Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen followed a mysterious pulse through a starry realm to an abyss, where he met the soul of the Longevity Great Emperor. The Great Emperor revealed that the pulse came from an Immortal Bone and that he had left his soul there before dying.

• Fang Chen's consciousness traveled through increasingly bright and powerful Stones to a vast, lifeless continent.
• Fang Chen followed a pulse into an abyss and reached an altar bearing a rune-covered skull.
• Fang Chen touched the skull, and the soul of an old man appeared above it.
• Fang Chen learned that the old man was Qin Ni, the Longevity Great Emperor, and asked him about immortals and the world's declining Spiritual Qi.
• The Longevity Great Emperor explained that he was dead and that the skull was a genuine Immortal Bone whose power had helped him extend his life.

Fang Chen asked the Longevity Great Emperor how to repair his damaged Life Wheel, but the Great Emperor could not fix it and suspected the damage was hundreds of thousands or even millions of years old. He offered instead to extend Fang Chen’s life by at least a thousand years, leaving Fang Chen hopeful.

• The Longevity Great Emperor brought Fang Chen’s body before him and examined his damaged Life Wheel while the Fire Glazed Saint noticed Fang Chen had vanished outside the Longevity Furnace.
• The Longevity Great Emperor said the Life Wheel damage had likely occurred long before Fang Chen was born, and Fang Chen said he had learned of it at eighteen.
• The Longevity Great Emperor said neither he nor perhaps even a true Immortal could repair Fang Chen’s Life Wheel, and explained that Immortals were not always stronger than Great Emperors.
• The Longevity Great Emperor offered to extend Fang Chen’s life by at least a thousand years, and Fang Chen eagerly asked if he meant it.

Fang Chen accepted the Longevity Great Emperor’s inheritance after learning that the Longevity Valley had joined the Glazed Sword Sect and hearing how greatly the Savage World had declined. The Longevity Great Emperor began passing on the Longevity Scripture, a heaven-defying method that could not be recorded on a physical object.

• The Longevity Great Emperor explained that cultivating the Longevity Secret Canon and using the Longevity Furnace could extend Fang Chen’s life, while the Longevity Lock would not work as well on powerful Saints.
• Fang Chen asked what obligations came with the inheritance, and the Longevity Great Emperor required him to protect Longevity Valley if it faced danger.
• Fang Chen told the Longevity Great Emperor that Longevity Valley had joined the Glazed Sword Sect and described the Savage World’s lack of Great Emperors and approaching Great Calamity.
• The Longevity Great Emperor agreed that Fang Chen could inherit his legacy, and Fang Chen knelt and accepted him as his master.
• The Longevity Great Emperor said he would pass on the Longevity Scripture, explaining that it could not be inscribed on a physical object because the Heavenly Dao Will would destroy it.

Fang Chen received the complete Longevity Scripture from the Longevity Great Emperor, whose remnant soul faded after passing on his inheritance. After leaving the Longevity Furnace, Fang Chen learned that refining the Supreme Emperor Weapon into his body would be extraordinarily difficult, but he remained determined to try and gain another thousand years of life.

• The Longevity Great Emperor drew Fang Chen's consciousness back into his body and passed the Longevity Scripture to him.
• The Longevity Great Emperor told Fang Chen to cultivate diligently, repair his Life Wheel, and refine the Longevity Furnace into his body without summoning it again until the repair was complete.
• The Longevity Great Emperor's Soul Phantom faded away, and Fang Chen bowed farewell to his master.
• The Longevity Furnace's force expelled Fang Chen from its Origin Space, and he told the Fire Glazed Saint that he had received the Longevity Great Emperor's inheritance.
• The Fire Glazed Saint warned Fang Chen that refining the Supreme Emperor Weapon would be nearly impossible for a Saint, but Fang Chen vowed to try for another thousand years of life.

Fang Chen began cultivating the Longevity Scripture and discovered that it drew mysterious energy into a gray vortex above his Dao Platform. Seeking faster progress, he decided to travel to the Sacred Land with Fire Glazed Saint, and they gathered the Glazed Sword Sect and Longevity Valley leaders to arrange their departure.

• Fire Glazed Saint told Fang Chen to focus on cultivation, and Fang Chen began learning the Longevity Scripture branded into his soul by Longevity Great Emperor.
• As Fang Chen cultivated, mysterious energy combined with mist from his Dao Platform into a gray vortex that drew in more energy.
• Fang Chen told Fire Glazed Saint that he wanted to leave Longevity Valley and cultivate in the Sacred Land despite the dangers.
• Fire Glazed Saint agreed to take Fang Chen to the North Nether Sect, where they could buy passage across the Barbaric Sea aboard its Azure Sea Divine Boat.
• Fang Chen and Fire Glazed Saint decided to leave as soon as possible and gathered the Glazed Sword Sect and Longevity Valley leaders to make arrangements.

Fire Origin Glazed Saint and Fang Chen prepared to travel to the Sacred Land, leaving the Glazed Sword Sect in the care of its remaining Saints and the White-robed Saint. With Little Crane carrying them through the Void, they reached North Nether City to board the Azure Sea Divine Boat, where North Nether Sect experts admitted them.

• Fire Origin Glazed Saint told the Glazed Sword Sect Saints that he and Fang Chen would travel to the Sacred Land, and he arranged for the sect to remain protected while they were gone.
• Fang Chen asked the recovered Little Crane to carry him, Fire Origin Glazed Saint, and the Myna bird to the North Nether Sect.
• Little Crane emerged from the Void outside North Nether City two days later and let the travelers out into the snowy Northern Wilderness.
• Fang Chen and Fire Origin Glazed Saint flew toward North Nether City and were stopped by its Barrier.
• The North Nether Sect experts recognized Fire Origin Glazed Saint, confirmed his identity from his aura, and opened the Barrier for him and his companions.

The Fire Origin Glazed Saint took Fang Chen into North Nether City to buy tickets for the Azure Sea Divine Boat at North Nether Tower. There, Fang Chen unexpectedly reunited with the Heavenly Seal Saint, who said he wanted to speak somewhere quieter.

• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint brought Fang Chen through the Barrier into North Nether City and learned that Boat Tickets were still sold at North Nether Tower.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint led Fang Chen to Gourd Island and explained the Azure Sea Divine Boat’s ticket grades and rare VIP Tickets.
• The Saints at North Nether Tower recognized the Fire Origin Glazed Saint and discussed his growing reputation and the White-robed Saint’s strength.
• The Heavenly Seal Saint greeted Fang Chen, explained he had learned Fang Chen survived, and asked to speak with him privately.
• Fang Chen accepted the Heavenly Seal Saint’s invitation after the Fire Origin Glazed Saint nodded his assent.

Fang Chen and the Fire Glazed Saint learned that the Azure Sea Divine Boat was badly damaged, delaying their journey to the Sacred Land until after the Peach Banquet. The Heavenly Seal Saint then received word that an explosion aboard the boat had released Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison, leaving many people poisoned and injured.

• The Heavenly Seal Saint brought Fang Chen and the Fire Glazed Saint to his Palace on Gourd Island and explained that he planned to attend the Peach Banquet before heading to the Sacred Land.
• The Heavenly Seal Saint revealed that the North Nether Sect's Azure Sea Divine Boat was severely damaged and could not sail for years, so Fang Chen and the Fire Glazed Saint decided to return to the Glazed Sword Sect and cultivate until after the banquet.
• The Heavenly Seal Saint offered to secure Boat Tickets for Fang Chen and promised to bring a Formation Master to repair the Glazed Sword Sect's Teleportation Array once someone was available.
• The Heavenly Seal Saint received a message that a cabin on the Azure Sea Divine Boat had exploded during repairs, releasing Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison that poisoned and seriously injured many people.

Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison erupted while the Qiankun Holy Land and North Nether Sect repaired the Azure Sea Divine Boat, leaving many cultivators gravely injured. The North Nether Sect Master and Qiankun Holy Lord had no way to treat them, and the chapter ended with them considering whether they could get help from the distant Longevity Valley.

• Fang Chen learned from the Heavenly Seal Saint that Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison had infected people repairing the Azure Sea Divine Boat.
• Fang Chen declined to enter the North Nether Sect’s Forbidden Grounds without permission, and the Heavenly Seal Saint went to investigate.
• The Heavenly Seal Saint found many cultivators suffering and tried to reach his injured uncle-master, Saint Tianchen, but the Qiankun Holy Lord stopped him.
• The Heavenly Seal Saint argued with the Qiankun Holy Lord, while the North Nether Sect Master intervened and said they had no way to treat the poison.
• The Qiankun Holy Lord proposed asking Longevity Valley for help, but the North Nether Sect Master pointed out that it was far away in the Southern Wastes.

Fang Chen arrived at the North Nether Sect to treat Saints afflicted by Demonic Poison and Demonic Qi. He used the Floating Immortal Art to devour the corruption and their power, beginning with Saint Tianchen, whom he stabbed through the heart before healing him.

• The Heavenly Seal Saint told the North Nether Saint that Fang Chen could neutralize the Demonic Poison, and the North Nether Saint asked him to bring Fang Chen and the Fire Glazed Saint to the sect.
• The Heavenly Seal Saint brought Fang Chen and the Fire Glazed Saint to the Azure Sea Divine Boat, where the North Nether Sect’s leaders asked Fang Chen to treat the injured.
• At the Heavenly Seal Saint’s request, Fang Chen identified Saint Tianchen and plunged the Floating Immortal Sword into his heart, shocking the witnesses.
• Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Art to devour Saint Tianchen’s Demonic Poison and Demonic Qi, while the Fire Glazed Saint and Heavenly Seal Saint reassured the North Nether Saint that Fang Chen knew what he was doing.
• Fang Chen absorbed the corruption and some of the Saints’ power, then cleared Saint Tianchen’s affliction in fewer than twenty breaths and pulled the sword from his body.

Fang Chen used Devouring to remove Demonic Poison and Demonic Qi from the North Nether Sect and Qiankun Holy Land experts injured in the Azure Sea Divine Boat explosion. After three hours, everyone was healed, and the North Nether Saint praised Fang Chen for preventing a major loss to the Human Race.

• Fang Chen healed Saint Tianchen and Elder Huang Yan by consuming the Demonic Poison and Demonic Qi inside them.
• Fang Chen sent out his Natal Flying Swords to treat the other poisoned and infected people.
• The Fire Glazed Saint praised Fang Chen’s many abilities while he continued treating the victims.
• After three hours, Fang Chen finished healing everyone, then approached the Fire Glazed Saint and the North Nether Saint.
• The Qiankun Holy Lord and the North Nether Saint thanked Fang Chen, and the North Nether Saint said his help had saved the Human Race’s finest Formation Masters and Artifact Refining Masters.

After Fang Chen purged the Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison from the victims, he pretended to collapse so others would believe the effort had exhausted him. Fire Origin Glazed Saint helped maintain the act, and the North Nether Sect members stayed gathered around Fang Chen as he rested.

• The people Fang Chen healed knelt and thanked him, and Fang Chen helped Saint Tianchen up while claiming that aiding them had been no trouble.
• Fang Chen privately told Fire Origin Glazed Saint that he was pretending to be exhausted and suspected the North Nether Sect outbreak had more to it than met the eye.
• At Fire Origin Glazed Saint's suggestion, Fang Chen collapsed, and Fire Origin Glazed Saint pretended to examine him and blamed the fainting on depleted Soul Power.
• Fire Origin Glazed Saint gave Fang Chen a Soul-Enhancing Pill and told North Nether Saint that Fang Chen would soon wake.
• North Nether Saint agreed to let Fang Chen rest where he was, while the others gathered around him, and Fire Origin Glazed Saint told North Nether Saint to attend to other matters if needed.

After the Azure Sea Divine Boat exploded and spread Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison, the North Nether Saint suspected deliberate sabotage and began investigating Saint Gu Xiong. The Forbidden Grounds were sealed, and the North Nether Saint demanded the inspection records from Gu Xiong.

• The North Nether Saint explained that the Azure Sea Divine Boat had exploded during repairs, releasing Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison throughout the ship.
• The Fire Origin Glazed Saint questioned whether the explosion had been deliberate, and the North Nether Saint began to suspect that Saint Gu Xiong was involved.
• The North Nether Saint ordered the Forbidden Grounds sealed so no one could leave.
• Saint Gu Xiong denied finding any Demonic Qi or Demonic Poison during his inspection of the ship.
• The North Nether Saint asked Saint Gu Xiong to produce the inspection records so the responsible inspectors could be identified.

The North Nether Saint suspected a traitor sabotaged the Azure Sea Divine Boat and identified the dead Formation Master Gao Yanqing as the prime suspect. Saint Gu Xiong accepted responsibility and was detained, while Fang Chen woke and pretended not to know what had happened.

• The North Nether Saint found Gao Yanqing’s name on the inspection list and learned that the Formation Master had died after failing his fourth Heavenly Tribulation.
• The North Nether Sect’s Formation Masters recognized Gao Yanqing as Saint Gu Xiong’s disciple and turned their attention to Gu Xiong.
• Saint Gu Xiong accepted responsibility for the damaged Azure Sea Divine Boat and asked to be detained.
• Two Saints bound Saint Gu Xiong with a special Saint Weapon and took him into custody.
• Fang Chen woke and told the others he had only exhausted his Soul Power.
• The North Nether Saint told Fang Chen that the Forbidden Grounds had been sealed and the sect was searching for a traitor.

Fang Chen accepted the North Nether Sect’s offer of free passage aboard the Azure Sea Divine Boat, then learned that repairing it could take centuries. Since he could not wait that long to reach the Sacred Land, he offered to help repair the boat, startling the North Nether Saint.

• The North Nether Saint thanked Fang Chen for saving the sect by promising free, reserved passage on the Azure Sea Divine Boat for members of the Glazed Sword Sect, and Fang Chen accepted.
• Fang Chen asked how long the damaged boat would take to repair, and the North Nether Saint said the work could take a few hundred years if the Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison could be removed.
• Fang Chen privately told the Fire Origin Glazed Saint that he should help repair the boat, and the Fire Origin Glazed Saint warned him that Devil Race spies might attack.
• Fang Chen offered to clear the boat of Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison and repair its hull, prompting the North Nether Saint to ask whether he could set up formations.

Fang Chen accepted the North Nether Sect’s request to clear the Demonic Qi and poison from the Azure Sea Divine Boat, while the Heavenly Seal Saint revealed Fang Chen’s exceptional talent in Formations. Fang Chen entered the contaminated area and reached the enormous breach in the ship, where he and the myna bird began assessing the damage.

• The Heavenly Seal Saint told the gathered Formation Masters that Fang Chen’s talent surpassed his own, and the North Nether Saint thanked Fang Chen for agreeing to help.
• Fang Chen considered how the Devil Race’s newly refined poison had threatened the Dragon Race and might be part of a larger plan to disrupt Human Race travel to the Sacred Land.
• Fang Chen declined the North Nether Saint’s offer to let him rest and flew with the myna bird into the Azure Sea Divine Boat through a Formation Barrier.
• Fang Chen endured the intense Spatial Pressure inside the ship and reached a breach over a hundred zhang wide, while the myna bird remarked on the damage the Devil Race had caused.

Fang Chen cleared the Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison from the Azure Sea Divine Boat to lure out the North Nether Sect’s traitor. After a masked attacker struck him with a demonic red feather, the traitor emerged from the breach, and Fang Chen confronted them.

• Fang Chen warned the Fire Glazed Saint and the North Nether Saint that the traitor might attack while he cleared the Demonic Qi and Demonic Poison.
• Fang Chen entered the Azure Sea Divine Boat and used his treasures and Floating Immortal Sword to devour the Demonic Qi at great speed.
• The North Nether Saint, the Fire Glazed Saint, and the Qiankun Holy Lord watched Fang Chen’s progress on a Light Screen.
• A dark figure attacked Fang Chen with a red feather covered in demonic markings, and Fang Chen blocked it with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• A person in a Black Cloak emerged from the breach, and Fang Chen recognized them as the traitor and taunted them.

Void Saint revealed himself as Lu Ming, North Nether Saint’s presumed-dead senior brother, and trapped Fang Chen inside the North Nether Immortal Trapping Array. Fire Glazed Saint and North Nether Saint entered the corrupted area, but Fire Glazed Saint chose to watch rather than intervene, trusting Fang Chen to handle the fight.

• Lu Ming revealed himself as Void Saint, shocking North Nether Saint and the North Nether Sect because they had believed he died seven thousand years earlier.
• Void Saint released nine Saint Seals, manifested a black saber and red wings, and sealed Fang Chen with him inside the North Nether Immortal Trapping Array.
• Heavenly Seal Saint urged North Nether Saint and Fire Glazed Saint to help Fang Chen, but North Nether Saint said the completed array could not be broken from outside.
• Fire Glazed Saint asked Fang Chen if he needed help, and Fang Chen said he could handle Void Saint himself.
• Fire Glazed Saint and North Nether Saint entered the corrupted area, but Fire Glazed Saint told everyone to watch while he kept an eye on Fang Chen.
• Qiankun Holy Lord and Heavenly Seal Saint remained confident in Fang Chen because they had seen his strength during the Green Rock Immortal Nest excavation.

Inside the North Nether Immortal Trapping Array, Fang Chen fought the Void Saint and used the Floating Immortal Sword to grow stronger through their clash. The chapter ended with Fang Chen gaining the advantage and striking first as the Void Saint hurried to defend.

• The Void Saint attacked Fang Chen with the Demon Saber, but the Floating Immortal Sword stabilized Fang Chen and supplied him with Spiritual Power.
• Fang Chen welcomed the fight as a chance to strengthen himself, while the Fire Glazed Saint and North Nether Saint watched from outside the Formation.
• The Void Saint burned his bloodline power and Soul Power to intensify his assault, yet Fang Chen continued to grow stronger.
• Fang Chen used First Wave and completed successive turns, building his Sword Momentum and forcing the Void Saint to retreat.
• Fang Chen twisted away from the Formation's Barrier, reappeared before the Void Saint, and slashed as the Void Saint raised his saber to block.

Fang Chen overwhelmed Void Saint inside the North Nether Immortal Trapping Formation by advancing through the layers of Nine Layer Wave. Void Saint was left badly wounded after Fang Chen's eighth strike, while Fire Origin Glazed Saint continued to let Fang Chen fight alone.

• Fang Chen completed his fifth turn of Nine Layer Wave and seized the advantage over Void Saint.
• Void Saint invoked another Secret Method, but Fang Chen's sixth turn drove him into the formation's Barrier.
• Fang Chen's seventh strike damaged Void Saint's Demon Saber and crushed his chest before the Barrier sent him back toward Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen's eighth strike cut through Void Saint's red Wings and carved a ghastly wound across his chest.