Chapter Summaries

Xuan Zhongtian told Fang Xiao about the True Immortal's Legacy Mansion and agreed to reveal the location of an Immortal Mansion Jade Talisman in exchange for Fang Xiao supporting his daughter and possibly guiding his reincarnation. After explaining how to lift Ling Taichu's curse and where the talisman could be found, Xuan Zhongtian denied marking Fang Xiao, leaving Fang Xiao to question how the Xuan Clan in the Spirit Realm had noticed him.

• Xuan Zhongtian explained that Body Integration Realm cultivators regarded the True Immortal's Legacy Mansion as a possible path to the Mahayana Stage, and that an Immortal Mansion Jade Talisman was required to enter.
• Xuan Zhongtian offered the location of a talisman in return for Fang Xiao supporting his legitimate daughter and considering guidance for Xuan Zhongtian's possible reincarnation.
• Xuan Zhongtian explained that Ling Taichu's cognition had been affected by a curse and that lifting it required a spell formula and a special pill.
• Xuan Zhongtian told Fang Xiao that the talisman was hidden in a dangerous forbidden land and that the Legacy Mansion drifted through the void.
• Xuan Zhongtian denied placing a mark on Fang Xiao, prompting Fang Xiao to ask why the Xuan Clan in the Spirit Realm had noticed him.

Fang Xiao and Xuan Zhongtian speculated that the Xuan Clan's main line had tracked Fang Xiao through their shared bloodline, though they could not confirm how to remove it. Xuan Zhongtian chose death, and Fang Xiao continued waiting in the small world for a chance to return to the Realm Battlefield, with a plan involving Dao soldiers if no natural escape appeared.

• Fang Xiao questioned Xuan Zhongtian about the Xuan Clan's main line, and Xuan Zhongtian denied leaving a mark on him.
• Xuan Zhongtian suggested that the main line might have used a bloodline-based tracking method, and Fang Xiao concluded that his past killings of Xuan Clan members could have exposed him.
• Xuan Zhongtian extinguished his soul and vanished into darkness as Fang Xiao left the cave and sealed its entrance.
• Fang Xiao watched for a chance to escape the small world and considered sending Dao soldiers along the ascension path if he could not drift near a blessed grotto.

After a century trapped in the Small World, Fang Xiao used the Void Cutter Sword and a prepared route of Sword Seals to escape the chaotic void and enter a grotto-heaven. He reunited with the Azure Cloud Dao Soldier whose long search had made the escape possible.

• Fang Xiao sensed an opportunity to leave the Small World, then used the Void Cutter Sword to pierce the Void Storm and reach a nearby grotto-heaven.
• Fang Xiao reunited with the Azure Cloud Dao Soldier, who had waited inside the grotto-heaven to receive him.
• Fang Xiao recalled sending the Azure Cloud Dao Soldier to the Spirit Realm and Realm Battlefield with Sword Seals so they could locate each other and arrange his escape.
• The Azure Cloud Dao Soldier spent decades crossing grotto-heavens and placing Sword Seals while Fang Xiao tracked their movements through their connection.
• Fang Xiao seized a rare opening a hundred years later, overcame several mishaps, and finally escaped the void.

Fang Xiao faced an extraordinarily powerful heavenly tribulation inside his grotto-heaven and unleashed his Dharma Aspects to resist it. As the lightning destroyed most of his defenses, he merged the Lunar-Solar Dharma Aspects with the Five-Colored Dao Wheel, which began collapsing the tribulation lightning before it could reach him.

• Fang Xiao sealed the spatial passages in his grotto-heaven and prepared to endure a heavenly tribulation that he feared could grow stronger than a Body Integration tribulation.
• Silver lightning filled the grotto-heaven, forcing Fang Xiao to activate his Dharma Aspects and face the tribulation.
• Fang Xiao summoned the Profound Origin Dao Platform, Five-Colored Dao Wheel, and Lunar-Solar Dharma Aspects, then used his other divine abilities to drive back the lightning.
• The tribulation lightning intensified and shattered the Thunder Controlling Sign, Jianmu, Heavenly Gate, Azure Cloud, Dao Soldier, and Purple Palace.
• Fang Xiao merged the Lunar-Solar Dharma Aspects with the Five-Colored Dao Wheel, which caused the approaching tribulation lightning to collapse on its own.

Fang Xiao battled the golden tribulation lightning with the Void Cutter Sword and his Sword Dao, destroying it faster than it could regenerate. As the golden lightning dwindled, purple threads appeared in it, revealing a new Purple Gold Tribulation Lightning that made Fang Xiao sense imminent death.

• A golden bolt shattered the Chaos Dao Wheel and severely injured the Taiyin Sun Incarnation as the silver lightning domain transformed into golden tribulation lightning.
• Fang Xiao wielded the Void Cutter Sword and used Sword Light Differentiation to destroy a bolt of golden lightning.
• Fang Xiao merged the Void Cutter Sword into the Primordial Chaos Sword Venerate's sword phantom and sent countless sword lights against the golden lightning.
• The sword lights used different Sword Arts to cut down the golden tribulation lightning faster than it could regenerate.
• Purple threads appeared in the last golden lightning, and Fang Xiao sensed that the resulting Purple Gold Tribulation Lightning could kill him.

Fang Xiao faced a devastating Purple Gold Lightning Tribulation and fled the collapsing grotto-heaven as the Great White Sword Pellet battled the lightning. The tribulation followed him into the spatial passage, where the Xuanhuang Gourd absorbed its remaining aura, ending the ordeal and advancing Fang Xiao to mid Void Refining.

• Fang Xiao summoned the Great White Sword Pellet to meet the Purple Gold Lightning Tribulation after it shattered his Primordial Chaos Sword Venerate.
• The clash between the tribulation lightning and the Great White Sword Pellet tore apart the grotto-heaven, and Fang Xiao fled toward the spatial passage.
• Fang Xiao used the Void Cutter Sword and Body Integration with Sword to break through the sealed entrance and enter the passage.
• More than a dozen bolts of Purple Gold Tribulation Lightning pursued Fang Xiao into the passage and ravaged his body.
• The Xuanhuang Gourd absorbed the tribulation aura, ending the heavenly tribulation, and Fang Xiao advanced to mid Void Refining.

Seven years later, Fang Xiao hid in Xuan Yan City by having the Vajra Bracelets pose as the martial cultivator Li Mobai and run the Tianyuan Wine Shop. He used the shop to gather resources and information while investigating the Seventh Order, and remained interested in the Martial Dao Sword Cultivators.

• Fang Xiao's Tianyuan Wine Shop opened in Xuan Yan City, drawing a long queue of martial cultivators eager to buy its spirit wine.
• Li Mobai sold Dragon Tiger Fierce Battle, a wine that tempered true qi and strengthened the body, to the orderly customers.
• After the final customer left, Li Mobai closed the shop and reported to Fang Xiao in the rear courtyard.
• Fang Xiao explained that Li Mobai was the Vajra Bracelets, transformed into a Dao soldier and used as cover while he hid from the Xuan Clan in the Tianhuang Realm.
• Fang Xiao used the wine shop to create a trade channel for gathering Dao Track Projections, spirit herbs, and Martial Dao Sword Cultivation manuals as he investigated the Seventh Order.

Fang Xiao considered how to gain Seventh Order power after realizing his unusual foundation had left him unacknowledged by the lower realms, making future tribulations more dangerous. He rejected joining the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect and instructed Shopkeeper Li to continue gathering resources, especially materials or leads for the Qu Yi Dan.

• Fang Xiao realized that his Myriad Origin Qi foundation left him without a place of belonging in any realm below the Immortal Realm, which had amplified his heavenly tribulation.
• Fang Xiao considered advancing to the ninth Sword Dao realm or breaking through the Great White Sword Pellet as possible ways to gain Seventh Order power.
• Fang Xiao thought about seeking guidance from the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect but rejected the idea because the sect was entangled in danger and the Realm Battlefield offered useful Dao Track Projections.
• Shopkeeper Li reported that Dragon Tiger Fierce Battle wanted Spirit Wine that could strengthen martial souls, and Fang Xiao refused to provide it.
• Shopkeeper Li said Sword Dao manuals were becoming scarce, and Fang Xiao told him to keep acquiring manuals and Dao Track Projections while prioritizing materials and leads for the Qu Yi Dan.

Fang Xiao learned that Li Mobai had previously rejected a clue about the Crimson Flower Profound Root and ordered him to recover it. Meanwhile, conspirators planned to lure the Tianyuan Wine Shop owner out of Xuan Yan City and capture him before the city's lord could recruit him.

• Li Mobai told Fang Xiao that a customer had mentioned a clue about the Crimson Flower Profound Root, but he had rejected the offer because Fang Xiao had only asked him to buy herbs.
• Fang Xiao scolded Li Mobai and ordered him to contact the customer within ten days, threatening to turn him back into the Vajra Bracelet if he failed.
• In a secret chamber, Brother Qi and the others discussed their plan to seize Tianyuan Wine Shop's Spirit Wine by luring its owner out of the city and capturing him.
• Brother Qi agreed to approach the shop again, while Brother Duan promised to act personally if the attempt failed.
• A conspirator warned that Xuan Yan City's Lord was returning to recruit the shop's owner, prompting the group to decide they needed to act quickly.

Li Mobai posted a request for the Crimson Flower Profound Root, hoping to draw out the person who had offered clues, while the Qi-surnamed Martial Cultivator came to the shop with a clue of his own. After a day of waiting, Li Mobai finally recognized him, leaving the two ready to discuss the rare herb.

• Li Mobai worried that he had promised Fang Xiao clues about the Crimson Flower Profound Root within ten days, then posted a request for it beneath the Spirit Wine display board.
• Tianyuan Wine Shop opened and sold Profound Ice Potent Wine, while customers discussed the request and began searching for the herb.
• The Qi-surnamed Martial Cultivator grew angry when he saw the request, but waited until the crowd had left before approaching Li Mobai.
• Li Mobai impatiently asked the Qi-surnamed Martial Cultivator what tier and quantity he wanted, then dismissed him when he did not recognize him.
• The Qi-surnamed Martial Cultivator mentioned the Crimson Flower Profound Root, and Li Mobai recognized him and greeted him eagerly.

Fang Xiao learned that the Crimson Flower Profound Root was in a Spirit Realm grotto-heaven and agreed to join Qi’s group in an upcoming raid, despite suspecting they planned to ambush him. He intended to turn their scheme against them, leaving the question of who would take the bait unresolved.

• Li Mobai abruptly asked Qi for the Crimson Flower Profound Root’s location, prompting Fang Xiao to take control of the Dao Soldier and negotiate.
• Fang Xiao apologized to Qi and offered him a discount at Tianyuan Wine Shop, then asked what Qi wanted in exchange for the clue.
• Qi showed Fang Xiao a recording stone depicting the Crimson Flower Profound Root in a Spirit Realm grotto-heaven and invited him to join a raid for it.
• Fang Xiao agreed to meet Qi’s group at Grotto-heaven No. Bingchen 673 in ten days and saw Qi off with a free jug of Spirit Wine.
• Li Mobai questioned the invitation’s motives, and Fang Xiao said he planned to make the other side’s intended fish take the bait instead.

Fang Xiao, disguised as Li Mobai, walked into a trap set by ten cultivators in Bingchen Cave Heaven No. 643. He used Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls to strip them of their Dao Track power and prepared to counterattack.

• The Martial Cultivator surnamed Qi and nine others waited for Li Mobai, planning to ambush him in the Cave Heaven.
• Fang Xiao arrived through the spatial passage and pretended to accept their invitation to travel with them.
• The ten cultivators surrounded Fang Xiao and attacked, intending to suppress him and take him alive.
• Fang Xiao laughed under their pressure and detonated several hundred spirit pearls, which the attackers recognized as Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls.
• With their Dao Track power gone, the attackers faced Fang Xiao as azure and white spirit light gathered around his body.

'Li Mobai' fought the remaining martial cultivators, but Brother Duan’s rattling drum subdued him and destroyed his Dragon-Tiger Aspect. Fang Xiao’s hidden Great White Sword Pellet killed Brother Duan, and Fang Xiao took the drum, which might contain the Soul Dao Projection he had been seeking; the chapter ended with 'Li Mobai' calling Fang Xiao his master.

• 'Li Mobai' summoned the Dragon-Tiger Aspect, which killed two martial cultivators and drove the others to flee.
• Brother Duan blocked the Azure Dragon and White Tiger with his giant ape Dharma Aspect, then used a rattling drum to make 'Li Mobai' lose consciousness.
• Brother Duan’s giant ape destroyed the Dragon-Tiger Aspect and seized 'Li Mobai', but the Great White Sword Pellet burst out and killed Brother Duan.
• Fang Xiao appeared, took the rattling drum, and revealed that he had secretly followed 'Li Mobai' while concealed in a spatial fault.
• The nine surviving martial cultivators turned their attention to the awakened 'Li Mobai', who called Fang Xiao his master.

Fang Xiao trapped the cultivators who had conspired against Tianyuan Wine Shop and demanded the Crimson Flower Profound Root, sparing only those who offered information he valued. The last woman offered a Sword Dao inheritance leading to the Tribulation Stage, and Fang Xiao became interested.

• Fang Xiao used Void Cutter Sword lights to block the nine cultivators’ escape and forced them together.
• The cultivator surnamed Qi offered to lead Fang Xiao to the Crimson Flower Profound Root and swear a Dao Vow, so Fang Xiao spared him.
• Fang Xiao heard the other cultivators’ offers, killed six, and spared one who revealed a clue to an Innate Treasure.
• The remaining woman offered an inheritance and explained that it was a Sword Dao inheritance leading to the Tribulation Stage.
• Fang Xiao showed interest after the woman pointed out his Sword Dao methods and his search for Sword Dao inheritances.

Fang Xiao learned that the woman’s inheritance came from Heavenly Sword Mountain and agreed to pursue it despite needing to reach the Tianhuang Realm. The Martial Cultivator surnamed Qi revealed that the Lord of Xuan Yan City was returning to recruit Shopkeeper Li, offering Fang Xiao a way to travel between realms.

• The Martial Cultivator surnamed Qi identified the woman’s inheritance as Heavenly Sword Mountain’s Tribulation Stage sword Dao art and described the lineage’s history.
• The woman said her ancestor was Heavenly Sword Mountain’s final inheritor, who left the inheritance behind before entering the True Immortal’s Legacy Mansion and vanishing.
• Fang Xiao learned that receiving the inheritance required meeting its aptitude requirements and decided that traveling to the Tianhuang Realm was worthwhile.
• The Martial Cultivator surnamed Qi explained that Mahayana factions could bypass the rules forbidding ordinary participants from traveling between realms.
• The Martial Cultivator surnamed Qi said the Lord of Xuan Yan City was returning to recruit Shopkeeper Li for the True Martial Heavenly Sect, and Fang Xiao realized the recruitment could provide a route to the Tianhuang Realm.

Fang Xiao brought Li Mobai to Xuan Yan City and considered how to reach Tianhuang Realm, then accepted Qi Yunsheng’s offer to serve as a guide and capable companion. He left Yao Ling and Zhang Baichuan with instructions and gave Li Mobai another important task, though its nature remained unrevealed.

• Fang Xiao learned the backgrounds of Qi Yunsheng, Yao Ling, and Zhang Baichuan after binding them with Dao Vows, then brought Li Mobai to Xuan Yan City.
• Fang Xiao told Yao Ling and Zhang Baichuan to await news about reaching Tianhuang Realm and ordered Qi Yunsheng to deliver the Crimson Flower Profound Root.
• Qi Yunsheng pledged loyalty to Fang Xiao and offered his knowledge of Tianhuang Realm in hopes of advancing his cultivation.
• Fang Xiao agreed to take Qi Yunsheng along to Tianhuang Realm, warning him that he would be dismissed if he proved incapable.
• Li Mobai questioned Fang Xiao’s decision, and Fang Xiao told him he had a more important task without revealing what it was.

Fang Xiao, using Li Mobai’s Dao Soldier body, waited half a year for Alchemist Song to refine the Mind Dispelling Pill while joining forces with Yun Tiancheng and the True Martial Heavenly Sect. After receiving the pill, the three men celebrated their new partnership at a banquet.

• Fang Xiao explained that Yun Tiancheng had recruited Li Mobai as a Guest Elder and arranged for him to help repair the sect’s damaged Spirit Wine Recipe.
• Fang Xiao arranged to travel back to the Tianhuang Realm alongside Yun Tiancheng’s people, while Qi Yunsheng set off ahead of him with an item Fang Xiao had provided for safe passage.
• Alchemist Song arrived with the completed Mind Dispelling Pill, and Fang Xiao thanked him with Clear Melody Spirit Replenishing Wine.
• Yun Tiancheng praised Fang Xiao and Alchemist Song as valuable allies and invited them to a banquet.
• Fang Xiao offered more Spirit Wine, and Alchemist Song tried to share some of the pills he had recently refined.

Qi Yunsheng returned to the Tianhuang Realm using a gate Fang Xiao had entrusted to him, then began a long journey across the Vast Sky Sea Domain. He planned to travel toward the Yao Clan Territory and the Heavenly Sword Mountain inheritance, with a merchant caravan helping him cross the distant regions safely.

• Qi Yunsheng parted ways with the True Martial Heavenly Sect messenger after they arrived in the Vast Sky Sea Domain, then left the gate area cautiously.
• Qi Yunsheng spent several years traveling across the Vast Sky Sea Domain as he headed toward the distant Dongyuan Domain.
• The chapter explained that the Tianhuang Realm’s stable space made teleportation arrays scarce and expensive, while Mahayana powers used Realm Wars to profit from the losses of weaker factions and cultivators.
• Qi Yunsheng planned to obtain the Heavenly Sword Mountain inheritance in the Yao Clan Territory before searching for the Innate Treasure Zhang Baichuan had mentioned.
• Qi Yunsheng intended to join a merchant caravan and travel aboard an interdomain vessel to cover the first stretch of his journey more quickly and safely.

Fang Xiao arranged for Qi Yunsheng to travel by caravan toward Dongyuan Domain while he cultivated and prepared to break Ling Taichu’s curse. He used the Mind Dispelling Pill and the Seven Souls Sword Artifacts to awaken his Master, who opened his eyes at the chapter’s end.

• Fang Xiao agreed to send Qi Yunsheng by caravan after learning that direct teleportation between domains cost hundreds of millions of Spirit Stones per person.
• Fang Xiao stayed in his Small World to cultivate and visited Ling Taichu, who lay preserved in a coffin made from Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Jade.
• Qing Feng appeared and offered to stand guard while Fang Xiao prepared to break Ling Taichu’s curse.
• Fang Xiao gave Ling Taichu the Mind Dispelling Pill and removed the seven rivets from his divine soul with the Seven Souls Sword Artifacts.
• Ling Taichu’s aura and divine soul revived, and he slowly opened his eyes as Fang Xiao called out to him.

Fang Xiao reunited with Ling Taichu after breaking his curse and discussed the dangers and growth that had marked his journey. As Ling Taichu considered how to advance beyond Deity Transformation, Fang Xiao promised to seek a suitable cultivation inheritance and moved him to a safer place to recover.

• Ling Taichu apologized for holding Fang Xiao back, and Fang Xiao recounted his journey through the Small World, Devil Realm, Realm Battlefield, and Tianhuang Realm.
• Fang Xiao told Ling Taichu that he had never regretted his hardships, and the two praised each other’s Sword Dao achievements.
• Fang Xiao asked whether Ling Taichu would create a cultivation art or change to another one, and proposed that Heavenly Sword Mountain’s inheritance might suit him.
• Ling Taichu said he needed time to consider his future path, while Fang Xiao promised to provide a suitable inheritance if possible.
• Fang Xiao brought Ling Taichu to the spiritual-qi satellite star in the Small World and offered to provide him with cultivation resources.