Chapter Summaries

The Ten Thousand Swords Sect Elder stayed at Shushan while its hall masters promised to find Chen Fan, and Qingshui Zhenren tracked the Soul Devouring Banner to Demon King Valley. Chen Fan remained unaware that she was coming and planned to cultivate until he could reclaim the Six Paths Jade Disk and pursue his other goals.

• Shushan's Law Enforcement Hall master assured the Ten Thousand Swords Sect Elder that Shushan would find Chen Fan and hand him over, while the Alchemy Hall master explained that Qingshui Zhenren had gone to King Yue Mountain.
• Qingshui Zhenren used the Six Paths Jade Disk to locate the Soul Devouring Banner and led Su Ziyue and the other disciples toward Demon King Valley to avenge Senior Brother Tang.
• Su Ziyue learned that Senior Brother Tang had been killed by a sneak attack and followed Qingshui Zhenren toward Demon King Valley.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird moved their concealment array to a new location, where Chen Fan killed two Foundation Establishment Monster Beasts and fed their souls to the main soul.
• Chen Fan told Bald Bird he planned to cultivate until he condensed his Golden Core, then reclaim the Six Paths Jade Disk, kill someone at the Immortal Sect, and seek a sword.

Chen Fan learned that he could not devour the Chaos Qi inside him, but Bald Bird proposed refining it into a natal Dharma Treasure to control it. Chen Fan brought out a mysterious, rusted sword sheath tied to a legendary battle between immortals and demons, and Bald Bird began to suspect it could not be an ordinary treasure.

• Bald Bird pointed out that Chen Fan's Burning Wood Chapter had advanced beyond his Burning Fire and Burning Qi Chapters.
• Chen Fan told Bald Bird that Chaos Qi remained in his body, and Bald Bird explained that the Burning Qi Chapter could not devour it.
• Bald Bird advised Chen Fan to refine the Chaos Qi into a natal Dharma Treasure, but Chen Fan rejected making another sword because he could sense the Wuya Sword.
• Chen Fan proposed condensing the Chaos Qi into a sword sheath and retrieved a battered, rune-covered sheath from the Heavenly Court Realm.
• Bald Bird recognized the sheath's runes as too profound to understand and questioned whether the sheath could be genuine, given its connection to the legendary battle between immortals and demons.

Chen Fan and Bald Bird studied the Chaos Qi and battered sword sheath while preparing to refine their artifacts. Meanwhile, Qingshui Zhenren and Su Ziyue’s group entered Demon King Valley, where the Ant King accused them of killing his clansmen and attacked.

• Bald Bird suggested that Chen Fan temper the Chaos Qi with his Divine Soul and refine the sword sheath as a natal artifact.
• Chen Fan began condensing his bronze artifact furnace to refine an artifact heart while Bald Bird examined the sword sheath’s runes.
• Qingshui Zhenren, Su Ziyue, and the disciples reached the cave where Chen Fan had stayed and found many dead giant ants.
• The disciples began harvesting the ants’ Demon Cores, while Qingshui Zhenren used the Six Paths Jade Disk to locate the Soul Devouring Banner.
• The Ant King arrived with other giant ants, accused the cultivators of slaughtering his clan, and charged at Qingshui Zhenren with a mountain in hand.

After repeated failures to refine an Artifact Heart, Chen Fan sensed a fierce battle between Golden Core cultivators in Demon King Valley and recognized one fighter as the Shu Mountain hall master who had stolen the Soul Devouring Banner. Though Bald Bird warned him that she was too powerful, Chen Fan saw a chance to act if she was injured.

• Chen Fan failed to refine an Artifact Heart despite using all his Seven-Star Stones, while Bald Bird reminded him that artifact refining took great effort.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird witnessed a battle shaking the mountains and learned that the Ant Clan's king was likely fighting a Shu Mountain cultivator using the Stormcloud Ten Thousand Swords Art.
• Chen Fan recognized the Sword Intent as belonging to the old woman who had stolen the Chen Clan's Six Paths Jade Disk and owned the Soul Devouring Banner.
• Chen Fan concluded the old woman had tracked them through traces left by the Soul Devouring Banner, while Bald Bird warned him against confronting a Golden Core powerhouse.
• Chen Fan decided the battle might offer an opportunity if the old woman was injured.

Chen Fan decided to use the Ant King’s ongoing battle with Qingshui Zhenren as a chance to kill her and reclaim the Six Paths Jade Disk. As he and Bald Bird approached the battlefield, they discovered a group of people flying toward them, and one woman recognized Chen Fan.

• Chen Fan explained that he planned to attack Qingshui Zhenren while she was weakened by her fight with the Ant King.
• Chen Fan told Bald Bird that he had another person to help, then concealed his aura and headed toward the battlefield to assess the situation.
• Bald Bird revealed that it had repaired the sword sheath enough to empower a sharp sword to the level of a high-grade Spirit Tool, with a chance of reaching Magic Tool level.
• Chen Fan refused Bald Bird’s request to hold some Pure Wood Essence in reserve and continued toward the battlefield with it.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird emerged from a forest and saw several figures flying toward them; one woman spotted Chen Fan and called his name.

Chen Fan and Bald Bird encountered Su Ziyue and her Shu Mountain companions, who mocked and threatened them without realizing Chen Fan’s strength. Chen Fan revealed his Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation and killed their leading disciple, while Su Ziyue watched in shock.

• Chen Fan and Bald Bird emerged from the forest and encountered Su Ziyue and several Shu Mountain disciples in midair.
• Su Ziyue and the disciples underestimated Chen Fan, mocked him and Bald Bird, and ordered him to kneel.
• Bald Bird insulted the female disciple who called it ugly, and the Shu Mountain disciples decided to kill Chen Fan and Bald Bird.
• Chen Fan revealed his Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation and launched a sudden attack on the leading disciple.
• Chen Fan pierced the leading disciple through the neck with his sword, and the man fell from his flying sword.

Chen Fan killed eight Shu Mountain disciples, but Su Ziyue escaped death with a substitute puppet and could report him to Shu Mountain. He then reached the battlefield and waited for the Ant King and Qingshui Zhenren to weaken each other, as the Ant King finally revealed its full power.

• Chen Fan slaughtered eight Immortal Sword Hall disciples, including Su Ziyue, during their encounter.
• Su Ziyue's substitute puppet blocked Chen Fan's fatal strike and returned her to Shu Mountain, while Chen Fan absorbed the eight disciples' souls into the Soul Devouring Banner.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird approached the cave and hid near the battlefield, waiting for a chance to act.
• The Ant King and Qingshui Zhenren continued fighting, each using powerful attacks while sustaining minor injuries.
• The Ant King unleashed its full strength and declared that it was ready to defeat Qingshui Zhenren.

Qingshui Zhenren lured the Ant King into exhausting his strength before revealing a Bone Sword forged from a Golden Core Realm Monster Beast. The sword cracked the Ant King’s fist, and Qingshui Zhenren began unleashing a Demonic Path sword art as Chen Fan and Bald Bird watched.

• The Ant King overwhelmed Qingshui Zhenren in a prolonged battle, while Chen Fan and Bald Bird suspected she was concealing her true strength.
• The Ant King broke Qingshui Zhenren’s battered sword, but she revealed a Bone Sword hidden inside her body.
• The Bone Sword cracked the Ant King’s fist when he struck it, and Bald Bird warned Chen Fan that their odds had worsened.
• Chen Fan realized the Bone Sword had been made from the corpse and Golden Core of the main soul in the Soul Devouring Banner.
• The Ant King gathered spiritual energy for another attack as Qingshui Zhenren revealed that her strongest sword art came from the Demonic Path.

Qingshui Zhenren fought the Ant King with her blood-refined Bone Sword and nearly captured it for the Soul Devouring Banner. After the exhausted Ant King finally fell to her strike, Chen Fan emerged from the void and attacked her from behind.

• Qingshui Zhenren used the Bone Sword’s blood stench to pin the Ant King and tried to make it the Soul Devouring Banner’s second main soul.
• The Ant King burned its blood essence and Divine Soul to break free and strike Qingshui Zhenren, but the old woman trapped it again with blood clouds.
• The Ant King sacrificed more of its lifespan to blast Qingshui Zhenren away, then tried to flee while badly weakened.
• Qingshui Zhenren pierced the Ant King’s chest with a sword and turned to claim its body and soul for the Soul Devouring Banner.
• Chen Fan attacked Qingshui Zhenren from behind, stabbing toward her heart as he revealed himself.

Chen Fan and the main soul fought the injured old woman, who had killed the soul and forged its spine into her Bone Sword. She countered their attacks and recognized Chen Fan after seeing through his Nine Palaces Footwork, leaving him wounded and shocked.

• Chen Fan confronted the old woman with the Soul Devouring Banner, and the main soul recognized its killer and demanded revenge.
• The old woman dismissed Chen Fan and the main soul, then shattered Chen Fan's golden sword shadows with her Bone Sword.
• Chen Fan trapped the old woman in the Earth Territory Sword Formation and unleashed Nine Swords Into One while the main soul attacked her.
• The old woman cut the main soul with the Bone Sword and answered Chen Fan's sword formation with her corrupted Stormcloud Ten Thousand Swords Technique.
• Chen Fan compressed the nine phantoms into one sword and attacked, but the old woman saw through his Nine Palaces Footwork and sent him flying.
• The old woman recognized Chen Fan and advanced toward him as he spat blood in shock.

Chen Fan fought the Golden Core Realm old woman, who trapped him in the Bone Spirit Underworld Fire Formation and nearly killed him. After his Black Silkworm Treasure Armor and Pure Wood Essence surprised her, Chen Fan recovered and vanished with Nine Palaces Footwork as he and the main soul renewed their attack.

• The old woman attacked Chen Fan, but he evaded her Bone Sword and seized the Soul Devouring Banner after the main soul briefly stopped her pursuit.
• Chen Fan replenished his True Essence Power with the Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman, while the old woman summoned four bone daggers and trapped him in the Bone Spirit Underworld Fire Formation.
• Chen Fan struck the formation with Blazing Heaven Sword Qi but failed to escape, then blocked the daggers as the old woman stabbed him from behind.
• Chen Fan’s Black Silkworm Treasure Armor shattered under the Bone Sword’s blow, injuring the old woman with its fragments as Chen Fan crashed into a mountain.
• Chen Fan swallowed Pure Wood Essence and healed, while the old woman knocked the main soul away and demanded to know where he had obtained the treasures.
• Chen Fan vanished from the crater with Nine Palaces Footwork, and he and the main soul attacked the old woman again.

Chen Fan used the ancient sword sheath and a concealed sword to outwit the weakened old crone. After they struck each other in a seemingly fatal exchange, his hidden blade pierced through her head, leaving her fate unclear.

• Bald Bird told Chen Fan its small Concealment Array was ready and warned him that the injured old crone was still dangerous.
• Chen Fan drew on the ancient sword sheath to strengthen his blade, then charged the old crone while his original sword vanished under concealment.
• Chen Fan and the main soul drove the old crone into a disadvantage, but she ignited her Bone Sword with Bone Spirit Underworld Fire.
• Chen Fan pierced the old crone's chest as she stabbed his heart and froze him with the fire.
• The main soul restrained the old crone while Chen Fan's concealed sword pierced through her head.

Chen Fan killed Qingshui Zhenren and the Ant King, then gathered their souls and spoils before preparing to leave the battle site. The Six Paths Jade Disk pointed him and Bald Bird toward the dangerous depths of Demon King Valley.

• Chen Fan used his avatar, concealment array, and main soul to kill Qingshui Zhenren, but suffered injuries that Pure Wood Essence stabilized.
• Bald Bird looted Qingshui Zhenren's Storage Ring while Chen Fan discussed the Soul Devouring Banner's main souls and the risks of gathering wronged souls.
• Chen Fan sealed the Divine Souls of Qingshui Zhenren and the Ant King inside the Soul Devouring Banner, then decided to leave before the Ant Queen or other cultivators arrived.
• Bald Bird collected treasures from both corpses and gave Chen Fan a Storage Ring containing the bone sword and a jade disk, though he had secretly kept many spirit medicines.
• Chen Fan examined the Six Paths Jade Disk, whose needle pointed deeper into Demon King Valley, and he and Bald Bird headed east toward the dangerous area.

Su Ziyue survived Chen Fan’s attack using a Substitute Puppet and returned to Shushan, where she learned that Qingshui Zhenren’s life token had shattered. Huafeng Zhenren heard her account and rushed with Su Ziyue and the Elder of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to Demon King Valley to investigate.

• The Jade Token in the Immortal Sword Hall shattered, leading the disciples to believe Qingshui Zhenren had fallen.
• Su Ziyue revived in Shushan after the Substitute Puppet saved her from Chen Fan’s attack, and she set out to report her companions’ deaths.
• Su Ziyue learned from the other disciples that Qingshui Zhenren’s Jade Token had shattered and went with them to the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Huafeng Zhenren investigated the shattered token and questioned Su Ziyue about what happened in Demon King Valley.
• Huafeng Zhenren, Su Ziyue, and the Elder of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect used an Earth-Shrinking Talisman to travel to Demon King Valley.

Su Ziyue, Huafeng Zhenren, and a Ten Thousand Swords Sect Elder found Qingshui Zhenren and Chen Fan’s frozen corpse in Demon King Valley, then discovered that the Ant King had also been killed and his Golden Core taken. Huafeng Zhenren brought the bodies back to Shu Mountain, where news of Qingshui Zhenren’s death threw the Immortal Sword Hall into turmoil and disciples recognized Chen Fan.

• Su Ziyue led Huafeng Zhenren and a Ten Thousand Swords Sect Elder to the devastated site of the battle in Demon King Valley.
• Huafeng Zhenren found Qingshui Zhenren dead with her Natal Golden Core removed, while Su Ziyue recognized Chen Fan’s frozen corpse nearby.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Sect Elder suspected someone from the Demon Sect had killed Qingshui Zhenren and the Ant King.
• The Ant Queen arrived carrying the Ant King’s corpse, whose Golden Core and Storage Ring were missing, then departed with her subordinates.
• Huafeng Zhenren returned to Shu Mountain with Qingshui Zhenren’s and Chen Fan’s corpses as news of the Hall Master’s death spread through the sect.
• Shu Mountain disciples gathered to watch the bodies pass and recognized Chen Fan, discussing his recent rise on the Heavenly Soldier Ranking.

While the world mourned Chen Fan, he and Bald Bird secretly searched Demon King Valley for treasure, using the Six Paths Jade Disk to find their destination. The disk led them to a strange mist-covered mountain range, where they discovered something shocking.

• The Ten Thousand Swords Sect and other factions learned of Chen Fan’s supposed death, while Shen Wushuang, Mu Yunshui, and others mourned or questioned whether he was truly dead.
• Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng grieved for Chen Fan, and Qin Xian'er urged them to cultivate while she vowed revenge and clutched the talisman Chen Fan had given her.
• The real Chen Fan and Bald Bird searched Demon King Valley for seven days, gathering spoils from their battle and discussing how Chen Fan’s false avatar would keep pursuers away from his allies.
• The Six Paths Jade Disk’s needle pointed steadily toward a mist-covered mountain range, and Chen Fan and Bald Bird climbed toward it.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird were shocked by what they saw upon reaching the mountain range.

Chen Fan and Bald Bird descended into a vast, isolated rift in search of the treasure indicated by the Six Paths Jade Disk. They found a blue lingzhi growing on the head of a huge, apparently lifeless Monster Beast, and Bald Bird warned Chen Fan to run after realizing the lingzhi was alive.

• Chen Fan and Bald Bird entered the mist-filled rift and began descending when the Six Paths Jade Disk's pointer stopped moving.
• Chen Fan found cliffs covered in Glue Grass, and Bald Bird identified the herb before Chen Fan gathered some into his Storage Ring.
• After nearly two hours of flight, Chen Fan and Bald Bird reached the valley floor and followed a powerful medicinal fragrance through the forest.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird discovered a blue lingzhi growing on the stone-hard head of a gigantic Monster Beast that showed no signs of life.
• Bald Bird realized the lingzhi was alive and urgently told Chen Fan to run.

Chen Fan discovered that a blue lingzhi was protected by ghost flames that formed a domain, slowing anything that entered their range. After refining the four White Bone Daggers, he set out to use them to approach the lingzhi.

• Chen Fan and Bald Bird saw the blue lingzhi’s ghost flames halt and slow Chen Fan’s Blazing Heaven Sword Qi, so they withdrew beyond its range.
• Bald Bird explained that the flames formed a domain and urged Chen Fan to find a way to claim the lingzhi before it grew stronger.
• Chen Fan realized the four White Bone Daggers might help him break through the domain and began refining them.
• After several hours, Chen Fan finished refining the daggers and headed back toward the blue lingzhi with Bald Bird.

Chen Fan and Bald Bird approached the blue lingzhi, whose domain crushed anyone trying to reach it. Protected by the Bone Spirit Underworld Fire, Chen Fan pushed through the pressure despite severe injuries and continued toward the lingzhi, leaving Bald Bird behind.

• Chen Fan entered the lingzhi’s domain with Bald Bird and used the four White Bone Daggers to shield himself with Bone Spirit Underworld Fire.
• The lingzhi sent blue flames at Chen Fan, but the Bone Spirit Underworld Fire froze them, and Bald Bird explained that the lingzhi itself produced the domain’s pressure.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird struggled forward for hours as the domain’s pressure intensified, while Bald Bird’s powerful body began to feel the strain.
• Chen Fan’s flesh split open as he forced his way onward, and Bald Bird left his shoulder and urged him to turn back.
• Chen Fan ate Pure Wood Essence to heal, but fresh wounds opened across his body when he took another step toward the lingzhi.

Chen Fan endured the lingzhi’s Domain, seized the plant and the dead Monster Beast’s Golden Core, then decided to refine the lingzhi by swallowing it whole. After the Chaos Qi began devouring it, Chen Fan survived the internal blast as Pure Wood Essence healed his injuries.

• Chen Fan used Pure Wood Essence to recover from the Domain’s injuries and pushed a White Bone Dagger forward with another until the Bone Spirit Underworld Fire froze the lingzhi’s flames and dispelled the Domain.
• Chen Fan cut the lingzhi from the Monster Beast’s corpse and stored it, then collected the strange Golden Core that rolled from the withered body.
• Bald Bird explained that the Monster Beast had died while attempting to condense a Nascent Soul after the lingzhi took root on its head.
• Chen Fan flew with Bald Bird to a cliffside cave, sealed it with a Concealment Array, swallowed Pure Wood Essence, and consumed the frozen lingzhi.
• The Chaos Qi surged toward the lingzhi, triggering an explosion that injured Chen Fan’s organs, while Pure Wood Essence healed him and the Chaos Qi began refining the plant into blue liquid.