Chapter Summaries

Ning Qi defeated Black Blood Demon Lord in a public duel, proving his strength and winning the peerless experts’ agreement to let him receive the Core Land’s baptism. After the confrontation, Ning Qi suspected that more than one traitor was hiding among them.

• Black Blood Demon Lord accepted Ning Qi’s challenge and promised to let him make three moves while the Martial Saints watched.
• Ning Qi wounded Black Blood Demon Lord with Geng Metal Divine Sword Qi, then struck him down into Heaven’s Peak Mountain with combined Bing Fire and Ren Water Divine Sword Qi.
• Black Blood Demon Lord emerged enraged and began to unleash his Nascent Divine Power, but Heaven Chopping Martial Saint and Old Profound Tortoise intervened.
• Great Yan Martial Saint and South Sea Divine Nun supported Ning Qi’s admission to the Core Land, forcing Black Blood Demon Lord to suppress his anger and accept the decision.
• Ning Qi thanked the others and concluded that there was probably more than one traitor among them.

Ning Qi prepared to perfect the World Lord Realm while the Martial Saints gathered to awaken the Martial World's World Will. As they crossed the Blood-colored Thunder, they reached a new space where an indescribable presence awaited them.

• The Sages accepted Ning Qi's place among the supreme experts, and Heaven Chopping Martial Saint announced that they would cross the Thunder Forbidden Zone in five days.
• Ning Qi continued deducing the World Lord Realm and received a warning from the South Sea Divine Nun that Black Blood Demon Lord might have secretly submitted to the Mountain and Sea Realm.
• Ning Qi consulted Gui Changqing, who confirmed Black Blood Demon Lord's past crimes but said his allegiance remained uncertain, and they agreed to watch both him and the South Sea Divine Nun.
• Heaven Chopping Martial Saint led the Sages toward High Heaven after sensing that the World Will had begun to revive.
• The supreme experts each protected a group of Martial Saints as they crossed the Blood-colored Thunder, and Ning Qi carried the remaining Sages forward on the True Martial Sword.
• The Sages emerged into a new space and sensed the majestic presence of the World Will.

The Sages received the Martial World Will’s baptism to strengthen themselves against the coming invasion, but Black Blood Demon Lord attacked it and revealed his allegiance to the Mountain and Sea Realm. As Ning Qi and the others fought back, South Sea Divine Nun also betrayed them by attacking Old Profound Tortoise.

• Heaven Chopping Martial Saint led the Sages into the World Will’s space and showed it the Martial World’s history of fighting the Mountain and Sea Realm.
• The World Will recognized the Sages and began bathing them in Origin Power, helping them advance while Ning Qi studied its mysteries and prepared to fuse with it.
• Black Blood Demon Lord suddenly attacked the weakened World Will, and Ning Qi intercepted his demonic chains before fighting off his Black Blood Divine Rain.
• Black Blood Demon Lord admitted he had sided with the Mountain and Sea Realm, prompting South Sea Divine Nun and Old Profound Tortoise to join Ning Qi against him.
• South Sea Divine Nun abruptly turned her Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva against Old Profound Tortoise and declared that Black Blood Demon Lord had a point.

Ning Qi and the loyal Martial Saints fought a growing wave of defectors as the Martial World Will was bound and the Heaven Chopping Martial Saint revealed his betrayal. Ning Qi then unleashed a powerful sword formation against the Heaven Chopping Martial Saint, the Black Blood Demon Lord, and the South Sea Divine Nun, leaving the battle at a new turning point.

• The South Sea Divine Nun and several Martial Saints attacked their former allies, while Spirit Chains bound the Martial World Will.
• The Heaven Chopping Martial Saint attacked Li Yanwu, confessed his resentment over the burdens of his lineage, and drew on the Mountain and Sea Realm's power.
• Ning Qi wounded the Black Blood Demon Lord with merged Five Elements Sword Qi, but the Heaven Chopping Martial Saint intervened to save him.
• Ning Qi sent Li Yanwu to face the other enemies and formed a sword formation that trapped the Heaven Chopping Martial Saint, the Black Blood Demon Lord, and the South Sea Divine Nun.

Ning Qi trapped Zhantian Martial Saint, Black Blood Demon Lord, and South Sea Divine Nun in the Five Elements Sword Formation and killed all three. After cutting off the power summoned from the Mountain and Sea Realm, he became the Martial World's strongest expert and received the Sages' gratitude.

• Gui Changqing persuaded the Great Yan Martial Saint to trust Ning Qi, and they went to deal with the rebels.
• Zhantian Martial Saint and South Sea Divine Nun attacked the Five Elements Sword Formation, but their strikes could not break it, while Black Blood Demon Lord followed Zhantian.
• Ning Qi's completed formation overwhelmed the three; Black Blood Demon Lord died, and Zhantian killed South Sea Divine Nun before using their blood to summon a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Ning Qi unleashed a thousand-zhang Five-Colored Sword Qi and killed Zhantian Martial Saint before the True Lord's power could arrive.
• Ning Qi destroyed the power crossing from the Mountain and Sea Realm and slashed away the True Lord's image after it threatened to remember him.
• The Sages bowed to Ning Qi and thanked him for turning the battle in the Martial World's favor.

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.