Recaps

Ao Mingyue arrived in the Ashen Mountains to help the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan prepare for the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan’s counterattack. After Ao Jianlie returned from failing to recruit the Spirit Sword Immortal Sect, Ao Mingyue reaffirmed that their clan would destroy its mortal enemy regardless.

• Ao Mingyue arrived in the Ashen Mountains and told Elder Shen she had come to support the clan on her own initiative.
• Elder Shen explained that Ao Jianlie had gone to the Spirit Sword Immortal Sect to seek its help against the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan.
• Ao Mingyue took personal command of the defenses, reassuring the clansmen that Senior Lin and the Ancestor would confront any top experts who appeared.
• Ao Jianlie returned and told Ao Mingyue that the Spirit Sword Immortal Sect had refused to get involved in disputes between demon clans.
• Ao Mingyue said the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan would annihilate the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan whether or not the Spirit Sword Immortal Sect joined them.

The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix, Golden-Haired Hound, and Black Jade Qilin attacked the Sky Swallowing Sparrow clan to aid Ao Mingyue and Ao Jianlie. After the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix killed several Demon Saint experts and defeated the black-robed elder, he fled, leaving the remaining clansmen in danger.

• Ao Jianlie moved to protect Ao Mingyue, but she told him the beasts had come to help.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix killed one Sky Swallowing Sparrow Demon Saint, while the Golden-Haired Hound and Black Jade Qilin killed two others.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix ordered the Golden-Haired Hound and Black Jade Qilin not to interfere because it wanted to devour the Sky Swallowing Sparrows.
• The black-robed elder transformed into a demonic sparrow and attacked the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix, but its bloodline pressure weakened him.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix tore the elder's transformed body apart, and the wounded elder recognized it as an ancient divine beast and fled.

The Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox Clan’s woman persuaded the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan to commit to their alliance, and Tun Yunkong emerged to act on that choice. He appeared in the Ashen Mountains and threatened to destroy the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan unless the power behind its three divine beast talismans revealed itself.

• The woman in white urged the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan’s elders to stop yielding and support their shared goal, warning that the Dark Dragon Clan would treat them as enemies regardless.
• Tun Yunkong emerged from the darkness, identified himself as the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan’s Fourth Elder, and declared he would sweep away all obstacles.
• Tun Yunkong appeared in the Ashen Mountains, where Ao Mingyue’s True Dragon Bloodline warned her of the danger.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix, the Golden-Haired Hound, and the Black Jade Qilin surrounded Tun Yunkong and recognized his pure Sky Swallowing Sparrow bloodline.
• Tun Yunkong demanded that the power behind the three talismans reveal himself and threatened to kill those present and destroy the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s ancestral land in Northern Luzhou.

Bloodlight Demon Saint confronted Tun Rikong, but the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan’s four ancestors arrived to join him, leaving Bloodlight Demon Saint facing five eighth-grade Demon Saints. As the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan suffered heavy losses, Lin Fan waited for others to arrive before acting.

• Tun Rikong questioned whether Bloodlight Demon Saint was truly the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s ancestor, but Bloodlight Demon Saint warned him to surrender and advanced.
• Tun Rikong revealed that four Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan ancestors had been waiting nearby, and they combined their auras to suppress Bloodlight Demon Saint.
• The ancestors’ pressure shattered many weaker Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan members, so Ao Mingyue ordered the survivors to withdraw from the Ashen Mountains.
• The Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan’s ancestors declared that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan would pay for the deaths of their experts.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix wanted to devour the ancestors, but the Black Jade Qilin warned it would be killed and said Lin Fan was waiting for the others to arrive.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint realized that he could not defeat all five eighth-grade Demon Saints in his current condition.

Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord, Bloodlight Demon Saint, and Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor faced overwhelming forces from the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan and the Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox Clan until Lin Fan arrived. The woman in white then sent three Purple-Gold Jade Puppets to attack Lin Fan and the others.

• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord realized that his side was outmatched by the five Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan ancestors, the woman in white, and her three Purple-Gold Jade Puppets.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint questioned whether the Dark Dragon Clan had sent reinforcements, and Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor urged them to call on Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan arrived, and Bloodlight Demon Saint welcomed him as his master.
• The woman in white invited Lin Fan to join the Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox Clan as a Guest Official, and Lin Fan teasingly suggested she become his dao companion.
• Ao Jianlie warned Ao Mingyue that the woman in white was trying to steal Lin Fan, and Ao Mingyue vowed to kill her once she grew stronger.
• The woman in white declared that Lin Fan would die there and sent the three Purple-Gold Jade Puppets charging at him and the others.

Lin Fan overwhelmed the five Sky Swallowing Sparrow elders, forcing them to invoke their divine statue, Gou Chen, for power. The elders’ boosted strength threatened a new battle as they prepared to suppress and kill him.

• The five Sky Swallowing Sparrow elders combined into a black demonic sparrow and attacked Lin Fan, but he broke its wings with a Five Elements mountain.
• The elders’ wings regenerated, and their leader realized Lin Fan’s cultivation surpassed the eighth grade of the Demon Saint Realm.
• The elders dispersed their formation and summoned the Gou Chen divine statue, sacrificing their essence blood to gain a major increase in strength.
• The five elders, empowered by Gou Chen, prepared to slaughter Lin Fan.

Lin Fan killed the five ancestors of the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan and watched the Primal Divine Statue overwhelm Gou Chen's divine statue. Gou Chen's statue warned that a complete Eerie Divine Statue would hunt them before it shattered and was absorbed.

• Lin Fan defeated and killed all five Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan ancestors, terrifying the woman in white and stunning the others watching.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint restrained the woman in white and declared that her Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox Clan's scheme had failed.
• Ao Jianlie, the white-haired clan elder, and Ao Mingyue reacted to Lin Fan's overwhelming strength.
• Gou Chen's divine statue sent Lin Fan a ripple of intent mentioning the Ancient Altar and Twilight of the Gods, but the Primal Divine Statue continued its assault.
• Gou Chen's divine statue warned that a complete Eerie Divine Statue would hunt them, then shattered as the Primal Divine Statue absorbed its source divinity.

Lin Fan refused the Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord’s offer to join the Dark Dragon Clan and instead demanded payment for helping them defeat the Sky Swallowing Sparrow clan. The Dragon Lord agreed to provide the blood essence listed by Lin Fan, though the Dark Dragon Clan claimed it had no ancient divine beast blood essence.

• The Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord warned Lin Fan that the Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox clan might retaliate and invited him to become a Dark Dragon Clan Guest Official.
• Lin Fan declined the invitation and asked the Dragon Lord to repay the Dark Dragon Clan’s favor with ancient dragon and divine beast blood essence.
• The Dragon Lord said the clan lacked true ancient divine beast blood essence but offered more ancient dragon blood and other powerful demonic beast blood essence.
• Lin Fan presented a list of blood essences carrying divine beast bloodlines, and the Dragon Lord agreed to try to gather them.

The Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord reported to the Dark Dragon Clan’s ancestors that a human had defeated the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan’s elders and possessed a powerful divine statue. The ancestors chose to tolerate him for now while their Ancient Ancestor remained in seclusion, and the chapter ended at a vast fox cave far from Dragon City.

• The Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord told the Dark Dragon Clan’s ancestors that a human had killed five Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan elders and suppressed Gou Chen with his own divine statue.
• The ancestors questioned the human’s strength and motives, and the Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord said the man had shown little interest in joining the Dark Dragon Clan.
• The ancestors decided to leave the human alone unless he became an enemy, citing the risks of divine statues and their Ancient Ancestor’s absence.
• The Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord asked whether the Ancient Ancestor still had a chance to recover, but the ancestors fell silent.
• Far from Dragon City, a vast fox cave with flickering multicolored firelight came into view.

After consuming the Gou Chen statue, the female Primal Divine Statue awakened and helped Lin Fan break through to the Void Shattering Realm. Lin Fan questioned the rumors that divine statues brought eeriness and misfortune, then told her he would not stop her if she wished to leave.

• Lin Fan returned to his cave mansion and entered his Inner Landscape Space, where the female Primal Divine Statue shed its stone shell and awakened.
• The female statue praised Lin Fan and poured Dao Principles energy into his Inner Landscape Space, transforming his Spiritual Energy into mana.
• After three days, Lin Fan converted all his Spiritual Energy into mana and entered the Void Shattering Realm.
• Lin Fan confronted the female statue about rumors that divine statues brought eeriness and misfortune, and said he would let her leave if she wished.

After reaching the Void Shattering Realm, Lin Fan learned that advancing required comprehending laws and wondered where to begin. He emerged from cultivation to find Ao Mingyue and Han Yan confronting each other over their relationship with him.

• Lin Fan realized that the Void Shattering Realm required comprehending laws, and he considered the dangerous ways to obtain them.
• Lin Fan left the cultivation chamber and found Ao Mingyue blocking Han Yan inside the cave mansion.
• Ao Mingyue called herself Lin Fan's concubine, while Han Yan introduced herself as his elder sister and claimed she had arrived first.
• Lin Fan stopped the women's argument and placed an arm around each of their waists.

Lin Fan received the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan’s blood essence and treasures, then agreed to let the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan turn True Bone Peak into his cave mansion. Han Yan warned him that the clan’s rising power could draw the attention of the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom’s royal clans.

• Ao Mingyue presented Lin Fan with Demonic Beast Blood Essence, treasured herbs, and demon weapons taken from the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan.
• Lin Fan gave the herbs and weapons to Ao Mingyue and Han Yan, while the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix continued undergoing a transformation in Dust Spirit Province.
• Ao Mingyue told Lin Fan that Clan Leader Ao Jianshen had moved the clan members east of True Bone Peak and offered the entire peak as Lin Fan’s cave mansion.
• Lin Fan accepted the offer, and Ao Mingyue hurried off to tell her father to arrange the construction.
• Han Yan warned Lin Fan that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s growing influence might alarm the Demon Kingdom’s powerful clans and royal clans.

The Bloodlight Demon Saint returned to the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s territory to restore his strength, while Lin Fan perfected the Spirit Control Paper Figure Talisman and created a Sun-Moon Scarlet Light Tiger. The tiger lacked its own consciousness, and Lin Fan concluded it would need to absorb blood from enough related demon beasts to awaken.

• The Bloodlight Demon Saint returned to the blood pool to recover, fearing the royal clans would target him if they discovered his identity.
• Lin Fan spent one thousand years of lifespan to advance the Spirit Control Paper Figure Talisman to perfection.
• Lin Fan learned the Sun-Moon Scarlet Light Tiger rune and recognized the beast as an ancient divine beast descended from the White Tiger.
• Lin Fan refined the Sun-Moon Scarlet Light Tiger rune into a paper figure talisman, but the tiger showed no awakened will.
• Lin Fan sensed that the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix was sleeping in Dust Spirit Province and left the Golden-Haired Hound and Black Jade Qilin to guard it.
• Lin Fan determined that the Sun-Moon Scarlet Light Tiger would need to absorb blood from enough demon beasts with related bloodlines to awaken its consciousness.

Lin Fan examined his strengthened abilities and fused two sword techniques into the Nebula Sword Canon, a powerful art that could draw on nebulae to sever laws. He decided to conserve his remaining lifespan and left the story with the new technique ready to cultivate.

• After Lin Fan instructed it, the Primordial Ancient Dragon flew off toward the Dark Dragon Clan.
• Lin Fan checked his panel and found that all his mastered techniques had reached perfection, but he lacked a suitable technique for the Void Shattering Realm.
• Lin Fan chose to use the Fusion Dao Fruit rather than seek a technique from another powerful faction.
• The Fusion Dao Fruit failed to combine two pairs of techniques, consuming lifespan each time.
• The Fusion Dao Fruit successfully fused Flowing Cloud Sword Dao and Starry Sword Art into the uninitiated Nebula Sword Canon, reducing Lin Fan's lifespan to 6400 years.
• Lin Fan recognized the canon's potential to help him comprehend laws and decided to save his lifespan instead of attempting another fusion.

Lin Fan crushed the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix’s resistance and made it acknowledge him as its master. The phoenix revealed the Nether Phoenix Ancient Nest, and Lin Fan sent it to find the secret realm before offering the Golden-Haired Hound and Black Jade Qilin Demonic Beast Blood Essence.

• Lin Fan overwhelmed the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix, forcing it to submit alongside the Golden-Haired Hound and Black Jade Qilin.
• Lin Fan demanded useful information, and the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix revealed the Nether Phoenix Ancient Nest and its stores of phoenix true blood and possibly a Phoenix Tree.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix said it could use an old imprint to locate the ancient nest, and Lin Fan ordered it to investigate.
• Lin Fan tracked the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix through their Primordial Spirits as it departed True Bone Peak.
• Lin Fan asked the Golden-Haired Hound and Black Jade Qilin if they wanted to grow stronger, then gave them bottles of Demonic Beast Blood Essence.

Bloodlight Demon Saint recovered his strength and asked Lin Fan for permission to take revenge on the three royal clans that had nearly destroyed him. Lin Fan approved his plan to strike the weakened Dark Dragon Clan first in exchange for Bloodlight gathering its law-cultivation methods.

• Bloodlight Demon Saint visited Lin Fan after recovering and vowed to repay his help.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint explained that he wanted revenge on the three royal clans that had plotted against him.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint said he would target the Dark Dragon Clan while its oldest creature neared death and the other royal clans threatened to move against it.
• Lin Fan agreed to let Bloodlight Demon Saint pursue revenge but asked him to obtain the Dark Dragon Clan's methods for cultivating laws.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint asked whether Lin Fan had truly taken that step, and Lin Fan answered with a casual swipe of his hand.

Ao Mingyue chose to travel with the Bloodlight Demon Saint to the Dark Dragon Clan and enter its Dragon Transformation Pool, despite knowing the journey would separate her from Lin Fan. The Bloodlight Demon Saint revealed that the Dark Dragon Clan viewed the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan as an enemy, but was unlikely to attack while Lin Fan remained there, especially with its own Ancient Ancestor nearing death.

• Ao Mingyue hesitated to leave Lin Fan, but decided she needed to grow stronger and become capable of protecting her clan.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint praised Ao Mingyue’s resolve and promised to do his best to keep her safe on the dangerous journey.
• Ao Mingyue explained that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s rise had made relations with the Dark Dragon Clan and the Black Demon Jiaolong Clan increasingly tense.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint revealed that the Dark Dragon Clan had strengthened the Black Demon Jiaolong Clan and withheld promised Ancient Dragon Blood Essence, signaling that it regarded the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan as an enemy.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint said the Dark Dragon Clan would not attack while Lin Fan remained with the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan, and warned that its Ancient Ancestor would soon die, inviting attacks from the Violent Ghost Tiger and Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox clans.

Lin Fan and Han Yan discussed Han Yan’s foreboding that a great upheaval was coming, while Ao Mingyue traveled with Bloodlight Demon Saint to the Dark Dragon Clan. In Dragon City, Fu Feng faced accusations of treason and condemned Silver Wing for betraying their kin in Cloudwind Prefecture.

• Bloodlight Demon Saint departed the Dark Blood Jiaolong ancestral grounds with Ao Mingyue, her brother, and the last selected person, while Ao Jianshen concealed their journey.
• Han Yan told Lin Fan that she sensed a great upheaval approaching and said Blood River Venerable might have infiltrated the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom.
• Lin Fan promised to protect Han Yan, and the two embraced in the secret chamber.
• In Dragon City, Dark Dragon Clan members accused Fu Feng of colluding with the Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox clan and demanded that he be imprisoned.
• Fu Feng accused Silver Wing of betraying the clan by giving away the Dragon Nest formation layout in Cloudwind Prefecture, leading to the slaughter of their kin.

Fu Feng awakened the Primordial Ancient Dragon bloodline and broke out of the Dark Dragon Clan’s heavenly prison, overwhelming the guards with his bloodline pressure. Elder Black Steel examined him and recognized the extraordinary strength of his bloodline, leaving the clan with a rare potential heir.

• Fu Feng calmly declared himself a member of the Dark Dragon Clan and a Primordial Ancient Dragon, then destroyed his iron cage.
• Fu Feng’s ancient dragon aura forced more than a hundred prison guards, including their captain, to their knees.
• Fu Feng revealed his awakened ancient dragon bloodline, and the guard captain sent a subordinate to summon Elder Black Steel.
• Elder Black Steel arrived, examined Fu Feng, and exclaimed that his ancient dragon bloodline was denser than Rift-Heaven Dragon Lord’s.

Black Flame arrived at Gold-Rending Dragon Lord’s manor to take Silver Wing to the Disciplinary Palace for his crimes in Cloudwind Prefecture. Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord stopped Gold-Rending from resisting and revealed that Fu Feng had awakened a Primordial Ancient Dragon bloodline and become Elder Black Steel’s disciple.

• Black Flame and the Disciplinary Palace guards entered Gold-Rending Dragon Lord’s manor to arrest Silver Wing on Elder Black Steel’s orders.
• Gold-Rending rejected the charges, defended Silver Wing, and prepared to fight when Black Flame refused to show leniency.
• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord intervened and warned Gold-Rending against opposing Elder Black Steel to protect his son.
• Flame-Devouring revealed that Fu Feng had awakened a Primordial Ancient Dragon bloodline and become Elder Black Steel’s last disciple.
• Gold-Rending understood why Elder Black Steel was backing Fu Feng and quietly accepted the situation.

Lin Fan fused Eye of Lost and Starlight Shifting into the new skill Demon-Resisting Power, which weakened Demon Cultivators and strengthened his own methods against them. After considering the skill’s potential, he connected with the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to improve it.

• Lin Fan found that the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit could no longer improve Eye of Lost or Starlight Shifting.
• Lin Fan used the Fusion Dao Fruit to combine the two skills, spending 4,500 years of lifespan before the fusion succeeded.
• Lin Fan inspected Demon-Resisting Power and learned that it weakened Demon Cultivators while enhancing his methods against them.
• Lin Fan considered whether perfecting the skill might let it restrain aberrant power, then connected with the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit.

Li Jiang, the First Elder of the Violent Ghost Tiger Clan, infiltrated the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan by possessing one of its clansmen, but Lin Fan intercepted him. Li Jiang revealed his identity and offered Lin Fan a deal, leaving the question of cooperation unanswered.

• A black shadow absorbed the Blood Qi of slain Dark Blood Jiaolong clansmen, possessed the survivor with the strongest jiaolong bloodline, and headed for the clan's territory.
• Lin Fan appeared to block the possessed clansman's path and recognized that the shadow had fused with its host's bloodline.
• Lin Fan deduced that the intruder was from the Violent Ghost Tiger Clan, and the shadow revealed itself as Li Jiang, the clan's First Elder and a top-tier Demon Saint.
• Li Jiang explained that the Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox Clan had tried to provoke a conflict between Lin Fan and the Violent Ghost Tiger Clan, but he had come to propose cooperation instead.
• Li Jiang said his clan could match or exceed whatever the Dark Dragon Clan had offered Lin Fan.

Lin Fan accepted the Violent Ghost Tiger Clan’s Qilin essence blood while recognizing their attempt to draw him away from the conflict with the Dark Dragon Clan. He used the blood to secure the Black Jade Qilin’s loyalty, and the Qilin reached the perfected Demon Saint Realm after absorbing it.

• Li Jiang gave Lin Fan a secret transmission talisman and left, while Lin Fan decided to accept the Violent Ghost Tiger Clan’s benefits without pledging himself to either royal clan.
• Lin Fan summoned the Black Jade Qilin with a Paper Figure Talisman and offered it two bottles of Divine Flame Qilin essence blood in exchange for its loyalty.
• The Black Jade Qilin swore to serve Lin Fan, who named it Little Mo and gave it the essence blood.
• Little Mo devoured and refined the Qilin essence blood, growing larger and reaching the perfected Demon Saint Realm.

Lin Fan quickly mastered the beginner-level Qilin Seal, while Little Mo marveled at his progress. Elsewhere, Li Jiang warned a mysterious figure that Lin Fan appeared to be a Demon Immortal whose strength would be difficult for the Violent Ghost Tiger Clan to overcome.

• Lin Fan gained insight into the Qilin Seal and learned to merge his mana with lightning to summon a lightning-wreathed Qilin.
• Little Mo was stunned by how quickly Lin Fan mastered the inherited divine ability, and Lin Fan concealed his true reason by crediting his prior lightning cultivation.
• Li Jiang met a blurry figure and reported that Lin Fan seemed to have reached the Demon Immortal realm.
• Li Jiang warned that even the Violent Ghost Tiger Clan acting together would have little chance against Lin Fan unless a powerful clan member intervened.
• Li Jiang cautioned that Lin Fan also appeared to possess a powerful divine statue.

The Bloodlight Demon Saint arrived in Dragon City with Ao Mingyue, Ao Jianlie, and another junior, and met with Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord and the Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor. As the juniors were escorted to rest, they learned that their promised Dragon Transformation Pool slots had angered members of the Dark Dragon Clan.

• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord and the Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor warmly welcomed the Bloodlight Demon Saint, who warned that he would demand justice if the juniors were harmed.
• The Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor sent Longevity to escort Ao Mingyue, Ao Jianlie, and their companion while he and Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord accompanied the Bloodlight Demon Saint to Dragon Lord Manor.
• Ao Jianlie remarked that Longevity seemed powerful, and Ao Mingyue sensed that he was a Demon Saint Realm expert with formidable Blood Qi.
• Longevity warned the juniors not to provoke the Dark Dragon Clan in its main district, and Ao Mingyue realized they might be targeted because of their Dragon Transformation Pool opportunity.
• Longevity explained that the Dark Dragon Clan had promised three of its ten annual Dragon Transformation Pool slots to the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan, stirring dissatisfaction among clan members.