Recaps

Ning Xuanyuan and Ye Xuankong began a battle in the arena, pitting Ning’s Dao of Weapons against Ye’s Dao of Slaughter. The fight intensified as Ning summoned his Starry Sky Soul Aspect and Ye revealed his Blood Asura Soul Aspect and Asura Divine Body.

• Ye Xuankong challenged Ning Xuanyuan to display the Xuantian Evil Emperor’s saber and sword skills.
• Ning revealed that he had reached the late stage of the Soul Sea Realm and summoned a Sword and Saber Domain that formed a Divine Weapon Diagram.
• Ye Xuankong used his Dao of Slaughter to freeze Ning’s descending weapons with a single strike.
• Ning summoned his Starry Sky Soul Aspect and drove a storm of divine weapons at Ye Xuankong.
• Ye Xuankong revealed his Blood Asura Soul Aspect and transformed his body with the Asura Divine Body.

Ning Xuanyuan fought Ye Xuankong in the Asura Emperor’s final test before the Myriad Heavens Battlefield. Though Ye Xuankong steadily suppressed him, Ning Xuanyuan’s Weapon Dao Intent climbed to its limit, and he erupted with a fierce shout.

• Ning Xuanyuan shattered Ye Xuankong’s defenses with his saber and sword techniques, revealing his Sword and Saber Domain.
• The Asura Emperor recognized Ning Xuanyuan’s extraordinary combat strength and told Ye Xuankong to suppress him further.
• Ye Xuankong advanced through Ning Xuanyuan’s attacks with asura figures empowered by nine ancient characters of slaughter.
• Ning Xuanyuan’s Weapon Dao Intent and presence continued growing despite being pushed back.
• Ning Xuanyuan shouted “Kill!” as his divine weapons and Weapon Dao Intent reached their limits.

Ning Xuanyuan unleashed powerful blade and sword techniques against Ye Xuankong, forcing the Saint Realm expert to use Sage Intent before the Asura Emperor declared their fight a draw. The Asura Emperor ordered Ning Xuanyuan and Ye Xuankong to leave for the Myriad Heavens Battlefield the next day, while Qin Lang and the others stayed behind to grow stronger.

• Ning Xuanyuan absorbed the divine weapons and attacked Ye Xuankong with Endless Thousand Blades and Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.
• Ye Xuankong used Sage Intent to break Ning Xuanyuan's attacks and sent him flying, but admitted defeat after realizing how dangerous the fight had become.
• The Asura Emperor called the battle a draw, rejected Ning Xuanyuan's objection, and ordered Ye Xuankong to pay two years of the Night Watch Army's wages.
• The Asura Emperor told Ning Xuanyuan and Ye Xuankong to prepare to leave for the Myriad Heavens Battlefield the next day.
• Ning Xuanyuan questioned why Qin Lang and the others would stay behind, and the Asura Emperor said they needed more cultivation before joining him.

Ning Xuanyuan learned about the Myriad Heavens Battlefield and heard that the Asura Emperor had found him in an unexplored region where a will above the Human Emperor level had been sensed. Ye Xuankong explained that they fought there to obtain Soul Jade, and the chapter ended with him describing how it contained different powers of will.

• Ning Xuanyuan asked Ye Xuankong to explain the Myriad Heavens Battlefield as they traveled with the Night Watch Army.
• Ye Xuankong described the battlefield’s Void and their ranks, from Copper to Purple Gold, whose strength began at the Aspect Condensation Realm.
• Ye Xuankong revealed that the Asura Emperor had found Ning Xuanyuan in an unexplored region where he sensed a will above the Human Emperor level.
• Ye Xuankong told Ning Xuanyuan that Human Emperor experts had failed to uncover the region’s secrets and that one had never returned.
• Ning Xuanyuan asked what Ye Xuankong was fighting for, and Ye Xuankong explained that Void contained Soul Jade with different powers of will.

Ye Xuankong explained how Soul Jade helped martial artists comprehend will and origin, then brought Ning Xuanyuan to the Myriad Heavens Battlefield entrance. Ning Xuanyuan began the required first-entry test and found himself crushed by a terrifying force of will.

• Ye Xuankong told Ning Xuanyuan that Soul Jade contained will, while higher-ranked Voids held more powerful forces, with Purple-Gold Void Soul Jade containing origin.
• Ning Xuanyuan asked whether killing a Purple-Gold Void could grant origin, and Ye Xuankong warned that such Voids were exceptionally rare and powerful.
• Ning Xuanyuan and Ye Xuankong arrived at the Asura Domain passage to the Myriad Heavens Battlefield.
• Ye Xuankong told Ning Xuanyuan to cross the bridge alone to undergo the test required of first-time entrants.
• Ning Xuanyuan stepped onto the bridge and was struck by an overwhelming will that crushed his sea of consciousness.

Ning Xuanyuan challenged the Myriad Heavens Battlefield’s bridge under the full suppression of will and discovered that Ye Xuankong had misled him about the test. He overcame the force with his rule origins, sword intent, and will, reaching the end of the bridge in an unprecedented feat.

• Ning Xuanyuan used the origins of all attributes to resist the full suppression of will and reached the middle of the bridge before being forced back.
• Ning Xuanyuan asked Ye Xuankong whether everyone had faced the same suppression, then realized his brother had tricked him.
• Ning Xuanyuan stepped onto the bridge again and steadily endured the increasingly violent pressure on his body and will.
• Ning Xuanyuan unleashed his sword intent and invoked the Evil Emperor’s will and Sword-and-Saber Divine Art, Shatter the Firmament.
• Ning Xuanyuan broke through the suppression and reached the end of the bridge, accomplishing a feat no one had achieved before.

Ning Xuanyuan overcame the Myriad Heavens Battlefield entrance’s crushing will by using the Sword-and-Saber Divine Art in meditation, then entered the Asura Domain’s territory with Ye Xuankong. Ye Xuankong introduced Asura City and the battlefield’s known regions, including the dangerous Ancient Imperial Mausoleum.

• Ning Xuanyuan resisted the entrance’s suppression until the Evil Emperor’s will overwhelmed the godlike force in his mind, impressing the onlookers.
• Ning Xuanyuan entered the passage, and Ye Xuankong led the Night Watch Army across the bridge behind him.
• Ning Xuanyuan emerged in the Myriad Heavens Battlefield and sensed a strange, sorrowful yet excited fluctuation from his Chaos World.
• Ye Xuankong explained that the group stood within Asura Domain territory and identified the distant city as Asura City.
• Ye Xuankong described the battlefield’s known regions and explained that the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum held increasingly powerful Voids across its nine levels.

Ning Xuanyuan arrived at Asura City with Ye Xuankong and learned that the Night Watch Army resented his appointment as Blood Scion. To change their opinion through his actions, he set out with Chen Yuan and two other soldiers for the nearby Ancient Imperial Mausoleum, where they had just arrived.

• Ye Xuankong introduced Ning Xuanyuan to the Night Watch Army, whose soldiers showed him coldness and hostility.
• Ye Xuankong explained that his soldiers respected him for his military merits and warned Ning Xuanyuan to earn their trust through his actions.
• Ning Xuanyuan moved into Ye Xuankong's commander's residence in Asura City.
• Ning Xuanyuan asked to visit the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum, and Ye Xuankong assigned Chen Yuan and two soldiers to accompany him.
• Chen Yuan led Ning Xuanyuan and the soldiers southeast from Asura City, and they reached the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum.

Ning Xuanyuan entered the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum with Chen Yuan’s squad and fought through the weak Voids on its first level. After the squad escaped the outermost area, stronger Bronze Rank Voids appeared ahead.

• Ning Xuanyuan told Chen Yuan to call him Xuanyuan, then followed the squad into the fog-shrouded mausoleum.
• Chen Yuan explained that the mausoleum had nine levels as the squad advanced through a dark, damp passage.
• Chen Huang shielded the group from a barrage of arrows while Chen Yuan and the other soldiers cleared a path forward.
• Chen Yuan’s squad froze and cut down the zombie-like Voids as Ning Xuanyuan observed that the weak creatures left no Soul Jades behind.
• The outer Voids stopped pursuing the squad at their boundary, and Chen Yuan warned that true Bronze Rank Voids lay ahead.
• A group of figures appeared in the distance and approached Ning Xuanyuan and the squad.

Ning Xuanyuan discovered that every Void he killed contained hidden Fortune, which his Chaos World could absorb. He led Chen Yuan and the others to the sixth floor of the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum, where he faced a legion of high-level Silver Rank Voids.

• Ning Xuanyuan killed a group of Bronze Rank Voids and found Soul Jades among their remains.
• Ning Xuanyuan detected hidden Fortune in the Voids and absorbed it into his Chaos World.
• Ning Xuanyuan killed another group of Voids, confirmed that each contained Fortune, and ordered Chen Huang to collect their Soul Jades.
• Ning Xuanyuan led Chen Yuan and the others to the sixth floor, easily defeating the Silver Rank Voids they encountered along the way.
• Ning Xuanyuan faced a legion of high-level Silver Rank Voids and shattered their spear attacks with a rain of Sword Qi.

Ning Xuanyuan fought through a horde of Silver Voids for a day and night before confronting a Gold Rank Void. He overcame its Life Palace-level will and destroyed it, leaving a Soul Jade behind.

• Ning Xuanyuan slaughtered Silver Voids while Chen Yuan and his squad watched in shock and filled their spatial rings with Soul Jade.
• A Golden Void emerged, and Chen Yuan warned Ning Xuanyuan before he stopped the squad from approaching.
• The Golden Void attacked with death-charged palm imprints and used its Life Palace-level will to pressure Ning Xuanyuan.
• Ning Xuanyuan unleashed the Evil Emperor's divine skills, One Sword Concealed in the Void and One Saber Cuts Through the Void.
• Ning Xuanyuan pierced and annihilated the Golden Void, and a round Soul Jade fell to the ground.

After Ning Xuanyuan killed a Golden Void, Chen Yuan’s opinion of him changed, and the group returned to Asura City. Ning Xuanyuan then triggered a Fate Tribulation, drawing an immense storm of spiritual power and Great Dao forces as he rose into the sky.

• Chen Yuan watched Ning Xuanyuan slay a Golden Void and reconsidered his belief that the Blood Scion was an untested sheltered heir.
• Chen Yuan urged Ning Xuanyuan to leave the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum, and Ning Xuanyuan agreed before returning with the others to Asura City.
• Chen Yuan reported the battle to Ye Xuankong, who was surprised that Ning Xuanyuan had killed a Golden Void.
• A thunderous Fate Tribulation appeared over Asura City, and Ye Xuankong realized Ning Xuanyuan was breaking through.
• Ye Xuankong ordered everyone away from the commander's residence as Ning Xuanyuan flew into the sky and drew a vast vortex of spiritual power and Great Dao forces.
• Ye Xuankong questioned whether the extraordinary display could truly be only a Fate Tribulation.

Ning Xuanyuan faced an unusually powerful Fate Tribulation that also seemed to include the Soul Tribulation he had once repelled. He absorbed the tribulation’s Great Dao power into his Chaos World and declared that he alone commanded his fate.

• Ning Xuanyuan recognized that his Fate Tribulation was accompanied by a terrifying storm of Great Dao rules and challenged it to strike him.
• Ye Xuankong watched as the Great Dao storm entered Ning Xuanyuan’s body and worried that the tribulation could destroy his Soul Sea.
• Ning Xuanyuan endured the golden lightning and walked upward through the storm as the tribulation’s power flowed into his Chaos World.
• Ning Xuanyuan gathered the lightning in his palm and proclaimed, “My fate is mine to command, not heaven's!”

After stabilizing his cultivation following the Fate Tribulation, Ning Xuanyuan returned alone to the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum to cultivate in its seventh layer. He overwhelmed the Gold Rank Great Voids there, leaving the battle still raging as he faced their growing numbers.

• Ning Xuanyuan emerged from seclusion and told Ye Xuankong he planned to return to the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum.
• Ning Xuanyuan refused Ye Xuankong's offer of an escort, and Ye Xuankong reluctantly allowed him to travel alone after warning him to be careful.
• Ning Xuanyuan passed through the mausoleum's earlier layers and entered the seventh layer, where Gold Rank Great Voids roamed.
• Ning Xuanyuan destroyed a Golden Void with his Great Dao light and sword rays.
• Surrounded by countless Golden Voids, Ning Xuanyuan used a particle storm to shatter their attacks and cut down many of them.

After two months of fighting in the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum, Ning Xuanyuan neared the middle stage of the Life Palace Realm and discovered a World Divine Tree sapling forming inside his chaos world. While investigating a disturbance on the eighth layer, he found an unfamiliar group besieged by countless Great Voids and a Platinum-tier super Great Void, and their blue-robed leader charged at him.

• Ning Xuanyuan fought Gold Great Voids on the eighth layer and advanced to the peak of the early stage of the Life Palace Realm.
• Ning Xuanyuan saw that accumulated fortune had formed a small space and a World Divine Tree sapling inside his chaos world.
• Ning Xuanyuan sensed a disturbance and moved toward it, despite needing to return to Asura City under Ye Xuankong's seven-day rule.
• Ning Xuanyuan found an unfamiliar group surrounded by countless Gold Great Voids and a Platinum-tier super Great Void.
• The blue-robed Heaven and Earth Realm expert noticed Ning Xuanyuan and charged straight at him.

Ning Xuanyuan was targeted by Kong Xiao and his companions as they tried to use him to escape a pursuing horde of Great Voids. After killing Kong Yao and fighting the Golden Great Voids, Ning Xuanyuan faced the Platinum Great Void and struck it with his Holy Light bloodline ability.

• Kong Xiao and his companions tried to divert the pursuing Great Voids toward Ning Xuanyuan, and Kong Xiao attacked him with his sword.
• Ning Xuanyuan used Instant Demonization and killed Kong Yao with a single saber strike, forcing Kong Xiao and his surviving companion to flee.
• A Platinum Great Void led the Golden Great Voids in attacking Ning Xuanyuan, who fought back with his saber and sword techniques.
• The Platinum Great Void shattered Ning Xuanyuan’s attacks with death palm imprints and overwhelmed him with its powerful willpower.
• Ning Xuanyuan summoned his Holy Light bloodline ability, enveloping the Platinum Great Void in holy light and making it shriek.

Ning Xuanyuan escaped the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum after using his Holy Light to devastate a Platinum Great Void, then returned to Asura City. Ye Xuankong told him the Asura Emperor had summoned him back to the Asura Domain to attend the Sword Emperor Sect’s ceremony, and Ning Xuanyuan reluctantly accepted that he had to go.

• Ning Xuanyuan used his Holy Light, which carried the Life Rule, to grievously wound a Platinum Great Void that cultivated the Death Rule and drive back the surrounding Golden Voids.
• Ning Xuanyuan fought his way out of the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum with a spatial ring taken from Kong Yao and headed to Asura City.
• Ning Xuanyuan told Ye Xuankong about the attack, but the spatial ring held no clues to the attackers’ identities.
• Ye Xuankong told Ning Xuanyuan that the Asura Emperor had ordered him to return to the Asura Domain because the Sword Emperor Sect had sent him a Sword Invitation.
• Ning Xuanyuan objected to attending the Sword Emperor Sect’s ceremony, but Ye Xuankong told him the Asura Emperor had already agreed, leaving Ning Xuanyuan to accept that he had to go.

The Sword Emperor Sect’s decade-long disciple selection drew powerful young talents from across the domains, including Yan Ying, Yun Lou, Su Ting, and Dongliu Haomiao. Ning Xuanyuan arrived from the Asura Domain, and the Sword Emperor Sect’s Sword Qi resonated with his presence as he stepped from the chariot.

• Crowds gathered in Ten Thousand Swords City to witness the Sword Emperor Sect’s disciple selection, while invitees entered the sect.
• Yan Ying of the Heavenly Fire Clan and Yun Lou of the Heaven-Contending Dynasty arrived, drawing attention from the spectators.
• Su Ting and a lightning-wreathed young man arrived from Heaven’s Gate Palace, followed by Dongliu Haomiao of the Dongliu Family.
• A nine-dragon chariot arrived from the Asura Domain, and Qin Lang stepped out before bowing aside for Ning Xuanyuan.
• Ning Xuanyuan emerged from the chariot, and the Sword Emperor Sect’s Sword Qi surged in resonance with him.

Ning Xuanyuan arrived at the Sword Emperor Sect for its ceremony and received a personal welcome from Saint Jian Jue, drawing envy and hostility from the other distinguished guests. As the assembled young talents turned their pressure toward him, Qin Lang stepped forward and challenged them to speak up.

• Ning Xuanyuan met Jian Wuya and was introduced to his master, Saint Jian Jue, who personally welcomed him to the Sword Emperor Sect.
• Ning Xuanyuan exchanged courteous words with Jian Jue, then entered the sect with Qin Lang while his other companions waited outside.
• Ning Xuanyuan and his party reached the ceremonial plaza, where the gathered guests noticed that a saint had escorted him.
• Yan Ying, Yun Lou, and other seated guests released their powerful presences toward Ning Xuanyuan, who remained calm.
• Qin Lang unleashed his sword intent, glared at the guests, and challenged anyone who objected to step forward.

Qin Lang accepted Yan Sen’s challenge after Yan Sen questioned Ning Xuanyuan’s welcome by the Sword Emperor Sect, and overwhelmed him with blood swords infused with the Death Rule. Yan Sen survived but was left gravely wounded on the plaza.

• Yan Sen of Heaven’s Gate Palace challenged Qin Lang, while Su Mo watched and hoped to judge Ning Xuanyuan through the fight.
• Ning Xuanyuan told Qin Lang not to take a life, and Qin Lang and Yan Sen moved to the plaza’s battle platform.
• Qin Lang’s blood-red sword light split Yan Sen’s demonic lightning, revealing the Death Rule in his sword intent.
• Yan Sen tried to escape Qin Lang’s death-filled sword formation, but Qin Lang struck him down and riddled him with wounds while sparing his vital points.

Qin Lang decisively defeated Yan Sen and challenged Su Mo, but Jianjue Saint stopped them before their fight began. The Sword Emperor, Li Jiuzhou, opened the Sword Emperor Sect’s recruitment ceremony, and after praising the gathered prodigies, he turned his attention to Ning Xuanyuan.

• Qin Lang crushed Yan Sen, then pointed his sword at Su Mo and challenged him to fight.
• Jianjue Saint halted the confrontation until after the ceremony, and Qin Lang returned to Ning Xuanyuan.
• Ning Xuanyuan criticized Qin Lang’s swordsmanship and taught him to merge the power of the rules with himself.
• Li Jiuzhou arrived at the ceremony, greeted the guests, and announced that the recruitment assessment could begin.
• Young talents took the assessment and joined the Sword Emperor Sect, while Li Jiuzhou praised the gathered prodigies and looked toward Ning Xuanyuan.

At the Sword Emperor Sect’s mountain gate ceremony, Ning Xuanyuan clashed verbally with Su Mo over the Evil Emperor Inheritance before Li Jiuzhou revealed that the sect possessed an Evil Emperor Relic Weapon. The demonic sword arrived in the square, and the six sword peak heads sealed it behind a barrier.

• Li Jiuzhou praised Ning Xuanyuan for obtaining the Evil Emperor Inheritance, drawing Yun Lou’s displeased attention.
• Su Mo claimed Ning Xuanyuan had gained the inheritance by chance, and Ning Xuanyuan retorted that it had chosen him and would never have chosen Su Mo.
• Su Mo challenged Ning Xuanyuan to fight, but Li Jiuzhou suppressed Su Mo’s fighting intent and stopped the dispute.
• Li Jiuzhou announced that the Sword Emperor Sect held an Evil Emperor Relic Weapon.
• A pitch-black demonic sword landed in the square and unleashed a terrifying demonic domain, so the six sword peak heads formed a barrier around it.

Li Jiuzhou revealed that the Sword Emperor Sect would give the Demon Sword, an Evil Emperor Relic Weapon, to anyone who could make it acknowledge them as master. Su Ting and Su Mo both tried and failed, leaving the sword untouched as the crowd watched.

• Li Jiuzhou explained that the Sword Emperor Sect had been unable to subdue the Demon Sword and offered it to anyone who could earn its recognition.
• Su Mo sent Su Ting to try, and Su Ting entered the sword’s domain but was blasted away by its demonic will.
• Su Mo stepped into the domain and reached the Demon Sword despite the pressure.
• Su Mo gripped the blade and tried to pull it free, but the sword’s demonic power forced him out of its domain.
• Su Mo returned to his seat after failing, though he had reached the sword and proved stronger than Su Ting.

Qin Lang challenged the demon sword and drew it farther than anyone else by merging his sword will with it. As he continued despite the sword’s warning, Li Jiuzhou recognized his Sword Body and Sword Heart.

• Yan Ying and Yun Lou failed to win the demon sword’s recognition, though Yun Lou drew it an inch, and Dongliu Haomiao matched his feat.
• Ning Xuanyuan approved Qin Lang’s attempt, and Qin Lang entered the Demon Sword Domain as Li Jiuzhou and Jianjue Saint watched with interest.
• Qin Lang resisted the demon sword’s demonic will with his sword intent while Su Mo mocked him.
• Ning Xuanyuan rebuked Su Mo and warned him that he would have been killed without Li Jiuzhou present.
• Qin Lang merged his will with the demon sword and drew it four inches before blood appeared at his mouth.
• Qin Lang persisted and sent a sword formed from his sword intent toward the demon sword, prompting Li Jiuzhou to declare, “Sword Body, Sword Heart!”

Qin Lang demonstrated both a Sword Body and a Sword Heart but failed to make the Demon Sword submit after drawing it eight inches. Ning Xuanyuan then approached the sword, whose unprecedented manifestation of a demon god suggested that it was testing him as its destined master.

• Qin Lang revealed that he had cultivated both a Sword Body and a Sword Heart, then failed to subdue the Demon Sword despite drawing it eight inches.
• Ning Xuanyuan comforted Qin Lang, then accepted Li Jiuzhou's invitation to try claiming the Demon Sword.
• As Ning Xuanyuan took his first step toward the sword, a demon god appeared openly above it, startling everyone.
• The Demon Sword's cry injured the Sword Emperor Sect disciples, and Li Jiuzhou and the six peak heads reinforced the square's seal.
• Ning Xuanyuan sensed demonic rules flowing through him and realized the Demon Sword was testing him before he could become its master.