Vol. 4Nascent Soul and Family Rise

Fang Qing advanced to Nascent Soul, gathered treasures and allies, and became embroiled in wars across the Southern Border. After killing Heavenfiend Old Monster and establishing the Fang Family’s rise to Purple Mansion status, Fang Qing entered Profound Void Heaven to investigate Winnowing Basket Water.

  • Fang Qing reached perfected Core Formation, entered the Void Ruins Secret Realm, and claimed Heavenly Infant Fruits before entering the Purple Forbidden Enclosure as Zhan Hongxiu awakened a deadly evil demon.
  • Zhan Hongxiu escaped the demon through Turtle Elder’s sacrifice while Fang Qing found the Myriad Waters Cauldron.
  • Fang Qing broke through to Nascent Soul, gained control of two temples, and rescued Sangji from Jiumoluo Jie’s control.
  • Fang Qing set out to hunt the Garbed Spirit Demon while Sangji headed alone to Guangmu True Person’s ceremony.
  • Fang Qing advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage, gathered allies and ingredients for the Infant-Nurturing Pill, and infiltrated Beast-Taming Gate during the righteous-demonic war.
  • Fang Qing escaped with Bodhi Blood and plunder as the Earth Qilin faced Beast-Taming Gate’s escaped ferocious beasts.
  • Fang Qing killed Heavenfiend Old Monster and claimed Bloodfiend Island and the Heavenly Mechanism Gate as the Southern Border conflict escalated.
  • Fang Wuchen raised the Fang Family to Purple Mansion status, and Fang Qing entered Profound Void Heaven to investigate Winnowing Basket Water.
Chapters 302–402 Read from Ch. 302

Arc 13The Void Ruins Expedition

Fang Qing uncovered the East Sea Blessed Land’s dangers, strengthened his cultivation, and entered the Void Ruins Secret Realm in search of a Heavenly Infant Fruit. He seized rare treasures and fruits, then reached the Purple Forbidden Enclosure as Zhan Hongxiu awakened a deadly evil demon in the Patriarch Hall.

  • Fang Qing killed Chu Zhaohuang, settled the White Bone Way’s grievance through Sangji, and reached mid-stage Purple Mansion after refining his divine abilities.
  • Fang Daoling uncovered a connection between the Three-Cavern Spring Formula and Cloud-Touching Cliff, while Fang Qing traced the scheme to Great True Person Yaochen’s plan to gather Water Virtue cultivators for the East Sea Blessed Land.
  • Fang Qing and Sangji sent allies toward the East Sea Blessed Land, where Guangmu seized the [Horn Wood] Golden Nature and the expedition turned into a deadly trap that Sangji barely escaped.
  • Fang Qing traced a Causality connection to a hidden mastermind, perfected Forestbank Concealment, and freed Fang Daoling and the other Water Virtue cultivators from Deathless Temple.
  • Fang Qing killed Shen Wanshan and Fuling after Cloud-Touching Cliff’s formation exposed their connection to its Esoteric Treasury, then used a quasi-fourth-order inner core to reach perfected Core Formation.
  • Fang Qing entered the Void Ruins Secret Realm, recovered his second Nascent Soul, and killed You Yuanzi and Xuanjizi while claiming Heavenly Infant Fruits and Xuanjizi’s Fourth-Order Puppet.
  • Fang Qing entered the Purple Forbidden Enclosure and found the Myriad Waters Cauldron, while Zhan Hongxiu opened the Patriarch Hall, triggered a deadly evil demon, and escaped only through Turtle Elder’s sacrifice.
Chapters 302–32725 summaries Read

Arc 14Nascent Soul and the Esoteric Treasury

Fang Qing broke through to Nascent Soul, gained control of the Horse-Head Vajra Temple and the Temple of All Living Beings Without Form, and secured materials and allies while pursuing the Garbed Spirit Demon. The arc left Fang Qing tracking the demon as Sangji headed alone to Guangmu True Person’s ceremony at Sky Horn Sect.

  • Fang Qing escaped the collapsing secret realm with Zhan Hongxiu, then learned from the Wang Clan’s ancestor about the deadly struggle over Nascent Soul opportunities.
  • Fang Qing refined Nascent Infant Pills at the Shang Clan and returned to Jade Spring Island to break through to Nascent Soul while his disciples fought off a Fourth-Order lizard demon.
  • Fang Qing survived his lightning tribulation, gained fourth-rank Golden-Threaded Jade Bones, and chose to enter the Esoteric Treasury after discovering Jiumoluo Jie’s threat to Sangji.
  • Fang Qing restored Invincible’s position at Horse-Head Vajra Temple, defeated Lotus Temple in a scripture debate, and entered the Lotus Blessed Land, where the Lord of the Charnel Forest’s possession attempt failed.
  • Fang Qing used the captured [Maiden Earth] Golden Nature to command the Temple of All Living Beings Without Form and rescued Sangji from Jiumoluo Jie’s control.
  • Fang Qing forced Crippled Immortal to provide a Bone-Spirit Flower and sign a Spirit Contract, then recruited him to help refine treasures and obtain rare pills.
  • Fang Qing learned that the Garbed Spirit Demon had grown stronger by devouring Nascent Soul cultivators, completed a Mystic Flame Demon Corpse, and set out to hunt it.
  • Sangji learned that Sky Horn Sect had helped raise Hu Yanzhou as a new Purple Mansion True Person, accepted an invitation to Guangmu True Person’s ceremony, and left Moonlight White and Void Sparrow to guard the White Bone Way.
Chapters 328–35225 summaries Read

Arc 15The War and the Bodhi Blood

Fang Qing advanced his cultivation, secured allies and ingredients for the Infant-Nurturing Pill, and used the chaos of the righteous-demonic war to raid Beast-Taming Gate. The arc ended with Fang Qing escaping with the Bodhi Blood and plunder while the Earth Qilin faced the sect’s escaped ferocious beasts.

  • Fang Qing captured the Garbed Spirit Demon, refined its defenses with water and fire, and recovered the lower half of the Supreme Simplicity Golden Book and Immortal Luo’s treasures.
  • True Person Guangmu became True Lord Eastern Pole Year Guardian Azure Root, but True Lord Kui Zang Xianqing erased him from the world’s memory and Suyuan killed Su Huan to send her into reincarnation.
  • Fang Qing chose Winnowing Basket Water, formed its Dao Foundation, and advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
  • Fang Qing defeated the Shang Clan Ancestor in a Great Void duel and arranged to trade Heavenly Infant Fruits and Nascent Infant Pills for the materials needed to refine the Infant-Nurturing Pill.
  • Demon Moon destroyed the Vast Sea Sect and attacked Sangji, but Fang Qing empowered Sangji to drive her off as the righteous and demonic factions prepared for war.
  • The demonic army captured Seven-Star Island and advanced against Thunderclap Temple and Water-Moon Palace while Fang Qing infiltrated Beast-Taming Gate to seek Bodhi Blood.
  • Fang Qing subdued the South Sea Twin Fiends, made them his servants, and ordered them to infiltrate Beast-Taming Gate and seize its Bodhi Blood.
  • Big One and Second One killed Iron Inkstone and captured Xuanxiao, allowing Fang Qing to take the Bodhi Blood and plunder Beast-Taming Gate before escaping with them as the Earth Qilin confronted the sect’s escaped ferocious beasts.
Chapters 353–37725 summaries Read

Arc 16The Fang Family’s Rise

Fang Qing refined his strength, killed Heavenfiend Old Monster, and took control of Bloodfiend Island and the Heavenly Mechanism Gate while the Southern Border’s conflict escalated. The arc ended with Fang Wuchen raising the Fang Family to Purple Mansion status as Fang Qing entered Profound Void Heaven to investigate Winnowing Basket Water.

  • Heavenfiend Old Monster forced the Shang Clan into his alliance, then led an assault that drove Water Moon Ancestor to awaken and destroy much of the invading force.
  • Fang Qing exchanged Spirit Transformation insights with Zhan Hongxiu for the Five Sacred Origin Pill formula, while Zhan Hongxiu formed her Nascent Soul and later joined the campaign against Talisman Sword Island.
  • Fang Qing refined an Infant-Nurturing Pill and advanced to Nascent Soul Late Stage as the White Bone Way’s campaign became a blood sacrifice that released a True Lord head from Earth-Submerging Blessed Land.
  • Fang Qing ambushed Heavenfiend Old Monster, killed him, seized his treasures and captured his second Nascent Soul, then claimed Bloodfiend Island and the Heavenly Mechanism Gate.
  • Fang Wuchen returned to Azure Departure Mountain, learned that his family had suffered heavy losses, and declared that he would establish the Fang Family as a Purple Mansion Immortal Clan.
  • At the Fang Family’s celebration, Fang Qing offered the surrounding land as a fief but disputed Fang Wuchen’s seizure of the Zeng Clan and told him the family could not share Purple Mansion inheritances.
  • Fang Qing decided to use Fang Wuchen to investigate Winnowing Basket Water, contacted a disciple through the Dao-Born Pearl, and entered Profound Void Heaven.
Chapters 378–40225 summaries Read
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