Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen and Li Qingyao reached the Tenth Heaven of Immortal Mountain after discovering that the Floating Immortal Sword and Sumeru Grass gave them matching blue Runes that eased the mountain’s pressure. Fang Chen carried Li Qingyao onward, and they entered the purple clouds leading to the Eleventh Layer.

• Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword to absorb Spiritual Power from the blue Barrier, which opened and covered his skin with blue Runes.
• Li Qingyao dug up and ate the Sumeru Grass, making the pressure vanish for her and causing matching blue Runes to appear on her skin.
• Fang Chen and Li Qingyao climbed for three days, gathering Spirit Medicine and Spirit Fruit along the way, and reached the Tenth Heaven as the pressure returned.
• When Li Qingyao said she could not reach the Eleventh Heaven, Fang Chen carried her on his back and raced through the forest using the Misty Turtle Steps.
• Fang Chen channeled Ice Origin into Li Qingyao to revive her, then spotted a purple glow and carried her into the clouds leading to the Eleventh Layer.

Fang Chen and Li Qingyao reached the flat summit of Immortal Mountain, where Fang Chen discovered that a vortex might lead to the missing Twelfth Heaven. As Li Qingyao began forming her Golden Core, Fang Chen broke his black bead, learned how its pills would send him out of the mountain and into the future, and gave Li Qingyao the gold pill.

• Fang Chen warned Li Qingyao to activate her Spirit Jade before they entered the Eleventh Heaven, and he helped her withstand the pressure after they emerged from the clouds.
• Fang Chen and Li Qingyao found a flat mountaintop beneath a rune-filled vortex, and they guessed that someone had cut off the peak and that the vortex might lead to the Twelfth Heaven.
• Fang Chen approached the vortex, but its pressure struck his soul and knocked him from the sky; his black bead cracked and revealed a glimmer of golden light.
• As the vortex's pressure intensified, Fang Chen urged Li Qingyao to form her Golden Core while he guarded her.
• Fang Chen crushed the black bead, learned the purpose of three pills, and put the gold pill into Li Qingyao's mouth.

Fang Chen helped Li Qingyao condense a Golden Core in Immortal Mountain, then returned to the future after gathering Spiritual Qi and entering a long sleep. Palace Mistress Lingxin and Elder Bai Ling found him more than ten thousand years later, and Lingxin offered five pills to mark the mission’s completion.

• Fang Chen gave Li Qingyao a pill that revealed an advanced Core Condensation Secret Method and urged her to condense her Golden Core.
• Li Qingyao successfully formed a Golden Core, then vanished as the space around her twisted.
• Fang Chen absorbed Spiritual Qi for six hours, swallowed a black pill, and was pulled into the void to a Gobi Desert near Immortal Mountain.
• Fang Chen found the designated cave three days later, swallowed a red pill, and fell into a petrified sleep.
• More than ten thousand years later, Palace Mistress Lingxin and Elder Bai Ling found Fang Chen and woke him from his sleep.
• Palace Mistress Lingxin brought out five pills and suggested that everyone take them together now that the mission was complete.

After taking a Soul Washing Pill, Fang Chen woke with no memory of the mission and discovered that a hundred years had passed while he was away. He set out to return to the Glazed Sword Sect, then was surprised when Master Hua appeared before him.

• Palace Mistress Lingxin explained that the Soul Washing Pill would erase Fang Chen's mission memories and promised that he would eventually receive the Elixir of Immortality.
• Fang Chen took the pill and woke in a cave, remembering his time at Tianyuan Academy and the giant turtle but nothing afterward; he found his Mask of Oblivion cracked.
• Fang Chen left the concealed valley and learned in Yunshui City that Tianyuan Academy had closed a hundred years earlier.
• Fang Chen checked his lifespan, realized he needed money for a Teleportation Array to return to the Glazed Sword Sect, and summoned Paper Crane from his expanded Spirit Crane Space.
• Master Hua suddenly flew out of the Void and appeared before Fang Chen.

Fang Chen reunited with the Myna bird and learned he had been imprisoned by Little Crane for over a century. While seeking a way to return to the Glazed Sword Sect and earn travel money, Fang Chen discovered that the Pill Demon being hunted by the Pill Pagoda was his old acquaintance Chen Xiaofei.

• The Myna bird told Fang Chen that Little Crane had imprisoned him for more than a hundred years, and Fang Chen took him to eat and buy wine.
• The Myna bird showed Fang Chen his Abdominal Cosmos ability, and Fang Chen decided to return to the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Fang Chen asked Little Crane to take him back to the sect, but Little Crane shook his head, so Fang Chen set out to find work and earn money.
• A street seller announced that the Pill Demon had appeared in the Black Dragon Mountain Range, prompting Fang Chen to notice a warrant on a nearby notice wall.
• Fang Chen read the warrant identifying the Pill Demon as Chen Xiaofei, a Void Integration Realm alchemist from the Glazed Sword Sect whom the Pill Pagoda was hunting.

Fang Chen learned that Chen Xiaofei had become the Pill Pagoda’s enemy and decided to strengthen himself before seeking him out. After reaching a secluded cave, he prepared to attempt the Golden Core Realm breakthrough with the Myna bird’s Core Condensation Secret Method.

• Fang Chen and the Myna bird learned that Chen Xiaofei, now a Void Integration Realm cultivator known as the Pill Demon, was being hunted in the Black Dragon Mountain Range.
• Fang Chen decided not to rush after Chen Xiaofei and instead planned to earn money, return to the Glazed Sword Sect, and find out what had happened there.
• Fang Chen asked the Myna bird for a Core Condensation Secret Method, then chose to break through to the Golden Core Realm to improve his strength and safety.
• Fang Chen and the Myna bird left the city and searched for a secluded place, rejecting a cave near Linshui City because the breakthrough could reveal Fang Chen’s presence.
• After finding a hidden cave and setting up formations, Fang Chen summoned the Paper Crane and began receiving the Myna bird’s secret method through a stream of runes and information.

Fang Chen struggled to find a Core Condensation Secret Method powerful enough for his enormous dantian, then created one and condensed a gigantic Golden Core. After testing its power, he learned that his strength already surpassed many ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators.

• Fang Chen failed to use the myna bird’s Core Condensation Secret Methods and began combining them while training in the mountains.
• After half a year of experiments, Fang Chen created a method that let him compress his Spiritual Power and chose to condense his Golden Core while continuing to train.
• Fang Chen successfully condensed a green-glowing Golden Core over nine inches across, though its weak glow suggested it was only First Grade.
• Fang Chen circulated his cultivation method and discovered that his Golden Core greatly increased his strength, letting him shatter a Giant Stone and trees with his punches.
• The myna bird assessed Fang Chen’s displayed strength as greater than that of many ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators.

After spirit medicine buyers in Yunshui City offered Fang Chen far less than the herbs were worth, he decided to learn alchemy and earn money by refining pills. The Myna bird passed him the Seven Flavors True Fire technique, and Fang Chen successfully summoned flames in his palm.

• Fang Chen and the Myna bird went to Yunshui City to sell the spirit medicines the Myna bird had gathered.
• After buyers offered only thirty-three spirit stones, Fang Chen chose to sell the herbs at a loss and use the money to start learning alchemy.
• Fang Chen sold the spirit medicines for three hundred thousand spirit stones and bought beginner alchemy books, recipes, a furnace, and ingredients.
• Fang Chen studied the books in a secluded cave, then asked the Myna bird for a technique to produce True Flame.
• The Myna bird transmitted the Seven Flavors True Fire technique to Fang Chen, who circulated it and summoned red flames in his palm.

Fang Chen cultivated the Seven Flames True Fire Art to perfection almost instantly and used his new True Flame to attempt alchemy. His first attempt produced a strange Manifestation before black smoke filled the cave, and the chapter ended with a fragrant white vapor escaping from a transparent substance in the furnace.

• Fang Chen formed a seven-colored Fire Origin and shocked the myna bird by mastering the Seven Flames True Fire Art in moments.
• Fang Chen used his True Flame to refine a Qi Gathering Pill, following the formula’s instructions and adding Virgin Boy Urine as the final ingredient.
• Fang Chen’s furnace shook as the medicinal liquid absorbed Spiritual Qi, and he activated his Innate Body Protection Gang Qi while boosting the Spirit Gathering Array.
• Fang Chen’s furnace produced a Manifestation of animals mating, but it then belched black smoke and the images vanished.
• Fang Chen opened the furnace after the smoke cleared and found a soft transparent substance that burst, releasing white vapor and a milky fragrance.

Fang Chen and the myna bird tested his first batch of Qi Replenishing Pills on a Brown Bear and discovered that the pills made it behave lustfully. On the way to Yunshui City, they came across three men assaulting Su Yun and intervened.

• Fang Chen found clear pills in the Alchemy Furnace after his first attempt at Refining and insisted they were Top Grade Qi Replenishing Pills.
• The myna bird refused to test a pill, so Fang Chen fed one to a male Brown Bear, which became agitated and thrust against a tree.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird headed toward Yunshui City to find a person to test another pill.
• They heard a woman calling for help and found Su Yun bound while a bearded man, a Bald Man, and their white-robed third brother prepared to assault her.
• Fang Chen appeared with the myna bird, and the myna bird called the three men filthy bastards.

Fang Chen discovered that his unusually potent Pills could be reliably produced, but their essential ingredient was Virgin Boy Urine. After running out, he sent Myna bird to obtain more while he continued refining Pills.

• Fang Chen freed the captive woman, then made the three men swallow his Pills and observed their effects for two hours.
• Myna bird praised the Pills’ potency and profit potential, so Fang Chen hurried back to his cave to try another batch.
• Fang Chen successfully refined a second batch of five hundred Pills and sent Myna bird to test them on someone.
• Fang Chen made two more batches, but his fourth attempt failed because he had run out of Virgin Boy Urine.
• Myna bird returned with news that the Pills worked and left to find more Virgin Boy Urine.

Fang Chen discovered that only his own urine, transformed by the Elixir of Immortality and tempered by the Floating Immortal Sword's Spiritual Power, could complete the Pills' refinement. After making 150,000 Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon Pills, he and the myna bird traveled to Yunshui City to sell them and headed for Phoenix Street.

• Fang Chen found that Pills made with the myna bird's collected urine failed, while batches made with his own urine succeeded.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird realized that his transformed body made his urine the key ingredient.
• Fang Chen refined 150,000 Pills, and he and the myna bird named them Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon Pills.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird went to Yunshui City to sell the Pills themselves rather than involve Medicine Shops.
• The myna bird proposed giving away Pills at a brothel to attract customers, and Fang Chen headed for Phoenix Street.

Fang Chen, with Myna bird controlling his body, tried to sell a Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon Pill to Zhang Chi outside a brothel. Zhang Chi swallowed the free Pill after inspecting it, leaving its effect unknown.

• Fang Chen arrived at Phoenix Street disguised by the Mask of Oblivion, and Myna bird urged him to approach a disappointed young man.
• Myna bird took control of Fang Chen’s body and learned that the young man, Zhang Chi, was a Talisman Master whose frequent use of ordinary Pills had weakened their effect.
• Myna bird, speaking through Fang Chen, offered Zhang Chi a Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon Pill for free.
• Zhang Chi doubted the unpatterned Pill would work, but Fang Chen persuaded him to try it.
• Zhang Chi inspected the Pill for poison and swallowed it.

Fang Chen and the Myna bird sold Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon pills on Phoenix Street, using their effects to attract buyers and charge far more than planned. After Zhang Chi and another customer bought large quantities, Fang Chen continued looking for more customers.

• Zhang Chi took a Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon pill and felt his Wind Origin return, then hurried into the pavilion to test its effects.
• Fang Chen persuaded twenty men to take the pills before the Myna bird’s Secret Method wore off and the pair waited for customers to emerge.
• Zhang Chi returned delighted, bought ten pills for 9,500 Spirit Stones, and promised to tell his friends about them.
• Fang Chen questioned the Myna bird about charging 1,000 Spirit Stones per pill instead of the planned 100, and the Myna bird said the price was still reasonable.
• Another customer praised the pill, bought fifty for 50,000 Spirit Stones, and promised to spread the word.

Fang Chen and Myna bird sold their pills on Phoenix Street, drawing eager buyers with the pills’ powerful effects. After Master Hong Mo tested the pills and ordered thousands more, Fang Chen returned the next evening to find a crowd waiting, and he planned to move locations after selling to them.

• Fang Chen persuaded Myna bird to drop the limit on pill purchases, and they sold a thousand pills for a million Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Chi gave Master Hong Mo some of Fang Chen’s pills, and Master Hong Mo tested one and found it highly effective.
• Master Hong Mo ordered Zhang Chi to buy two thousand pills, but Zhang Chi returned to Phoenix Street after Fang Chen had left.
• Fang Chen returned to Phoenix Street the next evening and found at least three hundred people waiting to buy pills.
• Fang Chen and Myna bird decided to move elsewhere after selling, and Fang Chen changed his appearance before approaching the crowd.

Fang Chen sold nearly all his Pills in Yunshui City, escaped before the Cao family could find him, and returned to the Glazed Sword Sect after more than a century away. Dao Master Honghe welcomed him at the Mountain Gate, and the Black Flame Dao Master and Seven Peak Masters hurried to meet him.

• Fang Chen sold almost all his Pills in Yunshui City and decided to leave with the Myna bird.
• Fang Chen departed through the Teleportation Array while the Cao family ordered an investigation into the Pills he had sold.
• A month later, Fang Chen reached Nantian City and then spent ten days traveling back to the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Fang Chen sent Dao Master Honghe a Communication Talisman from the sect entrance, and Honghe rushed to greet him.
• Dao Master Honghe brought Fang Chen to Glazed Peak and told the others he had returned.
• The Black Flame Dao Master and Seven Peak Masters hurried toward Glazed Hall to see Fang Chen.

Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect after more than a hundred years away and told the Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Lord Honghe about his strange experiences at Tianyuan Academy. He learned that Chen Xiaofei had been framed as the Pill Demon after killing the Pill Pagoda elder’s grandson in revenge for his wife and unborn child, and the chapter left Fang Chen furious at the injustice.

• Fang Chen reunited with the Black Flame Dao Master and the Seven Peak Masters at the Glazed Hall and recounted how he cleared Tianyuan Academy’s three trials before waking in a cave more than a hundred years later.
• The Black Flame Dao Master suggested that Tianyuan Academy had erased Fang Chen’s memories of a secret mission, and Fang Chen revealed that he had reached only the Golden Core Realm.
• Fang Chen asked about Chen Xiaofei, and the Black Flame Dao Master assured him that Chen Xiaofei and the other disciples had not betrayed the sect.
• The Black Flame Dao Master explained that the sect had sent Chen Xiaofei to the Central Barrens to learn alchemy and help refine the Glazed Heaven-Evading Pill.
• Chen Xiaofei became a disciple of a Pill Pagoda elder, married, and later lost his pregnant wife and unborn child when the elder’s grandson tried to use her as a Furnace Cauldron.
• Chen Xiaofei killed the elder’s grandson in revenge, after which the elder falsely accused him of murdering his wife for demonic cultivation and ordered the Pill Pagoda to hunt him down.

Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect and learned that the Pill Pagoda and three allied sects threatened the sect because it had sheltered Chen Xiaofei. He reunited with the wounded Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi, promised to help them recover and seek revenge, and left to face the sect’s crisis despite being only at the Golden Core Stage.

• Dao Master Honghe and the Azure Cloud Daoist told Fang Chen that Yan Ziyi had rescued Chen Xiaofei, both were badly wounded, and Saint Yundan was backing three sects against the Glazed Sword Sect.
• The Black Flame Dao Master told the Seven Peak Masters to keep Fang Chen’s return secret and took him with Dao Master Honghe to see Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi.
• Fang Chen reunited with Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi, promised to find a way to heal them, and vowed to take revenge on Saint Yundan with them.
• Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi asked where Fang Chen had been and how strong he had become, and Fang Chen explained that he had lost a hundred years and was only a Novice Cultivator at the Golden Core Stage.
• Fang Chen told Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi to focus on recovering while he raised his cultivation and worked to protect the Glazed Sword Sect.

Fang Chen learned that Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi’s injuries were extremely difficult to heal, and he resolved to study medicine and alchemy while focusing on raising his cultivation. He adopted the alias Fang Sheng and began cultivating in the Glazed Sacred Pool.

• Black Flame Dao Master explained that Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi had suffered severe damage to their Spiritual Roots and Dao Platforms, and that only the mysterious Longevity Valley might be able to heal them.
• Fang Chen asked for medical texts so he could study medicine and alchemy, but Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe urged him to focus on cultivation.
• Black Flame Dao Master took Fang Chen to the Glazed Sacred Pool and gave him a Disguise Talisman, but Fang Chen used the Mask of Oblivion instead.
• Fang Chen proposed posing as Fang Chen’s disciple, chose the name Fang Sheng, and Black Flame Dao Master agreed to the plan.
• Black Flame Dao Master brought Fang Chen to the lotus ponds, gave him Formation Flags, and left him to cultivate.
• Fang Chen enclosed a Six-Colored Lotus Pond with the Formation Flags, summoned the Floating Immortal Sword, and absorbed its Spiritual Power using the Floating Immortal Art.

Fang Chen completed his Ninth Golden Core Transformation and decided to keep cultivating before attempting the Nascent Soul Realm. Concealing his identity as Fang Sheng, he met Su Ming at the Nine-Colored Lotus Pond and began cultivating there despite its fierce spiritual power.

• Fang Chen's Golden Core shattered its shell and completed its first transformation, increasing his strength.
• After a year of cultivation, Fang Chen completed his ninth Golden Core transformation and resolved to continue as long as his Golden Core could metamorphose further.
• Fang Chen told Su Ming that he was Fang Sheng, the disciple of the supposedly dead Fang Chen, and asked to cultivate in the Nine-Colored Lotus Pond.
• Su Ming warned Fang Chen that the pond's spiritual power was too fierce for someone at the Golden Core Stage and offered to stand guard.
• Fang Chen entered the Nine-Colored Lotus Pond and used the Floating Immortal Art to draw its spiritual power into his body.