dao Realm expert.

Wei Lang led Jiang Fan and three Dao Realm elders to the Blood Fiend Alliance’s stronghold in the Rosy Glow Mountains, planning to destroy it before Luo'u Prefecture could claim the credit. Jiang Fan recognized the outer array’s principles and prepared to break it so the group could attack.

• Wei Lang explained that the Alliance’s stronghold threatened the prefecture and tasked Jiang Fan with breaking its arrays and removing any planted demon seeds.
• Wei Lang revealed that Luo'u Prefecture had also found the stronghold but refused to cooperate, so Grand Capital Prefecture would strike first and claim the credit.
• Wei Lang selected three late Dao Realm elders and set out with Jiang Fan for the Rosy Glow Mountains, leaving Azure Cliff City on foot under cover of night.
• The group reached the stronghold and saw its stone hall, pillars, and eerie arrays surrounding the basin.
• Jiang Fan identified the outer array as similar to the one at the Crimson-Refining Ancestor’s lair and said he could break it quickly.
• Wei Lang ordered the elders to attack the central hall and cut off the flanks once Jiang Fan broke the array, then told Jiang Fan to begin.