Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan revealed his bone wings and used his mastery of flight to overcome the Tie clan’s encirclement. He killed Tie Mu in a brutal dive, leaving the furious Tie clan members ready to retaliate.

• Tie Ruo Nan and the Tie clan members believed Fang Yuan was trapped, but Fang Yuan unfurled bone wings and flew into the air.
• Tie Baxiu urged the others to exploit Fang Yuan’s lack of flight practice, but Fang Yuan skillfully evaded their ranged attacks.
• Fang Yuan summoned five Beast Strength Phantoms and launched an aerial assault, using his flying skill to dodge most attacks and wasting Tie Ruo Nan’s Vine Armor Grass Soldiers.
• Fang Yuan dived at Tie Mu, tore off both his arms, and smashed his head apart.
• The Tie clan members saw Tie Mu die and turned their fury toward Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan slaughtered the Tie Family Gu Masters, leaving only Tie Ruo Nan and Tie Baxiu alive. He paused to restore his strength and considered using Tie Ruo Nan as leverage against Tie Baxiu, while the danger of the Tie Family Four Elders arriving remained.

• Tie Xian Hua charged Fang Yuan in grief over Tie Mu, but Fang Yuan killed her with a slash to the neck.
• Fang Yuan defeated Tie Dao Ku after his primeval essence ran out, then killed him by crushing his neck.
• Tie Ruo Nan lost control of the Vine Armor Grass Soldiers in her rage, and Fang Yuan exploited the resulting chaos to target Tie Ao Kai.
• Tie Ao Kai fled to seek reinforcements, but Fang Yuan soon returned carrying his head.
• Fang Yuan killed the remaining Tie Family Gu Masters until only Tie Ruo Nan and Tie Baxiu remained, then considered using Tie Ruo Nan to attack Tie Baxiu.
• Fang Yuan began restoring his primeval essence and healing his injuries while Tie Baxiu watched in alarm.

Fang Yuan pursued Tie Baxiu toward Three Fork Mountain, using his flight and beast shadows to overcome the Tie family warrior while protecting Tie Ruo Nan. Tie Baxiu died after sealing Tie Ruo Nan inside an Iron Cabinet Gu, and Fang Yuan faced the arriving Tie Family Four Elders.

• Tie Baxiu recognized his disadvantage and tried to retreat toward Three Fork Mountain while carrying the unconscious Tie Ruo Nan.
• Fang Yuan pursued Tie Baxiu from the air, repeatedly attacking him with beast shadows and forcing him to protect Tie Ruo Nan.
• Fox Charm and Li Xian saw Fang Yuan hunting Tie Baxiu and realized he had intercepted the Tie family reinforcements.
• The Tie Family Four Elders abandoned their attempt to trap Bai Ning Bing and rushed to rescue Tie Baxiu.
• Tie Baxiu sealed Tie Ruo Nan inside an Iron Cabinet Gu before Fang Yuan's beast shadow killed him.
• Fang Yuan taunted the Four Elders, saying he had killed six of the Tie Family Seven and challenging them to fight him in the air.

Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing escaped the Tie Family Four Elders after Fang Yuan killed Tie Baxiu, and news of his victory spread across Southern Border. As others connected his flying skills to the Three Kings Inheritance, Li Xian and Fox Charm began plotting how to exploit the secret.

• Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing faced the Tie Family Four Elders, but Fang Yuan judged his primeval essence too low to continue and withdrew with Bai Ning Bing.
• Fang Yuan declared the Tie family his mortal enemy and vowed to kill any Tie family disciples he encountered.
• News that Fang Yuan had defeated seven opponents and killed Tie Baxiu spread across Three Fork Mountain and Southern Border.
• Yan Jun, Feng Tianyu, and Yi Huo each heard of Fang Yuan’s victory and considered what his mastery of flight meant for his strength and their plans.
• Li Xian and Fox Charm concluded that Fang Yuan had discovered a secret of the Three Kings Inheritance and began discussing how to gain from it.

After Fang Yuan became famous, he weighed the threats gathering around him and planned to pursue the most valuable parts of the Three Kings Inheritance. Meanwhile, the Fox Immortal Inheritance opened in Central Continent, and Gu Yue Fang Zheng entered its trial.

• Fang Yuan helped Bai Ning Bing nourish her aperture with refined gold primeval essence, while she warned him that Tie Lineage had declared him an enemy.
• Fang Yuan considered the forces closing in on him and decided the Three Kings Inheritance's most valuable rewards could strengthen him for the coming battle at Yi Tian Mountain.
• The Ten Great Sects' Gu Immortals opened the Fox Immortal Inheritance after their elite disciples completed a grand tournament won by Feng Jinhuang.
• Gu Yue Fang Zheng entered the inheritance and encountered a fox-tailed girl, who told him only the first person to reach a mountain summit could obtain her.
• The girl tapped Fang Zheng's forehead, sending him falling toward the trial with his aperture seized and his Gu worms difficult to use.

Fang Zheng entered the Fox Immortal blessed land and learned that he had to climb Soul-Shaking Mountain to claim its inheritance. Immortal Master Tian He revealed the Immortal Crane Sect’s plan to use his strengthened soul to help him reach the summit, and Fang Zheng set out determined to win.

• Fang Zheng landed in a grassy prairie and saw competitors climbing a distant crystal mountain.
• Immortal Master Tian He explained that the first person to reach Soul-Shaking Mountain’s summit would become the Fox Immortal Earth Spirit’s master and inherit the blessed land.
• Tian He told Fang Zheng that time flowed faster inside the blessed land and that Gu worms could not be used during the climb.
• Tian He revealed that He Fengyang had secretly arranged for him to support Fang Zheng’s soul, giving Fang Zheng an advantage over the other disciples.
• Fang Zheng realized the mysterious girl was the Fox Immortal Earth Spirit and vowed to climb the mountain with Tian He’s help.

Months after Fang Yuan rose to prominence on Three Fork Mountain, Hundred Year Old Child hosted a feast where guests discussed Fang Yuan’s strength and feared his growing reputation. Fang Yuan arrived to challenge Hundred Year Old Child, leaving the other guests relieved that he had singled out his host.

• At Hundred Year Old Child’s feast, the guests discussed Yi Huo’s dominance, Fang Yuan’s gains from the Three Kings Inheritance, and his attacks on Strength Path Gu Masters.
• Hundred Year Old Child urged his godsons and goddaughters to focus on the Three Kings Inheritance and avoid provoking Fang Yuan until it ended.
• Fang Yuan called from outside the cave and demanded that Hundred Year Old Child come out to fight because he was a Strength Path Gu Master.
• Hundred Year Old Child tried to draw Rock Lizard Li Qiang, Blazing Star Bao Tong, and Li Xian into the dispute, but Fang Yuan declared that he had come specifically for him.
• Li Qiang and Bao Tong relaxed when Fang Yuan made clear he would not target the other guests, while Li Xian chose to watch from the sidelines.

Fang Yuan defeated and killed the Hundred Year Old Child with Bai Ning Bing’s help, then took control of the banquet. He ended by offering the gathered Gu Masters information about the Protective Token in the Three Kings Inheritance.

• The Hundred Year Old Child emerged from the cave and fought Fang Yuan, who overwhelmed him with powerful beast phantoms and close-combat skill.
• As the Hundred Year Old Child tried to retreat, Bai Ning Bing blocked his path and disrupted his footing.
• Fang Yuan seized the opening, knocked the Hundred Year Old Child unconscious, and tore him in two.
• Fang Yuan threatened the gathered Gu Masters into returning to the banquet and took the Hundred Year Old Child’s seat of honor.
• Fang Yuan offered to do everyone a favor by revealing information about the Protective Token in the Three Kings Inheritance.

After killing Hundred Year Old Child, Fang Yuan intimidated the surviving Gu Masters and shared secrets about the Three Kings Inheritance. Elsewhere, Tie Ruo Nan grieved her fallen companions until former Tie clan leader Tie Mu Bai arrived and spoke to her about the clan’s honor in dying in battle.

• Fang Yuan dismissed Hundred Year Old Child’s adopted children, killing one when they hesitated and driving the rest from the cave.
• Fang Yuan rejected Li Qiang’s suggestion to kill the escapees and declared that he would answer any revenge by growing stronger and killing his enemies.
• Fang Yuan revealed information about the Three Kings Inheritance at the banquet, drawing the guests’ eager attention and suspicion from Li Xian.
• Tie Ruo Nan mourned her dead companions at their graves while Tie Xuan Zhi tried to console her.
• Tie Mu Bai arrived unseen, restrained Tie Xuan Zhi, and told Tie Ruo Nan that dying in battle was the greatest honor for members of the Tie clan.

Tie Mu Bai emerged from seclusion, defeated the strongest Gu Masters on Three Fork Mountain, and drove the Demonic Path from the Three Kings Inheritance. He then charged Tie Ruo Nan with capturing or killing Fang Zheng, while rallying the Righteous Path around its cause.

• Tie Mu Bai comforted Tie Ruo Nan and began teaching her the Tie Family’s gold path and principles.
• Tie Mu Bai defeated Yi Huo, Kong Ritian, Long Qingtian, Yi Chong, and Wu Shentong, then barred Demonic Path Gu Masters from entering the inheritance.
• Tie Mu Bai entered the Three Kings Inheritance first, and the Righteous Path held the mountain while Demonic Path figures withdrew.
• Tie Mu Bai hosted a banquet for nearly ten thousand Righteous Path Gu Masters and publicly praised Fang Zheng’s abilities.
• Tie Ruo Nan analyzed Fang Zheng’s strengths, and Tie Mu Bai assigned her the task of capturing or killing him to reclaim her honor.

Great Sun Yang Mang gained wings of self and transformed Spirit Wander Gu into Immortal Travel Settling Gu, but ignored warnings about the sunlight, causing his wings to grow and explode; he fell to his death. At Fire Charcoal Mountain, Fang Yuan refused Bai Ning Bing’s proposal to enter the Three Kings Inheritance immediately and waited for Tie Mu Bai to rise further.

• Spirit Wander Gu told Great Sun Yang Mang to gather Jade Bamboo of Azure Sky and an Eight-angled Diamond, then use the rising sun’s Light of Glory to transform it.
• Thought Gu gave Great Sun Yang Mang white wings of self and warned him that the higher he flew, the harder he would fall.
• Great Sun Yang Mang collected the required materials in Azure Heaven and Blue Heaven, then flew toward the sun while Spirit Wander Gu transformed into Immortal Travel Settling Gu.
• Great Sun Yang Mang ignored Immortal Travel Settling Gu’s warnings as sunlight enlarged his wings until they burst, and he fell to his death.
• At Fire Charcoal Mountain, Bai Ning Bing urged Fang Yuan to enter the Three Kings Inheritance, but Fang Yuan chose to wait while Tie Mu Bai controlled Three Fork Mountain.

Fang Zheng struggled up Soul-Shaking Mountain in Fox Immortal Blessed Land as Immortal Master Tian He explained the Fox Immortal Earth Spirit and the inheritance’s value. Meanwhile, Old Demon Witch Ghost challenged Tie Mu Bai at Three Fork Mountain, and the battle took a sudden turn when a third Peak Rank 5 aura appeared.

• Fang Zheng ignored the Fox Immortal Earth Spirit’s taunts and pressed on up Soul-Shaking Mountain while Immortal Master Tian He urged him to reach the mountainside.
• Fang Zheng asked about the earth spirit, and Immortal Master Tian He explained its origin, its power within the blessed land, and the need to repay Immortal Crane Sect after inheriting it.
• At Three Fork Mountain, Demonic Path Gu Masters complained that Tie Mu Bai had barred them from the Three Kings Inheritance as the blessed land continued to decline.
• Old Demon Witch Ghost arrived in rolling black clouds and attacked Tie Mu Bai, who broke through his giant cloud hand and fought him in the sky.
• Tie Mu Bai gained the upper hand, but Witch Ghost laughed as a third Peak Rank 5 aura suddenly rose and a sinister voice addressed Tie Mu Bai.

Tie Mu Bai fought Wu Gui and Skull Demon on Three Fork Mountain, while Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing watched from a distance. Fang Yuan explained that the clash was a test over the Three Kings Inheritance and would end without a decisive victor, leaving the inheritance as the prize still to come.

• Wu Gui and Skull Demon joined forces against Tie Mu Bai, and their Rank 5 battle shook Three Fork Mountain and drove most spectators to flee.
• Tie Mu Bai, Wu Gui, and Skull Demon unleashed their Rank 5 Gu Worms, making the battlefield too dangerous even for the remaining Peak Rank 4 Gu Masters.
• Bai Ning Bing watched the battle and recognized how far his strength fell short of the three Peak Rank 5 Gu Masters.
• Fang Yuan told Bai Ning Bing that Tie Mu Bai had more Rank 5 Gu than his opponents, but the battle would expose no clear winner because each side would preserve its trump cards.
• Bai Ning Bing realized the three Peak Rank 5 Gu Masters had chosen Three Fork Mountain because of the Three Kings Inheritance, and he worried that he could not take the Yang Gu from Fang Yuan.

Tie Mu Bai trained Tie Ruo Nan in Golden Needle Gu techniques and revealed the legendary battles behind his methods. He confirmed that the Three Kings Inheritance blessed land was close to destruction because it lacked a land spirit and was running out of immortal essence.

• Tie Ruo Nan defeated a mountain ape group of nearly a thousand with Golden Needle Gu combinations, then used healing needles to restore the survivors.
• Tie Mu Bai demonstrated how Golden Needle Gu paired with Mist Gu could pierce through rocks and trees, and how Golden Needle Gu paired with Puppet Control Gu could control a mountain ape.
• Tie Mu Bai praised Tie Ruo Nan, taught her his techniques, and set Fang Zheng as a trial for her; Tie Ruo Nan vowed to take his head.
• Tie Ruo Nan asked about the weakening Three Kings Inheritance, and Tie Mu Bai confirmed the blessed land was nearing destruction without a land spirit and with its immortal essence depleted.

Tie Mu Bai explained that the weakening blessed land would eventually allow a decisive battle for the Three Kings Inheritance, while Fang Zheng gained a sudden advantage in the Fox Immortal Blessed Land with Immortal Master Tian He’s help. As Three Fork Mountain drew an increasingly powerful crowd of Gu Masters, two figures arrived at its foot when the inheritance opened again.

• Tie Mu Bai told Tie Ruo Nan that the blessed land would gradually weaken before its destruction and that the final stage would bring a decisive battle among many powerful Gu Masters.
• Fang Zheng reached the mountainside of Ladder Mountain, and Immortal Master Tian He used the Soul-Hosting Flea and My Element Gu to restore his strength and help him climb faster.
• The Gu Immortals outside the Fox Immortal Blessed Land noticed Fang Zheng’s sudden progress and learned that He Fengyang had supported him with My Element Gu.
• Renowned Gu Masters including Li Feile, Zhang Sansan, Tao Zi, Yun Luotian, Wang Xiao, Wu Lanshan, and Chou Jiu gathered at Three Fork Mountain as the Three Kings Inheritance repeatedly opened.
• Tie Mu Bai welcomed Chou Jiu to a banquet, and later, when the inheritance opened again, two figures approached Three Fork Mountain.

Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing returned to Three Fork Mountain and entered the Explosion King Inheritance after Fang Yuan avoided a confrontation with Yun Luotian. Inside, Fang Yuan let the Red Eggmen injure him until he was close to death, smiling as the moment he had planned for finally arrived.

• Tie Mu Bai entered the Faith King Inheritance, followed by other Rank 5 and Rank 4 Gu Masters.
• Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing returned to Three Fork Mountain, where Tie Ruo Nan restrained her anger and vowed to kill Fang Yuan herself.
• Yun Luotian confronted Fang Yuan over Tie Baxiu’s death, but Fang Yuan apologized and let him enter the inheritance first.
• Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing entered the Explosion King Inheritance, where Fang Yuan found himself able to use only the Exploding Egg Gu.
• Fang Yuan let the Red Eggmen attack him until he was grievously wounded and near death, then smiled as his plan reached its intended moment.

Fang Yuan survived his deliberate attempt to meet the blessed land’s trial and arrived in its hidden hall, where Earth Spirit Overlord Turtle healed him. He learned that refining the Second Aperture Gu would fulfill the earth spirit’s obsession, and prepared to begin with the blessed land’s dwindling immortal essence.

• Red Eggmen attacked Fang Yuan until an invisible force swept him away just before they could kill him.
• Earth Spirit Overlord Turtle healed Fang Yuan in the ancient hall, and Fang Yuan identified it and explained the blessed land’s history and trial.
• Fang Yuan confirmed that the trial required refining the rank six Second Aperture Gu and learned that the blessed land held only a shallow, diminishing supply of immortal essence.
• Fang Yuan recalled how his previous-life attempt to refine the Second Aperture Gu had failed after the earth spirit and blessed land collapsed.
• Fang Yuan judged that his preparations, refinement experience, and the earth spirit’s assistance gave him at least a fifty percent chance of success.

Fang Yuan studied the Second Aperture Gu recipe, began refining it with the Earth Spirit Overlord Turtle’s help, and successfully created the Beast Strength Placenta Gu. He then teleported to Tie Mu Bai and killed him to begin gathering human apertures.

• Fang Yuan learned the full Second Aperture Gu recipe and discovered the hall’s vast stores of materials, Gu Worms, and the Rank 6 Spirit Wander Gu.
• Fang Yuan studied the recipe, then began refining the Gu with the Earth Spirit Overlord Turtle, using Azure Marsh Rotten Soil, Eight Desolations Blood Powder, and an Earth Hidden Flower Gu.
• Fang Yuan combined the required materials and beast shadows, grasped how to fuse their true meanings, and created the Beast Strength Placenta Gu.
• After sleeping for a day and night, Fang Yuan asked the Overlord Turtle to teleport him to Tie Mu Bai.
• Fang Yuan struck Tie Mu Bai with the Rock Crocodile Beast Shadow, killing him instantly.

Fang Yuan killed Tie Mu Bai and absorbed his Aperture into the Beast Strength Placenta Gu, raising the Second Aperture Gu's aptitude to forty percent. He persuaded Ba Gui to keep the Three Kings Inheritance open so he could kill more Gu Masters, seize their resources, and continue refining the Immortal Gu.

• Fang Yuan searched Tie Mu Bai's Aperture and took his three Rank 5 Gu and four Rank 4 Gu Worms.
• Fang Yuan used the Beast Strength Placenta Gu to devour Tie Mu Bai's Aperture, raising the Second Aperture Gu's aptitude to forty percent.
• Fang Yuan explained that the land spirit's support had let him use his Gu Worms while Tie Mu Bai was unable to use his own.
• Ba Gui warned Fang Yuan that teleporting him and helping him attack had consumed Immortal Essence, and Fang Yuan estimated how much remained for refining the Second Aperture Gu.
• Fang Yuan argued that Primeval Stones and the possessions of more victims could offset the Immortal Essence costs, and convinced Ba Gui to keep the inheritance entrance open.

Fang Yuan exploited the blessed land’s restrictions to ambush and kill the Rank 5 Gu Masters Skull Demon and Wu Gui, taking their Gu worms and apertures. With the Second Aperture Gu refinement growing more dangerous, he appeared before Bai Ning Bing, intending to rely on him for protection.

• Fang Yuan appeared before Skull Demon and killed him with the Gold Dragon Gu when Skull Demon could not activate his Gu worms.
• Fang Yuan plundered Skull Demon’s Gu worms and aperture, strengthening the Beast Strength Placenta Gu, but could not take control of his dog pack.
• Fang Yuan ambushed Wu Gui while he commanded his Chrysanthemum Akita Dogs, killing him with a bone spike.
• Fang Yuan took Wu Gui’s Gu worms and aperture, including the Rank 5 Seven Umber Gu, then killed the attacking Electric Text Dogs with the Gold Dragon Gu.
• Fang Yuan worried about the pressure from the Spring Autumn Cicada and the dangers of refining the Second Aperture Gu, deciding he would rely on Bai Ning Bing for protection.
• Fang Yuan suddenly appeared before Bai Ning Bing, who reacted with shock and suspicion.