Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan learned that the remnant soul inside the Earth Vein Spirit Flower was the Bloodlight Demon Saint and that the flower might be part of a plan to help Great Gan’s next ruler enter the Dao Integration Realm. He accepted the Starry Sky Sword Control Technique from the demon while Qing Yuanzi and another figure set out to capture him.

• Lin Fan tried to search the black shadow’s soul but found its memories incomplete, and the shadow identified itself as the Bloodlight Demon Saint, once a Demon Saint sealed inside the Earth Vein Spirit Flower.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint explained that the flower was meant to become a Dao Integration Flower, possibly for Great Gan’s next ruler, and warned Lin Fan that his actions had drawn dangerous karma involving the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom.
• Lin Fan demanded proof of the Bloodlight Demon Saint’s value, rejected several cultivation methods, and accepted the Starry Sky Sword Control Technique.
• After the underground battle ended, Qing Yuanzi and his companion stored the two corpses in an ancient mirror and departed to capture Lin Fan.

Lin Fan decided to disguise himself as the dead teacher Gu Shengyu and teach at a secluded village school, where copying books could earn him lifespan. Meanwhile, Qing Yuanzi failed to locate Lin Fan and was given half a month by a mysterious woman before the Lifespan Ancient Mirror consumed his remaining lifespan.

• Lin Fan asked the Bloodlight Demon Saint about Dao Integration and learned that fusing with a broader target increased one’s potential.
• Lin Fan found the dying Gu Shengyu, learned about the village school and its books, and decided to take the teacher’s place.
• Lin Fan buried Gu Shengyu and killed the Leopard Demon that had attacked him.
• Qing Yuanzi failed to find Lin Fan, and a woman in a golden dress warned him that he had half a month before the Lifespan Ancient Mirror consumed his remaining lifespan.
• Lin Fan began teaching at the village school and gained lifespan by copying books.

While hiding as a village teacher, Lin Fan advanced his sword and soul techniques and investigated the mysterious Green Light Divine Statue. After half a month, he sensed danger and fled, but a pursuer trapped him beneath a vast net of blood-colored runes.

• Lin Fan advanced the Flowing Cloud Sword Scripture to the seventh layer, tempering his Sword Seed with black mist, then advanced the Black and White Yama Art to the fourth layer.
• Danqin brought Lin Fan mountain pheasants and confessed that she wanted to marry him, but he gently rejected her.
• Lin Fan used Origin Energy on the Green Light Divine Statue and gained thirty years of lifespan, then wondered whether the statue had once been a cultivator.
• After another half month in the village, Lin Fan sensed danger beneath gathering black clouds and vanished from his residence.
• A shadow appeared in Lin Fan's path, and blood-colored runes erupted from the ground to form a towering net spanning dozens of miles.

Lin Fan confronted Qing Yuanzi after escaping his Blood Suppressing Net with a Talisman Clone, then fought Qing Yuanzi and a summoned black-robed man. He killed Qing Yuanzi and captured the black-robed man after overwhelming both with his Dharma projection and talisman.

• Lin Fan’s Talisman Clone exploded, and he reappeared behind Qing Yuanzi after evading his soul sense.
• Qing Yuanzi questioned Lin Fan about the Earth Vein Spirit Flower and summoned a black-robed man with a Spatial Teleportation Talisman.
• Lin Fan unleashed a Dharma projection and a Stripping Origin Spirit Fiend Talisman, disrupting both opponents’ control of their Origin Energy.
• Qing Yuanzi used the Lifespan Ancient Mirror, but Lin Fan’s sword light shattered it and caused Qing Yuanzi to wither before Lin Fan beheaded him.
• The black-robed man fled under a black Dharma Seal, but Lin Fan struck him down with a giant hand and grievously wounded him.

After killing an Inspection Office envoy, Lin Fan was declared a wicked cultivator and hunted across Great Gan. He reached Pingle City, where he witnessed a Ling Xiao Sect disciple harassing a woman and learned that the powerful sect had shielded him from consequences.

• Lin Fan searched the black-robed man's soul, killed him, and took the Lifespan Ancient Mirror and black Dharma Seal.
• An Inspection Office woman arrived too late to stop the killing, reconstructed the battle in a mirror, and ordered a nationwide hunt for Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan entered Pingle City and bought talisman paper from a stall owner.
• A fleeing woman fell after Lin Langtian used black light to catch her, and she begged the bystanders for help.
• The stall owner warned Lin Fan that Lin Langtian was a protected Ling Xiao Sect disciple whose past harassment and violence had gone unpunished.
• Lin Fan said the people of Pingle City had it hard.

Lin Fan defeated Chen Quan and turned him into a Soul Slave so he could impersonate him and infiltrate the Ling Xiao Sect while evading the Patrol Office. Chen Quan revealed a map to a strange cultivation opportunity, and the Bloodlight Demon Saint identified Lin Fan’s Lifespan Ancient Mirror as a replica that could still help him understand how to achieve Unity with the Dao.

• Lin Fan defeated Chen Quan’s attacks, absorbed his strange poison, and transformed his soul into a Soul Slave.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint interrogated Chen Quan, and Lin Fan learned that impersonating him could help evade the Patrol Office and enter the Ling Xiao Sect.
• Chen Quan revealed a beast-hide map marking a strange opportunity and containing an incomplete Five Elements Poison Scripture, which Lin Fan took but chose not to cultivate.
• Lin Fan showed the Bloodlight Demon Saint the Lifespan Ancient Mirror, and the demon explained that its absorbed lifespan had likely been transferred to the original artifact.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint said the mirror could still teach Lin Fan about the path to Unity with the Dao, leaving Lin Fan with a promising new opportunity.

Lin Fan advanced his sword techniques before returning to the Ling Xiao Sect and seeking refuge at Paper Figure Peak. He offered the Five Elements Poison Scripture to prove his value and was accepted into the peak.

• Lin Fan spent 150 years of lifespan to advance Starry Sky Sword Control Technique to entry level and demonstrated its power by destroying a distant ancient tree.
• Lin Fan spent another 220 years of lifespan to advance Flowing Cloud Sword Scripture to the eighth layer.
• Lin Fan returned to the Ling Xiao Sect and went to Paper Figure Peak instead of Lingxiao Peak, suspecting Lingxiao Peak members had targeted Chen Quan.
• Paper figures challenged Lin Fan's worth and demanded to know why he had not given the Five Elements Poison Scripture to the sect sooner.
• Lin Fan said he only wanted to stay alive, and Paper Figure Peak accepted him because the scripture made him valuable.

Lin Fan arrived at Paper Figure Peak and was assigned to the Paper Making Building under Xue Jie, where he discovered that copying its books gave him lifespan. Xue Jie gave Lin Fan a woman as a companion after killing the other, then warned him not to go outside at night because demons haunted the peak.

• A dark green paper figure escorted Lin Fan to the Paper Making Building and left him in Xue Jie's care.
• Xue Jie explained that the building made special paper from demonic beast pelts and the pelts of cultivators, and told Lin Fan to help manage it.
• Lin Fan copied six books in his cultivation room and gained sixty years of lifespan.
• Xue Jie offered Lin Fan two women as a welcome gift, killed one when Lin Fan appeared to reject them, and gave him the surviving woman.
• Xue Jie arranged a dwelling for Lin Fan and warned him not to go out at night because demons plagued Paper Figure Peak.

Lin Fan witnessed the Paper Figure Child using a nighttime scripture gathering to drain the Blood Qi of Paper Making Building slaves, then received a warning from Xue Jie to stay out of trouble. At dawn, Xi Yun revealed that she and the other slaves lost consciousness every five days and that many people had vanished, leaving Lin Fan to comfort her without knowing how to promise her safety.

• Lin Fan named the nameless slave Xi Yun after she cleaned his residence, and she warned him not to leave that night.
• Lin Fan watched the slaves march to a Taoist temple, where a Paper Figure Child chanted scripture and drew their blood as they injured themselves in worship.
• The Paper Figure Child noticed Lin Fan watching, so he slipped away and returned to find Xue Jie waiting in his residence.
• Xue Jie warned Lin Fan that Paper Figure Peak was dangerous and revealed that the residence had belonged to a senior brother whose blood essence and soul had been drained.
• At dawn, Xi Yun told Lin Fan that she and the other slaves lost consciousness every five days and that people often disappeared, then begged him to help her survive.

Lin Fan perfected the Blood Gathering Art, greatly improving his ability to conceal and transform his aura, then advanced the Black and White Yama Art. Meanwhile, Xue Jie appeared to accept Senior Brother Song’s offer to join Lingxiao Peak, but after Song departed, he revealed his loyalty to the Paper Figure Peak’s strange green figure.

• Lin Fan spent several days copying books and gained forty years of lifespan in one morning.
• Lin Fan used 150 years of lifespan to perfect the Blood Gathering Art and discovered he could transform his soul into the Bloodlight Demon Saint’s original form.
• Lin Fan advanced the Black and White Yama Art to its fifth layer using another 210 years of lifespan.
• Senior Brother Song offered Xue Jie a place at Lingxiao Peak and showed him a blood-colored jade token as proof of the promised rewards.
• Xue Jie accepted the offer in front of Senior Brother Song, then crushed the token after Song left and pledged himself to the strange green figure.

Master Xing ordered the Fat Man to bring Chen Quan back by any means and demanded that the Fat Man send him a female disciple. Lin Fan learned that his statue was likely a Primal Divine Statue, then a woman arrived to serve him.

• The Fat Man reported that Chen Quan had agreed to cooperate on the surface, and Master Xing ordered him to capture Chen Quan alive or dead without leaving evidence.
• Master Xing killed a maid who had been unfaithful and told the Fat Man to bring him the female disciple he fancied.
• Lin Fan used the Primal Divine Statue and gained thirty years of lifespan, then summoned Bloodlight Demon Saint to examine it.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint identified the statue as a legendary Primal Divine Statue and warned Lin Fan that divine statues carried dangerous karma.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint explained that cultivation realms above merging with the Dao included Calamity Crossing, Void Shattering, and Grotto-Heaven.
• A woman entered Lin Fan's room and said she had come to serve him.

Lin Fan discovered that the woman from the Paper Making Building had a Soul Lock that controlled her and erased her memories. Later, the Dark Green Paper Figure rewarded Lin Fan with a Green Dao Armor and questioned whether his parents had left him anything else.

• Lin Fan comforted the woman, then secretly examined her while she slept and found a Soul Lock embedded in her divine soul.
• The woman woke feeling unusually refreshed, and Lin Fan took her to the Paper Making Building.
• Xue Jie praised Lin Fan’s management of the slaves and led him to meet the Dark Green Paper Figure.
• The Dark Green Paper Figure said Lin Fan’s offered inheritance had pleased the people above and gave him a Green Dao Armor that could withstand a strike from a Cloud Soaring Great Power.
• The Dark Green Paper Figure asked whether Lin Fan’s parents had left him anything else, and Lin Fan denied it and offered to let it search his soul.

Lin Fan secretly advanced the Flowing Cloud Sword Scripture to perfection, forming a Sword Heart and strengthening his cultivation while hiding his progress. The chapter ended when a woman from Lingxiao Peak stormed into the Paper Making Building and demanded that Chen Quan come out.

• The Dark Green Paper Figure ordered Xue Jie to watch Lin Fan and let Lingxiao Peak stir up trouble, as long as Lin Fan was not killed.
• Lin Fan examined the Green Dao Armor and discovered its hidden mark could track and restrain him, but he left it intact to avoid raising suspicion.
• Lin Fan spent two hundred and thirty years of lifespan to perfect the Flowing Cloud Sword Scripture and transformed his Sword Seed into a Sword Heart.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint recognized Lin Fan's Sword Heart as the mark of a legendary Heavenly Sword, while Chen Quan mistook it for a hidden divine sword.
• Lin Fan's cultivation advanced, and he spent another two hundred and twenty years to advance the Black and White Yama Art to the sixth layer.
• A woman blasted open the Paper Making Building's doors and called for Chen Quan to come meet her.

Zhao Mengru confronted Lin Fan with an invitation to Xiao Xiao and Senior Brother Xiao’s wedding, but Lin Fan showed no attachment to the past. That night, he watched the silent people of Paper Figure Peak gather before a Daoist temple, where the white-robed child appeared serene.

• Zhao Mengru revealed her token, made Xue Jie back down, and summoned Lin Fan to face her.
• Zhao Mengru accused Lin Fan of abandoning his potential and handed him an invitation to Xiao Xiao and Senior Brother Xiao’s Dao companion ceremony.
• Lin Fan accepted the invitation, dismissed their past as over, and watched it turn to dust before walking away.
• Xue Jie warned Lin Fan that Lingxiao Peak might target him and offered him books on Paper Figure Arts.
• Lin Fan returned to his cultivation room and resolved to keep transcribing books while staying alert to anyone who tried to harm him.
• At night, Lin Fan saw silent figures gather before a Daoist temple, where the white-robed child appeared with a peaceful expression.

Lin Fan discovered that the Paper Figure Child was growing stronger by devouring virgins, but escaped when it detected him. Half a month later, Xue Jie sent Lin Fan to fetch supplies near the Xuan Meng Sect, and Lin Fan realized his senior brother was trying to keep him away from danger.

• Lin Fan watched the Paper Figure Child drain virgins and learned from Bloodlight Demon Saint that it could mature into a devastating Eerie Source.
• The Paper Figure Child detected Lin Fan through its chanting, but Lin Fan used Starlight Shifting to escape its fatal attack and vanish.
• The next morning, Xi Yun asked Lin Fan whether he had helped her, and he let her believe he had.
• Over the following half month, Lin Fan stayed in his cultivation room, read books, and gained 28 years of lifespan by copying them.
• Xue Jie asked Lin Fan to collect supplies from a station near the Xuan Meng Sect, and Lin Fan realized Xue Jie was sending him away to protect him from danger.

Lin Fan advanced the Desolate Heaven Bright King Dharma Form and Black and White Yama Art, discovering a terrifying presence beneath Paper Figure Peak. At Fangcun Town, Ling Xiao Sect disciples faced a deadly series of blood-draining attacks until reinforcements from the sect arrived.

• Xue Jie suggested killing Junior Brother Chen, but the Dark Green Paper Figure dismissed the idea as useless.
• Lin Fan used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to advance the Desolate Heaven Bright King Dharma Form to mastery and sensed a blood cocoon beneath Paper Figure Peak.
• Lin Fan advanced the Black and White Yama Art to the sixth layer, strengthening his divine soul.
• Senior Brother Chang and the Ling Xiao Sect disciples investigated another corpse in Fangcun Town and discussed the ongoing attacks that drained victims of their essence and blood.
• Senior Brother Chang ordered the disciples to regroup and gather pelt materials, then hurried to meet the people sent by the sect.

Lin Fan reunited with Chang An at the Fangcun Town stronghold and investigated a series of mysterious deaths. After discovering a Blood Soul Worm, he realized an Insect Cultivator was likely behind the killings and began considering how to draw the culprit out.

• Lin Fan met Chang An, who explained that he had left Lingxiao Peak after his master and mistress died and warned Lin Fan that Fangcun Town was dangerous.
• Chang An told Lin Fan that cultivators had been dying and that a Yunmeng Sect cultivator might be responsible, but Lin Fan stayed despite the danger.
• An Outer Disciple reported that three more disciples had gone missing, and their corpses were later recovered from an abandoned mine with their blood essence drained.
• Lin Fan caught a Blood Soul Worm crawling from a corpse, and Bloodlight Demon Saint explained that the worm could drain victims’ blood essence through dreams and had been refined by a powerful cultivator.
• A woman recalled seeing a similar insect on a dead Outer Disciple five days earlier, and Lin Fan decided to find a way to draw out the Insect Cultivator.

An injured Insect Cultivator ambushed Fat Man and his junior sister, drained their vital essence, and planned to attack the Ling Xiao Sect stronghold. Chang An and Lin Fan then faced a swarm of insects and mind-controlled townspeople at the stronghold.

• Fat Man met his junior sister outside Fangcun Town and planned to lure Chen Quan out to punish him.
• An old Insect Cultivator appeared and effortlessly evaded Fat Man’s attacks before infecting him with black insects.
• The old man’s insects drained Fat Man and his junior sister, and he resolved to attack the Ling Xiao Sect stronghold to restore his strength.
• Chang An patrolled the stronghold and learned that Senior Sister Rou had gone out and not returned.
• Senior Sister Rou returned under the Insect Cultivator’s control, infected two disciples, and charged at the others.
• Lin Fan identified the approaching black swarm as the work of an Insect Cultivator as townspeople and cultivators with eerie smiles surged toward the stronghold.

Lin Fan pursued Old Man Gu Worm, who had sent Blood Soul Worms to devour cultivators, and defeated him in the mountains. After searching his memories, Lin Fan learned that Old Man Gu Worm had stolen a mysterious treasure from Wuyou Sect and began inspecting his storage bracelet.

• Blood Soul Worms attacked the Ling Xiao Sect stronghold, forcing Chang An and the surviving disciples to retreat as Lin Fan disappeared.
• Old Man Gu Worm confronted Lin Fan in the forest and sent his swarm to devour him, but Lin Fan’s talisman decoy distracted the old man.
• Lin Fan revealed that he knew Old Man Gu Worm had been feeding on cultivators’ vital essence, then attacked him with a golden Dharma Idol and divine sword.
• Lin Fan defeated Old Man Gu Worm, searched his memories, and learned that he had slaughtered Wuyou Sect and stolen an object of great fortune.
• Lin Fan killed Old Man Gu Worm and broke the restriction on his storage bracelet to retrieve its contents.

Lin Fan obtained a second section of Divine Bone, concealed his role in defeating Old Man Gu Worm, and returned to Paper Figure Peak after surviving the Fangcun Town disaster. Meanwhile, Master Xing blamed Paper Figure Peak for his senior disciple’s death and began plotting to stir up trouble.

• Lin Fan found a second section of Divine Bone in Old Man Gu Worm’s belongings, secured it with restrictions, and kept the insect-driving method he had also recovered.
• Lin Fan burned Old Man Gu Worm’s corpse and the surrounding area to ashes, then left before Chang An and the surviving disciples saw him.
• Lin Fan returned to the stronghold disguised as a badly injured survivor and told Chang An that an Inspection Office cultivator had driven away the Insect Cultivator.
• Lin Fan feigned unconsciousness for three days, returned to Paper Figure Peak, and assured Xue Jie that he wanted to stay there.
• At the Floating Palace, Master Xing learned that his senior disciple had died, suspected Paper Figure Peak was behind the trouble, and threw the woman in a jade-green dress into his furnace.