Recaps

After defeating the Pig Demon, Fang Chen discovered that the Ninth Secret Realm could recreate the story he told and realized he had passed its trial. The Skeleton Boatman explained that the Secret Realm trained Quasi-Emperors through trials that usually rewarded them with Source Power of Emperors.

• Fang Chen absorbed the concentrated Source Power of Emperors released when the Pig Demon and rhinoceros were destroyed, strengthening his body, Blood Qi, and Soul Power.
• When the next Checkpoint did not appear, Fang Chen recreated the mountain, Cold Mountain Temple, and old monk by narrating his story.
• Fang Chen said the old monk was an old monster, and the monk burned away until the Skeleton Boatman remained.
• The Skeleton Boatman told Fang Chen that he had entered his own story, passed the trial, and received his reward, while the myna bird was still undergoing its trial.
• The Skeleton Boatman explained that the Secret Realm was designed to train Quasi-Emperors through many Checkpoints and trials, usually rewarding them with Source Power of Emperors.

Fang Chen learned that Ye Qingci was likely a Reincarnated Immortal whose Nirvana Immortal Scripture came from her previous life, and he worried about what recovering her memories might mean for their relationship. He then asked how to leave the Secret Realm and learned that the Skeleton Boatman was its Realm Master, who had existed there for possibly hundreds of millions of years.

• Fang Chen questioned the Skeleton Boatman about Cultivation Techniques and learned that most cultivators had to create their own paths to become Great Emperors.
• Fang Chen told the Skeleton Boatman that Ye Qingci had obtained the twelve-layer Nirvana Immortal Scripture, and the Skeleton Boatman said she could reach the Great Emperor Realm by cultivating it.
• The Skeleton Boatman said Ye Qingci was almost certainly a Reincarnated Immortal who had created the Nirvana Immortal Scripture in her previous life.
• Fang Chen worried that Ye Qingci might stop loving him if she recovered her past memories, then resolved to love her regardless.
• Fang Chen wondered whether Ye Kong might also be a reincarnated powerful figure because of his Kirin Sacred Body and Kirin Secret Tome.
• Fang Chen asked how to leave, and the Skeleton Boatman revealed he was the Secret Realm's Realm Master and had existed since its creation, perhaps for hundreds of millions of years.

Fang Chen learned that the Secret Realm had revived many times and that its nine trials could qualify cultivators to attempt a breakthrough to the Great Emperor Realm. After Huahua passed the first trial and joined him, Fang Chen introduced it to the Skeleton Boatman as the Spirit of the formation.

• The Skeleton Boatman explained that the Secret Realm repeatedly destroyed and revived itself, erasing many of his memories, and said it had last revived a thousand years earlier.
• The Skeleton Boatman told Fang Chen that he had passed the first of nine trials, which were required to qualify for attempting a breakthrough to the Great Emperor Realm, and that those who failed died.
• Fang Chen told the Skeleton Boatman about the Savage World, and the boatman explained that the Sacred Land had once been the main body of the ancient Barbaric Continent.
• The Skeleton Boatman brought Huahua to Fang Chen after it passed the trial, and Huahua nearly attacked him before Fang Chen explained that he was a Spirit of the formation.
• Fang Chen asked Huahua whether it had entered a Mystical Space and seen a mountain temple with an old witch inside.

Fang Chen and Huahua passed the first trial but learned they would have to wait three years before attempting the second stage. After discovering ten years had passed outside the Secret Realm, Fang Chen learned that Ye Chen had become a Quasi-Emperor and the Ye Family had attacked his sect, so he set out to return and confront him.

• Fang Chen explained that the Skeleton Boatman had used their stories to create separate trials, while Huahua refused to reveal what happened during his.
• The Skeleton Boatman told Fang Chen and Huahua they must wait three years to attempt the second stage, then sent them out of the Secret Realm.
• Fang Chen recognized their location as the Rainbow Mountain Range in the Southern Wastes and discovered from his Jade Talisman that ten years had passed.
• The Black Flame Saint contacted Fang Chen and warned him that Ye Chen had become a Quasi-Emperor and the Ye Family Members had attacked the sect.
• Fang Chen told Huahua he would return to the sect and make sure Ye Chen never left, then called for Little Crane to wake up.

Little Crane returned Fang Chen to the Glazed Sword Sect, where Ye Chen and Li Changsheng were attacking its Quasi-Emperor. Fang Chen watched his Clone suffer under Ye Chen’s assault as the spectators assumed he was still missing or dead.

• Little Crane discovered that she had shrunk and lost one of her seven colors, but said her sensitivity to Space Dao Patterns had grown stronger.
• After sensing a powerful energy fluctuation, Fang Chen had Little Crane take him and the myna bird back to the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Fang Chen saw his Clone fighting Ye Chen and Li Changsheng, and Ye Chen struck the Clone with the Xuanhuang Banner, sending him flying.
• The watching Saints discussed Ye Chen’s strength and speculated that Fang Chen remained gravely injured after Li Changsheng’s ambush eleven years earlier.
• Li Changsheng urged Ye Chen to kill Fang Chen’s Clone, while Ye Chen pressed on, still frustrated that Fang Chen had not appeared.

Ye Chen used the Xuanhuang Banner and Xuanhuang Bell to overwhelm Fang Chen's Clone while Fang Chen remained unreachable. The Glazed Sword Sect feared its Quasi-Emperor would die, and Fang Chen's other clones suspected he had entered the Ninth Secret Realm.

• Ye Chen charged Fang Chen's Clone in the Chaos Space, knocked aside the Nine Realms Tower, and pierced the Clone with the Xuanhuang Banner.
• Ye Chen summoned the Xuanhuang Bell and struck it with the banner, battering Fang Chen's Clone with its sound waves.
• The Myna bird urged Fang Chen to intervene, and Fang Chen agreed to fight Ye Chen while the Myna bird took on Li Changsheng.
• The Saints watching were shocked by Ye Chen's two Supreme Emperor Weapons, while the Glazed Sword Sect begged the Black Flame Saint to summon the Floating Immortal Elder.
• The Black Flame Saint said he could not reach Fang Chen, and Third Brother Fang and Eldest Brother Fang wondered where their original self had gone.
• Eldest Brother Fang said he did not know where Fang Chen was and relayed the Black Flame Saint's guess that Fang Chen had entered the Ninth Secret Realm.

Fang Chen returned to the Chaos Space and freed his Clones from the Xuanhuang Bell's suppression after striking it with the Black Stone. He faced Ye Chen and began fighting to reclaim Ye Qingci's eyes and Ye Kong's arm.

• Fang Chen's Clones complained that Ye Chen had used Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails to drain their Soul Power.
• Fang Chen's Black Stone struck the Xuanhuang Bell, freeing his Clones and revealing that he had survived being hit by three Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails.
• Fang Chen told his Clone that the nails no longer affected him and promised to find a way to remove the Clone's nail after defeating Ye Chen.
• Fang Chen confronted Ye Chen and Li Changsheng, declaring his intent to kill Ye Chen and reclaim Ye Qingci's eyes and Ye Kong's arm.
• Ye Chen attacked with the Xuanhuang Banner, and Fang Chen split the Chaos Matter with his sword before striking the banner.

Fang Chen and Ye Chen clashed in the Chaos Matter, revealing the force of Ye Chen’s Kirin Arm and the power of Fang Chen’s Floating Immortal Sword. As Ye Chen charged again, Fang Chen merged with his Chaos Giant Manifestation to face him.

• Fang Chen and Ye Chen’s clash sent them flying apart, while Li Changsheng realized Fang Chen had survived the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails and grown stronger.
• Ye Mian and the other Ye Family Members watched Fang Chen’s return through the Xuanhuang Hall’s light screen and were shocked to see him alive.
• Ye Chen revealed the Kirin Arm and attacked Fang Chen with the Xuanhuang Banner, whose Divine Light Fang Chen shattered with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Ye Chen struck Fang Chen with the banner’s shaft, but the Floating Immortal Sword restored Fang Chen’s strength as Myna bird warned him that Ye Chen had yet to use the Nirvana Immortal Eyes.
• Fang Chen summoned the Chaos Giant Manifestation and merged with it as Ye Chen charged with the Xuanhuang Banner.

Fang Chen battled Ye Chen in the Chaos Space, countering the Xuanhuang Banner’s Xuanhuang Qi with the Heaven Mending Goddess’s Black Stone. After Ye Chen fled to the Outer Heavens, Fang Chen pursued him, and Ye Chen attacked with a colossal Blood Claw.

• Fang Chen struck Ye Chen’s Xuanhuang Banner with the Floating Immortal Sword, and their clash swept away the surrounding Chaos Matter.
• Ye Chen unleashed ten strands of Xuanhuang Qi, but Fang Chen scattered them with the Black Stone.
• Fang Chen attacked Ye Chen with the Black Stone and knocked the Xuanhuang Bell away, while Ye Chen later repelled another strike with the Xuanhuang Banner.
• Li Changsheng advised Ye Chen to leave the Chaos Space, and Ye Chen rushed into the Outer Heavens with Fang Chen in pursuit.
• Ye Chen turned to face Fang Chen among the stars and sent a colossal Blood Claw toward him, which Fang Chen met with the Black Stone.

Fang Chen countered Ye Chen’s Myriad Swords Emptied with One Sword Samsara, then traded blows with Ye Chen’s Blood Kirin form in the starry sky. The chapter ended with Fang Chen striking the Blood Kirin with the Hand of the Heavens and smashing it apart.

• Ye Chen merged with the Blood Kirin, which deflected Fang Chen’s Black Stone and mocked his reliance on it.
• Fang Chen enlarged his body with the Glazed Golden Body Secret Method as Ye Chen unleashed Myriad Swords Emptied.
• Fang Chen used One Sword Samsara to swallow all of Ye Chen’s red Sword Shadows.
• Fang Chen rushed the Blood Kirin and struck with the Floating Immortal Sword, but Ye Chen caught the blade with its claws and blasted him backward.
• Ye Chen charged Fang Chen, who summoned the Hand of the Heavens and smashed the Blood Kirin into pieces.

Fang Chen initially overwhelmed Ye Chen with the Hand of the Heavens and the Black Stone, but Ye Chen activated the Profound Yellow Talisman and turned the fight around. Ye Chen pierced Fang Chen with the Xuanhuang Banner and shattered half his body, then prepared to suppress him with the Xuanhuang Bell.

• Fang Chen struck Ye Chen with the Hand of the Heavens, then smashed him with the Black Stone after knocking away the Xuanhuang Banner.
• Li Changsheng warned Ye Chen that the Floating Immortal Sword could devour his strength, and Ye Chen used a Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nail to escape Fang Chen's attack.
• Ye Chen activated the Profound Yellow Talisman, which let him draw on the Profound Yellow Great Array and greatly increased his power.
• Ye Chen used the Xuanhuang Banner to repel Fang Chen's sword strike and pierce his chest.
• Ye Chen declared that the talisman gave him endless power, shattered half of Fang Chen's body, and summoned the Xuanhuang Bell to suppress him.

Fang Chen fought Ye Chen in the starry sky, using the Floating Immortal Sword and the Glazed Sword Sect’s formation to grow stronger while Ye Chen relied on the Profound Yellow Talisman. After the Myna distracted Li Changsheng, Fang Chen struck Ye Chen with the Swallowing Heaven Tower and trapped him in the Floating Immortal Great Array, but Ye Chen’s healing light kept him alive as Fang Chen’s swords attacked his neck and limbs.

• Fang Chen sent the Black Stone flying into the Xuanhuang Bell, then caught Ye Chen’s Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nail in the Samsara Vortex.
• Fang Chen and Ye Chen exchanged attacks as Fang Chen absorbed energy from the Floating Immortal Sword and his Glazed Battle Runes began turning golden.
• Li Changsheng urged Ye Chen to retreat, but the Myna bird struck Li Changsheng in the face with Bird Droppings and distracted Ye Chen.
• Fang Chen hit Ye Chen with the Swallowing Heaven Tower, shattering the Profound Yellow Talisman’s Divine Light and sending him flying.
• Fang Chen trapped Ye Chen in the Floating Immortal Great Array and struck him with the Black Stone and twelve sword lights.
• Fang Chen’s Flying Swords and Floating Immortal Sword cut into Ye Chen’s limbs and neck, but Ye Chen’s yellow healing light rapidly restored his wounds.

Fang Chen broke Ye Chen’s escape attempt by enduring the Xuanhuang Banner’s attacks, then used Ye Chen as a shield against the Floating Immortal Sword. Ye Chen was left trapped and being drained by the sword, while Li Changsheng could not come to his aid.

• Ye Chen used Nirvana Samsara to weaken Fang Chen’s control of the Floating Immortal Great Array, then escaped its bounds with the Xuanhuang Banner.
• Fang Chen burned his Bloodline Power and Soul Power to chase Ye Chen, endured the banner’s Divine Light, and grabbed him.
• Fang Chen turned Ye Chen into the Floating Immortal Sword’s path, and the sword pierced them both while its Devouring Power drained Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen struggled to escape Fang Chen’s grip and called Li Changsheng for help.
• Li Changsheng told Ye Chen he was ambushed by a Quasi-Emperor from the Glazed Sword Sect and could barely protect himself because the Myna bird’s droppings stuck to his face and hand.

Fang Chen pursued Ye Chen after Ye Chen escaped his grasp and severed his Kirin Arm, which the Swallowing Heaven Tower devoured. Li Changsheng pulled the enraged Ye Chen away and carried him toward a Space Rift.

• The myna bird humiliated Li Changsheng with corrosive droppings and pecked him in the eye when he tried to retaliate.
• Li Changsheng warned Ye Chen to break apart his body to escape Fang Chen and cautioned him not to use the Nirvana Immortal Eyes again.
• Ye Chen broke his body into pieces, escaped Fang Chen’s grasp, and reassembled with his aura weakened.
• Fang Chen caught up with Ye Chen, evaded his Kirin Arm attack, and severed his right arm with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen used the Swallowing Heaven Tower to devour Ye Chen’s severed arm, and Li Changsheng restrained Ye Chen and carried him toward a Space Rift.

Fang Chen stopped Ye Chen’s escape from the Glazed Sword Sect but returned to the Qingyang Realm to save his Clones, who had been struck by Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails. He discovered that his Soul Power could heal them and that their nails were drawn into his own Soul Origin, leaving the story with Fang Chen carrying more of the dangerous nails.

• Fang Chen’s Clones suffered from the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails, so he abandoned the chase and returned with them to the Qingyang Realm.
• Fang Chen found that his Soul Power strengthened the Clones’ Soul Origins and eased the pain caused by the nails.
• After half an hour, a nail burst from the Fusion Clone and fused with Fang Chen’s Soul Origin, freeing the Clone from its Devouring Power.
• Fang Chen told the Myna bird that the nail had likely been drawn to the others already inside him, and he accepted the risk of accumulating more.
• Fang Chen reassured the Black Flame Saint that his Clones were fine, and the Glazed Sword Sect’s Saints returned to the Secret Realm to cultivate.

Fang Chen discovered that his nine Clones had become Quasi-Emperors and learned they could enter the Ninth Secret Realm to cultivate. He confronted Ye Chen’s Remnant Soul inside the severed Kirin Arm, leaving Ye Chen vowing revenge against the Glazed Sword Sect.

• Fang Chen’s nine Clones separated after fusing and found they could perceive the Source Power of Emperors, making them Quasi-Emperors.
• Myna bird suggested the Heavenly Dao Will had counted the fused Clones as one, explaining why no new Manifestation had appeared.
• Fang Chen told his Clones that Quasi-Emperors could enter the Ninth Secret Realm and promised to take them there to cultivate.
• Fang Chen sensed the severed Kirin Arm battering the Swallowing Heaven Tower and entered the tower with Myna bird and his Clones.
• Ye Chen’s Remnant Soul emerged from the Kirin Arm, and Fang Chen mocked him for stealing another man’s eyes and arm.
• Ye Chen threatened to use the Ye Family’s trump cards to destroy the Glazed Sword Sect once he recovered his strength.

After defeating Ye Chen, Fang Chen purged his Remnant Soul from the Kirin Arm and brought it to the Origin Realm of Longevity to return it to Ye Kong. The chapter ended with Ye Kong recognizing the arm as his, while Fang Chen prepared to have it reattached.

• Fang Chen removed Ye Chen's Remnant Soul from the Kirin Arm and decided to take it to Ye Kong.
• Eldest Brother Fang and the others chose to cultivate in seclusion, while Fang Chen and the Myna bird went to the Origin Realm of Longevity.
• Saint Gu Yu told Fang Chen that Ye Kong was cultivating in the Forbidden Grounds and had reached the Eight-Tribulation Saint Realm.
• Saint Gu Yu and Saint Qingyuan led Fang Chen to the Blood Pool, where Ye Kong emerged from his cultivation.
• Fang Chen told Ye Kong that Ye Chen had reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm and that he had cut off one of Ye Chen's arms.
• Fang Chen showed Ye Kong the Kirin Arm and asked Saint Gu Yu and Saint Qingyuan to reattach it.

Ye Kong began fusing with his Kirin Arm, restoring and strengthening his Kirin Sacred Body until his Saint Force reached its limit and he needed to undergo Tribulation Transcendence. Fang Chen brought him to the Glazed Sword Sect’s Tribulation Ground, where the waiting cultivators agreed to let him go ahead.

• Ye Kong touched the Kirin Arm, and it released Blood Qi that began fusing with his body.
• Saint Gu Yu recognized the arm’s spirit and told Fang Chen and the others to keep their distance while Ye Kong endured the fusion.
• The Kirin Arm restored Ye Kong’s Kirin Sacred Body Origin and strengthened his body, Bloodline, and soul until his Saint Force reached its limit.
• Ye Kong left with Fang Chen and the others for the Glazed Sword Sect’s Tribulation Ground to undergo Tribulation Transcendence.
• Fang Chen asked the more than three thousand cultivators waiting in line to let Ye Kong go ahead, and they agreed.

Ye Kong underwent the Heavenly Tribulation in Fang Chen’s Green Grass Great Array, fused the Kirin Arm with his body, and became a Nine-Tribulation Saint. As Ye Kong left to continue his seclusion, Fang Chen considered letting the people waiting for tribulations enter the array together.

• Fang Chen invited Ye Kong to enter the Green Grass Great Array and face his tribulation.
• Ye Kong endured the successive waves of Heavenly Thunder as the Kirin Arm survived and helped restore and strengthen his body.
• After nine cycles of burning and recovery, Ye Kong completed the tribulation and formed his ninth Saint Seal, becoming a Nine-Tribulation Saint.
• Ye Kong thanked Fang Chen and left with Saint Gu Yu and Saint Qingyuan to continue absorbing the Kirin Arm’s power in seclusion.
• Fang Chen looked at the people waiting in line and asked Huahua whether they could face their tribulations together inside the array.

Fang Chen tested whether two cultivators could undergo Tribulation Transcendence at the same time inside the Green Grass Great Array. Li Changshou and Zhang Ziheng began their tribulations far apart, and separate Tribulation Clouds formed above them.

• Fang Chen proposed simultaneous Tribulation Transcendence to speed up the growing queue, and the myna bird warned that the array might not withstand the stronger Heavenly Tribulation.
• Fang Chen asked Glazed Sword Sect disciples to volunteer for a risky test, and several Saints and Quasi-Saints stepped forward.
• Fang Chen chose the One Tribulation Saints Li Changshou and Zhang Ziheng to undergo Tribulation Transcendence together.
• Li Changshou and Zhang Ziheng took positions more than fifty thousand li apart inside the Green Grass Great Array and began burning their Saint Force.
• Dark clouds gathered over the array, but separate Tribulation Clouds formed above Li Changshou and Zhang Ziheng.

Fang Chen tested how many people could undergo tribulation inside the Green Grass Great Array at once, gradually increasing the number until a thousand faced Heavenly Tribulations together. After two hours of thunder, the clouds turned auspicious and spread nine-colored light across the Southern Wastes.

• Zhang Ziheng and Li Changshou successfully became Two-Tribulation Saints inside the Green Grass Great Array.
• Fang Chen sent groups of five, ten, and twenty people into the array, and each group completed their tribulations without their clouds interfering.
• At the Myna bird’s suggestion, Fang Chen had two Three-Tribulation Saint disciples stand close together; their clouds collided, strengthening their tribulations, but both became Four-Tribulation Saints.
• Fang Chen increased the number of people facing tribulations together until a thousand were inside the Green Grass Great Array.
• Heavenly Thunder battered the array for two hours, then the Tribulation Clouds became nine-colored auspicious clouds that illuminated nearly the entire Southern Wastes.

Fang Chen discovered that the Green Grass Great Array could revive Demonic Beasts killed inside it, provided he was not the one who killed them. He realized the array might give Glazed Sword Sect members undying bodies, but enemies could be revived as well.

• The Green Grass Great Array expanded by a thousand li after bathing a thousand cultivators in Source Power and safely helping them complete their tribulations.
• Fang Chen paused further tribulations and sealed off the array so he and Myna bird could test whether it revived the dead.
• Fang Chen killed several Demonic Beasts, but the array did not revive them; he suspected it sensed his intent.
• Myna bird killed a demon fox, and the array revived it, then brought back every other Demonic Beast Myna bird killed.
• Fang Chen told Myna bird that enemies might also revive inside the array, which could cancel out its advantage in battle.

Fang Chen considered how to improve the Green Grass Great Array so it could distinguish friend from foe, then returned to the Qingyang Realm to study the Array Scripture. Meanwhile, Ye Chen returned to the Ye Family after losing to Fang Chen and vowed he would have won if they had fought on Ye Family territory.

• Fang Chen and Myna bird discussed making the Green Grass Great Array identify friend from foe, and Myna bird sealed and carried away the Demonic Beasts.
• Fang Chen removed the array’s Light Screen, told the waiting cultivators they could continue their Tribulation Transcendence, and returned to the Qingyang Realm with Myna bird.
• Fang Chen entered seclusion to study the Array Scripture and seek a way to improve the Green Grass Great Array.
• Ye Chen returned to the Ye Family with Li Changsheng and raged over Fang Chen defeating him and severing one of his Kirin Arms.
• Ye Mian comforted Ye Chen and claimed Fang Chen had won because he was fighting in the Southern Wastes, while Ye Chen insisted he would have crushed Fang Chen on Ye Family territory.

Ye Chen recovered from his defeat by Fang Chen and went into seclusion, while the Ye Family prepared to seize Yunxiang Mountain from the Yaochi Holy Land. The chapter left the factions of the Central Barrens furious with the Ye Family and a break between the Ye Family and Yaochi imminent.

• Ye Mian comforted Ye Chen after his loss, and Ye Chen resolved to cultivate in seclusion.
• Recordings of the battle spread through the Central Barrens, where Cultivators condemned Ye Chen and the Ye Family for their actions and use of the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails.
• Ye Mian learned that the Yaochi Holy Land refused to surrender Yunxiang Mountain and ordered the Ye Family to attack it the next morning.
• The chapter explained that the Ye Family coveted Yunxiang Mountain and had grown stronger by opening the Xuanhuang Great Emperor's Forbidden Grounds and taking Xuanhuang Jade Blood Pills.

The Yaochi Holy Land’s Ten-Thousand-Year Peaches ripened, and Li Qingyao ate the Peach King. She broke through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, drawing the attention of powerful figures across the Barbaric Continent.

• Ye Mian ordered the Spirit Dog Saint to lead Ye Family members in an attack on Yunxiang Mountain the next day.
• The Moon Saint told Li Qingyao that 237 Ten-Thousand-Year Peaches had ripened and offered her the Peach King.
• Li Qingyao ordered the Moon Saint to take 50 peaches to Fang Chen at the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Li Qingyao ate the Peach King, sensed mysterious Dao Patterns, and broke through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.
• The Moon Saint congratulated Li Qingyao, and powerful figures across the Barbaric Continent sensed her breakthrough.