Grandmaster Ma Fan

Manhua

The unparalleled Artifact Refining Grandmaster of the Great Evolution Ruins, Grandmaster Ma Fan is the last remaining inheritor to the legacy of the former Great Evolution Paradise. First meeting Yang Kai during the early days of Void Land, Grandmaster Ma Fan eventually befriends him, and contributes significantly to the initial turn of the tide of the war on Ink Battlefield through the invention of the Evil-Breaking Divine Lance.

## Appearance

Grandmaster Ma Fan appears as a powerfully built old man.

## **Personality**

Grandmaster Ma Fan rightfully has a very proud and dignified personality. However, while he can be abrasive, he generally demonstrates good moral character.

## Background

Carrying the legacy of Great Evolution Paradise, Grandmaster Ma Fan is a powerful High Rank Open Heaven and a master of the **World Tempering** technique. This technique makes use of various powerful Sun Stars and Great Evolution’s imitation Universe Furnace, which was built after the naturally occurring phenomenon. Grandmaster Ma Fan demonstrated his great ability with this method when he easily forged the exceptional 6th Rank Execution Heavenly Sword and Heavenly Net Umbrella for Yang Kai within a mere 9 months.

## **History**

### A Favor

Grandmaster Ma Fan would first meet Yang Kai when the Proprietress brings the latter to the Great Evolution Ruins in order to have some powerful Secret Treasures refined to serve as the base of Void Land's Nine Layers Heaven Formation. Grandmaster Ma Fan states he will only do so if Yang Kai can provide the extremely rare and precious materials, and is shocked when he actually does so. Letting him know that he owes him a favor in the future, Grandmaster Ma Fan first refines Yang Kai a 6th Rank offensive treasure in the Execution Heavenly Sword and uses the latter's, much to his surprise, Golden Dragon Blood in the process. Grandmaster Ma Fan then refines the defensive Heavenly Net Umbrella for Yang Kai.

### Reviving Great Evolution

Disappointed that Yang Kai did not straight promote 7th Rank Open Heaven, Grandmaster Ma Fan refuses to see him when the former seeks his help in refining a Palace Secret Treasure. However, Grandmaster Ma Fan is finally convinced when Yang Kai, who spent several months with Great Evolution’s remaining disciples, informs him of Star Boundary and the World Tree Subtree.

After Yang Kai grants him the same benefits of a Cave Heaven or Paradise in Star Boundary, Grandmaster Ma Fan fixes and improves his Void Yin-Yang Mirror before promising to refine a Palace Secret Treasure upon his return. Before leaving Great Evolution Territory, a reinvigorated Grandmaster Ma Fan destroys the “Great Evolution Branch” of Heavenly Martial Tower, the 2nd Class Influence that rules over Great Evolution Territory.

### Good Fortune Divine Furnace

Before returning to Void Land from Ancestral Land, Yang Kai stops by Great Evolution Territory and finds Grandmaster Ma Fan being confronted by Yu Chang Dao and several other Cave Heaven and Paradise Inner Sect Elders. Seeking asylum from Yang Kai, Grandmaster Ma Fan suddenly claims to be a Supreme High Ranking Guest Elder of High Heaven Palace, and quickly hands Yang Kai the Purple Divine Palace Secret Treasure he started refining for him many years ago.

After discussing with Yang Kai in private how to share the glory of the Good Fortune Divine Furnace, which allows for the miraculous conversion of lower ranked resources into higher ranked ones, with the Cave Heavens and Paradises, Grandmaster Ma Fan eventually agrees to be hired as Void Land's Chief Artifact Refining Expert. Yang Kai then takes responsibility for the Good Fortune Divine Furnace and its distribution among the Cave Heavens and Paradises before departing.

### Evil-Breaking Divine Lance

Grandmaster Ma Fan comes to Ink Battelfield’s Blue Sky Pass as part of a group of reinforcements over 100 years after Yang Kai arrival there. After informing the latter a bit about the promising progress of his High Heaven Palace in the 3,000 Worlds, the Artifact Refining Great Grandmaster eventually becomes engrossed in the idea of a new Artifact after learning of Yang Kai’s Light of Purification. This leads to the invention of the Evil-Breaking Divine Lance, a devastating one-time use Artifact that can send a devastating amount of Purifying Light into a pierced Ink Clansman, reducing their combat efficacy by as much as 30%. The Evil-Breaking Divine Lance then goes on to further boost the Human Race’s ability to finally mount an expedition against the Ink Clan.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 5272
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 4637
3. ↑ Chapter 4638
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 4724
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 5152
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 4157
7. ↑ Chapter 4155
8. ↑ Chapter 4158
9. ↑ Chapter 4639
10. ↑ Chapter 4722
11. ↑ Chapter 5157
12. ↑ Chapter 5158