Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan broke the Four Symbols formation, killed Qingyue, and left Demon King Valley despite Mu Yunshui’s attempt to stop him. He returned to Heavy Sword City and reunited with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, who learned he had already passed the Heavenly Court trial.

• Chen Fan disrupted the Four Symbols formation by striking at its spiritual energy, then shattered the four phantoms and unleashed their force against Qingyue and the Immortal Sect disciples.
• Chen Fan killed Qingyue and walked toward the valley exit, while Qin Xian'er blocked Mu Yunshui and revealed her hatred for the Immortal Sect.
• Chen Fan left Demon King Valley as Li Tieniu watched, and Qin Xian'er resolved to help him grow into a threat to the Immortal Sect.
• Chen Fan returned to Heavy Sword City covered in blood, and locals marveled that he had advanced to Qi Refining Layer 6 and defeated Zhang Ting.
• Chen Fan reunited with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, who revealed they had reached Qi Refining Layer 5 after passing the Heavenly Court's First Layer.
• Chen Fan told the two women he had already passed the trial on the day he taught them how to use the Five Elements Strange Sword Talisman, leaving Zhang Rumeng astonished.

Chen Fan encountered the mysterious Fat Daoist Tianliang in the Heavenly Court, where Tianliang offered him the Nine Palaces Sword Art and extracted a Tortoise-patterned Medicinal Stone from his medicine garden. Tianliang left before taking Chen Fan as a disciple, promising a Nascent Soul Pill after gathering ingredients, while Chen Fan kept the sword manual.

• Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng realized Chen Fan was the One-Star Heavenly Soldier everyone had been discussing, and Chen Jingjing decided to keep his identity secret.
• Chen Fan worried Mu Yunshui might threaten the two girls and entered the Heavenly Court after nearly ten days away.
• The Fat Daoist Tianliang appeared outside Chen Fan's Immortal Cave, offered him several sword manuals, and explained that the Nine Palaces Sword Art would complement his Blazing Heaven Sword Art.
• Chen Fan let Tianliang into the Immortal Cave, where Tianliang used a spell to extract a Tortoise-patterned Medicinal Stone from the medicine garden.
• Tianliang promised to share a Nascent Soul Pill after gathering its ingredients, gave Chen Fan the Nine Palaces Sword Art, and vanished without taking him as a disciple.

Chen Fan studied the Nine Palaces Sword Art, learned how to gain Immortal Qi through challenge matches, and traded with an old talisman seller for a Daoist Talisman Compendium. After finishing one set of healing talismans, he learned that Mo Bai had been badly injured and went with the Little Medicine Boy to see him.

• Chen Fan learned that his Immortal Qi had risen to 110 and that challenge matches could help him gain more.
• Chen Fan visited the Heavenly Court Hall, where cultivators searched for the sole Grade A One-Star Heavenly Soldier, and met the old man who had previously sold him talismans.
• Chen Fan traded three sets of Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talismans for the Daoist Talisman Compendium and ten sets of Mid-grade Talisman Paper.
• Chen Fan spent the night making one set of healing talismans, then heard the Little Medicine Boy crying about Mo Bai's severe injuries.
• Chen Fan picked up the Little Medicine Boy and went with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng to see Mo Bai, urging the boy to be brave.

Chen Fan visited the injured Mo Bai and revealed a sharp change in his strength and demeanor. After realizing a Heavenly Court item might let him bring resources into the real world, he rushed to test the possibility.

• Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng told Chen Fan how Mo Bai had been beaten after defending Little Medicine Boy from a young man connected to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• At Mo Bai's hut, Chen Fan drew his sword on Mo Hu when he tried to stop him, and the disciples discovered Chen Fan had reached Qi Refining Layer 6.
• The Old Apothecary said Mo Bai's injuries were severe, and Chen Fan thought Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman could help if they had Mid-grade Talisman Paper.
• Mo Hu apologized and pleaded with Chen Fan to save Mo Bai, but Chen Fan suddenly left to fetch his Heavenly Court Token and test whether he could bring physical objects from the Heavenly Court into this world.

Chen Fan traced the Heavenly Court’s spiritual energy, discovered he could retrieve Talismans across worlds, and used one to wake Mo Bai. The chapter ended as a mocking voice from outside the hut provoked the injured Mo Bai.

• Chen Fan followed the Pseudo Immortal Qi with his Divine Sense until he saw the Heavenly Court, but the Heavenly Court Token shattered and pulled him into its Immortal Cave.
• Chen Fan realized he could move the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown Talismans from his Heavenly Court avatar into his physical hands.
• Mo Hu led two disciples toward Heavy Sword Peak to seek revenge while Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng stayed behind.
• Chen Fan returned to the hut and used a Heaven Flower Talisman to stabilize Mo Bai’s True Qi, waking him.
• A voice outside mocked Mo Bai, and Chen Fan turned toward the hut’s entrance as Mo Bai’s face paled.

Mo Hu learned that Chen Fan was the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Young Sect Master and hurried down the mountain after hearing he had gone to treat Mo Bai. At the cabin, the Young Sect Master mocked Heavy Sword Peak and its injured disciple, until Chen Fan stepped forward and told him to move aside.

• Mo Hu discovered the missing young man was the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Young Sect Master and learned he had gone down the mountain with Yang Feng and several elders to treat Mo Bai.
• Yang Feng and Elder Lin introduced the Young Sect Master to Mo Bai, who stayed silent despite recognizing the insult hidden in the supposed apology.
• The Young Sect Master ogled Zhang Rumeng and Chen Jingjing, then offered Mo Bai an ordinary Qi Replenishing Pill as a deliberate provocation.
• Chen Jingjing challenged the Young Sect Master, and Chen Fan said he could heal Mo Bai despite the others dismissing his ability.
• Chen Fan walked up to the Young Sect Master and told him to move aside.

Chen Fan used a rare Talisman to save Mo Bai from the Young Sect Master's vicious injuries, repaying the favor and angering the Young Sect Master. After announcing that he was leaving Heavy Sword Peak, Chen Fan went home with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, while Elder Li avoided answering Chen Jingjing's question about her father.

• The Young Sect Master mocked Chen Fan and warned that Mo Bai's chaotic True Qi could kill him, while Elder Lin tried to keep Chen Fan away from the bed.
• Chen Fan threatened the disciples outside with a flying-sword Talisman and announced that he was leaving Heavy Sword Peak.
• Chen Fan used the Formless Step and the Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman to treat Mo Bai, then struck his Fengmen Acupoint and expelled black blood.
• Mo Bai recovered most of his vitality and thanked Chen Fan, who said he had repaid the life debt.
• The Young Sect Master left in anger, and Chen Fan departed with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng after Elder Li postponed discussing her father.

Chen Fan returned home after rescuing Mo Bai and discussed the Chen Clan's hidden legacy with Chen Jingjing, growing suspicious of Elder Li. He then entered the Heavenly Court to prepare for challenge matches and learn how to control his new access to it.

• Mo Hu arrived at the wooden hut and discovered that Chen Fan had saved Mo Bai, whose injuries had mostly healed.
• Chen Jingjing asked Chen Fan about his Talismans, then told him their father had left a Treasure Seeking Disk and that Elder Li had behaved coldly about the family legacy.
• Chen Fan decided he and Chen Jingjing would visit Elder Li at Heavy Sword Peak the next day, and promised to teach her Formless Step and Sword Arts.
• Chen Fan entered the Heavenly Court and told the Green-feathered Bird he wanted to accumulate 500 Immortal Qi by fighting challenge matches.
• The Green-feathered Bird transported Chen Fan outside the Heavenly Court Hall and explained that he needed an Incantation to enter and leave the Heavenly Court on his own.

Chen Fan won two Immortal Qi challenges, raising his total to 510 and entering the Heavenly Court’s Second Layer. He arrived in a forest trial with five other cultivators, who feared his low cultivation would doom their group, but Chen Fan refused to run.

• Chen Fan entered the Immortal Qi challenge without a Heavenly Court Token and defeated a Qi Refining Layer 6 opponent with one sword, gaining 130 Immortal Qi.
• Chen Fan fought and defeated a skilled Qi Refining Layer 7 sword cultivator, taking his 270 Immortal Qi and reaching 510.
• Chen Fan used a Teleportation Array to enter the Second Layer, where he appeared in a forest holding a Jade Token marked with 3,000 and 500.
• The five cultivators already in the forest complained that Chen Fan’s Qi Refining Layer 4 cultivation would hinder their three-day trial, while the Yellow-Robed Woman noted that his 500 Immortal Qi suggested he had some ability.
• The bald cultivator told Chen Fan to protect his Jade Token and run, but Chen Fan refused, and the green-clad woman proposed that the five others split up and survive the trial.

Chen Fan learned the Second Layer Heavenly Court trial’s rules and hunted a Qi Refining Seventh Layer White-Haired Lone Wolf to obtain its Demon Core, while the Yellow-Robed Woman watched in shock. Six Two-Star Heavenly Soldiers arrived to seize Immortal Qi, and one of them found a hidden cultivator after the others left.

• The Yellow-Robed Woman explained that the six cultivators had to keep their combined Immortal Qi above 1,500 for three days while six Two-Star Heavenly Soldiers tried to take more than half of it.
• Chen Fan left the Heavenly Court to tell Chen Jingjing he would cultivate in seclusion, then returned and headed into the forest to hunt a Monster Beast for its Demon Core.
• Chen Fan killed the White-Haired Lone Wolf with his sword and took its Demon Core as the Yellow-Robed Woman watched.
• Six Two-Star Heavenly Soldiers entered the Heavenly Court, and the White-robed Scholar led them in splitting up to hunt their targets.
• The White-robed Scholar and the Red-robed Woman left after trying to draw out a hidden cultivator, but Chen Fan’s icy voice confronted the bald male cultivator in the tree.

Chen Fan hid behind a waterfall to cultivate while stronger cultivators hunted and captured participants for their Immortal Qi. The hunters gathered their captives and wondered why they still had not found Chen Fan, unaware that he remained at large.

• The White-robed Scholar and the Red-robed Woman killed a male cultivator and took his Immortal Qi after he revealed that another participant was at Qi Refining Layer 4.
• Chen Fan followed the river to a waterfall, cut through the water with his sword, and cultivated in a cave behind it as his Jade Token's red number fell from 2500 to 2000.
• Two Qi Refining Seventh Layer men discussed capturing participants alive so they could gather more than 3000 Immortal Qi without being teleported out.
• Liu San and Li Tang found the green-clad woman hiding in a tree hollow, brought her to their meeting place, and joined the White-robed Scholar, the Red-robed Woman, and other captives.
• The White-robed Scholar realized Chen Fan was still missing, and the Yellow-Robed Woman recalled seeing him kill Lone Wolf as the gathered cultivators wondered whether he had died.

Chen Fan broke through to Qi Refining Layer 6 and defeated Li Tang and Liu San after they found him at the waterfall. With the trial passed and 1500 Immortal Qi points secured, he continued into the forest to seek more points.

• Chen Fan absorbed the Demon Core and reached the peak of Qi Refining Layer 5, nearing a breakthrough to Layer 6.
• Li Tang and Liu San searched upstream and heard a faint sword ring near the waterfall.
• Chen Fan burst through the waterfall at Qi Refining Layer 6 and charged at Li Tang and Liu San.
• Chen Fan destroyed Li Tang's Soul Hooking Talismans, broke Liu San's sword, and shattered the Three Talents Formation with one strike.
• Chen Fan killed Li Tang and Liu San, then saw that his Jade Token showed 1500 Immortal Qi points and that he had passed the trial.
• Chen Fan continued walking into the forest, intent on earning more Immortal Qi points.

The White-robed Scholar and Hong Yu discovered that four of their opponents had died and learned that Chen Fan was the only remaining cultivator besides their captives. Chen Fan arrived and destroyed the White-robed Scholar’s Underworld Bone Fan attack, revealing a cultivation level of Qi Refining Layer 6.

• The White-robed Scholar questioned the Yellow-Robed Woman and the other captives after their Jade Tokens showed that two of his allies had died, then threatened them with a Soul-Devouring Pill.
• Hong Yu suggested that a Monster Beast had killed the two cultivators, and the White-robed Scholar decided to kill the captives before hunting Chen Fan.
• The Jade Tokens flashed again, showing that two more of the six opponents had died, leaving only the White-robed Scholar and Hong Yu alive.
• Chen Fan emerged from the forest as the Yellow-Robed Woman recognized him, and the White-robed Scholar attacked him with the Underworld Bone Fan.
• Chen Fan shattered the fan’s blue-flamed skeleton with Blazing Heaven Sword Qi and blocked the flames, prompting the White-robed Scholar to realize Chen Fan was at Qi Refining Layer 6.

Chen Fan fought the White-robed Scholar and defeated him with his sword and the scholar’s own Underworld Fire. After Hong Yu surrendered her Jade Token, Chen Fan struck her down before she could finish speaking.

• The Yellow-Robed Woman and the others realized Chen Fan had reached Qi Refining Layer 6, and he challenged the White-robed Scholar over the deaths of his junior brothers.
• The White-robed Scholar trapped Chen Fan’s sword with Underworld Fire, but Chen Fan used Afterimage Sword Shadow to switch swords and press his attack.
• The White-robed Scholar awakened the skeleton hidden in his Underworld Bone Fan, but Chen Fan severed the flames feeding it and left it useless.
• Hong Yu attacked Chen Fan with a Talisman, then used the male cultivator as a shield when the Underworld Fire turned toward her.
• Chen Fan killed the White-robed Scholar, destroyed the bone fan, and took Hong Yu’s Jade Token after she threw it at his feet.
• Chen Fan struck Hong Yu with a sword ray as she began to taunt him.

Chen Fan cleared the second-layer trial, claimed the Green-robed Woman’s Immortal Qi, and hunted Monster Beasts before returning to the Heavenly Court. His Grade A Two-Star ranking drew a crowd, but he ignored the attention and left to accompany Chen Jingjing to Heavy Sword Peak to reclaim the Chen family’s inheritance.

• After defeating their opponents, Chen Fan took the Green-robed Woman’s Jade Token but freed Su Ziyue and left her token untouched.
• Su Ziyue killed the Green-robed Woman after she insulted her, while Chen Fan hurried deeper into the forest to hunt Monster Beasts.
• The next day, Chen Fan returned with Demon Cores and 5,600 Immortal Qi, then met Su Ziyue, who thanked him for the trial and said she was from Ghost Domain City.
• Chen Fan saw the Heavenly Soldier Ranking announce his Grade A Two-Star rating at the fourth Qi Refining layer, ignored the crowd, and cultivated in his Immortal Cave.
• Chen Fan left the Heavenly Court to go with Chen Jingjing to Heavy Sword Peak and demand that Elder Li return the Chen family’s inheritance.

Chen Fan learned that his feats in Demon King Valley had made him famous on Heavy Sword Peak, but the Immortal Sect arrived seeking him because he had killed its disciples. He chose to face them, and the chapter ended with the Immortal Sect’s Golden Core expert demanding that he come forward.

• Chen Fan took Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng to Heavy Sword Peak, where disciples greeted him with unusual reverence.
• Mo Bai revealed that Heavy Sword Peak disciples had seen Chen Fan survive a fight in Demon King Valley and kill Qi Refining Seventh and Ninth Layer cultivators.
• A disciple announced that Immortal Sect cultivators had arrived on a Treasure Gourd with a Golden Core Realm expert.
• Chen Fan told Mo Bai, Chen Jingjing, and Zhang Rumeng that the people he killed in Demon King Valley belonged to the Immortal Sect, then refused to hide.
• Yang Feng and the elders met the visitors, and the old woman demanded that Chen Fan come forward.

Mu Yunshui and Elder Han came to Heavy Sword Peak to retrieve a sword, and Elder Han nearly killed Chen Fan with a single blow. Chen Fan surrendered the replica to protect Chen Jingjing and the others, then vowed to reclaim the real sword from the Immortal Sect once he grew stronger.

• Elder Han struck Chen Fan with overwhelming Golden Core power, and Mu Yunshui stopped her from attacking him again so they could retrieve the sword.
• Mu Yunshui demanded the sword and warned that Chen Jingjing and the others could be caught up in the conflict, while Heavy Sword Peak’s elders refused to intervene.
• Chen Fan urged Chen Jingjing not to beg the weak, then lunged at Chang Yue before Mu Yunshui blocked his strike.
• Chen Fan handed Chang Yue the replica sword and vowed to take the real sword from the Immortal Sect after forming his Nascent Soul.
• Mu Yunshui and Elder Han departed on the Treasure Gourd, and Chen Fan swore to repay the humiliation when he became stronger.

Chen Fan left Heavy Sword Peak with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng before he could meet Elder Li about the inheritance. Elsewhere, Elder Li and Sect Master Su plotted to kill the Chen siblings to protect the secret of the Six Paths Jade Disk, while Chen Fan began drawing a Demon Core out of his Heavenly Court body.

• Chen Fan warned Elder Lin with a drawn sword, then left Heavy Sword Peak with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng after Mo Bai and Mo Hu bid him farewell.
• The Young Sect Master learned that the Immortal Sect had taken Chen Fan's treasured sword and ordered his attendants to investigate a rumored Heaven Ghost Sect treasure.
• Elder Li secretly met Sect Master Su and admitted that Chen Fan had reached Qi Refining Layer 6 and asked for the inheritance, raising fears that the siblings knew about the Six Paths Jade Disk.
• Sect Master Su ordered Elder Li to arrange the Chen siblings' deaths with Hall Master Lin's help and planned to send Ziyue to the Shushan Sect with a Shushan Token.
• Chen Fan entered the Heavenly Court with his Divine Sense and began pulling a glowing blue Demon Core away from the meditating body.

Chen Fan broke through to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer and discovered Elder Li’s plot to lure him and Chen Jingjing into a trap. Outside Heavy Sword City, he confronted Elder Li and Lin Shang while Qin Xian’er and Li Tieniu watched from hiding, and Lin Shang began attacking with Dao Cultivator arts.

• Chen Fan absorbed two Demon Cores and refined their violent energy, reaching the Qi Refining Eighth Layer after three days of secluded cultivation.
• Elder Li sent Chen Jingjing a secret letter demanding that she and Chen Fan meet him outside Heavy Sword City, and Chen Fan intercepted her before she could go alone.
• Elder Li waited with Lin Shang, a Heaven Ghost Sect spy, while Qin Xian’er and Li Tieniu secretly observed them.
• Chen Fan arrived alone, accused Elder Li of luring them there to kill them, and exposed Lin Shang’s presence before Lin Shang emerged from hiding.
• Elder Li ordered Lin Shang to kill Chen Fan and fled, but Chen Fan cut off his escape as Lin Shang trapped Chen Fan’s feet with the Earth Sinking Technique and attacked with Talismans.

Chen Fan used the Nine Palaces Sword Art for the first time, overcoming Lin Shang and Elder Li while Qin Xian'er tried to claim him as her disciple. After killing Lin Shang, Chen Fan seized Elder Li and fled to force him to reveal the inheritance’s whereabouts.

• Lin Shang trapped Chen Fan with the Earth Sinking Technique, and Elder Li attacked while Qin Xian'er watched.
• Chen Fan unleashed the Nine Palaces Sword Art, severed Elder Li’s arm, escaped Lin Shang’s spell, and used Lin Shang to practice his footwork.
• Qin Xian'er approached and called Chen Fan her disciple, but he intercepted her talismans and attacked her after accusing her of lying in wait.
• Chen Fan activated a Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman and fought Qin Xian'er until Li Tieniu intervened.
• Lin Shang fled during the confrontation, but Chen Fan caught and killed him before grabbing Elder Li and escaping toward the outskirts.
• Qin Xian'er decided to wait for Chen Fan to return, anticipating trouble for the Immortal Sect.