Chapter Summaries

Ning Wangshu saw that the Jianmu tree was being eroded again by the strange bloody light and worried about the Extraterrestrial Demons breaking free. He decided to return to Earth and postpone using an uncertain token until he could better protect himself and those around him.

• Ning Wangshu recalled how the All Heavens Seal had once suppressed the bloody light, then saw that nearly one-third of the Jianmu tree had been eroded again.
• Ning Wangshu feared the Extraterrestrial Demons would revive and doubted that even Immortal Kings could withstand the coming calamity.
• Ning Wangshu hesitated to use the token he had activated in Chiming Heyang Heaven, since it might send him or his companions there again.
• Ning Wangshu chose to use Chuxia's token for the Cangyuan Realm and prioritize strengthening himself before taking others there.
• Ning Wangshu decided to head to the Qinling Mountains and return to Qingzhu and the others, then flew toward Kunlun Xu's exit.

Ning Wangshu fought through the blood light inside the bronze gate while his Wizard Clan Avatar reached the Qinling Mountains, where a terrifying Extraterrestrial Demon emerged from the Immortal Mansion. The demon began consuming Du Chongguang’s group and the Five-clawed Golden Dragon, leaving Ning Wangshu’s allies fearing that the All Heavens Seal would fall and unleash a great calamity.

• Ning Wangshu entered the blood light and destroyed the attacking beast carcasses while his protective Immortal Light blocked its corruption.
• Ning Wangshu’s Wizard Clan Avatar learned that the three immortals and the Five-clawed Golden Dragon had entered the Immortal Mansion, then arrived at the Qinling Mountains to rescue Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong.
• A burst of strange blood light erupted from the Immortal Mansion, and Du Chongguang’s group and the Five-clawed Golden Dragon fled before a blood-colored hand seized them.
• A figure revealed that the captives had broken Heavenly Walker Immortal King’s seals and restrictions, then used blood-colored tentacles to drain their power.
• The Five-clawed Golden Dragon disintegrated into a skeleton as Ning Wangshu’s Wizard Clan Avatar recognized the figure as a powerful Immortal King and Xuan Yuan Yulong warned that the awakened demon could destroy the All Heavens Seal.

An Extraterrestrial Demon controlling the body of the Heavenly Walker Immortal King devoured Du Chongguang and two others, leaving Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong desperate to awaken the Human Emperor Sword. The demon turned its attention toward them and Ning Wangshu's Wizard Clan Avatar as Ning Wangshu's main body rushed to the scene.

• The demon revealed that Heavenly Walker was an Extreme Immortal King and said its power had not yet recovered one percent of its peak.
• Ning Wangshu's Wizard Clan Avatar realized that the All Heavens Seal severely limited his approaching main body's ability to fight the demon, but Ning Wangshu continued rushing toward the ravine.
• The demon's blood-red light eroded Du Chongguang and two others, reducing their bodies and Immortal Souls to particles that it absorbed.
• After Liang Qingming died, Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong regained their freedom and resolved to fight the Extraterrestrial Demons despite expecting to die.
• Xuan Yuan Longcheng told Xuan Yuan Yulong to have Jingxiu revive Xuanyuan Cave, awaken the Human Emperor Sword, and bring it to slay the demon.
• The demon finished absorbing its victims' power and fixed its gaze on Xuan Yuan Longcheng, Xuan Yuan Yulong, and Ning Wangshu's Wizard Clan Avatar.

Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong faced the Extraterrestrial Demon, which suppressed them and Ning Wangshu's Wizard Clan Avatar before attacking with bloodlight. As the bloodlight closed in, Ning Wangshu's avatar broke free by manifesting the Great Wizard True Form.

• Xuan Yuan Longcheng secretly asked Ning Wangshu's Wizard Clan Avatar to tell Xuan Yuan Jingxiu to retrieve the Human Emperor Sword from Xuanyuan Cave.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon declared that it would devour the three opponents to recover its strength, singling out Ning Wangshu's avatar as a rich source of Qi and blood.
• Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong used the Dragon Transformation Technique, but the Extraterrestrial Demon immediately immobilized both True Dragons and suppressed Ning Wangshu's avatar.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon mocked the three and sent bloodlight streaking toward each of them, while Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong prepared for death.
• Ning Wangshu's Wizard Clan Avatar cried out for the Great Wizard True Form, and the Ganqi Axe released dark light that shattered the suppression and transformed him into a colossal giant.

Ning Wangshu broke free of the Extraterrestrial Demon’s suppression and used the Ganqi Axe to destroy its attacks, but he was badly injured while holding it off. The demon unleashed Blood Demon Devours Heaven, leaving Ning Wangshu facing a vast blood sea and a demon god’s devouring maw.

• Ning Wangshu manifested his Great Wizard True Form and used the Ganqi Axe to destroy the blood-red attacks aimed at himself, Xuan Yuan Longcheng, and Xuan Yuan Yulong.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon recognized the Ganqi Axe and struck Ning Wangshu with a blood-red claw, which he shattered with a thunder-charged axe blow.
• Ning Wangshu was hurled into the Qinling Mountains and severely wounded, but he recovered with Earth Force and attacked the demon again.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon formed a Dharma Seal and summoned a vast blood sea and a blood-colored demon god that swallowed toward Ning Wangshu.

Ning Wangshu's Wizard Clan Avatar struggled against the Extraterrestrial Demon’s Blood Sea while his main body raced to the Qinling Mountains. Just as the Avatar was bound and losing control of his body, Ning Wangshu's main body arrived and freed him.

• Ning Wangshu's main body relayed Xuan Yuan Longcheng's warning to Xuan Yuan Jingxiu, who left to awaken the Human Emperor Sword while Xuan Yuan Lie remained to oversee Kyoto.
• Ning Wangshu's Wizard Clan Avatar fought off the Extraterrestrial Demon’s Blood Sea but suffered severe injuries and began to be corroded by its bloodlight.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon transformed the Blood Sea into crimson chains that bound Ning Wangshu's Wizard Clan Avatar and spread blood-red growths through his body.
• Ning Wangshu's main body arrived and used Golden Lotus Buries the Dao, Creation Killing Tribulation to shatter the chains and free his Wizard Clan Avatar.

Ning Wangshu's true body joined the battle against the Extraterrestrial Demon, revealing an Immortal Emperor's art and power approaching the middle Golden Immortal realm. He countered the demon's Blood Prison Soul-Devouring Curse, while Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong hoped he could hold out until Xuan Yuan Jingxiu brought the Human Emperor Sword.

• Ning Wangshu's true body severed the blood-red chains binding his Wizard Clan Avatar and confronted the Extraterrestrial Demon.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon recognized Ning Wangshu's true body and mocked him, claiming its remaining strength was enough to overpower him.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon unleashed the Blood Prison Soul-Devouring Curse against Ning Wangshu's true body.
• Ning Wangshu's true body answered with Momentary Splendor, Myriad Phenomena Return to Truth, and his golden lotus began melting the blood prison's dead souls and shadows.
• Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong were astonished by Ning Wangshu's strength and hoped he could delay the demon until Xuan Yuan Jingxiu arrived with the Human Emperor Sword.

Ning Wangshu fought the extraterrestrial demon, but his strongest techniques could not break its Blood Prison Soul-Devouring Curse. He realized the demon’s Immortal King-level strength far exceeded his own and continued trying to buy time for the Human Emperor Sword to arrive.

• The extraterrestrial demon destroyed Ning Wangshu’s Golden Lotus and attacked him with its Blood Prison Soul-Devouring Curse.
• Ning Wangshu used Three Heads and Six Arms to unleash the Creation Imperial Technique, the Gate of the Epoch, and the Pre-Technique against the demon and its blood prison.
• The demon expanded the blood prison into a vast sea of blood, which swallowed and annihilated Ning Wangshu’s Pre-Technique phantom.
• The sea of blood corroded and destroyed Ning Wangshu’s golden lotus Dharma Seal and the Gate of the Epoch’s wheel of light.
• Ning Wangshu recognized that his strength was far below the demon’s and resolved to buy as much time as possible.

Ning Wangshu struggled to hold back the Extraterrestrial Demon’s Blood Prison while waiting for Xuan Yuan Jingxiu to bring the Human Emperor Sword. Nearing defeat, he rescued his Wizard Clan Avatar and the two Xuan Yuan elders, then escaped a hundred li away using the Substitute Technique.

• Ning Wangshu repeatedly struck the Blood Prison with the Creation Imperial Technique and Gate of the Epoch while hurling the Fan Tian Seal at the Extraterrestrial Demon to delay it.
• Ning Wangshu’s Wizard Clan Avatar expelled the blood-red growths and joined the fight, swinging the Ganqi Axe to help resist the Blood Prison.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu opened a passage to Xuanyuan Cave and entered, hoping Ning Xian Zun could hold on until he arrived with the Human Emperor Sword.
• The battle’s aftershocks devastated the Qinling Mountains and killed the soldiers and Bureau 95 cultivators stationed near the ravine.
• As Ning Wangshu and his Wizard Clan Avatar suffered worsening injuries, Ning Wangshu decided to flee, drew the avatar and Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong into the Shanhe Sheji Diagram, and used the Substitute Technique to escape a hundred li away.

Ning Wangshu repeatedly used the Substitute Technique to evade the Extraterrestrial Demon while drawing it toward Xuanyuan Cave, where the Human Emperor Sword could defeat it. Xuan Yuan Jingxiu revived Xuanyuan Cave, and the Human Emperor Sword began to emerge as its ancient forefathers awakened.

• Ning Wangshu used the Substitute Technique again and again to escape the Extraterrestrial Demon’s pursuit.
• Ning Wangshu learned from Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong that the Human Emperor Sword held Xuanyuan Huangdi’s will and could kill the demon once awakened.
• Ning Wangshu headed toward Taikang City to lure the Extraterrestrial Demon to Xuanyuan Cave.
• A golden beam and dragon apparition accompanied the sudden appearance of Xuanyuan Cave, drawing the attention of nearby residents.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu told the awakened forefathers that the Extraterrestrial Demons had broken their seals and that he needed the Human Emperor Sword.
• The Human Emperor Sword began to emerge from the altar as visions of people bowing appeared around it.

A mysterious woman in the sarcophagus manifested as a phantom and revealed that the Human Emperor Sword had awakened because Extraterrestrial Demons were stirring after the All Heavens Seal was damaged. Her incarnation vanished to help resolve the crisis, leaving Lin Qingzhu and the others worried about Ning Wangshu and wondering about Little Dot’s connection to her.

• Milky-white radiance and strange-beast roars drew Lin Qingzhu, Ning Ruoxuan, Shen Chuxia, Zhu Xiyan, and Little Dot to the sarcophagus room.
• The woman’s brow mark gathered the radiance and formed a phantom above the sarcophagus, which opened its eyes and sensed the Human Emperor Sword’s awakening.
• The phantom said the All Heavens Seal remained damaged but intact, and that she needed more time to awaken fully before her incarnation could help the Xuanyuan Lineage.
• The phantom recognized Little Dot, noted that something had happened where it came from, and then vanished.
• Lin Qingzhu connected Little Dot and the woman to Kunlun Xu and feared Ning Wangshu was in danger because the Human Emperor Sword had been awakened.

Ning Wangshu led the Extraterrestrial Demon toward Central Plains Province while Xuan Yuan Jingxiu retrieved the awakened Human Emperor Sword. The demon sensed the sword and abandoned its pursuit, turning to flee as Ning Wangshu’s allies continued to worry about his safety.

• Shen Chuxia and Lin Qingzhu concluded that the coffin woman's incarnation had awakened to fight the Extraterrestrial Demons, and they reassured Ning Ruoxuan about Ning Wangshu.
• Ning Wangshu used the Substitute Technique to evade the demon's attacks while leading it toward Central Plains Province, arriving there badly wounded.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu took the Human Emperor Sword from Xuanyuan Cave and flew toward the Qinling Mountains.
• Ning Wangshu sent Xuan Yuan Jingxiu a Voice Transmission, urging him southwest and asking whether the sword had awakened.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu confirmed the sword was awakened and drew it, explaining that Xuanyuan blood could activate its power.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon sensed the Human Emperor Sword, judged the risk too great, and turned to flee.

Ning Wangshu fought to keep the Extraterrestrial Demon from escaping until Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong could bring the Human Emperor Sword, but the demon burned its Essence Blood and Demon Soul to flee. Ning Wangshu was left badly wounded as the demon vowed to return and kill him.

• Ning Wangshu released Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong from the Shanhe Sheji Diagram and sent them to retrieve the Human Emperor Sword from Xuan Yuan Jingxiu.
• Ning Wangshu and his Wizard Clan Avatar used their techniques, the Fan Tian Seal, and the Ganqi Axe to block the Extraterrestrial Demon while Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong fetched the sword.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon repeatedly struck back, but Ning Wangshu endured its attacks and healed with the Zhe Technique and Earth Vein Power.
• Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong obtained the Human Emperor Sword and rushed back, prompting the Extraterrestrial Demon to use the Blood-Burning Heaven-Escape Technique.
• Ning Wangshu's attacks failed to reach the demon as it vanished into the distorted void, leaving him gravely injured and warning that the demon would return.

Ning Wangshu and the Xuanyuan descendants watched as the Jade Pool Western Emperor’s avatar stopped Xue Qingluo from escaping. She warned Xuan Yuan Longcheng to conserve the Human Emperor Sword’s power and declared that she would deal with the demon.

• As Ning Wangshu regretted letting the Extraterrestrial Demon escape, a mysterious voice tore open the void and forced the fleeing demon back out.
• The Jade Pool Western Emperor appeared, and Ning Wangshu recognized her face as identical to the woman he had seen dead in meditation beyond Kunlun Xu’s bronze gate.
• The Western Emperor identified the demon as Xue Qingluo, the Seventh Demon Marshal of the Nether Blood Demon Clan, who had possessed the Heavenly Walker Immortal King’s body.
• Xue Qingluo recognized the Western Emperor and panicked, while Ning Wangshu wondered whether she had created the Western Emperor Scripture and Jade Pool Flying Immortal Technique.
• Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong paid their respects, and the Western Emperor explained that the Human Emperor Sword’s will weakened whenever it was used.
• The Western Emperor told the Xuanyuan descendants to save the sword for emergencies and said she would handle Xue Qingluo.

The Western Emperor's phantom summoned the Immortal-Gathering Banner from Ning Wangshu's Storage Ring and used it to destroy Xue Qingluo, the Blood Demon Clan's Seventh Demon Marshal. The immediate crisis ended, but the phantom was greatly weakened, and Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong turned their attention to her.

• Xue Qingluo attacked the Western Emperor's phantom with the Blood Prison Soul-Devouring Curse and insisted that only the Human Emperor Sword could kill it.
• The Western Emperor's phantom summoned the mysterious golden page from Ning Wangshu's Storage Ring, revealing it as the Immortal-Gathering Banner.
• The Western Emperor's phantom used the banner's golden radiance to evaporate Xue Qingluo's blood prison and split Xue Qingluo in half, destroying it.
• The Western Emperor's phantom said that activating the banner had taxed her avatar, while Ning Wangshu deactivated his supernatural forms.
• Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong turned to look at the weakened Western Emperor's phantom.

The Western Emperor warned Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong that the damaged All Heavens Seal would eventually allow more Extraterrestrial Demons to awaken, then taught Ning Wangshu how to activate the Immortal-Gathering Banner. After she vanished, Xuan Yuan Longcheng explained the banner’s immense power, leaving Ning Wangshu with a powerful new weapon to use until the Western Emperor reclaimed it.

• The Western Emperor warned Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong that the damaged All Heavens Seal could let sealed Extraterrestrial Demons break free, and that the Blood God’s awakening would herald a final battle.
• The Western Emperor left the Immortal-Gathering Banner with Ning Wangshu and taught him to activate it using the Jade Pool Flying Immortal Technique and the third volume of the Western Emperor Scripture.
• The Western Emperor said her true body would need the banner once fully awakened, then her incarnation dissipated after urging Ning Wangshu and the others to protect the world.
• Ning Wangshu asked whether the phantom had been the Western Emperor of legend, and Xuan Yuan Longcheng confirmed her identity.
• Xuan Yuan Longcheng explained that the Immortal-Gathering Banner was the Plain-Colored Cloud Realm Banner, one of the Primordial Five Directional Banners, and could suppress most treasures, techniques, and immortals.
• Ning Wangshu realized the banner might have helped him defeat Immortal King Gu Cang, instead of forcing him to flee using the token to the Cangyuan Realm.

After the demon was defeated, Ning Wangshu confirmed that he had reached the peak of the Luo Heaven celestial immortal stage, shocking Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong. He proposed that they explore the Qinling Mountains immortal mansion, now revealed to have belonged to the Apex Immortal King Heavenly Walker.

• Ning Wangshu thanked Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong, and they credited him with holding off Xue Qingluo long enough for Xuan Yuan Jingxiu and the Western Emperor's incarnation to intervene.
• Ning Wangshu and Xuan Yuan Longcheng agreed that immortals from the Thirty-Three Heavens had broken the seals that let the demon escape the Qinling Mountains mansion.
• Xuan Yuan Longcheng asked about Ning Wangshu's cultivation, and Ning Wangshu said he had reached the peak celestial immortal stage of Luo Heaven.
• Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong were stunned by Ning Wangshu's rapid advancement and his previously demonstrated Immortal Emperor techniques.
• Ning Wangshu suggested that they investigate the mansion, hoping to find treasures or a legacy left by the Apex Immortal King Heavenly Walker.

Ning Wangshu and Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong entered the Heavenly Path Immortal Mansion to search for treasures after agreeing on how to divide any discoveries. They found that Du Chongguang and the others had already looted much of the mansion, and the chapter left them with only a few ordinary medicines and third-grade immortal artifacts.

• Ning Wangshu agreed to share Immortal Arts and cultivation inheritances with Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong, while reserving any Spirit Treasures for himself in exchange for compensation.
• Ning Wangshu and his Wizard Clan Avatar led Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong back to the Qinling Mountains and inspected the Storage Rings and Immortal Artifacts left by the dead intruders.
• Ning Wangshu found that the blood light had eroded the rings' contents and ruined their Immortal Artifacts, medicines, and Immortal Stones.
• Ning Wangshu and the others entered the Heavenly Path Immortal Mansion and found its Medicine Garden had been plundered, leaving only a few ordinary medicines for Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong.
• The group searched the mansion's halls and found around ten scattered third-grade immortal artifacts, with no major treasures remaining.

Ning Wangshu and the Xuan Yuan brothers searched a Side Hall in Heavenly Walker Immortal King’s mansion and discovered the Travel Secret and Heavenly Walker Sword Canon. They memorized the techniques and continued examining the remaining Jade Slips, satisfied with their discoveries.

• Ning Wangshu, Xuan Yuan Longcheng, and Xuan Yuan Yulong examined the Jade Slips in the untouched Side Hall.
• Ning Wangshu discovered and memorized the Travel Secret, one of the Nine Secrets, a technique that enabled swift movement and escape into the void.
• Xuan Yuan Yulong found the Heavenly Walker Sword Canon, an Immortal King Sacred Art created by Heavenly Walker Immortal King, and passed it to Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Ning Wangshu to memorize.
• Ning Wangshu shared the Jade Slip containing the Travel Secret, and Xuan Yuan Longcheng and Xuan Yuan Yulong examined and memorized it.
• The three continued checking the remaining Jade Slips but found no other Immortal King Sacred Arts.

Ning Wangshu and his companions finished searching the Immortal Mansion, where they found a postnatal lingbao Flying Sword corroded by the demons’ blood-light power. After returning safely to Jiangnan City, Ning Wangshu reunited with his worried family and recounted his journey through the Thirty-Three Heavens, then resolved to wait until he reached the Immortal King realm before confronting the Imperial Void Sacred Land.

• Ning Wangshu and the others found a corroded postnatal lingbao Flying Sword in the Immortal Mansion and concluded that the blood-light power had ruined it after the Heavenly Walker Immortal King fought Xue Qingluo.
• Ning Wangshu left the Immortal Mansion and returned to Jiangnan City as news and speculation about the battles in the Qinling Mountains and the reappearance of Xuanyuan Cave spread online.
• Lin Qingzhu, Ning Ruoxuan, Zhu Xiyan, and Shen Chuxia welcomed Ning Wangshu home and expressed how worried they had been during his long absence.
• Ning Wangshu told them about his journey to Chiming Heyang Heaven, his encounter with Immortal King Gu Cang, his escape to the Cangyuan Realm, and his gains, including three Immortal Emperor techniques.
• Ning Wangshu said he would eventually settle his score with Immortal King Gu Cang and the Imperial Void Sacred Land, but would wait until he reached the Immortal King realm for safety.