Chapter Summaries

Chen Ning defeated Zhou Ye’s men outside the Marquis Manor and demanded that Zhou Ye’s master appear. The Yan Emperor revealed himself, and Zhou Ye faced the consequences of acting on the eldest prince’s secret orders.

• The Marquis watched Chen Ning leave the manor and realized the attackers had not fought their way inside.
• Chen Ning killed more than a dozen attackers and let their surviving leader go with a message to bring his master.
• Zhou Ye arrived with armored soldiers, accused Chen Ning of killing his men, and implied the Yan Emperor stood behind him.
• Xiao Yuan removed his mask and revealed himself as the Yan Emperor, causing the soldiers to kneel and Zhou Ye to fall from his horse.
• The Yan Emperor rebuked Zhou Ye over the eldest prince’s attempt to seize military authority, and a hidden royal powerhouse stopped Zhou Ye from striking himself.

Chen Ning secured the Yan Emperor’s favor, then enjoyed the imperial palace while seeking greater strength. Cang Yue visited him and offered to let him experience True Essence Power, believing her master’s trust might be connected to the secret behind his disciples’ cultivation growth.

• The Yan Emperor apologized to Chen Ning, who promised to send him a Life-Continuing Golden Pill, and the matter between them was settled.
• The Yan Emperor confined the First Prince to the palace and granted the Thief God the title of Marquis Who Guards the North, stirring the imperial court.
• Chen Ning stayed in the palace with permission to go anywhere, checked his status, and resolved to grow stronger.
• Cang Yue entered Chen Ning’s room while Ying Wu stood guard, and Chen Ning feared she would make him spend another uncomfortable night with her.
• Cang Yue offered Chen Ning her True Essence Power and reflected that earning his approval or trust might explain how his disciples’ cultivation had improved.

Chen Ning experienced Cang Yue’s True Essence Power and advanced to the Earth Martial Realm First Heaven. After returning to the sect, he encountered Meng Yuyi and accepted a mission requiring the two of them to travel alone to the Void Forbidden Land.

• Cang Yue lowered her defenses, allowing Chen Ning to experience her True Essence Power, and he broke through to the Earth Martial Realm First Heaven.
• Cang Yue stayed in Chen Ning’s room overnight to protect him in the Great Yan imperial palace.
• Chen Ning returned to the sect with Cang Yue and Su Ling'er, then learned that a woman in white had repeatedly appeared near his residence.
• Chen Ning found Meng Yuyi waiting at his courtyard, and Su Ling'er identified her as the second elder.
• Chen Ning accepted the Void Forbidden Land mission to accompany Meng Yuyi alone and obtain a seven-colored vine to dispel the effects of her Extreme Cold Spirit Body.

Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi entered the Void Forbidden Land to find the seven-colored vine and discovered the entrance to the Void Secret Realm. After learning its rules would restrict cultivation to the Earth Martial Realm, they entered first, prompting the waiting group to follow.

• Meng Yuyi apologized to Chen Ning for her earlier offense, and Chen Ning asked her to accompany him to southern Spirit Province; she agreed.
• Two days later, Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi traveled through the Void Forbidden Land, protected themselves from its deadly lightning, and searched for the seven-colored vine.
• The system directed Chen Ning to locate the entrance to the Void Secret Realm, and he found several people gathered at a hollow in an ancient tree.
• The system identified the secret realm as one created by a Devil Race expert in High Antiquity and revealed that its rules would restrict everyone’s cultivation to the Earth Martial Realm.
• Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi entered the hollow, and the black-robed old man decided that his group should follow them inside.

Chen Ning, Meng Yuyi, and the black-robed elder encountered the Nie brothers in the secret realm, where a stone-wall puzzle guarded the way to a supposed treasure. The elder’s clever-seeming answer triggered a violent backlash, leaving one attempt remaining.

• The group entered the secret realm and discovered that its rules had restricted their cultivation to the Earth Martial Realm.
• Nie Kuang threatened the newcomers, but Nie Liu proposed letting them try the stone-wall puzzle instead of fighting.
• Nie Liu explained that the puzzle asked how three people could fairly share two steamed buns with one cut, and that only two attempts remained.
• The black-robed elder cut down one of the three human-shaped phantoms, reasoning that the two remaining people could each take one bun.
• The stone wall erupted with crimson Primordial Qi, injuring the black-robed elder, and its remaining-attempt marker changed from [Two] to [One].

Chen Ning solved the stone wall’s array by cutting down all three illusory figures, opening a cave behind it. Nie Liu then reneged on his promise to spare the others and began a three-breath countdown as the black-robed elder and his disciples fled.

• Chen Ning recalled that the secret realm had been created by a mighty Devil Race expert and struck all three illusory figures, causing the stone wall to split open.
• Nie Liu praised Chen Ning for solving the array, then gave the black-robed elder and his disciples only three breaths to escape before Nie Kuang attacked.
• The black-robed elder grabbed two disciples and fled while the others rushed toward the secret realm’s entrance.
• Nie Liu counted down to two, keeping his gaze on Chen Ning and the white-clad figure beside him because he considered Chen Ning a future threat.

Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi entered the cave in search of the Seven-Colored Vine, where an eighth-tier Troll Spider ambushed them. With her cultivation suppressed, Meng Yuyi chose to face the beast alone so Chen Ning could escape.

• Meng Yuyi killed Nie Kuang and the Third Nie Brother with Sword Qi, while Nie Liu fled into the cave.
• He Changming thanked Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi for saving him, then followed them into the cave with his surviving disciples.
• Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi found the Seven-Colored Vine, but a Troll Spider attacked Chen Ning and forced him to use a Protective Talisman.
• Meng Yuyi realized her suppressed cultivation might not be enough to defeat the Troll Spider and told Chen Ning to leave while she held it off.

Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi fought the Troll Spider until Little Black Dragon’s bloodline suppression let Chen Ning kill it. Chen Ning gave Meng Yuyi the seven-colored vine to cure her Extreme Cold Spirit Body, and she recognized the legendary plant.

• Meng Yuyi attacked the Troll Spider with ice and sword intent while Chen Ning tried to draw it away with arrows from the Heaven-Slaying Bow.
• Little Black Dragon’s dragon cry made the Troll Spider flee, and his bloodline pressure immobilized it as Chen Ning burned it to death with the Fire God Seal.
• Chen Ning collected the Troll Spider’s beast bones and let Little Black Dragon eat its beast soul.
• Chen Ning picked the seven-colored vine and handed it to Meng Yuyi to fulfill his mission.
• Meng Yuyi recognized the seven-colored vine as the rare plant that could eradicate the negative effects of her Extreme Cold Spirit Body.

Chen Ning gave Meng Yuyi a Seven-Colored Vine, and she began refining it to cure her Extreme Cold Spirit Body. Elsewhere in the cave, Nie Liu inherited the Void Devil Scripture, rose to the sixth level of the Earth Martial Realm, and took control of the secret realm; as the ground shook, Chen Ning watched over Meng Yuyi.

• Chen Ning urged Meng Yuyi to consume the Seven-Colored Vine, and she accepted it and began refining its power behind a barrier.
• Nie Liu reached an ancient coffin and received the Void Devil Venerable’s inheritance, enduring a painful transformation fueled by hatred for Chen Ning.
• Nie Liu rose three levels to the sixth level of the Earth Martial Realm, gained hundreds of devil soldiers, and became master of the secret realm.
• Chen Ning waited while Meng Yuyi refined the vine and practiced inscribing talismans.
• The cave ground began shaking, and Chen Ning looked toward Meng Yuyi to make sure her refinement was not interrupted.

Chen Ning fought Nie Liu and his endless Shadow Demon Soldiers while guarding Meng Yuyi as she refined the Seven-Colored Vine. Chen Ning struck Nie Liu with One Finger Destroys Demons and Evils, but Nie Liu survived and turned the cave's poisonous creatures and traps against him.

• Nie Liu returned in a demonic form and threatened Chen Ning, who blamed him for betraying his brothers and causing their deaths.
• Nie Liu summoned Shadow Demon Soldiers, and Chen Ning guarded Meng Yuyi's barrier while fighting them with his Fire God Seal and talismans.
• Nie Liu suppressed the ambient Qi to counter Chen Ning's Qi-Gathering Talisman, while Meng Yuyi continued refining the Seven-Colored Vine and worried over Chen Ning.
• Chen Ning used Heaven-Stealing Ghost Hand to steal Essence Power from the demon soldiers, then unleashed One Finger Destroys Demons and Evils against Nie Liu.
• Nie Liu was injured by Chen Ning's attack, then animated the cave's poisonous creatures and traps to continue the fight.

Chen Ning defeated Nie Liu with the Star-Picking Finger and protected Meng Yuyi until she refined the seven-colored vine. He received powerful quest rewards, while Meng Yuyi promised to grant him three requests.

• Chen Ning used the Second Finger Twists the Stars to destroy the poisonous things and traps, then struck Nie Liu with the Third Finger Disrupts Ghosts and Gods.
• Nie Liu died, leaving behind a copy of the Void Devil Scripture, while Chen Ning was left drained of Essence Power.
• Meng Yuyi broke out of the barrier after refining the seven-colored vine and eased Chen Ning's exhaustion with her icy True Essence Power.
• Chen Ning completed Meng Yuyi's main quest and received three cultivation levels, the Blood God Whip, the Exquisite Sword Heart, and the Devil Subduer title.
• Meng Yuyi thanked Chen Ning and promised to fulfill three requests, whether righteous or evil.

Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi recovered at the Wind and Cloud Sect after the black-robed elder brought them there, while the sect faced destruction by the Heavenly Extremity Pavilion. Murong Yue and Elder He chose to resist rather than abandon the sect’s ordinary disciples, and an attack seemed imminent.

• Chen Ning let Meng Yuyi support him as they followed the black-robed elder to the Wind and Cloud Sect.
• The black-robed elder returned with Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi, then arranged a quiet place for them to rest.
• Elder He offered Murong Yue the gold he had recovered, but learned that the Heavenly Extremity Pavilion would accept only the sect’s submission.
• Murong Yue told Elder He that Dongfang Shao would spare the elites who joined the Heavenly Extremity Pavilion but kill the ordinary disciples.
• Elder He and Murong Yue agreed that the Wind and Cloud Sect should resist, and Murong Yue warned that the attack could come within days.

Chen Ning fused with the Exquisite Sword Heart, gaining powerful sword intent and advancing to the Earth Martial Realm Fourth Heaven. When Meng Yuyi was overwhelmed by the Seven-Colored Vine’s medicinal power, they transferred it to him mouth to mouth, then spent the night together; she had left by dawn.

• Chen Ning completed his fusion with the Exquisite Sword Heart, comprehended Sword Dao True Intention, and refined sword-infused True Essence Power.
• Chen Ning realized his cultivation had reached the Earth Martial Realm Fourth Heaven and reflected on the strength of the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s spies.
• Meng Yuyi’s body was overwhelmed by the Seven-Colored Vine’s medicinal power, and Chen Ning failed to draw it out with Heaven-Stealing Ghost Hand because her protective True Essence blocked him.
• Chen Ning thought of transferring the medicinal power to himself mouth to mouth, and Meng Yuyi lunged at him and kissed him before he could act.
• Meng Yuyi recovered as Chen Ning refined the transferred medicinal power, and the two fell asleep in the same bed.
• Chen Ning woke at dawn to find Meng Yuyi gone and guessed she had left out of shyness.

Meng Yuyi struggled with her growing feelings for Chen Ning while Murong Yue secretly plotted to claim her. After Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi recovered and set out to return to their sect, they found the Wind and Cloud Sect under attack, and Chen Ning intervened to save its disciples.

• Meng Yuyi reflected on her intimate encounter with Chen Ning and quietly wondered whether she had come to accept him.
• Murong Yue thanked Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi for saving the Wind and Cloud Sect's grand elder, then privately plotted to take Meng Yuyi for himself.
• Over two days of recovery, Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi grew more comfortable together, chatting through the hole between their rooms without discussing their intimate encounter.
• Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi left to return to their sect, but heard fighting and found black-clad martial artists slaughtering Wind and Cloud Sect disciples.
• Chen Ning killed an attacker, used Bewitch Hearts to turn the weapons of several black-clad martial artists against their own allies, and ordered the surviving disciples to flee.

Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi rescued Wind and Cloud Sect elders from Heavenly Extremity Pavilion attackers and headed for the main hall, where Dongfang Shao and the traitorous Murong Yue were preparing to seize the sect. A distress signal interrupted Dongfang Shao’s plans, and he suspected an unknown expert was interfering.

• Meng Yuyi froze the black-clad attackers, and the Wind and Cloud Sect elders told Chen Ning that Murong Yue had disabled the sect-protecting formation.
• Chen Ning learned that the grand elder and disciples were trapped in the main hall, recognized Dongfang Shao as the Heavenly Extremity Pavilion’s leader, and went with the elders to confront him.
• At the main hall, Murong Yue admitted that he had betrayed the sect for power and for Dongfang Shao’s help obtaining a woman, while the bound He Changming refused to cooperate.
• Dongfang Shao ordered Murong Yue to purge the sect, then prepared to kill He Changming after he rejected an offer to become branch master.
• Dongfang Shao received a distress signal from men pursuing escaped disciples and sent two subordinates to investigate after asking Murong Yue whether the sect had an expert in secluded cultivation.

Chen Ning confronted Dongfang Shao at the Wind and Cloud Sect and turned the Heavenly Extremity Pavilion leader’s excuse about a stolen treasure against him. Dongfang Shao called on a Martial Venerable from the Yama Holy Sect to help restrain Meng Yuyi as he prepared to capture Chen Ning.

• Meng Yuyi killed two Heavenly Extremity Pavilion protectors with a single strike, and Chen Ning arrived with his companions.
• Dongfang Shao claimed he had come to retrieve a stolen treasure, and Chen Ning agreed that demanding its return was reasonable.
• Murong Yue urged Dongfang Shao to seize a woman, so Dongfang Shao slapped him and warned him against provoking Chen Ning.
• Chen Ning declared the treasure returned and demanded that Dongfang Shao withdraw, but Dongfang Shao refused to abandon his attempt to take the Wind and Cloud Sect.
• Dongfang Shao summoned Venerable Huang of the Yama Holy Sect and asked him to restrain Meng Yuyi while he set his sights on capturing Chen Ning.

Chen Ning used Bewitch Hearts and a life-draining power to devastate the Heavenly Extremity Pavilion forces while Meng Yuyi fought three Martial Venerables. Murong Yue activated the Wind and Cloud Sect’s sect-protecting grand array, unleashing deadly storms that centered on Chen Ning.

• Venerable Huang called Dongfang Shao and another fighter to help him battle Meng Yuyi after she overwhelmed his palm attack.
• The Heavenly Extremity Pavilion’s forces charged Chen Ning, but his crimson gaze drove many of them to attack their own companions.
• A Heavenly Extremity Pavilion expert at the Earth Martial Fifth Level attacked Chen Ning, but his arm and Primordial Qi vanished before Chen Ning killed him.
• Dongfang Shao ordered Murong Yue to kill Chen Ning, and Murong Yue crushed a wooden token to activate the sect-protecting grand array.
• The array’s storms tore apart anyone caught in them, killing two Wind and Cloud Sect elders as the tempest focused on Chen Ning.

Chen Ning used the Blood God Whip to destroy the Wind and Cloud Grand Formation and capture Murong Yue, whom He Changming killed for betraying the Wind and Cloud Sect. As the Heavenly Extremity Pavilion’s forces scattered, Meng Yuyi killed one of its Martial Venerables, while Venerable Huang and Dongfang Shao escaped.

• Murong Yue drove the Wind and Cloud Grand Formation into chaos, but Chen Ning wielded the Blood God Whip to shatter the storms and protect the disciples trapped in the hall.
• Chen Ning bound Murong Yue with the whip and sent him to He Changming, who killed him despite his pleas for mercy.
• He Changming thanked Chen Ning and went into the hall with the Wind and Cloud Sect elders to check on the disciples.
• Most of the Heavenly Extremity Pavilion’s forces fled after Chen Ning destroyed the formation, leaving Meng Yuyi to fight Venerable Huang, Dongfang Shao, and their companion.
• Venerable Huang and Dongfang Shao retreated, abandoning the Heavenly Extremity Pavilion’s Martial Venerable, whom Meng Yuyi defeated and killed.

Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi defeated the Wind and Cloud Sect’s attackers, and Chen ordered Meng to kill the two Martial Venerables he had trapped. Afterward, Chen looted the bodies and found valuable supplies, including five spatial bags on Dongfang Shao.

• Meng Yuyi killed one Martial Venerable and forced two others back while Chen Ning destroyed the Wind and Cloud Grand Formation and killed nearly a hundred Heavenly Extremity Pavilion experts.
• The Wind and Cloud Sect’s elders and disciples pledged to follow the Dragon-Seeking Sect after Chen Ning rescued them.
• Chen Ning’s Immortal-Trapping Talismans bound the fleeing Venerable Huang and Dongfang Shao, and he ordered Meng Yuyi to kill them despite their threats about the Yama Holy Sect.
• Meng Yuyi killed Dongfang Shao and then froze Venerable Huang into an ice sculpture before shattering him.
• Chen Ning searched the corpses for treasure and found medicinal ingredients, Origin Stones, a dagger, and five spatial bags on Dongfang Shao.

Chen Ning looted valuable resources from the spatial bags, completed a Divine Ability, and gave the Wind and Cloud Sect supplies. Two days later, the Yama Holy Sect investigated Venerable Huang's death, while its undercover agent Wang Feng was ordered to look into the matter and was then summoned by the young sect master.

• Chen Ning found Origin Stones, pills, cultivation methods, and martial techniques in the spatial bags, then used a hundred high-grade Origin Stones to complete the Heavenly Extremity Sonic Wave Technique.
• Chen Ning looted Venerable Huang's bag, taking Spirit Artifacts, nearly three hundred high-grade Origin Stones, a heaven-grade saber art, and a powerful puppet.
• Chen Ning left Origin Stones and cultivation methods with the Wind and Cloud Sect, and the grateful black-robed elder thanked him profusely.
• Two days later, the Yama Holy Sect learned that Elder Huang You's life token had shattered and ordered an investigation into his death in Spirit Province.
• The Yama Holy Lord secretly contacted undercover agent Wang Feng, who became excited to investigate after years without orders.
• Wang Feng began considering where to start, then learned that the young sect master had returned and summoned him.