Chapter Summaries

Ning Wangshu and Luo Shuqing confronted Old Ancestor Chi Yan and Old Ancestor Qingmu in Black Stone City over Fang Lang’s death. After revealing that both attackers had reached the Body Integration Stage, the two elders launched an assault on Ning Wangshu.

• Ning Wangshu and Luo Shuqing rose into the air to confront the two men, as Black Stone City residents recognized Ning Wangshu as Fang Lang’s killer.
• Old Ancestor Chi Yan admitted that he had reached the Body Integration Stage and introduced Old Ancestor Qingmu, who had advanced to the late Body Integration Stage.
• Old Ancestor Chi Yan and Old Ancestor Qingmu threatened Ning Wangshu, but he mocked them as ants and refused to back down.
• Old Ancestor Qingmu attacked Ning Wangshu with countless emerald-green branches and vines, sending the people below into a panic.

Ning Wangshu effortlessly countered Old Ancestor Qingmu and Old Ancestor Chi Yan, then killed Chi Yan with one sword strike. Qingmu, enraged, unleashed the Azure Wood Grand Art and sent a green sun crashing toward Ning Wangshu.

• Ning Wangshu shattered Old Ancestor Qingmu’s vines, then extinguished Old Ancestor Chi Yan’s flames and repelled Qingmu’s Flying Sword with a single palm strike.
• Ning Wangshu summoned a Flying Sword and killed Old Ancestor Chi Yan with one blow, splitting him in two despite his defensive artifact.
• Old Ancestor Qingmu mourned Chi Yan and attacked Ning Wangshu with the Azure Wood Grand Art.
• Old Ancestor Qingmu sent the green sun above his towering tree hurtling down toward Ning Wangshu, shaking the void and Black Stone City.

Ning Wangshu destroyed Old Ancestor Qingmu’s attack and revealed overwhelming strength, prompting Qingmu to beg for his life. Ning Wangshu killed him and returned to the City Lord’s Mansion, while Luo Shuqing became convinced that his claims about his cultivation and past deeds were true.

• Ning Wangshu shattered Old Ancestor Qingmu’s Azure Sun spell with a single finger, leaving the crowd convinced he was a Tribulation True Monarch.
• Ning Wangshu gave Old Ancestor Qingmu a chance to use another technique, but Qingmu instead begged for mercy and blamed Old Ancestor Chi Yan.
• Ning Wangshu rejected Qingmu’s excuses and killed him with a palm strike, annihilating his body and soul.
• Luo Shuqing concluded that Ning Wangshu had reached the Tribulation Stage or higher and was likely telling the truth about killing Cangxuan Tianzun and destroying the Taihua Dynasty’s Royal Family.
• Ning Wangshu told Luo Shuqing he was returning to the City Lord’s Mansion, then flew back there as she agreed to do as she wished.

After Ning Wangshu killed Old Ancestor Qingmu, Black Stone City’s residents celebrated his power and believed his presence would protect the city. The Qin Family’s Body Integration Ancestors arrived to avenge their Third Elder and claim Black Stone City, unaware of the danger they faced.

• Black Stone City’s residents discussed Ning Wangshu’s strength and concluded the Qin Family would risk destruction if it came to avenge its elder.
• Luo Ying excitedly praised Ning Wangshu for killing Old Ancestor Qingmu, and he reminded her that he could defeat even Cangxuan Tianzun.
• Qin Yaotian and four other Qin Family Body Integration Ancestors headed for Black Stone City, intending to use their vengeance as a warning and seize control of Xuzhou for the Huaiyang King’s favor.
• The Qin Family Ancestors arrived above Black Stone City, and Qin Yaotian demanded the city submit to the Qin Family and the killer of their Third Elder come out to die.

Qin Yaotian and four other Qin family members arrived in Black Stone City to avenge their Third Elder, unaware that Ning Wangshu had killed two powerful ancestors there. Ning Wangshu dragged them into the City Lord's Mansion and revealed his Tribulation Stage strength, then rejected Qin Yaotian's offer of compensation and demanded their lives.

• Qin Yaotian loudly announced the Qin family's arrival while Black Stone City's residents watched with amusement, believing the visitors were doomed to face Ning Wangshu.
• Luo Shuqing told Ning Wangshu that the Qin family had arrived, and he decided to settle everything at once.
• Ning Wangshu used his power to pull Qin Yaotian and the other Qin family members from the sky and pin them to the ground in the City Lord's Mansion.
• Qin Yaotian and his companions realized Ning Wangshu was a Tribulation True Monarch and learned that he had killed their Third Elder, Yaowu.
• Qin Yaotian pleaded that the conflict was a misunderstanding and offered compensation, but Ning Wangshu demanded their lives.

Ning Wangshu rejected the Qin family’s threat to summon the Huaiyang King and killed an elder who challenged him. He sent another elder to fetch the Huaiyang King within half a day, then stayed behind to wait while Luo Shuqing left to attend to his affairs.

• Ning Wangshu mocked Qin Yaotian and the Qin family elders for threatening him with the Huaiyang King, then offered to let one of them summon him.
• Ning Wangshu killed the Qin elder who shouted back and threatened to wipe out the Qin family if the Huaiyang King did not arrive within half a day.
• Ning Wangshu released another Qin elder from suppression, marked him, and ordered him to bring the Huaiyang King back.
• The Qin elder agreed and flew away, while Qin Yaotian and the remaining elders stayed under Ning Wangshu’s watch.
• Ning Wangshu told Luo Shuqing to attend to his affairs, then had Han Ying pour tea as he waited.

Qin Jingchen persuaded Huaiyang King to avenge the Qin family, and Huaiyang King arrived at Black Stone City with three Tribulation Stage Protectors. Ning Wangshu prepared to confront them, declaring that he would eliminate the Qin family and Huaiyang King's faction afterward.

• Qin Jingchen told Huaiyang King that Ning Wangshu had attacked the Qin family and asked him to rescue the family head and punish Ning Wangshu.
• Huaiyang King promised to protect the Qin family and set out for Black Stone City with Qin Jingchen and three Tribulation Stage Protectors.
• Ning Wangshu sensed Huaiyang King's group approaching while he waited in the City Lord's Mansion with Qin Yaotian and the other subdued Qin family ancestors.
• Huaiyang King arrived above Black Stone City and demanded that the person who had killed his people come out and face death.
• Ning Wangshu dismissed Huaiyang King and his companions as ants, then flew up to confront them.

Ning Wangshu rose into the air to face the Huaiyang King and his retainers, while Qin Jingshen urged the King to kill him. When a retainer recognized Ning Wangshu as the man who destroyed the Taihua Imperial Family and executed Cangxuan Tianzun, the King and his allies panicked and lost any will to fight.

• Qin Yaotian and the others dismissed Ning Wangshu’s words and expected the Huaiyang King and his three Tribulation Stage retainers to kill him.
• Black Stone City’s residents watched Ning Wangshu rise from the City Lord’s Mansion and speculated about whether he could defeat the newly arrived King.
• Qin Jingshen pointed out Ning Wangshu to the Huaiyang King and begged him to suppress and kill the scoundrel.
• The Huaiyang King and retainer Lu recognized Ning Wangshu as the man who had destroyed the Taihua Imperial Family and executed Cangxuan Tianzun.
• The Huaiyang King and his two other retainers realized they could not resist Ning Wangshu and trembled in fear.

Huaiyang King and his three retainers recognized Ning Wangshu and immediately knelt, begging him to spare them and blaming Qin Jingshen. Ning Wangshu summoned Luo Shuqing and asked the kneeling men if they wanted to live, leaving them eagerly promising to do anything he demanded.

• Huaiyang King and his three retainers knelt before Ning Wangshu and pleaded for mercy, claiming the Qin family had misled them.
• Qin Jingshen realized the Qin family was likely doomed, while Qin Yaotian and the cultivators in Black Stone City stared in shock at the newcomers' submission.
• Ning Wangshu beckoned Luo Shuqing out of the City Lord's Mansion and brought her before him.
• Ning Wangshu asked Huaiyang King and his retainers if they wanted to live, and they promised to obey any demand to earn his mercy.

Ning Wangshu spared Huaiyang King and his three retainers on the condition that they accept Soul Control Talismans, then placed them under Luo Shuqing’s command to protect her and Black Stone City. After binding the talismans to Luo Shuqing’s Essence Blood with a Jade Talisman, Ning Wangshu turned his attention to Qin Jingshen.

• Ning Wangshu demanded that Huaiyang King and the three retainers open their primordial spirits and accept Soul Control Talismans or die.
• Huaiyang King agreed, and the other three retainers followed, allowing Ning Wangshu to imprint the talismans on them.
• Ning Wangshu gave Luo Shuqing a Jade Talisman containing the incantations to control the retainers and said they would protect her from threats to Black Stone City.
• Ning Wangshu bound Luo Shuqing’s Essence Blood to the Jade Talisman so the retainers would die if she did.
• Ning Wangshu warned the retainers to obey Luo Shuqing, handed her the Jade Talisman, and turned toward Qin Jingshen.

Ning Wangshu killed Qin Jingshen, Qin Yaotian, and two Qin family ancestors after the Huaiyang King’s group revealed why they had surrendered. He ordered the Huaiyang King and his retainers to destroy the Qin family in Qingfeng City.

• Ning Wangshu killed Qin Jingshen and returned to the City Lord’s Mansion with Luo Shuqing and the Huaiyang King’s group.
• Qin Yaotian demanded to know why the Huaiyang King and his retainers had surrendered without fighting.
• The retainer surnamed Lu revealed that Ning Wangshu had destroyed Taihua’s Royal Family and killed Cangxuan Tianzun, a Mahayana Earth Immortal.
• Qin Yaotian accepted his fate, and Ning Wangshu killed him and the two other Qin family ancestors.
• Ning Wangshu ordered the Huaiyang King and his retainers to wipe out the Qin family in Qingfeng City, and they set off at once.

After rumors spread that Ning Wangshu was a Mahayana Earth Immortal who had forced the Huaiyang King to submit, Ning prepared to leave Black Stone City with Han Ying. He left Luo Shuqing and Luo Ying with protection and instructions to contact him in Bieluo City if they learned about Luo Han or encountered the mysterious people hunting them.

• People in Black Stone City learned that the Huaiyang King had wiped out the Qin family of Qingfeng City and speculated that Ning Wangshu was a Mahayana Earth Immortal.
• Ning Wangshu gave Luo Shuqing and Luo Ying protective Magic Artifacts and talisman seals, and told them to contact him in Bieluo City if they found clues about Luo Han.
• Ning Wangshu warned Luo Shuqing and Luo Ying to capture the mysterious people hunting them alive so he could search their souls and trace their master.
• Ning Wangshu left the City Lord's Mansion with Han Ying, while Luo Shuqing and Luo Ying hoped the Huaiyang King and his companions would keep Black Stone City safe.

Ning Wangshu and Han Ying reached Thousand Absolute Ridge, where a weakened formation had just been broken by a group seeking the legacy of a Mahayana Earth Immortal. Ning Wangshu raced past the ridge’s remaining Seals toward the palace, while the others followed, leaving the story with treasure hunters rushing inside.

• Ning Wangshu recognized Thousand Absolute Ridge as a place he had left more than six thousand years earlier and brought Han Ying there to retrieve something.
• Over a hundred cultivators broke the formation surrounding Thousand Absolute Ridge and rushed inside, hoping to find the great figure’s legacy.
• The remaining Seals killed several intruders, but Ning Wangshu passed through them in a golden streak without triggering any.
• Yao Shengxue, Wang Lingxiao, Hua Juechen, Chen Mang, and other cultivators pursued Ning Wangshu, while more than ten people died to the Seals.
• The cultivators spotted a palace atop a distant peak and hurried toward it, convinced Ning Wangshu had gone inside first.
• Twenty or thirty cultivators reached the palace with its gates open and rushed inside to claim the treasures.

Ning Wangshu and Han Ying stood beside the Enlightenment Fruit Tree as the other arrivals discovered its twelve ripe fruits. Yao Shengxue, Wang Lingxiao, Chen Mang, and Hua Juechen claimed the fruits for themselves, but an impatient voice ordered everyone to leave or die.

• The newcomers found Ning Wangshu and Han Ying beyond the empty hall, where Ning Wangshu ignored their questions and gazed at an ancient tree.
• One visitor recognized the tree as the legendary Enlightenment Fruit Tree, and the crowd saw twelve ripe fruits on its branches.
• Yao Shengxue proposed that she, Wang Lingxiao, Chen Mang, and Hua Juechen take three fruits each.
• Wang Lingxiao and Chen Mang dismissed the others as unworthy, and their companions intimidated the crowd with their auras.
• An unidentified speaker demanded that everyone leave at once or die.

Ning Wangshu killed Yin Jiuyou with a single gesture after the Youquan Demon Sect elder attacked him. Chen Mang then unleashed the Youquan Demon Palm at Ning Wangshu, leaving the crowd convinced that he faced a deadly threat.

• Ning Wangshu told Chen Mang, Wang Lingxiao, Yao Shengxue, Hua Juechen, and their companions to leave, but they mocked and threatened him.
• Yin Jiuyou attacked Ning Wangshu with the Youming Ghost Claw on Chen Mang’s behalf.
• Ning Wangshu crushed Yin Jiuyou from a distance, shocking the onlookers with his apparent Dividing Soul Stage power.
• Yao Shengxue warned that Chen Mang would avenge Yin Jiuyou, while Chen Mang accused Ning Wangshu of provoking the Youquan Demon Sect.
• Chen Mang unleashed the Youquan Demon Palm, and the crowd feared Ning Wangshu would not survive the attack.

Ning Wangshu effortlessly shattered Chen Mang’s attacks, even after Chen Mang manifested his Heavenly Demon Body. Chen Mang called on Wang Lingxiao, Hua Juechen, and Yao Shengxue to join him against Ning Wangshu, while the crowd wondered whether Ning Wangshu had reached the Body Integration Stage.

• Ning Wangshu shattered Chen Mang’s Youquan Demon Palm with a flick of his finger and dismissed Chen Mang as a bug.
• Chen Mang manifested his Heavenly Demon Body and unleashed the Heavenly Demon Great Hand Seal at Ning Wangshu.
• Ning Wangshu stopped and shattered the Heavenly Demon’s claw with one finger, frightening Chen Mang with his overwhelming strength.
• Chen Mang reasoned that he and Wang Lingxiao, Hua Juechen, and Yao Shengxue could overwhelm Ning Wangshu together, then demanded that the three join the fight.
• The crowd speculated that Ning Wangshu was a Body Integration expert after seeing him destroy Chen Mang’s strongest attack.

Chen Mang, Wang Lingxue, Hua Juechen, and Yao Shengxue joined forces with their subordinates to attack Ning Wangshu for the Enlightenment Fruit. Ning Wangshu dismissed them as insignificant and shattered every attack with a single finger flick, leaving the attackers and onlookers stunned.

• Hua Juechen, Wang Lingxue, and Yao Shengxue agreed with Chen Mang to attack Ning Wangshu and seize the Enlightenment Fruit.
• Hua Juechen, Wang Lingxue, Yao Shengxue, and Chen Mang unleashed their techniques alongside their subordinates in a coordinated assault.
• The onlookers praised the four prodigies and predicted that their combined strength could kill an early-stage Body Integration figure.
• Ning Wangshu called the attackers muddy chickens and wretched dogs, then flicked a finger dismissively.
• Ning Wangshu's gesture instantly shattered the four prodigies' attacks and their subordinates' techniques, leaving everyone in shock.

Ning Wangshu overwhelmed Chen Mang and the other prodigies, then killed Chen Mang despite the intervention of the Youquan Demon Sect leader’s Dharma Body. The chapter ended with the onlookers stunned by Ning Wangshu’s strength and Ming Juetian vowing revenge.

• Ning Wangshu destroyed Chen Mang, Wang Lingxiao, Hua Juechen, and Yao Shengxue’s attacks with a flick of his finger.
• Chen Mang transformed with the Heavenly Demon Great Law and attacked Ning Wangshu with the Blood Soul Blade, but Ning Wangshu knocked the weapon away and severely injured him.
• Ning Wangshu moved to kill Chen Mang, who summoned Ming Juetian’s Dharma Body for protection.
• Ning Wangshu crushed Ming Juetian’s Dharma Body and ignored its threat of revenge.
• Ning Wangshu killed Chen Mang with a palm strike, leaving nothing but a cloud of blood mist.

Ning Wangshu drove off the gathered cultivators after destroying Youquan Demon Lord's Dharma Body, then confronted Wang Lingxiao, Hua Juechen, and Yao Shengxue over the Enlightenment Fruits. When Wang Lingxiao insisted he was entitled to a share, Ning Wangshu killed him and his two attendants.

• Ning Wangshu ordered the gathered cultivators to leave, then stopped Wang Lingxiao, Hua Juechen, and Yao Shengxue from fleeing.
• Wang Lingxiao and Hua Juechen warned that harming them would make Ning Wangshu an enemy of the top forces in Cloud Province, while Yao Shengxue offered an apology and gave up her share of the Enlightenment Fruits.
• Hua Juechen asked for three Enlightenment Fruits, and Wang Lingxiao also insisted on keeping his own three-fruit share.
• Ning Wangshu asked who had said the Enlightenment Fruits were unclaimed and declared that the dead did not need to know more.
• Ning Wangshu struck Wang Lingxiao, reducing him and his two attendants to dust.

After killing Chen Mang and Wang Lingxiao, Ning Wangshu faced the terrified Yao Shengxue and Hua Juechen. He spared Hua Juechen but severed his right arm, leaving Yao Shengxue’s fate unresolved.

• Yao Shengxue begged Ning Wangshu to spare her, and Hua Juechen followed by surrendering his claim to the Enlightenment Fruits.
• Hua Juechen apologized, dropped to his knees, and pleaded for his life.
• Ning Wangshu agreed to spare Hua Juechen but demanded that he leave one arm behind.
• Ning Wangshu severed Hua Juechen’s right arm, and Hua Juechen left without retrieving it.
• Ning Wangshu ensured Hua Juechen’s arm could not be regenerated with an elixir.