Chapter Summaries

Ling Qingzhu asked Fang Yi for his Essence Energy to test whether her Supreme Induction Art would be affected by him. As she explained her feelings for him, Fang Yi realized she had come to accept that she liked him.

• Fang Yi told Ling Qingzhu that his blood was not something she could simply ask for, then promised to speak with her after gaining urgent martial insight.
• Ling Qingzhu searched around Fang Yi after hearing a faint swallowing sound, but found no one and sat down opposite him.
• Fang Yi said he had reconsidered and would not pursue their previous arrangement, noting that the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace's master would not marry.
• Ling Qingzhu blushed as she asked Fang Yi for a strand of his Essence Energy to test whether her Supreme Induction Art would be affected by him.
• Ling Qingzhu recalled how her feelings for Fang Yi had grown over the years and realized she liked him after coming to the Dao Sect.
• Fang Yi recognized that Ling Qingzhu had accepted her feelings and thought his Heart Demon Scripture had only drawn her closer to him.

Fang Yi and Ling Qingzhu cultivated together, and he used the opportunity to teach her the Supreme Dao Scripture, freeing her from the Supreme Induction Art. As Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao approached the sealed hall, Fang Yi sent out his mental body to deal with them while Ling Qingzhu remained in his arms.

• Fang Yi carried Ling Qingzhu into the room and told her he had deciphered the Supreme Induction Art.
• Fang Yi and Ling Qingzhu cultivated for hours, and he taught her the Supreme Dao Scripture, which replaced her former cultivation method.
• Fang Yi speculated about the Symbol Ancestor's motives for passing down the Supreme Induction Art.
• Ling Qingzhu realized Fang Yi had deduced the Supreme Dao Scripture and asked how he had done it.
• Fang Yi sensed Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao touching the hall's seal, then sent his mental body outside to meet them.

Ying Huanhuan feared that Ling Qingzhu was taking Fang Yi from her, while Ying Xiaoxiao urged her not to treat him as her possession. Fang Yi explained that he was helping Ling Qingzhu cultivate to secure the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace as an ally against the Yuan Sect and the Yimo in the Great Desolation Tablet.

• Ying Xiaoxiao questioned why Ying Huanhuan had left Fang Yi and Ling Qingzhu alone, and Ying Huanhuan claimed they had been discussing the Dao Sect's Second Origin Art.
• Ying Xiaoxiao warned Ying Huanhuan that Fang Yi was not hers and that her possessiveness could drive him away.
• Ying Huanhuan worried that Fang Yi and Ling Qingzhu might become intimate, insisting to herself that she had been there first.
• Fang Yi's spiritual body emerged and explained that he was cultivating a special martial art with Ling Qingzhu by using his blood to help her.
• Fang Yi said the arrangement could help the Dao Sect ally with the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace against the Yuan Sect and the Yimo in the Great Desolation Tablet, and Ying Huanhuan felt ashamed of her jealousy.

Fang Yi let Ying Huanhuan believe he had sacrificed himself to secure the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace’s alliance, then broke through to become a Four-Seal Heavenly Symbol Master. He suppressed the Yuan Spirit forming inside him and planned to seek Mo Luo’s Flame Ancestral Symbol before Ling Qingzhu returned to report to her master.

• Fang Yi concealed how he had traded the Supreme Dao Scripture for Ling Qingzhu’s cultivation resources, and Ying Huanhuan mistakenly thought he had sacrificed his blood for the Dao Sect.
• Ying Huanhuan left to cultivate, while Ying Xiaoxiao told Fang Yi to come see her when he was done.
• Fang Yi absorbed the Nirvana Fire and Wind and Thunder Tribulation, reaching Six Yuan Nirvana and becoming a Four-Seal Heavenly Symbol Master.
• Fang Yi suppressed the Yuan Spirit forming within his Origin Pill because his five elements were not yet complete, and decided to seek the Immortal Sacred Whale’s help in finding Mo Luo.
• The next morning, Ling Qingzhu prepared to return to report on the exchange and tell her master about her relationship with Fang Yi.

Fang Yi asked Mu Lan to contact the Flame God Hall while he prepared to seek the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove and its sealed Otherworldly Demon General. Before leaving, he offered Mu Lan the Second Origin Art, strengthening the bond between the Dao Sect and the Immortal Sacred Whale Clan.

• Ling Qingzhu agreed to help Fang Yi persuade the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace but kept the Supreme Dao Scripture secret from her master for now.
• Fang Yi asked Mu Lan to contact Mo Luo, then decided to visit the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove to refine the sealed Otherworldly Demon General if he could not reach him.
• Fang Yi told Jiang Yinyin to wait for his return before attempting to break through to the Second Origin, and she agreed.
• Fang Yi offered to teach Mu Lan the Second Origin Art, warning that he did not know whether the demon race could cultivate it.
• Mu Lan pledged that the Immortal Sacred Whales and the Dao Sect would be friends for life, and Fang Yi accepted.

Fang Yi prepared to travel to Yimo City to handle an unnamed task and search for the Stillness Divine Tablet, while Ying Xuanzi lent him the Heavenly Phoenix Zither for protection. Ying Huanhuan made him delay his departure for five days, and Fang Yi finally left the Dao Sect exhausted by the sisters’ demands.

• Fang Yi told Ying Xuanzi he was heading to Yimo City, declined an escort, and accepted the Heavenly Phoenix Zither.
• Fang Yi told Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao that he was leaving, but refused Ying Huanhuan’s request to accompany him because Yimo City was dangerous.
• Fang Yi persuaded Ying Huanhuan to stay for the sect exchange, and she insisted that he remain in the Dao Sect for five days.
• During the five days, Ying Xiaoxiao sought Fang Yi’s help with the Immortal Heaven and Earth Scripture, while Ying Huanhuan extracted cultivation resources from him.
• Fang Yi left the Dao Sect for Yimo City, worn out by the five days with Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao.

Fang Yi explored Yimo City before the Otherworldly Demon Domain opened and sensed a spatially charged Divine Object fragment at a stall. He walked away when the seller demanded two million Profound Origin Pills, prompting the old man to offer a lower price.

• Fang Yi entered Yimo City and considered how Yimo corpses had polluted the region, wondering whether he could refine them into pills.
• Fang Yi visited the treasure-hunting district but found nothing of value until he sensed spatial fluctuations nearby.
• Fang Yi found a fragment at a stall owned by an old man in black and recognized that it might have come from an ancient spatial Divine Object.
• The old man in black asked two million Profound Origin Pills for the fragment, and Fang Yi refused and started to leave.
• The old man in black anxiously called after Fang Yi and offered to lower the price.

Fang Yi followed Huo Yuan and the Yuan Sect party out of Yimo City, suspecting they were heading to a secret site where the sect implanted Demon Seeds. He discovered a vast Yimo burial pit guarded by two Death Profound Realm experts and waited to see what Huo Yuan’s group would do.

• Fang Yi passed on haggling with a black-robed elder, then disguised his appearance and energy fluctuations when he spotted Huo Yuan and the Yuan Sect party.
• Fang Yi secretly followed Huo Yuan’s group out of Yimo City and suspected the Yuan Sect was implanting Demon Seeds in the Otherworldly Demon Domain.
• Fang Yi concealed himself underground and followed the group to a mountain range containing a vast burial pit full of Yimo corpses.
• Fang Yi sensed two Death Profound Realm experts near the center of the mountain range and decided to wait for Huo Yuan’s group to act before attempting to refine the Yimo.

Huo Yuan and two other Yuan Sect disciples entered the Demon Transformation Pool to receive Demon Seeds, while Fang Yi secretly refined buried Yimo corpses into pills and absorbed their power. As the pool’s energy rapidly drained away, Wang Su sent Zhao Kui underground to investigate, where Zhao Kui found the Yimo Power growing thinner the deeper he went.

• Huo Yuan and the other two disciples entered the Demon Transformation Pool, enduring its painful refinement to form Demon Seeds.
• Fang Yi shaped the Great Five Elements Spacetime Collapse into a pill furnace and used it to crush buried Yimo corpses into pills, absorbing their energy.
• Huo Yuan noticed that the Yimo Power entering his body had diminished, and Wang Su confirmed that the pool’s power was draining away unusually fast.
• Wang Su summoned Zhao Kui to investigate the mountain’s underground earth veins while he stayed to guard the pool.
• Zhao Kui rushed through the formations underground and found that the Yimo Power grew thinner the deeper he went.

Fang Yi condensed his third origin while absorbing the Yimo power buried beneath the mountains, exposing the Yuan Sect’s hidden secret. Zhao Kui pursued him across thousands of li, and Fang Yi stopped to face him and test his strength against a Death Profound Realm opponent.

• Fang Yi absorbed Yimo corpses and their residual power with his pill furnace as he solidified his third origin underground.
• Zhao Kui discovered Fang Yi and attacked with Great Yuan Heaven Slash, but Fang Yi’s Immortal Origin Heaven-Sealing swallowed the strike.
• Fang Yi condensed his third origin, unleashing golden blood Qi that split open the underground vein and scattered the Yimo presence across the sky.
• Zhao Kui warned Wang Su that someone had found the underground site, urged him to conceal the Demon Transformation Pool and withdraw everyone, then pursued Fang Yi.
• Zhao Kui repeatedly attacked Fang Yi during a chase spanning thousands of li, but Fang Yi dodged or blocked every technique.
• Fang Yi stopped, turned to Zhao Kui, and asked, “Have you chased me enough?”

Fang Yi stopped fleeing and fought Zhao Kui, an Advanced Death Profound Realm elder, while spectators watched in disbelief. After revealing the power of his threefold Sacred Body and Great Five Elements Technique, Fang Yi damaged Zhao Kui’s Spirit Emperor Dharma Body, and the battle continued as Zhao Kui prepared to escalate.

• Fang Yi turned to face Zhao Kui and attacked with the Great Five Elements Technique, but Zhao Kui’s Spirit Emperor Dharma Body withstood his opening strikes and blasted him into a crater.
• More than a dozen cultivators, including two Death Profound Realm elders, arrived and questioned how Fang Yi could challenge Zhao Kui without cultivating death Qi.
• Fang Yi rose unharmed, unleashed his threefold Sacred Body origin, and punched Zhao Kui hard enough to crack the Spirit Emperor Dharma Body and force him out of it.
• Fang Yi refined Zhao Kui’s leftover death Qi into energy and returned it with a five-colored attack, driving Zhao Kui back over a thousand zhang.
• Fang Yi used Stars Illuminate the Heavens and the Sacred Body’s Immortal King phantom to clash with Zhao Kui, damaging the Spirit Emperor Dharma Body as the spectators wondered who Fang Yi was.
• Zhao Kui declared that Fang Yi had forced him to act, as the battle remained unresolved.

Fang Yi defeated Zhao Kui after the elder activated his Demon Seed, then refined and consumed the resulting pill, gaining only a modest breakthrough. As Fang Yi headed for the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove, Wang Su learned that Zhao Kui had died.

• Zhao Kui activated his Demon Seed and attacked Fang Yi, but Fang Yi trapped him in the Great Dao Yin-Yang Diagram and used the Bell of Ultimate Time to stop his attempted self-destruction.
• Fang Yi refined Zhao Kui into a pill and consumed it, advancing from the middle stage to the late stage while noting how much energy his Sacred Body required.
• The spectators fled after witnessing Zhao Kui's death, while Fang Yi set off toward the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove to seek more energy.
• Wang Su reassured Huo Yuan, Chen Ling, and Li Lei that Zhao Kui would succeed, but his jade token cracked and revealed that Zhao Kui was dead.

Wang Su learned that Zhao Kui had been killed and sent Huo Yuan, Chen Ling, and Li Lei to enter the Otherworldly Demon Domain while he returned to warn their sect master. As the domain’s opening drew near, Fang Yi joined the swelling crowd outside its entrance, where the formation began to stir.

• Wang Su showed Huo Yuan a broken jade talisman and confirmed that Zhao Kui was dead.
• Wang Su ordered Huo Yuan, Chen Ling, and Li Lei to look for suspicious people in the Otherworldly Demon Domain, then hurried back to notify the sect master.
• News of Zhao Kui’s death spread through Yimo City, and people speculated that his killer was a Life Profound Realm expert capable of defeating someone in the Death Profound Realm.
• Crowds of cultivators gathered outside the Otherworldly Demon Domain as the ancient formation’s entrance began to ripple.
• Fang Yi arrived at the entrance after studying his Supreme Dao Scripture and reflected on his progress and the resources needed to form a fourth origin.

Fang Yi entered the Otherworldly Demon Domain, where he crushed a horde of Demon Ants and absorbed their spoils. On his way to the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove, he turned back after hearing that the black-robed elder carried a fragment of the Heaven and Earth Gate connected to the ancient Symbol Ancestor.

• Fang Yi entered the dark Otherworldly Demon Domain and suspected its ancient treasure troves were seals suppressing Yimo.
• Fang Yi used the Great Five Elements Technique and Yellow Emperor Earth Sovereign Art to expose a swarm of Demon Ants beneath the ground.
• Fang Yi swallowed the Demon Ants, their Life Profound Bone Pearls, and nearby cultivators who tried to seize the spoils.
• Fang Yi set out for the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove and encountered the black-robed elder fleeing pursuers.
• The black-robed elder offered Fang Yi a fragment of the Heaven and Earth Gate, and Fang Yi appeared before him to ask about it.

Fang Yi intervened when a black-robed elder fleeing Hong Wen and Hong Wu tried to seize him, then revealed his strength and refused to surrender the elder or the Heaven and Earth Gate fragment. As the brothers attacked, Fang Yi used the Immortal Origin Heaven-Sealing Array to suppress and trap them.

• The black-robed elder attacked Fang Yi to use him as a distraction, but Fang Yi severed the elder’s hand and trapped him in lightning.
• Hong Wen and Hong Wu caught up and offered Fang Yi Profound Origin Pills to hand over the black-robed elder, but Fang Yi identified the fragment as the Heaven and Earth Gate and refused.
• Hong Wen and Hong Wu threatened Fang Yi and attacked together with a saber and sword.
• Fang Yi summoned a divine tree whose leaves suppressed the brothers’ Origin Energy and Mental Energy, then formed the Immortal Origin Heaven-Sealing Array around them.

Fang Yi defeated Hong Wen and Hong Wu, obtained the Heaven and Earth Gate fragment, and killed Zhang Tian after searching his memories. He then headed for the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove, where he found Yuan Sect members trying to break its formation.

• Fang Yi subdued Hong Wen and Hong Wu, searched their memories, and learned that the Kong Xuan Ancient Treasure Trove held a fragment of the Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Fang Yi took the fragment from the black-robed elder and killed him after discovering that he had attacked Fang Yi and stolen the item from Hong Wen and Hong Wu.
• Fang Yi searched the elder's memories and learned that he was Zhang Tian, a former Yuan Sect deacon who had defected after attempting to kill a fellow disciple.
• Fang Yi decided to visit the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove before the Kong Xuan Ancient Treasure Trove, aiming to advance his Great Five Elements Technique.
• Fang Yi reached the crimson basin of the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove and spotted Huo Yuan and other Yuan Sect members studying its formation.

Fang Yi entered the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove by dissolving its seal and followed the growing fire energy to an enormous altar. He discovered that the Burning Heaven Cauldron’s formation surrounded the altar and was meant to suppress the Otherworldly Demon General, while Huo Yuan’s group prepared to identify and trap him.

• Fang Yi entered the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove through its seal, leaving Huo Yuan, Chen Ling, and Li Lei to suspect he was the powerful enemy they had been seeking.
• Huo Yuan ordered Chen Ling to warn Elder Wang Su and arranged for people to test Fang Yi while the Yuan Sect prepared another trap outside.
• Fang Yi extinguished the treasure trove’s violent heat with the Great Five Elements Technique and recognized the crimson land’s scorching influence as Demonic Qi.
• Fang Yi followed the strengthening fire energy through the vast treasure trove until he reached a huge rune-covered altar.
• Fang Yi identified the enormous cauldron-shaped formation around the altar as the Burning Heaven Cauldron, designed to keep the Otherworldly Demon General sealed inside.

Fang Yi completed the Scarlet Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi, perfected the five elements, and broke his Origin Pill to form a Yuan Spirit. As the Nirvana Tribulation struck, he absorbed its power and met a desiccated figure beneath the altar, claiming he had come on the Ice Master's orders.

• Fang Yi absorbed the altar’s fire-element energy and the demonic Qi released from beneath it, while the imprisoned demon panicked at his ability to devour Yimo power.
• Fang Yi swallowed two Yimo Pills, brought the Scarlet Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi to minor attainment, and completed the Great Five Elements Technique.
• Fang Yi’s Origin Pill shattered, and a Yuan Spirit resembling him formed in his dantian, greatly increasing his Origin Energy and Mental Energy.
• Fang Yi endured the Nirvana Tribulation and controlled its wind, thunder, and Nirvana Fire with the Great Five Elements Technique and Thunder Emperor Precious Technique.
• A gaunt, crimson-robed corpse appeared before Fang Yi, who introduced himself and claimed he had come on the Ice Master’s orders to help destroy the demon.

Fang Yi persuaded the Burning Heaven Elder to loosen the altar seal so he could refine the imprisoned Otherworldly Demon General. After Fang Yi revealed his connection to the Ice Master and claimed membership in the Maha Ancient Clan, he began drawing the demon’s power into his five-colored pill furnace.

• The Burning Heaven Elder recognized the Ice Master's presence, and Fang Yi claimed to be her Dao companion in this life.
• The Otherworldly Demon General attacked Fang Yi, but the Burning Heaven Elder blocked its black beams and warned Fang Yi that he was too weak to defeat it.
• Fang Yi refused to leave and said he could refine the demon gradually while the Burning Heaven Elder maintained the seal.
• Fang Yi claimed to belong to the Maha Ancient Clan, frightening the Otherworldly Demon General into retreating beneath the altar.
• The Burning Heaven Elder opened a small gap in the seal, and Fang Yi used Great Five Elements Spacetime Collapse to draw the demon's power into his pill furnace.

Fang Yi refined the Otherworldly Demon General's power in the Burning Heaven Cauldron, advancing to Eight Yuan Nirvana and becoming a Six-Seal Heavenly Symbol Master. Outside the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure Trove, Huo Yuan and the others prepared a killing array to test whoever was inside.

• Fang Yi swallowed pills made from the Otherworldly Demon General's power, alarming the Burning Heaven Elder and causing the General to panic.
• Fang Yi took control of the Burning Heaven Cauldron and used the Heavenly Phoenix Zither to force the General's black Qi back inside.
• Fang Yi refined the General's power to raise his cultivation from Seven Yuan Nirvana to Eight Yuan Nirvana.
• Fang Yi absorbed the Wind and Thunder Tribulation as a pill and advanced to Six-Seal Heavenly Symbol Master.
• Huo Yuan, Chen Ling, Li Lei, and the Yuan Sect disciples set a killing array outside the treasure trove before Huo Yuan planned to test whoever was inside.