Chapter Summaries

Fang Qing perfected the Origin Spring Ripple Divine Ability and became a Winnowing Basket Water Great True Person, drawing the Golden Seat’s attention. He then used his new attainments and a surge of inspiration to attempt a breakthrough from the Nascent Soul Early Stage to the middle stage, while the Crippled Immortal watched the upheaval on Copper Immortal Island.

• Fang Qing tested and perfected the Origin Spring Ripple, then formed its Dao Foundation and gathered it with two other Divine Abilities in his Purple Mansion.
• Fang Qing became a Winnowing Basket Water Great True Person, and the Golden Seat’s gaze raised his status while verdant qi, rain, and new springs transformed Copper Immortal Island.
• Fang Qing considered how to find Winnowing Basket Water’s fourth Divine Ability and decided he could rely on Qi Refinement while seeking further Qi Ingestion methods.
• Fang Qing drew on his completed Winnowing Basket Water attainments and Nascent Soul cultivation to attempt a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• The Crippled Immortal saw the island’s changes and realized that Fang Qing’s mana had surged beyond the Nascent Soul Early Stage as he began breaking through.

Fang Qing broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and learned that unrest was spreading across the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm, then inspected the nearly finished True Spirit Puppet. Meanwhile, Heavenfiend Old Monster summoned four Nascent Soul Great Cultivators and proposed a righteous-demonic war against the Water-Moon Palace and Thunderclap Temple to prevent their leaders from reaching Spirit Transformation.

• Fang Qing broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage without using a Breakthrough Pill, and his Spiritual Sense expanded to one hundred and fifty li.
• Crippled Immortal told Fang Qing that sects and Nascent Soul cultivators across the Eastern Sea were growing active despite the demon's reported defeat and the settlement of recent gains.
• Fang Qing inspected the nearly completed Winged Tiger True Spirit Puppet and planned to refine its spirit core into it.
• Heavenfiend Old Monster summoned Dongmen Jin, Heavenly Mechanism Elder, Mystical Flame Superior, and a blue-robed fairy from the Four Seas Gate.
• Heavenfiend Old Monster proposed a righteous-demonic war against the Water-Moon Palace and Thunderclap Temple, warning that their leaders had reached Nascent Soul Perfection and might achieve Spirit Transformation.

Heavenfiend Old Monster gathered support for a war against Thunderclap Temple and Water-Moon Palace by promising the other factions a share of the chance to reach Spirit Transformation. Meanwhile, Fang Qing completed a True Spirit Puppet, cultivated the Immovable Wisdom King Vajra Boundary Art, and left Copper Immortal Island just before Bloodfiend Island’s Third Island Master arrived.

• Heavenfiend Old Monster won Dongmen Jin and Heavenly Mechanism Elder’s agreement to join the war, while the woman representing Four Seas Gate refused to commit and Mystical Flame Superior offered pills without direct intervention.
• Heavenfiend Old Monster told Dongmen Jin and Heavenly Mechanism Elder that Talisman Sword Island would act, Shang Clan Island would remain neutral, and Xuanzhong Gate might side with the opposing powers.
• Fang Qing completed the True Spirit Puppet with Crippled Immortal, arranged to keep renting his cave abode, and stored the puppet after shrinking it.
• Fang Qing cultivated the Immovable Wisdom King Radiance Sequence and gained the Immovable Wisdom King Vajra Boundary Art, which could form barriers to seal the Great Void and strengthen his abilities.
• After several months, Fang Qing left Copper Immortal Island, and Crippled Immortal’s disciple warned him that Bloodfiend Island’s Third Island Master had come to visit.

Fang Qing visited Shang Clan Island to learn about the coming righteous-demonic war and gather materials for refining the Infant-Nurturing Pill. The Shang Clan Ancestor offered to trade for the ingredients if Fang Qing agreed to fight him in a spell battle.

• Fang Qing obtained Shang Yuanxin’s confidential intelligence and deduced that Water-Moon Palace and Thunderclap Temple would fight Bloodfiend Island and its allies, while the Shang Clan secretly supported the demonic side.
• Fang Qing decided to focus on alchemy rather than the war and asked the Shang Clan to obtain rare materials for the Infant-Nurturing Pill.
• Shang Yuanxin brought in Shang Kongzhen, who explained that the materials were exceptionally rare and that he lacked authority to provide the aged creature’s flesh.
• The Shang Clan Ancestor arrived, recognized Fang Qing’s cultivation and his plan to refine the Infant-Nurturing Pill, and said the clan could gather only about half its ingredients.
• The Shang Clan Ancestor offered to trade the available ingredients if Fang Qing fought him in a spell battle so he could experience Fang Qing’s void divine abilities.

Fang Qing and the Shang Clan ancestor dueled in the Dead Profound Sea, revealing powerful treasures, spirit beasts, and techniques. Fang Qing gained the upper hand by breaking through the ancestor’s layered defenses, but their battle remained underway.

• The Shang Clan ancestor invited Fang Qing to duel in the Great Void, and Shang Yuanxin resolved to reach the Nascent Soul realm ahead of the coming war between the righteous and demonic factions.
• Fang Qing kept pace with the ancestor through the Great Void, and they chose the Dead Profound Sea as a place where they could fight without endangering others.
• Fang Qing revealed his Steel Qiongqi Puppet, Mystic Flame Demon Corpse, Heaven-Hearing Bell, and Devouring Sea Flask, leading the Shang Clan ancestor to recognize him as the mysterious Nascent Soul cultivator from the Void Ruins Secret Realm.
• The Shang Clan ancestor summoned his Dark Sun Crow and Myriad Souls Banner, and his forces battled Fang Qing’s puppet, demon corpse, and soul essences.
• The ancestor used his Five-Element Armor and ink-black lotuses to restrain Fang Qing’s allies, but Fang Qing countered with the Devouring Sea Flask, Dark Nether Mirror, and a punch that dimmed the armor’s five jewels.

Fang Qing defeated the Shang Clan ancestor in a duel, demonstrating the power of his domain Divine Ability and earning the ancestor’s respect. The two agreed to cooperate and trade materials for the Infant-Nurturing Pill, whose final ingredient might be held by the Beast-Taming Gate.

• Fang Qing broke the Shang Clan ancestor’s defenses and trapped him within the Immovable Wisdom King Vajra Boundary Art, destroying his Five-Element Armor and Life-Substitute Doll.
• The Shang Clan ancestor accepted Fang Qing’s proposal to pursue opportunities during the war and agreed to provide half the Infant-Nurturing Pill materials plus a fourth-rank water-attributed Essence Spirit Great Pill.
• Fang Qing agreed to trade Heavenly Infant Fruits and Nascent Infant Pills for the Shang Clan’s remaining materials.
• At the Octagonal Trade Tower, the Shang Clan ancestor ordered Shang Kongzhen to retrieve all the spiritual items Fang Qing required and said the clan could search for missing supplementary ingredients.
• The Shang Clan ancestor identified Bodhi Blood as the missing main ingredient and suggested the Beast-Taming Gate might possess it because its Supreme Elder had a Qilin spirit venerable.

Fang Qing traded spirit materials and stolen treasures with the Shang Clan and obtained locations for sea-eye alchemy. As Thunderclap Temple prepared for war with the demonic forces, Zhan Hongxiu and Gui Ling discussed helping bring down Water-Moon Palace and Thunderclap Temple.

• Fang Qing exchanged surplus treasures for the Shang Clan’s alchemy materials, keeping one Heavenly Infant Fruit, and received a jade slip listing sea eyes suitable for Nascent Soul alchemy.
• The Shang Clan Patriarch admitted Fang Qing surpassed him in strength and urged Shang Yuanxin to recount how she had met Fang Qing.
• Zen Master Dazhi told Dragon Tree Holy Monk that an external demon from the Void Ruins Secret Realm still troubled him, while Dragon Tree Holy Monk entered a half-secret realm to pursue Spirit Transformation.
• Monk Sacred Enlightenment and Datong planned Thunderclap Temple’s defense against the Beast-Taming Gate and discussed redirecting Heavenfiend Old Monster toward Water-Moon Palace.
• Thunderclap Temple and Water-Moon Palace reinforced their defenses as war loomed, while Zhan Hongxiu questioned Gui Ling’s plan to bring down both sects.

Fang Qing established a guarded cave near the Hidden Mystery Sea Eye and prepared to study pill refinement while awaiting Bodhi Blood for the Infant-Nurturing Pill. Elsewhere, Jiumoluo Jie and Sangji investigated the Vast Sea Sect’s destruction, rescued its surviving disciple Cang Lin, and encountered Demon Kings who had also pursued Demon Moon.

• Fang Qing built a temporary cave in an iceberg and set his Second Nascent Soul, True Spirit Puppet, and Mystic Flame Demon Corpse to guard it.
• Fang Qing planned to test sea-eye pill refinement with other pills before attempting the Infant-Nurturing Pill once Bodhi Blood arrived.
• Jiumoluo Jie and Sangji learned that the Vast Sea Sect’s longevity stone had shattered and traveled to investigate its destruction.
• Sangji and Jiumoluo Jie discovered that Great True Person Demon Moon had broken the Vast Sea Sect’s formation and killed True Person Leshan.
• Jiumoluo Jie and Sangji recruited Cang Lin to rebuild the Vast Sea Sect in Xituo Commandery and accepted the sect’s Spirit Artifact containing its treasury and Dao lineage.
• Demon King Vermilion Ibis and an earth-yellow-robed Demon King revealed that they had pursued Demon Moon, then left after arguing with the Dharma Kings over Cang Lin.

Fang Qing examined the Vast Sea Sect’s hidden Dao Treasury and considered the risks of pursuing a different Water Virtue path. Meanwhile, Demon Moon attacked Deathless Temple and cursed Cang Lin and Sangji, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Fang Qing studied the Vast Sea Sect’s cultivation manuals, including the Dragon-Transformation Scripture, and weighed whether to pursue [Chariot Water] attainment.
• Cang Lin lamented the fall of the Vast Sea Sect and his lost prospects before silver-white rain struck his residence and overwhelmed him despite his Nine Rivers Returning to the Sea Talisman.
• Sangji sealed Cang Lin in a mound of black earth and confronted Great True Person Demon Moon, who had attacked Deathless Temple.
• Demon Moon used [Rooftop Moon]’s “All Things Beget Life” to make Sangji’s body gestate a spirit infant and drain the mysteries of his Divine Abilities.
• Sangji escaped the curse by abandoning his body through “Dust-Cleansing Karmic Affinity,” but Demon Moon’s “Heaven-Eroding Rain” afflicted the abandoned flesh as Fang Qing watched.

Fang Qing secretly took control of Sangji to protect Deathless Temple from Great True Person Demon Moon, who revealed that the Phoenix had devoured Azure Luan and other offspring to seize the Golden Seat. Demon Moon escaped, and Fang Qing was left weighing the truth of her revelations and the danger of the Phoenix’s contaminated positions.

• Fang Qing used the Dao-Born Pearl to empower Sangji with the rank of Golden Nature and strengthen his Death-Terror Aspect against Demon Moon’s Silver Moon Palace.
• Sangji’s witch-sacrificial dance overwhelmed the Silver Moon Palace as Jiumoluo Jie arrived, forcing Demon Moon to abandon her attack.
• Fang Qing questioned Demon Moon about the destruction of the Vast Sea Sect, and she warned that it must never produce another [Chariot Water] Great True Person.
• Demon Moon revealed that the Phoenix had devoured Azure Luan to control the Golden Seat, then escaped into the Great Void.
• Sangji warned Cang Lin against producing a [Chariot Water] Great True Person, and Fang Qing considered whether Demon Moon’s account of the Phoenix was true.

Fang Qing pieced together the Phoenix’s plans involving the Year Guardians and considered the risks of pursuing Golden Seats, then learned the honorifics of the Phoenix and the master of [Rooftop Moon]. Meanwhile, Talisman Sword Island’s forces used the Heaven Talisman Palace to isolate Seven-Star Island and began attacking its defenses.

• Fang Qing connected the Phoenix’s offspring and the deaths of several Great Sages to the vacant positions tied to the Year Guardians, and concluded that avoiding [Net Moon] had been wise.
• Fang Qing told the three Taras that their cultivation could no longer help with his Body Refinement and claimed he had independently proved the Purple Mansion.
• Empty Peacock Tara gave the Phoenix’s honorific names, while she and Moonlight White Tara identified the master of [Rooftop Moon] as the Moon-Palace Embryo-Forming Origin Lord.
• Fang Qing considered whether having a child with a True Lord upon a Fruit Seat could enable someone to control or annex a Golden Seat.
• Talisman Sword Island’s Heaven Talisman Palace sealed off Seven-Star Island as Nascent Soul Cultivators and warships surrounded it.
• Beast-Taming Gate cultivators and puppet birds attacked Seven-Star Island’s grand formation while Heavenly Mechanism Elder, Dongmen Jin, Heaven Talisman Superior, and Sky Sword High Person watched.

The demonic forces captured Seven-Star Island and launched assaults against Water-Moon Palace and Thunderclap Temple. As the battle reached Red Reef Island, Dongmen Jin and Monk Sacred Enlightenment fought while their forces attacked the island’s formation.

• Sky Sword Superior broke through the formation and killed a Nascent Soul monk, after which the demonic army took Seven-Star Island and began building defenses.
• Dongmen Jin led his forces toward Thunderclap Temple while Bloodfiend Island and Talisman Sword Island advanced on Water-Moon Palace.
• Zhan Hongxiu watched the invasion with Turtle Elder, who said Water-Moon Palace might defend itself with a Spirit Transformation Venerable’s preserved external incarnation.
• At Red Reef Island, Monk Sacred Enlightenment appeared and killed an ox-horned Beast King with a crescent-shaped blade of light.
• Dongmen Jin and Monk Sacred Enlightenment fought with the Myriad-Poison Cloud Miasma and the Medicine Buddha Glazed Dharma Body.
• Beast-Taming Gate’s Beast Kings and demon beasts attacked Red Reef Island’s formation as Buddhist cultivators emerged to fight them.

Fang Qing weighed the hidden powers and Grotto-Heaven of the Breath-Nourishing Dao, then seized an opportunity created by the war between the righteous and demonic factions. He lured the South Sea Twin Fiends away from the Beast-Taming Gate and trapped them with two Earth Dragon Beasts.

• Fang Qing suspected that Bi Yue Crow’s history concealed secrets, considered how Water Virtue True Lords might be watching the Vast Sea Sect’s descendants, and concluded that the missing Grotto-Heaven mattered most.
• Fang Qing learned that Bloodfiend Island and Talisman Sword Island had reached Water-Moon Island, giving him a chance to obtain the Bodhi Blood needed for the Infant-Nurturing Pill.
• Fang Qing infiltrated the Beast-Taming Gate’s territory and waited for a suitable target while its high-level cultivators were away at war.
• The South Sea Twin Fiends left the sect after mistaking Fang Qing’s staged pillar of light for a treasure, and Fang Qing sealed the Great Void and trapped them in an illusion formation.
• Fang Qing overwhelmed the brothers with his Great True Person standing, released their two Earth Dragon Beasts, and used his boundary Divine Ability to separate the fiends.

Fang Qing defeated and converted the South Sea Twin Fiends, then sent them back into the Beast-Taming Gate to weaken its defenses and find the Bodhi Blood. The brothers lured the acting Sect Leader Bai Yuanhu, formation master Iron Inkstone, and alchemist Xuanxiao to their cave abode, where Big One revealed the Capital-Sky Blazing Flame Banner.

• Fang Qing used his Divine Abilities to defeat the South Sea Twin Fiends separately and convert them into his servants, naming them Big One and Second One.
• Big One and Second One killed their Earth Dragon Beasts and gave Fang Qing their fourth-rank Essence Spirit Great Pills.
• The brothers told Fang Qing that the Beast-Taming Gate had only two other Nascent Soul Cultivators remaining, including formation master Iron Inkstone and alchemist Xuanxiao, who managed the Bodhi Blood.
• Fang Qing ordered Big One and Second One to infiltrate the Beast-Taming Gate, kill the formation master and acting Sect Leader, and seek the Bodhi Blood.
• Big One and Second One returned to the sect and invited Bai Yuanhu, Iron Inkstone, and Xuanxiao to their cave abode for a gathering.
• Big One presented the Capital-Sky Blazing Flame Banner to the gathered cultivators.

Fang Qing and the South Sea Twin Fiends attacked Beast-Taming Gate, killed Iron Inkstone and Xuanxiao, and looted the sect before escaping. The Earth Qilin arrived to find the formation core stolen and three sealed ferocious beasts breaking free.

• Big One and Second One ambushed Iron Inkstone and Xuanxiao after poisoning them, killing Iron Inkstone and capturing Xuanxiao’s Nascent Soul.
• Fang Qing appeared, took the Bodhi Blood, ordered the South Sea Twin Fiends to plunder Beast-Taming Gate, and had Xuanxiao fed to the Mystic Flame Demon Corpse.
• Fang Qing searched the Scripture Repository while Beast-Taming Gate’s guards revealed the sect’s history and its inherited cultivation methods.
• Big One and Second One returned with rare treasures, pills, spirit herbs, and the sealing treasures from Ferocious Beast Cave, then Fang Qing tore open the void and left with them.
• The Earth Qilin arrived and learned that the South Sea Twin Fiends had betrayed the sect and that its formation core was gone.
• Three sealed ferocious beasts broke out, and the black ape lunged at the Earth Qilin as the sect’s cultivators prepared to fight without their formation.

Fang Qing destroyed the Earth Qilin while raiding Beast-Taming Gate, then retreated to the Dark Azure Sea with its treasures and began refining a beast core to advance his cultivation. Meanwhile, Heavenfiend Old Monster pressured Shang Clan Island to join the war and confront Xuanzhong Gate, threatening the Shang Clan with his Heaven-Piercing Numinous Treasure.

• Outside Thunderclap Temple, Dongmen Jin sensed severe casualties at Beast-Taming Gate and learned that his bonded Earth Qilin had died, but he stayed to keep Monk Sacred Enlightenment from attacking his forces.
• At Beast-Taming Gate, Fang Qing revealed that he had slain the wounded Earth Qilin and took its body and other spoils after the gate's disciples and beasts defeated three giant beasts.
• In the Dark Azure Sea, Fang Qing assessed the treasures he had stolen and began refining an Earth Dragon Beast inner core as he set his sights on reaching Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Heavenfiend Old Monster arrived at Shang Clan Island and accused the Shang Clan Patriarch of responsibility for Beast-Taming Gate's defeat; the Patriarch denied involvement and suspected Xuanzhong Gate.
• Heavenfiend Old Monster demanded that the Shang Clan Patriarch join him and Blue Madam in confronting Xuanzhong Gate, then threatened Shang Clan Island and summoned a Heaven-Piercing Numinous Treasure.

Zhong Lingxiu learned that Heaven Frost Fiend had led the Four Seas Gate into the demonic alliance, while Fang Qing began refining the Infant-Nurturing Pill in the Dark Azure Sea. On Heavenly Heart Island, Zhan Hongxiu successfully condensed her Nascent Soul, leaving the Azure Sea Sect facing a sudden shift in power.

• Zhong Lingxiu heard Heaven Frost Fiend announce that the Four Seas Gate and Shang Clan Island would join the Heavenfiend Island Alliance and attack forces affiliated with Xuanzhong Gate.
• Fang Qing learned that Heavenfiend Old Monster had killed Mystical Flame Superior, divined a fortunate sign, and began refining the Infant-Nurturing Pill at the Dark Azure Sea Eye.
• Fang Qing used the Sea Eye and fourth-order medicinal ingredients to refine the pill while cultivating, expecting the process to take at least a year and a half.
• A powerful Nascent Soul Formation phenomenon gathered over Heavenly Heart Island, alarming cultivators who feared the Azure Sea Sect's dominance would be challenged.
• Zhan Hongxiu emerged from her cave abode with her Nascent Soul formed and reflected on surviving the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Zhan Hongxiu survived her lightning tribulation and reached Nascent Soul, while Fang Qing completed an Infant-Nurturing Pill and advanced his understanding of [Chariot Water]. After learning that Zhan Hongxiu had stayed on Heavenly Heart Island, Fang Qing decided to go meet her.

• Zhan Hongxiu used the Thunder-Repelling Talisman and a refined turtle-shell shield to pass through all nine layers of her Nascent Soul lightning tribulation, then returned to her cave abode to stabilize her cultivation.
• Turtle Elder told Zhan Hongxiu he still wanted revenge on Thunderclap Hall and Water-Moon Hall and hoped to trade with Fang Qing for a Spirit Transformation opportunity.
• Fang Qing endured six bolts of Pill Thunder while refining an Infant-Nurturing Pill, gaining further Dao attainment before collecting the prime-quality pill.
• Fang Qing concluded that Mystic Skyward Ascension was the superior [Chariot Water] Divine Ability and suspected that a great figure had deliberately caused Vast Sea Sect to lose its fundamental Qiujin method.
• Fang Qing learned that Xuanzhong Gate's remaining forces had been wiped out, Zhong Lingxiu had joined Water-Moon Palace, and Zhan Hongxiu had formed her Nascent Soul on Heavenly Heart Island.
• Fang Qing decided to meet Zhan Hongxiu and stepped through the Great Void toward the Lesser Vast Sea.

Fang Qing visited Zhan Hongxiu on Heavenly Heart Island and revealed his Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation and immense gains from the Void Ruins Secret Realm. Zhan Hongxiu offered a Spirit Transformation pill formula and materials in exchange for his cultivation experience and a promise to share ascension coordinates if she reached Spirit Transformation.

• Cui Zhe worried that Zhan Hongxiu might destroy the Azure Sea Sect, then recognized Fang Qing and realized he had reached Nascent Soul.
• Fang Qing entered Zhan Hongxiu's formation, and she welcomed him and discussed their aspirations for Spirit Transformation.
• Fang Qing revealed that he had obtained a Heaven-Connecting Numinous Treasure, Spirit Transformation experience, ascension coordinates, and a captured demon.
• Zhan Hongxiu explained the history linking the All-Heaven Star Palace and Devouring Sea Demon Sect, then revealed that she possessed the Five Sacred Origin Pill formula.
• Zhan Hongxiu offered the pill formula and some materials in exchange for Fang Qing's Spirit Transformation experience and a promise to give her the ascension coordinates if she reached Spirit Transformation.

Fang Qing traded with Zhan Hongxiu for alchemical knowledge and guidance on Spirit Transformation before returning to Jade Spring Island. Meanwhile, the allied demonic forces destroyed Water-Moon Palace’s spirit vein and broke its grand formation, forcing the Second Palace Mistress to prepare for a final defense while the First Palace Mistress remained in seclusion.

• Fang Qing and Zhan Hongxiu signed a contract exchanging the Five Sacred Origin Pill formula and ingredients for Spirit Transformation insights, with Great Void coordinates promised after Zhan Hongxiu achieved Spirit Transformation.
• Fang Qing received the pill formulas, considered pursuing the true fifth-tier Primordial Spirit Pill, and advised Zhan Hongxiu on condensing a Nascent Soul before returning to Jade Spring Island.
• Zhong Lingxiu and the Heavenfrost Sect cultivators took turns attacking Water-Moon Palace’s formation as the allied forces kept them under relentless pressure.
• Heavenfiend Old Monster used a Vein-Breaking Pearl to defile Water-Moon Palace’s spirit vein, and four Nascent Soul Great Cultivators led the assault that shattered its formation.
• The Second Palace Mistress refused to awaken the First Palace Mistress, whose secluded cultivation was at a critical juncture, and ordered the others to go to the Patriarch Hall.