Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan followed the little girl to the underground palace to claim the Law of Water, but its guardian appeared and stopped him. The old man offered the law as an inheritance prize for a test, then turned his attention to the Yunmeng Great Swamp and set it into turmoil.

• The little girl led Jiang Fan down a hidden staircase to the underground palace, where he found the Law of Water above a pool.
• Jiang Fan tried to seize the law with Space Power, but the old man's remnant soul appeared and froze his power.
• The little girl argued with the old man about escaping and stealing his resources, while he explained that he had restricted her to keep her from overeating his pills.
• Jiang Fan apologized for taking the old man's treasures and asked to exchange for the Law of Water, but the old man said it was an inheritance reserved for whoever passed his test.
• The old man told Jiang Fan to wait, looked toward the Yunmeng Great Swamp, and caused the swamp to erupt into turmoil.

Jiang Fan learned that Master Cangming had drawn cultivators to Cangming Water Mansion to select an inheritor for the Law of Water. As the gathered prodigies focused on the inheritance, Jiang Fan suspected Gu Mingxuan and his companions had badly injured Lin Qingxue and resolved to confront them after the selection.

• Master Cangming explained that he had used the glowing lights to attract candidates and would reveal more if Jiang Fan proved himself worthy of the inheritance.
• Cultivators from across Yunmeng Great Swamp were swept onto Cangming Island, including Gu Mingxuan, Zhao Yue, Sun Xiaochuan, and the wounded Lin Qingxue.
• Gu Mingxuan stopped Sun Xiaochuan from trying to seize Lin Qingxue's Dragon Pattern Creation Pill, warning him that the gathering made the situation more complicated.
• Jiang Fan recognized the gathered disciples, noticed Lin Qingxue's injuries, and suspected Gu Mingxuan and the others were responsible.
• Master Cangming appeared above the island and announced that he had gathered them to choose an inheritor for his legacy, including the Law of Water.

The old man began the inheritance selection with a trial of aptitude and foundation, requiring candidates to resonate with at least five of the Cangming Nine Pillars. After only 42 of 2,195 candidates passed, the old man tested Jiang Fan inside the Cangming Water Mansion, and a nine-colored pillar erupted into dazzling golden light around him.

• The old man explained the three trials and said the inheritor would be chosen by whoever comprehended the Law of Water most deeply in the final test.
• Candidates began the aptitude trial, and the old man eliminated those who failed to resonate with five water pillars, warning one disgruntled cultivator not to cause trouble.
• Tuoba Yuan barely passed with five-pillar resonance, while Gu Mingxuan, Wang Shouyi, and Su Ying passed and Zhao Yue and Sun Xiaochuan were eliminated.
• Lin Qingxue passed with six-pillar resonance despite her injury, and the old man gave her a medicinal pill to help her recover.
• Only 42 of the 2,195 candidates passed, and the old man tested Jiang Fan directly inside the Cangming Water Mansion.
• A nine-colored pillar of light enveloped Jiang Fan, and its colors all lit up as golden brilliance flooded the hall.

Jiang Fan lit all nine colors on Master Cangming’s aptitude pillar, astonishing him with a foundation that rivaled the rarest geniuses of the Great Thousand Worlds. Master Cangming began the second trial, sending Jiang Fan and the other successful testers into Heart Lake Mirrors to face illusions of their deepest desires, fears, and regrets.

• Jiang Fan passed the first trial by lighting all nine colors, and Master Cangming said that only a handful of people in the Great Thousand Worlds had achieved the same result.
• Master Cangming asked about Jiang Fan’s constitution, but Jiang Fan said he did not know what gave him such a foundation.
• Master Cangming explained that the second trial tested temperament and introduced the Heart Lake Mirror, which trapped those unable to see through its illusions within three days.
• The little girl warned Jiang Fan that the mirror’s visions were fake and recalled escaping from it when Master Cangming had locked her up.
• Master Cangming sent Jiang Fan into his mirror, then ordered the other successful testers to enter theirs while the eliminated cultivators watched.

Inside the Heart Lake Mirror, Jiang Fan relived a dinner with his aunt Su Qingwan, uncle Ma Jiang, and cousin Ma Ning, confronting the regret of missing his final farewell to them. He gave Ma Ning his Level 1 gene serum and used his power to awaken her, leaving the family stunned.

• Jiang Fan found himself back on Blue Star in his middle school uniform and realized the Heart Lake Mirror had recreated his aunt and uncle's home.
• Su Qingwan, Ma Jiang, and Ma Ning welcomed Jiang Fan to dinner, and he remembered how they had cared for him and regretted missing their final farewell.
• Jiang Fan showed the family the Level 1 gene serum he had earned and insisted that Ma Ning take it.
• Jiang Fan said Ma Ning would awaken right away and sent a surge of power into her forehead, opening the shackles in her body.
• Su Qingwan, Ma Jiang, and Ma Ning stared in shock as Ma Ning's awakening began.

Jiang Fan helped Ma Ning awaken inside the Heart Lake Mirror’s illusion, then revealed the world was false and shattered it with his spiritual will. He returned to the Cangming Water Mansion, where Master Cangming marveled at his immense soul power and clear consciousness.

• Jiang Fan used the Genetic Serum to awaken Ma Ning as a Level 1 Martial Artist, delighting Ma Jiang and Su Qingwan.
• After sharing a warm meal with them, Jiang Fan told Ma Jiang, Su Qingwan, and Ma Ning that they were projections of his memories and that he had to leave the illusory world.
• Jiang Fan formed a sword of spiritual will and shattered the illusion, then stepped back into the Cangming Water Mansion.
• Master Cangming said Jiang Fan had broken the Heart Lake Mirror’s illusion in the time it took one incense stick to burn, and questioned how he had cultivated such immense soul power.

Jiang Fan impressed Master Cangming by escaping the Heart Lake Mirror, then passed the second trial with nine other candidates. In the third trial, he fought a copy of himself and realized he might win by learning from the water and improving beyond the moment the copy was made.

• Jiang Fan explained how he had exposed and shattered the Heart Lake Mirror, earning Master Cangming's admiration.
• Lin Qingxue, Wang Shouyi, Gu Mingxuan, Tuoba Yuan, Su Ying, and others emerged from their mirrors, but only ten candidates passed the temperament test.
• Master Cangming began the practical combat trial, placing each candidate in an independent space with a Water Man that copied their abilities and habits.
• Jiang Fan struggled to gain an advantage against his Water Man, which matched his techniques and anticipated his moves.
• Jiang Fan realized he could surpass the fixed copy by growing during the fight and began changing his sword style to seek insight into the Law of Water.

Jiang Fan defeated the Water Man by comprehending and using the true intent of the Law of Water, while three other candidates also cleared the third trial. Master Cangming began the final one-day Law of Water comprehension contest to choose his inheritor.

• Jiang Fan captured a trace of true intent from the Law of Water, disrupted the Water Man’s power, and defeated it.
• Master Cangming was astonished that Jiang Fan had comprehended the Law of Water and used it to find the Water Man’s weakness.
• Lin Qingxue adapted her swordplay and pierced the Water Man’s heart, while Gu Mingxuan used a reckless attack to destroy his opponent at the cost of serious injuries.
• Wang Shouyi and Tuoba Yuan defeated their Water Men, but the other six test subjects failed.
• Master Cangming declared the four survivors had passed, shielded Cangming Island, and gave them one day to comprehend the Law of Water and compete for his inheritance.

Jiang Fan comprehended the Law of Water and advanced directly from Initial Glimpse to Pattern Condensation, astonishing Master Cangming. Master Cangming then asked Jiang Fan to become his inheritor and accept the inheritance of the Law of Water and the Cangming Water Mansion.

• Lin Qingxue, Gu Mingxuan, Wang Shouyi, and Tuoba Yuan each tried to comprehend the Law of Water, but their progress varied.
• Master Cangming noticed Jiang Fan had made no visible progress after half a day and wondered why he was falling behind the others.
• Jiang Fan experienced the forms and transformations of water in a strange space and realized that Seed Condensation was not necessary for him to advance.
• Jiang Fan formed water-law patterns and reached Pattern Condensation in a single day, shocking Master Cangming.
• Jiang Fan told Master Cangming that his comprehension of other laws may have helped him, and Master Cangming praised his talent.
• Master Cangming asked Jiang Fan whether he was willing to become his inheritor and accept the inheritance of the Law of Water and the Cangming Water Mansion.

Master Cangming explained the origins of the Cangming inheritance and revealed that its recipient would have to remain behind to guard the seal on an evil demon. Jiang Fan refused the inheritance and returned the treasures, leaving Master Cangming without a successor.

• Master Cangming praised Jiang Fan's talent and explained that the Law of Water granted the Dao, while the Water Mansion inheritance included artifacts and techniques.
• Master Cangming revealed that he had come from the Great Thousand Worlds and had sealed an evil demon beneath Yunmeng Great Swamp after a devastating battle.
• Master Cangming explained that the little girl’s special bloodline helped weaken the demon, and that he had drawn cultivators to the swamp to strengthen the seal and find an heir.
• Master Cangming told Jiang Fan that accepting the inheritance meant taking responsibility for suppressing the demon and protecting the realm.
• Jiang Fan refused to remain in the Mystic Heaven Realm and returned the treasures from the Cangming Water Mansion.

Jiang Fan accepted Master Cangming’s Law of Water and promised to return to Yunmeng Great Swamp within a hundred years to destroy the evil demon. After advancing to the late stage of the Saint Realm, he declined the mansion’s other treasures and suggested Master Cangming choose a successor from the trial participants.

• Master Cangming offered Jiang Fan the Law of Water and proposed reinforcing the seal on the evil demon for a hundred years in exchange for Jiang Fan’s promise to return and eradicate it.
• Master Cangming revealed that the evil demon had once been around the middle stage of the Emperor Realm but should be treated as a peak Emperor Realm threat.
• Jiang Fan agreed to return to Yunmeng Great Swamp within a hundred years and destroy the evil demon.
• Master Cangming gave Jiang Fan the Law of Water, which Jiang Fan absorbed as his cultivation broke through to the late stage of the Saint Realm.
• Jiang Fan refused Master Cangming’s other treasures and suggested choosing a successor from among the trial participants, and Master Cangming approved.

Master Cangming weighed the candidates for his inheritance, and Jiang Fan urged him to choose Lin Qingxue, revealing his grudge against Gu Mingxuan. Master Cangming spotted a hidden treasure boosting Gu Mingxuan’s comprehension and chose Lin Qingxue, leaving Gu Mingxuan stunned.

• Master Cangming compared the candidates’ comprehension and considered Lin Qingxue’s compatibility against Gu Mingxuan’s stronger results.
• Jiang Fan recommended Lin Qingxue, explaining that he distrusted Gu Mingxuan because of their past grievances in the Mystic Heaven Holy Land.
• Master Cangming noticed a hidden treasure inside Gu Mingxuan that temporarily enhanced his law comprehension and agreed with Jiang Fan’s judgment.
• Lin Qingxue, Gu Mingxuan, Wang Shouyi, and Tuoba Yuan finished comprehending the Law of Water, and Gu Mingxuan believed he had ranked first.
• Master Cangming announced that he would take Lin Qingxue as his disciple and pass the Cangming Water Mansion inheritance to her, prompting Gu Mingxuan to protest.

Gu Mingxuan challenged Master Cangming’s choice of Lin Qingxue and objected when he learned the Law of Water had been entrusted to someone else. Jiang Fan appeared, and Wang Shouyi recognized him as the heir Master Cangming had chosen and accepted that the Law of Water belonged in his hands.

• Gu Mingxuan questioned Master Cangming’s selection, arguing that he had passed the trials and nearly reached Seed Condensation in the Law of Water.
• Master Cangming offered Lin Qingxue the Cangming Water Mansion inheritance but clarified that the Law of Water would go to another heir.
• Lin Qingxue accepted the inheritance, while Gu Mingxuan mocked her for not receiving the Law of Water.
• Master Cangming explained that the Law of Water came with a burden only the chosen heir could bear, prompting Gu Mingxuan, Wang Shouyi, and Tuoba Yuan to object.
• Master Cangming declared that his chosen heir surpassed them in every way, and Jiang Fan appeared after Gu Mingxuan demanded to see him.
• Wang Shouyi recognized Jiang Fan, accepted Master Cangming’s decision, and congratulated him on obtaining the inheritance.

Jiang Fan offered the Law of Water to anyone who could defeat him after Gu Mingxuan and Tuoba Yuan questioned the fairness of his inheritance. As cultivators rushed to challenge him, Jiang Fan warned that challengers would risk death.

• Wang Shouyi praised Jiang Fan and denied Gu Mingxuan’s accusation that their prior relationship influenced his admission of defeat.
• Lin Qingxue accepted that Jiang Fan had obtained the Law of Water, while Gu Mingxuan and Tuoba Yuan continued to question the inheritance’s fairness.
• Jiang Fan offered the Law of Water to anyone who could defeat him, and Lin Qingxue and Wang Shouyi forfeited their chance to challenge him.
• Gu Mingxuan and Tuoba Yuan accepted Jiang Fan’s challenge, and Jiang Fan questioned them about Lin Qingxue’s injury.
• After Lin Qingxue’s glance suggested the Loose Cultivator Alliance’s cultivators were involved, Jiang Fan invited everyone present to challenge him for the Law of Water.
• Several cultivators stepped forward, and Jiang Fan warned that challengers would live or die by fate.

Jiang Fan faced Gu Mingxuan, Tuoba Yuan, and more than thirty other challengers who wanted the Law of Water, defeating their combined assault and killing them all. The witnesses were left shocked by the full extent of his strength.

• Jiang Fan told all the challengers to attack him together, and Gu Mingxuan and Tuoba Yuan rallied them to fight as a group.
• The cultivators attacked Jiang Fan with spells and treasures, but he used a blue mirror to repel their attacks into the crowd.
• Jiang Fan summoned a colossal palm that crushed the challengers, leaving only the badly wounded Gu Mingxuan and Tuoba Yuan alive.
• Gu Mingxuan begged Jiang Fan for mercy, but Jiang Fan killed him and Tuoba Yuan with two bursts of force.

Jiang Fan killed the cultivators who besieged them, and Master Cangming gave Lin Qingxue the Cangming Water Mansion inheritance and its treasures. As the group prepared to leave, Cangming Island began to shake and split open, releasing black gas.

• Jiang Fan crushed more than thirty Emperor Realm cultivators, including Gu Mingxuan and Tuoba Yuan, with a single attack.
• Lin Qingxue and the others were shocked by Jiang Fan's strength, while Master Cangming praised his decisiveness and recognized that Jiang Fan had given up the inheritance.
• Master Cangming passed the Cangming Water Mansion inheritance to Lin Qingxue and placed its treasures in a spatial ring for her.
• Master Cangming told Lin Qingxue to cultivate diligently and help Jiang Fan when he needed her; Lin Qingxue agreed and thanked Jiang Fan.
• Cangming Island began to shake, fissures opened across its surface, and black gas surged from beneath it.

The seal beneath Cangming Island began to fail, and Jiang Fan descended into the abyss while the island’s cultivators fled. Deep below, Song Jue attacked the imprisoned Demon with a Pitch-Black Ancient Mirror and began pulling its demonic energy inside.

• Black demonic qi erupted through a crack on Cangming Island, killing cultivators and prompting Master Cangming to enter the abyss and order everyone to flee.
• Jiang Fan shielded Lin Qingxue, Wang Shouyi, and Su Ying with the Law of Water, then sent them away before following Master Cangming underground.
• Jiang Fan found breaches torn into the Nine Abyss Demon-Suppressing Formation and suspected someone had sabotaged the seal during the island’s trial.
• Ten thousand zhang below, the imprisoned Demon boasted that it would escape and turn the Mystic Heaven Realm into its hunting ground.
• Song Jue struck the Demon with a Pitch-Black Ancient Mirror, which prevented its wound from healing and began drawing in its demonic energy.

Song Jue absorbed Mo Lou through the Soul-Devouring Treasure Mirror, gaining immense power and falling toward the demonic path. He overwhelmed Master Cangming, but a sharp streak of sword energy cut off his attack at the last moment.

• Song Jue refined Mo Lou and absorbed the demon's Demonic Qi, breaking through to the peak of the Saint realm as his body and mind became increasingly demonic.
• Master Cangming arrived, discovered Mo Lou was gone, and tried to persuade Song Jue to stop absorbing Demonic Qi.
• Song Jue revealed that his Soul-Devouring Treasure Mirror could devour souls and sealing power, then fought Master Cangming with its help.
• Master Cangming struggled against Song Jue as the mirror countered his attacks and drained his remaining soul power.
• Song Jue blasted Master Cangming backward and aimed a beam from the mirror at him, but a sharp streak of sword energy struck the beam.

Jiang Fan confronted Song Jue, the Holy Master of the Saint Sect, as Song Jue tried to absorb the sealed Demon’s power. Jiang Fan overwhelmed Song Jue in their first clash, leaving Song Jue stunned by the gap in their strength.

• Jiang Fan arrived and stopped Song Jue from attacking the injured Master Cangming, then recognized that Song Jue had damaged the Nine Abyss Demon-Locking formation.
• Song Jue revealed that he had entered the trial to absorb the Demon’s Demonic Qi and claimed that strength mattered more than righteousness.
• Jiang Fan recognized Song Jue as the Holy Master of the Saint Sect, whose Yunlan City avatar Jiang Fan had destroyed, and Song Jue vowed to take revenge.
• Master Cangming warned Jiang Fan that Song Jue was refining the Demon’s source and that the Ancient Mirror restrained Master Cangming’s power.
• Song Jue attacked Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan’s late-stage Saint Realm cultivation and mastery of laws let him break Song Jue’s arm with one punch.

Jiang Fan defeated and killed Song Jue, ending the Demonic Affliction of the Mystic Heaven Realm. Master Cangming, nearing the end of his remnant soul, asked Jiang Fan to protect Lin Qingxue, and Jiang Fan agreed.

• Song Jue attacked Jiang Fan with demonic flames, but Jiang Fan used the Space Law to sever and extinguish them, then shattered Song Jue's defense with a punch.
• Song Jue realized Jiang Fan had used the Time Law, but Jiang Fan struck him with the Laws of Water and Life and Death before he could self-destruct.
• Jiang Fan destroyed Song Jue's body and annihilated his divine soul, leaving the underground space silent.
• Master Cangming told Jiang Fan that Song Jue's defeat had resolved the Demonic Affliction and that his remnant soul had at most two hours left.
• Master Cangming asked Jiang Fan to protect Lin Qingxue, whose inheritance could draw danger, and Jiang Fan agreed because of his own ties to her.