Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen and the Myna bird boarded a Bone boat after telling its boatman short stories, but the boat sank and a mysterious force dragged them into the Bone river. Fang Chen later woke on grass with his strength restored and tried to summon the Floating Immortal Sword, unsure how he had escaped.

• Fang Chen and the Myna bird agreed to tell the Bone boatman stories so they could board his boat.
• Fang Chen told a brief story about a monk, and the Myna bird told a similar story about a witch; the boatman let them aboard.
• The Bone boat began sinking, and the boatman said their stories were too short to help.
• Fang Chen and the Myna bird lost their powers and were pulled beneath the Bone river’s surface.
• Fang Chen later woke on a patch of grass, remembered the sinking boat, and tried to summon the Floating Immortal Sword.

Fang Chen crossed a strange wasteland and found Cold Mountain Temple, which matched a story he had told the Bone boatman. After confronting the old monk inside, Fang Chen held the Floating Immortal Sword to his throat and demanded a response.

• Fang Chen found that his Spiritual Sense could not extend beyond his body and used the Floating Immortal Sword to draw energy from the ground.
• Fang Chen discovered Spatial Formation Runes blocking his approach to the mountain and used a flaw to reach its foot.
• Fang Chen recognized the mountain and temple from the story he had told the Bone boatman, then confirmed they were real with the Reincarnation Eye Secret Technique.
• Fang Chen entered Cold Mountain Temple and found an old monk chanting among headless Buddha statues.
• Fang Chen threatened the monk with his sword, prompting him to speak, then placed the blade at the monk's throat.

Fang Chen exposed the old monk at Cold Mountain Temple as a Pig Demon, which attacked him alongside a giant rhinoceros whose horn had formed the mountain peak. Fang Chen broke through the rhinoceros’s space-locking Golden Light, but the Pig Demon shattered his One Sword Samsara, leaving him facing two powerful Quasi-Emperor-level foes.

• Fang Chen destroyed a Buddha statue and accused the old monk of being an old monster tied to a story he had heard.
• The old monk transformed into a Pig Demon and struck Fang Chen, destroying the temple and sending him down the mountainside.
• A gigantic rhinoceros emerged from underground, revealing that the mountain peak had been its horn, while the Pig Demon took up a Long Spear on its back.
• The rhinoceros locked Fang Chen in place with Golden Light, but Fang Chen used One Sword Samsara to break free and draw in the Pig Demon’s Long Spear.
• The Pig Demon reverted to its true form and smashed Fang Chen’s Samsara Vortex, though its destruction also broke the rhinoceros’s space-locking domain.

Fang Chen battled the Quasi-Emperor-level Pig Demon in the Ninth Secret Realm, growing stronger with each strike from the Floating Immortal Sword. After cutting off its right ear and discovering it was formed from the realm’s power, he dodged its tusks and attacked its neck.

• Fang Chen judged that the Pig Demon was a Quasi-Emperor and exchanged blows with it, but his first strikes barely harmed its hide.
• Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword’s First and Second Waves to strike the Pig Demon repeatedly, weakening its defenses and drawing blood by his seventh strike.
• The Pig Demon launched its tusks at Fang Chen, but he evaded them and cut off its right ear.
• Fang Chen stored the ear in the Floating Immortal Ring, where it dissolved into Dao Patterns, and realized the Pig Demon had been formed by the Secret Realm.
• The Pig Demon attacked again with its tusks, and Fang Chen used Nine Layer Wave to evade them before slashing at its neck.

Fang Chen fought the Pig Demon and the great rhinoceros as the Floating Immortal Sword devoured their blood and power, driving his Glazed Battle Runes toward their Ninth Transformation. After Fang Chen destroyed the rhinoceros and overwhelmed the Pig Demon with the Heaven Mending Goddess Manifestation, the Pig Demon’s body burst into countless Dao Patterns.

• Fang Chen nearly severed the Pig Demon’s head, and the Floating Immortal Sword devoured its blood as his Glazed Battle Runes began turning gold.
• The great rhinoceros struck Fang Chen while the Pig Demon healed, transformed into Beastman Form, and attacked him alongside its companion.
• Fang Chen fused with the Chaos Giant and used Heaven and Earth Creation to split the great rhinoceros in two, then stabbed one half with the Floating Immortal Sword as it tried to regenerate.
• Fang Chen summoned the Heaven Mending Goddess Manifestation and hurled its Black Stone at the Pig Demon, repeatedly striking and suppressing it.
• The Black Stone battered the Pig Demon until its body burst apart and turned into countless Dao Patterns.

After defeating the Pig Demon, Fang Chen discovered that the Ninth Secret Realm could recreate the story he told and realized he had passed its trial. The Skeleton Boatman explained that the Secret Realm trained Quasi-Emperors through trials that usually rewarded them with Source Power of Emperors.

• Fang Chen absorbed the concentrated Source Power of Emperors released when the Pig Demon and rhinoceros were destroyed, strengthening his body, Blood Qi, and Soul Power.
• When the next Checkpoint did not appear, Fang Chen recreated the mountain, Cold Mountain Temple, and old monk by narrating his story.
• Fang Chen said the old monk was an old monster, and the monk burned away until the Skeleton Boatman remained.
• The Skeleton Boatman told Fang Chen that he had entered his own story, passed the trial, and received his reward, while the myna bird was still undergoing its trial.
• The Skeleton Boatman explained that the Secret Realm was designed to train Quasi-Emperors through many Checkpoints and trials, usually rewarding them with Source Power of Emperors.

Fang Chen learned that Ye Qingci was likely a Reincarnated Immortal whose Nirvana Immortal Scripture came from her previous life, and he worried about what recovering her memories might mean for their relationship. He then asked how to leave the Secret Realm and learned that the Skeleton Boatman was its Realm Master, who had existed there for possibly hundreds of millions of years.

• Fang Chen questioned the Skeleton Boatman about Cultivation Techniques and learned that most cultivators had to create their own paths to become Great Emperors.
• Fang Chen told the Skeleton Boatman that Ye Qingci had obtained the twelve-layer Nirvana Immortal Scripture, and the Skeleton Boatman said she could reach the Great Emperor Realm by cultivating it.
• The Skeleton Boatman said Ye Qingci was almost certainly a Reincarnated Immortal who had created the Nirvana Immortal Scripture in her previous life.
• Fang Chen worried that Ye Qingci might stop loving him if she recovered her past memories, then resolved to love her regardless.
• Fang Chen wondered whether Ye Kong might also be a reincarnated powerful figure because of his Kirin Sacred Body and Kirin Secret Tome.
• Fang Chen asked how to leave, and the Skeleton Boatman revealed he was the Secret Realm's Realm Master and had existed since its creation, perhaps for hundreds of millions of years.

Fang Chen learned that the Secret Realm had revived many times and that its nine trials could qualify cultivators to attempt a breakthrough to the Great Emperor Realm. After Huahua passed the first trial and joined him, Fang Chen introduced it to the Skeleton Boatman as the Spirit of the formation.

• The Skeleton Boatman explained that the Secret Realm repeatedly destroyed and revived itself, erasing many of his memories, and said it had last revived a thousand years earlier.
• The Skeleton Boatman told Fang Chen that he had passed the first of nine trials, which were required to qualify for attempting a breakthrough to the Great Emperor Realm, and that those who failed died.
• Fang Chen told the Skeleton Boatman about the Savage World, and the boatman explained that the Sacred Land had once been the main body of the ancient Barbaric Continent.
• The Skeleton Boatman brought Huahua to Fang Chen after it passed the trial, and Huahua nearly attacked him before Fang Chen explained that he was a Spirit of the formation.
• Fang Chen asked Huahua whether it had entered a Mystical Space and seen a mountain temple with an old witch inside.

Fang Chen and Huahua passed the first trial but learned they would have to wait three years before attempting the second stage. After discovering ten years had passed outside the Secret Realm, Fang Chen learned that Ye Chen had become a Quasi-Emperor and the Ye Family had attacked his sect, so he set out to return and confront him.

• Fang Chen explained that the Skeleton Boatman had used their stories to create separate trials, while Huahua refused to reveal what happened during his.
• The Skeleton Boatman told Fang Chen and Huahua they must wait three years to attempt the second stage, then sent them out of the Secret Realm.
• Fang Chen recognized their location as the Rainbow Mountain Range in the Southern Wastes and discovered from his Jade Talisman that ten years had passed.
• The Black Flame Saint contacted Fang Chen and warned him that Ye Chen had become a Quasi-Emperor and the Ye Family Members had attacked the sect.
• Fang Chen told Huahua he would return to the sect and make sure Ye Chen never left, then called for Little Crane to wake up.

Little Crane returned Fang Chen to the Glazed Sword Sect, where Ye Chen and Li Changsheng were attacking its Quasi-Emperor. Fang Chen watched his Clone suffer under Ye Chen’s assault as the spectators assumed he was still missing or dead.

• Little Crane discovered that she had shrunk and lost one of her seven colors, but said her sensitivity to Space Dao Patterns had grown stronger.
• After sensing a powerful energy fluctuation, Fang Chen had Little Crane take him and the myna bird back to the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Fang Chen saw his Clone fighting Ye Chen and Li Changsheng, and Ye Chen struck the Clone with the Xuanhuang Banner, sending him flying.
• The watching Saints discussed Ye Chen’s strength and speculated that Fang Chen remained gravely injured after Li Changsheng’s ambush eleven years earlier.
• Li Changsheng urged Ye Chen to kill Fang Chen’s Clone, while Ye Chen pressed on, still frustrated that Fang Chen had not appeared.

Ye Chen used the Xuanhuang Banner and Xuanhuang Bell to overwhelm Fang Chen's Clone while Fang Chen remained unreachable. The Glazed Sword Sect feared its Quasi-Emperor would die, and Fang Chen's other clones suspected he had entered the Ninth Secret Realm.

• Ye Chen charged Fang Chen's Clone in the Chaos Space, knocked aside the Nine Realms Tower, and pierced the Clone with the Xuanhuang Banner.
• Ye Chen summoned the Xuanhuang Bell and struck it with the banner, battering Fang Chen's Clone with its sound waves.
• The Myna bird urged Fang Chen to intervene, and Fang Chen agreed to fight Ye Chen while the Myna bird took on Li Changsheng.
• The Saints watching were shocked by Ye Chen's two Supreme Emperor Weapons, while the Glazed Sword Sect begged the Black Flame Saint to summon the Floating Immortal Elder.
• The Black Flame Saint said he could not reach Fang Chen, and Third Brother Fang and Eldest Brother Fang wondered where their original self had gone.
• Eldest Brother Fang said he did not know where Fang Chen was and relayed the Black Flame Saint's guess that Fang Chen had entered the Ninth Secret Realm.

Fang Chen returned to the Chaos Space and freed his Clones from the Xuanhuang Bell's suppression after striking it with the Black Stone. He faced Ye Chen and began fighting to reclaim Ye Qingci's eyes and Ye Kong's arm.

• Fang Chen's Clones complained that Ye Chen had used Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails to drain their Soul Power.
• Fang Chen's Black Stone struck the Xuanhuang Bell, freeing his Clones and revealing that he had survived being hit by three Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails.
• Fang Chen told his Clone that the nails no longer affected him and promised to find a way to remove the Clone's nail after defeating Ye Chen.
• Fang Chen confronted Ye Chen and Li Changsheng, declaring his intent to kill Ye Chen and reclaim Ye Qingci's eyes and Ye Kong's arm.
• Ye Chen attacked with the Xuanhuang Banner, and Fang Chen split the Chaos Matter with his sword before striking the banner.

Fang Chen and Ye Chen clashed in the Chaos Matter, revealing the force of Ye Chen’s Kirin Arm and the power of Fang Chen’s Floating Immortal Sword. As Ye Chen charged again, Fang Chen merged with his Chaos Giant Manifestation to face him.

• Fang Chen and Ye Chen’s clash sent them flying apart, while Li Changsheng realized Fang Chen had survived the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails and grown stronger.
• Ye Mian and the other Ye Family Members watched Fang Chen’s return through the Xuanhuang Hall’s light screen and were shocked to see him alive.
• Ye Chen revealed the Kirin Arm and attacked Fang Chen with the Xuanhuang Banner, whose Divine Light Fang Chen shattered with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Ye Chen struck Fang Chen with the banner’s shaft, but the Floating Immortal Sword restored Fang Chen’s strength as Myna bird warned him that Ye Chen had yet to use the Nirvana Immortal Eyes.
• Fang Chen summoned the Chaos Giant Manifestation and merged with it as Ye Chen charged with the Xuanhuang Banner.

Fang Chen battled Ye Chen in the Chaos Space, countering the Xuanhuang Banner’s Xuanhuang Qi with the Heaven Mending Goddess’s Black Stone. After Ye Chen fled to the Outer Heavens, Fang Chen pursued him, and Ye Chen attacked with a colossal Blood Claw.

• Fang Chen struck Ye Chen’s Xuanhuang Banner with the Floating Immortal Sword, and their clash swept away the surrounding Chaos Matter.
• Ye Chen unleashed ten strands of Xuanhuang Qi, but Fang Chen scattered them with the Black Stone.
• Fang Chen attacked Ye Chen with the Black Stone and knocked the Xuanhuang Bell away, while Ye Chen later repelled another strike with the Xuanhuang Banner.
• Li Changsheng advised Ye Chen to leave the Chaos Space, and Ye Chen rushed into the Outer Heavens with Fang Chen in pursuit.
• Ye Chen turned to face Fang Chen among the stars and sent a colossal Blood Claw toward him, which Fang Chen met with the Black Stone.

Fang Chen countered Ye Chen’s Myriad Swords Emptied with One Sword Samsara, then traded blows with Ye Chen’s Blood Kirin form in the starry sky. The chapter ended with Fang Chen striking the Blood Kirin with the Hand of the Heavens and smashing it apart.

• Ye Chen merged with the Blood Kirin, which deflected Fang Chen’s Black Stone and mocked his reliance on it.
• Fang Chen enlarged his body with the Glazed Golden Body Secret Method as Ye Chen unleashed Myriad Swords Emptied.
• Fang Chen used One Sword Samsara to swallow all of Ye Chen’s red Sword Shadows.
• Fang Chen rushed the Blood Kirin and struck with the Floating Immortal Sword, but Ye Chen caught the blade with its claws and blasted him backward.
• Ye Chen charged Fang Chen, who summoned the Hand of the Heavens and smashed the Blood Kirin into pieces.

Fang Chen initially overwhelmed Ye Chen with the Hand of the Heavens and the Black Stone, but Ye Chen activated the Profound Yellow Talisman and turned the fight around. Ye Chen pierced Fang Chen with the Xuanhuang Banner and shattered half his body, then prepared to suppress him with the Xuanhuang Bell.

• Fang Chen struck Ye Chen with the Hand of the Heavens, then smashed him with the Black Stone after knocking away the Xuanhuang Banner.
• Li Changsheng warned Ye Chen that the Floating Immortal Sword could devour his strength, and Ye Chen used a Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nail to escape Fang Chen's attack.
• Ye Chen activated the Profound Yellow Talisman, which let him draw on the Profound Yellow Great Array and greatly increased his power.
• Ye Chen used the Xuanhuang Banner to repel Fang Chen's sword strike and pierce his chest.
• Ye Chen declared that the talisman gave him endless power, shattered half of Fang Chen's body, and summoned the Xuanhuang Bell to suppress him.

Fang Chen fought Ye Chen in the starry sky, using the Floating Immortal Sword and the Glazed Sword Sect’s formation to grow stronger while Ye Chen relied on the Profound Yellow Talisman. After the Myna distracted Li Changsheng, Fang Chen struck Ye Chen with the Swallowing Heaven Tower and trapped him in the Floating Immortal Great Array, but Ye Chen’s healing light kept him alive as Fang Chen’s swords attacked his neck and limbs.

• Fang Chen sent the Black Stone flying into the Xuanhuang Bell, then caught Ye Chen’s Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nail in the Samsara Vortex.
• Fang Chen and Ye Chen exchanged attacks as Fang Chen absorbed energy from the Floating Immortal Sword and his Glazed Battle Runes began turning golden.
• Li Changsheng urged Ye Chen to retreat, but the Myna bird struck Li Changsheng in the face with Bird Droppings and distracted Ye Chen.
• Fang Chen hit Ye Chen with the Swallowing Heaven Tower, shattering the Profound Yellow Talisman’s Divine Light and sending him flying.
• Fang Chen trapped Ye Chen in the Floating Immortal Great Array and struck him with the Black Stone and twelve sword lights.
• Fang Chen’s Flying Swords and Floating Immortal Sword cut into Ye Chen’s limbs and neck, but Ye Chen’s yellow healing light rapidly restored his wounds.

Fang Chen broke Ye Chen’s escape attempt by enduring the Xuanhuang Banner’s attacks, then used Ye Chen as a shield against the Floating Immortal Sword. Ye Chen was left trapped and being drained by the sword, while Li Changsheng could not come to his aid.

• Ye Chen used Nirvana Samsara to weaken Fang Chen’s control of the Floating Immortal Great Array, then escaped its bounds with the Xuanhuang Banner.
• Fang Chen burned his Bloodline Power and Soul Power to chase Ye Chen, endured the banner’s Divine Light, and grabbed him.
• Fang Chen turned Ye Chen into the Floating Immortal Sword’s path, and the sword pierced them both while its Devouring Power drained Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen struggled to escape Fang Chen’s grip and called Li Changsheng for help.
• Li Changsheng told Ye Chen he was ambushed by a Quasi-Emperor from the Glazed Sword Sect and could barely protect himself because the Myna bird’s droppings stuck to his face and hand.

Fang Chen pursued Ye Chen after Ye Chen escaped his grasp and severed his Kirin Arm, which the Swallowing Heaven Tower devoured. Li Changsheng pulled the enraged Ye Chen away and carried him toward a Space Rift.

• The myna bird humiliated Li Changsheng with corrosive droppings and pecked him in the eye when he tried to retaliate.
• Li Changsheng warned Ye Chen to break apart his body to escape Fang Chen and cautioned him not to use the Nirvana Immortal Eyes again.
• Ye Chen broke his body into pieces, escaped Fang Chen’s grasp, and reassembled with his aura weakened.
• Fang Chen caught up with Ye Chen, evaded his Kirin Arm attack, and severed his right arm with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen used the Swallowing Heaven Tower to devour Ye Chen’s severed arm, and Li Changsheng restrained Ye Chen and carried him toward a Space Rift.

Fang Chen stopped Ye Chen’s escape from the Glazed Sword Sect but returned to the Qingyang Realm to save his Clones, who had been struck by Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails. He discovered that his Soul Power could heal them and that their nails were drawn into his own Soul Origin, leaving the story with Fang Chen carrying more of the dangerous nails.

• Fang Chen’s Clones suffered from the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails, so he abandoned the chase and returned with them to the Qingyang Realm.
• Fang Chen found that his Soul Power strengthened the Clones’ Soul Origins and eased the pain caused by the nails.
• After half an hour, a nail burst from the Fusion Clone and fused with Fang Chen’s Soul Origin, freeing the Clone from its Devouring Power.
• Fang Chen told the Myna bird that the nail had likely been drawn to the others already inside him, and he accepted the risk of accumulating more.
• Fang Chen reassured the Black Flame Saint that his Clones were fine, and the Glazed Sword Sect’s Saints returned to the Secret Realm to cultivate.