Recaps

Thousand Cold Great Emperor entered the Heavenly Sun Jade Mine to kill Fang Chen, despite the danger posed by the mysterious Law draining Lifespan inside. Fang Chen confronted him and unleashed the Swallowing Heaven Tower, which overwhelmed Thousand Cold Great Emperor’s saber as their battle began.

• Thousand Cold Great Emperor ignored Great Emperor Zhen Yuan’s caution and entered the second passage alone, while Zhen Yuan and the others waited outside.
• Thousand Cold Great Emperor reached the Mine, felt its Law drain his Lifespan, and found its barriers and Heavenly Sun Jade cut with extraordinary precision.
• Fang Chen appeared and identified himself as Floating Immortal Great Emperor, while Thousand Cold Great Emperor revealed that he was Chen Xin of the Fuyou Mountain Chen Family.
• Fang Chen dismissed the Chen Family’s authority, and Thousand Cold Great Emperor drew his saber and covered the Mine in frost.
• After Great Emperor Huo Li warned him that Thousand Cold Great Emperor was strong, Fang Chen threw the Swallowing Heaven Tower at his attacker.
• Thousand Cold Great Emperor struck at the tower, but it knocked his saber aside and devoured the Dao Patterns from its blade.

Fang Chen trapped the Thousand Cold Great Emperor in the Mine and disrupted his Mystic Ice World with the Twilight of the Gods Domain. Fang Chen wounded him with the Floating Immortal Sword and stole fifteen hundred years of his Lifespan, while the Thousand Cold Great Emperor’s counterattack left Fang Chen badly wounded before his sword healed him.

• Fang Chen used the Swallowing Heaven Tower to block the passage and found that the Thousand Cold Great Emperor had more than fifty thousand years of Lifespan.
• The Thousand Cold Great Emperor unleashed his Mystic Ice World, but Fang Chen’s domain shattered it and inflicted a backlash.
• Fang Chen seized the opening and cut through the Thousand Cold Great Emperor’s Great Dao Spiritual Light, taking fifteen hundred years of his Lifespan.
• The Thousand Cold Great Emperor’s saber carved a deep wound into Fang Chen’s back, but the Floating Immortal Sword refined the icy energy and healed him.
• The Thousand Cold Great Emperor realized Fang Chen’s domain had stopped his Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth from unfolding and enabled the surprise attack.

Fang Chen fought the Thousand Cold Great Emperor, surviving an Ice Seal and a blow that split his body in two before his Floating Immortal Sword absorbed energy and Dao Patterns from the emperor’s weapon. He launched another attack using the Universe Curse Seal’s Second Wave, but the Thousand Cold Great Emperor’s Heart Sealing Slash sent freezing energy surging toward Fang Chen’s heart.

• The Thousand Cold Great Emperor trapped Fang Chen in Mystic Ice and cleaved his body in half with his silver saber.
• Fang Chen’s severed halves rejoined, and he struck back with the Floating Immortal Sword, which absorbed Dao Patterns from the emperor’s saber.
• Fang Chen gauged the gap between them and used the Floating Immortal Sword’s energy to strengthen his body, Blood Qi, and Soul Origin.
• Fang Chen placed the Universe Curse Seal on his sword and activated the Second Wave before attacking the Thousand Cold Great Emperor.
• The Thousand Cold Great Emperor answered with Heart Sealing Slash, sending freezing energy through Fang Chen’s sword toward his heart.

Fang Chen used the Universe Curse Seal to interrupt the Thousand Cold Great Emperor and struck him with the Floating Immortal Sword, costing him three thousand years of Lifespan. Though the emperor badly wounded Fang Chen, a scorching force left him disoriented and seeing seductive women.

• The Universe Curse Seal entered the Thousand Cold Great Emperor and briefly sealed his power as he attacked Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen counterattacked with the Floating Immortal Sword, cutting the emperor across the waist and draining three thousand years of his Lifespan.
• The Thousand Cold Great Emperor’s power returned, and he struck Fang Chen, shattering his chest and sending him flying.
• The Thousand Cold Great Emperor became unable to focus as a scorching force surged through his body.
• The Thousand Cold Great Emperor saw seductive women around him, then realized Fang Chen had poisoned him.

Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword, Crimson Lotus Power, and an advanced Demon Subduing Curse to overwhelm the Thousand Cold Great Emperor. The Thousand Cold Great Emperor broke through to Half-Immortal to escape the cave, leaving Fang Chen disappointed that his opponent had not been trapped until death.

• Fang Chen’s combined Twilight Power and Crimson Lotus Power struck the Thousand Cold Great Emperor and cost him three thousand years of Lifespan.
• Fang Chen struck the Black Wooden Fish with the Floating Immortal Sword and chanted the Demon Subduing Curse, causing the Thousand Cold Great Emperor’s suppressed Crimson Lotus Power to erupt.
• Black Runes from the Black Wooden Fish fused with Fang Chen’s Soul Origin and revealed a more advanced Demon Subduing Curse.
• Fang Chen chanted the advanced curse, summoning a Golden Figure that intensified the attack and caused red Runes to surface across the Thousand Cold Great Emperor’s skin.
• The Thousand Cold Great Emperor released his Seal and absorbed Immortal Spiritual Energy, breaking through to Half-Immortal despite Fang Chen sealing the cave.

The Thousand Cold Great Emperor escaped Fang Chen by ascending to the Half-Immortal Realm, while Fang Chen grew stronger and retreated to the Cave. Concerned that an accidental breakthrough would put him at risk, Fang Chen searched the Heavenly Mechanism Tower for a method to block Immortal Spiritual Energy.

• The Thousand Cold Great Emperor emerged from the Mine and ascended through a Space Vortex as Great Emperor Zhen Yuan, the others, and the arriving Thousand Hand Great Emperor watched.
• Fang Chen cursed the Thousand Cold Great Emperor's escape but recognized that the battle had strengthened his Physical Body, Blood Qi, and Soul Realm and improved his Demon Subduing Curse.
• Fang Chen told Great Emperor Huo Li he needed a Secret Method to seal his Cultivation, and Great Emperor Huo Li advised staying in the sturdy Cave to recover and grow stronger.
• Fang Chen used the Heavenly Mechanism Tower to search for a method that would keep Immortal Spiritual Energy from entering his body.
• Fang Chen chose the Immortal-Shielding Umbrella Method, which formed an umbrella in the Sea of Consciousness to block Immortal Spiritual Energy and keep Cultivation at the Great Emperor Realm.

Fang Chen, Great Emperor Huo Li, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm chose Secret Methods to shield themselves from Immortal Spiritual Energy and began cultivating them. Outside the Heavenly Sun Jade Mine, the Thousand Hand Great Emperor learned that the Floating Immortal Great Emperor had forced the Thousand Cold Great Emperor to ascend, leaving the Tang Family’s Great Emperors shocked by the enemy’s strength.

• Fang Chen asked Great Emperor Huo Li, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the myna bird which cultivation techniques they had chosen; Huo Li selected the Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus, the worm chose the Immortal Silkworm Cocoon, and Fang Chen chose the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella.
• The myna bird explained that he did not need a Secret Method because he could stop breaking the Seal inside him once his soul returned to the level of nine Void Lotuses.
• Fang Chen, Great Emperor Huo Li, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm began cultivating their chosen Secret Methods.
• Great Emperor Zhen Yuan told the Thousand Hand Great Emperor that the Floating Immortal Great Emperor had forced the Thousand Cold Great Emperor to break through to the Half-Immortal Realm and ascend.
• Tang Family Great Emperors arrived above the Heavenly Sun Jade Mountains, learned that the Thousand Cold Great Emperor had ascended, and realized the Thousand Hand Great Emperor was unlikely to defeat the Floating Immortal Great Emperor.

Thousand Hand Great Emperor decided to report Floating Immortal Great Emperor’s strength to the Tang Family rather than risk fighting him. Meanwhile, Fang Chen completed the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella and left the others astonished by how quickly he had mastered it.

• Thousand Hand Great Emperor judged that he could not kill Floating Immortal Great Emperor and told Tang Yan, Dao Name Red Rock, to inform the Tang Family.
• Tang Yan headed to the Forbidden Grounds to earn the one Slaughter Point he needed to enter Mantis Mountain and send a message outside.
• Great Emperor Huo Li successfully cultivated the Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus Secret Method, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm mastered the Immortal Silkworm Cocoon.
• Fang Chen formed the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella in his Sea of Consciousness and opened it, causing its golden Dao Patterns to repel Immortal Spiritual Energy within ten zhang.
• Fang Chen confirmed to the Myna bird that he had mastered the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella.

Fang Chen mastered the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella in four days and considered how to survive the Five Great Powers’ retaliation. He agreed to leave the exposed Heavenly Sun Jade Mine after gathering more jade, then continued mining deeper inside.

• Fang Chen astonished the Myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and Great Emperor Huo Li by mastering the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella in four days.
• Little Golden Cicada warned Fang Chen that Immortal Spiritual Energy could turn his Natal Spirit Treasure into a Quasi-Immortal Artifact and get it expelled from Golden Cicada Ridge.
• Fang Chen weighed the threat from the Five Great Powers and considered using Formations or hiding, but decided the mine was too exposed.
• Great Emperor Huo Li advised Fang Chen to leave after mining enough jade, since the vein would remain for them to return to later.
• Fang Chen agreed, took the Floating Immortal Sword, and dug deeper into the mine to gather more Heavenly Sun Jade and strengthen himself.

Fang Chen continued mining Heavenly Sun Jade after driving off the Thousand Cold Great Emperor, while the poisoned Thousand Cold Great Emperor lost control of himself on Mantis Mountain. The onlookers recorded his attack on a Black Flame Tiger and learned that Fang Chen had caused the same affliction in the Void Sword Emperor.

• Fang Chen told Great Emperor Huo Li he would leave after mining more Heavenly Sun Jade, and Little Crane stored the jade he uncovered.
• The Thousand Cold Great Emperor discovered that the poison inside him still burned after his breakthrough and made his surroundings appear as inviting caves.
• A Half-Immortal Black Flame Tiger approached, and the Thousand Cold Great Emperor lost his remaining clarity and attacked it.
• Great Emperors and Half-Immortals gathered at the scene, watched the Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor overpower the Black Flame Tiger, and recorded the spectacle with Memory Crystals.
• An onlooker explained that the Floating Immortal Great Emperor had poisoned the Void Sword Emperor in a similar way, leading the crowd to suspect he had also caused the Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor's frenzy.

Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor, driven wild by Yang Poison, overwhelmed Golden Cloud Great Emperor and attacked him in front of witnesses. Heavenly Emperor Jiuhe arrived to stop him, but Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor broke through Jiuhe’s barrier and struck his chest.

• Golden Cloud Great Emperor showed the Chen Family a Memory Crystal recording of the Void Sword Emperor beating the little Pig Demon and said Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor had been poisoned by Yang Poison.
• Golden Cloud Great Emperor and the Chen Family Half-Immortals attacked Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor, who froze the area and seized Golden Cloud Great Emperor.
• The Chen Family Half-Immortals broke the frozen space and fled, while spectators recorded Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor attacking Golden Cloud Great Emperor.
• The Chen Family sent a Communication Talisman to Heavenly Emperor Jiuhe, and recordings of the fight spread across Mantis Mountain.
• Heavenly Emperor Jiuhe arrived and tried to restrain Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor, but Chen Mo shattered his barrier and struck his chest.

The Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor was subdued after Fang Chen’s Yang Poison drove him into a frenzy, and he learned that his attacks had been recorded and spread across Mantis Mountain. He warned Heavenly Emperor Jiuhe about Fang Chen’s abilities before exploding himself as the poison began to surge again.

• Heavenly Emperor Jiuhe ordered the Chen Family’s Half-Immortals to retreat, and the poisoned Thousand Cold Great Emperor attacked a nearby Great Emperor while onlookers watched through Memory Crystals.
• The Ancient Spirit Heavenly Emperor arrived with more than two hundred Heavenly Emperors and subdued the Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor, while Heavenly Emperor Jiuhe suppressed the Crimson Lotus Power long enough for him to regain his senses.
• Heavenly Emperor Jiuhe showed the Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor the recorded images, and the enraged Chen Mo realized his attacks had ruined his reputation.
• The Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor described Fang Chen’s sword, Lifespan-draining domain, Curse Art, and Yang Poison to Heavenly Emperor Jiuhe, warning the Lineage to watch out for Fang Chen’s sword.
• The Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor entrusted his Storage Treasure and natal Emperor Weapon to Heavenly Emperor Jiuhe, then flew into the sky and blew himself up as recordings of his rampage spread across Mantis Mountain.

Qin Xuan, Ye Kong’s senior brother, showed him a recording of powerful cultivators behaving wildly and asked about Fang Chen, also known as Floating Immortal. The chapter ended with Qin Xuan explaining that he was interested because Ye Kong had said Fang Chen came from their master’s homeland and had exceptional Talent.

• Great Emperors and Half-Immortals across Mantis Mountain laughed at the recording of the Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor’s events, and the news spread to higher cultivation realms.
• The chapter described how cultivators advanced through the Outer Heavens’ Secret Realms by earning Slaughter Points.
• Qin Xuan visited Ye Kong’s courtyard and showed him a Memory Crystal recording the Void Sword Emperor, the Xingyun Heavenly Emperor, and the Thousand Cold Great Emperor in a frenzy.
• Ye Kong questioned Qin Xuan’s excitement, and Qin Xuan asked him about Fang Chen, whose Dao Name was Floating Immortal.

Ye Kong learned that Fang Chen had defeated several powerful Great Emperors and made enemies of the Chen and Tang Families at Golden Cicada Ridge. Ye Kong remained confident Fang Chen would survive, and speculated that his master had let Fang Chen stay at the Glazed Sword Sect out of respect for the Glazed True Immortal.

• The Dragon Ant Heavenly Emperor told Ye Kong that Fang Chen had driven the Void Sword Emperor, the Nebula Great Emperor, and Chen Mo to madness and self-destruction with his Secret Art.
• Ye Kong was stunned by Fang Chen’s feats, then praised him as the Glazed Sword Sect’s finest genius.
• The Dragon Ant Heavenly Emperor warned Ye Kong that the Chen and Tang Families had formidable Great Emperors and Quasi-Immortal Artifacts at Golden Cicada Ridge.
• Ye Kong insisted Fang Chen would not be killed, describing him as a peerless genius who had repeatedly led their companions through danger.
• Ye Kong suggested their master had not taken Fang Chen as a disciple because Fang Chen belonged to the Glazed True Immortal’s sect, and might be brought out after the Glazed True Immortal returned.

The Dragon Ant Heavenly Emperor told Ye Kong and the Xuanhuang True Immortal that Fang Chen had challenged members of all five great powers in Golden Cicada Ridge. The Xuanhuang True Immortal celebrated Fang Chen’s courage and dismissed fears that the powers could permanently kill him.

• The Dragon Ant Heavenly Emperor warned Ye Kong that Fang Chen had antagonized all five great powers, while Ye Kong said the conflict might help Fang Chen grow stronger.
• The Xuanhuang True Immortal arrived and warned the Dragon Ant Heavenly Emperor not to disrupt Ye Kong’s cultivation before the Immortal Peak Competition.
• The Dragon Ant Heavenly Emperor revealed that Fang Chen had caused a major disturbance in Golden Cicada Ridge and showed the Xuanhuang True Immortal a Memory Crystal recording.
• After hearing how Fang Chen had challenged members of all five great powers, the Xuanhuang True Immortal praised his courage.
• The Dragon Ant Heavenly Emperor asked whether the five powers might kill Fang Chen, and the Xuanhuang True Immortal replied that Fang Chen would revive after a hundred years.

The Xuanhuang True Immortal urged Ye Kong to train for the Immortal Peak Competition while Fang Chen dug through a Heavenly Sun Jade Vein. Fang Chen uncovered a chamber full of Heavenly Sun Jade Marrow and collected it, then noticed the surrounding Top Grade jade bore mysterious Runes.

• The Xuanhuang True Immortal warned the Dragon Ant Heavenly Emperor to train for his trial and learned that Ye Kong had condensed his seventh Void Lotus.
• The Xuanhuang True Immortal gave Ye Kong ten bottles of Dragon Soul Essence and went to visit Ye Qingci.
• Fang Chen pierced a hidden opening in the Heavenly Sun Jade Vein, and Heavenly Sun Jade Marrow began pouring through it.
• Fang Chen widened the opening and discovered a chamber filled with Heavenly Sun Jade Marrow, which he collected in a Gourd.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird noticed that the chamber's surrounding jade was Top Grade and covered with mysterious Runes.

Fang Chen used the Black Stone to break through the Heavenly Sun Jade, but the stone cracked and shed its outer layer before smashing into the mine wall. As the Black Stone expanded deep underground, the Heavenly Sun Jade and the entire Tianyang Mountain Range began to shake and split apart.

• At Myna bird's suggestion, Fang Chen sent the Black Stone into the Heavenly Sun Jade Marrow chamber to break up the jade.
• The Black Stone cracked, shed its outer layer, and revealed a darker surface shimmering with faint silver light.
• Fang Chen struck the Heavenly Sun Jade with the Black Stone, shattering it and waking Great Emperor Huo Li and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm.
• Fang Chen reassured Great Emperor Huo Li that the noise came from mining, and Huo Li and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm resumed cultivating.
• The Black Stone expanded on its own, splitting the Heavenly Sun Jade and making the Tianyang Mountain Range tremble as cracks released Spiritual Power and the Sword Alliance Great Emperors watched in shock.

Fang Chen used the expanding Black Stone to break apart the Heavenly Sun Jade Vein, while the Sword Alliance watched from a distance and waited for help from the Lineage. At the Chen Family council, Iron River True Immortal revealed that Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor had failed to defeat Fang Chen and had been afflicted by his Yang Poison.

• The Black Stone grew to over three Ten-Thousand Zhang across after shedding its skin, and Fang Chen agreed with Little Crane that it might be a special life-form.
• Fang Chen used Heaven Mending Goddess to retrieve the Black Stone, then drove it into the Heavenly Sun Jade Vein to break out a larger cavity and make the stone grow again.
• Great Emperor Huo Li and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm flew deeper into the Mine to investigate Fang Chen's commotion.
• Great Emperor Zhen Yuan and the Sword Alliance's Great Emperors kept their distance from the Tianyang Mountain Range and waited for the Lineage to send someone capable of stopping Fang Chen.
• Iron River True Immortal read the report about Golden Cicada Ridge to the Chen Family council and showed them Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor's confrontation with the Black Flame Tiger and Golden Cloud Great Emperor.
• The Chen Family members learned that Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor had failed to defeat Fang Chen and had been afflicted by his Yang Poison.

The Chen Family decided to send two Great Emperors armed with Annihilation Soul Needles to kill Fang Chen at Golden Cicada Ridge. After excavating nearly all of the main Heavenly Sun Jade vein, Fang Chen prepared to leave and hide while his group used their resources to grow stronger.

• The Chen Family learned that Fang Chen had killed the Thousand Cold Heavenly Emperor and damaged the family’s reputation, but its strongest Great Emperors refused to leave the Spacetime Secret Realm.
• Iron River True Immortal ordered Chen Xin, the Absolute Void Great Emperor, and Chen Yu, Great Emperor Hongwu, to go to Golden Cicada Ridge with Annihilation Soul Needles.
• Chen Xin and Chen Yu each collected two Annihilation Soul Needles from the Lineage's Treasure Vault and set off for Golden Cicada Ridge.
• Fang Chen finished excavating nearly all of the main Heavenly Sun Jade vein beneath the Tianyang Mountain Range.
• Fang Chen told Little Crane to bring everyone into Spirit Crane Space so they could leave, hide, and strengthen themselves.

Fang Chen escaped the collapsing Tianyang Mountain Range with Little Crane and headed to the Luoxing Ancient City Ruins to hide and cultivate. He settled in a bat-filled cave, concealed the Swallowing Heaven Tower, and distributed Heavenly Sun Jade Marrow to his companions.

• Little Crane carried Fang Chen, Great Emperor Huo Li, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Myna bird away from the collapsing Tianyang Mountain Range.
• Fang Chen chose the Luoxing Ancient City Ruins as a place to hide and grow stronger before confronting the Five Great Powers.
• Little Crane found an Ancient Cave inhabited by Darkness One-Eyed Bats, whose venom and soul-attacking sound waves made the cave dangerous to enter.
• Fang Chen used the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella to withstand the bats' attacks and concealed the Swallowing Heaven Tower in a dark corner of the cave.
• Fang Chen gave Great Emperor Huo Li and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm portions of the Heavenly Sun Jade Marrow and planned to sell his remaining Heavenly Sun Jade to buy medicine.

Fang Chen decided to sell the difficult-to-absorb Heavenly Sun Jade and Heavenly Sun Jade Marrow to buy Dreamlike Immortal Dew. Meanwhile, two Chen Family elders tried to reach him through the blocked passages, and Little Crane and the Myna returned with the sale proceeds.

• Little Golden Cicada suggested that Fang Chen trade the Heavenly Sun Jade and Heavenly Sun Jade Marrow for Dreamlike Immortal Dew, and Fang Chen agreed.
• Fang Chen sent Little Crane and the Myna to Golden Cicada Palace with the treasures to sell.
• The Absolute Void Great Emperor and Great Emperor Hongwu arrived at Golden Cicada Ridge to kill Fang Chen and followed Great Emperor Zhen Yuan to the Tianyang Mountain Range.
• The Absolute Void Great Emperor and Great Emperor Hongwu found the passages blocked and used the Black Mountain Seal to dig through the stone.
• Little Crane and the Myna returned with Dreamlike Immortal Dew and reported that the Heavenly Sun Jade had sold for fifty billion Emperor Origin Stones, disappointing Fang Chen.

Fang Chen used Dreamlike Immortal Dew to strengthen his Soul Power, discovered that drinking several bottles at once made it more effective, and fell into a long sleep inside a golden cocoon. Three months later, Great Emperor Hongwu and the Absolute Void Great Emperor opened the passage into the mine, where they found the interior had changed.

• Fang Chen received a hundred bottles of Dreamlike Immortal Dew and gave ten bottles each to Great Emperor Huo Li and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm.
• Fang Chen drank one bottle and slept for three hours in a black cocoon, waking with greatly increased Soul Power.
• Fang Chen drank ten bottles at once and slept for ten days, during which his Ninth Void Lotus fully bloomed.
• Fang Chen advised Great Emperor Huo Li and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm to drink their remaining Dreamlike Immortal Dew at once, then drank his own remaining sixty-nine bottles.
• Fang Chen fell asleep inside a golden cocoon, and three months later Great Emperor Hongwu and the Absolute Void Great Emperor opened the passage into the mine with Great Emperor Zhen Yuan and Overlord Earth Great Emperor following them inside.

After discovering that Fang Chen had emptied the Heavenly Sun Jade Vein and escaped, the Chen and Tang Families organized searches and offered a bounty for him. The Purple Light Pavilion Master emerged from seclusion and learned how much Fang Chen had shaken Golden Cicada Ridge.

• Overlord Earth Great Emperor, Absolute Void Great Emperor, and Great Emperor Hongwu discovered that Fang Chen had escaped and excavated nearly the entire Heavenly Sun Jade Vein.
• Absolute Void Great Emperor ordered a secret search for Fang Chen and a bounty, and Great Emperor Zhen Yuan relayed the orders.
• Thousand Hand Great Emperor suspected the Chen Family had sent reinforcements and ordered the Tang Family to find Fang Chen so they could sell his whereabouts.
• The Purple Light Pavilion Master emerged from seclusion, and her subordinates told her about Fang Chen's exploits, including his defeat of Thousand Cold Great Emperor.

Fang Chen emerged from a year-long cocoon with his Soul Realm newly at the Tenth Realm, the threshold of Half-Immortality. As he and his companions discussed their progress, a powerful aura suddenly erupted inside the Swallowing Heaven Tower.

• The Purple Light Pavilion Master ordered a search for Fang Chen after learning that he had gone into hiding and the Sword Alliance had placed a bounty on him.
• After a year, Fang Chen's golden cocoon exploded, and he emerged with a Tenth Void Lotus and a Soul Realm at the Half-Immortal threshold.
• The myna bird explained that Fang Chen could now sense and absorb Immortal Spiritual Energy, while Fang Chen reflected on how difficult and resource-intensive his progress had been.
• Great Emperor Huo Li and Chi You reported that they had each formed a Ninth Void Lotus, with Huo Li's fully bloomed and Chi You's only partly open.
• Fang Chen revealed that he had reached the Tenth Realm, astonishing Great Emperor Huo Li and Chi You.
• A powerful aura erupted inside the Swallowing Heaven Tower, and Chi You asked Fang Chen what was happening.

Fang Chen learned that the newly advanced Chaos Demonic Star Vine, Little Star, needed to undergo a Great Emperor Tribulation outside the Outer Heavens. After leaving the Outer Heavens and driving off Great Emperor-level Black Wolves with his Half-Immortal Realm soul pressure, Fang Chen released his companions and watched Little Star fly off to face the tribulation.

• Fang Chen discovered that Little Star had broken through and led his companions to the Bloodthirsty Mist-Eating Worm's Lair to see him.
• Little Golden Cicada explained that Tribulation Clouds would transport Little Star outside the Outer Heavens for his tribulation and return him if he survived.
• Fang Chen left the Swallowing Heaven Tower, spared the Darkness One-Eyed Bats, and used his Half-Immortal Realm soul pressure to drive away Great Emperor-level Black Wolves.
• Fang Chen released his companions and encouraged Little Star to face his tribulation, and Little Star shot forward as a streak of black light.