Chapter Summaries

Little Crane failed to reach Ye Chen in the Xuanhuang Origin Realm, but planted Meteor Tear and Spirit Sword Talismans before leaving. Meanwhile, Li Changsheng trapped Fang Chen and struck him with three Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails, which began devouring his Soul Origin.

• Little Crane found that Great Emperor formation patterns blocked its path through the Xuanhuang Origin Realm, so it hid Meteor Tear and Spirit Sword Talismans at vital locations before leaving.
• Fang Chen and Li Changsheng continued fighting for nearly half an hour, while Fang Chen grew stronger and Little Crane reported its discoveries to him.
• Ye Mian urged Li Changsheng to use the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails, and Li Changsheng released his Emperor Seal before trapping Fang Chen with azure vines.
• Li Changsheng hurled three Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails into Fang Chen, and they pierced his Soul Origin and began devouring it.
• Li Changsheng laughed and declared that Fang Chen was doomed.

Li Changsheng struck Fang Chen with the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails, but Little Crane rescued him and escaped Li Changsheng’s Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth. Little Crane then detonated the Meteor Tears hidden across the Xuanhuang Origin Realm, leaving the Ye Family’s territory in flames and ruins.

• Li Changsheng struck Fang Chen with the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails, and Fang Chen collapsed in agony as the Floating Immortal Ring sent energy into his mind.
• Fang Chen told Little Crane to take him away and activate the Meteor Tears hidden in the Ye Family’s territory, and Little Crane brought him into Spirit Crane Space.
• Li Changsheng trapped Little Crane in his Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth, but Little Crane warped space and escaped.
• Little Crane activated the Meteor Tears across the Xuanhuang Origin Realm, killing countless Ye Family cultivators and destroying buildings and important sites.
• Ye Mian and the Ye Family Saints rushed out of Xuanhuang Hall and saw flames and Mushroom Clouds spreading across the realm.

The Ye Family’s Xuanhuang Origin Realm suffered widespread destruction from sudden explosions, and Ye Mian blamed the Glazed Sword Sect. Li Changsheng returned from his failed attempt to finish Fang Chen and revealed that a mysterious Paper Crane had rescued him.

• Ye Mian told Li Changsheng that the Xuanhuang Origin Realm had been attacked and the Ye Family had suffered heavy losses.
• Little Crane ignored Li Changsheng, rescued the Myna bird, and vanished into the Void with him.
• Li Changsheng returned to the ruined realm and learned that hundreds of unexplained blasts had destroyed most unprotected locations.
• More explosions erupted among the Ruins during rescue efforts, and Ye Mian demanded that the unseen attacker face him.
• Ye Mian asked about Fang Chen, and Li Changsheng explained that Little Crane had rescued him after he used the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails.

After the Ye Family’s attack failed to kill Fang Chen, Ye Mian chose to protect the Ancestral Land and wait for Ye Chen to reach the Quasi-Emperor Realm. Little Crane brought the badly injured Fang Chen back to the Glazed Sword Sect, where he entered seclusion in the Swallowing Heaven Tower.

• Li Changsheng told Ye Mian that Little Crane had escaped his Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth, while Ye Mian insisted the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails would kill Fang Chen.
• Li Changsheng warned that Fang Chen’s death could provoke the Glazed Sword Sect to retaliate even more fiercely, and Ye Mian decided to wait for Ye Chen to break through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.
• Ye Mian led the Ye Family Saints to the Ancestral Land to protect Ye Chen, who remained in seclusion absorbing Xuanhuang Sacred Body Origin.
• Little Crane returned to the Glazed Sword Sect with Fang Chen, who hid his condition from the sect and asked to be taken to the Demon Cave.
• Fang Chen entered the Swallowing Heaven Tower and finally let out a howl of pain as Little Crane and Myna bird followed him inside.

Fang Chen learned that Li Changsheng’s Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails were fused with his Soul Origin and had no known cure, so he tried to endure their drain by replenishing his Soul Power with the Floating Immortal Sword. As the pain worsened and his supplies proved inadequate, the Black Flame Saint told him that the Tianluo Secret Realm had opened.

• Myna Bird examined Fang Chen’s exposed Soul Origin but could not find or remove the three nails, so Little Crane fetched Saint Gu Yu and Saint Qingyuan.
• Saint Gu Yu identified the nails as the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails, which fused with the soul and consumed its Soul Origin until nothing remained.
• Fang Chen decided to endure the nails’ devouring by using the Floating Immortal Sword to restore his Soul Power, and he asked Saint Gu Yu and Saint Qingyuan to keep his injury secret.
• Fang Chen continued cultivating in the Swallowing Heaven Tower, but the pain intensified and the Floating Immortal Sword’s power was no longer enough to balance his Soul Power.
• The Black Flame Saint contacted Fang Chen through the Spirit Sword Talisman and told him that the Tianluo Secret Realm had opened.

Fang Chen learned that the Tianluo Secret Realm had reopened and insisted on traveling there despite the Soul Devouring Nails causing him severe pain. He left with Black Flame Saint and the others for the Magic Sound Mountain Range, hoping to find a way to stabilize the entrance for Glazed Sword Sect disciples.

• Fang Chen learned from Black Flame Saint that the Tianluo Secret Realm had reopened in the Magic Sound Mountain Range.
• Despite the Myna bird questioning whether he could travel while injured, Fang Chen contacted Black Flame Saint and set out from the Demon Cave.
• Fang Chen met Black Flame Saint, Saint Honghe, Chen Xiaofei, and others, who urged him to recover instead of going to the Secret Realm.
• Fang Chen explained that he wanted to see whether he could stabilize the Secret Realm's entrance so Glazed Sword Sect disciples could use it for cultivation.
• Black Flame Saint led the group toward the Magic Sound Mountain Range and gave Fang Chen a Jade Slip containing a recent map of the Southern Wastes.
• Fang Chen endured another attack of soul pain and studied the map, which showed the region's terrain and resource locations.

Fang Chen and his companions reached the Tianluo Secret Realm entrance in the Magic Sound Mountain Range, where the Source Power of Emperors was unusually dense. Little Crane and the myna bird entered the realm and returned, and the myna bird discovered it could come and go freely.

• Fang Chen noticed the Source Power of Emperors growing denser as he traveled with the Black Flame Saint and the others into the Magic Sound Mountain Range, while the pain from the three nails in his soul worsened.
• The Black Flame Saint showed Fang Chen the vortex entrance to the Tianluo Secret Realm in a barren valley.
• Fang Chen asked Little Crane to test the entrance, and she entered safely before returning with news that the realm's terrain, Spiritual Qi, and Demonic Beasts had changed.
• Fang Chen asked the myna bird to try entering the realm, and it passed through the entrance and came back out.
• The myna bird told Fang Chen it faced no restrictions inside the Tianluo Secret Realm and could come and go as it pleased.

Fang Chen discovered that he could enter the Tianluo Secret Realm, though most of the others could not. After testing several people, the group suspected that entry depended on having visited the realm before, and Black Flame Saint summoned Fang Chen’s former companions to test the idea.

• Fang Chen entered the Tianluo Secret Realm with Little Crane and Myna bird, found its Source Power of Emperors exceptionally dense, then returned to tell the others he had faced no resistance.
• Black Flame Saint, Saint Honghe, Azure Cloud Saint, and Purple Heaven Saint were blocked from entering, while Chen Xiaofei entered and came back out successfully.
• The group tested cultivators of different levels and found that Artifact Refining Realm cultivators could enter, while those above Foundation Establishment Realm generally could not; Fang Chen, Chen Xiaofei, Little Crane, and Myna bird were exceptions.
• Yan Ziyi entered the realm without trouble, leading Saint Honghe and Black Flame Saint to suspect that former visitors from Fang Chen’s group could enter.
• Fang Chen told Black Flame Saint to gather everyone who had entered the Tianluo Secret Realm with them before, and Black Flame Saint sent Yun Qianxue a message.

Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect disciples discovered that only their group could enter the Tianluo Secret Realm, possibly because they had visited Sky Net Hall and the Liudan River before. Fang Chen led them back inside to investigate the changes and seek the Universe Cauldron, and they found the Liudan River still there.

• The Glazed Sword Sect disciples gathered at the Tianluo Secret Realm entrance, and every one of them entered successfully; Fang Chen's group concluded that only their original group could enter.
• Chen Xiaofei proposed that their past visits to Sky Net Hall and the Liudan River set their group apart, and Fang Chen decided to investigate the realm and look for the Universe Cauldron.
• Fang Chen led Chen Xiaofei and the others into the Tianluo Secret Realm, where they noticed the surroundings and Spiritual Qi had changed.
• Fang Chen and his companions found the Liudan River and sensed even denser Source Power of Emperors as they reached it.

Fang Chen and his companions reached the Universe Cauldron, where he discovered it was the core of the Tianluo Secret Realm. When a Space Rift opened above it, Fang Chen, Little Crane, and the Myna bird entered, leaving the others to wait and cultivate as they found themselves in a dark, oppressive space.

• Fang Chen led Chen Xiaofei and the others upstream along the Liudan River, gathering pills and reaching its source at the enlarged Universe Cauldron.
• Fang Chen used his Samsara Eye to discover that the Universe Cauldron was the Formation Core and heart of the Tianluo Secret Realm, so he decided not to remove it.
• A surge of energy erased the vortex above the cauldron, and a golden beam struck it as a Space Rift opened in the sky.
• Fang Chen, Little Crane, and the Myna bird entered the Space Rift while Chen Xiaofei, Yan Ziyi, and the others remained behind to cultivate.
• Fang Chen and his companions emerged in a dark space filled with immense pressure and dense Source Power of Emperors.

Fang Chen and his companions explored a vast, dark space where the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed immense energy and strengthened his Soul Power. They discovered a desolate mountain range and, deeper within it, the ruins of an enormous city.

• Fang Chen summoned the Floating Immortal Sword and absorbed its energy as the spatial pressure made it return power to him.
• Fang Chen released the Bai Ling Sacred Fire, which illuminated the lifeless world and revealed its barren mountains.
• Fang Chen struck a mountain with the Floating Immortal Sword, and the returned energy rapidly strengthened his Soul Power.
• Fang Chen led his companions deeper into the mountains, absorbing the increasingly dense Spiritual Qi, Saint Force, and Source Power of Emperors.
• Fang Chen spotted the ruins of an enormous city marked by immense trenches, footprints, and craters.

Fang Chen discovered a Heavenly Dragon Skeleton and witnessed the hidden Heavenly Dragon Pearl block a streak of golden light before vanishing. He waited for the phenomenon to repeat, and the pearl reappeared and blocked another ray as before.

• Fang Chen found a Heavenly Dragon Skeleton in the ruined city, but Little Crane and Fang Chen could not store it, and he found no pearl among the ruins.
• Fang Chen climbed onto the skeleton's skull and saw a golden light descend from the sky, where a black orb appeared and split the light into nine rays.
• The orb revealed itself as the Heavenly Dragon Pearl, then vanished after its golden runes dimmed; Fang Chen and the Myna bird realized it appeared when the golden light came.
• Fang Chen waited on the Heavenly Dragon Skeleton, and three hours later the golden light returned with the Heavenly Dragon Pearl, which again split the ray into nine.

Fang Chen and the myna bird discovered that the Heavenly Dragon Pearl had scattered a beam of golden light into nine directions, then followed one beam to the boundary of the mysterious space. Fang Chen stayed there to cultivate and found that the Floating Immortal Sword’s power let his soul recover faster than the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails could consume it.

• The myna bird told Fang Chen that the Heavenly Dragon Pearl had split the golden light into nine beams, and Little Crane could not fly toward its source because a powerful force blocked her.
• Fang Chen agreed to follow one of the other beams toward another secret realm, and Little Crane rested in his arms as the myna bird guided him.
• After three hours, Fang Chen reached an invisible barrier at the edge of the space and decided to wait there while cultivating.
• Fang Chen slashed the space with the Floating Immortal Sword, whose power rapidly restored his soul and eased the damage from the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails.
• Fang Chen continued practicing his sword strokes as the myna bird watched his aura grow stronger.

Fang Chen and Myna bird entered the Star River Secret Realm, discovered it was a training ground for Nascent Soul Cultivators, and found its exit was damaged and underwater. After cutting through the Formation Runes, they emerged in the Ten Thousand Lakes Mountain Range of the Southern Wastes, where Fang Chen hoped the other Secret Realms could help strengthen the Glazed Sword Sect.

• Fang Chen and Myna bird followed the golden light through a Space Rift and found the Star River Cauldron at the heart of the Secret Realm.
• Fang Chen and Myna bird explored the realm and discovered it was designed for Nascent Soul Cultivators and contained Primordial Spirit secret methods.
• Fang Chen found that damaged Formation Runes had left the Secret Realm without a usable exit, and Myna bird urged him to check where it led before repairing them.
• Fang Chen cut a gap through the Formation Runes with the Floating Immortal Sword and took Myna bird through the underwater exit.
• Fang Chen recognized the surrounding mountains as the Ten Thousand Lakes Mountain Range in the Southern Wastes and hoped the other Secret Realms would provide training grounds and techniques for the Glazed Sword Sect.

Fang Chen returned to the Tianluo Secret Realm, told Black Flame Saint and the others about the connected Secret Realms, and repaired the entrance so the Glazed Sword Sect could use it more often. He then reentered the Dark Space with Myna Bird, where they named it Heavenly Dragon Space.

• Fang Chen and Myna Bird returned to the Tianluo Secret Realm entrance and told Black Flame Saint and the others that a mysterious space connected nine Secret Realms.
• Fang Chen explained that he had opened passages to two Secret Realms and that the Tianluo Secret Realm’s exit could be kept open after its Formation Runes were repaired.
• Fang Chen asked Black Flame Saint to keep the discovery secret from everyone except the sect’s Elders, then repaired the entrance in one day.
• Fang Chen’s Soul Devouring Nail caused him severe pain again, so he and Myna Bird went back into the Tianluo Secret Realm and found Chen Xiaofei and the others cultivating by the Universe Cauldron.
• After Chen Xiaofei said Golden Light descended every three hours, Fang Chen and Myna Bird waited for it and used the rift to return to the Dark Space.
• Myna Bird named the Dark Space Heavenly Dragon Space, and Fang Chen agreed.

Fang Chen and the myna bird discovered the Void Glimpse Secret Realm, where damaged teleportation runes had trapped powerful Saint Realm Demonic Beasts. After repairing the array, Fang Chen sent the beasts into the Flame Mountains so the Black Flame Saint and the others could fight them.

• Fang Chen and the myna bird entered a new Secret Realm and found that it was the Void Glimpse Secret Realm, which contained Demonic Beasts as powerful as the Saint Realm.
• Fang Chen discovered that the realm's teleportation runes were damaged and opened its exit, which led into a volcano in the Flame Mountains of the Southern Wastes.
• Fang Chen summoned the Black Flame Saint, Saint Honghe, the Azure Cloud Saint, and the others to the Flame Mountains, intending to give them a chance to fight the trapped Demonic Beasts.
• Fang Chen repaired the Teleportation Array, causing Demonic Beasts above the Void Integration Realm to emerge from the volcano.
• The Black Flame Saint and the others charged into battle with the Demonic Beasts, while the Black Flame Saint urged them not to kill their opponents.

Fang Chen and the myna bird explored the Eighth Secret Realm, discovering that it was the Saint Realm, a vast land filled with Sacred Beasts and abundant resources. They exited through its damaged entrance and emerged in the Soul Severing Mountain Range, less than thirty thousand li from the Glazed Sword Sect.

• Fang Chen left Black Flame Saint and the others to fight the Sacred Beasts in the Void Glimpse Secret Realm while he repaired its Formation Runes.
• After exploring seven Secret Realms over the next year, Fang Chen and the myna bird entered the Eighth Secret Realm and found the Black River Cauldron.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird explored the realm and discovered more than two thousand Sacred Beasts, along with abundant resources and damaged Formation Runes.
• Fang Chen decided to leave the Sacred Beasts in the Saint Realm as opponents for the Glazed Sword Sect's Saints.
• Fang Chen cut through the entrance Formation Runes with the Floating Immortal Sword and took the myna bird outside.
• Fang Chen recognized their location as the Soul Severing Mountain Range, near the Glazed Sword Sect.

Fang Chen opened and reinforced an entrance to the Saint Realm, then showed the Black Flame Saint and the other Saints Emperor's Gaze Mountain. He left them to begin climbing and returned to Heavenly Dragon Space with the myna bird to seek the Ninth Secret Realm.

• Three Glazed Sword Sect disciples investigated the energy surge, and Fang Chen told them he had opened the Saint Realm and was building a Formation.
• Fang Chen summoned the Black Flame Saint and the other Saints, then led them through the entrance into the Saint Realm.
• Fang Chen showed the Saints Emperor's Gaze Mountain and explained that its summit offered a chance to perceive the Source Power of Emperors.
• The Saints began preparing to climb while Fang Chen repaired and reinforced the Saint Realm entrance.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird waited atop Emperor's Gaze Mountain for Golden Light, entered Heavenly Dragon Space, and headed toward the Ninth Secret Realm.
• Fang Chen reached the boundary of Heavenly Dragon Space and began striking the barrier with the Floating Immortal Sword as he waited for Golden Light.

Fang Chen and Myna bird entered the Ninth Secret Realm, where the dense Emperor Source Power helped Fang Chen strengthen himself and shatter rune-filled stones with the Floating Immortal Sword. After Myna bird broke through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, they headed deeper into the realm to search for cultivation methods.

• Fang Chen and Myna bird entered a gray space in the Ninth Secret Realm, where immense spatial pressure loosened Myna bird's seal and exposed them to dense Emperor Source Power.
• Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword to absorb energy, shattered floating stones for their Mystic Runes, and began practicing the Ninth Layer of the Glazed Golden Body Art.
• After six hours, Myna bird stopped screaming and announced that he had broken through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, though no Red Rosy Clouds appeared.
• Fang Chen reasoned that Myna bird's cultivation might have been sealed at that level already, and Myna bird joked that he was nothing compared with Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen and Myna bird flew toward the depths of the Ninth Secret Realm to look for cultivation techniques left by the Ancient Heavenly Court.

Fang Chen and the myna bird explored deeper into the Secret Realm, where they discovered a vast river of bones and a mysterious boatman. The boatman offered to ferry them across in exchange for a story.

• The myna bird grabbed the Floating Immortal Sword, which drained its energy and filled its mind with frightening images until Fang Chen freed it.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird continued through the Secret Realm as the Spatial Pressure and Source Power of Emperors grew stronger.
• Fang Chen found a river of bones stretching across the void, but the bones crumbled when he tried to remove one.
• A glowing boat carrying a skeletal boatman approached them across the Bone river.
• The boatman said Fang Chen and the myna bird could board if one of them told it a story.