Arc 58The Path Beyond the Heavens

Ning Chen escaped the Godless Realm, revived A'man, and fought through the Divine Realm before surviving three tribulations and entering the Path-Hearing Realm. Refusing a permanent place in the Upper Heaven Realm, he led an army into Grand Purity Heaven and attacked the Reincarnation Ancestor.

  • Ning Chen killed the Turtle Spirit Old Ancestor, then fell into the Godless Realm, where his powers were sealed and he sought help in Tianji City.
  • Ning Chen defeated Godless Theory and escaped the Godless Realm with her, then reached Boundless Heaven and recovered A'man's soul from Black Forest.
  • Ning Chen brought A'man's soul to the Water Cloud Empress, then pursued the Emperor's Sword Master after he defeated Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate and abducted Bai Wangyu and Demonic Moon.
  • Ning Chen killed the Emperor's Sword Master and rescued A'man and the Black Fox from the Divine Court, then fought the Divine Court Master and destroyed the Divine Court.
  • Purple Lightning sacrificed herself to restore A'man's life, and A'man awoke, and Ning Chen trained with the Water Cloud Empress, the Rising Sun God, and the Demon Venerable to prepare for the Heaven of No Desire.
  • Ning Chen reunited his three bodies and survived the Heaven Realm Tribulation, then defeated the Emperor's Sword and shattered the Heavenly Dao's palm before overcoming a third trial of blades.
  • Ning Chen reached the Path-Hearing Realm but refused Emperor Zhenji's offer to remain in the Upper Heaven Realm, then gathered an army and led it through the Heavenly Realms.
  • Ning Chen entered Grand Purity Heaven, destroyed the Reincarnation Mirror, and punched through the Reincarnation Ancestor's chest.
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Ch. 1426The Old Turtle

Ning Chen fought the Turtle Spirit Old Ancestor in the Hundred Thousand Mountains as he tried to continue toward A'man's divine soul. After discovering the limits of the old ancestor's Eight Gates of Heavenly Mystery, Ning Chen wounded him, but the Turtle Spirit Old Ancestor regained the advantage and remained difficult to defeat.

  • The Turtle Spirit Old Ancestor awakened in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, summoned his power despite the lightning tribulation, and blocked Ning Chen's path as he flew beyond Lihe Heaven.
  • Ning Chen fought the Turtle Spirit Old Ancestor with the Immortal Severance Sword, and their attacks devastated the mountain range without either gaining a clear advantage.
  • The Turtle Spirit Old Ancestor unleashed the Eight Gates of Heavenly Mystery, striking Ning Chen with lightning and using the gates to evade his attacks.
  • Ning Chen sealed seven gates with sword energy and wounded the Turtle Spirit Old Ancestor at the remaining gate, then deduced that the old ancestor could not reenter a gate after leaving it.
  • The Turtle Spirit Old Ancestor counterattacked and drove Ning Chen back, while Ning Chen used the Heavenly Tome of Creation to attack him with earth-shaking sword torrents.
  • The Turtle Spirit Old Ancestor blocked Ning Chen's sword assault with Black Tortoise's Protection and evaded another attack by entering a gate, leaving Ning Chen facing the eight gates.

Ch. 1427Floating Island

Ning Chen killed Turtle Spirit Old Ancestor and hurried toward the Third Heaven to save A'man, but a floating island suppressed his cultivation and sealed his divine sense. Blind and badly injured, he reached Tianji City with help from local girls and a boy, who led him to Tongwu Hall.

  • Ning Chen used his twin immortal swords to sever both of Turtle Spirit Old Ancestor's arms, killed him, and had the magic body devour his remains.
  • Ning Chen followed the fading Great Heaven Azure Lamp toward the Third Heaven, but his phoenix fire vanished above a floating island and he crashed to the ground.
  • Ning Chen discovered that the island had sealed his divine sense and suppressed his cultivation, leaving him blind and unable to use his powers.
  • Bailing and three tea-picking girls guided Ning Chen out of the mountains toward Tianji City after he asked for help finding martial artists.
  • Ning Chen entered Tianji City, where passersby mocked and shoved him, and a boy who defended him was beaten.
  • The boy led Ning Chen to Tongwu Hall, the largest martial arts hall in Tianji City.

Ch. 1428Godless Realm

Ning Chen defeated Tongwu Hall’s strongest fighters, gave the blue-clad youth Phoenix Blood, and traveled with Yao Ji to Cloud Heaven City. There, the Palace Lord revealed that the Godless Realm was a land of exile and directed Ning Chen toward Godless Theory, the one person who might know how to leave.

  • Ning Chen easily defeated two challengers and then Yu Hong at Tongwu Hall, prompting the chief manager to mistake him for an immortal from the Heavenly Domain.
  • Ning Chen learned that Cloud Heaven City might have immortals, gave his blood to the blue-clad youth to help him cultivate, and agreed to let Yao Ji guide him.
  • After traveling for more than half a month, Ning Chen and Yao Ji reached Cloud Heaven City, where the Palace Lord invited Ning Chen to Star Plucking Tower.
  • Ning Chen asked how he could leave the Godless Realm, and the Palace Lord explained that it was a land of exile where cultivation and divine sense were suppressed.
  • The Palace Lord told Ning Chen that even Godless Theory had been unable to escape, then gave him an ancient parchment scroll and asked him to deliver a question if they met.

Ch. 1429Human, God

Ning Chen fought Godless Theory after discovering that her cultivation method stole power from others and that she wanted to use him to escape the Godless Realm. He defeated her, but she insisted that reaching the Heaven Realm would still take him at least a thousand years.

  • Godless Theory explained that people born in the Godless Realm could not leave, then offered Ning Chen a choice between serving her plan or dying.
  • Godless Theory drained the cultivation of ten immortals, and Ning Chen refused to submit and fought her with only his sword.
  • Ning Chen pressed Godless Theory through a fierce battle, enduring her techniques and gradually gaining the advantage despite his lost cultivation, sealed divine sense, and blindness.
  • Ning Chen and Godless Theory unleashed their strongest techniques, and their clash left Godless Theory defeated.
  • Ning Chen spared Godless Theory and demanded to leave the Godless Realm, but she said reaching the Heaven Realm would take at least a thousand years.

Ch. 1430Nine Hundred Thousand Li Above the Heavens

After defeating Godless Theory, Ning Chen prepared to escape the Godless Realm with her help and promised Yao Ji a chance to rise above the rest. At Heavenly Pillar Peak, they began ascending through the realm’s ninety-thousand-li sky; Godless Theory exhausted herself and destroyed her immortal scroll to carry Ning Chen to eighty thousand li, leaving him to force their way through the final stretch.

  • Ning Chen told Godless Theory he needed her help to leave, and she agreed on the condition that she could leave with him.
  • Ning Chen gave Yao Ji Phoenix Blood and, with Godless Theory’s help, had a cultivation method bestowed upon her before saying goodbye.
  • Ning Chen and Godless Theory traveled to Heavenly Pillar Peak, where he explained that the Qihuang Secret Art could help them escape if they reached eighty thousand li.
  • Godless Theory carried Ning Chen upward, using her divine essence and immortal scroll to overcome the laws of heaven and earth.
  • Godless Theory destroyed her immortal scroll to propel them to eighty thousand li, then fell as Ning Chen caught her and continued upward with nine dragons.
  • Ning Chen drove through the final ten thousand li as the dragons were destroyed one by one, with one thousand li remaining before they could leave the Godless Realm.

Ch. 1431Boundless Heaven

Ning Chen escaped the Godless Realm, entered Boundless Heaven, and fought past Dugu Jian as he hurried to find A'man's fading soul. He located her in Black Forest, where a massive nine-headed beast began attacking as Ning Chen raced to reach her.

  • Ning Chen crossed the Heavenly Curtain with Godless Theory, parted from him on a lonely meteor, and continued toward Boundless Heaven to save A'man.
  • Ning Chen broke into Boundless Heaven, avoided a challenge from Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate, and severed Dugu Jian's arm when Dugu Jian attacked him.
  • Ning Chen reached the Boundless Divine Dynasty and used the Great Heaven Azure Lamp to find A'man's soul in Black Forest.
  • Ning Chen ignored the Boundless Great Emperor's warning and entered Black Forest, where a gigantic nine-headed beast rose and unleashed black flames near A'man.
  • Ning Chen sensed the beast's attack, transformed into a phoenix, and sped toward A'man.

Ch. 1432Lies

Ning Chen defeated the four ancient fiends in the Black Forest, subdued the Nine-tailed Black Fox, and hurried back to the Northern Divine Realm with A'man's soul. The Water Cloud Empress reunited A'man's soul and body, but A'man remained unconscious and might not awaken for a hundred or a thousand years, while Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate arrived and met the Empress.

  • Ning Chen overcame the nine-headed qilin, Nine-tailed Black Fox, black tiger, and black bird after losing his sight, hearing, and divine sense, then bound the wounded fox and gave it to Little Gourd.
  • Ning Chen left the Black Forest and told Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate that the Divine Realm held a sword master called the Emperor's Sword Master; Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate followed him there.
  • Ning Chen reached the Northern Divine Realm and gave A'man's soul, held in the Azure Coffin, to the Water Cloud Empress, who began reuniting it with her body.
  • Ning Chen used his twin swords to shield the Water Cloud Empress from heavenly punishment as she fused A'man's soul and body, but A'man did not awaken.
  • The Water Cloud Empress sealed A'man inside the Azure Coffin and told Ning Chen that A'man might awaken in a hundred or a thousand years; Ning Chen promised to protect her body.
  • Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate met Ning Chen and the Water Cloud Empress after the revival attempt ended.

Ch. 1433Gathering of the Sword Dao

Ning Chen brought Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate to the Eastern Divine Realm, where the Heavenly Venerate challenged the Emperor's Sword Master to a duel. After the Emperor's Sword Master defeated him, he seized Bai Wangyu and Demonic Moon and fled, with Ning Chen pursuing him.

  • Ning Chen introduced Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate to Bai Wangyu and Demonic Moon at the Dragon King Temple, and learned that Qing Jian had departed after waking.
  • Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate challenged the Emperor's Sword Master, who accepted a duel at Heavenly Mirror Lake three days later.
  • Ning Chen, Bai Wangyu, and Demonic Moon watched as the two swordsmen fought fiercely above the lake and ascended into the ninth heaven.
  • The Emperor's Sword Master emerged victorious, leaving Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate badly wounded as Ning Chen caught him.
  • The Emperor's Sword Master restrained Bai Wangyu and Demonic Moon and fled, and Ning Chen immediately pursued him.

Ch. 1434Heavenly Realm, Divine Domain

The Emperor's Sword Master sacrificed Demonic Moon, Bai Wangyu, and the White-robed Sword Immortals to ascend into the Heavenly Realm, then nearly killed Ning Chen. After A'man shielded Ning Chen, he entered the Divine Domain and fought back with the Immortal Severance Sword; their battle continued as his Phoenix Speed began to surpass time and space.

  • Ning Chen pursued the Emperor's Sword Master to the Emperor's Sword Sect and broke through the array of three thousand White-robed Sword Immortals.
  • The Emperor's Sword Master revealed that he had planted a Sword Seal in Demonic Moon and consumed her and Bai Wangyu to complete his ascent into the Heavenly Realm.
  • The Emperor's Sword Master overwhelmed Ning Chen, broke his swords, and left him gravely wounded before A'man emerged from the Azure Coffin to shield him.
  • Ning Chen protected A'man, summoned the nine black foxes to guard her, and manifested the Immortal Severance Sword as he entered the Divine Domain.
  • Ning Chen and the Emperor's Sword Master fought across the Eastern Divine Realm, and Ning Chen's Phoenix Speed began to slow time around them.

Ch. 1435Kunwu, Immortal Severance

Ning Chen battled the Emperor's Sword Master, whose Kunwu Divine Sword could sever the laws of the Divine Realm, and used the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and multiple bodies to overcome the weapon’s advantage. The chapter ended with Zhuxian piercing the Emperor's Sword Master's chest, while Yaofeng continued east after the Demon Venerable confronted Cihang Bodhisattva.

  • The Emperor's Sword Master revealed Kunwu, the Divine Realm’s Foremost Sword, and used it to break Ning Chen’s attacks and laws of time and space.
  • The Moon God warned Ning Chen about Kunwu, and the Emperor's Sword Master sent a sword strike toward her; Rising Sun God protected her and blocked it.
  • Ning Chen fought back with Immortal Severance’s blood-red threads and the Immortal Slaying Sword, forcing the Emperor's Sword Master into a close contest of sword techniques.
  • Yaofeng raced toward the east, but Cihang Bodhisattva intercepted her; the Demon Venerable arrived and told Yaofeng to continue onward.
  • As Ning Chen began to weaken in the Divine Domain, he split into three bodies and launched a final attack with Zhuxian, Juexian, and Kunwu held at bay.
  • Ning Chen’s demon body drove Zhuxian through the Emperor's Sword Master's chest.

Ch. 1436The Emperor Falls

Ning Chen pursued the gravely wounded Emperor's Sword Master into the Central Heaven Realm, where the Purple Lightning Battle Divine General joined the hunt. Ning Chen killed the Emperor's Sword Master and took Kunwu, then turned back to try to save the wounded Purple Lightning.

  • Ning Chen chased the fleeing Emperor's Sword Master into the Central Heaven Realm and searched the primordial mountains for him.
  • The Purple Lightning Battle Divine General reached the mountains and attacked the Emperor's Sword Master, but he used her strike as an opening to wound her severely with Kunwu.
  • Ning Chen appeared behind the Emperor's Sword Master, cut his throat with Immortal Slaying, seized his divine soul, and devoured him.
  • Ning Chen took Kunwu and began to leave, but stopped when the wounded Purple Lightning begged him to save her.
  • Ning Chen tried to heal Purple Lightning, but her damaged divine armor blocked his true essence, so he tore the armor away and ordered her not to move.

Ch. 1437The Threat!

Ning Chen saved the gravely wounded Purple Lightning and brought her back to the Eastern Divine Realm, only to discover that the Divine Court had captured the black fox and demanded the Kunwu Divine Sword in exchange. He set out for the Divine Court with Purple Lightning, who offered to help him rescue the captives without alerting its master.

  • Ning Chen removed the Kunwu sword intent from Purple Lightning's wound, healed her external injury, and rested while she recovered beside him.
  • Ning Chen carried Purple Lightning toward the Eastern Divine Realm, then hurried back to the Emperor's Sword Sect to check on A'man and the black fox.
  • Ning Chen found the black fox's severed tail beneath Emperor's Peak, and the Divine Court Master demanded that he trade the Kunwu Divine Sword for the woman and the fox.
  • Ning Chen suppressed his injuries and prepared to confront the Divine Court, but Purple Lightning offered to guide him and help rescue the captives.
  • Ning Chen accepted Purple Lightning's help and flew with her toward the Divine Court, where the Divine Court Master resolved to obtain Kunwu at any cost.

Ch. 1438The Might of Kunwu

Ning Chen broke into the Divine Court’s Heavenly Prison and rescued A'man, then accepted the Divine Court Master’s offer to leave in exchange for Kunwu. The Divine Court Master betrayed him, and Ning Chen fought his way through the army with Kunwu as the Divine Court Master unleashed his power.

  • Ning Chen cut his way into the Heavenly Prison and shattered the Celestial Venerable-level cage with the Kunwu Divine Sword, freeing the Black Fox and reuniting with A'man.
  • Ning Chen handed Kunwu to Purple Lightning and left the Divine Court with A'man and the Black Fox, but the Divine Court Master ordered the troops to attack and seize Purple Lightning.
  • Purple Lightning fought the Divine Court Master, disarmed him, and sent Kunwu flying to Ning Chen before the Divine Court Master struck him down.
  • Ning Chen caught the wounded Purple Lightning, used Little Gourd to preserve his life, and fought through the surrounding Heavenly Soldiers and Generals with the Black Fox following.
  • Ning Chen drove Kunwu into the ground, unleashing sword pressure that shattered the encirclement, injured the six Battle Divine Generals, and nearly wiped out tens of thousands of troops.
  • The Divine Court Master saw Kunwu’s power and launched his own attack, darkening the sky above the Divine Court.

Ch. 1439Heaven Realm

Ning Chen battled the Divine Court Master, escalating his power with the Divine Domain and the Soaring Swan Art until their clashes tore open the Eastern Divine Realm. When a Heaven Realm tribulation began, the Moon God warned Ning Chen that ascending through power could ruin his chance to prove his Dao through the sword, but after suppressing his breakthrough, Ning Chen was struck and surrounded by strange radiance.

  • Ning Chen fought the Divine Court Master with the Kunwu Divine Sword, then switched to the Nine Nether Secret Art and Soaring Swan Art when the sword could not pierce his opponent's body.
  • Ning Chen entered the Divine Domain and countered the Divine Court Master's Dragon Qi with increasingly powerful attacks, while the two fighters' clashes split the heavens and damaged the Divine Realm.
  • Both fighters regenerated their shattered right arms and resumed their battle, widening the cracks in heaven and earth until a heavenly tribulation descended around Ning Chen.
  • The Rising Sun God warned the Moon God that Ning Chen might take the wrong path to the Heaven Realm, and the Moon God urged Ning Chen to stop the tribulation.
  • Ning Chen suppressed his breakthrough, but the Divine Court Master struck him before he could recover his strength, and strange radiance rose around him despite his not undergoing the tribulation.

Ch. 1441Divine Court Destroyed

Ning Chen fought the Divine Court Master across the Divine Court, destroying the ancient stronghold and gravely wounding the Divine Consort. The Divine Court Master ended the battle and departed with her, while Ning Chen acknowledged that he had not defeated him.

  • Ning Chen suppressed his breakthrough into the Heavenly Venerable realm and fought the Divine Court Master as a half-step Heavenly Venerable, matching his strength and entering the Divine Domain.
  • Ning Chen drove the Divine Court Master into the Divine Court, where the Master used lightning to injure him and the Divine Consort attacked from behind.
  • Ning Chen evaded the Divine Consort's strike and pierced her with Kunwu, prompting the enraged Divine Court Master to rescue her.
  • Tian Chi and the five other Battle Divine Generals tried to stop Ning Chen, but Kunwu destroyed their Minor Worlds and sent them flying.
  • Ning Chen used the Scroll of Earth and Kunwu to destroy the Divine Court, and the Divine Court Master chose to leave with the dying Divine Consort rather than continue fighting.

Ch. 1442The Art of Turning Back the Heavens

After Purple Lightning sacrificed her life to rekindle A'man's life fire, Ning Chen shielded A'man from heavenly tribulation and brought her to the Water Cloud Imperial Palace, where the Empress stabilized her condition. Three months later, A'man began to stir as Ning Chen cared for her, while the Empress warned that the final calamity might not be over.

  • After the Divine Court's destruction, Ning Chen carried the dying Purple Lightning away with Black Fox following behind.
  • Purple Lightning released A'man and sacrificed her remaining life to reignite A'man's fire of life, then vanished.
  • Ning Chen blocked the heavenly tribulation with Kunwu after A'man's life returned, and Black Fox refused to leave his side.
  • At the Water Cloud Imperial Palace, the Empress spent twelve hours stabilizing A'man's life fire and said she would awaken after resting.
  • Ning Chen cared for A'man for three months while the Empress noted that the Eastern Divine Realm's skies had not recovered and the final calamity might remain.
  • A'man's finger moved twice, and Ning Chen urged her to open her eyes.

Ch. 1443A Mad Proposal

After A'man awoke from a century-long sleep, Ning Chen thanked the Water Cloud Empress, who explained how he might restore his sight and warned him about the Heaven of No Desire. She proposed that he learn the powers of the Divine Realm's rulers, and Ning Chen accepted, sending his other bodies to seek them while giving Kunwu to the Empress.

  • A'man awoke after more than a hundred years, and Ning Chen helped her up and brought her to thank the Water Cloud Empress.
  • The Empress examined A'man, confirmed she was recovering, and offered to help her advance if she became a Heavenly Maiden, but A'man chose to stay with Ning Chen.
  • The Empress said Ning Chen's blindness likely came from soul damage and identified Three Souls Grass in the Heaven of No Desire as a possible remedy.
  • The Empress warned that the Heaven of No Desire was the strongest of the six remaining heavens and advised Ning Chen to grow stronger before going there.
  • The Empress offered to teach Ning Chen a life-preserving ability in exchange for Kunwu and suggested he learn the abilities of her, the Demon Venerable, and the Rising Sun God.
  • Ning Chen agreed, sent his Phoenix and Demonic Dual Bodies toward the Buddhist Realm and Southern Frontier, and gave Kunwu to the Empress, who used it to make the Imperial Palace a world unto itself.

Ch. 1444Between Life and Death

Ning Chen asked the Rising Sun God and the Demon Venerable to train his Phoenix Body and Demonic Body, accepting the risk of going to the Heaven of No Desire. Both rulers agreed, and each began pushing one of his bodies to the brink in brutal battles. The chapter left both bodies gravely wounded and being restored by fire essence and demonic qi.

  • Ning Chen's Phoenix Body and Demonic Body knelt before the Rising Sun God and the Demon Venerable and asked to go to the Heaven of No Desire, and both rulers agreed to his terms.
  • The Rising Sun God took the Phoenix Body to the Fire Domain and attacked him while the Moon God watched and later provided a divine sword.
  • The Rising Sun God overwhelmed the Phoenix Body, defeated his Nirvana attack, and left him unconscious before nourishing him with fire essence.
  • The Demonic Body fought the Demon Venerable with a demonic sword, but the Demon Venerable repeatedly overpowered him and explained that his weakness was insufficient strength.
  • The Demon Venerable shattered the Demonic Body's martial bones with a punch and sent demonic qi into him to restore him.

Ch. 1445Ice Heart Art

The Rising Sun God and Demon Lord repeatedly defeated and healed Ning Chen’s Phoenix and Demonic Bodies to force their strength to grow, while the Empress trained Ning Chen in the Ice Heart Art. After testing his progress, the Empress froze him with his own cold cultivation, leaving A'man watching helplessly.

  • The Rising Sun God continued to battle and restore the Phoenix Body, which challenged him again after another period of training and showed greater strength.
  • The Demon Lord shattered the Demonic Body’s sword and defeated him, then went to the former demon palace to find a more suitable weapon.
  • The Empress taught Ning Chen the Ice Heart Art, and Ning Chen began comprehending it in the Water Cloud Secret Realm.
  • After three months, Ning Chen fought the Empress with palm and sword techniques, but she overpowered him and struck him down.
  • Ning Chen’s cold cultivation foundation began freezing his body, and A'man watched with clenched hands as the Empress left him frozen.

Ch. 1446Phoenix Undying Body

For sixty years, Ning Chen’s three bodies endured life-and-death training under the Water Cloud Empress, the Rising Sun God, and the Demon Lord. After the Phoenix and Demonic Dual Bodies returned and reunited with his main body, a Heaven Realm Tribulation descended over the Water Cloud Secret Realm.

  • Ning Chen repeatedly fought the Water Cloud Empress, growing stronger while suffering defeat after defeat.
  • The Phoenix Body awakened the Phoenix Undying Body, healed its injuries in battle, and earned the Rising Sun God’s permission to leave training.
  • The Demonic Body increased its strength through sixty years of combat, then departed after the Demon Lord ended their training.
  • Gods and Devils returned to the Divine Realm and crushed the Hundred Sects’ attack on the divine palace and Buddha Mountain.
  • The Water Cloud Empress tested Ning Chen’s progress, shattered his sword, and finally allowed him to leave seclusion.
  • The Phoenix and Demonic Dual Bodies reunited with Ning Chen, and their fusion triggered a Heaven Realm Tribulation.

Ch. 1447An Epoch-Shaking Tribulation

Ning Chen faced an unprecedented nine-stage heavenly tribulation, enduring its escalating lightning with his sword, Phoenix Undying Body, and Undying Demonic Body. He survived the final strike, but as he emerged from the crater, the Emperor's Sword Master's sword intent reappeared above the Nine Heavens.

  • Ning Chen's three bodies gathered, and the Water Cloud Empress took them from the Water Cloud Secret Realm as his suppressed realm triggered a heavenly tribulation.
  • Ning Chen endured the first two tribulations and split the third with his sword while the Water Cloud Empress shielded those nearby from the shockwaves.
  • After five tribulations, Ning Chen was wounded by the sixth and seventh, then suffered devastating internal damage from the invisible Formless Lightning Tribulation.
  • Ning Chen met the final black-red lightning with the Heaven and Earth Sacred Sword, but the sword shattered and the lightning drove him deep into the earth.
  • Ning Chen emerged alive from the crater, and the Moon God and Rising Sun God realized he had survived the tribulation.
  • Tens of thousands of golden sword lights appeared above the Nine Heavens as the Emperor's Sword Master's sword intent returned at the moment Zhì Mìng attained the Dao.

Ch. 1448Three Realm Heavenly Venerate

Ning Chen endured the sword and strength tribulations, destroying the Emperor's Sword and the Heavenly Dao's giant palm to establish new paths. He then survived a third tribulation of speed, leaving him exhausted after becoming the first Three Realm Heavenly Venerate in the Divine Realm.

  • Ning Chen defeated the Emperor's Sword with Nirvana, shattered the divine sword, and established his sword path as the new sword path of heaven and earth.
  • A giant hand descended after Ning Chen's sword tribulation, and he resisted it with his demonic strength while the Empress stopped A'man from intervening.
  • Ning Chen lifted and shattered the Heavenly Dao's palm with a tenfold-strengthened fist, establishing the Dao of strength.
  • A third tribulation engulfed Ning Chen in a ten-thousand-mile gale of blades, and he used his phoenix wings and speed to escape it.
  • Ning Chen destroyed the gale with Sword Art, Supreme One, while the Empress steadied the trembling northern region.
  • Ning Chen descended with Absolute Immortal planted in the earth, exhausted and badly wounded after enduring all three tribulations.

Ch. 1449Upper Heaven Realm

After becoming the Divine Realm’s first Three Realm Heavenly Venerate, Ning Chen tested his new power against the Water Cloud Empress and learned about the realms of the Heavenly Dao. A ruler from the Upper Heaven Realm summoned him, and he ascended the Divine Rainbow of Guidance despite the Empress’s warning that he might never return.

  • Ning Chen recovered from his tribulation injuries and spent a day mastering the fusion of his three powers.
  • Ning Chen fought the Water Cloud Empress, displaying his transformed strength and Sword of Nirvana before they ended the test.
  • The Water Cloud Empress explained that Ning Chen had entered the Path-Hearing Realm, while she and the other Divine Realm rulers stood at the peak of the Path-Understanding Realm.
  • A Divine Rainbow of Guidance descended from the Upper Heaven Realm, and the Empress warned Ning Chen that accepting its call could prevent him from ever returning.
  • Ning Chen stepped onto the rainbow as A'man watched, and the Empress explained that the Upper Heaven Realm offered refuge from the Great Tribulation but came at a great cost.

Ch. 1450Campaign

After becoming a Three Realm Heavenly Venerate, Ning Chen refused Emperor Zhenji’s offer to take him to the Upper Heaven Realm, choosing instead to honor his limited lifespan and return for A'man. He gathered the Hundred Great Sinners and three thousand kings, then led his army through the Heavenly Realms toward the Heaven of No Desire.

  • Emperor Zhenji offered to take Ning Chen to the Upper Heaven Realm as his disciple, but Ning Chen refused because he had only a thousand years left before he had to return.
  • Emperor Zhenji gave Ning Chen the Zhenji Dragon-patterned Token as a registered disciple before returning to the Upper Heaven Realm.
  • Ning Chen took A'man and spent nine months gathering the Hundred Great Sinners and three thousand Strongest Kings in the Southern Border.
  • Ning Chen led the army into Lihe Heaven, opened its realm barrier with his sword, and continued onward without stopping.
  • Ning Chen guided the army through the Heavenly Realms, escorted Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate to Boundless Heaven, and then continued toward the next realm.
  • Three Dragon Corpses pulled an Immortal Palanquin out of the Divine Realm after Ning Chen departed.

Ch. 1451Grand Purity Heaven

Ning Chen led the Divine Realm Army into Grand Purity Heaven, where the Reincarnation Ancestor attacked him and revealed the forbidden lands’ practice of feeding on people. Ning Chen overwhelmed the ancestor, destroyed the Reincarnation Mirror, and punched through his chest, while the other Forbidden Land Lords watched.

  • Ning Chen used all three immortal swords to cut through the chaotic barrier and led the Divine Realm Army into Grand Purity Heaven.
  • The Reincarnation Ancestor attacked Ning Chen, and Ning Chen blocked his strikes and warned him not to covet his life flame.
  • A woman cried for help before the Reincarnation Ancestor’s forbidden land devoured her life force, revealing how its old monsters fed on people.
  • Ning Chen charged the Reincarnation Ancestor, punched him into a mountain, and battered him with blows that shattered his bones.
  • The Reincarnation Ancestor summoned the Reincarnation Mirror, but Ning Chen destroyed it with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
  • Ning Chen punched through the Reincarnation Ancestor’s chest as the other Forbidden Land Lords watched.
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