Chapter Summaries

A Blessed Land elder learned that outsiders had arrived through the Extraterritorial Passage and hurried through the underground caverns carrying Saint Stones. He encountered Fang Xuan, Zi Donglai, and Spirit Rhino, who recognized the crystals he carried as a chance to get rich.

• A Blessed Land elder inspected a Mystic Crystal and found that its evil aura was growing denser, so he ordered the natives to slow mining until the Ancestor found a solution.
• The elder distributed thirty thousand Superior Spirit Fruits and warned the mine leader that outsiders had arrived through the reopened Extraterritorial Passage.
• The elder hurried through the underground caverns with the collected Saint Stones but encountered Fang Xuan, Zi Donglai, and Spirit Rhino.
• Fang Xuan identified the elder's cargo as Mystic Crystals, and Zi Donglai readied his broadsword, excited that they could strike it rich.

Xing Bei led a group of martial artists to search for Mystic Crystals while the indigenous ancestor learned that the Saint Stones had not been collected and ordered Wen Li to retrieve them. After Fang Xuan and Zi Donglai split several thousand Mystic Crystals, Fang Xuan kept a captured indigenous elder alive to question him.

• Xing Bei's group found no Mystic Crystals in the cave and collected Spirit Liquid from a Spiritwood Tree instead.
• Xing Bei offered to guide willing martial artists to a place with Mystic Crystals, then shared the location and told them to act separately.
• The indigenous ancestor learned the Saint Stones were still missing and sent Wen Li to retrieve them at any cost.
• Zi Donglai divided several thousand Mystic Crystals among himself, Fang Xuan, and their companion, then chose to return to the Extraterritorial Passage.
• Fang Xuan stayed with the bound indigenous elder and demanded answers, promising not to kill him if he obtained what he wanted.

Fang Xuan and Lingxi investigated the Cave Dwellers and discovered that their Mystic Crystals contained an evil demon aura. Meanwhile, three demons searched the caves for Mystic Crystals to support their plan to open the Sacred Prison, and decided to lure others there if they could not find any.

• Fang Xuan knocked out a Cave Dweller elder when he and Lingxi could not understand his language, then had Lingxi carry him deeper into the passage.
• Lingxi noticed black impurities in the newly acquired Mystic Crystals, and Fang Xuan warned him not to absorb them until he understood their nature.
• Fang Xuan identified the impurities as an evil demon aura and learned that Lingxi would let him keep the crystals if he could remove it, while claiming any Spirit Fruits and Spirit Liquid they found.
• Three demons searched a looted cave and found a chest of Superior Spirit Fruits but no Mystic Crystals, which they believed the Cave Dwellers had already collected.
• The scar-faced demon rebuked his companions for exposing their demonic aura and reminded them that they needed to push the Nine Provinces martial artists toward opening the Sacred Prison.
• The scar-faced demon led the others toward another cave and said they would lure someone to the Sacred Prison if they found no Mystic Crystals.

Fang Xuan searched the cave-dwelling settlements for someone who could understand him, destroying a spirit tree and overwhelming anyone who stood in his way. He finally found a Cave Dweller who spoke Jiuzhou language, but the chapter left him facing the warriors trapped in a formation.

• Fang Xuan tore apart a colossal spirit tree, refined its spiritual energy into a dark essence, and gave it to Lingxi to absorb.
• Fang Xuan and Lingxi searched three cave-dwelling settlements, where Fang Xuan easily defeated the upper-realm warriors who attacked him.
• Fang Xuan encountered three wounded Jiuzhou warriors using a formation to trap Cave Dwellers, and they tried to force him into the conflict by calling him their ally.
• A trapped Cave Dweller recognized the captured Steward Yuan Zhong and spoke in Jiuzhou language, revealing that Fang Xuan had finally found someone he could communicate with.
• Fang Xuan killed the three Jiuzhou warriors with Ink Abyss, leaving the cave silent as the Cave Dwellers remained trapped in the formation.

Fang Xuan defeated three Longevity Clan martial artists and questioned them about the blessed land, but they refused to cooperate. He offered to spare them if they would accompany him and help answer his questions.

• The three Cave Dweller martial artists attacked Fang Xuan, who defended himself while holding back because he wanted a survivor who could speak his language.
• The trio combined their weapons and struck at Fang Xuan, but his Dragon Whale Phantom sent them flying.
• Fang Xuan used spatial force to restrain the three and battered them until they could no longer fight.
• Lingxi asked whether the three had a special way of cultivating their bodies, and Fang Xuan questioned the thick-browed man about the Longevity Clan.
• The man declared that the Longevity Clan did not fear death and that the Ancestor's Son would avenge them.
• Fang Xuan showed them his mystic crystals and said he would spare them if they followed him and helped him find answers.

Fang Xuan negotiated with a Longevity Clan warrior over the Saint Stones and agreed to visit the Progenitor, while Lingxi kept some stones as leverage. Elsewhere, Yuan Chen attacked Xing Bei’s group, killed Wu Jing, and vowed that none of them would escape.

• Fang Xuan learned that the mysterious crystals were Saint Stones collected by Yuan Zhong, and the Longevity Clan warrior agreed to his terms after Fang Xuan threatened the captives.
• The warrior demanded the Saint Stones, claiming they protected the blessed land, and Fang Xuan agreed to hand over only a portion until his questions were answered.
• Fang Xuan gave Lingxi some of the Saint Stones and told him to wait at the Extraterritorial Passage while he went to meet the Progenitor.
• Yuan Chen defeated Lu Kan and Wu Jing, forcing Xing Bei and the others to form the Blood Spirit Fiend Array.
• Yuan Chen killed Wu Jing and declared that none of the group would leave after three hundred years.

Fang Xuan and Yuan Dan emerged from the underground caverns and discovered that the Yu Clan had been attacked by demons from the Land of Evil. After learning that Yu Progenitor had fallen and that the strongest demon was a Sixth Grade Martial Venerable, Fang Xuan began forming a formation.

• Yuan Dan used a jade pendant to reveal a staircase to the surface and explained that unknown dangers filled the unexplored caverns.
• Fang Xuan, Yuan Dan, and Yuan Zhong found a deserted Yu Clan settlement, and Yuan Dan explained the clan’s origins and its past demonization.
• A Yu clansman emerged from a tunnel with mystic crystals whose impurities had been cleansed, then revealed that demons had killed Yu Progenitor.
• Fang Xuan asked about the demons, and the Yu clansman said their strongest was a Sixth Grade Martial Venerable.
• Fang Xuan sent golden strands from his body to form runes on the ground, shocking Yuan Dan and Yuan Zhong with his ability to set up a formation.

Fang Xuan left to seek the Yu Clan's traitors and verify his suspicions about the Mystic Crystals. Meanwhile, Yuan Chen devastated the Blood Spirit Fiend Array before abruptly retreating, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yuan Zhong returned to the tribe with the Saint Stone and told Yuan Dan to watch over the Yu Clan members.
• Fang Xuan went to find the Yu Clan's traitors despite Yuan Dan warning him that they were powerful.
• Yuan Chen battered the Blood Spirit Fiend Array, gravely injuring Lu Kan and killing one martial artist.
• Xing Bei held the array together and blocked one of Yuan Chen's strikes, but Yuan Chen continued attacking and blasted off Lu Kan's right arm.
• Yuan Chen unleashed a powerful attack that collapsed the cavern walls, then appeared beside the Longevity Clan members and suddenly vanished.

Fang Xuan and Yuan Dan reached a battlefield where the Yu Clan Traitors were fighting Longevity Clan members. A Longevity Clan woman struck the Yu Clan Traitor with her Years Severing Slash, but he broke through her defenses and tore off her arm.

• Yuan Dan followed Fang Xuan through the mountain forest to a battlefield strewn with Yu Clan and Longevity Clan corpses.
• Fang Xuan warned Yuan Dan that the Longevity Clan fighters were no match for their opponents, then vanished toward the battle.
• A Longevity Clan woman used her golden seal and Years Severing Slash to split the spirit tree and strike the Yu Clan Traitor.
• The Yu Clan Traitor emerged from the attack, dismissed the power of severing years, and fought back as two other Yu Clan Traitors broke through the Longevity Clan's encirclement.
• The Yu Clan Traitor exploited the woman's distraction, breached her defenses, and tore off her right arm.

Fang Xuan intervened to protect the Longevity Clan from the Yu Clan Traitors and fought one of them while the injured Longevity Clan woman confronted the other. The chapter ended with Fang Xuan unleashing his Thousand Torrent Stream attack on his opponent.

• Fang Xuan arrived in time to kill one Yu Clan Traitor and save a Longevity Clan woman from being killed.
• Yuan Dan told the Longevity Clan fighters that Fang Xuan was trusted by their Ancestor, while the remaining Yu Clan Traitor attacked him.
• Fang Xuan refused the woman's offer to help and charged the Yu Clan Traitor as Yu Gu began slaughtering Longevity Clan members elsewhere.
• Fang Xuan and the Yu Clan Traitor exchanged blows, then paused while the Yu Clan Traitor called on Yu Gu to finish off the Longevity Clan fighters.
• Fang Xuan struck his opponent with a whip kick, ignited blue flames, and attacked with Whale Tyrant Killing Fist · Thousand Torrent Stream.

Fang Xuan protected the Longevity Clan while fighting the Yu Clan Traitor and Yu Gu, revealing the power of his Seventh Rank Spirit Sword. As the Yu Clan Traitor reached late Ninth Grade Martial Venerable, Fang Xuan unleashed a vast sword formation and warned Yuan Zhi to act before her clansmen died.

• Fang Xuan suppressed the Yu Clan Traitor with his fists while his spirit sword drove Yu Gu back and protected the Longevity Clan woman.
• Yuan Zhi recognized Fang Xuan's sword as a Seventh Rank Spirit Sword, and Yuan Dan told her Fang Xuan had let Yuan Zhong take all the Saint Stones back to the tribe.
• The Yu Clan Traitor raised his strength to late Ninth Grade Martial Venerable and wounded Fang Xuan, but Fang Xuan escaped with Whale Leap and refined the demonic aura with Samadhi True Fire.
• Fang Xuan summoned Ink Abyss and formed a thousand-zhang barrier as sword energy gathered above the Yu Clan Traitor.
• Fang Xuan warned Yuan Zhi that her clansmen would all die if she kept watching.

Yuan Chen arrived and defeated the Yu Clan Traitors, while Fang Xuan killed one and clashed briefly with Yuan Chen. Fang Xuan left after promising to visit the progenitor, then freed the surviving Yu Clan members from their underground refuge.

• Yuan Chen appeared, captured Yu Gu, and killed the Yu Clan Traitor who tried to escape through the void with Fang Xuan’s Sword River.
• Yuan Chen attacked Fang Xuan, but their palms collided and both were forced back; Yuan Chen then allowed Fang Xuan to leave.
• Yuan Chen gave Yuan Zhi a thousand-year blood ginseng to restore her arm and reprimanded her for neglecting her cultivation.
• Yuan Dan reported that Fang Xuan had protected more than a hundred elderly and weak Yu Clan members with an array, prompting Yuan Chen to condemn him as an Extraterritorial Martial Artist.
• Fang Xuan promised to return in a few days to pay respects to the progenitor, then vanished as Yuan Zhi defended him to Yuan Chen.
• Fang Xuan opened the underground refuge and told the surviving Yu Clan members that the Yu Clan Traitors had left and they could come out.

Fang Xuan discovered that the Yu Clan had been poisoned by purifying Profound Crystals and offered to take them to Jiuzhou, where they could live freely. After he concealed their refuge, the Longevity Clan's progenitor learned of Fang Xuan's arrival and ordered him watched as danger around the Sacred Prison grew.

• Fang Xuan recognized the demonic impurities in the Yu Clan's purified Profound Crystals, and the old man admitted that the clan's members had been eroded by demonic qi for generations.
• Fang Xuan offered to bring the Yu Clan to Jiuzhou, and the clan accepted after discussing the proposal among themselves.
• Fang Xuan gave the Yu Clan healing medicines, collected the unpurified Profound Crystals, and assured them they would no longer have to purify crystals to survive.
• Fang Xuan set up a formation to conceal the Yu Clan and promised to return in a little over a month when the Extraterritorial Passage opened.
• Yuan Zaihou told the Longevity Clan's progenitor that Fang Xuan had saved Yuan Zhi and fought Xiao Chen without losing ground.
• The progenitor ordered Yuan Zaihou to watch Fang Xuan closely and send more sixth-rank-and-above martial artists to guard the Sacred Prison.

Fang Xuan refined Mystic Crystals into Spirit Liquid, which transformed the Yin-Yang Fish in his Dantian and caused his Samadhi True Fire to erupt. After emerging from the flames with his True Fire perfected, he set out to find the Longevity Clan by tracking the mark he had left on Yuan Dan.

• Fang Xuan refined Mystic Crystals into Spirit Liquid and swallowed it, only for the spiritual energy to disappear into his Dantian Qi Sea.
• Fang Xuan fed more Spirit Liquid to the Yin-Yang Fish, which grew more solid as his Mystic Crystals dwindled.
• A surge of golden light and spiritual energy sent Fang Xuan's Samadhi True Fire out of control, engulfing him in flames and magma.
• More than ten days later, Fang Xuan emerged from the solidified magma with purple flames and his True Fire at great completion.
• Fang Xuan checked the Black Talisman and found that the Heavenly Flame Art had reached the Peak of Perfection, then used a formation tracking Yuan Dan to head for the Longevity Clan's tribe.

Dragonwood Island Master confronted his former junior brother Song Mo, who came to the Eastern Sea seeking information about Fang Xuan. Song Mo asked him not to interfere when Yan Province's forces tried to kill Fang Xuan as he emerged from the blessed land, but Dragonwood Island Master neither agreed nor openly opposed him.

• Dragonwood Island Master killed a giant fish with one finger and challenged the hidden figure who had sent it to test him.
• Song Mo emerged from the sea and told Dragonwood Island Master he had come for the blessed land, then assured him he would not contest the Spirit Liquid or mystic crystals.
• Dragonwood Island Master told Song Mo to leave, but Song Mo asked whether any unusual martial artists had entered the blessed land.
• Song Mo identified Fang Xuan as the unusual visitor and asked Dragonwood Island Master not to interfere with Yan Province's attempt to kill him when the Void Passage opened.
• Dragonwood Island Master mocked Song Mo for serving the Red Eyebrow Army and ordered him to withdraw; Song Mo and the hidden auras left.

Fang Xuan encountered Teng Zijing’s battle-worn party in the forest as they debated whether to attack a powerful tribe. He refused to join them and went on alone, while Teng Zijing’s group chose to rest before deciding what to do.

• Teng Zijing sensed a large tribe ahead, but his depleted party hesitated to attack after losing half its members in an earlier battle.
• The party hid when Teng Zijing detected someone approaching and discovered Fang Xuan speeding through the forest alone.
• Teng Zijing introduced himself and invited Fang Xuan to join the group, offering to share their gains and asking about his supplies.
• Fang Xuan said he had gained little, declined interest in the tribe, and continued toward it alone.
• After Fang Xuan left, Teng Zijing told the others to stop discussing him and proposed resting for several days before deciding whether to attack the tribe.

Fang Xuan found Yuan Dan imprisoned in a Longevity Clan tribe, where traitors allied with Extraterritorial Martial Artists were plotting to attack the Sacred Prison. A sudden assault breached the Sacred Tree’s barrier, leaving the tribe’s Chieftain facing approaching attackers.

• Fang Xuan reached the Longevity Clan tribe and discovered Yuan Dan bound and carried into a sealed room.
• Fang Xuan secretly entered Yuan Dan’s prison and learned that traitors had joined forces with Extraterritorial Martial Artists to target the Sacred Prison.
• Yuan Dan urged Fang Xuan to warn the Ancestor, but Fang Xuan lacked a way to prove the threat or reach the Main Tribe.
• A pillar of light and emerald radiance rose over the tribe, causing the Longevity Clan members to panic.
• The Chieftain calmed the tribe and sent warriors to investigate, and they reported that more than ten Extraterritorial Martial Artists had breached the Sacred Tree’s barrier and were less than three li away.

Fang Xuan escaped the Longevity Clan’s prison with Yuan Dan as Extraterritorial Martial Artists attacked the tribe. Chieftain Yuan Ji fought to defend his people, while Fang Xuan unleashed a sword strike that split the tribe in two and appeared to target the hidden fat man.

• Fang Xuan and Yuan Dan escaped the prison as the attackers shattered the spirit tree’s barrier and set the tribe ablaze.
• Chieftain Yuan Ji confronted the fat Extraterritorial Martial Artist, who advised him to evacuate his clansmen and promised to help secretly.
• Yuan Ji joined his clansmen’s spiritual energy into a giant sphere and attacked the Extraterritorial Martial Artists, while a black handprint injured several fighters.
• Fang Xuan sensed an intense evil aura while carrying Yuan Dan away, drew his sword, and unleashed a strike that cleaved the entire tribe in two.
• Yuan Ji recognized Fang Xuan’s sword strike as a Demon Envoy’s attack aimed at the fat man.

Fang Xuan and Yuan Dan escaped the battle at the Longevity Clan’s tribe, where Chieftain Yuan Ji drove off the attackers with a powerful divine ability. As they traveled, Yuan Dan explained how the Saint Stones had corrupted members of his clan, and they arrived at another enormous tribe.

• Chieftain Yuan Ji unleashed Wood's Extremity: Sky Burial, forcing the Extraterritorial Martial Artists to flee, then ordered his clansmen to leave after learning more than sixty had died.
• Yuan Ji went to check whether Yuan Dan had survived while Fang Xuan carried Yuan Dan away through the trees.
• Yuan Dan told Fang Xuan that the Saint Prison had once been a sacred place where Longevity Clan members received the ancestors’ blessing through the Saint Stone.
• Yuan Dan explained that an uninvited guest had fought the Ancestor a thousand years earlier, and that black impurities in the Saint Stones later caused some clansmen to become bloodthirsty and be imprisoned.
• Fang Xuan and Yuan Dan reached an enormous tribe standing atop the treetops.

Fang Xuan and Yuan Dan reached the Longevity Clan's Main Tribe, where the clan members distrusted Fang Xuan but let him accompany Yuan Dan to the palace. Inside, the High Priest attacked Fang Xuan, who countered the blow and realized the elderly man was stronger than Zhao Chuanxiong.

• Yuan Dan ordered the Longevity Clan guards to report his arrival and let Fang Xuan enter the Main Tribe as his honored guest.
• Fang Xuan and Yuan Dan passed through the tribe while its members whispered hostilely about Fang Xuan as an Extraterritorial Martial Artist.
• Yuan Dan warned Fang Xuan that the High Priest had a strange temper before they entered the palace.
• The High Priest fired a powerful beam at Fang Xuan, who blocked it with a slash from his Seventh Rank Spirit Sword.
• The High Priest praised Fang Xuan's counterattack, and Fang Xuan recognized that the elderly man was stronger than Zhao Chuanxiong.