Chapter Summaries

Jiang Taixu overwhelmed the Holy Lord Great Experts and old freaks attacking him, killing five Great Experts and rendering another lifeless. As the remaining eleven united against him, he made their devastating strike vanish, while a ghostly voice called out to him.

• Jiang Taixu shattered the three old freaks’ divine-sense attack and seriously injured them.
• Jiang Taixu killed another Great Expert with a single palm, bringing the number of dead Great Experts to five and causing a dying survivor to lose all signs of life.
• Jiang Yun and the Jiang Family celebrated Jiang Taixu’s power, while Ye Fan admired him and Wang Teng vowed to reach or surpass his realm.
• The three old freaks and eight remaining Great Experts retreated together, then unleashed a terrifying combined attack that Jiang Taixu made vanish.
• The eleven attackers launched another strike, and a ghostly voice called, “Brother Taixu...” across Divine City.

Fairy Caiyun arrived gravely wounded to warn Jiang Taixu, and he tried to save her as their enemies attacked. Xiao Fan intervened and annihilated the ten attackers with a single move, leaving Divine City stunned by his power.

• Fairy Caiyun appeared at the Transformation Dragon Pool with a nearly fatal wound, and Jiang Taixu rushed to support her.
• Fairy Caiyun told Jiang Taixu she had come after learning he was in danger, while he began healing her with the God King Regeneration Art.
• The three old monsters and seven Holy Lords attacked Jiang Taixu as he treated Fairy Caiyun, but Xiao Fan blocked their combined strike with a Space Barrier.
• Xiao Fan summoned a Thunder Giant Hand that crushed the Divine City's formation markings and killed all ten attackers in one blow.
• Jiang Yun, Ye Fan, Wang Teng, Jiang Taixu, and the witnesses in Divine City were astonished by Xiao Fan's strength.

Xiao Fan saved Jiang Taixu from a hidden attacker and treated the gravely wounded Fairy Caiyun while Jiang Taixu confronted the Dark Night Monarch. The battle shook Divine City, and the Heng Yu Divine Furnace suddenly began to stir beneath the Transformation Dragon Pool.

• Xiao Fan redirected the hidden attack with a tear in space, and Jiang Taixu summoned the Divine Phoenix and asked him to treat Fairy Caiyun.
• Jiang Taixu recognized his opponent as the Dark Night Monarch, brother of the Sun Monarch he had killed more than four thousand years earlier.
• Xiao Fan gave Fairy Caiyun Ye Fan’s Divine Spring and diluted Heaven and Earth Immortal Milk, stabilizing her condition with his spiritual energy.
• Jiang Taixu and the Dark Night Monarch fought fiercely, damaging the void and causing aftershocks that killed people in Divine City.
• The Heng Yu Divine Furnace shook violently beneath the Transformation Dragon Pool as if it were about to fly away.

Jiang Taixu stopped the Dark Night Monarch from seizing the Heng Yu Divine Furnace and revealed that he had reached the Saint Realm. As the two fought across the divine city, Jiang Yi arrived with the Devouring Heaven Magic Jar, and Jiang Taixu broke free of the Dark Night Monarch’s grasp with the Battle Saint Method before the Monarch armed himself to attack again.

• The Dark Night Monarch’s formation patterns tried to link the Heng Yu Divine Furnace to another Emperor Weapon, but Jiang Taixu shattered the patterns and stabilized the furnace.
• Jiang Taixu revealed his Saint Realm strength and fought the Dark Night Monarch, whose phenomenon and attacks devastated the divine city and killed many people.
• Jiang Yi arrived and struck the Dark Night Monarch’s giant hand with the Devouring Heaven Magic Jar.
• Jiang Taixu pierced through the Dark Night Monarch’s hand with the Battle Saint Method and escaped unharmed.
• The Dark Night Monarch summoned a Golden Divine Garment and Golden Divine Spear, then thrust the spear at Jiang Taixu.

Jiang Taixu killed the Dark Night Monarch and restored peace to Divine City, while Xiao Fan saved Fairy Caiyun. As reports spread of the battle and Xiao Fan’s power, factions across the Eastern Wilderness prepared to visit them.

• Jiang Taixu caught the Dark Night Monarch’s Golden Divine Spear and burned him to ashes with divine blood, while the Dragon Pattern Cauldron and ancient sage’s garment escaped through a domain gate.
• Jiang Taixu reached the Transformation Dragon Pool, learned from Xiao Fan that Fairy Caiyun would recover, and purified Divine City before lifting its seal.
• Jiang Taixu and the Jiang Family urged Ye Fan to stay, and Ye Fan remained with them alongside Wang Teng.
• News spread that thirteen Holy Lord Great Experts, three old monsters, and the Dark Night Monarch had fallen, and Xiao Fan’s name became known across the Northern Region, Eastern Wilderness, and Central Plains.
• Eastern Wilderness factions began preparing to travel to Divine City to pay their respects to Jiang Taixu and Xiao Fan.

Holy Masters from across the land paid homage to Jiang Taixu and denied involvement in the attack on the Jiang Family. When they demanded Ye Fan’s death, Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun defended him, leaving the assembled factions unable to act.

• Jiang Ren explained that a formidable enemy had forced the Jiang Family to deploy its reserves before he paid homage to Jiang Taixu.
• The Holy Masters arrived, denied responsibility for the previous night’s attack, and bowed to Xiao Fan after Jiang Taixu declared that Xiao Fan’s strength surpassed his own.
• Ouyang Ye recognized Ye Fan and accused him of crimes, prompting representatives from other factions to demand his execution.
• Jiang Taixu warned that killing Ye Fan would be the same as killing him because Ye Fan had saved his life.
• Fairy Caiyun emerged and declared that Ye Fan had saved her too, leaving the factions silent as Xiao Fan watched.

Jiang Taixu settled Ye Fan’s conflicts with the major factions and secured Jiang Tingting’s safety, while Xiao Fan received the Battle Saint Method as thanks for helping Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun. Ye Fan gained promises of millions of jin of source to help him break through to the Four Extremes Realm.

• Jiang Yun explained that Ye Fan had aided Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun with the True Dragon Divine Medicine and Divine Spring, prompting the gathered factions to reconsider their hostility toward him.
• Ouyang Ye challenged Ye Fan over the Origin Heavenly Book, but Jiang Taixu dismissed the dispute and ended the argument.
• Jiang Taixu settled Ye Fan’s grudges with the Ji Family, Yaoguang Holy Land, and Demon Clan, then had Ye Fan release the captured younger generation.
• Jiang Taixu agreed to protect Jiang Tingting and gave Xiao Fan the Battle Saint Method in recognition of his help.
• Jiang Taixu, Fairy Caiyun, and Wang Teng promised Ye Fan ten million, two million, and five million jin of source respectively to help him reach the Four Extremes Realm.

Xiao Fan stayed with the Jiang Family, healed Fairy Caiyun, learned the Battle Saint Method from Jiang Taixu, and refined his cultivation. As Ye Fan’s attempt to break the Desolate Ancient Holy Body’s curse drew attention from across the world, Jiang Taixu led him to the Transformation Dragon Pool to begin his breakthrough.

• Xiao Fan assured Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun that Caiyun would recover, and both gave him tokens in gratitude for saving them.
• Jiang Taixu taught Xiao Fan the Battle Saint Method, which Xiao Fan quickly mastered through his Heaven-Defying Comprehension.
• Xiao Fan spent two days exchanging cultivation insights with Jiang Taixu and combined the Heavenly Emperor Scripture with his Thunder Emperor Art to form the Thunder Emperor Scripture.
• Ye Fan’s planned breakthrough to the Four Extremes Realm drew attention from factions across the world, including his enemies and the sacred lands.
• When the day of Ye Fan’s breakthrough arrived, Jiang Taixu led him to the Transformation Dragon Pool.

Ye Fan began breaking through the curse of the Desolate Ancient Holy Body at the Transformation Dragon Pool as powerful allies gathered to protect him and the great factions arrived to watch. As divine energy filled the pool and Ye Fan began transforming toward the Four Extremes Realm, a strange tremor sounded like a distant dragon’s roar.

• Jiang Taixu warned Ye Fan that the world’s attention made his breakthrough dangerous, and Wang Teng promised to help protect him.
• Red Dragon Daoist, Peacock King, and Azure Flood Dragon King arrived in Divine City and gave Ye Fan source, prompting others to invest in him as well.
• Ye Fan entered the Transformation Dragon Pool at night and began his breakthrough while Red Dragon Daoist, Peacock King, Azure Flood Dragon King, and Wang Teng guarded him.
• Holy Lords, the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, and other powerful figures arrived to witness Ye Fan’s breakthrough as Jiang Taixu remained hidden.
• The sealed Transformation Dragon Pool became a radiant Immortal Spirit Pool, and Ye Fan began transforming from the Dao Palace Realm amid the gathered cultivators’ alarm.
• A tremor rang through heaven and earth, sounding like a dragon’s roar from the horizon.

Ye Fan’s cultivation drew repeated assassination attempts, while Wang Teng and four powerful experts defended him. As Jiang Taixu suppressed a Great Emperor Killing Formation, Ye Fan used several Enlightenment Dao Tea Leaves to manifest astonishing phenomena, leaving onlookers wondering whether he was about to enter the Four Extremes Realm.

• A golden roc attacked Ye Fan, but Red Dragon Daoist destroyed it and revealed that it was only a Nascent Soul Puppet.
• As Ye Fan displayed phenomena from the Dao Scripture, attackers unleashed waves of strikes, which Peacock King, Azure Flood Dragon King, Red Dragon Daoist, and Wang Teng repelled.
• Wang Teng announced that the Northern Plains Wang Family would join the Jiang Family in protecting Ye Fan, then he resumed his guard after Xiao Fan warned that worse enemies remained.
• A Great Emperor Killing Formation appeared, and Jiang Taixu used the Heng Yu Divine Furnace to suppress it.
• Ye Fan remained undisturbed in the Transformation Dragon Pool and used multiple Enlightenment Dao Tea Leaves as awe-inspiring phenomena gathered around him.

Ye Fan underwent a dramatic physical transformation in the Transformation Dragon Pool as he approached breaking the Desolate Ancient Holy Body’s curse. After enemies attacked from outside the Divine City, Xiao Fan sealed the city, leaving Ye Fan to continue his breakthrough undisturbed.

• Ye Fan entered a profound state, and his body began changing its blood and regenerating flesh as the Small World phenomenon grew clearer.
• A purple hand reached through a void fissure to attack Ye Fan, but Wang Teng destroyed the fissure with a sword strike.
• As more hostile attacks threatened the Divine City, Xiao Fan stopped Fairy Caiyun from intervening and sealed the entire city with spatial force.
• Jiang Taixu finished erasing the Great Emperor formation patterns, thanked Xiao Fan, and turned his attention to Ye Fan.
• The four Enlightenment Dao Tea Leaves dissolved into divine rays, while spiritual essence from the Transformation Dragon Pool continued to transform Ye Fan’s body and strengthen his phenomenon.

Ye Fan underwent a painful physical rebirth in the Transformation Dragon Pool and completed his breakthrough to the Four Extremes Realm. A Heavenly Tribulation then struck, and Ye Fan faced its growing storm of lightning as Black Emperor urged him to endure.

• Ye Fan's body burned, shattered, and regenerated as he underwent a complete transformation in the Transformation Dragon Pool.
• Ye Fan was thrown from the pool when its Source Qi ran low, but he stood again with his physical transformation complete.
• A purple bolt of Heavenly Tribulation pierced Xiao Fan's spatial seal and struck toward Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan withstood the first lightning bolt, then was submerged in a vast Thunder Sea as the crowd retreated.
• Black Emperor urged Ye Fan to survive the tribulation, citing Great Emperor Wu Shi's experience with lightning.

Ye Fan endured nine waves of Heavenly Tribulation and appeared dead, but Wang Teng helped him rise as his body shed its charred skin and was reborn. As the crowd realized he had survived, an ominous tremor shook the night sky.

• Ye Fan fought through the purple Thunder Sea while the Black Emperor cheered him on and the others watched from a distance.
• After the ninth wave vanished, Ye Fan collapsed, and many in the Divine City believed the Sacred Body had died.
• Xiao Fan told Wang Teng that Ye Fan was not so easily killed, prompting Wang Teng to check on him.
• Ye Fan twitched, rose with Wang Teng's help, and shed his charred skin to reveal newly grown flesh.
• Ye Fan sensed something was missing as an ominous tremor made everyone look up at the night sky.

Xiao Fan redirected Ye Fan’s Heavenly Tribulation and controlled its lightning to help Ye Fan transform his divine sense while absorbing the tribulation’s power himself. After the fourth stage, the final purple thunderclouds locked onto Xiao Fan instead, leaving the crowd wondering whether heaven was punishing him.

• Black Emperor warned Ye Fan that his Heavenly Tribulation had five stages, and nine lightning phantoms descended to attack him.
• Xiao Fan drew Ye Fan’s lightning tribulation into a purple Thunder Sea, while Wang Teng was safely pushed away.
• Xiao Fan commanded the lightning phantoms to transform Ye Fan’s divine sense, then absorbed their remaining energy into himself.
• Xiao Fan redirected the nine bolts of Chaos Lightning, let a small portion strike Ye Fan, and swallowed the rest.
• A new mass of purple thunderclouds appeared and targeted Xiao Fan, astonishing the onlookers.

Xiao Fan absorbed wave after wave of lightning before the onlookers recognized that he was undergoing a Quasi-Emperor Tribulation. As Xiao Fan fought the tribulation’s phantoms, a Great Dao Graphic formed in the sky, and Black Emperor warned Ye Fan that Ye Fan’s own tribulation was not over.

• Xiao Fan absorbed the first nine lightning bolts and then devoured the lightning tides with black vortices.
• The lightning tribulation produced phantoms of Ancient Emperors and Supremes, leading the spectators to realize Xiao Fan was facing a Quasi-Emperor Tribulation.
• Red Dragon Daoist, Peacock King, Azure Flood Dragon King, Fairy Caiyun, and Jiang Taixu were shocked by Xiao Fan’s strength, while Wang Teng and Ye Fan reflected on the gap between themselves and him.
• Ye Fan sensed danger as Innate Dao Patterns formed a Great Dao Graphic above Divine City, and the crowd wondered whether it targeted Xiao Fan.
• Black Emperor warned Ye Fan that his tribulation was not over, and Ye Fan blamed the dog for telling him so late.

Xiao Fan absorbed the combined Quasi-Emperor Tribulation and intervened when the Great Dao’s Innate Dao Diagram threatened Ye Fan. He summoned the Heng Yu Cauldron to halt the diagram’s descent, leaving it unclear whether he could destroy it and change Ye Fan’s fate.

• The Great Dao’s Innate Dao Patterns descended over Ye Fan, and Jiang Taixu urged him to endure the trial and break the Sacred Body’s curse.
• Xiao Fan called down every stage of his Quasi-Emperor Tribulation at once, then absorbed the lightning with the black vortices on his body.
• Ye Fan resisted the descending Innate Dao Diagram with his fist, but it continued to crush him and draw pale golden blood from his body.
• Xiao Fan formed a Space Barrier around himself and Ye Fan, then called for the Heng Yu Cauldron as Jiang Taixu released it.
• The awakened Heng Yu Cauldron flew into Xiao Fan’s enlarged palm, and its divine might stopped the Innate Dao Diagram from descending further.

Xiao Fan approached the Innate Dao Diagram to comprehend its Great Dao laws while using the Heng Yu Cauldron to shield Ye Fan. Unable to break the diagram, Xiao Fan recalled the cauldron at Ye Fan’s request, leaving Ye Fan to face the threat alone.

• Xiao Fan flew toward the Innate Dao Diagram, intending to comprehend its Dao laws and find a way to resolve its threat to Ye Fan.
• Xiao Fan used the Heng Yu Cauldron to resist the diagram as his Heaven-Defying Comprehension rapidly deepened his understanding of its laws.
• The Innate Dao Diagram surged in power, forcing the Heng Yu Cauldron downward before Xiao Fan rallied it and restored a stalemate.
• Ye Fan realized Xiao Fan could not hold the diagram back forever and flew up to ask him to withdraw the cauldron.
• Xiao Fan recalled the Heng Yu Cauldron and moved away, leaving Ye Fan to face the Innate Dao Diagram as the onlookers watched in shock.

Xiao Fan stopped helping Ye Fan withstand the Innate Dao Diagram, then drew the shattered Sacred Body into his Small World after the tribulation ended. He assured the remaining witnesses that Ye Fan would recover and brought Jiang Taixu, Fairy Caiyun, and Wang Teng into the Small World to see him.

• Xiao Fan prevented Jiang Taixu from summoning the Heng Yu Cauldron and told him to keep watching as the Innate Dao Diagram struck Ye Fan.
• The Innate Dao Diagram imprinted itself on Ye Fan's body and divine sense, ending the heavenly phenomena and leaving him unable to move.
• Xiao Fan drew Ye Fan into his Small World, then told the crowd the show was over and sent everyone away.
• Xiao Fan silenced Pang Bo when he demanded that Ye Fan be released, while the other witnesses left the Divine City.
• Xiao Fan assured Jiang Taixu, Fairy Caiyun, and Wang Teng that Ye Fan would be fine, then let them follow him into the Small World.
• Ye Fan greeted Xiao Fan and the others beneath the Bodhi Tree after they entered the Small World.

Xiao Fan dissolved the Innate Dao Patterns in Ye Fan’s body, fully breaking the curse and earning Ye Fan’s gratitude. After a system check-in mission directed him to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, Xiao Fan returned with the others to the Jiang Family residence, where a black shadow suddenly attacked.

• Xiao Fan used his knowledge of Dao laws and the Heaven-Swallowing Earth-Devouring Divine Ability to dissolve Ye Fan’s Innate Dao Patterns.
• Ye Fan regained movement, and Xiao Fan finished removing the patterns, completely healing him.
• Ye Fan thanked Xiao Fan and agreed to call Wang Teng Brother Wang, while Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun congratulated him.
• Xiao Fan reflected that Ye Fan no longer needed to visit the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, then received a system check-in mission to go there.
• Xiao Fan opened a passage from his Small World and brought Ye Fan and the others back to the Jiang Family residence, where a black shadow shot toward them.

After helping Ye Fan break the curse, Xiao Fan left the Jiang Family and traveled south toward the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, stirring alarm as news spread that a young Quasi-Emperor was crossing the Eastern Wilderness. He encountered Ye Huiling aboard a river ship and suspected her Heaven Covering Treasure Garment might be connected to his destination.

• The Black Emperor reunited with Ye Fan, and Xiao Fan and Jiang Taixu warned Ye Fan to conceal his newly completed Sacred Body and Four Extremes Realm cultivation.
• Xiao Fan departed the Jiang Family, and Wang Teng declined to explain Xiao Fan’s origins when Ye Fan asked about him.
• Xiao Fan bought a rough map and traveled south by tearing through space, unintentionally spreading word of his arrival and unsettling Southern Region factions.
• Xiao Fan emerged above a river and overheard a young man accuse Ye Huiling of planning to use the Heaven Covering Treasure Garment to seek the Undying Divine Medicine.
• Xiao Fan descended beside Ye Huiling, introduced himself, and wondered whether her name and treasure were connected to his search before the young man challenged him.