Chapter Summaries

Fang Xi decided to stay close to Jing Yi and learn about Jiuzhou Realm rather than risk confronting the Devil Race over the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror fragment. After Jing Yi entered Fangxian University, Fang Xi learned that the realm had developed ways to improve Spiritual Roots and began considering how to use them for himself.

• Fang Xi recalled that the Devil Race had anchored the Gate of Heavenly Demons and decided he was too weak to retrieve the mirror fragment or approach local powers.
• Jing Yi arrived at Fangxian University, where Zhang Huahua helped him register, collect student benefits, and activate his campus access.
• Fang Xi recognized that White Brow True Monarch, the university's principal, was one of Jiuzhou Realm's powerful Nascent Soul cultivators and resolved to learn the realm's artifact-refining methods.
• Lecturer Tu Ming explained how Jiuzhou Realm measured Spiritual Roots and described techniques for improving them, though raising aptitude to Earth-grade or Heaven-grade remained difficult.
• Fang Xi listened closely and decided that improving his own Low-grade Spiritual Root could be possible if he was willing to spend enough resources.

Jing Yi learned about Heaven and Earth Origin Energy in class and discussed cultivation prospects and Primordial Spirit Magic Tools with Su Mo and Zhang Huahua. Through Jing Yi, Fang Xi considered the immense industrial resources needed to build such a tool and concluded he could not afford to move that infrastructure to the Southern Wasteland.

• A Golden Core elder taught Jing Yi's class that Spiritual Energy and True Demon Qi shared a source in Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, and warned students against mixing incompatible particles.
• Jing Yi asked whether True Demon Qi could help high-level cultivators overcome the Spirit Transformation bottleneck, and the elder explained that understanding Origin Energy could make breakthroughs easier.
• Su Mo invited Jing Yi to a hometown gathering, but he declined to prepare for Foundation Establishment; they discussed the Foundation Establishment Needle and the difficulty of accessing a Five Elements Chamber.
• Jing Yi met Zhang Huahua in the cafeteria, where Zhang described his ambition to work on a Primordial Spirit Magic Tool and explained its industrial construction and AI-like Artifact Spirit.
• Fang Xi influenced Jing Yi to question the name Primordial Spirit Magic Tool, then realized building one in the Southern Wasteland would require moving vast numbers of companies and workers, which he could not afford.

Fang Xi discovered Zhang Huahua was a Dark Moon Cult infiltrator and seized his body after stopping him from poisoning Jing Yi with Demonic Origin Fluid. He found the Profound Origin Bead among Zhang Huahua’s possessions and began exploring the internet with his new identity.

• Zhang Huahua offered Jing Yi Three Essence Body Nourishing Fluid, but Jing Yi declined, saying his family had already prepared for his Foundation Establishment.
• Zhang Huahua infiltrated Jing Yi’s dormitory and tried to give him Demonic Origin Fluid, but Fang Xi put Jing Yi to sleep and trapped Zhang Huahua in a Yama Magic Domain.
• Fang Xi seized Zhang Huahua’s body and searched his soul, learning that he had joined the Dark Moon Cult and was tasked with investigating the Primordial Spirit Magic Tool’s design and committing sabotage.
• Fang Xi found that the Dark Moon Cult had placed restrictions in Zhang Huahua’s soul and body, and he preserved the soul restriction to conceal Zhang Huahua’s death.
• Fang Xi returned to Zhang Huahua’s cave abode and discovered the Profound Origin Bead, a nanobot device that empowered its user’s magic power.
• Fang Xi settled into Zhang Huahua’s dormitory and began browsing the internet without having to alter Jing Yi’s consciousness.

Fang Xi infiltrated the Dark Moon Cult through Bliss Space and secured a promise of Spiritual Root Optimization Fluid, intending to use it to recruit a Fangxian University student. As he settled into university life, he decided to create an Artificial Intelligence named Taiyi to help him master Jiuzhou Realm’s cultivation technology.

• Fang Xi entered Bliss Space using a black-market helmet and reached a hidden Dark Moon Cult church.
• The priest revealed that Kongqing Academy cultivators had stolen the Cult’s core demonic cultivation data and asked Fang Xi about his Trojan-virus training.
• Fang Xi requested at least two standard doses of Spiritual Root Optimization Fluid to recruit a promising Fangxian University student, and the priest agreed to look for them.
• Fang Xi began attending classes and studying at the online library while living in the Flying Immortal Pavilion cave dwelling.
• After realizing he could not master every field himself, Fang Xi decided to create an Artificial Intelligence called Taiyi and name its Magic Tool the Taiyi Scripture.

Fang Xi defeated Jing Yi in a starship combat simulation, then focused his studies on Origin Energy research and obtained Spiritual Root Optimization Fluid. After returning to Emerald Island, he absorbed Zhang Huahua’s memories and examined the fluid, hoping it would improve his spiritual root.

• Fang Xi used a cold, Primordial Magnetic formation to defeat Jing Yi’s Myriad Heavens Myriad Fires Sword Formation in a ship-control match.
• Fang Xi declined Jing Yi’s offer to join the Ship Control Department and chose to pursue Origin Energy research instead.
• Fang Xi collected two test tubes of Spiritual Root Optimization Fluid from a safe house and returned to the Southern Barrens Cultivation World.
• Fang Xi prepared to repair the damaged Qilin Clan Wood Puppet on Emerald Island before Zhang Huahua appeared with his External Nascent Soul.
• Fang Xi’s Main Nascent Soul assimilated Zhang Huahua’s External Nascent Soul, giving him memories about the Jiuzhou Realm and the Spiritual Root Optimization Fluid.
• Fang Xi judged that the fluid could only raise his main spiritual root to the level of the weakest High-grade Spiritual Root, but decided the improvement was worth any cost.

Fang Xi pursued Heavenly Demon Qi to advance his research and plans in the Jiuzhou Realm, then tested his Spiritual Root Optimization Fluid on Zhong Hongyu. After her Void Spiritual Root improved to High-grade, Fang Xi used the fluid himself and discovered that his Wood Spiritual Root had also reached an exceptional High-grade level.

• Fang Xi concluded that Heavenly Demon Qi could advance Jiuzhou Realm research and decided to seek it from the Heavenly Phoenix Clan during the Southern Barrens conflict.
• Fang Xi sent his External Nascent Soul back to the Jiuzhou Realm and planned to refine a Primordial Soul Lamp as an alibi.
• Zhong Hongyu worried that her Mid-grade Void Spiritual Root would limit her cultivation, despite having formed a core with Fang Xi's support.
• Fang Xi offered Zhong Hongyu his Heaven Mending Creation Fluid, and she agreed to test it.
• After a hundred days, Zhong Hongyu's Void Spiritual Root had barely reached the High-grade level, and Fang Xi later verified the medicine's safety through further study.
• Fang Xi used the fluid himself and found that his Wood Spiritual Root had become an exceptional High-grade Spiritual Root, aided by his Yi Wood Dharma Body.

Fang Xi used the Nine Heavens Pure Radiance Water on the Ancestor Yao Mo Tree, whose transformation helped him advance his Longevity Technique. The tree survived its tribulation and reached the fourth grade, while golden light began to appear on Fang Xi’s Yi Wood Dharma Body.

• Fang Xi suspected the Nine Heavens Pure Radiance Water could unlock the Longevity Technique’s progress and fed a drop to the Ancestor Yao Mo Tree.
• The tree developed faint silver patterns on its leaves, and Fang Xi continued cultivating beneath it for decades.
• At Fang Xi’s three-hundred-and-fiftieth birthday gathering, the Ancestor Yao Mo Tree’s fourth-grade tribulation began, and Fang Xi sent the guests away.
• The tree endured the Cyan-Gold Tribulation Lightning with the help of its patterns and the Nine Nether Profound Wood Great Array, then advanced to the fourth grade.
• Months later, Fang Xi sensed that his lifespan had reached about five thousand years and saw golden light appearing above the Yi Wood Dharma Body seal scripts in his bones.

Fang Xi saw signs that his Eternal Evergreen Body was beginning to evolve, then used Zhang Huahua’s identity to enter the Five Elements Chamber and form a Core. After successfully forming it, he received a message that suggested the Dark Moon Cult’s next move was about to begin.

• Fang Xi noticed that his Longevity Dao Body might be evolving and continued repairing the Green-scaled Wood Puppet with parts from Palace Lord Qianji’s Fourth-grade puppets.
• Fang Xi assimilated Zhang Huahua’s memories, learned that Zhang Huahua had advanced to Foundation Establishment Late Stage and gained standing at the Origin Energy Research Institute, then sent him to the Jiuzhou Realm with the puppet and Primordial Soul Lamp.
• Fang Xi used Zhang Huahua’s student status and research connections to secure access to Fangxian University’s Five Elements Chamber.
• Fang Xi entered the Five Elements Chamber and began the Core Formation process as the facility increased the Spiritual Energy and supplied refined Five Elements essences.
• Jing Yi witnessed the Core Formation phenomenon as Zhang Huahua emerged successfully, and Fang Xi later noticed an email that hinted the Dark Moon Cult’s plan was about to begin.

Fang Xi attacked the Dark Moon Cult's headquarters in Tianbei City, killing the Cult Master and his Priest contact before escaping. Back at Fangxian University, he resumed Zhang Huahua's identity and visited Professor Huo Yunzi to have a flying sword made.

• Fang Xi used the Green Horned Silver Arm Puppet to break the formation at Sky Maple Cave and attack the Dark Moon Cult's headquarters.
• Fang Xi killed the Priest with Divine Sha Thunder Pearls and defeated the Dark Moon Cult Master with the Divine Infant Sword, absorbing his Nascent Soul.
• After the Sky Patrol Warship arrived, Fang Xi fled underground and returned to the Southern Barrens without damaging the puppet.
• Fang Xi sent the Primordial Soul Lamp and related items back to the Southern Barrens, then resumed Zhang Huahua's body at Fangxian University.
• Zhang Huahua visited Professor Huo Yunzi at the Femtometer Research Institute and provided parameters for a flying sword.
• Huo Yunzi examined the ancient sword design and questioned Zhang Huahua's independent energy system.

Fang Xi had Huo Yunzi forge the fourth-generation Green Grain Sword in Jiuzhou, then activated and tested its femtometer-scale abilities in the Southern Barrens Cultivation World. He left the sword ready for the Demon Race invasion while resolving to keep advancing along the Dao Path.

• Fang Xi told Huo Yunzi that his sword design came from an Outer Dao Book and named the weapon the Green Grain Sword.
• Huo Yunzi used the Femtometer Printer to forge the fourth-generation Green Grain Sword, and Fang Xi concealed much of his knowledge while answering questions about its arrays.
• Fang Xi returned to his cave abode and sent the sword to the Southern Barrens Cultivation World, considering whether to reveal his Demon Qi research to improve his protection.
• At Emerald Island, Fang Xi refined the sword and tested its power, then charged its Femto-bots with a golden Top-grade Spirit Stone.
• Fang Xi upgraded the sword with fourth-tier materials and found that it could split into tiny, penetrating threads, though its strongest attacks depended on its charge.
• Fang Xi accepted that the Green Grain Sword might be needed in the Demon Race invasion and reaffirmed his resolve to cut down injustices and pursue immortality.

Demon attacks intensified against Heavenly Guard City and the Hun Yuan Sect, while Feng Bingxian and Gong Ling searched the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range for Yun Jiezi. The Hun Yuan Sect fell after Wei Changsheng arranged the evacuation and sacrificed himself, and Gui Shan found the two women his master had told him to seek.

• The Purple Qilin attacked Heavenly Guard City and demanded that the humans hand over True Monarch Mu, but Elder Sha refused and drove it away.
• Wei Changsheng stopped Junior Brother Tie from betraying the Hun Yuan Sect and ordered the sect to evacuate through its ancient Teleportation Array.
• The Hun Yuan Sect was breached by the beast tide, and Wei Changsheng activated the array’s final means, destroying the secret realm and dying with numerous demons.
• Feng Bingxian and Gong Ling traveled through the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range to find Senior Yun Jiezi and scout a safe route toward the Three Kingdoms.
• Gui Shan recognized Feng Bingxian and Gong Ling as the women his master had instructed him to find, then noticed something behind them.

Fang Xi learned that a Shapeshifting Great Yao was tracking Feng Bingxian and Gong Ling, so he prepared Emerald Island’s defenses and waited for them. When Black Wei, an elder of the Iron Winged Eagle Clan, attacked from outside the array, Fang Xi countered his techniques and pierced his demon core with invisible sword needles.

• Fang Xi received reports that Feng Bingxian and Gong Ling were traveling toward Emerald Island with a Shapeshifting Great Yao following them, and he finished preparing his Fourth-grade Puppet.
• Feng Bingxian and Gong Ling learned that Fang Xi’s defeat of the Land Mountain Turtle had sharply reduced the beast tide, then reached Emerald Island and entered its great array.
• Fang Xi confronted Black Wei outside the array after the Iron Winged Eagle Clan elder revealed himself and challenged him.
• Fang Xi used the Wind Settling Pearl to disperse Black Wei’s wind blades, then destroyed most of his venomous scorpions with the Green Grain Sword.
• Fang Xi’s invisible femtoscale Qing He Needles pierced Black Wei’s demon soul and demon core, leaving the Great Yao in agony.

Fang Xi tested the Fourth-generation Qing He Sword by killing Hei Wei and capturing its soul, then hosted Feng Bingxian and Gong Ling at Emerald Island. After accepting a letter addressed to Yun Jiezi, Fang Xi read it and learned that the war in Feng Country and Jiang Country was going badly.

• Fang Xi used the Star Luo Chessboard to bind the Black Eagle's soul, captured it in a jade bottle, and took Hei Wei's Demon Core for a future Wood Puppet.
• Fang Xi returned to Emerald Island, where Hai Daniu, Feng Bingxian, and Gong Ling congratulated him on defeating the Great Yao.
• Fang Xi held a banquet for Feng Bingxian and Gong Ling, who were impressed by Emerald Island's resources and cultivation foundations.
• Feng Bingxian explained that she had brought a letter from Heavenly Envy Demon Lord for Yun Jiezi, and Fang Xi agreed to deliver it.
• Fang Xi opened the black box and read the jade slip, learning that the Heavenly Pillar Alliance had lost much of Feng Country and that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan was occupying spirit veins in Jiang Country.

Fang Xi prepared to leave Emerald Island for Jiang Country, refining Hei Wei into a Fourth-grade puppet and entrusting the island to Land Mountain Turtle. In Yuan Country, Wind Chasing Falcons herded a group of cultivators to their cliff nests, where a peak Third-grade bird emerged just as a sword cry rang out.

• Fang Xi turned Hei Wei into a Fourth-grade Wood Puppet and gathered it with his other powerful puppets.
• Fang Xi stored the Ancestor Yao Mo Tree in the Mountain Sea Pearl, weakening Emerald Island's defensive array, and decided to leave Land Mountain Turtle behind to guard it.
• Gong Ling and Feng Bingxian agreed to move their sects into the Three Kingdoms Alliance, and Fang Xi assigned them territories in Wu Country.
• Fang Xi departed for Jiang Country in a dragon-and-phoenix-pulled carriage and left Emerald Island in Land Mountain Turtle's care.
• In Yuan Country, Wind Chasing Falcons drove fleeing cultivators toward their nests, where a peak Third-grade bird emerged from the cliffs.
• A clear sword cry rang out as the cultivators faced the enormous bird.

Fang Xi, posing as Yun Jiezi, rescued human cultivators from Wind Chasing Falcons and went to Hun Yuan Sect’s ruins to hunt the Wind Winged Tiger. The Tiger King tried to recruit him into the Demon Race, but Fang Xi refused and attacked, leaving the two locked in battle.

• Fang Xi used the Green Grain Sword to kill the Wind Chasing Falcon King and its flock, then introduced himself as Yun Jiezi and asked where to find a fourth-grade Great Yao.
• A young cultivator told Fang Xi that the nearest Humanoid Transformation Great Yao was the Wind Winged Tiger at Hun Yuan Sect’s ruins, so Fang Xi headed there alone.
• Fang Xi entered the ruined Hun Yuan Sect, where the Wind Winged Tiger sensed his Nascent Soul power and flew out to confront him.
• The Wind Winged Tiger recognized Yun Jiezi, recited what it knew of his reputation, and offered him a place among the Demon Race in exchange for becoming a half-demon.
• Fang Xi demanded Heavenly Demon Qi, rejected the Tiger King’s conditions, and attacked with the Wind Settling Pearl and Green Grain Sword.
• The Wind Winged Tiger used its ghostly army after its wind magic was countered, but Fang Xi split the ghost mist and severed half of its claw with a sword strike.

Fang Xi killed a Fourth-grade Middle-rank Yao Beast, then traveled to Ruyi Valley to learn about the Demon Race’s invasion and the planned decisive battle in Jiang Country. Nangong Li agreed to help him, and the chapter ended as he began to ask her for another favor.

• Fang Xi and Little Azure killed the Wind-Winged Tiger and the Ghost Kings, while Big Azure devoured Tiger Yaos; Fang Xi decided to keep a low profile afterward.
• Fang Xi crossed Yuan Country and entered Jiang Country, where his feat had made the Humanoid Transformation Great Yaos restrain their subordinate demons.
• Fang Xi met Nangong Li at Ruyi Valley, and she explained that the Demon Race had occupied the Tianli Plain and deployed an array that could spread across the Southern Barrens Cultivation World.
• Nangong Li told Fang Xi that the Li Shang Demonic Palace was gathering experts for a decisive battle in Jiang Country, with Tian Xingzi holding back reinforcements in Feng Country.
• Fang Xi promised to help Nangong Li if they met during the battle, then asked her for another favor; she guessed he might need help with his injured Second Nascent Soul.

Fang Xi learned that Carefree Duke hosted a private exchange where human and demon cultivators traded, then met Devil Lord to receive the Seven Emotions Severance Score in exchange for joining the coming battle at Tianli Plain. He used its Seven Emotions Soul Lock to conceal the Vengeful Soul Trace and arrived with Nangong Li at the exchange site.

• Nangong Li told Fang Xi about Carefree Duke’s dangerous private exchange, which welcomed cultivators regardless of their origins or race.
• Fang Xi left Ruyi Valley and visited Devil Lord at Ice Sha Lake before deciding whether to join the battle at Tianli Plain.
• Devil Lord gave Fang Xi the Seven Emotions Severance Score, and Fang Xi agreed to take part in the decisive battle in exchange for the promised reward.
• Fang Xi studied the secret art and used Seven Emotions Soul Lock to conceal the Vengeful Soul Trace’s aura.
• Several months later, Fang Xi and Nangong Li reached Carefree Duke’s underground trading point, where Nangong Li explained that it was an open market without formations or restrictions.

Fang Xi and Nangong Li attended a private exchange meeting hosted by Carefree Duke, where human and demon cultivators traded rare treasures and supplies. Feng Shisan took the platform to announce his offerings and a list of items he sought, prompting Fang Xi to react with surprise.

• Fang Xi and Nangong Li entered an underground cavern and joined a gathering of human and demon Nascent Soul cultivators, including the formidable Feng Shisan.
• Carefree Duke transformed the cavern into his Sky Cloud Sea and set rules for the exchange meeting.
• Carefree Duke traded his Sea Exploring Halberds and a storage bag for a Myriad Life Flower, then unsuccessfully sought a Hundred Profound Pill.
• A transformed great demon offered rare materials, and Fang Xi bought resources from several traders.
• Feng Shisan warned the human cultivators that he would show them no mercy on the battlefield, then offered treasures in exchange for items on his list.
• Fang Xi read the first line of Feng Shisan's list and his expression changed slightly.

Feng Shisan displayed a Celestial Spider Inner Core, the Five Elements Ring, and a Phoenix Origin Pill at an exchange gathering, seeking rare treasures in return. After no one offered what he wanted, Fang Xi took the platform and offered to trade for instruction in Demon Script.

• Feng Shisan revealed a Celestial Spider Inner Core and rejected Su Xuelong's offer of the Blood Dragon Slash, then displayed the Five Elements Ring taken from the Hun Yuan Sect.
• Fang Xi asked about the Phoenix Origin Pill, and Feng Shisan described its benefits and allowed Heavenly Dragon Venerable to inspect it.
• Heavenly Dragon Venerable confirmed the pill could help break through realms, offered to sell himself to the Demon Race for it, and was rejected and insulted by Feng Shisan.
• Feng Shisan found no one with the spirit treasures he sought, so Fang Xi rose onto the platform and offered spirit stones, pills, or demonic beast materials for lessons in Demon Script.

Fang Xi traded rare spirit water with Feng Shisan to obtain a way to learn Phoenix Seal Script, which was tied to the Dao of Void and the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror. The deal ended with Feng Shisan offering two of three treasures, while Fang Xi learned that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan had preserved Phoenix Seal Script in the tortured soul of a cultivator from the Primordial Demonic Sect.

• Fang Xi traded a Lightning Strike Walnut to a Humanoid Transformation Great Yao for a jade slip containing common Demon Script characters.
• Fang Xi asked about the silver Phoenix Seal Script, and Carefree Duke and Feng Shisan explained its connection to the Power of Void and the Heavenly Phoenix Clan.
• Fang Xi privately offered Feng Shisan spirit liquid in exchange for Phoenix Seal Script and the Phoenix Origin Pill, Five Elements Ring, and Celestial Spider Inner Core.
• Fang Xi and Feng Shisan verified their goods by exchanging a drop of Nine Heavens Pure Radiance Water for a soul lamp containing a tortured cultivator whose preserved memories taught Phoenix Seal Script.
• Fang Xi searched the soul and confirmed it held Phoenix Seal Script memories, then agreed when Feng Shisan offered him a choice of two of the three treasures.