Chapter Summaries

The Great Elder questioned Elder Meng and Elder Qin about their crimes, then installed Zhou Wutong as Valley Master and Mei Lan as Great Elder before stepping away from sect affairs. The next day, Jian Lin arrived demanding that Orchid Valley free Jian Yu and make her its next Valley Master, threatening the valley with the Jian Family’s fury.

• The Great Elder visited Elder Meng, who admitted killing the two successors to Senior Sister Zhou and blamed the Great Elder for recommending them.
• The Great Elder confronted Elder Qin, who admitted colluding with the Sacred Ghost Palace and warned that the Jian Family would retaliate if Jian Yu was captured.
• The Great Elder told Elder Mei to send the imprisoned elders away, appointed Zhou Wutong as Valley Master, and named Mei Lan the new Great Elder.
• Elders Meng and Qin were reported to have poisoned themselves and died, and Zhou Wutong and Mei Lan formally took their new positions.
• Jian Lin confronted Mei Lan over Jian Yu’s imprisonment and demanded that Orchid Valley pardon her and appoint her its next Valley Master within three days.

Zhou Wutong resolved to stop Orchid Valley from yielding to the Jian Family, while Lin Fan quietly sent her an ordinary-looking talisman. When Jian Lin brought the Jian Family’s forces to Orchid Valley, the valley executed Jian Yu in defiance of his threats.

• Zhou Wutong told Mei Lan that Orchid Valley would not submit to the Jian Family and would reveal its strength without troubling Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan sent Zhou Wutong a talisman through Tian Keke, and Zhou Wutong solemnly tucked it away despite being unable to detect any power in it.
• Three days later, Jian Lin arrived with the Jian Family’s experts and threatened to destroy Orchid Valley if it did not surrender Jian Yu.
• Mei Lan declared Jian Yu guilty under Orchid Valley’s discipline and ordered her execution despite Jian Lin’s threats.
• Two Discipline Hall disciples killed Jian Yu with a blade that shattered her soul.

Jian Lin led the Jian Family in attacking Orchid Valley after Zhou Wutong killed Jian Yu, but Orchid Valley’s allies and hidden experts helped hold off the assault. The Sacred Ghost Palace then arrived, and its envoy demanded that Orchid Valley surrender or be destroyed.

• Jian Lin ordered the Jian Family cultivators to flatten Orchid Valley, and Zhou Wutong led the valley’s disciples into battle.
• Mei Lan blocked Jian Kuang'ao while the Former Great Elder confronted another Jian Family expert.
• A Silver phantom from the Lin Yuan Sect and a black-robed ally blocked two more Jian Family experts, while a Blood Blade assassin struck one of them down.
• Jian Lin summoned the Sacred Ghost Palace, whose forces arrived in overwhelming numbers.
• The man in azure robes offered to let Orchid Valley join the Sacred Ghost Palace if Zhou Wutong surrendered.

Orchid Valley faced the Jian Family and the Sacred Ghost Palace after its allies abandoned it, and Zhou Wutong was nearly killed by the Sacred Ghost Palace’s Myriad Spirits Banner. The talisman given to her by a mysterious senior transformed into a Three-Eyed Flood Dragon, which slaughtered the attackers and then returned to her palm.

• The mighty experts from Lin Yuan Sect and Assassin Hall withdrew, leaving Orchid Valley to face the Jian Family and Sacred Ghost Palace alone.
• Zhou Wutong chose to resist, but the Sacred Ghost Palace’s blue-robed man attacked her with the Myriad Spirits Banner and wounded her.
• As Zhou Wutong prepared to die, her talisman released the Three-Eyed Flood Dragon, which destroyed the banner and annihilated the Sacred Ghost Palace cultivators.
• The blue-robed man summoned the Sacred Ghost Palace Master’s phantom, but the Three-Eyed Flood Dragon destroyed it with a single punch.
• The Three-Eyed Flood Dragon killed the Jian Family and remaining Sacred Ghost Palace fighters, then turned back into the talisman in Zhou Wutong’s palm.

After Lin Fan’s talisman helped Orchid Valley defeat the Jian Family and Sacred Ghost Palace, Taian Commandery’s factions reacted to the arrival of a powerful protector. Lin Fan then recalled Ni Miao’s information about a Blessed Land and turned his attention to the Nether Abyss Ruins.

• Zhou Wutong ordered Orchid Valley’s disciples to treat the wounded after the attack, while Mei Lan and the Former Great Elder realized how fortunate they were to have Lin Fan’s protection.
• The Inspection Bureau in Taian Commandery ordered spies to investigate Orchid Valley and report the events to headquarters.
• The Sacred Ghost Palace Master decided to ally with the Illumination Society and attack Orchid Valley again, believing the Inspection Bureau could not stop him.
• The Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley worried that Orchid Valley had a mysterious powerhouse, but an elder reassured her by pointing to the valley’s inheritance and secluded cultivator.
• Lin Fan reflected that he had given Orchid Valley the Three-Eyed Flood Dragon Talisman to protect his own interests, then recalled Ni Miao’s information about the Nether Abyss Ruins.

Ni Miao reported Bianlin City's fall to the Lord of Great Gan, who revealed that Shangyang Commandery's strange phenomena and its dead were the price of his pursuit of power. Meanwhile, Lin Fan remained at Orchid Valley, recovered his lifespan, and prepared to strengthen his abilities before visiting the Nether Abyss Ruins.

• Ni Miao returned to the imperial palace and reported that Bianlin City had fallen, its lord was missing, and the Nascent Soul cultivation method was lost.
• The Lord of Great Gan explained that the ancient mirror's power had limited his potential and that Shangyang Commandery's strange phenomena and victims were the price he had paid.
• The Lord of Great Gan ordered Ni Miao to stay in the imperial city and told Lord Fei to use Lin Fan as nourishment for the spreading strange phenomena.
• A month after the attack on Orchid Valley, Zhou Wutong and Tian Keke continued seeking Lin Fan's favor, and Tian Keke tried alluring incense on him without effect.
• Lin Fan checked his lifespan, found that copying books had restored it to 6020 years, and decided to improve his talisman and Paper Figure Art before entering the Nether Abyss Ruins.

Lin Fan fused his talisman arts with Paper Figure Art to create the Spirit Control Paper Figure Talisman, then made a powerful Golden-Haired Hound talisman. After strengthening his cultivation and assessing the lifespan he had spent, he prepared to head to the Nether Abyss Ruins to pursue more Dao Principles.

• Lin Fan spent twelve hundred years of lifespan to fuse the Spirit Control Secret Records and Shadowless Paper Figure Art into the Spirit Control Paper Figure Talisman after the first attempt failed.
• Lin Fan used five hundred years of lifespan to raise the new method to the beginner stage and learned to draw an Ancient Rune embodying the essence of the Golden-Haired Hound.
• Lin Fan created a Golden-Haired Hound Paper Figure Talisman, which drained one-third of his power and revealed a terrifying presence before becoming a small golden talisman.
• Lin Fan resolved to seek Dao Principles at the Nether Abyss Ruins rather than remain in Orchid Valley, where he could only accumulate lifespan.
• Lin Fan raised the Eight Divisions Yama Scripture to the major accomplishment stage and checked his cultivation panel.

Zhou Wutong sought Lin Fan’s advice on strengthening Orchid Valley, then bid him farewell when he left the next morning. Lin Fan traveled to the Sacred Ghost Palace to remove Orchid Valley’s threat and interrupted the Palace Master’s alliance with the Illumination Society.

• Zhou Wutong thanked Lin Fan for protecting Orchid Valley and asked how to lead it, and he advised her to reform the sect and teach disciples more combat techniques.
• Lin Fan told Zhou Wutong he would leave the next day, and she spent the day with him before departing reluctantly.
• Tian Keke visited that night to persuade Lin Fan to stay, but he left at dawn before Zhou Wutong and Elder Mei could see him off.
• Zhou Wutong reassured Elder Mei that Lin Fan had left behind a talisman and ordered reforms so Orchid Valley could defend itself.
• Lin Fan arrived at the Sacred Ghost Palace and discovered that its Palace Master was negotiating an alliance with an Illumination Society elder.
• Lin Fan appeared before the Sacred Ghost Palace Master and the elder, telling them he had already arrived.

A mysterious senior destroyed the Sacred Ghost Palace and the Jian Family, while Lin Fan investigated the Xiao Family’s suspected dealings with strange entities in Xiaoyun City. After Xiao Feng Hai killed Wang Yunqing, Lin Fan learned that the strange entities had taken over nearly every region outside the city and continued pursuing a lead connected to the Nether Abyss Ruins.

• A mysterious figure killed the master of the Sacred Ghost Palace and an old Dao Integration expert, then flattened the palace with a massive hand.
• The Jian Family was reduced to ruins, and Zhou Wutong of Orchid Valley suspected the senior she had encountered was responsible.
• Wang Yunqing confronted the Xiao Family’s carriage in Xiaoyun City and accused the family of colluding with strange entities.
• Xiao Feng Hai defeated Wang Yunqing and killed him with a technique that left him screaming in agony before he dissolved into blood.
• Lin Fan watched the confrontation, and Bloodlight Demon Saint told him that the Xiao Family may have made a deal with the strange entities that had occupied almost every region beyond Xiaoyun City.
• Lin Fan remained in Xiaoyun City to investigate a matter connected to the Nether Abyss Ruins.

Lin Fan learned that the destructive strange phenomenon had reached Great Gan and might have spread from his homeland, the Wei-Jin Borderlands, now known as the Calamity Land. He captured Xiao Feng Hai, broke the restriction in his mind, and obtained information as he pursued the Xiao Family’s key to the Nether Abyss Ruins.

• Bloodlight Demon Saint told Lin Fan that an eerie altar had appeared near Hechi Commandery and could turn vast regions into Calamity Land.
• Lin Fan recognized the altar from his past in the Wei-Jin Borderlands, and Bloodlight Demon Saint explained that the region was feared as the Calamity Land.
• Lin Fan set aside his questions about the altar and hurried to obtain the key to the Nether Abyss Ruins from the Xiao Family.
• Lin Fan stopped Xiao Feng Hai’s carriage, killed the driver, and immobilized Xiao Feng Hai as he tried to flee.
• Xiao Feng Hai revealed his corruption by the strange phenomenon, but Lin Fan suppressed it and broke a mental restriction to search his memories before Xiao Feng Hai disintegrated.

Xiao Lianyue was ordered to marry Yan Xiu of the Yan Family, an aberrant clan, as part of the Xiao Family’s alliance with the Saint Clan. Disguised as Xiao Feng Hai, Lin Fan learned she did not want the marriage and offered to help her leave the family.

• The Xiao Family head told Xiao Lianyue that she had to marry Yan Xiu in three days to secure the family’s alliance with the Yan Family.
• Yan Xiu promised the Xiao Family a chance to rule Great Gan if it served the Saint Clan, and the family head eagerly pledged them as its vanguard.
• After leaving the hall, Xiao Lianyue wept over being forced to marry an aberration and feared losing her humanity.
• Disguised as Xiao Feng Hai, Lin Fan comforted Xiao Lianyue as she said she would rather die than go to Shangyang Commandery.
• Lin Fan offered to help Xiao Lianyue leave the Xiao Family, knowing she was the key to entering the Nether Abyss Ruins.

Lin Fan took Xiao Lianyue away from the Xiao Family to prevent her marriage, while the Blood Mist Saintess expanded her plans to seize Great Gan and demanded that Yan Xiu bring Xiao Lianyue to her. As Lin Fan pursued a girl who had escaped using a Phantom Body Talisman, he caught up to her in the mountains.

• Lin Fan comforted Xiao Lianyue and agreed to take her away from the Xiao Family.
• Yan Xiu reported that most of Hechi Commandery was under their control, and the Saintess ordered him to capture Xiao Lianyue for her extraordinary constitution.
• Xiao Lianyue vanished on her wedding day, and Lin Fan took her west aboard a flying vessel toward Shangyang Commandery.
• Xiao Lianyue grew suspicious when Lin Fan could not recall a childhood incident, then used a Phantom Body Talisman to escape from him.
• Lin Fan saw through the decoy and caught up to Xiao Lianyue among the mountain rocks.

Lin Fan used the young woman’s Netherworld Cold Body to locate and enter the Nether Abyss Ruins, where he found a desolate land that resisted his senses. Meanwhile, Yan Xiu massacred the Xiao Family and Xiaoyun City after Xiao Lianyue vanished, while two hidden observers planned to find the ruins for their powerful Senior.

• Lin Fan revealed his face to Xiao Lianyue, explained that her Netherworld Cold Body was needed to find the Nether Abyss Ruins, and took her with him.
• After several days of searching, Xiao Lianyue sensed Nether Abyss Qi, allowing Lin Fan to open a spatial crack and bring them into the ruins.
• Lin Fan found the ruins filled with skeletons and yellow sand, but an invisible barrier limited his senses to less than twenty li.
• Xiao Xiong failed to find Xiao Lianyue, and Yan Xiu arrived demanding his missing bride.
• Yan Xiu used Blood Mist to slaughter the Xiao Family and the people of Xiaoyun City, then said he would force his way into the ruins without a key.
• Two figures emerged from beneath the ruined city and agreed to locate the ruins, trusting their Senior to handle the Weird Cultivators.

Lin Fan and Xiao Lianyue encountered a Golden Giant Scorpion in the Nether Abyss Ruins, and Lin Fan killed it and learned that Magic Beasts had been raised to hunt intruders. Two cultivators discovered the aftermath and decided to hunt Lin Fan themselves.

• Lin Fan sent out more than a hundred paper figures to scout the corpse-strewn yellow-sand region, but a Golden Giant Scorpion destroyed nearly all of them.
• The Golden Giant Scorpion warned Lin Fan to retreat, then attacked him and Xiao Lianyue with lightning.
• Lin Fan overwhelmed the Golden Giant Scorpion with sword intent, killed it, and searched its remnant soul.
• Lin Fan learned that the creature was a Crab Demon Beast raised to hunt cultivators and that other Magic Beasts roamed the vast yellow-sand domain.
• After Lin Fan and Xiao Lianyue left, Senior Brother Qianyuan and a woman inspected the scene and chose to hunt the intruder rather than report to their sect.

Trapped in the Ten Thousand Miles Yellow Sand Formation, Lin Fan deliberately exhausted his Spiritual Energy to draw out the people controlling the Giant Scorpion Demonic Beasts. Xiao Lianyue fled when he appeared helpless, and the chapter ended with a Man in Black and a woman confronting Lin Fan.

• Lin Fan and Xiao Lianyue realized they were trapped in a formation that suppressed their senses and kept them surrounded by Giant Scorpion Demonic Beasts.
• Xiao Lianyue suspected someone was directing the beasts, and Lin Fan sent out successive waves of paper figures and Avatar Talismans to lure that person out.
• The Man in Black and a woman discussed wearing Lin Fan down, then sent more Giant Scorpion Demonic Beasts to attack him.
• After losing most of his prepared paper figures and Avatar Talismans and fighting off the beasts, Lin Fan pretended to be too weak to defend himself.
• Xiao Lianyue scattered into multiple figures and fled, leaving Lin Fan to face more beasts and become too weak to pursue her.
• The Man in Black and the woman appeared before Lin Fan and taunted him for having exhausted his Spiritual Energy.

Lin Fan revealed that he had used Paper Figure Art to fake his exhaustion and lure out two Myriad Demon Sect disciples. After overcoming their formation and attacks, he captured the woman and pinned the Man in Black to the ground.

• The Man in Black identified himself and the woman as Myriad Demon Sect disciples who had used the Yellow Sand Great Formation to trap invaders, then attacked Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan revealed that his apparent weakness had been a disguise created with Paper Figure Art, and offered to spare the pair if they told him about the sect.
• The two disciples activated the Ten Thousand Miles Yellow Sand Formation, which suppressed Lin Fan while strengthening them.
• Lin Fan's sword intent shattered their attacks, and the Golden-Haired Hound from the Paper Figure Talisman emerged to fight them.
• Lin Fan struck the Man in Black with Primordial Spirit light, destroyed the woman's Ancient Zither, seized her, and pierced the Man in Black's chest with a flying sword.

Lin Fan subdued two Myriad Demon Sect cultivators, learned about the powerful Nether Abyss World, and eliminated Xiao Lianyue after catching her fleeing. Outside the Ten Thousand Miles Yellow Sand region, he examined Black Demon Crystals and sensed that their energy resembled the Dao Principles energy from the Primal Divine Statue.

• Lin Fan killed the woman, seized her soul, and read Qianyuan's memories after Qianyuan agreed to cooperate.
• Lin Fan took their storage artifacts and absorbed both souls into the Tianji Buddhist Beads, then learned about the Nether Abyss World and the Myriad Demon Sect.
• After the cultivators' deaths weakened the Ten Thousand Miles Yellow Sand Formation, Lin Fan caught up with Xiao Lianyue and destroyed her flying vessel, killing her.
• Lin Fan left the sand region and found Black Demon Crystals in Qianyuan's storage artifact, whose energy reminded him of the Primal Divine Statue's Dao Principles energy.

Lin Fan refined Black Demon Crystals, strengthened his Primordial Spirit by mastering the Great Evolution Five Elements Art, and discovered that his Eye of Submersion had evolved into the Eye of Lost. In Holy Demon City, a Myriad Demon Sect elder noticed the intruder who had broken the Ten Thousand Miles Yellow Sand Formation and set out to recruit him as a subordinate.

• Lin Fan refined Black Demon Crystals and sensed that their law energy was helping him comprehend another Dao Principle.
• Lin Fan used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to master the Great Evolution Five Elements Art, endured the Heaven and Earth Primordial Tribulation, and formed a Primordial Spirit Five Elements Mountain.
• Lin Fan discovered that his Eye of Submersion had become the Eye of Lost, which let him see energy and its movements and could create powerful illusions.
• A Myriad Demon Sect elder in Holy Demon City saw Magic Beasts surge toward the Ten Thousand Miles Yellow Sand Formation's perimeter and learned that an intruder had broken it.
• The elder decided Lin Fan would make a useful subordinate and teleported away to find him.

Lin Fan learned that joining the Myriad Demon Sect could give him access to Black Demon Crystals, then accepted An Yunzi’s offer to become a Guest Official of Holy Demon City in exchange for a monthly supply of crystals. An Yunzi brought him into the city and arranged a first-rate cave dwelling for him.

• Lin Fan decided to infiltrate the Myriad Demon Sect to obtain more Black Demon Crystals.
• An Yunzi revealed that he was one of the Myriad Demon Sect’s Four Directions Elders and offered Lin Fan a Guest Official position in Holy Demon City.
• Lin Fan negotiated for three times the offered monthly allotment of Black Demon Crystals, and An Yunzi agreed.
• An Yunzi led Lin Fan into Holy Demon City and showed him the Floating Demon Great Formation.
• Miao Que welcomed Lin Fan and escorted him to the first-rate cave dwelling An Yunzi had arranged for him.

Lin Fan settled into a first-class cave abode in Holy Demon City and learned about the city, its Guest Officials, and the Black Flame Marketplace. Meanwhile, An Yunzi discussed recruiting powerful cultivators and an unnamed matter nearing completion.

• Miao Que showed Lin Fan his cave abode and left him with Zhi Nu as a gift.
• Zhi Nu tried to undress to serve Lin Fan, but he stopped her and used the Eye of Lost to make her obedient.
• Lin Fan questioned Zhi Nu and learned about Holy Demon City’s marketplace, its six other Guest Officials, and the Black Flame Marketplace east of the city.
• An Yunzi told his disciple that Lin Fan’s strength made him valuable to Holy Demon City and that recruiting powerful people would help him advance.
• The woman reported that another matter was progressing smoothly and could succeed within a month, after which An Yunzi drew her close.