Recaps

Ning Chen defeated Chaos, forced it to serve Yin'er, and learned that a True Realm expert had sealed knowledge of Huayang’s killer. Meanwhile, Ink Lord received an invitation to Red Luan’s wedding, where the Red Luan Princess told the amnesiac Phoenix Body that she had chosen him for love, and his words left her wondering whether he remembered her.

• Ning Chen subdued Chaos, rescued Yin'er, and sealed one of Chaos’s souls inside her so she could command it.
• Ning Chen questioned Chaos about Huayang’s death, and Chaos said a True Realm expert’s law prevented it from revealing the killer.
• Ning Chen returned with Yin'er to the bamboo grove cottage, where she told him that Marquis in Purple had fought Ink Lord while Ning Chen was away.
• A woman arrived at Message Peak and invited Ink Lord to Red Luan’s wedding, which he agreed to attend.
• At the royal realm on Hongluan Star, the Red Luan Princess spoke with the amnesiac Phoenix Body and said love had led her to choose him.
• Phoenix Body murmured, “Love knows not where it begins, yet once begun, it deepens beyond all measure,” startling the Red Luan Princess.

As the Red Luan Princess’s wedding approached, Ning Chen traveled with Qi Huan and Yin'er to Blazing City to request fire essences and investigate the Fire Lord’s loyalty. Meanwhile, the woman in green sent Marquis in Purple to watch over the situation and warned him not to harm Ayluo Zhen.

• The Phoenix Body summoned a crystal coffin containing a woman in a scarlet wedding gown and was overcome by guilt and sorrow as he looked at her.
• The Ink Lord sent Qi Huan to deliver a wedding gift to the Red Luan Realm King and request ten fire essences, and Ning Chen joined him because he suspected the Prince Consort was an old acquaintance.
• Ning Chen collected Yin'er, and the three set out for the Fire Nation, where Qi Huan warned that the Fire Lord was a formidable opponent.
• Ning Chen suspected the request for ten fire essences was meant to test the Fire Lord’s loyalty, while Qi Huan said the Fire Lord would likely defeat him in a fight.
• In Ink City, the woman in green and her companion discussed the Ink Lord’s test of the Fire Lord and sent Marquis in Purple to the Fire Nation, ordering him not to harm anyone or kill Ayluo Zhen.

Qi Huan and Ning Chen confronted the Fire Lord to obtain ten fire essences, but their request sparked a battle in the Fire Nation Imperial Palace. As the Fire Lord unleashed the power of Blazing City, the Ink Lord intervened, while Mo Shao'ai prepared to leave Golden Radiance City with Red Luan.

• Qi Huan and Ning Chen asked the Fire Lord for ten fire essences, but he refused and ordered them to leave.
• Qi Huan fought the Fire Lord while Ning Chen held off the Thirteen Royal Guards with his sword.
• The Fire Lord drew on Blazing City's earthfire to advance his cultivation, and Ning Chen joined the duel but was wounded by the stronger opponent.
• The Fire Lord gathered power to strike again, but the Ink Lord appeared and stopped the battle.
• Mo Shao'ai announced that Xiaoyue Chang'an Restaurant would close temporarily, then called Red Luan to leave with him.

The Ink Sect attacked the Fire Nation, and Ning Chen watched the Ink Lord battle the Fire Lord before leaving to retrieve fire essence from the Fire Domain. There he encountered the Vermilion Bird, then returned to find the palace battle still raging; the Ink Lord sent Ning Chen and Qi Huan away as the royal palace collapsed behind them.

• The Ink Lord and the Fire Lord clashed in the royal hall while Ning Chen watched and considered how Xuan Luo's strength might threaten him.
• The Marquis in Purple arrived and fought Ayluo Zhen outside the hall as Qi Huan held off the Fire Nation's guards.
• The Ink Lord sent Ning Chen to the Fire Domain, where Ning Chen collected ten fire essences and encountered the Vermilion Bird beneath the earthfire.
• Ning Chen returned to Blazing City, but the Ink Lord ordered him and Qi Huan to leave and focus on their task.
• Ning Chen and Qi Huan departed, and the imperial palace collapsed amid an eruption of seven-colored light.

The Red Luan Princess and Yao Ji discovered that Bai Yujing was recovering fragments of his memories and remained devoted to someone from his past, so they planned to use the Heart-Bewitching Art on him again. After Ning Chen arrived at the Royal Territory, he slipped away at night and attacked a bewitching figure near Bai Yujing.

• Yao Ji questioned the Red Luan Princess about Bai Yujing’s fading feelings and ordered her to bring him to Misty Rain Pavilion.
• Yao Ji tested Bai Yujing, sensed his memories returning and his suspicion of the Royal Territory, and told the Red Luan Princess to use the Heart-Bewitching Art again.
• Ning Chen, Qi Huan, and Yin'er arrived at the Red Luan Royal Territory, where Ning Chen learned that the Princess controlled access to the Prince Consort.
• Ning Chen told Qi Huan that Bai Yujing was an old friend, then secretly left the guest courtyard after nightfall.
• A bewitching figure appeared behind Bai Yujing near Liufeng Palace, and Ning Chen revealed himself and slashed at her with his sword.

Ning Chen’s Demonic Body fought the Phoenix Body and Red Luan Princess before the Red Luan Realm King intervened. Mo Shao'ai arrived to stop the conflict, and Ning Chen left with the badly injured Qi Huan while the wedding preparations continued.

• Ning Chen’s Demonic Body battled the Phoenix Body and Red Luan Princess, wielding twin swords and unleashing the Sword of Nirvana.
• The Red Luan Realm King appeared and attacked Ning Chen, but Qi Huan arrived and took a grave injury while protecting him.
• Ning Chen carried Qi Huan away from the Realm King’s next attack, and Qi Huan pleaded that his junior brother had caused a misunderstanding.
• Mo Shao'ai entered the battle and separated the fighters with his silver string, then exchanged words with the Red Luan Realm King and Yao Ji.
• Mo Shao'ai invited Ning Chen to talk later and warned the Phoenix Body to consider how he would repay Red Luan’s sword wound.
• Ning Chen left with Qi Huan, while the Phoenix Body returned to the hall with the Red Luan Princess.

Ning Chen and Yin'er discussed the Phoenix Body, their plans to prevent his marriage to the Red Luan Princess, and Ning Chen’s struggle to keep his demonic nature in check. Meanwhile, Mo Shao'ai prepared to meet Ning Chen and spoke to a mysterious presence inside a wooden box about the demon’s faltering grip on rationality.

• Ning Chen healed Qi Huan, then told Yin'er that he had fought to protect the Phoenix Body from the Red Luan Princess.
• Ning Chen said the Moonlit Tower Master’s arrival might offer a way forward and planned to negotiate with him, while Yin'er worried that Ning Chen might be forced to reveal his identity.
• Ning Chen explained to Yin'er that demons were inherently cold and feared he might eventually tire of restraining his nature; Yin'er begged him not to abandon her.
• Mo Shao'ai instructed Red Luan to prepare Heartless Ephemeral Dream for an honored guest the next day.
• Mo Shao'ai addressed a mysterious presence in a wooden box and wondered how much longer Ning Chen could maintain his false mask of rationality.

Ning Chen met with Mo Shao'ai, who revealed the Red Luan Royal Territory’s cruel master-and-shadow succession and his own history with it. Mo Shao'ai proposed helping Ning Chen confront the Red Luan Princess’s territory, and Ning Chen was left to consider their cooperation.

• Red Luan welcomed Ning Chen and Yin'er to Moonlit Wine House, where Mo Shao'ai sent Yin'er downstairs and spoke with Ning Chen privately.
• Ning Chen deduced that Mo Shao'ai had once belonged to the Red Luan Royal Territory and had known the Red Luan Realm King and Consort Yao Ji for many years.
• Mo Shao'ai explained that each generation’s successors included a master and a shadow, with the master expected to devour the shadow; he confirmed that Red Luan was the current shadow.
• Ning Chen said he was searching for a way to bring the dead back to life, and Mo Shao'ai said he would trade for Ning Chen’s sword, Peerless Under Heaven, if he ever obtained a way to help.
• Mo Shao'ai asked Ning Chen to help seek justice for Red Luan, offering him a chance to settle matters with the Red Luan Royal Territory without its interference.

As the Red Luan Princess’s wedding approached, the Golden Radiance Emperor, the Heaven Speaker, the Ink Lord, and the Moonlit Tower Master arrived in the Royal Territory. At the welcoming banquet, the Moonlit Tower Master demanded repayment for Red Luan’s sword wound and threatened the Red Luan Realm King and the Princess when they resisted.

• Red Luan returned to the Moonlit Tower Master after seeing off the honored guest, while the wedding preparations continued in the Royal Territory.
• The Golden Radiance Emperor, the Heaven Speaker, and the Ink Lord arrived in succession, followed by the Moonlit Tower Master and the veiled woman at his side.
• The Red Luan Realm King confronted the Moonlit Tower Master as they passed on the divine bridge, but Mo Shao'ai continued toward the banquet.
• At the banquet, the Red Luan Princess and the Phoenix Body offered wine to the honored guests, but the Moonlit Tower Master refused his cup until someone answered for Red Luan’s sword wound.
• The Moonlit Tower Master demanded that one of them accept a sword strike in repayment and threatened to kill the Red Luan Realm King and the Princess if they refused.

At the Banquet of Infinity, the Moonlit Tower Master forced the Red Luan Royal Territory to settle old and new grievances through a duel between Red Luan's husband, the Phoenix Body, and the Ninth Son of Ink Sect, Ning Chen. The battle was set for three days later at Sun-Moon Lake, leaving the Royal Territory's dignity in the hands of the two juniors.

• The Moonlit Tower Master challenged the Red Luan Royal Territory and demanded justice for Red Luan.
• Consort Yao Ji proposed that the juniors settle their grudges, and the Moonlit Tower Master named the Phoenix Body and Ning Chen as the combatants.
• The Red Luan Realm King chose the Red Luan Princess to fight, but Yao Ji declared that the Phoenix Body would take her place.
• The Moonlit Tower Master and Yao Ji agreed to hold the battle at Sun-Moon Lake in three days.
• Red Luan left with the Moonlit Tower Master, while Ning Chen departed holding Yin'er's hand and exchanged an emotionless glance with his other body.

At Sun-Moon Lake, Ning Chen’s demon incarnation and Phoenix Body fought a merciless sword battle before the realm’s strongest spectators. Meanwhile, Prince Yan and A’man retrieved and sealed the Immortal Slaying Sword, then set out for the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism to learn what had happened to Qing Ling.

• The demon incarnation arrived at Sun-Moon Lake and began a fierce battle against the Phoenix Body as the Red Luan Princess, Yin’er, and powerful spectators watched.
• The two fighters unleashed sword techniques, heavenly and phoenix fire, and extreme speed, until their final clash shattered the formations and left both bleeding.
• At Wanxing Pass, A’man met Prince Yan beside the Immortal Slaying Restriction Zone and agreed to accompany him inside.
• Prince Yan withstood the forbidden zone’s sword qi and pulled the broken Immortal Slaying Sword free.
• A’man placed the Immortal Slaying Sword in her sword rack, sealing it with the other four swords and ending the forbidden zone’s slaughtering aura.
• Prince Yan told A’man that Ning Chen had found no way to revive the dead, then led her toward the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism to learn more about Qing Ling.

Ning Chen’s demon body and the Phoenix Body fought a devastating sword duel at Sun-Moon Lake until outside forces intervened. Elsewhere, Prince Yan learned that Qing Ling was being reforged by Buddhist fire and vowed to return if she did not awaken.

• The Phoenix Body and Ning Chen’s demon body traded powerful sword techniques, and the Phoenix Body briefly seized the advantage with the Heavenly Dragon Quake.
• Ning Chen used White Rainbow to restrain the Phoenix Body’s speed, regained control with Taishi, and drove her into a perilous disadvantage.
• The Red Luan Princess rushed toward the battlefield, but the Moonlit Tower Master blocked her as the Red Luan Realm King attacked; the Tower Master intercepted him.
• Prince Yan and A'man passed through the ruined site of the Daoist-demon war and traveled to Mount Xiyao to question the Xiyao Master about the past.
• The Xiyao Master revealed that Qing Ling’s body was being reforged with Buddhist fire and might take ten to a hundred years to awaken.
• Prince Yan departed, warning that he would return if Qing Ling did not awaken, and the Buddhist fire weakened.

The Moonlit Tower Master, Mo Shao'ai, fought the Red Luan Realm King and Yao Ji while the Phoenix Body was trapped in the demon’s heavenly fire. After the Red Luan ancestors intervened and then withdrew, the Phoenix Body broke through to Great Perfection and unleashed Nirvana against the demon’s Two Principles Sword Array, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• The Moonlit Tower Master blocked the Red Luan Princess from reaching the phoenix and battled the Red Luan Realm King, shattering Crimson Firmament.
• Yao Ji joined the Red Luan Realm King against Mo Shao'ai, but he summoned Yellow Springs and overpowered them.
• The Red Luan Sixth Ancestor and Seventh Ancestor appeared, but the Third Ancestor stopped their attack and invited Mo Shao'ai into the depths of the Royal Territory.
• The Phoenix Body absorbed the heavenly fire, broke through the Yellow Springs Restriction, severed the Love Tribulation, and reached the Great Perfection Realm.
• The Phoenix Body unleashed the Sword of Nirvana, and the demon countered with the Two Principles Sword Array as the fighters retreated from the spreading sword might.

After the two bodies reunited, the Phoenix Body explained how he had used the Red Luan Princess’s Heart-Bewitching Art to overcome the Love Tribulation and revealed that the Grand Void Divine Realm held the Jade Pond Divine Water. The bodies planned to enter the realm while the Red Luan royal family was distracted by the wedding, while Yin'er stayed at Moonlit Tower.

• The Phoenix Body and the demon body ended their sword contest in a draw, and the Phoenix Body later survived his lightning tribulation and reached Great Perfection.
• At Misty Rain Pavilion, Yao Ji warned the Red Luan Princess to watch for changes in the Heart-Bewitching Art and not mistake its influence for genuine affection.
• The Phoenix Body told the demon body that he had sealed his memories before succumbing to the Heart-Bewitching Art, using it to pass the Love Tribulation and learn that the Jade Pond Divine Water lay in the Grand Void Divine Realm.
• The Phoenix Body and the demon body agreed to seek the realm’s entrance inside the Red Luan Royal Territory while the Realm King and princess were occupied with the wedding.
• The demon body left the Phoenix Body with the Red Luan Princess, while Yin'er went to Moonlit Tower, where the Moonlit Tower Master offered her a free room.

On the eve of his wedding to the Red Luan Princess, Ning Chen entered the Grand Void Divine Realm to find the Jade Pond Divine Water. After rescuing flood victims and learning of an immortal spring in the Extreme North, he fought his way past a silver-armored guardian and found an emerald pool.

• Ning Chen waited for the Red Luan ancestors to appear before the wedding, while the Phoenix entered the Grand Void Divine Realm.
• Ning Chen entered the Divine Realm and searched for the Jade Pond Divine Water among its oppressed people.
• Ning Chen rescued a woman and her infant from a flood, then carved a vast ravine to divert the waters and save the people.
• The woman told Ning Chen of an immortal spring in the Extreme North, and he revealed that the beings worshipped in the heavenly palace were mortals who called themselves gods.
• Ning Chen reached a snowy mountain, broke through an illusion, and defeated a silver-armored man who tried to stop him.
• Ning Chen continued onward and found an emerald pool that appeared to be the Jade Pond Water.

Ning Chen defeated Yinglong, seized the Jade Pond Divine Water, and fought the Divine Palace experts who confronted him. As his Ink Blade began to break, the chapter shifted to the Red Luan wedding, where Zhìming refused to marry the Red Luan Princess, prompting the Five Ancestors to rise.

• Ning Chen killed Yinglong, drew the Jade Pond water into the Green Cauldron, and faced the arriving Divine Palace experts.
• Ning Chen fought the Divine Palace forces and unleashed the Four Symbols Consecration Sword, badly injuring their experts as the Ink Blade cracked.
• Ning Chen launched his final move, Nirvana, while the grand wedding began in the Red Luan Royal Territory.
• Zhìming stopped the wedding rites and refused to marry the Red Luan Princess, who realized he had recovered his memories.
• The Red Luan Realm King confronted Zhìming, Yin'er silently sulked over his absence, and the Red Luan Five Ancestors rose as the hall shook.

Ning Chen revealed that his Phoenix Body and demonic body were one, joined forces to destroy the Divine Palace, and escaped the Grand Void Divine Realm. He collapsed the realm’s entrance behind him, trapping the Red Luan forces inside, then invited the Moonlit Tower Master to travel with him.

• Ning Chen’s demonic body entered the Grand Void Divine Realm as his Phoenix Body defeated the Divine Palace experts, and Ink Frenzy shattered after its final attack.
• Ning Chen revealed that his demonic body was the Ninth Son of Ink Sect, then fused the two bodies and fought Red Luan Sixth Ancestor.
• Red Luan Princess attacked Ning Chen in grief after learning the truth, while Ning Chen defended himself and drew the Red Luan ancestors and Divine Palace forces away from the palace.
• Ning Chen and the Moonlit Tower Master escaped the Divine Palace’s pursuit as Ning Chen’s two bodies unleashed Apocalyptic Catastrophe and destroyed the Divine Palace.
• Ning Chen collapsed the entrance to the Grand Void Divine Realm, trapping the Red Luan Realm King and the others inside, and asked the Moonlit Tower Master to travel with him.

Ning Chen returned from the Grand Void Divine Realm after trapping the Red Luan Realm King and the royal territory’s strongest fighters, then left the wedding hall with the Moonlit Tower Master, Red Luan, and Yin'er. At the Moonlit Wine House, he explained his past to Red Luan and discussed his schemes with the Tower Master, while the Red Luan Royal Territory faced an uncertain response from the Ink Sect.

• Yao Ji attacked Ning Chen in the royal hall, but the Ink Lord blocked her and urged her to focus on rescuing the Realm King and the others.
• The Golden Radiance Emperor departed, and the Heaven Speaker told Ning Chen to seek her out at Heavenly Language Peak; the Moonlit Tower Master warned him about her power.
• Ning Chen and the Moonlit Tower Master left with Yin'er and Red Luan, and Ning Chen apologized to Red Luan for his part in her past injuries.
• At the Moonlit Wine House, Ning Chen explained what had happened years earlier, and Red Luan forgave him.
• Yin'er told Red Luan that Ning Chen had followed the demonic path after bad people caused Qing Ling's death.
• The Moonlit Tower Master realized that Ning Chen had used reason and layered planning to trap the Red Luan Royal Territory's strongest fighters.

Ning Chen returned to Ink Mountain and planned to seek the Time Restriction and strengthen his allies, but he discovered that Ayluo Zhen had disappeared. Suspecting that the Ink Sect was unsafe, he decided to question the Ink Lord the next day.

• Ning Chen recounted the events in the Red Luan Royal Territory to the Ink Lord, who listened and sent him to rest.
• Ning Chen and his demonic incarnation planned to find a spiritual vein, investigate the Time Restriction, and test whether the Heaven Speaker could become an ally.
• Yin'er returned from Eighth Peak and told Ning Chen that Sister Ling Luo was gone; Ning Chen found Ayluo Zhen's room dusty and discovered her rouge box had been discarded beneath a wild pear tree.
• Ning Chen questioned Qi Huan about Ayluo Zhen, but Qi Huan said he did not know where she had gone.
• Ning Chen suspected that either the Ink Lord or a hidden force threatened the Ink Sect and decided to ask the Ink Lord about Ayluo Zhen and the Time Restriction the next day.

Ning Chen questioned Ink Lord about the Time Restriction and Ayluo Zhen, but was sent to deal with a demonic calamity on Jialuo Star. There, he discovered that Ziyi had become a demon and destroyed the Slaughter Sword Sect, leaving Ning Chen to bury the dead and reckon with the cost of resisting the Underworld King.

• Ning Chen learned from Ink Lord that the Time Restriction existed, but Ink Lord refused to reveal where Ayluo Zhen was and ordered Ning Chen to handle a demonic calamity on Jialuo Star.
• Ning Chen used Ayluo Zhen's blood-marked rouge to conclude that she was in grave danger, then sent his demonic body away to find a spiritual vein while he traveled north with Yin'er.
• A white-haired demonic emperor attacked the Slaughter Sword Sect, crushed its sword formation, and destroyed the sect with his demonic sword techniques.
• Ning Chen and Yin'er arrived at the ruined sect, where Ning Chen recognized Ziyi's demonic energy and sword intent and found the dying sect master beneath the rubble.
• Ning Chen closed the sect master's eyes and buried the dead beneath the collapsed mountains, while reflecting on Ziyi's demonization and Changsun's lingering regret.

Ning Chen reached Jialuo Star as a demon fought the Golden Radiance Divine Generals and then tried to learn who had taken the dead woman the demon sought. After refusing Bai Qin’s invitation to Golden Radiance Star, Ning Chen secretly followed him and the wounded Qing Xiao.

• The demon fought Qing Xiao and nine Great Perfection experts, killed all nine, gravely wounded Qing Xiao, and entered the Dragon Gate.
• Ning Chen fought Bai Qin, broke past him, and arrived too late to stop the demon from leaving.
• Bai Qin identified Ning Chen as the Ninth Peak master of the Ink Sect and explained that an unknown group carrying coffins had taken the dead woman the demon sought.
• Ning Chen learned the group had last appeared on Jialuo Star, then declined Bai Qin’s invitation to travel to Golden Radiance Star.
• Bai Qin carried the unconscious Qing Xiao away, and Ning Chen reappeared and secretly followed them.

Ning Chen and Yin'er arrived in Golden Radiance Imperial City as the Golden Radiance Emperor learned of Ning Chen’s strength and connection to the demon. Ning Chen stole the Azure Frost Sword from the unconscious Azure Serenity to forge a sword and provoke the dynasty, while Bai Qin’s search could not locate it.

• Bai Qin reported his failed attempt to kill the demon and told the Golden Radiance Emperor that the Ninth Son of Ink Sect seemed personally connected to it.
• Ning Chen told Yin'er that Ziyi might come to the imperial city and could not be freed from his demonic nature.
• Ning Chen and Yin'er settled at Good Fortune Inn, where Ning Chen tempered a Sword Embryo through the night.
• Ning Chen entered Azure Serenity's residence and sealed the Azure Frost Sword before taking it, despite the woman and guards present.
• Ning Chen told Yin'er he had stolen the sword to forge a weapon and cause trouble for the Golden Radiance Imperial Dynasty.
• Bai Qin searched the city with White Lightning but could only determine that the sealed Azure Frost Sword remained somewhere within the imperial city.

Ning Chen and Yin'er bought relics at Heavenly Origin Tower, where Ning Chen obtained a stone bead and the old man recognized the rusted spear as a priceless treasure. Back at Good Fortune Inn, Ning Chen used the bead’s remaining cold to temper the Azure Frost Sword, whose aura he resealed as Divine General Bai Qin sensed its emergence.

• Divine General Bai Qin reported that the Azure Frost Sword’s aura had been sealed, and the Golden Radiance Emperor ordered him to find Ning Chen, recover the sword, and avoid killing him unless he resisted.
• Ning Chen and Yin'er bought divine gold, a damaged Divine Restriction Art jade slip, a bracelet, and a stone bead from Elder Yu at Heavenly Origin Tower.
• Elder Yu threw Ning Chen the rusted iron sword and sold him the bead for three thousand Immortal Jade, then told the tower’s weapons appraiser that Ning Chen’s spear was a priceless treasure.
• Ning Chen offered a cold saber and a rust-mottled spear for sale, but the middle-aged appraiser accepted neither the spear nor the proposed deal.
• Back at Good Fortune Inn, Ning Chen shattered the stone bead and used its remaining cold to temper the Azure Frost Sword, then sealed the sword’s aura again.
• Divine General Bai Qin sensed the Azure Frost Sword’s appearance and abruptly opened his eyes.

Divine General Bai Qin confronted the demon after the demon brought the wounded Azure Serenity Divine General to him. The Golden Radiance Emperor halted their battle and had Qing Xiao carried to the imperial palace, while the demon let him go.

• Divine General Bai Qin summoned the White Lightning Divine Sword, and Ning Chen suppressed the Azure Frost Sword’s response with the Sword Embryo and phoenix fire.
• The demon arrived dragging the wounded Azure Serenity Divine General and warned Divine General Bai Qin not to interfere if he wanted Qing Xiao to live.
• Divine General Bai Qin attacked the demon with White Lightning, and the demon met him with a demonic sword as heavenly lightning struck.
• The Golden Radiance Emperor appeared and stilled heaven and earth, while the unconscious Azure Serenity Divine General flew toward the imperial palace.
• The demon let Qing Xiao go without stopping him.

The demon battled Divine General Bai Qin and the Golden Radiance Emperor, killing Azure Serenity Divine General before Ning Chen intervened and carried the wounded demon away. Ning Chen treated the demon's injuries west of the Golden Radiance Imperial Dynasty, where the demon began to wake.

• The Golden Radiance Emperor ordered Divine General Bai Qin to kill the demon, and Bai Qin wounded him with the Kirin sword strike.
• The demon summoned Apocalyptic Fury and struck Bai Qin down, prompting the Golden Radiance Emperor to join the battle.
• The demon killed Azure Serenity Divine General, then confronted the emperor with a Divine Demon Manifestation and grievously wounded him.
• Ning Chen appeared and used Heavenly Dragon Quake to interrupt the emperor, then carried the wounded Xia Ziyi away with the demon.
• The Golden Radiance Emperor stabilized Bai Qin's injuries and said he would contact the Ink Lord about Azure Serenity's death.
• A thousand li west of the Golden Radiance Imperial Dynasty, Ning Chen infused Xia Ziyi with Phoenix Essence, and the demon slowly opened his eyes.