Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen watched as the Fire Glazed Saint survived a Heavenly Tribulation that transformed his Foundation Establishment Dao Platform into a Destined Dao Platform bearing nine Heavenly Dao Marks. The Fire Glazed Saint thanked Fang Chen, then asked the others to leave so the two of them could attend to something else.

• The Fire Glazed Saint left Fang Chen’s area and flew to the Glazed Sword Sect’s Tribulation Ground to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Fang Chen told the arriving sect experts that his work on the Fire Glazed Saint’s Foundation Establishment Dao Platform had pushed it beyond the limits of an Innate Dao Platform and triggered Heavenly Punishment.
• The Fire Glazed Saint absorbed the lightning from nine bolts of Heavenly Thunder, and the Tribulation Clouds dispersed.
• The Fire Glazed Saint discovered that his Foundation Establishment Dao Platform had become a Destined Dao Platform marked with nine Heavenly Dao Marks.
• Fang Chen congratulated the Fire Glazed Saint and said he could further improve the platform by inscribing Devouring God Imprints; the Fire Glazed Saint asked the others to leave them alone together.

After inscribing Devouring God Imprints on the Fire Origin Glazed Saint’s Foundation Establishment Dao Platform, Fang Chen learned that Ye Qingci had emerged from a jade cocoon and triggered a Heavenly Tribulation. The group reached the Qingyang Realm as she prepared to undergo it, and Fang Chen vowed to intervene if she was in danger.

• Fang Chen covered the Fire Origin Glazed Saint’s Foundation Establishment Dao Platform with Devouring God Imprints, boosting its energy absorption by more than a hundred times.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint received word from Ye Kong that Ye Qingci was about to undergo Tribulation Transcendence, so he and Fang Chen headed to the Qingyang Realm with Little Crane.
• Fang Chen and the others arrived at the Glazed House, where Ye Kong explained that Ye Qingci had slept, formed a jade cocoon, and emerged just as the Heavenly Tribulation descended.
• The Fire Glazed Saint recognized that Ye Qingci had mastered the second layer of the Nirvana Immortal Scripture, and the myna bird judged her tribulation stronger than an ordinary Foundation Establishment Tribulation.
• Fang Chen summoned the Floating Immortal Sword and declared he would rush in to save Ye Qingci if anything went wrong, regardless of the Heavenly Punishment.

Ye Qingci survived her tribulation and absorbed the Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning, greatly increasing her strength. With the Ye Family still threatening the Glazed Sword Sect, Fang Chen and Fire Origin Glazed Saint considered where to send Ye Qingci and Ye Kong for safety, and Fang Chen proposed the South Sea Dragon Clan.

• Ye Qingci absorbed nine bolts of Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning, and Fang Chen realized her tribulation was not a Saint Tribulation.
• Ye Qingci told Fire Origin Glazed Saint that she had reached the second level of the Immortal Scripture of Indestructibility and felt much stronger.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint said he and Fang Chen might leave the Glazed Sword Sect and planned to send Ye Qingci and Ye Kong somewhere safe from the Ye Family.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint considered asking Chenwu to shelter them, but Fang Chen proposed sending them to the South Sea Dragon Clan instead.

Fang Chen arranged for Ye Qingci and Ye Kong to stay at the South Sea Dragon Palace while he and Fire Origin Glazed Saint were away. After Dragon Turtle welcomed them and settled them in, Fang Chen asked to speak with him privately.

• Fire Origin Glazed Saint and Fang Chen decided to send Ye Qingci and Ye Kong to the South Sea for protection while they were away.
• Fang Chen contacted Dragon Turtle, who agreed to shelter Ye Qingci and Ye Kong and promised they would be safe.
• Little Crane carried Fang Chen, Myna bird, Ye Qingci, and Ye Kong to the South Sea Dragon Palace, where Dragon Turtle and the Dragon Warriors welcomed them.
• Dragon Turtle explained that Ao Xuan had returned to the East Sea to help fight the Devil Race, while South Sea warriors had also gone to reinforce him.
• Dragon Turtle hosted Fang Chen and the others, then arranged lodging for Ye Qingci and Ye Kong.
• After Ye Qingci and Ye Kong left, Fang Chen asked Dragon Turtle to speak with him alone, and Dragon Turtle led him into a private hall.

Fang Chen strengthened the Dragon Turtle’s Natal Dragon Pearl, greatly increasing his cultivation speed and restoring his hope of reaching the Nine-Tribulation Saint realm. Fang Chen then asked the Dragon Turtle to protect Qing Ci and her brother while he returned.

• The Dragon Turtle told Fang Chen he had been stuck at the Eight-Tribulation Saint realm for five thousand years and had little time left to live.
• Fang Chen offered to strengthen the Dragon Turtle’s Dragon Pearl, and the Dragon Turtle agreed without hesitation.
• Fang Chen channeled Source Power into the Dragon Turtle’s Natal Dragon Pearl and inscribed a Devouring God Imprint upon it.
• The Dragon Turtle tested his strengthened pearl and found that it let him absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi dozens of times faster.
• Fang Chen asked the Dragon Turtle to keep his ability secret and watch over Qing Ci and her brother, and the Dragon Turtle agreed.

Fang Chen arranged for his clones and the Chaos creatures to leave the Qingyang Realm and hide in the Southern Wastes while he and the Fire Glazed Saint prepared to leave the sect. He sealed the realm and waited with the Fire Glazed Saint for Longevity Valley to arrive.

• Fang Chen learned that most of the Glazed Sword Sect had departed, while the remaining people took shelter in the Demon Cave.
• Fang Chen decided his clones should leave the Qingyang Realm and, following the myna bird’s suggestion, sent them with the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and Chaos Demonic Star Vine to the Southern Wastes.
• Fang Chen kept Xiao Yi with him, sealed the entrance to the Qingyang Realm with additional Formations, and warned the others not to wander off.
• Fang Chen returned to the Fire Glazed Saint, and they waited for Longevity Valley while roasting chickens.
• The Fire Glazed Saint offered Xiao Yi a drumstick, and Fang Chen gave Xiao Yi permission to eat it.

Fang Chen learned the Jade Emperor Blood Moving Scripture from Myna bird to prevent losing Essence Blood and Lifespan during battle. After two days of cultivation, he showed signs of success, prompting Myna bird to ask whether he had mastered it.

• Fang Chen shared roast chicken and wine with the Fire Glazed Saint, Myna bird, and Xiao Yi, then asked whether Longevity Valley would admit all of his companions.
• Fang Chen asked the Fire Glazed Saint how to prevent losing Essence Blood when he was wounded, and Myna bird offered a method for locking in Blood Qi.
• Myna bird inscribed the Jade Emperor Blood Moving Scripture onto a Jade Slip and gave it to Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen and the Fire Glazed Saint studied the scripture and began cultivating it to gather Essence Blood in their acupoints.
• Two days later, Fang Chen radiated a powerful wave of energy, and Myna bird asked whether he had mastered the scripture.

Fang Chen, Fire Glazed Saint, Xiao Yi, and the myna bird traveled to Longevity Valley aboard the Longevity Post, while Little Crane memorized their route through Chaos Space. They arrived in the valley and reached a vast square.

• Fang Chen tested the Jade Emperor Blood Moving Scripture by severing his left arm, which released no blood.
• The Longevity Post glowed and expanded after Fire Glazed Saint received a summons to bring his companions to Longevity Valley.
• Fire Glazed Saint controlled the Longevity Post and carried Fang Chen, Xiao Yi, and the myna bird through Chaos Space as Little Crane memorized the route.
• After about twenty days, the group emerged from Chaos Space and saw many azure leaves flying toward an ancient tree that Fire Glazed Saint identified as a Supreme Emperor Weapon.
• Fang Chen and Fire Glazed Saint entered the vortex on the tree and arrived in Longevity Valley, where they followed a bluestone road to a vast square.

Fang Chen and Fire Origin Glazed Saint arrived at the Square, where they reunited with several familiar Saints and met Guo Fan, a talented junior of Saint Chenwu’s lineage. As more invitees gathered, they still had no idea why Longevity Valley had summoned them.

• Fire Origin Glazed Saint and Fang Chen entered the Square and found Saint Chenwu, who introduced Guo Fan as a junior he had brought along.
• People recognized Fire Origin Glazed Saint but stayed away because the Glazed Sword Sect was at odds with the Buddhist Kingdom and the Ye Family.
• Heavenly One Talisman Saint arrived with Misty Saint and told Fang Chen and Fire Origin Glazed Saint that eating their dog meat had helped him break through to the Eight-Tribulation Saint realm.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint asked Saint Chenwu why Longevity Valley had invited them, but Saint Chenwu said neither he nor his Sect Master knew.
• Saint Lian Yue and Moon Saint joined the group, and Fang Chen noticed their Essence, Qi, and Spirit seemed stronger than before.

Fang Chen reunited with Heavenly Seal Saint, whose cultivation and formation skills had improved after attending Fang Chen’s dog-meat feast. After Fang Chen helped him refine a formation technique, Heavenly Seal Saint introduced Fang Chen to Qiankun Holy Lord Duan Tianxing.

• Saint Lian Yue and Moon Saint told Fang Chen and the others that their cultivations had advanced after the dog-meat feast.
• Heavenly Seal Saint approached Fang Chen and revealed that he had advanced from a Seven-Tribulation Saint to an Eight-Tribulation Saint and gained insight into formations.
• Heavenly Seal Saint asked Fang Chen for guidance, and Fang Chen explained how to arrange Formation Runes in a honeycomb pattern to strengthen a formation.
• Heavenly Seal Saint successfully applied Fang Chen’s advice and laughed with excitement, drawing Qiankun Holy Lord Duan Tianxing over.
• Heavenly Seal Saint introduced Fang Chen to Duan Tianxing, the holy lord of the Qiankun Holy Land.

Fang Chen spoke with the Heavenly Seal Saint about formations while they attended a gathering, then watched the Chaos Holy Lord Yue Canglan and Buddhist cultivators arrive. The Glazed Sword Sect and the Buddhist Kingdom recognized each other as old enemies, leaving tensions rising at the gathering.

• The Heavenly Seal Saint stayed with Fang Chen to discuss formations, and Fang Chen answered his questions as they sketched in the dirt.
• The Chaos Holy Lord Yue Canglan arrived with members of the Chaos Holy Land, and the Heavenly Seal Saint identified him as the top-ranked Heavenly Saint.
• Fang Chen recognized familiar Buddhist leaders, including the Golden Snake Saint Buddha, the Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha, and the Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha, as they entered.
• The Myna bird called out to the Buddhist cultivators, prompting them to recognize the Glazed Sword Sect and respond with hostility.

The Fire Origin Glazed Saint, Fang Chen, and the myna bird confronted the Ye Family and Buddhist Cultivators after they arrived at Longevity Valley. Huo Li left both groups furious after driving back their attacks and challenging them to fight him together.

• The Golden Snake Saint Buddha used his Nine Tribulations Saint Golden Snake to pin the myna bird in place after it insulted the Buddhist Cultivators.
• Saint Chixing arrived with the Ye Family, and the myna bird insulted the Spirit Dog Saint and mocked him about his Sky-Sniffing Dog.
• The Spirit Dog Saint charged the myna bird, but the Fire Origin Glazed Saint forced him back and taunted him and the Ye Family Saints.
• The Golden Snake Saint Buddha and the Golden Great Snake confronted Huo Li, who insulted them as the myna bird joined in.
• The Golden Great Snake lunged at Huo Li, who swatted it into the ground, then challenged the Ye Family and Buddhist Cultivators to attack him together.

The Buddhist Kingdom and the Ye Family attacked Fire Origin Glazed Saint together, but he revealed nine Saint Seals and overwhelmed all eight Nine-Tribulation Saints. The onlookers recognized his strength, while the Chaos Holy Lord remained puzzled by Fang Chen’s resemblance to Young Master Meng.

• The Chaos Holy Lord mistook Fang Chen for Young Master Meng, then dismissed the resemblance as a coincidence.
• Golden Snake Saint Buddha, Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha, Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha, Saint Chixing, and four Ye Family Saints charged at Fire Origin Glazed Saint.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint advanced through nine steps, revealed nine Saint Seals, and shattered the combined pressure of the eight attackers.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint’s aura hurled the attackers back and made them cough up blood, leaving the onlookers stunned.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint’s display changed how the gathered factions viewed the Glazed Sword Sect, and the Chaos Holy Lord praised him.

The Fire Origin Glazed Saint intimidated the Ye Family and Buddhist Kingdom Saints, prompting Yue Canglan to recognize that his strength might approach the Quasi-Emperor Realm. Yue Canglan then told Yue Fan about the mysterious Young Master Meng, who had once defeated him and remained missing.

• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint withdrew his Saint Seal and returned to Fang Chen after showing restraint in Longevity Valley.
• Yue Canglan told Yue Fan that the Fire Origin Glazed Saint might be stronger than he was and close to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.
• Yue Canglan recalled how Young Master Meng had defeated him at Immortal Mountain, despite their equal cultivation.
• Yue Canglan explained that Li Qingyao had lured Young Master Meng to fight him and had later fallen in love with the mysterious man.
• Yue Canglan told Yue Fan that he and Li Qingyao had searched for Young Master Meng for years but never discovered where he went.

Li Changsheng, the hundred-thousand-year-old Valley Master of Longevity Valley, revealed his connection to the Xuanhuang Great Emperor and explained how a poisonous Immortal Medicine had prolonged his life. He had found a way to neutralize its poison three years earlier, though what he planned to do next remained unclear.

• Li Changsheng descended into the square with two young cultivators and introduced himself as Longevity Valley’s Valley Master.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint told Fang Chen that Li Changsheng had been the Xuanhuang Great Emperor’s close friend, and Saint Chixing and the Ye Family paid their respects to him.
• Fang Chen and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint discussed whether Li Changsheng might help the Ye Family against them, and worried about Longevity Valley’s Supreme Emperor Weapon.
• Li Changsheng said he had survived for a hundred thousand years after eating a poisonous Immortal Medicine in ancient ruins and sleeping for nearly ninety-seven thousand years.
• Li Changsheng said he had spent three hundred years seeking a way to neutralize the medicine’s poison and had found one three years earlier.

Li Changsheng recruited the gathered powers to help collect immortal herbs in the Ruins and gave Fang Chen a method to slow the loss of his lifespan. After Fang Chen received the Longevity Lock, the Fire Origin Glazed Saint confirmed he would join Li Changsheng’s plan.

• Li Changsheng invited the gathered groups to help dig up immortal herbs in the Ruins in exchange for a share of Longevity Medicine, and Yue Canglan, Saint Chixing, the Golden Snake Saint Buddha, and the others agreed to go.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint agreed to join and asked Li Changsheng to examine Fang Chen.
• Li Changsheng found Fang Chen’s Life Wheel was damaged and taught him the Longevity Lock, a method to seal his Life Wheel and slow his lifespan loss.
• Fang Chen told the Fire Origin Glazed Saint he remained hopeful and intended to pursue becoming a Great Emperor or an Immortal.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint told Li Changsheng he would do his part for the longevity plan.

Li Changsheng led Fang Chen and the others aboard Void Spirit Boats and into the void, warning them not to look back as eerie voices pursued them. Fang Chen’s boat fell behind, and a mysterious hand touched his ear while a woman called his name.

• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint agreed to join Li Changsheng’s expedition, and Li Changsheng activated the formation with the Withered Wood Staff to open a passage into the void.
• Li Changsheng explained that the Void Spirit Boats carried two people each, and the group boarded the remaining boats with their companions.
• Li Changsheng warned everyone not to look back, then led the boats into the void as screams and angry voices sounded behind them.
• Fang Chen resisted the illusory voices with the Floating Immortal Art while Myna bird wondered aloud what they might see if they looked back.
• Fang Chen’s boat slowed because it carried several living beings and fell behind the others as they glided through the void.
• A woman called Fang Chen’s name, and he felt a small hand beside his ear, but Myna bird saw nothing and teased him about Qing Ci.

Fang Chen and his companions crossed a dangerous wall of light and traveled through the Darkness Origin before reaching a Spatial Lightning Storm. They emerged into an ancient stretch of the Void where Saint Force had grown dense.

• Fang Chen endured a seductive hallucination while the Myna bird watched and later asked what had happened.
• Li Changsheng warned everyone to shut their eyes and keep their hands inside the Void Spirit Boats as they crossed a dangerous wall of light.
• Fang Chen watched the Light Screens show projections of his past and possible future, while the Fire Origin Glazed Saint and the Myna bird kept their eyes shut.
• Fang Chen and the others traveled for three days through the Darkness Origin and emerged into a world of lightning and twisting space.
• Li Changsheng guided the Void Spirit Boats through narrow gaps in the Spatial Lightning Storm, and a day later they reached an ancient stretch of the Void filled with dense Saint Force.

Fang Chen and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint discovered that their Foundation Establishment Dao Platforms could absorb the domineering Saint Force in the Ruins, while the group traveled through a strange Stone-filled space. Their journey ended at the Green Rock Immortal Nest, the Immortal Medicine said to grant immortality when consumed.

• Li Changsheng warned the cultivators not to absorb the surrounding Saint Force, but Fang Chen and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint found that their Dao Platforms could devour and refine it.
• Myna bird absorbed the energy too, causing the Formation Runes sealing him to fall away.
• The Void Spirit Boats carried the group slowly through the Stone-filled Void as the Saint Force grew denser and the travelers adapted to it.
• Fang Chen and the others passed irritating pollen-bearing vines and colorful ferns inhabited by small animals.
• Li Changsheng brought the boats to a halt before a giant black sphere rooted into Azure Rocks and identified it as the Green Rock Immortal Nest, an Immortal Medicine said to make its consumer an Immortal.

Li Changsheng organized the cultivators to cut the Green Rock Immortal Nest’s roots within one hour, promising Longevity Medicine in proportion to their contributions. After everyone took their positions, the attack began, and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint and Chaos Holy Lord displayed their power.

• Li Changsheng revealed that the Green Rock Immortal Nest secreted toxins and distributed Pills that would protect everyone for one hour.
• Li Changsheng proposed dividing the Longevity Medicine according to how many of the nest’s 108,000 roots each cultivator severed, and the others agreed.
• Fang Chen and the other cultivators chose roots to attack, while Fang Chen privately wondered whether Li Changsheng might deceive them.
• At Li Changsheng’s command, everyone began attacking, while the Myna bird stayed on Fang Chen’s shoulder.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint fused nine Saint Seals with his sword, and the Chaos Holy Lord fused nine Saint Seals with his spear before attacking a root, which responded by intensifying its resistance.