Recaps

Zhan Hongxiu recovered from her injuries after a mysterious Spirit Transformation cultivator killed the Divine Ray Palace Lord, while Fang Qing refined Divine Ray meat and advanced his body refinement to the fifth tier. When Zhan Hongxiu met Fang Qing to thank him, he denied reaching Spirit Transformation and proposed cooperating to gather the final True Spirit blood needed for the Five Sacred Origin Pill.

• Zhan Hongxiu woke on an island with shattered meridians and a weakened Nascent Soul, then took healing pills and began recovering.
• Fang Qing refined Sky Phoenix and Baxia essence blood and considered how to obtain the final True Spirit blood he needed.
• Fang Qing drank soup made from the Divine Ray and used the Immovable Wisdom King Radiance Sequence to reach initial fifth-tier low-grade body refinement.
• After more than a hundred days in seclusion, Fang Qing learned that Zhan Hongxiu had requested an audience and agreed to meet her three days later.
• Zhan Hongxiu thanked Fang Qing for saving her, but Fang Qing denied having reached Spirit Transformation and offered to cooperate on the Five Sacred Origin Pill, for which he still needed one kind of True Spirit blood.

Fang Qing began refining the Five Sacred Origin Pill at the Void Ruins Sea Eye while Zhan Hongxiu prepared to destroy Water-Moon Palace and Thunder Sound Hall. As the two old powers plotted against Fang Qing and the Myriad Stars Alliance leader, a Nascent Soul cultivator was mysteriously killed inside Thunderclap Temple.

• Zhan Hongxiu gave Fang Qing the Flood Dragon essence blood and inner core, and agreed to gather supplementary ingredients in exchange for a possible Five Sacred Origin Pill.
• Fang Qing condemned Water-Moon Palace and Thunder Sound Hall and approved Zhan Hongxiu's plan to destroy them and seize their Spirit Herbs.
• Fang Qing brought Bloodfiend Island to Voidspirit Island and used the Void Ruins Sea Eye to begin refining pills with the power of the tide and storm.
• The master of Water-Moon Palace and the Thunderclap holy monk discussed Fang Qing's pill refinement and plotted to kill the Myriad Stars Alliance leader, whom they suspected of threatening their secrets.
• A prayer bead shattered as the Thunderclap holy monk learned that Junior Brother Star Mist had died inside the temple's protective formation, and the Water-Moon Palace master offered to help investigate.

Zhan Hongxiu prepared to ambush the Water-Moon Palace, while Fang Qing endured Pill Thunder and glimpsed the Thunder Palace. He began Questioning Heaven to investigate the [Profound Thunder] Dao practice and considered the dangers of changing his cultivation path.

• Crippled Immortal reported that the Water-Moon Palace's First Palace Master had left, and Zhan Hongxiu ordered the Myriad Stars Alliance to prepare an ambush.
• Turtle Elder offered to help Zhan Hongxiu infiltrate and assassinate the enemy forces, and she vowed to settle old grudges.
• Five True Spirit phantoms appeared from the Void Ruins Sea Eye before an edict bound them and drew them back as Pill Thunder descended.
• Fang Qing used his body to withstand the Pill Thunder and saw the Thunder Palace, where the Golden Seat of [Profound Thunder] lay.
• Fang Qing considered the risks of pursuing the Four Waters and began Questioning Heaven about [Profound Thunder].

Fang Qing refined the Primordial Spirit Moon Pill, prepared his treasures and resources, and began his breakthrough to Spirit Transformation. Bloodfiend Island landed in an uninhabited sea as his followers realized what he was attempting and secured the area.

• Fang Qing reviewed Spirit Transformation cultivation arts, studied Thunderclap Temple’s Heart-Thunder Transmission Scripture, and considered what cultivation after Spirit Transformation might entail.
• After a year of refining, Fang Qing created the fifth-rank Primordial Spirit Moon Pill and endured its lightning tribulation with his body.
• Fang Qing stored the Primordial Spirit Pill and moved Bloodfiend Island to hide his location before resting and preparing for his breakthrough.
• Fang Qing arranged Spirit Transformation treasures, pills, incense, and other resources, then swallowed a Five Sacred Origin Pill and commanded his Nascent Soul to break through.
• Bloodfiend Island landed on the seabed, while Zhong Lingxiu, Qin Ruxue, Yu Xiang'er, and the others recognized Fang Qing’s breakthrough attempt; Heavenfiend Adept ordered them to kill anyone approaching the core region.

Fang Qing broke through to Spirit Transformation with the help of the Five Sacred Origin Pill and Primordial Spirit Pill, then overcame the Heart Demon and Five Elements Tribulation. The Ninefold Thunder Tribulation gathered above Bloodfiend Island as he prepared to face it with his body.

• Heavenly Earth spiritual power gathered over Bloodfiend Island, and Fang Qing used the Five Sacred Origin Pill and Primordial Spirit Pill to draw it into his Nascent Soul.
• Fang Qing’s Nascent Soul merged with him, completing his Spirit Transformation breakthrough and granting him the ability to wield Heavenly Earth spiritual power.
• Fang Qing used the Six-Spirit Netherflame, Soul-Nourishing Prayer Beads, and a secret art to overcome the Spirit Transformation Heart Demon.
• Fang Qing defeated the Five Elements Tribulation by changing cultivation methods and using his divine lights, sword formation, Landscape Fan, and Myriad Waters Cauldron.
• The Ninefold Thunder Tribulation formed over Bloodfiend Island, and Fang Qing put away his Numinous Treasures and prepared to endure it with his body.

Fang Qing survived the nine-layer Spirit Transformation lightning tribulation and began exploring the profound insights and new possibilities his breakthrough had opened. He left the chapter recovering in seclusion and reflecting on how cultivators could seek and attain the Dao.

• Qin Ruxue ordered the cultivators to leave Bloodfiend Island as Fang Qing's Spirit Transformation tribulation gathered, while Demon General Bright Moon watched from the island's edge.
• Fang Qing endured three Jade Pillar Thunders, three Jade Residence Thunders, and three Jade Pivot Thunders, including the devastating Jade Snow Thunder, and gained immense lightning Dao attainment.
• After the tribulation ended, Fang Qing dismissed Qin Ruxue and the others, returned to his cave residence, and stabilized his severe injuries.
• Fang Qing examined his transformed Primordial Spirit and found that his Water Virtue and lightning Dao attainment had greatly advanced, while his perception of Golden Seats had become more acute.
• Fang Qing concluded that Qi Refinement Way cultivation arts could strengthen his sensitivity to corresponding Golden Seats and considered using the nearby Profound Thunder Golden Seat as a hidden trump card.

Fang Qing and Zhan Hongxiu tracked the Mystic Thunder Drum’s inheritance to Minor Thunder Sea and confronted the hidden descendants of Thunder Venerable Myriad. Old Man Mu revealed the Jade Thunder Art and the original Myriad Thunder Palace Diagram, giving Fang Qing a new clue to the Thunder Palace.

• Fang Qing learned from Heavenfiend Old Monster’s second Nascent Soul that a thunder-attributed Spirit Transformation cultivator had once possessed the Mystic Thunder Drum, then enlisted Zhan Hongxiu and the Myriad Stars Alliance to search Minor Thunder Sea.
• Zhan Hongxiu’s agents identified Mu Yuan as the grandson of Old Man Mu, and Fang Qing and Zhan Hongxiu went to the Mu family’s cave abode.
• Old Man Mu warned Mu Yuan not to revive the Mu Clan, explaining that Heavenfiend Old Monster had killed their ancestor and stolen the Mystic Thunder Drum.
• Zhan Hongxiu subdued Old Man Mu, and Fang Qing asked whether he descended from the Spirit Transformation cultivator who had refined the drum.
• Old Man Mu revealed that his ancestor, Thunder Venerable Myriad, had created the Jade Thunder Art and the Myriad Thunder Palace Diagram, then gave both to Fang Qing.
• Fang Qing recognized the diagram as a depiction of the Thunder Palace.

Fang Qing secured Mu Fengxing’s Spirit Transformation cultivation method and clues to the Thunder Palace, then planned to search for ancient lightning arts and explore the cultivation world. Meanwhile, Fang Daoling feared for the Fang Family’s future as a Purple Mansion phenomenon appeared, and Xu Hei emerged after breaking through to Purple Mansion.

• Fang Qing took the Myriad Thunder Palace Diagram, and Zhan Hongxiu offered Mu Fengxing and Mu Yuan guest elder positions in the Myriad Stars Alliance.
• Fang Qing considered how Spirit Transformation cultivators advanced and planned to search for ancient lightning cultivation methods and the Thunder Palace.
• Fang Daoling reassured the Fang Family that Fang Wuchen was traveling, though he privately feared that his great-uncle was in danger.
• A Purple Mansion-level Earth Virtue phenomenon appeared, and Fang Daoling identified Xu Hei as its likely source.
• Xu Hei announced that he had achieved the Myriad Life Earth Divine Ability, taken the Dao title Anyuanzi, and reached Purple Mansion.

Fang Qing exposed a scheme aboard a Cloud Ray, destroyed the Primal Beast Sect’s Nascent Soul Patriarch, and acquired her secret art. He then learned that Xu Hei had unexpectedly completed a divine ability, apparently aided by a sudden change in the heavenly mechanism of earth virtue.

• Fang Qing exposed Yuan Shen and his junior sister Hong Ling for using Beast-Luring Incense to frame their fellow disciple, then erased the attacking Footless Birds with water-element spiritual energy.
• Fang Qing discovered that Hong Ling carried a fragmentary talisman connected to a secret art used by the Primal Beast Patriarch and revealed that the Patriarch had been cultivating it to break through her bottleneck.
• The Primal Beast Patriarch arrived, recognized Fang Qing as a Spirit Transformation Venerable, and fled, but Fang Qing destroyed her body and captured her Nascent Soul.
• The Cloud Ray’s passengers learned that the Primal Beast Patriarch had fallen, while Fang Qing later obtained her Seven Emotions Parting Sorrow Talisman secret art and destroyed her Nascent Soul.
• Fang Qing sensed that Xu Hei had completed a divine ability and learned that an unexpected shift in the heavenly mechanism of earth virtue had accelerated his progress.

Xu Hei celebrated his advancement to the Purple Mansion, drawing prominent human and demon guests while Fang Qing used the gathering to assess a Demon Race plan involving the Heart Moon Golden Seat. Fang Qing reassured Fang Daoling that the Fang Clan remained safe despite Wuchenzi’s absence and Qing Dumu’s departure.

• Dao Foundation cultivators arrived to congratulate Xu Hei, and Fang Daoling presented the Qingli Fang Clan’s lavish gifts.
• Medicine King Qing Dumu arrived on behalf of the Deathless Temple and gifted Xu Hei a hundred-li territory.
• A Demon General from the Nine-Tailed Tribe brought a spiritual treasure, and Dark Candle Adept invited Xu Hei to witness a clan demon seek the Heart Moon Golden Seat.
• Fang Qing recognized the Golden Seat attempt as a way for the Demon Race to investigate who occupied the lunar phases and asked Dark Candle Adept about vanished lineages.
• Fang Daoling pleaded for help protecting the Fang Clan, and Fang Qing told him that the family was still sheltered by the uncertainty surrounding Wuchenzi and Qing Dumu.

Fang Qing used Xu Hei’s identity to advise Fang Daoling on cultivation paths and the dangers surrounding Water Virtue, then sensed that the Lord of the Charnel Forest had not perished. He suspected Earth Virtue was stirring again and began weighing a covert scheme involving Grand Yellow Heaven as the chapter left him contemplating the coming danger.

• Fang Qing explained to Fang Daoling the difference between seeking gold and attaining the Dao, then warned him about the risks of several Water Virtue paths.
• Fang Daoling shared the Fang Family’s cultivation inheritance, accepted Fang Qing’s guidance, and left resolved to avoid [Wall Water] and [Chariot Water].
• After Fang Daoling departed, Fang Qing remained at the celebration and used Xu Hei’s identity to observe the rising Earth Virtue qi.
• Fang Qing sensed that the Lord of the Charnel Forest had not truly perished and suspected the Yin Household Sect or another Earth Virtue power had aided Xu Hei’s breakthrough.
• Fang Qing considered using Fang Daoling as a bridge to Grand Yellow Heaven and recognized that the suspected Earth Virtue scheme could bring widespread danger.

Xu Hei arrived at Qingqiu Mountain and learned about Tu Shan Qi’s impending breakthrough and the Lunar Yin tradition. Meanwhile, Fang Qing opened the Primordial Thunder Secret Realm early, brought Great Cultivator Shaohuan along, and prepared to search for treasures connected to the [Profound Thunder] Golden Seat.

• Xu Hei entered Qingxuan Hall at Qingqiu Mountain, met True Person Suqing and other Purple Mansion cultivators, and learned that Tu Shan Qi of the Tushan Clan cultivated [Heart Moon].
• Fang Qing watched the Primordial Thunder Cave Abode’s lightning intensify as the Mystic Thunder Drum absorbed its power, drawing the attention of nearby cultivators and Great Cultivator Shaohuan.
• Fang Qing summoned Shaohuan and asked him about Tian Yin, learning that Tian Yin had been unpopular on Yunzhou Continent and that few had mourned his death.
• Fang Qing controlled the lightning, opened the Primordial Thunder Secret Realm, and invited Shaohuan to explore it with him.
• Fang Qing sensed no Golden Seat inside the secret realm but decided to collect objects bearing its aura and Causality.

Xu Hei watched powerful cultivators and demon kings gather at Green Hill for Tu Shan Qi’s Qiujin ceremony, noting the Esoteric Treasury’s sparse attendance and the presence of dangerous rivals. As the Great Sun set and the new Heart Moon rose, Tu Shan Qi began the ceremony with a clear chance to pursue the Golden Seat of Heart Moon.

• Xu Hei observed that only Duzi of the Great Treasury Temple had come from the Esoteric Treasury, while Shoucangxuan led the Esoteric monks and the Corpse Yin Sect’s masked Great True Person attended.
• Xu Hei surveyed the other arrivals, including cultivators from Cloud-Touching Cliff, the eastern Supreme Unity Arcane Sect, Nine-Heavens Fire Manor, and Wuyue Sword Pavilion.
• As dusk fell and the new Heart Moon rose, Xu Hei recognized the timing as ideal for undertaking Qiujin.
• Tu Shan Qi descended onto Green Hill’s summit, bowed to the gathered guests, and announced that he was undertaking Qiujin.
• The assembled guests praised the flourishing age and discussed how few cultivators had succeeded at Qiujin in earlier eras.
• Xu Hei reflected that Tu Shan Qi had a genuine chance to claim the Golden Seat of Heart Moon.

Tu Shan Qi’s attempt to seek the [Heart Moon] Gold seat failed, transforming him into a monstrous fox that the Demon Kings killed and devoured. In the aftermath, the Yuan Shou Envoy and Calamity Hound discussed the shifting balance among the Lunar Tradition, Phoenix, the Great Sun Tathagata, and the Secret Treasury, setting the stage for a possible assault on Great Black Heaven Temple.

• Tu Shan Qi failed to seek Gold as a blood moon rose, and his body transformed into a nine-tailed fox evil creature.
• Xu Hei witnessed the lunar calamity spread across Green Hill Mountain as osmanthus blossoms transformed demons and threatened cultivators.
• Demon King Vermilion Ibis led the Demon Kings in attacking the fox, and their battle split Green Hill Mountain in two.
• The Yuan Shou Envoy and Calamity Hound discussed the vacant [Heart Moon] seat, the strength of Phoenix and the Great Sun Tathagata, and Great Black Heaven’s hidden position in the Secret Treasury Domain.
• The Yuan Shou Envoy considered joining the Demon Race against the Secret Treasury, while the Demon Kings tore apart and devoured Tu Shan Qi’s body.

Fang Qing obtained a Jade Thunder Talisman in the Primordial Thunder Secret Realm and used its Causality to learn that the Thunder Palace wandered through the Great Void. After leaving, he explored an ascension passage and wondered what lay beyond the heavens.

• Fang Qing noticed that the Esoteric Treasury had sent only Shoucangxuan to the secret realm and reflected on Dark Candle Adept’s unexplained absence.
• Shaohuan delivered a Jade Thunder Talisman to Fang Qing, who discovered it was connected to the Thunder Palace and could weaken the Spirit Transformation heavenly tribulation.
• Fang Qing gave Shaohuan permission to take the remaining treasures and left, while Shaohuan realized in terror that Fang Qing’s Words Become Law had altered his mind.
• Nascent Soul cultivators arrived seeking treasure, and Shaohuan attacked them to vent his anger.
• Fang Qing used the jade talisman and related objects to sense the wandering Profound Thunder Golden Seat, then visited a dangerous region containing an ascension passage.
• Fang Qing considered exploring beyond the heavens after reaching Golden Core.

Liu Junyan warned the Fang Family that a coalition war against the Esoteric Treasury Domain was imminent and urged them to relocate there. Fang Qing assessed the conflict’s hidden motives, ordered the withdrawal of his people from Xituo Commandery, and concluded that the coming war would be devastating.

• Liu Junyan visited the Fang Family and warned Fang Daoling that the Corpse Yin Sect, Cloud-Touching Cliff, the Harmonious Bliss Sect, and the Demon Race would attack the Esoteric Treasury Domain.
• Liu Junyan advised the Fang Family to move its branch into the Esoteric Treasury Domain, where its source and defenses could offer protection.
• Fang Qing learned of the coming war and connected it to Tu Shan Qi’s pursuit of [Qiujin] and the struggle among True Lords for [Year Guardian].
• Fang Qing reasoned that the Phoenix and Great Sun Tathagata might be maneuvering against one another, while the demonic path sought revenge on the Secret Treasury Domain.
• Fang Qing ordered Sangji to withdraw Moonlight White and the other Dumu from Xituo Commandery, which he judged impossible to defend in the coming conflict.

Fang Qing comprehended the [Profound Thunder] Divine Ability, Primordial Thunder Palace, by sensing the Golden Seat. Meanwhile, the White Bone Way prepared to retreat from Xituo Commandery as the war resumed, but the Corpse Yin Sect’s new Sect Master attacked Deathless Temple.

• Fang Qing studied the Supreme Simplicity Golden Book, reasoned about the paths to [Year Guardian], and resolved to pursue Golden Core-level strength while remaining cautious.
• Fang Qing cultivated the Jade Thunder Art and used the Mystic Thunder Drum, Myriad Thunder Palace Diagram, and Jade Thunder Talisman to sense the Thunder Palace and its [Profound Thunder] Golden Seat.
• Fang Qing formed the Primordial Thunder Palace Divine Ability in his Purple Mansion and realized that [Profound Thunder] also embodied heavenly punishment, law, oaths, and life.
• Moonlight White Tara received orders to withdraw the White Bone Way to the Secret Treasury Domain and assigned White True Person, Empty Peacock Tara, and others to hold off approaching enemies.
• The new Sect Master of Corpse Yin attacked Deathless Temple with a Refined Corpse, forcing the four Dumu to rely on the Mandala formation while they awaited reinforcements.

Fang Daoling evacuated the Fang Family from Azure Departure Mountain while Xu Hei held off a Corpse Yin Sect True Person. At Deathless Temple, Sangji ordered the remaining White Bone Way forces to retreat into the Esoteric Treasury as the sect surrendered its foothold in Xituo Commandery.

• Fang Daoling abandoned the Spirit Rice and spiritual items and led the Fang Family toward the Secret Treasury Domain as danger approached.
• Xu Hei confronted a mid-stage Purple Mansion True Person of the Corpse Yin Sect and used Fang Qing’s Lunar Yin magic treasure to hold him back until the Fang Family escaped.
• Xu Hei and Bai Ziye joined Sangji outside Deathless Temple, where the Corpse Yin Sect Sect Master declared that the White Bone Way could no longer hold Xituo Commandery.
• Sangji ordered the four Dumu and the other monks to move into the Esoteric Treasury, then said the Steel Strength Duzi had a separate assignment.

At Great Snow Mountain, Dharma King Vilu ordered the temples to resist the Outer Dao invaders and warned that Ancient Shu’s shifting Spirit Atmosphere favored Earth Virtue. Meanwhile, the invaders transformed Xituo Commandery into mountains and raised a route across the highland barrier, bringing their forces to the edge of the Esoteric Treasury.

• Dharma King Vilu arrived before Sangji, Shoucangxuan, and Dharma King Zengmie, then declared the invaders Brahma Enemies and commanded the temples to fight.
• Dharma King Vilu warned that Ancient Shu’s Spirit Atmosphere was changing to favor Earth Virtue and cautioned Dharma King Zengmie about the threat to Great Black Heaven Temple’s Embodied Buddha.
• Xu Hei, Bai Ziye, and Moonlight White Tara watched as the Southern Barbarian forces raised mountains that buried Xituo Commandery’s plains and killed countless people.
• The Sect Master of Corpse Yin sacrificed offerings to ghosts and gods, who raised the mountains into a stairway reaching the Esoteric Treasury Plateau.
• Moonlight White Tara spotted Cloud-Touching Cliff’s cultivators and two envoys joining the advance, while Xu Hei and his companions anticipated a bloody battle.

Fang Qing visited the Fang Family’s refuge and learned that Fang Xuan Que was presumed dead after the Vast Sea Sect fell to the Corpse Yin Sect. When demon birds attacked a temple near the Secret Treasury, Fang Qing confronted E'mang Demon King and destroyed him, while the temple’s monk sensed the demon’s power collapsing.

• Fang Qing inspected the Fang Family manor and watched Fang Daoling learn that the Vast Sea Sect had been devastated and Fang Xuan Que was missing, presumed dead.
• Hu Yunqi blamed Fang Daoling for sending their son to the Vast Sea Sect and collapsed after grieving for him.
• Fang Qing spotted demon birds approaching a temple and saw the bones of people they had devoured outside it.
• Fang Qing incinerated the demon birds, then faced E'mang Demon King when it demanded to know who had killed them.
• Fang Qing trapped E'mang Demon King inside his Vajra Barrier, destroyed its strange black feather, and caused the demon’s divine ability to collapse.
• The monk inside the temple watched bloody rain fall and rejoiced as he sensed the demon’s power go out.

Fang Qing fought off the Calamity Hound Servant Deity while surveying the escalating deaths of Purple Mansion cultivators in the Secret Treasury Domain and considering how the coming conflict might unfold. He traveled to a vast island, discovered signs of an Earth Virtue Breath-Nourishing Dao legacy, and was attacked by a Spirit Transformation cultivator’s bound ferocious beast.

• Fang Qing lamented the deaths of Purple Mansion cultivators and escaped the Calamity Hound Servant Deity after it pursued and wounded him through the Great Void.
• Fang Qing reasoned that Purple Mansion deaths were being used to destabilize the Secret Treasury Domain’s caves and considered the Golden Core forces and their likely plans.
• Fang Qing returned to Yantou Golden Radiance Temple and planned to send Sangji into the Eight Great Capture Forest Buddha-Land when the Yi Realm fell into turmoil.
• Fang Qing traveled south across the sea and found a vast island covered in ancient statues bearing Earth Virtue qi from the Breath-Nourishing Dao.
• Fang Qing sensed a Spirit Transformation presence, whereupon the island split open and an Earth Virtue cultivator struck at him with a divine palm.
• Fang Qing dodged through the Great Void and summoned the Myriad Waters Cauldron, Landscape Fan, Mystic Thunder Drum, and Mystic Firmament Jade Talisman as the chained jade beast watched in surprise.

Fang Qing subdued the sealed True Spirit Feng Xi and learned that the Profound Heaven Divine Venerable had sealed it long ago, possibly after reincarnating into the Grotto-Heaven. He left Feng Xi imprisoned and resolved to pursue the Profound Thunder Position Seal while war gathered on the Breath-Nourishing Dao side.

• Fang Qing used his three Heaven-Penetrating Numinous Treasures and thunder spiritual power to overpower Feng Xi, who begged him to stop.
• Fang Qing noticed Feng Xi’s powerful healing ability and questioned it about its seal and its long-ago encounter with the Profound Heaven Divine Venerable.
• Feng Xi said the Profound Heaven Divine Venerable had appeared with wisdom from a former life, prompting Fang Qing to suspect he had reincarnated into the Grotto-Heaven.
• Fang Qing asked Feng Xi about the Kitchen Lord and Eastern Origin Fate-Commanding Responsive Divine Lord, but it knew nothing about them.
• Fang Qing left Feng Xi sealed and considered the Divine Venerable’s mysterious origins and the possibility that he had carried the Supreme Simplicity Golden Book.
• Fang Qing decided to continue seeking the Profound Thunder Position Seal and the Thunder Palace as war approached between the Esoteric Treasury and Monster Demon Way.

The Secret Treasury Domain’s defenders and the Monster Demon Way coalition suffered heavy losses as the coalition fought through the temples sealing the Great Void. Sangji prepared to resonate with the Eight Cold Forest Buddha Lands, while the fall of another Demon King caused those Buddha-Lands to appear in the northeastern heavens.

• A Zhaqu Temple monk killed True Person Zheluo by detonating his golden body, leaving behind a single Position Seal before the temple collapsed.
• Sangji appointed Duzi Invincible to command the Temple of All Living Beings Without Form if he was absent, with True Person Yuanzi as the next successor.
• Sangji began resonating with the Eight Cold Forest Buddha Lands, hoping to enter them before other cultivators when the Lord of the Charnel Forest fell.
• Fang Qing watched through the Dao-Born Pearl and planned to use the Lord of the Charnel Forest Human-Skin Thangka and [Lady] Golden Nature to guide Sangji’s Causality, while waiting for the right moment.
• Yuan Insect Envoy and the Corpse Yin Sect envoy discussed the coalition’s costly advance and the immense Buddha-Lands belonging to the Lord of the Charnel Forest and Great Black Heaven.
• Yuan Insect Envoy sensed another Demon King’s death, and the Eight Cold Forest Buddha Lands appeared in the Great Void.

Fang Qing used Sangji’s account and the [Maiden Earth] Golden Nature position to enter the Eight Cold Forest Buddha Lands and confront the Lord of the Charnel Forest. After surviving the Embodied Buddha’s single attack, he saw its body collapse and recognized the fallen skull crown as the [Maiden Earth] Position Seal.

• Fang Qing took over Sangji’s account and used the Temple’s method to enter the Eight Cold Forest Buddha Lands in reality.
• Fang Qing crossed the Eight Cold Groves, using his [Maiden Earth] Divine Abilities to withstand their dangers and reach Skull Mountain.
• Fang Qing discovered that Skull Mountain was one of the Lord of the Charnel Forest’s fingers and that the Buddha’s aura was briefly reviving the Buddha-Land.
• The Lord of the Charnel Forest seized Fang Qing and tried to devour him, breaking his bone pearls and destroying his robe, staff, and mask.
• After the Lord of the Charnel Forest’s attack ended, its body collapsed into a vast field of bones, and Fang Qing identified its fallen skull crown as the [Maiden Earth] Position Seal.

Fang Qing cleansed the Lord of the Charnel Forest’s Golden Core Position Seal and realized that refining it would grant power at the cost of severe restrictions. He had Sangji take the seal instead, planning to use Sangji’s eventual Golden Core strength without bearing its drawbacks himself.

• Fang Qing let the Position Seal’s corpse-wax enter Sangji’s body, then used the Dao-Born Pearl to erase the Lord of the Charnel Forest’s spiritual imprint and form a Bone Sarira.
• Fang Qing discovered that the Position Seal was the Lord of the Charnel Forest’s corpse and that refining it would bind its wielder to the Lord’s role and limit their cultivation.
• Fang Qing decided that Sangji could refine the Position Seal while Fang Qing used him as a means to access its power.
• Sangji accepted the Bone Sarira and began refining it as the Eight Cold Forest Buddha Lands’ skeletons chanted in praise of the Lord of the Charnel Forest.
• Fang Qing considered how he could later enter Sangji’s body and draw on the Position Seal’s power without inheriting its restrictions.