Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan revealed that he had mastered a true domain and overwhelmed Xu Tianguang in a duel at the residence. He spared Xu, gave Li Muqing his name, and left as the elites recognized him.

• Chen Fan matched Xu Tianguang’s Nascent Soul domain with his own true domain, stunning the watching prodigies.
• Chen Fan broke through Xu Tianguang’s domain and battered him with the Nine Palaces Sword Art, forcing Xu to rely on his Spirit Treasure armor.
• Chen Fan held his sword to Xu Tianguang’s throat, but Li Muqing asked him to spare Xu before the Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield opened.
• Chen Fan withdrew his sword and headed for the gates, then told Li Muqing his name when she stopped him.
• Li Muqing and the elites reacted with disbelief as Chen Fan departed, and one elite recognized him.

Chen Fan escaped Heaven and Earth City with Bald Bird and Little Golden Monkey after his identity and strength stirred greed among the gathered prodigies. Once safely teleported away, Chen Fan asked about Old Yellow Tooth, and he and Bald Bird prepared to share important news.

• The prodigies recognized Chen Fan as the man who had devastated Heartless Valley, and several attendants secretly followed him, coveting his supposed treasure.
• Bald Bird secretly contacted Chen Fan and warned him that it had set up a Teleportation Array outside the city.
• Chen Fan slipped through the city and reached the gate, where Bald Bird and Little Golden Monkey waited by the formation.
• Several attendants pursued them and attacked, but Chen Fan and Bald Bird teleported tens of thousands of li away before the spells could stop them.
• Little Golden Monkey and Bald Bird blamed each other for stealing spirit herbs, while Chen Fan confirmed their pursuers were gone.
• Chen Fan asked about Senior Bai Jing, and Bald Bird explained that Old Yellow Tooth had joined Shu Mountain and watched it flee from an old enemy; then Chen Fan and Bald Bird each said they had major news to share.

Chen Fan told Bald Bird how he had obtained the Burning Earth Chapter and showed it an ancient portrait of Fat Daoist, which proved to be a Dharma Treasure. As Bald Bird declared that its restriction could not be opened, Little Golden Monkey claimed it could open the painting.

• Bald Bird told Chen Fan that the Burning Earth Chapter had surfaced in the Southern Continent and that its bearer had later vanished in the Kingdom of Wu; Chen Fan revealed that he was the bearer.
• Chen Fan explained that he had comprehended the Burning Earth Chapter from precious blood in a secret realm and recounted Fat Daoist's claims about the Heaven-Burning Art and immortality.
• Chen Fan showed Bald Bird an ancient portrait of Fat Daoist, and Bald Bird sensed a hidden restriction within it.
• Bald Bird discovered that the portrait was a Dharma Treasure containing a complex formation, and Chen Fan used the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art to see its runes.
• Chen Fan mentioned that he had also learned the Snow Studio Sword Technique, while Bald Bird refused to learn either art and asked only for the Burning Earth Chapter.
• Bald Bird said the portrait's restriction could not be opened, but Little Golden Monkey excitedly claimed it could open it.

Little Golden Monkey used its golden runes to bypass the restriction on the ancient painting, bringing the Fat Daoist’s Dharma form to life and forcing Chen Fan, Bald Bird, and the monkey to flee. With the Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield opening in three days, Chen Fan chose to enter despite Bald Bird’s warnings, and they set out for the Eastern Wasteland gathering place.

• Little Golden Monkey sent its golden runes into the ancient painting, awakening the Fat Daoist’s Dharma form and unleashing a destructive Daoist voice.
• Bald Bird teleported Chen Fan, Little Golden Monkey, and himself away before their mountain was destroyed, then realized the monkey could bypass the painting’s restriction and use it directly.
• Little Golden Monkey withdrew its runes from the painting and said it could break the restriction too, but that would take a long time.
• Bald Bird warned Chen Fan about the dangers of the battlefield’s trials and the prodigies on its altar, but Chen Fan confirmed he would enter.
• Chen Fan, Bald Bird, and Little Golden Monkey flew toward an Ancient City to travel by Teleportation Array to the Eastern Wasteland gathering place.

Chen Fan, Bald Bird, and Little Golden Monkey arrived at the Eastern Wasteland gathering ground as the great factions assembled for the Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield. Chen Fan confirmed Qin Xian'er had not come, then used the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art to inspect Qin Changtian as the chapter ended.

• Chen Fan, Bald Bird, and Little Golden Monkey blended into the crowded gathering ground, while Little Golden Monkey could not enter the battlefield because it had not reached the Golden Core Realm.
• The War Clan and Immortal Palace arrived, and Chen Fan saw Mu Yunshui had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage and inherited the Immortal Empress's Heart.
• Shu Mountain, the Golden Roc Clan, the Divine Silkworm Clan, and other factions arrived as Chen Fan continued searching for the Qin Clan.
• The Qin Clan arrived in a flying formation, and Chen Fan felt relieved when he saw Qin Xian'er was absent.
• The crowd discussed Qin Changtian's past performance and his promise to claim first place; Chen Fan inspected him with the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art and saw a natural grand killing formation.

Chen Fan and Bald Bird clashed verbally with the Wind Kingdom’s Sixteenth Prince while waiting for the Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield to open. When the prodigies were invited inside, Chen Fan revealed himself, rebuked the prince, and flew into the battlefield.

• Chen Fan used the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art to inspect Qin Changtian, then stopped when Qin Changtian seemed to notice him.
• Bald Bird explained the battlefield’s stages and warned Chen Fan to use every means in the first stage and avoid forcing the later altar battle.
• The Wind Kingdom’s Sixteenth Prince demanded that Chen Fan and Bald Bird leave, but they mocked his threats and claims about his elder brother, Crown Prince Feng.
• The ancient battlefield appeared in the sky, its war drums sounded, and an old man called the outstanding talents to enter.
• Chen Fan removed his hood, entrusted Little Golden Monkey to Bald Bird, rebuked the Sixteenth Prince, and flew toward the battlefield.

Chen Fan entered the Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield despite his late Golden Core cultivation, drawing concern and disbelief from those who knew him. Assigned to the seventy-fourth battlefield, he arrived as the one-in-a-hundred elimination battle began.

• The Sixteenth Prince learned that Chen Fan had entered the battlefield and dismissed him as doomed when he discovered Prince Feng was assigned to the same arena.
• Bald Bird watched Chen Fan depart, while Mu Yunshui rushed after him but arrived too late to stop him entering.
• Xiao Tianfang and Xiao Si Qing recognized Chen Fan, and Xiao Tianfang predicted that his recklessness would get him killed.
• Dugu Ghost Sword, Lu Jiaoyang, Buddhist monks from the Western Sect, and Ouyang Shitian headed toward the battlefield as crowds anticipated a great clash.
• Chen Fan arrived at the seventy-fourth battlefield, spread a blue Eight Trigrams Sword Formation, and faced attacks from two nearby prodigies as the elimination battle began.

Chen Fan unleashed his six-star White Bone Sword against the prodigies in the Seventy-Fourth Ancient Battlefield and used the Snow Studio Sword Art to secretly plant snow seeds in his enemies. He triggered the seeds with a Delusionless Sword Slash, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Chen Fan opened the Heaven-Earth Plate Sword Formation and struck down two Nascent Soul Middle Stage prodigies, breaking one’s Spirit Treasure and forcing them to flee after he revealed his name.
• Chen Fan used Everchanging Startling Snow for the first time, coating half the battlefield in snow and planting hidden snow seeds in nearby fighters.
• More than a dozen prodigies charged Chen Fan, but he evaded their Spirit Treasures with Nine Palaces Footwork while repeatedly spreading snow-white Sword Qi.
• Chen Fan sensed that ten snow seeds had taken hold and declared them ready to detonate.
• Chen Fan invoked “Cold Heart, Hateful Snow—explode!” and brought down a Delusionless Sword Slash.

Chen Fan used the Snow Studio Sword Art to eliminate more than a dozen prodigies, then survived the battlefield’s final slaughter to face five powerful Nascent Soul Late Stage opponents. When they mocked him and tried to claim his sword art, he began forming a powerful technique.

• Chen Fan detonated the Snow Seeds hidden in his opponents, then killed the wounded prodigies and absorbed their true essence.
• A merman and the Wind Kingdom Crown Prince each slaughtered groups of prodigies on other parts of the battlefield.
• Only eight people remained, and the Wind Kingdom Crown Prince, a woman on white silk, and the merman singled out Chen Fan and two other survivors as targets.
• Two silent prodigies killed the other survivors, leaving Chen Fan to face five Nascent Soul Late Stage prodigies.
• Chen Fan dismissed the five opponents as trash and formed intricate hand seals as shimmering strands of silk surged from his fingers.

Chen Fan opened the black coffin during the seventy-fourth battlefield’s final moments, unleashing the pressure of a Fusion Realm corpse against the five prodigies. As the spectators awaited the battlefield’s victor, Chen Fan was hurled out into view, shocking the crowd with his appearance and cultivation realm.

• Chen Fan used the Divine Silkworm Seal to hold off the five prodigies, who joined forces and prepared to endure until time ran out.
• Chen Fan released a black coffin from his Storage Ring and used his silken threads to force its lid open.
• The corpse of a Fusion Realm expert inside the coffin unleashed terrifying pressure toward the five prodigies, sweeping across the battlefield.
• Victors from other battlefields emerged, including Dugu Ghost Sword, Lu Jiaoyang, Mu Yunshui, Qin Changtian, and Su Jingyun, while the spectators discussed the delayed seventy-fourth battlefield.
• Bald Bird dismissed the sixteenth prince’s doubts and insisted Chen Fan would emerge victorious, as the crowd mocked the late Golden Core cultivator assigned to the battlefield.
• A shockwave hurled a figure from the seventy-fourth battlefield, and the spectators were astonished when they recognized Chen Fan’s face and cultivation realm.

Chen Fan’s victory in the seventy-fourth battlefield shocked the Eastern Wasteland gathering, where experts struggled to explain how a Late Golden Core Realm cultivator had defeated powerful prodigies. Though badly injured, he refused Mu Yunshui’s advice to withdraw, saying the battle was not only for Xian'er.

• The crowd and faction elders reacted in disbelief when Chen Fan appeared as the victor of the seventy-fourth battlefield despite being at the Late Golden Core Realm.
• A Qin Clan elder recognized Chen Fan from the incident at Heartless Valley, while a young prodigy said Chen Fan had used the Nine Palaces Sword Art in Heaven and Earth City.
• A Xiao Family expert denied that the family had any connection to Chen Fan, and the Sixteenth Prince of the Wind Kingdom panicked over his brother’s apparent defeat.
• Bald Bird mocked the Sixteenth Prince while the other battlefield victors watched Chen Fan with surprise and fighting spirit.
• Mu Yunshui urged Chen Fan to withdraw because Xian'er was under house arrest and the coming battles would be more dangerous.
• Chen Fan treated his injuries with Pure Wood Essence and told Mu Yunshui that he was fighting for himself as well as for Xian'er.

The second stage of the Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield began, and Chen Fan was matched against a Golden Roc Clan talent who wielded the Kunpeng Treasure Art. As the talent’s attack appeared to trap Chen Fan, a voice sounded behind him, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• The war drums announced the start of the second stage, and the hundred remaining competitors were transported to fifty arenas.
• Dugu Ghost Sword faced a seductive Three-Tailed Fox Clan woman, while Mu Yunshui was matched with a broadsword wielder.
• Chen Fan was paired with a Golden Roc Clan talent, whose inherited Kunpeng bloodline and fragmentary Treasure Art caused the spectators to expect Chen Fan’s defeat.
• The Golden Roc Clan talent attacked Chen Fan with Kunpeng Slashes, then struck at his head after sealing off his escape routes.
• As the Golden Roc Clan talent declared the fight over, a voice sounded from behind him.

Chen Fan battled the Golden Roc Clan prodigy, combining the Nine Palaces Sword Art with the long-lost Snow Studio Sword Art to wound him. The prodigy invoked the incomplete Kunpeng Treasure Art and began preparing Kunpeng Descends, leaving Chen Fan to consider whether to unleash a great divine ability.

• Chen Fan pierced the Golden Roc Clan prodigy's wing and trapped him in Nine-Nine Restoration, infused with Everchanging Startling Snow.
• The spectators recognized the Snow Studio Sword Art and reacted with shock and greed at its reappearance.
• The Golden Roc Clan prodigy escaped the sword formation, summoned a Kunpeng phantom, and attacked Chen Fan with overwhelming force.
• Chen Fan evaded the attack with Nine Palaces Footwork and struck with Cold Heart, Hateful Snow, rupturing the prodigy's heart and dantian.
• The wounded Golden Roc Clan prodigy swallowed pills and began invoking Kunpeng Descends as Chen Fan pursued him and considered using a great divine ability.

Chen Fan used the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art to see through and break the Golden Roc Clan prodigy’s Kunpeng Descends. He then overwhelmed and killed the prodigy, leaving the spectators across the ancient battlefield stunned.

• Dugu Ghost Sword and Mu Yunshui finished their arena duels and watched Chen Fan face the Golden Roc Clan prodigy.
• Mu Yunshui and the other spectators feared Chen Fan would be unable to withstand Kunpeng Descends, while the Immortal Palace youth hoped to see him die.
• Chen Fan opened his Heavenly Eye, spotted the runes forming Kunpeng Descends, and shattered a crucial rune with his sword.
• The injured Golden Roc Clan prodigy tried to cast Kunpeng Descends again, but Chen Fan attacked with the Nine Palaces Sword Art and stopped it.
• Chen Fan pierced the Golden Roc Clan prodigy’s chest and killed it, shocking everyone watching.

Chen Fan drew the attention and greed of powerful factions after winning his arena battle, while the true Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield opened and gathered the prodigies of the four great divine continents. He arrived on the central altar as old enemies recognized him, and the final battle began.

• The Divine Silkworm Clan, Immortal Palace, Shu Mountain, Qin Clan, and other factions agreed to seize Chen Fan after the battle and extract his divine arts, while the Golden Roc Clan demanded his life.
• Mu Yunshui worried that Chen Fan would be unable to escape the greed of the prodigies and powerful figures around him.
• The third round began as the ancient battlefield and central altar appeared, revealing Chen Fan’s Golden Core Late Stage cultivation to the other divine continents.
• Jian Tianmo, the Princess of the Kingdom of Wu, Li Guo's crown prince, and Fei Fengxuan recognized Chen Fan among the gathered prodigies.
• The restriction screens shattered, and hundreds of prodigies from the four great divine continents were transported to the central altar as the final battle began.

The Heavenly Prodigy Rankings examined the gathered prodigies before vanishing, and the Eastern Wasteland prodigies immediately tried to seize Chen Fan’s treasure arts. Chen Fan repelled their assault with the Divine Silkworm Seal, throwing a dozen attackers off the sacrificial platform.

• The Heavenly Prodigy Rankings restrained the prodigies and examined their talent, names, and origins while spectators recognized past champions who had become powerful leaders.
• After the rankings vanished and the prodigies regained their freedom, dozens of Eastern Wasteland prodigies attacked Chen Fan to seize his treasure arts.
• The major factions’ elders ordered their disciples not to kill Chen Fan, intending to capture him and claim his arts after the battlefield ended.
• Chen Fan rejected the prodigies’ threats and formed the Eight Trigrams Sword Formation and the Divine Silkworm Seal.
• Chen Fan’s silken threads bound a dozen attackers and hurled them off the sacrificial platform.

Chen Fan used the Divine Silkworm Seal to throw more than a dozen prodigies off the sacrificial platform, then was badly wounded while fighting off another group. As an Immortal Palace disciple attacked him, Chen Fan summoned a Taiji diagram and the intent of Life and Death Reincarnation.

• Chen Fan's silken threads flung more than a dozen prodigies off the platform, while restrictions cut the threads at its edge.
• The eliminated prodigies and their factions raged at Chen Fan, while the Divine Silkworm Clan elders decided they had to kill him.
• Bald Bird and Little Golden Monkey cheered Chen Fan from the crowd, and the remaining Divine Silkworm Clan prodigy watched him with wary interest.
• Chen Fan blasted more than twenty attackers back with his sword, but their combined strike left him severely injured and nearly out of True Essence.
• An Immortal Palace disciple attacked Chen Fan with a giant rune-covered fist, and Chen Fan answered by summoning a Taiji diagram charged with Life and Death Reincarnation.

Chen Fan overwhelmed Liu Feng with his Life and Death Reincarnation intent, then challenged the other prodigies to attack him together. As their combined assault finally stirred his Great Dao, he unleashed a colossal black-and-white sword strike.

• Chen Fan stomped Liu Feng with a giant foot formed from his intent, but Liu Feng used the Immortal Court Art to break free and destroy it.
• Chen Fan used the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art to expose the Immortal Court Art’s weakness, crushed Liu Feng’s Immortal Court, and pinned him beneath another giant foot.
• Chen Fan dismissed Liu Feng and challenged the nearby Eastern Wasteland prodigies, including a Qique Clan prodigy, to attack him together.
• More than twenty prodigies charged Chen Fan with powerful intents, incantations, and Spirit Treasures, finally making his Great Dao tremble.
• Chen Fan gathered his intent into the White Bone Sword and unleashed a colossal black-and-white sword strike called Annihilation at the charging prodigies.

Chen Fan used his Six Swords of Nirvana and Soul Devouring Banner to devastate the talents who had attacked him, but Crown Prince Li ambushed him before he could recover. As Chen Fan fell beyond the altar, the thunder that struck him cracked his Golden Core, and immense power began to emerge.

• Chen Fan unleashed the Six Swords of Nirvana, injuring himself as the sword intent shattered the Dao of more than twenty talents.
• Chen Fan sent the Soul Devouring Banner’s main souls and one hundred thousand vengeful souls to attack the wounded talents, while Crown Prince Li, Jian Tianmo, Cai Teng, Fei Fengxuan, and a monk battled elsewhere on the altar.
• Chen Fan took out his last piece of Pure Wood Essence to recover, prompting experts from the Qin Clan, Shu Mountain, and the Immortal Palace to order their disciples to stop him.
• Qin Changtian, Su Jingyun, the Three Talents and Two Empresses, and Mu Yunshui moved to attack Chen Fan, while Crown Prince Li ambushed him with the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.
• Crown Prince Li blasted Chen Fan beyond the altar and seized his Pure Wood Essence, but the thunder struck Chen Fan’s Golden Core and caused cracks to spread across it.

Chen Fan began breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm on the sacrificial platform, but Crown Prince Li and other geniuses tried to stop him, and Qin Changtian interrupted his first attempt. Mu Yunshui sacrificed her qualification to save him, giving Chen Fan the chance to force his breakthrough successfully.

• Chen Fan entered a profound state and shattered his golden core as he comprehended the Annihilation Sword Dao.
• Crown Prince Li attacked Chen Fan, but an Immortal Palace genius and Su Jingyun intervened; Qin Changtian then punched Chen Fan off course and interrupted his breakthrough.
• Chen Fan stopped himself near the platform's edge, vowed to become a Sword Immortal, and tried to force the breakthrough despite his injuries.
• Mu Yunshui rescued Chen Fan and pushed him toward the platform's center, sacrificing her chance to compete for first place.
• Chen Fan focused on the essence of Life and Death Reincarnation and successfully reached the Nascent Soul Realm.