Chapter Summaries

Fang Xiao faced the powerful Void Refining tribulation in his grotto-heaven, using the Thunder Controlling Sign to turn the lightning against itself while enduring the rest. After the tribulation ended, he fully entered the Void Refining realm and turned his attention to the people from the Tianhuang Realm trapped in his Small World.

• Fang Xiao realized the tribulation's power was amplified because he was an outsider in the Tianhuang Realm, but trusted his abilities to withstand it.
• Fang Xiao empowered the Thunder Controlling Sign with thirty Dao Trajectories and sent it into the clouds to seize control of the tribulation lightning.
• As the Thunder Controlling Sign faltered, Fang Xiao took on some lightning himself, endured severe injuries, and discovered that tribulation lightning could aid Dao Trajectory refinement.
• Fang Xiao accelerated the clash and ended the tribulation, then considered the cultivation resources he would need to advance further.
• Fang Xiao fully entered the Void Refining realm and prepared to deal with the Tianhuang Realm people trapped in his Small World.

Fang Xiao traveled through the Realm War battlefield, earning rumors for fighting with peak Void Refining strength despite his early Void Refining cultivation. As he studied Tianhuang Realm Martial Dao and considered his separation from Six Desires, he continued toward the Spirit Realm, carrying Dao Track Projections as compensation for Six Desires.

• Rumors spread across the three sides that Fang Xiao, an early Void Refining cultivator with peak Void Refining strength, was traveling alone and defeating those who hunted him for his supposed Dao artifact.
• Fang Xiao learned that the Tianhuang Realm practiced Martial Dao, studied its sword inheritances, and decided not to replace his existing cultivation paths with it.
• Fang Xiao emerged into another grotto-heaven after traversing thousands and judged that he had left the Devil Realm's region and was nearing the Spirit Realm.
• Fang Xiao recalled offering Six Desires the choice of seeking a way to become human or parting with compensation; Six Desires chose to remain with him despite the restrictions.
• Fang Xiao planned to compensate Six Desires with Dao Track Projections, considering those in the Mountain Sea Map while avoiding Xuan Zhongtian.

Fang Xiao entered a grotto-heaven where the humans of the Spirit Realm were being overwhelmed by the humans of the Tianhuang Realm. After he killed a late Sixth Order cultivator with the Great White Sword Pellet, the battle halted and the desperate Spirit Realm group looked to him for help.

• Fang Xiao dismantled the Mountain Sea Map, gave six water attribute Dao Track Projections to Six Desires, and left while it attempted to break through to Void Refining.
• Fang Xiao entered a grotto-heaven and found the Tianhuang Realm's forces besieging a smaller group of Spirit Realm cultivators.
• Huang Tianya urged Fang Xiao to flee, but a late Sixth Order cultivator from the Tianhuang Realm approached to kill him.
• Fang Xiao used the Great White Sword Pellet to kill the late Sixth Order cultivator with a single strike.
• Huang Tianya asked Fang Xiao to help the Spirit Realm group, while the Tianhuang Realm's fighters lost their nerve.

Fang Xiao annihilated the Tianhuang Realm attackers and learned that Huang Tianya had never heard of the Tianlan Sect. He gave Huang details about its founders and inheritance, hoping to discover the sect’s Spirit Realm origins.

• Fang Xiao used Sword Light Differentiation to kill every Fifth and Sixth Order Tianhuang Realm cultivator before they could escape.
• Huang Tianya and the others marveled at Fang Xiao’s strength as he collected the fallen enemies’ corpses.
• Fang Xiao introduced himself to Huang Tianya and explained that he had ascended from a lower realm but fallen into the Realm Battlefield instead of reaching the Spirit Realm.
• Huang Tianya offered to explain the Spirit Realm and invited Fang Xiao to join the Xuanling Sect, but Fang Xiao said he already belonged to the Tianlan Sect.
• Huang Tianya said he knew no Spirit Realm force called the Tianlan Sect, so Fang Xiao named its patriarchs, Ultimate Yang and Qiongyue, and its inheritance, the Yin-Yang Profound Clarity Path Derivation True Scripture.

Fang Xiao learned that the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect was a besieged Mahayana power and concluded it was Tianlan Sect’s main lineage in the Spirit Realm. After examining Huang Tianya’s information, he weighed whether to join the sect despite its perilous state.

• Huang Tianya named the Yin-Yang Demonic Sect, the Joyous Union Sect, and the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect as the Spirit Realm’s major Yin-Yang powers.
• Huang Tianya warned Fang Xiao that the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect was nearing collapse because its Mahayana cultivator was dying and enemies had secretly killed its disciples and experts.
• Huang Tianya gave Fang Xiao a Jade Slip containing information about the Spirit Realm and the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect.
• Fang Xiao connected the sect’s protection of Li Mobai and the others, its shared cultivation inheritance, and other clues, concluding that it was Tianlan Sect’s main lineage.
• Fang Xiao wondered whether the Spirit Realm’s abandonment of the Taichang Realm was part of the campaign against the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect, then considered whether he should join it.

Fang Xiao decided to remain in the Realm Battlefield rather than join the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect or head to the Spirit Realm, focusing on cultivation resources and rare Dao Track Projections. He learned that the next trade fair hosted by the Xuan Clan would take place in two years, though its grotto-heaven had not yet been announced.

• Fang Xiao weighed saving Ling Taichu, advancing the Nascent Soul Dao Sword, and finding resources to improve his cultivation, deciding none required him to join the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect.
• Fang Xiao chose to conceal his identity and stay out of the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect’s troubles until he grew strong enough to help.
• Fang Xiao learned that Realm War rules prevented Void Refinement cultivators from freely leaving the Realm Battlefield and that the dangerous void route was impassable to him.
• Fang Xiao learned that trade fairs in a grotto-heaven offered cultivators a chance to exchange Dao Track Projections, treasures, and resources, and he hoped to find rare projections and cultivation supplies.
• Fang Xiao asked Huang Tianya about the next trade fair, and Huang Tianya said the Xuan Clan would host it in two years, with the location to be revealed later.

Fang Xiao traveled with Huang Tianya’s group for two years, helping them seize pocket realms without losses, and joined him at a trade fair. The arrival of Xuan Wuji, a renowned young Void Refining cultivator said to rival peak Void Refining experts, shocked Huang Tianya.

• Fang Xiao accepted Huang Tianya’s invitation to travel together and learn about the Spirit Realm.
• Over the next two years, Fang Xiao helped Huang Tianya’s group capture more than thirty pocket realms without losing anyone.
• Fang Xiao and Huang Tianya met at an immortal city trade fair, where Huang Tianya thanked him for protecting the Xuanling Sect disciples.
• Fang Xiao considered finding new ingredients for Spirit Wine and helping the Green Back Mountain Flood Dragon advance to Void Refining.
• Xuan Wuji arrived surrounded by powerful Void Refining cultivators, and people identified him as a direct descendant of a Mahayana ancestor whose strength rivaled peak Void Refining.
• Huang Tianya leaped up and exclaimed that the claim about Xuan Wuji was impossible.

Fang Xiao left Huang Tianya to avoid drawing him into trouble over Xuan Wuji, then visited the Thousand Treasures Pavilion to buy cultivation resources. Its proprietor, Xu Heping, led him toward a dedicated pill section.

• Huang Tianya deflected questions about Xuan Wuji without revealing Fang Xiao’s identity.
• Fang Xiao wondered why Xuan Wuji had looked toward him, then decided to continue gathering resources and leave Huang Tianya.
• Huang Tianya let Fang Xiao go and reflected on his talent and the danger surrounding him.
• Fang Xiao toured the immortal city and entered the Thousand Treasures Pavilion after rejecting the low-grade goods on display.
• Xu Heping introduced himself as the pavilion’s mid Void Refining proprietor and led Fang Xiao inside to find sixth-rank cultivation resources, starting with the pill section.

Xuan Wuji and his Seventh Uncle plotted to recruit or capture the rumored genius, unaware that Fang Xiao was the cultivator they sought and had already left blood marks on him by killing Xuan Clan members. Fang Xiao arrived at Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s pill room and asked Xu Heping about its connection to Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

• Xuan Wuji’s Seventh Uncle explained that the Xuan Clan planned to lure the rumored early Void Refining genius into joining them, with Third Granduncle ready to intervene if he refused.
• Xuan Wuji reported that he had spotted multiple blood marks on an early Void Refining cultivator, and his Seventh Uncle resolved to deal with the man after the trade fair.
• Xuan Wuji explained that the blood-marked cultivator could not easily escape the Xuan Clan’s Integrated Body expert, and his Seventh Uncle agreed to wait until the trade fair ended.
• Fang Xiao followed Xu Heping through Thousand Treasures Pavilion to a room filled with many varieties of pills and spirit herbs.
• Fang Xiao asked Xu Heping whether Thousand Treasures Pavilion was related to Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

Fang Xiao visited Thousand Treasures Pavilion and ordered large quantities of powerful cultivation, body-tempering, and soul-strengthening pills, along with materials from a list. Xu Heping arranged to gather the goods and invited Fang Xiao to browse more items while they waited.

• Xu Heping denied that Thousand Treasures Pavilion was connected to the Myriad Treasures Merchant Association and showed Fang Xiao the available pills.
• Fang Xiao rejected the Azure Sunset Pill as too weak and requested pills suited to mid or late Void Refining cultivators.
• Fang Xiao asked Xu Heping to bring out mid- and late-stage pills for cultivation, body tempering, and soul strengthening.
• Fang Xiao decided to buy the pavilion's entire stock of the selected pills and gave Xu Heping a Jade Slip listing herbs and materials to gather.
• Xu Heping arranged for the goods to be transferred and invited Fang Xiao to browse other items while they waited.

Fang Xiao commissioned Thousand Treasures Pavilion to purchase obscure Dao Track Projections for him and completed a purchase and contract with Xu Heping. As Fang Xiao was leaving, he heard a customer demand Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls and block the shop entrance when told they were sold out.

• Fang Xiao found that Thousand Treasures Pavilion's available Dao Track Projections and Dao artifacts were ordinary, so he commissioned Xu Heping to seek out obscure projections for him.
• Fang Xiao received his purchased goods, paid Xu Heping, and signed a contract allowing Thousand Treasures Pavilion to buy projections on his behalf during the trading grand gathering.
• As Fang Xiao prepared to leave, a Void Refining cultivator surnamed Wang asked Xu Heping for Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls.
• Xu Heping told Wang the latest batch had sold out, and Wang sprawled across the entrance, frightening the shop's low-level customers.

Fang Xiao left the Thousand Treasures Pavilion after buying cultivation resources and met Wang Chongming in a teahouse to discuss Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls. He planned to sell the restored pearls while concealing that he could replenish them, wary of drawing the attention of the Myriad Treasures Merchant Association.

• Xu Heping promised to notify Wang Chongming when more Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls arrived, and Wang left the pavilion after warning him not to repeat his excuse.
• Fang Xiao took his leave, and Xu Heping decided not to risk acting against him despite the wealth he had seen.
• Fang Xiao went to a teahouse and entered a soundproofed private room where Wang Chongming was waiting.
• Wang Chongming introduced himself and asked whether Fang Xiao truly had Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls.
• Fang Xiao had restored spent pearls using Forbidden Dao Spirit Light, making himself a potential supplier, but he resolved to keep that ability secret from the Myriad Treasures Merchant Association.

Fang Xiao offered Wang Chongming Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls in exchange for his rare Dao Track Projection and promised secrecy and generous compensation. After Wang Chongming hesitated for two hours, Fang Xiao withdrew his offer and raised the pearls’ markup to ninety percent.

• Fang Xiao told Wang Chongming that he had Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls to sell at a twenty-percent markup, but wanted to trade for something other than Spirit Stones.
• Fang Xiao identified Wang Chongming as a Body Refining cultivator and asked to acquire his uncommon Dao Track Projection.
• Wang Chongming refused to discuss the projection, while Fang Xiao promised not to reveal or use its details against him and offered compensation worth two projections.
• Wang Chongming stayed silent for two hours as Fang Xiao waited, then Fang Xiao stood to leave.
• Fang Xiao withdrew his promises as he reached the door and raised the Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls’ markup to ninety percent.

Fang Xiao traded thirty Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls with Wang Chongming for a rare Strength Dao Track Projection. After the Small World absorbed it, Fang Xiao believed the seed might eventually give rise to the Great Dao of Strength, which could be more versatile than Wang Chongming claimed.

• Wang Chongming agreed to trade his Dao Track Projection for Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls and asked Fang Xiao to keep more pearls ready for future deals.
• Fang Xiao gave Wang Chongming thirty Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls, and Wang Chongming handed over a jade marrow containing a Dao Track Projection he had cultivated himself.
• Wang Chongming identified the projection as belonging to the Strength Dao and said its lack of variation made him seek Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls.
• Fang Xiao crushed the jade marrow in the Small World, where the Strength Dao Track Projection was absorbed without immediate visible change.
• Fang Xiao considered that the projection could eventually help the Small World give birth to the Great Dao of Strength and doubted Wang Chongming's claim that it lacked adaptability.

Fang Xiao cultivated in seclusion while the Xuan Clan secretly watched him, then emerged as the trade fair approached. In the bustling city, he witnessed a Deity Transformation cultivator accuse a stall owner of selling him fake ore, and the dispute ended with a threat.

• Fang Xiao resumed cultivation inside the Mobile Spirit Mansion using collected Sixth Order spiritual veins while a Dao soldier guarded his rented cave dwelling.
• The Xuan Clan kept Fang Xiao under surveillance, unaware that the early Void Refining cultivator they sought was the man bearing the Bloodstain Mark.
• After more than a month, Fang Xiao emerged from seclusion as the trade fair neared and noted that the Green Back Mountain Flood Dragon had reached the half-step Void Refining stage.
• Fang Xiao searched the crowded city for Dao Track Projections and hoped to find unexpected gains before the trade fair.
• A Deity Transformation cultivator accused Wang Chao Lie Ma of selling him fake ore, but Wang Chao Lie Ma denied the charge and the buyer withdrew, threatening to make him pay.

Fang Xiao recognized the stall owner as King Xun, an old enemy from the lower realm, and followed him to learn which Royal Court cultivators were on the Realm Battlefield. After confirming Emperor Teng was likely nearby, Fang Xiao disguised himself and bought a falsely advertised herb from King Xun, leaving his next move unresolved.

• King Xun packed up his stall after onlookers avoided his goods, and Fang Xiao followed him, recognizing him as one of the Royal Court's Four Kings.
• Fang Xiao watched King Xun's temporary cave dwelling for a day and saw several Royal Court Deity Transformation cultivators, including King Li, but no Emperor Teng.
• Fang Xiao concluded that Emperor Teng was also on the Realm Battlefield and followed King Xun when he went to set up another stall.
• Fang Xiao disguised his appearance and cultivation, approached King Xun's stall, and bought a spirit herb at an exorbitant price without bargaining.
• King Xun mocked Spirit Realm buyers as easy to fool after Fang Xiao left with the supposedly Ten-Thousand-Year Yellow Spirit Ginseng.

Fang Xiao planted a concealed tracking method on King Xun by hiding a spatial fragment in a Spirit Stone, then attended the Xuan Clan’s seven-day grand trading gathering. He listed his requests and headed to inspect the first rare treasure, while planning to follow King Xun’s group after the gathering.

• King Xun packed up his stall and changed locations, while Fang Xiao watched without following because he had already secured a way to track him.
• Fang Xiao’s spatial fragment merged into King Xun’s storage artifact, letting Fang Xiao locate it through the Small World.
• The seven-day grand trading gathering began in the immortal city’s central plaza, with cultivators posting requests and making private trade offers.
• Fang Xiao registered for the gathering and learned how its stone slabs and pillars handled requests and trade offers.
• Fang Xiao listed requests for rare Dao Track Projections, especially those tied to the mind, divine soul, or memories, as well as cultivation resources.
• Fang Xiao headed to the center of the grounds to inspect the Xuan Clan’s first rare treasure.

Fang Xiao discovered that a supposedly unhatched Myriad Tribulation Purple Stripe Snake egg contained both tribulation and fortune power, which could help complete his Small World. He bid for the egg, hoping to hatch it and advance his plans, but the chapter ended before the sealed bids were revealed.

• Fang Xiao observed the Xuan Clan’s guarded display and learned that the snake egg had been extracted from its mother and could not be hatched.
• The cultivators grew excited over the egg’s potential, but many hesitated when they learned it required constant life-force support.
• Fang Xiao recognized that the egg contained both tribulation and fortune power and considered how it might yield the Dao of Tribulation and Fortune.
• Fang Xiao reasoned that his Small World was incomplete and that assembling missing pieces of heaven and earth could let it eventually nurture living beings.
• Fang Xiao placed a sealed bid for the snake egg.

Fang Xiao bid eighty-one Dao Track Projections for a snake egg whose vitality kept draining away, believing its flaw could be fixed with tribulation and fortune power and planning to have Zhong Wu Huo raise it. He surveyed the trading venue for Dao Track Projections and left his contact information widely, but found no offers for them yet.

• Fang Xiao decided the snake egg’s vitality loss came from an imbalance of tribulation and fortune power, and he planned to entrust it to Zhong Wu Huo.
• Fang Xiao offered the equivalent of eighty-one ordinary Dao Track Projections to secure the snake egg.
• Fang Xiao inspected the requests of Void Refining cultivators and concluded that Dao Track Projections were their most important need.
• Fang Xiao left his contact information and requirements throughout the trading venue to seek exchanges.
• Fang Xiao checked the stone pillar after returning to his area and found only messages about cultivation resources, with no offers involving Dao Track Projections.

Fang Xiao acquired the Myriad Tribulation Purple Pattern Snake Egg, but the Xuan Clan used his secret bid to set a trap and draw attention to him. As other Void Refining cultivators approached, he began trading for a Blood Dao Dao Track Projection.

• Xuan Wuji and Seventh Uncle suspected Fang Xiao was a powerful rumored cultivator and decided to kill him with a force of eight peak Void Refining cultivators and as many late Void Refining cultivators as possible.
• Seventh Uncle ordered Xuan Wuji to hand Fang Xiao the egg as planned while spreading the news of his eighty-one Dao Track Projection bid to attract people who might probe him.
• Fang Xiao received the Myriad Tribulation Purple Pattern Snake Egg in public and learned from Huang Tianya that news of his bid had spread among Void Refining cultivators.
• Several cultivators sought out Fang Xiao, drawn by his reputation, wealth, possible backing, or the egg and the secret of his talent.
• Fang Xiao examined Cultivator Feng's Blood Dao Dao Track Projection and offered a fifty percent premium for it.