Chapter Summaries

Fang Qing killed six Half-Saints who tried to ambush him and took their Saint Weapons before exploring more areas of the trial road with Nalan Jie. He met eight wary cultivators, including Zi Chen and Zi Lin, and left them eager to acknowledge him as their Big Brother after witnessing his power.

• Fang Qing killed six Half-Saints who tried to lure him into an ambush, then claimed their six Saint Weapons and sent them into his Minor World.
• Fang Qing and Nalan Jie explored the forty-seventh area and then entered the forty-sixth, where eight cultivators were comprehending the Great Dao.
• Nalan Jie reassured the eight cultivators that Fang Qing had no intention of targeting them, and they introduced themselves before Fang Qing named the Big Dipper Star Domain as his home.
• Zi Lin explained that she and Zi Chen came from a resource-poor Small World created by their Great Sage Old Ancestor, and Fang Qing showed them his white Vermillion Bird flame.
• Nalan Jie revealed that Fang Qing's Wind Thunder Ox Beast was an eighth-level Sage, and the eight cultivators asked to acknowledge Fang Qing as their Big Brother.

Fang Qing led his growing band of followers through the trial districts, displaying his overwhelming strength and gaining new insights into many Dao principles. After reaching the First District with fifty-six followers, he prepared to enter the central forbidden zone.

• Zi Chen, Zi Lin, Lin Jing, and five other geniuses pledged themselves to Fang Qing, and he discussed their special constitutions and manifested Emperor Burial Star’s Supreme Emperor Weapons for them.
• Fang Qing led his followers through Region Forty-Four and onward through the districts, where they gained more followers and he studied the mysteries of a saint beast.
• Several Saints attacked Fang Qing with Saint Weapons and Forbidden Artifacts, but he froze them with one word, extracted their memories, and killed them, warning that he would refine an Honored Soul Banner if anyone attacked him again.
• Fang Qing reached the First District with fifty-six followers and gained insights into the Curse, Primordial Magnetic, Four Symbols, Blood God, and Giant Spirit Dao.
• Fang Qing resolved to enter the central forbidden zone.

Fang Qing led his followers through Saint Demise Island’s central forbidden zone and studied the Blood Lake’s power to create perfect copies of those who entered it. After leaving a Five Elements Divine Mountain as a trial for future visitors, he returned to the Human First Pass with his followers, where other participants discussed his strength and the Guide Envoy invited him for tea.

• Fang Qing absorbed the central region’s deadly sword lights and Dao Fire while his followers marveled at his strength.
• At the Blood Lake, Fang Qing studied its ability to replicate cultivators and their techniques, while his followers fought their reflected selves for several days.
• When the trial ended, Fang Qing left a restriction-filled Five Elements Divine Mountain in the First District and led his followers out of Saint Demise Island.
• The surviving participants returned to the Human First Pass, where the Grand Commander announced that 295 people had survived.
• Other trial participants discussed Fang Qing’s rumored Sage King Realm cultivation, and the Guide Envoy invited him for tea.
• Nalan Jie dismissed the complaints of a Half-Saint who resented Fang Qing’s warm reception.

Fang Qing discussed the Human Race trial ground with the Guide Envoy, then set out for the Human Second Pass and learned of the Source of Dao. On the life planet, he froze a battle between its kingdoms and claimed the Source of Dao for himself.

• Fang Qing told the Guide Envoy he had explored all fifty regions of the trial ground and left opportunities for later Human Race trial-takers.
• Fang Qing and the Guide Envoy discussed the Dao for three days, exchanged techniques, and became closer Daoist brothers.
• The Guide Envoy told Fang Qing about the Source of Dao on the life planet between the Human First Pass and Human Second Pass.
• Fang Qing met a sage jade person from the Nine Heavens Divine Jade Kingdom, who asked him to help its people obtain the Source of Dao.
• Fang Qing entered a battle between the planet's kingdoms, froze every combatant and weapon, and drew the Source of Dao into his hand.

Fang Qing refined a Source of Dao, gathered nine of them from the ancient star, and sold two to obtain treasures from the Nine Heavens Divine Jade Kingdom and the Demon Country. After demonstrating his overwhelming power, he held an auction that ended with the Demon Country’s ruler winning a Source of Dao.

• Fang Qing refined a Source of Dao into his Minor World, expanding it and deepening its laws while choosing not to create living beings.
• Fang Qing left the battlefield frozen behind him, and his incarnation repelled the rulers of the Demon Country and Spirit Country before they withdrew their armies.
• Fang Qing collected nine Sources of Dao and learned that refining three had reached the limit of their benefits.
• Fang Qing sold a Source of Dao to the Nine Heavens Divine Jade Kingdom in exchange for divine jades, rare treasures, and other offerings.
• The rulers of the Demon Country and Spirit Country attended Fang Qing’s auction, where the Demon Country’s ruler won a Source of Dao with Feathered Green Gold, techniques, and rare treasures.

Fang Qing entered Human Race Second City after the Bloody Trial and attracted new followers with his overwhelming aura and strength. News of the Source of Dao drew the attention of powerful figures, and Fairy Qingshi returned to invite him to a gathering.

• The Bloody Trial ended, and Fang Qing led his followers from the Bloody Trial grounds to Human Race Second City after bidding farewell to the rulers of Demon Country and Spirit Country and Jade Saint King.
• Fang Qing's arrival stirred the city when trial participants learned he had obtained the Source of Dao, while a powerful woman on a Chaos Green Lotus decided to travel back to meet him.
• Fang Qing walked through the city, inspired Zhou Xingchao to regain his fighting spirit, accepted him as a follower, and gathered several more adherents.
• The city learned that Qingshi, the Banished Immortal Fairy, had returned using a Divine Light Ancient Platform, and many suspected she had come for the Source of Dao.
• Fairy Qingshi personally approached Fang Qing and invited him to a small gathering.

At a gathering hosted by Fairy Qingshi, Fang Qing rejected several offers for his Source of Dao before revealing that he possessed the Immortal Platform Scroll of the Sun Immortal Scripture. Qingshi proposed a match to win his Source of Dao or wager her Chaos treasure, leaving their contest about to begin.

• Fairy Qingshi publicly asked Fang Qing about trading for the Source of Dao, and Fang Qing said he would exchange it only for something valuable enough to interest him.
• Yu Han and other cultivators offered rare materials and ancient scriptures, but Fang Qing rejected them; Qingshi also offered the Dao Scripture's Wheel Sea Scroll and her complete Taiyin Immortal Scripture without success.
• Qingshi offered four scrolls of the Sun Immortal Scripture, and Fang Qing revealed that he possessed the missing Immortal Platform Scroll.
• Fang Qing asked Qingshi for the Chaos treasure she had found in a Chaos Immortal Land, and her maid objected to giving it up.
• Qingshi proposed a match, wagering her Chaos treasure if Fang Qing won and the Source of Dao if she lost, while offering to exchange the Taiyin Immortal Scripture for the Sun Immortal Scripture scroll regardless of the result.
• Fang Qing accepted Qingshi's proposal to compete.

Fang Qing fought Fairy Qingshi in an arena before the cultivators of the Human Race Second City and effortlessly countered her imperial arts. The duel ended with Fang Qing suppressing Fairy Qingshi’s final attack, leaving his overwhelming strength on display.

• The Guide Envoy of the Human Race Second City opened an arena so Fang Qing and Fairy Qingshi could duel under a Great Sage formation.
• Fairy Qingshi attacked with the Taiyin Divine Seal, but Fang Qing used the Taiyin Immortal Scripture to dissolve it.
• Fairy Qingshi summoned the Sun Immortal Scripture’s Great Sun and nine fire dragons, but Fang Qing’s white Vermillion Bird devoured them and wounded her origin.
• Fairy Qingshi used nine Dao Scripture Emperor Scripts to recover and attack, but Fang Qing broke them with his Five Elements Bracelet.
• Fairy Qingshi combined Greater Yin and Solar Power for another attack, but Fang Qing descended with a five-fingered technique that suppressed her and devoured both powers.

After defeating Fairy Qingshi, Fang Qing traded Emperor Scriptures, gathered new followers and ancient scriptures in the Second City, then entered the Primordial Trial Grounds as the trial began. He explored its primordial wilderness and seized a Tianpeng and a flood dragon as they fought over a Blood Phoenix Vine.

• Fang Qing defeated Fairy Qingshi, spared her life, and encouraged her to keep pursuing the Great Emperor path.
• Fairy Qingshi gave Fang Qing the complete Taiyin Immortal Scripture in exchange for the Immortal Platform Scroll of the Sun Immortal Scripture.
• The trial participants woke and learned that Fang Qing had won, and the Guide Envoy invited him to the City Lord's Mansion.
• The Yan Clan offered Fang Qing the Crimson Cloud Ancient Scripture, and Yan Chifeng pledged allegiance to him; other families also presented ancient scriptures.
• The twelve gateways to the Primordial Trial Grounds opened, and Fang Qing entered to explore its ancient wilderness and laws of strength.
• Fang Qing spotted a Tianpeng and a flood dragon fighting over a Blood Phoenix Vine, then seized one in each hand.

Fang Qing spent a month comprehending the second ancient city's treasures, then advanced along the Human Race Ancient Road, growing stronger and gaining followers without raising his Cultivation Level beyond the Sage King Ninth Heaven. He reached the tenth stage, the Saint Ascension Star, a dangerous Life Ancient Star where even Sage Kings had to tread carefully.

• Fang Qing explored the second city's trial ground, refining Earth Spirit Liquid, absorbing Buddhist teachings and Primordial Magnetic Power, and developing new insights into strength and secret arts.
• Fang Qing left the Primordial Magnetic Immortal Cave intact after taking its fruits, and continued to comprehend for a month while other trial takers avoided him.
• Fang Qing departed for the third Human Ancient City as the second city's leaders saw him off and acknowledged that they were no match for him.
• Fang Qing passed through nine stages in nine months, strengthened his Profound Divine Lamp with Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold, and gathered new subordinates along the way.
• Fang Qing arrived at the Human Race Tenth City, which floated above the perilous Life Ancient Star known as the Saint Ascension Star.

Fang Qing arrived at Human Race Tenth City, where he planned to auction the Source of Dao and drew the attention of powerful cultivators. As the auction gathered a crowd, he sensed several people plotting to rob him and decided to kill them before they could act.

• Fang Qing entered Human Race Tenth City, and the Grand Commander welcomed him while warning him about a Great Sage-level ancient beast on the Life Ancient Star below.
• Fang Qing instructed his followers to announce an auction of the Source of Dao at Heaven One Pavilion the following day.
• News of the auction spread, and cultivators flocked to Heaven One Pavilion to compete for the treasure.
• Tuoba Sheng, a sinister young man, a greedy bearded cultivator, and a Half-Saint woman each considered how to obtain the Source of Dao.
• Fang Qing sensed the malicious intentions around him and resolved to go out and kill those planning to rob him.

Fang Qing traded a Source of Dao for rare treasures, then refined them to strengthen his inner world before setting out to train on the Life Ancient Star. There, he subdued a Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon and crushed a red-robed man’s ambush, leaving the Great Sage Weapon in his possession.

• Fang Qing auctioned a Source of Dao in exchange for Chaos Fire Essence and several other Heavenly Earth Rare Treasures, which Zhou Wanru and her group took away to comprehend together.
• Fang Qing refined the treasures, expanding his inner world and deepening his mastery of the Great Dao of Fire and other principles.
• Fang Qing joined the trial takers heading to the Life Ancient Star and encountered a Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon, which he subdued with Dragon Qi.
• Fang Qing sensed the Demon Emperor’s former Dao Charm at the site and was confronted by a red-robed man wielding a Great Sage Weapon.
• Fang Qing used the Soldier Character to turn the blood sword against its wielder, killed the man and his followers, then captured the weapon in the Li Fire Divine Furnace and began converting its Deity.

Fang Qing cultivated in the ancient cave and discovered a hidden Heavenly Book left by the Demon Sovereign before attaining the Dao, along with an immortal peach pit. After letting the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon and Wind Thunder Ox Beast study the inheritance, he left to explore the Saint Beast King's domain and build his foundations for the Great Sage Realm.

• Fang Qing killed a brocade-robed Saint wielding a Great Sage Weapon, then continued cultivating with the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon and Wind Thunder Ox Beast.
• Fang Qing developed his soul and bloodline powers as countless Deities and gateways within his body absorbed the power of heaven and earth.
• Fang Qing revealed a hidden cave inside the water manor and found nine pieces of the Demon Sovereign's Heavenly Book and a peach pit from an immortal Flat Peach.
• Fang Qing shared the Heavenly Book with the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon and Wind Thunder Ox Beast, while learning of the Demon Sovereign's tomb farther along the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
• Fang Qing let fifteen young Human Race cultivators leave after their leaders wisely avoided confronting him.
• Fang Qing entered the Saint Beast King's domain to continue exploring and prepare for a breakthrough to the Great Sage Realm.

Fang Qing visited the Golden Lion King in a Forbidden Zone of Life and defeated him in a battle to discuss the Dao. After learning that Fang Qing was only thirty years old and already at Sage King Ninth Heaven, the Golden Lion King became his sworn younger brother and offered to gather other Sage Kings to help him advance to the Great Sage realm.

• Fang Qing arrived at the Golden Lion King's Forbidden Zone of Life and challenged him to discuss the Dao through battle.
• Fang Qing absorbed the Golden Lion King's flames, subdued his claws with Scented Soft Finger, and shattered much of his body in a collision.
• The Golden Lion King recovered, welcomed Fang Qing into his cave, and asked about his origins and cultivation.
• Fang Qing revealed that he was thirty years old and had reached Sage King Ninth Heaven, prompting the Golden Lion King to ask to become his sworn younger brother.
• Fang Qing and the Golden Lion King drank and discussed the Dao, and Fang Qing gained insights into the Golden Lion race's bloodline and abilities.
• The Golden Lion King offered to invite other Sage Kings on Life Ancient Star to support Fang Qing's breakthrough to the Great Sage realm.

Fang Qing faced the Saint Beast Kings who gathered at the Golden Lion King's invitation and effortlessly subdued them when they attacked together. After freeing them, he discussed the Dao with them and secured their allegiance to an alliance with the Human Race, leaving them eager to help him reach the Great Sage realm.

• The Golden Lion King invited the Red Tiger King, Mysterious Bear King, Silver Wolf King, and other Saint Beast Kings to gather and discuss the Dao.
• The Silver Wolf King attacked Fang Qing, but Fang Qing froze him; he then absorbed the Red Tiger King and sealed the other kings with his artifacts.
• Fang Qing released the Saint Beast Kings, who agreed to discuss the Dao after seeing his overwhelming strength.
• Fang Qing shared a Demon Emperor's heavenly tome and gained insights into the kings' techniques, bloodlines, and Dao principles.
• The Saint Beast Kings pledged to support the Human Race and form an alliance with it, while offering Fang Qing treasures and sites of Enlightenment to aid his breakthrough to the Great Sage realm.

Fang Qing gathered rare treasures on the Life Ancient Star and chose the ominous Great Moon Slope to break through to the Great Sage realm. After overcoming a tribulation featuring nine Great Emperors and countless other foes, he became a thirty-year-old Great Sage and left the Saint Beast Kings in awe.

• Fang Qing collected rare treasures across the Life Ancient Star, strengthening his cultivation before choosing Great Moon Slope for his breakthrough.
• Fang Qing unleashed a tribulation that covered the Life Ancient Star, drawing trial-takers, protectors, and the Guide Envoy of Human Race Tenth City to witness it.
• Fang Qing defeated and absorbed nine lightning-formed Great Emperors, then fought through imperial palaces and their hosts of immortal spirits.
• Fang Qing swallowed the tribulation's lightning essence and drew Vital Qi from distant star domains as his power surged.
• Fang Qing completed his breakthrough to Great Sage, and the Saint Beast Kings congratulated their thirty-year-old Big Brother.

Fang Qing reached the Great Sage Realm, empowered the Saint Beast Kings, and led them into Great Moon Slope to claim the opportunity sealed there. He broke the seal on an ancient well, leaving its contents unrevealed.

• Fang Qing advanced to the Great Sage Realm and gained deeper command of his secret arts.
• Fang Qing used divine light and innate treasures to strengthen the Saint Beast Kings, and the Wind Thunder Ox Beast advanced to Saint Beast Ninth Heaven.
• Human Race protectors recognized Fang Qing as a Great Sage, and he announced that he would claim the opportunity within Great Moon Slope.
• Fang Qing led the protectors and Saint Beast Kings through the ancient battlefield, past the Nether River and frozen corpses, to a sealed Demon Well.
• Fang Qing summoned nine Emperor Scripts to confront the Daoist figure maintaining the seal, and the seal on the well broke.

Fang Qing destroyed the horrors emerging from the ancient well, claimed its Immortal Liquid and Holy Spirit Ancient Token, and then confronted Sacred Spirits who came to seize the artifact. He instantly killed the peak Great Sage Cang Yan and shattered the Stone Man Holy Spirit, leaving the Human Race protectors and Azure Phoenix Daoist stunned.

• Fang Qing vaporized the ancient figure and slaughtered the devils pouring from the well with his Five Elements Chaos Divine Bracelet.
• A Human Race protector explained that the Great Sage-level God-Ghosts had formed from the blood of Sacred Spirit Ancestors, while Azure Phoenix Daoist arrived and witnessed Fang Qing's battle.
• Fang Qing cut apart the Sacred Spirit's giant hand and the white lotus with the Rain Immortal Sword, then suppressed the Holy Spirit Ancient Token and obtained the Immortal Liquid.
• Azure Phoenix Daoist thanked Fang Qing for preventing a calamity, but Fang Qing warned that the danger was not over.
• A peak Great Sage Sacred Spirit and the Fire Clan Holy Spirit Cang Yan arrived and demanded the ancient artifact, threatening the Human Race.
• Fang Qing devoured Cang Yan with a chaos-colored Vermillion Bird and shattered the Stone Man Holy Spirit with one punch.

Fang Qing instantly killed two peak Great Sage Sacred Spirits, then raided the Sacred Spirit territory for treasures and seized a sun to add to his inner world. He returned to Human Race Tenth City, where trial-takers gathered for his advancement celebration and struggled to accept the gap between themselves and him.

• Fang Qing absorbed Cang Yan into his Way of Divine Fire and merged the Stone Holy Spirit into his Five Elements Sacred Earth Dao, stunning the Human Race protectors and Saint Beast Kings.
• Fang Qing announced he would teach the Sacred Spirits a lesson, then took the Saint Beast Kings to Cang Yan's birthplace inside a Solar Star.
• Fang Qing entered the Solar Star's Chaos Mountain, collected its treasures and Immortal Wonderful Trees, and claimed the Chaos Stone.
• Fang Qing seized the entire sun for his inner world, killed several more Sacred Spirits as a warning, and returned to Human Race Tenth City.
• Trial-takers heard of Fang Qing's Great Sage Realm strength and his victory over the peak Great Sages, then attended his advancement celebration.

Fang Qing celebrated his ascension to the Great Sage Realm in Human Race Tenth City, where he strengthened the city’s defenses and taught the Dao to cultivators and Saint Beast Kings. After three days of instruction, he prepared to set out, having become a legendary figure on the Human Race Ancient Road.

• Fang Qing hosted a Great Sage ascension ceremony attended by Human Race cultivators, Guide Envoys, protectors of the Dao, and Saint Beast Kings.
• Fang Qing told the gathering he would protect Human Race Tenth City and established a Great Emperor Killing Array left by Great Emperor Wushi that only he could activate.
• Fang Qing described the many Great Emperor families and Ancient Emperor descendants on Emperor Burial Star, astonishing the attendees.
• Fang Qing and Azure Phoenix Daoist discussed the Dao for three days, while Fang Qing taught the gathering about his many paths and abilities.
• Fang Qing prepared to set out after the gathering, having become a legendary tale on the Human Race Ancient Road.