Chapter Summaries

Fang Qing studied the Ci Hang Sword Canon while Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, and Ba Fenghan prepared for the dangers ahead. When the Yingui Sect arrived in Luoyang, Fang Qing killed Bian Fufu and forced the sect to submit, leaving Zhu Yuyan and Wanwan under his command.

• Fang Qing studied the Ci Hang Sword Canon as Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, and Ba Fenghan discussed the need to grow stronger and keep the land peaceful.
• Fang Qing sensed that the Yingui Sect, led by Zhu Yuyan and accompanied by Wanwan and Bian Fufu, had gathered in Luoyang to pursue the Jade Seal of the Realm.
• Fang Qing flew above the Yingui Sect and killed Bian Fufu with a ray of Profound Light.
• Fang Qing demanded the sect's cultivation techniques as the price for attempting to seize the Jade Seal of the Realm, and his Imperial Heaven Seal overwhelmed the gathered women.
• Zhu Yuyan submitted the Yingui Sect to Fang Qing, who ordered them to do good, kill fewer people, and help unify the land peacefully.

Fang Qing secured the Yingui Sect’s submission and arranged for Luoyang to come under Kou Zhong’s Young Marshal Army. While studying martial arts in Luoyang, he created the Great Tribulation of Wind and Rain and then prepared to set out for Chang'an.

• Zhu Yuyan sensed that Fang Qing could easily kill her and surrendered the Yingui Sect’s Heavenly Demon Great Law, hoping to ally with him.
• Fang Qing had Wang Shichong and the Dugu Clan declare Luoyang the territory of Kou Zhong’s Young Marshal Army, giving Kou Zhong command of the city’s troops.
• Fang Qing studied martial arts manuals in Luoyang to understand their principles rather than cultivate their conflicting methods.
• Fang Qing tested a terrifying vision of wind and rain on Xu Ziling, who realized the apparent storm and deadly drizzle were Fang Qing’s power.
• Fang Qing explained that he had combined principles from the Heavenly Demon Great Law and Shi Zhixuan’s Undying Seal Method to create the Great Tribulation of Wind and Rain, then said they could leave for Chang'an.

Fang Qing took the Root Wisdom Scripture of Controlling All Laws from Xu Kaishan, then led the Young Marshal Army to Chang'an and seized the city without bloodshed. He opened Duke Yang's Treasury and found the Evil Emperor's Sarira, whose sinister energy he met with the Great Tribulation of Wind and Rain.

• Fang Qing dealt with the Great Ming Venerable Cult and obtained its Root Wisdom Scripture of Controlling All Laws from Xu Kaishan.
• Fang Qing and Kou Zhong's group traveled to Chang'an, while Wang Shichong stayed in Luoyang to guard the city alongside Kou Zhong's commanders.
• Fang Qing used his spiritual will to make Chang'an's Sui soldiers surrender, bringing the city under the Young Marshal Army without a fight.
• Fang Qing opened Duke Yang's Treasury beneath the Dugu Clan estate and led Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, and the others inside.
• Fang Qing passed up the treasury's weapons and gold, then took the Evil Emperor's Sarira from the mercury that concealed it.
• The sarira's sinister yin energy surged toward Fang Qing, and he answered it with the Great Tribulation of Wind and Rain.

Fang Qing absorbed the Essence in the Evil Emperor's Sarira and advanced to the late stage of the Divine Bridge before meeting Evil King Shi Zhixuan in Chang'an. After three days discussing the Dao and the Undying Seal Method, Shi Zhixuan departed and Fang Qing continued his journey.

• Fang Qing separated the Sarira's evil and wasted energy from its pure Essence, then absorbed the Essence and advanced to the late stage of the Divine Bridge.
• Wanwan, Dugu Feng, Kou Zhong, and Xu Ziling watched Fang Qing absorb the Sarira while each considered what it meant for them.
• Fang Qing recognized Evil King Shi Zhixuan on a stone bridge, and Shi Zhixuan returned with him to Pei Ju's residence without a fight.
• Shi Zhixuan recounted his past, including his relationships with Zhu Yuyan and Bi Xiuxin, his Buddhist cultivation, and his clashes with the Four Great Holy Monks and Ning Daoqi.
• Fang Qing assured Shi Zhixuan that peace would come and that his daughter could live safely, then discussed the Dao with him for three days.
• Shi Zhixuan explained the principles and techniques of the Undying Seal Method, and then he departed as Fang Qing continued his journey.

After discussing martial principles with Shi Zhixuan, Fang Qing traveled north to search for the War God Temple, unintentionally discouraging rival rulers and inspiring the grassland peoples. He encountered Martial Honor Bi Xuan and began studying the Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill while facing its full power.

• Fang Qing shared Dao principles with Shi Zhixuan, then gave Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling Hundred Herb Liquid and entrusted them with unifying the realm.
• Fang Qing flew north over Taiyuan and Hebei, causing Li Yuan and Dou Jiande to abandon their ambitions rather than risk opposing him.
• Fang Qing entered the grasslands, where people revered him as a heavenly god and his presence inspired the cavalrymen.
• Fang Qing followed the grasslands' auras and encountered Martial Honor Bi Xuan, then invited him to attack.
• Bi Xuan unleashed the Blazing Sun Marvelous Skill, and Fang Qing blocked it with the Great Tribulation of Wind and Rain while recognizing its potential as a Dao Law Divine Ability.

Fang Qing defeated Bi Xuan, spared him to discuss the Dao, and spent three months cultivating and searching for the War God Temple. After obtaining the Qiankun Gourd and terrifying the rival warlords, Fang Qing finally sensed the underground palace he had been seeking.

• Fang Qing overwhelmed Bi Xuan with the Great Tribulation of Wind and Rain, then spared him and discussed the Dao with him for three days.
• Bi Xuan declared that the Turkic Empire's armies must never enter the Central Plains, and Fang Qing continued searching the grasslands for the War God Temple.
• Fang Qing advanced his cultivation and spiritual power during three months in the Great Tang World, while the Bronze Fishing Rod eventually caught the Qiankun Gourd.
• Fang Qing traveled across the grasslands and Central Plains, frightening rival rulers and armies as his spiritual will swept over them.
• Fang Qing extended his spiritual power beneath the ground near Shu and sensed the War God Temple's peculiar underground palace.

Fang Qing found the War God Temple and comprehended its reliefs, breaking through to the Daoist realm of Refining Spirit to Void. He began studying the temple’s many teachings while deciding to cultivate the Void Breaking Method alongside the Shrouding the Heavens Method.

• Fang Qing entered the War God Temple, crossed its vast underground lake by flight, and discovered the forty-nine reliefs of the War God Codex.
• Fang Qing studied the Codex’s teachings on Taiji, the heart, and the unity of the human body and the universe.
• Fang Qing attained Enlightenment with the help of the Bodhi Seed and awakened with a Primordial Spirit, reaching Refining Spirit to Void.
• Fang Qing decided to cultivate both the Void Breaking Method and the Shrouding the Heavens Method to develop his Primordial Spirit and physical body together.
• Fang Qing continued examining the Codex and found teachings on yin and yang, innate breathing, the Five Elements, thunder and lightning, and sword Dao.

Fang Qing reached the Other Shore Realm in the Great Tang World, developed the Great Sun Bathes the Eastern Sea phenomenon, and returned to the Shrouding the Heavens World after taking the War God Temple. Back at Lingxu Grotto-Heaven, he learned that Ye Fan and Pang Bo were away on a trial and suspected the Azure Emperor’s tomb was about to open.

• Fang Qing advanced to the Other Shore Realm, saw through the Calamity of Lostness, and formed the Great Sun Bathes the Eastern Sea phenomenon in his Bitter Sea.
• Fang Qing took the War God Temple with the Qiankun Gourd and left a copied War God Codex for future generations.
• Fang Qing discussed the Dao with Song Que, after which the Song Clan sent troops to help Kou Zhong unify the realm.
• Fang Qing went to Zhongnan Mountain, where Cihang Jingzhai fell, then left the Great Tang World and returned to the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Fang Qing met Li Fei and Wang Jing at Lingxu Grotto-Heaven, gave them Hundred Herb Liquid, and heard Wang Jing warn him about Han Yishui.
• Fang Qing returned to his residence, found Ye Fan and Pang Bo away on a trial, and wondered whether the Azure Emperor’s tomb was about to open.

Fang Qing returned to Lingxu Grotto-Heaven, revealed that he had reached the Other Shore Realm, and joined its leaders on an expedition to investigate disturbances in Lingxu. At a volcano, humans and demons argued over an emerging Ancient Hall until Fang Qing proposed that they cooperate to claim its treasure.

• Fang Qing returned to Lingxu Grotto-Heaven and told the Sect Leader and elders that he had reached the Other Shore Realm, shocking them with his strength.
• The Sect Leader gave Fang Qing a Bronze Bell, then led Lingxu Grotto-Heaven’s forces and four Dao Palace Realm Supreme Elders toward the depths of Lingxu.
• The group encountered fleeing beasts and found an Ancient Hall emerging from boiling magma, where Dao Palace Realm figures struggled to withstand its pounding sounds.
• Great Demons and ferocious beasts confronted Lingxu Grotto-Heaven’s leaders, and both sides argued over whether the ruins and the treasure belonged to humans or demons.
• Fang Qing proposed that the humans and demons cooperate to obtain the treasure before more powerful factions arrived.

Fang Qing saved Pang Bo from a demon possessing his body and learned the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor. Ye Fan obtained the complete Dao Scripture: Wheel Sea Scroll, and Fang Qing urged him and Pang Bo to flee as new arrivals approached the Ancient Hall.

• Fang Qing persuaded Lingxu Grotto-Heaven and the Demon Clan to cooperate, but their attacks on the Five-Colored Jade Gate were repelled until they forced it open and entered the Ancient Hall.
• Pang Bo arrived under the control of a descendant of the Azure Emperor, then emerged from the hall and sent corpses toward Ye Fan.
• Fang Qing erased the great demon's consciousness inside Pang Bo, recovered its memories, and learned the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor.
• Fang Qing brought Pang Bo to Ye Fan, who had obtained the complete Dao Scripture: Wheel Sea Scroll from a fierce beast's corpse.
• Fang Qing told Ye Fan and Pang Bo to leave before others learned of the scripture, then flew back toward the treasure contest as streams of Divine Rainbow approached.

Fang Qing obtained the Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor and the complete Dao Scripture, then cultivated as Yaoguang Holy Land and the Ji Family arrived at the tomb. The Demon Emperor’s heart emerged and escaped, while Yaoguang’s elder detained Sect Leader Li as the great powers prepared for reinforcements.

• Yaoguang Holy Land and the Ji Family arrived at the tomb, forcing Lingxu Grotto-Heaven’s elders to withdraw from the fight for its treasures.
• Fang Qing cultivated the Dao Scripture and Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor, forming a bright moon beside the Great Sun in his Bitter Sea.
• The Crystal Coffin burst from the tomb and its power killed many Yaoguang riders and Ji Family cultivators before revealing the living heart of a Demon Emperor.
• The heart blasted away its attackers and fled, while Sect Leader Li warned Fang Qing that the danger had grown and urged him to escape if necessary.
• Sect Leader Li told Yaoguang’s elder that Lingxu had found only an empty box where the Dao Scripture should have been, and the Yaochi Holy Land women arrived as the factions called for reinforcements.
• Yaoguang’s elder ordered Sect Leader Li to accompany them, preventing him from leaving.

After a deadly trap in the Demon Emperor's Tomb killed most of the Yaoguang and Ji Family cultivators, Fang Qing escaped and decided to leave before Yaoguang could force him back inside. As powerful figures gathered at the tomb, he set out for Taixuan Sect, intending to join Star Peak and Clumsy Peak.

• The Ancient Hall's demon characters unleashed a deadly power, killing most of the Yaoguang Holy Land and Ji Family cultivators while Sect Leader Li and four Supreme Elders escaped with Fang Qing.
• Sect Leader Li warned Fang Qing to leave rather than go to Yaoguang Holy Land, and Fang Qing departed after exchanging farewells with him and the elders.
• Fang Qing watched Yaoguang and the Ji Family's attacks fail as more cultivators arrived and were drawn into the assault on the Demon Emperor's Tomb.
• Great figures from various forces, including the Ji Family and Yaochi Holy Land, arrived, while Demon Race Princess Yan Ruyu hid nearby to await the outcome.
• Fang Qing chose to head for Taixuan Sect and planned to join both Star Peak and Clumsy Peak.

Fang Qing avoided Yaoguang Holy Land and traveled to Taixuan Sect, where he passed the immortal gate and chose to seek entry into Star Peak. The Star Peak assessment began, and Fang Qing saw through its illusion with his Primordial Spirit.

• Fang Qing sent Ye Fan a voice transmission explaining that he was heading to Taixuan Sect, then cultivated the complete Dao Scripture while traveling to Wei State.
• Fang Qing passed through Taixuan Sect's immortal gate and met Lu Yuting, who invited him to consider Star Peak.
• Fang Qing chose Star Peak over Clumsy Peak and waited with the other candidates while cultivating the Dao Scripture.
• Taixuan Sect's Veterans activated the Star Peak assessment formation, placing the candidates in an endless void illusion.
• Fang Qing released his Primordial Spirit and realized that he was still standing in the real world, untouched by the illusion.

Fang Qing passed Star Peak’s assessment and joined Taixuan Sect as an Outer Disciple, impressing Elder Hua Xuansheng with his composure and honest account of the danger at Lingxu. He received the Starlight Guidance Technique and a piece of Source, and his new companions learned that he had reached the Other Shore Realm.

• Fang Qing saw through Star Peak’s illusions but acted confused and cautiously advanced so he would not attract suspicion.
• Fang Qing told Hua Xuansheng that he had left Lingxu Grotto-Heaven because the Demon Emperor’s Tomb put its disciples in danger, and Hua Xuansheng accepted him into Star Peak.
• Hua Xuansheng took Fang Qing and three other successful candidates up Star Peak, explained the sect’s competitions and resource system, and gave each of them the Starlight Guidance Technique and a piece of Source.
• After Hua Xuansheng left, Zhang Mu, Wang Kui, and Yang Xinyue introduced themselves, then respectfully addressed Fang Qing as Senior Brother when he revealed his Other Shore Realm cultivation.

Fang Qing joined Star Peak and quickly mastered the first steps of its Starlight Guidance Technique, astonishing Hua Xuansheng. Hua Xuansheng brought Fang Qing to meet Hua Wuzhou, who reacted with surprise to the report of Fang Qing’s talent.

• Fang Qing chose a cave dwelling and began studying Star Peak’s Starlight Guidance Technique while Zhang Mu, Wang Kui, and Yang Xinyue waited nearby.
• Fang Qing immediately resonated with the stars and absorbed starlight, while his Primordial Spirit let him perceive cultivators across Star Peak.
• Fang Qing cultivated for seven days, then demonstrated his grasp of the technique to Hua Xuansheng, who praised his talent.
• Hua Xuansheng took Fang Qing to meet Hua Wuzhou and reported that Fang Qing had resonated with the stars in seven days.
• Hua Wuzhou reacted with surprise to Hua Xuansheng’s report.

Fang Qing joined Hua Wuzhou’s lineage at Star Peak and received three cultivation methods along with fifty Source Stones. He mastered the star-connection methods with ease, forged the Diagram of Stars Shining Over the Nine Heavens, and left nearby disciples awed as they struggled to comprehend the basics.

• Hua Wuzhou welcomed Fang Qing into his lineage and imparted the Twelve Swords of the Star River, Big Dipper Starlight, and the Five Planet Star Scripture.
• Hua Wuzhou gave Fang Qing fifty Source Stones and told him to cultivate before undertaking missions.
• Fang Qing began cultivating the Twelve Swords of the Star River and Big Dipper Starlight, sensing nineteen stars and drawing their power into his Bitter Sea.
• Fang Qing combined his Great Sun Fire Pill, bright moon, and nineteen stars to refine the Diagram of Stars Shining Over the Nine Heavens and form the Stars Shining Over the Nine Heavens phenomenon.
• Zhang Mu, Yang Xinyue, and Wang Kui watched Fang Qing’s progress in awe, then continued trying to comprehend the Starlight Guidance Technique.

Fang Qing cultivated on Star Peak while waiting for his Bronze Fishing Rod to catch a treasure, then prepared to compete in the sect’s internal disciple tournament. As the sparring matches approached, he continued refining his abilities and headed to the Cloud Palace to face Star Peak’s Other Shore disciples.

• Fang Qing spent more than ten days cultivating on Star Peak while his Bronze Fishing Rod remained cast into the void without returning.
• Hua Xuansheng registered Fang Qing for Star Peak’s internal competition and explained that victories would earn Source and that the strongest Other Shore disciple would receive a magical treasure.
• Fang Qing encouraged Zhang Mu, Wang Kui, and Yang Xinyue to cultivate the Starlight Guidance Technique, and his Divine Lamp helped them enter a state of Enlightenment.
• Fang Qing cultivated his Divine Lamp, Imperial Heaven Seal, and Diagram of Stars Shining Over the Nine Heavens, deciding he could rely on his Dao Law Divine Abilities and spiritual power in the competition.
• Two days later, Fang Qing joined his fellow disciples on the way to the Cloud Palace for the sparring matches.

Fang Qing competed in Star Peak’s grand contest and quickly established himself as a formidable Other Shore Realm contender. After defeating Yang Xuan with a palm strike and forcing Chen Feng to concede with his Imperial Heaven Seal, he faced Hua Huanzhen in the next match.

• Grand Elder Hua Qingfeng opened the contest and announced rules intended to prevent serious injury or death.
• Fang Qing shattered Yang Xuan’s palm and knocked him off the arena, winning their match.
• Fang Qing blocked Chen Feng’s Jade Plate sword attack with his Protective Profound Light, then used the Imperial Heaven Seal to overwhelm Chen Feng and make him concede.
• The Other Shore disciples grew wary of Fang Qing’s mysterious seal as he prepared to fight Hua Huanzhen, a disciple of the Hua Family.

Fang Qing defeated Hua Huanzhen with his Stars Shining Over the Nine Heavens technique and stunned the Star Peak disciples and elders. Hua Qingfeng took notice of Fang Qing and judged that he could be properly cultivated.

• Hua Xuansheng reassured Fang Qing that he could fight Hua Huanzhen without worrying about the consequences.
• Hua Huanzhen attacked Fang Qing with the Twelve Swords of the Star River.
• Fang Qing summoned Stars Shining Over the Nine Heavens, broke Hua Huanzhen's sword qi, and suppressed him with the combined powers of the stars, Taiyin, and Taiyang.
• Hua Huanzhen conceded defeat, while the watching disciples marveled at Fang Qing's strength and cultivation.
• The presiding elder praised Fang Qing's abundant spiritual force and divine power, and Hua Qingfeng decided he could be cultivated.

Fang Qing won the Other Shore Realm championship and received Source Stones, a protective treasure, and the chance to choose a cultivation technique. He chose the Southern Dipper Star Descent Art and gained permission to visit Clumsy Peak, where he hoped to obtain its inherited Immortal Art.

• Fang Qing defeated his remaining opponents with Great Sun Bathes the Eastern Sea and claimed first place among the Other Shore disciples.
• Grand Elder Hua Qingfeng rewarded the nine realm champions with Source Stones, protective magic treasures, and an opportunity to choose a cultivation technique.
• Fang Qing chose the Southern Dipper Star Descent Art, and Hua Qingfeng passed its cultivation methods to him.
• Fang Qing asked to visit Clumsy Peak and seek its inherited Immortal Art, and Hua Qingfeng agreed to inform Clumsy Peak's Lord, Li Ruoyu.
• Hua Qingfeng urged the champions to keep advancing and mentioned that Senior Brother Hua Yunfei had already reached the Four Extremities Realm; Fang Qing resolved to cultivate to the Dao Palace Realm.