Chapter Summaries

After leaving Purple Mountain, Fang Qing reached the ninth minor stage of the Dao Slaying King realm in a single day and set out with Yan Ruyu for the Southern Ridge to prepare for his Sage tribulation. Along the way, he recruited the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine and protected a Taixuan Sacred Gate elder from a foretold assassination.

• Fang Qing sent Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the other brothers out of Purple Mountain, then cultivated with Yan Ruyu and advanced through the Dao Slaying King stages to the ninth minor stage in one day.
• Fang Qing chose the Southern Ridge as the site for his Sage tribulation and persuaded the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine to follow him into his inner world.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu left Purple Mountain and traveled through the Northern Territory, where Fang Qing gathered underground source mines and Divine Source.
• In the Eastern Desolation Central Territory, Fang Qing foresaw that Human World assassins would attack Hua Xuanzhen and gave him a divine Amulet and a King's Divine Weapon.
• Fang Qing fortified the Taixuan Sacred Gate branch with Source, earth veins, and a forbidden formation before continuing his journey with Yan Ruyu.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu traveled through the Eastern Wasteland, where Fang Qing gathered promising fierce beasts and visited the Xiaoyao Sect. After leaving the sect, they returned to the Taixuan Sacred Gate, where Daoist Scarlet Dragon had just survived his tribulation and become a Dao Slaying King.

• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu crossed the Eastern Wasteland, and Fang Qing subdued several powerful fierce beasts and took their young into his world.
• Cultivators recognized Fang Qing near the border of the Eastern Desolation Central Territory and Southern Territory as he continued his journey south.
• At the Xiaoyao Sect, Li Youyou welcomed Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu, while the sect’s elders discussed the Taixuan Sacred Gate’s growing power and the possibility of becoming its vassal.
• Fang Qing discussed the Dao with the Xiaoyao Sect’s elders, shared teachings, and then departed with Yan Ruyu.
• Near the Taixuan Sacred Gate, Fang Qing witnessed Daoist Scarlet Dragon survive his tribulation and become a Dao Slaying King.

Fang Qing traveled through the Taixuan Sacred Gate and the Southern Ridge, sharing his insights and supporting his allies before deciding he was ready to become a Sage. He triggered an immense Heavenly Tribulation and began refining its devastating thunder, growing stronger as more trials descended.

• Fang Qing tested his strength against Crimson Dragon Old Daoist, revealed that he had reached the Ninth Step of the Dao Slaying King realm, and shared Purple Mountain insights that helped the old Daoist improve.
• Fang Qing gave the Taixuan Sacred Gate hundreds of millions of jin of Source, advised its disciples and elders, and asked Young Old Madman and Great Sage Wei Yi to protect him during his coming breakthrough.
• Fang Qing traveled through the Yan Region and into the Southern Ridge with Yan Ruyu, visiting local forces before choosing a remote wilderness for his breakthrough.
• Fang Qing triggered a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation that alarmed cultivators across Beidou and drew the attention of the Southern Ridge Black Tortoise.
• Fang Qing shattered and refined the Greater Yin Divine Thunder and Solar Divine Thunder, transforming the worlds within his body and advancing his Dao attainments as further tribulations gathered overhead.

Fang Qing endured a succession of overwhelming Sage tribulations, absorbing their power and using it to advance his cultivation and weapons. After defeating a version of himself, nine Young Great Emperors, and the Heavenly Court’s forces, he became a Sage through the resonance of the Five Great Secret Realms.

• Fang Qing absorbed the Greater Yin, Solar, Five Elements, Nine-Nine, and Heaven and Earth Splitting Tribulations, strengthening his Origin Power and comprehending myriad Great Daos.
• Fang Qing’s Divine Lamp, Imperial Heaven Seal, Five Elements Bracelet, Other Shore Mystic Gate, and other treasures advanced into Supreme Sacred Weapons.
• Fang Qing destroyed the tribulation’s imitation of himself, then fought and killed nine Young Great Emperors, absorbing their manifested origin.
• Fang Qing annihilated the heavenly soldiers and Heavenly Generals manifested from the ancient Heavenly Court.
• Fang Qing became a Sage through the resonance of the Five Great Secret Realms.

Fang Qing became a Sage and immediately defeated the Ancestor Kings who came to kill him. After slaughtering eight of them, he sensed that more powerful figures were approaching.

• Fang Qing completed his breakthrough to the Sage Realm, gaining immense power through the unity of the Five Great Secret Realms.
• A Female Ancestor King attacked Fang Qing, but he destroyed and absorbed her before she could escape.
• Seven more Archaic Ancestor Kings surrounded Fang Qing, and he killed one with a finger after catching its Heavenly Dao Divine Sword.
• The six remaining Ancestor Kings attacked together, but Fang Qing used the Imperial Heaven Seal and his divine abilities to kill them all.
• Distant cultivators feared the battle's aftershocks, while Fang Qing sensed more Dao Friends arriving.

Fang Qing defeated four Sage Kings who had come to kill him, slaying one with a seal and the other three with Emperor Pan's Living Sword. After refining their power into his inner world, he asked Young Old Madman and Great Sage Wei Yi to deal with whoever came next.

• Taixuan Ancestor King, Blood Lightning Ancestor Queen, Ancestor King Teng Qing, and Ancestor King Haoyang arrived through Domain Gates to kill Fang Qing.
• Fang Qing killed Ancestor King Teng Qing with a single seal, absorbing his blood and depriving him of his Saint Weapon.
• When the other three Sage Kings attacked together, Fang Qing drew Emperor Pan's Living Sword and killed Ancestor King Haoyang and Blood Lightning Ancestor Queen, while crippling Taixuan Ancestor King.
• Fang Qing finished off Taixuan Ancestor King, leaving all four Sage Kings dead and their origins to enrich his inner world.
• Fang Qing told Young Old Madman and Great Sage Wei Yi that they would have to deal with the next arrivals.

After Fang Qing advanced into the Sage Realm, Young Old Madman and Great Sage Wei Yi killed the Ancient Races’ attacking Sage Kings and forced Hun Tuo Great Sage to discuss restrictions on Saints. Fang Qing planned to visit the Feathered God Dynasty’s ancestral temple in Central Province before the proposed assembly.

• Purple Forest Ancestor King, the Twin Ancestor Kings, and Fallen Heaven King arrived with nine ancient beasts to kill Fang Qing, but Young Old Madman and Great Sage Wei Yi revealed themselves as his protectors.
• Wei Yi killed Purple Forest Ancestor King, Young Old Madman killed the Twin Ancestor Kings and Fallen Heaven King, and the nine ancient beasts were annihilated.
• Hun Tuo Great Sage proposed that Saints stop acting and promised an answer within five days, while Fang Qing insisted that any restrictions must apply to all races and be decided at a grand assembly.
• Wei Yi and Young Old Madman congratulated Fang Qing on reaching the Sage Realm, and Fang Qing said he would visit Central Province before announcing his breakthrough.
• After Wei Yi described the excavated Feathered God Dynasty ancestral temple and its treasures, Fang Qing opened a spatial gate from Southern Ridge to Central Province.

Fang Qing arrived at the Central Province Ancestral Temple and revealed that he had advanced into the Sage Realm, shocking the gathered powers. He ordered the Yaoguang Holy Lord and four Imperial Lords to meet him, set rules for entering the temple, and led Ye Fan and the others toward its black mist.

• Fang Qing traveled from Southern Ridge to the Central Province Ancestral Temple, where the great powers argued over how to divide its treasures.
• Fang Qing released his Sage Dao aura and announced that the Yaoguang Holy Lord and the four Imperial Lords should come see him, revealing that he had become a sage.
• The assembled holy lords, Imperial Lords, and other leaders saluted Fang Qing, while Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Tu Fei, and the others celebrated his breakthrough.
• Fang Qing warned that cultivators below the Immortal Platform Realm should not enter the Ancestral Temple and ordered the gathered powers to stop killing one another.
• Fang Qing set off with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Tu Fei, and the others, while Duan De called out to join them.
• Fang Qing summoned a Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold Divine Lamp and used its light to illuminate the black mist ahead.

Fang Qing led Yan Ruyu, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others through the Feather Ascension Ancestral Temple, clearing its dangers with his Supreme Sacred Weapon and overwhelming strength. He revealed the Ancient Races’ failed attempt to kill him and continued collecting treasures and creatures for his sect as the group explored deeper.

• Fang Qing used his Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold Divine Lamp to illuminate the Feather Ascension Ancestral Temple and shield his group from its Yin God Descendants.
• Fang Qing told Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others that the Ancient Races were pushing for a No Saint in the World agreement, then showed them how he and his allies had defeated an assassination attempt by Archaic Ancestor Kings.
• Fang Qing cleared dangerous Dao-transforming carvings and captured the temple’s ancient beasts to strengthen the Taixuan Sacred Gate.
• Fang Qing found Great Luo Silver Essence in a stone statue and gave some to Tu Fei, then absorbed Five-Colored Iron Essence from another treasure chest.
• A swarm of God Slaying Insects burst from the chest, but Fang Qing sealed them with the Great Light-Dark Barrier and a divine bell.

Fang Qing led his companions through the Feathered God Dynasty’s dangerous small worlds, collecting treasures and overcoming its ancient soldiers. In the thirty-third layer, he claimed Immortal Tear Green Gold and sealed away four Half-Saint God Slaying Insects, then discovered two even more powerful Sage-level insects beneath the altar.

• Fang Qing gathered God Slaying Insect eggs, and Duan De shared a method for raising them with the group.
• Fang Qing destroyed the ancient heavenly soldiers in their path as his companions collected treasures and formations, while later-arriving cultivators suffered heavy casualties.
• In the thirty-second layer, Fang Qing eliminated the Heavenly Generals that had killed Great Evolution Holy Land’s living fossils and recovered their Half-Sacred Weapon.
• Fang Qing took the Immortal Tear Green Gold from the altar in the thirty-third layer, then Ye Fan identified four sealed Half-Saint God Slaying Insects, which Fang Qing sealed away.
• Fang Qing uncovered a chamber beneath the altar, sealed two Sage-level God Slaying Insects inside a barrier, and received a stone box.

Fang Qing led Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Duan De, and the others through the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth Small Worlds, clearing away ghosts and sealing two Yin Gods who planned blood sacrifices. In the thirty-sixth Small World, they found the Feathered God Dynasty’s treasures and Sage insights, while Fang Qing gathered the loot and his companions explored without fighting.

• Fang Qing stored the Nine Layered Divine Ancient Coffin and entered the thirty-fourth temple Small World with his companions.
• Fang Qing used Boundless Dao Sound to turn the countless evil ghosts to ash, and Duan De recognized that the Feathered God Dynasty had reversed a Dragon Vein and created a ghost army.
• Fang Qing entered the thirty-fifth Small World, where he identified the two Dao children as Yin Gods and sealed them after accusing them of preparing blood sacrifices.
• Fang Qing led the group into the thirty-sixth Small World, where they found the empty Stone Embryo and concluded that the Feathered Great Emperor had not revived.
• Fang Qing gathered rare treasures and studied the Ancient Sages’ insights while his companions sought opportunities without fighting among themselves.

Fang Qing and his companions plundered the Feathered God Dynasty’s Central Province Ancestral Temple, taking complete Imperial Scriptures and star maps before leaving the remaining inheritances to rival powers. They watched the rivals activate Imperial Weapons and rush through a Five-Colored Altar into the Ancient Desolation Forbidden Zone, where the first treasure seekers quickly died, then met Divine Calculator in the Tianyan Mountain Range.

• Fang Qing collected the Dao Scripture’s Immortal Platform Scroll, the complete Feathered Ancient Scripture, Sage inheritances, and detailed star maps that included Earth and Ziwei Star Domain.
• Fang Qing left the Five-Colored Altar behind and led Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others out of the Central Province Ancestral Temple.
• Three great powers activated the Void Mirror, Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, and Tai Huang Sword to fight over the remaining Sage scriptures, while Ancient Race cultivators opened the Five-Colored Altar.
• The rival cultivators entered the Ancient Desolation Forbidden Zone seeking immortal medicine, but its restrictions drained their vitality and killed the first group of more than twenty.
• Fang Qing and his companions watched the deaths from the Tianyan Mountain Range, where an old man emerged with his disciples and greeted Fang Qing as a Sage.

Fang Qing recruited the Divine Calculator and his lineage into the Taixuan Sacred Gate, protecting them aboard the Ark of Creation from deadly tribulations. The Divine Calculator located the Number Secret in the Eastern Desolation Southern Territory, and Fang Qing left for Zhang Family Village in the Eastern Desolation Northern Territory before pursuing it.

• Fang Qing visited the Divine Calculator, whose lineage had suffered heavenly punishment for revealing forbidden secrets, and offered to shelter them aboard the Ark of Creation.
• The Divine Calculator agreed to join the Taixuan Sacred Gate, then Fang Qing asked him to locate the Number Secret.
• The Divine Calculator found the Number Secret in the Eastern Desolation Southern Territory, and the Ark of Creation shielded the group from the resulting One Character Lightning Tribulation.
• Fang Qing brought the Divine Calculator's disciples and their two Spirit Children aboard the Ark, promising to nurture the children as future Divine Calculators.
• Fang Qing piloted the Ark of Creation to Zhang Family Village in the Eastern Desolation Northern Territory.

Fang Qing brought the Zhang Family Stone Stockade to the Taixuan Sacred Gate, announced his advancement to Sage, and established a small world to house the Feathered God Dynasty’s sacred scriptures. Hua Yunfei decided that he should hand over the Ruthless Great Emperor’s inheritance.

• Fang Qing explained the Zhang villagers’ silver-blooded ancestry and moved them to the Taixuan Sacred Gate, where he told Fifth Master Zhang that the Fifth Generation Source Heavenly Master was alive in Purple Mountain.
• Supreme Elders returned from the Feathered God Dynasty Ancestral Temple and announced that Fang Qing had become a Sage; Fang Qing confirmed the news and offered sacred scriptures to disciples who made great contributions.
• Fang Qing summoned Daoist Tianhua, the Crimson Dragon Old Daoist, the Peacock King, and the Azure Flood Dragon King, then created a small world within the sect and filled it with sacred scriptures.
• Hua Yunfei, encouraged by the sect’s strength and the new scriptures, decided to hand over the Ruthless Great Emperor’s inheritance.

Fang Qing strengthened Taixuan Sacred Gate with the new Sage World and reviewed the special-constitution disciples Su Tingwei had recruited, rewarding several with guidance and treasures. As Hua Yunfei and other third-generation disciples came forward to report, Fang Qing prepared to hear their matters.

• Fang Qing refined Taixuan Sacred Gate with Sage power, Star Power, and Five Elements Power, raising its spiritual energy and potential.
• Su Tingwei led Fang Qing and the elders to meet newly recruited disciples, each of whom possessed a special constitution.
• Fang Qing taught Ding Zhou about the Divine Sword Body and gave him a sword talisman containing Sage sword qi and the Heaven Sword Way.
• Fang Qing advised Zhou Xiangli about her Proud Snow Spirit Body and gave her a lotus condensed from One Yuan Profound Ice.
• Fang Qing gave Zhang Tong, a five-year-old with the Primordial Star Light Body, a gourd of star water, and praised Taixuan Sacred Gate for helping his parents.
• Fang Qing rewarded Su Tingwei with cultivation resources, a King's Divine Weapon, and a divine talisman, then Hua Yunfei and other third-generation disciples stepped forward to report matters.

Hua Yunfei offered Fang Qing the Ruthless Great Emperor’s secret arts, and Fang Qing quickly comprehended their powers. After praising Hua Yunfei’s contribution to the Taixuan Sacred Gate, Fang Qing rewarded him with a Saint talisman capable of countering a Saint’s attack.

• Hua Yunfei presented Fang Qing with the Ruthless Great Emperor’s secret arts, including the Great Dao Treasure Bottle, Flying Immortal Power, and With a Thought, Flowers Bloom; I Rule the World.
• Fang Qing accepted the techniques and rapidly comprehended the Myriad Transformations Sacred Art, With a Thought, Flowers Bloom; I Rule the World, and the Great Dao Treasure Bottle.
• Hua Yunfei explained that Flying Immortal Power could be condensed into a powerful divine embryo, though he was not yet able to form one.
• Fang Qing considered how cultivation arts and their users shaped the outcome of battles, then praised Hua Yunfei for aiding the Taixuan Sacred Gate.
• Fang Qing gave Hua Yunfei a Saint talisman that he said could kill a Saint who attacked him.

Fang Qing gave Hua Yunfei a powerful protective Amulet and brought him to Nanyuan City, where they discovered a Small World containing the Number Secret. After learning the secret technique, Fang Qing took Hanyuan Temple under the Taixuan Sacred Gate and left with its people and the Small World.

• Fang Qing gave Hua Yunfei an Amulet powerful enough to kill even Saints and invited him to travel in search of an emerging secret technique.
• Divine Calculator guided Fang Qing and his companions to Hanyuan Temple outside Nanyuan City, where Fang Qing found a hidden Small World.
• Fang Qing and Hua Yunfei recognized the Number Secret in the Small World and began comprehending its power to create avatars.
• Fang Qing raised the Old Daoist to Dao Palace Fifth Heaven, taught him the Dao Scripture: Dao Palace Scroll, and made Hanyuan Temple a subordinate of the Taixuan Sacred Gate.
• Fang Qing took White Cloud Temple and the Small World with him, and Zhou Xiang rejoiced at becoming a Taixuan Sacred Gate disciple.

Fang Qing secluded himself to comprehend the many techniques and Dao principles he had acquired while the world reacted to his sainthood and gathered at Yaochi Holy Land for the No Saint in the World conference. As human Saints and leaders of the Ancient Races assembled, Fang Qing arrived from Taixuan Sect.

• Fang Qing entered secluded cultivation to sort through his supreme arts, refine his Dao, and consider opening gateways throughout the body to increase his strength.
• The Ancient Desolation Ji Family, Yaoguang Holy Land, and Great Xia Dynasty fought over the remaining treasures from the Feathered God Dynasty's Central Province Ancestral Temple, while a mysterious hand seal later destroyed its Five-Colored Altar.
• Emperor Son emerged from his stone egg at Yaochi Holy Land, but paused his plans to lead the Ancient Races against humanity after learning Fang Qing had become a Saint.
• Hun Tuo Great Sage's proposal for a No Saint in the World conference stirred debate, and leaders of the Ancient Races and human Saints gathered at Yaochi Holy Land.
• Daoist Tianhua, the old Estate Master of Qishi Academy, a hidden Saint of the Ancient Desolation Ji Family, and other eminent figures arrived at the conference before Fang Qing descended from Taixuan Sect with his companions.

Fang Qing arrived at Yaochi as a supreme Sage for the No Saint in the World conference, where he overwhelmed the Immortal Emperor’s son and let Ye Fan prepare to face the younger Ancient Race. As more Ancient Emperor’s Sons and Ancestor Kings gathered, an Archaic Ancestor King openly rejected the conference.

• Human Holy Lords, family patriarchs, and Sages welcomed Fang Qing to Yaochi, where he met with them alongside Yan Ruyu, Ye Fan, and the others.
• Emperor Son approached Fang Qing but was cowed by the Sage’s presence and left after Fang Qing challenged him to compete at the Holy Lord realm.
• Fang Qing said Emperor Son was no longer worth his attention and suggested that Ye Fan, whose realm matched Emperor Son’s, face him instead.
• Yuangu, the Battle Saint Ape, Huo Qizi, Huo Lin Nu, Old Peng King, and Golden Winged Great Peng King arrived as the gathering grew more tense.
• Several Archaic Ancestor Kings arrived, and one declared that he opposed the No Saint in the World conference.

Ten Ancestor Kings from the Ancient Races’ fiercest clans arrived outside Yaochi to oppose the No Saint in the World Conference and openly threatened to eat human Saints. Fang Qing confronted them alone and killed all ten with one punch, leaving the gathered factions stunned.

• Ten Ancestor Kings from the Ten Great Fierce Clans arrived outside Yaochi Holy Land and refused to enter the conference.
• Black Tortoise, the Saint of the Ji Family, Fang Qing, and Daoist Tianhua discussed whether to confront the Ancestor Kings while Pang Bo, Monkey, Tu Fei, and Ye Fan considered the Ancient Races’ divisions and humanity’s vulnerability.
• Fang Qing learned that Hun Tuo Great Sage, Young Old Madman, and Great Sage Wei Yi supported holding the conference, then left Yaochi to face the ten Ancestor Kings alone.
• The Ancestor Kings mocked humanity and threatened to eat its Saints, while Fang Qing warned that their deaths would leave no one to oppose the conference.
• Fang Qing killed all ten Ancestor Kings with a single punch, shocking the human factions and young geniuses watching.