Chapter Summaries

Fang Xiao learned that the Royal Court’s formations covered nearly every corner and suspected they concealed a secret, then parted from the Golden Mane Roar and returned to his spirit mansion. There he found that Li Mobai could not return to his body because King Li’s lingering divine ability was destroying it.

• Fang Xiao questioned the Golden Mane Roar about the Royal Court, and learned that it knew little of the court’s inner workings but had noticed formations and restrictions throughout it.
• Fang Xiao suspected the Royal Court was concealing a secret and considered investigating the Qingyun Ancestor Master, who had escaped it using the Azure Cloud Dharma Aspect.
• Fang Xiao returned the weakened Bai Ling to the Golden Mane Roar, which thanked him and departed with her.
• Fang Xiao entered his portable spirit mansion after Qin Qing reported that Li Mobai had awakened but was unable to return to his physical body.
• Qin Qing explained that King Li’s remaining fire-attribute divine ability was consuming and damaging Li Mobai’s body, which had been frozen to prevent further deterioration.

Fang Xiao revealed that his Primordial Reflection Mirror could draw the residual divine power out of Li Mobai's gravely injured body. Qin Qing planned to use a secret art to share Li Mobai's injuries while Fang Xiao worked, and they prepared to begin immediately.

• Li Mobai accepted that his original body might not survive, but Qin Qing refused to give up on saving it.
• Fang Xiao examined Li Mobai's mangled body, joked about his appearance, and was scolded by Qin Qing for not taking the crisis seriously.
• Fang Xiao explained that his Primordial Reflection Mirror could absorb King Li's residual divine power, and assured Li Mobai that he was certain it would work.
• Fang Xiao worried that Li Mobai's body might die as soon as the profound ice was opened, before the divine power could be removed.
• Qin Qing said she would use a secret art from the Yin-Yang Profound Clarity Path Derivation True Scripture to temporarily bear Li Mobai's injuries, giving Fang Xiao time to draw out the divine power.
• After Li Mobai confirmed the plan, Fang Xiao urged them to begin at once so he could return to the void.

Fang Xiao used the Primordial Reflection Mirror to draw King Li’s divine ability from Li Mobai, allowing him to return to his body and stabilize his injuries. After leaving the spirit residence, Fang Xiao checked the Royal Court’s movements and raced toward his target before King Gan and the Golden Mane Roar could reunite.

• Qin Qing dissolved the mystic ice and used her Secret Art to bear the injuries transferred from Li Mobai as Fang Xiao activated the Primordial Reflection Mirror.
• Fang Xiao extracted the divine ability’s flame light, and Qin Qing inspected Li Mobai before allowing his Nascent Soul to return to his body.
• Li Mobai’s injuries stopped worsening, and he warned Fang Xiao to be cautious in his plans against the Royal Court.
• Fang Xiao left the spirit residence and learned from Space Severance that no outsiders had approached while it stood guard.
• Space Severance located King Gan and the Golden Mane Roar, and Fang Xiao set off toward his target before they could rendezvous.

Golden Mane Roar deceived King Gan about Bai Ling and the battle, then agreed to help rescue their scattered allies before they left the void. Fang Xiao found Nan Dou trapped in the spatial turbulence and realized the Mind Splitting Spirit Stone had disrupted Nan Dou’s mind; King Gan and Golden Mane Roar remained unaware that Fang Xiao could call on Li Mobai and Qin Qing.

• Golden Mane Roar blamed Fang Xiao and Qin Qing for Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm’s death and claimed the Royal Court had treated Cold Silkworm as cannon fodder.
• King Gan explained that Fang Xiao had captured Marquis Tianlin and Marquis Changyuan, and agreed with Golden Mane Roar to gather their scattered allies before leaving the void.
• Golden Mane Roar pretended to accept King Gan’s promise to rescue Bai Ling, though Bai Ling was hidden inside its demonic belly.
• Fang Xiao observed that King Gan and Golden Mane Roar had gone to rescue Marquis Yuhua first and expected Marquis Jianxing to be next.
• Fang Xiao found Nan Dou struggling in the spatial turbulence and realized that the Mind Splitting Spirit Stone’s power had affected Nan Dou’s divine soul.

Fang Xiao used the Nascent Soul Dao Sword’s Mind Splitting to divide Nan Dou’s consciousness, then selected a consciousness willing to resist the Devil Race and planted restrictions in Nan Dou’s soul. Nan Dou temporarily submitted to Fang Xiao, though he still hated him and vowed to seize any chance to take revenge.

• The Nascent Soul Dao Sword split Nan Dou’s consciousness into four competing selves and divided the Cloud-Treading Boots’ artifact spirit, leaving him unable to control the boots or escape the spatial turbulence.
• Fang Xiao realized he could use Mind Splitting to manipulate Nan Dou and appeared before him.
• Fang Xiao suppressed Nan Dou’s primary consciousness with Thought Swords whenever another consciousness tried to take control.
• Fang Xiao established a consciousness willing to resist the Devil Race and planted several restrictions in Nan Dou’s divine soul.
• Fang Xiao ordered Nan Dou to remain by his side, and Nan Dou agreed to submit temporarily while threatening revenge if an opportunity arose.

Fang Xiao brought Nan Dou to confront Dao Xuan, where they discovered Dao Xuan's six powerful soldiers created by Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers. Nan Dou took the Chengxu Pendant and charged into battle, aiming to capture Dao Xuan alive.

• Fang Xiao restrained Nan Dou's other consciousnesses and took him toward Dao Xuan's location.
• Fang Xiao and Nan Dou found Dao Xuan guarded by six armored Dao soldiers, each at early-stage Spirit Transformation.
• Nan Dou explained that Dao Xuan used Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers, an inheritance associated with the Heaven Talisman Sect.
• Fang Xiao gave Nan Dou the Chengxu Pendant and warned him that it might not overcome the soul restriction suppressing his other consciousnesses.
• Nan Dou ignored Dao Xuan's demand to stop and explain the missing mark, then rushed at him for a direct fight.

Nan Dou overwhelmed Dao Xuan after the Chengxu Pendant severed Dao Xuan’s control over his Dao Soldiers and treasures. He left Dao Xuan alive and brought him and the pendant to Fang Xiao.

• Dao Xuan recognized the Chengxu Pendant above Nan Dou and suspected Nan Dou had allied with Fang Xiao, then ordered his six Dao Soldiers to aim at him.
• Nan Dou continued forward and caused Dao Xuan’s Dao Soldiers to vanish, leaving six inscribed Gold Beans behind.
• Nan Dou attacked Dao Xuan with a relentless series of hand seals while the Chengxu Pendant disabled Dao Xuan’s magic treasures.
• Nan Dou defeated Dao Xuan in less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, but left him alive as Fang Xiao had instructed.
• Nan Dou delivered Dao Xuan and the Chengxu Pendant to Fang Xiao.

Fang Xiao killed Dao Xuan after Nan Dou captured him and examined the six Gold Beans used for Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers. He considered adapting the divine ability to use Spirit Treasures as vessels, but left the idea untested while still in the void and planned to return to the Taichang Realm.

• Nan Dou reported that he had captured Dao Xuan and asked Fang Xiao to help restore his severed arm, but Fang Xiao said he would look for a solution later.
• Fang Xiao beheaded Dao Xuan, explaining that he had ordered Nan Dou to capture him alive to test Nan Dou’s strength, not to spare his life.
• After Dao Xuan’s body burned away, Fang Xiao retrieved and examined the six Gold Beans surrounding his Nascent Soul.
• Fang Xiao reasoned that Dao Xuan had used Gold Beans to create Dao soldiers because they were more cost-effective than Spirit Treasures, and he considered using Spirit Treasures as improved vessels for the divine ability.
• Fang Xiao decided to return to the Taichang Realm to study Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers and make opening an inner grotto-heaven a priority.

Fang Xiao prepared to confront King Gan and the Golden Mane Roar while carrying Dao Xuan’s sealed Nascent Soul. Meanwhile, King Zhen and a peak Deity Transformation cultivator entered the spatial turbulence to reach the endangered Royal Court forces and hunt Fang Xiao.

• Fang Xiao stored the Gold Beans, sealed Dao Xuan’s Nascent Soul, and planned to extract its Divine Ability Origin before giving it to Li Mobai and Qin Qing.
• Fang Xiao learned that King Gan and the Golden Mane Roar were heading toward Marquis Yuhua, and he asked Nan Dou whether they could face the two late-stage Deity Transformation cultivators.
• Nan Dou said he could barely hold off one opponent, but Fang Xiao hinted that they had help and set off toward Marquis Yuhua with Nan Dou following.
• King Zhen and a peak Deity Transformation cultivator arrived outside the spatial turbulence and discussed Fang Xiao’s role in the Royal Court’s losses.
• King Zhen and the cultivator entered the spatial turbulence to reach King Gan and the others, with the cultivator vowing to kill Fang Xiao.

King Gan reached Marquis Yuhua, but Fang Xiao and Nan Dou soon confronted the Royal Court group in the chaotic void currents. As the Golden Mane Roar fled with Marquis Jianxing and Marquis Yuhua, King Gan used a Bronze Great Bell to disrupt the currents and create a Void Storm, but Fang Xiao remained in control of the situation.

• King Gan found Marquis Yuhua and said the others were likely doomed, then tried to leave the chaotic void currents with her.
• Fang Xiao and Nan Dou appeared, and Nan Dou rejected King Gan’s accusations of betrayal and declared that he would fight him.
• The Golden Mane Roar urged King Gan to retreat, then carried Marquis Jianxing and Marquis Yuhua away in a demonic gale.
• King Gan stayed behind to delay Fang Xiao and used a Bronze Great Bell to disrupt the chaotic currents, causing them to develop toward a Void Storm.
• Fang Xiao endured the bell’s effects, and King Gan’s attempt to turn the currents against him failed because the Void Cutter Sword controlled space.

Fang Xiao and Nan Dou pursued the Golden Mane Roar through the spreading Void Storm while King Gan was left trapped by the storm he had caused. Fang Xiao learned that two peak Deity Transformations had entered the void currents, forcing him to abandon the chase.

• The Bronze Great Bell triggered a Void Storm, but Fang Xiao and Nan Dou moved through it unharmed while King Gan could not stop them.
• Fang Xiao pursued the Golden Mane Roar and demanded that it leave Marquis Jianxing and Marquis Yuhua behind, warning that he would expose its broken promise.
• Space Severance reported that two people had entered the void currents, and Fang Xiao identified one as King Zhen.
• Fang Xiao concluded that the two newcomers were peak Deity Transformations and slowed his pursuit after deciding that he and Nan Dou could not defeat them.

Fang Xiao and Nan Dou fled into the Void Storm after Fang Xiao sensed King Zhen approaching, while Golden Mane Roar met King Zhen and reported the Royal Court’s losses. King Zhen and her companion entered the storm to search for King Gan and track Fang Xiao, who realized they were matching his course and could soon catch him.

• Fang Xiao warned Nan Dou that King Zhen was approaching, and the two retreated into the Void Storm.
• Golden Mane Roar met King Zhen, Marquis Jianxing, and Marquis Yuhua, then explained what had happened to their group, including King Gan.
• King Zhen learned that several of their people had died, surrendered, or gone missing, and she and her companion planned to search for King Gan while tracking Fang Xiao.
• King Zhen’s companion placed Golden Mane Roar, Marquis Jianxing, and Marquis Yuhua in his Spirit Estate before he and King Zhen entered the Void Storm.
• Fang Xiao stopped after noticing that King Zhen’s companion kept matching his course and was traveling faster, and Nan Dou asked how they could escape.

Fang Xiao sought Li Mobai and Qin Qing’s help after King Zhen’s group trapped him, and gave Li Mobai Imperial Flowing Sap to restore his body. The chapter ended as the essence began healing Li Mobai, before Fang Xiao revealed his plan.

• Nan Dou suggested taking King Gan hostage, and Fang Xiao vanished into his portable spirit estate to consult Li Mobai and Qin Qing.
• Fang Xiao told Li Mobai and Qin Qing that two peak Deity Transformation cultivators from King Zhen’s group had targeted him.
• Qin Qing grew alarmed, while Li Mobai recognized that Fang Xiao had already devised a plan and wanted their help.
• Fang Xiao gave Li Mobai a jade bottle containing Imperial Flowing Sap, which began regenerating flesh when it touched his finger.

Fang Xiao gave Li Mobai Imperial Flowing Sap and Essence Blood Wine to restore his physical body, then explained that he needed the two elders’ balanced yin-yang attacks for a plan against the Royal Court. Li Mobai began refining the treasures, and Qin Qing agreed to prepare the attacks without knowing where Fang Xiao intended to use them.

• Fang Xiao gave Li Mobai Imperial Flowing Sap and Essence Blood Wine and advised him to refine them together to restore his physical body.
• Li Mobai accepted the treasures and began refining them while Qin Qing watched for any problems.
• Qin Qing thanked Fang Xiao for saving them, and Fang Xiao said he remained loyal to the sect and its elders.
• Fang Xiao briefed Qin Qing on the danger posed by two peak Deity Transformation cultivators from the Royal Court.
• Fang Xiao asked Li Mobai and Qin Qing to prepare powerful, balanced yin-yang offensive methods, but he kept his intended use of them secret.
• Qin Qing agreed to prepare, while Li Mobai’s missing body parts began to regenerate as he refined the treasures.

Fang Xiao led King Zhen and her companion back to the center of the Void Storm, where he used the Lunar and Solar projections to set up a collision aimed at King Gan. The chapter ended as the opposing black-and-white singularities struck each other with King Gan at their meeting point.

• Fang Xiao changed course toward the center of the Void Storm because King Zhen and her companion were closing in too quickly.
• King Zhen and her companion pursued Fang Xiao, planning to capture him and recover Li Mobai and Qin Qing.
• Fang Xiao reached King Gan, released Li Mobai and Qin Qing, and instructed them to watch the Lunar and Solar projections.
• Fang Xiao made the Lunar and Solar projections clash, then had Li Mobai and Qin Qing send their opposing divine abilities into them.
• King Zhen and her companion realized King Gan was in danger, but could not reach him before the black-and-white singularities collided.

Fang Xiao used the collision of yin and yang divine arts to strike King Gan and intensify the Void Storm, then escaped toward the Taichang Realm. King Zhen and King Xun emerged from the storm and began searching for King Gan, whose fate remained uncertain.

• Fang Xiao’s attack swallowed King Gan and drove back the Void Storm, forcing Fang Xiao, Li Mobai, Qin Qing, King Zhen, and her companion away from the collision.
• Fang Xiao explained that he had used the storm’s rebound to block pursuit and told Li Mobai, Qin Qing, and Nan Dou to recover in the spirit manor.
• Fang Xiao rode the storm’s surge to its edge, escaped into the void, and set out for the Violet Heaven Sect through spatial coordinates.
• King Zhen and King Xun emerged from the greatly strengthened Void Storm and found that King Zhen could no longer sense King Gan.
• King Zhen and King Xun agreed to search separately for King Gan, hoping to find him alive or recover his remains for Emperor Teng.

After returning safely to the Violet Heaven Sect, Fang Xiao left the political preparations to Li Mobai and entered seclusion to strengthen himself before the coming conflict with the Royal Court. He began preparing to evolve Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers and open a Primordial Chaos Grotto-heaven using a mysterious realm Spirit Seed.

• Fang Xiao and the others agreed to spread news of the Beast Taming Sect and Shangqing Sect’s destruction and the Heavenly Master Dao’s submission to the Royal Court, while allied sacred lands planned to meet at the Violet Heaven Sect.
• Fang Xiao asked Li Mobai to watch over Nan Dou and handle Marquis Tianlin, Marquis Changyuan, and Dao Xuan as he went into seclusion.
• The Violet Heaven Sect provided Fang Xiao with a luxurious Fifth Order cave dwelling and a Nascent Soul Cultivator to assist him.
• Fang Xiao swallowed the Divine Ability Origin of Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers and prepared to study its inheritance alongside the Nine Revolutions Primordial Heaven Art.
• Fang Xiao planned to use the realm Spirit Seed to form the core of his Primordial Chaos Grotto-heaven, believing it might grow into a world of its own.

Fang Xiao studied how to open a grotto-heaven while the holy lands prepared to confront the Royal Court, which had rejected negotiations and cut off Zhongyuan Dao's teleportation links. He later arrived at the Violet Heaven Sect with six Dao soldiers that looked like him, revealing how he had created them.

• Fang Xiao supplied the World Seed with mana from afar as he studied its changes and the method of opening a grotto-heaven.
• True Monarch Ziyan and other Spirit Transformation cultivators gathered at the Violet Heaven Sect and agreed to assemble in Nanyang Dao in half a year before marching on the Royal Court.
• Li Mobai tried to negotiate with the Royal Court, but it refused and severed Zhongyuan Dao's teleportation connections to the other eight daos.
• Six Fang Xiao lookalikes appeared outside True Monarch Ziyan's cave dwelling, startling him with their Deity Transformation auras.
• Fang Xiao explained that the six figures were Dao soldiers created with Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers and Gold Beans.
• Fang Xiao used a blood-refinement secret art to turn the six Gold Beans into half-natal objects, allowing him to condense the Dao soldiers.

Fang Xiao asked True Monarch Ziyan for the general outline of the Carefree Roaming Scroll so he could give his Dao Soldiers the Six Qi Divine Abilities. After Li Mobai and Ziyan fought over embarrassing recordings, Fang Xiao offered his primary cultivation art, and Ziyan seized the Jade Slip containing the Nine Revolutions Primordial Heaven Art.

• Fang Xiao explained how he had adapted Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers so each Dao Soldier could wield one divine ability, and said he wanted to use the Carefree Roaming Scroll’s Six Qi Divine Abilities.
• Fang Xiao asked True Monarch Ziyan for the scroll’s general outline and offered to exchange his primary cultivation art for it, but Ziyan dismissed the need for an exchange.
• True Monarch Ziyan asked Fang Xiao whether he had recorded Li Mobai’s injuries, and Li Mobai arrived to threaten to expose Ziyan’s embarrassing moments.
• Li Mobai and Ziyan traded insults and grappled until Fang Xiao and the Dao Soldiers separated them; Fang Xiao assured Li Mobai that he had made no recording.
• Fang Xiao offered Ziyan a Jade Slip containing his primary cultivation art, the Nine Revolutions Primordial Heaven Art, and Ziyan snatched it before Fang Xiao could hand it over.

True Monarch Ziyan traded the Nine Revolutions Primordial Heaven Art for the general outline of the Carefree Roaming Scroll, hoping the art could help solve the Beimíng Sword Sect’s compatibility problem. Meanwhile, Fang Xiao began opening his inner grotto-heaven and completed the first step, Void Aperture Fixation.

• True Monarch Ziyan examined the Nine Revolutions Primordial Heaven Art and saw hope for resolving the Beimíng Sword Sect’s long-standing inheritance problem.
• Ziyan hurried into his cave dwelling to study the art, then sent Fang Xiao the general outline of the Carefree Roaming Scroll in exchange.
• Fang Xiao and the others left with the outline, while Ziyan remained in his cave dwelling to study the Nine Revolutions Primordial Heaven Art.
• Fang Xiao opened a small spatial vortex in the cultivation chamber to draw in Space Force without attracting True Lords Shao Ting and Yun Lei.
• Fang Xiao used the Void Cutter Sword and Space Severance to complete the first step of opening his inner grotto-heaven: Void Aperture Fixation.