Chapter Summaries

Fang Qianyuan defended the Righteous Path’s order and argued that the Azure Cloud Sect could control the forbidden Dao Path while the Qian Household could not. One household after another backed the alliance’s prohibition, leaving the Shi Family, Lin Family, Ma Su, Lin Jueyun, and the Qian Household’s elders isolated as the Shi Family head resolved to kill Fang Qianyuan.

• Fang Qianyuan argued that the Righteous Path protected most powers through order and shared interests, while unrestricted competition would destroy them.
• Fang Qianyuan told Lin Jueyun that the Azure Cloud Sect’s power and leadership made it capable of controlling the Dao Path, unlike the Qian Household.
• Shang Yi admitted that the Shangyang Merchant House had explored the Dao Path, pledged to halt its experiments, surrender related personnel and items, and accept punishment.
• The Mo Family, Mu Family, Gushe Household, Baili Household, Huang, Wo Family, and other powers declared support for the alliance’s prohibition.
• The Shi Family head, Lin Family head, Ma Su, Lin Jueyun, and Qian Household elders watched as support shifted against them.
• The Shi Family head blamed Fang Qianyuan for the shift and vowed that his side would bring him down, even at the cost of their lives.

The Head of the Shi Family transformed into a Black Corpse Demon Body and charged Fang Qianyuan, but Fang’s allies restrained and counterattacked him. As the Head of the Lin Family intervened and more fighters revealed their demon bodies, the battle widened into a clash between the factions.

• The Head of the Shi Family transformed into a Black Corpse Demon Body, which Fang Qianyuan recognized as a hybrid of corpse refining and demonic essence body refining.
• The Head of the Shi Family charged Fang Qianyuan, and Lin Xiong and Lin Bao intercepted him with a Dragon-Binding Rope-like artifact.
• Wang Ran struck the restrained Head of the Shi Family with his Qilin Arm, sending him flying before Lin Xiong and Lin Bao pulled him back.
• The Head of the Lin Family used his Whip-Hand Servant Demon body to coil around the Head of the Shi Family and pull him away from Wang Ran.
• The Head of the Shi Family attacked Wang Ran with a whip hand, and Wang Ran dodged as the other clan members and faction envoys revealed their demon bodies.

The Warrior Administration and Azure Cloud Sect forces surrounded the demon-aligned factions as battle erupted in the Separate Courtyard. Fang Qianyuan trapped their leaders in his domain and annihilated nearly everyone caught inside with the Seven Kills Void-Breaking Slash.

• The Warrior Administration and Azure Cloud Sect forces formed ranks and fought the Demonized Warriors as Zhao Qing and the others pursued those involved with demons.
• Meng Du summoned the desolate beast Bā Snake, while guards and spirit creatures encircled the Separate Courtyard.
• The head of the Shi Family concluded that his faction had to fight and hoped their alliances might persuade the righteous path’s leaders to intervene.
• Fang Qianyuan manifested a domain that imprisoned the head of the Shi Family and the others in a distorted, painting-like space.
• Fang Qianyuan unleashed the Seven Kills Void-Breaking Slash, shattering the domain’s painted scene and killing nearly everyone trapped within it.

Fang Qianyuan devastated the resisting fighters, but Lin Jueyun used golden needles and healing arts to revive the wounded Earth Rank experts. As the battle became entangled with allies, Fang Qianyuan reached Lin Jueyun and seized her by the neck.

• Fang Qianyuan used a painted-world domain and Seven Kills Void-Breaking Slash to grievously wound the Shi Family head, the Lin Family head, and many other fighters.
• Lin Jueyun summoned Golden Needle Gu and stitched the wounded experts back together, while the Qian Household's people healed them.
• The revived experts took medicines and prepared to keep fighting, and Fang Qianyuan said he would strike them again if necessary.
• Lin Jueyun led the group in retreat, and the fighters mixed with their opponents to prevent Fang Qianyuan from using a wide-area attack.
• Fang Qianyuan used Windbody Technique to evade the fighters, reached Lin Jueyun, and grabbed her by the neck.

Fang Qianyuan overwhelmed Lin Jueyun and the Qian Household fighters, helping the righteous path defeat the rebellious demonized warriors. As the Shi Family head fled, a mysterious Demon Alliance member intervened to protect him.

• Fang Qianyuan seized Lin Jueyun and revealed power that left her unable to resist.
• Fang Qianyuan repelled the Qian Household guards, killed a death warrior with black wind, and had the Wind Weasel smash Lin Jueyun into the ground.
• Fang Qianyuan cut down or crippled the Qian Household fighters as he approached the unconscious Lin Jueyun.
• The righteous path attacked and captured or killed the rebellious demonized warriors while the Shi Family head fled.
• A black-robed Spirit Tamer declared that the Shi Family head was under the Demon Alliance's protection and killed the righteous path pursuers with blood-red vines.

After the Righteous Path defeated the demon-involved forces, Fang Qianyuan learned that the Shi Family head, the Lin Family head, and Ma Su had escaped with help from the Demon Alliance. A Jin Family elder used a compass immortal to track them, and Fang Qianyuan set off in pursuit with Gushe Qingyao and Fang Lian.

• Meng Du, Zhao Qing, Gushe Qingyao, Fang Qianyuan, and the other Righteous Path fighters overwhelmed the demon-involved forces, leaving many dead or surrendered.
• Wang Ran and the others discovered that the Shi Family head, the Lin Family head, and Ma Su were missing.
• Wounded Spirit Tamers reported that a Demon Alliance expert and accomplices had rescued the fugitives using bloodsucking vines.
• A Jin Family elder summoned his compass immortal and divined the direction the fugitives had taken.
• Fang Qianyuan left the others to handle the aftermath and pursued the fugitives with Gushe Qingyao and Fang Lian.

Fang Qianyuan organized a pursuit of the Demon Alliance members who had fled the Northern Frontier. Aboard a dragon hawk, the fleeing group revealed the identities of several powerful Demon Alliance experts to the rescued Head of the Shi Family.

• Fang Qianyuan told Wang Ran and the others to gather Azure Cloud Sect elders and the Jin and Yin Family heads so they could apprehend the Demonized Warriors’ accomplices.
• Gushe Qingyao offered Fang Qianyuan a ride on her Seven-Colored Rainbow Bird, and the group followed the Jin Family elder’s Compass toward their quarry.
• Special Envoy Zhou urged Night Owl to fly faster, but Night Owl said the dragon hawk was already traveling at a demanding speed.
• Gu Ying and the other Demon Alliance members discussed their escape and the disabled Teleportation Array as the Head of the Shi Family regained his senses and asked who they were.
• Gu Ying introduced Jiao Zhong, Night Owl, Pagoda True Person Fei, and special envoys Zhou, Lin, and Bai; the Head of the Shi Family recognized the notorious experts Gu Ying, Jiao Zhong, and Night Owl.

Gu Ying and the Demon Alliance rescued the head of the Shi Family and tried to save the gravely wounded head of the Lin Family while fleeing on a Dragon Hawk. Their escape came under threat when Gushe Qingyao's Seven-Colored Rainbow Bird caught up, with Fang Qianyuan close behind.

• The head of the Shi Family learned that Venerable Wu had ordered Gu Ying to bring him back to oversee the Demonized Warrior Path's affairs, and Gu Ying argued that he had chosen that path to escape his limitations.
• Ma Su asked Gu Ying and Jiao Zhong to recommend their group and their lineages for the Demon Alliance, but Gu Ying said they would have to protect their families themselves.
• Ma Su and the others used healing Spirit Creatures to pull the head of the Lin Family back from the brink of death, though he remained in danger.
• Zhou Ming spotted a Seven-Colored Rainbow Bird pursuing them, and Night Owl urged everyone to flee faster on the Dragon Hawk.
• Gu Ying identified Gushe Qingyao as a formidable pursuer, and Zhou Ming realized Fang Qianyuan had caught up with them.

Fang Qianyuan and his companions pursued the Demon Alliance, and Gushe Qingyao opened the fight with her Thunderbolt Bow. Lin Qing blocked the lightning with the Cloud-Splitting Saber, leaving the pursuers to assess how to overcome the enemy’s countermeasure.

• Fang Qianyuan inferred that the Demon Alliance had targeted the Shi Family’s head to use his expertise in building a Demon-Refining Workshop.
• Gushe Qingyao fired a lightning arrow at the Dragon Hawk from more than ten li away.
• Lin Qing stepped forward and absorbed the lightning with her Cloud-Splitting Saber, though the impact forced her to retreat a step.
• Gushe Qingyao explained that Lin Qing’s saber countered lightning and that she could not safely waste her spirit essence on another attack.
• Fang Qianyuan acknowledged that an ordinary fighter had to probe an opponent’s abilities, unlike him, who could simply overwhelm a counter with repeated attacks.

Fang Lian used her Dreamwalking Great Art to control the wounded Head of the Lin Family, creating an opening for Gushe Qingyao to badly injure the Dragon Hawk. After the Demon Alliance landed, Fang Qianyuan descended in overwhelming power and declared that he would kill them.

• Fang Lian used Heavenly Demon Enters the Dream to control the Head of the Lin Family and make him attack Lin Qing.
• Gu Ying and Zhou Mingyi restrained the Head of the Lin Family while Gushe Qingyao's arrow struck the Dragon Hawk and left it badly wounded.
• Gushe Qingyao fired more arrows and used Falling Thunder, but Lin Qing blocked the lightning with her Cloud-Splitting Saber and was injured by its force.
• Night Owl landed the Dragon Hawk and withdrew it to recover as the Demon Alliance members formed a line to face Fang Qianyuan.
• Fang Qianyuan unleashed a vast surge of red and purple spirit essence, then threatened his opponents with death.

Fang Qianyuan unleashed his half-step heaven-tier power against the gathered enemies, shaping the weather and killing several of them with a storm of black dragons. Jiao Zhong reached him with a killing-intent attack, but Fang Qianyuan’s Mind Ape Xiang Dao protected him and struck Jiao Zhong into a pit.

• Fang Qianyuan’s surging power darkened the sky and stirred a vast storm as he hesitated over whether to kill his enemies.
• Jiao Zhong recognized Fang Qianyuan’s rising killing intent and charged, while Gu Ying summoned a bloodsucking vine and Night Owl slipped through its shadows.
• Fang Qianyuan unleashed a wave of black wind dragons that killed the heads of the Shi and Lin Families, Zhou Mingyi, Bai Ruorong, and the rescued clan scions.
• Gu Ying used his vines to survive the wind blades, and Lin Qing escaped unharmed beside him.
• Jiao Zhong attacked Fang Qianyuan with six war sabers and his Blade of Killing Intent, but the Mind Ape Xiang Dao shielded Fang Qianyuan.
• The white ape broke Jiao Zhong’s sabers and punched him into a deep pit.

Fang Qianyuan overwhelmed the Demon Alliance experts, but Pagoda True Person used a surprise attack to trap him inside a shrinking pagoda. The chapter ended with Pagoda True Person celebrating his capture.

• Fang Qianyuan planted his boot on Jiao Zhong's head, but Gu Ying and Night Owl launched a coordinated surprise attack.
• Fang Qianyuan used Wind Transformation to evade Night Owl's Shadow Strike, then severed Jiao Zhong at the waist with a Wind Gang claw.
• Fang Qianyuan filled the area with black tornadoes, grievously injuring Gu Ying, Lin Qing, and Ma Su as he searched for Night Owl.
• Fang Qianyuan noticed that Pagoda True Person had disappeared and sensed that something was wrong.
• Pagoda True Person dropped a gigantic pagoda over Fang Qianyuan, shrank it, and claimed that he had finally caught him.

Fang Qianyuan was trapped inside the Mystic Dragon Pagoda while his Wind Weasel joined Gushe Qingyao and Fang Lian in battle against Jiao Zhong, Night Owl, and Pagoda True Person. Outside, Jiao Zhong gained the upper hand against the group, while Fang Qianyuan heard an ancient voice in the pagoda’s strange inner space.

• Night Owl restored Jiao Zhong, and Gushe Qingyao stopped Fang Lian from rushing to rescue Fang Qianyuan.
• Fang Qianyuan’s Wind Weasel arrived and unleashed powerful wind blades, forcing Jiao Zhong, Night Owl, and Pagoda True Person to evade its attacks.
• Fang Lian’s Dreamwalking Great Art briefly controlled Jiao Zhong, but he recovered and then leaped toward the Seven-Colored Rainbow Bird.
• Jiao Zhong attacked Gushe Qingyao and Fang Lian with his Blade of Killing Intent, wounding Fang Lian and overpowering the group in close combat.
• Inside the Mystic Dragon Pagoda, Fang Qianyuan found himself in a caged lesser grotto-heaven and heard an ancient voice welcome him.

Fang Qianyuan encountered the Mystic Dragon Treasure Sovereign, the awakened spirit of the Mystic Dragon Pagoda, and learned of its mission from the Spirit Venerable. The Treasure Sovereign revealed that the Flying Immortal Records could open a gateway to the New Universe, then said it had shared this secret with many others.

• Fang Qianyuan sensed a powerful presence in the Mystic Dragon Pagoda and learned that it was the Mystic Dragon Treasure Sovereign, an awakened artifact spirit.
• The Mystic Dragon Treasure Sovereign explained that it had granted the pagoda’s bearer control of the treasure but did not regard him as its master.
• Fang Qianyuan asked whether he could control the Treasure Sovereign by killing the bearer, and it replied that it would cooperate with whoever controlled its treasure body to protect it.
• The Mystic Dragon Treasure Sovereign said it was fulfilling a mission entrusted by the Spirit Venerable: to reveal the truth about the Flying Immortal Records.
• The Treasure Sovereign revealed that the Flying Immortal Records were a supreme Dao artifact whose restored power could open a gateway to the New Universe and help the world survive the Dharma-Ending Age.
• Fang Qianyuan questioned why the Treasure Sovereign had told him this, and it replied that it had encountered 166 bearers, 23 outstanding talents, and acknowledged ten masters over the past hundred thousand years.

Fang Qianyuan used his White Wolf Dharma Form to tear open the Mystic Dragon Treasure Sovereign’s grotto heaven and escape the pagoda. Outside, Pagoda True Person tried to flee the Wind Weasel’s pursuit, only to discover that his pagoda had cracked.

• Fang Qianyuan transformed into his White Wolf Dharma Form and used Dimensional Transformation to seize and rip open the grotto heaven’s boundary.
• Fang Qianyuan escaped the Mystic Dragon Treasure Sovereign’s pagoda through the rift he created.
• The Wind Weasel continued attacking Pagoda True Person, while Gu Ying, Ma Su, Lin Qing, and Night Owl were left unable to fight or missing from the battle.
• Pagoda True Person realized Miao Huan had used the Concealment Immortal Veil to help attack Night Owl and decided to escape alone.
• Pagoda True Person prepared to use his Earth Escape Talisman, then heard a sound and saw that his pagoda had cracked.

Fei Youzhou lost control of the damaged Mystic Dragon Pagoda and was knocked unconscious by Fang Qianyuan, who took the treasure. Elsewhere, Night Owl struggled against Miao Huan’s concealed attacks and remained surrounded by her shadow doubles.

• Fei Youzhou recalled how the Mystic Dragon Pagoda had transformed his life and feared it was damaged during the battle.
• Fang Qianyuan seized the unconscious Fei Youzhou’s pagoda and flew toward the Wind Weasel.
• Night Owl hid in the wilderness while Miao Huan hunted him with the Concealment Immortal Veil and Spell-Breaking Blade.
• Night Owl used Shadow Escape to dodge Miao Huan’s feline shadow doubles, then cut several apart with Flying Owl Slashes the Sky.
• More feline humanoid shadows appeared from the void and surrounded Night Owl again.

Little Shadow and Little Moon overwhelmed Night Owl with revived shadow clones, while Miao Huan seized an opening to stab him. Elsewhere, Fang Qianyuan broke free, pursued Jiao Zhong, and captured him with the Three-Treasure Dragon-Binding Rope.

• Little Shadow created shadow clones of Miao Huan, and Little Moon repeatedly revived them with its life essence to pressure Night Owl.
• Night Owl used the Hand Seal of Unity to freeze the clones, but Miao Huan emerged from concealment and stabbed him; the clones then attacked as he collapsed.
• Jiao Zhong failed to overcome Gushe Qingyao and Fang Lian, who kept him at bay with their treasures, talismanic script, and aerial hit-and-run attacks.
• Jiao Zhong sensed Fang Qianyuan approaching and fled west toward the mountain forest, masking his presence as he ran.
• Fang Qianyuan broke free, chased Jiao Zhong on the Wind Weasel, knocked him down, and bound him upside down with the Three-Treasure Dragon-Binding Rope.

After Fang Qianyuan’s battle in the Northern Frontier, Elder Long arrived with the Sect Master’s reply and explained that the Mystic Dragon Treasure Sovereign might be tied to an ancient conflict between the Supreme Heaven Sect and the Heavenly Realms Sect. Fang Qianyuan learned that the two orders had once been one, and that their hidden legacy still endured among modern sects and aristocratic clans.

• Fang Qianyuan checked on Gushe Qingyao and Fang Lian after defeating Jiao Zhong, then learned that Gu Ying and Night Owl had died from their injuries.
• Fang Qianyuan examined the badly wounded Lin Xiong and Lin Bao and found that their Blood Mark Curse Seals had surfaced.
• Fang Qianyuan reported the outcome of the gathering to the sect, and the Elders’ Council chose to support his actions against factions involved with the Demon Alliance.
• Elder Long arrived in Tower City as a Sect Envoy and told Fang Qianyuan that the Mystic Dragon Treasure Sovereign might be connected to the ancient struggle between the Supreme Heaven Sect and the Heavenly Realms Sect.
• Elder Long explained that the two sects had originated as one order, that the Spirit Venerable had destroyed the Supreme Heaven Sect and reunited its power under his rule, and that the Heavenly Realms legacy persisted among present-day sects and aristocratic clans.

Elder Long explained the Supreme Heaven Sect and Heavenly Realms Sect’s origins and their connection to the mystery of the Flying Immortal Records. He warned Fang Qianyuan that the Supreme Heaven Sect might recruit him after he advanced to Heaven Tier, and the Heavenly Origin Sect wanted him to cooperate and investigate its secrets.

• Elder Long explained that the Supreme Heaven Sect and Heavenly Realms Sect embodied the opposition that had shaped the cultivation world and its other powers.
• Elder Long contrasted the belief that the Flying Immortal Records came from Pan Qian with the Mystic Dragon Treasure Sovereign’s claim that Spirit Venerable had taken them as war loot from the Pan Clan.
• Fang Qianyuan and Elder Long discussed how ancient upheavals had obscured the Records’ true origins and how a Star Map or complete Records could resolve the mystery.
• Elder Long revealed that Tian Heng, Feng Luo, Yin Yuanzheng, and Yin Zheluo were suspected Supreme Heaven Sect members, and that most possessed Star Maps.
• Elder Long suggested the Supreme Heaven Sect might approach Fang Qianyuan after his Heaven Tier advancement, while the Heavenly Realms Sect might also seek to connect with him.
• Elder Long told Fang Qianyuan that the sect hoped he would cooperate with the mysterious forces and investigate the Hidden Treasury, and Fang Qianyuan accepted the proposal.

Feng Xingyun brought the Azure Cloud Sect’s concerns about the Mystic Dragon Pagoda to the Artifact Sect and demanded cooperation in uncovering its secrets. The Artifact Sect’s Sect Master rejected most of his requests until Feng warned that the sect could be suspected of orchestrating events tied to the Spirit Venerable’s legacy, leaving him shocked and frightened.

• Elder Long learned that Jiao Zhong had acted on mysterious orders and that the Azure Cloud Sect planned to investigate the Mystic Dragon Pagoda’s revelations with the Artifact Sect.
• Feng Xingyun arrived at the Artifact Sect with attendants and received a grand welcome as a senior representative of the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Feng Xingyun asked the Artifact Sect to repair the Mystic Dragon Pagoda, share secrets about the Spirit Venerable, and provide explanations and evidence.
• The Artifact Sect’s Sect Master refused the requests beyond repairing the pagoda, finding the demands unreasonable.
• Feng Xingyun recounted Fang Qianyuan’s experience and warned that the Artifact Sect could be suspected of engineering events tied to the Spirit Venerable’s legacy.
• The Artifact Sect’s Sect Master turned pale and broke into a cold sweat at the accusation.