Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan refined the first Jiaolong Ancestor’s Dao Principle crystal, advancing to the sixth grade of the Calamity Crossing Realm and bringing his Inner Landscape close to perfection. He then used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to perfect the Great Evolution Five Elements Art, whose final vision showed his Primordial Spirit transforming a Five Elements Divine Mountain into a sword.

• Lin Fan refined the Dao Principle crystal, and the Primal Divine Statue briefly flared with azure light before falling silent.
• The crystal’s energy expanded Lin Fan’s Inner Landscape until it was close to perfection, and he broke through from the fifth to the sixth grade of the Calamity Crossing Realm.
• Lin Fan considered how a perfected Inner Landscape could become a complete world and help cultivate power of order.
• Lin Fan spent eight hundred years of lifespan to pre-emptively raise the Great Evolution Five Elements Art to perfection.
• Lin Fan saw a vision of his Primordial Spirit shaping a Five Elements Divine Mountain and transforming it into a five-colored divine sword.

The Cloud Swallowing Python Clan attacked Howling Moon Valley after learning of its rich demon crystal vein, and an insider’s betrayal led to the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s defeat and the capture of Ao Jianlie. As Ao Jianshen’s elders argued over a rescue, Elder Shen warned that rushing in would only cost the clan more lives.

• A vertical-eyed young master of the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan learned that Howling Moon Valley held a valuable demon crystal vein and ordered an attack to capture the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s young master.
• Ao Mingyue woke from a nightmare about her clan’s destruction, and Lin Fan comforted her.
• Ao Jianshen learned that Elder Kun had betrayed the clan and withdrawn Howling Moon Valley’s protective formation, allowing the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan to seize the valley and capture Ao Jianlie.
• Several elders volunteered to lead a rescue, but Elder Shen warned Ao Jianshen that sending troops into the occupied valley would likely lead to further losses.

Bloodlight Demon Saint reported to Lin Fan that a mysterious Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan expert had wounded him while protecting the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan. Lin Fan learned that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s enemies might have backing from one of the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom’s great clans.

• Lin Fan sensed Bloodlight Demon Saint’s movements but let him confront the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan, then spent the night with Ao Mingyue.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint returned with severe wounds and told Ao Jianshen he had fought a mysterious flame-wielding expert in Howling Moon Valley, not the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan’s ancestor.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint suspected the mysterious expert belonged to the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan, alarming Ao Jianshen, who returned to the council hall to consult the clan elders.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint went to True Ancient Peak and asked Ao Mingyue to arrange an audience with Lin Fan.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint told Lin Fan about the battle and warned that the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan might be supported by the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan.

Young Master Bai returned to the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan with Howling Moon Valley’s mineral wealth and the captured Ao Jianlie. The Clan Leader approved Bai’s plan to use Ao Jianlie against the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and welcomed the turncoat Ao Kun as a new elder, revealing that powerful clans backed their ambitions.

• Young Master Bai returned to the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan with demon crystals and Ao Jianlie, the captured young master of the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan.
• Ao Jianlie blamed Elder Kun’s betrayal for the fall of Howling Moon Valley, and Young Master Bai wounded him to silence him.
• The Cloud Swallowing Python Clan Leader agreed that Young Master Bai should use Ao Jianlie as bait to lure out and destroy the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s experts.
• Young Master Bai brought Ao Kun before the Clan Leader, who appointed him an elder of the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan.
• The Clan Leader told Ao Kun that the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan, the Water Spirit Clan, and an even more powerful clan supported them.

After the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan threatened to execute Ao Jianlie unless the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan fought them in three days, Ao Jianshen and his elders debated how to respond. Elder Shen proposed seeking help from the reclusive Black Demon Flood Dragon Clan, and volunteered to contact them.

• Ao Jianshen told the elders that the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan had demanded a decisive battle in three days and threatened Ao Jianlie’s life.
• Elder Evilbreaker urged the clan to fight, while another elder warned that the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan’s allies could make the battle disastrous.
• Elder Shen said the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan could not avoid conflict and suggested seeking support from another Jiaolong-bloodline clan.
• Ao Jianshen and Elder Shen identified the reclusive Black Demon Flood Dragon Clan, whose descendant had once been badly injured by an Eight-Armed Demon Ape successor.
• Elder Shen offered to visit the Black Demon Flood Dragon Clan and try to persuade them to restrain the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan.

Lin Fan tested whether the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit could improve his skills by spending lifespan to raise Eye of Lost to Mastery. After numerous failed attempts and burning thousands of years of lifespan, he made one final attempt, whose result remained unknown.

• Ghost Mother Wuji and Han Yan began cultivating with the resources and foundations they had gained.
• Lin Fan examined his skills and wondered whether he could improve them by spending lifespan through the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit.
• The Pre-emptive Dao Fruit repeatedly failed to advance Eye of Lost, with each attempt demanding more lifespan.
• Lin Fan spent thousands of years of lifespan on failed attempts and, despite his dwindling reserves, ordered one final pre-emptive advance.

Lin Fan pledged to let the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan fight without restraint against the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan and anyone supporting it. At Phoenix Empress Mountain Range, Young Master Bai taunted the captive Ao Jianlie and stabbed him before an authoritative voice intervened.

• Bloodlight Demon Saint warned Lin Fan that the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan had powerful allies and that the conflict might draw dangerous old monsters.
• Lin Fan declared that he would protect the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and ordered Bloodlight Demon Saint to act without restraint.
• At Phoenix Empress Mountain Range, Young Master Bai grew impatient while waiting for the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and mocked the captive Ao Jianlie.
• Ao Jianlie defied Young Master Bai and vowed that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan would wipe out the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan.
• Young Master Bai stabbed Ao Jianlie, and a deep, authoritative voice ordered him to stop.

The Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan faced off at Wind Empress Mountain Range, with both leaders refusing to back down. Young Master Bai used the captured Ao Jianlie to provoke the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan, leaving Ao Jianshen and his people constrained as the confrontation threatened to turn violent.

• Ao Jianshen arrived with the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and warned Clan Leader Bai to turn back before his clan was destroyed.
• Clan Leader Bai demanded that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan submit, and Ao Jianshen agreed to let the clans settle matters through force.
• Young Master Bai revealed that he had captured the bloodied Ao Jianlie, prompting Ao Mingyue and the elders to urge caution.
• Ao Jianlie told his family and clansmen not to hold back for his sake, and Young Master Bai smashed his head into the ground, knocking him unconscious.
• Young Master Bai offered Ao Jianshen a chance to save Ao Jianlie.

Young Master Bai killed Ao Wu with one punch and taunted the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan, then slew three more challengers. Elder Evilbreaker finally stepped forward to fight him, while Clan Leader Bai chose not to intervene.

• Young Master Bai caught Ao Wu's punch and killed him with a single counterblow that destroyed his body and divine soul.
• Young Master Bai mocked the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan, while Ao Jianshen refused to let Ao Mingyue enter the fight.
• Three Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan powerhouses challenged Young Master Bai and were quickly killed, causing their clan's morale to collapse.
• Elder Evilbreaker broke free from a clan elder's restraint and strode toward Young Master Bai to fight him.
• Clan Leader Bai told his elders not to intervene, and Young Master Bai traded threats with Elder Evilbreaker.

Young Master Bai mocked the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and urged its members to become slaves of the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan. A tall, beautiful woman spoke up, and the chapter ended as she began to draw attention.

• Young Master Bai looked over the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and grew more smug.
• Young Master Bai insulted an elder, called the clan worse than trash, and said it should have perished.
• Young Master Bai told the clan members to become slaves of the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan and laughed.
• A tall, black-haired woman coldly asked Young Master Bai if he had said enough.

Ao Mingyue cut through the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan’s ranks until four elders confronted her, while two Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan elders arrived to support her. She wounded one opponent, but another restrained her sword with blood-red Order Divine Chains and sent a gigantic python head lunging to devour her.

• Ao Mingyue used her jiaolong sword to slaughter Cloud Swallowing Python clansmen, killing over a hundred with a single strike.
• Four Cloud Swallowing Python Clan elders confronted Ao Mingyue and formed a battle formation to stop her.
• Two Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan elders arrived and engaged two of the Cloud Swallowing Python elders, leaving Ao Mingyue to face the other two.
• Ao Mingyue shattered a thunder wall and sent one Cloud Swallowing Python elder flying while coughing blood.
• The remaining elder activated his essence blood, bound Ao Mingyue’s sword with Order Divine Chains, and sent a gigantic python head to devour her.

The Water Spirit Snake Clan joined the battle at Wind Empress Mountain Range, turning the tide against the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan, while Cold Han confronted Ao Mingyue. As the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan approached, the fight between the clans and their ancestors remained unresolved.

• Clan Leader Bai summoned Cold Han and the Water Spirit Snake Clan, whose sudden attack rallied the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan.
• Cold Han confronted Ao Jianshen and said the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan would also join the battle.
• Cold Han challenged Ao Mingyue, explaining that the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan had promised to help transform the Water Spirit Snake Clan's bloodline.
• Ao Mingyue refused to surrender and fought Cold Han using the power of the True Dragon Bloodline.
• The Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan arrived from over a hundred miles away, and its leading Demon Cultivator mocked the other clans for failing to quickly defeat the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan.

Bloodlight Demon Saint confronted the Cloud-Devouring Python Patriarch, who brought a Sky Swallowing Sparrow expert and the Water Spirit Snake Patriarch to threaten the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan. Facing their combined strength, Bloodlight Demon Saint called for his master, leaving the identity of his potential reinforcements unresolved.

• Bloodlight Demon Saint rejected the Cloud-Devouring Python Patriarch's demand for surrender and exchanged a powerful palm strike with him.
• The Cloud-Devouring Python Patriarch revealed a Sky Swallowing Sparrow Demon Saint and the Water Spirit Snake Patriarch as allies.
• The Water Spirit Snake Patriarch urged Bloodlight Demon Saint to yield, but he insulted her clan and she restrained herself from attacking.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint questioned why the Sky Swallowing Sparrow expert had joined the conflict, and the man said it was a transaction.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint assessed the odds and called on his master to appear, shocking the three Demon Saint Realm beings.

Lin Fan overwhelmed the Cloud-Devouring Python Patriarch, but the divine statue consumed him and awakened as a powerful monster. The statue trapped everyone in its crimson domain and destroyed Lin Fan’s Five Elements Divine Mountain as it advanced on him.

• The Cloud-Devouring Python Patriarch transformed with the divine statue’s power, but Lin Fan blasted him apart with a sword strike.
• The wounded Cloud-Devouring Python Patriarch begged his master for help, and the divine statue emerged from his brow.
• The divine statue devoured the Cloud-Devouring Python Patriarch’s flesh and blood and became a crimson monster.
• The awakened statue froze everyone in a crimson domain and told Lin Fan that he possessed something it needed.
• Lin Fan summoned a Five Elements Divine Mountain with his Primordial Spirit, but the statue’s crimson mist tore it apart.

Ao Jianshen fought Clan Leader Bai, whose Blood Python Power absorbed his attacks and steadily strengthened him. Just as Clan Leader Bai was about to kill Ao Jianshen, the power suddenly collapsed, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Clan Leader Bai revealed that his Blood Python Power armor absorbed Ao Jianshen's attacks and converted them into strength.
• Ao Jianshen transformed into his Human-Jiaolong Form and struck Clan Leader Bai, but the Blood Python Power shield endured.
• Clan Leader Bai overwhelmed Ao Jianshen with python shadows and a black-energy attack, leaving him near death.
• As Clan Leader Bai moved to finish Ao Jianshen, his Blood Python Power vanished and his aura rapidly weakened.

Ao Jianshen and Ao Mingyue defeated the Water Spirit Snake Clan after Cold Han fell, securing victory over the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan and its allies at great cost. As the surviving clansmen hailed their victory, the Patriarch appeared, and Ao Mingyue concluded that Senior Lin must also be safe.

• Cold Han tried to devour Ao Mingyue for her True Dragon Bloodline, but Ao Jianshen arrived and split the giant python's body.
• Ao Jianshen and Ao Mingyue killed Cold Han with their Jiaolong Swords, destroying his body and divine soul.
• Ao Jianshen and Ao Mingyue led the extermination of the remaining Cloud Swallowing Python and Water Spirit Snake experts, and the survivors surrendered.
• Ao Jianshen told Ao Mingyue that their Patriarchs' intervention had likely decided the battle, while the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan counted its heavy losses.
• The Patriarch appeared before the clansmen, and Ao Mingyue inferred that Senior Lin was safe.

After the Primal Divine Statue devoured the blood-red statue, Lin Fan advanced to the seventh rank of the Calamity Crossing Realm and his Inner Landscape became fulfilled. The Goddess Statue warned him that the Godslayers threatened them both, and Lin Fan agreed to help it devour more divine statues in exchange for greater aid.

• The Primal Divine Statue fed Lin Fan a vast amount of Dao Principle energy, raising him from the sixth grade to the seventh rank of the Calamity Crossing Realm.
• Lin Fan discovered that his Inner Landscape had expanded and evolved into a fulfilled Inner Landscape, with a trace of vitality that might someday allow it to nurture life.
• The Goddess Statue told Lin Fan it needed to devour more divine statues to awaken.
• The Goddess Statue warned Lin Fan that the Godslayers would kill them both if they discovered them.
• Lin Fan agreed to help the Goddess Statue devour more divine statues and asked it to provide him with more Dao Principle energy.

Lin Fan brought the Ghost Mother Wuji and Han Yan into his Inner Landscape to cultivate safely while he stayed in the Heavenly Demon Kingdom. After confirming that his small world could sustain them, he left them there and returned to the quiet cave mansion.

• The Ghost Mother Wuji congratulated Lin Fan on his cultivation progress and reported that Han Yan was still cultivating.
• Lin Fan asked the Ghost Mother Wuji and Han Yan to cultivate inside his Inner Landscape for safety, and both agreed.
• Han Yan and the Ghost Mother Wuji entered the Inner Landscape, admired its Bridge of Longevity and Enlightenment Tree, and listened as Lin Fan explained its precautions.
• Lin Fan confirmed that the Inner Landscape could sustain the two women and future spiritual roots, then left them there.

Lin Fan demanded a tangible reward from the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix in exchange for gathering more divine essence. The Phoenix admitted it had little to offer and pleaded for Lin Fan to help restore its consciousness, leaving Lin Fan to decide what he wanted.

• Lin Fan asked the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix for cultivation arts or hidden Blessed Lands in return for helping it gather divine essence, but it said its arts were unsuitable for humans and denied having accessible opportunities.
• Lin Fan threatened to stop gathering divine essence unless the Phoenix made their arrangement an equal transaction.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix realized Lin Fan could abandon it and pleaded to recover more divine essence before compensating him.
• Lin Fan insisted that the Phoenix was the one asking for help, and the Phoenix asked what he wanted, promising to do its best if it was within its power.

Lin Fan used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to advance the Phoenix Feather Immortal Art, greatly strengthening his Primordial Spirit but consuming much of his lifespan. After copying books to replenish it, he welcomed Ao Mingyue back from the campaign against the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan and the Water Spirit Snake Clan, and she brought him their collected books.

• Lin Fan spent five hundred years of lifespan to pre-emptively advance the Phoenix Feather Immortal Art to Beginner level, reaching the Ease stage and greatly increasing his Primordial Spirit power.
• Lin Fan saw that his lifespan had fallen to just over a hundred years and began copying books to restore it.
• Ao Mingyue returned after leading Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan members in eliminating the remaining resistance of the Cloud Python Clan and the Water Spirit Clan.
• Ao Mingyue gave Lin Fan ancient books she had taken from the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan and the Water Spirit Snake Clan's treasure vaults.