Chapter Summaries

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu entered the Underground Palace and watched the Holy Land successors battle their way toward the rumored Nine Secrets. Fang Qing effortlessly captured one Great Power Corpse, while the others defeated another and looked to him and Yan Ruyu to lead the way forward.

• Fang Qing and the other young geniuses broke into the ancient city, and Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu entered beneath his Five-Colored Canopy.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu crossed the palace layers, studying the Yin energy and the monsters and corpses that the cultivators had fought.
• At the fifth layer, Fang Qing used Five-Colored Divine Light to extract a Yin Spirit from a Great Power Corpse and captured the corpse in the Li Fire Divine Furnace.
• The Yaochi Saintess recognized Qing Xuan Daoist beside Yan Ruyu and felt displeased that he had chosen Yan Ruyu as his Dao companion.
• The Holy Land successors unleashed their trump cards and killed a second Great Power Corpse, then looked to Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu to scout ahead.

Fang Qing secretly killed the Sixth Layer’s guardian and took its ancient tower before entering the Bright Divine Hall with Yan Ruyu. When the Holy Land heirs hesitated over the treasures inside, Yan Ruyu revealed the Demon Emperor’s Supreme Emperor Weapon, leaving everyone afraid to move against them.

• Fang Qing used the All Character Secret and Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor to kill the Yin Spirit guarding the Sixth Layer and collected its ancient tower.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu advanced from the Fifth Layer together as the Holy Land heirs and latecomers watched them pass.
• In the Bright Divine Hall, the Black Emperor identified the floating platform as the Chaos Stone bed used by Great Emperor Wushi, while the heirs refused to seize the Beast Hide Scroll first.
• Fang Qing challenged the Holy Land heirs to act, but they all declined, so he asked Yan Ruyu to bring out the big treasure.
• Yan Ruyu revealed the Demon Emperor’s Supreme Emperor Weapon, frightening the Holy Land heirs and prompting other sect disciples to beg them not to fight.
• Fang Qing said harmony brought wealth and walked forward with Yan Ruyu.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu used a Supreme Emperor Weapon to claim the Ancient Scroll and Chaos Stone, discovering that the scroll contained a map to the Nine Secrets rather than the secrets themselves. After deciding to auction the map, Fang Qing handed it to Kong Teng and left the Underground Palace with Yan Ruyu.

• Fang Qing took the Ancient Scroll from the Chaos Stone and secretly destroyed the Brocade Silk marked with Sacred Cliff after memorizing its contents.
• Fang Qing revealed that the Ancient Scroll was a map pointing to Purple Mountain and said he would auction it to the highest bidder.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu used their Supreme Emperor Weapon to take the Chaos Stone, whose Immortal Substance strengthened Fang Qing's Li Fire Divine Furnace.
• Kong Teng, Chu Lingkong, Ji Yuanqing, and other older-generation experts arrived and learned that Fang Qing held the map and that a Supreme Emperor Weapon was present.
• Fang Qing gave the sealed Ancient Scroll to Kong Teng to auction for Peacock King, then left the Underground Palace with Yan Ruyu.

After escaping Lizhou with Yan Ruyu, Fang Qing settled in Anzhou and forged a Five Elements Bracelet and a Chaos Stone weapon while they cultivated together. News of his exploits spread across the Northern Territory, and the chapter left them heading openly toward Holy City despite Yan Ruyu offering to change their identities.

• Fang Qing escaped the Underground Palace with Yan Ruyu through a Domain Gate after handing Kong Teng the map, then reached Anzhou safely.
• Fang Qing killed the bandits who attacked them and took over their mountain hideout to refine treasures.
• Fang Qing melted the Seven-Story Pagoda into a Five Elements Bracelet and refined Chaos Stone into a brick, while Yan Ruyu made a seal from her share.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu cultivated and refined their artifacts as rumors about Qing Xuan's victory over the Golden Winged Great Peng King and his exploits in Lizhou spread across the Northern Territory.
• Yan Ruyu offered to change their identities, but Fang Qing declined, and the two set out for Holy City.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu arrived in the Northern Territory Holy City, where the factions had gathered to discuss Purple Mountain and news of Qing Xuan had spread. They explored the bustling city and entered Dao Yi Holy Land’s stone workshop, where a young Daoist nun recognized Brother Qingxuan.

• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu heard that Purple Mountain had drawn the Holy Lands and Aristocratic Families together, while the Jade Pond Grand Gathering had been postponed.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu entered the Holy City, and Fang Qing cloaked them in a haze that made passersby overlook them.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu passed the city’s lavish inns, restaurants, and stone workshops, where Dao Palace Realm cultivators served as entertainers.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu chose to visit Dao Yi Holy Land’s stone workshop, and Yan Ruyu recalled the Little Daoist Nun from Dao Yi Holy Land.
• A young Daoist nun in the workshop saw Fang Qing and greeted him as Brother Qingxuan.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu visited the Dao Yi Holy Land Stone Workshop, where Dao Ying welcomed them and they joined the Great Xia Prince and Yao Yuekong. At the Eighteenth Layer Stone Garden, Fang Qing opened three expensive stones with his Five Elements Profound Light and revealed a piece of Divine Source.

• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu entered the Dao Yi Holy Land Stone Workshop, where Dao Ying personally received them.
• The Great Xia Prince and Yao Yuekong recognized Yan Ruyu and Qingxuan, greeted them respectfully, and joined their group.
• The Great Xia Prince suggested visiting the Eighteenth Layer Stone Garden, and Fang Qing proposed that they later continue to the Heaven Grade Stone Garden.
• Fang Qing selected three stone materials for ten thousand jin of Source, impressing the gathered young cultivators with his confidence and cultivation.
• Fang Qing opened the stones using Five Elements Profound Light, stunning Wu Ziming and the others with its power and revealing a piece of Divine Source.

Fang Qing uncovered several valuable treasures in Dao Yi Holy Land’s Stone Workshop, then entered the Heaven Grade Stone Garden with the gathered young elites. He bought a costly Nine-Orifice Stone Man and stored it without opening it, leaving everyone wondering what it contained.

• Fang Qing revealed Divine Source, Mutton-Fat Jade Divine Iron, and Exotic Source from three stones, then sold the treasures to a middle-aged daoist nun for hundreds of thousands of catties of Source.
• Fang Qing led Yan Ruyu and the others into the Heaven Grade Stone Garden, where the Source Master explained the stones’ origins and high prices.
• The Great Xia Prince spent ten thousand catties of Source on a stone and recovered only three thousand catties of Exotic Source.
• Fang Qing bought the ninety-thousand-catties Nine-Orifice Stone Man and asked to delay opening it.
• After the middle-aged daoist nun permitted the delay, Fang Qing stored the Nine-Orifice Stone Man in the Li Fire Divine Furnace.

Fang Qing bought and preserved a Nine-Orifice Stone Man, then uncovered Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold in another Source Stone at Dao Yi Holy Land's Stone Workshop. After the Great Xia Prince and others bid for the treasure, Fang Qing refused to sell it and revealed a lamp that needed the gold as material.

• Fang Qing bought a Nine-Orifice Stone Man for ninety thousand jin of Source Stone and put it away rather than open it before it had fully developed.
• Fang Qing examined the workshop's Mysterious Stones with the Source Heavenly Tome and bought a famous stone for fifty thousand jin of Source Stone.
• Fang Qing melted away the stone's outer skin with Five-Colored Divine Light, revealing Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold.
• The Great Xia Prince, the middle-aged daoist nun, and others bid up to nine hundred thousand jin of Source Stone for the treasure.
• Fang Qing refused to sell the Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold and brought out a lamp that needed it as material.

Fang Qing refused to sell the Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold and used another Source Stone to uncover a Medicine King, which he entrusted to Yao Yuekong for auction. He then joined Yan Ruyu, the Great Xia Prince, and others at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, where he chose the summer garden because the Azure Lotus bloomed beautifully there.

• Fang Qing refused offers from the Great Xia Prince, Yao Yuekong, An Miaoyi, Jiang Yifei, and others to buy the Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold, saying he would use it to refine his Divine Lamp.
• Fang Qing opened another Source Stone in Dao Yi Holy Land's Stone Workshop and uncovered a Medicine King that could extend one's lifespan when refined into a Divine Pill.
• Fang Qing entrusted the Medicine King to Yao Yuekong for auction at the Heavenly Demon Treasure Pavilion, and Yao Yuekong agreed to compensate him if it was lost or damaged.
• The Great Xia Prince invited Fang Qing, Yan Ruyu, Yao Yuekong, Jiang Yifei, and the Little Daoist Nun to dine at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, leaving An Miaoyi off the guest list.
• At the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, Fang Qing chose the summer garden, explaining that the Azure Lotus bloomed most beautifully in summer.

Fang Qing discussed ownerless ancient scriptures with Yao Yuekong and the others, then accepted Dao Ying’s invitation to discuss the Dao. He demonstrated his command of wind and rain, leaving the gathered geniuses astonished as their exchange continued.

• Fang Qing hosted Great Xia Prince, Yao Yuekong, Jiang Yifei, Dao Ying, Yan Ruyu, and the others at an extravagant banquet and heard about Immortal Feasts and Enlightenment Tea.
• Great Xia Prince warned Fang Qing that Source Art Aristocratic Families might challenge him, and Fang Qing replied that he would face them with his Supreme Emperor Weapon if necessary.
• Great Xia Prince dismissed the rumor that his ancestor had found the Tai Huang Scripture in a Source Stone, explaining that Great Emperor Tai Huang had created it himself.
• Fang Qing asked about ownerless ancient scriptures, and Yao Yuekong promised to seek them for an upcoming Heavenly Demon Treasure Pavilion auction.
• Dao Ying offered to trade an ownerless ancient scripture after discussing the Dao with Fang Qing, then began by meditating on heaven, earth, and nature.
• Fang Qing summoned and controlled a gale of black Wind Blades and a torrential rain, then calmed them into a gentle breeze and fine rain, astonishing everyone present.

Fang Qing exchanged his insights into wind and rain for Dao Ying’s Dao Scripture Four Extremities and Dragon Transformation Scrolls. Dao Ying then demonstrated a powerful Dao tone that could summon boundless natural forces, leaving Fang Qing with the Dragon Transformation Scroll he had long sought.

• Fang Qing demonstrated how his understanding of wind and rain could transform gentle breezes and drizzle into powerful storms, impressing Dao Ying and the other gathered geniuses.
• Dao Ying offered Fang Qing the Dao Scripture Four Extremities and Dragon Transformation Scrolls, which she had found while traveling, in exchange for his insights into wind and rain.
• Fang Qing recorded his knowledge of wind, rain, and methods for refining Divine Waters on two Ancient Scrolls and gave them to Dao Ying.
• Dao Ying studied Fang Qing’s scrolls and felt that their valuable Divine Water methods made the exchange unequal.
• Dao Ying spoke the words “Boundless Heavenly Venerate” and summoned immense natural power, while Fang Qing secured the Dao Scripture Dragon Transformation Scroll.

Fang Qing learned the Immeasurable Great Dao from the young Daoist nun and exchanged Buddhist teachings with the Little Nun before a bell announced a crisis at the Holy City’s Ancient Desolation Dao Platform. While the other cultivators went to investigate the imperial might linked to Purple Mountain, Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu secluded themselves in the Li Fire Divine Furnace, where he forged a new Divine Lamp from Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold.

• Fang Qing comprehended the Immeasurable Great Dao from the young Daoist nun’s chant and used it to strengthen his Primordial Spirit and body.
• Fang Qing and the Little Nun exchanged Buddhist scriptures and methods while Great Xia Prince, Yao Yuekong, and Jiang Yifei listened.
• A great bell shook the Holy City as figures arrived at the Ancient Desolation Dao Platform, prompting rumors of imperial might and a possible connection to Purple Mountain.
• Great Xia Prince, Yao Yuekong, the young Daoist nun, and Jiang Yifei left to investigate, while Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu stayed at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.
• Fang Qing arranged a killing formation and entered the Li Fire Divine Furnace with Yan Ruyu, who guarded him with her Supreme Emperor Weapon.
• Fang Qing refined Phoenix Blood Vermillion Gold into a Divine Lamp after cultivating within the furnace for a night.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu heard the news of Great Emperor Wushi’s return to the world’s attention, then visited Tianxuan Holy Land’s ruined Stone Workshop. Fang Qing uncovered a Human Origin Fruit from a stone, shocking the Old Daoist who was examining it.

• Fang Qing finished refining his Divine Lamp with Yan Ruyu’s protection and thanked her for standing guard.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu ate breakfast while hearing that the Holy Lands’ assault on Purple Mountain had been devastated by Great Emperor Wushi’s Supreme Divine Bell.
• Fang Qing told Yan Ruyu that he had seen the Wushi Scripture and explained that its inheritance required nine Jade Pendants and an Innate Sacred Body Dao Fetus.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu visited Tianxuan Holy Land’s Stone Workshop, where Fang Qing offered the Gatekeeper Old Man three thousand jin of Source.
• Fang Qing recognized the Old Daoist examining stones as the Crimson Dragon Old Daoist, then used Five-Colored Divine Light to open a stone and reveal a Human Origin Fruit.

Fang Qing sold a Human Origin Fruit to Crimson Dragon Old Daoist and revealed a life-extending pill he had refined, leaving the Old Daoist eager to gather enough Source to buy it. Crimson Dragon Old Daoist disappeared to collect the payment.

• Crimson Dragon Old Daoist recognized the Human Origin Fruit Fang Qing uncovered and offered thirty thousand jin of Source for it.
• Fang Qing accepted the payment, gave the fruit to Crimson Dragon Old Daoist, and received a token promising help in Holy City.
• Fang Qing offered to help refine a Divine Pill and showed Crimson Dragon Old Daoist a Crimson Snow Flowing Pearl Pill that could greatly extend lifespan.
• Crimson Dragon Old Daoist asked Fang Qing to reserve the pill while he gathered several hundred thousand jin of Source.
• Fang Qing agreed, and Crimson Dragon Old Daoist vanished to gather the Source.

Fang Qing left Xuan Holy Land’s Stone Workshop after giving the Gatekeeper Old Man his Daoist title, Qing Xuan, and spent the day buying rare treasures with Yan Ruyu. As Ye Fan and Pang Bo secretly amassed Source of their own, Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu studied their purchases and prepared to leave the city to break through to the Third Extremity of the Four Extremities.

• Fang Qing gave the Gatekeeper Old Man two jin of Exotic Source and told him to use the name Qing Xuan if he encountered trouble.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu visited stalls across Holy City, buying rare materials and herbs for his research and refinements.
• Merchants and several prominent figures learned that Qing Xuan was spending lavishly, while the Great Xia Prince chose not to interrupt him.
• Ye Fan used the Source Heavenly Tome to extract valuable Exotic Source from stones, and Pang Bo urged him to continue building their wealth.
• Fang Qing studied the Great Dao within rare herbs as he and Yan Ruyu refined Mysterious Jade Platforms at Drunken Immortal Pavilion.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu both felt ready to advance, so they decided to leave Holy City and break through.

Fang Qing took Yan Ruyu far from Holy City and successfully broke through to the Third Realm of Four Extremities while enduring a series of increasingly powerful lightning tribulations. The commotion drew Falling Sword Sect to the site, and the chapter ended with Fang Qing reunited with Yan Ruyu and encouraging her to undergo her own tribulation.

• Fang Qing used a mysterious Dao Diagram to escape Holy City with Yan Ruyu, leaving the elders who wanted to hunt him down unable to follow.
• Fang Qing began his breakthrough in a remote oasis while Yan Ruyu stood guard with the Supreme Emperor Weapon.
• Fang Qing absorbed the purple and Five Elements lightning tribulations with his Five-Colored Canopy, strengthening his body, Primordial Spirit, and mastery of the Five Elements.
• Falling Sword Sect mistook the tribulation’s destruction for a sign of treasure and rushed to the site, where Yan Ruyu ordered them to remain still.
• Fang Qing endured the Seven-Colored Divine Thunder, opened the hidden treasury of his left leg, and reached the Third Realm of Four Extremities.
• Fang Qing told Yan Ruyu to undergo her tribulation, and she agreed.

After Fang Qing passed his tribulation, Yan Ruyu broke through to the Third Realm of Four Extremities. The Falling Sword Sect Leader, Luo Wufang, led them to an ancient house said to have belonged to an Ancient Sage, where Fang Qing recognized a Sage’s opportunity and rewarded the sect.

• Fang Qing watched over Yan Ruyu as she underwent tribulation, then questioned the Falling Sword Sect’s cultivators and learned they protected the local people from Bandits.
• Luo Wufang told Fang Qing that the sect’s founder had established it after discovering where an Ancient Sage once lived, and Fang Qing agreed to visit.
• Yan Ruyu passed her tribulation and advanced to the Third Realm of Four Extremities.
• Fang Qing brought Yan Ruyu and the Falling Sword Sect cultivators to the sect, where Luo Wufang showed them an ancient house and a Great Green Stone carved with a sword.
• Fang Qing recognized the site as an opportunity left by a Sage and bestowed thirty thousand jin of Source upon the Falling Sword Sect.

Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu comprehended the Ancient Sage’s Nine Transformations of Profound Sword at Falling Sword Sect, then returned to Holy City and learned that Ye Fan was about to face the Tuoba Family in a stone-gambling match. Fang Qing decided to support Ye Fan at the Ji Family’s Stone Workshop and let the Ji Family pay for Yan Ruyu’s anger.

• Fang Qing rewarded Falling Sword Sect with thirty thousand jin of source and stayed with Yan Ruyu to study the Ancient Sage’s sword carving.
• After nine days, Fang Qing comprehended the Nine Transformations of Profound Sword and gave Falling Sword Sect a Four Extremities cultivation art before departing with Yan Ruyu.
• Fang Qing discovered that Ye Fan, known as Gu Feng, had gained fame for uncovering an Ancient Divine Medicine and was preparing to compete against a Tuoba Family genius in Holy City.
• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu learned that the stone-gambling match would take place at the Ji Family’s Stone Workshop, and Fang Qing offered to support Ye Fan and make the Ji Family pay.

Fang Qing joined the Source Art contest at the Ji Family Stone Workshop and astonished the gathered geniuses by cutting a human-head-sized piece of Divine Source from the Divine Moon stone. Ye Fan and Tuoba Chang’s duel continued as they entered the Heaven Grade Stone Garden, where Tuoba chose a stone Fang Qing knew would bring him a heavy loss.

• Fang Qing and Yan Ruyu arrived at the Ji Family Stone Workshop, where Ye Fan and Tuoba Chang prepared to compete in Source Art.
• Fang Qing’s arrival drew greetings from the Great Xia Prince, Yao Yuekong, Jiang Yifei, and other prominent figures, while Ye Fan and Tuoba Chang tied in their first round by uncovering equal amounts of Exotic Source.
• Ye Fan and Tuoba Chang entered the Heaven Grade Stone Garden, where Fang Qing joined them and met Jin Chixiao, Xiang Yifei, and Fairy Zixia.
• Tuoba Chang chose the Dragon Head Stone despite Ye Fan’s misgivings, and Fang Qing saw that it contained only a strand of Dragon Qi and would cause a major loss.
• Fang Qing bought the Divine Moon stone for 130,000 jin of Source and melted it open with Five-Colored Divine Light, revealing a human-head-sized piece of Divine Source.

Fang Qing secured a head-sized Divine Source, bought Tuoba Chang’s Dragon Qi and Ye Fan’s Immortal Linglong, and left the others wondering what he planned to do with the treasures. Ye Fan’s stone yielded a rare object that could become an Immortal Scripture only if nourished with immortal qi, which Fang Qing hoped to find someday.

• Fang Qing unearthed a head-sized Divine Source, shocking the spectators and angering the Ji Family.
• Tuoba Chang cut open the Dragon Head Stone and revealed a strand of Dragon Qi rather than a True Dragon; Fang Qing bought it for ten thousand jin of Source.
• Ye Fan opened the Immortal Sound Stone and uncovered Immortal Linglong, a treasure that could become an Immortal Scripture only when nourished by immortal qi.
• Fang Qing offered Ye Fan fifty thousand jin of Source for Immortal Linglong, explaining that he intended to keep it until he could obtain immortal qi.