Recaps

Lin Fan took control of the Lingxiao Sect after the Sect Master’s death, securing the Luoyun Peak Master’s submission and refining the spoils he had seized. The sect settled into peace with Lin Fan disguised as the Paper Figure Peak Master and secretly ruling as its new Sect Master.

• Lin Fan appointed Cui Can as Lingxiao Peak’s Great Elder and ordered him to bring the peak in line.
• Lin Fan demanded and placed a divine-soul imprint on the Luoyun Peak Master, who agreed to remain at Luoyun Peak.
• Lin Fan reviewed how the Shadow Talisman had let him exploit the two old masters’ conflict and claim their spoils.
• Lin Fan identified the Dustless Flame, Paper Figure Child, and Nirvana Ghost Pearl as Dao Integration objects for different paths.
• Lin Fan began refining talismans, and within days he had taken control of the Lingxiao Sect under the guise of the Paper Figure Peak Master.

Lin Fan took control of the Ling Xiao Sect, gathered books to copy for lifespan, and strengthened the Wuji Sail with a Ghost King. As ominous clouds gathered over Paper Figure Peak, he flew into the sky with four powerful objects circling him.

• Xi Yun and the other girl were summoned to Paper Figure Hall, where Lin Fan revealed his disguise as Paper Figure Peak Master and made them his Soul Slaves.
• Lin Fan told the girls he was the new sect master, then used Cui Can's efforts to bring the Ling Xiao Sect under his control, executing those who resisted.
• Lin Fan ordered Elder Cui to collect books on talismans and Paper Figure Art, then copied them to gain nearly two hundred years of lifespan.
• Ghost Mother Wuji returned with the Wuji Sail, whose Yin Soldiers had nearly all become Yin Generals, and Lin Fan rewarded her with the Nirvana Ghost Pearl.
• Lin Fan fused the Ghost King-containing pearl into the Wuji Sail, then flew into the sky as heavy clouds and thunder approached, accompanied by the sail, Dustless Flame, Paper Demon Child, and a large talisman.

Lin Fan endured the Heavenly Tribulation and entered Dao Integration, transforming his inner landscape into a vast Spiritual Energy sea with a Bridge of Longevity. His new realm let him perceive the Ling Xiao Sect and everything within a hundred li.

• The Heavenly Tribulation descended over the Ling Xiao Sect as Lin Fan began his breakthrough, and cultivators across the sect reacted to its terrifying pressure.
• Lin Fan faced the Tribulation-Extinguishing Thunders with the protection of four Dao Integration treasures, while Bloodlight Demon Saint warned him that eighty-one increasingly powerful bolts awaited.
• A huge shadow charged into the leaden clouds to block a fatal thunderbolt, and the thunder and explosions continued for an entire day.
• Lin Fan survived the tribulation and recovered as his Origin Energy transformed into Spiritual Energy and his spirit took on forms resembling his treasures.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint recognized that Lin Fan had entered an extraordinary form of Dao Integration, and Lin Fan sensed everything within a hundred li.
• Lin Fan discovered that his inner landscape had become a vast Spiritual Energy sea crossed by the Bridge of Longevity.

The Yunmeng Sect’s master learned that Lin Fan had reached the Dao Integration Realm and sent someone to the Ling Xiao Sect to test whether he would honor their agreement. Meanwhile, Lin Fan mastered the Shadowless Paper Figure Art and learned that Dao Integration cultivators could strengthen their paths by plundering and devouring the Dao of others; the Luoyun Peak Master then requested an audience.

• The Yunmeng Sect’s master discussed Lin Fan’s breakthrough and ordered a suitable person to visit the Ling Xiao Sect about their agreement.
• Lin Fan used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to master the Shadowless Paper Figure Art and created a Lion-faced Human design.
• Lin Fan questioned the Bloodlight Demon Saint about Dao Integration cultivation and learned that cultivators could plunder and devour other cultivators’ Dao.
• Xi Yun told Lin Fan that the Luoyun Peak Master was waiting outside his cave abode.

Lin Fan accepted Zhao Mengyu into his cave residence after Luoyun Peak Master offered her to him, then used the gifted Dao Artifacts with his Avatar Talismans. He taught Zhao Mengyu, Xi Yun, and Yang Ling basic Paper Figure Art techniques, leaving the three women beginning their cultivation under his instruction.

• Luoyun Peak Master presented Lin Fan with dozens of Dao Artifacts and asked him to take Zhao Mengyu as a disciple, but Lin Fan declined and allowed her to stay with him instead.
• Zhao Mengyu gave Xi Yun and Yang Ling Youth Preserving Pills, while Lin Fan tested his Avatar Talismans with the gifted Dao Artifacts.
• Zhao Mengyu came to attend Lin Fan, who warned her against disloyalty before accepting her submission.
• Lin Fan taught Zhao Mengyu basic Paper Figure patterns, which she mastered within several days.
• Xi Yun and Yang Ling asked to learn the Paper Figure Art, and Lin Fan began teaching them its basic techniques.

Lin Fan mastered the Sky Swallowing Demonic Sparrow Talisman after advancing the Spirit Control Secret Records, then confronted Yunmeng Sect elder Wan Tianhua over the sect’s past attack and theft of Paper Figure Peak disciples. Wan Tianhua faced Lin Fan’s killing intent and had to explain why he had come.

• Yang Ling refined a paper cat, while Xi Yun and the young girl continued learning the Paper Figure Art under Lin Fan’s guidance.
• Lin Fan used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to advance the Spirit Control Secret Records to Grand Accomplishment and learned the Sky Swallowing Demonic Sparrow Talisman.
• Lin Fan ordered the young girl to gather Demonic Beast Blood Essence, then completed the Sky Swallowing Demonic Sparrow Talisman that night.
• Wan Tianhua arrived at the Ling Xiao Sect and introduced himself as an elder of the Yunmeng Sect.
• Lin Fan accused the Yunmeng Sect of sending spies, attacking Paper Figure Peak, and abducting its disciples, then threatened to kill Wan Tianhua unless he gave a satisfactory explanation.

Lin Fan learned that Unity cultivators in Great Gan faced conscription to the deadly Forbidden Battlefield and considered Yunmeng Sect’s offer to enter its ancestor’s secret realm. After deciding to grow stronger, he watched a mysterious shadow seize the Yunmeng elder who had tried to persuade him.

• A Dream Clone allowed the Yunmeng elder to survive Lin Fan’s Shadow Talisman attack, and the elder warned that Great Gan would conscript Lin Fan now that he had entered the Unity realm.
• The elder offered Yunmeng Sect’s help in finding its patriarch’s Dao insights in exchange for Lin Fan honoring the old agreement to escort the Yunmeng Sect Master into the secret realm.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint warned that the secret realm could be bait and revealed that conscripts were sent to the perilous Forbidden Battlefield before becoming deranged at the mention of it.
• Lin Fan dismissed the Bloodlight Demon Saint to recover and resolved to become stronger before the Conscription Order arrived.
• A paper figure confronted the Yunmeng elder, crumbled into ashes, and left him vulnerable to a shadow that appeared behind him and grabbed his throat.

Lin Fan learned that the Yunmeng Sect sought an alliance to oppose the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom and sent a paper figure to negotiate with its Sect Master. After advancing his Shadowless Paper Figure Art, he crafted an Eight-armed Rakshasa and several other paper figurines.

• Lin Fan searched Wan Tianhua’s soul, discovered the Yunmeng Sect’s plan concerning the Ancestor’s Secret Realm, and sent a transformed shadow to the Yunmeng Sect.
• The Yunmeng Sect Master saw through the paper figure impersonating Wan Tianhua and negotiated an alliance, agreeing to give the Ling Xiao Sect sixty percent of the secret realm’s rewards in exchange for help against the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom.
• The Yunmeng Sect Master killed a man who had colluded with the Demon Kingdom and confined his soul in a lamp to be tortured by its flames.
• Lin Fan spent one hundred and seventy years of lifespan to advance Shadowless Paper Figure Art to Minor Accomplishment and learned the Eight-armed Rakshasa pattern.
• Lin Fan crafted an Eight-armed Rakshasa paper figurine, a Lion-faced Human paper figurine, a Paper Tiger, and several other figures.

After the Green Light Divine Statue absorbed the black statue, it sent its Dao insights into Lin Fan and created an Enlightenment Tree in his inner landscape. Lin Fan accepted that the Primal Divine Statue had chosen him, advanced his Flowing Cloud Sword Dao and cultivation, and wondered whether the tree could improve his other skills.

• The Green Light Divine Statue devoured the black statue and sent its Dao insights into Lin Fan, causing an Enlightenment Tree to grow in his inner landscape.
• Lin Fan comprehended the Dao beneath the tree and discovered that the Primal Divine Statue had repaired itself, though it no longer returned power or nourished his soul.
• When Lin Fan tried to leave the Primal Divine Statue behind, it reappeared before him, and Bloodlight Demon Saint explained that it had chosen him and brought unavoidable karma.
• Lin Fan kept the Primal Divine Statue and spent the following days copying books and comprehending the Dao beneath the Enlightenment Tree.
• Lin Fan pre-empted Flowing Cloud Sword Dao to Minor Mastery, gained sword insights, and advanced to the second grade of Dao Integration Realm.
• Lin Fan wondered whether the Enlightenment Tree could also improve his talisman, paper figure, and ghost cultivation skills.

Lin Fan traveled to the Endless Swamp to reach the Yunmeng Sect Ancestor’s Cycle of Dreams secret realm. After entering the swamp’s dangerous miasma with the merfolk guide Luoxi, he was separated from her by a strange illusion.

• Lin Fan advanced the Starry Sky Sword Control Technique to minor mastery and left his cave abode after warning Zhao Mengyu about the Luoyun Peak Master’s schemes.
• Lin Fan traveled for half a month to the Endless Swamp, where merfolk recognized his Yunmeng Token and told him the Yunmeng Sect Master and others had entered ahead of him.
• The merfolk leader assigned Luoxi to guide Lin Fan through the swamp toward the secret realm entrance.
• Luoxi explained that her clan was bound by an oath to guard the entrance and could not leave the swamp while the secret realm remained.
• Black miasma engulfed Lin Fan and Luoxi, separating them and trapping Lin Fan in an apparent illusion that resisted his Sword Qi.

Lin Fan broke through the Dream Sand illusion, defeated two Demon Cultivators, and learned that the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom had sent forces into the Samsara Secret Realm. He then encountered another Demon Cultivator, who revealed the realm was actually the ruins of an ancient Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom figure and prepared to attack.

• Lin Fan exposed the false Yunmeng Sect Master and defeated the two Demon Cultivators who had ambushed him, learning from their memories that they served the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom.
• Lin Fan freed the female merfolk from the illusion and entered the Samsara Secret Realm, where he considered the Demon Kingdom’s presence and searched for the Yunmeng Sect Master.
• A Demon Cultivator attacked Lin Fan with runes in the phantom ocean, but his Eight-armed Rakshasa Paper Figurine blocked them.
• The Demon Cultivator identified Lin Fan as the Ling Xiao Sect Master and claimed the realm was the ruins of an ancient Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom figure, then summoned a Demon Tower and threatened him.

Lin Fan killed a Demon Cultivator guarding the secret realm and used Avatar Talismans to search its depths, discovering that dangerous formations protected a ruined palace. After finding Yunmeng Sect Master captured by a Dark Blood Demonic Wolf ancestor, he disguised himself with a Demon Kingdom token and prepared to follow them.

• Lin Fan drew out the Demon Cultivator with Yin Generals, destroyed its Demon Tower, and killed it, but a soul restriction prevented him from searching its memories.
• Yunmeng Sect Master, a burly man, and a Daoist-robed old man fled in separate directions when a Dark Blood Demonic Wolf ancestor pursued them.
• Lin Fan sent Avatar Talismans in several directions, then tested a ruined palace whose lightning defenses destroyed the demon-beast avatars he sent inside.
• Lin Fan followed reports of a battle and found Yunmeng Sect Master under guard by a Demon Cultivator while the colossal wolf shadow held the advantage.
• Lin Fan decided to follow the Demon Kingdom group, used the token he had taken, and transformed his appearance into a blue-furred figure.

The Demon Wolf Old Ancestor forced the Yunmeng Sect Master to cooperate by planting a Demon Wolf Curse, then led her and Lin Fan deeper into the Samsara Secret Realm. When spatial rifts appeared near a ruined palace, they killed one Demon Cultivator and injured the Old Ancestor, forcing the group to flee.

• The Yunmeng Sect Master persuaded the Demon Wolf Old Ancestor that she could help him reach the secret realm’s innermost region, and he planted a Demon Wolf Curse in her to keep her close.
• A blue-furred Demon Cultivator reported that Niu Gui and the others were missing, and the Yunmeng Sect Master identified the arriving Ling Xiao Sect Master as a Dao-Union cultivator.
• The Demon Wolf Old Ancestor ordered Lin Fan to watch the Yunmeng Sect Master, then took the group deeper into the secret realm through its Dream Sand and other hazards.
• The group encountered ruined palaces and mutilated corpses, and the Yunmeng Sect Master warned that spatial rifts filled the area.
• Spatial rifts appeared and severed a Demon Cultivator, while the Demon Wolf Old Ancestor injured its claw before leading everyone away.

Lin Fan and the Old Ancestor Demon Wolf followed the Yunmeng Sect Master through the dangerous Samsara Secret Realm to a gateway guarded by Dream Eaters. Inside the grand hall, the Old Ancestor Demon Wolf exposed Lin Fan’s disguise, and Lin Fan revealed himself while protecting the Yunmeng Sect Master.

• The Old Ancestor Demon Wolf used a Demon Cultivator as a shield when Dream Eaters emerged from spatial rifts, then ordered the Yunmeng Sect Master to guide the group.
• The Yunmeng Sect Master led Lin Fan and the Old Ancestor Demon Wolf safely through the secret realm to the Nightmare Eye and its gateway.
• The Old Ancestor Demon Wolf used the Myriad Soul Pearl to distract the Dream Eaters, and the three entered the gateway into a grand hall containing a jade-like tree seed and golden prayer beads.
• The Old Ancestor Demon Wolf sent Lin Fan to retrieve the offerings, but Lin Fan seized the Yunmeng Sect Master and escaped its attack.
• The Old Ancestor Demon Wolf revealed that it had recognized Lin Fan by his scent, and Lin Fan dropped his disguise as the Yunmeng Sect Master identified him as the new Ling Xiao Sect master.

Lin Fan, the Yunmeng Sect Master, and Old Ancestor Demon Wolf entered a deadly fight after the Daoist-robed old man betrayed the Yunmeng Sect Master. Old Ancestor Demon Wolf claimed the offering-table treasures, but a strange creature attacked the Daoist-robed man, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Lin Fan prompted the Yunmeng Sect Master to summon the Daoist-robed old man, who joined them against Old Ancestor Demon Wolf.
• The Yunmeng Sect Master revealed that her Dreamless Cultivation Method had made the Demon Wolf Curse ineffective.
• The Daoist-robed old man betrayed the Yunmeng Sect Master, helped Old Ancestor Demon Wolf kill her, and revealed that the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom had offered him a position and resources.
• Lin Fan summoned more than a hundred paper figurines, but Old Ancestor Demon Wolf destroyed them and swallowed a hidden Dao Integration cultivator who had been forced out by the Daoist-robed man's Blood Sword.
• Old Ancestor Demon Wolf ordered the Daoist-robed old man to retrieve the offering-table treasures, and the man took both the spiritual treasure and the tree seed.
• Strange black hands emerged from the offering table, crushed the Daoist-robed man's Blood Sword and defenses, tore out his heart, and sucked away his Soul Spirit as Old Ancestor Demon Wolf attacked.

The Yunmeng Sect Master revealed that she had used the Samsara Secret Realm to empower herself and planned to sacrifice Dao Integration cultivators, but the secret realm’s remnant will began to consume her. Lin Fan appeared while she was weakened and demanded that she become his slave, then unleashed a lightning talisman as she considered stalling for time.

• The Yunmeng Sect Master revealed that her apparent death had been a deception and drew on the secret realm’s power to fight the Demon Wolf Ancestor.
• The Yunmeng Sect Master explained that she meant to sacrifice the Demon Wolf Ancestor, the Daoist-robed old man, and the Ling Xiao Sect Master to inherit their power and advance to Dao Integration.
• The Demon Wolf Ancestor trapped the Yunmeng Sect Master in its Demonic Land Space, but her tentacles broke in, drained the demonic shadows, and crushed its wolf head.
• The Yunmeng Ancestor’s remnant will began fighting for control of the Yunmeng Sect Master, and the Shadow Talisman pierced her chest before being swallowed by her tentacles.
• Lin Fan appeared and used over a hundred talismans to pressure the weakened Yunmeng Sect Master into considering becoming his slave.
• As the Yunmeng Sect Master secretly tried to buy time, Lin Fan summoned the Calamity Immortal Soldier Talisman, which struck down at her in a blaze of lightning.

Lin Fan killed the Yunmeng Sect Master, escaped the collapsing secret realm with its spirit treasure and Dao Law Seed, and used the seed to advance to Dao Integration (Third Grade). Back at Ling Xiao Sect, Xi Yun, Yang Ling, and Zhao Mengyu worried over his absence as Peak Master Luoyun and Cui Zhanglai demanded to know when he would return.

• Lin Fan destroyed the Yunmeng Sect Master's body and soul, then collected her storage jade pendant and the storage artifacts left by the Demon Wolf Ancestor and the old man in the Daoist robe.
• Lin Fan used a giant phantom to seize the spirit treasure and Dao Law Seed from the offering table, then escaped as the palace and secret realm collapsed.
• The merman chief discovered that the secret realm's aura had vanished, and the merfolk celebrated their freedom from guarding its entrance.
• Lin Fan hid in a mountain cave and fed the Dao Law Seed to the Enlightenment Tree, gaining insights that raised his realm to Dao Integration (Third Grade).
• At Ling Xiao Sect, Zhao Mengyu told Xi Yun and Yang Ling that Peak Master Luoyun and Cui Zhanglai had demanded Lin Fan's return within three days.

Lin Fan resisted the Buddhist Bead Spiritual Treasure’s attempt to convert him and began refining it with the help of his Sword Heart. After examining Yunmeng Sect Master's manuals, he learned the Heart-Piercing Life and Death Talisman and began advancing the Sky Swallowing Bright King Art.

• Lin Fan’s Sword Heart shattered the Buddhist phantom before it could convert him, and he sent the resistant Buddhist Bead Spiritual Treasure into his sea of consciousness to refine it.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint identified the beads as a Buddhist Treasure and warned Lin Fan that possessing it could entangle him with the Buddhist sect.
• Lin Fan examined Yunmeng Sect Master's storage jade pendant and found the Dream Scripture, the Illusory Mind Method, and the Heart-Piercing Life and Death Talisman.
• Lin Fan spent one hundred and fifty years of lifespan to advance the Heart-Piercing Life and Death Talisman to the Initiate level and formed a basic talisman.
• Lin Fan agreed to spend three hundred and fifty years of lifespan to advance the Sky Swallowing Bright King Art to the Initiate level.

Lin Fan mastered the beginnings of the Sky Swallowing Bright King Art and discovered through a Voice Transmission Jade that the Inspection Office was plotting to use a coming Conscription Order to force him into service. He realized danger was approaching and turned to searching the remaining storage artifacts for resources.

• Lin Fan practiced the Sky Swallowing Bright King Art, drawing in the energies of heaven and earth and reaching the beginner level.
• Lin Fan examined the Yunmeng Sect Master's Dao Artifacts and found a Voice Transmission Jade engraved with the words "Inspection Office."
• Lin Fan disguised himself as the Yunmeng Sect Master and answered a call from a high-ranking figure who ordered him to consolidate the forces of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and seize the chance to subdue the Ling Xiao Sect.
• Lin Fan learned that Great Gan would soon issue a Conscription Order covering Dao Integration cultivators and others with a chance of reaching that realm, and he realized he would be among those summoned.
• Lin Fan searched the Demon Wolf Ancestor's and the Dao-robed elder's storage artifacts, but found only Demonic Beast Blood Essence in the former and no treasures in the latter.

Peak Master Luoyun allied with Ancestor Jin Hun of the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom and plotted to take control of Ling Xiao Sect while the Sect Master was missing. As Luoyun Peak and Lingxiao Peak attacked Paper Figure Peak, Xi Yun, Yang Ling, and Zhao Mengyu faced imminent defeat until a terrifying figure burst from the cave dwelling.

• Peak Master Luoyun revealed that he had refined the Luoyun Cauldron and planned to make Elder Cui the next Sect Master.
• Ancestor Jin Hun emerged, explaining that he had removed the Sect Master's soul imprint from Peak Master Luoyun and urging Elder Cui to pledge allegiance to the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom.
• Luoyun Peak and Lingxiao Peak disciples launched a surprise attack on Paper Figure Peak, and Zhao Mengyu, Xi Yun, and Yang Ling joined the defense.
• A Luoyun Peak elder knocked Zhao Mengyu down and urged her to surrender, but she refused and continued resisting with Xi Yun and Yang Ling.
• Elder Cui ordered the surrounded defenders to surrender; when Xi Yun refused, he sent the attackers forward, but a terrifying figure suddenly burst out of the cave dwelling.

Lin Fan returned to Paper Figure Peak as the Peak Master of Luoyun Peak and Ancestor Jin Hun threatened his disciples. He destroyed the Peak Master's Harmonization treasure and began fighting Ancestor Jin Hun, whose golden cicada form his sword pierced.

• Lin Fan's Sky Swallowing Demonic Sparrow Talisman killed Cui Can and many disciples before the Peak Master of Luoyun Peak and Ancestor Jin Hun destroyed it.
• The Peak Master ordered the three women killed, but Lin Fan appeared and stopped the attack.
• The Peak Master explained his ambition to enter Harmonization, and Lin Fan shattered the Luoyun Cauldron with a sweep of his sleeve.
• Ancestor Jin Hun offered Lin Fan a place in the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom, but Lin Fan attacked him with his strongest sword art.
• Ancestor Jin Hun summoned a golden cicada form to defend himself, but Lin Fan appeared behind him and pierced it with Sword Qi.

Lin Fan defeated Ancestor Jin Hun and learned that the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom was preparing a Conscription Order while expanding its influence through the Wild Monkey Clan and the Yunmeng Sect. After suppressing a rebellion and rebuilding the Ling Xiao Sect, he chose to wait before acting against the Yunmeng Sect, saying they needed sufficient bait.

• Ancestor Jin Hun trapped Lin Fan in a blood-red dreamscape, but Lin Fan used Eye of Submersion to find and defeat his true body before searching his soul.
• Lin Fan learned that the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom planned a Conscription Order, had taken control of the Yunmeng Sect through Ancestor Demonic Soul, and used the defected Wild Monkey Clan to reach the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Lin Fan destroyed Ancestor Jin Hun, returned to Paper Figure Peak, and sent paper figures to punish those who had joined or failed to resist the rebellion.
• Lin Fan returned to the Ling Xiao Sect, suppressed the rebellions at Luoyun Peak and Lingxiao Peak, abolished both peaks, and brought their surviving disciples into Paper Figure Peak.
• Lin Fan promoted Zhao Mengyu to sect elder and recruited wandering cultivators as Zhao Mengyu investigated the Yunmeng Sect, which was secretly controlled by Demon Cultivators and led by the possessed Wan Tianhua.
• Lin Fan told Zhao Mengyu not to move against the Yunmeng Sect yet because they needed sufficient bait.

Lin Fan perfected the Spirit Control Secret Records, advanced his cultivation and Sky Swallowing Bright King Art, and learned that the Patrol Office wanted him to attack the Wild Monkey Clan. He chose to remain cautious and focus on growing stronger while the conflict between the sects and the Patrol Office loomed.

• Lin Fan spent two hundred and eighty years of lifespan to perfect the Spirit Control Secret Records and learned to draw the Three-Eyed Flood Dragon Talisman.
• Lin Fan's cultivation advanced to the fourth grade of the Dao Integration Realm, and he spent another four hundred years of lifespan advancing the Sky Swallowing Bright King Art to the proficient stage.
• At Yunmeng Sect, the figure called Old Ancestor agreed to the other sects' doubled terms and learned that only the Ling Xiao Sect Master had emerged from the secret realm.
• Lin Fan received a call from the Patrol Office, whose representative accused him of disrupting its plans and demanded that he exterminate the Wild Monkey Clan.
• Lin Fan suspected the Patrol Office wanted him and the Wild Monkey Clan to weaken each other, so he decided to avoid direct confrontation and continue strengthening himself.

Lin Fan offered Xi Yun the choice to leave Ling Xiao Sect for her safety, but she insisted on staying by his side. He refined a Three-Eyed Flood Dragon talisman and advanced his Flowing Cloud Sword Dao, leaving him with Pure Origin Sword Intent and a path toward cultivating a Pure Origin Sword Body.

• Lin Fan asked Xi Yun whether she wanted to return home, but she refused to leave him and said she would wait for his return if he ever left Ling Xiao Sect.
• Lin Fan ordered people to gather Demonic Beast Blood Essence and continued guiding Zhao Mengyu, Xi Yun, and Yang Ling in their cultivation.
• Lin Fan completed a Three-Eyed Flood Dragon talisman using the blood essence of more than a hundred demonic beasts and sent it into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to grow stronger.
• Lin Fan spent two hundred and sixty years to advance Flowing Cloud Sword Dao to major accomplishment and awakened Pure Origin Sword Intent throughout his body.
• Lin Fan realized his Sword Heart had dispersed into a Sword Body, and learned that refining ten thousand strands of Pure Origin Sword Intent would let him cultivate a Pure Origin Sword Body.

A Ling Xiao Sect spy escaped the Yunmeng Sect with news of its alliance with the Wild Monkey Clan and its planned attack, while Lin Fan learned that Great Gan’s Conscription Order sent cultivators to the dangerous Forbidden Battlefield. The chapter left Lin Fan weighing the threat of resisting Great Gan’s summons and resolved to keep developing his strength.

• A Yunmeng Sect force chased a Ling Xiao Sect spy, but the Three-Eyed Flood Dragon Talisman killed the pursuers and allowed the spy to reach the Ling Xiao Sect.
• Zhao Mengyu told Lin Fan that the Yunmeng Sect would attack in three days and that Wan Tianhua had been possessed by a demon from the Wild Monkey Clan; Lin Fan said no preparations were needed.
• Lin Fan summoned the Bloodlight Demon Saint and learned that the Conscription Order concerned the ancient war against the Eerie Source on the Forbidden Battlefield.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint estimated that Lin Fan had a fifty percent chance of defeating Great Gan if the Lifespan Ancient Mirror’s controller did not appear in person.
• Lin Fan recognized that he still needed time to grow stronger and planned to continue developing his abilities.