Recaps

Lin Fan received intelligence about the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect’s remnants and allowed Xu Xiaomeng, Yun Ling, and Zhao Doudou to serve in his residence rather than remain imprisoned. Elsewhere, survivors prepared to enter an unknown place to seek vengeance, accepting that their effort would come at a cost.

• Lin Fan learned that the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect’s remnants were hiding in a mysterious Forbidden Land and said he would decide what to do.
• Xu Xiaomeng offered herself to Lin Fan in exchange for sparing Yun Ling and Zhao Doudou, and he gave her a command token to bring them to him.
• Yun Ling and Zhao Doudou agreed to serve Lin Fan, who kept the three women in his residence and told Xu Xiaomeng to take them to wash.
• Xu Xiaomeng, Yun Ling, and Zhao Doudou hoped that winning Lin Fan’s favor might help them rescue more of their fellow disciples.
• An old man told hundreds of people seeking revenge for their sect that they would have to pay a price, and they shouted that they feared no death.
• A girl asked Senior Sister Feng what to do, and Senior Sister Feng said they could only leave the unknown danger to the others.

Lin Fan advanced his rune skills, created a wood-aligned Ancient Demon Talisman, and considered combining five elemental talismans. Meanwhile, an Eerie Altar overwhelmed two ghostly defenders, and the Blood Mist it released formed a colossal figure that moved south.

• Lin Fan gained lifespan by copying Rune Patterns, and Yun Ling visited him to repay him for saving her and her fellow disciples.
• Lin Fan gave Ghost Mother Wuji a Soul Gathering Pearl and used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to cultivate Secret Records of Rune Fusion to Minor Completion.
• Lin Fan created the Black Scaled Lu Shu Beast Ancient Demon Talisman, whose vitality caused plants to grow throughout the palace.
• Lin Fan endured the talisman's thunder tribulation and wondered whether combining Ancient Demon Talismans of all five elements could greatly increase their power.
• An Eerie Altar returned, and its Blood Mist corroded two ghostly defenders before forming a colossal figure that wandered south.

Lin Fan opened the Spirit Gate by cultivating the Black and White Yama Art, transforming his spiritual soul and strengthening his control over ancient demons. As he sought suitable Demonic Beast Blood Essence, the two elders sent to investigate a sword sect’s forbidden land went missing, and Lin Fan prepared to investigate.

• Lin Fan abandoned his attempt to open the Heart Gate and advanced the Black and White Yama Art, drawing Yin energy into himself until he opened the Spirit Gate.
• Lin Fan found his spiritual-soul power had grown more than tenfold and gained the ability to control three ancient demons at once.
• Xue Taozi reported that disciples had found the sword sect’s forbidden land and offered to lead an expedition, but Lin Fan sent two elders instead.
• Yun Ling asked Lin Fan to spare Sun Ying, and he agreed to let the Blood Bone Peak Master decide her fate; he also declined Xu Xiaomeng’s request to help more captured sword-sect disciples.
• An Inner Disciple reported that the two elders had gone missing, and Lin Fan sent a Blood Demon Talisman out as night fell.

Lin Fan led Xue Taozi and several Demonic Sect members into the dangerous mountains to reach the Sword Sect's Forbidden Land. After a Titan Demonic Ape destroyed their flying vessel and blood-colored vines killed the elders, Lin Fan and Xue Taozi reached a cave, where Lin Fan accused Xue Taozi of luring him there and demanded he make his move.

• Lin Fan ordered Xue Taozi to take a village chief as their guide into the mountains, despite Xue Taozi suggesting the villagers could be used for demonic corpse cultivation.
• The group fought through giant creatures until a Titan Demonic Ape destroyed their vessel, killed the Inner Disciples and village chief, and was defeated by Lin Fan's Dharma Avatar.
• Lin Fan and the survivors reached the outer perimeter of the Sword Sect's Forbidden Land, where Man-eating Demonic Vines killed the remaining elders.
• Lin Fan and Xue Taozi escaped the vines into a cave, and Lin Fan confronted Xue Taozi for luring him there.

Lin Fan exposed Blood Taozi as an agent of Thousand Hand Demonic Sect and was lured into a trap in the Sword Sect's Forbidden Land, where he confronted the sect's hidden master. The master tried to devour Lin Fan, but found himself trapped in Lin Fan's sea of consciousness with several far stronger soul figures.

• Lin Fan accused Blood Taozi of secretly helping the ghost cultivators and revealed that he suspected him of serving Thousand Hand Demonic Sect.
• Blood Taozi offered Lin Fan a place in Thousand Hand Demonic Sect, then activated a repaired Suppressing Essence Formation in the Sword Sect's Forbidden Land.
• The Sword Sect's intelligence elder appeared and revealed himself as the master of Thousand Hand Demonic Sect, while Lin Fan used an Avatar Talisman and hidden allies to counter the ambush.
• A concealed sword light killed Protector Feng, and Lin Fan's other forces battled the master as he attacked with a black battle standard and a giant golden dharma body.
• The master of Thousand Hand Demonic Sect tried to devour Lin Fan, but his soul insect entered Lin Fan's sea of consciousness and encountered Li Yatou, Kumuzi, and another powerful figure.

Lin Fan killed the Thousand Hand Demonic Sect Master after he entered Lin Fan’s sea of consciousness, then claimed his Dao Artifact and the Eight-Eyed Sky Swallowing Python blood essence. After gaining new soul power and an illusion skill, Lin Fan discovered that his divine statue could devour another statue.

• The Thousand Hand Demonic Sect Master tried to explode his soul, but Kumuzi suppressed him; a restriction shattered his soul before Kumuzi could search it.
• Lin Fan woke and took the Thousand Hand Demonic Sect Master's Black Demon Sail, destroyed his cruel cultivation manuals, and found the Eight-Eyed Sky Swallowing Python blood essence.
• Lin Fan injected the blood essence into his Spirit Gate, strengthening his soul and gaining the Eye of Submersion skill.
• Lin Fan found a black box and opened it after his divine statue reacted to it.
• Lin Fan let his divine statue consume the white statue, which crumbled into powder and repaired cracks in his own statue.

Lin Fan discovered that the divine statue had become much more powerful, then rescued Feng Ling, Ying'er, and the surviving Sword Sect disciples from the Thousand Hand Demonic Sect. He took Feng Ling into the Sword Sect's Forbidden Land, where a hidden creature attacked them and brought down the Crimson-Eyed Thunderflame Lion.

• Lin Fan found that the divine statue's energy had greatly improved its ability to purify his True Essence, then put it away.
• Lin Fan killed the Thousand Hand Demonic Sect's scar-faced man and seductive woman, searched their souls, and freed the Sword Sect disciples imprisoned in the stone house.
• Feng Ling offered to guide Lin Fan into the depths of the Forbidden Land, explaining that the Thousand Hand Demonic Sect was searching for something there.
• Lin Fan, Feng Ling, and Ying'er traveled deeper into the Forbidden Land on the Crimson-Eyed Thunderflame Lion, but a three-meter humanoid creature struck without warning.
• The creature pierced the lion with a giant hand, and Lin Fan fled with Feng Ling as a talisman-formed demon beast blocked its pursuit.

Lin Fan and Feng Ling reached the core of the Sword Sect’s Forbidden Land, where they learned of the Sword Sect’s origins in the distant Outer Domain and found a damaged Teleportation Array. After Lin Fan agreed to help Feng Ling repair it in exchange for an escape route, he opened a box and found a Bronze Token.

• Lin Fan broke the illusion array’s hold on Feng Ling and led her toward the dilapidated palace, where the Vajra Demonic Ape was struck by a streak of sword light.
• Feng Ling used her family’s heirloom sword to enter the palace and revealed that the Feng Household and the Sword Sect’s founder came from the Outer Domain.
• Feng Ling explained that the palace held a damaged Teleportation Array connected to the Ancient Azure Spirit Domain, but she lacked the resources to repair it.
• Lin Fan offered Spirit Jade to help repair the array so he could use it as an escape route, and Feng Ling agreed to the deal.
• Feng Ling let Lin Fan choose from the palace’s preserved items, and he opened a delicate box to find a Bronze Token.

Lin Fan fused two Bronze Tokens into a Golden Token and cultivated in the Sword Sect's Forbidden Land, condensing a Sword Seed and opening the Heart Gate. After removing a mutation with the Indestructible Dao Fruit, he left Feng Ling and the others to repair the Teleportation Array, telling her they could contact him once it was fixed.

• Lin Fan fused the two Bronze Tokens into a Golden Token and guessed it could open the secret realm entrance freely.
• Lin Fan used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to advance the Flowing Cloud Sword Scripture, then drew Sword Qi from the ancient swords to form a golden Sword Seed and open the Heart Gate.
• Lin Fan used the Indestructible Dao Fruit to remove a petrifying mutation that appeared on his chest.
• Lin Fan continued cultivating as Feng Ling and the surviving Sword Sect disciples worked to repair the Teleportation Array with resources he provided.
• Feng Ling invited Lin Fan to travel with them to the Xuantian Sect, but Lin Fan left on a Moon Raven and told her she could contact him after the array was repaired.

Xue Yunzi seized control of the Blood Demon Sect after killing the Blood Bone Peak Master, but Lin Fan revealed himself and killed him. As Lin Fan tried to leave, a black-and-white Ghost Hand erupted from the throne and trapped him in its domain.

• After another half month passed, Xue Yunzi transformed and killed the Blood Bone Peak Master when he tried to take the Sect Master’s throne.
• Xue Yunzi announced that he would lead the Blood Demon Sect, and the elders and disciples accepted him as Sect Master.
• Xue Yunzi chose Fang Qing to serve him, but she transformed into a hideous figure and attacked him.
• Lin Fan emerged from the darkness, revealing that he had returned to the Blood Demon Sect half a month earlier, and the figure devoured Xue Yunzi before becoming a talisman in his hand.
• Two voices warned Lin Fan to run, and he fled as a black-and-white Ghost Hand burst from the throne; three ancient demons and demon beasts summoned from Blood Demon Talismans charged at it.

Lin Fan fought the great power among ghost cultivators, Venerable Blood Weeper, who sought the Divine Bone and tried to rebuild the Ghost King Sect. Lin Fan finally killed him with his Sword Seed, black banner, and Devouring Demonic Art, then began recovering his strength.

• Venerable Blood Weeper overwhelmed Lin Fan and drained the surviving Blood Demon Sect disciples to restore his strength.
• Kumuzi turned against Lin Fan, while Ghost Mother Wuji protected him; Lin Fan used a fake Divine Bone to lure Venerable Blood Weeper into an attack.
• Lin Fan detonated Green-Eyed Flood Dragon Talismans and two ancient demons, severely weakening Venerable Blood Weeper but failing to kill him.
• As Venerable Blood Weeper moved to seize him, Lin Fan revealed his strength and pierced the old man's brow with his Sword Seed, binding his soul with the black banner.
• Venerable Blood Weeper tried to ignite his soul, but Lin Fan swallowed its power with the Devouring Demonic Art and killed him.
• Lin Fan collected Venerable Blood Weeper's storage ring and used Spirit Jade to restore his depleted True Essence.

After defeating the ghost cultivator powerhouse, Lin Fan claimed his spoils and gained a transformed demonic sail with Ghost Mother Wuji as its Artifact Spirit. He then discovered the Shadowless Escape Technique and began using the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to learn it.

• Lin Fan restored his True Essence, reflected on how narrowly he had won, and inspected the ghost cultivator's storage ring.
• Lin Fan infused Yin Yang Blood Tiger blood essence into his second portal, leaving only the last Blood Gate unopened.
• Lin Fan transferred the golden Soul Gathering Pearl's eighty to ninety thousand souls into the Black Demon Sail, greatly increasing its power.
• Ghost Mother Wuji volunteered to become the sail's Artifact Spirit, helping Lin Fan suppress its evil consciousness; Lin Fan renamed it the Wuji Sail.
• Lin Fan found the Ten Directions Ghost Domain Art and the Shadowless Escape Technique, then asked the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to advance the escape technique.

Lin Fan advanced the Shadowless Escape Technique and Secret Records of Rune Fusion, creating a fourth Ancient Demon Talisman tied to the Sky Swallowing Sparrow. As he realized the five talismans might fuse, the Eerie Altar descended over the Blood Demon Sect and began turning its people to stone.

• Lin Fan advanced the Shadowless Escape Technique, then returned to copying rune patterns after noticing his lifespan had dwindled.
• Ghost Mother Wuji warned Lin Fan that the Eerie Altar could destroy the Ghost King Sect, and Lin Fan sent Feng Ling word to hasten repairs to the Teleportation Array.
• Lin Fan advanced Secret Records of Rune Fusion to Great Accomplishment and learned the rune for the fire-attribute Sky Swallowing Sparrow.
• Lin Fan crafted the fourth Ancient Demon Talisman, and it resonated with his other three talismans; he surmised that five talismans representing the elements could fuse into one.
• The Eerie Altar descended above the Blood Demon Sect, and its elders and disciples began turning into stone statues.

Lin Fan escaped the Eerie Altar by entering the secret realm, where he reunited with Han Yan and discovered that the realm had grown dangerous. At the Ancient Bronze Hall, Han Yan revealed her true nature and offered to help him escape if he aided her in devouring the divine statues, then said the altar was pursuing him because he carried its aura.

• Lin Fan fled the Blood Demon Sect as the Eerie Altar pursued him into the secret realm, where he found the blood pool dried up and encountered the enlarged Mutated Divine Statue.
• Han Yan rescued Lin Fan, explained that the secret realm had changed after something tried to break out of the Ancient Bronze Hall, and guided him toward it.
• Lin Fan used Kumuzi's Bronze Key to open the Ancient Bronze Hall, revealing a chamber filled with powerful divine statues.
• Han Yan revealed that she was not the real Han Yan and offered to help Lin Fan reach a Teleportation Array if he helped her devour the divine statues.
• Han Yan explained how divine statues came to be and said Lin Fan carried the Eerie Altar's aura.

Lin Fan exposed Grandma Blood River's attempt to make him move the divine statues and lured her into a clash with the Eerie Altar and the Mutated Divine Statue. As the secret realm collapsed, a broken divine statue guided him through a portal in the Ancient Bronze Hall, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Lin Fan entered the Ancient Bronze Hall and realized Grandma Blood River wanted him to move its divine statues so she could escape her restraints.
• Grandma Blood River revealed her identity and attacked Lin Fan with blood curses, but his Sky Swallowing Sparrow form returned the statue to its place and shattered her blood tide.
• Lin Fan fled using a Blood Demon Talisman decoy, drawing Grandma Blood River into a battle with the Eerie Altar and the Mutated Divine Statue.
• Grandma Blood River transformed into a blood sea, triggering golden runes, lightning, and the secret realm's collapse.
• A broken divine statue guided Lin Fan to a portal inside the Ancient Bronze Hall, and he entered as the hall exploded and the secret realm collapsed.

Lin Fan survived a spatial storm and woke buried at Random Burial Ridge in Great Gan, where he took constable Ding Fu’s identity after killing him. He entered Yunshan County and joined the Archive Department, where his superior Zhou Qing rewarded him with Lifespan Blood Pills.

• A constable named Ding Fu buried Lin Fan, who had been left unconscious after a spatial storm, and Lin Fan grabbed Ding Fu’s shoe as he awoke.
• Lin Fan used Soul Searching Technique on Ding Fu, learned about Great Gan and Yunshan County, then killed him and took his identity, status token, and storage pouch.
• Lin Fan discovered Lifespan Blood Pills and the Seven Fiends Saber Art in the pouch, burned Ding Fu’s corpse, and disguised himself as a constable.
• Lin Fan passed beneath the Lifespan Ancient Mirror at Yunshan County’s gate without being exposed, despite learning that the artifact secretly drained the lifespans of the city’s residents.
• Lin Fan reported to deputy administrator Zhou Qing in the Archive Department, received Lifespan Blood Pills, and agreed with Zhou Qing’s view that sacrificing a few people could spare others from danger.

Lin Fan discovered that copying Archive Department files granted him lifespan, while learning that Yunshan County officials were secretly seeking young women to appease fox demons. He returned home after gaining thirty years of lifespan and was welcomed by Su Wan'er.

• Zhou Qing told a shadowed official that two more young women of purest yin were needed, and the official gave him half a month to find them.
• Ye Die warned Lin Fan that eight young women had died and questioned his repeated trips outside the city.
• Lin Fan copied a file and gained six years of lifespan, then earned thirty years by copying files throughout the day.
• Lin Fan left the County Office before dark and returned home, where Su Wan'er welcomed him.

Lin Fan recovered from his injuries and advanced his sword cultivation while staying in Yunshan County, inadvertently provoking the Lifespan Ancient Mirror. He opened the Blood Gate and resolved to pursue greater strength as the mirror’s caretaker feared a powerful demon had entered the city.

• Lin Fan saw the Lifespan Ancient Mirror drain Su Wan'er’s vitality through her emotions and gave her a Lifespan Pill.
• Lin Fan restored his True Essence with Spirit Jade and used the Indestructible Dao Fruit to heal his damaged soul at the cost of five hundred years of lifespan.
• Lin Fan advanced the Flowing Cloud Sword Scripture to the fourth level, and his cultivation caused the Lifespan Ancient Mirror to flare and intensify its lifespan drain.
• Lin Fan opened the Blood Gate, reached the ninth grade of the Mountain Splitting Realm, and resolved to grow strong enough to face the world’s mysterious powers.
• A black-clad figure on the city gate tower failed to suppress the ancient mirror and feared that a Fifth or Sixth Realm demon had entered Yunshan County.

Lin Fan learned that Madam Su had recognized his disguise as Ding Lang, but she agreed to keep treating him as her husband. After the Lifespan Ancient Mirror went berserk and drained the lives of over a hundred elderly residents, Lin Fan was assigned to patrol the city under curfew, and he asked Jiang Ming where to buy Demonic Beast Blood Essence.

• Madam Su noticed that Lin Fan differed from Ding Lang and promised to keep his identity secret after he warned her.
• Lin Fan saw residents discussing several sudden deaths caused by drained lifespans on his way to the County Office.
• Jiang Ming told Lin Fan that the Lifespan Ancient Mirror had gone berserk and that an extremely dangerous demonic entity was suspected to have entered the city.
• Zhou Qing ordered the Archive Department constables to patrol designated areas because the county town was under curfew.
• Lin Fan and Jiang Ming set out on patrol, and Lin Fan asked where he could buy Demonic Beast Blood Essence; Jiang Ming named Tian Yuan Pavilion on Gu Ling Street.

Lin Fan sent an Avatar Talisman to Tian Yuan Pavilion to find powerful Demonic Beast Blood Essence for his Blood Gate. He traded his talisman-making skills for the essence and left after the shopkeeper recognized him as a rare talisman master.

• Lin Fan left Jiang Ming at a restaurant and sent his burly Avatar Talisman to Tian Yuan Pavilion.
• Lin Fan's avatar found that the pavilion's displayed Demonic Beast Blood Essence was too weak, but shopkeeper Liu Ruhan offered a drop of Fifth Realm Yuan Devouring Beast blood essence.
• Liu Ruhan deduced that Lin Fan's visitor was an Avatar Talisman and proposed exchanging the blood essence and free materials for a Heaven and Earth Demon Suppressing Talisman.
• Lin Fan agreed to the deal and left Tian Yuan Pavilion with the blood essence.
• Liu Ruhan told an associate that they should befriend Lin Fan and report the newly discovered talisman master to headquarters.

Lin Fan received Zhou Qing’s order to abduct a woman, then returned home and used the Yuan Devouring Beast blood essence to break through to the Cloud Soaring Realm. After awakening his spiritual sense and transforming his Sword Seed into a Sword Embryo, he wondered whether the mysterious secret realm had once been a powerful cultivator’s inner landscape.

• Lin Fan retrieved the Yuan Devouring Beast blood essence while drinking with Jiang Ming, then returned to patrol and later filed the day’s records.
• Zhou Qing gave Lin Fan a note ordering him to handle a matter involving missing women and promised him a Lifespan Blood Pill.
• Ye Die confronted Lin Fan about Zhou Qing’s order, but Lin Fan denied that he had been told to do anything wrong.
• Lin Fan sealed his room with divine-soul power and Ancient Demon Talismans, then used the blood essence to break through to the Cloud Soaring Realm.
• Lin Fan gained Origin Energy, a Sword Embryo, and heightened spiritual sense, then wondered whether the mysterious secret realm had been an inner landscape.

Lin Fan investigated the Lifespan Ancient Mirror’s nighttime erosion and went to meet Lord Fox while disguised as Zhou Qing’s lackey. After Lord Fox killed the men accompanying him and threatened to use him as a cauldron, Lin Fan killed the fox demons and returned to Yunshan County with the imprisoned women.

• Lin Fan saw the black mist over Yunshan County and sensed the Lifespan Ancient Mirror draining lifespan at night.
• Lin Fan met the men outside the county and escorted their prison cart carrying three women north to Lord Fox.
• Lord Fox killed the burly man and devoured the other cultivators after Lin Fan allowed it to happen.
• Lord Fox threatened Lin Fan with death or having his essence drained for the goddaughter fox demon.
• Lin Fan killed Lord Fox and the goddaughter, collected their storage artifacts, and escorted the women back to Yunshan County.

Lin Fan delivered the rescued girls to Ye Die’s residence and discovered that the fox demons possessed a powerful Demon Core Pill, hinting at a Fifth Realm demon behind them. He mastered the fifth Ancient Demon Rune, made its talisman, and began fusing all five Ancient Demon Talismans.

• Lin Fan brought the captive girls to Ye Die’s residence, where Ye Die and the woman in black found them and a Moon Raven watched from the roof.
• Lin Fan searched the dead men’s storage artifacts, found Lifespan Blood Pills and a Demon Core Pill, and realized a Fifth Realm demon supported the fox demons.
• Lin Fan used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to perfect the Secret Records of Rune Fusion and learned the Ancient Three-headed Lizard rune.
• Lin Fan refined the fifth Ancient Demon Talisman, then summoned all five talismans and began combining them with his divine soul power.

Lin Fan refined five Ancient Demon Talismans into an Ancient Demon King Talisman and used the Eye of Submersion to mislead Zhou Qing about Lord Fox’s death. Zhou Qing ordered Lin Fan to accompany him out of the city in three days to plead guilty, while Lin Fan prepared talismans for Tian Yuan Pavilion.

• Lin Fan fused five Ancient Demon Talismans into an Ancient Demon King Talisman and refined it into an Avatar Talisman.
• Ye Die confronted Lin Fan about rescuing three girls, but he denied knowing anything and entered the County Office.
• Zhou Qing questioned Lin Fan about Lord Fox’s death, and Lin Fan used the Eye of Submersion to make him believe a false account.
• Zhou Qing spared Lin Fan and ordered him to accompany him out of the city in three days to plead guilty to the fox demons.
• Jiang Ming warned Lin Fan that the Inspection Bureau had evidence against Zhou Qing, and Lin Fan thanked him.
• Lin Fan prepared talismans for Tian Yuan Pavilion, and the next day his Avatar Talisman delivered them.

Lin Fan joined Zhou Qing's convoy to deliver captives to the Red-tailed Fox Demons, but the meeting turned into a trap for Qing Feng and the Inspectorate. After revealing strength that let him kill the fox demons with ease, Lin Fan became the target of a second Fourth Realm demon fox.

• Lin Fan gained forty-two years of lifespan by copying case files, then denied knowing about Zhou Qing's dealings when Inspectorate envoy Qing Feng offered him a promotion for evidence.
• Three days later, Lin Fan accompanied Zhou Qing's convoy of captive women to a ruined mountain god temple, where Zhou Qing offered them to Second Master Fox.
• Second Master Fox devoured people from the carriages, and Zhou Qing pointed Lin Fan out as someone who knew who had killed Fifth Brother.
• Qing Feng and the Inspectorate arrived and attacked Zhou Qing and Second Master Fox, but Zhou Qing revealed he had lured them into a trap with a second, more powerful demon fox.
• Lin Fan effortlessly killed several attacking fox demons and absorbed their Soul Body energy, so Second Master Fox sent the other giant fox to kill him.