Recaps

After days of receiving royal nobles, Ning Chen visited Xuan Mo at home, insisting he only wanted a companion to drink with and had no interest in recruiting supporters. Xuan Mo accepted his explanation and revealed his hidden store of marching wine, leaving the two ready to drink together.

• Ning Chen ordered Shi Yu to discard the tea sets used by visiting nobles and asked Shi Qing to prepare two jars of wine.
• Ning Chen went to the imperial city gates and invited Xuan Mo to drink, then followed him to his home.
• Ning Chen greeted Xuan Mo’s wife and explained that he had come because he was tired of tribute tea and wanted wine.
• Xuan Mo warned Ning Chen that he wanted no part in royal struggles, but Ning Chen said he had no need to gather supporters.
• Xuan Mo revealed jars of strong marching wine hidden beneath a table, and Ning Chen was pleased with the exchange.

Ning Chen drank with Xuan Mo, reflected on his past and the coming war, and warned that he would not show mercy if they met on the battlefield. As Ning Chen left, an assassin attacked him, and he shattered the incoming strike with his demonic sword.

• Ning Chen and Xuan Mo shared Marching Wine, and Xuan Mo reconsidered his suspicions about the Nine Nether King's disciple.
• Ning Chen recited a lament about a general's wasted life and reflected on his past battles, lost years, and second life.
• Xuan Mo warned Ning Chen to avoid the imperial succession struggle, but Ning Chen explained that the princes' rivalry could not leave him untouched.
• Xuan Mo drank himself into a stupor, and Ning Chen thanked Xuan Mo's wife before leaving the courtyard.
• A black moon veiled the sky, and an attacker sent a cold gleam at Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen drew his demonic sword and shattered the attack with one strike.

Ning Chen defeated a group of assassins sent against him and suspected Shi Yu and Shi Qing of spying for the Ninth Prince. As the princes maneuvered against one another, Xuan Zhen prepared to move against Ning Chen, who welcomed the rising turmoil in the Three Imperial Cities and resolved to step onto the stage.

• Ning Chen killed ten black-clad assassins and drove off their hidden leader, warning them to tell their master to send stronger fighters or leave him alone.
• Ning Chen returned to the Nine Nether King's Estate and suspected Shi Yu and Shi Qing because his whereabouts had been exposed; the two women admitted they were bound to obey the Ninth Prince but did not want Ning Chen harmed.
• The Ninth Prince learned that his eleven deathsworn had failed and killed the surviving messenger to keep the attack secret.
• Xuan Zhen and the Fifth Prince learned that someone had used the First Prince's weapons and martial arts to frame them, and Xuan Zhen decided to have the War King arrange for Ning Chen to leave the city.
• Ning Chen watched the dark clouds gathering over the Three Imperial Cities and welcomed the unrest, deciding it was time to take the stage.

Ning Chen visited Xuan Zhen at the First Prince's Manor, where the Fifth Prince investigated whether Xuan Zhen’s guards were involved in an assassination attempt. Ning Chen left after warning Xuan Zhen that he understood the political maneuvering around the attack, while Xuan Zhen resolved to eliminate him.

• Ning Chen visited Xuan Zhen, and the Fifth Prince arrived to report that eleven men had died in a battle the previous night, with weapons resembling those of Xuan Zhen’s personal guards.
• Xuan Zhen brought the Fifth Prince and Ning Chen to inspect the Moon Shadow Guards, whose thirty-one present members and tokens matched the roster.
• Ning Chen said he had not suspected Xuan Zhen and explained that the First Prince was unlikely to have arranged the attack, though he could not fully separate himself from Xuan Yu.
• Ning Chen suggested the assassination had been staged to implicate Xuan Zhen and said he would not waste effort pursuing a culprit who could deny involvement.
• After Ning Chen departed, Xuan Zhen concluded that he had come to warn him and display his strength, then resolved to eliminate the threat.

Ning Chen suppressed an accident in the Nine Nether King's Estate and learned from his master that the Hundred Races Paying Homage could help him secure a place among the royal clan. He welcomed Xiaoxiao and Wan'er to the Three Imperial Cities, while a powerful young figure arrived outside the city with the Ancient Sword Bieyun.

• Ning Chen's Xuanjie went out of control and sent black-fire meteors toward Shi Yu and Shi Qing, but he shielded them and suppressed it.
• The Nine Nether King told Ning Chen that Shi Yu and Shi Qing were planted spies, accepted his request to spare them, and urged him to seize the opportunity presented by the Hundred Races Paying Homage.
• Xiaoxiao and Wan'er entered the Three Imperial Cities and chose to report to the Grand Elder Department before visiting the Nine Nether King's Estate.
• Ning Chen met Xiaoxiao and Wan'er, escorted them to the Grand Elder Department, and introduced them to Seventh Prince Xuan Ling.
• A young figure carrying the Ancient Sword Bieyun arrived outside the Three Imperial Cities, and Xuan Mo sensed his king-level pressure.

Xuyao arrived in the Three Imperial Cities as a newly risen King and declared that he and Ning Chen still had a score to settle. While showing Wan'er the Nine Nether King's Estate, Ning Chen saw her awakened as a Nine-tailed Heavenly Maiden and attacked Shi Yu and Shi Qing to keep her identity secret.

• Xuyao arrived at the Grand Elder Department, and he and Ning Chen exchanged battle intent before Xuyao said their grudges should end in a confrontation.
• Ning Chen told Xiaoxiao that he had killed the King of Asahi, then took Wan'er to visit the Nine Nether King's Estate.
• Ning Chen showed Wan'er around the bustling city and estate while Shi Yu and Shi Qing noticed his unusual attentiveness toward her.
• The Nine Nether King sent a drop of imperial-path devil blood into Wan'er, healing her foundation and revealing all nine of her fox tails.
• Ning Chen sealed the Heavenly Maiden aura and seized Shi Yu by the throat, while Shi Qing begged him to spare her sister.

Ning Chen spared Shi Yu and Shi Qing at Wan’er’s request but marked them with divine restrictions, then gave Wan’er a Blood Dragon Fruit and escorted her back to the Grand Elder Department. There, Ao Lie brooded over his grudge while Xuyao unleashed a divine sun to test Ning Chen, leaving their confrontation beginning in fire and thunder.

• Wan’er stopped Ning Chen from killing Shi Yu and Shi Qing, so he spared them after placing divine restrictions inside them and warning them to keep her identity secret.
• Ning Chen gave Wan’er a Blood Dragon Fruit to help awaken her nine-tailed bloodline, then spent the afternoon with her before escorting her back to Xiaoxiao.
• The Demonic Emperor Kunyi, the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor, and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor sensed a brief extraordinary aura from the Nine Nether King's Estate and decided to investigate.
• Ao Lie watched Ning Chen leave the Grand Elder Department and reacted furiously when Ning Chen mocked his lingering grudge.
• Xuyao, the young lord of Asahi Royal City, summoned a divine sun that engulfed the area around Ning Chen, calling it a greeting and a test of Ning Chen's strength.

Ning Chen watched the Three Demonic Emperors convene the hundred clans and establish a ten-day challenge contest. When Ao Lie challenged him and demanded his hands as the price of victory, Ning Chen dismissed him as unworthy.

• Ning Chen shattered the divine sun with Inverted Water Moon and left the Grand Elder Department, while Asahi Royal City's lord observed him from a guest room.
• Xuan Zhen ordered an investigation into the former friendship and current enmity between Ning Chen and the young lord of Asahi Royal City, as nobles across the city sought the same answers.
• Shi Yu and Shi Qing confessed that the Ninth Prince had forced them to obey his orders, and Ning Chen sent them away without clarifying whether he forgave them.
• The Three Demonic Emperors arrived and summoned the hundred clan envoys, announcing that the Heavenly Demon princes and imperial daughters would face challenges over the next ten days.
• Ao Lie challenged Ning Chen, demanding that the Peng Clan be exempt from paying homage for a hundred years and that he receive Ning Chen's hands if he won; Ning Chen replied that Ao Lie was not worthy.

Ning Chen accepted Ao Lie’s challenge before the Three Emperors Hall and overcame the Peng Clan young lord’s extreme speed in a fierce duel. He defeated Ao Lie and tore off his wings, while the old Peng King was restrained by the Demonic Emperor Kunyi.

• Demonic Emperor Kunyi granted the Peng Clan’s demand for a challenge, and Ning Chen agreed to fight Ao Lie.
• The Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor created a battlefield, where Ning Chen and Ao Lie clashed with Scarlet Practice and the Desolate Halberd.
• Ao Lie used his extraordinary speed and powerful attacks, but Ning Chen evaded him and wounded him with Sword, Eleven.
• After the old Peng King urged Ao Lie to stop holding back, Ao Lie unleashed greater power and attacked Ning Chen at near Phoenix Speed.
• Ning Chen seized the Desolate Halberd, struck Ao Lie twice, then tore off his wings as Demonic Emperor Kunyi restrained the old Peng King.

After Ning Chen defeated Ao Lie, Cang Ming of the Howling Moon Royal Clan challenged Xuan Ling, and their battle ended in a draw after the Demonic Emperors intervened. The court dismissed the Howling Moon Clan from attendance for a hundred years, while Xuyao waited for his own turn to fight.

• The old Peng King accepted his defeat, carried the unconscious Ao Lie away, and left Ning Chen’s victory to establish his prestige among the hundred clans.
• Ning Chen exchanged words with the Ninth Prince and Xuan Yue before Cang Ming stepped forward and challenged Xuan Ling for one hundred thousand Immortal Jade.
• The Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor created a vast desert battlefield, where Cang Ming and Xuan Ling fought fiercely and both suffered serious wounds.
• Xuan Qing and the Howling Moon Clan’s emissary requested an end to the fight, and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor separated the combatants, leaving the battle a draw.
• The Demonic Emperor Kunyi excused the Howling Moon Royal Clan from court for a hundred years, while Ning Chen regarded Cang Ming as a future enemy and Xuyao waited to fight.

Xiaoxiao challenged Xuan Yue and requested a marriage between her younger sister and the Thirteenth Prince if she won, a request the Demonic Emperor Kunyi granted. As the two unleashed their hidden powers and their battlefield began to collapse, Ning Chen prepared to take the field.

• After Xuan Yue defeated Yuan Tian, the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan's record reached forty-six wins and one draw across forty-seven battles.
• Xiaoxiao asked the Three Demonic Emperors to let her fight Xuan Yue and requested that they arrange her younger sister's marriage to the Thirteenth Prince if she won; Demonic Emperor Kunyi agreed.
• Xiaoxiao and Xuan Yue fought fiercely in a collapsing Minor World, with neither gaining a clear advantage.
• Xuan Yue unleashed World-Engulfing Demonic Calamity, and Xiaoxiao revealed the Nine-tailed Heavenly Maiden power she had sealed for a hundred years.
• Their ultimate moves shattered the Minor World, and Ning Chen readied himself to take the field.

Xuyao challenged Ning Chen to settle their old enmity, and the two fought a devastating battle in a water-and-fire Minor World. As the Demonic Emperors declared the outcome decided, Jiuyou achieved a breakthrough and became the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan’s fourth emperor.

• Xiaoxiao defeated Xuan Yue, and Demonic Emperor Kunyi agreed to her request while Ning Chen remained silent about marrying Wan'er.
• Xuyao challenged Ning Chen, who accepted, and the Three Demonic Emperors created a Minor World for their duel.
• Xuyao and Ning Chen fought with their swords, unleashing their strongest techniques and devastating the Minor World.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi said the battle’s victory and defeat had been decided, though the account did not reveal the victor.
• Jiuyou broke through to the Imperial Dao, and a new emperor appeared above the Nine Nether King's Estate demanding that Ning Chen give his master a reason.

After Xuan Jiuyou proved the Imperial Dao, the Demonic Emperors ordered an attack on Dragon Emperor Mountain to obtain the Dragon Emperor Sword and break the Queen Mother of the West’s seal. Ning Chen agreed to go with his master, but suspected the real aim was to open a passage between the two realms.

• Ning Chen lost his fight against Xuyao, and Xuan Jiuyou told him to recover from his injuries.
• The four Demonic Emperors decided to begin their plan early and attack Dragon Emperor Mountain in three days for the Dragon Emperor Sword and the Queen Mother of the West’s seal.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi ordered Xuan Zhen, Xuan Qing, Xuan Ling, and Ning Chen to accompany the attack, while promising Xuan Jiuyou they would not force him again once they obtained the sword.
• Xuan Jiuyou questioned Ning Chen about his deliberate defeat, and Ning Chen said he had needed to lose without explaining further.
• After Xuan Jiuyou told Ning Chen to prepare for the journey, Ning Chen wondered whether the attack was meant to let the Demonic Realm’s army cross into the other realm.

The Three Demonic Emperors and Xuan Jiuyou set out with Ning Chen for Dragon Emperor Mountain to obtain the Dragon Emperor Sword. On the way, Xuan Jiuyou attacked the Stone Emperor for having harmed Ning Chen, leaving him gravely wounded before the chariot continued east.

• The Three Demonic Emperors emerged from seclusion, and Xuan Jiuyou joined them as their Bronze Chariot set out for Dragon Emperor Mountain with Ning Chen and the three Crown Princes aboard.
• Xuan Jiuyou refused to reclaim the Nine Transformations of Xuanjie from Ning Chen, despite the other emperors' concerns that lacking it would weaken him during the expedition.
• The Bronze Chariot passed over Spirit Mountain, where Xuan Jiuyou learned that the Stone Emperor had attacked Ning Chen in the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield.
• Xuan Jiuyou struck the Stone Emperor with demonic attacks, severely damaging him, until Demonic Emperor Kunyi stopped him from delivering a final blow.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi cleared the path, and the Bronze Chariot continued east as Xuan Jiuyou told Ning Chen that anyone who harmed his disciple would pay a hundredfold price.

The Heavenly Demon Royal Clan’s four Demonic Emperors attacked Dragon Emperor Mountain to seize the Dragon Emperor Sword, but the resurrected Dragon Emperor emerged and overpowered the Seven Luminaries and Eight Desolations Demonic Emperors. Xuan Jiuyou and Demonic Emperor Kunyi joined the battle, leaving the Dragon Emperor facing all four as he unleashed a powerful sword technique.

• Demonic Emperor Kunyi ordered Ning Chen and the others to remain on the Bronze Chariot while the four Demonic Emperors descended before Dragon Emperor Mountain.
• The Seven Luminaries and Eight Desolations Demonic Emperors joined forces to shatter Dragon Emperor Mountain’s defenses, and the Dragon Emperor Sword rose to strike at them.
• A child transformed into the Dragon Emperor, who took up the sword and wounded both the Seven Luminaries and Eight Desolations Demonic Emperors.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi called on Xuan Jiuyou to join the fight, and Kunyi also attacked as the four Demonic Emperors pressed the Dragon Emperor.
• The Dragon Emperor invoked “Three Lives Etched in Fate,” sending golden tides across Dragon Emperor Mountain.

The Dragon Emperor fought the four Heavenly Demon Emperors inside Dragon Emperor Mountain as his soul imprint weakened. Ning Chen entered the mountain, then secretly intervened to help the Dragon Emperor escape, remaining concealed nearby as the emperors pursued him.

• The Dragon Emperor used his imperial dao sword to injure Seven Luminaries and Eight Desolations, but Kunyi and Xuan Jiuyou wounded him as his soul imprint faded.
• The Dragon Emperor led Kunyi, Seven Luminaries, Eight Desolations, and Xuan Jiuyou into Dragon Emperor Mountain, while Ning Chen and the three princes followed into a dreamlike Minor World.
• Ning Chen asked the Dragon Emperor Sword Seal to help him shake off Xuan Zhen, Xuan Qing, and Xuan Ling, then raced toward the battle.
• Xuan Jiuyou unleashed the Soaring Swan Art as the Dragon Emperor transformed into a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, but sudden crimson Sword Qi disrupted their clash.
• The Dragon Emperor disappeared amid the confusion, and Kunyi led the other emperors in pursuit while Ning Chen watched from a distant peak, concealed by the Time Divine Restriction.

Ning Chen agreed to carry the Dragon Emperor Sword to the Dragon Emperor’s surviving son and asked the Dragon Emperor to spare the demonic emperor who had helped him. The Dragon Emperor sent Ning Chen out as the Dragon Clan Minor World collapsed around the attacking Demonic Emperors.

• The Dragon Emperor thanked Ning Chen for helping him, and Ning Chen explained that he had come seeking the Phoenix Clan Secret Art at the Phoenix Lord’s guidance.
• The Dragon Emperor revealed that he planned to detonate the Minor World, asked Ning Chen to deliver the Dragon Emperor Sword to his son, and agreed to spare the demonic emperor wielding the spear.
• The Dragon Emperor absorbed most of the Dragon Emperor Sword’s power and sealed the weakened sword inside Ning Chen, then warned him against exceeding his limits.
• Xuan Jiuyou spotted Ning Chen and hurled the God-Slaying Spear toward the Dragon Emperor, while the Dragon Emperor sent Ning Chen through collapsing space.
• The Dragon Emperor burned his soul to destroy the Minor World, and Kunyi, Qiyao, and Bahuang rushed to save Xuan Qing and the others as Dragon Emperor Mountain began to break apart.
• Ning Chen appeared outside the Minor World and watched Dragon Emperor Mountain collapse.

After the Dragon Emperor’s final attack destroyed Dragon Emperor Mountain and grievously wounded the four Demonic Emperors, Ning Chen reunited with Xuan Jiuyou and returned to the Nine Nether King’s Estate. With Xuan Ling dead, the princes began maneuvering for the succession, while Ning Chen considered establishing his own estate and Xuan Que prepared to make a choice.

• Ning Chen gathered the remaining Dragon Qi for Little Gourd, then waited until Xuan Jiuyou and the wounded Demonic Emperors emerged from Dragon Emperor Mountain with Xuan Ling’s dead body.
• Xuan Jiuyou and Ning Chen returned to the Nine Nether King’s Estate, where Ning Chen decided he needed to establish an estate of his own.
• Xuan Qing told Xuan Yu that Xuan Ling was dead and planned to seize his forces and win over Ning Chen, while Xuan Zhen ordered the War King to prepare to eliminate Ning Chen.
• Xuan Que mourned Xuan Ling’s death briefly, then asked for a visiting card so he could make his next choice.

Ning Chen received Xuan Que, who apologized for planting Shi Yu and Shi Qing as informants and proposed an alliance after Xuan Ling’s downfall. Ning Chen agreed to the alliance, but watched Xuan Que leave with growing suspicion.

• Ning Chen read Xuan Que’s calling card and admitted him to the Nine Nether King's Estate.
• Xuan Que told Shi Yu that her family had been freed and confessed that he and Shi Qing had been planted as informants at Xuan Ling’s request.
• Xuan Que warned Ning Chen that the Crown Princes’ struggle would soon become open and proposed that they form an alliance.
• Ning Chen accepted, and he and Xuan Que toasted their pact to advance and retreat together.
• After speaking with Ning Chen until noon, Xuan Que departed, and Ning Chen’s gaze turned cold as he reconsidered him.

After learning that Xuan Ling had fallen on Dragon Emperor Mountain, Ning Chen prepared to enter the struggle for imperial power and moved to cultivate allies. At the Imperial Guards camp, he challenged Xuan Yu to a wager that could win him Black Prison Mountain, leaving the contest ahead.

• News spread that Xuan Ling, the Seventh Prince of the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan, had suffered grave injuries and fallen on Dragon Emperor Mountain, and Ning Chen studied reports about the resulting upheaval.
• Ning Chen arranged for Shi Yu and Shi Qing to move into the residence bestowed by Demonic Emperor Kunyi, then told Xuan Jiuyou that he intended to join the struggle for imperial power.
• Ning Chen visited the Imperial Guards camp, where he met Commander Xuan Mo and Sixth Prince Xuan Yu.
• Ning Chen proposed a sparring match with Xuan Yu, wagering that Xuan Yu would put up Black Prison Mountain while Ning Chen promised never to enter Third Prince's Manor if he lost.
• Xuan Mo warned Ning Chen that Xuan Yu was in the King Realm, but Ning Chen relied on the Demon Sealing Stone arena to suppress Xuan Yu's cultivation.

Ning Chen defeated Xuan Yu in a match at the Imperial Army Camp and won Black Prison Mountain, leaving Xuan Mo and Yun Hong reconsidering their assumptions about the princes. Xuan Yu later reported the encounter to Xuan Qing, revealing that he had hoped to win Ning Chen over to their side.

• Ning Chen and Xuan Yu fought on the sparring platform while Xuan Mo and Yun Hong discussed Xuan Yu’s apparent ties to First Prince.
• Ning Chen used an unfamiliar technique to overcome Xuan Yu and knock him off the platform.
• Xuan Yu honored their wager and gave Ning Chen Black Prison Mountain, whose magnetic force drew in the camp’s weapons before Ning Chen sent them back.
• Xuan Mo and Yun Hong concluded that they needed to reconsider their understanding of strength and the princes’ motives.
• At Third Prince’s Manor, Xuan Yu told Xuan Qing that he had lost Black Prison Mountain to Ning Chen and admitted he had hoped to bring Ning Chen to their side.

Ning Chen secured Xuan Mo and Yun Hong’s agreement to visit his new residence, then received a secret order from Demonic Emperor Kunyi to exterminate the Howling Moon Royal Clan. He returned to the Nine Nether King's Estate uncertain whether to tell his master about the mission.

• Ning Chen invited Xuan Mo to visit his new residence, and Xuan Mo agreed while Yun Hong also asked to attend.
• Ning Chen toured the Imperial Army Camp with Xuan Mo and Yun Hong before leaving for the Nine Nether King's Estate.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi appeared before Ning Chen and ordered him to wipe out the Howling Moon Royal Clan without leaving survivors.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi warned Ning Chen not to tell his master about the mission until it was complete.
• Ning Chen reached the Nine Nether King's Estate and hesitated over whether to reveal the order to his master.

Ning Chen opened his new residence and was bestowed the title of the fourth Crown Prince by Demonic Emperor Kunyi. After the banquet, he left with a Messenger Envoy and took command of the Netherworld Army, setting out on a campaign.

• Ning Chen hosted a grand opening banquet at his new residence, attended by imperial relatives, several Imperial Princes, Xuan Mo, and Yun Hong.
• A Messenger Envoy delivered Demonic Emperor Kunyi’s decree naming Ning Chen the fourth Crown Prince, and Ning Chen accepted the black-gold token.
• Xuan Qing and Xuan Zhen congratulated Ning Chen and toasted him, though both felt uneasy about his elevation.
• After the guests departed, Ning Chen thanked Xuan Mo, then ordered Shi Yu and Shi Qing to remain inside the residence.
• A Messenger Envoy escorted Ning Chen to the Netherworld Army, where more than a thousand soldiers saluted him.
• Ning Chen ordered the Netherworld Army to set out toward the southeast.

Ning Chen and the Netherworld Army invaded Moonwolf Mountain, using the Sky Devouring Pot to suppress the Howling Moon Royal Clan as they slaughtered its members. Cang Ming was gravely wounded, and the Messenger Envoy revealed that the Howling Moon King had died days earlier.

• Cang Ming called the Moon-Chiding Army to battle when the Netherworld Army descended on Moonwolf Mountain and the Sky Devouring Pot drained the realm’s spiritual energy and moonlight.
• Ning Chen confronted Cang Ming before the Howling Moon Royal Palace, and the two fought after Cang Ming broke into the King Realm.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Nine Nether Battle Art, and their battle’s force collapsed the royal palace as slaughter spread across Moonwolf Mountain.
• The Moon-Chiding Army’s three commanders led their soldiers into battle, but the Messenger Envoy killed the commanders with three Demonic Malice Spears.
• Cang Ming was distracted by the commanders’ deaths, allowing Ning Chen to strike him down among the palace ruins.
• The Messenger Envoy told Ning Chen that the Howling Moon King had died several days earlier after failing to break into the imperial path.

The Howling Moon King emerged to turn the tide against the Underworld Army, but the Heavenly Demon Herald and four Command Envoys trapped him in a battle empowered by the Sky Devouring Pot. Ning Chen fought Cang Ming amid the royal palace ruins and left him swallowed by a spatial storm, declaring that the Yellow Springs Divine Restriction was the only power the Demonic Silk Sky Net could not bind.

• The Messenger Envoy slew the three Roaring Moon Commanders, and the Underworld Army routed their leaderless forces.
• The Howling Moon King appeared beneath a cyan moon, restoring the Howling Moon Clan Members and restraining the Underworld Army as Cang Ming renewed his duel with Ning Chen.
• The Howling Moon King fought the Messenger Envoy and four Command Envoys, but the Sky Devouring Pot empowered their assault and put him at a disadvantage.
• Ning Chen unleashed his Heavenly Demon Cultivation and Nine Nether Battle Art, then clashed with Cang Ming across the shattered royal palace ruins.
• Ning Chen struck Cang Ming into a spatial storm and said the Yellow Springs Divine Restriction could escape the Demonic Silk Sky Net.