Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan defeated Yun Wuji and killed Jin Zhan, then learned that a dark altar was stirring in the secret realm and headed for its core. Meanwhile, Feng Qingyun received an inheritance near the altar, and a Dragon Clan figure vowed to confront Lin Fan over Jin Zhan’s death.

• Yun Wuji unleashed the Nine Transformations of Dragon Blood, but Lin Fan used Devil God's Wrath to defeat him and force him to escape with the Ice Dragon Empress’s help.
• Lin Fan killed Jin Zhan as he fled, then gave the ancient dragon bone to Ji Kun to refine.
• Chu Qing apologized for Yun Wuji and grew closer to Lin Fan, who reassured her that he would not involve the Chu Mountain Sect.
• A black-and-red pillar of light erupted from the secret realm’s core, and Lin Fan saw a black-robed figure approaching an altar before heading there.
• Feng Qingyun studied a damaged black stele near the altar and began fusing wind and darkness laws.
• A Dragon Clan figure learned Jin Zhan had died and decided to enter the Three Thousand Provinces of the Desolate Ancient Land to meet Lin Fan.

Dark Matter surged from the secret realm, while the Quasi-Emperors argued over whether to stop the trial. Inside, Lin Fan sensed a new disturbance as an ancient young man awakened from a coffin and set out toward the Chaos Demon God's altar.

• The Quasi-Emperors debated ending the trial, but Feng Qingtian opposed it because Feng Qingyun was receiving an ancient inheritance, and he taunted the Lin Clan's eighteenth elder over Lin Fan's safety.
• Lin Fan used his Chaos Domain to purify the Dark Matter around him and sensed a disturbance as powerful as the dark presence near the altar.
• A human cultivator triggered an ancient stone coffin's awakening in a Dark Matter-filled corner of the secret realm.
• The young man questioned the cultivator about the date, killed him with a gesture, and reshaped his body into a shadow servant.
• The young man learned that thirty thousand years had passed, sensed the Chaos Demon God's altar had been activated, and declared that his race intended to turn the Three Thousand Provinces of the Desolate Ancient Land into a world of darkness.

Lin Fan interrupted Feng Qingyun’s Feng Clan inheritance, defeated him, and drove him to flee. As Lin Fan headed deeper into the secret realm, he found the bodies of powerful prodigies drained of their vitality and spotted a mysterious black figure watching him.

• Lin Fan interrupted Feng Qingyun’s inheritance, causing his breakthrough to fail, and attacked him to collect a debt against the Feng Clan.
• Lin Fan cut through Feng Qingyun’s wind blade and struck him with a fivefold Hunyuan Fist, sending him crashing into a cliff.
• Lin Fan revealed that he had killed Jin Yu and pursued Feng Qingyun, who escaped with the Feng Clan’s Wind Escape technique.
• Lin Fan received 40,000 Villain Points for interrupting Feng Qingyun’s inheritance and defeating him, then left the shattered stele and headed toward the core.
• Lin Fan found the drained bodies of prodigies and ancient freaks, then used his Double Pupils to glimpse a black figure that watched him before disappearing into the dark matter.

Lin Fan discovered that An Yuan was a Dark Clan Son of Fortune preparing to help invade the Three Thousand Provinces, and he entered the gorge to stop him and claim the treasures. When Lin Fan reached for the Chaos Gods and Devils Visualization Method and the demon god’s blood essence, An Yuan and the black-robed Asura attacked him from both sides.

• Lin Fan used his system to learn An Yuan’s identity, dark origins, and role in the Dark Clan’s invasion plan, then received a mission to thwart him.
• Lin Fan entered the gorge and found An Yuan beside the black-robed Asura at an altar holding the visualization method and demon god’s blood essence.
• The black-robed Asura proposed that he and Lin Fan join forces against An Yuan, offering Lin Fan the visualization method in exchange for the demon god’s blood essence.
• Lin Fan refused the deal and declared that he wanted both treasures.
• Lin Fan reached for the treasures with a hand of laws, and An Yuan and the black-robed Asura launched attacks from opposite sides.

Lin Fan overwhelmed An Yuan and the black-robed man with his Chaos Gods and Devils Body, then seized the inheritance scroll and devil god blood essence. Memory fragments revealed that the buried devil god’s incomplete corpse was still alive, just as the altar began to shake violently.

• Lin Fan fought An Yuan and the black-robed man, then unleashed the Three Thousand Gods and Devils Phenomenon and revealed his forbidden divine physique.
• Lin Fan struck both ancient fighters with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique, wounding An Yuan and cracking the black-robed man's spear.
• Lin Fan broke through the altar barrier and took the Chaos Gods and Devils Visualization Method and the devil god blood essence.
• Lin Fan extracted memory fragments from the blood essence and saw a devil god lying in a coffin beneath the earth veins, its eyes still moving.
• Lin Fan realized the buried devil god's incomplete corpse was still alive, and the ground began shaking violently.

An Yuan used a mysterious talisman to awaken the Chaos Demon God's remains, causing the secret realm to shake under the ancient Great Emperor's presence. As the remains attacked Lin Fan, Lin Fan raised a hand to meet them, while An Yuan claimed the demon god's body would crush him.

• An Yuan activated a mysterious talisman and caused the altar barrier to repair as the ground split open.
• Ye Xiu recognized that An Yuan was awakening the remains and retreated from the altar.
• The Chaos Demon God's remains rose from the fissure, and their Great Emperor's presence drove cultivators across the secret realm toward the exit.
• Lin Fan received a system mission to suppress the remains and thwart the Dark Clan's revival plan, with doubled sign-in rewards.
• An Yuan ordered the remains to attack Lin Fan, and Ji Kun called for Lin Fan to retreat.
• Lin Fan stood his ground and raised his right hand toward the descending finger as An Yuan mocked his confidence.

Lin Fan used the Hunyuan Bell to break An Yuan’s control over the Chaos Demon God’s remains, then granted the trapped being’s plea and destroyed its ruined body. An Yuan survived and opened a Gate of Darkness to contact the foreign realm.

• Lin Fan summoned the Hunyuan Bell and used its tolls to repel the Chaos Demon God’s remains and sever An Yuan’s control over them.
• An Yuan was thrown from the remains and lost control as Lin Fan’s bell swept darkness from the secret realm.
• The Chaos Demon God’s remains asked Lin Fan to destroy its shell, and Lin Fan agreed.
• Lin Fan’s third toll purified and destroyed the remains, whose fading voice thanked him and said his coffin held something he wanted.
• The system unlocked Lin Fan’s Sign-In Function and confirmed his mission was complete as An Yuan crawled from the rubble.
• An Yuan opened the Gate of Darkness, intending to contact the foreign realm at any cost.

Lin Fan destroyed the dark portal and killed An Yuan, disrupting the Dark Clan’s plan to invade Archaic. The shattered fragments revealed the coordinates of the Three Thousand Provinces, leaving the Drunkard Ancestor to face the threat that followed.

• An Yuan widened the dark portal, allowing a Dark Clan claw to reach through while the Quasi-Emperors’ attacks were blocked by a formation.
• Lin Fan summoned the Hunyuan Bell and crushed the portal, forcing the claw back into the spatial rift.
• Lin Fan killed An Yuan and received Villain Points, An Yuan’s possessions, and the title Father of the Foreign Domain.
• Lin Fan noticed that the dark fragments had formed coordinates, and the Drunkard Ancestor realized the Three Thousand Provinces had been exposed.
• The Drunkard Ancestor decided to handle the coming threat from the Foreign Domain.

A dark eye beyond the realm targeted the Three Thousand Provinces, but the Drunkard Ancestor’s warning drove it to retreat and earned Lin Fan 300,000 Villain Points. Lin Fan found and refined the Dark Matter sealed in the Chaos Demon God’s treasure box, then escaped the closing secret realm with Ji Kun and faced the Golden-Winged Peng Clan elder outside.

• A dark eye locked onto the Three Thousand Provinces and prepared to invade, but the Drunkard Ancestor ordered it to retreat, prompting it to shut down its coordinates.
• Lin Fan received 300,000 Villain Points for the Drunkard Ancestor protecting his own, then found a sealed treasure box beneath the Chaos Demon God’s coffin site.
• Lin Fan used his Chaos Gods and Devils Body to refine the treasure box’s Dark Matter, gaining Chaos Origin and ancient Law of Darkness fragments.
• Lin Fan and Ji Kun left the closing secret realm, while Ye Xiu stayed behind and disappeared among the ruins.
• The Golden-Winged Peng Clan elder confronted Lin Fan outside and demanded repayment for the deaths of the Lesser Demon Emperor and Jin Yu and for the clan prodigy’s wings.

Lin Fan mocked the Golden-Winged Peng Clan after its elder demanded justice for the clan’s fallen prodigies, and the elder tried to attack him. Lin Dong and Ji Ningshuang arrived to protect their son, and Lin Dong cut off the elder’s wings with a strike of Sword Qi.

• The Golden-Winged Peng Clan elder confronted Lin Fan over the deaths of the clan’s prodigies, and Lin Fan taunted him about eating their wings.
• A Golden-Winged Peng Clan Sage King attacked Lin Fan, but the Eighteenth Elder killed him with a cold snort and warned the clan.
• The elder attacked Lin Fan with a golden claw, but an unseen barrier stopped it.
• Lin Dong and Ji Ningshuang arrived, and Lin Dong confronted the elder for threatening his son.
• The elder demanded justice despite Lin Dong’s overwhelming power, and Lin Dong cut off his wings with a streak of Sword Qi.

Lin Fan's parents drove off the Golden-Winged Peng Clan elder, while Lin Dong warned that the Dark Clan had reached into Archaic. Back in the Lin Clan, Lin Fan claimed his first sign-in rewards and began cultivating to break through to Quasi-Saint as the Drunkard Ancestor reflected on the exposed gateway's coordinates.

• Lin Dong rebuked the Golden-Winged Peng Clan elder and forced him to leave with his Sage-level followers.
• Lin Dong and Ji Ningshuang praised Lin Fan, then warned him that the dark gate was connected to the Dark Clan's reach into Archaic.
• Lin Fan returned to the Lin Clan, asked Ji Kun to investigate Ye Chen and Yun Wuji, and completed his first sign-in for Chaos Origin, Insight Pills, and a thousand years of cultivation.
• Lin Fan used the Chaos Gods and Devils Visualization Method and the devil god's blood essence to begin advancing toward Quasi-Saint.
• The Drunkard Ancestor watched Lin Fan cultivate and noted that the shattered dark gateway's coordinates had been exposed.

Lin Fan reached peak Quasi-Saint in soul strength and began refining Chaos Origin while cultivating in seclusion. As the Immortal Ancient Ruins opened, Long Aotian, Wang Xi, and other prodigies set their sights on the ruins and their promise of immortal opportunities.

• Lin Fan's soul domain broke through to Quasi-Saint and rose to peak Quasi-Saint through the Chaos Gods and Devils Visualization Method.
• Lin Fan swallowed a supreme-grade saint-tier Insight Pill and refined ten strands of Chaos Origin, advancing his laws as he continued secluded cultivation.
• Long Aotian emerged from the Ancient Dragon Nest, killed an ancient freak and a Sword Son, and declared that he would sweep aside his generation.
• The Heavenly Secrets Ancestor prophesied that the path to immortality lay within the Immortal Ancient Ruins, prompting orthodoxies to awaken ancient freaks.
• Wang Xi emerged from the Wang Clan with an immortal physique and Saint Realm cultivation, joining Long Aotian and Wang Teng among the era's leading prodigies.
• The Immortal Ancient Ruins opened, drawing heaven's chosen from across the Three Thousand Provinces toward their entrances.

While Lin Fan was in seclusion, Long Aotian, Wang Xi, Wang Teng, and other heavenly prides entered the Immortal Ancient Ruins, and Long Aotian publicly challenged him. Lin Fan emerged at late Quasi-Saint cultivation and prepared to enter the ruins at their next opening to face Long Aotian’s Sage-level battle general.

• Long Aotian shattered the ruins’ ancient stone giant, Wang Xi advanced through the trials, and Wang Teng reportedly passed the sixth trial as rumors spread that Long Aotian had waited for Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan broke through to late Quasi-Saint Realm, examined a sealed dark-red treasure box, and learned that his parents could not identify it.
• Ji Kun told Lin Fan that the Immortal Ancient Ruins opened once every three months and that Long Aotian had left an early Sage battle general to challenge him at the next opening.
• Lin Fan ordered preparations for the ruins and told Ji Kun to keep watch on Ye Chen and Yun Wuji.
• Lin Fan announced, “I, Lin Fan, am here! Tremble!” and left the courtyard.

Lin Fan set out for the Immortal Ancient Ruins and encountered a Sun-Swallowing Sparrow that had been attacking cultivators along the way. After the bird killed a Sage Dao protector, it spotted Lin Fan’s dragon carriage and prepared to test him for Long Aotian.

• News spread that Lin Fan had emerged from seclusion and was heading to the Immortal Ancient Ruins, where Long Aotian’s people were waiting.
• Lin Fan traveled toward the ruins in his carriage drawn by nine true dragons and sensed a savage presence ahead.
• The Sun-Swallowing Sparrow attacked a vessel belonging to the Supreme Mystery Dao Sect and killed its Sage Dao protector with a blast of dark light.
• The Sun-Swallowing Sparrow transformed into a black-clad young man and decided to test Lin Fan for Long Aotian as the dragon carriage approached.

The Sun-Swallowing Sparrow challenged Lin Fan, but Lin Fan’s nine pure-blooded true dragons crippled him with a combined roar. Lin Fan had the Sparrow prepared for a barbecue and invited the crowd to eat dragon and Golden Peng meat, openly provoking Long Aotian and the Dragon Clan.

• The Sun-Swallowing Sparrow blocked Lin Fan’s carriage and challenged him to a fight, threatening to eat him if he lost.
• The Sun-Swallowing Sparrow used Heaven-Devouring and Earth-Devouring, but Lin Fan told his nine true dragons that someone wanted to eat them.
• The nine dragons roared together, halted the Sparrow’s attack, and blasted him into the mountains, breaking most of his left wing.
• Lin Fan appeared and asked the injured Sparrow if he had wanted to eat him, then told Ji Kun to set up a grill.
• Lin Fan announced that the crowd could eat the Sparrow, dragon meat, and Golden Peng meat, openly challenging Long Aotian and the Dragon Clan.

Lin Fan publicly roasted meat from the Golden-Winged Great Peng, Dragon Clan, and Sun-Swallowing Sparrow, then welcomed Feng Jiuge of the Phoenix Clan to share the meal. As Feng Jiuge became friendly with him, a group of royal-clan ancient freaks approached, including some allies of Long Aotian.

• Lin Fan ate roasted Dragon Clan meat and gave Golden-Winged Great Peng meat to the nine true dragons while dismissing Long Aotian's threat.
• Feng Jiuge arrived, introduced himself, and asked to share Lin Fan's roast dragon meat.
• Lin Fan welcomed Feng Jiuge, who brought Blazing Sun Brew and accepted a piece of Sun-Swallowing Sparrow wing.
• The system awarded Lin Fan 300,000 Villain Points for establishing preliminary friendly relations with Feng Jiuge, whose fate was tied to Long Aotian.
• Feng Jiuge warned Lin Fan that more ancient freaks were approaching, including some on good terms with Long Aotian.
• Lin Fan welcomed the newcomers as potential food, and Feng Jiuge laughed and toasted with him.

Lin Fan spent three days feasting before cultivating in seclusion for two months, raising his strength and perfecting three laws. When the immortal gate opened, he rode through its chaotic entrance unchallenged, leaving the first trial ahead.

• Liu Wuhen confronted Lin Fan over his feast of Dragon Clan, Golden Peng Clan, and Sun-Swallowing Sparrow Clan members, but backed down when Lin Fan told him to leave.
• Lin Fan continued the barbecue for three days, while Long Aotian never appeared and the gathered ancient freaks eventually dispersed.
• Lin Fan entered seclusion for two months, using his Insight Pills and Villain Points to perfect his laws of chaos, Sword Dao, and Fist Dao and reach the peak Quasi-Saint Realm.
• As the immortal gate reopened, Lin Fan and Ji Kun approached in a carriage pulled by nine true dragons, and the crowds parted rather than challenge them.
• Lin Fan passed through the gate into the Immortal Ancient Ruins’ first trial while the cultivators behind him discussed his prestige.

Lin Fan entered the Immortal Ancient Ruins’ first stage and crossed the deadly Nine Netherworlds Purgatory, where he found cultivators fighting over an unripe Nine Netherworlds Demon Pupil Tree fruit. The battle for the fruit was already underway when he reached the tree.

• Lin Fan learned that challengers had to cross the floating continent and reach the City in the Sky to advance to the second stage.
• Ji Kun told Lin Fan that the Nine Netherworlds Purgatory contained a Demon Pupil Tree whose fruit could awaken or upgrade pupil-related divine abilities.
• Lin Fan ignored Ji Kun’s warning and entered the purgatory, where his chaos gods and devils body absorbed the demonic energy without harm.
• Lin Fan walked through the dead forest and found more than a dozen cultivators fighting over the Demon Pupil Tree’s unripe fruit.

Liu Wuhen and the Silver Pupil Clan fought off rival cultivators to claim the Nine Netherworlds Demonic Pupil Fruit, with Liu Wuhen killing Xue Ying and intimidating the survivors. Lin Fan arrived, revealed his awakened Double Pupils, and challenged Liu Wuhen, who resolved to shatter the legend of the undefeated Double Pupils.

• Liu Wuhen claimed the Nine Netherworlds Demonic Pupil Fruit, but Xue Ying and the other cultivators refused to retreat.
• A Silver Pupil Clan prodigy blocked Xue Ying’s attacks with his ocular technique while Liu Wuhen waited for the battle to weaken his opponents.
• Liu Wuhen crushed Xue Ying with a silver palm strike and warned the remaining cultivators against contesting the fruit.
• Lin Fan arrived and declared that he would take the fruit, then revealed his Double Pupils to Liu Wuhen.
• Liu Wuhen felt the Double Pupils’ innate suppression but challenged Lin Fan, hoping to prove his Silver Pupils superior and create a Double Pupils Clan.

Lin Fan effortlessly killed two Silver Pupil Clan prodigies, then fought Liu Wuhen after he revealed his Sage cultivation and ancient art. Liu Wuhen awakened his true third eye and prepared to continue the battle.

• Lin Fan destroyed a Silver Pupil Clan prodigy's Silver Light Annihilation and killed him with a palm strike.
• Lin Fan used Golden Peng Extreme Speed to evade a coordinated attack and stomped a second Silver Pupil Clan prodigy to death.
• Liu Wuhen revealed his middle-stage Sage cultivation and attacked Lin Fan with Heavenly Eye Suppresses the World.
• Lin Fan countered with a tenfold-critical Hunyuan Fist, damaging Liu Wuhen's silver eye and driving him back.
• Liu Wuhen awakened the Silver Pupil Clan's true third eye and declared that Lin Fan would be defeated beneath it.