Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.