Recaps

Ning Chen, Dong Yu, and Xia Zhi crossed Two Realms Mountain on their way to the central lands, where they encountered a stampeding beast tide caused by a battle deep in the mountains. Ning Chen stepped forward to confront the beasts with a devastating saber slash.

• Ning Chen and the two women entered Two Realms Mountain and chose to cross it on foot to avoid the powerful beasts overhead.
• After two days of travel, the trio camped for the night, and Ning Chen told Xia Zhi and Dong Yu the tale of Bai Yunlian and discussed right and wrong with them.
• Savage beast roars filled the night, keeping Dong Yu and Xia Zhi awake while Ning Chen watched over them.
• As the trio set out at dawn, a beast tide charged toward them, driven by a battle between a black-clad man and a Nine-Headed Lion.
• Ning Chen warned the women to stay close, then drew his black saber and split the terrain with a massive slash.

Ning Chen escaped Xuan Zhan’s pursuit and reached Dragon Emperor Mountain, where kings and Mortal Realm experts were trying to break through its defenses. They opened the entrance with an imperial artifact, but a golden divine sword appeared and killed a king as they rushed inside.

• Ning Chen buried the beast tide in an abyss with a blade strike, while Xuan Zhan subdued the Nine-Headed Lion and sensed the power of the Heavenly Demon Clan in Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen hurried toward Two Realms Mountain’s outskirts, then split from Dong Yu and Xia Zhi to evade Xuan Zhan’s pursuit.
• Ning Chen and Xuan Zhan raced toward Dragon Emperor Mountain, where King Hun and other experts were attacking its sealed entrance.
• Ning Chen’s arrival drew the experts’ attention, and Xuan Zhan stopped pursuing him and disappeared.
• King Hun and the other kings joined forces to wield the Violet Gold Divine Furnace, breaking open Dragon Emperor Mountain’s entrance.
• A golden divine sword appeared above Dragon Emperor Mountain and cleaved apart a king as the experts rushed toward the entrance.

Ning Chen confronted the Dragon Emperor Sword at Dragon Emperor Mountain after it drove off King Hun and the other kings. He endured the sword’s overwhelming pressure and refused to draw the Destiny Sword before his ten-year restriction ended, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• The Dragon Emperor Sword killed a king, then clashed with King Hun and the kings’ Violet Gold Divine Furnace until the kings withdrew.
• Ning Chen approached Dragon Emperor Mountain, calmed the sword’s initial attack, and urged it to leave its tomb and restore the Dragon Clan’s place among the hundred clans.
• The Dragon Emperor Sword attacked Ning Chen twice, and he blocked its strikes with the damaged Green Cauldron while suffering injuries.
• The sword’s childlike artifact spirit appeared and revealed that the entrance to Dragon Emperor Mountain would disappear after three days.
• The artifact spirit unleashed crushing sword pressure, but Ning Chen resisted with the Five Tomes and refused to draw the Destiny Sword before his ten-year term ended.

Ning Chen escaped Xuan Zhan after confronting the divine sword at Dragon Emperor Mountain and continued toward the Primeval Wasteland, unable to find Dong Yu and Xia Zhi. In Myriad Miles City, he left word for the girls with Gou Huang before departing, while Gou Huang stayed behind to search for them.

• Ning Chen resisted the Dragon Clan divine sword with his Royal Heavenly Demon power and the Five Heavenly Tomes, and the sword spirit gave him a Sword Seal before vanishing.
• Ning Chen sensed Xuan Zhan approaching and fled, later confirming that the king-level pursuer had stopped following him.
• Ning Chen reached Myriad Miles City and searched for Dong Yu and Xia Zhi for weeks without finding them.
• Gou Huang advised Ning Chen to continue to the Primeval Wasteland and agreed to tell the girls he would wait for them there.
• Gou Huang discussed the Contest of Blades of the Hundred Races, the Outer Heavens, and the Yin-Yang Jade with a young woman, then remained in the city to look for Dong Yu and Xia Zhi.

Ning Chen waited outside the Primeval Wasteland for Dong Yu and Xia Zhi, but an Emperor named Gou Huang forced him into the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield when the Contest of Blades of the Hundred Races began. The contest would last up to three years, with the champion determined by who brought out the most Immortal Jade.

• The Heaven's Chosen of the Hundred Races gathered at the Primeval Wasteland while Ning Chen waited outside for Dong Yu and Xia Zhi to arrive.
• An Emperor descended at dawn, and four kings opened the Ancient Battlefield, sending the contestants into the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield.
• The Emperor announced that contestants had three years to collect Immortal Jade, and whoever brought out the most would win the contest.
• Ning Chen refused to enter while he waited for Dong Yu and Xia Zhi, but Gou Huang seized him and hurled him into the battlefield.
• Ning Chen surveyed the battlefield and recognized its dense spiritual energy as suitable for producing Immortal Jade.

Ning Chen entered the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield for the Contest of Blades of the Hundred Races and encountered the Imperial Prince, a descendant of Empress Shi. Their first clash was interrupted by a spatial barrier, and Ning Chen’s Yellow Springs descended as the battle began.

• Ning Chen explored the desolate battlefield and realized that its blood moon never moved and no daylight came.
• Jin Liner, Hong Yuan, and other powerful Heaven's Chosen began surveying different regions of the battlefield.
• Ning Chen sensed an imperial bloodline approaching from the east and entered the mountains to meet its bearer.
• The Imperial Prince of Empress Shi's lineage found Ning Chen and launched a powerful attack.
• A spatial barrier blocked the Imperial Prince's strike, and Ning Chen summoned the Yellow Springs.

Ning Chen trapped the Emperor's Son in a divine restriction and fought him for nine days, but Gou Huang intervened before Ning Chen could kill him. Gou Huang then ordered Tian Xin to either kill Ning Chen or ally with him, and she questioned whether he also sought Yin-Yang Jade.

• The Emperor's Son attacked Ning Chen, who trapped him in a divine restriction and struck him with King Yama's Divine Zither.
• For nine days, Ning Chen used the zither to wear down the Emperor's Son while the Emperor's Son searched for a way to escape.
• Ning Chen put away the zither, drew the Mad Bone Blade, and entered the restriction after learning the Emperor would not descend if his son died.
• Gou Huang seized the Emperor's Son and sent him away, preventing Ning Chen from killing him.
• Gou Huang told Tian Xin to kill Ning Chen or form an alliance with him, and Tian Xin asked whether Ning Chen also wanted Yin-Yang Jade.

Ning Chen searched the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield for Dong Yu and Xia Zhi while Gu Xin challenged Jin Liner in the south. After Jin Liner gained the upper hand, Gu Xin unleashed his Three Forms of Taiyin and revealed the Scaly Race’s true form.

• Over three months, the Four Emperors established their territories, while independent fighters such as Xiao Xiao, Gu Xin, Yuan Tian, and Leopard Girl gathered fame and followers.
• Ning Chen continued searching for Immortal Jade and for Dong Yu and Xia Zhi, but found no trace of either girl and decided to search elsewhere.
• Gu Xin confronted Jin Liner on her mountain, declaring that he had come to test the Scaly Race’s famed defense, and the two began fighting.
• Jin Liner’s Unbreakable Protection stopped Gu Xin’s Taiyin Sword, and she struck him hard before pressing her advantage.
• Gu Xin unleashed the Three Forms of Taiyin and the Sword of a Hundred Years, summoning a black yin moon as Jin Liner revealed the Scaly Race’s true form.

Gu Xin battled Jin Liner on the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield, breaking her Golden Scale Divine Garment with his ultimate Taiyin sword before she grievously wounded him. As Jin Liner moved to kill him, Ning Chen intervened, rescued Gu Xin, and withdrew from the battlefield.

• Gu Xin and Jin Liner fought fiercely, with their sword techniques and Dragon-Kun powers shaking the battlefield.
• Gu Xin’s Taiyin Final Form shattered Jin Liner’s Golden Scale Divine Garment and pierced her heart, but its backlash left him badly injured.
• Jin Liner struck Gu Xin down, pierced his chest, and prepared to deliver a final blow.
• Ning Chen arrived and blocked Jin Liner’s killing strike, declaring that Gu Xin was under his protection.
• Ning Chen carried Gu Xin through Jin Liner’s heavenly waves, cut through the flood with Mad Bone Blade, and departed with him.

After saving Gu Xin from his battle with Jin Liner, Ning Chen learned that Gu Xin had not seen Dong Yu or Xia Zhi and set out to search the west of the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield. There, Golden Lion Hong Yuan advanced into Yuan Tian’s territory to seize a ravine where Immortal Jade had appeared, and Yuan Tian stood in his way.

• Ning Chen used the Heavenly Tome and the Nine Heavens Star Plucking Hand to stabilize Gu Xin’s life-threatening chest wound after Gu Xin challenged Jin Liner.
• Gu Xin thanked Ning Chen, promised to help him find Dong Yu and Xia Zhi if he encountered them, and warned him that Hong Yuan was a dangerous opponent in the west.
• Ning Chen parted from Gu Xin and headed west to continue searching for Dong Yu and Xia Zhi, while considering the threat the Hundred Races posed to humanity.
• Hong Yuan led the Heaven's Chosen of the Hundred Races to expand his territory and claim an Immortal Jade ravine.
• Yuan Tian, the Ape Race's inheritor, blocked Hong Yuan from entering the ravine, and Hong Yuan advanced with his aura rising.

Ning Chen intervened when Hong Yuan overwhelmed Yuan Tian, who was guarding a spiritual ravine to save his gravely injured wife. After learning why Yuan Tian refused to yield, Hong Yuan agreed to let the couple keep the ravine if Ning Chen fought him for one hundred moves, and the two prepared to battle.

• Hong Yuan defeated Yuan Tian in their clash, but Yuan Tian continued fighting to keep the Golden Lion from entering the ravine.
• Ning Chen approached from a distant peak, stopped Yuan Tian's next attack, and persuaded Hong Yuan to hear the Ape Race successor's explanation.
• Yuan Tian revealed that his wife was gravely injured after using a forbidden Fox Race art to help him escape the Stone Spirit Race's imperial son.
• Hong Yuan made the ravine's fate conditional on Ning Chen fighting him for one hundred moves without being defeated, and Ning Chen accepted on Yuan Tian's behalf.
• Hong Yuan ordered the Heaven's Chosen of the Hundred Races to move back as he and Ning Chen prepared to fight outside the ravine.

Ning Chen and Hong Yuan fought an even hundred-move duel before agreeing to part ways, with Hong Yuan promising to search for Immortal Jade. Ning Chen left to find Dong Yu and Xia Zhi, and Hong Yuan realized he was heading north into territory controlled by a woman.

• Ning Chen and Hong Yuan exchanged powerful techniques in a battle that devastated the surrounding mountains, while Yuan Tian and the other Heaven's Chosen watched in shock.
• Ning Chen and Hong Yuan unleashed their final moves as the hundred-move limit ended, then praised each other's strength despite their injuries.
• Hong Yuan invited Ning Chen to join forces, but Ning Chen declined because they both sought first place in the Contest of Blades of the Hundred Races and the Yin-Yang Jade.
• Ning Chen asked Hong Yuan about Dong Yu and Xia Zhi, then said he would continue searching for his two maidservants.
• Ning Chen asked Hong Yuan to find enough Immortal Jade and departed; Hong Yuan noticed he was heading north toward territory controlled by a woman.

Ning Chen helped Tian Xin stabilize the collapsing northern region of the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield, then learned that the twin young women he sought could be hidden in the central forbidden land. Two months later, he entered the forbidden zone and cut through its attacking spirits as he pressed deeper.

• Tian Xin used her Saint Essence to resist the northern disaster, while Ning Chen lent his power from afar to stabilize the heavens and earth.
• Ning Chen met Tian Xin and asked whether she had seen the twin young women; she sensed no trace of them but pointed him toward the central forbidden land, which blocked her divination.
• Tian Xin warned Ning Chen not to venture too deeply into the forbidden land, but he left to search there.
• Two months later, Ning Chen entered the central forbidden land and advanced through its sinister pressure without stopping.
• Ning Chen drew Mad Bone Blade and destroyed the swarming yin spirits before continuing toward the depths.

Ning Chen fought through the Central Forbidden Zone, searching for Dong Yu and Xia Zhi, while battles over Immortal Jade erupted across the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield. At the zone’s deepest point, he confronted a Golden-haired Corpse God and a Green-faced Yin Spirit, intending to use them against the Hundred Races’ heirs.

• Ning Chen defeated a Corpse God with the Mad Bone Blade and continued into the Central Forbidden Zone.
• As Immortal Jade appeared across the battlefield, Xuyao fought an imperial son, Cang Ming challenged Hong Yuan, and Xiaoxiao battled Jin Liner before withdrawing.
• Tian Xin waited in the north, worried that Ning Chen had not emerged from the Central Forbidden Zone.
• Ning Chen froze tens of thousands of yin spirits and shattered three corpse riders with July Snowfall.
• On the tenth day, Ning Chen reached the zone’s depths but found no trace of Dong Yu or Xia Zhi.
• Ning Chen encountered a Golden-haired Corpse God and a Green-faced Yin Spirit and attacked them as potential allies against the Hundred Races’ heirs.

Ning Chen subdued the Green-faced Yin Spirit and Golden-haired Corpse God, then led them toward the exit of the Central Forbidden Zone. A nascent will formed from the battlefield’s countless dead trapped them, and Ning Chen rose to fight it as the heavens and earth turned against him.

• Ning Chen defeated the Green-faced Yin Spirit and Golden-haired Corpse God, forced them to submit, and placed Sword Seals in their crowns.
• Ning Chen set out with the two creatures after failing to find Dong Yu and Xia Zhi, but the Central Forbidden Zone began to shake and collapse around them.
• Ning Chen raised four Sacred Walls to resist the catastrophe, while the two creatures helped reinforce the barriers at his command.
• Tian Xin sensed the forbidden zone’s will from afar and worried that Young Master Ning might be in danger.
• Ning Chen realized the battlefield’s dead had formed a nascent life with its own will, then soared out of the Sacred Walls to confront it.
• Ning Chen used Hundred Tides Stabilizing the Sky and Three Thousand Miles of Ice and Snow to attack the clouds of resentment.

Ning Chen fought Heaven and Earth in the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield, breaking through its attacks and trapping the resentment clouds with his human and demonic bodies. He and his demonic body began devouring the clouds and the will within them, while Heaven’s counterattack continued.

• Ning Chen repelled Heaven’s laws and clashed with its giant hand, then severed an ancient divine spear with Mad Bone Blade.
• He withstood the Golden-armored War God and Heaven’s lightning, driving onward toward the resentment clouds.
• Ning Chen used the Scroll of Heaven and the Twelve Forms of Spiritual Insight to freeze the clouds and prevent them from escaping.
• Ning Chen restrained the resentment clouds while his demonic body absorbed them and their will, prompting Xuan Cang to unleash lightning.
• The demonic body struck Heaven with a demonic fist, opening a breach in the Nine Heavens, while Ning Chen held the clouds in place.

Ning Chen and his two bodies defeated the will of Heaven and Earth, but an Emperor’s attack destroyed the Central Forbidden Zone and cast him into a spatial storm. The attacker withdrew, declaring Ning Chen would be trapped there for ten years and miss the chance to contend for the Yin-Yang Jade.

• Ning Chen’s true and demon bodies joined forces to devour the will of Heaven and Earth and overcome its thunder and Golden-armored War God.
• An illusory Emperor struck the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield, and Ning Chen sheltered the Green-faced Yin Spirit and Golden-haired Corpse God inside the Immortal Bell as the Sacred Walls collapsed.
• Gou Huang confronted the illusory Emperor outside the battlefield and defended Ning Chen from further attack.
• Ning Chen emerged from the Immortal Bell into a raging spatial storm in the Central Forbidden Zone.
• The illusory Emperor withdrew, telling Gou Huang that Ning Chen would be trapped in the storm for ten years and could no longer contend for the Yin-Yang Jade.

Trapped in the Central Forbidden Zone, Ning Chen forced the will of heaven and earth to repair the Emperor-shattered space while studying its transformations. As the Contest of Blades of the Hundred Races neared its deadline and wars spread outside, Ning Chen remained hidden within the expanding restored world.

• Ning Chen and his demon body released the cloud of resentment containing the will of heaven and earth, and Ning Chen used restrictions and threats to make it repair the void.
• Ning Chen watched the restoration for several months, memorizing the transformations of time and space.
• Gu Xin challenged Jin Liner in a battle that impressed the watching powers, then sheathed his sword and departed.
• Clashes among the major powers and descendants of the four Imperial Lineages intensified as the struggle for Immortal Jade grew fiercer.
• With about ten months left in the Contest of Blades of the Hundred Races, Ning Chen had still not emerged, and his restored world continued to spread inside the spatial turbulence.

After completing the Divine Restriction, Ning Chen emerged from the Central Forbidden Zone as the Hundred Races' strongest heirs gathered for the changes outside. When they rushed to seize the newly formed Immortal Jade, Ning Chen appeared and warned them they had crossed the line.

• Ning Chen completed the Divine Restriction, gathered the cloud of resentment with his demon body, and prepared to leave the Central Forbidden Zone.
• Tian Xin led the Heaven's Chosen south, and the four Imperial Lineage heirs and several royal bloodline heirs followed her to the forbidden zone.
• The Imperial Prince challenged the royal heirs, while Bie Yun, Gu Xin, Cang Ming, and Xiaoxiao arrived and joined the gathering.
• A spiritual-energy vortex formed hundreds of thousands of Immortal Jade pieces imbued with spacetime laws, and the heirs raced to claim them.
• Xuyao and Gu Xin attacked the four Imperial Lineage heirs, but the four broke their Sword Qi and continued reaching for the Immortal Jade.
• Ning Chen emerged from the Spatial Turbulence, froze the surrounding world, and told the heirs they had crossed the line.

Ning Chen fought the Stone Emperor's Scion, Jin Liner, Hong Yuan, and Tian Xin over the Immortal Jade, wounding the three royals despite their combined attacks. The four descendants of imperial lineages broke their seals and reached the Mortal Immortal Realm, and Ning Chen faced them without yet drawing his sword.

• Ning Chen appeared before the four royals and blocked them from taking the Immortal Jade.
• Ning Chen battled the Stone Emperor's Scion, then fought Jin Liner and Hong Yuan as they joined the attack; Tian Xin summoned thunder god generals to aid them.
• Ning Chen slowed the royals with his time domain and struck all three attackers, while Xuyao and Gu Xin moved to help him.
• Ning Chen told Xuyao and Gu Xin to leave the battle to him, and the four royals launched another assault.
• Ning Chen unleashed Eight Void Reversing Dragons, forcing the four royals to break their seals and reveal their Mortal Immortal Realm cultivation.
• Ning Chen charged the Stone Emperor's Scion and clashed with him in a devastating exchange of fist and palm.

Ning Chen turned the four Imperial Lineage heirs’ assault around, crippling Jin Liner and nearly killing the Emperor’s Scion until Hong Yuan and Tian Xin admitted defeat. He then began repaying the Emperor’s Scion for his father’s actions, leaving the battle’s aftermath unresolved.

• Ning Chen fought the four emperors and was wounded after Tian Xin used Heaven-Bestowed Windwalk to strengthen their assault.
• Ning Chen exposed Jin Liner’s weakened defenses, then used the power of time to restrain the others and strike her so hard that her cultivation fell back to the Third Realm.
• Ning Chen trapped and severely injured the Emperor’s Scion with the Scroll of Earth and his freezing power, while Hong Yuan and Tian Xin broke through his Sacred Walls.
• Hong Yuan admitted defeat and warned Ning Chen that the Emperor’s Scion could not die, and Tian Xin left the battlefield.
• Jin Liner vowed revenge and vanished, while Xuyao asked Ning Chen what he would do with the Emperor’s Scion.
• Ning Chen said he would repay the Emperor’s Scion’s father and sent wind and snow surging into the wounded heir, making him cry out in agony.

Ning Chen defeated the four Imperial Lineage heirs, sealed the Stone Spirit Race's emperor's scion, and left Gu Xin and Xuyao to guard the Immortal Jade while he prepared for the next four months. As the Hundred Races gathered to open the Ancient Battlefield, Xuan Luo returned to the Primeval Demonic Realm seeking vengeance, and the three-year deadline arrived with the blood moon shaking the battlefield.

• Ning Chen sealed the wounded emperor's scion's qi sea, told him he would keep him alive for four months, and carried him into the spatial torrent.
• Ning Chen asked Gu Xin and Xuyao to guard the Immortal Jade while he prepared means of preserving his life, and both agreed.
• Xuan Luo learned that his father had died and that his uncle had taken the throne, then vowed to avenge him and repay his humiliation to the young man in the realm.
• A Golden Scroll ordered Xuan Qing to bring its named people from the Primeval Wasteland to the Primeval Demonic Realm, as the Hundred Races' experts began moving toward the wasteland.
• During the four months after Ning Chen left, Young Master Jueyang and the other Heaven's Chosen fought over the Immortal Jade, but the Central Forbidden Zone remained impassable.
• The three-year deadline arrived, and the blood moon swayed as the Ancient Battlefield shook.

As the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield closed, Ning Chen emerged after clashing with the Stone Clan’s imperial son, while King of Asahi and Gou Huang prevented the Stone Emperor from killing him. The Heavenly Demon Royal Clan arrived as tensions remained high over the frozen imperial son and the candidates for the Golden Scroll.

• The four kings reopened the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield and brought the Hundred Races’ Heaven’s Chosen out, but Ning Chen and the Stone Clan’s imperial son were still missing.
• Gou Huang collected the Immortal Jade while the Stone Emperor demanded to know why his imperial son had not emerged, then forced his way into the Ancient Battlefield.
• The Stone Emperor attacked the Plain-clothed Figure in the Central Forbidden Zone, but King of Asahi intervened and told Ning Chen to leave.
• Ning Chen emerged and joined Xuyao and Gu Xin, while Gou Huang confronted the Stone Emperor and urged Ning Chen to hand over the imperial son.
• Ning Chen revealed the imperial son frozen in ice, and King of Asahi again blocked the Stone Emperor from attacking.
• A figure from the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan arrived above the Primeval Wasteland, drawing everyone’s attention.

After defeating the Stone Race Imperial Prince, Ning Chen saw the Contest of Blades of the Hundred Races results announced and received the Yin-Yang Jade as its champion. The contest ended with the top ten summoned to Jinling City in three months, while King of Asahi watched Ning Chen and Xiaoxiao meet.

• Xuan Qing arrived to announce the Golden Scroll, and Gou Huang restored the injured Imperial Prince before the Stone Emperor departed.
• Ning Chen revealed the Immortal Jade he had obtained, and the Golden Scroll named him first in the contest.
• Gou Huang awarded Ning Chen the Yin-Yang Jade and warned him to guard it carefully before departing.
• Xuan Qing summoned the ten ranked contestants to Jinling City in three months, and the Golden Scroll absorbed the Immortal Jade.
• The contestants departed, and Hong Yuan, Tian Xin, and Xiaoxiao bid farewell to Ning Chen.
• King of Asahi watched Ning Chen and Xiaoxiao from within the Golden Divine Sun.

After the Contest of Blades, Ning Chen returned to Asahi Royal City with the Yin-Yang Jade and confronted King of Asahi over Dong Yu and Xia Zhi. Their dispute erupted into a deadly pursuit beneath heavenly fire, and Ning Chen drew the Knowing Fate Sword as the chapter ended.

• Ning Chen exchanged farewells with the Fox Race Saintess Xiaoxiao and Gu Xin before departing with King of Asahi and Xuyao.
• King of Asahi demanded the Yin-Yang Jade, but Ning Chen withheld it and demanded that he release Dong Yu and Xia Zhi.
• Ning Chen challenged King of Asahi to swear an oath denying that he held the two women, and the king refused before attacking him.
• Ning Chen escaped the royal hall as heavenly fire broke through Asahi Royal City's formation, and King of Asahi pursued him into the wilderness.
• Ning Chen drew the Knowing Fate Sword, whose immense sword intent scattered the heavenly fire.