Chapter Summaries

After Young Old Madman refined Crocodile Ancestor’s flesh, Fang Qing devoured much of it and grew stronger before the group returned to Earth. Earth’s strange suppression of the Dao unsettled the others, while Fang Qing left to check on home and found his Mercedes-Benz near Mount Tai.

• Young Old Madman refined the Crocodile Ancestor’s flesh and blood, allowing Fang Qing and the others to feast safely.
• Young Old Madman gave Fang Qing five of the Six Peerless Divine Pills in gratitude for teaching him five of the Nine Secrets.
• Fang Qing continued eating Crocodile Ancestor meat, absorbing immense power and strengthening his World Power.
• Young Old Madman led the group from Planet Yinghuo toward Earth, where they sensed an Emperor-like aura and the world’s suppression of cultivation.
• The Green Copper trembled as the Pure Yang Shuttle reached Earth, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo left to visit their families.
• Fang Qing checked that home was normal, then went near Mount Tai and spotted his Mercedes-Benz and Ye Fan’s.

Fang Qing transformed his Mercedes-Benz into a Five Elements Divine Chariot, then visited the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Clan near Mount Lu and revealed his overwhelming cultivation. After leaving the clan a Humanity Path teaching, he continued toward Mount Lu’s Underground Palace, where he found a Saint bound atop a Blood-Colored Altar.

• Fang Qing empowered his Bestune with Five Elements Power and replaced its fuel with Divine Water of the Five Elements, turning it into a flying Five Elements Divine Chariot.
• Fang Qing reached the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Clan near Mount Lu, where he frightened its Divine Bridge Realm elder and Four Extremities Realm Old Ancestor by revealing himself as a Dao-Severing King.
• The Dragon Sparrow Clan offered Fang Qing its ancient treasures, but he returned them after examining them and heard the story of its Great Sage ancestor’s battle with Ge Hong.
• Fang Qing advised the clan to cultivate the Humanity Path and left behind the Ren Character before departing; the Old Ancestor ordered the family to keep a low profile and avoid causing trouble.
• Fang Qing entered Mount Lu’s Underground Palace and found a Saint bound in chains atop a Blood-Colored Altar amid deadly killing intent and fire essences.

Fang Qing visited the Lingbao Sect’s hidden grounds at Gezhao Mountain, where he revived its elders and restored the sect’s ancient formation. As the formation awakened, he sensed the Lin Character Secret, one of the Nine Secrets.

• At Mount Lu, Fang Qing found a tortured Saint and a stone map, memorized its unusual terrain, and ended the Saint’s suffering despite the forbidden laws activating.
• Fang Qing entered the Lingbao Sect’s concealed grotto-heaven at Gezhao Mountain and introduced himself to two elders as the Eastern Clear Emperor.
• Fang Qing rejuvenated the two elders with his Divine Five Elements Dao, then climbed all thirty-three Lingbao steps while the elders and young Daoists watched in amazement.
• Fang Qing used Sun Fire and his command of the mountain’s earth veins to restore its vitality and activate the Lingbao Sect’s ancient Saint formation.
• The elders gathered as the formation awakened, and Fang Qing sensed the appearance of the Lin Character Secret.

Fang Qing comprehended the Lin Character Secret in the Lingbao Sect’s activated saint formation, strengthening his physical body and Primordial Spirit. He rewarded the sect by improving its cultivators and restoring its scriptures, then received a message from Ye Fan about a discovery.

• Fang Qing comprehended the Lin Character Secret and used a Great Light-Dark Barrier to contain the force of his transforming body.
• Fang Qing bestowed Divine Light and a Dao Palace cultivation method upon the Old Daoists who had gathered to discuss the Dao.
• Fang Qing entered the Lingbao Sect’s secret grounds and learned from the Lingbao Sect Master about Earth’s declining cultivation world and treasures taken by Western cultivators.
• Fang Qing displayed his nine divine halos, promised the sect that the stolen treasures would be recovered, and completed the Lingbao Sect’s damaged scriptures.
• Ye Fan sent Fang Qing a transmission saying he had discovered secrets related to the Lin Character Secret.

Fang Qing and Ye Fan traveled with three old monks to Spirit Mountain, where they encountered the past manifestation of Quasi-Emperor Shakyamuni. Fang Qing comprehended the Buddhist Dao and obtained the complete Six-Syllable Mantra, while the story left Spirit Mountain’s present-day ruin contrasted with its radiant past.

• Ye Fan told Fang Qing he had reunited with his parents, arranged a protected home for them, and accepted the purple squirrel Little Pine as his second disciple.
• Fang Qing gave Little Pine a five-colored jade pendant, then agreed to accompany Ye Fan to Spirit Mountain after seeing the Small Stone Buddha.
• Fang Qing learned Sanskrit from three old Dao Palace Realm monks and opened the ancient road to Spirit Mountain through his understanding of Buddhist Dharma.
• Fang Qing led Ye Fan and the monks past the dead seekers and restless spirits on the road, calming or destroying the dangers they encountered.
• At Spirit Mountain, Fang Qing saw that the present-day site had withered, but perceived the past manifestation of Quasi-Emperor Shakyamuni beneath the Bodhi Tree.
• Fang Qing and Ye Fan gained Enlightenment from Shakyamuni’s Dao, and Fang Qing acquired Buddhist scriptures and the complete Six-Syllable Mantra.

Fang Qing explored Dragon Tiger Mountain with the Celestial Master and uncovered an ancient Earth Immortal burial ground tied to Rongchengzi and the Ginseng Fruit Tree. He reached Rongchengzi’s Yellow Mud Coffin and opened it.

• Fang Qing declined Ye Fan’s offer to travel together, left Spirit Mountain, and arrived at Dragon Tiger Mountain, where the Celestial Master welcomed him.
• Fang Qing used a King’s Weapon to gain permission to explore the mountain and led the Daoist priests into a hidden region, where they found the remains of a long-dead sect protector and a stele naming Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountain.
• Fang Qing explored the Suspended Coffins, discovered that branches of the Immortal Divine Tree had absorbed the corpses’ Death Qi, and refined the Death Qi from the branches he found.
• Fang Qing reached the ninth dragon mountain and learned from its stele that the Earth Immortal buried there was Rongchengzi, not Zhen Yuanzi, and that the Ginseng Fruit Tree had been buried with him.
• Fang Qing repaired the ninth mountain’s earth veins, suppressed ancient corpses and Rongchengzi’s disciples, then reached the Earth Immortal’s Yellow Mud Coffin and opened it.

Fang Qing uncovered Rongchengzi’s account of the calamities caused by the ninety-nine Dragon Mountains and took two map fragments, bringing his collection to three of nine. After reviving Dragon Tiger Mountain’s damaged Saint formation and preparing for its Cultivator’s Conference, he stunned the assembled experts with his sacred aura.

• Fang Qing read Rongchengzi’s writings in the Yellow Mud Coffin, learning that the ninety-nine Dragon Mountains had devastated ancient stars and that an ancient war over map fragments had left Rongchengzi trapped in the Immortal Ascension Ground.
• Fang Qing took Rongchengzi’s two map fragments, bringing his total to three, and comprehended a sacred art that could turn enemies into yellow mud.
• Fang Qing accepted the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master’s invitation to stay for the Cultivator’s Conference and revived the mountain’s damaged Saint formation with the Great Heavenly Stellar Array.
• Young cultivators and renowned experts arrived for the conference, including Zhang Qingyang, Zhan Yifan, You Weiyu, and Yan Xiaoyu.
• The assembled experts saw Fang Qing seated in the place of honor, sensed his sacred Dao aura, and wondered if he was a Saint.

Fang Qing appeared at the Cultivator's Conference on Dragon Tiger Mountain, awed the gathered cultivators with his mastery of the Dao, and offered rewards and discipleship in the Great Profound Immortal Sect. The young geniuses fought fiercely for his approval, and Fang Qing welcomed them all into his sect.

• Xue Chen, Yan Xiaoyu, and the other cultivators were stunned by Fang Qing's overwhelming presence, while Daoist Qiri greeted him and asked about his origins.
• Fang Qing introduced himself as the sect leader of Tai Xuan Immortal Mountain, gave the elders cups of Earth Milk, and promised rewards to young cultivators who performed well.
• Fang Qing manifested divine spirits embodying many Dao principles, and the gathered elders and geniuses tried to comprehend his demonstrations.
• Fang Qing invited cultivators to join his Great Profound Immortal Sect, prompting the attendees to compete for his favor.
• Zhan Yifan defeated twelve opponents in succession, while Long Xiaoque fought thirteen at once and won Fang Qing's approving nod.
• The Phoenix Heavenly Maiden, the Kunlun Twin Fish, the Young Heavenly Master, and other geniuses displayed their abilities, and Fang Qing said they could all join his sect.

At Dragon Tiger Mountain, Fang Qing rewarded and accepted young geniuses as disciples, then brought Daoist leaders and cultivators to Shushan to restore lost scriptures. At Chi Songzi’s sword-washing ground, Fang Qing seized the ancient sword intent and entered One Sword Lake, where the others could study the sword qi resonating with him.

• Fang Qing accepted Zhan Yifan, Long Xiaoque, the Kunlun Twin Fish, Zhang Qingyang, and other young geniuses as disciples to expand the Great Profound Immortal Sect on Earth.
• Fang Qing rewarded the young geniuses with large quantities of source, prompting the Phoenix Heavenly Maiden, You Weiyu, Yan Xiaoyu, Long Xiaoque, and Zhang Qingyang to pay their respects as disciples.
• Fang Qing offered to restore incomplete scriptures for Daoist sects, then transported the gathered cultivators to the Shushan Immortal Sword Sect and Chi Songzi’s sword-washing ground.
• Fang Qing protected the group with his Five-Colored Divine Light and Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold lamp as they crossed the deadly sword qi, allowing them to comprehend its mysteries.
• Fang Qing seized the sword lights left by Chi Songzi, absorbed their sword Dao profundity, and entered One Sword Lake after telling the others to study the sword qi resonating with him.

Fang Qing led the cultivators to Chi Songzi’s Sword Washing Pool, where they comprehended the Dao for more than ten days and grew stronger. When western cultivators arrived at Dragon Tiger Mountain to challenge the gathering, Fang Qing killed them all and learned from their memories that a powerful figure called their Lord was expected to descend.

• Fang Qing collected most of the Sword Washing Pool’s water after the cultivators had spent more than ten days comprehending the Dao.
• Fang Qing returned the group to Dragon Tiger Mountain after warning that western cultivators were coming.
• A western old man challenged the gathering and attacked Fang Qing with Hellish Restraint, but Fang Qing judged him to death.
• Another western cultivator unleashed a Forbidden Artifact containing Lightning Tribulation, which Fang Qing swallowed before killing its user.
• Fang Qing sealed and killed the remaining western cultivators after reading their memories, and the last one warned that his Lord would descend.
• Fang Qing said it was time for the group to go out for a walk.

Fang Qing led a vast but concealed company of Daoist experts westward, stopping first at Zhongnan Mountain, where he recovered the cultivation volume of the Dao De Jing and comprehended the Mysterious Female Gate. As Western forces attacked, he destroyed their troops and judged fourteen knights with holy light, leaving the surviving knights stunned and one of them kneeling to him.

• Fang Qing traveled west with the leaders and disciples of several Daoist sects, concealing most of their numbers as they headed first to Zhongnan Mountain.
• At Louguantai, Fang Qing heard the Daoist sounds of the past, comprehended the Dao De Jing’s cultivation volume, and created the supreme art called the Mysterious Female Gate.
• Fang Qing taught sacred arts to Long Xiaoque, the Phoenix Heavenly Maiden, the Kunlun Twin Fish, and Zhan Yifan, inspiring the young disciples to strengthen the Great Profound Immortal Sect.
• An old man summoned Hell’s Ancient Weapons against Fang Qing, but Fang Qing killed him and his summoned forces with a glance.
• Fourteen Western knights challenged Fang Qing, who used Immeasurable Light Judgment to burn them, and one surviving knight knelt and called him the Great Lord of Light.

Fang Qing led the Central Plains cultivators west, defeating Western forces and gathering Dao insights as he traveled. At Kunlun, he comprehended the Millet Bead and advanced to the second minor stage of the Dao Slaying King realm by devouring his Lightning Tribulation, then continued toward the West as reports of his victories spread.

• Fang Qing killed Western knights at Zhongnan Mountain, seized a Half-step Great Power staff, and set out west with his disciples to reclaim ancestral artifacts.
• Fang Qing crushed five hundred Western knights with the Embrace Mountain Seal while discussing the Dao with Central Plains cultivators.
• Xue Chen welcomed Fang Qing to the Kunlun Sect, where Fang Qing activated the Saint Immortal Formation and comprehended the Millet Bead.
• Fang Qing unleashed his Lightning Tribulation at Kunlun, annihilated fifteen Half-step Great Powers and their accompanying forces, and devoured the lightning to advance his cultivation.
• Fang Qing continued west with the cultivators, overcoming further opponents as Western reports called him the Eastern demon and the Eastern Lord of Light.

Fang Qing entered a western Holy City in a display of overwhelming divine power, drawing its cultivators to worship him and killing a Goddess who tried to influence one of his followers. He left the city’s remaining gods facing him after swiftly defeating a Dao-Severing King.

• Fang Qing arrived at the Holy City beneath his Five-Colored Canopy, with a flood dragon pulling his carriage, and his manifestation inspired countless people to worship him.
• A maiden rode out to confront Fang Qing but became his follower; when a Goddess projected her will onto her, Fang Qing used Karmic Cause and Effect to locate and kill the Goddess.
• Fang Qing entered the Holy City, where Master Atuo and many cultivators submitted to him, while he sensed several gods among the city’s inhabitants.
• A Dao-Severing King condemned the kneeling cultivators and attacked them with spiritual pressure, but Fang Qing pierced and shattered his body with one finger.
• Fang Qing examined the Dao-Severing King’s abilities and Ancient Talisman, then killed him before he could finish begging for mercy.

Fang Qing conquered the Western Holy Land, recovered Central Land relics, and marched on the Pope’s stronghold. He killed the Pope with a single finger, while the Divine Knight remained beside him.

• Fang Qing killed a god from Heaven-Reaching Star and learned that beings from three Life Ancient Stars had come to Earth.
• Fang Qing recovered Central Land relics, including the Fuxi Dragon Stele fragments, Nine Tripods fragments, and Mount Tai altar stones, and gave Western King's Divine Weapons to his followers.
• Fang Qing killed two more gods in the Holy Land and led his followers toward the Western Pope’s stronghold.
• Fang Qing demanded the Pope surrender, but the Pope and the Divine Knight stood against him.
• Fang Qing struck the Pope with a finger, and the distracted Pope was crushed into fragments.

Fang Qing defeated the Pope, subdued the West, and claimed its treasures and ancient relics for the Central Plains. Back in the east, he established a Sky City as the foundation of his Dao lineage and reunited with Ye Fan and Pang Bo, then prepared to explore the Kunlun Immortal Mountains.

• Fang Qing killed the Pope with one finger, absorbed his memories, and learned Western arts including Divine Order Chains, ancient scripture, and methods of Wish Power.
• Fang Qing killed four ancient Holy Knights with the Emperor Pan's Living Sword and used its pressure to force the West into submission.
• Fang Qing collected sacred weapons, forbidden-incantation scrolls, the Spear of Longinus, and two Immortal Diagrams from the Western Holy Land, then took the sacred palace into his Small World.
• Fang Qing returned east with the Central Plains Dao sects and created a Sky City as the base of his Dao lineage.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo arrived in the Sky City, praised Fang Qing's victory, and Fang Qing urged Ye Fan to break through before they explored the Kunlun Immortal Mountains.

Fang Qing led Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others through Kunlun, where they uncovered the fate of the Feathered God Dynasty’s expedition and learned that the Ruthless Great Emperor had come seeking her dead elder brother. The chapter ended with Ye Fan reflecting on his parents and resolving to live without regrets.

• Fang Qing gathered his companions, including Mad Old Man, and led them into Kunlun with Ye Fan’s complete Immortal Diagram guiding the way.
• The group crossed Kunlun’s Dao-rich mountains, encountered powerful beasts, and gathered lesser Medicine Kings from a vast medicinal field.
• Fang Qing destroyed corpse beasts in a burial pit and discovered that the dead belonged to the Feathered God Dynasty, whose expedition to escort the hope of immortality had become trapped in Kunlun.
• A demi-divine fleeceflower root chose to follow Fang Qing, entered his inner world, and revealed secrets about Kunlun and a peerless fairy who had visited it.
• The fleeceflower root’s account led the group to a cliff where the Ruthless Great Emperor had left a star-forged stele and a message mourning her dead elder brother.
• Ye Fan thought of his parents and, grateful that he had reunited with them in time, resolved that everyone should strive to leave no regrets.

Fang Qing subdued four Dao Slaying Kings in Kunlun, took the Fire God Source, and gave them teachings from the Ancient Demon Emperor Scripture. His group followed the Immortal Treasure Diagram deeper into the Immortal Ascension Ground and found what appeared to be a dead Great Sage seated in a stone forest.

• Fang Qing trapped a Golden Lion and accepted it as a follower.
• Fang Qing subdued a Dragon Horse, then took the Dragon Spear from a Daoist and recruited the Daoist, the Ox King, and the Black Ape.
• Fang Qing obtained the Fire God Source and taught the four Dao Slaying Kings mysteries from the Ancient Demon Emperor Scripture.
• The group crossed the ten thousand dragon-head peaks and saw a vision of the Ruthless Great Emperor's dying brother pleading for someone to care for his little sister.
• Following the Immortal Treasure Diagram, the group gathered ancient herbs and reached a stone forest, where they found a seemingly dead Great Sage.

Fang Qing led his companions through the Immortal Ascension Ground aboard the Ark of Creation, collecting rare treasures and Medicine Kings. The group gained a Great Sage’s Divine Lamp and Divine Mark Purple Gold, then welcomed the White Tiger Immortal Medicine into Fang Qing’s Small World.

• Fang Qing brought out the Ark of Creation, and he and Young Old Madman used it to retrieve a Great Sage’s Divine Lamp while shielding the group from deadly forces.
• The Ark passed the corpses of several Great Sages and a Quasi-Emperor, and Fang Qing collected half a meter of Divine Mark Purple Gold.
• Fang Qing and his companions traveled deeper into the Immortal Ascension Ground and gathered many Medicine Kings.
• The White Tiger Immortal Medicine appeared and agreed to board the Ark of Creation.
• Fang Qing brought the White Tiger Immortal Medicine into his Small World, where it settled beside the Immortal Fusang Tree and strengthened his inner world.

Fang Qing and his companions retrieved the damaged Immortal Ascension Cauldron from the Immortal Pool, triggering a spiritual energy revival on Earth and gaining insights that strengthened their cultivation. After a new world, the Swallowed Star Realm, appeared among Fang Qing’s coordinates, he chose to return to Beidou first, having gathered scriptures and subdued Penglai on Earth.

• Fang Qing retrieved the one-third of the Immortal Ascension Cauldron with the Soldier Character Secret while the Ark of Creation absorbed Divine Water from the Immortal Pool.
• The Immortal Pool drained back into Earth, beginning a spiritual energy revival, and the group returned safely to Great Profound Immortal Island to study the cauldron.
• Ye Fan passed his Holy Lord tribulation, the Green-Clad Little Flood Dragon King reached the Immortal Platform Realm, and the other brothers advanced in cultivation.
• Fang Qing discovered coordinates for the Swallowed Star Realm but decided to postpone visiting it and return to Beidou after handling matters on Earth.
• The Young Old Madman gained insight from the cauldron and left it in Fang Qing’s hands; Fang Qing then obtained the Vedic Sutras and other teachings and subdued Penglai, whose people honored him as the Dao Venerable.

Fang Qing led Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and their companions out of Earth through Hangu Pass, where they received guidance and scriptures from Xuan Chi before setting off along the ancient roads to the Big Dipper Star Domain. On their first stop, a desolate planet, an Ant Tribe ambushed them, but Fang Qing froze the attackers with his Five-Colored Divine Light.

• Fang Qing chose Hangu Pass as the route out of Earth, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo returned after settling their family affairs.
• Fang Qing defeated Xuan Chi at the pass but spared him, then gave him the Ancient Demon Emperor Scripture in exchange for looking after their tradition.
• The group paid respects at the statues of Laozi and Guan Yinzi, studied the True Scripture of Wen Shi, and spent three days discussing the Dao.
• Fang Qing and his companions departed through Hangu Pass on a Five-Colored Altar, bringing disciples including Long Xiaoque, Phoenix Heavenly Maiden, and Little Squirrel.
• On a desolate planet, Ye Fan sensed Divine Source before an Ant Tribe attacked the group near a bone pyramid, and Fang Qing froze the creatures with his Five-Colored Divine Light.