Recaps

Fang Chen founded Floating Immortal City with Great Emperor Yunxin and the other Spirit Planters, then claimed the Sword Alliance’s abandoned headquarters as its main city. He renamed it Floating Immortal City and planned to expand until it could seize the Five Overlords’ territory and resources.

• Fang Chen insisted he would enter the Immortal Peak Competition despite the threat from the Five Great Families, and Great Emperor Yunxin and the other Spirit Planters agreed to join Floating Immortal City.
• Fang Chen established rules against oppressing newcomers, which Great Emperor Yunxin and the others supported before joining the city.
• Great Emperor Huo Li proposed turning the Sword Alliance’s headquarters into Floating Immortal City’s main city and the other Overlords’ headquarters into branch cities, and Fang Chen agreed.
• Fang Chen took Great Emperor Yunxin and the others to the deserted Sword Alliance headquarters after its people fled.
• Fang Chen renamed Sword City Floating Immortal City and sent Great Emperor Yunxin and the others to recruit members, promising to seize territory and resources once the city grew strong enough.

Fang Chen founded Floating Immortal City and opened the Five Great Families’ former resources to its growing membership, rapidly undermining their control of Golden Cicada Ridge. As the city expanded and hunted the families’ Great Emperors, their leaders fled to Mantis Mountain while others desperately tried to earn enough Slaughter Points to follow.

• Fang Chen sent Little Crane and the Myna bird to sell the Nebula Palace treasures and publicize Floating Immortal City, drawing crowds of low-ranking Great Emperors eager to join.
• Floating Immortal City members mined and gathered resources from the Five Overlords’ former territories, keeping half of what they collected and enforcing strict rules against theft.
• Fang Chen appointed Great Emperor Huo Li to select administrators, and the Myna bird used its Clones to help bring the city under orderly management.
• Fang Chen established Floating Immortal City branches in Purple Light Pavilion, Yellow Sand City, Nebula Palace, and Ice Snow Palace as the city’s Great Emperors pursued anyone who refused to join.
• The Purple Light Great Emperor and the lord of Ice Snow City fled to Mantis Mountain, while other Great Emperors of the Five Great Families killed frantically to collect enough Slaughter Points to escape there.

After Fang Chen established control over Golden Cicada Ridge, Floating Immortal City gathered the ridge’s resources and used them to accelerate Soul Realm cultivation. Great Emperor Huo Li and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm reached the Half-Immortal Realm, while Fang Chen’s Soul Realm reached its peak; he continued cultivating ahead of the Immortal Peak Competition.

• Iron River True Immortal and Cloud Sea True Immortal became furious over Fang Chen’s defeat of the Five Great Families, while the other family heads held back from acting.
• News of Fang Chen’s victory and Floating Immortal City’s fair sharing of resources spread across Mantis Mountain, stirring envy and admiration among cultivators.
• As new members gathered resources for Floating Immortal City, Myna bird and Little Crane exchanged them for Dreamlike Immortal Dew.
• Fang Chen, Great Emperor Huo Li, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm cultivated with the dew; Great Emperor Huo Li formed his Tenth Void Lotus after ten years, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm reached the Half-Immortal Realm six months later.
• Twenty years later, Fang Chen’s Tenth Void Lotus bloomed fully, bringing his Soul Realm to the peak of the Half-Immortal Realm, and he continued cultivating in hopes of reaching the True Immortal Realm before the competition.

Fang Chen reached the True Immortal Realm in Soul Realm shortly before the Immortal Peak Competition began. As he prepared to enter the competition, Great Emperor Huo Li raised concerns about bringing the unconscious Great Emperors in Fang Chen’s Swallowing Heaven Tower.

• Fang Chen formed an Eleventh Void Lotus, advancing his Soul Realm to the True Immortal Realm, but chose not to immediately absorb Immortal Spirit Power and test his Life Wheel.
• Little Golden Cicada told Fang Chen that the Immortal Peak Competition would begin in ten days and that contestants could bring treasures only if they used ones found inside the competition space.
• A golden vortex opened above Golden Cicada Ridge, and Fang Chen learned that Great Emperor Huo Li and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm had both failed to reach the True Immortal Realm while his own Soul Realm had advanced.
• Little Crane and Myna bird joined Fang Chen, and Little Golden Cicada advised entering early so they could adjust to Immortal Peak’s harsh environment.
• Fang Chen decided to enter the passage, but Great Emperor Huo Li warned that the unconscious Great Emperors poisoned by Little Star might not be allowed into the Immortal Peak Secret Realm.

Fang Chen entered the Immortal Peak Secret Realm with Myna Bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, while leaving Little Star in the Swallowing Heaven Tower. After arriving alone in a ruined city, he discovered that the realm severely suppressed Spiritual Sense and prevented him from summoning his treasures.

• Fang Chen learned that contestants would be transported to random locations and that he could not use the Swallowing Heaven Tower inside the realm.
• Fang Chen left Little Star behind, hid Little Crane in his robes, and entered the golden vortex with Great Emperor Huo Li, Myna Bird, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm.
• Golden Mist carried Fang Chen away and blocked his Spiritual Sense as he entered the Immortal Peak Secret Realm.
• Fang Chen emerged above the ruins of an Ancient City and found that Spatial Suppression Force limited his Spiritual Sense to about a hundred miles.
• Fang Chen learned from Little Golden Cicada that the competition had not started and that he could not summon any of his treasures, including the Floating Immortal Sword.

Fang Chen learned the Immortal Peak Competition’s rules, dangers, and rewards as he prepared to enter the long, shrinking battlefield. He left knowing that the contest would be brutal and that first place would be difficult to win.

• Little Crane and Little Golden Cicada told Fang Chen that contestants started without treasures and could find resources and legacies in the Tournament Space.
• Little Golden Cicada explained that the competition was scored by Slaughter Points, involved the Devil Race and Heavenly Slaves, and allowed withdrawals only before its halfway point.
• Fang Chen studied the rules and learned that the Tournament Space would shrink and grow harsher, while contestants could find treasures and potentially reach the True Immortal Realm.
• Fang Chen read about the prizes for first place, including accelerated cultivation, a Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill, an Immortal Artifact, and three Immortal Techniques.
• Little Crane told Fang Chen that members of the Five Great Families could be identified by the family emblems on their Battle Robes.

Fang Chen entered the Immortal Peak Secret Realm, where he was separated from his companions and encountered an Oriole Mountain prodigy fighting a Half-Immortal Dark Blind Lizard. He summoned the Hand of the Heavens to attack the beast and claim its Slaughter Points.

• Fang Chen entered the competition space and found himself alone on a grassland, unable to contact Great Emperor Huo Li or Myna bird.
• Fang Chen woke Little Crane and explained that the Immortal Peak Competition had begun and separated them from their companions.
• Fang Chen flew above the clouds and found an Oriole Mountain prodigy battling a Half-Immortal Dark Blind Lizard.
• Little Crane identified the beast and explained how it sensed its surroundings and used corrosive slime.
• The Dark Blind Lizard wounded the Middle-Aged Man and began eating into his flesh, prompting him to call for help.
• Fang Chen decided to kill the Dark Blind Lizard for Slaughter Points and formed a huge red hand with the Hand of the Heavens.

Fang Chen killed a Half-Immortal Dark Blind Lizard and learned how few Slaughter Points it was worth. He rescued the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor, who recognized Fang Chen as the Floating Immortal Great Emperor and warned him that the Five Great Families might target him.

• Fang Chen crushed the Dark Blind Lizard, restrained it with his Darkness Devouring God Domain, and had the Chaos Devouring God Bee consume its remains.
• Little Golden Cicada awarded Fang Chen 150 Slaughter Points and told him that he ranked 103,600th.
• The Spiritual Martial Great Emperor thanked Fang Chen for saving him and introduced himself as a disciple of Oriole Mountain.
• Fang Chen revealed his name and Dao Name, and the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor recognized him as the Floating Immortal Great Emperor known for uniting Golden Cicada Ridge.
• The Spiritual Martial Great Emperor warned Fang Chen that the Five Great Families might pursue him if they learned he was competing, and promised to keep his identity secret.

Great Emperor Lingwu told Fang Chen about the powerful great emperors at Immortal Peak and Myriad Beasts Mountain, then led him to ruins on an Island where a giant sword stood. As Fang Chen approached the sword, a huge scaled tentacle emerged from the ruins and attacked him.

• Great Emperor Lingwu described the twenty great emperor disciples of Immortal Peak and other top geniuses at Myriad Beasts Mountain to Fang Chen and Little Golden Cicada.
• Great Emperor Lingwu told Fang Chen about ruins on an Island and a giant sword there, and Fang Chen invited him to return with him.
• Fang Chen used the Reincarnation Eye Secret Technique to see through the gray mist and spotted the giant sword at the Island's center.
• Fang Chen entered the Island while Great Emperor Lingwu stayed above, but his Spiritual Sense could reach only a thousand zhang.
• As Fang Chen approached the sword, black fog rose from the ruins and an enormous scaled tentacle swept toward him.

Fang Chen fought the powerful Dark Chapter Foot Turtle in the Ruins and used the Black Stone to smash its shell after his own attacks failed. He pinned the beast beneath the stone and trapped it in his Darkness Devouring God Domain.

• Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Battle Array to pull the Dark Chapter Foot Turtle out of the Ruins.
• Little Golden Cicada identified the turtle and explained its strength, while Fang Chen activated Floating Immortal Transformation and tore apart its tentacles.
• Fang Chen battered the turtle and drove it into the Square, but its tough shell resisted his attacks.
• After learning the turtle was worth one thousand Slaughter Points, Fang Chen summoned the Heaven Mending Goddess to hurl the Black Stone at it.
• The Black Stone shattered the turtle's shell and pinned it down, and Fang Chen trapped it in his Darkness Devouring God Domain.

Fang Chen and Spiritual Martial Great Emperor subdued the Dark Chapter Foot Turtle and found a rusted Quasi-Immortal Artifact sword embedded in the Island's Ruins. Neither could pull it free by strength alone, but when Fang Chen touched it with his Left Hand, Azure Runes flowed from the Floating Immortal Sword through the Floating Immortal Ring, and the giant sword began to rise.

• Fang Chen searched the Island's Ruins, found no other signs of life, and called Spiritual Martial Heavenly Emperor down from the clouds.
• Fang Chen revealed the rusted giant sword and offered Spiritual Martial Great Emperor the chance to claim it first.
• Spiritual Martial Great Emperor grew to a thousand zhang tall and tried to pull the sword free, but it did not move.
• Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Transformation and tried pulling with both hands, but the sword remained stuck until Azure Runes appeared on his Left Hand.
• Azure Runes spread across the sword as the Floating Immortal Ring fed energy into Fang Chen, and the sword began rising on its own.
• Spiritual Martial Great Emperor exclaimed that the sword had moved as Fang Chen gripped it and tried pouring Soul Power into the Floating Immortal Ring.

Fang Chen drew the Profound Yin Sword and discovered that striking with it let him draw energy from the Floating Immortal Ring. He used his Manifestations and Dao Patterns to restore the sword’s damaged Formation Runes, then tested it by pouring his power into it.

• Fang Chen used the giant sword to cut a floating stone and absorbed energy from the Floating Immortal Ring as Azure Runes empowered the blade.
• Fang Chen named the sword the Profound Yin Sword and found that its internal Formation Runes were badly damaged.
• Fang Chen told the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor he would repair the sword, then summoned his Manifestations to heat it with the suns and infuse it with Dao Patterns.
• The Heaven Mending Goddess added Colored Dao Patterns from the Five-Colored Divine Stone, while Fang Chen and the Mysterious Silhouette produced more patterns to repair the sword.
• Fang Chen’s Manifestations returned to him, and he found the Profound Yin Sword’s Formation Runes restored before pouring his power into it.

After killing the Dark Chapter Foot Turtle, Fang Chen joined forces with the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor and studied the newly released Tournament Space map. They set off with Little Crane to search the Chaotic Sea of Stars for Great Strength Immortal Grass.

• Fang Chen gained one thousand Slaughter Points for killing the Dark Chapter Foot Turtle, bringing his total to one thousand one hundred and fifty and his ranking to eighty-three thousandth.
• Little Crane took the newly condensed Chaos Devouring God Bee into the Spirit Crane Space, and Fang Chen invited the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor to travel with him.
• Fang Chen and the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor received the Tournament Space map and learned that the Chaotic Sea of Stars contained Great Strength Immortal Grass and dangerous inhabitants.
• Fang Chen asked the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor to help him search for Great Strength Immortal Grass, and the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor agreed.
• Little Crane took Fang Chen and the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor into the Spirit Crane Space and carried them deeper into the Chaotic Sea of Stars.

Little Crane was caught in a Spatial Lightning Storm while carrying Fang Chen and the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor, but the storm triggered its long-awaited Metamorphosis. It absorbed lightning and Space Dao Patterns and grew to a wingspan of over ten thousand zhang, while one of its two White Stones burned away.

• The Spiritual Martial Great Emperor praised the Paper Crane as Little Crane carried Fang Chen and the others into a region of intense Spatial Turbulence.
• A Spatial Storm swept Little Crane away, and lightning struck it while Fang Chen and the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor were trapped inside the Spirit Crane Space.
• Fang Chen used his Darkness Devouring God Domain to absorb lightning entering the Spirit Crane Space, then shielded the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor from Little Crane's white Flames with the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella.
• The lightning activated the two White Stones inside Little Crane, which released white Flames, repaired its injuries, and began its Metamorphosis.
• Little Crane woke and told Fang Chen it was transforming as it absorbed Spatial Lightning and Space Dao Patterns.
• After an hour, Little Crane's wingspan exceeded ten thousand zhang, one White Stone had burned away, and the other had shrunk considerably.

Little Crane carried Fang Chen and the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor deep into the Chaotic Sea of Stars, where they explored the Red Star and found a damaged Quasi-Immortal Artifact. The chapter left them at the edge of a life-filled Abyss, unable to pass the powerful Barrier blocking its depths.

• Little Crane emerged from the Spatial Turbulence and carried Fang Chen and the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor into the Chaotic Sea of Stars in less than half an hour.
• Fang Chen asked Little Crane to search for the Great Strength Immortal Grass, and they landed on the barren Red Star.
• Little Crane collected a damaged Black Cauldron that Fang Chen identified as a Quasi-Immortal Artifact.
• Fang Chen and the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor explored the Red Star, and Fang Chen tested how the Floating Immortal Sword bypassed the Tournament Space's restrictions.
• Fang Chen spotted vegetation and heard roars in a vast Abyss, then asked Little Crane to take them down into it.
• A massive Barrier stopped Little Crane from entering the depths of the Abyss.

Fang Chen and Little Crane passed through the red star’s layered immortal-pattern barrier and found Great Strength Immortal Grass guarded by nine powerful Golden Light Birds. Fang Chen left the Spirit Crane Space to confront them, determined to claim the grass and earn their Slaughter Points.

• Fang Chen used the Innate Eight Trigrams Array Diagram to find a fleeting weakness in the immortal-pattern barrier, and Little Crane guided him and the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor through twelve layers.
• They explored the vast, barren space inside the red star and discovered a withered tree bearing nine Golden Light Birds and a clump of Great Strength Immortal Grass.
• The Spiritual Martial Heavenly Emperor warned Fang Chen that the nine Half-Immortal Level Golden Light Birds rivaled True Immortals in strength.
• After learning that each Golden Light Bird was worth eight thousand Slaughter Points, Fang Chen decided to face them while Little Crane and the Spiritual Martial Heavenly Emperor stayed inside the Spirit Crane Space.
• Little Crane let Fang Chen out, and the nine Golden Light Birds turned toward him with golden flames flickering in their eyes.

Fang Chen battled the Nine Golden Light Birds, whose bloodline came from the Ancient Sacred Beast Golden Crow, and discovered his Twilight Power and Crimson Lotus Power could pierce their defenses and burn them from within. After his first strike crippled Little Nine, Fang Chen pressed the attack while protected from its Golden Flame by the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella.

• The first Golden Light Bird revealed that the nine birds carried Golden Crow blood, and ordered Little Nine to kill Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen cut off Little Nine's talon with the Profound Yin Sword, which devoured the bird's Dao Patterns and golden blood.
• Crimson Lotus Power made Little Nine feel as though its blood was burning, while Fang Chen realized Twilight Power helped the sword break through its defenses.
• Little Nine spat Golden Flame at Fang Chen, but the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella shielded him from it.
• Fang Chen burst through the flames and brought his glowing sword down toward Little Nine's head.

Fang Chen combined the Floating Immortal Transformation, Floating Immortal Battle Array, and Chaos Giant Manifestation to overpower Number Eight Golden Light Bird. Meanwhile, Number Nine Golden Light Bird went berserk and attacked Number Seven Golden Light Bird.

• Fang Chen fought Numbers Eight and Seven Golden Light Birds with the Floating Immortal Battle Array, drawing power from the Floating Immortal Ring as their attacks struck him.
• Fang Chen merged with the Chaos Giant Manifestation and Floating Immortal Battle Array, then cut Number Eight Golden Light Bird in two with the Profound Yin Sword.
• Number Eight Golden Light Bird rejoined its halves and cried out that its blood was burning, while Fang Chen recovered his strength from the energy supplied by the Floating Immortal Ring.
• Number Nine Golden Light Bird, driven mad after Fang Chen struck it, attacked Number Seven Golden Light Bird, prompting Number One Golden Light Bird to shout that he was its Seventh Brother.

Fang Chen fought the Golden Light Birds while discovering that the ones remaining on the withered tree were suppressing its hidden life force. He shattered the birds’ combined domain and left Number Four crazed with desire as it attacked Number Five.

• Number One sent Numbers Four, Five, and Six to help Number Seven, and the withered tree trembled until Numbers One, Two, and Three suppressed it.
• Fang Chen realized the tree was alive and that the Golden Light Birds were holding it down, then took heavy attacks from Numbers Four, Five, and Six.
• Fang Chen killed Number Four with the Profound Yin Sword and struck Number Eight again while it struggled against the Crimson Lotus Power.
• Numbers Four, Five, and Six formed a golden domain, but Fang Chen’s Twilight of the Gods Domain shattered it and caused them severe backlash.
• Fang Chen cleaved Number Four again, and after it recovered, Crimson Lotus Power drove it into a frenzy and it attacked Number Five.

Fang Chen overwhelmed the Golden Light Birds, driving them from the withered tree and awakening the Tree Demon they had suppressed for a hundred thousand years. As the brothers attacked Fang Chen, he wounded Number One Golden Light Bird, though it proved tougher than the others.

• Fang Chen used Seven Layer Wave and Eight Layer Wave to repeatedly cut Number Six Golden Light Bird, while the Profound Yin Sword swallowed its golden blood.
• Number Six Golden Light Bird went berserk and chased Number Eight Golden Light Bird, forcing Number One Golden Light Bird to leave the withered tree to stop it.
• The withered tree shook and revealed itself as a Tree Demon that the Golden Light Bird brothers had suppressed for a hundred thousand years to cultivate the Great Strength Immortal Herb.
• With all the Golden Light Birds off the tree, buds sprouted as the Tree Demon began absorbing energy from its surroundings.
• Number One, Number Two, and Number Three Golden Light Birds attacked Fang Chen, and Number One struck at his soul with Golden Light beams.
• Fang Chen endured the attack and slashed Number One Golden Light Bird, leaving it with a severe wound.

Fang Chen destroyed the Number One Golden Light Bird with Sword Shatters Xinghe and began absorbing its power, but the remaining Golden Light Birds fused into a Nine-Headed Golden Light Bird with True Immortal-level strength. The chapter ended as the fused beast threatened Fang Chen, who faced it eagerly.

• Fang Chen completed his tenth turn and used Sword Shatters Xinghe to devastate the Number One Golden Light Bird.
• The Number Two and Number Three Golden Light Birds broke Fang Chen's Darkness Devouring God Domain with their Natal Spirit Pearls.
• The Number One Golden Light Bird's body shattered, and its Natal Spirit Pearl began breaking apart as the Profound Yin Sword devoured its Dao Patterns.
• The Number Two and Number Three Golden Light Birds fused with the Number One Golden Light Bird, then the other Golden Light Birds joined them to form the Nine-Headed Golden Light Bird.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Light Bird reached the True Immortal Realm and threatened Fang Chen, who faced it with excitement.

Fang Chen battled the fused Nine-Headed Golden Light Bird, using energy from the Floating Immortal Ring to strengthen his attacks until he killed it. The Tree Demon began sprouting new shoots as the battle unfolded.

• Fang Chen repeatedly attacked the Nine-Headed Golden Light Bird, drawing power from the Floating Immortal Ring while the bird struck him and shattered his chest.
• Fang Chen recovered from his injuries as the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor watched, and Little Crane reassured him that Fang Chen did not need help.
• Fang Chen's successive attacks grew stronger until his Nine Layer Wave cut off one of the bird's wings and one of its heads.
• Fang Chen unleashed Sword Shatters Xinghe, causing explosions inside the Nine-Headed Golden Light Bird until its body burst apart.

Fang Chen shattered the Nine-Headed Golden Light Bird’s Natal Spirit Pearl and absorbed power from the Floating Immortal Ring, but the birds soon re-formed. When the Tree Demon awakened and tried to pull out the immature Great Strength Immortal Grass, Fang Chen intervened and was pierced through the chest by one of its branches.

• Fang Chen used the Darkness Devouring God Domain and the Chaos Devouring God Bee to restrain and consume the Nine-Headed Golden Light Bird’s scattered fragments.
• Fang Chen activated the Universe Curse Seal to stop the birds from detonating their Natal Spirit Pearl, then shattered it with the Profound Yin Sword.
• The nine birds’ pearls fused again and restored their body, though the Crimson Lotus Power left them too weak to fight.
• The Tree Demon awakened after ten thousand years and tried to pull the Great Strength Immortal Grass from its body, prompting Little Golden Cicada to warn Fang Chen that the grass was not mature.
• Fang Chen attacked the Tree Demon, defended against its leaves with his Sword Domain, and was pierced through the chest by a branch.

Fang Chen escaped the Tree Demon’s branch attack and used his Profound Yin Sword and Medicine-Brewing Old Farmer Manifestation to turn the severed branch into firewood. The Tree Demon continued attacking the poisoned Nine-Headed Golden Light Birds, while Fang Chen prepared to use his Manifestation against it.

• Number One Golden Light Bird explained that the Tree Demon had badly wounded Fang Chen because the birds’ Fire Attribute countered its Wood Attribute, but Fang Chen’s power did not.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Light Birds realized Fang Chen had poisoned them with a potent aphrodisiac and tried to purge it with the Golden Crow Art.
• The Tree Demon attacked the wounded Nine-Headed Golden Light Bird while the brothers struggled to suppress the poison.
• Fang Chen used Twilight Power with the Profound Yin Sword to sever the branch piercing his chest and pulled it free.
• Fang Chen summoned the Medicine-Brewing Old Farmer Manifestation, which took the branch and tossed it into the fire beneath its Black Cauldron.

Fang Chen battled the Tree Demon while the Medicine-Brewing Old Farmer’s Black Cauldron devoured its leaves and burned its severed branches. As the fight continued, Fang Chen began combining the Nine Layer Wave Sword Technique with the Floating Immortal Absolute Shadow Movement Technique to create a faster way to build his sword power.

• The Medicine-Brewing Old Farmer drew the Tree Demon’s leaves into the Black Cauldron, then collected and burned the branches Fang Chen severed.
• Fang Chen cut through the Tree Demon’s branches and used Sword Shatters Xinghe to blast a long crack through its trunk.
• After his tenth stroke, power surged into Fang Chen from the Floating Immortal Sword, and he continued attacking the Tree Demon.
• Fang Chen tried to combine the Nine Layer Wave Sword Technique with the Floating Immortal Absolute Shadow Movement Technique, but his awkward movements let a branch strike him.
• Fang Chen kept refining the techniques as his Soul Perception, speed, and sword power grew, while the Tree Demon struggled to land its attacks.