Chapter Summaries

Changming searched Chen Fan’s cabin and the neighboring disciples’ homes for the stolen spirit herbs, but found nothing. After Bald Bird returned, Chen Fan agreed to accompany the Yellow-toothed Old Man to the Sixth Peak, where he planned to reclaim the Six Paths Jade Disk.

• Changming accused the Yellow-toothed Old Man of involvement in the Alchemy Hall’s missing spirit herbs, but the old man denied it.
• Changming searched Chen Fan’s cabin and the cabins of Huang Cheng and Tang Xue, finding no evidence of the theft.
• Bald Bird returned after eating spirit herbs, and Chen Fan agreed to travel with the Yellow-toothed Old Man to the Sixth Peak.
• Chen Fan left Huang Cheng and Tang Xue a message to seek Gao Yueyue’s help and move somewhere safer.
• Chen Fan, the Yellow-toothed Old Man, and Bald Bird passed through the formations and began climbing the Sixth Peak.

Chen Fan arrived at Shushan Sixth Peak and joined its neglected Artifact Refining Hall, where Bald Bird agreed to stay with him. The next day, Yellow-toothed Old Man sought instruction in the Artifact Heart, but Bald Bird told him to demonstrate his skill with talismans first.

• Chen Fan saw Sixth Peak’s grand halls and learned that the Law Enforcement Hall, Alchemy Hall, Talisman Hall, and Immortal Sword Hall each occupied a different area.
• Bald Bird was appalled to find the Artifact Refining Hall run-down and learned from Yellow-toothed Old Man that it had only three disciples.
• Yellow-toothed Old Man introduced Chen Fan to two disciples and had them prepare a room for him.
• Chen Fan and Bald Bird settled into the Artifact Refining Hall, and Bald Bird gave Chen Fan a bronze artifact furnace.
• Yellow-toothed Old Man gave Chen Fan a Jade Token that permitted travel among the lower peaks and sword flight within Shushan.
• When Yellow-toothed Old Man asked Bald Bird to teach him the Artifact Heart, Bald Bird demanded that he first show his skill in talismans.

Chen Fan began practicing artifact refining with Seven-Star Stones, struggling to control the furnace’s heat and burning through his initial supply. After collecting more stones in the Heavenly Court Realm and noticing his connection to it growing stronger, he entered Heavenly Court Hall to buy storage pouches and spotted a new line of familiar writing.

• Bald Bird persuaded Yellow-toothed Old Man to study Talismans and left with him to provide guidance.
• Chen Fan recalled Shu Mountain’s upper peaks and reaffirmed his plans to reclaim the Six Paths Jade Disk and retrieve the Wuya Sword.
• Chen Fan tried refining Seven-Star Stones but repeatedly burned them to ash while learning to regulate the furnace’s flames.
• Chen Fan entered the Heavenly Court Realm, noticed it was becoming easier to reach, and found Green-feathered Bird hiding as a jade pendant after eating a Seven-Star Stone.
• Chen Fan harvested Seven-Star Stones and went to Heavenly Court Hall to buy storage pouches, where he noticed a new line of familiar characters.

Chen Fan investigated Qin Xian’er's message about Bitter Sea Cliff while struggling to refine Seven-Star Stone. He learned that the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm would open in seven days and began asking his fellow disciples what it was.

• Chen Fan saw a message announcing that immortals would gather at Bitter Sea Cliff, then returned to his Immortal Cave without asking outsiders about it.
• Chen Fan brought six chunks of Seven-Star Stone to the Earth Cultivation World and spent the day trying to refine them, but his Divine Soul faltered and the final piece burned to ashes.
• Chen Fan overheard Yellow-toothed Old Man’s disciples say their master had begun studying Talismans ahead of the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm in seven days.
• Chen Fan approached the disciples and asked them to explain the secret realm, and the woman said it offered great fortune to Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators.

Chen Fan learned about the dangers and treasures of the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm and decided to go there when it opened in seven days. Green-feathered Bird agreed to accompany him, revealing that death in the Heavenly Court Realm was permanent for its natives.

• Zhang Lu and Misty told Chen Fan that the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm opened every twenty years, suppressed most cultivators to Foundation Establishment Early Stage, and might contain powerful Monster Beasts.
• Chen Fan learned that Zhang Lu and Misty were disciples of the Yellow-toothed Old Man and that their Senior Martial Sister Lin Miaoyi was preparing to break through to the Golden Core Realm.
• Chen Fan returned to his room, entered the Heavenly Court Realm, and questioned Green-feathered Bird about the secret realm.
• Green-feathered Bird warned Chen Fan that the secret realm might harbor Golden Core Realm Monster Beasts and that reaching it would take at least three days by Teleportation Arrays.
• Chen Fan resolved to travel to the secret realm, and Green-feathered Bird agreed to accompany him before explaining that natives truly died there.

Chen Fan spent three days strengthening his Heavenly Court body before setting out for the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm. He arrived in a great city on the way, sold Talismans to replenish his Spirit Stones, and continued toward the gathering of cultivators while the Green-feathered Bird warned him of the dangers ahead.

• Chen Fan decided to cultivate in seclusion for three days before traveling to the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm, then returned his Divine Sense to his true body.
• Chen Fan told Bald Bird that he had nearly refined a small Seven-Star Stone and would postpone working on the Artifact Heart while he entered the Heavenly Court Realm.
• Bald Bird said he would teach Old Yellow Tooth to make Talismans, though Old Yellow Tooth had barely learned to hold a cinnabar brush.
• Chen Fan spent three days cultivating in the Heavenly Court, consolidating his Qi Refining Ninth Layer and strengthening his True Qi.
• Chen Fan traveled through two Teleportation Arrays to a great city, sold several Talismans to obtain Spirit Stones, and saw cultivators heading toward Bitter Sea Cliff.
• The Green-feathered Bird warned Chen Fan that the secret realm would bring a fierce battle and told him not to let anyone strike the jade pendant.

Chen Fan visited the Spirit Treasure Pavilion to repair his damaged Black Silk Treasure Armor and sold the Six Yang Mirror to pay for it. After collecting the repaired armor and remaining Spirit Stones, he was shown a mysterious sword sheath.

• The Green-feathered Bird directed Chen Fan to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion to repair his Black Silk Treasure Armor.
• Chen Fan showed the middle-aged shopkeeper the armor, and the man agreed to repair it for five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones within four hours.
• Chen Fan sold the Six Yang Mirror to the shopkeeper for one thousand five hundred Spirit Stones and left both Spirit Tools with him.
• Chen Fan waited in the rear hall, and the shopkeeper returned on time with the repaired armor and one thousand Spirit Stones.
• The shopkeeper asked whether Chen Fan was going to the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm, then offered him a mysterious black sword sheath.

Chen Fan considered buying a Spirit Tool sword sheath but lacked the Spirit Stones, then confronted Immortal Sect disciples who threatened him over his Black Silk Treasure Armor. He left for the Teleportation Array, astonishing them by flying on his sword despite being at Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

• Chen Fan examined a Spirit Tool sword sheath, but decided he could not afford it without giving up his Black Silk Treasure Armor.
• Senior Brother Hai and other Immortal Sect disciples entered the shop, and Hai bought the sheath for two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Hai tried to buy Chen Fan's Black Silk Treasure Armor and threatened him with death in the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm, but Chen Fan refused and left.
• Chen Fan flew toward the Teleportation Array on his sword, leaving the Immortal Sect disciples shocked at his ability to fly at Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

Chen Fan reached Bitter Sea Cliff and waited among the packed crowd for the secret realm to open, where he saw several renowned young geniuses arrive. The chapter ended as a group of lavishly dressed disciples emerged from a gigantic gourd after forcibly teleporting through the sky’s restrictions.

• Chen Fan joined the long queue at the Ancient City’s Teleportation Array, traveled to the wilderness, and recognized Bitter Sea Cliff ahead.
• Chen Fan struggled through the crowd and watched Liu Xun, Wang Yan, and three other Ten Thousand Swords Sect geniuses fly toward the secret realm entrance.
• Xiao Munan arrived with six Shu Mountain disciples, and Chen Fan recognized Gao Yueyue among them.
• Chen Fan sensed Xiao Munan’s formidable strength as the crowd cheered for the top-ranked Heavenly Soldier Ranking genius.
• The void twisted and burst after Xiao Munan’s group departed, and disciples in lavish robes appeared atop a gigantic gourd.

Chen Fan reached the entrance to the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm, where Mu Yunshui warned him that the Immortal Sect and Ten Thousand Swords Sect were hunting him. As both sects offered rewards for his capture, a cultivator recognized Chen Fan in the crowd.

• Mu Yunshui arrived with Immortal Sect disciples, and Chen Fan exchanged hostile voice transmissions with her.
• Chen Fan searched the crowd for Qin Xian'er, Chen Jingjing, and another woman, but could not find them.
• An elder explained that the secret realm required a stable Qi Refining Seventh Layer foundation and that those who died inside would lose their gains and have to wait twenty years to enter again.
• Wang Yan announced that the Immortal Sect and Ten Thousand Swords Sect were hunting Chen Fan and offered rewards for information or his capture.
• A Shu Mountain disciple recognized Chen Fan near the secret realm's entrance and cried out that he had been found.

Chen Fan confronted cultivators gathered at the secret realm entrance and revealed the strength behind his new Heavenly Soldier Ranking position. After repelling Wuerduo and resisting Wang Yan, he watched the entrance shake as a rosy light struck Bitter Sea Cliff.

• Cultivators surrounded Chen Fan at the secret realm entrance, and Wuerduo attacked him with his Black Beard Mountain Spirit Tool.
• Chen Fan broke the tool’s restraint and damaged Black Beard Mountain with a sword strike, forcing Wuerduo to retreat and apologize.
• The crowd learned Chen Fan had risen to fifteenth place on the Heavenly Soldier Ranking.
• Wang Yan attacked Chen Fan, but Chen Fan knocked aside the sword radiance aimed at his throat.
• A rosy light struck Bitter Sea Cliff, and the secret realm entrance began to shake, halting Wang Yan’s next attack.

The Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm opened, and cultivators rushed inside to seek its treasures. Before entering, Chen Fan fought Wang Yan and cut his wrist, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• A radiant Void Gate opened at Bitter Sea Cliff, revealing the secret realm and prompting cultivators to surge toward it.
• Liu Xun ordered Wang Yan to deal with Chen Fan before entering the secret realm with the other Ten Thousand Swords Sect geniuses.
• Xiao Munan, Gao Yueyue, Mu Yunshui, and other cultivators passed Chen Fan as they entered the secret realm.
• Wang Yan attacked Chen Fan with a barrage of sword strikes, but Chen Fan blocked them with the Immortal Sword Art.
• Chen Fan used the Nine Sons Oblique Alignment to meet Wang Yan's attack, and their clash sent nearby cultivators tumbling.
• Chen Fan appeared behind Wang Yan and sliced his wrist, making Wang Yan roar in pain as the crowd watched.

Chen Fan entered the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm after Wang Yan struck him toward its entrance, then explored a quiet area and encountered a dangerous three-tailed tiger. The chapter left Chen Fan facing the tiger’s pouncing attack.

• Chen Fan injured Wang Yan, but Wang Yan struck him toward the secret realm entrance, and both cultivators entered the realm.
• Several Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivators were rejected by the secret realm for insufficient cultivation.
• Chen Fan healed his minor injury with a Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman and surveyed the realm, where the cultivators’ strength was suppressed to Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
• Chen Fan watched multicolored carp drag a black ox into a lake and tear it apart with their sharp scales.
• Chen Fan plucked a spiritual herb guarded by a three-tailed tiger, which attacked him with a thunderous roar and a pouncing strike.

Chen Fan killed a three-tailed tiger and discovered its Demon Core contained metallic power that might strengthen the body. While searching for more tigers, he found another one about to kill three Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators and moved to intervene.

• Chen Fan defeated a three-tailed tiger, though its final roar injured his ears, and healed himself with a Spirit Stone.
• Chen Fan extracted the tiger's unusual Demon Core and considered testing whether the metallic power could strengthen the Heavenly Court physical body.
• Chen Fan searched the area for more three-tailed tigers and spotted three cultivators battling one from behind a tree.
• The tiger overwhelmed the exhausted cultivators, and Chen Fan stepped out with Nine Palaces Footwork as it pounced on one of them.

Chen Fan rescued three cultivators by killing a three-tailed tiger and taking its Demon Core. Elsewhere, Liu Xun’s group summoned Wang Yan and discussed the dangers and rivalries awaiting them in the secret realm before Li Yanyan received an alarming message.

• Chen Fan appeared as a three-tailed tiger attacked a male cultivator, wounded the beast, then killed it with a sword thrust through its mouth and head.
• Chen Fan took the tiger’s Demon Core and left, while the three cultivators marveled at his strength and the female cultivator declared she would no longer be infatuated with Xiao Munan.
• Li Yanyan told Liu Xun that the secret talisman indicated Wang Yan had returned, and Liu Xun had her ignite it to guide Wang Yan to them.
• Liu Xun said they needed Wang Yan and predicted the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Monster Beast would hinder their rivals in the central region.
• Liu Xun speculated that Zeng Rong and other hidden geniuses would cause trouble for Xiao Munan, then Li Yanyan received a streak of light and reacted with alarm.

Li Yanyan told Liu Xun and the other Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples that Wang Yan had failed to kill Chen Fan and had been badly hurt, prompting Liu Xun to warn them not to underestimate Chen Fan. Meanwhile, Chen Fan hunted Three-Tailed Tigers and refused a woman’s offer to trade a mid-grade Immortal Sword Art for one of his Demon Cores; she then offered to help him comprehend the sword art.

• Li Yanyan reported that Wang Yan had been injured by Chen Fan and later escaped a swarm of Bloodsucking Hornets.
• Liu Xun warned Ma Xiu and Zhang Ye that Chen Fan had killed Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators and could be more dangerous than they expected.
• Chen Fan killed two more Qi Refining Eighth Layer Three-Tailed Tigers while searching the nearby hills for their Demon Cores.
• A woman offered Chen Fan a mid-grade Immortal Sword Art in exchange for a Demon Core, but he refused.
• The woman followed Chen Fan and offered to help him comprehend the sword art if he agreed to trade.

Chen Fan refused Shen Wushuang’s offer to trade for his Demon Core, but she followed him to a forest where moonlight drew dense wood-element spiritual energy from an ancient tree. Chen Fan activated the Burning Wood Chapter to absorb it.

• Shen Wushuang introduced herself as eighth on the Heavenly Soldier Ranking and offered to decipher Chen Fan’s mid-grade Immortal Sword Art in exchange for his Demon Core, but he refused.
• Shen Wushuang followed Chen Fan after he left, and he used the Formless Step to hurry to a forest and rest in an ancient tree.
• Shen Wushuang tracked Chen Fan to the tree and sat beneath it while he meditated on his battles and the final three moves of the Nine Palaces Sword Art.
• Moonlight caused the ancient tree to release a green halo of dense wood-element spiritual energy, which Chen Fan and Shen Wushuang recognized.
• Shen Wushuang regretted that she cultivated water-element immortal arts, while Chen Fan activated the Burning Wood Chapter.

Chen Fan absorbed the ancient tree’s wood-element spiritual energy through the night, raising the Burning Wood Chapter to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer while Shen Wushuang stood guard. After learning about the Immortal’s Cave Abode in the central region, Chen Fan hesitated between staying to cultivate and seeking its treasures, until the Green-feathered Bird sensed an opportunity inside the tree.

• Chen Fan used the Burning Wood Chapter to absorb the ancient tree’s spiritual energy, condensing True Essence Power and advancing to Qi Refining Layer 5.
• Shen Wushuang noticed the green lights streaming toward Chen Fan and guarded him through the night, while Chen Fan remained wary of her through a thread of Divine Sense.
• At dawn, Chen Fan finished cultivating with the Burning Wood Chapter at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer and thanked Shen Wushuang.
• Shen Wushuang told Chen Fan that the top ten of the Heavenly Soldier Ranking knew about an Immortal’s Cave Abode in the central region, where young prodigies sought treasures and spiritual herbs.
• As Chen Fan weighed staying to cultivate against going to the Immortal’s Cave Abode, the Green-feathered Bird told him it sensed a tremendous opportunity inside the ancient tree and asked him to split it open.

Chen Fan gave Shen Wushuang a Demon Core and received a rare control-type sword art before splitting an ancient tree to claim two enormous chunks of Pure Wood Essence. As he headed toward the central region, the injured Wang Yan spotted him among the travelers and recognized his enemy.

• Chen Fan gave Shen Wushuang a Three-Tailed Tiger Demon Core, and she left him a mid-grade Thorn Sword Art before departing.
• Chen Fan inspected the Thorn Sword Art, then split the thousand-year-old tree and stored two massive chunks of Pure Wood Essence.
• Chen Fan decided to travel to the central region, believing it held great fortune, and set off using the Formless Step.
• Wang Yan hurried toward the central region with three men and two women after they rescued him from Bloodsucking Hornets, blaming Chen Fan for his injuries.
• Wang Yan spotted Chen Fan among the figures traveling ahead and called his name with murderous anger.

Wang Yan confronted Chen Fan in the secret realm and unleashed the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword, but Chen Fan evaded the strike and counterattacked. As the two faced off, Chen Fan's Sword Intent emerged, shocking Nangong Feiyun and the others.

• Wang Yan spotted Chen Fan and rejected Nangong Feiyun's offer to help, insisting on killing Chen Fan himself.
• Wang Yan attacked Chen Fan with the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword, impressing Nangong Feiyun and the woman surnamed Nangong.
• Chen Fan's afterimage fooled Wang Yan and the watching cultivators, and Chen Fan appeared behind Wang Yan with a sword strike.
• Wang Yan detected Chen Fan's attack and parried it, leaving the two men facing each other in midair.
• Wang Yan mocked Chen Fan's parents, provoking Chen Fan to unleash his Sword Intent and leaving Nangong Feiyun terrified.