Chapter Summaries

Fang Xi and Old Ancestor Fire launched a virtual-reality game to gather emotions against Black Taisui’s collective consciousness, while Fang Xi reached Nascent Soul Great Perfection and strengthened his body with Black Tortoise blood. He then watched his Taisui survive a weak fourth-grade tribulation, leaving only a fist-sized piece of flesh that had nevertheless reached the fourth grade.

• Fang Xi and Old Ancestor Fire launched Cultivators Battle Mushrooms, whose frightening stages drew complaints from players even as Shenwu promoted it.
• Fang Xi completed the nineteenth layer of the Withered Glory Art and reached Nascent Soul Great Perfection, with Heavenly Demon Qi remaining to help a future breakthrough.
• Fang Xi absorbed the Fifth-grade Black Tortoise’s vital blood, greatly strengthening his Heavenly Phoenix Flood Dragon Armor and resolving to seek Qilin True Blood from Old Ancestor Fire.
• Fang Xi’s Taisui underwent a fourth-grade tribulation, regenerating through the lightning until only a fist-sized piece remained.
• Fang Xi picked up the surviving piece of Taisui and noted that it had reached the fourth grade and could grow back with spiritual rice.

Fang Xi traveled from the Northern Plains to Penglai Immortal Island using an Ancient Teleportation Array, suspecting that Mei Siying had arranged for him to be sent there on Fairy Yun Xi’s instructions. The chapter ended with him meeting Yun Xi Fairy in person, with Shui Lingxin at her side.

• Fang Xi fed the swollen Tai Sui to the Yao Mo Tree and ordered it to keep supplying nourishment for the Mysterious Turtle Egg.
• Fang Xi received three recombined Turtle Longevity pills, while Creation Factory Six returned the Infant Transformation Pill because it could not safely reproduce it.
• Fang Xi traveled to the Cold Wave Cave, where Mei Siying welcomed him and confirmed that the Ancient Teleportation Array was ready.
• Mei Siying secretly sent Fang Xi to Penglai Immortal Island, and he realized she had likely acted on Yun Xi Fairy’s instructions.
• Fang Xi left the array hall and greeted Yun Xi Fairy, who was playing a zither while Shui Lingxin stood beside her.

Yun Xi Fairy gave Fang Xi Fifth-grade Crocodile Flood Dragon Essence Blood and Brahma Gold Incense in exchange for his promise to help confront Black Taisui if he reached Spirit Transmutation within a hundred years. Fang Xi set off to return to the Southern Barrens and break through there, then remembered that Ling Shu still needed a ride.

• Yun Xi Fairy thanked Fang Xi for saving Shui Lingxin and gave him two spiritual gifts, including rare Brahma Gold Incense that could help with the Inner Demon Tribulation.
• Yun Xi Fairy told Fang Xi that Black Taisui threatened the Eastern Sea and that Bing Xuanzi had ascended alongside a Fifth-grade Black Tortoise.
• Fang Xi agreed to help with Black Taisui if he reached Spirit Transmutation within a hundred years, then left Penglai Immortal Island.
• Fang Xi decided to return to the Southern Barrens to attempt his breakthrough, traveling by way of Wanhua Island and the Western Desert.
• Near Wanhua Island, Fang Xi remembered that Ling Shu still needed a ride and wondered whether she had formed her Nascent Soul.

Fang Xi, disguised as Qing Hezi, returned to the Western Desert but was required to remain at the Sacred Fire Cult for its century festival. He watched the Three Yang Sacred Fire absorb heavenly, earthly, and human fire, while secretly taking precautions around the sect.

• Fang Xi teleported from Wanhua Island to Misty Peak and learned he could not leave for three days because the Sacred Fire Festival had sealed the sect.
• Senior Brother Sang arranged for Jueyanzi to host Fang Xi, who toured Flame Mountain and used nanobots from the Green Grain Sword to scout the soil.
• Fang Xi joined the Cultivators on a jade platform to watch the festival ceremony as dawn broke.
• The Sacred Fire Cult’s chants and restrictions gathered human fire and earthfire to strengthen the Three Yang Sacred Fire.
• Old Ancestor Fire drew in heavenly fire, and the Three Yang Sacred Fire absorbed the Solar Star’s blue flame until the three fires reached balance.

During the Sacred Fire Festival, Fang Xi’s Five Fire Gu exposed his concealed identity and provoked Old Ancestor Fire. Fang Xi fought his way through the Sacred Fire Cult’s forces and reached the edge of the formation, with his escape still unresolved.

• The Three Yang Sacred Fire released multicolored radiance that strengthened the festival’s participants, and Fang Xi’s White Jade Toad emerged from his Spirit Beast Bag and absorbed some of it.
• Old Ancestor Fire confronted Fang Xi over the Five Fire Gu and demanded that he reveal his true identity, then attacked him after Fang Xi shattered a hidden flying fork with crystallized divine sense.
• Old Ancestor Fire’s flame spirits devoured the Five Fire Gu, and Fang Xi fled while using three Nascent Soul Late Stage puppets to delay his pursuer.
• Fang Xi detonated the puppets, then killed the white-robed Law Enforcement Elder and five Nascent Soul Cultivators who blocked his path.
• Fang Xi unleashed the Heavenly Demon Chant against nearby cultivators and reached the edge of the formation.

Fang Xi broke through the Sacred Fire Cult’s formation and escaped, then faced Old Ancestor Fire when the Spirit Transmutation cultivator continued pursuing him. He unleashed his Fortune Gu’s Luck Deprivation Divine Ability and sent the Monster Locking Tower’s radiance and Green Grain Invisible Needles toward Old Ancestor Fire, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Fang Xi disrupted the Sacred Fire Cult’s formation by unleashing the earthfire, then used a Formation Breaking Bead to escape through a breach as Old Ancestor Fire pursued him.
• Fang Xi fled more than ten thousand li, but Old Ancestor Fire caught up with him using a Wind Fire Wheel.
• Fang Xi stopped to fight and used the Five Elements Ring against Old Ancestor Fire’s Fire Element Qilin, then detonated the ring to break the Qilin apart.
• Fang Xi summoned his Fifth-grade Fortune Gu and used the Luck Deprivation Divine Ability on Old Ancestor Fire.
• Fang Xi sent the Monster Locking Tower’s silver-white radiance together with Green Grain Invisible Needles toward Old Ancestor Fire.

Fang Xi fought Old Ancestor Fire to a near standstill, wounded him, and escaped when the Spirit Transformation cultivator evaded his final strike. In Thick Earth City, Ling Shu learned that the Sacred Fire Cult was hunting Qing Hezi before Fang Xi’s External Nascent Soul found her and asked whether she would return to the Southern Barrens.

• Fang Xi battled Old Ancestor Fire with his treasures and abilities, then exploited the elder’s old injuries and weakened luck to unleash his External Nascent Soul’s killing strike.
• Old Ancestor Fire escaped Fang Xi’s sword attack, and Fang Xi, badly injured, recovered enough to head toward the Flowing Sand Domain and plan to return to the Southern Barrens.
• Ling Shu attended a gathering in Thick Earth City, where Daoist Yellow Earth shared news about the Sacred Fire Cult’s search for the culprit behind the Sacred Fire Festival disturbance.
• Ling Shu recognized that the reported techniques and Puppet Technique resembled Fang Xi’s, and wondered where the island master was.
• Fang Xi’s External Nascent Soul met Ling Shu in an alley and asked whether she intended to remain in the Western Desert or return to the Southern Barrens.

Fang Xi returned with Ling Shu to the Southern Barrens Cultivation World, rewarded Zhong Hongyu, and spent several years recovering and strengthening his cultivation. After completing the second layer of the Seven Emotions Severance Score and breaking through to Spirit Transformation-level divine sense, he began preparing for his own Spirit Transformation breakthrough.

• Fang Xi completed the Ancient Teleportation Array, verified that Emerald Island remained safe, and brought Ling Shu back to the Southern Barrens Cultivation World.
• Fang Xi sealed the array, reunited with Zhong Hongyu and Liu Xu, and gave Zhong Hongyu a Turtle Longevity Pill and an Infant Transformation Pill.
• Ling Shu settled old grudges in Jiang Country, then returned to live on Emerald Island as its resident Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Fang Xi healed his lingering injuries, perfected the second layer of the Seven Emotions Severance Score, and solidified his divine sense to the Spirit Transformation level.
• Fang Xi assessed his preparations for Spirit Transformation and planned to send his External Nascent Soul with the Fortune Gu to the Red Sun Realm to gather fortune and help Yu Hua and Hua Fei Ye.

Fang Xi sealed Emerald Island and used the Fortune Gu before attempting to break through to Spirit Transmutation. He succeeded in drawing in the five-element spiritual energy, but the Inner Demon Tribulation began with his External Nascent Soul attacking him.

• Fang Xi visited Maple Leaf Island, Dragon Fish Island, Lingkong Island, and Peach Blossom Island before returning to Emerald Island and ordering it sealed off.
• Fang Xi activated the Inverted Nine Nether Profound Wood Great Array and the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, then took fortune from the Fortune Gu and began his breakthrough.
• Ling Shu, Zhong Hongyu, and Liu Xu sensed the Spirit Transmutation celestial phenomenon as five-colored spiritual energy gathered above Evergreen Hall.
• Fang Xi used the Myriad Heavens, Ten Lands, Sun, Moon, and Five Stars Demon-Slaying Divine Light to guide the celestial phenomenon into Evergreen Hall and reached Spirit Transmutation.
• Fang Xi began facing the three great tribulations, and the Inner Demon Tribulation made his External Nascent Soul attack him in an illusion.

Fang Xi passed the Five Elements Tribulation with the help of his sword, demonic flame, treasures, and formations, then faced a lightning tribulation that escalated into Purple-Gold Lightning. After a seventh bolt injured him, he summoned the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars to meet an even stronger strike.

• Fang Xi overcame the Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water tribulations, absorbing their elemental power and suppressing the Nine Nine Green Vine Gourd’s connection to the island.
• Fang Xi endured the first six lightning bolts with the Myriad Yao Armor and used their residual force to temper his three spirit treasures.
• The lightning changed to Purple-Gold, and Fang Xi’s Three Sacred Beast Armor weakened the seventh bolt before it cracked and left him injured.
• Zhong Hongyu tried to approach Fang Xi, but Ling Shu stopped her and warned that interference could harm them both.
• Fang Xi linked his divine sense to the three hundred and sixty-five Star Pagodas and summoned the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars as a stronger Purple-Gold bolt descended.
• The Dharma Body of the Lord of the Zhou Tian Star Array sent the Divine Light of the Sun, Moon, and Five Stars for Extinguishing Demons of the Heavens and Ten Earths against the lightning.

Fang Xi survived the ninth tribulation lightning and advanced to Spirit Transmutation, then tested his new powers and considered his next cultivation steps. In the Jiuzhou Realm, he revealed his breakthrough to three Nascent Soul True Monarchs, setting up his succession as Fang Xian Dao Master.

• Fang Xi endured the ninth tribulation lightning with the aid of two great formations, the Three Sacred Beast Armor, and the Ancestor Yao Mo Tree, and reached Spirit Transmutation.
• Fang Xi healed the crater with Wood Element Divine Light, dismissed Zhong Hongyu and the other women, and began familiarizing himself with his enhanced strength and lifespan.
• Fang Xi tested his ability to draw on the elements of heaven and earth, felt lifespan backlash from an overly powerful attack, and considered how to advance toward Void Refinement.
• Fang Xi decided to delay visiting the Earth Immortal Spirit Realm and focus on the Jiuzhou Realm, then summoned Ghost Axe, White Brow, and Demon Slayer.
• Fang Xi announced that he had reached Spirit Transmutation, and Ghost Axe, White Brow, and Demon Slayer considered how Fang Xian Dao Master's decree made Fang Xi the likely successor to lead Fangxian Dao Palace.

Fang Xi secured the support of Jiuzhou Realm’s three Great Cultivators by promising to help them reach Spirit Transformation and destroy the demon lair, then set out to confront Chi Lian and Fire Dome. He killed Fire Dome with the Life and Death Seal, leaving Chi Lian to recognize him as a cultivator of Azure Emperor Mountain.

• Fang Xi persuaded White Brow, Demon Slayer, and Ghost Axe to acknowledge him as Dao Master by offering help with their cultivation and the destruction of the demon lair.
• Fang Xi considered opening a fifth world with the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror but postponed the decision, then received the coordinates of the Devil Race’s nest from Demon Slayer.
• Fang Xi took the Sky Patrol Warship Star Spirit into the cosmos and fired its Chaos Annihilation Star Cannon at the Devils’ formation, drawing out Chi Lian and Fire Dome.
• Chi Lian and Fire Dome transformed into their Divine Demon forms and attacked Fang Xi, but he froze Fire Dome’s magma with Ice Spiritual Power.
• Fang Xi used the Life and Death Seal’s Withered Glory Profound Light to age Fire Dome to death, and Chi Lian retreated in terror after identifying Fang Xi as a cultivator of Azure Emperor Mountain.

Fang Xi forced Demon Venerable Chi Lian to submit, secured her cultivation technique, and brought her back to the Jiuzhou Realm. After transforming into Zhang Huahua, he publicly took over as Immortal Path Master, leaving the realm to celebrate his defeat of the Two Great Demon Venerables.

• Fang Xi made Demon Venerable Chi Lian wear a Demon-Sealing Ring, planted restrictions in her body, and took a portion of her demonic soul to ensure her obedience.
• Demon Venerable Chi Lian gave Fang Xi the complete version of the True Demon Technique she possessed and handed over her storage ring, while Fang Xi collected Fire Dome Demon Venerable's corpse and returned to the Jiuzhou Realm.
• Fang Xi assigned Demon Venerable Chi Lian to assist his External Nascent Soul, then transformed into Zhang Huahua to take over as Immortal Path Master.
• White Brow True Monarch announced Zhang Huahua's appointment, citing the former Dao Master's decree that the first cultivator to reach Spirit Transmutation would inherit the position.
• Jing Yi watched news reports of Zhang Huahua's victory over the Two Great Demon Venerables and accepted that he had no chance of catching up, joking that he would write an autobiography about his senior becoming Dao Master.

Yun Xi Fairy and Bai Family Old Ancestor met with Old Ancestor Fire, who identified Qing Hezi as a likely remnant of Azure Emperor Mountain and revealed the ancient lineage's connection to a missing treasure from the Earth Immortal Realm. Old Ancestor Fire proposed they join forces to pursue Qing Hezi, but Yun Xi Fairy accused him of drawing them into his conflict out of fear and self-interest.

• Yun Xi Fairy and Shui Lingxin arrived at the Sacred Fire Cult, where Bai Family Old Ancestor joined them before they went to meet Old Ancestor Fire.
• Old Ancestor Fire described how Qing Hezi had wounded him with demonic armor and powerful puppets, and Yun Xi Fairy connected him to Yun Jiezi, her disciple's savior.
• Old Ancestor Fire claimed Qing Hezi had used Withered Glory Profound Light and was likely an Azure Emperor Mountain remnant, prompting Bai Family Old Ancestor to recount the lineage's history and destruction.
• Bai Family Old Ancestor and Old Ancestor Fire explained that Azure Emperor Mountain's fugitive founder had brought a precious treasure from the Earth Immortal Realm, which might offer a way to ascend safely.
• Old Ancestor Fire proposed splitting the benefits of finding the treasure, and Yun Xi Fairy accused him of recruiting them because he feared Qing Hezi's future revenge.

Fang Xi returned to the Western Desert after advancing to Spirit Transmutation and learned that the Sacred Fire Cult was searching for him and for an Ancient Teleportation Array. He used True Lord Black Sand’s blood and magic power to disguise himself as Black Sand, then approached the Sacred Fire Cult with a false lead as part of his plan to assassinate Old Ancestor Fire.

• Old Ancestor Fire persuaded Bai Family Old Ancestor that they should hunt for Fang Xi, suspecting he came from the Southern Barrens and might have used a hidden Ancient Teleportation Array.
• Fang Xi returned to the Western Desert and learned from True Lord Black Sand that the Sacred Fire Cult was hunting Qing Hezi and searching for an Ancient Teleportation Array.
• Fang Xi revealed that he had reached Spirit Transmutation and asked True Lord Black Sand to help him infiltrate the Sacred Fire Cult and assassinate Old Ancestor Fire.
• True Lord Black Sand agreed, and Fang Xi took his essence blood and magic power, then placed a restriction on him before leaving him to hide for ten years.
• Disguised as True Lord Black Sand, Fang Xi visited the Sacred Fire Cult and told Sang Qingsong that he had found an intact Ancient Teleportation Array in the Flowing Sand Domain.

Fang Xi revealed himself as Qing Hezi and killed Old Ancestor Fire, then thwarted the Sacred Fire Sect’s attempt to destroy its enemies with its hidden formation. He demanded that the sect’s cultivators renounce their affiliation or die, and began enforcing his ultimatum.

• Fang Xi entered the Sacred Fire Hall disguised as True Lord Black Sand, revealed himself by attacking Old Ancestor Fire, and killed Gu Huozi when he tried to intervene.
• Yun Xi Fairy and the Bai Family Old Ancestor arrived and recognized Fang Xi as Qing Hezi, while other Sacred Fire Sect cultivators gathered in the hall.
• A scar-faced Nascent Soul Great Cultivator tried to activate the Three Yang Sacred Fire’s self-destruct mechanism, but Fang Xi’s Yan Jin Six Extremes Array killed him before he could issue the command.
• Fang Xi announced that the Sacred Fire Sect must be destroyed and ordered its cultivators to leave the sect and sever ties or be killed, suspending azure swords over them.
• Fang Xi broke through Guangming Peak’s restrictions and collected the Three Yang Sacred Fire; when one cultivator fled, his Nascent Soul split into three escape streaks, which Fang Xi’s flying swords annihilated.

Fang Xi annihilated the Sacred Fire Cult’s remaining leadership, claimed its spiritual vein, and completed the Four Sacred Beast Armor. He returned to the Jiuzhou Realm to study treasures from Old Ancestor Fire, while resolving to prevent the Sacred Fire Cult’s remnants from ever recovering.

• Fang Xi killed the Sacred Fire Cult cultivators who refused to submit, and Jueyanzi and Sang Qingsong swore to leave the sect before departing.
• Fang Xi claimed the Sacred Fire Cult’s spiritual vein, invited Old Ancestor Bai and Yun Xi Fairy to his Spirit Transformation celebration, and explained that he had spared the two Nascent Soul cultivators as possible bait.
• Fang Xi examined Old Ancestor Fire’s remains and treasures, found the Five Fire Seven Birds Fan’s refining method and fifth-tier Fire Qilin blood, then used the blood to complete the Four Sacred Beast Armor.
• Fang Xi visited the Jiuzhou Realm, directed Ghost Axe True Monarch to have his Second Nascent Soul refine the Three Yang Sacred Fire, and gave him the Five Fire Seven Birds Fan method to study.
• Fang Xi realized the Sacred Fire Cult’s Spirit Transformation foundation had likely been moved, and resolved to ensure its remnants could not revive their Dao Lineage.

After Fang Xi achieved Spirit Transformation, cultivators from across the Southern Barrens gathered at Myriad Islands Lake for his celebration, bringing rare treasures as gifts. The banquet began with Fang Xi promising a three-day Dao lecture and auctioning ten places to travel to the Western Desert Cultivation World.

• Su Xuelong told the Heavenly Envy Demon Lord that Fang Xi had advanced to Spirit Transformation and invited the Li Shang Demonic Palace to the celebration.
• The Heavenly Envy Demon Lord decided to attend in person and present the Li Shang Demonic Palace's Demonic Profound Blood Ore to secure its future.
• Fang Xi welcomed Yun Xi Fairy and Shui Lingxin to Emerald Island, and Shui Lingxin set out to visit Peach Blossom Island.
• Cultivators streamed to Emerald Island with lavish gifts, while the Heavenly Envy Demon Lord discovered that two other Spirit Transformation cultivators were already at the celebration.
• Fang Xi took the seat of honor, welcomed the assembled cultivators, and announced a three-day Dao lecture and an auction of ten places to travel to the Western Desert Cultivation World.

A hundred years after his Spirit Transmutation celebration, Fang Xi cultivated at Demon Tree Ridge and prepared his External Nascent Soul for a breakthrough. As rumors spread that he was dead or gravely ill, his Wood Puppet reported that someone had taken the bait.

• Fang Xi reassured Shui Lingxin that she was herself, not a reincarnation, and recalled his regret over Wei Yixi.
• Fang Xi moved the Ancestor Yao Mo Tree to the Sacred Fire Cult’s former mountain gate, renamed it Demon Tree Ridge, and cultivated there for a hundred years.
• Fang Xi advanced slowly through Spirit Transmutation using the Heavenly Demon Slaughter Immortal Strategy and the Three Phases Annihilate Yuan Art.
• Demon Slayer True Monarch broke through to Spirit Transmutation, while Ghost Axe True Monarch failed but avoided serious harm.
• Fang Xi studied the Ancient Demon Refinement Technique and planned to help his External Nascent Soul break through and explore the fifth world.
• Fang Xi heard rumors that he had died or was gravely ill, then learned from his Wood Puppet that someone had taken the bait.

Fang Xi reinforced the seals around the Mortal Realm’s dangerous Spirit Transmutation beings and left the Valley God Secret Realm under watch. A Sacred Fire Cult plot then targeted the Heavenly Yin Four Symbols Array, where Zen Master Golden Light fought a hidden Great Cultivator as other guardians were overwhelmed.

• Fang Xi strengthened the seals at the Valley God Secret Realm and stationed a Nascent Soul-level Wood Puppet to monitor it.
• Senior Brother Gan and another Nascent Soul Cultivator revealed that the Evil Flood Dragon Temple served the Sacred Fire Cult and planned to break the seal to weaken Fang Xi.
• The Heavenly Yin Four Symbols Array trembled as three formation gates collapsed and Zen Master Golden Light battled a hidden Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Cultivator.
• The attacker used the Dragon Phoenix Twin Flame Rings to damage Zen Master Golden Light’s Arhat Golden Body.
• Zen Master Golden Light realized Qiong Lin Fairy and Fellow Daoist Zhao had likely been betrayed, while the Sacred Fire Cult Great Cultivator continued attacking and threatened to destroy his Dharma Body again.