Chapter Summaries

Peng Gan activated the Kunpeng Devouring Heaven Array against Fang Xiao, who countered with his Dao soldiers and the Myriad Manifestations Realm. The Azure Cloud Dharma Aspect appeared as a Dao soldier, while Fang Xiao’s true body continued searching the North Sea for Nie Ying.

• Peng Gan activated the Kunpeng Devouring Heaven Array and urged Li Qingyun to help subdue Fang Xiao.
• Li Qingyun questioned whether using the sect’s array against Fang Xiao was appropriate, but Peng Gan argued that Fang Xiao had rejected the Tianlan Sect.
• Fang Xiao assessed the array’s devouring power and relied on his six Dao soldiers, whose strength had risen with his cultivation.
• Fang Xiao formed the Myriad Manifestations Realm, combining the six qi into a range of celestial transformations.
• Peng Gan spotted a flood dragon within the Azure Clouds, and Fang Xiao revealed that the Azure Cloud Dharma Aspect was a Dao soldier created from a Spirit Treasure.
• Fang Xiao’s true body searched above the North Sea for Nie Ying.

Fang Xiao overcame the Kunpeng Devouring Heaven Array and captured Peng Gan alive, then stopped his divine ability before it could devastate the Beimíng Sword Sect. The chapter ended with the Myriad Manifestations Realm and Azure Dragon vanishing after Fang Xiao withdrew their power.

• Li Qingyun joined Peng Gan in controlling the Kunpeng Devouring Heaven Array, summoning the Overturning Sea Kunpeng to devour the Myriad Manifestations Realm and Azure Clouds.
• Fang Xiao unleashed the full power of the Myriad Manifestations Realm and Azure Cloud Dharma Aspect, expanding them until the Kunpeng’s devouring slowed into a stalemate.
• Fang Xiao sent six Dao soldiers to attack Peng Gan, and Li Qingyun abandoned the array to rush to Peng Gan’s aid.
• Fang Xiao’s Dao soldiers captured Peng Gan alive, while the Overturning Sea Kunpeng exploded and unleashed a torrent of phenomena over the Beimíng Sword Sect.
• Li Qingyun begged Fang Xiao to stop, and Fang Xiao withdrew the six energies sustaining the Myriad Manifestations Realm, causing it and the Azure Dragon to disappear.

After Fang Xiao quelled the disturbance at the Beimíng Sword Sect, he settled Peng Gan’s fate and reconnected with old acquaintances Baili Hanguang and Fang Xiandao. The sect’s disciples returned to cultivation, while Peng Gan was left under control and ordered to face the approaching Devil Race on the front lines.

• The Beimíng Sword Sect’s disciples learned the disturbance came from a True Lord’s technique and returned to their cultivation, encouraged by the power they had witnessed.
• Li Qingyun apologized to Fang Xiao for Peng Gan’s actions and promised to bring Peng Gan to apologize to Fang Xiao.
• Fang Xiao refused to kill Peng Gan, leaving his eventual punishment to Martial Uncle Ziyan and requiring him to fight on the front lines when the Devil Race arrived.
• Fang Xiao placed a controlling command talisman in Li Qingyun’s hands, and she promised to keep Peng Gan under strict watch and welcome Fellow Daoist Nie back.
• Fang Xiao greeted Baili Hanguang and Fang Xiandao, who had both reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and asked them to keep addressing him as a fellow senior or junior brother.

Fang Xiao reunited with Baili Hanguang and Fang Xiandao at the Beimíng Sword Sect and agreed to stay there while waiting for news of Nie Ying. Meanwhile, Fang Xiao’s true body and Li Fa searched the Extreme North Ice Plains for Nie Ying, suspecting she was preparing to break through and take revenge on the Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Sect.

• Fang Xiao accepted Li Qingyun’s invitation to stay at the Beimíng Sword Sect, where Baili Hanguang and Fang Xiandao would host him and Li Qingyun promised to search for Nie Ying.
• Fang Xiao learned that Zheng Xiyi had died during an attempt to break through to Deity Transformation after earlier injuries hindered his cultivation.
• Fang Xiao considered cultivating Baili Hanguang and Fang Xiandao as sword-path successors, contingent on their eventually reaching Deity Transformation.
• Fang Xiao’s true body traveled with Li Fa to the Extreme North Ice Plains, where Li Fa reported that Nie Ying had last bought lightning-warding materials.
• Fang Xiao and Li Fa suspected Nie Ying was preparing for a breakthrough so she could attack the Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Sect, and Fang Xiao assured Li Fa he could withstand Six Desires True Monarch.

Fang Xiao told Li Fa that he planned to enter the Cold Abyss to reach the Ancient Ice Dao's Inheritance Land, which might hold an Ascension Platform refining method. After learning that repairing an Ascension Platform could require rare materials, Fang Xiao remained determined to visit the inheritance site after dealing with the true demons of the Northern Plains.

• Li Fa asked Fang Xiao why he had ordered an investigation into the Ice Soul Sect and the Cold Abyss, and Fang Xiao asked whether Li Fa knew of the Ancient Ice Dao.
• Li Fa explained that the Ice Soul Sect had lost the Ancient Ice Dao's Inheritance Land to the Cold Abyss and that the merchant association's expeditions into the depths had all ended in death.
• Fang Xiao revealed that the Inheritance Land might contain the method for refining an Ascension Platform, startling Li Fa and making him eager to learn more.
• Li Fa explained that only a Void Refinement cultivator could perform the special sacrificial refinement needed to make an Ascension Platform open an Ascension Channel, and that replacement materials might be needed to repair a damaged one.
• Fang Xiao considered the damage to the Ascension Platform at the Taibai Sword Sect and decided to visit the Inheritance Land after dealing with the true demons, both to investigate the platform and to seek the Secret Art Yuan Chen.

Fang Xiao and Li Fa discovered True Demonic Qi inside the Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Sect’s formation, and Fang Xiao entered the sect alone to investigate. Deep in the sect, a hidden figure sensed the intrusion and prepared to send the intruder to a banner filled with screaming souls.

• Fang Xiao and Li Fa reached the outskirts of the Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Sect and found it eerily deserted.
• Fang Xiao reached through the sect-protecting formation and pulled out a wisp of True Demonic Qi, alarming Li Fa.
• Li Fa urged Fang Xiao to retreat and gather help, but Fang Xiao decided to enter and investigate the possible Devil Race arrangement.
• Fang Xiao used azure clouds to conceal himself and slipped through the formation, leaving Li Fa outside.
• A hidden figure deep in a dark hall sensed Fang Xiao’s intrusion and said he would send the intruder to keep the screaming souls company.

Fang Xiao explored the vanished Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Sect, discovering that star power easily erased True Demonic Qi and that the sect’s Spirit Vein had been demonized. He found several untouched pocket realms and grew increasingly wary before reaching one whose entrance stood open.

• Fang Xiao broke through the sect’s protective formation and found that star power effortlessly purged the True Demonic Qi clinging to him.
• He discovered the sect had been built down a vast sinkhole and found no cultivators, creatures, or signs of battle.
• As Fang Xiao descended, he sensed increasingly dense True Demonic Qi and suspected a Spirit Transformation True Devil had demonized the Spirit Vein.
• He searched three pocket realms containing medicinal plants, Killing Intent, and the Scripture Repository, but found no clues and took nothing.
• Fang Xiao discovered a fourth pocket realm with its entrance standing open.

Fang Xiao sent his Azure Cloud Dao soldier into an open grotto-heaven and discovered that the apparent Illusory Nightmare was a Devil Race creature wielding a powerful Myriad Souls Banner. The enemy unleashed its immortal devil souls on Fang Xiao, leaving him facing a dangerous battle inside the demonized Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Sect.

• Fang Xiao suspected the open grotto-heaven was dangerous and sent his Azure Cloud Dao soldier inside to investigate.
• A hidden enemy immobilized the Dao soldier and revealed itself as a horned Devil Race creature resembling Illusory Nightmare.
• The creature explained that the real Illusory Nightmare had been killed and that it had refined the Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Sect's disciples into its Myriad Souls Banner.
• Fang Xiao recognized the banner as a powerful Spirit Treasure and concluded that the Six Desires True Monarch had likely orchestrated the sect's apparent departure.
• The enemy unleashed a vast tide of devil souls against Fang Xiao, which could regenerate as long as True Demonic Qi remained.

Fang Xiao was trapped by Xue Lian’s manipulation of the Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Sect’s senses and learned that the Tian Luo Realm was a lower realm under the Sacred Realm. He escaped into the void using the Void Cutter Sword, but Xue Lian threw the Myriad Souls Banner after him as the spatial vortex closed.

• Fang Xiao abandoned his Dao soldier and fled toward the sect’s exit, but Xue Lian’s command talisman trapped him in a distortion of his senses.
• Fang Xiao realized the sect’s formation had warped his perception of direction, making the exit seem farther away while the grotto-heaven gate drew closer.
• Xue Lian identified Fang Xiao as a powerful Nascent Soul cultivator and offered to spare him if he joined the Sacred Realm.
• Fang Xiao questioned Xue Lian about the Tian Luo Realm and learned it was one of countless lower realms ruled by the Sacred Realm.
• As Xue Lian began forcing True Demonic Qi empowerment on him, Fang Xiao used the Void Cutter Sword to open a spatial vortex and escaped into the void.
• Xue Lian watched Fang Xiao disappear, then hurled the Myriad Souls Banner into the closing spatial vortex.

Fang Xiao confronted the Myriad Demonic Souls blocking his route through the void and used a Void Storm to wear them down. He summoned his Dao soldiers to help break through the demonic wall and continue toward the Taichang Realm.

• Fang Xiao sensed the Myriad Souls Banner’s fluctuation in the void and headed toward it rather than taking a longer detour.
• Fang Xiao unleashed a Void Storm against the Myriad Demonic Souls, which the storm ground away but could not push back completely.
• Fang Xiao realized the Myriad Souls Banner’s demonic souls were halting the storm by consuming vast quantities of True Demonic Qi.
• Fang Xiao summoned Zhenkong, Space Severance, and Azure Cloud as Dao soldiers to help clear a path through the demonic souls.
• Fang Xiao ordered Space Severance to direct the storm while he and Azure Cloud expanded its effect and Zhenkong suppressed the incoming souls.

Fang Xiao combined his Dharma Forms and joined Zhenkong and Space Severance in breaking through the Myriad Demonic Souls. As they pushed deeper through the breach, Xue Lian and four other peak Deity Transformation True Demons raced through the void to stop him.

• Fang Xiao merged his three Dharma Forms with Primordial Immortal Light, while Space Severance redirected the Void Storm toward the demonic souls and Zhenkong suppressed them with a colossal sword phantom.
• Fang Xiao and the Azure Cloud Dao Soldier unleashed the Azure Cloud Dharma Aspect, dissolving and shredding the demonic souls as they advanced behind Zhenkong’s phantom sword.
• The combined assault tore a breach in the demonic wall, allowing the Void Storm to pour through, and Fang Xiao ordered the two swords to push deeper.
• Fang Xiao believed he needed to keep advancing until the Myriad Souls Banner’s True Demonic Qi ran out, unaware that Xue Lian’s true purpose was not simply to delay him.
• Xue Lian arrived in the Taichang Realm with four other peak Deity Transformation True Demons, including Six Desires True Monarch, and urged them to hurry before Fang Xiao escaped.

The five peak Spirit Transformation cultivators resolved to capture Fang Xiao or kill him before he could grow stronger, and Xue Lian used the Myriad Souls Banner to delay him. Fang Xiao realized the banner’s main souls were following prearranged orders and concluded that Xue Lian was either targeting him with reinforcements or occupied with another scheme.

• The chapter explained that the Tian Luo Realm had sent numerous True Devils into the Northern Plains and was preparing to invade the Taichang Realm.
• Xue Lian, Shendu, Lusheng, Tianjue, and Six Desires agreed that Fang Xiao’s rapid rise made him a threat and decided to capture him for the Sacred Clan or kill him.
• Xue Lian used the Myriad Souls Banner and its four Spirit Transformation main souls to hold Fang Xiao in the Void Storm and report his location.
• Fang Xiao noticed that Xue Lian was absent and that the main souls retreated with the banner whenever he drew near.
• Fang Xiao deduced that Xue Lian was stalling him, either to prevent him from supporting another target or to buy time to bring reinforcements against him.

Fang Xiao realized Xue Lian had trapped him with the Myriad Souls Banner and fought to escape before reinforcements arrived. He broke through the demonic souls, but Shendu intercepted him as he fled.

• Fang Xiao tried to retreat, but the four main souls brought the Myriad Souls Banner after him and kept him trapped.
• Fang Xiao chose to exhaust the banner's True Demonic Qi by destroying its demonic souls, while Xue Lian hurried toward him with four companions and sent Shendu ahead.
• Fang Xiao used Spirit Milk Wine to replenish his spiritual power as the demonic souls dwindled, then ordered Space Severance to help him break out.
• Fang Xiao escaped the encirclement beneath the Demon Soul Skywall and fled, but Shendu appeared and charged at him.

Fang Xiao tried to escape Shendu, a vastly faster peak Spirit Transformation true devil, but could barely evade his attacks. Shendu blocked his way and waited for Xue Lian and the other pursuers to arrive, leaving Fang Xiao trapped with no clear means of escape.

• Fang Xiao used Space Severance to flee, but Shendu quickly caught up with him using the Nine Heavens Sky Covering Dao.
• Shendu demanded that Fang Xiao submit to being empowered, but Fang Xiao attacked him with a sword and fled again.
• Shendu struck at Fang Xiao, who escaped the blow by combining Space Severance with Zhenkong's power.
• Shendu recognized Zhenkong as a top-grade Spirit Treasure and judged that Fang Xiao's strength and abilities were not enough to defeat him.
• Fang Xiao realized that Shendu was far stronger than other peak Spirit Transformation cultivators and expected Xue Lian and more pursuers to arrive.
• Shendu chose to block Fang Xiao and wait for the others rather than risk fighting him alone.

Fang Xiao faced Shendu with no way to escape, so he broke through his bottleneck and chose to Respond to Heavenly Tribulation in the void. The chapter left Shendu withdrawing to avoid being dragged into the tribulation as Fang Xiao’s breakthrough began.

• Fang Xiao reflected on his choices and resolved that his lack of strength, not fate, had trapped him.
• Fang Xiao’s Nine Revolutions Primordial Heaven Art began circulating, and his aura surged toward a breakthrough.
• Shendu sensed Fang Xiao’s rising aura and attacked, but Fang Xiao stood firm and shouted, “Break.”
• Fang Xiao crossed his bottleneck and summoned tribulation in the void, causing Shendu to retreat rather than risk being caught in it.
• Fang Xiao chose to Respond to Heavenly Tribulation to restrain the Human Tribulation, while Shendu avoided revealing his aura.

Fang Xiao began his Spirit Transformation tribulation in the void and discovered that it was an unexpected Heavenly Wind Tribulation, which attacked both his body and soul. As the wind intensified, the small world within the Sword Nurturing Gourd began to pulse like a heart.

• Fang Xiao broke through the mana bottleneck and began advancing to Spirit Transformation, expecting to face a lightning tribulation in the void.
• Invisible wind wounded Fang Xiao, and he used the Primordial Immortal Light to detect and block it.
• Fang Xiao recognized the wind as the Heavenly Wind Tribulation when he heard it blowing against his defenses.
• A strand of heavenly wind pierced the Primordial Immortal Light and attacked Fang Xiao’s sea of consciousness, overwhelming his Spiritual Sense and testing his soul.
• Fang Xiao noticed the small world within the Sword Nurturing Gourd pulsing inside his body and realized that something had begun.

Fang Xiao discovered that his small world could devour tribulation wind and grow more active as a result. Meanwhile, Shendu stopped the other True Devils from approaching Fang Xiao, and the five peak Spirit Transformation cultivators prepared to wait out his tribulation before attacking.

• Fang Xiao watched the small world absorb tribulation wind, accelerate its circulation, and draw in Space Force from the void.
• Fang Xiao considered letting the small world devour heavenly tribulation directly and looked toward Shendu, who feared Fang Xiao might involve him.
• Xue Lian, Six Desires, Tianjue, and another True Devil arrived, and Shendu warned them that Fang Xiao was undergoing tribulation and could take them down with him.
• The five True Devils agreed not to interfere until Fang Xiao's tribulation ended, then planned to capture him and prepared separately.
• Fang Xiao recognized that five peak Spirit Transformation cultivators had gathered against him and focused on surviving the immediate ordeal.

Fang Xiao endured the tribulation wind as the small world devoured it, while Xue Lian and the others watched and considered how to control him. As the tribulation continued, a spiritual resonance eruption began, giving three of Fang Xiao’s magic treasures a chance to advance toward Spirit Treasures.

• Fang Xiao found that the small world was stuck inside his body and abandoned his plan to draw Xue Lian and the others into the heavenly tribulation.
• Fang Xiao withdrew the Primordial Immortal Light and let the tribulation wind tear into his body, relying on the small world and his rapid regeneration to survive.
• Xue Lian and the others were shocked by Fang Xiao’s Indestructible Body and planned to restrict him after the tribulation, while Six Desires True Monarch regretted being controlled and hoped to bring Fang Xiao into the Devil Race’s camp.
• Six Desires True Monarch considered using his sect’s inner-demon methods to make Fang Xiao’s later tribulation more difficult.
• Fang Xiao noticed the spiritual resonance eruption and focused on the Profound Origin Dao Platform, the Soul Nurturing Gourd, and the Nascent Soul Dao Sword as they absorbed it.
• The Void Cutter Sword avoided the spiritual resonance and continued controlling the Void Storm and mobilizing Space Force for the small world.

Fang Xiao endured a Heart Fire Tribulation while letting his small world absorb its power, and the flames strengthened his soul. He suspected the coming tribulations followed the pattern of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, perhaps because of the small world within him.

• The Soul Nurturing Gourd and Nascent Soul Dao Sword began condensing spirituality, while the Profound Origin Dao Platform started advancing.
• Fang Xiao sensed a new tribulation and discovered that heart fire burned his soul and turned his thoughts into flames that scorched his body.
• Fang Xiao let the small world devour the heart fire, then felt his soul stabilize and grow stronger.
• Fang Xiao realized the tribulations might follow the Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind pattern and waited for the third tribulation to test his theory.

The Sky-Separating Grand Array collapsed, allowing Demonic Contamination to spread rapidly from the Northern Plains into the North Sea. At the Moluo Sect, the true demons chose to advance cautiously and seize the North Sea first while they waited for Xue Lian and the others to confirm whether Emperor Teng had left Taichang Realm.

• The Sky-Separating Grand Array failed, and demonic clouds surged into the North Sea as Demonic Contamination spread and transformed sea creatures into monsters.
• Seven late-stage Deity Transformation true demons gathered at the Moluo Sect and debated whether to invade immediately or proceed cautiously.
• The demons acknowledged that Emperor Teng's possible presence and Fang Xiao's appearance made it dangerous to act before Xue Lian and the others returned from the void.
• The demons decided to let the Devil Race advance through the North Sea first and tentatively chose the Extreme North Ice Plains as their next target.