Chapter Summaries

Saint Ziwei persuaded Saint Kuzhu to begin building ties with the Glazed Sword Sect while the Tianxin Sect rebuilt its territory. Meanwhile, Fang Chen and the myna bird reached the mineral vein’s core, where the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm had found a strange pearl in a chamber filled with jade marrow.

• Saint Ziwei warned Saint Kuzhu that conflict among the Glazed Sword Sect, the Ye Family, and the Buddhist Land could leave the divided Human Race vulnerable to the Devil Race.
• Saint Ziwei proposed that the Tianxin Sect cultivate relations with the Glazed Sword Sect, and Saint Kuzhu agreed to do so without declaring their allegiance yet.
• Saint Ziwei and Saint Kuzhu set out to secure and rebuild the Tianxin Sect’s territory after the Wind Origin destroyed its headquarters and neighboring powers.
• Ten days later, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm told Fang Chen it had reached the vein’s heart and found a strange pearl among the jade marrow.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird followed the worm’s tunnel and found a vast Jade Marrow Space filled with liquid jade marrow richer in Spiritual Power and Saint Force than Star Jade.

In the Jade Marrow Space, Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword and all his manifestations to overcome the pressure surrounding the mysterious Bead. After their combined power struck him, he reached the Bead and thrust the sword toward it.

• The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm told Myna bird that the Bead’s pressure kept it from approaching, and Myna bird failed to get close as well.
• Fang Chen approached with the Floating Immortal Sword, whose icy energy strengthened his soul power as he resisted the Bead’s force.
• Fang Chen activated the Glazed Golden Body Secret Method and released his manifestations one by one, advancing until only one step remained.
• Fang Chen summoned every manifestation, but he still could not take the final step toward the Bead.
• Fang Chen’s manifestations attacked him together, filling him with tremendous power, and he stepped up to the Bead and thrust the Floating Immortal Sword at it.

Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword to endure the White Bead’s vibrations, repeatedly tearing apart and reforging his Soul Origin until his Soul Power grew stronger. When he finally grabbed the bead directly, its far stronger vibrations shattered his Soul Origin into countless specks, which the sword’s Spiritual Power slowly began to gather again.

• The White Bead’s vibrations traveled through the Floating Immortal Sword and repeatedly tore apart and restored Fang Chen’s Soul Origin, strengthening it each time.
• After an hour, Fang Chen adapted enough to withstand the vibrations through the sword, and he told the myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and Little Crane that he needed more time before touching the bead directly.
• Five hours later, Fang Chen had fully adapted and reached for the White Bead while keeping the Floating Immortal Sword against it.
• The bead’s direct vibrations burst Fang Chen’s blood vessels, shattered his organs, and blasted his Soul Origin into countless golden specks.
• The Floating Immortal Sword poured Spiritual Power into Fang Chen, repeatedly drawing the specks together as the bead’s vibrations scattered them, and his Soul Origin slowly began to reform.

Fang Chen's Soul Origin recovered and grew stronger, but he still could not perceive the Source Power of Emperors. After the bead damaged the Heaven Refining Furnace, Myna bird suggested it had stopped devouring energy because it was transforming.

• Fang Chen recovered from the bead's fluctuations and found his Soul Power and perception of Saint Force had improved, though he still could not sense the Source Power of Emperors.
• Fang Chen and his companions failed to store the bead, so he carried it into the Heaven Refining Furnace.
• The bead's energy surged inside the furnace, shaking it apart and cracking its walls, and Fang Chen quickly removed the bead.
• Myna bird explained that the surrounding Star Jade Marrow suppressed the bead's power and suggested it might have attracted the Star Jade Lode or been sealed there.
• Fang Chen considered that the bead had stopped devouring energy because it was undergoing a transformation, and Myna bird agreed that this was possible.

Fang Chen stored the mysterious Bead in the Floating Immortal Ring, where its glow dimmed, and he and Little Crane began collecting the Star Jade Marrow. As the marrow entered the ring, its strange fluctuations drew points of white and blue light out of it.

• Fang Chen failed to bind the Bead with blood, Soul Power, or other methods, but successfully stored it in the Floating Immortal Ring.
• Fang Chen observed that the Bead's glow dimmed inside the ring, and Myna bird agreed that they could take the extraordinary treasure with them.
• Fang Chen told Little Crane to collect the Star Jade Marrow, and Little Crane confirmed it could draw the viscous marrow into the Spirit Crane Space.
• Fang Chen sent Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm to help the Chaos Demonic Star Vine excavate Star Jade while he and Little Crane gathered the marrow.
• Fang Chen drew Star Jade Marrow into the Floating Immortal Ring, where the ring's fluctuations rippled through it and released countless points of white and blue light.

After Fang Chen and Little Crane collected all the Star Jade Marrow, Fang Chen used the Black Stone to smash into the Star Jade Lode. The expanding stone cracked the entire vein and caused a massive earthquake, and the myna bird, Chi You, and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine arrived to watch as the destruction continued.

• Fang Chen and Little Crane collected all the Star Jade Marrow from the Jade Marrow Space.
• Fang Chen released the Heaven Mending Goddess Manifestation and hurled the Black Stone into the Star Jade wall to mine the vein.
• The expanding Black Stone split the Star Jade Lode and sent violent tremors through the mountain range.
• The myna bird, Chi You, and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine went to the Jade Marrow Space and saw Fang Chen's enormous hole in the wall as the vein continued cracking.

Fang Chen used the Black Stone to smash through the Jade Marrow Space and mine the Star Jade Lode beneath the Star Mountain Range. After two months, he and his companions had hollowed out every high-grade section and prepared to leave for the next place.

• Fang Chen expanded the Black Stone inside the Jade Vein, then retrieved it and began smashing through the lode while Little Crane waited to collect the Star Jade.
• The Black Stone’s blows shook the Star Mountain Range, and Ye Family Saints reported the tremors to Ye Xun, who ordered them to keep watch.
• Fang Chen battered the Jade Marrow Space until it collapsed, and Little Crane and Fang Chen collected the fallen jade.
• Fang Chen and his companions mined out every high-grade section of the Star Jade Lode in two months, leaving only low-grade tails behind.
• The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm asked what they would do next, and Fang Chen said they would leave for the next place.

Fang Chen left the people of Falling Star City alive, captured the Ye Family Saints guarding the Floating Immortal Great Array, and dismantled the formation after emptying the Jade Vein. He headed for the Purple Crystal Mountain Range as Ye Family cultivators arrived to find the array gone and the city’s residents unconscious.

• Fang Chen refused to kill the unconscious people of Falling Star City and welcomed the thought of the Ye Family learning he had taken its Jade Vein.
• Fang Chen ordered Chi You to capture the Ye Family Saints outside the Floating Immortal Great Array so they could become miners.
• Chi You and Little Star seized the Saints with black vines, and Little Crane took the unconscious captives into the Spirit Crane Space.
• Fang Chen retrieved the Array Stakes and dismantled the Floating Immortal Great Array as Ye Family cultivators noticed the disturbance.
• Fang Chen chose the Purple Crystal Mountain Range as his next target, and Little Crane carried him and the others there.
• Ye Family cultivators entered Falling Star City and found the array gone and its residents unconscious, all with cultivation below the Nascent Soul Realm.

Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect were blamed for making the cultivators in Falling Star City vanish and emptying the Ye Family’s Star Jade Lode. Ye Xun confirmed the mine had been stripped, and Ye Mian and the Ye Family’s Saints were left furious.

• The people who woke in Falling Star City said Fang Chen and a monster with black tentacles had taken the city’s experts and caused them to faint.
• Ye Xun reported the incident to Ye Mian, who sent him to Falling Star City to investigate.
• Ye Xun arrived with more than a dozen Ye Family Saints and learned that the Grand Array had vanished and all cultivators at Nascent Soul Realm or above were missing.
• Ye Xun inspected the mine and found that nearly the entire Star Jade Lode, along with the Divine Ships and stored jade, had disappeared.
• Ye Xun reported his findings to the Ye Family, and Ye Mian and the Saints erupted in anger at Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect.

The Ye Family learned that Fang Chen had taken the Star Jade Lode and was now mining the Purple Crystal Mine, but Ye Mian chose to wait for the family’s Quasi-Emperor rather than confront him. Fang Chen continued mining with Chi You while Little Crane and the others went to capture people in other Ye Family territories.

• Ye Mian and the Ye Family Saints learned that Fang Chen had emptied the Star Jade Lode and taken everyone from Falling Star City.
• A messenger reported that Fang Chen’s mysterious Grand Array had engulfed Purple Crystal City in the Purple Crystal Mountain Range.
• Ye Mian decided that the Ye Family would endure Fang Chen’s provocation until their Quasi-Emperor emerged from seclusion.
• Fang Chen sent Little Crane, the myna bird, and Little Star to capture people in other Ye Family territories while he and Chi You mined the Purple Crystal Mine.
• Fang Chen discovered that striking the Purple Crystal Mine with the Black Stone made the Floating Immortal Ring release energy that especially aided Body Refinement.

While Fang Chen continued mining Purple Crystal for the Glazed Sword Sect, Little Crane and Myna bird planned a raid on Xuanhuang City during the Ye Family Competition. Fang Chen approved the opportunity after learning that Ye Mian and many Ye Family cultivators would gather there.

• Fang Chen kept mining the Purple Crystal Mountain Range to secure resources for the Glazed Sword Sect before the Ye Family's Quasi-Emperor emerged from seclusion.
• Myna bird proposed that Little Crane lead a surprise raid into the Ye Family's Core Region, and Fang Chen gave them permission.
• Little Crane and Myna bird scouted the Core Region for five days and chose Xuanhuang City, where the Ye Family Competition would begin in three days.
• Myna bird urged Little Crane to strike during the competition, but she first sent Fang Chen the plan for approval.
• Fang Chen learned that Ye Mian would attend the competition and recognized the gathering of Ye Family cultivators as an opportunity.

Fang Chen abandoned plans to seize Xuanhuang City but sent Little Crane and Myna Bird to hide Meteor Tear there for a surprise on the day of the competition. Meanwhile, Ye Mian ordered the Ye Family to prepare the Xuanhuang Bell in case Fang Chen attacked, leaving the city’s defenses on alert as the competition approached.

• Fang Chen decided not to attack or seize Xuanhuang City during the competition because the Ye Family might use a Supreme Emperor Weapon.
• Fang Chen told Little Crane to sneak Meteor Tear into the city so it could be detonated on the competition day.
• Little Crane and Myna Bird set off for Xuanhuang City to carry out Fang Chen’s plan.
• In Xuanhuang Hall, Ye Changfeng reported that preparations for the competition were complete and warned that Fang Chen might attack.
• Ye Mian ordered the Xuanhuang Bell activated in three days, and three Saints went to the Forbidden Grounds to prepare it.

As the Ye Family prepared to expand its territory and held a major tournament in Xuanhuang City, Fang Chen and his companions planted Meteor Tears around the city and mined the Purple Crystal Mountain Range. The tournament began beneath the Ye Family’s Xuanhuang Bell, while Fang Chen’s group watched from afar and waited to see what would happen.

• Ye Mian and the Ye Family Saints discussed expanding the family’s territory cautiously, using the Xuanhuang Origin Realm as their base.
• Little Crane and Myna Bird placed a hundred Golden Meteor Tears and three hundred Silver Meteor Tears around Xuanhuang City, then returned to Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen and his companions mined the Purple Crystal Mountain Range until the tournament began three days later.
• Fang Chen’s group watched the crowded tournament through a Spirit Sword Talisman and discussed the Meteor Tears and capturing Buddhist practitioners as miners.
• The Xuanhuang Bell emerged above Xuanhuang City, and Fang Chen’s group recognized its power and agreed they had been wise not to strike during the tournament.

The Ye Family began its Lineage tournament under the protection of the Supreme Emperor Weapon Xuanhuang Bell. In the Purple Crystal Mountain Range, Fang Chen ordered Little Crane to detonate the Meteor Tears, and the blast struck Ye Mian and the gathered Ye Family Saints.

• The Ye Family Members discussed Fang Chen's raids and took comfort when the Xuanhuang Bell appeared over Xuanhuang City.
• Ye Mian arrived at the tournament, addressed the crowd, and announced that the competition had begun.
• Tens of thousands of battle platforms rose, and Ye Family Members from the Foundation Establishment Realm to the Nirvana Realm prepared to compete.
• Fang Chen told Little Crane to detonate the Meteor Tears, and Little Crane began the attempt despite the Xuanhuang Bell covering the city.
• A Golden Meteor Tear exploded beneath Ye Mian's White Jade Throne, killing nearby Saints and hurling Ye Mian through the air, though his protective light shielded him.

Fang Chen used Golden Meteor Tears to destroy Xuanhuang City and kill tens of millions of people, devastating the Ye Family. He openly declared war on the Ye Family and left Ye Mian and the few surviving Saints staring at the ruins.

• A Golden Meteor Tear exploded in Xuanhuang City, destroying the VIP stands, killing many people, and leaving Ye Mian alive only because the Xuanhuang Token protected him.
• Fang Chen revealed through the Spirit Sword Talisman that he was in the Purple Crystal Mountain Range, and Ye Mian accused him of attacking the city.
• Fang Chen condemned Ye Mian and declared war on the Ye Family in the name of the Glazed Sword Sect.
• At Fang Chen's command, Little Crane detonated hundreds of Meteor Tears throughout Xuanhuang City, killing tens of millions and reducing the city to ruins.
• Ye Mian escaped with fewer than ten powerful survivors, then roared at Fang Chen and invoked Heaven's wrath; Fang Chen mocked the threat.

Fang Chen destroyed Xuanhuang City, killing tens of millions and pushing Ye Mian to declare an all-out war against the Glazed Sword Sect. News of the devastation spread across the Central Barrens, leaving the Ye Family’s enemies cheering and the conflict poised to escalate.

• Fang Chen defied Ye Mian’s threats after destroying Xuanhuang City and vowed to face anyone who came after him.
• Spirit Dog Saint asked Ye Mian what to do, and Ye Mian ordered the Ye Family to attack the Glazed Sword Sect until one side was dead.
• Ye Mian, Spirit Dog Saint, and the other surviving Ye Family Saints returned to the Xuanhuang Origin Realm as the Xuanhuang Bell vanished.
• Witnesses outside Xuanhuang City saw its ruins and the wounded Ye Family Saints, then learned that Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect were responsible.
• News and images of the city’s destruction spread through the Central Barrens, where people argued over Fang Chen’s actions and the deaths of the city’s inhabitants.

After Fang Chen destroyed Xuanhuang City, the Barbaric Continent braced for war between the Ye Family and the Glazed Sword Sect. The Glazed Sword Sect entered its highest state of alert, and its disciples learned what Fang Chen had done.

• Yue Canglan judged that the Ye Family and the Glazed Sword Sect were headed for war and ordered the Chaos Holy Land to prepare to move.
• Fang Chen told Black Flame Saint that he had destroyed Xuanhuang City and warned him to prepare the Glazed Sword Sect for the Ye Family's response.
• Black Flame Saint alerted Yun Qianxue, and Saint Gu Yan rang the Glazed Bell nine times to summon the sect's leaders and place the sect on battle alert.
• Black Flame Saint told the gathered Glazed Sword Sect members that Fang Chen had destroyed the Ye Family's Xuanhuang City.
• Chen Xiaofei and the other disciples of his generation cheered Fang Chen's achievement.

After Fang Chen destroyed Xuanhuang City, Black Flame Saint prepared the Glazed Sword Sect for the Ye Family’s retaliation. Meanwhile, the Buddhist Kingdom feared the sect’s power, and Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha learned that Ye Family members had arrived, likely seeking an alliance.

• Black Flame Saint showed the Glazed Sword Sect the destruction of Xuanhuang City and declared that Fang Chen’s attack amounted to a declaration of war against the Ye Family.
• The sect members agreed to prepare for a counterattack, while Black Flame Saint explained that they would need to use their agility and defend their key territories against the Ye Family’s greater numbers of Saints.
• Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha discussed Fang Chen’s attack and worried that the Glazed Sword Sect might use its mysterious destructive methods against the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha sensed that Ye Family members had arrived, and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha guessed they wanted to join forces with the Buddhist Kingdom.

Ye Xun proposed that the Ye Family and Buddhist Kingdom ally against the Glazed Sword Sect, but the Sacred Buddhas deferred the decision until the Buddha Emperor emerged from seclusion. Meanwhile, Fang Chen continued mining in the Purple Crystal Mountain Range behind the Floating Immortal Great Array, leaving the Ye Family unable to retaliate.

• Ye Xun visited Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha to propose an alliance against the Glazed Sword Sect on behalf of the Ye Family.
• Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha told Ye Xun that the Buddhist Kingdom would wait for the Buddha Emperor to emerge from seclusion before deciding whether to accept.
• After Ye Xun left, Dragon-Subduing Saint Buddha and Tiger-Subduing Saint Buddha weighed the Buddhist Kingdom’s losses and their fear of Fang Chen against the cost of sharing the Southern Wastes with the Ye Family.
• Fang Chen and his companions continued mining in the Purple Crystal Mountain Range while the Ye Family’s Saints watched from outside the Floating Immortal Great Array, unable to break through.

After destroying Xuanhuang City, Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect finished stripping the Purple Crystal Mountain Range of its valuable ore and escaped before the Ye Family could retaliate. Ye Mian prepared for war, while Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect and learned that Black Flame Saint was at the Glazed Palace.

• Ye Mian learned that the Great Sun Buddha Emperor was in seclusion and decided the Ye Family would prepare its counterattack alone.
• Fang Chen and his companions found no mysterious Bead in the Purple Crystal Mine’s Jade Marrow Space, collected its jade marrow, and mined the range clean over ten days.
• Fang Chen withdrew the Floating Immortal Great Array, and its golden pillars vanished with the captured cultivators as the Ye Family discovered the emptied mine.
• Ye Mian ordered the Ye Family to prepare to move once its Quasi-Emperor emerged from seclusion, while Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect with Little Crane.
• Fang Chen contacted Black Flame Saint and learned that he was at the Glazed Palace.