Chapter Summaries

Fu Henghua used the Return Heaven, Turn Sun Talisman to rewind Flame Valley by an hour, then faced Hall Master Zhu and Liu Yuli with the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl. After revealing that he had recognized the pearl as a sentient Black Artifact, he struck it and cast it into the fire pool, leaving its fate uncertain.

• The Shadow Demon Hall Master and Liu Yuli attacked Fu Henghua and Fu Xuanxing while Hall Master Zhu battled Zhu Zhengming and the Totem Spirit.
• Fu Xuanxing activated the Return Heaven, Turn Sun Talisman, reversing Flame Valley by an hour and trapping the Shadow Demon Hall Master outside its boundary.
• Remembering the previous turn, Zhu Zhengming protected Fu Henghua and Fu Xuanxing as Fu Henghua cultivated the Heavenly Demon Myriad Mysteries Codex and fought Hall Master Zhu and Liu Yuli.
• Fu Henghua used the Profound Radiance True Canon to drain Liu Yuli's Heavenly Demon qi while Zhu Zhengming and the Totem Spirit fought Hall Master Zhu.
• Fu Henghua cast the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl into the fire pool and struck it with the Myriad Illusory Heavenly Demon Finger, revealing that he had known it was a sentient Black Artifact.

Fu Henghua was dragged into the Six Desires Pearl’s Heavenly Demon Illusory Realm, where his overwhelming arrogance manifested as Sumeru Heart Mountain and helped him form the Unfettered Heavenly Demon Golden Core. Hall Master Zhu escaped the realm, then seized Fu Xuanxing as leverage, only to discover the Dragon-Subduing Sword on him.

• Fu Yaozhen directed Scarlet Sun Island’s defense as demonic qi erupted from Firegate Island and earthquakes shook the surrounding waters.
• Fu Xuanxing sealed the fire pool with Separation Flame Fist and Yin-Yang Astral Wind, then jumped in and glimpsed Fu Henghua atop a demon mountain.
• Fu Henghua’s demonic nature suppressed the Six Desires Pearl spirit, Hall Master Zhu, and Liu Yuli as he transformed the realm into Transformation-at-Ease Heaven and formed the Unfettered Heavenly Demon Golden Core.
• Hall Master Zhu escaped the Desire Realm, returned to the fire pool, and grabbed Fu Xuanxing to take him to the Divine Temple.
• The Shadow Demon Hall Master tried to warn Hall Master Zhu, whose captive Fu Xuanxing released sharp Sword Qi and revealed the Dragon-Subduing Sword.

Fu Henghua broke free of the Transformation-at-Ease Demon Realm by confronting his arrogance, then fought Liu Yuli with his Five Elements arts and a sword formation. As Henghua’s strongest technique began stripping away Liu Yuli’s demonic core, Fu Xuanxing feared the battle would destroy Flame Valley and the Eternal Firestone.

• Hall Master Zhu and the Shadow Demon Hall Master abandoned their attack on Firegate Island, then joined Zhu Zhengming in responding to a golden bamboo shoot that revealed the Yansheng Dragon King’s Divine Sense.
• In the Transformation-at-Ease Demon Realm, Fu Henghua reflected on his arrogance, shattered his Heavenly Demon Golden Core, and collapsed Sumeru Heart Mountain with the Five Elements Mountain Method.
• Henghua learned that Liu Yuli had delivered the Heavenly Demon Myriad Transformations Scripture to Coiling Dragon Island and gave him a chance to survive three attacks.
• Henghua’s first two attacks wiped out Liu Yuli’s summoned demons and struck him with the Five Elements Mountain, but Liu Yuli endured them with his Golden Core.
• Henghua formed the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Sword Formation and began shaving strands of black mist from Liu Yuli’s demonic core, while Fu Xuanxing warned that Flame Valley and the Eternal Firestone were in danger.

Fu Henghua killed Liu Yuli by destroying his Yin Spirit, advanced to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, and forged twelve zodiac rings while the Fu and Zhu families fought the water demons. Fu Xuanxing drew the Dragon-Subduing Sword to slay a golden dragon, and Hall Master Zhu revealed that the Demon Emperor Destiny belonged to the Mysterious Subtle Sect boy, not Fu Henghua.

• Heng Hua trapped Liu Yuli in the Five-Element Sword Formation and destroyed his Yin Spirit, keeping his Heavenly Demon Golden Core.
• Fu Xiangfeng brought reinforcements and offered the Zhu Family the Spirit Realm Formation, while Fu Henghua entered the True Fire Realm and advanced to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.
• Fu Henghua burned a fish dragon, forged twelve zodiac rings from Black Artifacts, and refined them with Liu Yuli's Golden Core.
• Fu Xuanxing drew the Dragon-Subduing Sword and killed the golden dragon, while Fu Danwei's stored sword strike warned the Dragon King against sending another Divine Sense.
• Zhang Yue claimed Fu Henghua possessed the Demon Emperor Destiny, but Hall Master Zhu corrected him and identified the Mysterious Subtle Sect boy as its bearer.

After the battle, Fu Xuanxing’s Dragon-Subduing Sword and Demon Emperor Mark drew the Fu siblings’ attention, while Fu Henghua concealed the marks on him and Fu Tongjun. The group agreed to consult their elders, then Fu Henghua and Fu Xuanxing went to oversee the Zhu Family’s Dragon-Escaping Pillar and retrieve the Eternal Firestone.

• Fu Yaozhen saved Fu Xuanxing from falling into the water and recognized the Demon Emperor Mark on his hand as the mark he had taken from Fu Henghua.
• Fu Xiangfeng and the others examined the Dragon-Subduing Sword, and Fu Henghua reasoned that his father and grandfather had placed it in the Southern Bright Li Fire Sword Scabbard to nurture it.
• Fu Tongjun revealed her and Fu Liuhui’s encounter at Demon-Subduing Cliff, and Fu Yaozhen used Spirit Sight to see possible Demon Emperor forms for Fu Xuanxing and Fu Tongjun.
• Fu Henghua concealed the Demon Emperor Marks on Fu Xuanxing and Fu Tongjun, and the group agreed not to spread word of them before consulting their elders.
• Xiaoyu told Fu Henghua that the Zhu Family had invited them to oversee the Dragon-Escaping Pillar’s forging, so Fu Henghua left with Fu Xuanxing to retrieve the Eternal Firestone.

Fu Henghua used Fu Xuanxing’s immortal-fire sword sheath and his own deductions to find eight Eternal Firestones in Flame Valley, giving three to the Zhu Family. He then sold Flame Valley stones as Divination Stones on Firegate Island, where his fortune-telling drew a crowd after one cultivator broke through to Foundation Establishment.

• Zhu Lixing led Fu Henghua, Fu Xuanxing, Xiaoyu, and Hengshou into the Zhu Family’s artifact-refining pool, where the family was forging Dragon-Escaping Pillars using the Dragon-Subduing Spirit Restriction Fu Henghua had provided.
• Fu Henghua cast fortune-enhancing spells on Fu Xuanxing and used the Nanquan Divine Fire in his sword sheath to locate Millennial Flint Essence among Flame Valley’s rocks.
• Fu Henghua’s group searched Flame Valley, finding ordinary Flint Essence Stones and eight Eternal Firestones; Fu Henghua kept five and gave three to Zhu Lixing’s family.
• Fu Henghua set up a Divination Stones stall on Firegate Island, selling stones and offering divinations while Zhu Lixing helped attract customers in exchange for a share of the profits.
• A customer opened a stone containing flint, then received Fu Henghua’s guidance and broke through from the ninth layer of Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, drawing an excited crowd.

Fu Henghua visited Vermilion Sun Hall, where he recognized the Zhu Family’s outdated Great Fire Calendar and avoided being drawn into improving it. As the Zhu Family captured the nine Flood Dragons to refine a treasure, Yansheng Dragon King sent two aides to find a red-clad youth bearing the aura of his race, and Henghua encountered an old man and a child seeking a cultivation method.

• Fu Henghua sold his Divination Stones, earned Bright Moon Pearls, and accepted Zhu Zhengtong’s invitation to Vermilion Sun Hall.
• Zhu Zhengtong showed Fu Henghua the Zhu Family’s Dharma Platform and explained how the family had devised its Great Fire Calendar after the Divine Continent sank.
• Zhu Zhengtong and Fu Henghua discussed Dharma derivation until explosions signaled that Zhu Zhengming had completed the Dragon-Escaping Pillars.
• Yansheng Dragon King ordered the Black Tortoise and Purple Eel to find a red-clad youth with the aura of his race, while the Zhu Family began breaking the Nine Dragons Stirring the Sea Formation.
• Fu Henghua declined to witness the treasure’s refinement and told Hengshou that the Zhu Family wanted his help with its calendar, which he considered outdated.
• An old man and a child arrived seeking Zhu Zhengtong, and Fu Henghua asked whether the elder had come to transmit a cultivation method.

Fu Henghua transferred cultivation to Bao Mufeng and repaired his dantian, revealing his efforts to make amends for his past actions. Tianshu Zi concluded his three-year observation but deferred deciding whether the Heavenly Yi Sect would accept Henghua, just as visitors from the Jade Sage Pavilion arrived.

• Fu Henghua transferred part of a dying elder’s cultivation to the elder’s grandson, then learned from Zhu Zhengtong that claims of harm from such transfers were often used to solicit gifts.
• Fu Xiangfeng brought Fu Henghua to help Bao Lingya transfer his cultivation to Bao Mufeng, and Fu Henghua used Creation True Essence to repair Bao Mufeng’s dantian.
• Tianshu Zi revealed that the Heavenly Yi Sect had watched Fu Henghua for three years to judge his character and had arranged for Bao Mufeng to test whether Henghua would make amends.
• Fu Henghua accepted Tianshu Zi’s jade pendant containing insights into the Nine Mysterious Heavenly One Divination Art, while Tianshu Zi postponed any decision about accepting him as a disciple.
• Tianshu Zi saw cultivators from the Jade Sage Pavilion approaching and asked Fu Henghua whether he would handle them himself.

Fu Henghua punished Jade Sage Pavilion envoys Xu Yue and Feng Yin after Xu Yue insulted him, then rejected their attempt to draw him to the sect. Tianshu Zi offered Henghua a mirror that could help him make a name for himself in Central Heaven.

• Feng Yin and Xu Yue questioned Fu Henghua about the revived Profound Void Sect and presented him with spirit pills as thanks, while Xu Yue repeatedly insulted him.
• Fu Henghua attacked Xu Yue, defeated his techniques, knocked down his cultivation, and forced him to consume the pills; Tianshu Zi and Yu Luan helped bring the confrontation to an end.
• Feng Yin apologized and left with Xu Yue, who proposed using Chang Yue to mediate and lure Henghua to Jade Sage Pavilion.
• Tianshu Zi warned Henghua that Jade Sage Pavilion might try to recruit him and advised him to make a name for himself instead.
• Tianshu Zi gave Henghua a mirror intended to help him connect with Central Heaven and potentially join a major event there.

Fu Henghua entered the Celestial Profound Dao Platform with the mirror Tianshu Zi had given him, shared his cultivation insights, and helped create a new finger technique with other cultivators. He left with Cloud Elixirs and fresh inspiration, while Fang Dongyuan prepared to use the technique in an upcoming Dao battle.

• Fu Henghua explored the Celestial Profound Dao Platform and read cultivation insights, then posted his own Evergreen Scripture method in a public comment.
• Tianshu Zi explained the North Pole True Saint Method and the competing systems of immortal cultivation realms to Bao Mufeng, then taught him the Shattering Star Finger Technique.
• Fu Henghua created the Little Five-Elements Soul-Rending Finger and discussed it with other cultivators under the alias Bodhi.
• Tianshu Zi joined the discussion as Golden Ao, and the group combined their insights to create the Five-Star Celestial Origin Finger Technique, which they listed for twenty Cloud Elixirs.
• Golden Ao sent Fu Henghua one hundred Cloud Elixirs, and Golden Nizi sent him thirty more.
• Fang Dongyuan began cultivating the new finger technique in preparation for the Purple Sovereign Pavilion's Dao battle assessment in three months.

Fu Henghua used the Celestial Profound Dao Platform to challenge Duan Sijing’s Golden Core-based Chess Immortal teachings, and their debate established a nine-rank Chess Immortal path. The Donglai Golden Ranking recognized the new lineage, while Fu Henghua left the discussion and used his reward to research his own cultivation.

• Zhou Xiao found Fu Henghua’s alias, Bodhi, on the Celestial Profound Dao Platform and considered Tianshu Zi’s plan to draw Fu Henghua toward the Grand Profound Dao Lineage.
• Fu Henghua criticized the traditional Chess Immortal methods in comments on Duan Sijing’s Heaven-and-Earth Exquisite Chess Formation Method, arguing that spirit and wisdom mattered more than Golden Core cultivation.
• Duan Sijing debated Fu Henghua about famous chess cultivators, while a third commenter joined and helped them develop an independent Chess Immortal system with nine ranks.
• Duan Sijing’s Chess Hermit incarnation cultivated the new path, prompting the Donglai Golden Ranking to create a Chess Immortal Ranking and recognize Duan Sijing as its first listed cultivator.
• Fu Henghua and the third commenter withdrew from the discussion, and the third commenter sent Fu Henghua one hundred Cloud Elixirs.
• Duan Sijing posted his chess works for free, while Fu Henghua used his reward to study creation and longevity methods and refine his own Mystic Womb realm.

Fu Henghua gained an insight into talisman registers while studying the Stone-to-Gold Art, then hurried back to research how the idea might advance his standing on the Celestial Profound Dao Platform. Meanwhile, Wu Zhengxin sent Chang Yuezi to the Fu Family to bring Henghua to Jade Sage Pavilion, and Chang Yuezi arrived at Heavenwind Island.

• Fu Henghua discussed his overnight Dao Platform research with Zhou Xiao, who explained how higher Spirit Platform ranks could earn an invitation to the Central Heaven Heroes' Gathering.
• Fu Xuanxing explained that Hengshou's Core Golden Register was a variation of the Stone-to-Gold Art, prompting Fu Henghua to consider whether talisman registers could work for other elements.
• Fu Henghua rushed to his room to investigate his inspiration, while Zhou Xiao worried that Yanlong's worldly culture was limiting Henghua and considered urging the Fu Family to send him away to study.
• Wu Zhengxin ordered Chang Yuezi to return to the Fu Family and bring Fu Henghua to Jade Sage Pavilion, while privately worrying about pressure from competing factions over the recruitment.
• Chang Yuezi reached Heavenwind Island and asked the Fu Family guards to report his arrival to the First Elder.

Fu Henghua returned east with his companions, cultivated his Mind Horse on Fiery Horse Island, and taught the White Dragon Horse the Chess Immortal method. At Heavenwind Island, he brought Yu Luan to Azure Parasol Island while Fu Yaozhen revealed that their long-absent brother had returned.

• Fu Henghua rested, then invited Yu Luan to accompany him to Heavenwind Island before copying texts at Firegate Island and sailing east with his companions.
• The White Dragon Horse ran wild among the horses on Fiery Horse Island, and Fu Henghua manifested nine fire dragons that merged into a red horse as he advanced his Mind Horse cultivation.
• Fu Henghua and his companions crossed the frozen Eastern Region, where the White Dragon Horse sensed the Soaring Serpent near Heavenly Serpent Island, but Fu Henghua stopped him from approaching the Cheng Family stronghold.
• The White Dragon Horse challenged Fu Henghua to chess, and Fu Henghua taught him the Chess Immortal method; the horse entered an enlightened state as the ship reached Heavenwind Island.
• Fu Henghua took Yu Luan to Azure Parasol Island, while Fu Yaozhen told Fu Liuhui and Fu Tongjun that their brother had returned and urged them to let Henghua handle what followed.

Fu Henghua showed Yu Luan the crafts and daily life of Cloudsound City, then explained his views on the Dao and the Mortal World. He sent a jade staff flying toward Chang Yuezi on Heavenwind Island, where Chang Yuezi had come to summon him to Jade Sage Pavilion.

• Fu Henghua brought Yu Luan and the others to Cloudsound City, where he advised local artisans and chose clever gifts for the Young Mistress and Yu Luan.
• Fu Henghua showed Yu Luan a chessboard whose pieces transformed into tiny figures and animals, along with other ingenious ornaments.
• Chang Yuezi met Fu Yaozhen and her sisters on Heavenwind Island and said Jade Sage Pavilion had sent him to invite Fu Henghua there.
• Fu Henghua showed Yu Luan the city's Lantern Trees and gave her a book comparing the ways of the Beyond-the-World Immortal Sect and cultivation lineages.
• Fu Henghua explained how both approaches could seek the Dao while cultivating the human heart, then sent Lord Jin in a jade staff toward Chang Yuezi.

Fu Maiyuan returned to the Fu Family and used Fu Henghua’s jade staff to defeat Chang Yuezi, then learned that the Heavenmoon Spirit Fungus had been found and offered as dowry to marry the eldest member of the family. The others hurried back to Coiling Dragon Island to deal with the proposed marriage, while Fu Ruiying kept Henghua behind for other matters.

• A jade staff controlled by Lord Jin battered Chang Yuezi until Fu Maiyuan arrived and took it over.
• Fu Maiyuan defeated Chang Yuezi with the Dog-Beating Staff Technique, and Fu Ruiying sent Chang Yuezi away after learning he had come to invite Henghua to Jade Sage Pavilion.
• Fu Maiyuan explained that his master had sent him back to help the Fu Family, and Fu Ruiying said his return could aid their grandfather’s tribulation preparations.
• Fu Maiyuan reported that Cosmic Radiance Divine Water was sealed in a Demon Cavern of the Eastern Sea, prompting Fu Tongjun to consider a plan.
• Fu Xiazhai revealed that the Heavenmoon Spirit Fungus had been found and its holder wanted to marry the eldest member of the Fu Family as her dowry condition.
• Fu Ruiying sent the others back to Coiling Dragon Island to resolve the proposed marriage and kept Henghua behind.

Fu Henghua learned that Tan, a Jade Womb Profound Furnace cultivator who had severed ties with her family, was trying to marry Fu Danwei and become Coiling Dragon Island’s mistress. After Fu Danwei rejected the idea and Fu Henghua arranged plans for his relatives, he prepared to return to the island and see what Tan would do next.

• Fu Henghua dismissed Chang Yuezi’s return, while Chang Yuezi grew resentful of the Fu Family and planned to gain influence by helping its rival branch.
• Chang Yuezi visited Fu Beidou, and Fu Ruiying told Fu Henghua to ignore him as they studied the Wind-Supporting Immortal Canon.
• Fu Tongjun told Fu Henghua that Tan had injured her grandmother, been disowned, rejected work at Spirit Embroidery Workshop, and proposed marrying Fu Danwei in exchange for her Heavenmoon Spirit Fungus.
• Fu Henghua and Fu Tongjun discussed the uproar on Coiling Dragon Island, while Fu Danwei refused to consider Tan’s proposal or use her physique to extend his life.
• Fu Henghua said Fu Xuanxing would train with Fu Danwei and later accompany Fu Liuhui to search the Red Algae Waters for Darkgold Ginseng; he planned to return to Coiling Dragon Island himself.

Fu Henghua returned to Coiling Dragon Island, where Fu Danwei revealed that Fu Xuanxing’s sword and scabbard had once sealed a danger inside him. The elders’ hints connected Xuanxing’s origins to Henghua’s father, while Henghua turned to chess and wood-talisman experiments; the chapter ended with the revelation that his father’s lost scabbard had contributed to his death.

• Fu Henghua returned to Coiling Dragon Island and told the family to settle the Tan Family girl’s affairs without relying on her Heavenmoon Spirit Fungus.
• Fu Danwei recognized the Dragon-Subduing Sword and Southern Li sword scabbard on Fu Xuanxing, then recounted how he had used them to seal a danger inside Xuanxing when he was an infant.
• Fu Danwei gave Fu Xuanxing the sword and taught him a technique, while telling the two young men to ask their master about Xuanxing’s origins.
• Zhou Xiao and White Dragon Horse connected Xuanxing’s past to Henghua’s father, who had asked the Mysterious Subtle Sect to raise him and left him a book about the sword scabbard.
• Fu Henghua arranged a chess match between White Dragon Horse and Duan Sijing, then began preparing wood-talisman experiments.
• The narration explained that Song Chunqiu believed Xuanxing’s survival depended on Henghua’s father and Fu Danwei, and that Henghua’s father had suffered heaven’s backlash after losing the scabbard.

Fu Henghua comforted Fu Liuhui over their father’s death and sent her and Fu Xuanxing toward the Crimson Algae Waters with White Dragon Horse to protect them. Later, he confided his lingering grief to Dongfang Yunqi through their mirrors, then prepared to do something momentous at the Dao Platform.

• Fu Henghua told Fu Liuhui to travel with Fu Xuanxing and focus on the possibility of reviving their father rather than dwelling on the past.
• Fu Henghua asked White Dragon Horse to catch up with Fu Liuhui and Fu Xuanxing and protect them on their journey to the Crimson Algae Waters.
• Fu Yaozhen told Fu Henghua that she had sent the Tan Family girl toward Chang Yuezi and Jade Sage Pavilion, while they discussed the threat gathering over the Eastern Sea.
• Fu Henghua and Dongfang Yunqi exchanged ideas about Heavenly Books and cultivation methods through their mirrors, developing new finger techniques together.
• Fu Henghua admitted to Dongfang Yunqi that he still grieved his father’s death and struggled with the thought that the past might have gone differently.
• As dawn approached, Fu Henghua told Dongfang Yunqi to prepare the Heavenly Profound Mirror because he was about to do something at the Dao Platform that would enter the cultivation world’s annals.

Dongfang Yunqi and other cultivators read Fu Henghua’s article proposing that Secret Mantra Registers could guide the evolution of all things, from plants and beasts to dragons and phoenixes. His final suggestion of an Immortal Register that could transform a mortal into an immortal left the readers stunned, with the method still only hinted at by a single ink stroke.

• Dongfang Yunqi subscribed to Fu Henghua’s article and read his principles of Creation and discussion of Golden Registers.
• Yan Yuyuan tried Fu Henghua’s Heavenly Moon Grass Wood Register, failed repeatedly, then succeeded in producing a sprout containing Taiyin Star Essence.
• Zhou Xiao, Tianshu Zi, Duan Sijing, and other cultivators read the article and discussed its ideas in the comments.
• Fu Henghua argued that Golden and Wood Registers could point toward registers for monsters, fire spirits, and other forms of life.
• Fu Henghua proposed that an Immortal Register might let a mortal ascend and transform into an immortal, leaving readers stunned.

Fu Henghua’s article on the Feather Immortal True Register convinced powerful cultivators to test its methods and stirred debate across the water regions. As the Dao Platform hid the article for reassessment and talisman materials vanished from the markets, Fu Henghua was relieved that the Fu Family had already bought supplies.

• Tianshu Zi and Yan Yuyuan tested the Feather Immortal True Register, sensed its power, and contacted fellow cultivators about Fu Henghua’s article.
• Fu Henghua explained to Zhou Xiao that the True Register was difficult to use in practice and that he had written it to attract senior cultivators’ attention.
• Hengyuan True Person tested the Register, triggered heavenly lightning, and asked Song Chunqiu to find out who had written the article.
• Sha Jinshang initially dismissed the article, but Fang Dongyuan’s favorable comment led him to read it and seek his master’s guidance.
• Elder Liu tested the Jade-Peach Wood Register, then ordered the Purple Sovereign Pavilion to buy talisman materials across the regions.
• The Jade Sage Pavilion and Mystic Jade Waters joined the research after other regions had already bought up most supplies, while Fu Henghua learned that the Fu Family’s earlier purchases could protect it from the shortage.