Chapter Summaries

Fang Xi subdued the Blood Sha Hall and began preparing the Divine Infant Sword as the Demon Race’s invasion drew near. The sword’s emergence caused a blood-rain phenomenon, and Fang Xi revealed that its creation involved sacrificing three Nascent Souls.

• Fang Xi had his Main Nascent Soul and External Nascent Soul alternately refine the Blood Sha Hall until its Artifact Spirit submitted and he claimed the treasure.
• Fang Xi tested the Blood Sha Hall’s speed, defense, and ability to seal void movement, then decided to study the Divine Infant Sword’s final refinement steps.
• Fang Xi studied the sword’s formation instructions and began preparing the materials and tools for its blood sacrifice and opening of the edge.
• Taishu Hong and Zhang Zhusheng asked Zhong Hongyu when Fang Xi would emerge to decide how the Three Kingdoms Alliance should respond to the Demon Race invasion.
• A killing-intent pillar rose from Evergreen Hall as dark clouds gathered and blood rain fell, while Fang Xi completed the Divine Infant Sword’s formation with three Nascent Soul fragments circling it.

Fang Xi reached minor mastery with the Divine Infant Sword and planned to repair Ancient Teleportation Arrays as a possible escape route for his followers. Meanwhile, the Demon Race invasion began in Feng Country, where the Heavenly Phoenix Clan destroyed a cultivator fortress and prepared to spread demonic aura.

• Fang Xi refined the Divine Infant Sword with his External Nascent Soul after discovering that it could teleport, then returned to Emerald Island.
• Taishu Hong and Zhang Zhusheng reported the proposed strike against the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, but Fang Xi left the decision to them and urged the cultivators to defend themselves cautiously.
• Fang Xi considered repairing two Ancient Teleportation Arrays so his close followers would have a way to escape if the invasion overwhelmed them.
• A Foundation Establishment patrol cultivator spotted demons emerging from a spatial passage in Feng Country, and Haoranzi and the Yellow-robed Monk activated the Myriad Transformation Blood Spirit Array and the fortress defenses.
• A Heavenly Phoenix broke through the cultivator fortress's defenses, and Elder Luan captured a golden Nascent Soul after the fortress fell.
• Elder Luan told Qing'er that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan would establish a Conversion Grand Formation and spread demonic aura to transform the realm.

The Demon Race’s descent began across several cultivation worlds, while Fang Xi focused on his cultivation and repaired an Ancient Teleportation Array. After hearing that a beast tide had erupted and Bai Ze Immortal City might have fallen, he ordered cultivators to retreat to Myriad Islands Lake if the fighting turned against them.

• Heavenly Envy Demon Lord learned that a Heavenly Phoenix Clan powerhouse had seized a fortress in Feng Country, while the Four Seas Sect reported East Pole Island’s fall to Flood Dragons.
• The Ice God Palace Master prepared to enter the Monster Realm through a Teleportation Array, and his ancestor gave him the half-finished Monster Locking Tower to collect Blood of Ten Thousand Spirits.
• Fang Xi celebrated his three-hundred-and-sixteenth birthday, then repaired an Ancient Teleportation Array, but its activation failed because the array on the other side was damaged.
• Zhong Hongyu told Fang Xi that a beast tide had erupted in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range and that Bai Ze Immortal City had likely fallen.
• Fang Xi ordered the sects and cultivators to abandon hopeless defenses and retreat to Myriad Islands Lake if the situation worsened.

As the beast tide drove cultivators toward Myriad Islands Lake, Fang Xi protected refugees and bestowed a Third-grade Yao Core on Zheng Shan. He activated a repaired Ancient Teleportation Array and discovered that it led to the Western Desert, where he rescued a caravan from Earth-drilling Demonic Earthworms.

• Sect Master Wu told Profound Heaven Sect's elders that the sect had to relocate to Myriad Islands Lake to escape the terrifying beast tide.
• Jiujiu killed a Third-grade black eagle attacking cultivators boarding a ship at Myriad Islands Lake.
• Fang Xi refused to admit more refugees to Emerald Island, then gave Zheng Shan the Third-grade Yao Core Jiujiu had brought him.
• Fang Xi sent the External Nascent Soul, possessing the Profound Fire Demonic Zombie, through the repaired Ancient Teleportation Array.
• The External Nascent Soul emerged in buried ruins in the Western Desert, and Fang Xi realized the array led there.
• Fang Xi saved a caravan from Earth-drilling Demonic Earthworms with Black Flame, and a young girl thanked him.

Fang Xi reached Heavenly Guard City, learned how the human forces were defending against the Demon Race, and explored the city’s bustling market. He bought two demon-hunting spirit artifacts and became interested in a Gu cultivator’s stall.

• Fang Xi questioned Gan Family cultivators traveling from the Flowing Sand Domain and learned that the eight eastern domains had united to build Heavenly Guard City against the Demon Race.
• Fang Xi reached the city, entered under the name Wood True Person, received a token from Miao Yuandong, and passed the Demon-Slaying Mirror’s scan.
• Fang Xi explored the city’s market and learned that the sects had made replicas of the Myriad Demon Banner and Demon Slaying Sword widely available to demon hunters.
• Fang Xi bought a Hundred Demon Banner and a Demon Slaying Sword, considering whether to earn merit and bring their refining methods back to Southern Border.
• Fang Xi stopped at an old man’s stall and asked about his Gu cultivation.

Fang Xi explored Heavenly Guard City, bought a book on Gu cultivation and Demon Script relics, then registered to hunt demons outside the city. After teleporting to the grasslands alone, he immediately killed a Third-grade Blazing Jackal with Black Flame.

• Fang Xi bought Essentials of Gu Cultivation after learning about the grades and uses of Gu insects.
• Fang Xi purchased the Demon Script and Golden Cauldron fragments from Zeng Wanshu, who had secretly planted more scraps to sell.
• Fang Xi checked the Merit Ranking, registered as Wood True Person, and received authorization to travel to the Demon Race region.
• Fang Xi declined You Tianhao's invitation to form a team and used a short-distance Teleportation Array to leave the city alone.
• A Third-grade Blazing Jackal attacked Fang Xi, and his Black Flame burned it to ashes.

Fang Xi pursued a rare Wind Thunder Horn Python, but You Tianhao and two Core Formation cultivators captured it with a formation and claimed the prey. Fang Xi revealed his Nascent Soul cultivation and killed the two cultivators; as he caught up with You Tianhao, a Black Robe Nascent Soul Cultivator intervened and asked him to show mercy.

• Fang Xi hunted demon beasts for battle merits, then found a clan of Wind Thunder Horn Pythons and pursued their leader to capture it alive.
• The injured python fled into You Tianhao and two Core Formation cultivators’ Heavenly Gate Golden Lock Array, and they killed it despite suspecting it belonged to another cultivator.
• Fang Xi arrived, shattered the formation with a Blood Red Spear, and revealed his Nascent Soul-level power.
• You Tianhao fled, while Fang Xi killed the male and female Core Formation cultivators as they tried to escape.
• Fang Xi chased You Tianhao until a Black Robe Nascent Soul Cultivator appeared beside him and asked Fang Xi to show mercy.

Fang Xi challenged True Lord Black Sand to a three-move agreement over You Tianhao, then forced Black Sand to concede with his powerful demonic treasures. Their battle drew two Great Yao from the Five Elements Qilin Clan, who demanded the human cultivators leave behind their Nascent Souls.

• Fang Xi rejected True Lord Black Sand's request to forgive You Tianhao and proposed that Black Sand let the matter go if he endured three moves.
• Fang Xi used the Blood Transformation Demonic Blade to break apart Black Sand's sand lion and damage the Jūn Shā Pot with a second strike.
• Fang Xi brought out the Divine Infant Sword for his third move, and True Lord Black Sand conceded, killing You Tianhao and handing over his storage bag and the Wind Thunder Horn Python core.
• Fang Xi sensed that their battle had attracted a Humanoid Transformation Great Yao and called for it to reveal itself.
• Two Yao from the Five Elements Qilin Clan appeared atop a Golden Pangolin, and the Red Scaled Yao demanded that Fang Xi and True Lord Black Sand leave behind their Nascent Souls.

Fang Xi ambushed and killed Qing Jian, a Fourth-grade Lower-grade beast of the Five Elements Qilin Clan, using the Divine Infant Sword. After escaping, he inspected Qing Jian’s belongings and discovered a beast-hide scroll with several pages of mysterious silver seal script.

• Fang Xi split from True Lord Black Sand, then stopped to fight the Azure Scale Yao Race when its Wind Escape Technique threatened to catch him before he reached Heavenly Guard City.
• Fang Xi used an illusion and the Blood Transformation Demonic Blade to draw Qing Jian’s attention, then pierced it with the concealed Divine Infant Sword.
• Qing Jian transformed into its Unicorn Scaled Beast form and tried to flee, but Fang Xi’s Divine Infant Sword struck its demon core and devoured its spirit soul.
• Fang Xi collected the Green Demon Core, Qing Jian’s corpse, and the surrounding soil before leaving; the Red Scaled Yao Race later arrived and mourned over the body’s resting place.
• Fang Xi examined Qing Jian’s seashell storage artifact and found a beast-hide scroll whose final pages bore silver seal script that drew his attention.

Fang Xi returned to Heavenly Guard City after killing a fourth-grade Yao Beast and later reunited with his External Nascent Soul, which had secured valuable demon-slaying methods and treasures. Back on Emerald Island, he tried to use the Ancestor Yao Mo Tree Seed to strengthen his cultivated Yao Mo Tree, but the tree began to crack as it swallowed the seed.

• Fang Xi returned to Heavenly Guard City, where True Lord Black Sand revealed that a fourth-grade Humanoid Transformation Great Yao had badly injured him, and Fang Xi said he had killed the beast.
• Fang Xi asked True Monarch Lan Yang how much battle credit he would receive for killing a Humanoid Transformation Great Yao.
• Fang Xi named the new mortal kingdom on Emerald Island Qian and gave Zhong Hongyu Teleportation Talismans as a precaution.
• Fang Xi's External Nascent Soul returned with battle credit, the method for refining the Three Treasures for Exterminating Demons, and the remains and inner core of a Five Elements Qilin.
• Fang Xi tried to grow a Yao Mo Tree seed in the corpse of the Unicorn Scaled Beast, but the seed melted in its baleful aura.
• Fang Xi fed the Ancestor Yao Mo Tree Seed to his cultivated Yao Mo Tree, which swallowed it and began trembling as cracks spread across its trunk.

Fang Xi recovered from glimpsing the Dao Fruit’s power and watched the Yao Mo Tree transform under the Ancestor Yao Mo Tree Seed’s influence. He made a powerful Azure Qilin Puppet from a Fourth-grade creature and considered sending it to replace Yun Jiezi.

• Fang Xi recalled how the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror saved him from the Dao Fruit’s influence and realized the Great Liang World had been changed by its power.
• The Yao Mo Tree shed its bark and transformed into a form closer to the Ancestor Yao Mo Tree, while Fang Xi’s face appeared on its trunk and its life-force abilities improved.
• Fang Xi used the transformed Yao Mo Tree to dismantle the Unicorn Scaled Beast and, a month later, completed a quasi-Fourth-grade Azure Qilin Puppet.
• Fang Xi placed the Azure Qilin’s demon core into the Puppet, bringing it to Fourth-grade strength, and used his secret art to take control of it.
• Fang Xi discovered the Puppet’s strength and innate ability, considered using it as a host for an External Nascent Soul, and decided it could take Yun Jiezi’s place and fulfill his promise.

Fang Xi settled into his role as a powerful protector while Da Qing helped drive off a beast tide, and he gathered new spirit beasts on Emerald Island. The Green Fire Luan then reported that a Humanoid Transformation Great Yao had tried to ambush it near Myriad Islands Lake, leaving Fang Xi eager to turn the threat into puppet material.

• Fang Xi put away the Azure Qilin Puppet and strolled around Emerald Island, content to let his External Nascent Soul work while he enjoyed island life.
• A Foundation Establishment old man told his granddaughter Xiao Yu that Dragon Fish True Monarch had risen through caution and had once been known privately as Old Turtle.
• Ironclad Crocodiles attacked refugee ships at Myriad Islands Lake, but Da Qing emerged from the lake and killed the beasts with its water-based divine ability.
• Fang Xi released Wind Thunder Horn Pythons into Dragon Pool and ordered Da Qing to command them, then fed Da Qing a Third-grade Middle Rank core.
• The Green Fire Luan told Fang Xi that a Humanoid Transformation Great Yao had tried to ambush it near Myriad Islands Lake, and Fang Xi welcomed the chance to make more puppet material.

Fang Xi used his External Nascent Soul to take control of the Azure Qilin Puppet and searched for the Fourth-grade demon that had attacked Little Qing. He tracked the demon to a hidden lair near a Mortal Realm city, where the Land Mountain Turtle revealed that it had anticipated his arrival.

• Fang Xi possessed the Azure Qilin Puppet with his External Nascent Soul, then patrolled Myriad Islands Lake with Little Qing but failed to draw the demon out.
• Fang Xi used a Demon-Slaying Mirror and a compass to trace the demon's faint demonic qi to a barren mountain near a Mortal Realm city.
• Fang Xi identified and infiltrated the Third-grade Cloud Sea Maze Formation surrounding the mountain's Cold Pond.
• The Land Mountain Turtle woke as Fang Xi entered its lair and explained that a hidden demon insect had alerted it to his arrival.

Fang Xi defeated the Fourth-grade Land Mountain Turtle, Gui Shan, and bound him with multiple restraints before bringing him to Emerald Island. Gui Shan revealed the Heavenly Phoenix Clan had ordered him to stir up a beast tide, and warned that the Green Luan’s pure bloodline could draw the clan’s attention.

• Fang Xi fought Gui Shan after rejecting his offer of peace, using the Azure Qilin Puppet’s wind abilities and the Blood Transformation Demonic Blade.
• Gui Shan used his gravity talent to break the Cloud Sea Maze Formation, but Fang Xi transformed into a black jade qilin and overpowered him.
• Gui Shan tried to teleport away with his demonic core, but Fang Xi stopped him and forced him to submit with the Monster Taming Ring, a slave contract, and soul restrictions.
• Fang Xi brought Gui Shan to Emerald Island and questioned him about the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s orders.
• Gui Shan explained that the clan had sent him to stir up a beast tide and warned that the Green Luan’s pure bloodline could attract its attention.

Fang Xi questioned Gui Shan about the Demon Race and arranged for him to stage an attack on Emerald Island while secretly curbing the beast tide. After spending three years improving his cultivation and preparing for future ventures, Fang Xi watched Zheng Shan form a false core and considered training more loyal specialists.

• Fang Xi learned that Gui Shan knew little about the Nine Leaf Sect and could not cultivate the Withered Glory Art, then ordered him to stage an attack on Emerald Island rather than stop the beast tide outright.
• Fang Xi concluded that his strength was sufficient to explore the fourth world and spent three years refining Harmony Separation Pills, cultivating, and studying puppet techniques.
• Zheng Shan began forming a false core on Emerald Island, and Zong Linghu recognized the heavenly phenomenon as a sign of her advancement.
• Cang Qingzi witnessed Zheng Shan’s breakthrough, felt his hopes for the Qing Mu Sect were fulfilled, and died soon afterward.
• Fang Xi considered his ties to the Qing Mu Sect settled and thought about eventually granting Hai Daniu a Yao Core and training false-core cultivators in the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.

Fang Xi defeated a Fourth-grade Great Yao at Emerald Island and later used an External Nascent Soul with an Azure Qilin Puppet. He then crossed into a ruined world resembling his former homeland, where a sky patrol warship identified him as an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon and moved to exterminate him.

• Fang Xi and Gui Shan staged a battle at Emerald Island, where Fang Xi defeated the Great Yao and sent it away with a task to obtain a demon core.
• News of the defeat lifted cultivators’ spirits, while Fang Xi stayed on Emerald Island and avoided returning to the Western Desert.
• Fang Xi assimilated his External Nascent Soul and sent it into the enhanced Azure Qilin Puppet.
• Fang Xi appeared in a desolate city in an unfamiliar world, examined its ruins, and learned the local language from old recordings.
• Fang Xi flew out to seek people, but a massive warship emerged and declared him an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon slated for extermination.

Fang Xi was mistaken for an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon and fought the cultivators aboard a Sky Patrol Warship while trying to escape. He wounded a Nascent Soul cultivator, but a silver-haired Great Cultivator arrived and vowed to pursue him.

• The Sky Patrol Warship attacked Fang Xi with Two Forms Chaotic Divine Light, and he fled underground after his attacks failed to damage its armor.
• A middle-aged Nascent Soul cultivator pursued Fang Xi underground, and their clash turned against Fang Xi when the cultivator transformed his flying sword into countless Geng Metal needles.
• Fang Xi used the Yama Heavenly Son Dharma Image to slow his pursuer, but the warship fired another Two Forms Chaotic Divine Light and a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator approached.
• Fang Xi concealed Divine Sha Thunder Pearls in his flames, then struck the middle-aged cultivator with the Divine Infant Sword and forced him to abandon his damaged body.
• Fang Xi fled when the Great Cultivator intervened, while the middle-aged cultivator's Nascent Soul reached the silver-haired Vault Master, who promised the demonic cultivator would not escape.

Fang Xi rescued his External Nascent Soul from a devastating attack in the Jiuzhou Realm and learned that its demonic aura had exposed it to the realm’s forces. Back on Emerald Island, he refined a Nascent Soul Replenishing Pill and encouraged Zheng Shan to pursue artifact refinement.

• White-browed Hidden Master used the Solar True Fire Cover to fire a devastating ray at Fang Xi’s External Nascent Soul, but Fang Xi pulled it back to Emerald Island at the last moment, leaving its puppet badly damaged.
• Fang Xi examined the External Nascent Soul’s memories and concluded that its exposed demonic aura had drawn the Jiuzhou Realm’s Sky Patrol Warship and that it would need to avoid the Eye of Heaven on its next visit.
• Fang Xi refined a Nascent Soul Replenishing Pill, intending it to restore the External Nascent Soul’s vitality.
• Fang Xi praised Zheng Shan’s work in the Spirit Herb Garden and gave her a Third-grade artifact-refinement inheritance to study.
• Fang Xi decided to send Taishu Hong a copy of the artifact-refinement inheritance as well.

Fang Xi’s Second Nascent Soul searched for a safe way to learn about the Jiuzhou Realm and witnessed a battle between human cultivators and the Ancient Demon Race. After the humans won, Fang Xi possessed the injured Core Formation Cultivator Jing Zi'an and hid in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Fang Xi’s Second Nascent Soul escaped far from its arrival point and spent half a month searching for a human stronghold.
• Fang Xi watched an Ancient Demon Race Spirit Ship crash near the city, then saw the Devil Race clash with the city’s cultivators and a Sky Patrol Warship.
• True Monarch Yun Ding led the human forces against the Ancient Demons, and one Nascent Soul Ancient Demon self-destructed, devastating both sides.
• With another Sky Patrol Warship’s support, True Monarch Yun Ding killed the last Nascent Soul Ancient Demon and ended the battle.
• Jing Zi'an used nanobots and an array to cleanse the cultivators of demonic qi after the battle.
• Fang Xi possessed the wounded Jing Zi'an during the chaos and concealed his Nascent Soul in Jing Zi'an’s Sea of Consciousness.

Fang Xi used a soul search on Jing Yi to learn the history and current state of the Jiuzhou Realm, which had developed through contact with worlds accessed by the Gate of Myriad Worlds. He discovered that the gate had opened into the Demon Realm and that Jiuzhou remained locked in a centuries-long war against its demons.

• Jing Zi'an returned to his luxurious grotto dwelling in Jiannan City and reunited with Lan Fei and Jing Yi.
• Jing Zi'an and Jing Yi discussed Jing Yi's pending Immortal Examination results and his hope of entering Fangxian University.
• Fang Xi's External Nascent Soul secretly searched Jing Yi's memories while he slept.
• Fang Xi learned that the Gate of Myriad Worlds had connected Jiuzhou to many different worlds and had transformed its society and technology.
• Fang Xi learned that the Gate had opened into the Demon Realm, starting a war that had lasted over five hundred years and left Fangxian Dao Palace defending Jiuzhou against the Moon Demons.