Chapter Summaries

Fang Qianyuan fought seven opponents at once, using his time-based and spirit techniques to wound and disable them. With his enemies weakened and their spirit creatures defeated, he had the battle firmly in hand as spectators marveled at his strength.

• Fang Qianyuan wounded Zhu Tao, Huang Yunhao, and Liu Shiyin’s side of the fight with Dark Demon Claw, leaving injuries that Zhu Tao could not heal.
• Fang Qianyuan used Wind Transformation to evade a joint attack and slashed Huang Yunhao’s abdomen with Dark Demon Claw.
• Fang Qianyuan defeated Fan Yuntang’s Azure-Patterned Dragon Steed and destroyed Huang Yunhao’s Golden Light.
• Fang Qianyuan’s Demon-Ice Nether Soul froze Li Yulou and attacked Kang Long from within, while the other opponents remained badly weakened.
• Spectators watched Fang Qianyuan seize control of the battle and marveled that seven opponents could not defeat him.

Fang Qianyuan defeated Huang Yunhao and the other sect elders, secured the Refining Furnace, and left with Lang Dong for the Azure Cloud Sect. Days later, as Huang Yunhao’s group struggled with lingering injuries from Fang’s attacks, the Cloaked Man appeared and ordered his Warriors to kill them.

• Fang Qianyuan tore apart Yu Li’s Snow Demon Marten, and Huang Yunhao conceded defeat rather than risk a desperate fight.
• Lang Dong and Fang Qianyuan agreed to return the Refining Furnace directly to the sect, then departed with Ren Hao and the others.
• Huang Yunhao and Fan Yuntang lamented their defeat, while Zhu Tao, Liu Shiyin, and the others left to arrange their sects’ response to the treasure’s transfer.
• Several days later, Huang Yunhao’s group discovered that Fang Qianyuan’s dark and icy injuries continued to worsen, and Liu Shiyin suspected he had used Time Dao methods.
• The Cloaked Man appeared with several mutated Warrior experts and ordered them to kill Huang Yunhao’s group.

Fang Qianyuan and Lang Dong returned to the Azure Cloud Sect with the Refining Furnace after their journey through the Star Realm. At the sect's Headquarters, Elder Tang He eagerly began examining the treasure.

• The Warriors used their abilities to overwhelm Huang Yunhao, Liu Shiyin, and Zhu Tao, while Wu Lianyi's Black Lotus burned the Thunderclap Sky-Howling Beast and threatened the three cultivators.
• Fang Qianyuan and Lang Dong returned to the human-inhabited rear territory beyond Spellbreak City after nearly a month of travel.
• Grand Elder Tang Zewen and three other sect experts met Fang Qianyuan and Lang Dong, then escorted them toward the sect.
• After teleporting to the sect's Headquarters, Fang Qianyuan and Lang Dong met Sect Master Yu Shixian and officials from several institute halls.
• Tang He interrupted the introductions to demand that Fang Qianyuan show him the Innate Hundred-Treasure Transforming Furnace, and Fang Qianyuan summoned Little White to reveal the treasures.

Tang He confirmed that the Azure Cloud Sect had recovered a well-preserved Innate Hundred-Treasure Transforming Furnace and began arranging experts and materials to test it. Fang Qianyuan returned home to find his residence filling with cats sent by people seeking his favor, and Qian Duoduo claimed the Cat Clan could serve him.

• Tang He identified the furnace as an Innate Hundred-Treasure Transforming Furnace of the Mei Clan and said it was likely capable of refining innate treasure pills.
• Tang He requested Pill Way experts and treasured materials so he could investigate how to operate the furnace, and Yu Shixian agreed.
• Yu Shixian assured Fang Qianyuan that the sect would reward his service, though the Elders' Council still had to decide his treatment.
• Fang Qianyuan returned to the Jiang Residence and found Ning'er and Qian Duoduo welcoming him with dozens of cats sent by people who had heard he liked them.
• Qian Duoduo told Fang Qianyuan that Cat Clan experts could become his attendants, guards, or spirit creatures, drawing his interest.

Fang Qianyuan inspected three Cat Clan spirit monsters and discovered their unusual abilities. He left intrigued by the cats, especially Little Moon’s power to resurrect the dead, though its limits were severe.

• Qian Duoduo brought Fang Qianyuan to the courtyard and introduced Miao Huan, a Leopard Cat warrior, along with the kittens Little Shadow and Little Moon.
• Miao Huan demonstrated her swordsmanship and easily defeated Lin Bao in a sparring match, revealing extraordinary innate agility.
• Qian Duoduo explained that Little Shadow’s spirit shadow demon eyes could create shadow copies of those it saw, and Little Shadow demonstrated the ability on Miao Huan.
• Qian Duoduo revealed that Little Moon’s nine-life demon body could resurrect the dead, but its current power could revive only mortals by sacrificing Little Moon’s sole life.
• Fang Qianyuan reproached Qian Duoduo for exaggerating the cats’ abilities but became tempted by their unusual talents.

The Azure Cloud Sect tested the Refining Furnace Fang Qianyuan had brought back and confirmed it could refine pills with remarkable efficiency and quality. Yu Shixian told Fang Qianyuan that it could produce more than a hundred Five Qi Returning to Origin Pills each month and was a sect-guarding treasure comparable to the Pill Sect’s furnace.

• Fang Qianyuan considered how to use the three Cat Spirits he had gained through his cooperation with the Lynx-Cat Tribe.
• Tang He and the Azure Cloud Sect’s Pill Way Master Craftsmen tested the Refining Furnace with Spirit Essence Pills and produced 150 acceptable pills, including seventeen of superior quality.
• The sect’s craftsmen began testing the furnace with the primordial Treasure Pill Five Qi Returning to Origin Pill.
• A month after Fang Qianyuan brought the furnace to the sect, Yu Shixian summoned him to the Ascension Academy with Tang He and two Pill Way Master Craftsmen.
• Yu Shixian told Fang Qianyuan that the furnace could produce more than a hundred Five Qi Returning to Origin Pills monthly.

Fang Qianyuan learned that the Refining Furnace could produce vast quantities of valuable pills, making it a treasure that could transform the sect’s finances and influence. The sect master offered him ten Five Qi Returning to Origin Pills each month as confidential compensation, while keeping his contribution secret from most of the sect.

• Yu Shixian explained the Five Qi Returning to Origin Pill’s scarcity, market value, and the Refining Furnace’s potential to generate wealth and strengthen the sect.
• Yu Shixian told Fang Qianyuan that major sects and the Demon Alliance had already sought access to the pills, though they did not know the furnace’s true value.
• Tang He and Yu Shixian explained that the trials had been kept secret and the people involved and the Refining Furnace had been secured.
• Yu Shixian asked Fang Qianyuan what reward he wanted, and Fang deferred to the Sect Master’s judgment.
• After consulting Tang He and others, Yu Shixian offered Fang ten finished pills each month and a confidential merit record instead of public recognition.

Fang Qianyuan negotiated the terms of his share in the Refining Furnace’s output, then considered Tang He’s proposal to forge Spell-Breaking Blade armaments for his spirit creature. He left the discussion weighing whether Little White should undergo lifeform manifestation.

• Fang Qianyuan asked for a larger supply quota and the option to receive pills or treasures of equivalent value, while Yu Shixian set the quota and rejected Fang’s request for first pick of the output.
• Yu Shixian established proportional distribution of the Refining Furnace’s output and a priority repurchase clause, then settled the terms with Fang Qianyuan.
• Tang He praised Fang Qianyuan’s contribution and offered him his choice of a magic treasure from the Artifact Hall’s collection.
• Fang Qianyuan asked about the puppet wrecks and Spell-Breaking Blades he had turned over, and Tang He explained that the wrecks could not yet be repaired but the blades could be recast.
• Tang He suggested forging the Spell-Breaking Blades into armaments for a spirit creature that had undergone lifeform manifestation, prompting Fang Qianyuan to consider advancing Little White along that path.

Fang Qianyuan decided to use the Lifeform Manifestation Art on Miao Huan, turning her into an independent Spirit Creature who could fight with custom weapons. After her rebirth and manifestation succeeded, Tang He and Jin Lu helped Fang settle the design for a spell-breaking Magic Treasure.

• Fang Qianyuan considered which of his Spirit Creatures would suit lifeform manifestation and chose Miao Huan for her intelligence and independent fighting style.
• Fang Qianyuan asked Miao Huan to become his Spirit Creature, then used the Spirit Rebirth Formation and the Lifeform Manifestation Art to transform her into an independent Spirit Creature.
• Ning'er carried the weakened Miao Huan away to rest while Fang Qianyuan withdrew to recover his strength.
• Jin Lu brought Tang He to discuss the custom-made Magic Treasure, and they settled on spell-breaking, size-changing Claw Gauntlets for Miao Huan.
• Tang He proposed using recovered puppet armor plates to make protective gear for Fang Qianyuan and his Spirit Creatures.

Fang Qianyuan received his first supply of Five Qi Returning to Origin Pills and used them to strengthen himself and his spirit creatures. The chapter ended with three rival sects accusing him of killing their people and preparing to investigate.

• Tang He gave Fang Qianyuan ten Five Qi Returning to Origin Pills and a Seal spirit creature to acknowledge official documents.
• Fang Qianyuan swallowed a superior-quality pill and found that it replenished his origin energy and strengthened the spirit creatures in his care.
• Fang Qianyuan gave Little White a pill and determined how much treasure-pills his different spirit creatures could absorb.
• The Azure Cloud Sect publicly claimed its precious refining furnace was damaged and invited the Pill Sect and Artifact Sect to help repair it.
• Yu Shixian showed Fang Qianyuan and Lang Dong letters accusing Fang Qianyuan of killing people from the Spirit Taming Sect, Sacred Dragon Sect, and Flying Immortal Sect.

The three great sects sent Zhou Minghua to Azure Cloud Sect to investigate the deaths of three elders and confront Fang Qianyuan. Yu Shixian tried to protect Fang by keeping him away from the visitors, but evidence that the victims died from the Dark Demon Claw made a direct confrontation inevitable.

• Zhou Minghua arrived with investigators from the Spirit Taming Sect, Sacred Dragon Sect, and Flying Immortal Sect and demanded an immediate meeting with Fang Qianyuan.
• Yu Shixian warned Fang that the visitors might use the deaths to pressure Azure Cloud Sect and advised him to enter seclusion while the sect strengthened his defenses.
• Fang returned to his residence as Yu Shixian met the investigators and both sides exchanged leads about the murders.
• Yu Shixian produced evidence that Fang and his companions had returned to the sect too quickly to have killed the three elders in the void.
• Zhou Minghua's group revealed that the three elders had died from an eruption of the Dark Demon Claw, making Fang's appearance and confrontation unavoidable.

Two spies used the Concealment Immortal Veil to infiltrate Fang Qianyuan’s residence and observe him. They saw his many cats before finding him cultivating his past body, and were alarmed by the power surrounding his hair.

• Zhou Minghua told Lin Yu and Xiao Xin that he had sent people to investigate Fang Qianyuan before confronting him.
• Two hidden cultivators used the Concealment Immortal Veil to slip past the residence’s guards and enter Fang Qianyuan’s home.
• The spies found the residence filled with girls and more than a hundred cats, including spirit monsters.
• The spies reached the rear courtyard and watched Fang Qianyuan through a Void Eye set between the bricks.
• Fang Qianyuan cultivated his past body as the Cosmic Serpent and Hair Demon drew in the power of time through his hair.
• The spies saw the Indestructible Demon Hair send ripples through the void and grew alarmed.

Fang Qianyuan used Five Qi Returning to Origin Pills and refined the power of time into his skin, advancing his Past Body and gaining the ability to glimpse scenes from the past. After discovering signs that two intruders had entered the Institute Hall, he used a wind path technique to locate them, and Little White attacked their hiding place.

• Fang Qianyuan fed his Spirit Creatures Five Qi Returning to Origin Pills, which stirred his stagnant cultivation toward a second transformation.
• Fang Qianyuan absorbed the power of time and refined it into his skin, strengthening his Past Body and sensing that the Cosmic Serpent was beginning to grow horns.
• Two observers reported Fang Qianyuan's time dao aura and sneaked into the courtyard under the Concealment Immortal Veil to investigate him.
• Fang Qianyuan used Past Scene Retrospection to detect traces of the intruders' earlier passage through the Institute Hall.
• Fang Qianyuan spread his wind path power across the courtyard, and Little White lunged at the intruders' hiding place.

Fang Qianyuan and his spirit creatures fought an intruder who used mysterious void-based concealment to evade their attacks. The intruder escaped, and Fang Qianyuan ordered Chief Steward Jin to come and the sect to be informed.

• Little White exposed a hidden spy with her wind claws, and Fang Qianyuan pursued after identifying the intruder through his Past Scene Retrospection ability.
• Fang Qianyuan and Little White attacked the intruder with wind, frost, and water, but the enemy vanished and avoided every strike.
• A second concealed attacker opened black holes beside Little White and struck, but Fang Qianyuan used Wind Transformation to help her evade.
• Fang Qianyuan summoned the Demon-Hunting Hound and Golden-Eyed Thunder Eagle, but the intruder slipped past the guards and escaped.
• Fang Qianyuan ordered the guards to invite Chief Steward Jin to the residence and report the attack to the sect.

After Fang Qianyuan’s attackers escaped, the Azure Cloud Sect strengthened its surveillance while Zhou Minghua ordered the Spirit Taming Sect’s failed operatives not to try again. Several days later, Fang Qianyuan and Lang Dong attended a formal questioning at the Heavenly Observation Court, where Zhou Minghua began asking Fang about the day the three elders were killed.

• The Azure Cloud Sect failed to find Fang Qianyuan’s intruders, then surrounded the Fang Residence with spirit creatures to detect further snooping.
• Zuo Da and Zuo Er told Zhou Minghua that Fang Qianyuan had discovered them, and Zhou ordered them to abandon another attempt rather than risk losing the Concealment Immortal Veil.
• Fang Qianyuan kept watch around his residence with Past Scene Retrospection and a swirling wind, but no snoopers returned for several days.
• On the twenty-fifth day of the third month, the sect summoned Fang Qianyuan to answer questions about the three elders’ deaths.
• Fang Qianyuan and Lang Dong met Zhou Minghua, other elders, and Yu Shixian at the Heavenly Observation Court, where Zhou asked Fang to recount what happened that day.

Fang Qianyuan and Lang Dong recounted the events surrounding the elders’ deaths, while the sects tried to probe Fang Qianyuan and press the Azure Cloud Sect over the Refining Furnace. Fang Qianyuan spotted two suspicious figures through his retrospective ability and drew them for Yu Shixian, while Zhou Minghua ordered Zuo Da and Zuo Er to stay hidden and continue investigating.

• Fang Qianyuan explained that a lingering power from his move may have contributed to the three elders’ deaths, and Zhou Minghua clarified that they were investigating the actual killer.
• Yu Shixian led Fang Qianyuan and Lang Dong away after both sides held firm on their positions regarding the Refining Furnace.
• Fang Qianyuan used Past Body, Past Scene Retrospection and saw two unfamiliar people walking toward the Spirit Taming Sect envoys’ courtyard.
• Fang Qianyuan summoned the Brush Immortal and sketched the two figures for Yu Shixian to help pursue the investigation.
• Zhou Minghua told Zuo Da and Zuo Er to remain concealed at the Azure Cloud Sect and continue investigating after the delegation withdrew.

After the Azure Cloud Sect identified Zuo Da and Zuo Er as Spirit Taming Sect agents, Fang Qianyuan grew wary of the brothers and their mission to investigate the Refining Furnace. With Zhou Minghua’s party gone, the brothers accepted that they had been abandoned and began their dangerous operation inside enemy territory.

• Yu Shixian told Fang Qianyuan that Zuo Da and Zuo Er were surviving members of the Zuo Clan, secretly raised by the Spirit Taming Sect as covert operatives.
• Fang Qianyuan realized the brothers could act without the restraints of ordinary sect elders and became more vigilant toward them.
• Zuo Da recalled Zhou Minghua’s orders to investigate the Refining Furnace, steal it if possible, and seek the Earth Baleful Gate whether the mission succeeded or failed.
• Zuo Da and Zuo Er accepted that the Spirit Taming Sect would abandon them and that neither success nor failure promised them a safe return.
• At night, Zuo Da and Zuo Er set out to investigate the Refining Furnace, deciding to watch Fang Qianyuan for clues to its location.

Fang Qianyuan and the Azure Cloud Sect remained wary of Zuo Da and Zuo Er, who had secretly watched him for weeks and discovered clues suggesting he possessed Innate Treasure Pills. Sect Master Yu Shixian detected an unidentified resonance near Fang Qianyuan’s residence and asked him to help lure the intruders into a trap.

• Fang Qianyuan continued his routine while secretly searching for the hidden observers, and Zuo Da and Zuo Er stayed concealed in their Lesser Grotto-Heaven.
• Zuo Da and Zuo Er watched Fang Qianyuan cultivate and noticed that his Spirit Creatures had grown stronger, leading them to suspect he had used Innate Treasure Pills.
• Fang Qianyuan avoided collecting a new batch of Treasure Pills and restored his cultivation to the peak of the second transformation as he advanced toward the third.
• Yu Shixian told Fang Qianyuan that the sect had detected an unidentified resonance near his residence by testing Space Dao methods.
• Yu Shixian asked Fang Qianyuan to stage a performance with the sect’s guards and lure Zuo Da and Zuo Er into a trap.

Fang Qianyuan lured the Zuo brothers into a valley and exposed them with a trap, forcing them to fight. As Little White attacked their summoned Void Beast, the creature bent space to redirect her strike.

• Zuo Da used a Void-Devouring Insect to follow Fang Qianyuan toward the Artifact Hall, but Fang led the brothers to an abandoned medicinal garden in a secluded valley.
• Fang Qianyuan activated a formation that shook the void and marked the Zuo brothers with light, revealing their concealed position.
• White Wolf grew into a towering giant wolf and advanced on the brothers as Fang Qianyuan confronted them.
• Zuo Da and Zuo Er summoned a Void Beast and a Shadow Beast with the Spirit Communion Art.
• Little White slashed at the unseen Void Beast, but it manipulated space and redirected her Wind Blade behind itself.

Fang Qianyuan battled the Zuo Clan brothers, whose Space Dao methods nullified and redirected his attacks. After refusing the guards’ offer of reinforcements, he decided to overwhelm them with sustained attacks and unleashed Wind Blade Frost Sword.

• Fang Qianyuan recognized that Zuo Da and Zuo Er were hiding in an Otherworld Grotto-Heaven and attacked the area with repeated Wind Blades and Claw Strikes.
• Zuo Da and Zuo Er redirected a beast claw behind Fang Qianyuan, but he and Little White escaped by turning into whirlwinds.
• A Swift Eagle relayed that the brothers could nullify and redirect attacks and told Fang Qianyuan that Space Dao reinforcements were on the way.
• Fang Qianyuan declined reinforcements and decided to exhaust the brothers by forcing them to maintain their technique.
• Fang Qianyuan erupted with Spirit Essence and began a fiercer assault with Wind Blade Frost Sword.