Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen reached the Ninth Layer of the Primordial Spirit realm and entered a mysterious state while refining Pills, merging the Soul Reversal Pill and Soul Nurturing Pill Formulas. The Heaven Refining Furnace devoured the medicinal liquids from Black Flame Dao Master and Azure Cloud Daoist’s furnaces as Fang Chen continued forming seals with Origin Dao Patterns.

• Fang Chen revealed his Ninth Layer cultivation to Azure Cloud Daoist and Black Flame Dao Master before they resumed refining Pills.
• Fang Chen’s Manifestation appeared as he unconsciously fused the Soul Reversal Pill and Soul Nurturing Pill Formulas.
• The Heaven Refining Furnace produced golden tadpoles and drew Spiritual Power from the other Alchemy Furnaces.
• Black Flame Dao Master and Azure Cloud Daoist tried to protect their furnaces, but the Heaven Refining Furnace broke through their defenses and absorbed their medicinal liquids.
• Fang Chen remained unaware, his eyes turning purple and gold as he formed seals with Space Dao Patterns and gathered Origin Dao Patterns.

Fang Chen entered Human-Dao Unity while refining pills, and his Manifestation began controlling the Heaven Refining Furnace. The furnace settled and revealed strange purple-and-gold pills with no Pill Patterns, leaving Fang Chen and the others baffled.

• Fang Chen formed hand seals so quickly that Black Flame Dao Master and Azure Cloud Daoist could not follow them.
• Golden frogs formed around the Heaven Refining Furnace and leaped inside, after which the furnace began tumbling on its own.
• Myna bird pointed out that Fang Chen's Manifestation was moving in sync with the furnace, and Fang Chen realized it was affecting the furnace.
• Azure Cloud Daoist explained that Fang Chen's furnace had swallowed the pills he and Black Flame Dao Master were refining.
• The Heaven Refining Furnace stopped and released pills made of purple and gold Yin Yang halves, but none had Pill Patterns or matched either pill formula.

Fang Chen tested the strange pills produced while he was refining the Soul Reversal Pill and discovered that they greatly increased Soul Power. The Black Flame Dao Master and the Azure Cloud Daoist tried them too, and the chapter ended with the Black Flame Dao Master comparing Fang Chen’s pill favorably to eighth-grade Soul-Enhancing Pills he had taken.

• Fang Chen swallowed one of the strange pills despite the Black Flame Dao Master and the myna bird warning him to wait.
• Fang Chen refined the pill and found that his Soul Power had grown considerably without any side effects.
• The Black Flame Dao Master and the Azure Cloud Daoist each took a pill and began refining it.
• After ten hours, the Black Flame Dao Master finished refining his pill and said his Soul Power had doubled.
• The Black Flame Dao Master said Fang Chen’s pill was stronger than the eighth-grade Soul-Enhancing Pills he had found in ancient ruins.

Fang Chen tested his new pill on Azure Cloud Daoist and Myna bird, then used it to heal Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi. He named it the Taiji Soul Returning Pill after both injured disciples recovered.

• Azure Cloud Daoist finished refining Fang Chen’s pill and reported that it greatly increased his Soul Power and healed old ailments.
• Myna bird swallowed a pill and was thrilled by its effects.
• Fang Chen fed Chen Xiaofei a pill and guided its medicinal power into him; Chen Xiaofei woke ten days later and fully healed after refining it.
• Fang Chen named the new pill the Taiji Soul Returning Pill.
• Black Flame Dao Master woke Yan Ziyi, and she took a pill; five days later, her injuries were healed and her Soul Power had increased.

After Chen Xiaofei recovered, Black Flame Dao Master revealed that the Glazed Mushroom Emperor could be used to refine a pill that would help the sect’s cultivators survive the Nirvana Realm. Fang Chen joined the effort to study the pill’s Formula, but the Jade Wall drew his soul and Primordial Spirit into a mysterious valley, where his Soul Origin took human form.

• Chen Xiaofei celebrated his recovery and vowed to pursue the Saint Realm and take revenge on Yun Dan.
• Black Flame Dao Master explained the Glazed Nirvana Pill’s importance and invited Fang Chen to study its Formula.
• Black Flame Dao Master led Fang Chen, Azure Cloud Daoist, and Chen Xiaofei to the Forbidden Grounds, while Yan Ziyi left to find her master.
• Fang Chen released his Nascent Soul phantom and collapsed as his soul and Primordial Spirit entered the Jade Wall.
• Fang Chen encountered a burly Middle-Aged Man beside a cooking pot in a sunlit valley, and his Soul Origin merged with his Primordial Spirit and took human form.

Fang Chen met Zhang Yuming, the Fire Origin Glazed Saint, whose remnant soul had been sealed in the Jade Wall for more than ten thousand years. Zhang Yuming taught Fang Chen how to refine the Glazed Nirvana Pill and revealed that the Jade Wall’s mushroom soup strengthened souls; he left Fang Chen ready to learn the refining method.

• Fang Chen introduced himself to Zhang Yuming and learned that Zhang Yuming, whose Daoist name was Huoli, had been Glazed’s junior brother.
• Fang Chen told Zhang Yuming that the Glazed Sword Sect had fallen into decline and that the Glazed Saint had died after the Glazed Sword, Glazed Mirror, and Glazed Pagoda were damaged.
• Zhang Yuming explained that he had been a Saint and an expert alchemist, and that he had accidentally created the Glazed Nirvana Pill while cooking Glazed Mushroom Emperor.
• Zhang Yuming said he could not leave the Jade Wall but offered to teach Fang Chen how to refine the Glazed Nirvana Pill.
• Zhang Yuming shared White Jade Mushroom soup with Fang Chen, whose Soul Origin grew by a third after he drank five bowls.
• After the soup was gone, Zhang Yuming began teaching Fang Chen how to refine the Glazed Nirvana Pill.

The Fire Origin Glazed Saint taught Fang Chen his pill formulas and the method for refining the Glazed Nirvana Pill, then sent him back from the Jade Wall. Fang Chen and the Black Flame Dao Master began preparing to test the method in Profound Flame Valley.

• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint taught Fang Chen that marinating the Glazed Mushroom Emperor in virgin boy urine was crucial to making the Glazed Nirvana Pill, then passed his alchemy knowledge to him.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint sent Fang Chen out of the Jade Wall, where the Black Flame Dao Master, the Azure Cloud Daoist, and Chen Xiaofei were waiting.
• Fang Chen told them he had learned how to refine the Glazed Nirvana Pill from the sect’s senior, Fire Origin Glazed Saint, whom the Black Flame Dao Master recognized as Senior Huo Li.
• The Black Flame Dao Master took Fang Chen and the others to Profound Flame Valley with the ingredients they had gathered.
• The Black Flame Dao Master sliced the Glazed Mushroom Emperor, and Fang Chen marinated it in a Jade Basin while preparing the other ingredients.

Fang Chen and Chen Xiaofei began refining the Glazed Nirvana Pill, but Fang Chen’s Heaven Refining Furnace swallowed Chen Xiaofei’s ingredients and produced a strange mushroom Manifestation. The furnace then erupted with a powerful aura, leaving Chen Xiaofei wondering what had happened.

• Fang Chen invited Black Flame Dao Lord, Azure Cloud Daoist, and Chen Xiaofei to refine the Glazed Nirvana Pill with him, and only Chen Xiaofei agreed.
• Fang Chen entered a profound state and refined with the Heaven Refining Furnace while Chen Xiaofei worked at a slower pace beside him.
• Fang Chen’s furnace drew in Spiritual Qi, then seized Chen Xiaofei’s medicinal liquid and ingredients despite Chen Xiaofei’s efforts to restrain his furnace.
• Black Flame Dao Lord explained that Fang Chen’s furnace had done the same during earlier pill refinement, so Chen Xiaofei put away his furnace and watched.
• Black Beads sprouted into mushrooms across Fang Chen’s furnace, released clouds of black spores, and dissolved into mist that the furnace absorbed.
• A powerful aura erupted, jolting Fang Chen out of his profound state and sending the Heaven Refining Furnace rolling across the ground; Azure Cloud Daoist told Chen Xiaofei to look at the Manifestation behind Fang Chen.

Fang Chen completed a batch of Glazed Nirvana Pills, but none had Pill Patterns, so Black Flame Dao Master planned to test their effects before making more. He brought the sect’s Nirvana Realm experts and seven Peak Masters to Nirvana Valley and revealed a pill to them.

• Fang Chen opened the Heaven Refining Furnace and found eighty-one Glazed Nirvana Pills without Pill Patterns.
• Fang Chen asked Black Flame Dao Master and the others to test the pills, and Black Flame Dao Master told him to wait before refining more.
• Chen Xiaofei left to focus on cultivation, while Fang Chen went to check on his nine Clones in the Forbidden Grounds.
• Black Flame Dao Master gathered the seven Peak Masters and the Glazed Sword Sect’s Nirvana Realm experts at Nirvana Valley to witness a test of the pills.
• Zixiao Daoist reunited with her master, Ice Origin Lotus Dao Master, before Black Flame Dao Master showed everyone a Glazed Nirvana Pill.

Black Flame Dao Master gave Dao Master Honghe a Glazed Nirvana Pill refined by Fang Chen, and Honghe began his third Nirvana with a Taiji Soul Returning Pill to support him. Meanwhile, Fang Chen trained his Clones and entered the Demon Cave to practice the Devouring God Art, leaving the others to watch over Honghe’s month-long transformation.

• Black Flame Dao Master revealed that Fang Chen had refined a Glazed Nirvana Pill, and the senior Dao Masters drew lots to choose Dao Master Honghe as its tester.
• Black Flame Dao Master gave Dao Master Honghe a Taiji Soul Returning Pill as well, and Honghe swallowed both pills and began his third Nirvana.
• Fang Chen found that his nine Clones had advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm, assigned them specialized training, and had his Fire Origin Element Clone learn pill and talisman crafting.
• Fang Chen struggled to practice the Demon Race’s Devouring God Art because it caused his Meridians intense pain, but he refused to give up.
• Fang Chen told Black Flame Dao Master he was entering the Seventh Layer of the Demon Cave to train, while Black Flame Dao Master and the others stayed beside Dao Master Honghe during his Nirvana.

Dao Master Honghe completed Nirvana with the Glazed Nirvana Pill and Taiji Soul Returning Pill, prompting the Glazed Sword Sect’s other elders to begin their own breakthroughs. In the Demon Cave, Fang Chen completed his tenth transformation, discovered a silver layer in his Nascent Soul phantom, and used newly visible Origin Dao Patterns to greatly strengthen a sword strike.

• Dao Master Honghe completed Nirvana and confirmed that the Glazed Nirvana Pill had made the process painless and assured his success.
• Black Flame Dao Master distributed Glazed Nirvana Pills to the waiting elders, who swallowed them and began Nirvana, while Dao Master Honghe agreed to oversee the sect.
• Fang Chen completed his tenth transformation after killing twenty million Demons in the Demon Cave’s Seventh Layer, and a silver tenth layer appeared on his Nascent Soul phantom.
• Fang Chen saw rare, complex Origin Dao Patterns with stronger Dao Resonance, and the Myna bird suggested he try controlling them.
• Fang Chen gathered the special Dao Patterns into his sword strike and blasted a ninety-foot-wide, thirty-foot-deep crater into the city Ruins.

After his Primordial Spirit’s tenth Metamorphosis let him perceive higher-level Origin Dao Patterns and draw on scarce Source Power, Fang Chen sought Senior Huo Li’s explanation. The Fire Glazed Saint recognized Saint Force in Fang Chen and declared that he had reached the Saint Realm, despite still being in the Spirit Transformation Realm.

• Fang Chen and the Myna bird marveled at how much stronger his Sword Qi had become, and Fang Chen decided to ask Senior Huo Li about his tenth Metamorphosis.
• Fang Chen found that ordinary and higher-level Origin Dao Patterns streamed into him as he cultivated, speeding his Primordial Spirit’s Metamorphosis.
• Fang Chen called to Senior Huo Li at the Jade Wall, which pulled his Soul Origin and Primordial Spirit into its inner space.
• The Fire Glazed Saint noticed Saint Force on Fang Chen and remarked that Fang Chen’s soul and Primordial Spirit had grown much stronger in a month.
• Fang Chen explained his tenth Metamorphosis and his ability to see higher-level Origin Dao Patterns, and the Fire Glazed Saint said he had reached the Saint Realm.
• The Fire Glazed Saint showed Fang Chen red Fire Attribute Origin Dao Patterns, and Fang Chen confirmed they matched the patterns he had seen.

Fang Chen learned that he could perceive and absorb Saint Force despite being in the Spirit Transformation Realm, and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint predicted his extraordinary cultivation might lead him to become an Immortal. Fang Chen then asked how to repair his incomplete Life Wheel and revealed that a Mysterious Old Man had given him an Elixir of Immortality.

• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint explained the ranks of the world's Origin Power and told Fang Chen that surviving Heavenly Punishment after accumulating Saint Force would make him a Saint.
• Fang Chen revealed that he had created the Floating Immortal Art and reached the Seventeenth Layer of Qi Refining, astonishing the Fire Origin Glazed Saint.
• After hearing about Fang Chen's cultivation path, the Fire Origin Glazed Saint predicted he would become a Great Emperor and might eventually perceive Immortal Spirit Power.
• Fang Chen told the Fire Origin Glazed Saint that his Life Wheel was incomplete and that he had survived by eating an Elixir of Immortality.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint asked where Fang Chen had obtained the elixir, and Fang Chen said a Mysterious Old Man had given it to him as compensation after damaging it.

Fang Chen learned that the Origin Dao Patterns were Saint Force and began absorbing it while training in the Demon Cave. Three months later, he mastered the Devouring God Art and decided to merge it with his Floating Immortal Art.

• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint told Fang Chen that the Longevity Valley might know how to repair his Life Wheel, then sent him back to his body.
• Fang Chen explained to the Myna bird that the Origin Dao Patterns were Saint Force and that perceiving them did not yet make him a Saint.
• Fang Chen returned to the Seventh Layer of the Demon Cave and hunted demons while absorbing Saint Force through his manifested Nascent Soul phantom.
• After three months, Fang Chen awakened the Devouring God Imprint while fighting Devil Race cultivators and used its power to devour their Demonic Artifacts.
• Fang Chen realized that the Devouring God Art could strengthen his Floating Immortal Art, so he began trying to combine the two techniques.

Fang Chen advanced his cultivation and fused the Devouring God Art with the Floating Immortal Art while slaughtering demons on the Seventh Layer of the Demon Cave. After nearly exhausting the layer's demon population, he prepared to enter the more dangerous Eighth Layer in search of denser Saint Force and stronger foes.

• Fang Chen completed his Primordial Spirit's Eleventh Transformation, gaining a golden Nascent Soul phantom and the ability to perceive ten times as many Saint Grade Origin Dao Patterns.
• Fang Chen fused the Devouring God Art with the Floating Immortal Art after killing more than twenty million demons, accelerating his Devouring God Imprints and Saint Force absorption.
• Fang Chen reached Great Achievement in the Devouring God Art and transferred imprints onto one Life-Bound Flying Sword, exhausting much of his Soul Power in the process.
• Fang Chen realized he had killed more than five hundred million demons and nearly emptied the Seventh Layer of the Demon Cave.
• Fang Chen decided to enter the Eighth Layer for stronger demons and potentially denser Saint Force, and the Myna bird agreed, trusting Fang Chen's Saint Token for protection.

Fang Chen entered the Eighth Layer of Demon Cave expecting to find abundant Saint Force and Saint Realm Demons, but discovered that neither was there. After searching several cities, he concluded that cultivating in the layer would not help him much, while the Myna bird urged him to kill the Demons for whatever gains he could get.

• Fang Chen passed through the Space Vortex into the Eighth Layer, where he found weaker pressure and thinner Demonic Qi and Saint Force than in the Seventh Layer.
• The Myna bird searched the Eighth Layer for a month and reported that it was full of Demons but had no Saint Realm Demons, since they could not undergo Heavenly Tribulation inside the Demon Cave.
• Fang Chen and the Myna bird traveled to Star Picking City, where Fang Chen sensed that Saint Force was still thinner than in the Seventh Layer.
• Fang Chen and the Myna bird visited dozens of cities and found little variation in Saint Force density, so Fang Chen gave up on cultivating in the Eighth Layer.
• The Myna bird suggested that Fang Chen kill the Demons anyway to become a little stronger.

Fang Chen returned from the Eighth Layer of the Demon Cave and learned that the Glazed Nirvana Pills had helped the Glazed Sword Sect's cultivators advance safely through Nirvana. At Profound Flame Valley, he began refining more pills as his fellow sect members watched and discovered that he possessed multiple Manifestations.

• Fang Chen left the Eighth Layer of the Demon Cave with the myna bird and contacted Black Flame Dao Master about the Glazed Nirvana Pill.
• Black Flame Dao Master reported that the pills had worked exceptionally well but that the sect had run out, and Fang Chen agreed to refine more Glazed Nirvana Pills and Taiji Soul Returning Pills.
• Fang Chen arrived at Profound Flame Valley, met several uncle-masters, and learned that the Seven Peak Masters, Chen Xiaofei, and Yan Ziyi had advanced to the Nirvana Realm.
• Fang Chen summoned the Heaven Refining Furnace and began refining pills while an Old Farmer Manifestation appeared behind him.
• Ancient Rock Dao Master questioned Black Flame Dao Master about Fang Chen's Manifestation, and Dao Master Honghe revealed that Fang Chen had more than one.

Fang Chen used the Heaven Refining Furnace to make a batch of Glazed Nirvana Pills, producing 365 pills of higher quality than his previous batch. He then began making Taiji Soul Returning Pills from the Three-Colored Soul Returning Grass for the sect’s disciples.

• Fang Chen’s Heaven Refining Furnace displayed Devouring God Imprints that drew in Spiritual Qi and grew unusual colored Mushrooms.
• The Mushrooms matured and were absorbed into the furnace, which erupted with Spiritual Power and rolled as Old Farmer in Fang Chen’s Manifestation mimicked its movements.
• Fang Chen opened the furnace and revealed 365 Glazed Nirvana Pills, more than triple the previous batch and of better quality.
• Fang Chen swept the pills out and asked everyone to bottle them.
• Fang Chen began making Taiji Soul Returning Pills from the Three-Colored Soul Returning Grass so Black Flame Dao Master and the others could distribute them to the sect’s disciples.

Fang Chen finished refining tens of thousands of Glazed Nirvana Pills and hid them in the Glazed Sword Sect’s Forbidden Grounds before focusing on reaching the Saint Realm. When Ling Canghai became Lingyun Saint and led the Three Great Sects to demand the Glazed Sword Sect’s surrender, Fang Chen volunteered to face him.

• Fang Chen completed more than thirty thousand Glazed Nirvana Pills, stored them separately in the sect’s Forbidden Grounds, and decided to resume cultivating.
• The Glazed Bell appeared above Glazed Peak as Black Flame Dao Master and the others arrived with news that the Three Great Sects were at the gates.
• Black Flame Dao Master told Fang Chen that Ling Canghai had become Lingyun Saint and demanded the Glazed Sword Sect surrender within three days or be destroyed.
• Black Flame Dao Master and Dao Master Honghe warned that the sect’s formation and Saint Weapon could not withstand Lingyun Saint for long, while the elders worried they lacked time to cultivate new Saints.
• Fang Chen rejected the idea of surrender and volunteered to meet Lingyun Saint.

Fang Chen refused to abandon the Glazed Sword Sect and agreed to seek help from the Daoist Misty Lord before confronting Ling Canghai, the newly risen Lingyun Saint. The Daoist Misty Lord went to meet Ling Canghai at the sect’s mountain gate, where the Saint awaited an unexpected visitor.

• Fang Chen insisted that the Glazed Sword Sect should stay and protect its members, and said he would face Ling Canghai if needed.
• Black Flame Dao Master and the others agreed to ask the Daoist Misty Lord to buy them time, then flew with Fang Chen to Cold Star Island.
• The Daoist Misty Lord learned that Ling Canghai had become a Saint and was threatening to destroy the Glazed Sword Sect unless it submitted.
• The Daoist Misty Lord agreed to speak with Ling Canghai, though he could not guarantee the Saint would respect Heavenly Talisman Mountain.
• The Daoist Misty Lord arrived at the mountain gate, where Ling Canghai stood with Hua Yue'e and Shi Feng, and surprised the Saint by appearing in place of Black Flame Dao Master.