Arc 143The Birthday Banquet

Ye Lin joined forces with Shangguan Wanyu to confront her family and avenge her mother at Chen Changsheng’s birthday banquet. After Wanyu and Chen Changsheng fought, Chen Fan discovered his wife had stolen part of the Heavenly Dao’s power, and the arc ended with her forcing him to choose between his world and his daughter as disasters struck the continent.

  • Shangguan Wanyu revealed her identity as the Heaven-Ending Bandit Saint, and Ye Lin asked her to follow him after demonstrating his power.
  • Wanyu told Ye Lin how Chen Changsheng had killed her mother, and Ye Lin agreed to help her take revenge at Chen Changsheng’s hundredth-birthday banquet.
  • Wanyu gave Bao Xiaotou her mother’s pendant, which held a first-rank Dao Array Master’s inheritance, and went with Ye Lin and Li Xiaoyao to Chen Fan’s Mansion Above Heaven.
  • At the banquet, Wanyu confronted Chen Fan and Chen Changsheng, denounced them for her mother’s death, and challenged Chen Changsheng to a duel to the death.
  • Wanyu and Chen Changsheng fought through their promised three moves, with both suffering injuries as Ye Lin kept Chen Fan from interfering.
  • Chen Fan learned from Wanyu’s Destiny that Chen Changsheng and his mother had driven Wanyu and Shangguan Yun into a thatched hut, while Wanyu revealed her Great Illusion Sect breakthrough and pressed the fight.
  • Chen Fan’s wife intervened with Saint Illusion Realm power, then admitted she had stolen a Dao Fruit and secretly taken twenty-five percent of the Heavenly Dao’s authority.
  • Chen Fan moved to stop his wife from killing Wanyu, but she demanded he choose between his world and his daughter as natural disasters began across the Fantasy Continent.
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Ch. 3554Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 18

Ye Lin followed Shangguan Wanyu and her men from Spring Moon Pavilion to their hidden mountain lair after they robbed the Fantasy Capital’s wealthy guests. Shangguan Wanyu split the proceeds with Zhang Caifeng, then turned to Ye Lin and frowned at Bao Xiaotou beside him.

  • Wang Tian and the others followed the black-clad men, while Zhang Caifeng hurried after them and City Lord Mansion guards arrived too late to find anyone at Spring Moon Pavilion.
  • News spread through Fantasy Capital that Shangguan Wanyu was the Heaven-Ending Bandit Saint and that Deadly Scholar had lost cultivation and wealth in the robbery.
  • Ye Lin followed Shangguan Wanyu through an underground passage to a hidden base inside a desolate mountain.
  • Shangguan Wanyu counted a haul of 134.5 million Supreme Illusion Stones and gave Zhang Caifeng ten million for helping her evade the City Lord Mansion.
  • Shangguan Wanyu had her men escort Zhang Caifeng away, then looked at Ye Lin and frowned at Bao Xiaotou beside him.

Ch. 3555Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 19

Shangguan Wanyu tried to recruit Ye Lin and explained the power of the Great Illusion Sect, while Bao Xiaotou asked for the keepsake around her neck. Ye Lin claimed that Great Illusion Sect powerhouses were ants to him, and the chapter ended with him declaring himself a Dao Saint.

  • Shangguan Wanyu warned Bao Xiaotou not to ask for the keepsake her mother had left her and said she would spare him because he was Ye Lin's friend.
  • Bao Xiaotou looked to Ye Lin for a sign, ready to kill Shangguan Wanyu if Ye Lin agreed.
  • Shangguan Wanyu offered Ye Lin a chance to join her and promised that he could reach the Illusion Sect realm and perhaps the Great Illusion Sect realm.
  • Ye Lin offered to work with Shangguan Wanyu instead and said Great Illusion Sect powerhouses were ants in his eyes.
  • Shangguan Wanyu laughed at Ye Lin's claim and described the Great Illusion Sect's immense power, including how one had nearly killed them all.
  • Ye Lin remained unmoved as Shangguan Wanyu rested a hand on his shoulder, then declared himself the Heaven-Ending Dao Saint.

Ch. 3556Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent

Ye Lin recognized Shangguan Wanyu’s exceptional talent and demonstrated his strength by flattening the mountains around them. Shangguan Wanyu reconsidered his offer to have her follow him, while Bao Xiaotou worried about how he could obtain her pendant.

  • Ye Lin read Shangguan Wanyu’s panel and saw her potential as a capable guide through secret realms and tombs.
  • Shangguan Wanyu turned to leave after Ye Lin appeared to reject her offer.
  • Ye Lin unleashed a palm strike that destroyed the cave and flattened the mountains for a million li.
  • Shangguan Wanyu was stunned by Ye Lin’s power as he again asked her to follow him for great profits.
  • Bao Xiaotou worried that Ye Lin’s taking Shangguan Wanyu in would make it harder to ask for her pendant.

Ch. 3557Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 21

Ye Lin offered to help Shangguan Wanyu resolve the grudge behind her mother's death in exchange for the pendant she treasured and her joining him. Shangguan Wanyu began telling him about her enemy, the son of the strongest person on the continent, after creating an intricate illusion realm.

  • Shangguan Wanyu flirted with Ye Lin, but he asked her to give her pendant to Bao Xiaotou.
  • Shangguan Wanyu pulled away and refused, explaining that the pendant was her only keepsake from her mother.
  • Ye Lin said he knew her grief was tied to her mother's death and offered to help her if she gave the pendant to Bao Xiaotou and followed him.
  • Shangguan Wanyu asked whether Ye Lin could help against her enemy, the son of the continent's strongest person.
  • Shangguan Wanyu transformed the ruins into a courtyard within an illusion realm and prepared to explain her enemy's identity.

Ch. 3558Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 22

Shangguan Wanyu told Ye Lin and the others how Chen Changsheng murdered her mother and how she became the Heaven-Ending Bandit Saint to seek revenge. Ye Lin agreed to help her, and they planned to use Chen Changsheng’s hundredth-birthday banquet in half a month to enter and kill him.

  • Shangguan Wanyu recounted how her father, Chen Fan, favored Chen Changsheng and neglected her and her mother.
  • Shangguan Wanyu described returning with ginseng to find Chen Changsheng had beaten her mother to death while Chen Fan did nothing.
  • Shangguan Wanyu buried her mother, left home, and became the Heaven-Ending Bandit Saint to grow strong enough to seek revenge.
  • Ye Lin agreed to help Shangguan Wanyu avenge her mother.
  • Shangguan Wanyu proposed entering Chen Changsheng’s hundredth-birthday banquet in half a month and killing him in front of everyone.

Ch. 3559Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 23

Powerhouses from across the Fantasy Continent traveled to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain for Chen Changsheng’s hundredth-birthday banquet, where they hoped to see Chen Fan, the strongest man under heaven. Ye Lin and Shangguan Wanyu arrived at the mountain, and Ye Lin prepared to climb toward the summit with Li Xiaoyao.

  • News spread that Chen Changsheng would hold a grand banquet at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and invite powerhouses from across the world.
  • Travelers discussed the mountain’s lethal cold and smooth, pathless slopes, which made Phantom Sect the minimum strength needed to approach and climb it.
  • Shangguan Wanyu told Ye Lin that Jade Dragon Snow Mountain was Chen Fan’s residence and lamented that, as his daughter, she was not qualified to reach its summit.
  • Ye Lin urged Shangguan Wanyu to climb the mountain and witness the strongest man under heaven.
  • Li Xiaoyao’s blood boiled as he resolved to test Chen Fan’s strength with his hammer.

Ch. 3560Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 24

Ye Lin brought Shangguan Wanyu to the summit of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, where she discovered Chen Fan and the others lived above the clouds. She gave Bao Xiaotou her pendant and prepared to confront Chen Changsheng, with Li Xiaoyao promising to help hold Chen Fan back.

  • Shangguan Wanyu struggled to climb the snow mountain and watched a Great Illusion Sect expert fall into the Endless Abyss.
  • Ye Lin grabbed Shangguan Wanyu and carried her up to the summit.
  • Shangguan Wanyu saw the cloud sea and realized Chen Fan and the others lived in a Heavenly Palace while she and her mother had stayed in a hut below.
  • Shangguan Wanyu put on a mask, gave Bao Xiaotou her pendant, and said she planned to kill Chen Changsheng to avenge her mother.
  • Li Xiaoyao promised to help hold Chen Fan back as Shangguan Wanyu headed toward the mountain gate.

Ch. 3561Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 25

Bao Xiaotou discovered that Shangguan Wanyu’s pendant contained the inheritance of a first-rank Dao Array Master, leaving him indebted to her. The group entered the Mansion Above Heaven, while Ye Lin hinted that Shangguan Wanyu’s abilities would shine elsewhere.

  • Bao Xiaotou absorbed the pendant’s memories and realized they held a first-rank Dao Array Master’s inheritance.
  • Bao Xiaotou recognized that Shangguan Wanyu had saved him from a karmic debt he could not settle by killing her.
  • Shangguan Wanyu entered the magnificent Mansion Above Heaven and grieved that her mother had never seen it.
  • Li Xiaoyao questioned Ye Lin about recruiting Shangguan Wanyu, and Ye Lin said her abilities would shine somewhere else.

Ch. 3562Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 26

Shangguan Wanyu arrived at Heavenly Mansion with Ye Lin's group and planned to publicly disgrace Chen Fan and kill Chen Changsheng at the banquet. After the others settled in, she asked Ye Lin why he had gone to such lengths to help her, and he told her he knew her better than she knew herself.

  • Little Lotus welcomed Shangguan Wanyu and her companions to Heavenly Mansion and led them to a luxurious residence.
  • Shangguan Wanyu resolved to kill Chen Changsheng and confront Chen Fan publicly at the banquet to clear her mother's name and ruin Chen Fan's reputation.
  • Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian went to their rooms to continue absorbing an inheritance and refining the Nine Provinces Cauldron, while Li Xiaoyao asked Wang Tian for more Enlightenment Pills.
  • After the others left, Shangguan Wanyu asked Ye Lin why he had come to help someone as ordinary as her.
  • Ye Lin told Shangguan Wanyu that he knew her better than she knew herself.

Ch. 3563Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 27

Ye Lin told Shangguan Wanyu that he and his companions came from beyond the heavens and described the vast Demon Domain Starry Sky. After three days of conversation, Little Lotus summoned them to the banquet.

  • Shangguan Wanyu questioned Ye Lin about his origins and the pendant, and he said he came from beyond the heavens and had noticed her special talent.
  • Shangguan Wanyu asked about the world beyond the heavens, and Ye Lin dismissed Chen Fan's claim that their world was the only one.
  • Ye Lin described the Demon Domain Starry Sky to Shangguan Wanyu over the next three days, and she grew eager to see it.
  • Little Lotus arrived and invited Ye Lin and Shangguan Wanyu to the banquet, and Ye Lin agreed to go.

Ch. 3564Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 28

Ye Lin, Shangguan Wanyu, and Li Xiaoyao arrived at a banquet attended by the Fantasy Continent’s supreme experts. As the gathering continued, Shangguan Wanyu searched for someone and Ye Lin sensed the Heavenly Dao watching overhead.

  • Ye Lin and Shangguan Wanyu left without waking the two cultivators who had gone into seclusion.
  • Li Xiaoyao caught up with them and said he wanted to challenge the so-called number one under heaven.
  • Little Lotus led Ye Lin, Shangguan Wanyu, and Li Xiaoyao through the buildings to a plaza crowded with supreme experts and food.
  • Ye Lin thought of Lin Yunlu and Luo Yao, unaware that they had become troublemaking little demon kings while Mo Yun cleaned up after them.
  • Li Xiaoyao ate enthusiastically while Shangguan Wanyu searched the crowd, and Ye Lin sensed a faint fluctuation of the Heavenly Dao above the banquet.

Ch. 3565Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 29

Chen Fan arrived at his son's banquet in a carriage drawn by four powerful Fire Pagodas, impressing the gathered experts. He transformed from an elderly man into a middle-aged one, leaving the guests convinced that his strength rivaled the Heavenly Dao.

  • The Heavenly Dao watched Chen Fan’s banquet because the gathered supreme experts shaped the Fantasy Continent’s future.
  • Four Fire Pagodas pulled Chen Fan’s carriage to the banquet, astonishing the assembled experts, including Shangguan Wanyu.
  • The experts saluted Chen Fan, who welcomed them and said their attendance honored him.
  • A graceful woman and a confident young man emerged from the carriage before the elderly Chen Fan stepped out.
  • Chen Fan instantly returned to a middle-aged appearance, and the experts marveled at his power and the gap between him and the Saint Illusion Realm.

Ch. 3566Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 30

At Chen Changsheng’s hundredth birthday banquet, Shangguan Wanyu revealed herself as Chen Fan’s estranged daughter and confronted him, Chen Changsheng, and the woman posing as her mother. Chen Fan unleashed the power of the Heavenly Dao when Wanyu refused to apologize, and the gathering watched as the confrontation escalated.

  • Chen Changsheng welcomed the guests to his birthday banquet, while Ye Lin reassured the trembling Shangguan Wanyu.
  • Shangguan Wanyu approached the platform and removed her mask, revealing herself to Chen Fan, Chen Changsheng, and the beautiful woman.
  • Chen Changsheng and the woman pretended to welcome Wanyu home, but Wanyu rejected their act and denounced them.
  • Chen Fan rebuked Wanyu and demanded that she apologize, while she declared Shangguan Yun was her only mother and insulted the others.
  • Chen Fan demanded an apology again, then dark clouds gathered and the power of the Heavenly Dao descended over the banquet.

Ch. 3567Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 31

Shangguan Wanyu confronted Chen Fan, Chen Changsheng, and her mother, accusing them of hypocrisy and declaring that she had come to avenge her mother. With Ye Lin's support, she challenged Chen Changsheng to a duel to the death, leaving him pretending to resist the challenge.

  • Shangguan Wanyu accused Chen Fan's family of hypocrisy and refused Chen Fan's demand that she apologize to her mother and younger brother.
  • Shangguan Wanyu called her mother a murderer and said she had come to kill Chen Changsheng to avenge her own mother.
  • Chen Fan used his pressure to force Shangguan Wanyu to her knees and demanded that she respect him as her father.
  • Ye Lin freed Shangguan Wanyu from Chen Fan's pressure and told her he would stand behind her.
  • Shangguan Wanyu challenged Chen Changsheng to a duel to the death, and he responded with a forced smile, pretending she must be joking.

Ch. 3568Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 32

Ye Lin confronted Chen Fan and stopped him from interfering in Shangguan Wanyu’s family matter, revealing strength that made Chen Fan reconsider attacking. Shangguan Wanyu then challenged Chen Changsheng over her mother’s death, and the two prepared to fight.

  • Ye Lin told Chen Fan that Shangguan Wanyu had chosen to follow him and that he was right to stand by her.
  • Chen Fan summoned thunder and heavenly might, but Ye Lin cleared the skies with a casual wave and warned him not to interfere.
  • Chen Fan recognized Ye Lin as a formidable stranger and wondered how such a powerhouse had appeared in Fantasy Continent.
  • Chen Changsheng tried to persuade Shangguan Wanyu to reconcile and offered to avenge anyone who had bullied her.
  • Shangguan Wanyu accused Chen Changsheng of killing her mother decades earlier, declared that only one of them would survive, and revealed her half-step Great Illusion Sect cultivation.

Ch. 3569Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 33

Chen Changsheng offered Shangguan Wanyu three attacks to settle her resentment, while Chen Fan tried and failed to uncover Ye Lin’s origins. Shangguan Wanyu began the duel by using the Profound Shadow Art to trap them inside a violet barrier.

  • Chen Changsheng told Shangguan Wanyu she could attack him three times, hoping she would let go of her resentment afterward.
  • Chen Fan secretly used the Heavenly Dao and Destiny to investigate Ye Lin, but could not uncover his origins.
  • Shangguan Wanyu raised two mirrors and used the Profound Shadow Art to enclose herself and Chen Changsheng in a violet barrier.
  • The gathered powerhouses recognized the Profound Shadow Art as a renowned technique capable of fighting across realms.

Ch. 3570Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 34

Shangguan Wanyu attacked Chen Changsheng within her Profound Shadow Art, where she controlled the surrounding space. Chen Changsheng survived her first move but was badly injured by her second, and he insisted that she still had one move left.

  • Shangguan Wanyu unleashed over a thousand beams of purple light at Chen Changsheng, but his Thousand Shields blocked them.
  • Chen Changsheng reminded Shangguan Wanyu that he had promised to let her make three moves, leaving her two.
  • Shangguan Wanyu summoned an Amethyst Demon Dragon, which smashed through Chen Changsheng’s Gilded Shield and struck him despite his Thousand Illusions technique.
  • Chen Changsheng crashed onto the platform and coughed up blood as Shangguan Wanyu watched, confident that her Profound Shadow Art controlled everything within its barrier.
  • Chen Changsheng struggled to his feet and said Shangguan Wanyu still had one move left.

Ch. 3571Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent

Ye Lin confirmed that he came from beyond the heavens and challenged Chen Changsheng’s faith in the Heavenly Dao’s power. On the platform, Shangguan Wanyu prepared her final move against Chen Changsheng, promising it would kill him.

  • Chen Fan confronted Shangguan Wanyu, then accused Ye Lin of being an outsider who had not reported himself to the Heavenly Dao.
  • Ye Lin admitted he came from beyond the heavens and questioned why the Heavenly Dao had not suppressed the outsiders when they entered the Fantasy Continent.
  • Chen Changsheng was horrified that Ye Lin had seen through his nature, then turned his attention back to the distant platform.
  • Chen Changsheng warned Shangguan Wanyu that one move remained and threatened to stop holding back afterward.
  • Shangguan Wanyu mocked Chen Changsheng’s confidence and said her final move would kill him.

Ch. 3572Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 36

Shangguan Wanyu and Chen Changsheng fought fiercely at the banquet, each suffering injuries as Chen Fan watched in anguish. The battle continued, and Chen Fan asked whether he could intervene to stop his children from killing each other.

  • Shangguan Wanyu attacked Chen Changsheng with Phantom Technique, shattering all five layers of his defenses and sending him flying.
  • Shangguan Wanyu pursued Chen Changsheng with another strike, but he summoned a five-clawed demon dragon that blasted her away.
  • Shangguan Wanyu and Chen Changsheng both ended up injured and half-kneeling after their clash.
  • The banquet guests praised the spectacle while Chen Fan grieved over his children fighting to the death.
  • Chen Fan asked someone whether he could stop Shangguan Wanyu and Chen Changsheng.

Ch. 3573Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 37

Chen Fan used the Heavenly Dao to witness the suffering Shangguan Wanyu had endured and realized his neglect had helped create the hatred between her and Chen Changsheng. As the two continued fighting, Ye Lin said he would take Wanyu beyond the heavens afterward, leaving Chen Fan devastated.

  • Ye Lin urged Chen Fan to look through Wanyu’s Destiny and discover why she and Chen Changsheng had become enemies.
  • Chen Fan watched Wanyu’s life through the Heavenly Dao while Ye Lin observed the ongoing battle between her and Chen Changsheng.
  • Chen Changsheng and Shangguan Wanyu, both wounded, clashed again as they tried to settle their old grudges.
  • Chen Fan discovered that Chen Changsheng and his mother had driven Wanyu and her mother from their residence and forced them to live in a thatched hut.
  • Ye Lin told Chen Fan their hatred could not be undone and that he would take Wanyu beyond the heavens after the fight; Chen Fan fell silent, seeming decades older.

Ch. 3574Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 38

Chen Fan watched his children, Chen Changsheng and Shangguan Wanyu, prepare to fight to the death and blamed himself for their hatred. On the platform, Shangguan Wanyu revealed she had concealed her breakthrough to the Great Illusion Sect realm and, fully healed, held the advantage over the badly wounded Chen Changsheng.

  • Ye Lin told Chen Fan there was still a chance to reverse the situation and said he would take Shangguan Wanyu away.
  • Chen Fan recalled that Shangguan Wanyu had once been called Chen Wanyu and lamented his failure as a father.
  • Shangguan Wanyu accused Chen Changsheng of killing her mother and ruining another person's family, while Chen Changsheng vowed to kill her.
  • Chen Changsheng revealed that he had advanced to the middle stage of the Great Illusion Sect realm.
  • Shangguan Wanyu revealed that she had hidden her breakthrough until Chen Changsheng let down his guard, and her injuries healed as she entered the Great Illusion Sect realm.

Ch. 3575Path of Invincibility-Fantasy Continent 39

Chen Changsheng and Shangguan Wanyu fought on the platform, with Shangguan Wanyu gaining the upper hand while Chen Changsheng blamed her for ruining their family. A powerful woman intervened and attacked Shangguan Wanyu after declaring Chen Changsheng her younger brother.

  • Chen Changsheng and Shangguan Wanyu clashed after she told him to die.
  • Spectators mocked Chen Fan's parenting as they watched the siblings fight.
  • Chen Changsheng fell to his knees and accused Shangguan Wanyu of returning and destroying the family they once had.
  • Shangguan Wanyu moved to kill Chen Changsheng, refusing to show mercy.
  • A beautiful woman arrived on the platform, revealed her Saint Illusion Realm strength, and forced Shangguan Wanyu back.
  • The woman unleashed a powerful attack on Shangguan Wanyu.

Ch. 3576Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 40

Chen Fan discovered that his wife had stolen the Dao Fruit he created for Chen Wanyu and had secretly sabotaged his efforts to resurrect Shangguan Yun. She revealed that she now wielded twenty-five percent of the Heavenly Dao’s power, while Chen Fan controlled thirty percent.

  • Chen Fan stopped his wife's attack on Shangguan Wanyu and questioned how she had reached the Saint Illusion Realm.
  • Chen Fan realized his wife’s cultivation came from a stolen Dao Fruit rather than her own talent.
  • His wife admitted stealing the Dao Fruit and secretly taking control of part of the Heavenly Dao’s power.
  • She confessed to obstructing Chen Fan’s attempts to resurrect Shangguan Yun and claimed she could oppose him with twenty-five percent of the Heavenly Dao’s power.

Ch. 3577Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 41

Chen Fan discovered that his wife had secretly stolen twenty-five percent of the Heavenly Dao’s authority and resolved to suppress her before she could take over the Fantasy Continent. She rejected his threat as the Heavenly Dao’s power descended.

  • Ye Lin realized that Chen Fan had been unaware his wife had been stealing his Heavenly Dao power.
  • Chen Fan confronted his wife after learning she had secretly taken twenty-five percent of the Heavenly Dao’s authority.
  • Chen Fan’s wife declared that she would kill the bastard child and threatened him when he intervened.
  • Chen Fan vowed to suppress his wife and strip away her stolen power to protect the Fantasy Continent.
  • Chen Fan’s wife challenged him, and a vast power of the Heavenly Dao descended from the sky.

Ch. 3578Path of Invincibility - Fantasy Continent 42

The beautiful woman recklessly wielded the Heavenly Dao to kill Shangguan Wanyu, forcing Chen Fan to choose between protecting his daughter and maintaining the world. Natural disasters began spreading across the Fantasy Continent as she demanded his decision.

  • The beautiful woman and her husband unleashed the power of the Heavenly Dao, and Chen Fan blocked its overflow from harming the gathered experts.
  • The beautiful woman declared that she cared only about killing Shangguan Wanyu, while Chen Changsheng urged her to take over the world with him.
  • The beautiful woman charged at Shangguan Wanyu, and Chen Fan moved to stop her because he could not bear to lose another loved one.
  • The beautiful woman demanded that Chen Fan choose between his world and his daughter as natural disasters began appearing across the Fantasy Continent.
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