Recaps

Ning Chen reached the Pill Pagoda seeking a way to save the Shaking Light King and secured Ji Furong’s offer of a Rejuvenation Pill. He left with ten days to obtain Heavenly Craftsmanship Spring Water, a condition for her help.

• Ning Chen said farewell to Qing Ming and Ren Baixiu in Youzhou City, then continued east with Ren Baixiu’s letter for the Pill Pagoda.
• After traveling for seven days, Ning Chen arrived at the Pill Pagoda during its annual Pill Martial Grand Assembly and met Elder Yu Mo.
• Ning Chen asked Yu Mo for help saving the Shaking Light King, whose blood and vitality had withered and whose lifespan was nearly exhausted.
• Yu Mo brought Ning Chen to Ji Furong, who initially refused to see him and struck him after he provoked her into granting an audience.
• Ji Furong offered a Rejuvenation Pill in exchange for Heavenly Craftsmanship Spring Water and gave Ning Chen ten days to obtain it.

Ning Chen challenged Le Chengyi, the Po Jun Palace Lord, for the Heavenly Craftsmanship Spring Water and fought her with his weapons and techniques. He unleashed his combined sword art and Scroll of Sun, but the clash left him retreating amid the destruction, with the outcome unresolved.

• Ning Chen reached Skywork Spring and called for the Po Jun Palace Lord, and Le Chengyi recognized him as Phoenix.
• Le Chengyi refused to give him the spring water unless he defeated her or risked being attacked while breaking its restriction.
• Ning Chen fought Le Chengyi, but her Heaven Cleaver shattered his ordinary sword and forced him onto the defensive.
• Ning Chen summoned Greedy Wolf’s Reincarnation Mirror, but Le Chengyi revealed that she had given it to Greedy Wolf and tried to take it back.
• Le Chengyi announced that the test was over and increased her power, so Ning Chen countered with Sword Art, First Sun Illuminates the East, fused with the Scroll of Sun.
• Their saber and sword intents collided, destroying the surrounding space and driving Ning Chen back through the dust.

Ning Chen defeated Le Chengyi and obtained Skywork Spring Water, then brought it to Ji Furong to save his senior. As the Rejuvenation Pill neared completion at the Pill Martial Grand Assembly, Le Chengyi alerted the Seven Kill Palace Master that Ning Chen had appeared, and pill-formation tribulation was about to descend.

• Ning Chen used the Reincarnation Mirror to restrain Le Chengyi and win their duel, prompting her to remove the restriction over Skywork Spring.
• Ning Chen collected the Skywork Spring Water, learned that the Seven Kill Palace Master was hunting him, and refused to return the Reincarnation Mirror to Le Chengyi.
• Ning Chen delivered the spring water to Ji Furong and asked her to save his senior, then joined her in watching the Rejuvenation Pill near completion.
• Le Chengyi told the Seven Kill Palace Master that Ning Chen had appeared and asked him to return the Reincarnation Mirror after killing him.
• Ning Chen watched Bai Zhaomu struggle to complete the Rejuvenation Pill as the moment of pill formation and heavenly tribulation approached.

Ning Chen protected the Rejuvenation Pill and another divine pill through a doubled heavenly tribulation while the Seven Kill Palace Master attacked him and the Tianfu Saintess and Po Jun Palace Lord arrived. The pills were completed, and Ji Furong urged the Seven Kill Palace Master to take his pill and leave.

• Ning Chen blocked the combined tribulation lightning while Bai Zhaomu and another Pill Pagoda disciple continued refining their pills.
• The Seven Kill Palace Master arrived in a seven-colored spiritual-sense avatar and attacked Ning Chen, blaming him for Greedy Wolf's death.
• The Tianfu Saintess arrived to protect the pill refinement, and Le Chengyi revealed that she had disclosed Ning Chen's whereabouts to retrieve her Reincarnation Mirror.
• When the pills were completed, Ning Chen blocked the tribulation lightning and the Seven Kill Palace Master tried to strike him, but the Tianfu Saintess intervened.
• The Third Pagoda Master lent Ning Chen a sword, and Ning Chen used Void Severance to disperse the divine pill tribulation.
• Ning Chen returned the sword after the Rejuvenation Pill succeeded, and Ji Furong secretly urged the Seven Kill Palace Master to take his pill and leave.

Ning Chen seized the Rebirth and Soul-Transference Pills and was maneuvered by the Pill Pagoda into fighting Seven Kill, whom he defeated with a sword technique that erased the battlefield. After Le Chengyi departed, Ning Chen refused to return the Soul-Transference Pill and began fighting the Tianfu Saintess.

• Ning Chen snatched the two divine pills, and the old man in black offered him a sword and promised another reward if he killed one of his enemies.
• Ning Chen told the Tianfu Saintess that the Pill Pagoda had urged him to seize the pills, then raced east to collect a sword while the Saintess, Seven Kill, and Le Chengyi followed.
• The Tianfu Saintess refused to help Seven Kill, and Ning Chen fought his divine-sense avatar with the sword supplied by the Pill Pagoda.
• Ning Chen used Sword, Return to Truth and Words Become Law to defeat Seven Kill's avatar, while Seven Kill's True Body awakened in the distant Seven Kill Palace.
• Le Chengyi left after warning Ning Chen that Seven Kill's True Body might come for him, and Ning Chen refused the Tianfu Saintess's demand for the Soul-Transference Pill before attacking her.

Ning Chen ended his fight with the Tianfu Saintess by revealing their battle was a performance, then learned where the Immortal Palanquin had gone before clashing with the Vermilion Bird. Meanwhile, the Venerable Lady sought the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master's help to save a friend, but Mu Chengxue's escape from the Sound Mill interrupted their confrontation.

• Ning Chen and the Tianfu Saintess stopped fighting, exchanged the Soul-Transference Pill, and discussed the Pill Pagoda, the Jade Pool, and the Immortal Palanquin's route toward Qihui City and Jiaxing Mountain.
• Ning Chen chose to awaken the Shaking Light King and continue searching for the Immortal Palanquin, then confronted the Vermilion Bird, which said one of them had to devour the other.
• The Venerable Lady entered the Heavenly Sound Pavilion and battled Wu Qingying's zither attacks before asking the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master to save her friend.
• The Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master refused to help the Venerable Lady's friend, whose lifespan had run dry.
• Mu Chengxue shattered the Heavenly Sound Dao Mill and broke free, prompting the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master and Wu Qingying to rush toward the Sound Domain as the Venerable Lady followed.

The Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master restored a hundred years of life to Marquis of Knowing Fate, while Mu Chengxue accepted a century of punishment for driving the Sound Mills and kept her presence from him. Meanwhile, A'man learned that Xia Chi might attack Northern Mongol and prepared to stop him as Xia Chi received confirmation that the Northern Mongol Emperor was missing.

• Wu Qingying and the Venerable Lady suppressed Mu Chengxue’s Grand Forgetfulness backlash, and the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master used the Sound Mills to restore a hundred years of lifespan to Marquis of Knowing Fate.
• Mu Chengxue explained that she had chosen Grand Forgetfulness of Emotion because Desolate City needed an Innate, then gave the Nianqing Blade to the Venerable Lady and asked her not to reveal that she was there.
• The Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master ordered Mu Chengxue to drive the Sound Mills for a hundred years, and iron chains pierced her shoulders as she returned to her task.
• Hongzhu told A'man that Xia Chi had stationed troops at Yan Returning City while the Northern Mongol Emperor was missing, and A'man decided to go to Great Xia to stop him from fighting.
• The Barbarian King and his father stopped A'man from leaving, while Xia Chi received a report confirming that the Northern Mongol Emperor had been missing for nearly a year and eagerly welcomed the news.

Ning Chen searched Jiaxing Mountain for the Immortal Palanquin and encountered the Ghost Maiden at an ancient temple dedicated to the Underworld King. As the Seven Kill Palace reappeared and declared its intent to kill Phoenix, the Star Sovereign revealed that a Great Life Star would collide with Tianfu Star within ten years, leaving invasion of the Inside the realm as the only way to save its people.

• Ning Chen failed to revive the Immortal Peach Tree, told the Shaking Light King how they had reached Tianfu Star, and left to search Jiaxing Mountain for the Immortal Palanquin.
• Ning Chen discovered an ancient temple dedicated to the Underworld King and waited there for seven days for the Ghost Maiden.
• Rakshasa arrived, restored the temple, and left after asking where someone had gone; Ning Chen followed but lost her trail.
• The Seven Kill Palace emerged, and its master stepped forth declaring that he had come to kill Phoenix.
• Chao Tianxi told Xiao Bieli that a Great Life Star would collide with Tianfu Star within ten years, and they concluded that invading the nearest world, the Inside the realm, was their only hope of relocating Tianfu Star's people.

Xia Chi faced a decision over the northern campaign while Xia Xinyu urged him to choose and accept the consequences. On Tianfu Star, a sacred land decree demanded Blazing Sun Star Soul Iron, and Ning Chen was ambushed by Yan Yuntian after the Tianfu Saintess revealed his whereabouts; their battle ended in a devastating clash.

• Xia Chi heard Xia Xinyu's counsel that war was wrong but that he had to make the decision himself and bear its consequences.
• The sacred land ordered all sects to surrender their Blazing Sun Star Soul Iron within half a year, prompting the Heavenly Prime Minister Dynasty and Pill Pagoda leaders to deliberate.
• The black-robed elder agreed to hand over thirty percent of the Star Soul Iron first and told Eastern Patrol Venerable that Ning Chen might become a formidable swordsman.
• Ning Chen left Jiaxing Mountain after the Ghost Maiden failed to return, leaving a Yellow Springs Restriction and a thread of his soul consciousness at the divine temple.
• Yan Yuntian confronted Ning Chen after the Tianfu Saintess traded his whereabouts for the Heavenly Star Pearl, and Ning Chen's mortal sword shattered as he tried to attack.
• Ning Chen hurled the Green Cauldron at Yan Yuntian's halberd strike, triggering an enormous catastrophe that split Jiaxing Mountain and sent magma erupting.

Ning Chen escaped Yan Yuntian through Black Prison Ridge, then joined Le Chengyi in a raid on Seven Kill Palace. They broke into the palace, where Ning Chen began searching for Yan Yuntian’s treasures before he could return.

• Ning Chen caught Yan Yuntian off guard with the Reincarnation Mirror and struck him with the Green Cauldron, but Yan Yuntian survived and resumed the pursuit.
• Ning Chen used Black Prison Ridge’s terrain and a Yellow Springs Restriction to delay Yan Yuntian while Le Chengyi watched.
• Le Chengyi offered to take Ning Chen to Seven Kill Palace in exchange for a Mist Concealing Pearl, and he accepted.
• Ning Chen broke the illusory formation and smashed open Seven Kill Palace’s gates with the Green Cauldron.
• Le Chengyi named Yan Yuntian’s known treasures, and Ning Chen went deeper into the palace to search for them.

Ning Chen and Le Chengyi looted Seven Kill Palace before parting, and Ning Chen then visited the Pill Pagoda to claim the divine sword Mo Kuang. He accepted Venerable Zhenyang’s condition to kill the Tianfu Saintess within ten days, leaving with the sword and a deadline.

• Ning Chen smashed through Seven Kill Palace’s walls with the Green Cauldron, and he and Le Chengyi gathered treasures, including two pearls, Immortal Source, and Star Soul Iron Mother.
• Ning Chen asked Le Chengyi about the Star Soul Iron Mother, but she refused to explain unless he gave her half, so he left with his loot.
• Ning Chen went to the Pill Pagoda and thanked Venerable Zhenyang for the medicine that had helped an elder in his family.
• Venerable Zhenyang offered Ning Chen the divine sword Mo Kuang on the condition that he kill the Tianfu Saintess within ten days.
• Ning Chen took Mo Kuang and declared that the Tianfu Star would have no Saintess after ten days.

Ning Chen followed a prisoner convoy to the Eastern Wasteland and discovered that the Tianfu Sacred Land was mining unusual Star Soul Iron Ore. After Xi Mujin’s actions triggered a mine collapse, Ning Chen saved the trapped prisoners and attacked her, ending the chapter with his devastating Bury Life sword strike descending.

• Venerable Zhenyang ordered the Pill Pagoda to hunt the thief who had taken Mo Kuang, while Ning Chen departed for the Eastern Wasteland to find the Tianfu Saintess.
• Ning Chen followed a convoy of prisoners to Buqun Mine and learned that the Sacred Land was seeking unusual ore that he identified as Star Soul Iron Ore.
• Xi Mujin entered the mine and split open the ore-bearing rock with her sword, causing the mine tunnel to shake and collapse.
• Ning Chen used Mo Kuang’s sword light to shield the prisoners from falling boulders and directed them toward the exit as the tunnel collapsed.
• Ning Chen emerged from beneath the mine and attacked Xi Mujin, then unleashed his Bury Life sword technique.

Ning Chen fought Xi Mujin until the Tianfu Star Venerable took control of her and unleashed overwhelming power. At the same time, A'man stopped Xia Chi from waging war against Northern Mongolia, and Ning Xi warned him that Great Xia lacked the strength to win.

• Ning Chen battered Xi Mujin’s protective armor and drove her to the brink of defeat, but she awakened with the power of the Tianfu Star Venerable.
• Ning Chen broke free of Xi Mujin’s spatial prison and clashed with the Star Venerable’s frost techniques.
• A'man fought her way into the Great Xia palace and demanded that Xia Chi recall the troops from Yan Returning City.
• Xia Chi activated Great Xia’s imperial fortune, but A'man blocked it with the Sword of Original Heart, and Ning Xi identified her as the Barbarian King’s younger sister.
• Ning Xi questioned Xia Chi’s plan to expand Great Xia and warned that its army could not safely invade Northern Mongolia without the Marquis of Knowing Fate.

Ning Chen defeated Tianfu Star Venerable’s spiritual-consciousness incarnation, rescued Xi Mujin, and left Tianfu Star to pursue the Immortal Palanquin. As he departed, the Shaking Light King blocked attacks against him, while Mingyue and Zijing later tracked Bodhi and crossed paths with Bai Lingling and Qing Ling.

• Ning Chen grievously wounded Xi Mujin and defeated Tianfu Star Venerable’s soul consciousness, then sealed Xi Mujin’s acupoints and stored her in a phoenix shadow.
• After delivering a shattered divine robe to Venerable Zhenyang, Ning Chen returned to the Shaking Light King and saw the Immortal Palanquin departing with Three Dragon Corpses.
• Ning Chen transformed into a phoenix and pursued the Immortal Palanquin; the Shaking Light King stayed behind and blocked attacks from Yan Yuntian and Tianfu Star Venerable.
• Le Chengyi sent Heaven Slash after Ning Chen as a farewell, and Ning Chen and Le Chengyi exchanged parting words before he vanished beyond the Nine Heavens.
• Mingyue and Zijing encountered Bodhi, sensed Ning Chen’s aura around him, and decided to follow him from a distance.
• Bai Lingling and Qing Ling approached as Mingyue and Zijing set off after Bodhi.

Bodhi’s battle against Yao Qiluo and the White Flood Dragon drove him fully into demonic madness, while Zijing struggled to protect Mingyue from his soul-devouring attack. Just as Mingyue was in mortal danger, a phoenix cry rang across the Primeval Land and an enraged voice challenged Bodhi.

• Bodhi entered the Primeval Land and fought Yao Qiluo and the White Flood Dragon, using both Buddhist and demonic power.
• Yao Qiluo sacrificed her dantian qihai to hold Bodhi back, while the White Flood Dragon revealed herself as Bai Yunlian and attacked with her strongest move.
• Bodhi transformed into a demon, unleashed Blood Sin Hell, and wounded both Demon Venerables as they tried to escape.
• Bodhi’s Deity Sealing Spirit Devourer threatened Mingyue, and Zijing’s attempt to activate Marquis of Knowing Fate’s imprint failed.
• As Mingyue’s soul consciousness began to leave her body, a phoenix cry shook the Primeval Land and an enraged voice demanded to know how Bodhi dared hurt her.

Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian fought the demonized Bodhi after Yao Qiluo sacrificed herself to wound him. Ning Chen summoned the Four Symbols Tribulation and, as the battle continued, created the Four Symbols Consecration Sword, which pierced Bodhi; Bodhi’s fate remained unresolved.

• Yao Qiluo sacrificed herself in an explosion that gravely wounded Bodhi, and Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian attacked him while Mo Kuang struck his wound.
• Ning Chen persuaded Bai Yunlian to leave, then faced Bodhi alone and summoned the Four Symbols Tribulation.
• The Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise descended, trapping Ning Chen and Bodhi in a deadly heavenly tribulation.
• Ning Chen drew on the Four Symbols’ power and transformed the divine beasts’ blood into the Four Symbols Consecration Sword.
• The sword pierced through Bodhi and sent blood spraying across the sky.

Ning Chen completed the Four Symbols Consecration Sword’s first form and shattered the Four Symbols Great Tribulation. He left the Primeval Land for the Eastern Divine Continent with Bai Yunlian and Mingyue, listening as Mingyue confided in him on the way home.

• Bodhi recovered his clarity and left the Four Symbols tribulation, while Ning Chen continued fighting the divine beasts alone.
• Ning Chen perfected the first form of the Four Symbols Consecration Sword and destroyed the Four Symbols Great Tribulation.
• Ning Chen recognized Bai Yunlian as the White Flood Dragon and agreed to let her accompany him to the Eastern Divine Continent.
• Ning Chen gently welcomed the fearful Mingyue and told Zijing not to indulge her sneaking out again.
• As they traveled home, Mingyue clung to Ning Chen, complained about Xia Chi, and tearfully shared her troubles with him.

Ning Chen returned to Great Xia and paid his respects at Changsun’s tomb, while events across Tianfu Star advanced toward a looming collision with the Great Life Star. After awakening in Changling, Ning Chen learned the Venerable Lady’s plans to pursue the realm above the Supreme and asked whether it could restore the dead.

• Ning Chen parted from Mingyue, returned to the imperial city, and reunited with Xia Chi before going to Changsun’s tomb.
• On Tianfu Star, the Sword Venerable defeated the Pill Pagoda’s defenders until Chao Tianxi intervened, forcing the Pill Pagoda to surrender its Star Soul Iron.
• Chao Tianxi refined the collected Star Soul Iron while Heavenly Prime Minister engraved formations upon it to prepare for the approaching Great Life Star.
• Ning Chen awakened in Changling with his cultivation lost, and the Venerable Lady explained her Dual Transformation Technique and her chance of reaching beyond the Supreme.
• Ning Chen asked the Venerable Lady whether that realm could bring back the dead, and she promised to help if she found a way.

Ning Chen said farewell to Xia Chi and the new Martial Marquises before leaving Great Xia for the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism. On Tianfu Star, Chao Tianxi and the Sword Venerable forged the Star Soul Flowing Fire in secret, and three sect representatives agreed to help complete it.

• Ning Chen knelt at Changsun Tomb for three days, where Xia Xinyu briefly greeted him and wished him a safe journey.
• Ning Chen urged the six Martial Marquises to guard Great Xia and warned them that they must bear the consequences if they chose to wage war.
• Ning Chen said farewell to Xia Chi and headed west for the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism, while Bai Yunlian watched him leave.
• Chao Tianxi and the Sword Venerable secretly forged the Star Soul Flowing Fire as Tianfu Star's sacred land withered and a colossal formed creature emerged.
• Chao Tianxi allowed three representatives from the Pill Pagoda, Heavenly Capital Mountain, and another sect to enter the sacred land; they later agreed to help complete the Star Soul Flowing Fire.

Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian met Luo Xingchen in the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism while searching for answers about the Ghost Maiden and the Immortal Palanquin. After discussing the mystery and their friends’ paths, they continued toward Changling for advice.

• Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian encountered Luo Xingchen fleeing Luo Fu, but Ning Chen initially refused to help him.
• Ning Chen asked Luo Xingchen about reports of the Immortal Corpse Procession and explained that the woman in the Immortal Palanquin resembled the Ghost Maiden.
• Luo Xingchen suggested the Ghost Maiden might cultivate the Dual Transformation Technique, but Ning Chen rejected the idea because her three souls were complete.
• Ning Chen gave Luo Xingchen six hundred pieces of source Immortal Jade so he could attempt to reach the Half-Venerable realm.
• Luo Xingchen said Sword Two had gone to follow his senior brother’s unfinished path and suggested Ning Chen ask Changling Venerable Lady about Western Buddhism.
• Ning Chen let Luo Xingchen flee from Luo Fu again, then explained to Bai Yunlian that a true friend might avoid ordinary trouble but would come to save him in mortal danger.

Ning Chen reached Changling with Bai Yunlian, where the Venerable Lady welcomed him and he demonstrated laws he had learned from Tianfu Star Venerable to aid her cultivation. He learned that the Immortal Palanquin might have appeared at the western edge of the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism, while Tianfu prepared for war and Chao Tianxi considered using a dangerous pill to break the Underworld King Barrier.

• Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian entered Changling's forbidden land, where Nine Li Venerable attacked them until the Venerable Lady intervened and escorted them inside.
• Ning Chen learned that his original body had entered death seclusion and that Ruoxi had begun cultivating through a noncombat path.
• Chang Yue reunited with the Venerable Lady as Nu Chang, and Ning Chen explained how he had followed the Immortal Palanquin from the Demon Wheel Sea.
• Bai Yunlian lent Ning Chen her Demon Venerable inner core, allowing him to demonstrate two space-law techniques for the Venerable Lady before cold qi injured him.
• The Venerable Lady told Ning Chen that ancient legends placed the Immortal Palanquin at the western edge of the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism.
• On Tianfu Star, Chao Tianxi learned that Star Soul Flowing Fire would be completed in three months and resolved to use the dangerous Fallen Immortal Pill if necessary to break the Underworld King Barrier.

Chao Tianxi sacrificed the Star Soul Flowing Fire to destroy the Underworld King Barrier, exposing the Five Domains to Tianfu’s coming invasion. Xiao Bieli rallied Tianfu’s sects and sent its supreme beings into Central Province, where they announced that war would begin in three days.

• Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian descended into the Chaos Mist Sea, spared an intelligent divine tree, and disappeared from the Five Domains.
• Chao Tianxi launched the Star Soul Flowing Fire at the Immortal Domain, destroying it and shattering the Underworld King Barrier despite knowing the disaster would endanger the Five Domains.
• Xiao Bieli ordered Tianfu to prepare for war, and the major sects submitted to the sacred ground’s command after learning Tianfu Star faced destruction.
• Xiao Bieli led more than ten human supreme beings through a formation into Central Province, where Mu Changge demonstrated his sword power and warned that war would begin in three days.
• Yi Qingqiu and the violet-clad girl watched the Tianfu forces depart, fearing that the Five Domains had no one able to stop them.

Central Province’s sect leaders formed an alliance against Tianfu Star and assigned Zhao Liusu as its temporary Alliance Venerable, while Ning Chen encountered the Ghost Maiden in the Chaos Mist Sea. On Tianfu Star, Xiao Bieli revealed that Mu Changge’s sword strike had been meant to lure the Five Domains’ sovereigns into a trap.

• Zhao Liusu confirmed that the barrier between the Five Domains and the Outer Heavens had broken, and the assembled leaders agreed to make her temporary Alliance Venerable.
• Zhao Liusu ordered Bodhi Venerable and Bu Chunqiu to stop Mu Changge and told the alliance to target the blue-clothed leader when war began.
• Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian found an Azure Coffin in the Chaos Mist Sea, where the Ghost Maiden attacked Ning Chen and then said he was not the person she sought.
• Xiao Bieli told Mu Changge that his sword strike had been bait to lure the Five Domains’ sovereigns into a trap, and questioned whether anyone there was stronger than Tianxiang.

Xiao Bieli’s formations drove the Five Domains’ Sovereigns into a series of losing battles, while Mu Changge nearly defeated Zhao Liusu and her allies. Just as Tianxiang dismissed Bai Lingling and Qing Ling, the Shaking Light King returned to face him and Mu Changge.

• Xiao Bieli summoned Mu Changge, whose sword overwhelmed Bodhi Venerable and Bu Chunqiu until Ji Qiuyu and Li Xiaoran joined the battle.
• Xiao Bieli’s second and third formations drew out the Five Domains’ Sovereigns and isolated the main battlefield, while Zhao Liusu dispatched reinforcements to counter them.
• Xiao Bieli lured the Taibai Manor Lord to Returning Swan Heavenly Moon Peak, then revealed that he had anticipated Zhao Liusu’s arrow and unleashed Sword Four, River of Forgetfulness with Mu Changge.
• The River of Forgetfulness killed two Venerables and gravely wounded Bu Chunqiu, while Bodhi Venerable escaped with him and Mu Changge pursued Zhao Liusu.
• Mu Changge broke Zhao Liusu’s defense, but Bai Lingling and Qing Ling intervened before Tianxiang rejected their plea to withdraw.
• The Shaking Light King returned to the battlefield and told Mu Changge to leave the rest to him.

The Five Domains and Heavenly Palace ended their first battle without a decisive victory, and both sides prepared for the coming invasion. Ning Chen accepted the Shaking Light King's invitation, then entered the Demon Wheel Sea to meet his demonic body, who was undergoing a Demonic Tribulation.

• Mu Changge and the Shaking Light King fought with their ultimate sword techniques, and their attacks ended evenly.
• Tianxiang ordered Heavenly Palace to withdraw, while the Shaking Light King recalled his forces and asked Zhao Liusu to find the Marquis of Knowing Fate.
• Xiao Bieli ordered Heavenly Palace to gather its forces for an invasion in fifteen days, while the Shaking Light King prepared to enter the Supreme Realm.
• At Tianji City, the youths located Ning Chen in the Western Land, and Venerable Muhua invited him to the Shaking Light King's ceremony.
• Ning Chen promised to attend but chose to visit the Demon Wheel Sea first, where he told Bai Yunlian to wait outside and entered alone.
• Ning Chen's demonic body spat blood as a Demonic Tribulation struck him near the Human Sovereign Realm.