Chapter Summaries

Su Changqing told Elder Lu about Chen Fan’s impressive feats in the Jialan Kingdom and decided to ask the Canghai Sword Emperor for permission to take him as a disciple. The Sword Emperor said someone else had already taken an interest in Chen Fan, while Chen Fan advanced rapidly in the Enlightenment Pool.

• Su Changqing recounted Chen Fan’s strength in the Jialan Kingdom and his own near-fatal fight with Hu Jiuguang to Elder Lu.
• Elder Lu explained that Chen Fan had entered the sect through news of Sword Emperor Si, not solely through his own merits, and the two discussed the Sword Sect’s potential future Sword Emperors.
• Su Changqing decided to repay Chen Fan by taking him as a disciple and hurried to seek the Canghai Sword Emperor’s permission.
• Su Changqing returned after learning that someone had already taken an interest in Chen Fan and wanted to observe him.
• Chen Fan opened his eyes on the tenth day in the Enlightenment Pool, having advanced his Origin Art beyond halfway toward the middle stage of the tenth level.

After exhausting the Enlightenment Pool, Chen Fan returned to his cave abode and confirmed that his tenth-level breakthrough had strengthened his artifacts. He then made Little Butterfly recognize him as her master, discovering that she could assume several forms, including a combat form.

• Chen Fan's clone broke through to the tenth level, and the Sword Pavilion elder escorted him out of the depleted Enlightenment Pool.
• Chen Fan returned to his cave abode, swapped his true body back outside, and tested how his breakthrough had strengthened his Dao artifacts and the White Emperor Armor.
• Chen Fan asked White Lord whether Little Butterfly could recognize him as her master, and White Lord explained that she could unlock more forms and powers.
• Chen Fan offered Little Butterfly his blood essence and a divine consciousness imprint, completing the master-recognition ritual.
• Little Butterfly began communicating with Chen Fan directly and revealed that she had basic, combat, high-speed, and balanced forms.

Chen Fan learned that Little Butterfly could evade even powerful Longevity Realm cultivators, then visited the Sword Sect’s Pill Pavilion to arrange pill refining and purchases for himself and those close to him. He left after choosing alchemists recommended by Junior Sister Xi Yan.

• White Lord explained that Little Butterfly’s battle power depended on Chen Fan’s strength and that her high-speed state could escape fifth-level Longevity Realm cultivators, though it consumed many origin crystals.
• Chen Fan tested Little Butterfly’s strength and speed in her different forms before returning to the Sword Sect.
• Chen Fan visited the Pill Pavilion and selected several Heaven-grade pills for refinement to support his senior brothers, master, Yun Xin, and others.
• Chen Fan requested a purchase listing for Meridian-Cleaving Exquisite Pills to improve Xiaoxi’s innate constitution.
• Chen Fan supplied materials for several false-Saint-grade cultivation pills and accepted Xi Yan’s recommendations for reliable alchemists.

Chen Fan learned that the Demon Gate had linked the Mulan Grassland to the Demon Prison, unleashing fiends that occupied the Jialan Kingdom. The Sword Sect prepared to attack, and Yu Jin told Chen Fan he would join the operation with the core disciples.

• Su Changqing congratulated Chen Fan on becoming a core disciple and gave him a Purple Qi Jade Marrow Pill.
• Su Changqing warned Chen Fan that fiends had seized the Jialan Kingdom and explained that a Demon Prison Gate had connected the Mulan Grassland to the Demon Prison.
• Chen Fan returned to his cave dwelling and prepared himself for a possible journey back to Jialan.
• Yu Jin told Chen Fan that the Jialan Queen had vanished, the Sword Sect planned to march on the Demon Gate, and core disciples would form teams for the operation.
• Yu Jin said the Sword Sect might send four or five experts above Chang Sheng and that the Canghai Sword Emperor might also join the campaign.

Chen Qingru told Chen Fan that the Sword Sect had confirmed his intelligence about the demon gates and was rewarding him for that and for rescuing Su Changqing. Chen Fan chose unrestricted study of the sect’s sword manuals over a Void Saint-grade pill and headed to the Library Pavilion as the Sword Sect prepared to march for the Mulan Grassland.

• Chen Fan warned Yu Jin about the Demon Prison Gate as they discussed the coming expedition to the Mulan Grassland.
• Chen Qingru arrived at Chen Fan’s cave dwelling and said the Sword Sect had confirmed his intelligence and counted his rescue of Su Changqing as a merit.
• Chen Qingru offered Chen Fan either one Void Saint-grade pill or permission to study all the Sword Sect’s manuals, including its nine great sword arts.
• Chen Fan chose access to the manuals, received a black crystal token from Chen Qingru, and heard her warn him to prepare for the expedition.
• Chen Fan wondered why Chen Qingru treated him differently from Yu Jin, then used the token to enter the top floor of the Library Pavilion.

Chen Fan used his Black Jade Token to study and unlock the Sword Sect’s Nine Great Sword Arts and other manuals, then received a mission summons to gather with the disciples. At Star-Gathering Pavilion, he met Xuan Yingying and saw Zongzheng Xiu and Zongzheng Xun watching him as the group prepared to leave the sect.

• Chen Fan unlocked all Nine Great Sword Arts and the Azure Origin Art, then examined the Library Pavilion’s other manuals and information about the Demon Prison.
• Yu Jin summoned Chen Fan from the Library Pavilion, and he read the Sword Pavilion’s mission instructions before flying to Star-Gathering Pavilion.
• Chen Fan joined Yu Jin on the platform, where she introduced him to Senior Sister Xuan Yingying, a powerful true disciple.
• Chen Fan noticed Zongzheng Xiu and Zongzheng Xun watching him, and Yu Jin warned him to stay close to her once they left the sect.

Chen Fan surveyed the Sword Sect’s true disciples and learned about the powerful figures gathered for the expedition against Jialan. Zhan Jianming and Chen Qingru arrived, while Rong Ziqi remained away on a mission and her twin brother Rong Yixian was present.

• Chen Fan sensed that the azure-robed Ji Yongge was a Longevity expert who had once held the top true disciple rank before Zhan Jianming surpassed him.
• Zhan Jianming arrived on a flying sword and was greeted as the Sword Sect’s leading true disciple.
• Chen Qingru arrived with Sword Pavilion members, and Yu Jin told Chen Fan that she was the Sect Master’s daughter and one of the Sword Sect’s Twin Beauties.
• Xuan Yingying explained that Rong Ziqi, the other Twin Beauty, was a Dao Fruit-level Sword Dao practitioner who had fought a Longevity expert, but was away on a mission.
• Xuan Yingying pointed out Rong Yixian, Rong Ziqi’s twin brother, and Yu Jin said he ranked seventh among the true disciples.

Hong Wen announced that the Heaven-Penetrating Demon Gate and Hate Heaven Demon Cult had built a Demon Prison Gate in Jialan Kingdom and offered rewards for finding or destroying it. Chen Fan learned about the Sword Sect's Fengyun Ranking and the formidable defenses likely protecting the gate, and resolved not to act rashly.

• Hong Wen explained that the two demon sects had established a Demon Prison Gate in Jialan Kingdom and said disciples could earn promotions by killing demons.
• Hong Wen distributed tokens that could detect and mark a Demon Prison Gate, offering a Mystic Origin Myriad Gold Pill to the first disciple to locate one.
• Yu Jin and Xuan Yingying told Chen Fan that the pill was pseudo-saint-grade and explained the Fengyun Ranking of the Sword Sect's strongest true disciples.
• Zhan Jianming asked what reward the Sword Sect would give for destroying a Demon Prison Gate, and Hong Wen promised a saint-grade Golden Dragon Transcendent Immortal Pill.
• Chen Fan considered the pill's value and the Demon Prison Gate's likely defenses, then decided not to act rashly.

Chen Fan joined Yu Jin in seeking a place on Wei Dong’s elite team for the expedition to destroy the Demon Prison Gate. After the team questioned his low cultivation, Yu Jin revealed his sword-domain mastery, and Wei Dong discovered that Chen Fan had secretly reached the tenth level.

• Elder Hong Wen encouraged the disciples to prepare for the Demon Prison Gate expedition and set a departure time.
• Yu Jin invited Chen Fan to team up, while Xuan Yingying declined and joined Rong Yixian’s group instead.
• Yu Jin introduced Chen Fan to Wei Dong, who was leading an elite squad of true disciples.
• Lian Yangshuo questioned whether Chen Fan was strong enough to join, and Yu Jin defended him by revealing that he had comprehended the sword domain.
• Wei Dong sensed that Chen Fan had reached the tenth level, and Chen Fan confirmed that he had broken through in the Mystic Realm.

Chen Fan passed Lian Yangshuo’s strength test by revealing his Lightning Dao Domain and Sword Domain, then joined Wei Dong’s team on a mission toward Jialan Kingdom. The group was ambushed by the Demon Sect on Mulan Grassland as blazing feathered arrows descended upon them.

• Chen Fan faced Lian Yangshuo in the Martial Practice Pavilion and passed after forcing him to exceed the agreed limit on his Dao Domain.
• Wei Dong advised Chen Fan to focus on the Sword Dao and cited Zhan Jianming as an example of a talented cultivator who had divided his attention among other Daos.
• Wei Dong led a team of true disciples away from the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, and Chen Fan traveled alongside Yu Jin on Little Butterfly.
• The team reached Mulan Grassland late at night and continued toward Jialan Kingdom without stopping to rest.
• Wei Dong halted the group after sensing the Demon Sect’s ambush, and enormous feathered arrows shot from the darkness toward the true disciples.

Chen Fan and the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect disciples were attacked by demon sect forces led by Jade Rakshasa Wu Lingxuan and a Heavenly Demon. As Wei Dong fought the two powerful foes, Chen Fan battled the surrounding fiends and began to understand Wei Dong’s unique sword path.

• Wei Dong used his heavy sword domain to repel a rain of arrows fired by Earth Yakshas.
• Wu Lingxuan, Jade Rakshasa of the Hate Heaven Demon Cult, appeared atop a Heavenly Demon and challenged Wei Dong.
• Wei Dong charged at Wu Lingxuan and the Heavenly Demon, leaving Chen Fan and the other Sword Sect disciples to fight the Crowmen, Earth Yakshas, and demon sect fighters.
• Chen Fan fought off the fiends while watching Wei Dong’s battle and studying his distinctive swordsmanship.
• A sword cry sounded beside Chen Fan, and a phantom heavy sword appeared within his sword domain.

Chen Fan and the Sword Sect disciples were poisoned by Wu Lingxuan’s mist as the battle turned against them. Chen Fan tried to help Yu Jin escape, but Wu Lingxuan appeared before they could get away.

• Chen Fan grasped the Unsharpened Sword Intent after observing Wei Dong’s sword path.
• Jade Rakshasa’s poison collapsed several disciples’ Dao Domains, and Earth Yakshas devoured Junior Brother Yu.
• Wei Dong announced that he had slain the Dao Fruit Heavenly Demon but was poisoned, while Lian Yangshuo left to seek reinforcements and the other disciples fled.
• Chen Fan realized he had been poisoned while rescuing Yu Jin and decided they needed to escape.
• Yu Jin crushed a sword-shaped jade pendant, clearing a path through the demons and carrying Chen Fan away at great speed.
• Wu Lingxuan appeared in the air before Chen Fan and Yu Jin, blocking their escape.

Chen Fan escaped Jade Rakshasa’s poison attack by using Little Butterfly and a hidden teleportation tactic, then ambushed and killed her. After containing the poison from her corpse, he returned to the battlefield and slaughtered the remaining fiends and Demon Sect disciples.

• Jade Rakshasa struck down Yu Jin and Chen Fan with poison, but Chen Fan summoned Little Butterfly and fled with Yu Jin.
• Chen Fan concealed himself and used the Void-Storing Sword Art to ambush Jade Rakshasa, cutting her in two.
• Jade Rakshasa’s corpse spread deadly poison, so Chen Fan used a puppet to store it in a Sumeru Ring and decided to keep it as a weapon.
• Chen Fan returned to the battlefield and killed the remaining fiends and scattered Demon Sect disciples.
• After the fight, Chen Fan judged that his unenhanced strength could already rival a Dao Fruit expert.

After purging most of the poison from himself and Yu Jin, Chen Fan met Lian Yangshuo and a Sword Sect group led by Su Pingcheng. Lian Yangshuo took Chen Fan and Yu Jin away to protect them from Su Pingcheng, but as they headed back to the sect, Chen Fan noticed a golden light approaching behind them.

• Chen Fan left Star Hall with Yu Jin after purging most of their poison.
• Chen Fan and Yu Jin met Lian Yangshuo, Su Pingcheng, and other Sword Sect disciples, and Su Pingcheng ordered them to inspect Jade Rakshasa's ambush site.
• The group found only wreckage at the ambush site, and Lian Yangshuo chose to escort Chen Fan and Yu Jin back to the sect.
• Lian Yangshuo explained that Su Pingcheng was connected to the Zongzheng brothers and might arrange for Chen Fan to die at the hands of Devil Sect disciples.
• As Lian Yangshuo's flying boat carried them away, Chen Fan spotted a golden light approaching through the night.

Chen Fan and Lian Yangshuo were ambushed by a Four-Winged Golden Light Lion, which Chen Fan suspected Su Pingcheng had sent after them. Chen Fan stayed behind to let Lian Yangshuo escape with Yu Jin, then fought the vastly stronger beast with his clone.

• A Four-Winged Golden Light Lion attacked Chen Fan and Lian Yangshuo, and a space-locking formation prevented them from escaping with the flying boat.
• Chen Fan suspected Su Pingcheng had arranged the ambush, while Lian Yangshuo explained the lion was a peak tenth-level demonic beast ranked on the Mountain-Sea Ranking.
• As the lion closed in, Chen Fan handed Yu Jin to Lian Yangshuo and charged at the beast so his senior brother could flee.
• Chen Fan used the White Emperor Armor and Thunder Roc Phantom Body to evade the lion, but its attacks badly injured his clone.
• Chen Fan wounded the lion with Seven-Kill Sword, then confirmed Lian Yangshuo and Yu Jin had escaped before preparing to face the beast again.

Chen Fan defeated the Four-Winged Golden Light Lion with Hu Jiuguang’s help, then secretly followed it back to its master. He ambushed a Sword Sect true disciple and demanded to know who had ordered the attack.

• Lian Yangshuo fled with Yu Jin to seek reinforcements while Chen Fan called Hu Jiuguang out of Star Hall.
• Hu Jiuguang fought and subdued the Four-Winged Golden Light Lion, but learned it would rather die than betray its master.
• Chen Fan spared the wounded lion and secretly attached Star Hall to its fur so he could follow it.
• The Golden Light Lion returned to its master, a black-clad Sword Sect true disciple, after recovering on the grasslands.
• Chen Fan emerged from the void and held the disciple at sword point, demanding to know who had ordered the attack.

Chen Fan subdued Zhan Yinguang and learned that Su Pingcheng had arranged the attack on him, then used Hu Jiuguang to kill the Sword Sect disciple. The Golden Light Lion remained hostile and charged Chen Fan after its master died.

• Chen Fan knocked the injured Golden Light Lion aside and cut off Zhan Yinguang’s arm when he tried to use a talisman.
• Zhan Yinguang revealed that Su Pingcheng had secretly ordered him to attack Chen Fan, and that he was related to Zhan Jianming.
• Zhan Yinguang gave Chen Fan a compass showing the locations of Zhan Jianming, Su Pingcheng, and their companions.
• Chen Fan ordered Hu Jiuguang to kill Zhan Yinguang, then entered Star Hall to avoid being recorded as responsible for the death.
• The masterless Golden Light Lion refused Chen Fan’s offer and charged at him.

Chen Fan pursued Su Pingcheng into Jialan Kingdom, where blood mist and spatial rifts made tracking him dangerous and difficult. He recruited Hu Jiuguang’s Heaven-Penetrating Demon Gate connections to search for Su Pingcheng, while Yu Jin and Lian Yangshuo worried about Chen Fan’s disappearance.

• Chen Fan ordered Hu Jiuguang to kill and eat the Golden Light Lion, and Hu Jiuguang said its bloodline energy could help him advance.
• Chen Fan’s compass stopped working, so he crushed it and followed his remembered route into Jialan Kingdom.
• Chen Fan struggled through the blood mist, avoiding spatial rifts and demonic creatures, but could not locate Su Pingcheng.
• At the Mulan Grassland, Lian Yangshuo and Yu Jin worried that they could not contact Chen Fan, while Wei Dong explained that Jialan Kingdom had become a separate dimension.
• Chen Fan summoned Hu Jiuguang and asked him to use his standing in the Heaven-Penetrating Demon Gate to find Su Pingcheng.
• Hu Jiuguang gathered nearby demon sect martial artists, including Blood Shura, while Chen Fan watched in disguise.

Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang used the Imperial Character Art to control nearby Heaven-Penetrating Demon Gate martial artists and sent them searching for Su Pingcheng and Sword Sect disciples. They then encountered White Bone Demoness Lian Yun, who recognized Chen Fan’s Demon-Killing Eye and questioned Hu Jiuguang’s recovery.

• Hu Jiuguang gathered nearby Demon Gate martial artists and threatened them into surrendering their mental resistance while Chen Fan branded them with the Imperial Character Art.
• Hu Jiuguang ordered the martial artists to find Su Pingcheng and report any Sword Sect disciples they discovered, and they scattered to search.
• Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang stayed behind to monitor the search until Hu Jiuguang sensed someone approaching through the mist.
• Chen Fan spotted a woman with the Demon-Killing Eye, and she approached after noticing that he had seen her.
• Hu Jiuguang transformed into a giant fox and confronted White Bone Demoness Lian Yun, who revealed she had considered ambushing him and identified Chen Fan’s Demon-Killing Eye.

Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang heard Lian Yun’s secret about the Jade Palace beneath the Black Gold Vein and agreed to help her seek a treasure vault. Lian Yun planned to work with Shi Zhongyu as well, while Chen Fan suspected she was concealing important information.

• Lian Yun confronted Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang, then offered not to report them to the Demon Lord if they helped her.
• Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang signed a heart-demon oath with Lian Yun, who revealed that the world beneath the Black Gold Vein was the Silver Demon God’s Jade Palace.
• Lian Yun explained that the Jade Palace held the Silver Glazed Cup and other treasures, but that the Demon Lord and the Hate Heaven Demon Cult’s forces made the cup too dangerous to pursue.
• Lian Yun revealed that she had half a map to a separate treasure vault and asked Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang to help her reach it.
• Lian Yun said she had also recruited Shi Zhongyu and suggested they could deal with him after opening the vault; Chen Fan suspected she was hiding crucial information.