Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan learned from the Li Family chief steward that the Kingdom of Wu lay in the Southern Continent and that traveling to the Eastern Wasteland would require a great many Spirit Stones. After leaving the auction house with a token for the Bee Emperor Jade Nectar auction, he continued through the Marketplace and stopped at a stall selling mystic iron and Seven-Star Ore.

• A Li Family woman and attendant arranged to bring Chen Fan to the chief steward after hearing that he sought information about the Divine Continent.
• The chief steward told Chen Fan that the Kingdom of Wu belonged to the Southern Continent and described the enormous cost of traveling by Teleportation Array.
• Chen Fan handed over his Bee Emperor Jade Nectar and received a Black Iron Token for the upcoming auction.
• Chen Fan left the Li Family auction house, worried about the cost of reaching the Eastern Wasteland, and stopped at a stall displaying mystic iron and Seven-Star Ore.

Chen Fan traded medicinal herbs for top-grade Seven-Star Ore and refined a three-star Artifact Heart, then merged it into an iron sword. He planned to take the finished sword to auction the next day and hoped to find greener Seven-Star Ore for a more powerful refinement.

• Chen Fan traded a four-hundred-year-old spiritual herb for Seven-Star Ore and another herb for Spirit Stones, then accepted Secret Iron as a gift from the stall owner.
• Chen Fan rented a quiet inn room, set up an array, and began refining an Artifact Heart with the Seven-Star Ore and Secret Iron.
• Chen Fan chose to forge a power-focused sharp sword and inscribed the Azure Dragon and White Tiger runes after the Artifact Heart proved unable to contain all Four Symbols.
• Chen Fan completed the Artifact Heart and discovered it had reached the three-star grade.
• The next day, Chen Fan bought an iron sword, altered its appearance, and merged the Artifact Heart into it.
• Chen Fan admired the finished sword and decided to take it to auction the following day.

Chen Fan visited the Li Family Auction House to offer another item for auction, just as the family struggled with the Lin Family’s scheme and the loss of customers. He revealed that he wanted to auction a three-star Spirit Treasure sword, leaving the Li Family members stunned.

• The Li Family’s leaders discussed how the Lin Family had misled them and drawn customers away with news of a Spirit Treasure auction.
• Treasure told the others about Chen Fan’s confrontation with Lin Tianming and said Elder Bai of the Shen Family had identified Chen Fan as a heaven-chosen prodigy.
• The Family Head asked to meet Chen Fan when he arrived at the auction house.
• Chen Fan told the head steward that he had another item to auction, while Yun Hong urged him to return next month because the Lin Family’s auction would attract the city’s major forces.
• Chen Fan announced that his item was a three-star Spirit Treasure sword.

Chen Fan persuaded the Li Family Auction House to accept his three-star Spirit Treasure sword for auction, asking to be paid only in Spirit Stones so he could leave Hundred Wastes City to find friends. As the Li Family considered how to win his favor, familiar figures approached him outside the auction house.

• Chen Fan revealed a three-star Spirit Treasure sword, convincing the Li Family that he had come to auction it rather than mock them.
• The Li Family elder and chief steward assured Chen Fan they could protect the sword, and Yun Hong apologized for her earlier rebuke.
• Chen Fan agreed to leave the sword with the Li Family Auction House on the condition that the auction proceeds be paid in Spirit Stones.
• Chen Fan said he planned to leave Hundred Wastes City to look for friends, then departed with the chief steward escorting him.
• After Chen Fan left, the Nascent Soul elder urged Yun Hong to build a relationship with him, while Yuanbao described rumors about Chen Fan's background.
• Several familiar figures approached Chen Fan outside the Li Family Auction House.

Chen Fan received a White Jade Token from the Li Family Auction House, prompting Lin Tianming to suspect that Chen Fan had brought them Bee Emperor Jade Nectar. The Li Family then announced a three-star Spirit Treasure auction, and its challenge with the Lin Family escalated into competing public guarantees.

• The Li Family chief steward gave Chen Fan a White Jade Token and invited him to return for the auction in three days, while Lin Tianming and Zhang Bai mocked the Li Family.
• Shen Yurou said she planned to let her returning brother deal with Chen Fan, and Lin Tianming wondered whether Chen Fan had brought Bee Emperor Jade Nectar to auction.
• The Li Family recalled its guest elders and invited allies before its head announced that it would auction a three-star Spirit Treasure in two days.
• The Lin Family head tore up the Li Family's invitation and promised to compensate everyone in Hundred Wastes City with one Magic Tool if the Li Family's claim proved true.
• The Li Family head responded that his family would compensate everyone in Hundred Wastes City with one Spirit Treasure if it failed to produce the three-star Spirit Treasure.

The Li Family’s announcement of a three-star Spirit Treasure drew powerful cultivators to its auction and threw the Lin Family into disarray. Chen Fan arrived at the auction, where Shen Yurou’s brother challenged him, just as an unexpected young man and woman approached.

• The Li Family head’s promise of a Spirit Treasure for every person sent cultivators flocking to retrieve their consigned treasures from the Lin Family, whose head ordered an investigation into the Li Family’s treasure.
• Zhang Bai and Shen Yurou speculated about who had supplied the Li Family’s Spirit Treasure, while Shen Yurou dismissed the idea that Chen Fan owned one.
• Chen Fan failed to contact the Heavenly Court and spent the day tempering the Chaos Qi in his body.
• Powerful Nascent Soul and Golden Core experts arrived in Hundred Wastes City for the Li Family auction, and Chen Fan headed to the Li Family Auction House.
• Shen Yurou’s brother, Young Master Shen, pressured Chen Fan with his aura and demanded that he kneel and apologize after the auction, but Chen Fan remained unbothered.
• As Chen Fan and Young Master Shen entered the auction house, a young man and woman approached, drawing astonished attention from the crowd.

At the Li Family auction, Chen Fan watched the Fei siblings and other powerful cultivators gather before the first lot, a Seven-Star Divine Ore, was offered. After Fei Fengxuan bid four hundred mid-grade Spirit Stones, Chen Fan raised the price to five hundred, drawing the hall’s attention.

• Fei Fengxuan and Fei Chuchu arrived at the Li Family estate, where Fei Chuchu reminded him to secure the three-star Spirit Treasure and investigate its seller.
• Chen Fan entered the VIP seating area and greeted Fei Fengxuan, while the assembled Nascent Soul powerhouses included a formidable transformed Monster Beast and a purple-haired woman who tested Chen Fan with her bewitching art.
• The Li Family head and chief steward opened the auction, and the chief steward presented the Seven-Star Divine Ore as the first lot.
• Fei Fengxuan bid four hundred mid-grade Spirit Stones for the ore, saying it could make a gift for Master Gu.
• Chen Fan bid five hundred mid-grade Spirit Stones, stunning the auction hall.

Chen Fan outbid Fei Fengxuan for the Seven-Star Divine Ore, drawing an invitation from the Fei Clan that he neither accepted nor rejected. As the auction continued, an unfamiliar golden stone disc caught his attention, and bidding began at five thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones.

• Chen Fan and Fei Fengxuan raised their bids for the Seven-Star Divine Ore until Chen Fan offered 1,300 mid-grade Spirit Stones and Fei Fengxuan stopped.
• Fei Chuchu invited Chen Fan to the Fei Clan, and Fei Fengxuan said they would go there together after the auction; Chen Fan gave no clear answer.
• The chief steward sold the Seven-Star Divine Ore to Chen Fan and privately considered helping him leave the auction discreetly.
• Chen Fan passed on the Nine-Revolution True Essence Pills, while Fei Chuchu bought the Nimble Mystic Fingers cultivation art.
• The chief steward presented a golden stone disc that the Li Clan could not break, and Chen Fan reacted strongly as its auction opened at 5,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Chen Fan won the mysterious golden stone after sensing powerful metal-element True Essence Power inside it, then watched the auction continue to its grand finale: his three-star Spirit Treasure sword. The sword’s bidding began at four hundred and seventy thousand medium-grade Spirit Stones.

• Chen Fan outbid the purple-haired woman and acquired the mysterious stone for five thousand two hundred medium-grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Fan sensed that the stone contained powerful metal-element True Essence Power that resonated with his Burning Gold Scripture.
• The Shen Family bought the Bee Emperor Jade Nectar for two thousand medium-grade Spirit Stones, while Shen Yurou felt awkward about needing it after mocking Chen Fan.
• The chief steward unveiled Chen Fan’s three-star Spirit Treasure sword and announced a starting price of four hundred and sixty thousand medium-grade Spirit Stones.
• An unnamed bidder opened the contest for the sword at four hundred and seventy thousand medium-grade Spirit Stones.

Chen Fan’s Spirit Treasure sold for an astonishing eight hundred thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones after Yao Zhantian outbid the rival factions. As the auction ended, Chen Fan headed to collect his payment, ignoring Young Master Shen’s threat and preparing to leave for the Kingdom of Wu’s imperial capital.

• Yao Zhantian, identified as a giant of the Ten Thousand Demon Cave, drove the bidding for Chen Fan’s three-star Spirit Treasure beyond the factions’ limits.
• The Li Family learned that the Ten Thousand Demon Cave had also bought a one-star Spirit Treasure at the Lin Family auction for four hundred thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones, prompting speculation that the Cave was nearing the end of its internal conflict.
• Yao Zhantian won Chen Fan’s Spirit Treasure for eight hundred thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones after the Fei Clan and the purple-haired woman stopped bidding.
• As the auction concluded, Chen Fan set out for the Inner Court to collect his Spirit Stones and then travel to the Kingdom of Wu’s imperial capital.
• Young Master Shen warned Chen Fan to kneel before his sister and apologize, but Chen Fan dismissed the threat and continued toward the Inner Court.

Chen Fan collected his auction proceeds from the Li Family and rejected their offers to disguise or protect him from the Shen Family and Fei Clan. He walked out to face the assembled forces and challenged Young Master Shen and the Fei siblings to attack together.

• Chen Fan entered the Li Family’s Inner Court while the crowd speculated about his coming confrontation with the Shen Family and Fei Clan.
• Yun Hong and the chief steward offered to disguise Chen Fan and help him leave safely, but he refused and explained that Nascent Soul experts could still recognize him.
• The chief steward gave Chen Fan eight hundred thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones, including three hundred thousand exchanged for high-grade Spirit Stones, and the Li Family covered the cost of two treasures.
• Chen Fan declined Yun Hong’s offer to alert the expert she believed stood behind him and headed for the Li Family’s main gate.
• Members of the Shen Family, Fei Clan, Zhang Family, and Lin Family gathered outside the gates as Chen Fan emerged.
• Chen Fan faced Young Master Shen and the Fei siblings and told them to attack him together.

Chen Fan and Young Master Shen entered the Prodigy Battlefield, an ancient arena that trapped its contestants until one died. As the two faced off, Chen Fan dismissed Young Master Shen as too weak to be his stepping stone.

• Chen Fan challenged Fei Fengxuan, Fei Chuchu, and Young Master Shen to attack him together, but Fei Chuchu held Fei Fengxuan back and let the Shen Family test him.
• Young Master Shen summoned the Prodigy Battlefield, and he entered it after declaring that Chen Fan must either beg forgiveness or be killed.
• Chen Fan followed Young Master Shen into the battlefield, which solidified above Hundred Wastes City and sealed out everyone except prodigies.
• Young Master Shen called Chen Fan's death an honor and claimed he would become a stepping stone on his path to immortality.
• Chen Fan faced Young Master Shen and said he was too weak to qualify as a stepping stone.

Chen Fan and Young Master Shen began their battle on the Prodigy Battlefield, with Chen Fan meeting Shen’s Eight-Armed Golden Ape Transformation and many techniques with his sword arts. After several hundred exchanges, both fighters showed signs of strain, and Young Master Shen prepared a stronger move as Chen Fan summoned black and white swords.

• Chen Fan’s true words astonished the spectators, while Shen Family members dismissed his confidence and the purple-haired Nascent Soul Realm woman considered taking him to the Joyous Union Sect if he won.
• Young Master Shen activated the Eight-Armed Golden Ape Transformation, summoning six golden arms, and Chen Fan attacked with his Annihilation Sword Intent and Nine Palaces Sword Art.
• Young Master Shen countered Chen Fan’s nine sword strikes with eight different techniques, but Chen Fan’s afterimage concealed a sudden counterattack that shattered through them.
• Chen Fan and Young Master Shen exchanged hundreds of rapid blows, leaving cracks in Chen Fan’s sword and dimming Shen’s golden ape arms.
• Young Master Shen declared that his warm-up was over and pressed two fingers to his brow, while Chen Fan calmly summoned illusory black and white swords embodying Life and Death and Reincarnation.

Chen Fan and the Shen Family's young master fought fiercely in the Prodigy Battlefield, while Fei Fengxuan recognized the terrifying potential of Chen Fan's Sword Intent. The fight left both combatants wounded, but Chen Fan's sword shattered just as two of his opponent's ape arms exploded, sending the young master crashing to the ground.

• Spectators and Shen Yurou believed Chen Fan was falling behind, but Fei Fengxuan sensed that Chen Fan's Sword Intent was terrifying and warned Fei Chuchu that a recovered Chen Fan could surpass them.
• Chen Fan transformed his twin phantom swords into a black-and-white circle and criticized the Shen Family's young master for relying on spells created by others.
• The Shen Family's young master used the second transformation of the Eight-Armed Golden Ape and attacked Chen Fan with four powerful spells.
• Chen Fan and the young master exchanged hundreds of blows before both were hurled back, bleeding.
• Chen Fan's sharp sword shattered, but two of the young master's ape arms cracked and exploded, blasting him into the ground.

Chen Fan used his newly comprehended art of life, death, and reincarnation to overcome Young Master Shen’s powerful techniques and win their battle. The chapter ended with Young Master Shen collapsing as the spectators watched in stunned silence.

• Young Master Shen healed his chest with a Condensing Origin Pill and unleashed his Eight-Armed Golden Ape Transformation alongside three powerful arts.
• Chen Fan evaded the attacks of Diting’s leg and the Heavenly God War Saber while Young Master Shen and a golden ape pressed their assault.
• Chen Fan brought his Divine Soul and Nirvana Sword Intent to bear, forming a Taiji circle and releasing the artistic conception of life and death.
• Chen Fan’s art dispelled the summoned attacks and returned Young Master Shen to his injured state, draining his life force and True Essence Power.
• Young Master Shen fell to his knees, admitting defeat as Hundred Wastes City watched in silence.

After Chen Fan defeated Young Master Shen, he tried to kill him before his Life and Death Reincarnation intent faded, but the Shen family patriarch intervened and trapped him. As the purple-haired woman from the Joyous Union Sect claimed she would take Chen Fan, he began forming the Divine Silkworm Seal to escape.

• Chen Fan defeated Young Master Shen, then charged to strike him again before his temporary death energy wore off.
• The Shen family patriarch used a Divine Soul attack to stop Chen Fan and trapped him inside the Prodigy Battlefield with his pagoda.
• Chen Fan consumed Pure Wood Essence and tried to attack Young Master Shen again, but the patriarch's beam hurled him back.
• The purple-haired woman revealed she belonged to the Joyous Union Sect and declared that she would take Chen Fan regardless of what the Shen family did.
• As Young Master Shen began recovering, Chen Fan formed the Divine Silkworm Seal while trapped in the beam.

Chen Fan destroyed the Shen Family Head’s three-star Spirit Treasure and killed Young Master Shen in the Prodigy Battlefield, absorbing his True Essence and restoring himself to a flawless Golden Core. As the powerhouses of Hundred Wastes City prepared to seize Chen Fan’s technique, the Red-robed Woman warned them that attacking him would bring overwhelming retaliation.

• Chen Fan used the Divine Silkworm Seal to shatter the Shen Family Head’s light barrier and white pagoda, gravely injuring the Family Head and sending the purple-haired woman fleeing.
• Chen Fan pierced Young Master Shen’s heart, killing him, then absorbed the battlefield’s True Essence and restored his cultivation to a Perfect Golden Core.
• The Shen Family Head urged the Fei Clan to join forces against Chen Fan, while several Nascent Soul Realm powerhouses coveted the technique that had destroyed the Spirit Treasure.
• The Red-robed Woman defended Chen Fan, and the Li Clan Head shielded her from the gathered powerhouses’ pressure.
• The Red-robed Woman warned the crowd that Chen Fan’s allies included the talisman artificer behind the three-star Spirit Treasure, and that attacking him could bring powerful cultivators to surround Hundred Wastes City.

After the Li Clan revealed that Chen Fan had auctioned the three-star Spirit Treasure, the other factions abandoned their plans to attack him and fled. Chen Fan spared the Shen Family and learned that the Fei Clan had a Teleportation Array to the imperial capital, which he set out to use.

• The Li Clan head identified Chen Fan as the Spirit Treasure’s owner, terrifying the gathered cultivators and prompting them to withdraw.
• The Zhang and Lin family heads abandoned Zhang Bai and Lin Tianming, while the Fei Clan also left without challenging Chen Fan.
• The Shen Family head begged Chen Fan to spare his family, and Chen Fan ended the matter and let them go.
• Chen Fan thanked the Li Clan head, who warned him that enemies might ambush him on the road and advised him to take a Teleportation Array.
• The Li Clan head offered to contact his son in the imperial capital, and Chen Fan headed toward the Fei Clan to arrange passage.

After the Fei Clan refused to lend Chen Fan its damaged formation, he left Hundred Wastes City and traveled toward the Imperial City with a group of Nascent Soul cultivators seeking to show goodwill. As he approached the city, he sensed a golden dragon phantom guarding the imperial palace and saw it turn its gaze toward him.

• Chen Fan visited the Fei Clan to borrow its formation, but the Fei Clan Head's wife claimed it needed one or two days of repairs.
• After Chen Fan left, the Fei Clan Head ordered his people to protect him and said he possessed a Sword Heart like Xuan'er, whose Sword Heart needed time to mature.
• Chen Fan departed Hundred Wastes City the next day, and more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators joined him on the road to the Imperial City.
• The group traveled tens of thousands of miles without being attacked and reached the Imperial City several days later.
• Chen Fan sensed an oppressive aura from the imperial palace and saw a golden dragon phantom open its eyes and fix its gaze on him.

Chen Fan arrived in the Kingdom of Wu and learned that war had sealed its borders. News of the Burning Earth Art drew his interest, and Li Baimin agreed to investigate while warning him of the dangers.

• Chen Fan saw the Kingdom of Wu’s fading golden dragon and realized its national fortune was weakening.
• Li Baimin welcomed Chen Fan to the imperial city and told him the Human Emperor had sealed the kingdom amid a war beyond its borders.
• Li Baimin revealed that the enemy forces sought the Burning Earth Art, prompting Chen Fan to connect it to the lost Burning Earth Chapter.
• Li Baimin said the Ninth Peak of Great Shu Mountain and the Joyous Union Sect were backing the attackers, and explained Great Shu Mountain’s immense power.
• Chen Fan asked Li Baimin to investigate the Burning Earth Art, and Li Baimin reluctantly agreed.