Chapter Summaries

Ning Wangshu left Worry-forgetting Peak for Niu Family Village, where he owed a deep debt to the family that once saved his life. On the day Niu Qingyan was forced to marry He Jianqiang, she refused her brother’s offer to help her escape, fearing the He Family would punish the entire village.

• Ning Wangshu explained the immortal realms to Yaoli and said he had reached the early Profound Immortal Realm through special encounters.
• Ning Wangshu spent several months at Worry-forgetting Peak studying the incomplete Jie Technique and guiding Luo Han before setting out for Niu Family Village.
• Ning Wangshu recalled that the village’s ancestor had saved him, bringing disaster upon Niu Family Village, and that he had repaid the debt by secretly helping talented villagers.
• Niu Qingyan sat in bridal attire on her wedding day, grieving because the He Family was forcing her to marry He Jianqiang.
• Niu Zhengran offered to help Niu Qingyan escape, but she refused because she feared the He Family would retaliate against Niu Family Village.
• Niu Zhengran left Niu Qingyan’s boudoir, and she wept alone.

Niu Family Village faced He Jianqiang’s coercive wedding demand, but the He Family refused to enter the village, making the villagers’ trap useless. As they prepared for a desperate fight, Sixth Younger Brother recalled ancestral instructions directing them to sacrifice Niu Family blood to the divine statue in the Ancestral Hall.

• He Jianqiang and the He Family demanded that Niu Qingyan come out to the village entrance, threatening to summon their Dividing Soul Stage ancestor if she did not appear within a quarter of an hour.
• Niu Family Village elders agreed to fetch Qingyan while privately lamenting that the He Family’s refusal to enter the village had thwarted their plan.
• The villagers resolved to fight rather than let Qingyan marry He Jianqiang, but they feared the He Family ancestor would overwhelm them and break the ancestral barrier.
• The villagers blamed Chu Huanzhang for abandoning his promise to protect Niu Family Village after their ancestors died in the Ancient Demon Abyss.
• Sixth Younger Brother recalled the ancestral instructions: in a life-or-death crisis, sacrificing Niu Family tribesmen’s blood to the divine statue could avert disaster.

Ning Wangshu revealed himself to Niu Qingyan as the figure honored in Niu Family Village’s Ancestral Hall and promised to stop the He Family from forcing her into marriage. After hearing her plea, he vowed to deal with the He Family and Bieluo City’s city lord, while Yaoli admitted she had left her duty to protect the village.

• Niu Family Village’s leaders recalled the ancestral instruction to shelter everyone in the Ancestral Hall and activate the ancestors’ formations if they needed the divine statue’s help.
• Ning Wangshu, Yaoli, Bei Ji Tianzun, and Han Ying appeared in Niu Qingyan’s bedroom, and Niu Qingyan recognized Ning Wangshu as the figure depicted by the Ancestral Hall’s statue.
• Ning Wangshu explained his ties to Niu Family Village and invited Niu Qingyan to call him “Ancestor,” promising that no one would force her to marry.
• Niu Qingyan pleaded for help against the He Family and Bieluo City’s city lord, explaining that she feared the He Family would destroy the village if she refused He Jianqiang.
• Ning Wangshu vowed to punish the He Family and city lord, and Yaoli confessed that she had left her post protecting Niu Family Village.
• Ning Wangshu told Yaoli he did not blame her, explaining that he had only asked her to protect the village for a thousand years.

Ning Wangshu revealed himself as the figure depicted by Niu Family Village’s ancestral statue and promised to protect the village from the He Family. Niu Zhengran brought him to the Ancestral Hall, where Niu Chenbi and the villagers recognized the resemblance and awaited Niu Qingyan’s explanation.

• Ning Wangshu chose to wait and see how the He Family’s wedding party acted instead of immediately attacking them.
• Niu Zhengran returned to Niu Qingyan’s room and learned that Ning Wangshu was the person shown in the village’s ancestral statue.
• Ning Wangshu reassured Niu Zhengran that the He Family could not threaten Niu Family Village and agreed to meet its chief and elders.
• Niu Chenbi offered incense before the ancestral statue as the villagers gathered to face the coming crisis.
• Niu Zhengran brought Ning Wangshu and his companions into the Ancestral Hall, where Niu Chenbi, the elders, and the villagers recognized Ning Wangshu’s likeness to the statue.
• Niu Zhengran confirmed that Ning Wangshu was the figure depicted by the statue and directed Niu Chenbi and the elders to ask Niu Qingyan for the rest of the story.

Ning Wangshu revealed his connection to Niu Family Village, promised to protect it, and went with the villagers to confront the He Family. Meanwhile, Chu Huanzhang learned that He Songxiao had only given him a ten-year reprieve from Immortal Drunk, leaving him under the He Family’s control.

• Niu Chenbi and the villagers knelt before Ning Wangshu and begged him to save Niu Family Village.
• Ning Wangshu promised that no one would harm the village and that he would seek justice against the He Family in Bieluo City.
• Ning Wangshu, Niu Chenbi, Niu Qingyan, and the villagers went to meet He Jianqiang and Lin Yuan, who discussed their plan to absorb Niu Family Village.
• He Jianqiang revealed that the He Family had used Immortal Drunk to force Chu Huanzhang to trick Niu Family Village’s elders into going to the Ancient Demon Abyss.
• He Songxiao gave Chu Huanzhang an antidote that would suppress Immortal Drunk for only ten years, then threatened him into accepting continued dependence on the He Family.

Niu Chenbi refused to hand Niu Qingyan over to the He Family, and Ning Wangshu challenged Lin Yuan and He Jianqiang. After Ning Wangshu killed Lin Yuan and He Family Old Ancestor He Songxiao, Niu Family Village watched as its immediate threat was crushed.

• At Niu Family Village’s entrance, Lin Yuan and He Jianqiang demanded that Niu Chenbi hand over Niu Qingyan, but Niu Chenbi refused.
• Ning Wangshu stepped forward and challenged Lin Yuan and He Jianqiang, declaring that he would destroy the He Family.
• Lin Yuan attacked Ning Wangshu, who shattered his spiritual-power hand and killed him before a sword-wielding He Songxiao could intervene.
• He Songxiao threatened Niu Family Village and prepared to attack, but Ning Wangshu struck him down as well.

Ning Wangshu killed He Songxiao, seized Chu Huanzhang as he tried to flee, and rejected his offer to make amends. He ordered Bei Ji Tianzun to exterminate the He Family members, leaving Niu Family Village free of its enemies.

• He Jianqiang watched Ning Wangshu kill He Songxiao with a single palm and struggled to accept the ancestor’s death.
• Ning Wangshu seized Chu Huanzhang from dozens of miles away after he tried to escape, and Niu Chenbi and the villagers condemned him for breaking his promise to protect Niu Family Village.
• Chu Huanzhang offered compensation and help against the He Family, but the villagers rejected his offer and Ning Wangshu killed him.
• Ning Wangshu ordered Bei Ji Tianzun to deal with He Jianqiang and the other He Family members, and Bei Ji Tianzun killed them all with one strike.

Ning Wangshu saved Niu Family Village, ordered Bei Ji Tianzun to destroy the He Family, and learned that the Ancient Demon Abyss was a passage through which the powerful Ancient Demon Clan threatened the Cangyuan Realm. Niu Chenbi also revealed that six village elders had died there under suspicious circumstances, leaving Ning Wangshu with the mystery to investigate.

• Ning Wangshu killed Chu Huanzhang, and Bei Ji Tianzun killed He Jianqiang and the other He Family members; the villagers of Niu Family Village celebrated their relief.
• Ning Wangshu ordered Bei Ji Tianzun to wipe out the He Family, then accepted the villagers' thanks and returned with them to the Ancestral Hall.
• Ning Wangshu asked about the Ancient Demon Abyss, and Niu Chenbi explained that it was a Spatial Crack leading to the Ancient Demon Realm, whose powerful inhabitants could devour human cultivators' power.
• Niu Chenbi said cultivators from across the Southern Border had gathered to defend the Ancient Demon Abyss, but six Niu Family Village elders had died there three years earlier.
• Niu Chenbi said the elders' simultaneous deaths seemed suspicious, but the village had been too powerless and afraid to investigate.

Ning Wangshu agreed to investigate the Ancient Demon Abyss and reassured Niu Chenbi that even Mahayana Earth Immortals were no match for him. As Ning Wangshu prepared to go with Yaoli and Bei Ji Tianzun, two cultivators arrived to attack Niu Family Village on the Young Sect Master's orders.

• Niu Chenbi warned Ning Wangshu that powerful cultivators, including Mahayana Earth Immortals, were stationed at the Ancient Demon Abyss, but Ning Wangshu said they were no threat to him.
• Yaoli told Niu Chenbi that Ning Wangshu could defeat anyone responsible for the ancestors' deaths and protect the village from the Ancient Demons.
• Bei Ji Tianzun reported that he had exterminated the He Family, and Ning Wangshu agreed to let him and Yaoli accompany him to the Ancient Demon Abyss.
• Ning Wangshu said he would place a Seal around Niu Family Village, while Han Ying stayed behind to protect it.
• Yuan Lang and another cultivator approached Niu Family Village to carry out the Young Sect Master's assignment, discussing the risk of leaving their posts at the Ancient Demon Abyss.

Feng Shangyao and Yuan Lang attacked Niu Family Village on the Young Sect Master's orders, but Yaoli stopped them and brought them before Ning Wangshu and the villagers. Caught after their failed attack, they falsely claimed they had mistaken the village for Yu Family Fort and offered compensation.

• Feng Shangyao and Yuan Lang reached Niu Family Village and launched attacks to destroy it.
• Ning Wangshu sensed the attack, and Yaoli seized Feng Shangyao and Yuan Lang while obeying his order to leave them alive.
• Yaoli shattered the attackers' seal and sword beam, sealed their spiritual energy, and carried them into the village's Ancestral Hall.
• A village elder demanded to know why Feng Shangyao and Yuan Lang had attacked Niu Family Village.
• Feng Shangyao claimed they had mistaken Niu Family Village for Yu Family Fort, and Yuan Lang offered to compensate the villagers.

After learning that the Qianyuan Dao Sect’s Young Sect Master had caused the deaths of Niu Family Village’s elders, Ning Wangshu promised to avenge them and set out for the Ancient Demon Abyss. He left the village protected by a Seal as Niu Chenbi and the others trusted him to punish the sect.

• Ning Wangshu exposed Feng Shangyao and Yuan Lang’s role in the plot against Niu Family Village, enraging the villagers.
• Niu Chenbi, the clan elders, Niu Zhengran, and Niu Qingyan knelt and asked Ning Wangshu to avenge their dead elders.
• Feng Shangyao and Yuan Lang threatened Ning Wangshu with the power of the Qianyuan Dao Sect, but Yaoli dismissed their threat.
• Ning Wangshu searched Feng Shangyao and Yuan Lang’s souls, learned about the sect and its Young Sect Master, then obliterated them.
• Ning Wangshu promised to avenge the elders, sealed Niu Family Village against attack, and flew toward the Ancient Demon Abyss with Yaoli and Bei Ji Tianzun.
• Niu Chenbi told the departed elders that Ning Wangshu would make the Qianyuan Dao Sect and its Young Sect Master pay.

The Cangyuan Realm repelled another Ancient Demon Clan assault at the Ancient Demon Abyss, but its defenders feared the enemy was preparing to send a far greater force. Daoist Xu left for the Central Plains to seek reinforcements while the four remaining guardians held the line.

• The Ancient Demon Clan poured through the Spatial Crack and fought the Cangyuan Realm’s cultivators, but the invaders were wiped out after half a day of battle.
• The five Mahayana Earth Immortals guarding the Ancient Demon Abyss concluded that the enemy’s attacks were growing stronger and that dozens of Mahayana demons might be gathered beyond the fissure.
• The guardians agreed to warn the holy lands and great sects across the Cangyuan Realm and gather reinforcements in case the Spatial Crack allowed the enemy’s Mahayana experts to enter.
• Daoist Xu volunteered to visit the Central Plains and persuade its Mahayana Earth Immortals to help.
• Daoist Xu departed for the Central Plains, while the four remaining men stayed to guard the Ancient Demon Abyss and worried that the Spatial Crack might soon be strengthened.

Ning Wangshu, Yaoli, and Bei Ji Tianzun arrived at the Ancient Demon Abyss and confronted Qianyuan Dao Sect’s Young Sect Master, Yan Ciyun, over his role in the deaths of Niu Family Village’s elders. The chapter ended with Yan Ciyun denying the accusation and claiming Ning Wangshu might be an Ancient Demon spy.

• Ning Wangshu learned from Feng Shangyao and Yuan Lang’s memories that five Mahayana Earth Immortals guarded the Ancient Demon Abyss and that Yan Ciyun and Yan Xunhe were there.
• Ning Wangshu, Yaoli, and Bei Ji Tianzun reached the camp, where Ning Wangshu called Yan Ciyun out to face his death.
• Yan Xunhe joined Yan Ciyun in the air as Qianyuan Dao Sect cultivators gathered behind them and the camp watched.
• Ning Wangshu reminded Yan Ciyun of Niu Family Village’s elders and accused him of sending them against stronger Ancient Demons and preventing their rescue.
• Yan Ciyun denied the accusation, called it slander, and suggested Ning Wangshu was an Ancient Demon spy trying to undermine the Cangyuan Realm’s forces.

Ning Wangshu exposed suspicions that Yan Ciyun had arranged the deaths of Niu Family Village’s cultivators, then declared he had come to kill Yan Ciyun rather than argue or prove his case. When Yan Xunhe attacked him, Ning Wangshu killed Yan Xunhe with a flick of his finger, leaving the gathered cultivators terrified.

• Cultivators at the Ancient Demon Abyss recalled that the Niu Family Village elders had all died at once and began suspecting Yan Ciyun had set them up.
• Yan Xunhe realized Ning Wangshu’s accusation was likely true but threatened Ning Wangshu to protect Yan Ciyun and Qianyuan Dao Sect.
• Song Muyang and the other Mahayana Earth Immortals debated the accusation, while Chu Xuanchen dismissed it and defended Yan Ciyun.
• Ning Wangshu said he had come to kill Yan Ciyun, not to argue or provide evidence, and Yan Ciyun claimed this proved Ning Wangshu was a spy and slanderer.
• Yan Xunhe attacked Ning Wangshu, but Ning Wangshu flicked a finger and blasted Yan Xunhe apart before Chu Xuanchen could intervene.

Ning Wangshu killed Yan Xunhe with one strike, revealing himself as a Mahayana Earth Immortal and leaving Yan Ciyun and the Qianyuan Dao Sect stunned. When Chu Xuanchen confronted him, Bei Ji Tianzun struck Chu Xuanchen away and revealed his overwhelming strength as an Earth Immortal Giant.

• Ning Wangshu’s single strike killed Yan Xunhe, and the crowd realized Ning Wangshu was a Mahayana Earth Immortal.
• Yan Ciyun grieved for his father and urged Chu Xuanchen to seek justice against Ning Wangshu.
• Chu Xuanchen accused Ning Wangshu of killing Yan Xunhe without evidence and disregarding the people of Cangyuan Realm.
• Bei Ji Tianzun slapped Chu Xuanchen dozens of miles away, leaving him injured and frightened.
• Song Muyang and the other Mahayana Earth Immortals recognized Bei Ji Tianzun as an Earth Immortal Giant and discussed how the killing had complicated their plans.
• Bei Ji Tianzun mocked Chu Xuanchen for trying to pressure Ning Wangshu with appeals to righteousness.

Bei Ji Tianzun revealed that he served Ning Wangshu, shocking the gathered cultivators, then attacked Chu Xuanchen for disrespecting his master. After Song Muyang and two other Mahayana Earth Immortals rescued Chu Xuanchen, Ning Wangshu refused to spare him or the Qianyuan Dao Sect for harming the ancestors of Niu Family Village.

• Bei Ji Tianzun called Ning Wangshu his master, leaving Yan Ciyun and the gathered cultivators stunned that such a powerful Earth Immortal Giant was a servant.
• Chu Xuanchen angrily confronted Bei Ji Tianzun, who declared he would kill him for disrespecting Ning Wangshu and standing up for the Qianyuan Dao Sect.
• Bei Ji Tianzun unleashed the Luo Tian Sword Prison, overwhelming Chu Xuanchen's defensive artifact.
• Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao joined forces to destroy the sword attack and save Chu Xuanchen.
• Song Muyang asked Ning Wangshu and Bei Ji Tianzun to let the matter go, but Ning Wangshu said Chu Xuanchen and the Qianyuan Dao Sect must pay for harming the ancestors of Niu Family Village.

Ning Wangshu ordered Yaoli to punish Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, Ding Xiao, and Chu Xuanchen for defending the Qianyuan Dao Sect. Yaoli unleashed overwhelming power, killing Chu Xuanchen and gravely wounding the other three, while the cultivators of the Ancient Demon Abyss watched in terror.

• Song Muyang refused to let Ning Wangshu kill the Qianyuan Dao Sect members or Chu Xuanchen, and he and Xu Huaiyan, Ding Xiao, and Chu Xuanchen stood together against him.
• Ning Wangshu ordered Yaoli to kill Chu Xuanchen and punish the other three for opposing him.
• Yaoli summoned an enormous apparition of herself and pressed down with a palm that overwhelmed everyone in the Ancient Demon Abyss.
• Yaoli blasted Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao more than a hundred miles, leaving them gravely wounded, and Chu Xuanchen exploded into blood mist.
• Yaoli withdrew her attack and warned the three survivors that Ning Wangshu had spared them.

Yaoli revealed that her cultivation had surpassed the Peak of Mahayana after overwhelming the Qianyuan Dao Sect’s defenders. Xu Huaiyan wondered whether she was an immortal who had ascended in the Human World.

• The cultivators concluded that Ning Wangshu, Yaoli, and his servant had terrifying power, while Yan Ciyun realized his scheme against Niu Family Village had doomed the Qianyuan Dao Sect.
• Yan Ciyun wept over his father Yan Xunhe and Chu Xuanchen’s deaths as the Qianyuan Dao Sect members stood in despair.
• Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao climbed from the craters after Yaoli’s strike and said her power exceeded the Peak of Mahayana.
• Yaoli confirmed that her cultivation had surpassed the Peak of Mahayana and mocked the injured cultivators for opposing her master.
• Xu Huaiyan asked whether Yaoli was an immortal who had ascended in the Human World.

Yaoli revealed that she was a Half-Immortal and erased Yan Ciyun and the Qianyuan Dao Sect after they had harmed Niu Family Village. As Ning Wangshu noticed a change in the Spatial Crack, a demonic Dharma Seal stabilized it, threatening to let powerful Ancient Demon Clan fighters enter the Cangyuan Realm.

• Yaoli clarified that she was a Half-Immortal, far beyond the Mahayana cultivators, and said she had spared them on her master's orders and for guarding the Ancient Demon Abyss.
• Yaoli ignored Yan Ciyun's plea for mercy and made him and several hundred members of the Qianyuan Dao Sect disintegrate.
• Ning Wangshu noticed the Spatial Crack shudder, and a surge of force emerged from it.
• A demonic Dharma Seal formed over the Spatial Crack and stabilized it, prompting Song Muyang and Xu Huaiyan to warn that Mahayana demons could soon cross into the Cangyuan Realm.
• Ding Xiao attacked the Dharma Seal with his Flying Sword, and Song Muyang and Xu Huaiyan followed with their strongest techniques.

Ning Wangshu effortlessly crushed the Half-Immortal demonic phantom summoned by the Ancient Demon God Seal, stunning the cultivators and filling them with hope. He then turned his attention to the demonic seal.

• The demonic seal repelled Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao, badly injuring them as they tried to break it.
• The seal summoned a towering demonic phantom that declared it would kill the defenders and stabilize the rift for the Ancient Demon Clan.
• The phantom stomped toward the cultivators, and Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao realized its power had surpassed the peak Great Ascension stage.
• Ning Wangshu halted the phantom's attack with one hand and crushed it into demonic light with a clenched fist.
• The cultivators celebrated Ning Wangshu as their savior, and he turned his gaze toward the demonic seal.