Chapter Summaries

After the Holy Lords recognized Taixuan Sect as a Supreme Holy Land, Jiang Taixu reunited with Fang Qing and personally guided his cultivation. Their exchange strengthened Fang Qing’s Small World, and Fang Qing ended by offering Jiang Taixu the Xing Zi Secret.

• Fang Qing and the Jiang Family Holy Lord kept the reason for their alliance secret, while other Holy Lords suspected Taixuan Sect had powerful backing and agreed to cooperate with it.
• The Eastern Wasteland’s rulers signed an agreement recognizing Taixuan Sect as a Supreme Holy Land and granting it Yin Yang Sect’s interests.
• After the other leaders departed, the Jiang Family Patriarch brought Fang Qing to meet Jiang Taixu, who warned that the Ancient Race’s return could bring conflict.
• Jiang Taixu taught Fang Qing the Dao, and they exchanged insights on their Great Daos; Jiang Taixu gave Fang Qing refined Divine King blood.
• Jiang Taixu taught Fang Qing the Prelude of the Gods and helped forge his Small World, greatly increasing Fang Qing’s strength.
• When Fang Qing asked about the Xing Zi Secret, Jiang Taixu said he had never obtained it, so Fang Qing offered to pass it on to him.

Fang Qing and Jiang Taixu exchanged supreme techniques and insights in the Jiang Family's Stone Workshop, greatly increasing each other's strength. After more than ten days, Fang Qing left the Eastern Wasteland for Central Province, while Jiang Taixu remained intent on breaking through to the Great Sage Realm.

• Fang Qing taught Jiang Taixu the Xing Zi Secret and the All Character Secret, and Jiang Taixu shared his insights into the Great Dao.
• Jiang Taixu taught Fang Qing the complete Hengyu Scripture after receiving the two supreme secret arts.
• Fang Qing passed the Soldier Character Secret to Jiang Taixu, who gave him seven drops of Sage King blood for protection.
• Fang Qing and Jiang Taixu continued exchanging techniques and cultivating for more than ten days as Taixuan Sect expanded across the Eastern Wasteland and became known as Taixuan Sacred Gate.
• Fang Qing told Jiang Taixu he was heading to Central Province because the great dragon of the Qinling Mountains showed signs of movement, then left the Eastern Wasteland.
• Jiang Taixu reflected on Fang Qing's extraordinary fortune and resolved to break through to the Great Sage Realm.

Fang Qing advanced to the Holy Lord realm while traveling through the Eastern Wasteland, then reunited with his friends in Central Province as the Immortal Transformation Pool emerged in the Qinling Mountains. He led them through the perilous Ascension Land to the pool and Supreme Dragon Cave, where powerful factions and Wang Teng gathered.

• Fang Qing absorbed the tribulations for Immortal Platform First and Second Heaven, reaching the peak of the first heaven before advancing to the Holy Lord realm and earning the title Holy Lord Fang.
• Fang Qing returned to Central Province and stunned Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Ji Ziyue, Ji Haoyue, and their companions by revealing his new Cultivation Level.
• Tu Fei showed Fang Qing stone carvings of Sakyamuni and Laozi in the Qinling Mountains, and Fang Qing read Laozi's Oracle Bone Script describing a route through the stars to Beidou.
• Fang Qing protected the group with the Li Fire Divine Furnace and cleared corpses and Silver-Winged Yakshas as they crossed the dangerous Ascension Land.
• Fang Qing and his companions reached the Immortal Transformation Pool and Qinling's Supreme Dragon Cave, where numerous powers arrived, including Wang Teng.

Fang Qing confronted Northern God Wang Teng at the Qinling Mountains and killed him despite the protection of the Luangu Emperor Talisman. The gathered experts remained trapped in the effects of Fang Qing’s techniques as Wang Teng died for good.

• Experts from across the regions gathered in the Qinling Mountains, where Ouyang Ye greeted Fang Qing as his teacher.
• Northern God Wang Teng and Central Emperor Xiang Yufei fought until Fang Qing approached and asked Xiang Yufei to let him kill Wang Teng.
• Fang Qing used the Xing Zi Secret to evade Wang Teng’s attacks, then struck him with four techniques at once and destroyed his body and Primordial Spirit.
• The Luangu Emperor Talisman revived Wang Teng, but Fang Qing attacked him with the Black Gourd and erased his mark from the talisman.
• Fang Qing killed Wang Teng a second time, and the Luangu Emperor Talisman did not revive him again.

Fang Qing killed Northern God Wang Teng and comprehended the arts Wang Teng had possessed, including the Pre-word Secret, gaining new power and insight. The stunned spectators awoke to find Wang Teng dead and Fang Qing holding his Heavenly Emperor Sword, while Xiang Yufei and the other powerful cultivators feared what Fang Qing could have done to them.

• Fang Qing slew Wang Teng in two moves, then began comprehending the sacred arts and imperial techniques he had obtained from him.
• Fang Qing studied Myriad Spirits Dao Transformation, Crossed Star Domains, Eternal Banishment, and the Myriad Dao Severing Art.
• Fang Qing acquired and comprehended the Pre-word Secret, bringing the number of Nine Secrets he possessed to five and further strengthening his Primordial Spirit.
• The Imperial Lords, Holy Lords, patriarchs, and other spectators recovered from their confusion and discovered that Wang Teng had been killed and his Heavenly Emperor Sword seized.
• Xiang Yufei, Ji Haoyue, and the other young cultivators realized Fang Qing could have killed them as well, and the Ji Family Patriarch declared that Fang Qing had the bearing of a Great Emperor.

Fang Qing led his allies to the Immortal Transformation Pool, where he claimed the Nine Heavens Scarlet Jade King and a Green Copper chunk bearing a small Azure Lotus. After the Third Generation Source Heavenly Master rampaged through the Ancient Dragon Cave and fled Tai Huang Sword, Fang Qing confronted the red-haired creature with a Buddhist Dharma Seal that made it question its identity.

• Yan Ruyu arrived with Peacock King, Azure Flood Dragon King, and Daoist Scarlet Dragon, and Fang Qing revealed that he had reached Immortal Platform Second Heaven.
• Peacock King tested Fang Qing's divine power, then acknowledged his strength alongside Azure Flood Dragon King, Daoist Scarlet Dragon, Tu Tian, and Li Heng.
• Fang Qing's group entered the Immortal Transformation Pool, where Fang Qing seized a Nine Heavens Scarlet Jade King and a Green Copper chunk with a small Azure Lotus growing from it.
• At the Ancient Dragon Cave, the Third Generation Source Heavenly Master emerged from a Dragon Pearl and killed numerous cultivators, including a Great Power.
• Great Xia Dynasty's Tai Huang Sword appeared and drove the red-haired creature from the Ancient Dragon Cave toward the Immortal Transformation Pool.
• Fang Qing met the red-haired creature with the Root Seal, causing it to pause and ask, "Who... am I?"

Fang Qing subdued the Third-Generation Source Heavenly Master, claimed the Immortal Elixir of Immortality, and buried him, but a tiny Jade Spirit then appeared with a claim that a Great Emperor was sleeping nearby. When the Jade Spirit threatened the gathered experts, Azure Emperor emerged from Fang Qing’s Li Fire Divine Furnace and destroyed it.

• Fang Qing used the Root Seal to restore the Third-Generation Source Heavenly Master's senses, and the dying master gave him the Immortal Elixir of Immortality before shattering his own body.
• Several elders and Saint Lord Level experts tried to seize the elixir, but Fang Qing killed them with his voice and announced that he might auction fragments of it.
• Fang Qing buried the Third-Generation Source Heavenly Master's remains with True Sun Fire as fighting over the dreamlike divine essences continued nearby.
• A tiny Jade Spirit arrived in a war chariot, claimed its race's Great Emperor had been awakened, and attacked the gathered experts with ancient characters.
• The Jade Spirit threatened the Great Xia Dynasty's Imperial Weapon, but Peacock King and Azure Flood Dragon King summoned the Chaos Green Lotus and forced it to kneel alongside the Tai Huang Sword's pressure.
• Azure Emperor emerged from Fang Qing's Li Fire Divine Furnace, and the Jade Spirit broke apart and evaporated after Fang Qing rebuked it.

The Azure Emperor’s enduring killing intent destroyed a being on the verge of becoming a Sacred Spirit, then Fang Qing led his group into the Dragon Vein Ancient Cave to seize treasures. As rival powers fought over the cave’s prizes and multiple Supreme Emperor Weapons gathered, Fang Qing warned everyone not to force him into a massacre.

• The Azure Emperor’s killing intent blocked the Immortal Emperor’s attack and revealed that the supposed emperor was a being nearing the Sacred Spirit realm.
• The Azure Emperor explained that he had once slain Sacred Spirits and then erased the Immortal Emperor before fading away.
• Fang Qing reassured Yan Ruyu and the demons that the Azure Emperor might still be alive, then led them toward the Dragon Vein Ancient Cave.
• Fang Qing’s group broke through restrictions, captured more than ten Xian, and avoided fighting the old sect masters who coveted them.
• Central Emperor and several Holy Lords entered other dragon lairs as supreme figures fought, leaving multiple Saint Lord Level experts dead.
• The Tai Huang Sword and other Supreme Emperor Weapons unleashed their power, and Fang Qing warned the gathered forces not to provoke him.

Fang Qing and the other forces divided the Qinling Mountains’ treasures without a battle, then he helped Yan Ruyu advance to the Dragon Transformation Eighth Change. After gaining insight into the Great Dao of Jade, Fang Qing fished up the Pure Yang Shuttle, a vessel capable of traveling across star regions.

• Fang Qing used the Emperor Pan's Living Sword to restrain the Imperial Weapon bearers, and the forces agreed to divide the Qinling Mountains’ treasures among those who possessed Imperial Weapons.
• Fang Qing and his companions left safely with their share, and the older and younger cultivators gained greatly from Divine Marrow.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu discussed the Dao for three days, after which Yan Ruyu underwent tribulation and reached the Dragon Transformation Eighth Change.
• Fang Qing absorbed Dream-Grade Divine Marrow, comprehended a trace of the Great Dao of Jade, and gained increased physical and spiritual power.
• Fang Qing’s Fishing Rod became usable again, and he caught the Pure Yang Shuttle, a spacious vessel capable of shifting through time and space across star regions.

After obtaining the Pure Yang Shuttle, Fang Qing prepared to leave for the Northern Plains Wang Family, which had declared war on the Taixuan Sect over Wang Teng’s death. An Ancient Sage guarding the Taixuan Sect and Fang Qing’s divine ability incarnation crushed the Wang Family’s two invading forces, prompting powerful factions across the Northern Territory to join the campaign against the family.

• Fang Qing tested the Pure Yang Shuttle, traveled from Central Province to the Eastern Wasteland, and resolved to deal with the Northern Plains Wang Family.
• Wang Chengkun led the Wang Family’s forces to attack the Taixuan Sect, while another force headed for its Stone Workshop in the Northern Territory Holy City.
• An Ancient Sage immobilized the forces attacking the Taixuan Sect and killed Wang Chengkun and the other invading Wang Family experts.
• At the Holy City Stone Workshop, the Supreme Elder used Fang Qing’s Five-Element Divine Talisman, and Fang Qing’s incarnation killed the Wang Family’s invading Great Powers and Half-step Great Powers.
• The Ancient Desolation Jiang Family, several Holy Lands, and multiple dynasties ordered their forces to destroy the Wang Family.

Fang Qing and a middle-aged Daoist destroyed the Northern Plains Wang Family after it attacked Taixuan Sect, killing its strongest defenders and wiping out its remaining cultivators. They seized the clan’s vast stores of treasures and scriptures, including the incomplete Chaotic Ancient Scripture, just as armies from various Holy Lands arrived.

• Fang Qing and the middle-aged Daoist traveled to the Northern Plains and shattered the Wang Family’s protective formation.
• Fang Qing killed the Wang Family’s elder and Great Powers, while the middle-aged Daoist used the Imperial Heaven Mirror to slaughter its foundations and Dao-Severing Kings.
• Fang Qing and the middle-aged Daoist killed the Dark Demon King, then Fang Qing wiped out the remaining Wang Family cultivators.
• Fang Qing searched the Wang Family’s palaces and took its Divine Source, weapons, pills, materials, treasures, and ancient scriptures for himself and Taixuan Sect.
• Fang Qing and the middle-aged Daoist studied the incomplete Chaotic Ancient Scripture and continued collecting treasures.
• Armies from various Holy Lands arrived and discovered that the Wang Family had already been destroyed.

Fang Qing and an Ancient Sage destroyed the Northern Plains Wang Family’s main stronghold, then joined forces with the Holy Lands to seize its remaining territories. News that Taixuan Sect had a living Sage spread across the Five Regions, and Hua Yunfei decided he could finally return to Taixuan Sect.

• Fang Qing revealed the Ancient Sage who had helped destroy the Wang Family’s divine land, and the assembled Holy Lands agreed to attack the Wang Family’s other holdings.
• Fang Qing seized the Wang Family’s Stone Workshop and mining region while the allied forces plundered its cities and cultivation grounds.
• The Wang Family’s destruction became known across the Five Regions as its members and holdings were hunted down, while the news of Taixuan Sect’s Sage reached the Ancient Races.
• Hua Yunfei heard that Fang Qing had secured an Ancient Sage for Taixuan Sect and resolved to return to the sect after years in Qishi Mansion.

Eastern Emperor Fang Qing confronted Zi Tiandu, the young master of the Ancient Royal Clan Spirit Valley, after Zi Tiandu challenged his standing. Fang Qing overwhelmed Zi Tiandu with a fusion of four seals, sending him flying and leaving the gathered cultivators stunned.

• News of the Northern Plains Wang Family’s destruction and the Taixuan Sect’s new Saint drew cultivators from across the Five Regions to the Eastern Desolation Southern Territory.
• Wu Fei, Kong Lingdao, Liu Yunjie, and other Southern Ridge cultivators gathered at Water Moon Palace in Qingxia City to meet Zi Tiandu and praise his strength.
• Zi Tiandu disparaged Eastern Emperor Fang Qing and said he would challenge him, so Fang Qing arrived and accepted his challenge.
• Zi Tiandu attacked Fang Qing with a purple tower protecting him and a powerful punch that shook Water Moon Palace’s Small World.
• Fang Qing combined the Embrace Mountain Seal, Overturn Heaven Seal, Human King Seal, and True Dragon Seal, absorbed Zi Tiandu’s attack, and sent him flying dozens of li.

Fang Qing effortlessly defeated Zi Tiandu, destroying his body and taking his Dragon Skin Drum before forcing him to concede. Afterward, Fang Qing was honored by Southern Ridge’s gathered young cultivators, while Zi Tiandu wondered how other powerful figures of the Ancient Races would fare against him.

• Fang Qing shattered Zi Tiandu’s body with one finger, leaving his head and Immortal Platform intact.
• Zi Tiandu attacked with the Dragon Skin Drum, but Fang Qing’s Five Elements Bracelet collected it and erased its spiritual imprint.
• Fang Qing suppressed Zi Tiandu with the Imperial Heaven Seal, and Zi Tiandu conceded and agreed that all races should live in peace.
• Fang Qing took the seat of honor as Wu Fei played the guzheng and Xie Siyuan praised his achievements.
• Zi Tiandu named Huang Xudao and Yuangu as Ancient Imperial Clan figures stronger than himself, while Fang Qing said he hoped to exchange pointers with them.
• Southern Ridge’s gathered cultivators celebrated Fang Qing, while Zi Tiandu remained at the gathering and wondered how Huang Xudao and Yuangu would fare against him.

After defeating Zi Tiandu and destroying the Northern Plains Wang Family, Fang Qing returned to Central Province and discussed the growing threat from the Ancient Races. He decided to marry Yan Ruyu soon and hold a grand wedding, leaving them happily engaged to the plan.

• Fang Qing's victory over Zi Tiandu altered some Ancient Races' views of humanity, while others became more determined to kill him.
• Fang Qing returned to Central Province, where the Peacock King and Azure Flood Dragon King praised his accomplishments and warned him that radical Ancient Races might target him.
• The Peacock King proposed that Fang Qing hold his wedding with Princess Yan soon, so Yan Ruyu could oversee the Taixuan Sect under the protection of its Sage and Supreme Emperor Weapon.
• Fang Qing agreed to hold a grand wedding and said he would invite human Sages, including Jiang Taixu, to guard against an attack.
• Fang Qing told Yan Ruyu about the wedding, and she happily agreed.

As news spread of Eastern Emperor Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu’s wedding, Fang Qing visited Qishi Academy and learned about the coming Starry Sky Ancient Road beyond the domain. He later revealed that he had a Mortal Body and used Five Elements Divine Water to heal Yao Yuekong’s hidden injuries.

• The Jiang Family, Ji Family, and Yaochi Holy Land prepared generous wedding gifts, while the Yaochi Saintess felt conflicted about Fang Qing marrying Yan Ruyu.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the other little bandits congratulated Fang Qing and discussed wedding gifts.
• Fang Qing invited Vice Estate Master Lin Daochen to the wedding, and Lin Daochen told him that Qishi Academy would open a Starry Sky Ancient Road for three qualified young cultivators.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu toured Qishi Academy, where Yan Yunluan, Chu Tian, Princess Qi, and Princess Yue Ling congratulated them.
• Southern Demon Qi Lin and Yao Yuekong met Fang Qing, who revealed he had no special constitution and gave Yao Yuekong Five Elements Divine Water that healed his hidden injuries.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu left Central Province for the Eastern Wasteland, inviting powerful allies to their wedding along the way. Sage King Jiang Taixu accepted their invitation, gave Yan Ruyu a protective Amulet, and promised to guard the ceremony after Fang Qing shared the Pre-word Secret with him.

• Fang Qing discussed the Dao with young geniuses in Qishi Academy, gave Yao Yuekong Five Elements Divine Water, and welcomed Wang Chongxiao's wish to join Taixuan Sect.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu departed Central Province and received congratulations from factions in Holy City.
• Fang Qing invited the old man at the Stone Workshop of Xuan Holy Land to their wedding and told Yan Ruyu that he was a Sage.
• Fang Qing summoned Sage King Jiang Taixu, who accepted the wedding invitation and gave Yan Ruyu an Amulet for protection.
• Fang Qing shared the Pre-word Secret with Jiang Taixu, who promised to protect the wedding even if ten Ancestor Kings appeared.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu listened as Jiang Taixu and Daoist Tianhua discussed the Dao, while the Taixuan Sect prepared for their wedding and Fang Qing’s ascension as Sect Leader. As the ceremony approached, powerful guests from across Beidou arrived, and the Taixuan Sacred Gate grew more bustling than the recent Yaochi Conference.

• Jiang Taixu obtained the Pre-word Secret, then joined Daoist Tianhua at Fang Qing’s divine mountain to discuss the Dao while Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu listened.
• The Taixuan Sect Leader arranged for Fang Qing to succeed him during the wedding and ordered the sect to prepare a grand ceremony.
• The Jiang Family Patriarch, the Zifu Holy Lord, and leaders from other Eastern Desolation Holy Lands and clans arrived to congratulate Fang Qing and the Taixuan Sect.
• The Old Peng King arrived with the Golden Winged Great Peng King, while the Immortal Crane Clan Chief brought He Wuji and the Wind Clan Chief brought Fenghuang.
• Imperial representatives from the four great Immortal Dynasties of Central Province, powers from Southern Ridge, and Western Desert monk Du'e arrived, bringing the gathering to a remarkable scale.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu’s wedding at the Taixuan Sacred Gate was interrupted by three Ancient Kings who threatened the human guests. Daoist Tianhua, Jiang Taixu, and Old Man Wei Yi revealed their strength by killing the three invaders, leaving the crowd stunned by the human race’s unexpected number of Saints.

• Fang Qing welcomed guests including Gai Jiuyou, Xia Jiuyou, the Battle Saint Ape, and descendants of Ancient Royal Clans before the wedding ceremony began.
• The Tai Xuan Sect Leader and Peacock King officiated as Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu completed the wedding rites, until three Ancient Kings arrived and threatened to destroy the Taixuan Sect.
• Daoist Tianhua killed the Three-headed Ancestor King with a single strike of his whisk.
• Jiang Taixu revealed himself as a Saint and refined the Dragon-headed Ancestor King in his divine furnace.
• Jiang Taixu said another fellow Daoist would kill the last Ancestor King, and Old Man Wei Yi stepped forward and destroyed him with one punch.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu completed their wedding ceremony as three human Saints reassured the gathered cultivators after destroying the Ancient Races' Ancestor Kings. The banquet drew more powerful guests, and the Saints' three-day sermon ended the celebration.

• Jiang Taixu told the guests that Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu were the focus of the day, and the ceremony continued with the couple bowing to each other as Dao companions.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu toasted the three Saints and other guests, while human leaders and Ancient Race descendants reacted to the human race's revealed strength.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo presented Fang Qing with a head-sized piece of Dragon Pattern Black Gold, and Fang Qing promised them a major benefit after the gathering.
• The Ji Family Patriarch, the Yaoguang Holy Lord, and other great figures arrived to congratulate Fang Qing and pay respects to the three Saints.
• The three Saints expounded the Dao for three days, after which the sermon and Fang Qing's banquet came to an end.