Chapter Summaries

Chen Ning sealed the insect eggs beneath Black Cloud Mountain Range, then prepared to use the Heaven-Stealing Ghost Hand’s stolen essence to track and destroy the remaining insects across Spirit Province. He began refining the Blood God Whip for the energy he needed, and persuaded its remnant souls to disappear.

• Chen Ning and Xiao Mei reached the insect eggs beneath Black Cloud Mountain Range, where Chen Ning used the Heaven-Sealing Instruction to seal them away.
• Chen Ning gave Xiao Mei a Realm-Breaking Pill in recognition of her efforts.
• Chen Ning revealed that he would refine the Blood God Whip to power the Eight Desolations Sacred Heart Instruction and eliminate the insects still rampaging through Spirit Province.
• Chen Ning used the Qilin Profound Fire to refine the Blood God Whip, but its remnant souls resisted.
• Chen Ning put on the [Rookie Sect Leader] title and persuaded the remnant souls to vanish.

Chen Ning seized control of the insect eggs and ended the plague devastating Spirit Province, then recovered with Xiao Mei’s help. After returning to the Dragon-Seeking Sect, he learned that several people had died, and icy killing intent filled his eyes.

• Chen Ning wiped away Venerable Insect’s control of the insect eggs, causing Venerable Insect to lose his connection and flee toward Martial Province with his disciples.
• The insect swarm stopped and fell dead across Spirit Province, including the Great Yan Imperial Capital, while Su Ling'er and Ling Xiaoxiao realized Chen Ning had saved them.
• Xiao Mei transferred her source True Qi to Chen Ning, sacrificing a level of cultivation to help him recover.
• News of the plague’s end spread through Spirit Province, and the Heaven-Praying Hall Master and Poison Venerable were alarmed that Chen Ning had ended the calamity.
• Chen Ning and Xiao Mei returned to the Dragon-Seeking Sect, where Chen Ning discovered disciples mourning the dead and reacted with icy killing intent.

Chen Ning confronted Di Qiu for failing to activate the sect-guarding formation, which led to six disciples' deaths and many injuries. After Di Qiu revealed his ties to the Supreme Elder and tried to flee, Chen Ning exposed him as an undercover agent and showed that he had reached Five-Star Martial Venerable.

• Chen Ning learned that Di Qiu had left the sect-guarding formation inactive while drinking, resulting in six deaths and over a hundred injuries.
• Di Qiu dismissed the deaths and threatened Chen Ning with the Supreme Elder's influence.
• Chen Ning rejected Di Qiu's demand for an elders' meeting and revealed that Di Qiu had infiltrated the Dragon-Seeking Sect from the Profound Yang Sect sixty years earlier.
• Di Qiu tried to escape, and Lin Xiaotian attempted to stop him, but Di Qiu broke his Essence Power chain.
• Chen Ning's presence revealed that he had also reached Five-Star Martial Venerable, leaving Di Qiu stunned.

Chen Ning killed Di Qiu after the fourth elder transformed into a half-devil and attacked, then bound Lin Xiaotian to him with the Book of Contracts. As news of the turmoil reached the True Martial Saint Sect, hostile void warships appeared over eastern Martial Province, leaving the Holy Lord and Venerable Insect wondering if Chen Ning had truly come to attack.

• Di Qiu used Mystic Devil Transformation and struck at Chen Ning, but Lin Xiaotian rushed in and was badly injured by the blow.
• Chen Ning used the Power of Plunder to pull Di Qiu's heart from his body and killed him when he begged for mercy.
• Chen Ning reassured Lin Xiaotian by having him swear loyalty through the Book of Contracts.
• The Dragon-Seeking Sect's disciples heard of Di Qiu's execution and revered Chen Ning even more.
• The True Martial Holy Lord questioned Venerable Insect about Chen Ning's threat to destroy the True Martial Saint Sect.
• A messenger reported hostile void warships above eastern Martial Province, prompting the Holy Lord and Venerable Insect to suspect Chen Ning had attacked.

Chen Ning led the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s fleet to the True Martial Saint Sect to avenge Spirit Province and reclaim its resources. As the fleets faced off near Jade Saint Peak, he rejected the True Martial Saint Sect’s demand for an apology and declared he would force his way in.

• More than a hundred void warships crossed Martial Province toward the True Martial Saint Sect, alarming the Great Zhou Dynasty’s ruler and Prince He.
• Chen Ning told Su Ling'er and Cang Yue that the battle was near, and said the Sword Immortal would face one of the True Martial Saint Sect’s two Heaven Martial Realm experts.
• Chen Ning spoke with Meng Yuyi on the deck, and she blushed when he teased her about being attracted to him.
• The Dragon-Seeking Sect’s fleet reached the True Martial Saint Sect’s territory, where Venerable Insect confronted Chen Ning and revealed his hatred over the damage Chen Ning had done to him.
• A red-armored Martial Venerable demanded that Chen Ning withdraw and offer two High-Grade Spirit Artifacts as an apology.
• Chen Ning refused the demand and announced that he would first clean house on the True Martial Saint Sect’s holy lord’s behalf.

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.