Recaps

After Meng Tianzheng praised Lin Fan’s foundation and sent him to the Heavenly Deity Academy’s forbidden grounds, Lin Fan rapidly cleared the earlier trials of the Sage Emperor’s imprint. The final trial proved overwhelming, and the chapter ended with Lin Fan gravely wounded by his stronger opponent.

• Meng Tianzheng praised Lin Fan’s foundation, recalled the Sage Emperor’s thwarted path, and told him to seek what had been left at the Heavenly Deity Academy.
• Lin Fan entered the golden Metal Stele and defeated the Sage Emperor’s imprint through the True One Realm trials in a little over half a month.
• Lin Fan began the final trial, but the imprint appeared with three strands of immortal qi and a dao cultivation beyond his own.
• Lin Fan attacked with the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art, yet the imprint countered with the technique of body, spirit, and art.
• The imprint’s attack left Lin Fan coughing blood as his life faded and his vision darkened.

Lin Fan struggled against his stronger other self in the Metal Stele until he realized the trial demanded that he surpass his former self by forging his own path. He formed a new sea of qi and Divine Disc in his dantian, but his enlightenment was interrupted when the Sage Emperor’s imprint attacked again.

• Lin Fan used his final Life-Substitution Talisman to recover after dying, then unleashed his Life and Death Precious Art against his other self, who neutralized it with magic power immunity.
• The Sage Emperor’s imprint declared that the trial was a battle of transcendence, and Lin Fan understood that he had to surpass his former self rather than give in to despair.
• Lin Fan compressed his unique cave heaven and three immortal qi into his abdomen, forming a sea of qi and a wheel that marked the beginning of his own path and art.
• Lin Fan entered a state of enlightenment and shaped a Divine Disc in his dantian, contemplating whether he had unified his dantians.
• The imprint recovered from its injuries and charged at Lin Fan while he remained absorbed in his breakthrough, and Lin Fan instinctively fought back as his abdomen blazed with light.

Lin Fan nearly died while trying to refine his unique cave heaven into a Dao Seed, then awoke to find the Ten Thousand Daos Tree inside the Metal Stele. He began cultivating beneath its many law-bearing fruits, determined to use it to forge his own path toward body-as-a-seed.

• Lin Fan compressed his unique cave heaven into a golden-core-like seed and tried to balance the forces of life and death with immortal qi.
• Lin Fan nearly ruptured his abdomen, but used the Healing Art to stabilize his injuries and regain consciousness.
• Lin Fan discovered a tree bearing over ten thousand dao fruits and recognized it as the Ten Thousand Daos Tree.
• Lin Fan wondered how the tree had appeared inside the Metal Stele, though it had been guarded in the Realm Tomb.
• Lin Fan sat beneath the Ten Thousand Daos Tree and resolved to continue pursuing body-as-a-seed and create his own method.

Lin Fan formed a rudimentary inner world by balancing life force, death force, and immortal qi, but the breakthrough triggered a devastating heavenly lightning tribulation. He tried to draw the lightning into his inner world, which briefly produced a life-giving liquid before the world collapsed and his body nearly split apart.

• Lin Fan dispersed the Dao Diagram in his inner world and shaped life force into the sky, death force into the earth, and immortal qi into a sea.
• Lin Fan’s new method triggered a heavenly lightning tribulation that struck him with overwhelming force.
• Lin Fan endured the lightning with his healing techniques and the Thunder Emperor’s secret technique, but his injuries worsened.
• Lin Fan drew the lightning into his abdomen and funneled it into his inner world, where life-giving droplets resembling Tribulation Lightning Liquid appeared.
• Lin Fan’s inner world failed to withstand the lightning and collapsed, cracking his abdomen and nearly splitting his body in two.

Lin Fan nearly died after trying to create an art during his lightning tribulation, but he abandoned the attempt, survived by tempering his body with the True Phoenix Art, and completed a round of refinement. As Lin Fan meditated beneath the Ten Thousand Daos Tree, the Sage Emperor’s imprint reappeared, and a mysterious figure arrived before Meng Tianzheng.

• Lin Fan fought the lightning tribulation until an indifferent voice warned him that he was rushing his path and trying to create an art too soon.
• Lin Fan stopped sustaining his inner world, returned to his unique cave heaven, and used the Indestructible Scripture, Supreme Bone, and True Phoenix Art to withstand and heal from the lightning.
• Lin Fan survived the tribulation, swallowed lightning to temper his bones, and emerged with a stronger, nearly jade-like body.
• Lin Fan meditated beneath the Ten Thousand Daos Tree as the reincarnation on his hand released a streak of white light and the Sage Emperor’s imprint condensed anew on the Metal Stele.
• People gathered at the Heavenly Deity Academy and speculated that the Little Sage Emperor had caused the tribulation, while Meng Tianzheng saw a newcomer appear and heard him say, “Old Meng, it's been a long time.”

The Sage Emperor revealed to Meng Tianzheng that he survived the immortal ascension tribulation but was split into two selves during nirvana. He returned to the Metal Stele, leaving Meng Tianzheng with hope and Lin Fan sensing a change.

• Meng Tianzheng joyfully recognized the Sage Emperor as alive and celebrated that someone had survived the immortal ascension tribulation.
• The Sage Emperor explained that he had begun a new life through nirvana and that Lin Fan was connected to his rebirth.
• The Sage Emperor told Meng Tianzheng that black mist had tried to turn his primordial spirit into a Dark Creature, and that an accident split off an independent copy of his soul.
• The Sage Emperor asked Meng Tianzheng to keep his survival secret and said he and Lin Fan would eventually become one again.
• The Sage Emperor returned to the Metal Stele, while Lin Fan sensed something had happened and stood up with a newly vigorous aura.

Lin Fan entered seclusion after gaining innate qi and sensing origin qi, determined to make his body a seed and create a new cultivation method. Beneath the Ten Thousand Daos Tree, he found a way to contemplate the myriad Daos and continued seeking the mysteries within his body.

• Lin Fan discovered that his body had gained precious innate qi and an obscure aura resembling origin qi.
• Lin Fan entered seclusion to pursue body-as-a-seed and attempt a transcendent transformation.
• Over the following year, Meng Tianzheng kept others away while people speculated about Lin Fan's breakthrough and the Heavenly Deity Academy prepared for recruitment.
• Lin Fan meditated beneath the Ten Thousand Daos Tree and resonated with the world's laws, finding a medium for contemplating the myriad Daos.
• Lin Fan resolved to make his body equal to the great universe, free of reliance on external Dao Seeds.

Lin Fan studied the fundamental laws of the ten thousand Daos through the Ten Thousand Daos Tree and began breaking down and recombining Order Divine Chains to forge his own Dao. While he continued his dangerous cultivation in seclusion, Puppy left the Heaven Mending Sect to search for Lin Fan, leaving the sect relieved.

• Lin Fan used the Ten Thousand Daos Tree to study the Order Divine Chains and resolve to create his own rules rather than imitate existing Daos.
• After half a month, Lin Fan broke Order Divine Chains into radiant particles and began trying to combine them into new chains.
• Lin Fan's first careless attempt caused a collision that collapsed space, so he used the cauldron inscribed with the middle volume of the Primordial True Explanation to purge impurities and avert calamity.
• Lin Fan continued studying the laws, aware that his attempt to seize heaven's secrets defied The Heavens and could bring punishment.
• Puppy complained that Lin Fan had gone to the Nine Heavens without him, then rode away from the Heaven Mending Sect on a great bell.
• The Heaven Mending Sect members celebrated Puppy's departure and recalled how he had subdued cult masters and caused trouble for several great sects.

Lin Fan abandoned his attempt to comprehend the endless Great Dao externally and began treating his body as its own cosmos, drawing rules into himself to cultivate the inner Dao. After enduring a dangerous first trial, he bound himself in a cocoon of laws and used immortal fire to refine it into a seed.

• Lin Fan was struck by the overarching force of the Great Dao while studying the golden particles beneath the Ten Thousand Daos Tree, then healed and reconsidered his approach.
• Lin Fan concluded that he should seek the Dao within his body, regarding his flesh, spirit, and bones as a cosmos and himself as the Dao.
• Lin Fan drew Order Divine Chains into his body and compared their rules with his own, enduring severe pain as the laws damaged his flesh.
• Lin Fan ended his first attempt after nearly being burned to charcoal and decided his body could serve as a vast cosmos containing the Dao.
• Lin Fan wrapped himself in a cocoon of interwoven rules, declared that his body was the Dao, Heaven and Earth, and the seed, then began refining the cocoon with immortal fire.

Lin Fan endured the destructive fire of the myriad heavens’ Dao to force open the gates within his body and awaken his inner Dao. He formed an inner Dao seed, but only began opening his boundless bodily gates and had much further to develop.

• Lin Fan’s Dao cocoon reignited with rules and order, burning his flesh nearly away as he endured the flames and studied the mysteries of the great Dao.
• He discovered clear light emerging from a gate within his body and realized it was the power of his inner Dao resisting the external Dao.
• More gates opened under the flames’ pressure, and Lin Fan’s inner Dao suppressed and drove the external Dao fire from his body.
• Lin Fan found he could open no more gates yet, recognizing that his newly reached Void Dao Realm limited the power he could release.
• He watched the clear lights from his body’s gates intertwine and fuse with his flesh, forming an inner Dao seed.

After completing Body-as-a-Seed and advancing to the Void Dao Realm, Lin Fan was struck by a mysterious heavenly attack that threatened to overwhelm him. Meanwhile, Meng Tianzheng settled the Heavenly Deity Academy’s recruitment scope, insisting it include the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

• Lin Fan reflected on his new seed, resolved to stay humble, and sensed an unexplained danger despite his excellent condition.
• Lin Fan emerged from seclusion and was struck by a lightning bolt, then saw a Dao Diagram forming in the sky and pressing down toward him.
• At the Heavenly Deity Academy planning meeting, some representatives argued that recruitment should favor their own descendants or exclude the Ten Lands.
• Meng Tianzheng insisted that the Ten Lands be included, and a middle-aged man defended their potential and the Sage Emperor.
• Meng Tianzheng decided that the academy would recruit across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and the gathered lineages accepted his ruling.

At Heavenly Deity Academy, Lin Fan emerged from the Sage Emperor’s inheritance and was struck by the Ten Thousand Daos Diagram, a heavenly punishment triggered by his Body-as-a-Seed path. He fought back as the diagram’s suppression intensified, leaving his survival uncertain.

• A Ten Thousand Daos Diagram appeared above the academy’s restricted area, and Meng Tianzheng led the others to investigate.
• The diagram cracked and shattered the Sage Emperor’s golden Metal Stele, releasing Lin Fan from his seclusion.
• Lin Fan recognized the diagram as punishment for his taboo Body-as-a-Seed cultivation and was gravely wounded by its Order Divine Chains.
• Lin Fan fought the diagram with his Precious Arts, but its force scattered his flesh and blood as onlookers feared he could not survive.
• The Ten Thousand Daos Diagram descended fully as Lin Fan’s Inner Dao clashed with the Great Dao of the outside world.

Lin Fan fought the Innate Dao Diagram with the Ten Thousand Daos Tree and his Immortal King Descends Upon Nine Heavens Phenomenon, but Heaven’s Will struck him down. The punishment vanished, and the Wang and Jin Families believed he was dead, while the chapter left his fate uncertain.

• Lin Fan used the Seed within him to form a sword and strike at the descending Innate Dao Diagram, but it crushed the ground and wounded him.
• Lin Fan summoned the Ten Thousand Daos Tree, which absorbed the diagram’s power, while he continued to suffer under the Heavenly Punishment.
• Lin Fan unleashed his Immortal King Descends Upon Nine Heavens Phenomenon and resisted until Heaven’s Will sent down a blade of immortal light.
• Heaven’s strike shattered Lin Fan’s body, and the Innate Dao Diagram faded after detecting no sign of life.
• The Wang Family, Jin Family, and Feng Family feigned regret over Lin Fan’s apparent death, then onlookers noticed something unexpected.

Lin Fan survived the heavenly tribulation by regenerating from the ashes, proving the power of Body-as-a-Seed and drawing both admiration and hostility. Xu Mingxuan then proposed Lin Fan as a Dao companion for his daughter Yaoyue, leaving Lin Fan cautiously open to meeting her first.

• Lin Fan used Deceive the Heavens and his rebirth abilities to regenerate from his ruined body and survive the tribulation.
• The Wang Family and Jin Family faced pressure to honor their promises to share their secret arts, while Lin Fan jokingly greeted the assembled crowd.
• Meng Tianzheng congratulated Lin Fan, and Xu Mingxuan arrived from the Immortal Dynasty to praise him.
• Xu Chengdao reunited with Lin Fan and invited him to meet his sister Yaoyue, calling Lin Fan his brother-in-law.
• Xu Mingxuan revealed that he had come to find a Dao companion for Yaoyue and made his interest in Lin Fan clear.
• Lin Fan said they should meet first, develop feelings, and consider Yaoyue's wishes before deciding.

Lin Fan joined the final discussions on establishing the Heavenly Deity Academy and pushed for equal admissions, despite opposition from the Jin Family. After Meng Tianzheng revealed that the Foreign Realm would invade in less than ten years, the gathered families rallied behind the academy and Lin Fan offered the Ten Thousand Daos Tree as a resource for its students.

• Xu Mingxuan and Xu Chengdao openly welcomed Lin Fan into the Xu Family, with Xu Chengdao saying Xu Yaoyue would join the academy.
• Lin Fan rebuked the Jin Family for opposing equal admissions, and a Sacred Emperor Palace expert confronted the Jin Family elder who challenged him.
• Meng Tianzheng announced that the Foreign Realm would attack in less than ten years, prompting shock and fear among the gathered leaders.
• Meng Tianzheng urged the leaders to unite and defend the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and Xu Mingxuan and other families voiced their support for the academy.
• Lin Fan offered the Ten Thousand Daos Tree for students to cultivate beneath, and Xu Mingxuan pledged an immortal scripture from the Xu Family.

Lin Fan and Xu Mingxuan pressured the immortal clans into contributing valuable treasures to prepare for the coming calamity. After Meng Tianzheng welcomed the contributions, a pale, effeminate man challenged Lin Fan to a fight.

• Xu Mingxuan presented an Immortal Dao Scripture, and Lin Fan praised the other families while urging them to contribute as well.
• The Lü and Lan Families offered valuable treasures, while the Wang and Jin Families initially offered less and were mocked by the assembly.
• Lin Fan and Xu Mingxuan warned the hesitant clans against betraying the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, prompting the Wang and Jin Families to promise greater contributions.
• Lin Fan suggested the Wang Family give up its Chaos-Quelling Art, but its elder refused even after Lin Fan offered the Indestructible Scripture in exchange.
• Meng Tianzheng celebrated the gathered resources, then a pale man stood and challenged Lin Fan to a fight.

Lin Fan accepted Jin Zhifei’s challenge to a fight to the death and defeated him with a single punch. Jin Zhifei revealed that Lin Fan’s magic power immunity had overcome his attacks, leaving the crowd stunned by Lin Fan’s overwhelming strength.

• Jin Zhifei challenged Lin Fan, who agreed to fight him to the death and mocked his sickly appearance.
• Xu Chengdao cheered Lin Fan on as Jin Zhifei unleashed three killing arts and charged.
• Lin Fan shattered Jin Zhifei’s attacks and sent him flying with one punch, badly injuring him.
• Lin Fan taunted Jin Zhifei and urged him to stand for the next punches.
• Jin Zhifei identified Lin Fan’s magic power immunity, shocking the gathered cultivators.

Lin Fan defeated Jin Zhifei despite his awakened immortal blood and killed him in body and spirit. The Jin Family elder accused Lin Fan of betraying humanity, but Lin Fan stood his ground and warned others against scheming against him.

• Jin Zhifei rejected his defeat and burned his immortal blood to fight Lin Fan to the death.
• Lin Fan countered Jin Zhifei's Law Seal with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, then overwhelmed him even after he fully awakened his bloodline.
• Lin Fan used the Life-and-Death Precious Art to pierce Jin Zhifei's chest, tear him apart, and destroy his primordial spirit.
• The Jin Family elder accused Lin Fan of treachery, and Lin Fan condemned him for trying to undermine him.

After helping settle the Heavenly Deity Academy’s founding plans, Lin Fan returned to the Immortal Academy to find Yue Chan, but learned she had gone to the Heaven Mending Dao and might return to the Three Thousand Provinces for the Immortal Ancient War. As he considered joining her to claim Immortal Ancient’s treasures, Lan Xin arrived at the Crouching Dragon Ground.

• Meng Tianzheng threatened the Jin Family elder, and the Wang Family elder apologized on his behalf to defuse the confrontation.
• The factions settled plans for the Heavenly Deity Academy, and Lin Fan declined to teach there for now, choosing to visit Yue Chan instead.
• Lin Fan arrived at the Immortal Academy and learned from Feng Luan that Yue Chan had left for the Heaven Mending Dao a month earlier.
• Feng Luan told Lin Fan that Yue Chan had asked whether he would return to the Three Thousand Provinces for the coming Immortal Ancient War.
• Lin Fan decided that Immortal Ancient’s treasures and scriptures made returning worthwhile, but Lan Xin interrupted his thoughts by arriving to visit.

Lin Fan welcomed Lan Xian and Lan Xin, offered Feng Luan a chance to return to her homeland, and considered how to enter Immortal Ancient. As the Three Thousand Provinces Genius Battle approached, Qingyi sensed something that left her furious and humiliated, and she shut herself away while Feng Wu watched in confusion.

• Lin Fan let Lan Xian and Lan Xin through the mountain gate, and Lan Xian explained that they had come to thank him for saving Lan Xin.
• Lin Fan told Feng Luan she could travel home with the Heavenly Deity Academy when it recruited across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• A bell announced the coming Three Thousand Provinces Genius Battle, and talents across the provinces began preparing for the selection.
• Qi Daolin scolded Shi Hao at the Supreme Dao Arena, while Feng Wu warned Qingyi against falling for the Little Fiend.
• Qingyi sensed passionate scenes involving the Little Fiend and his Primary Body, accused them of disregarding her feelings, and retreated to her cultivation cave.

The Immortal Dao Flower Bud opened, and millions of Venerables raced to enter Immortal Ancient. Qingyi entered near the end with a tiny clone of Xiao Xiao Fan hidden in a Bone Cauldron, as the gates closed behind the final entrant.

• The Immortal Dao Flower Bud bloomed, projecting three thousand golden avenues toward the Immortal Ancient gates.
• More than a hundred thousand Venerables broke through while trying to enter, leaving only five million eligible cultivators.
• Qingyi lost sight of Feng Wu in the crowd and prepared to enter a Light Gate alone.
• A Bone Cauldron emerged from Qingyi’s hair, and a tiny clone of Xiao Xiao Fan revealed that he had come to help her in Immortal Ancient.
• Qingyi carried the Bone Cauldron through a gate, and the gateways vanished after the final entrant entered.

Qingyi and Lin Fan’s tiny clone entered the Immortal Ancient paths, where they encountered a strange youth testing and breaking through the stone routes. Lin Fan recognized him as Shi Hao, also known as Huang, while promising to help Qingyi find a fire seed and ignite her divine fire.

• Qingyi carried the Bone Cauldron through the crowded azure stone paths while Lin Fan’s tiny clone promised to guide her to first place and cultivate immortal qi.
• Qingyi noticed a youth prying at the stone steps and studying their Great Dao fragments, then watched him break through the world barrier and switch paths.
• Lin Fan identified the youth as Little Milk Hao, and Qingyi realized he was Shi Hao, the Upper Realm’s Huang.
• Qingyi recounted Shi Hao’s recent exploits, including defeating Di Chong’s secondary body and causing trouble for the Celestial Clan, while Lin Fan denied being like him.
• Qingyi said she needed to find a fire seed and ignite her divine fire, and Lin Fan promised to arrange her secluded cultivation before leading her through Immortal Ancient.

Qingyi entered a Small World and found a life divine spring, where Lin Fan gave her the Reincarnation Immortal Seed, scriptures, and Evolution Liquid to help her cultivate immortal qi. After Qingyi tried to refuse his gifts because she feared becoming a burden, Lin Fan urged her not to give up, and she began preparing for the treatment.

• Qingyi fought through the fierce battles at the end of the azure stone stairway and entered a Small World.
• Qingyi found a life divine spring, and Lin Fan dismissed her excitement before offering her treasures.
• Lin Fan gave Qingyi the Reincarnation Immortal Seed and ancient scriptures to help her ignite her divine fire and cultivate immortal qi.
• Qingyi refused Lin Fan's gifts because she feared owing him and having no future, so Lin Fan angrily told her not to give up.
• Qingyi retrieved the discarded treasures and agreed to follow Lin Fan's instructions, then began soaking in the Bone Cauldron with Evolution Liquid.
• Qingyi asked Lin Fan to turn around while she took off her clothes.

Lin Fan recovered his cultivation while Qingyi prepared to fuse with an Immortal Seed, just as Divine Fire experts began hunting across Immortal Ancient. After Lin Fan captured and killed a Heavenly Kingdom assassin who threatened Qingyi, he invited her to join him in hunting.

• Qingyi soaked in the Divine Liquid and studied the texts Lin Fan had given her as she prepared to fuse with an Immortal Seed.
• Over the following months, First Generations emerged as gods and began hunting, and a First Generation was slain before igniting divine fire.
• A Heavenly Kingdom assassin appeared beneath the cliff and demanded that Qingyi surrender the divine spring or submit.
• Lin Fan recovered his cultivation, forced the assassin to the ground, and extracted memories from his soul before destroying it.
• Lin Fan offered Qingyi his hand and said he would take her to kill.

Lin Fan took Qingyi through Immortal Ancient, annihilating the Heavenly Kingdom’s forces and astonishing her with his power. After the Heavenly Kingdom’s master vowed revenge, Lin Fan killed a Heavenly God Realm Flood Dragon at a Dragon Lair and prepared to explore the site.

• Lin Fan brought Qingyi to the Heavenly Kingdom’s secluded cultivation ground and destroyed its Ancient Freak, followers, and Grand Formation with a single stomp.
• Lin Fan gave Qingyi the Storage Bags he had taken, then traveled with her and wiped out the Heavenly Kingdom’s remaining strongholds.
• The Heavenly Kingdom’s master failed to identify the attacker and vowed to repay the culprit tenfold after the Immortal Ancient War.
• Lin Fan and Qingyi reached a Dragon Lair, where Lin Fan killed a Heavenly God Realm Flood Dragon with a strand of Sword Qi.
• Lin Fan proposed exploring the Dragon Lair for its secrets.