Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan reunited with Bald Bird, Old Yellow Tooth, and Little Golden Monkey, learned that the Wu Family and other clans had driven the Dugu Clan and its allies from the Eastern Wasteland, and traveled with his companions to the Southern Continent. He set out to find Chen Jingjing and the others, confident he could defeat the families’ Nascent Soul cultivators before leaving to undergo tribulation.

• Bald Bird explained that the Wu Family and allied clans had attacked their allies, forcing the Dugu Clan to relocate to the Southern Continent.
• Chen Fan told his companions about confronting the Fei, Yan, and Wu families, then said they should head south before their enemies struck.
• Chen Fan and his companions traveled through teleportation arrays and reached the Southern Continent after a month.
• Chen Fan used the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to locate Chen Jingjing and the others, while Bald Bird and Old Yellow Tooth worried about the coming battle.
• Chen Fan assured them that even a hundred opponents below the Fusion Realm were no threat, then led Little Golden Monkey onward to find Jingjing and the others.

Chen Fan reunited with the Dugu Clan and learned that Little Medicine Boy was recovering after someone damaged his Great Dao. He planned to take the others to safety before confronting the Wu Family and its allies alone, and agreed to spar with the Dugu Clan Head to demonstrate his strength.

• Chen Fan and his companions found the Dugu Clan hidden in the mountains, where the younger generation was holding a competition.
• Dugu Ghost Sword told Chen Fan that Little Medicine Boy was in seclusion, trying to reshape his damaged Great Dao, and that the Dugu Clan Head had withdrawn to avoid a calamity.
• Chen Fan said he would escort everyone to the Eastern Wasteland and then deal with the Wu Family and its allies by himself.
• Chen Jingjing, Zhang Rumeng, Big and Little Bai, and the Dugu Clan Head welcomed Chen Fan, but they doubted he could face several powerful enemies alone.
• The Dugu Clan Head asked to spar with Chen Fan to assess his strength, and Chen Fan agreed.

Chen Fan demonstrated his overwhelming strength by defeating the Dugu Clan Head in one move, then returned to the Peach Garden Minor Mystic Realm and reunited with Qin Xian'er and Mu Yunshui. After sharing his painful memories and finding peace, he left at dawn to begin taking control of the realm.

• Chen Fan slipped behind the Dugu Clan Head and held the Wuya Sword to his throat, winning their match with a single move.
• Chen Fan explained that he had spent fifty years comprehending the Dao and warned Dugu Ghost Sword about the dangers and entry limits of the Ancient Immortal Road.
• Chen Fan's group traveled back to the Eastern Wasteland, and several months later they reached the Peach Garden Minor Mystic Realm.
• Chen Fan told Qin Xian'er and Mu Yunshui about his experiences and Fei Chuchu, then fell asleep in peace as Qin Xian'er held him.
• Chen Fan left the mystic realm alone the next morning, resolved to take control of the realm.

Chen Fan led his companions into an ice valley to confront the Wu Clan Head and the elders who had challenged him. The Wu Clan and its allies activated a killing formation designed to turn the valley’s chill into cold fire, but Chen Fan remained unfazed as the attack began.

• Bald Bird, Old Yellow Tooth, the Dugu Clan Head, and Dugu Qingxuan caught up with Chen Fan and joined him on his journey east.
• Chen Fan used the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to locate the Wu Clan Head in an ice valley tied to legends of the Snow Immortal.
• Chen Fan explained that the valley’s soul-targeting chill would not hinder him because he could wield Nether Bone Cold Fire, then led his companions into the valley.
• The Wu Clan Head and five other late-stage Soul Division elders confronted Chen Fan and accused him of defying the world’s rules; Chen Fan declared that he would make the rules after killing them.
• The elders revealed that they had killed the Xiao Clan Head and activated their killing formation, as dozens of mid-stage Soul Division cultivators emerged from hiding.
• A dark-faced elder announced the Nether Bone Cold Fire Formation’s power and crushed a jade pearl, sending a wisp of cold fire toward Chen Fan’s group.

Chen Fan revealed that he controlled 108 Nether Bone Cold Flames and overwhelmed the six clan heads who had trapped him in the ice valley. After breaking their formation, he killed them and shattered their Divine Souls, leaving Bald Bird, Dugu Qingxuan, and the others stunned.

• The Dugu Clan Head and his allies tried to retreat from the Nether Bone Cold Flame, but the formation blocked their escape.
• Chen Fan pushed Bald Bird, Old Yellow Tooth, and the others behind him, then manifested 108 Nether Bone Cold Flames.
• Chen Fan sent the flames forward, swallowed the black-faced elder’s flame, and drove the six clan heads back.
• Chen Fan shattered the formation with his sword and charged the six clan heads.
• Chen Fan killed the six clan heads with the Wuya Sword and froze and shattered their Divine Souls.
• Bald Bird, Dugu Qingxuan, and the others stared at Chen Fan in shock.

After defeating the Wu and Huang families, Chen Fan left the Xiao Family with resources to rebuild and reunited with Chen Jingjing and the others. He then went beyond the heavens to undergo his Fusion Realm tribulation, where a mysterious humanoid lightning figure appeared before him.

• The Dugu Clan Head crippled the cultivators who had trapped Chen Fan, and Chen Fan let them live so word of the Wu and Huang families' defeat would spread.
• Chen Fan left three Storage Rings with the Xiao Family, then departed as Xiao Si Qing and Xiao Tianfang regarded him with awe.
• Chen Fan returned to the mystic realm, reassured Chen Jingjing and the others by his presence, and then went beyond the heavens to undergo tribulation.
• After ten days of gathering spiritual energy, Chen Fan began facing the Fusion Realm heavenly tribulation and evaded its first lightning bolts.
• A humanoid figure emerged as the clouds parted, and Chen Fan stared at it in shock.

During his heavenly tribulation, Chen Fan faced two powerful humanoid lightning reflections: a young man and his master, the Nine Palaces Elder. He recruited the Wuya Sword to distract the Elder and discovered that the young man wielded the lost Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.

• Two humanoid lightning reflections appeared before Chen Fan, one resembling the Nine Palaces Elder and the other a young man.
• Chen Fan realized he could not defeat both reflections through direct combat and decided he had to separate them.
• The Wuya Sword volunteered to delay the Nine Palaces Elder's reflection, and Chen Fan sent it to fight him while he confronted the young man.
• The young man's fists shattered Chen Fan's Divine Silkworm Silk and wounded his left shoulder with a lightning strike.
• Chen Fan recognized the young man's ancient divine fist art as the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.

Chen Fan battled the lightning-bodied young man and the Nine Palaces Elder's mirror image while trying to survive the tribulation. He discovered that their clash revealed the mysteries of Six Paths Reincarnation, then turned to confront the mirror image with the Immortal Sword Sheath as a new Nine Palaces Dao rhythm appeared before his Heavenly Eye.

• Chen Fan used the Nine Palaces Sword Formation and a ninefold sword strike to break the young man's arms, but the young man quickly recovered while Chen Fan suffered injuries.
• Chen Fan summoned the Taiji Diagram and Nirvana Sword Intent, and his Heavenly Eye revealed the mysteries of the young man's Six Paths Reincarnation Dao rhythm.
• Chen Fan chose to pursue Dao rhythm comprehension over fighting the Nine Palaces Elder's mirror image, then empowered Wuya Sword with the Immortal Sword Sheath and sent the young man flying.
• Chen Fan attacked the Nine Palaces Elder's mirror image, but it anticipated his strike and swept its sword toward his heart, forcing him to block.
• Chen Fan's Heavenly Eye revealed an even more exquisite Nine Palaces Dao rhythm beneath the mirror image's sword art.

Chen Fan comprehended the Nine Palaces Dao resonance while evading two humanoid lightning opponents, then killed the Nine Palaces Elder's mirror image. He faced the young man’s completed Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, determined to seize its talent.

• Chen Fan used his Heavenly Eye to perceive the Nine Palaces Elder's Dao resonance and decided to comprehend it before killing the mirror image.
• Chen Fan evaded attacks from the young man and the mirror image while cultivating the Nine Palaces Dao resonance for half a year.
• Chen Fan completed his comprehension, then destroyed the Nine Palaces Elder's mirror image with Wuya Sword and immortal power.
• The young man struck Chen Fan with the completed Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, injuring him from several hundred li away.
• Chen Fan summoned the Taiji Diagram, Drumbeat Cold Fire, and Nirvana Sword Intent to begin fighting the young man.

Chen Fan completed his first heavenly tribulation after comprehending the Six Paths of Reincarnation, then faced a second tribulation of deadly red lightning. He destroyed one bolt with the Wuya Sword, but eight more appeared, leaving him surrounded by an even greater threat.

• Chen Fan spent three years absorbing the young man's Six Paths of Reincarnation Dao essence and completed his first heavenly tribulation by destroying him with the Wuya Sword.
• Chen Fan recovered, prepared for the second heavenly tribulation, and wondered what form it would take.
• A bolt of red lightning pursued Chen Fan and attacked his life force, but he sealed its projection with cold flame and dodged the real bolt.
• Chen Fan's Taiji Diagram failed to stop the red lightning, so he struck it with the Wuya Sword and destroyed it using immortal power.
• Eight more bolts of red lightning emerged from cracks in the void.

Chen Fan endured the crimson lightning tribulation, mastering dozens of ancient formations as he destroyed wave after wave of attacks. The lightning then formed a crimson copy of Chen Fan, and their battle left him wounded but determined to find a way to defeat it and enter the Fusion Realm.

• Chen Fan realized the second tribulation continued with eight crimson lightning bolts, then discovered that he could destroy them with the Immortal Sword Sheath and Wuya Sword.
• The lightning gathered into successive formations, and Chen Fan broke them while learning dozens of ancient formations over nearly a month.
• A vast surge of crimson lightning condensed into a sword-wielding figure that had copied Chen Fan's appearance and aura.
• The crimson figure matched Chen Fan's swordplay and moved slightly faster, striking him hard enough to make him spit blood.
• Chen Fan resolved to exploit his immortal power's advantage against the lightning and seek an opening to kill the crimson figure.

Chen Fan defeated the red humanoid lightning by surpassing his speed limit and broke through to the Integration Realm. He returned to the Eastern Wasteland Continent, hoping his display of power would draw Fat Daoist and Demon Dragon back so they could go to the Immortal Realm.

• Chen Fan pushed himself past his limits in a prolonged battle with the red humanoid lightning until his final strike shattered it.
• After the tribulation ended, Chen Fan's cultivation broke through to the Integration Realm, and he headed for the Eastern Wasteland Continent.
• Chen Fan saw that the Dugu Clan had risen, the Xiao Family was recovering, and the Wu Family and five other great families had been wiped out.
• Chen Fan released his Integration Realm aura across the Eastern Wasteland to spread news of his return and summon Fat Daoist and Demon Dragon.

After entering the Body Integration Stage, Chen Fan spent several years with his loved ones and reunited with Fat Daoist, Ink Dragon, and his grown son Chen Yi. He then left the minor mystic realm with Fat Daoist to travel to the Immortal World and confront the Heavenly Emperor.

• Chen Fan’s return from tribulation and entry into the Body Integration Stage shook cultivators across the Great Immortal Cultivation World.
• Chen Fan stayed in the Peach Garden Minor Mystic Realm, guided his companions, and welcomed Ye Xiaotian after he rebuilt his Great Dao.
• Three years later, Fat Daoist and Ink Dragon returned with Chen Yi, who had reached the Spirit Refining Stage.
• Fat Daoist told Chen Fan that the Nine Palaces Elder was alive and would return after continuing his tribulation beyond the heavens.
• Fat Daoist announced that he and Chen Fan would leave for the Immortal World in five days, and Chen Fan spent the remaining time with his loved ones.
• Chen Fan and Fat Daoist departed the mystic realm carrying the Soul-Gathering Tower to begin their journey toward the Immortal World and a reckoning with the Heavenly Emperor.

Chen Fan, Fat Daoist, and Ink Dragon traveled from the Earth Cultivation World through the Dark Void Realm to the Immortal-Demon battlefield. They arrived before the wall and learned that it was a tombstone.

• Chen Fan and Fat Daoist reached the Earth Cultivation World and entered Demon King Valley, where Fat Daoist revealed the mountain Yang Xiao had used to leave.
• Fat Daoist directed Chen Fan to tear open the void, and they used Fat Daoist's token to cross into the Dark Void Realm.
• Chen Fan endured the Dark Void Realm's painful gale as he and Fat Daoist walked for ten days and nine nights toward the wall.
• Fat Daoist used the token to open the Bronze Gate, and Chen Fan followed him into the desolate Immortal-Demon battlefield.
• Ink Dragon told Chen Fan that the enormous wall was a tombstone.

Chen Fan, the Fat Daoist, and Ink Dragon reached the surviving fragment of the Immortal Court, where they encountered its Heavenly Soldiers. The Fat Daoist sensed several ancient survivors within the court, including Yang Xiao, but revealed that the Battle God Ape—Equal to Heaven was missing.

• Ink Dragon warned Chen Fan that the gravestones on the ancient battlefield gathered dangerous resentment, and the Fat Daoist teleported them away.
• Chen Fan arrived at the complete surviving fragment of the Immortal Court and learned that the Demon Realm lay beneath the clouds.
• Ink Dragon emerged from the Soul-Gathering Tower and demanded that the Immortal Court's current lord meet a descendant of the Ink Dragon Clan.
• The Heavenly Soldiers recognized the Ink Dragon Clan and sent one of their number to report Ink Dragon's arrival.
• The Fat Daoist sensed ancient survivors inside the Immortal Court, including someone Chen Fan identified as Yang Xiao, but said the Battle God Ape—Equal to Heaven was absent.

Chen Fan and the others learned that Equal to Heaven had died after sealing its powers in an Immortal Cave in the Demon Realm. With the weakened seal soon allowing young cultivators to seek its legacy, the Fat Daoist suggested that Chen Fan try to inherit it.

• The Fat Daoist and Ink Dragon discussed whether Equal to Heaven might still be alive, and Yang Xiao arrived with several powerful old men.
• Yang Xiao recognized Chen Fan’s Heavenly Eye, withdrew his killing intent after Chen Fan explained Yang Tianji had given it to him, and thanked the Fat Daoist for saving his life.
• The old men recalled that Equal to Heaven had died fighting after discovering the Heavenly Emperor’s conspiracy, and that it had sent them away from the battlefield before its death.
• One old man revealed that Equal to Heaven had sealed its powers in an Immortal Cave in the Demon Realm, which would soon admit young cultivators seeking its legacy.
• The Fat Daoist said Little Golden Monkey would be the ideal heir but could not enter yet, then suggested Chen Fan try because he had cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.

The Fat Daoist secured Chen Fan permission to enter Equal to Heaven's Immortal Cave by adding him as an unaffiliated participant, and they traveled to the Demon Realm. They arrived at a volcanic landscape where the Fat Daoist encountered its powerful figures.

• The Immortal Court elders objected to adding Chen Fan to their hundred selected entrants, but the Fat Daoist proposed sending him as a separate participant.
• Chen Fan accepted the risk of entering the cave alone, and the Fat Daoist agreed to take him to the Demon Realm.
• The Fat Daoist, Chen Fan, and Ink Dragon flew through the Demon Realm, passing violent battles and a man who had been poisoned with Three-Hour Aphrodisiac Powder.
• The group stopped atop a volcano, where powerful human and Demon Race figures gathered to meet the Fat Daoist.
• A beautiful woman among the Demon Realm group noticed Chen Fan's composure despite his Body Fusion Realm cultivation.

Chen Fan sought a place in Equal to Heaven's Immortal Cave, but the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox tried to recruit him by offering a Demon Realm slot in exchange for a favor. He refused her terms and insisted only on receiving permission to enter.

• Ink Dragon recognized the woman as a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and traded insults with her before warning Chen Fan that she was dangerous.
• Fat Daoist told the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox that the Immortal Court had agreed to add Chen Fan to the cave expedition, and she offered him a place with the Demon Realm instead.
• Fat Daoist rejected the offer of a favor, and Chen Fan declined to join the Demon Realm or make a deal with the woman.
• The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox warned Chen Fan that the Immortal Court and Demon Realm might unite against him inside the cave, but he remained untroubled.
• The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox offered Chen Fan a night with her in exchange for a hundred years of vital essence, and he refused again, asking only for a slot.

Chen Fan prepared to enter Qi Tian's Immortal Cave despite warnings that the Immortal Court and Demon Realm might target him. As the two realms gathered their chosen cultivators, Chen Fan recognized the cave’s entrance as the Blessed Land of Flower-Fruit Mountain, Cave Heaven of Water Curtain Cave.

• The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox agreed to let Chen Fan enter the Immortal Cave after the Fat Daoist intervened, then privately resolved that Chen Fan would die there.
• The Fat Daoist and Ink Dragon warned Chen Fan that the Demon Realm and Immortal Court might make trouble for him.
• Yang Xiao advised Chen Fan to cultivate in peace and stay away from the Immortal Cave, but Chen Fan remained determined to claim its inheritance.
• The Fat Daoist sent Chen Fan with Ink Dragon and the Immortal Court’s hundred elite Heavenly Soldiers to meet the Demon Realm’s hundred cultivators.
• Chen Fan and the gathered cultivators reached the cave entrance, where he recognized the words naming Flower-Fruit Mountain and Water Curtain Cave.

Chen Fan entered Flower-Fruit Mountain’s Immortal Cave with the Immortal Court and demon realm cultivators, where both groups attempted to ambush him. He killed one Heavenly Soldier, counted the rest as they arrived, and raised his sword as the assembled soldiers attacked.

• The demon realm cultivators entered the Immortal Cave first, followed by the Heavenly Soldiers and Chen Fan.
• Several Heavenly Soldiers and ten demon realm experts ambushed Chen Fan, but he blocked their attacks and killed a Heavenly Soldier.
• Chen Fan stood in the passage and counted the Heavenly Soldiers as they entered, refusing to let the demon realm experts leave.
• Once Chen Fan counted ninety-nine soldiers, a Heavenly Soldier ordered everyone to attack him.
• As the demon realm experts tried to retreat, Chen Fan’s sword swept toward them.