Recaps

Fang Wuchen brought his family to the Secret Treasury Domain to escape the fighting in Xituo Commandery, where he reunited with Suqing. Fang Qing then refined five Great Chun Pills for Suqing, but drove her out when she offered him two as payment.

• Fang Qing told Bai Ziye and the Taras that the conflict with the Corpse Yin Sect would remain at the Purple Mansion level, and they prepared to move Dao Foundation clans into the Esoteric Treasury if the situation worsened.
• Fang Qing told Fang Wuchen that Suqing was safe and heading for the Esoteric Treasury.
• Fang Wuchen arrived at Horse-Head Vajra Temple with Hu Yunshu and several descendants, intending to establish a branch of his family there.
• Fang Wuchen reunited with Suqing, who planned to refine pills at Horse-Head Vajra Temple.
• Fang Qing spent forty-nine days refining Suqing’s ingredients and produced five Great Chun Pills.
• Suqing offered Fang Qing two pills as payment, but he refused and drove her out with all five pills.

Fang Qing reflected on how refining the Great Chun Pill had strengthened his cultivation, then Old Daoist Sanmu completed his fourth Divine Ability and discovered a method for seeking the Golden Core Great Dao. Great True Person Demon Moon confronted him, and he escaped her attack only by abandoning a severed hand.

• Fang Qing returned to the pill chamber and considered how refining the Great Chun Pill had refined Xu Hei's Dao Foundation and benefited his own cultivation.
• Old Daoist Sanmu completed Gathering Flourishing Shadows on a Desolate Island and realized the pills he had received had accelerated his progress through Human Pill blood-qi.
• Old Daoist Sanmu combined the Essentials of the Fourfold Azure Willow Art with the Gold-Seeking Method and derived the Lesser Yin Comet Moon Method for seeking the Golden Core Great Dao.
• Great True Person Demon Moon attacked Old Daoist Sanmu on the island, and he recognized her Divine Ability and attempted to flee through the Great Void.
• Great True Person Demon Moon used a Lunar Yin dharma treasure to strike Old Daoist Sanmu, who escaped while leaving behind a severed, withered hand.

Fang Qing reached Perfection in both the Purple Mansion Divine Abilities and Nascent Soul cultivation, then considered the Breath-Nourishing Dao’s dangers and the changing balance of power in the Eastern Sea. After learning that a great beast tide was forming, he saw an opportunity to gather materials for his Qi Refinement Way breakthrough to Spirit Transformation.

• Fang Qing achieved Divine Ability Perfection and Nascent Soul Perfection, and decided to pursue Spirit Transformation through the Qi Refinement Way before revising his Gold-Seeking Method.
• Fang Qing reflected on the hidden struggles of the Year-Seizing Game and resolved to observe the Breath-Nourishing Dao without entering it with his original body.
• Fang Qing reviewed the Eastern Sea’s weakened powers and the rise of the Myriad Stars Alliance after the deaths of the Water-Moon Palace Grand Palace Master and Dragon Tree Holy Monk.
• Big One and Second One brought Fang Qing a fourth-rank demon beast’s inner core, and Heavenfiend Old Monster reported that outer-sea demon beasts were gathering into a possible great beast tide.
• Fang Qing concluded that upper-grade demon beasts could provide materials for his Spirit Transformation pills and secret techniques, and chose to watch the beast tide while following the Year-Seizing Game.

Fang Qing tested how the Dao-Born Pearl could aid cultivators across different systems while Zhan Hongxiu escaped Divine Ray Palace with a stolen Myriad-Year Peng Blood Fruit and defeated her pursuers. She planned to use the coming beast tide to advance and settle her scores with Water-Moon Palace and Thunderclap Temple.

• Zhong Lingxiu broke through to late Core Formation after Fang Qing sent him matching ice-attribute mana, and Fang Qing reflected on the limits of using the Dao-Born Pearl to empower cultivators of other systems.
• Zhan Hongxiu and Turtle Elder fled Divine Ray Palace after stealing the Myriad-Year Peng Blood Fruit and were pursued by two mid fourth-rank demons.
• Zhan Hongxiu stopped fleeing, trapped the demons in a golden cage, poisoned one with the Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Nail, and killed both.
• Zhan Hongxiu took the demons’ essence souls and great cores, while Turtle Elder discussed the Five Sacred Origin Pill, the coming beast tide, and her path toward Spirit Transformation.
• Zhan Hongxiu agreed to use the beast tide to grow stronger and eventually destroy Water-Moon Palace and Thunderclap Temple for their resources.

Sangji cultivated the Death-Terror Aspect and became a late Purple Mansion Great Dharma King before Fang Qing took over his body to pursue Great True Person Demon Moon. Fang Qing used Suqing’s lingering resentment toward Demon Moon to draw her into the hunt, then revealed his identity as Buddha’s Son and compelled her to accompany him.

• Sangji completed the Sky Burial ritual, cultivated his third Divine Ability, and received intelligence that Sanmu had vanished into the Sinking Moon Sea while fleeing Great True Person Demon Moon.
• Fang Qing concluded that Great Snow Mountain wanted him to pursue Demon Moon and considered using his lingering Causality with her to track her down.
• True Person Suqing visited the Temple of All Living Beings Without Form, where Fang Qing, occupying Sangji’s body, learned that her resentment toward Demon Moon was hindering her cultivation.
• Fang Qing urged Suqing to pursue Demon Moon to resolve her resentment, and she tried to leave when she realized he was serious.
• Fang Qing revealed his Buddha’s Son status, summoned his bone regalia, and ordered Suqing to accompany him.

Fang Qing and True Person Suqing found Demon Moon Great True Person on Skyfeather Island, where her power had transformed the islanders into Featherfolk. Fang Qing defeated her, then accused her of seeking a Lunar Yin Corpse Release Immortal.

• Fang Qing and True Person Suqing arrived at Skyfeather Island and learned that a mysterious True Person had changed the islanders into Featherfolk.
• Hua Tianfeng led Fang Qing and Suqing through the silver-decorated palace built for Demon Moon Great True Person.
• Fang Qing and Suqing found Demon Moon seated in the hall, wielding four Divine Abilities and a Lunar Yin dharma treasure zither.
• Demon Moon attacked with her zither and Divine Abilities, while Suqing used Shattering Edge to cut away the illusory infant forming inside her.
• Fang Qing shattered the Silver Moon Palace and defeated Demon Moon, then accused her of seeking gold and a Lunar Yin Corpse Release Immortal.

Fang Qing and True Person Suqing discovered that Demon Moon Great True Person had built the palace as a tomb to undergo Lunar Yin Corpse Release, but her Gold-Seeking attempt also served a larger plan to add Lunar Yin qi to the Outer Sea’s Water Virtue spirit atmosphere. As dawn approached, Demon Moon’s newly formed body had yet to awaken, and Fang Qing judged that her breakthrough was in danger.

• Fang Qing deduced that Demon Moon Great True Person intended to use his hand to undergo Corpse Release, and he refused to kill her or help her succeed.
• Demon Moon began seeking Gold on her own, with her body decaying as her Divine Abilities formed Lunar Chains; Fang Qing and True Person Suqing withdrew from the hall.
• The Featherfolk transformed into demonic birds, while Heaven-Eroding Rain and All Things Beget Life spread around the palace as Lunar Yin qi filled Skyfeather Island.
• Fang Qing deduced that Demon Moon was an expendable pawn whose breakthrough would add Lunar Yin meaning to the Water Virtue spirit atmosphere, improving the conditions for True Person Sanmu to seek Gold.
• A new body formed within the Lunar Yin pillar, but it had not opened its eyes, and Fang Qing warned that the approaching dawn would make Demon Moon’s Corpse Release difficult.

Old Daoist Sanmu attained the [Dipper Wood] Vacant Position as Lesser-Yin Dark-Hao True Lord, changing the world’s Spirit Atmosphere and clearing the rain. Xia Yuanqi began his Golden Attainment, while Yuan Tired Envoy opened White Radiance Heaven to prepare a Metal Virtue True Lord’s revival.

• Old Daoist Sanmu used the Lesser Yin Comet Moon Method at Sinking Moon Sea and attained the [Dipper Wood] Vacant Position as Lesser-Yin Dark-Hao True Lord.
• Sanmu’s attainment changed the Spirit Atmosphere, and the rain clouds over Later Xia receded, prompting an old farmer to thank him.
• Xia Yuanqi began seeking Golden Attainment at Nine-Heavens Fire Manor after the Grotto-Heaven ordered him to act following Sanmu’s success.
• Yuan Tired Envoy opened White Radiance Heaven with a command token and had the Mysterious Vault World-Tempering Nether-Suppressing Manifestation Yin Celestial Emperor swallow [Ghost Metal] Golden Nature.

Daoist Sanmu and Xia Yuanqi each advanced toward a Golden Seat, drawing the attention of powerful beings and changing the spirit atmosphere. As Lesser-Yin Dark-Hao True Lord faced a terrifying Wood Virtue True Lord, Fang Qing watched from Skyfeather Island and saw Sanmu’s form turn illusory.

• Daoist Sanmu became Lesser-Yin Dark-Hao True Lord, but a colossal Wood Virtue True Lord attacked him with a Horn Wood Flood Dragon.
• Xia Yuanqi completed the Wings Fire Secondary Position ritual as an Azure Luan incarnation descended and led him into the Great Void.
• Fang Qing recognized that the changing spirit atmosphere suited his Winnowing Basket Water path, but chose to delay seeking gold because he still had doubts about the Golden Seat.
• As the Great Sun rose, the spirit atmosphere shifted from Water Virtue to Wood Virtue, and Suqing learned that Sanmu had become a True Lord.
• Suqing was blinded when she looked upon the enormous True Lord Dharma Forms, while Fang Qing watched as a Horn Wood Flood Dragon coiled around Lesser-Yin Dark-Hao True Lord and made his form turn illusory.

Fang Qing watched True Lords and their allies clash over Wood, Fire, and Metal Virtues, while the shifting Spirit Atmosphere threw the world into chaos. As Great True Person Demon Moon broke apart on Skyfeather Island, she revealed that the Bi Yue Crow Great Sage had disrupted the resurrection of multiple Year Guardians and might have tampered with the Golden Seats.

• Fang Qing realized that Kui Zang Xianqing had used regency over a Horn Wood flood dragon to control Horn Wood's secondary position and advance to Late Golden Core.
• Xia Yuanqi appeared as the Ashen-Sky Burning-Wood Great Sage and attacked Kui Zang Xianqing amid support from the Phoenix and a Tail Fire True Lord.
• A Metal Virtue True Lord emerged as metal and fire joined the attack, and their clashing imagery changed the Spirit Atmosphere and caused chaos throughout the world.
• Fang Qing saw Great True Person Demon Moon's body shatter on Skyfeather Island, then heard her reveal that the Bi Yue Crow Great Sage had interrupted the resurrection preparations of the Lunar Yin, Metal Virtue, and Fire Virtue Year Guardians.
• Demon Moon suggested that the Bi Yue Crow might have tampered with the Golden Seats, and Fang Qing realized it had swallowed Neck Metal and devoured Tail Fire.

Fang Qing watched True Lord Kui Zang Xianqing defeat his attackers and approach Golden Core Perfection, only to be ensnared by his supposed ally on [Rooftop Moon]. As True Person Suqing awakened, Fang Qing realized the planned sword strike was meant to save Kui Zang Xianqing, not kill him.

• A blood moon disrupted the battle, stripping the Ashen-Sky Burning-Wood Great Sage of support from the [Tail Fire] and [Neck Metal] cultivators.
• True Lord Kui Zang Xianqing concealed himself with [Kui Wood], overcame his opponents, and moved toward Golden Core Perfection while suppressing Lesser-Yin Dark-Hao True Lord.
• After Lesser-Yin Dark-Hao True Lord vanished, Kui Zang Xianqing's dharma manifestation split open as the blood moon and moonlight began to engulf him.
• Fang Qing deduced that the [Rooftop Moon] True Lord had used Sanmu and the Sinking Moon method to influence Kui Zang Xianqing, and feared he had also been targeted.
• True Person Suqing awakened, and Fang Qing realized the sword strike planned for her was meant to save Kui Zang Xianqing.

Fang Qing used True Person Suqing’s [Horn Wood] Golden Nature to restore the world’s memory of Guangmu, breaking True Lord Kui Zang Xianqing’s concealment and weakening him. As the conflict over [Rooftop Moon] continued, the Secret Treasury Origin manifested a vast Buddhist domain and unleashed a blinding radiance.

• The Heaven-Dawn Spirit Abyss Dragon Lord, True Person Suqing, the Azure Luan, and other True Lords attacked True Lord Kui Zang Xianqing and the Moon-Palace Embryo-Forming Origin Lord, giving Kui Zang Xianqing time to escape with the [Horn Wood] Flood Dragon.
• Fang Qing realized that restoring Guangmu’s forgotten name could sever one of Kui Zang Xianqing’s foundations, and he awakened Suqing’s [Horn Wood] Golden Nature.
• Fang Qing invoked the Eastern Pole Year Guardian Azure Root True Lord’s name, causing the world to remember Guangmu and revealing the hidden Sky Horn Sect in the Outer Sea.
• Guangmu awoke inside the Flood Dragon and attacked Kui Zang Xianqing, forcing his realm to fall from Golden Core Perfection to Late Golden Core.
• Fang Qing and Suqing retreated as the Secret Treasury Origin appeared with a vast Buddhist domain and a radiant Great Sun that burned out Fang Qing’s eyes.

Fang Qing reviewed the Year-Seizing Game’s damage, removed the Moon in the Well Divine Ability to escape Lunar Yin’s influence, and decided to remain on the Qi Refinement Way. Meanwhile, the Great Sun Tathagata’s manifestation changed the Spirit Atmosphere, the invaders withdrew from Xituo Commandery, and Sangji and Suqing returned from the Golden Core conflict to witness Later Xia’s collapse.

• Fang Qing healed his Dao Transformation injuries with the Dao-Born Pearl and concluded that the Great Sun Tathagata’s Great Transformation Origin could surpass Golden Core Perfection.
• Fang Qing identified Moon in the Well and the Winnowing Basket Water Gold-Seeking Method as traps set by Rooftop Moon, then used the Dao-Born Pearl to remove Moon in the Well.
• Fang Qing assessed the losses suffered by the True Lords and their factions and resolved to await the beast tide on the Qi Refinement Way before seeking Spirit Transformation.
• Fang Wuchen witnessed the Great Sun Tathagata manifest and teach in the Secret Treasury Domain, changing the Spirit Atmosphere to Sun Patrols the Heavens.
• Empty Peacock Tara told Fang Wuchen that the Corpse Yin Sect, the Demon Race, Cloud-Rubbing Cliff, and the Gale Tribe had withdrawn from Xituo Commandery.
• Sangji and Suqing returned to the Temple of All Living Beings Without Form after the Golden Core conflict, and Sangji lamented Later Xia’s collapse following Xia Yuanqi’s death.

True Person Suqing recovered memories of her past life and left for Sky Horn Sect, while Sangji and Fang Qing continued investigating the surviving True Lords. Fang Wuchen considered returning to a dangerous secret place for a Purple Mansion opportunity, and Sangji learned that Great Treasury Temple had received a new divine ability from Akasagarbha Bodhisattva, prompting suspicions about True Lord Kui Zang Xianqing’s plans.

• Sangji told True Person Suqing that her past-life ties led to Sky Horn Sect, and she immediately departed for the Outer Sea.
• Fang Wuchen learned of the Outer Sea’s devastation, praised Fang Daoling’s Mountain-Reclaiming Pearl, and considered revisiting a secret place to seek a Purple Mansion opportunity for him.
• Shoucangxuan summoned Sangji to Great Treasury Temple on the Living Buddha’s orders.
• Sangji found five images of Akasagarbha Bodhisattva in the temple and learned that the Bodhisattva had bestowed the Earth-Hiding Body divine ability.
• Fang Qing inferred that True Lord Kui Zang Xianqing’s public ascension had been intended to draw Great Sun Tathagata’s protection and wondered whether Kui Zang Xianqing had planned it from the start.

Fang Qing learned that the Three-Treasuries Site concealed something significant, while Fang Wuchen entered it and was pulled into a Grotto-Heaven after hearing a Golden Core True Lord cry for help. Fang Qing later reached the site himself, uncovered its hidden chambers, and heard the same plea near the mysterious black stele, but could not find the Grotto-Heaven’s entrance.

• Shoucangxuan gave Sangji a scroll naming suspected sites of corruption, including the hidden Three-Treasuries Site, and Sangji recognized its importance.
• Fang Qing realized the site was where Suqing had obtained Heaven-One Generates Water and decided to investigate it after Sangji returned.
• Fang Wuchen explored the site, collected a Nine-Aperture Origin Stone, and discovered the black stele as a woman cried for help.
• Fang Wuchen lost consciousness and awoke on a vast lake inside a Grotto-Heaven connected to the secret site.
• Fang Qing entered the site as Sangji, exposed its hidden passages and treasures, and heard a True Lord pleading for help near the black stele.
• Fang Qing searched around the stele but failed to find the Grotto-Heaven’s entrance.

Fang Qing used Sangji’s discovery of the Jun Heaven Pot to learn that Profound Void Subtle True Lord had been trapped and driven half-mad after seeking the corrupted [Wall Water] Golden Seat. He realized Lunar Yin had blocked the Water Virtue path to Year Guardian and resolved to strengthen himself, investigate Moon-Palace Embryo-Forming Origin Lord, and consider other Golden Seats.

• Fang Qing traced the hidden Grotto-Heaven’s clues to his Fang Family bloodline and realized entry required hearing a True Lord’s cries, contamination, and the right bloodline.
• Buddhist Son Sangji used his divine ability to retrace the past and saw Fang Wuchen enter the Grotto-Heaven.
• A vortex opened in the stone stele, and the Jun Heaven Pot emerged for Sangji to take back to the Esoteric Treasury.
• Fang Qing sensed the trapped [Winnowing Basket Water] True Lord through the pot and identified her as likely Profound Void Subtle True Lord, whose attempt to attain [Wall Water] had gone wrong.
• Fang Qing concluded Lunar Yin had blocked the [Wall Water] Golden Seat and that Moon-Palace Embryo-Forming Origin Lord could interfere with anyone seeking [Winnowing Basket Water].
• Fang Qing ordered Sangji to contact Shoucangxuan and Vilu, planned to alert Great Snow Mountain, and chose to cultivate in Primordial Beginning Heaven while pursuing greater strength.

During the beast tide, Zhong Lingxiu obtained a Three-Flower Clear-Spirit Pill for his injured master, Heaven Frost Fiend, while the Myriad Stars Alliance suspected his identity. The chapter ended with Heaven Frost Fiend asking where the remnants of the Heavenfrost Sect should seek refuge.

• Zhong Lingxiu hunted a Third-Order demon beast, evaded its pursuers, and traded its materials at a hidden marketplace for a Three-Flower Clear-Spirit Pill.
• Alchemist Wu suspected Zhong Lingxiu was a Heavenfrost Sect remnant and considered reporting him to the Myriad Stars Alliance, but demon beasts attacked the marketplace before he could act.
• Zhong Lingxiu returned to a concealed cave and presented the pill to Heaven Frost Fiend, whose body had been destroyed and whose cultivation was wavering between Core Formation and Nascent Soul.
• Heaven Frost Fiend asked Zhong Lingxiu whether the Heavenfrost Sect should seek refuge with the Seven Star Isles, the Myriad Stars Alliance, the Shang Clan, or the Cloud Prefecture Commerce Association.

Fang Qing continued cultivating on the mobile Bloodfiend Island and prepared for its arrival near Heavenfrost Sect, giving Zhong Lingxiu hope of joining him. Before the island could reach the sect, two transformed demons attacked Heavenfrost Sect, and Zhong Lingxiu was struck by a soul-piercing shriek.

• Cui Zhe reflected on the Azure Sea Sect's new life on Bloodfiend Island, where Fourth-Order spiritual qi and guidance from Nascent Soul cultivators aided their cultivation.
• Fang Qing focused on pill formulas and developing a new Water Virtue technique, then learned Bloodfiend Island would pass near Zhong Lingxiu and told him to prepare.
• Several months later, two transformed demons approached Heavenfrost Sect, intending to trap and devour its Nascent Soul cultivator with the Shell Race's Moonheart Ritual.
• Brother Qin summoned Wind Spirits whose faces resembled Zhong Lingxiu's senior brothers, then unleashed a shriek that injured Zhong Lingxiu's sea of consciousness.

Zhong Lingxiu fled a demon attack, but Heavenfiend Old Monster rescued him and defeated the shapeshifting demons. Heavenfiend prepared to take Zhong Lingxiu to Bloodfiend Island, leaving Heaven Frost Fiend behind as the battle’s unlikely survivor.

• Zhong Lingxiu escaped underground as the shapeshifting demons attacked, while Heaven Frost Fiend fled and his disciples were hunted down.
• The Dark Moon Clam sealed the Great Void and trapped Heaven Frost Fiend’s Nascent Soul as Brother Qin pursued him.
• Fang Qing saw Zhong Lingxiu in danger and sent Heavenfiend Adept to rescue him.
• Heavenfiend Old Monster killed the wind spirit threatening Zhong Lingxiu and told him to come to Bloodfiend Island.
• Heavenfiend Old Monster fought Brother Qin and the Dark Moon Clam, tore off Brother Qin’s wings, and captured the demons’ treasures.
• Heavenfiend Old Monster prepared to take Zhong Lingxiu to meet his master, while Heaven Frost Fiend realized his disciple’s connection had saved him.

Fang Qing gathered Heavenfiend Old Monster, Zhong Lingxiu, and Heaven Frost Fiend under his command, then redirected his forces toward the Seven Star Isles to pursue Divine Ray Palace and its True Spirit bloodlines. Meanwhile, the Shang Clan prepared for a possible retreat as a Demon Race divine general attacked Kaiyang Island, where the Myriad Stars Alliance Master was in seclusion.

• Fang Qing ordered Zhong Lingxiu to serve Yu Xiang'er, made Heaven Frost Fiend obey her, and questioned him about Divine Ray Palace and its Four Great Divine Generals.
• Heaven Frost Fiend described the Divine Ray Palace Master as a likely fifth-rank True Spirit and named the bloodlines of several Demon Generals, prompting Fang Qing to head for the Seven Star Isles.
• Shang Yuanxin told Shang Kongzhen about his encounter with a transformed great demon, and Shang Kongzhen explained that the Shang Clan was preparing an escape route to the Yunzhou Continent.
• Shang Yuanxin and Shang Kongzhen discussed the Eastern Sea's limited defenses, the absent Fang Shui, and the uncertain hope that the Myriad Stars Alliance Master could help.
• A warning showed that a Demon Race divine general had attacked Kaiyang Island, and Shang Kongzhen suspected a traitor had revealed the alliance master's location.

Zhan Hongxiu revealed that she had already reached Nascent Soul Middle Stage and emerged to fight the Flood Dragon God-General at Kaiyang Island. She killed it by using the Big Dipper Life-Slaying Formation to exhaust its remaining lifespan, then went into seclusion while the other Demon Generals remained a threat.

• The Flood Dragon God-General attacked Kaiyang Island while the island’s defenses weakened and a fabricated breakthrough vortex drew its attention.
• Zhan Hongxiu revealed her true cultivation and identity as the Myriad Stars Alliance Lord, then fought the Flood Dragon God-General outside the island.
• After testing the demon’s abilities, Zhan Hongxiu used Big Dipper Divine Light to exhaust its remaining lifespan and kill it.
• The surviving demon beasts fled, and Crippled Immortal and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators congratulated Zhan Hongxiu.
• Zhan Hongxiu warned that Mountain Bearer, Wind Scourge, and Bright Moon still remained, then vanished to enter seclusion.

Zhan Hongxiu faced the Divine Ray Palace Lord in the Great Void and fled aboard a treasure boat while he pursued her. As a major beast tide threatened the Seven Star Isles, human and demon forces gathered for battle, and Fang Qing arrived with the resurrected Heavenfiend Old Monster.

• The Divine Ray Palace Lord attacked Zhan Hongxiu and demanded the ascension-passage coordinates, but she denied knowing them and prepared to resist.
• The Palace Lord damaged Zhan Hongxiu’s Tortoise Shield, so she escaped into the Great Void aboard her silver boat while he followed.
• High Person Tian Yin, the Thunderclap Temple Holy Monk, the First Palace Lord of Water-Moon Palace, and the Shang Clan Patriarch gathered to face the beast tide and three demon generals.
• Mountain-Bearing General revealed that the Divine Ray Palace had learned Zhan Hongxiu was in seclusion, prompting the Shang Clan Patriarch to suspect his human allies.
• Bloodfiend Island swept into the battlefield and slaughtered low-rank demonic beasts with its formation.
• Fang Qing arrived with the resurrected Heavenfiend Old Monster and challenged the three demon generals.

Fang Qing arrived during the beast tide and killed the Divine Ray Palace’s Mountain-Bearing and Wind Scourge Demon Generals with overwhelming force. He spared Bright Moon Demon General, learned the Palace Master was a wounded Early Spirit Transformation demon seeking the All-Heaven Star Palace’s ascension passage, and turned to greet the gathered human cultivators.

• Fang Qing struck Mountain-Bearing Demon General with one sword, and Heavenfiend Old Monster captured the demon’s fleeing pill and soul.
• Wind Scourge Demon General and Bright Moon Demon General tried to flee, but Fang Qing trapped Wind Scourge in his Great Sun Dharma Realm and killed him with another sword strike.
• Fang Qing seized Wind Scourge’s pill and body, then asked the injured Bright Moon about her bloodline and the Divine Ray Palace Master.
• Bright Moon revealed that the Palace Master had advanced into Spirit Transformation but remained lower-grade after being injured by tribulation lightning, and that he sought the ascension passage coordinates in the All-Heaven Star Palace.
• Fang Qing spared Bright Moon and sent Heavenfiend Old Monster to establish a clam farm for her on Bloodfiend Island.
• Fang Qing faced the gathered Great Cultivators, and High Person Tian Yin introduced himself as president of the Cloud Prefecture Commerce Association.

Fang Qing transformed his divine abilities to counter the Divine Ray Palace Master and went to rescue Zhan Hongxiu, who had been pursued to the brink of death. He confronted the True Spirit and began fighting him, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Fang Qing ordered Tian Yin and the other Great Cultivators to finish driving back Divine Ray Palace’s beast tide after the four Demon Generals were defeated.
• Fang Qing sensed that the Divine Ray Palace Master was pursuing Zhan Hongxiu and changed his four [Bond Metal] Divine Abilities into [Maiden Earth] before heading into the Great Void.
• The Divine Ray Palace Master defeated Zhan Hongxiu’s defenses, shattered her treasure boat, and reached for her while she lay unconscious on the sea.
• Fang Qing appeared, buried Zhan Hongxiu beneath a [Maiden Earth] mound, and challenged the Divine Ray Palace Master, declaring his intent to refine him into a Primordial Spirit Pill.
• The Divine Ray Palace Master attacked with Water-Element Divine Light, but Fang Qing countered with [Maiden Earth] before his opponent revealed a Heaven-Connecting Numinous Treasure.

Fang Qing defeated the Divine Ray Palace Master inside his Dharma Realm and harvested its fifth-rank demon core and body. He then subdued Gui Ling, learned more about the Devouring Sea lineage, and ordered it to help Zhan Hongxiu reach Spirit Transformation.

• The Divine Ray Palace Master attacked Fang Qing with its Landscape Fan, but Fang Qing used the Myriad Waters Cauldron to shatter its painted mountains before trapping it in the Immovable Wisdom King Vajra Barrier.
• Fang Qing overwhelmed the Divine Ray Palace Master with sealing arts, ghost deities, and the Mystic Thunder Drum, then killed it and took its inner core and flesh.
• Fang Qing returned to Desolate Island with the unconscious Zhan Hongxiu and extracted Gui Ling from her nearly shattered turtle-shell shield.
• Fang Qing used the Lingxuan Divine Ability to subdue Gui Ling and questioned it about the All-Heaven Star Palace and the Devouring Sea Demon Sect.
• Gui Ling confessed that it had once planned to possess Zhan Hongxiu, then agreed to return to her and help her reach Spirit Transformation.