Chapter Summaries

Fang Xing captured Heavenly Kun Honored One’s Nascent Soul, learned why the Yinyue Saintess had stolen the Bright Moon Spirit Cauldron, and claimed the cauldron for himself. He discovered that the South Fire Sect also possessed a fifth-order Nanming Stone and decided to pursue that treasure next.

• Fang Xing’s Great Sun Tathagata Avatar burned Zhuo Dakun Forefather and pulled Heavenly Kun Honored One’s unconscious Nascent Soul from the void.
• Fang Xing searched the Yinyue Saintess’s memories, learned how the Tianyin Sect’s feud with the South Fire Sect led her to steal the Bright Moon Spirit Cauldron, and killed her.
• Fang Xing used the secret incantation to retrieve the Bright Moon Spirit Cauldron hidden in the Yinyue Saintess’s body.
• Fang Xing opened Explorer’s skylight and found that the cauldron gathered moonlight to produce Moon Dew Essence, with rarer spiritual substances accumulating over longer periods.
• Fang Xing learned that the South Fire Sect possessed a fifth-order Nanming Stone containing Nanming Li Fire and resolved to claim it for his Azure Yang Demon Lamp.

Fang Xing devoured Heavenly Kun Honored One’s Nascent Soul, then attacked South Li Island with Explorer and broke the South Fire Sect’s defenses. He defeated True Lord Shen Ling and captured her Nascent Soul, while the island descended into chaos.

• Fang Xing used the Infant Devouring Secret Technique to consume Heavenly Kun Honored One’s Nascent Soul, strengthening the Ten Thousand Arts Ghost Infant.
• The South Fire Sect sealed South Li Island with the Water Curtain Sky Canopy Array as Fang Xing arrived aboard Explorer.
• Fang Xing rammed Explorer through the array and used its weapons to kill South Fire Sect cultivators, including a black-clad Late Golden Core Stage youth.
• With the array broken, Demon Cultivators, Robber Cultivators, and Rogue Cultivators began looting across South Li Island.
• Fang Xing forced True Lord Shen Ling out of hiding, overwhelmed her with sword techniques and martial will, and seized her Nascent Soul.

Fang Xing took the South Fire Sect after its defenses fell and searched its hidden underground vault for the Nanming Stone. He captured the Nanming Li Fire’s origin fire seed in the Azure Yang Demon Lamp, but the treasure struggled to contain it.

• After the South Fire Sect’s Grand Formation was breached, Fang Xing’s Explorer crushed the sect’s resistance and its Drones gathered resources across the grounds.
• Fang Xing sent the Treasure Seeking Rat to locate hidden treasures and followed it to a concealed cavern built from Spirit Absorbing Stone.
• Fang Xing broke through the cavern’s light screen and discovered the Nanming Stone and a wisp of Nanming Li Fire.
• The Nanming Li Fire transformed into a blue Spirit Bird, shattered the Burnt Tail Zither’s protective screen, and attacked Fang Xing.
• Fang Xing and the Ten Thousand Arts Ghost Infant subdued the Spirit Bird with Soul Devouring Demonic Fire and the Burnt Tail Zither, then sealed its origin fire seed inside the Azure Yang Demon Lamp.
• Fang Xing sensed that the Azure Yang Demon Lamp was struggling to contain the origin fire and could be destroyed if he was careless.

Fang Xing seized control of the South Fire Sect, subdued its surviving Core Formation Cultivators, and began assessing the wealth and resources he had captured on South Li Island. Meanwhile, Fire Cloud True Lord agreed to join the Tianyin Sect and cultivate with True Lord Jiaoyue while they prepared to investigate and take revenge on Fang Xing.

• Fang Xing heard the local faction representatives explain their identities, justified his attack on the South Fire Sect, and declared that the Sea Market and teleportation business would continue under his control.
• Ni Huo Long and seven other Core Formation Cultivators submitted to Fang Xing and swallowed his Three Corpses Pills before he sent them to restore order on South Li Island.
• Fang Xing's Immortal Cultivation Clone found a Fourth-Grade Spirit Herb Garden and planned to use the South Fire Sect's manuals and staff to harvest its guarded herbs and operate its Teleportation Array.
• Fire Cloud True Lord met True Lord Jiaoyue on a barren reef, where she offered him a place as Tianyin Sect deputy sect master and proposed they cultivate together.
• Fire Cloud True Lord accepted Jiaoyue's proposal and demanded that they avenge the South Fire Sect; Jiaoyue said the Dark Cloud Hall was investigating Fang Xing and the two apparent Nascent Soul cultivators.

Fang Xing secured South Li Island, prepared its defenses, and learned from True Lord Shen Ling’s memories about the Primal Spirit Sword Sect and the Void Refinement Realm. He resolved to seek the Spirit Void Sword Scripture, but would wait until his mech was complete before risking the sect’s mountain gate.

• Ni Huo Long told Fang Xing that the Teleportation Array could be repaired within three days, though reopening trade would require negotiating with Peng Demon Island.
• Fang Xing ordered the Five Chaos Demons to deploy the Myriad Forms Impermanence Grand Formation around the island’s key spirit-vein lands.
• Fang Xing absorbed True Lord Shen Ling’s Nascent Soul in the Great Sun Furnace and gained knowledge of South Fire Sect secrets and the wider cultivation world.
• Fang Xing learned that the Primal Spirit Sword Sect’s Spirit Void Sword Scripture contained its supreme inheritance and that Void Refinement stood above Divine Transformation.
• Fang Xing decided to obtain the Spirit Void Sword Scripture’s key sections and to wait until his mech gave him Ninth Realm Combat Power before approaching the Primal Spirit Sword Sect.

Fang Xing completed the Azure Yang Demon Lamp’s upgrade and reopened the Teleportation Array to Peng Demon Island. The Peng Demon Island Master arrived and challenged Fang Xing’s main body to a contest of physical strength, leaving their first clash unresolved.

• Fang Xing used Nanming Stone to raise the Azure Yang Demon Lamp to fourth-order middle-grade and began merging Nanming Li Fire with Soul Devouring Demonic Fire.
• Xiao Lu reported that Ni Huo Long had repaired the Teleportation Array, and Fang Xing went to inspect it.
• Fang Xing sent a subdued robber cultivator through the array to deliver news and a Jade Slip to Peng Demon Island.
• The Peng Demon Island Master arrived with several cultivators, assessed Fang Xing and his main body, and challenged Fang Yun to exchange body-cultivation moves.
• Fang Yun accepted the challenge, and their first palm strike scattered nearby clouds and revealed that both were fourth-order middle-grade Body Cultivators.

Fang Xing defeated Peng Demon Island Master's Golden Winged Great Peng Dharma Image in their exchange, then agreed to a draw and secured favorable terms for Ming Kun Island's Teleportation Array. As the reopened Sea Market grew busy, True Lord Jiaoyue received intelligence about Fang Xing and considered whether she could arrange to have him killed.

• Peng Demon Island Master unleashed his Golden Winged Great Peng Dharma Image and its Heaven-Swallowing Earth-Devouring divine power, but Fang Xing's Great Sun Tathagata Dharma Image burst out from its abdomen.
• Fang Xing and Peng Demon Island Master called their exchange a draw, and Peng Demon Island Master agreed to follow the previous rules for dividing Teleportation Array fees.
• Xin Nong Gui and Lei Hong recognized Fang Xing's strength and decided Ming Kun Island's Sea Market could prosper under the protection of its two island masters.
• News of Ming Kun Island's reopened Sea Market and Fang Xing's draw with Peng Demon Island Master spread through the nearby seas, bringing the market back to life.
• Dark River True Lord gave True Lord Jiaoyue a Jade Slip about Fang Xing and said Dark Cloud Hall had infiltrated people close to him, but hiring its Hall Master to kill him would cost more than she could afford.

Fang Xing oversaw construction of an Evil God Mecha while training and involving Nine Swords Academy in the research. After spending the night with Nangong Xue, he discovered that the Gate of Heavens had opened and wondered what world it would lead to next.

• Fang Xing asked Doctor Wang to build a mecha using two samples suspected to come from Evil God Spawn and an Evil God, then invited Nine Swords Academy to establish a research institute at Star Sea Company.
• Fang Xing trained to improve his Exotic Beast Diagram and considered adding more S-Class martial arts to strengthen the Star Martial Arts Six Absolutes.
• Fang Xing monitored construction of the Evil God Mecha and ordered an evacuation when its skeletal frame reflexively released Death Authority, killing several robots.
• Nangong Xue arrived to investigate the ancient Evil God materials, and Fang Xing agreed to have dinner with her after giving an evasive explanation about their source.
• Fang Xing woke the next day with increased proficiencies and discovered that the Gate of Heavens had opened, leaving him to anticipate its third destination.

Fang Xing met Martial God Ye Liuyun in the Virtual Space, where Ye shared his plans to attempt a breakthrough beyond Martial God and advised Fang Xing on the path ahead. Ye also offered Fang Xing a university appointment after his doctoral thesis was approved, giving him protection through Blue Star University.

• Fang Xing saw that the Gate of Heavens had progressed to 2/100 and continued studying S-Rank Martial Arts in the Virtual Space.
• Xiao Lan told Fang Xing that Principal Ye Liuyun had invited him to meet in the Virtual Space.
• Ye Liuyun praised Fang Xing's achievements, discussed the limits of Virtual Space simulations, and revealed that he planned to attempt a breakthrough beyond Martial God in a few years.
• Ye Liuyun advised Fang Xing that Martial Gods must create their own path through comprehension, and shared his theory of the realms beyond Martial God.
• Fang Xing told Ye Liuyun that he had borrowed Nine Swords Academy's name for protection while acquiring Evil God materials for a mecha.
• Ye Liuyun offered Fang Xing a position at Blue Star University after his doctoral thesis was approved, and Fang Xing accepted.

Fang Xing descended into the weak body of Li Ying in a world plagued by Fierce Beasts emerging from Intersection Zones. Trapped in a besieged building and sensing his time in this world was limited, he drew on Li Ying’s martial training and began breaking through to Ming Jin.

• Fang Xing learned that the Gate of Heavens would send only his consciousness into the new world, so he entered a hibernation pod and descended.
• Fang Xing awoke as Li Ying in Great Xia’s Third Defense City during a Fierce Beast attack, after Li Ying had been left for dead by the Saber-Toothed Black Tiger.
• Fang Xing discovered that Li Ying’s uncle and aunt had locked him in and may have abandoned him to claim his compensation and inheritance.
• Fang Xing sensed that his consciousness would eventually be pulled out of the world and considered the limits of Li Ying’s body and the local martial arts.
• As Fierce Beasts approached through the building, Fang Xing used Li Ying’s training and began gathering Whole Body Force to break through to Ming Jin.

Fang Xing killed the Fierce Beasts attacking the district, used the tiger’s remains to advance to An Jin, and registered as a martial artist under Li Ying’s identity. After reporting his relatives for their abuse and attempted harm, he confronted Zhao Chuntai, who challenged him to act.

• Fang Xing killed a Two-Headed Giant Hound and a Saber-Toothed Black Tiger, then invited Ji Zhengliang to sell the tiger’s valuable remains for a share of the profits.
• Fang Xing absorbed the tiger’s Qi-Blood and advanced to beginner An Jin, while Ji Zhengliang wondered how Li Ying had changed so dramatically.
• Fang Xing returned to find Wang Wending, Zhao Chunhua, and Wang Xiner in his home; he sent them flying when they tried to block his way.
• Fang Xing obtained a Martial Artist Certificate after a test recorded 20 cal of Qi-Blood, then reported Wang Wending over his parents’ inheritance and the attempt to harm him.
• Zhao Chuntai offered compensation and urged Fang Xing to settle matters quietly, but Fang Xing warned him to handle the case or face his own response; Zhao Chuntai challenged him to follow through.

Fang Xing learned that the martial arts above Hua Jin involved activated strength and mysteries, then advanced to Hua Jin by adapting Iron Finger Zen into Iron Shirt. As he sought a Martial Arts Grandmaster to study activated strength, Zhao Chuntai faced a mysterious Hua Jin attacker.

• Zhao Chuntai ordered his men to hide his sister's family, fearing Fang Xing would retaliate over their dispute.
• Fang Xing sensed that his time in the world was short and decided to improve his martial arts quickly, even at the cost of his foundations.
• Feng Jinshui told Fang Xing about Martial Arts Grandmasters, True Jin Masters, and rumors that the highest martial artists learned mysteries through the Intersection Zone and contacted a Higher Civilization.
• Fang Xing transformed Iron Finger Zen into Iron Shirt and reached Hua Jin after absorbing a Tier-3 Fierce Beast's essence, then headed out to seek Xu Bianjiao.
• Zhao Chuntai prepared to move his family, but a figure dropped from the sky; Zhao fired a primitive firearm, and the attacker deflected the bullets before tapping Zhao's forehead.

Fang Xing lured out and defeated Xu Bianjiao and Dragon King Zhang Daoxuan, then learned that Great Xia had discovered an alien Primary Civilization through ancient ruins. He left after questioning Zhang Daoxuan, while Zhang and Xu wondered whether Fang Xing was an alien from an even higher civilization.

• Fang Xing led his pursuers to a factory warehouse, where Xu Bianjiao attacked him with Dragon Claw Hand.
• Fang Xing learned and improved Dragon Claw Hand, broke through to the Fourth Realm, and wounded Xu Bianjiao with activated force.
• Dragon King Zhang Daoxuan arrived and attacked with a giant True Jin hand, but Fang Xing knocked him unconscious with Martial Will.
• Fang Xing took Zhang Daoxuan's Metal Secret Manual and learned from Xu Bianjiao that it came from the Intersection Zone and described a path beyond True Jin.
• Fang Xing questioned Zhang Daoxuan and learned that Great Xia had contacted a cosmic Primary Civilization through ancient ruins, then departed.
• Zhang Daoxuan and Xu Bianjiao recovered and speculated that Fang Xing might be an alien from a higher civilization.

Fang Xing advanced his Eagle Claw Skill by comprehending the Fire Profound Meaning, then was transported to an ancient Stone Hall by a mysterious gray-robed figure. The figure sought Fang Xing as a successor, asking him to avenge his death and resurrect him if Fang Xing ever reached the Peak Realm.

• Fang Xing celebrated Zhao Chuntai's death and refused to submit to an investigation without evidence, while Lulu and her partner ended their questioning.
• Fang Xing studied Zhang Daoxuan's Metal Secret Manual and deduced Eagle Claw Skill to the True Jin level, then began comprehending the power of Mysteries.
• After half a month, Fang Xing reached the entry level in Fire Profound Meaning and unleashed a claw strike that tore through the night sky, startling Feng Jinshui.
• A gray-robed figure teleported Fang Xing from the Martial Artist Center to an ancient Stone Hall, explaining that he had searched for a worthy successor for 372 epochs.
• The gray-robed figure asked Fang Xing to avenge him and, if Fang Xing reached the Peak Realm, bring him back to life; he then described the universe's civilizations and the challenge of Transcendence.

Fang Xing avoided committing to Grey Robe Marquis’s disciple oath, then passed the first stage of the inheritance trial by mastering the Fire God Body. After returning to the Main Universe, he found his Fire Profound Meaning recorded on his Attribute Panel and saw that the Gate of Heavens might allow him to return.

• Fang Xing questioned Grey Robe Marquis about the Intersection Zone and the conditions for becoming his disciple, learning that he would have to swear to kill the Blood Origin Mountain Master and revive Grey Robe Marquis.
• Grey Robe Marquis set Fang Xing a ten-year trial: comprehend thirty-six fire-element books and achieve beginner mastery of the Fire Law.
• Fang Xing achieved beginner mastery of the Fire God Body, impressing Grey Robe Marquis, who revealed his name before Fang Xing was pulled away and Li Ying was left in his place.
• Fang Xing woke from a month-long sleep in a Star Sea Company Hibernation Pod, where Xiao Lan told him that she had blocked visits from his secretary and Nangong Xue.
• Fang Xing checked his Attribute Panel and found Fire Profound Meaning at 77/100 and Gate of Heavens at 1/100, suggesting he might be able to return.

After a year of training, Fang Xing faced a gestating Evil God Spawn threatening White Bird Star and killed it with techniques amplified by his Fire Profound Meaning. He left the battlefield with the spawn’s remains, which could provide materials for his mecha construction.

• Fang Xing tracked his martial progress, continued comprehending Fire Profound Meaning, and learned that the Gate of Heavens would take years to recharge for another descent into the Great Xia Universe.
• A Quasi-Eighth Realm Evil God Spawn appeared over White Bird Star, killing Antis Birds and prompting Davis to summon Federation Martial Saint Fang.
• Fang Xing arrived before the mechas and attacked the Flesh Spawn with Sun Golden Flame, the Immortal Martial Unified Great Handprint, Sky Covering Hand, and Five Finger Mountain.
• Fang Xing used his Martial Will to detonate an attack inside the Flesh Spawn and killed it without using the Great Sun Tathagata Palm.
• Davis and the mecha squads arrived to find the battle over, and Fang Xing said the Flesh Spawn’s remains would save him mecha resources.

Several years after Fang Xing became a Martial Saint, he dealt with a Federation inspection over the Flesh Spawn and arranged Spirit Refining Marrow for Nangong Xue. His exclusive mecha neared completion as he assessed his cultivation and looked forward to restoring the Gate of Heavens and seeking another path beyond Martial God.

• Fang Xing learned that a spy had infiltrated his factory and learned from Nangong Xue that the spy had killed themself before causing damage.
• Martial Saint Wu Yong arrived to inspect the Flesh Spawn incident, but Fang Xing overpowered him in a handshake, so Wu Yong followed official procedures and assessed the merits.
• Fang Xing kept half the Flesh Spawn's primary materials for his exclusive mecha and secured Nangong Xue priority for the next dose of Spirit Refining Marrow.
• Nangong Xue left to return to Nine Swords Academy and prepare for a breakthrough to Martial Saint.
• Doctor Wang told Fang Xing that his exclusive mecha was more than half complete and could be finished in ten years.
• Fang Xing reviewed his cultivation progress, noted that the Gate of Heavens was nearly restored, and resolved to seek the Great Xia advancement system as another safeguard beyond Martial God.

Fang Xing returned to Li Ying's body in the Origin Heavy Divine Hall and rapidly advanced his Fire Profound Meaning, while the Grey Robe Marquis mistook his changing aptitude for a split-personality talent. Fang Xing learned that completing a profound meaning and beginning to comprehend a Law could make him a Star Lord, and the Grey Robe Marquis began explaining the realm's further divisions.

• Fang Xing woke in Li Ying's body, recalled the three years of starvation, and resumed studying the Fire Profound Meaning inheritance.
• Fang Xing comprehended the Heart of Flame, then drew the Grey Robe Marquis's attention by forming flaming meteors with the Fire Meteor Profound Meaning.
• The Grey Robe Marquis concluded that Fang Xing had a hidden weak personality and offered ways to separate or suppress it; Fang Xing concealed that his progress came from his own returned aptitude.
• Fang Xing asked what came after a True Jin Grandmaster, and the Grey Robe Marquis explained that fully comprehending a profound meaning and beginning to wield a Law made someone a Star Lord.
• The Grey Robe Marquis began describing the finer divisions within the Star Lord Realm based on the depth of one's Law comprehension.

Fang Xing mastered the Fire Profound Meaning and began comprehending the Fire Law, then used Li Ying to fulfill Grey Robe Marquis’s oath and escape with the Origin Heavy Divine Hall. Back in the Main Universe, Fang Xing discovered that he could enter the trial again.

• Fang Xing learned the Star Lord, Law Lord, and Dao Lord advancement hierarchy and decided to stall Grey Robe Marquis rather than immediately swear an oath.
• During a month of intense cultivation, Fang Xing mastered all Thirty-Six Volumes of Fire Profound Meaning and advanced to beginner-level Fire Law.
• Grey Robe Marquis brought Fang Xing to the Origin Heavy Stele and demanded an oath, so Fang Xing changed into Li Ying, who swore to kill Blood Origin Mountain Master and revive Grey Robe Marquis.
• Grey Robe Marquis declared the oath fulfilled, and the Origin Heavy Divine Hall entered Li Ying’s glabella; Li Ying left the hall and destroyed two Drones near Third Defense City.
• Fang Xing emerged from his Hibernation Pod in the Main Universe and saw that the Gate of Heavens had advanced, allowing him to enter again.

Fang Xing returned to Blue Star University to handle his doctoral graduation and witness Principal Ye Liuyun's attempt to break through beyond Martial God. There, he reunited with Liu Wei and refused an invitation to join the Federation Academy of Sciences' Magnetic Field Martial Arts research project.

• Fang Xing considered his weakened Fire Profound Meaning and planned to obtain Grey Robe Marquis's inheritance on his next trip to Great Xia.
• After several years, Fang Xing left Nangong Xue in charge of Star Sea Factory and traveled to Blue Star University.
• Fang Xing arrived at Blue Star University and reunited with Liu Wei by a lake.
• Liu Wei explained that the Federation Academy of Sciences wanted Fang Xing to join its Magnetic Field Martial Arts project.
• Fang Xing refused the invitation because he did not want to become a research subject.