Arc 90The Floating Immortal Array

Fang Chen forged the Floating Immortal Sword Array and Star Soul Tears, then defeated the forces that came after him on Golden Cicada Ridge. He began building Floating Immortal City and recruiting Spirit Planters to gather resources before the Immortal Peak Competition.

  • After the Chaos Demonic Star Vine became a Great Emperor, Fang Chen learned about the Immortal Peak Competition and discovered that the Sword Alliance was offering a bounty for information about him.
  • Fang Chen studied Formation manuals at Despair Abyss, created the Floating Immortal Battle Array, and forged 3,200 Floating Immortal Formation Swords.
  • Fang Chen attacked Flowing Light City and mined its jade vein, then defeated Great Emperor Hongwu and the Absolute Void Great Emperor despite their Annihilation Soul Needles.
  • Fang Chen sold the Flowing Light Jade, refined Star Soul Tears, and killed Thousand Hand Great Emperor Tang Mo when he confronted him at Nebula Palace Headquarters.
  • Fang Chen trapped and killed Nebula Palace’s Great Emperors, destroyed the palace, and continued refining Star Soul Tears, including a golden tear that caused him intense soul pain.
  • Fang Chen returned the Spirit Planters to Golden Cicada Ridge and offered them favorable terms to join Floating Immortal City, revealing that he had killed Thousand Hand Great Emperor.
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Ch. 2226Great Emperor Chaos Demonic Star Vine

The Chaos Demonic Star Vine underwent a prolonged Heavenly Tribulation and returned as a Great Emperor, far stronger and larger than before. Fang Chen and his companions then decided to seek resources to strengthen themselves before the Immortal Peak Competition.

  • The Tribulation Clouds drew the Chaos Demonic Star Vine into a vortex, and Fang Chen and his companions waited for it to complete its tribulation.
  • After five days, the Chaos Demonic Star Vine emerged from the clouds as a Great Emperor, with a greatly enhanced aura and larger body.
  • Fang Chen congratulated the Chaos Demonic Star Vine, while Little Crane said he would work toward becoming a Great Emperor himself.
  • Fang Chen decided the group needed to find more resources, and a Little Golden Cicada suggested helping his soul reach the True Immortal Realm before the Immortal Peak Competition.

Ch. 2227The Sword Alliance Was Looking for You

Fang Chen and his companions learned that the Immortal Peak Competition would begin in less than seventy years and resolved to gather resources and improve their strength. After scouting Golden Cicada Ridge, Little Crane and the Myna bird discovered that the Sword Alliance had posted a thirty-million Emperor Origin Stone bounty for information on Fang Chen.

  • Little Golden Cicada told Fang Chen and the others about the Immortal Peak Competition and its generous rewards.
  • Fang Chen and his companions discussed how little time remained and decided to cultivate harder before the competition.
  • Fang Chen sent Little Crane and the Myna bird to scout Golden Cicada Ridge.
  • Little Crane and the Myna bird returned and reported that the Sword Alliance had posted wanted notices offering thirty million Emperor Origin Stones for information about Fang Chen.
  • Fang Chen recognized the Sword Alliance's connection to the Chen Family and reacted coldly to its search for him.

Ch. 2228A Soul-Killing Weapon

Fang Chen learned that Golden Cicada Palace held soul-destroying treasures capable of killing even the strongest Great Emperors, but access to them required Human Race Contribution Points. Little Golden Cicada warned that the Chen Family might wield one, leaving Fang Chen to prepare for the danger.

  • Great Emperor Huo Li told Fang Chen that the Chen Family had sent another expert, and Fang Chen planned to confront them at the Sword Alliance.
  • The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and Great Emperor Huo Li suggested setting up Formations to trap enemies, but Fang Chen noted that powerful Great Emperors could escape by ascending to Mantis Mountain.
  • Little Golden Cicada explained that Golden Cicada Palace sold powerful soul-killing treasures to cultivators with sufficient access, earned through Human Race tasks and Contribution Points.
  • Little Golden Cicada warned Fang Chen that the Chen Family might carry a soul-killing treasure and named five such weapons controlled by the Bai, Chen, Qin, Tang, and Lu Families.
  • Little Golden Cicada said contestants could not bring those treasures into the Immortal Peak Competition and confirmed that the Heavenly Mechanism Tower had no similar crafting methods.

Ch. 2229Despair Abyss

Fang Chen chose a cave in Despair Abyss as a camp and began studying free Formation manuals from the Heavenly Mechanism Tower so he could devise a powerful Formation. He left the cave to cultivate and study while helping the Myna bird break the Seal on its Natal Spirit Pearl.

  • Fang Chen and his companions searched Golden Cicada Ridge and found a vast cave beneath Despair Abyss, where he decided to establish a camp.
  • Fang Chen activated his Innate Eight Trigrams Array Diagram and asked the Myna bird to study the free Formation Secret Manuals in the Heavenly Mechanism Tower.
  • Three days later, the Myna bird passed the manuals to Fang Chen, who took it to the Swallowing Heaven Tower to cultivate and study while working on its Seal.
  • Fang Chen struck the Myna bird's Natal Spirit Pearl with the Floating Immortal Sword, drawing energy as he sorted and deduced the various Formation types.
  • Great Emperor Huo Li and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm began cultivating, while Little Crane slept in Fang Chen's arms as it refined two White Stones.

Ch. 2230Battle Array Success

Fang Chen spent half a year developing a Battle Array and tested it by forming a powerful Gray Giant that gathered energy from his surroundings. Combining it with Floating Immortal Transformation greatly increased its strength, but the strain rapidly drained his Soul Power, so he stopped.

  • Fang Chen studied formations and spent half a year creating a Battle Array while the myna bird recovered sealed memories and strength from its Natal Spirit Pearl.
  • Fang Chen activated his new Battle Array, drawing surrounding energies into a thirty-meter-tall Gray Giant that moved with his body.
  • The myna bird, Great Emperor Huo Li, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm were startled by the Gray Giant's immense pressure.
  • Fang Chen used Floating Immortal Transformation, causing the Gray Giant to absorb more energy and become far more powerful.
  • Fang Chen's Soul Power drained rapidly, so he stopped the Battle Array and Floating Immortal Transformation, leaving his Void Lotus dimmed and shrunken.

Ch. 2231Strongest Attack

Fang Chen combined his newly created Battle Array with the Floating Immortal Transformation and tested his strongest attack in the Abyss. His First Wave struck the myna bird’s Natal Spirit Pearl into the Abyss wall, and the Floating Immortal Sword sent a surge of energy back into him.

  • Fang Chen explained that combining the Battle Array and Floating Immortal Transformation had nearly drained his Soul Power, then decided to test his strongest attack.
  • Fang Chen restored his Soul Power by striking the myna bird’s Natal Spirit Pearl with the Floating Immortal Sword.
  • Fang Chen activated both Secret Methods and formed a greatsword from the Floating Immortal Sword’s azure Runes and gathered energy.
  • Fang Chen unleashed the First Wave, smashing the myna bird’s Natal Spirit Pearl into the Abyss wall and splitting the mountainside.
  • The Floating Immortal Sword poured energy into Fang Chen, rapidly restoring his Soul Power.

Ch. 2232The Feeling of Being Watched

Fang Chen struck the Myna bird's Natal Spirit Pearl repeatedly, using the energy that flowed through the Floating Immortal Sword to complete his tenth turn and shatter the Abyss barrier. As energy continued pouring into him, True Immortal Ling Xia and the Sky Swallowing Cloud Sparrow watched from the Golden Cicada Palace, and Fang Chen sensed their gaze before they ended it.

  • Fang Chen discovered that the azure runes connected to the Floating Immortal Sword let him absorb more energy from the Myna bird's Natal Spirit Pearl and keep his Soul Power from running dry.
  • Fang Chen completed nine turns, repeatedly striking the Myna bird's Natal Spirit Pearl as his Tenth Void Lotus grew and filled with Dao Patterns.
  • Fang Chen completed his tenth turn and used Sword Shatters Xinghe against the Abyss barrier, breaking it apart with a series of explosions.
  • Fang Chen stopped his battle formation and secret methods, then used Floating Immortal Transformation again to absorb the energy surging from the Floating Immortal Sword.
  • True Immortal Ling Xia and the Sky Swallowing Cloud Sparrow saw Fang Chen and the shattered Abyss barrier through a Light Screen, and Fang Chen sensed that they were watching him.
  • True Immortal Ling Xia dismissed the Light Screen, ending Fang Chen's feeling of being watched, while energy from the Floating Immortal Sword continued to strengthen him.

Ch. 2233The Devastating Weapon Myna Bird Obtained

Fang Chen created the Floating Immortal Battle Array and strengthened the Floating Immortal Great Array to the Half-Immortal Level. After Fang Chen’s attacks helped Myna Bird break seals on his Natal Spirit Pearl, Myna Bird learned how to refine a powerful weapon that attacked the soul.

  • Fang Chen confirmed that the Floating Immortal Sword had not become a Quasi-Immortal Artifact and named his new Battle Array the Floating Immortal Battle Array.
  • Fang Chen practiced with Myna Bird and created several Formations, then merged them into the Floating Immortal Great Array and raised it to the Half-Immortal Level.
  • Fang Chen struck Myna Bird’s Natal Spirit Pearl with the Floating Immortal Battle Array, breaking away its Seal Runes and releasing red mist and Mystic Runes toward Myna Bird.
  • Myna Bird told Fang Chen that he had learned to refine a weapon like Meteor Tear that attacked the soul, and Fang Chen asked what it was.

Ch. 2234Star Soul Tear

Fang Chen learned how to refine the Star Soul Tear, a weapon that could kill a Half-Immortal with one drop, and gathered materials to make Formation Bases for his Floating Immortal Sword Array. After studying Outer Heavens artifact-crafting methods, he began testing his techniques on the myna bird’s Natal Spirit Pearl.

  • The myna bird taught Fang Chen the secret method for refining the Star Soul Tear, and Fang Chen planned to make it and a batch of Supreme Emperor Weapons.
  • The myna bird and Little Crane bought the Floating Immortal Sword Array materials and discovered more than two thousand Purple Light Pavilion Great Emperors gathered at a jade vein in the Liuguang Mountain Range.
  • Fang Chen received the materials, sent Great Emperor Huo Li to cultivate, and asked the myna bird to gather artifact-crafting secret manuals.
  • After three days, the myna bird passed the free methods from the Heavenly Mechanism Tower to Fang Chen.
  • Fang Chen had the myna bird bring out his Natal Spirit Pearl and attacked it with his battle array, transformation, and swordsmanship.

Ch. 2235An Outsider in the World of Artifact Crafting

Fang Chen began crafting Formation Bases for the Floating Immortal Sword Array with the help of his Manifestations, whose interventions left him feeling like an outsider in his own craft. After the Manifestations completed most of the work and the Eight Trigrams Array Diagram boosted his Soul Perception, Fang Chen continued inscribing Dao Patterns until he could no longer influence the Heaven Refining Furnace.

  • Fang Chen finished studying Myna bird’s artifact-crafting manuals and prepared the materials for the Formation Bases in the Heaven Refining Furnace.
  • Fang Chen entered the Bamboo Grove through a Space Vortex, saw that Elder Yun and the others were well, gathered bamboo shoots, and shared them with his Manifestations.
  • After ten days, Fang Chen began shaping the Formation Bases like Floating Immortal Swords, but his Manifestations took control of the Heaven Refining Furnace and added their power to the sword blanks.
  • Three days later, Fang Chen regained control and found 3,200 Floating Immortal Sword-shaped blanks inside the furnace.
  • The figure from the Eight Trigrams Array Diagram merged with Fang Chen, strengthening his Soul Perception as he inscribed varied Dao Patterns for the array.
  • When the figure left and the furnace blocked Fang Chen’s Spiritual Sense, Fang Chen stopped crafting and asked Myna bird to practice swordsmanship with him.

Ch. 2236Floating Immortal Sword Array

Fang Chen completed 3,200 Supreme Emperor Weapons and named them the Floating Immortal Formation Swords, using them to create the Floating Immortal Sword Array. He tested the array against the myna bird and showed that it could suppress him with spatial force, flames, ice, and a power-sealing Law.

  • After the Heaven Refining Furnace returned from its tribulation, Fang Chen found that the swords inside had formed and branded all 3,200 with Soul Imprints and Devouring God Imprints.
  • Fang Chen named the swords the Floating Immortal Formation Swords and the formation they created the Floating Immortal Sword Array.
  • Fang Chen summoned the swords and formed a golden array around the myna bird, whose body was crushed by its Spatial Suppression Force.
  • The myna bird transformed into a giant black bird and struck the array's Barrier, but it held firm.
  • Fang Chen ignited the Barrier, froze it with Mystic Ice, and then used Essence Lock to seal the power in the myna bird's body.

Ch. 2237The Floating Immortal Great Emperor Arrives

Fang Chen tested his Floating Immortal Sword Array, then led Great Emperor Huo Li, Myna bird, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm to the Liuguang Mountain Range to attack the Purple Light Pavilion’s stronghold. He trapped the Great Emperors around Flowing Light City beneath a golden barrier, leaving them unable to escape.

  • Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword Array’s illusion to make Myna bird laugh wildly, then woke him and demonstrated the array’s power.
  • Fang Chen told Great Emperor Huo Li that they would go to the Liuguang Mountain Range to earn money for refining Star Soul Tears, and Huo Li agreed to join him.
  • Fang Chen explained that the cave they had found was sturdy enough not to need a defensive array, then had Little Crane carry the group to the Liuguang Mountain Range.
  • Fang Chen emerged above Flowing Light City and sent his array swords into the ground, where golden bamboo rapidly grew.
  • The Great Emperors tried to flee and send word of Fang Chen’s arrival, but golden bamboo leaves formed a barrier around the city and hurled them back.

Ch. 2238We Finally Found Him

Fang Chen trapped the Great Emperors in Flowing Light City and the Flowing Light Jade mine, then began mining the jade. The Purple Light Pavilion Master alerted the Sword Alliance, and Absolute Void Great Emperor and Great Emperor Hongwu arrived at Flowing Light City, where Azure Velvet Great Emperor told them Fang Chen was likely in the mine.

  • Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword Array to suppress the Great Emperors in Flowing Light City and drew them into the Swallowing Heaven Tower.
  • Fang Chen entered the Flowing Light Jade mine, subdued its Great Emperors with the Black Wooden Fish and Demon Subduing Curse, and drew them into the tower.
  • Fang Chen summoned the Heaven Mending Goddess and began mining Flowing Light Jade while Little Crane collected it.
  • The Purple Light Pavilion Master learned Fang Chen had appeared and that contact with more than two thousand stationed Great Emperors had been lost, then informed the Sword Alliance.
  • Absolute Void Great Emperor and Great Emperor Hongwu hurried to the Liuguang Mountain Range, where Azure Velvet Great Emperor told them Fang Chen was probably inside the mine.

Ch. 2239The Power of the Annihilation Soul Needle

Fang Chen confronted the Great Emperor Hongwu and the Absolute Void Great Emperor after they attacked his Floating Immortal Sword Array. Their Annihilation Soul Needles shattered his soul defenses and wounded his Soul Origin, but he held on and trapped all three within the Floating Immortal Sword Array.

  • The Great Emperor Hongwu and the Absolute Void Great Emperor struck Flowing Light City's Barrier with the Black Mountain Seal, but the Floating Immortal Sword Array repelled it.
  • Fang Chen returned from the mine, dismissed the array, and faced the two Great Emperors as they charged him.
  • Fang Chen activated the Floating Immortal Battle Array and Floating Immortal Transformation, while both Great Emperors launched Annihilation Soul Needles at him.
  • The Immortal-Veiling Umbrella blocked the first pair of needles, but the Great Emperor Hongwu and the Absolute Void Great Emperor detonated them and wounded Fang Chen's soul.
  • The two Great Emperors fired and detonated their remaining needles, breaking the Umbrella's golden Light Screen and injuring Fang Chen's Soul Origin.
  • Fang Chen endured the pain and summoned the Floating Immortal Sword Array, which formed a vast net of light around him and both Great Emperors.

Ch. 2240Sword Formation: Essence Lock

Fang Chen trapped Great Emperor Hongwu and the Absolute Void Great Emperor in the Floating Immortal Sword Array, then used Essence Lock to suppress their powers. He shattered Hongwu’s shield with the Floating Immortal Sword and wounded him, draining more than five thousand years of his Lifespan.

  • Fang Chen’s Gray Giant struck both emperors and hurled them into the array, though their protective shields held.
  • Fang Chen and Great Emperor Huo Li realized the emperors had attacked him with Annihilation Soul Needles, which the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella had helped him survive.
  • Fang Chen infused the Floating Immortal Sword with Twilight Power and struck Hongwu’s shield again, but the blade still failed to break it.
  • Great Emperor Hongwu urged the Absolute Void Great Emperor to use the Black Mountain Seal, but the seal was outside the array.
  • Fang Chen used Essence Lock to seal the emperors’ power, dissolved the battle array, and directly shattered Hongwu’s shield with a sword strike infused with Twilight Power and Crimson Lotus Power.
  • Fang Chen’s strike wounded Hongwu and drained over five thousand years from his Lifespan, leaving Fang Chen wondering why the loss was so great.

Ch. 2241See You Again in a Hundred Years

Fang Chen defeated Great Emperor Hongwu and Absolute Void Great Emperor, forcing them to break through to the Half-Immortal Realm and escape Golden Cicada Ridge. Hongwu succumbed to Fang Chen’s Yang Poison and self-destructed, while the battle’s recorded images spread and stunned the Great Emperors.

  • Fang Chen gravely wounded Great Emperor Hongwu and drove both him and Absolute Void Great Emperor to break through to the Half-Immortal Realm and flee through a Space Vortex.
  • Fang Chen returned to the Mine with Little Crane and resumed mining the Flowing Light Jade Vein.
  • At Mantis Mountain, Heavenly Emperor Hongwu handed his belongings to Heavenly Emperor Juekong after the Yang Poison overwhelmed him, then self-destructed to avoid becoming a Desire Demon.
  • Heavenly Emperor Juekong escaped the poison and flew toward the Chen Family’s Stronghold, while news of the battle spread through Golden Cicada Ridge.
  • Purple Light Great Emperor watched the recorded images and was shaken by Fang Chen’s strength.

Ch. 2242The Iron River True Immortal's Decision

The Chen Family learned that Fang Chen had survived four Annihilation Soul Needles and defeated its Great Emperors, but the Iron River True Immortal postponed further action until after the Immortal Peak Competition. Fang Chen finished mining the Flowing Light Jade Vein and prepared to sell the jade and gather materials for the Star Soul Tear.

  • The Purple Light Great Emperor watched Fang Chen's battle and decided to keep out of his way.
  • Tang Mo watched the recorded battle and realized he could not face Fang Chen without the Tang Family's Black Lotus Seed.
  • Heavenly Emperor Juekong returned to the Chen Family headquarters and reported that Fang Chen had survived four Annihilation Soul Needles and defeated him and Heavenly Emperor Hongwu.
  • The Iron River True Immortal ordered the Chen Family to leave Fang Chen alone until the Immortal Peak Competition ended.
  • Fang Chen reached the Flowing Light Jade Vein's core, collected its Flowing Light Jade Marrow, and continued mining for another month.
  • Fang Chen finished extracting nearly all the high-grade jade and told Little Crane, Great Emperor Huo Li, and the others that he would sell it and seek materials for the Star Soul Tear.

Ch. 2243Refining the Star Soul Tear

Fang Chen sold Flowing Light Jade, bought materials for refining the Star Soul Tear, and began his first attempt in the Despair Abyss. After sensing that True Immortal Ling Xia was spying on him, he moved himself and his companions into the Swallowing Heaven Tower, then returned to the golden Bamboo Grove.

  • Fang Chen sold his Flowing Light Jade at the Golden Cicada Palace for seven billion Emperor Origin Stones and bought ten sets of materials for the Star Soul Tear.
  • True Immortal Ling Xia and the Sky Swallowing Cloud Sparrow watched Fang Chen and his companions through a light screen.
  • Fang Chen returned to the Despair Abyss and used the Heaven Refining Furnace to start refining a Star Soul Tear.
  • Fang Chen sensed someone watching him and brought the furnace, Great Emperor Huo Li, the myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and Little Crane into the Swallowing Heaven Tower.
  • True Immortal Ling Xia and the Sky Swallowing Cloud Sparrow found that the tower absorbed their immortal sense, while Fang Chen followed the Medicine-Brewing Old Farmer through a vortex into the golden Bamboo Grove.

Ch. 2244Ten Drops of Star Soul Tear

Fang Chen and his Manifestations refined Star Soul Tears in the Heaven Refining Furnace, which underwent a tribulation beyond the Outer Heavens. The furnace returned with powerful red crystal drops, though Fang Chen and his companions disagreed about how many it held.

  • Fang Chen gathered bamboo shoots, then ate hotpot with his Manifestations while Great Emperor Huo Li, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the myna bird cultivated or breathed in the aroma.
  • The Old Farmer and the other Manifestations refined the Star Soul Tear materials, leaving Fang Chen with ten clear teardrops in the Heaven Refining Furnace.
  • The Mysterious Silhouette fused with Fang Chen, boosted his Soul Perception, and completed the Dao Patterns before the furnace's contents took shape.
  • Fang Chen took the Heaven Refining Furnace out of the Swallowing Heaven Tower, and it was drawn through a vortex to undergo a tribulation beyond the Outer Heavens.
  • Three days later, the furnace returned covered in droplets of Nine-Colored Divine Light, and it blocked the Immortal Sense of True Immortal Ling Xia and the Sky Swallowing Cloud Sparrow.
  • After the furnace absorbed the droplets on its surface, Fang Chen, True Immortal Ling Xia, and the Sky Swallowing Cloud Sparrow saw red crystal drops inside; Fang Chen counted nine, while the others saw ten.

Ch. 2245The Opponent Had Arrived

Fang Chen refined ten Star Soul Tears from one portion of materials and shared them among his companions. After Nebula Palace placed a bounty on him, Little Crane and Myna bird realized an opponent might soon give them a chance to test the treasures and hurried back to tell Fang Chen.

  • Fang Chen refined ten powerful Star Soul Tears from one portion of materials and divided them among himself, Little Crane, Myna bird, Great Emperor Huo Li, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm.
  • The Thousand Hand Great Emperor received two Black Lotus Seeds from the Tang Family and prepared to use them against Fang Chen.
  • The Thousand Hand Great Emperor ordered Nebula Palace members to search for Fang Chen and posted a bounty on him.
  • Little Crane and Myna bird spotted the bounty notices in Golden Cicada Palace and suspected Nebula Palace had sent an expert to Golden Cicada Ridge.
  • Little Crane and Myna bird returned to find Fang Chen refining more Star Soul Tears while eating hotpot, and Myna bird began to tell him their news.

Ch. 2246Thousand Hand Great Emperor and the Black Lotus Seeds

Fang Chen learned Nebula Palace had placed a bounty on him, refined a powerful new batch of Star Soul Tears, and led his companions to attack Nebula Palace Headquarters. The chapter ended with Fang Chen and Thousand Hand Great Emperor Tang Mo striking each other with their treasures.

  • Myna bird told Fang Chen that Nebula Palace had placed a bounty on his head in Golden Cicada Ridge.
  • Fang Chen completed a second batch of Star Soul Tears, producing a hundred red tears and one silver tear, then divided them among his companions.
  • Fang Chen led his companions to Nebula Palace Headquarters and sealed the area with the Floating Immortal Sword Array.
  • Thousand Hand Great Emperor Tang Mo confronted Fang Chen and challenged him to a fight.
  • Fang Chen and Tang Mo attacked simultaneously, sending a Star Soul Tear and two Black Lotus Seeds into each other's brows.

Ch. 2247Slaying the Thousand Hand Great Emperor

Fang Chen killed the Thousand Hand Great Emperor with a Star Soul Tear after surviving two Black Lotus Seeds. He then sealed the Nebula Palace Great Emperors trapped in his Floating Immortal Sword Array.

  • The Star Soul Tear pierced the Thousand Hand Great Emperor's Golden Lotus and destroyed his Soul Origin, killing him before he could break through to the Half-Immortal Realm.
  • The Nebula Palace Great Emperors watched in shock as Fang Chen killed the Thousand Hand Great Emperor in a single exchange.
  • True Immortal Ling Xia and the Sky Swallowing Cloud Sparrow praised Fang Chen's powerful soul-attack weapon and discussed how the Five Great Families might try to recruit him.
  • Fang Chen told Great Emperor Huo Li that he had survived the Tang Family's two Black Lotus Seeds.
  • Fang Chen activated the Seal Origin Array and locked away the power of the Nebula Palace Great Emperors trapped in his Floating Immortal Sword Array.

Ch. 2248Destroying Nebula Palace

Fang Chen destroyed Nebula Palace and killed the Thousand Hand Great Emperor, then returned to the Despair Abyss to refine Star Soul Tears and prepare his allies for the Immortal Peak Competition. The Tang Family decided to postpone pursuing him until the competition, where its Great Emperors planned to kill him.

  • Fang Chen trapped Nebula Palace’s Great Emperors in illusions, killed them with the Floating Immortal Sword and Darkness Devouring God Domain, and destroyed Nebula Palace.
  • Little Crane and the Myna bird cleared the battlefield before Fang Chen took them back to the Despair Abyss.
  • Fang Chen told Little Crane and Huahua to sort and sell the spoils to help Senior Huo Li and Chi You cultivate, while he refined materials into Star Soul Tears.
  • News of Tang Mo’s death spread through Golden Cicada Ridge, shocking the Purple Light Pavilion Master, the Ice Frost City Lord, and the Tang Family.
  • Cloud Sea True Immortal refused to send more Tang Family Great Emperors after Fang Chen and resolved to confront him at the Immortal Peak Competition.

Ch. 2249Golden Star Soul Tear

Fang Chen discovered that his Heaven Refining Furnace had produced 1,011 Star Soul Tears, including a Golden Star Soul Tear whose power injured his soul when he examined it with Spiritual Sense. He and his companions divided the silver and red tears, while Fang Chen kept the golden one and most of the red ones.

  • Iron River True Immortal and the Chen Family experts heard that Fang Chen had killed Thousand Hand Great Emperor but chose not to act against him on Golden Cicada Ridge.
  • Fang Chen's Heaven Refining Furnace emerged from the Tribulation Clouds covered in crystals, which dissolved to reveal 1,000 red, ten silver, and one golden Star Soul Tears.
  • Fang Chen examined the Golden Star Soul Tear with his Spiritual Sense, suffered intense soul pain, and later recovered.
  • Great Emperor Huo Li, the myna bird, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm marveled at Fang Chen's Golden Star Soul Tear and wondered whether it could kill a True Immortal.
  • Fang Chen distributed the ten silver Star Soul Tears and 400 red ones among his companions, keeping the golden tear and the remaining 600 red ones.

Ch. 2250A Fifty-Fifty Split

Fang Chen freed Great Emperor Yunxin and the other Spirit Planters, then proposed establishing Floating Immortal City with far gentler terms than the Five Overlords had imposed. He backed his confidence with proof that he had killed the Thousand Hand Great Emperor and revealed that he planned to gather resources before entering the Immortal Peak Competition.

  • Fang Chen told Great Emperor Huo Li, Myna bird, and the others to gather resources and cultivate, then agreed to establish a base and recruit followers.
  • Fang Chen released Great Emperor Yunxin and the other Spirit Planters from the Swallowing Heaven Tower and told them he had defeated the Five Overlords of Golden Cicada Ridge.
  • Great Emperor Yunxin explained that Purple Light Pavilion had charged her group at least a hundred Emperor Origin Stones each year and forced them to work for a month without pay.
  • Fang Chen offered those who joined Floating Immortal City an annual fee of ten Emperor Origin Stones, no unpaid labor, and an even split of mined ore and Spirit Medicine.
  • When Great Emperor Yunxin worried that the Five Great Families would retaliate, Fang Chen revealed the Thousand Hand Great Emperor's corpse and said he had killed him.
  • Fang Chen explained that he wanted the Spirit Planters' help gathering resources so he could raise his Cultivation before the Immortal Peak Competition, stunning Great Emperor Yunxin.
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