Chapter Summaries

As Fang Yun’s three streams of Literary Qi resonated during his advancement, his Literary Palace began sublimating and the Literary Star descended closer to the Saint Origin Continent. The Human Race celebrated the increased Literary Star Force, while the Demon Realm resolved to prepare for Fang Yun’s possible rise as a Before-the-Sages Metropolitan Graduate.

• Fang Yun witnessed his Literary Palace tremble as his three streams of Literary Qi expanded and contracted, while his seventy-three Palace Stars helped stabilize its sublimation.
• The Zhang Household’s Armillary Spheres spun into the air as the stars twisted and the Literary Star grew brighter, increasing the Literary Star Force across the Ten Kingdoms.
• Yi Zhishi, the Sacred Academy examiners, and scholars across the Ten Kingdoms recognized the Literary Star Descent as an omen of the Human Race’s revival.
• Wang Jinglong told the Sacred Academy examiners that the Demon Realm was likely in chaos, while the Wolf Barbarian King decided to proceed with his planned invasion of Jing Kingdom.
• The Demon Realm’s Sages debated sending more forces against the Human Race and agreed to prepare to kill Fang Yun if he became a Before-the-Sages Metropolitan Graduate.
• The demons praised Shi Wang’s Lionheart, armor, ancestral spirit, and Wind God Wings, believing he could defeat Fang Yun at Dragon Ascension Platform.

After advancing to Metropolitan Graduate, Fang Yun received a miniature Literary Star in his Literary Palace and discovered his Star Position had become a fourth-realm Lord's Star Position. He examined the changes to his powers and considered whether his Swift Writing Literary Heart could reach the legendary Sacred-Grade.

• A silver streak flew from the Strange Book World into the Literary Star projection, and Fang Yun passed out as the Literary Star descended into his Literary Palace.
• Six hours later, Fang Yun woke and thanked the Mist Butterfly for guarding him while he was unconscious.
• Fang Yun inspected his Literary Palace and found a miniature Literary Star formed from the vanished Literary Star Fragment, which strengthened his powers with Literary Star Force.
• Fang Yun found that his Literary Qi had grown substantially and his Swift Writing Literary Heart Flame had become the largest, raising his hopes of attaining a Sacred-Grade Literary Heart.
• Fang Yun discovered that the King of Stars' power had become a golden fourth-realm Lord's Star Position.

Fang Yun began gestating a lip spear and tongue sword from a true dragon bone using the Sword Linked Verse. The bone entered his Literary Palace and attacked his literary guts, where the poem’s power held it fast.

• Fang Yun prepared sage paper and Hanlin literary treasures before beginning to gestate his sword.
• Fang Yun chose the Sword Linked Verse by Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, and Teng Zijing as his sword-gestation poem and wrote it on a sage page.
• Fang Yun’s finished poem resonated with his literary qi and literary guts, and the true dragon bone flew out of his River-Drinking Shell.
• Dragon demon marquises sensed the dragon bone and rushed toward Fang Yun as it tried to escape the poem’s control.
• The sage page drew the bone into Fang Yun’s Literary Palace, where the poem formed golden characters around it and the true dragon attacked his literary guts.

Fang Yun used the True Dragon Bone to begin gestating his Lip Spear and Tongue Sword, sacrificing his right arm in the process. While the sword formed, two Dragon Demon Marshals attacked, and Fang Yun tested his War Poetry against them.

• Fang Yun melted the True Dragon Bone with the Sword Linked Verse and fused it with his Literary Guts to begin forming an ancient sword.
• Fang Yun learned that the Lip Spear and Tongue Sword would take three days to gestate and leave him with very little Literary Qi.
• Fang Yun spotted two Dragon Demon Marshals approaching, mounted his Dragon Qi Cloud, and prepared to fight while the Mist Butterfly circled overhead.
• Fang Yun used Arrow in the Stone against the charging Dragon Demon Marshals, and the arrow pierced one Marshal's palm.

Fang Yun fled across the Floating Cloud Lands after learning that a powerful Dragon Demon Marquis was pursuing him, while using Arrow in the Stone to wound two Dragon Demon Marshals. The Ancient Crocodile Marquis destroyed a Floating Cloud Land in his search and announced that the treasure was with a human Provincial Graduate, putting Fang Yun in danger from enemies across the region.

• Fang Yun used a second Arrow in the Stone to pierce a Dragon Demon Marshal, then fled when the two Marshals warned that a Dragon Demon Marquis was coming.
• Fang Yun spotted the three-patterned Dragon Demon Marquis approaching and chose a Floating Cloud Land he thought the demon could not quickly reach.
• The Dragon Demon Marquis questioned the two Marshals about the True Dragon Remains, then smashed apart a Floating Cloud Land while searching for them.
• Fang Yun continued fleeing as the Ancient Crocodile Marquis pursued and eventually widened the distance between them.
• The Ancient Crocodile Marquis shouted that the treasure was with a human Provincial Graduate, drawing the attention of potential enemies to Fang Yun.

Fang Yun faced pursuit from Demon Barbarians and an Ancient Crocodile Marquis while undergoing Sword Gestation, but Kong Detian arrived and pledged to protect him. They headed toward Yun Nongzhang, with Kong Detian accepting that guarding Fang Yun mattered more than seeking Dragon Qi Eyes.

• Fang Yun spotted an Eagle Demon Marshal watching him and a Snake Demon Marshal searching nearby, then saw Kong Detian arrive to help.
• Kong Detian called on scholars to unite against the Demon Barbarians, and Yun Nongzhang promised to reinforce them after dealing with Dragon Demon Marshals.
• The Eagle Demon Marshal urged the Ancient Crocodile Marquis to join forces against Fang Yun, but the Marquis refused because of the ancient enmity between their peoples.
• Fang Yun told Kong Detian that two Dragon Demon Marshals had already attacked him and that he had driven them back during Sword Gestation.
• Kong Detian recognized Fang Yun's advancement to Before-the-Sages Metropolitan Graduate and explained that protecting him was the Sacred Academy's foremost duty.

Fang Yun, Kong Detian, and Yun Nongzhang faced pursuit by Dragon Demons and Demon Barbarians while Yun Nongzhang gave Fang Yun a powerful Battle Painting to protect his life. As Fang Yun began writing “Light of the Sacred Academy,” his words started to shine and bloom.

• Kong Detian explained the strengths of the Demon Barbarian Holy Sons pursuing Fang Yun and the Ancient Demon Marquises who suspected Fang Yun knew about the True Dragon Remains.
• Fang Yun and Kong Detian encountered Yun Nongzhang after he used Battle Paintings to kill four Dragon Demon Marshals and claim their Dragon Patterns.
• Yun Nongzhang gave Fang Yun Master Mo Xu’s Hundred Crows Painting, and Kong Detian persuaded Fang Yun to accept it for the Human Race’s sake.
• Fang Yun yearned to enter the Sacred Academy and silently vowed to keep going as long as even a thread of light remained.
• Fang Yun began writing “Light of the Sacred Academy,” and the ink radiated light as white flowers bloomed around the final character.

Fang Yun advanced to the Second Calligraphy Realm and shared his insights with Yun Nongzhang and Kong Detian before the three set out for a Dragon Qi Eye. They reached a chaotic battle where a Human Metropolitan Graduate fought a Wolf Barbarian Sacred Son and an Ancient Serpent Marquis.

• Fang Yun broke through to the Second Calligraphy Realm, and Yun Nongzhang treasured his “Light of the Sacred Academy” calligraphy while Kong Detian secretly took Fang Yun’s earlier notes.
• Fang Yun wrote down his insight about sincere writing, and Yun Nongzhang yielded the new calligraphy to Kong Detian after their playful dispute.
• Yun Nongzhang said he had seen a Demon Barbarian Sacred Son but no other humans, and an approaching gale signaled that a Dragon Qi Eye had opened.
• Fang Yun, Yun Nongzhang, and Kong Detian flew toward the Dragon Qi Eye, agreeing to help humans and fight or harass their other rivals for Dragon Qi.
• The three saw a white-robed Metropolitan Graduate absorbing Dragon Qi while fighting a Wolf Barbarian Sacred Son and a two-patterned Ancient Serpent Marquis.

Fang Yun and his allies joined Zong Ji at a Dragon Qi Eye while preparing to face the Demon Barbarians and Ancient Demons. Just as they entered its outer ring, the Dragon Qi Eye shifted and placed Fang Yun at its core, astonishing everyone.

• Fang Yun asked Kong Detian and Yun Nongzhang to help Zong Ji, and the group agreed to fight the Demon Barbarians for control of the Dragon Qi Eye.
• Fang Yun overheard the Ancient Demon Marquises deciding to capture him alive and revealed their plan to Kong Detian and Yun Nongzhang.
• The three scholars reached the Dragon Qi Eye, drove Lang Cong and the Ancient Serpent Marquis from its inner ring, and joined Zong Ji.
• The Dragon Qi Eye moved toward Fang Yun and placed him at its core, leaving Zong Ji, Kong Detian, Yun Nongzhang, and the watching demons stunned.

Fang Yun’s presence drew nearly all the Dragon Qi from the Dragon Qi Eye, prompting Zong Ji to accuse him of stealing it and leave. As Demon Barbarians and Dragon Demons closed in, Kong Detian and Yun Nongzhang prepared to fight beside Fang Yun, while a chime rang from Kong Detian’s Tongue Sword.

• The Dragon Qi Eye repeatedly shifted Fang Yun into its core, and Zong Ji accused him of stealing the Dragon Qi despite Fang Yun’s written protests.
• Kong Detian and Yun Nongzhang suspected Fang Yun’s Imperial Poem and the Lei Family’s Dragon-Climbing Stone had triggered the phenomenon, while Zong Ji remained convinced Fang Yun had robbed him.
• Zong Ji left, declaring that he would not help Fang Yun after the humiliation of losing his Dragon Qi.
• Fang Yun discovered that the Dragon Qi was feeding both his Literary Palace and the True Dragon Remains, slowing the formation of Dragon Patterns on his Literary Palace.
• Fang Yun, Kong Detian, and Yun Nongzhang faced five saint-child Demon Barbarians and a force of Dragon Demons, and Kong Detian challenged them as his Tongue Sword chimed.

Kong Detian and Yun Nongzhang fought the four Ancient Demon Marquises while Fang Yun watched, and their Edge-Concealing-enhanced Talent Qi Ancient Swords inflicted severe wounds. The battle remained unresolved as the Ancient Serpent Marquis discovered that Blood-Qi could stop his bleeding but could not restore his severed tail.

• The five demon barbarian Sacred Sons agreed to let the Ancient Demon Marquises attack first, while Yuan Gang urged them to wait for a chance to kill Fang Yun.
• Kong Detian summoned a White Horse General, and Yun Nongzhang used a powerful landscape Battle Painting to hold back the four Ancient Demon Marquises as both men prepared their War Poetry.
• The Ancient Demon Marquises bypassed the mountain, and Fang Yun summoned a black-mist assassin while Kong Detian and Yun Nongzhang's White Horse Generals joined the fight.
• Kong Detian's Talent Qi Ancient Sword cut through the Ancient Crocodile Marquis's teeth, while Yun Nongzhang's sword severed three feet of the Ancient Serpent Marquis's tail.
• Yuan Gang recognized Fang Yun's Edge-Concealing Poem as the source of the swords' power, and the Ancient Serpent Marquis found that Blood-Qi stopped his bleeding but could not regrow his tail.

Fang Yun, Kong Detian, and Yun Nongzhang fought four Ancient Demon Marquises, wearing them down one by one while five Demon Barbarian Holy Sons plotted to attack afterward. After the Ancient Crocodile Marquis retreated and they turned on the Ancient Bear Marquis, Fang Yun absorbed all the Dragon Qi from the Small Dragon Qi Eye.

• Kong Detian and Yun Nongzhang used War Poetry, Battle Paintings, and coordinated attacks to hold back the Ancient Demon Marquises while Fang Yun supported them with Arrow in the Stone.
• Yuan Gang explained that the group was targeting the Ancient Demon Marquises one by one, while the Holy Sons planned to ambush both sides after the fight and kill Fang Yun's group.
• The Holy Sons discussed Ancestral Dragon True Blood and other treasures, and Yuan Gang said such divine objects were beyond their reach.
• Kong Detian and Yun Nongzhang drove the weakened Ancient Crocodile Marquis behind the other three Ancient Demon Marquises, then shifted their attack to the Ancient Bear Marquis.
• Fang Yun observed his companions' fighting methods, conserved his Literary Qi, and absorbed all the Dragon Qi from the Small Dragon Qi Eye.

Fang Yun, Kong Detian, and Yun Nongzhang escaped as the demon barbarian sacred sons hunted down and killed the four Ancient Demon Marquises. They ambushed Ying Huo afterward, but he provoked the other sacred sons into returning to fight, and the chapter ended as their full-strength attacks struck the three humans.

• Fang Yun absorbed the Dragon Qi Eye, while Kong Detian and Yun Nongzhang forced the four Ancient Demon Marquises to retreat; the three humans then flew away from the demon barbarian sacred sons.
• Ying Huo arranged for the five sacred sons to hunt the four Ancient Demon Marquises, and they killed the marquises and their seven Wolf Marshals after a fierce battle.
• Fang Yun, Kong Detian, and Yun Nongzhang ambushed Ying Huo from underground, severing his wings and claws, but Ying Huo used his Ancestral Spirit to protect himself.
• Ying Huo taunted the fleeing sacred sons, and Xiang Po, Yuan Gang, Lang Cong, and Shu Yue turned back to attack the three humans.
• The five sacred sons unleashed their demon arts at Fang Yun, Kong Detian, and Yun Nongzhang, but Ying Huo noticed something was wrong.

Fang Yun and the human strategists fought the demon barbarian Holy Sons as the Dragon Qi contest continued. After Kong Detian killed Ying Huo, Fang Yun used his Poem Soul war poem to defeat Shu Yue and claim his Dragon Qi.

• Kong Detian and Yun Nongzhang exposed Ying Huo's illusion and attacked him with Hanlin war poems, and Kong Detian killed him and gained his Dragon Qi.
• Xiang Po ordered the demon barbarian Holy Sons to divide their attacks, sending Shu Yue after Fang Yun.
• Fang Yun summoned Mist Butterfly's Weak Water and Strange Wind and completed Wind-and-Rain Dream Battle with Poem-Soul Treasure Light.
• The war poem formed Weak Water Knights and Strange Wind Knights, whose attacks pierced Shu Yue's defenses and wounded him with Literary Guts power.
• The Weak Water Knights killed Shu Yue, and his Dragon-Climbing Stone and Dragon Qi went to Fang Yun.

Fang Yun, Kong Detian, and Yun Nongzhang defeated five demon barbarian scions and traveled toward a place where dragon eggs had once been nurtured. On the third day, they entered a mist-shrouded region dense with Dragon Qi, suggesting they had found the right path.

• Fang Yun’s cavalry attacked the demon barbarian scions, and Yun Nongzhang manifested the Cloud Sage Will to repel Yuan Gang, Xiang Po, and Lang Cong.
• Fang Yun, Kong Detian, and Yun Nongzhang killed Xiang Po, Yuan Gang, and Lang Cong, absorbing their Dragon Qi and taking their Dragon-Climbing Stones.
• Kong Detian identified signs that the group was near an ancient dragon-egg nursery, so the three followed his directions in search of Dragon Qi Eyes and dragon eggs.
• The three fought Dragon Demons and a barbarian scion along the way, gathering Dragon Qi as Fang Yun’s first Dragon Pattern reached seventy percent.
• On the third day, Fang Yun, Kong Detian, and Yun Nongzhang reached a misty region filled with dense Dragon Qi and scattered Floating Cloud Lands.

Fang Yun, Kong Detian, and Yun Nongzhang agreed to search the Misty Land-Island separately while staying in contact. Flying alone, Fang Yun discovered that his Dragon Breath Stone Inscription grew warmer as he approached a Dragon Qi Eye, giving him a way to locate them.

• Fang Yun proposed that the three split up and use a Character-Linking Copybook to signal one another, and Kong Detian and Yun Nongzhang reluctantly agreed after discussing Fang Yun's ability to survive.
• After an hour without encountering any Dragon Demons, Fang Yun suggested that they search along separate arcing routes while keeping within five hundred li of one another.
• Kong Detian prepared a Sage Page that split into three copies bearing their names, and the three men flew off in different directions.
• Fang Yun took out the Dragon Breath Stone Inscription he had obtained from Fierce Lord's divine projection and noticed that it grew warm as he flew onward.
• By tracking the inscription's changing temperature, Fang Yun located and entered a Small Dragon Qi Eye, then resolved to retrace his route and search for another.

Fang Yun searched Misty Land-Island with the Dragon Breath Stone Inscription, absorbing Dragon Qi Eyes and uncovering ancient battlefield relics. After failing to find his two companions, he detected an immense source of Dragon Qi and flew toward what he believed was a Giant Dragon Qi Eye.

• Fang Yun absorbed several Small and Medium Dragon Qi Eyes, using the Dragon Breath Stone Inscription to locate them and increasing the Dragon Patterns in his Literary Palace to six.
• Fang Yun found a smooth-edged Floating Cloud Land bearing an ancient slash mark and uncovered Reverse-Scale Crystals inside a slab-like mountain, which he collected and shared one of with Mist Butterfly.
• Fang Yun searched nearby hills, found fossilized bones and dragon-bone fossils, then continued toward the predetermined meeting place while absorbing more Dragon Qi Eyes, including a Large one.
• Fang Yun could not sense his two companions through the Character-Linking Copybook and searched in other directions as the fog thickened.
• Fang Yun’s Dragon Breath Stone Inscription grew intensely hot, and he flew toward the source, believing it was a Giant Dragon Qi Eye.

Fang Yun arrived at a Giant Dragon Qi Eye and found four Metropolitan Graduates battling Long Hu, a powerful Dragon Barbarian. As the group debated whether to fight or retreat, Zhang Zhixing and Mo Shan prioritized protecting Fang Yun, and Lei Jiu reluctantly invited him to help keep Long Hu from claiming the Dragon Qi Eye.

• Fang Yun flew toward the Giant Dragon Qi Eye and found Zhang Zhixing, Mo Shan, Lei Jiu, and Sima He fighting Long Hu, who had nearly overwhelmed them.
• Long Hu smashed Zhang Zhixing's meteor, then unleashed his Ancestral Spirit's flames and drove the four Metropolitan Graduates back.
• Zhang Zhixing spotted Fang Yun and asked him to join the fight, but Lei Jiu dismissed him until Mo Shan pointed out that Fang Yun had become a Metropolitan Graduate.
• Fang Yun revealed that he was undergoing Sword Gestation, and Sima He and Lei Jiu urged him to leave because his strength was diminished.
• Zhang Zhixing threatened to abandon the battle, and Mo Shan said protecting Fang Yun mattered more than the Dragon Qi Eye.
• Lei Jiu reluctantly invited Fang Yun to help stop Long Hu from taking the Giant Dragon Qi Eye.

Fang Yun and the four Metropolitan Graduates attacked Long Hu after he accused Fang Yun of taking the Dragon Breath Stone Inscription. Zhang Zhixing’s seismoscope and Fang Yun’s Edge-Concealing Poem helped them cripple Long Hu, while the Giant Dragon Qi Eye moved toward Fang Yun.

• Long Hu accused Fang Yun of stealing the stone inscription, and Fang Yun denied knowing what he meant while suspecting Fierce Lord had revealed its location.
• Fang Yun strengthened Mo Shan, Zhang Zhixing, and Lei Jiu’s Lip Spears and Tongue Swords with Edge-Concealing Poems, and the group launched a coordinated attack on Long Hu.
• Zhang Zhixing activated his seismoscope, whose eight Seismic Copper Beads exploded around Long Hu and briefly stunned him.
• Long Hu shattered six beads with his fists, but the remaining two destroyed both hands as Mo Shan and Zhang Zhixing severed his arms and Lei Jiu pierced his heart.
• Long Hu survived the wounds, and Sima He celebrated as the Giant Dragon Qi Eye moved toward Fang Yun.
• Long Hu recognized Fang Yun’s command of the King of Stars’ power, and Fang Yun acknowledged Long Hu’s strength before Long Hu gave a strange laugh despite his defeat.

Fang Yun absorbed all the Dragon Qi from a Giant Dragon Qi Eye, prompting Lei Jiu to accuse him of taking the others’ share and threaten him. Before they could settle the dispute, the clouds ahead cleared to reveal a floating island with eight Super-Giant Dragon Qi Eyes.

• Long Hu warned Fang Yun and the others that Shi Wang and another enemy would be extremely dangerous.
• The Giant Dragon Qi Eye swept toward Fang Yun and poured all its Dragon Qi into his Literary Palace.
• Lei Jiu and Sima He accused Fang Yun of monopolizing the Dragon Qi, but Fang Yun reminded them that he had warned of an abnormal change.
• The four Metropolitan Graduates attacked Long Hu, who charged them despite his injuries, and they killed him after exhausting his strength.
• Lei Jiu held his Lip Spear and Tongue Sword against Fang Yun’s neck, while Zhang Zhixing and Mo Shan tried to defuse the dispute.
• Thunder sounded and the clouds parted, revealing a floating island with eight Super-Giant Dragon Qi Eyes.