Recaps

The black creature summoned eighteen divine rings and manifested the ancient experts whose souls it had imprisoned, then sent them against Lin Fan. Lin Fan’s golden finger radiance destroyed the first attackers and continued toward the rest.

• The black creature declared that it would kill Lin Fan and raised eighteen divine rings above its head.
• The black mist formed solid figures of ancient experts who had died at the black creature’s hands and charged at Lin Fan.
• An ancient expert wielding chaotic laws attacked Lin Fan, but Lin Fan casually pointed a finger and destroyed him with golden radiance.
• A three-headed, six-armed figure charged with ancient artifacts, and Lin Fan’s golden radiance shattered its heads, arms, and body.

Lin Fan fought an ancient Eerie Divine Statue and made it wary enough to ask whether he was a Godslayer. Lin Fan offered it a chance to submit, but the creature grew furious when he rejected its attempt to end the fight.

• The black creature protected itself with eighteen divine rings after sensing Lin Fan as a genuine threat.
• The black creature asked who Lin Fan was, and Lin Fan demanded that it submit so he could keep it alive.
• The black creature suspected Lin Fan was a Godslayer, whose power it described as the source of destruction.
• The black creature decided Lin Fan was probably not a Godslayer and proposed that they stop fighting.
• Lin Fan responded with a half-smile, and the black creature angrily warned him not to push his luck.

Lin Fan destroyed the Eerie Divine Statue’s apparent body, exposed its true form hiding in the hall, and broke through its ring defense with a close-range attack. The finger light continued toward the statue, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lin Fan’s sword lights pierced the black furnace and shattered the black creature’s body and eighteen divine rings.
• Black Jade Qilin questioned whether the creature was dead, and the Primordial Ancient Dragon realized it had been a substitute.
• Lin Fan sensed the deception and struck the northwest corner of the hall with a fused divine sword, forcing the Eerie Divine Statue’s true form into view.
• The Eerie Divine Statue formed a defensive barrier with its eighteen black divine rings, which blocked Lin Fan’s descending sword.
• Lin Fan appeared beside the statue and shattered its ring barrier with golden finger light, which continued toward it.

Lin Fan’s attempt to search the Eerie Divine Statue’s soul triggered a hidden restriction that destroyed it, but he learned of the Dragon Emperor Hall, where the ancient dragon race’s greatest inheritance and fortune were kept.

• The Eerie Divine Statue self-destructed when Lin Fan’s Soul Searching Technique reached its consciousness, leaving a bottomless crater.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon checked that Lin Fan was unharmed and suggested someone had planted a restriction inside the statue.
• Lin Fan concluded the statue had been controlled by a powerful being and regretted losing the chance to have the Primal Divine Statue devour it.
• Lin Fan revealed that fragments of the statue’s memories had disclosed the Dragon Emperor Hall’s location and importance.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon said it had never heard of the hall but believed its name signified a place holding the ancient dragon race’s core inheritance.

Lin Fan used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to formally cultivate Eerie-Resisting Power, spending lifespan as golden runes transformed his body and Primordial Spirit. He confirmed the skill had reached Beginner and considered its potential before opening his eyes to the Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin.

• Lin Fan agreed to pre-empt the power, and his lifespan rapidly decreased as pure energy flooded his body and soul.
• Lin Fan sensed ancient golden runes emerge within his flesh, redirecting his mana and giving it an affinity that countered eerie creatures.
• Lin Fan checked his panel and saw Eerie-Resisting Power had advanced from Not Yet Initiated to Beginner, with his lifespan at 10500.
• Lin Fan judged that the power could help him face weakened Eerie Divine Statues, though he still needed to grow stronger to challenge one at full strength.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin bowed to Lin Fan when he opened his eyes.

Lin Fan and the others entered the Dragon Emperor Hall, where golden light revealed twelve ancient Life-Bound Dragon Pearls. The Primordial Ancient Dragon mourned the fallen Dragon Clan experts whose legacies the pearls contained, while Lin Fan suspected the treasures were guarded and held back from taking them.

• The hall illuminated as Lin Fan and the others entered, revealing ancient Dragon Clan carvings.
• Ruo Xuan spotted twelve dark spheres floating above them, and Black Jade Qilin recognized them as Life-Bound Dragon Pearls.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon grieved that twelve Dragon Clan experts had died in the ancient war and wondered if he was the last of his kind.
• Lin Fan considered how the pearls could aid his cultivation but did not approach them, suspecting the hall had a guardian.

The Dragon Lord revealed that he had possessed a young Dark Dragon Clan member and lured Lin Fan to the Dragon Emperor Hall as part of a plan to kill him. He left the Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Black Jade Qilin immobilized as he declared his ambition to restore the Dark Dragon Clan’s former power.

• The little girl restrained the Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Black Jade Qilin with an overwhelming pressure that drained their strength.
• The Dragon Lord spoke through the little girl and admitted that he had followed Lin Fan in her body.
• The Dragon Lord blamed Lin Fan for the Dark Dragon Clan’s decline and said he had arranged the clues to the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest as a trap.
• The Dragon Lord revealed that he intended to kill Lin Fan in the Dragon Emperor Hall and use the opportunity to make the Dark Dragon Clan rise again.

Lin Fan fought the Dragon Lord inside the Dragon Emperor Hall, whose suppression left him with little strength to spare. The Dragon Lord empowered the hall with his essence blood, and its dragon phantoms began pouring into him as Lin Fan attacked.

• The Dragon Lord tested Lin Fan with a five-finger strike, but Lin Fan slapped him across the face and sent him crashing into a pillar.
• The Dragon Lord concluded that the hall’s suppression had left Lin Fan with little room to counterattack, but Lin Fan warned that it was time for him to die.
• The Dragon Lord expelled drops of his essence blood and began an ancient incantation, awakening the hall’s dragon-shaped reliefs.
• Lin Fan charged through the suppression and unleashed a storm of Sword Qi at the Dragon Lord.
• The Dragon Lord’s black dragon phantom devoured the essence blood, grew stronger, and drew dragon phantoms from across the hall into his body.

Lin Fan revealed that he had seen through the Dragon Lord’s plot and killed him after searching his soul for the secrets of the Dragon Emperor Hall and Ten Thousand Dragons Nest. He then left the hall’s control untouched and went to check on the weakened Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin.

• Lin Fan explained that the Dragon Lord’s eagerness to guide him and his unnatural calm in the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest had exposed his scheme.
• The Dragon Lord begged for another chance, but Lin Fan refused, recalling that he had already spared him once.
• Lin Fan used the Soul Searching Technique to obtain the Dark Dragon Clan’s inherited secrets and information about the Dragon Emperor Hall and Ten Thousand Dragons Nest.
• Lin Fan killed the Dragon Lord, destroying his body and soul.
• Lin Fan left the Dragon Emperor Hall’s control alone and walked toward the weakened Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin.

After defeating the Dark Dragon Lord, Lin Fan learned from his memories that the Dragon Emperor Hall was an ancient artifact connected to the Ancient Dragon Emperor. The twelve Dragon Pearls then summoned a colossal figure whose bloodline-suppressing presence shook the hall, while Lin Fan remained unmoved.

• Lin Fan examined the Dark Dragon Lord's memories and learned that the Dragon Emperor Hall was an ancient artifact containing a remnant of the Ancient Dragon Emperor's will.
• The twelve Dragon Pearls trembled and released golden dragon phantoms that fused together in the hall.
• The emerging figure's aura nearly forced the Primordial Ancient Dragon to kneel and sent the injured Black Jade Qilin crashing into a pillar.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon identified the figure as the Ancient Dragon Emperor, while Lin Fan stood calmly before it.

The Ancient Dragon Emperor told the Primordial Ancient Dragon that the Ancient Dragon Clan had shattered in the war, but said his return meant its bloodline and will survived. He questioned Lin Fan about his origins after witnessing his overwhelming power, but Lin Fan only called himself an ordinary human cultivator.

• The Ancient Dragon Emperor revealed that the Ancient Dragon Clan had shattered after the war and nearly vanished.
• The Ancient Dragon Emperor said the Primordial Ancient Dragon's return proved the Dragon Clan's bloodline and will endured.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon introduced Lin Fan as his master and credited him with bringing him back to life.
• The Ancient Dragon Emperor examined Lin Fan and admitted he could not fathom the human's power or origins.
• Lin Fan called himself an ordinary human cultivator, and the Ancient Dragon Emperor decided not to press him further.

Lin Fan began refining the Natal Dragon Emperor Pearl, the key to controlling the Dragon Emperor Hall, while the Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin refined two other Natal Dragon Pearls. The pearl entered Lin Fan’s completed Inner Landscape Space, where the goddess statue recognized the aura of the ancient dragon clan.

• Lin Fan summoned the twelve Natal Dragon Pearls and gave two each to the Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin to refine.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin thanked Lin Fan and began refining their pearls inside the cleared Dragon Emperor Hall.
• Lin Fan stored the remaining eight pearls and poured his mana into the Natal Dragon Emperor Pearl.
• The Dragon Emperor Pearl accepted Lin Fan, became a torrent of golden light, and entered his body, drawing his consciousness into his Inner Landscape Space.
• The goddess statue opened her eyes, gazed at the pearl, and recognized the aura of the ancient dragon clan.

After refining Dragon Emperor Hall, Lin Fan discovered that the supreme spirit artifact could accelerate time inside, though using it consumed immense spiritual power. He also received the ancient dragon clan’s inheritance, the Indestructible Scripture, and learned of its formidable effects and extraordinary cultivation demands.

• Lin Fan learned that Dragon Emperor Hall was a supreme spirit artifact forged from supreme immortal gold.
• He activated the hall’s time-acceleration ability, making one day inside equal three days outside, then stopped when he felt its heavy spiritual-power cost.
• Lin Fan discovered a vast inheritance in his sea of consciousness and began examining it.
• He found the Indestructible Scripture, which could grant an exceptionally tough body, passive regeneration, and, at its highest realm, rebirth from a drop of blood.
• Lin Fan recognized that the scripture’s cultivation difficulty and threshold were also extraordinarily high.

Lin Fan used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to gain profound insights into the Indestructible Scripture, then practiced its movements until his body and energy circulation began to adapt. He checked his attribute panel afterward and found the Indestructible Scripture listed at Beginner.

• Lin Fan spent three thousand years of lifespan using the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit and received deep insights into the Indestructible Scripture.
• Lin Fan watched a vision of a powerful figure demonstrate the scripture's physical training and recognized how its movements matched his new insights.
• Lin Fan practiced the Indestructible Scripture in the Dragon Emperor Hall as his movements, body, and meridian pathways adapted.
• Lin Fan checked his attribute panel and saw the Indestructible Scripture at Beginner.

Lin Fan completed the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger, advancing it beyond the Pure Yang Finger by fusing pure yang power with his own laws and abilities. After testing the perfected technique, he wondered whether a matching pure yin divine ability also existed.

• Lin Fan received the final insights that brought the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger to completion.
• Lin Fan understood that the fifth realm, the Void-Breaking Finger, fused heaven-and-earth power with the cultivator’s laws to strike at an eerie creature’s origin and Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Fan formed a ray of ultimate light at his fingertip and tested the perfected finger art.
• Lin Fan judged that the completed technique could have defeated the ancient Eerie Divine Statue in a few exchanges.
• Lin Fan wondered whether a pure yin divine ability could complement the pure yang law and unite yin and yang.

The Goddess Statue explained that the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger could lead Lin Fan to the Pure Yang Law and warned that cultivating both yin and yang carried deadly risks. Lin Fan chose to continue pursuing the path, earning her approval, though she had not yet revealed the corresponding yin method.

• The Goddess Statue told Lin Fan that mastering the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger could let him wield the Pure Yang Law.
• The Goddess Statue explained that yin and yang could strengthen a cultivator’s foundation but might violently reject each other within one body.
• The Goddess Statue described how past cultivators of both paths had suffered qi deviation, bodily collapse, or shattered souls.
• Lin Fan acknowledged the dangers but said he would not stop advancing along the Pure Yang path.
• The Goddess Statue approved of Lin Fan’s resolve.

The Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Black Jade Qilin awakened in Dragon Emperor Hall after recovering much of their strength. They agreed to test their ancient clans’ power in a friendly contest.

• The Primordial Ancient Dragon opened his eyes and sensed that his bloodline had fully awakened and his power had grown.
• The Black Jade Qilin awakened with heavenly-punishment lightning coursing over his body.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Black Jade Qilin exchanged a look and smiled in recognition of their renewed strength.
• The Black Jade Qilin challenged the Primordial Ancient Dragon to compare the power of their clans.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon accepted eagerly, and both prepared to settle their rivalry through a contest.

The Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Black Jade Qilin tested each other’s aura before launching into a fierce clash of dragon fist and thunder. Their collision unleashed a devastating shockwave across the platform and toward the Dragon Clan Treasure Halls.

• The Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Black Jade Qilin matched their dragon and Qilin auras in a silent contest.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon attacked with the True Dragon Fist, and the Black Jade Qilin blocked it with a vast ocean of destructive lightning.
• The Black Jade Qilin charged in Thunder Dao Armor as the two fighters collided at the center of the lightning sea.
• Their impact released a world-destroying shockwave that pulverized the platform’s rocks and forced the Dragon Clan Treasure Halls’ ancient restrictions to activate.

The Primordial Ancient Dragon outmaneuvered Black Jade Qilin and struck him from behind, but Black Jade Qilin answered with his bloodline’s Heavenly Punishment lightning. Their attacks collided with enough force to shatter the floating platform, leaving both fighters blasted back.

• The Primordial Ancient Dragon vanished into a spatial rift and appeared behind Black Jade Qilin, breaking through his lightning defenses with a punch.
• Black Jade Qilin used his qilin dharma manifestation to absorb much of the blow and steadied himself.
• Black Jade Qilin invoked Heavenly Punishment, drawing dark-purple tribulation lightning from across the area.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon charged with the True Dragon Fist as Black Jade Qilin unleashed a pillar of lightning, and their attacks collided.
• The collision shattered the floating platform and damaged the Dragon Clan Treasure Halls, while the Primordial Ancient Dragon was blasted backward with cracked scales.

The Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin attacked Lin Fan together to test their newly increased strength. Lin Fan stood still as their attacks engulfed him, but an instinctive dark-golden power protected him and absorbed them completely.

• The Primordial Ancient Dragon told the Black Jade Qilin that Lin Fan had likely refined the natal Dragon Emperor Pearl and might be stronger than both of them combined.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon proposed that the Black Jade Qilin test Lin Fan, but they agreed to attack together instead.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon launched a true-dragon fist strike while the Black Jade Qilin formed a lightning sword and aimed it at Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan stepped forward without dodging or defending himself, despite the Black Jade Qilin warning him not to underestimate their attacks.
• A dark-golden secret power instinctively covered Lin Fan and made both attacks vanish without harming him.

Lin Fan defeated the Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin with ease, leaving both ancient divine beasts badly injured. The Primordial Ancient Dragon acknowledged Lin Fan’s overwhelming strength and bowed to him in admiration.

• Lin Fan stood unharmed after his battle with the Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin struggled to recover from their injuries, while Lin Fan’s punch continued to ravage Black Jade Qilin’s body.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon healed most of his wounds and looked at Lin Fan with awe.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon bowed to Lin Fan and admitted that he and Black Jade Qilin could not withstand Lin Fan’s strength.

After refining the remaining law power in his natal Dragon Emperor Pearl, Lin Fan formed a Pure Yang Law Star and advanced to seventh rank Void Shattering Realm. He considered how to use his remaining lifespan, then surveyed the Dragon Clan Treasure Halls and prepared to direct the Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin.

• Lin Fan refined the remaining power in his natal Dragon Emperor Pearl and condensed his fifth Law Star, the Pure Yang Law Star.
• Lin Fan advanced from sixth grade to seventh rank Void Shattering Realm and reflected on how the Indestructible Scripture had let him withstand the ancient divine beasts’ attacks with his physical body alone.
• Lin Fan considered pre-emptively cultivating the Indestructible Scripture further, but decided his remaining five thousand years of lifespan were too precious to spend recklessly.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin arrived in human form and awaited Lin Fan’s instructions.
• Lin Fan surveyed the intact Dragon Clan Treasure Halls around the Dragon Emperor Hall, considering their treasures and the possibility of finding more natal Dragon Pearls.

Ao Jianlie reported to the disguised Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix that several Demon Cultivator clans and investigators had vanished without a trace. He suspected the disappearances were connected to the bizarre creature that had taken his elder sister, Ao Mingyue.

• Ao Jianlie visited the figure he believed was Lin Fan, unaware that the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix was impersonating him.
• Ao Jianlie reported that the Primal Unity Leopard Clan and Cloudbreaking Demon Crane Clan had vanished overnight, along with other clans in Dust Spirit Province.
• Ao Jianlie said the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan's investigators had disappeared too, while Bloodlight Patriarch had found no clues.
• Ao Jianlie revealed his suspicion that the bizarre creature behind the disappearances was connected to the creature that had taken Ao Mingyue.

Grandma Blood River slaughtered the Ice Spirit Rhinoceros Clan to harvest their blood essence, then confronted a bizarre man about their cautious attacks. He warned her that a mysterious human expert guarded the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom, leaving their plans threatened by the risk of attracting that expert’s attention.

• Grandma Blood River’s tentacles devoured the corpses of the Ice Spirit Rhinoceros Clan after killing all its clansmen.
• Grandma Blood River complained that the few hundred victims provided too little blood essence.
• Grandma Blood River questioned a group of figures in the darkness about their petty actions.
• A bizarre man told Grandma Blood River that a mysterious human expert guarded the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom and had destroyed the false gods’ divine statues.
• The bizarre man warned that acting openly could draw the mysterious expert’s attention.

Qin Gu investigated the Dragon-Scale Horse Clan’s ruins and confirmed it was the latest of nearly ten Demon Cultivator clans destroyed by the same unknown attacker. Although his clansmen warned that the investigation could put the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan in danger, Qin Gu insisted they could not retreat while the murderer remained at large.

• Qin Gu found the Dragon-Scale Horse Clan annihilated and recognized the cold, rotting odor left by the creature that had attacked the other clans.
• Wang Yuan estimated that the Dragon-Scale Horse Clan had been attacked within the last hour.
• A young clansman warned Qin Gu that the unknown enemy was beyond their capabilities and that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan might be next.
• Qin Gu acknowledged the danger but challenged his clansmen to consider who would seek justice if they withdrew.