Chapter Summaries

Fang Qing warned Ye Fan away from a Stone King, while Tuoba Chang recklessly cut several empty stones and sank deep into debt. Ye Fan uncovered a living creature inside Divine Source, and it bonded with Fang Qing as the crowd clamored to buy it.

• Fang Qing bought the Dragon Qi and Immortal Linglong, then warned Ye Fan that the Peerless Beauty stone was empty and that opening the Stone King would cause disaster.
• Tuoba Chang borrowed source from the Ji Family and cut the Eight Trigrams Dao Diagram, Peerless Beauty, and White Tiger Ascending, finding nothing and accruing a debt of three hundred and ninety thousand jin of source.
• Ye Fan cut an ordinary stone and uncovered a block of Divine Source that tried to flee, revealing a tiny living creature inside.
• The creature emerged, ate half the Divine Source, and glared at Ye Fan, who mourned the loss while Fang Qing fed it Divine Source Granules.
• The creature settled comfortably in Fang Qing's palm, and the onlookers questioned its origin and offered to buy it.

Fang Qing befriended the Divine Silkworm, learned its innate arts, and helped Ye Fan lease it to Great Xia for eight hundred thousand jin of Source. The Great Xia Prince then invited Ye Fan and Fang Qing to a banquet at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

• Fang Qing played with the Divine Silkworm and learned its Space Shuttle Art, Extreme Speed Flight Path, and Heaven-Deceiving Art in exchange for a small piece of Divine Source.
• The Ji Family Stone Garden guardian identified the creature as a Divine Silkworm from the Primordial Era and explained its nine transformations and lost memories between lives.
• Cultivators coveted the Divine Silkworm, so Fang Qing told Ye Fan he did not want to buy it and suggested leasing it instead.
• The Great Xia Prince's imperial uncle offered eight hundred thousand jin of Source to lease the Divine Silkworm until its third transformation.
• Fang Qing gave the Divine Silkworm another piece of Divine Source and handed it to the White-robed Little Nun, who thanked him.
• The Great Xia Prince invited Ye Fan and Fang Qing to a banquet at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, and Fang Qing accepted.

At the Great Xia Prince’s banquet, Ji Haoyue’s attempt to test Ye Fan exposed suspicions that Ye Fan was the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body. Fang Qing then challenged Ji Haoyue and overwhelmed him with the Divine Five Elements Dao, leaving the gathering astonished as the Great Xia Prince intervened.

• Ji Haoyue unleashed Moon Rises Over the Sea against Ye Fan, and Xiang Yifei identified the sound of Ye Fan’s Golden Bitter Sea as proof that he was the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body.
• Ye Fan denied having that physique and repelled Ji Haoyue’s attack with the Fighting Saint Method, while Fang Qing stopped the remaining moonlight with Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Ji Haoyue challenged Fang Qing, who broke his Moon Rises Over the Sea vision and sent him flying with Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Ji Haoyue attacked Fang Qing with arts from the Void Scripture, but Fang Qing’s Divine Five Elements Dao blocked them as he studied their mysteries.
• Fang Qing blasted Ji Haoyue away with Five Elements Divine Thunder, and the Great Xia Prince stepped in to restore calm.

At the banquet, Ye Fan’s identity as a possible Ancient Desolate Sacred Body drew attention as the guests debated the Sacred Body’s history and Fang Qing defended its legacy. An Miaoyi revealed a clue to a Great Emperor’s inheritance, then news that the second assault on Purple Mountain had failed sent the Holy Lands toward a third attack using their complete Supreme Emperor Weapons.

• Fang Qing’s victory over Ji Haoyue became the talk of the banquet, while Ye Fan drew suspicion as a possible Ancient Desolate Sacred Body.
• An Miaoyi asked about the Sacred Body, and the guests discussed its traits, its past battles, and Great Evolution Holy Land’s failed attempt to cultivate one.
• Yao Yuekong challenged Jin Chixiao’s account of ancient history, and An Miaoyi stopped their argument with a toast.
• Xiang Yifei recounted how Great Evolution Holy Land had abandoned the Sacred Body it once raised, leaving Ye Fan worried about the danger of his identity being exposed.
• Fang Qing supported the Sacred Body, and An Miaoyi revealed a bronze cauldron that Jiang Yifei recognized as a clue to a Great Emperor’s inheritance requiring several powerful physiques.
• The Wushi Bell rang after the Holy Lords’ second failed assault on Purple Mountain, prompting the Holy Lands to plan a third attack with complete Supreme Emperor Weapons.

Fang Qing attended the Heavenly Demon Treasure Pavilion auction with Yan Ruyu as powerful figures from across the Eastern Wasteland and Central Province gathered. The auction began amid rising interest in the crisis at Purple Mountain.

• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu arrived at the Heavenly Demon Treasure Pavilion, where Yao Yuekong escorted them to a private room.
• Fang Qing’s disguised Kidney Deity met the Crimson Dragon Old Daoist, exchanged fifty thousand jin of Source for a Crimson Snow Flowing Pearl Pill, and persuaded him to stay.
• Fang Qing observed experts from the Ancient Hua Dynasty and the Western Desert arrive at the auction.
• Xu Tianxiong, the Great Xia Prince, the White-robed Little Nun, and a powerful Great Xia figure wearing a Nine-Dragon Crown arrived.
• The auction began as major figures from Central Province, including members of the Hundred Schools of Thought, gathered.

Fang Qing attended the Heavenly Demon Treasure Pavilion auction, bought Emperor Jade, Daoist Qingning’s handwritten record, and a broken bell, and watched several rare treasures sell for enormous sums. The auction ended without an ancient scripture, leaving Fang Qing unimpressed with the offerings.

• Fang Qing had his Kidney Deity buy a piece of Great Emperor Wushi’s Emperor Jade for 1,300 jin of Source, bringing his collection to three pieces.
• Fang Qing bought Daoist Qingning’s handwritten record for 120,000 jin of Source and discovered that its Qingning Heart Lamp phenomenon helped him comprehend the Great Dao.
• Fang Qing won a broken ancient bell for 160,000 jin of Source and invited Crimson Dragon Old Daoist to study its remaining Dao Marks with him.
• The auction sold a damaged divine medicine for 410,000 jin of Source, while Fang Qing noted that his Medicine King had sold for 250,000 jin.
• Fang Qing found that no Great Emperor Ancient Scripture had appeared at the auction and judged the Heavenly Demon Treasure Pavilion’s offerings so-so.

After the auction, Fang Qing learned the Bronze Bell Sealing Technique and spent three days cultivating before meeting Ye Fan in Holy City for a Source Art contest. Their gathering was interrupted by Xia Jiuyou, who demanded Ye Fan’s blood, and Fang Qing challenged her to fight.

• Crimson Dragon Old Daoist deciphered 583 Dao Marks from the broken bell and taught Fang Qing the Bronze Bell Sealing Technique.
• Fang Qing secluded himself at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion for three days, refining his Divine Lamp and improving his cultivation.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu visited Ye Fan and Pang Bo in Holy City, where Fang Qing proposed a Source Art contest with Ye Fan.
• Xia Jiuyou arrived, declared that she would capture the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body, and revealed that she wanted Ye Fan’s blood to refine Elixir Pills.
• Fang Qing confronted Xia Jiuyou and used Yan Ruyu’s Demon Emperor Imperial Weapon to intimidate her before challenging her to fight with Dao techniques.

Daoist Qing Xuan overwhelmed Xia Jiuyou in their Holy City duel, revealing the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor and a powerful Five-Colored Divine Light. As Xia Jiuyou’s Nine Nether Immortal Melody failed to stop him, Fang Qing swallowed her Nine-Bend Long River and left the battle’s outcome in doubt.

• Daoist Qing Xuan and Xia Jiuyou drew a crowd of Holy City prodigies for their duel, including the Great Xia Prince, Yao Yuekong, Jiang Yifei, Ji Biyue, and descendants of the Thirteen Great Bandits.
• Xia Jiuyou formed a Great Dao stele, but Fang Qing’s Bronze Bell Sealing Technique cracked and sealed it.
• Xia Jiuyou attacked Fang Qing’s spiritual sense, but he used Deprive from the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor to trap it before she broke free and recognized the technique.
• Fang Qing summoned a Five Emperors’ Canopy with Five-Colored Divine Light, while Xia Jiuyou answered with the Nine Nether Immortal Melody and a pure land filled with killing intent.
• Fang Qing advanced through Xia Jiuyou’s attacks and swallowed her Nine-Bend Long River in a Five-Colored Circle, leaving Xia Jiuyou furious.

Fang Qing defeated Xia Jiuyou in Holy City while studying her Nine Nether Immortal Melody, sword arts, Eye of the Deity, and Tribulation Crossing Immortal Melody. Xia Jiuyou admitted defeat and left, vowing to challenge him again, while Fang Qing revealed he had used less than ten percent of his strength.

• Fang Qing used Five-Colored Divine Light to break through Xia Jiuyou's Nine Nether Immortal Melody and force her back.
• Xia Jiuyou attacked with her black immortal sword and countless Dao-infused sword strikes, but Fang Qing countered with Five Elements Sword Qi and Four Seasons Sword Qi.
• Xia Jiuyou opened the Eye of the Deity and unleashed the Tribulation Crossing Immortal Melody, but Fang Qing's Five Elements domain absorbed and dissolved her attacks.
• Xia Jiuyou coughed blood before completing the melody, and Fang Qing struck her with a World Tree branch, sending her flying.
• Xia Jiuyou acknowledged her defeat, vowed to return with the complete melody, and left Holy City on a Mysterious Jade Platform.
• Fang Qing told Ye Fan and the Great Xia Prince that his claim of using thirty percent of his strength had only been meant to provoke Xia Jiuyou.

After defeating Xia Jiuyou, Fang Qing challenged Ye Fan to a Source Art contest at Yaoguang Holy Land's Stone Workshop, drawing a crowd of powerful cultivators. The contest began with Fang Qing buying the long-dismissed Demon Fetus, leaving Yaoguang Holy Land fearful of what it contained.

• Fang Qing's victory over Xia Jiuyou cemented his reputation after he had defeated the Golden Winged Great Peng King and Ji Haoyue.
• Fang Qing told Ye Fan their duel could proceed, and they agreed to compete in Source Art at Yaoguang Holy Land's Stone Workshop.
• Fang Qing and Ye Fan proposed a contest using three stones, with the loser wagering one million jin of Source.
• Many young geniuses and powerful elders gathered to watch as Fang Qing and Ye Fan began choosing stones.
• Fang Qing selected Yaoguang Holy Land's Demon Fetus for one hundred twenty thousand jin of Source, alarming the Holy Land's cultivators.

Fang Qing and Ye Fan selected costly Mysterious Stones at Yaoguang Holy Land, while Fang Qing’s casual extra stone yielded Divine Source and stunned the crowd. As the stones were finally opened under the watch of powerful figures, Fang Qing’s Blazing Sun Stone produced a human-head-sized piece of Divine Source, leaving Yaoguang’s cultivators heartsick.

• Ye Fan bought the Immortal Tomb after Fang Qing confirmed it held a treasure, while Fang Qing opened a cheap extra stone and found Divine Source worth about 80,000 jin of source.
• Ye Fan chose the Wind Cave Stone, and Fang Qing bought the Blood Sacrifice Altar after recognizing the transformed Divine Silkworm within it.
• Fang Qing and Ye Fan passed over the Big Clumsy Elephant, then Fang Qing selected the Blazing Sun Stone and Ye Fan chose the Waning Moon Stone.
• The Crimson Dragon Old Daoist, Xu Tianxiong, and other powerful figures arrived as the crowd urged Fang Qing and Ye Fan to open their stones.
• Fang Qing opened the Blazing Sun Stone with Five-Colored Divine Light and revealed a human-head-sized piece of Divine Source.

Fang Qing and Ye Fan continued their stone-cutting contest, uncovering several pieces of Divine Source, including a hidden divine medicine seed and Ancient Worm Divine Source. The contest ended on a cliffhanger when Ye Fan’s next stone revealed a seemingly living creature, prompting cultivators to flee while several powerful figures approached.

• Fang Qing extracted Divine Source, then Ye Fan cut the Waning Moon Stone and found a head-sized piece of Divine Source.
• Ye Fan cut the Wind Cave Stone and uncovered Ancient Worm Divine Source, which the Great Xia Dynasty and Ji Family immediately sought to buy.
• Fang Qing opened the Demon Fetus and found a tiny Qilin-like figure, secretly a Primordial Kirin Divine Medicine Seed, then claimed it was a dead Qilin and put it away.
• Crimson Dragon Old Daoist stopped the Ji Family elder from probing Fang Qing, while Fang Qing began nurturing the seed inside his Li Fire Divine Furnace.
• Ye Fan cut the Immortal Tomb stone and revealed two golden eyes; he and the crowd retreated as the Great Xia Imperial Uncle, the Ji Family elder, the Third Great Bandit, and Daoist Scarlet Dragon stepped forward.

A Battle Saint Ape emerged from the Immortal Tomb and fought the Great Powers at Yaoguang Stone Workshop. It took the Mysterious Stone Fang Qing had chosen, revealed a Divine Maiden pinned by the Primordial Divine Spear, then pulled out the weapon, sealed her wound, and fled through a Domain Gate with her.

• The Battle Saint Ape crushed the attacks of the Ji Family Great Power, the Great Xia Imperial Uncle, and Xu Tianxiong, while Crimson Dragon Old Daoist identified it as an immature member of an Ancient Royal Clan.
• The Great Xia Imperial Uncle attacked again, but the Battle Saint Ape used the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Art to shatter his Imperial Dragon Qi.
• The Battle Saint Ape seized the Blood Sacrifice Altar Mysterious Stone that Fang Qing had chosen and broke its casing, revealing the Primordial Divine Spear.
• The Battle Saint Ape opened the stone completely and revealed a Divine Maiden pinned through the chest by the spear, while the Divine Silkworm wept at the sight of her.
• The Battle Saint Ape pulled the Primordial Divine Spear from the Maiden, sealed her wound with divine light, and escaped through a Domain Gate carrying her.

During the chaos after the failed assault on Purple Mountain, Ancient Creatures invaded Holy City and clashed with the human forces. Fang Qing sensed a human enemy targeting him and killed an elder of the Yin Yang Sect, while the battle raged outside.

• The Battle Saint Ape escaped with the Divine Silkworm Princess and the spear, and Fang Qing and Ye Fan settled their stone-cutting contest by agreeing to a meal.
• News spread that five Supreme Emperor Weapons had failed to breach Purple Mountain, and the Holy Lands planned to send their remaining Supreme Elders for another attempt.
• Fang Qing sensed danger and returned to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion as the Crimson Dragon Old Daoist prepared to leave Holy City.
• Ancient Creatures emerged and attacked Holy City from every direction, prompting the Holy Lords and other experts to fight back.
• Fang Qing sensed a watcher from the human race and killed a Dragon Transformation Realm elder of the Yin Yang Sect who had entered the Drunken Immortal Pavilion to attack him.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu survived the chaos in Holy City as Ancient Creatures were driven away by three Supreme Emperor Weapons. After leaving the city, Fang Qing ambushed and killed thirteen Yin Yang Sect experts, taking their memories, divine arts, and treasures.

• Fang Qing observed the Holy Lords' battles in Holy City, including the appearance of the Jiang Family's Hengyu Furnace, the Ji Family's Void Mirror, and Yaoguang Holy Land's Dragon Pattern Cauldron.
• The Supreme Emperor Weapons drove the Ancient Creatures back, and a humanoid being within Divine Source warned the cultivators before the Ancient Creatures departed through a Domain Gate.
• Fang Qing told Yan Ruyu that a battle awaited them outside Holy City, and the two left together.
• Thirteen Yin Yang Sect experts, led by a Dragon Transformation Realm elder, confronted Fang Qing and demanded his treasures and allegiance.
• Fang Qing used the Imperial Heaven Seal and his Primordial Spirit to kill all thirteen experts, then seized their memories, supreme arts, and magic treasures.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu comprehended the Yin-Yang Great Dao, advanced to the Four Extremities Fourth Extreme, and parted to pursue their own plans. Fang Qing returned to Holy City, spoke with Ye Fan and Pang Bo about their next steps, then won a valuable Weapon Fragment from the Northern Plains Wang Family’s Stone Workshop.

• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu used the Yin Yang Sect elders’ memories to master Yin-Yang Union and found that combining it with the All Character Secret produced about twenty times their individual combat power, not fifty times.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu deepened their understanding of Yin-Yang, passed their Lightning Tribulations, and reached the Four Extremities Fourth Extreme.
• Yan Ruyu told Fang Qing she would travel to investigate the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Pot and explore the Eastern Desolation Central Territory, while Fang Qing planned to return to the Southern Territory before heading there.
• Fang Qing returned to Holy City and told Ye Fan that the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body might need to break through in a Life Forbidden Zone; Ye Fan resolved to survive and reach the Four Extremities Realm.
• Fang Qing entered the Northern Plains Wang Family’s Heaven Grade Stone Garden, paid one hundred and thirty thousand jin of Source for a Mysterious Stone, and cut out a rare Weapon Fragment containing a Deity before leaving.

Fang Qing returned to the Taixuan Sect with the Black Emperor after traveling from the Northern Territory to the Southern Territory, where he rewarded the sect’s gatekeeping disciples and visited Star Peak. The chapter left off with Fang Qing effortlessly breaking Elder Hua Xuansheng’s attack, astonishing the gathered disciples.

• After leaving Holy City, Fang Qing found the Black Emperor near Purple Mountain and invited him to the Southern Territory to seek the Nine Secrets at Sacred Cliff.
• Fang Qing and the Black Emperor exchanged Dao Marks and techniques, then used Fang Qing’s Mysterious Jade Platforms to travel to the Southern Territory.
• Fang Qing brought the Black Emperor to Taixuan Sect, where Lu Yuting and Zhang Xuanxuan recognized him and welcomed him back.
• Fang Qing gave several dozen jin of Source to the gatekeeping disciples and discussed the sect’s lack of mining resources with the Black Emperor.
• At Star Peak, the disciples were stunned by Fang Qing’s aura, and Elder Hua Xuansheng challenged him with the Twelve Swords of the Star River.
• Fang Qing shattered Hua Xuansheng’s sword attack with a torrent formed from the power of Sun Moon Tides.

Fang Qing returned to Taixuan Sect at Four Extremities Great Perfection, astonishing the elders, who rewarded him with cultivation methods and protective treasures. After he offered them lifespan-extending pills, the sect elders declared that he would become the next Taixuan Sect Leader, with Yun Fei set to become Star Peak Master.

• Fang Qing blocked Elder Hua Xuansheng's attack and revealed that he had reached Four Extremities Great Perfection.
• Elder Hua Wuzhou took Fang Qing to Cloud Palace, where the sect leader and Supreme Elders marveled at his cultivation and gave him the Star Five Elements Scripture.
• Taixuan Sect's Supreme Elders gave Fang Qing protective amulets, forbidden artifacts, teleportation talismans, and other treasures to guard him against stronger enemies.
• Fang Qing presented the Supreme Elders with Crimson Snow Flowing Pearl Pills that could extend their lifespans.
• A white-haired elder declared Fang Qing the next Taixuan Sect Leader and Yun Fei the next Star Peak Master.

After returning from the Northern Territory, Fang Qing was confirmed as Taixuan Sect’s next Sect Leader and reunited with his junior disciples and Little Nannan. He attended a gathering hosted by Hua Yunfei, where he shared stories of the Northern Territory and prepared to speak on the Dao.

• Fang Qing rewarded Zhang Mu, Wang Kui, and Yang Xinyue, then learned that Little Nannan periodically lost her memory but had been treated well.
• Black Emperor tried to persuade Little Nannan to take him as her master and promised to show her Forbidden Zones, while Little Nannan called him a cute doggy.
• Hua Yunfei invited Fang Qing to a gathering with Taixuan Sect’s young disciples and encouraged them to cultivate under Fang Qing’s leadership.
• Fang Qing described the Northern Territory’s Stone Workshops, Ancient Creatures, and battle at Purple Mountain, then displayed a piece of Divine Source.
• Fang Qing offered to speak on the Dao, and the gathered disciples rose to thank him.

Fang Qing taught Star Peak’s disciples the deeper mysteries of the Twelve Swords of the Star River, helping several disciples attain Enlightenment and advance. He then invited Hua Yunfei to study the Way of Melody with him.

• Fang Qing demonstrated star runes that helped the disciples draw in Star Power faster and explained how to combine it with sharp sword intent.
• Fang Qing described meeting Xia Jiuyou and demonstrated sword qi that formed powerful Dao Diagrams.
• Fang Qing’s lecture brought the disciples into Enlightenment, and Hua Changxiao advanced from Dao Palace Fifth Heaven to the Four Extremities Realm.
• Fang Qing summoned vast Star Power into the Diagram of Stars Shining Over the Nine Heavens and the Book of Myriad Stars as elders discussed his strength.
• Fang Qing proposed that he and Hua Yunfei comprehend the Way of Melody together, and Hua Yunfei agreed.