Chapter Summaries

Fang Qing and Hua Yunfei exchanged techniques while discussing the Way of Melody and the Dao of artifacts, each revealing powerful arts and gaining new insights. Hua Yunfei gave Fang Qing the Phoenix Tribulation arts, and the chapter ended with Fang Qing telling him about meeting an Ancient Sage in the Northern Territory.

• Hua Yunfei played the Nine Tribulation Phoenix Melody, and Fang Qing countered with the Nine Nether Immortal Melody, destroying the tribulations and deepening his understanding of the Way of Melody.
• Hua Yunfei gave Fang Qing a scroll containing the Nine Tribulation Phoenix Melody and the Phoenix Tribulation Rebirth Technique.
• Fang Qing shifted the discussion to artifacts, and Hua Yunfei manifested a Great Dao Treasure Bottle that Fang Qing studied and praised.
• Fang Qing told Hua Yunfei that he had met a living Ancient Sage in the Northern Territory, shocking the gathered disciples.

Fang Qing finished a successful lecture at Taixuan Sect, then set out with Little Nannan and Big Black Dog to visit his former home, Lingxu Grotto-Heaven. His arrival stunned the sect’s elders and Sect Leader Li, who recognized him.

• Fang Qing told Taixuan Sect’s disciples that he had met a powerful Ancient Sage in the Northern Territory, then ended his lecture and banquet with Hua Yunfei.
• Fang Qing reflected that Hua Yunfei was an inheritor of the Ruthless Person lineage, but he no longer feared Hua Yunfei or his Guardian.
• Fang Qing invited Little Nannan for a stroll and told Big Black Dog that they would visit Sacred Cliff after stopping at Lingxu Grotto-Heaven.
• Fang Qing, Little Nannan, and Big Black Dog traveled to Lingxu Grotto-Heaven in less than half an incense stick’s time.
• Fang Qing’s arrival alarmed Sect Leader Li and the elders, but they recognized him when he greeted them.

Fang Qing returned to Lingxu Grotto-Heaven, revealed that he had reached Four Extremities Great Perfection, and repaid the sect by helping its elders and his former classmates advance in cultivation. After arranging to take his willing classmates to Taixuan Sect, he began preparing to break through into the Dragon Transformation Realm.

• Fang Qing told Sect Leader Li and the elders that he had reached Four Extremities Great Perfection and was nearing the Dragon Transformation Realm.
• Fang Qing gave Lingxu Grotto-Heaven fifty thousand jin of Source, then used the Divine Lamp, immortal music, and cultivation methods to help its elders advance into the Dao Palace Realm and beyond.
• Fang Qing learned that Liu Yunzhi had died, then reunited with Liu Yiyi, Zhang Ziling, Zhang Wenchang, and his other classmates; Zhou Yi, Wang Ziwen, Lin Jia, and Li Xiaoman were absent.
• Fang Qing invited his remaining classmates to join Taixuan Sect, and they agreed; he then used Source and the Divine Lamp to help them advance from the Life Spring Realm to the Divine Bridge Realm.
• Fang Qing reviewed his accumulated insights into several Great Daos and decided that he was ready to challenge the Dragon Transformation Realm.

Fang Qing underwent a terrifying Lightning Tribulation at Lingxu Grotto-Heaven and broke through to the Dragon Transformation Realm. He reached the peak of the first change, displayed his new power, and left the onlookers stunned.

• Fang Qing announced that he would break through to the Dragon Transformation Realm and led the Lingxu Grotto-Heaven cultivators and his classmates outside to watch.
• Fang Qing summoned a vast sea of purple lightning, and thousands of lightning dragons descended upon him as Little Nannan worried and Black Emperor tried to reassure her.
• Fang Qing endured the tribulation by using his treasures and Great Dao abilities, absorbing lightning and refining its Dao marks as his spine transformed and his strength surged.
• Fang Qing absorbed a lightning palace complex into his Five Elements Bracelet and swallowed the remaining lightning with his treasure bottle.
• Fang Qing reached the peak of Dragon Transformation First Change, destroyed a distant mountain with a gesture, and received congratulations from the Lingxu Grotto-Heaven Sect Leader.

After advancing to the Dragon Transformation Realm, Fang Qing bid farewell to Lingxu Grotto-Heaven and traveled with Nannan and the Black Emperor to Wangkong Ancient City in the Eastern Desolation Central Territory. There, he learned that Daoist Qing Xuan had become famous and decided to attend the Immortal Crane Great Power’s birthday banquet before continuing toward Sacred Cliff.

• Fang Qing said goodbye to the Lingxu Grotto-Heaven Sect Leader and elders, who wished him success and hoped he would become the next Azure Emperor.
• Fang Qing returned to Taixuan Sect, where Zhang Wenchang, Zhang Ziling, Liu Yiyi, and his other classmates were assigned to different peaks.
• Fang Qing, Nannan, and the Black Emperor traveled through the Domain Gate to Wangkong Ancient City and discussed exploring the Eastern Desolation Central Territory while waiting for Ye Fan before entering Sacred Cliff.
• The Black Emperor took Fang Qing and Nannan to Wangkong Platform, where he recalled Great Emperor Wushi watching the stars and learned that the platform nourished the city with starlight.
• Fang Qing overheard young geniuses discussing Daoist Qing Xuan’s victories and the Golden Winged Great Peng King’s recent improvement, then decided to attend the Immortal Crane Great Power’s birthday banquet.
• The Black Emperor said he wanted to eat Immortal Cranes, but Nannan told him not to, and Fang Qing warned him that the Immortal Crane Clan Leader was a Great Power.

At Wang Kong City’s Moon Gazing Platform, Fang Qing comprehended its stellar inheritance and inscribed its Dao Marks onto his Imperial Heaven Seal, drawing Star Power to himself. After meeting local young geniuses and accepting an invitation to a birthday banquet, he joined their sparring match and easily defeated their attacks while studying their techniques.

• Fang Qing comprehended the Wangkong Platform’s star-related Dao Marks, formed its great formation in his Sea of Life, and added stellar Dao Marks to his Imperial Heaven Seal.
• Fang Qing drew so much Star Power to his inn that local young geniuses came to meet him, including Feng Lie of the Wind Clan and He Wuji of the Immortal Crane Clan.
• He Wuji invited Fang Qing to Old Ancestor’s birthday banquet, and Fang Qing accepted before joining the young geniuses for drinks.
• The group discussed famous geniuses including Daoist Qing Xuan, Xia Jiuyou, and Gu Feng, then Feng Lie proposed a friendly spar with Fang Qing.
• Fang Qing left the city with the group and effortlessly countered Feng Lie’s Wind Cage and the attacks of several other young geniuses, leaving them shocked by his strength.

Fang Qing overwhelmed the young geniuses of Wang Kong City, then prepared a Star Radiance Stone as a gift for the Immortal Crane Clan and went to its residence with Little Nannan and Black Emperor. There, he encountered several Holy Land figures and the Golden Winged Great Peng King.

• Fang Qing used his Star Power to fend off attacks from Feng Lie, He Wuji, and the other young geniuses while studying their Dao principles and artifacts.
• Feng Lie and He Wuji conceded defeat, and Feng Lie urged Fang Qing to challenge Qing Xuan Dao in Holy City.
• Fang Qing took Little Nannan and Black Emperor back to rest, then revealed a Dao-marked Star Radiance Stone that could improve cultivation and said Taixuan Sect might develop it as an industry later.
• Fang Qing, Little Nannan, and Black Emperor visited the Immortal Crane Clan, where an elder welcomed Fang Qing but could not discern his cultivation.
• Fang Qing saw several Holy Land heirs at the Immortal Crane Clan's gathering, and the Golden Winged Great Peng King arrived.

At the Immortal Crane Clan Chief’s birthday banquet, Fang Qing injured Golden Winged Great Peng King in a clash of fists and received a divine feather as a gift. Golden Winged Great Peng King later called for a contest, challenging Fang Qing as the younger generation prepared to compete.

• Golden Winged Great Peng King confronted Fang Qing and attacked him after Fang Qing mocked his arrogance.
• Fang Qing’s punch split Golden Winged Great Peng King’s fist, and Fang Qing declined to continue fighting while the banquet’s powerful elders watched.
• Fang Qing greeted Fenghuang briefly, then joined the other young geniuses at the birthday banquet.
• Fang Qing presented the Immortal Crane Clan Chief with a Star Radiance Stone and received a precious divine feather in return.
• Golden Winged Great Peng King proposed a contest, and the Immortal Crane Clan Chief allowed the young geniuses to compete.
• Golden Winged Great Peng King challenged Fang Qing to fight him.

Fang Qing overwhelmed the Golden Winged Great Peng King with stellar techniques and the Li Fire Divine Furnace, then suppressed his final attack. The Golden Winged Great Peng King was left pinned beneath Fang Qing’s star diagram.

• The Golden Winged Great Peng King attacked Fang Qing with One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords, but Fang Qing’s stellar tide swallowed all the swords.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng King charged with his Golden Holy Sword, and Fang Qing blasted him back with Star Light Divine Thunder.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng King healed himself and wielded the Great Desolation Halberd, but Fang Qing’s Li Fire Divine Furnace suppressed it.
• Fang Qing studied the negative Daos within the Great Desolation Halberd while the Golden Winged Great Peng King grew increasingly frustrated.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng King unleashed the Tianpeng Dragon Wrestling Technique, but Fang Qing’s star diagram knocked down his manifestations and pinned him in place.

Fang Qing defeated the Golden Winged Great Peng King’s inherited arts and, after studying his opponent’s second sacred technique, created Star Lord Fang Qing and crushed him. The Holy Lords intervened before Fang Qing could kill him, and Fang Qing left the Golden Winged Great Peng King alive with a challenge to forge his own path.

• Fang Qing shattered the Golden Winged Great Peng King's Tianpeng Dragon Wrestling Technique, astonishing the gathered cultivators and elders.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng King unleashed the first form of the Heavenly Demon Slaughtering Sage Art, but Fang Qing’s stellar yin-yang tides overwhelmed it and sent him flying.
• Fang Qing questioned whether the Golden Winged Great Peng King had ever created an art of his own, prompting him to reflect on his dependence on inherited techniques before attacking with the art’s second form.
• Fang Qing comprehended the second form and manifested Star Lord Fang Qing, whose palm shattered the Golden Winged Great Peng King's golden figure and pulverized his body.
• The Holy Lords pleaded with Fang Qing to stop, and he withdrew his Star Lord body and warned the Golden Winged Great Peng King to create his own path.

Fang Qing defeated the Golden Winged Great Peng King, won the admiration of the assembled Saintesses, and became famous across the Eastern Desolation Central Territory. After the three-day banquet, Ye Fan and his companions arrived, and Fang Qing proposed they visit the former grounds of Xuan Holy Land.

• Fang Qing defeated the Golden Winged Great Peng King, and the Immortal Crane Clan Chief ended their battle and resumed the birthday banquet.
• The Golden Winged Old Peng King took the injured Golden Winged Great Peng King away, while Fang Qing returned to the younger generation's seats.
• Dao Yi Holy Land's Young Nun, Fairy Zixia, Fenghuang, and the Saintess of Wan Chu Holy Land toasted Fang Qing, and he discussed the Dao with several Saintesses during the three-day feast.
• On the fourth day, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Heishui, and Tu Fei arrived and congratulated Fang Qing on his victory and growing fame.
• Fang Qing congratulated Ye Fan on reaching Dao Palace Fifth Heaven and invited him and the others to visit the former grounds of Xuan Holy Land.

Fang Qing and his companions visited the ruins of Xuan Holy Land, where Mad Old Man appeared and examined Little Nannan before restoring the Seven-Colored Stone at her brow. After revealing that the Xing Zi Secret was at Sacred Cliff, Fang Qing persuaded Mad Old Man to follow them there.

• Fang Qing reunited with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Tu Fei, Li Heishui, and the Black Emperor, then led them from Wang Kong City toward Xuan Holy Land's former site.
• The group explored the desolate ruins, where they encountered Divine Doctor Wang and saw the ancient medicinal fields, halls, and cemetery.
• Mad Old Man suddenly appeared and fixed his attention on Little Nannan, frightening the group before carrying her to Xuan Holy Land's hidden pure land.
• Mad Old Man and Little Nannan formed hand seals, and he merged the Seven-Colored Stone back into her brow before bringing her back safely.
• Fang Qing told Mad Old Man that the Xing Zi Secret was at Sacred Cliff, and Mad Old Man followed him toward it.

Fang Qing led Mad Old Man and the others into Sacred Cliff to seek the Nine Secrets, where they encountered Great Emperor Wushi’s dangerous formation. After studying it for nine days, Fang Qing shared two powerful divine techniques with the group and revealed that he had reached the Dragon Transformation Realm as they continued into the mountains.

• Fang Qing gathered Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Tu Fei, Li Heishui, Big Black Dog, Nannan, and Mad Old Man and brought them to Sacred Cliff.
• Mad Old Man drove off a strange creature, and the group discovered that Great Emperor Wushi’s formation prevented flight and struck Big Black Dog with lightning.
• Big Black Dog shared an Ancient Scroll containing part of Great Emperor Wushi’s killing formation, which Fang Qing and Mad Old Man studied for nine days.
• Fang Qing passed the Phoenix Tribulation Rebirth Technique and Nine Phoenix Tribulation Melody to the group, delighting Pang Bo, Tu Fei, Li Heishui, and Big Black Dog.
• Fang Qing revealed that he had reached the Dragon Transformation First Change, then followed Mad Old Man deeper into Sacred Cliff.

Fang Qing and the group crossed Wushi’s perilous mountain range, where the Mad Old Man protected them from powerful ancient beings and Fang Qing studied Great Emperor Wushi’s array patterns. At a cliff filled with True Sun Fire, Fang Qing absorbed a million attacking Fire Crows into the Li Fire Divine Furnace, strengthening its power and his own cultivation.

• The Mad Old Man froze four Ancient Corpses carrying an iron sedan chair and forced the being inside to retreat into the lake, allowing the group to pass.
• The Big Black Dog warned that a sealed creature might have escaped from a broken mountain peak, then recalled Great Emperor Wushi’s hour-long battle with the being.
• The group crossed the dangerous mountains while Fang Qing comprehended Wushi’s array patterns and improved his mastery of formations.
• The group reached a black cliff whose caves spewed True Sun Fire, and a million Fire Crows surged toward Fang Qing.
• Fang Qing used the Five-Colored Canopy and Li Fire Divine Furnace to draw the Fire Crows inside, turning them into divine fire patterns that strengthened the furnace and his cultivation.

Fang Qing and his companions traversed Sacred Cliff, where Fang Qing strengthened his fire and five-element arts and the group gained a fragment of the True Sun Art. They reached a blood-red mountain bearing the Investiture of the Gods and a Stone Coffin, leaving them to face the mystery of what Great Emperor Wushi had sealed there.

• Fang Qing absorbed Divine Fire Crows with the Li Fire Divine Furnace, strengthening his fire arts and Five-Colored Canopy until the Divine Crow King attacked; Mad Old Man drove it off, and the group gathered its golden feathers.
• Li Heishui found a fragment of the True Sun Art, and Fang Qing and the others studied it, gaining insight into fire, yin and yang, and their Dao attainments.
• The group continued through Sacred Cliff, encountered a sentient arm, and stopped at Reincarnation Lake; Mad Oldman warned them away, while Fang Qing left without looking into it.
• Mad Old Man led the group safely onward to a blood-red mountain, where they saw a Stone Coffin and the Investiture of the Gods sealed against the mountainside.
• Black Emperor reacted with alarm at the Investiture of the Gods, and Pang Bo urged the group to go closer and investigate.

Fang Qing and the others reached the summit of Sacred Cliff, where Mad Old Man awakened the complete Xing Zi Secret from the Stone Coffin. Fang Qing and the group began comprehending it, and Fang Qing left with the secret’s initial methods mastered.

• Big Black Dog explained that the Investiture of the Gods was a sacred artifact forged by Great Emperor Wushi, and the group climbed Sacred Cliff under the protection of the Li Fire Divine Furnace.
• Fang Qing, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Mad Old Man studied traces left by Sakyamuni and Laozi, while Fang Qing’s Divine Lamp helped everyone enter Enlightenment.
• The group reached the summit and found a Stone Coffin covered in green hair, along with mourning inscriptions and Star Maps left by Sakyamuni and Laozi.
• Mad Old Man used the Xuan Footwork to trigger the coffin and reveal the complete Xing Zi Secret, while the Investiture of the Gods suppressed the coffin’s killing intents.
• Fang Qing used the Divine Lamp to aid everyone’s comprehension and imprinted the Xing Zi Secret’s Dao Diagram; Little Nannan accidentally appeared atop the coffin, and Fang Qing pulled her back.

Fang Qing and the others studied the Xing Zi Secret in Sacred Cliff while the Great Achievement Saint Body emerged from the Stone Coffin and was suppressed by Great Emperor Wushi’s Investiture of the Gods. After leaving the danger behind, Ye Fan resolved to cultivate toward the Four Extremities Realm and face the ominous trial awaiting his physique.

• Big Black Dog identified the dead man in the Stone Coffin as a Sage of Heavenly Court and explained the ancient assassin dynasties’ downfall.
• The Great Achievement Saint Body reached out from the coffin, but Mad Old Man and Great Emperor Wushi’s array patterns forced it back.
• Fang Qing, Ye Fan, and the others continued imprinting the Xing Zi Secret’s nine-layered Dao Diagram as Big Black Dog quickly copied six layers.
• The Great Achievement Saint Body emerged and resonated with Ye Fan, who briefly controlled its body and took the Golden Ancient Staff before the entity within it spoke to him.
• The Investiture of the Gods struck the Great Achievement Saint Body back into the Stone Coffin and sealed it, allowing the group to prepare to leave Sacred Cliff.
• Fang Qing asked whether Ye Fan would break through to the Four Extremities Realm, and Ye Fan resolved to attempt it after returning from the mountain.

Ye Fan shared the Single Secret Realm Cultivation Method with his companions before beginning his breakthrough into the Four Extremities Realm. His tribulation grew increasingly brutal as he endured Chaos Lightning, leaving his fate uncertain.

• The group escaped Sacred Cliff after Great Emperor Wushi’s hand and the Investiture of the Gods suppressed the Old Rascal again.
• Ye Fan shared the Single Secret Realm Cultivation Method with Fang Qing, Li Heishui, Tu Fei, and Mad Old Man, and Fang Qing felt his strength rise as he comprehended it.
• Ye Fan began his Four Extremities breakthrough, revealing the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron and undergoing a transformation that remade his blood and bones.
• Ye Fan passed nine stages of physical Lightning Tribulation, then sent his Spiritual Sense to battle nine powerful phantoms.
• Chaos Lightning struck Ye Fan repeatedly, nearly destroying his body, but he endured each bolt and absorbed its Chaos Qi.

Ye Fan survived the Chaos Divine Lightning and formed a Primordial Spirit, but an Innate Dao Diagram descended to prevent his breakthrough into the Four Extremities Realm. The Mad Old Man destroyed it and left through a Domain Gate, allowing Ye Fan to advance safely.

• Ye Fan endured nine bolts of Chaos Divine Lightning, absorbed nine strands of Chaos Qi, and formed a Primordial Spirit as the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron grew more powerful.
• An Innate Dao Diagram descended after the tribulation and crushed Ye Fan's phenomena as he tried to resist it.
• Little Nannan begged the Mad Old Man to save Ye Fan, and the Mad Old Man transformed into a Dao Diagram and collided with the Innate Dao Diagram.
• The Mad Old Man wore away the Innate Dao Diagram, freeing Ye Fan from its restraint, then opened a Domain Gate and departed.
• Fang Qing comforted Little Nannan and congratulated Ye Fan on advancing into the Four Extremities Realm.

After Ye Fan advanced to the Four Extremities Realm, Fang Qing left the group and returned to Wang Kong City to face Wang Chongxiao, a Netherworld King Body from Central Province. Fang Qing crushed Wang Chongxiao with two sleeve strikes and invited him to become an elder, leaving the defeated king unable to understand the gap between them.

• Ye Fan reached the Four Extremities Realm, and Tu Fei and Li Heishui congratulated him while discussing the influx of geniuses into the Eastern Wasteland.
• Fang Qing said he would explore the area and meet the others in Holy City, then used the Xing Zi Secret to return to Wang Kong City.
• Wang Chongxiao challenged Fang Qing in Wang Kong City and attacked him with a purple saber and the weapons summoned from his Netherworld King's Wall.
• Fang Qing froze Wang Chongxiao's countless Divine Weapons with the Diagram of Stars Shining Over the Nine Heavens and knocked him dozens of miles away with a sleeve strike.
• When Wang Chongxiao tried to fight back, Fang Qing struck him down again and told him he could still join Taixuan Sect as an elder.