Chapter Summaries

In Cuiyuan, Hong Yi wrote the Qian Hexagram as the beginning of a new classic and made grand vows to create scripture for all living beings. Fang Qing and the Dragon Lord of Tianlong joined him in studying and sharing techniques, until a mysterious woman appeared a thousand li away.

• Hong Yi wrote the Qian Hexagram and declared that he wanted to create an enduring classic from his understanding of the Heavenly Dao and the gentleman’s path.
• Hong Yi made grand vows for all people to become True Dragons and strive unceasingly, raising his thoughts to the level of a Third Level Lightning Tribulation expert.
• Hong Yi invited Fang Qing to help create scripture, and Fang Qing gave him four seal arts: the Overturn Heaven Seal, Embrace Mountain Seal, Human King Seal, and True Dragon Seal.
• The Dragon Lord of Tianlong contributed supreme arts of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, and the three of them studied together for several days.
• A faint fragrance spread through the area, and Hong Yi used his Daoist art to imprison the Great Thousand Worlds as Fang Qing shattered the void and revealed a woman a thousand li away.

Fang Qing met Yun Xiangxiang, the Fragrance Sect’s Saintess, and exchanged Dao insights with her before Hong Yi went to Imperial Capital City to confront Hong Xuanji. When summer arrived, Fang Qing entered the Lightning Tribulation and absorbed its power through the Sixth Level, where he found the Gate of Creation.

• Fang Qing identified Yun Xiangxiang as the Fragrance Sect’s current Saintess and invited her to discuss the Dao.
• Yun Xiangxiang displayed the Heavenly Fragrance Secret Scroll, and Fang Qing studied its Earth and Heavenly Fragrance volumes while sharing four Dharma seals with her.
• Hong Yi traveled to Imperial Capital City to pressure Hong Xuanji over the threat to Bai Ziyue.
• After summer lightning arrived, Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha prepared to undergo tribulations, while Fang Qing entered the thunderclouds with both his physical body and Primordial Spirit.
• Fang Qing absorbed Minor Worlds and spatial power in the Fourth Level Lightning Tribulation, then devoured Pure Yang Qi in the Fifth and Sixth Levels.
• Fang Qing walked through the Sixth Level Lightning Tribulation and reached the Gate of Creation.

Fang Qing shattered the Gate of Creation, absorbed its power, and became a Creator by forming nine Grand Profound Lightning Dragons. After Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha advanced through tribulations, Fang Qing traveled with them to Chizhou, where they met Yan Kai and set out for the Assassin's Path Alliance.

• Fang Qing broke the Gate of Creation, absorbed the Law of Creation, and created nine Grand Profound Lightning Dragons that pledged themselves to him.
• Hong Yi advanced to the Fourth Level Lightning Tribulation and protected Chan Yinsha as she advanced to the Second Level, thwarting Third Prince Zhou's attempt to seize her thoughts.
• Fang Qing and Monk Jingren considered Emperor Qian and Hong Xuanji's equal labor service and equal grain tax policy as the Great Qian Empire faced upheaval.
• Hong Yi told Fang Qing that they needed to go to Chizhou ahead of the war with the Western Regions, and Fang Qing agreed to travel there.
• In Sword City, Yan Kai invited Hong Yi to visit the Assassin's Path Alliance, and Fang Qing joined them because he wanted to see the thoughts Meng Shenji had left there.
• Fang Qing led the group across the void to the Assassin's Path Alliance, shocking Yan Kai with his apparent Sixth Level Lightning Tribulation cultivation.

Fang Qing accompanied Hong Yi to the Assassin’s Path Alliance, where he secretly seized and destroyed the seven thoughts Meng Shenji had left behind. After Hong Yi recruited assassins and prepared for war, Fang Qing gave him the Heavenly Horn Divine Armor, leaving Hong Yi to consider the power of the human heart.

• Fang Qing led Yan Kai and the others to the Assassin’s Path Alliance, where Hong Yi offered a sincere sacrifice to the ancient way of assassination and moved the alliance’s elders.
• Fang Qing entered the Assassin Hall unnoticed, seized Meng Shenji’s seven Seventh Level Lightning Tribulation thoughts, and destroyed their will.
• The alliance elders discovered the missing thoughts after Hong Yi’s departure, and the Alliance Leader sent Yan Kai, Sixteen Lang, and eighteen assassins to serve Hong Yi as Guest Officials.
• Hong Yi returned and discussed the Primordial Qi God and the power of human belief with Fang Qing while preparing for the coming battle.
• Fang Qing revealed the Heavenly Horn Divine Armor hidden in the Shang Mang Divine Spear and gave it to Hong Yi, who accepted it gratefully.

Fang Qing cultivated the union of light and darkness while Hong Yi gained insight into his Four Swords of Heaven, Earth, Wind, and Thunder. In the frontier desert, the Jingyuan Divine Temple ambushed Hong Yi with its gods and divine artifacts, and Hong Yi unleashed a golden Bridge of the Other Shore to break their attack.

• Fang Qing created the Light-Dark Mandala Garbhadhatu Great Barrier, and Hong Yi gained insight into it during two days of cultivation.
• Fang Qing and Hong Yi's group left Chizhou for the frontier, where a sandstorm infused with human intent revealed an ambush against Hong Yi.
• The Muyi Sect's mysterious sect master appeared with the Nirili Scale, but Hong Yi shattered it with the Vacuum Great Hand Seal.
• The God of the Underworld, the God of Law, the Blood God, and the Essence God attacked Hong Yi alongside Prince Adi's wife, who deployed the Chain of Order.
• Hong Yi's Human Immortal incarnation wielded the Four Swords of Heaven, Earth, Wind, and Thunder, knocking away the God of the Underworld's spear and breaking the Chain of Order.
• Hong Yi summoned a golden Bridge of the Other Shore from the Bitter Sea and declared his Dao and wish as his power surged.

Hong Yi fought the gods and the Jingyuan Divine Temple’s powerful experts while his Bridge of the Other Shore intent helped Fang Qing advance his cultivation and forge the Other Shore Mystic Gate. After Senior strengthened Hong Yi’s barrier, the Great Zhou Grand Ancestor appeared and attacked both Hong Yi and the platinum god, leaving Fang Qing determined to kill him.

• Hong Yi’s Bridge of the Other Shore intent inspired Fang Qing, who gained immense power through his Sea of Life and forged the Other Shore Mystic Gate from Dragon Pattern Black Gold.
• The Blood God, God of the Underworld, God of Law, Essence God, and King Adi’s consort attacked Hong Yi, who trapped them inside his Great Light-Dark Barrier as Fate’s Cage severed his connection to his Human Immortal avatar.
• The Jingyuan Divine Temple’s platinum giant god attacked with Glory Hymn and the Great Prophecy of the Three Realms, but a Boundless Heavenly Venerate Amulet reinforced Hong Yi’s barrier and allowed him to recover his avatar.
• Hong Yi broke through the platinum wall with his Heavenly Horn Divine Armor and charged the platinum giant god.
• The Great Zhou Grand Ancestor appeared on the Abyss Throne and punched both Hong Yi and the platinum god; Hong Yi identified him, while Fang Qing resolved that he would die.

Fang Qing captured the Great Zhou Grand Ancestor, seized his techniques and the damaged Sky City, then imprisoned the remaining powers and harvested their arts, artifacts, and scriptures. He ended with the Future Wu Sheng Scripture and the Heavenly Scripture of Creation in his possession.

• Hong Yi fought the Great Zhou Grand Ancestor while Yun Xiangxiang weakened him, and Fang Qing pulled him from the void and captured him.
• Fang Qing acquired the Great Zhou Grand Ancestor’s Imperial Flow Reversal Great Law, Crimson Refined Yuan Copper Body method, and Great Annihilation Divine Fist.
• Fang Qing sent nine Grand Profound Lightning Dragons to retrieve Sky City, the damaged divine artifact forged from rare materials.
• Yun Xiangxiang told Emperor Qian Yang Pan that Hong Yi was the protagonist of the new era, and Yang Pan declared he would become eternal and reach the Other Shore.
• Fang Qing froze the battlefield and seized the four gods’ techniques and divine artifacts, along with Emperor Qian’s memories and the complete Future Wu Sheng Scripture.
• Fang Qing discovered the Heavenly Scripture of Creation among Emperor Qian’s memories and celebrated his gains.

Fang Qing killed Emperor Qian Yang Pan’s true body and seized the Ark of Creation, then left the emperor’s incarnation in control to keep the Great Qian Empire stable. As Fang Yuan clashed with Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha over the Qilin, Fang Qing watched from the Ark and anticipated another harvest.

• Fang Qing captured the deities and Emperor Qian’s thought-incarnation, then crossed thousands of miles to confront Emperor Qian Yang Pan aboard the Ark of Creation.
• Fang Qing unleashed his full power, killed Emperor Qian Yang Pan, and slaughtered the Ark’s other occupants.
• Fang Qing refined the Ark of Creation and learned from Emperor Qian’s memories that Hong Xuanji was pursuing Fang Yuan.
• Fang Qing persuaded Emperor Qian’s incarnation with the Divine Salvation Art and left him to handle court affairs while he digested his gains in Sand Prefecture.
• After Fang Yuan’s discovery of the Qilin stirred the world, Fang Qing arrived as Fang Yuan used the Hunyuan Dao Fruit to block Chan Yinsha’s attack and then fled from Hong Yi.
• Fang Qing watched the conflict from the Ark of Creation and anticipated another great harvest.

Fang Qing watched Hong Xuanji battle for the Qilin as Tang Hailong challenged Hong Yi and was quickly overwhelmed. When Tang Hailong and Fang Yuan tried to flee, Fang Qing invited them aboard his ship.

• Hong Xuanji struck the Qilin’s inner core aside and mounted the beast, but Bai Fengxian and Yuwen Mu arrived and attacked him.
• Tang Hailong joined Fang Yuan and explained that their secrets and ambitions had drawn attention from powerful watchers.
• Tang Hailong attacked Hong Yi with his Nine Transformations of Stars, but Hong Yi sealed his formations and tens of thousands of thoughts.
• Tang Hailong decided to flee with Fang Yuan, and Fang Qing pulled both young geniuses aboard his ship.

Aboard the Ark of Creation, Fang Qing received Tang Hailong’s Nine Great Pass Mother Coins and learned about the Primordial Nine Abyss Divine Realm. Outside, Hong Xuanji fought Yuwen Mu and Bai Fengxian before confronting Hong Yi, whose Humanity Path swordsmanship held him back.

• Fang Qing invited Fang Yuan and Tang Hailong to discuss their Daos, and Tang Hailong offered him nine Great Pass Mother Coins and described the Primordial Nine Abyss Divine Realm.
• Yuwen Mu attacked Hong Xuanji with the Three Realms Connecting Heaven Sword, but Hong Xuanji shattered Bai Fengxian’s Giant Spirit Divine Gang Shield and nearly defeated them both.
• Hong Yi sealed the Qilin with the Light-Dark Barrier and persuaded it that he intended to save it.
• Hong Xuanji attacked Hong Yi, but Hong Yi countered with his Human Immortal avatar and stone sword, matching Hong Xuanji’s strength.
• Hong Yi entered Enlightenment and used Following Wind, Xun to block Hong Xuanji’s wheel of divine kings, provoking Hong Xuanji’s fury.

Fang Qing subdued Yuwen Mu, Bai Fengxian, Fang Yuan, Tang Hailong, and Li Feiyu, while Hong Yi defeated Hong Xuanji and claimed the Qilin. Fang Qing then traveled to the Huoluo Kingdom, where he encountered King Ashoka and Nalan Yihong.

• Fang Qing captured Yuwen Mu and Bai Fengxian aboard the Ark of Creation, won their allegiance, and received the True Gang Sect's supreme techniques from Bai Fengxian.
• Hong Yi's Thunder Sword grew stronger as he fought Hong Xuanji, eventually forcing Hong Xuanji to retreat for the first time.
• The Qilin chose to follow Hong Yi, who defeated Li Feiyu and took the Great She Five-Colored Banner when Li Feiyu tried to seize it.
• Fang Qing pulled Li Feiyu aboard the Ark of Creation and recruited him, explaining that he wanted the young geniuses to help him during Humanity Path's transformation.
• Fang Qing left to meet the Primordial Qi God and arrived in an illusory place above the Huoluo Kingdom, where King Ashoka and Nalan Yihong were present.

Fang Qing seized Luoshengmen, King Ashoka, and Nalan Yihong, then entered the artifact and defeated the Primordial Qi God with the Ark of Creation. After leaving an avatar in the Yang Shen Realm, Fang Qing returned to Great Qian and prepared to go back to the Shrouding Heavens Realm to lead its Humanity Path trend.

• Fang Qing captured Luoshengmen, King Ashoka, and Nalan Yihong, taking the Kunpeng Refinement Diagram as well.
• Fang Qing entered Luoshengmen and faced the Primordial Qi God, who attacked him with the Three Realms Primordial Qi Cannon.
• Fang Qing rammed the Ark of Creation into the Primordial Qi God, defeated him, and sealed him onto the ship.
• Fang Qing returned to Great Qian, left an avatar behind to oversee affairs, and took the Ark of Creation with him.
• Fang Qing saw that Hong Yi was approaching the Fifth or Sixth Level Lightning Tribulation and decided to return to the Shrouding Heavens Realm.

After returning from the Yang Shen Realm with the Ark of Creation and many supreme arts, Fang Qing traveled Ziwei Star and the North Sea to assimilate his gains. He began Dao Cutting in the North Sea, where he commanded successive lightning tribulations into his body as powerful figures and young geniuses gathered to watch.

• Fang Qing returned to the Shrouding Heavens Realm with the Ark of Creation and supreme arts from the Yang Shen Realm, then traveled Ziwei Star to merge their mysteries into his own Dao.
• Fang Qing heard that Ye Fan had gained fame on Ziwei Star and taken a talented descendant of the Solar Holy Emperor's lineage as his disciple.
• Fang Qing journeyed to the North Sea and began advancing toward the Immortal Three Stages of Dao Cutting.
• Fang Qing absorbed his Immortal Platform Second Heaven tribulation with the Great Prophecy of the Three Realms, astonishing Black Tortoise Daoist.
• Fang Qing commanded the Dao Cutting tribulation's lightning into his body, while the deputy hall master of Human King Hall, the Black Dragon King of the North Sea, Third-Missing Daoist, and a Guanghan Palace Supreme Elder gathered to watch.
• As Fang Qing's tribulation reached its second wave, strange lightning shaped like the Fuxi Dragon Stele and Nuwa Dao Stone appeared.

Fang Qing endured a Heavenly Tribulation that manifested Great Emperor weapons and nine Young Great Emperors, absorbing their power as he defeated them with his Heaven-Shattering Collision. After swallowing the remaining lightning, he completed Dao Slaying and Reverse Dao Slaying.

• Fang Qing shattered the lightning-made Great Emperor weapons and absorbed their power while cultivators, including the Human King, watched in shock.
• The tribulation manifested Emperor Fuxi, Emperor Hengyu, Empress Xi, and the Void Emperor, and Fang Qing charged into them and crashed them to death.
• Five more humanoid lightning figures appeared, including Great Emperor Wushi and Amitabha Great Emperor, and Fang Qing crashed through the attacking emperors to absorb their power.
• Fang Qing crashed all nine Young Great Emperors to death and swallowed the remaining Lightning Tribulation.
• Fang Qing completed Dao Slaying and Reverse Dao Slaying.

After becoming a Dao-Slashing King, Fang Qing was celebrated by Ziwei’s factions and expounded the Humanity Path to gathered cultivators. He urged them to honor the Taiyin and Solar Holy Emperors, accepted worship himself, and left the human and Demon Clan cultivators eager to follow the path he taught.

• Fang Qing advanced to the third realm of the Immortal Platform, became a Dao-Slashing King, and accepted Black Tortoise Venerable’s offer to host a celebratory feast.
• Yan Ruyu, Ye Fan, Tu Fei, Li Heishui, and other allies arrived alongside leaders and experts from Ziwei’s major factions to congratulate Fang Qing.
• Fang Qing taught that the Humanity Path began with the Taiyin and Solar Holy Emperors, then proposed that their lineages be honored and preserved.
• The Ziwei Imperial Lord and other human leaders agreed to establish worship of the two Holy Emperors and also called for Fang Qing to be worshipped, sending Wish Power to him.
• Fang Qing expounded the Humanity Path through the Book of Changes and the Four Swords of Heaven, Earth, Wind, and Thunder, while Ye Fan and the gathered cultivators listened in amazement.
• After Fang Qing explained Thunder-Wind Constancy, the Human King and Daoist Qinggu were deeply impressed, and an Old Wolf King declared that the Demon Clan would cultivate the Humanity Path too.

Fang Qing gathered the map fragments leading to Tanggu Valley, where he encountered the Solar Holy Emperor’s Deity’s Thought beneath the Fusang Divine Tree. After Fang Qing shared the Future Wusheng Scripture and arranged a sacrifice, the Emperor awakened, gave Fang Qing the tree and his scriptures, and vanished.

• Fang Qing preached for ten days, strengthening his companions and deepening his own understanding of the Humanity Path.
• Fang Qing collected all thirty-six map fragments and used them to locate Tanggu Valley and the Fusang Divine Tree.
• Fang Qing absorbed the tree’s Solar Holy Power as a one-armed old man in Qing Yi appeared with a Stone Coffin; Fang Qing recognized him as the Solar Holy Emperor’s Deity’s Thought.
• Fang Qing silenced a cult master who spoke against the Solar Holy Emperor, urged the factions to hold a grand sacrifice, and transmitted the Future Wusheng Scripture to the old man.
• The old man absorbed Wish Power, awakened as the Solar Holy Emperor, and gave Fang Qing the Fusang Divine Tree, the Sun Ancient Cult’s leadership, and his Dao scripture before vanishing.

After the Solar Holy Emperor departed, Fang Qing claimed the Immortal Fusang Tree, shared its leaves with the great sects, and began restoring the Sun Ancient Cult and the Greater Yin Ancient Cult. The chapter ended when Fang Qing encountered Senior Mad Old Man while traveling.

• The leaders of the great factions praised Fang Qing after witnessing the Solar Holy Emperor, and Fang Qing brought the Immortal Fusang Tree into his Small World, strengthening it and himself.
• Fang Qing distributed leaves from the Immortal Fusang Tree to the great sects and called on humanity to honor the Solar Holy Emperor and Taiyin Holy Emperor.
• Fang Qing merged the declining Sun Ancient Cult into his own, bringing joy to its surviving members, including an Elder surnamed Jiang and a little girl.
• Fang Qing recruited children to establish a new Greater Yin Ancient Cult because no successors remained from the old lineage.
• Fang Qing encountered Senior Mad Old Man while traveling.

Fang Qing reunited with the Mad Old Man on Ziwei Star and gave him five of the Nine Secrets, receiving the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist in exchange. The Mad Old Man broke through to the Great Sage realm and used Yan Ruyu’s Chaos Green Lotus to kill the three remaining Archaic Ancestor Kings.

• Fang Qing told the Mad Old Man how he had crossed the void and used Emperor Pan’s Living Sword to kill most of the Ancestor Kings aboard the purple-bronze ship.
• Fang Qing brought Yan Ruyu to the Mad Old Man and passed him the All Character, Fighting Character, Soldier Character, Zhe Zi, and Pre-word Secrets.
• The Mad Old Man taught Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, then transformed into a young man and broke through to the Great Sage realm.
• The Young Old Madman deduced the location of the three surviving Archaic Ancestor Kings and opened a passage to their ship.
• Yan Ruyu lent the Young Old Madman her Chaos Green Lotus, and he revived the Supreme Emperor Weapon and killed all three Great Sages aboard the ship.

Fang Qing and Young Mad Old Man defeated three returning Ancient Race Great Sages, then Fang Qing prepared to leave Ziwei Star with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others for Earth. During the journey, several companions broke through into the Immortal Platform Realm, and the Pure Yang Shuttle finally reached Planet Yinghuo.

• Fang Qing and Young Mad Old Man killed three Ancient Race Great Sages who had intended to drain Ziwei Star’s vitality, and Fang Qing showed the assembled sect leaders a recording of the battle.
• Fang Qing announced that he would leave a clone to guard the Great Profound Immortal Sect, then departed Ziwei Star aboard the Pure Yang Shuttle with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Young Mad Old Man, and their companions.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo grew anxious as the group traveled toward Earth, while everyone aboard the Pure Yang Shuttle resumed cultivating during the long journey.
• Wu Zhongtian survived a Lightning Tribulation and advanced to the Immortal Platform Realm; Pang Bo, Tu Fei, Li Heishui, Jiang Huairen, and others later broke through as well.
• The group arrived at Planet Yinghuo.

Fang Qing and his companions returned to Planet Yinghuo and encountered the Crocodile Ancestor, who attacked them. Fang Qing severed the Sage King's hand, then Young Old Madman crushed and sealed his body, leaving Fang Qing to suggest grilling the pieces.

• Fang Qing, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and their companions returned to Planet Yinghuo aboard the Pure Yang Shuttle and discovered its Five-Colored Altar.
• The Crocodile Ancestor sensed their arrival, transformed into a middle-aged man, and attacked Fang Qing to learn their secrets.
• Fang Qing wielded the Emperor Pan's Living Sword and severed the Crocodile Ancestor's hand with one strike.
• Young Old Madman pierced the Crocodile Ancestor with his gaze, then used the Great Dao of Time to shatter and seal his body.
• Fang Qing suggested grilling the Crocodile Ancestor's flesh, and Young Old Madman roasted it with true fire.