Chapter Summaries

Fang Yu learned that the teleportation formation on Mystic Abyss Island had been destroyed, so he traveled toward Heavenly Star City to seek another route. After he helped Star Palace defeat an Anti-Star Alliance force on Southbright Island, he reunited with Ling Yuling and asked to use Star Palace’s teleportation formation.

• Xin Ruyin told Fang Yu that the teleportation formation on Mystic Abyss Island had been destroyed, leaving Heavenly Star City as their likely alternative route.
• Fang Yu traveled to Southbright Island and learned that entering Heavenly Star City required killing an Anti-Star Alliance cultivator before a Star Palace witness and swearing a heart demon oath.
• Anti-Star Alliance forces attacked Star Palace’s harbor defenses, and Fang Yu watched as the formation fell and the Star Palace cultivators scattered.
• Fang Yu revealed Wen Tianren’s golden needles, causing Wuhai Shi and the Anti-Star Alliance cultivators to flee, then killed them with the needles.
• Ling Yuling emerged with the Star Palace cultivators, and Fang Yu asked to borrow their teleportation formation to reach Mystic Abyss Island.

Fang Yu traveled to Mystic Abyss Island and secretly followed Feng Xi and Golden Flood Dragon King into Feng Xi’s cave. After overhearing their plans, he used the Eight Heavenly Dragon Sounds to immobilize both demons and killed them instantly.

• Fang Yu asked Ling Yuling to take him to the teleportation formation leading to Mystic Abyss Island, and she agreed after learning he had killed Wen Tianren.
• Golden Flood Dragon King searched Mystic Abyss Island for the cultivator who had killed the Poison Flood Dragon and met with Feng Xi.
• Fang Yu followed the two demons invisibly into Feng Xi’s cave and listened as Feng Xi asked Golden Flood Dragon King to help refine Wind-Thunder Wings from Thunder Peng remains.
• Golden Flood Dragon King sensed Fang Yu and called for him to reveal himself, causing both demons to prepare for battle.
• Fang Yu unleashed the Eight Heavenly Dragon Sounds, immobilized both demons, and destroyed their heads with two jade-green light swords.

Fang Yu refined the Sky-Soaring Wind-Thunder Wings into a powerful treasure artifact, then returned to Mistbound Island and learned that demon beasts had overrun Mystic Abyss Island. The chapter left him preparing to depart for Heavenly South after saving five cultivators and hearing that survivors might be planning to retake the island.

• Fang Yu took the Thunder Peng remains and Feng Xi's refining method to Mistbound Island, cleared the demon beasts there, and rebuilt its concealment formations and teleportation array.
• Over several years, Fang Yu and Xin Ruyin's artifact-refining techniques enabled him to refine the Sky-Soaring Kunpeng feathers into the Sky-Soaring Wind-Thunder Wings, which granted powerful wind- and lightning-escape abilities.
• Fang Yu tested the wings, then prepared to take Xin Ruyin and the others to Heavenly South to deal with the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine.
• Fang Yu spotted five cultivators on Mistbound Island being pursued by Eagle Kite Beasts and killed the demon birds with lightning to save them.
• Fang Yu questioned the middle-aged cultivator, who reported that demon beasts had conquered Mystic Abyss Island and that surviving elders were rumored to be planning a counterattack.

Fang Yu reunited with Nangong Wan at her cave residence, where Wei Lichen arrived seeking her favor and demanding that Fang Yu leave. Fang Yu struck Wei Lichen flying, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Fang Yu gave a bottle of pills to a girl whose father had been paralyzed by a cultivation mishap, then left Mistbound Island.
• The six Yue Kingdom sects rebuilt their strength in Northern Liang Kingdom as vassals of the Nine Nations Alliance, which relied on them to resist the Mulan People.
• Wei Lichen visited the Moon-Covering Sect's Grand Elder and asked to meet Nangong Wan, offering her False Nascent Soul Pills.
• Nangong Wan received Fang Yu in her cave residence, but the Grand Elder brought Wei Lichen to see her despite her refusal.
• Wei Lichen insulted Fang Yu and ordered him away, so Fang Yu struck him and sent him flying.

Fang Yu subdued Wei Lichen and summoned Wei Wuya to the Moon-Covering Sect to seek his help obtaining the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine. After a contest of spiritual sense in Sunset Hall, Wei Wuya acknowledged Fang Yu’s strength and invited him to discuss the request.

• Fang Yu struck Wei Lichen flying, threatened him into staying at the Moon-Covering Sect, and ordered the Grand Elder to summon Wei Wuya.
• The Grand Elder took Wei Lichen to Sunset Hall, where he discovered Fang Yu had restricted his Nascent Soul and limited him to half his strength.
• The Grand Elder traveled to the Intent Transformation Sect, but Wei Wuya was in seclusion and could not be reached immediately.
• After more than a month, Wei Wuya arrived at Sunset Hall, and Nangong Wan directed the Grand Elder to Fang Yu’s cave residence without joining them.
• Fang Yu and Wei Wuya clashed with their spiritual senses in Sunset Hall, and Wei Wuya recognized Fang Yu’s power before inviting him to sit and explain his request.

Fang Yu failed to secure the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine through Wei Wuya and decided to form his Nascent Soul before pursuing it again. Seeking a Spirit-Calming Pill in the Cloud Dream Mountains, he defeated cultivators from the three local sects and took three pills, making his name shake Heavenly South.

• Fang Yu asked Wei Wuya to help him obtain the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine, but Wei Wuya refused and gave him a False Nascent Soul Pill as compensation.
• Fang Yu accepted the Moon-Covering Sect's Grand Elder's invitation to stay, then told Nangong Wan he planned to form his Nascent Soul and seek a Spirit-Calming Pill in the Cloud Dream Mountains.
• Fang Yu arrived at Cloud Dream Mountain, where Fire Dragon Boy attacked him after mistaking him for an ordinary late Core Formation cultivator.
• Fang Yu caught Fire Dragon Boy's sword threads and threw him aside, then demanded that the three Cloud Dream sects trade Spirit-Calming Pills.
• The Nascent Soul cultivators of the three sects attacked Fang Yu, but he defeated them and took three Spirit-Calming Pills, causing his name to spread across Heavenly South.

Fang Yu emerged from seclusion, defeated visiting Nascent Soul cultivators, and forced the righteous and demonic paths to negotiate over the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine. He formed his Nascent Soul at the Moon-Covering Sect, and the Grand Truth Sect sent him a vine rootstock while recognizing his strength as equal to one of Heavenly South's three great cultivators.

• Fang Yu defeated several mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators who came to challenge him at the Moon-Covering Sect, then sought an exchange for the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine.
• Fang Yu told Nangong Wan he would form his Nascent Soul in her cave residence, and she agreed to guard him.
• Over the following years, the Moon-Covering Sect gained status, expanded into Northern Liang Kingdom, and received a mid-grade spirit stone mine from Wei Wuya.
• Fang Yu formed his Nascent Soul amid spectacular heavenly signs, and his manifestation forced nearby cultivators to their knees.
• The Grand Truth Sect's sect master ordered the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine rootstock delivered to Fang Yu and acknowledged his power after he had compelled the righteous and demonic paths to stop coveting the Cloud Dream Three Sects' Spirit Eye Tree refined liquid.

Fang Yu’s Nascent Soul ceremony established him as the strongest cultivator in Heavenly South after he defeated five powerful cultivators at once, and he later left the Moon-Covering Sect. At Eclosion Sect, he inspected his newly built Flying Feather Peak and learned that Fang Han and Hongyi Commandery Princess had disappeared, prompting rumors that they had joined a devil sect.

• Fang Yu accepted the Moon-Covering Sect Grand Elder’s offer to host his Nascent Soul ceremony and demanded the Righteous and Devilish Paths present the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine as a gift.
• The Moon-Covering Sect Grand Elder asked whether Fang Yu had a Dao companion, and he said he admired someone outside Heavenly South while Nangong Wan listened in silence.
• At the ceremony, Fang Yu privately fought Master Zhiyang, Wei Wuya, Acacia Old Devil, Long Han, and Feng Bing together, defeating them with a single divine ability.
• News of Fang Yu’s victory spread across Heavenly South, and cultivators came to regard him as its number one cultivator; he later left the Moon-Covering Sect.
• At Eclosion Sect, Fang Yu named his newly completed true disciple peak Flying Feather Peak and asked Fang Qiang about his family.
• Fang Qiang told Fang Yu that Fang Han and Hongyi Commandery Princess had vanished during a mission, while Liu Kang had died, and that some people accused the missing pair of defecting to a devil sect.

Fang Yu received the reforged Flying Feather Golden Gourd, prepared his new mountain with formations, and revived the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine using the Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Art. The chapter left the vine alive in his medicinal garden as Nan Wanluo grew wary of Fang Yu and went to inform Hua Tiandu.

• Fang Yu collected the upgraded Seven-Fiend Gourd from Elder Tian Gong and named it the Flying Feather Golden Gourd.
• Elder Heavenly Punishment and the Elder of Transmission discussed Fang Yu's unusual cultivation and agreed to guide him more closely.
• Fang Yu studied the Eclosion Sect's mountain formations and outfitted Flying Feather Peak with formations from Xin Ruyin.
• Nan Wanluo noticed Fang Yu's rapid cultivation and unfamiliar formation, then decided to report them to Hua Tiandu.
• Fang Yu planted the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine rootstock in his medicinal garden and revived it with the Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Art.

Fang Yu brought Fang Han and Hongyi Commandery Princess to the Inner Immortal Courtyard so they could qualify for the inner disciple assessment. There, they heard rumors accusing Fang Han and Hongyi of colluding with demonic sects and causing Yuan Jiankong's group to be wiped out.

• Fang Yu watched the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine flourish under his care and expected it to mature and bear fruit within a few months.
• Fang Yu learned from Fang Qiang that Fang Han had returned to Flying Feather Peak, then met Fang Han and Hongyi Commandery Princess and examined the Asura bone spurs they had collected.
• Fang Yu accompanied Fang Han and Hongyi to the Inner Immortal Courtyard to help them obtain assessment slots, and Long Xuan joined them.
• Long Xuan led Fang Yu, Fang Han, and Hongyi to the hall where elders evaluated disciples' proof of completing their assignments.
• Disciples in the hall claimed that Fang Han and Hongyi had joined demonic sects and caused Yuan Jiankong and his companions to be wiped out, angering Hua Tiandu.

Fang Yu helped Fang Han and the Hongyi Commandery Princess qualify for the inner sect examination, then entered the Extraterritorial Demon Battlefield through the Yellow Springs Diagram. After Fang Han purified his spirit and made a vow to establish a just reincarnation, Fang Yu left to pursue his own plans.

• Fang Yu stopped the outer disciples from insulting him, and elders revoked their examination qualifications before accepting Fang Han and the Hongyi Commandery Princess's Asura Bone Spurs and giving them examination tokens and pills.
• Fang Yu returned to Flying Feather Peak with Fang Han and the Hongyi Commandery Princess, then agreed to let Yan use Nine Yang Sacred Water in exchange for access to the Yellow Springs Diagram.
• Fang Yu guided Fang Han for three days, then entered the Extraterritorial Demon Battlefield through the Yellow Springs Diagram while Fang Han killed a celestial demon and Yan refined its remains into an Azure Firmament Great Pill.
• Fang Yu and Yan discussed the Yellow Springs Emperor's plan for reincarnation, prompting Fang Han to examine his conscience and purify his spiritual will.
• Fang Han vowed to establish a Netherworld that rewarded good and punished evil through righteous methods, and Fang Yu affirmed the vow before leaving to capture celestial demons.

Fang Yu slaughtered thousands of Extraterritorial Demons, killed Great Virtue Demon King, and rescued Eclosion Sect disciples before Hua Tiandu confronted him over Soul-Crying. Fang Yu challenged Hua Tiandu’s authority, and another true disciple attacked him, but Stone Dragon’s purple lightning stopped the strike.

• Fang Yu used Soul-Crying to absorb Extraterritorial Demons while the Great Virtue Demon King ordered his forces to attack the Eclosion Sect disciples.
• After the Eclosion Sect sounded its alarm, Fang Yu began rescuing disciples and killed hundreds of demons, then thousands more as the sect’s true disciples entered the battlefield.
• Great Virtue Demon King demanded Soul-Crying, but Fang Yu attacked him while Soul-Crying charged the demon king’s forces; Fang Yu defeated Great Virtue Demon King before Hua Tiandu arrived.
• Hua Tiandu praised Fang Yu, then criticized him for raising Soul-Crying, and Fang Yu challenged Hua Tiandu to find a sect rule forbidding it.
• A true disciple attacked Fang Yu with Great Freedom Sword Qi, but Stone Dragon shattered the strike with purple lightning and rebuked the attacker.

Fang Qingxue intervened when Hua Tiandu tried to punish Fang Yu for keeping a demonic beast, and Elder Heavenly Punishment ended the confrontation before the siblings could fight. At Purple Lightning Peak, Fang Qingxue offered to help Fang Yu advance to the Yin-Yang Realm.

• Fang Qingxue arrived and defended Fang Yu after Hua Tiandu accused him of keeping a demonic beast.
• Fang Yu rebuked Hua Tiandu for using the Great Unity Sect to impose his will, and Fang Qingxue agreed to face him alongside Fang Yu.
• Fang Han joined them, but Fang Qingxue told him to stay back and learn from the confrontation.
• Elder Heavenly Punishment stopped the dispute, ended the assessment, and declared that all participating disciples had passed.
• Jialan thanked Fang Yu for saving Xu Yue'er and the others, rewarded them, and invited the siblings to seek her help.
• At Purple Lightning Peak, Fang Qingxue offered to help Fang Yu cultivate and break through to the Yin-Yang Realm.

Fang Yu learned that Fang Qingxue had reached the Unity Realm, received a Thunder Bone Sarira from her, and asked her to stay and guide him and Fang Qingwei. The siblings drove away Ye Nantian after realizing he served Nan Wanluo and warned Fang Qingwei to be wary of Hua Tiandu’s allies.

• Fang Han asked Yan about Fang Qingxue’s cultivation, and Yan said she had reached the Unity Realm and was nearing the Golden Core Seed Realm.
• Fang Yu explained pill grades to Fang Qingxue, who gave him a Thunder Bone Sarira and asked whether Fang Han had obtained the Yellow Springs Diagram and Nine-Aperture Golden Pill.
• Fang Yu admitted Fang Han had obtained them, and Fang Qingxue told him to ask Fang Han for Yellow Springs Sacred Water rather than pursue the matter further.
• Fang Qingxue agreed to stay at Purple Lightning Palace for a few days to guide Fang Yu and Fang Qingwei.
• Fang Qingwei brought Ye Nantian to meet Fang Qingxue and Fang Yu, but Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue ordered him to leave because he served Nan Wanluo.
• Fang Yu warned Fang Qingwei that Hua Tiandu’s allies might be gathering information and told her to rely on their family and be cautious about whom she trusted.

Fang Qingxue left for the Minor Immortal World after advising Fang Yu, who absorbed the Thunder Bone Sarira and broke through to the Yin-Yang Realm. He then traveled with Fang Han and Hongyi Commandery Princess toward the underground world, where they discussed the Great Unity Sect and the coming Assembly of Immortals.

• Fang Qingxue explained the risks of cultivating too many divine abilities, urged Fang Yu to advance, and left for the Minor Immortal World.
• Hua Tiandu discussed Fang Qingxue's cultivation privilege with Nan Wanluo and arranged for him to act against Fang Yu as the Mountains and Rivers Ranking approached.
• Fang Yu checked the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine, swallowed the Thunder Bone Sarira, and spent ten days refining it until he gained a thunder-attuned Saintly Spirit Physique and reached the Yin-Yang Realm.
• Fang Yu joined Fang Han and Hongyi Commandery Princess on their journey toward the underground world, where they discussed the Great Unity Sect's merit system and the approaching Assembly of Immortals.

Fang Yu and Fang Han traveled through the underground world, where Fang Han’s asura puppets helped the group gather resources and defeat demons. They found Nebula Baby surrounded by a great asura and her forces, and Fang Yu rescued Grand Duchess Molin with his overwhelming power before ordering Hongyi Commandery Princess to help Nebula Baby.

• Fang Yu gave Crane Immortal a demon-core pill, and Fang Han used his asura puppets to hunt underground beasts and collect their blood essence.
• The group followed sword light they identified as Starry Gate’s technique and fought off four white-furred flying zombies on the way.
• They found Nebula Baby surrounded by over a hundred white-furred flying zombies and Grand Duchess Molin, a great asura.
• Fang Yu immobilized Grand Duchess Molin, then struck down the attacking flying zombies with Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning.
• Fang Han assured Yan he would not become Fang Yu’s enemy, and Fang Yu ordered him to refine the fallen demons while Hongyi Commandery Princess helped Nebula Baby.

Fang Yu led the group to Mo Lin’s palace, where they used her mana crystals and Nebula Baby’s Sun-Moon Five-Star Bracelet to prepare for secluded cultivation. After Fang Yu spent several days cultivating the Dao of yin and yang with Hongyi Commandery Princess and Mo Lin, an earthquake signaled that Fang Han was breaking through into the Mystical Ability Realm.

• Fang Yu gave the Sound-Killing Demon Blade to Hongyi Commandery Princess and ordered Mo Lin to lead the group to her palace.
• At the palace, Fang Yu examined Mo Lin’s mana crystals and proposed that Fang Han cultivate with Nebula Baby’s Sun-Moon Five-Star Bracelet.
• Hongyi Commandery Princess persuaded Nebula Baby to lend the bracelet, and Fang Yu compensated him with pills and treasures before passing it to Fang Han.
• Fang Han began cultivating with the bracelet while Yan absorbed its pure-yang stellar force, and Fang Yu obtained a secret art for cultivating the Dao of yin and yang.
• Fang Yu, Hongyi Commandery Princess, and Mo Lin spent several days cultivating together before an earthquake announced Fang Han’s breakthrough.
• Fang Yu and the others reached the pill chamber and saw Fang Han floating as qi transformed into beasts and weapons around him.

Fang Han broke through into the Mystical Ability Secret Realm, and Fang Yu’s group returned to the Eclosion Sect after meeting the Star Lord’s wife. Two months later, Fang Qingxue formed a Golden Core with thirty-two mystical abilities, leaving Fang Yu wondering whether his presence had helped her advance.

• Hongyi Commandery Princess envied Fang Han’s breakthrough, while Fang Yu promised she could reach the Mystical Ability Secret Realm within a year.
• Fang Yu warned Fang Han and Hongyi Commandery Princess that Hua Tiandu’s people might target them in the Mountains and Rivers Ranking competition, and Fang Han declined to take an extra treasure.
• The Star Lord’s wife retrieved Nebula Baby, thanked Fang Yu, Fang Han, and Hongyi Commandery Princess for saving him, and gave each of them a Star-Dipper Mana-Gathering Pill.
• Fang Yu’s group returned to the Eclosion Sect, where Fang Han studied mana and Fang Yu cultivated the Mystic Heaven Immortal Vine and practiced with Mo Lin and Hongyi Commandery Princess.
• Two months later, Fang Qingxue formed a Golden Core containing thirty-two mystical abilities, and Fang Yu wondered whether his arrival had helped her learn eight additional abilities.

Fang Qingxue emerged from seclusion with a Golden Core seed containing thirty-two divine abilities, reunited with Fang Yu, and learned about his relationship with the Hongyi Commandery Princess. As the Mountains and Rivers Ranking competition began, Fang Qingxue and Fang Yu arrived at the academy, where Jialan congratulated her and voiced her support.

• Wan Luo warned Hua Tiandu that Fang Qingxue's rapid advancement threatened his position, but Hua Tiandu said the siblings would come to them during the Mountains and Rivers Ranking competition.
• Fang Yu obtained Emotion-Severing Water from Fang Han and went to wait for Fang Qingxue, but she visited Flying Feather Peak and discovered the Hongyi Commandery Princess there.
• Fang Qingxue found Fang Yu at Purple Lightning Peak, accepted Yellow Springs Sacred Water to cleanse her Golden Core, and told him to treat Hongyi well after he admitted they had practiced dual cultivation.
• Word of Fang Qingxue's Golden Core seed spread widely, and she returned to seclusion while the Mountains and Rivers Ranking competition approached.
• Fang Han and the Hongyi Commandery Princess took their seats at the Mountains and Rivers Academy, where the disciples gathered and the elder began the competition announcements.
• Fang Yu and Fang Qingxue arrived at the academy, and Jialan congratulated Fang Qingxue and supported her potential bid to become the Eclosion Sect's supreme headmaster.

At the Mountains and Rivers Ranking, Fang Han was matched against Ye Nantian, while Ling Xiao proposed escalating wagers with Jialan and Fang Yu over the outcome. Fang Qingxue accepted the high-stakes bet, and Fang Han stunned the crowd by revealing that he had entered the Divine Ability Realm just before facing Ye Nantian.

• Fang Han defeated Yin Shihai with ease, and Ye Nantian advanced after his opponent surrendered.
• Ling Xiao bet the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle against Jialan’s Galaxy Bracelet, then challenged Fang Yu to wager the Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Art against the Ancient Martial Great Strength Divine Ability.
• Fang Qingxue accepted the wager on Fang Han’s behalf, despite the risk of losing the Five Emperors’ Great Devil Divine Abilities.
• Fang Han stepped into the arena and revealed his Divine Ability Realm cultivation, astonishing the disciples, elders, and Ling Xiao.