Chapter Summaries

Fang Xi returned to the three countries during a devastating beast tide and rescued Li Shu’s group from a Yao Beast attack. After learning about the weakened Cultivation World and Yiling Valley’s refusal to help, he headed toward the Qing Mu Sect, leaving Li Shu to suspect that Fang Xi’s return would overturn the region’s balance.

• Li Shu and several Qi Refining disciples killed a Cold Moon Rhinoceros, but a flock of Six-winged Ghost Doves and a powerful Yao King soon threatened them.
• Fang Xi arrived in a carriage pulled by the Demonic Blood Flood Dragon and Green Fire Luan, whose Green Luan True Fire destroyed the Six-winged Ghost Doves.
• Li Shu thanked Fang Xi for saving them and answered his questions about the beast tide and the three countries.
• Li Shu explained that Old Ghost Yan had sealed Yiling Valley behind its Mountain Protection Array, while the Qing Mu Sect faced several Third-grade Yao Beasts.
• Fang Xi decided to settle old grudges and debts before returning to Myriad Islands Lake, then flew toward the Qing Mu Sect.
• Li Shu wondered whether Fang Xi’s return might create an opportunity for the Jade General Gate.

Fang Xi infiltrated Yiling Valley and confronted Old Ghost Yan, who had been preparing to destroy his Golden Core rather than let Fang Xi take revenge. Fang Xi subdued him and sent him into the Yan Family’s gathering, where the resulting explosion devastated the family and threw Yiling Valley into chaos.

• Fang Xi slipped through Yiling Valley’s Golden Light Cloud Sea Formation and watched Yan Family disciples bully You Youdong while the sect factions discussed suppressing the You Family.
• Fang Xi decided Old Ghost Yan had to die because he had used the Hun Yuan Sect to place a Wanted Order on him.
• Old Ghost Yan prepared for the beast tide with a Third-grade Yao Beast inner core and resolved to eliminate Fang Xi before his remaining lifespan ran out.
• Fang Xi appeared in Motian Cave and used a White Piece to restrain Old Ghost Yan’s Shadowless Sword and halt his Golden Core self-destruction.
• Fang Xi carried Old Ghost Yan to the Yan Family Head’s cave dwelling and released him, triggering an explosion that killed many Yan Family cultivators and shook Yiling Valley.

Fang Xi escaped Old Ghost Yan’s self-destruction, then headed to Qing Mu Sect as a beast tide threatened to destroy it. He arrived with his yao beasts and defeated the three Third-grade leaders, leaving Qing Mu Sect’s fate in his hands.

• Fang Xi returned to Yiling Valley after Old Ghost Yan’s self-destruction and found the cave dwelling destroyed; the surviving Foundation Establishment Cultivators fled or turned against the Yan Family.
• Fang Xi took Old Ghost Yan’s Third-grade inner core and decided to visit Qing Mu Sect, where a beast tide had trapped the sect behind its weakening formation.
• Cang Qingzi told Zheng Shan that Qing Mu Sect had received no reinforcements and urged her to flee, but she stayed to defend the sect’s Third-grade Spirit Vein.
• Fang Xi arrived at Qing Mu Forest in his carriage with the Green Fire Luan, Demonic Blood Flood Dragon, and other yao beasts, then sent them to attack the three Third-grade Yao Beasts.
• The Green Fire Luan killed the Thousand Year Wood Beguiler and brought Fang Xi its inner core.

Fang Xi returned to the three kingdoms, rescued Qing Mu Sect from a beast tide, and revealed his Core Formation Late Stage cultivation to Zhang Zhusheng at Profound Heaven Sect. After compelling Zhang Zhusheng to let him study the sect’s Scripture Depository, Fang Xi copied several useful techniques and departed unnoticed.

• Fang Xi’s demonic beasts and corpse refinement killed three demon kings and ended the attack on Qing Mu Sect.
• Cang Qingzi and the Qing Mu Sect elders thanked Fang Xi, who gave Zheng Shan a bottle of cultivation pills because she reminded him of Zheng Tie.
• Fang Xi reached Profound Heaven Sect, revealed that he had reached Core Formation Late Stage, and told Zhang Zhusheng that he had killed Old Ghost Yan.
• Fang Xi asked to inspect Profound Heaven Sect’s Scripture Depository, and Zhang Zhusheng reluctantly agreed after seeing the Green Fire Luan’s power.
• Zhang Zhusheng received reports of chaos in Yiling Valley and Fang Xi’s strength, then worried about Profound Heaven Sect’s future.
• Fang Xi copied several techniques from the Scripture Depository, including a Third-grade beast-taming inheritance, and left before Zhang Zhusheng arrived to see him.

Fang Xi returned to Dragon Fish Island after more than a century away, mourned old acquaintances, and heard how Myriad Islands Lake had changed. As others prepared to pay their respects, he began planning to help Tai Sui advance.

• Zhong Hongyu, Hai Daniu, and Taishu Hong waited at Evergreen Pavilion after learning that Fang Xi had returned.
• Fang Xi arrived by dragon-and-phoenix carriage, met his followers at Yuan Feihong’s grave, and learned of the deaths and changes across Myriad Islands Lake.
• Fang Xi returned to Evergreen Pavilion, while Da Qing flew to the Fish Farm and the Green Fire Luan left to amuse itself.
• Ruan Xiuxiu decided to bring gifts and visit Fang Xi, and the Yan Family prepared young women to seek favor at Evergreen Pavilion.
• Fang Xi released Tai Sui and considered using pills refined from Yao Cores to help it break through.

Fang Xi investigated Emerald Island but chose not to confront the hidden old ghost, then remained in seclusion while his Tai Sui advanced to the Third Order. On Dragon Fish Island, his subordinates dealt with visitors and killed Old Demon Wei, while Fang Xi harvested Flesh Ganoderma Liquid and prepared to pursue the remaining ingredients for the Tribulation Extinguishing Pill.

• Fang Xi recognized that the presence beneath Emerald Island resembled the old ghost connected to Zhan Tu, planted Wood Puppets around the island, and left rather than risk exposing his strength.
• Zhong Hongyu and Hai Daniu managed the many cultivators waiting to meet Fang Xi on Dragon Fish Island, including the Yan Family.
• Tai Sui advanced to the Third Order, creating a dramatic phenomenon that drew cultivators across the island.
• Zong Linghu fled into Dragon Fish Island's formation while Old Demon Wei pursued her, and Zhong Hongyu used the array to kill him.
• Fang Xi confirmed Tai Sui had become a Meat Ganoderma and drew out Flesh Ganoderma Liquid, leaving the Illusion Extinguishing Heart Orchid as the remaining ingredient he needed for the Tribulation Extinguishing Pill.

Fang Xi emerged from seclusion and received the factions and cultivators seeking his favor on Dragon Fish Island. He offered Zhong Hongyu a path to core formation and Taishu Hong several choices, both conditional on accepting restrictions that would bind them to him.

• Fang Xi rode Big Qing around Dragon Fish Island, then received visiting factions and dismissed them after accepting their gifts.
• Zong Linghu presented her family’s talisman inheritance and asked to serve Fang Xi, but he refused her offer and left her to Zhong Hongyu’s discretion.
• Fang Xi gave Zhong Hongyu pills to help her advance and bestowed spiritual artifacts on Taishu Hong and Hai Daniu.
• Fang Xi asked Zhong Hongyu whether she still wished to form her core and offered her rare spiritual items and guidance in exchange for accepting restrictions.
• Fang Xi presented Taishu Hong with a choice between a spiritual artifact, a demon core, or the Taibai Sword Art, requiring restrictions for the latter two options.

Taishu Hong chose a demon core over an ancient sword cultivation method, while Fang Xi bound him with a hidden restriction and gave the Ruan Family a Golden Core Edict. Later, Fang Xi considered exploring dangerous ruins and devised a plan to leave part of his soul behind as a return anchor, though he still needed a way to protect that soul.

• Taishu Hong chose the Third-grade demon core, and Fang Xi secretly placed a restriction in his body before giving him Core Formation guidance.
• Fang Xi gave Ruan Xiuxiu a Golden Core Edict that would let a future Ruan Family Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator exchange it for a Core Formation Spiritual Item.
• Fang Xi spent time relaxing on Dragon Fish Island and Peach Blossom Island before returning to cultivate in the Mountain Sea Pearl Cave Mansion.
• Fang Xi considered the upcoming century-long agreement with Zhan Tu and Zhong Hongyu and planned to explore ruins connected to Azure Emperor Mountain.
• Fang Xi realized he could leave part of his soul in the Southern Barrens Cultivation World as an anchor to return from another realm, but he worried that the soul fragment would be vulnerable without an External Incarnation.

Fang Xi refined a Primordial Soul Lamp and discovered that its faint soul imprint could not help the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror transport him to the lamp. On Dragon Fish Island, Big Azure advanced into a Third-grade Azure Flood Dragon and awakened a powerful concealment ability.

• Fang Xi used Third-grade Ghost Wood and other rare materials to refine a Primordial Soul Lamp, then placed a trace of his soul inside it.
• Fang Xi left the lamp in the cavern beneath Jade Cliff, but his attempt to use the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror to travel there failed because the soul imprint was too weak.
• Fang Xi considered using the damaged Myriad Souls Banner to nourish the lamp before sensing Big Azure's advancement beginning on Dragon Fish Island.
• Big Azure absorbed spiritual energy, shed its old skin, and completed its transformation into a Third-grade Azure Flood Dragon.
• Fang Xi identified Big Azure's awakened ability as a Hidden Dragon Divine Ability that concealed its aura and form, and wondered about its origins.

After Taishu Hong formed a False Core and subdued Wu Country, Fang Xi borrowed a cave abode from the Profound Heaven Sect before returning to Dragon Fish Island to help Zhong Hongyu prepare for Core Formation. Three years after she entered seclusion, a Spiritual Energy vortex gathered above the island, but Fang Xi sensed that her breakthrough was going poorly.

• Taishu Hong condensed a False Core, then followed Fang Xi’s orders to pacify Wu Country and occupy Yiling Valley.
• Fang Xi borrowed Zhang Zhusheng’s cave abode at the Profound Heaven Sect and cultivated there for six or seven years while the Green Fire Luan and Da Qing damaged the sect’s Spirit Herb Garden.
• Fang Xi returned to Dragon Fish Island after learning that Zhong Hongyu had reached Foundation Establishment Perfection and prepared to attempt Core Formation.
• Zhong Hongyu chose to form her core on Dragon Fish Island, and Fang Xi gave her the materials and guidance for the Water Fire Alchemy Pill method.
• After three years of Zhong Hongyu’s seclusion, a Spiritual Energy vortex formed above Dragon Fish Island, and Fang Xi sensed that her Core Formation process was faltering.

Zhong Hongyu overcame her difficult Core Formation with Fang Xi’s help, while Fang Xi used the insights from her perfected Core to improve his Sky Banning Talisman and formation skills. Years later, Zhan Tu returned to Myriad Islands Lake under a hundred-year agreement, and Fang Xi’s surveillance revealed his arrival.

• Fang Xi transferred some of his origin energy to Zhong Hongyu through a secret art, allowing her embryonic Core to stabilize and become a true Golden Core.
• Zhong Hongyu held a Core Formation celebration after emerging from seclusion, while Fang Xi studied the silver runes in her Core and advanced his Sky Banning Talisman to eighty percent completeness.
• Fang Xi transformed the new Sky Banning Talisman into a chess piece and integrated it into the Star Luo Chessboard, then sensed that his arrangements outside Emerald Island had detected someone.
• Zhan Tu returned to Myriad Islands Lake and discussed with the old ghost their hundred-year agreement and the need for the Dragon Fish Island Master’s help in entering a ruin secret realm.
• Zhan Tu detected a concealment formation and destroyed it, but the Wood Puppet inside burned to ashes before he could examine it.

Fang Xi met Zhan Tu and the old ghost to arrange their joint exploration of a secret realm, then prepared a hidden refuge and made a deal for an advance inheritance. The chapter ended as Fang Xi examined the Yi Wood Indestructible Body technique and pressed the old ghost for the promised Nine Heavens Pure Radiance Water.

• Fang Xi confronted Zhan Tu over their agreement, learned they would explore the ruins in three months, and confirmed that he was still cultivating the Withered Glory Art.
• Fang Xi hid a Primordial Soul Lamp and a divine-sense fragment deep underground in Yu Commandery before returning to Dragon Fish Island to prepare for the expedition.
• Three months later, Fang Xi met Zhan Tu on Emerald Island and demanded advance benefits before agreeing to split the secret realm's other gains evenly.
• Fang Xi used his knowledge of the old ghost's hidden Core Formation Late Stage ghost cultivator to bargain for the Yi Wood Dharma Body secret technique.
• Fang Xi received the Yi Wood Indestructible Body technique and then asked the old ghost for the promised Nine Heavens Pure Radiance Water.

Fang Xi and Zhan Tu reached Nine Leaf Sect’s Evergreen Hall, where Fang Xi defeated a Core Formation Late Stage Ghost Cultivator and handed it over to Zhan Tu. The old ghost then revealed that entering the hall required overcoming a powerful fourth-tier restriction, and Fang Xi considered how his Withered Glory Art might help.

• Fang Xi and the old ghost broke through restrictions to reach the core of Nine Leaf Sect, where they found the Evergreen Wood stump and the ghost-infested Evergreen Hall.
• A frenzied Core Formation Late Stage Ghost Cultivator attacked Fang Xi and Zhan Tu, and Fang Xi used the Myriad Souls Banner to trap and overpower it.
• Zhan Tu used a Gathering Yin Bottle and nine coffin nails to suppress the Ghost Cultivator and seal it away, while Fang Xi helped him despite suspecting nothing.
• Fang Xi, Zhan Tu, and the old ghost approached Evergreen Hall, where the old ghost explained that a fourth-tier formation powered by the stump and spirit vein protected it.
• Fang Xi considered using his Core Formation Late Stage Withered Glory Art magic power to deal with the restriction.

Fang Xi and Zhan Tu entered Evergreen Hall and discovered ancient Teleportation Arrays that could connect distant Cultivation Regions. After confirming that one array led to the old ghost’s ruin, Fang Xi sent Da Qing through first, then prepared to follow Zhan Tu.

• Zhan Tu used a fourth-grade Evergreen Wood pearl to open Evergreen Hall’s sealed entrance, and Fang Xi followed him inside.
• Fang Xi and Zhan Tu found eight Ancient Teleportation Arrays in the rear hall, five damaged, and the old ghost explained that they had linked the Southern Barrens to other Cultivation Regions.
• Fang Xi tested two arrays without success, while the final one activated and was said to lead to the old ghost’s ruin.
• Fang Xi sent Da Qing through the working array to check for danger and confirmed that the Azure Flood Dragon appeared to be alive on the other side.
• Zhan Tu teleported through next, and Fang Xi left the Demonic Blood Flood Dragon to guard the array before activating it himself.

Fang Xi arrived in Evergreen Garden, where Zhan Tu damaged the Ancient Teleportation Array on Old Ghost’s orders. Old Ghost revealed that Azure Emperor Mountain had been destroyed in an ancient war and warned that Fang Xi’s Withered Glory Art could make him a target as a perceived remnant of the sect.

• Fang Xi recovered from the teleportation and found himself in a primeval wilderness before a towering wooden wall, with Da Qing and Zhan Tu nearby.
• Zhan Tu cut a corner from the Ancient Teleportation Array, and Fang Xi angrily demanded to know what he was doing.
• Old Ghost said he had ordered Zhan Tu to damage the array and identified the place as Evergreen Garden, a secret realm once controlled by Azure Emperor Mountain.
• Old Ghost revealed that Azure Emperor Mountain had fallen after its life-draining arts provoked the Mortal Realm’s Spirit Transformation forces into a devastating war.
• Old Ghost explained that the Nine Leaf Sect’s Ancestor had inherited Azure Emperor Mountain’s true teachings and carried on its Dao Lineage.
• Old Ghost warned that if Fang Xi advanced to Nascent Soul with the Withered Glory Art, other great forces might mistake him for an Azure Emperor Mountain remnant.

Fang Xi and Zhan Tu opened the entrance to Evergreen Garden, while Old Ghost urged them to claim Azure Emperor Mountain’s inheritance and rebuild the Nine Leaf Sect. The opening stirred forces in the Northern Plains and Eastern Sea, whose leaders began preparing to enter the secret realm.

• Fang Xi decided not to abandon the Withered Glory Art and agreed to follow Old Ghost’s plan to enter Evergreen Garden.
• Zhan Tu used the Wood Seeking Bead to clear vines from the wooden wall, and Fang Xi identified the Spirit Response Gate beyond it.
• Fang Xi and Zhan Tu poured their Withered Glory Art power into the gate until it opened, revealing azure-green light.
• The Ice God Palace Master told the White-browed Youth that Evergreen Garden had become active and sent him with World-Descending Talismans to Spring Return Valley.
• An old woman of the Azure Void Sect learned from the Jade Spirit Disk that Evergreen Garden was about to open and resolved to pursue its inheritance.

Fang Xi entered the collapsing Evergreen Garden secret realm and split from Old Ghost and Zhan Tu to search for treasures. Old Ghost revealed his plan to use Zhan Tu to obtain a Nascent Soul Pill and pursue an Immortal’s Treasure, while Fang Xi began raiding a medicinal garden and spotted a possible ten-thousand-year-old spirit herb.

• Old Monster Chi and the Yellow-robed Freak followed the Azure Void Sect Group into the secret realm using a tampered Jade Spirit Disk and a Traction Talisman.
• Fang Xi entered Evergreen Garden with Old Ghost and Zhan Tu, learned its protective formation was collapsing, and agreed to meet them at the Azure Emperor Hall after searching separately.
• Zhan Tu used the Sky Azure Pendant to block Fang Xi’s Spiritual Awareness while Old Ghost transferred his awareness into a Core Formation Late Stage ghost cultivator as an incarnation.
• Old Ghost told Zhan Tu to seek a Nascent Soul Pill in the Medicine King Hall and revealed that an Immortal’s Treasure awaited them in the Azure Emperor Hall.
• Fang Xi destroyed the map jade slip, flew to a medicinal garden, broke through its restrictions, and found several ancient herbs and a secluded patch of dense Spiritual Energy.

Fang Xi plundered the Spirit Herb Garden and tested the Nine Heavens Pool as other Nascent Soul cultivators forced their way into Evergreen Garden. The Ghost King entered the azure lake, and Fang Xi sensed that it was still alive.

• Fang Xi recognized the garden’s five-colored Millet Soil and used his Mountain Sea Pearl and companions to dig up its soil and spirit herbs.
• A White-browed Youth arranged for Core Formation cultivators to enter Evergreen Garden through a short-range Teleportation Array.
• Madam Bi, Old Monster Chi, and Venerable Dong Yuan opened the garden’s hidden gateway, but Western Desert Demonic Cultivators slipped inside ahead of them.
• Fang Xi arrived at the Nine Heavens Pool and sent Yin souls into all nine lakes; they vanished without reaching the bottom.
• Fang Xi sent a Core Formation Late Stage Ghost King into the azure lake and sensed that it had not died.

Fang Xi found the Nine Heavens Pure Radiance Water in an underwater cavern and took its sealed stone platform into the Mountain Sea Pearl. When two Core Formation cultivators mistook him for an Azure Emperor Mountain remnant and attacked, he revealed his Nascent Soul-level power, killed them, and learned from a soul search that outsiders chiefly sought the Evergreen Garden’s resources.

• Fang Xi used the Yama Magic Domain to suppress a nest of Azure Water Winged Snakes, then had the Ghost King collect several survivors while he gathered their corpses and blood.
• Fang Xi found the cavern holding the Nine Heavens Pure Radiance Water and transferred the entire stone platform and its sealed pool into the Mountain Sea Pearl.
• A yellow-robed demonic cultivator and a female cultivator confronted Fang Xi as he emerged from the lake, mistaking him for an Azure Emperor Mountain remnant and attacking him.
• Fang Xi used Human Dao to seize the yellow-robed cultivator’s Earthen Divine Sand and Asura Path to kill the fleeing female cultivator.
• Fang Xi killed the yellow-robed cultivator, searched his soul, and learned that cultivators from other worlds were mainly interested in the Evergreen Garden’s resources.

Fang Xi headed for Azure Emperor Hall to pursue the Withered Glory inheritance, while Zhan Tu escaped Medicine King Hall with a Nascent Soul Pill and was hunted by a Nascent Soul cultivator. After fusing with the old ghost, Zhan Tu fled toward a silver-white tower ship carrying two Nascent Soul cultivators, leaving his next move uncertain.

• Fang Xi collected the remains of two Core Formation cultivators and continued toward Azure Emperor Hall for the Withered Glory inheritance.
• Zhan Tu slipped out of Medicine King Hall with a Nascent Soul Pill while cultivators fought over its remaining treasures.
• A White-browed Youth attacked Zhan Tu, but Zhan Tu fused with the old ghost and escaped using their combined power.
• The old ghost revealed that he had destroyed a formation eye because Evergreen Garden had to fall for an immortal treasure to emerge.
• Zhan Tu encountered a silver-white tower ship carrying two Nascent Soul cultivators, and the old ghost told him to use the Myriad Wood Spring Life Diagram to trap them.