Recaps

Chen Ning led the Dragon-Seeking Sect into battle against the True Martial Saint Sect, killing a Five-Star Martial Venerable and confronting the True Martial Holy Lord. As the battle turned against the Dragon-Seeking Sect after the True Martial Saint Sect deployed its elites, Chen Ning activated a stored buff to strengthen his disciples.

• Chen Ning killed the red-armored Five-Star Martial Venerable in one strike, prompting the True Martial Saint Sect’s hidden experts to reveal themselves.
• The Dragon-Seeking Sect’s seven Martial Venerables faced the True Martial Saint Sect’s experts while their disciples began fighting on the ground.
• The True Martial Holy Lord appeared and traded insults with Chen Ning as both sides waited for their mid-level fighters to decide the battle’s momentum.
• Dragon-Seeking Sect disciples initially held their own against larger numbers, and the Black Dragon Clan’s elite fighters cut through the True Martial Saint Sect’s ranks.
• The True Martial Saint Sect sent more than a thousand elite Spirit Martial Realm fighters and over a hundred Earth Martial Realm experts into battle, shifting the advantage against the Dragon-Seeking Sect.
• Chen Ning activated the [Valor Surpassing the Three Armies] buff to raise his disciples’ cultivation and fighting spirit.

The Dragon-Seeking Sect’s disciples turned the battle around after Chen Ning’s power raised their cultivation, while Chen Ning faced the True Martial Saint Holy Lord and his experts. Li Changtian joined the fight to stop an attack on the disciples, and a drunken old man arrived as the confrontation escalated.

• The Dragon-Seeking Sect’s disciples gained a major realm in cultivation, letting Lu Ping, Jun Wuya, Qi Feng, and Ling Xiaoxiao drive back the True Martial Saint Sect’s forces.
• Chen Ning mocked the True Martial Holy Lord as the two sides prepared for a battle between their strongest fighters.
• Ren Tiankuang appeared as a second Heavenly Martial Realm expert and sent a colossal hand toward the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s disciples.
• Li Changtian severed Ren Tiankuang’s attack and joined Chen Ning’s side, giving the Dragon-Seeking Sect two Heavenly Martial Realm experts.
• A huge wine gourd struck a Two-Star Martial Venerable, and a disheveled old man arrived while complaining that Li Changtian had not given him a ride.

The Dragon-Seeking Sect gained support from Wine Maniac and the Immortal Music Palace as its forces battled the True Martial Saint Sect. When Chen Ning killed several Martial Venerables, the True Martial Holy Lord summoned the supposedly dead True Martial Patriarch, whose arrival shifted the balance of the fight.

• Wine Maniac joined the battle and revealed that his strength matched Void Heavenly Venerable’s Nine-Star Martial Venerable cultivation.
• Cang Yue attacked Ren Tiankuang with the Fire God Seal while Wine Maniac engaged Void Heavenly Venerable.
• The Palace Master of Immortal Music Palace arrived with her elders and Su Ling'er, using her zither music to aid the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s fighters.
• Chen Ning killed four True Martial Saint Sect Martial Venerables, prompting the True Martial Holy Lord to call for the Patriarch.
• The True Martial Patriarch emerged from seclusion, and the True Martial Holy Lord asked him to suppress the Dragon-Seeking Sect.

Chen Ning faced the True Martial Patriarch, survived his devastating attack with a divine movement ability, and challenged him after condemning the True Martial Saint Sect’s harm to Spirit Province. The chapter left the two poised for a decisive fight.

• The True Martial Patriarch attacked Chen Ning, tearing apart his void warship and leaving the Dragon-Seeking Sect believing its leader had died.
• Ling Xiaoxiao, Su Ling'er, Meng Yuyi, and the other Dragon-Seeking Sect members grieved, while the True Martial Saint Sect celebrated Chen Ning’s apparent death.
• Chen Ning’s voice rang out, and he revealed that he had survived the attack using Stars Shift, Heaven and Earth Revolve.
• The True Martial Patriarch demanded Chen Ning’s divine ability, then argued that powerful factions should pursue their interests rather than fight for ordinary people.
• Chen Ning said he sought justice for the people of Spirit Province and dared the True Martial Patriarch to die.

Chen Ning activated the Supreme Immortal-Slaying Grand Formation and killed the True Martial Patriarch, then turned its power on the True Martial Holy Lord. The Holy Lord begged for his life and offered the sect’s treasures, but Chen Ning refused, leaving his fate unresolved.

• The True Martial Patriarch challenged Chen Ning after the Dragon-Seeking Sect leader asked him to die.
• Chen Ning activated the Supreme Immortal-Slaying Grand Formation, which locked onto the True Martial Patriarch and the True Martial Holy Lord.
• The formation’s divine weapons pierced the True Martial Patriarch, killing him despite his attempts to escape.
• The True Martial Holy Lord tried to break free by summoning a golden celestial roc, but the formation shattered it and wounded him.
• The True Martial Holy Lord begged Chen Ning for mercy and offered the True Martial Saint Sect’s resources and treasures.
• Chen Ning said he could take the treasures after killing the Holy Lord, chilling him with the threat.

Chen Ning used the Supreme Immortal-Slaying Grand Formation to kill the True Martial Holy Lord, then led the Dragon-Seeking Sect to crush the True Martial Saint Sect. After ordering the sect’s surviving leaders eliminated, he faced Ren Tiankuang’s surrender.

• The Supreme Immortal-Slaying Grand Formation killed the True Martial Holy Lord before shattering, and Chen Ning learned it could be repaired with an Immortal Source Crystal.
• Experts from across Martial Province watched the battle from afar and decided to leave rather than risk confronting the Dragon-Seeking Sect.
• With the True Martial Saint Sect’s disciples mostly dead or surrendered, Chen Ning ordered Cang Yue and the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s experts to leave none of its surviving leaders alive.
• The Dragon-Seeking Sect killed twelve Martial Venerables and Venerable Insect, whom Xiao Mei had left alive to answer for starting Spirit Province’s insect plague.
• Ren Tiankuang, the True Martial Saint Sect’s last remaining Heavenly Martial Realm expert, surrendered to Chen Ning.

Chen Ning secured Ren Tiankuang’s allegiance and led the Dragon-Seeking Sect to take over Jade Saint Peak after destroying the True Martial Saint Sect. As the news shook the Nine Provinces, the Heaven-Praying Hall feared Chen Ning’s retaliation and considered offering him Spirit Artifacts to make peace.

• Ren Tiankuang refused to become a contract-bound slave, but agreed to swear allegiance to Chen Ning after seeing Li Changtian’s strength.
• Ren Tiankuang signed the Heavenly Book of Contracts and offered to guide Chen Ning through the True Martial Saint Sect’s secret treasure stores.
• Chen Ning led his companions to claim Jade Saint Peak, while Ren Tiankuang defended his eagerness to serve against Wine Maniac’s teasing.
• News of the True Martial Saint Sect’s destruction spread across the Nine Provinces, and Martial Province’s factions sent greetings to the Dragon-Seeking Sect.
• The Heaven-Praying Hall Master and his vice hall masters worried about Chen Ning’s possible revenge, then decided they could offer Spirit Artifacts to protect the hall.

After the Dragon-Seeking Sect destroyed the True Martial Saint Sect, the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord reflected on Chen Ning’s rise and his disciple Xiao Qian’s need to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Chen Ning accepted the spoils of victory and learned that a mysterious object had been found in the True Martial Saint Sect’s treasury.

• The Yama Holy Lord agreed to send a calling card to the Dragon-Seeking Sect and seek an alliance.
• Mu Tianji watched Xiao Qian sweep fallen leaves and worried that the Heavenly Lake Divine Son would need to grow quickly to survive among Central Province’s powerful figures.
• Mu Tianji remembered entrusting the young Meng Yuyi to the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s old sect leader and lamented her hardship.
• The Great Zhou emperor and many Martial Province powers visited Jade Saint Peak to congratulate Chen Ning and offer treasures and resources.
• Cang Yue reported the True Martial Saint Sect’s treasury contents and said its treasured grounds had been secured for the Dragon-Seeking Sect.
• Cang Yue told Chen Ning that the treasury contained a mysterious object she could not identify.

Chen Ning appraised a mysterious wooden box as a saint's relic that required Heavenly Lake Holy Water to open, then learned the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor had invited him to Central Province. As the Dragon-Seeking Sect returned to Spirit Province, Chen Ning spotted the Heaven-Praying Hall Master, Poison Venerable, and Venerable Mei in disguise and went to investigate their purpose.

• Chen Ning used the Hammer of Appraisal to discover that Cang Yue's black wooden box was a saint's relic containing a world and could be opened with Heavenly Lake Holy Water.
• Cang Yue told Chen Ning that the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor had invited him to meet in Central Province seven days later.
• Chen Ning and his party returned to Spirit Province, where he rewarded the Immortal Music Palace and the forces that had lent the Dragon-Seeking Sect void warships.
• The Dragon-Seeking Sect's return was celebrated in Spirit Province, and the land was recovering after the insect plague and the holy words' blessing.
• In Five Grains City, Venerable Mei paid a waiter after being stopped for underpaying for rice noodles, while the Heaven-Praying Hall Master warned him not to cause trouble.
• Chen Ning recognized the disguised Heaven-Praying Hall Master, Poison Venerable, and Venerable Mei and went down to find out why they had come.

Chen Ning confronted the Heaven-Praying Hall Master, the Poison Venerable, and Venerable Mei, who apologized for past conflicts and offered Spirit Artifacts to the Dragon-Seeking Sect. After accepting their gifts, he learned that Central Province would take notice of the True Martial Saint Sect’s destruction and heard what the others knew about the Heavenly Demon Mystic Mansion.

• The Heaven-Praying Hall Master, the Poison Venerable, and Venerable Mei greeted Chen Ning nervously, and the Poison Venerable and Venerable Mei apologized for their past offenses.
• The Heaven-Praying Hall Master explained that he had come to offer Spirit Artifacts and show that the Heaven-Praying Hall supported the Dragon-Seeking Sect, and Chen Ning agreed to accept them.
• Residents of Five Grains City gathered to praise and bow to Chen Ning, while the three visitors followed him and waited for his answer.
• The Heaven-Praying Hall Master warned Chen Ning that the True Martial Saint Sect’s destruction would draw Central Province’s attention and advised him to choose his allegiances carefully.
• The Heaven-Praying Hall Master described the Heavenly Demon Mystic Mansion as a mysterious clan that fought alongside demonic creatures and spirit beasts.
• The Poison Venerable recounted how the Heavenly Demon Mystic Mansion had captured an injured Yin Spring Scorpion and used a secret technique to raise its strength by a rank.

Chen Ning learned more about Three Quarters Past Noon when its organizer, Chu Xuanyuan, tried to recruit him and offered information about the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s eighth-generation sect leader. Chen Ning refused, and Chu Xuanyuan trapped him in a barrier to make him reconsider.

• Chen Ning left Five Grains City and chased a figure whose presence resembled the old sect leader’s, only to discover that the man had lured him away.
• The man introduced himself as Chu Xuanyuan, organizer of Three Quarters Past Noon, and said he admired Chen Ning rather than seeking revenge for the two members Chen Ning had killed.
• Chu Xuanyuan invited Chen Ning to join the organization, promising influence in Central Province and revealing that he knew the whereabouts of the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s eighth-generation sect leader.
• Chen Ning refused to join and said he would find the old sect leader himself.
• Chu Xuanyuan caused the void to tremble and enclosed Chen Ning in a barrier, insisting he would keep him there until he agreed to join.

Chen Ning was trapped in a chamber by Chu Xuanyuan and challenged to identify the door of life using one question to one of two puppets. He solved the logic puzzle, escaped through the door of life, and returned to the fields where he had been tracking Chu Xuanyuan.

• Chu Xuanyuan trapped Chen Ning in a chamber with two doors and two puppets, then left him to choose between joining Three Quarters Past Noon or risking the doors.
• Chen Ning triggered a system choice and chose to escape on his own, earning a Heaven-Slaying Sword fragment and a Demon God's Eye.
• Chen Ning asked the white-robed puppet which door the black-robed puppet would identify as the door of life.
• The white-robed puppet pointed to the left door, so Chen Ning chose the right door and escaped as the barrier dissolved.

After escaping Chu Xuanyuan’s time-distorting trap, Chen Ning reunited with Su Ling’er and learned that seven days had passed outside. He used the Space Scepter to reach Central Province and arrived with her at the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor, where the story left them poised to attend its invitation.

• Chen Ning received the final Heaven-Slaying Sword fragment and the Demon God's Eye, then learned from Su Ling’er that seven days had passed while he was missing.
• Chu Xuanyuan discovered through his puppets’ memories that Chen Ning had known how to escape and had waited for him to leave, leaving Chu Xuanyuan impressed and angered.
• Chen Ning learned that the grand elder had returned to the sect while Su Ling’er and Hall Master Xiao had stayed behind to search for him.
• Chen Ning used the Space Scepter to teleport with Su Ling’er to Central Province, where they admired the prosperity of the Heaven-Gazing Ancient Capital.
• Chen Ning and Su Ling’er arrived at the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor for its invitation.

Chen Ning refused Ling Xiaoyun’s offer to make the Dragon-Seeking Sect a subordinate of the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor, even after Ling Yang threatened him. When an ancient devil ape went berserk and filled the manor with Sha Qi, Chen Ning stayed to investigate the reaction of his Demon God's Eye.

• Ling Xiaoyun invited Chen Ning to bring the Dragon-Seeking Sect under the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor’s protection, but Chen Ning declined to give up the sect’s independence.
• Ling Yang insulted Chen Ning and threatened the Dragon-Seeking Sect, while Ling Xiaoyun warned that refusing the manor could make them enemies.
• Chen Ning praised Ling Xiaoyun’s parenting and left with Su Ling'er, but a report that the devil ape had gone berserk stopped them.
• Ling Xiaoyun ordered Ling Yang to summon the Five Manor-Suppressing Elders to suppress the devil ape’s Sha Qi with a formation.
• Chen Ning felt his Demon God's Eye react to the Sha Qi and chose to remain in the manor to watch what happened.

Chen Ning watched the demonic ape break loose in Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor and briefly suppress it with golden light from his left eye. He left with Su Ling'er, and the ape resumed its rampage, leaving the manor dependent on Chen Ning to stop it.

• The demonic ape attacked Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor, wounded Ling Xiaoyun, and killed a Seven-Star Martial Venerable with its roar.
• Ling Yang returned with the Five Manor-Suppressing Elders, but their combined formation failed to contain the ape, which smashed their Essence Power mountain.
• Sha Qi surged toward Chen Ning and Su Ling'er, and Chen Ning dispelled it with golden light from his left eye, causing the ape to prostrate itself.
• Chen Ning took Su Ling'er toward the manor gate, but when he left, the ape stood up and resumed its attack, collapsing buildings and killing demonic creatures.

Ling Xiaoyun and Ling Yang repeatedly apologized and begged Chen Ning to save the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor from the demon ape, offering him a storage ring. Chen Ning accepted and unleashed the power of the Demon God's Left Eye, which revealed a demon-god silhouette that began absorbing the ape's Sha Qi.

• Ling Xiaoyun apologized to Chen Ning for threatening the Dragon-Seeking Sect and ordered Ling Yang to apologize as well.
• When Ling Yang's reluctant apology failed to satisfy Chen Ning, Ling Xiaoyun broke his knee and forced him to kneel and kowtow.
• Chen Ning said the Five Manor-Suppressing Elders should kneel too, so Ling Xiaoyun and his son begged him together and Ling Xiaoyun offered a storage ring.
• Chen Ning agreed to act, and the demon ape roared at him before attacking with a punch.
• Chen Ning released golden light from the Demon God's Left Eye, revealing a demon-god silhouette that drew in the demon ape's Sha Qi.

Chen Ning subdued the demon ape at the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor and escaped with its origin Sha Qi, then began refining it in a secluded stone forest. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Lake Holy Land granted the Dragon-Seeking Sect two places in its secret realm.

• Chen Ning took the demon ape’s origin Sha Qi, warned the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor that he might return it, and left with the little girl.
• Ling Xiaoyun recovered and drew blood from the weakened demon ape, while Ling Yang remained injured and humiliated.
• The Yin-Yang Holy Lords discussed Chen Ning’s growing reputation and learned that the Heavenly Lake Holy Land had granted the Dragon-Seeking Sect two secret realm places.
• Chen Ning traveled a thousand li to a quiet stone forest and began refining the Sha Qi as Su Ling’er kept watch.

Chen Ning advanced to Six-Star Martial Venerable and continued exploring Central Province with Su Ling'er, where a messenger from the Heavenly Lake Holy Land invited the Dragon-Seeking Sect to the upcoming Heavenly Lake Secret Realm. The chapter ended with Chen Ning learning the realm would open in ten days and that his sect had received two places, breaking a tradition reserved for Central Province’s ten giants.

• Chen Ning refined the Sha Qi overnight and advanced to Six-Star Martial Venerable.
• Chen Ning and Su Ling'er decided to keep exploring Central Province and stopped at a food stall.
• An elderly Daoist revealed that the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord had sent him to tell Chen Ning that the Dragon-Seeking Sect had received two places in the Heavenly Lake Secret Realm.
• The messenger said the secret realm would open in ten days and that missing it would mean waiting four years.
• Chen Ning and Su Ling'er ate the stall’s food, which enlarged their Qi seas, and the shopkeeper revealed that the messenger had asked him to add something extra for Chen Ning.

Chen Ning and Su Ling'er arrived at the Heavenly Lake Holy Land, where the prodigies and veteran protectors of the Nine Provinces’ major powers had gathered before the secret realm opened. Chen Ning learned who some of the heirs were and saw the Asura Divine Sect, Yin-Yang Holy Land, and Heavenly Lake Holy Land representatives arrive.

• Chen Ning and Su Ling'er reached the Heavenly Lake Holy Land, where twenty-five Martial Venerables from the major powers were expected to enter the secret realm.
• Wei Yan of the War Academy watched Chen Ning with hostility, and Zhuge Bai told Chen Ning that the War Academy had likely been entitled to one of the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s places.
• Zhuge Bai introduced himself as the Star God Palace’s young master and proposed an alliance, but his uncle Zhuge Yi interrupted and warned him to mind his words.
• Chen Ning learned that the heirs recognized him because he was a stranger among Central Province’s familiar second-generation prodigies, and his comment about becoming a familiar face suggested the Dragon-Seeking Sect would seek power there.
• The Asura Divine Son arrived with two Nine-Star Martial Venerables, followed by the Yin-Yang Holy Sons and a gray-robed elder.
• Three young prodigies from the Heavenly Lake Holy Land rose into the air without veteran escorts, drawing Chen Ning’s surprise.

Chen Ning drew attention from Fairy Yuji and the gathered factions before entering the Heavenly Lake Secret Realm with Su Ling'er and the Zhuge siblings. The secret realm separated him from his companions, and he encountered a strange being that challenged him to a game, wagering his right-arm bone.

• Fairy Yuji greeted Chen Ning and proposed forming an alliance with him in the secret realm, drawing jealous reactions from the crowd.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Land elder opened the secret realm, and the Asura Divine Son led the other participants inside.
• Chen Ning entered with Su Ling'er, Zhuge Yi, and Zhuge Bai, but the secret realm transported them to different locations.
• Chen Ning worried about Su Ling'er’s safety and prepared to find her.
• A strange being challenged Chen Ning to a game, offering to answer one question if he won and threatening to take the bone from his right arm if he lost.

Chen Ning won the wasteland keeper’s race and learned that Su Ling'er was trapped in the Withering Ice Cavern, then hurried southeast to reach her. In the cavern, Su Ling'er and Wei Yan began a perilous escape challenge, and Wei Yan attacked her as they climbed.

• Chen Ning used his powerful mental strength to make the bronze gong ring before the clay figure could reach it, winning the keeper’s challenge.
• The keeper told Chen Ning that Su Ling'er was in the Withering Ice Cavern and, as a gift, directed him southeast.
• Su Ling'er and Wei Yan learned they had to climb out of the ice cavern to survive and claim the guarded treasure.
• Wei Yan offered to help Su Ling'er escape in exchange for her, but she rejected him and said she only wanted to survive.
• Wei Yan surged upward first, then threw two ice spikes down at Su Ling'er, forcing her to choose between dodging and losing her lead.

Chen Ning rescued Su Ling'er from the Withering Ice Cavern and confronted Wei Yan, who attacked him with four weapons. Chen Ning killed Wei Yan with the Moon-Slaying Sword, leaving Wei Yan’s final regret over targeting Su Ling'er.

• Chen Ning arrived at the Withering Ice Cavern and used the Heaven-Stealing Ghost Hand to lift Su Ling'er to safety.
• Wei Yan accused Chen Ning of breaking the trial rules, then tried to leave after receiving no response from the ice sculpture.
• Chen Ning stopped Wei Yan and revealed that he was a Six-Star Martial Venerable.
• Wei Yan attacked with four weapons, but Chen Ning drew the Moon-Slaying Sword and overwhelmed him with its Sword Intent.
• Wei Yan begged Chen Ning for mercy in the War Academy’s name, but Chen Ning killed him, making him the first heaven’s chosen to die in the secret realm.

After discovering that Chen Ning had killed Wei Yan, the gaunt old man vowed revenge. Meanwhile, Chen Ning and Su Ling'er confronted the birdman guarding the Withering Ice Cavern, and Chen Ning overwhelmed it before learning about the Source of Extreme Frost.

• The gaunt old man used a treasure to see Wei Yan’s final moments, recognized Chen Ning, and vowed to kill him.
• The birdman revealed that the victor was meant to stay in the Withering Ice Cavern forever and guard it in its place.
• Chen Ning refused to obey, drew the Moon-Slaying Sword, and attacked the birdman with the first three forms of the All Things Sword Instruction.
• Badly wounded, the birdman begged Chen Ning to spare it and offered the Source of Extreme Frost, explaining that it could grant mastery of the Great Dao of Ice.

Chen Ning and Su Ling'er defeated the birdman guardian and obtained the Source of Extreme Frost before continuing to a Gobi Desert. There, they met Zhuge Bai and the Asura Divine Son’s group, and the stone statue required one of the six people present to withdraw before the hidden treasure could open.

• Chen Ning rejected the birdman’s offer to guide him to the Source of Extreme Frost, saw through its attempt to escape, and killed it with Sword Intent flames.
• A ball of light emerged from beneath the ice cavern, and Chen Ning identified it as the Source of Extreme Frost, an epic-grade treasure that could grant enlightenment in the Great Dao of Ice.
• Chen Ning and Su Ling'er reached a Gobi Desert, where Zhuge Bai said he had been waiting for enough people to arrive to open its hidden treasure.
• A stone statue announced that five people were needed to open the treasure, then declared that one of the six people present had to withdraw.
• Jiang Yue told Chen Ning, Su Ling'er, and Zhuge Bai to decide which of them would leave, while Wang Han looked toward their group.

Chen Ning refused to give up the secret realm opportunity and challenged the Asura Divine Son’s group after they demanded one of his companions withdraw. He proved Jiang Yue was the weakest by killing him with Sword Intent, leaving Wang Han and the others stunned.

• Jiang Yue demanded that one of Chen Ning’s group withdraw, and Zhuge Bai proposed that all three leave together.
• Chen Ning refused to yield and told Jiang Yue to withdraw instead.
• Wang Han argued that the weakest person should leave, and Chen Ning agreed before declaring Jiang Yue the weakest.
• Jiang Yue threatened Su Ling'er, so Chen Ning used Sword Intent to make him wither and die.
• Chen Ning asked Wang Han whether he still thought Jiang Yue was not the weakest, and Wang Han felt a chill.