Recaps

Ning Chen reunited his three bodies and fought Mei Wuhen while Lin Yuzhen held off four guards and the Taiji Array Diagram struggled to support the descending Dragon Gate. Ning Chen unleashed the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword, and its torrent of sword energy struck the Dragon Gate as its laws surged violently.

• Ning Chen merged his two incarnations into his true body and used Immortal Trapping to break the frozen prison and prop up the Dragon Gate.
• Ning Chen asked Lin Yuzhen to hold back four guards, then clashed with Mei Wuhen using Immortal Slaying and Immortal Trapping.
• Ning Chen used his twin swords and the Taiji Array Diagram to hold back the Dragon Gate while continuing to battle Mei Wuhen.
• Mei Wuhen attacked the Taiji Array Diagram, but Ning Chen intercepted him and prepared the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Demonic Phoenix Tribulation, and its sword torrent struck the Dragon Gate as its laws surged violently.

Ning Chen endured the heavenly tribulation and shattered the Dragon Gate while Mei Wuhen and the Four Heavenly Guardians tried to stop him. With the gate collapsing, Ning Chen turned to Mei Wuhen and declared that their battle was beginning anew.

• Ning Chen attacked the Dragon Gate with Immortal Slaying as heavenly lightning struck, while Mei Wuhen confronted him and Lin Yuzhen held off the Four Heavenly Guardians.
• Ning Chen used Three Lights Shining Together to repel the attacks of Mei Wuhen, the Dragon Gate’s laws, and the blood lightning.
• Lin Yuzhen stopped Fourth Sister from leaving the fight and continued to face all four Heavenly Guardians alone.
• Mei Wuhen attacked Ning Chen during the final tribulation, but Ning Chen’s Nirvana sword art grievously wounded him.
• Ning Chen’s Immortal Slaying struck the Dragon Gate, which crumbled and dispersed, and he told Mei Wuhen that the battle was beginning anew.

After breaking free of his restraints, Ning Chen entered the True Realm and overwhelmed Mei Wuhen in their duel. Mei Wuhen sacrificed the Four Heavenly Protectors to gain terrifying power, then attacked the wounded King Qi; Ning Chen stepped in to face her alone.

• Ning Chen emerged from the spiritual-energy vortex and struck Mei Wuhen with the power of the True Realm, forcing her to unleash Cold Hell Descends.
• Ning Chen used Eleven, Scorch the Heavens to break Mei Wuhen's cold hell and wound her severely.
• Mei Wuhen rushed to the other battlefield and killed the Four Heavenly Protectors with Sacrifice of Heavenly Demise, absorbing their scattered cultivation.
• Mei Wuhen attacked King Qi with her strengthened power, and Lin Yuzhen was injured while blocking her strike.
• Ning Chen arrived, told Lin Yuzhen to withdraw, and prepared to fight Mei Wuhen alone.

At Sword Pavilion, Ning Chen defeated Mei Wuhen after she devoured the Four Heavenly Guardians’ cultivation, but Di Mingtian and Moluo Tian intervened before he could finish her. Moluo Tian took Sun-Moon Zhaozhao and escaped with Di Mingtian, leaving Ning Chen to wonder what the Nether Hall was plotting.

• Ning Chen fought Mei Wuhen, using the Four Symbols and Supreme One sword arts to sever her sword arm and defeat her.
• Mei Wuhen begged Ning Chen to spare her, then tried to unleash Sword Pavilion’s underground earth qi and flee when he suppressed it with Immortal Trapping.
• Di Mingtian descended and joined Moluo Tian at Sword Pavilion as Ning Chen prepared to pursue Mei Wuhen.
• Moluo Tian took Sun-Moon Zhaozhao while Di Mingtian blocked Ning Chen, and the two departed after revealing that the sword was their objective.
• Ning Chen watched them escape and wondered what the Nether Hall and Di Mingtian were plotting.

After leaving the ruined Sword Pavilion, Ning Chen traveled toward the Spirit Void Starfield as A'man completed her Sword Heart transformation and resolved to find him. The Demon Palace reappeared in the All Heavens Starfield, and Shenji suspected that the destruction of several ancient inheritances had cleared its path for war.

• Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen left the devastated Sword Pavilion, where Shui Wuyue remained behind after losing cultivation and lifespan.
• A'man completed her Sword Heart transformation and told Shenji she intended to descend the mountain and find Ning Chen, despite Shenji's warnings about his dangerous fate.
• The Moon-Worshiping Venerable reported that the Demon Palace had emerged in the All Heavens Starfield, prompting Shenji to discuss the looming conflict with the Buddhist Nation and the Moon Demon Clan.
• Shenji used the Sky-Stabilizing Chessboard to learn that the Sword Pavilion had been destroyed and linked its fall to the recent blows against other ancient inheritances, all connected to Ning Chen.
• At the Demon Palace, Yue Zhinv reported to the Holy Envoy, who ordered her to begin.

Ning Chen and King Qi returned to Phoenix Cry City as the Demon Palace reemerged and threatened the Buddhist Nation. When Ji Yuechu came to deliver Kylin Pavilion’s demand that the Ji Clan help kill King Qi, Ning Chen intervened and offered to remove Kylin Pavilion himself, leaving Ji Yuechu shocked by his power.

• Ji Yuechu considered Kylin Pavilion’s proposed alliance, which required the Ji Clan to eliminate King Qi, but chose to warn her before deciding.
• Lin Yuzhen returned to Phoenix Cry Palace and learned that the Demon Palace had appeared in the All Heavens Starfield; Ning Chen identified its Third Protector as a member of the Moon Demon Clan and said he would help the Buddhist Nation if he could.
• Ji Yuechu went to Phoenix Cry Palace and told Lin Yuzhen that Kylin Pavilion wanted her dead and that he had to prioritize the Ji Clan’s interests.
• Lin Yuzhen prepared to fight Ji Yuechu, but Ning Chen stepped between them and argued that Kylin Pavilion posed a greater threat to the Ji Clan than King Qi did.
• Ning Chen declared that he could make the Ji Clan’s choice easy by destroying Kylin Pavilion, and his overwhelming aura made Ji Yuechu suspect that he had ascended to immortality.

Ning Chen promised to destroy Kylin Pavilion within one month so the Ji family could ally with King Qi, while Shenji prepared A'man to leave and joined the Moon-Worshiping Venerable in watching for the Demon Palace. The chapter ended as a woman with a red paper umbrella arrived at the Moonlit Wine House, where the Moonlit Tower Master welcomed her as an honored guest.

• Ning Chen offered King Qi and Northern Qi as allies to Ji Yuechu and promised to destroy Kylin Pavilion within one month; Ji Yuechu agreed to wait before deciding the Ji family's alliance.
• Ji Yuechu told the Ninth Supreme Elder that Ning Chen had reached the Real Realm and intended to erase Kylin Pavilion, and he persuaded the elder to give Ning Chen one month.
• Shenji warned A'man about the chance to enter the Fourth Realm and gave her Violet Firmament before she left Shenji Peak.
• Shenji and the Moon-Worshiping Venerable discussed preparing for the Demon Palace's return and decided to wait before contacting the Moonlit Tower Master.
• A woman carrying a red paper umbrella entered the Moonlit Wine House, and the Moonlit Tower Master told Red Luan to prepare tea for their honored guest.

Yue Zhinv invited the Moonlit Tower Master to join the Demon Palace, while he questioned the Sacred Director’s strategy and weighed the dangers of accepting. In Phoenix Cry City, Ning Chen drew the Destiny Sword and began a sword duel with the woman wielding Phoenix Cry.

• Yue Zhinv met the Moonlit Tower Master at Moonlit Tower and invited him to become a Guest Elder of the Demon Palace.
• The Moonlit Tower Master revealed that he knew the Sacred Director’s role in using the Ninth Son of Ink Sect to weaken the great inheritances.
• Yue Zhinv admitted that the Demon Palace had helped the Ninth Son of Ink Sect advance its plan to return.
• The Moonlit Tower Master said he feared the world’s opposition and did not accept the invitation outright.
• Ning Chen emerged beneath the moon with the Destiny Sword and unleashed his swordsmanship.
• A woman at the royal hall drew Phoenix Cry and fought Ning Chen in a clash of twin swords.

Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen set out to destroy Kylin Pavilion, and Ning Chen warned that the demonic palace might become their next enemy. After breaking Kylin Pavilion’s protective formation, they began their assault, where Ning Chen’s overwhelming power stunned both sides.

• Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen agreed to leave for Kylin Pavilion, with Ning Chen cautioning her to retreat if a Fourth Realm expert appeared and warning that the demonic palace might become a threat.
• Ning Chen spent the night looking at Xin Yu’s portrait before joining Lin Yuzhen and traveling by Heavenly Boat to Kylin Pavilion.
• Ning Chen used Star Soul to break Kylin Pavilion’s protective formation, then declared that the sect would be destroyed.
• Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen fought Kylin Pavilion’s forces as Ning Chen cut down its venerables and thousands of heavenly soldiers with Star Soul and the Nianqing Blade.
• The Kylin Pavilion Master confronted Lin Yuzhen while Lin Xiaohan led the Seven Grand Elders against Ning Chen, who wielded Star Soul and Taishi and shattered one elder’s halberd.

Ning Chen and his three bodies attacked Kylin Pavilion, killing its five ancient ancestors while the Kylin Pavilion Master survived his apparent fatal wound through the Yin-Yang Mirror. The battle shifted above Kylin Holy Hall, where Ning Chen’s Phoenix Body struck the divine artifact with One Sword, Formless.

• Ning Chen used his twin swords to kill a Supreme Elder and wound the Third Supreme Elder, while his Phoenix Body stabbed the Kylin Pavilion Master from behind.
• Ning Chen’s Trapping Immortal activated Yellow Springs, draining the life force of five ancient-robed elders as his bodies fought the Kylin Pavilion’s experts.
• The Kylin Pavilion Master reappeared beneath the Yin-Yang Mirror, and Ning Chen’s three bodies combined their attacks against the divine artifact.
• The five Kylin ancestors died as Yellow Springs consumed their remaining lifespans, turning the battle against Lin Xiaohan and the surviving Supreme Elders.
• Ning Chen’s three bodies withdrew to Kylin Holy Hall and confronted the Kylin Pavilion Master, while the Supreme Elders were blocked by the divine restriction.
• Ning Chen’s Phoenix Body struck the Yin-Yang Mirror with One Sword, Formless, shattering Yin and Yang.

Ning Chen killed the Kylin Pavilion Master despite the Kylin Old Ancestor’s intervention, then sealed the battlefield and faced the Fourth Realm expert. After Ning Chen and his dual bodies countered the Old Ancestor’s probing attacks, the Old Ancestor prepared a lightning assault.

• The Yin-Yang Divine Mirror shattered under the combined attacks of Ning Chen’s Phoenix and Demonic Dual Bodies, leaving the Kylin Pavilion Master gravely wounded.
• The Kylin Old Ancestor appeared and blocked Ning Chen’s attack, but Ning Chen turned his sword aside and severed the Kylin Pavilion Master’s throat.
• Ning Chen released Lin Xiaohan and the other six Kylin Pavilion Supreme Elders from the divine restriction, while Lin Yuzhen moved to hold them back.
• Ning Chen sealed the battlefield with Immortal Trapping and the Two Forms Array as he and his dual bodies prepared to fight the Kylin Old Ancestor.
• The Kylin Old Ancestor’s heavenly river overwhelmed Ning Chen’s stone pillars and ice barrier, but Ning Chen and his dual bodies split the cascade with their swords.
• The Kylin Old Ancestor dismissed Ning Chen’s powers as meaningless beneath the Fourth Realm and summoned ten thousand bolts of lightning.

Ning Chen and his dual bodies fought the Kylin Old Ancestor but were badly wounded by his Fourth Realm power. Lin Yuzhen revealed her Tengshe power and defeated the six Kylin elders, then rushed to Ning Chen.

• Ning Chen and his dual bodies attacked the Kylin Old Ancestor, but he shattered their sword attacks and wounded them.
• The Phoenix Body broke through the Kylin Old Ancestor's defense and cut his chest before being blasted away.
• Lin Xiaohan taunted Lin Yuzhen, who revealed her true form and summoned the divine beast Tengshe.
• Lin Yuzhen used dark waters and lightning to suppress the six Kylin elders, then struck them down with Fengming, killing three and dropping the other three.
• After coughing up blood from the backlash, Lin Yuzhen hurried toward Ning Chen.

Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen battled the Kylin Old Ancestor, whose Fourth Realm cultivation overwhelmed their attacks. After combining the power of their three bodies, the scrolls, and their strongest techniques, they launched a final assault, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Lin Yuzhen joined Ning Chen against the Kylin Old Ancestor, who used his Fourth Realm power to suppress them and summon heavenly thunder.
• Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen combined the Scroll of Nothingness, dark water, ice, and the demonic body's protection to withstand the thunder, while the phoenix body attacked and was badly wounded.
• Ning Chen sent Little Gourd to treat the phoenix body's injuries as the Kylin Old Ancestor unleashed another powerful attack.
• Ning Chen summoned Nianqing and fought with Lin Yuzhen and the demonic body, but the Kylin Old Ancestor broke through their sword and demonic techniques.
• Ning Chen, Lin Yuzhen, and the demonic body trapped the Kylin Old Ancestor in turbulent space and time, then detonated the Extreme Heaven Thunder Orb to break his defense.
• Ning Chen's three bodies gathered the four scrolls and unleashed their strongest powers together against the Kylin Old Ancestor.

Ning Chen and his three bodies fought the Kylin Old Ancestor, using the Time Divine Restriction and coordinated sword attacks to overcome the Fourth Realm expert’s strength. As the Kylin Old Ancestor remained dangerous despite being grievously wounded, Ning Chen drew Trap Immortal and unleashed Sword Twelve.

• Ning Chen’s three bodies combined their strongest techniques and wounded the Kylin Old Ancestor, while the Phoenix Body used the Divine Blood Battle Armor’s armguard to survive a counterattack.
• Ning Chen revealed that the Time Divine Restriction had been planted in the Kylin Old Ancestor, allowing Immortal-Slaying to pierce his heart and weaken him from within.
• Lin Yuzhen joined the battle and was struck back by the Kylin Old Ancestor’s Star Plucking Hand, giving Ning Chen an opening to attack again.
• The Phoenix Body’s forbidden sword severed one of the Kylin Old Ancestor’s arms, and Ning Chen’s close-range attacks crippled the other before the old man knocked Star Soul from his hand.
• Ning Chen retrieved Trap Immortal and unleashed Sword Twelve as the battle reached its climax.

Ning Chen and his three bodies fought the Kylin Old Ancestor, whose soul survived the loss of his physical body. After the Old Ancestor destroyed himself, Ning Chen survived behind the Green Cauldron, only to confront a mysterious woman with a red umbrella.

• Ning Chen and the Phoenix Body killed the Kylin Old Ancestor’s physical body, but his powerful soul emerged and continued fighting.
• The demonic form and Phoenix Body joined Ning Chen in attacking the Old Ancestor, while the King of Hell’s mysterious sound wounded his soul.
• The Phoenix Body’s injuries erupted and left him unable to fight, so the demonic form held off the Old Ancestor while Ning Chen restored the divine restriction.
• Ning Chen reopened the restriction, recalled the demonic form, and attacked the Old Ancestor with Sword Nine and Immortal Slaying as the years drained his soul.
• The Kylin Old Ancestor swallowed Ning Chen and exploded, but Ning Chen survived behind the Green Cauldron and emerged injured.
• A beautiful figure carrying a red umbrella descended and challenged the weakened Ning Chen.

After Kylin Pavilion was destroyed, Yue Zhinv confronted Ning Chen but withdrew without fighting, warning him that Hua Zhongdie remained in the Demon Palace. Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen escaped aboard the Heavenly Boat, and he decided to leave her to form an alliance with the Ji family while he sought out old friends for a hidden plan.

• Yue Zhinv appeared at the ruins of Kylin Pavilion and challenged the injured Ning Chen, then departed after warning him about Hua Zhongdie.
• Ning Chen spat blood as Lin Yuzhen supported him, and the two fled aboard the Heavenly Boat to recover from their injuries.
• Ning Chen told Lin Yuzhen that Yue Zhinv was the Demon Palace’s Third Protector and had likely sought to kill him while he was weakened.
• Ning Chen urged Lin Yuzhen to quickly ally with the Ji family and explained that his absence would keep others from treating her as a target.
• Ning Chen hinted that he intended to undertake a long-term plan and left to gather friends to help him.

After leaving Phoenix Cry City, Ning Chen's growing power unsettled the Ji Clan and the Demon Palace, while the Moon Demon and Moon Worshipper Clans began a holy war. Far away, Ning Chen encountered Luo Xingchen fleeing pursuers in Sky-Transcending Sacred City.

• Ji Yuechu told the Ji Clan's Ninth Grand Elder that their alliance with Northern Qi made the Ninth Son of Ink Sect a friend, despite concerns about his enemies and strength.
• Yue Zhinv reported to Xie Tiance that she had not killed Marquis of Knowing Fate because he still seemed dangerous, and Xie Tiance ordered her to act when the time came.
• The Moon Demon Clan invaded the Moon Worshipper Ancient Land, and the Moon-Worshiping Venerable ordered her followers to fight in the Holy War.
• The Moon-Worshiping Venerable drew power from the Moon God Statue and clashed with Yue Zhinv, whose Inverted Water Moon gave her the advantage in their battle.
• Luo Xingchen fled through Sky-Transcending Sacred City with powerful pursuers behind him, and Ning Chen appeared and greeted him as an old friend.

Yue Zhinv and the Moon-Worshiping Venerable fought to a draw until the Moonlit Tower Master intervened and Shenji ended the battle to preserve their strength against the Demon Palace. In Sky-Transcending Sacred City, Luo Xingchen fled toward Ning Chen for help, but Ning Chen stepped aside and left him facing the pursuing divine generals.

• Yue Zhinv unleashed her sealed demonic power and clashed with the Moon-Worshiping Venerable, who donned the Moon God Armor.
• Yue Zhinv summoned the Moon Demon's power and struck the Moon-Worshiping Venerable, then both fighters unleashed ultimate attacks and descended bloodied.
• Shenji called out the Moonlit Tower Master, who revealed that the Demon Palace had hired him and agreed to withdraw with Yue Zhinv and the Moon Demon Clan.
• The Moon-Worshiping Venerable demanded an explanation, and Shenji urged her to recover rather than exhaust the clan against the rising Demon Palace.
• In Sky-Transcending Sacred City, Luo Xingchen spotted Ning Chen while fleeing with the stolen sacred object and ran toward him for help.
• Ning Chen retreated and left Luo Xingchen facing seven Sky-Transcending Divine Generals.

Ning Chen watched the Sky-Transcending Sacred City's Divine Generals capture Luo Xingchen after he stole their sacred relic. At the City Lord's Mansion, Ning Chen visited his imprisoned friend and proposed negotiating his release in exchange for Luo Xingchen joining him as great chaos approached.

• Luo Xingchen evaded the seven Divine Generals and tried to escape beyond the city's border, but the Tian Yue City Lord struck him down and ordered the Generals to take him back.
• The Tian Yue City Lord thanked Ning Chen for not interfering, learned that Ning Chen and Luo Xingchen were friends through life and death, and invited him into the city.
• The Seventh Divine General locked Luo Xingchen in the Sky Lock Prison, where he pleaded with her to ask the City Lord for mercy.
• Ning Chen visited Luo Xingchen in prison, mocked his excuses for stealing the sacred relic, and refused to help him escape in exchange for half of it.
• Ning Chen offered to negotiate with the Tian Yue City Lord for Luo Xingchen's release if Luo Xingchen agreed to join him and help face the coming chaos.

Ning Chen negotiated with the Tian Yue City Lord for Luo Xingchen’s release and agreed to seek Sickness King Stone in Soulfall Abyss. As Ning Chen entered the abyss, the City Lord explained to the Fourth Divine General why he trusted him and why Luo Xingchen should serve his punishment.

• Ning Chen praised Skyreach City and discussed Luo Xingchen’s theft of the Sacred Mark Iron with the Tian Yue City Lord.
• The Tian Yue City Lord offered to release Luo Xingchen and lend him the Sacred Mark Iron if Ning Chen found Sickness King Stone in Soulfall Abyss.
• Ning Chen set out with the Seventh Divine General, reached Soulfall Abyss before sunset, and leaped into it after she warned him to be careful.
• The Fourth Divine General questioned whether the Tian Yue City Lord trusted Ning Chen, and the City Lord said Ning Chen’s strength was nearly at the Fourth Realm.
• The Tian Yue City Lord told the Fourth Divine General that Ning Chen had entered the abyss for Luo Xingchen rather than forcibly rescuing him because he wanted his friend to accept responsibility for his crime.

Ning Chen searched Soulfall Abyss for the Sickness King Stone, found a Yellow Springs Weak River, and descended into a fissure beneath its dried riverbed. In Sky Lock Prison, the Seventh Divine General whipped Luo Xingchen until she revealed that Ning Chen had been missing in the abyss for nearly two days, shocking him.

• Ning Chen searched Soulfall Abyss for the Sickness King Stone, resisting the oppressive laws as he traveled deeper into the dead land.
• Ning Chen found a Yellow Springs Weak River, gathered its water into the Green Cauldron, and split open the ground beneath its dried channel.
• Ning Chen descended into the fissure, driving his swords into its walls as he fell toward rising heat and ghostly light.
• The Seventh Divine General entered Sky Lock Prison and demanded that Luo Xingchen reveal where he had hidden the Sacred Mark Iron.
• The Seventh Divine General whipped Luo Xingchen while the Second and Sixth Divine Generals watched, then the Tian Yue City Lord arrived.
• The Seventh Divine General told Luo Xingchen that Ning Chen had entered Soulfall Abyss and had not returned for nearly two days, and Luo Xingchen grabbed her whip in alarm.

Ning Chen descended through Soulfall Abyss, harvested a Sickness King Stone, and reached the ruins of the Underworld Netherworld. After learning Ning Chen had gone into the abyss, Luo Xingchen followed him down to bring him back.

• Ning Chen and his Phoenix Body devoured the underground earthfire, then found and stored a Sickness King Stone in the petrified magma.
• Ning Chen continued deeper despite the Demon Body's warning that the laws could make the abyss a land of death, and the two agreed to proceed cautiously.
• Luo Xingchen learned Ning Chen was still searching for Sickness King Stones and leaped into Soulfall Abyss despite the Tian Yue City Lord and Seventh Divine General urging him to wait.
• Luo Xingchen descended through the increasingly powerful laws, using his Star Marks and vermilion arrow to press onward in search of Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen reached Senluo Hell and crossed the dried-up Yellow Springs River, recognizing the ruins as the Underworld Netherworld.
• Ning Chen stopped before a stone palace gate and read the words “Underworld Netherworld.”

Ning Chen reunited with Ghost Maiden at Ghost Gate Pass and told her about the century she had been unconscious, while Luo Xingchen descended into Forest Ghost Hell to find him. Ghost Maiden suddenly stabbed Ning Chen through the heart with a violet-gold longsword.

• Ning Chen found Ghost Gate Pass and discovered the altar where the demon blade and divine sword had once been displayed.
• Ghost Maiden appeared before Ning Chen, and they embraced after she told him she had returned.
• Ning Chen told Ghost Maiden he had come to find the Sickness King Stone and bring Luo Xingchen back, then began recounting the events of the past hundred years.
• Luo Xingchen followed Ning Chen's aura into Forest Ghost Hell, breaking through the heavenly barrier with a blood-red arrow.
• After listening to Ning Chen's account, Ghost Maiden said there was no chance to hear more and stabbed him through the heart with a violet-gold longsword.

Ning Chen was gravely wounded by the red-clad woman at Ghost Gate Pass, and Luo Xingchen fought to save him while escaping the collapsing Underworld Netherworld with the Sickness King Stone. After they reached Sky-Transcending Sacred City and recovered in the Holy Pool, Ning Chen awoke, resolved to leave his painful illusion behind, and healed Luo Xingchen.

• The red-clad woman stabbed Ning Chen and struck him again, leaving him unconscious with severely damaged heart meridians.
• Luo Xingchen carried Ning Chen through a battle with the woman and four Soul Reapers, then escaped as the cave collapsed with the Sickness King Stone.
• Luo Xingchen reached Sky-Transcending Sacred City with Ning Chen, and the Tian Yue City Lord brought both injured men to the Holy Pool for treatment.
• Ning Chen's heart meridians began healing on their own, while his injuries froze much of the Holy Pool and drained its spiritual power.
• Ning Chen awoke, accepted that his attachment to the illusion had made him vulnerable, and used Frost Bloom and the Scroll of Life to heal Luo Xingchen.

Ning Chen recovered in Sky-Transcending Sacred City while Luo Xingchen survived his wounds, then used the Sacred Mark Iron and Sickness King Stone to forge powerful treasures. The forging drew down heavenly tribulation, and Ning Chen met it with his sword as the King of Sickness's Divine Arrow emerged.

• Ning Chen thanked the Tian Yue City Lord for saving him and explained that an illusion array in Soulfall Abyss had grievously wounded him.
• When Luo Xingchen passed through the crisis, Ning Chen accepted Star Soul and the Sickness King Stone, split the stone, and gave half to the Tian Yue City Lord as promised reward.
• The Tian Yue City Lord lent Ning Chen Sacred Mark Iron, and Ning Chen stayed by Luo Xingchen instead of resting in a guest room.
• Ning Chen used phoenix fire and frost qi to temper Luo Xingchen's Star Scar Bow and transform the Sickness King Stone while the Seventh Divine General stood guard.
• A day later, tribulation lightning struck the newly forged Star Scar Bow, but Ning Chen cleaved it apart with the Invisible Sword.
• The King of Sickness's Divine Arrow emerged from the transformed stone, provoking Xuan Cang; Ning Chen continued sharpening the Immortal-Slaying Sword against the remaining stone as its radiance surged skyward.