Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan learned that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had gone to investigate the Heaven Ghost Sect and a precious treasure, then prepared to retrieve the inheritance. After drawing Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown Talismans to heal himself, he entrusted Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng to Qin Xian'er and left, while Yang Feng quietly headed toward the Inner Court.

• Chen Fan pressured Yang Feng for information, and Yang Feng revealed that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had mentioned the Heaven Ghost Sect and a precious treasure.
• Chen Fan asked Qin Xian'er to take Chen Jingjing to the Earth Ghost Sect, then used Mid-grade Talisman Paper to draw Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown Talismans.
• Yang Feng considered reporting Chen Fan's talisman-making ability to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and Qin Xian'er noticed his suspicious expression.
• Chen Fan gave Qin Xian'er three talismans and told Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng to seek safety at the Earth Ghost Sect.
• Chen Fan left to retrieve the inheritance after saying farewell, while Yang Feng flew toward the Inner Court and Qin Xian'er vanished.

Chen Fan infiltrated Heaven Ghost Sect and discovered Sect Master Su had trapped the Young Sect Master of Ten Thousand Swords Sect in a collapsing underground palace. After escaping the volcano, Chen Fan encountered Su Ziyue and was struck back inside by a Golden Core expert acting with her.

• Mo Bai learned that Peak Master Yang had died as Chen Fan traveled toward Ghost Domain City.
• Chen Fan found Heaven Ghost Sect deserted and discovered Sect Master Su negotiating with the Young Sect Master of Ten Thousand Swords Sect over a treasure entrusted to Su Ziyue.
• Sect Master Su triggered the underground palace's trap, revealing that Su Ziyue had taken the treasure and was headed to Shu Mountain as a Golden Core expert's disciple.
• Chen Fan stole the Array-Breaking Ruler from the Young Sect Master and escaped the sealed passage while Sect Master Su fought the Young Sect Master and his elders.
• Chen Fan reached the volcano's crater, where Su Ziyue and an old woman appeared, and the old woman blasted him back into the volcano with a Golden Core attack.

After surviving Su Ziyue's master's attempt to kill him and a mountain being dropped onto the volcano, Chen Fan escaped the lava and refined the Killing Intent into his Blazing Heaven Sword Qi. He then encountered a being sealed beneath the volcano, who claimed to be an immortal from the Cultivation World and rejected Chen Fan's account of a Daluo Golden Immortal descending to the lower realm.

• Chen Fan used an afterimage to evade the old woman's lightning strike, but her flying swords sent a mountain crashing into the volcanic cave and knocked him toward the lava.
• Chen Fan used the Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman and Nine Palaces Footwork to escape the lava, then made a shelter in the rock wall and began refining the Killing Intent.
• Over seven days, Chen Fan refined the Killing Intent into his Blazing Heaven Sword Qi, gaining denser, purple-tinged True Qi and strengthening his body.
• A hidden creature's lights tracked Chen Fan through the cave, and an ancient voice told him to stop running and claimed to be an immortal.
• The voice explained that it came from the Cultivation World and that this world had been abandoned; when Chen Fan mentioned a Daluo Golden Immortal descending several hundred years earlier, it laughed and insisted none could exist there.

Chen Fan learned that the Blazing Heaven Sword Art had six chapters and negotiated with the sealed man beneath the lava for the Burning Fire and Burning Wood chapters in exchange for helping him escape. After receiving the Burning Fire Chapter and beginning to cultivate with the Fire-Devouring Vines, Chen Fan faced their violent attack.

• Chen Fan questioned the man beneath the lava and learned that Ye Qingyang, the Immortal Palace, and Shu Mountain were connected to the Great Immortal Cultivation World rather than a Daluo Golden Immortal or the Immortal Realm.
• The man explained that the Blazing Heaven Sword Art had six chapters and that he had acquired the Burning Fire, Burning Qi, Burning Wood, and Burning Water chapters before being ambushed and sealed.
• Chen Fan demanded that the man swear not to harm him and pass on the Burning Fire and Burning Wood chapters; the man swore the oath and taught him the Burning Fire Chapter.
• Chen Fan entered the space beneath the volcano, cultivated the Burning Fire Chapter, and confirmed that its flame True Qi resonated with his Blazing Heaven Sword Qi.
• Chen Fan began drawing power from the Fire-Devouring Vines, which writhed violently before several vines burst through the magma and lashed toward him.

Chen Fan endured the fire-element runes and Pure Fire Essence in the lava pool to refine his Blazing Heaven Sword Qi and strengthen his cultivation. As Du Qing and Wang Hui’s group opened the volcano to search for him, a terrifying aura erupted from the cavern.

• Chen Fan broke free of the Fire-Devouring Vines and forced the person sealed beneath the lava to explain that refining the runes would help both of them.
• Chen Fan began refining the runes and Pure Fire Essence, enduring severe pain as his meridians were tempered and his True Qi grew denser.
• Du Qing and Wang Hui led Immortal Sect cultivators in searching the Heaven Ghost Sect ruins for Chen Fan, whom they suspected was beneath the mountain.
• Du Qing and Wang Hui helped excavate the mountain, and after ten days they opened a passage into the volcanic cavern.
• As Du Qing’s group prepared to descend, birds and beasts fled the surrounding forest and a terrifying aura surged from the cavern.

Chen Fan emerged from the volcano with Foundation Establishment Middle Stage strength and confronted the Immortal Sect pursuers. After killing one sword cultivator and overpowering Du Qing’s wood techniques, he faced Wang Hui’s Ice Soul Divine Pearl and a renewed assault from both enemies.

• Du Qing tried to avoid provoking the powerful aura inside the volcano, but Chen Fan appeared and revealed his strength.
• Chen Fan killed a Foundation Establishment Early Stage sword cultivator with a surprise strike and challenged Du Qing and Wang Hui.
• Du Qing blamed Chen Fan for killing his younger brother Du Yuan, and Chen Fan dismissed the dead Immortal Sect disciples as forgettable trash.
• Du Qing attacked with Falling Wood Art, but Chen Fan used Nine Palaces Footwork and Blazing Heaven Sword Qi to destroy the wooden stakes and wound him.
• Wang Hui unleashed the Ice Soul Divine Pearl as Du Qing attacked with vines and Boundless Falling Wood, and Chen Fan answered with One Sword Breaks All Arts.

Chen Fan defeated Du Qing and two sword cultivators, then used the Eight Trigrams Sword Formation to overcome Wang Hui’s Ice Soul Divine Pearl. He killed Wang Hui before she could finish warning him about Elder Han.

• Chen Fan shattered Wang Hui’s ice attack, destroyed Du Qing’s wooden attacks, and killed Du Qing with a sword through the heart.
• Wang Hui prepared the Ice Soul Divine Pearl while the two sword cultivators attacked Chen Fan, but he destroyed their flying swords and killed them both.
• Wang Hui charged Chen Fan inside the pearl’s icy phenomenon, but he activated the Eight Trigrams Sword Formation and crushed the frozen world.
• Chen Fan formed a white sword of light from the formation and struck Wang Hui through the chest as she tried to invoke Elder Han’s name.

Chen Fan defeated Wang Hui, took the Ice Soul Divine Pearl, and drove the Immortal Sect disciples from Ghost Domain City. He agreed to protect the weakened being beneath the lava pool and help him reach the Great Immortal Cultivation World eventually, but froze when the being finally emerged.

• Chen Fan erased Wang Hui’s Divine Sense from the Ice Soul Divine Pearl, took it, and warned the fleeing Immortal Sect disciples to tell Elder Han he would kill her.
• The Immortal Sect disciples scattered, and some revealed that Elder Han secretly used a Hundred Souls Lamp fueled by the souls of more than a hundred people each day.
• Chen Fan returned to the lava pool and learned that the being beneath it was weak and wanted his protection in exchange for help and knowledge.
• Chen Fan agreed to the arrangement but said he had matters to settle in this world before leaving for the Great Immortal Cultivation World.
• The being said its body was ready and emerged from the lava pool, leaving Chen Fan stunned by what he saw.

Chen Fan met Bald Bird, an ancient cultivator reborn in a powerless fledgling body, and accepted a Fire-Devouring Fruit before taking it to Earth Ghost Sect. He found the sect deserted and then encountered Mo Bai and unfamiliar Heavy Sword Peak disciples near Heavy Sword City, where Mo Bai ordered him to leave.

• Chen Fan saw Bald Bird emerge from the lava and learned that it had lost its cultivation and needed to recover its other four souls.
• Bald Bird retrieved two Fire-Devouring Fruits from the lava pool, swallowed one to begin restoring its fire-element power, and gave the other to Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan invited Bald Bird to accompany him as he flew toward Earth Ghost Sect to find someone.
• Chen Fan discovered that Earth Ghost Sect was deserted and headed toward Heavy Sword Peak.
• Near Heavy Sword City, Chen Fan met Mo Bai and several unfamiliar Heavy Sword Peak disciples, and Mo Bai demanded that he leave.

Chen Fan confronted Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples searching for him and learned they accused him of abducting their Young Sect Master. When two Foundation Establishment Middle Stage sword cultivators threatened him, Chen Fan revealed that the Young Sect Master was dead and vanished to attack.

• Chen Fan noticed Mo Bai and unfamiliar disciples watching him, and Mo Bai warned him that people were searching for him.
• The dark-faced disciple questioned Chen Fan and mocked Bald Bird, whose speech revealed that his intelligence had awakened.
• Two Foundation Establishment Middle Stage women arrived and accused Chen Fan of colluding with the Demon Sect and abducting their Young Sect Master.
• Mo Bai urged Chen Fan to flee, but Chen Fan refused and learned that the group belonged to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• Chen Fan told the two women that the Young Sect Master had died in volcanic magma, then vanished with a sword cry.

Chen Fan broke free of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect cultivators’ Weak Water Sword Formation and faced their powerful Double Dragons Playing with a Pearl technique. He countered by forming an Earth Territory Sword Formation that trapped the two women and their disciples, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• The two female sword cultivators trapped Chen Fan in the Weak Water Sword Formation, but he released his Foundation Establishment Early Stage aura and shattered its watery curtains with Blazing Heaven Sword Qi.
• The women swallowed Foundation Cultivation Pills and prepared their killing move while Bald Bird and Mo Bai argued over the danger.
• The two women summoned Double Dragons Playing with a Pearl, gathering spiritual energy and calling two enormous water dragons from the storm clouds to attack Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan crushed a Spirit Stone, used the Nine Palaces Sword Art to draw spiritual energy away from the dragons, and formed the Earth Territory Sword Formation beneath the group.
• The sword formation left the two female cultivators unable to move as the Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples watched in terror.

Chen Fan used the Eight Trigrams Sword Formation to repel the twin dragons, but the Ten Thousand Swords Sect women strengthened them with the Golden Scale Pearl. He then formed the Celestial Plate Sword Formation, draining the dragons and the nearby disciples as the chapter ended with its power erupting.

• Chen Fan activated the Eight Trigrams Sword Formation, sending Mo Bai out of it while Bald Bird appeared beside him and claimed he had left on purpose.
• The two women used the Golden Scale Pearl to armor the weak-water dragons, allowing them to withstand Chen Fan's sword attacks and dive at him.
• Chen Fan invoked the Nine Palaces Incantation, immobilized everyone in the formation, and drew spiritual energy from the dragons and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples.
• Several Qi Refinement disciples vomited blood as their cultivation was crippled, while Chen Fan remained focused on his sword art.
• Chen Fan struck the ground and unleashed the Celestial Plate Sword Formation, revealing a pale-blue Eight Trigrams formation rotating with the white sword formation.

Chen Fan defeated the two female sword cultivators, destroyed their dragon-form swords, and took the Spirit Tools. Bald Bird then stopped Chen Fan from killing them and claimed he would make them his maids in exchange for an Immortal Sword Art.

• Chen Fan used the Eight Trigrams Sword Formation and his sword techniques to kill the two golden dragons and break their heads apart.
• Chen Fan intercepted the dragons' fleeing blue forms, seized the two Spirit Tool swords, and erased the female cultivators' Divine Sense from them.
• Chen Fan prepared to attack the helpless women, but Bald Bird appeared and asked him to spare them as potential maids.
• Bald Bird explained that Chen Fan could control someone by planting Divine Sense in their mind, provided they willingly opened their Divine Soul.
• Bald Bird approached the frightened women, and the tall woman demanded to know what the ugly bird intended to do.

Bald Bird persuaded the two female sword cultivators to submit to Chen Fan and taught him how to plant Divine Sense threads in their Divine Souls. After Chen Fan absorbed their memories and dismissed the Eight Trigrams Formations, he asked Mo Bai where Qingqing and the others had gone.

• Bald Bird urged the two female sword cultivators to open their Divine Souls and become Chen Fan's maids, while the tall woman persuaded her junior sister that submitting might save their lives.
• Bald Bird revealed that he could hear their Divine Sense transmissions, and the women agreed to lower their guard and let him and Chen Fan examine their Divine Souls.
• Bald Bird taught Chen Fan to plant needle-thin Divine Soul threads in the women's brows, giving him access to their memories and the power to destroy their Divine Souls with a thought.
• The women awoke, embarrassed that Chen Fan had seen their memories, while Chen Fan dismissed the Eight Trigrams Formations.
• Chen Fan approached Mo Bai and asked where Qingqing and the others had gone.

After learning that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had sent Golden Core experts after Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, Chen Fan decided to seek them through the Heavenly Court and travel toward Shu Mountain. Bald Bird persuaded him to detour to Tianchi City and use the Young Sect Master's token to outwit the city’s defenses, and the group arrived at its gates.

• Chen Fan told Mo Bai that he had spent two months cultivating beneath the Heaven Ghost Sect after its battle with the Ten Thousand Swords Sect ended in volcanic lava.
• A Ten Thousand Swords Sect cultivator revealed that two Golden Core Elders had pursued Chen Jingjing and her companions, while others stayed behind hoping to capture Chen Fan.
• Bald Bird learned of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect resource site in Tianchi City and urged Chen Fan to go there to establish his foundation.
• Bald Bird produced the Young Sect Master's Black Iron Sect Master Token, and Chen Fan agreed to try his plan to infiltrate Tianchi City.
• Mo Bai joined Chen Fan’s party, intending to find Mo Hu and the disciples who had left the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and the group reached Tianchi City two days later.

Chen Fan and his companions entered Tianchi City, where Bald Bird provoked several Foundation Establishment cultivators and Da Bai and Xiao Bai helped defuse the confrontation. Mo Bai then departed to search for Mo Hu, and as the group went to find an inn, Chen Fan recognized someone emerging from it.

• Chen Fan's group entered Tianchi City, where Bald Bird insulted passersby and drew the attention of several Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Mo Bai tried to calm the cultivators, but they demanded an apology and threatened Chen Fan's group.
• Da Bai and Xiao Bai confronted the cultivators, who backed down rather than fight two Foundation Establishment Middle Stage opponents.
• Mo Bai said farewell to Chen Fan and left the city to look for Mo Hu.
• Chen Fan's group headed for an inn Da Bai knew, but Chen Fan's expression changed when someone came out of it.

Chen Fan learned that Shu Mountain was holding expanded recruitment and decided to use the opportunity to enter its ranks and pursue his goals. After promising Big and Little Bai their freedom once their business in Tianchi City was finished, he received an Upper-Grade Immortal Sword Art from Bald Bird.

• Chen Fan recognized Mu Yunshui leaving the inn but chose not to approach her.
• At the inn, Chen Fan heard cultivators discuss Shu Mountain’s expanded recruitment and decided to enter with Bald Bird.
• Chen Fan assured Big and Little Bai that he would free them after their business in Tianchi City, though he would leave his Divine Sense in them.
• In their room, Chen Fan told Bald Bird he wanted Big and Little Bai to protect his younger sister in the future.
• Bald Bird produced an Upper-Grade Immortal Sword Art for Chen Fan, whose expression changed when he saw it.

Chen Fan learned the First Sword of Nirvana from a jade slip and discovered its sword intent could crush his Divine Soul with despair. He repeatedly entered the jade slip to face it again, alarming the Bald Bird.

• Chen Fan used the jade slip to learn the Immortal Sword Art and was overwhelmed by the sword intent of its single move, which annihilated him inside the slip’s dark world.
• Chen Fan realized the sword intent had crushed his Divine Soul in the illusion and heard the Bald Bird explain the art’s history and the cultivator who used it to destroy a great sect.
• The Bald Bird revealed that the art consisted of six independent swords and that the jade slip contained only the First Sword of Nirvana.
• Chen Fan recalled a Fat Daoist who had taught him the Nine Palaces Sword Art but dismissed the possibility that he was connected to the Fat Daoist in the story.
• Chen Fan repeatedly reentered the jade slip to experience the sword intent, and the Bald Bird shouted for him to stop.

Chen Fan challenged the powerful Nirvana Sword Intent in the Jade Slip, shattering his Sword Dao but awakening a wisp of his own and resolving to rebuild it through further trials. After returning to the Heavenly Court, he posted a 1,000-point Immortal Qi task to find Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, then returned to the Minor Cultivation World and saw Bald Bird enter his room.

• Chen Fan endured the Nirvana Sword Intent until his Sword Dao shattered, briefly forming a wisp of his own Sword Intent before the phantom overwhelmed him and expelled him from the Jade Slip.
• Chen Fan accepted that his Sword Dao could only be repaired by continuing to challenge the Nirvana Sword Intent, then resumed training with the Jade Slip despite his injuries.
• After nightfall, Chen Fan entered the Heavenly Court and learned from Green-feathered Bird that he could post a task at the Heavenly Court Hall to search for someone.
• Chen Fan posted a task seeking Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, offering 1,000 points of Immortal Qi as a reward.
• Chen Fan returned to the Minor Cultivation World, where Bald Bird walked into his room and left him frozen in surprise.

Chen Fan and the two Bai women headed to Ten Thousand Swords Villa, where a carriage dispute brought them into conflict with a haughty young cultivator. The young man prepared to attack Chen Fan, but a woman inside the carriage stopped him.

• After a night of recovery, Chen Fan left with Big and Little Bai for Ten Thousand Swords Villa, carrying the Ten Thousand Swords Sect sect master's Black Iron Token.
• On the way, Bald Bird drew attention in his patterned underpants and traded insults with the passersby.
• A Tri-Horned Savage Ox pulling a carriage charged toward Chen Fan's group, but Chen Fan's Sword Intent forced it to stop.
• A young man in the carriage confronted Chen Fan and demanded that he leave, while Bald Bird demanded compensation for being frightened.
• Chen Fan ignored the young man and continued toward Ten Thousand Swords Villa, then called him noisy when he threatened them.
• As the young man raised a yellow Talisman to attack, a woman inside the carriage called out, asking Fellow Daoist Bai to hold his hand.