Chapter Summaries

The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix, Bloodlight Demon Saint, and Primordial Ancient Dragon joined forces to fight the White Immortal Ancestor. She transformed into a monstrous form and overwhelmed the first wave of their attacks, leaving the battle unresolved as a gigantic black figure charged at the two defenders.

• The Bloodlight Demon Saint and Primordial Ancient Dragon arrived and joined the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix against the White Immortal Ancestor.
• The White Immortal Ancestor invited the three to join her, but they rejected her and attacked together.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix trapped the White Immortal Ancestor in flames while the Bloodlight Demon Saint struck with a Blood Qi blade and the Primordial Ancient Dragon prepared a surprise attack.
• The White Immortal Ancestor transformed into a monster and unleashed demonic shadows, black barbs, and a surge of strange aura.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix and Bloodlight Demon Saint fought off her attacks, but a gigantic black figure suddenly charged at them.

Bloodlight Demon Saint, Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix, and Primordial Ancient Dragon faced three powerful aberrant creatures, including the transformed leaders of the Violent Ghost Tiger and Bloodthirsty Heavenly Fox Clans. The battle began with Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix quickly suppressed, Bloodlight Demon Saint surrounded, and Primordial Ancient Dragon holding his own.

• Bloodlight Demon Saint warned Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix and Primordial Ancient Dragon about the two newly arrived aberrant creatures, and they argued about their lost cultivation before he stopped them.
• Black Demon Jiaolong Ancestor recognized the two-headed Violent Ghost Tiger Clan Leader, who revealed that he had killed his ancestor and retained the ancestor's head because he had not fully absorbed him.
• The Violent Ghost Tiger Ancestor offered to reveal his clan's place of opportunities and fortunes if the others helped defeat Huan Xiong, while Bai Ming mocked Huan Xiong.
• White Immortal Ancestor stopped Huan Xiong and Bai Ming from arguing, and the three aberrant creatures attacked the three Demon Immortal Realm powerhouses.
• White Immortal Ancestor suppressed Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix with swarms of demonic shadows, and Huan Xiong surrounded Bloodlight Demon Saint with tiger phantoms.
• Primordial Ancient Dragon used his recovered strength to blast away Bai Ming's tentacles while the other battles continued.

The Demon Eye divine statue revealed that it had used the threat of calamity and three Eerie creatures to lure Lin Fan into a trap. Lin Fan rejected its offer to become a believer, and the statue attacked him.

• The Demon Eye divine statue appeared before Lin Fan and used its pressure to test him, then admitted it had baited him with the three Eerie creatures.
• Lin Fan realized the statue had let Bai Yan escape the Eerie Secret Realm to spread news of the coming calamity and draw him out.
• The Demon Eye divine statue offered Lin Fan eternal life and a place as the ancestor of the Longevity Clan if he became its believer.
• Lin Fan condemned the Longevity Clan and refused the offer, while the Demon Eye divine statue warned him about the Primal Divine Statue.
• The Demon Eye divine statue demanded that Lin Fan submit or die, and Lin Fan answered that it should submit to him instead.
• The enraged Demon Eye divine statue sent scarlet streaks of eerie energy toward Lin Fan.

Bai Yan was overtaken by a hidden restriction and vanished under the influence of a voice claiming to be her. Meanwhile, the Primal Divine Statue confronted the Hundred-Eyed Demon Statue to protect Lin Fan, and their battle escalated as she repelled its attacks.

• Bai Yan sensed a terrifying upheaval near the Black Demon Flood Dragon Clan and decided to return to the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan to preserve its inheritance.
• A voice claiming to be Bai Yan emerged, and a black-and-white rune appeared on her brow as bizarre power overtook her.
• Bai Yan's eyes turned clouded, and she smiled before vanishing into the distance.
• The Primal Divine Statue appeared beside Lin Fan, and the Hundred-Eyed Demon Statue warned her that defying heaven would come at a price.
• The Hundred-Eyed Demon Statue attacked with blood-red rivers and demonic light, but the goddess statue countered with a rain of immortal light and a blazing sun.

Lin Fan woke in a Blood Demon Sect illusion built from memories of his past and killed the people appearing in it, refusing to be swayed by its temptations. The illusion shifted to the Sacred Dragon Book Pavilion, where he continued fighting despite having almost no Spiritual Power, and he challenged its unseen creator to face him openly.

• Lin Fan woke beside Zhou Wanqing in the Blood Demon Sect, realized the scene was an illusion, and killed her.
• Lin Fan killed a bound woman in the next chamber, then headed for the sect's main peak and struck down familiar faces along the way.
• An elderly man praised Lin Fan but warned that the ordeal had only begun, then caused the world around him to change.
• Lin Fan recognized the Sacred Dragon Book Pavilion and killed Mo Xue when she offered to repay him with her body.
• With almost no Spiritual Power left, Lin Fan fought off the pavilion's martial artists and demanded that the unseen adversary face him openly.

Lin Fan resisted the Black Buddha’s Life-Death Illusion Realm with his immaculate Primordial Spirit and deduced that the Black Buddha before him was a weakened avatar. The Black Buddha threatened to suppress him anyway, leaving Lin Fan with only a sliver of hope.

• The Black Buddha praised Lin Fan for escaping the Life-Death Illusion Realm and recognized that he had cultivated an immaculate Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Fan admitted his Primordial Spirit was immaculate, while the Black Buddha demanded that he reveal his secret in exchange for a chance to live as its believer.
• Lin Fan refused to trust the Black Buddha and inferred that it intended to suppress him, search his soul, and take his body and secrets.
• Lin Fan noticed the chaotic mist had thinned and the Black Buddha’s aura had weakened, then deduced that it was an avatar whose true body was occupied elsewhere.
• The Black Buddha let its killing intent show and insisted that even as a projection avatar, it could still suppress Lin Fan.

The Goddess Statue badly wounded the Thousand-Handed Demon Eye Divine Statue and struck it with an Eternal Swordlight. In a separate battle, Lin Fan repeatedly regenerated after the Black Buddha destroyed him, but his dwindling lifespan left him with only a few chances to defeat it or escape.

• The Goddess Statue shattered half of the Hundred-Eyed Divine Statue's eyes and rejected its offer to join the Eerie Faction.
• The Goddess Statue summoned an Eternal Swordlight and cut through the Thousand-Handed Demon Eye Divine Statue's demonic hands and barrier.
• Lin Fan regenerated for the fifth time after the Black Buddha smashed apart his body and Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Fan realized each regeneration consumed thousands of years of his lifespan and that the Black Buddha controlled the chaotic space, preventing his escape.
• The Black Buddha questioned how many more times Lin Fan could regenerate.

Lin Fan defeated the Black Buddha by exploiting its dwindling power, but the battle exhausted his lifespan, mana, and Primordial Spirit. He escaped the collapsing void and, as he fell toward the ground, a mysterious flawless figure caught him.

• Lin Fan repeatedly healed from the Black Buddha's attacks with the Indestructible Dao Fruit while lightning and sword strikes weakened the Buddha.
• Lin Fan's final assault struck the Black Buddha as its defenses faltered, and its body cracked before exploding.
• Lin Fan escaped through the unstable void as the Black Buddha vowed that he would eventually fall into its hands.
• Lin Fan emerged from the void with his lifespan exhausted and his strength nearly gone, aging into an old man as he fell.
• A flawless figure appeared in divine light and caught Lin Fan before he hit the ground.

After surviving a battle with an Eerie Divine Statue, Lin Fan realized the life-and-death struggle had strengthened his spiritual power and advanced his Nebula Sword Canon, then focused on recovering. At Jiaolong Ridge, Bloodlight Demon Saint and others arrived to find the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan slaughtered and the ridge in ruins.

• Lin Fan reflected on how close he had come to dying against the Eerie Divine Statue and resolved to become stronger.
• Lin Fan noticed his spiritual power had grown purer and tougher after his body had been reassembled during the battle.
• Lin Fan discovered that his Nebula Sword Canon had advanced to Small Accomplishment and concluded that life-and-death combat could deepen his understanding of techniques.
• Lin Fan dismissed deliberate battles as a dangerous way to improve and began restoring his spiritual power.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint and several figures arrived at Jiaolong Ridge, found the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan's corpses scattered across the ruins, and demanded to know who was responsible.

Lin Fan returned to Jiaolong Ridge and found Ghost Mother Wuji dying after defending the Dark Blood Jiaolong clan from a strange creature. After she died in his arms, he learned that the creature had abducted Ao Mingyue and Han Yan and slaughtered much of the clan, leaving him consumed with anger.

• Lin Fan sensed trouble and rushed to True Bone Peak, where he caught the mortally wounded Ghost Mother Wuji and tried to save her.
• Ghost Mother Wuji apologized for failing to protect her two younger sisters and told Lin Fan she had been happy to serve him.
• Lin Fan learned from the female divine statue that Ghost Mother Wuji could not be saved, and she disintegrated into ashes after saying goodbye to him.
• Lin Fan unleashed a terrifying killing intent over True Bone Peak and Jiaolong Ridge, vowing to make the strange creature suffer.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint told Lin Fan that the creature had possessed Bai Yan, abducted Ao Mingyue and Han Yan, and killed Ao Jianshen and more than half of the Dark Blood Jiaolong clan.
• Lin Fan rejected Bloodlight Demon Saint's offer to accept punishment and recognized that the strange creature had outmaneuvered him.

After days of copying books while grieving Ghost Mother, Lin Fan learned that Ao Jianlie had become leader of the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and agreed to let Han Yan seek an opportunity in the Ghost Dao. The next morning, he woke to find Han Yan gone.

• Han Yan found Lin Fan copying books in the secret chamber and urged him to rest, but he continued until night, gaining nearly a thousand years of lifespan.
• Lin Fan asked about the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan, and Han Yan reported that Ao Jianlie had become its Clan Leader with Senior Bloodlight's help.
• Han Yan asked permission to leave and seek a Ghost Dao opportunity so she could avenge Ghost Mother and grow stronger; Lin Fan agreed and gave her a protective talisman.
• Han Yan and Lin Fan spent the night together in the secret chamber.
• At dawn, Lin Fan reached for Han Yan and found that she was gone.

After condensing his third Fist Dao Law Star, Lin Fan learned that he could not fully wield his laws without either reaching the Grotto-Heaven Realm or mastering a divine ability. The goddess statue offered to teach him one in exchange for another deal.

• Lin Fan condensed his third Fist Dao Law Star and noticed his laws had not greatly increased his combat strength.
• Lin Fan asked the goddess statue how to use his Law Stars, and she explained that most cultivators needed a Grotto-Heaven to wield laws.
• The goddess statue told Lin Fan that his Law Stars let him surpass ordinary Void Shattering Realm comprehension, but he needed a divine ability to reveal their power.
• Lin Fan learned that his existing techniques were only pseudo-divine abilities and tried to persuade the goddess statue to teach him a true divine ability.
• The goddess statue agreed to teach Lin Fan if he made another deal with her, saying it would benefit them both.

Lin Fan agreed to accompany the Goddess Statue to the Ancient Battlefield so they could grow stronger and confront the eerie creatures that had killed Ghost Mother Wuji and abducted Ao Mingyue. After learning the ranks of Eerie Divine Statues, he received the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger divine ability.

• Lin Fan asked the Goddess Statue how Eerie Divine Statues were ranked, and she described Fallen, Decayed, Dusk, and Extinction Statues.
• The Goddess Statue revealed that Black Demon Buddha was a Dusk Statue whose avatar had hunted Lin Fan, and admitted she had little chance of defeating it under current conditions.
• Lin Fan learned that Extinction Statues appeared in the Ancient Battlefield and that even the Goddess Statue would have to give way to them.
• The Goddess Statue promised to protect Lin Fan if more powerful eerie beings targeted him.
• The Goddess Statue gave Lin Fan the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger and explained its power against eerie yin, ghosts, phantoms, and illusions.

Lin Fan spent a month copying books and using the lifespan he earned to cultivate the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger, reaching its third level. He then began pre-emptively cultivating Demon-Resisting Power to Major Mastery, and its power awakened within him.

• Lin Fan copied thirty books a day and accumulated nearly twenty thousand years of lifespan, which he spent cultivating the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger.
• Lin Fan reached Minor Mastery and demonstrated the Origin-Breaking Finger, describing its greater power and nearly inexhaustible force against eerie beings.
• Lin Fan reflected on his role in resisting the Eerie Divine Statue and supporting Demon Cultivator clans despite his origins in the Blood Demon Sect.
• Lin Fan agreed to spend 2,500 years of lifespan to cultivate Demon-Resisting Power to Major Mastery.
• Golden radiance surrounded Lin Fan as Demon-Resisting Power surged and awakened within him.

Ao Jianlie visited Lin Fan’s cave mansion, where Lin Fan revived the spiritual flowers Ao Mingyue had planted and praised Ao Jianlie for stabilizing the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan. Lin Fan asked whether Ao Jianlie blamed him for Ao Mingyue being taken by strange beings, and Ao Jianlie denied it on behalf of himself and the clan.

• Ao Jianlie entered Lin Fan’s quiet cave mansion and saw that Ao Mingyue’s spiritual roots had withered.
• Lin Fan appeared and used sweet dew to revive the spiritual roots.
• Lin Fan praised Ao Jianlie for his steady leadership and said Bloodlight had been right to support him as Clan Leader of the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan.
• Ao Jianlie humbly credited Lin Fan and Bloodlight Demon Saint for his position, recalling that Bloodlight had revealed his identity as the Clan Leader of the Black Blood Royal Clan.
• Lin Fan recalled Ao Mingyue’s worries about her younger brother and asked Ao Jianlie whether he blamed him for her being taken away.
• Ao Jianlie knelt and said he did not blame Lin Fan, and that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan would not resent him either.

Lin Fan learned that the Dark Dragon Clan was sending a pure-blooded descendant, whom he needed to enter the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest. Three days later, Ao Jianlie brought the young girl Ruoxuan to True Bone Peak, leaving Lin Fan surprised by the choice.

• Ao Jianlie told Lin Fan that the Dark Dragon Clan's Clan Leader would send over a pure-blooded descendant who was a candidate for the next Clan Leader.
• Lin Fan realized the descendant could help him enter the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest using the Ten Thousand Dragons Ancient Map, and told Ao Jianlie to bring the person to him.
• Over the next three days, Lin Fan studied the ancient map and worked out the Nest's likely location.
• Ao Jianlie arrived at True Bone Peak with a young girl, prompting Lin Fan to question why the Dark Dragon Clan had sent someone so young and female.
• The girl introduced herself as Ruoxuan and said the Clan Leader had sent her.

Lin Fan left the little girl to settle into his cave mansion, where she explored its rooms and formations and tried to find a way to be useful to him. After she returned to her room, Lin Fan sensed her secretly producing a large spiritual fruit.

• Lin Fan told the little girl to choose an empty room, then withdrew into his secluded chamber.
• The little girl chose the south-facing room and explored the cave mansion, admiring its spiritual plants and memorizing the formation eye by the entrance.
• The little girl asked Lin Fan whether she could help him, but he told her to stay put.
• The little girl returned to her room and produced a large amber-gold spiritual fruit from her hand.

Han Yan followed a faint ghostly aura to a bustling town, where she used a veiled appearance to draw in Zhang Yuan. He brought her to his home, and she hinted that she had no money to repay him while watching him with concealed coldness.

• Han Yan entered the town and sensed that the ghostly aura she had tracked from the Demon Kingdom had vanished there.
• Several men leered at Han Yan, and she approached them asking for help finding a place to stay.
• Zhang Yuan offered Han Yan a room and led her to his courtyard.
• Han Yan inspected Zhang Yuan’s house and told him she had no money to repay him, while hiding a chilling gaze beneath her coy manner.

Lin Fan consumed 1,500 years of lifespan to advance the Nebula Sword Canon to Mastery and learned to draw on nebula power to forge a divine sword. After cultivating the technique, he inspected his panel and considered advancing it further while he searched for other ways to grow stronger.

• Lin Fan spent 1,500 years of lifespan to advance the Nebula Sword Canon to Mastery.
• Lin Fan comprehended how to draw nebula power from beyond the heavens and temper it into a divine sword.
• Lin Fan cultivated the canon as golden nebula power gathered around him and a phantom sword formed overhead.
• Lin Fan inspected his panel and confirmed the Nebula Sword Canon had reached Mastery.
• Lin Fan reflected that the technique might rival a law divine ability at its utmost and resolved to cultivate his arts while he could not find more laws to raise his cultivation.

Lin Fan used his perfected Qilin Seal to conjure tribulation-like lightning, terrifying the Black Jade Qilin before dismissing it. At True Bone Peak, the Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix sensed the distant aura and wondered what had caused it.

• Lin Fan destroyed the Black Jade Qilin's enormous lightning phantom with a violet bolt and gathered the remaining lightning into a deadly vortex above him.
• The Black Jade Qilin begged Lin Fan to stop, and Lin Fan made the lightning vanish before it struck.
• The Black Jade Qilin asked whether Lin Fan had perfected the Qilin Seal, and Lin Fan admitted he had used him to test its power.
• The Black Jade Qilin said the vortex carried the might of heavenly tribulation lightning and could have killed him.
• At True Bone Peak, the Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix sensed the distant aura, and the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix wondered whether someone was undergoing tribulation.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon said the disturbance came from the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan's territory and doubted anyone would provoke the clan by undergoing tribulation there.