Chapter Summaries

Fang Yu used his overwhelming strength to make the Seven Mysteries Sect search for the Heaven-Palm Bottle while he planned to use it to cultivate medicinal ingredients and grow stronger. Zhang Xiuer accidentally found the bottle on Red Water Peak, and Fang Yu rewarded her by allowing her to stay with him.

• Fang Yu entered the world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and subdued the Seven Mysteries Sect, ordering it to find the Heaven-Palm Bottle.
• Fang Yu learned that time passed much faster in that world and explained why he needed the bottle before venturing into the cultivation world.
• Fang Yu threatened the Seven Mysteries Sect when its search failed, while Zhang Xiuer continued serving him despite her fear.
• Zhang Xiuer stumbled over the buried Heaven-Palm Bottle, and Fang Yu cleared away the leaves to uncover it.
• Fang Yu told the sect leader to end the search, promised the rewards, and let Zhang Xiuer live on Red Water Peak after she asked to serve him.

Fang Yu cultivated the Pine-Crane Longevity Fist, advanced to the sixth level of the Fleshly Body Realm, and attracted rumors of an immortal on Colorful Cloud Mountain. He then offered to teach Zhang Xiuer martial arts and sword techniques, preparing to demonstrate them once.

• Fang Yu planted herb seeds and seedlings near the Heaven-Palm Bottle and practiced the Pine-Crane Longevity Fist while waiting for its green liquid to form.
• Fang Yu purged foul blood and broke through from the Divine Strength Realm to the sixth level, the Breath Realm.
• Fang Yu's loud howl spread rumors that an immortal had descended upon Colorful Cloud Mountain, and Zhang Xiuer hurried up Red Water Peak with blank pages for him.
• Fang Yu accepted Zhang Xiuer's pages and told her to collect them in three days.
• Fang Yu offered to teach Zhang Xiuer martial arts and sword techniques, then prepared a bamboo stalk and began a demonstration.

After half a year in the Mortal World, Fang Yu returned to the Fang Family and tested the Heaven-Palm Bottle under the moonlight. It produced Nine Yang Sacred Water, which he kept until Fang Qingxue could identify it and advise him on its use.

• Fang Yu left Zhang Xiuer a letter and returned to his room in the Fang Family after six months in the Mortal World.
• Fang Yu placed the Heaven-Palm Bottle in the moonlight, where it gathered light for about an hour.
• Fang Yu opened the bottle and found a drop of nine-colored liquid that he recognized as possibly Nine Yang Sacred Water.
• Fang Yu decided not to drink the liquid or use it on herbs, and planned to wait for Fang Qingxue to return and identify it.

Fang Yu learned that Fang Qingxue would return within days and joined Fang Qingwei’s hunting party. He stopped Fang Qingwei’s maid from whipping Fang Han and gave him medicine, beginning to earn favor with Fang Han.

• Fang Yu visited Fang Zetao, who confirmed Fang Qingxue had entered Dragon Deepwater Province and would return in a few days.
• Fang Zetao told Fang Yu that Fang Qingxue had entered the Mystical Ability Realm and become a true disciple of the Ascension Immortal Sect.
• Fang Qingwei’s maid invited Fang Yu to join her hunting party with the Zhao and Li families, and Fang Yu hurried to the horse grounds.
• Fang Yu arrived as Fang Qingwei ordered Fang Han to receive ten lashes for an offense involving Thousand-Mile Snow.
• Fang Yu caught the whip, persuaded Fang Qingwei to stop the punishment, and gave Fang Han topical medicine.

Fang Yu summoned Fang Qingxue to show her the Heaven-Palm Bottle and negotiate over its contents. She recognized the Nine Yang Sacred Water and offered to use some of it to help him develop a pure Yang body in exchange for the rest.

• Fang Yu hurried Fang Qingxue into his courtyard, where she wondered if he had obtained the Flood Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram.
• Fang Yu returned from his secret chamber with the Heaven-Palm Bottle, and Fang Qingxue recognized the Nine Yang Sacred Water inside.
• Fang Qingxue explained the sacred water's properties and speculated that the bottle might be a Dao artifact.
• Fang Qingxue offered to use one-third of the water to transform Fang Yu into a pure Yang body, asking for the rest in return.

Fang Yu received five hundred Foundation Establishment Pills from Fang Qingxue and promised to reach the Divine Courage Realm within two months so she could alter his physique. After leaving, Fang Qingxue questioned the Undying Lightning Talisman about his strange bottle, and its artifact spirit began to explain what Fang Yu might be.

• Fang Qingxue told Fang Yu he needed to reach the Divine Courage Realm within three months to survive the Nine Yang Sacred Water’s pain.
• Fang Yu declined to use the Nine Yang Sacred Water immediately and asked Fang Qingxue for cultivation resources.
• Fang Qingxue gave Fang Yu five hundred Foundation Establishment Pills and transferred the Nine Yang Sacred Water into a crystal gourd.
• Fang Yu retrieved the Heaven-Palm Bottle and promised to reach the Divine Courage Realm within two months, startling Fang Qingxue with his words.
• After leaving Fang Yu’s courtyard, Fang Qingxue asked the Undying Lightning Talisman about the bottle, and its artifact spirit said it could produce Nine Yang Sacred Water before beginning to explain Fang Yu’s situation.

Fang Yu put Fang Han in charge of his Black Steed and discovered that Fang Han’s constitution had improved after obtaining the Yellow Springs Diagram and Nine-Aperture Golden Pill. He accepted Fang Han’s explanation for his strength and offered him a chance to train with the Fang Family disciples.

• Fang Yu went to the stables and summoned Fang Han, then assigned him to care for the Black Steed.
• Fang Yu helped Fang Han to his feet and dismissed everyone else from the hall.
• Fang Yu feigned surprise at Fang Han’s strong constitution and asked whether he had taken a heavenly spiritual medicine.
• Fang Han explained that he had eaten the gallbladder of a lightning-struck Unicorn Viper years earlier and begged Fang Yu’s forgiveness.
• Fang Yu praised Fang Han’s fortune and offered to arrange for him to train martial arts alongside the Fang Family disciples.

Fang Yu persuaded Fang Zetao and Fang Qingxue to approve adopting Fang Han into the Fang Family. After Fang Zetao formally made Fang Han his adopted son, Fang Qingwei burst into the ancestral shrine and accused Fang Han of bewitching Fang Yu.

• Fang Yu argued that adopting Fang Han could strengthen the Fang Family, and Fang Zetao agreed to seek Fang Qingxue's approval.
• Fang Yu visited Fang Qingxue's courtyard, where Fang Qingxue agreed to the adoption without meeting him.
• Fang Zetao formally adopted Fang Han at the Fang Family ancestral shrine the next day.
• Fang Qingwei stormed into the shrine, accused Fang Han of bewitching Fang Yu, and threatened him.

Fang Yu brought Fang Han to Myriad Phenomena Garden to train under Fang Tong, where the Fang Family disciples resented Fang Han’s new status. After Fang Qingxue sent Fang Yu a Crystal Gourd, he realized she knew the secret of the Heaven-Palm Bottle but had no intention of taking it, leaving its secret shared between them.

• Fang Yu brought Fang Han to Myriad Phenomena Garden and warned him to conceal the martial arts Bai Haichan had taught him.
• Fang Tong greeted Fang Yu and agreed to teach Fang Han, while the Fang Family disciples mocked Fang Han for calling Fang Yu his elder brother.
• Fang Yu told Fang Han he would enter seclusion until Fang Qingxue left for the Ascension Immortal Sect, then departed.
• Fang Qiang delivered Fang Yu a sandalwood box from Fang Qingxue, and Fang Yu checked that the Heaven-Palm Bottle was safe before opening it.
• Fang Yu found a Crystal Gourd inside and realized Fang Qingxue knew about the Heaven-Palm Bottle but had no interest in taking it.

Fang Yu collected Nine Yang Sacred Water and entered the Mortal World in Auspicious Origin City, where he planned to find an immortal cultivator who could test whether he had spirit roots. He encountered the blue-robed cultivator he had been waiting for and followed him after resisting the man’s soul-pulling gaze.

• Fang Yu filled the Crystal Gourd with Nine Yang Sacred Water, then used the Heaven-Palm Bottle to enter the Mortal World.
• In Auspicious Origin City, Fang Yu considered joining an immortal cultivation sect so he could learn to refine storage bags and profit by selling them in the Great Primordial World.
• Fang Yu waited at the Xiang Family Restaurant for a blue-robed cultivator who might examine his spirit roots.
• The blue-robed cultivator’s gaze tried to pull Fang Yu’s soul, but Fang Yu broke free by circulating his qi and blood.
• The blue-robed cultivator ate, then left, and Fang Yu followed him.

Fang Yu followed a blue-robed cultivator and learned that he possessed a Thunder Attribute Heterogeneous Spiritual Root. The Five Friends of Mount Meng considered using Fang Yu’s rare aptitude to gain entry to one of the Seven Great Sects, but they lacked a suitable cultivation method.

• Fang Yu flattered the man in blue and asked him to check whether he had an affinity for immortality.
• The man in blue discovered Fang Yu’s Thunder Attribute Heterogeneous Spiritual Root and took him to meet the Five Friends of Mount Meng outside Auspicious Origin City.
• The man in blue proposed using Fang Yu’s aptitude to help the group join one of the Seven Great Sects.
• The gray-white-haired elder worried that the group had no Thunder Attribute cultivation method, and the man in yellow suggested seeking one at the South Mountain Gathering.

Fang Yu, posing as Fang Han, won the Five Friends of Mount Meng’s help after they identified his Thunder Attribute Heterogeneous Spiritual Root. After Fang Yu left with Third, Fourth, and Fifth, Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second discussed seizing his body so one of them could claim his spiritual root and enter a great cultivation sect.

• Meng Shan the First explained Fang Han’s exceptional spiritual root and offered to guide him toward one of the Yue Kingdom’s seven great cultivation sects.
• Meng Shan the First promised that he and Second would seek a suitable cultivation manual, then introduced the Five Friends of Mount Meng to Fang Han.
• Meng Shan the First sent Fang Han to Auspicious Origin City with Third, Fourth, and Fifth, who were tasked with looking after him.
• After Fang Han left, Meng Shan the Second proposed that one of them seize Fang Han’s body once he reached the fourth or fifth level of Qi Refinement.
• Meng Shan the Second offered to attempt the body seizure himself if Meng Shan the First would not, and Meng Shan the First finally agreed.

Fang Yu and the three from Mount Meng settled in a vacant courtyard in Auspicious Origin City while waiting for the Ascension Conference. At the Xiang Family Restaurant, Fang Yu recognized a dark-skinned kid and suspected he was Han Li, whose cultivation Meng Shan the Third estimated at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refinement.

• Fang Yu and the three from Mount Meng entered Auspicious Origin City after a hunting party led by the Mo Residence's eldest young lady passed through the gates.
• Fang Yu persuaded the group to rent a supposedly haunted courtyard, where they settled in and followed their own routines.
• Fang Yu stayed wary of the three from Mount Meng and considered the possibility that they might try to seize his body.
• Meng Shan the Third repeatedly dragged Fang Yu to the Xiang Family Restaurant, while Meng Shan the Fourth accompanied Meng Shan the Fifth around the city.
• After Meng Shan the Third pulled Fang Yu to the restaurant following a night of martial arts practice, Fang Yu noticed a dark-skinned kid beside a burly man and sat by the window to observe them.
• Meng Shan the Third said the kid was likely a cultivator at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refinement and speculated that he might be attending the Ascension Conference.

Fang Yu considered how to advance his cultivation and watched Mo Yuzhu arrive at the Mo Residence before returning to the courtyard with Meng Shan the Third. After receiving the Thunder Spirit Art, he swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill and began studying the manual, hoping to test whether the pill could help him cultivate in this world.

• Fang Yu saw Mo Yuzhu arrive at the Mo Residence but quickly looked away and left with Meng Shan the Third.
• Meng Shan the Third explained that Fang Yu would need to reach the Qi Refining Stage and earn a place at the Ascension Conference to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Fang Yu and Meng Shan the Third returned to the courtyard, where Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second had brought him the Thunder Spirit Art.
• Fang Yu went to the room's hidden chamber, swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill, and opened the cultivation manual.

Fang Yu cultivated rapidly with the Foundation Establishment Pill, reaching the third level of Qi Refinement in ten days while planning to obtain the Great Development Art. Meanwhile, Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second plotted to seize Fang Yu’s body, unaware that he was prepared to turn against them.

• Fang Yu reached the first level of Qi Refinement and considered joining Yellow Maple Valley to obtain its Great Development Art.
• Meng Shan the First, Meng Shan the Second, and the others discussed sending Fang Yu to the Ascension Conference and using him to enter one of the Yue Kingdom’s seven sects.
• Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second planned for Meng Shan the Second to seize Fang Yu’s body and lightning-element variant spiritual root, then help the others establish their foundations.
• Fang Yu anticipated the group might try to use him and resolved to fight back or return to the The Great Primordial World if necessary.
• After ten days, Fang Yu refined the Foundation Establishment Pill’s vital energy and reached the third level of Qi Refinement, strengthening his body as well.

Fang Yu hid his true cultivation while the Five Friends of Mount Meng checked his progress and gave him a storage pouch containing lightning spirit stones and pills. The group left Auspicious Origin City, leaving Fang Yu with Meng Shan the Third as he prepared to investigate whether spirit stones could aid his body cultivation.

• Fang Yu suppressed his cultivation to the first layer of Qi Refinement and left his room to meet the waiting Five Friends of Mount Meng.
• Meng Shan the Second examined Fang Yu and confirmed that he appeared to be at the first layer, close to the second.
• Meng Shan the First explained that Fang Yu needed to reach the third layer of Qi Refinement to enter the Ascension Conference and gave him a storage pouch with lightning spirit stones and cultivation pills.
• Meng Shan the First and the others departed for the outskirts of Auspicious Origin City, leaving Fang Yu in Meng Shan the Third's care.

Fang Yu discovered that spirit stones could strengthen his fleshly body, then advanced his cultivation and learned the Lightning Technique. After reaching Tainan Mountain with the Five Friends of Mount Meng, he prepared to attend the Tainan Gathering before the Ascension Conference.

• Fang Yu drained two low-grade lightning-attributed spirit stones to strengthen his fleshly body and concluded that spirit stones could help him cultivate.
• Fang Yu swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill and resumed cultivation, wary of whether the Five Friends of Mount Meng had ill intentions.
• Over two months, Fang Yu reached the peak of the sixth level in the physical realm and the tenth level of Qi Refinement, and learned the Lightning Technique.
• Fang Yu and the Five Friends of Mount Meng arrived at Tainan Mountain after several days of travel.
• Meng Shan the First told Fang Yu that the Tainan Gathering was still underway and suggested celebrating his breakthrough before they went to the Ascension Conference.
• Meng Shan the Third asked which sect Fang Yu planned to choose, and Fang Yu said he would think it over while Meng Shan the Fifth hoped to benefit from his entry into a great sect.

Fang Yu entered the Tainan Gathering with the Meng Shan brothers and explored its crowded marketplace. Meanwhile, Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second prepared to seize Fang Yu's body, though the First remained uneasy and insisted they obtain a soul-sealing talisman.

• Meng Shan the First used a sound-transmission talisman to arrange entry through Tainan Mountain's mist restriction.
• Qingyan Daoist welcomed the group at the gathering and remarked on Fang Yu's apparent cultivation level.
• Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second discussed their plan to seize Fang Yu's body and decided to look for an elementary high-grade soul-sealing talisman.
• Meng Shan the Third took Fang Yu around the plaza while Meng Shan the Fourth and Meng Shan the Fifth went off separately.
• Fang Yu browsed the bustling stalls as the plaza filled with cultivators and talismans.

Fang Yu traded pills for a Heavenly Flight Talisman, talisman-making supplies, and a basic talisman guide, then discovered that his refined physical control gave him a surprisingly high success rate when drawing Spirit-Calming Talismans. He realized his strength was wearing out ordinary brushes, but he had run out of both pills and spirit stones.

• Fang Yu traded three bottles of Scorpion Essence Pills for a Heavenly Flight Talisman and bought a Complete Guide to Basic Talismans along with paper, brushes, and cinnabar.
• Meng Shan the Third used a talisman to open a building’s restriction and gave Fang Yu a room where he could study.
• Fang Yu failed at drawing talismans more than ten times before successfully making a Spirit-Calming Talisman, then found that roughly one in ten attempts succeeded.
• Fang Yu realized his Breath Realm control let his body correct mistakes while drawing, giving him an unusually high success rate.
• Fang Yu noticed his nearly bald brush could not withstand his strength and wondered how he would manage with no pills or spirit stones left.

Fang Yu sought a talisman brush from Han Yunzhi and offered her a Foundation Establishment Pill in trade. After seeing the pill, Han Yunzhi and her brother realized its value, and Fang Yu invited them to negotiate for more of their good items.

• Fang Yu went to the marketplace and found Han Yunzhi at her stall.
• Fang Yu asked Han Yunzhi for a magical-artifact-grade talisman brush and proposed trading pills for it.
• Han Yunzhi summoned her elder brother, who arrived with a long, narrow wooden box, and the three went to a stone room.
• Fang Yu and the siblings swore heart demon oaths before he showed them a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Han Yunzhi and her brother were shocked by the pill's spiritual aura, and Fang Yu offered to trade for more of their valuable items at the right price.