Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan emerged alive after destroying the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and breaking its mountain-protecting array, then vowed to settle his debts with the Immortal Sect. He returned to Demon King Valley, where he revived Qin Xian'er and Shen Wushuang, and the group reunited safely.

• Chen Fan shattered the mountain-protecting array with the Array-Breaking Ruler, and the onlookers discovered he had survived the battle that reduced the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to ruins.
• The Bee King declared that Chen Fan had destroyed the sect and killed its founding patriarch, while Chen Fan threatened to settle his debts with the Immortal Sect.
• Chen Fan flew toward Heavy Sword Peak and continued on to the Underground Palace, where he found Bald Bird and the others rushing to meet him.
• Chen Fan gave Qin Xian'er and Shen Wushuang Pure Wood Essence, and both women recovered consciousness.
• Shen Wushuang wept with relief at their safe return, while Qin Xian'er quietly smiled at Chen Fan.

After returning to the Underground Palace, Chen Fan revealed that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had been destroyed and recovered from the Divine Soul injuries he sustained in the battle. News of the sect’s fall spread across the world, leaving the other great sects wary and prompting Shu Mountain to plan a visit to the Immortal Sect.

• Chen Fan and the others returned safely to the Underground Palace, where Chen Fan said he had leveled the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and explained that his avatar had used the black coffin to defeat Lin Yunhai.
• Chen Fan entered closed-door cultivation to heal his Divine Soul, while Shen Wushuang remained in the Underground Palace and Old Yellow Tooth departed for Shu Mountain.
• Mu Yunshui left for the Immortal Sect despite Qin Xian’er and Shen Wushuang urging her to stay, saying she could explain that she had left before the mountain-protecting grand formation activated.
• Several days later, people confirmed that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had been razed and blamed Chen Fan, while Immortal Sect elders worried that he might threaten their sect as well.
• Huafeng Zhenren and Shu Mountain’s hall masters inspected the ruins, and Old Yellow Tooth insisted Chen Fan had the power to destroy the sect.
• Huafeng Zhenren returned to Shu Mountain and said they would visit the Immortal Sect to discuss matters, while Old Yellow Tooth followed and asked for a reward.

The Immortal Sect elders discussed Mu Yunshui’s return, Qin Xian’er’s fate, and Chen Fan’s destruction of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. After the others left, Mu Yunshui told the Grand Elder that Chen Fan wanted the true ancient sword sealed in the back mountain, and the Grand Elder reacted with alarm.

• Mu Yunshui told the elders that she had gone to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to protect Qin Xian’er, who had been imprisoned there, and that she had returned to find the sect in ruins.
• The Grand Elder asked about the Immortal Sect’s grievances with Chen Fan, and Elder Han blamed him for stealing an ancient sword and claimed Mu Yunshui had stopped her from killing him.
• The Grand Elder ordered the elders to investigate Chen Fan and dismissed them, then asked Mu Yunshui to remain behind.
• Mu Yunshui denied knowing who destroyed the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and said Chen Fan had exceptional aptitude.
• Mu Yunshui revealed that Chen Fan wanted the true sword sealed in the back mountain, and the Grand Elder abruptly rose in alarm.

Mu Yunshui and the elders of Shu Mountain and the Immortal Sect debated Chen Fan’s role in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s destruction and the danger of provoking him. The Grand Elder invited Chen Fan to claim the ancient sword while secretly preparing to sacrifice him to it, as Chen Fan continued recovering in seclusion.

• Mu Yunshui questioned the Grand Elder about the ancient sword, and he speculated that hidden experts might be aiding Chen Fan before ordering her to leave.
• Old Yellow Tooth warned Huafeng Zhenren against provoking Chen Fan, prompting Huafeng to postpone his plan with the Immortal Sect and wait.
• Mu Yunshui urged the Immortal Sect elders not to act rashly, but Elder Han dismissed the warnings and argued that the sect should act without fear.
• The Grand Elder sent Mu Yunshui to find Chen Fan and invite him to claim the ancient sword, on condition that he return the Enlightenment God Tea.
• After Mu Yunshui left, the Grand Elder secretly ordered the elders to prepare the Sword Sacrifice Formation and make Chen Fan the fiendish sword’s sacrifice.
• Chen Fan remained in secluded cultivation, recovering his divine soul and reviewing the battle to strengthen his Golden Core Great Dao.

After consolidating his Golden Core Great Dao, Chen Fan decided to refine an Artifact Heart to obtain stronger armor. In Lingxiao City, Immortal Sect disciples blocked his path, and he prepared to answer their provocation.

• Chen Fan finished several dozen days of secluded cultivation, healed his Divine Soul, and resolved to pursue Artifact Heart refinement for protection against the black coffin.
• Chen Fan returned to the Heavenly Court and found Green-feathered Bird cultivating while struggling against the nine bronze stars sealing it; he chose not to interfere.
• Chen Fan collected ten chunks of Seven-Star Stone and went to Lingxiao City to buy another storage pouch.
• People in Lingxiao City debated Chen Fan’s destruction of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and whether its missing patriarch would return.
• Immortal Sect disciples told Chen Fan that Mu Yunshui was looking for him, then blocked his way and provoked him; Chen Fan said he would grant their wish.

Chen Fan killed several Immortal Sect disciples near the Marketplace, then spotted Mo Bai and Mo Hu being followed out of Lingxiao City. He secretly pursued both groups and learned that Mo Bai’s party was seeking a late Golden Core expert’s legacy.

• Chen Fan swiftly beheaded several Immortal Sect disciples outside Lingxiao City’s restrictions and entered the Marketplace.
• Immortal Sect disciples decided to report Chen Fan’s presence to Mu Yunshui, while Chen Fan chose to stay in the city because she was urgently looking for him.
• Chen Fan recognized Mo Bai and Mo Hu, noticed that concealed cultivators were following them, and asked an Immortal Sect disciple to tell Mu Yunshui to wait for him.
• Chen Fan concealed his aura and followed Mo Bai’s group and their pursuers beyond Lingxiao City.
• Liu Feilai told his companions that Mo Bai’s group had let slip they were seeking a late Golden Core expert’s left-behind possessions.

Chen Fan followed a group searching for an Immortal Cave believed to belong to the late-stage Golden Core expert Lin Yunhai. At the lake, the White Cave Sect attacked Mo Bai’s group, but Chen Fan arrived as they were about to be overwhelmed.

• Chen Fan realized the cave might have belonged to Lin Yunhai and hurried after the people searching for it.
• Mo Bai led Mo Hu and their companions to the lake, where he had discovered Lin Yunhai’s Eight-Star Immortal Cave.
• The man surnamed Liu and a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage woman confronted Mo Bai’s group and demanded they leave or die.
• Mo Bai offered to share the cave’s treasures, but the White Cave Sect attacked after rejecting his terms.
• The woman’s gourd immobilized Mo Bai’s group while the man surnamed Liu attacked with his Spirit Mirror.
• An immense aura dimmed the Spirit Mirror, and Chen Fan strode through the air toward the lake.

Chen Fan rescued Mo Bai and his former Heavy Sword Peak companions from White Cave Sect cultivators, then explored the submerged cave abode of Lin Yunhai, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s ancestor. He found an Avatar Dao Talisman, parted ways with Mo Bai’s group, and flew toward Lingxiao City to learn why Mu Yunshui had sought him out.

• Chen Fan arrived and immobilized the White Cave Sect cultivators, then let Mo Bai and his companions kill them.
• Mo Bai told Chen Fan about the late Golden Core expert’s cave abode, and Chen Fan identified him as the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s ancestor.
• Chen Fan entered the submerged cave abode with Mo Bai’s group and opened its rune-sealed stone gate.
• Chen Fan found two Storage Rings, claimed the Avatar Dao Talisman, and left the Magic Tools and Spirit Tools for Mo Bai’s group.
• Mo Bai’s group departed to make use of their gains, and Chen Fan flew toward Lingxiao City to find Mu Yunshui.

Chen Fan learned that the Immortal Sect’s Grand Elder had invited him to retrieve the Wuya Sword, while Qin Xian'er revealed that she had lost trust in the Grand Elder because of events in her past. She led Chen Fan into her late mother’s chamber, where something on the wall shocked him and prompted Bald Bird to search his Storage Ring.

• Mu Yunshui told Chen Fan that the Grand Elder wanted him to visit the Immortal Sect and personally retrieve the Wuya Sword, and Chen Fan agreed to go.
• Chen Fan returned from the Heavenly Court and joined Qin Xian'er, Chen Jingjing, and the others for a meal.
• Chen Fan told the group about the invitation, and Qin Xian'er said that past events had made her distrust the Grand Elder.
• Qin Xian'er led Chen Fan to her late mother’s Stone Chamber in the depths of the Underground Palace and opened its door.
• Chen Fan saw something on the chamber wall and reacted with shock, while Bald Bird hurriedly searched his Storage Ring for heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

Chen Fan learned that Qin Xian'er’s father, He Cangfeng, had caused her mother’s death by taking the Soul Spirit Flower, and he discovered that the Wuya Sword had once devoured disciples before vanishing from the Immortal Sect. Bald Bird found a gap to the Great Immortal Cultivation World in the underground palace, and the clues suggested Qin Xian'er’s mother may have used it to leave and could still be alive.

• Qin Xian'er revealed that He Cangfeng was her biological father and had taken the Soul Spirit Flower needed to save her mother, who later passed her cultivation to Qin Xian'er and Mu Yunshui.
• Qin Xian'er told Chen Fan that the Wuya Sword had sent out a signal, devoured Immortal Sect disciples, and disappeared from the sword grave; she warned him that the Great Elder might be plotting against them.
• Bald Bird found a gap to the Great Immortal Cultivation World in the stone chamber and detected traces that someone had used it about ten years earlier.
• Qin Xian'er realized her mother had vanished after passing on her cultivation and had left a letter saying she was departing for a distant world.
• Bald Bird suggested Qin Xian'er's mother might belong to a Qin family in the Great Immortal Cultivation World known for arrays, leaving Qin Xian'er wondering if her mother was still alive.

Qin Xian'er learned that her mother may have returned to the Great Immortal Cultivation World and decided to join Chen Fan and Bald Bird there in three years. Chen Fan began refining an Artifact Heart and successfully combined the first two materials, but their collision shook the artifact furnace.

• Bald Bird reasoned that someone had sealed contact between the Great Immortal Cultivation World and this world, while Qin Xian'er realized her mother might still be alive.
• Qin Xian'er asked Chen Fan and Bald Bird to wait three years while she condensed a Golden Core and prepared to travel to the upper realm with them.
• Chen Fan returned to his Stone Chamber, prepared the bronze artifact furnace, and began refining Seven-Star Stones and mystic iron.
• Chen Fan refined a Seven-Star Stone into a drop of liquid, then melted mystic iron into a second liquid after several failed attempts.
• Chen Fan brought the two liquids together in the artifact furnace, and they collided with a loud impact.

Chen Fan successfully forged a two-star Artifact Heart by using the bronze furnace’s horse rune and inscribing the Five Elements Sword Array, then fused it with the Golden Thread Robe to elevate the armor into a Spirit Treasure. The transformed robe rose into the air surrounded by five elemental sword phantoms.

• After his first attempt failed, Chen Fan followed Bald Bird’s advice and chose the horse rune to forge the armor-focused Artifact Heart.
• Chen Fan refined the Seven-Star Stone and secret iron, fused them, and inscribed the Five Elements Sword Array runes onto the sphere.
• Chen Fan completed the final inscriptions and forged a two-star Artifact Heart, astonishing Bald Bird with his success on the first attempt.
• Chen Fan pressed the Artifact Heart against the Golden Thread Robe, which transformed into a Spirit Treasure surrounded by five sword phantoms.

Chen Fan tested his newly refined Golden Thread Robe and improved Five Elements Sword Array, then spent a month tempering Chaos Qi while waiting for Qin Xian'er. When she emerged from seclusion, she insisted on accompanying him to the Immortal Sect and confessed that she still could not let him go.

• Chen Fan blocked Bald Bird's Blazing Heaven flames with his Golden Thread Robe and Five Elements Sword Array, whose fire sword absorbed the attack.
• Bald Bird discussed the lost Burning Water Chapter and the possibility that weapons could cultivate spiritual awareness, while Chen Fan wondered whether Master’s jade pendant had awakened his sword.
• Chen Fan learned Qin Xian'er had entered seclusion and decided to spend the month tempering Chaos Qi in preparation for their trip to the Immortal Sect.
• After a month, Chen Fan found Qin Xian'er had emerged from seclusion and told her he feared he could not protect her at the Immortal Sect.
• Qin Xian'er insisted on joining Chen Fan and whispered that she still had not put him down.

Chen Fan, Qin Xian'er, Bald Bird, and the Bee King traveled to the Immortal Sect to exchange the Wuya Sword for Enlightenment God Tea, despite signs that the sect intended to trap them. After the sect sealed the mountain and its elders appeared, Qin Xian'er demanded to know where her senior sister was.

• Chen Fan left Demon King Valley with Qin Xian'er, Bald Bird, and the Bee King, while the others stayed behind to cultivate.
• An Immortal Sect disciple spotted the group and fired a signal Spirit Tool, alerting the sect and drawing a crowd of cultivators toward the mountain.
• An Immortal Sect disciple boasted that the sect could summon the master of the Immortal Palace, provoking debate among the gathered cultivators.
• The Immortal Sect activated its mountain-protecting grand formation as Chen Fan and his companions arrived, and Bald Bird mocked their openly hostile preparations.
• The Immortal Sect's Grand Elder and six other elders met Chen Fan, while Qin Xian'er revealed that she could not sense her senior sister's aura.
• The Grand Elder ordered Chen Fan to follow the elders, but Qin Xian'er blocked their way and demanded to know where her senior sister was.

The Immortal Sect elders tried to separate Qin Xian'er from Chen Fan before luring him to the Sword Tomb. Chen Fan forced his way inside, and the Grand Elder sealed the gate to activate a sacrificial formation, while she left to deal with Qin Xian'er.

• The Grand Elder claimed Mu Yunshui was in seclusion and tried to keep Qin Xian'er away from the Sword Tomb, but Chen Fan persuaded her to wait in the main hall with Bi Fang.
• The Grand Elder demanded Chen Fan hand over the Enlightenment God Tea, and Chen Fan broke through attacks from her and six other Golden Core Realm elders to enter the Sword Tomb.
• The Grand Elder and the elders sealed the stone gate and activated the sacrificial formation, intending to feed Chen Fan to the vicious sword inside.
• The Grand Elder ordered the others to guard the formation, then left after learning Qin Xian'er was going to look for Mu Yunshui.

Chen Fan reunited with Wuya Sword in the Immortal Sect’s sword graveyard and tried to break its seal, while the elders activated a sacrificial formation meant to kill him. Wuya Sword’s cry overwhelmed the formation’s guards, and a sword was drawn inside the graveyard.

• Chen Fan found Wuya Sword bound to the central platform by nine Ice Soul Iron Chains and discovered the jade pearl was missing from its hilt.
• Chen Fan soothed Wuya Sword, recognized that a formation sealed it in place, and promised to free it and seek justice against the Master of the Immortal Palace.
• The sacrificial formation activated, and the fallen swords gathered to attack Chen Fan, but Wuya Sword’s killing intent forced them to bow.
• The six Golden Core elders outside the graveyard tried to control the formation, but Wuya Sword’s piercing cry burst their eardrums and disrupted the restriction.
• The elders restored the restriction after the sword cry subsided, then heard the crisp sound of a sword being drawn inside the graveyard.

Chen Fan emerged from the Sword Tomb with the recovered Wuya Sword and turned the elders’ sacrificial formation against them. As he pursued Elder Han, she used a Hundred Souls Lamp to release thousands of souls, and Chen Fan brought out a Soul Devouring Banner.

• Chen Fan revealed that he had survived and recovered the Wuya Sword, while Qin Xian'er and Bald Bird realized he had succeeded.
• The Sword Tomb’s restrictions shattered, and Wuya Sword’s killing intent wounded the six elders who had powered the sacrificial formation.
• The Grand Elder arrived as Chen Fan stepped out of the Sword Tomb and sent Wuya Sword after the fleeing Elder Han.
• Elder Han activated her secretly forged Hundred Souls Lamp, releasing thousands of wronged souls to slow Wuya Sword.
• Chen Fan summoned a Soul Devouring Banner and declared that the released souls belonged to him.

Chen Fan unleashed the Soul Devouring Banner, overwhelming Elder Han’s Hundred Souls Lamp and forcing the Immortal Sect elders to flee. He pursued the Grand Elder and began a sword-art clash with him using a bamboo stalk, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Chen Fan released more than ninety thousand vengeful souls, and the two Golden Core principal souls devoured the spirits from Elder Han’s Hundred Souls Lamp.
• The Wuya Sword severed Elder Han’s arm, while the Immortal Sect elders fled and the disciples scattered in fear.
• The Wuya Sword killed a fleeing Golden Core elder, and the second principal soul swallowed Elder Han after her Divine Soul was devoured.
• Chen Fan pursued the Grand Elder, who turned to attack him after drawing distance from the Soul Devouring Banner and Wuya Sword.
• Chen Fan returned his sharp sword to its scabbard, took up a bamboo stalk, and faced the Grand Elder’s sea dragon with his Nirvana Sword Intent.

Chen Fan defeated the Grand Elder’s Mystic Ice Dragon Talisman with Sword Intent channeled through a bamboo branch, and Wuya Sword killed the fleeing elder. After restoring Wuya Sword’s edge, Chen Fan wondered why the master of the Immortal Palace had reforged and sealed it, then went to find Bald Bird and the Bee King chasing another elder for the Immortal Sect’s treasure vault.

• Chen Fan used Nirvana, Life and Death, and Reincarnation Sword Intent to shatter the Grand Elder’s ice dragon and make it vanish.
• The Grand Elder fled after Chen Fan’s attack injured him, but Wuya Sword pierced his chest and devoured his body and Divine Soul.
• Wuya Sword returned to Chen Fan, who fed it True Essence Power and watched rust flake away to reveal its renewed blade.
• Chen Fan wondered why the master of the Immortal Palace had reforged and sealed Wuya Sword.
• Chen Fan found Bald Bird and the Bee King chasing the last surviving Golden Core Realm Elder and demanding to know where the treasure vault was.

Bald Bird and the Bee King killed a wounded Immortal Sect Elder while Chen Fan waited for the sect’s hidden forces to appear. Mu Yunshui and Qin Xian'er warned that the Sect Master had begun summoning the master of Immortal Palace, but the ritual succeeded just as Chen Fan prepared to escape.

• Bald Bird pursued the injured Elder, learned the treasure vault's location, and killed him with a blast of fire.
• Bald Bird taunted the fleeing Immortal Sect disciples as Chen Fan wondered why the Sect Master and the sect’s hidden reserves had not appeared.
• Mu Yunshui and Qin Xian'er warned Chen Fan that the Sect Master and senior predecessors were performing a ritual to summon the master of Immortal Palace.
• Chen Fan took out the Array-Breaking Ruler and prepared to break through the mountain-protecting grand array.
• A beam of light erupted from the back mountain, and a vast pressure swept over the area as an illusory figure began descending from the sky.