Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen and the myna bird investigated a strange street in the Glazed Ancient City, where rain became Red Mist that weakened the Seal inside the myna bird. After discovering the paving stones had no Origin Dao Patterns, Fang Chen continued down the street to find a way to pry one up, while the rain abruptly stopped.

• The myna bird stepped outside Fang Chen’s Saint Force barrier and found that Red Mist entered its body and corroded the Seal Runes within it.
• The myna bird told Fang Chen that the Red Mist could break its Seal, while the rain itself was ordinary water.
• Fang Chen struck a paving stone and swung his Floating Immortal Sword through the air, then realized the faint energy he absorbed came from the sword rather than the stone.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird examined the paving stones and found that they contained no Origin Dao Patterns.
• Fang Chen tried to wedge his sword between the paving stones, then walked down the street searching for a wider gap as the myna bird’s strength continued to rise.
• After Fang Chen had walked a thousand zhang, the rain and Red Mist vanished at once.

Fang Chen and the myna bird reached Glazed Hall, where the myna identified a damaged Ancient Cauldron as a Supreme Emperor Weapon. Unable to store it in his Floating Immortal Ring, Fang Chen struck it repeatedly with the Floating Immortal Sword, absorbing great surges of Spiritual Power.

• Fang Chen discovered that the strange paving stones and buildings had changed into ordinary bluestone and dilapidated structures, then headed toward Glazed Hall.
• Fang Chen climbed onto a rooftop and found that rising higher triggered thunder and Soul Pressure, which weakened when he descended.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird reached Glazed Hall and found a damaged Ancient Cauldron in the square before it.
• The myna bird inspected the cauldron and confirmed that it was a Supreme Emperor Weapon, though it had been damaged.
• Fang Chen failed to store the cauldron in his Floating Immortal Ring, then struck it with the Floating Immortal Sword and absorbed powerful surges of Spiritual Power.

Fang Chen failed to claim the damaged Ancient Cauldron, then discovered that touching the Glazed Hall’s doors activated his Glazed Battle Runes and removed the Spatial Pressure weighing on him. The Myna bird suspected the effect was connected to Fang Chen’s Glazed Golden Body Cultivation Technique.

• Fang Chen hacked at the Ancient Cauldron with the Floating Immortal Sword until the energy flowing back to him dwindled.
• Fang Chen tried to claim the Ancient Cauldron with his Spiritual Sense and blood, but both attempts failed, so he gave up.
• Fang Chen touched the Glazed Hall’s doors with the Floating Immortal Sword and then his hand, and the waves from them activated his Glazed Battle Runes.
• Fang Chen discovered that the activated runes made the Spatial Pressure vanish, while the Myna bird remained under its effects.
• The Myna bird suggested that the doors’ effect was connected to Fang Chen’s Glazed Golden Body Cultivation Technique.

Fang Chen entered the Glazed Hall and found that its runes had awakened the dark chamber, while a Nether Flower had regrown on the altar. When he and the myna bird approached it, its leaves produced a red Barrier that blocked their way.

• Fang Chen opened the Glazed Hall's doors and found its interior filled with dense Spiritual Qi but no red Barrier at the entrance.
• Fang Chen's Glazed Battle Runes lit the hall, revealing remains and weapons that broke apart into gray light and rose into the starry ceiling.
• Fang Chen spotted a Nether Flower regrown on the altar and recalled that Ye Qingci had eaten a flower from the same plant.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird approached the Nether Flower, whose red leaf patterns shone and formed a Barrier in their path.
• Little Crane identified the Barrier as a power of the Nether Flower, while the myna bird judged it weak enough to break through.

Fang Chen entered the Nether Flower’s Barrier, where it recognized him and accepted his Essence Blood, then carried him, Myna bird, and Little Crane beneath the Sacrificial Altar into a mysterious space. They descended toward a world of Magma, protected by the Nether Flower’s Barrier, with the Glazed Hall’s secrets still unfolding.

• The red Barrier opened for Fang Chen but shut out Little Crane and Myna bird, who guessed that his mastery of the Glazed Golden Body Secret Method made the Glazed Hall recognize him.
• Fang Chen touched the Nether Flower, and it cut his hand to absorb his Essence Blood, causing red Runes to spread across the Sacrificial Altar.
• When the Nether Flower attacked Myna bird and Little Crane, Fang Chen called them his friends, and it stopped at his command.
• The Sacrificial Altar sank through a black pool into a red-lit space filled with vengeful spirits, zombies, chains, and a world of Magma below.
• The Nether Flower guided the altar into the Magma world as the group remained protected inside its Barrier.

Fang Chen discovered a massive black coffin at the bottom of the magma world and revealed Mystifying Heaven Script across it with his blood. As he studied the script, he suddenly fell asleep, leaving Little Crane and Black Flame Saint worried while the Floating Immortal Sword began to glow and vibrate.

• Fang Chen used the Reincarnation Eye Secret Technique to see through the magma and found an enormous black coffin at its depths.
• The Nether Flower spread its roots over the coffin, expanded its red Barrier, and let Fang Chen and his companions see the surrounding area.
• Fang Chen scraped the coffin with the Floating Immortal Sword, then let the Nether Flower draw his blood and drip it onto the surface.
• Fang Chen's blood revealed writing across the coffin, and the myna bird identified it as the Mystifying Heaven Script.
• Fang Chen studied the script until drowsiness overcame him and he collapsed asleep on the coffin.
• The myna bird told Little Crane that Fang Chen was only asleep as the Floating Immortal Sword began glowing and vibrating, startling Black Flame Saint.

The Black Flame Saint and his companions discovered that Fang Chen had fallen asleep after walking across the Black Coffin, and they remained trapped in the Glazed Pagoda without working Spirit Sword Talismans. In a dreamlike quarry, Fang Chen found that he could not use his Internal Force, struck a lifelike statue with the Floating Immortal Sword, and followed the sound of hammering.

• The Black Flame Saint left the Spirit Crane Space, confirmed Fang Chen was asleep, and agreed with the myna bird that the Black Coffin had likely caused it.
• The Black Flame Saint, the myna bird, and Little Crane found that their Spirit Sword Talismans could not reach anyone and waited beside Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen awoke in a quarry filled with lifelike statues and realized he could not use his Spiritual Sense or Internal Force.
• Fang Chen struck a human statue with the Floating Immortal Sword, saw it bleed, and received a surge of energy from the sword.
• Fang Chen apologized to the statue and carried the Floating Immortal Sword toward the sound of hammering.

Fang Chen met a mysterious old man carving a statue of him in a strange place the old man called a dream, then attacked when he refused to answer directly. The old man blocked the Floating Immortal Sword with his golden hand and sent Fang Chen flying.

• Fang Chen found a white-haired old man carving beneath a great tree and discovered the old man was making a statue that looked exactly like him.
• The old man revealed that he had known Fang Chen was there, though he gave evasive answers about the place and whether he could see.
• Fang Chen raised the Floating Immortal Sword at the old man, who opened his blue eyes and repeatedly accused him of wanting to cut him.
• Fang Chen swung at the old man, who blocked the Floating Immortal Sword with his golden hand and sent Fang Chen flying several dozen yards.

Fang Chen fought an old man in a dream and received a nine-layer version of the Glazed Golden Body Art. After waking atop the Black Coffin, he told the Black Flame Saint and the myna bird what he had gained, and the myna bird suspected the Mystifying Heaven Script on the coffin was the technique.

• Fang Chen repeatedly attacked the old man, drawing power from the Floating Immortal Sword until he knocked the old man down.
• The old man praised Fang Chen, dissolved into golden motes, and passed power and unfamiliar information into him.
• Fang Chen woke on the Black Coffin after a month and sorted through the information in his mind.
• Fang Chen realized he had obtained a nine-layer version of the Glazed Golden Body Art, whose Ninth Layer only a Great Emperor could master.
• The myna bird wondered whether the Mystifying Heaven Script on the Black Coffin was the Glazed Golden Body Art Fang Chen had obtained.

Fang Chen obtained the Ninth Layer of the Glazed Golden Body Art and considered whether the Glazed Saint had become a Great Emperor, though he remained unsure. After learning he had slept for a month, Fang Chen and his companions left the Glazed Pagoda and returned to the Glazed Hall.

• Fang Chen and the Black Flame Saint concluded that the Ninth Layer of the Glazed Golden Body Art might have been created by the Glazed Saint, who could have reached the Great Emperor Realm.
• Fang Chen remained uncertain whether the Glazed Saint had truly created the art or refined the Glazed Pagoda, and he wondered why no one knew if the saint had become a Great Emperor.
• The Black Flame Saint told Fang Chen he had slept for a whole month, so Fang Chen agreed to leave the Glazed Pagoda and return to the sect.
• Fang Chen, the Black Flame Saint, the myna bird, and Little Crane rode the Sacrificial Altar back with the Nether Flower's help.
• The group returned to the Glazed Hall, where the Black Flame Saint collapsed under the pressure and Little Crane took him into Spirit Crane Space.
• Fang Chen thanked the Nether Flower and left the Glazed Hall with the myna bird and Little Crane.

Fang Chen received the Primordial Chaos Artifact Nurturing Art from the Ancient Cauldron in the Glazed Pagoda, then returned to the Glazed Sword Sect with Myna bird and Little Crane. After learning that the Ye Family and the bald donkeys had remained quiet, he planned to use the new method to craft Magic Treasures for his Clones.

• Fang Chen touched the glowing Ancient Cauldron, absorbed its energy, and received a flood of information that he identified as the Primordial Chaos Artifact Nurturing Art.
• Fang Chen found that the Ancient Cauldron no longer responded to him and admitted he could not take it with him.
• Little Crane brought Fang Chen and Myna bird back to the Glazed Sword Sect, where Black Flame Saint urged Fang Chen to keep the Glazed Pagoda's secret.
• Black Flame Saint reported that Yun Qianxue had seen no major trouble at the sect and that the Ye Family and the bald donkeys had not acted.
• Fang Chen considered the Ye Family's silence and decided to study the new art to craft Magic Treasures for his Clones.

Fang Chen studied the Primordial Chaos Artifact Nurturing Art, combined its Hun Yuan Devouring Heaven Array with his own experiments, and successfully refined a storage Spirit Treasure from sand. He passed the technique to Myna bird, who struggled to absorb the information.

• Fang Chen returned to Glazed Peak and studied the Primordial Chaos Artifact Nurturing Art, then formed a First-Tier Hun Yuan Devouring Heaven Array.
• Fang Chen scattered sand into the Array and shaped its energy into a Gourd, which became a Top-Grade storage Spirit Treasure.
• Fang Chen tested the Gourd’s devouring power and realized the Array could nurture Magic Treasures without his usual effort.
• Myna bird asked to learn the artifact-crafting method, and Fang Chen transferred the technique into his mind.
• Fang Chen noticed Myna bird struggling to digest the information and asked whether it was that difficult.

Fang Chen raised the Hun Yuan Devouring Heaven Array to the eighth rank, reinforced it with Devouring God Imprints, and decided to craft a pagoda treasure for his Clones. Since he lacked experience making pagodas, he returned to the Glazed Sword Sect to ask the Heavenly Seal Saint for help.

• The myna bird explained that setting up the Primordial Chaos Heaven Devouring Great Array required mastery of nine Origin Laws, and Fang Chen continued studying it.
• Fang Chen left the Glazed Sword Sect with the myna bird and spent three days raising the Hun Yuan Devouring Heaven Array to the eighth rank.
• Fang Chen spent ten more days enlarging the array to three thousand zhang, then branded it with Devouring God Imprints for three days.
• Fang Chen decided to craft an offensive and defensive pagoda for his Clones, with each level having a different attribute, but admitted he did not know how to make one.
• Fang Chen folded the array into a Nine-Colored bead and returned to the Glazed Sword Sect with the myna bird.
• Fang Chen went to Qingyang Realm to ask the Heavenly Seal Saint for help while the Saint and others repaired its Teleportation Array.

Fang Chen sought a pagoda to study as a model for refining a Top-Tier Saint Weapon, so the Heavenly Seal Saint brought him to the Qiankun Holy Land to inspect its damaged Qiankun Pagoda. When the pagoda proved too ruined to offer much guidance, the Qiankun Holy Lord pointed Fang Chen toward Saint Chenwu at the Star Sect.

• Fang Chen asked the Heavenly Seal Saint to help him find a pagoda whose design could guide his weapon refinement, and the Heavenly Seal Saint offered the damaged Qiankun Pagoda.
• The Heavenly Seal Saint obtained the Qiankun Holy Lord's permission and took Fang Chen through a repaired Teleportation Array to the Qiankun Holy Land.
• The Qiankun Holy Lord led Fang Chen to the Qiankun Pagoda, where Fang Chen found only three badly damaged levels with almost no internal structure or Formation Runes.
• Fang Chen explained that he wanted to refine a Treasure Pagoda, and the Qiankun Holy Lord recommended that he seek help from Saint Chenwu at the Star Sect.
• Fang Chen contacted Saint Chenwu, who welcomed him without asking what help he needed, and the Heavenly Seal Saint agreed to accompany him to the Star Sect.

Fang Chen visited the Star Sect to study its Red Stone Mountain, a treasure covered with methods for crafting divine pagodas. He learned that the mountain towered 108,000 zhang when viewed from its base and flew toward it with Saint Chenwu, Myna bird, and the Heavenly Seal Saint.

• Fang Chen and the Heavenly Seal Saint traveled to the Star Sect, where Saint Chenwu welcomed them.
• Fang Chen explained his purpose, and Saint Chenwu led him into the Star Origin World to see the Red Stone Mountain.
• Fang Chen found that the mountain recorded many ways to craft divine pagodas, and Saint Chenwu said famed emperors had studied it before making their own pagodas.
• Saint Chenwu invited Fang Chen to study the mountain, and Fang Chen flew toward it with Myna bird and the Heavenly Seal Saint.
• Fang Chen saw the mountain expand as they approached and learned from Saint Chenwu that its Space Law made it rise 108,000 zhang from its base.

Fang Chen climbed Red Stone Mountain with Saint Chenwu and learned that its visible artifact-refining manuals depended on each person's talent. Near the apparent summit, Fang Chen and Myna bird saw more mountain beyond a pavilion, while the Heavenly Seal Saint insisted the pavilion stood at the top.

• Fang Chen stepped onto Red Stone Mountain and saw artifact-refining manuals appear, then learned from Saint Chenwu that higher slopes revealed more advanced manuals.
• Saint Chenwu explained that the mountain imposed no pressure and that people saw different manuals—or even different kinds of stone—according to their artifact-crafting talent.
• Fang Chen and Saint Chenwu climbed past the mountainside, where Fang Chen could still see many manuals for Saint Weapon-grade treasures.
• After two more hours of climbing, the group spotted a pavilion, and the Heavenly Seal Saint declared it was the summit.
• Fang Chen and Myna bird pointed out the mountain rising behind the pavilion, but the Heavenly Seal Saint saw no mountain beyond it.

Fang Chen and Myna bird climbed beyond the mountain’s hundred-thousand-zhang threshold, where Fang Chen encountered visions of artifact manuals and treasure pagodas. At the summit, Fang Chen alone saw a strange black Ancient Pagoda and approached its sealed entrance, while Myna bird watched him vanish into the sky.

• Saint Chenwu explained that only those who could see the mountain beyond one hundred thousand zhang could continue climbing, and confirmed that Fang Chen and Myna bird could see it.
• Fang Chen and Myna bird continued up the mountain, where Fang Chen memorized artifact-refining methods revealed through the magic treasures around them.
• After three days, Fang Chen and Myna bird reached the summit, where Fang Chen saw a black, unfinished Ancient Pagoda that Myna bird could not see.
• Fang Chen walked toward the Ancient Pagoda, appearing to Myna bird to rise into the sky and disappear; Myna bird tried to contact him but received no reply.
• Fang Chen reached the Ancient Pagoda’s entrance and repeatedly pushed its door, but it would not open.

Fang Chen entered the Black Ancient Tower after the Heaven Mending Goddess opened its door with a breath, absorbing the words and diagrams inside before being expelled back to Red Stone Mountain. He learned that the tower had entered his dantian and was a partially refined treasure meant to collect Immortal Spiritual Energy.

• Fang Chen found that the Black Ancient Tower's door resisted his strength, though his Floating Immortal Sword passed through a window while his hand was blocked.
• Fang Chen struck the tower's door repeatedly with the Floating Immortal Sword, drawing energy from it until the energy supply nearly ran out.
• Fang Chen summoned the Heaven Mending Goddess, who opened the tower's door with a gentle breath.
• Fang Chen entered the tower and devoured the words and diagrams beneath a starry sky, then was pulled through a black hole and returned to the summit of Red Stone Mountain.
• Fang Chen discovered the Black Ancient Tower inside his dantian and learned from the absorbed information that it collected Immortal Spiritual Energy and was only partially refined.
• Fang Chen summoned the small black tower into his palm, and the Myna bird asked what it was.

Fang Chen obtained the unfinished Swallowing Heaven Tower on Red Stone Mountain and learned it could collect Immortal Spirit Power once completed. Saint Chenwu revealed that the Star Sect had guarded the tower for over a million years, but Fang Chen was the first to open it.

• Fang Chen told the myna bird that the Swallowing Heaven Tower had entered his body and chosen him as its master.
• Fang Chen explained that the unfinished tower could collect Immortal Spirit Power, then descended the mountain with the myna bird.
• Fang Chen showed the tower to Saint Chenwu and learned that the Star Sect's records called it the Black Tower, which no one had ever opened.
• Saint Chenwu revealed that the Star Sect existed to guard the Swallowing Heaven Tower and had failed to open it despite centuries of study and many attempts.

Fang Chen learned that the Star Sect had guarded the Swallowing Heaven Tower until its destined master appeared, and Saint Chenwu arranged for the sect to see it before Fang Chen took it away. Fang Chen summoned the tower in the Star Sect’s Square, where its power amazed everyone but its ugly appearance drew blunt comments from the disciples.

• Saint Chenwu told Fang Chen that the Star Sect had guarded the Swallowing Heaven Tower for its destined master and agreed that Fang Chen should take it.
• Saint Chenwu asked Fang Chen to let the Star Sect members see the tower one last time, and Fang Chen agreed.
• Saint Chenwu gathered the Star Sect in a Square and announced that Fang Chen had reached Red Stone Mountain’s summit and become the Black Tower’s master.
• Fang Chen summoned the Swallowing Heaven Tower, whose immense pressure stunned the Star Sect members.
• The Star Sect disciples admired the tower’s power but called its wrinkled appearance ugly.