Chapter Summaries

The Ice Soul Sect’s leaders left the Inheritance Land without finding the method for constructing an Ascension Platform and learned that demonic cultivators were advancing north. Meanwhile, Fang Xiao refined the Void Cutter Sword into a Medium-grade Magic Treasure, unaware that two Nascent Soul Cultivators guarded the Inheritance Land he had planned to reach.

• The Ice Soul Sect’s leaders emerged from the Inheritance Land, where Nan Kong and Nan Xuan reported that they had found no Ascension Platform method.
• Lan Yue received news of demonic cultivators heading north, and the sect’s leaders ordered an investigation before returning to the Ice Soul Sect.
• Lan Yu and Lan Hong stayed behind to guard the Cold Abyss, then began practicing the Dry Wood Fierce Fire Palm.
• Fang Xiao completed his sword-washing refinement and revealed that the Void Cutter Sword had become a Medium-grade Magic Treasure.

Fang Xiao continued refining his magic treasures and body before setting out for the Ancient Ice Dao Inheritance Land disguised as Yuqing Long. He approached the destination hoping to obtain a Spirit Wine Master's inheritance while avoiding the returning Ice Soul Sect cultivators.

• Fang Xiao assessed the progress of his magic treasures and cultivation, and decided not to use the Great White Sword Pellet so it could keep gathering power.
• Fang Xiao discovered that damaged cells could be cut away to encourage healthy growth, and found signs that his severed ribs were regenerating.
• After Zhao Kuo reported that Core Formation disciples had left the Ice Soul Sect and senior cultivators might have returned, Fang Xiao investigated whether Yuqing Long's death was known.
• Fang Xiao chose to impersonate Yuqing Long and travel to the Inheritance Land because Yuqing Long's memories revealed a valuable Spirit Wine Master's inheritance there.
• Fang Xiao reached the edge of the Cold Abyss and used Yuqing Long's Array Talisman to locate the Heavenly Yin Cold Soul Array.

Fang Xiao entered the Heavenly Yin Cold Soul Array by posing as Yuqing Long, then crossed the shifting formation and reached the Inheritance Land on Ice Island. He identified the location of the Spirit Wine Master inheritance and headed toward the far end of the island.

• Lan Yu tested Fang Xiao’s identity by asking him to display the Ice Soul Divine Light, then gave him five bottles of Ice Moon Pills.
• Fang Xiao used the Array Talisman to enter the Heavenly Yin Cold Soul Array and discovered that a stronger talisman from Ling Taichu gave him greater control over the formation.
• Fang Xiao followed the safe route through the array for a day and waited until the entrance to the Inheritance Land appeared.
• Fang Xiao passed through the shrinking opening and arrived on Ice Island, where he recognized that the central ice pillar held the orthodox Ice Dao transmission.
• Fang Xiao determined that the Spirit Wine Master inheritance stood in an ice pillar at the opposite end of Ice Island.

Fang Xiao reached the Spirit Wine Master inheritance and learned he had to brew one of three recipes, then set out to find a missing ingredient. Elsewhere, Lan Hong discovered that Northern Plains devil cultivators were entering the Ice Soul Sect’s territory and killing them on patrol.

• Fang Xiao traveled across the Ice Island and found a small inheritance pillar that offered three inheritances, including the Profound Yin Spirit Wine Master Inheritance Artifact.
• Fang Xiao examined the artifact’s trial, recorded its three Spirit Wine Recipes, and chose the Frostfall Spirit Wine Recipe, which required Green Frost Grass he did not have.
• Fang Xiao decided to search the icy mountains for Green Frost Grass rather than leave the Inheritance Land and risk attracting the attention of Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Lan Hong soul-searched a captured Qi Condensation Stage cultivator, learned that Northern Plains devil cultivators were moving into the Extreme North Ice Plains, and destroyed his corpse.

Fang Xiao traced the powerful Primordial Magnetic Force beneath Ice Island to a vast Primordial Magnetic Vein and entered it through the Array Script. Meanwhile, Lan Hong warned Lan Yue about suspicious activity on the ice plains, and Yu Linglong led Ice Soul Sect’s Core Formation disciples into the Inheritance Land.

• Fang Xiao searched Ice Island for Green Frost Grass, accelerated the growth of the lone immature stalk he found, and turned to investigate the inheritance trials.
• Fang Xiao sensed increasingly powerful Primordial Magnetic Force, followed it beneath Ice Island, and discovered a Primordial Magnetic Vein covered in dense Array Script.
• Fang Xiao realized that the Primordial Magnetic Vein supported the Inheritance Land and the suspended portion of the Heavenly Yin Cold Soul Array, then opened a passage and hurried deeper into the vein.
• Lan Hong reported the locations of Ice Soul Sect’s Core Formation disciples and her intelligence on the demonic cultivators to Lan Yue, who told her to protect the Inheritance Land with Lan Yu.
• Yu Linglong led Ice Soul Sect’s Core Formation disciples through the Heavenly Yin Cold Soul Array and into the Inheritance Land while Lan Yu watched from concealment.

Fang Xiao found a massive Primordial Magnetic Mother Ore but left it in place until he obtained the Spirit Wine Master's inheritance. He then passed both trials for the Lunar Divine Light inheritance and received a Jade Slip containing the method to advance Ice Soul Divine Light.

• Fang Xiao found the millstone-sized Primordial Magnetic Mother Ore and decided not to remove it until after obtaining the Spirit Wine Master's inheritance.
• Fang Xiao returned to the inheritance pillar and examined the Ice Dao's many inheritances, finding that he did not meet the requirements for its renowned cultivation techniques.
• Fang Xiao located Yuqing Long's chosen Lunar Divine Light inheritance and submitted his Ice Soul Divine Light for its first trial.
• Fang Xiao drew yin-attributed spiritual qi into his body, produced yin-attributed mana, and passed the second trial.
• Fang Xiao received the Lunar Divine Light inheritance Jade Slip and recognized it contained a method to elevate Ice Soul Divine Light.

Fang Xiao gained the Lunar Divine Light inheritance, then hid on Ice Island to brew Frostfall Spirit Wine. Two Ice Soul Sect disciples recognized that the real Yuqing Long had died and exposed Fang Xiao’s disguise, prompting Yu Linglong and the others to rush toward him.

• Fang Xiao studied the Lunar Divine Light inheritance and decided to cultivate it for its combat abilities and Lunar Body Refinement Technique.
• Fang Xiao spotted Yu Linglong and three other true disciples approaching, then left the inheritance pillar to avoid drawing attention.
• Fang Xiao waited for Green Frost Grass to mature, brewed Frostfall Spirit Wine, and supplied it with ice-attribute spiritual power to accelerate its aging.
• Junior Brother Zhao told Senior Brother Pei that Yuqing Long’s Life Soul Lamp had gone out and that Fang Xiao was an impostor who had infiltrated the sect.
• Senior Brother Pei arranged to summon other disciples while he and Junior Brother Zhao kept Fang Xiao from noticing their suspicions.
• Yu Linglong and the other disciples learned Fang Xiao’s identity and rushed toward him as his Frostfall Spirit Wine neared completion.

Fang Xiao completed the Frostfall Spirit Wine inheritance trial, then killed Pei and Zhao when they recognized the Ice Soul Divine Light. As Yu Linglong organized a search and called for Nascent Soul Cultivators, Fang Xiao reached the inheritance pillar to retrieve the inherited magic artifact.

• Fang Xiao finished brewing the Frostfall Spirit Wine and set out to claim the inherited magic artifact.
• Fang Xiao overheard Pei and Zhao discussing how to follow him, then attacked them with the Ice Soul Divine Light.
• Fang Xiao shattered Zhao's defenses, froze him, and killed Pei in the Void Slaying Sword Formation.
• Fang Xiao concealed the traces, detoured around approaching Core Formation cultivators, and returned to the inheritance pillar.
• Yu Linglong ordered teams to search for Fang Xiao and sent someone to request Nascent Soul Cultivators from the sect.

Fang Xiao obtained Xuan Yin’s Spirit Wine Master inheritance and learned that he would need to brew ten wines to unlock its higher-level teachings. As Lan Hong entered the grand array to hunt him, Fang Xiao headed for the Primordial Magnetic Mother Ore and considered disrupting the vein to escape.

• Fang Xiao offered Spirit Wine to the inheritance screen and received a Net Bottle containing nearly a hundred Qi Refinement-stage Spirit Wine Recipes.
• Fang Xiao learned that Xuan Yin’s inheritance required him to brew and store ten wines before the next realm of teachings would unlock.
• Lan Yu told Lan Hong that Yuqing Long had used the Ice Soul Divine Light, and they realized Fang Xiao had impersonated him.
• Lan Hong entered the grand array to capture Fang Xiao while Lan Yu stayed outside to stop him if he escaped.
• Fang Xiao left with the inheritance, traveled toward the Primordial Magnetic Vein, and used a second-grade Array Talisman to open a passage toward the Primordial Magnetic Mother Ore.

Fang Xiao stole the Primordial Magnetic Mother Ore, throwing the Heavenly Yin Cold Soul Array’s suspension mechanism into chaos and causing the Inheritance Land to sink. Lan Hong tracked him underground, and he warned her that the disciples outside were trapped as the island descended.

• Lan Hong joined the search for Fang Xiao and directed the True Disciples to keep looking while she searched from the opposite end.
• Fang Xiao found the Primordial Magnetic Mother Ore, weakened its force by isolating it from spiritual qi, and sealed it away.
• The removal of the ore disrupted the Primordial Magnetic Vein and exposed the suspension array’s failure, making the Inheritance Land tremble and begin to descend.
• Lan Hong realized the suspension array was failing, rushed underground, and found Fang Xiao near the Primordial Magnetic Vein.
• Fang Xiao shattered part of the vein to worsen the array’s collapse, then fled and warned Lan Hong that the disciples were trapped and needed rescuing.

Fang Xiao fled Lan Hong through the magnetic storm, where her Ice Luan Dharma Manifestation nearly caught him. After he fought it off and escaped upward, Lan Hong abandoned the chase to rescue her sect’s disciples as the Inheritance Land continued sinking toward the Cold Abyss.

• Lan Hong summoned her Ice Luan Dharma Manifestation and pursued Fang Xiao through the magnetic storm, which weakened the manifestation as it crossed.
• Fang Xiao released the Great White Sword Pellet to clash with the Ice Luan, then used the Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Divine Light and Bing Fire Divine Thunders to repel its attacks.
• Lan Hong’s Ice Luan split into seven smaller luans and blue flames, but Fang Xiao blocked the flames with his Void Cutter Sword and continued fleeing.
• Lan Hong gave up the pursuit and returned to save the Ice Soul Sect disciples trapped in the Heavenly Yin Cold Soul Array.
• Fang Xiao used a second-level Array Talisman to flee upward before the Inheritance Land could carry him deeper into the Cold Abyss.

Fang Xiao used Ling Taichu’s sword talisman to kill Lan Yu as she pursued him from the falling array. He escaped, while Lan Yu’s extinguished Soul Lamp alerted the Ice Soul Sect that a Nascent Soul Cultivator had died.

• Lan Yu recognized Fang Xiao as the thief who had impersonated Yuqing Long and pursued him from the grand array.
• Fang Xiao activated Ling Taichu’s sword talisman, summoning a colossal tree-like Dharma Form that killed Lan Yu outright.
• Two Ice Soul Sect Core Formation true disciples fled back into the grand array after witnessing Lan Yu’s death and the Dharma Form.
• Fang Xiao speculated that Ling Taichu’s Dharma Form resembled the legendary Jianmu and escaped beyond the horizon.
• Lan Yu’s Soul Lamp went out in the Ice Soul Sect’s Soul Preservation Hall, and the disciples on duty hurried to report her death.

Fang Xiao sealed the Li Luan Profound Flame away and escaped the Extreme North Ice Plains before the Ice Soul Sect could catch him. The sect’s search failed, but the damage to its disciples and succession left its future uncertain as Fang Xiao departed across the sea.

• Fang Xiao used the Ice Soul Divine Light to draw the Li Luan Profound Flame away from his arm, then sealed it into several dozen five-colored beads with the Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
• Fang Xiao recovered his frozen arm, noticed it had gained a little strength, and fled south toward the North Sea.
• Fang Xiao learned that the Ice Soul Sect was searching for him, looked back at the ice plains, and left by sea.
• The Ice Soul Sect mobilized its Nascent Soul Cultivators and Spirit Transformation True Lords, but failed to find Fang Xiao and eventually ended its search.
• The Ice Soul Sect suffered severe losses among its low-level disciples and Core Formation true disciples, leaving its future succession in doubt.
• A crazed former Ice Soul Sect Nascent Soul Cultivator appeared on the ice plains and attacked nearly everyone except the sect’s disciples.

Fang Xiao decided to stay in Wangbei Immortal City to study his gains and gather materials for the Spirit Wine Recipes. After renting and inspecting a Core Formation-grade cave dwelling, he prepared a list of brewing materials and headed to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

• Fang Xiao chose to remain in Wangbei Immortal City and rented a Core Formation-grade cave dwelling from Liu Yun for ten years.
• Liu Yun led Fang Xiao to the cave dwelling in the city's northwestern district and gave him a transmission talisman before leaving.
• Fang Xiao inspected the cave dwelling, confirmed its facilities were suitable, and arranged an unused cultivation room for brewing Spirit Wine.
• Fang Xiao made a list of materials for the Spirit Wine Recipes and left for the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

Fang Xiao bought cultivation, brewing, and artifact-refining supplies from Myriad Treasures Pavilion, then brewed fourteen varieties of Spirit Wine at his cave dwelling. He began feeding the sealed Li Luan Profound Flame to his Ice Soul Divine Light, but after refining one small wisp, he could not identify what had changed.

• Fang Xiao purchased the available items on his list from Tian Yuan and arranged for the remaining materials to be ordered.
• Fang Xiao returned to his cave dwelling with pills, Spirit Wine materials, and materials for refining an artifact from his Primordial Magnetic Mother Ore.
• Fang Xiao processed and brewed fourteen varieties of Qi Refinement-stage Spirit Wine, then sealed them for storage.
• Fang Xiao entered his cultivation chamber, calmed his mind, and prepared to test whether his Ice Soul Divine Light could devour the Li Luan Profound Flame.
• Fang Xiao released one small wisp of Li Luan Profound Flame and let the Ice Soul Divine Light refine it, but he could not determine what change had occurred.

Fang Xiao refined the Li Luan Profound Flame into a new transformation of his Ice Soul Divine Light, the Ice Soul Profound Flame. After studying the method for advancing to Lunar Divine Light, he realized his new flame, sword light, and divine light might help satisfy its demanding requirements, leaving him jubilant.

• Fang Xiao repeatedly refined Li Luan Profound Flames until his Ice Soul Divine Light absorbed them faster and developed blue flames of its own.
• Fang Xiao passed the transformed divine light through the Primordial Sword Embryo, producing an ice-blue sword light that broke apart and reformed as the Ice Soul Profound Flame.
• Fang Xiao used the Ice Soul Profound Flame to refine the remaining Li Luan Profound Flames, then examined a Jade Slip containing the method for advancing Ice Soul Divine Light into Lunar Divine Light.
• Fang Xiao learned that the advancement required four rare materials with other yin-attribute transformations, and despaired at the apparent impossibility of finding them.
• Fang Xiao looked at the Ice Soul Profound Flame and then at his sword light and divine light, realized something, and celebrated that his idea had worked.

Fang Xiao planned to gather divine abilities and raise his cultivation while avoiding the powerful cultivators searching for him, then entered seclusion. Eight years later, four Foundation Establishment cultivators were trapped by monstrous birds and black fog near the West Sea until a crimson lightning strike saved them.

• Fang Xiao decided to seek divine-ability intelligence through the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and hunt Golden Core demon beasts when it was safe.
• Fang Xiao chose to cultivate in seclusion with his pills and Spirit Wine.
• Eight years later, Senior Brother Lin and three fellow cultivators fled across the sea from a flock of monstrous birds whose black fog corroded their flying boat.
• The black fog broke through the flying boat's barrier and began eroding the four cultivators' spiritual power.
• A crimson lightning bolt tore through the black fog and destroyed the monstrous birds, leaving the four cultivators alive.

Fang Xiao protected four cultivators and fought a flock of Ghostly Vultures to find a Core Formation beast and obtain its Demon Core. After the leader tried to flee, Fang Xiao pursued it.

• Fang Xiao shielded four cultivators from the black mist and told them to stay inside while he dealt with the Ghostly Vultures.
• Fang Xiao used Nethermoon Pure Flame to purify the flock’s yin Killing Intent and prepared to seek a Core Formation Ghostly Vulture’s Demon Core.
• Fang Xiao unleashed 256 sword-lights, slaughtering the Ghostly Vultures as the four cultivators remained protected.
• The Core Formation Ghostly Vulture cried out and led part of its flock away from Fang Xiao.
• Fang Xiao recognized the leader’s escape attempt and pursued it with the Chanting Sword Art.

Fang Xiao killed two Core Formation Ghostly Vultures and obtained a Demon Core containing Netherworld Filth Light, which he needed for his pursuit of Lunar Divine Light. He stored the demon corpses and flew back to the four people he had rescued.

• Fang Xiao pursued the fleeing Ghostly Vultures with Bing Fire Divine Thunder and discovered that two Core Formation-level vultures were using a feint and an ambush against him.
• Fang Xiao cut off one vulture’s claw with the Void Cutter Sword, captured it, and froze it with Ice Soul Divine Light.
• Fang Xiao struck the second vulture’s beak with a punch and tore it apart by the neck after seizing it with both hands.
• Fang Xiao recalled traveling to the westernmost North Sea after learning of the flock, and decided to seek a mid Core Formation breakthrough so he could advance Lunar Divine Light.
• Fang Xiao stored both demon corpses in his Storage Bracelet, and the leaderless flock fled as he flew toward the four rescued people.

Fang Xiao learned that the North Sea was in the midst of a dangerous migration of Devil Dao Sects after rescuing four Fengyuan Sect disciples. After discovering his connection to the Fengyuan Sect through the Tianlan Sect, he heard the region’s current situation from Jiang Xia and realized traveling through the North Sea was risky.

• Fang Xiao defeated the demon beast pack, rescued four Fengyuan Sect disciples, and let them collect the corpses while he waited for their Core Formation elder.
• Jiang Xia arrived, and Fang Xiao revealed that he was from the Tianlan Sect, whose lineage was connected to the Fengyuan Sect.
• Fang Xiao asked Jiang Xia about the North Sea’s current situation and explained that he had come seeking materials and information.
• Jiang Xia described the agreements over the devil sects’ migration, the completed Sky-Separating Grand Array, and the danger posed by unreliable devil cultivators and Demonic Rogue Cultivators.
• Fang Xiao concluded that the North Sea was not a suitable place to travel through at the moment.