Recaps

Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect’s allies finalized plans to rebuild the sect and install the Hun Yuan Heavenly Cycle Star Array. After more than a year of construction, Fang Chen activated the array, and its permanent Barrier began drawing power from the stars.

• Fang Chen welcomed representatives from the North Nether Sect, Heavenly Talisman Mountain, the Star Sect, Yaochi Holy Land, and the dragon clans, then began revising the Glazed Sword Sect’s rebuilding plans with Yun Qianxue and the other Saints.
• Fang Chen spent half a year crafting the formations, then drove Array Stakes into the ground and shaped erupting magma into peaks while more than a thousand Saints reshaped the sect.
• Fang Chen engraved Formation Runes across the eight main peaks and Hanging Islands as the other Saints built houses, planted trees, and completed the grounds.
• After more than a year of work, Fang Chen engraved the final Dao Pattern on Glazed Peak and activated the Hun Yuan Heavenly Cycle Star Array.
• The array formed a starry Barrier above the sect and drew down starlight to strengthen it; Fang Chen confirmed that the Barrier would persist unless destroyed.

Fang Chen tested the defensive strength of the Hun Yuan Heavenly Cycle Star Array, which absorbed stellar power and converted incoming force into energy. The formation withstood the black Stone’s strongest blow and hurled it back into the sky.

• Fang Chen explained that the Hun Yuan Heavenly Cycle Star Array drew power from spirit veins and stars, thanks to his study of the Array Scripture.
• Fang Chen used the Heaven Mending Goddess Manifestation to strike the array with the black Stone, and its Devouring God Imprints absorbed the impact.
• Fang Chen gradually increased the black Stone’s size and the height of his attacks, but the array held each time.
• Fang Chen evacuated the Glazed Sword Sect and hurled the black Stone from above the nine heavens at its greatest size.
• The array’s barrier sank under the blow but remained unbroken, then sprang back and launched the black Stone skyward.

After testing the newly completed Hun Yuan Heavenly Cycle Star Array, Fang Chen reached a bottleneck and announced that he would undergo his eighth Saint Tribulation at the Glazed Sword Sect. He gathered the sect’s disciples and visiting Saints to share in the Heaven and Earth Origin Baptism after he passed.

• Fang Chen struck the Hun Yuan Heavenly Cycle Star Array several times, confirmed that its Barrier remained intact, and invited the others inside.
• The Formation Masters congratulated Fang Chen, who thanked them for helping him complete the array.
• Fang Chen sensed that his Cultivation had reached a bottleneck and promised the gathered Saints a Creation.
• Fang Chen told Yun Qianxue and Black Flame Saint to gather the sect’s Quasi-Emperor-level disciples and above for his Tribulation Transcendence.
• Yun Qianxue, Black Flame Saint, and the others assembled the Glazed Sword Sect’s people and visitors, including Ye Kong carrying Ye Qingci.
• Fang Chen announced that he would face his eighth Saint Tribulation and let everyone share in the Heaven and Earth Origin Baptism.

Fang Chen faced his Eighth Saint Tribulation, but the Heavenly Thunder fled from him and an immense Origin Light Beam descended instead. He and the gathered Saints absorbed its Source Power, and Fang Chen ended the chapter with his Eighth Saint Seal formed and Ye Qingci still blind.

• Fang Chen summoned his Eighth Saint Tribulation, whose overwhelming pressure stunned the Saints gathered at Glazed Peak.
• The Heavenly Thunder veered away from Fang Chen, and the Tribulation Clouds fled until they transformed into nine-colored auspicious clouds and released a vast Origin Light Beam.
• Fang Chen called the Glazed Sword Sect Disciples into the beam, then carried Ye Qingci to its center so she could absorb the pure Source Power.
• Moon Saint led the Yaochi Holy Land Saints into the beam, and the other Saints, Myna bird, Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, Chaos Demonic Star Vine, and Little Crane joined the baptism.
• After two hours, Fang Chen completed the baptism and formed the Eighth Saint Seal as his Soul Power, Bloodline Power, and physical strength increased.
• Fang Chen saw that Ye Qingci was still blind and promised to find a way to heal her eyes.

Fang Chen sheltered Ye Qingci inside a Seven-Colored Saint Lotus formed by the Hun Yuan Heavenly Cycle Star Array while the Saints recovered from sharing his Source Power Baptism. He promised to help the Saints undergo Tribulation Transcendence at the Glazed Sword Sect, but newcomers arriving at the Mountain Gate were violently repelled by its Barrier.

• Fang Chen carried Ye Qingci to the lake beneath Glazed Peak and formed a Seven-Colored Saint Lotus to hold and nourish her.
• As the Saints awoke from the two-hour Source Power Baptism, Fang Chen told Ye Qingci he would find a way to heal her eyes and enclosed her within the lotus.
• Fang Chen emerged from the mist and thanked the Saints for helping rebuild the Glazed Sword Sect, promising they could use its upgraded Tribulation Ground for future Tribulation Transcendence.
• A Divine Ship arrived at the Glazed Sword Sect's Mountain Gate, where the Barrier struck several newcomers and sent them flying as they tried to enter.

Former Glazed Sword Sect disciples returned after abandoning the sect during its crisis, but Fang Chen refused to let them rejoin. With the Mountain Gate nearly rebuilt, the visiting Saints prepared to return to the Central Barrens, and Fang Chen offered the Glazed Sword Sect’s help if they needed it.

• Former Glazed Sword Sect disciples found that their Identity Tokens could not open the rebuilt Mountain-Guarding Formation and attacked its Barrier to draw out the people inside.
• Fang Chen sent Chen Xiaofei to investigate, learned the attackers were former disciples, and went to confront them at the Mountain Gate.
• The former disciples claimed they had returned to help rebuild, but Fang Chen told them they were no longer members and ordered them to leave.
• Some former disciples begged for another chance, but Fang Chen threatened them with his killing intent, and they departed aboard their Divine Ship.
• Fang Chen told the Saints that the sect could finish rebuilding the Mountain Gate and offered help to their factions before seeing them off.

Fang Chen arranged for the Qiankun Holy Land Saints to repair the Glazed Sword Sect’s Teleportation Arrays while he focused on rebuilding the sect and paying respects to True Person Liuli. The chapter ended with Saint Gu Yu announcing that he had found a way to dilute the Holy Water.

• The Heavenly Seal Saint and the Qiankun Holy Land Formation Masters stayed behind to repair the Glazed Sword Sect’s Teleportation Arrays, while Fang Chen asked the Black Flame Saint to assist them.
• Fang Chen told Ye Kong that Qingci was protected in the Lotus Lake and urged him to train; Ye Kong then left to cultivate.
• Fang Chen declined the Myna bird’s suggestion to visit the Ye Family and returned to Glazed Peak to continue rebuilding the sect.
• Fang Chen restored the old courtyard and True Person Liuli’s grave, offered incense, and vowed to protect the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Saint Gu Yu contacted Fang Chen through the Spirit Sword Talisman and announced that he had succeeded in finding a way to dilute the Holy Water.

Fang Chen learned that Saint Gu Yu had found a way to dilute Holy Water, which could help the Glazed Sword Sect strengthen its members and reduce its dependence on Fang Chen. He brought the myna bird and his companions to the Qingyang Realm, where Saint Gu Yu arrived to show them the results of his research.

• Fang Chen considered the Glazed Sword Sect’s chance to grow while the Central Barrens remained in turmoil and assessed the strength of his allies and Clones.
• Fang Chen told the myna bird that Saint Gu Yu had figured out how to dilute Holy Water, and they discussed the need to raise supreme fighters against future threats.
• Fang Chen brought the myna bird and his companions to the Mystic Jade Ginseng Woods in the Qingyang Realm, where his nine Clones greeted him after their Source Power Baptism.
• Xiao Yi rushed into Fang Chen’s arms, and Saint Gu Yu and Saint Qingyuan arrived soon after.
• Saint Gu Yu invited Fang Chen to see what his research had produced.

Fang Chen and Saint Gu Yu tested whether Xiao Yi could absorb diluted Holy Water through his roots to accelerate his growth. Xiao Yi took root in the Mysterious Jade Stone as the Holy Water seeped into it, and mysterious Dao Patterns appeared across its surface.

• Saint Gu Yu gave Fang Chen diluted Holy Water, which Fang Chen drank before offering some to Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi drank the Holy Water and said he could withstand its Spiritual Power, so Saint Gu Yu gave him gourds of Holy Water in several concentrations.
• Fang Chen proposed watering Xiao Yi's roots with Holy Water while he took Saint Heart Pills, and Saint Gu Yu agreed to test the idea gradually.
• Xiao Yi returned to his true form as a thirty-foot-tall, eight-colored Mysterious Jade Ginseng and rooted himself in the Mysterious Jade Stone.
• Saint Gu Yu sprinkled Holy Water around Xiao Yi, and the stone absorbed it as multicolored light and Dao Patterns appeared across its surface.

Fang Chen helped Xiao Yi and the Mysterious Jade Ginseng absorb Holy Water, then gave his Clones more so they could train toward the Ninth Saint Tribulation. He left the Qingyang Realm to rebuild the sect’s Tribulation Ground and began searching the Southern Wastes for a suitable mountain range.

• Xiao Yi absorbed Spiritual Power from the Mysterious Jade Stone, and Saint Gu Yu watered the Mysterious Jade Ginseng with Holy Water.
• Fang Chen gave his Clones drops of undiluted Holy Water, which they endured and absorbed, then provided Eldest Brother Fang with a small Gourd of it for training.
• Fang Chen left the Qingyang Realm with Saint Gu Yu and Saint Qingyuan and said he would rebuild the sect’s Tribulation Ground, which the Wind Origin storm had destroyed.
• Fang Chen sent the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine to search the Southern Wastes for buried treasures.
• Fang Chen traveled through the Southern Wastes with the Myna bird, found a suitable mountain range, and began setting up a Formation.

Fang Chen refined a new Tribulation Ground, the Green Grass Great Array, to help cultivators recover their strength during Tribulation Transcendence. With the array complete, Uncle-Master Black Flame prepared to be the first to use it.

• Fang Chen asked Uncle-Master Black Flame to gather materials for new Array Stakes, and Uncle-Master Black Flame borrowed them from the South Sea Dragon Clan.
• Uncle-Master Black Flame said he and several other elders had reached cultivation bottlenecks and intended to undergo Tribulation Transcendence once the Tribulation Ground was ready.
• Fang Chen spent a month using the Heaven Refining Furnace to refine four thousand eight hundred Array Stakes.
• Fang Chen drove the stakes into the mountain range, creating a vast field of grass formed from Spiritual Power and covered in Dao Patterns.
• Fang Chen named the formation the Green Grass Great Array and explained that its grass would burn to release energy and restore cultivators during Tribulation Transcendence.

Fang Chen explained that the Green Grass Great Array could gather a cultivator’s shattered Remnant Soul and help rebuild their body during Tribulation Transcendence. Black Flame Saint prepared to test the array before the assembled Glazed Sword Sect disciples, while Yun Qianxue arrived and asked Fang Chen about the grassland.

• Fang Chen told Black Flame Saint and the myna bird that the Green Grass Great Array could restore a cultivator whose soul was shattered by Heavenly Tribulation.
• Black Flame Saint agreed to undergo Tribulation Transcendence and summoned sect members preparing for their own trials to watch.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird waited outside the array as Glazed Sword Sect disciples arrived and were stopped by its barrier.
• Chen Xiaofei, Yan Ziyi, and other disciples questioned Fang Chen about the grassland, and he invited them to watch Black Flame Saint’s trial.
• Saint Honghe and Yun Qianxue arrived, and Yun Qianxue asked Fang Chen why the Tribulation Ground was covered in grass.

Fang Chen’s grassland Grand Array absorbed the force of the Black Flame Saint’s fifth Saint Tribulation and restored him after the Heavenly Thunder destroyed his body. The Black Flame Saint emerged with an even stronger aura, leaving the onlookers astonished by the array’s power.

• The Black Flame Saint began his fifth Saint Tribulation as the World Will summoned powerful storm clouds over the Tribulation Ground.
• The first wave of Heavenly Thunder struck, and Fang Chen’s grassland absorbed the impact to strengthen the Grand Array while the Devouring God Armor fed energy to the Black Flame Saint.
• The second wave shattered the Devouring God Armor and hurled the wounded Black Flame Saint to the ground, where azure lights from the grass healed him.
• Golden Lightning Swords from the third wave blew the Black Flame Saint’s body apart, alarming Saint Honghe, Chen Xiaofei, and the Glazed Sword Sect Disciples.
• Fang Chen saw the grass absorb the Black Flame Saint’s remains and Remnant Soul, then watched it reform him in crimson light with a stronger aura.

The Black Flame Saint survived a powerful Heavenly Fire Tribulation with the Green Grass Great Array's help and formed his fifth Saint Seal. Impressed by the array, Saint Honghe began his own Tribulation Transcendence, where the third wave blasted apart his body and scattered his soul.

• Purple Lightning flames burned the Black Flame Saint to nothing, while the surrounding grass absorbed the lightning motes and turned purple.
• The Green Grass Great Array gathered the Black Flame Saint's Remnant Soul, restored his Physical Body, and helped him survive the Tribulation.
• The Black Flame Saint formed his fifth Saint Seal, thanked Fang Chen for the array, and left to consolidate his Cultivation.
• Fang Chen explained that the Green Grass Great Array could restore someone if even a trace of their Spiritual Sense remained.
• Saint Honghe entered the Green Grass Great Array and began his Tribulation Transcendence; the third wave blasted his body apart and scattered his soul.

Fang Chen’s Green Grass Great Array helped every Glazed Sword Sect Saint survive the strengthened Heavenly Tribulation. He let Heavenly Seal Saint and his companions use the Tribulation Ground, where the youngest brother successfully formed his sixth Saint Seal, leaving the Qiankun Holy Land Saints amazed by the array.

• Saint Honghe survived the fourth Heavenly Tribulation wave and formed his fifth Saint Seal with the Green Grass Great Array’s help.
• Two days later, every Saint from the Glazed Sword Sect’s group had completed Tribulation Transcendence without dying.
• Heavenly Seal Saint arrived with Qiankun Holy Land Saints and asked to use the Glazed Sword Sect’s Tribulation Ground, and Fang Chen welcomed them.
• Fang Chen gave the youngest Qiankun Holy Land Saint Heart Tribulation Pills and assured him that the array would help him survive.
• The Saint endured the Heavenly Tribulation, had his body smashed apart, and successfully formed his sixth Saint Seal.
• Heavenly Seal Saint praised the Green Grass Great Array and said even a Great Emperor’s Formation could not match it.

After Heavenly Seal Saint and his followers survived their tribulations with Fang Chen’s Grand Array, Xuan Tu Saint suspected that tribulations in the area were unusually strong. Fang Chen and Heavenly Seal Saint headed to the Chaos Holy Land to investigate, where their arrival prompted urgent messages to the Chaos Holy Lord.

• Heavenly Seal Saint and his brothers passed their tribulations, and Heavenly Seal Saint grew much stronger after completing his Ninth Saint Tribulation.
• Xuan Tu Saint told Fang Chen and Heavenly Seal Saint that Heavenly Tribulations seemed stronger in their area than elsewhere.
• Fang Chen and Heavenly Seal Saint decided to visit the Chaos Holy Land to compare tribulations, and Fang Chen informed Yun Qianxue.
• Green Bamboo Saint arranged their teleportation, and a subordinate notified Saint Tong Mu that Floating Immortal Saint was coming.
• Saint Tong Mu alerted Xuan Yu Saint, who contacted the Chaos Holy Lord in seclusion and asked whether he had invited Floating Immortal Saint.

Fang Chen and Heavenly Seal Saint traveled to the Chaos Holy Land to compare the strength of Heavenly Tribulations at its Tribulation Ground. The Chaos Holy Lord granted them permission, and Saint Tong Mu brought them to meet Saint Lei Yun, who oversaw the site.

• The Chaos Holy Lord approved Fang Chen and his companions' entry into the Chaos Holy Land, and Saint Tong Mu welcomed them at the Teleportation Array.
• Heavenly Seal Saint explained that he suspected Heavenly Tribulations were stronger in the Southern Wastes and asked to observe one at the Chaos Holy Land.
• Saint Tong Mu sought permission from Xuan Yu Saint, who informed the Chaos Holy Lord of their request.
• The Chaos Holy Lord agreed to let them enter the Forbidden Ground and sent word to Saint Lei Yun.
• Saint Tong Mu led Fang Chen and the others to the Tribulation Ground and introduced them to Saint Lei Yun.

Fang Chen and the Heavenly Seal Saint watched Saint Ling Tao undergo Tribulation Transcendence at the Chaos Holy Land’s Tribulation Ground. Ling Tao successfully condensed his Fourth Saint Seal, leaving Fang Chen and the others surprised by how brief and mild the tribulation had been.

• Saint Lei Yun took Fang Chen, the Heavenly Seal Saint, and Saint Tong Mu through an Origin World to the Chaos Holy Land’s Tribulation Ground.
• Saint Lei Yun explained that a Great Emperor’s Grand Array aided those undergoing tribulation, though stronger Heavenly Tribulations had caused the Holy Land to lose many Saints.
• Saint Ling Tao entered the Grand Array and faced the first two waves of Heavenly Thunder with the Formation’s support.
• Saint Ling Tao used his Ancient Bell to block a Lightning Orb in the third wave, suffered a backlash, and recovered with the Formation’s help.
• An Origin Light Beam descended after the Tribulation Clouds turned Nine-Colored, and Saint Ling Tao condensed his Fourth Saint Seal.
• Fang Chen, the Heavenly Seal Saint, and the others were astonished that Ling Tao’s tribulation ended after only three waves.

Fang Chen noticed that the Chaos Holy Land’s Heavenly Tribulations were weaker than those inside the Green Grass Great Array and offered Saint Lei Yun a Heart Tribulation Pill to help Saint Bai Yang face his Ninth Saint Tribulation. Saint Lei Yun accepted the pill and sent it to Saint Bai Yang as he prepared to begin.

• Fang Chen and Saint Tian Heng compared Saint Ling Tao’s weak tribulation with the much stronger tribulation Saint Tian Heng had endured, and Myna bird showed an image of it.
• Saint Lei Yun said tribulations varied between cultivators, and Fang Chen suggested they watch more candidates before drawing conclusions.
• Twelve Chaos Holy Land disciples completed Tribulation Transcendence, while four failed, three of them to the Heart Demon Tribulation.
• Fang Chen stopped Saint Bai Yang before his Ninth Saint Tribulation and offered Saint Lei Yun a Heart Tribulation Pill he said could counter the Heart Demon Tribulation.
• Saint Lei Yun accepted the pill and sent it to Saint Bai Yang, urging him to take it.

Saint Bai Yang took a Heart Tribulation Pill from Saint Lei Yun before attempting his Ninth Saint Tribulation. He survived the Heart Demon Tribulation and the heavenly lightning, condensed his ninth Saint Seal, and thanked Saint Lei Yun for the pill.

• Saint Bai Yang trusted Saint Lei Yun and swallowed the Heart Tribulation Pill before beginning his tribulation.
• Saint Bai Yang withstood the first three waves of heavenly lightning using his Manifestation and Ancient Bell.
• Saint Bai Yang briefly fell under the Heart Demon Tribulation, but the pill sharpened his Soul Perception and let him break free.
• Saint Bai Yang endured the fourth wave of lightning, though it cracked his bell and left him badly injured.
• Saint Bai Yang received the Source Power Baptism, condensed his ninth Saint Seal, and thanked Saint Lei Yun for saving his life.

Fang Chen met with Chaos Holy Lord Yue Canglan after Saint Bai Yang survived his Heavenly Tribulation, and confirmed that he and his companions had been trapped in the Sacred Land during the Spatial Storm. He explained how they survived inside a piece of Black Stone, then faced Yue Canglan’s question about how they returned.

• Saint Lei Yun credited Fang Chen for the pills that helped Saint Bai Yang survive his Heavenly Tribulation, and Saint Bai Yang thanked Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen asked Saint Lei Yun to arrange a meeting with Chaos Holy Lord Yue Canglan, who agreed to receive him.
• Fang Chen met Yue Canglan and they discussed Fang Chen’s strength and the unreliable Heavenly Saint Ranking.
• Yue Canglan asked whether Fang Chen had truly been trapped in the Sacred Land during the Spatial Storm, and Fang Chen confirmed it.
• Fang Chen described how he and his companions escaped the collapsing Sacred Land by sheltering inside Black Stone, and Yue Canglan asked how they eventually returned.

Fang Chen returned the Heavenly Wheel Secret Codex to Yue Canglan after explaining that cultivating it had improved his damaged Life Wheel and slowed the loss of his Lifespan. He revealed that his Green Grass Great Array had helped dozens of people survive Tribulation Transcendence with a one-hundred-percent success rate, leaving Yue Canglan shocked by the prospect of sending Chaos Holy Land members to use it.

• Fang Chen told Yue Canglan that he had cultivated the Heavenly Wheel Secret Codex, which had made his Life Wheel more complete and slowed his Lifespan loss.
• Fang Chen returned the Heavenly Wheel Secret Codex to Yue Canglan, who was delighted to learn it was genuine and had been successfully cultivated.
• Fang Chen confirmed that Heavenly Tribulation was more powerful in the Southern Wastes than in the Chaos Holy Land.
• Yue Canglan offered to let Glazed Sword Sect disciples undergo Tribulation Transcendence at the Chaos Holy Land, but Fang Chen declined and described his Formation's perfect success rate.
• Fang Chen invited Yue Canglan to send Chaos Holy Land members to use the Green Grass Great Array, leaving Yue Canglan astonished.

Fang Chen offered Yue Canglan a gourd of Heart Tribulation Pills and urged the Chaos Holy Land to send its members to the Glazed Sword Sect for their tribulations. Yue Canglan agreed to test the arrangement with a few people, and Fang Chen explained that he was repaying him for saving his life.

• Fang Chen told Yue Canglan that many Chaos Holy Land members had failed their tribulations because of Heart Demon Tribulations and offered him pills he had refined to counter them.
• Saint Lei Yun confirmed that one of Fang Chen's pills had helped Bai Yang overcome a Heart Demon Tribulation and complete his Ninth Saint Tribulation.
• Yue Canglan found more than a thousand pills in the gourd and was astonished when Fang Chen said he could refine over ten thousand in a batch.
• Fang Chen advised Yue Canglan to send Chaos Holy Land members to the Glazed Sword Sect because its stronger tribulations brought a greater Source Power Baptism and its Auxiliary Grand Array could repair itself.
• Yue Canglan agreed to send some people first and ask about their experience before deciding whether to send more.
• Fang Chen told Yue Canglan that he owed him far more than friendship because Yue Canglan had saved his life with the Secret Manual.

Fang Chen warned Yue Canglan and the others that the Devil Race was far stronger than the Human Race and had established over a hundred camps deep in the Sacred Land. Though a Super Spatial Storm might destroy the camps, Yue Canglan cautioned that this was not good news.

• Fang Chen told Yue Canglan that he wanted to help the Chaos Holy Land grow stronger because he sensed a looming crisis from the Devil Race.
• Fang Chen explained that the Devil Race could overwhelm the Human Race and had built at least a hundred camps deep within the Sacred Land.
• Heavenly Seal Saint and the others were shocked when Fang Chen said the Devil Race had constructed so many camps despite the Spatial Storms.
• The Myna bird showed Yue Canglan and the others images of the Devil Race camps, confirming Fang Chen's account.
• Fang Chen said the Devil Race intended to gain control of the Sacred Land and that the Super Spatial Storm would likely destroy its camps, but Yue Canglan said that was not good news.

Fang Chen and Yue Canglan discussed the threat the Devil Race might pose now that the Sacred Land’s storms had destroyed its camps, and agreed the Human Race needed to grow stronger and unite. Fang Chen revealed his plans for the Glazed Sword Sect and his hostility toward the Ye Family and Buddhist Kingdom, then told Yue Canglan he had only just passed his eighth Saint Tribulation.

• Yue Canglan warned Fang Chen that the Devil Race might attack Human Race and other continents after losing access to the Sacred Land, and Fang Chen agreed the danger was real.
• Fang Chen said he wanted to strengthen the Glazed Sword Sect and eventually unite the Barbaric Continent, while Yue Canglan pledged his support.
• Fang Chen said he would destroy the Ye Family and Buddhist Kingdom, or at least kill their leaders, if he gained the power to unite the continent.
• Yue Canglan said he had not sensed the Quasi-Emperor Realm threshold despite his strength and cautioned that haste made waste.
• Fang Chen said he hoped passing his Ninth Saint Tribulation would let him perceive Emperor Source Power, and Yue Canglan was stunned to learn Fang Chen had only just passed his eighth.