Chapter Summaries

Fang Yun subdued the Plague Lord’s power by devouring it with his medical and poison arts. As Flowing Current neared the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas, he chose to attack a powerful barbarian troop and prepared to face its eight Great Barbarian Kings himself.

• Fang Yun trapped the weakened black plague serpent in a medicine jar, endured its explosive counterattack, and let the Poison-Attack Serpent devour its poisonous mist.
• Fang Yun used Hua Tuo’s power, sacred qi, and the Withering Force to cleanse the realm and finish devouring the Plague Lord’s hidden power.
• Flowing Current encountered eight Great Barbarian Kings led by Bearrock King, who decided to kill Fang Yun before continuing to the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas.
• Fang Yun told Xi Luan to hold the line while he tested his sword on the Great Barbarian Kings.

Fang Yun used his Poison-Attack Literary Platform to overwhelm the Great Barbarian Kings, forcing Bearrock King to flee. Fang Yun and Xi Luan caught up with him near a pillar of light where humans and demon barbarians were fighting, and Flowing Current swallowed him in full view of both sides.

• Fang Yun unleashed his Poison-Attack Serpent, which swallowed and killed three third-realm Great Barbarian Kings with deadly poison.
• Bearrock King and two fourth-realm Great Barbarian Kings were poisoned; Bearrock King gave them dragon snake grass, but the poison's lurking Sacred Way power remained.
• Fang Yun attacked as the Poison-Assault Giant Serpent engulfed the remaining Great Barbarian Kings in poisonous flames, and Bearrock King fled toward the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas.
• Bearrock King smashed the Eagle Emperor and Snake Emperor spirit bones aside with Ancestral God's Claw and flew for more than two hours to a plain near a pillar of light.
• Fang Yun and Xi Luan caught up with Bearrock King on Flowing Current, who swallowed him as the nearby humans and demon barbarians watched.

Fang Yun entered a battlefield where nearly a hundred Demon Barbarian Kings besieged four groups, then chose to aid the hard-pressed Star Demon Barbarians. The Crab Spider stopped the Tiger Barbarian Emperor from pursuing him, while the Emperor ordered three sets of emperor spirit bones to block Fang Yun.

• Fang Yun surveyed the four battles and, at He Mingyuan's urging, flew toward the Star Demon Barbarians, whose position was the most brutal and dangerous.
• Fang Yun recognized Zong Wenxiong and learned that the Fifth Realm Ape Race Great Demon King Yuan Wan was a descendant of Blaze Sage, then promised to help him.
• The Tiger Barbarian Emperor tried to charge after Fang Yun, but the Crab Spider trapped him in spider silk and attacked him, declaring the Human Race allies of the Ancient Demons.
• The Tiger Barbarian Emperor ordered three sets of emperor spirit bones to block Fang Yun before he could join the other humans.

Fang Yun and Xi Luan used the Two-River Realm to strengthen the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers to the Fifth Realm as three emperor skeletons engaged Fang Yun’s own. Fang Yun imprisoned one Great Demon King in his Crime-Suppressing Literary Platform and poisoned another with the Poison-Assault Giant Serpent, while the battle to rescue the others remained underway.

• Three Fifth Realm Great Demon Kings sent a Horse Barbarian, Dog Race, and Flood Dragon Race emperor skeleton to intercept Fang Yun, and Xi Luan proposed using the Two-River Realm.
• Xi Luan formed the Yangtze and Yellow River phantoms and gave Fang Yun the Yangtze’s principal seat; the rivers reached the Fifth Realm after Fang Yun recited a poem.
• Fang Yun’s Crime-Suppressing Literary Platform bound a Fifth Realm Great Demon King in chains and dragged him into its Sin-Suppressing Side Hall.
• After the Tiger Barbarian Emperor urged the remaining attackers onward, the Lion Race Great Demon King charged into the Yangtze River and Fang Yun sent the Poison-Assault Giant Serpent to swallow him.
• The Lion Race Great Demon King warned that Fang Yun had stolen the Plague Lord’s power before the serpent swallowed him again.

Fang Yun struggled to break through a demon barbarian blockade and reach the besieged star demon barbarians, Li Zhenggang, and their allies. As enemy reinforcements converged, he weighed his dangerous remaining options but remained determined to rescue them.

• The Tiger Barbarian Emperor ordered the demon barbarians to stop Fang Yun without killing him, and five Fifth Realm kings and other forces formed a blockade ahead of Fang Yun and Xi Luan.
• Fang Yun and Xi Luan were held back by repeated Sage Aspect Strikes while their diversion gave the ancient demons, humans, and Fire Race room to fight back.
• An Eagle Clan Great Demon King carried the Fire Race Great Demon King through the enemy line, allowing the Fire Race and Shadow Race to join the besieged star demon barbarians.
• The Tiger Barbarian Emperor sent another force toward the star demon barbarians, and He Mingyuan warned Fang Yun that their allies would be destroyed before the enemy turned on them.
• Fang Yun asked about Half-Sage Regalia and considered He Mingyuan's Sacred Words Grand Technique, but judged his remaining powers too risky or unavailable and resolved that he still had to save the besieged allies.

Fang Yun used two enormous True Dragon swords and a concealed plan to help Ape Bay King break the Demon Barbarian encirclement around the Star Demon Barbarians. Ape Bay King wielded the Wolf-Head Sacred Hammer to kill twelve Demon Barbarian Kings, and the Star Demon Barbarians escaped toward Fang Yun.

• Fang Yun secretly arranged with Ape Bay King to lend him the Wolf-Head Sacred Hammer while a Horse Barbarian King widened a gap in the encirclement.
• Fang Yun enlarged his True Dragon Ancient Sword and imitation sword into golden dragons, using their Dragon Flame to break through the Demon Barbarian line.
• Fang Yun sent the imitation-sword dragon toward the Star Demon Barbarians, then used Sorrowful Cry, Sword Burial to poison and disrupt the surrounding Demon Barbarians.
• The imitation dragon concealed the Wolf-Head Sacred Hammer, which flew to Ape Bay King as the sword attack opened the encirclement.
• Ape Bay King infused the hammer with Blaze Sage's Sacred Blood and struck down twelve Demon Barbarian Kings, shattering the encirclement.
• Exhausted but standing, Ape Bay King led the fleeing Star Demon Barbarians toward Fang Yun while the hammer weakened their pursuers.

Fang Yun's allies fought through the encirclement while Crab Spider battled the Tiger Barbarian Emperor to protect him. The Demon Barbarians' numbers and defensive measures kept Fang Yun from reaching the four Great Scholars, leaving the struggle unresolved.

• Crab Spider bound the Tiger Barbarian Emperor with spider silk and confronted his Celestial Aspect Strike, leaving both fighters wounded but still connected by the unbroken thread.
• The Tiger Barbarian Emperor summoned the Flood Dragon Emperor Spirit Bones, forcing Crab Spider to continue fighting without being able to finish him.
• The Demon Barbarians withdrew from Fang Yun's path, allowing the Star Demon Barbarians and other allies to regroup with him as Xi Luan dismissed Two-River Realm.
• Fang Yun led his allies toward the four Great Scholars, but the Demon Barbarians' defensive line and Blood Banner slowed their advance, while weakened allies struggled to keep up.
• A Star Demon Barbarian Great Demon King used the Wolf-Head Sacred Hammer, but two Demon Barbarian Great Demon Kings countered it with treasures that crumbled after stopping the attack.

Fang Yun and his allies struggled to break through the Demon Barbarians while debating their next move, until Fang Yun detected Mouse Mi Emperor preparing an ambush. Mouse Mi Emperor hesitated between fighting for the Sages’ reward and pursuing the newly opened Divine Gift Mountains and Seas.

• Fang Yun’s group used the Wolf-Head Sacred Hammer again, but the Demon Barbarians countered with Sage Aspect Strike, exhausting three Star Demon Barbarians.
• The Demon Barbarians kept Fang Yun’s group pinned down, though the Poison-Assault Giant Serpent’s poison weakened many of them; Li Zhenggang and Zong Wenxiong praised Fang Yun and worked alongside him.
• Fang Yun and the other Great Scholars argued over whether to advance, defend, or join the other Human Great Scholars, and Fang Yun refused to spend his strength without agreement.
• Fang Yun sensed danger and had Xi Luan establish the Four Seas Realm, which Fang Yun elevated to the Fifth Realm; he spotted Mouse Mi Emperor lurking nearby.
• Mouse Mi Emperor admitted that Fang Yun had discovered the ambush and considered leaving for the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas, but the Tiger Barbarian Emperor urged Mouse Mi Emperor to kill Fang Yun for the Sages’ reward.

Mouse Mi Emperor prepared to aid Tiger Barbarian Emperor against Fang Yun, but Yi Zhishi arrived and forced the Demon Barbarians to reconsider their plans. Yi Zhishi praised Fang Yun’s progress in the classics and invited him to study together, while Fang Yun left the other Great Scholars curious about his studies.

• Mouse Mi Emperor agreed to help Tiger Barbarian Emperor in exchange for a future favor, but grew wary when Yi Zhishi approached.
• Mouse Mi Emperor told Tiger Barbarian Emperor to gather the Demon Barbarians and prepare to flee or negotiate rather than confront Yi Zhishi.
• Yi Zhishi arrived at the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas, where Fang Yun and the other Great Scholars greeted him.
• Yi Zhishi praised Fang Yun’s advance to the Third Realm and invited him to discuss the classics as friends after they left Burial Saint Valley.
• Zong Wenxiong asked Fang Yun which classic he was studying, but Fang Yun smiled and did not answer.

Yi Zhishi identified Fang Yun’s extraordinary mastery of The Analects and suggested he was already writing a commentary on it. Fang Yun avoided revealing how far his work had progressed and redirected the Great Scholars’ attention toward the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas.

• Yi Zhishi recognized that Fang Yun’s aura reflected success in studying The Analects, astonishing the Great Scholars.
• Yi Zhishi judged that Fang Yun might already be writing a subcommentary or a commentary directly on The Analects.
• Zong Wenxiong suggested Fang Yun might possess the rare ability to know from birth, leaving the Great Scholars without a response.
• Zong Wenxiong asked how far Fang Yun’s commentaries had progressed and when he would finish them.
• Fang Yun changed the subject, saying they were one step away from the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas.

Yi Zhishi forced the Blood Demon Barbarians to let everyone enter the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas, where the arriving races were scattered. Fang Yun landed in a barren sea with his powers sealed and spotted a strange mountain-island.

• Yi Zhishi refused Mouse Mi Emperor’s offer to let the humans pass without the other races, and the Blood Demon Barbarians yielded.
• Yi Zhishi entered the golden pillar, followed by Fang Yun and the other races; a white-clad figure killed a Wolf Barbarian King before entering as well.
• Fang Yun fell into the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas with his powers sealed, but retained control of his three emperor spirit bones.
• Fang Yun landed on Flowing Current in an apparently lifeless sea and saw a strange island that consisted only of a mountain peak.

Fang Yun explored a strange Mountain Island in a power-sealing sea and discovered that touching its summit patterns restored his abilities and let him control the island. After sailing toward danger sensed through the Book of Changes, he encountered another Mountain Island and saw a Poison Flood Dragon King who did not notice him.

• Fang Yun found that the sea suppressed his powers and that Flowing Current was weakened as they approached the floating Mountain Island.
• Fang Yun traced the patterns on the summit and gained control of the Mountain Island, which restored his powers and extended their range.
• Fang Yun tested the island's abilities, then used the Book of Changes to sense danger and sailed toward the front left.
• Fang Yun traveled for thirty-four hours without seeing anyone, until another Mountain Island appeared ahead.
• Fang Yun saw a Fourth Realm Great Demon King, a Poison Flood Dragon King, glance in his direction without noticing him.

Fang Yun encountered King Jiao Yan in the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas and discovered that Withering Force greatly accelerated his mountain island. He demanded King Jiao Yan’s island and sped toward him, leaving King Jiao Yan offering treasures and dragon blood flowers to save his life.

• Fang Yun recognized King Jiao Yan, tested how literary qi, sacred qi, and Withering Force affected his mountain island, and concealed Flowing Current.
• Fang Yun accelerated his island until King Jiao Yan noticed him, and the two discussed their hostility and the strange mountains and seas.
• King Jiao Yan refused to join forces with Fang Yun and asked him to let him go, citing the Poison Flood Dragon Clan’s enmity with him.
• Fang Yun invoked the Literary Star Dragon Noble Edict to requisition King Jiao Yan’s island, then calculated how soon their islands would collide.
• Fang Yun used Withering Force to accelerate his island, while King Jiao Yan threatened retaliation and offered treasures, including two dragon blood flowers.

Fang Yun defeated King Jiao Yan after the flood dragon exhausted his attacks against Fang Yun’s emperor spirit bones and was weakened by Fang Yun’s Dragon Language. Fang Yun captured him and absorbed his Mountain Island, discovering the island contained a hidden store of treasures.

• King Jiao Yan charged Fang Yun and attacked with a burning, poisonous claw, but the Snake Emperor Spirit Bones shattered it.
• King Jiao Yan poured poisonous fire at Fang Yun, and the Snake Emperor Spirit Bones swallowed it all; King Jiao Yan surrendered, but Fang Yun refused to spare him.
• King Jiao Yan used sacred resources to unleash his strongest Celestial Aspect Strike, but Fang Yun’s Dragon Language shattered the attack and weakened him.
• King Jiao Yan fought Fang Yun with all his techniques as their Mountain Islands drew together and began merging.
• Fang Yun bound King Jiao Yan with the Crime-Suppressing Literary Platform and captured him in the Crime-Suppressing Hall.
• Fang Yun’s Mountain Island absorbed King Jiao Yan’s island, gaining height and speed and revealing a hidden store of sacred treasures and other goods.

Fang Yun decided to pursue radical reform of how the Human Race organized and taught knowledge, beginning with a work called History of Medicine. He prepared to turn that book into a model for new disciplines, specialized colleges, and broader educational change once he returned to the Saint Origin Continent.

• Fang Yun judged the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas in Burial Saint Valley far more dangerous than previous occurrences and accelerated his voyage while strengthening himself.
• Fang Yun chose to advance through writing and teaching, deciding that the Human Race needed radical reform because it valued the Way more than practical skills and accessible knowledge.
• Fang Yun wrote the title History of Medicine and realized it could help introduce disciplines and a more systematic way to collect, evaluate, and teach knowledge.
• Fang Yun planned to make History of Medicine a textbook and, after returning to the Saint Origin Continent, establish specialized colleges and later institutions of higher education.

Fang Yun compiled a History of Medicine in the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas, advancing his Medical Way before encountering the powerful Dragon Emperor Ao Wushan and avoiding him. He later found three Great Realm experts devouring a strange blue mountain, and headed toward them to investigate.

• Fang Yun wrote a public-friendly History of Medicine, introducing medical disciplines and terminology while deepening his understanding of the Medical Way.
• On the third day, Fang Yun spotted Ao Wushan, recognized the dangerous Dragon Emperor, and changed course to avoid him.
• Ao Wushan searched the area and tried to lure someone out, but Fang Yun saw through the bluff and continued away.
• News spread that the Medical School's Sacred Way was widening as Jing Kingdom prepared for the Saint Apricot Literary Assembly amid warnings of disruption.
• Fang Yun discovered a human Great Scholar, a Demon Barbarian Great Demon King, and a Star Demon Barbarian slowly devouring a towering blue mountain, then accelerated toward them.

Fang Yun detected a sinister presence in the blue mountain peak and warned the others to flee, but the hesitant Horse Barbarian King was devoured by the fiend creature Chāngchi. Fang Yun and Yun Yangzhao survived, and Fang Yun declined Yun Yangzhao’s offer to join forces for now, suggesting they reunite once more treasures appeared.

• Fang Yun met Yun Yangzhao, Crocodile Choker King, and a Horse Barbarian King as they sailed toward the blue mountain peak, and Yun Yangzhao explained its properties and treasures.
• Fang Yun sensed malice from the peak and warned the others; Yun Yangzhao and Crocodile Choker King fled, while the Horse Barbarian King hesitated.
• The blue mountain split open, and Chāngchi seized and devoured the Horse Barbarian King as the others escaped.
• Yun Yangzhao thanked Fang Yun for saving him and proposed that they join forces to explore the Divine Gift Mountains and Seas.
• Fang Yun warned Yun Yangzhao to avoid greed and postponed joining forces until more treasures appeared and the danger increased.

Fang Yun set out to claim the blue peak’s treasure but attacked Crocodile Choker King when the Demon Barbarian lingered nearby. Fang Yun used his Literary Star Dragon Noble Edict to demote Crocodile Choker King from the Fifth Realm to the Fourth, then sent his Crime-Suppressing Literary Platform to attack.

• Fang Yun and Yun Yangzhao agreed to prepare for later cooperation, and Yun Yangzhao offered to guard Fang Yun as he approached the blue peak.
• Crocodile Choker King proposed that he, Fang Yun, and Yun Yangzhao join forces against Chāngchi, but Fang Yun refused and warned him to leave.
• Fang Yun suddenly charged Crocodile Choker King with his Mountain Island, and Yun Yangzhao warned him that Crocodile Choker King had obtained an unusual treasure from the blue peak.
• Crocodile Choker King attacked Fang Yun with a crocodile-head combat technique, but Fang Yun’s Realm of Family, State, and World blocked it.
• Fang Yun’s Literary Star Dragon Noble Edict suppressed Crocodile Choker King’s power and lowered his realm from the Fifth Realm to the Fourth.
• Fang Yun opened the Sin-Suppressing Side Hall and sent its black chains toward Crocodile Choker King, who summoned blood energy and a bead-like object.

Fang Yun defeated Crocodile Choker King with the help of three Emperor Spirit Bones, absorbed his Mountain Island, and then began devouring the blue mountain peak. When Chāngchi emerged from the peak, Flowing Current tore off and swallowed its tentacle.

• Fang Yun tested the Emperor Spirit Bones against Crocodile Choker King, then used them to break his defenses and kill him.
• Fang Yun devoured Crocodile Choker King's Mountain Island, increasing his own island's size and capabilities.
• Yun Yangzhao congratulated Fang Yun and formed the Two-River Realm to support him as he approached the blue mountain peak.
• Fang Yun and Yun Yangzhao suspected the mountains were assembled from treasures drawn in from the Myriad Worlds.
• Fang Yun retreated when the blue mountain peak split open and released a savage aura that weakened the Two-River Realm.
• Flowing Current bit off Chāngchi's emerging silver tentacle, twisted it free, and swallowed it.

Fang Yun fought Chāngchi, using a summoned Ancient Demon and the True Dragon Ancient Sword to overcome the fiend’s attacks. He killed Chāngchi and had his Mountain Island devour the creature and Blue Mountain.

• Yun Yangzhao resisted Chāngchi’s savage will by reciting the Mencius, then watched Fang Yun withstand the fiend’s rapid tentacle attacks.
• Fang Yun projected his Realm of Family, State, and World, dispelling Chāngchi’s savage will and preparing to kill it.
• Fang Yun summoned a Third Realm drooping silk from the River of History, whose vines entangled Chāngchi and restricted its movements.
• Fang Yun’s True Dragon Ancient Sword struck Chāngchi’s sucker repeatedly, and its Withering Force reduced the fiend from the Emperor Realm to the Fifth Realm.
• The True Dragon Ancient Sword killed Chāngchi, and Fang Yun’s Mountain Island devoured it along with Blue Mountain.