Chapter Summaries

The Chen Family and the Shadow Poison Sect attacked the Yang Family, but Yang Qi and Fang Qing turned the battle around. Fang Qing crippled the Chen Family’s leaders and killed the Shadow Poison Sect experts, leaving the surviving soldiers to surrender.

• Chen Dalei brought over a thousand Chen Family soldiers to the Yang Family estate, where the Shadow Poison Sect urged him to attack.
• Yang Qi attacked the advancing soldiers, blocked their arrows and poison, and killed dozens of them.
• Fang Qing used the Xing Zi Secret to cripple Chen Dalei and the Chen Family elders.
• Fang Qing killed every Shadow Poison Sect expert above the Qi Gong Sixth Stage with Five-Colored Divine Light.
• The remaining Chen Family soldiers surrendered.

After the Yang Family defeated the Chen Family, Fang Qing encountered disciples of the Spring and Autumn Sect at Four Seas Restaurant and warned them of a deadly calamity. He easily defeated Qiu Yuwei in a sword exchange, sent the disciples away, and met Yang Qi returning from the confiscation with his share of the spoils.

• The Chen Family soldiers surrendered, and Yang Zhan ordered Yang Qi to confiscate the Chen Family's property while offering Fang Qing a share.
• At Four Seas Restaurant, Fang Qing warned five Spring and Autumn Sect disciples that bloodshed awaited them if they left by the door.
• Qiu Yuwei challenged Fang Qing with the Four Seasons Sword Technique, but he broke her sword and proved far stronger than her.
• Fang Qing told Qiu Yuwei to leave and return when the Spring and Autumn Sect became the Spring and Autumn Academy, and she led the disciples away.
• Yang Qi returned from the confiscation and told Fang Qing he had set aside ten million Qi Gathering Pills, demon beast cores worth more than ten million, and a Great Thousand Mirror.

Fang Qing and Yang Qi prepared to leave Yandu City for Heavenly Position Academy, but first confronted City Lord Yan Gufeng to protect the Yang Family. Fang Qing sealed Yan Gufeng’s true qi, forcing him to surrender and place Yandu City under the Yang Family and Fang Clan’s lead.

• Fang Qing studied the Great Thousand Mirror with Yang Qi, then continued cultivating while Yang Qi went out to eliminate the Chen Family’s experts.
• Fang Qing reached the eighth stage of qigong, the Qi Transformation Realm, as Yang Qi wiped out the Chen Family’s remaining experts.
• Yang Qi told Fang Qing that their aunt had secured them two student slots at Heavenly Position Academy.
• Fang Qing and Yang Qi went to the City Lord’s Mansion to confront Yan Gufeng before leaving Yandu City.
• Fang Qing blocked Yan Gufeng’s attack and used the Great Five Elements Seal to drain and seal his true qi.
• Yan Gufeng surrendered and agreed that Yandu City would follow the Yang Family and Fang Clan’s lead.

Fang Qing and Yang Qi traveled toward Heavenly Position Academy and encountered Cloud Sea City's army plundering Red Leaf City. After Fang Qing defeated a young Qi Sect Realm genius, the two continued through the war-torn continent, rescuing commoners and eventually reaching the land of Heavenly Position Academy.

• Yang Qi recognized Cloud Sea City's soldiers and attacked them after seeing them drag captives away, while Fang Qing helped kill the soldiers.
• A blue-robed Qi Sect Realm genius confronted Fang Qing and Yang Qi, but Fang Qing broke his Boundless Sea art and destroyed him with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Fang Qing took the youth's Storage Ring and used a painted scroll to shelter the rescued commoners.
• Fang Qing and Yang Qi traveled through widespread wars for several days, and Fang Qing gathered more suffering people into the scroll.
• The two arrived at the continent where Heavenly Position Academy stood, at the center of the Bountiful Continent's Sacred Ancestor Plain.

Fang Qing and Yang Qi arrived at Heavenly Position Academy and used Yang Susu’s recommendation to enroll. They were accepted as provisional Menial Students, with their advancement left to depend on their strength and contributions.

• Fang Qing and Yang Qi saw crowds kneeling outside Heavenly Position Academy, hoping to be accepted as disciples.
• A disciple stopped them at the gate, then let them in after confirming Yang Susu’s recommendation letter.
• The kneeling cultivators protested when Fang Qing and Yang Qi entered without waiting outside.
• Their guide showed them the academy’s outer court, where Yang Qi was astonished by the dense Vital Qi.
• A deacon examined their letter and assigned them provisional Menial Student status.

Fang Qing and Yang Qi settled into Heavenly Position Academy, where Li He recruited them for a mission to hunt bloodsucking horse bandits. Fang Qing effortlessly killed thirty-five bandits, leaving Li He and the other Menial Students treating him as their senior.

• Yang Qi gave Li He a hundred-thousand-Qi-Gathering-Pill banknote, and Li He explained the academy’s rules, lessons, and Merit Point missions.
• Fang Qing and Yang Qi spent a month performing menial work and cultivating, with Yang Qi advancing quickly while Fang Qing’s cultivation remained unfathomable.
• Li He invited Fang Qing and Yang Qi to join a mission against bloodsucking horse bandits near Black Sand City, promising Merit Points for their Blood Demon Cores.
• Fang Qing, Yang Qi, Li He, and three other Menial Students reached an abandoned town and found the bodies of villagers drained of blood.
• Fang Qing led the group against thirty-five bandits and slaughtered them in moments with White Emperor Gold Emperor Slash.
• Li He and the other Menial Students bowed to Fang Qing and began addressing him as Senior Brother Fang.

Fang Qing and his companions traveled to the Ancient City of Loulan to fight vampire horse bandits and earn merit. As Heavenly Position Academy factions stormed the city, Fang Qing fought alone, pushed into the bandits’ lair, and collected its treasures.

• Fang Qing advanced through the Qi Sect Realm to the Life Seizing Realm while traveling, then killed a horse bandit leader who threatened him with ties to the Blood Demon Cave under Suspended Mountain.
• Fang Qing’s group learned that the vampire horse bandits had gathered in the Ancient City of Loulan and traveled there through blood-tainted snow.
• Fang Qing, Li He, Yang Qi, and Hua Yin Hu saw the ruined city, its blood-red banners, and tens of thousands of horse bandits, then discussed the danger and the Blood Emperor Demonic Scripture.
• Heavenly Position Academy students arrived, and the Gentleman Faction’s thirty-six Qi Sect Realm students led an assault that blasted open the city gates as other factions joined in.
• Fang Qing fought alone, killed horse bandits with the Great Five Elements Art, and advanced into their lair to take treasures, including the Nine Revolutions Golden Core.

Fang Qing stole the Saint-Demon Painting from the Ancient City of Loulan and joined the Heavenly Position Academy’s assault on the Vampire Horse Bandits. As the bandits were driven back to the central altar, Yang Qi and the other Menial Students earned enough demon beast cores to qualify for promotion.

• Fang Qing found the Saint-Demon Painting, recognized that it was made from tens of millions of layers of Human Skin, severed its spiritual imprints, and took it away.
• A Life Seizing Realm horse bandit pursued Fang Qing but encountered Chu Tiange of the Great Sun, and the two began a fierce battle.
• Yang Qi, Li He, and the other Menial Disciples fought the Vampire Horse Bandits while Fang Qing casually killed enemies and gave them opportunities to gain experience.
• Yang Qi awakened more particles during the battle as the Heavenly Position Academy students forced the horse bandits back toward the central altar.
• Fang Qing and the Menial Students collected several hundred demon beast cores, enough to qualify them for promotion, while Fang Qing became eligible to advance to elite student.

Fang Qing and his companions returned to Heavenly Position Academy with demon cores from the vampire bandits and earned advancement to Outer Court Students. After Senior Brother Zhao recognized Fang Qing as a twenty-year-old Life Seizing Realm expert and directed him to seek approval at Sacred Hall for Inner Court status, Fang Qing visited Yang Qi’s new residence and encouraged him to keep cultivating.

• Yang Qi turned in the group’s vampire bandit demon cores at Merit Hall, and Senior Brother Zhao recognized their achievements and advanced them to Outer Court Students.
• Yang Qi revealed that Fang Qing had reached the Life Seizing Realm, and Fang Qing’s five-colored halo repelled Senior Brother Zhao’s spiritual probing.
• Senior Brother Zhao gave Fang Qing more than twenty thousand Merit Points, explained that Sacred Hall elders had to approve his Inner Court advancement, and advised him to choose a school carefully.
• Fang Qing and Yang Qi inspected Yang Qi’s spacious Outer Court residence, which had a Spirit Gathering Array and cultivation facilities.
• Fang Qing gave Yang Qi more demon cores and golden cores and urged him to awaken more divine-art particles and reach the Life Seizing Realm.

Fang Qing underwent his elite disciple inspection in the Sacred Martial Hall, where his perfectly balanced Five Elements True Qi astonished the five vice academy masters. They suspected he possessed the Five Elements Sacred Body and might be an Immortal Reincarnation, leaving them to wonder whether he could rival the Crown Prince.

• Fang Qing entered the Sacred Martial Hall to undergo inspection for advancement to elite disciple.
• Elder Bingwu examined Fang Qing and found his meridians carried exceptionally pure, unobstructed Five Elements True Qi.
• Elder Xiwu, Elder Yingwu, Elder Xiongwu, and Elder Yangwu examined Fang Qing and marveled at his balanced five-element constitution.
• The five elders suspected Fang Qing possessed the legendary Five Elements Sacred Body and could reach extraordinary heights.
• Elder Xiongwu privately suggested that Fang Qing was an Immortal Reincarnation, and the elders compared him with the Crown Prince.

Fang Qing accepted elite-student status at Heavenly Position Academy and agreed to be recommended to a Legendary Realm ancestor. Elder Bingwu brought him to the Heaven and Earth Mystic Gate, where the gate opened onto a realm whose Nine Yang Qi reminded Fang Qing of the Eternal Life Realm.

• Elder Bingwu explained the privileges of elite students, and Fang Qing accepted his new status at Heavenly Position Academy.
• The five elders offered to recommend Fang Qing to a Legendary Realm ancestor, and he agreed to enter the ancestor’s tutelage.
• Elder Bingwu led Fang Qing through Heavenly Vein Mountain and explained that the Lesser Universe Realm was reserved for Legendary Realm experts.
• At the Heaven and Earth Mystic Gate, Elder Bingwu ordered the giant guards to open the divine artifact’s entrance.
• Fang Qing saw rays of light and Nine Yang Qi beyond the gate and recognized their resemblance to the Nine Yang Immortal Qi of the Eternal Life Realm.

Fang Qing absorbed the Nine Yang Immortal Qi in the Lesser Universe Realm, advanced to his second Life Seizing, and refined the resulting lightning tribulation. Impressed by Fang Qing’s Five Elements cultivation, Venerable of Five Elements made him a personal disciple and gave him access to the realm and his teachings.

• Fang Qing used the Great Five Elements Art to absorb the Nine Yang Immortal Qi, shocking Elder Bingwu and rapidly advancing his cultivation.
• Fang Qing triggered his second Life Seizing Tribulation and absorbed its lightning to temper his body.
• Venerable of Five Elements appeared, recognized Fang Qing’s Five Elements talent, and offered to take him as a disciple.
• Fang Qing accepted, and Venerable of Five Elements gave him the Five Elements Token and the True Explanation of Five Elements.
• Fang Qing thanked Elder Bingwu and the other elders, then prepared to cultivate in the Lesser Universe Realm under his new master.

After reaching Third Life Seizing in seven days, Fang Qing trained by slaying the Flood Dragon King and other flood dragons in the Black Sea Swamp. He returned to Heavenly Position Academy and helped Yang Qi and the others establish the Saint King Faction by raising them to the Life Seizing Realm.

• Fang Qing reached Third Life Seizing after cultivating in the Lesser Universe Realm for seven days, astonishing the Venerable of Five Elements.
• The Venerable of Five Elements sent Fang Qing to the Black Sea Swamp to temper himself against its flood dragons.
• Fang Qing killed thirteen Life Seizing Realm flood dragons and then slew the Fifth Life Seizing Flood Dragon King with the Great Five Elements Art.
• Fang Qing returned to Heavenly Position Academy and gathered Yang Qi, Liang Dong, Hua Yin Hu, He Ji Li, and Li He to help them advance.
• Fang Qing used Life Seizing Realm demon cores to form a cultivation array, and Liang Dong, Hua Yin Hu, He Ji Li, and Li He all reached the Life Seizing Realm.
• Yang Qi celebrated the Saint King Faction’s new strength, and Fang Qing told the group he would support them as they made their mark at the academy.

Fang Qing and Yang Qi faced an attempt by the Crown Prince Faction to force them to reveal how their allies had advanced in cultivation. Fang Qing destroyed the faction’s array and overpowered Jiang Fan, then declared that Heavenly Position Academy needed to be cleansed.

• Jiang Fan and several Crown Prince Faction members arrived at Fang Qing’s castle and demanded that Yang Qi come with them for a chat.
• Fang Qing and Yang Qi accompanied the group to the Midsummer Grassland, where Jiang Fan’s party formed the Five Great Mountains Demon Suppressing Array around them.
• Jiang Fan demanded Fang Qing and Yang Qi reveal the secret art that had helped Li He and the others advance, while Gu Fen Xian accused them of using an evil art.
• Fang Qing broke the array with a gesture, causing Jiang Fan and the other four to suffer its backlash and spit blood.
• Fang Qing sealed Jiang Fan’s true energy and stepped on him, then told Yang Qi that Heavenly Position Academy had become a garbage dump that needed cleansing.

Fang Qing forced Jiang Fan, Zhao Yan, and Sun Yi to kill Song Hai Shan and Gu Fen Xian, then bound the survivors to him with hidden safeguards. He sent them back to Heavenly Position Academy as subordinates, while Yang Qi declared that he would have to become powerful to set an example for the Bountiful Continent.

• Yang Qi offered Jiang Fan and the others a chance to live if they killed Song Hai Shan and Gu Fen Xian.
• Zhao Yan killed Song Hai Shan, and Jiang Fan and Sun Yi killed Gu Fen Xian as the others pleaded for their lives.
• Fang Qing planted hidden energy vortices in Jiang Fan, Zhao Yan, and Sun Yi, warning that attempts to remove them could bring dire consequences.
• Fang Qing offered the three a possible future if they served him and surpassed the Crown Prince Faction's limited ambitions.
• Jiang Fan, Zhao Yan, and Sun Yi knelt to Fang Qing, acknowledged their own responsibility for provoking him and Yang Qi, and fled into the night.
• Yang Qi remarked that he would have to become powerful for Heavenly Position Academy to set an example for the Bountiful Continent.

Fang Qing rose to Eighth Life Seizing and strengthened the Saint King Faction, while Yang Qi tempered himself in the Heavenly Corpse Kingdom and found a Spring of Life. Yang Qi returned to Heavenly Position Academy at Sixth Life Seizing to reunite with Fang Qing.

• Fang Qing built a reputation among Heavenly Position Academy disciples by offering guidance and treating them with humility and courtesy.
• Fang Qing successively broke through to Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Life Seizing, drawing elite students toward the Saint King Faction and organizing it into a powerful force.
• Yang Qi battled undead creatures in the Heavenly Corpse Kingdom to temper his body and deepen his power.
• Yang Qi discovered a Spring of Life at an ancient sacrificial site and collected the remaining spring water for himself and Fang Qing.
• Yang Qi returned to Fang Qing's private mountain at Sixth Life Seizing.

Yang Qi returned to Heavenly Position Academy with Spring of Life and news of powerful allies, and Fang Qing gave him Nine Yang Immortal Qi to refine. Fang Qing then reached Ninth Life Seizing, drawing the Venerable of Five Elements' praise and gifts as Xie Feng prepared to investigate and oppose the Saint King Faction.

• Yang Qi returned to Saint King Peak at Sixth Life Seizing and gave Fang Qing Spring of Life, then described the allies he had made on his journey.
• Fang Qing gave Yang Qi Nine Yang Immortal Qi, which Yang Qi began refining with the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength.
• Xie Feng ordered his confidants to investigate Fang Qing, Yang Qi, and the Saint King Faction, while threatening to deal with them.
• Fang Qing refined the Spring of Life and, half a month later, advanced to Ninth Life Seizing, causing a sensation throughout Heavenly Position Academy.
• The Venerable of Five Elements rewarded Fang Qing with a Purple Firmament Tribulation-Crossing Pill, a Void God Crystal, and a fragment of the Azure Radiance Longevity Art, and warned him about Xie Feng.
• Fang Qing vowed to cut down anyone who challenged him and prepared to advance toward the Legendary Realm.

Fang Qing remained in seclusion until the Grand Competition of the Four Academies brought him out, while Xie Feng waited for a chance to attack him. As the competition began, Fang Qing considered the Nine Transformations of Legend and prepared to draw lots.

• Fang Qing continued cultivating and guiding the Saint King Faction, while his reputation and influence grew.
• Xie Feng grew frustrated that Fang Qing stayed on Saint King Peak and waited for an opportunity to confront him.
• The Grand Competition of the Four Academies gathered the academies' disciples and elders at Heavenly Position Academy.
• Xie Feng planned to cripple or kill Fang Qing in the arena, while Fang Qing calmly contemplated the path to the Legendary Realm.
• An elder announced the competition's start and ordered the participating disciples to prepare to draw lots.

Fang Qing swept through the martial competition with effortless victories, then defeated and crippled Xie Feng in a single sword strike. After the crowd erupted and the referee declared him the winner, Fang Qing set his sights on the top ten and the championship.

• Fang Qing defeated Zhao Lie with a single finger, disabling his right arm and winning their first-round match.
• Fang Qing easily defeated opponents from the Sea God Academy, True Dragon Academy, and Heavenly Position Academy using his Five Elements True Qi.
• Fang Qing drew Xie Feng, the Crown Prince Faction's peak Ninth Life Seizing expert, as his next opponent.
• Xie Feng attacked Fang Qing with Black Fiend Soul Annihilation Slash and threatened to cripple him.
• Fang Qing shattered Xie Feng's saber attack with one sword strike, pierced his Sea of Qi, and destroyed his cultivation.
• The referee declared Fang Qing the winner, and Fang Qing turned his attention to the top ten and the championship.

Fang Qing defeated Ao Yiyue and a True Dragon Academy opponent to reach the top four, while Yang Qi also advanced, putting both Saint King Faction brothers among the tournament’s elite. The top five were set, and the draw paired Fang Qing against Hua Piaomiao and Yang Qi against Yun Hai Lan.

• Fang Qing studied Ao Yiyue’s Sea God Seven Forms, then defeated her with Five Elements Rotation, Myriad Laws Return to Origin, and advanced.
• Fang Qing defeated a Ninth Life Seizing True Dragon Academy expert in three moves, securing a place in the top four.
• Yang Qi defeated several opponents, including an eighth Life Seizing core disciple from Sun Moon Academy, and advanced into the top five.
• The top five were Fang Qing, Yang Qi, Yun Hai Lan, Hua Piaomiao, and Yun He; Yun He drew a bye.
• The draw matched Fang Qing against Hua Piaomiao and Yang Qi against Yun Hai Lan.