Arc 2Bloodshed and the Cave Abode

Fang Ling destroyed the Six Harmonies Sect, fought powerful enemies, and endured a Death-Seeking Curse while seeking a way to survive. He then returned to the Heavenly Net Church, rescued its elites, and led them to power through the Blood Demon Ancestor’s demon crystals.

  • Fang Ling killed Wu'er Tu, accepted Shangguan Haiyue’s Mysterious Wind Token, and strengthened his body with Bodhi Vajra Pills.
  • Fang Ling rescued the Heavenly Net Church at the Flying Eagle Gate, slaughtered the Six Harmonies Sect’s army, and killed the Fairy of the Li River in Windstone Gorge.
  • Fang Ling challenged Emperor Shao, then led eight hundred elites toward the Blood Marsh and massacred cultivators in Boundless City.
  • Fang Ling killed Witch Daoist, but the Death-Seeking Curse he placed on Fang Ling drove him back toward Cold Mountain Temple as Abbess Purple Bamboo pursued him.
  • Fang Ling killed the Blood Demon Ancestor and his wife, then returned to Cold Mountain Temple, where the White-Browed Old Monk suppressed the curse temporarily.
  • Fang Ling learned new arts, restored Heavenly Net Annihilation, and resolved to strengthen the Heavenly Net Church.
  • Fang Ling rescued Mister Mo and the eight hundred elites in the Heaven-Equal Cave Abode, where they found the Blood Demon Ancestor’s treasures and refined demon crystals.
  • Fang Ling advanced to the middle heavenly authority realm, while the elites gained great strength and swore loyalty to him.
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Ch. 26The Tomb Gate of an Ancient Being Opens

Fang Ling encountered Wu'er Tu, an ancient member of the Tomb People, who trapped him inside the Tomb Gate before pursuing the woman in white and Granny Yu. Shangguan Haiyue struck down one of Wu'er Tu's clones, but the real Wu'er Tu prepared to attack again until the Tomb Gate reappeared behind him.

  • Fang Ling learned that Wu'er Tu had awakened after sleeping since the Nine Clans' Turmoil, then was seized and dragged into the Tomb Gate.
  • Wu'er Tu pursued the woman in white and Granny Yu as they flew toward Dragon City, overpowering Granny Yu in battle.
  • Granny Yu trapped Wu'er Tu in a boundary prison formation, but Shangguan Haiyue returned and pierced him with a spear summoned from a decree.
  • Shangguan Haiyue dispelled the formation, only for the real Wu'er Tu to reveal that she had killed his clone and knock both women from the air.
  • Wu'er Tu prepared to attack Shangguan Haiyue, but the Tomb Gate appeared behind him and left him staring at it in terror.

Ch. 27The Shangguan Family, Unrivaled in Formation Arts

After killing Wu'er Tu in the Lost Ancient Mine, Fang Ling returned to Dragon City and reflected on his battles. Shangguan Haiyue thanked him for saving her and Granny Yu, offered him the Shangguan family's Mysterious Wind Token, and invited him to the Jade Kingdom, but he declined.

  • Fang Ling destroyed the tomb doors, killed Wu'er Tu, absorbed his blood and life essence, and burned his corpse.
  • Fang Ling returned to Dragon City, cleaned up, and meditated on what he had learned from his battles.
  • Bai Ying visited Fang Ling to thank him for saving her, then left when Bai Jiang arrived.
  • Bai Jiang told Fang Ling that a woman in white and an injured old woman had come seeking him, and Fang Ling agreed to meet them.
  • Shangguan Haiyue introduced herself and gave Fang Ling the Shangguan family's Mysterious Wind Token in gratitude for saving her and Granny Yu.
  • Shangguan Haiyue invited Fang Ling to the Jade Kingdom for further rewards, but Fang Ling accepted only the token and declined the invitation.

Ch. 28A Melody Played by Delicate Hands

Shangguan Haiyue refused to return home despite the old woman’s warnings, while Fang Ling waited for Physician Dou and the Heavenly Net Church followers in Dragon City. Bai Ying played an ancient zither piece that greatly increased Fang Ling’s soul power, but revealed it could harm listeners with weak Divine Souls.

  • Shangguan Haiyue rejected the old woman’s suggestion to contact her family, determined to enjoy her freedom despite the danger.
  • Fang Ling worried that Physician Dou’s seclusion had exceeded its expected length and that Yun Shuiqing, Hu Yue, and the others had not brought the Heavenly Net Church followers to Dragon City.
  • Bai Ying played a calming melody for Fang Ling in the White Estate’s rear garden.
  • Bai Ying played Heaven and Earth Same Lifespan, causing Fang Ling’s soul power to rise by about one percent.
  • Bai Ying explained that Heaven and Earth Same Lifespan could injure listeners whose Divine Souls were too weak.

Ch. 29Heaven-Sent Pill Marks and Good Fortune

Dou Qin successfully refined nine Bodhi Vajra Pills, including eight with one pill mark and one with two, and Fang Ling took six of them to cultivate. Meanwhile, Bai Jiang warned Bai Ying to keep her distance from Fang Ling, and she reluctantly agreed to set aside her feelings for him.

  • Shi Xiaobi told Fang Ling that Dou Qin had finished refining the pills, and Dou Qin revealed that the batch included eight single-mark pills and one double-mark pill.
  • Fang Ling gave one single-mark pill each to Dou Qin and Shi Xiaobi, then stored the remaining pills and heard Dou Qin's warnings about their potency.
  • Fang Ling returned to his room and swallowed six Bodhi Vajra Pills at once, then began guiding their energy to nourish his body.
  • After Fang Ling left, Bai Ying painted a scene of him listening to her zither, but crumpled the painting when Bai Jiang caught her.
  • Bai Jiang told Bai Ying that she and Fang Ling came from different worlds and urged her not to fall in love with him; Bai Ying said she would stop entertaining those feelings.

Ch. 30Bodhi Vajra, a Mighty Body

After refining the Bodhi Vajra Pill, Fang Ling learned that the Heavenly Net Church’s allies had suffered heavy losses in a war with the Six Harmonies Sect. He set out to reinforce them with Yun Shuiqing and Dou Qin, while the White Family prepared to send help.

  • Fang Ling finished refining the Bodhi Vajra Pill, doubling his physical strength and reaching a level of resilience beyond his realm.
  • Yun Shuiqing told Fang Ling that the Six Harmonies Sect and its mysterious backing had devastated the Flying Eagle Gate and the Heavenly Net Church’s forces, killing Jin Facai and Master Qingmu and gravely wounding others.
  • Fang Ling ordered Yun Shuiqing to accompany him to reinforce the beleaguered allies and brought Dou Qin along to treat her injuries.
  • Bai Jiang told Fang Ling that the White Family would lend forces to the Heavenly Net Church, and Fang Ling thanked him before departing ahead of them on the Netherworld Beast.

Ch. 31Two Sects Clash, Mister Mo Appears

Yun Shuiqing described the Six Harmonies Sect’s overwhelming forces as Fang Ling led the Heavenly Net Church toward the besieged Flying Eagle Gate. The reinforcements broke through the western line, but the Church Leader had not arrived; instead, Hu Yue and Feng Feiyan reunited with the long-missing Mister Mo.

  • Yun Shuiqing told Fang Ling that four heavenly balance realm experts and tens of thousands of Red-Robed Death Soldiers backed the Six Harmonies Sect, while Dou Qin healed her injuries.
  • Fang Ling refused to wait for the White Family and hurried toward the Flying Eagle Gate, regarding the Six Harmonies Sect as an opportunity rather than a threat.
  • At the Flying Eagle Gate, Feng Feiyan prepared to lead the death soldiers in a desperate breakout, while Hu Yue, Man Tianning, Lord Yan, and You Yu discussed their chances and awaited Fang Ling.
  • A disciple reported that a mysterious force had charged in from the west, so Feng Feiyan and Hu Yue led troops to assist it.
  • The reinforcements broke through the Six Harmonies Sect’s western defenses and reached the Flying Eagle Gate, where Hu Yue recognized their leader as the long-missing Mister Mo.

Ch. 32The Truth Behind the Heavenly Mystic Hall

Mister Mo revealed that the Heavenly Mystic Hall had manipulated Li Tiange into targeting Feng Feiyan to seize the Heavenly Net Divine Art, then helped the Heavenly Net Church prepare for a final assault. As the Six Harmonies Sect battered the church’s formation, Fang Ling appeared above the army.

  • Mister Mo explained that the Heavenly Mystic Hall had secretly incited Li Tiange to target Feng Feiyan and steal the Heavenly Net Divine Art.
  • Li Tiange asked the seductive Venerable Envoy to take charge of the battle, and she ordered an all-out assault on the Heavenly Net Church.
  • Mister Mo, Feng Feiyan, and Hu Yue prepared to defend the Flying Eagle Gate as nearly three hundred thousand cultivators advanced.
  • Mister Mo’s Black Tortoise Seven-Star Formation withstood the Six Harmonies Sect’s attacks, so Li Tiange asked the Venerable Envoy how to break it.
  • The Venerable Envoy told Li Tiange to keep attacking despite the casualties, and Fang Ling appeared above the army.

Ch. 33Killing Intent Stirred in the Sarami Realm

Fang Ling trapped the Six Harmonies Sect's three-hundred-thousand-strong army inside Sarami Heaven and slaughtered them all. After devouring their life essences and blood baleful energy, he reached the Vibration Realm and revealed the Blood Sword's true form.

  • Fang Ling formed Sarami Heaven, sealing himself and the Six Harmonies Sect's army inside an isolated realm.
  • The seductive woman attacked Fang Ling with pink spiritual chains, but he cut through them and killed her with one sword slash.
  • Li Tiange urged the trapped disciples to fight Fang Ling, but Fang Ling beheaded him and then attacked the army.
  • Yun Shuiqing and Dou Qin returned to the Black Tortoise Seven-Star Formation, where Dou Qin began treating the wounded while the others prepared to support Fang Ling.
  • Fang Ling slaughtered all three hundred thousand soldiers, then absorbed their life essences and fed their blood baleful energy to his Life-Bound Blood Sword.
  • Fang Ling reached the Vibration Realm, gained the strength to cultivate the third level of the Galaxy Boundless Fist, and left the Sarami Realm filled with white bones.

Ch. 34White Bones Assert Might at Windstone Gorge

Fang Ling destroyed the Six Harmonies Sect's three-hundred-thousand-strong army and led the Heavenly Net Church to eliminate the sect's remaining forces. After the White Family arrived to find the battle already over, Fang Ling entered Windstone Gorge to explore its dangerous depths.

  • Fang Ling killed the Six Harmonies Sect's three hundred thousand followers, and the Heavenly Net Church's leaders and followers acknowledged him as their Church Master.
  • Fang Ling ordered Yun Shuiqing and the others to destroy the Six Harmonies Sect's headquarters and branch halls, then told Dou Qin to wait for the White Family's forces.
  • Dou Qin treated the wounded and told the arriving White Family that Fang Ling had killed the entire army alone, so Bai Jiang led his forces home with her.
  • Fang Ling's forces breached the Six Harmonies Sect's headquarters, and Fang Ling entered Windstone Gorge in search of the sect's inheritance and the source of its powerful astral wind.

Ch. 35The Fairy of the Li River in Windstone Gorge

Fang Ling encountered the Fairy of the Li River, the founder of the Six Harmonies Sect, in its forbidden grounds and fought her when she tried to stop him from advancing. He killed her with the Mysterious Gold Heaven-Piercing Spear and continued onward after recovering from her flames.

  • The Fairy of the Li River revealed that she had founded the Six Harmonies Sect to conceal the strange place in Windstone Gorge and ordered Fang Ling to leave.
  • Fang Ling ignored her warning, so the Fairy of the Li River attacked him and burned him with her golden flames.
  • The Fairy of the Li River unleashed Flame Rain Meteor, but Fang Ling used his blood eye to distort space and neutralize the fiery meteors.
  • Fang Ling wounded the Fairy of the Li River with Prison-Subduing, and she answered with Nine Suns Illuminate the World.
  • Fang Ling endured the nine suns' heat and hurled the Mysterious Gold Heaven-Piercing Spear, killing the Fairy of the Li River.
  • Fang Ling's body recovered from the flames, and he put on fresh clothes before approaching the Fairy of the Li River's corpse.

Ch. 36The Fusang Divine Tree and Wind Spirit Stones

Fang Ling gained a sprouted Fusang Divine Tree seed and collected wind spirit stones before returning to the Heavenly Net Church, which had absorbed the Six Harmonies Sect. He planned an expedition into Blood Marsh and prepared to meet Emperor Shao before departing.

  • Fang Ling absorbed the Fairy of the Li River’s life essence and obtained a Fusang seed that took root and sprouted in his dantian.
  • Fang Ling found and collected eight wind spirit stones in Windstone Gorge before deciding to leave the dangerous gorge.
  • Mister Mo and the others finished seizing the Six Harmonies Sect’s resources and holdings, making the Heavenly Net Church the Southern Sun Kingdom’s foremost sect.
  • Fang Ling distributed the seized resources among the church’s 120,000 disciples and discussed an advance into Blood Marsh with Mister Mo.
  • Fang Ling agreed to send about 800 elites south and said he would meet Emperor Shao first; Yun Shuiqing accompanied him toward the imperial palace.

Ch. 37The unexpected Emperor Shao

Fang Ling met Emperor Shao in the Imperial City to secure his church’s future, but she refused to leave the Heavenly Net Church’s holdings untouched. She transported them to a secluded space and revealed power comparable to Jin Buhan’s, leaving Fang Ling shocked.

  • Yun Shuiqing told Fang Ling that Emperor Shao had once subdued Lord Mo in a single move, and they traveled to the Imperial City.
  • Yun Shuiqing parted from Fang Ling to meet Sister Dou, while a palace maid led him directly to Emperor Shao.
  • Emperor Shao said she would seize at least half of the Six Harmonies Sect’s former holdings, despite Fang Ling’s request to protect his disciples.
  • Emperor Shao moved Fang Ling and herself into a vast independent space and challenged him to fight.
  • Fang Ling sensed that Emperor Shao’s aura rivaled Jin Buhan’s and was shocked by her strength.

Ch. 38Li Hongshao, Mid-Stage Jade Balance

Emperor Shao revealed her mid-stage Jade Balance cultivation and her plan to hide her strength from the Great Qian Dynasty, then fought Fang Ling. After Fang Ling easily overcame her attacks, he used the Scent-Stealing Finger, transforming the defiant ruler.

  • Emperor Shao explained that she had secretly cultivated to the mid-stage Jade Balance realm to prepare to resist the Great Qian Dynasty’s annual tribute demands.
  • Emperor Shao declared Fang Ling a threat and attacked him with a wind arrow, but he emerged unharmed.
  • Emperor Shao used her wind-powered sword technique and speed, but Fang Ling dodged her and secretly took her hairpin.
  • Emperor Shao trapped Fang Ling in an Astral Wind Barrier, but he shattered it with a punch and sent her flying.
  • Emperor Shao charged Fang Ling again, and he used Flower Thief’s Scent-Stealing Finger, instantly changing her demeanor.

Ch. 39Plans Gone Awry, a Heart in Turmoil

After leaving the Imperial City with Yun Shuiqing, Fang Ling led eight hundred elite troops toward the Blood Marsh. He stopped at the White Family estate, where Bai Jiang told him Bai Ying had left to study at the Heavenly Music Pavilion and asked him to deliver an overdue payment to the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Craftsman.

  • Emperor Shao woke in the Dragon Court and vowed to make Fang Ling pay for what had happened.
  • Fang Ling met Yun Shuiqing at the Auspicious Abode, then led eight hundred elites from Black Mountain toward the Blood Marsh with Mister Mo and Feng Feiyan.
  • Fang Ling visited the White Family in Dragon City and learned from Bai Jiang that Bai Ying had gone with a Heavenly Music Pavilion elder to become her disciple.
  • Bai Jiang asked Fang Ling to deliver the White Family's remaining payment to the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Craftsman at the Heavenly Artifact Workshop in the Blood Marsh.
  • Fang Ling asked Mo Tong about the craftsman, then went ahead toward the Blood Marsh to scout the area.

Ch. 40A Killing Calamity Descends on Boundless City

Fang Ling slaughtered his way through Boundless City, killing a hundred thousand people in about fifteen minutes. Shangguan Haiyue and Granny Yu tried to flee after hearing that a demon was attacking, while Fang Ling’s killing spree continued and left the city’s remaining experts terrified.

  • Shangguan Haiyue admired stockings in a Boundless City shop while Granny Yu warned her not to wear them back home.
  • Granny Yu returned with news that a powerful demon was slaughtering the city, and she and Shangguan Haiyue hurried to escape.
  • Fang Ling stood in the city center after killing a hundred thousand people with his sword.
  • Second Madam Peach approached Fang Ling and tried to seduce him into stopping his rampage.
  • Fang Ling engulfed Second Madam Peach in golden flames and killed her, frightening the experts watching from the shadows.

Ch. 41Blood Stained Boundless City

Fang Ling sealed Boundless City inside the Sarami Realm and slaughtered its inhabitants, allowing Shangguan Haiyue and Granny Yu to leave after they swore not to reveal what happened. As Fang Ling continued his rampage, the Witch Daoist confronted him and claimed to have poisoned him.

  • Fang Ling activated the Sarami Realm, trapping the cultivators still in Boundless City as they desperately tried to break through its golden barrier.
  • Granny Yu failed to damage the barrier and, recognizing Fang Ling's strength, asked him to spare her and Shangguan Haiyue; both swore heart-demon oaths and Fang Ling sent them out of the realm.
  • Fang Ling resumed killing across the city until Nan Tianhui, known as the Witch Daoist, confronted him and demanded that he stop.
  • Fang Ling said he would leave if the Witch Daoist let himself be eaten, prompting the old man to attack with gray light and claim Fang Ling had been afflicted with witch poison.

Ch. 42Shamanic Gu Poison: The Death-Seeking Curse

Fang Ling resisted Witch Daoist’s shamanic poison but was struck by the Death-Seeking Curse, then slaughtered the cultivators who attacked him and gained initial mastery of the Taotie Divine Art. He left the ruined Boundless City still suffering the curse, while Shangguan Haiyue resolved to seek Abbess Purple Bamboo’s help to save him.

  • Fang Ling’s Divine Soul resisted Witch Daoist’s shamanic gu poison, and Fang Ling poisoned Witch Daoist with his own toxin.
  • Witch Daoist cast the Death-Seeking Curse with his life, imprinting it on Fang Ling’s Divine Soul before Fang Ling cut him apart.
  • Nearby cultivators attacked the wounded Fang Ling, who slaughtered them as killing or distraction eased his soul pain.
  • Fang Ling devoured the life essence of the dead cultivators, gained initial mastery of the Taotie Divine Art, and watched his blood sword develop blood baleful patterns.
  • Fang Ling left Boundless City, and Shangguan Haiyue told her old woman companion she wanted to save him with Abbess Purple Bamboo’s help.

Ch. 43Abbess Purple Bamboo of the Pure Heaven Convent

Fang Ling tried to escape the Death-Seeking Curse’s agony by returning to Cold Mountain Temple, but Abbess Purple Bamboo intercepted him and insisted on saving him by abolishing his demonic arts. After Fang Ling trapped her apparent form with the Sarami Realm and fled, she caught up and revealed it had only been a manifestation of her lotus pedestal.

  • Fang Ling gave up traveling to Feather City and decided to return to Cold Mountain Temple because the Death-Seeking Curse’s pain had intensified.
  • Abbess Purple Bamboo introduced herself as a sixth elder of the Pure Heaven Convent and pursued Fang Ling, intending to abolish his demonic arts and cleanse his baleful aura.
  • Fang Ling asked Abbess Purple Bamboo to relieve the Death-Seeking Curse, and she recognized it as an ancient Witch Curse.
  • Fang Ling trapped Abbess Purple Bamboo with the Sarami Realm and fled, prompting her to wonder how he had learned the Buddhist divine ability.
  • Abbess Purple Bamboo appeared before Fang Ling again and revealed that the figure he had trapped was only a manifestation of her lotus pedestal.

Ch. 44An enemy more formidable than ever before

Fang Ling fought Abbess Purple Bamboo, who tried to kill him and force him to reveal how to cultivate the Sarami Realm. He escaped after poisoning her, while Abbess Purple Bamboo struggled with the toxin and the strange effects of his Scent-Stealing Finger.

  • Abbess Purple Bamboo attacked Fang Ling with Thousand-Hand Guanyin, pinning him in place and crushing his body.
  • Fang Ling regenerated, countered her Diamond Prajna Palm, and struck at her with the Mysterious Gold Heaven-Piercing Spear, but her Golden Light Mantra blocked it.
  • Fang Ling poisoned Abbess Purple Bamboo through the spear, then hit her with Swastika True Art and wounded her.
  • Fang Ling fled as his spiritual energy ran low, while Abbess Purple Bamboo stayed behind to suppress the poison.
  • Abbess Purple Bamboo brought the toxin under control but found that her body and thoughts were behaving strangely, then vowed to deal with Fang Ling.

Ch. 45Before One Wave Settled, Another Rose

After escaping Abbess Purple Bamboo, Fang Ling encountered the Blood Demon Ancestor, who attacked him to use his life essence to break through his bottleneck. Fang Ling fought back with his demon prison body and blood-devouring abilities, but the Blood Demon Ancestor called on his wife as the battle continued.

  • Fang Ling rested by a mountain stream after his battle with Abbess Purple Bamboo and headed toward the Southern Sun Kingdom.
  • Wei Wuya, the Blood Demon Ancestor, revealed himself and said he planned to refine Fang Ling to advance his cultivation.
  • The Blood Demon Ancestor attacked Fang Ling with a bloody palm and a horde of blood beasts.
  • Fang Ling transformed, smashed the bloody palm, swallowed the blood beasts, and struck the Blood Demon Ancestor with his Life-Bound Blood Sword.
  • Fang Ling and the Blood Demon Ancestor fought with their strongest techniques, and Fang Ling was knocked farther back.
  • The Blood Demon Ancestor called out to his wife and asked when she would make her move.

Ch. 46The Treasure Bottle Fell, and Purple Bamboo Succumbed

Fang Ling survived the Blood Demon Ancestor’s attacks, killed him and his wife, but the wife’s final Divine Edict drove him into a lustful frenzy. Abbess Purple Bamboo tried to capture him with her treasure bottle, but it fell from her grasp, and Fang Ling dragged her down from the clouds.

  • The Blood Demon Ancestor struck Fang Ling with the Death-Dealing Awl while his wife attacked him with her pipa, but Fang Ling pulled the awl from his forehead and resumed fighting.
  • Fang Ling killed the Blood Demon Ancestor after breaking his Blood Demon True Form, then consumed his life force and strengthened his body and Blood Sword.
  • The Blood Demon Ancestor’s wife returned and attacked Fang Ling with her pipa, but he shattered it and killed her; her dying Divine Edict filled him with uncontrollable lust.
  • Abbess Purple Bamboo tried to draw Fang Ling into the Snow-Jade Heavenly Purification Bottle, but her condition worsened until the treasure’s light vanished and the bottle fell.
  • Fang Ling lunged at Abbess Purple Bamboo and dragged her down from the clouds.

Ch. 47Returning to Cold Mountain to Find a Way to Break the Curse

Fang Ling returned to Cold Mountain Temple with the Death-Seeking Curse afflicting him, and the White-Browed Old Monk suppressed it temporarily. His masters pointed him toward the Miao Frontier as a place where the curse might be broken, while his fat master offered to raise the Seven-Colored Heavenly Butterfly.

  • Abbess Purple Bamboo woke, fled from Fang Ling, and left him alive, while he escaped and returned to Cold Mountain Temple.
  • The White-Browed Old Monk recognized Fang Ling's Death-Seeking Curse and suppressed it, warning that the effect would not last forever.
  • Fang Ling's fat master said the Carefree Curse or Rebirth Curse might break the Death-Seeking Curse and directed him to the Miao Frontier.
  • Fang Ling showed his fat master the Seven-Colored Heavenly Butterfly pupa, and his master offered to raise it for him.
  • Fang Ling formed a Master-Servant Contract with the Seven-Colored Heavenly Butterfly's pupa.

Ch. 48Another Divine Art and the Famous Sword Rankings

Fang Ling learned new techniques from Flower Thief and Sword Demon, then discovered that White-Browed Old Monk had once cultivated the Heavenly Net Divine Art and knew its lost secret. He resolved to develop the Heavenly Net Church so its followers could wield Heavenly Net Annihilation.

  • Flower Thief taught Fang Ling the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Art and warned him not to let his heart become involved with women.
  • Sword Demon explained that Tongyuan ranked seventh among the Ancient Famous Sword Rankings and contained the sword paths of its past wielders.
  • Fang Ling demonstrated his three sword moves, and Sword Demon taught him Human-Sword Unity while warning that it could leave him gravely wounded or dead.
  • Fang Ling showed White-Browed Old Monk the Sanskrit-inscribed stone tablet, and the monk revealed that he had once cultivated the Heavenly Net Divine Art.
  • White-Browed Old Monk restored the tablet's missing secret, Heavenly Net Annihilation, which let practitioners of the auxiliary scripture combine their power into a single attack.
  • Fang Ling resolved to develop the Heavenly Net Church and gather practitioners of its auxiliary art.

Ch. 49Slaying the Blood Beast in the Heaven-Equal Cave Abode

Fang Ling tracked the Heavenly Mystic Hall to Azure Sky City and learned that Mister Mo and the church’s people had fled into the Heaven-Equal Ancient Cave. He rescued them from a Blood Beast and realized the cave might have been the Blood Demon Ancestor’s secluded home.

  • Fang Ling found Heavenly Mystic Hall members lying in ambush at the Ten Thousand Threads Pavilion and demanded to know where Mister Mo and the others were.
  • Fang Ling crushed the young Protector Qiao’s forces, then learned the church members had escaped into the Heaven-Equal Ancient Cave.
  • Mister Mo, Feng Feiyan, the Eagle Venerable, and eight hundred elite church members struggled through the cave while fleeing the Heavenly Mystic Hall.
  • A powerful Blood Beast confronted the group, and they prepared to fight despite expecting to die.
  • Fang Ling appeared and killed the Blood Beast with Dragon-Slaying, then recognized that it shared the Blood Demon Ancestor’s origins and suspected the cave held his treasures.

Ch. 50Demon Crystals Forge Eight Hundred Demon Soldiers

Fang Ling discovered the Blood Demon Ancestor’s Blood Spirit Flower and demon crystals in the Heaven-Equal Cave Abode, then used the crystals to strengthen his followers. After breaking through to the middle heavenly authority realm, he watched his eight hundred elites become powerful demon soldiers.

  • Fang Ling led Mister Mo and the eight hundred elites through the Heaven-Equal Cave Abode and found the Blood Demon Ancestor’s notes and Blood Spirit Flower.
  • Fang Ling gave the Blood Spirit Flower to the Netherworld Beast, which swallowed it to heal its injuries and improve its bloodline.
  • Mister Mo found a hidden chamber, where Fang Ling revealed demon crystals that could transform corpses or living people into powerful demon soldiers.
  • Fang Ling taught his eight hundred elites to refine the demon crystals, then cultivated with spirit stones and advanced to the middle heavenly authority realm.
  • The elites’ cultivation and physical strength surged as they refined the crystals, with Mister Mo reaching perfected heavenly authority and Feng Feiyan reaching late heavenly authority.
  • The eight hundred elites swore loyalty to Fang Ling, with most reaching perfected heavenly jade and more than a hundred reaching heavenly balance.
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