Chapter Summaries

After defeating Wang Chongxiao, Fang Qing traveled from the Shrouding Heavens Realm to the Yang Shen Realm to explore its cultivation paths. He encountered Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha while seizing a thousand-year-old clam, then invited them to discuss the Dao.

• Fang Qing defeated Wang Chongxiao in Wang Kong City, and his victory drew alarm and attention from Holy Sons and Saintesses across the region.
• The Bronze Fishing Rod caught coordinates for the Yang Shen Realm, so Fang Qing left the Shrouding Heavens Realm to visit it.
• Fang Qing arrived over the sea and recognized the young Hong Yi cultivating his Yin Spirit and the thousand-year-old clam sought by Chan Yinsha.
• Fang Qing seized the clam and remained unharmed when Chan Yinsha attacked him with Wind Thunder Cloud Movement.
• Fang Qing introduced himself as Daoist Qing Xuan, invited Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha to sit, and proposed that they discuss the Dao.

Fang Qing taught Hong Yi and Silver Shark King the Dao of Unity of Heaven and Man, then listened as they shared their own cultivation methods. After Silver Shark King demonstrated Water Lightning, Fang Qing immediately reproduced it, leaving her stunned.

• Fang Qing used his Divine Lamp while teaching Hong Yi and Silver Shark King about the Dao of Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Hong Yi repaid Fang Qing’s teachings by demonstrating the Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva Scripture and offering the Dragon-Elephant Dharma Seal.
• Silver Shark King compressed seawater into a powerful droplet and demonstrated her Water Lightning technique.
• Fang Qing quickly recreated Silver Shark King’s technique and detonated a droplet over the sea, astonishing her.

Fang Qing learned Yang God visualization methods from Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha, then combined them with his Shrouding the Heavens Dao Marks to create far more powerful manifestations and divine abilities. After joining Hong Yi’s military camp to exchange Dao methods, Fang Qing continued studying Buddhist and demonic visualizations as Hong Yi prepared to campaign against the pirates.

• Fang Qing copied Chan Yinsha’s Water Lightning Method and manifested powerful Thunder Duke Giant Spirit and Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva forms from his Dao Marks.
• Hong Yi displayed the Destruction Mingwang, whose Red Lotus Fire and Eye of Destruction gave Fang Qing new insights into his Divine Five Elements Dao.
• Hong Yi invited Fang Qing and Chan Yinsha to stay in his military camp as guests, and both accepted.
• Fang Qing watched Hong Yi train his five hundred soldiers through clear rewards and punishments.
• Hong Yi shared the Precious Moonlight King method and several demon-king visualizations, which Fang Qing studied and combined with his cultivation methods.
• Hong Yi invited Fang Qing to accompany him as he prepared to lead his troops against the pirates.

Fang Qing joined the Great Gan Dynasty’s naval campaign against the pirates, where he studied the Great Compassion Soul Revival Scripture and a scripture on merit. After Hong Yi’s forces attacked the pirates’ island, Fang Qing discovered half of the Present Tathagata Scripture hidden inside an underground Buddha statue.

• Jin Xun’er taught Fang Qing the Great Compassion Soul Revival Scripture in exchange for cultivating on his hand, while Chan Yinsha watched and benefited from his gathered star power.
• Fang Qing observed Hong Yi’s campaign and the rivalry between Hong Yi and Wei Lei, whose forces planned to attack each other during the pirate expedition.
• Hong Yi killed the pirate leader Green Eyebrow and obtained a kasaya whose scripture described merit as understanding one’s nature and freely acting according to it; contemplating it strengthened Hong Yi’s yin spirit.
• Fang Qing entered the pirates’ island city as Hong Yi’s army attacked, while Wei Lei ordered his subordinates to kill Hong Yi and pursued the city’s treasures.
• Fang Qing found a crimson-gold Buddha statue underground and retrieved a Black Gold Thread scripture concealed inside it, recognizing it as half of the Present Tathagata Scripture.

Fang Qing cultivated the Earth Extremity apertures, deepening his resonance with the earth, while Hong Yi defeated Wei Lei and gained two new allies. After Fang Qing gave Hong Yi half of the Present Tathagata Scripture, Hong Yi entrusted him with the Past Amitabha Scripture, and Fang Qing resolved to seek the Future Wu Sheng Scripture.

• Fang Qing cultivated the Earth Extremity Two Apertures and expanded his perception by resonating with the earth, gaining deeper mastery of terrain-based arts.
• Hong Yi fought Wei Lei while Fang Qing subdued Xiao Yu and Xiao Shan, then required the two Daoists to display Fang Xian Dao's Primordial Yang Dao Venerable Aspect.
• Hong Yi and his subordinates killed Wei Lei and began confiscating the Great Whale Kingdom Palace's wealth.
• Fang Qing assigned Xiao Yu and Xiao Shan to serve Hong Yi and gave him half of the Present Tathagata Scripture, containing methods for condensing one hundred and eight acupoints.
• Hong Yi gave Fang Qing the Past Amitabha Scripture, which greatly increased Fang Qing's Primordial Spirit power.
• Fang Qing decided that he would next seek the Future Wu Sheng Scripture.

Fang Qing received valuable scriptures and records before meeting Great Master Duan, who tested him with Qi Soul Sect arts. After demonstrating that he could turn the Mysterious Yin Ghost-Slaying Soul-Seizing Great Art into a devastating Soul Vortex, Fang Qing realized the Past Amitabha Scripture could let him exploit the technique’s cost to the soul.

• Fang Qing gave Hong Yi the Record of Fighting Buddhas, which detailed famous masters and their techniques.
• Hong Yi returned with the army after defeating the pirates, while Wei Taicang mourned his son Wei Lei and vowed to investigate his death.
• Great Master Duan arrived at Hong Yi's camp to assess his backing, but Fang Qing easily resisted his soul-seizing and water-sword attacks.
• Fang Qing learned about the Qi Soul Sect's Mysterious Yin Ghost-Slaying Soul-Seizing Great Art and identified how its five yin aspects formed a Soul Vortex.
• Fang Qing manifested the five demons, fused them into a Soul Vortex powerful enough to seize the sea across several hundred li, then restored his soul with the Past Amitabha Scripture.

Fang Qing studied Dao techniques in Hong Yi’s camp while Butler Wu arrived under Hong Xuanji’s orders to take Hong Yi back to the estate. Hong Yi called for Butler Wu to be killed, and Fang Qing restrained the Martial Saint so they could fight.

• Fang Qing combined Soul Vortex with the Past Amitabha Scripture and continued comprehending Dao techniques with Great Master Duan nearby.
• Butler Wu came to the Jinghai Army camp and told Hong Yi that Hong Xuanji had ordered him to return to the Hong Estate.
• Hong Yi refused Butler Wu’s demand and shouted for his men to kill him, hoping to alert Fang Qing.
• Butler Wu revealed his Martial Saint strength, and his martial aura overwhelmed the Daoists on the beach.
• Fang Qing used the earth to wrap around Butler Wu and stop him from escaping.

Fang Qing helped Hong Yi defeat Butler Wu, then studied the acupoint methods and secret arts the captured enemies revealed. Hong Yi gained strength and new techniques while Fang Qing created the Mount Tai Seal, and the chapter ended with Hong Yi poised to advance toward the Ghost Immortal realm.

• Fang Qing pinned Butler Wu to the ground, allowing Hong Yi to attack him with the Yin Yang Peach God Sword and repeated Soul Vortexes.
• Hong Yi absorbed the Peach God Spirit as he damaged the sword, strengthening his soul until he captured Butler Wu.
• Fang Qing seized Butler Wu's acupoint cultivation methods and used them to form divine spirits within his body, greatly increasing his power.
• Hong Yi defeated Master Zhou, an agent of Prince Heqin's Residence, and gained Jingyuan Divine Temple's secret arts.
• Fang Qing studied the Heaven Pillar Suppressing Spirit Method and created the Mount Tai Seal, then examined the Marrow Extraction Yuan Transformation Great Method as Hong Yi gained insight into advancing toward the Ghost Immortal realm.

Fang Qing and Hong Yi sailed away from the Great Gan Dynasty, but the Great Luo Sect pursued them with the Heaven Shaking Bow and Limitless Arrows. Fang Qing seized the artifacts and used them to destroy the pursuers, leaving Hong Yi’s group safe for the moment.

• Jin Xun'er reached the Manifestation Realm while Fang Qing, Hong Yi, and Chan Yinsha traveled aboard seven ships across the Azure Sea.
• Fang Qing sensed the Great Luo Sect pursuing them and identified Wen Liang and several elders among its leaders.
• The Great Luo Sect prepared to attack Hong Yi’s ships with the Heaven Shaking Bow and Limitless Arrows.
• Fang Qing instantly took the bow and arrows from Wen Liang, then fired an arrow at the Great Luo Sect’s vessel.
• The Limitless Arrow bewildered the cultivators, pierced through them, and absorbed their souls, killing Wen Liang and nearly everyone aboard.

Fang Qing studied the Heaven Shaking Bow and Limitless Arrow, incorporating their principles into his Myriad Stars Limitless Diagram before Xing Yuxian arrived to challenge Hong Yi. After effortlessly defeating Xing Yuxian’s Five Elements Sword Fiend, Fang Qing told her to send the Peacock King instead.

• Fang Qing examined the Heaven Shaking Bow and Limitless Arrow and used their principles to strengthen his Myriad Stars Limitless Diagram and Myriad Stars Limitless Book.
• Xing Yuxian arrived with the Golden Wolf Army and attacked Hong Yi’s fleet with a tornado of yin wind, which Chan Yinsha suppressed.
• Xing Yuxian mistook Hong Yi for the Tai Shang Dao’s successor and challenged him, but Fang Qing introduced himself as the Taixuan Sect Leader and invited her to attack.
• Xing Yuxian unleashed her Five Elements Sword Pellets against Fang Qing, but his Five-Colored Canopy absorbed and annihilated her attacks.
• Fang Qing declared that Xing Yuxian was no match for him and told her to send the Peacock King instead.

Fang Qing effortlessly stopped Peacock King Xingxuan’s incarnation and drove him away, then watched Hong Yi’s forces gain a major fleet and valuable intelligence after Wei Liancheng surrendered. The chapter left Meng Shenji’s pursuers still chasing his Nine Fire Flame Dragon while Fang Qing dismissed their efforts.

• Peacock King Xingxuan arrived to confront Fang Qing, who froze and captured his three hundred and sixty Saintly Dao Swords.
• Fang Qing’s Five-Colored Canopy threatened Xingxuan’s incarnation, so Xingxuan seized Xing Yuxian and fled without being pursued.
• Wei Taicang’s fleet surrendered to Hong Yi, bringing ships, weapons, cannon crossbow carriages, and other military supplies.
• Wei Liancheng surrendered and revealed the Wei Family’s Gongyang ancestry, its True Martial Saint Body, and secrets about the Great Gan Dynasty and Creation Dao.
• Fang Qing saw the Peacock King’s true body and other experts pursuing Meng Shenji’s Nine Fire Flame Dragon and remarked that they had not even caught it.

Fang Qing visited the Divine Wind Kingdom, mastered the Peach God Dao’s supreme hammer technique, and explained that the major powers were searching overseas for the Qiankun Pouch. Hong Yi then gained sudden Enlightenment and became a Ghost Immortal.

• Fang Qing watched Meng Shenji’s Nine Fire Flame Dragon toy with several renowned experts, then sailed with Hong Yi to the Divine Wind Kingdom.
• Fang Qing entered the Peach God Dao unnoticed and comprehended its supreme arts, including the Yin Yang Chaos Consecutive Hammers.
• Hong Yi gathered news that Yun Meng warships and Mysterious Heaven Pavilion hall masters were active at sea, and Fang Qing told him that the powers were seeking the Qiankun Pouch.
• Chan Yinsha declared that she wanted the pouch and its scriptures, unaware that Fang Qing and Hong Yi already possessed the Past Amitabha Scripture.
• Hong Yi reflected on his feelings for Chan Yinsha, attained Enlightenment, and broke through to the Ghost Immortal realm.

After Hong Yi attained the Ghost Immortal realm, he felt free of mortal authority but restrained himself from rushing to seek revenge. As the Fubo Army arrived and raised an imperial Dragon Flag to demand his ships, Hong Yi decided to assassinate its envoy.

• Hong Yi broke through to the Ghost Immortal realm, thanked Fang Qing for his guidance, and acknowledged that he still needed to grow stronger before settling old grudges.
• Chan Yinsha said Hong Yi’s breakthrough improved their chances of seizing the Qiankun Pouch, while Fang Qing noticed approaching ships.
• Xiao Tianyao of the Fubo Army learned that Hong Yi’s fleet had two Peach God Angry Whale Great Ships and resolved to take command of them under an imperial decree.
• Hong Yi refused to obey the Fubo Army’s assembly horns, and Xiao Tianyao raised the Dragon Flag to enforce the authority of the Great Gan Dynasty.
• Fang Qing studied the Dragon Flag’s power over the troops, while Hong Yi decided to assassinate the imperial envoy rather than surrender his ships.

Hong Yi killed Xiao Tianyao’s imperial envoy force after it tried to seize his Peach God Great Ships, and Fang Qing discovered that the Qiankun Pouch was in the Wild Wasteland. Hong Yi captured the warship, and Chan Yinsha urged the group to head for the Wild Wasteland.

• Hong Yi assassinated the imperial envoy’s guards and defeated the Fubo Army’s attacks with his Ghost Immortal Dao techniques.
• Chan Yinsha studied the Fang Xian Dao’s Ironclad Divine Thunder while Fang Qing caught an unexploded shell and examined its power.
• Xiao Shaonan tried to break Hong Yi’s Dao heart with claims about the Emperor’s will, but Hong Yi refuted him, shattered his Dao heart, and killed him before he could use his treasures.
• Hong Yi burned Xiao Tianyao to ashes and captured the imperial envoy warship.
• Fang Qing took the imperial documents, which revealed that Monk Jingren had taken the Qiankun Pouch to the Wild Wasteland, and Chan Yinsha proposed going there.

Aboard the Peach God Great Ship, Hong Yi, Chan Yinsha, and Fang Qing discussed Confucian principles and Dao techniques as they traveled toward Chuyun Kingdom. Their insights strengthened their cultivation, and Chan Yinsha revealed the Shenxiao Dao’s Lightning Body Illumination Technique.

• Hong Yi explained how reaching Ghost Immortal had changed his understanding of the sages’ books, and Chan Yinsha argued that Dao principles needed practical techniques.
• Fang Qing praised the Middle Way, then performed a Middle Way Divine Fist that Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha found nearly impossible to evade.
• Hong Yi drew minor techniques from the Confucian classics, while the three continued discussing Dao and improving their cultivation.
• Chan Yinsha shared the Shenxiao Dao’s Lightning Body Illumination Technique, including its surviving Valley Spirit Acupoint.

Fang Qing opened the Valley Spirit Acupoint and demonstrated power far beyond Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha’s understanding as he traveled with them toward the Wild Wasteland. When they encountered Yunmeng’s massive fleet, Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha prepared to test themselves against its experts.

• Fang Qing studied Chan Yinsha’s teachings, opened the Valley Spirit Acupoint, and began devouring Star Power much faster.
• Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha cultivated with Fang Qing, reached the Martial Saint level, and became Dao companions.
• Fang Qing gave Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha the Heaven Shaking Bow and the Limitless Arrow, then carried them by Divine Light toward the Wild Wasteland.
• Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha marveled at Fang Qing’s flight and speed, speculating that he had passed several Lightning Tribulations.
• Fang Qing and his companions spotted Yunmeng’s fleet of more than three hundred warships, including the national guardian ship Meng God.
• Chan Yinsha and Hong Yi proposed fighting the Yunmeng experts, and Fang Qing saw several experts emerge from the warships.

Fang Qing fought the Mysterious Heaven Pavilion experts aboard the warship, overpowering their summoned demon gods and capturing Nalan Hai and Nalan Yanluo. After seizing their arts and injuring the Black Wolf King, he left the Wolf King for Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha to deal with.

• Nalan Yanluo attacked Fang Qing, Hong Yi, and Chan Yinsha with the Impermanence Sword, but Fang Qing caught it and severed her connection to it.
• Nalan Hai summoned the Black Heaven Demon God, while Nalan Yanluo summoned the Great Destruction God; Fang Qing drew both into his Myriad Stars Limitless Diagram and studied their powers.
• The Great Destruction God unleashed four kinds of demonic light, but Fang Qing blocked them, then used his divine lamp to melt both demon gods and grievously wound Nalan Hai and Nalan Yanluo.
• The Black Wolf King hurled his Doom divine axe at Fang Qing, who seized it, destroyed its spiritual imprint, and injured the Wolf King.
• Fang Qing captured Nalan Hai and Nalan Yanluo, learned the Yellow Springs Golden Wheel and the Destruction Divine Thunder, and told Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha to deal with the Black Wolf King.

After defeating the Black Wolf King, Fang Qing, Hong Yi, and Chan Yinsha reached the Wild Wasteland and witnessed Witch Ghost Dao’s atrocities and the battles underway at Sky Witch City. Fang Qing killed Yu Wutong and took the Qiankun Pouch, drawing the attention of everyone on the battlefield.

• Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha joined forces to kill the Black Wolf King, and Fang Qing led them onward toward the Wild Wasteland.
• Fang Qing sensed strong yang energy, passed through a mountain wall, and found enslaved natives living near Sky Witch City.
• Fang Qing observed Fang Xian Dao and Zheng Yi Dao fighting Witch Ghost Dao, while Marquis Champion battled a monk and other experts clashed nearby.
• Fang Qing decided to kill Yu Wutong, the Sect Master of Wu Gui Dao, and swept him into the Myriad Stars Limitless Diagram.
• Yu Wutong, his Corpse Emperors, and the Myriad Ghosts Command Flag collapsed, and the Qiankun Pouch fell into Fang Qing’s hands.
• The cultivators and martial artists across the battlefield noticed that the Qiankun Pouch had changed hands.

Fang Qing claimed the Qiankun Pouch and defeated the experts who tried to take it, including the Divine Eagle King, Xiao Anran, and Zhang Boheng. When Marquis Champion challenged him, Fang Qing’s Star Power overwhelmed the Martial Saint until a holy sword appeared to shield him.

• Fang Qing killed the Sect Master of Wu Gui Dao and took the Qiankun Pouch, then absorbed the Divine Eagle King’s Spiritual Word Heavenly Beads with his Five Elements Bracelet.
• Xiao Anran attacked with the Primordial Yang Sword and a summoned Primordial Yang Dao Venerable, but Fang Qing took the sword and destroyed the manifestation with his own axe.
• Zhang Boheng summoned a Dao Venerable and the Life and Death Brush, but Fang Qing’s divine brush defeated them, leaving Zhang Boheng and Xiao Anran injured and afraid.
• Marquis Champion offered Fang Qing a reward for the Qiankun Pouch, then tried to break his starlight with a roar when Fang Qing refused.
• Fang Qing sent Star Power surging toward Marquis Champion, who was protected from part of the assault by a holy sword of the Humanity Path.

Fang Qing defeated Marquis Champion’s claim to Emperor Pan’s Living Sword, which chose Fang Qing after sensing his virtues, and Marquis Champion fled with the Divine Eagle King. Fang Qing welcomed Monk Jingren and examined the Qiankun Pouch as Hong Yi learned more about his mother Meng Bingyun’s role in the past, leaving the group with unresolved questions about those events.

• Emperor Pan’s Living Sword appeared to protect Marquis Champion from Fang Qing’s attacks, but Fang Qing’s Divine Lamp drew the sword away and it chose him as its Master.
• Fang Qing wielded Emperor Pan’s Living Sword, while the Divine Eagle King used a Gourd to carry Marquis Champion and the Great Qian experts away.
• Fang Qing invited Monk Jingren to join him, and Monk Jingren accepted before Fang Qing brought out the Qiankun Pouch.
• Monk Jingren explained that he had escaped the Great Zen Temple’s destruction because Yang Yunji’s search targeted more prominent experts, and Hong Yi identified Yang Yunji as Emperor Gaozong.
• Monk Jingren said Meng Bingyun had played a major role in the plot against Meng Shenji, leaving Hong Yi conflicted as he heard new details about his mother.