Chapter Summaries

Fang Yun and Greedy Wind advanced through the Star-Source Secret Land while absorbing enormous amounts of starforce, and Three-Faced Ape was expelled after his Star Path was shattered. Three-Faced Ape recovered physically but lost his path to sainthood, then accused Fang Yun and Greedy Wind of destroying his Star Path.

• Fang Yun and Greedy Wind extended their Star Paths as their bodies and literary platforms absorbed starforce at extraordinary rates.
• Three-Faced Ape was drained of starforce and vanished from the Star-Source Secret Land when his Star Path collapsed.
• Three-Faced Ape fell onto the Ancient Demon Plains in a shriveled state, and the other Ancient Demons realized his path to sainthood had been severed.
• Three-Faced Ape recovered his body, then wept and demanded that the Ancient Demons uphold justice against Fang Yun and Greedy Wind.

Wumo learned that Fang Yun and Greedy Wind had used High-Grade Saint's Fingers to drain Three-Faced Ape and shatter his Star Path, then manipulated Three-Faced Ape's hatred toward Fang Yun. Meanwhile, Fang Yun studied the Tree Venerable's inheritance and remained in the Star-Source Secret Land to cultivate as the others departed.

• Three-Faced Ape told Wumo that Fang Yun and Greedy Wind had used High-Grade Saint's Fingers to break his Star Path and drain his power.
• Wumo privately confirmed Three-Faced Ape's story, then steered him toward blaming Fang Yun and suggested that the Demon Barbarians would kill Fang Yun.
• Three-Faced Ape left for the Ancient Demon Cemetery entrance after Wumo gave him divine treasures.
• Fang Yun absorbed the Tree Venerable's Leaf Book and learned of a difficult mission and secrets that improved the odds of one of his plans.
• Ying Hong, Crab Spider, and Greedy Wind left the Star-Source Secret Land while Fang Yun stayed to absorb Starforce and advance toward the Qi Family Realm.

Fang Yun exhausted the Star-Source Secret Land’s starforce, awakening a miniature Mother God Star on his Ancient Demon Literary Platform before the Snow Goddess also absorbed starforce. When the Ancient Demons questioned him after he emerged, Fang Yun claimed his human body had absorbed unusually slowly, and they began considering the explanation.

• Fang Yun found that his body and most of his Literary Platforms had reached their limits, so he cultivated his Sacred Way while the Ancient Demon Literary Platform continued absorbing starforce.
• Fang Yun discovered that a miniature Mother God Star had appeared above his Ancient Demon Literary Platform, and the platform finally stopped absorbing starforce.
• The Snow Goddess absorbed more starforce through the Mist Butterfly before she and the Mist Butterfly fell asleep.
• Fang Yun emerged from the Star-Source Secret Land after more than four hours and faced the Ancient Demons’ questions about his prolonged stay.
• Fang Yun suggested that he had absorbed starforce extremely slowly, and Crab Spider and Greedy Wind began to consider the possibility.

Fang Yun stayed in the Ancient Demon Cemetery to cultivate while his allies prepared for their next moves, and the Demon Barbarians continued to blockade the Human Sacred Mausoleum. Three days later, a newly advanced Emperor Realm Half-Roc arrived and flew toward the Star-Source Secret Land after hearing that Fang Yun was there.

• Greedy Wind, Ying Hong, and Crab Spider compared their gains, while Wumo mocked Fang Yun and left after seeing little change in his body.
• Fang Yun told the Ancient Demons he planned to cultivate until he reached the Qi Family Realm, and Greedy Wind and Crab Spider chose to stay with him while Ying Hong went searching for the Sacred Mausoleum.
• Fang Yun refused to hurry to the Sacred Mausoleum or the Human Sacred Mausoleum, saying he would go when he was strong enough and that no one could stop him.
• Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, and Crab Spider found a safe place in the Ancient Demon Cemetery, and Fang Yun began cultivating in seclusion.
• Three days later, a Half-Roc arrived as an Emperor Realm Ancient Demon, learned that Fang Yun was in the cemetery, and headed for the Star-Source Secret Land.

Half-Roc learned that the Star-Source Secret Land’s Starforce had dwindled and suspected Fang Yun and Greedy Wind were involved, then headed to confront Wumo. Meanwhile, the Human Race held up far better in the second Battle of Two Worlds Mountain, with Fang Yun’s technology and resources steadily strengthening its forces and earning him immense military merit.

• Half-Roc returned to the Ancient Demon Plains and complained that the Star-Source Secret Land had far less Starforce than expected.
• The Ancient Demons debated whether Fang Yun, Greedy Wind, or Three-Faced Ape had caused the Starforce shortage, and Half-Roc set off to confront Wumo in the Green Sea Secret Land.
• At Two Worlds Mountain, the Human Race fought the Demon Barbarians on more even terms than in the first battle, aided by improved military mechanisms and new Craftsmen School technologies.
• The Sacred Academy turned resources from the Flood Dragon Sage Palace, the Bloodmang Realm, and the Ten Cold Ancient Land into war supplies, with the resulting military merit credited to Fang Yun.
• Fang Yun’s accumulated military merit was projected to surpass that of multiple Half-Sages and potentially reach the level of a Second Saint.

Fang Yun advanced to the Second Realm of Great Scholar in the Ancient Demon Cemetery, while the Human Race strengthened its position at Two Worlds Mountain and Xiang Prefecture prepared a Saint Apricot Literary Assembly under Li Wenying. After finding the Ancient Demon Plains deserted, Fang Yun encountered three Wolf Emperors outside the cemetery and retreated to safety.

• The Literary Star Fragment and widespread use of Turning Void into Reality strengthened the Human Race's defenses at Two Worlds Mountain and reduced its casualties.
• Xiang Prefecture began organizing the Saint Apricot Literary Assembly, and Li Wenying agreed to preside after returning to Jing Kingdom as a Third Realm Great Scholar.
• Fang Yun advanced to the Second Realm of Great Scholar, then left his seclusion and found Greedy Wind and Crab Spider still cultivating.
• Fang Yun discovered the Ancient Demon Plains were empty and went through the mist to investigate the area beyond the Ancient Demon Cemetery.
• Fang Yun spotted three Wolf Emperors and their Demon Barbarian forces, then retreated into the cemetery rather than risk being trapped outside.

Fang Yun encountered a Micro Nether in the Ancient Demon Cemetery, then explored the Misty Mountains for two months in search of resources. He returned to the Ancient Demon Plains with more than three hundred sacred qi clusters but no complete set of spirit bones.

• Fang Yun sensed danger on the Ancient Demon Plains and used his Realm of Family, State, and World to locate a tiny creature hidden among the dust.
• Fang Yun recognized the creature as a Micro Nether, and the Micro Nether tested him before leaving for Stone Lake and warning him to return when the Sacred Mausoleum appeared.
• Fang Yun decided to seek treasure lands that could yield spirit bones and sacred qi, and sent inheritance diagrams to Greedy Wind and Crab Spider while they cultivated in seclusion.
• Fang Yun entered the Misty Mountains and spent many days battling and searching for resources.
• Two months after Burial Saint Valley opened, Fang Yun returned to the Ancient Demon Plains with a stable realm and more than three hundred sacred qi clusters, but no complete spirit bone set.

Fang Yun faced the Demon Barbarians outside the Ancient Demon Cemetery as they revealed they had killed Meng Jingye to provoke him and lure out human rescuers. After using Memory Reversion, Fang Yun sensed that Meng Jingye’s corpse had been tampered with, though he could not tell whether his friend was still alive.

• Fang Yun warned Lang Lie and the Demon Barbarians that they could not kill him, but Lang Lie said they would keep him trapped in the cemetery and kill any humans who came to rescue him.
• Lang Lie revealed that Meng Jingye had been pursued by Great Demon Kings, while a Snake Race Great Demon King mocked Fang Yun and pressed him to leave the cemetery.
• Four Great Demon Kings arrived, one carrying Meng Jingye’s blood-drained corpse, and Lang Lie ordered the Demon Barbarians to devour it in front of Fang Yun.
• Fang Yun used Memory Reversion and discovered that something was wrong with Meng Jingye’s corpse, then resolved to hold the three Wolf Emperors responsible for his friend’s death.

After witnessing the Demon Barbarians devour Meng Jingye, Fang Yun used a secret passage to enter the dangerous Tree Realm. He prepared to turn the Demon Barbarians’ pursuit against them, while a colossal being arrived too late to claim the passage.

• Fang Yun suppressed his urge to attack the Demon Barbarians and traveled to a poisoned lake to find the secret passage described in the Mountain Bearer Inheritance.
• Fang Yun crossed the lake’s poison using his Poison-Attack Literary Platform and dragon snake grass, then activated an inheritance diagram over the white sand.
• The lake bed opened into a passage and drew Fang Yun inside; afterward, a colossal being arrived and lamented that someone had taken an opportunity for Saint Enfeoffment.
• Fang Yun emerged in the Tree Realm, where the dense sacred qi burned his lungs and the towering metallic trees surrounded him.
• Fang Yun concealed himself by the shore and resolved to use the Tree Realm to wipe out the line of the Demon Barbarian mastermind who had killed Meng Jingye.

Fang Yun planned to destroy the Stone Fetus Blood Egg that the Demon Realm intended for the Plague Lord, and traveled through the Tree Realm to gather the tools he needed. He headed toward a Divine Burial Flower and Ancient Demon emperor spirit bones before attempting to reach the Blood Tree.

• Fang Yun assessed how the Demon Barbarians were divided across Burial Saint Valley and concluded that the Blood Egg retrieval would leave them vulnerable.
• Fang Yun used the Fu Yue Clan and Tree Venerable’s records to plan an attack, expecting the Demon Barbarians to be weakest while harvesting the Blood Egg.
• Fang Yun flew away from the Blood Tree in the Marquis Wu Chariot and entered the Tree Realm’s vast, dangerous plantlands.
• Fang Yun decided he needed a Divine Burial Flower and Ancient Demon emperor spirit bones to survive the Tree Realm and confront the Demon Barbarians.
• Fang Yun concealed himself with his Realm of Family, State, and World as he searched for the items.

Fang Yun hunted Screech Trees in the Tree Realm, using his Realm of Family, State, and World to stop their fruits from summoning reinforcements. After finding rare fierce tree resin, he continued onward and discovered thirteen enormous blue-leaved Fierce Trees drawing sacred qi toward their spiked fruits.

• Fang Yun approached a Screech Tree and enclosed it and the surrounding forest within his Realm of Family, State, and World.
• Fang Yun froze the Screech Fruits before they could explode, then killed the Screech Tree with the True Dragon Ancient Sword.
• Fang Yun found fierce tree resin at the base of the fallen tree, collected it, and set the remains alight.
• Fang Yun continued through the Tree Realm, killing Screech Trees and avoiding Fierce Trees that were too powerful or numerous.
• Fang Yun encountered thirteen enormous black-barked trees with blue leaves, whose spiked fruits drew in sacred qi.

Fang Yun crafted a Mud Pellet Sachet to disguise himself from most Fierce Trees and continued toward the Emperor Spirit Bones. After glimpsing a Fierce Tree Tribe’s diagrams, he left and felt a sudden change in his Literary Palace.

• Fang Yun avoided the Chainfire Trees and searched the Blue-Earth Mountains for a way to hide his scent.
• Fang Yun made a Mud Pellet Sachet from jade-green grass, soil, water, and Sacred Qi, disguising himself as vegetation to most Fierce Trees.
• Fang Yun watched a Fierce Tree Tribe and saw its cultivation diagrams, but could not comprehend them from outside the valley.
• Fang Yun departed, and after traveling for several hundred breaths, his Literary Palace’s aura changed and his heartbeat quickened.

Fang Yun lured a hidden attacker into ambushing him and used the Starfire Armillary Mirror to gravely wound the black panther, who escaped. He searched for the Emperor Spirit Bones but found that the burial site had already been emptied.

• Fang Yun left the Fire Bamboo Forest and drew out an unseen pursuer, then defended himself with the Marquis Wu Chariot, his realm, and the Bronze Giant's battle remains.
• A black panther Great Demon King revealed himself and destroyed the Bronze Giant's battle remains with a single paw strike.
• Fang Yun activated the Starfire Armillary Mirror, burning most of the panther while its smallest duplicate escaped into the forest.
• Fang Yun sent out thirty-six Mosquito-Fly Mechanisms to scout the area, then resumed searching for the Emperor Spirit Bones.
• Fang Yun reached a burial site marked on the Tree Venerable's map and discovered that the spirit bones were gone.

Fang Yun survived the Black Panther Great Demon King's ambush with help from the Snow Goddess, but the panther's poisoned claw left him gravely wounded. After beginning a difficult recovery, Fang Yun decided to pursue the enemy and asked the Snow Goddess to locate him.

• The Snow Goddess and mist butterfly froze the Black Panther Great Demon King’s attack long enough to save Fang Yun, though the panther escaped using an Ancient Demon art.
• The Snow Goddess suppressed the poison in Fang Yun’s back, and Fang Yun used the Sickness Scripture, dragon snake grass, and medical texts to treat the wound.
• Fang Yun summoned Zhang Zhongjing’s sacred blood onto his Sacred Soul Literary Platform, strengthening his healing powers and beginning a recovery expected to take at least a month.
• Fang Yun used fierce tree resin to accelerate his healing and decided that counterattacking the injured panther was preferable to searching for emperor spirit bones.
• Fang Yun asked the Snow Goddess to track the Black Panther Great Demon King while he handled the fighting.

Fang Yun tracked down the wounded Black Panther Great Demon King and launched a surprise attack, weakening him with his Literary Platforms and the Bloodmang Realm. The Great Demon King then unleashed a Half-Sage technique, forcing Fang Yun to flee as the attack closed in.

• The Snow Goddess gave Fang Yun a legacy diagram that let him sense the Great Demon King while his wounds remained unhealed, then returned to slumber.
• Fang Yun followed the Great Demon King's lingering chill through the Tree Realm, treating his wounds and concealing his presence as he approached.
• Fang Yun found the Black Panther Great Demon King and trapped him inside his Realm of Family, State, and World before attacking with his True Dragon Ancient Sword.
• The smaller black True Dragon wounded the Great Demon King, and Fang Yun's Blood Radiance Literary Platform devoured thirty percent of the enemy's black-light form.
• The Black Panther Great Demon King formed a Half-Sage technique from seven-colored lightning, and Fang Yun withdrew his realm and fled as the attack surged after him.

Fang Yun endured the Black Panther Great Demon King's divine thunder and lured him to the Chainfire Trees, where he used the trees' Bluefire Fruits to cripple the demon. He returned to find the weakened Black Panther Great Demon King and prepared to kill him.

• The Black Panther Great Demon King struck Fang Yun with Seven-Colored Divine Thunder, badly wounding him and damaging the Marquis Wu Chariot.
• Fang Yun fled while using War Poetry to keep the Black Panther Great Demon King at a distance, then led him to the Chainfire Trees.
• Fang Yun used his Crime-Suppressing Literary Platform to bind the Black Panther Great Demon King as the trees launched Bluefire Fruits at them.
• Fang Yun escaped the explosions with the Starfire Armillary Mirror, while the Black Panther Great Demon King was left severely wounded and collapsed.
• Fang Yun circled back to the weakened Black Panther Great Demon King, who offered to trade secrets of the Tree Realm for his life, and Fang Yun drew the True Dragon Ancient Sword.

Lao Huo explained that treatment had failed and described how illness, low spirits, and fear of criticism and a weak ending had kept him from writing Confucian Sage. He apologized for the interrupted updates, recommitted to finishing the novel with Neo-Confucianism in its outline, and left the story poised for Fang Yun’s brutal Contest of Sacred Ways after leaving Burial Saint Valley.

• Lao Huo said his treatment had failed, though his illness remained manageable with regular hospital visits.
• Lao Huo described feeling low, gaming, and struggling to write Confucian Sage after scrapping its original outline.
• Lao Huo returned to studying Confucian classics and decided to include Neo-Confucianism in a revised outline.
• Lao Huo said he would focus on finishing Confucian Sage before pursuing ideas for a larger new book about the Hundred Schools.
• Lao Huo apologized to readers for the update interruption, promised to keep writing, and said Fang Yun’s Contest of Sacred Ways would become brutal after he left Burial Saint Valley.

Fang Yun killed the Black Panther Great Demon King and found the Moon Tree Fruit Core the demon had concealed. In the Tree Venerable’s safe forest, he began absorbing its power and gained fragments of the Fierce Tree Diagram in his eyes.

• Fang Yun used the True Dragon Ancient Sword to kill the Black Panther Great Demon King, though the battle badly damaged the Marquis Wu Chariot.
• Fang Yun searched the battlefield, used Memory Reversion to trace the demon’s movements, and found a Moon Tree Fruit Core hidden inside a piece of black wood.
• Fang Yun fled from an approaching Fierce Tree and realized the Moon Tree Fruit Core could reveal part of the Fierce Tree Diagram.
• Fang Yun entered the Tree Venerable’s protected forest and prepared to absorb the core’s power using the Moon Phase Divine Stone as a substitute for the moon.
• Fang Yun’s Ancient Demon Literary Platform blocked the core’s evil power from reaching his Literary Palace, while the power flowed into his eyes and formed matching fragments of the Fierce Tree Diagram.

Fang Yun studied the Fierce Tree Remnant Diagrams and endured their visions until he comprehended the Sacred Way power of Withering. He discovered that his Realm of Family, State, and World could bear this new power.

• Fang Yun entered the Fierce Tree Remnant Diagrams with his divine sense and resisted the immense pressure of their golden phantom images.
• Fang Yun focused on a phantom image until it dispersed, then made a green leaf wither to ash between his fingers.
• Fang Yun spent three days studying the phantom images, while his eyes bled and his temples turned white before the diagrams collapsed and his eyes regrew.
• Fang Yun found a second bronze cauldron in his Literary Palace and recognized that he had comprehended the Sacred Way power of Withering.
• Fang Yun discovered that his Realm of Family, State, and World could carry the power of Withering and summoned its cracked, translucent sphere.

Fang Yun’s Realm of Family, State, and World recovered after absorbing the Literary Star Fragments, while his Withered Cauldron transformed into a new Sacred Way power of Withering. After testing its effects, Fang Yun discovered that his insight had advanced to grasping what could not be directly observed.

• Fang Yun used the Literary Star’s radiance to repair the shattered Realm of Family, State, and World.
• Fang Yun’s Withered Cauldron exploded into silver-black threads that transformed the realm’s ground and gave its trees a ceaseless cycle of falling and regrowing leaves.
• Fang Yun tested Withering on a tree and a War-Poem Famous General, discovering that it spread through its target and steadily drained its power.
• Fang Yun found that different war poems could add to the Withering force carried by the general, allowing its effects to accumulate beyond a single poem’s limit.
• Fang Yun realized that studying the Fierce Tree Diagram had taught him part of the Longevity Sacred Way, granting resistance to aging and decay.
• Fang Yun discovered that his eyes could perceive hidden information and trace things to their origins, approaching the ability to grasp what was absent.