Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen and his companions found a Chaos Sacred Lotus and collected its seeds, with the Paper Crane slipping through its golden Barrier to retrieve them. After Fang Chen chose to leave the lotus root intact, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm explained why the Secret Realm’s other restricted areas had not seemed dangerous to him.

• The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm identified the lotus as a Saint Realm Chaos Green Lotus, and the Myna bird urged Fang Chen to collect its seeds.
• Fang Chen failed to break the lotus’s golden Barrier, so the Paper Crane passed through it and gathered the seeds from the water while avoiding the lotus roots.
• The Paper Crane returned with many golden seeds, and Fang Chen praised it.
• The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm proposed digging up the lotus root, but Fang Chen and the Myna bird decided to leave the lotus alive so it could grow more seeds.
• The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm explained that powerful barriers formed by Spirit Medicines had been Forbidden Grounds to weaker explorers, but that this lotus’s Barrier was the only true Forbidden Grounds to him.

Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect with the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and warned the sect to prepare for war over the Yunshan Secret Realm. He kept the Worm’s identity and strength secret, leaving the Glazed Hall with only Black Flame Dao Master and Yun Qianxue.

• Fang Chen took the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm out of the Oasis Forbidden Zone and had Paper Crane bring the Mystic Jade Ginseng Doll into the Spirit Crane Space with Xiao Yi.
• Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect and told Black Flame Dao Master and the others that the Yunshan Secret Realm was rich in treasures and could secure the sect’s future.
• Fang Chen explained that the Western Regions Buddhist Kingdom would likely fight to claim the Yunshan Secret Realm, so the Glazed Sword Sect needed to prepare for war while gathering resources quickly.
• Fang Chen considered asking the Dragon Race for help if the conflict became an all-out war, but decided not to involve them unless necessary.
• Fang Chen withheld the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm’s identity and strength, then asked everyone except Black Flame Dao Master and Yun Qianxue to leave the Glazed Hall.

Fang Chen welcomed Chi You into the Glazed Sword Sect, confronted the consequences of a spy leaking the Yunshan Secret Realm, and prepared the sect for war with the Western Regions Buddhist Kingdom. The chapter ended when Yun Qianxue reported that Di Long’s Nascent Soul could not give birth, prompting Fang Chen and the others to rush to the Forbidden Grounds.

• Fang Chen introduced Chi You, a Six-Tribulation Saint and Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, to Black Flame Dao Master and Yun Qianxue as a new ally of the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Black Flame Dao Master and Yun Qianxue told Fang Chen that a Nirvana Realm cultivator from the Glazed Origin Realm had leaked the Yunshan Secret Realm’s location, and Yun Qianxue said the traitor was in the Heavenly Prison.
• Fang Chen urged Yun Qianxue to remove Buddhist halls and deal with people who remained devoted to Buddhism, while refusing to blame her for the leak.
• Fang Chen gave Chaos Green Lotus seeds to Yun Qianxue and Black Flame Dao Master to help them and other Quasi-Saints advance toward becoming Saints.
• Yun Qianxue received word that Di Long’s Nascent Soul was unable to give birth, so Fang Chen and the others hurried to the Forbidden Grounds.

Fang Chen helped Di Long’s Nascent Soul give birth to a Spiritual Fetus, then brought it to the Jade Wall so the Fire Glazed Saint could attempt to inhabit it. Fang Chen shattered the Jade Wall to free the Fire Glazed Saint’s soul.

• Fang Chen entered the Forbidden Grounds and guided Di Long through the birth of the Spiritual Fetus.
• Fang Chen took the newborn Spiritual Fetus and brought Di Long and the others to the Jade Wall.
• The Fire Glazed Saint agreed to leave the Jade Wall and try to enter the Spiritual Fetus, despite the risk that his soul might scatter.
• Fang Chen struck the Jade Wall repeatedly with the Floating Immortal Sword until it shattered.

Fang Chen and Di Long revived the Fire Glazed Saint by placing his soul in the Spiritual Fetus Di Long had nurtured. The Saint thanked Di Long and met the Glazed Sword Sect’s leaders, then learned that the sect currently had no sect master.

• Golden Flames emerged from the Jade Wall and formed the Fire Glazed Saint’s soul, which Fang Chen welcomed.
• The Fire Glazed Saint entered the Spiritual Fetus, which absorbed Spiritual Qi and grew into a child-shaped body.
• The revived Saint thanked Fang Chen, then bowed to Di Long for nurturing the body that allowed him to return.
• Di Long told the Saint that he and his clan would gladly sacrifice for him, and the Saint explained that the Spiritual Fetus’s Bloodline suited his soul.
• Black Flame Dao Master and Yun Qianxue greeted the Saint, who praised Yun Qianxue and called Fang Chen a monster.
• The Saint asked who led the Glazed Sword Sect, and Fang Chen said there was no sect master and that Black Flame Dao Master and Yun Qianxue handled its affairs.

Fang Chen refused to become Sect Master of the Glazed Sword Sect and persuaded Fire Origin Glazed Saint to take another role instead. As they prepared to help Fire Origin Glazed Saint restore his strength, he learned that Fang Chen’s companion Chi You was a rare Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and warned them to keep his identity secret.

• Fang Chen refused the Sect Master position, explaining that he wanted to travel and did not want his actions to bring trouble to the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Fang Chen urged Fire Origin Glazed Saint to become Sect Master, but Fire Origin Glazed Saint also refused, and they agreed to leave the position vacant.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint said he needed to absorb more essence blood to strengthen his body, so Fang Chen proposed going to the Glazed Origin Realm to gather his clansmen.
• Fang Chen introduced the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm as Chi You, his friend, and privately ordered Chi You to call him by name in front of others.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint recognized Chi You as a rare Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and warned Fang Chen to keep his identity secret because others might try to kill him.

Fang Chen introduced Chi You to the Fire Origin Glazed Saint, then told him the Glazed Sword Sect was preparing for war against the Western Regions Buddhist Kingdom after Fang Chen reclaimed a Primordial Secret Realm and killed two Sacred Buddhas. Huo Li vowed to stand with the sect and agreed to keep his return secret; in the Glazed Origin Realm, Yun Qianxue gathered his descendants and asked what he wanted them to do.

• Fang Chen introduced Chi You to the Fire Origin Glazed Saint, who welcomed him to the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Huo Li learned that the sect was preparing to fight the Western Regions Buddhist Kingdom because Fang Chen had reclaimed a Primordial Secret Realm and killed two Sacred Buddhas.
• Fang Chen offered to take responsibility alone, but Huo Li and the Black Flame Dao Master insisted the sect would fight alongside him.
• Fang Chen suggested concealing Huo Li's return to catch the Buddhist forces off guard, and Huo Li agreed.
• Three hours later, Yun Qianxue gathered Huo Li's descendants in the Glazed Origin Realm and asked what he wanted them to do.

Fire Origin Glazed Saint used the Di Family clanspeople’s Essence Blood and Chaos Sacred Lotus seeds to restore his body through the Phoenix Nirvana Secret Method. After completing twelve Nirvanas, he began condensing Saint Seals and formed five.

• Dao Master Lei Huo ordered the Di Family clanspeople to cut their right middle fingertips and raise their hands, allowing Fire Origin Glazed Saint to absorb their Essence Blood.
• Fang Chen gave Fire Origin Glazed Saint Chaos Sacred Lotus seeds, which he swallowed as he began restoring his strength.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint completed his first nine Nirvanas, then continued through a tenth and eleventh to better unite his soul with his new body.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint swallowed three Saint Lotus Seeds and endured a painful twelfth Nirvana, completing it three days later.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint began condensing Saint Seals and formed five in a row.

Fire Origin Glazed Saint recovered to the strength of a Five Tribulation Saint, and Chen Xiaofei announced that he was about to face his tribulation. Fang Chen inspected the Glazed Sword Sect’s ruined Tribulation Ground and prepared to repair its Formations before Chen Xiaofei attempted to become a Saint.

• Fire Origin Glazed Saint recovered to the level of a Five Tribulation Saint, and Fang Chen and the others congratulated him.
• Black Flame Dao Master received word that Chen Xiaofei was ready to face his tribulation, so Fang Chen asked him to wait while they inspected the Tribulation Ground.
• Chen Xiaofei agreed to wait in his Cave Abode while Fang Chen, Black Flame Dao Master, Fire Origin Glazed Saint, and the others traveled to the site.
• Fang Chen found that the Tribulation Ground’s Formation Runes had crumbled and said he would repair them and add new Formations.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint doubted Fang Chen could repair the advanced runes, and Fang Chen revealed that he was a master of Formations.

Fang Chen repaired and strengthened the Glazed Sword Sect’s Tribulation Ground with astonishing speed and mastery. After three hours, he finished the work, leaving Fire Origin Glazed Saint and the others amazed by his abilities.

• Black Flame Dao Master praised Fang Chen’s skill in formations, and Fire Origin Glazed Saint watched as Fang Chen modestly dismissed the praise.
• Fang Chen asked everyone to stand back, unleashed his Manifestation, and began restoring the Tribulation Ground’s Formation Runes.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint and the others watched Fang Chen’s formation technique and realized his mastery surpassed even Glazed Saint’s.
• Fang Chen completed the repairs and added formations to restore cultivators’ strength and weaken Heavenly Thunder in only three hours.
• Fang Chen dismissed his Manifestation and announced that he was done.

Fang Chen repaired the Glazed Sword Sect’s Tribulation Ground and went to prepare Chen Xiaofei for Tribulation Transcendence by teaching him a technique. He branded Devouring God Imprints over Chen Xiaofei’s entire body, including the soles of his feet.

• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint asked Fang Chen where he learned Formation Runes, and Fang Chen said he learned Formations at Tianyuan Academy.
• The Black Flame Dao Master thanked Fang Chen for repairing the Tribulation Ground and asked whether Chen Xiaofei could undergo Tribulation Transcendence there.
• Fang Chen said Chen Xiaofei needed to learn secret techniques first, so the Black Flame Dao Master took him to Chen Xiaofei’s Cave Abode.
• Fang Chen instructed Chen Xiaofei to strip and then branded Devouring God Imprints onto his body to help him absorb and refine energy.
• After covering Chen Xiaofei’s body with imprints, Fang Chen told him to lift his feet and branded the soles as well.

Fang Chen gave Chen Xiaofei Devouring God Imprints on his body and Life-Bound Pill Furnace, then prepared him to undergo Tribulation Transcendence. At the Tribulation Ground, Chen Xiaofei met the assembled witnesses, including Senior Huo Li, whose history Fang Chen began explaining.

• Fang Chen activated the Devouring God Imprints on Chen Xiaofei, causing him intense pain as they spread through his Meridians and Soul Origin.
• Chen Xiaofei tested the imprints and found that they increased his energy absorption dozens of times, then Fang Chen branded his Life-Bound Pill Furnace as well.
• Fang Chen told Chen Xiaofei to adapt before undergoing Tribulation Transcendence, while Dao Lord Hei Yan waited with him outside the Cave Abode.
• Chen Xiaofei emerged ready, and Dao Lord Hei Yan gave him a Storage Bag of restorative Pills made from Saint Medicine.
• Fang Chen and Dao Lord Hei Yan brought Chen Xiaofei to the Tribulation Ground, where Yan Ziyi and several Nirvana Perfection experts had gathered to watch.
• Fang Chen introduced Senior Huo Li to Chen Xiaofei and explained his past as an Eight-Tribulation Saint who had been reborn and regained the cultivation of a Five Tribulation Saint.

Chen Xiaofei began his Heavenly Tribulation at the Tribulation Ground, protected by its recovering Barriers while the Devouring God Imprints helped him absorb the lightning. He endured the first two bolts and grew stronger, while Fang Chen and the others watched calmly.

• Fang Chen introduced Chen Xiaofei to the Fire Origin Glazed Saint and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, then sent him to the center of the Tribulation Ground.
• Chen Xiaofei activated his Life-Bound Alchemy Furnace as the Formation Runes lit and the Barriers formed around him.
• Chen Xiaofei took the first bolt of Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning, and his Devouring God Imprints absorbed much of the lightning and eased his pain.
• The Tribulation Ground's outer Barrier rapidly restored itself, prompting the watching Dao Masters to cheer for Chen Xiaofei.
• A second, stronger bolt destroyed the five outermost Barriers, but Chen Xiaofei and his Life-Bound Alchemy Furnace devoured the lightning and he endured the strike.

Chen Xiaofei endured increasingly powerful bolts of Heavenly Punishment, relying on his Alchemy Furnace, armor, and the Devouring God Imprint to survive. After the fifth bolt overwhelmed him with lightning, he unleashed his Phoenix Soars Nine Heavens Manifestation, enabling the imprint to clear the lightning and restore his internal energy.

• The third bolt struck Chen Xiaofei after piercing eighteen of the thirty-two Barriers, and Fang Chen assured Yun Qianxue that he would protect him if necessary.
• Chen Xiaofei used the Devouring God Imprint to absorb the lightning in his body, then formed red flame armor as the fourth bolt approached.
• The fourth bolt shattered his Alchemy Furnace and cracked his armor, but the Formation and armor weakened its force, while the imprint absorbed the lightning that entered him.
• The fifth bolt destroyed nearly all the Barriers, shattered Chen Xiaofei's armor, and flooded his body with lightning.
• Chen Xiaofei unleashed his Phoenix Soars Nine Heavens Manifestation, strengthening the Devouring God Imprint until it cleared the lightning and converted it into internal energy.

Chen Xiaofei endured the sixth and seventh bolts of Heavenly Thunder with help from his Fire Phoenix Manifestation, Devouring God Imprint, and Fang Chen’s recovery array. The eighth bolt then struck with even greater force, leaving Chen Xiaofei badly wounded as the tribulation continued.

• The Black Flame Dao Master, Yun Qianxue, and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint discussed how Heavenly Tribulations had grown stronger as the world’s Spiritual Qi thinned and Great Emperors ceased to appear.
• The sixth bolt shattered Chen Xiaofei’s armor and left him charred, but his Fire Phoenix Manifestation sent energy into him and helped him devour lightning and recover.
• The seventh bolt damaged Chen Xiaofei’s Alchemy Furnace and wounded him, triggering Fang Chen’s Soul Returning Array, which restored his strength.
• The eighth bolt destroyed the Barriers, broke the Alchemy Furnace’s lid, and blasted Chen Xiaofei backward as blood sprayed from his mouth.

Chen Xiaofei survived the final bolt of Heavenly Thunder, completed his tribulation, and became Saint Destroyer of Crows. After congratulating him, the sect members prepared for an expected attack while Fire Glazed Saint left to train his clanspeople.

• The Fire Origin Phoenix entered Chen Xiaofei, and Fang Chen activated the Heavenly Dipper Array to strengthen his defenses before the final bolt.
• The golden Heavenly Thunder pierced Chen Xiaofei and left him gravely wounded, but the Soul Returning Array and Devouring God Imprint helped sustain him.
• Chen Xiaofei received the Heaven and Earth Origin Baptism, healed, and became a Saint with a red Saint Seal.
• Fang Chen and the others congratulated Chen Xiaofei, and Black Flame Dao Master ordered the sect members to prepare for battle against the monks.
• Fire Glazed Saint left with Di Mu and Di Long to train his clanspeople, keeping his survival secret as a Glazed Sword Sect trump card.

Fang Chen branded Yan Ziyi with the Devouring God Imprint so she could grow stronger and help the Glazed Sword Sect face the Buddhist Kingdom. Yan Ziyi began cultivating with greatly increased speed, while Fang Chen sent Paper Crane, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Myna bird back to the Qingyang Realm.

• Fang Chen offered to pass the Devouring God Art’s benefits to the Black Flame Dao Lord, Yun Qianxue, and Yan Ziyi, but the elders let Yan Ziyi go first.
• Chen Xiaofei left to consolidate his cultivation after surviving Tribulation Transcendence, while the Black Flame Dao Lord and Yun Qianxue worried about the Glazed Sword Sect’s conflict with the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Fang Chen explained that branding Yan Ziyi with the Devouring God Imprint required her to remove her clothes, and Yan Ziyi agreed so she could strengthen herself for the sect.
• Fang Chen branded Yan Ziyi in her Cave Abode, then struck the Myna bird for teasing him and sent it, Paper Crane, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm to the Qingyang Realm.
• Yan Ziyi found that the Imprint let her absorb spiritual energy dozens of times faster and devoted herself to cultivation.

Fang Chen helped Yun Qianxue and the Glazed Sword Sect’s core disciples, then faced a powerful Buddhist Saint who demanded that he join the Buddhist Kingdom. The Green Lotus Saint Buddha offered to spare Fang Chen and the sect if Fang Chen renounced his past and never left the Buddhist Kingdom.

• Fang Chen placed the Devouring God Imprint on Black Flame Dao Master, Yun Qianxue, Dao Master Honghe, and the Glazed Sword Sect’s core disciples to help them advance.
• Black Flame Dao Master became a Quasi-Saint three days after receiving the imprint, and half a month later Fang Chen refined the Heavenly Demon Feather’s energy with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• A Saint’s pressure swept over the Glazed Sword Sect, so Fang Chen sent the Fire Origin Glazed Saint and Chen Xiaofei to remain inside while Black Flame Dao Master activated the Sect Protection Array.
• Fang Chen summoned Paper Crane and flew to the sect gate, where he met the seven-tribulation Green Lotus Saint Buddha of the Western Regions Buddhist Kingdom.
• Green Lotus Saint Buddha demanded that Fang Chen join the Buddhist order and remain in the Buddhist Kingdom, promising not to pursue his past crimes or interfere with the Glazed Sword Sect.

Fang Chen refused Green Lotus Saint Buddha’s demand that he become a monk and challenged the Western Regions Buddhist Kingdom. Their battle left Green Lotus Saint Buddha battered and disheveled, while Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect’s spectators remained standing.

• Fang Chen rejected Green Lotus Saint Buddha’s ultimatum and warned that the Glazed Sword Sect would fight to the death if the Buddhist Kingdom attacked again.
• Green Lotus Saint Buddha unleashed his Seven-Tribulation Saint aura as the Glazed Sword Sect’s Mountain-Guarding Formation activated, and Fang Chen charged him with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen unleashed his full combat power, prompting Green Lotus Saint Buddha to recognize that Fang Chen had killed Gu Deng and Hong Hongmi and to attack with golden Scriptures.
• Fang Chen blocked the golden Scriptures, entered the Void, and struck Green Lotus Saint Buddha with a huge silver hand that smashed him into the mountains.
• The Glazed Sword Sect’s spectators cheered as Fang Chen emerged from the Void, and Green Lotus Saint Buddha rose in a beam of golden light, disheveled after underestimating him.

Fang Chen fought Green Lotus Saint Buddha, using the Floating Immortal Sword to wound him and draw power during their battle. Green Lotus Saint Buddha released his Azure Lotus Reflecting the Moon Manifestation, but Fang Chen continued his relentless assault, leaving him on the defensive.

• Green Lotus Saint Buddha merged his seven Saint Seals with his Buddhist Staff and struck Fang Chen, who merged with the Chaos Giant and split Green Lotus Saint Buddha's skull with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Green Lotus Saint Buddha suppressed the sword's attack on his soul and released his Azure Lotus Reflecting the Moon Manifestation, greatly increasing his power.
• Green Lotus Saint Buddha's staff clashed with Fang Chen's sword and sent Fang Chen flying through Chaos Space, while the Floating Immortal Sword poured energy into Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen used his Space Secret Technique to reach Green Lotus Saint Buddha and struck his Buddhist Staff with Heaven and Earth Creation.
• Fang Chen charged in with repeated sword strikes, forcing Green Lotus Saint Buddha to defend himself.