Chapter Summaries

Nearly four years passed as Chen Fan rebuilt his Great Dao in seclusion while his family and friends gained fame at the Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield. After Chen Fan finally completed his cultivation and left the peach grove, Ink Dragon summoned him from outside the mystic realm.

• Qin Xian'er and Mu Yunshui stayed in the Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm to protect Chen Yi, who reached the initial Golden Core stage, while Little Golden Monkey played with him.
• Chen Jingjing, Zhang Rumeng, and Shen Wushuang rose to prominence at the Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield, and Bald Bird and Old Yellow Tooth swindled bettors with a sham gambling stall before fleeing.
• Ye Xiaotian won first place at the Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield, was transported to the Enlightenment God Tree mystic realm, and later departed with Chen Jingjing and the others under the Dugu Clan and Xiao Family's protection.
• Chen Fan continued cultivating for nearly four years, reforging his Great Dao and advancing the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art to the limit of his abilities.
• Chen Fan opened his eyes, ended his seclusion, and heard Ink Dragon summon him from outside the mystic realm.

Chen Fan recovered from his injuries and reunited with his family before meeting Fat Daoist and Ink Dragon. After discussing Equal to Heaven, he asked the seniors to stay so he could ask about the Innate Supreme Physique.

• Chen Fan emerged from the peach grove, reunited with Qin Xian'er, Mu Yunshui, and little Chen Yi, and told the women that two seniors had come to visit.
• Chen Fan welcomed Fat Daoist and Ink Dragon, who noted his progress and said they hoped he would reach the Body Integration stage before the time came to go to the Immortal Realm.
• Chen Fan gave Fat Daoist a sealed soul fragment he had found with Bi Fang's fragment, and Fat Daoist absorbed it without advancing his realm.
• Fat Daoist asked whether Equal to Heaven was still alive, and Chen Fan recounted how the monkey's remnant soul had helped Little Golden Monkey before vanishing.
• Ink Dragon and Fat Daoist considered that Equal to Heaven might have faked his death and asked Chen Fan to keep him there if the monkey returned; Chen Fan then asked them about the Innate Supreme Physique.

Chen Fan learned that little Chen Yi possessed the Innate Supreme Physique and had been born with both the Heaven-Burning Art and the Supreme Restriction. After observing the two powers balance one another as Chen Yi advanced in cultivation, the Fat Daoist decided to teach him the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art and urged Chen Fan to let him gain experience outside the mystic realm.

• The Fat Daoist and Ink Dragon recognized little Chen Yi's Innate Supreme Physique and warned that it could make him a puppet of the Heavenly Dao.
• Chen Fan revealed that Chen Yi had been born with the Heaven-Burning Art and the Supreme Restriction, and Chen Yi manifested both powers along with six tiny spheres.
• The Fat Daoist examined Chen Yi and explained that the Heaven-Burning Art and Supreme Restriction restrained one another but had reached a mutual balance within him.
• Chen Yi cultivated in the peach grove and advanced to the middle stage of the Golden Core realm as both powers drew in spiritual energy without encroaching on each other.
• The Fat Daoist decided to teach Chen Yi the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art and advised Chen Fan to let him leave the mystic realm to gain experience.

Chen Fan and Mu Yunshui struggled to decide whether five-year-old Chen Yi should leave home for training, but discovered that the Heaven-Burning Art and Supreme Restriction inside him were growing beyond his control. They agreed to entrust him to the Fat Daoist and Ink Dragon, while the Fat Daoist told Chen Fan of a place that might help him advance his cultivation.

• The Fat Daoist carved out a small space for Chen Yi and proposed teaching him the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art before he went out to gain experience.
• Chen Fan and Mu Yunshui discussed letting Chen Yi leave, with Chen Fan proposing to protect him secretly and Mu Yunshui reluctantly agreeing.
• The Fat Daoist asked to take Chen Yi on his travels, and the Ink Dragon argued that Chen Yi needed a guardian who would judge which dangers he could face.
• Chen Yi asked to leave because Little Star and Little River were growing faster than he was, and the Fat Daoist confirmed that the Heaven-Burning Art and Supreme Restriction were also growing without Chen Yi having forged his own Dao.
• Mu Yunshui accepted that Chen Yi had to go, and Chen Fan gave him a Nine Palaces Token and urged him not to become arrogant.
• Chen Fan entrusted Chen Yi to the Fat Daoist and Ink Dragon, and the Fat Daoist said he knew a place where Chen Fan might advance within a few decades.

Fat Daoist told Chen Fan that the Dark Void Realm’s ruins could help him advance by battling incarnations of past Heavenly Prodigy Rankings first-rankers and Supreme Restrictions. Chen Fan chose to enter despite the danger, and Fat Daoist warned him to flee immediately if he encountered one particular person.

• Fat Daoist revealed that the Dark Void Realm still existed and that its ruins were a place where cultivators could comprehend the Dao through battle.
• Fat Daoist explained that the ruins contained flesh-and-blood bodies formed from Supreme Restrictions and Dao essences taken from past Heavenly Prodigy Rankings, including their first-ranked prodigies.
• Chen Fan learned that erasing his name and Dao essence from the rankings would keep an identical version of himself from appearing in the ruins.
• Chen Fan decided to enter the ruins, saying he wanted the strength to protect his family and never again face an enemy while helpless to save those he cared about.
• Fat Daoist said he had once appeared on the rankings but erased his name, then warned Chen Fan to flee at once if he encountered a particular person.

Chen Fan learned how perilous the ruins were and watched Little Chen Yi depart with Fat Daoist and Little Golden Monkey. After spending a year with Mu Yunshui and Qin Xian'er, he set out for the ruins himself.

• Fat Daoist and Ink Dragon told Chen Fan that Equal to Heaven had fought an evenly matched duplicate in the ruins, which later named itself Six-Eared Macaque and killed many immortal-realm geniuses.
• Fat Daoist gave Chen Fan an ancient bronze Formation Disk and warned him to avoid conflict in the ruins, but Chen Fan said his path would not let him hide from challenges.
• Little Chen Yi left with Fat Daoist, and Little Golden Monkey chased after them; Chen Fan allowed it to accompany Yi'er.
• Chen Fan stayed in the secret realm with Mu Yunshui and Qin Xian'er for a year, and they revealed they had known he planned to leave for the ruins.
• Chen Fan activated the Formation Disk and disappeared from the secret realm as Mu Yunshui and Qin Xian'er watched.

Chen Fan reached the ruins through the Dark Void Realm and arrived in Field Paths Manor, where three hostile cultivators recognized the Eight-Nine Arcane Art within him. Mo Longyou warned him that servants of the Heavenly Dao at the Body Integration realm or above were due to arrive, leaving Chen Fan uncertain whether to trust the warning.

• Chen Fan crossed the Dark Void Realm and arrived at the ruins, where he entered a deserted village.
• Two men and a woman confronted Chen Fan, identified him as human, and recognized the aura of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.
• Mo Longyou appeared from a house and told Chen Fan that the village was Field Paths Manor, where everyone bore the surname Mo.
• Mo Longyou warned Chen Fan to stay indoors for at least seven days because servants of the Heavenly Dao at the Body Integration realm or above were expected to arrive.
• Chen Fan recalled that the Fat Daoist had never mentioned those servants and could not tell whether Mo Longyou was telling the truth.

Chen Fan escaped pursuing Integration Stage cultivators by entering the hidden manor inside a wooden hut, where Mo Longyou sheltered him among hundreds of Soul Division Stage cultivators. Mo Longyou recognized the senior who had sent Chen Fan and began asking what he knew about the realm’s history.

• Mo Longyou left the hut door open and warned Chen Fan to seek shelter if Integration Stage cultivators arrived, while people outside urged Chen Fan to come out and become a servant.
• Several Integration Stage cultivators descended on the village, and Chen Fan broke free of their force by raising his cultivation before rushing through the hut’s open door.
• Chen Fan discovered that the hut concealed a manor filled with hundreds of Soul Division Stage cultivators, including nearly two hundred late-stage powerhouses.
• Mo Longyou dismissed the gathered cultivators and asked Mo Qiye to arrange a room for Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan asked about the realm and its Integration Stage cultivators, and Mo Longyou said Chen Fan’s senior had visited before and revealed that his ancestors had been the senior’s closest friends.

Chen Fan learned from Mo Longyou that the realm's conflict stemmed from people accepting the Heavenly Dao's bargain, and that the Heavenly Dao's history was tied to the extinction of immortals and demons. The chapter ended with Chen Fan asking whom Mo Longyou meant when he said the Heavenly Dao was dead.

• Mo Longyou explained that some inhabitants had sworn to help the Heavenly Dao reclaim the realm in exchange for freedom.
• Chen Fan was shocked when Mo Longyou said the Heavenly Dao was dead, and the two realized they meant different things by the term.
• Chen Fan told Mo Longyou and Mo Qiye that immortals and demons in the Cultivation World had died, surprising them both.
• Mo Longyou explained that the Heavenly Dao was a force sustained by living beings' faith and that cultivation challenged its laws.
• Mo Longyou said the Heavenly Dao had encouraged conflict among living beings, and Chen Fan connected this to the war that destroyed the immortals and demons.
• Chen Fan asked Mo Longyou who he had meant when he said the Heavenly Dao was dead.

Chen Fan learned that the Heavenly Dao was seeking a new Heavenly Emperor and realized that his son’s Innate Supreme Physique put him in danger. After seven days of quiet cultivation at Field Paths Manor, Chen Fan left to begin his trial.

• Mo Longyou explained that the Heavenly Emperor had served as the Heavenly Dao’s puppet and that the Heavenly Dao was searching for a suitable successor.
• Chen Fan revealed that an Innate Supreme Physique had appeared, and Mo Longyou and Mo Qiye warned him that others might try to kill its bearer.
• Mo Qiye brought Chen Fan to a quiet pavilion, where he stayed and cultivated undisturbed for seven days.
• Mo Longyou and Mo Qiye saw Chen Fan off, and Mo Longyou asked him to greet the senior and mention his ancestor, Mo Qianji.
• Chen Fan left Field Paths Manor through its wooden door, emerged in the dilapidated village, and set out on the road of trial.

Chen Fan left the ancient village and traveled through the wilderness before encountering the three cultivators he had met seven days earlier pursuing a wounded pair. As the pursuers and fugitives converged on him, Chen Fan refused to be drawn into their fight, but recognized one pursuer’s halberd as identical to Jian Tianmo’s weapon.

• Chen Fan left the ancient village and traveled through the wilderness for two days, cultivating beneath the three suns.
• He saw three cultivators pursuing a wounded young man and woman, including the silent red-robed man wielding a powerful ice-essence saber.
• The fleeing pair tried to draw Chen Fan into their fight, but he refused and told them to get lost.
• The pursuers mocked the fugitives and Chen Fan, and one young man summoned a black halberd identical to Jian Tianmo’s weapon.

Chen Fan defeated a young cultivator wielding Jian Tianmo’s Heaven-Piercing Halberd and demanded to know where it had come from. As the young man’s companions attacked, Chen Fan began a soul search, forcing the young man to beg everyone to stop.

• Chen Fan recognized the Heaven-Piercing Halberd as Jian Tianmo’s bonded weapon and questioned the young man about its origins.
• The young man attacked with the halberd, but Chen Fan’s Wuya Sword knocked it from his grasp.
• The young man unleashed Myriad Weapons and Myriad Laws Return to One, but Chen Fan used the Divine Silkworm Bracers, Wuya Sword, and Taiji Diagram to destroy his techniques and pin a sword to his throat.
• Chen Fan demanded to know where the halberd came from while the woman and red-robed man captured their two quarry and brought them over.
• The woman and red-robed man attacked Chen Fan, who ignored them and began searching the young man’s soul; the young man shouted for all of them to stop.

Chen Fan refused to spare the young man after he declined to answer questions, but Fu Hongchen intervened and demanded Chen Fan's sword. Chen Fan fought Fu Hongchen to a standstill, and the woman accompanying Fu Hongchen suspected Chen Fan's Sword Art resembled Gong Jiu's.

• The young man warned Chen Fan that searching his soul would make it explode, but Chen Fan chose to kill him rather than press for answers.
• Fu Hongchen rescued the young man with a sheet of ice, then demanded Chen Fan leave behind the Wuya Sword.
• The young man revealed Fu Hongchen's identity, and the two captives despaired at having attacked him.
• Fu Hongchen attacked Chen Fan, who evaded his strikes with afterimages and countered with Divine Silkworm Threads.
• Chen Fan and Fu Hongchen exchanged hundreds of blows without either gaining the upper hand, while the woman remarked that neither had used his full strength and wondered if Chen Fan's Sword Art came from Gong Jiu.

Chen Fan and Fu Hongchen fought to test their foundations, while Fu Hongchen killed two captured attackers who had interrupted them. Fu Hongchen unleashed his hidden strength and struck at Chen Fan, but Chen Fan’s body was only a decoy, leaving Fu Hongchen ensnared by Divine Silkworm Silk.

• Chen Fan and Fu Hongchen traded blows, each testing the other's foundation without revealing their full strength.
• Fu Hongchen killed the captured man and woman who had ambushed him, then warned his companions not to interfere in his duel with Chen Fan.
• Fu Hongchen prepared his killing move as Chen Fan stayed calm and kept the Immortal Sword Sheath in reserve.
• Fu Hongchen vanished and attacked through a world of ice, extinguishing Chen Fan’s Samadhi True Fire and bringing his blade to Chen Fan’s brow.
• Chen Fan’s body shattered as a decoy, and Divine Silkworm Silk converged around Fu Hongchen and pressed him down.

Chen Fan and Fu Hongchen escalated their duel into a clash of Divine Souls, with Fu Hongchen unleashing his powerful Freeze Ten Thousand Miles technique. Recognizing that he lacked a comparable killing move, Chen Fan summoned the Immortal Sword Sheath to end the battle, and the chapter leaves their final clash unresolved.

• Chen Fan blocked Fu Hongchen with the Wuya Sword, but Fu Hongchen formed a cracking wall of void with Shatter Thousand Feet.
• Chen Fan tried to overwhelm the wall with Reincarnation intent, then used Nirvana Sword Intent to force Fu Hongchen into a Divine Soul clash.
• The collision tore apart the void as Chen Fan's Nirvana Sword Intent met Fu Hongchen's icy Divine Soul.
• Fu Hongchen unleashed Freeze Ten Thousand Miles, while the watching man and woman fled rather than risk being caught in the battle.
• Chen Fan admitted his Divine Soul lacked a powerful killing move and summoned the Immortal Sword Sheath, sending the Wuya Sword into it.

Chen Fan defeated and killed Fu Hongchen with Wuya Sword, then continued along the trial path while Fu Baihou’s group began searching for him. A month later, Chen Fan disguised himself and entered a village, where he stopped at a shop that caught his interest.

• Chen Fan revealed Wuya Sword’s power, and Fu Hongchen admitted defeat, acknowledging that Chen Fan had won.
• Chen Fan killed Fu Hongchen with a sword strike, and Fu Hongchen thanked him before dissolving into Supreme Restrictions.
• Fu Baihou’s group inspected the battlefield, learned that Chen Fan’s Sword Art resembled Gong Jiu’s, and set out to search for him.
• One month later, Chen Fan used the Eight-Nine Arcane Art to disguise himself and entered a village without attracting attention.
• Chen Fan wandered through the village and stopped at a small shop whose merchandise interested him.

Chen Fan visited a bookshop and met the mysterious scholar Yang Jian, who saw through his disguise and gave him an old map of the realm. As Chen Fan prepared to leave, Yang Jian offered him a complete Heavenly Eye.

• Chen Fan entered a village shop seeking a map and questioned the scholar about why he sold books and paintings.
• The scholar claimed that people who did not appreciate his works would see only blank paper, leaving Chen Fan intrigued by his profound Dao aura.
• The scholar gave Chen Fan an old map covering a vast region without asking for Spirit Stones.
• The scholar saw through Chen Fan's altered appearance and recognized the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, then identified himself as Yang Jian.
• Chen Fan introduced himself and thanked Yang Jian, who stopped him from leaving and offered him a complete Heavenly Eye.

Chen Fan learned why the scholar wanted Fu Baihou and Fu Hongchen dead, and discovered that he had already killed Fu Hongchen. The scholar offered Chen Fan his Heavenly Eye in exchange for killing Fu Baihou, leaving Chen Fan to consider a revenge that had become entangled with his own conflict with the Heavenly Dao Sect.

• The scholar offered Chen Fan his intact Heavenly Eye if Chen Fan would kill two people, explaining that he had sworn to his dying wife never to kill her brothers himself.
• The scholar identified the brothers as Fu Baihou and Fu Hongchen, members of the Heavenly Dao Sect who had submitted to the Heavenly Dao after their sister refused.
• Chen Fan revealed that he had already killed Fu Hongchen, prompting the scholar to explain that Fu Hongchen had watched Fu Baihou murder their sister.
• The scholar described how the Heavenly Dao established the Heavenly Dao Sect and its ten thrones, with Fu Baihou killing his wife to secure his standing.
• The scholar warned that Fu Baihou would likely target Chen Fan and asked whether Chen Fan would help him take revenge.

Chen Fan agreed to fuse with Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye and prepare to face Fu Baihou, despite the scholar’s warning that the odds were against him. As the fusion neared completion, Chen Fan’s Heaven-Burning Art stirred, and Yang Jian realized that Chen Fan was not from the Immortal Realm.

• Chen Fan agreed to remain in the village, cultivate, and fuse with the Heavenly Eye rather than seek out Fu Baihou himself.
• Chen Fan told Yang Jian that he had lost to Fu Hongchen in battle but won through his superior foundation, and he welcomed Fu Baihou as a chance to temper himself.
• Yang Jian led Chen Fan into his secluded forest residence and explained that his late companion had built the cottage.
• Yang Jian brought out the Heavenly Eye and began merging it with Chen Fan’s third eye, drawing out the aura of the Supreme Restriction.
• As the fusion neared completion, Chen Fan’s Heaven-Burning Art surged, shocking Yang Jian, who cried out that Chen Fan was not from the Immortal Realm.

Chen Fan fused with the Heavenly Eye and learned that the scholar was Yang Tianji, a descendant of the Yang Family rather than Yang Jian. Yang Tianji revealed that the Heavenly Dao Sect would eventually find them, leaving Chen Fan with a limited time to prepare for his inevitable fight with Fu Baihou.

• Chen Fan and Yang Tianji suppressed the Supreme Restriction and the Heaven-Burning Art, allowing the Heavenly Eye to merge with Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan challenged the scholar's identity, and Yang Tianji admitted he had changed his name after learning that the Heavenly Dao had created them.
• Yang Tianji explained that he was a descendant of the Yang Family and that he had dug out his Heavenly Eye; Chen Fan shared that immortals and demons had perished in his world.
• Chen Fan tested his newly fused Heavenly Eye, which let him see spiritual energy and glimpse Yang Tianji's true essence and Great Dao.
• Yang Tianji warned Chen Fan that the Heavenly Dao Sect would find them within five to ten years, and explained that his bamboo grove had never been in the village.