Recaps

Fang Chen learned that Chen Xiaofei had become the Pill Pagoda’s enemy and decided to strengthen himself before seeking him out. After reaching a secluded cave, he prepared to attempt the Golden Core Realm breakthrough with the Myna bird’s Core Condensation Secret Method.

• Fang Chen and the Myna bird learned that Chen Xiaofei, now a Void Integration Realm cultivator known as the Pill Demon, was being hunted in the Black Dragon Mountain Range.
• Fang Chen decided not to rush after Chen Xiaofei and instead planned to earn money, return to the Glazed Sword Sect, and find out what had happened there.
• Fang Chen asked the Myna bird for a Core Condensation Secret Method, then chose to break through to the Golden Core Realm to improve his strength and safety.
• Fang Chen and the Myna bird left the city and searched for a secluded place, rejecting a cave near Linshui City because the breakthrough could reveal Fang Chen’s presence.
• After finding a hidden cave and setting up formations, Fang Chen summoned the Paper Crane and began receiving the Myna bird’s secret method through a stream of runes and information.

Fang Chen struggled to find a Core Condensation Secret Method powerful enough for his enormous dantian, then created one and condensed a gigantic Golden Core. After testing its power, he learned that his strength already surpassed many ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators.

• Fang Chen failed to use the myna bird’s Core Condensation Secret Methods and began combining them while training in the mountains.
• After half a year of experiments, Fang Chen created a method that let him compress his Spiritual Power and chose to condense his Golden Core while continuing to train.
• Fang Chen successfully condensed a green-glowing Golden Core over nine inches across, though its weak glow suggested it was only First Grade.
• Fang Chen circulated his cultivation method and discovered that his Golden Core greatly increased his strength, letting him shatter a Giant Stone and trees with his punches.
• The myna bird assessed Fang Chen’s displayed strength as greater than that of many ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators.

After spirit medicine buyers in Yunshui City offered Fang Chen far less than the herbs were worth, he decided to learn alchemy and earn money by refining pills. The Myna bird passed him the Seven Flavors True Fire technique, and Fang Chen successfully summoned flames in his palm.

• Fang Chen and the Myna bird went to Yunshui City to sell the spirit medicines the Myna bird had gathered.
• After buyers offered only thirty-three spirit stones, Fang Chen chose to sell the herbs at a loss and use the money to start learning alchemy.
• Fang Chen sold the spirit medicines for three hundred thousand spirit stones and bought beginner alchemy books, recipes, a furnace, and ingredients.
• Fang Chen studied the books in a secluded cave, then asked the Myna bird for a technique to produce True Flame.
• The Myna bird transmitted the Seven Flavors True Fire technique to Fang Chen, who circulated it and summoned red flames in his palm.

Fang Chen cultivated the Seven Flames True Fire Art to perfection almost instantly and used his new True Flame to attempt alchemy. His first attempt produced a strange Manifestation before black smoke filled the cave, and the chapter ended with a fragrant white vapor escaping from a transparent substance in the furnace.

• Fang Chen formed a seven-colored Fire Origin and shocked the myna bird by mastering the Seven Flames True Fire Art in moments.
• Fang Chen used his True Flame to refine a Qi Gathering Pill, following the formula’s instructions and adding Virgin Boy Urine as the final ingredient.
• Fang Chen’s furnace shook as the medicinal liquid absorbed Spiritual Qi, and he activated his Innate Body Protection Gang Qi while boosting the Spirit Gathering Array.
• Fang Chen’s furnace produced a Manifestation of animals mating, but it then belched black smoke and the images vanished.
• Fang Chen opened the furnace after the smoke cleared and found a soft transparent substance that burst, releasing white vapor and a milky fragrance.

Fang Chen and the myna bird tested his first batch of Qi Replenishing Pills on a Brown Bear and discovered that the pills made it behave lustfully. On the way to Yunshui City, they came across three men assaulting Su Yun and intervened.

• Fang Chen found clear pills in the Alchemy Furnace after his first attempt at Refining and insisted they were Top Grade Qi Replenishing Pills.
• The myna bird refused to test a pill, so Fang Chen fed one to a male Brown Bear, which became agitated and thrust against a tree.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird headed toward Yunshui City to find a person to test another pill.
• They heard a woman calling for help and found Su Yun bound while a bearded man, a Bald Man, and their white-robed third brother prepared to assault her.
• Fang Chen appeared with the myna bird, and the myna bird called the three men filthy bastards.

Fang Chen discovered that his unusually potent Pills could be reliably produced, but their essential ingredient was Virgin Boy Urine. After running out, he sent Myna bird to obtain more while he continued refining Pills.

• Fang Chen freed the captive woman, then made the three men swallow his Pills and observed their effects for two hours.
• Myna bird praised the Pills’ potency and profit potential, so Fang Chen hurried back to his cave to try another batch.
• Fang Chen successfully refined a second batch of five hundred Pills and sent Myna bird to test them on someone.
• Fang Chen made two more batches, but his fourth attempt failed because he had run out of Virgin Boy Urine.
• Myna bird returned with news that the Pills worked and left to find more Virgin Boy Urine.

Fang Chen discovered that only his own urine, transformed by the Elixir of Immortality and tempered by the Floating Immortal Sword's Spiritual Power, could complete the Pills' refinement. After making 150,000 Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon Pills, he and the myna bird traveled to Yunshui City to sell them and headed for Phoenix Street.

• Fang Chen found that Pills made with the myna bird's collected urine failed, while batches made with his own urine succeeded.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird realized that his transformed body made his urine the key ingredient.
• Fang Chen refined 150,000 Pills, and he and the myna bird named them Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon Pills.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird went to Yunshui City to sell the Pills themselves rather than involve Medicine Shops.
• The myna bird proposed giving away Pills at a brothel to attract customers, and Fang Chen headed for Phoenix Street.

Fang Chen, with Myna bird controlling his body, tried to sell a Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon Pill to Zhang Chi outside a brothel. Zhang Chi swallowed the free Pill after inspecting it, leaving its effect unknown.

• Fang Chen arrived at Phoenix Street disguised by the Mask of Oblivion, and Myna bird urged him to approach a disappointed young man.
• Myna bird took control of Fang Chen’s body and learned that the young man, Zhang Chi, was a Talisman Master whose frequent use of ordinary Pills had weakened their effect.
• Myna bird, speaking through Fang Chen, offered Zhang Chi a Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon Pill for free.
• Zhang Chi doubted the unpatterned Pill would work, but Fang Chen persuaded him to try it.
• Zhang Chi inspected the Pill for poison and swallowed it.

Fang Chen and the Myna bird sold Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon pills on Phoenix Street, using their effects to attract buyers and charge far more than planned. After Zhang Chi and another customer bought large quantities, Fang Chen continued looking for more customers.

• Zhang Chi took a Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon pill and felt his Wind Origin return, then hurried into the pavilion to test its effects.
• Fang Chen persuaded twenty men to take the pills before the Myna bird’s Secret Method wore off and the pair waited for customers to emerge.
• Zhang Chi returned delighted, bought ten pills for 9,500 Spirit Stones, and promised to tell his friends about them.
• Fang Chen questioned the Myna bird about charging 1,000 Spirit Stones per pill instead of the planned 100, and the Myna bird said the price was still reasonable.
• Another customer praised the pill, bought fifty for 50,000 Spirit Stones, and promised to spread the word.

Fang Chen and Myna bird sold their pills on Phoenix Street, drawing eager buyers with the pills’ powerful effects. After Master Hong Mo tested the pills and ordered thousands more, Fang Chen returned the next evening to find a crowd waiting, and he planned to move locations after selling to them.

• Fang Chen persuaded Myna bird to drop the limit on pill purchases, and they sold a thousand pills for a million Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Chi gave Master Hong Mo some of Fang Chen’s pills, and Master Hong Mo tested one and found it highly effective.
• Master Hong Mo ordered Zhang Chi to buy two thousand pills, but Zhang Chi returned to Phoenix Street after Fang Chen had left.
• Fang Chen returned to Phoenix Street the next evening and found at least three hundred people waiting to buy pills.
• Fang Chen and Myna bird decided to move elsewhere after selling, and Fang Chen changed his appearance before approaching the crowd.

Fang Chen sold nearly all his Pills in Yunshui City, escaped before the Cao family could find him, and returned to the Glazed Sword Sect after more than a century away. Dao Master Honghe welcomed him at the Mountain Gate, and the Black Flame Dao Master and Seven Peak Masters hurried to meet him.

• Fang Chen sold almost all his Pills in Yunshui City and decided to leave with the Myna bird.
• Fang Chen departed through the Teleportation Array while the Cao family ordered an investigation into the Pills he had sold.
• A month later, Fang Chen reached Nantian City and then spent ten days traveling back to the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Fang Chen sent Dao Master Honghe a Communication Talisman from the sect entrance, and Honghe rushed to greet him.
• Dao Master Honghe brought Fang Chen to Glazed Peak and told the others he had returned.
• The Black Flame Dao Master and Seven Peak Masters hurried toward Glazed Hall to see Fang Chen.

Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect after more than a hundred years away and told the Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Lord Honghe about his strange experiences at Tianyuan Academy. He learned that Chen Xiaofei had been framed as the Pill Demon after killing the Pill Pagoda elder’s grandson in revenge for his wife and unborn child, and the chapter left Fang Chen furious at the injustice.

• Fang Chen reunited with the Black Flame Dao Master and the Seven Peak Masters at the Glazed Hall and recounted how he cleared Tianyuan Academy’s three trials before waking in a cave more than a hundred years later.
• The Black Flame Dao Master suggested that Tianyuan Academy had erased Fang Chen’s memories of a secret mission, and Fang Chen revealed that he had reached only the Golden Core Realm.
• Fang Chen asked about Chen Xiaofei, and the Black Flame Dao Master assured him that Chen Xiaofei and the other disciples had not betrayed the sect.
• The Black Flame Dao Master explained that the sect had sent Chen Xiaofei to the Central Barrens to learn alchemy and help refine the Glazed Heaven-Evading Pill.
• Chen Xiaofei became a disciple of a Pill Pagoda elder, married, and later lost his pregnant wife and unborn child when the elder’s grandson tried to use her as a Furnace Cauldron.
• Chen Xiaofei killed the elder’s grandson in revenge, after which the elder falsely accused him of murdering his wife for demonic cultivation and ordered the Pill Pagoda to hunt him down.

Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect and learned that the Pill Pagoda and three allied sects threatened the sect because it had sheltered Chen Xiaofei. He reunited with the wounded Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi, promised to help them recover and seek revenge, and left to face the sect’s crisis despite being only at the Golden Core Stage.

• Dao Master Honghe and the Azure Cloud Daoist told Fang Chen that Yan Ziyi had rescued Chen Xiaofei, both were badly wounded, and Saint Yundan was backing three sects against the Glazed Sword Sect.
• The Black Flame Dao Master told the Seven Peak Masters to keep Fang Chen’s return secret and took him with Dao Master Honghe to see Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi.
• Fang Chen reunited with Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi, promised to find a way to heal them, and vowed to take revenge on Saint Yundan with them.
• Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi asked where Fang Chen had been and how strong he had become, and Fang Chen explained that he had lost a hundred years and was only a Novice Cultivator at the Golden Core Stage.
• Fang Chen told Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi to focus on recovering while he raised his cultivation and worked to protect the Glazed Sword Sect.

Fang Chen learned that Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi’s injuries were extremely difficult to heal, and he resolved to study medicine and alchemy while focusing on raising his cultivation. He adopted the alias Fang Sheng and began cultivating in the Glazed Sacred Pool.

• Black Flame Dao Master explained that Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi had suffered severe damage to their Spiritual Roots and Dao Platforms, and that only the mysterious Longevity Valley might be able to heal them.
• Fang Chen asked for medical texts so he could study medicine and alchemy, but Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe urged him to focus on cultivation.
• Black Flame Dao Master took Fang Chen to the Glazed Sacred Pool and gave him a Disguise Talisman, but Fang Chen used the Mask of Oblivion instead.
• Fang Chen proposed posing as Fang Chen’s disciple, chose the name Fang Sheng, and Black Flame Dao Master agreed to the plan.
• Black Flame Dao Master brought Fang Chen to the lotus ponds, gave him Formation Flags, and left him to cultivate.
• Fang Chen enclosed a Six-Colored Lotus Pond with the Formation Flags, summoned the Floating Immortal Sword, and absorbed its Spiritual Power using the Floating Immortal Art.

Fang Chen completed his Ninth Golden Core Transformation and decided to keep cultivating before attempting the Nascent Soul Realm. Concealing his identity as Fang Sheng, he met Su Ming at the Nine-Colored Lotus Pond and began cultivating there despite its fierce spiritual power.

• Fang Chen's Golden Core shattered its shell and completed its first transformation, increasing his strength.
• After a year of cultivation, Fang Chen completed his ninth Golden Core transformation and resolved to continue as long as his Golden Core could metamorphose further.
• Fang Chen told Su Ming that he was Fang Sheng, the disciple of the supposedly dead Fang Chen, and asked to cultivate in the Nine-Colored Lotus Pond.
• Su Ming warned Fang Chen that the pond's spiritual power was too fierce for someone at the Golden Core Stage and offered to stand guard.
• Fang Chen entered the Nine-Colored Lotus Pond and used the Floating Immortal Art to draw its spiritual power into his body.

Fang Sheng endured the Nine-Colored Lotus Pond’s Spiritual Power while Su Ming told Zhang Ning and Gao Yan that he was the Junior Uncle-Master’s disciple and that Fang Chen had died. After cultivating in the pond for ten days, Zhang Ning and Gao Yan emerged to find Su Ming still meditating nearby.

• Su Ming watched Fang Sheng remain in the Nine-Colored Lotus Pond for an hour, astonished that a Golden Core Stage cultivator could withstand its Spiritual Power.
• Zhang Ning and Gao Yan arrived, and Su Ming revealed that Fang Sheng was the Junior Uncle-Master Fang Chen’s disciple.
• Zhang Ning and Gao Yan rejoiced at first to hear Fang Chen had returned, but Su Ming told them Fang Chen was dead and Fang Sheng had inherited his legacy.
• Zhang Ning and Gao Yan entered the pond to temper their bodies, concerned about their physical strength and the Glazed Sword Sect’s shortage of resources.
• After ten days of cultivation, Zhang Ning and Gao Yan left the pond and found Su Ming still meditating beside it.

Fang Chen emerged from three years of cultivation in the Nine-Colored Lotus Pond with a Golden Core that had undergone fourteen transformations, then asked Dao Master Honghe to help him pursue a more powerful sword technique and learn about the Glazed Paper Cranes. He discovered that the cranes came from a sealed Origin World and left with Honghe for Glazed Valley, where the sect would try to open it.

• Gao Yan and Zhang Ning found Su Ming guarding Fang Sheng, who had been cultivating beneath the lotus pond for ten days, and invited Su Ming to hunt the Green Bat King with them.
• Three years later, Fang Chen emerged from the pond with his Golden Core at its fourteenth transformation and told Dao Master Honghe that he wanted to change his cultivation method by killing people or Demonic Beasts.
• Dao Master Honghe advised Fang Chen to learn the sect's supreme arts first, and Fang Chen agreed to seek a stronger sword technique.
• Fang Chen learned that the Glazed Paper Cranes came from an Origin World opened with the Glazed Bell, and showed Honghe the unusual crane that had followed him on the Trial Path.
• The Paper Crane refused to let Honghe examine it, then vanished through space; Fang Chen asked Honghe to take him to the Origin World.
• Honghe summoned the others and led Fang Chen toward Glazed Valley, explaining that the Glazed Origin Realm remained closed until the Glazed Sword was fully repaired.

Fang Chen entered the Origin World with Paper Crane and discovered a Bronze Coffin in the heart of its mountains. After the coffin drew in his consciousness and returned it, Fang Chen realized he could read the mysterious characters engraved on it.

• Fang Chen and Dao Master Honghe activated the Glazed Bell in the Glazed Pagoda, opening a rift that released countless Paper Cranes.
• Paper Crane wrapped Fang Chen in a nine-colored veil and carried him through the rift into the Origin World, where the other Glazed Paper Cranes opened a passage for them.
• Paper Crane carried Fang Chen across the Paper Crane-covered mountains for three days and nights to a vast pit containing an enormous Bronze Coffin.
• Paper Crane pecked Fang Chen's forehead, placed his blood on the Bronze Coffin, and caused it to draw in Fang Chen's consciousness.
• Fang Chen regained consciousness an hour later and discovered that an experience in a wondrous space had taught him to read the Bronze Coffin's characters.

Fang Chen learned the Void Shattering Bead technique while fighting endless Black Paper Cranes, forming nine beads and advancing his Golden Core to its fifteenth transformation. Paper Crane carried him out of the mysterious space through a rift opened by the Glazed Sword Sect, and Dao Master Honghe asked him what was inside.

• Fang Chen memorized the Bronze Coffin's Void Shattering Bead technique and began cultivating it, but initially could not sense Space Law.
• Black Paper Cranes attacked Fang Chen and Paper Crane, and Fang Chen killed them with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen entered a state of Enlightenment, captured Space Dao Patterns, formed a Void Shattering Bead, and eventually gathered nine beads.
• Fang Chen's Golden Core underwent its fifteenth transformation as he fought the Black Paper Cranes, which later vanished.
• Paper Crane carried Fang Chen back to the space's entrance, where Dao Master Honghe and the Glazed Sword Sect used the Glazed Bell to open a rift.
• Fang Chen emerged safely, and Dao Master Honghe asked what he had found inside.

Fang Chen decided to seek breakthroughs through battle, and Dao Master Honghe told him about the sealed Nine Prisons Demon Cave, which held many demons and devils. Fang Chen set out to retrieve the Glazed Sword and try to open the cave, accompanied by the Myna bird.

• Fang Chen told Dao Master Honghe he planned to fight the Glazed Sword Sect's enemies, choosing to head east and hone his swordsmanship against the Lingyun Sword Sect.
• Dao Master Honghe revealed that the Glazed Sword Sect had once guarded the Nine Prisons Demon Cave, which had been sealed for over ten thousand years since the Glazed Saint fell.
• Fang Chen eagerly agreed to try opening the cave, and Dao Master Honghe told him to retrieve the Glazed Sword from the Nine-Colored Lotus Pond.
• The Myna bird told Fang Chen it had broken two seals and grown strong enough to defeat an ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Fang Chen revealed that his Golden Core had undergone fifteen transformations and brought the Myna bird to the Sacred Pool Forbidden Grounds to retrieve the Glazed Sword.

Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect's leaders went to the Nine Prisons Demon Cave to try reopening its Glazed Barrier with the Glazed Sword. As Fang Chen traced circles across the Barrier, its runes began to gather and grow, but the cave had not yet opened.

• Fang Chen inspected the Glazed Sword and found that it had recovered after absorbing spiritual power in the Nine-Colored Lotus Pond.
• Fang Chen met the Black Flame Dao Lord and the Seven Peak Masters in Glazed Valley, and they set out to reopen the Nine Prisons Demon Cave.
• The Black Flame Dao Master explained that Fang Chen had to trace clockwise circles on the Glazed Barrier with the Glazed Sword to open it.
• Fang Chen channeled his True Essence Power into the Glazed Sword, and the Floating Immortal Sword's Mark strengthened its Sword Intent.
• Fang Chen traced circles on the Barrier as its runes gathered into a growing fish shape and spiritual energy flowed into him.

Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect opened the entrance to the Nine Prisons Demon Cave and learned how its levels worked. After Black Flame Dao Master confirmed the seals were intact, Fang Chen entered the cave with the Myna bird, leaving the Glazed Sword behind.

• Fang Chen used the Glazed Sword to open a passage through the Glazed Barrier, and Black Flame Dao Master checked that the area beyond was safe.
• Fang Chen inserted and turned the Glazed Sword in the Stone Gate, opening the entrance to the Nine Prisons Demon Cave.
• Black Flame Dao Master entered the Light Screen to inspect the cave, then returned and reported that the seals were intact.
• Black Flame Dao Master explained that the cave had nine levels arranged by cultivation realm and that cultivators could travel upward through vortices.
• Fang Chen handed the Glazed Sword to Black Flame Dao Master and entered the Demon Cave with the Myna bird.

Fang Chen entered the third level of the Nine Prisons Demon Cave and began slaughtering its Demons to strengthen his Golden Core. The Myna bird devoured the corpses’ Blood Qi and Spiritual Power to weaken the Seal within its body, while Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe also entered the cave after notifying the sect’s experts.

• Black Flame Dao Master reassured Zixiao Daoist that Fang Chen could handle the dangers inside the cave, and he allowed Crimson Rainbow Daoist and the other Peak Masters to enter and test the Glazed Sword Array.
• Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe notified the Glazed Sword Sect’s other experts, then entered the Nine Prisons Demon Cave themselves.
• Fang Chen spread his Spiritual Sense across the third level, spotted many hostile life auras, and set out to kill Demons to push his Golden Core beyond its fifteenth transformation.
• Fang Chen killed a pack of mutated Black Wolves, and the Myna bird devoured their Blood Qi and Spiritual Power to batter the Seal within its body.
• Fang Chen continued deeper into the cave, killing every Demon he encountered with his sword.

Fang Chen slaughtered the Demon People across the third level of the Nine Prisons Demon Cave and reached an Ancient City ruled by Mo Qianxun, a Devil Race Imperial Bloodline. Their first clash sent both fighters flying backward, leaving their battle underway.

• Fang Chen discovered and destroyed several Demon People villages, and the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed Spiritual Power as red runes appeared on its blade.
• After ten days of slaughter, Fang Chen reached the Ancient City and sensed a powerful presence within it.
• Mo Qianxun emerged from the city, and Myna bird identified him as a Devil Race Imperial Bloodline who could rival a human Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Mo Qianxun summoned the True Demon Spear and attacked Fang Chen, who met the thrust with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen and Mo Qianxun struck each other's weapons and were both hurled backward by the force of the collision.

Fang Chen and Mo Qianxun fought fiercely across the Ancient City, with Fang Chen initially wounding and disarming Mo Qianxun before Mo Qianxun burned his Bloodline and turned the battle around. As their clash devastated the city, Mo Qianxun roared and activated the Heavenly Demon Array.

• Fang Chen used his sword to wound Mo Qianxun and knock the True Demon Spear from his grasp, while Myna bird swallowed Mo Qianxun's demonic blood.
• Mo Qianxun burned his Bloodline with the Devil Race Secret Method Demons Dancing Wildly and summoned the True Demon Spear back to his hand.
• Mo Qianxun shattered Fang Chen's attack and knocked him backward, prompting the demons to cheer for their Imperial Lord.
• Fang Chen and Mo Qianxun resumed their close-quarters battle, moving from the Square into the streets and destroying buildings as they fought.
• Mo Qianxun roared and activated the Heavenly Demon Array.