Chapter Summaries

The Cult Masters failed to capture the Golden Dao Palace when it fled into the abyss, where an unexpected eruption of Dark Matter devastated the pursuers. Lin Fan recognized the danger and retreated with his companions, but a chilling voice from below warned that no one could escape the darkness.

• The Cult Masters joined forces to suppress the Golden Dao Palace, but the awakened palace broke free and flew toward the abyss.
• The Cult Masters and sect contingents pursued the palace into the abyss that the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor had created.
• Lin Fan sensed an ominous change, identified the black mist as Dark Matter, and led his group away after Yue Chan's Azure Moon Flame purified some of it.
• Screams came from below, and only a few dozen of the thousands who descended returned, gravely injured and marked by blackened blood.
• The Lotus Tribe ancestor threw Qing Xian toward Lin Fan and shouted for everyone to run as a chilling voice promised that darkness would claim them all.

A Dark Creature transformed from the Purple Sun Sect Master attacked the gathered cultivators, killing several Cult Masters and trapping the survivors with Supreme might. The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor returned, dispelled the creature’s power, and faced the Purple Sun Sect Master above the abyss.

• The True Hou ancestor and other Cult Masters fled the abyss, but black chains pierced and pinned them in place.
• The transformed Purple Sun Sect Master killed several Cult Masters, including the masters of the Demon Sunflower Garden and the Yin-Yang Daoist.
• Qing Yao used the Seven-Colored Immortal Gold Sword to resist the Purple Sun Sect Master’s Supreme might, but discovered he had sealed the surrounding void.
• The Purple Sun Sect Master killed more Cult Masters as Lin Fan and the others despaired.
• The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls appeared, and the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor arrived, shattering the chains and dispelling the black mist with a glance.
• The Purple Sun Sect Master recognized the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor and spoke to him above the abyss.

The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s battle imprint defeated the corrupted Purple Sun Sect Master and revealed that the Demon Emperor had died on the Immortal Ascension Road. After the imprint vanished, Qing Yao grieved, while Yue Chan discovered Lin Fan had disappeared.

• The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor confronted the Purple Sun Sect Master and wounded him with a single Chaos Finger.
• The Purple Sun Sect Master revealed that the Demon Emperor was only a battle imprint, and that his true body had perished during the Immortal Ascension Tribulation.
• The Purple Sun Sect Master attacked with two incomplete Immortal Artifacts, but the Demon Emperor caught them and destroyed the Sect Master and his Golden Dao Palace.
• The Demon Emperor burned away the Sect Master's black blood and captured his primordial spirit in the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, turning him into a War Puppet.
• The Demon Emperor's figure faded away, leaving Qing Yao grieving as she reached for him.
• Yue Chan reached for Lin Fan's hand and found he had disappeared.

After the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor vanished, the surviving Cult Masters fought over his weapons while Lin Fan remained beside the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls. Qing Yao defended him from their attacks as the battle threatened to devastate Fire Province.

• Cult Masters and other cultivators attacked the bone tower, Reincarnation Disk fragment, and Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, where Lin Fan had gone.
• Yue Chan panicked over Lin Fan's position, and Qing Yao drove back the Nether Lord to protect the weapons.
• The Lord of the Beast Sea attacked Qing Yao with the Myriad Beasts Fist, but she froze the beast phantoms and wounded him with her Lunar Finger.
• The Nether Lord and the other Cult Masters joined forces against Qing Yao, while Heavenly God Qingyang took Yue Chan away from the battle.
• Qing Yao refused to surrender the weapons as Lin Fan sat beneath the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls in apparent enlightenment, and the Cult Masters prepared to strike again.

Qing Yao fought off the Cult Masters while Lin Fan was carried away by the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls and swept into a newly opened secret realm. The great sects sealed the entrance and prepared to send in their disciples, while the Cult Masters planned to wait for Lin Fan to emerge.

• Qing Yao wounded the deputy sect master of the Demon Dragon Sect and used her bright-moon-above-the-sea phenomenon to repel the Cult Masters’ attacks.
• The Cult Masters fought back together, shaking the primeval forest and frightening cultivators across the surrounding provinces.
• The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls carried Lin Fan and two damaged immortal artifacts away from the battlefield, and Qing Yao pursued them.
• A Light Gate opened onto a Small World, and Lin Fan entered it first while wrapped in the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.
• The Cult Masters identified the place as a secret realm, sealed its entrance, and decided to send their disciples inside while waiting for Lin Fan to come out.

Lin Fan followed the Human Emperor Banner into a hidden pure land and discovered a Nirvana Pool containing the Undying Divine Phoenix’s complete precious art and unused true phoenix blood. After mastering the art, he turned his attention to the pool and the immense fortune it promised.

• Yue Chan learned that Lin Fan had entered the Small World, while Qing Yao told her to prepare to explore the secret realm.
• Millions of cultivators gathered outside the secret realm, where independent cultivators were allowed in under stricter limits and warned they might be used as cannon fodder.
• The Human Emperor Banner led Lin Fan through a divine land to a palace and explained that its Nirvana Pool held true phoenix blood left behind by its master.
• Lin Fan studied the Undying Divine Phoenix’s complete precious art and perfected his incomplete version.
• Lin Fan realized the pool contained far more true phoenix blood than the few drops that had helped him break through before.

Lin Fan used the Phoenix Blood Pool and the True Phoenix Art to transform his physique and reach the perfected Venerable Realm. Meanwhile, Yue Chan and the Heaven Mending Sect forces were hunted by several factions seeking to draw Lin Fan out, and Yue Chan fought back with a Rare Ancient Flame.

• Lin Fan entered the Nirvana Pool and cultivated the True Phoenix Art, using the Phoenix blood to temper and transform his body.
• Lin Fan's blood turned completely golden, his strength and senses improved, and he reached the perfected Venerable Realm with power comparable to an early-stage Divine Fire cultivator.
• Lin Fan considered bringing Yueyue to the pool and wondered whether outsiders had entered the Small World during his absence.
• The Netherworld Son, Yao Yi, and other factions pursued Yue Chan and the Heaven Mending Sect forces, who had suffered heavy casualties, including the deaths of two Divine Fire Realm elders.
• Yue Chan refused to serve as bait for Lin Fan and unleashed her Rare Ancient Flame, killing pursuers and alarming the Netherworld followers.

After emerging from seclusion, Lin Fan sought golden bodhi fruit and learned that outside powers had entered the secret realm. He encountered the Demoness during a fierce battle, where she drew several First Generations toward him, and Jin Lie attacked him over the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor's inheritance.

• Lin Fan crushed the Titan Silver Python beneath his foot but spared its life.
• Lin Fan learned that outside powers were plundering the secret realm and set out to find golden bodhi fruit.
• Lin Fan stumbled upon a battle between powerful experts and recognized the Heaven Severing Sect's Demoness.
• The Demoness asked Lin Fan to hold off her pursuers in exchange for splitting the Saint Medicine, drawing the First Generations' attention to him.
• Jin Lie, the Divine Son of the Sun Divine Vine Hall, demanded the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor's inheritance and attacked Lin Fan, who met his strike with a raised palm.

Lin Fan overwhelmed Jin Lie with his physique and Qilin Art, breaking his vines and catching his Innate Divine Art barehanded. As Lin Fan advanced, Jin Lie prepared to reveal a final trump card.

• Lin Fan met Jin Lie’s golden-flame kick with his blood-qi-enhanced palm, blasted him backward, and shattered his foot.
• Jin Lie transformed into a golden vine and attacked Lin Fan with four vines, but Lin Fan saw through the mist and snapped them.
• Jin Lie unleashed Divine Vine Dao Fire to form a killing formation, and Lin Fan’s Qilin Step destroyed the vines.
• Lin Fan caught Jin Lie’s black Innate Divine Art vine and snapped its tip with his hands.
• Lin Fan advanced with overwhelming golden Blood Qi, and Jin Lie calmly announced that he would use his final trump card.

Lin Fan collected Jin Lie’s deadly yellow mud in the Bone Pagoda and killed the Sun God Divine Vine First Generation. He then turned on the assembled creatures, killed a Purple Swan Divine Fire cultivator, and left the others facing his overwhelming power.

• Jin Lie unleashed yellow mud from the Uninhabited Zone, but Lin Fan captured it in the Bone Pagoda.
• Lin Fan defeated Jin Lie, killing him and claiming his body after it transformed into a Sun God Divine Vine.
• Lin Fan announced he would hunt for another opponent, and the Purple Swan urged the crowd to attack him for the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s legacy.
• Lin Fan charged the Purple Swan, countered his divine abilities, and destroyed his arm and chest with a strike.
• Lin Fan kicked apart the Purple Swan’s protective runes and shattered his head.

Lin Fan slaughtered the cultivators who had turned against him, defeating the Dragon-Horned Rhinoceros First Generation and several other powerful foes with his Spirit Bodies and Supreme Divine Arts. After the battlefield fell silent, he turned his attention to the Demoness and asked how she wanted to die.

• Lin Fan attacked the hostile cultivators with his Spirit Bodies while fighting the Dragon-Horned Rhinoceros First Generation head-on, overpowering him in a clash of strength.
• Lin Fan used Life Deprivation to age and break the rhinoceros's dragon horns, then killed him with a punch through the head.
• Lin Fan and his Spirit Bodies attacked the remaining cultivators, using the True Phoenix flames, Grass Character Sword Art, and Heavenly Map of the Great Dao to kill them.
• Lin Fan stood alone among the corpses, laughing that the battle had exhilarated him.
• The Demoness watched Lin Fan's slaughter in fear, and Lin Fan turned toward her and asked how she wanted to die.

Lin Fan learned that people were hunting Yue Chan to force him out, so he sealed the Small World's exit with the Human Emperor Banner. Those trapped inside faced an uncertain wait, while the Cult Masters outside failed to reopen the passage and the old Demoness hinted that the Heaven Severing Sect's Saintess might not be in danger.

• Demoness tried to escape Lin Fan, but he caught her and used his Heavenly Eye to confirm she was in her true body.
• Demoness told Lin Fan that people were hunting Yue Chan because they believed he had obtained the Demon Emperor's inheritance.
• Lin Fan summoned the Human Emperor Banner and sealed the Small World's exit, trapping everyone inside.
• The trapped people realized the passage had vanished, while the Cult Masters outside failed to find or reopen it.
• The old Demoness of the Heaven Severing Sect mocked the Cult Masters, and the Nether Lord noted that her sect's Saintess was trapped too.

Lin Fan and the Demoness discovered golden bodhi fruits in a bone-strewn region and Lin Fan claimed all three with the Human Emperor Banner. After they left the Burial Ground, the Netherworld's Divine Son confronted them, and Lin Fan prepared to avenge Yue Chan.

• Lin Fan closed the Secret Realm entrance and teased the Demoness about making her his maid before setting out to hunt those who had pursued Yue Chan.
• Lin Fan and the Demoness found a desolate Burial Ground filled with the bones of powerful cultivators and followed a heavenly fragrance to three golden bodhi fruits.
• The Demoness tried to claim one fruit, but Lin Fan used the Human Emperor Banner to take all three and store them in the cauldron.
• The Demoness stayed beside Lin Fan as they left the Burial Ground, hoping to get a share of the rare fruits and remain safe in the Secret Realm.
• The Netherworld's Divine Son and other powerful cultivators ambushed Lin Fan and the Demoness, questioned him about the entrance and inheritance, and drew Lin Fan's wrath after the Demoness identified the Divine Son as one of Yue Chan's attackers.
• Lin Fan advanced on the group with killing intent as green lotuses bloomed around him and the heavens and earth resonated.

Lin Fan overwhelmed the Netherworld Son and his allies, breaking the Nether God Chain and killing three divine fire cultivators. After Lin Fan’s Magic Power Immunity appeared to end, the Netherworld Son called for hidden allies to help capture him and uncover his secrets.

• The Netherworld Son attacked Lin Fan with his black sword, but Lin Fan’s green-lotus technique drove him back.
• The Netherworld Son unleashed the Nether God Chain, but Lin Fan caught it barehanded and shattered it.
• Lin Fan activated Immunity to All Techniques and killed two divine fire cultivators while their attacks failed to harm him.
• Lin Fan’s immunity seemed to expire, but he broke through another deity’s defenses and crushed his head with a dragon claw.
• The Netherworld Son summoned the allies hiding in the shadows to capture Lin Fan and force him to reveal his secrets.

Lin Fan faced Lightning Son, Yao Yi, and Netherworld Son, who joined forces to capture him, but he effortlessly blocked their attacks and wounded them. He sealed the area with the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s Chaos Magical Artifact, leaving the spectators wondering whether he was the Demon Emperor’s offspring.

• Lightning Son, Yao Yi, and Netherworld Son gathered to attack Lin Fan, with Netherworld Son sealing the void and Lightning Son unleashing his Primordial Rune Bone.
• Lin Fan defended himself with a black-and-white Taiji Diagram, which stopped Lightning Son’s thunder and Yao Yi’s Dragon Roar Shakes the Nine Heavens.
• Lin Fan turned his defense into an attack, collapsing all three opponents’ techniques and sending them flying while they spat blood.
• Netherworld Son, Lightning Son, and Yao Yi considered fleeing, but Lin Fan sealed the area with the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s Chaos Magical Artifact.
• The spectators connected Lin Fan to the Demon Emperor’s inheritance and wondered whether he was the Demon Emperor’s offspring.

Lin Fan defeated the Netherworld Son, Lightning Son, and Yao Yi, then captured their primordial spirits to question them about Yue Chan. He learned Yue Chan was safe and had nearly burned her pursuers to death with azure moon flame before he destroyed the three spirits.

• The Netherworld Son, Lightning Son, Yao Yi, and another divine fire cultivator attacked Lin Fan, but he used Immunity to All Techniques and destroyed their weapons and defenses.
• Lin Fan killed Yao Yi with One Blade of Grass and badly wounded the Netherworld Son and the divine fire cultivator.
• Lightning Son burned his blood essence and unleashed his Heavenly Halberd, Bone Pagoda, and one hundred and eight heavenly dragons, but Lin Fan cut them down and captured Lightning Son's soul with the Human Emperor Banner.
• The Human Emperor Banner extracted the primordial spirits of the Netherworld Son, Lightning Son, and Yao Yi, and Lin Fan forced his way into their memories to find out where Yue Chan was.
• Lin Fan learned Yue Chan was unharmed and had nearly killed her pursuers with azure moon flame, then smashed apart all three primordial spirits.

Lin Fan revealed that the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor's inheritance remained available and explained how seekers could reach the Inheritance Grounds. Days later, Yue Chan confronted the Demoness over Lin Fan, and their rivalry erupted into a fight that escalated when Yue Chan summoned the Azure Moon Flame.

• Lin Fan extracted and began refining the Rune Bones and flood dragon tendon from the slain First Generations, while denying that he had taken the inheritance.
• Lin Fan told the cultivators that the Inheritance Grounds held an altar to the outside world and that the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor chose a successor based on fate and perseverance.
• The cultivators resumed searching the Secret Realm, while the Demoness suspected Lin Fan had a hidden reason for leaving the inheritance available.
• Yue Chan met Lin Fan and the Demoness on a purple divine mountain, and the two women traded taunts over their closeness to him.
• The Demoness clung to Lin Fan to provoke Yue Chan, and Yue Chan and the Demoness began fighting in the sky.
• Yue Chan summoned the Azure Moon Flame, startling the Demoness.

Lin Fan reunited Yue Chan and the Demoness, then escorted Yue Chan to a Phoenix Blood Pool and taught her the True Phoenix Art. As Yue Chan cultivated, Lin Fan began comprehending the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art and witnessed visions of the world cycling through reincarnation.

• Yue Chan and the Demoness clashed over their newly acquired treasures until Lin Fan intervened and made them stop fighting.
• Lin Fan shared a feast with Yue Chan and the Demoness, who argued over whether he should join the Heaven Severing Sect or remain with the Heaven Mending Sect.
• The Demoness departed to seek other opportunities after Lin Fan promised to escort her out of the secret realm later.
• Two days later, Lin Fan brought Yue Chan to an ancient palace containing a Phoenix Blood Pool and taught her the complete True Phoenix Art.
• Yue Chan entered the pool to cultivate while Lin Fan began comprehending the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art and saw visions of cosmic cycles.

Lin Fan comprehended the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art and tested its power by combining six Precious Arts. He left the chapter with a devastating new killing move, though its strain on his body showed he still needed greater cultivation and complete abilities.

• Lin Fan entered a perilous state of enlightenment while studying the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art, then broke free after spitting blood.
• Lin Fan examined the art's Dao Diagrams and realized reincarnation, rather than the six paths alone, was its foundation.
• Lin Fan mastered the art's opening stages and combined its seals into a powerful technique for commanding multiple Precious Arts.
• Lin Fan tested the art on a mountaintop, combining six Secret Techniques in a strike that split the void but consumed most of his magic power and strained his body.
• Lin Fan planned to obtain the Kun Peng Precious Technique from Little Milk Hao and seek the other half of the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art from the Profound Heaven Sect.

Lin Fan used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s inheritance to draw the secret realm’s inhabitants into bloody battles, while secretly collecting corpses and blood essence. Outside, the trapped factions learned that Immortal Palace Number One, a Supreme from the Primordial Era, might intervene to open the sealed world.

• The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s inheritance appeared, and Lin Fan and Yue Chan realized that his scheme had drawn everyone toward it.
• Battles across the secret realm killed more than ten thousand beings as someone collected bodies and attacked prodigies, including the Immortal Palace Successor.
• People feared the Demon Emperor’s successor was using the Great Unity Heavenly Art to devour living beings, and Lin Fan privately approved of the growing chaos.
• Lin Fan and Yue Chan continued their intimate cultivation while the outside world remained unable to open the Small World.
• The Immortal Palace Second-in-Command arrived and announced that his master would act, prompting others to recognize his master as the ancient Supreme Immortal Palace Number One.