Chapter Summaries

Misty Dao Lord failed to persuade Lingyun Saint to avoid war with the Glazed Sword Sect, so Fang Chen stepped forward to confront him. Fang Chen revealed his true face at the sect gates, where former Tianluo Secret Realm companions recognized him and Lingyun Saint learned who he was.

• Misty Dao Lord introduced himself as Hu Yichuan of Heavenly Talisman Mountain and asked Lingyun Saint to refrain from attacking the Glazed Sword Sect, but Lingyun Saint refused and demanded that Black Flame Dao Master submit.
• Misty Dao Lord apologized to Black Flame Dao Master, who thanked him and considered what to do next.
• Fang Chen volunteered to face Lingyun Saint, and Black Flame Dao Master let him go despite the danger.
• Fang Chen flew to the Glazed Sword Sect's gates without concealing his appearance, and former Tianluo Secret Realm companions recognized him.
• Lingyun Saint asked Wang Mo who Fang Chen was, and Wang Mo explained that Fang Chen had killed many disciples in the Tianluo Secret Realm and had been presumed dead.

Fang Chen challenged Lingyun Saint and shattered his golden-finger attack, astonishing the Three Great Sects and the Glazed Sword Sect’s allies. The Floating Immortal Sword helped him absorb Saint Force, and he escaped Lingyun Saint’s charge, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lingyun Saint pressured Fang Chen and insulted the Glazed Sword Sect, but Fang Chen mocked him and accepted the challenge.
• Lingyun Saint locked down the space around Fang Chen and attacked with a massive golden finger.
• Fang Chen summoned his Nascent Soul phantom, entered the state of Perceive Heaven and Earth, and used the Floating Immortal Sword to shatter the golden finger.
• The onlookers were stunned that Fang Chen, still in the Spirit Transformation Realm, had stopped a Saint’s attack without being harmed.
• Fang Chen discovered that the Floating Immortal Sword was helping him absorb Saint Force and taunted Lingyun Saint.
• Lingyun Saint charged at Fang Chen, but Fang Chen retreated a thousand zhang in an instant and escaped him.

Fang Chen survived Lingyun Saint’s devastating blow and revealed that he had reached the Quasi-Saint level. Lingyun Saint recognized him as a future threat and attacked with his completed Saint Weapon, locking Fang Chen in place as the battle continued.

• Lingyun Saint used the Space Divine Art to catch Fang Chen and struck him, sending him crashing through a mountain peak.
• The Floating Immortal Sword poured energy into Fang Chen and healed his injuries as he broke through to the Glazed Golden Body Fifth Layer.
• Lingyun Saint sensed Fang Chen’s Saint Force and realized he was a Quasi-Saint who could absorb Saint Force from the surrounding void.
• Fearing Fang Chen’s future strength, Lingyun Saint drew his Golden Saint Sword and resolved to kill him and destroy the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Lingyun Saint appeared before Fang Chen and slashed with his Saint Sword, using a mysterious force to lock the space around him.

Fang Chen fought Lingyun Saint, using the Floating Immortal Sword to recover from each devastating blow and grow stronger. As the battle continued, his Nascent Soul Power and Devouring God Imprint surged, leaving Lingyun Saint alarmed while Fang Chen focused on using him to temper himself.

• Fang Chen and Lingyun Saint exchanged powerful sword strikes, and the Floating Immortal Sword healed Fang Chen while Lingyun Saint kept him suppressed.
• Dao Lord Misty urged Black Flame Dao Master to call Fang Chen back, but Black Flame Dao Master trusted Fang Chen's ability to grow stronger during battle.
• Myna bird watched from inside the Glazed Sword Sect's Barrier and remained confident that Fang Chen would turn the fight around.
• After an incense stick had burned, Lingyun Saint realized that Fang Chen was growing stronger instead of weakening and hesitated to use his most powerful killing move.
• A surge of Nascent Soul Power jolted Fang Chen, igniting golden flames and strengthening his Soul Origin and Devouring God Imprint.
• Lingyun Saint launched another furious assault as Fang Chen continued defending, intent on using their battle to increase his strength.

Lingyun Saint unleashed his Saint Seal and overwhelmed Fang Chen with the Lingyun Sword Domain. Fang Chen was cut in two, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Lingyun Saint used his Saint Seal, greatly increasing his power and causing swords throughout the area to tremble.
• Lingyun Saint struck Fang Chen’s shoulder and drove him into a crater, but Fang Chen healed with the Floating Immortal Sword and counterattacked with Heaven and Earth Creation.
• Fang Chen attacked with Slaughter Heaven and Earth, but Lingyun Saint formed the Lingyun Sword Domain and nullified the Sword Qi.
• Lingyun Saint pierced Fang Chen with Sword Rays and cleaved him in two with his Golden Saint Sword.

Fang Chen broke through to the twelfth layer of his Nascent Soul phantom and used the Floating Immortal Sword’s Devouring Power to turn his battle with Lingyun Saint around. Lingyun Saint targeted the sword, severed Fang Chen’s right arm, and sent a golden gourd to Devour the arm and the Floating Immortal Sword.

• Fang Chen completed his Primordial Spirit’s Twelfth Transformation, and his Nascent Soul phantom gained a purple twelfth layer.
• Fang Chen let Lingyun Saint’s Saint Sword pierce his chest while stabbing Lingyun Saint’s shoulder with the Floating Immortal Sword and activating the Devouring God Art.
• Fang Chen’s sword drained Lingyun Saint’s blood and strength, while the energy it absorbed healed Fang Chen and strengthened him.
• Fang Chen and Lingyun Saint fought on as Fang Chen repeatedly traded injuries for chances to Devour Lingyun Saint’s strength, leaving Lingyun Saint increasingly weakened and afraid.
• Lingyun Saint branded his Saint Seal onto the Golden Saint Sword, severed Fang Chen’s right arm, and summoned a golden gourd to Devour the arm and the Floating Immortal Sword.

Fang Chen fought Lingyun Saint to protect the Floating Immortal Sword, severed one of Lingyun Saint’s fingers, and nearly killed Wang Mo. He then unleashed the sword on the Three Great Sects’ forces, leaving only five named survivors.

• Lingyun Saint pinned Fang Chen’s arm and the Floating Immortal Sword with the Golden Saint Sword, but Fang Chen freed himself and knocked away the Golden Gourd.
• Lingyun Saint tried to seize the Floating Immortal Sword, and Fang Chen severed his hand and trapped one of his fingers in the Heaven Refining Furnace.
• When Lingyun Saint threatened the Glazed Sword Sect, Fang Chen sent the Floating Immortal Sword at Wang Mo, piercing his forehead and cutting him into hundreds of pieces before Lingyun Saint rescued him.
• Fang Chen attacked the unprotected forces of the Three Great Sects, and the Floating Immortal Sword slaughtered nearly all of the more than a thousand people present.
• Hua Yue'e, Shi Feng, Wang Mo, Shi Lei, and Yu Liuyan were the only survivors.

Fang Chen taunted and outlasted the Lingyun Saint while refining his severed finger and absorbing Saint Force, turning the battle in his favor. When Fang Chen charged at him, the Lingyun Saint struck his Soul Origin with the Lingyun God-Slaying Sword and shattered it.

• Fang Chen slaughtered the Three Great Sects' elite experts while the Lingyun Saint watched helplessly.
• Fang Chen dodged the Lingyun Saint's attacks and refined his severed finger in the Heaven Refining Furnace, absorbing its Saint Force.
• Fang Chen taunted the Lingyun Saint as the Saint's aura weakened and his own strength grew.
• The Lingyun Saint grew wary of continuing the fight, but Fang Chen charged at him with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• The Lingyun Saint unleashed the Lingyun God-Slaying Sword, and its golden sword phantom shattered Fang Chen's Soul Origin.

Fang Chen survived Lingyun Saint’s God Extinguishing Sword, turned the battle around, and forced Lingyun Saint to flee. After the Glazed Sword Sect celebrated its victory, Fang Chen entered seclusion to cultivate and ordered the disciples to limit their trips outside.

• Lingyun Saint struck Fang Chen with the God Extinguishing Sword, but Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword and Devouring God Imprint to absorb its Sword Qi and strengthen his Soul Origin.
• Fang Chen attacked Lingyun Saint, whose depleted Origin Saint Seal left him unable to withstand the assault.
• Lingyun Saint struck Fang Chen back and fled, promising that their conflict was not over.
• The Glazed Sword Sect’s disciples and leaders celebrated Fang Chen’s victory, while Daoist Misty Lord reflected on his father’s decision to support the sect.
• Fang Chen thanked Daoist Misty Lord for helping the Glazed Sword Sect, then told Black Flame Dao Master that he would enter seclusion and that the disciples should avoid going out.

Fang Chen drove Ling Canghai and his allies from the Glazed Sword Sect after defeating their forces, leaving the sect safe for the moment. Daoist Misty Dao Lord informed Heavenly One Talisman Saint of Fang Chen’s rise to Quasi-Saint and his battle against a Saint.

• Fang Chen walked away after forcing Ling Canghai to retreat and killing nearly all the invaders, astonishing Black Flame Dao Master and the others.
• Daoist Misty Lord congratulated Black Flame Dao Master, who thanked him and left to attend to the Glazed Sword Sect’s affairs.
• Daoist Misty Dao Lord used Ten-Thousand-Mile Space-Time Talismans to contact Heavenly One Talisman Saint, who demanded to hear the most important news first.
• Daoist Misty Dao Lord reported that Ling Canghai had become a Saint and had attacked the Glazed Sword Sect with the Misty Sect and the Eight Trigrams Gate.
• Daoist Misty Dao Lord explained that Fang Chen had fought Ling Canghai without an obvious Saint Weapon, and Heavenly One Talisman Saint marveled at Fang Chen’s strength and talent.

The Heavenly One Talisman Saint told the Daoist Misty Lord to seek an opportunity to sense Saint Force and revealed that he was preparing to refine a Heaven Stabilizing Talisman. Meanwhile, Fang Chen’s return and victory over the Lingyun Saint caused celebration in the Glazed Sword Sect, while the defeated Lingyun Saint seethed over his humiliation.

• The Daoist Misty Lord admitted he still could not sense Saint Force, and the Heavenly One Talisman Saint urged him not to rush his cultivation.
• The Heavenly One Talisman Saint said he would help refine a Heaven Stabilizing Talisman and told the Daoist Misty Lord to urge the Glazed Sword Sect to make more Talisman Blanks.
• The Black Flame Dao Master announced that Fang Sheng was Fang Chen and that Fang Chen had fought the Lingyun Saint and taken one of his fingers.
• The Glazed Sword Sect’s disciples celebrated Fang Chen’s return and believed their sect could rise above the Three Great Sects.
• The Lingyun Saint returned to the Lingyun Sword Sect with Hua Yue'e, Shi Feng, Wang Mo, Shi Lei, and Yu Liuyan, then smashed a table in anger.
• The Lingyun Saint spat blood, controlled its force, and drew the blood mist back into his body.

After losing to Fang Chen, Lingyun Saint decided the Three Great Sects had to leave the Southern Wastes before the Glazed Sword Sect could retaliate. Shi Feng urged him to stay and revealed a mysterious Stone that might offer another way forward.

• Lingyun Saint concluded that he could no longer defeat Fang Chen and chose to flee the Southern Wastes with the Lingyun Sword Sect.
• Lingyun Saint told Hua Yue'e and Shi Feng they could leave with him or stay behind, warning that they might soon lose their chance to escape.
• Hua Yue'e and Shi Feng hesitated to abandon their sects and their home.
• Shi Feng argued that the Three Great Sects could resist the Glazed Sword Sect if another Saint emerged among them.
• Shi Feng showed Lingyun Saint and Hua Yue'e a strange black-and-gold Stone that emitted Dao Resonance.

Shi Feng, Hua Yue'e, and the Lingyun Saint agreed to attempt a dangerous breakthrough using the Eight Trigrams Furnace and Yin-Yang Stone, while Fang Chen began refining Thunder-Mark Saint Bones to strengthen himself. Fang Chen decided to seek out more opponents to fight, despite Myna bird warning that the Glazed Sword Sect needed him to defend it.

• Shi Feng explained that the Yin-Yang Stone could power a breakthrough attempt inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace, but failure would mean death for him and Hua Yue'e.
• The Lingyun Saint agreed to help and secretly ordered Wang Mo to begin relocating the sect in case the attempt failed.
• The Lingyun Saint left with Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e for the Eight Trigrams Gate.
• Fang Chen reflected on his fight with the Lingyun Saint and realized he needed to become a Saint as soon as possible.
• Fang Chen used the Devouring God Art and Heaven Refining Furnace to absorb Saint Force from the Thunder-Mark Saint Bones.
• Fang Chen decided to leave the Glazed Hall to find someone to fight, while Myna bird reminded him that the Glazed Sword Sect needed his protection.

Fang Chen sought pills or rare treasures that could help him quickly reach the Saint Realm, since he could not leave the Glazed Sword Sect while Lingyun Saint remained a threat. Daoist Misty Lord contacted Heavenly One Talisman Saint, who invited Fang Chen to speak with him but warned that such treasures were difficult to obtain quickly.

• Fang Chen agreed with Myna bird that he needed to remain at the Glazed Sword Sect and refine Saint Bones to protect it from Lingyun Saint.
• Fang Chen learned from Dao Master Honghe that Black Flame Dao Master was undergoing Nirvana and was told to seek help from Daoist Misty.
• Fang Chen visited Daoist Misty Lord on Cold Star Island and asked about ways to help a Quasi-Saint reach the Saint Realm quickly.
• Daoist Misty Lord contacted Heavenly One Talisman Saint, who said the rare treasures could not be obtained on short notice and asked Fang Chen to come in.
• Heavenly One Talisman Saint congratulated Fang Chen on reaching the Quasi-Saint realm and compared his progress with Yichuan's.

Fang Chen arranged for the Three Tribulation Saint Nangong Yu, whose Dao Name was Mingyue, to protect the Glazed Sword Sect while he cultivated and sought to become a Saint. Three days later, he and Daoist Misty Lord went to the sect’s mountain gate to welcome her.

• Heavenly One Talisman Saint offered to send his friend Nangong Yu to guard the Glazed Sword Sect in exchange for Fang Chen owing her a favor.
• Fang Chen accepted the arrangement and waited with Daoist Misty Lord, discussing cultivation and the difficulty of sensing Saint Force.
• Fang Chen contacted Dao Master Honghe and asked him to prepare a place for Mingyue to stay at the Glazed Sword Sect.
• After three days of tea, chess, and discussion, Daoist Misty Lord told Fang Chen that Mingyue had arrived.
• Fang Chen and Daoist Misty Lord went to the mountain gate and saw Moon Saint waiting there.

The Moon Saint Ming Yue visited the Glazed Sword Sect and praised Fang Chen’s talent. When Fang Chen asked where he should cultivate, she recommended the distant, dangerous Sacred Land, leaving him considering a journey across the Barbaric Sea.

• Dao Lord Misty welcomed the Moon Saint Ming Yue, who praised his progress and then commended Fang Chen’s strength and talent.
• Fang Chen escorted Ming Yue Saint to New Moon Island, where she admired the crescent-shaped lake and accepted the island as her residence.
• Fang Chen asked Ming Yue Saint where he should go to cultivate, and she recommended the Sacred Land as the best place for Saints to advance.
• Fang Chen recalled that reaching the Sacred Land required crossing the perilous Barbaric Sea aboard the Azure Sea Divine Boat.
• Fang Chen learned that the Sacred Land held abundant Saint Force and treasures but was filled with deadly beasts, poisonous insects, and harsh dangers.

Fang Chen sought a place to fight powerful enemies so he could advance toward Sainthood, and the Moon Saint suggested the East Sea. Since the South Sea was closer and also Dragon Race territory, Fang Chen headed there alone with Myna bird, hoping to encounter a Saint Realm dragon.

• The Moon Saint explained that the storms over the Barbaric Sea prevented travel to the Sacred Land and warned that Fang Chen could not safely fight Saints within Human Race territory.
• The Moon Saint suggested that Fang Chen seek opponents in the East Sea, where the Dragon Race lived.
• Fang Chen told Dao Lord Misty that he was leaving and asked him to keep the Moon Saint company.
• Dao Master Honghe warned Fang Chen about the dangers of the East Sea and offered him the Glazed Bell, but Fang Chen refused to take the sect's Saint Weapon.
• Fang Chen left the Glazed Sword Sect with Myna bird and chose the nearer South Sea, crossing the barren Southern Wastes toward the coast.

Fang Chen traveled across the Sea to Thunder Dragon Island, seeking a powerful opponent to hone his skills. He challenged Ao Kong, a Silver Saint Dragon who had survived two Heavenly Tribulations, and Ao Kong struck back with his tail.

• Fang Chen flew south from the Barbaric Continent and continued across the Sea as its Spiritual Qi grew denser and stronger Sea Monsters appeared.
• The myna bird scouted Rainbow Island and learned that Thunder Dragon Island, home to a Saint Realm Dragon, lay a hundred thousand li southwest.
• Fang Chen reached Thunder Dragon Island and found Ao Kong, a powerful Silver Saint Dragon, living there alone.
• Fang Chen declared that he had come to challenge Ao Kong and struck him with a Sword Ray, but Ao Kong's Scale Armor remained unharmed.
• Ao Kong called Fang Chen a mere Quasi-Saint and swept his enormous tail toward him, compressing the space with Thunder and Space Dao Patterns.

Fang Chen escaped Ao Kong’s Chaos Space attack and used the Floating Immortal Sword to absorb energy as he repeatedly struck the Saint Dragon. Ao Kong grew furious and trapped Fang Chen in a silver Mental Space, where he planned to destroy Fang Chen’s Soul Origin.

• Fang Chen activated his Manifestation and struck Ao Kong’s tail with the Floating Immortal Sword, but the clash sent him into Chaos Space.
• Fang Chen used the Giant’s axe to split Chaos Space and escape back above the waters of Thunder Dragon Island.
• Fang Chen used the Space Divine Art to attack Ao Kong, absorbing Spiritual Power from the Floating Immortal Sword with each strike.
• Ao Kong transformed into a silver-haired man in Battle Armor and attacked Fang Chen with his Mental Power.
• Ao Kong trapped Fang Chen in a silver Mental Space and prepared to destroy his Soul Origin.

Fang Chen resisted Ao Kong’s attacks in the spiritual space and wounded him in their physical clash. Ao Kong then unleashed Thunderclap Realm Prison, trapping Fang Chen amid a storm of lightning.

• Ao Kong shattered Fang Chen’s Soul Origin in his spiritual space, but Fang Chen used the Devouring God Art to consume part of Ao Kong’s Soul Origin and absorb the space’s Soul Power.
• Fang Chen’s Soul Origin reassembled and split into conscious clones that swarmed Ao Kong, forcing him to dispel the spiritual space.
• Ao Kong attacked Fang Chen with a silver spear, but Fang Chen let it pierce him and stabbed Ao Kong with the Floating Immortal Sword, which devoured Ao Kong’s energy and blood essence.
• Ao Kong struck Fang Chen and pulled away, but the Floating Immortal Sword devoured both their spilled blood and healed Fang Chen with the energy it absorbed.
• Ao Kong invoked Thunderclap Realm Prison, surrounding Fang Chen with lightning and striking him with successive bolts.