Chapter Summaries

After Qing Yao defeated the Western Sect’s Cult Master, rumors spread about her and a taboo story linking her to the Demon Emperor. Lin Fan confronted the Divine Fire Realm cultivator who had spread the story, demanding to know who had sent him.

• Cultivators across the Three Thousand Provinces praised Qing Yao’s strength and discussed her past, including her connection to the old Demoness of the Heaven Severing Sect.
• A Divine Fire Realm cultivator claimed Qing Yao had offered herself to the Demon Emperor to save the Heaven Mending Sect, leaving listeners stunned.
• Lin Fan and Yue Chan heard the rumor, and Yue Chan wondered whether it explained the sect’s forbidden gap in its history.
• Lin Fan realized someone was deliberately spreading the story and attacked the Divine Fire Realm cultivator in the neighboring room.
• The cultivator unleashed lightning, but Lin Fan blocked it and demanded to know his affiliation and who had sent him.

Lin Fan brutally beat a divine fire cultivator and tried to force him to reveal who had spread rumors about him. Yue Chan used an Ancient Method to probe the man’s thoughts, and the words “Heaven Severing Sect” left Lin Fan believing he knew who was responsible.

• Lin Fan defeated the divine fire cultivator, knocked him down, and humiliated him by beating his face with a shoe.
• The crowd gathered as Lin Fan threatened the man with further punishment and demanded to know who had told him to spread the rumors.
• The cultivator unleashed his Dao fire, but Lin Fan’s Unique Cave Heaven extinguished it, and Lin Fan continued tormenting him.
• Lin Fan prepared to use a Soul-Destroying Needle, but Yue Chan offered to probe the cultivator’s thoughts with an Ancient Method.
• Yue Chan’s technique revealed little, but the mention of the Heaven Severing Sect gave Lin Fan a clue about who was behind the rumors.

Lin Fan completed Heavenly Passage Nourishing Spirit, reached perfection in the Spirit Transformation Realm, and emerged from ten months of seclusion. He considered how to surpass the Extreme Realm before heading out to torment the creatures in the Purple Bamboo Forest.

• Lin Fan inscribed Precious Arts into his Heavenly Passage and awakened spirit bodies, including a True Dragon, an Undying Divine Phoenix, Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, and a Heaven-Reaching Jianmu.
• Lin Fan nurtured ten spirit bodies and shaped a sword embryo, bell, cauldron, and pagoda, completing Heavenly Passage Nourishing Spirit and reaching perfection in the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Lin Fan emerged from ten months of secluded cultivation, now ten years old and ready to advance to the Inscription Realm, but resolved to find a way to surpass the Extreme Realm first.
• Lin Fan went to the Purple Bamboo Forest, where the creatures fled from him, and chased the Eight Treasure Chickens and Eight Treasure Carp for meat.

Lin Fan cooked rare Eight Treasures with Yue Chan and Qing Yao, then learned the Heaven Mending Secret Realm would soon open. Qing Yao told Yue Chan to protect Lin Fan there, and Yue Chan’s confidence collapsed after realizing he truly relied on close combat rather than offensive divine abilities.

• Lin Fan teased Yue Chan while using his Precious Art to harvest meat from Eight Treasure creatures for a meal.
• Qing Yao joined Lin Fan and Yue Chan, and the three feasted on the Eight Treasures as Qing Yao explained that some varieties could still be found in the Immortal Ancient Ruins.
• Yue Chan asked whether Lin Fan would enter the soon-to-open Heaven Mending Secret Realm, and he agreed that exploring might help him overcome his cultivation bottleneck.
• Qing Yao instructed Yue Chan to protect Lin Fan in the secret realm, prompting Yue Chan to question why he needed protection when he was so strong.
• Lin Fan admitted that he was a support who could not use offensive spells, and Yue Chan’s confidence crumbled when she recalled that he fought enemies with his fists.

As Heaven Mending Ancient City filled with young talents from across the provinces for the Heaven Mending Secret Realm, Lin Fan joked about eating his rivals and taking their females as mounts. After several First Generations arrived, Yue Chan complained about her duties and agreed to look after Lin Fan once they entered the realm.

• The sects opened the Heaven Mending Secret Realm trial to outsiders, and cultivators crowded into the ancient city ahead of its opening.
• Lin Fan announced that he wanted to eat nonhumanoid beings and suppress males while taking females as mounts, scandalizing the Heaven Mending Sect disciples around him.
• Qing Xian of the Green Lotus Clan arrived, and Lin Fan learned that numerous First Generations, including Li Yuncong, Mu Zixiao, and Golden Cicada, would take part.
• Li Yuncong and Mu Zixiao arrived in the city, and Lin Fan recognized Feng Wu among the gathered talents.
• Yue Chan complained that hosting guests had exhausted her and urged Lin Fan to become successor, but he refused and asked her to protect him in the Secret Realm.

Prodigies from across the provinces gathered in Heaven Mending Ancient City ahead of the Heaven Mending Secret Realm’s opening. Lin Fan studied the entrants as potential food and mounts, then learned from Yue Chan about a Fortune Pool that could help him break through the limits of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

• The young Supreme of the Golden Luan Bird clan, Teng Yi of the Fire Gold Tribe, and the Demoness of the Heaven Severing Sect arrived in Heaven Mending Ancient City.
• The great sects opened places in the secret realm to outsiders who passed a trial, drawing many people eager to pursue its rumored ancient inheritance despite the dangers within.
• After five days, Lin Fan read a roster of the realm’s entrants and categorized them by whether they could be eaten or tamed, alarming the Heaven Mending Sect disciples and Yue Chan.
• Lin Fan defended his recklessness by arguing that a Supreme needed an invincible conviction, but Yue Chan recognized his sly smile and warned him not to cause trouble.
• Yue Chan told Lin Fan about a Fortune Pool in the secret realm that could cleanse the body and spirit, and Lin Fan became eager to use it to aid his planned breakthrough.

The Heaven Mending Secret Realm opened, drawing the young prodigies of many races to its entrance. Lin Fan provoked Golden Cicada and startled the crowd before the selected entrants were sent into the realm with protective Jade Talismans.

• The Heaven Mending Secret Realm's star-formed passage opened, and races and sects gathered outside it.
• Lin Fan noticed Golden Cicada watching him with hostility, while Golden Cicada struggled to contain his resentment over his previous defeat.
• The Heaven Mending Sect's Cult Master warned the entrants about the realm's dangers, and the elders sent the Young Supremes to different regions through a Teleportation Array.
• The Cult Master explained that each eligible prodigy received a Jade Talisman that would block one fatal blow and transport its bearer out when it shattered.
• Lin Fan joked about cutting meat from his opponents and threatened to eat anyone who stared at him, making the crowd wary and embarrassing the Cult Master.
• Golden Cicada nearly charged at Lin Fan as the expedition prepared to enter the Secret Realm.

The Female Demon provoked Qing Yao by bringing up an old marriage arrangement and the child she was raising, and the two fought before leaving to battle beyond the world. After the Cult Masters contained the fallout, trials in the Heaven Mending Secret Realm resumed, with new prodigies sent into separate regions.

• The Female Demon called for Qing Yao and teased her about an old marriage prospect and the child she was raising.
• Qing Yao struck at the Female Demon, and their clash threatened the younger cultivators until the Cult Masters contained its power.
• Qing Yao challenged the Female Demon to fight beyond the world, and both women flew away to continue their battle.
• The Cult Master resumed the secret realm trials and sent Teng Yi, Li Yuncong, Qing Xian, and other prodigies through the gate into separate regions.

Lin Fan and the Heaven Mending Sect disciples encountered a fierce fish guarding an Ice Crystal Flower in the Heaven Mending Secret Realm. After Lin Fan saved Jin Lingxiao and killed the fish, he cooked it for the group, leaving Yue Chan astonished by his priorities.

• The Heaven Mending Sect group found a seven-petaled Ice Crystal Flower growing in a lake, and Jin Lingxiao flew over to pick it.
• A monstrous fish erupted from the lake, struck Jin Lingxiao away, and fired silver arrows at the disciples.
• Lin Fan used the Heaven Mending Art to reverse time over the lake, then broke the fish’s scales and cleaved it in two with his battle halberd.
• Lin Fan prepared a grilled fish feast with his Great Cauldron and secret seasonings while the disciples marveled at his cooking.
• Yue Chan was stunned by Lin Fan’s choice to feast before searching for treasures, but the disciples praised the fish and asked for more.

Lin Fan disguised himself as Golden Cicada so the Heaven Mending Sect could rob other factions while pinning the blame on him. After learning the Golden Sparrow Palace had a dozen disciples nearby and a history of hostility with their sect, Lin Fan led his group to attack them.

• Lin Fan’s companions praised his cooking, and Jin Lingxiao thanked him for thwarting an earlier sneak attack.
• When Feng Yu asked whether they should search for opportunities, Lin Fan proposed robbing other factions instead.
• Lin Fan transformed into Golden Cicada, claimed to be his elder brother Tang Sanzang, and dressed as a monk to make the disguise convincing.
• Days later, Jin Lingxiao reported finding twelve Golden Sparrow Palace disciples nearby, and Feng Yu explained the sect’s past conflicts with them.
• Lin Fan decided to attack the Golden Sparrow Palace disciples, while the Heaven Mending Sect disciples realized he was eager to eat their Golden Dragon Sparrow forms.

Lin Fan seized a Golden Ginseng King from beneath the noses of Golden Sparrow Palace and escaped as an azure Flood Dragon attacked. The Golden Sparrow Palace elder recognized him as Golden Cicada, the Western Sect's First Generation, and ordered his people to pursue.

• Golden Sparrow Palace forced independent cultivators to search for spirit herbs while Lin Fan and the Heaven Mending Sect watched from nearby.
• An independent cultivator discovered a Golden Ginseng King in a pool, and the Golden Sparrow Palace elder ordered him to retrieve it despite a sleeping Flood Dragon.
• The independent cultivator pulled out the medicine, awakening the Flood Dragon, which attacked and caught him in its jaws.
• Lin Fan rushed in and snatched the Golden Ginseng King before the Golden Sparrow Palace elder could reach it.
• Lin Fan fled with the medicine, and the elder recognized him as Golden Cicada and ordered the pursuit.

Lin Fan stole the Saint Medicine and fought his way through the Golden Sparrow Palace disciples before escaping the Flood Dragon through a Teleportation Array. Two Golden Sparrow Palace disciples were then teleported out of the secret realm, shocking their elder and drawing the Heaven Mending Sect Cult Master's mockery.

• Lin Fan defeated the Golden Sparrow Palace disciples who tried to block his escape, killing some and driving others away with their Jade Talismans.
• Lin Fan charged into the remaining Golden Sparrow Palace forces, killing several and collecting their treasures as the Flood Dragon turned toward him.
• Lin Fan fled the Flood Dragon, thanked his pursuers for their spoils, and escaped through the Heaven Mending Sect's Teleportation Array.
• Two Golden Sparrow Palace disciples emerged from the secret realm via Jade Talismans, and the Golden Sparrow Palace elder lost his composure as the Heaven Mending Sect Cult Master sneered.

Lin Fan returned to the Heaven Mending Sect with a vast haul after massacring Golden Sparrow Palace disciples and taking their treasures. After feasting with Yue Chan and the others, he led them toward a mist-shrouded ruin where Profound Heaven Sect cultivators had entered and not returned.

• Golden Sparrow Palace disciples emerged from the Secret Realm and told their ancestor that Tang Sanzang had attacked them and stolen their treasures.
• Lin Fan reunited with the Heaven Mending Sect disciples and shared sixteen Quasi-Saint Medicines, over four hundred spirit medicines, and a Saint Medicine.
• Lin Fan prepared a feast from two pureblood Dragon Sparrows, and Yue Chan and the returning disciples joined the celebration.
• Yue Chan told Lin Fan about a region where members of another Great Church had gathered, and he led the group there to plunder them.
• Lin Fan and the others found a mist-filled ruin where Profound Heaven Sect cultivators had entered long ago and still had not come out.

Lin Fan and the others became trapped inside a vast ancient formation in the Heaven Mending Secret Realm, where a family heirloom compass offered them a way to find their bearings. After Lin Fan boasted that he feared no heavenly punishment, a sudden lightning bolt struck him, and the group teased him before moving on.

• Lin Fan realized a divine-level formation had expanded the valley and disrupted the group’s sense of direction, while attempts to escape triggered deadly attacks.
• Su Rou brought out an ancient compass that could locate mountains, rivers, and earth veins, and Lin Fan joked that her family were archaeologists.
• Lin Fan praised archaeology and declared that he feared no heavenly punishment, despite Su Rou warning that the craft brought calamities.
• A bolt of heavenly lightning struck Lin Fan from nowhere, badly injuring him before his Supreme Technique healed him.
• Yue Chan recalled legends of heavenly lightning falling in response to startling words, and the others teased Lin Fan before he hurried them onward.

Lin Fan and the others reached the Tribulation-Defying Heavenly Palace, where they learned the Profound Heaven Sect was seeking the missing half of the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art. As the sect prepared to break the palace’s formation, Lin Fan’s group planned to take advantage of the turmoil and seize the opportunity.

• Su Rou used her Star Compass to guide the group through the great formation and into the innermost valley, where they discovered the Tribulation-Defying Heavenly Palace and its dangerous medicinal fields.
• Lin Fan and the others hid at the valley’s edge as the Profound Heaven Sect’s injured experts continued trying to break into the palace.
• A Profound Heaven Sect elder revealed that the sect’s Cult Master had founded the sect after obtaining the first half of the Immortal Tribulation Sword Canon in the secret realm.
• The elders disclosed that the missing half was likely inside the palace and that together the two halves formed the supreme Immortal Tribulation Sword Art.
• The Profound Heaven Sect disciples urged the elders to resume breaking the formation, while Lin Fan and his companions discussed how to exploit the situation; Lin Fan recalled that the sword arts could be combined with his Grass Character Sword Art.

Lin Fan and the Heaven Mending Sect ambushed the Profound Heaven Sect members left guarding the formations in the Heaven Mending Secret Realm. Lin Fan killed two before battling the survivors, and one elder escaped when his jade talisman activated.

• The Profound Heaven Sect elders sent disciples to scout a dangerous formation, then decided to capture outsiders to take their place.
• With the elders divided, Lin Fan and the Heaven Mending Sect group decided to attack; Yue Chan said her Divine Carpet could briefly disable the remaining formations.
• Lin Fan used a spirit body to surprise the guards and killed two Profound Heaven Sect members who could not escape with jade talismans.
• The surviving five recognized Lin Fan as Golden Cicada, but he claimed his name was Tang Sanzang and fought off their divine arrows.
• Lin Fan caught the arrow attacks with the help of his treasures, pierced an elder with a black spear, and the elder escaped when his jade talisman activated.

Lin Fan defeated the Profound Heaven Sect disciples in the valley, while their elder escaped and reported that Golden Cicada had attacked them. Lin Fan and the Heaven Mending Sect group entered the palace, where they found a coffin made from lunar divine stone instead of the expected inheritance.

• Lin Fan's Spirit Body killed two Profound Heaven Sect disciples, and Lin Fan killed another while the last escaped in runes.
• The Profound Heaven Sect elder emerged from the secret realm and told the Cult Master that the Western Sect's First Generation had attacked and exposed their valley.
• Yue Chan used the Heaven Mending Sect's divine carpet to guide Lin Fan and the others through the palace formation.
• Lin Fan and the group entered the golden palace and found only a black stone coffin, with no visible inheritance.
• The group approached the coffin cautiously and realized it was carved from a single piece of lunar divine stone.

Lin Fan and the others witnessed the memories preserved by the taiyin stone coffin and learned how the Tribulation-Defying Supreme and his beloved had died. The story left them mourning the lovers’ fate, while the coffin remained untouched.

• Lin Fan warned the group against taking the taiyin stone coffin, and Feng Yu’s Spirit Body was killed when it touched the coffin, injuring Feng Yu as well.
• Images appeared above the coffin, showing the Tribulation-Defying Supreme grieving beside his beloved, who lay sealed inside it.
• The images revealed that the Tribulation-Defying Supreme carried the coffin into the Uninhabited Zone and fought a mysterious figure amid the ruins.
• The Tribulation-Defying Supreme returned gravely wounded with an Undying Immortal Medicine and revived his beloved, but later died after failing to recover from his wounds.
• The revived woman chose to die beside the Tribulation-Defying Supreme, and Su Rou wept as Lin Fan recited a poem about love and parting.

Lin Fan helped the Heaven Mending Sect disciples recover from the stone coffin’s visions and renew their resolve, then triggered a resonance between his sword arts and the Tribulation-Defying Heavenly Palace. He entered an enlightenment state and began comprehending a new sword intent as two mysterious figures appeared in his sea of consciousness.

• Lin Fan and Yue Chan steadied the disciples’ Dao hearts by explaining that cultivation gave them the strength to fight against regret and disaster.
• The Heaven Mending Sect members searched the golden palace but found no inheritance, and Lin Fan speculated that the Tribulation-Defying Supreme’s true inheritance lay elsewhere.
• Lin Fan manifested his cave heaven, and his nine-leafed sword grass resonated with the palace, causing Great Dao music and runes to appear.
• Yue Chan and the other disciples tried to comprehend the manifestation but understood nothing, while Lin Fan remained immersed in enlightenment.
• Two ancient figures manifested from sword intent in Lin Fan’s sea of consciousness and chanted scriptures as he comprehended a new strand of sword intent.

Lin Fan and the Heaven Mending Sect studied the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art, and Lin Fan condensed two sword embryos before leaving the hall. Outside, disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect ambushed him and demanded the inheritance, setting the two sides against each other.

• Lin Fan found the golden sheet containing half of the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art and invited his fellow disciples to study it with him.
• Lin Fan and Yue Chan gained deep insights from the sword art while the others memorized its runes.
• After several days, Lin Fan condensed two sword embryos, and Yue Chan also awakened from her study with a major advance in sword cultivation.
• Lin Fan told the others to keep the inheritance secret and said they should seek the other half from the Profound Heaven Sect.
• As Lin Fan emerged from the hall, a Four Symbols Divine Arrow struck at him, but his unique cave heaven blocked it.
• Xuanji Zi and nine other Profound Heaven Sect disciples confronted Lin Fan, demanded the inheritance, and prepared to attack.