Chapter Summaries

Fang Can tried to make Xiang Ziyu write him a sunny poem, while she misread his intentions and insisted she would do anything for Great Chu. He offered not to reach First Turn during the tournament in exchange, leaving Xiang Ziyu and the watchers stunned by the bargain.

• Fang Can asked Xiang Ziyu to write an uplifting, sunny poem, and she guessed he wanted to use its light for his cultivation.
• Xiang Ziyu refused to help Great Chu’s enemy, then mistakenly thought Fang Can intended to humiliate her on the broadcast.
• Fang Can rejected her assumptions and told her she was not worthy of him taking the initiative.
• Jiang Ning'an grew jealous watching Fang Can kiss Xiang Ziyu, while Liu Qingmeng considered provoking her to strengthen her Dao Heart.
• Xiang Ziyu declared she would do anything for Great Chu, and Fang Can offered to avoid breaking through to First Turn during the tournament if she wrote him a poem.

Fang Can pressured Xiang Ziyu into agreeing to bring him food and fulfill his conditions by threatening to break through to the First Turn, which could ruin Xiang Longtao’s chances in the All-Kingdoms Grand Competition. He remained determined to compete as a Mortal Shedding Body, following Elder Yang’s advice that winning at that level would make the competition’s Light of the Soul far more valuable.

• Fang Can told Xiang Ziyu he was delaying his First Turn breakthrough until he chose an inheritance, and warned that breaking through could make him too strong for Xiang Longtao to defeat.
• Xiang Ziyu considered the blame she would face if her refusal cost her imperial brother the championship, then agreed to Fang Can’s deal and promised to write a poem about sunshine.
• Fang Can demanded food and threatened to break through if Xiang Ziyu did not return with something suitable, so she reluctantly left to find him a meal.
• Fang Can reflected that he could enter the Heaven Ascending Path with a single thought and intended to win the competition as a Mortal Shedding Body.
• Fang Can recalled Elder Yang’s advice that the championship’s Light of the Soul would be much more beneficial if he won before his First Turn breakthrough.

Xiang Ziyu discovered that her cultivation had accelerated after spending time inside Fang Can’s body and decided to investigate him further. Meanwhile, Xiang Longtao prepared to break through despite his defeat and unstable state of mind, while a dead man in the Great Yan simulation began to stir.

• A corpse hanging from the city gate in the Great Yan simulation twitched, swayed, and opened its white eyes.
• Xiang Ziyu watched Fang Can in the confinement room, then noticed her literary aura had grown unusually quickly.
• After testing her cultivation, Xiang Ziyu suspected that being inside Fang Can’s body had accelerated her progress and resolved to investigate him again.
• Xiang Longtao argued with the female head growing from his neck about his defeat by Fang Can.
• Xiang Longtao shoved the female head back into his body and prepared to break through to the Heaven Ascending Path, though onlookers doubted his composure.

Xiang Longtao swallowed nine dangerous pills to forge the Nine Dragons Converging Body inheritance and began his First Turn breakthrough, while the competition’s shrinking battlefield drove martial artists into cautious fights. Xuan Yuanhua recruited Ye Yunfeng and Qian Lanyou into a coalition to eliminate Fang Can, revealing that five hundred martial artists had joined his effort.

• Xiang Longtao swallowed nine potent pills despite their dangers and began breaking through to First Turn with the Nine Dragons Converging Body inheritance.
• Xiang Hongtu watched his son’s reckless breakthrough from the Twin Emperor Tower and wondered how Xiang Longtao could lose to Fang Can.
• The battlefield’s safe area shrank, forcing competitors to keep moving as they conserved strength for the final day.
• Ye Yunfeng and Qian Lanyou fought across a chessboard and with Kingdoms Kill cards until Xuan Yuanhua used a golden bracelet to take their abilities and then returned them.
• Xuan Yuanhua told Ye Yunfeng and Qian Lanyou that Fang Can had crushed Xiang Longtao and proposed joining forces to eliminate him.
• Xuan Yuanhua revealed that five hundred martial artists had joined his coalition.

Xuan Yuanhua organized a coalition of five hundred First Turn martial artists to eliminate Fang Can, while Ye Kaishan rallied them by invoking Great Yan’s war a century earlier. As the Fang-Slaying Assembly gathered underground, Xiang Longtao arrived with an astonishing strength stat of 130700.

• Xuan Yuanhua told Ye Yunfeng and Qian Lanyou that the kingdoms had assembled five hundred fighters to target whoever won against Fang Can, and invited them to join.
• Ye Yunfeng and Qian Lanyou joined Xuan Yuanhua and traveled to the underground plaza where First Turn martial artists had gathered.
• Ye Kaishan urged the assembly to unite against Fang Can, blaming Great Yan for the war a hundred years earlier, and the gathered fighters shouted for revenge.
• The Great Yan imperial family learned that the coalition’s hostility toward Fang Can stemmed from resentment over the old war and faced the judgment of the assembled martial elites.
• Xiang Longtao entered the underground plaza with a displayed strength stat of 130700, leaving the gathered martial artists stunned.

Xiang Longtao joined Ye Kaishan’s Fang-Slaying Assembly, while Fang Can finished tempering his body and prepared for the final showdown without reaching the First Turn. As the assembly searched for him, two newly ascended First Turn fighters confronted other competitors, including Ye Yunfeng’s challenge to a Shape-Shifting Sect disciple.

• Xiang Longtao told Ye Kaishan that he wanted to join the Fang-Slaying Assembly, and Ye Kaishan proposed that the group attack early and kill Great Yan martial artists they encountered.
• Fang Can raised his ordinary strength to 10,900 after making his body tougher, then told Xiang Ziyu he would win the competition without a breakthrough or inheritance.
• Xiang Ziyu questioned whether Fang Can could succeed and whether he trusted her to keep reciting poems, but Fang Can warned her not to betray their agreement.
• The five-hundred-member Fang-Slaying team searched for Fang Can and attacked Great Yan martial artists, but encountered two newly ascended First Turn fighters.
• A Shape-Shifting Sect disciple transformed into nitrogen and used the air to seize a dozen First Turn martial artists, but Ye Yunfeng of the Chess Pavilion countered him with a chessboard and challenged him to a deadly game.

Fang Can prepared for his duel by collecting Human Molts, while Xiang Ziyu discovered that cultivating inside his body greatly accelerated her literary aura. Two days passed, and Xiang Longtao noticed that rain had begun on the day of the duel.

• Fang Can peeled off fifty Human Molts and stored them inside his body as preparation for the duel.
• Xiang Ziyu asked Fang Can to let her cultivate inside him, and he opened his chest for her.
• Xiang Ziyu found that the golden blood vessels inside Fang Can formed a Narrow Grotto-Heaven where her literary aura grew five or six times faster than usual.
• Xiang Ziyu cultivated inside Fang Can while he tempered the flow of his blood qi, and two days passed.
• On the final day, Xiang Longtao looked up and remarked that it was raining.

As the battlefield shrank to its final hundred-mile radius, Fang Can emerged and used a poem to drive away the rain and transform the area into a scorching desert. He confronted the gathered martial artists, while Xiang Longtao accused Xiang Ziyu of betrayal and questioned Fang Can’s apparent power.

• Fang Can finished warming up after two days of letting Xiang Ziyu cultivate inside him, and his displayed number settled at 11,000.
• Hundreds of surviving martial artists gathered by a lake, where a Daoist divined that the rain signaled good fortune and Xiang Longtao anticipated Fang Can’s death.
• Fang Can recited “Desert Journey,” clearing the clouds and turning the rain-soaked ground into hot, dry sand.
• Xiang Longtao recognized Fang Can’s voice and confronted Xiang Ziyu, accusing her of betraying their father and Great Chu.
• Xiang Ziyu calmly questioned why Xiang Longtao’s head looked pointy, and Xiang Longtao noticed that Fang Can’s displayed power was unexpectedly weak.

At Lotus Heart Lake, Fang Can revealed that he had not reached the First Turn, then transformed his strength and challenged more than five hundred martial artists to fight without using their legacies. As the crowd launched a group attack, Fang Can’s vibrating skin triggered their instinctive sense of danger.

• Fang Can admitted that he was still at the Mysterious Pass Tenth Layer and said he had come to drive the others out of the All-Kingdoms Grand Competition.
• Fang Can said he and the woman watching from the Small Abode would face the crowd, while Xiang Longtao realized Fang Can had not broken through.
• A green-robed youth offered to fight Fang Can using only martial strength, and other martial artists argued over who should challenge him.
• Fang Can activated the Evil Tiger Devouring Body Technique and the Y-God Technique, displaying strength scores of 37882 and 75765.
• More than a hundred martial artists surrounded Fang Can and unleashed their strongest attacks, but his vibrating skin made them sense a Great Terror and hesitate.

Fang Can overwhelmed a crowd of newly arrived martial artists with his hardened body and devastating close-range force. Xuan Yuanhua then used the Heaven-Mixing Bracelet to disarm Fang Can and prepared to send him out.

• Fang Can's body deflected the martial artists' attacks and countered with force powerful enough to break their limbs.
• Fang Can charged through the crowd, sending martial artists flying as the spectators watched.
• Xiang Longtao refused to fight Fang Can, saying he wanted to defeat him fairly after Fang Can reached First Turn.
• Xuan Yuanhua revealed that he could use the First Turn abilities of the Heaven Refining Sect's Heaven-Mixing Bracelet.
• Xuan Yuanhua threw the bracelet at Fang Can, and its suction force pulled the long spear from Fang Can's grasp.
• Xuan Yuanhua formed a sword incantation and said he would send Fang Can out.

Fang Can used sunlight and his human shed skins to power the complete Sky-Supporting Art, transforming into Sky-Supporting Form as his combat power surged. The martial artists destroyed the skins before he reached his limit, but Fang Can revealed the hollow in his chest, prompting Xiang Longtao to order an immediate attack.

• Xuan Yuanhua controlled the Hun Tian Bracelet to batter Fang Can, gradually injuring his fists with its armor-piercing strikes.
• Fang Can sent human shed skins into the sky to focus sunlight onto himself and raise his combat power.
• Xiang Longtao stopped the martial artists from interfering, wanting to fight Fang Can fairly as he grew stronger.
• Fang Can explained that he had perfected the Sky-Supporting Art by using sunlight to fuel his cells, entering its fourth stage, Sky-Supporting Form.
• When Fang Can's combat power reached 300,000, the martial artists attacked and destroyed the human shed skins, stopping it at 315134.
• Fang Can showed Xiang Longtao the hollow in his chest, and Xiang Longtao shouted for everyone to attack and kill him.

Fang Can revealed a combat power of 300,000, then faced Xiang Longtao, who realized Fang Can’s missing organs were returning. After Fang Can’s organs rejoined his body, he unveiled his fourth form, [Heaven-Propping Shining Form], and his strength surged as he grew to five meters tall.

• Fang Can’s combat power reached 300,000, astonishing the tournament’s spectators and the Inverted Sect.
• Xiang Longtao realized Fang Can’s brain and organs had been missing, then used tonics and techniques to raise his combat power to 750,000.
• Xiang Longtao attacked Fang Can, but Fang Can’s returning brain blocked his punch and his small intestine struck Xiang Longtao into the ground.
• Fang Can explained the stages of his power and announced his fourth form, [Heaven-Propping Shining Form].
• Fang Can’s combat power climbed to 1,000,000 as his body expanded to five meters tall.

Fang Can unleashed his Full Shining Form against the gathered martial artists, overwhelming their strongest defenses with his immense power. After killing Ye Yunfeng and Xuan Yuanhua, he prepared to attack the remaining fighters, who feared they would not survive.

• Fang Can revealed a combat value of 3,939,780 and explained that his Full Shining Form greatly increased his strength while rapidly consuming his energy.
• Fang Can struck the gathered martial artists, killing more than ten First Turn fighters with the force of his punch.
• Fang Can ignored Ye Yunfeng's Chessboard and destroyed every piece with a Serious Punch, killing Ye Yunfeng when the Chessboard collapsed.
• Xuan Yuanhua summoned the Heaven-Mixing Bracelet to block Fang Can's punch, but Fang Can's next attack shattered the defense and killed him.
• Fang Can faced the remaining martial artists and challenged them to put up a better fight.

At the All-Kingdoms Grand Competition, Fang Can overwhelmed the martial artists who banded together against him and discovered how their defenses and a deadly tracking dagger worked. The chapter ended with him turning his attention to the Great Zhou Li Family martial artist who had used the dagger.

• Zhang Kaishan urged the martial artists to use their strongest techniques and work together against Fang Can.
• The Five Demon Sect Maiden cast stacked armor spells, but Fang Can shattered them and killed her, enduring the spell’s counterattack.
• Fang Can brushed aside the other martial artists’ ranged attacks, then tested a poisoned dagger that tracked him and accelerated toward its target.
• Fang Can seized a nearby martial artist and made the tracking dagger strike him, killing him despite his healing ability.
• Fang Can identified the weapon as the Great Zhou Li Family’s Soul-Chasing Death Dagger and turned toward the martial artist who had used it.

Fang Can survived the martial artists’ strange inheritances and continued overpowering the fighters around him. Xiang Longtao’s obsession with the Hidden Dragon Ranking ended in humiliation as Fang Can dismissed him.

• Fang Can discovered that the Soul-Chasing Death Dagger’s Damage Sharing effect could have harmed him if he had attacked its user, and he reflected on the dangers of facing varied martial arts inheritances.
• Fang Can surveyed the roughly four hundred remaining martial artists, whose attacks and abilities failed against his strength and instincts.
• Xiang Longtao grew furious when Fang Can ignored him, then felt briefly acknowledged when Fang Can glanced his way.
• Xiang Longtao demanded that Fang Can kill him to claim undisputed first place on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, but Fang Can mocked his fixation on the ranking.
• Xiang Longtao collapsed after Fang Can dismissed him, his Dao heart faltering as his flesh began to mutate uncontrollably.

After Fang Can defeated Xiang Longtao, the humiliation triggered Lost Heart Madness and caused her body to transform. A new girl emerged from Xiang Longtao’s shattered form, leaving Fang Can and Xiang Hongtu stunned.

• Xiang Longtao’s humiliation and inner turmoil triggered Lost Heart Madness, and she began hearing a tormenting voice.
• Xiang Longtao froze as a stone statue, while Xiang Hongtu unleashed a terrifying aura from the Twin Emperor Tower and blamed Fang Can.
• Xiang Longtao’s body cracked apart, and a black-haired girl emerged from it.
• Fang Can realized he had somehow caused Xiang Longtao to become a woman, while the new girl inherited the original’s memories and hatred of him.
• Xiang Hongtu watched as the new girl’s transformation revealed that Xiang Longtao had borne a child.

Fang Can unleashed his full strength on Fangcun Mountain and eliminated the other warriors, winning first place among the Various Kingdoms. After arriving in the Grand Hero Hall, he received the prize from the Universe Jade Casket and was asked by Luo Yanmo whether he wanted his likeness recorded in the Shadow God Chart.

• Fang Can killed Xiang Longtao and compressed his body to prepare for battle at full strength.
• Fang Can raced across Fangcun Mountain, destroying the terrain and eliminating dozens of warriors each second.
• Fang Can landed after a minute of devastation and demanded that the competition be ended.
• Fang Can was transported to the Grand Hero Hall, where Luo Yanmo congratulated him on winning first place.
• Fang Can opened the Universe Jade Casket and received a stream of clear light before Luo Yanmo asked whether he wanted his likeness recorded in the Shadow God Chart.

After winning the All-Kingdoms Grand Competition, Fang Can agreed to be recorded in the Shadow God Chart and received a Buddhist Bead that let him enter Fangcun Mountain. As celebrations began, Xiang Hongtu saw that feminized Xiang Longtao resembled her late mother and felt his resentment toward Fang Can fade.

• Luo Yanmo explained that the Shadow God Chart recorded past competition winners for later champions to challenge, and Fang Can agreed to be recorded after learning it included experts of higher realms.
• Fang Can pressed his handprint onto the Shadow God Chart, received a Buddhist Bead, and returned from Fangcun Mountain to the Great Yan Imperial Palace.
• The Inverted Sect's Sect Master and the assembled guests congratulated Fang Can, while Prince Qing arranged citywide banquets and had Fang Can taken to change.
• In Great Chu, Xiang Longtao admitted to Xiang Hongtu that she had failed to win the championship.
• Xiang Hongtu saw how closely feminized Xiang Longtao resembled her late mother and stopped resenting Fang Can for what had happened to her.

After the competition, Xiang Longtao learned that her transformed body and shattered Dao Heart had reset her cultivation, giving her the chance to forge a new inheritance. Fang Can received a full set of Sacrificial Artifacts, then slipped away from the banquet to rest before a woman appeared beside him and reminded him of the Sixth Turn Secret Realm.

• Xiang Ziyu left Fangcun Mountain with the runner-up reward, the Light of the Soul, while others credited her result to Fang Can.
• Xiang Hongtu explained that Xiang Longtao’s inheritance and true qi had regressed into the Light of the Soul, allowing her to cultivate a new inheritance instead of restoring her old self.
• Prince Qing presented Fang Can with a complete set of golden Sacrificial Artifacts, and Fang Can wore them to the banquet.
• Fang Can drew the attention of the banquet guests and rebuffed indirect invitations from the leaders of the other three great sects.
• Fang Can left the banquet and went to a deserted lakeside to rest, where a woman appeared beside him as he recalled the Sixth Turn Secret Realm.

After Fang Can won the tournament, Liu Qingmeng praised him and discussed his planned breakthrough to the Heaven Ascending Path. She then asked him to make Jiang Ning'an fall deeply in love with him while keeping her at a distance, revealing that she intended Jiang Ning'an to cultivate the Asura Path technique Lush Green.

• Fang Can told Liu Qingmeng he had won the tournament and said he would attempt his breakthrough after resting for a few days.
• Liu Qingmeng offered to protect Fang Can during his breakthrough, and he asked why Jiang Ning'an had not joined them.
• Liu Qingmeng clarified that she had left a clone at the banquet and explained that her mortal-world clone's playful behavior had been temporary.
• Liu Qingmeng told Fang Can that Jiang Ning'an had feelings for him and instructed him to deepen those feelings without consummating their relationship.
• Liu Qingmeng revealed that she planned for Jiang Ning'an to dual-cultivate the Asura Path technique Lush Green.