Arc 17Chapters 402–426

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Ch. 402World-Destroying Fist

Lin Fan and Lan Xian discovered an ancient black palace, where Lin Fan endured its crushing pressure and found ten statues demonstrating the World-Destroying Fist. He nearly suffered cultivation deviation while studying the technique, then recognized the statues as representations of the Immortal Domain’s cultivation-system founders, who had called themselves Heavenly Emperors.

  • Lin Fan healed himself after accepting Lan Xian’s divine pill, then led her deeper into the cavern.
  • Lin Fan and Lan Xian found an ancient black palace, and its sinister aura blasted them away when they opened the doors.
  • Lin Fan entered the palace alone, protected by his treasures, and struggled through its overwhelming pressure.
  • Lin Fan discovered ten black stone statues demonstrating the World-Destroying Fist and became absorbed in their intent.
  • Lin Fan coughed up blood and stopped studying the fist art before he could suffer cultivation deviation.
  • Lin Fan recalled that the founders of the Immortal Domain’s cultivation system had called themselves Heavenly Emperors.

Ch. 403An Undeserved Calamity

After finding no way to learn the fist art in the Ancient Hall, Lin Fan and Lan Xian activated its damaged teleportation altar to escape. Their passage was caught in a clash of Immortal Artifacts, and Lin Fan realized the Immortal Academy’s attempt to open the Immortal Mansion had put them in danger.

  • Lin Fan emerged from the Ancient Hall and told Lan Xian that its Ten Stone Statues were linked to a fist art whose scripture he could not obtain.
  • Lin Fan and Lan Xian decided to use the hall’s ancient teleportation array, despite not knowing where it would take them.
  • Lin Fan carried Lan Xian in the Immortal Cauldron through the hall’s immense pressure and activated the damaged altar with treasures and divine power.
  • The altar sent Lin Fan and Lan Xian through a spatial passage, where a clash between three Immortal Artifacts destabilized their route.
  • Lan Xian recognized the Ten Realms Diagram among the weapons, and Lin Fan realized the Immortal Academy’s Immortal Mansion operation had caused their predicament.

Ch. 404A close call

Lin Fan and Lan Xian were swept into spatial turbulence, where they encountered a bloodstained Ancient Chaos Palace that Lin Fan recognized as the Dark Cage. The collision sent them safely out of the fissure into a rich, unknown land, where Lin Fan spotted divine medicine.

  • Hu Ning and the young man controlling the Golden Cauldron sensed their artifacts react as the factions strengthened their assault on the Immortal Mansion’s formation.
  • The formation’s shock wave shattered Lin Fan and Lan Xian’s passage, trapping them in spatial turbulence.
  • Lin Fan and Lan Xian encountered the Ancient Chaos Palace, and Lin Fan recognized its plaque as reading “Reception” and connected it to the Dark Cage.
  • The Bone Cauldron struck the palace and was knocked out of the fissure, carrying Lin Fan and Lan Xian safely into the outside world.
  • Lin Fan and Lan Xian explored the lush, blood-red land and found abundant treasure medicine, including a divine medicine beside a spirit lake.

Ch. 405Unveiling the Immortal Mansion

The Immortal Academy and the other factions opened a path into the Immortal Mansion, learning that it rejected powerful cultivators but allowed Heavenly God disciples to enter. Inside, Lin Fan and Lan Xian discovered a living life divine tree and fought over it, before Lin Fan trapped it as it tried to flee.

  • Second Elder Zi Ying identified the Immortal Mansion as the former residence of the Female Immortal of Life after the formation opened.
  • Lü Qing and other powerful cultivators were blasted back when they tried to enter, while the weaker Heavenly God disciples passed through safely.
  • The major factions each sent disciples into the Immortal Mansion after recognizing that it restricted entrants by cultivation strength.
  • Lin Fan and Lan Xian both attacked when they spotted a living life divine tree beside a lake.
  • Lin Fan rushed for the tree, which broke free of the soil and ran, but he caught it in a golden net formed by his Precious Art.

Ch. 406You deserved a beating

Lin Fan discovered a Tribulation-Transcending Divine Lotus, but a group of young cultivators tried to seize it and attacked him. After overpowering them, he recognized the last man as an Immortal Academy Disciple and stomped him anyway.

  • Lin Fan found a Tribulation-Transcending Divine Lotus and moved to take it from its lightning-wreathed pool.
  • A bow-wielding young man ambushed Lin Fan with an arrow, then ordered him to fetch the lotus for the newcomers.
  • Lin Fan smashed the bow-wielding man's face and body, then pursued the others as they fled and captured several of them.
  • The lotus struck down a man who tried to steal it while Lin Fan was distracted.
  • The fallen man recognized Lin Fan as Junior Brother Lin and identified himself as an Immortal Academy Disciple, but Lin Fan reduced his force and stomped him for coveting the lotus.

Ch. 407Three-Good Gentleman

Lin Fan and Lan Xian explored the Female Immortal of Life's Cultivation Cave, where Lin Fan seized divine medicines and questioned a group of captured intruders. After learning that powerful figures had opened the Immortal Mansion and sent them in to scout, Lin Fan agreed to release the captives, though Lan Xian suspected he had a scheme.

  • Lin Fan uprooted the Tribulation-Transcending Divine Lotus and took the fluid from its pool.
  • Lin Fan demanded to know why the captives were there, then humiliated and threatened one who mouthed off.
  • Lan Xian arrived carrying the silver moon divine vine, recognized Xuan Wei as an Immortal Academy disciple, and dismissed his plea for help.
  • Lin Fan stripped the captives of their belongings and learned that important figures had used Immortal Artifacts to open the Immortal Mansion and send in a scouting party.
  • The captives identified the place as the Female Immortal of Life's Cultivation Cave, and Lin Fan reacted with excitement.
  • Lin Fan agreed to release the captives, while Lan Xian questioned his unusually generous offer and doubted his claim to be kind.

Ch. 408Luring Them into the Trap

Lin Fan formed a scheme with Lan Xian and Xuan Wei to lure more faction disciples into the Ancient Land and rob them. Xuan Wei carried their false story outside, prompting the waiting factions to send in a new group of young experts.

  • Lin Fan freed and healed Xuan Wei, then persuaded him and Lan Xian to help lure the other factions into a trap.
  • Lin Fan gathered more medicines in the Ancient Land, including a divine-grade old ginseng, while the other captives were left unconscious and hung from a cliff as bait.
  • Xuan Wei emerged with staged injuries and claimed that rare Treasure Medicines and danger awaited inside, while the others were trapped.
  • The elders believed Xuan Wei and urged their factions to send more young experts into the Immortal Mansion.
  • The new group prepared to enter, and their elders gave them warnings and supreme treasures for protection.

Ch. 409The fish took the bait

Wang Xi and other young elites entered the Immortal Mansion, where Lin Fan and Lan Xian prepared to ambush them. As the newcomers discovered their injured clansmen and took the bait, Lan Xian warned Lin Fan about powerful rivals, including Ning Fei, who cultivated the Indestructible Scripture.

  • Wang Xi entered the Immortal Mansion with Yin Wei and other young elites after the Wang Family elder cautioned her to prioritize her safety.
  • Xuan Wei told Zi Ying that Lin Fan and Lan Xian had entered the Secret Realm early and set a trap for the incoming cultivators.
  • The newcomers explored the Immortal Mansion and found four injured, unconscious cultivators hanging from a cliff, prompting their clans to demand answers.
  • Lin Fan told Lan Xian that the fish had taken the bait, and she warned him that the gathering included several powerful young Supremes.
  • Lan Xian revealed that Ning Fei of the Sacred Emperor Palace cultivated the Indestructible Scripture and identified the foremost pearl of the Immortal Lü Family as another opponent to watch.

Ch. 410Heavenly Talents Humiliated

Lin Fan trapped outside cultivators in a grand formation and robbed them while posing as the Chaos-World Demon Ape. After invoking his supposed ties to the Female Immortal of Life, he turned his attention to Wang Xi.

  • Lin Fan used the formation to bind the cultivators and knocked them unconscious with his bone club, stripping them of their possessions.
  • A Heavenly Talent attacked Lin Fan but was killed by the Chaos Sword Qi overhead, and Lin Fan discovered the man’s Primordial Spirit survived inside a Bone Talisman.
  • Lin Fan robbed and beat more cultivators, while those who resisted the formation were crushed to death.
  • Lin Fan claimed the Female Immortal of Life had urged him to spare their lives, but insisted that everything they owned belonged to him.
  • When Lin Fan approached Wang Xi, Yin Wei warned him to stay away, and Lin Fan smiled eagerly at hearing her name.

Ch. 411The Fat Girl

Lin Fan tried to capture Wang Xi to obtain the Wang Family’s Chaos-Quelling Art, but she unleashed its primordial spirit sword and failed to harm him. He subdued her and sealed her in the Heaven and Earth Bag, while the others watched without daring to intervene.

  • Lin Fan announced he would take Wang Xi as his bride, ignoring her offer to trade treasures or precious arts.
  • Yin Wei challenged Lin Fan but held back when the chaos sword qi threatened him.
  • Wang Xi sent her primordial spirit Sword Embryo at Lin Fan, revealing that she had mastered the Chaos-Quelling Art.
  • Lin Fan endured the strike unharmed and explained that the difference in their realms was too great for her secret art to overcome.
  • Lin Fan subdued Wang Xi and stowed her in the Heaven and Earth Bag, while the onlookers protested but did not act.

Ch. 412Evenly Matched

Lin Fan finished robbing the trapped cultivators, then faced Ning Fei after he broke the grand formation. The two exchanged punches and matched each other in physical strength, leaving their fight unresolved.

  • Lin Fan kicked Yin Wei in the groin, then blasted him apart when he charged through the killing formation.
  • Lin Fan beat and robbed the remaining cultivators, including the women, until only Ning Fei and Lü Hong remained.
  • Ning Fei used a secret treasure to shatter the grand formation, freeing the crowd and turning them against Lin Fan.
  • Ning Fei punched Lin Fan with his physical strength, and Lin Fan met the blow head-on; both emerged unscathed.

Ch. 413Damn It, We Fell for It Again

After Wang Xi was captured and the Chaos Demon Ape’s scheme became public, the Young Supremes chased Lin Fan through the True Immortal Cultivation Cave. Lin Fan trapped them in another formation and escaped, while the Wang Family offered its support to whoever rescued Wang Xi and killed the demon ape.

  • People who escaped the Ancient Land reported that the Chaos Demon Ape had captured Wang Xi, provoking an uproar and a hostile exchange between the Wang Family and the Sacred Emperor Palace.
  • The Second Elder of the Immortal Academy urged everyone to focus on the Immortal Mansion and rescuing the captives, while Zi Ying worried about the trouble the youngsters had caused.
  • Ning Fei challenged the golden ape to another contest of strength, but Lin Fan fled as the Young Supremes pursued him with divine abilities.
  • Lin Fan led his pursuers into a killing formation near a Divine Mountain, then taunted them and escaped.
  • Ning Fei determined that the formation would not harm them if they stayed still, and some pursuers wondered whether the ape had spared them deliberately.
  • The Wang Family offered friendship and support to anyone who rescued Wang Xi and slew the demon ape.

Ch. 414Cut from the Same Cloth

The Wang Family elder offered Violet Palace Grass to anyone who rescued Wang Xi, prompting more experts to enter the Ancient Land. Lin Fan and Lan Xian decided to avoid another trap as the newcomers carried Bone-Illuminating Mirrors, while Lin Fan admitted he had imprisoned Wang Xi to obtain the Chaos-Quelling Art.

  • The Wang Family elder rejected demands for the Chaos-Quelling Art and offered a stalk of Violet Palace Grass as a reward for rescuing Wang Xi.
  • The offer stirred the gathered powers, who learned more about the rare grass and its origins in the Wang Family's Medicine Garden.
  • The gathered experts decided to send another group into the Immortal Mansion to pursue opportunities, capture the demon ape, and rescue Wang Xi.
  • Lin Fan noticed that more cultivators had entered the Ancient Land, and Lan Xian asked whether they should continue their scheme.
  • Lin Fan decided against another trap because the new arrivals carried Bone-Illuminating Mirrors that could expose his disguise.
  • Lin Fan told Lan Xian he had imprisoned Wang Xi to obtain the Chaos-Quelling Art, then teased her about being more attractive to him.

Ch. 415Facing Him in Person

Lin Fan and Lan Xian joined the fight for an Eight Treasure Qilin, but Yin Wei’s rage let the rare treasure escape. Lin Fan then pursued the wounded Yin Wei, deciding he no longer had reason to spare him.

  • Cultivators gathered around a discovered Eight Treasure Qilin, and Lin Fan and Lan Xian entered the battle to seize it.
  • Yin Wei mocked Lin Fan, who retaliated by humiliating him over the injuries he had suffered from the demon ape.
  • Yin Wei attacked Lin Fan, and their clash gave the Eight Treasure Qilin a chance to flee through the earth and escape the Grand Formation.
  • Yu Fei and Lü Hong tried to capture the creature, but it got away, prompting the cultivators to turn on Yin Wei in anger.
  • Lin Fan shattered one of Yin Wei’s arms with a golden Law Seal, then chased him without intending to show mercy.

Ch. 416The Spendthrift Female Immortal of Life

An Immortal Seed appeared, drawing the crowd to a True Immortal Dojo built from a longevity tree. After surviving the mountain’s deadly defenses and entering the palace, Lin Fan and the others heard what might be a Great Dao Scripture.

  • Ancient characters and powerful Dao fluctuations appeared in the sky, and the crowd recognized the arrival of an Immortal Seed.
  • Lin Fan left Yin Wei behind and traveled with Lan Xian to a palace made from a longevity tree; he recognized it as the Female Immortal of Life’s work.
  • The mountain’s defenses killed several people who tried to fly to the palace, so Lan Xian urged everyone to climb on foot without fighting.
  • Ning Fei told Lin Fan that he resembled a majestic man, and Lin Fan jokingly accepted the praise before they reached the summit.
  • The crowd entered the tree palace and felt its pure life essence, whereupon someone heard what sounded like a Great Dao Scripture.

Ch. 417A Stern Rebuke

The cultivators attempted to comprehend the Female Immortal of Life’s insights, but most failed while Lin Fan and Lü Hong remained immersed. As Yin Wei insulted Lin Fan for coming from the Lower Realm, someone angrily challenged him for looking down on the Sacred Emperor Palace.

  • The cultivators sat down to comprehend the Female Immortal of Life’s Dao, and many were overwhelmed by its sudden shift from life to death.
  • A cultivator who tried to interrupt the young Supremes was killed by a bolt of lightning, while Yin Wei later failed and grew resentful toward Lin Fan.
  • Lan Xian, Ning Fei, and other young talents eventually awoke, leaving Lin Fan and Lü Hong still comprehending.
  • Yin Wei disparaged Lin Fan’s origins in the Lower Realm, and Lan Xian rebuked him for his contempt.
  • As Lan Xian prepared to respond again, someone demanded to know whether Yin Wei was looking down on the Sacred Emperor Palace.

Ch. 418Above the three realms

Ning Fei rebuked Yin Wei for insulting the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, revealing that the Sage Emperor had come from there. Lin Fan studied the True Immortal’s insights, rejected the Female Immortal of Life’s path of transcendence in favor of his own Dao, and the chapter ended with the inheritance choosing him.

  • Ning Fei warned Yin Wei that disparaging the Three Thousand Dao Provinces insulted the Sacred Emperor Palace, whose founder, the Sage Emperor, had come from there.
  • Those present recalled the Sage Emperor’s former name, the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor, and Yin Wei apologized for his remarks.
  • The hall’s symbols gathered around Lin Fan and Lü Hong as both approached the end of their contemplation of the True Immortal’s insights.
  • Lin Fan realized the Female Immortal of Life’s transcendence was her own path, and reaffirmed that he would seek eternity by relying on his own power.
  • Lü Hong awoke to praise from the gathered cultivators, but Yin Wei cried out in surprise when the inheritance chose Lin Fan.

Ch. 419The Life Immortal Seed's New Owner

The Seed of Life chose Lin Fan, but he rejected it so it could find its true inheritor. Lü Hong received the seed and left as others pursued her, while Lan Xian accused Lin Fan of giving it away to win a woman.

  • The Seed of Life appeared and chose Lin Fan, astonishing the cultivators who had thought he failed the trial.
  • Lin Fan pushed the seed away and told it to choose its true inheritor.
  • The Seed of Life settled on Lü Hong, who thanked Lin Fan and promised to honor its power.
  • Lin Fan gave Lü Hong advice through voice transmission and warned her that others might try to take the seed.
  • Lü Hong fled with the seed as several cultivators pursued her, and Lan Xian accused Lin Fan of giving it away to pursue her.

Ch. 420The Companion Bond Still Remained

Lin Fan and Lan Xian discussed his Immortal Seed and watched Lü Hong fight off pursuers seeking the Life Immortal Seed. Lin Fan then claimed the Tree Palace, and he wondered whether his encounter with it fulfilled a promise from the Female Immortal of Life.

  • Lan Xian questioned what Immortal Seed Lin Fan had obtained, and he teased her about his nature and their relationship.
  • Yin Wei and other cultivators pursued Lü Hong after she left Purple Mountain, hoping to seize the Life Immortal Seed.
  • Lü Hong killed a cultivator with one strike, then fled toward the exit as her pursuers caught up and attacked her.
  • Lin Fan watched Lü Hong's battle with Lan Xian and joked with her before admiring the Tree Palace.
  • The Tree Palace shrank and flew into Lin Fan's palm, astonishing Lan Xian, who asked to cultivate inside it later.
  • Lin Fan wondered whether the Female Immortal of Life had guided him to the Tree Palace and recalled their parting words.

Ch. 421Immortal Medicine Stirred Hearts

After Lin Fan took the Immortal Palace from the Giant Mountain, he killed cultivators who tried to seize it and faced attacks from Yin Wei and Zi Mortal World. Lan Xian guarded against Ning Fei, who admitted he wanted the palace but refused to gang up on Lin Fan.

  • The crowd noticed Lin Fan had taken the Immortal Palace and abandoned their pursuit of Lü Hong to claim it.
  • Lin Fan killed several young cultivators with Golden Lightning when they charged him for the treasure.
  • Yin Wei turned back to attack Lin Fan, but Lan Xian blocked him and claimed part of the palace belonged to her.
  • Zi Mortal World arrived and agreed with Yin Wei to fight Lan Xian and Lin Fan for the spoils.
  • Lin Fan told Lan Xian to step aside, then fought Yin Wei and Zi Mortal World as they attacked him.
  • Lan Xian questioned Ning Fei about the palace, and he admitted wanting it but said he would not gang up on Lin Fan.

Ch. 422Void Banishment

Lin Fan fought Zi Mortal World and Yin Wei after they demanded his treasures and opportunities, but Yin Wei banished him into the void with the Void Banishment Art. Lin Fan broke free unharmed and struck back, leaving Yin Wei bloodied and his supporters dead.

  • Lin Fan clashed with Zi Mortal World and Yin Wei, rejecting their demands and declaring that they would fight to the death.
  • Yin Wei used the Void Banishment Art to send Lin Fan into a chaotic, seemingly endless void.
  • Lan Xian and the onlookers believed Lin Fan could not return, while Yin Wei celebrated his apparent victory.
  • Lin Fan tore open the void and emerged unharmed with a Golden Great Willow Tree behind him.
  • Lin Fan's willow branches pierced and killed the cultivators who had praised Yin Wei, then struck Yin Wei through several Divine Mountains.

Ch. 423Clash of Heavenly Arts

Lin Fan fought Zi Mortal World over the supreme treasure, countering her Nine Revolutions Heavenly Art with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art. He began unleashing its full power, manifesting several Ten Fiends-level Precious Arts as the stunned onlookers watched.

  • Lin Fan struck Yin Wei and ravaged the crowd gathered around him with golden willow branches.
  • Zi Mortal World attacked Lin Fan, but he overpowered her in a clash of strength and forced her to unleash the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Art.
  • Lin Fan used the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art to break through Zi Mortal World's first revolution and counterattack.
  • Zi Mortal World donned armor and warned Lin Fan that the remaining eight revolutions would grow stronger.
  • Lin Fan declared that he had only used the opening form and unleashed the Six Paths' power, manifesting Kunpeng, a True Phoenix, the Thunder Emperor, and other Precious Arts.

Ch. 424I'm Getting Serious!

Lin Fan fought Zi Mortal World and Yin Wei, overwhelming them with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art and his Immortal King phenomenon. After they burned their blood essence and unleashed their strongest attacks, Lin Fan revealed his magic power immunity and declared that he was getting serious.

  • Lin Fan's Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art overpowered Zi Mortal World's Nine Revolutions Heavenly Art and left her injured.
  • Yin Wei joined Zi Mortal World against Lin Fan, and Lin Fan used Immortal King Descends Upon Nine Heavens to fight them both at once.
  • Lin Fan maintained his strength as Zi Mortal World and Yin Wei began to tire from repeatedly using their divine arts.
  • Zi Mortal World and Yin Wei burned their blood essence and attacked Lin Fan with the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Art and Eternal Exile.
  • Lin Fan answered with All Laws Are Void, then declared that he was getting serious and that the hunt was beginning.

Ch. 425God of Slaughter

Lin Fan used magic power immunity to kill Yin Wei and then defeated Zi Mortal World with his Life Deprivation art, sparing her at Lan Xian’s request. The crowd fell silent, though someone wondered whether Lin Fan was the person the Jin Family and Violet Palace were hunting.

  • Lin Fan ignored the experts’ precious arts with magic power immunity and killed Yin Wei by shattering his skull and primordial spirit.
  • Lin Fan confronted Zi Mortal World and fought her with his bare hands against her battle halberd.
  • Lin Fan used Life Deprivation to drain Zi Mortal World’s vitality and break her halberd.
  • At Lan Xian’s request, Lin Fan stopped the art and spared Zi Mortal World out of respect for the Second Elder, then threw her away.
  • Lin Fan challenged anyone else who wanted the Immortal Palace, and a man in the crowd said he resembled the person pursued by the Jin Family and Violet Palace.

Ch. 426The Training Expedition Ends

Lin Fan and Lan Xian escaped the Immortal Battlefield with their spoils, while Ning Fei’s report about Lin Fan’s origins prompted the Sacred Emperor Palace to alert the Supremes. Back at the Immortal Academy, Lin Fan and Lan Xian divided their treasures, and the Second Elder took the Immortal Tree Palace to study.

  • Lin Fan and Lan Xian encountered Ning Fei, who invited Lin Fan to visit the Sacred Emperor Palace after learning he came from the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.
  • Lü Hong revealed that an Immortal Academy disciple had helped her obtain a top-grade Immortal Seed, and the Second Elder realized Lin Fan was responsible.
  • The Wang Family searched for the missing Wang Xi while the Sacred Emperor Palace mocked them, then Ning Fei privately reported his suspicions to a powerful figure.
  • The Immortal Academy returned to Boundless Heaven after crossing the Starry Expanse, and Lin Fan and Lan Xian divided their spoils.
  • The Second Elder took the Palace Hall made from the Immortal Tree, while Lan Xian assured Lin Fan that her master would return it.
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