Chapter Summaries

Fang Yu traded a spiritual pill to Han Yunzhi and her brother for valuable cultivation supplies and the Golden Bamboo Brush. After testing the brush, he discovered his talisman-making success rate had risen to the level of a talisman master, and he planned to learn more spells.

• Fang Yu agreed to exchange the spiritual pill for magical artifacts, talismans, spirit stones, and a talisman brush.
• Han Yunzhi offered the Golden Bamboo Brush as a deposit and explained its craftsmanship and her brother’s need for the pill.
• Han Yunzhi left with her brother after trading away magical artifacts, talismans, spirit stones, talisman paper, and cinnabar sand for the pill.
• Han Yunzhi decided to take her brother to refine the pill, hoping it would help him reach the peak of the thirteenth layer of Qi Refining.
• Fang Yu used the Golden Bamboo Brush to make Spirit-Calming Talismans and Lightning-Light Talismans with a success rate of thirty to forty percent.
• Fang Yu resolved to learn more spells so he could make additional kinds of talismans.

Fang Yu prepared for the Meng brothers’ attempt to seize his body while avoiding revealing his true strength, then spent the night making talismans and restoring his power. Meanwhile, Meng Shan the First recruited the Azure-Pattern Daoist to help them, and the Daoist began questioning why they feared Fang Yu.

• Fang Yu bought talisman supplies and avoided revealing his strength when the Yan family’s Double-Headed Bustard swooped toward him.
• Fang Yu remembered the Yan family’s participation in the Ascension Conference and quietly disappeared from the crowd, while Meng Shan the Second decided to review their plan with his brother.
• Fang Yu spent the night making talismans, swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill to recover, and resumed his preparations.
• Meng Shan the First introduced the Azure-Pattern Daoist to Meng Shan the Second as a hired helper.
• The Azure-Pattern Daoist asked why the Meng brothers could not handle Fang Yu and whether Fang Yu possessed a powerful artifact or talisman.

Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second plotted to kill Fang Yu and seize his body, using pills delivered by Meng Shan the Third to ensure he advanced. Fang Yu pretended to swallow the pills but kept them in the bottle, and he prepared to settle matters with the Five Friends of Mount Meng.

• Meng Shan the First enlisted Daoist Azure Pattern to help deal with Fang Yu while concealing Fang Yu's thunder-element variant spiritual root.
• Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second planned to kill Fang Yu, preserve his body, and let Meng Shan the Second seize it.
• Fang Yu finished drawing more than a hundred talismans, then restored his depleted power with thunder-element spirit stones.
• Meng Shan the Third delivered a jade bottle of pills and watched as Fang Yu appeared to swallow them.
• Fang Yu kept the jade bottle in his hand and returned to the pavilion, where he decided to settle his grievances with the Five Friends of Mount Meng.

After the Tainan Gathering ended, Fang Yu went with Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second, who planned to take his body and claim the lightning-attribute variant spiritual root they believed he possessed. Fang Yu killed them in a flash and descended safely with a Heavenly Flight Talisman.

• A blue-patterned Daoist and the man in yellow discussed targeting Fang Yu for the treasure they believed he carried.
• Fang Yu mastered the Barrier-Breaking Blade and prepared for trouble.
• After the gathering ended, Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second took Fang Yu away while the others headed for the Ascension Conference.
• Fang Yu confronted the two men about their plan to seize his body and obtain his lightning-attribute variant spiritual root.
• Fang Yu killed Meng Shan the Second and Meng Shan the First with the Barrier-Breaking Blade, then used a Heavenly Flight Talisman to descend safely.

Fang Yu buried Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second, then joined Yellow Maple Valley after winning its Ascension Conference. In his new cave abode, he used a Foundation Establishment Pill to break through to the Seventh Stage of Body Tempering and the twelfth layer of Qi Refinement, and began considering how to obtain more pills.

• Fang Yu gathered the spoils from Meng Shan the First and Meng Shan the Second, buried them, and headed for the Ascension Conference.
• The three green-patterned Daoists left their mountain forest after waiting in vain for their companions.
• Zhong Lingdao celebrated Yellow Maple Valley's new wind- and lightning-attribute disciples and rewarded the lightning-attribute talisman master with a top-grade magical artifact, spirit stones, and a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Yellow Maple Valley gave Fang Yu a cave abode and exempted him from spirit-stone missions so he could focus on cultivation.
• Fang Yu consumed the mortal Foundation Establishment Pill, purged impurities from his body, and broke through to the Seventh Layer of Body Tempering and the twelfth layer of Qi Refinement.
• Fang Yu decided he needed more Foundation Establishment Pills but recognized that obtaining them would be difficult.

After confirming Yellow Maple Valley matched his memories, Fang Yu prepared to seek out a nearby opportunity, but Sect Master Zhong summoned him to meet Lei Wanhe. Lei Wanhe examined Fang Yu’s exceptional lightning spiritual root and questioned him about his body-tempering arts, leaving Fang Yu under consideration as a disciple.

• Fang Yu learned that Han Li had joined Yellow Maple Valley and entered the Hundred Medicines Garden, where his quiet habits soon ended the disciples’ interest in him.
• Fang Yu recalled an opportunity within Yellow Maple Valley but postponed searching for it when Sect Master Zhong summoned him to the council hall.
• Sect Master Zhong introduced Lei Wanhe, a powerful mid-stage Core Formation cultivator with a lightning-attribute mutated spiritual root, and Fang Yu paid his respects.
• Lei Wanhe examined Fang Yu’s spiritual root and found its lightning quality nearly comparable to a heavenly spiritual root, though he regretted that it was not one.
• Lei Wanhe noticed Fang Yu’s worldly body-tempering and martial arts training, and advised him not to let it interfere with cultivation.

Fang Yu became Lei Wanhe’s seventh disciple at Yellow Maple Valley and received a Thunder Attribute artifact before Lei Wanhe left to search for medicinal herbs. After settling into the sect, Fang Yu headed to Qilin Pavilion to seek a Twin-Eyed Rat and considered how to obtain cultivation arts in the Great Primordial World.

• Lei Wanhe accepted Fang Yu as his seventh disciple and gave him the top-grade Thunder Moon Crescent Hook.
• Lei Wanhe advised Fang Yu to cultivate diligently and avoid seeking experience before establishing his foundation, then left Yellow Maple Valley to search for spiritual herbs.
• Sect Master Zhong offered Fang Yu help, and Fang Yu left the Council Hall after discussing his cave dwelling.
• News of Fang Yu's new master spread through Yellow Maple Valley, stirring envy among its disciples and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Fang Yu went to Qilin Pavilion to find a Twin-Eyed Rat that could help him locate the Spirit Eye Spring Han Li had obtained.
• Fang Yu considered pursuing the Origin Spirit Art, Chaos-Cavern Breath-Absorption Art, Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth, and Great Development Art in the Great Primordial World.

Fang Yu used a Twin-Eyed Rat to locate a Spirit Eye Spring in the Grand Peak Mountains and opened a cave abode around it. He began cultivating and tempering his body in the spring, hoping to reach the Divine Valor Realm so he could ask Fang Qingxue for the Eclosion Sect’s inner sect cultivation arts.

• Fang Yu borrowed a Twin-Eyed Rat and brought it to the northwestern edge of the Grand Peak Mountains to search for a Spirit Eye Spring.
• The Twin-Eyed Rat led Fang Yu to a narrow crack beneath a steep mountain peak, and Fang Yu cut through the rock to reach the spring inside.
• Fang Yu found the Twin-Eyed Rat sleeping in the Spirit Eye Spring, moved it aside, purified the water, and expanded the spring into a bath.
• Fang Yu entered the Spirit Eye Spring and cultivated while directing spiritual energy through his flesh, blood, and meridians to strengthen his body.
• Fang Yu aimed to reach the Divine Valor Realm so he could ask Fang Qingxue for the Eclosion Sect’s Origin Spirit Art, Chaos-Cavern Breath-Absorption Art, and Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth.

After two years of secluded cultivation, Fang Yu broke through to the Divine Bravery Realm and reached the thirteenth level of Qi Refinement. He emerged to find the Murong brothers seeking his help against someone who had bullied them.

• Fang Yu became famous among the Yue Kingdom’s seven sects for his thunder-attribute spirit root and talent for crafting talismans, while focusing on cultivation.
• Fang Yu spent two years building his strength and cultivating thunder spells, but his progress toward the Divine Bravery Realm was slowed by the demands of training his body, magic, spells, and talismans.
• Fang Yu broke through to the eighth level of the Fleshly Body Realm, gaining a tougher body and greatly increased strength.
• The Murong brothers waited outside Fang Yu’s cave and discussed asking him to help them take revenge on Lu, who had bullied them.
• Fang Yu emerged and asked the Murong brothers whether they wanted him to take revenge for them.

Fang Yu agreed to teach Lu a lesson after the Murong brothers asked for his help, despite Nie Ying urging him not to stir up trouble. At the arranged hill, disciples gathered to watch the fight, and Lu arrived as Fang Yu prepared to face him.

• The Murong brothers persuaded Fang Yu to challenge Lu, and Nie Ying arrived to warn him that their dispute had already been settled.
• Fang Yu refused to back down, invited Nie Ying to accompany them, and took the Murong brothers to the agreed location.
• A brocade-clad young man heard that Lu had been invited to fight and headed to the hill to test his strength.
• The Murong brothers secretly spread news of the match, drawing two to three dozen disciples to watch as Nie Ying rebuked them.
• Fang Yu waited at the hill, considered how to beat Lu, and looked up when Lu arrived on an azure artifact.

Fang Yu confronted Senior Brother Lu over his bullying of the Murong brothers and wagered their Foundation Establishment Pills on a one-move duel. After they swore heart-demon oaths, Senior Brother Lu revealed a powerful top-grade magic artifact, leaving Fang Yu facing a dangerous attack.

• Fang Yu rejected Senior Brother Lu's apology and said he would answer for Lu's bullying of the Murong brothers.
• Fang Yu proposed a wager: Senior Brother Lu would attack once while Fang Yu defended with spells, and the loser would forfeit a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Despite Nie Ying and the Murong brothers warning him, Fang Yu accepted Senior Brother Lu's condition that he use no magic artifacts, then agreed that they could fight to the death.
• Fang Yu and Senior Brother Lu swore heart-demon oaths, binding themselves to the wager.
• Senior Brother Lu summoned the top-grade Azure Flood Dragon Banner, alarming the watching disciples with its power.

Fang Yu used his improved Chain Heavenly Thunder Technique to destroy Senior Brother Lu’s Azure Flood Dragon Banner and badly wound him with a punch. As Fang Yu prepared to leave with the Murong brothers and Nie Ying, Yellow Maple Valley sect master Zhong Ling and other stewards arrived.

• Senior Brother Lu unleashed the Azure Flood Dragon Banner against Fang Yu, while Nie Ying and the Murong brothers watched anxiously.
• Fang Yu summoned dark clouds and lightning with his improved Chain Heavenly Thunder Technique, destroying the Azure Flood Dragon before it reached him.
• Fang Yu used the Dragon-Form Flying Tiger Step to rush Senior Brother Lu and punch him into the ground, leaving him gravely injured.
• Fang Yu asked the Murong brothers whether they had vented their anger, and they urged him to leave quickly.
• Fang Yu spotted Zhong Ling and other Yellow Maple Valley stewards approaching, making clear that they could not leave unnoticed.

Fang Yu defended his severe beating of Junior Brother Lu by accusing him of bullying the Murong brothers and harming Yellow Maple Valley’s reputation. The Council Hall’s stewards debated whether to punish Fang Yu, then grew eager to protect him after hearing of his spell and talisman-making talent.

• Zhong Lingdao demanded that Fang Yu explain why he had injured Junior Brother Lu so badly.
• Fang Yu argued that Junior Brother Lu had bullied the Murong brothers and other disciples, and claimed he had acted to protect Yellow Maple Valley’s reputation.
• A Murong Family steward backed Fang Yu and described Junior Brother Lu’s arrogant conduct, while a Feng Family steward argued that Fang Yu should be punished.
• The Murong Family steward cited Fang Yu’s mastery of Heavenly Radiance Divine Thunder and his talent as a talisman maker to defend him.
• The stewards fell silent and looked at Fang Yu with growing interest after hearing about his abilities.

Fang Yu emerged from the council hall after receiving only a deduction of one year’s spirit stones, while the crowd outside had already begun to regard him as Yellow Maple Valley’s strongest Qi Refinement disciple. His friends and onlookers were relieved, and Chen Qiaoqian looked forward to meeting him.

• Nie Ying warned the Murong brothers to focus on cultivation after Fang Yu had stood up for them.
• Disciples gathered outside the council hall, speculating about Fang Yu’s punishment and calling him the number one Qi Refinement disciple beneath the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Chen Qiaoqian worried about Fang Yu, and her eldest brother encouraged her to meet him when he came out.
• Fang Yu left the council hall and told the crowd that everything was fine, prompting most of the disciples to depart.
• Fang Yu told Wu Feng that Sect Leader Zhong had deducted one year of spirit stones, and he mentioned keeping Senior Brother Lu’s storage pouch and Azure Flood Dragon Banner.

After resolving the aftermath of the Murong brothers’ dispute, Fang Yu went to Yellow Maple Valley’s market to look for local goods to take home. He focused on storage bags and their refining method, hoping they could help the Fang Family and support his cultivation in the Great Primordial World.

• Fang Yu politely bid farewell to Senior Brother Chen and Chen Qiaoqian, then learned from Nie Ying about the Chen Family’s renowned Golden Brush and Silver Book artifacts.
• Fang Yu reassured Nie Ying and the Murong brothers, warned the brothers not to act impulsively again, and ordered them to cultivate until they reached the twelfth layer of Qi Refinement.
• Fang Yu left Yellow Maple Valley on his Green Leaf Artifact and headed to the market, explaining that he was only making a shopping trip.
• After landing near the market, Fang Yu changed his clothes and appearance before seeking the storage bag refining method and considering buying bags for Fang Qingxue to study.
• Fang Yu explored the small market and purchased goods from several shops, spreading his storage bag purchases around to avoid attracting attention.

After spending several years in the Mortal World, Fang Yu returned to the Fang Family and visited Fang Qingxue, who was astonished by his rapid cultivation. He showed her a storage pouch from the Mortal World, revealing an unfamiliar way to store objects.

• Fang Yu brought local specialties from the Mortal World to Fang Qingxue's courtyard and asked Fang Qiang to tell his sister he had come.
• Fang Qiang reported Fang Yu's visit, and Fang Qingxue invited him into her courtyard.
• Fang Qingxue sensed that Fang Yu had reached the eighth level of the Divine Bravery realm and wondered whether he had obtained and used the Nine-Aperture Golden Pill.
• Fang Yu denied having the Flood Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram or the Nine-Aperture Golden Pill and said he could not yet explain his cultivation.
• Fang Yu handed Fang Qingxue a storage pouch, and she discovered that it contained space for storing objects.

Fang Yu told Fang Qingxue he had 105 storage bags, and she explained their value and offered to exchange them for cultivation resources after they reached the Eclosion Sect. She taught him the sect’s Origin Spirit Art, warned him to delay entering the Mystical Ability Realm until he became an inner disciple, and agreed they would leave for the sect in a month if they did not find the treasures.

• Fang Qingxue explained that storage bags made from void crystals were rare and valuable, and offered to handle them for Fang Yu.
• Fang Yu revealed he had 105 storage bags: 100 tenfold bags and five hundredfold bags.
• Fang Qingxue told Fang Yu to cultivate the Origin Spirit Art and reach the ninth or tenth physical-body level before entering the Eclosion Sect, while avoiding the Mystical Ability Realm until he became an inner disciple.
• Fang Yu asked Fang Qingxue to return to the sect sooner, and she proposed leaving in a month if they still had not found the Flood Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram and Nine-Aperture Golden Pill.
• Fang Yu agreed and said he wanted to join the Ascension Immortal Sect soon so he could help his sister.

Fang Qingxue taught Fang Yu three inner-sect cultivation arts and guided him through the Origin Spirit Art. Fang Yu saw the Gate of Mystical Abilities during his first attempt, but Fang Qingxue’s intervention ended the visualization before he could reach it, and she watched him suspiciously afterward.

• Fang Qingxue promised Fang Yu a great reward if he reached the Mystical Ability Realm within a year and became a true disciple.
• Fang Qingxue taught Fang Yu the Origin Spirit Art, the Chaos-Cavern Breath-Absorption Art, and the Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth before planning to enter seclusion.
• Fang Qingxue instructed Fang Yu to focus his spirit at the Heavenly Gate Acupoint and visualize his body’s essence illuminating his brain.
• Fang Yu’s true yuan mana poured into his Heavenly Gate Acupoint, where he glimpsed the distant Gate of Mystical Abilities before black mist obscured it.
• As Fang Yu grew exhausted, a cool voice awakened him and scattered his visualization; he told Fang Qingxue what he had seen, and she studied him in silence.

Fang Yu left Fang Qingxue's courtyard relieved after she let him keep his cultivation secrets, while Fang Qingxue and the Undying Lightning Talisman discussed how to conceal his qi-cultivator aura. He set out to master his three new inner sect techniques and reach the Mystical Ability Realm.

• Fang Qingxue told Fang Yu to continue cultivating and promised to improve his storage bag once she reached the Heaven-Human Realm.
• After Fang Yu left, Fang Qingxue asked the Undying Lightning Talisman about the mana she had sensed within him.
• The Undying Lightning Talisman suspected Fang Yu practiced an ancient-style qi cultivation method and said Nine Yang Sacred Water could help conceal it.
• Fang Qingxue gave the Undying Lightning Talisman her Nine Yang Sacred Water and a strand of hair to use in making a concealment charm for Fang Yu.
• Fang Qingxue refused to probe Fang Yu's secrets and went into seclusion to cultivate.
• Fang Yu left relieved and focused on practicing his three new inner sect techniques so he could break through to the Mystical Ability Realm.

Fang Yu collected Nine Yang Sacred Water with the Heaven-Palm Bottle, returned to the Mortal World, and successfully established his foundation. He then joined Sect Master Zhong and Yellow Maple Valley’s disciples on their way to the Blood Trial.

• Fang Yu found that the Heaven-Palm Bottle had gathered nearly half a bottle of Nine Yang Sacred Water, then returned to the Mortal World to cultivate.
• Fang Yu received a message from Junior Sister Nie Ying saying that Lu had died violently, and he used a Foundation Establishment Pill in the Spirit Eye Spring.
• Fang Yu refined the pill in less than a month and successfully entered the Foundation Establishment Realm, suspecting he might have a lightning-element Heavenly Spirit Root.
• Fang Yu set out to register for the benefits of foundation establishment, then joined Sect Master Zhong and Yellow Maple Valley’s disciples on their journey to the Blood Trial.