Chapter Summaries

Fang Qing and his companions fought their way along the ancient road, defeating powerful races and gathering allies as they traveled toward Beidou. They finally reached the Big Dipper Star Domain, where they recognized Immortal Mountain and celebrated their return to the Eastern Desolation.

• Fang Qing used the Ark of Creation to crush enemies along the ancient road, and the Dragon Horse comprehended its Tyrant's Path and advanced in Dao Cutting.
• Fang Qing and his companions learned that the nineteenth ancient star was Flying Immortal Star and continued toward Beidou.
• Fang Qing killed the Ant Dragons covering an ancient star, seized their Five-Colored Altar, and absorbed their life essence and minerals into his Small World.
• Fang Qing defeated or subdued powerful kings across the next several ancient stars, placing forbidden curses on those who surrendered.
• Fang Qing and his companions arrived on the Big Dipper Star, spotted Immortal Mountain from its outskirts, and fled to safety.
• Tu Fei, Li Heishui, and the others celebrated their return to the Eastern Desolation Central Territory.

After returning to the Big Dipper Star Domain, Fang Qing brought his brothers to Taixuan Sect as tensions rose between humanity and the awakened Ancient Races. He convened the sect’s leaders and began outlining a plan to expand cultivation of the Dao Scripture scrolls.

• Fang Qing and his companions returned to the Big Dipper Star Domain after gaining strength and reaching the Immortal Platform Realm during their journey.
• Fang Qing told his brothers that Ancient Race geniuses were defeating human cultivators, and Ye Fan and the others volunteered to challenge them.
• Fang Qing arrived at Taixuan Sect, greeted the disciples, and bestowed Source on those guarding the gate.
• Fang Qing gathered the sect’s elders and peak masters for a meeting and announced that Taixuan Sect would promote the Dao Scripture scrolls from the Wheel Sea through the Dragon Transformation Realm.

Fang Qing announced that the Taixuan Sacred Gate would share the complete Dao Scripture, extend elders’ lifespans, and welcome powerful new Supreme Elders. The sect prepared to strengthen its disciples against the Myriad Primordial Races as Fang Qing sensed the people’s growing reverence for him.

• Fang Qing revealed the Dao Scripture scrolls for four secret realms and set rules for elders and disciples to study them.
• Fang Qing distributed life-extending divine liquids to the sect’s elders, giving them more time to pursue breakthroughs.
• Fang Qing introduced the Dragon Horse, Ox King, Ape King, and other Dao Slaying Kings as new Supreme Elders of the Taixuan Sacred Gate.
• Fang Qing urged Hua Yunfei to challenge arrogant young geniuses from the ancient races, and ordered the sect to recruit children without coercion.
• Fang Qing sensed the wishes of countless people across the Southern Territory, including the belief that without him the human race would remain in eternal night.

Fang Qing took his Taixuan Sacred Gate companions to Yunfeng City to confront Ancient Race geniuses who were insulting the human race and threatening the sect. He killed Niu Yi with a single sentence, leaving the gathered challengers stunned as he asked who would fight next.

• After his sermon helped many Taixuan Sacred Gate disciples advance, Fang Qing agreed to leave the sect with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, the Dragon Horse, and others to challenge the Ancient Races.
• In Yunfeng City, Niu Yi defeated a human genius while Huo Tan and other Ancient Race challengers mocked humanity and threatened a Taixuan Sect branch.
• Fang Qing's group arrived through a Domain Gate, and Niu Yi challenged Fang Qing while the Dragon Horse offered to fight him instead.
• Fang Qing stepped into the arena, and news of his impending battle spread across the major forces of the human race.
• Niu Yi charged Fang Qing, but Fang Qing killed him with the force of a calmly spoken sentence without lifting a finger.
• Fang Qing asked who else would fight, and the Ancient Race geniuses fell silent.

Fang Qing challenged the Ancient Races' younger generation and swiftly defeated dozens of their peerless geniuses, killing some and sealing others. After clearing the arena in less than ten breaths, he stood victorious with the surviving opponents imprisoned or immobilized.

• Fang Qing killed Niu Yi with a word and challenged the Ancient Races' geniuses to attack him together.
• Yue Qianqiu descended in his Windcloud Battle Boots, but Fang Qing roared him to death and gave the boots to the Dragon Horse.
• The Horn Clan expert attacked with a Death Curse, but Fang Qing captured him inside the Great Light-Dark Barrier.
• Fang Qing sealed a Shadow Clan attacker, froze a Snow Clan woman, burned a Life Ghost Clan woman to ash, and captured a Fire Cloud Clan woman.
• Fang Qing took the weapons from more than a dozen attackers with the Five Elements Bracelet and immobilized them with the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor and the Pre-word Secret.

Fang Qing challenged the Ancient Races’ young geniuses to attack him together and defeated dozens of them in less than ten breaths. He left the arena cleared of opponents, with several geniuses dead or sealed and Yue Qianqiu’s Silver Moon Clan battle boots given to the Dragon Horse.

• After Fang Qing killed Niu Yi, the Human Race spectators admired him, while the Ancient Races’ geniuses hesitated to challenge him.
• Fang Qing invited the Ancient Races’ young experts to attack together, and Yue Qianqiu descended with his Silver Moon Clan Windcloud Battle Boots.
• Fang Qing roared Yue Qianqiu apart, preserved the King's battle boots, and gave them to the Dragon Horse.
• When the Ancient Races’ geniuses attacked together, Fang Qing sealed the Horn Clan and Shadow Clan experts, froze the Snow Clan and Fire Cloud Clan women, and burned the Life Ghost Clan woman to ash.
• Fang Qing used the Five Elements Bracelet to take the attackers’ Holy Lord weapons, then immobilized and sealed more than a dozen young experts with the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor and the Pre-word Secret.

Fang Qing defeated and sealed the Ancient Races’ young experts, earning humanity’s admiration and Wish Power. Huo Lin’er failed to reclaim the Qilin Divine Medicine, and the arriving sect leaders and young geniuses learned that Fang Qing’s battle had already ended.

• Fang Qing defeated the Ancient Races’ young experts, killed the Life Ghost Clan fighters, and sealed several others while gaining their bloodline arts and Dao principles.
• Human cultivators praised Fang Qing, strengthening his Wish Power and ninefold divine halo.
• Huo Lin’er tested Fang Qing, then asked him to return the Qilin Divine Medicine in exchange for immortal materials; Fang Qing refused but left open the possibility of future friendship between their lineages.
• Huo Lin’er judged Fang Qing too powerful to challenge and departed, warning that someone else would likely confront him.
• Leaders and young disciples from many human sects and families arrived, learned the battle was over, and respectfully gathered around Fang Qing.

Fang Qing hosted a gathering where human geniuses sought his guidance and several joined the Taixuan Sacred Gate, while the Zifu Holy Lord offered Taixuan influence in his territory and an alliance. The celebration ended when Yuangu publicly challenged Fang Qing to fight in the Northern Territory.

• Chu Tian and Yan Yunluan asked to join the Taixuan Sacred Gate, and Fang Qing welcomed them.
• Fang Qing shared Dao principles with the gathered young geniuses and senior experts, earning their admiration.
• The Zifu Holy Lord invited Taixuan to spread its teachings in several cities under Zifu control and proposed an alliance, which Fang Qing accepted.
• Pang Bo and Ye Fan discussed the Zifu Holy Lord’s decision and Fairy Zixia’s potential.
• A message spread throughout the Five Regions announcing that Yuangu had challenged Fang Qing to battle in the Northern Territory.

Fang Qing taught young cultivators about combining the Dao of Nature with the Humanity Path, then visited the Ancient Races’ Heavenly Workshop with his companions and bought a Greater Yin Ice Soul for Ye Fan’s acquaintance Jiang Tingting. The group encountered a rare Nine Aperture Spirit Nectar auctioned by Hun Tuo Great Sage’s grandson, whose lineage reminded Tu Fei of Golden Winged Great Peng King.

• Fang Qing explained how concepts from the Book of Changes could help cultivators prepare for Dao Cutting and demonstrated the power of the Embrace Mountain Seal.
• Yao Yuekong invited Fang Qing, Yan Ruyu, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others to visit the Ancient Races’ Heavenly Workshop in Zhouyang City.
• Fang Qing exchanged a Divine Blood Stone for a Greater Yin Ice Soul after Ye Fan recognized that it suited Jiang Tingting.
• The group saw a rare Nine Aperture Spirit Nectar formed inside an immature Sacred Spirit and learned that Hun Tuo Great Sage’s eldest grandson was auctioning it.
• Tu Fei heard the Ancient Races praise Hun Tuo Great Sage and thought that Golden Winged Great Peng King might boast similarly if Fang Qing became a Great Emperor.

Fang Qing traded a Medicine King for Hun Tuo Great Sage's Nine Aperture Spirit Nectar and used it to strengthen his inner world. At the Heavenly Workshop, he confronted Yuangu, arranged a duel for half a month later, and watched Ye Fan buy the Ageless Immortal Flower with Great Luo Silver Essence.

• Fang Qing exchanged a Medicine King for the Nine Aperture Spirit Nectar, then absorbed most of the divine liquid to nourish his inner world and increase his strength.
• Fang Qing encountered Huo Lin'er and Yuangu, overwhelmed them with his light-and-dark aura, and agreed to fight Yuangu at the ancient battlefield on Qixia Plain in half a month.
• Fang Qing silenced a descendant of an Ancient Royal Clan with his aura while onlookers speculated that he was a human Emperor's Son.
• Yuangu sought the Ageless Immortal Flower for Huo Lin'er, but Ye Fan offered Great Luo Silver Essence and bought it first.
• The crowd recognized Ye Fan as the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body and recalled his Source Art identity, Gu Feng, while Fang Qing mused about cultivating Ageless Immortal Flowers in bulk.

Ye Fan and Fang Qing explored the Mysterious Stones in the Heavenly Workshop, where Fang Qing uncovered valuable materials and a rare Dragon Loach. Fang Qing sold the Dragon Loach to Nine Phoenix King's subordinates for a vast payment and left with Yan Ruyu and the others.

• Ye Fan kept the Ageless Immortal Flower for Ji Ziyue as rumors about his strength and relationship with Fang Qing spread among the cultivators.
• Fang Qing led Ye Fan and their companions into the Mysterious Stones district, where Yuangu silently fixed his resentment on Ye Fan.
• Fang Qing uncovered Great Luo Silver Essence, while Ye Fan opened a stone containing Mutton-Fat Jade Divine Iron.
• Fang Qing found a Dragon Loach in a stone governed by Nine Phoenix King's buyback rules, prompting the Ancient Races' experts to surround him.
• Fang Qing demanded Divine Source, ordinary Source, and rare materials in exchange for the Dragon Loach, and Yan Ruyu displayed the Chaos Green Lotus to deter an attack.
• A Half-Saint expert accepted Fang Qing's price, and Fang Qing completed the trade before announcing that the group would return.

As the Northern Territory awaited Fang Qing’s battle with Yuangu, Fang Qing reunited with Big Black Dog and Little Nannan. Big Black Dog showed Fang Qing Great Emperor Wushi’s memories, and the chapter ended with the dog stunned by Fang Qing’s power and confident that Yuangu would lose.

• Fang Qing and his companions left the Heavenly Workshop as cultivators gathered in the Northern Territory to await his duel with Yuangu.
• Fang Qing reunited with Big Black Dog and Little Nannan, and Ye Fan and the others played with Little Nannan.
• Big Black Dog revealed its memories of Great Emperor Wushi, giving Fang Qing a glimpse of the emperor’s Dao and strengthening his understanding.
• Fang Qing told Big Black Dog that he had reached the second minor stage of Dao Slaying and become a Sage through a Single Secret Realm.
• Fang Qing shared the Lin Character Secret and Zhe Zi Secret with Big Black Dog, which delighted the dog.
• Big Black Dog sensed Fang Qing’s immense power and concluded that Yuangu would be badly outmatched.

As cultivators gathered at Qixia Plain for Fang Qing’s duel with Yuangu, Ye Fan killed Jin Zhou and several other ancient-clan geniuses in a sudden clash. After powerful Saints and Ancestor Kings arrived, Yuangu confronted Fang Qing and the battle was about to begin.

• Cultivators from across the regions gathered at Qixia Plain and wagered on whether Fang Qing or Yuangu would win.
• Ye Fan killed Jin Zhou with one punch, then defeated the ancient-clan geniuses who attacked him.
• Nine Phoenix Ancestor King arrived and ordered the younger cultivators not to interfere with the decisive battle.
• The Young Old Madman and Sage Wei Yi appeared, unsettling Nine Phoenix Ancestor King with their formidable presence.
• Yuangu descended onto Qixia Plain and challenged Fang Qing, who calmly agreed to fight.

Fang Qing overwhelmed Yuangu on Qixia Plain, countering the descendant of Emperor Yuan with his Five-Colored Divine Light and Five Elements techniques. After taking Yuangu’s blood and secret techniques, Fang Qing trapped him in countless Small Worlds, leaving Yuangu at his mercy.

• Yuangu charged Fang Qing with Moon Rises Over the Sea, but Fang Qing’s Five-Colored Divine Light absorbed the attack.
• Fang Qing struck Yuangu with a Five Elements Great Hand Seal, shattering his body, and Yuangu restored himself with the Yuan Guang Reincarnation Wheel.
• Fang Qing captured Yuangu’s imperial blood in a black-and-white lotus and overpowered his ten-zhang Divine Domain with a Five Elements Divine Domain.
• Yuangu summoned the Yuan Emperor Dao Sword, but Fang Qing’s Five Elements Dao Sword absorbed it and split Yuangu in half, leaving him struggling to merge into the Dao.
• Fang Qing broke Yuangu’s merging-into-the-Dao crisis, seized his memories, and learned of Emperor Yuan’s forbidden spiritual technique.
• Fang Qing fused Princess Qi’s Southern Ridge secret technique into his Five-Colored Divine Light, divided Yuangu among countless Small Worlds, and left him vulnerable to refinement.

Fang Qing defeated Yuangu, revealed that he had entered the Dao Slaying Realm, and extracted half of Yuangu’s bloodline origin before the Young Old Madman stopped Primordial Lake’s Ancestor King from interfering. The bloodline gave Fang Qing insight into Emperor Yuan’s Great Dao, and he left Yuangu with a warning that he would never regard him as a true opponent.

• Fang Qing used Three Thousand Small Worlds fused with the Divine Five Elements Dao to divide Yuangu’s blood and take control of their duel.
• Fang Qing revealed his Dao Slaying Realm cultivation, silencing the Ancient Races’ complaints and prompting Pang Bo and Li Heishui to defend him.
• Fang Qing extracted half of Yuangu’s bloodline origin, while the Young Old Madman killed Primordial Lake’s Ancestor King with a single slap for interfering.
• Fang Qing gained insight into Emperor Yuan’s Great Dao from Yuangu’s bloodline, then tossed Yuangu aside after Yuangu admitted defeat and vowed to catch up.
• Fang Qing told Yuangu that enemies he defeated were never worthy of being his opponents, leaving the onlookers stunned by his confidence.

After defeating Yuangu, Fang Qing’s identity as the era’s first Dao Slaying King reshaped relations between the Human and Ancient Races. On the way to Purple Mountain, he observed hardship among ordinary people and gained new insight into the Yin Yang Great Dao, ending with a transformation that embodied the emotions of Humanity Path.

• Fang Qing’s victory over Yuangu spread across the world, boosting the Human Race’s standing and making the Ancient Races wary of provoking him.
• Fang Qing asked the Black Emperor to lead him and his companions back to Purple Mountain to explore more of its secrets.
• Fang Qing and his companions traveled through the Northern Territory on foot and saw ordinary villagers struggling against bandits.
• Liu Kou killed the bandits who were terrorizing a village, while Fang Qing reflected on how good and evil persisted among common people.
• Fang Qing gained insight into the Humanity Path’s Yin Yang Great Dao and shaped a Taiji Diagram into a Yin Yang Dao Lord containing countless emotions.

Fang Qing led his brothers through the Human World, teaching them Dao principles and gathering treasures before they reached Purple Mountain. After finding several paths blocked by deadly chaos, they sailed the Ark of Creation through its defenses and entered Purple Mountain.

• Fang Qing uncovered ancient ruins and Divine Sources, gave Pang Bo a Half-Sacred Weapon and distributed King's Divine Weapons among his brothers, then demonstrated how his Human Dao Golden Money could capture treasure.
• As the group traveled, Pang Bo developed new seals and advanced toward the Eight Prohibitions.
• Fang Qing's group reached Purple Mountain and found that its familiar Yin-Yang path had become a deadly chaos barrier, so Fang Qing studied its transformation before choosing another route.
• The group boarded Fang Qing's Ark of Creation, and Pang Bo carried Little Nannan while telling her about the Immortal Ascension Ground.
• The Ark passed through Purple Mountain's starfield defenses and brought the group before a vast chaotic waterfall inside the mountain.

Fang Qing and his companions crossed Great Emperor Wushi’s Dao platform, collected Medicine Kings, and uncovered clues about its ancient guardians. After the Emperor’s formation admitted them, Yan Ruyu told Fang Qing she would accompany him all the way.

• Fang Qing used Great Emperor Wushi’s Emperor Jade and the Ark of Creation to reach the Dao platform, where the group gathered Medicine Kings.
• A nine-headed monster attacked the platform but was destroyed by its Chaos waterfalls.
• The group found Gu Tianshu’s carvings describing his long life and his past battle with Battle Saint Ape.
• Fang Qing led the group through Great Emperor Wushi’s formation, and the Female Saint’s skull opened a passage through the Emperor patterns.
• Fang Qing and his companions saw Great Emperor Wushi’s figure, and Yan Ruyu told Fang Qing she would accompany him all the way.

Fang Qing and his companions comprehended Great Emperor Wushi’s flawless killing array on the Dao Platform for two months, then left and fought the Ancient Corpses in Purple Mountain. Fang Qing subdued a red-haired monster and restored the Fifth Generation Source Heavenly Master, Zhang Lin, who warned that witnessing too many secrets brought a price.

• Fang Qing and his companions found Great Emperor Wushi’s tattered feathered robe and spent two months studying his flawless killing array, gaining powerful insights.
• Fang Qing led the group off the Dao Platform, where he used the Wushi Killing Array to destroy attacking Ancient Corpses and drove the Ark of Creation deeper into Purple Mountain.
• Fang Qing combined the Pre-word Secret, Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor, and Scripture for Saving Beings to calm a red-haired creature, revealing it as Zhang Lin.
• Zhang Lin recounted how red hair and strange visions overtook him in his later years, and said that seeing too many sealed secrets came at a price.
• Fang Qing told Zhang Lin that he had raised a Sacred Spirit without cutting it open.

Fang Qing met Zhang Lin in Purple Mountain and learned how the human race had challenged the emerging Ancient Races. He rescued the Yaochi Saintess Yang Yi, reunited her with Zhang Lin, and received Zhang Lin’s Source Art inheritance as the Fifth Generation Source Heavenly Master urged him to surpass their predecessors and change the future.

• Fang Qing told Zhang Lin that the human race had killed three Archaic Ancestor Kings at his wedding and that he had defeated Yuangu, intimidating the Ancient Races.
• Zhang Lin realized that the demonic shadows he had controlled were connected to a woman sealed inside Source, and he led everyone to her.
• Fang Qing used the Immortal Divine Medicine to revive Yang Yi, the Yaochi Saintess, and she reunited with Zhang Lin despite his cursed appearance.
• Zhang Lin demonstrated his mastery of Source Art and explained that leaving Purple Mountain would leave him only one day to live.
• Zhang Lin passed his Source Art insights and powerful techniques to Fang Qing, urging him to surpass him and create a better future.