Chapter Summaries

The Goddess Statue explained that the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger could lead Lin Fan to the Pure Yang Law and warned that cultivating both yin and yang carried deadly risks. Lin Fan chose to continue pursuing the path, earning her approval, though she had not yet revealed the corresponding yin method.

• The Goddess Statue told Lin Fan that mastering the Pure Origin Void-Breaking Finger could let him wield the Pure Yang Law.
• The Goddess Statue explained that yin and yang could strengthen a cultivator’s foundation but might violently reject each other within one body.
• The Goddess Statue described how past cultivators of both paths had suffered qi deviation, bodily collapse, or shattered souls.
• Lin Fan acknowledged the dangers but said he would not stop advancing along the Pure Yang path.
• The Goddess Statue approved of Lin Fan’s resolve.

The Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Black Jade Qilin awakened in Dragon Emperor Hall after recovering much of their strength. They agreed to test their ancient clans’ power in a friendly contest.

• The Primordial Ancient Dragon opened his eyes and sensed that his bloodline had fully awakened and his power had grown.
• The Black Jade Qilin awakened with heavenly-punishment lightning coursing over his body.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Black Jade Qilin exchanged a look and smiled in recognition of their renewed strength.
• The Black Jade Qilin challenged the Primordial Ancient Dragon to compare the power of their clans.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon accepted eagerly, and both prepared to settle their rivalry through a contest.

The Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Black Jade Qilin tested each other’s aura before launching into a fierce clash of dragon fist and thunder. Their collision unleashed a devastating shockwave across the platform and toward the Dragon Clan Treasure Halls.

• The Primordial Ancient Dragon and the Black Jade Qilin matched their dragon and Qilin auras in a silent contest.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon attacked with the True Dragon Fist, and the Black Jade Qilin blocked it with a vast ocean of destructive lightning.
• The Black Jade Qilin charged in Thunder Dao Armor as the two fighters collided at the center of the lightning sea.
• Their impact released a world-destroying shockwave that pulverized the platform’s rocks and forced the Dragon Clan Treasure Halls’ ancient restrictions to activate.

The Primordial Ancient Dragon outmaneuvered Black Jade Qilin and struck him from behind, but Black Jade Qilin answered with his bloodline’s Heavenly Punishment lightning. Their attacks collided with enough force to shatter the floating platform, leaving both fighters blasted back.

• The Primordial Ancient Dragon vanished into a spatial rift and appeared behind Black Jade Qilin, breaking through his lightning defenses with a punch.
• Black Jade Qilin used his qilin dharma manifestation to absorb much of the blow and steadied himself.
• Black Jade Qilin invoked Heavenly Punishment, drawing dark-purple tribulation lightning from across the area.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon charged with the True Dragon Fist as Black Jade Qilin unleashed a pillar of lightning, and their attacks collided.
• The collision shattered the floating platform and damaged the Dragon Clan Treasure Halls, while the Primordial Ancient Dragon was blasted backward with cracked scales.

The Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin attacked Lin Fan together to test their newly increased strength. Lin Fan stood still as their attacks engulfed him, but an instinctive dark-golden power protected him and absorbed them completely.

• The Primordial Ancient Dragon told the Black Jade Qilin that Lin Fan had likely refined the natal Dragon Emperor Pearl and might be stronger than both of them combined.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon proposed that the Black Jade Qilin test Lin Fan, but they agreed to attack together instead.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon launched a true-dragon fist strike while the Black Jade Qilin formed a lightning sword and aimed it at Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan stepped forward without dodging or defending himself, despite the Black Jade Qilin warning him not to underestimate their attacks.
• A dark-golden secret power instinctively covered Lin Fan and made both attacks vanish without harming him.

Lin Fan defeated the Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin with ease, leaving both ancient divine beasts badly injured. The Primordial Ancient Dragon acknowledged Lin Fan’s overwhelming strength and bowed to him in admiration.

• Lin Fan stood unharmed after his battle with the Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin struggled to recover from their injuries, while Lin Fan’s punch continued to ravage Black Jade Qilin’s body.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon healed most of his wounds and looked at Lin Fan with awe.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon bowed to Lin Fan and admitted that he and Black Jade Qilin could not withstand Lin Fan’s strength.

After refining the remaining law power in his natal Dragon Emperor Pearl, Lin Fan formed a Pure Yang Law Star and advanced to seventh rank Void Shattering Realm. He considered how to use his remaining lifespan, then surveyed the Dragon Clan Treasure Halls and prepared to direct the Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin.

• Lin Fan refined the remaining power in his natal Dragon Emperor Pearl and condensed his fifth Law Star, the Pure Yang Law Star.
• Lin Fan advanced from sixth grade to seventh rank Void Shattering Realm and reflected on how the Indestructible Scripture had let him withstand the ancient divine beasts’ attacks with his physical body alone.
• Lin Fan considered pre-emptively cultivating the Indestructible Scripture further, but decided his remaining five thousand years of lifespan were too precious to spend recklessly.
• The Primordial Ancient Dragon and Black Jade Qilin arrived in human form and awaited Lin Fan’s instructions.
• Lin Fan surveyed the intact Dragon Clan Treasure Halls around the Dragon Emperor Hall, considering their treasures and the possibility of finding more natal Dragon Pearls.

Ao Jianlie reported to the disguised Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix that several Demon Cultivator clans and investigators had vanished without a trace. He suspected the disappearances were connected to the bizarre creature that had taken his elder sister, Ao Mingyue.

• Ao Jianlie visited the figure he believed was Lin Fan, unaware that the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix was impersonating him.
• Ao Jianlie reported that the Primal Unity Leopard Clan and Cloudbreaking Demon Crane Clan had vanished overnight, along with other clans in Dust Spirit Province.
• Ao Jianlie said the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan's investigators had disappeared too, while Bloodlight Patriarch had found no clues.
• Ao Jianlie revealed his suspicion that the bizarre creature behind the disappearances was connected to the creature that had taken Ao Mingyue.

Grandma Blood River slaughtered the Ice Spirit Rhinoceros Clan to harvest their blood essence, then confronted a bizarre man about their cautious attacks. He warned her that a mysterious human expert guarded the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom, leaving their plans threatened by the risk of attracting that expert’s attention.

• Grandma Blood River’s tentacles devoured the corpses of the Ice Spirit Rhinoceros Clan after killing all its clansmen.
• Grandma Blood River complained that the few hundred victims provided too little blood essence.
• Grandma Blood River questioned a group of figures in the darkness about their petty actions.
• A bizarre man told Grandma Blood River that a mysterious human expert guarded the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom and had destroyed the false gods’ divine statues.
• The bizarre man warned that acting openly could draw the mysterious expert’s attention.

Qin Gu investigated the Dragon-Scale Horse Clan’s ruins and confirmed it was the latest of nearly ten Demon Cultivator clans destroyed by the same unknown attacker. Although his clansmen warned that the investigation could put the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan in danger, Qin Gu insisted they could not retreat while the murderer remained at large.

• Qin Gu found the Dragon-Scale Horse Clan annihilated and recognized the cold, rotting odor left by the creature that had attacked the other clans.
• Wang Yuan estimated that the Dragon-Scale Horse Clan had been attacked within the last hour.
• A young clansman warned Qin Gu that the unknown enemy was beyond their capabilities and that the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan might be next.
• Qin Gu acknowledged the danger but challenged his clansmen to consider who would seek justice if they withdrew.

The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix took over the investigation at the Dragon-Scale Horse Clan’s massacre site and discovered the killer was still hiding underground, luring in Demon Cultivators. She attacked it with dark-golden flames, forcing its black vines to burst from the earth.

• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix ordered Qin Gu and the surviving clansmen to leave, explaining that she had come at Ao Jianlie’s request.
• Qin Gu led his injured clansman and the others away from the ravaged battlefield.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix sensed a strange, dangerous presence beneath the ground and realized it was waiting to ambush more Demon Cultivators.
• She sent a wisp of dark-golden flame underground, setting the tunnels ablaze.
• The burning forced the creature’s black vines out of the holes, where they writhed and spread as the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix watched.

The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix fought the strange man, who pinned her golden bird form with fire-resistant black vines and claimed powers in the land surpassed even Demon Cultivators. She unleashed white flames that shattered the vines, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix burned the black vines and formed a colossal golden bird from the flames.
• The strange man summoned thick black vines from the ground, piercing the golden bird and restraining it.
• The strange man tightened the vines around the bird and said that beings like them were ants beside the powers hidden in the land.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix answered with disdain and released a surge of white flames.
• The white flames made the black vines convulse, crack apart, and turn to ash.

Qin Gu returned to the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan and reported that eerie beings had appeared in the Dragon-Scale Horse Clan’s territory. His account left Ao Jianlie confronting the possibility that the beings connected to his family’s tragedy were active again.

• Qin Gu returned to the clan, arranged treatment for the injured, and confirmed that no one in his group had died.
• Qin Gu met Ao Jianlie in Dragon Abyss Hall and reported that they had encountered eerie beings.
• Ao Jianlie reacted with shock because eerie beings had once attacked his clan, killed his father Ao Jianshen, and taken his sister Ao Mingyue.
• Qin Gu recounted the devastation in the Dragon-Scale Horse Clan’s territory and how an eerie man attacked them.
• Qin Gu said the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix had arrived in time to save them, and Ao Jianlie concluded that Senior Lin had sent help.

A blazing figure crashed into Jiaolong Ridge, and the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan's protective formation contained the devastation. The flames revealed an injured Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix senior, whom Qin Gu recognized as Ao Jianlie recalled his sister's stories about her.

• A figure fell from the sky in flames and struck Jiaolong Ridge, scorching the land and shaking the mountains.
• The Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan's grand formation activated and stopped the heatwave from reaching the clan territory.
• Ao Jianlie and Qin Gu rushed to the scene and heard a clansman report the impact.
• The flames parted to reveal an injured woman in a golden dress.
• Qin Gu recognized the woman as a senior, and Ao Jianlie remembered his sister Ao Mingyue had spoken of the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix who lived on True Bone Peak.

The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix recovered in her nest and told Ao Jianlie that followers of Grandma Blood River had ambushed and wounded her. She warned that their combined formation could kill a Demon Immortal, then said Lin Fan could not intervene right now.

• Ao Jianlie accompanied the injured Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix to her nest, where she rested until her Spiritual Power settled.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix confirmed to Ao Jianlie that bizarre creatures had injured her and were more dangerous than those who had previously ravaged the Demon Kingdom.
• She explained that she had found the creatures in the Dragon-Scale Horse Clan's territory, where several ambushed her after she initially spotted one.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix said the creatures were followers of Grandma Blood River, each possessed Demon Immortal-level strength, and their formation could slaughter a Demon Immortal.
• Ao Jianlie suggested asking Lin Fan to act, but the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix firmly replied that her master could not act right now.

After discovering traces of bizarre creatures, Ao Jianlie alerted the Bloodlight Demon Saint and placed the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan on its highest state of alert. Several days later, Jiaolong City remained sealed as Elder Mo Huan worried that danger was approaching.

• Ao Jianlie contacted the Bloodlight Demon Saint and reported the bizarre creatures and the unknown threat to the Demon Kingdom.
• Ao Jianlie ordered clan members to return to Jiaolong Ridge and summoned elite experts from subordinate clans.
• The Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s mobilization alarmed other clans, prompting rumors of conquest or the return of terrifying bizarre creatures.
• Several days later, Jiaolong City was under martial law, with its gates shut and travelers confined.
• Elder Mo Huan told Elder Jian that his growing unease made him fear that something major was about to happen.

An Yun reported to Ao Jianlie and the clan elders that every Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan member stationed at Jiaolong City had died. The hall was left reeling at the fall of the clan’s heavily fortified forward stronghold, which had sent no distress signal.

• An Yun rushed into the Jiaolong Grand Hall and reported that the soul lamps of the two elders guarding Jiaolong City had shattered.
• An Yun clarified that every clan member stationed in Jiaolong City had died and not a single soul lamp remained lit.
• Ao Jianlie and the clan elders reacted in shock as they realized Jiaolong City had fallen without sending a distress signal.

An aberrant old man shattered the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s defenses and confronted the clan over its ambition to rule the Demon Kingdom. With the clan-protecting grand formation destroyed, Ao Jianlie and the clan’s other powerhouses faced him.

• The old man’s oppressive presence caused the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan’s newly raised formations to collapse, killing more than a dozen formation operators.
• The clan’s remaining formation barriers and its clan-protecting grand formation shattered, leaving Jiaolong Ridge exposed.
• The old man descended onto the ruins and taunted the clan for dreaming of ruling the Demon Kingdom alone.
• Ao Jianlie emerged from the Jiaolong Great Hall with more than a dozen clan elders and several dozen core elders to confront the aberrant creature.

Bloodlight Demon Saint and Han Yan arrived to reinforce the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan against more than a dozen strange creatures. Unable to contact Brother Fan, the three allies prepared to face the attackers without him.

• Bloodlight Demon Saint and Han Yan arrived, lifting the spirits of Ao Jianlie and the Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan members.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix warned that the strange creatures had nearly destroyed the clan’s territory before the reinforcements arrived.
• Bloodlight Demon Saint judged that the attackers’ numbers and strange methods would make the battle difficult.
• Han Yan said she could no longer sense Brother Fan, and the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix suspected he was searching for the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest.
• Han Yan and Bloodlight Demon Saint resolved to fight as the strange creatures lost patience.

Han Yan, the Bloodlight Demon Saint, and the Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix gained the upper hand against the aberrant creatures, but another attacker charged the clansmen forming an array. The battle shifted as Ao Jianlie led his people to intercept it.

• Han Yan overwhelmed the pale woman with phantom souls and gravely wounded her origin.
• The Bloodlight Demon Saint shattered the old man's chest maw and bone shield, then knocked him down with a third punch.
• A sinister gust forced the Bloodlight Demon Saint to evade before he could kill the old man.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Phoenix suppressed two aberrant creatures and tore one of their shoulders.
• A black-bone-spiked aberrant creature charged the Dark Dragon Clan and Dark Blood Jiaolong Clan members forming an array, and Ao Jianlie led several dozen clansmen to stop it.