Chapter Summaries

Fang Xi successfully formed a Nascent Soul on Emerald Island, triggering a vast Heaven and Earth Phenomenon that drew cultivators from across Myriad Islands Lake. After taking the Tribulation Extinguishing Pill, he entered the Inner Demon Tribulation and found himself taking a civil service examination.

• Fang Xi used the Nascent Soul Pill to shatter his Withered Glory Golden Core and condense a Nascent Soul.
• Fang Xi's Nascent Soul appeared above his body, drawing Spiritual Energy and triggering a phenomenon that covered a hundred-mile radius around Emerald Island.
• Zhong Hongyu and the Hun Yuan Sect cultivators witnessed the phenomenon, and Wei Changsheng redirected his Spirit Ship toward Emerald Island while asking Taishu Hong to guide them there.
• Fang Xi's Nascent Soul returned to his dantian and seated itself in the Purple Palace, completing its condensation.
• Fang Xi swallowed the Tribulation Extinguishing Pill and entered the Inner Demon Tribulation, where he believed he was taking a civil service exam.

Fang Xi overcame a succession of inner demon illusions and endured the lightning tribulation to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. After beginning to consolidate his cultivation, he realized he seemed to have another Natal Magic Treasure.

• Fang Xi saw through inner demon illusions, including visions of his mortal life, a fight with the Song Family Ancestor, and a Spirit Transmutation Venerable demanding an immortal treasure.
• Fang Xi awoke in his cultivation room on Emerald Island as the Nascent Soul lightning tribulation began, and sent his External Nascent Soul to face the early bolts.
• The Nine Nether Profound Wood Great Array collapsed, and the External Nascent Soul used the Star Luo Chessboard and its Yama Heavenly Son Dharma Image to withstand more lightning before Fang Xi shielded it with Yi Wood Divine Light.
• Fang Xi brought out the Life and Death Seal to catch the final tribulation bolts, successfully reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and absorbed the essence of Heaven and Earth left behind.
• Wei Changsheng and the Hun Yuan Sect cultivators witnessed the tribulation end and prepared to pay their respects, while Fang Xi returned to secluded cultivation with both Nascent Souls.
• Fang Xi inspected his two Nascent Souls and realized he seemed to possess another Natal Magic Treasure.

After stabilizing his Nascent Soul, Fang Xi tested his new power and summoned the Core Formation cultivators on Emerald Island. He uncovered the Hun Yuan Sect’s plans to move north and began investigating them, leaving Wei Changsheng bound after a soul search revealed the sect’s concerns about a demonic invasion.

• Fang Xi refined the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror, sensed a fragment in the fourth world, and decided to postpone investigating it.
• Fang Xi tested his Yi Wood Divine Light, considered cultivating the Grand Unity Azure Wood Divine Light, and sensed that his lifespan had grown to around three thousand years.
• Fang Xi released his divine sense across a hundred miles, alarming Wei Changsheng and other cultivators near Emerald Island.
• Fang Xi summoned all cultivators above False Core to Evergreen Hall and questioned the Hun Yuan Sect delegation.
• Taishu Hong accused the Hun Yuan Sect of attacking Yiling Valley and planning to move north, and Wei Changsheng admitted the sect had considered taking the three countries’ spirit veins.
• Fang Xi subdued Wei Changsheng and the other two Core Formation cultivators, then searched Wei Changsheng’s soul and learned that the sect feared a demonic invasion from Jiang Country.

After defeating Hun Yuan Sect’s cultivators, Fang Xi unified the Three Kingdoms by founding the Three Kingdoms Alliance and placing Profound Heaven Sect and Qing Mu Sect under his protection. Zheng Shan arrived on Emerald Island to manage his Spirit Herb Garden, while Fang Xi began cultivating the difficult Grand Unity Azure Wood Divine Light.

• Fang Xi spared three defeated Core Formation cultivators, ordered their magic power sealed, and demanded that Hun Yuan Sect’s patriarch come ransom them; he also had Taishu Hong eliminate Yiling Valley’s Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Fang Xi declined a Nascent Soul celebration and established the Three Kingdoms Alliance, admitting Profound Heaven Sect and Qing Mu Sect while assigning Zhong Hongyu to organize Emerald Island.
• News of the Three Kingdoms’ unification spread, and Qing Mu Sect’s Cang Qingzi sent Zheng Shan and other cultivators to Emerald Island.
• Hai Daniu escorted Zheng Shan through the island’s formation, and Zhong Hongyu assigned her to tend Fang Xi’s private Spirit Herb Garden.
• Fang Xi gave Zheng Shan the garden’s wooden token, then began cultivating the Grand Unity Azure Wood Divine Light with his Nascent Soul and Yi Wood Divine Light.

Fang Xi spent several years advancing his cultivation and studying formations, talismans, and puppetcraft before meeting True Lord Ling Feng, who brought gifts and offered access to a Nascent Soul exchange gathering. Ling Feng then hinted that the demonic invasion of Jiang Country was driven by a mysterious event called “Realm Descent.”

• Fang Xi concluded that mastering the seventeenth layer of the 'Withered Glory Art' would take a century or more, while he gradually cultivated the 'Grand Unity Azure Wood Divine Light' and kept his injured External Nascent Soul out of danger.
• Fang Xi studied the 'Myriad Transformation Divine Wood Great Formation,' practiced making jade talismans, and began filling gaps in his puppetcraft knowledge.
• Fang Xi examined eight Ancient Teleportation Arrays and found that two damaged arrays could be repaired if he obtained the rare Void Nether Crystal.
• True Lord Ling Feng arrived above Emerald Island and offered Fang Xi three 'Sang Yuan Pills' as congratulations and compensation for Hun Yuan Sect's earlier offense.
• Fang Xi rejected Ling Feng's invitation to an exchange gathering for the time being, but asked why the demonic path had invaded Jiang Country; Ling Feng answered that it was connected to “Realm Descent.”

Fang Xi dismissed True Lord Ling Feng’s warning about an impending lower realm descent and continued preparing for future threats while maintaining peace in the Three Kingdoms. He tested a newly made spider puppet on Zheng Shan and gave it to her, while planning to seek more information about the descent and the Void Nether Crystal.

• True Lord Ling Feng told Fang Xi that Void Omens indicated a powerful world would soon converge with the Mortal Realm, and that the Seven Sha Hall planned to use Yuan Country as a base.
• Fang Xi refused to ally with the Hun Yuan Sect, warned Ling Feng to keep its disciples out of the Three Kingdoms, and sent him away with Wei Changsheng and the others.
• Ling Feng told his companions that the Seven Sha Hall’s offensive mattered more than retaliating against Fang Xi, while Fang Xi privately resolved that he could flee if danger became overwhelming.
• Fang Xi found that the Yao Mo Tree’s life force had recovered but it had made no progress toward the Eternal Evergreen Body, and he considered searching for a higher-grade tree seed.
• Fang Xi assembled a second-order spider puppet, tested it against Zheng Shan, and gave it to her after demonstrating its strength.

Fang Xi mastered the Thousand Mechanisms Transformation, repaired his Core Formation puppets, and left Emerald Island for Yuan Country. On the way, he rescued Gong Ling and Feng Bingxian from Hey Yanzi, who had trapped them in a formation.

• Fang Xi learned the second transformation of the Thousand Mechanisms Transformation and began studying how to dismantle and repair Third-grade puppets.
• Fang Xi repaired the last Black Tortoise Puppet, assembled nine Core Formation puppets, and prepared to travel to Yuan Country.
• Fang Xi entrusted Emerald Island to Zhong Hongyu, packed the Yao Mo Tree and Taishui into the Mountain Sea Pearl, and departed by carriage.
• Hey Yanzi trapped Gong Ling and Feng Bingxian in his Hundred Ghosts Great Formation after fighting them over the Azure Cloud treasure.
• Fang Xi arrived, destroyed the formation, and killed Hey Yanzi with a single Green Rainbow strike.
• Gong Ling and Feng Bingxian thanked Fang Xi, who realized that neither woman recognized him.

Fang Xi visited Huang Yungong at Huangyun Ravine to ask about the coming descent of another realm and seek a Nascent Soul medicinal formula and Void Nether Crystal. Huang Yungong revealed that the descent was expected in about ten years and pointed Fang Xi toward a gathering hosted by the late-Nascent Soul Heavenly Envy Demon Lord.

• Fang Xi gave Gong Ling and Feng Bingxian jade talismans that would let their sects seek refuge in the Three Countries, then left for Jiang Country disguised as Yun Jiezi.
• Fang Xi traveled through the war-torn region, avoided the fighting, and found Huangyun Cave using a map he bought at a market.
• Huang Yungong welcomed Fang Xi into Huangyun Ravine, where Fang Xi praised his Bitter Mulberry Tea and gave Ling Shu a magic treasure.
• Fang Xi asked Huang Yungong about the realm’s descent and requested a Nascent Soul medicinal formula and Void Nether Crystal.
• Huang Yungong said the true descent was likely about ten years away and told Fang Xi of a future gathering hosted by Heavenly Envy Demon Lord, Jiang Country’s only late-Nascent Soul Great Cultivator.

Fang Xi learned about Jiang Country’s Nascent Soul gathering and its demonic factions, then explored the Four Seas Marketplace while seeking rare resources and a way to remove his Vengeful Soul Trace. At the entrance to the Soul-Shattering Tower, he recognized someone and was startled.

• Fang Xi questioned Huang Yungong about the Heavenly Envy Demon Lord and learned the Nascent Soul exchange meeting would take place at Ice Sha Lake in three years and five months.
• Fang Xi declined to travel with Huang Yungong, exchanged cultivation advice with him, and left Huangyun Ravine to explore Jiang Country and seek a way to dispel his curse.
• Fang Xi met Yan Yan at the Four Seas Marketplace and learned that the Blood Sea Gate collected a Blood Tax from mortals, including her.
• Fang Xi had Yan Yan guide him through shops, found no especially valuable treasures, and decided to visit the Soul-Shattering Tower for pleasure and information.
• Fang Xi recognized someone as he approached the Soul-Shattering Tower.

Fang Xi killed Qing Yang Shangren, learned about a planned exchange between the Taixu Sect and the Hun Yuan Sect, and impersonated him to obtain the Hun Yuan Sect’s Five Elements Rotation technique. After the exchange, the middle-aged Cultivator revealed himself as Seven Kill Demon Lord and used a Possession Technique to attack True Lord Ling Feng.

• Fang Xi recognized Qing Yang Shangren at the marketplace, followed him, trapped him in a Nascent Soul Magic Domain, and killed him.
• Fang Xi searched Qing Yang Shangren’s soul and learned that the Taixu Sect wanted to trade a talisman inheritance for the Hun Yuan Sect’s Five Elements Rotation technique.
• Fang Xi took Qing Yang Shangren’s identity and Concentric Butterfly Jade Pendant, then met the middle-aged Core Formation Cultivator at Falling Phoenix Mountain and completed the exchange.
• The middle-aged Cultivator met True Lord Ling Feng in a cave and presented him with the talisman inheritance, believing the deal had succeeded.
• The middle-aged Cultivator revealed himself as Seven Kill Demon Lord, used a Possession Technique, and caused his golden core to explode before True Lord Ling Feng.

Fang Xi sensed a fierce battle between Nascent Soul cultivators and fled after dropping his disguise as Qing Yang Shangren. Seven Kill Demon Lord and his allies captured True Lord Ling Feng’s Nascent Soul, then identified Fang Xi as Yun Jiezi and planned to pursue him.

• Fang Xi sensed a deadly battle nearby, reverted from Qing Yang Shangren to Yun Jiezi, and fled at Nascent Soul speed.
• Seven Kill Demon Lord, Crimson Blood Old Monster, and Gu Old Monster ambushed True Lord Ling Feng after a planted Demon Seed exposed his location.
• True Lord Ling Feng destroyed his body and escaped as a Nascent Soul, but Seven Kill Demon Lord used the Blood Sha Hall to capture and seal him.
• Seven Kill Demon Lord invited Gu Old Monster and Crimson Blood Old Monster to help capture Qing Yang Shangren, whom he suspected of carrying a Vengeful Soul Trace.
• A Wingless Bird showed the group an image of Fang Xi changing into Yun Jiezi, and Gu Old Monster recognized him.

Fang Xi was pursued by Seven Kill Demon Lord, Gu Old Monster, and Crimson Blood Old Monster, but used his Withered Glory Profound Light to kill Seven Kill Demon Lord by exhausting his lifespan. He trapped Crimson Blood Old Monster and defeated Gu Old Monster, leaving both enemies at his mercy.

• Gu Old Monster recognized Fang Xi as Yun Jiezi, and Seven Kill Demon Lord led him and Crimson Blood Old Monster in pursuit.
• Fang Xi destroyed Seven Kill Demon Lord’s invisible Wingless Bird, but the pursuing trio tracked him to a desolate wilderness.
• Fang Xi’s Withered Glory Profound Light revealed Seven Kill Demon Lord’s remaining lifespan and caused him to die from the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.
• Fang Xi sent his External Nascent Soul to trap Crimson Blood Old Monster while his physical body attacked Gu Old Monster.
• Fang Xi destroyed Gu Old Monster’s alms bowl with the Spirit Extinguishing Ancient Thunder Pearl, cut apart his body with the Grand Unity Azure Wood Divine Light, and captured his fleeing Nascent Soul with a White Piece.

Fang Xi defeated Crimson Blood Old Monster inside the Yama Magic Domain and captured his Nascent Soul, then gathered the spoils in the Mountain Sea Pearl. While inspecting Seven Kill Demon Lord’s belongings, Fang Xi found True Lord Ling Feng’s Spirit Bird Fan and a black jade bottle containing Ling Feng’s Nascent Soul.

• Fang Xi collected Gu Old Monster’s Nascent Soul and entered the Yama Magic Domain, where Crimson Blood Old Monster was trapped fighting the External Nascent Soul.
• Fang Xi joined the battle with his puppets and Grand Unity Azure Wood Divine Light, then used a talisman and the Star Luo Chessboard to corner Crimson Blood Old Monster.
• Fang Xi and the External Nascent Soul overcame Crimson Blood Old Monster, and Fang Xi sealed his Nascent Soul before cleaning up the battlefield.
• Half a month later, Fang Xi examined the spoils inside the Mountain Sea Pearl and found the Blood Sha Hall, the Blood Transformation Demonic Blade, and other treasures.
• Fang Xi refined Seven Kill Demon Lord’s storage belt and discovered True Lord Ling Feng’s Spirit Bird Fan and a jade bottle containing Ling Feng’s Nascent Soul.

Fang Xi discovered that Seven Kill Demon Lord had left behind a Divine Infant Sword embryo and considered completing it with three captured Nascent Souls. He then reached Ice Sha Lake, where the sects of Jiang Country had gathered around a growing Void Rift, and learned Huang Yungong was already there.

• Fang Xi failed to soul-search True Lord Ling Feng, sealed his Nascent Soul with those of Gu Old Monster and Crimson Blood Old Monster, and took stock of Seven Kill Demon Lord’s treasures.
• Fang Xi deciphered a blood-colored jade slip and learned the Divine Infant Sword required three Nascent Souls for minor accomplishment; he found Seven Kill Demon Lord’s sword embryo and considered sacrificing the three captured Nascent Souls to it.
• Fang Xi traveled to Ice Sha Lake, where Li Shang Demonic Palace, Seven Sha Hall, and Ruyi Gate had joined forces to restrict access around the Void Omen.
• Zuo Qiuzi of Li Shang Demonic Palace guided Fang Xi to the expanding Void Rift and explained that the sects could only patrol it and await its eruption.
• Zuo Qiuzi recognized Fang Xi as possibly Yun Jiezi and told him Huang Yungong had already arrived.

Fang Xi attended a gathering of Jiang Country’s Nascent Soul cultivators aboard Li Shang Demonic Palace’s Seven Treasures Flowing Pagoda. After Nangong Li revealed his connection to Seven Sha Hall, Kong Sang Old Demon recognized him and fled in terror, leaving the gathering stunned.

• Huang Yungong introduced Fang Xi to White Cloud Old Man and Turtle Fishing Old Man, and they shared wine, tea, and Fang Xi’s Taisui Meat while discussing the Dao.
• Half a month later, Fang Xi and the others boarded the Seven Treasures Flowing Pagoda for a gathering convened by Heavenly Envy Demon Lord.
• Nangong Li arrived and revealed that Fang Xi bore a Vengeful Soul Trace from Seven Sha Hall, warning him that Seven Kill Demon Lord might come after him.
• Fang Xi introduced himself as Yun Jiezi and said he would take responsibility for the matter himself.
• Kong Sang Old Demon arrived, recognized Fang Xi, and fled in terror.

Heavenly Envy Demon Lord convened the Nascent Soul cultivators to prepare for the Monster Realm’s descent and formed an alliance between Jiang Country’s Devil Path and Feng Country’s Heavenly Pillar Alliance. He assigned defenses and proposed that Yuan Country become a rear area shared with Seven Sha Hall, while Nangong Li grew suspicious of Fang Xi.

• Nangong Li struggled to understand Fang Xi and Huang Yungong’s conversation before three cultivators from the Heavenly Pillar Alliance arrived at the Seven Treasures Flowing Pagoda.
• Heavenly Envy Demon Lord welcomed the Nascent Soul cultivators and announced that the impending descent would bring the ancient Monster Realm.
• Heavenly Envy Demon Lord explained the conflict between the realms and appointed Haoranzi as the intermediary for an alliance against the Demon Race.
• Fang Xi asked whether a Spirit Transmutation Yao Venerable might descend, and Heavenly Envy Demon Lord said the passage and the Southern Barrens made that unlikely.
• Heavenly Envy Demon Lord ordered a ceasefire and assigned the cultivators defensive duties, which Huang Yungong and the other Rogue Cultivators accepted.
• Heavenly Envy Demon Lord proposed that Seven Sha Hall share Yuan Country with the alliance, and Kong Sang Old Demon agreed, prompting Nangong Li to suspect Fang Xi was involved.

Fang Xi agreed to represent Yuan Country in the alliance against the coming calamity and bargained with Heavenly Envy Demon Lord for the method to dispel the Vengeful Soul Trace. After Nangong Li revealed that her Four-eared Finger Monkey had overheard their secret exchange, she sought Fang Xi’s help and offered Ruyi Gate’s resources; the chapter ended with Fang Xi asking her to restore his Second Nascent Soul’s vitality.

• Fang Xi accepted Heavenly Envy Demon Lord’s proposal to represent Yuan Country and agreed to make one move in exchange for the method to dispel the Vengeful Soul Trace.
• Heavenly Envy Demon Lord settled the alliance arrangements and hosted the Nascent Soul guests before Fang Xi returned to his cultivation room.
• Nangong Li visited Fang Xi and revealed that her Four-eared Finger Monkey had overheard his secret divine sense exchange with Heavenly Envy Demon Lord.
• Nangong Li asked Fang Xi to help preserve Ruyi Gate during the coming descent into the lower realm, and Fang Xi demanded valuable resources in return.
• Nangong Li offered pill formulas and a secret art to restore Nascent Soul vitality, so Fang Xi summoned his Second Nascent Soul and asked her to treat it.

Fang Xi attended the Li Shang Demonic Palace’s exchange meeting and traded for rare materials while assessing the other Nascent Soul cultivators. He began negotiating with an old woman over her Void Nether Crystal and an additional treasure, but their exchange had not yet been settled.

• Fang Xi avoided Nangong Li’s possible charm techniques by using his External Nascent Soul, then headed to the exchange meeting disguised with demonic arts.
• Heavenly Envy Demon Lord welcomed Tian Xingzi and several Heavenly Pillar Alliance cultivators, and Tian Xingzi exchanged Yuanyang Pills for Tianyi Divine Stone and Wanhua Jade Mud.
• Heavenly Envy Demon Lord auctioned a Huiyuan Sha Pill, the Xuanyou flying sword, and a Life-Replacing Puppet, which Nascent Soul cultivators bought at high prices.
• Fang Xi offered rare spiritual herbs and the inner core and essence soul of a Ten Thousand Year Wood Sprite in exchange for Void Nether Crystal or a valuable Fourth-grade pill formula.
• An old woman offered Void Nether Crystal for Fang Xi’s Nine Spirit Perilla Leaf and tried to include his White Jade Ginseng, then produced another box to improve her offer.

Fang Xi traded for a rare ancient pill formula, left the gathering with valuable treasures, and headed toward the Three Nations by way of Yuan Country. Meanwhile, Heavenly Envy Demon Lord and Tian Xingzi prepared for the coming war, and Fang Xi ambushed a Crimson Blood Cult guardian to infiltrate its vaults.

• Fang Xi traded the Ten Thousand Year Wood Sprite's soul essence for the ancient Spirit Severing Pill formula after discovering its ingredients were nearly impossible to find.
• Fang Xi departed the Mystic Ice Palace with two Void Nether Crystals and other treasures, intending to search for a way to lift the Vengeful Soul Trace curse before returning to Jiang Country.
• Heavenly Envy Demon Lord told Tian Xingzi that Yun Jiezi had killed Seven Kill Demon Lord and admitted his Hate Severing Demonic Heart had warned him that Yun Jiezi posed a threat.
• Tian Xingzi returned toward Tianzhu Mountain with Haoranzi and the other Righteous Path cultivators to prepare their defensive arrays.
• Fang Xi ambushed a Core Formation Cultivator at the Crimson Blood Cult's main altar, killed him, and used his token to approach the sect's sealed vaults.

Fang Xi left Yuan Country after deciding not to challenge the Hun Yuan Sect’s powerful defensive array, then returned to Emerald Island. He reinforced the seal over the Netherworld Earth Vein and restored the Yao Mo Tree, leaving the island’s defenses and cultivation resources secure.

• Fang Xi inspected the Hun Yuan Sect’s fourth-grade high-grade Five Qi Towards Primordial Great Array and its powerful spirit treasure, then abandoned the idea of attacking the sect.
• Fang Xi visited the Mystic Ice Palace, learned that Jiang Ling had died during the sect’s relocation, and told Feng Bingxian to send any future messages to Emerald Island.
• Zhong Hongyu prepared to call on the Three Kingdoms Alliance for help managing the Netherworld Earth Vein when Fang Xi returned to Emerald Island.
• Fang Xi drove a five-element formation into the earth fissure, which dissolved the yin-ghost energy and strengthened the seal.
• Fang Xi brought out the Yao Mo Tree and planted it over the Netherworld Earth Vein so it could absorb the yin-ghost energy.