Chapter Summaries

The Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan flourished after defeating the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan and taking over its rivals’ territories. A mysterious man infiltrated Jiaolong Ridge and approached the main hall, where Ao Jianshen received reports of the clan’s growing influence.

• A Dark Blood Jiaolong clansman boasted to younger dragons about the clan’s victory and urged them to cultivate.
• A mysterious man appeared behind the patrolling clansman, searched his soul for information, and erased him.
• The mysterious man walked unseen toward Jiaolong Ridge’s main hall despite the guards’ powerful cultivation.
• Elders told Clan Leader Ao Jianshen that the clan had taken control of two territories, gained subordinate clans, and attracted offers of peaceful coexistence from Northern Luzhou’s major clans.

Lin Fan revealed a Sky Swallowing Sparrow to the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix as a gift, and she killed and devoured the Demon Saint. The chapter ended with her consuming the Sparrow’s essence blood, body, and Primordial Spirit.

• Lin Fan confronted a bronzed-skinned man and identified him as a member of the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan.
• The man recognized Lin Fan as the human cultivator who had killed the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan Chief and questioned his role in the Demon Kingdom.
• Lin Fan presented a golden talisman bearing a powerful phoenix bloodline, and the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix accepted it as a gift.
• The Sky Swallowing Sparrow attacked with a Jade Cauldron that summoned ferocious bird phantoms, but the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix’s black flames tore them apart.
• The Sky Swallowing Sparrow transformed and attacked, but the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix bound it with Order Divine Chains, shattered its blood pearl, and killed it.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix swallowed the Sky Swallowing Sparrow’s Primordial Spirit and continued devouring its essence blood and physical body.

Lin Fan sent a golden figure to the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan as he prepared for their continued conflict with the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan. He spent 2,200 years of lifespan to raise the Eye of Lost and Starlight Shifting to minor mastery, then left the possibility of further advancement for later.

• Lin Fan sent a golden figure toward the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan after learning they had a divine statue and continued backing from the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan.
• Lin Fan spent 1,100 years of lifespan to raise the Eye of Lost to minor mastery, improving his ability to see through matter and trace a target's recent origins and connections.
• Lin Fan decided not to spend more lifespan advancing the Eye of Lost toward perfection.
• Lin Fan spent another 1,100 years of lifespan to raise Starlight Shifting to minor mastery, enabling it to reverse physical power and Primordial Spirit techniques more completely.

Lin Fan advanced the Phoenix Feather Immortal Art to Mastery, bringing his Primordial Spirit to Major Accomplishment and allowing him to see through formations in the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s ancestral grounds. The chapter then shifted to a wounded golden demon ape shielding its offspring as figures surrounded them.

• Lin Fan spent 600 years of lifespan to advance the Phoenix Feather Immortal Art to Mastery, purifying his Primordial Spirit and raising it to Major Accomplishment.
• Lin Fan sensed the Bloodlight Demon Saint recovering in the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s inheritance blood pool and withdrew his perception after confirming the demon’s strength.
• Lin Fan checked his panel and saw his lifespan, realm, skills, and techniques listed.
• A wounded golden demon ape named Yuan Kun faced several approaching figures while protecting its young offspring, whose ancestral bloodline was coveted by the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan.

Black Jade Qilin devoured the young ape Yuan Ting and took over his body, preparing to infiltrate the Eight-Armed Demonic Ape clan as the returning ancestor Yuan Xiao. Meanwhile, Ao Jianlie visited Lin’s cave abode and was greeted by his sister Ao Mingyue.

• Yuan Ting begged Black Jade Qilin to kill the young master of the Eight-Armed Demonic Ape clan and avenge his family.
• Black Jade Qilin warned Yuan Ting that revenge could cost his life, then devoured him and awakened his ancestral power.
• Black Jade Qilin emerged in Yuan Ting’s body and decided to pose as the long-missing ancestor Yuan Xiao.
• Yuan Xiao headed toward the Eight-Armed Demonic Ape clan, intending to establish himself through strength.
• Ao Jianlie arrived at Lin’s cave abode and greeted Lin and Ao Mingyue.
• Ao Mingyue welcomed Ao Jianlie and remarked that his cultivation had improved greatly.

Lin Fan learned that Bloodlight Demon Saint was the surviving Clan Leader of the Black Blood Royal Clan, the original rulers of the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom, and agreed to keep his identity secret. Bloodlight planned to rebuild his strength and wage war against the three royal clans, while Lin Fan offered his help.

• Ao Mingyue apologized to Lin Fan for her younger brother Jianlie's discourtesy, and Lin Fan embraced her inside the cave mansion.
• Lin Fan assessed Bloodlight Demon Saint's recovery and asked what he planned to do next.
• Bloodlight told Lin Fan he intended to seek revenge on the old enemies who had ambushed him.
• Bloodlight revealed that he was Clan Leader of the Black Blood Royal Clan, which had founded the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom before the three current royal clans rose to power.
• Bloodlight explained the Black Blood Royal Clan's abilities and asked Lin Fan to keep its survival secret; Lin Fan agreed and offered his help.

A powerful young man appeared in the Demon Ape Clan’s territory and confronted young master Mo Huang for slaughtering his lineage’s clansmen and coveting their ancestral bloodline. He defeated Mo Huang and the Clan elders, then seized Mo Huang by the neck.

• The young man arrived before Mo Huang and killed several of his subordinates with a sweep of his sleeve.
• Mo Huang revealed that he was the young master of the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan and attacked the young man, who overwhelmed him with a golden mountain strike.
• Mo Huang summoned Elder Yuan Hong and three other elders to kill the intruder.
• The young man unleashed a golden figure whose bloodline pressure rendered the elders’ techniques useless and sent them crashing down.
• The young man grabbed Mo Huang by the neck and challenged his belief that his status would protect him.

Yuan Cheng recognized Yuan Xiao as an ancestor of the Demon Ape Clan and stopped the clan leader and elders from opposing his return. After Yuan Xiao passed the ancestral formation, Yuan Cheng questioned his disappearance, and Yuan Xiao claimed the Black Demon Jiaolong had ambushed him.

• The Demon Ape Clan Leader and elders urged Yuan Cheng to punish Yuan Xiao for killing the young clan leader and other clansmen.
• Yuan Cheng rebuked the clan leaders for bullying Yuan Xiao's branch and ordered them to accept Yuan Xiao as their ancestor.
• Yuan Cheng proposed ending the dispute, and Yuan Xiao agreed before entering the Demon Ape Ancestor Grand Array without trouble.
• Yuan Cheng confirmed Yuan Xiao's bloodline, then asked where he had been for several hundred years.
• Yuan Xiao said he had left to seek a breakthrough, been ambushed by the Black Demon Jiaolong, and spent years recovering.

Lin Fan planned to send Bloodlight Demon Saint to the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan, while Ao Mingyue broke through to the Demon Saint Realm. After advancing the Eye of Lost, Lin Fan saw a sinister red thread hanging above his head, almost touching him.

• Lin Fan questioned Bloodlight Demon Saint about the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan and told him to go to its ancestral grounds in three days.
• Ao Mingyue broke through to the Demon Saint Realm after drawing on the power of two traces of True Dragon Bloodline.
• An elder in the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan's ancestral grounds watched over a sinister idol and said the fish was about to take the bait.
• Lin Fan advanced the Eye of Lost to Major Mastery and discovered a thin red thread hanging above his head, nearly piercing his crown.

The Black Jade Qilin, posing as Yuan Xiao, gave resources to Yuan Xiao’s neglected descendants in the Demon Ape Clan, while the clan leader awaited Ancestor Ting Shan’s return to kill him. When Yuan Cheng brought the Black Jade Qilin to meet his eldest brother, the man exposed his disguise and revealed his Qilin form.

• An aged descendant of Yuan Xiao told the Black Jade Qilin that his branch had suffered persecution and dwindled to fewer than a hundred members.
• The Black Jade Qilin gave Yuan Xiao’s descendants cultivation resources from Yuan Cheng, and they thanked him before leaving.
• The Demon Ape Clan Leader told an elder that Yuan Xiao would die once Ancestor Ting Shan emerged from seclusion.
• Yuan Cheng brought the Black Jade Qilin to meet his eldest brother, who had just emerged from seclusion.
• The man used an incomplete divine statue to break the Black Jade Qilin’s disguise, revealing his Qilin form and shocking Yuan Cheng.

Yuan Tingshan and the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan ambushed Bloodlight Demon Saint and Black Jade Qilin with a divine statue that weakened them. As Bloodlight Demon Saint neared defeat, he called on his master to intervene.

• Yuan Tingshan revealed that his clan had prepared for the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s scheme and activated the divine statue, marking Bloodlight Demon Saint and Black Jade Qilin with crimson threads.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint accused Yuan Tingshan of becoming the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan’s puppet, but Yuan Tingshan and the clan’s representative defended their alliance and condemned the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan.
• The Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan’s expert attacked with a net of fire as Yuan Tingshan and Yuan Cheng joined the assault.
• Black Jade Qilin fought Yuan Tingshan, but the divine statue’s power weakened him and let Yuan Tingshan gain the upper hand.
• Yuan Cheng and the Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan experts overwhelmed Bloodlight Demon Saint, and Yuan Cheng’s sword nearly cut away half his body.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint roared for his master to act before he fell.

Lin Fan and the Bloodlight Demon Saint destroyed the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan after its ancestors and allies fell in battle. They looted the clan’s treasury and returned to the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan, where news of the annihilation spread across Northern Luzhou.

• Yuan Cheng lost focus after his eldest brother died, and the Bloodlight Demon Saint killed him and shattered his Primordial Spirit.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix defeated and devoured the three Sky Swallowing Sparrow Clan members, while the Bloodlight Demon Saint’s lightning wiped out the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan.
• Lin Fan watched the Primal Divine Statue consume the damaged divine statue, which warned him before breaking apart and returning to his body.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix refined its prey and returned to Lin Fan as a golden talisman, while Lin Fan and the Bloodlight Demon Saint looted the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan’s treasury.
• Lin Fan and the Bloodlight Demon Saint returned to the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan, and news of the Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan’s destruction reached Ao Jianshen.

After devouring the Fate Pseudo-Divine Statue, Lin Fan reached the ninth rank of the Calamity Crossing Realm and used the Pre-emptive Dao Fruit to improve his Nascent Soul. He remained short of Nascent Soul perfection and resolved not to underestimate the dangers in the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom.

• The Primal Divine Statue’s energy raised Lin Fan two minor realms to the ninth rank of the Calamity Crossing Realm.
• Lin Fan recognized that perfecting his Nascent Soul was the final requirement before he could attempt to enter the Void Shattering Realm.
• Lin Fan spent seven hundred years of lifespan to advance the Phoenix Feather Immortal Art to minor accomplishment and began purifying his Nascent Soul.
• After tempering, Lin Fan’s Nascent Soul power grew stronger, and he sensed that perfection was within reach.
• Lin Fan considered leaving the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan after reaching the next realm, but reminded himself to beware of the royal clans’ old monsters and the bizarre power infiltrating the demon kingdom.

Lin Fan received tens of thousands of books from the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and explained to Ao Mingyue that copying helped clarify his dao heart before the two became intimate. Meanwhile, an uninvited figure arrived over the Black Demon Flood Dragon Clan’s territory and attacked an emerald flood dragon.

• Ao Mingyue delivered the books her father had gathered for Lin Fan, who thanked the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan for its help.
• Ao Mingyue asked why Lin Fan copied books, and he told her it helped clear his dao heart; she tried copying one herself but felt no cultivation effect.
• Lin Fan drew Ao Mingyue close and said he would guide her cultivation, and they became entangled in the secret chamber.
• A colossal black shadow appeared over the Black Demon Flood Dragon Clan’s territory, and its terrifying aura forced weaker clan members to their knees.
• An emerald flood dragon rose to confront the intruder, but a gigantic claw emerged from the clouds and struck at it.

Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord visited the Black Demon Flood Dragon Clan and confronted Heavenly Flood Dragon over the clans’ bitter shared history. He then warned that strange divine statues and a spreading source were destabilizing Northern Luzhou and threatening the demon kingdom.

• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord’s immense dragon bloodline suppressed the Black Demon Flood Dragon Clan until Heavenly Flood Dragon invited him inside.
• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord accused Heavenly Flood Dragon of causing an upheaval that weakened the Dark Dragon Clan, while Heavenly Flood Dragon defended the Black Demon Flood Dragon Clan’s suffering and lasting resentment.
• Heavenly Flood Dragon asked why Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord had come, and Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord said he was concerned about Northern Luzhou.
• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord explained that strange divine statues were helping demon clans overcome bloodline deficiencies and gain power that threatened the royal clans.
• Flame-Devouring Dragon Lord warned that a strange source had silently spread into the demon kingdom.

Lin Fan continued copying books to build up lifespan when the Primal Divine Statue stirred inside his Inner Landscape. After declaring that his Inner Landscape was not good enough, it transmitted him a method for cultivating the Inner Landscape, leaving Lin Fan shocked.

• Lin Fan copied books and accumulated his lifespan to 21,200 while preparing to grow stronger in the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom.
• Han Yan and Ghost Mother Wuji noticed the Primal Divine Statue’s power spreading through Lin Fan’s Inner Landscape and discussed its transformation.
• Lin Fan entered his Inner Landscape after Han Yan worried about the effects and Ghost Mother Wuji urged him to discard the statue.
• The Primal Divine Statue told Lin Fan that his Inner Landscape was not good enough, then sent him obscure information containing a method for cultivating it.

Lin Fan sacrificed the Tianji Buddhist Beads to complete his Flawless Inner Landscape, but the achievement triggered a powerful heavenly tribulation while his Spiritual Energy was depleted. The tribulation clouds gathered over True Bone Peak, leaving Ao Mingyue fearing that the Heavenly Dao had targeted her.

• Lin Fan refined the Tianji Buddhist Beads' origin essence into his Inner Landscape Space as Han Yan and Ghost Mother Wuji watched it expand.
• After a day, the beads crumbled to dust and Lin Fan completed his Flawless Inner Landscape.
• The goddess statue warned Lin Fan of a heavenly tribulation, and he sent Han Yan and Ghost Mother Wuji into the Wuji Sail for safety.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint and Ao Jianshen sensed the vast tribulation clouds and realized they were gathering over Lin Fan's cave mansion.
• Ao Mingyue felt the heavenly pressure while cultivating and feared the Heavenly Dao had marked her for destruction.

Lin Fan faced the Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Tribulation, enduring its escalating lightning with his body and sword dao before battling a humanoid lightning bolt. After defeating it, he charged into the tribulation clouds, where the final strike gathered more than a hundred golden humanoid bolts against him.

• Lin Fan chose to withstand the first lightning tribulation with his body, which emerged glowing gold and seemingly stronger.
• Lin Fan used a sword formed from his sword dao to block the second lightning tribulation, then endured five more increasingly powerful strikes.
• Lin Fan fought the humanoid lightning of the eighth tribulation with his techniques and Five Elements Mountain, ultimately pinning it with a divine sword.
• Lin Fan charged into the tribulation clouds, provoking them to spread nearly a thousand miles as more than a hundred golden humanoid bolts gathered for the final tribulation.

Lin Fan advanced the Phoenix Feather Immortal Art and realized he could cultivate a flawless Nascent Soul. He sensed the Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor approaching Jiaolong Ridge and considered how Dragon Clan bloodline could help Ao Mingyue.

• Lin Fan checked his lifespan and wondered whether a Nascent Soul could advance beyond perfection to become flawless.
• Lin Fan spent eight hundred years of lifespan to pre-empt the Phoenix Feather Immortal Art to major accomplishment, reaching Minor Nirvana and strengthening his Nascent Soul.
• Lin Fan sensed that his Nascent Soul had reached perfection and concluded that advancing the art further could make it flawless.
• Lin Fan detected the Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor, a late-stage Demon Saint, approaching Jiaolong Ridge alone and chose not to alert him.
• Lin Fan considered obtaining Dragon Clan bloodline for Ao Mingyue so she could transform further.

Ao Mingyue explained the Dark Dragon Clan’s strength and its connection to the Black Demon Jiaolong Clan while Lin Fan wondered why the Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor had come. The ancestor revealed to the Bloodlight Demon Saint that the Dark Dragon Clan had sent him and described the royal clan’s declining influence.

• Ao Mingyue told Lin Fan that the Black Demon Jiaolong Clan was a branch of the Dark Dragon Clan, one of the Demon Kingdom’s three powerful royal clans.
• Heavenly Flood Dragon met the Bloodlight Demon Saint and said he had come at another’s request.
• Heavenly Flood Dragon revealed that the Dark Dragon Clan had requested his visit.
• Heavenly Flood Dragon explained that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan had grown into an overlord clan after the Cloud Swallowing Python Clan and Eight-Armed Demon Ape Clan fell.
• Heavenly Flood Dragon said the Dark Dragon Clan had weakened after an internal conflict and faced pressure from the Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox and Violent Ghost Tiger clans.