Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan fought the Golden-Winged Young Roc King in a series of increasingly desperate attacks, overcoming his speed, weapons, and secret arts. The Roc King ended the chapter battered and bleeding after Ye Fan beat him in his true form, while the old Roc King still refused to intervene.

• The Golden-Winged Young Roc King attacked Ye Fan, but Ye Fan countered with the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor and matched his speed using the Heavenly Jade Steps.
• The Golden-Winged Young Roc King unleashed 108,000 Heavenly Roc feathers, which Ye Fan swallowed with black vortices before striking his opponent's divine sense.
• The Golden-Winged Young Roc King tried to overpower Ye Fan in close combat, but Ye Fan used the Divine-Demon Body Refinement Art to withstand his blows.
• The Golden-Winged Young Roc King brought out the Great Wilderness Halberd, but Ye Fan summoned a crystalline Azure Lotus that suppressed it.
• The Golden-Winged Young Roc King used the Heavenly Roc Dragon-Wrestling Art, but Ye Fan shattered its image with a strike boosted by the All-Word Secret.
• The Golden-Winged Young Roc King transformed into a giant golden bird and attacked, but Ye Fan landed on his back and beat him into the ground while the old Roc King watched without stopping the fight.

Ye Fan obtained the remains of a minor-completion Sacred Body from the Green Flood Dragon King in exchange for Great Emperor essence blood, then absorbed its power and advanced to the fifth level of the Dao Palace realm. Elsewhere, bandits demanded extra tribute from Zhang Family Village, and Fifth Master Zhang refused.

• Ye Fan defeated the Golden-Winged Young Roc King, and the old Roc King departed with his grandson.
• The Green Flood Dragon King gave Ye Fan the ancient Sacred Body’s remains in exchange for a drop of Great Emperor essence blood.
• Ye Fan discovered two Saint-level artifacts sealed in the remains and used its stored divine power to reach the fifth level of the Dao Palace realm.
• Master Chen and his bandits surrounded Zhang Family Village and demanded five additional jin of source.
• Fifth Master Zhang refused to pay, and Master Chen drew his saber.

Ye Fan saved Zhang Family Village from bandits and learned that its Source Book had been lost in Purple Mountain. To win the villagers’ goodwill and eliminate the threat behind the bandits, he destroyed several sects and recovered the Li Fire Divine Furnace, an early imperial relic of Great Emperor Hengyu.

• Ye Fan crushed the bandits attacking Zhang Family Village and learned from Fifth Master Zhang that the village’s Source Book had been lost with Zhang Jiye in Purple Mountain.
• Ye Fan told Fifth Master Zhang that nearby sects secretly raised bandits to plunder source mines, then left to destroy them.
• Ye Fan used his Black-Yellow Cauldron and awakened plants to destroy the Azure Mist Sect, Sunset Glow Sect, and Seven Star Sect over three days.
• The Li Fire Sect’s Grand Elder unleashed the Li Fire Divine Furnace in a desperate attack, but Ye Fan survived inside an Azure Lotus and the Grand Elder died.
• Ye Fan recovered the Li Fire Divine Furnace and recognized it as a holy weapon once used by Great Emperor Hengyu and the prototype of the Jiang Family’s imperial weapon.

Ye Fan recovered Zhang Jiye’s remains and the Source Book in Purple Mountain, then found the long-imprisoned Taixu God King, Jiang Taixu. He tried to free Jiang Taixu with the Green Emperor’s Weapon, the Demon Emperor Heart, and a Saint’s remains, leaving the God King collapsing under the weapon’s pressure.

• Ye Fan studied the carvings at Mystic Moon Cave and spent five days contemplating the Great Dao intent left by Great Emperor Wushi.
• Ye Fan returned to Zhang Village, accepted Zhang Wuye’s stone garment and map, and entered Purple Mountain through an underground river.
• Ye Fan read the murals explaining Purple Mountain’s history and recovered Zhang Jiye’s remains and the Source Book.
• Ye Fan heard Jiang Taixu’s cries from within a rock wall and learned that he needed an ultimate imperial weapon and powerful allies to escape.
• Ye Fan used the Demon Emperor Heart to power a Saint’s remains and raised the Green Emperor’s Weapon, whose pressure forced Jiang Taixu to the ground.

Ye Fan helped Divine King Taixu recover and received the Fighting Word Secret in return. They ventured deeper into Emperor Mountain, where they found Great Emperor Wushi’s dwelling and an unopened Wushi Scripture.

• Ye Fan gave Divine King Taixu an Undying Divine Fruit, restoring his strength until he reached Sainthood.
• Taixu asked Ye Fan for divine spring water to restore Fairy Caiyun’s youth, and Ye Fan gave it to him.
• Taixu taught Ye Fan the Fighting Word Secret, and Ye Fan sensed the All-Word Secret responding as he studied the art.
• Taixu told Ye Fan about his earlier attempt to explore Emperor Mountain and invited him to investigate it together.
• Ye Fan and Taixu reached a jade palace, found the Wushi Scripture carved into a stone book, and discovered an inscription signed by Gu Tianshu.

Ye Fan and Divine King Taixu explored Wushi’s tomb, where Taixu used Great Emperor Wushi’s Dao platform to advance his understanding and Ye Fan broke through into the Four Extremities realm. Afterward, Ye Fan promised to return the Demon Emperor’s sacred relics at the former Jade Lake site as Taixu prepared to return to his clan.

• Ye Fan and Divine King Taixu found inscriptions showing that Gu Tianshu had guarded Wushi’s tomb and fought Victorious Fighting Buddha.
• Ye Fan failed to draw the Wushi Bell out of the stone wall, and Divine King Taixu explained that an Imperial weapon’s deity had to accept its wielder.
• Divine King Taixu entered the Dao platform’s Great Emperor Wushi vision and comprehended the Dao for five days.
• Ye Fan took Taixu’s place on the platform and broke through the barrier into the Four Extremities realm.
• Ye Fan soothed the restless Green Emperor’s Weapon and Demon Emperor Sacred Heart by promising to return them at the former Jade Lake site.
• Divine King Taixu told Ye Fan that he wished to return to his clan and asked whether Ye Fan had anything else to entrust to him.

Ye Fan asked Divine King Taixu to find Nether Yin Grass so he could attempt to save Zhang Lin, the fifth-generation Source Heaven Master, by freeing his soul from the Source Ghost’s curse and giving it a sacred spirit body. After Taixu left, Ye Fan discovered the Black Emperor had been following him and introduced himself.

• Ye Fan explained that Nether Yin Grass might destroy Zhang Lin’s cursed body while strengthening his divine consciousness, allowing him to take possession of a sacred spirit.
• Divine King Taixu agreed to obtain Nether Yin Grass through the Jiang Family and left Ye Fan a method of contact.
• Ye Fan kept most of the ancient medicines from Great Emperor Wushi’s medicinal field after Taixu took five medicine kings.
• Ye Fan used silver beams to expose the Black Emperor, who had been hiding in the void and following him.
• Ye Fan identified the Black Emperor and reached for the bell beneath his neck, but the Black Emperor slapped his hand away.

Ye Fan negotiated with the Black Emperor for access to Jade Lake’s former site, then studied the Source Book and uncovered a petrified Vermilion Bird Immortality Medicine. He helped it begin nirvana in his Undying Divine Spring, adding it to the rare medicines he possessed.

• Ye Fan introduced himself to the Black Emperor and offered to trade the Demon Emperor Ancient Sutra for help finding Jade Lake’s former site, but the Black Emperor hesitated over his requests.
• Ye Fan returned Zhang Jiye’s remains to Old Master Zhang Wu and gave the Zhang family descendants a copy of the Source Book.
• Ye Fan studied the Source Book overnight, then practiced source arts by cutting open stone artifacts left behind by Zhang Lin.
• Ye Fan found a petrified Vermilion Bird Immortality Medicine inside one stone and crushed its shell to reveal its seed.
• The Vermilion Bird Immortality Medicine took the form of a weak little bird, and Ye Fan let it settle in his Undying Divine Spring to undergo nirvana.

Ye Fan cultivated the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye and arrived at Northern Region Sacred City as a renowned successor of a Source Heaven Master. With Red Dragon Daoist guarding him, he impressed Dao One Sacred Land by finding rare violet crystal source and was invited to its Heaven-tier Garden.

• Ye Fan used a violet stone gall to begin cultivating the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye before setting out to gain practical experience in source arts.
• After sweeping the Northern Region's stone workshops for half a year, Ye Fan traveled to the Sacred City with Red Dragon Daoist as his bodyguard and promised him a Human Yuan Fruit.
• At Dao One Sacred Land's stone workshop, Ye Fan extracted nearly fifty grains of exotic violet crystal source from ordinary-looking stones and sold them for fifteen hundred jin of source.
• Dao One Sacred Land's supreme elder recognized Red Dragon Daoist and, impressed by Ye Fan's skill, invited him to the Heaven-tier Garden.
• Ye Fan accepted the invitation and followed the supreme elder toward the Heaven-tier Garden.

Ye Fan visited Dao One Sacred Land’s Heaven-grade Stone Garden and cut open several rare treasures, including a fragment of a Primordial divine medicine. The discovery sent the gathered cultivators into an uproar, while Ye Fan kept the Silver Moon Divine Jade and prepared to sell the medicinal fragment.

• The Dao One Holy Maiden arrived to see Ye Fan, and he agreed to cut stones after Dao One Sacred Land accepted his rule that he could keep some purchases unopened.
• Ye Fan bought seven source stones for over three hundred thousand catties of source and cut five of them open, revealing rare materials and treasures.
• The Dao One Holy Maiden offered eighty thousand catties of source for the Silver Moon Divine Jade, but Ye Fan refused to sell it.
• Ye Fan cut open the sixth stone and found a jade-like medicinal foot sealed inside Variant Snow Source.
• Ye Fan identified the medicinal foot as a fragment left by a Human-Shaped Immortal Medicine after nirvana, shocking the cultivators who knew its value.

Ye Fan auctioned the remains of an ancient divine medicine and earned a large profit before preparing to leave the Dao One Sacred Land’s stone workshop with the Nine-Aperture Stone Man. A Dao One source master warned him that cutting the stone open before it matured might bring the Holy Spirit to life prematurely and cause a backlash.

• Ye Fan auctioned the divine medicine remnant, and Yao Yuekong won it for 450,000 jin of source to repair his damaged Heavenly Demon Body.
• Ye Fan handed the remnant to Yao Yuekong and calculated that the sale had earned him a small profit after buying seven Strange Stones.
• Ye Fan prepared to leave with the unopened Nine-Aperture Stone Man, which he had obtained as a spare body for Zhang Lin.
• The old Daoist nun stopped Ye Fan, and a Dao One source master warned that the stone was not fully mature and that opening it could unleash a premature Holy Spirit.

Ye Fan revealed the Nine-Orifice Stone Man was a nearly mature Holy Spirit and took it away, then received invitations and goodwill from several major powers. That night, he secretly visited the Great Xia princess, appearing in her room through an Azure Lotus.

• Ye Fan used the Source Heaven Treasure Wheel to reveal the Holy Spirit within the Nine-Orifice Stone Man and said he would cultivate it before putting it away.
• Jiang Yifei invited Ye Fan to the Jiang Family stone workshop and told him Jiang Tingting was doing well.
• A Ji Family elder and the Yaoguang Holy Son invited Ye Fan to visit their stone workshops, but Ye Fan postponed the visit until the next day.
• Ye Fan stayed at the Jiang Family residence, then left secretly after nightfall while the Red Dragon Daoist remained behind.
• Ye Fan appeared in an Azure Lotus in the Great Xia princess's room and introduced himself as a human named Ye Fan.

Ye Fan traded the Vedas to the Great Xia imperial princess for the Taihuang Scripture, then visited the Ji Family’s Heaven-class stone workshop after making the family wait. The chapter ends as the gathered cultivators turn to Ye Fan to judge the workshop’s rare stones.

• Ye Fan recited the Vedas to tempt the Great Xia imperial princess into exchanging them for the Taihuang Scripture.
• The Great Xia imperial princess secretly recited the Taihuang Scripture to Ye Fan, who left after warning her to keep his visit secret.
• The princess comforted herself that recovering the Vedas justified her deed and began transcribing the scripture, while someone at the Jiang Family’s residence also copied the Taihuang Scripture.
• Ye Fan delayed his visit to the Ji Family until the third day, where Ji Haoyue, Ji Ziyue, and Ji Biyue welcomed him to their lavish stone workshop.
• Jin Chixiao, Yao Yuekong, An Miaoyi, and other cultivators offered opinions on the workshop’s strange stones before the crowd turned to Ye Fan.

Ye Fan cut several Strange Stones at the Ji Family Stone Workshop, revealing rare treasures while refusing to sell the Immortal Exquisite. He prepared to open the Dragon Head Stone, leaving its contents—and the hidden blue stone mill containing the Divine Silkworm Emperor’s younger brother—unrevealed.

• Ye Fan let the Four Symbols Saint Son buy the Peerless Beauty Stone for An Miaoyi, then cut it open and showed that it was empty.
• Ye Fan opened the Divine Moon Stone, Immortal Melody Stone, and Flying Flood Dragon Stone, revealing divine source, an Immortal Exquisite, and Black Phoenix Wood.
• The Ji Family bought the divine source, and Xiang Yifei bought the Black Phoenix Wood, while Ye Fan refused An Miaoyi’s offer for the Immortal Exquisite.
• Ye Fan kept the blue stone mill and chose to cut the Dragon Head Stone, which he said contained something related to True Dragons.

Ye Fan uncovered a spirit formed from earthly vein Dragon Qi and sold it to Xia Yiming before heading to the Jade Lake Stone Workshop for his final stop in the Holy City. There, he reunited with Duan De, whose boast about excavating an ancient Ji Family tomb drew the fury of Ji Haoyue, Ji Ziyue, and Ji Biyue.

• Ye Fan revealed a small golden dragon formed from earthly vein Dragon Qi, and Xia Yiming bought it for one hundred and fifty thousand jin of source.
• Ye Fan announced that he would visit the Jade Lake Stone Workshop the next day before returning to Zhang Family Village to rescue Zhang Lin.
• The Jade Lake Holy Maiden greeted Ye Fan at the crowded stone workshop and explained that she had taken precautions against his Source Heavenly Master methods.
• Ye Fan helped Duan De up and praised his archaeological skills, prompting Duan De to boast about excavating an ancient Ji Family Divine King’s tomb.
• Ji Haoyue, Ji Ziyue, and Ji Biyue confronted Duan De, who stammered as the Ji Family elders drew their spirit weapons.

Ye Fan chose and opened rare Heavenly-tier source stones at Jade Lake, earning a profit and drawing the Jade Lake Holy Maiden’s invitation to discuss its sealed Strange Stones. After leaving Holy City with Red Dragon Daoist, Ye Fan escorted Duan De away and asked whether he had inherited Cao Yusheng’s legacy.

• Ye Fan befriended Duan De while privately planning to use him to obtain the lid of the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.
• Ye Fan spent one million jin of source on nine Heavenly-tier strange stones, secretly keeping the stones containing the Qilin divine medicine seed, the Sacred Prince, and the Divine Silkworm Princess.
• Ye Fan opened six stones, revealed several rare treasures, and auctioned five of them for one million five hundred thousand jin of source.
• The Jade Lake Holy Maiden invited Ye Fan to discuss seven Strange Stones that could only be opened by someone who understood the Six Seals Banning Immortals, and Ye Fan hinted at a possible connection between them.
• Ye Fan left Holy City under Red Dragon Daoist’s protection, escorted Duan De five hundred li, and asked him whether he had obtained Cao Yusheng’s inheritance.

Ye Fan exchanged the Taihuang Scripture for Duan De’s Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Art and learned that Duan De possessed Cao Yusheng’s sealed Tribulation-Crossing Treasure Basin. After the Four Sects of Source Art failed to find him in Holy City, Ye Fan returned to Zhang Family Village to review his gains.

• Ye Fan offered Duan De the Taihuang Scripture in exchange for the Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Art, and Duan De accepted.
• Ye Fan teased Duan De by offering to trade a Sacred Weapon for his battered bowl, prompting Duan De to reveal it was the Tribulation-Crossing Treasure Basin sealed by thirty-six layers of divine restrictions.
• Duan De fled when Ye Fan offered him a second Sacred Weapon, and Ye Fan told Red Dragon Daoist that Duan De was a friend who should not be targeted.
• Red Dragon Daoist escorted Ye Fan to the outskirts of Zhang Family Village, then departed with a matured Human Yuan Fruit.
• The Four Sects of Source Art challenged Ye Fan for seven days in Holy City, failed to find him, and quietly left after declaring victory.
• Ye Fan took stock of his gains inside a stone house in Zhang Family Village, with five unusual stones lined up before him.

Ye Fan opened the Immortal Fetus and awakened the Fighting Holy Ape, the Holy Prince and son of the Holy Emperor of Fighting. The Holy Prince learned that the primordial era had passed, rewarded Ye Fan with the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Art, and recognized the sleeping little golden creature as pure-blooded Divine Silkworm royalty.

• Ye Fan sealed the Nine-Orifice Stone Man, released a Qilin Divine Medicine seed, and found a little golden creature that eagerly ate divine source before falling asleep.
• Ye Fan opened the Immortal Fetus, and the awakened Primordial Divine Ape roared with enough force to threaten Zhang Family Village.
• Ye Fan greeted the Holy Prince and showed him the history of the world since the primordial era, which left the ape mourning that no one could attain the Dao in this age.
• The Fighting Holy Ape asked how he could repay Ye Fan, then taught him the ancient language and passed down the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Art.
• The Holy Prince noticed the sleeping little golden creature and recognized it as a pure-blooded member of the Divine Silkworm Emperor's royal line.

Ye Fan opened a Strange Stone and discovered the Divine Silkworm Princess, whom the Fighting Battle Sacred Ape recognized as his aunt. Ye Fan helped revive her with an ancient Medicine King, but her Saint King aura shattered the concealment formation, forcing him to shield the stone hut with the Golden Dao Bell.

• Ye Fan opened the Blood Sacrificial Altar Strange Stone and revealed a purple-haired Divine Silkworm Princess sealed in divine source with a blood-colored spear through her heart.
• The Fighting Battle Sacred Ape recognized the princess as his aunt and explained that she had undergone seven transformations and might still be saved.
• Ye Fan offered the Fighting Battle Sacred Ape an ancient Medicine King, and the Holy Prince accepted Ye Fan as a friend.
• Ye Fan cut open the divine source while the Fighting Battle Sacred Ape removed the spear, applied the medicine, and used the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Art to seal the princess's wound.
• The Divine Silkworm Princess awakened and released her peak Saint King aura, shattering Ye Fan's concealment formation.
• Ye Fan took control of the Immortal Platform in the Sacred Body's remains and used the Chaos Green Lotus to power the Saint-grade Golden Dao Bell over the stone hut.

Ye Fan and the Fighting Sacred Ape awakened the Divine Silkworm Princess and sent her toward Mount Sumeru to find the Fighting Saint King. As Ye Fan prepared to rescue Zhang Lin from Purple Mountain, Black Emperor arrived at Zhang Family Village, and Ye Fan asked what he wanted.

• The Fighting Sacred Ape and Ye Fan concealed the Divine Silkworm Princess's aura as she revived, then told her that the Fighting Saint King had gone to Mount Sumeru and was known as the Fighting Saint Buddha.
• The Divine Silkworm Princess reunited with the little golden creature and set off with the Fighting Sacred Ape for Mount Sumeru to find the Fighting Saint King.
• Ye Fan planned to enter Purple Mountain to save Zhang Lin and stayed in Zhang Family Village to teach promising villagers cultivation while awaiting the Nether Yin Grass.
• Half a month later, Black Emperor sneaked into the village to steal hens, and Ye Fan compensated the villagers after they caught him.
• Inside Ye Fan's stone house, Black Emperor lounged on the bed, and Ye Fan asked what had brought him to the village.