Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen learned that Heaven Demon Powder prevented demons from breaking through and killed the Dream Demon Empress and Sword Demon Emperor after they chose to end their own lives. He returned to the Glazed Sword Sect with a mountain of demon corpses and treasures, then reentered the Sixth Layer Demon Cave to clear out the remaining demons.

• The Dream Demon Empress told Fang Chen that the poison prevented the demons from breaking through, and she and the Sword Demon Emperor burned their souls, bloodlines, and Primordial Spirits to end their lives.
• The little Paper Crane gathered the Dream Demon Empress and Sword Demon Emperor’s belongings, and Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Hall.
• Fang Chen told Black Flame Dao Master and the Azure Cloud Daoist that Heaven Demon Powder had stopped the demons from breaking through and that he had killed them.
• Black Flame Dao Master agreed to prepare for Glazed Sword Sect cultivators to move into the Sixth Layer Demon Cave and took Fang Chen to the Glazed Pagoda Space.
• The little Paper Crane released a mountain of treasures and demon corpses, and Black Flame Dao Master planned to use puppets to sort them.
• Fang Chen returned to the Sixth Layer Demon Cave to clear out the remaining demons.

After nearly clearing the Sixth Layer of the Demon Cave, Fang Chen prepared to form a Primordial Spirit but found that the secret methods he knew could not help his unusually powerful Nascent Soul. He entered the Seventh Layer with Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe to fight and refine his methods, where a Red-headed Dark Demon Eagle attacked.

• Fang Chen learned Primordial Spirit Secret Methods from Myna bird, but none could make his thirty-foot Nascent Soul form a Primordial Spirit.
• Fang Chen told Black Flame Dao Master that he needed to fight in the Seventh Layer to work through the methods, and Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe agreed to accompany him.
• Fang Chen entered the Seventh-Layer Space and sensed a demon approaching through the dense Demonic Qi.
• Black Flame Dao Master urged Fang Chen to test himself against a demon at the Fourth Transformation of the Nirvana Realm.
• The Red-headed Dark Demon Eagle attacked Fang Chen and the two Dao Masters with a barrage of black crescent-shaped blades.

Fang Chen split a fourth-transformation Nirvana Realm Red-headed Dark Demon Eagle in two, but learned that Nirvana cultivators could reassemble their bodies and were difficult to kill without sealing them. As he and his companions continued through the Demon Cave, he learned that its lower layers held vast demon armies and that the Glazed Sword Sect had fewer than twenty Nirvana Realm cultivators.

• Fang Chen blocked the Red-headed Dark Demon Eagle's blades with his True Essence barrier, then cut the demon in half with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• The Red-headed Dark Demon Eagle reassembled its body and fled, while Black Flame Dao Master explained that Nirvana cultivators could recover from severe physical damage and had to be sealed and refined to be killed.
• Dao Master Honghe said Fang Chen's Heaven Refining Furnace could seal and refine an ordinary Nirvana Realm cultivator.
• Black Flame Dao Master told Fang Chen that the Demon Cave's Seventh Layer contained at least a billion demons and its Eighth Layer at least ten billion, including Saint Realm demons.
• Black Flame Dao Master revealed that the Glazed Sword Sect had fewer than twenty Nirvana Realm cultivators, surprising Fang Chen.

Fang Chen attacked Falling Leaf City in the Demon Cave’s Seventh Layer, overwhelming five Nirvana Realm demons with his sword techniques and twelve natal Flying Swords. As Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe watched, Fang Chen began summoning a powerful manifestation.

• Black Flame Dao Master explained the Glazed Sword Sect’s decline and described the Demon Cave’s Seventh Layer and its demon kingdoms to Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen reached Falling Leaf City and unleashed Slaughter Heaven and Earth, killing countless demons and drawing out five Nirvana Realm devils.
• Fang Chen shattered a devil’s black palm with his Glazed Golden Body and used twelve natal Flying Swords to suppress the five devils.
• Fang Chen summoned a Chaos Space manifestation with a Giant holding a Giant Axe, shocking Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe.

Fang Chen refined five Nirvana Realm Devil Race experts in the Heaven Refining Furnace, then entered Red Leaf City and fought its thirty Nirvana Realm defenders. Though he was badly wounded by their strongest fighter, his injuries healed quickly and his battle intent and aura kept rising as the fight continued.

• Fang Chen killed five Nirvana Realm Devil Race experts with his sword and Hand of the Heavens, then refined their remains in the Heaven Refining Furnace.
• Fang Chen absorbed the refined Spiritual Power and continued deeper into the Seventh Layer of Demon Cave with Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe.
• Fang Chen entered Red Leaf City and killed nearly all its Demons with two sword strikes, leaving thirty Nirvana Realm experts alive.
• The thirty experts attacked Fang Chen, and their strongest fighter shattered his Nascent Soul Armor and wounded his chest with a demonic saber.
• Fang Chen healed rapidly and charged back into battle, fighting all thirty experts alone while his aura continued to rise.

Fang Chen survived a Nirvana Realm Devil Race expert’s self-destruction and resumed fighting the Devil Race forces. As the battle strengthened him and wore down his enemies, the thirty experts fled, leaving Fang Chen victorious.

• Fang Chen severed a Devil Race expert’s arm and burned it in the Heaven Refining Furnace, but the expert grabbed him and self-destructed.
• Fang Chen survived the blast with help from the Floating Immortal Sword, concealed himself with the Mask of Oblivion, and decapitated Xingchou in a surprise attack.
• Fang Chen healed, taunted the demons, and fought the Devil Race experts while drawing Spiritual Power from the Floating Immortal Sword and refining their severed limbs.
• Fang Chen gained the advantage over all thirty Nirvana Realm Devil Race experts, who scattered and fled.

After completing a stronger Primordial Spirit Secret Method, Fang Chen secluded himself and broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm. He discovered that releasing his enormous Nascent Soul phantom let him Perceive Heaven and Earth, and the myna bird suggested his unusually powerful Primordial Spirit was the reason.

• Fang Chen left the Demon Cave with Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe after finishing his Primordial Spirit Secret Method.
• Fang Chen returned to Glazed Peak and secluded himself in Glazed Hall to condense his Primordial Spirit.
• After a year, Fang Chen broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm and revealed a thirty-zhang Nascent Soul phantom.
• Fang Chen repeatedly released and withdrew his phantom, confirming that each release let him Perceive Heaven and Earth.
• The myna bird suggested Fang Chen could Perceive Heaven and Earth because his Primordial Spirit was exceptionally powerful.

After breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, Fang Chen discovered his Nascent Soul was about to give birth to the Spiritual Fetus created by his Clone Technique. He summoned help to find a midwife, and Black Flame Dao Lord and others arrived at the Glazed Hall as Fang Chen explained what was happening.

• The Myna bird told Fang Chen that his ability to Perceive Heaven and Earth made his realm uncertain, and suggested testing whether he could enter the Fifth-Layer Demon Cave.
• Fang Chen was struck by severe abdominal pain, and the Myna bird discovered his Nascent Soul was about to give birth to a Clone.
• Fang Chen asked the Myna bird to find a midwife in the Nascent Soul Realm, then sent a Communication Jade Slip to Black Flame Dao Lord for help.
• Black Flame Dao Master contacted the sect, and Zixiao Daoist volunteered to help because she knew how to deliver babies and still had a Nascent Soul.
• Black Flame Dao Master, Dao Lord Honghe, and the Seven Peak Masters arrived at the Glazed Hall, where Fang Chen explained that his Nascent Soul was giving birth to a mature Spiritual Fetus.

Fang Chen’s Nascent Soul gave birth to nine Clones, each with a different elemental constitution. After he transferred some memories to them, they awakened and formed a bond with him, and Fang Chen discovered that every Clone had a legendary Heavenly Spiritual Root.

• Black Flame Dao Master and Zixiao Daoist learned that Fang Chen’s Spiritual Fetus was ready to be born and helped prepare for the delivery.
• Fang Chen summoned his enormous Nascent Soul, which gave birth to nine Clones, each marked with a different color.
• Zixiao Daoist wrapped the newborn Clones in blankets, and Fang Chen’s pain ended as his Nascent Soul recovered.
• Fang Chen transferred some of his memories into the Clones, causing them to open their eyes and bond with him.
• Fang Chen discovered that his nine Clones had different elemental constitutions and each possessed a legendary Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Fang Chen discovered that all nine of his Clones had Heavenly Spiritual Roots and helped them cultivate in the Glazed Sword Sect’s Forbidden Ground. The first Clone formed a Flawless Foundation Establishment Dao Platform and survived nine bolts of Heavenly Punishment, after which Fang Chen helped the other eight Clones establish their platforms.

• The Black Flame Dao Master and the others learned that Fang Chen’s nine Clones each had a Heavenly Spiritual Root and celebrated their potential.
• Fang Chen asked the Black Flame Dao Master to find a Forbidden Ground, where he used Spiritual Qi from Primordial Era Spiritual Bones to help his Clones cultivate.
• Within ten days, all nine Clones reached the Sixteenth Layer of Qi Refining but could not advance further, so Fang Chen decided to have them form Foundation Establishment Dao Platforms.
• Fang Chen’s first Clone formed a Flawless Dao Platform with nine Innate Dao Diagrams, drawing Heavenly Tribulation.
• Fang Chen aided the Clone through nine bolts of Heavenly Thunder, and the Clone survived and gained a Heavenly Dao Thunder Mark.
• Fang Chen then helped his other eight Clones form their Foundation Establishment Dao Platforms.

After freeing his nine Clones to cultivate independently, Fang Chen learned that Chen Xiaofei’s soul injury had suddenly worsened. He tried using the Floating Immortal Sword’s Spiritual Power to heal him, but nothing worked, leaving Chen Xiaofei in critical condition.

• Fang Chen severed his soul connection to his nine Clones and left them to cultivate in the Forbidden Grounds.
• Fang Chen received an urgent message from Black Flame Dao Master that Chen Xiaofei was near death and flew to the cave where he was in seclusion.
• Black Flame Dao Master explained that only a rare seventh-grade Soul Reversal Pill, made with Three-Colored Soul Returning Grass from the Abyss of Death, might save Chen Xiaofei.
• Fang Chen tried channeling the Floating Immortal Sword’s healing Spiritual Power into Chen Xiaofei, but neither it nor power drawn from other objects improved his condition.

Fang Chen learned that Chen Xiaofei needed a Soul Reversal Pill to stop his soul from dissipating and decided to seek one in the Abyss of Death. After studying its dangers and preparing supplies, he set out for the abyss.

• Fang Chen learned that Chen Xiaofei's Soul Stabilizing Pill would only help for a year and that the Soul Reversal Pill was the only known permanent cure.
• Black Flame Dao Master told Fang Chen that Yan Ziyi was stable but unlikely to make a full recovery.
• The myna bird used a Secret Method to read the Abyss of Death materials and shared what it learned about the dangerous region and its treasures with Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen asked Black Flame Dao Master for Qi Replenishing Pills and received a thousand Fifth Grade pills two days later.
• Fang Chen gave the Abyss of Death materials to Black Flame Dao Master for the Glazed Sword Sect's Scripture Depository and departed for the abyss.

Fang Chen used the Space Dao Pattern and the Floating Immortal Sword to travel toward Nantian City, but a Spatial Storm swept him and the Myna bird into its lightning. As the storm battered them, Fang Chen’s Chaos Nascent Soul absorbed the lightning and began transforming, while the Myna bird discovered the bolts were breaking the seal on his body.

• Fang Chen merged with the Space Dao Pattern, attached it to the Myna bird, and set off on the Floating Immortal Sword toward Nantian City.
• A surge of energy dragged Fang Chen and the Myna bird into a Spatial Storm, where lightning struck them repeatedly.
• Fang Chen found that the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed lightning and supplied him with Spiritual Power, while the Myna bird’s sealing Dao Patterns began to scatter.
• Fang Chen’s Chaos Nascent Soul and Primordial Spirit devoured the storm’s lightning as the Myna bird urged the storm to strike him again.
• After ten days, Fang Chen’s Primordial Spirit began transforming, strengthening his Soul Origin and unleashing a powerful Devouring Power.

Fang Chen and the Myna bird escaped the Spatial Storm after Fang Chen reached the Third Primordial Spirit Layer. They arrived in the Loulan Ancient Kingdom and traveled to Lin Yuan City, near the Abyss of Death, where Fang Chen found that a powerful force blocked his Spiritual Sense.

• Fang Chen reached the Second Primordial Spirit Layer as the Floating Immortal Sword repaired his meridians, while the lightning gradually released the Myna bird's sealed potential.
• A month later, Fang Chen reached the Third Primordial Spirit Layer, and the Spatial Storm hurled him and the Myna bird out into the sky.
• Fang Chen scanned the area, then sent the Myna bird to gather information while he waited in the mountains.
• The Myna bird discovered that they were in the Loulan Ancient Kingdom, less than thirty thousand li from the Abyss of Death.
• Fang Chen used the Misty Turtle Step to reach Lin Yuan City, then found that a powerful force inside the city blocked his Spiritual Sense.

Fang Chen entered Lin Yuan City seeking information about three-colored soul returning grass and clashed with a group of Buddhist Cultivators who tried to extort him. The Bearded Monk attacked Fang Chen with a massive golden palm, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Fang Chen and the Myna bird entered Lin Yuan City to search for information about three-colored soul returning grass.
• The Myna bird explained that Buddhist Cultivators sought wronged souls in the Abyss of Death and described their practices to Fang Chen.
• The Flowery Arm Monk tried to sell Fang Chen a Paper Talisman, blocked his way, and reached for the Floating Immortal Sword, so Fang Chen cut off his hand and destroyed it.
• The Flowery Arm Monk called for help, and a group of tattooed monks arrived with the Bearded Monk demanding that Fang Chen cripple his cultivation.
• The Bearded Monk summoned a golden Buddha and attacked Fang Chen with a massive golden palm.

Fang Chen killed the Bearded Monk after the monks attacked him, then confronted Lin Yuan City's Guards for ignoring the assault. The Guards surrounded him, and he seized their captain and cut off his ears.

• Fang Chen split the Bearded Monk in two and seized his golden Nascent Soul.
• Fang Chen cut the Nascent Soul apart, and the Floating Immortal Sword devoured it along with the Primordial Spirit.
• The monks threatened Fang Chen, but none dared attack him, while the Guards moved in after witnessing the killing.
• Fang Chen accused the Guard Captain of ignoring the monks' bullying, and the captain denied that anyone had seen it.
• Fang Chen seized the Guard Captain by the throat and cut off his ears.

Fang Chen slaughtered the city guards and monks who had attacked him, then faced eighteen Nirvana Realm guards sent to subdue him. He fought back, destroyed one guard’s Golden Bell, and left its owner grievously wounded.

• Fang Chen blinded the guard captain and cut down the other guards who attacked him.
• Fang Chen stopped the fleeing monks, killed them, and absorbed their energy with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Eighteen Nirvana Realm guards arrived, led by Bai Bin, and demanded that Fang Chen surrender.
• Fang Chen struck at Bai Bin, then attacked the guards when they joined forces against him.
• Fang Chen shattered a guard’s Golden Bell with the Floating Immortal Sword, wounding its owner, just as a giant Bronze Seal crashed toward him.

Fang Chen destroyed the Nirvana Realm Cultivators who attacked him, absorbing the power of their treasures and bodies. After the graying leader escaped, Fang Chen swept Lin Yuan City with his Spiritual Sense, leaving its residents stunned and wary.

• Fang Chen split the Bronze Seal with the Floating Immortal Sword, and the sword devoured its Dao Patterns and sent Spiritual Power into him.
• Fang Chen fought the Middle-Aged Man, broke his sword, split him in half, and refined his lower body in the Heaven Refining Furnace.
• The Middle-Aged Man fled, and Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword to kill the other attackers as they tried to escape.
• Fang Chen refined the bodies of the seventeen fallen attackers, while the graying leader escaped with half his body missing.
• Fang Chen recalled the Heaven Refining Furnace and spread his Spiritual Sense across Lin Yuan City, while its Nirvana Realm Cultivators remained silent.

Fang Chen attacked Lin Yuan City's City Lord's Mansion over the deaths caused by its monks and confronted city lord Dao Master Ati. After the city lord activated a Saint-made barrier and drew a Saint Weapon, Fang Chen prepared to fight him.

• Fang Chen found hundreds of Nirvana Realm cultivators at the City Lord's Mansion and cut a three-mile trench through it with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Dao Master Ati admitted that his people had been in the wrong but defended them, and Fang Chen struck him with a sword attack that his Saint Talisman blocked.
• Dao Master Ati activated a Token that raised an Eighth-tier Formation over Lin Yuan City, while Fang Chen used his Samsara Eye to find a flaw in it.
• Dao Master Ati ordered the surrounding Guards to stand down, then challenged Fang Chen after he mocked the city lord and refused to name himself.
• Dao Master Ati drew a golden Saint Weapon, whose Sword Intent shook Lin Yuan City and caused the swords of its Sword Cultivators to tremble.

Fang Chen fought Dao Master Ati in Lin Yuan City, enduring attacks from Ati’s Saint Weapon and city Formation while the Floating Immortal Sword repeatedly healed him. Ati escalated the battle with his Three Stars Shine Upon the World Manifestation, but Fang Chen blocked the strike and continued to recover as the watching crowd expected him to lose.

• Myna bird warned Fang Chen that Dao Master Ati had a protective Saint Talisman, a Saint Weapon, and the power of Lin Yuan City’s Formation, but Fang Chen chose to face him directly.
• Fang Chen blocked Ati’s first golden Sword Ray with the Floating Immortal Sword, was lightly injured, and healed as the sword absorbed Spiritual Power.
• Dao Master Ati used the Formation to pin Fang Chen down and struck again, but Fang Chen activated the Glazed Golden Body Fourth Transformation and met his Saint Sword head-on.
• Fang Chen was sent flying by Ati’s next attacks, but the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed broken Dao Patterns and Spiritual Qi and healed him without weakening his aura.
• Dao Master Ati summoned his Three Stars Shine Upon the World Manifestation and struck Fang Chen with an empowered Saint Sword, but Fang Chen blocked the blow and recovered again.