Festival of Lights · Diwali
Fang Shu reached the immortal market, reunited with Yu Le, and entered Solitary Gu Hall to cultivate while learning about Cheng the Jar’s schemes and Yu Le’s disappearance into the mines. The Dao Register recognized Fang Shu’s Long-Tongue Sword as a One-Tribulation Artifact, and Fang Shu’s joy came with renewed intent to kill Cheng.
Fang Shu avenged Cheng the Jar, entered the Dao through the Venom Pit, and rescued Yu Le from the mines. After becoming Hall Master Du’s official disciple, he advanced his Gu arts and was summoned before Hall Master Du and Senior Sister Fang as the disciples prepared to seek entry into an Immortal Sect.
Fang Shu uncovered the truth behind the Paper Workshop fire, gained wealth and resources at the Monster Market, and passed his second tribulation. Hall Master Du then urged him to prepare for the Spring Examination and early entry into an immortal sect, while a voice called to him as he left the treasury.
Fang Shu searched Lead Mountain for Purple Lead Mica Milk and a Gold-Seeking Insect, uncovering a poisonous cavern, treasures, and a hidden herb before sparking a miners’ revolt. After completing his Second Tribulation in seclusion, he learned Qin Min had reached the Third Tribulation and went to demand support from the hall.
Fang Shu survived the Spring Examination, earned a place among the eighteen selected candidates, and left Guling Town aboard the Five Viscera Transport Vessel with Du Yu'er and Xiao Lili. As he began the journey toward the immortal sects, Qin Min died back at the hall, and a chained stranger aboard the vessel fixed his attention on Fang Shu.
Fang Shu planted a Cordyceps spirit root, reached Qi Refinement, and joined the Five Viscera Temple’s Venom Hall under Long Gu. After repaying Fang Lu’s support, he began searching for a place to build his cave abode and sensed spiritual energy deep underground.
Fang Shu strengthened his cultivation and prepared to compete for an inner sect position, but a plot aboard a cargo ship led him to uncover threats linked to Withered Bone Abbey. Back in Guling Town, he joined the Lone Pavilion Master in attacking suspected conspirators and killed Ling Bai Lang after the latter turned on him.
Fang Shu advanced through the Fifth Tribulation, gained control of two gu pits, and earned inner sect status with his Gu-Refined Dao Soldier method. As the Five Viscera Temple prepared for war with Withered Bone Abbey, Fang Shu left the mountain to seek the resources and cultivation opportunities he needed.
Fang Shu survived the Floating Market’s schemes, joined Protector Bai’s plan to rescue a dragon rabbit, and refused to travel with her toward the Western Sea. He drifted alone across the Dead Sea after reuniting briefly with Bai Yangyang, who told him Master Huang was in Vast Sea Immortal City.
Fang Shu returned to the Five Viscera Temple, refined the Six Shas and Five Emperors True Qi, and prepared to enter Mount Lu’s secret realm. As attacks and betrayals unsettled the sects, he kept his strength guarded and readied his artifacts for the expedition.
Fang Shu fought his way through the secret realm, gathered treasures, and entered the Blood Lake, where the Er Family’s blood sacrifice turned into a deadly struggle. After Fang Shu and Er Daiyuan survived the Underground Palace, the Blood Lotus Saint Child transformed Fang Shu’s spirit root and left Er Daiyuan with a dangerous new blood-path inheritance.
Fang Shu gained the secret realm’s inheritances, returned to the Five Viscera Temple, and prepared to establish his foundation. At Ancient Mount Lu, the five sect masters sacrificed themselves to complete the Beauty Palace Master’s spirit refinement, but Cloud Immortal killed him and swallowed Fang Shu and the gathered disciples.
Fang Shu survived the Goose Demon’s capture and memory-erasing token, then established a Dao vein Foundation and became a seventh-tribulation immortal. After confronting the Venom Hall’s usurpers and preparing to leave Mount Lu, he boarded a Cloud Ship bound for Vast Sea Immortal City, where Chu Yang attacked him and died.
Fang Shu reached Vast Sea Immortal City, joined the Outer Prefecture through the Tang Family’s recommendation, and developed his Divine Water cultivation. After impressing Yellow Wolf True Immortal at a moonlit gathering, Fang Shu became his disciple, while Chang Feng and Liu Wuye began looking into him.
Fang Shu refined his foundation on the Tang Family’s mountain, survived a disrupted tribulation, and killed the Yuan father and son. He challenged Chang Feng for the direct-disciple position and left him gravely wounded after a brutal duel.
Fang Shu established himself as a direct disciple, uncovered a hidden inheritance, and survived a dangerous mission involving the Yu Family and Longtail Tribe. After reaching Scarlet City, he recognized that powerful patrons could not shield him forever and resolved to strengthen himself and form his Golden Core.
Fang Shu entered the Crimson Dragon Treasure Pagoda, endured its trials, and escaped after reaching the consummation of Nine Tribulations. Back in Vast Sea, he confronted those who had harmed his friends, unleashed a curse on his enemies, and hid in his secret realm while the city searched for him.
Fang Shu returned to Mount Lu, uncovered the Five Sects’ inheritance, and formed a Golden Core through the mountain’s fortune. After becoming Mount Lu’s lord, he freed the Old Mountain Lord and agreed to He Shoufeng’s plan to draw out the secret realm.
Fang Shu defeated the Goose Divine Immortal’s spirit division, took control of Mount Lu, and founded Five Villages Abbey before leaving to pursue his own opportunities. He reached the Wu Family’s ancestral mausoleum with Wu Zhibai, where they uncovered a Mystic Script inheritance and the Scarlet True Flying Centipede came under strange suppression.
Fang Shu entered the Moral Profound Teaching, claimed Cloud Mountain, and used its authority to protect his Mount Lu companions while uncovering the dangers tied to its fortune. After preparing for the Ancestral Altar voyage, he traveled to Vast Sea Immortal City, where his status brought a formal welcome and he reunited with his martial uncle.