Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Zhou Xue introduces Fang Wang to Suxuan and Divine Monk Chenguang. Fang Wang recognizes Chenguang as the monk who once came to rescue the Evil-Suppressing Golden Buddha.
• Suxuan questions Fang Wang about Great Sage Xianglong and Emperor Hongxuan. Fang Wang says he considers both his masters because he received their inheritances.
• Suxuan privately explains that he is Emperor Hongxuan’s disciple and Great Sage Xianglong’s master, so Fang Wang’s claim muddles the generations of their lineage.
• Suxuan recounts his past: he became a great sage at a young age, but during the war between the mortal world and the Upper Realm, Emperor Hongxuan stripped him of his sagehood to save his life. Suxuan later trained three great sages, including Xianglong, all of whom met untimely ends.
• Suxuan warns Fang Wang not to pursue the Absolute Emperor’s inheritance, saying that although the emperor benefited the mortal world, his loyalties were ultimately elsewhere.
• Meanwhile, Zhu Rulai plans to take the remaining Buddhist Sect members to join Wang Dao and rebuild the Buddhist Sect. Zhou Xue claims Shen Xin, revealing that he is the Nine Lives Treasure Spirit and will become her student.
• A wave of Buddhist chanting interrupts Suxuan’s conversation. He is surprised that someone can withstand his karmic curse and suspects this is why Zhou Xue summoned him.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Wang remains respectful toward those whose inheritances helped him, even as he believes he can surpass them. He is curious about Suxuan’s history and the Absolute Emperor.
• Suxuan emerges as a long-lived, diminished former great sage, fiercely protective of the proper master-disciple lineage and burdened by survival and loss. He speaks with affection and regret about Xianglong.
• Zhou Xue quietly directs events: she permits Fang Wang’s private talk with Suxuan, takes Shen Xin for herself, and appears to know Suxuan’s involvement will matter.
• Zhu Rulai accepts Zhou Xue’s claim on Shen Xin and recognizes the boy’s extraordinary potential. He also realizes Fang Wang’s talent may exceed even that of the Nine Lives Treasure Spirit.
• Fang Wang and Suxuan form a candid, inquisitive exchange, while Zhou Xue and Zhu Rulai coordinate the future of the displaced Buddhist Sect.

Significant themes

• Lineage and gratitude: Fang Wang honors his benefactors, while Suxuan insists that spiritual inheritance must respect generations.
• Sacrifice and survival: Emperor Hongxuan saved Suxuan by stripping away his sagehood, leaving him to endure a long, diminished life.
• The cost of conflict: The Upper Realm’s interference repeatedly destroys promising great sages and shapes the fate of the mortal world.
• Talent and humility: Shen Xin’s rare gift is impressive, yet Fang Wang’s abilities set an even higher standard.
• Unresolved loyalties: Suxuan’s warning about the Absolute Emperor suggests that aid to the mortal world does not necessarily mean allegiance to it.

Key plot points and events

• The Unrighteous True Buddha arrives at the ruined Buddhist Sect. Suxuan explains that he was cast aside by the sect for rejecting its hypocrisy and is reportedly half a step from the Heaven and Earth Universe Realm.
• He draws everyone into his Heaven and Earth Universe, transforming the realm into a blood-red world filled with more than a million awakened Buddhist statues.
• The Unrighteous True Buddha attacks with a colossal palm. Fang Wang grows to more than 25,000 zhang and blocks it, shocking the onlookers. The palm bursts apart, though its force drives Fang Wang back.
• The True Buddha then attacks with a golden pestle, conjuring an illusion of countless ghosts. Fang Wang resists the distraction and thrusts with his Celestial Palace Halberd, but the True Buddha stops the enormous weapon with one finger and flings it into distant mountains.
• Before Fang Wang can retrieve the halberd, the True Buddha appears directly before him and swings the pestle at his face, leaving the fight at a cliffhanger.

Character developments

• Fang Wang eagerly accepts the chance to test his limits. He displays startling growth in size and power, but the True Buddha proves capable of countering him with ease.
• The Unrighteous True Buddha is established as an exceptionally powerful, menacing opponent whose control over his realm makes him seem nearly omnipotent.
• Zhou Xue watches the confrontation closely and seems to recognize more than she says; she briefly prepares to act, then holds back.
• Suxuan explains the opponent’s nature and encourages Fang Wang to test himself.
• Zhu Rulai prepares to defend against the giant palm, but pauses in amazement at Fang Wang’s intervention.

Significant themes

• Limits and ambition: Fang Wang confronts an opponent strong enough to test the boundaries of his abilities.
• Power and scale: The battle’s immense transformations emphasize the gap between extraordinary strength and realm-level authority.
• Hypocrisy and dissent: The True Buddha’s history reflects his rejection of the Buddhist Sect’s teachings and its suppression of those who challenge it.

Character interactions

• Suxuan briefs Fang Wang on the True Buddha and invites him to test his strength; Fang Wang answers by entering the fight.
• Fang Wang’s defense surprises Zhou Xue, Zhu Rulai, Suxuan, Shen Xin, and the Buddhist disciples.
• The True Buddha focuses his attacks on Fang Wang, while Fang Wang counters first with the halberd and then with the resolve granted by the Heart of the Heavenly Dao.

Plot points and events

• Fang Wang survives the Unrighteous True Buddha’s lightning-fast Golden Pestle strike, purging its chilling force with his cultivation and yang energy.
• The two resume their battle, trading blows at tremendous speed and wrecking the surrounding landscape. Zhou Xue shields Zhu Rulai and the surrendered Buddhist cultivators from the destruction.
• The Unrighteous True Buddha’s chants disturb the minds of those nearby. Fang Wang resists their effects better than the others, thanks to the Heart of the Heavenly Dao, and continues fighting.
• After a golden punch sends him flying, Fang Wang steadies himself and unleashes more of his power, including the Heavenly Dao Boundless Scripture and the Tiangang Supreme Yang Tyrant Body.
• The True Buddha praises Fang Wang’s potential but declares that killing such a promising genius would be enjoyable. He then invokes a power that makes the world itself collapse toward Fang Wang.
• Fang Wang uses the Zhenshi Bead to draw in the falling debris, then charges the True Buddha with a faster, empowered halberd strike. The True Buddha counters with a golden disk depicting six kinds of Dharmakaya.
• As the attacks collide, supernatural restraints seize Fang Wang, and a seductive female ghost reaches for his forehead—only to shriek when she touches him.

Character developments

• Fang Wang relishes the challenge of facing a superior opponent. His confidence has become an unshakable conviction that he is the strongest, and he fights without fear. He also shows concern for the people behind Zhou Xue’s shield.
• Zhou Xue demonstrates formidable protective power, holding her barrier against the battle’s destructive force.
• The Unrighteous True Buddha recognizes Fang Wang’s extraordinary physique and cultivation, admires his future potential, yet takes pleasure in the prospect of destroying him.
• Zhu Rulai watches the fight closely and notices Zhou Xue’s strength.

Significant themes

• Confidence and fearlessness: Fang Wang’s Dao bone shapes not only his body but his Dao heart, leaving him undaunted by overwhelming power.
• Power and potential: The True Buddha sees Fang Wang as a rare talent capable of becoming a great figure in the future.
• Destruction and protection: Their clash devastates the world around them, while Zhou Xue’s barrier protects the onlookers.
• Contrasting motives: The True Buddha’s admiration does not prevent him from wanting to kill Fang Wang.

Character interactions

• Fang Wang gives the True Buddha his name, and the True Buddha praises it and then his potential.
• Fang Wang and the True Buddha engage in an increasingly powerful contest of weapons, cultivation, and supernatural techniques.
• Zhou Xue protects Zhu Rulai and the Buddhist cultivators throughout the fight; Zhu Rulai observes her abilities.
• The female ghost attempts to captivate and subdue Fang Wang, but her touch provokes an unexpected reaction.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Fang Wang withstands the Unrighteous True Buddha’s soul attacks and continues fighting amid the collapsing spiritual universe. The Zhenshi Bead devours the Buddha’s enormous mountain of stone statues, but blood Qi then envelops the bead and halts its power.
• The battle shifts from the shattered blood-filled universe to the ocean and then a continent. The Unrighteous True Buddha uses powerful treasures and abilities, while Fang Wang fights with the Celestial Palace Halberd and grows increasingly confident.
• Seeing Fang Wang begin to form the Extinction Divine Record, the Buddha panics and attacks recklessly. Fang Wang channels the Record’s power into his halberd, forcing the Buddha to dodge and gradually gaining the advantage.
• The Buddha spreads a lethal blood mist across the land, destroying plants and turning animals, insects, and even stones to remains.
• Zhou Xue suddenly appears behind the Buddha and pierces him with her dark-red sword. The wound’s internal power forces him to suppress it, giving Fang Wang and Zhou Xue a chance to surround him.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Wang proves resilient against both soul attacks and overwhelming force. He relishes the challenge of facing his strongest opponent yet and believes he may be able to kill the Buddha.
• Zhou Xue leaves the defensive barrier after ensuring the others are protected, then joins Fang Wang with a decisive ambush. She recognizes that the Buddha has gained valuable insight from their fight and argues he must be killed before he can reach the Heaven and Earth Universe realm.
• Fang Wang and Zhou Xue resume fighting together after nearly three hundred years apart; their calm exchange underscores their familiarity and shared purpose.
• Suxuan takes over maintaining Zhou Xue’s protective barrier, while Zhou Xue pulls the unconscious Little Purple into safety. Zhao Zhen expresses gratitude.

Significant themes

• Grit and growth: Fang Wang’s refusal to yield lets him close the gap with a vastly powerful opponent.
• The danger of allowing an enemy to grow: Zhou Xue insists the Buddha cannot be allowed to survive and advance further.
• Trust and partnership: Fang Wang and Zhou Xue’s reunion in battle shows the strength of their longstanding bond and coordination.

Plot points and events

• Unrighteous True Buddha traps Fang Wang and Zhou Xue inside his blood-red Heaven and Earth Universe Spiritual Image. Zhou Xue explains that entering an opponent’s spiritual image puts them at a disadvantage—and that merging one’s true self into it creates a vulnerability.
• Unrighteous True Buddha suspects Zhou Xue has reached the same realm, but dismisses her claim that she is an immortal venerable’s reincarnation and attacks.
• Zhou Xue meets his strike with her Nijue Sword, while Fang Wang ambushes him with the Celestial Palace Halberd. The pair press their advantage together, steadily injuring and overwhelming him.
• During the fight, Fang Wang learns that Zhou Xue spent two hundred years forging the Nijue Sword specifically for him. She says she wants to spar with him and does not intend to lose to her fiancé.
• As Unrighteous True Buddha grows desperate, he summons countless statues and begins tearing apart the continent. Zhou Xue calls for Fang Wang to use his strongest ability; she unleashes a vast sword strike, and Fang Wang counters with the Zhuxian Startling Swan Sword, empowered by the Extinction Divine Record.
• Their combined attacks shatter the spiritual image and destroy the continent. When Fang Wang’s vision clears, the battlefield is scattered across a stormy sea.
• Unrighteous True Buddha is left kneeling on a fragment of the broken land. His life force is gone, his soul has been absorbed by Fang Wang’s sword qi, and his body is turning to stone.

Character developments

• Fang Wang fights in close coordination with Zhou Xue and displays growing confidence in his powerful sword technique. He also lightly teases her, even amid the battle.
• Zhou Xue reveals both her expertise in spiritual images and her formidable combat ability. Her sword was made with Fang Wang in mind, underscoring her affection and competitive desire to challenge him as an equal.
• Unrighteous True Buddha shifts from mocking confidence to fury and desperation, but remains defiant to the end.

Significant themes

• Cooperation and trust: Fang Wang and Zhou Xue combine their abilities to defeat an enemy neither could easily overcome alone.
• Love as partnership: Their engagement is expressed through teasing, mutual support, and Zhou Xue’s desire to compete with Fang Wang rather than simply depend on him.
• Power and vulnerability: Even an overwhelming technique has weaknesses; understanding its rules can turn an apparent advantage into a liability.
• Defiance in defeat: Unrighteous True Buddha dies without showing fear or despair, maintaining his rage to the end.

Character interactions

• Zhou Xue instructs Fang Wang on the dangers of the spiritual image, then fights beside him with precise, complementary attacks.
• Fang Wang praises her sword and asks what she means by having prepared it for him; she answers with a playful challenge to their future sparring.
• After the battle, Fang Wang thanks her and asks to claim the enemy’s soul for his sword. Zhou Xue replies that sealing him was her role and killing him was Fang Wang’s responsibility.

Plot points and events

• After defeating Unrighteous True Buddha, Fang Wang reflects on the gap between extraordinary techniques and the true Heaven and Earth Universe Realm. Zhou Xue explains that only cultivators who reach that realm can overcome its power; no supreme art can substitute for it.
• Zhou Xue retrieves a sarira from the Buddha’s body for the Goldenxiao Sect’s disciples, then seals the corpse in a scroll to preserve it. She explains that keeping it may prove useful, though her exact reasons remain unclear.
• Rather than immediately return, Zhou Xue proposes exploring the Void Sea, where she once failed to claim a hidden opportunity. She assures Fang Wang that others have been sent to protect the Buddhist Sect and its people. The pair leave to rest and recover before searching.
• The scene shifts to Jian Tianze, where Fang Jing regales a crowd of young cultivators with stories of his heroism. Hongchen notes that Fang Jing is genuinely powerful and likely possesses a significant inheritance.
• Dugu Wenhun tells Fang Bai that Xu Qiuming is coming to compete for the Sword Sect Title. Fang Bai recognizes Xu’s formidable reputation and resolves to treat the challenge as motivation.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Wang regards Zhou Xue as his true rival—not an enemy, but a peer who pushes him to improve. He is impressed by her combat ability and foresight, and is unusually playful with her, teasing that they have never been alone together.
• Zhou Xue is practical and guarded: she preserves the Buddha’s corpse, shares her knowledge of the Void Sea, and reassures Fang Wang about the safety of their allies. She lightly teases him about Little Purple, prompting him to insist that she is a True Dragon, not a snake demon.
• Fang Jing appears boastful, but Hongchen’s assessment reveals that his confidence is backed by considerable strength and possible inherited fortune.
• Fang Bai initially dismisses Fang Jing’s stories, then becomes hopeful when he learns of his nephew’s strength. Xu Qiuming’s arrival raises the stakes for him: he feels pressure but is eager to prove himself.

Significant themes

• Limits of talent and technique: Even mastery of supreme arts cannot replace reaching the highest cultivation realm.
• Rivalry as growth: Fang Wang and Zhou Xue’s competition is respectful and motivating, while Fang Bai sees a powerful rival as a reason to improve.
• Fortune and inheritance: Sariras, hidden opportunities, and inherited power may benefit cultivators, but their outcomes depend on individual affinity and effort.
• Reputation versus reality: Fang Jing’s grand stories invite skepticism, yet his strength is real; Xu Qiuming’s reputation, meanwhile, becomes a daunting test for Fang Bai.

Plot and events

• Fang Wang and Zhou Xue spend a quiet night together by a bonfire. Zhou asks whether he truly intends to stay in the mortal world rather than ascend. She worries that his growing strength—and possible changes caused by his Boundless Stainless Dao Bone—could make him dangerously overconfident.
• Fang Wang says he plans to remain and develop his power, offering to rescue Zhou if she encounters trouble in the Upper Realm. He explains that the Lingxiao Divine Sect’s supreme art may let him travel between realms in the future. Zhou declines to learn it, saying she has other means of returning and can already cultivate Fang’s Jiuyou Free Art.
• They discuss the difference between Great Sages, Great Emperors, and Immortals and Gods. Zhou explains that these titles describe ranks rather than single levels of cultivation, and that formidable Mortal World powers can rival the Upper Realm, which helps explain why the Upper Realm relies on suppression rather than outright conquest.
• Zhou also clarifies that the Nine-Lives Treasure Spirit is from the Western Human World, distinct from a Buddhist Son reincarnated from the Upper Realm. She predicts that once the Ascension Steps end, the divide between the Eastern and Western Human Worlds will fall, ushering in an era of rivalry. Western geniuses will initially dominate, before Eastern talents catch up.
• At dawn, Fang and Zhou travel to a deep-sea inheritance site. Zhou warns him that the ocean floor contains powerful, secluded Demon Race clans and forbidden regions unknown even to many human cultivators.
• They reach the Grand Nirvana Palace, once the Dao palace of Great Emperor Nirvana, a figure renowned even in the Upper Realm’s Immortal Court. Zhou admits she regrets not pursuing his inheritance more forcefully in her previous life. Inside, the water drains away, revealing a corridor lined with vivid red paintings of monsters and scenes of conflict.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Wang is content to stay in the mortal world, confident in his future ability to reach the Upper Realm if needed. He is protective of Zhou but also reassured that the Mortal World’s strongest figures can hold their own.
• Zhou Xue reveals both her determination to ascend—to pursue old grudges—and her uncertainty about the nature of her rebirth. She remains practical and cautious, warning Fang about his arrogance and the dangers of the seabed.
• Their comfortable silence, teasing, and open conversation show growing trust and ease between them. Their friendly race during the journey also adds a playful, competitive note to their relationship.

Significant themes

• Ambition versus contentment: Zhou seeks the Upper Realm to settle old scores, while Fang believes he can build power without leaving the mortal world.
• Trust and mutual support: Fang offers to save Zhou, and both acknowledge ways they could help or contact one another across realms.
• Uncertainty and destiny: Zhou questions whether she has returned to the past or entered another version of the world; both recognize that future events may change even if broad trends persist.
• Hidden power and history: The chapter challenges assumptions about the Upper Realm’s superiority and leads into a mysterious inheritance whose history is preserved in the palace’s monster murals.

Key plot points and events

• Fang Wang studies the Grand Nirvana Palace’s murals and is drawn into visions of demon history: its tribes, dynasties, tragedies, and heroic figures. Zhou Xue brings him back and warns him not to confuse understanding demons with trusting them.
• Zhou Xue explains that the human–demon conflict spans many realms and reflects a struggle for dominance of the Great Dao. She also says the Upper Realm’s demons are formidable, and some hold high positions among the Immortals and Gods.
• As they continue through the seemingly endless palace, Zhou Xue reveals that her strongest abilities are perception and deduction. She says the fates of Hong Xian’er and the Dayu Divine Dynasty have changed, but they must still endure their tribulations to secure new futures.
• At the end of the corridor, the pair enter a misty realm containing pillars inscribed with spells. Fang Wang memorizes ten spells, then returns as a group of demons approaches.
• Four demon geniuses arrive from the Void Sea’s Nine Palaces: Ying Canghai, Ming Hailin, Chen Yao, and Shen Jiujiao. After they direct killing intent at Fang Wang and Zhou Xue, Fang Wang’s overwhelming aura frightens them into backing down.
• Zhou Xue proposes that they face Great Emperor Nirvana’s inheritance trials together, claiming the inheritance can be shared and need not provoke a fight. The demons warm to her—until she introduces Fang Wang as “Heavenly Dao Fang Wang.” Recognizing his name, all four immediately retreat.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Wang shows curiosity about demon history without losing his awareness of the danger posed by opposing factions. His strength is enough to halt the demons’ hostility, and his reputation alone makes them flee.
• Zhou Xue remains composed, strategic, and confident in her perception and deduction. She steers the encounter toward cooperation, while cautioning Fang Wang about the risks of sympathy and the limits of altered fate.
• Fang Wang and Zhou Xue exchange teasing remarks about her abilities and Fang Wang’s past, then work together to meet the approaching demons. Zhou’s friendly approach contrasts with Fang’s intimidating presence.
• The four demons first act aggressively, then become politely cooperative when confronted with Fang Wang’s power. Their reaction to his title reveals how widely feared or renowned he is.

Significant themes

• Empathy versus allegiance: Demons possess culture, loyalty, and courage, but shared humanity-like qualities do not erase the conflict between their peoples.
• Fate and transformation: Some destinies can change, yet lasting renewal requires facing and surviving trials.
• Reputation and power: Fang Wang’s strength and name reshape the balance of an encounter before any fight begins.
• Inheritance and cooperation: Zhou Xue suggests that spiritual opportunity need not be won through mutual destruction, though trust remains fragile.

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Chapter summary

Key plot points

• Fang Wang kills Ming Hailin and Chen Yao almost instantly. As he closes in on Ying Canghai, Shen Jiujiao suddenly attacks Ying, cutting him in half.
• Shen tries to bargain with Fang Wang, then flees and declares that he gives up. Great Emperor Nirvana refuses to let him withdraw, and Fang kills him with a single kick.
• Ying survives his wounds, but the first trial ends with Fang Wang and Zhou Xue facing Great Emperor Nirvana.
• For the second trial, Nirvana intends to trap them in separate illusions and make them storm a faction whose strongest member is two major realms above them. Fang Wang avoids being absorbed into the illusion thanks to his fully mastered Formless and Intangible Zhoutian Technique.
• Zhou Xue reveals that she brought Ying Canghai along as a potential vessel for Nirvana’s remnant soul. Nirvana enters Ying’s body, apparently taking the first step toward rebirth.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Wang displays overwhelming strength and calm, even when the trials escalate. Reflecting on how far he has come, he recognizes that his apparent rapid rise rests on nearly one hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Shen Jiujiao turns on Ying to improve his own chances, then pleads to withdraw when Fang proves too strong. His fear and self-preservation fail to save him.
• Ying Canghai is betrayed by Shen and badly wounded, but survives long enough to become Nirvana’s chosen vessel.
• Zhou Xue reveals that her participation had a purpose beyond the trial: she wants to give Nirvana a chance at rebirth. She and Fang share an understanding, while she also speaks directly to Nirvana about his lingering desire to live.
• Great Emperor Nirvana remains composed and unsentimental, enforcing the trial’s rules before accepting Zhou Xue’s offer. He clarifies that his return would be a rebirth through a vessel—not a true resurrection.

Significant themes

• Power and perspective: Fang’s effortless victory contrasts with his memories of once struggling against far weaker opponents, highlighting how time and cultivation reshape one’s sense of strength.
• Fear, loyalty, and betrayal: Shen’s attack on Ying exposes how survival instincts can override solidarity.
• Death and the desire to live: Zhou Xue suggests that departed Great Sages and Emperors may retain an unwillingness to accept death, though rebirth comes with limits and danger.
• Hidden schemes and larger mysteries: The possibility that powerful figures can evade death—and fear pursuit from the Upper Realm—hints at a broader conflict involving the fate of past and present Great Sages and Emperors.

Plot points and events

• Ying Canghai awakens from the resurrection ritual, still inhabiting a demon body. Fang Wang and Zhou Xue wait while he regains his composure.
• Fang Wang and Zhou Xue discuss why even powerful Upper Realm figures can fall, and Zhou Xue explains that four exceptionally gifted demons came to the Grand Nirvana Palace. They were notorious predators of humanity in past lives, so Fang Wang’s killing them was also an act of justice.
• Once fully alert, Ying Canghai tests Fang Wang with a punch. Fang Wang holds his ground, impressing the resurrected Great Emperor Nirvana with his physical potential.
• Nirvana asks what Zhou Xue expects of him. She explains her plan to build the Golden Xiao Sect, resurrect other enemies of the Immortal Court, and eventually challenge it. Nirvana is to act on her behalf seven times in the Mortal World; the larger campaign could give him a chance to save his daughter.
• Nirvana agrees to begin by passing on one of his two inheritances. Fang Wang chooses Nirvana’s supreme body-cultivation technique, and the glowing characters from the palace pillars enter his forehead as he begins to comprehend it.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Wang shows protective instinct by stepping in front of Zhou Xue when Nirvana attacks, as well as confidence in his own strength. He remains eager to improve and chooses the physical technique. Zhou Xue’s repeated praise of the Nine-Lives Treasure Spirit provokes his competitive pride, though he suspects she is trying to goad him.
• Zhou Xue demonstrates strategic foresight and persuasive composure. She reveals the broad outlines of her anti-Immortal Court campaign but keeps her identity secret, citing the karmic danger of disclosure.
• Great Emperor Nirvana / Ying Canghai emerges wary and forceful, then becomes impressed by Fang Wang and intrigued by Zhou Xue’s organization. His central motive is the possibility of rescuing his daughter.
• Nirvana notices the mutual trust between Fang Wang and Zhou Xue. Zhou Xue calls their bond a “marriage contract of paper,” prompting Nirvana to laugh.

Significant themes

• Power and political peril: Even the mightiest figures can be overthrown and cursed in the Upper Realm.
• Justice and revenge: Fang Wang’s defeat of the demons serves both as a personal victory and as retribution for their past persecution of humanity.
• Ambition and alliance: Zhou Xue is assembling powerful, wronged figures for a future confrontation with the Immortal Court.
• Potential and growth: Fang Wang’s strength earns an ancient emperor’s respect, while the inheritance marks the next stage of his development.

Plot points and events

• Fang Wang reveals that he has mastered Great Emperor Nirvana’s body-cultivating supreme art, the Nirvana Divine Power, to Great Completion after training in the Heavenly Palace for nearly eight thousand years.
• Great Emperor Nirvana initially doubts him, then is astonished by Fang Wang’s demonstration. He suspects Fang Wang’s attainment may even surpass his own, though he keeps that reaction to himself.
• Zhou Xue begins lifting Great Emperor Nirvana’s seal. Afterward, Nirvana retrieves a cyan jade ruler hidden in a stone pillar, and the group prepares to leave. He is excited about the prospect of resurrection.
• While waiting, Fang Wang longs for the quiet of ordinary mortal life and resolves to spend a peaceful year in seclusion in Great Qi once the matter is settled.
• In a parallel scene, Hong Xian’er is approached indirectly by a mysterious figure named Taiyou, who communicates through tea spilled on the floor. Taiyou claims to share her destiny and offers a deal: a saintly art that would grant her Great Emperor power and help her escape her approaching tribulation.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Wang demonstrates extraordinary talent and confidence, but the long cultivation has left him mentally and physically drained. Despite his strength, he yearns for rest and ordinary life.
• Great Emperor Nirvana moves from disappointment and disbelief to intense admiration, recognizing Fang Wang’s exceptional accomplishment and becoming eager for his own return to life.
• Zhou Xue remains confident in Fang Wang, calling him the foundation of her ambitions. Her praise briefly makes him wonder whether she is confessing her feelings.
• Hong Xian’er responds to Taiyou with skepticism, challenging the unseen stranger’s credibility rather than accepting the offer at face value.
• Taiyou warns that Hong Xian’er’s inherited Great Emperor destiny brings an imminent calamity that may also endanger the person bound to her by marriage.

Significant themes

• Exceptional talent and the cost of mastery: Fang Wang achieves in thousands of years what even Nirvana’s elite disciples took tens of thousands of years to accomplish, yet the effort exhausts him.
• Destiny and choice: Hong Xian’er is offered power as a way to resist the fate imposed on her, raising the question of whether destiny can be escaped—or only confronted through greater power.
• Power versus ordinary life: Fang Wang’s growing strength contrasts with his longing for peaceful, mundane existence.

Key plot points

• Taiyou offers Hong Xian’er a Saintly Art, claiming it could help her attain Great Emperor power. He warns that cultivation could lead to madness, a deviant path, or death, and argues that she should not accept a fate imposed by the Upper Realm. Hong Xian’er remains wary and asks to receive the art before deciding whether to trust him.
• Fang Wang, Zhou Xue, and Great Emperor Nirvana leave the Void Sea and travel to the Buddhist Sect. Fang Wang takes Little Purple, Zhu Rulai, and the surrendered Buddhist disciples with him; Zhu Rulai is later appointed to represent the Buddhist Sect among the Twelve Dao Sects.
• The group returns to Jian Tianze, where Fang Wang leaves the political arrangements to others and spends a year traveling around Great Qi. The realm grows more prosperous and politically connected through his influence.
• Back at Jian Tianze, Fang Wang reunites with Gu Tianxiong for a night of drinking. Gu tells him that an “immortal” has come looking for him. Fang Wang discovers that the visitor is Hong Xian’er.
• Hong Xian’er tells Fang Wang about Taiyou and shares the Saintly Art for him to examine. Fang Wang recognizes that it seems genuine and extraordinarily profound, raising the possibility that Taiyou’s offer could have serious consequences.

Character developments and interactions

• Hong Xian’er shows caution and sound judgment: she neither trusts Taiyou blindly nor hides the encounter from Fang Wang. She seeks his assessment before committing to cultivation.
• Fang Wang returns to his warm, sociable manner after a year of travel, but remains alert to threats involving Taiyou. He praises Hong Xian’er for being rational and treats the art with immediate seriousness.
• Zhu Rulai notices that Fang Wang has become quieter, though he does not press him. Little Purple assumes Fang Wang is adjusting to a powerful inheritance.
• Great Emperor Nirvana and Suxuan display mutual curiosity and playful rivalry, with Zhou Xue hinting that they are alike.
• Gu Tianxiong greets Fang Wang warmly and teases him about his daughter, Gu Li, who is striving to catch up with him. Hong Xian’er joins in the teasing before turning to the matter of Taiyou.

Significant themes

• Trust and manipulation: Hong Xian’er weighs Taiyou’s apparent generosity against the danger of being drawn into a scheme.
• Power and its price: The Saintly Art promises a path to Great Emperor strength but carries grave risks.
• Fate and resistance: Taiyou frames Hong Xian’er’s danger as the result of the Upper Realm’s fear of her imperial father, challenging her to accept or resist that fate.
• Influence and legacy: Fang Wang’s reputation shapes Great Qi’s expansion and alliances, while his relationships and past connections continue to affect events.

Key plot points and events

• Hong Xian’er recounts Taiyou’s saintly art to Fang Wang. He recognizes it as the Nine Extremities Blood Sacrifice Art, a one-use technique that trades the user’s destiny, fate, and lifespan for their greatest possible power.
• Fang Wang concludes that Taiyou likely intends to take over Hong Xian’er’s body after the technique kills her. He forbids Hong Xian’er from cultivating it and vows to protect her.
• Overwhelmed by the prospect that he may eventually have to use the art himself, Fang Wang withdraws to Mount Kunlun to calm down. He reflects on how his past-life self, Hongchen, may have used the same technique to reach half-step Great Emperor strength before dying.
• Qiao Xuan, the elderly manager of Kunlun’s construction, visits Fang Wang to discuss succession plans. He asks Fang Wang to bring his reincarnated self to see Kunlun if Fang Wang ever becomes immortal; Fang Wang promises.
• Fang Wang contemplates mortality and change, accepting that people and eras pass, even as he privately hopes to achieve longevity himself.
• Three months later, after placing Hong Xian’er inside the Kunlun Formation, Fang Wang prepares to attend the founding of the Sword Sect, as the Dao Lord’s presence is needed to legitimize each of the Twelve Dao Sects.
• Hongchen reports that she has cursed several beings who tried to divine Wangdao or scheme against the Fang family, but says one particular threat still concerns her.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Wang shows a strong sense of duty toward Hong Xian’er, driven partly by gratitude to Eastern Duke Emperor. His protective promise touches her deeply, though he insists his seriousness comes from distress rather than affection. He also grows more reflective about impermanence and his own desire for immortality.
• Hong Xian’er is frightened by the danger of Taiyou’s art and moved by Fang Wang’s vow, which rekindles her affection for him.
• Qiao Xuan faces his approaching death with warmth and satisfaction, trusting Fang Wang to oversee Kunlun’s future and hoping to witness its completion in another life.
• Hongchen remains vigilant in protecting Wangdao and the Fang family, but her concern about one unresolved enemy sets up the next conflict.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and power: The Nine Extremities Blood Sacrifice Art grants extraordinary strength at the cost of certain death.
• Mortality and impermanence: Fang Wang recognizes that people and circumstances inevitably change, finding beauty as well as melancholy in that cycle.
• Duty, affection, and gratitude: Fang Wang’s protection of Hong Xian’er and respect for Qiao Xuan are shaped by obligation and gratitude, even when personal feelings complicate them.
• The pursuit of longevity: Fang Wang accepts the world’s changes but hopes to escape mortality himself.

Plot and key events

• Hongchen warns Fang Wang that Daoist Chunqiu, a fortune-teller who has repeatedly schemed against him, continues to encourage Lv Xianming to oppose him. Lv has refused, earning Fang Wang’s approval. Since Hongchen cannot locate Chunqiu, Fang Wang decides to focus on cultivation and wait for the schemer to reveal himself.
• Wang Dao grows rapidly after Zhu Rulai joins with more than ten thousand Buddhist disciples and establishes the New Buddhist Sect. With the Sword Sect selections attracting increasing interest, Dugu Wenhun proposes postponing them and raising the entry threshold. Fang Wang agrees.
• Ten years pass. Fang Wang reaches the fourth layer of the Breaking Heaven Realm, while Jian Tianze and the surrounding region fill with visitors preparing for the selections. Wang Dao restricts access to Kunlun and assigns the Buddhist Sect to guard it.
• The Sword Immortal arrives and openly challenges Fang Wang. Yang Du and other Wang Dao leaders surround him, but Fang Wang orders them to stand down.
• Fang Wang recognizes the Sword Immortal’s Nine Extremities Blood Sacrifice Art and urges him to use it, knowing it will kill him but raise his power beyond even the Unrighteous True Buddha’s. The Sword Immortal activates the art, unleashing a terrifying surge of blood-red sword qi.
• Dugu Wenhun mobilizes hundreds of thousands of Wang Dao disciples to form a defensive barrier around Jianglong Continent. The onlookers marvel at the Sword Immortal’s power, yet remain confident Fang Wang will prevail.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Wang remains calm and confident, prioritizing cultivation over chasing an elusive enemy. He shows interest in Lv Xianming’s sound judgment and eagerness to test the Sword Immortal’s full strength.
• Hongchen acts as Fang Wang’s vigilant adviser, warning him about Chunqiu and cautioning that his cultivation realm may lag behind his natural talent.
• The Sword Immortal appears more powerful than before and chooses a deadly technique rather than hesitate, turning his challenge into a likely fight to the death.
• Wang Dao’s leaders and disciples demonstrate loyalty and readiness to protect Fang Wang and the sect: they initially confront the Sword Immortal, then obey Fang Wang’s order and form a continent-spanning defense.

Significant themes

• Patience and cultivation: Fang Wang refuses to be distracted by a hidden enemy and trusts that Chunqiu will eventually expose himself.
• Power and sacrifice: The Sword Immortal’s art offers immense strength at the cost of his life.
• Institution-building and collective strength: Wang Dao’s growing influence, disciplined defenses, and alliance with the Buddhist Sect show its development into a major power.
• Confidence in a leader: Even amid the Sword Immortal’s overwhelming display, the gathered cultivators trust Fang Wang to win.

Plot points and events

• Xu Yan recounts being raised in a village in the Great Wei Dynasty. At seven, he witnesses a Qietian Holy Sect cultivator murder his family, take their souls, and carry him away to teach him swordsmanship.
• Xu Yan spends ten years under the cultivator’s violent rule alongside three other survivors. After their master leaves, they escape and join Hutian Cult forces pursuing Qietian. They hear of Fang Wang’s campaigns against the sect, then witness Fang Wang and the Thousand-Eyed Great Sage battle on a world-shattering scale.
• After the Great Sage is defeated and Qietian disbands, Xu Yan and his companions try to begin again. Xu Yan marries Lin Ya, whom he has come to regard as a beloved partner, but the next morning finds her and their two younger companions dead. Their former master reveals that he had kept them as candidates for possession, and Xu Yan—whose cultivation had surpassed the others’—is his final target.
• The possession fails when Xu Yan awakens a second Life-Bound Treasure Spirit: an innate sword spirit he had seen guiding his practice since childhood. It lets him master sword techniques after seeing them once. He later receives the sword inheritance of the great sage Jian You and becomes extraordinarily powerful.
• Xu Yan grows obsessed with challenging Fang Wang. After reaching the Mahayana Realm, he learns Fang Wang is still far beyond him. Taking Jian You’s technique to reach his own ultimate potential, Xu Yan prepares to fight Fang Wang, with his body transforming under the technique’s immense strain.

Character development and relationships

• Xu Yan begins emotionally numb; his family’s murder awakens hatred, and his companions and marriage briefly show him the possibility of trust and happiness. Losing his wife and brothers devastates him and leaves revenge—and eventually the pursuit of Fang Wang—as his reason to continue living.
• His former master first appears as a teacher but is revealed as a calculating predator who has groomed survivors for possession.
• Lin Ya, once Xu Yan’s companion and younger-sister figure, becomes his wife. Their brief happiness makes her murder especially devastating.
• Jian You recognizes Xu Yan’s innate gift and becomes his spiritual teacher, passing on his sword Dao.
• Fang Wang shifts in Xu Yan’s mind from a distant, world-changing hero to a rival and obsession. Xu Yan’s inability to catch up to him only sharpens his determination.

Significant themes

• Power and helplessness: Xu Yan learns that talent and resolve cannot always overcome overwhelming strength, yet power can offer the means to resist.
• Trauma and purpose: Repeated losses shape Xu Yan’s identity and drive him forward, even as his goal becomes an obsession.
• Destiny and exceptionalism: Xu Yan rejects the idea that he is a destined savior, but his innate spirit and rise as a Sword Immortal set him apart.
• Admiration and rivalry: Fang Wang inspires Xu Yan, but also becomes the measure against which Xu Yan judges his own life and strength.
• The cost of ambition: Xu Yan accepts a dangerous inheritance to reach his limit quickly, willingly risking himself for a final confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• Fang Wang recognizes that his perfected Nine Extremities Blood Sacrifice Art lets him perceive and forcibly undo another user’s sacrifice, stripping away the power gained at their limit—though it cannot restore the lifespan they have spent.
• The Sword Immortal completes his own blood sacrifice and confronts Fang Wang, his aura becoming so overwhelming that cultivators across the Jianglong Continent feel it.
• Fang Wang activates the Nirvana Divine Power for the first time, summoning a ghostly counterpart that mirrors his movements and amplifies his sword strike.
• The Sword Immortal admits that he sought Fang Wang to prove who was stronger, and reveals that the sage Jian You taught him the secret art. He accepts that he may have been used as a pawn but values the chance to fight Fang Wang.
• The Sword Immortal merges with a mysterious light-and-shadow counterpart and unleashes his Eternal Sword Strike. Fang Wang counters with a black sword slash enhanced by Nirvana Divine Power.
• Their clash shakes the world, blinding and deafening most people in Great Qi. When the light fades, the Sword Immortal is cracked and dying, having failed to withstand Fang Wang’s strike.
• At the chapter’s end, Fang Wang notices that the Heavenly Palace has appeared within his Treasure Spirit Space.

Character developments

• Fang Wang demonstrates the overwhelming power of his perfected blood-sacrifice art and tests Nirvana Divine Power in battle. He remains composed, questioning the motives behind the Sword Immortal’s attack.
• The Sword Immortal reveals that his challenge is driven mainly by a desire to measure himself against Fang Wang, not personal hatred. He knowingly accepts the risks of being used in exchange for the fight.
• Fang Hanhu, watching the distant sword light from the Nanqiong Sea, feels the pressure of the rising number of powerful figures. His ambition to keep pace with Fang Wang and their companions is renewed.

Significant themes

• Power and sacrifice: The Sword Immortal gains immense strength by spending his life, but his power cannot overcome Fang Wang’s.
• Ambition and manipulation: The Sword Immortal pursues his personal goal even while recognizing that Jian You may be using him.
• The widening struggle: Fang Hanhu’s reflections suggest that the Great Contention of Worlds is bringing more formidable figures into the world.
• Limits and transcendence: The duel contrasts the Sword Immortal’s sacrificed “limit” with Fang Wang’s still-greater strength.

Character interactions

• Fang Wang and the Sword Immortal exchange challenges and discuss the secret art’s origin and possible manipulation before fighting.
• Onlookers—including Yang Du, Hongchen, and Fang Bai—react with awe, suspicion, or distress to the Sword Immortal’s power and the ensuing battle.
• Fang Hanhu witnesses the distant clash and measures his own ambitions against the changes sweeping the cultivation world.

Chapter 106 Summary

• Fang Wang defeats the Sword Immortal: After the Sword Immortal’s final attack, Fang Wang kills him with a single sword strike. The Sword Immortal’s body crumbles to ash, and the protective formation over the Jianglong Continent is lifted. The gathered cultivators celebrate the spectacle, praising both men’s swordsmanship while reaffirming Fang Wang’s overwhelming superiority.
• The Heavenly Palace absorbs the Sword Immortal’s legacy: Inside Fang Wang’s Treasure Spirit Space, the Heavenly Palace opens as the Sword Immortal’s soul is drawn into it. Fang Wang later finds himself inside the palace and absorbs the Sword Immortal’s memories. He learns that the Sword Immortal’s life was marked by hardship, that he once admired Fang Wang before tragedy turned that admiration into hatred, and that Fang Wang had played an important role in his life.
• Fang Wang gains a new treasure spirit: The Sword Immortal’s life-bound talent manifests as a second, lesser version of the Heavenly Palace. By absorbing it, Fang Wang gains the Sword Spirit Treasure Body, his tenth life-bound treasure spirit. It will let him master sword arts more quickly and may help him develop techniques surpassing those of the Upper Realm. He is expelled from the Heavenly Palace before he can explore further.
• The Sword Immortal’s soul remains in Fang Wang’s custody: Fang Wang brings the soul before him and explains that the Sword Immortal cannot be resurrected, but can still be reborn through reincarnation. The Sword Immortal, weary and despairing, asks Fang Wang to absorb him instead. Fang Wang leaves the choice open and has the ghost god contain him while he considers his future.
• Hongchen visits: After the battle, Hongchen enters Fang Wang’s room, correctly guessing that Fang Wang is unharmed and has simply gained insights. Fang Wang asks whether he knows the Xuanyou Great Sage; Hongchen replies that the figure comes from the Xuanyou Sect.

Character Developments and Themes

Fang Wang’s victory brings not only public acclaim but also a major new power, while revealing that his connection to the Sword Immortal was deeper than he realized. The Sword Immortal is shown as a tragic figure whose admiration became hatred through loss; even in defeat, his request reflects exhaustion and a desire to choose his own fate. The chapter explores the burden of ambition and tragedy, the possibility of reincarnation and redemption, and the uncertain limits of Fang Wang’s growing power.

Key plot points and events

• Hongchen explains that the Xuanyou Sect was an ancient, powerful Mortal World sect that once taught saintly arts and produced great sages. After becoming arrogant and causing suffering, it vanished from the Mortal World and later emerged in the Underworld, where it tried to control reincarnation.
• As Heavenly Emperor, Hongchen led the Immortal Court in a long campaign against the sect. The conflict weakened the Court and made him wary of powerful Mortal World factions.
• Hongchen says the Upper Realm’s fear of the Mortal World reflects its potential, protected over the ages by the legendary Supreme Saint. He also recalls the Da’an Divine Dynasty, whose descendants and people ascended to the Upper Realm; it was destroyed by other Upper Realm factions, not by the Immortal Court.
• Hongchen describes the Immortal Court’s eventual decline: his attempt to unify the Upper Realm exhausted its forces and bred resentment, enabling his rebellious disciple to overthrow him.
• With the Xuanyou Sect identified as the force behind recent events, Hongchen offers to teach a soul-suppressing sword formation once the Sword Sect Title is established. Fang Wang agrees.
• In the Underworld, Taiyou reports that their plan failed because they underestimated Fang Wang. The canyon voice accepts the failure, says the Eastern Duke Emperor’s gamble on Fang Wang succeeded, and reveals they have another candidate to cultivate. They intend to act before the coming great era and the Upper Realm’s immortal fate arrive.
• News of Fang Wang’s duel with the Sword Immortal draws cultivators from across the world to Jian Tianze. Fairy Taixi arrives with Suzhen Palace cultivators, including Gu Li, and invites Gu Li to guide them through her homeland.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Wang asks Hongchen about the Xuanyou Sect, the Supreme Saint, the Da’an Dynasty, and the relative power of ancient factions. He remains confident rather than intimidated by the hidden sect.
• Hongchen shares his history and admits the cost of his attempt to unify the Upper Realm, speaking of his overthrow without bitterness. He shifts from explaining the threat to offering practical help against it.
• Taiyou is frustrated by the failed plan and doubts Hong Xian’er will trust her again. The unseen speaker is more pragmatic, treating the setback as survivable and directing attention to a new pawn.
• Fairy Taixi and Gu Li arrive with Suzhen Palace’s party. Taixi warmly asks Gu Li to lead the way, while the group discusses Kunlun, the Jianglong Continent, and Fang Wang.

Significant themes

• Power and ambition: The Xuanyou Sect and Hongchen’s Immortal Court both suffered consequences from attempts to dominate others.
• The Mortal World’s hidden potential: It is strong enough to threaten the Upper Realm, though that strength is linked to the Supreme Saint’s protection.
• Fate, strategy, and resilience: The Eastern Duke Emperor’s wager on Fang Wang defeats the Xuanyou Sect’s plan, but the sect adapts and prepares another candidate.
• Legacy and shifting eras: The history of the Xuanyou Sect, Da’an Dynasty, and Immortal Court suggests that even dominant powers eventually fall.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Li returns to the Jianglong Continent with Fairy Taixi and sees Kunlun rising in the distance. She is eager but anxious about meeting Fang Wang, whose fame has grown enormously during her years at Suzhen Palace.
• Taixi reassures Gu Li that Fang Wang values her: he entrusted Taixi with her care and has continued to look after her father, Gu Tianxiong. Taixi also hopes Gu Li’s connection to Fang Wang will strengthen ties between Suzhen Palace and Wang Dao.
• At Jian Tianze, Xu Qiuming arrives with a Taoist companion who hopes to establish a Daoist sect. Xu is impressed by Jian Tianze’s strength but remains determined to compete for the Sword Sect’s standing.
• Fang Wang continues cultivating, now nearing the fifth layer of the Breaking Heaven Realm. Five years have passed since the Sword Immortal challenged him, and the growing activity at Jian Tianze has not distracted him.
• Two Tashiao Realm cultivators clash above Jian Tianze. Hongchen identifies one as the reincarnation of the Godly Great Emperor, a son of Antian Great Emperor who once fought in the Upper Realm. The reincarnated emperor calmly counters his opponent’s attacks with a peach-wood sword, displaying extraordinary skill.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Li feels a mix of anticipation and insecurity about seeing Fang Wang again. Taixi’s reassurance eases her nerves, and Gu Li remains grateful for Taixi’s care.
• Fairy Taixi is both protective of Gu Li and politically motivated: she wants Suzhen Palace to maintain close ties with Fang Wang as his influence grows.
• Xu Qiuming is impressed by Jian Tianze but gains resolve rather than discouragement, preparing to establish his place in the Sword Dao.
• Fang Wang remains absorbed in cultivation until the high-level duel catches his attention. Learning the fighter’s identity, he is pleased by the powerful ally apparently sent to assist him.
• Hongchen recognizes the reincarnated emperor and explains his history to Fang Wang, framing the newcomer’s arrival as an unexpected boon.

Significant themes

• Growing power and influence: Fang Wang’s reputation draws disciples, factions, and powerful figures toward Wang Dao.
• Ambition and competition: Xu Qiuming and the Taoist companion plan to build rival or complementary Daoist institutions.
• Loyalty and political bonds: Taixi’s care for Gu Li also serves the strategic goal of binding Suzhen Palace to Fang Wang.
• Rebirth and legacy: The Godly Great Emperor’s reincarnation connects ancient conflicts and dynastic history to the present.