Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan overwhelmed Liu Xun with the Eight Trigrams Sword Formation, but Liu Xun’s protective armor saved him from a fatal blow. As Liu Xun launched another thunder attack, Chen Fan combined the swords of the Eight Gates into a colossal sword technique, leaving the watching cultivators stunned.

• Chen Fan’s sword formation covered part of the altar, and he faced Liu Xun while battles broke out between the other cultivators.
• Chen Fan struck Liu Xun repeatedly, then used the Nine Palaces Sword Formation to attack him from behind.
• Liu Xun’s Magic Tool-grade protective armor stopped Chen Fan from killing him, though the blow sent him flying and made him spit blood.
• Liu Xun gathered divine thunder and charged Chen Fan, who used a Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman and summoned swords from the Eight Gates.
• Chen Fan invoked “Three Cycles, Six Eras, Nine Swords Into One,” combining the eight swords around his blade as a colossal figure appeared behind him.

Chen Fan defeated and killed Liu Xun with the Nine Palaces Sword Formation on the sacrificial platform. Outside the secret realm, the crowd argued over who would win before someone emerged from the entrance, leaving everyone stunned.

• Liu Xun unleashed the final sword of Nine Heavens Thunder, while Chen Fan fused his nine swords and formed the true Nine Palaces Sword Formation.
• Chen Fan’s sword formation disrupted the prodigies’ true essence and inner composure as he attacked Liu Xun with the nine sword phantoms.
• The clash shook the sacrificial platform, and Liu Xun fell back onto it badly wounded before Chen Fan’s sword pierced his chest and killed him.
• Chen Fan returned unharmed, and Liu Xun was transported out of the secret realm as the platform fell silent.
• Outside the secret realm, cultivators debated whether Chen Fan or Liu Xun would win, then fell silent when a figure emerged from the entrance.

Chen Fan defeated Liu Xun and the other Ten Thousand Swords Sect geniuses, but the mystic realm’s collapse and the arrival of Golden Core Realm Monster Beasts forced everyone to flee. As Chen Fan and the others escaped, he and Qin Xian'er caught two mysterious bronze boxes.

• Liu Xun emerged from the mystic realm after losing to Chen Fan, and the crowd learned that Chen Fan had killed the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s other young geniuses as well.
• Liu Xun and the three surviving disciples decided to wait outside the mystic realm and kill Chen Fan when he emerged.
• Inside the mystic realm, Chen Fan dismissed his nine phantoms after defeating his opponents, just as the sacrificial platform and mountain began to shake.
• Mu Yunshui, Qin Xian'er, Chen Jingjing, and others fled the Immortal's Cave Abode, and Qin Xian'er warned Chen Fan that multiple Golden Core Realm Monster Beasts were pursuing them.
• The sacrificial platform exploded in bloody light, killing those who failed to escape, while Chen Fan and Shen Wushuang boarded Qin Xian'er's immortal boat.
• Chen Fan and Qin Xian'er caught two rune-covered bronze boxes that shot from beneath the exploding platform.

Chen Fan and the survivors escaped the Immortal's Cave Abode as Golden Core Realm Monster Beasts attacked the mountain. Once safe, Chen Fan opened two bronze boxes and discovered their torn maps matched one he already possessed, so he began trying to piece them together.

• Qin Xian'er tossed Chen Fan a bronze box as the immortal vessel fled the Flame Tiger King and the Monster Beasts overrunning the mountain.
• Chen Jingjing reunited with Chen Fan and told him Uncle Tieniu had died protecting the survivors.
• Qin Xian'er explained that the Monster Beasts had emptied the cave abode and that its altar had offered a Nascent Soul Realm expert's inheritance.
• Shen Wushuang thanked Chen Fan for saving her, then left the vessel to travel on her own.
• Chen Fan opened both bronze boxes and found torn map fragments that resembled one he had received from Heavenly Court.
• Chen Fan took out his own map fragment and began fitting the three pieces together.

Chen Fan examined the sheepskin map with Qin Xian'er and learned that the Green-feathered Bird recognized a little house on it but needed more fragments to identify it. After reuniting with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, he gave them cultivation manuals and worried about the Ten Thousand Swords Sect as Qin Xian'er approached him aboard the flying vessel.

• Chen Fan joined the trial-reward fragment of sheepskin to one from the bronze box, revealing part of a mountain and a tiny house that the Green-feathered Bird said seemed familiar.
• The Green-feathered Bird could not identify the mountain without more map fragments and returned to Chen Fan's jade pendant after Qin Xian'er intimidated it.
• Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng told Chen Fan that Qin Xian'er had evaded pursuing Golden Core Realm cultivators and hidden them in an underground Earth Ghost Sect palace in Demon King Valley.
• Chen Fan gave Chen Jingjing the Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman method and gave Zhang Rumeng a copy of the Thorn Sword Art.
• As the vessel continued through the night, Chen Fan worried that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect might send its sect master after him, and Qin Xian'er came to ask what was on his mind.

Chen Fan learned that Qin Xian'er and her senior sister had cultivated a reverse cultivation art for twenty-eight years and were seeking its missing second half in the Immortal's Cave Abode. As dawn broke, Chen Fan spotted cultivators approaching the immortal vessel on a massive gourd.

• Chen Fan asked Qin Xian'er what she sought in the Immortal's Cave Abode, and she explained that she needed the second half of a reverse cultivation art.
• Qin Xian'er said she and her senior sister had cultivated for twenty-eight years and could not reveal why their cultivation was so high.
• Chen Fan offered to give Qin Xian'er an Appearance-Preserving Pill, and she believed he could obtain one.
• As the sun rose, Chen Fan noticed a group of cultivators riding a massive gourd toward the immortal vessel.

Hai Linfeng detected Chen Fan with a marked Spirit Tool and brought a wounded middle-aged expert and his Immortal Sect companions to confront him. Hai Linfeng demanded Chen Fan surrender his immortal boat, while the middle-aged man beside him turned pale and trembled.

• The middle-aged man told Hai Linfeng and the other cultivators that Chen Fan had slain the Ten Thousand Swords Sect geniuses before a Monster Beast tide forced survivors to flee.
• Hai Linfeng's folding fan trembled, revealing that Chen Fan was within a thousand li because Hai Linfeng had secretly marked him.
• Hai Linfeng asked the middle-aged man to help capture Chen Fan, and the man agreed, believing his injuries had recovered.
• Hai Linfeng flew the group toward the mark and found Chen Fan beside a gigantic immortal boat.
• Hai Linfeng mocked Chen Fan and demanded that he kneel and hand over the boat, while the middle-aged man turned pale and trembled.

Chen Fan took Hai Linfeng’s black sword sheath after Qin Xian’er froze and shattered the Immortal Sect disciples, then investigated the sheath’s hidden construction aboard the flying vessel. The Green-feathered Bird recognized its battered original form from the ancient war between immortals and demons.

• The middle-aged man slapped Hai Linfeng, apologized to Chen Fan, and fled after warning Hai Linfeng that Chen Fan was the dark horse who had slain young geniuses of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• Qin Xian’er used a Talisman to freeze Hai Linfeng and the Immortal Sect disciples, while Chen Fan pulled the black sword sheath from Hai Linfeng’s waist.
• A breeze shattered the frozen disciples and their Spirit Tool-grade gourd into icy fragments.
• Chen Fan found a tiny gap in the sheath and used True Essence Power to break away its black outer layer, restoring its worn original appearance and stripping it of its Spirit Tool power.
• The Green-feathered Bird stirred at the sight of the restored sheath and recalled seeing it during the ancient war between immortals and demons.

Chen Fan prepared for the secret realm to close, knowing the Ten Thousand Swords Sect would target him when he emerged, while keeping his companions unaware of the danger. As the entrance began to open, Liu Xun and his allies waited to attack, and the crowd watched to see what would happen.

• The Green-feathered Bird told Chen Fan that clearing stages could restore its memories, including a memory of his sword sheath in a mural.
• Chen Fan decided to keep his plans to face the Ten Thousand Swords Sect from Chen Jingjing and the others as the secret realm’s closing approached.
• Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng told Chen Fan they would stand with him, while Qin Xian'er offered to safeguard his treasures.
• Cultivators gathered at the entrance and discussed Chen Fan’s rise, the deaths in the central region, and the danger awaiting him outside.
• The secret realm entrance began to tremble, and Liu Xun, Li Yanyan, and two other Ten Thousand Swords Sect geniuses prepared to attack Chen Fan as soon as he appeared.

Chen Fan emerged from the secret realm at Foundation Establishment Late Stage, shocking the gathered cultivators and his enemies from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Liu Xun and the others prepared to stall him until their sect could destroy his true body, but Chen Fan dismissed them as mere flies.

• Liu Xun and the other Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples waited outside the secret realm, intending to kill Chen Fan when he emerged.
• Mu Yunshui and Shen Wushuang recognized that Liu Xun's group planned to ambush Chen Fan, and Shen Wushuang challenged their intentions.
• Chen Fan emerged at Foundation Establishment Late Stage, astonishing the onlookers, while Qin Xian'er, Chen Jingjing, and Zhang Rumeng struggled to believe his transformation.
• Xiao Munan acknowledged Chen Fan as an interesting opponent and departed, while Liu Xun's group hesitated over whether to fight him.
• Liu Xun ordered his companions to attack and delay Chen Fan until the Ten Thousand Swords Sect could destroy his true body.
• Chen Fan declined Qin Xian'er's offer to help and called Liu Xun and the others annoying flies.

Chen Fan fought off Liu Xun and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples while Zeng Rong stirred the crowd to seize the fortune behind Chen Fan’s sudden advancement. As Mu Yunshui moved against Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, Shen Wushuang cut through her cloth attack, but Mu Yunshui appeared behind the two women.

• Liu Xun and the other Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples attacked Chen Fan, who evaded them but could not complete the Nine Palaces Sword Formation.
• Chen Fan drove Li Yanyan back with a sword strike and used Five Dwellings Center to summon a storm of golden sword shadows.
• Zeng Rong tried to abduct Chen Jingjing, but Qin Xian'er blocked him with an ice wall and warned him off.
• Zeng Rong urged the onlookers to seek the fortune behind Chen Fan’s rapid advancement, and Mu Yunshui agreed to claim a share.
• Mu Yunshui attacked Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng while Zeng Rong blocked Qin Xian'er; Shen Wushuang cut apart Mu Yunshui’s cloth, but Mu Yunshui appeared behind the two girls.

Chen Fan faced a growing crowd demanding the secret of his secret-realm fortune while Zeng Rong held Chen Jingjing hostage. As the enemies surrounded him, Chen Fan used Oblivion, plunging countless cultivators into darkness.

• Mu Yunshui seized Chen Jingjing, and Zeng Rong threatened her to force Chen Fan to reveal his fortune.
• Chen Fan killed a Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciple and dodged Li Yanyan’s Sword Qi, revealing that his body had become extraordinarily tough.
• Zeng Rong tried to flee with Chen Jingjing, but Shen Wushuang blocked his flying sword as dozens of cultivators surrounded Chen Fan and demanded the fortune’s secret.
• Qin Xian’er killed a cultivator who leered at Zhang Rumeng, while Zeng Rong and the surrounding crowd continued pressing Chen Fan to surrender the fortune.
• Nangong Feiyun and Nangong Caixia fled after recognizing the danger, and Chen Fan invoked Oblivion, plunging countless cultivators into darkness.

Chen Fan used his Nirvana Sword Intent to defeat Zeng Rong and drive off the surrounding cultivators, then pursued Mu Yunshui. After their fight ended with her fleeing and Qin Xian'er teasing him, Chen Fan disappeared to rejoin Chen Jingjing and the others.

• Chen Fan enveloped dozens of cultivators in his Nirvana Sword Intent, killed Zeng Rong, and exhausted the power of his Divine Soul.
• The surviving cultivators, including Liu Xun and Li Yanyan, fled, while Mu Yunshui took to the air and Chen Fan pursued her.
• Chen Fan attacked Mu Yunshui, tore her cloud-glow ribbon, and accidentally ripped her white garment as she dodged his sword.
• Mu Yunshui angrily attacked Chen Fan, but he knocked her sword away; after Qin Xian'er arrived, Mu Yunshui fled.
• Qin Xian'er teased Chen Fan about seeing Mu Yunshui's figure, and Chen Fan vanished to return to Chen Jingjing and the others.

Chen Fan discovered that changes to his Heavenly Court body had strengthened his true body and raised his cultivation to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, but he feared that dying in the Heavenly Court could kill him as well. As he and Bald Bird tried to leave Shu Mountain ahead of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, a Golden Core Realm man spotted Chen Fan.

• Chen Fan woke to find Chaos Qi in his true body and his cultivation at Foundation Establishment Late Stage, then worried that his two bodies might share the same fate.
• Chen Fan told Bald Bird that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was coming and decided to descend the mountain so he could bind and refine the Soul Devouring Banner.
• Chen Fan used a Concealment Human-Skin Mask to change his appearance, while Bald Bird packed spirit herbs and materials it had taken from the Artifact Refining Hall.
• Chen Fan erased his aura from the room, and he and Bald Bird left as Shu Mountain disciples arrived to summon him to the master of the Law Enforcement Hall.
• As Chen Fan and Bald Bird flew from Sixth Peak toward Seventh Peak, a middle-aged Golden Core Realm man fixed his gaze on Chen Fan.

Disguised as a middle-aged Immortal Sword Hall disciple, Chen Fan avoided detection while Shushan’s elders discussed handing him over to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. He escaped Shushan and headed for Demon King Valley, hoping to find a safe place to refine the Soul Devouring Banner and perhaps reunite with Qin Xian’er and Chen Jingjing.

• Chen Fan claimed to be an Immortal Sword Hall disciple and concealed his identity from two Golden Core Realm experts.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Sect envoy demanded to know whether its Young Sect Master was alive, while Shushan’s elder disavowed Chen Fan and told him to visit the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Chen Fan flew past Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Peaks, spotting Huang Cheng, Tang Xue, and Gao Yueyue near his former home before leaving Shushan.
• Chen Fan retrieved the last large piece of Pure Wood Essence from Heavenly Court and traveled west without encountering pursuit.
• Chen Fan set out for Demon King Valley, hoping to find safety and possibly locate Qin Xian’er and Chen Jingjing.

Chen Fan returned to Demon King Valley and built a secluded cultivation cave with Bald Bird, who suspected the World Seed was connected to Chen Fan. With the Ten Thousand Swords Sect preparing to hunt them, Chen Fan began acknowledging the Soul Devouring Banner as his master, facing its hundred thousand aggrieved souls and Golden Core primary soul.

• Chen Fan traveled deep into Demon King Valley, killed a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Monster Beast, and chose its cave as a secluded cultivation site.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird set up a strengthened Concealment Array while Bald Bird repeatedly demanded Spirit Stones.
• Chen Fan told Bald Bird about retrieving items from the Heavenly Court and the changes to his body, and Bald Bird suggested the World Seed might have acknowledged Chen Fan as its master.
• Chen Fan decided to acknowledge the Soul Devouring Banner as master before the Ten Thousand Swords Sect could find them, despite Bald Bird warning him of the danger.
• Chen Fan used his blood to activate the Soul Devouring Banner, and his Divine Soul entered its dark world to face one hundred thousand aggrieved souls and suppress its Golden Core primary soul.

Chen Fan fought through the Soul Devouring Banner’s resentful souls and discovered that its Golden Core Realm main soul was gravely weakened. After entering the main soul and threatening it with Nirvana Sword Intent, he began destroying the resentful souls when it refused to submit.

• Chen Fan used Nine Palaces Footwork to force his way through the resentful souls, enduring their bites and destroying some with Nirvana Sword Intent when they clung to him.
• Chen Fan realized the main soul was weak and broke through the remaining souls, reaching it at the bottom of a ravine.
• Chen Fan offered to avenge the main soul if it acknowledged him as its master, but it mocked him and lured him inside its soul.
• Chen Fan unleashed Nirvana Sword Intent inside the main soul and demanded that it submit or be destroyed.
• The main soul swallowed the hundred thousand resentful souls and attacked Chen Fan, who killed thousands of them with a giant sword of Sword Intent.

Chen Fan forced the Soul Devouring Banner’s main soul to acknowledge him as master, then healed his injuries with Pure Wood Essence. When three man-eating giant ants appeared at a monster-beast corpse, Bald Bird fled while Chen Fan stayed behind, apparently recognizing an opportunity.

• Chen Fan repeatedly destroyed resentful souls and wounded the main soul until it agreed to acknowledge him as master in exchange for revenge and one Foundation Establishment Realm soul each month.
• The main soul opened its spiritual consciousness, and Chen Fan bound it with a Divine Soul contract, making it the Soul Devouring Banner’s Artifact Spirit.
• Chen Fan returned to his body injured and used Pure Wood Essence to recover, while Bald Bird complained that he had wasted a precious resource.
• Chen Fan went to retrieve the dead Foundation Establishment Monster Beast’s soul but found three man-eating giant ants eating its corpse.
• Bald Bird warned Chen Fan to run because ants lived in colonies, but Chen Fan stayed and smiled as if he had thought of something.

Chen Fan and Bald Bird were surrounded in the Man-Eating Giant Ant Clan’s territory, but Chen Fan unleashed the Soul Devouring Banner and turned the clan’s assault against them. The revived main soul attacked the giant ants, leaving the forest in chaos.

• Bald Bird and Chen Fan found themselves surrounded by the Man-Eating Giant Ant Clan, whose leader threatened to kill Chen Fan and capture Bald Bird.
• Chen Fan summoned the Soul Devouring Banner as the giant ant warriors took to the air and closed in.
• Chen Fan drew the slain Foundation Establishment Monster Beast’s soul from its corpse and fed it to the banner’s weakened main soul.
• The main soul regained strength, and the giant ant leader recognized its Golden Core Realm presence and begged Chen Fan to stop.
• The main soul and tens of thousands of resentful souls rushed the giant ant clan, plunging the forest into chaos.

Chen Fan used the Soul Devouring Banner to destroy the giant ant swarm’s resistance, then stopped its main soul from turning on him and continued deeper into Demon King Valley with Bald Bird. Meanwhile, Shu Mountain’s leaders searched for Chen Fan, but Old Yellow Tooth denied knowing where he was and was left holding a note from him.

• The main soul devoured the giant ant leader, and the banner’s ninety thousand vengeful souls attacked the ant swarm.
• After recovering its strength, the main soul tried to devour Chen Fan, but Chen Fan activated the mark in its Divine Soul and forced it back into the Soul Devouring Banner.
• Chen Fan recalled the vengeful souls after the giant ants fled, and Bald Bird warned him that the ant king and queen might be Golden Core Realm experts.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird dismantled the Concealment Array and traveled deeper into Demon King Valley to avoid the ant clan.
• On Shu Mountain, several hall masters and a Ten Thousand Swords Sect Elder questioned Old Yellow Tooth about Chen Fan, but he claimed he had mistaken Chen Fan for Chen Feng.
• After the search party left, Old Yellow Tooth complained that Chen Fan had run off and left him behind.