Chapter Summaries

Xu Yunfan decided to remain inside Cold Crow Pass rather than risk an ambush by the Buddhist cultivators, and spent ten years preparing to refine magic treasures. He successfully forged the Mysterious Sha Heavy Halberd and reached perfection in the Heavenly Crafting Forging Art, then noticed flaws he could correct.

• Xu Yunfan judged that leaving Cold Crow Pass would expose him to an ambush by the Dragon Subduing Arhat and chose to focus on artifact refinement instead.
• Xu Yunfan spent ten years cultivating his artifact-refining skills and planned to craft treasures suited to his Three Heads Six Arms Divine Martial Dao Foundation.
• Xu Yunfan used the Eight Sceneries Spirit Flame and materials gathered in Cold Crow Pass to refine a Mysterious Sha Heavy Halberd over forty-nine days.
• Xu Yunfan reached perfection in the Heavenly Crafting Forging Art after successfully refining the low-grade magic treasure.
• Xu Yunfan examined the Mysterious Sha Heavy Halberd and noticed subtle flaws in its design.

Xu Yunfan spent two and a half years refining six magic treasures and planned to incorporate them into his Three Heads Six Arms form while waiting inside Cold Crow Pass. Outside the pass, Dragon Subduing Arhat’s lifespan was nearly exhausted, and he prepared to return to the Bodhi Zen Pure Land, leaving the other Arhats to decide what to do about Xu Yunfan.

• Xu Yunfan reforged a halberd and crafted the Crimson Flame Flying Wheel and Azure Nether Chain Sword, using the process to rapidly improve his Eight Sceneries of Xuan Capital proficiency.
• Xu Yunfan completed six magic treasures, stored them away, and planned to refine them into his Three Heads Six Arms form while awaiting the Innate Pure and Turbid Qi eruption.
• After waiting nearly twenty years outside Cold Crow Pass, Chanting Arhat grew impatient and proposed burning the pass with the Wisdom King's wrathful fire.
• Cihang Arhat warned Chanting Arhat that the Primal Devil Sect's Mysterious Underworld Seven Fiends Array made a direct attack dangerous.
• Dragon Subduing Arhat coughed blood and revealed that his lifespan was nearly exhausted, then said he would return to the Pure Land to seek instructions for reincarnation.

Dragon Subduing Arhat exhausted his remaining Buddhist essence and fled after Xu Yunfan refused to take the bait. Xu Yunfan left his cave after nearly twenty years of cultivation, but his search for the Fiend and Sha Qi needed to advance his scripture revealed that the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm lacked what he required.

• Dragon Subduing Arhat sent Chanting Arhat and Cihang away, performed the Crossing Away Ritual, and remained alone at Cold Crow Pass as his body deteriorated.
• After waiting three days without receiving a Bodhisattva's decree, Dragon Subduing Arhat used the Rainbow Transformation Escape Technique, burning his remaining Buddhist essence to flee.
• Xu Yunfan sensed Dragon Subduing Arhat's aura vanish and decided to kill him in a future life.
• Xu Yunfan left his cave after completing his three divine abilities and mastering the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture.
• Xu Yunfan used Divine Sense Reflection to search Northern Continent for suitable Fiend and Sha Qi, then realized the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm had none and that he might need to return to the Divine Martial Realm.

Xu Yunfan prepared to explore the Divine Martial Realm again, leaving an incarnation to guard Cold Crow Pass before crossing realms. Once there, he discovered that the realm was a damaged subsidiary Boundary Heaven sealed by a True Monarch of the Primal Beginning Sect, and suspected its promised opportunities were bait.

• Xu Yunfan reviewed Cold Crow Pass's prosperity and the peace among the three great sects, then decided there was time to investigate the Divine Martial Realm.
• Xu Yunfan sensed that his Azure Nether Chain Sword resonated with the Divine Martial Realm and created a Cloud Scroll Incarnation to guard Cold Crow Pass.
• Xu Yunfan used the realm-space array platform to cross into the Divine Martial Realm.
• Xu Yunfan used the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye to see that the realm was a fragile subsidiary Boundary Heaven with a thin realm membrane and incomplete laws.
• Xu Yunfan perceived golden chains binding the realm's core and realized a True Monarch of the Primal Beginning Sect had sealed it, likely using Innate Golden Nature as bait.

Xu Yunfan arrived in Suspended Province and realized the Divine Martial Realm was a cultivation ground arranged by Clear Source True Monarch. He suspected his Divine Martial Dao Foundation made him a vessel for the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture’s hidden prize, but he could not yet understand the full scheme.

• Xu Yunfan searched the Divine Martial Realm with his divine sense and chose not to disturb Zhan Yan at Heavenly Crafting Cave.
• Xu Yunfan recognized Suspended Province’s metal wilderness and concluded that a True Monarch had arranged the terrain.
• Xu Yunfan recalled sensing cold, watchful eyes after entering the Lin Stance and connected them to the Divine Martial Realm’s hidden design.
• Xu Yunfan reasoned that the Divine Martial Realm was a nursery built by the Primal Beginning Sect to cultivate the Innate Golden Nature.
• Xu Yunfan concluded that Clear Source True Monarch sought something hidden in the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture and that Xu Yunfan himself was being raised as its vessel or nourishment.

Xu Yunfan realized the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm’s apparent opportunities were bait in a True Monarch’s scheme, and used the Lin Character Secret to find a narrow path toward survival. He resolved to grow stronger within the trap and identified Big Dipper Army Breaker Fiend as his next target.

• Xu Yunfan used the Lin Character Secret to analyze his predicament and realized the Divine Martial Realm’s Heavenly Dao might conceal his actions from the True Monarch.
• Xu Yunfan concluded that he had to follow the cultivation path laid out for him while gathering strength and waiting for a chance to escape the coming harvest.
• Xu Yunfan recognized that the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm’s supposed Immortal Opportunities were bait and cursed the True Monarchs before refocusing on his cultivation.
• Xu Yunfan considered the Heavenly and Earthly Fiend qi needed to advance his True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture and cultivate the North Pole Demon Suppressing Astral Fiend.
• Xu Yunfan chose Big Dipper Army Breaker Fiend as his next target because its destructive power could greatly strengthen his combat abilities.

Xu Yunfan weighed three supreme fiendish auras before focusing on the Big Dipper Ziwei Heavenly Fiend, which could forge an unparalleled Dao foundation. He suspected Clear Source True Monarch had arranged the Divine Martial Realm to make Xu Yunfan cultivate and refine it, and the chapter left him considering whether to accept the bait or reject it while trapped in the realm.

• Xu Yunfan considered the Big Dipper Army-Breaker Fiend, White Tiger Geng Metal Sha, and Black Tortoise Gui Water Sha as potential fiendish auras for advancing his cultivation.
• Xu Yunfan recognized the Big Dipper Ziwei Heavenly Fiend as a legendary imperial qi with the potential to elevate his Dao foundation and Golden Core prospects.
• Xu Yunfan inferred that the Divine Martial Realm might contain Ziwei Heavenly Fiend and that Clear Source True Monarch had arranged the realm to cultivate it.
• Xu Yunfan realized that refining the Ziwei Heavenly Fiend could make him a more valuable target for Clear Source True Monarch to harvest.
• Xu Yunfan looked across the cage-like Divine Martial Realm and faced the choice of taking the apparent opportunity or refusing it.

Xu Yunfan decided to pursue the perilous Big Dipper Ziwei Heavenly Fiend as his best chance to escape the True Lords’ scheme. Before beginning the ritual, he spent forty-nine days and nights using his accumulated treasures and a fragment of his true spirit to create a Cloud Scroll Clone.

• Xu Yunfan chose to refine the Big Dipper Ziwei Heavenly Fiend rather than settle for safer, weaker fiendish energies.
• Xu Yunfan gathered his spiritual materials, set up a concealment formation, and began refining an incarnation with the Cloud Scroll Incarnation Technique.
• Xu Yunfan exhausted his accumulated treasures and forcibly separated a thread of his origin true spirit and soul power to give the incarnation life.
• After forty-nine days and nights, Xu Yunfan completed a clone that matched his body and cultivation aura and could support the secret art of transferring his primary consciousness between them.

Xu Yunfan bound a newly created clone to his Attribute Panel and prepared it as a hidden vessel in the Divine Martial Realm. After the clone erased its True Martial cultivation, it began cultivating the Myriad Chariots Sword Incantation.

• Xu Yunfan confirmed the Attribute Panel had bound the clone and could control its life and death.
• Xu Yunfan explained that the clone needed to sever its ties to the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture and hide within the Divine Martial Realm.
• The clone dispersed its Foundation Establishment cultivation while Xu Yunfan gathered the resulting spiritual qi with Formation Flags.
• The clone erased the last trace of the True Martial brand, and the Divine Martial Realm's Heavenly Dao concealed its presence.
• The clone began cultivating the Myriad Chariots Sword Incantation, which Xu Yunfan had obtained through Yu Congling.

Xu Yunfan began a ritual in Suspended Province to draw down the Big Dipper Ziwei Heavenly Fiend, using Star Drawing Sand and Battle Soul Blood Essence to open a path to the Emperor Star. As the ritual’s destructive force descended, he invoked the Lin Stance and summoned his Dharma manifestation to seize and suppress the star’s power.

• Xu Yunfan sent his clone to hunt and grow near a mortal city while he prepared to draw the Heavenly Fiend down himself.
• Xu Yunfan used Circulating Heaven Star Drawing Sand to create a starlight force field and formed the Big Dipper Nine Stars True Form Diagram.
• Xu Yunfan offered Battle Soul Blood Essence, causing the ritual to summon the violet-gold aura of the Ziwei Emperor Star.
• Xu Yunfan endured the star’s pressure, entered the Lin Stance, and analyzed the destruction around him with heightened clarity.
• Xu Yunfan unfolded his Dao foundation and summoned a three-headed, six-armed Dharma manifestation armed with five magic treasures.
• Xu Yunfan and his Dharma manifestation invoked the Grand Profound Stellar Current and Ziwei Imperial Dominion.

Xu Yunfan summoned the Ziwei Emperor Star and drew down a destructive torrent of Star Annihilation Thunder Fire Calamity Fiends, then used his ritual and True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture to seize and refine its Supreme Purple Origin. He endured severe damage as his body began to rebuild itself with a tougher foundation.

• Xu Yunfan’s ritual established contact with the Ziwei Emperor Star, which sent a vast torrent of destructive star power toward him and the core summoning ritual.
• Xu Yunfan sent his incarnation into the torrent, aiming to seize the Supreme Ziwei Origin while keeping his true body safe.
• Xu Yunfan used the True Martial Dharma Image to anchor the torrent and open a fissure, then connected his will to the Supreme Purple Intent.
• Xu Yunfan guided a wisp of Big Dipper Ziwei Heavenly Fiend Qi into his body and began refining it with the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture.
• The destructive origin tore through Xu Yunfan’s meridians and battered his consciousness, but his body repeatedly repaired itself and grew tougher.

Xu Yunfan refined the Big Dipper Ziwei Fiend and formed his fourth divine ability, advancing to Mid Foundation Establishment. He realized the Cave Heaven Grafting Technique could make him a puppet for Clear Source True Monarch and used the Lin Word Seal to begin calculating his options.

• Xu Yunfan completed the North Pole Ziwei Town Fiend Profound Qi by refining the calamity fiend, forming a fourth divine ability that amplified his other three.
• The new ability suppressed the residual fiend power and strengthened Xu Yunfan's Dao Foundation, magic power, meridians, and sea of consciousness.
• Xu Yunfan reached Mid Foundation Establishment and sensed that the Cave Heaven Grafting Technique could expose him to Clear Source True Monarch's hidden control.
• Xu Yunfan formed the Lin Word Seal and entered detached meditation as a star chart took shape in his Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness.

Xu Yunfan found a way to break the deadlock surrounding the Divine Martial Realm and left it to seek a way to draw Pure Yang True Monarch into the conflict. His doppelgänger Han Shi seized the chance to plot against him, but Xu Yunfan’s voice reached him, and Han Shi hid his rebellious thoughts behind obedience.

• After three days and nights of deductions in the Lin Stance, Xu Yunfan decided to involve Pure Yang True Monarch and left the Divine Martial Realm.
• In Qixia, Han Shi sensed that Xu Yunfan had left and felt free of his control.
• Han Shi resolved to cultivate the Myriad Chariots Sword Transformation Art and eventually betray Xu Yunfan.
• Xu Yunfan called Han Shi by name, freezing his rebellious thoughts with fear.
• Han Shi answered obediently, pretending to remain a loyal subordinate.

Han Shi concealed his resentment after Xu Yunfan ordered him to remain a subordinate, while secretly awakening a faint devouring power. Xu Yunfan discovered Han Shi’s plans through the Attribute Panel, took the clone’s sword-cultivation insights for himself, and set out for Cold Crow Pass.

• Xu Yunfan told Han Shi to remain in the Divine Martial Realm and cultivate, promising to free him if he ever escaped his own confinement.
• After Xu Yunfan withdrew, Han Shi hid his hatred and drained the life from a beetle with a nascent devouring force.
• Xu Yunfan used the Control mark on the Attribute Panel to read Han Shi’s thoughts and learned of his ambition to devour his main body.
• Xu Yunfan seized Han Shi’s insights into the Myriad Chariots Sword Transformation Art, converting them into progress for himself.
• Xu Yunfan decided to return to Cold Crow Pass and vanished in a streak of escape light.

Xu Yunfan stabilized his Mid Foundation Establishment cultivation and secretly replenished the resources he had spent refining his clone. Hundred Peaks True Person arrived at Cold Crow Pass, praised his progress, and pressed him to cultivate the Cave Heaven Grafting Technique, leaving Xu Yunfan wary of the sect’s urgency.

• Xu Yunfan cultivated in seclusion, strengthening his foundation and integrating the Imperial Star’s fiendish astral energy into his Dao body.
• He audited Cold Crow Pass’s warehouses over five years and secretly transferred tax spirit stones and artifacts to replace the materials consumed refining Han Shi.
• Hundred Peaks True Person arrived at Cold Crow Pass and praised Xu Yunfan for reaching Mid Foundation Establishment.
• Hundred Peaks True Person urged Xu Yunfan to prepare to condense his Cave Heaven using the Divine Martial Small Realm Heaven and asked how much he had understood of the Cave Heaven Grafting Technique.
• Xu Yunfan grew suspicious of the pressure to advance but pretended gratitude and began explaining that he had encountered difficulty studying the technique.

Xu Yunfan pretended to struggle with the Cave Heaven Grafting Technique while Hundred Peaks True Person explained it, but he realized Clear Source True Monarch was pushing him toward a dangerous graft that would expose his soul and Dao foundation. He began intensively studying the technique and the Eight Sceneries of Xuan Capital Heaven-Refining Creation Cloud Scroll, leaving the grafting preparations underway.

• Xu Yunfan asked Hundred Peaks True Person detailed questions about the Cave Heaven Grafting Technique and acted like a diligent but ordinary student.
• Hundred Peaks True Person answered Xu Yunfan’s questions, praised his diligence, and left Cold Crow Pass after asking about its recent situation.
• An inconspicuous street vendor watched Hundred Peaks True Person depart, revealing a serene, extraordinary presence beneath his disguise.
• Xu Yunfan returned to the Quiet Room and concluded that Clear Source True Monarch was urging him to graft himself to the Divine Martial Realm so his soul and Dao foundation could be seized.
• Xu Yunfan devoted himself to practicing the Cave Heaven Grafting Technique and raising his proficiency in the Eight Sceneries of Xuan Capital Heaven-Refining Creation Cloud Scroll.
• Xu Yunfan studied how to build a Spirit Ruins Bridge that would connect his Dao foundation to a Minor Thousand World and extract its Root Qi.

Xu Yunfan used his Attribute Panel to uncover deadly traps in Bai Yue’s Cave Heaven Grafting Method and carefully practiced its early stages without attempting the final graft. While stationed at Cold Crow Pass, he spent fifteen years refining low-grade magical artifacts to advance his cultivation while hiding the full extent of his abilities.

• Xu Yunfan condensed the method’s chains and used his Attribute Panel to identify and correct fatal flaws Bai Yue had planted in the technique.
• He simulated the final stabilization step and discovered that Bai Yue’s incantations would destroy his soul and the Root Qi he absorbed.
• Xu Yunfan began refining artifacts at Cold Crow Pass, drawing a crowd of customers after Zhou Lu received a top-grade magical artifact.
• He limited his work to magical artifacts so the Primal Beginning Sect’s upper ranks would not discover his talent or investigate his inheritance.
• Over the next fifteen years, Xu Yunfan consumed mountains of materials and greatly improved his Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi control.

Xu Yunfan mastered the Eight Sceneries of Xuan Capital Heaven-Refining Creation Cloud Scroll after fifteen years and discovered it could nurture spiritual treasures. As he considered the danger of attracting powerful rivals, he revealed a Heavenly Machine Supreme Treasure he had refined.

• Xu Yunfan monitored Han Shi as he cultivated the Myriad Chariots Sword Transformation Art and slaughtered mortals to strengthen his Sword Embryo, while Xu Yunfan extracted his sword insights through the Attribute Panel.
• After fifteen years of cultivation and artifact refinement, Xu Yunfan's Eight Sceneries of Xuan Capital Heaven-Refining Creation Cloud Scroll reached mastery.
• Xu Yunfan learned that the technique could reproduce heaven-and-earth spiritual resonance and nurture magic treasures into spiritual treasures.
• Xu Yunfan suspected someone had lured him into killing Li Baichuan and resolved to cultivate concealment arts to avoid powerful rivals.
• Xu Yunfan revealed a dark-silver bracelet, a Heavenly Machine Supreme Treasure he had refined from rare materials with the Attribute Panel's assistance.

Xu Yunfan forged the Primordial Veil Star Ring to conceal himself from divination and crossed into the Southern Continent to set his plan against Clear Source True Monarch in motion. As he prepared to approach the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect, an unknown voice called him to a halt.

• Xu Yunfan completed the Primordial Veil Star Ring and stabilized his Cave Heaven Grafting Technique at beginner level, while preparing to seek Root Qi in the Divine Martial Realm.
• Xu Yunfan decided to use Han Shi and the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect as pieces in his plan, then secretly left Cold Crow Pass.
• The fortune-teller at Cold Crow Pass noticed that Xu Yunfan's heavenly-secret trajectory had vanished into obscurity and disappeared from the marketplace.
• Xu Yunfan crossed the Milky Way into the Southern Continent, using True Martial Devouring Demon to learn a rogue cultivator's memories and leaving him spirit materials as compensation.
• Xu Yunfan concealed his Primal Beginning Sect identity and headed toward the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect, but a voice behind him called, "Benefactor, please halt."

Sanzang tried to recruit Xu Yunfan as a Buddhist guardian, claiming their meeting and the eastward spread of Buddhism were ordained by Heaven. Xu Yunfan rejected his coercion and attacked, and Sanzang formed a giant sword of True Martial Magic Power.

• Xu Yunfan recognized Sanzang as the monk he had seen selling counterfeit magical artifacts at Cold Crow Pass.
• Sanzang introduced himself and claimed Xu Yunfan had a deep Buddhist affinity and should become a Vajra guardian.
• Xu Yunfan refused, saying his Dao Heart was steadfast and he would not serve before Buddha.
• Sanzang declared Buddhism was destined to spread east and insisted Xu Yunfan's role in that mission had already been decided.
• Xu Yunfan mocked Sanzang's claims, declared that his Dao belonged to himself, and attacked.
• Sanzang sighed and formed an enormous black sword from True Martial Magic Power.