Chapter Summaries

Lan Gu explained the Netherworld Land beneath the Cold Abyss and the Ice Soul Sect’s plans for recovering its Inheritance Land. Fang Xiao decided to scout the Netherworld Land after his trip to the Central Lands and discovered that the first inheritance on Lan Gu’s list was a method for constructing an Ascension Platform.

• Lan Gu told Bai Ling that the Netherworld Land was filled with lethal Netherworld Qi and powerful Netherworld Ghostly Creatures, though people with Yin Vein Physiques could withstand its dangers.
• Lan Gu explained that Nan Xuan and Nan Kong hoped to restore the Heavenly Yin Cold Soul Great Array using a Primordial Magnetic Spirit Treasure in place of the stolen Primordial Magnetic Mother Ore.
• Fang Xiao considered bringing Yuan Chen into the Netherworld Land, but decided to scout the Cold Abyss alone after visiting the Central Lands because Yuan Chen’s Innate Primordial Yang Physique could attract danger.
• Fang Xiao asked Lan Gu to list the Ice Soul Sect’s known inheritances and the conditions for receiving them, and Lan Gu spent two hours recording the information.
• Fang Xiao inspected Lan Gu’s list and found that its first entry was a method for refining and constructing an Ascension Platform.

Fang Xiao learned that the Ancient Ice Dao’s inheritance might reveal how to repair an Ascension Platform, giving Tianlan Sect a possible route to the Spirit Realm, and hurried back to Moyun Immortal City. Meanwhile, Li Mobai and Qin Qing secured Taiqing Sect’s help in informing the factions about the Devil Race and planned to visit Heavenly Master Dao.

• Fang Xiao discovered that the Ancient Ice Dao’s inheritance contained methods for constructing an Ascension Platform and decided to seek it beneath Cold Abyss.
• Fang Xiao sealed Lan Gu and Bai Ling again, while allowing Bai Ling to move freely within the Mobile Spirit Mansion.
• Li Mobai and Qin Qing persuaded Taiqing Sect to relay news of the Devil Race invasion to the various sects ahead of the Royal Court’s assembly.
• Li Mobai and Qin Qing decided to visit Heavenly Master Dao to preserve their alliance after Fang Xiao killed several of its Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Fang Xiao returned safely to Moyun Immortal City through the void teleportation array after the journey took nearly half its usual time.

Fang Xiao settled into a secluded cave dwelling in Moyun Immortal City, sent Yuan Chen detailed information about the Ascension Platform, and prepared to refine Imperial Flowing Sap to strengthen his body. He planned to use a Spirit Transformation-level Sarira to break through his physical bottleneck and eventually open an inner heaven of his own.

• Tong Cheng welcomed Fang Xiao back and arranged a Fifth Order cave dwelling for him in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Fang Xiao instructed Tong Cheng to keep others away, then sent Yuan Chen information about the Ascension Platform and proposed that they search for it in the Netherworld Land.
• Fang Xiao sealed the residence’s Forbidden Array and prepared to cultivate with Imperial Flowing Sap and Essence Blood Wine.
• Fang Xiao planned to use a Spirit Transformation-level Sarira to break through his physical bottleneck after reaching the Nascent Soul limit.
• Fang Xiao considered how an inner heaven differed from a Spirit Transformation cultivator’s heaven, which remained attached to the Taichang Realm.

King Gan told Dao Xuan to return to the Royal Court and surrender the Heavenly Master Dao’s spiritual vein, and Dao Xuan agreed to protect his disciples. Their plans were interrupted when Li Mobai and Qin Qing arrived, and Dao Xuan went out to meet them while King Gan stayed hidden.

• King Gan explained that the Royal Court had secretly supported Dao Xuan as a prepared agent and now expected him to return and surrender the Heavenly Master Dao’s spiritual vein.
• Dao Xuan agreed to leave with his Nascent Soul disciples, asking King Gan to spare the remaining disciples and keep the plan secret.
• Dao Xuan received word that Li Mobai and Qin Qing had arrived, prompting King Gan to consider calling in reinforcements if they refused to leave.
• Dao Xuan went to meet Li Mobai and Qin Qing while King Gan remained in the grotto-heaven.

Fang Xiao’s Body Refining cultivation surged under the effects of Imperial Flowing Sap, bringing him close to a Spirit Transformation breakthrough. At the Heavenly Master Dao, Dao Xuan learned that the Royal Court’s scheme had leaked and decided to side with it and prevent Li Mobai and Qin Qing from leaving.

• Fang Xiao absorbed Imperial Flowing Sap during his seclusion, rapidly strengthening his body and nearing a Spirit Transformation-level breakthrough.
• Li Mobai and Qin Qing met Dao Xuan, who apologized for the Heavenly Master Dao disciples’ wrongdoing and agreed to restore ties with the Tianlan Sect.
• Li Mobai and Qin Qing told Dao Xuan about the Devil Race and the Royal Court’s scheme, warning that the Royal Court might target the Heavenly Master Dao.
• Dao Xuan realized the Royal Court’s plans were exposed and chose to side with it rather than join the other sects.
• Dao Xuan resolved to notify the Royal Court and keep Li Mobai and Qin Qing from leaving.

Li Mobai and Qin Qing stayed at the Heavenly Master Dao after Dao Xuan asked them to help defend it, unaware that Dao Xuan had sided with the Royal Court. King Gan arranged to keep them under watch, but King Li was away rescuing the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm from the Purple Crystal Bee King and True Devils.

• Li Mobai told Dao Xuan he would not flee or let the Royal Court abandon the Taichang Realm, and Dao Xuan asked him and Qin Qing to remain at the Heavenly Master Dao.
• After Dao Xuan left, Li Mobai and Qin Qing wondered why he had first urged them to leave and then asked them to stay.
• Dao Xuan reported the situation to King Gan, who ordered him to watch Li Mobai and Qin Qing and keep them from leaving.
• King Gan contacted King Li's side, then learned King Li was away rescuing the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm from the Purple Crystal Bee King and True Devils.
• Dao Xuan sent many Heavenly Master Dao disciples away under the pretext of investigating Royal Court agents, while leaving others behind as sacrifices to conceal his plans from Li Mobai and Qin Qing.

Fang Xiao struggled to break through his physical bottleneck while news of Li Mobai’s disappearance and Heavenly Master Dao’s sealed formation forced him to prepare to act. He chose to sacrifice a Spirit Transformation-grade Sarira to speed his breakthrough, leaving the opening of his grotto-heaven for later.

• A strange rhythmic sound swept through Moyun Immortal City, sending its residents fleeing, while Tong Cheng recognized that Fang Xiao’s cultivation had caused the disturbance.
• Fang Xiao found that his physical bottleneck could not be broken quickly with his own strength, despite months of absorbing Imperial Flowing Sap.
• Yuan Chen returned with news that he had missed Li Mobai and his companion and that Heavenly Master Dao’s sect-protecting grand formation remained fully activated.
• Fang Xiao suspected a battle was raging within Heavenly Master Dao and decided to go there himself, even though his breakthrough was incomplete.
• Fang Xiao crushed the Spirit-Sealing Box, split the Spirit Transformation-grade Sarira into eight pieces with the Void Cutter Sword, and ground two pieces into powder to accelerate his breakthrough.

Fang Xiao used Spirit Transformation-level sarira to endure a painful bodily refinement and break through to Spirit Transformation. Afterward, he discovered Dao script emerging within his Primordial Sword Body and considered how it might guide his inner heaven.

• Fang Xiao absorbed the sarira’s special substances, enduring severe pain as they battered and transformed his body.
• Fang Xiao crushed and absorbed two more sarira fragments, replenishing his vital essence with Essence Blood Wine and Imperial Flowing Sap as his body repeatedly broke apart and rebuilt.
• Fang Xiao shouted “Break,” and the resulting qi wave destroyed the courtyard’s Fifth Order Forbidden Array while Tong Cheng watched in shock.
• Fang Xiao reached the Body Refining path’s Spirit Transformation level, gaining Golden Muscle Jade Bone and the ability to contend with techniques empowered by primordial qi.
• Fang Xiao saw Dao script within the golden and jade radiance of his Primordial Sword Body and reasoned that it could help guide his inner heaven and awaken the body’s power.

Fang Xiao left Moyun Immortal City for Southwest Dao to investigate Li Mobai and Qin Qing’s situation. At the Heavenly Master Dao, Li Mobai and Qin Qing discovered they had been lured into a trap, but their late-stage Deity Transformation strength made their enemies hesitate before Southern Dipper True Monarch offered a way to separate them temporarily.

• Fang Xiao postponed opening his inner heaven and asked Tong Cheng to prepare a teleportation array to Southwest Dao.
• Li Mobai and Qin Qing discovered that the Heavenly Master Dao had sealed communications and tried to leave, only to be trapped by Dao Xuan and his reinforcements.
• King Gan mocked Li Mobai, who recognized Dao Xuan, Royal Court cultivators, two members of the Demon Race, and Southern Dipper True Monarch among the ten enemies.
• Golden Mane Roar urged the group to attack, but the others realized Li Mobai and Qin Qing had reached late-stage Deity Transformation and could each fight at peak strength together.
• Southern Dipper True Monarch offered to temporarily sever Li Mobai and Qin Qing’s connection, warning that the ability would leave him unable to fight afterward.

Southern Dipper True Monarch proposed using the Chengxu Pendant to sever Li Mobai and Qin Qing’s connection, and the Royal Court chose to attack while the pair were separated. Li Mobai and Qin Qing launched a coordinated assault, but they remained trapped inside the Heavenly Master Dao formation as they tried to escape before Emperor Teng arrived.

• Southern Dipper True Monarch explained that the Chengxu Pendant could cut Li Mobai and Qin Qing off from one another by severing their shared cultivation connection.
• King Gan decided to take advantage of the brief separation, assigning King Li to hold back Qin Qing while the others attacked Li Mobai.
• Li Mobai hurled his scarlet Spirit Pearl at the Royal Court group, spreading a vast sea of spiritual flames that they combined their powers to suppress.
• Qin Qing attacked the Heavenly Master Dao’s protective formation with her azure Spirit Pearl, freezing the surrounding area as Li Mobai occupied their opponents.
• Li Mobai and Qin Qing continued trying to break through, aware that Emperor Teng’s arrival could make their escape far more difficult.

Li Mobai and Qin Qing were trapped inside Heavenly Master Dao’s array as King Gan’s group prepared to attack them. Fang Xiao entered the formation, disrupted its changing celestial phenomena, and found a way through to Heavenly Master Dao.

• Qin Qing’s attack failed to break the Four Symbols Mighty Spirit Qi Transformation Great Array, and King Gan explained how the formation trapped and weakened intruders.
• Nan Dou used the Chengxu Pendant to weaken Li Mobai and Qin Qing, while King Gan’s group divided their forces to attack them.
• Fang Xiao learned that Shao Ting had been engaged by an unknown Spirit Transformation cultivator and sent Yuan Chen a warning to have him retreat if necessary.
• Fang Xiao entered the formation with his Azure Cloud Dharma Aspect and found himself returned to his starting point as the seasons and weather changed around him.
• Fang Xiao rapidly altered the celestial phenomena to disrupt the formation’s operation, found its flaws, and crossed the array wall into Heavenly Master Dao.

Fang Xiao rushed toward the Heavenly Master Dao after sensing that Li Mobai was near death and Qin Qing was trapped. As King Gan pressured Qin Qing to surrender, she chose to die with Li Mobai rather than let him live as a Royal Court vassal.

• Fang Xiao found the Heavenly Master Dao in ruins and sensed more than a dozen Deity Transformation cultivators fighting nearby.
• Qin Qing protected Li Mobai’s unconscious Nascent Soul while King Gan and the others surrounded her; Li Mobai’s body had been sealed after he tried to self-destruct.
• King Gan and Dao Xuan urged Qin Qing to surrender, and Qin Qing briefly wavered as she looked at Li Mobai.
• King Gan sent Marquis Yuhua and Marquis Jianxing to intercept the approaching Fang Xiao and warned Qin Qing to decide within ten breaths.
• Qin Qing refused to bind her cultivation before Li Mobai’s body was returned, then resolved to die with him rather than make him serve the Royal Court.

Fang Xiao arrived at Heavenly Master Dao with the Void Suppressing Sword and fought King Gan's group to rescue Qin Qing and Li Mobai. He reached them and began moving them into his Mobile Spirit Mansion so they could escape.

• King Gan demanded that Qin Qing seal her cultivation before he would return Li Mobai's body, and Qin Qing secretly prepared to self-destruct rather than comply.
• Fang Xiao appeared beneath the Void Suppressing Sword's suppression, seized the Chengxu Pendant, and attacked Southern Dipper True Monarch.
• Fang Xiao damaged Southern Dipper True Monarch's shield and used Thought Swords to strike his soul and the Cloud-Treading Boots' artifact spirit, but King Gan and the others intervened and Southern Dipper escaped with one arm severed.
• The Golden Mane Roar recognized Fang Xiao and accused him of being from Tianlan Sect, while Qin Qing reached Fang Xiao carrying Li Mobai's Nascent Soul.
• Fang Xiao gave Li and Qin Fifth-Order Spirit Milk and used the Mobile Spirit Mansion's guiding spiritual light to take Qin Qing, Li Mobai's Nascent Soul, and his body into shelter.

Fang Xiao refused King Gan’s offer to join the Royal Court and used Bai Ling to drive a wedge between the Royal Court and the Golden Mane Roar. With Space Severance ready to open a path into the void, Fang Xiao proposed moving somewhere safer to continue their negotiations.

• Fang Xiao persuaded Qin Qing to enter his spirit abode with the injured Li Mobai while he stayed behind to face the Royal Court and the Golden Mane Roar.
• King Gan offered Fang Xiao cultivation resources, status, and Emperor Teng’s guidance in exchange for joining the Royal Court, but Fang Xiao declined and warned the Golden Mane Roar that the Royal Court might be scheming against him.
• Fang Xiao showed the Golden Mane Roar his captive younger sister Bai Ling, then said he wanted to leave safely and would take her along if the others refused to let him go.
• Nan Dou opposed letting Fang Xiao escape because Fang Xiao had trapped Nan Dou’s Chengxu Pendant and severed his arm with the Void Cutter Sword.
• Space Severance told Fang Xiao that it had removed the surrounding Space Force, and Fang Xiao opened a spatial vortex to move the confrontation into the void.

Fang Xiao escaped into the void after breaking the space-sealing formation, and King Gan led a pursuit to find him. Learning that most of the powerful cultivators had entered the void, Fang Xiao considered returning to Heavenly Master Dao to attack King Li.

• King Gan persuaded Golden Mane Roar to continue the pursuit, and Golden Mane Roar apologized for acting rashly.
• Fang Xiao recalled the Void Suppressing Sword and escaped through the spatial vortex, while King Gan ordered the injured King Li, Marquis Tianlin, and Marquis Changyuan to remain behind.
• King Gan and six others entered the void and spread out, using their contact marks to coordinate their search.
• Fang Xiao summoned the Void Cutter Sword and learned from Space Severance that six pursuers were within sensing range.
• Fang Xiao identified King Gan, Golden Mane Roar, and the suspected Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm among the late-stage cultivators in the void, then considered returning to Heavenly Master Dao to attack King Li.

Fang Xiao returned to the Heavenly Master Dao, captured the wounded Marquis Tianlin and Marquis Changyuan, and prepared to restore the space vortex before King Li could stop him. He left the story poised to replenish the missing Space Force and cut off the Royal Court’s route between realms.

• Fang Xiao decided to return to the Heavenly Master Dao and restore its space vortex so the Royal Court could not send reinforcements or return by the same route.
• Marquis Tianlin and Marquis Changyuan noticed someone emerging from the space vortex and attacked Fang Xiao, while King Li was alerted.
• Fang Xiao used the Void Suppressing Sword and his spatial abilities to overcome their attacks and capture both wounded marquises alive.
• Fang Xiao avoided confronting the approaching King Li and asked Space Severance about restoring the missing Space Force.
• Space Severance told Fang Xiao that it had controlled the nearby Space Force and could summon it whenever he gave the order.

Fang Xiao escaped into the void as King Li failed to keep the spatial vortex open and called for reinforcements. There, Fang Xiao encountered Golden Mane Roar and negotiated a deal to capture two of the other cultivators in exchange for keeping their arrangement secret from the Royal Court.

• Fang Xiao left the spatial vortex, and King Li tried to stop it from closing while summoning King Gan and the others.
• King Li failed to hold the vortex open and reported the crisis to the Royal Court.
• Fang Xiao encountered Golden Mane Roar in the void, who demanded that he release Bai Ling.
• Fang Xiao refused to hand over Bai Ling and bargained for Golden Mane Roar's help in capturing hostages.
• Golden Mane Roar agreed to help Fang Xiao capture two cultivators if Fang Xiao kept the deal secret from the Royal Court.

Fang Xiao and the Golden Mane Roar agreed to ambush the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm, with Fang Xiao promising to release Bai Ling if the attack succeeded. They caught the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm off guard and split it in two, but its rapid regeneration left them puzzled about why its tribulation-substitution ability had not activated.

• Fang Xiao chose the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm as their target, and the Golden Mane Roar agreed to help capture it alive.
• The Golden Mane Roar warned Fang Xiao that the others were gathering after someone activated a mark, and Fang Xiao promised to release Bai Ling if they took down the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm.
• King Gan learned from King Li that Fang Xiao had returned to Heavenly Master Dao and blamed King Li for failing to stop him.
• The Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm joined the Golden Mane Roar in attacking Fang Xiao, but the Golden Mane Roar suddenly ambushed it and severed its body in two.
• Fang Xiao and the Golden Mane Roar saw the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm regenerate and wondered why its tribulation-substitution ability had not protected it.

Fang Xiao and the Golden Mane Roar attacked the weakened Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm, and the Golden Mane Roar beat it into a mass of flesh. Fang Xiao collected the remains, frustrated that the silkworm might take a long time to recover.

• The Golden Mane Roar exposed the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm's weakness and, urged by Fang Xiao, charged to finish it off.
• The Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm transformed into its true form and coiled around the Golden Mane Roar, freezing its body and biting at its neck.
• The Golden Mane Roar stunned the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm with a roar, shattered its head, and tore its body in half.
• The Golden Mane Roar relentlessly pounded the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm until Fang Xiao stopped it and warned that he needed more than minced flesh.
• The Golden Mane Roar said it had not damaged the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm's Demon Core, and Fang Xiao scooped the mangled remains into a jade bucket.

Fang Xiao captured the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm and used Space Severance to create void turbulence that prevented the Royal Court cultivators from gathering. He offered to return Bai Ling early, but asked Golden Mane Roar to agree to a request first.

• Fang Xiao seized the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm's Demon Core, planted restrictions in it, and replenished its vital essence with Essence Blood Wine.
• Golden Mane Roar reminded Fang Xiao of their agreement to release Bai Ling, while Fang Xiao warned that the remaining targets had to be captured alive.
• After the sensing marks were shattered, the other cultivators turned toward King Gan, who also headed toward Golden Mane Roar.
• Fang Xiao ordered Space Severance to stir the void, creating turbulence that trapped the four cultivators and prevented them from gathering.
• Fang Xiao offered to return Bai Ling immediately if Golden Mane Roar agreed to a request, and Golden Mane Roar cautioned that it could not act freely within the Royal Court.