Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen learned about the God Race’s strength and waited in the Heart Nurturing Palace for a way home while the Goddess Empress considered whether to trust him. A Prophet Divine Butterfly confirmed that Fang Chen could be trusted, and the Empress took it into seclusion to aid her cultivation.

• Yena told Fang Chen that the God Race had around four hundred Quasi-Emperors and explained their ranks.
• Fang Chen contacted Quasi-Emperor Huo Li through Little Crane, then let Myna bird out and explained their situation.
• Aoxin asked the Goddess Empress whether Fang Chen could be trusted, and she said the God Race needed his help to oppose the Devil Race.
• The Goddess Empress gave Aoxin Jade Slips and her personal Token and ordered him to gather materials for Fang Chen.
• A Prophet Divine Butterfly appeared and indicated that Fang Chen could be trusted, then answered some of the Goddess Empress’s questions.
• The Goddess Empress entered seclusion with the butterfly, and two days later Fang Chen summoned Yena.

Fang Chen visited the God Race’s Red Demon Abyss with Yena and learned that the Red Demons’ origins could strengthen the body. On the Ninth Layer, he watched the powerful God Race fighter Ao Sheng battle a nearly ten-thousand-year-old red Lion as the creature struck at him.

• Fang Chen asked Yena to show him the God Race’s Forbidden Grounds, and she led him to the Red Demon Abyss.
• Yena explained that Red Demons carried origins useful for strengthening the body and that the abyss suppressed internal power, though Fang Chen discovered his Twilight Power still worked.
• Fang Chen followed Yena to the Ninth Layer, where he saw a red Lion fighting a God Race expert.
• Yena identified the Lion as nearly ten thousand years old and the fighter as Ao Sheng, a Five-star Quasi-Emperor ranked first among his level.
• The red Lion unleashed its strength and swung a massive paw at Ao Sheng.

Fang Chen visited the Red Demon Abyss with Yena and agreed to test himself against Red Demon Kings. After learning how challenges worked, he marked thirty crocodile Red Demon Kings at once, leaving the God Race experts stunned as they charged him.

• Yena explained that the Red Demon Abyss enforced one-on-one or group battles, while outsiders could fight multiple Red Demons in the Red Demon Space.
• Yena introduced Fang Chen as her master to the God Race Quasi-Emperors, who welcomed him and invited him to fight a Red Demon.
• Yena recommended a Red Demon King, and Fang Chen asked for a few because they were at least as strong as Super Quasi-Emperors.
• Fang Chen and the God Race experts found thirty crocodile Red Demon Kings in a basin, and Yena explained that Soul Imprints were needed to challenge them.
• Fang Chen branded all thirty crocodiles with Soul Imprints, provoking them to charge as the God Race experts watched in disbelief.

Fang Chen slaughtered a group of Red King-level crocodiles and absorbed their Red Demon Origin to strengthen his body. Yena then led him to the hundred-thousand-year Bone Dragon, whose first strike sent Fang Chen flying dozens of li.

• Fang Chen killed thirty Red King-level crocodiles with the Floating Immortal Sword and absorbed their Red Demon Origin.
• Fang Chen told Myna bird that Red Demon Origin greatly improved his physical strength, and Myna bird resolved to try it.
• Yena led Fang Chen and the God Race experts deeper into the Red Demon Space to a hundred-thousand-year Bone Dragon.
• Fang Chen placed a Soul Imprint on the Bone Dragon, awakening it and causing the God Race experts and Myna bird to retreat.
• The Bone Dragon tore through space with its tail, and its clash with Fang Chen's sword sent Fang Chen flying dozens of li.

Fang Chen fought the Bone Dragon in the Abyssal Demon Cave, absorbing power from the Floating Immortal Sword and growing stronger despite remaining outmatched. Meanwhile, the Goddess Empress advanced under the Prophet Divine Butterfly’s guidance, which ended when the butterfly died a month later.

• Fang Chen absorbed energy from the Floating Immortal Sword and charged the Bone Dragon, but its tail struck him hard enough to shatter his breastbone.
• Fang Chen reassured Yena and the God Race experts, then repeatedly attacked the Bone Dragon and absorbed more energy with each clash.
• Fang Chen and the Myna bird considered whether the Bone Dragon approached a Great Emperor powerhouse, while Fang Chen reflected on his progress toward the Great Emperor Realm.
• The Goddess Empress resolved many problems in her training under the Prophet Divine Butterfly, which died after a month and whose appearance she chose to keep secret.
• After a month of fighting, Fang Chen had grown stronger, but the Bone Dragon still greatly surpassed him.

Fang Chen fought the Bone Dragon in the Red Demon Abyss for months, steadily growing stronger as Yena and the God Race experts watched. After his swordsmanship broke through, he severed the Bone Dragon’s tail and struck at its neck.

• Yena told the Goddess Empress that Fang Chen had been fighting the Bone Dragon for a month, prompting the empress to visit the Red Demon Abyss.
• The Goddess Empress watched Fang Chen battle the Bone Dragon and was shaken by his strength before leaving.
• Over the next half year, Fang Chen’s sword strikes grew powerful enough to wound the Bone Dragon deeply, while it failed to escape him.
• Fang Chen entered a profound state as his swordsmanship advanced, and the Floating Immortal Sword erupted with a mighty Sword Intent.
• Fang Chen severed the Bone Dragon’s tail with one stroke, then pursued it and brought his sword down toward its neck.

Fang Chen killed the Bone Dragon and absorbed its Origin, greatly increasing his physical strength. Yena then brought him to the Divine Moon Heavenly Wheel, where he met the Goddess Empress and Quasi-Emperor Aoxin.

• Fang Chen shattered the Bone Dragon's skull and absorbed the Golden Light Orb formed from its remains.
• The Goddess Empress told Yena to bring Fang Chen to her after he finished absorbing the Bone Dragon's Origin.
• Fang Chen emerged ten days later and shattered space with a single punch, astonishing the God Race experts.
• Yena told Fang Chen that the Divine Moon Heavenly Wheel had been activated and could send him back to the Barbaric Continent.
• Yena led Fang Chen and the Myna bird through the Divine Moon Heavenly Wheel and into its Golden Sphere.
• Fang Chen reached the Golden Sphere's Core Region and saw the Goddess Empress and Quasi-Emperor Aoxin.

Fang Chen and Yena traveled aboard the Sky-Shielding Shuttle from the God Race Continent toward the Barbaric Continent, carrying materials to make weapons against the Devil Race. Four years later, the shuttle crashed into the Western Wilderness near the Buddhist Land, where Yena said they had arrived but could not leave until its defensive formation disengaged.

• The Goddess Empress gave Fang Chen more than enough materials for Heaven Demon Powder and Demon Devouring Saint Tools, and assigned Yena to accompany him aboard the Sky-Shielding Shuttle.
• Yena explained that the journey would take at least three years and brought Fang Chen into a chamber of green liquid to withstand the shuttle's pressure.
• The Sky-Shielding Shuttle launched through a spatial vortex, and Fang Chen slept during the journey while Yena piloted it.
• Four years later, the shuttle emerged above the Buddhist Land in the Western Wilderness and crashed into the earth, creating a massive explosion.
• The Three Burials Buddha Emperor sent the Lone Cloud Buddha Emperor and Quasi-Emperor Gu Chan to investigate the energy surge.
• Yena told Fang Chen that they had arrived, but the shuttle's defensive formation would take another six hours to disengage.

Fang Chen returned to the Barbaric Continent with Yena and reunited with the Buddhist Cultivators and the Glazed Sword Sect after more than a century away. The chapter ended with Fang Chen recognizing that Black Flame had become a Quasi-Emperor.

• The Lone Cloud Buddha Emperor and Gu Chan found the Sky-Escaping Shuttle but could not break through its Great Emperor defensive runes, so they reported it to the Three Burials Buddha Emperor.
• Fang Chen, Myna bird, and Yena emerged from the shuttle, and the Lone Cloud Buddha Emperor and Gu Chan welcomed Fang Chen back.
• Fang Chen introduced Yena, then traveled with her and the Buddhist leaders to Tianzhu City, where the Three Burials Buddha Emperor briefed him on the past century.
• The Three Burials Buddha Emperor and the Buddhist Cultivators held a welcome ceremony for Fang Chen before Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect with Yena and Myna bird.
• Black Flame and the others welcomed Fang Chen, and Fang Chen sensed that Black Flame had advanced to Quasi-Emperor.

Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect with Yena and Quasi-Emperor Huo Li, reuniting Huo Li with his fellow disciples and learning how much the Human Race had strengthened. He settled Yena and freed the Elf Race experts, then recounted his journey across the Demon Race and God Race Continents.

• Black Flame Quasi-Emperor told Fang Chen that Xiao Yi had reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm and helped others break through.
• Fang Chen released Quasi-Emperor Huo Li from Little Crane, and the Glazed Sword Sect disciples welcomed Huo Li home.
• Fang Chen introduced Yena and described his adventures to the sect, learning that the Human Race now had more than three hundred Quasi-Emperors.
• Black Flame Quasi-Emperor told Fang Chen that Ye Qingci and Ye Kong were challenging Checkpoints in the Ninth Secret Realm.
• Fang Chen settled Yena on a sect island and released the Elf Race experts from the Swallowing Heaven Tower.
• Fang Chen recounted his journey to Quasi-Emperor Ou Ning and the other Elf Race experts, who were astonished by his rescue of Huo Li and return from the God Race Continent.

After returning the Elf Race survivors to the Glazed Sword Sect, Fang Chen went with Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm to the Ninth Secret Realm, where the restored Realm Master sent them to the Third Checkpoint. Fang Chen arrived alone in a lifeless, death-filled space and asked what the trial involved.

• Fang Chen reassured Quasi-Emperor Ou Ning and the other Elf Race survivors that they were not at fault for failing to scatter Heaven Demon Powder, and promised to explain matters to Her Majesty.
• Quasi-Emperor Ou Ning asked to stay on the Human Race continent for a while, and Fang Chen agreed to arrange a guide for them.
• Fang Chen took Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm to the Ninth Secret Realm, where they noticed the increased Spatial Pressure.
• The Realm Master explained that the four Realm Source Pearls had restored the Secret Realm’s four layers, connected the First through Ninth Layers, and returned much of his strength.
• Fang Chen asked to take the Third Layer’s Trial, and the Realm Master sent him, Myna bird, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm through a Space Rift to the Third Checkpoint.
• Fang Chen found himself alone in a gray space filled with Spatial Pressure and Death Aura, then asked the Realm Master what the trial involved.

Fang Chen entered the Third-Layer Space trial and chose a sword inheritance from a Stone Tablet. After he endured Bai Ye’s three Sword Light strikes without pain, Bai Ye confirmed that he qualified to receive the inheritance, then approached while holding him in place with a powerful force.

• The Realm Master explained that Fang Chen had to master the basics of a Secret Method within ten years, with better performance earning greater rewards.
• Fang Chen chose a sword-carved Stone Tablet and entered its Inheritance Space, where he met Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye told Fang Chen to withstand three sword strikes to prove himself, warning that the Sword Intent could destroy his consciousness.
• Fang Chen absorbed Bai Ye’s first two Sword Light strikes without pain, stunning Bai Ye.
• Fang Chen endured Bai Ye’s third strike, and Bai Ye confirmed that he qualified for the inheritance.
• Bai Ye approached Fang Chen and used a powerful force to prevent him from moving.

Fang Chen inherited Bai Ye’s White Rainbow Sword Art and used its strongest form to destroy the Inheritance Stone Tablet. The Realm Master gave him a nine-star rating and nine Beads, but told him he had to wait ten years before attempting the Fourth Checkpoint.

• Fang Chen received Bai Ye’s Great Emperor inheritance, the White Rainbow Sword Art, and found nine Silhouettes ready to guide him through its levels.
• Fang Chen mastered the art and unleashed Flowing Light Sword River, which destroyed the nine Silhouettes, cracked the Inheritance Space, and shattered the stone tablet.
• The Realm Master confirmed that Fang Chen had passed the Third Layer Assessment and rated his performance at nine stars.
• The Realm Master awarded Fang Chen nine Beads, which Fang Chen accepted and stored away.
• Fang Chen asked to attempt the Fourth Checkpoint, but the Realm Master said he had to wait ten years.

After leaving the Ninth Secret Realm, Fang Chen began making Heaven Demon Powder and Demon Devouring Saint Tools for Yena in the Green Grass Great Array. The first batch drew down powerful Heavenly Punishment, and Fang Chen watched as the array absorbed its lightning.

• The Realm Master sent Fang Chen out of the Ninth Secret Realm, where he inspected the nine Beads he had obtained in the Third Checkpoint.
• Fang Chen decided to make Heaven Demon Powder and Demon Devouring Saint Tools for Yena, choosing the Green Grass Great Array to help absorb the Heavenly Punishment.
• Fang Chen checked on Saint Lian Yue, expanded the array's Core Region by ten thousand miles, and cleared the area for crafting.
• After a day, Fang Chen completed the first batch of Demon Devouring Saint Tools, bringing down a powerful Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Glazed Sword Sect experts learned from Black Flame Quasi-Emperor that Floating Immortal Elder was crafting artifacts, while the Green Grass Great Array devoured the lightning striking Fang Chen's Heaven Refining Furnace.

Fang Chen’s attempt to refine Heaven Demon Powder triggered a fierce Heavenly Tribulation that set the Green Grass Great Array ablaze. The array burned away, leaving strange colored clouds overhead as rain began to fall.

• After three years of crafting, Fang Chen had produced 138 million Demon Devouring Saint Tools and began refining Heaven Demon Powder atop the Green Grass Great Array.
• Colored flames from the Heavenly Tribulation ignited the array, and Fang Chen rescued Saint Lian Yue before warning everyone to leave.
• The fire consumed cultivators undergoing tribulation, while Fang Chen told Quasi-Emperor Huo Li that he could not extinguish the flames.
• After a month of tribulation, the flames kept spreading until the entire Green Grass Great Array had burned away half a year later.
• Fang Chen saw colored clouds formed from smoke, Dao Patterns, and the dead cultivators’ lights gather above the array as the Heaven Refining Furnace continued to spew flames.
• Thunder sounded over the colored clouds, and rain began to fall.

Fang Chen discovered that the Heaven Refining Furnace had produced a huge quantity of five-colored ash after the Green Grass Great Array regenerated. He brought the ash to the Demon Cave’s Eighth Layer to test whether it could harm the Devil Race.

• Colored rain restored the Green Grass Great Array, and the people whose Tribulation Transcendence had burned them were revived.
• Grass grew across the Heaven Refining Furnace, burned into five-colored ash, and left Fang Chen with at least ten billion jin of the powder.
• Fang Chen returned Saint Lian Yue to the Green Grass Great Array and asked the Black Flame Quasi-Emperor for Devil Race members to test the ash on.
• Fang Chen went to the Demon Cave’s Eighth Layer, where he met the Black Flame Quasi-Emperor and Quasi-Emperor Huo Li.
• Fang Chen took out the five-colored ash, surprising Huo Li and the Black Flame Quasi-Emperor.

Fang Chen tested his newly refined Five-Color Ash on Devil Race members and confirmed it was an even more potent form of Heaven Demon Powder. He arranged to distribute the powder among the Human, God, Elf, and Dragon Races, while Quasi-Emperor Huo Li prepared to pursue the Tenth Wave Sword Technique.

• Fang Chen scattered Five-Color Ash over four Devil Race members, causing them to lose their senses and attack one another.
• Quasi-Emperor Huo Li and Uncle-Master Black Flame recognized the ash as Heaven Demon Powder, and Huo Li noted that it acted faster and more powerfully than before.
• Fang Chen said he had refined at least ten billion jin of the powder and gave two billion jin to take to the God Race, leaving the rest with Quasi-Emperor Huo Li for distribution to the Elf and Dragon Races.
• Quasi-Emperor Huo Li said the Tenth Wave Sword Technique might require creating a Law, which was usually done after reaching the Great Emperor Realm.
• Fang Chen left to deliver the powder to the God Race, while Quasi-Emperor Huo Li planned to enter seclusion.

Fang Chen gave Yena vast supplies of Heaven Demon Powder and Demon Devouring Saint Tools before seeing her off to the God Race Continent. He then told the Elf Queen about his return and campaign on the Demon Race Continent, and she reassured him that she did not blame Ou Ning and the others.

• Fang Chen gave Yena two gourds of Heaven Demon Powder and a Storage Ring containing ten million Demon Devouring Saint Tools.
• Yena left for home aboard the Sky-Escaping Shuttle, which flew into the Spatial Storm above the Barbaric Sea.
• Fang Chen used the Elf Queen's token to contact her and explained that he had returned to the Barbaric Continent.
• Fang Chen recounted his campaign on the Demon Race Continent, including killing the Black Prison Demon Emperor and confronting the Qingtian Demon Emperor.
• Fang Chen said he regretted keeping Ou Ning and the others from fighting and planned to send them stronger Heaven Demon Powder; the Elf Queen said she was glad they had returned alive and would not blame them.

Fang Chen coordinated with the Elf Queen and Palace Mistress Lingxin to send Elf Race warriors home and distribute his newly refined Heaven Demon Powder. He left the story hoping the allied races could strike the Demon Race Continent, though the passage there had collapsed and the Spatial Storm still obstructed travel.

• Fang Chen told the Elf Queen that the God Race would join the fight against the Devil Race and discussed how they might reach the Demon Race Continent, but she said the undersea Spatial Passage had collapsed.
• Fang Chen contacted Palace Mistress Lingxin, who agreed to use Tianyuan Academy’s Teleportation Array to send the Elf Race warriors home.
• Fang Chen gave Quasi-Emperor Ou Ning a Gourd of advanced Heaven Demon Powder to deliver to the Elf Queen, then took him and the others to Tianyuan Academy.
• Fang Chen gave Palace Mistress Lingxin a Gourd containing a billion jin of potent five-colored Heaven Demon Powder for Tianyuan Academy.
• Fang Chen told Palace Mistress Lingxin that he wanted to attack the Demon Race Continent, and she was taken aback by his boldness.

Fang Chen arranged for the Elf Race to return home, then prepared to use the Green Grass Great Array to help Human Race cultivators grow stronger while he refined weapons against the Devil Race. He visited Dog Head Ridge and discovered that Elder Yun, Li Yanshan, and Wu Qingfeng had advanced to high Saint realms.

• Fang Chen and Palace Mistress Lingxin opened a Spatial Passage and sent Quasi-Emperor Ou Ning and the Elf experts back to the Elf Continent.
• Fang Chen told Palace Mistress Lingxin that the Heavenly Wheel Secret Codex had slowed the loss of his Lifespan and that he planned to make more Heaven Demon Powder and Demon Devouring Saint Tools.
• Fang Chen asked the Black Flame Quasi-Emperor to bring Glazed Sword Sect disciples into the Green Grass Great Array, then invited cultivators from allied factions and the Ye Family to train there.
• Fang Chen traveled to Dog Head Ridge and reunited with Elder Yun, Li Yanshan, and Wu Qingfeng.
• Elder Yun told Fang Chen he had reached the Nine-Tribulation Saint realm, while Li Yanshan and Wu Qingfeng said they were Eight-Tribulation Saints.