Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan used his Nirvana Sword Intent to defeat Wang Yan, permanently shattering his cultivation foundation before continuing toward the central region of the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm. Outside the realm, Qin Xian'er arrived with Chen Jingjing, who wondered whether her brother would come there.

• Chen Fan unleashed his Nirvana Sword Intent, overwhelmed Wang Yan, and caused an unrecoverable crack in Wang Yan's foundation.
• Wang Yan screamed and was transported out of the secret realm, while Chen Fan left the onlookers and continued toward the central region.
• Cultivators outside the realm recognized Wang Yan and speculated about how he had been defeated as he sat in a daze, his cultivation path ruined.
• Qin Xian'er arrived with Chen Jingjing, Rumeng, and a Burly Man, and Chen Jingjing asked whether her brother would come.

Chen Fan traveled toward the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm’s central region, where intelligent Monster Beasts hunted cultivators and a Thunderous Might Talisman killed a powerful beast. After collecting its Demon Core, Chen Fan learned someone was secretly following him.

• Qin Xian'er warned Chen Jingjing, Zhang Rumeng, and Li Tieniu that a peerless sword cultivator had killed Wang Yan and urged them to be cautious in the secret realm.
• Chen Fan journeyed toward the central region, killing Monster Beasts and gathering Demon Cores along the way.
• Chen Fan hid from an intelligent Foundation Establishment Early Stage toad and witnessed a golden-winged eagle kill another cultivator.
• Chen Fan continued toward the mountain range after a Monster Beast's roar, then saw a Thunderous Might Talisman strike down a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Monster Beast.
• Chen Fan cut open the fallen Monster Beast and took its golden Demon Core.
• The Green-feathered Bird warned Chen Fan that someone had concealed their aura and followed him, so Chen Fan left the spot.

Chen Fan encountered an Immortal Sect cultivator who attacked him over a Monster Beast’s Demon Core, but Shen Wushuang knocked the man unconscious and offered to guide Chen Fan to the central region. Meanwhile, Qin Xian’er reunited with Chen Jingjing and the others, and they set off for the central region aboard a giant ship.

• An Immortal Sect cultivator recognized Chen Fan and attacked him with Talisman beasts and a fire dragon Talisman.
• Chen Fan destroyed the Talisman beasts, and Shen Wushuang struck the cultivator with a great seal, knocking him unconscious.
• Shen Wushuang explained the dangers ahead and offered to guide Chen Fan around Monster Beast gatherings toward the central region.
• Chen Fan accepted Shen Wushuang’s guidance, and they hurried toward the central region using their movement techniques.
• Qin Xian’er reunited with Chen Jingjing, Zhang Rumeng, and Li Tieniu, then led them aboard a giant ship toward the central region.

Chen Fan and Shen Wushuang reached the sealed mountain where the Immortal's Cave Abode lay, and the arriving Ten Thousand Swords Sect joined Xiao Munan and Mu Yunshui to break the seal. As the Monster Beasts prepared to attack, Li Yanyan spotted Chen Fan among the crowd.

• Chen Fan and Shen Wushuang entered the central region and found thousands of cultivators gathered before a mountain sealed behind a light curtain and occupied by Monster Beasts.
• Shen Wushuang told Chen Fan that Xiao Munan and the others had failed to break the seal because the Monster Beasts kept interrupting them.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Sect arrived with only four members, and the crowd noticed that Wang Yan was missing while Chen Fan remained calm because he had killed him.
• Liu Xun proposed that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, Shu Mountain, and the Immortal Sect cooperate to break the seal, and Xiao Munan and Mu Yunshui agreed.
• Xiao Munan, Mu Yunshui, and Liu Xun struck the seal together as the other Foundation Establishment cultivators guarded them from the circling vicious birds.
• Li Yanyan, standing guard, recognized Chen Fan in the crowd and changed her expression drastically.

Li Yanyan discreetly discovered Chen Fan among the cultivators, while a powerful Monster Beast warned the gathered geniuses away from the Immortal's Cave Abode. Their attempt to break the seal failed under the beasts’ attacks, and Liu Xun then targeted Chen Fan.

• Li Yanyan recognized Chen Fan but hid her discovery and secretly informed Liu Xun, while Chen Fan prepared for a possible fight.
• A Foundation Establishment Late Stage Monster Beast warned the cultivators that a greater being was secluded within the secret realm and that they should leave.
• Three-Tailed Tigers and ferocious birds attacked Li Yanyan’s group and Liu Xun, while a flying Monster Beast struck at Mu Yunshui and Xiao Munan with lightning.
• Liu Xun and the others retreated from the seal, and the Monster Beasts stopped pursuing them once they had withdrawn.
• Mu Yunshui proposed that the cultivators join forces and attack the seal at full strength, but Liu Xun said he would first deal with Chen Fan.

Chen Fan’s identity was exposed on Shu Mountain, drawing the attention of Liu Xun and the surrounding cultivators. Liu Xun announced that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect would demand Chen Fan’s surrender, while Shen Wushuang asked him whether he had abducted its Young Sect Master.

• Liu Xun spotted Chen Fan in the crowd, and Shu Mountain disciples recognized him despite knowing him as Chen Feng.
• Gao Yueyue recognized Chen Fan but concealed his identity, while Xiao Munan showed little interest in him.
• Chen Fan calmly admitted to Shen Wushuang that he was Chen Fan, prompting the crowd to argue over why she stood beside him.
• Shen Wushuang challenged Liu Xun for targeting Chen Fan, and Liu Xun said Chen Fan had slain sect disciples and abducted the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Young Sect Master.
• Shen Wushuang asked Chen Fan whether he had truly abducted the Young Sect Master.

Chen Fan denied abducting the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Young Sect Master and explained that the man had died in volcanic magma, but Liu Xun and the others treated him as guilty. As the crowd debated Chen Fan’s fate, he drew his sword and challenged Liu Xun, while everyone realized Wang Yan was missing.

• Chen Fan told Liu Xun and Li Yanyan that the Young Sect Master was dead, then said he had fallen into volcanic magma because of his own greed.
• Shen Wushuang urged Chen Fan to leave the secret realm by killing himself before the Ten Thousand Swords Sect could take revenge, but he refused.
• Chen Fan vowed to kill until the Ten Thousand Swords Sect believed him and submitted, while Liu Xun and Li Yanyan mocked him and the other sect disciples stayed silent.
• Chen Fan drew his sword and challenged Liu Xun, and the crowd recognized that Wang Yan of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was missing.

Nangong Feiyun and Nangong Caixia confirmed that Chen Fan had killed Wang Yan, prompting Liu Xun to attack him. Chen Fan evaded Liu Xun’s first strike and unleashed a powerful golden sword attack, leaving the two locked in a fierce clash.

• Nangong Feiyun and Nangong Caixia testified that Chen Fan had killed Wang Yan without making a move.
• Liu Xun attacked Chen Fan, who used Nine Palaces Footwork to evade his stomp before Liu Xun’s sword strike forced him to reveal himself.
• Shen Wushuang stepped between Liu Xun and Chen Fan, while Li Yanyan challenged Shen Wushuang and mocked Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan sent Sword Qi at Li Yanyan, jolting her hand when she blocked it.
• Chen Fan formed countless golden sword shadows and charged Liu Xun with a blazing golden beam as Liu Xun swung at him.

Chen Fan fought Liu Xun and endured his increasingly powerful sword techniques while using the battle to temper his Sword Dao. After Liu Xun unleashed Nine Heavens Thunder and swallowed Chen Fan in a lightning torrent, an overwhelming killing intent appeared behind him.

• Chen Fan and Liu Xun clashed head-on, astonishing the watching cultivators with Chen Fan’s ability to match Liu Xun.
• Liu Xun attacked with infernal flames and lightning, but Chen Fan scattered the flames and evaded a strike that split the ground.
• Liu Xun unleashed Nine Heavens Thunder, striking Chen Fan with a vast waterfall of lightning as onlookers believed the battle was over.
• Nangong Feiyun realized that Chen Fan had been using Liu Xun as a whetstone to temper his Sword Dao.
• As Liu Xun replenished his True Essence after the lightning attack, killing intent appeared behind him and shocked him.

Chen Fan survived Nine Heavens Thunder and continued his fierce fight with Liu Xun in the Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm. Liu Xun broke off the battle to pursue the Immortal's Cave Abode, but Chen Fan refused to let him decide when the fight would end.

• Chen Fan emerged unharmed from Nine Heavens Thunder, astonishing the spectators and prompting Mu Yunshui and Xiao Munan to reassess his strength.
• Dozens of cultivators were expelled from the secret realm, then revealed that Chen Fan had fought Liu Xun and survived the lightning strike.
• Chen Fan and Liu Xun resumed their sword fight, and Chen Fan advanced his Nine Palaces Sword Art as his swordsmanship merged with his footwork.
• Mu Yunshui urged Liu Xun to stop fighting and hurry to break the seal on the Immortal's Cave Abode.
• Liu Xun ended their clash and vowed to kill Chen Fan after the seal was broken, but Chen Fan appeared behind him and rejected his decision.

Chen Fan continued fighting Liu Xun to temper his sword path, then used an Earth Territory Sword Formation to split Liu Xun’s Nine Heavens Thunder. The cultivators were stunned by the feat, and Mu Yunshui began explaining how Chen Fan had used spiritual energy.

• Chen Fan resumed his attack after Liu Xun tried to halt the fight, and the two exchanged sword strikes as the onlookers watched.
• Mu Yunshui warned Liu Xun that Chen Fan was using him to temper his sword path and that delay could cost them the Immortal's Cave Abode.
• Liu Xun unleashed his full power and summoned a sea of thunder, sending a lightning serpent toward Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan opened the Earth Territory Sword Formation and gathered the surrounding spiritual energy into his sword.
• Chen Fan split the lightning serpent with one strike, shocking Liu Xun and the watching cultivators.
• Mu Yunshui told the disciples that Chen Fan had used spiritual energy, and they asked her to explain.

Chen Fan replenished his True Qi with a Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman, then provoked Xiao Munan in search of the pressure needed to advance his Nine Palaces Sword Art. Liu Xun unleashed the Thunder Nine Heavens Formation, and Chen Fan prepared to face it, still unable to take the final step.

• Mu Yunshui explained that Chen Fan’s final sword strike had absorbed the formation’s spiritual energy and left him nearly depleted, while Liu Xun challenged him to surrender or die.
• Chen Fan used a Three Flowers Gathering at Crown Talisman to restore his True Qi, prompting speculation that he belonged to Shu Mountain; Xiao Munan denied that Shu Mountain would interfere.
• Chen Fan realized Liu Xun no longer posed enough pressure to help him advance and pointed his sword at Xiao Munan, provoking the Shu Mountain genius.
• Zeng and several cultivators discussed waiting to see whether Xiao Munan would act before revealing themselves, while Xiao Munan refused to join Liu Xun against Chen Fan.
• Liu Xun summoned the Thunder Nine Heavens Formation, calling down nine bolts of divine lightning as Chen Fan raised the Earth Territory Sword Formation but remained unable to break through.

Chen Fan fought Liu Xun’s Thunder Nine Heavens Formation with the Eight Trigrams Sword Formation and began drawing spiritual energy from Liu Xun’s lightning. When Liu Xun gathered all nine thunderbolts into his sword, Chen Fan entered a sudden enlightenment about the Nine Palaces Sword Art, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Liu Xun formed the Thunder Nine Heavens Formation and charged Chen Fan with its divine lightning.
• Chen Fan combined two Eight Trigrams Sword Formations into a blue-and-white sword using spiritual energy from spirit stones.
• Liu Xun transformed his sword into a bolt of thunder and struck at Chen Fan.
• Mu Yunshui realized Chen Fan’s formation was siphoning spiritual energy from Liu Xun’s thunderbolts, weakening them.
• Liu Xun gathered all nine thunderbolts into his sword, prompting Chen Fan to gain insight into the Nine Palaces Sword Art.

Chen Fan entered an epiphany while fighting Liu Xun, but Liu Xun struck him down before he could finish comprehending the Immortal Sword Art. Qin Xian'er arrived and nearly attacked Liu Xun, but Mu Yunshui stopped her and urged her to focus on breaking the seal.

• Chen Fan stood motionless and began comprehending the Immortal Sword Art as Liu Xun prepared his lightning strike.
• Qin Xian'er, Chen Jingjing, and their companions arrived aboard a giant vessel and saw Liu Xun attack Chen Fan.
• Liu Xun's merged Nine Heavens Divine Thunders shattered Chen Fan's sword formation and destroyed his body in the Heavenly Court Realm.
• Qin Xian'er confronted Liu Xun, but Mu Yunshui intervened and reminded her that Chen Fan's true body remained unharmed and that they needed to join forces to break the seal.

Qin Xian'er withdrew from the attempt to kill Chen Fan until she could obtain the item, while the cultivators prepared to break the seal and enter the giant mountain. Chen Fan, trapped in a tiny void realm after Liu Xun’s strike, awakened when Chaos Qi surged into his body.

• Qin Xian'er returned to the giant boat with Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, and Shen Wushuang hoped Chen Fan would escape Shu Mountain before fading into the crowd.
• Senior Brother Zeng told his group to kill any fellow disciples they encountered while searching for the Immortal's Cave Abode after the seal broke.
• Liu Xun swallowed a Mystic Spirit Pill and restored the True Essence he had spent fighting Chen Fan.
• Mu Yunshui, Xiao Munan, Liu Xun, and the others struck the seal together as the Monster Beasts withdrew from the giant mountain.
• Chen Fan drifted unconscious in a tiny void realm, struggling to continue comprehending the Nine Palaces Sword Art as his enlightenment began to waver.
• Chaos Qi suddenly surged into Chen Fan’s body, jolting him awake.

After awakening in a dark void, Chen Fan used the Pure Wood Essence and Three-Tailed Tiger Demon Cores to withstand Chaos Qi and restore control of his body. He advanced the Burning Wood Chapter to Foundation Establishment Late Stage and fully comprehended the Nine Palaces Sword Art, forming his own Sword Dao.

• Chen Fan found himself remade in a dark void, where Chaos Qi poured into his body and left him unable to move or control his True Qi.
• Chen Fan recovered his enlightened state with the Nine Palaces Sword Art but could not complete it, then drew out the Pure Wood Essence from his storage bag.
• The Pure Wood Essence’s vitality merged with the Chaos Qi and began repairing Chen Fan, restoring sensation and control while causing intense pain.
• Chen Fan absorbed three Three-Tailed Tiger Demon Cores, and the Chaos Qi refined their metallic energy into pure white True Qi that strengthened his bones and meridians.
• With the Chaos Qi no longer eroding him, Chen Fan absorbed the Pure Wood Essence and advanced the Burning Wood Chapter to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Chen Fan completed the Nine Palaces Sword Art, saw its final three techniques, and formed his own Sword Dao.

Chen Fan advanced to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage while Bald Bird discovered his strength and Sword Intent. At Bitter Sea Cliff, the mountain seal shattered, leaving the gathered cultivators poised to enter the Immortal's Cave Abode and face the coming melee.

• Bald Bird entered Chen Fan's room, sensed his cultivation and powerful body, and realized that a terrifying Sword Intent came from him.
• Mu Yunshui told her fellow Immortal Sect disciples to avoid the melee and head straight for the Immortal's Cave Abode to claim something important inside.
• Qin Xian'er prepared to take her flying ship into the mountain with Chen Jingjing and the others to search for treasures.
• The Monster Beasts vanished into the mountain caves as the seal weakened, while cultivators debated whether to enter, watch the melee, or wait.
• Liu Xun told Li Yanyan and the others to stay low and let their opponents fight, while Xiao Munan remained ready to fight anyone.
• The seal burst apart, sending a shockwave and fragments across the gathered cultivators.

Liu Xun and the other prodigies gathered on the mountainside altar, but they lacked the twentieth person needed to activate it. When they tried to force Qin Xian’er’s flying ship down, Liu Xun threatened Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng, and Qin Xian’er prepared to fight as the air suddenly rippled in the distance.

• The prodigies reached the altar while Mu Yunshui and several others continued toward the Immortal’s Cave Abode, leaving the gathering short of the required twenty people.
• Zeng Rong and Shen Wushuang joined the altar, while Liu Xun and Zeng Rong traded barbs and Shen Wushuang rejected Liu Xun’s invitation.
• Li Yanyan counted nineteen people on the altar before Qin Xian’er’s flying ship appeared overhead with Chen Jingjing, Zhang Rumeng, and others aboard.
• Liu Xun, Li Yanyan, Xiao Munan, and the Shu Mountain disciples used their power to halt the ship, while Gao Yueyue held back and Zeng Rong watched without helping.
• Qin Xian’er rose from the ship and asked the group to let her companions leave, but Liu Xun refused and threatened Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng.
• As Qin Xian’er readied herself to act, the air in the distance shuddered and a ripple spread across it.

Chen Fan returned after Liu Xun’s sword strike, alive and at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, shocking everyone at the altar. He left Liu Xun and Li Yanyan crashing onto the altar and pursued them with killing intent.

• A ripple appeared where Chen Fan had been disintegrated, and he emerged from it alive, leaving the watching cultivators stunned by his return and cultivation level.
• Chen Jingjing and Zhang Rumeng cried with relief as Chen Fan reassured them and dismissed Liu Xun as trash.
• Liu Xun attacked Chen Fan with his lightning-infused sword, but Chen Fan vanished with his movement technique and kicked him out of the air.
• Li Yanyan tried to catch Liu Xun, but both crashed onto the altar under the force of Chen Fan’s kick.
• Chen Fan hurtled after Liu Xun and Li Yanyan with overwhelming killing intent.

The altar opened for the Bitter Sea Cliff battle, and Chen Fan faced the assembled young geniuses after Qin Xian'er and the others left for the Immortal's Cave Abode. As Liu Xun and Zeng Rong launched their attacks, Chen Fan unleashed his Eight Trigrams Sword Formation, beginning the chaotic fight.

• Chen Fan overpowered Liu Xun, and the altar's runes appeared as the battle began.
• Mu Yunshui entered the Immortal's Cave Abode, while Qin Xian'er, Chen Jingjing, and Zhang Rumeng left Chen Fan to fight on the altar.
• Zeng Rong tried to recruit Chen Fan and proposed eliminating Liu Xun and Xiao Munan, while Liu Xun and Xiao Munan prepared to fight their rivals.
• Liu Xun charged at Chen Fan as Zeng Rong attacked Xiao Munan.
• Chen Fan opened the Earth Territory Sword Formation, revealing the Eight Gates Clearly Distinguished stage of his Eight Trigrams Sword Formation.