Chapter Summaries

Chen Ning welcomed the Nine Li Demon Race into the Dragon-Seeking Sect and learned from Turtle Immortal Venerable that the sect’s founding patriarch had left an item in the Heaven-Burying Ancient Land. After completing the Recruitment quest, Chen Ning received a powerful sect-protecting array.

• Chen Ning reassured A Yao as she struggled with the responsibility of leading the Nine Li Demon Race.
• Green Snake King brought Turtle Immortal Venerable to meet Chen Ning, and the old turtle revealed that the founding patriarch had entrusted him with a message for a Dragon-Seeking Sect descendant.
• Turtle Immortal Venerable told Chen Ning that the founding patriarch’s item was in the Heaven-Burying Ancient Land.
• Chen Ning received the Divine Abyss Soul-Annihilating Array as the reward for completing the Recruitment quest.

Chen Ning entered Heaven-Burying Ancient Land and followed three men sent on an assignment for the Divine Lord toward the southeast. After they described the land’s terrifying illusions, he encountered a beautiful, unclothed maiden in the wilderness.

• Chen Ning concealed himself as three old men arrived at the boundary and entered Heaven-Burying Ancient Land.
• Chen Ning followed the old men into the ancient land and found himself unaffected by its dangers, unlike them.
• The old men endured visions that attacked their deepest fears and sensed their target to the southeast.
• Chen Ning raced ahead toward the southeast, hoping to reach the first sect master's token before the old men.
• After traveling several hundred li, Chen Ning saw a beautiful, unclothed maiden who turned to face him.

Chen Ning met a mysterious girl in the Heaven-Burying Ancient Land who had created its illusions but remembered nothing about herself. She led him to the object he sought, only for three Asura Divine Sect elders to arrive and confront him.

• Chen Ning gave the barefoot girl a dress and learned she created the illusions that plagued visitors to the ancient land.
• The girl said she had forgotten her name and origins, but remembered that an old man had left a strange object there.
• Chen Ning promised to help uncover her past if she showed him where the object was, and she dug up a yellow-cloth bundle from beneath his feet.
• Chen Ning realized the girl had known the object's location all along, but before he could inspect it, three Asura Divine Sect elders appeared.
• The one-eyed elder recognized Chen Ning, and another elder demanded that he leave or stay while they handled their business.

Chen Ning obtained the founding sect leader’s token and received the Power of the Void and a cultivation breakthrough, but the breakthrough left him unable to move as the Asura Divine Sect elders confronted him and the mysterious girl. The girl protected Chen Ning from their attack, declaring that anyone who hurt him was her enemy.

• The three Asura Divine Sect elders identified the mysterious girl as their target and refused to let Chen Ning take her away.
• Chen Ning decided to stand by the girl after the system rewarded him for obtaining the founding sect leader’s token.
• The system’s cultivation breakthrough began, leaving Chen Ning unable to move as he advanced from Nine-Star Martial Venerable toward the Heaven Martial Realm.
• The able-bodied elder formed an Essence Qi sword and stabbed at Chen Ning while he was immobilized.
• The mysterious girl caught and crushed the sword with her bare hand, then told the elders that Chen Ning had promised to help her and they could not hurt him.

The three Asura Divine Sect elders attacked Chen Ning and the mysterious girl while Chen Ning was breaking through, but the girl overwhelmed them with her strange strength and ability to copy attacks. One elder died and another lost both legs as the surviving elder fled with him, leaving the girl standing blankly in the Heaven-Burying Ancient Land.

• The elders split their attack, sending the skull-robed elder after Chen Ning while the other two targeted the mysterious girl.
• The girl knocked the skull-robed elder aside and blocked the able-bodied elder's Sword Qi with her arms, astonishing the elders with her defenses and lack of response to spiritual suppression.
• The able-bodied elder unleashed Eight-Direction Sword Rain, and the one-eyed elder summoned two Heaven Martial Realm Soul Puppets to wear the girl down.
• The girl copied the able-bodied elder's Sword Qi, cutting both Soul Puppets in half and sending further sword strikes at the elders.
• The girl's Sword Qi killed the skull-robed elder and severed both of the one-eyed elder's legs, so the surviving elder carried him away while the girl made no attempt to pursue.

Chen Ning advanced to the Heaven Martial Realm, claimed the Power of the Void, and named the mysterious girl Hua Luo before deciding to bring her to the Dragon-Seeking Sect. Meanwhile, the Sword Heavenly Venerable reported his failure to the Asura Divine Lord, who revealed that the Divine Sect’s grand plan was nearing completion.

• Chen Ning absorbed the Worldly Qi surging through the Heaven-Burying Ancient Land and advanced to the Heaven Martial Realm First Stage.
• Chen Ning looted the slain elder, obtained the legendary-grade Power of the Void, and found a blank Jade Slip inside the yellow cloth.
• The mysterious girl insisted on accompanying Chen Ning, and he decided to take her to the Dragon-Seeking Sect for her safety.
• Chen Ning named the girl Hua Luo after the rare fabric of her dress, and she accepted the name.
• The Sword Heavenly Venerable returned to the Asura Divine Sect and reported that he had failed to capture the woman but had encountered Chen Ning in the forbidden land.
• The Asura Divine Lord dismissed the failure and hinted that the Divine Sect’s grand plan was close to completion.

Chen Ning returned to Azure Cloud Mountain with Hua Luo, welcomed her as a Dragon-Seeking Sect Attendant, and received an invitation from the Yin-Yang Holy Land to refine an immortal pill. After granting the elders access to the sect-protecting array, he entered the Jade Slip and met the first sect leader’s Divine Sense.

• Chen Ning introduced Hua Luo as a Heavenly Martial expert and appointed her an Attendant of the Dragon-Seeking Sect, then arranged for her to stay beside his courtyard.
• Cang Yue told Chen Ning that the Yin-Yang Holy Land had invited him to refine an immortal pill, and he realized Senior Mu had recommended him.
• Chen Ning linked Cang Yue, the Third Elder, and Lin Xiaotian to the Divine Abyss Soul-Annihilating Array so they could activate the sect’s protective formation.
• Chen Ning entered the Jade Slip with his Divine Sense and encountered the first sect leader, who was amazed that the Dragon-Seeking Sect had survived to its ninth generation.

Chen Ning met the first sect master inside the Jade Slip, learned he was still alive somewhere beyond a blinding light, and received the Immoral Scripture. After returning from the Jade Slip, Chen Ning found Hua Luo waiting and saying she was hungry.

• The first sect master stopped Chen Ning from leaving and revealed that the rumor of a secret treasure had been fabricated.
• The first sect master told Chen Ning he was not dead and challenged him to see what lay beyond a dazzling light once he became strong enough.
• The first sect master refused to answer Chen Ning's questions or teach him more until he could see beyond the light, but then passed on the Immoral Scripture.
• Chen Ning learned the Immoral Scripture trained its user to attack enemies with cutting words and thanked the first sect master.
• Chen Ning left the Jade Slip and found Hua Luo waiting for him; Hua Luo told him she was hungry.

Chen Ning brought Hua Luo to the Yin-Yang Holy Land, where its leaders asked him to refine a Spirit-Awakening Pill to help their patriarch recover his fading memories. The patriarch’s condition reminded Chen Ning of Hua Luo’s own lost memories, leaving him eager to learn whether the two cases were connected.

• Hua Luo asked Chen Ning for a divine fruit, and he gave her his last Nirvana Divine Fruit.
• Chen Ning told Hua Luo he was going to the Yin-Yang Holy Land, but she insisted on accompanying him so he could handle her matter.
• Chen Ning and Hua Luo arrived at the Yin-Yang Holy Land, where Holy Lords Qingfeng and Qinghe welcomed them.
• Qingfeng explained that the patriarch had awakened with lost memories and had forgotten the Yin-Yang Holy Land and his grand-disciples.
• Qinghe asked Chen Ning to refine a Spirit-Awakening Pill that could cleanse the soul and awaken a person's true self.

Chen Ning met Wangyou Saint, the amnesiac Ancestor of the Yin-Yang Holy Land, whose damaged Dao heart threatened to drive him into demonic madness. After Hua Luo calmed him and convinced him Chen Ning could help restore his memories, Wangyou Saint agreed to take medicine Chen Ning would refine.

• Holy Lords Qingfeng and Qinghe told Chen Ning that Wangyou Saint's memory loss had damaged his Dao heart and asked him to refine a Spirit-Awakening Pill.
• Holy Lord Qingfeng led Chen Ning and Hua Luo to meet Wangyou Saint, who demanded to know who he was and grew furious when the Holy Lords could not answer.
• Wangyou Saint attacked with the Power of the Void, and Holy Lords Qinghe and Qingfeng used the Dragon-Locking Diagram to seal him.
• Chen Ning warned that forcing Wangyou Saint further could make him fall into demonic madness, so the Holy Lords withdrew the seal.
• Hua Luo told Wangyou Saint that Chen Ning could refine medicine to restore their memories, and Wangyou Saint calmed down and asked Chen Ning to make it.

Chen Ning revealed that Wangyou Saint’s lost memories were caused by a Demon Seed and refined a Spirit-Awakening Pill to remove it. As the Holy Lords carried the pill to their patriarch, Chen Ning began making another for Hua Luo, while Feng Moxiu waited for his scheme to force the Yin-Yang Holy Land to seek his help.

• Chen Ning told the Yin-Yang Holy Lords that Wangyou Saint’s soul contained a Demon Seed from the Demon Battle Saint Sect.
• Holy Lord Qinghe and Holy Lord Qingfeng explained that Feng Moxiu had offered to cure Wangyou Saint in exchange for a suspicious condition.
• Chen Ning assured the Holy Lords that the Spirit-Awakening Pill could cleanse Wangyou Saint’s soul and remove the Demon Seed.
• Chen Ning refined the pill, endured its heavenly lightning, and handed it to the grateful Holy Lords, who hurried to the patriarch.
• Chen Ning began refining a second pill for Hua Luo, while Feng Moxiu waited for the Yin-Yang Holy Land to come begging for his help.

Wangyou Saint recovered his memories, but the Spirit-Awakening Pill failed to restore Hua Luo's. After rewarding Hua Luo and promising Chen Ning a favor, Wangyou Saint confronted Old Monster Asura over the scheme against him, while the Asura Divine Sect moved to advance its plans and abandon the Demon Battle Saint Sect.

• Wangyou Saint recovered his memories after swallowing Chen Ning's Spirit-Awakening Pill and thanked him for his help.
• Hua Luo swallowed a second Spirit-Awakening Pill, but she showed no change; Wangyou Saint gave her illusory annihilation dark gold and promised Chen Ning that he would do one thing for him.
• Wangyou Saint ordered Qingfeng and Qinghe to bring the Demon Battle Saint Sect a great gift in retaliation for the scheme against him.
• Wangyou Saint confronted Old Monster Asura, who admitted breaking the rules and gave him a Saint-Replenishing Stone as compensation.
• After Wangyou Saint left, Old Monster Asura ordered the Asura Divine Lord to speed up the Divine Sect's grand plan and abandon the Demon Battle Saint Sect.

After the Yin-Yang Holy Land forced the Demon Battle Saint Sect to surrender half its territory, Feng Moxiu blamed Chen Ning and sent the Three Sha of the Demon Land to attack the Dragon-Seeking Sect. Eighth Elder Lin Xiaotian killed all three with the Divine Abyss Soul-Annihilating Array, leaving him impressed by its power.

• The Yin-Yang Holy Land defeated the Demon Battle Saint Sect, and Heavenly Lake mediated a settlement in which Feng Moxiu ceded half the sect's territory.
• Feng Moxiu learned Chen Ning had refined the Spirit-Awakening Pill that restored the Wangyou Saint's memories and vowed revenge.
• Feng Moxiu ordered the great elder to send the Three Sha of the Demon Land to damage the Dragon-Seeking Sect.
• The Three Sha approached Azure Cloud Mountain in secret, but Eighth Elder Lin Xiaotian spotted them at the sect gate.
• Lin Xiaotian used the Divine Abyss Soul-Annihilating Array to kill all three attackers and marveled at its power.

Cang Yue left the Dragon-Seeking Sect for Spirit Province, unaware that Chen Ning had followed her to observe a system mission that forbade him from interfering. She met the Yan Emperor and Lin Yuan, who demanded she seize an opportunity to redeem herself, leaving her caught between her family’s demands and her ties to the sect.

• Cang Yue asked Chen Ning to return to Spirit Province, and he gave her the Space Scepter after a system mission instructed him not to interfere with her choice.
• Chen Ning and Hua Luo traveled secretly to Spirit Province, where Chen Ning also planned to visit Su Ling'er, the Sword Immortal, and the old Wine Maniac.
• Feng Moxiu learned that the Three Sha of the Demon Land had been killed, and the losses left the Demon Battle Saint Sect with only two Heavenly Martial Realm experts, including him.
• Cang Yue secretly met the Yan Emperor, who accused her of failing to obtain the Dragon-Seeking Sect's secret treasure and used her mother, Consort Xuan, to pressure her.
• The Yan Emperor summoned Lin Yuan, who revealed that he knew Cang Yue had been a spy.

Cang Yue was ordered by the Yan Emperor and Lin Yuan to erase Su Ling'er’s soul in exchange for her mother’s release, forcing her to choose between her family and the Dragon-Seeking Sect. When the Yan Emperor revealed that her mother had died long ago, Cang Yue erupted in fury.

• Lin Yuan revealed that Su Ling'er was being held in his spatial Spirit Artifact and proposed possessing her to control the Dragon-Seeking Sect in Spirit Province.
• The Yan Emperor told Cang Yue to erase Su Linger's soul, promising to release her mother in return.
• Cang Yue demanded that the Yan Emperor release her mother first and threatened to expose their plan if he refused.
• Lin Yuan agreed to her condition, but the Yan Emperor admitted that Cang Yue's mother had died long ago.
• Cang Yue's eyes turned red as scorching flames surged around her.

Cang Yue tried to help Su Ling'er escape after suspecting the Yan Emperor had killed her mother, but the Yan Emperor revealed his Heaven Martial Realm cultivation and trapped them both. Chen Ning arrived in time to stop Cang Yue from destroying herself, then confronted Lin Yuan and the Yan Emperor.

• Cang Yue used her Heaven Martial Realm might to hold Lin Yuan back while Su Ling'er fled, hoping she could bring Chen Ning back to save her.
• The Yan Emperor revealed that he had reached the Heaven Martial Realm and immobilized Su Ling'er, explaining that he wanted the Dragon-Seeking Sect's secret treasure to make the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty a superpower.
• Cang Yue tried to destroy her body and cultivation rather than let Lin Yuan seize her, but an unknown power of frost extinguished her flames.
• Chen Ning appeared and revealed that he had entered the palace after the system notified him of Cang Yue's choice.
• The Yan Emperor and Lin Yuan prepared to join forces against Chen Ning, who provoked Lin Yuan enough to nearly disrupt his composure.

Chen Ning used the supposed Dragon-Seeking Sect secret treasure and his Bewitch Hearts Divine Ability to manipulate the Yan Emperor and Lin Yuan into fighting for his favor. The Yan Emperor was left near death, while Lin Yuan claimed victory and demanded the promised power.

• Chen Ning demanded that the Yan Emperor and Lin Yuan atone with their lives, then faced their joint attack.
• Chen Ning absorbed their assault with the Power of Space, and the two men mistook his ability for the Dragon-Seeking Sect's secret treasure.
• Chen Ning bewitched them with promises of a share of the treasure's power and a chance to follow him to Central Province.
• The Yan Emperor stabbed Lin Yuan in the ribs to prove himself worthy, but Lin Yuan defeated him despite his injuries.
• Lin Yuan, badly hurt but victorious, told Chen Ning that he had earned the secret treasure's power.

Chen Ning defeated Lin Yuan and the Yan Emperor, allowing Cang Yue to avenge her mother and reclaim her resolve. Lin Yuan revealed the old sect leader's ties to the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, then Chen Ning spared him but confined him in the Heaven-Swallowing Bag; Cang Yue remained with her master as the mission rewards began arriving.

• Chen Ning used Bewitch Hearts to make Lin Yuan kneel, and Lin Yuan realized his meridians had been shattered and he was dying.
• The Yan Emperor confessed that Cang Yue's mother, Consort Xuan, had taken her own life after he imprisoned her, and Cang Yue killed him.
• Chen Ning healed Lin Yuan enough to preserve his life, and Lin Yuan revealed that the eighth-generation sect leader had been close to the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord and had traveled with him to Central Province.
• Chen Ning honored his promise to spare Lin Yuan's life but confined him in the Heaven-Swallowing Bag.
• Cang Yue struggled to face Chen Ning after deceiving him, but Chen Ning gently reaffirmed that she was still his disciple, and the mission rewards began arriving.

After Cang Yue completed her choice, Chen Ning received rewards that strengthened his cultivation, the Feipeng Battle Robe, and the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s ability to forge Spirit Artifacts. The sect-wide advancement took effect across several regions, leaving Xiao Mei on the verge of a breakthrough as her army faced the Prison Devil King.

• Chen Ning enhanced the Feipeng Battle Robe, giving it a chance to reflect attacks at three times their power, and advanced to the Third Heaven of the Heavenly Martial Realm.
• Chen Ning received the Holy Armament Pavilion, which could forge Spirit Artifacts, and learned that all Dragon-Seeking Sect members would advance by one minor realm.
• Dragon-Seeking Sect disciples broke through together in the Peach Blossom Spring Mountain Range and bowed toward Chen Ning in gratitude.
• The Bear King and Monkey King broke through in the heartland of the Nine Li Demon Race.
• During the Prison Devil King’s assault on Xiao Mei’s forces, Ren Tiankuang broke through to the Heaven Martial Realm Third Layer, while Xiao Mei began advancing toward the Heavenly Martial Realm.

Ren Tiankuang and the new Devil Emperor won a major battle against the Prison Devil King, while Bai Qingluo received Chen Ning’s summons and traveled to Spirit Province. Chen Ning installed her as ruler of the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty, tasking her with competing against the other provinces’ dynasties ahead of an upcoming grand gathering.

• Ren Tiankuang broke through during his fight with the Prison Devil King, and Xiao Mei entered the Heaven Martial Realm and killed three Devil Venerables, forcing the Prison Devil King to retreat after losing an arm.
• Ren Tiankuang praised his decision to join the Dragon-Seeking Sect, while the Dark Devil King suspected the sect had enabled their breakthroughs.
• Bai Qingluo’s forces made Desolate Wind City prosperous, and she used Old Master Wine Maniac to punish an orc tribe and deter potential troublemakers.
• Bai Qingluo received a letter from Young Master Chen inviting her to Spirit Province, then set out with Old Master Wine Maniac.
• Chen Ning placed Bai Qingluo on the throne of the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty and told her to contend with the dynasties of the other eight provinces.