Chapter Summaries

After returning to the Yuhua Sect, Fang Xuan revealed that he had formed a golden core from ninety-nine divine arts, astonishing the Heavenly Punishment Elder and the sect’s elders. Feng Baiyu and the others examined Fang Xuan’s achievement and compared him to the legendary Yellow Springs Great Emperor.

• Fang Xuan gave War Prince the Lightning Swift Arc Light Blade before leaving, then studied the Heavenly Dragon Secret Manual and the Eightfold Pagoda’s refinement method on his way back.
• The Heavenly Punishment Elder discovered Fang Xuan had formed a golden core and warned him that his ninety-nine divine arts would make the Wind Fire Tribulation especially dangerous.
• The Heavenly Punishment Elder brought Fang Xuan to meet Feng Baiyu and summoned the sect’s elders to witness his golden core.
• Fang Xuan revealed his golden core to the assembled elders, who praised him and recalled that the Yellow Springs Great Emperor had once achieved the same feat.

Fang Xuan reported the bandits and the divine race’s plans to the Yuhua Sect elders, who debated his growing rivalry with Hua Tiandu. He returned to Mystic Peak and encountered Mystic Iron True Person.

• Ruyi Zi warned Fang Xuan that he should support Hua Tiandu, then Fang Xuan met the Yuhua Sect’s elders, including Jiang Rourou.
• Fang Xuan reported the Forty Thieves’ connection to the divine race, and Feng Baiyu gave him a talisman to summon him if he encountered Hate Heaven God Emperor.
• Feng Baiyu revealed that Fang Xuan had cultivated the Panwu Great Strength Mystical Power and opened the Nine Great Seas of Consciousness, prompting the elders to compare his prospects with Hua Tiandu’s.
• Feng Baiyu ordered the elders not to interfere, and Fang Xuan left for Mystic Peak with Immortal Slayer Bandit.
• Fang Xuan gave Nascent Soul Pills to disciples on his way back and greeted Mystic Iron True Person, whom he thanked for the Five Elements Spiritual Root map.

Fang Xuan helped Mystic Iron True Person form an eighteen-mystical-power Golden Core and won his loyalty with a top-grade treasure artifact, rallying Yuhua Sect disciples to Mystic Peak. He then began assembling the Eightfold Pagoda in preparation for traveling through worlds.

• Mystic Iron True Person agreed to join Fang Xuan, and Fang Xuan gave him a Dragon God Pill that helped him condense a Golden Core with eighteen mystical powers.
• Fang Xuan congratulated Mystic Iron True Person with a top-grade treasure artifact, and Mystic Iron True Person pledged to follow him.
• Yuhua Sect disciples praised Fang Xuan, and he promised treasure artifacts to Mystic Peak disciples who reached the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Fang Xuan entered closed-door cultivation and began assembling the Eightfold Pagoda from Blood Dragon Crystal and eight top-grade treasure artifacts.

Fang Xuan used the Five Elements Spirit Talisman to shrink the Blood Dragon Crystal mountain and transform the eight top-grade artifacts into the Eightfold Pagoda. After suppressing its resistance and infusing it with his blood essence, he discovered a Blood Buddha and an eight-level inner space, but the artifact still needed further refinement.

• Fang Xuan’s flame refinement caused the Blood Dragon Crystal mountain to open into eight compartments, where the eight top-grade artifacts began transforming into an incomplete Eightfold Pagoda.
• Fang Xuan used the Five Elements Spirit Talisman to shrink the mountain until the pagoda was eight inches tall, and the talisman fused with it.
• The newly awakened pagoda tried to escape and attacked Fang Xuan with the Sky Splitting Halberd and Mingwang Axe, but he broke their attacks and suppressed it.
• Fang Xuan found a sinister Blood Buddha forming inside the pagoda and infused it with his blood essence to suppress and refine it.
• Fang Xuan discovered that the pagoda contained eight large internal spaces, a Blood Buddha chanting the six-word mantra, and a talisman that could still lead to the Five Elements Land.
• Fang Xuan concluded that the pagoda remained one step short of complete refinement and ordered the Five Prisons Old Man to send in a batch of heavenly demons.

Fang Xuan transferred millions of converted heavenly demons into the Eightfold Pagoda, strengthening it with their Wish Power, then entered a new Small World. There, the World Tree found an energy source comparable to Immortal Realm essence, and Fang Xuan resolved to learn about the world's dangers before seeking his other self.

• Fang Xuan absorbed more than a million heavenly demons into the Eightfold Pagoda, where they worshipped the Blood Buddha and generated Wish Power.
• Five Prisons Old Man transferred the King Cauldron's remaining eight million heavenly demons into the Eightfold Pagoda after Fang Xuan promised to help the cauldron advance later.
• Fang Xuan fed the heavenly demons Black God Pills, then recalled the Eightfold Pagoda and prepared to enter a Small World to gain experience and gather treasures.
• Fang Xuan entered the new world, where the World Tree severed its former connections and rooted itself in the Thought Realm and a mysterious void.
• Fang Xuan sensed a stream of ancient, high-grade liquid energy through the World Tree and decided to investigate the world cautiously before seeking his other self.

Fang Xuan confirmed that he had arrived in the Great Zhou Dynasty world and studied its cultivation system. After hearing that the second son of the Marquis of Four Directions had nearly been beaten to death, he listened as patrons discussed who had attacked him.

• Fang Xuan confirmed that the world was the Great Zhou Dynasty and thought about its power, history, and the figure named Fang Yun.
• Fang Xuan reviewed the realms of cultivation, from Fetal Foundation and Mortal Shedding to Mystical Power, and compared them with the Eternal Life world.
• Fang Xuan recognized the black liquid absorbed by the World Tree as Cosmic Origin Energy and wondered about the power of Great Confucian scholars' Righteous Qi.
• Fang Xuan overheard patrons say that the second son of the Marquis of Four Directions had been nearly beaten to death by the sons of the Marquis of Peace and Stability and the Marquis of National Protection.
• A patron remarked that the attackers were no ordinary people, despite the Marquis of Four Directions commanding a million troops and guarding Jing Province.

Fang Xuan rushed to the wilderness to confront his other self, Marquis of Four Directions Fang Yin, before he could follow Fang Yun and claim opportunities in the Great Zhou Royal World. Their deadly battle began, and Fang Yin unleashed the seventh form of the Azure Dragon Eight Forms against Fang Xuan’s Five Emperors Canopy.

• Fang Xuan learned Fang Yun had been injured and left to find his other self, intending to kill him before pursuing Fang Yun.
• Fang Xuan reached the wilderness frontier and sensed the immense blood energy of Great Zhou’s million soldiers.
• Fang Yin arrived, and Fang Xuan recognized him as his other self; both understood that only one of them would survive.
• Fang Yin attacked with Azure Dragon Probing Claw, but Fang Xuan shattered the strike with a sword aura.
• Fang Yin used Azure Dragon Rending Sky, and Fang Xuan protected himself with the Five Emperors Canopy.
• Fang Yin roared and unleashed the seventh form, Azure Dragon Creation.

Fang Yin unleashed the seventh Azure Dragon form, Azure Dragon Creation, but Fang Xuan countered it with his devouring technique and Moon Evolution Sword Formation. As Fang Yin resorted to Azure Dragon Nirvana, Fang Xuan struck him with the White Emperor Metal Monarch Slash beneath the Five Emperors Canopy.

• Fang Yin invoked Azure Dragon Creation, manifesting a vast Cang Dragon and the ruined primordial world it was destined to remake.
• Fang Xuan swallowed the dragon claw with the Great Devouring Technique and used the Moon Evolution Sword Formation to slice the Azure Dragon apart.
• Fang Xuan unleashed the Five Emperors Great Devil Divine Power, filling the surrounding space with five-colored divine lightning that overwhelmed Fang Yin.
• Fang Yin activated Azure Dragon Nirvana, whose deathly power caused his body to split and bleed.
• Fang Xuan appeared behind Fang Yin and attacked with the White Emperor Metal Monarch Slash.

Fang Xuan defeated Fang Yin and promised to protect his family before absorbing his other self’s origins. The merger triggered Fang Xuan’s Wind Fire Tribulation, which he decided to face with the pills he had prepared.

• Fang Xuan struck Fang Yin with the Eightfold Pagoda and a torrent of magic treasures, overcoming the Emperor Yu Armor and defeating him.
• Fang Yin asked Fang Xuan to protect his wife and two sons, and Fang Xuan reassured him that Fang Yun was the Child of Destiny.
• Fang Xuan used the Soul Capture Forbidden Art to examine Fang Yin’s memories and learn his martial arts before Fang Yin died.
• Fang Yin’s origins merged into Fang Xuan, strengthening his body and causing his golden core to trigger the Wind Fire Tribulation.
• Fang Xuan stopped suppressing his golden core and chose to undergo the tribulation, relying on the Seven Fate Profound Gate Pill and the Nirvana Pill.

Fang Xuan’s Wind Fire Tribulation erupted as Red Lotus Tribulation Fire and Black Demon Dragon Wind, rapidly destroying his body and melting his golden core. He drew on the World Tree and his many Dao arts to resist as his allies stood ready to intervene.

• Fang Xuan triggered his Wind Fire Tribulation, unleashing terrifying Red Lotus Tribulation Fire and Black Demon Dragon Wind from his golden core.
• The Five Prisons Old Man and the Ri Yue Essence Wheel guarded Fang Xuan while the Immortal Slayer Bandit and Peacock King retreated from the flames.
• The Immortal Slayer Bandit ordered everyone to prepare to save Fang Xuan as the tribulation burned his body to a skeleton and began melting his golden core.
• Fang Xuan called on the World Tree to devour Cosmic Origin Energy and invoked his Supreme Great Dao to empower his body.
• The Grand Five Elements Art, All Stars Limitless Book, and other powers manifested to absorb or repel the tribulation as Buddhist light protected Fang Xuan’s Dharma body.

Fang Xuan endured the Wind Fire Tribulation and emerged with a stronger body, purer mana, and a golden core bearing ninety-nine mystical powers. After the tribulation subsided, he realized he was ready to nurture a primordial spirit and advance toward the Heaven and Earth Dharma Image realm.

• The World Tree's energy restored Fang Xuan's body and golden core as his mystical powers and seas of consciousness transformed under the Wind Fire Tribulation.
• Fang Xuan overcame his inner demons and gained wisdom, causing halos to form around his golden core and body and driving back the tribulation fire and wind.
• The Immortal Slayer Bandit recognized Fang Xuan's ninety-nine mystical powers, while the Peacock King celebrated his master's success.
• Fang Xuan passed the Wind Fire Tribulation, doubled the size of his nine seas of consciousness, and sensed that his golden core was nurturing a second self.
• The Immortal Slayer Bandit congratulated Fang Xuan, who celebrated overcoming the greatest calamity before the Eternal Life Realm.

Fang Xuan disguised himself as Fang Yin and took control of his military camp, then learned about Fang Yin’s cultivation and the dangers of breaking through by shattering a Fate Star. He examined the Emperor Yu Armor and discovered it was a Low Grade Dao Item.

• Fang Xuan hid Fang Yin’s corpse in the King Cauldron and used the Reincarnation Art to take Fang Yin’s appearance.
• Vice General Zhao Jieshi and the other generals arrived, and Fang Xuan told them the intruder was dead before returning to camp.
• Fang Xuan inspected Fang Yin’s disciplined army and entered the command hall, where he considered Fang Yin’s Celestial Surge Realm cultivation.
• Fang Xuan learned that advancing beyond the Celestial Surge Realm required shattering and gathering the fragments of one’s Fate Star, a process that could attract powerful enemies.
• Fang Xuan examined the Emperor Yu Armor and identified it as a Low Grade Dao Item containing 1,999 formations.

Fang Xuan used Fang Yin’s corpse and the Primordial Heavenly Dragon Skeleton to cultivate the Azure Dragon Eight Forms and the Eight Desolations Dragon God Body Protection Art. He condensed both Supreme Mystical Powers into his Natal Golden Core, leaving him with powerful dragon techniques.

• Fang Xuan demonstrated the Left Azure Dragon Soaring Probing Claw Stance and other forms, transforming into a massive azure dragon before the soldiers in the military camp.
• Fang Xuan cultivated the Azure Dragon Eight Forms and devoured Fang Yin’s corpse to condense the art into a Supreme Mystical Power on his Golden Core.
• Fang Xuan began cultivating the Eight Desolations Dragon God Body Protection Art using Dragon Qi drawn from the Primordial Heavenly Dragon Skeleton.
• Fang Xuan quickly formed a miniature azure dragon claw talisman, then merged the completed Supreme Mystical Power into his Natal Golden Core.

Fang Xuan received letters from his family and learned that Fang Yun had excelled in both the literary examination and martial competition. After hearing of Hua Yang Madam’s fears for Fang Yun’s safety, Fang Xuan sent Peacock to the capital to protect him.

• Zhou Li delivered letters from Fang Yun and Hua Yang Madam to Fang Xuan.
• Fang Xuan told his officers that Fang Yun had won first place in the Lantern Festival Literary Examination and drawn the Three Dukes’ interest.
• Fang Xuan revealed that Fang Yun had also won the martial competition and received an invitation from Wu Mu, prompting the officers to celebrate.
• Fang Xuan read that Yang Biao had died during the eastern suburbs hunt and that Hua Yang Madam feared someone would harm Fang Yun.
• Fang Xuan ordered Peacock to go to the capital and protect Fang Yun for three months.

Fang Xuan left the Future Lord to oversee the Barbarian Wilderness and traveled to North Abyss Cave in search of the Kun Peng Blood Essence. He found the hidden cave and learned that reaching the eighteenth level could take eighteen years, though others might try to force their way in at great risk.

• Fang Xuan appointed the Future Lord to oversee the Barbarian Wilderness and departed for North Abyss Cave in the Di Wilderness.
• Fang Xuan flew north in the Sky Piercing Flying Shuttle and followed several martial artists to the cave’s hidden entrance.
• Fang Xuan crossed the restriction into a dark realm where North Abyss Old Ancestor’s body formed a vast mountain range.
• Fang Xuan met Hu Yucai, who told him Mister Xuanji had located the Kun Peng Blood Essence on the cave’s eighteenth level.
• Hu Yucai explained that the cave had opened only to the third level and that forcing entry before the eighteenth level opened would be perilous.

Hu Yucai explained the origins of North Abyss Cave and the dangers surrounding its treasures, but Fang Xuan discovered Hu Yucai had secretly marked him and killed him. Fang Xuan then flew toward the mist-shrouded swamp as he compared the cultivation systems of the Great Zhou Royal World and the Eternal Life world.

• Hu Yucai told Fang Xuan that North Abyss Old Ancestor had turned his Kun Peng body into North Abyss Cave, with Kun Peng Blood Essence hidden on the eighteenth level.
• A group of cultivators failed to reach the mountain and fell into the poisonous swamp, while Fang Xuan noticed an invisible talisman on himself and suspected Hu Yucai had placed it there.
• Fang Xuan attacked Hu Yucai, and the Eight Desolations Dragon God Body Protection Art repelled Hu Yucai's beast-claw strike and strengthened the Dragon God phantoms.
• Fang Xuan ordered the Dragon Gods to devour Hu Yucai, killing him and consuming his true qi before the swamp creatures ate his remains.
• Fang Xuan flew over the swamp and considered how the Great Zhou Royal World's cultivation realms compared with those of the Eternal Life world.

Fang Xuan assessed the Great Zhou Royal World’s cultivation realms while waiting near North Abyss Cave, where martial artists fought poisonous creatures and the cave’s entrance opened unexpectedly. He discovered the inner restriction would weaken within half a year, around the time Fang Yun was expected to rise to prominence.

• Fang Xuan compared the Great Zhou Royal World’s Mystical Power Realm with the Eternal Life World’s realms and judged the gathered martial artists no threat to him.
• A burly man asked Fang Xuan for Poison Dissolving Pills, then left after Fang Xuan said he had none.
• A giant venomous scorpion attacked Fang Xuan, who killed and devoured it with his Profound Gold Sword Qi and Great Devouring Technique.
• A blue streak shattered the restriction at North Abyss Cave, and thousands of martial artists rushed inside as Fang Xuan followed.
• Fang Xuan found that the fighting treasure hunters had entered only the mountain’s interior, while the true restriction remained intact and was dissipating.
• Fang Xuan realized the restriction would disappear within half a year, when Fang Yun was expected to rise to prominence.

Fang Xuan followed Feng Taicang through North Abyss Cave as Feng Taicang smashed past its guards and looted each level. They reached the deeper levels, where ancient-era beasts roamed, with pursuers following behind.

• Feng Taicang broke the restriction sealing North Abyss Cave and entered, prompting the gathered martial artists to rush inside after him.
• Fang Xuan found the first level stripped bare, then entered the second level and recovered a surviving fierce beast inner core.
• Fang Xuan watched Feng Taicang crush the ancient puppet guarding the third level and followed him underground.
• Feng Taicang charged through successive levels, destroying ancient puppets and beasts while erasing cultivation techniques so his pursuers could not benefit.
• Feng Taicang reached the sixteenth level, where enormous ferocious birds and savage beasts roamed, as the sounds of pursuit drew closer.

Fang Xuan broke into the eighteenth level of the North Abyss Cave and devoured the Kun Peng Blood Essence, perfecting the Great Devouring Technique. After escaping the collapsing mountain, he encountered the injured Feng Taicang while riding the throne drawn by nine golden flood dragons.

• Feng Taicang transformed into a colossal demon god, tried to enter the eighteenth level, and was hurled back by a giant black hand.
• Fang Xuan shattered the eighteenth level's restriction with the Great Collapse Art and entered the dark chamber containing Kun Peng Blood Essence.
• Fang Xuan used the Great Devouring Technique to swallow the blood essence, bringing the technique to perfection and manifesting a gigantic Kun Peng phantom.
• Fang Xuan escaped the shaking North Abyss Mountain with the Yellow Emperor Earth Path and flew southwest.
• Fang Xuan arrived on a throne drawn by nine golden flood dragons, and Feng Taicang bowed to him as a senior.

Fang Xuan tested Feng Taicang’s resolve and invited him to join his sect. Feng Taicang accepted, and Fang Xuan gave him immortal arts, leaving him stunned by the chance to transform his cultivation.

• Feng Taicang thanked Fang Xuan for helping him enter the North Abyss Cave and regretted missing the Kun Peng Blood Essence.
• Feng Taicang attacked Fang Xuan with the Primal Devil, but Fang Xuan shattered it with one finger using the Great Collapse Art.
• Fang Xuan displayed his overwhelming defenses and praised Feng Taicang’s pride and persistence despite his poor fortune.
• Fang Xuan invited Feng Taicang into his sect, and Feng Taicang knelt and asked to become his disciple.
• Fang Xuan named himself Sect Master of the Yuhua Sect, welcomed Feng Taicang as a disciple of the Immortal Feather Sect, and bestowed immortal arts into his mind.
• Feng Taicang read the cultivation techniques and realms Fang Xuan had given him and trembled with excitement.