Recaps

Fang Chen rescued Chen Xiaofei from three Misty Sect disciples and revealed that he was True Person Liuli’s disciple. After Chen Xiaofei recognized Fang Chen as his Junior Uncle-Master, they left together to avoid Bao Rulong’s return.

• Fang Chen recognized the wounded Chen Xiaofei being chased by Bao Rulong and two other Misty Sect disciples.
• Bao Rulong knocked Chen Xiaofei down and ordered his companions to tie him up so they could take him to Senior Sister Liu Yan.
• Fang Chen burst from the river and killed the two disciples, then cut apart Bao Rulong’s Flying Knife with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Bao Rulong escaped with an Earth Evasion Talisman, and Fang Chen showed Chen Xiaofei a Jade Slip to prove his identity as True Person Liuli’s disciple.
• Chen Xiaofei addressed Fang Chen as Junior Uncle-Master, and Fang Chen asked him to identify the Pills he had collected and take any Healing Pills he needed.
• Fang Chen and Chen Xiaofei searched the fallen disciples for valuables and left before Bao Rulong could return with reinforcements.

Fang Chen rescued Chen Xiaofei, helped him recover, and learned that the Tianluo Secret Realm had become more dangerous than the records described. As they set out to find Yan Ziyi, a swift myna bird attacked and splattered Chen Xiaofei with black-and-white sludge.

• Chen Xiaofei identified the seized pills, and Fang Chen gave him extra Great Return Pills to heal his injuries.
• After recovering, Chen Xiaofei told Fang Chen that many Glazed Sword Sect disciples had died and that he had been separated from them for a month.
• Fang Chen and Chen Xiaofei set out to find Yan Ziyi, the Saintess of Zixiao Peak.
• A myna bird dropped waste on Chen Xiaofei, then dove at him, and Fang Chen knocked it down with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• When Chen Xiaofei charged the bird, it sprang up and blasted his face with black-and-white sludge.

Fang Chen fought the corrosive-spitting myna bird while Paper Crane helped defeat it. After the bird revealed it could speak and promised to heal Chen Xiaofei, it spat golden saliva into him, and Chen Xiaofei began absorbing Spiritual Qi as his injuries started to heal.

• The myna bird’s corrosive droppings injured Chen Xiaofei, and it attacked Fang Chen with repeated spits.
• Paper Crane struck the myna bird, chased it down, and plucked away most of its feathers before knocking it into a crater.
• Fang Chen attacked the bird with the Floating Immortal Sword, drawing Spiritual Power from it and increasing his True Qi.
• The myna bird begged for mercy and claimed it could heal Chen Xiaofei’s injuries caused by its droppings.
• Fang Chen ordered the bird to heal Chen Xiaofei while Paper Crane watched it, and the bird spat golden saliva into Chen Xiaofei’s mouth.
• Chen Xiaofei began glowing and absorbing Spiritual Qi, then released a pulse that blasted the droppings off his body.

Fang Chen spared the myna bird after it offered to guide him through the secret realm, and the bird used a Jade Slip to locate Yan Ziyi. The myna bird flew ahead to lead Fang Chen and Chen Xiaofei to her.

• Paper Crane subdued the myna bird, and Chen Xiaofei recovered from its corrosive droppings.
• Chen Xiaofei woke, insulted the featherless bird, and tried to attack it, but Fang Chen stopped him.
• The myna bird offered to reveal nearby spirit medicines and treasures, then explained that a curse had trapped it in the secret realm.
• Fang Chen promised to release the myna bird if it found someone for him, and it read Dao Master Honghe's Jade Slip.
• Fang Chen asked for Yan Ziyi, and the myna bird said it knew where she was before flying off to lead them there.

Fang Chen followed Myna bird to Ancient Tianluo City to find Yan Ziyi, then entered the city despite its dangerous force. The Floating Immortal Sword protected Fang Chen from the strange Spiritual Power, while Myna bird carried the little Paper Crane deeper inside.

• Myna bird and Chen Xiaofei argued before Fang Chen ordered Myna bird to lead them to Yan Ziyi.
• Chen Xiaofei recognized the Glazed Paper Crane, and Fang Chen carried him through the air after he fell behind.
• Myna bird led Fang Chen and Chen Xiaofei to Ancient Tianluo City and claimed a powerful force inside caused him pain.
• The little Paper Crane struck Myna bird, who then flew into the city, followed by Fang Chen carrying Chen Xiaofei.
• Inside the city, a strange force slowed Fang Chen's True Qi and pinned down his Spiritual Sense, but the Floating Immortal Sword dispelled the pain in his Meridians.

Fang Chen and Chen Xiaofei reached the Glazed Sword Sect disciples, who were trapped in the Eight Trigrams Gate's Stone Man Formation. After Yan Ziyi was struck by a hidden attack, Fang Chen set out to rescue them.

• Fang Chen gave Chen Xiaofei Spirit Transformation Pills and flew with him into the Mist at the heart of Ancient Tianluo City.
• Fang Chen found Yan Ziyi and the other Glazed Sword Sect disciples fighting hundreds of stone men, then let the myna bird go after it returned Paper Crane.
• Chen Xiaofei identified the attackers' formation as the Eight Trigrams Gate's Stone Man Formation and explained that it could be broken by destroying its Formation Core or by force.
• Green Vines ensnared the disciples as hidden Arrows attacked, and a streak of Golden Light pierced Yan Ziyi's left shoulder.
• Fang Chen gave Chen Xiaofei Earth Evasion Spirit Talismans, told him to stay back, and charged toward the Stone Man Formation to rescue the disciples.

Fang Chen entered the Stone Man Formation and shattered hundreds of stone men, revealing his identity as the Glazed Peak Holy Son to Yan Ziyi and the trapped Glazed Sword Sect disciples. Hu Li transformed the formation into the Giant Stone King, whose golden beams forced Fang Chen back and caused his Body Protection Spiritual Light to rise to eleven layers.

• Fang Chen fought through the Stone Man Formation with the Floating Immortal Sword, destroying more than thirty stone men in moments.
• Yan Ziyi read the Jade Slip and told the Glazed Sword Sect disciples that Fang Chen was their newly appointed Holy Son and her Junior Uncle-Master, sent to attempt Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.
• Fang Chen shattered more than two hundred stone men while Hu Li and the Eight Trigrams Gate disciples watched from the mist.
• Hu Li ordered his disciples to change the formation and condense the Giant Stone King, a hundred-foot stone giant with power rivaling a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator.
• The Giant Stone King fired golden beams at Fang Chen, who blocked them with the Floating Immortal Sword as his protective light grew to eleven layers.

Fang Chen defeated Hu Li’s Giant Stone King by discovering and severing the golden threads powering it. After reuniting with Chen Xiaofei, he led the Glazed Sword Sect disciples toward the Eight Trigrams Gate’s hiding place.

• Hu Li sent the Giant Stone King to attack Fang Chen, but Fang Chen refused help from Yan Ziyi and the other Glazed Sword Sect disciples.
• Fang Chen activated the Glazed Battle Runes, dodged the Giant Stone King’s attacks, and destroyed its head, but it regenerated.
• The Floating Immortal Sword enhanced Fang Chen’s awareness, allowing him to see the golden threads linking the Giant Stone King to a Golden Great Bell.
• Fang Chen severed the threads, causing the Giant Stone King to collapse and explode, while Hu Li and the Eight Trigrams Gate disciples watched in shock.
• Fang Chen spotted the Myna bird watching from a High Tower, then Chen Xiaofei emerged from the fog and reunited with Yan Ziyi’s group.
• Fang Chen told the Glazed Sword Sect disciples to follow him and flew toward the Eight Trigrams Gate’s hiding place.

Fang Chen broke the Eight Trigrams Illusory Formation and confronted Hu Li inside the Golden Great Bell, revealing himself as the Glazed Peak Holy Son. He began attacking the supposedly unbreakable Golden Bell Formation as Yan Ziyi and the Glazed Sword Sect disciples arrived to help.

• Hu Li ordered the Eight Trigrams Gate disciples to conceal the Golden Great Bell with the Eight Trigrams Illusory Formation when Fang Chen found their hiding place.
• Fang Chen saw through the illusion and pulled up its Formation Flags, collapsing the array while Chen Xiaofei, Yan Ziyi, and the others watched.
• Fang Chen confronted Hu Li and identified himself as the Holy Son of Glazed Peak, astonishing Hu Li and the Eight Trigrams Gate disciples.
• Fang Chen struck the Golden Great Bell, but Hu Li said its Golden Bell Formation would repair itself unless Fang Chen destroyed it in one blow.
• Yan Ziyi arrived with the Glazed Sword Sect disciples and offered to help Fang Chen break the Golden Bell Formation, and Fang Chen turned to her with a sharpened gaze.

Fang Chen relentlessly attacked the Golden Bell Formation and entered a state of Enlightenment, advancing his swordsmanship to Carrying the Light as if Heavy. His strikes began tearing through the formation, leaving Hu Li and the Eight Trigrams Gate disciples panicked as its collapse became imminent.

• Fang Chen ordered Yan Ziyi and the Glazed Sword Sect disciples to retreat while he attacked the Golden Bell Formation with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• As Fang Chen continued striking, he absorbed Spiritual Power and his swordsmanship improved, prompting Chen Xiaofei and the Myna bird to recognize his progress.
• Fang Chen’s Enlightenment transformed the sword techniques in his mind, and his next blow cracked the Golden Bell Formation.
• Fang Chen reached Carrying the Light as if Heavy, and his increasingly powerful strikes damaged the formation faster than it could repair itself.
• The Eight Trigrams Gate disciples panicked and urged Hu Li to find a way to stop Fang Chen.

Hu Li and the Eight Trigrams Gate disciples formed a giant green mantis to fight Fang Chen after their Golden Bell Formation fell. As the Glazed Sword Sect disciples killed the wounded enemies, Fang Chen knocked the mantis through the air and spotted an opening beneath its wing.

• Hu Li split his disciples between maintaining the Golden Bell Formation and joining him to form the Mantis Battle Array.
• Fang Chen shattered the Golden Bell Formation, and Hu Li's group emerged from green mist as a powerful mantis.
• The mantis attacked Fang Chen with sound waves and scythe-shaped blades, but he fought it to a standstill in the air.
• Yan Ziyi ordered the Glazed Sword Sect disciples to kill the wounded Eight Trigrams Gate disciples, and they cut them all down.
• Hu Li's distraction weakened the mantis, allowing Fang Chen to strike its head and spot a disciple through a gap beneath its wing.

Fang Chen broke through to the Twelfth Layer of Qi Refining and defeated Hu Li’s formation, then led the Glazed Sword Sect disciples toward Sky Net Palace. After they explored the palace, Fang Chen planned to continue on to the dangerous Liudan River.

• Fang Chen fused the Twelfth Layer Glazed Qi Refining Art with the Emerging Sword Art, broke through to the Twelfth Layer of Qi Refining, and withstood the azure mantis’s attacks.
• Fang Chen severed the azure mantis’s forelimbs, breaking Hu Li’s formation and leaving its disciples incapacitated.
• Yan Ziyi, Chen Xiaofei, and the other Glazed Sword Sect disciples killed the fallen Eight Trigrams Gate disciples, and Fang Chen beheaded Hu Li.
• The Glazed Sword Sect disciples gathered and divided the treasures, then agreed to join Fang Chen on his journey toward the Liudan River.
• At Yan Ziyi’s suggestion, Fang Chen and the disciples set out to explore Sky Net Palace, followed at a distance by the myna bird.

Fang Chen searched the Great Hall of Sky Net Palace but found no cultivation arts until he entered with the others and the doors sealed them inside. A Riding Zombie appeared and demanded that they cultivate the Sky Net Qi Refining Art to its third layer within three two-hour periods, leaving Fang Chen and the others facing a deadly test.

• Fang Chen entered the Great Hall alone, found a treasure-like White Jade Throne, and discovered no cultivation arts or writing.
• Fang Chen told Yan Ziyi, Chen Xiaofei, and the others that the hall seemed safe but appeared empty, so they followed him inside to search.
• The Great Hall doors shut behind the group, and golden characters and images appeared across the pillars and floor.
• A Riding Zombie emerged on a rotting horse and ordered everyone to reach the third layer of the Sky Net Qi Refining Art within three two-hour periods or die.
• Fang Chen examined the thirteen-layer Sky Net Qi Refining Art displayed on the Riding Zombie’s Light Screen and was shocked.

Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect disciples cultivated the Sky Net Qi Refining Art, only to discover that it caused cultivation deviation and murderous frenzy. As Fang Chen fought to save the disciples and challenged the Riding Zombie, a purple feather knocked the zombie from its horse.

• Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect disciples found that the Sky Net Qi Refining Art absorbed Spiritual Qi far faster than their previous technique.
• Chen Mo and then more disciples suffered cultivation deviation and attacked those around them.
• Fang Chen resisted the bloodlust, used the Floating Immortal Sword to clear his mind, and knocked out the frenzied disciples while Yan Ziyi watched over those still resisting.
• The Riding Zombie warned that the disciples could leave only by cultivating the Sky Net Qi Refining Art to its third layer within three two-hour periods.
• Fang Chen attacked the Riding Zombie, but its spear sent him flying and its warhorse charged at him again.
• A purple feather struck the Riding Zombie in the chest and knocked it from its horse.

Fang Chen fought a powerful zombie in the Great Hall, growing stronger as the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed its power. He discovered an orange pearl in the zombie’s dantian and destroyed it by removing the pearl, leaving the zombie reduced to ash.

• Yan Ziyi struck the mounted zombie with a Purple Lightning feather, and Fang Chen killed its horse before fighting the zombie.
• Fang Chen decapitated the zombie and absorbed Spiritual Power through the Floating Immortal Sword, but the zombie revived with orange flames and renewed strength.
• Fang Chen battled the zombie for half an hour, growing stronger as its power steadily weakened while Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi watched anxiously.
• Fang Chen entered a state of Enlightenment and saw an orange pearl inside the zombie’s dantian.
• Fang Chen cut open the zombie’s dantian and removed the pearl, causing the zombie and its head to turn to ash.

After Fang Chen killed the zombie, the Orange Pearl absorbed the evil Spiritual Power and revealed eighteen Qi Refining methods and eighteen Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Secret Methods. Fang Chen tested one method and, after it seemed safe, began trying others with the disciples.

• The Orange Pearl rose into the Great Hall and drew red gas from Yan Ziyi, Chen Xiaofei, the other disciples, and the corpses, waking the unconscious disciples.
• The Orange Pearl revealed eighteen methods that could reach the Thirteenth Layer of Qi Refining and eighteen Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Secret Methods.
• Fang Chen told the disciples to memorize the methods but wait to cultivate until he had tested them.
• Fang Chen cultivated the thirteen-layer Starry Qi Refining Art, then asked a Ninth Layer Qi Refining disciple to test it; the disciple reported no problems and praised the method.
• Fang Chen selected several more disciples to test other methods that could reach the Thirteenth Layer of Qi Refining.

Fang Chen and the others searched the Great Hall for cultivation methods, but he found no Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Secret Method. The White Jade Throne proved able to supply Spiritual Power and accelerate cultivation, and Fang Chen organized the disciples to take turns using it.

• Fang Chen memorized the Great Hall’s Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment methods, but found none that could help him achieve Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.
• Chen Xiaofei cultivated on the White Jade Throne and broke through to the Eleventh Layer of Qi Refining.
• Ma Lin used the throne and advanced from the Ninth to the Tenth Layer of Qi Refining.
• Chen Xiaofei broke through to the Twelfth Layer, then the White Jade Throne’s Golden Runes blasted him off.
• Fang Chen told Chen Xiaofei to consolidate his cultivation and arranged the remaining disciples in a line, with those at lower levels going first.
• Yan Ziyi declined to take a turn before the others, and three more disciples began cultivating on the White Jade Throne.

Fang Chen and Yan Ziyi cultivated on the White Jade Throne, reaching the Thirteenth Layer of Qi Refining. Fang Chen continued absorbing Spiritual Power after Yan Ziyi was expelled, but the throne cracked when its power ran out.

• Ma Lin advanced from the Ninth to the Eleventh Layer of Qi Refining on the White Jade Throne, then was thrown off and continued cultivating on the floor.
• Fang Chen told the Glazed Sword Sect disciples to cultivate while they waited, and over three days they took turns on the throne; twenty reached the Twelfth Layer and forty reached the Eleventh.
• Fang Chen and Yan Ziyi sat on the White Jade Throne together, and Yan Ziyi soon advanced to the Twelfth Layer without being expelled.
• Fang Chen reached the Thirteenth Layer after an hour, and a starry vision appeared behind him as golden lights entered his body.
• Yan Ziyi advanced to the Thirteenth Layer three hours later and was thrown off the throne, while Fang Chen remained seated and cultivated using all eighteen Emperor Scriptures.
• Fang Chen's True Qi reached its limit and the throne stopped supplying Spiritual Power, then cracks spread across its surface.

After the Sky Net Palace collapsed, Fang Chen persuaded the Glazed Sword Sect disciples to help him seek Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment at Liudan River. His group reached a cracked barrier in the river’s Upper Region, where rival sects had gathered, and Fang Chen saw it was about to break.

• The Sky Net Palace began collapsing after the orange pearl embedded itself in the Great Hall, and Fang Chen led everyone out before it fell.
• Fang Chen asked Yan Ziyi, Chen Xiaofei, and the other Glazed Sword Sect disciples to help him attempt Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, and they agreed to follow him to Liudan River.
• Fang Chen’s group traveled to Liudan River and then upstream for three days, fighting Demonic Beasts along the way.
• Fang Chen’s group arrived at a barrier being attacked by roughly two thousand people from the Misty Sect, Lingyun Sword Sect, Eight Trigrams Gate, and other sects.
• Fang Chen led the Glazed Sword Sect disciples toward the cracked barrier and said it looked ready to break.

Fang Chen confronted the Misty Sect, Lingyun Sword Sect, and Eight Trigrams Gate at a barrier on the Liudan River, where tensions escalated into a fight. He killed Bao Rulong with one strike, leaving the three sects' disciples poised for battle.

• Fang Chen recognized Yu Liuyan, Wang Mo, and Shi Lei as the Thirteenth Layer Qi Refining leaders of the three sects, each having inherited an Emperor Scripture from the Sky Net Palace.
• Bao Rulong accused Fang Chen of killing Zhang Su and Gao Ran, and Fang Chen insulted all three sects as trash.
• The three sects' disciples drew their weapons, and the Glazed Sword Sect disciples prepared to fight.
• Bao Rulong charged Fang Chen with a saber after reaching the Twelfth Layer of Qi Refining.
• Fang Chen drew the Floating Immortal Sword and killed Bao Rulong with a single slash.

Fang Chen killed Bao Rulong and repelled attacks from Yu Liuyan, Wang Mo, and Shi Lei, then plunged into the three sects’ forces and began cutting down their disciples. The chapter left off as Shi Lei and the Eight Trigrams Gate disciples formed the Spirit Snake Battle Formation against him.

• Fang Chen killed Bao Rulong with one stroke, startling the disciples of the three great sects.
• Yu Liuyan, Wang Mo, and Shi Lei attacked Fang Chen together, but he easily broke their attacks with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Yan Ziyi and the Glazed Sword Sect disciples formed the Glazed Sword Array while the three sect leaders ordered their followers to attack them.
• Fang Chen charged into the Misty Sect disciples and killed dozens of them in moments.
• Yu Liuyan attacked Fang Chen with her Red Whip, but he caught and snapped it, sending her flying and injuring her through the backlash.
• Fang Chen disarmed Wang Mo and sent him crashing to the ground, while Shi Lei gathered the Eight Trigrams Gate disciples to activate the Spirit Snake Battle Formation.

Fang Chen fought Shi Lei’s Spirit Snake Battle Formation while absorbing Spiritual Power through the Floating Immortal Sword. Meanwhile, the Glazed Sword Array held off Yu Liuyan and Wang Mo, and the Misty Sect began forming its Firebird Battle Formation.

• Fang Chen sent Sword Qi into the Whirlwind, which dispersed to reveal Shi Lei and more than three hundred Eight Trigrams Gate disciples in the Spirit Snake Battle Formation.
• Shi Lei attacked Fang Chen with Spirit Snake Tail Sweep, and Fang Chen was knocked back but absorbed Spiritual Power through the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Yu Liuyan and Wang Mo led attacks against the Glazed Sword Sect disciples while Yan Ziyi defended them as the core of the Glazed Sword Array.
• Wang Mo formed the Lingyun Sword Formation and attacked with the Great Golden Sword Technique, but Yan Ziyi’s Ice Sword knocked the golden sword away.
• Yu Liuyan ordered the Misty Sect disciples to form the Firebird Battle Formation, and their Flames gathered into a giant firebird around her.

Fang Chen fought the Spirit Snake Battle Formation while Yan Ziyi held off the Misty Sect and Lingyun Sword Sect. He crippled the formation and gained the upper hand, leaving Yu Liuyan and Wang Mo alarmed by Shi Lei’s predicament.

• Yan Ziyi used the Glazed Sword Array to hold off Wang Mo and Yu Liuyan as they attacked.
• Fang Chen evaded the Spirit Snake Battle Formation’s attacks and destroyed its left eye with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• The formation petrified Fang Chen with its white mist, but the stone covering him shattered and its teeth broke against his body.
• Fang Chen clung to the formation’s neck and repeatedly struck it, drawing Spiritual Power through his sword as Shi Lei tried to shake him off.
• Yu Liuyan and Wang Mo realized that Shi Lei was in trouble as Fang Chen maintained the upper hand.

Fang Chen overwhelmed the Eight Trigrams Gate’s Spirit Snake Battle Formation while merging Qi Refining arts into the Floating Immortal Art, causing his True Qi to grow. After destroying the formation, he cut down the helpless Eight Trigrams Gate disciples and drove the survivors to flee.

• The Glazed Sword Sect disciples cheered Fang Chen and revealed that he was their Junior Uncle-Master, while Yu Liuyan and the others realized his standing and strength.
• Fang Chen continued attacking the Spirit Snake Battle Formation as his Floating Immortal Art absorbed more Qi Refining arts and strengthened his True Qi.
• Wang Mo tried to help Shi Lei, but Fang Chen dodged his sword strike and let it wound the formation before striking its damaged neck himself.
• Fang Chen pierced the formation’s weak spot with the Floating Immortal Sword, collapsing it and leaving Shi Lei and the other disciples suffering severe backlash.
• Fang Chen swept his sword at Shi Lei, whose protective Spirit Treasure saved him, then attacked the weakened Eight Trigrams Gate disciples.
• Fang Chen killed the disciples who could not fight back, and the survivors fled in terror while Shi Lei shouted at him to stop.

Fang Chen led the Glazed Sword Sect in defeating the combined forces of the Eight Trigrams Gate, Lingyun Sword Sect, and Misty Sect, forcing all three to retreat from the Upper Region of the Liudan River. He left the Glazed Sword Sect disciples cheering while regretting that his enemies had escaped before he could kill more of them.

• Wang Mo and Yu Liuyan offered to let the Glazed Sword Sect enter the Upper Region, but Fang Chen rejected their terms and challenged them to fight.
• Yu Liuyan attacked Fang Chen with the Firebird Battle Formation, but her fireball struck and killed Eight Trigrams Gate disciples instead.
• Yu Liuyan struck Shi Lei with the formation after he cursed her, and the Glazed Sword Sect disciples laughed at the quarrel.
• Shi Lei fled downstream, Wang Mo led the Lingyun Sword Sect away, and Yu Liuyan withdrew with the Misty Sect disciples.
• Yan Ziyi and the Glazed Sword Sect disciples dispersed their battle array and praised Fang Chen for routing the three sects.