Recaps

Ning Chen settled the Ghost Clan in the Underworld and lent the Dragon Emperor Sword to save Young Master Xiaobai, whose recovery awakened the sword and drew the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan toward war. The chapter ended with Demonic Emperor Kunyi confronting Xuan Jiuyou over his past and the coming conflict.

• Ning Chen brought the Ghost Clan to the Underworld, created a new ancestral abyss for them, and placed Luo Xingchen in charge of their safety.
• The Peacock borrowed the Dragon Emperor Sword from Ning Chen to save the gravely injured Young Master Xiaobai.
• The Lord of the Divine Realm used Imperial Dao Law and the Dragon Emperor Sword to heal Young Master Xiaobai, who then departed beneath gathering tribulation clouds.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi ordered Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor to summon the emperors of the four royal clans and begin a full-scale campaign against the human race.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi confronted Xuan Jiuyou in the Nine Nether King's Estate, and Xuan Jiuyou challenged his belief that the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan's power made it fit to rule.

Demonic Emperor Kunyi failed to persuade Xuan Jiuyou to join the war, while Tian Xin refused the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor’s demand to exterminate humanity. The Hundred Races launched a full-scale assault on human starfields, and Ning Chen declared he would fight against Heaven as the war began.

• Demonic Emperor Kunyi confronted Xuan Jiuyou, who refused to help invade the human race unless the Heavenly Demon Clan faced extermination.
• The Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor urged Tian Xin to support a full-scale attack and wipe out humanity, but she refused to take part in exterminating an entire race.
• The Lord of Divine Capital, the Scaly Emperor, and the Lord of the Holy Domain prepared for the conflict as the Witch Race assessed the heavenly secrets.
• Ten days later, the Hundred Races split into four divisions and attacked human starfields, carrying out an extermination campaign that spread fear across the human race.
• The Lord of the Divine Realm told Venerable Changsheng that the war had begun, and the Blue-robed Diviner left his fortune-telling stall to answer the call.
• While playing chess with the Moonlit Tower Master in Wuchang Hall, Ning Chen declared that he would fight against Heaven.

Ning Chen discussed humanity’s military weakness and the risks of relying on the Divine Realm as the Underworld prepared for the demonic war. When the Sacred Domain attacked the Buddhist Nation, Ning Chen and the returned Buddhist Lord Aizen Myōō led the defenders, and Ning Chen began fighting Luojia.

• Ning Chen asked the Moonlit Tower Master to compare his spear skills with Asura’s, and the Tower Master said he had at most a thirty percent chance of winning.
• Ruoxi returned without finding Venerable Lady or Senior Sister Die, reporting that they and Xuan Luo had vanished after a battle; Ning Chen said he still needed true masters of palm techniques and blade arts.
• Ning Chen warned that the Underworld could ally with the Divine Realm but could not trust its Lord without reservation.
• Qing Shuang, Yun Huo, and Cong Feng led First Pavilion Under Heaven’s forces against Divine Capital Mountain, killing three Divine Capital Kings, while the Sacred Domain army advanced across the starfields.
• Luojia’s forces gathered to crush the Buddhist Nation, but Ning Chen, Aizen Myōō, Luo Xingchen, and the Underworld’s four Yamas arrived to defend it.
• Ning Chen and Luojia began a fierce duel as the four Yamas confronted the other Sacred Domain Palace Masters.

Ning Chen and Luojia fought a devastating battle above the Sumeru Buddhist Kingdom, with Luojia’s Sacred Art ultimately countering Ning Chen’s demonic power and grievously wounding him. Mu Chengxue arrived to help, but Ning Chen prepared to continue with his blade and Ghost Sword after learning her Chengying had broken.

• Ning Chen seized the advantage over Luojia, while Luo Xingchen and Mu Qianshang joined forces against the Twelfth Palace Master and Aizen Myōō and Lin Yuzhen attacked the Eighth Palace Master.
• Luojia revealed his near-Imperial strength, and he and Ning Chen traded devastating attacks without either gaining the upper hand.
• Luojia challenged Ning Chen to stop holding back, and Ning Chen unleashed Six Paths of Reincarnation with Ghost Qi as Luojia used Sacred Art, Twin Star Explosion.
• Luojia’s holy light countered Ning Chen’s demonic arts and hurled him away with grievous injuries, while Mu Qianshang, Lin Yuzhen, and the others were kept from reaching him.
• Mu Chengxue caught Ning Chen and said Sister Qing Ling had sent her to help; Ning Chen noted her Chengying had broken and readied Mad Bone Blade and Ghost Sword instead.

Ning Chen fought Luojia in a desperate battle above the Buddhist Kingdom while armies clashed across the starfield. As the world watched, both kings unleashed their final moves, and the exploding Golden Light Illusion swallowed the battlefield.

• Ning Chen joined Mu Chengxue against Luojia, and the two repeatedly clashed blade and sword against the Sacred Law until both were badly wounded.
• Luojia trapped Ning Chen in the Golden Light Illusion and struck him with exploding stars, but Ning Chen survived with the Qihuang Secret Art and charged back into battle.
• The Divine Realm’s Seven Shadow Kings and a mysterious human inheritance blocked Sacred Domain and Scale Clan forces, while the Heavenly Demon Clan captured more than half of the Luojia Starfield.
• The Lord of the Divine Realm and the Blue-robed Diviner discussed humanity’s sacrifices and placed their hope in Ning Chen, whose battle was projected across the Great Life Stars.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Nine Nether Battle Art’s tenfold attack with “Blade and Sword Sing Together, the Ultimate Path Knows No Bounds,” while Luojia answered with “Limit of the Universe.”
• Ning Chen and Luojia’s final moves collided, destroying the Golden Light Illusion and sending a shockwave across the battlefield.

Ning Chen defeated Luojia in the Buddhist Kingdom, but the battle left him gravely injured from the backlash of the Soaring Swan Art. As Mu Chengxue carried him toward the Divine Realm, the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan’s forces caught up, and she prepared to fight a path through them.

• Ning Chen defeated Luojia, who ordered the Sacred Domain army to withdraw from the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Ning Chen collapsed from his injuries and ordered Aizen Myōō, Luo Xingchen, Mu Qianshang, and King Qi to protect the Buddhist Kingdom before leaving with Mu Chengxue.
• The human world took hope from Ning Chen’s victory as the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan, Divine Realm, and Underworld mobilized to find him.
• Ning Chen told Mu Chengxue to avoid returning to the Underworld and head for the Divine Realm instead.
• Mahoraga, Garuda, and a hundred winged demons caught up with Mu Chengxue and Ning Chen as his blood and vitality continued to fade.
• Mu Chengxue took Ning Chen’s sword and vowed to carve out a path of life through the pursuing demons.

Mu Chengxue fought through a demon army while carrying the nearly unconscious Ning Chen, then fled with him toward the Divine Realm. With Garuda and Mahoraga closing in, she unleashed all her Forbidden Essence through Grand Forgetfulness of Emotion, leaving her transformed beneath gathering tribulation clouds.

• Mu Chengxue used the Ghost Sword and Grand Forgetfulness of Emotion to fight through a hundred black-winged demons as Mahoraga joined the battle.
• Garuda entered the fight, and Mu Chengxue nearly killed both demon kings before they renewed their attacks and wounded her.
• Mu Chengxue broke through the encirclement, carrying the exhausted Ning Chen away as Garuda, Mahoraga, and the surviving demons pursued them.
• Ning Chen asked Mu Chengxue whether she regretted her choice, and she accepted his answer that he had no regrets.
• With the pursuers nearing, Mu Chengxue opened the seals within her body and released all her Forbidden Essence beneath gathering tribulation clouds.

Mu Chengxue stripped Mahoraga of his senses, bones, and souls, then killed Garuda’s demon forces and left the Marquis of Knowing Fate in the Divine Realm’s care. After recovering an ancient sword on a ruined star, she encountered Underworld King Yama, and the two prepared to fight.

• Mu Chengxue killed Mahoraga by stripping away his five senses, martial bones, seven souls, and three ethereal souls, then killed the demons Garuda sent against her as Garuda escaped.
• Peacock and the Divine Realm’s experts found Mu Chengxue and the unconscious Marquis of Knowing Fate; Mu Chengxue left him and flew away.
• The Lord of the Divine Realm learned that Mu Chengxue had become the Supreme One and ordered Silver Moon to invite Ye Tianxing to the Divine Realm.
• Mu Chengxue traveled to a ruined Great Life Star, found an ancient sword on an altar, and restored it by touching it.
• Underworld King Yama appeared in an Immortal Palanquin and raised Yandi as she confronted Mu Chengxue.

Night Lord visited the Divine Realm and met with Ning Chen, discussing humanity’s preparations against the hundred races and warning of Divine Capital Mountain’s hidden King Realm fighters. Meanwhile, Underworld King Yama and Mu Chengxue clashed in a devastating battle that destroyed a Great Life Star, and Yama summoned an army of one hundred thousand to kill Taishang.

• Ye Tianxing met the Divine Realm Lord and exchanged intelligence about the hundred races and their royal clans.
• Peacock brought Night Lord to visit the injured Ning Chen, where he learned Qing Ling was Ning Chen’s elder sister and warned of Divine Capital Mountain’s concealed strength.
• Qing Ling told Peacock she had known Ning Chen for more than a hundred years, and Peacock urged her to help him endure Mu Chengxue’s situation.
• Underworld King Yama and Mu Chengxue fought with Yandi and the Taishang Divine Sword, unleashing powers that shattered the Great Life Star.
• Underworld King Yama summoned one hundred thousand spirits from the Underworld and declared that Taishang would die.

Underworld King Yama and Mu Chengxue ended their fierce battle when Underworld Soldiers approached, while four emperors of the Primeval Demonic Realm gathered and invaded the Purple Star Starfield. As the emperors threatened the human Divine Realm, Mu Changge emerged from seclusion to face them, and Ning Chen rushed after him.

• Underworld King Yama sensed approaching Underworld Soldiers, withdrew to the Immortal Palanquin, and departed; Mu Chengxue watched before leaving as well.
• The Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor invited Yu Luowu to join him in pressuring humanity's emperors, and they traveled with the Scaly Emperor and the Lord of the Western Sacred Domain to the Outer Heavens.
• The four emperors entered the Purple Star Starfield, where their Imperial Might shattered stars and put the human experts on guard.
• Mu Changge emerged from seclusion and left the Heavenly Palace to confront the invading emperors, while Chao Tianxi agreed to protect the sacred ground.
• Ning Chen recognized Mu Changge's sword pressure and set out after him despite Qing Ling's warning about his injuries.
• Mu Changge arrived before the four emperors, and the Scaly Emperor stepped forward to block his Sword Qi.

Mu Changge, the Heavenly Palace Sword Venerable, joined the human emperors and Young Master Xiaobai to face the Primeval Demonic Realm’s forces in the Purple Star Starfield. He burned his life and the Divine Sword Listening to the Heavenly Palace to unleash Sword Thirteen at the Scaly Emperor, and the sword’s impact swallowed the battlefield in an explosion.

• The Heavenly Palace Sword Venerable and a human emperor arrived to confront the four Imperial Dao Supreme Beings, followed by the Blue-robed Diviner and Young Master Xiaobai, bringing the sides to four against four.
• The Lord of Divine Capital and Young Master Xiaobai fought Yu Luowu, while the Lord of the Divine Realm and the Blue-robed Diviner faced the demonic realm’s other supreme beings.
• Mu Changge attacked the Scaly Emperor with his sword techniques, burning his blood and qi and forcing the emperor to retreat despite his golden-scale defense.
• Mu Changge unleashed Sword Twelve and struck the Scaly Emperor’s chest repeatedly, finally creating a small crack in his scales.
• Mu Changge told the Marquis of Knowing Fate to witness his final sword, entered the Dao, and burned away his body to empower Sword Thirteen.
• Listening to the Heavenly Palace transformed into a blazing meteor and struck the Scaly Emperor, triggering a tremendous explosion that engulfed the area.

After the Heavenly Palace Sword Venerable died completing Dao Transformation and gravely wounded the Scaly Emperor, Ning Chen negotiated a King Realm Debate to win humanity ten years of peace. He left the Divine Realm with Peacock and Qing Ling for the Underworld, knowing the five-match contest against the Primeval Demonic Realm could decide humanity’s future.

• The Heavenly Palace Sword Venerable’s final sword wounded the Scaly Emperor, but Ning Chen failed to kill him before the human and demonic fighters withdrew.
• Ning Chen proposed wagering the four contested starfields on a King Realm Debate, and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor accepted after changing it to five matches in saber, spear, sword, halberd, and palm.
• The Four Demonic Emperors departed, and Ning Chen bowed before the Heavenly Palace Sword Venerable’s sword fragments before returning to the Divine Realm with the Lord of the Divine Realm.
• Ning Chen told the Lord of the Divine Realm that he had only fifty percent confidence in the wager, then said he needed to return to the Underworld with Peacock.
• Ning Chen explained the wager to Peacock and Qing Ling while they traveled, and Qing Ling named several formidable Primeval Demonic Realm martial experts.

Ning Chen gathered the underworld’s kings to choose human champions for the wager against the Primeval Demonic Realm, but several matches had no reliable candidates. The meeting ended with Qing Ling and Consort Luo setting out to visit the First Pavilion Under Heaven in search of a halberd expert, while Xia Ziyi offered to fight in the sword match if needed.

• Ning Chen explained the wager between the human race and the Primeval Demonic Realm, and Peacock warned that the enemy’s peak King Realm champions made the contests perilous.
• Ning Chen said he would take Senior Sister Die’s place in the saber match, while the kings judged that the human race lacked a likely winner against Xuanqi in the sword match and Xuanlie or Luojia in the palm match.
• Peacock volunteered for the palm match, and Ning Chen entrusted the spear contest against Asura to the Moonlit Tower Master.
• Ning Chen identified the halberd match as unresolved and suggested seeking a champion among the First Pavilion Under Heaven’s five King Realm experts.
• Qing Ling and Consort Luo departed to visit the First Pavilion Under Heaven, while Xia Ziyi offered to fight in the sword match if the human race found no better candidate.

Qing Ling and Consort Luo raced to First Pavilion Under Heaven with news while General Baichuan pursued them. The Night Lord intervened after they reached the pavilion, forcing Baichuan to flee and welcoming the two underworld kings.

• Qing Ling and Consort Luo sensed Divine Capital Mountain's army while recovering and hurried toward First Pavilion Under Heaven as General Baichuan pursued them.
• General Baichuan caught up and attacked, but Consort Luo used Moonfall Silence to escape with Qing Ling.
• Qing Ling and Consort Luo reached the pavilion's border and joined forces against Baichuan, holding him off as they awaited the Divine Capital army.
• The Night Lord appeared and unleashed overwhelming dark essence, forcing Baichuan to break away and flee.
• The Night Lord descended and apologized to Qing Ling and Consort Luo for failing to welcome them sooner.

Qing Ling and Consort Luo asked the Night Lord to help humanity find contenders for the remaining sword and halberd matches, but the Divine Capital army attacked First Pavilion Under Heaven before they could finish their discussion. After the Night Lord and Consort Luo defeated the invaders, he agreed that First Pavilion Under Heaven would take on the Halberd Showdown while reserving judgment on the sword match.

• Qing Ling explained the wager between the human race and the Primeval Demonic Realm and asked the Night Lord to help find candidates for the sword and halberd matches.
• The Night Lord left to confront one hundred thousand Divine Capital troops, whose four ancestors joined General Baichuan in attacking First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• Gu Shengtian, Cong Feng, and Yun Huo fought the Divine Capital army while Qing Shuang guarded the pavilion, and Qing Ling and Consort Luo joined the battle.
• Consort Luo used the Scroll of Moon to restrain the Divine Capital ancestors, allowing the Night Lord to kill two of them, while Qing Ling blocked an attack and was slightly injured.
• General Baichuan ordered a retreat after the remaining ancestors withdrew, and the Night Lord agreed that First Pavilion Under Heaven would take on the Halberd Showdown but reserved judgment on the sword match.

Ning Chen and the underworld kings planned to offset the Primeval Demonic Realm’s greater strength by making the martial contest depend on changing timing and terrain. The Lord of the Divine Realm agreed to negotiate the conditions, gave Ning Chen a divine saber, and asked Venerable Changsheng to locate two missing King Realm experts as the contest approached.

• Peacock told Ning Chen that the woman he awaited had become Tai Shang and could not return, before the Lord of the Divine Realm and Qing Ling returned to the underworld.
• Qing Ling reported that the Night Lord had promised the Human Race victory in the Halberd Showdown, but offered no candidate for the sword contest.
• Ning Chen proposed randomizing the timing and terrain of each contest to reduce the Primeval Demonic Realm’s advantage, and the underworld kings supported the plan.
• Ning Chen and Peacock contacted the Lord of the Divine Realm, who agreed to negotiate with the Primeval Demonic Realm and gave Ning Chen the divine saber Heavenly Song Cold Palace.
• The Lord of the Divine Realm asked Venerable Changsheng to divine the whereabouts of two missing King Realm experts, and Venerable Changsheng reluctantly agreed.
• In Wuchang Hall, Red Luan predicted that the black pieces would win against the white pieces because the Moonlit Tower Master favored black and had never lost.

As humanity and the Primeval Demonic Realm assembled for the King Realm Debate, Hua Zhongdie returned to strengthen the human side, though Venerable Lady remained missing. The first contest was drawn as a halberd duel, and the Night Lord faced Garuda.

• The Ghost King sent Yin Ji to ask Ning Chen whether the Ghost Clan could help, and Ning Chen told her to wait for the coming conflict between the realms.
• After three months of negotiations, the debate arrangements were settled, and the human kings and Ghost King traveled to the battlefield between the Shaking Light and Red Luan Starfields.
• The Three Human Emperors and four demonic sovereigns opened six Minor Worlds as experts from both realms gathered for the contest.
• Hua Zhongdie arrived in humanity's camp and told Ning Chen that Venerable Lady could not return in time; the humans discussed who would fight in the blade, sword, and palm contests.
• Qing Ling and the Dark Moon Witch Queen drew the first contest, which was the halberd duel, and the Night Lord stepped forward to face Garuda.

Night Lord defeated Garuda in the opening bout of the King Realm Debate, giving the human race its first victory. As Night Lord recovered, Qing Ling and the Dark Moon Witch Queen drew the category for the second match: Sword.

• Night Lord and Garuda entered the Wind Realm, where Garuda gained the advantage of the fierce winds but Night Lord’s half-step Imperial Dao cultivation let him suppress his opponent.
• Night Lord struck Garuda with the Sky-Shattering Halberd and sent him crashing through a mountain, but Garuda reversed his meridians and underwent ancestral reversion to continue fighting.
• Night Lord caught Garuda’s halberd, severed both of his wings, and destroyed his martial meridians, ending the bout in victory for the human race.
• Night Lord returned to the human camp, where Ning Chen congratulated him and told him to rest while the remaining battles proceeded.
• Qing Ling and the Dark Moon Witch Queen drew the category for the second match, and the wheel revealed Sword.

Xia Ziyi faced Xuan Qi in the sword contest and struggled against the Primeval Demonic Realm’s foremost swordsman. After drawing on the Nether King’s power, he met Xuan Qi’s ultimate technique with a final sword strike, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Xia Ziyi and Xuan Qi fought evenly in the Flame World, trading sword strikes and demonic flames.
• As their battle wore on, Xia Ziyi’s cultivation began to fail, and he was wounded while Xuan Qi gained the advantage.
• Xia Ziyi manifested the Twelve Wings of Sin and unleashed the Nether King’s power, forcing Xuan Qi to fight with greater caution.
• Xuan Qi unleashed Thousand Demons Boundless, Heart-Burning Soul Devour, which shattered the Flame World and the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Xia Ziyi gathered his remaining power and answered with Demonic Sword, Bury Heaven, opening a great black rift across the starry sky.

Xia Ziyi lost the second debate battle to Xuanqi, leaving the human race and the Demonic Realm tied. The third battle began in the World of Light, where the Moonlit Tower Master gained the advantage over Asura, until Demonic Emperor Kunyi began channeling the power of the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land.

• Xuanqi defeated Xia Ziyi in the final exchange, but Ning Chen stopped him from attacking again, and Consort Luo carried the unconscious Xia Ziyi back to the human camp.
• The human race and the Demonic Realm each claimed one victory, then drew spear as the category for the third battle.
• Asura and the Moonlit Tower Master entered the World of Light, where holy power suppressed Asura's demonic energy and gave the human king an advantage.
• The Moonlit Tower Master pressed his attack, and Asura began bleeding as the kings and emperors watched the fight turn against him.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi drew boundless demonic energy into his body from the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land.

The Moonlit Tower Master wounded and suppressed Asura in a fierce battle, but the Heavenly Demon Monarch appeared and transformed the World of Light into a Dark World. As demonic energy surged and the Moonlit Tower Master’s cultivation was suppressed, the battle’s advantage abruptly shifted.

• The Moonlit Tower Master used Purifying Brahma Sound to break Asura’s defenses, wound him, and pierce his body with Yellow Springs.
• Asura counterattacked, forcing the Moonlit Tower Master to retreat, and the two resumed their battle as their attacks tore through space-time.
• Human and Demon Realm kings recognized the Moonlit Tower Master’s strength, while Ning Chen told Hua Zhongdie that Xuan Mo would likely be her opponent in the blade contest.
• The Heavenly Demon Monarch appeared unexpectedly, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation transformed the World of Light into a Dark World.
• Demonic energy surged around Asura as the Moonlit Tower Master’s cultivation came under suppression.

Demonic Emperor Kunyi interfered with the spear duel, causing the Moonlit Tower Master to be grievously injured and the humans to concede the round. The fourth battle was drawn as Blade, and Hua Zhongdie faced Xuan Mo in an icy world.

• Demonic Emperor Kunyi altered the battlefield to empower Asura, but the Lord of the Divine Realm allowed the spear duel to continue after Ning Chen agreed.
• Asura and the Moonlit Tower Master struck each other with their final moves, and the battlefield shattered as both fighters were grievously injured.
• Kunyi secretly drew the dark aura into the Moonlit Tower Master, so Ning Chen conceded the round and carried him back to the human camp for Qing Ling to treat.
• Luo Xingchen drew Blade for the fourth battle, and Xuan Mo stepped forward from the demonic realm while Hua Zhongdie volunteered for the humans.
• Hua Zhongdie and Xuan Mo entered an icy battlefield, where she revealed her twin blades, Burying Flowers and Butterfly's Tears.

Hua Zhongdie and Xuan Mo fought the fourth round of the debate between the two realms in a high-stakes blade duel. Xuan Mo unleashed his sealed Heavenly Demon power, but Hua Zhongdie awakened her Underworld King form, and their battle continued with both revealing overwhelming strength.

• Hua Zhongdie and Xuan Mo clashed blades as the kings watched, and Ning Chen explained that Hua Zhongdie's Nine Netherworld Sky-Devouring Demonic Scripture could devour her opponent's true qi.
• Xuan Mo realized Hua Zhongdie was draining his demonic essence, while Xuanqi, Xuanlie, and Asura identified her cultivation art as the forbidden Nine Netherworld Sky-Devouring Demonic Scripture.
• Hua Zhongdie trapped Xuan Mo with her Butterfly Dance, Heavenly Net, but Xuan Mo broke free by unleashing his sealed Heavenly Demon nature and wounded her hand.
• As Xuan Mo pressed his advantage, Hua Zhongdie awakened her demonic nature and transformed into the Underworld King, summoning black butterfly wings and overwhelming Demonic Might.
• Hua Zhongdie charged again, and her blade clash with Xuan Mo split the web between his thumb and forefinger, spraying blood across his army blade.

Hua Zhongdie defeated Xuan Mo in the final blade clash, leaving both realms tied at two victories each. Ning Chen entered the Thunder Realm to fight the deciding palm contest, and after a twelve-hour wait Xuanlie returned to face him.

• Xuan Mo and Hua Zhongdie fought to the limit, and their final techniques shattered both blades; Xuan Mo admitted defeat while Hua Zhongdie remained standing.
• Ning Chen supported the badly injured Hua Zhongdie as the human race and Primeval Demonic Realm were left tied at two victories apiece.
• Ning Chen entered the Thunder Realm as the human contestant for the deciding palm battle, while the demonic kings delayed naming their fighter.
• Xuanlie and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor left for the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land, where Demonic Emperor Kunyi prepared to pass his power to Xuanlie.
• After the demonic realm used the full twelve-hour wait, the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor and Xuanlie returned, and Xuanlie advanced to fight Ning Chen.

Ning Chen and Xuanlie fought a devastating palm battle in the Thunder Realm, each revealing powerful secret arts and escalating their strength. The Thunder Realm and the Six Paths of Reincarnation were destroyed by their clash, but both combatants emerged alive, wounded and still powerful.

• Xuanlie arrived at the peak with an aura nearing the Imperial Path, alarming the human Kings, while Mu Qianshang urged them to trust Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen and Xuanlie began fighting head-on, trading palm strikes and ultimate techniques as both camps watched in confusion.
• Ning Chen manifested the Qihuang Secret Art’s Eight Dragons Defying the World, while Xuanlie drew upon Chaos Demonic Essence.
• The two unleashed the Heavenly Demon Seven Transformations and clashed with enormous demonic phantoms, wounding one another as the peak collapsed.
• Ning Chen combined the Nine Heavens Star Plucking Hand with the Twelve Forms of Spiritual Insight, and Xuanlie answered with the Sky Devouring Palm.
• Their final collision destroyed the Thunder Realm and swallowed the Six Paths of Reincarnation in its shockwaves; Ning Chen and Xuanlie emerged alive, bloodied and still formidable.