Recaps

A monstrous being named Chi devastated the Secret Treasury Domain and nearly destroyed its Dharma Kings before the Great Peng Wisdom King intervened. Fang Qing realized the crisis had revealed the identities and hidden bargain of powerful beings, while the rescued monks returned with their memories erased.

• Dharma King Roga burned away, and a female infant emerged from his golden body as Chi appeared above the Thirty-Six Heavens of Tiangang and destroyed the troops in the Secret Treasury Domain.
• Sangji and the other Dharma Kings, Duzi, and Dumu began to burn and swell with pregnancy until a mysterious breeze and the Great Peng Wisdom King’s call and wing rescued them.
• The Dharma Kings returned to the Secret Treasury Domain with their memories of the intervention erased, and Dharma King Vilu ended the eastern expedition.
• Fang Qing recovered from a burst of Dao Transformation power and told Zhan Hongxiu to leave with him.
• Fang Qing inferred that Chi was the offspring of beings tied to [Room Sun] and [Rooftop Moon], and that the Great Peng Wisdom King was a Vacant-Position True Lord of the [Xun Wind] lineage.

After leaving Zhan Hongxiu, Fang Qing considered the secrets behind the Qi Refinement Way and whether its Spirit Transformation cultivators could attain the Golden Seat after ascending. He hid his secret-realm treasures in a remote cave and began refining them, gaining a powerful Flood Dragon soul and a vertical eye that greatly expanded his Spiritual Sense.

• Fang Qing left Zhan Hongxiu and entered the Great Void to reconsider the origins and purpose of the Qi Refinement Way.
• Fang Qing compared the ancient Breath-Nourishing Dao methods with the newer cultivation methods and speculated that Spirit Transformation ascension helped cultivators attain the Golden Seat.
• Fang Qing wondered whether a Thunder Fruit Seat existed in Primordial Beginning Heaven and considered cultivating a thunder technique.
• Fang Qing settled in a temporary cave on a desolate island and decided to keep his secret-realm treasures after divination gave him a result of great fortune.
• Fang Qing refined the Flood Dragon inner core, causing his Devouring Sea Method to produce a powerful Flood Dragon soul.
• Fang Qing refined the Abyssal Eye Pearl, which formed a vertical eye on his brow and expanded his Spiritual Sense from ten li to thirty li.

After the Harmonious Bliss Sect fell, Bai Ziye led Fang Wujiu and the other survivors out of Eastwater while hordes of walking corpses overran the area. Elsewhere, the Eight Demon Tribes attacked the Daughter Nation, surrounding True Person Ban Yue as she defended its people.

• Fang Wujiu, Le Mingxue, and Fang Shangxuan discovered that endless female walking corpses were attacking the Esoteric Treasury Mandala formation.
• Fang Wujiu and the other cultivators found Fang Qing's meditation chamber empty, but Bai Ziye appeared and announced that they would evacuate Eastwater.
• Bai Ziye concealed the group with his divine ability as the formation collapsed and walking corpses flooded the settlement without detecting them.
• Yingzhu Demon King and the Eight Demon Tribes attacked the Daughter Nation, and Ban Yue realized they had joined forces under orders from Fallen Phoenix Mountain.
• Ban Yue refused to abandon the people, and several demonic shadows emerged to surround her.

After the Demon Race destroyed the Daughter Nation, Fang Qing learned of the upheaval and considered the hidden forces behind the recent conflicts. With his Wind-Approaching Dao Foundation perfected and the Monster Demon Way weakened, he decided the time was right to prepare for his Purple Mansion breakthrough, then felt he should revisit where it all began.

• The Eight Demon Tribes destroyed the Daughter Nation, while Great True Person Demon Moon vanished, and the Demon Kings discussed their next targets and the Esoteric Treasury.
• White Bone Dharma King ordered Moonlight White and Void Sparrow to guard Xituo Commandery, then told Fang Qing that the monk soldiers had returned under Bai Ziye’s protection.
• Fang Qing approved Sangji’s decision to abandon Wu Mountain and the other commanderies and concentrate the White Bone Way’s defenses in Xituo.
• After hearing about the Daughter Nation’s destruction, Fang Qing connected the recent upheavals to Stomach Earth’s attainment of Golden Nature and reflected on the schemes of powerful Dao lineages.
• Fang Qing concluded that the weakened Monster Demon Way offered a good opportunity to attain the Purple Mansion, reviewed his preparations, and considered returning to where it all began.

Fang Qing returned to the Lesser Vast Sea and decided to hide on a remote island while preparing to break through to the Purple Mansion stage. After secretly saving Yu Xiang'er from the Azure Sea Sect, he asked whether she wanted to form a core.

• Fang Qing visited Ice Heaven Island and Supreme White Island, where he saw Qin Ruxue, Bei Lingshu, and the others, then judged Supreme White Island too conspicuous for his long seclusion.
• Fang Qing emerged from his cave dwelling, revealed his Core Formation Middle Stage aura, and celebrated with the Azure Sea Sect to make the sect believe he had advanced during his seclusion.
• Cui Zhe led the Azure Sea Sect in an attack on the Hai Clan and confronted Yu Xiang'er, who fought him with demonic techniques and escaped after Fang Qing secretly intervened.
• Fang Qing met Yu Xiang'er on a deserted island, and she thanked him for rescuing her.
• Fang Qing asked Yu Xiang'er whether she wanted to form a core.

Fang Qing returned to the Azure Sea Sect, remembered the dead and gave Cui Zhe a healing treasure and a Core Formation treasure. He then protected Yu Xiang'er as she began Core Formation seclusion and planned to strengthen his Dark Nether Mirror by consuming the Tide-Birth Pearl.

• Fang Qing gave Yu Xiang'er a Golden Core Pill and Heaven-Cleansing Water, then promised to protect her while she attempted Core Formation.
• Fang Qing revisited Dahua Fishing Village and Carefree Peak, where he paid respects at Heaven Cauldron's grave and met the injured Cui Zhe.
• Fang Qing gave Cui Zhe Sweet Rain Springwater and Earthfire Fluid to heal his injuries and aid his Core Formation attempt.
• Ruan Zhixuan met Fang Qing and learned he had reached mid-stage Core Formation with a High-Grade True Core, while he said he had returned only to pay his respects.
• At Iron Mountain Fortress, Yu Xiang'er entered seclusion to attempt Core Formation as Fang Qing stood guard and planned to use the Tide-Birth Pearl to improve his Dark Nether Mirror.

Fang Qing watched Yu Xiang'er successfully form her True Core, then took her into seclusion on a hidden Outer Sea island. After preparing the island and refining pills to aid a breakthrough, he began readying himself to advance to Purple Mansion.

• Yu Xiang'er survived nine bolts of tribulation lightning and formed a mid-grade True Core, while Fang Qing agreed to help her stabilize it.
• Months later, the Azure Sea Sect arrived at Iron Mountain Fortress and found it abandoned after Yu Xiang'er and Fang Qing had left.
• Fang Qing and Yu Xiang'er found a concealed island with a Spirit Spring, and he chose it as their secluded cultivation site.
• Yu Xiang'er built a cave abode and set up an array that hid the island, cutting off contact with the outside world as Fang Qing instructed.
• Fang Qing refined Three Profound One-Heart Pills and gathered his treasures and resources before sitting on the Clear-Heart Meditation Mat to prepare for his breakthrough.

Fang Qing refined his Wind-Approaching Foundation into a Divine Ability and entered the Purple Mansion Heart Demon Tribulation, where he faced countless illusions and finally fell into the perilous Nirvana Tribulation. Yu Xiang'er waited anxiously outside, while a fleeing mid-Core Formation scholar arrived in the distant Lesser Vast Sea.

• Fang Qing used Lingshi Jade Rinse to help his Wind-Approaching Foundation absorb his vital essence and transform into a Divine Ability.
• Fang Qing took the Three Profound One-Heart Pill and used the Dark Nether Mirror, Soul-Nourishing Prayer Beads, and Clear-Heart Meditation Mat before sinking his True Spirit into the Heart Demon Tribulation.
• Fang Qing saw illusions of past calamities, the Sea Dragon King Festival, Sangji seeking the Dao-Born Pearl, and imagined lives, but kept a thread of clarity and saw through them.
• Fang Qing's True Spirit entered the final Nirvana Tribulation, leaving him unable to rely on outside help as Yu Xiang'er worried over his safety.
• A middle-aged mid-Core Formation scholar fled a thunderstorm in the Lesser Vast Sea, cursed the Xue Clan, and decided to find a nearby market.

Fang Qing survived the final Heart Demon Tribulation and attained the Purple Mansion, transforming the Desolate Island and empowering Qin Ruxue with a share of his status. After learning that Yuan Hongxu had devastated the Lesser Vast Sea, Fang Qing sent Qin Ruxue to kill him while he remained in seclusion.

• Fang Qing completed his Purple Mansion breakthrough, refined his Divine Ability, and transformed the Desolate Island’s Spirit Vein and Spirit Spring into Third-Order treasures.
• Fang Qing learned through the Dao-Born Pearl that Yuan Hongxu had killed Ruan Zhixuan, captured Heavenly Heart and Supreme White Islands, and founded the Sacred Heart Alliance.
• Qin Ruxue was ambushed at a fishery by three Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivators, but Fang Qing’s bestowed status let her unleash Core Formation power and kill them and the sect traitor who exposed her location.
• Yuan Hongxu arrived, but Qin Ruxue escaped through the void before he could catch her.
• Qin Ruxue reached Fang Qing’s island, and Fang Qing gave her a talisman inscribed to kill Yuan Hongxu before she departed through the Great Void.

Fang Qing used his new [Words Become Law] wondrous power to kill Yuan Hongxu, then explored how the Dao-Born Pearl could transform his Divine Abilities. He planned his next Purple Mansion breakthrough while weighing the risks of taking shortcuts toward the Golden Seat.

• Yuan Hongxu returned to the Azure Sea Sect and tried to seize Qin Ruxue’s spatial treasure, but Qin Ruxue appeared and activated a talisman that made him kill himself before the Blazing Sun Divine Bird burned his body to ash.
• Cui Zhe watched Qin Ruxue collect Yuan Hongxu’s treasures and wondered whether he was trapped in a Heart Demon illusion.
• Fang Qing sensed Yuan Hongxu’s death and explained that his [Words Become Law] wondrous power had cut off Yuan Hongxu’s fortune and life force.
• Fang Qing used the Dao-Born Pearl to transform his Divine Ability into the [Bond Metal] “Sharp Edge Chapter,” gaining sword insights, then tested several other Divine Abilities.
• Fang Qing discovered he could keep only one Divine Ability active at early Purple Mansion and considered methods for reaching mid Purple Mansion, but worried that shortcuts could weaken his foundation for proving the Golden Seat.

After reaching the Purple Mansion, Fang Qing returned to the Azure Sea Sect, paid respects at Ruan Zhixuan’s grave, and refused to take charge of the sect. He left the sect in Cui Zhe’s hands and continued toward the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm, where a major auction was about to begin.

• Fang Qing let Yu Xiang'er cultivate on Jade Spring Island, then traveled through the Great Void to the Azure Sea Sect.
• Cui Zhe escorted Fang Qing to Ruan Zhixuan’s grave, where Fang Qing offered incense and told Qin Ruxue to keep the Blazing Flame Scroll.
• Linghu Zhong urged Fang Qing to lead the sect, but Fang Qing refused and left the Azure Sea Sect in Cui Zhe’s hands, with Qin Ruxue guarding Supreme White Island.
• Fang Qing left the Azure Sea Sect and checked the All-Heaven Star Palace Secret Realm, deciding it would likely remain closed for another ten or twenty years.
• Fang Qing reviewed affairs in the Breath-Nourishing Dao and planned to travel east, then learned that the Shang Clan’s top auction was about to begin.

The Azure Departure Fang family reviewed its finances and agreed to impose stricter rules on family cultivators while seeking additional cultivation methods. The meeting ended with Le Mingxue naming Fang Daoling as the family’s candidate to seek an opportunity at Deathless Temple after reaching Qi Ingestion Ninth Layer.

• Fang Wujiu and Fang Shanglin discussed the family’s children and Daoyun’s [Three Stars Water] fate chart.
• At the clan meeting, Fang Wujiu reported that the family’s expenses exceeded its income and proposed that cultivators repay support and receive fixed resource allotments.
• Le Mingxue agreed to Fang Wujiu’s reforms and discussed expanding the family’s collection of cultivation methods beyond Water Virtue.
• Fang Wujiu urged the younger generation to search for Dao Foundation methods and other useful traditions when traveling.
• After the other cultivators left, Le Mingxue told Fang Shangxuan and Fang Daoling that Daoling should go to Deathless Temple after reaching Qi Ingestion Ninth Layer.

Fang Qing returned to Purple Mansion and planned to use his Steel Strength Dudzi identity to gather resources while slowly addressing the White Bone Way’s debt to Chu Zhaohuang. He concealed his cultivation and set out for a top-tier auction, leaving his eastern assignment open to prolonged preparation.

• Fang Wujiu and Le Mingxue worried about the Fang Family’s ties to Steel Strength Dudzi, while Fang Qing recognized Fang Daoling as a promising Dao Foundation Seed.
• Fang Qing judged that the Golden Core True Lords were limited in their ability to act and grew urgent about gathering resources before Grand Yellow Heaven opened.
• Fang Qing had Sangji maintain his Steel Strength Dudzi cover and arrange an official dispatch east, where he could begin planning around Chu Zhaohuang.
• Fang Qing accepted Purple Mansion spiritual materials from Sangji, urged him to advance his cultivation, and declined to meet Demon-Subduing Black Tara.
• Fang Qing traveled to the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm, concealed his Divine Ability and aura, and decided to attend a top-tier auction before visiting the Supreme Unity Arcane Sect.
• Fang Qing resolved to delay confronting Chu Zhaohuang and considered laying groundwork in the Wu Kingdom while remaining the White Bone Way’s agent.

Zhan Hongxiu and Fang Qing attended a top-tier auction hosted by the Shang Clan, where Nascent Soul cultivators gathered and the opening lots were sold. The chapter ended with a quasi-fourth-tier puppet offered through sealed bidding for rare cultivation resources.

• Zhan Hongxiu used her Shang Clan Token to enter a private box and reviewed the auction's privacy and bidding rules.
• Fang Qing arrived later, divined that his fortune was auspicious and an old acquaintance was present, then waited for the auction to begin.
• Shang Qiukong opened the auction and demonstrated the Shang Clan's influence by revealing details about Old Monster Jin's cultivation and ailment.
• Bidders competed openly for a genuine Golden Core Pill, which sold for one hundred and twenty high-grade spirit stones.
• Shang Qiukong offered a quasi-fourth-tier Heavenly Mechanism Gate puppet through sealed bidding, seeking supreme-grade spirit stones or rare resources for Nascent Soul cultivation.

Fang Qing won the Heavenly Water Alchemy Classic and discovered that the Star Palace Tokens resembled his Devouring Sea Token, which could let him enter the Void Ruins Secret Realm. As the auction ended, he warned Shang Yuanxin that a fatal calamity awaited him and teleported away.

• Fang Qing bid successfully on the Heavenly Water Alchemy Classic with High-Grade Spirit Stones and Ten-Thousand-Year Stone Milk, then verified that it included an authentic Nascent Infant Pill recipe.
• Shang Yuanci completed the exchange and invited Fang Qing to sell pills through her establishment on Mysterious Origin Island.
• Turtle Elder urged Zhan Hongxiu to win a Star Palace Token, explaining how the Tortoise-Crane Longevity Formula could identify her as a Star Palace disciple; Zhan Hongxiu won one after fierce bidding.
• Fang Qing noticed that the Star Palace Tokens closely resembled his Devouring Sea Token and divined that it gave him a ninety percent chance of entering the Void Ruins Secret Realm.
• After the auction ended, Fang Qing declined the private exchange gathering and warned Shang Yuanxin that staying there would bring grave misfortune before teleporting away.

Fang Qing traveled to the Wu Kingdom and posed as a young swordsman at a roadside tavern, where he learned about the local martial world and its paths to immortality. The chapter left him questioning the legend of the Eighth Worthy Prince and the royal family’s power.

• Fang Qing reached the Wu Kingdom, adopted local clothing, bought a sword, and stopped at a roadside tavern in Qiantang.
• Fang Qing befriended Proprietor Li and joined the gathered martial artists in boasting about making a name for himself.
• Proprietor Li told Fang Qing about the Eight Renowned Swords, Asking Sword Mountain, the Wuyue Sword Pavilion, and the Wu Kingdom royal house.
• A martial artist recounted how the Eighth Worthy Prince defeated the Third Prince’s rebellion, then yielded the throne to the Tenth Prince and entered the martial world.
• Fang Qing privately dismissed the Eighth Worthy Prince’s choice and wondered why the royal house’s Purple Mansion cultivators had not intervened.

Fang Qing watched Li Lu defeat Qian Mingsu in a staged sword match, then left Wu Yue while the Purple Mansion powers behind the conflict argued in the Great Void. True Person Li remained suspicious of the Wuyue Sword Pavilion as Fang Qing continued toward Asking Sword Mountain and the Vast Sea Sect.

• Fang Qing realized the Wu Kingdom succession struggle concealed a cultivation-world scheme and learned that Boss Li was the Eighth Virtuous Prince, Li Lu.
• Qian Mingsu of the Wuyue Sword Pavilion challenged Li Lu to a sword match, and Li Lu summoned the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow.
• Li Lu defeated Qian Mingsu with a single strike, destroying Autumn Water and perfecting his Dao Foundation.
• Fang Qing left the scene by flying sword and continued toward Asking Sword Mountain and the Vast Sea Sect.
• In the Great Void, True Person Li confronted a Wuyue Sword Pavilion True Person over the scheme and suspected the Pavilion's loyalty to the Wu Kingdom.

Fang Qing traveled to Asking Sword Mountain, where he examined the famous sword scars and restrained his bonded flying sword from challenging them. He sensed a coming storm in the Wu-Yue Lands as Li Lu approached Purple Mansion and continued hunting Metal Virtue sword cultivators.

• Fang Qing reflected on the weakened Golden Core True Lords and learned through the Dao-Born Pearl that Shang Yuanxin had survived his tribulation and thanked him through Zhong Lingxiu.
• Shang Yuanxin told Zhong Lingxiu that Heavenfiend Old Monster had attacked the auction gathering, many cultivators had died, and the mysterious female cultivator had escaped.
• Zhong Lingxiu learned that Heaven Frost Adept had been injured in the battle, while Fang Qing recalled Zhan Hongxiu's knack for getting caught up in trouble.
• Fang Qing reached Asking Sword Mountain and passed through its mist, revealing himself as a sword cultivator to a mortal who hoped to become his disciple.
• Fang Qing studied the sword scars on the mountain wall as a cultivator explained how the True Lord's wall ranked swords that left their mark.
• Slay-Break-Wolf stirred to challenge the famed swords, but Fang Qing restrained it and foresaw bloodshed as Li Lu neared Purple Mansion by hunting Metal Virtue sword cultivators.

Fang Qing learned about Profound Void Heaven and cautiously entered it by controlling a converted cultivator’s divine sense. After attending Northern Zhou’s Monthly Appraisal, he met Yin Kaitian, who began hinting at a scheme involving the Four-Silence Sect.

• Chu Chenguang gave Fang Qing a Profound Void Stone and explained how to enter Profound Void Heaven.
• Fang Qing converted several vicious criminals and used one to explore Profound Void Heaven while concealing his own identity.
• Fang Qing visited the Qiantang district and observed Northern Zhou’s Grand Arbiter appraise the Eight Worthies Prince.
• Yin Kaitian approached Fang Qing, led him to a teahouse, and asked whether he had heard of the Four-Silence Sect.

Fang Qing joined the Four-Silence Sect after Yin Kaitian revealed its doctrine and its claims about the path to [Year Guardian], then investigated the sect from Wu Kingdom and suspected it had powerful backing. While traveling through the Wu-Yue Lands, he confronted a feudal lord’s soldier who was forcing villagers into labor and enforcing a weapons ban.

• Yin Kaitian recruited Fang Qing into the Four-Silence Sect by explaining its doctrine that All Things Are Four and its theories about Golden Core True Lords and [Year Guardian].
• Fang Qing accepted the invitation, exchanged Profound Void Heaven marks with Yin Kaitian, and learned that the sect’s master was said to have founded the sect after receiving divine revelation.
• Back in Wu Kingdom, Fang Qing divined that Yin Kaitian and Chu Chenguang had arranged to assess and recruit him, and he suspected the sect’s master was a Purple Mansion cultivator with possible Golden Core backing.
• Fang Qing sent his expendable material to gather intelligence in Profound Void Heaven while he traveled through the Wu-Yue Lands and observed the hardships imposed on the common people.
• When a feudal lord’s soldier ordered villagers to provide laborers and threatened Fang Qing for carrying a sword, Fang Qing cut off the soldier’s hand, prompting him to kneel and address Fang Qing as an immortal.

Fang Qing killed the Ning Family knight, its young master, and its Late Dao Foundation ancestor, then fought off Azure Eyes the True Person after recognizing that someone had manipulated him toward Qiantang City. He escaped, leaving Azure Eyes wounded and convinced he had been fooled by a disguised Esoteric Treasury Dharma King.

• Fang Qing killed the Ning Family knight and the young master who attacked him, then waited for the Ning Family ancestor to arrive.
• Fang Qing defeated the Late Dao Foundation ancestor with Slay-Break-Wolf, took his ox-headed bonded sword, and gained insights into Ox Metal.
• Fang Qing resisted a force compelling him to travel to Qiantang City and attacked the old boatman, Azure Eyes the True Person, at the river crossing.
• Azure Eyes healed and blamed an Esoteric Treasury Dharma King for disguising himself as a Dao Foundation cultivator, while Fang Qing escaped into the Great Void.

Fang Qing traveled to the Vast Sea Sect as Steel Strength Dudzi to obtain a Purple Mansion continuation of the Whale-Swallows-the-Sea Formula. After trading for it, he learned from True Person Leshan that [Chariot Water] had once displaced [Wall Water] as the rightful Water Virtue.

• True Person Azure Eyes learned that Steel Strength Dudzi belonged to the Esoteric Treasury's White Bone Way and decided to wait for a chance to settle accounts with him.
• Fang Qing reached the Vast Sea Sect, identified himself as Steel Strength Dudzi, and was welcomed by True Person Leshan.
• Fang Qing explained that he sought a [Winnowing Basket Water] Purple Mansion Gong or a [Chariot Water] continuation for the Eastwater White Clan.
• True Person Leshan agreed to trade Fang Qing the Purple Mansion Chapter of the Whale-Swallows-the-Sea Formula for several Purple Mansion Spirit Assets.
• Fang Qing discussed Water Virtue with True Person Leshan and True Person Sanmu, then learned that [Chariot Water] had deposed [Wall Water] from Water Virtue's rightful position.

Fang Qing obtained the Whale-Swallows-the-Sea Formula from Leshan and sought other Water Virtue inheritances, especially Wall Water. Sanmu and Leshan offered him two Purple Mansion methods in exchange for helping raid a hidden site in Eastern Wu, and the three entered the Great Void to discuss the plan as the Tide-Watching Sword Assembly drew near.

• Leshan and Sanmu discussed how Chariot Water had taken Water Virtue's rightful position from Wall Water, and Fang Qing asked them about the Four-Silence Sect and Lord Pu.
• A Dao Foundation cultivator delivered the Whale-Swallows-the-Sea Formula, which Leshan gave to Fang Qing; Fang Qing studied its Facing the Abyss Divine Ability.
• Fang Qing asked to trade for Purple Mansion methods from the other branches of Water Virtue, especially Wall Water.
• Sanmu proposed that Fang Qing help him and Leshan open a hidden site in Eastern Wu, and Leshan offered him two non-Chariot Water methods for his help.
• Fang Qing agreed to hold off one Early Purple Mansion cultivator if needed, and Sanmu said the Wuyue Sword Pavilion was occupied with affairs in Qiantang City.
• Fang Qing asked about the Tide-Watching Sword Assembly and Li Lu, then entered the Great Void with Sanmu and Leshan.

Fang Qing helped Sanmu and Leshan raid a secret realm, then faced Xu Qing in Great Void and endured the Sword Immortal’s attacks before escaping. Back at Vast Sea Sect, he negotiated his reward and took two Radiant Iridescent Scales, while Leshan agreed to provide the promised cultivation techniques.

• Sanmu found a hidden secret realm in Great Void, and Leshan explained the danger of attracting Purple Mansion cultivators while they plundered it.
• Fang Qing encountered Xu Qing and his green-dressed junior sister, then fought Xu Qing’s powerful [Neck Metal] sword arts with the Bronze Halberd.
• Fang Qing used his Ignorance-Slighting Ashen Flame to withstand Xu Qing’s attacks and withdrew after receiving Sanmu’s warning.
• Fang Qing escaped Xu Qing by returning to Great Void and circling back to Vast Sea Sect.
• Sanmu offered Fang Qing two of the seven Radiant Iridescent Scales recovered from the secret realm, and Fang Qing considered using them to advance Slay-Break-Wolf.
• Leshan agreed to provide the sect’s two promised Purple Mansion cultivation techniques, beginning with the Heaven-One Generates Water Formula.

Fang Qing studied Water Virtue cultivation methods, healed his sword wound by transforming his Divine Abilities, and cultivated Facing the Abyss. He learned that the Tide-Watching Sword Assembly in Qiantang was being arranged to advance Li Lu’s prospects, then agreed to attend.

• Fang Qing chose Three Stars Water and received the Heaven-One Generates Water Formula and Ouyang's Miscellany on Sword-Refining and Fire-Tempering from Leshan.
• Fang Qing left the Vast Sea Sect, used Dao-Born Pearl to transform Maiden Earth into Wings Fire, and refined the sword qi in his wound into spiritual energy with Origin-Refining Cauldron.
• Fang Qing cultivated Facing the Abyss and studied the Heaven-One Generates Water Formula, discovering that he needed a strand of its True Qi as a catalyst.
• Fang Qing took control of his disciple in Profound Void Heaven and learned from Yin Kaitian that their group was heading to Qiantang for the Tide-Watching Sword Assembly.
• Fang Qing saw that Yin Kaitian faced a likely deadly calamity and suspected the gathering had been arranged to benefit Li Lu, but agreed to attend.