Chapter Summaries

Fang Xing cultivated the Nine Sources Star Body Tempering Secret Technique and considered how its strength could help him in the Federation and the Cultivation World. News of political changes at War University arrived alongside approval to build his Martial God Mecha, leaving him preparing to test it in the Evil God World.

• Fang Xing used Source Power and starlight to begin cultivating the Nine Sources Star Body Tempering Secret Technique, which could eventually raise his physique to Neutron Star Grade.
• Fang Xing chose the technique because starlight was readily available, despite knowing that more powerful body-refining arts demanded rare materials and carried greater risks.
• Xiao Lan showed Fang Xing news that Andrew Doyle had resigned as War University principal and Xia Fanghai had taken over, while Venus Martial God remained missing.
• Fang Xing suspected that powerful figures had moved against Andrew Doyle and reflected that he would need greater strength to uncover the truth behind the Fire of Chaos.
• Xiao Lan told Fang Xing that the Federation Council had approved construction of his Martial God Mecha, which he planned to test in the Evil God World before taking it to the Cultivation World.

Fang Xing returned from the Evil God World with large quantities of Evil God materials, then learned that the Pillar-Class Evil God Fire of Chaos was behind the conspiracy involving Laplace's Demon. The Academy Faction planned to attack Laplace's Demon, while Fang Xing left feeling that he was still too weak to shape the Federation's future.

• The Sun God Sect's Seer predicted that many Origin Spirits would fall, and the Pope declared that a war to unify the world had begun.
• Fang Xing used the Black Death God to destroy Origin Spirits on the Pale Mother, crushing a Ninth Realm Centipede Evil with the Heart of Death and burning its remains.
• Fang Xing returned to Star River Island with cargo containers full of Evil God flesh and blood, giving Nangong Xue materials for her exclusive mecha.
• Nie Ying brought Fang Xing to meet the Tenth Realm Mecha Pilot Heng Dong, who confirmed that Fire of Chaos had created Laplace's Demon and infiltrated War University.
• Heng Dong said the Academy Faction had destroyed several Evil God church strongholds and planned to try to kill Laplace's Demon, while Fang Xing worried that he remained too weak.

Fang Xing learned that Xu Sanyang’s investigation had exposed powerful figures the Federation would not pursue, while Xu’s mental condition continued to deteriorate. In the Vast Sea, the Iron Sword Sect’s surviving branch learned that the Thunder Sword Branch had fallen and received a precious demon pill that could help one of its cultivators attempt Nascent Soul Condensation.

• Xu Sanyang told Fang Xing that the Federation had identified more people involved in the corruption, but powerful figures remained beyond reach, then slipped back into delirium before giving Fang a name.
• Fang Xing left the virtual visit, concluded that he needed to reveal his sect leader identity soon, and considered saving someone or seeking revenge.
• Junior Brother Zhou arrived at the Iron Sword Sect’s residence on Ming Kun Island with two juniors and presented a Third-Grade Sea Skimming Swallow inner core for Senior Brother Fire Dragon to refine into pills.
• Junior Brother Zhou reported that Void Cloud Great True Lord had destroyed Thunder Sword True Lord’s dharma body and captured his Nascent Soul, likely ending the Thunder Sword Branch.
• Fire Dragon True Person opened the Jade Box sent by Senior Sister Yan and found a Fourth-Grade Great Demon’s Essence Soul Great Pill, which could be used to refine an Infant Condensation Pill.

After decades of seclusion, Fang Xing reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Initial Stage but encountered a bottleneck, so he decided to travel in search of a breakthrough. He emerged from the Spirit Eye Land and began reviewing Ming Kun Island’s affairs aboard the Nether Leviathan.

• Zhou Shidi and Fire Dragon True Person discussed using an Essence Soul Great Pill to help Fire Dragon True Person form a Nascent Soul and secure a new island refuge for the Iron Sword Sect.
• Fang Xing emerged from decades of cultivation at the Nascent Soul Initial Stage Peak and realized he could not advance further through meditation alone.
• Fang Xing considered traditional ways to overcome bottlenecks and decided to leave seclusion to seek opportunities.
• Fang Xing examined the Ten Thousand Arts Ghost Infant, named its fused demonic fire the Violet-Azure Divine Flame, and reflected on how Fire Law worked across different worlds.
• Fang Xing returned to the Nether Leviathan and asked Xiao Lu for an update on Ming Kun Island, where she presented reports, taxes, and evidence of wrongdoing by 342 Cultivators.

Fang Xing emerged from seclusion, used the Myriad Forms Impermanence Grand Formation to purge traitors and confront Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion, then exposed a Dark Cloud Hall spy in the Sea Market. He left Dark River True Lord facing a lethal threat after the spy invoked the Great True Lord backing Dark Cloud Hall.

• Fang Xing reviewed Xiao Lu’s surveillance records, identified spies from Sky Yin Island and Dark Cloud Hall, and activated the Myriad Forms Impermanence Grand Formation over Ming Kun Island and the Sea Market.
• Fang Xing killed two Golden Core True Persons who had sold information about Ming Kun Island and ordered other corrupt cultivators to repay what they had stolen tenfold.
• Fang Xing destroyed Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion’s formation, killed Wen Wanrou, and forced its cultivators to deliver Nong Yue and Yao Xing to him.
• Fang Xing soul-searched Nong Yue and Yao Xing, learned that Jiaoyue and Fire Cloud were plotting together, and declared his intent to move against Sky Yin Island.
• Fang Xing found Dark River True Lord disguised as the old spirit farmer Old Man Xing and threatened to kill him for spying; Dark River True Lord warned that a Great True Lord oversaw Dark Cloud Hall.

Fang Xing defeated Dark River True Lord after breaking free of his talisman array and pursued him through the Myriad Forms Impermanence Grand Formation. Dark River True Lord lost his physical body and tried to flee as a Nascent Soul, but Fang Xing seized him with the Immortal Martial Unified Great Handprint.

• Dark River True Lord trapped Fang Xing in the Cloud Iron Eight Array Diagram and fled toward the edge of the formation.
• Fang Xing used the Azure Yang Demon Lamp and eight Violet-Azure Fire Flood Dragons to destroy the array, then pursued Dark River True Lord in Sword Light.
• Fire Dragon True Person recognized Fang Xing's disguised sword escape as the Great Freedom Profound Gold Sword Escape and wondered whether the Gold Sword Branch's inheritance survived.
• Fang Xing and the Five Chaos Demons surrounded Dark River True Lord, whose Dark River Hook was burned by the Violet-Azure Divine Flame.
• The formation, Five Elements Great Mill, and Violet-Azure Fire Dragon broke Dark River True Lord's defenses and incinerated his physical body.
• Dark River True Lord's Nascent Soul tried to escape through the Great Void, but Fang Xing froze the space and seized it with the Immortal Martial Unified Great Handprint.

Fang Xing captured Dark River True Lord, learned that Dark Cloud Great True Lord might not come to his aid, and attacked the Tianyin Sect before True Lord Jiaoyue and Fire Cloud True Lord could act. The chapter ends with Fang Xing unleashing a powerful palm technique against the two Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators.

• Fang Xing captured Dark River True Lord's Nascent Soul and used the Ten Thousand Hearts Secret Technique to search his memories and question him about Dark Cloud Hall.
• Dark River True Lord confirmed that Dark Cloud Great True Lord was his elder brother but might not come to rescue him, and Fang Xing gave his Nascent Soul to the Ten Thousand Arts Ghost Infant.
• Fang Xing used intelligence from Dark River True Lord to launch a surprise attack on Sky Yin Island, destroying a formation foundation and breaching the Tianyin Sect's protective array.
• Fang Xing's Immortal Cultivation Clone fought two Tianyin Sect Nascent Soul True Lords while his true body confronted True Lord Jiaoyue and Fire Cloud True Lord.
• Fang Xing dismissed the two cultivators' confidence and unleashed the fifth move of the Great Sun Tathagata Palm, Pick Buddha Burn Incense.

Fang Xing annihilated the Tianyin Sect, gained intelligence about the Primal Spirit Sword Sect and its hidden branches, and watched his Immortal Cultivation Clone advance to Nascent Soul Middle Stage. As he grew bored waiting for powerful enemies to challenge him, he discovered that Iron Sword Sect was monitoring Ming Kun Island.

• Fang Xing defeated the Tianyin Sect’s elders and captured or killed its Nascent Soul cultivators, while Xiao Lu was ordered to interrogate survivors and search for hidden treasures.
• News of the Tianyin Sect’s destruction spread through the Outer Sea, and Fang Xing learned from the captured elders about the Primal Spirit Sword Sect’s five hidden branches and a suspected Slaughter Sword Branch successor called the Great White Sword Immortal.
• Fang Xing’s Immortal Cultivation Clone advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage with the Ten Thousand Arts Ghost Infant, which Fang Xing subdued and placed under the clone’s control.
• Fire Dragon True Person warned his Iron Sword Sect junior brothers and sisters to watch Ming Kun Island and the Slaughter Sword Branch, while withholding his reasons for suspecting a connection to the island.
• After Fang Xing complained that no powerful enemies had challenged him, he reviewed surveillance footage with Xiao Lu and discovered that Iron Sword Sect was monitoring Ming Kun Island.

Fang Xing revealed his connection to the Primal Spirit Sword Sect and learned that its sunken mountain gate held a Quasi Sixth-Order formation and powerful treasures. With the Seven Demons Clash Calamity three years away and rival factions gathering, he set out with Fire Dragon True Person to find the Great White Sword Immortal.

• Fang Xing confronted Fire Dragon True Person at the Iron Sword Sect and claimed descent from the Primal Spirit Sword Sect's Heaven Sword Sect lineage.
• Fang Xing showed Fire Dragon True Person the Gold Sword Branch's Black Iron Sword Token, and Fire Dragon produced the Ten Thousand Wonders Branch's token and described the sect's sunken mountain gate.
• Fire Dragon explained that the mountain gate was guarded by a damaged Quasi Sixth-Order formation, which could awaken during the Seven Demons Clash Calamity in three years.
• Fire Dragon told Fang Xing about the sect's inheritances and treasures, including the Spirit Void Sword Scripture, Infant Strengthening Pills, and God Transformation Spirit Paste.
• Fire Dragon revealed that Void Cloud Great True Lord likely held the Thunder Sword Branch's token, while the Slaughter Sword Branch's whereabouts were unknown.
• Fang Xing asked about the Great White Sword Immortal, and after Fire Dragon offered to contact the Slaughter Sword Branch, Fang Xing decided to go with him to the Red Algae Sea Area and rescue the Sword Immortal.

Fang Xing and Fire Dragon True Person searched the Red Algae Sea Area for the Slaughter Sword Branch, while the Remaining Transformation Hall secretly hunted for the Primal Spirit Sword Sect’s remnants. A message from the Slaughter Sword inheritor reached them through a Great Void Flying Sword Technique, and Fire Dragon True Person learned that the inheritor was willing to meet.

• Fang Xing and Fire Dragon True Person encountered Miao Xiuzhen and other Remaining Transformation Hall cultivators, who bowed to Fang Xing before leaving to pursue their mission.
• Fire Dragon True Person told Fang Xing that the Remaining Transformation Hall had killed Junior Sister Yan, but chose to prioritize finding the Slaughter Sword Branch over seeking revenge.
• Miao Xiuzhen ordered her group to continue searching for the Primal Spirit Sword Sect’s remnants and report their encounter with Fang Xing for Merit Points.
• The Great White Sword Immortal, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage inheritor of the Slaughter Sword Branch, prepared a formation and sent a response through the Ten Thousand Wonders Sword Talisman.
• Fire Dragon True Person received the flying sword message on his compass and told Fang Xing that the Slaughter Sword inheritor was willing to meet; Fang Xing admired the Great Void Flying Sword Technique.

Fang Xing and Tai Bai Sword Immortal joined forces to lure Nascent Soul cultivators into Tai Bai’s White Tiger Seven Kill Sword Array so they could use their spirit bodies to advance their swords and cultivation. Tai Bai began the hunt by attacking Hundred Treasures True Lord, who escaped only after Tai Bai destroyed his treasure pavilion and beheaded him.

• Fang Xing and Fire Dragon True Person met Tai Bai Sword Immortal at Chaotic Sword Reef and learned that Tai Bai had deliberately revealed his whereabouts to lure Nascent Soul cultivators into a trap.
• Tai Bai explained that he planned to use the Nine Sons Mother Divine Infant Sword Refining Art to sacrifice nine Nascent Soul Spirit Bodies and advance his flying sword and cultivation.
• Fang Xing obtained the Nine Sons Mother Divine Infant Sword Refining Art and the Great Void Flying Sword Technique, then urged Tai Bai to draw in even more powerful opponents.
• Fang Xing and Fire Dragon True Person inspected the restored Teleportation Array, prepared their Blood Concealment Pearls, and waited as Tai Bai left to lure enemies.
• Hundred Treasures True Lord located Tai Bai with his golden bees and confronted him, but Tai Bai split the Multi-Treasure Pavilion and beheaded him.
• Hundred Treasures True Lord’s Nascent Soul appeared several hundred zhang away and fled using Nascent Soul Teleport.

Fang Xing and Fire Dragon True Person prepared the White Tiger Seven Kill Sword Array as Great White Sword Immortal lured a group of Nascent Soul True Lords toward it. The pursuers gathered around Chaotic Sword Reef and debated how to break the array, while Ten Thousand Beasts True Lord worried that Great White might flee if they attacked with too many cultivators.

• Remaining Blood Great True Lord and Void Cloud Great True Lord discussed trapping Great White Sword Immortal, with Void Cloud revealing he had borrowed the Mountains and Rivers Diagram.
• Great White Sword Immortal led Ten Thousand Beasts True Lord, Azure Bamboo Sword Lord, and the Cloud Rain Dual Lords toward Chaotic Sword Reef, where the White Tiger Seven Kill Sword Array awaited them.
• Ten Thousand Beasts True Lord sent a thunder roc into the array, but Great White Sword Immortal killed its soul and entered the formation.
• More Nascent Soul True Lords arrived, and Star Moving Celestial identified the array and said breaking it quickly would require at least nine powerful cultivators entering its seven gates.
• Cloud True Lord suggested using powerful Nascent Soul Initial Stage cultivators to fill the ranks, while Star Moving Celestial proposed a mass assault, but Ten Thousand Beasts True Lord rejected the plan because Great White might flee.

Fang Xing entered the White Tiger Seven Kill Sword Array’s battle and revealed his overwhelming strength, while Great White Sword Immortal began killing the assembled cultivators. The chapter ended with Fang Xing trapping Remaining Blood Great True Lord and Void Cloud Great True Lord beneath his World in Palm.

• Remaining Blood Great True Lord and Void Cloud Great True Lord sent nine Nascent Soul Middle Stage combatants into the White Tiger Seven Kill Sword Array and used the Mountains and Rivers Diagram to seal the surrounding void.
• Great White Sword Immortal defeated Azure Bamboo Sword Lord, destroyed his Nascent Soul, and hurried toward the next array gate.
• Fang Xing appeared outside the array, killed a Nascent Soul Initial Stage True Lord with one sword strike, and drew the other cultivators into a running fight.
• Fang Xing destroyed Void Cloud Great True Lord’s Illusory Cloud Bird and attacked the two Great True Lords, shrugging off their assaults and tearing apart the Shape-shifting Beast.
• Fang Xing used Great Sun Illumination and then World in Palm to seal the Outer Body Incarnation and Refined Corpse before striking toward Remaining Blood Great True Lord and Void Cloud Great True Lord.

Fang Xing defeated Void Cloud Great True Lord and uncovered Venerable Jue Ming, a Divine Transformation remnant spirit preserved in a sandalwood Arhat carving. After learning about Jue Ming’s past and the Realm Descent, Fang Xing allowed him into his Sea of Consciousness as a source of advice.

• Fang Xing defeated Remaining Blood Great True Lord and turned his Nascent Soul into a golden puppet.
• Void Cloud Great True Lord summoned Venerable Jue Ming’s Arhat Golden Body, but Fang Xing overwhelmed it and captured Void Cloud.
• Fang Xing found the Arhat carving among the Great True Lords’ possessions and discovered Jue Ming’s remnant spirit inside it.
• Jue Ming told Fang Xing that he had been defeated by an ancient demon during the Ancient Demon Rebellion and explained Realm Descent and the upper realms.
• Jue Ming offered to serve Fang Xing in exchange for a chance to obtain a new body, and Fang Xing admitted him into his Sea of Consciousness.

Fang Xing killed Venerable Jue Ming and learned that upper-realm powers were searching the Qian Yuan Great World for an Immortal Abode Rare Treasure, while he also helped the Great White Sword Immortal survive poisoned sword marks. The two left Chaotic Sword Reef as Fang Xing considered visiting the Ethereal Immortal Palace to study its void scripture.

• Fang Xing burned Venerable Jue Ming's Nascent Soul, discovered that Jue Ming had lied about his past, and learned that an Immortal Abode Rare Treasure had appeared in the Qian Yuan Great World.
• Fang Xing suspected that the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron might be the rare treasure and resolved to visit the Primal Spirit Sword Sect for clues and valuable spiritual objects.
• At Chaotic Sword Reef, Fang Xing captured a seventh Nascent Soul True Lord while the Great White Sword Immortal defeated nine enemies with the White Tiger Seven Kill Sword Array.
• Fang Xing warned the Great White Sword Immortal that his sword had been poisoned, and the Great White Sword Immortal stopped his sword-refining ritual and expelled the Nine Infants Poison.
• Fang Xing and the Great White Sword Immortal headed toward Fire Dragon True Person's array core, discussing how a force had sealed the void and the Ethereal Immortal Palace's Vague Void Scripture.

Fang Xing cultivated in seclusion, using a supreme-grade Infant Strengthening Pill to advance his Sword Infant and his Immortal Cultivation Clone to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. Meanwhile, his Ten Thousand Arts Ghost Infant reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage, and the chapter ended with the Peng Demon Island Master inviting Fang Xing and Ming Kun Island’s Island Lord to explore the Primal Demon Sea.

• Fang Xing invited Great White Sword Immortal to travel with him to the Primal Spirit Sword Sect’s mountain gate, and Great White agreed while warning that the remaining sword branch tokens were still beyond their reach.
• Fang Xing refined an Infant Strengthening Pill in the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron and swallowed the improved pill to strengthen his Sword Infant and attempt a breakthrough.
• The Peng Demon Island Master arrived at Sea Market and invited Fang Xing and Ming Kun Island’s Island Lord to explore the Primal Demon Sea together.
• Fang Xing’s Immortal Cultivation Clone advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, while the Ten Thousand Arts Ghost Infant reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage after devouring two Great True Lords’ Nascent Souls.
• Fang Xing accepted two Demonic Qi Talismans from the Peng Demon Island Master, who explained that they could help conceal their identities from demonic beasts in the Primal Demon Sea.

Fang Xing delayed Peng Demon Island Master’s invitation to explore the Primal Spirit Sword Sect while discussing swordsmanship with Great White Sword Immortal. The Ethereal Immortal Palace and Limitless Hall prepared to enter the sect’s mountain gate, each seeking its Immortal Abode Rare Treasure, and Old Demon Meng planned to confront Feather Celestial Venerable.

• Fang Xing’s clone told Peng Demon Island Master he would decide before the Seven Demons Clash Calamity, and Peng set a deadline to meet at Rakshasa Island.
• Fang Xing visited the Iron Sword Sect, where Great White Sword Immortal trained its Golden Core disciples and advised Fang Xing on improving his swordsmanship.
• Great White Sword Immortal vowed to kill Peng Demon Island Master, whom he regarded as a traitor to the Primal Spirit Sword Sect.
• The Misty Palace Master told Gong Feiyun that the Ethereal Immortal Palace wanted the Immortal Abode Rare Treasure and that Feather Celestial Venerable would secretly accompany him.
• Old Demon Meng punished the Nascent Soul True Lords responsible for the Red Algae Sea defeat, then revealed that he would seek the treasure and use the ancient demon to attack Feather Celestial Venerable.

Fang Xing, Great White Sword Immortal, and Fire Dragon True Person entered the Primal Demon Sea during the Seven Demons Clash Calamity, while Divine Talisman True Lord set a trap for rival Great True Lords with counterfeit Demonic Qi Talismans. As the trio fought their way through the sea, Golden Lotus Great Scholar drew a powerful demonic beast toward them, leaving their spirit boat caught between two groups of beasts.

• Fang Xing and his companions set out for the Primal Demon Sea, while True Lord Fang Yun stayed behind as Fang Xing's main body prepared the Black Death God in the Main Universe.
• At Rakshasa Island, Divine Talisman True Lord revealed that his counterfeit Demonic Qi Talismans would attract powerful demonic beasts to Great True Lords and strong Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Fang Xing and Great White Sword Immortal slew demonic beasts as Fire Dragon True Person battled a Quasi-Fourth Order beast under Great White Sword Immortal's instruction.
• Fang Xing sensed the aftermath of a battle ahead, and the trio encountered Golden Lotus Great Scholar fleeing a Fourth-Order Upper Grade demonic beast.
• Golden Lotus Great Scholar asked the trio for help and then followed their spirit boat; after Great White Sword Immortal tried to escape, the group found demonic beasts closing in from ahead as well.

Fang Xing used his Nascent Soul Late Stage Second Nascent Soul and a Fourth-Order Upper Grade Cloud Wing Phoenix Feather Fan to break through a demonic beast swarm in the Primal Demon Sea. A mysterious Formation Spirit then teleported him and three other cultivators into the Primal Spirit Sword Sect’s mountain gate and announced that its treasures would be awarded through trials.

• Fang Xing revealed his Second Nascent Soul’s Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation and used Violet-Azure Divine Flame to hold back the demonic beasts pursuing his group.
• Fang Xing froze a path through the Demon Electric Gill Swarm with the Cloud Wing Phoenix Feather Fan, allowing Peng Demon Island Master and other cultivators to escape while Golden Lotus Great Scholar remained surrounded.
• A handsome middle-aged man awakened in the Primal Spirit Sword Sect’s Stone Hall, surveyed the sect and its visitors, and expanded the mountain gate’s formation across the Primal Demon Sea.
• The Formation Spirit teleported Fang Xing, Great White Sword Immortal, Fire Dragon True Person, and Gong Feiyun into the Stone Hall, where the men identified their branches and Great White Sword Immortal challenged Gong Feiyun’s presence.
• The Formation Spirit declared that the sect’s scriptures, treasures, pills, and secret arts were available through trials, leaving the four cultivators to size one another up as rivals.

The Formation Spirit explained that the Primal Spirit Sword Sect’s greatest treasures and the Spirit Void Sword Scripture were in the Sword Realm and Azure Wave Hall, while warning that time was running out. Fang Xing began Azure Wave Hall’s trials but was knocked back on the fifth floor by a peerless sword technique.

• The Formation Spirit revealed that Meng Tianzun held the final Black Iron Sword Token and that opening the Sword Realm required five tokens or a sect leader’s authority.
• Gong Feiyun learned that the Immortal Abode Rare Treasure was in the Sword Realm, while Fang Xing learned the Spirit Void Sword Scripture was on Azure Wave Hall’s Sixth Layer.
• The Formation Spirit teleported the cultivators to separate trial areas, where Fire Dragon True Person encountered Demon Corpses and Great White Sword Immortal used his token to weaken the Spirit Herb Garden’s restrictions.
• Fang Xing entered Azure Wave Hall and passed the trials on its first four floors by breaking illusions with his swordsmanship.
• Fang Xing faced a Nascent Soul swordsman wielding One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Arts on the fifth-floor stairs, was struck down, and tumbled back.