Recaps

After the battle, Ning Qi freed the World Will and offered to calm it, while the Martial World faced the Mountain and Sea Realm’s impending invasion. In the Mountain and Sea Realm, the Black Demon Sect prepared an expedition to World Jiazi 1673, and Black Flame True Lord secretly hoped to uncover the world’s hidden opportunity.

• Ning Qi accepted the Martial Saints’ gratitude, then broke the Spirit Chains binding the World Will and shielded everyone from its indiscriminate attacks.
• The Great Yan Martial Saint said they had to withdraw until the World Will calmed, and Ning Qi told the worried Sages that he had a method he could try.
• Black Flame True Lord argued with Ziyun True Lord about his failed probe into World Jiazi 1673 and resolved to join the coming invasion with his Primordial Spirit.
• Black Flame True Lord privately concluded that the World Will had recovered through some hidden power and hoped to seize an opportunity that could help him reach the Void Dao Realm.
• Black Demon True Lord summoned the sect and announced that fifty thousand Inner Disciples and three thousand True Disciples would invade World Jiazi 1673 in one month.

Black Demon True Lord arranged the expedition to World Jiazi 1673, while Black Flame True Lord and Purple Cloud True Lord volunteered to lead it. In the Martial World, Ning Qi revealed his plan to become its Lord and began confronting the World Will by wielding myriad Daos.

• Black Demon True Lord questioned Black Flame True Lord about his failed arrangements in World Jiazi 1673, and Black Flame volunteered to manifest his Nascent Soul and lead the expedition.
• Purple Cloud True Lord inferred that Black Flame had discovered something and volunteered to join him; Black Demon True Lord appointed them commander and deputy commander for the expedition.
• Ning Qi told the Sages he would merge with the Martial World and become its Lord, and they agreed to support his attempt.
• Ning Qi faced the Martial World Will alone, countering its attacks with mastery over fire, water, wind, and other Daos.
• Ning Qi used his myriad Daos to increase his compatibility with the Martial World Will and advanced until he stood before it.

Ning Qi became the Martial World’s new World Will, then opened an Inner World and an Outer World to reach the World Lord Realm. After sensing the Mountain and Sea Realm’s approaching invasion and the nearly completed World Passage, he returned to Heaven’s Peak Mountain in a newly formed body to prepare.

• Ning Qi burned away his body with Source Fire, devoured the Martial World Will, and took control of the Martial World.
• Ning Qi sent The Sages out of the Thunder Forbidden Zone and formed an Inner World that condensed Realm Power and an Outer World that gathered Spiritual Power.
• Ning Qi completed his transformation into a World Lord, gaining a vast increase in strength, lifespan, and comprehension.
• Ning Qi sensed the Mountain and Sea Realm beyond the Boundary Sea and discovered that the ascension route was contaminated and a World Passage was nearly complete.
• Ning Qi decided to prepare carefully for the coming invasion, reconstructed his body within the Inner World, and appeared atop Heaven’s Peak Mountain.

Ning Qi returned to Heaven's Peak Mountain as the World Lord and used a Baptism to greatly raise the strength of the Martial World's Sages. With the Mountain and Sea Realm invasion drawing near, he assigned the Sages to defend a realm-spanning formation while he prepared to sever the World Passage and pursue his own plans.

• Ning Qi emerged from a Spatial Crack, and The Sages bowed to him as the World Lord.
• Ning Qi resumed the Baptism, raising most Martial Saints to the Fifth Realm or Five Elements Perfection and helping eight peak experts advance further; Li Yanwu, Gui Changqing, and Heaven Mountain Snow Woman reached the Violet Palace Realm.
• Ning Qi warned that the Mountain and Sea Realm invasion could begin within half a month to two months and told The Sages to prepare for war.
• Ning Qi established the Eight Nine Profound Light Heavenly Chen Grand Formation, assigning seventy-two Sages to guard its formation eyes across the Martial World.
• Ning Qi planned to use The Sages to hold off the invaders while he severed the World Passage and made preparations for his future advancement.

Ning Qi prepared the Martial Realm for the coming invasion by mobilizing its Beings and activating the Eight Nine Profound Light Heavenly Chen Grand Formation. As the Black Demon Sect opened the World Passage and sent its vanguard through, Ning Qi assigned Luo Wentian and the others to help destroy it.

• Ning Qi granted Martial Armor to the Sages, assigned them to the formation cores, and ordered the Martial Realm’s Heaven-Human Realm Beings to defend against the Mountain and Sea Realm.
• Ning Qi revealed the ancient Martial Saints’ sacrifices to the Martial Realm’s Beings, inspiring many cultivators and Exotic Beasts to join the defense.
• The Martial Saints took their positions, and Ning Qi activated the Eight Nine Profound Light Heavenly Chen Grand Formation across the Martial Realm.
• Ning Qi told Luo Wentian and the others to prepare to destroy the World Passage while he watched over them and dealt with any enemy who intervened.
• At the Black Demon Sect, Black Demon True Lord assembled the expeditionary force, sent Black Flame True Lord and Purple Cloud True Lord’s Primordial Spirits through the World Passage, and dispatched the vanguard into the Martial Realm.

Ning Qi prepared the Martial World to resist the Black Demon Sect’s invasion, empowering its defenders through World Power and the Eight Nine Profound Light Heavenly Chen Grand Formation. After the Vanguard Army suffered heavy losses, the Black Demon Sect sent its main force and two True Lords through the weakened World Passage, setting up the decisive battle.

• Ning Qi sensed the World Passage open, warned the Martial Saints, and used the Martial World’s Origin to strengthen the defenders across the formation eyes.
• Yan Luo led the Vanguard Army out of the deep sea and attacked recklessly, but a Star Pillar ambush killed hundreds of Black Demon Sect Cultivators.
• Old Daoist Baishan and the Martial World defenders fought the Vanguard Army while Ning Qi displayed the battle on sky screens so the world could witness their resistance.
• The Heaven Mountain Snow Woman and other Martial Saints arrived as reinforcements, and Yan Luo struck the Mirage Drum to request help after suffering further losses.
• Black Demon True Lord ordered the Expeditionary Army to advance, and Black Flame True Lord and Purple Cloud True Lord led the remaining forces through the World Passage.
• Ning Qi sensed the arrival of fifty thousand Magic Power Realm Cultivators, three thousand Violet Palace Realm Cultivators, and two Nascent Soul True Lords, and prepared to act as the passage weakened.

Ning Qi watched the Black Demon Sect’s main force descend and secretly worked to cripple its route home while the Martial Realm fought to hold off the invaders. After suppressing Yan Xue inside the World Passage and seeing the Black Demon Sect lose sight of the passage, Ning Qi prepared to act against its sect.

• Ning Qi identified the Black Demon Sect’s fifty-three-thousand-strong main force and warned the Martial Saints to gather at the Flying Bird Sea Region as the Black Demon True Lords set out to aid Yan Luo.
• Black Flame True Lord and Purple Cloud True Lord arrived on the battlefield, where the Martial Saints rallied and fought the vastly stronger Black Demon army; Ning Qi secretly boosted the defenders with Realm Power.
• Ning Qi sent Martial Realm fighters, including Zhuang Chen and Yuan Tiansheng, to destroy the World Passage while the battle raged.
• Yan Xue entered the passage and attacked the fighters with his Blood River, but Ning Qi appeared, seized him, and suppressed him with Realm Power.
• Black Demon True Lord sensed an unseen presence and discovered that he could no longer see through the Skyscraper Mirror’s vortex.

Ning Qi stole the Skyscraper Mirror and destroyed the World Passage, prompting the Black Demon True Lord to prepare a blood sacrifice so he could pursue the Martial World. As the battle at Flying Bird Sea Region continued, Black Flame True Lord tortured Gui Changqing for information until Ning Qi arrived and struck him away.

• Yan Xue's body exploded as he emerged from the Skyscraper Mirror Passage, devastating Black Demon Mountain and killing or injuring many Black Demon Sect Cultivators.
• Ning Qi, transformed into a Hundred-Armed Giant, fought off the Black Demon True Lord's forces, seized the Skyscraper Mirror, and escaped as the World Passage collapsed.
• The Black Demon True Lord gathered World Aura from the severed hands and began a blood sacrifice to rebuild the passage and conquer the Martial World.
• Ning Qi returned to the Martial World, stored the Skyscraper Mirror in the True Martial Hall, and sent reinforcements to the battle at Flying Bird Sea Region.
• Black Flame True Lord lured Gui Changqing away from the other fighters, tortured him, and attempted to search his soul for information about his origins.
• Ning Qi appeared beside Gui Changqing, struck Black Flame True Lord away, and promised to help Gui Changqing vent his anger.

Ning Qi returned to the Flying Bird Sea Region, destroyed the World Passage, and crushed the Black Demon Army while the Martial Realm fought back. Meanwhile, Black Demon True Lord completed a Blood Sacrifice Array and led a stronger force into the Martial Realm.

• Purple Cloud True Lord and Black Flame True Lord realized the World Passage had vanished as Ning Qi and Old Profound Tortoise appeared on the battlefield.
• The Sages hailed Ning Qi as the World Lord, and he declared that the Black Demon Sect cultivators who had slaughtered Martial Realm Beings would be executed.
• Ning Qi unleashed Star Profound Sword Qi against the Black Demon Army and bound Purple Cloud True Lord and Black Flame True Lord with spiritual chains.
• The Martial Realm Army charged the weakened Black Demon Army while Ning Qi dissolved the defeated cultivators' Dharma Power into Spiritual Qi, strengthening the Martial Realm.
• Black Demon True Lord sacrificed disciples to complete the Bloodstain Array, assembled a stronger expedition, and entered the array with his forces.

Ning Qi crushed the Black Demon Sect invasion in the Flying Bird Sea Region, but Black Demon True Lord arrived with ten Nascent Soul Realm Experts and trapped him in the Ten Directions Senluo Demon Formation. As the Black Demon Sect Cultivators moved to attack the Martial Realm Experts, the battle turned against Ning Qi and his people.

• Ning Qi let the Martial Realm Experts slaughter the Black Demon Sect army while the Martial World grew stronger from the invaders’ deaths.
• Purple Cloud True Lord and Black Flame True Lord begged Ning Qi to spare them, but Black Demon True Lord arrived with the Black Demon Sect’s Nascent Soul Realm Experts.
• Ning Qi sent the two True Lords into his Inner World and destroyed the remaining Black Demon Sect Cultivators in the Flying Bird Sea Region.
• Black Demon True Lord attacked the Martial Realm Experts with a Black Demon Skull, but Ning Qi split it apart with the Grand Five Elements Sword Qi.
• Black Demon True Lord and nine elders activated the Ten Directions Senluo Demon Formation, restoring their Nascent Soul Realm battle prowess and surrounding Ning Qi.
• Black Demon True Lord ordered the Black Demon Sect Cultivators to attack the Martial Realm Experts.

Ning Qi turned the Black Demon Sect’s attempt to drag him beyond the Martial World against them by descending his Inner World and crushing their Nascent Soul Cultivators. The invasion ended in victory, leaving the Martial World transformed and its people united around the World Lord.

• Gui Changqing and the Martial Realm Experts fought the Black Demon Sect’s army while Ning Qi faced Black Demon True Lord and nine Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Black Demon True Lord used the Ten Directions Demon Chains to pull Ning Qi toward the space beyond the Martial World, but Ning Qi summoned his Inner World and trapped the attackers.
• Ning Qi’s Inner World and Thunder Heavenly River broke the demon formation, killed nine Nascent Soul Cultivators, and left Black Demon True Lord bound for questioning.
• The Martial Realm Experts defeated the remaining Black Demon Sect disciples as the Demon Cloud dispersed and the war ended in victory.
• Ning Qi healed and strengthened the Martial Realm Experts, while the invasion’s Spiritual Power and shared struggle began reshaping the Martial World.

A month after the war, Ning Qi deduced the Rule Realm as the Second Realm of the World Lord System and prepared to pass down the Immortal Path. He arrived at True Martial Mountain, where the Martial World’s gathered experts awaited him.

• The Martial World grew stronger and more prosperous as it absorbed the Spiritual Qi left by the defeated Black Demon Sect, and its people anticipated Ning Qi establishing the Immortal Dao Era.
• Ning Qi studied Nascent Soul Power and concluded that his next realm would be the Rule Realm, achieved by fusing a Rule Source into the Martial World.
• Black Demon True Lord warned Ning Qi that the Mountain and Sea Realm might eventually target the Martial World, but Ning Qi killed him, Black Flame True Lord, and Purple Cloud True Lord.
• Ning Qi determined that the Black Demon Sect had become a Dead Domain and decided to focus on strengthening the Martial World and passing down the Immortal Path.
• Ning Qi appeared at True Martial Mountain, where gathered Martial Realm Experts bowed to him and awaited the Immortal Path.

Ning Qi preached the Immortal Path to all beings in the Martial World, purged its Life Poison, and established the True Martial Immortal Sect. He renamed the world the True Martial World and imposed a prohibition against Immortal Path cultivators slaughtering mortals without reason, ushering in its Immortal Dao Era.

• Ning Qi taught the Immortal Path and revealed that Life Poison had long obstructed the Martial World's cultivation.
• Ning Qi used the Nirvana Origin Fire to cleanse Life Poison from the world's Spiritual Qi and sealed the poison still entering from beyond the world.
• Ning Qi bestowed the Nourishing Origin Skill on all beings and granted accomplished experts Immortal Dao techniques, arts, and cultivation fundamentals.
• Ning Qi raised 365 peaks to form the True Martial Immortal Sect, fulfilling his promise to the True Martial Old Ancestor and honoring Dragon Mountain Daoist.
• Ning Qi renamed the Martial World the True Martial World and decreed that cultivators who slaughtered mortals without reason would be punished by Heavenly Thunder.

Twenty years after Ning Qi passed down the Immortal Path, the True Martial World had prospered and eight Immortal Sects had formed. After completing his seclusion, Ning Qi visited Baishan and reunited with his fellow disciples, hinting that he would create a path that could benefit all living beings.

• Three Rogue Cultivators discussed joining the newly established True Mystery Sect and learned that eight Immortal Sects had arisen alongside the World Lord’s True Martial Immortal Sect.
• The True Martial World’s population and cultivation had flourished over twenty years, and Baishan celebrated his breakthrough into the Violet Palace Realm as True Mystery Sect became an Immortal Gate.
• Ning Qi appeared in Baishan’s quiet room, congratulated him, and revealed that he had perfected the Rule Realm and planned to combine all living beings’ power with his World Lord’s Dao.
• Ning Qi attended the Zhenwu Peach Meet and reunited with his fellow disciples, then proposed restarting their gathering.
• Ning Qi and his fellow disciples visited the Seeking Dao Institute and admired the flourishing Enlightenment Tea Tree.

After twenty years in seclusion, Ning Qi reunited with his fellow disciples before transforming the Enlightenment Tea Tree into the Enlightenment World Tree. The tree connected all beings’ cultivation and insights to his All Paths Originate From Me Method, and Ning Qi left the True Martial World with a foundation for his path to World Lord Perfection.

• Ning Qi reunited with his fellow disciples at the Seeking Dao Institute, where they shared memories and discussed how the sect and Martial World had changed during his twenty years in seclusion.
• Ning Qi announced that he would use the Enlightenment Tea Tree to establish the Enlightenment World Tree, then carried the tree into the High Heavens as the beings of the True Martial World watched.
• Ning Qi used Spiritual Power, Realm Power, and the fruits of his seclusion to transform the tree into a colossal Boundary Tree that connected with the world and drew in Spiritual Qi from the World Sea.
• Ning Qi placed part of his thoughts, Spiritual Soul, and Light of Comprehension into the tree to form its World Tree Will, after which it merged with the True Martial World and became imperceptible.
• Ning Qi declared that all beings could borrow the Boundary Tree’s power for cultivation, and cultivators discovered that it enhanced their comprehension and accelerated their cultivation.
• Ning Qi explained that the Boundary Tree would gather the wisdom and cultivation gains of all beings to nourish his growth, while also strengthening the True Martial World and preparing him to reach World Lord Perfection.

Ning Qi planned to use the Enlightenment World Tree and reincarnation methods to send True Martial World beings into the Mountain and Sea Realm to gather resources and Rule Source. After the Black Demon Sect’s formation finally collapsed and its members were found dead, rival cultivators began fighting over its intact treasures.

• Ning Qi considered creating a Merit System and planned to use imprints taken from the Black Demon Sect to let True Martial World beings reincarnate in the Mountain and Sea Realm.
• Ning Qi guided his disciples and oversaw the Enlightenment World Tree as it drove the True Martial World’s rapid growth, then entered seclusion again.
• Cultivators in the Northern Profound Domain formed the Demon Subjugation Alliance after rumors spread that the Black Demon Sect’s protective formation had weakened.
• The alliance broke the Black Demon Grand Formation and found the Black Demon Sect in ruins, with no survivors and signs of a blood sacrifice.
• The alliance discovered that the Black Demon Sect’s treasure vault remained intact, and its members began fighting over the loot.
• Ning Qi sensed that the Black Demon Sect’s formation had finally opened and watched with anticipation.

Ning Qi sent ten thousand cultivators from the True Martial World into the Mountain and Sea Realm as reincarnated infants, then used a power mark to guide his own Split Soul to the Northern Profound Domain. He awakened as a newborn there, beginning his own reincarnation.

• Ning Qi sensed that the Black Demon Sect’s protective formation had fallen and prepared to send talented cultivators into the Mountain and Sea Realm.
• Hou Yuan found the hidden World Coordinate for World Jiazi 1673 in the Black Demon Sect ruins, but Li Linghe caught him and made him a disciple under a mental prohibition.
• Ning Qi gathered ten thousand cultivators, including Dragon Mountain Daoist and Ye Qinghe, and explained the rules and purpose of their reincarnation.
• Ning Qi used the Enlightenment World Tree and Mountain and Sea Realm Marks to send the cultivators’ Split Souls across hundreds of Immortal Realms as infants.
• Ning Qi sent his own Split Soul toward the Northern Profound Domain and awakened as a newborn baby.

Ning Qi reincarnated as an infant in the Mountain and Sea Realm, survived a bandit attack after Lu Ziyue rescued him, and joined the Limitless Sword Sect. He rose rapidly through the sect’s ranks and, at twenty-four, stood on the verge of becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord while Lu Ziyue remained in seclusion.

• Ning Qi awoke as a newborn in Ning Family Village after bandits slaughtered its inhabitants, but Lu Ziyue arrived and killed the attackers before they reached him.
• Lu Ziyue discovered Ning Qi had an Innate Spiritual Body and brought him to the Limitless Sword Sect, where he was raised among the sect’s infants.
• Ning Qi began cultivating at five, reached the Perception Realm within a year, and became a Magic Power Realm Outer Disciple at nine.
• Ning Qi reached the Violet Palace Realm at fourteen, became an Inner Disciple, and passed the Limitless Sword Sect’s examination of him.
• Lu Ziyue entered seclusion to pursue the Nascent Soul Realm, while Ning Qi spent the next decade becoming the strongest Inner Disciple.
• At twenty-four, Ning Qi was the Limitless Sword Sect’s foremost Inner Disciple and was close to becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord.

Ning Qi broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm at twenty-four, earning recognition as an Immortal Seed and gaining a Low-Grade Spiritual Treasure and the privileges of a True Disciple. As he settled into his new position, he discovered that the True Martial World Coordinates had fallen into the hands of the Tiangang Sect.

• Ning Qi successfully formed a Primordial Spirit and reached the Nascent Soul Realm, stunning the Limitless Sword Sect.
• Grand Elder Ziyang declared Ning Qi an Immortal Seed and gave him the Low-Grade Spiritual Treasure Golden Sun Sword.
• Cang Wanhe promoted Ning Qi to True Disciple, moved Five Elements Peak into the central mountain range, and promised to seek approval for Ning Qi to receive the Limitless Sword Canon early.
• Ning Qi studied the authority and resources granted to True Disciples, then used his marks to trace the True Martial World Coordinates to the Tiangang Sect.
• Ning Qi concluded that the coordinates' possession by an ordinary sect was manageable and began cultivating on Five Elements Peak.

Ning Qi built up his following at Five Elements Peak and learned that Tiangang Sect might possess a valuable item from the Black Demon Sect’s destruction. He decided to move against Tiangang Sect rather than wait, and prepared to visit an old friend.

• Qin Minghao pledged himself to Ning Qi, and Ning Qi welcomed him as a fellow disciple, drawing more followers to Five Elements Peak.
• Ning Qi reasoned that Spiritual Treasures containing Rule Imprints could help the True Martial World condense a Rule Source, and issued the reincarnated beings a task to obtain a treasure bearing a Sword Rule Imprint.
• Qin Minghao reported that Tiangang Sect might have obtained something more valuable than a damaged Spiritual Treasure from the Black Demon Sect, possibly through Hou Yuan, a former Black Demon Sect True Disciple.
• Ning Qi decided not to wait for Tiangang Sect to act and gave Qin Minghao several days of guidance in the Nascent Soul Realm.
• After Qin Minghao departed, Ning Qi looked toward the horizon and prepared to visit an old friend.

Ning Qi recruited reincarnated True Martial World experts to foment chaos in the Chu Kingdom Cultivation World and seize the True Martial World Coordinates held by the Tiangang Sect. As the scheme drove rival sects into conflict, a rumor exposed the Tiangang Sect’s secret, and Limitless Sword Sect disciples appeared at its gates.

• Ning Qi met Zhuang Chen, Baishan Real Person, and other reincarnated experts at Gathering Immortal Pavilion, then gave them a mission to stir up the Chu Kingdom Cultivation World and arrange a united invasion of the True Martial World.
• Ning Qi returned to Five Elements Peak, checked on Lu Ziyue’s stable condition in seclusion, and later allowed several reincarnated beings from the True Martial World to become Inner Disciples.
• Baishan Real Person and the other experts sowed discord through a staged attack between the Wind Thunder Hall and Heavenly Calculation Sect, a deadly secret-realm trap, and rumors about Wind Thunder True Lord’s Spiritual Treasure Fragment.
• Jiang Chenghuan and the Tiangang Sect’s True Lords decided to recruit allied sects and invade the Lesser World whose coordinates they held.
• A rumor spread among sect leaders that the Tiangang Sect possessed the coordinates to a Lesser World containing a Great Power’s legacy, drawing the attention of powerful sects.
• When several Violet Palace Realm Cultivators entered the Tiangang Sect and were killed, Jiang Chenghuan recognized them as disciples of the Limitless Sword Sect.

Ning Qi arrived at Tiangang Sect after its leaders concealed the deaths of four Limitless Sword Sect disciples and faced pressure from an alliance seeking its Lesser World coordinates. His followers overpowered the alliance’s strongest challenger, and Ning Qi turned his attention to Tiangang Sect, leaving its leaders fearing his purpose.

• Jiang Chenghuan learned that a Tiangang Sect elder had destroyed one of four attacking Limitless Sword Sect disciples and ordered the deaths concealed while the sect prepared to conquer Minor World Jiazi 1673.
• Ning Qi revealed that the four disciples had been True Martial World experts who volunteered to die at Tiangang Sect, earning major merits through his Enlightenment World Tree system.
• Ning Qi led his followers to the Chu Kingdom Cultivation World as rumors and conflict spread among its sects.
• Wind Thunder True Lord and an alliance of sects surrounded Tiangang Sect and demanded its Lesser World coordinates, while Jiang Chenghuan insisted on a fifty-percent share.
• A Limitless Sword Sect disciple struck down Giant Axe True Lord’s Dharma Image with one sword, and Giant Axe True Lord surrendered an arm to beg for mercy.
• Ning Qi and the Limitless Sword Sect disciples arrived, were recognized by the assembled True Lords, and Ning Qi turned his gaze toward Tiangang Sect.

Ning Qi claimed Tiangang Sect’s Lesser World Coordinate and recruited the Twelve Sects to conquer the dangerous Lesser World. After half a month of preparations, about a million cultivators gathered at Tiangang Sect, and Ning Qi ordered them through the World Passage.

• Qin Minghao borrowed Ning Qi’s spiritual sword, prompting Jiang Chenghuan to open Tiangang Sect’s protective formation and receive Ning Qi respectfully.
• Jiang Chenghuan offered Ning Qi the Lesser World Coordinate and explained that the Golden Spirit Sect and Black Demon Sect had both been destroyed while trying to conquer its world.
• Ning Qi accepted the coordinate and persuaded the sect leaders to contribute forces for the expedition, claiming half the gains and giving them half a month to assemble.
• The Twelve Sects gathered about a million cultivators, including eighty-two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, at Tiangang Sect.
• The Formation Masters opened a World Passage, and Ning Qi ordered the assembled forces to set out.

Ning Qi revealed that he was the True Martial World’s World Lord and led its cultivators in a one-sided slaughter of the invading Twelve Sects Alliance. He secured the Limitless Sword Sect disciples’ loyalty, crushed two spies, and left Ye Chen and Jiang Qingxue aware that their agents had been exposed.

• Ning Qi watched the million cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm descend into the True Martial World, where Luo Wentian and the locals awaited them with an overwhelming army.
• Ning Qi welcomed the invaders to his world, and the World Lord’s power swept away the Nascent Soul True Lords as True Martial World cultivators attacked the Twelve Sects Alliance.
• Qin Minghao accepted Ning Qi as his leader, and most of the Limitless Sword Sect disciples followed his example.
• Wei Feng and Jiang Xuan attempted to escape with secret treasures, but Ning Qi dragged them back and revealed they had been sent by Ye Chen and Jiang Qingxue.
• Ning Qi crushed Wei Feng and Jiang Xuan, and the remaining Limitless Sword Sect disciples swore their loyalty to him.

Ning Qi led the True Martial World to victory over the Mountain and Sea Realm invaders, rewarded his allies, and advanced his Reincarnated Body to Nascent Soul Realm Perfection. The True Martial World completed its transformation into a perfected Lesser World, and Ning Qi reached World Lord Realm Perfection.

• Ning Qi secretly planted Prohibitions in Qin Minghao and the other Sword Sect disciples, who then pledged their loyalty and asked to join the battle.
• The True Martial World Cultivators slaughtered the Mountain and Sea Realm army, while Ye Chen learned that Wei Feng had died and Jiang Qingxue prepared to test Ye Chen and Ning Qi.
• Ning Qi rewarded the True Martial World Cultivators and the Sword Sect disciples, then used the world’s accumulated power to raise his Reincarnated Body to Nascent Soul Realm Perfection.
• The True Martial World expanded and stabilized as it reached the limit of a Lesser World, while Ning Qi’s Inner World underwent a profound transformation.
• Ning Qi received a sudden insight and successfully reached World Lord Realm Perfection.