Chapter Summaries

Lei Konghe and other figures advanced through Burial Saint Valley as human losses deepened, while the Human Race mourned the dead and prayed for Fang Yun. The historian sacred way was strengthened, prompting the Demon Realm to declare war on the Human Race on the twelfth day after Fang Yun entered the valley.

• The Snake Demon Emperor ordered the Fang-Slaying Guard to keep Lei Konghe's acquisition of sacred qi secret, while Ao Yuwei killed a fleeing Bear Barbarian Emperor and Great Scholar Ye Hongyu approached Sacred Wall Gorge wounded.
• Tian Songshi continued toward the gorge with two powerful human spirit bones following him, while a Great Demon King fled and complained about the cost of controlling them.
• The Sacred Academy learned that Wang Da had died in Burial Saint Valley, and later the Meng Family mourned Meng Jingye; Yang Yuhuan sent support to his children on Fang Yun's behalf.
• The Human Race kept news of the deaths quiet as Jing Kingdom commoners burned prayers for Fang Yun, and the Sacred Academy's drumbeat announced that the historian sacred way had expanded, empowering scholars to summon demon barbarians from historical records.
• The Demon Realm's sages discovered that the Human Race had taken part of their Sacred Way, and the Demon Realm formally declared war on the Human Race, beginning the Second Battle of Two Worlds Mountain.

Fang Yun weighed the dangers of seeking sacred qi and decided to begin forging the Ninth Literary Platform, his chief goal in Burial Saint Valley. Using the sacred qi he had gathered, he condensed its first layer within his Literary Palace.

• Fang Yun concluded that Demon Barbarian Emperor Realm experts at Sacred Wall Gorge could block his route to the Human Sacred Mausoleum, so he might have to obtain sacred qi by another path.
• Fang Yun considered the threat of Forbidden Law Divine Trees and decided to retreat if the Demon Barbarians tried to trap him with one.
• Fang Yun resolved to forge the Ninth Literary Platform first, despite the enormous amount of sacred qi it would require.
• Fang Yun drew eighty-two strands of sacred qi into his divine sense and combined their power with his eight Literary Platforms and Literary Palace stars.
• Fang Yun condensed the first layer of the Ninth Literary Platform, a blue-green stone slab covered in moving texts of the Classics of the Sages.

After failing to complete his Ninth Literary Platform because he lacked sacred qi, Fang Yun studied a map and chose to seek more from the mountain saint spirits of the Skull-Offering Mountains. He left his cave and began cautiously flying toward them, planning to inspect an unknown route along the way.

• Fang Yun began forming the second tier of his Literary Platform, but it crumbled when he ran out of sacred qi.
• Fang Yun studied a map of the Burial Saint Valley and identified the Skull-Offering Mountains as a likely place to trade for sacred qi.
• Fang Yun decided to inspect the unknown area between Crimson-Black Mountain and the Skull-Offering Mountains rather than take a longer detour.
• Fang Yun left the cave and flew low toward the Skull-Offering Mountains, using Dual-Mindedness to gather sacred qi and examine the terrain.

Fang Yun discovered Blood-Toothed Vines that submitted to his summoned cavalry and let him collect twenty-seven Sacred Qi King Fangs. He then flew toward the Skull-Offering Mountains and reached an unmapped region of ash-black, blade-shaped peaks.

• Fang Yun found more than thirty Blood-Toothed Vines, which trembled in submission rather than warning him away.
• Fang Yun sent Cold-Iron Cavalry to investigate, and the Blood-Toothed Vines parted to reveal Sacred Qi King Fangs.
• Fang Yun used his ordinary supplies to collect twenty-seven Sacred Qi King Fangs while leaving other bones behind.
• Fang Yun withdrew from the vines and continued flying toward the Skull-Offering Mountains.
• Ten hours later, Fang Yun reached an unmapped stretch of sharp, ash-black mountains.

Fang Yun entered Bladepeak, discovered its Sainthood Territory and a sacred qi cluster, then encountered two third-realm Great Demon Kings. He fled as they pursued him, eager to kill him for the Demon Realm Sages’ rewards.

• Fang Yun tested Bladepeak’s invisible qi blades and found that the territory’s power grew stronger with altitude.
• Fang Yun used the Myriad-People Literary Platform to enter Bladepeak safely and searched the mountains for sacred qi clusters.
• Fang Yun spotted a sacred qi cluster in the form of a floating stone along a broad passage between the peaks.
• Fang Yun saw two Chanyu Great Demon Kings, recognized their strength, and turned to flee.
• The two Great Demon Kings recognized Fang Yun and chased him, hoping to kill him for the Sages’ rewards.

Fang Yun fled two Third Realm Wolf Race Great Demon Kings through Bladepeak, using the Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud and War-Poem Soldiers to hinder their pursuit. The pursuers repeatedly used their height to find him, but the chapter ended with them stalled among powerful wind blades while searching for him again.

• Fang Yun judged that he could not defeat the two Great Demon Kings without risking his life, then used the Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud to speed up Walking the Blue Clouds.
• The Great Demon Kings accelerated with their innate ability, but two War Poem Generals interrupted it by crashing into them.
• The Great Demon Kings pursued Fang Yun through Bladepeak and chose to stay together rather than split up in the confusing terrain.
• The Great Demon Kings flew above the paths to spot Fang Yun, but the wind blades slowed them and forced them back down.
• After finding Fang Yun again at another fork, the Great Demon Kings rose into the wind blades and stopped amid the barrage.

Fang Yun led two Great Demon Kings out of the Sainthood Territory, then used the blood-toothed vines and the Kunwu Sword to trap them. He returned to face the captured pursuers as they struggled to understand how he had controlled the vines.

• The two Great Demon Kings burned their lifespans to pursue Fang Yun, believing they had to kill him to reach Saint Enfeoffment.
• Fang Yun fled beyond the Sainthood Territory, and the Great Demon Kings caught up as his Walking the Blue Clouds slowed.
• Fang Yun pretended to surrender beside a patch of blood-toothed vines, triggering the Great Demon Kings' sense of danger.
• The Great Demon Kings struck the airborne vines with Celestial Aspect Strike, but Fang Yun summoned the Kunwu Sword and slowed their escape with a rain of swords.
• The blood-toothed vines bound both Great Demon Kings, and Fang Yun revealed that he had asked them for help through Divine Sense.
• The trapped Great Demon Kings shouted in disbelief and demanded to know how Fang Yun had controlled the vines.

Fang Yun defeated the two bound Great Demon Kings’ attack and negotiated with Lang Kang, who offered to reveal a Demon Race secret in exchange for a future fair fight. Lang Kang said the secret concerned the divine gift, but withheld the rest until Fang Yun became a Great Scholar.

• The bound Great Demon Kings unleashed a blood-qi attack, and Fang Yun blocked it with five protective war poems.
• Lang Kang asked Fang Yun to release him, but Fang Yun refused and prepared to leave for Bladepeak.
• Lang Kang offered to reveal a great Demon Race secret, and Fang Yun sent the younger Great Demon King away so they could speak privately.
• Fang Yun offered Lang Kang a chance to leave if Lang Kang later won a fair fight against him as a Great Scholar.
• Lang Kang said the secret concerned the divine gift and stopped, claiming only those at Great Scholar or Great Demon King level could hear more.

Fang Yun survived the deadly power triggered by Lang Kang’s mention of the Head of Heaven and obtained sacred qi that he used to forge his Ninth Literary Platform. After discovering how much sacred qi the platform required, he decided to collect several clusters before continuing.

• Lang Kang told Fang Yun that a divine gift would appear during this opening of Burial Saint Valley, after the Head of Heaven’s power briefly attacked Fang Yun and literary star force protected him.
• Fang Yun found an image of an immense being in a newly formed book, then absorbed a cluster of ten thousand strands of sacred qi into his Literary Palace.
• Fang Yun used the sacred qi to forge the Ninth Literary Platform, raising it to twenty-one layers before the cluster ran out.
• Fang Yun found another sacred qi cluster and used it to raise the Ninth Literary Platform to thirty layers.
• Fang Yun decided to store each sacred qi cluster he found in his Literary Palace and resume forging after accumulating ten clusters.

Fang Yun traveled from Bladepeak into the Skull-Offering Mountains, gathering supplies and learning more about Burial Saint Valley’s traditions of burying and resurrecting Sages. He reached the mountains’ heart and was greeted respectfully by a mountain saint spirit after identifying himself as one of the Fu Yue.

• After finding nothing else at Bladepeak, Fang Yun flew toward the Skull-Offering Mountains and considered the legends of Sages returning to life in Burial Saint Valley.
• Fang Yun entered the mountains, followed his map, and kept to a cautious altitude while searching for treasures and watching for enemies.
• Fang Yun harvested blood-toothed vines, filling five sacks, but still found no complete set of spirit bones.
• After two days, Fang Yun reached the area near Sacred Fang Peak, where mountain saint spirits were especially numerous.
• A mountain saint spirit appeared before Fang Yun, and Fang Yun identified himself as one of the Fu Yue, prompting the spirit to greet him respectfully.

Fang Yun tried to trade with the Mountain Saint Spirits at Sacred Fang Peak, but learned that another human had already exchanged Pan Kong’s true blood for a sacred qi source. He turned to negotiating for other treasures and learned that the spirits had lost their spirit bones in a failed fight for the Skull Offering Treasure.

• Fang Yun reached Sacred Fang Peak and gathered eleven Mountain Saint Spirits willing to trade with him.
• Fang Yun offered the Mountain Giants’ inheritance diagrams in exchange for a sacred qi source he could take away.
• The Mountain Saint Spirits revealed that a human had already traded Pan Kong’s true blood for a sacred qi source, but they refused to identify him.
• Fang Yun accepted that the Mountain Saint Spirits could not spare their remaining sacred qi sources and asked to trade for sacred qi clusters and useful treasures instead.
• The Mountain Saint Spirits explained that they had used up their spirit bones after losing a battle for the Skull Offering Treasure in the Sky-Hanging River seven years earlier.

Fang Yun traded part of the Mountain Giants' legacy for 121 sacred qi clusters and a blood token, then used the clusters to forge his Ninth Literary Platform. He discovered it had reached only the ninety-first layer and asked for more, but Shanzhong Yang refused to spend the clan’s battle reserves, offering five thousand if Fang Yun stayed after Burial Saint Valley closed.

• Fang Yun negotiated with Shanzhong Yang for the Fu Yue Clan’s Nine-Star Mountain and learned that the Mountain Saint Spirits would trade it for the Purple Heaven Pillar, which required a blood token to carry away.
• Fang Yun exchanged part of the Mountain Giants' legacy for 121 sacred qi clusters and received a blood-red token from the Mountain Saint Spirits.
• Shanzhong Yang led Fang Yun to a safe place, where Fang Yun used all 121 clusters to forge the Ninth Literary Platform, reaching only its ninety-first layer.
• Fang Yun asked Shanzhong Yang for at least 300 more sacred qi clusters, but Shanzhong Yang said the clan could not use its battle reserves and offered five thousand if Fang Yun stayed after Burial Saint Valley closed.

Fang Yun negotiated with Shanzhong Yang for Mountain Giant protection and resources so he could strengthen himself before entering the Ancient Demon Clan's Blood Tomb Mausoleum. He agreed to teach the Mountain Giants the Body of Ten Thousand Mountains, and they provided ten sacred qi clusters as the first payment.

• Fang Yun asked Shanzhong Yang about nearby sources of sacred qi and learned that Thunderweave Mountain was the safest of the dangerous options.
• Fang Yun considered his need for spirit bones and sacred qi before entering the Ancient Demon Clan's Blood Tomb Mausoleum.
• Fang Yun offered to guide the Mountain Giants to a dangerous place with Water Race spirit bones and sacred qi clusters in exchange for their help and a Sacred Qi Pool.
• Fang Yun offered to teach the Mountain Giants the Body of Ten Thousand Mountains in return for a refined Half-Sage skull and escorts until he could protect himself.
• Shanzhong Yang accepted the deal, and Fang Yun received ten sacred qi clusters before condensing an inheritance diagram of the Body of Ten Thousand Mountains.

Fang Yun completed the Body of Ten Thousand Mountains inheritance, triggering a transformation that wiped out intruders in the Skull-Offering Mountains and returned the Mountain Saint Spirits. He received a Great Sage's Saint Skull Ring and set off with ten Mountain Saint Spirits to gather sacred qi for forging his Ninth Literary Platform.

• Fang Yun condensed the Body of Ten Thousand Mountains inheritance, causing the Skull-Offering Mountains to transform and the Mountain Saint Spirits to merge into the land.
• Two Khan Great Demon Kings and later other intruders were crushed by enormous hands formed from the mountains.
• After six hours, the Mountain Saint Spirits emerged and Shanzhong Yang gave Fang Yun a Saint Skull Ring made from a Great Sage's skull.
• Fang Yun learned that the Mountain Saint Spirits lacked Sacred Qi Sources, then arranged for Shanzhong Yang and nine others to help him gather sacred qi.
• Shanzhong Yang carried Fang Yun toward a Sainthood Territory at Five Resonances, and Fang Yun decided to save his five Sacred Qi Clusters for himself.

Fang Yun and the Mountain Saint Spirits searched the Copper Slurry Volcano for spirit bones and encountered Fire Luo, a Fire Race Emperor, near a usable set of bones. Fire Luo claimed the bones for himself and offered Fang Yun a possible share if they found another set.

• Fang Yun and the Mountain Saint Spirits searched several Sainthood Territories, gathering sacred qi clusters but finding no spirit bones they could control.
• Fang Yun and the Mountain Saint Spirits entered the dangerous Copper Slurry Volcano, where Shanzhong Yang found a Great Demon King's leg bone that Fang Yun did not need.
• Shanzhong Yang sensed a relatively intact set of spirit bones in a Copper Slurry River and led Fang Yun toward them.
• Fire Luo, a Fire Race Emperor, appeared and claimed the Fourth Realm Great Demon King Wolf Race spirit bones, saying Fang Yun could have another set if they found one.

Fang Yun tried to claim a set of Fourth Realm Spirit Bones, but Fire Luo refused to yield them and clashed with the Mountain Saint Spirits. Shanzhong Yang and Ku of the Mountains battered Fire Luo into the Copper Slurry River, where the fight continued as Fang Yun studied their use of Sacred Qi.

• Fang Yun offered Fire Luo a Half-Sage bone in exchange for the Spirit Bones, but Fire Luo refused to give them up.
• Shanzhong Yang formed a hundred mountains from Sacred Qi and attacked Fire Luo, while Ku of the Mountains moved behind him.
• Fire Luo sent meteors against Shanzhong Yang’s mountains and cast a river of fire at Ku, but Ku broke through and struck him.
• Shanzhong Yang and Ku drove Fire Luo into the Copper Slurry River, then continued assaulting him with mountains while Ku fought him below.
• Shanzhong Yang advised Fang Yun to study Sacred Qi, and Fang Yun watched the battle with his Divine Sense as Fire Luo warned them not to push him further.

Fang Yun and Shanzhong Yang drove off Fire Luo after fighting over the spirit bones, then discussed the treasures Fang Yun still needed in Burial Saint Valley. Shanzhong Yang guarded him as Fang Yun began refining the Bull Clan Great Demon King’s spirit bones.

• Fang Yun and Shanzhong Yang prepared to attack Fire Luo with the Mountain Saint Spirits, but Fire Luo fled before all ten had gathered and threatened revenge.
• Fang Yun refused Shanzhong Yang’s offer to stay at Offering Skull Mountain, saying he needed to grow stronger and seek hellfire, the Void Spring, dragon qi, and other treasures.
• Fang Yun considered the secret missions of other races and human families entering Burial Saint Valley.
• Shanzhong Yang gave Fang Yun the incomplete spirit bones of a Fourth Realm Bull Clan Great Demon King and offered to stand guard.
• Fang Yun used sacred qi and literary qi to refine the spirit bones until scarlet flame appeared in their eyes.

Fang Yun used sacred qi clusters to forge the Ninth Literary Platform, but fell far short of completing it and decided he needed powerful spirit bones before seeking more sacred qi. The mountain saint spirits pointed him toward Thunderweave Mountain as his remaining option, leaving him to face a dangerous choice.

• Fang Yun used the bull demon spirit bones as pack animals, then continued searching for sacred qi with the mountain saint spirits.
• Over ten days, Fang Yun gathered 221 sacred qi clusters, but using nearly all of them only brought his unfinished Ninth Literary Platform to the ninety-sixth layer.
• Fang Yun reconsidered his plans and concluded that he needed powerful spirit bones to protect himself before seeking more sacred qi.
• Fang Yun asked where spirit bones were plentiful, and Shanzhong Yang named the dangerous Yin-Spirit Plains, where the mountain saint spirits had once suffered heavy losses.
• Shanzhong Yang explained that the mountain saint spirits could not travel far from their territory, and Fang Yun asked whether Thunderweave Mountain was his only option.

Fang Yun agreed to enter Thunderweave Mountain with the Mountain Saint Spirits, negotiating to take useful treasures first and promising them valuable knowledge in return. The group reached the mountain, where Fang Yun considered the Dragon Race’s lost Thunderbone Battle Corpses and faced the storm-wracked peaks.

• Fang Yun refused to travel to the Sky-Hanging River and agreed to enter Thunderweave Mountain if the Mountain Saint Spirits protected him.
• Fang Yun secured the right to choose useful finds first and promised the Mountain Saint Spirits secrets of Burial Saint Valley, including the location of gold-in-jade.
• Fang Yun considered Thunderweave Mountain’s treasures, dangers, and the Dragon Race’s Thunderbone Battle Corpses, which could function outside Burial Saint Valley.
• Fang Yun and the Mountain Saint Spirits traveled to Thunderweave Mountain and saw lightning raging between its azure peaks and dark clouds.

Fang Yun led ten Mountain Saint Spirits into Thunderweave Mountain to search for sacred qi while avoiding its deadly lightning and dangerous Thunder Dragons. He collected sacred qi clusters and considered finding Ye Hongyu, whose Thunder-Listening Ancient Sword could help them explore deeper.

• Fang Yun entered Thunderweave Mountain with ten Mountain Saint Spirits, whose Azure-Yellow Mountains absorbed the heavenly lightning.
• Fang Yun gave Shanzhong Yang a route to likely sacred qi clusters, and the group navigated around deadly storms and peaks.
• Fang Yun found a valley holding twenty-seven sacred qi clusters, took seventeen, and let each Mountain Saint Spirit keep one.
• Fang Yun searched unsuccessfully for Thunderbone Battle Corpses and decided to focus on sacred qi instead.
• Fang Yun avoided Thunderweave Mountain's depths, suspecting Ye Hongyu had entered to subdue a Thunder Dragon.