Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan entered seclusion to absorb the blue liquid’s domain and attempt to condense a Golden Core, while Bald Bird slept nearby. After a year and a half of cultivation, an event in the Heavenly Court brought Chen Fan back into public discussion.

• Chen Fan decided to remain in the cave until he grasped the domain, then planned to leave and pursue Golden Core cultivation using three Golden Cores and the Fire-Devouring Fruit.
• Chen Fan made the Ant King’s soul the Soul Devouring Banner’s second primary soul and divided the old woman’s soul between the two primary souls to devour.
• Chen Fan began cultivating with the Burning Qi Chapter, Burning Wood Chapter, and Burning Fire Chapter, drawing on the three Golden Cores and the Fire-Devouring Fruit while Bald Bird went to sleep.
• Months passed as Chen Fan remained motionless in cultivation, and Bald Bird woke briefly to eat spiritual herbs before sleeping again.
• After another half year, an event in the Heavenly Court shook the outside world and brought Chen Fan back into public discussion.

After three years cultivating inside a cocoon in Demon King Valley, Chen Fan awakened with a powerful domain and far greater strength, though he remained at Foundation Establishment Late Stage. He and the Bald Bird prepared to leave for Shushan, while Qin Xian'er’s attack on the Ten Thousand Swords Sect hinted at the conflict awaiting them.

• Zeng Rong and Liu Xun reclaimed second and third place on the Heavenly Soldier Ranking, pushing Chen Fan’s name down to fourth as Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng mourned his apparent death.
• Chen Jingjing advanced to Foundation Establishment Early Stage and Zhang Rumeng neared Foundation Establishment under Qin Xian'er’s guidance, while Chen Fan remained sealed in his cocoon.
• Qin Xian'er left Demon King Valley and returned a month later gravely wounded, angrily naming the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• After three years, Chen Fan’s cocoon broke as his domain stopped a stone in midair, and the Bald Bird awoke with enough recovered soul power to fly.
• Chen Fan emerged with a two-meter domain and greatly increased strength, then decided to visit Shushan with the Bald Bird.

Chen Fan left Demon King Valley and rescued Little Medicine Boy from Ten Thousand Swords Sect cultivators who were bullying him. After learning the sect had deprived the boy of cultivation resources, Chen Fan took him away and traveled with Bald Bird to an ancient town, where they expected to find someone.

• Chen Fan flew out of Demon King Valley and spotted Ten Thousand Swords Sect cultivators surrounding Little Medicine Boy near Heavy Sword City.
• Chen Fan revealed his identity and killed the six cultivators after one of them shoved Little Medicine Boy to the ground.
• Little Medicine Boy told Chen Fan that the sect had bullied him and withheld his spiritual medicine, leaving his cultivation at the second level of Qi Refinement.
• Chen Fan took Little Medicine Boy away from Heavy Sword Peak, and Bald Bird joined them on their journey.
• A day later, Chen Fan, Little Medicine Boy, and Bald Bird arrived at an ancient town where Bald Bird said they should find someone.

Chen Fan left Little Medicine Boy with Da Bai and Little Bai before continuing toward Shu Mountain with Bald Bird. On the way, he encountered Shen Wushuang being ambushed by five cultivators over a spirit herb.

• Chen Fan brought Little Medicine Boy to Da Bai and Little Bai, revealed that he was alive, and asked them to keep the boy safe and conceal his return.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird departed for Shu Mountain, leaving Little Medicine Boy to cultivate with Da Bai and Little Bai.
• A battle over a spirit herb erupted above a river, where Shen Wushuang fought three Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators.
• Two more cultivators emerged from the river with the spirit herb, revealing their ambush and leaving Shen Wushuang surrounded by five opponents.

Chen Fan, disguised with a human-skin mask, rescued Shen Wushuang by swiftly killing five demonic cultivators who had ambushed her. Shen Wushuang recognized his fighting style as strikingly similar to Chen Fan's and pursued him to ask whether he knew him.

• The Tiger Pass Brothers and the Demonic Cave Three Sons ambushed Shen Wushuang, and she prepared to fight them.
• Chen Fan waited until the five attackers drew close together, then ambushed them and killed two with rapid sword strikes.
• Bald Bird trapped the three survivors with a Talisman, and Chen Fan killed the remaining Demonic Cave Three Son.
• Chen Fan caught the fleeing Tiger Pass Brothers with Nine Palaces Footwork, froze them with his domain, and killed them both.
• Shen Wushuang noticed Chen Fan's resemblance to the young powerhouse from the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm and pursued him, asking whether he knew Chen Fan.

Chen Fan returned to Shu Mountain to kill Su Ziyue, but learned she had joined Law Enforcement Hall and could not safely pursue her there. While visiting his old cabin on Eighth Peak, he discovered Old Yellow Tooth was being chased by the Alchemy Hall master over a medicine storehouse robbery.

• Shen Wushuang pursued Chen Fan and asked whether he knew Chen Fan, but he denied it and left her wondering why their eyes looked alike.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird returned to Shu Mountain, where Bald Bird flew to Artifact Refining Hall to find Old Yellow Tooth.
• Chen Fan went to Immortal Sword Hall seeking Su Ziyue and learned she had transferred to Law Enforcement Hall with Xiao Munan two years earlier.
• Chen Fan visited his abandoned cabin on Eighth Peak and found it clean, though Huang Cheng and Tang Xue had moved away.
• Chen Fan heard Old Yellow Tooth cry out and saw him fleeing the Alchemy Hall master, who accused him of robbing the medicine storehouse three years earlier.

Chen Fan left Shu Mountain after witnessing Old Yellow Tooth escape and the Alchemy Hall Master discover that the medicinal vault had been robbed again. The Six Paths Jade Disk then pointed west toward a powerful treasure, and Chen Fan and Bald Bird considered how to pursue it.

• Old Yellow Tooth claimed he had given the stolen spiritual herbs to Chen Fan, then escaped with an Earth-Shrinking Talisman while the Alchemy Hall Master pursued him.
• An Alchemy Hall disciple reported that the medicinal vault had been robbed clean again, and the Alchemy Hall Master rushed back to Sixth Peak.
• Gao Yueyue sensed Chen Fan's powerful aura as they passed, then headed toward Jade Pavilion.
• Chen Fan left Shu Mountain for Kongming City, where the Six Paths Jade Disk began spinning strongly and pointed west.
• Bald Bird joined Chen Fan, and Chen Fan showed him the jade disk and told him a major treasure was about to emerge.
• Bald Bird warned Chen Fan about the danger and suggested bringing Old Yellow Tooth along.

Bald Bird recruited Old Yellow Tooth to join Chen Fan on a journey west to seek an emerging treasure, using the promise of teaching him the Artifact Heart path. The trio set out at once, while Old Yellow Tooth remained unable to recognize Chen Fan behind his human-skin mask.

• Bald Bird summoned Old Yellow Tooth, who demonstrated his supposedly brilliant Talisman skill with a weak fireball.
• Bald Bird invited Old Yellow Tooth to travel west with him and Chen Fan to seek a precious treasure.
• Old Yellow Tooth mistook Chen Fan for a potential business partner and failed to recognize him behind the human-skin mask.
• Old Yellow Tooth pretended to be too ill to travel, then eagerly agreed after Bald Bird promised to explain the Artifact Heart path.
• Chen Fan, Bald Bird, and Old Yellow Tooth flew west by sword, and Chen Fan repeatedly used the Six Paths Jade Disk to confirm their location.

Chen Fan, Old Yellow Tooth, and Bald Bird crossed the desert toward the west while following the Six Paths Jade Disk’s guidance. They encountered Mu Yunshui and the Immortal Sect, then reached an Ancient City near the treasure’s location in the ocean.

• Old Yellow Tooth’s reflections on entering the mortal world gave Chen Fan a brief moment of enlightenment.
• Mu Yunshui and the Immortal Sect group landed to greet Old Yellow Tooth and said they were heading west to rescue distressed disciples.
• Mu Yunshui sensed something familiar about Chen Fan but did not recognize him, while Bald Bird warned the group against staring at it.
• After the Immortal Sect departed, Bald Bird suspected they were also seeking a supreme treasure, though its nature remained unknown.
• Old Yellow Tooth used an Earth-Shrinking Talisman to cross the desert with Chen Fan and Bald Bird, and they followed the Six Paths Jade Disk to an Ancient City beside the ocean.

Chen Fan, Bald Bird, and Old Yellow Tooth reached the sea beyond Ancient City, where they learned that a sealed great hall might soon emerge. As the ocean erupted, Chen Fan sensed that the seal had not been lifted, leaving the cause of the disturbance uncertain.

• Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth found many cultivators gathered by the sea, but the Six Paths Jade Disk showed that the treasure had not yet emerged.
• Old Yellow Tooth brought a young monk to Chen Fan and Bald Bird, and Chen Fan paid him spiritual herbs for information.
• The young monk said an ancient hall lay sealed beneath the sea and that a Daoist had predicted its seal would break that day.
• Bald Bird suspected a trap, while Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth considered whether the hall was connected to the Immortal Sect and the master of the Immortal Palace.
• A huge boom sent towering waves crashing toward land, but Chen Fan checked the Six Paths Jade Disk and said the seal had not been lifted.

Chen Fan, Old Yellow Tooth, and Bald Bird reached the ocean’s center, where five powerful groups were gathered around a sealed hall. After the group agreed to wait for the seal to open, the sea erupted and the Golden Core cultivators plunged beneath the water.

• Chen Fan realized the treasure pointed toward the ocean’s center and led Old Yellow Tooth and Bald Bird there by a detour.
• Chen Fan’s group found the Immortal Sect and four other Golden Core Realm powerhouses waiting above the sea.
• Old Yellow Tooth claimed he had come to help the Immortal Sect, while the other groups questioned how Shu Mountain had learned of the hall.
• A Golden Core Realm monk attacked Chen Fan’s group, but Old Yellow Tooth dispersed the golden palm print and stopped the assault.
• The black-robed old woman said everyone could act independently once the seal opened, and the five Golden Core cultivators and their disciples entered the sea.

Chen Fan and his companions discovered a vast underwater Dragon Palace and entered it, where Old Yellow Tooth clashed with a group of monks. As four monks attacked Chen Fan, he stopped concealing his strength and vanished with the Nine Palaces Footwork to strike one from behind.

• Chen Fan, Old Yellow Tooth, and Bald Bird descended into the sea and found a magnificent bronze palace that Chen Fan recognized as the Deep Sea Dragon Palace.
• The five Golden Core cultivators entered the palace first, and Chen Fan and his companions followed along the golden path after the seawater was blocked from the hall.
• A Golden Core monk and his disciples tried to prevent Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth from entering, while the Immortal Sect members left for the hall.
• Old Yellow Tooth attacked the monks with a formation of sword phantoms, while the Golden Core monk withstood the sword light and four disciples charged Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan's violet-gold Sword Qi blasted one monk away without breaking his Indestructible Vajra Body, and Bald Bird urged Chen Fan to stop hiding his strength.
• Chen Fan used the Nine Palaces Footwork to vanish and reappear behind one monk, thrusting his sword toward the monk's throat.

Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth fought the monks who had tried to kill them over a treasure, and Chen Fan killed the Foundation Establishment disciples one by one. As they pressed the Golden Core monk, he unleashed a powerful Buddhist technique, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Chen Fan used his field to bind and kill the first Foundation Establishment monk with a sword thrust to the throat.
• Old Yellow Tooth stopped fighting the Golden Core monk, but Chen Fan continued and killed two more Foundation Establishment monks while Old Yellow Tooth blocked the monk’s attempts to intervene.
• Chen Fan threatened the final disciple, and the monk revealed that a junior brother had seen Chen Fan hide a jade disc and told the others about it.
• Bald Bird demanded that the monks hand over their treasures and kill themselves, and Chen Fan killed the last disciple as he and Old Yellow Tooth attacked the Golden Core monk.
• The Golden Core monk knocked back their swords, drew the character “Buddha” on his palm with blood, and unleashed a brilliant Buddhist technique.

Chen Fan and his companions watched a Golden Core monk escape by shedding his skin, then followed the Six Paths Jade Disk deeper into the great hall in search of its treasure. They reached a magnificent hall, where Bald Bird was shocked by what they found.

• Chen Fan attacked the Golden Core monk but was knocked back, while Old Yellow Tooth witnessed that he escaped injury.
• The Golden Core monk used Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell to flee, leaving behind his golden skin, and Old Yellow Tooth chased after him.
• Bald Bird explained that the monk’s techniques came from the Great Immortal Cultivation World, and Chen Fan stored the skin pouch for later use.
• Old Yellow Tooth recognized Chen Fan and tried to buy his human-skin mask, but Chen Fan refused and followed the Six Paths Jade Disk farther into the hall.
• Chen Fan, Old Yellow Tooth, and Bald Bird passed looted chambers and sealed rooms before entering a magnificent hall, where Bald Bird cried out in alarm.

Bald Bird recognized the Bronze Coffin and hid its knowledge while the cultivators argued over opening it. It lured the Golden Core experts’ attention away with a claim about a Spirit Treasure in another chamber as Chen Fan and his companions withdrew.

• The black-clad old woman questioned Bald Bird after it reacted to the Bronze Coffin, drawing the attention of the cultivators in the hall.
• Bald Bird gave a deliberately useless description of the coffin and tried to leave with Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth, but the black-clad old woman and two Western Golden Core experts stopped them.
• Old Yellow Tooth and Bald Bird traded insults with the black-clad old woman’s young disciple while Chen Fan privately asked Bald Bird what made the coffin unusual.
• Bald Bird told Chen Fan that the coffin held great fortune, but it was bluffing to keep the other cultivators from competing for its contents.
• The blond man urged the Golden Core experts to open the coffin, while the Immortal Sect stayed back and Bald Bird let the group withdraw.
• Bald Bird privately claimed that another chamber contained a Spirit Treasure, prompting the four Golden Core experts to turn their attention toward it.

The Golden Core cultivators split up to pursue the rumored Spirit Treasure, leaving Mu Yunshui behind in the hall with a Western Golden Core cultivator and his disciples. Chen Fan, Old Yellow Tooth, and Bald Bird returned after luring the others away, and Chen Fan launched an attack as the Westerners threatened them.

• The Golden Core powerhouses debated whether to pursue Bald Bird and the rumored Spirit Treasure, then the Western woman, the black-robed old woman, and the Immortal Sect group headed deeper into the passage.
• Mu Yunshui stayed behind with a Western Golden Core cultivator and his disciples, who approached her with hostile intentions.
• Bald Bird, Old Yellow Tooth, and Chen Fan suddenly reappeared in the hall after tricking the others into leaving.
• The Western Golden Core cultivator ordered his Foundation Establishment disciples to cripple Chen Fan, but Chen Fan vanished and appeared behind them with killing intent.
• Chen Fan told his companions to finish the fight quickly so he could open the Bronze Coffin and claim its fortune.

Chen Fan used the Bone Sword to devour four Western Foundation Establishment cultivators and strengthen itself. He then emerged from the blood cloud and pointed the sword at Mu Yunshui.

• Chen Fan attacked four Western Foundation Establishment cultivators with his sword, and they transformed into half-human, half-demon forms.
• Chen Fan sheathed his sword and summoned the Bone Sword as Old Yellow Tooth and Bald Bird engaged the Western Golden Core cultivator.
• Chen Fan infused the Bone Sword with Purple True Qi, creating a blood cloud that engulfed him and the four Western men.
• The Bone Sword consumed the four men and grew stronger, while the Western Golden Core cultivator protected himself from the cloud.
• Chen Fan stepped out of the blood cloud and pointed the Bone Sword at Mu Yunshui.

Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth fought the western Golden Core man in the Bronze Hall, while Chen Fan spared Mu Yunshui at Old Yellow Tooth’s request. As the battle reached its climax, Chen Fan charged straight into the enemy’s strongest attack, and Mu Yunshui recognized something remarkable about him.

• Old Yellow Tooth asked Chen Fan to spare Mu Yunshui, and Chen Fan halted his attack before turning to face the western man.
• Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth attacked the western man, who transformed his limbs with beast powers and knocked Chen Fan back.
• Chen Fan used the Bone Sword to draw the western man’s blood mist into a vortex, weakening him as Old Yellow Tooth wounded him with sword arts.
• The western man detonated his left hand and transformed his upper body into a tiger to unleash his strongest strike.
• Chen Fan charged into the attack using the sharp sword and Nine Palaces Footwork, while Old Yellow Tooth warned him and Mu Yunshui stared in astonishment.

Chen Fan killed the western man inside his blood-cloud domain and shattered the man’s blood-red Golden Core. With Mu Yunshui allowed to watch from the hall entrance, Old Yellow Tooth tried to open the Bronze Coffin, but Bald Bird said only Chen Fan could push it open.

• The western man pursued Chen Fan, but Chen Fan trapped him in his domain and killed him with a sword.
• Chen Fan captured the western man’s soul in the Soul Devouring Banner, and the Bone Sword devoured his body and blood-red Golden Core.
• Mu Yunshui called out Chen Fan’s name, but he acted as though he did not recognize it.
• Bald Bird told Old Yellow Tooth to send Mu Yunshui away, but Chen Fan allowed her to watch from the hall entrance.
• Old Yellow Tooth struck the Bronze Coffin, but it did not move, and Bald Bird said only Chen Fan could open it.

Chen Fan and Bald Bird tried to open the Bronze Coffin, which Bald Bird claimed he had forged and used to hide part of the Burning Gold Scripture. Chen Fan weakened the seal with his sword, and Mu Yunshui rushed to stop him.

• Bald Bird told Chen Fan to circulate the Blazing Heaven Sword Art’s three arts and push the Bronze Coffin, and Chen Fan’s palm strike moved it.
• A powerful seal erupted from the coffin, blasting Chen Fan, Old Yellow Tooth, and Bald Bird away.
• Bald Bird claimed he had forged the coffin over a thousand years ago, while Mu Yunshui said it belonged to the Immortal Sect and had come from the upper realm.
• Bald Bird told Chen Fan that the coffin concealed the upper half of a fragmentary Burning Gold Scripture scroll and urged him to break the seal.
• Chen Fan struck the coffin with his sword, weakening the seal, and Mu Yunshui charged at him to stop his next blow.