Chapter Summaries

Fang Yang learned pill-refining methods from the Flame Emperor and the Yellow Emperor, then gathered faith power at the Vatican and used a ten-draw card round. He obtained the Universe Great Derivation Physique and considered using its Immortal Aperture to advance his Inner Scene toward the Earth Immortal realm.

• The Flame Emperor taught Fang Yang the Hundred Herbs Pharmacopoeia and his secret fire-control technique while the Yellow Emperor removed the corpse qi and yin qi from Chiyou's severed arm.
• Fang Yang offered the Flame Emperor a modified pill formula, which impressed him, and the Yellow Emperor took Fang Yang away to teach him the Inner Canon.
• The Yellow Emperor recited his Inner Canon to Fang Yang as they walked through Zhuolu, then returned to Hangu Pass while Fang Yang went to the Vatican.
• Audrey and the Thunder God Hall's followers welcomed Fang Yang, who gathered their stored faith power into the Dao Tribulation Gold Cauldron.
• Fang Yang spent Fate Points on a ten-draw round and received the Universe Great Derivation Physique card.
• Fang Yang deduced that an Immortal Aperture from the physique might merge with his Inner Scene and help him reach the Earth Immortal realm.

Fang Yang opened an Immortal Aperture inside the Qi Sea Grotto-Heaven and refined his chosen vital Gu into a rank eight Time Cicada. He confirmed that the Time Cicada had added a Time Path Dao Mark to his Immortal Aperture.

• Fang Yang used Hope Gu to open an Aperture and rapidly raised it to the peak of rank five.
• Fang Yang deduced a suitable Time Path vital Gu and used the Heaven and Earth Furnace to refine it alongside other Time Path Gu Insects.
• Fang Yang shattered his Aperture and absorbed the Qi Sea Grotto-Heaven's heaven qi and earth qi, sacrificing much of its foundation to create a vast Immortal Aperture.
• Fang Yang refined his vital Gu into a rank eight Time Cicada using the remaining heaven and earth qi.
• Fang Yang observed a Time Path Dao Mark condense on Time Cicada and enter his Immortal Aperture.

Fang Yang examined the gains from his immortal ascension, then drew the gold Sacred Dragon Mental Method and used it to begin transforming his aptitude and Source Heavenly Eye. His aptitude reached the level of a born saint, and his enhanced eye allowed him to observe nearly half the universe.

• Fang Yang assessed his Time Path Dao Marks and realized the rank-eight Time Cicada would steadily increase his future power.
• Fang Yang examined the newly formed Immortal Essence and collected two rank-seven and six rank-six Time Path Immortal Gu.
• Fang Yang continued drawing cards and obtained the gold Sacred Dragon Mental Method, completing its series.
• Fang Yang manifested the method’s golden dragon and merged its transformation with his human body great dragon.
• Fang Yang’s aptitude rose toward that of a born saint, and his Source Heavenly Eye surpassed Weiwei's Immortal Spirit Eye.

Fang Yang ordered the Divine Crocodile Fetus to devour the Crocodile Ancestor so the Ten Thousand Soul Banner could grow stronger. The Divine Crocodile Fetus killed his equally original counterpart on Yinghuo Ancient Star and began absorbing his remains.

• Fang Yang summoned the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and ordered the Divine Crocodile Fetus to devour the Crocodile Ancestor on Yinghuo Ancient Star.
• The Divine Crocodile Fetus traveled to the ruined Buddhist temple and descended beneath it to find the Crocodile Ancestor.
• The Crocodile Ancestor recognized the Divine Crocodile Fetus as his split-off second true body and discovered that the Ten Thousand Soul Banner had made him its artifact spirit.
• The Crocodile Ancestor attacked the Divine Crocodile Fetus with his sacred sword, but the Divine Crocodile Fetus used Fang Yang's power to kill him instantly.
• The Divine Crocodile Fetus swallowed the Crocodile Ancestor and began absorbing his vital essence and lingering soul light.

Fang Yang advanced his cultivation, obtained the locations of the other Hells, and traveled to free another imprisoned Great Saint. Great Xia Dragon Sparrow attacked him after escaping, but Fang Yang’s Time Blade severed his wing and forced him to reconsider.

• The Divine Crocodile Fetus fully absorbed the Crocodile Ancestor, advanced its Primordial Spirit to the Great Saint level, and returned to Fang Yang’s Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
• Fang Yang examined the Hell star map, added the Undying Emperor’s skin to the banner, and traveled to the nearest prison site.
• Fang Yang shattered the Demon-Suppressing Stele and released Great Xia Dragon Sparrow from the upper yin prison.
• Great Xia Dragon Sparrow dove at Fang Yang, who used his eighth-revolution Time Blade killer move to sever the Dragon Sparrow’s left wing.
• Great Xia Dragon Sparrow stopped attacking, called the incident a misunderstanding, and recognized that Fang Yang’s blade could threaten his life.

Fang Yang subdued Great Xia Dragon Sparrow and recruited Zhu Huang, an ancestor of the Zhu Huang Clan, by offering him a Divine Pill to heal his injuries. Zhu Huang accepted Fang Yang as his Hall Master and carried him toward the remaining Hells.

• Fang Yang inspected Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, declared him a potential mount, and stopped his attack by trapping his Great Saint Weapon between two fingers.
• Fang Yang revealed the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and suppressed Great Xia Dragon Sparrow inside it.
• Fang Yang met Zhu Huang, who explained how Sakyamuni imprisoned him after he slaughtered millions to avenge his murdered grandson.
• Fang Yang described his connection to the Zhu Huang Clan, and Zhu Huang offered to serve him.
• Fang Yang gave Zhu Huang a Divine Pill refined from the pit of a Flat Peach Divine Fruit, and Zhu Huang bowed to him as Hall Master.
• Zhu Huang transformed into a vermilion divine bird and carried Fang Yang toward the remaining Hells using the star map.

Fang Yang visited the Yin-Yang Twin Prisons, exchanged scriptures with the imprisoned white tiger Daoist, and returned toward Earth. The white tiger began cultivating the Nirvana Scripture, while Fang Yang drew the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique from the Card Pool.

• Fang Yang used his Source Heavenly Eye to inspect the Quasi-Emperors imprisoned beneath the Demon-Suppressing Stele and learned that the white tiger Daoist wanted news of Sakyamuni.
• The white tiger Daoist offered Fang Yang the Inner Canon, then recited his White Tiger Seven Slaughter Scripture after Fang Yang revealed he already knew the first scripture.
• Fang Yang repaid the white tiger Daoist with the Nirvana Scripture and departed on Zhu Huang toward Earth, where the Flame Emperor's pill was nearly complete.
• The white tiger Daoist recognized the Nirvana Scripture's value, cultivated it to minor completion, and hoped it would heal his injuries and extend his life.
• Fang Yang put his Fate Points into the Card Pool and obtained the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique.

Fang Yang comprehended the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique, tempering his Primordial Spirit until it gained a trace of imperial might, then returned to Zhuolu and received the Chiyou Divine Pill from Flame Emperor. He planned to refine the pill and work with Flame Emperor to improve a formula for Chiyou’s skull.

• Fang Yang used the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique to temper his Primordial Spirit and draw out a trace of Quasi-Emperor majesty.
• Zhu Huang carried Fang Yang toward Earth, rejoicing that serving him had improved his own chances of becoming a Quasi-Emperor.
• At Zhuolu, Flame Emperor completed the Chiyou Divine Pill and was startled by the imperial might in Fang Yang’s Primordial Spirit.
• Flame Emperor gave Fang Yang the pill and told him that refining Chiyou’s skull could greatly increase a Quasi-Emperor’s cultivation.
• Fang Yang thanked Flame Emperor and proposed that they improve the pill formula together so they could persuade Yellow Emperor to entrust them with Chiyou’s skull.

Fang Yang used the Chiyou Divine Pill and the Dao Tribulation Gold Cauldron to temper his body, while Zhu Huang recovered and approached the Quasi-Emperor threshold. Months later, Fang Yang survived the tribulation for a Quasi-Emperor's body and fully entered the Quasi-Emperor domain.

• Fang Yang swallowed the Chiyou Divine Pill and used the Dao Tribulation Gold Cauldron's lightning to cultivate the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique and strengthen his body.
• Zhu Huang refined the Flat Peach Divine Pill, healed his injuries in seven days, and sensed that he was close to becoming a Quasi-Emperor.
• Fang Yang sent Zhu Huang to visit his descendants and asked him to take the Divine Baby along, but the Flame Emperor decided to look after the child himself.
• Several months later, Fang Yang faced the tribulation for a Quasi-Emperor's body in the starry sky and swallowed the lightning dragons formed by the heavenly tribulation.
• Fang Yang defeated and devoured nine true dragons, then his body formed runes and Divine Law Chains as it entered the Quasi-Emperor domain.

Fang Yang devoured the Heavenly Tribulation’s manifestations to strengthen his Quasi-Emperor body, then drew the Blood Skull Gu card and considered ways to use it without slaughtering his own kin. He favored transforming into another species and targeting relatives of that form, though he still needed to test the plan.

• Fang Yang destroyed the Heavenly Tribulation’s divine beasts and weapons, absorbing their lightning essence and storing what he could not digest in the Chiyou Divine Pill.
• The Yellow Emperor and Flame Emperor discussed Fang Yang’s progress and his cultivation of many paths.
• Fang Yang killed a peak Great Saint-level demon, confirmed his stronger body barely affected his Fate Points, and spent them on the Card Pool.
• Fang Yang drew the Blood Skull Gu card, which could improve aptitude by slaughtering blood relatives, but rejected killing his own kin.
• Fang Yang considered resurrecting victims after using the Gu or transforming into another species, and favored testing the transformation plan.

Fang Yang completed a White Tiger Divine Form on Earth and then traveled to Ziwei Emperor Star, where Jiang Tong presented him with the Sun God Sect’s forbidden secret art. Fang Yang offered Jiang Tong a chance to undergo refinement in a furnace.

• Fang Yang let the White Tiger Undying Divine Medicine enter his Bitter Sea and used the Immortal Pool’s Source Technique momentum to cultivate a White Tiger Divine Form.
• After three days, Fang Yang completed the White Tiger Divine Form, which reached the pinnacle of the Great Saint realm and strengthened his fleshly body.
• Fang Yang asked the Divine Baby whether he had remembered anything, but the Divine Baby said the familiar aura at the Immortal Ascension Ground had not restored his memories.
• At Tang Valley, Jiang Tong struggled to find a way through Dao-Severing and considered taking leaves from the Fusang Divine Tree, but respected Jiang Li’s warning not to touch it.
• Jiang Tong greeted Fang Yang and presented him with a jade page containing the Sun ancestor’s forbidden secret art chapter.
• Fang Yang accepted the secret art and offered Jiang Tong a fortunate opportunity to enter a furnace for refinement, which Jiang Tong eagerly accepted.

Fang Yang formed a Fusang Divine Form, advanced through a tribulation, and awakened a Golden Crow phenomenon from the Fusang Divine Tree. Meanwhile, three warships from beyond the domain arrived at the Ziwei Divine Dynasty, where a Great Saint killed its Imperial Uncle and declared the dynasty would fall.

• Jiang Tong entered the Human Desire Furnace and endured its soul-tormenting flames while Fang Yang examined the Fusang Divine Tree.
• Fang Yang formed the Fusang Divine Form, absorbed Sun Divine Essence, and left Tang Valley to undergo his tribulation.
• Fang Yang returned with his realm newly advanced and saw a Golden Crow appear on the Fusang Divine Tree, whose cry gave rise to a powerful phenomenon in his Bitter Sea.
• Three warships from beyond the domain approached the Ziwei Divine Dynasty, and a voice declared that the Divine Court would replace it.
• The aged Imperial Uncle attacked the lead warship, but a Great Saint smashed him into blood mist, frightening the watching cultivators.

The Divine Court forced the Ziwei Divine Dynasty from its ancestral lands and moved to seize the Sun True Scripture from the Sun God Sect. As Jiang Li welcomed the returning Fang Yang, a Divine Court Saint King arrived to demand the scripture as a birthday gift for the Emperor Lord.

• The Divine Court's Great Saint ordered the Ziwei Divine Dynasty to abandon its home, and the Ziwei Ancestor evacuated his people rather than risk their destruction.
• After news of the dynasty's fall reached the Sun God Sect, Jiang Li ordered the sect to hide its scattered clansmen and retreat to the North Sea with its ancestral relics.
• Jiang Tong and Fang Yang appeared in the Sun God Temple, where Jiang Li greeted her returning master.
• A Divine Court warship arrived near the Sun God Sect, and its Saint King demanded the Sun Emperor Scripture for the Emperor Lord's birthday.
• A black-robed man appeared at the entrance to the Sun God Sect as the Saint King's demand hung over the sect.

Fang Yang killed the Divine Court Saint King and the soldiers aboard his warship, then traveled to the Divine Court’s temporary palace and slew its Great Saint with his Time Blade. He left the battle still studying the techniques revealed by his attacks.

• Fang Yang ignored the Divine Court Saint King’s threat, killed him, and destroyed the fleeing warship and its crew.
• Jiang Li and Jiang Tong witnessed Fang Yang’s Great Saint power, and Fang Yang said he would speak with his disciple after dealing with the Divine Court.
• At the Divine Court’s temporary palace, its Great Saint began building a formation over the ruins of the Ziwei Divine Dynasty.
• Fang Yang attacked the Divine Court Great Saint, whose spear and Dao Proving Weapon were eroded and shattered by the Time Blade.
• Fang Yang pierced the Divine Court Great Saint’s brow and killed him, then used the battle to refine his Time Blade techniques.

Fang Yang destroyed the Divine Court cultivators at the former Ziwei Divine Dynasty site, then visited Yi Qingwu and helped her complete the Severing Emotion Great Art and advance to Half-Saint. He left for the Big Dipper with Jiang Li and gained the Langu Emperor Weapon’s recognition, learning that the ninth trial held an important treasure for after he attained the Dao.

• Fang Yang killed the Divine Court Great Saint and wiped out the Divine Court cultivators who had attacked the Sun God Sect, while the Ziwei Patriarch regretted missing his chance to meet him.
• Fang Yang appeared in Guanghan Palace, completed Yi Qingwu’s Severing Emotion Great Art, taught her the Six Desires Heavenly Technique, and helped her reach Half-Saint.
• After Yi Qingwu chose to remain on the Ziwei Emperor Star, Fang Yang left her a Langu Emperor Talisman and departed for the Big Dipper with Jiang Li.
• Fang Yang entered the Langu inheritance Underground Palace and passed the eighth trial without being tested, as his body, Primordial Spirit, and Dao charm surpassed its requirements.
• The Langu Emperor Weapon entered Fang Yang’s Immortal Platform Secret Realm to protect his Primordial Spirit and told him to return for the ninth trial’s treasure after attaining the Dao.

After claiming the Langu Emperor Weapon, Fang Yang completed the Langu inheritance and brought the Immortal Crane into the Green Lotus Hall, where he reorganized its leadership. Meanwhile, Jue Youqing encountered the Great Peacock King in the Western Desert, and she demanded that he become her attendant on her journey to Mount Sumeru.

• Fang Yang showed the Langu Emperor Weapon to the Immortal Crane, who completed her guarding duty and agreed to join the Green Lotus Hall as an elder.
• Fang Yang gathered the Green Lotus Hall's leaders, recognized Huang Tiannv as its Saintess, gave her treasures, and placed the hall's affairs in the hands of Zhu Huang and the Immortal Crane.
• Fang Yang instructed Xiao Song to focus on cultivation and advance to sainthood, then returned to cultivating alone.
• Jue Youqing studied Buddhist teachings in an ancient temple in the Western Desert.
• The Great Peacock King introduced herself to Jue Youqing and demanded that he serve as her attendant on her journey to Mount Sumeru.

Jue Youqing resisted Peacock Wisdom King's attempt to forcibly convert her, and Fang Yang arrived to defend her and fought the Buddhist master. The old monk Mohe intervened with the Demon-Subduing Pestle, while another old man urged the fighters to make peace.

• Peacock Wisdom King used the Mi syllable to try to convert Jue Youqing, who resisted with the Heart Sutra and sent Fang Yang a message through Mind-Reading.
• Fang Yang appeared before Peacock Wisdom King, shattered her manifestations with the Om syllable, and found that Jue Youqing's Primordial Spirit had been slightly injured.
• Fang Yang struck Peacock Wisdom King and sent her flying, provoking her to draw on the Western Desert's power of Faith and attack with her Golden Crown.
• Fang Yang countered with the Dao Tribulation Gold Cauldron, and the two fought while containing their power to limit harm to others.
• Mohe arrived wielding the Demon-Subduing Pestle and asked Fang Yang and Peacock Wisdom King to stop fighting.
• An ordinary-looking old man joined Mohe in urging Fang Yang and Peacock Wisdom King to make peace.

Fang Yang defeated Peacock Wisdom King in the starry battlefield and used the God-Crossing Technique to turn her into his mount. He then asked Great Sage Moke to visit Mount Sumeru, where the Buddha's Parietal Bone made Moke recognize him as the Future Buddha.

• Great Sage Moke and Great Sage Huntuo watched as Fang Yang drove Peacock Wisdom King beyond the domain and praised his restraint.
• Fang Yang unleashed his full power, subdued Peacock Wisdom King, and used the God-Crossing Technique to make her serve him.
• Great Sage Moke and Great Sage Huntuo were shocked when Fang Yang returned riding Peacock Wisdom King.
• Fang Yang asked Great Sage Moke to let him visit Mount Sumeru and joined Jue Youqing atop Peacock Wisdom King.
• The Buddha's Parietal Bone released Buddhist radiance around Fang Yang, and Great Sage Moke cried out, “The Future Buddha?!”

Fang Yang was proclaimed the Future Buddha by Amitabha’s Dharma Image and received an ancient relic, making him the acknowledged lord of Mount Sumeru. He accepted the monks’ homage and arrived at the Great Thunder Sound Temple.

• Great Sage Moke brought Fang Yang to Mount Sumeru, where Amitabha’s Dharma Image appeared and declared him the Future Buddha.
• Amitabha’s relic fell into Fang Yang’s palm, and the proclamation spread throughout the Western Desert and other regions.
• Li Daoqing, Great Sage Huntuo, and other powerful figures reacted to the proclamation, while Gai Jiuyou saw that Amitabha’s Dharma Image meant Fang Yang no harm.
• Fang Yang embraced his new title and declared that he would take charge of Mount Sumeru and deliver all living beings.
• The Demon-Subduing Pestle endorsed Fang Yang as Mount Sumeru’s lord, and Great Sage Moke, the Vajras, Arhats, and Heavenly Kings bowed to him.
• Fang Yang stepped onto Mount Sumeru’s summit and stood before the Great Thunder Sound Temple.

Fang Yang studied Mount Sumeru’s scriptures and gained the Buddha’s Palm form Smile of the Flower, entering sudden enlightenment. Meanwhile, Huo Qizi reached First Human Pass seeking news of Fang Yang and learned of his astonishing feats.

• Fang Yang ordered the monks to leave him alone with Mount Sumeru’s scriptures and spent more than half a year studying them.
• Fang Yang drew the Smile of the Flower card, witnessed the Buddha’s transmission to Kasyapa, and entered a state of sudden enlightenment.
• Jue Youqing and Peacock Wisdom King studied an ancient Buddhist mural while Jue Youqing worked on a method to improve the chances of conceiving a child.
• Huo Qizi concealed his Ancient Emperor Bloodline, reached First Human Pass, and waited three months for its gates to open.
• Huo Qizi asked an officer about Fang Yang and learned that Fang Yang had defeated the Three Grand Commanders, beaten a Heavenly Tyrant Body cultivator, and changed the Great Dao of two worlds.