Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen rescued Mu Yunshu from a group of devils and introduced himself as Fang Sheng, a disciple of Glazed Peak and the late Fang Chen. After Mu Yunshu recovered, Fang Chen asked how to leave the Nine Prisons Demon Cave, making her suspicious of his identity.

• Fang Chen killed the pursuing devil cultivators and sealed their Primordial Spirits with Myna bird’s help.
• Mu Yunshu introduced herself as Purple Lotus of Zixiao Peak and recognized Fang Chen’s name as that of her Martial Ancestor Uncle.
• Fang Chen claimed to be Fang Chen’s disciple and said his master was dead, then gave Mu Yunshu a Healing Pill.
• Mu Yunshu healed while Fang Chen stood guard, and she thanked him as Uncle-Master Fang Sheng.
• Fang Chen asked how to leave the Demon Cave, and Mu Yunshu grew wary when he said he did not know the way out.

Fang Chen and Mu Yunshu escaped the Demon Cave through Lingxu Valley and reunited with Zixiao Daoist. After Mu Yunshu left to cultivate, Zixiao Daoist brought Fang Chen to the Glazed Hall, where the sect’s leaders awaited him.

• Mu Yunshu told Fang Chen that Lingxu Valley’s barriers and Spatial Passage were the way out of the Demon Cave, and the two set off together.
• Fang Chen and Mu Yunshu passed through nine layers of barriers and exited through the Space Vortex, with the Chaos Demonic Star Vine passing through safely.
• At the entrance, Zixiao Daoist welcomed Fang Chen and checked on Mu Yunshu, who explained that Fang Chen had saved her from a powerful Devil Race cultivator.
• Zixiao Daoist told Mu Yunshu that the other cultivators had returned and sent her away to consolidate her gains from the expedition.
• Zixiao Daoist took Fang Chen to the Glazed Hall, where Black Flame Dao Lord, Honghe Dao Lord, and the other six Peak Masters were waiting.

Fang Chen emerged from the Demon Cave after breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and the sect leaders discovered he had condensed a vast nine-attribute Chaos Nascent Soul. After revealing that he had created all his own cultivation methods, Fang Chen learned the Glazed Sword Sect still faced covert pressure from the Three Great Sects and offered to help.

• Fang Chen told Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe that he had broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm inside the Demon Cave.
• Fang Chen summoned his two-foot-tall Nascent Soul, and the Seven Peak Masters marveled at its size and nine attributes.
• Black Flame Dao Master identified Fang Chen's Nascent Soul as a Chaos Nascent Soul and said it surpassed the one the Chaos Great Emperor had first condensed.
• Fang Chen told the group that he had created all four cultivation methods he had practiced himself.
• Fang Chen asked whether the Three Great Sects had attacked the Glazed Sword Sect, and Black Flame Dao Master said their covert interference had increased but the sect's headquarters remained safe.
• Fang Chen offered to help the Glazed Sword Sect now that he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

Fang Chen learned that Saint Yundan had used his influence to isolate the Glazed Sword Sect and discovered that the sect could not control the resource-rich Nine Prisons Demon Cave. He offered to clear the cave’s fourth and fifth layers with a group, then considered refining the Glazed Sword as his Life-Bound Treasure.

• Dao Master Black Flame told Fang Chen that Saint Yundan’s influence had caused Central Barrens powers to expel Glazed Sword Sect disciples from their training positions.
• Fang Chen grew angry at Yundan and asked Dao Master Black Flame to identify the sect’s most urgent problem.
• Dao Master Black Flame explained that powerful Demons had taken over the Nine Prisons Demon Cave, preventing the sect from extracting its resources.
• Fang Chen offered to lead a group into the fourth and fifth layers and clear out the Demons, and Dao Master Black Flame began arranging the expedition.
• Fang Chen watched Dao Master Black Flame and the others leave, then looked at the Glazed Sword and considered refining it as his Life-Bound Treasure.

Fang Chen chose to refine Flying Swords as his first offensive Magic Treasure and asked Black Flame Dao Master for a suitable one. Black Flame took him to an ancient palace containing the Glazed Ancestor’s manuals and treasures, where Fang Chen proposed using the Glazed Sword to open the Glazed Origin Realm.

• Fang Chen asked Myna bird what kind of offensive Magic Treasure he should refine, and Myna bird recommended Flying Swords.
• Fang Chen accepted the recommendation, learned Myna bird’s refining methods, and contacted Black Flame Dao Master about finding a suitable Flying Sword.
• Black Flame Dao Master brought Fang Chen to an ancient palace in the Glazed Pagoda Space that held Artifact Crafting manuals and unusual Magic Treasures.
• Fang Chen asked Black Flame Dao Master whether they should try opening the Glazed Origin Realm now that Fang Chen could control the Glazed Sword.
• Black Flame Dao Master knew the realm held vital treasures and legacies, while Fang Chen still did not know its closing was closely tied to the decline of the Glazed Peak.

The Black Flame Dao Master explained why the Glazed Origin Realm could not be opened and introduced Fang Chen to the Glazed Sword Sect’s artifact-refining inheritance. Fang Chen began studying Hundred Refinements Heaven and Earth from a mysterious black Stone.

• The Black Flame Dao Master told Fang Chen that opening the Glazed Origin Realm required all four Natal Saint Weapons or a Saint-level cultivator, and that the realm’s dwindling Spiritual Qi had left its trapped inhabitants in hardship.
• Fang Chen asked the Black Flame Dao Master for advice on forging a Flying Sword Magic Treasure, and the Black Flame Dao Master urged him to forge one himself.
• The Black Flame Dao Master explained that Old Ancestor Liuli had used Hundred Refinements Heaven and Earth to forge the Four Natal Saint Weapons and become a renowned Artifact Refiner.
• The Black Flame Dao Master told Fang Chen that True Person Liuli had failed to master the art but had forged many of the Glazed Sword Sect’s swords.
• The Black Flame Dao Master led Fang Chen to a black Stone containing the Secret Method, and Fang Chen began studying it.

Fang Chen obtained the Hundred Refinements Heaven and Earth Secret Method from the Black Stone and asked Black Flame Dao Master to gather materials for crafting a Magic Treasure. After receiving everything he needed, Fang Chen prepared to begin refining a treasure and discussed the method with Myna bird.

• Fang Chen absorbed black Spiritual Power from the Black Stone until golden characters appeared and unfamiliar memories entered his mind.
• Fang Chen digested the memories and confirmed that he had received the Hundred Refinements Heaven and Earth Secret Method.
• Fang Chen asked Black Flame Dao Master for materials to refine a Magic Treasure, and Black Flame Dao Master promised to gather them while preparing an expedition into the Demon Cave.
• Black Flame Dao Master brought Fang Chen a Storage Bag filled with the requested materials the next day.
• Fang Chen explained to Myna bird that the Secret Method made powerful Magic Treasures that could grow stronger, and Myna bird asked him to teach it.

Fang Chen learned the Paper Crane’s Devour Heaven and Earth Secret Method and used his Nascent Soul to swallow vast quantities of Outer-Heaven Meteorite Iron and other materials. With his enormous Chaos Nascent Soul able to hold everything needed, he prepared to refine treasures using Hundred Refinements Heaven and Earth.

• Fang Chen learned the Great Shifting Method from the myna bird and passed Hundred Refinements Heaven and Earth to him.
• Fang Chen tested the limits of his Nascent Soul by swallowing a small piece of Outer-Heaven Meteorite Iron and discovered it shrank inside.
• The myna bird suggested Fang Chen ask the Paper Crane to teach him a way to swallow objects, and the Paper Crane taught him Devour Heaven and Earth.
• Fang Chen mastered Devour Heaven and Earth quickly and swallowed increasingly large pieces of Outer-Heaven Meteorite Iron, including one over a zhang across.
• Fang Chen had his Nascent Soul swallow every material in the hall, using its immense capacity to prepare for refining treasures.

Fang Chen sought a Spirit Flame to help him craft Magic Treasures and contacted Black Flame Dao Master, who invited him to Profound Flame Valley. After Azure Cloud Daoist sent a white crane to guide him, Fang Chen arrived at the sect’s Forbidden Ground and entered.

• Fang Chen tried using the Hundred Refinements Heaven and Earth Secret Method to purify Meteoric Iron but found that he needed Fire Origin.
• Fang Chen asked Black Flame Dao Master for help finding a Spirit Flame, and Black Flame Dao Master told him to come to Profound Flame Valley.
• Fang Chen asked Azure Cloud Daoist where Profound Flame Valley was, and Azure Cloud Daoist arranged for someone to guide him.
• A white crane, the Azure Cloud Peak Master’s second disciple, arrived and addressed Fang Chen as Uncle-Master.
• The white crane carried Fang Chen and Myna bird to Profound Flame Valley, then Fang Chen entered the Forbidden Ground.

Fang Chen entered Profound Flame Valley and helped Black Flame Dao Master stabilize a furnace, allowing him to successfully refine twelve Top Grade Purple Flame Spirit Pills. After Black Flame Dao Master explained their value, he took Fang Chen toward the magma to help him find a Spirit Flame.

• Fang Chen used Black Flame Dao Master's message to gain entry to Profound Flame Valley and followed a guide to the Elder's cave.
• Fang Chen watched Black Flame Dao Master refine Pills in a chamber above magma, then helped steady the shaking Alchemy Furnace with his True Essence Power.
• Black Flame Dao Master completed twelve Top Grade Purple Flame Spirit Pills and told Fang Chen they could sell for at least ten million Spirit Stones each.
• Fang Chen considered helping the sect's finances by refining Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon pills, but decided to get a Spirit Flame first.
• Black Flame Dao Master led Fang Chen toward the magma, and they plunged into it to search for a Spirit Flame.

Black Flame Dao Master took Fang Chen beneath the magma to the Glazed Sword Sect’s hidden cavern, where three powerful Spirit Flames and many High-grade Fire Spirit Crystals lay. Fang Chen approached the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire and was scorched as he crossed its first Barrier.

• Black Flame Dao Master withdrew his protection and Fang Chen used his True Essence armor and Floating Immortal Art to withstand the underground heat.
• Black Flame Dao Master explained that the Flame Spirit Vein held the Red Lotus, Green Lotus, and Golden Lotus Spirit Flames, all stronger than his Black Flame Spirit Fire.
• Black Flame Dao Master led Fang Chen and the myna bird into a cavern filled with High-grade Fire Spirit Crystals and three powerful Spirit Flames.
• Fang Chen chose the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire and walked through its first Barrier, where the heat instantly singed his hair.

Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword to endure the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire and refine his body, meridians, and soul by absorbing its Fire Origin. After less than three hours, he broke through to the Nascent Soul First Transformation, leaving the Black Flame Dao Master astonished.

• Fang Chen withdrew his Nascent Soul Armor and crossed nine Barriers to reach the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire, relying on the Floating Immortal Sword to ease the heat.
• Fang Chen endured the flames as his charred skin repeatedly cracked and renewed, strengthening his body until it could withstand the fire.
• Fang Chen began drawing the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire into his body, and the Black Flame Dao Master rushed to his side before reluctantly letting him continue.
• Fang Chen absorbed the Fire Origin into his Nascent Soul, meridians, flesh, and soul while the Floating Immortal Sword repaired the damage.
• Fang Chen's Nascent Soul grew from two feet to three and erupted with power, breaking through to the Nascent Soul First Transformation as the Black Flame Dao Master watched in disbelief.

Fang Chen reached the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire and used his Nascent Soul to devour its power, growing stronger through repeated Metamorphoses. The chapter left him gripping the Spirit Fire Origin as his Nascent Soul continued to grow.

• Fang Chen revealed fourth-stage Glazed Battle Runes and advanced toward the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire over ten days, reaching the fourth transformation of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Fang Chen stabbed the Floating Immortal Sword into the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire and absorbed its Spiritual Power, completing his Nascent Soul's fifth Metamorphosis.
• Fang Chen summoned his Nascent Soul and had it directly devour the Spirit Fire's power, while the Black Flame Dao Master and the Myna bird watched in surprise.
• Fang Chen's Nascent Soul grew to eight feet tall and completed its sixth Metamorphosis, then continued devouring the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire.
• Fang Chen's Nascent Soul grew to nine feet tall and seized the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire Origin.

Fang Chen subdued the Purple Lotus, Green Lotus, and Golden Lotus Spirit Fire Origins, and the Purple Lotus raised his cultivation to the seventh transformation of the Nascent Soul Realm. He left with three Spirit Flames under his control and considered how to use them in his cultivation.

• Fang Chen's Nascent Soul swallowed the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire Origin, advancing Fang Chen from the early stage to the seventh transformation of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The Black Flame Dao Master congratulated Fang Chen, who asked to refine the Green Lotus and Golden Lotus Spirit Fire Origins as well.
• Fang Chen's Nascent Soul seized and swallowed the Green Lotus Spirit Fire Origin, then suppressed its clash with the Purple Lotus Spirit Fire Origin.
• Fang Chen subdued the Golden Lotus Spirit Fire Origin in the same way, leaving all three Spirit Flames in a standoff under his control.
• Fang Chen told the Black Flame Dao Master that he had ordered the Spirit Flames to behave, then silently told Myna bird he could use them for Qi Refining, Alchemy, and tempering the Hand of the Heavens.

Fang Chen refined twelve Flying Swords as his Natal Spirit Treasures and traveled with Black Flame Dao Master to Ice Cloud Valley to quench them in Cold Cloud Spirit Water. The swords plunged into the pool, releasing clouds of steam.

• Fang Chen and Black Flame Dao Master left the Barrier without mining the spirit crystals so the array could remain intact.
• Fang Chen returned to Glazed Hall and used his three Spirit Flames to forge twelve Flying Swords and inscribe Formation Runes on them.
• Fang Chen asked Black Flame Dao Master for spirit water, and Black Flame Dao Master brought him to Ice Cloud Valley.
• Black Flame Dao Master showed Fang Chen the Cold Cloud Spirit Water in a cave pool.
• Fang Chen sent his twelve red-hot Flying Swords into the pool to quench them.

Fang Chen forged twelve Top Grade Fourth-Tier Flying Swords and revealed his skill with Formation Runes and Alchemy, repeatedly astonishing Black Flame Dao Master. The chapter left Black Flame questioning why anyone in the Central Barrens would pay a thousand Spirit Stones for Fang Chen’s ungraded virility pill.

• Fang Chen finished forging twelve Flying Swords, and Black Flame Dao Master retrieved them from the pool so Fang Chen could bind them with his blood.
• Fang Chen’s blood revealed the swords’ Formation Runes, and all twelve Top Grade Fourth-Tier Magic Treasures immediately responded to his commands.
• Black Flame Dao Master asked who had inscribed the Formation Runes, and Fang Chen said he had learned them at Tianyuan Academy by passing the Ninth Layer of the Heavenly Stone Formation.
• When Black Flame asked what else Fang Chen could do, Fang Chen showed him Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon, a Pill he had made to earn money.
• Fang Chen said he sold each ungraded Pill for a thousand Spirit Stones in the Central Barrens, leaving Black Flame incredulous.

Fang Chen’s Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon pill overwhelmed Black Flame Dao Master, while Fang Chen named his newly forged weapons the Mortal Dust Swords and cultivated the Hand of the Heavens to its Second Transformation. Black Flame Dao Master returned invigorated and asked Fang Chen how he had made the pill.

• Black Flame Dao Master swallowed a Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon pill and was unable to dispel its powerful effects.
• Fang Chen sent Black Flame Dao Master away to deal with the pill’s effects, then named his forged Flying Swords the Mortal Dust Swords.
• Fang Chen used his Nascent Soul’s Fire Origin and Cold Cloud Spirit Water to cultivate the Hand of the Heavens.
• After six hours, silver Runes appeared on Fang Chen’s hands, and he realized he had reached the Second Transformation.
• Black Flame Dao Master returned full of vigor and asked Fang Chen whether he had made the pill and how he had done it.

Fang Chen and Black Flame Dao Master agreed to mass-produce the Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon to raise funds for the Glazed Sword Sect, despite the pill’s unusual ingredient. Black Flame Dao Master acquired the materials, and Fang Chen was surprised by the enormous supply.

• Black Flame Dao Master recognized that the Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon was more potent than expensive Third Grade Rejuvenation Pills, despite having no Pill Pattern.
• Fang Chen explained that making the pill required his own urine, and Black Flame Dao Master agreed to have the Glazed Sword Sect sell it.
• Black Flame Dao Master revealed that Saint Yundan’s people controlled most of the Rejuvenation Pill market, but said he would protect the sect by sharing profits with others.
• Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Hall to stockpile his urine while Black Flame Dao Master arranged the ingredients.
• Ten days later, Black Flame Dao Master delivered more than a dozen Storage Rings of materials, leaving Fang Chen astonished by the quantity.

Fang Chen studied forging manuals in the Library Pavilion and chose the Heaven Refining Furnace as the Alchemy Furnace he wanted to forge. After Black Flame Dao Master gathered the materials, Fang Chen headed to Ice Cloud Valley to begin the work, which required spirit water for quenching.

• Black Flame Dao Master offered Fang Chen his Natal Magic Treasure Alchemy Furnace, but Fang Chen decided he could forge his own.
• Black Flame Dao Master took Fang Chen and the myna bird to the Library Pavilion, where Fang Chen was allowed to read the sect's manuals after explaining the myna bird's help.
• Fang Chen searched the forging manuals and found the Heaven Refining Furnace, then sent Black Flame Dao Master its forging instructions.
• Black Flame Dao Master warned that inscribing the Heaven Refining Furnace's Formation Runes required extraordinary precision, and Fang Chen agreed to try.
• Three days later, Black Flame Dao Master told Fang Chen that he had gathered the materials, and Fang Chen set out for Ice Cloud Valley to forge the furnace and quench it in spirit water.

Fang Chen refined the Heaven Refining Furnace and used it to successfully make thousands of Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon Pills. Black Flame Dao Master witnessed the furnace’s Manifestations and the extraordinary result.

• Fang Chen used the materials Black Flame Dao Master gave him to refine a small Heaven Refining Furnace, inscribing runes of every attribute.
• Fang Chen quenched the furnace in the pool, bound it with his blood, and saw Twelve Zodiac Animal Manifestations enter it.
• Fang Chen had his Nascent Soul swallow the furnace, then returned with Black Flame Dao Master to the Glazed Hall.
• Fang Chen used the Heaven Refining Furnace and Green Lotus Spirit Fire to refine the ingredients for Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon Pills, adding Virgin Boy Urine from a Gourd.
• Manifestations appeared around the furnace, and Fang Chen opened it to reveal several thousand Pills hidden beneath a membrane.