Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen and his companions settled their Cave Abodes and formalized their ties with Great Emperor Lan Yu before entering Golden Cicada Ridge. There, Lan Yu gave them four Golden Cicada puppets to guide them, whose forms could change as their Slaughter Points increased.

• Fang Chen told the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and the myna bird they could seek powerful masters in the Outer Heavens, but both refused.
• Great Emperor Huo Li and Fang Chen reflected on their group's ties to the Glazed Sword Sect and the absence of the Glazed True Immortal, who had gone to the Land of Ending.
• Fang Chen, Great Emperor Huo Li, the myna bird, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm drew Cave Abode numbers, and Great Emperor Lan Yu explained their five hundred years of free use and the rent afterward.
• Great Emperor Lan Yu inscribed the group's Identity Tokens and led them into Golden Cicada Ridge, where powerful devouring force, spatial suppression, and a blood-red sky greeted them.
• Great Emperor Lan Yu summoned four Golden Cicada puppets and explained that they would accompany the group and could change form as their Slaughter Points rose.

Fang Chen and his companions received Golden Cicadas and learned how Slaughter Points determined access to cultivation grounds in the Outer Heavens. They followed Chi You to his ruined Cave Abode, where he entered alone, just as a group of powerful newcomers arrived.

• Great Emperor Lan Yu explained the seven ranked cultivation grounds, described how Slaughter Points earned access to better resources, and gave Fang Chen and his companions Golden Cicadas to bind with their blood.
• Great Emperor Huo Li warned the group not to split up and suggested they inspect Chi You's Cave Abode together.
• Chi You used his Identity Token to lead Fang Chen and the others to a rubble-covered hill, then cleared the debris with his Devouring Power.
• Chi You opened the Cave Abode's Restriction and was pulled inside, while Fang Chen and the others were unable to follow; Chi You told Fang Chen the abode was vast and rich in Source Power of Emperors.
• Great Emperor Huo Li spotted more than a dozen approaching auras, and the group went on guard as the newcomers arrived under a burly Bald Man.

Fang Chen and his companions faced a group of Great Emperors demanding the newly opened Cave Abode, and Fang Chen chose to fight rather than surrender it. The attackers ended the chapter badly injured and covered in the Myna bird’s corrosive droppings.

• A short man demanded that the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm surrender its Cave Abode, while Golden Cicada explained that newcomers’ abodes were often seized for their Source Power of Emperors.
• Fang Chen learned that killing the attackers would not break the rules, and he and Great Emperor Huo Li agreed to fight the sixteen Great Emperors.
• Fang Chen summoned the Heaven Mending Goddess, who hurled the Black Stone and sent several attackers flying with severe injuries.
• The Myna bird transformed into a giant black bird and dropped corrosive muck over the Great Emperors, leaving them screaming and unable to remove it.

Fang Chen and his companions fought Great Emperor Golden Bear and his men after freeing themselves from the Bird Droppings’ effects. Golden Bear proved far stronger than Fang Chen expected, while the Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm were overwhelmed by the other Great Emperors.

• Nearby Great Emperors gathered above Cloud Stream Valley and watched Golden Bear and his men blast away their skin and flesh to escape the Bird Droppings.
• Great Emperor Golden Bear ordered his men to kill Fang Chen and his companions, since the newcomers had attacked first and no longer had newcomer protection.
• Fang Chen refused Great Emperor Huo Li’s offer to face Golden Bear and charged the bald Great Emperor himself, but Golden Bear’s Golden Hammer sent him flying.
• Great Emperor Huo Li clashed with Golden Bear using the First Wave technique, was knocked backward, and warned Fang Chen that Golden Bear was too strong.
• Fang Chen agreed to let Huo Li face Golden Bear as the Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm were besieged by Golden Bear’s men.

Fang Chen killed the Spirit Rat Great Emperor with one strike of the Floating Immortal Sword, drawing strength from the death as the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and the Myna bird escaped. Great Emperor Huo Li repeatedly intercepted Great Emperor Golden Bear, leaving the battle unresolved as his speed and sword power continued to rise.

• Fang Chen used Twilight Power through the Floating Immortal Sword to kill the Spirit Rat Great Emperor, whose lifespan had nearly run out.
• The Floating Immortal Sword absorbed power from the kill, strengthening Fang Chen and slowing the drain on his lifespan.
• The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and the Myna bird fled while Great Emperor Golden Bear and his allies reacted to the Spirit Rat Great Emperor's death.
• Great Emperor Huo Li blocked Great Emperor Golden Bear from reaching Fang Chen and was repeatedly knocked back by the Golden Hammer.
• Great Emperor Huo Li kept reappearing to challenge Great Emperor Golden Bear as his speed, aura, and Sword Momentum grew stronger.

Fang Chen used Twilight of the Gods to break Wolf Saber Great Emperor’s Dharma Image and drain fifteen hundred years of his lifespan with a sword clash. As Great Emperor Golden Bear and his companions realized Fang Chen’s threat, Great Emperor Huo Li launched another attack on Golden Bear.

• Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm charged at the Great Emperor powerhouses while Great Emperor Huo Li kept Great Emperor Golden Bear occupied.
• Fang Chen targeted Wolf Saber Great Emperor, who summoned his Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth and prepared to use Heavenly Wolf Slash.
• Fang Chen released Twilight of the Gods, collapsing Wolf Saber Great Emperor’s Dharma Image and draining his lifespan before their weapons clashed.
• Wolf Saber Great Emperor’s hair turned white as he lost fifteen hundred years of lifespan, and he told Great Emperor Golden Bear and the others what had happened.
• Great Emperor Huo Li appeared before Great Emperor Golden Bear and unleashed Nine Layer Wave, turning the space around him into a Sword Qi Ocean.

Fang Chen and Quasi-Emperor Huo Li overwhelmed Great Emperor Golden Bear’s group, killing Golden Bear’s companion Wolf Saber and forcing the survivors to flee. As the watching Great Emperors hesitated to attack, a shadowy man in coarse cloth emerged and approached Fang Chen.

• Quasi-Emperor Huo Li sent Great Emperor Golden Bear flying with the Fire Glazed Sword, then split his body in two and grievously wounded him with Ten Layer Wave.
• Fang Chen struck Wolf Saber Great Emperor with the Floating Immortal Sword and killed him before he could defend himself.
• Great Emperor Golden Bear re-formed from blood mist, ordered his remaining companions to retreat, and threatened Fang Chen as they fled.
• Fang Chen watched the more than one hundred Great Emperor onlookers while Quasi-Emperor Huo Li swallowed Pills to recover, and none of the onlookers dared attack.
• A shadowy figure in coarse cloth emerged from among the watching Great Emperor powerhouses and slowly approached Fang Chen.

Fang Chen learned from the Nine Yang Great Emperor that the Great Emperor Golden Bear and the two Great Emperors Fang Chen killed belonged to Nebula Palace, a powerful force on Golden Cicada Ridge. Though warned to flee or seek refuge with Nebula Palace’s rivals, Fang Chen chose to stay and face them, then introduced himself as Floating Immortal from the Barbaric Ancient Region.

• The Nine Yang Great Emperor approached Fang Chen and offered to answer questions about Golden Cicada Ridge.
• The Nine Yang Great Emperor identified the Great Emperor Golden Bear’s group as Nebula Palace members and named the two Great Emperors Fang Chen had killed.
• The Nine Yang Great Emperor explained that Nebula Palace controlled the eastern region with nearly thirty thousand members and urged Fang Chen to leave its territory.
• Fang Chen thanked the Nine Yang Great Emperor but said he wanted to test Nebula Palace’s strength.
• Fang Chen introduced himself as Floating Immortal from the Barbaric Ancient Region, surprising the Nine Yang Great Emperor.

After Fang Chen’s group arrived in the Outer Heavens, the Nine Yang Great Emperor identified them as people from the Barbaric Ancient Region, the Chaos Great Immortal’s homeland. Fang Chen chose to stay in Golden Cicada Ridge and face Nebula Palace, while Little Crane took his exhausted companions into her improved Spirit Crane Space.

• The Nine Yang Great Emperor recalled his Clone and told the surrounding Great Emperors that Fang Chen and his companions came from the Barbaric Ancient Region.
• The Great Emperors recognized the region as the Chaos Great Immortal’s homeland and learned that Fang Chen, whose Daoist title was Floating Immortal, had killed two Great Emperors and refused to leave.
• Fang Chen woke Little Crane, explained that Nebula Palace would seek revenge, and asked her to shelter Huo Li, Huahua, and Chi You in the Spirit Crane Space.
• Little Crane took the Myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and Great Emperor Huo Li into her Spirit Crane Space, where they praised its growth and encouraged her to reach the Great Emperor Realm.

Fang Chen cultivated after refining Wolf Saber Great Emperor’s corpse while Great Emperor Golden Bear sought help from Great Emperor Ling Zhong. Ling Zhong arrived at Cloud Stream Valley with dozens of Great Emperor powerhouses, and Fang Chen prepared to face them.

• Little Crane brought Spirit Rat Great Emperor’s corpse into Spirit Crane Space for the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm to devour.
• Fang Chen refined Wolf Saber Great Emperor’s corpse in the Heaven Refining Furnace and cultivated as Great Emperor Golden Bear and his companions retreated to their Stronghold.
• Great Emperor Golden Bear learned that Fang Chen and his companions came from the Barbaric Ancient Region and concluded they had no backing.
• Great Emperor Golden Bear told Great Emperor Ling Zhong what had happened, and Ling Zhong led him and dozens of Great Emperor powerhouses to Cloud Stream Valley.
• Fang Chen sensed the group’s arrival and told Great Emperor Huo Li that the Heavenly River Diagram could revive them if they were killed.

Fang Chen faced Great Emperor Ling Zhong and his followers, who trapped him in the Lei Huo Great Array. As the array’s fire and lightning struck him, Fang Chen absorbed their power and let the attackers exhaust themselves.

• Fang Chen taunted Great Emperor Ling Zhong and Great Emperor Golden Bear, then examined the enemies’ Lifespans with the Eye of Life.
• Great Emperor Ling Zhong ordered his followers to form the Lei Huo Great Array, trapping Fang Chen in a world of fire.
• Fang Chen absorbed the array’s lightning without moving, surprising Nine Yang Great Emperor and the other observers.
• Fang Chen activated the Darkness Devouring God Domain and devoured the array’s fire and lightning while its maintainers steadily lost strength.

Fang Chen endured the Lei Huo Great Array and then began killing its Great Emperor defenders with the Floating Immortal Sword and Twilight Power. He slew Great Emperor Hong Yi and Great Emperor Yuan Dao, while Great Emperor Ling Zhong’s forces watched the array collapse.

• Fang Chen continued devouring the Lei Huo Great Array’s lightning and flames as Great Emperor Ling Zhong ordered his subordinates to keep it active.
• After the array’s maintainers weakened, Great Emperor Ling Zhong sent a golden Ancient Bell into the array, and Fang Chen was struck back when he blocked it with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen used the Nine Layer Wave Sword Technique and Twilight Power to break through the Formation Runes and drain Great Emperor Hong Yi’s lifespan, killing him.
• Little Crane caught Great Emperor Hong Yi’s falling body, and the Lei Huo Great Array shuddered and began to collapse.
• Fang Chen’s Floating Immortal Sword grew stronger after Hong Yi’s death, and Fang Chen killed Great Emperor Yuan Dao by cutting through his armor and draining his lifespan.

Fang Chen killed three Great Emperors in succession with the Floating Immortal Sword, whose energy grew stronger after each kill. As Great Emperor Ling Zhong's forces attacked, Fang Chen targeted Great Emperor Hong Tu for his next strike.

• Little Crane collected Great Emperor Yuan Dao's corpse after Fang Chen killed him.
• Great Emperor Ling Zhong ordered his subordinates to drop the Lei Huo Great Array and attack Fang Chen together.
• Fang Chen used the Third Wave to pierce Great Emperor Lan Miao's armor and kill him, then wondered whether successive kills made the Floating Immortal Sword return more energy.
• Fang Chen calculated how many more Great Emperors his remaining Twilight Power could kill as the spectators reacted to his third victory.
• Fang Chen targeted Great Emperor Hong Tu, appeared before him with the Four Layer Wave, and swung his sword.

Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword and its Lifespan-draining power against Great Emperor Ling Zhong’s forces, killing Great Emperor Hong Tu before the Golden Ancient Bell interrupted his growing strength. He unleashed Twilight of the Gods to drain the Great Emperors’ Lifespans and ended the chapter appearing before Great Emperor Ling Zhong with his domain still active.

• Fang Chen struck Great Emperor Hong Tu with the Floating Immortal Sword, draining more than a thousand years of his Lifespan and forcing him to flee.
• Fang Chen used Five Layer Wave to pursue and kill Great Emperor Hong Tu, while Little Crane collected the corpse.
• Great Emperor Ling Zhong attacked Fang Chen with the Golden Ancient Bell, breaking the chain of power Fang Chen had gained from successive kills.
• Fang Chen evaded the powerhouses’ Supreme Emperor Weapons with Seven Layer Wave and struck Great Emperor Ling Zhong’s bell, breaking many of its Dao Patterns.
• Fang Chen activated Twilight of the Gods, causing the Great Emperors caught in his domain to lose Lifespan and retreat.
• Great Emperor Ling Zhong and the others hurled their Supreme Emperor Weapons at Fang Chen, but Fang Chen used Eight Layer Wave to appear before Ling Zhong as his domain drained Ling Zhong’s Lifespan.

Fang Chen infused the Floating Immortal Sword with Crimson Lotus Power and used it to overwhelm Great Emperor Ling Zhong and the other Great Emperors. As the Crimson Lotus Power drove its victims into uncontrollable urges, the terrified Great Emperors tried to flee, and Great Emperor Ling Zhong self-destructed.

• Fang Chen shattered Great Emperor Ling Zhong's Golden Ancient Bell and struck through his Great Dao Spiritual Light with Crimson Lotus Power.
• Great Emperor Ling Zhong lost control and attacked Great Emperor Golden Bear while the onlookers watched in shock.
• Fang Chen struck another Great Emperor with Crimson Lotus Power, causing him to attack someone nearby as the other Great Emperors panicked.
• Great Emperor Ling Zhong tried Detoxification Pills, failed to control himself, kicked Great Emperor Golden Bear away, and self-destructed.

Fang Chen turned Ling Zhong's subordinates into Desire Demons and pursued them through Golden Cicada Ridge, while Great Emperor Huo Li and the others decided to support his fight. Fang Chen eventually ran out of Crimson Lotus Power and escaped into Spirit Crane Space as other Great Emperors recorded the chaos.

• After Great Emperor Ling Zhong self-destructed, Fang Chen's attacks turned Ling Zhong's subordinates into Desire Demons, who chased the Nine Yang Great Emperor and other onlookers.
• Fang Chen refused Great Emperor Huo Li's warning to stop, and the Myna bird, Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and Little Crane urged Huo Li to let him fight.
• Great Emperor Huo Li agreed to face the consequences with Fang Chen, who continued attacking Ling Zhong's subordinates until his Crimson Lotus Power ran low.
• Fang Chen asked Little Crane to hide him in Spirit Crane Space after sensing powerful Spiritual Sense approaching.
• Other Great Emperor powerhouses recorded the Desire Demons fighting, pleased that Nebula Palace's members had been humiliated.

Great Emperor Zhe Shan fled with his companions, leaving the frenzied Great Emperors to attack the guards at Great Emperor Ling Zhong's Stronghold. Meanwhile, Fang Chen learned that the Red Smoke Marsh held dangerous Bloodthirsty Mist-Eating Worms and could offer him Slaughter Points.

• Great Emperor Zhe Shan and the other fugitives fled the pursuing, frenzied Great Emperors without warning the guards at Great Emperor Ling Zhong's Stronghold.
• The frenzied Great Emperors attacked the Stronghold's guards, causing screams to ring out across the Stronghold.
• Little Crane brought Fang Chen to a remote part of the Red Smoke Marsh, where Golden Cicada identified the lethal Spatial Storms and Bloodthirsty Mist-Eating Worms.
• Golden Cicada told Fang Chen that Red Leaf Longevity Grass grew in the worms' unknown Lair and could be refined into Longevity Liquid that prevented Lifespan loss from using the Heaven and Earth Origin.
• Golden Cicada explained that Fang Chen could earn Slaughter Points by killing Great Emperor-level Demonic Beasts, including Bloodthirsty Mist-Eating Worms.

Fang Chen learned how Slaughter Points worked on Golden Cicada Ridge and went into the Red Smoke Marsh to face its Bloodthirsty Mist-Eating Worms. He discovered that the marsh’s hallucinatory red smoke could be absorbed and refined by his Soul Origin.

• Golden Cicada explained that ordinary Bloodthirsty Mist-Eating Worms earned one Slaughter Point, while Worm Generals, Worm Kings, and Worm Emperors earned ten, a hundred, and a thousand; leaving Golden Cicada Ridge required ten thousand points.
• Fang Chen told Great Emperor Huo Li, Huahua, and Chiyou to recover in Spirit Crane Space while he tested himself against the worms and replenished his Twilight Power.
• Fang Chen asked whether Empress Honglian might be in the Outer Heavens, and Golden Cicada said more than a thousand Great Emperors and five True Immortals shared the Dao Name Honglian.
• Fang Chen had Little Crane release him above the Red Smoke Marsh, where Golden Cicada warned that the red smoke could cause powerful hallucinations.
• Fang Chen let the smoke enter his body and used the Floating Immortal Art and Devouring God Art to refine its red energy into his Soul Origin.

Fang Chen absorbed Red Smoke Marsh’s red mist to strengthen his Soul Origin, then confronted a Bloodthirsty Mist-Eating Worm. He marked the worm with a Heavenly Buddha Flower to track it to its lair, where Red Leaf Longevity Grass grew, and faced its red-mist attack.

• Fang Chen unleashed Darkness Devouring God Domain and absorbed the red mist, rapidly strengthening his Soul Origin.
• A Bloodthirsty Mist-Eating Worm burst from the marsh, and Fang Chen used Twilight of the Gods while preparing to fight it.
• Fang Chen placed a Heavenly Buddha Flower on the worm to keep it from escaping and to follow it to its lair.
• The worm attacked Fang Chen with red mist that could bypass Great Dao Spiritual Light, but Fang Chen opened his mouth and unleashed Devouring Power.

Fang Chen fought a Bloodthirsty Mist-Eating Worm to restore his Twilight Power while discovering a faster way to refine Crimson Lotus Power. Meanwhile, Great Emperor Clear Wind arrived to investigate the afflicted Great Emperors and heard how the dispute with Fang Chen began.

• Fang Chen swallowed the Bloodthirsty Mist-Eating Worm's red smoke, then struck its head and absorbed Twilight Power as the worm's defenses repelled him.
• Fang Chen kept fighting the worm to strengthen himself and restore his Twilight Power while his Foundation Establishment Dao Platform refined special water into Crimson Lotus Power.
• After three hours, the Great Emperors subdued the afflicted fighters and chained them to copper pillars, but their Yang Poison resisted an antidote and threatened to burn them to ash.
• Great Emperor Wind Origin arrived, and the assembled Great Emperors greeted him as their Hall Master, Great Emperor Clear Wind.
• Great Emperor Black Toad told Great Emperor Clear Wind that Fang Chen had come from the Barbaric Ancient Region and attacked after they tried to seize his group's Cave Abode.