Chapter Summaries

Pan Xiong brought Fang Xing, Su Longyan, and Ouyang Qiang to the Myriad Spirits Illustrated Manual, where they faced dangerous Evil God Contamination and powerful martial insights. Fang Xing reached the stele’s Dragon Turtle form, glimpsed the marks of legendary techniques, and wondered whether his Great Sun Tathagata Mantra might eventually consume the manual.

• Pan Xiong led the students into the Special Zone and explained that the Myriad Spirits Illustrated Manual was made from a powerful Evil God Spawn and carried dangerous Contamination.
• Fang Xing, Su Longyan, and Ouyang Qiang advanced toward the stele, where martial insights overwhelmed Su Longyan and Ouyang Qiang while Fang Xing learned Air Dancing Gait.
• Fang Xing used the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra to absorb the incoming insights and continued until he saw the Dragon Turtle carrying the stele.
• Fang Xing recognized the legendary marks on the turtle shell, resisted a sword strike with his Great Sun Furnace, and was pulled back by Pan Xiong.
• Pan Xiong explained that the marks held extraordinary arts such as Star Extinguishing Sword and Void Severing Blade, while Fang Xing wondered whether his mantra could consume the manual and change him.

After studying the Myriad Spirits Illustrated Manual, Fang Xing learned that the Student Union controlled access to the best missions and that cultivating at higher levels required scarce resources. He declined to commit to Yin Huanzhen’s plan to take over the Student Union and chose to focus on steady cultivation and earning Credits through school and the Battle Arena.

• Fang Xing recognized Gu Jiantong as the Gate School cultists’ target and suspected they wanted him to learn the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra, so he resolved to watch him.
• Pan Xiong explained how students could earn Credits, and Ouyang Qiang noticed that Fang Xing had already begun mastering the Air Dancing Gait after studying it in the Myriad Spirits Illustrated Manual.
• Fang Xing visited the Student Union’s Mission Tower, where he found few appealing missions, and Yin Huanzhen told him that the Union reserved its best opportunities for its own members.
• Yin Huanzhen asked Fang Xing to help him take control of the Student Union, but Fang Xing withheld his answer and later decided that the risks outweighed the benefits.
• Fang Xing planned to improve his martial arts and complete his required courses, aiming to earn Credits through school rather than joining Yin Huanzhen’s scheme.

Fang Xing achieved the Dragon-Tiger Domain and broke through to the Outer Scene Realm before entering the Battle Arena for the first time. After defeating Cen Weizhi, he was matched against Li Wei, whom he recognized and eagerly confronted.

• Fang Xing fused the Great Dragon Stance and Subduing Tiger Stance into the Dragon-Tiger Stance, achieved the Dragon-Tiger Domain, and broke through to the Outer Scene Realm.
• Fang Xing decided to test his new strength in the Battle Arena and asked Xiao Lan to register him.
• Fang Xing faced Cen Weizhi of Nine Swords Academy and defeated him with a strike, earning his first victory and a rank of 36,872.
• Fang Xing continued matching and found himself facing Li Wei, whom he recognized from the Hundred Star Joint Examination.

Fang Xing climbed the Battle Ranking after reaching the Outer Scene and secured a slot in the monthly challenge. He challenged ninth-ranked mecha pilot Wu Lie, who attacked him over a ruined city, and the fight began with both combatants taking to the air.

• Fang Xing defeated Li Wei with a slap, while Li Wei realized his poison had little effect on an Outer Scene expert.
• Fang Xing fought Song Jingang in the Battle Arena and slapped him after learning that other students called him the Face-Slapping Maniac.
• Fang Xing rose to sixty-sixth place before the month ended, securing a slot in the monthly challenge.
• Gu Jiantong and Yin Huanzhen discussed which top-ranked fighters Fang Xing might challenge as students gathered to watch the monthly matches.
• Fang Xing challenged ninth-ranked Wu Lie, who revealed he wanted to avenge his younger sister and opened fire with his mecha.
• Fang Xing dodged the bullets with Cloud Dragon's Nine Folds, and Wu Lie launched his mecha into the air to pursue him.

Fang Xing defeated Wu Lie and a series of challengers to reach ninth place on the Battle Ranking, then finished the academic year with strong marks and credits. As summer break began, he planned to stay at the university and focus more on the Cultivation World.

• Fang Xing defeated Wu Lie in the Battle Arena using his Dragon-Tiger Domain, Ghost God Blade, and Great Vajra Prajna Divine Power, earning ninth place on the Battle Ranking.
• Fang Xing defeated Gu Zhen, whose Dragon Evil sword carried powerful mental Contamination, then beat his remaining challengers with little difficulty.
• Pan Xiong praised Fang Xing’s ranking and challenged Yin Hongding to wager on whether Fang Xing would form a Martial Path Golden Core, but Yin Hongding refused.
• Fang Xing received 2 Credits for his Battle Arena performance, passed every final examination, and earned 3 additional Credits from Pan Xiong.
• Pan Xiong dismissed Fang Xing, Su Longyan, and Ouyang Qiang for summer break, and Fang Xing decided to remain at the university and devote more attention to the Cultivation World.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and its allies reclaimed Green Forest Market, while Fang Xing watched from afar and considered traveling to the Ripe Wasteland. He used a Supreme-Grade Increase Yuan Pill to break through to Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

• The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect led the reclamation of Green Forest Market and killed the Second-Order High-Grade Ink Jade Python, while Su Ye reflected on Qingxuan Sect’s troubles and its False Core cultivator.
• Han Qingyun helped clear the market and worried that the reclamation might attract a Third-Order Demon Beast, but Su Ye reassured him that a powerful sect supported the effort.
• Fang Xing observed the reclamation from outside Green Forest Market and considered catching a boat to the Ripe Wasteland.
• Surviving former market cultivators emerged from the wilderness and welcomed the returning sects.
• Fang Xing took an Increase Yuan Pill and broke through from Qi Refining Sixth Layer to Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

Fang Xing returned to Green Forest Market and met Su Ye to arrange alchemy and a way out by Flying Boat. He obtained a migration route map and learned that Ding Hongxiu and her grandson survived, while Hua Fei Yue died; the chapter ended with Fang Xing asking Su Ye to help a Qi Refining junior relative leave the market.

• Fang Xing planned to leave Green Forest Market by Flying Boat, seek resources in the Ripe Wasteland, and use a route map to guide his true body.
• Han Qingyun encountered Fang Xing, reported that the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect controlled the market, and gave him a crude route map in exchange for a High-Grade Magic Item.
• Fang Xing learned that Ding Hongxiu and her grandson had reached the Ripe Wasteland, but Hua Fei Yue had died along the way.
• Fang Xing gave Supreme-Grade pills to Xiao Rui and Han Qingyun before meeting Su Ye.
• Fang Xing asked Su Ye to refine Second-Order Demon Beast materials into Boiling Blood Elixir and help purchase a Flying Boat ticket for a Qi Refining junior relative.

Fang Xing traveled by flying boat from Green Forest Market toward the Ripe Wasteland, avoiding scrutiny from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and learning about the region along the way. He disembarked at Green Leaf Market and entered a teahouse to gather news about Zheng Country.

• Fang Xing used Su Ye's travel document and a Foundation Establishment Cultivator's letter to board the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect flying boat, and Senior Brother Lian's Treasure Seeking Rat found nothing suspicious.
• Senior Brother Lian and his junior brother considered targeting Fang Xing, but Shi Wanwan reprimanded them and ordered them not to cause trouble.
• During the journey, Fang Xing studied a book about the Ripe Wasteland and learned about Zheng Country and the surrounding regions.
• Shi Wanwan announced the flying boat's arrival at Green Leaf Market, where Fang Xing disembarked and recognized her as the famed Spirit Fox Fairy.
• Fang Xing entered a teahouse, ordered Spirit Tea, and prepared to listen for news about Zheng Country's Cultivation World.

Fang Xing traveled to Purple Iris Immortal City after defeating a group of Robber Cultivators, seeking information and supplies while considering whether to join an immortal sect. He bought several body-refinement pills and discovered that Bodhi Saliva could help cultivate the Great Vajra Prajna Divine Power.

• Fang Xing learned that Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had become Zheng Country’s overlord and decided to travel while the country remained stable.
• Fang Xing killed four Robber Cultivators who ambushed him and had his Immortal Cultivation Clone loot their corpses.
• Fang Xing considered visiting Qingxuan Sect but chose instead to take his clone to Zheng Country’s largest market, Purple Iris Immortal City.
• Fang Xing entered Purple Iris Immortal City, rented a cave dwelling, bought local guides, and purchased several pills for body refinement.
• Fang Xing examined the pills on Blue Star and identified Bodhi Saliva as useful for cultivating the Great Vajra Prajna Divine Power.

Fang Xing sought a way to treat Xia Long’s renewed mental injury, but the specialist Li Wei arranged to visit was a patient at Green Mountain Mental Hospital. The chapter ended as Fang Xing and Xia Long learned this unexpected detail.

• Fang Xing learned that Xia Long had been badly injured again by a mutant Moon Monarch and was suffering from Mental Weakness.
• Fang Xing offered to redeem a Source Sea Grade Treatment Pod, but Xia Long refused to use university resources for himself.
• Fang Xing contacted Li Wei, who suggested meeting a gifted but unstable senior instead of his fully booked teacher, Lingxu.
• Fang Xing brought Xia Long to Green Mountain Mental Hospital, where Li Wei revealed that Senior Xu was a patient, not a doctor.

Fang Xing and Li Wei brought Xia Long to Green Mountain Mental Hospital to seek treatment for his Moon God's Kin-induced Mental Weakness, where they met the powerful, erratic doctor Xu Sanyang. Xu Sanyang prepared a ritual medicine that immediately strengthened Xia Long's domain, and the group learned he had deliberately poisoned several conglomerate officials before arranging to be certified mentally ill.

• Li Wei led Fang Xing and Xia Long through the hospital's wards to visit Xu Sanyang, but found a note saying he had gone to see Director Ye Lingxin.
• Fang Xing and Xia Long met Ye Lingxin, then found Xu Sanyang watching the news; Xu recognized Xia Long's condition and used his Golden Core domain to transport them outside.
• Xu Sanyang explained that Ye Lingxin was helping him and offered to treat Xia Long, then took the group to his apothecary and prepared medicine through an unusual ritual.
• Xia Long drank the first dose, felt his domain grow stronger, and agreed to pay Xu Sanyang thirty million Star Dollars for the treatment.
• Xu Sanyang admitted he had intentionally poisoned officials from several conglomerates and arranged to stay in the hospital, then abruptly began barking like a dog.

After a month of focused cultivation, Fang Xing welcomed Gu Yun to university and guided her in the Virtual World before fighting Gu Jiantong, who revealed his self-created Blazing Sun Palm. Gu Jiantong planned to keep developing his Heterodox Martial Art, while Fang Xing remained unsure where the Gate School’s influence on him lay.

• Fang Xing reflected on Xu Sanyang’s ruin by an Evil God Whisper, became more cautious, and spent a month cultivating before his sophomore year began.
• Fang Xing congratulated Gu Yun on entering Blue Star Prevention University, learned she had chosen the Martial Arts Department and Evil God-related electives, and gave her guidance in a Virtual World match.
• Fang Xing fought Gu Jiantong, who used his self-created Blazing Sun Palm and Nine Suns Aligning the Heavens, but Fang Xing defeated him with ease.
• Gu Jiantong told Fang Xing about a Student Union mission to arrest a fraudulent cult leader and explained how he was developing a Heterodox Martial Art suited to his Light Transformation Superpower.
• After sending Gu Jiantong away, Fang Xing reviewed his account and wondered where the Gate School’s influence on him might be hidden.

Fang Xing comprehended the Myriad Spirits Illustrated Manual and broke through the Dragon Elephant Art and Great Vajra Prajna Divine Power to Grandmaster level. After the Tathagata Palm and Dharma Image flooded his mind with insights, he used the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra to absorb them and retreated from the Manual before the day ended.

• Fang Xing entered the Myriad Spirits Illustrated Manual and overcame the Six-Tusk Heavenly Dragon Elephant’s artistic conception, advancing the Dragon Elephant Art to Grandmaster level.
• Fang Xing’s Great Vajra Prajna Divine Power also reached Grandmaster level, and he realized it could eventually become the Dragon Elephant Vajra Indestructible Divine Power.
• Fang Xing saw the Tathagata Palm and Tathagata Dharma Image marks on the Bixia True Form and realized the first palm form could inspire an S-Rank technique called the Great Radiance Fist, but chose not to create it.
• Fang Xing was overwhelmed by insights from the Tathagata Palm Sutra and Tathagata Dharma Image, so he used the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra to absorb them before retreating.
• Fang Xing returned to the Great Library rooftop, where Grandpa Meng reminded him that using the Manual for less than a day still cost one Credit.

Fang Xing’s martial arts clone discovered that the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra might develop into the Great Sun Tathagata Palm, while his cultivation clone advanced to Qi Refining Ninth Layer and planned to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill. He approached Zhou Yuantong to arrange its refinement, leaving the alchemist uncertain about his background.

• Fang Xing noticed the Great Sun Tathagata Palm forming beneath his mantra but decided to focus on his own path until he grew stronger.
• Fang Xing’s Immortal Cultivation Clone reached Qi Refining Ninth Layer and considered how to secure a Foundation Establishment Pill and compatible spiritual materials.
• Fang Xing chose Zhou Yuantong to refine the pill, prepared a gift, and visited the Zhou Family residence with his name card.
• Zhou Yuantong read Fang Xing’s name card, hurriedly arranged to receive him, and met him after finishing a furnace of pills.
• Zhou Yuantong tried to probe Fang Xing’s background, but Fang Xing answered evasively and left him unsure who his guest was.

Fang Xing arranged for Zhou Yuantong to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill, while secretly recording the alchemist’s techniques. After Zhou Yuantong produced an Inferior Foundation Establishment Pill and Fang Xing accused him of hiding the real pills, Zhou Yuantong sealed the residence and revealed his hostility.

• Fang Xing showed Zhou Yuantong a Second-Order Demon Core and asked him to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Zhou Yuantong privately ordered Zhou Xin to gather the Zhou Family’s supplementary ingredients and bring two relatives, intending to secure a pill for the family.
• Zhou Yuantong and Fang Xing signed a Spirit Contract, then gathered with Zhou Family cultivators to watch the pill-refining process.
• While Zhou Yuantong refined the pill for more than three days, Fang Xing secretly recorded his techniques with a video camera.
• Zhou Yuantong produced one Inferior Foundation Establishment Pill, but Fang Xing challenged him to let them inspect the furnace for concealed pills.
• Zhou Yuantong sealed the residence with his Command Token and admitted that he had planned to deceive Fang Xing with the inferior pill.

Fang Xing defeated Zhou Yuantong and the Zhou Family after they tried to seize his Foundation Establishment Pill, then took control of their formation and looted their estate. He rented a high-grade cave dwelling and prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Fang Xing used a Second-Order Bing Fire Divine Thunder Talisman as cover while his Second-Order Body Cultivator clone appeared and dispersed Zhou Yuantong’s Fire Dragons.
• Fang Xing shot and killed Zhou Xin and two Zhou Family Qi Refining cultivators, then resisted Zhou Yuantong’s formation attack and killed him with a palm strike.
• Fang Xing retrieved a Genuine Foundation Establishment Pill from the pill furnace and took the Inferior Foundation Establishment Pill from Zhou Yuantong’s body.
• Fang Xing looted the Zhou Family estate, seized the Thick Earth Formation’s Command Token and equipment, and shut down the formation.
• Fang Xing rented a second-order high-grade cave dwelling near the City Lord’s Mansion and prepared his clone to attempt Foundation Establishment.

Fang Xing’s Immortal Cultivation Clone successfully achieved Foundation Establishment, drawing the attention of Min Yihang, who had been investigating the Zhou Family massacre. After Fang Xing rejected Min Yihang’s offer to lease Purple Azure Pool, the two left their intentions unresolved.

• Min Yihang questioned Steward Wang about Fang Xing and learned that Fang had rented a cave dwelling to prepare for Foundation Establishment.
• Fang Xing consumed a Supreme Foundation Establishment Pill, condensed nine drops of Liquid Mana, awakened Divine Sense, and completed Foundation Establishment.
• Min Yihang and Steward Wang watched a Spiritual Qi Vortex form above Fang Xing’s cave dwelling, confirming that he was breaking through.
• Fang Xing emerged to congratulations from nearby cultivators, then accepted Min Yihang’s invitation to his residence.
• Fang Xing’s true body admitted that he had killed the Zhou Family Old Ancestor and the rest of the family after the Old Ancestor deceived his nephew.
• Min Yihang offered Fang Xing a lease on Purple Azure Pool, but Fang Xing said he preferred to cultivate in a cave abode in Purple Iris Immortal City.

Fang Xing prepared for Purple Iris Immortal City's grand auction after discovering that its Lesser Yin Fiend Energy could help strengthen his future Dragon-Tiger Golden Core. At the auction, Min Yihang revealed the city's vulnerable position under the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect's growing influence, prompting Fang Xing to consider leaving once his cultivation stabilized.

• Fang Xing refined a batch of first-order high-grade Flying Cloud Pills and considered using the Ten Thousand Transformations Cauldron to make pills for Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Zheng Qian delivered Fang Xing an invitation to the grand auction, whose listed finale items included the Wind Snow flying sword and a strand of Lesser Yin Fiend Energy.
• Fang Xing recognized the Lesser Yin Fiend Energy as Cosmic Yin Qi suitable for strengthening his future Dragon-Tiger Golden Core and decided he could afford to bid for it.
• Fang Xing attended the auction and noticed two Ten Thousand Beasts Sect cultivators who had met him before; they regretted that he had achieved Foundation Establishment while they had not.
• Min Yihang joined Fang Xing in his private room and explained that Purple Iris Immortal City remained neutral while the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect expanded its influence over Zheng Country.
• Fang Xing suspected the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had harmed Purple Iris True Person and resolved to consider moving away after stabilizing his early Foundation Establishment cultivation.

Fang Xing attended the Purple Iris Immortal City auction, learned about the prosperous Northern Li Immortal City, and bought the Wind and Snow Sword after outbidding the Zeng Family. The auction’s final item, Lesser Yin Fiend Energy, drew fierce bids, and Fang Xing’s sudden offer of fifteen thousand Spirit Stones interrupted Old Madam Zeng’s attempt to secure it for Zeng Xue'er.

• Min Yihang told Fang Xing about the disorder in Zheng Country and the greater opportunities in Northern Li Immortal City.
• At the auction, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect brothers bought a Black Water Turtle egg, while Fang Xing considered traveling to Northern Li.
• Fang Xing outbid Old Madam Zeng for the Wind and Snow Sword, winning it for thirteen thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Fang Xing paid Treasure Elder Lu Yiming for the sword and inspected its chilling blade in his private room.
• Old Madam Zeng bid on the Lesser Yin Fiend Energy for Zeng Xue'er, but Fang Xing suddenly raised the price to fifteen thousand Spirit Stones.

Fang Xing outbid the Zeng Family for Lesser Yin Fiend Energy, then returned to Blue Star University, where he rejected Counselor Wei Shentong’s internship contract. Wei retaliated by ordering the Blood Kill Squad to take ninth place on the Battle Ranking and planned to obstruct Fang Xing’s future.

• Fang Xing drove Old Madam Zeng’s bids for the Lesser Yin Fiend Energy up to twenty-one thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, then won the auction after she learned he had destroyed the Zhou Family and backed down.
• Fang Xing bought the fiend energy and recognized it as Cosmic Yin Qi, which he hoped to combine with Solar True Yang.
• Xiao Lan alerted Fang Xing to an email from Wei Shentong, who summoned him to discuss his upcoming internship.
• Wei Shentong urged Fang Xing to sign a contract committing him to O'Weil Industry after graduation, but Fang Xing refused and left the office.
• Wei Shentong contacted the Blood Kill Squad and ordered them to claim ninth place on the Battle Ranking, while planning to cut off Fang Xing’s Credits and assign him dangerous internships.