Recaps

After driving the Great Sun Buddha Emperor from the Buddhist Land, Fang Chen planned to cultivate in the Ninth Secret Realm with Ye Qingci before confronting the Ye Family. He entered the realm with his companions, but Ye Kong and Chi You were missing when he arrived.

• Black Flame Saint and the others praised Fang Chen for defeating the Great Sun Buddha Emperor, and Fang Chen said he would cultivate with Ye Qingci in the Ninth Secret Realm.
• Fang Chen reflected on how the War Buddha's legacy and the Floating Immortal Sword had helped him defeat the Buddhist Kingdom, and wondered whether an unseen force was aiding him.
• Fang Chen took Ye Qingci, Ye Kong, the Myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine to the Rainbow Mountain Range.
• Fang Chen had Little Crane take Ye Qingci and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine into the Spirit Crane Space, then activated his Token as Ye Kong, the Myna bird, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm activated theirs.
• Fang Chen and the Myna bird entered the Ninth Secret Realm, but Ye Kong and Chi You were nowhere to be seen.

Fang Chen and Myna bird tried to understand why the Ninth Secret Realm had grouped them together, then brought Ye Qingci and Little Star into it. Ye Qingci was sent away to take her first Trial, while the Realm Master arrived to speak with Fang Chen and examine Little Star.

• Fang Chen and Myna bird speculated about why they had been sent to the same place, and Fang Chen asked Little Crane to release Ye Qingci and Little Star.
• Ye Qingci appeared, adapted to the Ninth Secret Realm’s Spatial Suppression Force, and was pulled into a Space Vortex to face her first Trial after the Realm Master explained the situation to Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen asked Little Star to reveal its full size, and its enormous vines impressed Fang Chen and Myna bird with their strength.
• The Realm Master appeared, said he had come because he was bored alone, and recognized Little Star as a Chaos Demonic Star Vine.

Fang Chen learned that the Chaos Demonic Star Vine could accompany him in the Secret Realm trials, while the Realm Master’s reaction to Little Crane triggered a burst of Flames and restored some of his memories. The Realm Master still could not identify Little Crane, but he allowed her to join Fang Chen in the trials.

• The Realm Master told Fang Chen that an ancient Heavenly Court had possessed a Great Emperor-level Chaos Demonic Star Vine, but the vine could not attempt the stages because it was not a cultivator.
• The Realm Master allowed the Chaos Demonic Star Vine and Little Crane to accompany Fang Chen during his trials.
• The Realm Master stared blankly at Little Crane until she flew onto his head and pecked his skull, jolting him back to his senses.
• Flames erupted from the Realm Master, then faded as his eye Flames turned purple and his body became lustrous; he said he had remembered a few things.
• The Realm Master said he had never seen anyone like Little Crane, then confirmed she could join Fang Chen in the stages.

Fang Chen and Myna bird learned that several checkpoints in the Secret Realm had been destroyed, preventing them from advancing. The Realm Master asked them to investigate the mysterious force blocking the ruins, hoping they could clear it so he could retrieve the Realm Source Pearl and repair the checkpoints.

• The Realm Master told Fang Chen and Myna bird that the Third through Seventh Checkpoints had been destroyed and that they could not skip ahead to the remaining checkpoints.
• Fang Chen and Myna bird prepared to leave, but the Realm Master stopped them and asked for their help repairing the destroyed checkpoints.
• The Realm Master explained that restoring the checkpoints would let the Glazed Sword Sect's cultivators train in the Secret Realm and earn its rewards.
• Fang Chen agreed to hear how the repairs could be made, and the Realm Master revealed that a mysterious force blocked him from entering the damaged area and retrieving the Realm Source Pearl.

Fang Chen and Myna bird investigated the mysterious Red Space where the fourth-stage trial’s Realm Source Pearl was hidden. After Little Crane returned from scouting and reported no signs of life, Fang Chen and his companions entered the space to search for the pearl.

• The Realm Master brought Fang Chen and Myna bird to the Blood-colored Space, where Fang Chen’s Spiritual Sense could not penetrate.
• Fang Chen sent Little Crane inside to test the space, and she vanished from view.
• The Realm Master showed Fang Chen the Realm Source Pearl from the Eighth Layer so he could recognize the fourth-layer pearl.
• Little Crane returned and reported that a mysterious power affected her flight but that she sensed no life inside.
• Fang Chen, Myna bird, and Little Crane crossed into the Red Space and disappeared from the Realm Master’s sight.

After losing the Buddhist Land to Fang Chen, the Great Sun Buddha Emperor fled to the Barbaric Sea and plotted revenge while recovering from his injuries. The Glazed Sword Sect’s victory left the Central Barrens wary of its growing power, though the Ye Family remained a formidable obstacle.

• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor arrived at the Barbaric Sea in the Heavenly Buddha Pagoda with the Buddhist Kingdom’s remaining powerful cultivators.
• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor vowed to take revenge on Fang Chen and planned to release demons sealed beneath the Buddhist Land once the Boundless Buddhist Sea receded.
• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor ordered the Dragon Subduing Buddha Emperor and the others to watch the Buddhist Land and the Glazed Sword Sect while he entered seclusion to heal.
• Fang Chen remained unaware that he could absorb believers’ Faith Power as a Quasi-Emperor and potentially become a True Buddha.
• Factions in the Central Barrens feared the Glazed Sword Sect’s growing strength, but the Ye Family’s Great Emperor treasures and Supreme Emperor Weapons made it a difficult target.

Fang Chen, Myna Bird, Little Crane, and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine entered the Blood-colored Space and found that its mysterious energy affected each of them differently. As they explored, red rain brought rapid growth to the barren land, and red skeletons emerged from the earth.

• Fang Chen entered the Blood-colored Space with Myna Bird, Little Crane, and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine, where they felt intense spatial pressure and a force like the one in the Dark Forest.
• Myna Bird said the force could undo the Seals inside him, while Little Crane explained that it made the space harder to tear open; the Chaos Demonic Star Vine remained protected by its red glow.
• Fang Chen summoned the Floating Immortal Sword and felt the mysterious force send a warm current of energy into his body, then continued deeper into the space with Myna Bird and Little Crane.
• After flying more than a thousand miles beneath red clouds, Fang Chen and his companions were caught in blood-red rain that the earth absorbed.
• Little Crane spotted red plants sprouting rapidly, and red skeletons of varied sizes crawled from cracks in the shaking ground, absorbing the rain into their bones.

Fang Chen and his companions explored the red world, where a blood rain revived Skeletons into Demonic Beasts and gradually turned the travelers red as well. They found a human city and confronted its Quasi-Emperor, leaving Fang Chen holding him at swordpoint while the Myna bird went to search a resident’s memories.

• Blood rain revived Skeletons into red Demonic Beasts, and Fang Chen, Little Crane, and the Myna bird began turning red after entering the space.
• Fang Chen and his companions flew deeper into the Red Space and found increasingly powerful creatures, including Saint Realm Demonic Beasts.
• The group discovered more than ten million humans building a city, led by a Quasi-Emperor who spoke in an unfamiliar language.
• Fang Chen sent the Myna bird toward the city to capture someone and use the Soul Searching Secret Technique.
• The Human Quasi-Emperor attacked Fang Chen, who caught his fist and pressed the Floating Immortal Sword to his neck.

Fang Chen learned about the Cycle World from Myna bird and City Lord Gaoluo, then studied a map to locate its five God-level experts. He discovered the world was vast, ruled by cycles of rain and drought, and home to a hundred races, with five races possessing God-level experts.

• Myna bird transferred information to Fang Chen, revealing that the Cycle World was ruled by five God-level experts and that Gaoluo was a Demigod city lord called Golden Bear.
• Fang Chen learned that the Cycle World endured a thousand-year Rainy Season and a nine-thousand-year Dry Season, and that its inhabitants sheltered underground to survive each cycle.
• Fang Chen explained to Gaoluo that he came from a larger world, which Gaoluo mistook for the Divine Realm, and asked for a map to find the five God-level experts.
• Gaoluo gave Fang Chen a World Map in a black sphere, which Fang Chen, Myna bird, and Little Crane studied.
• Fang Chen learned that the Cycle World was larger than the Barbaric Continent and that the Devil, Heavenly Human, Demon, Nether, and Undying races had God-level experts.

Fang Chen learned that the Cycle World's four God-level experts wielded Realm Source Pearls as Inheritance Divine Artifacts, all under the control of the Undying God King. He told City Lord Gaoluo that he had come to slay the gods, reclaim the artifacts, and save the Human Race, then departed with his companions.

• City Lord Gaoluo explained to Fang Chen that God-level experts gained their power by fusing with Inheritance Divine Artifacts, and that the Undying God King controlled the four artifacts held by the other gods.
• Fang Chen showed City Lord Gaoluo an image of the Realm Source Pearl, and Gaoluo identified it as an Inheritance Divine Artifact.
• Fang Chen and Myna bird resolved to seek the four Realm Source Pearls despite the danger posed by the God-level experts and the possibly Great Emperor-level Undying God King.
• Fang Chen asked City Lord Gaoluo to keep their presence secret and revealed that they had come to slay gods, reclaim the artifacts, and save the Human Race.
• City Lord Gaoluo promised to keep their secret and escorted Fang Chen and his companions out of the city.

City Lord Gaoluo told Fang Chen that the Monster God’s impending Divine Inheritance would let eligible Demigods compete for her inheritance artifact. Fang Chen decided to enter the contest and traveled with Gaoluo toward Phoenix City, where he planned to claim the Realm Source Pearl.

• City Lord Gaoluo caught up with Fang Chen and revealed that the Monster God would soon hold a Divine Inheritance.
• Gaoluo explained that only Demigods could enter the Inheritance Space and that Demigods of the Devil, Nether, and Heavenly Human Races were barred from competing.
• Fang Chen decided to pursue the inheritance and asked Gaoluo to join him; Gaoluo said the Human Race had two other Demigods who would participate.
• Gaoluo led Fang Chen toward Sky Lion City so they could use its Teleportation Array to reach Phoenix City.
• Gaoluo assured Fang Chen that he could participate if he concealed that he came from the upper realm and did not claim membership in one of the barred races.

Fang Chen arrived in Sky Lion City and learned that the Human Race in the Cycle World endured abuse from stronger races. After registering for the Divine Inheritance in Phoenix City, he met the Human Race's other two Demigods, Yun Qingshan and Mu Hongxue, and the chapter ended with Mu Hongxue surprised that Huahua and Crane were Fang Chen's friends.

• City Lord Youzhu confronted City Lord Gaoluo and threatened Huahua before entering the Inheritance Secret Realm.
• Fang Chen promised City Lord Gaoluo he would cut down the arrogant demons in the Inheritance Space.
• City Lord Gaoluo took Fang Chen and the others to Phoenix City, where they registered for the Divine Inheritance, set to open in ten days.
• Fang Chen met Yun Qingshan and Mu Hongxue, and City Lord Gaoluo introduced him as Floating Immortal, a Human Powerhouse from over a hundred Reincarnations ago.
• Huahua and Crane said they came from Fang Chen's Reincarnation era and were his friends, surprising Mu Hongxue.

Fang Chen and the Human Race demigods gathered in Phoenix City for the Divine Inheritance, where the Black Mountain King and Sky Phoenix Maiden emerged as the leading contenders. The chapter left them facing off as rivals determined to claim the Monster God’s position.

• Fang Chen introduced Huahua and Little Crane to Mu Hongxue, and City Lord Gaoluo advised the Human Race demigods to follow Fang Chen when the contest began.
• Fang Chen and the others waited in Phoenix City as Cultivators arrived for the Divine Inheritance.
• Ninety contestants gathered at Phoenix Plaza, including four Human Race demigods and fifty Demon Race demigods.
• The Black Mountain King arrived, and City Lord Gaoluo identified him as one of the strongest demigods and a leading contender.
• The Sky Phoenix Maiden arrived and focused on the Black Mountain King, while both contenders regarded each other as their greatest rival.

The Monster God began the Divine Inheritance in Phoenix City and transported Fang Chen and the other demigods into the Inheritance Space. As the contestants scattered to hide before the contest began, Fang Chen and his companions remained still, leaving spectators puzzled.

• The Black Mountain King and the Sky Phoenix Maiden argued over who would claim the God position.
• The Monster God appeared above Phoenix City and announced that the Divine Inheritance was beginning.
• The Monster God transported Fang Chen and the other contestants into the Inheritance Space, where a red pillar marked the start of the trial.
• The Monster God explained that the one who obtained the Inheritance Divine Artifact would become the next god.
• Many demigods ran to hide, but Fang Chen, City Lord Gaoluo, Yun Qingshan, and Mu Hongxue stayed where they were, confusing the Demon Race contestants and the spectators.

Fang Chen stayed behind with City Lord Gaoluo, Yun Qingshan, and Mu Hongxue as the Demon Race demigods mocked them. Once the Divine Inheritance’s fight began, Fang Chen crushed City Lord Youzhu with a single use of the Hand of the Heavens, leaving everyone stunned.

• The Demon Race demigods mocked Fang Chen and the others for standing still, while Fang Chen warned City Lord Youzhu to enjoy his laughter while he could.
• Yun Qingshan and Mu Hongxue worried about facing seventy Demon Race demigods, but City Lord Gaoluo told them to trust Fang Chen.
• After the red pillar sank and fighting became possible, Sky Phoenix Maiden ordered someone to eliminate the humans, and City Lord Youzhu charged at them in his wild boar form.
• Fang Chen summoned the Hand of the Heavens and crushed City Lord Youzhu, sending the surrounding Demon Race demigods flying.
• City Lord Gaoluo, Yun Qingshan, Mu Hongxue, and the spectators outside stared in shock at Fang Chen’s strength.

Fang Chen overwhelmed the Demon Race Demigods in the Divine Inheritance, then faced Black Mountain King and Sky Phoenix Maiden together. He resisted Sky Phoenix Maiden’s Soul Attack and cut off her attacking wings, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Black Mountain King and Sky Phoenix Maiden ordered the Demon Race Demigods to attack Fang Chen together while they held back to assess him.
• Fang Chen swept through the charging Demigods with the Floating Immortal Sword, dismembering dozens and leaving them in agony from its Sword Intent.
• Fang Chen challenged Black Mountain King and Sky Phoenix Maiden, and Black Mountain King charged him with a punch.
• Fang Chen shattered Black Mountain King’s fist with the Floating Immortal Sword and drove him back.
• Sky Phoenix Maiden struck Fang Chen with her Soul Attack, but it failed to harm his Soul Origin, and Fang Chen severed her attacking wings.

Fang Chen overwhelmed Sky Phoenix Maiden and Black Mountain King, then pursued them deeper into the Divine Inheritance Space to find the Inheritance Divine Artifact. Myna bird urged the humans to attack the wounded Demon Race Demigods and flew toward them in his giant-bird form.

• Fang Chen severed Sky Phoenix Maiden's arm and foot, then split her Phoenix form in two with the Floating Immortal Sword and absorbed her blood.
• Fang Chen shattered Black Mountain King's Stone and cut through his body, while the Floating Immortal Sword devoured Black Mountain King's Essence.
• Sky Phoenix Maiden and Black Mountain King fled toward the Inheritance Divine Artifact, and Fang Chen followed them.
• Myna bird told City Lord Gaoluo and the others to clean up the wounded Demigods, then transformed into a giant bird and flew toward them.
• Myna bird stuck out his rear and took a dump while everyone watched.

The Myna bird attacked the Demon Race demigods with its corrosive droppings, then joined City Lord Gaoluo and the others to find Fang Chen. At the Inheritance Divine Artifact, the Monster God intervened, took the Realm Source Pearl, and rescued the demigods from the bird’s flames, though the Floating Immortal Sword’s Sword Intent still tormented them.

• The Myna bird covered the Demon Race demigods in black-and-white droppings that rooted into their bodies and burned them with flames.
• The Myna bird told City Lord Gaoluo and the others to leave the demigods and follow it to Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen reached the enormous statue holding the five-colored Realm Source Pearl and rushed ahead of the Black Mountain King and the Sky Phoenix Maiden.
• The Monster God blocked Fang Chen, took the Inheritance Divine Artifact into her body, and collapsed the Inheritance Space.
• The Monster God used red feathers to extinguish the droppings’ flames and dissolve their threads inside the wounded demigods, but the Floating Immortal Sword’s Sword Intent continued to torment them.

The Monster God stopped Fang Chen from obtaining the Realm Source Pearl and declared that humans would never be allowed to become gods. Fang Chen challenged her to a fight, and the chapter ended with City Lord Gaoluo, Yun Qingshan, and Mu Hongxue offering to join him.

• The Monster God took back the Realm Source Pearl, leaving Fang Chen furious and the spectators confused when the Divine Inheritance screens went blank.
• The Monster God told Fang Chen that humans were unqualified to obtain the Inheritance Divine Artifact, while the Sky Phoenix Maiden, the Black Mountain King, and other demons insulted him.
• The Monster God declared that the Human Race would always remain subordinate to the Demon Race, and Fang Chen vowed to slay a god.
• City Lord Gaoluo, Yun Qingshan, and Mu Hongxue offered to fight beside Fang Chen, but he said he could face the Monster God alone.

Fang Chen fought the Monster God above Phoenix City, using the Floating Immortal Sword and withstanding her Divine Power as he concealed his strongest trump cards. The Monster God intensified her attacks, but her wing could not pierce Fang Chen's body, and their battle continued amid powerful shock waves.

• Fang Chen told Myna bird to protect the others, then strengthened himself with the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture and Glazed Battle Runes before attacking the Monster God.
• Fang Chen's first sword strike forced the Monster God to retreat, and energy from the Floating Immortal Sword restored his original appearance and strengthened him.
• Fang Chen attacked again with Heaven and Earth Creation, and his Foundation Establishment Dao Platform swallowed the Monster God's invading power and returned strength to him.
• Fang Chen kept his trump cards hidden as he continued attacking, while the Monster God wondered why her Divine Power had not harmed him.
• The Monster God stopped holding back, struck Fang Chen repeatedly, and failed to cut through his skin as their clashes sent shock waves toward the ground.

Fang Chen endured the Monster God's assault while absorbing the power from her attacks and the Floating Immortal Sword, then struck back and sent her flying. The Monster God responded by launching her red feathers at him.

• The Monster God struck Fang Chen with her wing, but his Foundation Establishment Dao Platform absorbed and refined the force, strengthening his Soul Perception.
• Fang Chen mocked the Monster God, who retaliated with a relentless barrage of attacks while he blocked with the Floating Immortal Sword and absorbed energy.
• Yun Qingshan asked Senior Hua whether they should help, but the myna bird said Fang Chen was only warming up and had not shown his true strength.
• Fang Chen surged forward and struck the Monster God with the Floating Immortal Sword, sending her nearly a hundred li and leaving Sword Intent rampaging through her body.
• The Monster God beat her wings and sent her red feathers shooting toward Fang Chen.

Fang Chen struggled to defend against the Monster God's relentless golden feathers and realized his Swordsmanship was too slow to keep up with her. As he fought, his Soul Perception sharpened and he began searching for a way to make his sword strikes faster by overcoming resistance in space.

• The Monster God's golden feathers pierced Fang Chen's Buddha Light but failed to break through his strengthened body, while still causing him pain.
• Fang Chen recognized that his Swordsmanship was too slow to block the Monster God's attacks and that he lacked the strength he had drawn from the Boundless Buddhist Sea.
• The Monster God continued unleashing golden feathers at Fang Chen and challenged him to see how long he could endure.
• As Fang Chen parried the feathers, the force of each clash sharpened his Soul Perception and accelerated his thoughts until he saw a sword moving at the limit of speed.
• Fang Chen reasoned that faster strikes required greater explosive power or reduced resistance, and he continued fighting while seeking a better solution than changing the Floating Immortal Sword.

Fang Chen discovered that the Floating Immortal Sword could devour surrounding energy to overcome resistance, then attached the Darkness Devouring God Domain to it to greatly increase its speed. As he fought Monster God’s red feathers, his swordsmanship broke through and he began shattering them with ease.

• Fang Chen realized the sword in his vision moved quickly by devouring matter in its path, and he used the Devouring God Art and Floating Immortal Art to make the Floating Immortal Sword consume surrounding energy.
• Fang Chen shrank the Darkness Devouring God Domain around the Floating Immortal Sword, strengthening its Devouring Power and making the blade appear as a patch of darkness.
• Fang Chen used the faster sword to knock aside Monster God’s incoming red feathers and absorb much of the divine power they released.
• Fang Chen’s sword swings formed a Sword Domain, and his speed increased enough to break Monster God’s feathers apart and draw more energy back into his body.

Fang Chen battled the weakened Monster God over the Inheritance Divine Artifact, forcing her to use her speed to evade him. After the Heavenly God, Demon God, and Underworld God arrived as External Incarnations, Fang Chen caught the Monster God off guard with First Wave and struck her wing, leaving the gods astonished.

• The Monster God’s plan to help the Sky Phoenix Maiden inherit the God position unraveled after Fang Chen defeated the Demigods and challenged her directly.
• Fang Chen demanded that the Monster God surrender the Inheritance Divine Artifact, while the people of Phoenix City watched in stunned silence.
• The Heavenly God, Demon God, and Underworld God arrived outside Phoenix City as External Incarnations, drawn by the battle’s energy.
• The Monster God offered to spare Fang Chen and provide the Human Race with more resources if he returned to serving the Demon Race, but Fang Chen refused and charged her again.
• Fang Chen used First Wave to appear beside the Monster God and slash her wing with the Floating Immortal Sword, shattering its feathers and sending her flying.
• The three arriving gods watched in astonishment as the Heavenly God remarked on the Human Race’s powerful newcomer.

Fang Chen continued battling the Monster God, severing her wings and forcing her to draw on the Inheritance Divine Artifact’s power to regenerate and fight back. He absorbed the Divine Power and Dao Patterns released in their clashes, growing stronger as the Monster God launched another attack.

• The Demon God, Underworld God, and Heavenly God recognized Fang Chen’s strength and decided they would oppose him becoming a god.
• Fang Chen appeared before the Monster God and sliced through her wing feathers, then severed the tips of her wings with a stronger strike.
• The Monster God used Golden Light to repel Fang Chen and regenerate her wings, then unleashed her Divine Power to attack him again.
• Fang Chen absorbed the Golden Light and Dao Patterns scattered from the Monster God’s wings, and his aura rose as he recited the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture.
• Fang Chen used Four Layer Wave to charge back at the Monster God, who spun around and swung her wings at his Floating Immortal Sword.