Recaps

Ning Chen, Mu Qianshang, and Xia Ziyi fought the overseer of the Luojia Starfield, a True Realm expert, in Sin Abyss Heavenly City. After exposing and severing his concealed left arm, Ning Chen killed him with Zhuxian and hurried the wounded Xia Ziyi and Consort Luo toward the spatial passageway.

• Consort Luo and the three fighters joined forces against the overseer of the Luojia Starfield, but his strength forced them into a fierce battle.
• Ning Chen noticed that the overseer avoided using his injured left arm, and the overseer revealed its power by striking Ning Chen and sending him flying.
• Ning Chen and his companions counterattacked, and Zhuxian severed the overseer's left arm.
• Ning Chen wielded the Trapping Immortal Sword alongside Zhuxian and killed the overseer with a throat-sealing strike.
• Consort Luo tried to save the gravely injured Xia Ziyi, and Ning Chen carried them toward the spatial passageway as Mu Qianshang followed.

Ning Chen temporarily sealed the Darkness Power in Xia Ziyi after fighting him while he was possessed by it, then the group left the ruined Sin Abyss Heavenly City. At the Hall of Venerables, the starfield leaders agreed to kill Ning Chen, leaving him facing a united threat.

• Ning Chen used the Azure Dragon's power to heal Xia Ziyi, but the Darkness Power in Xia Ziyi's dantian erupted and made him attack Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen fought Xia Ziyi while Consort Luo tried to intervene and Mu Qianshang held her back.
• Ning Chen separated his two bodies and used the Yellow Springs restriction to seal Xia Ziyi's Darkness Power, then warned that the seal would not last long.
• The Purple Star Starfield Overseer and other powerful figures found the dead Luojia Starfield Overseer and concluded that Ning Chen was responsible, while the Moonlit Tower Master and Shenji suspected the dead man had attacked Ning Chen first.
• At the Hall of Venerables, the All Heavens Starfield Overseer called for Ning Chen's death, and the other Starfield Venerables agreed.

After Xia Ziyi recovered, Ning Chen and his friends shared a final night together before parting ways as True Realm experts entered the Ancient Starry Road to hunt him. Ning Chen evaded their search, but the experts issued a realm-wide kill order, and he continued onward in disguise.

• Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang drank together and discussed Ning Chen’s determination to obtain the Time Restriction and revive Ghost Maiden.
• Xia Ziyi awoke, healed by his dark power, and promised to refine it; Ning Chen then announced that they would part ways after the rain stopped.
• At dawn, Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang departed separately, and Xia Ziyi left with Consort Luo after remembering their friends’ warnings.
• Three True Realm experts entered the ancient realm, but Venerable Ying Qiong could not divine Ning Chen’s location, so the Purple Star Starfield Overseer ordered a kill warrant across the Ancient Starry Road.
• Ruoxi worried upon hearing the warrant, while the Red King destroyed a Heavenly Pillar in anger.
• Ning Chen laughed at the kill order, disguised himself as a scholar, and moved on; the Moonlit Tower Master examined the Scroll of Chaos and anticipated Ning Chen’s rise.

The Red King defeated a saber-wielding king as the Starfield Overseers continued searching for the Ninth Son of Ink Sect and considered using his maidservant to draw him out. Ruoxi reunited with Hong Wulei and set off to find their missing Young Master, while Ji Yuqing and the Overseers followed them.

• The Red King drew her crimson sword and defeated the saber wielder, though she was wounded in the battle.
• Yan Jiushi recognized a resemblance between the Red King's swordsmanship and the Ninth Son of Ink Sect's, and he and the man in purple decided she could be their next target.
• The Starfield Overseers discussed their failure to locate the Ninth Son and considered pressuring his maidservant, while the Moonlit Tower Master objected to harming her.
• Ruoxi caught up with Hong Wulei, revealed she could only faintly sense their Young Master because he carried the Scroll of Chaos, and asked Hong Wulei to search with her.
• A black-clothed figure followed Ruoxi and Hong Wulei, and Ji Yuqing pursued them after recognizing its sinister energy.
• The Purple Star Starfield Overseer ordered the others to follow Ruoxi and keep Ji Yuqing out of the matter.

Bai Yujing rescued Hong Wulei and Ruoxi from their pursuers, but Yan Jiushi later cornered them in the mountain forest. Ning Chen revealed himself to protect them and was confronted by the All Heavens Venerable, beginning a battle between their swords.

• Bai Yujing defeated the four leaders pursuing Hong Wulei and Ruoxi, killing one and slaying dozens of their allies before departing.
• Ruoxi suggested that she and Hong Wulei separate, but Hong Wulei refused to abandon her; nearby, three overseers waited for the Ninth Son of Ink Sect to appear.
• Yan Jiushi attacked the women while a purple-clad figure blocked Ji Yuqing, and Hong Wulei fought Yan Jiushi but was knocked back, injured.
• Ning Chen transformed from the Plain-clothed Figure into his red-clad form and sent Hong Wulei and Ruoxi clear of the battle.
• The All Heavens Venerable arrived, and Ning Chen revealed his identity before meeting him in combat with the Immortal-Slaying Sword.

Ning Chen fought All Heavens Venerable with the aid of Zhuxian and Trapping Immortal, but he was struck down and swallowed by earthfire magma, leaving the immortal swords behind. After a Plain-clothed Figure gathered the sparks from the magma, Ji Yuqing encountered Yan Jiushi and Bai Yujing, who recognized the black-clad man’s disguise as the Ninth Son of Ink Sect.

• Ning Chen and All Heavens Venerable fought across the mountain peak, and Ning Chen’s twin immortal swords helped him hold his own despite his growing wounds.
• All Heavens Venerable broke Ning Chen’s Nirvana attack, pierced him, and struck him into the earthfire magma, where he vanished along with the immortal swords.
• All Heavens Venerable and the two Starfield Venerables left to summon Spirit Void Venerable to retrieve the swords, while Ji Yuqing departed after inspecting the magma.
• A Plain-clothed Figure arrived, absorbed specks of red light from the earthfire, and left after hearing that the rest would be entrusted to him.
• Ji Yuqing met Yan Jiushi and Bai Yujing; Yan Jiushi challenged her, while Bai Yujing revealed that the black-clad man was disguised as the dead Ninth Son of Ink Sect.

Ning Chen, posing as Bai Yujing, rescued Ji Yuqing from Yan Jiushi and agreed to travel with her. He reunited with Hong Wulei and Ruoxi, and the group set off together with Ji Yuqing after she accepted their invitation.

• Ji Yuqing fought Yan Jiushi with the Scroll of God but was wounded before Ning Chen intervened.
• Ning Chen, calling himself Bai Yujing, matched Yan Jiushi in combat, and Yan Jiushi withdrew after warning that he would seek a life-and-death battle.
• Ning Chen offered to accompany Ji Yuqing, who accepted and said she was searching for the Red King.
• Ning Chen reunited with the injured Hong Wulei and Ruoxi, and Hong Wulei knelt before him in gratitude.
• Hong Wulei invited Ji Yuqing to travel with them, and Ji Yuqing agreed after sensing Hong Wulei's injuries.

The Starfield Venerables discussed recovering the immortal swords, finding three mysterious experts, and preparing for the Ancient Battlefield, while the Moonlit Tower Master secretly left on his own. Ning Chen traveled with Ruoxi, Hong Wulei, and Ji Yuqing to the sixty-eighth Heavenly Pillar, where he inscribed the name Bai Yujing and caused the pillar to shatter.

• Purple Star Venerable sent Spirit Void Venerable and the Moonlit Tower Master to search the earthfire lava for the immortal swords, while the venerables agreed to hunt the three mysterious experts and prepare for the Ancient Battlefield.
• Shenji questioned the Moonlit Tower Master about Ninth Son of Ink Sect's death, but the Tower Master insisted it was certain and left Red Luan behind as he went out alone.
• A silver-robed man met Yan Jiushi, promised to obscure heavenly secrets for an hour, and ordered him to eliminate the Divine Bloodline, the Red King, and their companion.
• Ruoxi joked to Ji Yuqing that Ninth Son of Ink Sect had abducted and poisoned her, then Ning Chen promised he could remove the gu poison himself.
• Ning Chen, Ruoxi, Hong Wulei, and Ji Yuqing reached the sixty-eighth Heavenly Pillar and carved their names; Ning Chen inscribed Bai Yujing.
• After the four departed, the Heavenly Pillar cracked from Bai Yujing's name and collapsed.

After the sixty-eighth Heavenly Pillar collapsed, Shenji was asked to lend Baiyue the Sky-Stabilizing Chessboard while Ning Chen’s group approached the Ancient Battlefield. When Yan Jiushi and a powerful purple-robed man attacked, Ning Chen rose from his rest and declared that he was the strongest on the Ancient Road.

• The sixty-eighth Heavenly Pillar collapsed, prompting Starfield Overseers and Ancient Road enforcers to investigate.
• Baiyue asked Shenji to lend him the Sky-Stabilizing Chessboard as the Ancient Battlefield drew near.
• At the bonfire, Hong Wulei made Ning Chen rest, and Ruoxi told Ji Yuqing that she had become Ning Chen’s maid.
• A silver-robed man concealed the heavenly secrets nearby while Yan Jiushi and a purple-robed man advanced on Ning Chen’s group.
• Hong Wulei and Ji Yuqing confronted the attackers, and Ning Chen woke and walked toward them.
• Ning Chen told Ruoxi that he was the strongest person on the Ancient Road, even stronger than the Venerables who had empowered the Heavenly Pillars.

Ning Chen faced Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang together, revealing power tied to the Heavenly Tomes and the Scroll of Nothingness. After stopping their combined attacks, he drew the azure sword and left both opponents gravely wounded with Sword Style: Only One.

• Ruoxi led Hong Wulei and Ji Yuqing away as Ning Chen stepped forward to face Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang.
• Ning Chen used the Heavenly Tome to withstand Yan Jiushi’s Evil Essence strike, then fought Ying Qianjiang at close quarters with Nianqing and the Clear Sun Lihuo Fan.
• Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang combined their attacks, but the Scroll of Nothingness dissolved their ultimate moves.
• Ning Chen declared the probing over, put away his weapons, and summoned the azure sword, whose patterns pierced into his arm.
• Ning Chen unleashed Sword Style: Only One, halting Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang and sending them crashing to the ground, badly wounded.

Ning Chen, answering under the name Bai Yujing, battled Di Mingtian after the latter rescued Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang. Their devastating clash shattered the Ancient Starry Road, but Di Mingtian withdrew with his companions before either fighter could claim victory.

• Ning Chen prepared to kill Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang, but Di Mingtian arrived and stopped his sword.
• Ning Chen challenged Di Mingtian to decide by their swords whether he could take the two men away.
• Ning Chen and Di Mingtian traded powerful martial and mystic techniques, forcing Ji Yuqing, Hong Wulei, and Ruoxi to retreat from the battlefield.
• Di Mingtian unleashed Di Mingtian's Command, and Ning Chen countered with the combined power of four sources, shattering the spatial seal and destroying a thousand miles of the Ancient Starry Road.
• Di Mingtian learned Ning Chen's name, then departed with Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang before their battle could reach a conclusion.

Ning Chen continued along the ancient road with Ruoxi, Hong Wulei, and Ji Yuqing after fighting off Di Mingtian and the Starfield Overseers. When three Star Venerables arrived to investigate the ruined road, Ning Chen hid his strength behind Ji Yuqing and introduced himself as Bai Yujing.

• Ning Chen reunited with Hong Wulei and Ruoxi, then continued onward with Ji Yuqing after the battle ended.
• Ning Chen told Ji Yuqing that he needed the Time Restriction and hoped to open the Ancient Battlefield, while Ruoxi explained that he was befriending Ji Yuqing to seek the Scroll of God.
• Ning Chen noticed the Star Venerables approaching and asked Ji Yuqing to help conceal his strength; she agreed because he had saved her life.
• Venerable Ying Qiong, All Heavens Venerable, and Purple Star Venerable examined the destroyed ancient road and discussed the Heavenly Pillar's collapse and the names recorded on it.
• Ji Yuqing greeted the three Venerables, and Purple Star Venerable questioned Ning Chen, who answered that his name was Bai Yujing.

Ning Chen and his companions entered the spacetime turbulence beyond Falling Star Heavenly City, where they remained trapped as months passed outside. Moon-Worshiping Venerable went in to search for the missing young experts, while Ning Chen explained his combat experience to Ji Yuqing and left her shaken by the gap between them.

• Ning Chen and his companions passed the three Venerables and continued toward Falling Star Heavenly City, where Ning Chen warned Ruoxi and Hong Wulei to stay beside him.
• Ning Chen led Ruoxi, Hong Wulei, and Ji Yuqing into the spacetime turbulence, followed later by a woman in green and other young experts.
• After seven months passed without anyone emerging, the Venerables asked Moon-Worshiping Venerable to enter the turbulence and rescue the young experts.
• Inside the turbulence, Ning Chen protected the group from incoming storms, and Ji Yuqing questioned him about his familiarity and strength.
• Ning Chen told Ji Yuqing that she would survive a hundred moves in an arena but die within ten in a life-and-death battle, leaving her stunned.

Di Mingtian and his followers attacked Falling Star Heavenly City, then entered the spatial turbulence and began hunting the trapped young powerhouses. As Ning Chen searched for an exit, Moon-Worshiping Venerable confronted Di Mingtian, and their battle drew Ning Chen’s attention.

• Di Mingtian ordered Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang to kill the enforcers of Falling Star Heavenly City while he attacked the spatial turbulence with the Forbidden Underworld Seal, Doomsday Imperial Decree.
• Ning Chen fought Di Mingtian’s attacks with Heaven’s Zenith and Sealing Gods, then continued through the turbulence with Ji Yuqing, Hong Wulei, and Ruoxi.
• Moon-Worshiping Venerable arrived after the enforcers were slain, and Di Mingtian entered the turbulence with Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang, ordering them to kill everyone trapped there.
• Ning Chen inferred that heading opposite Falling Star Heavenly City could lead them out and hurried onward as Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang massacred young powerhouses.
• Yan Jiushi fought the azure-robed woman, who survived his attacks but was wounded and continued through the turbulence.
• Moon-Worshiping Venerable pursued Di Mingtian and challenged him; after he revealed that he had come to reclaim what belonged to his race, they began a full battle, which Ning Chen sensed from afar.

Ning Chen left his companions to return through the Spatial Turbulence after sensing a familiar presence. He arrived just as Yan Jiushi was about to overwhelm Aizen Myōō and Qing Ling, and Qing Ling asked him to help her vent her anger.

• Ning Chen's sword strike helped the Moon-Worshiping Venerable drive Di Mingtian into retreat, while Yan Jiushi continued pursuing the woman in blue.
• Ning Chen carved a passage through the Spatial Turbulence, sent Ruoxi, Ji Yuqing, and Hong Wulei ahead, then turned back toward the familiar aura.
• Aizen Myōō arrived to protect the woman in blue, whom she called a fellow Buddhist, and the two fought Yan Jiushi together.
• Yan Jiushi overpowered Aizen Myōō and the woman in blue, leaving them badly wounded and on the verge of defeat.
• Ning Chen appeared in a fury and threatened to slaughter Yan Jiushi's nine lives if he touched Qing Ling, who welcomed him and asked him to help her vent her anger.

Ning Chen defeated Yan Jiushi and reunited with Qing Ling, while Aizen Myōō secured his promise to protect her path to the Fourth Realm. After Di Mingtian escaped Moon-Worshiping Venerable, Ning Chen and his companions entered the deadly Fire Domain, and the rescued young powerhouses set out for the Ancient Battlefield.

• Ning Chen killed Yan Jiushi after countering his final deathly seal, then embraced the rescued Qing Ling and thanked Aizen Myōō for her intervention.
• Aizen Myōō asked Ning Chen to protect her path to the Fourth Realm, and he agreed while warning her about the danger of cultivating both Buddha and Demon.
• Ning Chen told Qing Ling that Yin'er had gone to Li Family Village and that Ruoxi was with Wulei and Ji Yuqing, then led the women onward.
• Di Mingtian wounded Moon-Worshiping Venerable with the Forbidden Underworld Seal and escaped into the spatial turbulence.
• Half a month later, Ning Chen, Qing Ling, and Aizen Myōō entered the Fire Domain and cut a path toward the Ancient Battlefield, worried that Ruoxi and Wulei were missing.
• Moon-Worshiping Venerable guided the trapped young powerhouses out of the spatial turbulence, and they continued toward the Ancient Battlefield.

Ning Chen emerged from the Meteor Fire Domain and carved his name into the eightieth Heavenly Pillar, revealing that the Ninth Son of Ink Sect had survived. The venerables moved to stop him, and his battle with Moon-Worshiping Venerable ended with her bleeding from his final clash.

• Ning Chen led Qing Ling and Aizen Myōō through the Meteor Fire Domain with his sword technique and reached the eightieth Heavenly Pillar, while Wulei and the others remained missing.
• Ning Chen restored his original appearance and carved his name into the Heavenly Pillar, alerting the Starfield Overseers and revealing that the Ninth Son of Ink Sect was alive.
• Venerable Tianlan and the other venerables discussed stopping Ning Chen before he reached the Ancient Battlefield, and they sent Moon-Worshiping Venerable to intercept him.
• Moon-Worshiping Venerable attacked Ning Chen, and the two fought fiercely, destroying the Heavenly Pillar amid their escalating techniques.
• Ning Chen unleashed Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Burial against Moon-Worshiping Venerable's Chaos Extreme, and a streak of blood showed that she had been wounded.

Ning Chen reached the eighty-first Heavenly Pillar and summoned a reflection of the Ancient Battlefield, while the Starfield Venerables and young powerhouses tried to stop him. He left the battlefield’s opening unresolved as powerful figures arrived and Qi Yanxia denied being Fan Lingyue.

• Ning Chen left Moon Worship after their duel and continued toward the final Heavenly Pillar with Qing Ling and Aizen Myōō.
• The Starfield Venerables attacked Ning Chen with a giant palm, but he shattered it and reached the eighty-first Heavenly Pillar.
• After Ning Chen carved his name into the pillar, an ancient battlefield appeared as a vast reflection, and he raised the Yellow Springs Divine Restriction around it.
• Qin Bai and the Five Kings led the young powerhouses in attacking the restriction, but Ning Chen’s Immortal Slaying Sword broke their combined assault and wounded the Five Kings.
• The peerless prodigies arrived, and Qi Yanxia told the man in the ink-white cloak that she was not Fan Lingyue.

Ning Chen tried to open the Ancient Battlefield at Heaven's Chosen Peak, while the arrival of five Starfield Venerables triggered a battle around him. Aizen Myōō merged with the Buddhist Disciple to become Buddha Demon, and Ning Chen faced the Moonlit Tower Master as the fighting continued.

• Qing Ling and Aizen inscribed their names on the eighty-first Heavenly Pillar, causing the Ancient Battlefield's reflection to shift into a scene of devastation.
• Spirit Void Venerable led four other Starfield Venerables to Heaven's Chosen Peak and demanded that Ning Chen open the restriction, but allies of Ning Chen blocked their advance.
• The Buddhist Disciple merged his power into Aizen, transforming her into Buddha Demon and raising a real Heavenly Pillar.
• Qing Ling, Xia Ziyi, All-Heavens, Responding Firmament, the Moonlit Tower Master, and others fought the Starfield Venerables while the Moonlit Tower Master broke through to Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen and the Moonlit Tower Master exchanged fierce attacks, and Ning Chen was wounded by a breath of the Yellow Springs.
• Aizen and her allies continued battling Spirit Void Venerable and Purple Star Venerable, while Sword Two arrived and forced Purple Star Venerable to turn aside her attack.

Ning Chen and his allies fought to hold back the Starfield Venerables while he faced the Moonlit Tower Master atop Heaven's Chosen Peak. With Golden Radiance Venerable joining the battle, Wu Qingying and Yi Xuanmiao intercepted him; Ning Chen then unleashed a planned, combined forbidden sword move, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Aizen Myōō, the man in white, and their allies held off the Starfield Venerables as Ying Qiong, Qi Yanxia, Consort Luo, and Luo Xingchen fought on another front.
• Ning Chen and the Moonlit Tower Master traded powerful attacks atop Heaven's Chosen Peak without either gaining the advantage.
• Golden Radiance Venerable arrived to aid the Moonlit Tower Master, but Wu Qingying and Yi Xuanmiao blocked his path; Yi Xuanmiao declared that only he could take Ning Chen's life.
• Wu Qingying unleashed the Six Karma Guqin's Baleful Intent, and Golden Radiance Venerable was wounded for the first time in the battle.
• Ning Chen drew the Trapping Immortal Sword and met the Moonlit Tower Master's ultimate move with the Taiji Array Diagram, while his allies lent him their essence.
• Ning Chen rose into the sky and unleashed the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword, sending ten thousand swords down in the Apocalyptic Catastrophe.

Ning Chen and the other young powerhouses entered the Ancient Battlefield after Hua Zhongdie arrived to hold off the five Starfield Venerables. Hua Zhongdie unleashed her butterfly demon power and wounded Venerable Ying Qiong, but the battle continued as her aura grew beyond what the human realm could bear.

• The Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword opened the Ancient Battlefield, and two treasures reached Ning Chen while a powerful voice kept the Time Restriction from entering the world.
• The Purple Star Venerable ordered the five Starfield Venerables to kill their opponents, but Hua Zhongdie arrived and told Ning Chen to enter the battlefield.
• Ning Chen warned the Venerables that he would slaughter their clans if Hua Zhongdie were harmed, then entered the Ancient Battlefield with Xia Ziyi, Mu Qianshang, and the others.
• Hua Zhongdie fought the five Venerables alone, revealing black butterfly wings and defeating their attacks with her Butterfly Dance techniques.
• Hua Zhongdie struck Venerable Ying Qiong with Burial of Flowers, then clashed with the combined attack of the Spirit Void and Purple Star Venerables using Splendor Turning to Topple Cities.
• The clash wounded the Spirit Void and Purple Star Venerables, while Hua Zhongdie emerged from the dust with her power still rising and the void distorting around her.

Hua Zhongdie fought five venerables to block the way into the Ancient Battlefield, killing All Heavens Venerable before Divine Strategist and Moon-Worshiping Venerable intervened and ended the battle. The venerables entered the battlefield, and Hua Zhongdie appeared there afterward, alone on its desolate ground.

• Butterfly overwhelmed the five venerables, then trapped Venerable Ying Qiong in her Water Sleeve Heavenly Net.
• Butterfly killed All Heavens Venerable and devoured his cultivation source with the Nine Netherworld Sky-Devouring Demonic Scripture.
• As Butterfly and the four surviving venerables prepared their ultimate moves, Divine Strategist and Moon-Worshiping arrived and halted the fight.
• Divine Strategist persuaded the four venerables to enter the Ancient Battlefield, and Hua Zhongdie withdrew after learning Ninth Son of Ink Sect and the others had gone ahead.
• Divine Strategist and Moon-Worshiping discussed Ninth Son of Ink Sect's preparations before following the venerables into the battlefield.
• Hua Zhongdie appeared on the barren Ancient Battlefield, walking alone across its desolate earth.

Ning Chen followed mysterious bell chimes through the Ancient Battlefield and was intercepted by Yue Zhinv, who knew his identity and sought to kill him. After Yue Zhinv wounded him and urged him to use his immortal sword, Ning Chen merged the cultivation of his two bodies and unleashed his strongest sword technique.

• Hua Zhongdie's demonic power ran wild as Yue Zhinv warned her that the Star Venerables had discovered her scripture and demanded she return.
• Ning Chen crossed an illusory ancient battlefield and hurried toward the sound of bells echoing across the wilderness.
• Yue Zhinv identified Ning Chen as the Marquis of Knowing Fate and attacked him with her divine sword and red umbrella.
• Ning Chen fought back with his Fate-Binding Sword and Heavenly Book techniques, but Yue Zhinv overpowered him and pierced his chest.
• Ning Chen refused to draw his immortal sword, merged the cultivation of his two bodies, and unleashed Phoenix Ancestral Return and Nirvana.

Ning Chen entered the Ancient Battlefield’s mountain ranges as the Eastern Emperor Bell appeared and drew the Starfield Venerables into a battle to seize it. Di Mingtian used the Sacrifice of Life to unleash overwhelming power against Moon-Worshiping Venerable, leaving her injured as the contest for the bell continued.

• Yue Zhinv ended her duel with Ning Chen and departed to stabilize Hua Zhongdie’s demonic cultivation, sealing her aura and taking her away.
• Di Mingtian ordered Ying Qianjiang to prepare the Sacrifice of Life, while Ning Chen hurried into the mountain ranges seeking clues about the Fourth Realm.
• The Eastern Emperor Bell appeared above the mountains and killed four cultivators who tried to seize it.
• Wu Qingying tried to silence the bell with her harp, but its power shattered her attack; Mu Qianshang stopped Luo Xingchen from testing it further.
• Moon-Worshiping Venerable joined forces with Divine Mechanism and challenged the other venerables to claim the bell.
• Di Mingtian entered the fight after the venerables attacked the bell, used power supplied by the Sacrifice of Life to strike Moon-Worshiping Venerable down, and shocked her with her strength.

Di Mingtian fought the venerables for control of the Eastern Emperor Bell until Knowing Fate’s Phoenix Body intervened, using the bell and his speed to battle him. While the clash continued, Ning Chen’s true body prepared a heavenly restriction, determined to eliminate the threat from the Starfield Venerables before they could repeat what happened in Central Province.

• Di Mingtian defeated the five venerables’ combined attack and moved to seize the Eastern Emperor Bell, while Divine Mechanism and the Moonlit Tower Master discussed whether the artifact could accept a new master.
• The Eastern Emperor Bell’s backlash injured Di Mingtian and the venerables, but Di Mingtian used sacrificial power to resist it and try to claim the bell.
• Knowing Fate’s Phoenix Body and another red-clad swordsman attacked Di Mingtian, and the Phoenix Body used the Green Cauldron to withstand the bell’s waves.
• Luo Xingchen and Mu Qianshang recognized that Ning Chen was holding back and chose not to interfere, while Consort Luo and Xia Ziyi agreed to help him obtain the bell before pursuing their own opportunities.
• Ning Chen continued forming a heavenly restriction as the battle intensified, telling the silver-gray-cloaked man that he intended to strike first and uproot the threat completely.