Recaps

Chen Fan confronted cultivators gathered at the secret realm entrance and revealed the strength behind his new Heavenly Soldier Ranking position. After repelling Wuerduo and resisting Wang Yan, he watched the entrance shake as a rosy light struck Bitter Sea Cliff.

• Cultivators surrounded Chen Fan at the secret realm entrance, and Wuerduo attacked him with his Black Beard Mountain Spirit Tool.
• Chen Fan broke the tool’s restraint and damaged Black Beard Mountain with a sword strike, forcing Wuerduo to retreat and apologize.
• The crowd learned Chen Fan had risen to fifteenth place on the Heavenly Soldier Ranking.
• Wang Yan attacked Chen Fan, but Chen Fan knocked aside the sword radiance aimed at his throat.
• A rosy light struck Bitter Sea Cliff, and the secret realm entrance began to shake, halting Wang Yan’s next attack.

The Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm opened, and cultivators rushed inside to seek its treasures. Before entering, Chen Fan fought Wang Yan and cut his wrist, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• A radiant Void Gate opened at Bitter Sea Cliff, revealing the secret realm and prompting cultivators to surge toward it.
• Liu Xun ordered Wang Yan to deal with Chen Fan before entering the secret realm with the other Ten Thousand Swords Sect geniuses.
• Xiao Munan, Gao Yueyue, Mu Yunshui, and other cultivators passed Chen Fan as they entered the secret realm.
• Wang Yan attacked Chen Fan with a barrage of sword strikes, but Chen Fan blocked them with the Immortal Sword Art.
• Chen Fan used the Nine Sons Oblique Alignment to meet Wang Yan's attack, and their clash sent nearby cultivators tumbling.
• Chen Fan appeared behind Wang Yan and sliced his wrist, making Wang Yan roar in pain as the crowd watched.

Chen Fan entered the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm after Wang Yan struck him toward its entrance, then explored a quiet area and encountered a dangerous three-tailed tiger. The chapter left Chen Fan facing the tiger’s pouncing attack.

• Chen Fan injured Wang Yan, but Wang Yan struck him toward the secret realm entrance, and both cultivators entered the realm.
• Several Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivators were rejected by the secret realm for insufficient cultivation.
• Chen Fan healed his minor injury with a Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman and surveyed the realm, where the cultivators’ strength was suppressed to Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
• Chen Fan watched multicolored carp drag a black ox into a lake and tear it apart with their sharp scales.
• Chen Fan plucked a spiritual herb guarded by a three-tailed tiger, which attacked him with a thunderous roar and a pouncing strike.

Chen Fan killed a three-tailed tiger and discovered its Demon Core contained metallic power that might strengthen the body. While searching for more tigers, he found another one about to kill three Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators and moved to intervene.

• Chen Fan defeated a three-tailed tiger, though its final roar injured his ears, and healed himself with a Spirit Stone.
• Chen Fan extracted the tiger's unusual Demon Core and considered testing whether the metallic power could strengthen the Heavenly Court physical body.
• Chen Fan searched the area for more three-tailed tigers and spotted three cultivators battling one from behind a tree.
• The tiger overwhelmed the exhausted cultivators, and Chen Fan stepped out with Nine Palaces Footwork as it pounced on one of them.

Chen Fan rescued three cultivators by killing a three-tailed tiger and taking its Demon Core. Elsewhere, Liu Xun’s group summoned Wang Yan and discussed the dangers and rivalries awaiting them in the secret realm before Li Yanyan received an alarming message.

• Chen Fan appeared as a three-tailed tiger attacked a male cultivator, wounded the beast, then killed it with a sword thrust through its mouth and head.
• Chen Fan took the tiger’s Demon Core and left, while the three cultivators marveled at his strength and the female cultivator declared she would no longer be infatuated with Xiao Munan.
• Li Yanyan told Liu Xun that the secret talisman indicated Wang Yan had returned, and Liu Xun had her ignite it to guide Wang Yan to them.
• Liu Xun said they needed Wang Yan and predicted the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Monster Beast would hinder their rivals in the central region.
• Liu Xun speculated that Zeng Rong and other hidden geniuses would cause trouble for Xiao Munan, then Li Yanyan received a streak of light and reacted with alarm.

Li Yanyan told Liu Xun and the other Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples that Wang Yan had failed to kill Chen Fan and had been badly hurt, prompting Liu Xun to warn them not to underestimate Chen Fan. Meanwhile, Chen Fan hunted Three-Tailed Tigers and refused a woman’s offer to trade a mid-grade Immortal Sword Art for one of his Demon Cores; she then offered to help him comprehend the sword art.

• Li Yanyan reported that Wang Yan had been injured by Chen Fan and later escaped a swarm of Bloodsucking Hornets.
• Liu Xun warned Ma Xiu and Zhang Ye that Chen Fan had killed Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators and could be more dangerous than they expected.
• Chen Fan killed two more Qi Refining Eighth Layer Three-Tailed Tigers while searching the nearby hills for their Demon Cores.
• A woman offered Chen Fan a mid-grade Immortal Sword Art in exchange for a Demon Core, but he refused.
• The woman followed Chen Fan and offered to help him comprehend the sword art if he agreed to trade.

Chen Fan refused Shen Wushuang’s offer to trade for his Demon Core, but she followed him to a forest where moonlight drew dense wood-element spiritual energy from an ancient tree. Chen Fan activated the Burning Wood Chapter to absorb it.

• Shen Wushuang introduced herself as eighth on the Heavenly Soldier Ranking and offered to decipher Chen Fan’s mid-grade Immortal Sword Art in exchange for his Demon Core, but he refused.
• Shen Wushuang followed Chen Fan after he left, and he used the Formless Step to hurry to a forest and rest in an ancient tree.
• Shen Wushuang tracked Chen Fan to the tree and sat beneath it while he meditated on his battles and the final three moves of the Nine Palaces Sword Art.
• Moonlight caused the ancient tree to release a green halo of dense wood-element spiritual energy, which Chen Fan and Shen Wushuang recognized.
• Shen Wushuang regretted that she cultivated water-element immortal arts, while Chen Fan activated the Burning Wood Chapter.

Chen Fan absorbed the ancient tree’s wood-element spiritual energy through the night, raising the Burning Wood Chapter to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer while Shen Wushuang stood guard. After learning about the Immortal’s Cave Abode in the central region, Chen Fan hesitated between staying to cultivate and seeking its treasures, until the Green-feathered Bird sensed an opportunity inside the tree.

• Chen Fan used the Burning Wood Chapter to absorb the ancient tree’s spiritual energy, condensing True Essence Power and advancing to Qi Refining Layer 5.
• Shen Wushuang noticed the green lights streaming toward Chen Fan and guarded him through the night, while Chen Fan remained wary of her through a thread of Divine Sense.
• At dawn, Chen Fan finished cultivating with the Burning Wood Chapter at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer and thanked Shen Wushuang.
• Shen Wushuang told Chen Fan that the top ten of the Heavenly Soldier Ranking knew about an Immortal’s Cave Abode in the central region, where young prodigies sought treasures and spiritual herbs.
• As Chen Fan weighed staying to cultivate against going to the Immortal’s Cave Abode, the Green-feathered Bird told him it sensed a tremendous opportunity inside the ancient tree and asked him to split it open.

Chen Fan gave Shen Wushuang a Demon Core and received a rare control-type sword art before splitting an ancient tree to claim two enormous chunks of Pure Wood Essence. As he headed toward the central region, the injured Wang Yan spotted him among the travelers and recognized his enemy.

• Chen Fan gave Shen Wushuang a Three-Tailed Tiger Demon Core, and she left him a mid-grade Thorn Sword Art before departing.
• Chen Fan inspected the Thorn Sword Art, then split the thousand-year-old tree and stored two massive chunks of Pure Wood Essence.
• Chen Fan decided to travel to the central region, believing it held great fortune, and set off using the Formless Step.
• Wang Yan hurried toward the central region with three men and two women after they rescued him from Bloodsucking Hornets, blaming Chen Fan for his injuries.
• Wang Yan spotted Chen Fan among the figures traveling ahead and called his name with murderous anger.

Wang Yan confronted Chen Fan in the secret realm and unleashed the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword, but Chen Fan evaded the strike and counterattacked. As the two faced off, Chen Fan's Sword Intent emerged, shocking Nangong Feiyun and the others.

• Wang Yan spotted Chen Fan and rejected Nangong Feiyun's offer to help, insisting on killing Chen Fan himself.
• Wang Yan attacked Chen Fan with the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword, impressing Nangong Feiyun and the woman surnamed Nangong.
• Chen Fan's afterimage fooled Wang Yan and the watching cultivators, and Chen Fan appeared behind Wang Yan with a sword strike.
• Wang Yan detected Chen Fan's attack and parried it, leaving the two men facing each other in midair.
• Wang Yan mocked Chen Fan's parents, provoking Chen Fan to unleash his Sword Intent and leaving Nangong Feiyun terrified.

Chen Fan used his Nirvana Sword Intent to defeat Wang Yan, permanently shattering his cultivation foundation before continuing toward the central region of the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm. Outside the realm, Qin Xian'er arrived with Chen Jingjing, who wondered whether her brother would come there.

• Chen Fan unleashed his Nirvana Sword Intent, overwhelmed Wang Yan, and caused an unrecoverable crack in Wang Yan's foundation.
• Wang Yan screamed and was transported out of the secret realm, while Chen Fan left the onlookers and continued toward the central region.
• Cultivators outside the realm recognized Wang Yan and speculated about how he had been defeated as he sat in a daze, his cultivation path ruined.
• Qin Xian'er arrived with Chen Jingjing, Rumeng, and a Burly Man, and Chen Jingjing asked whether her brother would come.

Chen Fan traveled toward the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm’s central region, where intelligent Monster Beasts hunted cultivators and a Thunderous Might Talisman killed a powerful beast. After collecting its Demon Core, Chen Fan learned someone was secretly following him.

• Qin Xian'er warned Chen Jingjing, Zhang Rumeng, and Li Tieniu that a peerless sword cultivator had killed Wang Yan and urged them to be cautious in the secret realm.
• Chen Fan journeyed toward the central region, killing Monster Beasts and gathering Demon Cores along the way.
• Chen Fan hid from an intelligent Foundation Establishment Early Stage toad and witnessed a golden-winged eagle kill another cultivator.
• Chen Fan continued toward the mountain range after a Monster Beast's roar, then saw a Thunderous Might Talisman strike down a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Monster Beast.
• Chen Fan cut open the fallen Monster Beast and took its golden Demon Core.
• The Green-feathered Bird warned Chen Fan that someone had concealed their aura and followed him, so Chen Fan left the spot.

Chen Fan encountered an Immortal Sect cultivator who attacked him over a Monster Beast’s Demon Core, but Shen Wushuang knocked the man unconscious and offered to guide Chen Fan to the central region. Meanwhile, Qin Xian’er reunited with Chen Jingjing and the others, and they set off for the central region aboard a giant ship.

• An Immortal Sect cultivator recognized Chen Fan and attacked him with Talisman beasts and a fire dragon Talisman.
• Chen Fan destroyed the Talisman beasts, and Shen Wushuang struck the cultivator with a great seal, knocking him unconscious.
• Shen Wushuang explained the dangers ahead and offered to guide Chen Fan around Monster Beast gatherings toward the central region.
• Chen Fan accepted Shen Wushuang’s guidance, and they hurried toward the central region using their movement techniques.
• Qin Xian’er reunited with Chen Jingjing, Zhang Rumeng, and Li Tieniu, then led them aboard a giant ship toward the central region.

Chen Fan and Shen Wushuang reached the sealed mountain where the Immortal's Cave Abode lay, and the arriving Ten Thousand Swords Sect joined Xiao Munan and Mu Yunshui to break the seal. As the Monster Beasts prepared to attack, Li Yanyan spotted Chen Fan among the crowd.

• Chen Fan and Shen Wushuang entered the central region and found thousands of cultivators gathered before a mountain sealed behind a light curtain and occupied by Monster Beasts.
• Shen Wushuang told Chen Fan that Xiao Munan and the others had failed to break the seal because the Monster Beasts kept interrupting them.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Sect arrived with only four members, and the crowd noticed that Wang Yan was missing while Chen Fan remained calm because he had killed him.
• Liu Xun proposed that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, Shu Mountain, and the Immortal Sect cooperate to break the seal, and Xiao Munan and Mu Yunshui agreed.
• Xiao Munan, Mu Yunshui, and Liu Xun struck the seal together as the other Foundation Establishment cultivators guarded them from the circling vicious birds.
• Li Yanyan, standing guard, recognized Chen Fan in the crowd and changed her expression drastically.

Li Yanyan discreetly discovered Chen Fan among the cultivators, while a powerful Monster Beast warned the gathered geniuses away from the Immortal's Cave Abode. Their attempt to break the seal failed under the beasts’ attacks, and Liu Xun then targeted Chen Fan.

• Li Yanyan recognized Chen Fan but hid her discovery and secretly informed Liu Xun, while Chen Fan prepared for a possible fight.
• A Foundation Establishment Late Stage Monster Beast warned the cultivators that a greater being was secluded within the secret realm and that they should leave.
• Three-Tailed Tigers and ferocious birds attacked Li Yanyan’s group and Liu Xun, while a flying Monster Beast struck at Mu Yunshui and Xiao Munan with lightning.
• Liu Xun and the others retreated from the seal, and the Monster Beasts stopped pursuing them once they had withdrawn.
• Mu Yunshui proposed that the cultivators join forces and attack the seal at full strength, but Liu Xun said he would first deal with Chen Fan.

Chen Fan’s identity was exposed on Shu Mountain, drawing the attention of Liu Xun and the surrounding cultivators. Liu Xun announced that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect would demand Chen Fan’s surrender, while Shen Wushuang asked him whether he had abducted its Young Sect Master.

• Liu Xun spotted Chen Fan in the crowd, and Shu Mountain disciples recognized him despite knowing him as Chen Feng.
• Gao Yueyue recognized Chen Fan but concealed his identity, while Xiao Munan showed little interest in him.
• Chen Fan calmly admitted to Shen Wushuang that he was Chen Fan, prompting the crowd to argue over why she stood beside him.
• Shen Wushuang challenged Liu Xun for targeting Chen Fan, and Liu Xun said Chen Fan had slain sect disciples and abducted the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Young Sect Master.
• Shen Wushuang asked Chen Fan whether he had truly abducted the Young Sect Master.

Chen Fan denied abducting the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Young Sect Master and explained that the man had died in volcanic magma, but Liu Xun and the others treated him as guilty. As the crowd debated Chen Fan’s fate, he drew his sword and challenged Liu Xun, while everyone realized Wang Yan was missing.

• Chen Fan told Liu Xun and Li Yanyan that the Young Sect Master was dead, then said he had fallen into volcanic magma because of his own greed.
• Shen Wushuang urged Chen Fan to leave the secret realm by killing himself before the Ten Thousand Swords Sect could take revenge, but he refused.
• Chen Fan vowed to kill until the Ten Thousand Swords Sect believed him and submitted, while Liu Xun and Li Yanyan mocked him and the other sect disciples stayed silent.
• Chen Fan drew his sword and challenged Liu Xun, and the crowd recognized that Wang Yan of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was missing.

Nangong Feiyun and Nangong Caixia confirmed that Chen Fan had killed Wang Yan, prompting Liu Xun to attack him. Chen Fan evaded Liu Xun’s first strike and unleashed a powerful golden sword attack, leaving the two locked in a fierce clash.

• Nangong Feiyun and Nangong Caixia testified that Chen Fan had killed Wang Yan without making a move.
• Liu Xun attacked Chen Fan, who used Nine Palaces Footwork to evade his stomp before Liu Xun’s sword strike forced him to reveal himself.
• Shen Wushuang stepped between Liu Xun and Chen Fan, while Li Yanyan challenged Shen Wushuang and mocked Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan sent Sword Qi at Li Yanyan, jolting her hand when she blocked it.
• Chen Fan formed countless golden sword shadows and charged Liu Xun with a blazing golden beam as Liu Xun swung at him.

Chen Fan fought Liu Xun and endured his increasingly powerful sword techniques while using the battle to temper his Sword Dao. After Liu Xun unleashed Nine Heavens Thunder and swallowed Chen Fan in a lightning torrent, an overwhelming killing intent appeared behind him.

• Chen Fan and Liu Xun clashed head-on, astonishing the watching cultivators with Chen Fan’s ability to match Liu Xun.
• Liu Xun attacked with infernal flames and lightning, but Chen Fan scattered the flames and evaded a strike that split the ground.
• Liu Xun unleashed Nine Heavens Thunder, striking Chen Fan with a vast waterfall of lightning as onlookers believed the battle was over.
• Nangong Feiyun realized that Chen Fan had been using Liu Xun as a whetstone to temper his Sword Dao.
• As Liu Xun replenished his True Essence after the lightning attack, killing intent appeared behind him and shocked him.

Chen Fan survived Nine Heavens Thunder and continued his fierce fight with Liu Xun in the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm. Liu Xun broke off the battle to pursue the Immortal's Cave Abode, but Chen Fan refused to let him decide when the fight would end.

• Chen Fan emerged unharmed from Nine Heavens Thunder, astonishing the spectators and prompting Mu Yunshui and Xiao Munan to reassess his strength.
• Dozens of cultivators were expelled from the secret realm, then revealed that Chen Fan had fought Liu Xun and survived the lightning strike.
• Chen Fan and Liu Xun resumed their sword fight, and Chen Fan advanced his Nine Palaces Sword Art as his swordsmanship merged with his footwork.
• Mu Yunshui urged Liu Xun to stop fighting and hurry to break the seal on the Immortal's Cave Abode.
• Liu Xun ended their clash and vowed to kill Chen Fan after the seal was broken, but Chen Fan appeared behind him and rejected his decision.

Chen Fan continued fighting Liu Xun to temper his sword path, then used an Earth Territory Sword Formation to split Liu Xun’s Nine Heavens Thunder. The cultivators were stunned by the feat, and Mu Yunshui began explaining how Chen Fan had used spiritual energy.

• Chen Fan resumed his attack after Liu Xun tried to halt the fight, and the two exchanged sword strikes as the onlookers watched.
• Mu Yunshui warned Liu Xun that Chen Fan was using him to temper his sword path and that delay could cost them the Immortal's Cave Abode.
• Liu Xun unleashed his full power and summoned a sea of thunder, sending a lightning serpent toward Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan opened the Earth Territory Sword Formation and gathered the surrounding spiritual energy into his sword.
• Chen Fan split the lightning serpent with one strike, shocking Liu Xun and the watching cultivators.
• Mu Yunshui told the disciples that Chen Fan had used spiritual energy, and they asked her to explain.

Chen Fan replenished his True Qi with a Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman, then provoked Xiao Munan in search of the pressure needed to advance his Nine Palaces Sword Art. Liu Xun unleashed the Thunder Nine Heavens Formation, and Chen Fan prepared to face it, still unable to take the final step.

• Mu Yunshui explained that Chen Fan’s final sword strike had absorbed the formation’s spiritual energy and left him nearly depleted, while Liu Xun challenged him to surrender or die.
• Chen Fan used a Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman to restore his True Qi, prompting speculation that he belonged to Shu Mountain; Xiao Munan denied that Shu Mountain would interfere.
• Chen Fan realized Liu Xun no longer posed enough pressure to help him advance and pointed his sword at Xiao Munan, provoking the Shu Mountain genius.
• Zeng and several cultivators discussed waiting to see whether Xiao Munan would act before revealing themselves, while Xiao Munan refused to join Liu Xun against Chen Fan.
• Liu Xun summoned the Thunder Nine Heavens Formation, calling down nine bolts of divine lightning as Chen Fan raised the Earth Territory Sword Formation but remained unable to break through.

Chen Fan fought Liu Xun’s Thunder Nine Heavens Formation with the Eight Trigrams Sword Formation and began drawing spiritual energy from Liu Xun’s lightning. When Liu Xun gathered all nine thunderbolts into his sword, Chen Fan entered a sudden enlightenment about the Nine Palaces Sword Art, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Liu Xun formed the Thunder Nine Heavens Formation and charged Chen Fan with its divine lightning.
• Chen Fan combined two Eight Trigrams Sword Formations into a blue-and-white sword using spiritual energy from spirit stones.
• Liu Xun transformed his sword into a bolt of thunder and struck at Chen Fan.
• Mu Yunshui realized Chen Fan’s formation was siphoning spiritual energy from Liu Xun’s thunderbolts, weakening them.
• Liu Xun gathered all nine thunderbolts into his sword, prompting Chen Fan to gain insight into the Nine Palaces Sword Art.

Chen Fan entered an epiphany while fighting Liu Xun, but Liu Xun struck him down before he could finish comprehending the Immortal Sword Art. Qin Xian'er arrived and nearly attacked Liu Xun, but Mu Yunshui stopped her and urged her to focus on breaking the seal.

• Chen Fan stood motionless and began comprehending the Immortal Sword Art as Liu Xun prepared his lightning strike.
• Qin Xian'er, Chen Jingjing, and their companions arrived aboard a giant vessel and saw Liu Xun attack Chen Fan.
• Liu Xun's merged Nine Heavens Divine Thunders shattered Chen Fan's sword formation and destroyed his body in the Heavenly Court Realm.
• Qin Xian'er confronted Liu Xun, but Mu Yunshui intervened and reminded her that Chen Fan's true body remained unharmed and that they needed to join forces to break the seal.

Qin Xian'er withdrew from the attempt to kill Chen Fan until she could obtain the item, while the cultivators prepared to break the seal and enter the giant mountain. Chen Fan, trapped in a tiny void realm after Liu Xun’s strike, awakened when Chaos Qi surged into his body.

• Qin Xian'er returned to the giant boat with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, and Shen Wushuang hoped Chen Fan would escape Shu Mountain before fading into the crowd.
• Senior Brother Zeng told his group to kill any fellow disciples they encountered while searching for the Immortal's Cave Abode after the seal broke.
• Liu Xun swallowed a Mystic Spirit Pill and restored the True Essence he had spent fighting Chen Fan.
• Mu Yunshui, Xiao Munan, Liu Xun, and the others struck the seal together as the Monster Beasts withdrew from the giant mountain.
• Chen Fan drifted unconscious in a tiny void realm, struggling to continue comprehending the Nine Palaces Sword Art as his enlightenment began to waver.
• Chaos Qi suddenly surged into Chen Fan’s body, jolting him awake.