Recaps

Ning Chen and the Du'e Temple Abbot fought the Four Extremes Realm Lord at Mijie Mountain, but the White Cocoon transformed him and he escaped despite being gravely wounded. Ning Chen returned to the Zhiming Marquisate, while Mu Bai obtained the Chaos Sword Embryo and left the Farthest East.

• Ning Chen stabbed the Four Extremes Realm Lord, who healed and released a White Mist Insect Swarm that devoured the Hundred Lotus Buddhist Realm.
• The Du'e Temple Abbot summoned the power of the seven relics, and Ning Chen joined him in striking the Four Extremes Realm Lord with Hundred Lotuses Illuminate the World, Ten Thousand Buddhas Shine.
• Ning Chen's hidden attack pierced the Four Extremes Realm Lord's heart meridian, but the White Cocoon emerged as a giant moth and transformed him before he withdrew, vowing to return.
• Ning Chen returned to the Zhiming Marquisate, where Liu Ruoxi tended to him and Wang You warned him that those who fell into demonhood could not turn back.
• Wang You told Ning Chen she suspected the Eternal Night Divine Cult and the Four Extremes Realm Lord had made an agreement, leaving him to wonder why they had targeted her.
• Mu Bai took the Chaos Sword Embryo from the thunderous Chaos Mist Sea and annihilated the sea of thunder with a single sword swing.

Mu Bai returned to Desolate City and challenged Prince Yan to a sword test, but Ning Chen stopped their clash before it could begin. Ning Chen then went to Desolate City to persuade Mu Bai, fighting through Sword Two, Jian Liuying, and Sword One as Mu Bai watched from the Sword Pool.

• Mu Bai returned to Desolate City, learned Mu Chengxue was at Tiancang Academy, and allowed Sword One to enter the mortal world.
• Mu Bai arrived in Great Xia Imperial City to test his sword against Prince Yan, but Ning Chen blocked them and was injured by their sword intent.
• Changsun arrived and stopped the confrontation; Ning Chen told her the duel could turn deadly and then left for Desolate City to see Mu Bai.
• Sword Two tried to bar Ning Chen's way, but Ning Chen broke through his flexible sword and continued toward Mu Bai.
• Jian Liuying failed to stop Ning Chen and left Desolate City after Mu Bai declared he was no longer qualified to remain.
• Sword One and Sword Two fought Ning Chen together, while Mu Bai waited by the Sword Pool to see whether Ning Chen could reach him.

Ning Chen fought Desolate City’s twin swords to reach Mu Bai and warned him that the Four Extremes Realm Lord was harder to defeat than the Martial Lord. Ten days later, Mu Bai challenged the Realm Lord at Peerless City, where their battle began and the Realm Lord’s weapon was shattered.

• Ning Chen wounded Sword Two while breaking through the twin swords’ blockade, then reached Mu Bai and warned him about the Four Extremes Realm Lord’s strength.
• Mu Bai invited Ning Chen to observe a sword trial at Peerless City ten days later, and a sword invitation was delivered to Xuan Zhi.
• News of Mu Bai’s challenge spread across the Divine Continent, drawing the Eternal Night Divine Cult’s leaders and Prince Yan toward Peerless City.
• Mu Bai and the Four Extremes Realm Lord began fighting before a gathering of powerful witnesses, including the Eternal Night Cult Master and Xia Ziyi.
• Mu Bai’s sword broke Calamity of Fiery Disaster, and the enraged Four Extremes Realm Lord unleashed a white moth transformation.

Mu Bai defeated the Four Extremes Realm Lord after the Realm Lord transformed with the White Mist Insect Swarm and the Four Extremes origins. As the wounded Realm Lord faced Ning Chen, Mu Qianshang stepped in to confront Xuantian.

• The Four Extremes Realm Lord fused with the white moth and attacked Mu Bai with a divine weapon formed from the Heaven and Earth Creation Jade and four origins.
• Mu Bai wounded the Realm Lord with One Sword, Ten Thousand Calamities, but the White Mist Insect Swarm helped the Realm Lord regenerate and strike back.
• Mu Bai overwhelmed the Realm Lord with his sword intent, inflicted a devastating wound, and left for Desolate City.
• Prince Yan and the Eternal Night Cult Master departed as Xuantian and Xuan Zhi gathered the innate experts to protect their injured Realm Lord.
• Ning Chen revealed himself and challenged the Realm Lord, while Mu Qianshang blocked Xuantian and declared himself his opponent.

Ning Chen, Luan Fengchen, Meng Xuanji, and Wang You pursued the wounded Four Extremes Realm Lord as he tried to escape to the Four Extremes Realm. Xuan Zhi rescued him from their attack, but after they hid in an abandoned village, an unseen assailant pierced the Realm Lord’s chest.

• Mu Qianshang and Xuantian fought while Ning Chen and the Du'e Temple Abbot attacked the wounded Four Extremes Realm Lord, and Wang You trapped the seven Innate experts who tried to protect him.
• The Four Extremes Realm Lord escaped the killing formation, and Ning Chen, Xuan Zhi, and Wang You pursued him toward Featherfall Valley.
• Luan Fengchen and Meng Xuanji blocked the Realm Lord’s path, and they joined Ning Chen in wounding him while Wang You restrained Xuan Zhi.
• Xuan Zhi broke free and carried the Realm Lord toward the spatial passage, but the Barbarian King blocked their way and blasted them back.
• Xuan Zhi hid the Realm Lord in a ruined village house while Ning Chen and the others searched nearby, and the Realm Lord promised to reward Xuan Zhi after recovering.
• An unseen assailant suddenly pierced the resting Four Extremes Realm Lord through the chest.

Xuan Zhi revealed that he had betrayed the Four Extremes Realm Lord and fled with the White Cocoon, forcing Ning Chen and Great Xia's allies to pursue him. A battle erupted when the Eternal Night Divine Cult's leaders intervened, and Ning Chen pierced Xuan Zhi and wounded him severely, driving the White Moth from his body.

• Xuan Zhi tore the White Cocoon from the Four Extremes Realm Lord and revealed that he served the Eternal Night Divine Cult, killing the Realm Lord.
• Luan Fengchen found his master's body while Ning Chen pursued Xuan Zhi across Great Xia, and Marquis Kaixuan blocked Xuan Zhi's path.
• Ning Chen and Marquis Kaixuan attacked Xuan Zhi, but the Eternal Night Cult Master, Zong Qianqiu, and Xia Ziyi arrived and broke their encirclement.
• Ning Chen and Marquis Kaixuan chose to fight, while Marquis Kaixuan engaged the Eternal Night Cult Master and Wang You faced Zong Qianqiu.
• Ning Chen pierced Xuan Zhi and the White Cocoon with Azure Sparrow, severed Xuan Zhi's right arm, and forced the wounded White Moth to break free.

Ning Chen fell unconscious after an Alien Consciousness invaded his mind, and The Master said he could only rely on himself to awaken. After more than half a month with no improvement, Changsun arrived at the Zhiming Marquisate demanding to see him.

• Ning Chen and his allies fought Zong Qianqiu and the Eternal Night Cult Master, but Ning Chen collapsed after a violent pain struck his spiritual consciousness, forcing Marquis Kaixuan to order a retreat.
• Marquis Kaixuan, Meng Xuanji, and Wang You withdrew with the unconscious Ning Chen, while the Eternal Night Cult Master and Zong Qianqiu returned with Xuan Zhi and half the White Mist Insect Swarm.
• Prince Yan could not diagnose Ning Chen's coma, so Ning Xi took him to Tiancang Academy, where The Master said an Alien Consciousness had invaded and no one else could help him.
• Sword One arrived at the Zhiming Marquisate to summon Ning Chen to Arid City, but Liu Ruoxi told him the Marquis was away and kept his condition concealed.
• Ning Chen remained unconscious for more than half a month as Wang You tried to heal him, until Changsun came to the marquisate and demanded to know where he was.

Changsun arrived at the marquis's residence and found Ning Chen unconscious and suffering from the Great Tribulation of Knowing Fate. As the Eternal Night Cult Master came to take Wang You away, Prince Yan challenged him, while Zong Qianqiu began extracting Wang You's Dao Body; their battle left the Cult Master and Prince Yan unleashing ultimate attacks as Ning Chen's finger twitched.

• Changsun arrived in fury and found Ning Chen unconscious, enduring the eruption of the Calamity King's remnant consciousness in the nine drops of Phoenix Blood.
• Xuan Zhi led the White Mist Insect Swarms in a massive offensive against Great Xia's eastern territories while the emperor and Marquis Kaixuan fought fiercely in the west.
• The Eternal Night Cult Master arrived alone at the marquis's residence, and Wang You agreed to leave with him so he would not harm anyone else.
• Prince Yan intervened to protect Wang You and fought the Eternal Night Cult Master, restraining their battle's destruction to the area around them.
• Zong Qianqiu used a formation to extract Wang You's Dao Body, and the Eternal Night Cult Master held Prince Yan back as he tried to intervene.
• Prince Yan unleashed Three Swords Share Heaven, Bound Together in Life and Death, and the Eternal Night Cult Master answered with a lightning-charged ultimate move as Ning Chen's finger twitched.

Ning Chen rescued Wang You from the formation and drove off the Eternal Night Cult Master after gravely wounding Zong Qianqiu. He then went to the Barbarian Palace to seize the dynasty’s Power of Fortune, where his battle with the Barbarian King continued until A'man arrived and ordered them to stop.

• Ning Chen rescued Wang You, shattered the formation, and wounded Zong Qianqiu while fighting the Eternal Night Cult Master, who ultimately withdrew with him.
• Ning Chen visited the ailing Changsun and promised to bring Ziyi and Xin Yu back to serve her after Great Xia won the war.
• Ning Chen entered the Barbarian Palace in his Martial Marquis robes and began fighting the Barbarian King for the dynasty’s Power of Fortune.
• A'man learned of the duel from Hongzhu, took the Sword of Original Heart, and hurried to the main hall.
• Ning Chen manifested a phoenix form from his Phoenix Blood, and A'man arrived as the palace’s protective formation collapsed and ordered the two men to stop fighting.

Ning Chen gathered Meng Xuanji, Jiang Hua, and Luan Fengchen to confront Xuan Zhi and end the conflict between the Four Extremes Realm and the Divine Continent. The group departed together, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Ruoxi told Meng Xuanji to go directly to Marquis Zhongyong’s camp, and Meng Xuanji left with Jiang Hua.
• Ning Chen waited at the camp and confirmed to Marquis Zhongyong that he was certain they would come.
• Meng Xuanji and Jiang Hua arrived, and Ning Chen learned that Luan Fengchen had not come with them.
• Luan Fengchen arrived, and Ning Chen gave her Nianqing and tasked her with facing Xuan Zhi.
• Luan Fengchen led Meng Xuanji and Jiang Hua away to confront Xuan Zhi.

Marquis Zhongyong and Duke Jingwu launched Great Xia’s counterattack while King Xuanhua turned the Lihuo Dynasty’s forces against the Four Extremes coalition, plunging the enemy into chaos. As the battle spread, Meng Xuanji, Jiang Hua, and Luan Fengchen destroyed Xuan Zhi’s Divine Creation Weapon and ultimately killed him by striking the white moth beneath his heart.

• Marquis Zhongyong and Duke Jingwu led Great Xia’s forces in a sudden assault on the Four Extremes coalition, while Xuan Zhi flew out to confront Meng Xuanji, Jiang Hua, and Luan Fengchen.
• The three fighters coordinated their attacks and broke the Divine Creation Weapon, but Xuan Zhi summoned the White Mist Insect Swarm and unleashed his full evil essence.
• King Xuanhua presented the Lihuo military tally to Marquis Jinyi and ordered the Lihuo army to attack its coalition allies from behind.
• Ning Chen’s plan exploited the coalition’s internal divisions as Lihuo’s attack and Great Xia’s advance routed the Four Extremes forces.
• Luan Fengchen, Jiang Hua, and Meng Xuanji wounded Xuan Zhi, while his regenerative power continued to restore his body.
• Luan Fengchen’s hidden blade pierced Xuan Zhi’s heart and destroyed the white moth within him, ending Xuan Zhi’s life.

After the Four Extremes calamity ended, Ning Chen helped Great Xia recover and manage the succession while its surviving Martial Marquises healed. As Northern Mongol’s Emperor Mingyue approached the capital, Ning Chen prepared to receive her and put off answering Mu Bai’s summons from Desolate City.

• Ning Chen handed the Yin-Yang Jade to Luan Fengchen, and the armies returned through Featherfall Valley before the Gilded Feathered Halberd destroyed the jade and severed the route between realms.
• Ning Chen spent several days at the Zhiming Marquisate and Weiyang Palace as Great Xia rested, with Chi'er established as the next emperor despite his young age.
• Ning Chen chose Marquis Anling as the new Martial Marquis and sent Kong Yu to the Southeast Territory, telling him to return through his own ability and earn the position.
• Ning Chen took charge of receiving Mingyue after learning that the Northern Mongol Emperor was traveling to Great Xia with an escort that included Yang Hong and Su Feiyan.
• Ning Chen declined to answer Mu Bai’s summons to Desolate City, then went to see Chi'er practicing calligraphy.

While Mingyue and Changsun negotiated trade between Northern Mongolia and Great Xia, Di Jiang challenged Great Xia to literary and martial contests, but Ning Chen left the gathering after the Master summoned him. The Master revealed that the Scroll of Nothingness had appeared in the mythical Ancient Land of Western Buddhism, where A'man seemed to be preparing to leave Ning Chen.

• Mingyue and Changsun negotiated an exchange of Northern Mongolian grain and medicinal herbs for Great Xia's horses.
• Di Jiang challenged Great Xia to contests, and Yang Hong proposed that the winner determine the negotiation terms.
• Changsun chose the Minister of Foreign Affairs to face Di Jiang in a literary contest, but Ning Chen left after hearing the Master's summons.
• The Master told Ning Chen that the Scroll of Nothingness had appeared in the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism.
• Prince Yan brought A'man to Ning Chen, and she embraced him and asked him to remember her.

Sword Bodhi pursued Rong Lou across the Divine Continent, clashed with Xia Ziyi, and continued traveling while healing the land damaged by the Rong calamity. Meanwhile, Ning Chen learned that Mingyue’s identity was in danger and ordered Zijing to attempt her breakthrough to the innate realm that night.

• Ning Chen told Sword Bodhi that the person he sought had gone west, then watched him depart.
• Sword Bodhi fought Rong Lou, driving him into retreat, before the Eternal Night Cult Master intervened to rescue Xia Ziyi from their clash.
• Sword Bodhi continued across the Divine Continent, using Buddhist power to restore land ravaged by the Rong calamity.
• At the Great Xia negotiations, Ning Chen refused Yang Hong’s challenge, and Changsun accepted the terms of Great Xia’s lost wager.
• Mingyue told Ning Chen that the old Minister of the Imperial Secretariat had died, Yang Hong had taken power, and her identity might soon be exposed.
• Ning Chen learned that Zijing lacked confidence in her imminent breakthrough and ordered her to begin that night.

Ning Chen interfered with Zijing’s Heavenly Demon Tribulation, drawing a furious response from heaven before helping her complete the tribulation. Rong Lou then attacked the Zhiming Marquisate, and Ning Chen and Sword Bodhi fought him together as their battle escalated into a blood-filled clash.

• Ning Chen used his cultivation and sword techniques to block the Heavenly Demon Tribulation, causing it to intensify until he dispersed it and Zijing completed her passage into Xiantian.
• Rong Lou arrived and attacked Zijing, but Ning Chen intercepted him and fought back with his saber and sword.
• Sword Bodhi appeared to confront Rong Lou, and Ning Chen sent Zijing away from the battlefield before joining forces with Sword Bodhi.
• Ning Chen and Sword Bodhi fought Rong Lou together, with Ning Chen using the Scroll of Earth to limit the destruction spreading toward the imperial city.
• Rong Lou wounded and healed himself while targeting Ning Chen’s phoenix form, but Ning Chen and Sword Bodhi struck him with coordinated attacks.
• Rong Lou unleashed Blood Calamity Reverses the World's Collapse, turning everything within a thousand-meter radius into a blood-colored world.

Ning Chen and Sword Bodhi wounded Rong Lou, who escaped, then discussed the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism and the dangers facing Ning Chen’s allies. Sword Bodhi agreed to teach Mingyue a method to conceal her aura, while Ning Chen learned that the white-haired demon Sword Bodhi had met was once Great Xia’s Emperor.

• Ning Chen and Sword Bodhi broke through Rong Lou’s blood essence domain and wounded him, but Rong Lou fled before they could pursue him.
• Ning Chen brought Sword Bodhi into the Zhiming Marquisate, where Mingyue defied Yang Hong’s attempt to escort her away and ordered him to withdraw.
• Ning Chen questioned Sword Bodhi about the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism and learned that Rong Lou was its Rong Tribe king and a rare master.
• Sword Bodhi warned Ning Chen that his killing karma and his act of blocking another’s tribulation could bring a grave future calamity.
• Sword Bodhi said he had encountered a white-haired demon in black robes and learned from Ning Chen that the man had once been Great Xia’s Emperor.
• Ning Chen asked Sword Bodhi to help conceal Mingyue’s aura, and Sword Bodhi agreed to provide a method.

The Eternal Night Cult Master’s final three Martial Crowns emerged from seclusion as the cult prepared for the King’s arrival. Consort Luo warned Ning Chen that the next day was his last chance to save Xia Xinyu, and he decided to enter the Eternal Night Divine Cult despite the danger.

• Bian Jiang, Qu Li, and Li Cheng emerged from seclusion and told the Eternal Night Cult Master that the King was dissatisfied with his progress.
• Consort Luo asked her father whether he had truly decided to proceed, then Qu Li urged him to sacrifice the Seven Absolutes Body before the Lord grew enraged.
• Sword Bodhi concealed Mingyue’s yin aura with Buddhist radiance and gave her a branch from the Sal Tree.
• Consort Luo arrived at the Zhiming Marquisate and told Ning Chen that the next day was his final chance to save Xia Xinyu, leaving him a map of the Eternal Night Divine Cult’s defenses.
• Ning Chen asked Sword Bodhi to guard the Marquisate while he left, then prepared to enter the Eternal Night Divine Cult to save Xin Yu.

Ning Chen fought Bian Jiang, Qu Li, and Li Cheng while carrying the unconscious Xia Xinyu toward Great Xia, and the awakened Fan Lingyue helped turn the pursuit in his favor. After Xia Xinyu killed Li Cheng, Ning Chen escaped to the western frontier, where Fan Lingyue warned him that the Eternal Night Cult Master might be more terrifying than they had imagined.

• Ning Chen fought off the Three Martial Crowns and escaped the Divine Cult with Xia Xinyu after Consort Luo urged him to flee.
• Bian Jiang, Qu Li, and Li Cheng pursued Ning Chen, who fought while carrying Xia Xinyu and struggled to reach Great Xia.
• As Li Cheng's axe struck, Xia Xinyu awoke, caught the Azure Sparrow Sword, and pierced Li Cheng's heart.
• Ning Chen escaped the furious Bian Jiang and Qu Li and reached a river on Great Xia's western frontier.
• Ning Chen recognized Fan Lingyue, who revealed she had awakened when the Eternal Night Cult Master appeared and suggested he was more terrifying than they had thought.

Fan Lingyue revealed that Divine Continent might have been separated from the other Four Domains, then entrusted Ning Chen with a final warning about the Eternal Night Divine Cult. As the cult began creating a terrifying new body and a blood moon appeared, Ning Chen and others braced for calamity while a swordsman in the Farthest East broke through to the Three Calamities Realm.

• Fan Lingyue told Ning Chen that Divine Continent might once have been part of a world of Five Domains and instructed him to place the Scroll of Chaos into the Eternal Night Divine Canon if the cult brought an unstoppable calamity.
• Ning Chen returned Xin Yu to the Zhiming Marquisate, where Changsun stayed to care for her before returning to the palace to prepare for the cult's move.
• Sword Bodhi identified Ning Chen's Po Shang Bow as a weapon of the powerful Zhao Family of Central Province, then departed to continue his efforts to end the war.
• The Eternal Night Divine Cult sacrificed the Divine Son's divine source, joining it with the seven sources as a terrifying body began taking shape in an unfamiliar space.
• A blood-red crescent moon appeared over Divine Continent, alarming martial artists and prompting the Barbarian King to request a meeting with Great Xia.
• In the Farthest East, a calm figure overcame an inner obstacle, entered the Three Calamities Realm, and drew the Vast Sword.

A blood moon heralded a calamity beyond the Three Calamities, prompting Great Xia, the Northern Mongol Royal Court, and the Barbarian Dynasty to seek an alliance. Mu Bai challenged the Eternal Night Cult Master before the cult, while Ning Chen prepared Great Xia’s forces and waited for the Heavenly Pardon Arrow to be repaired.

• World-Purifying Heavenly Light appeared at Tiancang Academy as a blood moon stirred fear among divine beasts and revealed the approaching calamity.
• Ning Chen warned Mingyue that an overwhelming existence threatened the Eternal Night Divine Cult and urged her to choose her own path.
• Mingyue, Changsun, and the Barbarian King discussed an alliance in Zhenghua Palace while Ning Chen went to seek Mu Bai’s aid.
• Ning Chen found the Sword Pool empty and learned that Mu Bai would prove his sword before the Eternal Night Divine Cult the next day.
• Mu Bai and the Eternal Night Cult Master began their duel, trading powerful sword and halberd attacks as their followers watched.
• Ning Chen checked on the Heavenly Pardon Arrow and learned it would take another day or two to repair.

Mu Bai’s duel with the Eternal Night Cult Master ended when their weapons broke, but Ning Chen then struck the Cult Master with a fully charged Heavenly Pardon Arrow. Ning Chen subdued the pursuing Qu Li and realized the Cult Master had feigned death, leaving his purpose unclear.

• Mu Bai unleashed the seventh form of the Nine Forms of Heaven’s Proof, and Azure Sparrow helped shatter the Eternal Night Cult Master’s Heaven Desolation War Halberd.
• Mu Bai ended the duel and departed after the Cult Master refused to fight without his own weapon, while Ning Chen waited for his chance to attack.
• Ning Chen fired the Heavenly Pardon Arrow from ten miles away, pierced the Cult Master, and fled as Consort Luo caught her falling father.
• Qu Li pursued Ning Chen to Marquis Kaixuan’s camp, where Ning Chen fought her, crippled half her cultivation, and knocked her unconscious.
• Ning Chen spared Qu Li and realized the Eternal Night Cult Master had feigned death.

Bian Jiang received the demonic statue’s power and took command of the Eternal Night Divine Cult as the three dynasties drove their campaign west. While Ning Chen trained with Mu Bai and reunited with the awakened Xia Xinyu, Bian Jiang allied with Rong Lou to kill Sword Bodhi and seize the Phoenix Blood; the two attacked Bodhi together until an azure-red figure arrived to save him.

• The demonic statue empowered Bian Jiang to the peak of the Second Calamity and ordered him to lead the Eternal Night Divine Cult.
• Ning Chen endured Mu Bai’s sword attacks and received his assessment before leaving the Sword Pool.
• The Barbarian Dynasty, the Northern Mongol Royal Court, and Great Xia sent forces west to fight the Eternal Night Divine Cult.
• Rong Lou joined forces with Bian Jiang on the conditions that they kill Sword Bodhi and seize the Phoenix Blood.
• Xia Xinyu awakened briefly in the Zhiming Marquisate, spoke faintly to Ning Chen, and fell asleep again.
• Bian Jiang and Rong Lou cornered Sword Bodhi and wounded him, but an azure-red figure burst into the battle and cleaved open his dead end.

Li Luo rescued Sword Bodhi from Bian Jiang and Rong Lou, then escorted him to the Great Xia Imperial City, where he parted ways before Sword Bodhi sought refuge with Ning Chen. Ning Chen learned more about the Eternal Night Divine Cult and revealed to Qu Li that its Cult Master was alive, leaving her imprisoned as a hostage for his plans.

• Li Luo fought off Bian Jiang, took Sword Bodhi away from the battle, and introduced himself as they traveled toward Great Xia.
• Sword Bodhi reached the Zhiming Marquisate, where Ning Chen welcomed him and heard about Li Luo and Bian Jiang’s newfound strength.
• Ruoxi collected costly medicine for Sword Bodhi from Du'an Pharmacy, adding to the Marquisate’s mounting debt.
• Sword Bodhi told Ning Chen that the Buddhist Land had no way to guide someone back from demonic possession, deepening Ning Chen’s despair over Ziyi.
• Ning Chen questioned Qu Li in the secret chamber and learned that the figure behind the Eternal Night Divine Cult was known as Seven Absolutes Heaven and Hades.
• Ning Chen told Qu Li that the Eternal Night Cult Master was alive and that Shatian’s apparent fatal wound had been staged, then said he was keeping Qu Li as a hostage.

As the Eternal Night Divine Cult’s forces advanced under the Devil Lord and Bian Jiang, Ning Chen and his allies arranged a hostage exchange that became a trap for Marquis Kaixuan. At the exchange, Qu Li revealed herself as a disguised enemy and struck Bian Jiang, leaving the battle at a sudden turning point.

• Ning Chen told Meng Xuanji that a terrifying power behind the Eternal Night Divine Cult was nearing emergence and planned to weaken the cult and force its master to appear.
• The Devil Lord and Bian Jiang halted the allied armies, so Ning Chen and Sword Bodhi headed west after Ning Chen learned Xia Ziyi had become a Three Calamities expert.
• Bian Jiang accepted Ning Chen’s proposal to exchange Qu Li for Xia Ziyi, while Marquis Kaixuan promised to help Ning Chen and prepared to fight despite his impending tribulation.
• At the exchange, Xia Ziyi broke his seal and attacked Marquis Kaixuan as Bian Jiang freed Qu Li and Rong Lou trapped Bodhi.
• Bian Jiang, Qu Li, and Xia Ziyi overwhelmed Marquis Kaixuan, but Qu Li suddenly struck Bian Jiang and revealed her true appearance.

Ning Chen and Sword Bodhi fought alongside Zhiming to subdue the Devil Lord and return him to himself. Their attempt to purify Ziyi’s demonic aura failed, and they discovered that someone had taken his life soul.

• Ning Chen left Bian Jiang to Meng Xuanji while the fighters switched opponents according to their plan.
• Ning Chen and Sword Bodhi joined forces against the Devil Lord, while Marquis Kaixuan, Meng Xuanji, and Zhiming held back the other enemies.
• Ning Chen restrained the Devil Lord with the Scroll of Life while Sword Bodhi used Buddhist power to purify him through a full day and night.
• Sword Bodhi told Ning Chen that the demonic aura had consumed Ziyi’s heart and that his life soul was missing from his body.
• Xin Yu asked about Imperial Brother, and Ning Chen reassured her that he would find a way to save Ziyi.