Chapter Summaries

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.

Ning Qi reflected on the True Martial World’s advancement and returned to the Limitless Sword Sect after ordering the Tiangang Sect and the other eleven sects destroyed. Once home, he learned that Lu Ziyue had become a True Disciple and been taken to Wind Thunder Peak, leaving him furious.

• Ning Qi discovered that the True Martial World’s growth let him strengthen its connection to the Mountain and Sea Realm and empower his Reincarnated Body in a crisis.
• Ning Qi reunited with Luo Wentian, who chose to remain responsible for the True Martial Immortal Sect until he found a worthy successor.
• At the Tiangang Sect, Qin Minghao accused it of murdering Limitless Sword Sect disciples and ordered its extermination, then led an assault against the other eleven sects.
• Ning Qi resolved to challenge Ye Chen for the position of First True Disciple after returning to the Limitless Sword Sect.
• Lu Ziyue became a True Disciple and was summoned to Wind Thunder Peak by Ye Chen.
• Ning Qi returned to Five Elements Peak, learned Lu Ziyue had been taken to Wind Thunder Peak, and drained his wine in anger.

Ning Qi went to Wind Thunder Peak to bring Lu Ziyue back after Ye Chen had kept her there for several days. Qin Minghao defeated Ye Chen’s followers in a public battle, leaving the confrontation between Ning Qi and Ye Chen unresolved.

• Ning Qi ordered Qin Minghao to prepare the disciples of Five Elements Peak and led them toward Wind Thunder Peak to escort Lu Ziyue.
• Ye Chen proposed that Lu Ziyue become his Dao Companion, but she refused, suspecting he wanted to use her to provoke Ning Qi.
• Qin Minghao arrived with Ning Qi’s people, and Ye Ning attacked him but was badly injured by Qin Minghao’s counterattack.
• Wang Ye challenged Qin Minghao, who fought him with Yin Yang Sword Dao and ultimately shattered his Dharma Appearance.
• Qin Minghao faced Ye Chen and repeated that he had come under Ning Qi’s orders to invite Lu Ziyue back.

Ning Qi arrived to take Lu Ziyue to Five Elements Peak and crushed Ye Chen in a confrontation over Wei Feng and Lu Ziyue. After Ning Qi seized Ye Chen’s Spirit Swords and dismissed his shattered Dao Heart, the Grand Elder intervened, but Ning Qi openly defied him.

• Qin Minghao defeated Wang Ye, prompting the gathered True Disciples to recognize how much he had advanced under Ning Qi’s guidance.
• Ning Qi appeared and invited Lu Ziyue to Five Elements Peak, then demanded that Ye Chen answer for arranging Wei Feng’s placement and forcing Lu Ziyue to visit Wind Thunder Peak.
• Ye Chen attacked Ning Qi with his Qingxuan Sword and Zidu Sword, but Ning Qi’s Five-Colored Giant Hand nullified his first strike.
• Ning Qi defeated Ye Chen’s combined Divine Firmament Wind Thunder Sword with the Grand Five Elements Sword Qi and took both Spirit Swords.
• The Grand Elder accused Ning Qi of viciously shattering Ye Chen’s Dao Heart and demanded the swords back, but Ning Qi defended his actions and called Ye Chen trash.

Ning Qi faced accusations of killing fellow True Disciples after defeating Ye Chen, but Grand Elder Ziyang and Sect Master Jiang Baichuan intervened against Ye Qingtian’s push to punish him. Ning Qi denied the charges and showed a recording that appeared to prove Wei Feng and Jiang Xuan had died in battle, leaving the Great Powers to judge his account.

• Grand Elder Ziyang arrived to protect Ning Qi from Ye Qingtian, who demanded Ning Qi return Ye Chen’s Spirit Swords and serve fifty years in the Heavenly Corpse Cave.
• Sect Master Jiang Baichuan stopped the two Grand Elders from fighting and proposed ending the dispute without punishing Ning Qi.
• Ye Chen accused Ning Qi of killing Wei Feng and Jiang Xuan, and Jiang Qingxue confirmed that Jiang Xuan’s Soul Lamp had gone out.
• Ning Qi claimed the two disciples had died during an expedition to a dangerous Lesser World and presented a Shadow Recording Crystal as evidence.
• The recording showed Wei Feng and Jiang Xuan falling into enemy ranks during a battle, after which Ning Qi expressed grief over their deaths.

Ning Qi cleared suspicion of abandoning his disciples by allowing Qin Minghao’s memories to be examined, then used the revelations to conceal the true nature of his gains and strengthen his standing in the Limitless Sword Sect. The chapter ended with Jiang Baichuan announcing that the True Disciple Sequence would be reestablished in a year, with the top ten entering the Profound Truth Secret Realm.

• Ye Chen and Ye Qingtian challenged the Shadow Recording Crystal and called for Ning Qi’s followers to undergo Soul Searching, but Ning Qi agreed to let them prove his innocence.
• Qin Minghao volunteered for Jiang Baichuan’s Grand Yin Soul Reflection Method, and his memories showed Ning Qi sharing the Lesser World’s baptism with his disciples after defeating the Twelve Sects Cultivators.
• Ning Qi claimed the collapsed Cave Abode held an inheritance related to the Body Integration Realm and offered the Five Elements Calamity Transformation True Scripture to the sect.
• Jiang Baichuan dismissed the accusations against Ning Qi, while Ye Qingtian accepted the Sect Master’s decision and Jiang Qingxue understood she would need to compensate Ye Chen.
• Ning Qi’s prestige rose among the disciples and Great Powers, who saw his restraint as evidence of firm ambition.
• Jiang Baichuan announced that the True Disciple Sequence would be reestablished in a year and that its top ten would enter the Profound Truth Secret Realm.

After Ning Qi’s rise at the Limitless Sword Sect, the Sect Master announced that the Profound Truth Secret Realm would open in a year, and Grand Elder Ziyang explained its dangers and opportunities. Ziyang also warned that another Spirit Realm War might be approaching, leaving Ning Qi newly aware of the urgency to grow stronger.

• The disciples learned that the Profound Truth Secret Realm held ancient inheritances and treasures, and they expected Ning Qi to help the Limitless Sword Sect gain an advantage there.
• Ning Qi left with Lu Ziyue and Qin Minghao, welcomed Lu Ziyue’s plan to join Five Elements Peak, and sent her with Qin Minghao to find a Cave Abode.
• Ning Qi thanked Grand Elder Ziyang for supporting him and gave him the Five Elements Calamity Transformation True Scripture to pass on to the sect.
• Ziyang explained the secret realm’s three battlefields, warned Ning Qi to seek Rule Jade, and named Chu Xiaotian, Niu Man, and Ren Zong as dangerous rivals.
• Ziyang revealed that the Mountain and Sea Realm might soon face another Spirit Realm War, and Ning Qi realized he needed to prepare for the coming upheaval.

After Ning Qi’s rise in prestige, Jiang Qingxue apologized and offered him treasures, while Wang Ye defected from Ye Chen’s faction and asked to join Five Elements Peak. Ning Qi accepted Wang Ye after he proved his sincerity by attacking Wind Thunder Peak’s disciples, leaving Ye Chen to withdraw in humiliation.

• Ning Qi resolved to use the Spirit Realm War as an opportunity to strengthen the True Martial World and thanked Ziyang for his guidance.
• Ning Qi’s fame spread through the Limitless Sword Sect, and Qin Minghao screened the many True Disciples seeking to join Five Elements Peak.
• Jiang Qingxue apologized to Ning Qi for the Jiang Xuan affair, offered him the Thick Earth Trap Flag and Mind Cleansing Pills, and asked to follow his lead in the Profound Truth Secret Realm.
• Wang Ye told Ning Qi that Ye Chen and the Ye Family had deceived and mistreated him, then asked to join Five Elements Peak.
• When Ye Chen arrived demanding Wang Ye, Ning Qi challenged Wang Ye to prove his loyalty and agreed to block Ye Chen.
• Wang Ye attacked and badly injured Wind Thunder Peak’s disciples while Ning Qi restrained Ye Chen, then joined Ning Qi as Ye Chen left with his battered followers.

After a year of training under Ning Qi, Wang Ye and Qin Minghao rose through the True Disciple rankings, while Ning Qi gave Wang Ye and Lu Ziyue powerful cultivation guidance. The ranking battle ended with Ning Qi confronting Ye Chen and ordering him off the First True Disciple’s throne.

• Ning Qi comprehended the Wind and Thunder rules in Ye Chen’s twin swords, created new Supernatural Powers, and prepared improved cultivation techniques for Wang Ye and Lu Ziyue.
• Wang Ye joined Five Elements Peak, mastered Ning Qi’s enhanced Three-Headed Six-Armed Soldier Fiend Body, and learned to develop his combat skills through varied methods and defenses.
• Over the following year, twenty more True Disciples joined Five Elements Peak, and the sect reopened the rankings with rewards and a place in the Profound Truth Secret Realm at stake.
• Qin Minghao defeated Luo Zhan and took the Eighth True Disciple’s throne, then Wang Ye defeated Mo Zang and climbed the rankings.
• Ning Qi rose before Ye Chen on the First True Disciple’s throne and told him, “Get out.”

Ning Qi decisively defeated Ye Chen to claim the First True Disciple position, while Jiang Qingxue beat Ye Chen again and pushed him to third. After the ranking ended, Ning Qi entered the Treasure Vault with Cang Wanhe to choose his Low-Grade Spiritual Treasure, and he decided to seek a sword with a dense Sword Rule Imprint.

• Ning Qi endured Ye Chen's wind-and-thunder attack and the explosion of two magic swords, then shattered Ye Chen's Azure Dragon transformation with Wind Wings Thunder Feathers and took the First True Disciple throne.
• Ye Chen challenged Jiang Qingxue after Grand Elder Ye Qingtian urged him not to surrender second place, but Jiang Qingxue froze and shattered his Azure Dragon with her Frost Giant Sword, dropping him to third.
• The True Disciple ranking concluded with Ning Qi as the youngest and strongest First True Disciple in the Limitless Sword Sect's history, and Sect Master Jiang Baichuan distributed rewards to the top ten.
• Jiang Qingxue congratulated Ning Qi and promised to visit Five Elements Peak to exchange pointers, while Ye Chen left in silence.
• Cang Wanhe accompanied Ning Qi to the Treasure Vault to choose his Low-Grade Spiritual Treasure, and Ning Qi decided to look for a spiritual sword with a dense Sword Rule Imprint.

After nine years of seclusion, Ning Qi had gained insight into the Power of Rules and watched Five Elements Peak and the True Martial World grow stronger. As the Top Ten True Disciples headed to the Profound Truth Secret Realm, six Late Void Dao Realm experts ambushed their Azure Treasure Boat, and Ye Qingtian fled with Ning Qi, Qin Minghao, and two pursuers.

• Ning Qi studied the Ancient Dao Sword and Void Dao Purple Golden Pill, reverse-derived pill formulas, and suppressed his impending breakthrough while awaiting the Profound Truth Secret Realm.
• Over nine years, Five Elements Peak's disciples and the True Martial World grew stronger, while Ning Qi sent the imprints of a million Mountain and Sea Realm Cultivators into the Mountain and Sea Realm.
• Jiang Baichuan summoned the Top Ten True Disciples to the Central Plaza, and Jiang Ruhai carried them toward the secret realm aboard an Azure Treasure Boat.
• During the journey, Wang Ye warned Ning Qi that Ye Chen seemed to be plotting against them, and Real Person Ziyang described the mysterious Three Gates Wasteland.
• Six Late Void Dao Realm experts ambushed and split the Azure Treasure Boat, and Ye Qingtian used the Power of Rules to take Ning Qi, Qin Minghao, and Ye Chen away as two attackers pursued them.
• Real Person Ziyang and Jiang Ruhai fought the remaining attackers while Wang Ye prepared to face the other four Great Powers, trusting that Ning Qi had anticipated the danger.