Recaps

Fang Chen completed his Primordial Spirit’s Thirteenth Transformation while tangled in Ao Xu’s and Ao Kong’s dragon whiskers, triggering a Saint Tribulation on Volcano Island. The Saint Dragons fled the destruction, and Fang Chen emerged from the shattered crater surrounded by gray light.

• Ao Xu and Ao Kong sent four dragon whiskers into the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell and finally dragged Fang Chen outside, where the whiskers became knotted around him.
• Fang Chen’s Primordial Spirit completed its Thirteenth Transformation, sharply increasing his power and perception.
• A Heavenly Tribulation gathered over Volcano Island, and Ao Xu and Ao Kong realized Fang Chen had triggered it.
• Ao Xu and Ao Kong severed their tangled whiskers and fled as the Saint Tribulation destroyed Volcano Island and shattered its volcano.
• The myna bird recognized the tribulation as a Saint Tribulation, and Fang Chen shot out of the crater surrounded by gray light.

Fang Chen faced his Saint Tribulation above Volcano Island, enduring the Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning while the Floating Immortal Sword devoured its power. After the second bolt ravaged his body, he regenerated and emerged stronger as the two Saint Dragons watched in astonishment.

• Myna bird recognized Fang Chen above Volcano Island as Fang Chen’s Saint Tribulation began.
• Ao Kong suggested that he and Ao Xu strike Fang Chen during the tribulation, but Ao Xu chose to wait and see.
• Fang Chen absorbed the first bolt of Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning with his body and Floating Immortal Sword.
• The second, stronger bolt tore through Fang Chen’s flesh, while the Floating Immortal Sword devoured the lightning and fed energy back to him.
• Fang Chen’s body regenerated rapidly, and the two Saint Dragons marveled at his vitality.

Fang Chen endured the first nine bolts of Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning, using the ordeal to strengthen himself and his Natal Spirit Treasures. When the expected Source Power failed to appear, a White Tiger formed from the Tribulation Clouds and swallowed Fang Chen, while the Myna bird's hidden Seal broke and revealed the attacker as Divine Spirit Lightning formed from the World Will.

• Fang Chen survived the third and fourth bolts as his Natal Spirit Treasures absorbed the remaining lightning while he endured the strikes with his body.
• Fang Chen withstood the ninth bolt, regrew his flesh, and appeared to have completed his tribulation, while the two Saint Dragons abandoned their plan to interfere.
• The Heaven and Earth Origin failed to descend after the ninth bolt, and the Tribulation Clouds' pressure surged.
• A White Tiger burst from the Tribulation Clouds and swallowed Fang Chen, his Flying Swords, and the Heaven Refining Furnace.
• The Myna bird's Seal broke, awakening its powerful aura, and it recognized the White Tiger as Divine Spirit Lightning formed from the World Will.

Fang Chen endured successive Divine Spirit Lightning trials, absorbing the powers of the White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Divine Turtle through the Floating Immortal Sword. A Golden True Dragon then appeared and struck him with its tail, leaving him hurtling through space as Volcano Island was devastated.

• Fang Chen escaped the White Tiger's belly, and the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed the lightning spirit's scattered light.
• A Vermilion Bird swallowed Fang Chen, but he broke free with sword strikes, and the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed its power.
• The Divine Turtle swallowed Fang Chen and held him for an incense stick's time before Fang Chen cleaved it in two with Heaven and Earth Creation.
• Fang Chen absorbed the Divine Turtle's energy with his treasures, Chaos Nascent Soul, and Foundation Establishment Dao Platform as the pressure from the sky intensified and Volcano Island began to collapse.
• Ao Kong and Ao Xu saw a Golden True Dragon emerge from the Vortex, and the dragon struck Fang Chen with its tail, sending him flying and shattering Volcano Island.

Fang Chen destroyed the Golden True Dragon and was swallowed by a nine-colored Lightning Orb, where his Nascent Soul and Primordial Spirit began burning as he entered Nirvana. He survived the orb’s destructive force by rebuilding his body and refining the gray energy produced by the flames.

• Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword and Heaven and Earth Creation to defeat the Golden True Dragon, whose remains the sword devoured.
• The nine-colored Lightning Orb emerged from the Vortex, immobilized Fang Chen, shattered his body, and swallowed him along with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen’s Foundation Establishment Dao Platform and Nascent Soul drew his scattered body fragments together and restored him.
• The spinning Lightning Orb cracked Fang Chen’s body, but Gray Flames erupted from his Chaos Nascent Soul and spread throughout him.
• Fang Chen recognized that he was entering Nirvana and used the Floating Immortal Art to absorb the gray energy, while his soul and body continued to undergo Metamorphosis.

Fang Chen survived his first Saint Tribulation, becoming a Saint and transforming his body, soul, weapons, and Spirit Flames. He congratulated Myna bird and the two Saint Dragons, then asked Ao Kong for his Sky Swallowing Conch Shell, intending to test his new strength against the dragons.

• Fang Chen burned away his Nascent Soul and Primordial Spirit, crossed the Nirvana Realm, and shattered the nine-colored lightning sphere with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• He survived the Heavenly Punishment and absorbed the Heaven and Earth Origin, while his Natal Flying Sword and Heaven Refining Furnace became Saint Weapons and his Spirit Flames became Sacred Flames.
• Myna bird congratulated Fang Chen, and Ao Kong and Ao Xu bowed to him after he entered the Saint Realm.
• Fang Chen apologized to Ao Kong for challenging him earlier, then asked to borrow the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell.
• Ao Kong questioned Fang Chen's request, while Fang Chen prepared to test his new strength against the two Saint Dragons.

Fang Chen defeated Ao Kong and took his Sky Swallowing Conch Shell, then prepared to return to his sect. Before he could leave, a Red Lotus emerged from Volcano Island amid an eruption of magma.

• Fang Chen struck Ao Kong into the void, intercepted him as he emerged, and cut off his head.
• Fang Chen trapped Ao Kong’s head beneath the Heaven Refining Furnace, while Ao Xu urged Ao Kong to surrender the shell rather than risk a fight.
• Ao Kong agreed to hand over the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell after Fang Chen released him, and Fang Chen stored it in Paper Crane’s Spirit Crane Space.
• Fang Chen prepared to return to his sect after more than three years away, but Volcano Island erupted and an enormous Red Lotus rose above the magma.

The Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin underwent its ninth Heavenly Tribulation, and Fang Chen helped it by giving it Sacred Flame Origin while absorbing lightning from the Tribulation Clouds. The Sacred Flame survived and began recovering as Heaven and Earth Origin enveloped it.

• The Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin emerged above the sea and began undergoing a Heavenly Tribulation as Fang Chen, Ao Xu, Ao Kong, and the Myna bird watched.
• After the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin endured eight bolts, Fang Chen sent it Origin from his Red Lotus, Purple Lotus, and Green Lotus Sacred Flames.
• The ninth bolt shattered the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin's true form, while the Tribulation Clouds struck Fang Chen and he absorbed the lightning with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen pierced the Tribulation Clouds with a Sword Ray and endured their further lightning bolts until the clouds stopped attacking him.
• Heaven and Earth Origin descended upon the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin, and its scattered red lotus petals merged back into its true form.

Fang Chen gained the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin and headed toward the Glazed Sword Sect. Meanwhile, Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e emerged from the Eight Trigrams Furnace after their Yin Yang union and prepared to face a Saint Tribulation together.

• The Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin showed gratitude to Fang Chen, and his Three Sacred Flames welcomed it before he imprinted his Saint Seal on its Origin Flame Seed.
• Fang Chen took the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin into his dantian, asked the Myna bird for directions, and flew toward the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Lingyun Saint poured Saint Force into the Eight Trigrams Furnace while Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e underwent Yin Yang union inside it.
• Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e emerged from the furnace with powerful auras as Saint Tribulation clouds formed above them.
• Shi Feng told Lingyun Saint to leave because he and Hua Yue'e would undergo Tribulation Transcendence together, and Lingyun Saint departed.

Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e endured the first eight waves of their joint Heavenly Tribulation with the Eight Trigrams Furnace, the Eight Trigrams array, and the Misty Map. Hua Yue'e was badly injured, and Shi Feng prepared the furnace for the final wave as the Tribulation Clouds turned gold and purple.

• Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e used the Eight Trigrams Furnace and Misty Map to endure the first three waves of paired Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning.
• Shi Feng activated the Eight Trigrams array, whose Barriers shielded them from the fourth through seventh waves while the Eight Trigrams Gate shook.
• Shi Feng told Hua Yue'e to use the Misty Map against the eighth wave and save the final wave for him.
• Hua Yue'e's Misty Map was pierced by the eighth wave, and the last Barrier shattered, leaving her injured and unable to continue.
• Shi Feng gathered the Eight Trigrams array's Formation Runes around the Eight Trigrams Furnace as the Tribulation Clouds turned gold and purple.

Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e survived tribulation and became Saints, joining Lingyun Saint as the Three Great Sects' three Saints. Ten days later, they met in Lingyun Hall to discuss whether Fang Chen had also become a Saint and when to take revenge on the Glazed Sword Sect.

• Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e endured the Ninth Heavenly Tribulation, survived the Eight Trigrams Furnace's destruction, and received Saint Seals.
• Lingyun Saint congratulated Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e, and they thanked him for helping them become Saints.
• Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e urged Lingyun Saint to attack the Glazed Sword Sect, but he told them to stabilize their cultivation while he gathered information about Fang Chen.
• After Lingyun Saint left, Shi Feng took Hua Yue'e into seclusion to consolidate their cultivation.
• Ten days later, Shi Feng asked Lingyun Saint whether Fang Chen had become a Saint, and Lingyun Saint said his informants could not find out because the Glazed Sword Sect's leaders had been in seclusion.

Lingyun Saint, Shi Feng, and Hua Yue'e went to the Glazed Sword Sect to confront Fang Chen, but Moon Saint intercepted them at the sect's gate. Moon Saint defeated Lingyun Saint in their opening clash and continued her attack.

• Lingyun Saint explained that the Yin-Yang Stone had helped Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e become Saints, then agreed to go to the Glazed Sword Sect with them while they hid nearby.
• Lingyun Saint unleashed his Saintly might over the Glazed Sword Sect, prompting its disciples to take shelter and Moon Saint to fly to the Mountain Gate.
• Moon Saint confronted Lingyun Saint and identified herself as Nangong Yu of Yaochi Holy Land, while Black Flame Dao Master warned her to watch for a trap.
• Moon Saint and Lingyun Saint refused to back down, and Moon Saint attacked him with the Crescent Moon Saber.
• Moon Saint's saber clashed with Lingyun Saint's Saint Sword and sent him flying, after which she pressed her attack.

Moon Saint fought Lingyun Saint until Eight Trigrams Saint and Misty Saint revealed themselves and joined the battle. As the three Saints pressed their attack, Eight Trigrams Saint threatened to break into the Glazed Sword Sect while Moon Saint struggled to hold off the other two.

• Moon Saint overwhelmed Lingyun Saint, knocked away his Saint Sword, and used her White Jade Bottle to trap half his body.
• Eight Trigrams Saint and Misty Saint attacked Moon Saint, disrupting her weapons and allowing Lingyun Saint to reunite his body.
• Eight Trigrams Saint and Misty Saint revealed they were Saints who had been preparing to ambush Fang Chen, and Lingyun Saint urged them to keep fighting because Fang Chen was still in seclusion.
• The three Saints agreed that Eight Trigrams Saint would break the Glazed Sword Sect's mountain-guarding Formation while Lingyun Saint and Misty Saint held Moon Saint off.
• Lingyun Saint and Misty Saint attacked Moon Saint together, and their strikes shattered several petals of her Blue Sacred Lotus as Eight Trigrams Saint threatened the sect.

The Eight Trigrams Saint broke through the Glazed Sword Sect’s Mountain-Guarding Formation and began destroying the sect. Yan Ziyi and Chen Xiaofei tried to stop him from demolishing Glazed Hall, but their treasures shattered and they were injured.

• The Eight Trigrams Saint found a flaw in the Mountain-Guarding Formation and broke through it with the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Black Flame Dao Master and the others raised the Glazed Bell and formed the Glazed Sword Array, but the Eight Trigrams Saint avoided confronting them and attacked the sect’s Seven Great Main Peaks.
• The Eight Trigrams Saint reached Glazed Peak and sent the Eight Trigrams Furnace toward Glazed Hall.
• Yan Ziyi and Chen Xiaofei attacked the furnace with their bonded treasures, which shattered as both Quasi-Saints fell wounded.
• The Eight Trigrams Saint recognized Chen Xiaofei as the Pill Demon and recorded the scene with a Memory Crystal.

Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect as a Saint and rescued Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi from the Eight Trigrams Saint. He challenged Shi Feng and began attacking him, suppressing the Eight Trigrams Furnace with Space Dao Patterns.

• The Eight Trigrams Saint struck Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi with a giant palm, but their Saint Talismans shielded them while leaving them badly injured.
• The Eight Trigrams Saint sent the Eight Trigrams Furnace down to kill them, but the Heaven Refining Furnace appeared and protected them with a Gray Light Curtain.
• Fang Chen emerged from the void with a Black Myna Bird on his shoulder, and the Glazed Sword Sect recognized that he had become a Saint.
• Fang Chen challenged Shi Feng and sent the Floating Immortal Sword toward him.
• Fang Chen used Space Dao Patterns to suppress the Eight Trigrams Furnace, preventing Shi Feng from controlling it.

Fang Chen killed the Eight Trigrams Saint and trapped Lingyun Saint, while Moon Saint held off Misty Saint. Lingyun Saint broke free by burning his Vital Blood, soul, and Saint Seal, but the Black Flame Dao Master told Fang Chen to use the Glazed Bell to prevent his escape.

• Fang Chen pierced the Eight Trigrams Saint with the Floating Immortal Sword, tore his body apart with the Twelve Flying Swords, and began refining his remains with the Four Sacred Flames.
• Lingyun Saint and Misty Saint forced Moon Saint back and tried to escape, but Moon Saint used Silver Moonlight to lock down the space around them.
• Fang Chen and the Twelve Flying Swords attacked Lingyun Saint, pinned him, and devoured his power.
• Lingyun Saint burned his Vital Blood, soul, and Saint Seal to drive off the swords, then threatened to torment the Glazed Sword Sect and claimed Fang Chen could not stop him escaping.
• The Black Flame Dao Master told Fang Chen to use the Glazed Bell and taught him its incantation, and Fang Chen summoned the bell to himself.

Fang Chen used the Glazed Bell, his Saint Swords, and two Sacred Flame weapons to defeat and refine Lingyun Saint, Misty Saint, and Eight Trigrams Saint. After collecting their weapons, he thanked Moon Saint for protecting the Glazed Sword Sect, which was now safe from any power in the Southern Wastes.

• Fang Chen sealed Lingyun Saint inside the Glazed Bell, shattered his body with its peals, and refined him with the Floating Immortal Sword and Twelve Flying Swords.
• Moon Saint kept Misty Saint occupied until Fang Chen captured her in the Glazed Bell and began refining her.
• Fang Chen used the Heaven Refining Furnace and Sky Swallowing Conch Shell to finish refining Eight Trigrams Saint.
• The Glazed Bell refined Lingyun Saint and Misty Saint, while Fang Chen's swords absorbed their Saint Force and Spiritual Power.
• Fang Chen collected the Saints' weapons, and Moon Saint congratulated him for killing three Saints and thanked him for saving the Glazed Sword Sect.

Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect after killing three enemy Saints, easing Black Flame Dao Master's burden and securing the sect's survival. Black Flame ordered the Three Great Sects destroyed, and Fang Chen set out with Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi to attack the Lingyun Sword Sect.

• Moon Saint apologized to Fang Chen for failing to stop Shi Feng, but Fang Chen and Black Flame Dao Master reassured her that she had done her best.
• Black Flame Dao Master broke down in tears as he embraced Fang Chen, whose rise as a Saint had lifted years of pressure from the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Fang Chen asked whether to destroy the remaining Three Great Sects or accept their surrender, and Black Flame ordered him to destroy them.
• Fang Chen left the Glazed Sword Sect's recovery to Black Flame and took Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi to the Lingyun Sword Sect.
• Fang Chen released his Saintly pressure over the Lingyun Sword Sect's core region, alarming its disciples.

Fang Chen led the destruction of the Lingyun Sword Sect after revealing that he had killed the Lingyun Saint, Shi Feng, and Hua Yue'e. He then destroyed the Eight Trigrams Gate and the Misty Sect, leaving the Glazed Sword Sect as the Southern Wastes' dominant power.

• Fang Chen confronted Wang Mo at the Lingyun Sword Sect and showed him the Lingyun Saint's Life-Bound Saint Sword, the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and the Misty Map as proof that the three Saints were dead.
• Fang Chen summoned the Heaven Refining Furnace to seal the sect's core area and shattered its mountain-protecting formation with one strike.
• Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi killed Wang Mo and slaughtered everyone in the Lingyun Sword Sect, while the myna bird collected its treasures.
• Fang Chen took Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi to the Eight Trigrams Gate, which they destroyed an hour later.
• Fang Chen and his companions destroyed the Misty Sect two hours afterward, and Fang Chen declared that there would be more chances to kill in the future.

Fang Chen defeated the Three Great Sects and visited True Person Liuli’s grave, where Myna bird recognized his loneliness. Daoist Misty Lord reported Fang Chen’s victory and new status as a Saint to the Heavenly One Talisman Saint, who was shocked by his feat.

• Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect and announced that the Misty Sect, Eight Trigrams Gate, and Lingyun Sword Sect had been eliminated from the Southern Wastes.
• The Moon Saint departed for Yaochi Holy Land, while Daoist Misty Lord stayed with the Glazed Sword Sect and then left to inform his father.
• Fang Chen asked Black Flame Dao Master to manage the sect while he entered seclusion, then visited True Person Liuli’s grave and spoke to his master.
• Myna bird watched Fang Chen at the grave and recognized how lonely he was despite the bonds he had found at the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Daoist Misty Lord recounted Fang Chen’s battle and the deaths of three Saints to the Heavenly One Talisman Saint, who was astonished by Fang Chen’s achievement.

Heavenly One Talisman Saint learned that Fang Chen possessed four Sacred Flames and planned to invite him to help craft the Heaven Void Talisman. Meanwhile, news of Fang Chen’s victories spread, leaving the Glazed Sword Sect poised to unite the Southern Wastes.

• Dao Lord Misty told Heavenly One Talisman Saint that she would remain at the Glazed Sword Sect to support its growth and their branch.
• Heavenly One Talisman Saint said their attempt to craft the Heaven Void Talisman had failed because the Sacred Flame was too weak.
• Dao Lord Misty revealed that Fang Chen possessed four Sacred Flames, and Heavenly One Talisman Saint asked her to invite him to help.
• Fang Chen sat at True Person Liuli’s grave for three hours, then returned to the Glazed Hall and fell asleep.
• News spread that Fang Chen had killed the Saints of the Misty Sect, Eight Trigrams Gate, and Lingyun Sword Sect, and that their sects had been destroyed.
• Powers that had persecuted the Glazed Sword Sect’s disciples fled, while many people expected the sect to unite the Southern Wastes.

After waking from a three-day sleep, Fang Chen planned to rebuild and strengthen the Glazed Sword Sect while considering a request from the Heavenly One Talisman Saint involving Sacred Flame. He learned that several sect elders still could not sense Saint Force and resolved to find a way to help them advance.

• Fang Chen woke in the Glazed Hall and decided to help rebuild the sect's Seven Great Main Peaks and mountain-protecting Formation.
• Daoist Misty Dao Lord asked Fang Chen to help the Heavenly One Talisman Saint with a matter concerning Sacred Flame, and Fang Chen agreed to go to Heavenly Talisman Mountain after stabilizing the sect.
• Fang Chen asked the Black Flame Dao Master about the sect's condition, and the Black Flame Dao Master and other elders came to meet him in the Glazed Hall.
• The Black Flame Dao Master and the others said they had completed Nirvana but still could not sense Saint Force, while Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi had become Quasi-Saints after their ninth Nirvana.
• Fang Chen considered how he could help the elders enter the Quasi-Saint realm and possibly become Saints to strengthen the Glazed Sword Sect.

Fang Chen began strengthening the Glazed Sword Sect’s formations and decided to give his nine clones more freedom to cultivate. He also sought ways to help Great Nirvana Completion cultivators perceive Saint Force and learned that strengthening their Soul Origin could help.

• Black Flame Dao Master asked Fang Chen to repair the Glazed Sword Sect’s mountain-protection formation and the formations on its main peaks, Glazed Hall, and Glazed Peak.
• Fang Chen spent three days inspecting the mountain-protection formation, devised a plan to reinforce it, and gave the treasures taken from the Three Great Sects to Black Flame Dao Master and the others to sort for materials.
• Fang Chen found that all nine clones had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm and decided to let them cultivate freely, requiring them to return to the Glazed Sword Sect once every hundred years if they left.
• Fang Chen asked Myna bird how Great Nirvana Completion cultivators could perceive Saint Force, and Myna bird explained that strengthening their Soul Origin could improve their soul perception.
• Myna bird passed Fang Chen information about natural treasures, Pills, and Soul Secret Methods that could strengthen the soul.

Fang Chen finished strengthening the Glazed Sword Sect’s defenses and traveled to Heavenly Talisman City. He arrived as Heavenly One Talisman Saint and other Talisman Masters awaited his help in finding Sacred Flame for their Heaven Stabilizing Talisman.

• Fang Chen repaired the Glazed Sword Sect’s Mountain-Guarding Grand Array, added formations across its peaks, and built a Spirit Gathering Array and a Quasi-Saint Tribulation Ground.
• Fang Chen left the Glazed Bell and three Saint Weapons at the sect, making the Glazed Bell the Mountain-Guarding Grand Array’s Formation Core before departing with the myna bird.
• Fang Chen used Space Divine Art to reach Heavenly Talisman City after ten days of travel.
• Dust Heart Talisman Saint questioned Heavenly One Talisman Saint about the Sacred Flame needed to craft the Heaven Stabilizing Talisman, and Heavenly One said his friend would arrive within ten to fifteen days.
• Fang Chen entered Heavenly Talisman City and used his Saint Token to tell Heavenly One Talisman Saint he had arrived.

Fang Chen met Heavenly One Talisman Saint and the assembled Talisman Saints, who warned him that his Dao Name, Floating Immortal, was an ill omen. He refused to change it, then revealed his four Sacred Flames after Heavenly One asked to see them.

• Heavenly One Talisman Saint brought Fang Chen to the City Lord's Mansion and introduced him to the gathered Talisman Saints.
• Dust Heart Talisman Saint and Purple Star asked Fang Chen for his Dao Name, and Dust Heart warned him that using “Immortal” brought bad luck.
• Fang Chen declined Dust Heart Talisman Saint and Heavenly One Talisman Saint's advice to change his Dao Name, saying he was unafraid of heaven's envy.
• Heavenly One Talisman Saint asked Fang Chen whether he possessed four Sacred Flames, and Fang Chen confirmed it.
• Fang Chen summoned the Red Lotus Sacred Fire, Green Lotus Sacred Fire, Purple Lotus Sacred Fire, and Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire for the Talisman Saints to inspect.