Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan discovered that the Primal Divine Statue had nourished his inner landscape, causing a bright moon to rise above its sea and greatly increasing his strength. He then advanced the Heart-Piercing Life and Death Talisman to minor mastery, gaining the ability to form talismans from nothing and control powerful opponents at his own realm.

• Lin Fan sensed changes in his inner landscape and saw the Primal Divine Statue release clear qi that transformed it.
• A point of light in the inner sea grew into a bright moon, stabilizing and strengthening Lin Fan's inner landscape.
• Lin Fan questioned the Primal Divine Statue's mysterious origins, then decided to focus on becoming strong enough to suppress it if necessary.
• Lin Fan spent 250 years of lifespan to pre-emptively advance Heart-Piercing Life and Death Talisman to minor mastery.
• Lin Fan learned to form the talismans from nothing and realized they could control powerful opponents at his own realm without the backlash of Soul Slaves.

Ao Jianshen faced Old Ancestor Green Flame, who had come on behalf of the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan to demand the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan agree to a marriage proposal. After Green Flame warned that refusal could bring the clan's destruction, Ao Jianshen asked what would happen if they refused.

• Ao Jianshen confronted Old Ancestor Green Flame over his allegiance to the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan.
• Green Flame said the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan should hand over its clan jewel in marriage or risk annihilation.
• A Jiaolong elder offered Green Flame treasures and an alliance, but Green Flame rejected the appeal and warned that the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan had powerful backing.
• Green Flame demanded Ao Jianshen give an answer on the marriage proposal.
• Ao Jianshen asked Green Flame what would happen if the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan refused.

Ao Jianshen prepared to sacrifice himself when Green Flame Ancestor demanded his death, but the Jiaolong Ancestor returned just in time. The Bloodlight Demon Saint, posing as the ancestor, confronted Green Flame Ancestor and learned how the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan had targeted Ao Mingyue and pressured the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan.

• Ao Jianshen stopped Ao Mingyue from intervening and prepared to kill himself rather than let the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan suffer further.
• A voice from the horizon halted Ao Jianshen, and the clan recognized it as the returning Jiaolong Ancestor.
• Lin Fan arrived aboard a flying vessel with the Bloodlight Demon Saint, who transformed into a golden-robed old man and confronted Green Flame Ancestor.
• Ao Jianshen and the clan members welcomed the Bloodlight Demon Saint as their ancestor and explained what had happened in his absence.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint learned that the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan had used Ao Mingyue's True Dragon Bloodline and a marriage proposal to make trouble for the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan.

Bloodlight Demon Saint defeated Green Flame Ancestor and returned to the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan, where he presented Lin Fan as his honored guest. Lin Fan was welcomed as a powerful human cultivator and would stay with the clan under Bloodlight Demon Saint’s protection.

• Bloodlight Demon Saint shattered Green Flame Ancestor’s body and suppressed his Primordial Spirit after Green Flame Ancestor had exhausted his blood essence.
• Ao Jianshen and the clan elders praised Bloodlight Demon Saint, who credited Lin Fan with helping him return to the ancestral grounds.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint introduced Lin Fan to the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan, and its members bowed to him as a likely Demon Saint-level powerhouse.
• Ao Jianshen recognized that Lin Fan was human, and Bloodlight Demon Saint explained that he came from beyond the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint declared Lin Fan his honored guest, warned the clan to care for him properly, and led him farther inside.

Ao Mingyue questioned the Jiaolong Ancestor’s sudden return and his mysterious guest, Lin Fan, but Ao Jianshen urged her to follow the Ancestor’s instructions. The Bloodlight Demon Saint assigned her to find Lin Fan a cave mansion on True Bone Peak, while hoping her True Dragon Bloodline and connection to Lin Fan would benefit the clan.

• Ao Jianshen reproached Ao Mingyue for returning to the clan, then told her to stay close to the Ancestor and strengthen herself.
• Ao Mingyue told Ao Jianshen that the Ancestor’s sudden return and his regard for Senior Lin seemed strange, but Ao Jianshen warned her not to speculate.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint emerged with Lin Fan and ordered Ao Mingyue to arrange a suitable cave mansion for him, warning her not to slight the guest.
• Ao Jianshen directed Ao Mingyue to take Lin Fan to a cave mansion on True Bone Peak, and she led him away.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint considered Ao Mingyue’s True Dragon Bloodline and hoped Lin Fan’s protection would help the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan stand against its enemies.

Lin Fan absorbed Green Flame’s law energy in his cave dwelling and strengthened his cultivation, while the Mystic Moon Demon Wolf Clan witnessed the destruction of its ancestor’s phantom. The chapter left Lin Fan considering abandoning his low profile to hunt more Demon Saints.

• Ao Mingyue offered to gather valuable books for Lin Fan and proposed sending women to attend to him, but Lin Fan declined the offer of women.
• Lin Fan secured his cave dwelling with formations and Avatar Talismans, then extracted Green Flame’s law energy from his Primordial Spirit and absorbed it.
• Lin Fan’s cultivation rose but remained at the Fifth Grade of the Calamity Crossing Realm, and he concluded that he needed to absorb the law energy of several more Demon Saints to advance.
• The Mystic Moon Demon Wolf Clan’s ancestral grounds fell into chaos as the black wolf phantom screamed and exploded, and a powerful figure rushed out.

Ao Mingyue told Ao Jianshen that Lin Fan had chosen to excavate a cave mansion on the dangerous western side of True Bone Peak. Ao Jianshen explained the area's deadly history and ordered her to watch over Lin Fan, while warning her to keep her returning brother Jianlie from offending him.

• Ao Mingyue reported Lin Fan's choice of a cave mansion on True Bone Peak's western side, and Ao Jianshen warned her that strange incidents had made the area dangerous for generations.
• Ao Jianshen told Ao Mingyue that the first Jiaolong Ancestor had suffered qi deviation and died after secluding himself in the west, where more than a hundred clansmen had later disappeared or met similar fates.
• Ao Jianshen revealed that his father had also suffered qi deviation while investigating the western side and had linked its strange occurrences to the cold pool.
• Ao Jianshen ordered Ao Mingyue to watch Lin Fan's cave mansion and said the clan's young members, including her younger brother, would return within days.
• Ao Jianshen told Ao Mingyue to keep Jianlie from provoking Lin Fan, and she promised to discipline her brother.

Bloodlight Demon Saint recovered in the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s territory and planned revenge against the three great royal clans, hoping to rely on Lin Fan’s help. Meanwhile, Lin Fan spent lifespan to advance the Heart-Piercing Life and Death Talisman, gaining new abilities as the technique reached major accomplishment.

• Bloodlight Demon Saint used the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s resources to restore his strength and vowed to take revenge on the three great royal clans.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint reflected that Lin Fan’s potential could make him a powerful ally and hoped Ao Mingyue would win Lin Fan’s favor.
• Lin Fan checked his status and found that copying books had raised his lifespan to 7,470 years.
• Lin Fan chose to advance the Heart-Piercing Life and Death Talisman after reviewing his remaining techniques.
• Lin Fan spent 300 years of lifespan to raise the talisman art to major accomplishment, learning to form talismans from nothing and strengthen those under his control.

Lin Fan reflected on the limits of his completed Heart-Piercing Life and Death Talisman and his need to gather more law energy to raise his cultivation. Ao Mingyue and her younger brother Ao Jianlie visited him, bringing a thousand books collected at his request.

• Lin Fan considered advancing his remaining arts and concluded that he needed more law energy to contend with powerful Demon Saints.
• Ao Mingyue brought Ao Jianlie to meet Lin Fan, warning her younger brother not to offend the honored guest or expect to become his disciple.
• Lin Fan let the siblings into his cave mansion and received their greetings.
• Ao Mingyue presented Lin Fan with a thousand books and said the clan would keep gathering more.

Ao Jianlie resolved to earn Lin Fan’s recognition after Ao Mingyue encouraged him to improve himself. Later, a mysterious shadow infiltrated Lin Fan’s cave mansion and escaped into a frigid, unfathomably deep pool, where Lin Fan sent a talisman-made demon to investigate.

• Ao Jianlie told Ao Mingyue he wanted to stop relying on his family and work to earn Senior Lin’s recognition.
• Ao Mingyue praised Ao Jianlie for changing after his setback, and the siblings left.
• Lin Fan overheard their conversation and returned to copying books in his cave mansion.
• A cold shadow slipped past the cave mansion’s formations, but Lin Fan sensed it and pursued it with a golden giant hand.
• The shadow escaped into a cold pool below a cliff, and Lin Fan found that his Primordial Spirit could not probe its depths.
• Lin Fan transformed a talisman into an ancient demon and sent it into the pool, where it descended into the darkness.

Ao Jianshen learned that the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan had annexed the Mystic Moon Demon Wolf Clan and discussed the growing threat with his elders. He and Ao Mingyue went to report the news to the Old Ancestor, while Lin Fan remained a guest at True Bone Peak.

• An elder reported that the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan had destroyed the Mystic Moon Demon Wolf Clan and taken its territory and allies.
• The elders warned Ao Jianshen that the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan’s growing power threatened the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and agreed that they needed the Old Ancestor’s support.
• Ao Jianshen told the elders that the Old Ancestor had urged them not to act rashly until he understood the situation.
• Ao Mingyue told Ao Jianshen that Lin Fan was comfortable at True Bone Peak and had given no instructions.
• After Ao Mingyue learned of the Mystic Moon Demon Wolf Clan’s annexation, she accompanied Ao Jianshen to report it to the Old Ancestor.

Ao Mingyue agreed to follow the Bloodlight Demon Saint and Ao Jianshen’s arrangement after learning of Lin Fan’s extraordinary potential. Lin Fan then advanced the Great Evolution Five Elements Art and improved his Primordial Spirit, leaving him with greater power and sharper senses.

• The Bloodlight Demon Saint told Ao Mingyue and Ao Jianshen that Lin Fan had potential comparable to the foundations of the great royal clans.
• Ao Jianshen urged Ao Mingyue to accept the arrangement, and she agreed to heed their wishes.
• At True Bone Peak, Lin Fan used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to raise the Great Evolution Five Elements Art to major accomplishment.
• Lin Fan formed a Five Elements Divine Mountain with his Primordial Spirit, advancing it from initial accomplishment to minor accomplishment.
• Lin Fan’s Primordial Spirit gained greater strength and more refined senses, allowing him to perceive tiny creatures nearby.

The Primal Divine Statue transformed into a goddess and asked Lin Fan to find other statues for it to devour in exchange for law energy. It revealed a map of the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom, hinted that Lin Fan carried “its aura,” and then appeared on the Bridge of Longevity.

• The Primal Divine Statue awakened in Lin Fan’s inner landscape and transformed into a goddess statue.
• Lin Fan questioned the statue and sensed a dangerous chill when he reached toward it.
• The statue told Lin Fan to find other statues for it to devour, offering law energy in return.
• The statue displayed a map of the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom marked with several red points that Lin Fan suspected were other statues.
• The statue said Lin Fan carried “its aura” but did not explain further, then vanished and reappeared on the Bridge of Longevity.

Lin Fan accepted Ao Mingyue as a maidservant after she asked to stay and receive his guidance, then put her to work organizing his cave mansion. The chapter ended by introducing the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan as Northern Luzhou’s most powerful Demon Cultivator clan.

• Bloodlight Demon Saint brought Ao Mingyue to Lin Fan and asked him to let her stay.
• Ao Mingyue explained that she chose to seek Lin Fan’s guidance to grow stronger and help her clan.
• Lin Fan allowed Ao Mingyue to stay but warned her that she was now his maidservant.
• Lin Fan ordered Ao Mingyue to tidy the cave mansion and organize his bookshelves, and she followed his instructions through the day.
• The narrative identified the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan as the most powerful Demon Cultivator clan in Northern Luzhou.

Ao Mingyue cultivated spirit plants near her cave abode when Ao Jianlie came to visit, worried that Senior Lin had forced her to become his maidservant. After she explained that she had chosen to stay and that the clan’s leaders supported her decision, Ao Jianlie told her the Jiaolong Clan had gone to war with the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan and that he planned to guard the borderlands.

• Ao Mingyue used her energy to grow spirit plants around her cave abode, then sensed a brief trace of sinister energy in the mist.
• Ao Jianlie arrived, and Ao Mingyue warned him not to approach Senior Lin’s cave abode.
• Ao Mingyue explained that she had chosen to serve Senior Lin and that her father and the ancestor had suggested it because of Senior Lin’s power.
• Ao Mingyue told Ao Jianlie he needed to help their father manage the clan’s affairs amid its conflict with the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan.
• Ao Jianlie said the clans were officially at war and that he intended to ask permission to lead people to guard the borderlands.

Ao Mingyue offered herself to Lin Fan, and the two spent the night together. The next morning, Lin Fan helped her master her awakened True Dragon Bloodline, advancing her cultivation to the late stage of Ancestral Reversion.

• Ao Mingyue asked to serve Lin Fan, and he accepted her offer.
• Ao Mingyue awoke the next morning to find Lin Fan beside her, and he asked her to call him Brother Fan.
• Lin Fan sent a thread of power into Ao Mingyue and told her to refine it.
• Ao Mingyue used the power to master her True Dragon Bloodline, strengthen her body, and advance from the middle stage to the late stage of Ancestral Reversion.
• Ao Mingyue thanked Brother Fan and understood why her father and the old ancestor had wanted her to stay by Lin Fan's side.

Ao Mingyue was captured by a monstrous presence beneath the cold pool, which revealed itself as Ao Tuntian’s residual evil consciousness. It planned to devour her for her True Dragon Bloodline, leaving her trapped as it explained its origins.

• Ao Mingyue awakened and attacked the shadow with a phantom jiaolong, but an invisible force erased her attack and restrained her.
• The shadow dismissed the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and admitted it had caused the ominous incidents west of True Bone Peak.
• Ao Mingyue recognized that the shadow was connected to the first-generation Jiaolong Ancestor and tried to stall for time while hoping Lin Fan would find her.
• The shadow revealed that it was Ao Tuntian’s residual consciousness and evil intent, sealed in the cold pool by the original Ao Tuntian.
• Ao Tuntian’s evil remnant said it would devour Ao Mingyue to obtain her genuine True Dragon Bloodline.

Lin Fan summoned the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix to confront the evil will of the first Jiaolong Ancestor in the cold pool. The phoenix trapped the remnant in black flames and began burning it to ash.

• Lin Fan dismissed the first Jiaolong Ancestor’s threat and summoned the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix with a talisman.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix noticed a trace of True Dragon aura in Ao Mingyue, then turned her attention to the first Jiaolong Ancestor’s evil will.
• The first Jiaolong Ancestor gathered the pool water into a water dragon and attacked the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix slashed the remnant nearly in half, but it healed its wound.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix engulfed the remnant in a furnace of black flames, and Lin Fan was astonished by her power.

Lin Fan used the Five Elements Divine Mountain and Ao Tuntian’s help to destroy the first Jiaolong Ancestor’s evil remnant. The ancestor rewarded Lin Fan with a Dao Principle Crystal and gave Ao Mingyue another sliver of True Dragon Bloodline, while Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix still demanded the divine essence she had been promised.

• Lin Fan summoned the Five Elements Divine Mountain to suppress the evil remnant, and Ao Tuntian bound it with golden chains so it could be destroyed.
• The first Jiaolong Ancestor appeared as a remaining sliver of true remnant thought and thanked Lin Fan for cleansing the Flood Dragon Clan’s hidden calamity.
• The first Jiaolong Ancestor gave Lin Fan a Dao Principle Crystal containing his insights into the Dao principles.
• The first Jiaolong Ancestor gave Ao Mingyue a sliver of True Dragon Bloodline, increasing her total to two.
• Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix demanded her divine essence, and Lin Fan promised to help find it when the opportunity arose.

Ao Jianlie inspected Howling Moon Valley, the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s most valuable demon crystal vein, and warned Elder Kun about rumors of his corruption while insisting the stronghold must be defended against the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan. After Elder Kun left, a figure appeared and revealed that he had been selling defective demon crystals to the Water Spirit Snake Clan.

• The Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan fortified Howling Moon Valley, whose rich demon crystal vein was vital to its wealth and standing in Northern Luzhou.
• Ao Jianlie explained that losing the vein could strengthen the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan and turn other clans against the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan.
• Ao Jianlie confronted Elder Kun about rumors that he had withheld miners’ compensation and sold mineral resources improperly.
• Elder Kun denied wrongdoing and promised to help guard the valley, while Ao Jianlie decided to postpone dealing with him until the crisis passed.
• After Elder Kun left, a figure appeared and accused him of selling defective demon crystals cheaply to the Water Spirit Snake Clan.