Recaps

Lin Fan crossed No Man's Land toward Emperor Pass, brushing aside its deadly hazards while Tang Fengtian secretly followed him. As Lin Fan reached the Mysterious Pass Ancient Road, a Jin Clan elder also set a hidden scheme in motion against him.

• The Five-Crown King warned Lin Fan that No Man's Land was dangerous and cautioned him about Tang Fengtian and Ouyang Bin before the group went separate ways.
• A Jin Clan elder crushed a jade pendant and sent a faint dark golden light into the void, vowing that Lin Fan would pay for killing a Jin Clan member.
• Lin Fan traveled alone, destroying a spatial rift and sweeping away Dark Remnant Spirits with his Chaos Qi and Double Pupils.
• Over the next few days, Lin Fan crossed living swamps, webs of spatial rifts, and powerful Dark Remnant Spirits without slowing down.
• Tang Fengtian followed Lin Fan for three days as Lin Fan stopped to eat roasted dragon meat and joked about roasting a True Dragon.
• Lin Fan took another step and found the Mysterious Pass Ancient Road ahead.

Lin Fan entered the Mysterious Pass Ancient Road gorge and was trapped in a killing formation by Tang Fengtian, Ouyang Bin, and a Jin family elder. He broke the formation with the Immortal Seed, defeated all three, and killed the Jin family elder.

• Lin Fan noticed the ancient runes on the gorge cliffs but stepped inside, where the formation sealed both exits and activated.
• Tang Fengtian, Ouyang Bin, and a Jin family elder emerged and demanded that Lin Fan surrender the Immortal Seed.
• The Jin family elder attacked Lin Fan with a peak Quasi-Emperor palm, but Lin Fan's three strands of Immortal Qi shattered it and sent the elder crashing through a cliff.
• Lin Fan activated the Immortal Seed, which broke the gorge's formation and immobilized Tang Fengtian.
• Lin Fan struck Tang Fengtian and Ouyang Bin with the True Dragon Fist, smashing them into opposite cliffs.
• Lin Fan killed the Jin family elder with a palm strike, splitting his body into dark-gold motes.

Lin Fan defeated the three clans’ forces, but Jin Wudao, Tang Xuantian, and Ouyang Lie arrived as Great Emperors and attacked him to seize the Immortal Seed. As the emperors closed in, Lin Dong appeared and halted their assault.

• Lin Fan prepared to kill Tang Fengtian and Ouyang Bin, but Jin Wudao, Tang Xuantian, and Ouyang Lie arrived in their true bodies.
• The three emperors pressured Lin Fan and demanded that he surrender the Immortal Seed, with Jin Wudao and Tang Xuantian revealing Immortal Artifacts.
• Lin Fan summoned the Immortal Seed and challenged the emperors to take it from him.
• Jin Wudao, Tang Xuantian, and Ouyang Lie attacked Lin Fan together with two Immortal Artifacts and a powerful fist strike.
• A sword light forced the three emperors back and split a distant mountain peak.
• Lin Dong arrived, and Jin Wudao recognized him as the Unfettered Sword Emperor.

Lin Dong arrived to protect Lin Fan and overwhelmed Jin Wudao, Tang Xuantian, and Ouyang Lie with his sword. The three Emperors fled after their Immortal Artifacts were damaged, leaving Lin Dong and Lin Fan behind.

• Lin Dong appeared beside Lin Fan and challenged the three Emperors for targeting his son.
• Lin Dong struck Jin Wudao, Tang Xuantian, and Ouyang Lie with one slash, damaging their defenses and driving them back.
• Lin Dong mocked the three Emperors and gave them a chance to withstand one more slash.
• Lin Dong's next attack badly cracked Jin Wudao's immortal sword and split Tang Xuantian's bronze mirror.
• Jin Wudao, Tang Xuantian, and Ouyang Lie fled and vowed to remember the humiliation.

Lin Dong’s Dharma body defeated the three Great Emperors who had tried to seize the Immortal Seed, then warned Lin Fan that Emperor Pass’s factions would keep targeting him. After Lin Dong vanished, Lin Fan continued toward Emperor Pass, while the wounded clan leaders plotted to stop him in No Man’s Land.

• Lin Dong told Lin Fan that the Immortal Seed must not fall into the Foreign Domain’s hands or those with sinister intentions at Emperor Pass, but withheld its true purpose.
• Lin Dong assured Lin Fan that the Lin Clan could handle the other clans and urged him to fight back if anyone bullied him.
• Lin Dong’s Dharma body dispersed, and Lin Fan continued along the Mysterious Pass Ancient Road toward Emperor Pass.
• Jin Wudao, Tang Xuantian, and Ouyang Lie discussed their defeat and agreed they had to act before Lin Fan reached Emperor Pass in half a month.
• Ouyang Lie proposed keeping Lin Fan from reaching the gates by arranging an accident in No Man’s Land.

Ouyang Lie, Tang Xuantian, and Jin Wudao arranged for the Seven Kills Hall to assassinate Lin Fan, while a black-robed man ordered his own people to strike first. As Lin Fan sensed an unfamiliar presence on the Mysterious Pass Ancient Road, he killed the assassin who attacked him and challenged the next enemy to come.

• Ouyang Lie persuaded Tang Xuantian and Jin Wudao to hire the Seven Kills Hall to intercept Lin Fan and seize the Immortal Seed.
• A black-robed man learned that the clans had contacted the Seven Kills Hall and ordered his own people to attack Lin Fan first.
• Lin Fan sensed a concealed presence approaching him in the gray mist of the Mysterious Pass Ancient Road.
• A Seven Kills Hall assassin attacked Lin Fan with a black thread and five afterimages, but Lin Fan blocked each move with Chaos Qi.
• Lin Fan sensed the assassin's hidden sword strike with his Double Pupils, trapped him, and kicked him into a cloud of blood mist.

A shadowy enemy ordered Seven Kills Hall to send peak Quasi-Emperor assassins after Lin Fan to seize the Immortal Seed. As Lin Fan ate in an abandoned courtyard, a bronze-masked dark being led an attack against him, but the chapter ended with the revived creatures pressing their assault.

• In a black palace, the black-robed man ordered Seven Kills Hall to dispatch elder-level assassins and keep targeting Lin Fan until he could no longer enter Emperor Pass.
• Lin Fan killed the assassins sent by Seven Kills Hall as he made his way toward Emperor Pass City, then stopped to roast meat in an abandoned courtyard.
• Lin Fan sensed dozens of dark beings and puppets gathering around him, led by a bronze-masked peak Quasi-Emperor who demanded the Immortal Seed.
• Lin Fan mocked the attackers and blocked their charge with a screen of Chaos Qi, shattering them into fragments that soon reformed.
• The bronze-masked man declared that darkness was undying and demanded the Immortal Seed, while Lin Fan faced the revived attackers.

Lin Fan overwhelmed the bronze-masked man’s forces with his Chaos Immortal Qi, Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art, and Purifying Lotus Immortal Flame. As the masked man summoned more dark creatures, Lin Fan’s flame began burning them away, leaving the man terrified.

• Lin Fan struck the bronze-masked man with one punch, shattering his blade and sending him crashing through trees and a wall.
• Lin Fan used the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art to absorb and destroy the approaching dark creatures and puppets.
• A Peak Quasi-Emperor assassin attacked Lin Fan from behind, but Lin Fan caught him and killed him, earning 300000 Villain Points.
• The bronze-masked man rang a bone bell to summon more dark silhouettes.
• Lin Fan unleashed the Purifying Lotus Immortal Flame, which burned away the dark matter and silhouettes, frightening the bronze-masked man.

Lin Fan killed Guimian with the Purifying Lotus Immortal Flame, seized the Blood-Patterned Bone Bell, and continued toward Emperor Pass. After learning of the dark army’s defeat, the black-robed man set out to kill Lin Fan himself, but a white-robed swordsman blocked his path.

• Lin Fan used the Purifying Lotus Immortal Flame to burn Guimian to ashes and collected the Blood-Patterned Bone Bell.
• Lin Fan examined the bell’s orderly patterns, suspected people inside Emperor Pass had refined it, and resumed his journey.
• A gray-robed cultivator reported to the black-robed man that Qingtong, Guimian, and the dark army had been killed.
• The black-robed man decided to act personally to obtain the Immortal Seed and headed toward Emperor Pass.
• A white-robed figure appeared and placed a sword light between the black-robed man and Emperor Pass.

Lin Dong stopped the black-robed man from targeting Lin Fan, then the man plotted to expose Lin Fan’s immortal seed and draw Emperor Pass’s powerful factions against him. As rumors spread through the pass, Lin Fan reached its final stretch and announced his arrival.

• Lin Dong confronted the black-robed man, accused him of plotting against Lin Fan, and forced him to abandon his attempt to leave for the moment.
• The black-robed man chose not to fight Lin Dong and ordered an elder to tell the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion that Lin Fan possessed an immortal seed.
• The black-robed man planned to use the rumor to stir up greedy factions in Emperor Pass against Lin Fan.
• News about Lin Fan’s immortal seed, his strength, and the clans he had defeated spread throughout Emperor Pass, drawing the attention of young prodigies.
• Lin Fan reached the end of the ancient road, saw Emperor Pass ahead, and declared that he had arrived.

After news of the Immortal Seed spread through Emperor Pass, the three clans suspected a mole and prepared to investigate as ancient forces and ambitious prodigies began to stir. Wang Xi discussed Lin Fan with a confident young man, while Ye Chen chose to risk inheriting the Stars Immortal Physique so he could settle his grudge against Lin Fan.

• Jin Wudao, Tang Xuantian, and Ouyang Lie learned that the Immortal Seed and Seven Kills Hall’s move had been exposed, suspected a mole within their clans, and ordered an investigation.
• News of the Immortal Seed spread through Emperor Pass, awakening sealed ancient lands and drawing their inhabitants out of seclusion.
• An ancient figure emerged from immortal source in a western ancient land and vowed to become an immortal in this life.
• Wang Xi told a young man that Lin Fan had killed Wang Teng and humiliated the Wang Clan, and the young man promised to make Lin Fan leave Emperor Pass on his knees.
• Ye Chen told an elder of the Stars Immortal Sect that Lin Fan had stolen his opportunities and Dao companion, shattered his Dao heart, and forced him into a rift, then chose to pursue the perilous Stars Immortal Physique inheritance.

Ye Chen chose to enter the ancestral land to gain the strength to challenge Lin Fan, while Lin Fan crossed the deadly Other Shore of Death. On the river, he spotted a woman fishing as several predatory shapes rushed toward her from below.

• Ye Chen told his Martial Uncle he would risk the ancestral land to earn the right to fight Lin Fan, and accepted a star mark for its gate, which would open in three days.
• Ye Chen’s Martial Uncle warned him that his greatest enemy might be himself, and Ye Chen left for the ancestral land passage.
• Lin Fan reached the Other Shore of Death and tested its black waters, which erased a pebble and attacked him with devouring laws.
• Lin Fan used Chaos Qi and three strands of Immortal Qi to crush the river’s vortex and cross its surface.
• Lin Fan saw a woman in a pale cyan dress fishing from a stone slab, while several hostile shapes surged toward her from beneath the water.

Lin Fan provoked the Nine Netherworlds Devil Octopus to stop Jiang Li from claiming the Nine Netherworlds Devil Stone for Gai Jiuyou. He rescued Jiang Li from the octopus and took the stone, leaving its intended prize in his hands.

• Lin Fan discovered the Nine Netherworlds Devil Octopus and the Nine Netherworlds Devil Stone beneath the river, while the system identified the woman as Jiang Li, Holy Maiden of the Jiang Clan.
• Lin Fan secretly stirred the water near the octopus, causing it to awaken and attack Jiang Li.
• Jiang Li fought off the octopus’s tentacles but was caught by one and dragged toward the water.
• Lin Fan burned through the tentacle with a milky-white flame, freeing Jiang Li and driving the octopus underwater.
• Lin Fan used Chaos Qi to retrieve the Nine Netherworlds Devil Stone.

Lin Fan took the Nine Netherworlds Devil Stone from Jiang Li at the Other Shore of Death and left before Gai Jiuyou arrived. After earning more than a million Villain Points and triggering a hidden reward condition, Lin Fan reached the gates of Emperor Pass.

• Lin Fan saved Jiang Li from the black river, took the Nine Netherworlds Devil Stone, and left without giving her his name.
• Jiang Li identified Lin Fan's flame as immortal fire and remembered his white-robed figure before leaving the riverbank.
• Gai Jiuyou arrived and asked Jiang Li what had happened, but she concealed the Devil Stone and Lin Fan's involvement.
• Lin Fan received Villain Points for taking Gai Jiuyou's opportunity and triggered a hidden first-stage reward condition.
• Lin Fan reached Emperor Pass and looked up at the gates.

Lin Fan entered Emperor Pass, passed its inspection for Dark Matter contamination, and received a token granting him a chance to comprehend the first floor of an ancient tower. After drawing the attention of the cultivators around him, he was confronted by a Demon Race Quasi-Emperor who demanded the token.

• Lin Fan passed through the city gate and underwent an identity check that found no Dark Matter contamination or forbidden Foreign Domain objects.
• Emperor Pass awarded Lin Fan an Ancient Tower comprehension token and explained that the tower had nine floors and had been established by an Immortal King.
• The surrounding cultivators recognized the token and reacted with curiosity, envy, and greed.
• Lin Fan surveyed Emperor Pass and sensed that its concentration of laws exceeded that of the Three Thousand Provinces.
• A tall, scaled Demon Race cultivator at Peak Quasi-Emperor blocked Lin Fan and demanded that he hand over the token.

Lin Fan killed a Demon Race being who tried to take his token, then entered Emperor Pass after the gate revealed his identity and remarkable achievements. His arrival drew the attention of powerful figures within the city, setting the stage for a new contest.

• A cultivator explained that Emperor Pass newcomers were expected to surrender their rewards to stronger entrants, and a Demon Race being demanded Lin Fan's token.
• Lin Fan killed the Demon Race being with a flick of Chaos Qi and warned another cultivator not to joke about stealing his token.
• The city gate displayed Lin Fan's origins, abilities, cultivation, and record-breaking achievements, identifying him as the Lin Clan's Imperial Son and the top-ranked entrant.
• The cultivators at the gate reacted with shock as Lin Fan crossed the threshold into Emperor Pass.
• News of Lin Fan's arrival spread through the city, and powerful figures inside Emperor Pass took notice of him.

After Lin Fan killed a cultivator who tried to steal his token, the Jin, Tang, and Ouyang Clans confronted him in Emperor Pass and accused him of breaking its laws. As they attacked, a voice from the Lin Clan intervened, leaving the clash unresolved.

• News spread through Emperor Pass that Lin Fan had an Immortal Seed and had killed Jin Zhen's avatar.
• Three Emperor Dao phantoms from the Jin Clan, Tang Clan, and Ouyang Clan appeared above Lin Fan and accused him of killing a cultivator without authorization.
• Lin Fan said the cultivator had tried to rob him and accused the three clans of using Emperor Pass's laws as a pretext to seize his Immortal Seed.
• The phantoms declared they would arrest Lin Fan, and a dark golden hand of laws descended to attack him.
• A voice warned that no one could touch a member of the Lin Clan, and a cyan sword light struck the descending hand.

Lin Chen arrived to protect Lin Fan from three Great Emperor phantoms and argued that Lin Fan had acted lawfully in self-defense. The clans demanded that Lin Fan earn military merit on the Darkness Battlefield to clear the matter, and Lin Fan agreed, understanding that they hoped to kill him there.

• Lin Chen shattered the three imperial phantoms' attack and stood beside Lin Fan, declaring that he would protect his fellow Lin Clan member.
• Lin Chen cited Emperor Pass law and the clans' failed ambush on the Mysterious Pass Ancient Road to argue that Lin Fan had broken no rules by killing the man who attacked him.
• Lin Chen warned the emperors that the Lin Clan would defend its own, and they proposed sending Lin Fan to the Darkness Battlefield to earn military merit or lose his right to enter the pass.
• Lin Fan agreed to go to the battlefield, recognizing that the clans intended to use its dangers as an opportunity to kill him.

Lin Chen welcomed Lin Fan to Emperor Pass, explained the Lin Clan’s role and the power structure there, and warned that instability on the Northern Region Battlefield was emboldening rival clans. He began to explain why people at Emperor Pass resented Lin Fan’s father, revealing that the pass had once suffered a catastrophe.

• Lin Chen brought Lin Fan to a tavern and shared Spirit Spring Brew with him.
• Lin Chen told Lin Fan that the Lin Clan sent its promising younger members to Emperor Pass after they reached the Sage Realm.
• Lin Chen said Lin Fan’s recent victories had spread through Emperor Pass and drawn the attention of the Jin, Tang, and Ouyang Clans.
• Lin Chen described the hierarchy of Emperor Pass’s powers and said the Lin Clan could overwhelm its rivals if it chose to act.
• Lin Chen explained that turmoil on the Northern Region Battlefield and the Darkness Faction’s movements kept the Great Emperors from being moved.
• Lin Fan asked what his father had done, and Lin Chen began recounting the catastrophe that once struck Emperor Pass.

Lin Chen told Lin Fan how Lin Fan’s father was betrayed by Emperor Pass after saving its northern front, then blamed for a later defeat. Lin Fan began cultivating Emperor Pass’s laws while rumors about his arrival spread, and his seclusion had only just begun.

• Lin Chen recounted how Lin Fan’s father entered the Foreign Domain Abyss, stopped the invasion, and returned with an unknown immortal treasure.
• Emperor Pass’s immortal families accused Lin Fan’s father of corruption and demanded the treasure, so he fought his way through the pass, killed a Great Emperor, wounded several ancestors, and left.
• After a later Foreign Domain invasion devastated Emperor Pass, its people blamed Lin Fan’s father for the losses, and Lin Fan condemned the injustice.
• Lin Chen advised Lin Fan to study Emperor Pass’s laws, visit the Ancient Tower, and meet Lin Clan elders before going to the northern battlefield, and Lin Fan agreed.
• Lin Fan returned to his courtyard and began sensing Emperor Pass’s laws as his Immortal Qi adapted to them.
• Rumors of Lin Fan’s arrival, strength, Immortal Seed, and Ancient Tower Comprehension Token spread throughout Emperor Pass while he cultivated in seclusion.

After half a month of cultivation, Lin Fan fully integrated Emperor Pass’s laws and grew stronger before entering the Ancient Tower with his token. The tower assessed him as having Immortal Emperor potential and sent him directly to the third floor.

• Lin Fan spent half a month cultivating until he fully integrated Emperor Pass’s laws and strengthened the three strands of Immortal Qi in his dantian.
• Lin Fan left his courtyard with the Ancient Tower Token as onlookers watched but did not dare confront him.
• Lin Fan reached the Ancient Tower and used the token to open its door.
• The Ancient Tower assessed Lin Fan’s three strands of Immortal Qi and Chaos Gods and Devils Body, judged him qualified to skip the first two floors, and transported him to the third floor.

Lin Fan cultivated on the Ancient Tower’s third floor and entered a vision of the Immortal Ancient War, where a Lin Clan ancestor fought the Dark Immortal King. The vision ended after the ancestor noticed Lin Fan, and Lin Fan grabbed a fragment as it shattered.

• Lin Fan entered the Ancient Tower’s third floor and absorbed its dense laws while comprehending the Dao resonance.
• Lin Fan’s consciousness carried him into a vision of the ruined Immortal Ancient Era and its war against the Dark Immortal King.
• A white-robed Lin Clan ancestor struck the Dark Immortal King and shattered his chains, revealing a power resembling Lin Fan’s Chaos Gods and Devils Body.
• The ancestor looked directly at Lin Fan, and the vision began to break apart.
• Lin Fan grabbed a fragment of the fading vision, and information flooded into his mind.

Lin Fan left the Ancient Tower after discovering an imprint of the Reincarnation Disc and advancing to the late-stage Quasi-Emperor realm. Outside, Xie Tianhong challenged him, and Lin Fan opened his Double Pupils as Xie Tianhong attacked.

• Lin Fan saw the Reincarnation Disc, an ancient altar, and a mysterious sleeping presence in a fragment of the Immortal King's memories.
• Lin Fan's Immortal Seed transformed, and he advanced to the late-stage Quasi-Emperor realm.
• Lin Fan left the Ancient Tower after spending three months on its third floor, drawing attention from the gathered crowd.
• Xie Tianhong of the Battle Blood Pavilion challenged Lin Fan, citing his battlefield achievements and doubting Lin Fan's strength.
• Xie Tianhong launched a full-force punch at Lin Fan, who stood still and opened his Double Pupils.

Lin Fan defeated Xie Tianhong with the power of his Double Pupils, then learned from Lin Chen that the Ancient Tower was created by the Reincarnation Immortal King. Lin Chen revealed that a ruined altar bearing traces of the Law of Reincarnation had been found on the Northern Frontier Battlefield, possibly connected to the missing Reincarnation Disc.

• Lin Fan shattered Xie Tianhong's punch with a glance and sent him crashing through the square.
• Lin Chen watched Lin Fan leave the square, praised him, and followed him through the streets.
• Lin Fan told Lin Chen that he had seen a gray-white disc covered in circular patterns while comprehending the Ancient Tower's third floor.
• Lin Chen identified the disc as possibly the Reincarnation Disc and explained that the Reincarnation Immortal King and his disc vanished during the Immortal Ancient Era's final battle.
• Lin Chen told Lin Fan that the Ancient Tower had been refined by the Reincarnation Immortal King and contained his insights into the Law of Reincarnation.
• Lin Chen revealed that an ancient ruined altar bearing traces of the Law of Reincarnation had been discovered deep within the Northern Frontier Battlefield.