Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.