Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen and the Fire Glazed Saint tested a Meteor Tear, which destroyed the pyramid and demonstrated its devastating power. With thirty-five Meteor Tears remaining, the Glazed Sword Sect had gained a formidable weapon, while Fang Chen had grown stronger after three years of refining them.

• Fang Chen stopped Little Star from eating the pyramid and gave a Meteor Tear to the Fire Glazed Saint to test.
• The Fire Glazed Saint activated and threw the Meteor Tear, which pierced the pyramid and exploded in a vast sphere of silver light.
• The blast destroyed the pyramid, tore apart the jade vein, and sent Fang Chen and the others flying despite their distance.
• Myna bird, Paper Crane, and the Fire Glazed Saint celebrated the Meteor Tear's power and the Glazed Sword Sect's new advantage.
• The Fire Glazed Saint reflected that Fang Chen had made thirty-six Meteor Tears in three years, while Fang Chen resolved not to endure the grueling process again.

After spending three years refining thirty-five Meteor Tears, Fang Chen gave them to the Fire Origin Glazed Saint to help defend the Glazed Sword Sect. They agreed the sect should focus on developing powerful people before considering a warship fleet.

• Fang Chen finished refining the Meteor Tears and reflected that the Glazed Bell and his formations could help the Glazed Sword Sect withstand attacks from powerful warships.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint explained the strength of Nine-Star Warships and how the Glazed Saint had once prioritized one person's chance to become a Great Emperor over building the sect's foundations.
• Fang Chen asked whether the Glazed Sword Sect should develop a fleet, and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint said the sect lacked the people and resources to do so for now.
• Fang Chen and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint concluded that the sect should first nurture powerful cultivators, then acquire warships if it had the resources.
• Fang Chen handed all thirty-five Meteor Tears to the Fire Origin Glazed Saint for safekeeping and the sect's protection.

Fang Chen prepared to leave the Glazed Sword Sect for the Sacred Land, but the Fire Origin Glazed Saint stopped him to teach him two ultimate techniques. The Fire Origin Glazed Saint challenged Fang Chen to a friendly sword duel, and the Floating Immortal Ring's energy supply ceased as Fang Chen summoned his sword.

• Fang Chen told the Fire Origin Glazed Saint he planned to leave for the Sacred Land, and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint urged him to take the Heart Devouring Insect and Demon Star Vine along.
• Fang Chen chose to leave the Heart Devouring Insect and Demon Star Vine behind to help protect the Glazed Sword Sect, and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint assured him the sect would be safe.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint brought out his Fire Origin Glazed Sword and offered to teach Fang Chen two ultimate techniques, revealing that his strength had once rivaled that of Nine-Tribulation Saints.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint invited Fang Chen to test his sword skills, and Fang Chen handed Little Star to Chi You before summoning the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen felt the energy flowing into him from the Floating Immortal Ring stop as he gripped the Floating Immortal Sword.

Fang Chen sparred with the Fire Glazed Saint, whose superior swordsmanship exposed flaws in Fang Chen’s movements and attacks. After rapidly improving until they fought evenly, Fang Chen faced the saint’s ultimate technique, the Nine Layer Wave.

• The Fire Glazed Saint limited his power to two Saint Seals and began sparring with Fang Chen.
• The saint redirected Fang Chen’s sword and cut his thumb, then warned him that his movement technique and swordsmanship were not yet united.
• Fang Chen continued fighting, correcting his flaws as the Fire Glazed Saint repeatedly countered him.
• After an hour, Fang Chen’s swordsmanship improved enough for him to fight the Fire Origin Glazed Saint on equal footing.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint announced the Nine Layer Wave and slashed at Fang Chen, who raised his sword to meet the attack.

Fang Chen faced the Fire Origin Glazed Saint's Nine Layer Wave, enduring increasingly powerful sword strikes as the Floating Immortal Sword healed and strengthened him. After the sixth strike sent him flying with severe injuries, the sword's overwhelming Sword Intent began transforming his body and soul.

• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint struck Fang Chen with successive spins, increasing the Nine Layer Wave's power while Fang Chen blocked with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint warned Fang Chen to use his full strength, so Fang Chen unleashed his Manifestation and blocked the fifth strike, though he spat blood.
• The Floating Immortal Sword's power healed Fang Chen after the fifth strike, and the myna bird praised the Fire Origin Glazed Saint's attack power.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint landed the sixth strike, caving in Fang Chen's chest and hurling him farther away.
• The Floating Immortal Sword poured overwhelming Sword Intent into Fang Chen, rapidly healing and strengthening his body and soul.

Fang Chen endured the Fire Origin Glazed Saint's increasingly powerful sword strikes, relying on the Floating Immortal Sword to heal him and grow stronger. After the Nine Layer Wave shattered space and swallowed them both into Chaos, they emerged alive, and Fang Chen admired Senior Huo Li's swordsmanship.

• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint attacked Fang Chen with the seventh and eighth turns of his sword technique, while the Floating Immortal Sword healed Fang Chen and strengthened his aura after each strike.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint unleashed the Nine Layer Wave, and Fang Chen channeled power from his two Saint Seals and Foundation Establishment Dao Platform into the Floating Immortal Sword to meet it.
• Their clash shattered space and swallowed Fang Chen and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint into Chaos Space, alarming the Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm.
• The Floating Immortal Sword reassembled Fang Chen in Chaos Space and absorbed Chaos matter before he and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint emerged.
• Fang Chen praised Senior Huo Li's swordsmanship, impressed by the Nine Layer Wave Sword Technique.

The Fire Origin Glazed Saint passed the Nine Layer Wave to Fang Chen and advised him to master it before going to the dangerous Sacred Land. Fang Chen put away the ginseng and decided to return for now, leaving his plans to explore the Sacred Land for later.

• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint taught Fang Chen the Nine Layer Wave by sending its principles and demonstrations into his mind, exhausting much of his Soul Power.
• Fang Chen offered the Fire Origin Glazed Saint a Seven-Colored Jade Ginseng King, but the Saint refused it because Fang Chen needed its life-extending benefits.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint encouraged Fang Chen not to despair over his flawed Life Wheel and advised him to master the Nine Layer Wave before entering the Sacred Land.
• Fang Chen considered the Sacred Land’s dangers, the impassable Desolate Sea, and the possibility of finding a way to repair his Life Wheel by becoming an Immortal.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint left to recover, and Fang Chen decided to head back rather than go to the Sacred Land yet.

Fang Chen absorbed energy from Saint Bones and went to Xiao Yi to request Essence of Spiritual Liquid for a senior whose cultivation had declined. While Xiao Yi collected it, Fang Chen taught the Nine Layer Wave Sword Technique to his Clones.

• Fang Chen left the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and Demon Star Vine to consume the shattered Pyramid wreckage and went to train.
• Fang Chen placed the Saint Bones in the Floating Immortal Ring, which broke them down and sent energy back to him through the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen found Xiao Yi and his Clones in the Mysterious Jade Forest and asked Xiao Yi for Essence of Spiritual Liquid to help a senior recover.
• Xiao Yi agreed to collect the Essence of Spiritual Liquid and went to gather it from the Mysterious Jade Ginseng plants.
• Fang Chen shared the Nine Layer Wave Sword Technique with his Clones, who discussed its power and difficulty.

Fang Chen gave the Nine Layer Wave Sword Technique to his nine Clones and gathered Essence of Spiritual Liquid to help Huo Li recover. After rewarding Xiao Yi with Devouring God Imprints, Fang Chen left him in the Clones’ care and went out to cultivate.

• Fang Chen passed the Nine Layer Wave Sword Technique to his nine Clones and told them not to let their Cultivation fall behind.
• Fang Chen explained that he had asked Xiao Yi to gather Essence of Spiritual Liquid so Huo Li could recover and better protect the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Xiao Yi returned with a Gourd containing more than ten thousand drops of Essence of Spiritual Liquid, collected from his Mysterious Jade Ginseng clansfolk.
• Fang Chen branded Devouring God Imprints onto Xiao Yi, who activated them and absorbed energy from the Jade Vein dozens of times faster.
• Fang Chen left Xiao Yi with the nine Clones, warned them to take good care of him, and departed with the myna bird to cultivate.

Fang Chen sent the Fire Origin Glazed Saint a gourd of Saint Medicine to help him recover and strengthen the Glazed Sword Sect. He then practiced the Nine Layer Wave and reached the Four Layer Wave on his first attempt, though his accumulated force dissipated.

• Fang Chen used Little Crane to deliver a gourd of Essence of Spiritual Liquid to the Fire Origin Glazed Saint.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint discovered the gourd contained a large quantity of high-grade Saint Medicine and contacted Fang Chen to ask why he had sent so much.
• Fang Chen said he wanted the Fire Origin Glazed Saint to recover quickly because the Glazed Sword Sect lacked a top-tier Saint, and he explained that Xiao Yi could collect more medicine.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint accepted the Saint Medicine and went into seclusion to restore his cultivation.
• Fang Chen practiced the Nine Layer Wave with a bonded Flying Sword and built his Sword Momentum to the Four Layer Wave before it dissipated.

Fang Chen struggled to advance his Nine Layer Wave Sword Technique, then gradually mastered the Seven Layer Wave through persistent practice. After a year, he unleashed Sword Qi that tore through more than ten miles of space, startling the Myna bird.

• Fang Chen repeatedly failed to carry his Sword Momentum beyond the Fourth Wave and paused to consider what he was doing wrong.
• The Myna bird laughed at Fang Chen's frustration, and Fang Chen slapped him before drinking wine and resuming his practice.
• Fang Chen broke through to the Five Layer Wave, then advanced to the Six Layer Wave after three hours of practice.
• Fang Chen spent three months stuck at the Seven Layer Wave and continued practicing without losing heart.
• After a year, Fang Chen completed the Seven Layer Wave and released Sword Qi that tore through more than ten miles of space.
• The Myna bird woke at the surge of energy and marveled that Fang Chen had mastered the technique.

Fang Chen learned that the Chaos Demonic Star Vine, which he called Little Star, was undergoing Tribulation Transcendence after devouring the remaining core of the Pyramid wreckage. He watched with his companions as powerful divine lightning wounded the vine, but it absorbed the energy, regenerated, and kept eating.

• Fang Chen heard a powerful surge of energy, and Little Crane discovered that the Chaos Demonic Star Vine was about to undergo Tribulation Transcendence.
• Fang Chen found the vine gnawing on the Pyramid wreckage and learned from the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm that it had devoured nearly all of the wreckage with him.
• Fang Chen's clones and Xiao Yi arrived, and Fang Chen held Xiao Yi while they watched the vine's tribulation.
• The first bolt of red divine lightning wounded the Chaos Demonic Star Vine, but its Devouring God Imprint absorbed the lightning and its wound healed quickly.
• Three more bolts blasted apart many of the vine's Vines, but it absorbed the lightning, ate the severed Vines, and grew replacements.

The Chaos Demonic Star Vine endured eleven waves of Heavenly Punishment and recovered with greater strength, but it neither transformed nor formed a Saint Seal. Fang Chen reassured Little Star and let it resume eating the Pyramid wreckage.

• Fang Chen and the myna bird watched as the Chaos Demonic Star Vine survived nine waves of Heavenly Thunder that destroyed more than half its vines.
• The vine endured a tenth wave in the form of a Dao diagram and an eleventh wave shaped like a giant hand, then absorbed the gray Origin Light Beam and regrew stronger tendrils.
• Fang Chen, the myna bird, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm were puzzled when the vine formed no Saint Seal and did not transform after its tribulation.
• Fang Chen called the vine over, stroked it, and promised to raise it to the Great Emperor Realm if necessary before letting it go eat.
• The Chaos Demonic Star Vine dug the remaining Pyramid wreckage from the rubble and devoured it rapidly, impressing the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm.

Great Sun Origin Saint Buddha learned that Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect had killed several Buddhist Kingdom Sacred Buddhas in a Primordial Secret Realm. He sent Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha to probe the sect as the Buddhist Kingdom prepared to reshape the Barbaric Continent.

• Fang Chen told Xiao Yi to play with his brothers, then returned to practicing swordsmanship.
• Great Sun Origin Saint Buddha appeared in Thunder Sound Hall and asked the Sacred Buddhas about recent matters.
• Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha reported that the Glazed Sword Sect had seized the Primordial Secret Realm and killed Ancient Lamp Saint Buddha, Hong Mi Saint Buddha, and Green Lotus Saint Buddha.
• Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha told Great Sun Origin Saint Buddha that Fang Chen had become a Saint and had killed three One Tribulation Saints in one stroke.
• Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha suspected Fang Chen had obtained Yun Shengjun's legacy, but Great Sun Origin Saint Buddha doubted it explained Fang Chen's strength.
• Great Sun Origin Saint Buddha ordered Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha to investigate the Glazed Sword Sect, and they set out for the Southern Wastes.

The Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and the Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha attacked the Glazed Sword Sect’s Mountain-Guarding Formation, which withstood their assault as the sect entered a state of war. The Fire Origin Glazed Saint arrived at the Mountain Gate and recognized the two attackers as old foes he had defeated in his era.

• The Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha examined the Glazed Sword Sect’s formation and found no flaw, while the Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha volunteered to test its defenses.
• The Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha struck the formation with Buddha’s Palm, damaging its outer barrier but failing to break through its layers.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint, Chen Xiaofei, Yun Qianxue, Yan Ziyi, and the Black Flame Dao Master sensed the attack and headed toward the Mountain Gate.
• The War Bell rang nine times, and Glazed Sword Sect members followed their rehearsed plans to evacuate or take up their fighting posts.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint arrived at the Mountain Gate and recognized the Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and the Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha as old foes he had once defeated.

Fire Origin Glazed Saint emerged from the Glazed Sword Sect to confront Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha, who were shocked to find him alive. He let them believe he had killed the Buddhist Kingdom’s Saints and challenged their claim that the Glazed Sword Sect was weak.

• Chen Xiaofei, Dao Lord Misty, and the others arrived at the Mountain Gate and learned that Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha were Nine-Tribulation Saints.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint told Black Flame Dao Master he would face the two Sacred Buddhas and left through the Mountain Gate.
• Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha recognized Fire Origin Glazed Saint and questioned how he had survived his failed ninth Heavenly Tribulation.
• Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha concluded that Fire Origin Glazed Saint had killed three Saints of the Western Regions Buddhist Kingdom.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint taunted the Sacred Buddhas and recalled how his eldest senior brother had once defeated Great Sun Saint Buddha.

Huo Li revealed that the Sun Origin Buddha Lord had seized power by framing and murdering Buddhist cultivators, including the Battle Saint Buddha, and accused Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha of helping him. Their furious reaction convinced the Glazed Sword Sect’s defenders that Huo Li’s claims were true and that the Buddhist Kingdom would not spare them.

• Huo Li mocked Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha, calling their ruler treacherous and despicable.
• Huo Li recalled how Heartless Saint Buddha had told him and the Glazed Saint that the Great Sun Saint Buddha framed him and other Buddhist cultivators.
• Huo Li accused the Buddhist cultivators of poisoning the Battle Saint Buddha and revealed that Heartless Saint Buddha had exposed their plot before dying.
• Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha raged at Huo Li, while the Daoist Misty Lord and Black Flame Dao Master suspected his accusations were true.
• The Black Flame Dao Master told the Daoist Misty Lord that the Buddhist Kingdom would have attacked the Glazed Sword Sect even if Huo Li had stayed silent.

Fire Glazed Saint faced the Dragon-Subduing and Tiger-Subduing Two Sacred Buddhas despite being an injured Eight Tribulations Saint, and the three fought in the mountains near the Glazed Sword Sect. The battle continued as Fire Glazed Saint wounded Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha’s hand.

• Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha attacked Fire Glazed Saint with Buddha's Palm after his past was exposed, but Fire Glazed Saint’s Sword Intent split the attack and his Red Devouring God Imprints absorbed its energy.
• Black Flame Dao Master and the others realized Fire Glazed Saint had recovered to the Eight Tribulations Saint realm, while Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha noted that his eighth saint seal was cracked.
• Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha charged Fire Glazed Saint with his Coiled Dragon Staff, and Fire Glazed Saint moved the fight away from the Glazed Sword Sect before Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha joined the pursuit.
• Daoist Red River used the Glazed Mirror to show the battle as Fire Glazed Saint blocked Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha’s staff and sent him flying.
• Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha struck from behind with his Tiger Head Saber, but Fire Glazed Saint blocked it and cut the hand holding the saber as Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha retreated.

The Fire Glazed Saint battled the Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha while Fang Chen learned that two Nine-Tribulation Sacred Buddhas were attacking the Glazed Sword Sect. Fang Chen hurried back to the sect and asked Daoist Misty Lord to explain what had happened.

• The Fire Glazed Saint drained the Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha's blood, but the Buddha unleashed his Manifestation and attacked with renewed force.
• Black Flame Dao Master contacted Fang Chen and warned him that two Nine-Tribulation Sacred Buddhas had come for the Glazed Sword Sect and that the Fire Glazed Saint was fighting them alone.
• Fang Chen told Black Flame Dao Master to wait, then asked Little Crane to take him back to the sect as quickly as possible.
• Little Crane brought Fang Chen and the myna bird through a gap in the sect's activated Mountain-Guarding Formation.
• Fang Chen asked what had happened, and Daoist Misty Lord offered to explain.

Fang Chen and Myna bird hid inside Little Crane to watch the Fire Glazed Saint battle the Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha. Seeing the Fire Glazed Saint steadily drain his opponent’s strength, Fang Chen recognized that his own low cultivation was his most urgent weakness.

• Daoist Misty Lord told Fang Chen that the Fire Glazed Saint was fighting the Dragon-Subduing and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddhas, two Nine-Tribulation Saints who were famed for their combined attack.
• Fang Chen asked Little Crane to carry him and Myna bird to the battlefield so they could observe from hiding.
• Fang Chen and Myna bird watched as the Fire Glazed Saint fought the Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha in the Chaos Space.
• The Fire Glazed Saint repeatedly wounded the Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha and drained his Essence Blood, gradually weakening him.
• Fang Chen noticed the Fire Glazed Saint’s precise control of Saint Force and concluded that raising his cultivation was more urgent than refining his energy control.