Chapter Summaries

Fang Yun discovered that the Breakthrough power in his Realm of Family, State, and World could stack across his abilities, letting him blunt Wolf Abyss King’s Sage Aspect Strike and withstand his sustained assault. The chapter ended with Fang Yun summoning the True Dragon Ancient Sword to counterattack.

• Fang Yun used two Great-Scholar War Poems to cut through most of Wolf Abyss King’s Sage Aspect wolf claw before his spirit bones blocked the remainder.
• Fang Yun realized that Breakthrough stacked across his War Poetry, Literary Treasures, and other powers, stripping away much of an enemy’s strength.
• Wolf Abyss King switched to repeated Celestial-Aspect wolf claws and attacked Fang Yun, hoping to exhaust his literary qi.
• Fang Yun defended with Kunwu Sword, War Poetry, and his Realm of Family, State, and World, while his attacks steadily wounded Wolf Abyss King.
• Wolf Abyss King charged the Realm of Family, State, and World and struck it three hundred times, but its rapid rotation dispersed the blows and blocked them.
• Fang Yun called out the True Dragon Ancient Sword.

Fang Yun fought Wolf Abyss King, using his new Great Scholar abilities and the Bronze Giant’s battle remains to withstand the Fourth Realm Great Demon King. He discovered that his Realm of Family, State, and World could absorb literary star light, while Wolf Abyss King slowly retreated.

• Fang Yun’s True Dragon Ancient Sword pierced Wolf Abyss King’s defenses and wounded him, but Wolf Abyss King’s blood mist hindered the sword and slowed its return.
• Wolf Abyss King struck the Bronze Giant’s battle remains with a Sage Aspect Strike, then tore away his wounded flesh to help himself heal.
• Fang Yun pursued Wolf Abyss King with Kunwu Swords, Vast Righteous Qi, and the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, forcing Wolf Abyss King to rely on sacred qi for protection.
• Wolf Abyss King questioned how Fang Yun’s Realm of Family, State, and World could remain so powerful, and Fang Yun realized it absorbed literary star light from his Literary Palace.
• Fang Yun continued fighting to master his new powers, while Wolf Abyss King grew angrier and began to retreat.

Fang Yun learned about the treasures from the recent dragon roll-over, then traveled with Greedy Wind to the Yin-Spirit Plains. They entered the plains and began exploring its shifting Sunland and Moonland regions in search of Saint’s Fingers.

• Wolf Abyss King stopped fighting, told Fang Yun that an Ancient Demon had claimed a sacred qi source and one of his own had taken damaged sacred remains, then left.
• Fang Yun searched Crimson-Black Mountain for the two Great Demon Kings but found that an Emperor Realm cultivator had rescued them.
• Two days later, Fang Yun left the Skull-Offering Mountains with Greedy Wind, and they grew more comfortable with each other during their journey to the Yin-Spirit Plains.
• Greedy Wind warned Fang Yun about the plains’ dangerous regions, and Fang Yun mapped their route through Sunland and into a poisonous-grass Moonland.
• An enormous demonic creature appeared ahead and to the left as Fang Yun and Greedy Wind spoke.

Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, and the Three-Faced Ape joined forces to search the Yin-Spirit Plains for Saint’s Fingers. They encountered a pack of remnant spirits, and the Three-Faced Ape attacked them, leaving the true spirit concealed in the mist.

• Fang Yun and Greedy Wind met the Three-Faced Ape, who offered to join their search for Saint’s Fingers.
• Greedy Wind agreed to work with the Three-Faced Ape, and the pair shared their maps of the Yin-Spirit Plains.
• The Three-Faced Ape said Fang Yun should receive the lowest-quality Saint’s Finger unless he contributed the most, and Fang Yun accepted that the best finger should go to whoever contributed most.
• Greedy Wind led Fang Yun and the Three-Faced Ape deeper into the plains, where they spotted a mass of gray mist beneath a full moon.
• Greedy Wind identified twenty-four remnant spirits charging from the mist, and the Three-Faced Ape attacked them with a fiery cloud hand, shattering the creatures.

Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, and the Three-Faced Ape searched the Yin-Spirit Plains for Saint's Finger and debated confronting a Fifth Realm Yin-Mist Fierce Spirit. After four days without finding any, they had to decide whether to risk attacking it.

• The Three-Faced Ape killed a Second Realm Yin-Mist Fierce Spirit, but its scattered bones did not form spirit bones.
• Greedy Wind revealed that a Fifth Realm Yin-Mist Fierce Spirit controlled over three hundred Remnant Spirits and possessed Spirit Reversion, but guarded two stalks of Saint's Finger.
• The Three-Faced Ape urged Fang Yun to risk his Fourth Realm spirit bones to harvest the Saint's Finger, while Fang Yun refused to sacrifice them.
• Greedy Wind proposed a four-day search limit before they attempted to confront the fierce spirit, and Fang Yun agreed after the Three-Faced Ape argued with him.
• After four days without finding Saint's Finger, the group had obtained two sets of Third Realm spirit bones, which the Three-Faced Ape and Greedy Wind claimed for themselves.

After four days in the Yin-Spirit Plains, Fang Yun and the Ancient Demons agreed to pursue a Saint’s Finger guarded by a Fifth Realm fierce spirit. They planned for Fang Yun and Greedy Wind to hold off the spirit while Three-Faced Ape harvested the treasure.

• Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, and Three-Faced Ape stopped at the end of the fourth day and agreed to seek a Saint’s Finger instead of venturing into the dangerous core of the Yin-Spirit Plains.
• Greedy Wind shared his memories of encountering the Fifth Realm fierce spirit, revealing that it commanded three hundred remnant spirits and held the bones of a human School of War Literary Ancestor.
• Three-Faced Ape and Greedy Wind admitted they needed Fang Yun to counter the fierce spirit’s military tactics.
• Fang Yun assigned himself and Greedy Wind to hold back the fierce spirit while Three-Faced Ape harvested the Saint’s Finger.
• Three-Faced Ape said he would awaken his other two faces for the task and proposed that the group search for a third Saint’s Finger bloom afterward.

Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, and the Three-Faced Ape entered the Moonland to confront a fifth-realm fierce spirit and claim two Saint's Fingers. The fierce spirit proved stronger than expected, and after Greedy Wind destroyed its remnant spirits, it revived them.

• Fang Yun summoned and empowered a hundred thousand war-poem soldiers, discovering that he could now use Turning Void into Reality without a Sage Page.
• The three entered the Moonland and found that one of the two Saint's Fingers had advanced to mid-grade.
• Fang Yun sensed that the fifth-realm fierce spirit had gathered 375 remnant spirits and warned Greedy Wind and the Three-Faced Ape of the danger.
• The Three-Faced Ape began harvesting the Saint's Fingers while Fang Yun and Greedy Wind confronted the fierce spirit and its remnant spirits.
• Greedy Wind unleashed black winds that shredded the remnant spirits, but the fierce spirit used sacred qi to revive them.

Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, and Three-Faced Ape fought the fifth-realm yin-mist fierce spirit while Three-Faced Ape worked to pick the Saint's Finger. As the fierce spirit’s attacks intensified, Fang Yun used the True Dragon Ancient Sword to occupy its serpent spirit and considered how to overcome the sword’s fragility.

• The fifth-realm fierce spirit directed golden beams and repeatedly regenerating golden swords at Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, and Three-Faced Ape, while its remnant spirits tried to reach Three-Faced Ape.
• Fang Yun sent the Bronze Giant’s spirit bones to protect Three-Faced Ape as he continued picking the Saint’s Finger.
• The fierce spirit summoned a cloud of weapons and a massive sacred-qi sword, forcing Fang Yun and Greedy Wind to expend power defending their group.
• Fang Yun and Greedy Wind agreed that Fang Yun would keep the fierce spirit occupied while Greedy Wind helped fend off its attacks.
• Fang Yun used the True Dragon Ancient Sword to engage the serpent formed from yin mist, but learned it could withstand only a limited number of direct clashes before risking damage to his literary guts.

Fang Yun and Greedy Wind fought a fifth-realm yin-mist fierce spirit while Three-Faced Ape picked the Saint's Fingers, only for Three-Faced Ape to betray them and escape with the blossoms. Fang Yun saved the wounded Greedy Wind, and they chose to keep searching for Saint's Fingers before seeking revenge.

• Fang Yun used his forces to hold off the fifth-realm fierce spirit while Three-Faced Ape picked two Saint's Finger blossoms, and Greedy Wind's blood qi dwindled.
• Three-Faced Ape unleashed his cry, badly injuring Greedy Wind and disrupting Fang Yun, the fierce spirit, and their spirit bones.
• Three-Faced Ape escaped with the Saint's Fingers, while Fang Yun led the injured Greedy Wind away and sent the fierce spirit after the traitor.
• Fang Yun repaired his Realm of Family, State, and World in a safe Sunland as Greedy Wind recovered.
• Fang Yun and Greedy Wind decided to keep searching for Saint's Fingers and take revenge on Three-Faced Ape later.

Fang Yun and Greedy Wind discussed how Saint’s Fingers could reveal changes in Burial Saint Valley and learned that the valley might soon be threatened by a Lightless Graveyard. Fang Yun proposed leaving the Yin-Spirit Plains to pursue a safer way to obtain valuable Saint’s Fingers.

• Greedy Wind swallowed a Source Fruit and instantly recovered from his injuries.
• Greedy Wind revealed that Saint’s Fingers could detect unusual changes in Burial Saint Valley’s underground sacred qi and explained how his clan used them.
• Greedy Wind told Fang Yun that Saint’s Fingers turning black signaled an approaching Lightless Graveyard, which could descend within three to six months.
• Fang Yun and Greedy Wind discussed preparing for the danger and the threat it would pose to everyone in the valley.
• Fang Yun announced that they would leave the Yin-Spirit Plains to seek higher-quality Saint’s Fingers and other benefits without risking a fight.

Fang Yun told Shanzhong Sheng that the Lightless Graveyard would descend within a year and negotiated protections and Saint’s Fingers for himself and Greedy Wind. As the Mountain Saint Spirits left Sacred Fang Peak, Fang Yun sensed a danger from the Emperor Realm spirit among them.

• Fang Yun and Greedy Wind discussed retrieving the Tree Venerable’s Leaf Book from the Golden Giant, the Four Ancient Demon Fiends’ clans, and Fang Yun’s plans to recover in the Ancient Demon Cemetery.
• Fang Yun met Shanzhong Sheng at Sacred Fang Peak and revealed that the Lightless Graveyard would descend in three months to a year, while keeping his source secret.
• Fang Yun explained the Saint’s Fingers’ changes and negotiated two High-Grade and twenty Middle-Grade Saint’s Fingers, protective treasures for himself and Greedy Wind, and oaths from those they informed.
• At least five Imperial Rank Mountain Saint Spirits flew away from Sacred Fang Peak, and Fang Yun sensed a dangerous presence in their midst.

Fang Yun and Greedy Wind received Saint’s Fingers from the mountain saint spirits and headed toward the Ancient Demon Cemetery by a dangerous route near Inverted Stele Mountain. They broke through a Tiger Clan ambush and reached the cemetery’s vicinity, where a distant roar ordered someone to stop Fang Yun.

• The five Emperor Realm mountain saint spirits returned with twenty-two intact Saint’s Fingers, and Fang Yun and Greedy Wind divided them between themselves.
• Greedy Wind returned five Middle-Grade Saint’s Fingers to Fang Yun, explaining that Fang Yun needed them more and that he regretted trusting Three-Faced Ape.
• Fang Yun chose a dangerous route beside Inverted Stele Mountain, where he and Greedy Wind encountered three Tiger Clan Great Demon Kings lying in ambush.
• The Fourth Realm Great Demon King destroyed a piece of flesh from an Emperor Realm expert to send a coded signal, and Fang Yun ordered Greedy Wind to charge through in the Marquis Wu Chariot.
• Fang Yun and Greedy Wind withstood the Tiger Clan’s attacks and broke past the three Great Demon Kings, who failed to stop them even after burning their lifespans.
• As Fang Yun and Greedy Wind neared the Ancient Demon Cemetery, the three pursuers stopped and a distant voice roared, "Stop him!"

Fang Yun and Greedy Wind reached the Ancient Demon Cemetery, where its sacred guardians destroyed the Tiger Clan pursuers. A Crab Spider appeared and considered killing them, but Wolf Lie Emperor offered it a reward to hand Fang Yun over.

• Fang Yun slowed the three Tiger Clan Great Demon Kings with Enemy-Blocking Poems as he and Greedy Wind fled toward the Ancient Demon Cemetery.
• The cemetery's giant stone claw crushed the three pursuing demons into particles.
• A Fifth Realm Crab Spider emerged from the cemetery and spared Fang Yun and Greedy Wind because it had just acquired a Saint's Finger bloom.
• Wolf Lie Emperor offered the Crab Spider a reward from the Demon Emperor and the Demon Barbarians in exchange for Fang Yun.

Fang Yun and Greedy Wind convinced Crab Spider that Three-Faced Ape had framed them, and Crab Spider led them into the Ancient Demon territory. There they saw the forces gathered near the Sacred Mausoleum, including the dangerous Hundred-Li Jellyfish and its puppets.

• Wolf Lie Emperor offered Crab Spider a sacred qi source in exchange for Fang Yun, but Greedy Wind refused to hand him over.
• Greedy Wind warned Crab Spider that their stolen secret concerned Shanzhong Sheng, but Crab Spider dismissed the claim because Three-Faced Ape had accused them of stealing the Saint's Finger.
• Greedy Wind swore that Three-Faced Ape had ambushed and framed them, convincing the hesitant Crab Spider to let them enter.
• Crab Spider drove Wolf Lie Emperor away and led Fang Yun and Greedy Wind up the Cloud Ladder, where Fang Yun and Greedy Wind exchanged a silent glance.
• Fang Yun and Greedy Wind emerged onto a grassland near the Sacred Mausoleum and saw the Hundred-Li Jellyfish controlling several enemies as puppets.

Fang Yun and Greedy Wind accused Three-Faced Ape of stealing the Saint's Fingers, but Three-Faced Ape turned the ancient demons against them. After they all swore oaths, Fang Yun confronted Deep-Dark Squid for insulting him and demanded an apology, leaving the threat of a clash hanging over the group.

• Deep-Dark Squid accused Greedy Wind and Fang Yun of trying to steal Three-Faced Ape's Saint's Fingers, and Greedy Wind challenged him not to interfere in the feud.
• Greedy Wind recounted how Three-Faced Ape had attacked him after taking the Saint's Fingers, while Three-Faced Ape denied the accusation and claimed he had obtained them himself.
• Crab Spider revealed that demon barbarians knew Fang Yun was in the cemetery and might block the entrance, and Ying Hong proposed that the three disputants swear oaths to Mother God Star.
• Greedy Wind and Fang Yun swore oaths, and Three-Faced Ape followed; Greedy Wind revealed he had wanted to force Three-Faced Ape to swear before challenging him later.
• Fang Yun said Three-Faced Ape would not leave Burial Saint Valley, then demanded an apology from Deep-Dark Squid for mocking him and called for things to be settled by his rules.

Fang Yun and Greedy Wind exposed Three-Faced Ape’s attempt to frame Fang Yun and rallied the Ancient Demons against him. After the Golden Giant departed with a promise of secrecy, Greedy Wind shared an ancient demon inheritance diagram, and nine Ancient Demons swore oaths to Shanzhong Sheng.

• Golden Marquis gave Fang Yun a green leaf entrusted to him by the Tree Venerable, and Greedy Wind asked the Ancient Demons to stop cooperating with Three-Faced Ape.
• Ying Hong and Blood-Body Giant Elephant joined Greedy Wind, and the Ancient Demons split between his side, Three-Faced Ape’s side, and neutrality.
• Golden Marquis left for the Sea of Flowing Gold after swearing to Shanzhong Sheng that he would keep a secret from Fang Yun and Greedy Wind.
• Greedy Wind shared points of light with the Ancient Demons who sided with him, and several more joined his group.
• Fang Yun approved Greedy Wind’s release of the ancient demon inheritance diagram, and nine Ancient Demons in total swore oaths to Shanzhong Sheng.

Fang Yun and Greedy Wind exposed Three-Faced Ape’s deception, won the Ancient Demons’ support with promises of Saint’s Fingers, and prepared to enter a secret place. The group began trading for rare items, while Three-Faced Ape rushed ahead into the fog-shrouded mountains.

• Crab Spider broke the deal with Three-Faced Ape and joined Greedy Wind’s side, while Three-Faced Ape accidentally revealed that Greedy Wind had found the Moonland first.
• Greedy Wind displayed three Middle-Grade Saint’s Fingers and promised the Ancient Demons that each would receive one within three months.
• The Ancient Demons agreed to give Crab Spider the first Saint’s Finger, and Three-Faced Ape hurried into the fog-shrouded mountains toward the secret place.
• Greedy Wind offered the next Saint’s Finger to Ying Hong, who traded two rare fruits that could attract the legendary Phoenix.

Fang Yun and Greedy Wind received Phoenix-Luring Fruits from Ying Hong, while Greedy Wind rejected Wumo's attempt to join their group. The group then entered the Ancient Demon Cemetery and reached the Star-Source Secret Land, where Fang Yun sensed an ominous power in the sacred tombs.

• Ying Hong traded two Phoenix-Luring Fruits to Greedy Wind for the Middle-Grade Saint's Finger, and Greedy Wind gave one fruit to Fang Yun.
• Wumo apologized to Greedy Wind and asked to join the trip to the Yin-Spirit Plains, but Greedy Wind refused him.
• Wumo and three other Ancient Demons left in anger and secretly discussed how to respond to Fang Yun and Greedy Wind.
• After Three-Faced Ape opened the Star-Source Secret Land, Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, Ying Hong, and Crab Spider flew there.
• Fang Yun sensed dormant power among the cemetery's sacred tombs, though the three Ancient Demons did not, and the group reached the star-filled entrance to the secret land.

Fang Yun and three Ancient Demons entered the Star-Source Secret Land, where they planned to disrupt Three-Faced Ape’s progress along the stars. While the land’s Starforce benefited Fang Yun’s companions and treasures far more than him, Three-Faced Ape challenged them from his Star Path as Greedy Wind prepared to act.

• Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, Crab Spider, and Ying Hong waited outside the Green Mountain Silver Vortex and discussed how they would interfere with Three-Faced Ape.
• The four entered the Star-Source Secret Land and absorbed its Starforce, which greatly benefited the Mist Butterfly, Inkstone Turtle, Ink Maiden, and Literary Palace Coiled Dragon.
• Fang Yun saw that Three-Faced Ape had linked five stars with a Star Path and was standing between the fourth and fifth stars.
• Three-Faced Ape roared at the four intruders, while Ying Hong and Crab Spider grew angry and Fang Yun and Greedy Wind stayed composed.
• Greedy Wind announced that he would begin and revealed a Saint's Finger blossom.

Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, Ying Hong, and Crab Spider used their High-Grade Saint's Fingers to shatter the Three-Faced Ape's Star Path and send him tumbling into the void. They then stepped onto their own paths to absorb starforce, while the Three-Faced Ape lost strength and plotted revenge.

• Greedy Wind revealed a High-Grade Saint's Finger and struck the Three-Faced Ape's Star Path, while Ying Hong and Crab Spider damaged its foundation.
• Fang Yun revealed an even longer High-Grade Saint's Finger and broke the Three-Faced Ape's Star Path, sending him falling into the void.
• The Three-Faced Ape's starlight and strength began draining away as he struggled helplessly in the void.
• Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, Ying Hong, and Crab Spider stepped onto their Star Paths and began connecting stars to absorb starforce.
• The Three-Faced Ape regretted his scheme and resolved to seek revenge by finding a legendary treasure, while Fang Yun watched him from his Star Path.