Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan returned to Rosy Clouds Island and pretended to ally with the black flood dragon while preparing to ambush the True Persons' disciples. He killed Jueming before the dragon phantom on the monk's body could fully awaken, leaving the fight over the Water-Fire Primordial Spirit unresolved.

• Xu Fan turned back toward Rosy Clouds Island, where the black flood dragon was struggling against Liu Changfeng, Luo Hongzhuang, and their allies.
• Xu Fan convinced the black flood dragon that he would help him, while Jueming claimed the right to deal with Xu Fan.
• Jueming dismissed Xu Fan's strength and urged him to surrender, but Xu Fan struck him with a punch powered by true essence.
• Xu Fan used Spiritual Radiance Essence Erosion to weaken Jueming, then unleashed a stronger attack that sent him flying.
• As Jueming called for his master and the flood dragon phantom began to awaken, Xu Fan appeared behind him and killed him before it could fully emerge.
• The black flood dragon praised Xu Fan as his human brother.

Xu Fan fought Luo Hongzhuang after killing Jueming, while the black flood dragon called for help from the sea. Xu Fan detonated his True Essence to destroy Luo Hongzhuang’s defenses, and the chapter ended as the Dragon-Subduing Arhat arrived on a flood dragon and a horned man emerged from the sea.

• Xu Fan killed Jueming with his fists, shocking the Foundation Establishment cultivators and the disciples present.
• Luo Hongzhuang challenged Xu Fan with her Law Sword while the black flood dragon called the sea’s Demon Race for help.
• Du Zhenyi recognized Xu Fan’s fist technique as Wu Song’s, while the Fang Household patriarch suspected Xu Fan had killed Fang Mingyuan and taken the Water-Fire Primordial Spirit.
• Xu Fan weakened Luo Hongzhuang with Spiritual Radiance Essence Erosion, but she summoned the Crimson Firmament Sword and locked its sword intent onto him.
• A roar from the distant sea dispelled the sword’s suppression, allowing Xu Fan to strike Luo Hongzhuang and then detonate his True Essence while holding her.
• The Dragon-Subduing Arhat arrived on a flood dragon, and a horned man in a blue robe stepped from the sea and confronted him.

After escaping the fight with the True Person’s disciple, Xu Fan examined the Buddhist cultivator’s spoils and gained new methods to strengthen himself. Yang Haitian then invited him to see a performer in the provincial capital, claiming he meant to keep Xu Fan from straying.

• Xu Fan wondered whether the red-robed sword cultivator had survived his self-destruction, then secured the Water-Fire Primordial Spirit and searched the bald Buddhist cultivator’s Storage Bag.
• Xu Fan recorded the Arhat Golden Body Secret Method, Arhat Fist, and Arhat Sarira, and planned to adapt the methods to improve his martial strength.
• Xu Fan recharged the Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram and left seclusion, where Yang Haitian noticed he had reached the Great Grandmaster realm.
• Yang Haitian invited Xu Fan to see a pure maiden performing in the provincial capital, and Xu Fan agreed to go along.

Xu Fan and Yang Haitian discussed the Wedding Robe Ancestor, whose followers were spreading across the kingdoms, and the recent emergence of two Weapon Lords. They arrived in Bingzhou City with Xu Fan unconcerned about the challenges posed by the new Weapon Lords, since he cared more about immortal cultivation than reaching the Celestial Person realm.

• Xu Fan and Yang Haitian entered Bingzhou City and heard people discussing the Cha Maiden Yu Qing, a Great Grandmaster who had become a famous courtesan.
• Yang Haitian told Xu Fan that the Wedding Robe Ancestor was a Land Immortal who devoured other Land Immortals to acquire their Divine Abilities, and that few people could reliably defeat him.
• Yang Haitian explained that Jin Chuan had emerged as a Weapon Lord wielding the Seven Stars God-Slaying Spear, while Xia Qianqian had been taken to the Three Lives Pavilion with the Future Diagram.
• Yang Haitian remarked that Qingzhou had produced many people blessed with great fortune, including Xu Fan, while Xu Fan wondered whether he could borrow a Celestial Person Divine Weapon.
• Yang Haitian said the newly emerged Weapon Lords could make Xu Fan's path more difficult, but Xu Fan replied that he did not necessarily need to pursue the Celestial Person realm.

Xu Fan encountered Ye Chengjing outside the Thousand Fragrances Pavilion and learned that Ye had come to see Yu Qing, who was being guarded by servants of the Wang Immortal Clan. Xu Fan brought Ye and Yang Haitian inside, where they watched Yu Qing appear onstage through a Pure Maiden’s illusion.

• Wang Clan servants threw Ye Chengjing out of the Thousand Fragrances Pavilion and warned him not to disturb their master.
• Xu Fan recognized Ye Chengjing, and Ye realized that Xu Fan was the famed Wu Song who had wiped out the Han Household.
• Ye explained that he had come to see Yu Qing despite struggling to accept that she was a Pure Maiden.
• Xu Fan led Ye and Yang Haitian into the pavilion after brushing aside the Wang Clan servants’ attempt to stop them.
• On the eighth floor, Xu Fan watched Yu Qing emerge from a painted scroll in a Pure Maiden’s illusion.

At the Thousand Fragrances Pavilion, Yang Haitian recognized his old enemy Yu Han, while Wang Sheng challenged Xu Fan as a stepping stone toward breaking through to the Primal Core realm. The patrons fled or gathered outside to watch as the confrontation began.

• Xu Fan and Yang Haitian admired Yu Qing, while Ye Chengjing hesitated to approach her because of the difference in their cultivation.
• Yang Haitian recognized Yu Han and told Xu Fan that Yu Han had once practiced demonic arts and slaughtered three households before Yang Haitian and a Pacification Commissioner gravely wounded him.
• Yu Han revealed that he had brought Wang Sheng to Bingzhou so Wang Sheng could fight Xu Fan, while Yu Han could take revenge on Yang Haitian.
• Xu Fan told Ye Chengjing to leave and approach Yu Qing, then Wang Sheng confronted Xu Fan and called him a suitable stepping stone for his breakthrough.
• Xu Fan laughed at Wang Sheng’s confidence and announced that Wang Sheng was paying for everyone, prompting patrons to leave and onlookers to gather outside.

Xu Fan used Spiritual Radiance Essence Erosion to disrupt Wang Sheng and Yu Han’s true essence, then attacked Wang Sheng while the other cultivators watched. As Yu Han’s attempt to intervene failed, a furious middle-aged man in a yellow robe appeared and reached for Xu Fan.

• Tie Shan, Jin Chuan, and Huang Tianfu arrived outside the Thousand Fragrances Pavilion as Wang Sheng faced Xu Fan and Yu Han faced Yang Haitian.
• Xu Fan refused Tie Shan’s request to take the fight outside the city and dismissed Wang Sheng and Yu Han as unworthy challengers.
• Wang Sheng activated his true essence, triggering the hidden Spiritual Radiance Essence Erosion and making him spit blood.
• Xu Fan rushed Wang Sheng and repeatedly punched him while Wang Sheng could not protect himself with true essence.
• Yu Han tried to form the Blood Demon Great Hand Seal, but the same erosion made his true essence reverse and forced him to spit blood.
• A furious middle-aged man in a yellow robe appeared above Bingzhou City and reached for Xu Fan, demanding that he stop.

Xu Fan defeated Wang Sheng and faced down Wang Xuanpeng, forcing the Wang Clan elder to retreat despite his Primal Core Perfection strength. Afterward, Xu Fan met the Weapon Lord Jin Chuan, who questioned how powerful a Celestial Person’s legacy could make its inheritor.

• Yang Haitian attacked Wang Xuanpeng with True Yang Fist but was injured when Wang Xuanpeng broke through the technique.
• Xu Fan stood on Wang Sheng’s face and mocked him, while Wang Sheng threatened him with his elder brother Wang Tian.
• Wang Xuanpeng attacked Xu Fan, but Xu Fan’s counterblow and Spiritual Radiance Essence Erosion weakened him.
• Wang Xuanpeng shielded Wang Sheng and fled with him and Yu Han, threatening that the Wang Clan would retaliate.
• Yang Haitian praised Xu Fan’s strength and his use of True Yang Fist, then Tie Shan and Huang Tianfu introduced Jin Chuan, the Weapon Lord of the Seven Stars God-Slaying Spear.
• Jin Chuan asked whether the inheritor of a Celestial Person’s legacy could truly be so powerful.

Xu Fan noticed a mysterious, azure-fortuned young woman watching him, then met Ye Chengjing and Yu Qing at the Thousand Fragrances Pavilion. He secured Yu Qing’s agreement to gather intelligence through the Jade Maiden Society in exchange for protection from the Mystic Yang Sect and himself.

• Xu Fan spotted a veiled young woman on a distant mountaintop, and Huang Tianfu identified her as a Primal Core cultivator with pure azure fortune who had methods resembling Xu Fan’s.
• Jin Chuan wondered whether Xu Fan’s strength meant that having no Celestial Person Divine Weapon was an advantage, while remaining convinced that Weapon Lords would become invincible upon reaching the Land Immortal realm.
• Xu Fan and Yang Haitian arrived at the Thousand Fragrances Pavilion, where Ye Chengjing and Yu Qing were waiting.
• Xu Fan asked Yu Qing to use the Jade Maiden Society to gather information for him and offered protection from the Mystic Yang Sect and himself.
• Yu Qing accepted Xu Fan’s offer, and he left the pavilion after saying goodbye to Ye Chengjing.

Xu Fan refined the golden body sarira, mastered the first transformation of the Great Sun Golden Body, and advanced his cultivation. At the Three Lives Pavilion, Xia Qianqian foresaw someone destroying the nine Celestial Person Divine Weapons and defeating seven weapon masters, leaving the first pavilion master to suspect Demon Venerable Pang Wuji.

• Xu Fan used the [Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram] to deduce the Great Sun Golden Body and Great Sun True Yang Fist from existing techniques.
• Xu Fan refined the golden body sarira, completed the first transformation of the Great Sun Golden Body, and broke through to the fifth level of Qi Refinement.
• Xu Fan resolved to master the Great Sun True Yang Fist to strengthen his combat ability and disguise as a cultivator of the Supreme Yang Dao Lineage.
• At the Three Lives Pavilion, Xia Qianqian suffered a backlash after using the Future Diagram and told the first pavilion master she had seen the nine Celestial Person Divine Weapons melted down.
• Xia Qianqian described a figure who wielded yin and yang and defeated seven weapon masters, and the first pavilion master wondered whether it was Demon Venerable Pang Wuji.

Xia Qianqian and the first pavilion master used the Present Diagram and Future Diagram to consider who might destroy the Celestial Person Divine Weapons. They narrowed the likely threats to several powerful figures and resolved to warn the major powers before the danger could mature.

• The first pavilion master argued that Pang Wuji would disdain Celestial Person Divine Weapons because he was already the strongest person of the age.
• Xia Qianqian rejected Shi Qianyue and Wang Tian as the figure she had glimpsed in the Future Diagram, while the first pavilion master considered Zhong Shenxiu a possible threat who might not act against the weapon masters.
• The first pavilion master weighed Anan's deep foundations and the Qin emperor's ambition, then judged the Buddha of Ultimate Bliss possible but unlikely.
• Xia Qianqian suggested Xu Fan, but the first pavilion master dismissed him because the Future Diagram could not see his future and he was expected to die.
• The first pavilion master told Xia Qianqian to focus on cultivation while the Three Lives Pavilion alerted other Celestial Person sects and weapon masters to the hidden threat.

Wang Tian judged that Wang Sheng had no chance of defeating Xu Fan and vowed to confront him after returning from a secret realm. Xu Fan chose to join Saber-Nurturing Valley to obtain a Great Reversion Pill, confident he could face the valley’s disciples.

• Wang Sheng complained to Wang Tian that Xu Fan had beaten him through underhanded tricks, but Wang Tian said Xu Fan’s combat experience made him unbeatable.
• Wang Tian promised to meet Xu Fan himself after returning from the secret realm, then flew away on his thunderbird.
• Xu Fan completed the third revolution of his True Essence and decided to crush his sect tokens and join Saber-Nurturing Valley instead.
• Xu Fan told Yang Haitian that he planned to obtain a Great Reversion Pill from Saber-Nurturing Valley, and Yang Haitian questioned whether the valley would accept him.
• Xu Fan said Saber-Nurturing Valley’s disciples would want to challenge him and assured Yang Haitian that he had never been weaker than anyone.

Xu Fan traveled to Saber-Nurturing Valley in Wei Kingdom with Su Ya and Su Qiang, discussing the sect’s lineages and the trials for its disciples. They arrived at the Fallen Star Pagoda, where candidates would be tested for entry.

• Su Ya explained that Wedding Robe Divine Art cultivators had made travel dangerous and introduced himself and Su Qiang as members of the Su Household.
• Xu Fan said he had come to join Saber-Nurturing Valley because of its renowned Saber-Nurturing Technique, while keeping his true identity from Su Ya and Su Qiang.
• Su Qiang described the requirements for becoming one of the sect’s nine True Disciples, and Su Ya vowed he would qualify.
• Su Ya invited Xu Fan to join the Earth Lineage, and Xu Fan agreed to consider it.
• Su Ya spotted the Fallen Star Pagoda as their carriage neared Saber-Nurturing Valley, and Su Qiang explained the pagoda’s tests for prospective disciples.

Xu Fan entered the Fallen Star Pagoda and rapidly cleared its first ten floors, where he faced a projection at Early Primal Core strength. The crowd watched as he and Xia Luanyin reached the eleventh floor, leaving Lu Yuanqing and Wei Zhongliu wondering who Xu Fan was.

• Su Ya brought Xu Fan to the Fallen Star Pagoda and explained how its trials adjusted to each challenger’s age and cultivation.
• Xu Fan noticed that Lu Yuanqing, Wei Zhongliu, and Xia Luanyin had reached the tenth floor and become candidate True Disciples.
• Xu Fan entered the pagoda and cleared its first nine floors with a single punch each.
• Xu Fan fought the first Weapon Master's projection on the tenth floor with his Great Sun True Yang Fist.
• The crowd saw Xu Fan and Xia Luanyin reach the eleventh floor, while Lu Yuanqing and Wei Zhongliu tried to place Xu Fan’s familiar name.

Xu Fan reached the twelfth floor of the Fallen Star Pagoda, astonishing the crowd and receiving the Saber-Nurturing Technique. He mastered its basics before the Weapon Master's phantom appeared and learned that the Great Wilderness Demon-Slaying Saber had already acknowledged a master.

• Xu Fan's name appeared on the twelfth floor, shocking Xia Luanyin, Lu Yuanqing, Wei Zhongliu, and the crowd outside the Fallen Star Pagoda.
• Xu Fan received the Saber-Nurturing Technique and used the Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram to comprehend it and condense a divine saber in his Dantian.
• The Weapon Master's phantom appeared and told Xu Fan that the Great Wilderness Demon-Slaying Saber had already acknowledged a master.
• Xu Fan said he had no interest in the Celestial Person Divine Weapon or in cultivating the first Weapon Master's Dao.

Xu Fan defeated the first-generation Weapon Lord's phantom on the Fallen Star Pagoda's twelfth floor and gained a boost to his cultivation. Outside the pagoda, the four Lineage Peak Masters discussed his achievement and whether any lineage would take him in.

• Xu Fan weakened the Weapon Lord's phantom with Spiritual Radiance Essence Erosion and fought it with the Great Sun True Yang Fist.
• The Weapon Lord's phantom praised Xu Fan's strength, then became starlight that strengthened Xu Fan's physique, Divine Sense, and cultivation.
• Xu Fan reached Qi Refinement Sixth Layer and Fourth Revolution True Essence, then wondered whether the first-generation Weapon Lords were still alive beyond the Heavenly Gate.
• The four Lineage Peak Masters saw Xu Fan's name on the twelfth floor and discussed his unexpected arrival and extraordinary combat power.
• The Heaven Lineage Peak Master suggested the lineages consider taking Xu Fan in, while the Hong Lineage Peak Master said his lineage was not suited to him.

The Saber-Nurturing Valley Peak Masters assigned Xu Fan to the Huang Lineage despite concerns about his loyalty and power, while acknowledging the danger of letting another Pang Wuji mature. Xu Fan emerged after reaching the twelfth floor of the Fallen Star Pagoda and greeted a Land Immortal who approached him.

• The Heaven Lineage Peak Master decided that the Huang Lineage would take Xu Fan in after the Earth Lineage Peak Master raised no objection.
• The Peak Masters discussed Xu Fan’s talent and warned that Saber-Nurturing Valley would not allow someone like Pang Wuji to fully mature if such a threat arose again.
• Chen Cuo arrived at the Fallen Star Pagoda, newly advanced to the Primal Core realm, and vowed that he would not lose to Xu Fan again.
• Su Qiang and Su Ya saw Xu Fan’s name on the twelfth floor, where it stood beside Shentu Yun’s, and recognized his extraordinary achievement.
• Xu Fan emerged from the pagoda, ignored Chen Cuo’s fighting gaze, and greeted a plainly dressed old man whom he sensed was a Land Immortal.

Xu Fan became a Reserve True Disciple of Saber-Nurturing Valley after reaching the twelfth floor of the Fallen Star Pagoda, and the Huang Lineage Peak Master warned him about the Wang Clan’s Primal Core heir. When Chen Cuo challenged him, Xu Fan refused and declared he would give Chen time to catch up, prompting Chen to unleash his Divine Intention.

• The Huang Lineage Peak Master praised Xu Fan’s Divine Intention, warned him that Wang Sheng’s elder brother was a formidable Primal Core cultivator, and accepted Xu Fan’s resolve to face him.
• The Peak Master made Xu Fan a Huang Lineage disciple, gave him a Reserve True Disciple token and his reward for reaching the twelfth floor, then disappeared.
• Su Ya recognized Xu Fan as the man who had defeated Chen Cuo, and Chen challenged Xu Fan to fight again.
• Xu Fan refused Chen’s challenge, saying he had no interest in fighting for the seventh True Disciple position or its greater resources.
• After Chen accused Xu Fan of being afraid, Xu Fan said he would give Chen time to catch up until he could no longer see him from afar.
• Furious, Chen Cuo released a scorching, domineering Divine Intention that formed a great sun above the crowd.

Xu Fan arrived at Saber-Nurturing Valley after demonstrating that his strength could force Chen Cuo, a Primal Core cultivator, onto the defensive. After learning about the valley’s resources and True Disciple challenges, Xu Fan declared he would challenge the fifth True Disciple in one month.

• Xu Fan struck Chen Cuo with one punch, then vanished using Dark Moon Hidden Shadow, leaving Chen Cuo to renew his determination to improve.
• Su Qiang took Su Ya to register with the Earth Lineage after Xu Fan departed for Saber-Nurturing Valley.
• Lu Yuanling welcomed Xu Fan to the valley and explained her role, the benefits of his alternate True Disciple status, and the contribution-point system.
• Xu Fan asked whether he could challenge a True Disciple, and Lu Yuanling warned him that the other eight were powerful Primal Core cultivators.
• Xu Fan told Lu Yuanling to prepare for him to challenge the fifth True Disciple in one month, startling her.

Xu Fan’s plan to challenge Lu Shaotian stirred discussion among Saber-Nurturing Valley’s disciples and drew attention from Fu Yuanwu, Chen Cuo, and Bai Lianxin. The chapter revealed that Shentu Yun had become a Weapon Lord, leaving the Great Reversion Pill contest uncertain for Xu Fan and ending with Bai Lianxin wondering how Xu Fan had become so powerful.

• Fu Yuanwu asked Chen Cuo to assess Xu Fan’s chances against Lu Shaotian, and Chen Cuo estimated that Xu Fan had an eighty percent chance of winning.
• Fu Yuanwu and Chen Cuo discussed Shentu Yun’s awakening of the Great Wilderness Demon-Slaying Saber and concluded that he had become a Weapon Lord, making the Great Reversion Pill difficult for either of them to obtain.
• Shen Guan confronted Bai Lianxin about her role in directing Xu Fan to Saber-Nurturing Valley, and she admitted she had revealed information about the Great Reversion Pill.
• Shen Guan said the Path Masters wanted an explanation from Bai Lianxin and White Lotus Madam, while Bai Lianxin declared she would compete for the Great Reversion Pill and ordered him to leave.
• After Shen Guan departed, Bai Lianxin wondered whether Xu Fan was a Weapon Lord or an unusually powerful inheritor of a Celestial Person’s legacy.