Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang and the defenders struggled against the Nine Nether Demon Lord’s demonic army, while Heavenly Emperor Ye’s remnant destroyed half the shadows. As the Demon Lord possessed Xia Wushuang and threatened Xiao Yang, Liu Ruyan emerged from within Ning Hongye in a burst of purifying light.

• The Nine Nether Demon Lord unleashed tens of thousands of Venerable Realm demonic shadows against the imperial palace, and Princess Fuyao led the surviving troops in a desperate defense.
• An Miaoyu used the God-Beating Whip to protect a small area, while Heavenly Emperor Ye’s remnant struck down half the demonic shadows with a golden palm.
• The Nine Nether Demon Lord poured his power into Xia Wushuang, who rose to the Venerable Realm and attacked Xiao Yang with nine corrupting blood chains.
• Ning Hongye shielded Xiao Yang with the True Phoenix’s sacred flames, but the demonic blood chains began to corrode the barrier and injure her.
• A pure white light erupted from Ning Hongye and drove back the demonic chains as Liu Ruyan emerged behind her.

Liu Ruyan revealed herself as the surviving Immortal Venerable and destroyed the Nine Nether Demon Lord’s consciousness after he possessed Xia Wushuang. Xia Wushuang’s body was also obliterated, leaving Xiao Yang to reflect on his downfall.

• Liu Ruyan effortlessly shattered the Demonic Blood Chains and recognized the Nine Nether Demon Lord possessing Xia Wushuang.
• The Nine Nether Demon Lord panicked upon learning Liu Ruyan had survived, while An Miaoyu identified her as the legendary Immortal Venerable.
• Liu Ruyan formed a green lotus from Law Origin and stopped the demon’s attempt to escape.
• Liu Ruyan annihilated the Nine Nether Demon Lord’s divided consciousness and demonic energy.
• Xia Wushuang’s drained body exploded without a trace, and Xiao Yang reflected on how miserably his life had ended.

After defeating Xia Wushuang, Xiao Yang spared the rebel army and arranged for them to guard Great Xia’s borders. Emperor Xia emerged from hiding and rewarded Xiao Yang with supreme military authority.

• Before disappearing, Liu Ruyan warned Ning Hongye that the Nine Nether Demon Lord would send subordinates after them.
• Xiao Yang pardoned the three thousand Black Dragon Guard after they surrendered their weapons.
• Ning Hongye proposed sparing the million-strong rebel army and sending them to defend Great Xia’s borders, and Xiao Yang agreed.
• Xiao Yang announced Xia Wushuang’s death and offered the rebel army a chance to live if they followed his arrangements; the soldiers laid down their weapons.
• Emperor Xia emerged from hiding and appointed Xiao Yang Grand Marshal of All the Armies Under Heaven, granting him control of Great Xia’s military.

Xiao Yang killed Emperor Xia and was urged to take the throne, but he chose to establish the Nine Luminaries Dynasty with Ning Hongye as its founding empress and Princess Fuyao as regent. He decreed that the enthronement ceremony and Grand Wedding would take place in seven days, alongside a general amnesty and three years of reduced taxes.

• Xiao Yang stabbed Emperor Xia after the emperor leered at Ning Hongye and tried to recruit her into his harem.
• Princess Fuyao knelt before Xiao Yang and called on him to ascend the throne, prompting officials, soldiers, and civilians to join her plea.
• Xiao Yang offered the throne to Ning Hongye, but she refused and said she would accompany him to the Eastern Profound Region.
• Xiao Yang became the Founding Emperor of the Nine Luminaries Dynasty, Ning Hongye became its founding empress, and Princess Fuyao was named Consort and regent.
• The Director of the Imperial Observatory announced that seven days later would be an auspicious day for an enthronement and wedding.
• Xiao Yang decreed an enthronement ceremony and Grand Wedding in seven days, a general amnesty, and reduced taxes across the nation for three years.

Xiao Yang became emperor and married Ning Hongye, while the Misty Cloud Sect learned that the new dynasty’s dragon vein and two lost treasures were in the mortal world. Song Lianxing was ordered to descend and seize them.

• Xiao Yang and Ning Hongye spent their wedding night together after he vowed to make her his wife and the Empress.
• Xiao Yang’s accession and marriage spread through surrounding dynasties, which prepared congratulatory gifts and delegations.
• Song Lianxing broke through to the ninth heaven of the Immortal Platform Realm and answered the Misty Cloud Sect Master’s summons.
• The Misty Cloud Sect Master ordered Song Lianxing to seize the new dynasty’s dragon vein of destiny and gave her the Heaven-Measuring Ruler.
• The Misty Cloud Sect Master told Song Lianxing to find the lost God-Beating Whip and Immortal Binding Rope, whose auras were linked to An Miaoyu.

Song Lianxing and Xiao Junlin each received a talisman that would let them unleash Immortal Platform Ninth Level power in the mortal realm, then set out for the Nine Luminaries Dynasty. The dynasty remained unaware that both were coming with deadly intentions.

• Song Lianxing hid her alarm when the Sect Master ordered her to investigate the God-Beating Whip and Immortal Binding Rope, suspecting An Miaoyu had survived and vowing to kill her.
• The Sect Master gave Song Lianxing a Boundary Breaking Jade Talisman, and she headed toward the passage to the mortal realm.
• Xiao Junlin revealed that the Dragon Sun Demon Lord had restored his Supreme Bone and raised his cultivation to Immortal Platform Ninth Level.
• Xiao Junlin asked the Dragon Sun Demon Lord to let him descend and kill his younger brother, Xiao Yang, and received a Sky Concealing Demon Talisman.
• Song Lianxing and Xiao Junlin entered spatial rifts toward the Nine Luminaries Dynasty, while its people remained unaware of the approaching threats.

Xiao Yang received envoys from across the hundred dynasties at his enthronement, as allies offered treasures and pledged their loyalty. The celebration turned tense when Hong Xiaotian of the Nine Heavens Dynasty challenged Xiao Yang and rejected submission.

• Yue Shan, Zhao Changkong, Ma Wencai, Gu Qinghan, and Sun Yi arrived with the Northern Territory delegation, while the Northern Wolf Kingdom came seeking forgiveness and submission.
• At Yaochen Hall, envoys presented tribute to Xiao Yang, and Sun Yi offered the Life Creation Cauldron on behalf of the Merchant Guild.
• Envoys and rulers from the hundred dynasties offered treasures, maps, and land, while Hong Xiaotian's delegation behaved with open contempt.
• Xiao Yang welcomed the envoys and called for peace and prosperity, then the guests gathered for a state banquet.
• Hong Xiaotian rose at the banquet, released his Martial God aura, and declared that the Nine Heavens Hong family would not submit to Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang defeated Hong Xiaotian with ease after Hong challenged him to take a full-strength punch. Hong Xiaotian and the Nine Heavens Dynasty surrendered to the Nine Luminaries Dynasty, acknowledging Xiao Yang as the leader of the hundred dynasties.

• The three Martial Gods accompanying Hong Xiaotian released their auras, but Xiao Yang calmly dissipated their pressure.
• Hong Xiaotian attacked Xiao Yang with the Nine Heavens Thunder Fist and shattered his own arm when the blow rebounded.
• Xiao Yang knocked Hong Xiaotian to the ground and sealed his cultivation by pressing a foot against his chest.
• Hong Xiaotian admitted defeat and declared that the Nine Heavens Dynasty would submit to the Nine Luminaries Dynasty.
• The three Martial Gods and the Nine Heavens Dynasty's younger generation knelt and pledged allegiance to Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang’s coronation established the Nine Luminaries Dynasty, with Ning Hongye named Empress and Fuyao appointed Zhaoyi. The celebration was interrupted when Song Lianxing arrived from a spatial rift to capture An Miaoyu, prompting Xiao Yang to confront her.

• Xiao Yang, Ning Hongye, and Princess Fuyao completed the coronation rites and announced the founding of the Nine Luminaries Dynasty.
• The imperial edict named Ning Hongye Empress and Fuyao Zhaoyi as the people celebrated.
• Song Lianxing emerged from a rift above the altar and fixed her attention on An Miaoyu.
• An Miaoyu accused Song Lianxing of stealing her Saintess position and framing her, while Song Lianxing called her a traitor and demanded she return to the Cloudmist Sect for punishment.
• Xiao Yang challenged Song Lianxing for threatening his guest during his coronation.

Xiao Yang confronted Song Lianxing as she demanded An Miaoyu and the dragon vein, then defied her after she used the Heaven-Cheating Talisman to unleash her Immortal Platform Ninth Level cultivation. Song Lianxing threatened the envoys of the hundred dynasties, offering them rewards if they helped capture Xiao Yang and promising their destruction if they sided with him.

• Xiao Yang shielded An Miaoyu and told Song Lianxing that no one could run wild in the Nine Luminaries Dynasty.
• Song Lianxing activated the Heaven-Cheating Talisman, revealing her full Immortal Platform Ninth Level power and threatening Xiao Yang unless he surrendered An Miaoyu and the dragon vein.
• Hong Xiaotian urged Xiao Yang to yield, but Xiao Yang silenced him and drew the Mysterious Broken Sword.
• Song Lianxing offered to spare Xiao Yang if he became a watchdog for her sect, and Xiao Yang mocked her in return.
• Song Lianxing identified herself as the Misty Cloud Sect's saintess and urged the envoys to help capture Xiao Yang, threatening to destroy their dynasties if they opposed her.

The Hundred Dynasties envoys turned against the Nine Luminaries Dynasty after Song Lianxing threatened them, but Xiao Yang used the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron to repel them and fought Song Lianxing alongside Ning Hongye and Princess Fuyao. Song Lianxing offered Xiao Yang a place in the Yunlan Sect in exchange for the cauldron, and he rejected her, declaring he would one day rise above the sect.

• More than half of the Hundred Dynasties envoys pledged to Song Lianxing, and their guards moved to encircle the altar.
• Princess Fuyao ordered the Dragon Guard Pavilion to form the Nine Dragons Protecting Heaven Formation as Ning Hongye prepared to fight.
• Xiao Yang summoned the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron, whose imperial might sent the defecting envoys and guards flying and collapsed their encirclement.
• Song Lianxing attacked the cauldron with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, but Xiao Yang, Ning Hongye, and Princess Fuyao held her to a deadlock.
• Song Lianxing offered Xiao Yang a core disciple position in the Yunlan Sect if he surrendered the cauldron, but he refused and vowed to become someone the sect could only look up to.

Xiao Yang used the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron, Soldier Seal, and Ten Fiends Dharma Image to wound Song Lianxing and damage her treasures. With her Heaven-Cheating Talisman running out, Song Lianxing burned her Lifeblood Essence to trap him in the Purple Qi Coming from the East Array, but Xiao Yang remained unafraid as golden light burst around him.

• Xiao Yang empowered the Mysterious Broken Sword with the Heaven Devouring Empress's Legacy and confronted Song Lianxing, while An Miaoyu warned him that the Heaven-Measuring Ruler could suppress the dynasty's dragon vein and fortune.
• Xiao Yang attacked the Heaven-Measuring Ruler with the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron and secretly used the Soldier Seal to disrupt it, letting Ning Hongye's fire dragon scorch Song Lianxing's wrist.
• Song Lianxing unleashed the Myriad Swords Punish Immortals, but Xiao Yang merged with the Ten Fiends Dharma Image and shattered the purple swords before striking her with a powerful punch.
• Xiao Yang's punch shattered Song Lianxing's jade plaque and bent the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, injuring her as her Heaven-Cheating Talisman began running out.
• Song Lianxing burned her Lifeblood Essence and formed the Purple Qi Coming from the East Array around Xiao Yang, who stood his ground as golden light erupted around him.

Xiao Yang destroyed Song Lianxing’s Purple Qi Coming from the East Array and defeated her, but Xiao Junlin suddenly returned with Immortal Platform Ninth Level strength and vowed revenge. Xiao Junlin agreed to work with the wounded Song Lianxing against Xiao Yang, leaving the two sides poised for another fight.

• Xiao Yang swallowed the Purple Qi Coming from the East Array’s sword beams and shattered the formation with the Golden Cudgel, badly injuring Song Lianxing.
• The Nine Luminaries Dynasty celebrated Xiao Yang’s victory while the Hundred Dynasties envoys who had defected trembled with regret and fear.
• Xiao Junlin emerged from a rift with Immortal Platform Ninth Level power, shocking Xiao Yang and the others who remembered him as crippled and missing.
• Xiao Junlin explained that the Dragon Sun Demon Lord had rescued him, reshaped his Supreme Bone, and trained him before he returned to take revenge on Xiao Yang.
• Song Lianxing asked Xiao Junlin to help kill Xiao Yang and offered to share the Nine Luminaries Dynasty’s dragon vein and the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron.
• Xiao Junlin agreed to Song Lianxing’s proposal while warning her not to shortchange him.

Xiao Yang fought off Xiao Junlin and Song Lianxing’s coordinated attacks, then used the Mysterious Broken Sword to repel Xiao Junlin’s powerful strike. Xiao Junlin revealed the ultimate Saint Weapon Demon Suppressing Tower and sent it to devour Xiao Yang.

• Xiao Junlin attacked Xiao Yang with Dragon Sun Demonic Flame while Song Lianxing struck from behind with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, but Xiao Yang countered both attacks.
• Xiao Junlin summoned the Dragon Sun Demon Lord’s projection and unleashed a thousand-zhang demonic sword aura at Xiao Yang.
• Xiao Yang drew the Mysterious Broken Sword and struck down Xiao Junlin’s attack with a short, powerful golden sword aura.
• Xiao Junlin revealed the Demon Suppressing Tower, whose black light swallowed Ning Hongye’s fire dragon without effort.
• Xiao Junlin commanded the Demon Suppressing Tower to devour Xiao Yang and refine him into a demonic slave.

Xiao Yang fought Xiao Junlin while the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron held off the Demon Suppressing Tower, and he severely wounded Song Lianxing when she tried to ambush him. He then began devouring Xiao Junlin’s demonic power and exposed the Dragon Sun Demon Lord’s intentions, leaving Xiao Junlin’s faith in his master shaken.

• Xiao Yang used the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron to clash with the Demon Suppressing Tower, then attacked Xiao Junlin with the Nine Secrets and the Mysterious Broken Sword.
• Xiao Yang broke Xiao Junlin’s demonic sword and forced him back, while Song Lianxing tried to ambush Xiao Yang with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler.
• Xiao Yang severed Song Lianxing’s left arm and disrupted the Immortal Qi in her meridians, stopping her from self-destructing as she begged him to spare her.
• Xiao Yang used the Heaven Devouring Empress’s Sky-Swallowing and Earth-Devouring art to drain Xiao Junlin’s demonic energy while interfering with his control of the Demon Suppressing Tower.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Junlin that the Dragon Sun Demon Lord planned to use him as a vessel and eventually devour his cultivation and Divine Soul.

Xiao Yang defeated Xiao Junlin, but Xiao Junlin used his Supreme Bone to unleash Dragon Sun Demon Lord’s soul-devouring art. Dragon Sun Demon Lord’s primal will invaded Xiao Yang and began possessing him as his allies failed to stop it.

• Xiao Yang exploited Xiao Junlin’s shaken focus, cracked the Demon Suppressing Tower with the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron, and pierced Xiao Junlin’s chest with his broken sword.
• Xiao Yang captured the masterless Demon Suppressing Tower and asked the dying Xiao Junlin for his last words.
• Xiao Junlin ignited his remnant soul and Supreme Bone, sending Dragon Sun Demon Lord’s Spiritual Sense mark into Xiao Yang.
• Xiao Yang’s body and aura changed as demonic markings spread, his hair turned white, and his eyes became crimson.
• Ning Hongye tried to reach Xiao Yang but was repelled, while Princess Fuyao’s purifying lamp was corroded by the demonic aura.
• An Miaoyu recognized Dragon Sun Demon Lord’s primal will and warned that it was devouring Xiao Yang’s Divine Soul to possess him.

The Dragon Sun Demon Lord possessed Xiao Yang and attacked Ning Hongye, leaving the Nine Luminaries Dynasty in peril. Liu Ruyan urged Ning Hongye to strike Xiao Yang before the demon erased him, but Ning Hongye refused because she believed Xiao Yang was still resisting.

• The Dragon Sun Demon Lord revealed that he had taken over Xiao Yang's body and coveted the Nine Luminaries Dynasty's dragon vein.
• The demon attacked the injured Ning Hongye with a whip of demonic energy, and An Miaoyu intercepted it but was driven back.
• Xiao Junlin and Song Lianxing urged the demon to kill everyone and told him where to find the dragon vein's core.
• Liu Ruyan appeared within Ning Hongye's sea of qi and warned her that Xiao Yang was being suppressed by the demon.
• Liu Ruyan told Ning Hongye to use her divine-core flame to strike Xiao Yang, but Ning Hongye refused, insisting that she could still feel him struggling.

The Dragon Sun Demon Lord controlled Xiao Yang's body, attacked Ning Hongye and the others, and headed to the imperial palace to devour the Dragon Vein. As he reached for its core, Xiao Yang's remaining soul resisted with the help of the Demon Suppressing Seal, turning the demonic energy against its master.

• The Dragon Sun Demon Lord whipped Ning Hongye, slapped her, and forced Princess Fuyao and An Miaoyu to their knees with his demonic might.
• The Dragon Sun Demon Lord rejected Xiao Junlin and struck him down when he tried to follow, then continued toward the Dragon Vein.
• Ning Hongye, Princess Fuyao, and An Miaoyu called on Xiao Yang to wake up, but the Dragon Sun Demon Lord laughed and entered the underground palace.
• The Dragon Sun Demon Lord reached for the Dragon Vein's core, but Xiao Yang's remaining soul cried out from his Sea of Consciousness.
• Di Jun's Inheritance manifested as the Demon Suppressing Seal, protecting Xiao Yang's remnant soul and burning the demon's Spiritual Sense.
• Xiao Yang used the Heaven Devouring Empress's secret art to devour the Dragon Sun Demon Lord's demonic energy, and the demon panicked as his power began to dissolve.

Xiao Yang fought Dragon Sun Demon Lord’s possession from within while Ning Hongye and the others tried to restrain him from outside. Ning Hongye’s tears reached Xiao Yang’s Sea of Consciousness, helping him regain control, though a trace of demonic influence remained.

• Xiao Yang convulsed and struck the underground palace wall as he struggled against Dragon Sun Demon Lord’s control.
• Ning Hongye summoned a phoenix of fire while Princess Fuyao ordered the Dragon Guard Pavilion to form the Nine Nether Demon-Trapping Formation, and An Miaoyu used the Immortal Binding Rope.
• Dragon Sun Demon Lord emerged in Xiao Yang’s body and formed a destructive black orb to attack Ning Hongye and the Dragon Guard Pavilion members.
• Ning Hongye dismissed her phoenix and confronted Xiao Yang, using their promise and her tears to reach him through the demonic energy.
• Xiao Yang’s Divine Soul rallied as the Demon Suppressing Seal and Swallowing Heaven Secret Art weakened Dragon Sun Demon Lord’s Spiritual Sense.
• Xiao Yang roared at Dragon Sun Demon Lord to leave his body, and his hair and demonic markings began to return to normal.

Xiao Yang destroyed Dragon Sun Demon Lord’s Spiritual Sense, ending the demonic threat to the imperial city and reuniting with Ning Hongye. After the Nine Luminaries Dynasty celebrated its victory, Xiao Yang executed Xiao Junlin and turned toward the remaining reckoning.

• Xiao Yang used the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron and Demon Suppressing Seal to purge Dragon Sun Demon Lord’s Spiritual Sense from his Sea of Consciousness.
• Xiao Yang recovered, and Ning Hongye threw herself into his arms as Princess Fuyao, An Miaoyu, and the people of the imperial city celebrated the end of the disaster.
• Xiao Junlin and Song Lianxing collapsed in despair as the Demon Lord’s aura disappeared and Xiao Yang’s victory reshaped the standing of the dynasties.
• Xiao Yang promised Ning Hongye he would stay with her forever before turning to face Xiao Junlin and Song Lianxing.
• Xiao Yang condemned Xiao Junlin for his crimes and killed him with a strike of golden sword energy.