Recaps

The Holy Alliance invaded the Nine Provinces, but Chen Ning and the realm’s forces defeated its armies and Saints. As the Shattered Star Realm’s people faced an uncertain fate, Chen Ning sought the Snow Mountain Dragon Clan’s help to save Hua Luo and risked his life to gain a True Dragon Body.

• Mu Tianji warned the superpower leaders that the Shattered Star Realm threatened the Nine Provinces, and the leaders agreed to prepare for the calamity.
• The Carefree Holy Son led the Holy Alliance into the Nine Provinces, where Chen Ning and the Dragon-Seeking Sect fought off repeated assaults and killed Lin Zhentian, Addiction Heavenly Venerable, Yu Xie, and other attackers.
• The Holy Alliance launched a major assault on Central Province, but Butcher, Hua Luo, Chen Ning, and the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord defeated its Saints, while White Bone Saint turned against his allies and Withered Wood Saint died.
• The victors established Heavenly Lake and the Dragon-Seeking Sect as the realm’s leading powers, and the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord agreed to spare the Shattered Star Realm’s people if they submitted.
• Hua Luo remained gravely ill, so Chen Ning and Mu Tianji traveled to the Great Snow Mountain and persuaded the White Dragon King to help her.
• The White Dragon King explained that Hua Luo’s seal had drained her life force and that Chen Ning needed to channel her sealed power to awaken her, offering him a True Dragon Body to endure the strain.
• Chen Ning accepted the Little Black Dragon’s Essence Blood and endured the destruction and regeneration of his body, refusing to give up as dragon roars sounded.

Chen Ning helped lead the fight against the Rakshasa invasion, then broke through the world barrier and ascended Beyond the Heavens with Hua Luo and the demonic ape. In Cangxuan Domain, he met Sikong Xue and began arranging new identities for himself and Hua Luo.

• Chen Ning restored Hua Luo’s vitality, then joined the Nine Provinces’ defenders as the Rakshasa Race invaded and massacred people across the realm.
• Chen Ning killed Demon General Lieshan and the Ghost Shadow Devil General, forced the Heartless Devil Emperor to submit, and advanced in power.
• The Rakshasa King’s forces attacked Spirit Province, but Chen Ning and his allies fought back as the devil ape and Stone Saint killed several demon generals.
• The founding sect master merged with Chen Ning and destroyed the Rakshasa King, his army, and the Insect Race swarms, then warned Chen Ning to leave the Nine Provinces Realm.
• Chen Ning reforged the Heaven-Slaying Sword, entrusted the Dragon-Seeking Sect and Spirit Province to his allies, and shattered the world barrier with the White Dragon King’s help.
• Chen Ning, Hua Luo, and the demonic ape ascended Beyond the Heavens, where Chen Ning completed his quest and encountered Sikong Xue in Cangxuan Domain.
• Chen Ning killed the Yellow Sand Lord after questioning him about the Vast Land, then Sikong Xue agreed to guide Chen Ning and help arrange identities for him and Hua Luo.
• Sikong Xue took Chen Ning and Hua Luo to the Setting Sun Chamber of Commerce, where she chose preserved identity tokens for them before hurrying after Elder Duan.

Chen Ning obtained the Heaven-Draping Azure, avenged Sikong Xue’s family, and left Lone Smoke City after forcing the Mo Clan to submit. In Brocade Zither City, he entered Nalan Yao’s husband-selection contest and stepped forward to challenge Old Freak Huai after learning that his music stole listeners’ vitality.

• Chen Ning defeated Yuan Ming and the other challengers, claimed the Heaven-Draping Azure, then returned to Lone Smoke City, where Han Qianren poisoned him through Sikong Xue’s food.
• Chen Ning revealed that he had anticipated Sikong Xue’s coercion, killed Han Qianren, and avenged her family before forcing the Mo Clan to submit to him.
• Chen Ning learned from Chu Xuanyuan about the Darkness God Clan, advanced to the Saint realm, and set out for Brocade Zither City to find a Dragon-Seeking Sect member.
• Chen Ning entered Brocade Zither City with a little monk and the demonic ape after the monk offered to help if the Shi Household sought revenge.
• Nalan Yao announced that the suitor whose music made the Divine Scholar Tree Sapling grow the most would become her husband, and Old Freak Huai’s performance outdid the other contestants.
• Chen Ning and the little monk exposed Old Freak Huai’s music for stealing listeners’ vitality, and Nalan Yao asked Chen Ning to help her avoid marrying him.
• Chen Ning stepped forward, examined the divine locust sapling, and produced his Dazzling Suona.

Chen Ning reunites the founder’s scattered followers, secures their help, and gains the Star Soul Cauldron while confronting the Darkness God Clan’s interest in him. At Yellow Dragon Island, he obtains the Wind-Chanting Immortal Zither and refuses to surrender it as the Red Scorpion Clan attacks.

• Chen Ning agreed to reunite So Close Yet Worlds Apart, and Sui Qingshan, Bai Ziyu, Old Man Yang, Xue Rang, Ding Erliang, and Nalan Yao gathered around him after Sui Qingshan and Bai Ziyu defeated Xu Beifeng’s attackers.
• Chen Ning arranged for the members to each complete a task for him in exchange for the method of becoming a god, and Old Man Yang stayed to protect him and offered to retrieve the Star Soul Cauldron.
• At Ding-Seeking City, Old Man Yang confronted Dongfang He over the cauldron, then revealed his Furnace Hellhound form and Purgatory Fire and destroyed the Dongfang Aristocratic Clan.
• Chen Ning killed Ximen Chuan after he threatened Huang Yuehua and Hua Luo, and the Ximen family head surrendered the Star Soul Cauldron rather than face Old Man Yang.
• Chen Ning absorbed the Star Soul Essence and reached the Saint Realm Middle Stage, while a bamboo scroll from the founding ancestor helped Old Man Yang control his taboo ability.
• The Blazing Star Lord learned Chen Ning had used the Darkness Divine Mark and set out to capture him, while Ximen Longyuan joined the pursuit to kill Chen Ning himself.
• At Yellow Dragon Island, Nalan Yao broke a cave’s time restriction, and Chen Ning found the Wind-Chanting Immortal Zither and a heavenly pearl in its stone chests.
• Luo Wuchen asked Chen Ning for the zither, but Chen Ning refused to give it up, and the Red Scorpion Clan attacked as Old Man Yang, Nalan Yao, Hua Luo, and the demonic ape prepared to fight.