Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan mastered the curse runes in three months, restored his cultivation, and set the Ghost Ship toward the Eastern Wasteland. As he traveled, he reflected that after six years away, he was finally heading home.

• Chen Fan suppressed the Clear Heart Art and let the curse runes invade his body so he could study them.
• Chen Fan deciphered the first rune after a month and realized the runes could form commands to control those they cursed.
• Chen Fan mastered all the curse runes within three months and expelled them, restoring his cultivation to peak Spirit Refinement Late Stage and advancing slightly further.
• Chen Fan told Ink Dragon that he was not the Fat Daoist's disciple, while Ink Dragon and Old Yellow Tooth resumed trading insults.
• Chen Fan activated the Ghost Ship and sailed through the void toward the Eastern Wasteland, reflecting on the six years since he left home.

After returning from the Southeast Sea Region, Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth reached the Western Desert and discovered that the overlords had invaded the Four Divine Continents. They followed signs of life toward an ancient city, where Chen Fan’s Heavenly Eye revealed an ancient temple as their destination.

• Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth arrived at the Western Desert, where they found countless dead monks, monster beasts, and human cultivators.
• Chen Fan realized the overlords had already landed and begun attacking the Four Divine Continents, so he set out with Old Yellow Tooth for the Eastern Wasteland.
• They found the nearby Teleportation Array destroyed, and the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk pointed them toward living beings ten thousand miles east.
• Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth flew east on the White Bone Sword and reached a ruined ancient city filled with corpses.
• Chen Fan used the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art to search the city and fixed his gaze on a damaged ancient temple.

Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth rescued the monk Wuming from a golden Buddha statue and learned that invaders had devastated the Western Desert. Wuming led them to a hidden Teleportation Array in the desert, where an ancient chant sounded from underground.

• Chen Fan used his Heavenly Eye Treasure Art to discover a living person sealed inside a golden Buddha statue, then broke the seal and revived the injured monk.
• Wuming revealed that invaders had killed his master and fellow monks, while Old Yellow Tooth warned that more than ten late-stage Spirit Refining Stage overlords and nearly a thousand cultivators had set out to conquer the Four Divine Continents.
• Wuming told Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth about an ancient Teleportation Array leading to the Eastern Wasteland, and they agreed to seek it out.
• Wuming led Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth across the desert to a buried stone door and opened it with a Buddhist seal.
• An ancient Buddhist chant came from beneath the stone staircase, startling Old Yellow Tooth.

Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth followed Wuming into an underground ancestral temple and repaired its Teleportation Array so they could leave the Western Desert. As the array activated, the Buddha statue spoke with a powerful new chant, drawing everyone’s attention to the vajra pestle.

• Wuming explained that the voice came from a damaged ancient vajra pestle sealed beneath the temple, then led Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth into the ancestral grounds.
• Chen Fan discovered a broken Teleportation Array in the underground temple and learned that Wuming’s master had left it unrepaired, believing it was fate.
• Chen Fan used divine ore and sword Qi to restore the Teleportation Array, then invited Wuming to travel with them to the Eastern Wasteland.
• Wuming declined to leave until he had buried his master and senior brothers, and Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth prepared to depart without him.
• Chen Fan placed high-grade Spirit Stones in the array, but its activation released an unusually powerful aura and the Buddha statue began chanting, making all three stare at the vajra pestle.

Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth witnessed Wuming inherit a Buddhist legacy from the vajra pestle, which left behind two true relics. After Wuming departed, Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth used the Teleportation Array to reach the Eastern Wasteland and headed toward the Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm.

• The vajra pestle awakened, its chants nearly swaying Old Yellow Tooth until Chen Fan shielded him with his own path essence.
• Wuming received a Buddhist inheritance from the vajra pestle and advanced to the late stage of the Spirit Refinement Realm.
• The vajra pestle crumbled into golden dust, leaving two true relics that Wuming offered to Chen Fan before departing.
• Chen Fan accepted the relics and traveled with Old Yellow Tooth through the Teleportation Array to the Eastern Wasteland.
• Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth emerged from an ancient tree and flew toward the Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm.

Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth were ambushed on their way to the Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm by cultivators who had tracked them. After revealing his late Spirit Refining Stage cultivation and learning that a scarred Shu Mountain clone planned to marry Mu Yunshui, Chen Fan transformed into an Ink Dragon as the encirclement closed in.

• Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth were pursued and surrounded by cultivators from the Eastern Wasteland.
• Chen Fan revealed his true form and late Spirit Refining Stage cultivation, startling the Spirit Severing experts and their followers.
• A scarred Shu Mountain youth said he had inherited the Supreme Restriction and revealed that he and Mu Yunshui would become Dao companions in a month.
• Chen Fan used his Heavenly Eye Treasure Art to identify the youth as a clone, and the youth announced that the Shu Mountain headmaster was approaching.
• Chen Fan told Old Yellow Tooth that no one could stop him from leaving, then transformed into an enormous Ink Dragon.

Chen Fan used his dragon transformation and a staged sea of lightning to escape Shu Mountain’s forces with Old Yellow Tooth, while warning them that invaders from beyond the sea regions were approaching. After they vanished through a Nine Palaces Sword Formation, the scar-faced Shu Mountain youth revealed that he expected Chen Fan to appear at his wedding to Fairy Mu in one month.

• Chen Fan transformed into an Ink Dragon and unleashed lightning-filled rain, killing and injuring cultivators before the mid-Soul Division Stage powerhouses shielded the survivors.
• Chen Fan warned the Shu Mountain forces not to block his path, and Old Yellow Tooth told them that the Western Desert had become a battlefield because of invaders from beyond the sea regions.
• The Shu Mountain elders dismissed Old Yellow Tooth’s warning, and Chen Fan transformed again and feigned a vast sea of lightning to create an opening.
• Chen Fan seized Old Yellow Tooth and escaped through a Nine Palaces Sword Formation that led toward the Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm.
• The scar-faced Shu Mountain youth told the elders that Chen Fan would likely come to his Dao companion ceremony with Fairy Mu in one month.

After returning to the Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm with Old Yellow Tooth, Chen Fan reunited with his friends and brought out the Soul-Gathering Tower. He used it to awaken Qin Xian'er, whose eyes opened at the chapter’s end.

• Chen Fan and Old Yellow Tooth concealed their auras, opened the Nine Paths Gate, and entered the Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm.
• Bald Bird, Dugu Han, Chen Jingjing, Zhang Rumeng, and Little Medicine Boy rushed to greet Chen Fan, and Chen Jingjing tearfully embraced her brother.
• Chen Fan showed everyone the Soul-Gathering Tower while Old Yellow Tooth shared heavenly treasures and wrestled with Bald Bird over the herbs.
• Chen Fan entered the cottage where Qin Xian'er slept and activated the Soul-Gathering Tower, causing her to open her eyes.

Chen Fan awakened Qin Xian'er after seven years and told her what had happened between him and Mu Yunshui. As Qin Xian'er fell asleep, Chen Fan was overwhelmed by a heart demon and left the secret realm to keep from harming his companions.

• Chen Fan told Qin Xian'er that she had been unconscious for seven years and recounted how he had found a way to awaken her.
• Chen Fan confessed that he and Mu Yunshui had been trapped together in the Supreme Restriction and had become intimate after an old man cast an arousal-type spell on them.
• Qin Xian'er accepted what had happened and urged Chen Fan to treat Mu Yunshui well, then grew exhausted and fell asleep.
• Chen Fan's heart demon surged, corroding his Life and Death Reincarnation intent and Annihilation Sword Dao as demonic qi poured from his body.
• Chen Fan suppressed the demonic qi with the Taiji Diagram, left the secret realm, and told his companions not to follow.
• Dugu Han sensed a trace of demonic qi where Chen Fan had vanished and wondered whether it had been an illusion.

Shu Mountain and the Immortal Palace prepared for Zhao Wuji and Mu Yunshui’s wedding while expecting Chen Fan to come seeking them. As the wedding began, Chen Fan approached First Peak, and Shu Mountain’s Soul Division Stage powerhouses went out to meet him.

• Shu Mountain and Immortal Palace powerhouses failed to find Chen Fan and discussed the coming wedding and the sealed Teleportation Arrays to the Western Desert.
• News spread across the Eastern Wasteland that Mu Yunshui would marry Zhao Wuji, while rumors circulated about her disappearance and Chen Fan’s return.
• Shu Mountain decorated First Peak for the wedding, and its guests gathered as guards waited for Chen Fan.
• Zhao Wuji threatened Mu Yunshui that Chen Fan would die at the wedding, while Mu Yunshui told him she would never become his Dao companion and began recovering her cultivation.
• Chen Fan rode toward First Peak on a White Bone Sword wrapped in golden lightning, and Shu Mountain’s Soul Division Stage powerhouses left to intercept him.

Chen Fan ascended Shu Mountain First Peak to rescue Mu Yunshui despite struggling with an inner demon. In the Peach Garden Mystic Realm, his companions learned that the Shu Mountain Sect Leader was waiting at the banquet and feared Chen Fan had walked into a trap.

• Chen Fan suppressed his inner demon with the Taiji Diagram and headed for Shu Mountain to save Mu Yunshui.
• Old Yellow Tooth told Dugu Han and the others that Mu Yunshui was to become Dao companions with Zhao Wuji as part of a plan to create an innately Supreme Dao Embryo.
• Dugu Han and the others learned that the Shu Mountain Sect Leader was presiding over the banquet and worried Chen Fan could not survive the encounter.
• Qin Xian'er awoke, warned that Chen Fan had developed an inner demon, and asked where he had gone.
• Chen Fan reached Shu Mountain First Peak and ascended through the clouds with demonic energy surging around him.

Chen Fan arrived at Shu Mountain to take Mu Yunshui away, despite the heart demon surrounding him, and fought through the Soul Division Stage powerhouses guarding the gate. He released the seal on a jade bottle, unleashing a terrifying ancient aura across Shu Mountain’s gate.

• Several mid-Soul Division Stage powerhouses gathered at Shu Mountain’s gate to ambush Chen Fan as he came for Mu Yunshui.
• Chen Fan arrived surrounded by heart-demon energy and ignored the guards’ warnings, insisting they move aside.
• A Shu Mountain elder compressed the void into spikes and then tried to force Chen Fan to kneel, but Chen Fan shattered both attacks with the White Bone Sword.
• Chen Fan took a jade bottle from his Storage Ring, recited curse runes, and erased its seal, releasing an ancient aura across the gate.

Chen Fan was imprisoned by Shu Mountain and Immortal Palace powerhouses, but the jade bottle he carried sealed a Shu Mountain elder’s cultivation when the elder seized it. As Chen Fan secretly worked to break free, Zhao Wuji appeared before the gathered guests.

• Several mid-Soul Division Stage powerhouses used spatial power to imprison Chen Fan, and a Shu Mountain elder took the jade bottle from him.
• The jade bottle’s runes suppressed the Shu Mountain elder to the early Spirit Refining Stage, and he warned the others not to touch it.
• Guests gathered at Shu Mountain’s gate, where they discussed Chen Fan’s cultivation, his capture, and rumors that he had come for Mu Yunshui.
• Holy Son Cai Teng sensed a heart demon within Chen Fan, while Jian Tianmo watched him from the crowd.
• The Shu Mountain elder and other powerhouses demanded Chen Fan explain how to remove the runes, but Chen Fan refused as he circulated the Eight-Nine Arcane Art to break the spatial restraint.
• Zhao Wuji stepped forward in crimson battle armor and applauded behind the silent crowd.

Chen Fan escaped the five Soul Division powerhouses by transforming into space, then returned to Shu Mountain’s First Peak and summoned the Black Tortoise descendant. He left Zhao Wuji facing the creature’s crushing attack.

• Zhao Wuji used Supreme runes to restore Elder Xu’s cultivation and then struck Chen Fan while boasting that he could crush him.
• Zhao Wuji prepared to search Chen Fan’s soul, but Qin Xian’er, Dugu Han, Bald Bird, and Old Yellow Tooth arrived as he attacked.
• Chen Fan vanished from the five powerhouses’ spatial restraint by transforming into the power of space, and Bald Bird understood what he had done.
• Chen Fan reappeared, retrieved the jade bottle, and used curse runes to unleash the Black Tortoise descendant.
• Chen Fan commanded the enormous creature to stomp toward Zhao Wuji.

Chen Fan’s arrival at Shu Mountain ended in a confrontation with Sect Leader Fang Changqing, who imprisoned the Black Tortoise descendant and demanded that Mu Yunshui complete a ceremony. Chen Fan stopped Mu Yunshui and unleashed his inner demon, declaring that he intended to kill someone.

• The Black Tortoise descendant crushed Zhao Wuji’s leg before Fang Changqing arrived and trapped the beast in a Five Elements Sword Array.
• Fang Changqing healed Zhao Wuji, then sealed the Black Tortoise descendant inside a barrier made from torn space.
• Fang Changqing ordered everyone to enter the main hall for the ceremony and ignored Chen Fan.
• Mu Yunshui escaped her confinement and joined Chen Fan and Qin Xian’er, while Immortal Palace elders ordered her back.
• Fang Changqing demanded that Mu Yunshui complete the ceremony, but Chen Fan stopped her and unleashed his inner demon.

Chen Fan released his heart demon on Shu Mountain’s First Peak, and the onlookers struggled to understand his intentions as his emotions faded. After his allies and several potential supporters left, he unleashed an ancient sword technique against the people remaining on the peak.

• Chen Fan released his heart demon, summoned a Taiji Diagram, and ordered Bald Bird and Bi Fang to take Qin Xian'er, Mu Yunshui, and the others away.
• Bald Bird teleported the group away while Dugu Clan members blocked the Immortal Palace experts from pursuing them.
• The Dugu Clan head withdrew after revealing he had wagered on Chen Fan, and Cai Teng recognized that Chen Fan's emotions were fading before leaving with Jian Tianmo and the others.
• With his companions gone, Chen Fan let his heart demon consume his remaining clarity and prepared to risk his life against Shu Mountain's First Peak.
• Chen Fan unleashed Sword Sweeps Eight Wastelands, a sword technique whose use threatened to destroy both sides.

Chen Fan unleashed Sword Sweeps Eight Wastelands against Fang Changqing, who imprisoned him in a void barrier. Chen Fan shattered the prison with an annihilating sword strike that destroyed the surrounding area and began tearing Fang Changqing apart.

• As his inner demon consumed his memories and Divine Sense, Chen Fan unleashed Sword Sweeps Eight Wastelands atop Shu Mountain First Peak.
• Fang Changqing trapped Chen Fan and the surrounding demonic qi inside a barrier of void power, isolating him from the world.
• Fang Changqing ordered the Shu Mountain Elders to retrieve Mu Yunshui within three hours and dismissed Zhao Wuji when he questioned the decision.
• Chen Fan's Sword Intent shook the barrier, and he declared that he would trample Shu Mountain to pieces.
• Chen Fan detonated the void around him with an annihilating sword strike, killing guests caught in its wake and shattering Fang Changqing's arm and body.

Chen Fan unleashed the Sword Demon’s final strike, destroying Shu Mountain First Peak and seemingly dying with it, but the Ink Dragon carried him away alive. His victory became known throughout the Eastern Wasteland, until news arrived that the Western Desert had fallen to an invading force.

• Chen Fan’s final sword strike annihilated Fang Changqing, Zhao Wuji, Shu Mountain’s disciples, and First Peak, while Chen Fan and the White Bone Sword appeared to be destroyed as well.
• The fleeing cultivators discovered that Shu Mountain First Peak had vanished, and the Dugu Clan patriarch admitted that Chen Fan’s apparent death meant he had lost his gamble and ordered his clan to leave the Eastern Wasteland.
• An Ink Dragon emerged from the dust carrying Chen Fan, and the Dugu Clan patriarch celebrated after realizing Chen Fan had survived.
• News of Chen Fan’s battle spread across the Eastern Wasteland, where people feared to challenge him or harm those close to him.
• Two months later, a messenger from the Western Desert reported that it had fallen to more than a dozen late-stage Spirit Severing cultivators and over a thousand Spirit Refining Stage cultivators, who planned to attack the other three divine continents.

Monk Wuming confirmed the Western Desert’s fall, prompting the forces of the three divine continents to plan a defense and consider seeking Chen Fan’s help. Chen Fan awoke alive in a valley, learned Ink Dragon had saved him at the cost of a thousand years of cultivation, and asked why Ink Dragon had gone silent in the Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm.

• Monk Wuming confirmed Chen Fan’s account of the Western Desert and verified that Chen Fan had destroyed Shu Mountain First Peak and slain its sect master.
• Leaders of the three divine continents gathered to prepare for the overseas enemy, but worried their forces could not prevail without an Integration Stage cultivator.
• The Dugu Clan head argued that Chen Fan should decide whether to forgive the powers that had once hunted him, but the leaders sent their invitation without changing its wording.
• Chen Fan awoke in a distant Eastern Wasteland valley and realized his heart demon had vanished and his cultivation had nearly reached the Soul Division Stage.
• Ink Dragon told Chen Fan that it had torn open the void to save him, spending a thousand years of cultivation, and demanded compensation.
• Chen Fan asked Ink Dragon why it had gone silent after they entered the Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm.

Chen Fan learned more about the Heavenly Dao and Ink Dragon’s plans before Ink Dragon left to find the Fat Daoist. On his way back to the Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm, Chen Fan was approached by a Divine Silkworm Clan elder offering an apology and a gift.

• Ink Dragon explained that the Immortal Realm lacked the Dao essence needed to attain immortality, while this realm possessed it, and Chen Fan chose not to ask further about dangerous secrets.
• Ink Dragon warned Chen Fan that he had little time before the Fat Daoist gathered his soul fragments, then departed to meet him in the Eastern Wasteland.
• Chen Fan realized he needed to reach the Body Integration Stage within roughly a hundred years to follow the Fat Daoist to the Immortal Realm.
• Chen Fan flew toward the Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm, and cultivators who spotted him reacted with excitement.
• A middle Soul Division Stage elder of the Divine Silkworm Clan caught up with Chen Fan, asked to end their feud, and offered him Divine Silkworm Bracers as an apology.