Arc 18Chen Hei’s Chessboard
Chen Hei Quan attained the Sword Dao Fruit Position, then used cause-reversal to force the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable to withdraw Time Shepherding and reset the world. Afterward, Chen Fan faced a coalition of powerful enemies and was battered beyond the Supreme True Realm as Nine Heavens appeared before him.
- The Eldest Prince reached Golden Core and pursued the Sword Dao Fruit Position, but Chen Hei Quan emerged from it and shattered his grotto-heaven.
- Chen Hei inscribed his true spirit on the Sword Dao Fruit Position and attained Golden Core, while Chen Fan killed the Old Emperor and both State Preceptors.
- Chen Hei Quan’s Present Self merged with his Past Self, and Chen Hei attained the Sword Dao Fruit Position as the Life-and-Death Chess Game ended with Heaven and Earth’s victory.
- Chen Hei Quan used the True-False Supreme Realm’s erasure and Temporal Fallacy to force the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable to retract Time Shepherding, resetting the world before bidding Chen Fan farewell.
- The Buddha Ancestor, Nine Heavens, and other powers attacked Chen Fan, who sacrificed talents and abilities to escape their mystiques and briefly gain Immortal Venerable-level strength.
- Chen Fan fought the assembled powers in the River of Time, but their coordinated attacks shattered his amplified power and cast him into the True Myriad Worlds.
- The Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority continued attacking Chen Fan, while Nine Heavens crossed from the present into the future and appeared before him Beyond the World.