Recaps

Ning Chen defeated King Xuanyang and the other prodigies, then fought Aizen Myōō after she entered demonic transgression. Qi Yanxia stopped Ning Chen’s final strike as the twenty-third level began collapsing, and Aizen departed after saying they might meet again.

• Ning Chen overwhelmed Aizen’s initial Bright King Palm and defeated King Xuanyang, Liufeng, the man in green, and Pingfeng Zaoyu in succession.
• Nanming Tian and Beigong Yu judged that Ning Chen’s speed and killing-focused swordsmanship made him nearly impossible to defeat before they reached the Three Calamities.
• Aizen Myōō challenged Ning Chen alone, revealed her demonic form, and fought him with the Six Dusts of Demonic Transgression techniques.
• Ning Chen’s Sword of Nirvana defeated Aizen’s Brahma Ghost Annihilation by half a move, and he prepared to finish her with Heavenfall.
• Qi Yanxia caught Ning Chen’s descending sword and asked him to end the battle because the realm was collapsing; Ning Chen sheathed his sword and agreed to leave with Beigong Yu and Nanming Tian.
• Aizen returned to her Bright King form, crushed her Contest Bead, and vanished after telling Ning Chen to remember her name.

Ning Chen and Qi Yanxia faced the Four Symbols Consecration on the Contest Pagoda’s twenty-fourth floor, where the tribulation drove most contestants out. After Ning Chen defeated three holy beasts and helped Qi Yanxia overcome the Black Tortoise, he gave his Contest Bead to the wounded Ling Shijiu and Ling Xuan'er before advancing to the next floor.

• The Four Symbols appeared and attacked the contestants, prompting Nanming Tian, Beigong Yu, and many others to leave the tower.
• Ning Chen drew the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Vermilion Bird’s attacks toward himself while Qi Yanxia fought the Black Tortoise with the Imperial Extreme Heavenly Scripture.
• Ning Chen used Phoenix Speed and his sword to disperse the Vermilion Bird, then destroyed the Azure Dragon and White Tiger and took Black Tortoise heart blood.
• Ning Chen and Qi Yanxia exchanged words about friendship before Ning Chen turned toward the next floor.
• Ning Chen saw the wounded Ling Shijiu give his Contest Bead to Ling Xuan'er and tossed them his own bead before continuing onward.

As Ning Chen climbed beyond the Contest Pagoda’s known limits, his progress drew the attention of Sovereigns and sects across Southern Mausoleum. After he opened the gate to the thirtieth floor, powerful figures—including a Buddhist determined to stop further slaughter—set out, leaving Ning Chen facing a growing threat.

• Ruoxi and the shopkeeper arrived at the Contest Pagoda, where Qi Yanxia emerged from the twenty-seventh floor injured while the tower’s light remained lit.
• Ning Chen cleared the twenty-seventh floor, entered the twenty-eighth, and prompted sects to move to recruit him.
• The crowd learned that Yuheng Sacred Land ranked fourth, while Qi Yanxia ranked first and Myriad Realms Mountain and the Qilian Ling family were tied for second.
• Ning Chen reached the twenty-ninth floor and opened the gate to the thirtieth, drawing the Sovereigns of Southern Mausoleum toward the tower.
• Emperor Qi and a white-robed Buddhist left for the Contest Pagoda, while the Human Sovereign set out to kill Ning Chen.

Destiny defeated the Contest Pagoda’s mirror image and reached the thirty-first floor, but Ye Fengdu appeared and challenged him over Hong Wulei. Bodhi Venerable then tried to kill Destiny for his accumulated sins, until Emperor Qi intervened and helped him escape.

• Destiny defeated his mirror image on the thirtieth floor, briefly opened the thirty-first floor, and left the Contest Pagoda without continuing upward.
• Ye Fengdu attacked Destiny outside the pagoda, then announced that he would wait at Luofu Peak in ten days and threatened Hong Wulei’s life.
• Four Human Sovereigns arrived as Ye Fengdu withdrew, and Bodhi Venerable appeared; Destiny sent Wan Hongzhu, Ruoxi, and Jian Shui’er away.
• Bodhi Venerable confronted Destiny in the Aurora Buddhist Realm, and Destiny fought back with King Yama’s Divine Weapons and his sword.
• Emperor Qi arrived and drove back Bodhi Venerable’s attack, then took Destiny away while the shopkeeper departed.

Ning Chen and Ye Fengdu fought a life-or-death duel at Luofu Mountain after Qi Yanxia helped Ning Chen recover and rescued Hong Wulei. The battle destroyed Luofu Peak, and Ye Fengdu opened Fengdu’s gates with his ultimate sword technique.

• Emperor Qi warned Qi Yanxia about the dangers of choosing the Love Tribulation, but she insisted on her decision to pursue Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen and Qi Yanxia trained in the Central Heavenly Court for three days before Ning Chen departed for his duel with Ye Fengdu.
• At Luofu Mountain, Ye Fengdu revealed Hong Wulei, and Qi Yanxia rescued her from the battlefield.
• Ning Chen and Ye Fengdu traded sword techniques, wounding each other as their battle drew the attention of powerful observers.
• Ning Chen’s Sever the Void clashed with Ye Fengdu’s Rakshasa Ghost Crossing, destroying Luofu Peak and leaving both swordsmen injured.
• Ye Fengdu released his sword and opened Fengdu’s gates as he unleashed Fengdu’s Soul Retention.

Ning Chen defeated Ye Fengdu, then went to the Yuheng Sacred Land to awaken the Ghost Maiden, where the Yuheng Old Ancestor betrayed him and tried to take their Phoenix and Ghost Sources. As Ning Chen’s Phoenix Body neared death, his true body sensed the crisis and rushed toward him with the Venerable Lady’s help.

• Ning Chen defeated Ye Fengdu, but the shopkeeper intervened and carried the wounded swordsman away.
• Ning Chen left Hong Wulei in Qi Yanxia’s care and traveled to the Yuheng Sacred Land with the Ghost Maiden in an Ice Coffin.
• The Yuheng Old Ancestor used the Yuheng Divine Cauldron to drain Ning Chen’s life force and seize the Phoenix and Ghost Sources.
• Xiao Wuming attacked the Yuheng Old Ancestor, but the elder wounded him and knocked back the Yuheng Sect Master.
• Ning Chen broke free with the Ice Coffin and fought the Yuheng Old Ancestor, who overpowered his gravely weakened Phoenix Body.
• Ning Chen’s true body sensed the danger, and the Venerable Lady used the Dragon Gate to carry him rapidly toward Southern Mausoleum.

Ning Chen reunited with his demonized Phoenix Body and fought Yuheng Old Ancestor on Mountain Above Mountain. After the elder Supremes sealed the Yuheng Divine Cauldron, Ning Chen defeated the Half-Venerable, leaving him kneeling and gravely wounded.

• Yuheng Old Ancestor attacked Ning Chen, and Xiao Wuming, then Wan Hongzhu, intervened and were badly wounded.
• Seeing their blood, Ning Chen fell to demonhood, but Knowing Fate arrived and merged with the Phoenix Body, restoring his full power.
• Ning Chen told Xiao Wuming to take Hongzhu away, then fought Yuheng Old Ancestor while four elder Supremes sealed the Yuheng Divine Cauldron.
• Ning Chen wounded Yuheng Old Ancestor with the Daoist Sect arts and the three scrolls, overcoming his ultimate Yin and Yang Convergence move.
• Ning Chen pierced Yuheng Old Ancestor, who fell to his knees, unable to rise as the battle ended.

Ning Chen defeated Yuheng Old Ancestor, who was killed by Mu Qianshang before he could self-detonate. After Bodhi Venerable departed, Ning Chen learned that the woman in the Ice Coffin faced the Danger of Dissipation because her Ghost Source was damaged.

• Yuheng Old Ancestor sacrificed his lifespan and summoned the Dragon Gate for a final attack, but Ning Chen countered with the four scrolls and Phoenix Essence, reducing Mountain Above Mountain to ruins.
• As Yuheng Old Ancestor tried to self-detonate, Mu Qianshang arrived and severed his soul with the Snow Sword, then greeted Ning Chen as an old friend.
• Ning Chen stabilized Xiao Wuming and Hongzhu, sent Jian Shui'er to help them rest, and urged the elders to tell her the truth about the past.
• Ning Chen descended with Mu Qianshang and persuaded Bodhi Venerable to leave by revealing the location of the Sal Tree's Broken Sword.
• Ning Chen brought out the Ice Coffin and asked Venerable Lady if the dead could be revived; she warned him that the woman's damaged Ghost Source could soon cause the Danger of Dissipation.

Ning Chen entered the Sea Domain Divine Temple with Mu Qianshang to seek the Azure Dragon’s Origin Dragon Pearl and stabilize Ghost Maiden’s fading Ghost Body. After surviving the temple’s deadly passage, they drew the attention of its guardian, Water God Tian Wu, and continued deeper inside.

• Venerable Lady told Ning Chen that the Azure Dragon’s Origin Dragon Pearl might preserve Ghost Maiden’s Ghost Body, and he set out for the Sea Domain Divine Temple with Mu Qianshang.
• Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang found the temple beneath the Southern Sea and discovered that its halls weakened their sword techniques and reflected sword intent.
• The pair crossed a blood sea filled with corpses and fought an attack formed from an Azure Dragon and a tiger.
• Mu Qianshang sent a sword strike toward the distant guardian, and Water God Tian Wu appeared and declared that he awaited their arrival.
• Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang continued along the Nine-Bend Corridor while Ning Chen wondered where the blood sea had come from.

Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang crossed the Sea Domain Divine Temple’s shifting illusions, witnessed the Nether King’s defeat of the Four Symbol deities, and found the Dragon Pearl was a trap. After the illusion shattered, they faced Water God Tian Wu, the temple’s final guardian, and began a three-way sword battle above the sea.

• Mu Qianshang destroyed the Nine-Bend Corridor, and he and Ning Chen fought through the blood sea until Ning Chen severed the void and led them into a starry vision of the Nether King defeating the Four Symbol deities.
• Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang suspected they were inside the Azure Dragon’s body and continued through changing landscapes until they reached a hall containing the Dragon Pearl.
• Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang fought the sword-wielding lotus manifestations while Ning Chen reached for the Dragon Pearl, triggering an explosion that shattered the illusion.
• The blue-robed swordsman appeared and identified himself as Water God Tian Wu, the Sea Domain Divine Temple’s final guardian.
• Tian Wu challenged Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang to attack together, and their three streams of sword intent collided above the sea.

Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang fought Water God Tian Wu for the Azure Dragon's Origin Dragon Pearl, ultimately defeating him. Tian Wu revealed that the Dragon Pearl had already taken form, leaving Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang demanding that he save the Ghost Maiden or face them again.

• Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang battled Tian Wu across the sea, combining their swordsmanship against his growing power.
• Ning Chen summoned the Calamitous Demonic Blade and fought Tian Wu in a fierce final clash while Mu Qianshang watched.
• Ning Chen survived Tian Wu's sword strike with the Black Tortoise Heart Armor and wounded Tian Wu with Yama, winning the battle.
• Ning Chen revealed the Ghost Maiden in an Ice Coffin and asked Tian Wu for the Azure Dragon's Origin Dragon Pearl to stabilize her spirit body.
• Tian Wu said the Dragon Pearl was gone because it had already taken form, and Mu Qianshang demanded that he save the Ghost Maiden or fight them both to the death.

Ning Chen stabilized the Ghost Maiden’s spirit body with Tianwu’s help, parted from Mu Qianshang, and set out with Qi Yanxia and Hong Wulei for Bailu Academy in Central Province. On the road, he taught Hong Wulei a powerful sword technique while continuing to search for a way to revive the Ghost Maiden.

• Tianwu stabilized the Ghost Maiden’s spirit body, gave Ning Chen a drop of heart’s blood, and warned that she was almost impossible to awaken.
• Ning Chen returned to Yuheng Sacred Land, left Ruoxi there to care for his main body, and said farewell to Mu Qianshang.
• After settling affairs at Yuheng, Ning Chen visited the awakened Hong Wulei at Tianshu Imperial Palace and learned that Bailu Academy had invited them to serve as Teaching Masters.
• Ning Chen, Qi Yanxia, and Hong Wulei set out for Bailu Academy, while Qi Yanxia explained its power and why Ning Chen’s achievement at the Contest Pagoda had drawn its attention.
• During their night’s rest, Ning Chen demonstrated a sword technique for Hong Wulei and told her to watch carefully because he would teach it only once.

Ning Chen, Qi Yanxia, and Hong Wulei traveled through Central Province to Bailu Academy, where Ning Chen hoped to learn whether the academy possessed the Scroll of Sun. After meeting Academy Head Yi Qingqiu, Ning Chen and Qi Yanxia agreed to teach at the academy, and Yi Qingqiu warned Ning Chen against killing its students.

• Ning Chen learned that Bailu Academy might possess the Scroll of Sun, which could help the Phoenix Body advance, and the travelers entered the Kaiyang Dynasty as its imperial succession grew uncertain.
• Ning Chen and Yi Xuanmiao, the Fourth Crown Prince, passed each other outside White Emperor City, and their swords resonated; Yi Xuanmiao later accepted invitations from the other Crown Princes.
• Ning Chen advised Hong Wulei to seek guidance from Bailu Academy's Half-Venerable gatekeeper before the group met Academy Head Yi Qingqiu.
• Yi Qingqiu asked Ning Chen why he had not entered the Contest Pagoda's thirty-first floor, and he explained that he could not obtain the Origin Sky Jade there.
• Yi Qingqiu invited Ning Chen and Qi Yanxia to teach at Bailu Academy once a month and warned Ning Chen that harming students was forbidden; Ning Chen claimed he preferred winning people over with virtue.

Ning Chen and Qi Yanxia ventured into the Primeval Land to obtain a Heavenly Beauty Fruit, but the Silver Leopard forced them to retreat after a fierce fight. Back at Bailu Academy, Hong Wulei demonstrated her swordsmanship, then learned from Yi Qingqiu that she had recognized Hong Wulei as the Red King's daughter and had once disciplined her father.

• Ning Chen ended his lesson at Half-Moon Lake, then joined Qi Yanxia in the Primeval Land to seek a Heavenly Beauty Fruit.
• Ning Chen fought the Silver Leopard while Qi Yanxia searched for the fruit, and the two withdrew after the beast's attack overwhelmed them.
• Qi Yanxia took the fruit into seclusion, and Ning Chen told Hong Wulei to teach her martial instruction class in two days.
• Hong Wulei displayed a powerful sword technique in the courtyard, drawing the attention of Yi Qingqiu and the academy gatekeeper.
• Yi Qingqiu summoned Hong Wulei, recognized her as the Red King's daughter, and explained that she had once defeated and disciplined her father at the academy.

Ning Chen infiltrated the imperial palace to test Emperor Yuan’s condition and discovered that the emperor had secretly become a formidable Half-Venerable despite his dwindling lifespan. After Ning Chen suggested the academy might be the target of Emperor Yuan’s long preparations, Yi Qingqiu realized that the emperor could be luring her into a trap.

• Yi Qingqiu advised Hong Wulei that Ning Chen might be able to accompany her to Wulei City, but Hong Wulei returned to find him gone on an unexplained errand.
• Ning Chen entered the Kaiyang Imperial Palace at night and attacked Emperor Yuan, fighting past the old eunuch and the Thirteenth Prince before clashing palms with the emperor and escaping.
• Ning Chen told Yi Qingqiu that Emperor Yuan had genuinely exhausted his lifespan but had gained extraordinary strength, possibly becoming an unusual Half-Venerable.
• Yi Qingqiu rewarded Ning Chen with half a move from the Golden Pages, and he proposed that Emperor Yuan might see Bailu Academy as a threat to his authority.
• Ning Chen warned Yi Qingqiu that Emperor Yuan’s ten-year plan might be designed to draw her into the Central Heavenly Court, where she could be trapped if the emperor died.

Ning Chen punished students who refused Hong Wulei’s lakeside class, then encountered Hua Zhongdie performing opera in Jinglun Pavilion. After surviving her blade demonstration, he tried to leave before she could cause him more trouble.

• Du Huanian mocked Hong Wulei and demanded to know why Mister Qi had not come, while Jiang Yiqing and the other students prepared to leave class.
• Ning Chen arrived, threw the students into the lake, sealed their cultivation, and trapped them there with a formation until the lotus incense burned out.
• Bai Yujing reported the incident to Yi Qingqiu, who confirmed that nobody had been injured and dismissed him.
• Ning Chen entered Jinglun Pavilion and found Hua Zhongdie performing opera; her blade light forced him to defend himself with his sword and saber.
• Hua Zhongdie insisted Ning Chen call her Senior Sister Die, teased him, and watched as he made an excuse to leave.

Hua Zhongdie took Ning Chen to Boundary Mountain to punish the Blade Alliance for disparaging her title as Blade God, while Ning Chen held off its experts. After they returned to the academy, Ning Chen practiced with his demon blade, determined to learn from Hua Zhongdie’s mastery.

• Hua Zhongdie changed out of her opera costume and took Ning Chen to Boundary Mountain, promising to help him obtain another half move from the Heavenly Book in exchange for his help.
• Hua Zhongdie attacked the Blade Alliance’s headquarters, and Ning Chen blocked its experts from joining the battle or escaping.
• Hua Zhongdie fought three Blade Alliance Half-Venerables and defeated them with the Crimson Blade, then split Boundary Mountain with a single slash.
• Hua Zhongdie warned the Blade Alliance against insulting her again, and she and Ning Chen returned to the academy after securing their deal for another half move.
• Ning Chen returned to his courtyard and practiced with his demon blade, replaying Hua Zhongdie’s blade techniques in his mind.

Hong Wulei returned to the ruined City of No Tears and offered Ning Chen knowledge of the Demon Wheel Sea and its Immortal Palace in exchange for his help. Ning Chen agreed to accompany her to the city, while elsewhere a sword master and a young girl continued through a war-torn land.

• Hong Wulei visited the ruins of the City of No Tears, then returned to the academy without trusting anyone there with the truth of her past.
• Hong Wulei decided that the Demon Wheel Sea and its Immortal Palace could serve as a bargaining chip to persuade Ning Chen to help her.
• Ning Chen trained against Hua Zhongdie during her opera, suffered another defeat, and told the academy's elders that he sought power beyond the human world to save someone who had died.
• Hong Wulei told Ning Chen about the Demon Wheel Sea and Immortal Palace, and he agreed to accompany her to the City of No Tears if her information proved true.
• In western Central Province, a sword master in azure robes and a young girl carrying a sword rack walked through the flames of war without stopping.

Ning Chen learned that the Immortal Palace was deadly, then uncovered signs that Emperor Yuan and Primeval Land were working against the academy. After disrupting Emperor Yuan’s attempt to enter the Supreme Realm, Ning Chen was ordered to leave with Hua Zhongdie for Wulei City and keep her out of trouble.

• Yi Qingqiu told Ning Chen that the Immortal Palace existed but that nearly everyone who entered had died, and Ning Chen requested leave to return to Wulei City with Hong Wulei.
• A Transformation Realm desolate beast attacked the academy, drawing Yi Qingqiu, the gatekeeper, and the Jinglun Pavilion scholar into battle while Hua Zhongdie and Ning Chen suspected the attack was a diversion.
• Ning Chen went to Kaiyang Imperial Palace and found Emperor Yuan using the dynasty’s fortune while nearing the Supreme Realm; he shot Emperor Yuan and disrupted his breakthrough.
• Ning Chen and Hua Zhongdie returned to the academy and reported their findings to Yi Qingqiu, who ordered them to leave for a few days and told Hua Zhongdie to obey Ning Chen.

Ning Chen, Hua Zhongdie, and Hong Wulei reached the ruined Wulei City to investigate the Red King's death, and Ning Chen secretly planned his next move. He struck Hong Wulei down, took the Red King's Ring, and told Hua Zhongdie that she was next.

• As they traveled toward Wulei City, Hua Zhongdie pressed Ning Chen to teach her the Ruyi Method, and he agreed in exchange for her thinking carefully before acting.
• Hong Wulei revealed the Red King's Ring, which repelled Ning Chen's true essence, and identified the Purple King and Dark King as the Red King's closest associates.
• The three reached the ruined royal palace, where Ning Chen sent Hong Wulei away and explained a secret plan to Hua Zhongdie.
• Ning Chen wrote down the Ruyi Method for Hua Zhongdie and prepared three letters after Hong Wulei returned with brushes and ink.
• Ning Chen took the Red King's Ring and struck Hong Wulei in the heart, leaving her unconscious in a pool of blood.
• Ning Chen lifted Hong Wulei into his arms, approached Hua Zhongdie, and told her she was next.

Ning Chen sought the Red King's Ring’s secrets from the Azure King and used Hong Wulei’s life to force the three kings into revealing their positions. The Purple King saved Hong Wulei, while the Dark King left his palace after receiving Hua Zhongdie’s letter; Ning Chen returned without yet identifying the Red King’s murderer.

• Ning Chen left the critically injured Hong Wulei with Hua Zhongdie and ordered her to bring Wulei back before dawn or kill the kings who refused to save her.
• Ning Chen confronted Bi Chengkong, demanded instructions for controlling the Red King's Ring, and traded the jade slip for information about the Red King's daughter.
• Ning Chen told the Azure King that Hong Wulei was with either the Purple King or the Dark King and had almost no life left, hoping to set the kings against one another.
• Hua Zhongdie delivered Hong Wulei and a letter to the Purple King, who recognized Wulei and poured energy from her royal ring into her to restore her vitality.
• The Dark King read Hua Zhongdie’s letter, asked whether Wulei was still alive, and left his palace for the first time in ten years.
• Hua Zhongdie returned to Ning Chen and reported the kings’ reactions, then asked whether he could tell if the Azure King or Dark King had killed the Red King.

Bodhi Venerable confronted the demon but let him pass after the broken Saluo sword seemed to plead on his behalf. In Wulei City, Ning Chen and Hua Zhongdie watched the Dark King attack the Purple King over Hong Wulei, then left still uncertain which king had killed the Red King.

• Bodhi Venerable used the Seven Buddhas Sin-Purging incantation against the demon, but the demon resisted and continued west.
• Ning Chen suspected the Three Kings and took Hua Zhongdie to the Purple Thorns Royal Palace to watch them.
• The Dark King demanded that the Purple King hand over Hong Wulei, and they fought as the Purple King defended him with her royal ring and royal artifact.
• The Green King intervened and separated the two kings before the Dark King withdrew.
• Hua Zhongdie judged the Dark King the likeliest culprit, while Ning Chen concluded the Red King's death was probably the work of one of the Three Kings and departed with her.

Ning Chen and Hua Zhongdie visited Purple King to see Hong Wulei, who recoiled in terror at Ning Chen and refused to leave with him. After Hua Zhongdie attacked Purple King, Ning Chen departed and promised to return for Hong Wulei.

• News that the Immortal Palace lay in the Demon Wheel Sea spread across the land, alarming Emperor Yuan and the Academy Head.
• Hua Zhongdie flirted with Ning Chen, who warned her to be careful of the demon tribulation and said he would soon uncover who had plotted against the Red King.
• Ning Chen and Hua Zhongdie went to Purple King's palace to visit Hong Wulei, and Ning Chen claimed he did not know who had attacked her.
• Hong Wulei recoiled from Ning Chen in fear, so Purple King refused to let him take her away.
• Hua Zhongdie attacked Purple King and wounded her, but Ning Chen called Hua Zhongdie away and promised to return for Hong Wulei.

As the great sects assaulted Demon Wheel Sea with King Artifacts in search of immortality, Ning Chen told Hua Zhongdie about his past as the Marquis of Knowing Fate and watched the Shaking Light King break through the corpse gods. The Dragon Burial Forbidden Land drained the life from intruders and devoured the power of King Artifacts, but Ji Yaoguang chose to enter with a Human Sovereign’s aid.

• Hua Zhongdie asked Ning Chen where he came from, and he revealed that he was from Great Xia and had once been known as the Marquis of Knowing Fate.
• Ning Chen and Hua Zhongdie agreed to keep his identity secret, and he told her about a martial arts prodigy princess who had once asked to marry him.
• The sects’ Supreme Elders charged into Demon Wheel Sea, where corpse gods rose from coffins and fought the attackers’ war chariots and King Artifacts.
• The Shaking Light King appeared and used the Longevity Sword to destroy corpse gods and open a path through Demon Wheel Sea.
• The Dragon Burial Forbidden Land drained the life from a Supreme Elder and consumed a King Artifact’s power, killing another would-be entrant.
• When a distant Human Sovereign asked whether Ji Yaoguang would enter the forbidden land, he said yes, and the Sovereign sent a palm strike to help him on his way.

Ning Chen secured the Dark King’s agreement to target the Azure King in exchange for the King’s Ring, hoping to expose who possessed the Red King’s Ring. The Dark King and Hua Zhongdie defeated Bi Chengkong, leaving the Azure King at their mercy.

• After the Shaking Light King entered the Dragon Burial Forbidden Land, Ning Chen and Hua Zhongdie left to deal with Hong Wulei’s troubles.
• In the Purple Thorns Royal Palace, Hong Wulei remained withdrawn and frightened, while the Purple King tried to comfort her and learn what had happened.
• Ning Chen proposed that the Dark King help eliminate either the Azure King or the Purple King, with the King’s Ring as his price, and the Dark King accepted.
• Ning Chen explained to Hua Zhongdie that striking at the Azure King would disrupt the balance among the three kings and make the Red King’s Ring more valuable.
• At midnight, Hua Zhongdie and the Dark King entered the Azure Royal Palace and fought Bi Chengkong after he dismissed his ministers.
• The Dark King drew his royal weapon and, with Hua Zhongdie’s help, defeated Bi Chengkong; the Azure King accepted his loss as a blade was held to his throat.