Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan killed Elder Li and learned that Sect Master Su held the Chen Clan’s remaining inheritance and Six Paths Jade Disk. On his way back to Heavy Sword City, he rejected Qin Xian’er’s offer to help recover his sword, then returned at dawn determined to strengthen Chen Jingjing before leaving on a journey.

• Chen Fan used Divine Sense suppression to question Elder Li, learned the Six Paths Jade Disk and remaining inheritance were with Sect Master Su, and killed him.
• Chen Fan realized Sect Master Su posed a serious threat and resolved to help Chen Jingjing grow stronger.
• Qin Xian’er offered to help Chen Fan deal with the Heaven Ghost Sect and Immortal Sect in exchange for him making her his master, but he refused and called her too weak.
• Chen Fan returned to Heavy Sword City at dawn and noticed most Heavy Sword Peak disciples had turned their backs on him, while a few still treated him with respect.

Chen Fan prepared to move Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng to Demon King Valley, then visited the Heavenly Court to trade Demon Cores for Spirit Stones. He bargained with a shrewd old man over a Storage Ring and ended by offering him a Qi Refining Ninth Layer Demon Core.

• Chen Fan told Chen Jingjing he had killed Elder Li and planned to teach her talisman-making before taking her and Zhang Rumeng to Demon King Valley.
• Chen Fan entered the Heavenly Court and met the old man, who traded five Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talismans for information about Spirit Stones.
• Chen Fan negotiated a rate of two Low-Grade Spirit Stones per Qi Refining Eighth Layer Demon Core and traded the old man five cores for ten stones.
• The old man offered Chen Fan a Storage Ring for ten Spirit Stones, but Chen Fan bargained and said he would rather visit the Marketplace.
• After the old man refused Chen Fan's offer of two Spirit Stones for the ring and walked away, Chen Fan asked whether he wanted a Qi Refining Ninth Layer Demon Core.

Chen Fan traded a rare Demon Core for thirty Spirit Stones and a Storage Ring, then returned to Demon King Valley with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng. He planned to use Marrow Cleansing Pills and intensive training to prepare them for the dangers ahead.

• Chen Fan negotiated with the old man, exchanging a Qi Refining Ninth Layer Demon Core for thirty Spirit Stones and a Storage Ring.
• Chen Fan bonded with the Storage Ring and discovered he could pull it out of the Heavenly Court with his Divine Sense.
• Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng joined Chen Fan as he set out for Demon King Valley, where he warned the gathered cultivators not to follow him.
• Chen Fan led the two women deeper into the valley and stopped near a mountain after confirming the area was clear.
• Chen Fan gave Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng Marrow Cleansing Pills and explained that he would teach them to refine the pills, cultivate, and fight beasts.

Chen Fan helped Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng refine Marrow Cleansing Pills and began cultivating with them in a Qi Gathering Array inside Demon King Valley. Meanwhile, Sect Master Su framed Chen Fan for Elder Li’s death, and the Young Sect Master took control of Heavy Sword Peak and ordered Chen Fan captured and the two women seized alive.

• Chen Fan gave Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng Marrow Cleansing Pills, taught them how to refine them, and watched as they safely cleansed their bodies.
• Sect Master Su ordered his disciples to spread a false account blaming Chen Fan for Elder Li’s death, while a hidden observer overheard him and disappeared.
• Tang Wan posed as an eyewitness and accused Chen Fan of murdering Elder Li with help from a black-clothed Demon Sect accomplice.
• Yang Feng remained doubtful, but the Young Sect Master took control of Heavy Sword Peak and ordered Chen Fan killed if he resisted, with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng captured alive.
• After the women returned from washing, Chen Fan arranged ten Spirit Stones into a Qi Gathering Array that drew spiritual energy into the area.

Chen Fan hid himself and Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng inside a Qi Gathering Array and cultivated while enemies assembled outside Demon King Valley. After two days, the women reached Qi Refining Seventh Layer, and they heard a strange rushing sound coming from Chen Fan.

• Chen Fan set up a Concealment Array around the Qi Gathering Array and began cultivating toward Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
• At Demon King Valley, Nalan Tian returned at Foundation Establishment Early Stage, claimed the Vice Peak Master position, and ordered disciples to execute Chen Fan.
• Four Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Immortal Sect arrived, while Qin Xian'er and Li Tieniu watched and discussed the threat to Chen Fan.
• After two days of cultivation, Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng both reached Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
• Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng heard a rushing sound from Chen Fan and stared at him in astonishment.

Chen Fan cultivated inside a cocoon of dense spiritual energy while Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng defended him from Nalan Tian and the Heavy Sword Peak disciples. Chen Jingjing activated Chen Fan’s powerful Five Elements Sword Formation, which held off their attacks, but two Immortal Sect sword cultivators arrived and the formation’s radiance began to fade.

• Nalan Tian and the Heavy Sword Peak disciples surrounded Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, then attacked the Concealment Array to expose Chen Fan’s cultivation cocoon.
• Nalan Tian broke the Concealment Array, but five beams from Chen Fan’s talismans formed a Five Elements Sword Formation around Chen Jingjing, Zhang Rumeng, and Chen Fan.
• Nalan Tian’s Water Bullet Technique and Earth Sinking Technique were neutralized by the formation’s elemental swords, forcing him to recognize its strength.
• Two Immortal Sect sword cultivators arrived and failed to break the formation, deciding to wait for its spiritual energy to run out.
• As the formation’s radiance dimmed, Nalan Tian approached Chen Jingjing and urged her to surrender before it broke.

Nalan Tian trapped Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng while two Immortal Sect sword cultivators attacked Chen Fan’s Spiritual Energy Cocoon. As the cocoon cracked under their strike, the sword cultivators sensed danger and shouted for everyone to retreat.

• Nalan Tian and Nalan Yun taunted Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng as the two Immortal Sect sword cultivators waited for Chen Fan’s Sword Formation to break.
• Chen Jingjing defended her brother, but the five giant swords cracked apart, and Nalan Tian trapped the women with his Earth Sinking Technique.
• The Immortal Sect sword cultivators struck Chen Fan’s cocoon, but its spiritual energy knocked their swords aside, while Nalan Tian threatened the disciples who considered intervening.
• Nalan Tian blocked Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng’s attacks and moved to restrain them as Chen Fan’s cocoon began to weaken.
• The sword cultivators struck the cracking cocoon together, then abruptly shouted for everyone to retreat.

Chen Fan returned after advancing to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer and rescued Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, then challenged Nalan Tian. He broke through Nalan Tian’s water defenses with the Nine Palaces Sword Art, but Nalan Tian trapped him inside Water Heaven Prison.

• Chen Fan shielded Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng from the spiritual ripples, then freed them from the mire.
• Chen Fan confronted Nalan Tian and threatened to cut off his hands, while Zhang Rumeng knocked aside Nalan Yun’s talisman attack.
• Nalan Tian attacked Chen Fan with Water Bullet Technique, but Chen Fan dodged the spheres and struck his Water Heaven Wall.
• Chen Fan used the Nine Palaces Sword Art to shatter Nalan Tian’s water curtain and the three defensive layers that followed.
• Nalan Tian completed Water Heaven Prison and enclosed Chen Fan in a hemispherical curtain of water.

Chen Fan broke Nalan Tian’s Water Heaven Prison, defeated him, and killed him after he refused to apologize. With Immortal Sect sword cultivators and more enemies approaching, Chen Fan sent Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng away with talismans and a copy of his Blazing Heaven Sword Art, then prepared to face the coming battle.

• Chen Fan escaped Water Heaven Prison with Nine Palaces Footwork and attacked Nalan Tian with his Blazing Heaven Sword Art.
• Chen Fan shattered Nalan Tian’s defenses, crippled his knees, and demanded an apology.
• Chen Jingjing slapped Nalan Yun when she attacked Chen Fan, and Chen Fan killed Nalan Tian after he continued to insult them.
• Chen Fan gave Chen Jingjing talismans and Zhang Rumeng his Blazing Heaven Sword Art, then sent them toward the forest to cultivate and stay safe.
• Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng left as Chen Fan faced the two Immortal Sect sword cultivators, and a golden wheel carrying two figures approached.

Chen Fan fought Du Yuan and Yang Yunpo, two Immortal Sect sword cultivators, and used the Nine Palaces Footwork to evade their combined attacks. As he moved to strike their throats, two more figures arrived and ordered him to stop.

• Chen Fan taunted Du Yuan and Yang Yunpo, then attacked them before their senior brother and junior sister could arrive.
• Chen Fan used the Blazing Heaven Sword Qi and Nine Palaces Sword Art to suppress the two cultivators and counter their water- and fire-based sword techniques.
• Du Yuan and Yang Yunpo combined their strongest attacks, trapping Chen Fan between five man-eating sharks and a rain of fire.
• Chen Fan used the Nine Palaces Footwork to escape the attacks and appear outside the sea of flames.
• Chen Fan seized the two cultivators' momentary distraction and thrust his sword toward their throats, but two figures arrived on a golden wheel and ordered him to stop.

Chen Fan narrowly missed killing Du Yuan and Yang Yunpo before Bai Yue and Liu Ziming arrived to support them. After activating three Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talismans, Chen Fan faced the Immortal Sect disciples and Heavy Sword Peak’s arriving leaders as the battle escalated.

• Yang Yunpo pushed Du Yuan clear of Chen Fan’s final sword strike, and Bai Yue and Liu Ziming arrived to give the wounded men Foundation Cultivation Pills.
• Chen Fan ignored Bai Yue’s demands, threatened Elder Han, and activated three Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talismans to restore his strength.
• Bai Yue charged the Thunder Sound Golden Wheel while Liu Ziming watched Chen Fan, and Yang Yunpo and Du Yuan prepared to attack again.
• Yang Feng, Elder Lin, and three other Heavy Sword Peak elders arrived, and Yang Feng identified Bai Yue and Liu Ziming as powerful Immortal Sect cultivators.
• Chen Fan raised his sword, declared that his opponents were no match for him, and unleashed a burst of golden swordlight.

Chen Fan fought Bai Yue, Du Yuan, and Yang Yunpo while conserving his True Qi with crushed Spirit Stones. As they combined thunder and water into a Thunder Giant Flood Dragon, Chen Fan’s sword art stirred the surrounding spiritual energy and a sword-bearing figure began to form above him.

• Bai Yue, Du Yuan, and Yang Yunpo attacked Chen Fan with lightning, water, and flames, forcing him to dodge with his footwork.
• Chen Fan crushed a Low-Grade Spirit Stone to replenish his True Qi, then crushed another as the others prepared their combined attack.
• Du Yuan and Bai Yue joined their powers, transforming the abyssal sea and Thunder Sound Golden Wheel into a Thunder Giant Flood Dragon.
• The Thunder Giant Flood Dragon charged at Chen Fan and unleashed lightning around him.
• Chen Fan’s sword cry shook the air, drew in spiritual energy, and formed a blurry figure holding an enormous sword above him.

Chen Fan fought Du Yuan’s Thunder Giant Flood Dragon and brought it down with a golden sword strike, but vanished in the blast. As Liu Ziming’s group prepared to leave with a Shushan Token, they argued over whether to kill Chen Jingjing and the Chen Clan.

• Chen Fan absorbed the thunder attacking his meridians, then used the Nine Palaces Footwork and a golden sword strike to destroy the Thunder Giant Flood Dragon.
• The crowd saw the flood dragon disappear and Du Yuan collapse, while Chen Fan was missing after a streak of golden light crashed into a mountainside.
• Liu Ziming said the group had completed its first task and revealed that their second task was to deliver a Shushan Token to Bishui Sect.
• Bai Yue said Master had ordered Chen Jingjing and the entire Chen Clan killed, but Liu Ziming agreed to spare Chen Jingjing after Elder Lin invoked the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s protection.
• Bai Yue rejected Liu Ziming’s decision, and a piercing sword cry suddenly rang through the air.

Chen Fan survived Liu Ziming’s Thunderous Might Talisman and restored himself with Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talismans. He then vanished and appeared before Du Yuan, whose life was threatened by Chen Fan’s golden sword strike.

• Chen Fan returned to the battlefield, rallied the Heavy Sword Peak disciples, and challenged the Immortal Sect to fight again.
• Liu Ziming activated the Thunderous Might Talisman, but Chen Fan evaded its first strike and endured a storm of lightning.
• A lightning bolt destroyed Nalan Yun, and the disciples revealed that Nalan Tian had been killed by Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan escaped the lightning barrage badly injured, then used three Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talismans to recover.
• Chen Fan appeared in front of Du Yuan and swung his golden sword as Yang Yunpo and Bai Yue shouted warnings.

Chen Fan killed Du Yuan and Yang Yunpo with the Nine Palaces Sword Art, but his body and True Qi were pushed to their limits. Cornered by Liu Ziming and Bai Yue, he unleashed a more powerful Eight Trigrams Formation as Qin Xian'er rushed to save him, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Chen Fan killed Du Yuan and then used an Eight Trigrams Formation and an afterimage to kill Yang Yunpo, despite Liu Ziming and Bai Yue trying to intervene.
• Qin Xian'er told Li Tieniu that Chen Fan's talismans aided him but could not erase the strain of fighting Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Chen Fan soon spat blood.
• Chen Fan renewed his strength with three talismans and fought off Bai Yue's Thunder Pythons while Liu Ziming prepared an earth-element spell.
• Liu Ziming struck Chen Fan with a Giant Rock Hand and sent a barrage of rock spikes at him while Chen Fan lacked enough True Qi to escape.
• Qin Xian'er flew to save Chen Fan as he invoked the pinnacle of the Nine Palaces Sword Art, tearing his body apart before his Eight Trigrams Formation ground the rock spikes to dust.

Chen Fan survived his final attack after Qin Xian'er rescued him, while she killed Liu Ziming and took the Shushan Token. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuanxing and Wang Feng entered Demon King Valley to find their daughter Zhang Rumeng and investigate Chen Fan.

• Chen Fan collapsed after his sword strike, and Qin Xian'er gave him a Heart Protecting Pill before Li Tieniu took him into his care.
• Yang Feng revealed that Bai Yue had died, and Qin Xian'er froze Liu Ziming to death after he demanded that Chen Fan be handed over.
• Qin Xian'er took the Shushan Token from Liu Ziming's remains, and Yang Feng led the Heavy Sword Peak disciples away to report to the Young Sect Master.
• Zhang Yuanxing and Wang Feng arrived outside Demon King Valley, where a Heavy Sword Peak elder accused Zhang Rumeng of aiding Chen Fan.
• Zhang Yuanxing insisted that Heavy Sword Peak leave Zhang Rumeng unharmed until he learned the truth, then led his group into Demon King Valley.

Chen Fan recovered at the Earth Ghost Sect after Qin Xian'er saved him, while Chen Jingjing chose to accompany him rather than return to Heavy Sword Peak. When Chen Fan awoke, Qin Xian'er hinted at the meaning of the dangerous Nine Palaces Sword Art technique he had used.

• Qin Xian'er ordered Li Tieniu to take the unconscious Chen Fan to the Earth Ghost Sect, where Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng encountered them.
• Qin Xian'er told Chen Jingjing that Yang Feng and the elders had tried to kill Chen Fan, while Mo Bai warned that the Young Sect Master now controlled Heavy Sword Peak and might target the women.
• Zhang Yuanxing attacked Chen Fan with a talisman, but Qin Xian'er crushed it and sent Zhang Yuanxing flying with a single strike.
• Chen Jingjing followed Qin Xian'er and Li Tieniu to care for Chen Fan, while Zhang Rumeng left with her wounded father and the others.
• Chen Fan awoke in a guest room at the Earth Ghost Sect and heard Qin Xian'er reciting words connected to the Nine Palaces Sword Art before she turned and called him her good disciple.

Chen Fan woke in Ghost Domain City after Qin Xian'er saved him, rejected her demand that he become her disciple, and learned that Chen Rumeng had been taken by Heavy Sword Peak. He set out with Chen Jingjing to rescue her, and Qin Xian'er joined them as they arrived at Heavy Sword Peak and called for Yang Feng.

• Chen Fan asked Qin Xian'er why she had saved him, and she said she wanted his help against the Immortal Sect and insisted he become her disciple.
• Qin Xian'er explained that the Immortal Sect had a late Golden Core leader and a Nascent Soul expert, while Chen Fan insisted he would reclaim his sword without becoming her disciple.
• Chen Jingjing told Chen Fan that Heavy Sword Peak had destroyed the Zhang Family and taken Chen Rumeng, so he decided to return and save her.
• Qin Xian'er warned Chen Fan about Heavy Sword Peak's powerful fighters but then agreed to accompany him and Chen Jingjing.
• Qin Xian'er flew Chen Fan and Chen Jingjing to Heavy Sword Peak, where disciples recognized them and welcomed their arrival.
• After landing in Heavy Sword Peak's square, Qin Xian'er summoned her Divine Soul and called for Yang Feng.

Chen Fan and Qin Xian'er confronted Yang Feng at Heavy Sword Peak while demanding Zhang Rumeng's release, and Chen Fan fought the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Vice Peak Master. When Yang Feng unleashed Purple Qi Comes from the East, Chen Fan discovered that his Heaven-Burning Sword Qi reacted to the Purple Sha within it and charged forward to meet it.

• Chen Fan demanded that Yang Feng hand over Zhang Rumeng and threatened to raze Heavy Sword Peak when Yang Feng refused.
• Qin Xian'er attacked Elder Lin, and Chen Fan killed him with a sudden sword strike.
• Yang Feng fought Chen Fan with Purple Sun Sword Art and summoned a purple qilin, which Chen Fan destroyed with his sword techniques.
• Qin Xian'er tried to shield Chen Fan with Primordial Body Protection, but he shattered the protective halo and rejected her help.
• Yang Feng unleashed Purple Qi Comes from the East, and Chen Fan sensed his Heaven-Burning Sword Qi responding to the Purple Sha and raised his sword to meet it.

Chen Fan absorbed Yang Feng’s Purple Sha and used the Blazing Heaven Sword Qi to devour it, surviving the damage to his meridians. After Yang Feng attacked him to reclaim the Purple Sha, Chen Fan wounded him and left him weakened, while Chen Fan remained injured but ready to face him.

• Chen Fan ignored Qin Xian’er’s warnings and absorbed the Purple Sha, which tore through his meridians as she tried to protect him with talismans.
• Mo Bai brought Zhang Rumeng and her injured parents to the group, while Chen Jingjing watched Chen Fan struggle against the Purple Sha.
• Chen Fan used the Blazing Heaven Heart Art to make the Blazing Heaven Sword Qi overpower and devour much of the Purple Sha.
• Yang Feng realized the Purple Sha was disappearing and charged at Chen Fan, but Qin Xian’er tried to restrain him with icy threads.
• Yang Feng’s sword struck a shadow of Chen Fan, who appeared behind him and wounded him with a counterattack.
• Chen Fan crushed a Spirit Stone to ease his meridian injuries, while Yang Feng realized he had lost much of his cultivation and Chen Fan warned him he was still in danger.