Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan stepped forward to face Lei Qian over the jade-green hairpin and sent him flying with a single slap. Ling Qingzhu recognized Lin Fan from five years earlier and watched, astonished, as he prepared to face Yuan Sect.

• Lin Fan reassured Ying Huanhuan and stepped out to confront Lei Qian.
• Ling Qingzhu recognized Lin Fan and recalled their meeting five years earlier.
• Lin Fan introduced himself, and Lei Qian offered to give him the hairpin if he could take it from his hand.
• Lei Qian attacked with Thunder Sound Lion Fist, but Lin Fan froze the blow and struck him with a slap that sent him crashing into a bluestone.
• Lei Qian climbed up in a fury and threatened to tear Lin Fan apart.

Lin Fan defeated Lei Qian with a single palm strike, won the hairpin for Ying Huanhuan, and forced the Yuan Sect disciples to pay before leaving. He then reunited with Ling Qingzhu at the Sect Tournament and introduced himself to her.

• Lin Fan struck Lei Qian down with the Great Desolation Imprisoning Sky Hand and took the jade-green hairpin.
• Lin Fan demanded payment, and Jiang Tao paid the hairpin seller six million Nirvana Pills on Lei Qian's behalf before leading the Yuan Sect disciples away.
• Lin Fan gave the hairpin to Ying Huanhuan, and the Dao Sect disciples celebrated his victory.
• Lin Fan spotted Ling Qingzhu on a pavilion, and she descended to meet him.
• Lin Fan extended his hand to Ling Qingzhu and introduced himself as Lin Fan of the Great Yan Dynasty.

Lin Fan reunited with Ling Qingzhu in the Treasure Hunting Zone, then bought a battered copper furnace that concealed a token and map connected to the Shatter the Firmament Ancient Treasury. The chapter ended with Dao Sect celebrating his victory while Yuan Sect grew hostile toward him.

• Lin Fan reached out to Ling Qingzhu, and she clasped his hand before warning him that Yuan Sect would be difficult to face in the Sect Tournament.
• Ling Qingzhu left, and Ying Huanhuan declared that she would become even more outstanding than her; an icy-blue color briefly appeared in her eyes.
• Lin Fan bought a dilapidated copper furnace from the gray-clothed middle-aged man for ten million Nirvana Pills.
• Qi Lei and the other hall masters welcomed Lin Fan's group back and celebrated his victory over Lei Qian.
• Lin Fan burned the copper furnace, retrieved a dark-red light token, and memorized the map of Shatter the Firmament Ancient Treasury.
• Yuan Sect's members developed intense killing intent toward Lin Fan and the Dao Sect disciples.

Lin Fan and the Dao Sect disciples gathered with the other sects to enter the Otherworldly Demon Territory and begin the Sect Tournament. Yuan Gate’s Three Little Kings arrived, and Yuan Cang provoked Dao Sect before Lin Fan answered with a taunt about Lei Qian.

• Lin Fan and the Dao Sect disciples arrived at the Otherworldly Demon Territory alongside the other major sects, where Ying Xiaoxiao introduced him to powerful disciples.
• Ling Qingzhu and Su Rou arrived with Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace, and Su Rou happily greeted Lin Fan and praised his achievements from the Hundred Empire War.
• Lin Fan spotted Yuan Gate’s disciples and learned that the men alongside Lei Qian were Ling Zhen and Yuan Cang, the strongest of the Three Little Kings.
• Yuan Cang greeted Ling Qingzhu, then mocked Lin Fan for choosing Dao Sect over Yuan Gate and implied he could only lead a weaker sect.
• Lin Fan replied that strength was not decided by words and said Lei Qian had recently been beaten by him until he looked like a dead dog.

Lin Fan and the Dao Sect disciples prepared to enter the Otherworldly Demon Territory as Yuan Cang threatened them during the Sect Tournament. The territory opened, and they entered together, while Qing Tan hurried toward them from afar.

• Lin Fan taunted Yuan Gate over Zhou Tong’s death, and Yuan Cang warned the Dao Sect disciples to fend for themselves during the tournament.
• Qing Tan and Huo’er raced toward the tournament, while their ghost-masked companion struggled to keep up.
• Ying Xiaoxiao explained that the disciples needed to keep their auras connected when entering and that they might face Yuan Gate at a gathering place deep inside the territory.
• Ying Xiaoxiao revealed that Wang Yan’s senior apprentice sister had been attacked by Yuan Gate while covering the Dao Sect’s retreat, and Lin Fan promised to avenge her.
• The Otherworldly Demon Territory opened, and Ying Xiaoxiao led Lin Fan, Wang Yan, Lin Dong, and the other Dao Sect disciples into its spatial vortex together.

The Dao Sect disciples, led by Ying Xiaoxiao and Lin Fan, were attacked by a Demonic Ant tide after entering the Otherworldly Demon Territory. Ying Huanhuan revealed Life Profound Bone Pearls beneath the ants, and when Sword Sect leader Xue Ling proposed dividing them, she quietly told Lin Fan to let them approach first.

• Lin Fan warned the Dao Sect group about creatures underground, then rescued Ying Huanhuan from a Demonic Ant attack.
• Lin Fan explained that Ying Huanhuan's sound-wave skill could hypnotize the ants, and she knocked them unconscious with her Emerald Zither.
• Ying Huanhuan sensed something beneath the ground and used a sound wave to expose dried corpses bearing Life Profound Bone Pearls.
• Xue Ling and the Sword Sect disciples arrived, and Xue Ling proposed peacefully dividing the pearls with the Dao Sect.
• Ying Huanhuan quietly told Lin Fan to let the Sword Sect disciples approach the Life Profound Bone Pearls first.

Lin Fan warned the Sword Sect about the demon corpses guarding the Life Profound Bone Pearls, then stepped in when both sects were attacked. He defeated all four demon corpses and took their pearls, leaving the Dao Sect and Sword Sect disciples stunned.

• Xue Ling attacked the buried demon corpses, awakening all four and triggering their counterattack against the Sword Sect disciples.
• Ying Xiaoxiao explained what demon corpses were, and Lin Fan told Ying Huanhuan to keep suppressing the Demonic Ants while he negotiated with Xue Ling.
• Lin Fan offered to let the Sword Sect take two pearls if they could handle two demon corpses, but Xue Ling retreated after one corpse wounded him.
• Lin Fan told Wang Yan and Lin Dong to hold back two demon corpses while he trapped the other two in the Vermilion Bird Departing Fire Shroud.
• Lin Fan extracted the Life Profound Bone Pearls from all four demon corpses, defeating them and shocking both sects.

Lin Fan and the Dao Sect group set out for the Shatter the Firmament Ancient Treasury after learning that Yuan Gate was pursuing it. They arrived at the vast palm-print basin where disciples from many Super Sects had gathered.

• Lin Fan defeated four demonic corpses and gave their Life Profound Bone Pearls to Ying Xiaoxiao, Wang Yan, Ying Huanhuan, and Lin Dong.
• Lin Fan showed Ying Xiaoxiao an ancient treasury map, and she identified it as the map to the Shatter the Firmament Ancient Treasury, which Yuan Gate had long sought to open.
• Lin Fan and the Dao Sect disciples agreed to pursue the treasury and confront Yuan Gate if necessary, then left for the central region of the Otherworldly Demon Territory.
• Lin Fan gave Lin Dong control of the four demonic corpses as the group traveled for ten days, fighting monsters and improving their coordination.
• Lin Fan and the others reached the enormous palm-print basin and saw that disciples from many Super Sects had gathered there.

Lin Fan and the Dao Sect disciples arrived at the Shatter the Firmament Ancient Treasury, where the gathered sects expected them to clash with Yuan Gate. After Yuan Gate’s allies demanded that they leave, Lin Fan killed their envoys, Yang Huo and Meng Duan, with a sudden attack.

• Lin Fan and the Dao Sect disciples entered the central area, where disciples from the other super sects watched and discussed their feud with Yuan Gate.
• Su Rou welcomed Lin Fan, while Wu Qun questioned whether he could face Yuan Gate’s Three Little Kings; Ling Qingzhu watched with concern.
• Ying Xiaoxiao identified Ghost Blade Sect and Fire Cloud Sect as Yuan Gate’s close allies as their disciples approached the Dao Sect.
• Meng Duan and Yang Huo relayed Yuan Cang’s demand that the Dao Sect leave the area and warned them to avoid the losses of the last Sect Tournament.
• Lin Fan insulted the envoys, froze them with a seal, and pierced both with Flame Spears, causing their bodies to explode before the stunned crowd.

Lin Fan killed two Nine Yuan Nirvana Realm experts and confronted Yuan Sect, but Chen Kui interrupted Yuan Cang’s attack and arrived with Qing Tan. The chapter ended with Lin Dong angrily demanding to know why Qing Tan had come, while Lin Fan urged him to hear her explanation.

• Lin Fan killed Yang Huo and another Nine Yuan Nirvana Realm expert, then drove the Ghost Blade Sect and Fire Cloud Sect disciples away.
• Lin Fan challenged Yuan Sect, and Lei Qian, Ling Zhen, and Yuan Cang stood to face him.
• Yuan Cang attacked Lin Fan and the Dao Sect disciples, but Chen Kui’s gray light intercepted his sword beam.
• Chen Kui arrived with Qing Tan and another dark-dressed girl, startling Lin Fan and Lin Dong.
• Qing Tan descended and hid beside Lin Fan as Lin Dong angrily questioned her, and Lin Fan asked him to let her explain.

Lin Fan reunited with Qingtan, learned that she had joined Darkness Hall, and prepared to face Yuan Sect. When Lei Qian challenged him, Lin Fan struck back with the Great Desolation Imprisoning Sky Hand, which crushed Lei Qian’s lightning-powered fist and reached for him.

• Lin Dong scolded Qingtan for leaving, but Lin Fan intervened, and Qingtan happily clung to him.
• Lin Fan recognized Huo'er and thanked Chen Kui for escorting Qingtan, then learned that Qingtan had joined Darkness Hall.
• Lin Fan introduced Qingtan and her companions to the Dao Sect group as Lei Qian demanded that they stop catching up.
• Lin Fan called Lei Qian out to fight, and Lei Qian charged him with a lightning-wreathed fist.
• Lin Fan summoned the Great Desolation Imprisoning Sky Hand, which crushed Lei Qian’s attack and grabbed toward him.

Lin Fan defeated and killed Little Thunder King Lei Qian, prompting Yuan Cang and the Yuan Gate forces to confront Dao Sect. As the opposing forces prepared for battle, Lin Fan burned Lei Qian’s Yuan Spirit in his hand.

• Lei Qian used the Thunder Emperor Scripture’s World Extinction Spear against Lin Fan, but Lin Fan crushed it with his ancient giant hand.
• Lin Fan seized Lei Qian and crushed him alive, shocking the onlookers and drawing Yuan Cang’s furious charge.
• Chen Kui blocked Yuan Cang, while Ying Xiaoxiao led Lin Dong, Wang Yan, Ying Huanhuan, and others to face the Yuan Gate forces.
• Yuan Cang questioned Chen Kui’s interference, and Chen Kui said someone had asked him to act.
• Lei Qian’s Yuan Spirit screamed as Lin Fan burned it with three different-colored flames.

The Shatter the Firmament Ancient Treasury appeared, and Yuan Cang traded its opening for Lei Qian’s primordial spirit. Yuan Cang opened the treasury, but the first people to rush inside burned to ash, leaving everyone afraid to enter.

• The ancient treasury began to emerge from the distorted space, and the gathered sects looked to Yuan Cang to open it.
• Yuan Cang demanded Lei Qian’s primordial spirit in exchange for opening the treasury, and Lin Fan returned it while taunting Yuan Cang.
• Yuan Cang withdrew with the Yuan Sect disciples after warning Lin Fan, and Lin Fan told the Dao Sect disciples to avoid direct clashes inside.
• Yuan Cang used a fiery-red light to tear open the treasury, and several figures rushed toward the entrance.
• Lin Fan stopped the Dao Sect disciples, while the first people to enter burst into flames and burned to ash.

Lin Fan entered the Shatter the Firmament Ancient Treasury, resisted its scorching heat, and navigated an array to reach its core with Ling Qingzhu. There, they met Lin Dong and confronted Yuan Cang and Ling Zhen, as Yuan Cang prepared to avenge Lei Qian.

• Yuan Cang and the strongest Yuan Gate disciples entered the Shatter the Firmament Ancient Treasury, and Ying Xiaoxiao sent the Dao Sect disciples above the Eight Yuan Nirvana Realm after them.
• The array separated Lin Fan from the other Dao Sect disciples, but he used the Flame Ancestor Symbol to withstand the heat and set out to find the array core.
• Lin Fan encountered Ling Qingzhu, explained that he could locate the core, and led her across the crimson land.
• Lin Fan and Ling Qingzhu reached the stone altar at the array core and found Yuan Cang and Ling Zhen there.
• Lin Dong arrived, and Yuan Cang confronted Lin Fan, saying he would avenge Lei Qian.

Lin Fan faced Yuan Cang and Ling Zhen, who moved to kill him, while Ling Qingzhu tried to intervene and Lin Dong challenged Ling Zhen. Lin Fan fought Yuan Cang with his Vermilion Bird techniques as their clash activated a glowing array around the stone altar.

• Yuan Cang and Ling Zhen intercepted Lin Fan, but Ling Qingzhu stepped between them and offered to protect him because he had helped her.
• Lin Fan refused Ling Qingzhu's intervention, declared that he intended to kill Yuan Cang and Ling Zhen, and sent Lin Dong to fight Ling Zhen.
• Lin Dong transformed with dragon scales and wings to evade Ling Zhen's icy attack, then counterattacked him.
• Yuan Cang attacked Lin Fan with sword energy, but Lin Fan blocked it with the Vermilion Bird Departing Fire Shroud and summoned a massive Vermilion Bird.
• Yuan Cang's Origin Emperor Sword Finger clashed with the Vermilion Bird, and the altar began glowing and formed a light array around itself.
• The Vermilion Bird shattered Yuan Cang's light sword and reached for his chest.

Lin Fan defeated Yuan Cang and captured his and Lei Qian’s primordial spirits, while Lin Dong killed Ling Zhen with Lin Fan’s help. The Three Little Kings of Yuan Gate had all fallen when a new explosion interrupted the group.

• Yuan Cang used the Spirit Seal and the Yuan Emperor Body, but Lin Fan split him in two with a Space Greatsword.
• Lin Fan trapped Yuan Cang’s and Lei Qian’s primordial spirits in spatial cages and stored them away.
• Lin Fan collected Yuan Cang’s Cosmos Sack and Spirit Seal, then turned to the fight between Lin Dong and Ling Zhen.
• Lin Fan froze Ling Zhen as he tried to flee, allowing Lin Dong to cut his throat with the Dragon Origin Wheel.
• A terrifying explosion rang out just after Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Ling Qingzhu had let out a breath of relief.

The Giant Stone Altar shattered, releasing a black-mist creature that the crimson cauldron tried to contain. After the cauldron expelled the tournament participants into a mountain range, the creature escaped and attacked the crowd with deadly black rays, leaving Lin Fan and the others facing imminent danger.

• Lin Fan, Ling Qingzhu, and Lin Dong retreated from the black mist as Lin Fan burned Yuan Cang's and Ling Zhen's corpses.
• A bell rang, the Shatter the Firmament Formation dissolved, and the crimson cauldron expelled the participants from the distorted space.
• Lin Fan reunited with Ying Xiaoxiao, Ying Huanhuan, Wang Yan, Qing Tan, Huo'er, and Chen Kui, then warned them to be ready to leave.
• The black-mist creature broke out of the cauldron and fired black rays that reduced people to ash.
• Lin Fan ordered his companions to withdraw, then saw a black ray shooting straight toward him.

Shatter the Firmament Old Man saved Ying Huanhuan and Lin Fan from the black ray, then fought the black-fog creature. He opened spatial vortexes for the crowd to escape, while Lin Fan stayed behind as Ying Huanhuan worried about him.

• Ying Huanhuan stepped in front of Lin Fan to face the Life-Reaping Black Light, and Lin Fan summoned the Devouring Corpse to protect her.
• Shatter the Firmament Old Man appeared, crushed the black ray, and bowed to Ying Huanhuan before confronting the black-fog creature.
• Shatter the Firmament Old Man trapped the creature in a curtain of fire, but the creature struck his crimson cauldron aside.
• Shatter the Firmament Old Man summoned eight magma gates and opened spatial vortexes, ordering everyone to leave.
• Lin Fan told Ying Huanhuan, Qing Tan, and the others to escape first, and Ying Huanhuan asked what he planned to do.

Lin Fan returned the missing formation gate tablet, allowing Shatter the Firmament Old Man to complete the Lava Fire Gate Formation and suppress the Otherworldly Demon General. After recounting the ancient World War, Shatter the Firmament Old Man gave Lin Fan his Shatter the Heavens Cauldron and was poised to lose his intelligence.

• Lin Fan gave Shatter the Firmament Old Man the scarlet light tablet, completing the formation's final magma gate.
• Shatter the Firmament Old Man suppressed the black fog creature beneath a magma mountain and sent the greedy rogue cultivators into the spatial vortex.
• Shatter the Firmament Old Man recognized that Lin Fan had obtained the Vermilion Bird King’s inheritance and sensed an attack within him that reached the Reincarnation Stage.
• Shatter the Firmament Old Man told Lin Fan and Ling Qingzhu about the World War and warned that the Otherworldly Demons might return.
• Shatter the Firmament Old Man gave Lin Fan his natal Yuan treasure, the Shatter the Heavens Cauldron, as he prepared to lose his intelligence.

Lin Fan refined Shatter the Firmament Old Man’s life-energy pill for five days, breaking through to the Advanced Life Profound Realm while Ling Qingzhu stayed nearby. After they left the ancient treasury, Ling Qingzhu set out for the Taiqing Immortal Pool, and Lin Fan followed to accompany her.

• Shatter the Firmament Old Man gave Lin Fan a pill made from his remaining vitality and asked him to look after Ying Huanhuan, whose previous life he also described.
• Lin Fan asked whether he could restore Shatter the Firmament Old Man if he reached the Reincarnation Stage, and the old man told him to return once he comprehended reincarnation.
• Lin Fan refined the pill for five days, reached the Advanced Life Profound Realm, and learned that Ling Qingzhu had stayed to protect him.
• Lin Fan and Ling Qingzhu left the ancient treasury and found that the others had already departed from the crimson basin.
• Ling Qingzhu explained that she planned to seek the Taiqing Immortal Pool deep in the Otherworldly Demon Territory, and Lin Fan followed her so she would not face the danger alone.