Chapter Summaries

Hong Yi, Chan Yinsha, Fang Qing, and Monk Jingren explored the Qiankun Pouch and discovered the Great Zen Temple’s immense wealth and stockpiles of weapons. Fang Qing studied the War God Demonic Scripture, then used its manifested War God Demon Lord to suppress an old man who tried to steal the pouch.

• Monk Jingren explained that Meng Shenji would likely need another Heavenly Origin Divine Pill to regain a Human Immortal body.
• Fang Qing opened the Qiankun Pouch, and the four entered its hundred-li Minor World.
• Hong Yi found enormous stores of grain, weapons, medicine, books, and wealth, including an account listing four million taels of gold and thirty million taels of silver.
• Monk Jingren said the Great Zen Temple’s riches and weapons had been left by surviving subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
• Fang Qing recognized the War God Demonic Scripture on an ancient bone tablet and manifested its War God Demon Lord in full.
• The War God Demon Lord flew out of the pouch and suppressed an old man who tried to snatch it.

Fang Qing captured Sage Tu Yuan, took the Blood of the Evil God, and absorbed its ancient unyielding will, greatly strengthening his Primordial Spirit. He shared the remaining blood with Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha, then turned his attention back to the sealed sage and his treasures.

• Sage Tu Yuan tried to seize Fang Qing's Qiankun Pouch, but Fang Qing emerged and suppressed him with the War God Demon Lord.
• Chan Yinsha identified Tu Yuan's Magic Blood Divine Mat and the Blood of the Evil God among his treasures.
• Fang Qing absorbed some of the Blood of the Evil God and witnessed the ancient war god's refusal to surrender before an emperor killed him.
• The blood's unyielding will caused Fang Qing's Primordial Spirit to surge in strength and stir the natural forces of heaven and earth.
• Fang Qing gave the remaining Blood of the Evil God to Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha, then looked toward the sealed Sage Tu Yuan.

Fang Qing mastered the Qiankun Pouch’s spatial power, while Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha absorbed Saint Tu Yuan’s thoughts and grew close to Lightning Tribulation. Returning to the Great Gan Dynasty, they found the provinces suffering through a deadly winter and learned that the Crown Prince secretly controlled Wu Sheng Dao and Zhen Kong Dao.

• Fang Qing studied the Qiankun Pouch and comprehended the power of space, strengthening his cultivation.
• Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha absorbed Saint Tu Yuan’s thoughts, advancing to the half-Lightning Tribulation realm.
• Fang Qing used the Qiankun Pouch to transport Hong Yi, Chan Yinsha, and Monk Jingren back toward the Great Gan Dynasty, stopping at Hong Yi’s base in Chuyun Kingdom.
• The group traveled through heavy snow and discussed the many commoners freezing to death as Wu Sheng Dao and Zhen Kong Dao expanded their influence.
• Hong Yi and Fang Qing met the badly injured Governor Hou Qingchen, who revealed that the Crown Prince backed Wu Sheng Dao and Zhen Kong Dao.

Fang Qing captured Wu Sheng Old Mother, learned the Future Wu Sheng Scripture’s secrets, and demonstrated its Vacuum Great Hand Seal. He returned to Wuyuan Province with the scripture in hand and considered whether to use Faith Power in other worlds.

• Hong Yi and Hou Qingchen lured in and captured the leaders of Wu Sheng Dao and Zhen Kong Dao, wiping out both sects in Wuyuan Province.
• Wu Sheng Old Mother arrived to assassinate Hou Qingchen, but Fang Qing confronted her and immobilized her soul.
• Fang Qing studied Wu Sheng Old Mother’s seven deity incarnations and uncovered the Future Wu Sheng Scripture’s mysteries.
• Fang Qing used the Vacuum Great Hand Seal to capture Wu Sheng Old Mother and obtained the scripture’s techniques.
• Hou Qingchen marveled at Fang Qing’s power, while Hong Yi considered taking Wu Sheng Old Mother’s seven halos.
• Fang Qing pondered whether Faith Power could be useful in other worlds he had visited.

After defeating the Wu Sheng Old Mother, Fang Qing waited for Su Mu, the Tai Shang Dao Saintess, to arrive and challenge him. He overwhelmed her universe-based Dao arts and revealed that he had Emperor Pan's Living Sword, while Hong Yi learned Tai Shang Dao had chosen Marquis Champion as the next emperor.

• Fang Qing studied the Future Wu Sheng Scripture while waiting for the person he expected to arrive.
• Su Mu came to see Hong Yi, claiming she intended to save him from Crown Prince Yang Yuan's retaliation, and Hong Yi said he would still avenge his mother.
• Fang Qing appeared and challenged Su Mu to demonstrate Tai Shang Dao's supreme arts.
• Su Mu used the Cosmic Extreme Bell and Cosmic Taiyu Tower, but Fang Qing broke through both techniques with his Primordial Spirit and Star Power.
• Fang Qing revealed Emperor Pan's Living Sword, and Su Mu recognized him as the person rumored to have taken it from Marquis Champion.
• Hong Yi learned that Tai Shang Dao had chosen Marquis Champion to become the next emperor, and Fang Qing began a discussion of the Two Sutras of the Universe with Su Mu.

Fang Qing discussed the Tai Shang Dan Jing’s acupoints and cosmic mysteries with Su Mu, then traveled with his companions to Great Zen Temple’s ruins to seek its Underground Palace. There they found a Dragon Soul guarding a scripture, and it offered to follow Fang Qing after he drew Emperor Pan’s Living Sword.

• Su Mu explained the Tai Shang Dan Jing’s Cosmic Taiyu Tower, Cosmic Extreme Bell, and twenty-four acupoints to Fang Qing, who gained valuable insights.
• Fang Qing led Hong Yi, Monk Jingren, Chan Yinsha, and Jin Xun’er to Great Zen Temple’s ruins, where Monk Jingren mourned the destruction of the pagoda forest and the removal of the monks’ remains.
• Monk Jingren remembered Great Zen Temple’s rumored Underground Palace, and Fang Qing used Five-Colored Divine Light to open a path underground.
• Fang Qing and the others found a stone chamber six hundred zhang below the ground, where a Dragon Pearl rested above a thin book that Monk Jingren suspected was the complete Future Wu Sheng Scripture.
• The Dragon Soul emerged from the pearl and moved to attack Fang Qing, but when Fang Qing drew Emperor Pan’s Living Sword, it changed its attitude and offered to follow him.

Fang Qing subdued Tai Shi Mountain’s Dragon Soul and discovered the Buddha’s Robe, whose inscriptions taught him Emperor Yuan’s Yuan Yin Dao Fruit of karmic cause and effect. After comprehending its power, he decided to leave the Yang God Realm and return later.

• Fang Qing used the Emperor Pan's Living Sword to make the Dragon Soul submit, then stored it in his Bitter Sea.
• The Dragon Soul settled in Fang Qing’s Bitter Sea, where its Dragon Qi strengthened his cultivation.
• Fang Qing took the Buddha’s Robe and allowed Hong Yi, Chan Yinsha, Great Golden Spider Jin Xun'er, and Monk Jingren to study its inscriptions.
• Fang Qing comprehended the Yuan Yin Dao Fruit, a powerful karmic cause-and-effect Dao that could bypass defenses, space, and time.
• Fang Qing decided to return to the Shrouding Heavens Realm and revisit the Yang God Realm later.

After returning from the Yang Shen Realm with powerful artifacts and a wealth of knowledge, Fang Qing underwent a series of Heavenly Tribulations and advanced to Dragon Transformation Sixth Change. He stopped before the next two changes so he could reserve their tribulations for emergencies.

• Fang Qing parted from Hong Yi and returned to the Shrouding Heavens Realm carrying Emperor Pan's Living Sword, the Buddha's Robe, and other gains from the Yang Shen Realm.
• Fang Qing arrived in the Eastern Desolation Central Territory and stored the two divine artifacts in his Bitter Sea before summoning a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Fang Qing passed the tribulations for Dragon Transformation Second, Third, and Fourth Change, using his treasures to absorb lightning and manifesting Divine Firmament Dao Venerable to take in the third tribulation.
• Distant cultivators discussed the terrifying, ongoing tribulation and Gu Feng's rise after breaking through to the Four Extremities Realm with the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron.
• Fang Qing continued through successive tribulations until he reached Dragon Transformation Sixth Change, then stopped and reserved the next two tribulations for emergencies.

Fang Qing returned to Wang Kong City after advancing to Dragon Transformation Sixth Change and effortlessly defeated Gao Linfeng, killing his Dragon Transformation Realm servant. After sparing Gao Linfeng at Xu Zixuan’s request, Fang Qing challenged the Feathered King, who suspected that Fang Qing had reached the Dragon Transformation Realm.

• Fang Qing heard that Ye Fan’s Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron had drawn attacks from powerful cultivators and traveled to Wang Kong City.
• Gao Linfeng challenged Fang Qing, but Fang Qing knocked him down twice with a single finger.
• Fang Qing killed Gao Linfeng’s Dragon Transformation Fifth Change servant with one streak of sword qi.
• Xu Zixuan arrived and asked Fang Qing to spare Gao Linfeng, and Fang Qing agreed while saying he would meet the Twin Kings another day.
• Fang Qing invited Xu Zixuan to exchange insights on the Dao, and Xu Zixuan asked whether Fang Qing had reached the Dragon Transformation Realm.

Fang Qing confirmed that he had reached the Dragon Transformation Realm, shocking the gathered young geniuses, then hosted a banquet where they discussed cultivation. As the gathering ended, Fang Qing again invited Wang Chongxiao to visit Taixuan Sect, and Wang Chongxiao said he would consider it.

• Fang Qing admitted to Feathered King Xu Zixuan and the gathered cultivators that he had reached the Dragon Transformation Realm, astonishing them.
• Gao Linfeng realized Fang Qing had defeated him because of the gap in their cultivation and abandoned thoughts of reclaiming his honor.
• Fang Qing invited Xu Zixuan and the other young geniuses to a banquet and discussed the Dao with them without revealing their deepest techniques.
• Fang Qing used his Primordial Spirit and Cosmic Taiyu Tower to perceive the guests’ cultivation mysteries, including the power behind Xu Zixuan’s constitution.
• Fenghuang, Fairy Zixia, and Dao Yi Holy Land’s Young Nun each offered Fang Qing wine, while Fenghuang and Fairy Zixia considered the possibility of joining their factions to Taixuan Sect through marriage.
• As the gathering ended, Fang Qing invited Wang Chongxiao to visit Taixuan Sect, and Wang Chongxiao replied that he would consider it.

Fang Qing returned to the Northern Territory and reunited with Ye Fan and his companions, who had been targeted by assassins and other pursuers. After consuming the Nine Marvels Undying Medicine fruits Ye Fan brought back from the Ancient Desolation Forbidden Zone, Fang Qing grew vastly stronger and prepared to face their enemies.

• Fang Qing ended the Dao discussion and left the Eastern Desolation Central Territory for the Northern Territory, where Ye Fan had become a target of Hell and Human World.
• Fang Qing found Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Nannan, Big Black Dog, and the others, and stunned them by revealing he had reached Dragon Transformation Sixth Change.
• Ye Fan gave Fang Qing the extra Nine Marvels Undying Medicine fruits he and Pang Bo had picked from the Ancient Desolation Forbidden Zone after resolving Ye Fan's Great Dao injuries.
• Fang Qing refined the fruits, strengthening his body, Primordial Spirit, and Dao power until a light tap reduced more than a dozen mountains to ashes.
• Big Black Dog and the others celebrated their new strength, and Fang Qing said he wanted to test himself against the people pursuing them.

Fang Qing helped Ye Fan and his companions lure the cultivators coveting the Mysterious Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron into Big Black Dog’s Wushi Killing Array. He then used the Cosmic Extreme Bell and the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor to wipe out the attackers, including two Holy Sons and five Half-step Great Powers, leaving the group stunned.

• Ye Fan and his companions reached Qingyun City as assassins, Holy Sons, sect elders, and independent cultivators followed them to seize the Mysterious Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron.
• Fang Qing helped Big Black Dog quickly set up Great Emperor Wushi’s formation patterns while the attackers gathered around the city.
• After night fell, cultivators and assassins attacked Ye Fan’s group, and Ye Fan used the Xing Zi Secret to evade a host of Dragon Transformation experts.
• Ye Fan gave the signal, and Big Black Dog activated the Wushi Killing Array to trap the attackers.
• Fang Qing summoned the Cosmic Extreme Bell, froze the trapped experts, and killed them with the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor, including the Wan Chu Holy Son, Zifu Holy Land’s Holy Son, and five Half-step Great Powers.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others stared in shock at the massacre, while Big Black Dog celebrated the spoils.

Fang Qing wiped out the attackers, claimed the Purple Mansion Holy Son’s Black Gourd, and left with his companions before Saint Lord-level cultivators arrived. News of the slaughter spread across the Eastern Wasteland, and Fang Qing prepared to attend Yaochi Holy Land’s assembly as Daoist Qing Xuan.

• Fang Qing collected the Purple Mansion Holy Son’s Rotten Wood Hammer and Black Gourd, revealing the hammer’s power and the gourd’s deadly Heavenly Yin Absolute Water.
• Fang Qing let Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Tu Fei, Li Heishui, Jiang Huairen, Wu Zhongtian, and the Big Black Dog keep the other treasures they recovered from the battlefield.
• Fang Qing sensed Saint Lord-level cultivators approaching and carried his companions hundreds of miles away before they could be found.
• Saint Lord-level cultivators arrived to find the battlefield strewn with corpses, and news spread that the Wan Chu Holy Son, the Purple Mansion Holy Son, and five Half-step Great Powers had died.
• Fang Qing decided to attend Yaochi Holy Land’s assembly under the identity of Daoist Qing Xuan.

Fang Qing attended the Jade Pond Grand Gathering at Yaochi Holy Land as Daoist Qing Xuan, where he and Ye Fan befriended the Battle Saint Ape by giving him rare healing treasures. The chapter left them preparing to accompany the monkey to see the mysterious stone he had arranged to exchange for a Peach Divine Medicine.

• Fang Qing traveled to Yaochi Holy Land with Ye Fan and their companions as Daoist Qing Xuan, while news spread that two Holy Sons had died in recent battles.
• Fang Qing met the Great Xia Prince and drew the attention of the Sun Monarch, the Netherworld King Body, and other gathered geniuses.
• The Battle Saint Ape tried to steal peaches from Yaochi's Peach Garden, and Big Black Dog was caught while attempting to do the same.
• The Battle Saint Ape told Ye Fan and the others that the Ancient Races would soon emerge and asked Fang Qing for his Qilin Seed to save someone.
• Fang Qing gave the Battle Saint Ape Three Lights Divine Water, and Ye Fan offered Divine Spring and a Divine Fruit, earning both men the monkey's favor.
• The Battle Saint Ape revealed his agreement to trade a month of his blood for a mysterious stone and invited Fang Qing and the others to come see it.

Fang Qing, Ye Fan, and their companions visited Yaochi Holy Land, where the elders showed them a Nine-Orifice Stone Man being nurtured as a Sacred Spirit. After Fang Qing disrupted its access to spiritual energy and Little Nannan touched it, the stone fled into the Immortal Pool, and experts from Source Art Aristocratic Families arrived.

• Yaochi Holy Land's elders showed Fang Qing and his companions the Nine-Orifice Stone Man and explained that it might be born in five thousand years.
• Big Black Dog warned that nurturing a Sacred Spirit could bring disaster, while Fang Qing sealed the stone off from starlight and Dragon Qi.
• Little Nannan touched the stone, which began feeding essence energy into her hand and would not let go.
• Big Black Dog coaxed Little Nannan into releasing the stone, and Fang Qing shattered the space she seemed about to open with a sword strike.
• The Nine-Orifice Stone Man escaped into the Immortal Pool, and experts from Source Art Aristocratic Families approached Fang Qing and Ye Fan with cold expressions.

Fang Qing revealed that his Source Art had reached the Source Earth Master realm, defeating Ouyang Ye and forcing the Source Art grandmasters to yield. At Yaochi, he and Ye Fan accepted invitations to Qishi Academy, while Pang Bo was told he had to defeat a Holy Son to qualify.

• Nangong Qi insulted Fang Qing and Ye Fan, so the Battle Saint Ape attacked him while Ouyang Ye summoned Dragon Qi to intervene.
• Fang Qing commanded Yaochi's earth veins, shattered Ouyang Ye's Dragon Qi, and struck him down with a hand seal.
• After realizing Fang Qing was a Source Earth Master, Ouyang Ye apologized and led the Source Art grandmasters away respectfully.
• Fang Qing's group continued through Yaochi and encountered the Queen Mother of the West and an elder from Qishi Academy, who explained the academy's rules and reopening.
• The Qishi Academy elder gave Fang Qing and Ye Fan tokens after they agreed to attend, then told Pang Bo he would need to defeat a Holy Son to qualify.

Fang Qing and Ye Fan received direct entry to Qishi Academy, while the monkey warned them that ancient races might reclaim their treasures when they awakened. At the Yaochi gathering, Fang Qing defeated Wan Chu Holy Land’s Supreme Elders with Source Art, leaving the crowd and Zhao Yanran stunned by his power.

• Fang Qing and Ye Fan received plaques granting them direct entry to Qishi Academy, while their brothers prepared to challenge other Holy Sons.
• The Battle Saint Ape explained humanity’s ancient struggles and warned that the awakening ancient races might reclaim their Immortal Divine Medicines, including the Immortal Peach Tree.
• Fang Qing’s group reached the lakeside gathering at Yaochi, where the Dao Yi Holy Land’s Young Nun and Fairy Zixia greeted Fang Qing, and Zhao Yanran confronted Gu Feng over the Wan Chu Holy Son’s death.
• Fang Qing warned Zhao Yanran that treasures could bring death to those unable to protect them, then dismissed the Wan Chu Supreme Elders’ threats.
• Fang Qing used Dragon Qi and Source Art to strike the Wan Chu Supreme Elders and send them flying, shocking the gathered young cultivators and convincing Zhao Yanran that she could not safely possess the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron.
• Fang Qing revealed that he was a Source Earth Master.

After Fang Qing revealed that he was a Source Earth Master, the gathered young experts treated him with new respect, and the Jade Pond Grand Gathering began with renowned powers arriving from across the world. When Yan Ruyu arrived, Fang Qing publicly took her hand, and the Peacock King invited them to enter together.

• Fang Qing revealed his Source Earth Master realm, causing the Holy Lands' elders and young experts to show him deference.
• Fang Qing warned Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Wu Zhongtian that the Holy Son of Yaoguang was too dangerous for them to challenge.
• The Jade Pond Grand Gathering began, and famous figures including Nangong Zheng, the Peacock King, the Azure Flood Dragon King, and Daoist Scarlet Dragon arrived.
• Yan Ruyu arrived, and Fang Qing greeted her and took her hand in front of the gathered powers.
• The Peacock King teased Fang Qing about openly showing his affection for Yan Ruyu, then invited them to enter together.

At the Yaochi Conference, Fang Qing revealed that he had become a Source Earth Master, earning the respect of the assembled experts. He shared the Xing Zi Secret with Yan Ruyu and three Demon Clan magnates, who offered to pass their Dao techniques on to him in return.

• Fang Qing entered Yaochi Holy Land’s heavenly palace with Yan Ruyu and the Demon Clan magnates, where several Source Art grandmasters greeted him respectfully.
• Fang Qing announced that he had reached the Source Earth Master level, shocking the gathered leaders and prompting Peacock King and Crimson Dragon Old Daoist to treat him as an equal.
• Yan Ruyu learned that Fang Qing had reached the Dragon Transformation Sixth Change and shared the Eight Forms of Heavenly Demon with him.
• Fang Qing gave Yan Ruyu and Peacock King, Azure Flood Dragon King, and Crimson Dragon Old Daoist the Xing Zi Secret, which he had obtained in Sacred Cliff with Senior Mad Old Man’s help.
• After seeing Fang Qing’s memories of Sacred Cliff, the three magnates recognized the danger he had faced and offered to pass their Dao techniques to him.

Fang Qing traded the Xing Zi Secret with several Demon Kings for their supreme arts, and his Five Elements insights helped the Peacock King achieve his Dao. The Peacock King challenged Ou Yetian at the Jade Pool Life and Death Battle Stage and killed him with ease, while the Crow Daoist pledged to protect Fang Qing.

• Daoist Scarlet Dragon passed Fang Qing the Nine Transformations of the Flood Dragon, the Primordial Magnetic Holy Light Technique, and many other arts in exchange for the Xing Zi Secret.
• The Peacock King and Azure Flood Dragon King shared their supreme arts with Fang Qing, who taught the Peacock King the Five Elements Sacred Dao and Five Virtues Cycle.
• The Peacock King declared that his Dao had been achieved, then challenged Wan Chu Holy Land's Ou Yetian to a life-and-death battle despite Queen Mother of the West's attempt to calm them.
• The Crow Daoist arrived, received the Xing Zi Secret, gave Fang Qing divine feathers, and vowed to protect him.
• At the Jade Pool Life and Death Battle Stage, Ou Yetian attacked with Chaos sword qi, but the Peacock King moved through it using the Xing Zi Secret and killed him.