Recaps

Ning Chen fought King of Asahi beneath the heavenly fire, using his restored Destiny Sword, the Immortal-Trapping Sword, and the power of his sword realm to wound the king. As the battle intensified and heavenly punishment consumed them both, King of Asahi transformed into a Three-legged Golden Crow, and Ning Chen unveiled his never-before-seen Sword Emperor technique.

• Ning Chen drew his restored Destiny Sword and opened a Minor World sword realm, while King of Asahi resolved to kill him.
• Ning Chen and King of Asahi exchanged attacks, with Ning Chen using the heavenly fire, rising mountains, the Green Cauldron, and the Immortal-Trapping Sword against the king's Golden Divine Spear and laws of kingship.
• Ning Chen's coordinated sword attacks wounded King of Asahi, who gripped the Destiny Sword as golden flames engulfed them.
• Ning Chen summoned the Sick King to swallow King of Asahi's golden flames, and the collision of their powers sent both fighters flying and left the king bleeding.
• As heavenly punishment steadily drained them, King of Asahi transformed into a Three-legged Golden Crow and unleashed golden flames.
• Ning Chen joined the swords in his hands and revealed his ultimate move, Great Sword Realm, Sword Emperor.

Ning Chen fought King of Asahi across the Ten Thousand Li Wasteland, using Sword's Extreme Realm, divine restrictions, and the Two-Form Grand Array to withstand the King and heavenly punishment. After both were badly wounded in a fierce exchange, Ning Chen eagerly called for another clash and began fusing his two bodies with the power of the Heavenly Demon.

• Ning Chen merged his two immortal swords and used Sword's Extreme Realm to clash with King of Asahi's Three-legged Golden Crow form, wounding the King with his Emperor's sword.
• Ning Chen raised the Two-Form Grand Array, released the Yellow Springs divine restriction, and forced King of Asahi to emerge from the Divine Sun with a severe chest wound.
• Ning Chen recovered the Destiny Sword and challenged King of Asahi again while both endured the heavenly fire and yin lightning.
• Ning Chen and King of Asahi fought for hundreds of exchanges as their battle shattered the Ten Thousand Li Wasteland.
• Ning Chen unleashed Zongheng Hundred Suns Return East, but King of Asahi countered with golden divine spears, leaving both fighters severely injured.
• Ning Chen laughed, called for another clash, and began fusing his two bodies as the power of the Heavenly Demon erupted within him.

Ning Chen fought King of Asahi, sealed him temporarily, and rescued Dong Yu and Xia Zhi from beneath Asahi Royal City while heavenly fire destroyed the city’s foundations. He delivered the women to the Luan King at Three Peril Mountain, then continued west as King of Asahi pursued him.

• Ning Chen used Dark Moon Heavenly Sun, Taiyi, and the Heavenly Demon’s power to wound King of Asahi and trap him inside a mountain with the twin restrictions of time and space.
• Ning Chen broke Asahi Royal City’s grand array, froze Asahi Royal Palace, and searched its halls for Dong Yu and Xia Zhi.
• Ning Chen moved the Golden Divine Sun concealing the city’s foundations, allowing heavenly fire to consume the awakened powers beneath it, and found Dong Yu and Xia Zhi there.
• Ning Chen and his demonic body escaped west with the women and the chained divine sun as King of Asahi broke free and pursued them.
• Ning Chen reached Three Peril Mountain and returned Dong Yu and Xia Zhi to the Luan King, then continued west without stopping.

Ning Chen fled King of Asahi through Two Realms Mountain and battled him at Dragon Emperor Mountain, using the emperor’s sword and his own techniques to gain the upper hand. Despite Xuyao’s plea for mercy, Ning Chen killed the wounded King of Asahi.

• Ning Chen returned Dong Yu and Xia Zhi, then raced west as King of Asahi pursued him into Two Realms Mountain.
• King of Asahi killed a gray eagle and a three-headed silver wolf while chasing Ning Chen through the mountain and its heavenly fire.
• At Dragon Emperor Mountain, Ning Chen fought King of Asahi with his swords and Sword Twelve as their clash shattered the surrounding terrain.
• Ning Chen used the Dragon Emperor Sword’s strike to sever King of Asahi’s left arm, then wounded him with Zhuxian and the King of Sickness Sword.
• Xuyao arrived and begged Ning Chen to spare King of Asahi, but Ning Chen followed his demon incarnation’s advice and cut the king’s throat.

Ning Chen defeated King of Asahi, then fought the heavenly fire and forced the resentful clouds in his dantian to devour it. He continued west to Jinling City, where he joined the Golden Scroll contestants for their entry to the Heavenly Demon Pool, while Xuan Qing noticed that the young lord of Asahi Royal City was missing.

• Xuyao arrived as Ning Chen struck down King of Asahi, and caught his father as he fell; Ning Chen left Xuyao to mourn and turned to face the heavenly fire.
• Ning Chen ascended to the Ninth Heavens, combined his sword realm with the resentful clouds, and commanded them to devour the Great World's heavenly fire.
• When the resentful clouds resisted the divine prohibition seal, Ning Chen subdued them and forced them back into his dantian before continuing west.
• In the Primeval Demonic Realm, Xuan Luo absorbed his inheritance in a demonic cavern as the old man watched, and his power neared the King Realm.
• Ning Chen arrived at Jinling City and greeted Yuan Tian, Hong Yuan, and Tian Xin before joining the Golden Scroll contestants.
• A voice ordered Xuan Qing to lead the contestants to the Heavenly Demon Pool, and Xuan Qing wondered why the young lord of Asahi Royal City was absent.

The nine prodigies entered the Heavenly Demon Pool, where Ning Chen secretly used the Yellow Springs and Time Divine Restrictions to help his demonic body devour its power. As Xuan Qing was ordered to investigate the pool’s unusually rapid depletion, Ning Chen’s demonic body said it needed ten more days.

• Xuan Qing led the nine prodigies to the hidden Heavenly Demon Pool, which was concealed by the Yellow Springs Restriction and watched over by a drunken Ninth Imperial Uncle.
• The nine entered the pool to cultivate, while Xuan Qing reflected on Ninth Imperial Uncle’s abandoned path to the Emperor Realm and his love for a human woman.
• Ning Chen agreed to cover for his demonic body as it began devouring the Moon Pool’s energy, then sealed their activity with the Yellow Springs and Time Divine Restrictions.
• Ninth Imperial Uncle’s furious demand for wine jolted the other eight cultivators and injured them, but Ning Chen appeared unaffected; Xuan Qing left to fetch wine and noticed the discrepancy.
• Powerful members of the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan detected the pool’s excessive energy loss and ordered Xuan Qing to investigate; after he returned with a thousand jars of wine, Ning Chen’s demonic body said it needed ten more days.

Ning Chen accelerated time within the Heavenly Demon Pool to finish tempering his demonic body, drawing the attention of the Heavenly Demon emperors and the Six Desires King. When the Six Desires King attacked, Jiuyou recognized Ning Chen’s Yellow Springs Restriction and rose to protect him, facing the king.

• Ning Chen used the Yellow Springs and Time restrictions to help his demonic body absorb the Heavenly Demon Pool’s energy while Xuan Qing searched the nine cultivators for the source of the anomaly.
• After the emperors ordered Xuan Qing to investigate, he examined Hong Yuan and Jin Liner, then began checking the other cultivators as Ning Chen accelerated time to complete the tempering.
• The Heavenly Demon Pool’s energy formed a huge vortex, prompting the emperors to send the Six Desires King to investigate while Xuan Qing’s killing intent rose.
• Ning Chen’s demonic body completed its tempering, but the arriving Six Desires King struck at the Moon Pool, forcing Ning Chen to spread his restrictions.
• Jiuyou recognized the Yellow Springs Restriction, rose from beneath the peach blossom tree, blocked the Six Desires King’s attack, and declared that he would protect Ning Chen.
• The Six Desires King challenged Jiuyou to test whether his skills had improved.

Xuan Jiuyou fought Six Desires King to protect Ning Chen, awakening his long-buried battle spirit and overwhelming his opponent with the Soaring Swan Art. The Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor then arrived to take Ning Chen away, and Xuan Jiuyou challenged him, leaving king and emperor poised to clash.

• Six Desires King and Xuan Jiuyou fought above Moon Pool, trading heavy blows as Xuan Jiuyou's warrior spirit returned.
• Xuan Jiuyou unleashed the Soaring Swan Art, shattered Six Desires King's Minor World, and pierced his chest with a peach-branch spear.
• The Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor arrived and declared that he would take Ning Chen because he believed Ning Chen was human.
• Xuan Jiuyou refused to let the emperor take Ning Chen, and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor descended in dark crimson armor.
• The Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor manifested seven demonic suns and the Imperial Dao Law, while Xuan Jiuyou combined Soaring Swan and Xuan Jie before striking him.

Xuan Jiuyou fought the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor to protect Ning Chen, burning half his blood vitality to restore his strength and briefly wound his Imperial Dao opponent. Demonic Emperor Kunyi ended the battle, accepted Ning Chen into the Heavenly Demon Clan, and Xuan Jiuyou named him heir to the Nine Nether Lineage.

• Xuan Jiuyou used the Nine Transformations of Xuanjie to fight the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor, but the Emperor overwhelmed him and struck at Ning Chen in the Heavenly Demon Pool.
• Xuan Jiuyou burned half his blood vitality to return to half a step into the Imperial Dao, then wounded the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor with Xuanjie and a heavy punch.
• Xuan Jiuyou and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor transformed into gigantic demonic bodies and fought until Demonic Emperor Kunyi appeared and ordered them to stop.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi rebuked the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor and Xuan Jiuyou, ordered Xuan Qing to accept punishment after the hundred-day term, and asked Ning Chen about his Heavenly Demon bloodline.
• Ning Chen said he had devoured the bloodline from Xuan Luo, and Demonic Emperor Kunyi accepted him into the Heavenly Demon Clan while warning him to remember who had saved him.
• After the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor and the Six Desires King departed, Xuan Jiuyou told Ning Chen to join the Nine Nether Lineage and inherit his mantle.

After the hundred-day cultivation period ended, Xuan Jiuyou brought Ning Chen and Xuan Qing back to the Three Imperial Cities, where the Nine Nether King’s return and his support for Ning Chen drew the attention of the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan’s factions. The chapter left them entering the city as opposition to their arrival began to gather.

• Xuan Jiuyou offered to teach Xuan Qing and Ning Chen the Soaring Swan Art, while Xuan Qing considered how to help Ning Chen gain a foothold in the royal clan.
• Xuan Qing ended the hundred-day period and sent Jin Liner, Hong Yuan, Xiaoxiao, and the other young cultivators away from the Heavenly Demon Pool.
• Xuan Jiuyou, Xuan Qing, and Ning Chen left the pool and traveled toward the Three Imperial Cities as the hundred clans took notice of the Nine Nether King’s return.
• Xuan Mo recognized and greeted Xuan Jiuyou at the city gates, and Xuan Qing advised Ning Chen to build a good relationship with the peak King Realm Guard Commander.
• Xuan Jiuyou led Ning Chen and Xuan Qing into the city as Xuan Mo worried that the returning king and his successor would disrupt the royal clan’s balance of power.

The Nine Nether King brought Ning Chen to his ruined estate and agreed to teach him the Soaring Swan Art alongside Xuan Qing. As the Nine Nether King demonstrated the art, the Three Demonic Emperors sensed his strength and anticipated changes to the Three Imperial Cities and the royal clan.

• Xuan Qing left to report to the imperial halls while the Nine Nether King took Ning Chen to his neglected estate.
• Ning Chen admitted he wanted to learn the Nine Nether Battle Art, and the Nine Nether King made him call him Master before promising to teach him and Xuan Qing the Soaring Swan Art.
• Ning Chen cleaned the estate and spent the night thinking about Qing Ling, A'man, Mu Chengxue, and Senior Sister Die.
• Xuan Qing arrived at dawn, and the Nine Nether King began explaining how the Soaring Swan Art countered the Golden Lion Clan's explosive attacks and warned of its deadly cost.
• The Nine Nether King demonstrated the Soaring Swan Art, unleashing terrifying pressure that drew the attention of the Three Demonic Emperors.
• The Three Demonic Emperors judged that the Nine Nether King's strength rivaled an imperial path expert and foresaw Ning Chen entering the royal clan and attempting the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven.

The Nine Nether King taught Ning Chen and Xuan Qing the Soaring Swan Art, and Xuan Qing ignited its demonic flames before Ning Chen did. Ning Chen finally used heavenly fire to ignite his own flames, allowing the Nine Nether King to begin teaching him the Sacred Imperial Law and Nine Nether Secret Art before the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven.

• The Nine Nether King taught Ning Chen and Xuan Qing how to circulate the Soaring Swan Art and gave them ten days to ignite its demonic flames.
• Xuan Qing ignited the flames on the first night, thanked the Nine Nether King, and left to return to the palace for punishment.
• Ning Chen failed for eight days, then used heavenly fire to ignite the demonic flames on the ninth day.
• The Nine Nether King warned Ning Chen about the danger of the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven and began teaching him the Sacred Imperial Law and Nine Nether Secret Art.
• The Nine Nether King formed black battle armor from demonic qi and summoned the Nine Transformations of Xuanjie to demonstrate the Nine Nether Secret Art.

Ning Chen cultivated the Sacred Imperial Law and Nine Nether Secret Art while the Nine Nether King went to meet the Three Demonic Emperors. In the Fox Race Secret Realm, Wan'er volunteered to marry Ning Chen if he entered the royal clan, and she told Xiaoxiao she was willing to take that chance.

• The Nine Nether King gave Ning Chen Xuanjie and taught him to cultivate the Sacred Imperial Law and Nine Nether Secret Art, then watched him practice both arts at once.
• The Nine Nether King left for the Three Emperors Hall, where the Three Demonic Emperors met him and raised concerns about his growing strength.
• The Fox Race King and elders considered a marriage alliance with the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan, while Second Elder warned that Ning Chen would first have to pass the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven.
• Wan'er volunteered to become the marriage candidate, and the Fox Race King and elders agreed she was suitable if Ning Chen passed the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven.
• Xiaoxiao urged Wan'er to reconsider, but Wan'er said she willingly chose to marry a powerful man she had never met rather than accept a future match she did not like.

Ning Chen entered the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven, where the first trial presented him with an illusion of his dead wife. He recognized the deception but stayed until the trial’s mistress revealed herself, then seized her as the frozen world changed around them.

• Demonic Emperor Kunyi summoned Ning Chen to Kunyi Imperial Hall and opened the entrance to the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven after Ning Chen accepted the trial.
• Ning Chen entered the first trial and found himself in an illusion of a peaceful life with a woman who resembled his dead wife.
• Ning Chen ate the poisoned food and accompanied the woman to her mother’s grave, despite knowing the scene was an illusion.
• The woman revealed herself as Huan Ji, mistress of the first trial, and Ning Chen identified her as an imitation of his wife.
• Ning Chen froze the surrounding space, seized Huan Ji by the throat, and told her she no longer resembled his wife.

Ning Chen defeated the guardians of the first and second trials of the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven and entered the third, where he immediately attacked its master. Meanwhile, Ao Lie emerged from a breakthrough into the Mortal Immortal Realm, and the great clans watched to see whether Ning Chen would pass the trials and what status the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan would grant him.

• Ning Chen overcame Huan Ji in the first trial, forcing her to concede and opening the way to the second trial.
• Ning Chen shattered the second trial's illusion, defeated its mid-stage Mortal Realm guardian, and entered the third trial.
• Ao Lie emerged from the Peng Clan's forbidden ground after breaking through into the Mortal Immortal Realm, and the old Peng King urged him to wait for a chance to kill Ning Chen.
• The great royal clans and the Three Imperial Cities watched Ning Chen's trial, debating what rank the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan would grant the Nine Nether King's disciple.
• Ning Chen ignored the third trial's ruined-world illusion, slashed it apart, and attacked the trial's master.

Ning Chen defeated the gatekeepers of the third through sixth gates of the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven, revealing his Time Restriction and overcoming their Mortal Realm techniques. He reached the entrance to the seventh gate, where the sixth gatekeeper warned him that its guardian was a true King Realm expert.

• Ning Chen battled the third gatekeeper with the Red Serpent Sword and defeated him after using Sword Snow Three Thousand Miles and the Time Restriction.
• The third gatekeeper asked why Ning Chen had suddenly become faster, and Ning Chen replied that his opponent had become slower before entering the fourth gate.
• The Three Demonic Emperors and the kings recognized Ning Chen's Time Restriction, and the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor predicted that the next three gates would struggle to stop him.
• Ning Chen swiftly defeated the gatekeepers of the fourth, fifth, and sixth gates by using Sword's Extreme Realm and his two divine restrictions.
• The sixth gatekeeper warned Ning Chen that the seventh gatekeeper was a true King Realm expert and told him not to be deceived by her outward appearance.

Ning Chen defeated the Desire King in the seventh trial, though she unexpectedly admitted defeat before the fight was settled. After he passed, Demonic Emperor Kunyi invested him as the Heavenly Demon Clan’s thirteenth Imperial Prince, leaving Ning Chen wondering what Kunyi intended.

• Ning Chen entered the seventh trial and faced the Desire King, who attacked him with her King’s domain and rosy mist.
• Ning Chen countered the Desire King with the Moon Demon Divine Artifact, the Great Sword Realm, and his powerful palm strikes, suppressing her in battle.
• The Desire King admitted defeat and opened the exit, asking Ning Chen to convey her greetings to the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor.
• Ning Chen returned to Kunyi Imperial Hall, greeted the Three Demonic Emperors, and received praise for passing the trials in less than three days.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi proclaimed Ning Chen the Heavenly Demon Clan’s thirteenth Imperial Prince despite protests from the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor and the assembled royal clansmen.
• Ning Chen accepted the decree and wondered what Demonic Emperor Kunyi was plotting.

Ning Chen was invested as the Heavenly Demon Clan’s Thirteenth Prince and received an invitation to learn the Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Demon. As the hundred races reacted to his new status and Wan'er prepared to marry him, Xuan Yu told the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor that she wanted Ning Chen.

• The Demonic Emperor Kunyi overruled the kings and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor, gave Ning Chen the Heavenly Demon Token, and ordered him to come to the ancestral land in three days to learn the Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Demon.
• The Nine Nether King refused the Three Demonic Emperors’ hopes that he would return to worldly affairs, while Demonic Emperor Kunyi said Ning Chen’s place in the clan would keep him from truly leaving.
• Secret reports about Ning Chen’s investiture spread through the hundred races, prompting the fox race to send the news to Wan'er and prepare her marriage; Xiaoxiao worried that Ning Chen might make her sister suffer.
• Xuan Qing told Ning Chen that the guardian of the seventh trial was Xuan Yu, the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor’s daughter, and explained the Nine Transformations and the upcoming ten days of cultivation in the ancestral land.
• The Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor visited Xuan Yu at the seventh trial, and she told him she wanted Ning Chen, now her imperial brother.

Ning Chen endured the Bloodfall while learning the Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Demon, but his breakthrough stalled as Xuan Yu approached him under cover of a plan backed by Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor. The chapter left Ning Chen unaware of Xuan Yu’s intentions, while his Phoenix Body sensed trouble from afar.

• Demonic Emperor Kunyi summoned a Floating City and demonstrated the first eight transformations of the Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Demon for Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen cultivated beneath the Bloodfall for seven days, reached the peak of the fifth transformation, and repeatedly failed to enter the sixth.
• Xuan Yu filled the area around the blood pool with pink mist, while Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor admitted he had helped her despite Kunyi’s objections.
• The Phoenix Body sensed that the main body and demon body had encountered trouble, but continued praying in the Moon Worshipper Ancient Land.
• Xuan Yu approached Ning Chen beneath the Bloodfall, caressed his face, and told him she had chosen him as her man.

Ning Chen fought Xuan Yu while desire poison eroded his control, and the Demonic Emperors watched without intervening. As Xuan Jiuyou clashed with the Three Demonic Emperors to reach his disciple, Ning Chen unleashed Eternal Exile and began burying himself in a spatial storm.

• Xuan Yu poisoned Ning Chen and tried to subdue him, but he fought back with his divine artifact and demonic techniques.
• Ning Chen’s desire poison repeatedly disrupted his attacks, though he kept pressing Xuan Yu and nearly overwhelmed her.
• Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor, Demonic Emperor Kunyi, and Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor watched the battle and argued over Xuan Yu’s scheme.
• The Nine Nether King sensed Ning Chen’s danger and rushed to Floating City, where Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor blocked him and the two fought.
• Xuan Jiuyou arrived and confronted the Three Demonic Emperors, then burned his blood and qi when Kunyi refused to let him reach Ning Chen.
• As the poison consumed his remaining reason, Ning Chen unleashed Eternal Exile and was swallowed by a spatial storm.

After Ning Chen was swept away from the Floating City, he fell unconscious near the Qingqiu Secret Realm, where Wan'er found him and used her royal fox blood to drive out his desire poison. Her sacrifice revealed that she had secretly awakened as a second Heavenly Maiden, leaving her unconscious and gravely weakened.

• The Nine Nether King, the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor, the Demonic Emperor Kunyi, and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor fought until a disturbance at the Floating City drew the Nine Nether King and Eight Desolations away.
• Ning Chen and Xuan Yu were caught in a spatial storm, and half a month later Ning Chen fell into a stream in an unknown place while Xuan Yu pursued him through the void.
• Xiaoxiao and Wan'er investigated the spatial disturbance, found the unconscious Ning Chen, and carried him back to the Qingqiu Secret Realm.
• Wan'er recognized Ning Chen's severe desire poisoning and used her blood to treat him, despite Xiaoxiao warning that the sacrifice would destroy her foundation.
• Wan'er revealed nine fox tails as her royal blood merged with Ning Chen's Heavenly Demon royal blood and expelled the poison, while the King of the Fox Race learned that Wan'er had awakened as a Heavenly Maiden ten years earlier.
• After four of her nine tails vanished and she had lost half her royal blood, Wan'er fainted, and Xiaoxiao caught her.

Wan'er awakened after saving Ning Chen, while the Fox Race elders debated whether to marry her to him as part of an alliance with the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan. Ning Chen survived his tribulation and rejected the match because he still mourned his deceased wife, but Wan'er insisted the alliance was necessary to protect her people.

• Wan'er's nine tails faded as her blood vitality ran low, and Xiaoxiao carried her to rest while the Fox King went to consult the elders.
• The Fox Race elders argued over whether Wan'er's marriage to Ning Chen should proceed, weighing the Heavenly Maiden's damaged foundation against the protection an alliance could bring.
• Ning Chen's demonic blood devoured Wan'er's blood, triggering his Mortal Immortal tribulation, which he defeated with a single strike of the King of Sickness Divine Sword.
• Ning Chen restored Wan'er's vitality with the Scroll of Life and stayed beside her until she awoke that night.
• Wan'er told Ning Chen that the Fox Race had chosen them for a marriage alliance, and Ning Chen said he could not accept because his deceased wife still occupied his heart.
• Wan'er explained that she had proposed the match to protect the Fox Race from the hundred races while her sister's Heavenly Maiden status became known.

Ning Chen left Qingqiu with the Nine Nether King and returned to the Three Imperial Cities, where the princes considered how to approach him. The Nine Nether King then told Ning Chen that the Fox King wanted him to marry Wan'er, and asked for his opinion.

• The Nine Nether King arrived in Qingqiu to bring Ning Chen back, and Wan'er warned Ning Chen to be careful when he returned to the Heavenly Demon Clan.
• The Fox King asked the Nine Nether King to consider a marriage between Ning Chen and Wan'er, then ordered wedding garments prepared for her.
• Ning Chen returned to the Nine Nether King's Estate, drawing the attention of the imperial princes; Xuan Ling and Xuan Qing moved to win him over, while Xuan Zhen said his sister Xuan Yu's actions made an alliance unlikely.
• The Nine Nether King learned Ning Chen had reached the sixth heaven of the Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Demon and told him the Fox King wanted him to marry Wan'er.

Ning Chen discussed a possible marriage alliance with the Nine Nether King, who left the decision to him and promised to protect him from the Third Prince. Xuan Qing then offered Ning Chen an alliance in the royal clan, but Ning Chen declined and asked him not to press the matter.

• Ning Chen asked for several days to consider marrying Wan'er, and the Nine Nether King advised him that the alliance could repay the fox clan and keep rivals from placing their people in the estate.
• The Nine Nether King told Ning Chen to handle affairs below the Third Prince as he saw fit and promised to bear responsibility if Ning Chen acted against Xuan Qing.
• Xuan Qing visited Ning Chen, exchanged courtesies with him, and discussed the human race's cultivation and the Heavenly Demon Clan's strength.
• Xuan Qing offered to help Ning Chen secure his position in the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan in exchange for an alliance.
• Ning Chen said he had no interest in the power struggle and asked Xuan Qing not to make things difficult for him.

Ning Chen received visits from Xuan Qing, Xuan Ling, and the Ninth Prince, who each tried to win his favor with gifts while seeking influence over the Nine Nether King's Estate. After learning that the Phoenix Secret Art was likely held by the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan, Ning Chen assessed the princes’ intentions and left the political contest unresolved.

• Xuan Qing offered Ning Chen a Blood Dragon Fruit and left after Ning Chen refused to join the struggle for imperial power.
• The Nine Nether King placed the estate under Ning Chen’s command while preparing to attempt the Imperial Dao Realm.
• Xuan Ling and the Ninth Prince visited Ning Chen, and the Ninth Prince offered to send maids while Xuan Ling gave him a Venerable King Pill.
• Ning Chen asked Xuan Ling about countering the Sky Peng Clan’s speed, but Xuan Ling claimed only absolute power could suppress it.
• After leaving the estate, Xuan Ling told the Ninth Prince that Phoenix Speed surpassed the Sky Peng Clan’s speed and that the Phoenix Secret Art was taboo to discuss.
• Ning Chen concluded that the Ninth Prince lacked judgment and suspected the Phoenix Secret Art was within the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan.