Chapter Summaries

Fang Xing studied Qing Hua Scroll One, learned how mana foundations and demon bloodlines shaped strength, and used Origin Stones to cultivate Superior Grade Black Water Mana. He discovered the scroll’s Nascent Soul methods did not suit his plans, but its final page revealed the Candle Dragon Nascent Soul Art.

• Fang Xing studied the scroll’s explanations of cultivation foundations, Law Comprehension, techniques, and the four demon bloodline grades.
• Fang Xing formed forty-nine Black Water Seed Talismans and devoured Origin Stones to convert his mana into Superior Grade Black Water Mana.
• Fang Xing found that his stronger mana made the scroll’s discussion of the Life Law easier to understand, and considered pursuing the Law through the Attribute Panel.
• Fang Xing found no Qiankun or Qiantian Nascent Soul method in the scroll and questioned what the inheritance trial required of him.
• Fang Xing reached the scroll’s final page and discovered the Candle Dragon Nascent Soul Art.

Fang Xing comprehended Time Laws in the Qing Hua Scroll inheritance and advanced to the second level, astonishing the Snake Woman Realm Spirit. She offered him the chance to become Qing Hua Niangniang’s True Inheritance Disciple and revealed that failed candidates would be expelled rather than killed.

• Fang Xing chose the Candle Dragon Nascent Soul path and began comprehending Time Fluctuations to meet the inheritance’s requirements.
• The Snake Woman Realm Spirit watched the candidates and noticed Fang Xing had entered the path of Time Laws.
• In less than seven months, Fang Xing advanced Time Law to Proficient and learned to accelerate his own time up to tenfold.
• Fang Xing activated Time Acceleration, and the Snake Woman summoned him before the Divine Hall and offered him True Inheritance Disciple status.
• Fang Xing asked whether the other candidates would be killed, and the Snake Woman explained that failed candidates would instead be expelled, with their inheritance memories erased.

Fang Xing became Qing Hua Niangniang’s True Inheritance Disciple and received three treasures, including Zhu Long Blood Essence. He swallowed the Emperor Blood and overcame Candle Dragon’s residual will, emerging with an Imperial Bloodline and greatly strengthened Time Law comprehension.

• Fang Xing promised the Snake Woman he would try to resurrect Qing Hua Niangniang if he could, then bowed nine times before her statue and received the Qing Hua Three Scrolls.
• Fang Xing received the Heaven Stealing Life Replacing Talisman and the Dao Derivation Mirror, then learned that the final treasure was Zhu Long Blood Essence from the Demon Emperor Candle Dragon.
• Despite the Snake Woman’s warning that refining Emperor Blood was dangerous for a Mortal Blood demon, Fang Xing swallowed the sealed Zhu Long Blood Essence.
• Fang Xing’s will defeated Candle Dragon’s lingering spiritual imprint, and the dragon’s power entered him as Spring-Autumn Light.
• Fang Xing emerged transformed with Imperial Blood, clearer insight into the Time Laws, and greatly strengthened mana and defenses, leaving the Snake Woman convinced he might someday resurrect Qing Hua Niangniang.

Fang Xing left the Qing Hua Small World with Origin Stones and a Boundless Token, then studied Qing Hua Niangniang’s inheritance and used the Dao Derivation Mirror to improve his body-tempering art. The mirror derived a Black Hole Grade path for the Nine Sources Star Body Tempering Secret Technique, though Fang Xing still had to cultivate it.

• The Snake Woman gave Fang Xing a storage ring filled with Origin Stones and a Boundless Token to help him join Limitless Mountain, and told him to return at the Nascent Soul and Celestial Demon Realms for further gifts.
• Fang Xing met Song Zhong outside the Qing Hua Small World and ordered him to return to the Seven Kill Demon Palace and advance to the Nascent Soul Realm while gathering information.
• Fang Xing studied the Qing Hua Three Scrolls and chose to cultivate Severing Karma, the Coiling Serpent Secret Technique, and body-tempering arts.
• After considering the Dao Derivation Mirror, Fang Xing chose to improve the Nine Sources Star Body Tempering Secret Technique rather than derive the mana-burning technique.
• Fang Xing used the Dao Derivation Mirror to combine body-tempering arts from the Qing Hua Three Scrolls, and it derived a Black Hole Grade battle-body path capable of contending with Celestial Demons.

Fang Xing used the Dao Derivation Mirror to raise his Nine Sources Star Body Tempering Secret Technique to Master Level, gaining a Red Giant Star Grade physique. He entered Limitless Mountain’s Great Void Illusion with the Boundless Token and was brought before the Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens.

• Fang Xing endured the Dao Derivation Mirror’s empowerment, and his Black Dragon body grew to a thousand meters before he controlled it and shrank himself.
• Fang Xing realized the mirror’s Creation Power was exhausted and that his physique had reached Red Giant Star Grade, giving him power comparable to high-level Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Fang Xing decided to join Limitless Mountain, activated the Boundless Token, and arrived in its Great Void Illusion.
• Fang Xing explored the illusion’s capabilities and followed a Golden-haired Giant Ape to the Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens.
• The Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens recognized Fang Xing as Qing Hua’s disciple and addressed him.

Fang Xing was made a Core Member of Limitless Mountain through the Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens’ recommendation, then explored his new privileges and settled into Black Dragon Peak. Other Core Members questioned his untested status, while Fang Xing ignored a challenge and studied the mountain’s rules and resources.

• Fang Xing learned that Core Members could access special missions and cultivation resources, and the Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens directly granted him a Core Member position to repay an old favor to Qing Hua.
• The Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens explained to his disciple that he had settled his debt to Qing Hua and instructed him in the Chaos Heaven Forty-Nine Staff.
• Fang Xing examined his yearly allowance and the exchange list, then went to Black Dragon Peak as neighboring Core Members congratulated him and wondered how he had qualified.
• Fire Spirit Child challenged Fang Xing, suspecting he might have gained his position through connections, but Fang Xing ignored the challenge while studying Limitless Mountain’s rules and inheritances.
• Fang Xing learned that Core Members could be demoted for ranking among the bottom three in the ten-year review or for exceeding five hundred years of age.

Fang Xing sparred with Core Member Fire Spirit Child in the Great Void Illusion, where his limited Law Comprehension led to his defeat. He then assessed Limitless Mountain’s Core Members and bought the first three volumes of Inch of Time to study the Time Dao Principle.

• Fire Spirit Child challenged Fang Xing to a duel using Grade A Templates, and Fang Xing accepted to learn about the Core Members’ methods.
• Fang Xing fought Fire Spirit Child with his Flame and Void Dao Principles, but Fire Spirit Child’s stronger Law Comprehension and fused water-and-fire attack killed Fang Xing’s illusionary avatar.
• Fang Xing logged back into Limitless Mountain and recognized that Fire Spirit Child had shown hostility, while other Core Members dismissed him as a connected newcomer.
• The Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens watched the battle replay and wondered whether Fang Xing’s true body explained his recommendation by a Celestial Demon.
• Fang Xing searched the inheritance catalogue, chose the first three volumes of Inch of Time, and swore the Karma Oath before reading the manual.

Fang Xing studied Shi Guang’s Inch of Time for several years, advancing his understanding of the Time Laws before the Core Member Assessment began. He defeated Qing Wu in his first match, drawing the attention of several powerful competitors.

• Fang Xing reviewed Shi Guang’s records and learned that the renowned cultivator had died without fully comprehending the Time Laws.
• Fang Xing devoted himself to studying the Time Laws, including the dangers of accelerating time and the secret arts contained in Inch of Time.
• Fang Xing received notice of the Core Member Assessment and met Wu Qi, who named Qiong Bai, Yun Futu, and Ao Xin among the strongest competitors.
• The assessment began, and Fang Xing faced Qing Wu, whose Wind Dao Principle was at the fourth level.
• Fang Xing used his Void Dao Principle and concealed Time Law techniques to defeat Qing Wu with a single claw strike.
• Yun Futu recognized that Fang Xing had concealed his strength, while Ao Xin studied his Black-Red Dragon form.

Fang Xing defeated Fire Spirit Child in the Core Member Assessment, securing the rank of seventy-seventh while Fire Spirit Child lost his status. White Ape Wu Qi then invited Fang Xing to join him on a dangerous mission to the Peach Valley Secret Realm.

• Fire Spirit Child lost his first two battles after Yu Xin's soul attack failed to affect Fang Xing, and he surrendered when matched against Qiong Bai.
• Fang Xing fought Fire Spirit Child, escaped his Water-Fire Cage with Teleport, and defeated him with a time-accelerated Black Water claw strike.
• Fire Spirit Child learned he had lost Core Member status and resolved to cultivate to the Nascent Soul Realm before trying to make a comeback.
• White Ape Wu Qi congratulated Fang Xing on ranking seventy-seventh and invited him to gather peaches in the Peach Valley Secret Realm.

Fang Xing agreed to accompany Wu Qi to the Peach Valley Secret Realm, then left his long slumber and used Teleportation to reach Wu Qi near Hundred Monkey Mountain. Before departing, he ordered Song Zhong to lure the demon Prince Fu Shan toward the secret realm, leaving a potential clash ahead.

• Fang Xing accepted Wu Qi’s invitation to visit the Peach Valley Secret Realm and declined Hu Jiuniang’s invitation to the Ten Thousand Hua Secret Realm.
• Fang Xing awoke his true body in the Azure Origin Great World and learned that Song Zhong had become a Nascent Soul Realm elder but was being suppressed by Fu Shan.
• Fang Xing ordered Song Zhong to spread word of the Peach Valley Secret Realm visit and draw Fu Shan there.
• Fang Xing Teleported to Hundred Monkey Mountain and met Wu Qi, who explained that Azure and Red Flat Peaches could purify mana.
• Fang Xing carried Wu Qi away from Hundred Monkey Mountain toward the Peach Valley Secret Realm.

Fang Xing and Wu Qi entered the Peach Valley Secret Realm, where Fang Xing learned about the Pan Tao Tree and found an Azure Flat Peach. Meanwhile, Fu Shan followed the Causal Thread into the realm and headed for its core after learning that Qiong Bai was elsewhere.

• Fang Xing arrived at Peach Origin Fortress with Wu Qi and hid Song Zhong outside the secret realm to lure Fu Shan toward him.
• Fang Xing and Wu Qi passed through the fortress into Peach Valley, where Wu Qi explained that the immense Pan Tao Tree tossed Azure Red Peaches to cultivators and provoked fights between the two factions.
• Fang Xing teleported to the tree’s core zone and found an Azure Flat Peach, which he ate to refine his mana.
• Fu Shan entered through Peach Blossom Garden and followed the Causal Thread toward the secret realm’s core, suspecting that Song Zhong’s hidden master was there.
• A Snake-man reported that Qiong Bai was near Sky Waterfall City, so Fu Shan flew toward the core region without fear of meeting him.

Fang Xing and Wu Qi killed the Wu Xie Brothers after the wolves stole a Crimson Flat Peach, then escaped the Peach Valley Core Zone with the fruit. Fang Xing consumed it and raised his mana to Immortal Grade, leaving him close to the Mortal Realm’s limit but still needing Third Stage Time Law comprehension to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.

• The Wu Xie Brothers seized a Crimson Flat Peach and attacked Fang Xing and Wu Qi beneath the Peach Wood.
• Fang Xing killed one wolf with his dragon claw, and Wu Qi struck the other before Fang Xing finished him off.
• Fang Xing collected the brothers’ Spatial Treasures and agreed to share the spoils with Wu Qi before they left the Core Zone.
• Fang Xing ate the Crimson Flat Peach in a Peach Grove and transformed his Superior Grade Mana into Immortal Grade Mana.
• Fang Xing assessed his strengthened Essence, Qi, and Spirit and concluded that he still needed Third Stage Time Law comprehension to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

The Peach God told the Sky Wolf Emperor that the Wu Xie Brothers had died and revealed that Fu Shan was about to confront the Black Dragon. Fang Xing killed Fu Shan after the Peach God neutralized his Celestial Demon Scale, then chose to keep exploring the Peach Valley Secret Realm with Wu Qi.

• The Peach God informed the Sky Wolf Emperor that the Wu Xie Brothers were dead and warned that Fu Shan was heading toward a Black Dragon.
• Fu Shan recognized Fang Xing and attacked him, but Fang Xing shattered Fu Shan’s azure mask and pursued him as he fled.
• Fu Shan summoned an Azure Sky Serpent and used a Celestial Demon Scale to protect himself, but the Peach God’s leaf neutralized it.
• Fang Xing pierced Fu Shan’s skull with his dragon claw, and Peach Wood Roots drained the corpse.
• Wu Qi followed Fang Xing’s lead, and the two decided to keep searching for Crimson Flat Peaches.

Fang Xing and Wu Qi were ambushed by Shi Qing, Qing Emperor Palace’s Imperial Daughter, inside the Peach Valley Secret Realm. Fang Xing escaped her Law Domain and wounded her with his Will Defense Secret Art, after which Peach God offered Shi Qing a deal.

• Wu Qi led Fang Xing to a Crimson Flat Peach, and they realized the repeated fruit encounters were meant to keep them in the Secret Realm.
• Shi Qing trapped the fleeing Limitless Mountain cultivators in her Single Thought World and killed three with arrows.
• Shi Qing attacked Fang Xing and Wu Qi with her Moon Blade Bow, a Royal Weapon, and cut deeply into Fang Xing’s dragon body.
• Fang Xing transformed into a thousand-meter Black-Red Dragon, shielded Wu Qi, and carried him out of Shi Qing’s Dao Domain.
• Fang Xing’s Will Defense Secret Art injured Shi Qing when it rebuffed her Will Attack, and he escaped with Wu Qi using the Time Law and Teleportation.
• Peach God appeared before Shi Qing with a Tri-Color Peach and asked whether she would make a deal.

After escaping the Peach Valley Secret Realm, Fang Xing was brought to Hundred Monkey Mountain, where Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens recruited him to pursue a place in the Pangu Secret Realm and taught him about the Time Laws. Fang Xing began cultivating for the trial fifty-three years away, while his rise unsettled the other candidates competing for Limitless Mountain’s three entry slots.

• Fang Xing and Wu Qi escaped the Peach Valley Secret Realm, and Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens personally collected them while driving off the lurking Sky Wolf Emperor.
• At Hundred Monkey Mountain, Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens asked Fang Xing to secure a Pangu Secret Realm slot and bring back Chaos Wine, and Fang Xing agreed.
• Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens demonstrated time stillness by freezing Fang Xing for seven days and nights, then arranged a cave dwelling for him to cultivate.
• Fang Xing began closed-door cultivation to improve his Time Laws comprehension before the Pangu Secret Realm opened in fifty-three years.
• Fire Spirit Child and the woman in green robes discussed Fang Xing’s victories, while Yun Futu realized that Fang Xing’s rise threatened his own chance to claim one of Limitless Mountain’s three slots.

Fang Xing won first place in the Core Member Assessment and received a quota for the Pangu Secret Realm along with a large supply of Nascent Soul Liquid. He traveled with Qiong Bai and Ao Xin to the gathering point, where the great powers assembled beside the Chaos Vortex that led to the Secret Realm.

• Black Dragon defeated the qilin-like Demon Beast and took first place, while Qiong Bai and Ao Xin placed second and third.
• The Great Sage Who Confounds the Heavens awarded Fang Xing a Pangu Secret Realm quota and ninety-nine cubic units of Nascent Soul Liquid.
• Fang Xing reviewed intelligence about the Secret Realm’s regions and learned that its opening could last for centuries or longer.
• Fang Xing joined Qiong Bai and Ao Xin aboard Limitless Mountain’s Great Void Battleship and received a Pangu Token.
• The battleship arrived at the Chaos Vortex, where Fang Xing saw the major powers gathered and spotted Imperial Daughter Shi Qing at the Qing Emperor Palace.

Fang Xing entered the Pangu Secret Realm, defeated a Chaos Beast, and broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm with a Candle Dragon Nascent Soul. He then advanced his Nine Sources Star Body Tempering Secret Technique, leaving the cave in a greatly strengthened, palm-sized body.

• Fang Xing arrived at Chaos Mountain and fought a Chaos Beast until he killed it, then chose its territory as a place to cultivate.
• Fang Xing discovered that the Pangu Secret Realm restricted teleportation and, after several days, began his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Fang Xing condensed the Candle Dragon Nascent Soul, greatly improving his perception of the Time Law and increasing his mana.
• Fang Xing used Nascent Soul Liquid to advance the Nine Sources Star Body Tempering Secret Technique to Grandmaster Level and transform his body into a Neutron Star Battle Body.
• Fang Xing emerged palm-sized but far stronger, estimating that his strength matched an Imperial Son at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm, and hoped the Great Dao Tablet would aid his progress in Laws.

Fang Xing arrived at Chaos Mountain and confronted Shi Qing after she used Ao Xin as bait to lure him out. He killed Shi Qing by striking the peach heart that protected her, triggering a backlash from the Pangu Secret Realm.

• Fang Xing used his Neutron Star Battle Body to pierce a Chaos Beast Leader and sensed the locations of his companions through a secret art.
• Shi Qing pursued Ao Xin, defeated her with a Will Arrow, and revealed that she had used her as bait to draw out Black Dragon.
• Fang Xing arrived and charged Shi Qing, punching through her chest despite her Law World and defenses.
• Shi Qing replaced her damaged heart with a Tri-Color Peach of Immortality, but Fang Xing shattered the peach and exposed its pit.
• A bolt of black lightning struck and annihilated Shi Qing, and Fang Xing realized the Secret Realm had retaliated against the Peach God's scheme.

Fang Xing and Ao Xin reached the Ancient God Temple after Fang Xing killed Di Yun and fought Qian Heaven Son to a stalemate. Separated into different trials, Fang Xing entered Battle Heaven Palace, where he learned he had five Pangu Tokens to spend on rewards.

• Ao Xin and Fang Xing pursued Imperial Sons, and Fang Xing killed Di Yun with a strike from his Stone Lizard form.
• Qian Heaven Son attacked Fang Xing with his Qian Heaven Dao Principles, but Fang Xing broke through his world and entered the Ancient God Temple with Ao Xin.
• Qian Heaven Son recognized Fang Xing as his equal and warned others through a Message Treasure Token to avoid fighting him.
• Ao Xin chose a Starry River Vortex, and Fang Xing entered another vortex that led to Battle Heaven Palace.
• Fang Xing read the palace rules and discovered he had five Pangu Tokens to exchange for trials, inheritances, and treasures.

Fang Xing challenged the Battle Heaven Palace, earned Pangu Tokens, and used one to study the Time-Space Great Dao Tablet. After struggling to grasp its fused laws, he found a possible breakthrough in the cultivation methods of the Great Xia World and the ideas of gravity and black holes.

• Fang Xing exchanged for Chaos Wine, then entered the Battle Heaven Palace and defeated Flame Spirit Rong in the first hall.
• Fang Xing defeated a saber-wielding opponent in the second hall and gained two more Pangu Tokens.
• Fang Xing barely passed the third hall, lost to the overwhelming opponent in the fourth, and emerged with eleven Pangu Tokens.
• Fang Xing spent a Pangu Token to comprehend the Time-Space Great Dao Tablet, but found the Great Dao far beyond his current understanding.
• Fang Xing reasoned that Great Xia World cultivation methods might help him comprehend time and space, then connected the idea to gravity and black holes.