Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen endured Ao Kong’s lightning and spear attacks, using the Floating Immortal Sword to heal and grow stronger. After Ao Kong’s Sky Swallowing Conch Shell swallowed parts of his body, Fang Chen deliberately entered it to recover them, but Ao Kong began refining him with corrosive liquid.

• Ao Kong’s lightning repeatedly damaged Fang Chen, but the Floating Immortal Sword healed him as he absorbed the Lightning Power and grew stronger.
• Ao Kong impaled and shattered Fang Chen, then used the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell to swallow his left arm, shoulder, and the part of his body where his heart belonged.
• Fang Chen used the Devouring God Art to absorb energy through his remains inside the shell while the Floating Immortal Sword healed his main body.
• Fang Chen told the Myna bird to escape, then sent his shattered body into the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell to reunite with his missing remains.
• Ao Kong poured his strength into the shell and released corrosive liquid to refine Fang Chen, while the Floating Immortal Sword supplied energy and devoured the liquid.

Ao Kong took Fang Chen to Volcano Island after the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell failed to refine him, and bargained with Ao Xu for the use of the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire. Ao Xu led Ao Kong into the volcano, where the Sacred Flame’s enormous red-lotus form lay surrounded by Flames Spirit Crystals.

• Fang Chen's strength grew as the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell's slime corroded and his skin regenerated, while Ao Kong failed to weaken him.
• Ao Kong carried Fang Chen south to Volcano Island, where Ao Xu emerged from the crater to meet him.
• Ao Kong asked Ao Xu to use the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire to refine Fang Chen, and Ao Xu demanded Thundercloud Grass in return.
• Ao Kong rejected Ao Xu's demand for three stalks, but accepted a reduced price of one stalk.
• Ao Xu led Ao Kong into the volcano, where they found the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire in the form of a vast red lotus.

Ao Kong used the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell to trap Fang Chen in the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire, but the Floating Immortal Sword let Fang Chen endure and cultivate with the Sacred Flame. After one hour, Fang Chen broke through to the Sixth Layer of the Glazed Golden Body, jolting Ao Kong and Ao Xu awake.

• Ao Kong summoned his Sky Swallowing Conch Shell and made it devour the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire with Fang Chen trapped inside.
• The Sacred Flame burned Fang Chen repeatedly, but the Floating Immortal Sword restored his body and strengthened it each time.
• Fang Chen circulated the Floating Immortal Art and absorbed the Sacred Flame’s Saint Force and Fire Element Origin Dao Patterns.
• Ao Xu and Ao Kong went to sleep, leaving the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell to roast Fang Chen.
• After an hour, Fang Chen reached the Sixth Layer of the Glazed Golden Body, and the energy released from the shell woke both dragons.

Fang Chen spent three years trapped in Ao Kong’s Sky Swallowing Conch Shell, devouring the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire and strengthening his body, weapons, and Primordial Spirit. When his breakthrough revealed power comparable to a Saint, Ao Kong realized the Sacred Flame had only helped him grow and stopped the shell from drawing in more fire.

• Ao Kong inspected the shaking shell and mistook Fang Chen’s deliberately weakened aura for the signs of someone being refined, reassuring Ao Xu that Fang Chen was near death.
• Myna bird reached Volcano Island, sensed Fang Chen there, and waited outside rather than risk entering.
• Fang Chen used the Sacred Flame to refine his Saint Bones, strengthen his body, and empower the Heaven Refining Furnace and Mortal Dust Sword as three years passed.
• Fang Chen’s Glazed Battle Runes turned purple and his Nascent Soul and Primordial Spirit advanced, releasing an aura stronger than that of many Saints.
• Ao Kong discovered that Fang Chen was devouring the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire, recalled the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell, and told Ao Xu the flame could not refine him.

Fang Chen remained inside Ao Kong’s Sky Swallowing Conch Shell, refining the Nascent Soul Power from his Primordial Spirit’s transformation. When Ao Kong and Ao Xu tried to release him, Fang Chen discovered that striking the shell with the Floating Immortal Sword strengthened his Devouring God Imprint, leaving Ao Xu to attempt pulling him out with his Dragon Whiskers.

• Fang Chen continued refining the Nascent Soul Power within the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell while Ao Kong and Ao Xu argued over how to deal with him.
• Ao Kong agreed to give Ao Xu another stalk of Thundercloud Grass in exchange for his help and an Azure Sea Lightning Spirit Pearl.
• As Ao Kong tried to release him, Fang Chen saw the Sacred Flame outside but chose to stay inside and continue his Primordial Spirit’s Thirteenth Transformation.
• Fang Chen struck the shell with the Floating Immortal Sword and discovered the energy he absorbed from its Dao Patterns accelerated the Devouring God Imprint’s Metamorphosis.
• Fang Chen’s repeated attacks damaged the shell and hurt Ao Kong through their connection, preventing Ao Kong from releasing him.
• Ao Xu sent his Dragon Whiskers into the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell to try to pull Fang Chen out.

Fang Chen completed his Primordial Spirit’s Thirteenth Transformation while tangled in Ao Xu’s and Ao Kong’s dragon whiskers, triggering a Saint Tribulation on Volcano Island. The Saint Dragons fled the destruction, and Fang Chen emerged from the shattered crater surrounded by gray light.

• Ao Xu and Ao Kong sent four dragon whiskers into the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell and finally dragged Fang Chen outside, where the whiskers became knotted around him.
• Fang Chen’s Primordial Spirit completed its Thirteenth Transformation, sharply increasing his power and perception.
• A Heavenly Tribulation gathered over Volcano Island, and Ao Xu and Ao Kong realized Fang Chen had triggered it.
• Ao Xu and Ao Kong severed their tangled whiskers and fled as the Saint Tribulation destroyed Volcano Island and shattered its volcano.
• The myna bird recognized the tribulation as a Saint Tribulation, and Fang Chen shot out of the crater surrounded by gray light.

Fang Chen faced his Saint Tribulation above Volcano Island, enduring the Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning while the Floating Immortal Sword devoured its power. After the second bolt ravaged his body, he regenerated and emerged stronger as the two Saint Dragons watched in astonishment.

• Myna bird recognized Fang Chen above Volcano Island as Fang Chen’s Saint Tribulation began.
• Ao Kong suggested that he and Ao Xu strike Fang Chen during the tribulation, but Ao Xu chose to wait and see.
• Fang Chen absorbed the first bolt of Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning with his body and Floating Immortal Sword.
• The second, stronger bolt tore through Fang Chen’s flesh, while the Floating Immortal Sword devoured the lightning and fed energy back to him.
• Fang Chen’s body regenerated rapidly, and the two Saint Dragons marveled at his vitality.

Fang Chen endured the first nine bolts of Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning, using the ordeal to strengthen himself and his Natal Spirit Treasures. When the expected Source Power failed to appear, a White Tiger formed from the Tribulation Clouds and swallowed Fang Chen, while the Myna bird's hidden Seal broke and revealed the attacker as Divine Spirit Lightning formed from the World Will.

• Fang Chen survived the third and fourth bolts as his Natal Spirit Treasures absorbed the remaining lightning while he endured the strikes with his body.
• Fang Chen withstood the ninth bolt, regrew his flesh, and appeared to have completed his tribulation, while the two Saint Dragons abandoned their plan to interfere.
• The Heaven and Earth Origin failed to descend after the ninth bolt, and the Tribulation Clouds' pressure surged.
• A White Tiger burst from the Tribulation Clouds and swallowed Fang Chen, his Flying Swords, and the Heaven Refining Furnace.
• The Myna bird's Seal broke, awakening its powerful aura, and it recognized the White Tiger as Divine Spirit Lightning formed from the World Will.

Fang Chen endured successive Divine Spirit Lightning trials, absorbing the powers of the White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Divine Turtle through the Floating Immortal Sword. A Golden True Dragon then appeared and struck him with its tail, leaving him hurtling through space as Volcano Island was devastated.

• Fang Chen escaped the White Tiger's belly, and the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed the lightning spirit's scattered light.
• A Vermilion Bird swallowed Fang Chen, but he broke free with sword strikes, and the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed its power.
• The Divine Turtle swallowed Fang Chen and held him for an incense stick's time before Fang Chen cleaved it in two with Heaven and Earth Creation.
• Fang Chen absorbed the Divine Turtle's energy with his treasures, Chaos Nascent Soul, and Foundation Establishment Dao Platform as the pressure from the sky intensified and Volcano Island began to collapse.
• Ao Kong and Ao Xu saw a Golden True Dragon emerge from the Vortex, and the dragon struck Fang Chen with its tail, sending him flying and shattering Volcano Island.

Fang Chen destroyed the Golden True Dragon and was swallowed by a nine-colored Lightning Orb, where his Nascent Soul and Primordial Spirit began burning as he entered Nirvana. He survived the orb’s destructive force by rebuilding his body and refining the gray energy produced by the flames.

• Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword and Heaven and Earth Creation to defeat the Golden True Dragon, whose remains the sword devoured.
• The nine-colored Lightning Orb emerged from the Vortex, immobilized Fang Chen, shattered his body, and swallowed him along with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen’s Foundation Establishment Dao Platform and Nascent Soul drew his scattered body fragments together and restored him.
• The spinning Lightning Orb cracked Fang Chen’s body, but Gray Flames erupted from his Chaos Nascent Soul and spread throughout him.
• Fang Chen recognized that he was entering Nirvana and used the Floating Immortal Art to absorb the gray energy, while his soul and body continued to undergo Metamorphosis.

Fang Chen survived his first Saint Tribulation, becoming a Saint and transforming his body, soul, weapons, and Spirit Flames. He congratulated Myna bird and the two Saint Dragons, then asked Ao Kong for his Sky Swallowing Conch Shell, intending to test his new strength against the dragons.

• Fang Chen burned away his Nascent Soul and Primordial Spirit, crossed the Nirvana Realm, and shattered the nine-colored lightning sphere with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• He survived the Heavenly Punishment and absorbed the Heaven and Earth Origin, while his Natal Flying Sword and Heaven Refining Furnace became Saint Weapons and his Spirit Flames became Sacred Flames.
• Myna bird congratulated Fang Chen, and Ao Kong and Ao Xu bowed to him after he entered the Saint Realm.
• Fang Chen apologized to Ao Kong for challenging him earlier, then asked to borrow the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell.
• Ao Kong questioned Fang Chen's request, while Fang Chen prepared to test his new strength against the two Saint Dragons.

Fang Chen defeated Ao Kong and took his Sky Swallowing Conch Shell, then prepared to return to his sect. Before he could leave, a Red Lotus emerged from Volcano Island amid an eruption of magma.

• Fang Chen struck Ao Kong into the void, intercepted him as he emerged, and cut off his head.
• Fang Chen trapped Ao Kong’s head beneath the Heaven Refining Furnace, while Ao Xu urged Ao Kong to surrender the shell rather than risk a fight.
• Ao Kong agreed to hand over the Sky Swallowing Conch Shell after Fang Chen released him, and Fang Chen stored it in Paper Crane’s Spirit Crane Space.
• Fang Chen prepared to return to his sect after more than three years away, but Volcano Island erupted and an enormous Red Lotus rose above the magma.

The Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin underwent its ninth Heavenly Tribulation, and Fang Chen helped it by giving it Sacred Flame Origin while absorbing lightning from the Tribulation Clouds. The Sacred Flame survived and began recovering as Heaven and Earth Origin enveloped it.

• The Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin emerged above the sea and began undergoing a Heavenly Tribulation as Fang Chen, Ao Xu, Ao Kong, and the Myna bird watched.
• After the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin endured eight bolts, Fang Chen sent it Origin from his Red Lotus, Purple Lotus, and Green Lotus Sacred Flames.
• The ninth bolt shattered the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin's true form, while the Tribulation Clouds struck Fang Chen and he absorbed the lightning with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen pierced the Tribulation Clouds with a Sword Ray and endured their further lightning bolts until the clouds stopped attacking him.
• Heaven and Earth Origin descended upon the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin, and its scattered red lotus petals merged back into its true form.

Fang Chen gained the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin and headed toward the Glazed Sword Sect. Meanwhile, Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e emerged from the Eight Trigrams Furnace after their Yin Yang union and prepared to face a Saint Tribulation together.

• The Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin showed gratitude to Fang Chen, and his Three Sacred Flames welcomed it before he imprinted his Saint Seal on its Origin Flame Seed.
• Fang Chen took the Crimson Lotus Earth Core Fire Origin into his dantian, asked the Myna bird for directions, and flew toward the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Lingyun Saint poured Saint Force into the Eight Trigrams Furnace while Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e underwent Yin Yang union inside it.
• Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e emerged from the furnace with powerful auras as Saint Tribulation clouds formed above them.
• Shi Feng told Lingyun Saint to leave because he and Hua Yue'e would undergo Tribulation Transcendence together, and Lingyun Saint departed.

Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e endured the first eight waves of their joint Heavenly Tribulation with the Eight Trigrams Furnace, the Eight Trigrams array, and the Misty Map. Hua Yue'e was badly injured, and Shi Feng prepared the furnace for the final wave as the Tribulation Clouds turned gold and purple.

• Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e used the Eight Trigrams Furnace and Misty Map to endure the first three waves of paired Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning.
• Shi Feng activated the Eight Trigrams array, whose Barriers shielded them from the fourth through seventh waves while the Eight Trigrams Gate shook.
• Shi Feng told Hua Yue'e to use the Misty Map against the eighth wave and save the final wave for him.
• Hua Yue'e's Misty Map was pierced by the eighth wave, and the last Barrier shattered, leaving her injured and unable to continue.
• Shi Feng gathered the Eight Trigrams array's Formation Runes around the Eight Trigrams Furnace as the Tribulation Clouds turned gold and purple.

Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e survived tribulation and became Saints, joining Lingyun Saint as the Three Great Sects' three Saints. Ten days later, they met in Lingyun Hall to discuss whether Fang Chen had also become a Saint and when to take revenge on the Glazed Sword Sect.

• Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e endured the Ninth Heavenly Tribulation, survived the Eight Trigrams Furnace's destruction, and received Saint Seals.
• Lingyun Saint congratulated Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e, and they thanked him for helping them become Saints.
• Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e urged Lingyun Saint to attack the Glazed Sword Sect, but he told them to stabilize their cultivation while he gathered information about Fang Chen.
• After Lingyun Saint left, Shi Feng took Hua Yue'e into seclusion to consolidate their cultivation.
• Ten days later, Shi Feng asked Lingyun Saint whether Fang Chen had become a Saint, and Lingyun Saint said his informants could not find out because the Glazed Sword Sect's leaders had been in seclusion.

Lingyun Saint, Shi Feng, and Hua Yue'e went to the Glazed Sword Sect to confront Fang Chen, but Moon Saint intercepted them at the sect's gate. Moon Saint defeated Lingyun Saint in their opening clash and continued her attack.

• Lingyun Saint explained that the Yin-Yang Stone had helped Shi Feng and Hua Yue'e become Saints, then agreed to go to the Glazed Sword Sect with them while they hid nearby.
• Lingyun Saint unleashed his Saintly might over the Glazed Sword Sect, prompting its disciples to take shelter and Moon Saint to fly to the Mountain Gate.
• Moon Saint confronted Lingyun Saint and identified herself as Nangong Yu of Yaochi Holy Land, while Black Flame Dao Master warned her to watch for a trap.
• Moon Saint and Lingyun Saint refused to back down, and Moon Saint attacked him with the Crescent Moon Saber.
• Moon Saint's saber clashed with Lingyun Saint's Saint Sword and sent him flying, after which she pressed her attack.

Moon Saint fought Lingyun Saint until Eight Trigrams Saint and Misty Saint revealed themselves and joined the battle. As the three Saints pressed their attack, Eight Trigrams Saint threatened to break into the Glazed Sword Sect while Moon Saint struggled to hold off the other two.

• Moon Saint overwhelmed Lingyun Saint, knocked away his Saint Sword, and used her White Jade Bottle to trap half his body.
• Eight Trigrams Saint and Misty Saint attacked Moon Saint, disrupting her weapons and allowing Lingyun Saint to reunite his body.
• Eight Trigrams Saint and Misty Saint revealed they were Saints who had been preparing to ambush Fang Chen, and Lingyun Saint urged them to keep fighting because Fang Chen was still in seclusion.
• The three Saints agreed that Eight Trigrams Saint would break the Glazed Sword Sect's mountain-guarding Formation while Lingyun Saint and Misty Saint held Moon Saint off.
• Lingyun Saint and Misty Saint attacked Moon Saint together, and their strikes shattered several petals of her Blue Sacred Lotus as Eight Trigrams Saint threatened the sect.

The Eight Trigrams Saint broke through the Glazed Sword Sect’s Mountain-Guarding Formation and began destroying the sect. Yan Ziyi and Chen Xiaofei tried to stop him from demolishing Glazed Hall, but their treasures shattered and they were injured.

• The Eight Trigrams Saint found a flaw in the Mountain-Guarding Formation and broke through it with the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Black Flame Dao Master and the others raised the Glazed Bell and formed the Glazed Sword Array, but the Eight Trigrams Saint avoided confronting them and attacked the sect’s Seven Great Main Peaks.
• The Eight Trigrams Saint reached Glazed Peak and sent the Eight Trigrams Furnace toward Glazed Hall.
• Yan Ziyi and Chen Xiaofei attacked the furnace with their bonded treasures, which shattered as both Quasi-Saints fell wounded.
• The Eight Trigrams Saint recognized Chen Xiaofei as the Pill Demon and recorded the scene with a Memory Crystal.

Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect as a Saint and rescued Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi from the Eight Trigrams Saint. He challenged Shi Feng and began attacking him, suppressing the Eight Trigrams Furnace with Space Dao Patterns.

• The Eight Trigrams Saint struck Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi with a giant palm, but their Saint Talismans shielded them while leaving them badly injured.
• The Eight Trigrams Saint sent the Eight Trigrams Furnace down to kill them, but the Heaven Refining Furnace appeared and protected them with a Gray Light Curtain.
• Fang Chen emerged from the void with a Black Myna Bird on his shoulder, and the Glazed Sword Sect recognized that he had become a Saint.
• Fang Chen challenged Shi Feng and sent the Floating Immortal Sword toward him.
• Fang Chen used Space Dao Patterns to suppress the Eight Trigrams Furnace, preventing Shi Feng from controlling it.