Recaps

Chen Ning completed his transformation with the Progenitor Black Dragon’s Essence Blood, gaining a True Dragon Body and reaching the Seventh Heaven of the Heavenly Martial Realm. He then used his new body to receive Hua Luo’s sealed power and guide it back into her, restoring her vitality and leaving the power to grow within her.

• Chen Ning completed the fusion with the Progenitor Black Dragon’s Essence Blood, gained progenitor-level dragon pressure and the Dragon Roar, and destroyed a mountain peak.
• Chen Ning thanked the White Dragon King and realized his new True Dragon Body could withstand the mysterious power within Hua Luo.
• Chen Ning entered Hua Luo’s sea of consciousness and asked her to loosen her seal and transfer some of her power to him.
• Hua Luo warned Chen Ning that he would die, then loosened the seal and sent her powerful energy into his body.
• Chen Ning guided the energy back through Hua Luo’s meridians, restoring her vitality and leaving the power within her to cultivate.

The Rakshasa Race poured into the Nine Provinces Realm and began slaughtering both civilians and cultivators, confirming the Mount Tai Saint’s hidden move. Chen Ning, the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, and the White Bone Saint learned the scale of the threat and resolved to wipe out the invaders.

• The White Bone Saint realized the Mount Tai Saint had likely tampered with the passage between realms to unleash the Rakshasa Race if the Holy Alliance faced destruction.
• A Rakshasa fiend landed in a village, killed an old man and a young cultivator, then flew toward a nearby mountain to hunt for more flesh and blood.
• The Rakshasa Race descended across the Nine Provinces and massacred commoners and cultivators alike, plunging the realm into calamity.
• Chen Ning and the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord learned of the invasion and received requests for aid from many factions.
• The White Bone Saint described the Rakshasa King, his seven Saint-level fiends, and the Rakshasa Race’s ability to grow stronger by devouring living beings.
• Chen Ning, the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, and the White Bone Saint agreed that the Rakshasa Race had to be wiped out.

The Dragon-Seeking Sect helped repel Rakshasa attacks in Cloud Province and sent reinforcements to rescue the Heaven-Praying Hall in Lan Province. In Spirit Province, the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty remained surrounded, and Bai Qingluo faced an ultimatum from a powerful fiend.

• Dragon-Seeking Sect disciples showered the Rakshasa army attacking the Heavenly Immortal Sect with Spirit Artifact arrows, while Butcher fought off the Ghost-Faced Demon General and helped secure the mountain gate.
• The Rakshasa Race overwhelmed Lan Province with demonic smoke and broke the Heaven-Praying Hall's formation, but Jiangli and the Dragon-Seeking Sect's Surprise Troops Battalion arrived to fight them.
• Jiangli killed a Heavenly Martial Realm Rakshasa fiend, and the Surprise Troops Battalion used Heavenly Lake water to purify the demonic smoke as the Heaven-Praying Hall's experts joined the battle.
• Rakshasa fiends devastated cities in Spirit Province and surrounded the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty, while their commander gave Bai Qingluo half a day to submit or see the dynasty's people killed.

Chen Ning returned to Spirit Province and found Bai Qingluo facing Demon General Lieshan, a Saint Realm fiend who had invaded the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty. After Lieshan threatened Chen Ning and the gathered defenders, Chen Ning challenged the fiend to a contest of strength and punched him.

• Bai Qingluo grieved over Spirit Province's peril until Chen Ning appeared and assured her that he would protect it.
• Demon General Lieshan broke into the palace, killed the guards, and demanded Bai Qingluo while targeting Chen Ning.
• The Sword Immortal, Wine Maniac, and Spirit Province cultivators arrived and prepared to sacrifice themselves against the Saint Realm fiend.
• Bai Qingluo offered to surrender if Lieshan spared Chen Ning and the others, but Lieshan agreed to spare only the others.
• Chen Ning told Bai Qingluo not to bargain and urged the defenders to put away their weapons before challenging Lieshan to see whose body was harder.
• Chen Ning threw a punch at Demon General Lieshan as a dragon's roar rang out.

Chen Ning defeated and killed Demon General Lieshan, a Saint-level Rakshasa fiend, and absorbed power that brought his Heaven Martial Realm cultivation close to perfection. The story then shifted to a Rakshasa army led by Xiao Bichen, a human with Rakshasa blood who served as one of the seven great fiends.

• Chen Ning pierced Demon General Lieshan's fist and dodged his attacks, using his Darkness Divine Marks to absorb the fiend's corrosive black liquid.
• Demon General Lieshan increased his strength, and Chen Ning fought him with the Destruction Divine Fist before summoning a Shadow of Chaos to help overwhelm him.
• Chen Ning defeated Demon General Lieshan, ignored his plea to surrender, and burned him away with Dragon Roar.
• The Darkness Divine Mark absorbed power from Demon General Lieshan, bringing Chen Ning's Heaven Martial Realm Seventh Heaven cultivation close to perfection.
• The narration introduced Xiao Bichen, a Faded One who had risen to become one of the seven great fiends serving the Rakshasa King.

Xiao Bichen persuaded Yellow Springs Saint to offer the Asura Divine Sect’s territory and its people to the Rakshasa Race, while Chen Ning’s victory over a Rakshasa Saint heartened the Nine Provinces. In You Province, Xiao Mei escaped the Ghost Shadow Devil General after using Chen Ning’s Devil God Aura Experience Card.

• Xiao Bichen met Yellow Springs Saint, who agreed to supply the Rakshasa Race with humans from the Asura Divine Sect’s domain in exchange for his sect’s survival.
• A Rakshasa messenger reported that Lord Lieshan had been killed by Chen Ning of the Dragon-Seeking Sect, and Xiao Bichen vowed to kill Chen Ning himself.
• News of Chen Ning’s victory over a Rakshasa Saint spread through the Nine Provinces, alongside the revelation that the Asura Divine Sect had joined the invaders.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord and Wangyou Saint condemned the Asura Divine Sect’s betrayal and discussed repaying the blood debt.
• The Ghost Shadow Devil General attacked Xiao Mei in Eternal Night City, killed Ren Tiankuang, and demanded the Ring of Calamity.
• Xiao Mei used Chen Ning’s Devil God Aura Experience Card to force the Ghost Shadow Devil General to kneel, then escaped with a teleportation talisman.

After recovering from her injuries, Xiao Mei told Chen Ning that the Ghost Shadow Devil General had hurt her, and Chen Ning went to You Province to take revenge. He killed the general despite its claims of being nearly indestructible, leaving its body completely destroyed.

• The Ghost Shadow Devil General planted a wisp of devil force in Xiao Mei before she vanished, then left in shadow form.
• Xiao Mei woke after Chen Ning fed her a divine fruit and recounted what had happened in You Province.
• Chen Ning vowed to kill the Ghost Shadow Devil General and traveled to You Province.
• Xiao Bichen ordered the Ghost Shadow Devil General to withdraw, but it refused and destroyed the voice transmission Spirit Stone.
• Chen Ning confronted the Ghost Shadow Devil General and overwhelmed its shadow clones with Shadow of Chaos.
• Chen Ning’s dragon might and Eternal Fire burned away the Ghost Shadow Devil General until it perished without a trace.

After killing the Ghost Shadow Devil General, Chen Ning reached the Heaven Martial Realm Eighth Layer and confronted the newly emerged Heartless Devil Emperor. The Heartless Devil Emperor’s threat against Chen Ning’s people provoked Chen Ning to attack him, and the chapter ended with Chen Ning preparing to prove that the emperor could be killed.

• The Darkness Divine Mark absorbed the Ghost Shadow Devil General’s power, helping Chen Ning advance to the Heaven Martial Realm Eighth Layer.
• The Heartless Devil Emperor emerged from seclusion, rescued the Prison Devil King and Dark Devil King, and learned about the upheaval in You Province.
• The Heartless Devil Emperor found Chen Ning instead of the Ghost Shadow Devil General and dismissed Chen Ning’s claim that he had killed the Rakshasa expert.
• The Heartless Devil Emperor attacked Chen Ning, but Chen Ning’s power shattered the attack and the Darkness Divine Mark disrupted the emperor’s Devil Qi.
• The Heartless Devil Emperor offered to rule alongside Chen Ning and threatened revenge against his loved ones, so Chen Ning vowed to kill him despite his claimed Undying Body.

Chen Ning defeated the Heartless Devil Emperor and spared him in exchange for six Devil Crystal Stones, then forced him to submit. He left the Heartless Devil Emperor under the Dark Devil King's command and ordered him to heal the Dark Devil King.

• Chen Ning engulfed the Heartless Devil Emperor in dragon flames, but drew them back when the Dark Devil King confirmed the Emperor had a great opportunity to offer.
• The Heartless Devil Emperor revealed six Devil Crystal Stones and explained that seven stones opened the Devil God Secret Scripture.
• Chen Ning ordered the Heartless Devil Emperor to submit and used the Darkness Divine Mark to force his surrender.
• Chen Ning ordered the Heartless Devil Emperor to heal the Dark Devil King and take orders from him, or die.
• The Dark Devil King gratefully reflected that joining Chen Ning had been the best decision of his life.

Chen Ning combined the seven Devil Crystal Stones and received the Devil God Transformation, a secret art he would have to comprehend himself. Meanwhile, the Rakshasa King used the Blood Devil Grand Array to strengthen his followers and learned that Chen Ning had killed Ghost Shadow, leaving the coming conflict looming.

• Chen Ning combined the seven Devil Crystal Stones and learned that Devil God Transformation could summon a Devil God Dharma Body, though he had not yet comprehended how to use it.
• The Rakshasa King’s Blood Devil Grand Array transformed Xiao Bichen, raising him from the Saint Realm Early Stage to the Middle Stage.
• Xiao Bichen told the Rakshasa King that General Ghost Shadow resented his selection for the array and described the Nine Provinces Realm’s powerful leaders, including the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s master.
• A Rakshasa messenger reported that Ghost Shadow had been killed by the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s master, and the Rakshasa King recognized the threat.
• General Zhanxiong entered the array and reached the Late-Stage Saint realm as the Rakshasa King continued sacrificing humans to strengthen his forces.

The Rakshasa King agreed to Xiao Bichen’s plan to draw the Nine Provinces’ Saints to Spirit Province while General Zhanxiong attacked Central Province. Meanwhile, Chen Ning oversaw pill production for Spirit Province and visited the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor after Little Black Dragon awakened and led him there.

• Xiao Bichen advised the Rakshasa King to appear in Spirit Province while General Zhanxiong attacked Central Province, and the Rakshasa King approved the plan.
• True Person Qingyang learned the Dragon-Seeking Sect had delivered over a thousand High-Grade Spirit Artifact pill cauldrons for refining Chen Ning’s pills.
• Little Black Dragon awoke after a year of sleep, reached the Heavenly Martial Realm, and demonstrated that he could fly and travel through the void.
• Little Black Dragon led Chen Ning to the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor, where Ling Xiaoyun welcomed him respectfully.
• Chen Ning told Ling Xiaoyun to take him to see the devil ape.

Chen Ning unlocked the demon ape’s shackle in exchange for ten years of service, and the freed ape took revenge on the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor. Meanwhile, the Rakshasa King led a vast army into Spirit Province, where Saints from across the Nine Provinces gathered to confront him.

• Chen Ning offered the demon ape freedom in exchange for ten years of service, and the ape agreed when he revealed the key to its shackle.
• Chen Ning unlocked the chain, restoring the demon ape’s immense size and Saint Realm Middle Stage power.
• The demon ape returned to Chen Ning’s side, and Chen Ning allowed it to take revenge on the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor.
• The demon ape slaughtered the manor’s cultivators, including its Celestial Persons, then submitted willingly to Chen Ning.
• The Rakshasa King and his army, joined by four great fiends, Princess Dark Moon, Yellow Springs Saint, and Spear Saint, advanced on Spirit Province.
• Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, Wangyou Saint, White Bone Saint, Butcher, and other Saints gathered around the Rakshasa King, prepared to fight to the death.

Chen Ning unleashed the Insect Race against the invading Rakshasa army while Hua Luo and a demonic ape joined the Nine Provinces’ defenders. The Rakshasa King remained locked in battle with the Saints, and Yellow Springs Saint committed himself to fighting for the Rakshasa side.

• The Rakshasa King overpowered the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, Butcher, Wangyou Saint, and White Bone Saint until Chen Ning and Hua Luo arrived.
• Chen Ning released vast swarms of insects and gave the Saints Insect-Repelling Pills, sending the swarms against the Rakshasa army.
• The demonic ape crushed the Blood-Winged Demon General and Red Python Demon General, then killed the Ghost-Faced Demon General.
• Xiao Bichen urged Yellow Springs Saint and Spear Saint to join the fighting as the Rakshasa army fell into disarray.
• Yellow Springs Saint decided to side with the Rakshasa Race and darted into battle.

Chen Ning killed the Spear Saint with one sword strike and faced Xiao Bichen, while the Rakshasa army ravaged Central Province and attacked Heavenly Lake. As the Battle Bear Devil General prepared to destroy Heavenly Lake, a crack appeared in an ancient rock, and Luo Changhe realized his Martial Uncle had emerged from seclusion.

• Chen Ning killed the Spear Saint instantly, shocking the Asura Divine Lord and the watching forces.
• Xiao Bichen confronted Chen Ning and revealed his resentment over the sacrifices he believed his position demanded.
• The Battle Bear Devil General rampaged through Central Province and headed for Heavenly Lake on the Rakshasa King's orders.
• Luo Changhe and Heavenly Lake's cultivators used a sword array to wound the Battle Bear Devil General, but he survived and advanced on them.
• An ancient rock in Heavenly Lake cracked, and Luo Changhe recognized that his Martial Uncle had emerged from seclusion.

Chen Ning defeated Xiao Bichen, while Yellow Springs Saint killed Princess Dark Moon and escaped with the Asura Divine Lord. The Rakshasa King remained dominant until Chen Ning used the Devil God Aura Experience Card to suppress him, giving the Saints a brief chance to regroup.

• Chen Ning struck Xiao Bichen with the fifth layer of Destruction Divine Fist, grievously wounding him.
• The devil ape killed the Blood-Winged Demon General and Red Python Demon General, while Yellow Springs Saint fled with the Asura Divine Lord and fatally struck Princess Dark Moon.
• Princess Dark Moon died after Xiao Bichen confessed why he had kept his distance from her, and Xiao Bichen vowed to kill Yellow Springs Saint before returning to meet his death.
• The Rakshasa King overwhelmed the Saints, but the devil ape broke free when Chen Ning used the Devil God Aura Experience Card to suppress the Rakshasa King.
• The Saints surrounded the temporarily restrained Rakshasa King as he warned them that he would recover and avenge his demon generals.

Chen Ning’s Devil God Aura failed to suppress the Rakshasa King completely, while the Rakshasa King revealed that his Battle Bear Devil General had likely reached Late-Stage Saint and attacked Central Province. At Heavenly Lake, Stone Saint emerged from seclusion, proved he had forged an iron-and-stone heart, and prepared to kill the Battle Bear Devil General.

• The Rakshasa King resisted Chen Ning’s Devil God Aura and warned that his forces were attacking Central Province.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord and Wangyou Saint realized that the Battle Bear Devil General might have advanced to Late-Stage Saint.
• The Battle Bear Devil General attacked Heavenly Lake as Luo Changhe announced that Stone Saint had emerged from seclusion.
• Stone Saint reassured Luo Changhe that his iron-and-stone heart had not erased his affection for his family.
• Stone Saint caught the Battle Bear Devil General’s halberd and petrified it, then withstood the devil’s full-strength palm strike.
• Stone Saint condemned the Battle Bear Devil General’s shallow foundation and declared that he would die.

Stone Saint killed Battle Bear Devil General and headed to Spirit Province, where Chen Ning and the other Saints fought Rakshasa King. After Rakshasa King crushed the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord and tried to kill Chen Ning, the first sect leader appeared to confront him.

• Stone Saint tore off Battle Bear Devil General's head, wings, and organs, then destroyed his divine soul.
• Stone Saint asked Luo Changhe where the Holy Lord had gone, learned he was in Spirit Province, and left Luo Changhe in charge.
• Chen Ning used Devil God Transformation to summon a giant palm, while the Saints joined forces to restrain Rakshasa King.
• Rakshasa King shattered the Devil God's palm and crushed the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord when he shielded Chen Ning.
• Wangyou Saint urged Hua Luo to carry Chen Ning away, but the first sect leader appeared and remained unharmed after Rakshasa King attacked him with Devil Qi.

The founding sect master revealed that he had survived as a wisp of divine sense and taught Chen Ning an unnamed supreme art, which annihilated the Rakshasa King and the Insect Race forces. Stone Saint arrived after the battle, and the survivors began assessing their injuries and the victory.

• The founding sect master reshaped the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord's body from soil and told him to keep quiet about Chen Ning surpassing his past strength.
• The founding sect master merged with Chen Ning and demonstrated an unnamed supreme art that destroyed the Rakshasa King, the Rakshasa army, and the Insect Race swarms.
• Chen Ning collapsed into Hua Luo's arms and marveled that the attack had wiped out the entire bloodline.
• Stone Saint arrived, and the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord explained how the founding sect master had killed the Rakshasa King through Chen Ning.

After the founding sect master vanished, Chen Ning accepted the system’s fourth-stage quest to break through the world barrier and travel Beyond the Heavens. Three days later, Blazing Star Lord arrived at Heavenly Lake and demanded Chen Ning, threatening to destroy the sect if he was not handed over.

• The founding sect master warned Chen Ning that the Beyond the Heavens would target him, urged him to leave the Nine Provinces Realm, and then vanished after joking about finding fairy beauties.
• Chen Ning received the fourth stage of the legendary main quest, which required him to break through the world barrier and travel Beyond the Heavens.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord took the injured group to Heavenly Lake, where Stone Saint healed them while Chen Ning pondered how to cross the world barrier.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord told Chen Ning that his grandmaster had broken through the barrier through strength and an unyielding will, and said Chen Ning had already surpassed him at the same age and cultivation realm.
• Blazing Star Lord arrived at Heavenly Lake, struck the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, and demanded Chen Ning, threatening to destroy Heavenly Lake and declaring that the Nine Provinces Realm would change hands.

Chen Ning reforged the Heaven-Slaying Sword into a Divine Artifact and prepared to leave the Nine Provinces Realm for Beyond the Heavens with Hua Luo and the demonic ape. The Blazing Star Lord arrived to stop him, attacked the Saints protecting him, and threatened to slaughter Heavenly Lake and the Dragon-Seeking Sect if Chen Ning escaped.

• Chen Ning added Five-Colored Copper to the furnace and reforged the Heaven-Slaying Sword as a Divine Artifact, which acknowledged him.
• Chen Ning entrusted Cang Yue with overseeing the Dragon-Seeking Sect and left Su Ling'er in charge of Spirit Province, then chose Hua Luo and the demonic ape to accompany him.
• The Blazing Star Lord confronted Chen Ning on a mountaintop, while the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, Stone Saint, and Butcher arrived to buy Chen Ning time to break through the barrier.
• The Blazing Star Lord's attack pierced Stone Saint's defenses, and he threatened to kill everyone at Heavenly Lake and in the Dragon-Seeking Sect if Chen Ning left.

Chen Ning confronted Blazing Star Lord, secured the White Dragon King’s promise to protect Heavenly Lake and the Dragon-Seeking Sect for three years, then broke through the world barrier and ascended Beyond the Heavens. Blazing Star Lord watched him leave with a trace of fear.

• Chen Ning provoked Blazing Star Lord by accusing him of fearing that Chen Ning could break through the heavenly wall, and Hua Luo, the devil ape, the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, Stone Saint, and Butcher attacked together but were repelled.
• The White Dragon King appeared and ordered Blazing Star Lord to let Chen Ning leave, then agreed to protect Heavenly Lake and the Dragon-Seeking Sect for three years after Little Black Dragon’s intervention.
• Chen Ning learned Blazing Star Lord’s name and vowed to kill him Beyond the Heavens, then struck the world barrier with the Heaven-Slaying Sword and shattered it.
• Chen Ning, the devil ape, and Hua Luo passed through the opening and ascended Beyond the Heavens, while Blazing Star Lord felt a trace of fear before suppressing his doubts.

Chen Ning, Hua Luo, and the devil ape broke through the world barrier and reached Beyond the Heavens, where Chen Ning received powerful new system rewards. After the devil ape crushed a hunter’s hut, Chen Ning offered to help Sikong Xue catch the Earth-Burrowing Dragon she had been hunting.

• Blazing Star Lord vowed to capture Chen Ning, while the White Dragon King and Heavenly Lake Holy Lord watched Chen Ning’s departure.
• Chen Ning, Hua Luo, and the devil ape traveled through the dangerous cosmos and descended onto an enormous star in Beyond the Heavens.
• Chen Ning completed the main quest and received Myriad Transformations and the mythic reward Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.
• The devil ape crashed onto Sikong Xue’s wooden hut, and Chen Ning offered to compensate her by catching the Earth-Burrowing Dragon.
• The devil ape struck the ground, forcing a huge monster to burst out of the earth.

Chen Ning and Sikong Xue collected venom from an Earth-Burrowing Demonic Lizard, then encountered the Yellow Sand Lord, who demanded Hua Luo as compensation. Chen Ning’s dragon might crushed the lord’s forces and pinned the lord to the ground, leaving him begging for his life.

• The demonic ape subdued the Earth-Burrowing Demonic Lizard, allowing Sikong Xue to collect its venom.
• Sikong Xue told Chen Ning they were in the Cangxuan Domain and warned him about the Yellow Sand Lord, while Chen Ning gave her a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact bow.
• The Yellow Sand Lord arrived with over a hundred followers, rejected Sikong Xue’s earth crystals, and demanded Hua Luo.
• Chen Ning released his dragon might, crushing the followers and pinning the Saint Realm Early Stage Yellow Sand Lord to the ground.
• The Yellow Sand Lord begged Chen Ning for mercy and soiled himself in terror.

Chen Ning questioned the Yellow Sand Lord about the Vast Land and its divine races, then killed him to protect his origins and avenge his threat to Hua'er. He agreed to let Sikong Xue guide him and conceal his group’s identities as they continued their journey.

• Chen Ning forced the Yellow Sand Lord to explain the Vast Land, the divine races, small worlds, divine marks, and the realms above the Saint Realm.
• Chen Ning killed the Yellow Sand Lord after questioning him, citing both his attack on Hua'er and the danger of revealing Chen Ning came from a small world.
• Sikong Xue questioned Chen Ning about his cultivation and asked to become his follower, fearing the Yellow Sand Lord’s backer would pursue her.
• Chen Ning confronted Sikong Xue about using him and his companions, then asked her to arrange plausible identities for them.
• Sikong Xue agreed to guide Chen Ning and speculated that he had come to recruit talented people, carry out a secret mission, or deal with Lone Smoke City’s city lord.

Chen Ning and Sikong Xue visited Lone Smoke City, where Sikong Xue arranged false identities for Chen Ning and Hua Luo as descendants of the destroyed Ghost Capital Ghost Tomb. The chapter ended with Elder Duan being accused of stealing from the Setting Sun Chamber of Commerce, prompting Sikong Xue to suspect an enemy was behind it.

• Chen Ning learned about Cangxuan Domain and discovered that Sikong Xue was a Nine-Star Martial Venerable who used mysterious soil to conceal her cultivation.
• Sikong Xue gave Chen Ning some of the concealing soil and told him that her Lineage had been wiped out.
• Sikong Xue brought Chen Ning and Hua Luo to the Setting Sun Chamber of Commerce to obtain identities for them.
• Elder Duan showed them preserved identity tokens from the Ghost Capital Ghost Tomb, which Sikong Xue chose for Chen Ning and Hua Luo.
• An attendant reported that the vice president had accused Elder Duan of stealing entrusted goods and sought to expel him, so Sikong Xue hurried after him.