Chapter Summaries

At the Inheritance Grounds, Lin Fan turned the cultivators against Golden Cicada and fought him with the Immortal King Descends Upon Nine Heavens phenomenon. Golden Cicada was badly wounded and fled, but the surviving Profound Heaven Sect disciple blocked his retreat.

• Cultivators reached the Inheritance Grounds and began fighting over the inheritance.
• Golden Cicada confronted Lin Fan, but Lin Fan rallied other cultivators against him over his alleged plot to kill their fellow Daoists.
• Lin Fan used his cave heaven to move through the flight-ban runes and unleashed Immortal King Descends Upon Nine Heavens against Golden Cicada.
• Golden Cicada resisted with Six-Foot Golden Body, Thousand-Hand Divine Ability, and his blade-like cicada wings, but Lin Fan's magic power immunity negated his attacks and left him gravely wounded.
• Golden Cicada fled after detonating a secret treasure to drive back the Golden Sparrow Palace cultivators, but the surviving Profound Heaven Sect disciple blocked his retreat with a Mountain and River Diagram.

Lin Fan defeated Golden Cicada again, forcing him out of the Secret Realm, then climbed the Sacred Mountain as fierce battles broke out among the competitors. Lin Fan survived a Golden Scorpion’s ambush with the Eight Treasures Glazed Bottle, but regretted destroying what he considered a valuable medicinal ingredient.

• Lin Fan’s attack on Golden Cicada was blocked by a Protective Talisman, which carried Golden Cicada out of the Secret Realm.
• Golden Cicada told the Cult Masters that Lin Fan, the Heaven Mending Sect’s First Generation, had defeated him, then insisted that he be sent back to fight again.
• Lin Fan climbed the Sacred Mountain while Teng Yi battled a Golden Crow, Li Yuncong fought an Azure Flood Dragon, and Qing Ge and his sister faced an Earthworm King.
• A silver Centipede killed a powerful heir by dissolving him with poisonous gas.
• A Golden Scorpion attacked Lin Fan from the void, but he blocked its tail with the Eight Treasures Glazed Bottle and dissolved it with Sunlight Divine Water.
• Lin Fan lamented that he had destroyed the Golden Scorpion instead of preserving it as a medicinal ingredient, while the onlookers feared the bottle’s deadly water.

Lin Fan and Yue Chan studied the Tribulation-Defying Supreme’s insights, and Lin Fan advanced his Spirit Transformation Realm before qualifying for the Divine Treasury. There, the prodigies discovered a damaged sword forged from bright immortal gold and fought over it.

• Lin Fan and Yue Chan entered the summit palace, where its rule against conflict killed a jade-green mantis that attempted a sneak attack.
• Lin Fan studied the Supreme’s cultivation insights, refined his understanding of the earlier realms, and focused on perfecting his Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Several days later, Lin Fan and a handful of prodigies were transported into the Ancient Chaos Palace and discovered the Divine Treasury.
• The Young Supreme of the Taotie race and Teng Yi identified a damaged sword at the palace’s peak as a Chaos Sword forged from bright immortal gold.
• A Golden Crow unleashed sun true fire as the prodigies rushed for the sword, and Lin Fan charged toward it before Li Yuncong blocked his path with his halberd.

Lin Fan and the other prodigies fought over the Tribulation-Defying Supreme’s treasures, but the Bright Immortal Gold Sword refused to leave its master’s grave. When the Young Supreme of the Taotie tried to devour Lin Fan for the Yellow-Black Banner, Lin Fan overpowered and killed him.

• Teng Yi, Qing Xian, Lin Fan, and the other creatures fought as soon as they entered, and the Jade Mantis severed the Golden Luan Bird Tribe’s First Generation’s leg, which Lin Fan took.
• The Bright Immortal Gold Sword awakened and repelled everyone, while Qing Xian suggested it had a will and remained to guard the Tribulation-Defying Supreme’s grave.
• A message revealed that the Tribulation-Defying Supreme had died after failing nirvana while seeking Longevity Medicine to revive his wife.
• Twelve spiritual weapons appeared, and the gathered prodigies rushed to claim them; Lin Fan and the Young Supreme of the Taotie both chose the Yellow-Black Banner.
• The Young Supreme of the Taotie tried to devour Lin Fan, but their abilities canceled each other out, and Lin Fan suppressed him with his Heavenly Map of the Great Dao.
• Lin Fan weakened the transformed Taotie and beheaded him despite his warning about his tribe’s ancestor.

After the Taotie Young Supreme was killed, Lin Fan and Yue Chan battled for treasures in the Divine Treasury and secured the True Phoenix Bone. While other prodigies rushed to claim a Taboo Divine Ability, Lin Fan learned how to win divine weapons through affinity and obtained the Yellow-Black Banner, which he renamed the Apricot-Yellow Banner.

• The Taotie Young Supreme was killed, and Lin Fan joined the ensuing scramble for treasures.
• Lin Fan and Yue Chan found dragon bone iron, while the factions fought over a True Phoenix Bone; Qing Ge was saved by his life talisman, and Qing Xian attacked his assailants.
• When a Taboo Scripture’s presence drew the fighters into the mist, Lin Fan seized the True Phoenix Bone and stayed behind to seek more treasures.
• Lin Fan asked the Divine Treasury’s voice how to claim the weapons and learned that divine weapons chose those with destined affinity.
• Lin Fan attuned himself to the Yellow-Black Banner and claimed it as the Apricot-Yellow Banner, while Yue Chan obtained a Heavenly God-level Moon Wheel.

Lin Fan’s Spirit Body stayed out of the battle for the Bone Scripture, then exploited the chaos to kill the wounded Golden Luan Bird and Golden Crow while posing as a loyal friend. In the Ancient Chaos Palace, Lin Fan’s main body failed to claim more divine weapons and spotted a treasure seal flying toward someone hiding nearby.

• Everyone rushed to fight for the Bone Scripture, and Mu Zixiao battled the Pixiu youth while the other contenders clashed across the Dao platform.
• The Golden Luan Bird youth and Jade Mantis grievously wounded each other, and the crowd killed the crippled Jade Mantis.
• Lin Fan’s Spirit Body pretended to protect the dying Golden Luan Bird, secretly killed him, and then defeated the Golden Crow before collecting both corpses.
• Lin Fan’s main body tried to claim the remaining ten Precious Artifacts in the Ancient Chaos Palace, but the weapons ignored him after he and Yue Chan each obtained one.
• A treasure seal flew toward a corner of the palace, and Lin Fan realized someone had hidden there instead of fighting for the Taboo Secret Technique.

The Demoness stole the Crimson Seal, and Lin Fan pursued her into the Dao Platform, where he fought his way to the Bone Scripture and gained two powerful Divine Abilities. He tested the Qilin Foot against the Silver Sky Centipede and killed it, leaving the other contenders wary of him.

• The Demoness took the Crimson Seal and fled into the mist, so Lin Fan chased after her with Yue Chan.
• At the Dao Platform, Lin Fan's Spirit Body killed the wounded Azure Flood Dragon and claimed its body while others fought over the Bone Scripture.
• Lin Fan used the Apricot-Yellow Banner and Three-Lights Divine Radiance to reach the Bone Scripture, where he and Yue Chan obtained new Precious Arts.
• Lin Fan gained the Yin-Yang Joined Hand Seal and Qilin Foot, but found that the Bone Scripture could not be moved.
• Lin Fan used the Qilin Foot to crush the Silver Sky Centipede, frightening the other contenders with his strength.

The fighters on the Dao Platform dislodged the Bone Scripture, but Golden Cicada snatched it before it was forced back by the restrictions. Lin Fan pursued Golden Cicada instead of the inheritance, and their battle continued as Lin Fan’s Immunity to All Techniques began to fade.

• Li Yuncong, the Demoness, Teng Yi, Qing Xian, Lin Fan, and Yue Chan attacked the restrictions until the Bone Scripture came loose.
• Golden Cicada seized the Bone Scripture, but the restrictions knocked him back, so he threw it aside and retreated.
• Lin Fan blocked Golden Cicada’s escape, and they clashed with the Apricot-Yellow Banner and the Divine Lamp.
• Golden Cicada summoned a Buddha Dharma Form and attacked Lin Fan with the Vajra Five Elements Palm, but Lin Fan charged through it using Immunity to All Techniques.
• Golden Cicada blocked Lin Fan with a Tortoise Shell and waited for his divine ability to weaken, then charged back at him, shouting, “Die!”

Lin Fan defeated and killed Golden Cicada after the Heaven Mending Art reversed their battle, then claimed the inheritance Bone Scripture and discovered its unusual Phoenix-and-Dragon Reversal Art. He left with Yue Chan and the Demoness still teasing and arguing over the technique.

• Golden Cicada nearly struck Lin Fan with his Heavenly Blade, but Lin Fan used the Heaven Mending Art to reverse the moment and resume their fight.
• Lin Fan overwhelmed Golden Cicada with his Immortal King phenomenon and Yellow-Black Banner, then killed him after revealing that he had been the one impersonating him.
• Golden Cicada's primordial runes were destroyed, but Lin Fan took the surviving Six-Winged Heavenly Cicada wings for his planned Heavenly Cicada Garment.
• Lin Fan fought his way to the inheritance Bone Scripture and received the Phoenix-and-Dragon Reversal Art, a dual-cultivation method.
• Lin Fan teased Yue Chan about practicing the art together, and the Demoness interrupted them before Yue Chan charged at her.

Lin Fan shared the Bone Scripture with the other cultivators before leaving the Inheritance Grounds with Yue Chan. They survived an ambush outside, escaped through the void, and Lin Fan dismissed Yue Chan’s concern about the powerful tribes whose First Generations he had killed.

• Lin Fan proposed that everyone take turns studying the Bone Scripture, and the cultivators agreed and shared its inheritance peacefully.
• Feng Wu mistook Lin Fan for Ye Xian, but he denied knowing her; meanwhile, the Demoness and Yue Chan fought over access to the scripture.
• After memorizing many techniques, Lin Fan let the Demoness study the scripture briefly, teased her about becoming his maid, and left with Yue Chan.
• An Iron-Blood Ancient Tree and a Purple-Gold Ant ambushed creatures emerging from the Light Gate, and Lin Fan and Yue Chan fought their way out before fleeing with the Void Beast Hide.
• Lin Fan revealed the corpses of First Generations from the Taotie, Golden Luan Bird, and Six-Winged Heavenly Cicada tribes, while Yue Chan worried about retaliation; Lin Fan said the Heaven Mending Sect could handle it.

After the Heaven Mending Secret Realm ended, Lin Fan returned to the Heaven Mending Sect with its Supreme legacy and many treasures. He entered seclusion and successfully advanced to the Inscription Realm.

• The surviving outsiders emerged from the Secret Realm, and the Taotie Ancestress and the Western Sect's Vice Cult Master glared at Lin Fan until Qing Yao shielded him and warned them not to retaliate.
• A Cult Master defended Lin Fan, while powerful figures discussed his victories and compared him with the Immortal Palace Successor.
• Lin Fan told Qing Yao about the treasures he had obtained and gave her a copy of the Supreme's legacy; she agreed to refine a Heavenly Cicada Garment and shoes from his materials.
• Qing Yao warned Lin Fan to stay inside because enemies might arrange an assassination, and Lin Fan agreed to cultivate in seclusion.
• Lin Fan broke through to the Inscription Realm after a day and night of transformation by runes.

After advancing into the Inscription Realm, Lin Fan explored evolving divine radiance into lifelike phenomena and considered creating his own runes to address the Supreme Bone. His experiments stalled, and after he explained his dangerous theories, Qing Yao told him to stop cultivating and rest.

• Lin Fan entered the Inscription Realm and realized he could continue developing the divine-radiance path he had begun in the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Lin Fan evolved divine radiance into visions of landscapes, stars, weapons, and legendary creatures, but coughed blood when he failed to give them the mysteries of life and death.
• Lin Fan concluded that understanding the underlying patterns and energy balances of runes might help him create his own and resolve the problem with the Supreme Bone.
• Lin Fan sought Qing Yao's guidance and explained his theory that runes formed from energies reacting and colliding.
• Qing Yao warned Lin Fan that his experiments could destroy his body and soul, and told him to stop cultivating for a while, though Lin Fan said he felt fine.

Lin Fan discussed creating runes and the mysteries of life and death with Qing Yao, then inspired her with ideas about yin and yang. After testing his new treasures and handing Yue Chan his Vajra Pills, he learned that the Lower Realm had leads on what he was seeking.

• Qing Yao told Lin Fan that creating original runes required reaching the Heavenly God Realm, and she could not advise him on reversing life and death.
• Lin Fan explained how yin and yang might transform into one another, inspiring Qing Yao to enter seclusion and pursue further cultivation.
• Lin Fan tested the Heavenly Cicada Garment and Mystic Yellow Shoes, finding that they offered formidable defense and attack power.
• Lin Fan teased Yue Chan about meeting her family, then gave her the four Vajra Pills he had refined.
• Yue Chan told Lin Fan that news from the Lower Realm had revealed leads on what he was looking for.

At the Heaven Mending Sect, Lin Fan accidentally killed Zhen Zhen with a powerful kick while saving Yue Chan's Secondary Body from his advances. The sect gathered, and Zhen Ming challenged the account of his younger brother's death.

• Yue Chan's Secondary Body played her flute beside a lake when Zhen Zhen appeared and approached her with indecent intentions.
• Yue Chan's Secondary Body used a Precious Art against Zhen Zhen, but Lin Fan's enormous foot descended and crushed him, destroying his body and soul.
• Lin Fan landed and said he had used too much strength, while Yue Chan's Secondary Body noted that his yellow shoes were a top-grade Magical Artifact.
• Granny Xihua, the Cult Master, elders, and disciples arrived, and Yue Chan's Secondary Body explained that Zhen Zhen had intruded with indecent intentions and Lin Fan had accidentally stomped him to death.
• Zhen Ming protested that his younger brother would never behave that way and argued that Zhen Zhen should have been handed over to the sect for punishment.

Lin Fan backed Yue Chan’s Secondary Body against the sect elders, then received a piece of Beast Hide from her that joined his own and promised a share of the treasure it concealed. The two remained on the island, with Yue Chan choosing to wait for the treasure rather than take one of Lin Fan’s offered rewards.

• Zhen Ming challenged Yue Chan’s explanation for Zhen Zhen’s death, but Lin Fan and the elders intimidated him into apologizing and accepting three years in the Black Ice Cave.
• The old Sect Master stripped Zhen Ming of his guardian position, and Lin Fan rejected the proposal to send Upper Realm figures down while warning the sect to enforce its rules.
• After the others left and the island was repaired, Yue Chan gave Lin Fan a Beast Hide fragment and said the remaining piece was with the Stone Kingdom’s Ninth Princess.
• Lin Fan joined Yue Chan’s fragment to his own and recognized that the Beast Hide might reveal a peerless Dao seed.
• Yue Chan asked for a share of the treasure, but after Lin Fan offered her other valuables instead, she kept her decision to wait for the Beast Hide’s secret.

Lin Fan visited Shi Wanning at the Ninth Princess Residence to obtain the final piece of beast hide, but he saw through her attempt to secure his help. After refusing to promise support for her claim to the throne or for an unspecified future request, he left her to choose another condition.

• Lin Fan arrived alone in the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital while Yue Chan stayed in seclusion to reach the Inscription Realm.
• Lin Fan visited Shi Wanning, who welcomed him at the Ninth Princess Residence and offered him the beast hide without conditions.
• Lin Fan took the beast hide and tried to leave, then teased Shi Wanning into revealing what she really wanted.
• Shi Wanning asked Lin Fan to help her ascend the Stone Kingdom's throne, but he refused and said he could conquer territory for her instead.
• Shi Wanning asked Lin Fan to aid her once in the future, but he refused again and told her to choose another condition.

Lin Fan gave Shi Wanning a token to cultivate at the Heaven Mending Sect, then reunited the three beast-hide pieces and discovered clues to a Heavenly Seed and a sealed small world. After killing several groups who tried to steal his Mystic Yellow Shoes, he headed for the Stone Kingdom's Western Frontier to ask Willow Mom to open the hidden world.

• Lin Fan told Shi Wanning to strengthen herself before pursuing the Stone Kingdom's throne and gave her a token for the Heaven Mending Sect.
• Shi Wanning examined the token and made a decision after Lin Fan left the imperial capital.
• Lin Fan's three beast-hide pieces joined together, revealing clues to a Heavenly Seed and a small world marked with the word "Reincarnation."
• Three groups tried to seize Lin Fan's Mystic Yellow Shoes, and Lin Fan killed them with powerful stomps.
• Lin Fan traveled through a shattered void toward the Stone Kingdom's Western Frontier to seek Willow Mom's help with the beast hide.

Lin Fan returned to Stone Village after three years and brought its villagers precious gifts from the vicious beasts he had killed. He reunited with Shi Hao over a feast, where the seven-year-old eagerly ate the pure-blooded beast meat and began refining its essence.

• Lin Fan arrived at Stone Village and was warmly welcomed by Shi Yunfeng and the children.
• Lin Fan gave the villagers Precious Artifacts and vicious beast carcasses, including a pure-blooded Silver-Horned Bear.
• Lin Fan saw that the Willow Tree had changed after waking from a deep slumber and promised Willow Mom a gift.
• Shi Yunfeng explained that Shi Hao had been training hard since learning about his origins, and Shi Hao returned from the mountain forest.
• Shi Hao recognized Lin Fan, washed up, and devoured pure-blooded meat at the welcome feast before sitting down to refine its essence.

Lin Fan encouraged Shi Hao to grow independently, then offered the Willow Deity three-lights divine water and asked her to unlock a beast hide containing a path to the reincarnation immortal seed. The Willow Deity revealed the hide’s formation could serve as a key and explained the differences between the Immortal Ancient and Current Era cultivation methods.

• Lin Fan comforted Shi Yunfeng about Shi Hao’s hardships and declined to take Shi Hao away, saying he should grow through his own experiences.
• Shi Hao woke, promised to leave the Great Wilderness and grow up on his own, and Lin Fan offered to introduce him to a Dao Lineage when he did.
• Lin Fan gave the Willow Deity three-lights divine water from the Eight Treasures Glazed Bottle, and she drew some of its power into a leaf.
• Lin Fan asked the Willow Deity to open the beast hide, and she revealed a peerless formation and information about the reincarnation Dao seed.
• The Willow Deity explained that the formation inscribed on the beast hide acted as a key to the reincarnation immortal seed and advised Lin Fan about Dao seeds, runes, and the two cultivation systems.

Lin Fan contemplated how to create his own path in the Inscription Realm, then left Stone Village to seek the reincarnation immortal seed. Back in the Cosmos Domain, he recruited Yue Chan’s Secondary Body to exchange Upper Realm Spirit Medicine for rooted Lower Realm plants as part of his plan to cultivate Saint Medicine.

• Lin Fan told the Willow Deity he would seek the Dao within himself, and she advised him to focus on the process linking life and death.
• Lin Fan reunited with Little One, praised his progress, and teased him about his strength.
• Three days later, Lin Fan left Stone Village to search for the reincarnation immortal seed, while Little One vowed to grow stronger and trained with the Three-Lights Divine Water Lin Fan had given him.
• In the Cosmos Domain, Lin Fan ordered Yue Chan’s Secondary Body to trade a thousand Upper Realm Spirit Medicines for rooted Lower Realm plants.
• Lin Fan promised Yue Chan’s Secondary Body a Vajra Pill and a Saint Medicine as rewards, and she agreed to handle the exchange.