Vol. 15Trials and Rising Powers

Fang Chen survived the Ninth Secret Realm’s trials, strengthened his allies, and confronted Ye Chen while helping the Glazed Sword Sect and Yaochi Holy Land secure new opportunities. After completing the Ninth Transformation, he returned to find the Buddhist Land rising and strange changes spreading at Dog Head Ridge.

  • Li Changsheng pierced Fang Chen’s Soul Origin with the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails, but Little Crane rescued him and detonated Meteor Tears across the Xuanhuang Origin Realm.
  • Fang Chen defeated the rhinoceros and Pig Demon in the Ninth Secret Realm using the Floating Immortal Sword, the Chaos Giant, and the Heaven Mending Goddess Manifestation.
  • Fang Chen defeated Ye Chen and severed his right Kirin Arm, which Ye Kong fused with to restore his Sacred Body Origin and become a Nine-Tribulation Saint.
  • Li Qingyao ate the Peach King and advanced to the Quasi-Emperor Realm as the Ye Family prepared to attack Yunxiang Mountain.
  • Fang Chen helped the Moon Saint defend Yunxiang Mountain from the Ye Family and discovered that the mountain accelerated plant growth.
  • Fang Chen fought Ye Chen and weakened the Xuanhuang Banner by reflecting its Nirvana Immortal Eyes’ beams.
  • Fang Chen defeated the Devil Race Man and completed the Ninth Transformation of the Glazed Golden Body Art.
  • Fang Chen investigated Dog Head Ridge, where Elder Yun, Li Yanshan, and others had begun growing stronger while asleep after a strange lightning strike.
Chapters 1401–1500 Read from Ch. 1401

Arc 57The Nine Secret Realms

Fang Chen survived the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails by exploring the Tianluo Secret Realm and opening routes to the other Secret Realms for the Glazed Sword Sect. In the Ninth Secret Realm, he encountered a Bone boatman and fought a Pig Demon and a great rhinoceros.

  • Li Changsheng pierced Fang Chen’s Soul Origin with the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails, but Little Crane rescued him and detonated Meteor Tears across the Xuanhuang Origin Realm.
  • Fang Chen learned that the nails were consuming his Soul Origin, then set out for the Tianluo Secret Realm despite his injury.
  • Fang Chen found that he and his companions could enter the Tianluo Secret Realm, discovered the Universe Cauldron at its heart, and followed a golden light into Heavenly Dragon Space.
  • Fang Chen opened and repaired passages to several Secret Realms, giving the Glazed Sword Sect’s Saints access to powerful Demonic Beasts and new cultivation grounds.
  • Fang Chen and the Myna bird entered the Ninth Secret Realm, where the Myna bird broke through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm and they found a Bone river.
  • A Bone boatman demanded stories before letting Fang Chen and the Myna bird aboard, but their short tales failed to keep the boat afloat and Fang Chen later awoke near Cold Mountain Temple.
  • Fang Chen confronted the old monk, who became a Pig Demon, while a gigantic rhinoceros trapped Fang Chen with Golden Light.
  • Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword, the Chaos Giant, and the Heaven Mending Goddess Manifestation to defeat the rhinoceros and batter the Pig Demon into Dao Patterns.
Chapters 1401–142525 summaries Read

Arc 58The Ninth Secret Realm and Ye Chen’s Defeat

Fang Chen passed the Ninth Secret Realm’s first trial, returned to the Glazed Sword Sect, and defeated Ye Chen, taking one of his Kirin Arms. He helped Ye Kong recover the arm and advance, expanded the Green Grass Great Array’s use for tribulations, and the story ended with the Ye Family preparing to attack Yunxiang Mountain as Li Qingyao became a Quasi-Emperor.

  • Fang Chen passed the Secret Realm trial, learned from the Skeleton Boatman about the trials and Ye Qingci’s likely past life, and returned to the Southern Wastes after ten years had passed.
  • Fang Chen and his allies returned to the Glazed Sword Sect, where Ye Chen and Li Changsheng were attacking, and Fang Chen confronted Ye Chen while the Myna bird fought Li Changsheng.
  • Fang Chen defeated Ye Chen in the Outer Heavens, severed his right Kirin Arm, and returned to the Qingyang Realm to ease his Clones’ suffering from the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails.
  • Fang Chen took Ye Chen’s Kirin Arm to Ye Kong, who fused with it, restored his Kirin Sacred Body Origin, and became a Nine-Tribulation Saint.
  • Fang Chen tested simultaneous tribulations in the Green Grass Great Array, helping a thousand cultivators advance and causing the array to expand, and he and the Myna bird also discovered it could revive creatures the Myna bird killed.
  • Fang Chen went into seclusion to study the Array Scripture while Ye Chen returned to the Ye Family and Ye Mian ordered an attack on Yunxiang Mountain.
  • Li Qingyao ate the Peach King and broke through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, while the Moon Saint prepared to deliver fifty Ten-Thousand-Year Peaches to Fang Chen.
Chapters 1426–145025 summaries Read

Arc 59Yunxiang Mountain and the Ye Family

Fang Chen helped the Yaochi Holy Land defend Yunxiang Mountain, cured the Moon Saint, and uncovered the mountain’s accelerated growth and hidden space. After arranging for the Glazed Sword Sect and Yaochi Holy Land to develop it together, he confronted Ye Chen and began breaking the Xuanhuang Banner.

  • Li Qingyao and Yue Canglan broke through to the Quasi-Emperor realm as Ye Mian ordered the Ye Family to attack Yunxiang Mountain.
  • Fang Chen helped Saint Gu Yu and Saint Qingyuan cure the Moon Saint’s Heavenly Evil Heart-Rotting Powder with his heart’s blood and Xiao Yi’s Essence Blood.
  • Fang Chen joined the Moon Saint in defending Yunxiang Mountain, where he drove off the Ye Family and discovered that the mountain accelerated the growth of plants.
  • Fang Chen helped revive Saint Lian Yue in the Green Grass Great Array, and Li Qingyao later led him through the ancient barrier into Yunmeng Mountain Space.
  • Fang Chen and Li Qingyao agreed to have the Glazed Sword Sect and Yaochi Holy Land develop Yunxiang Mountain together, while Fang Chen investigated its secrets.
  • Ye Chen and Li Changsheng attacked Li Qingyao, and Fang Chen arrived to fight Ye Chen while Li Qingyao faced Li Changsheng.
  • Fang Chen endured Ye Chen’s mountains to draw power from the Xuanhuang Banner, then reflected its Nirvana Immortal Eyes’ beams and slashed into the weakened banner.
Chapters 1451–147525 summaries Read

Arc 60The Ninth Transformation

Fang Chen explored the Chaos Holy Land’s inheritances, entered the Ninth Secret Realm, and reached the Ninth Transformation of the Glazed Golden Body Art. After returning, he faced the Buddhist Land’s sudden rise in power and investigated strange changes at Dog Head Ridge, leaving several mysteries unresolved.

  • Fang Chen studied the Chaos Holy Land’s Emperor inheritances and received the inheritances of Emperor Lan Yu and the Star Emperor.
  • Fang Chen brought his Nine Clones into the Heavenly Dragon Space and entered the Ninth Secret Realm for its next trial.
  • Fang Chen survived the Black Domain Devil Scorpions, refined their venom, and completed the Ninth Transformation of the Glazed Golden Body Art.
  • Fang Chen combined the Dark Domain with the Devouring God Art, defeated the Devil Race Man, and cleared the trial.
  • Fang Chen returned to the Rainbow Mountain Range and learned that the Buddhist Land had gained several Quasi-Emperors after the Falling Radiance.
  • Fang Chen told the Glazed Sword Sect he would investigate the Falling Radiance, then learned that Little Star was undergoing its seventh Saint Tribulation.
  • Fang Chen visited Dog Head Ridge and found that Elder Yun, Li Yanshan, and others had begun growing stronger while sleeping after a strange lightning strike.
  • Fang Chen considered the strange events linked to the Spiritual Qi Revival, ate with Wu Qingfeng and Chef Wang, and received Huahua’s call.
Chapters 1476–150025 summaries Read
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