Recaps

Ning Chen searched the primordial world for the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and witnessed a human youth’s battle against a peerless Divine Race prodigy. After the swords appeared, the youth seized them, broke through to the Monarch Realm, and defeated the gathered powers, but the great calamity still awaited the world.

• Ning Chen searched Jiuyou and sensed the battle between a human youth and a Divine Race prodigy in the Ninth Heavens.
• The human youth fought for three days against the Divine Race prodigy, whose golden halberd broke the youth’s Mortal Sword and wounded him.
• The Four Immortal Slaying Swords emerged from Jiuyou, and the youth raced to claim them as countless experts pursued the weapons.
• The youth seized Immortal Slaying and used the Heavenly Book to break through to the Monarch Realm while surrounded by the Divine Race prodigy and other powers.
• The youth wielded the Four Immortal Slaying Swords to kill two Monarchs and more than ten grand experts, destroyed the Divine Race’s divine artifact, and spared the disarmed prodigy.
• The human youth rose above the other races, but the great calamity arrived as foretold.

Ning Chen witnessed the history of the Immortal Realm, from its creation by the human youth who became the Immortal Venerable to its shattering and division into four realms. After seventy thousand years away, the Immortal Venerable returned to the Eastern Immortal Realm, where Immortal Lord Qingmu merged into him.

• As heaven and earth declined, the human youth created the Immortal Realm, nurtured it with the Immortal Peach Tree, and taught humanity immortal cultivation.
• Bai Yu became humanity’s first ascender, and the youth was revered as the Immortal Venerable as more mortals entered the Immortal Realm.
• The myriad races and nine Monarchs attacked, but the Immortal Venerable led the immortals to victory; the Immortal Realm shattered into four pieces, and its swords scattered.
• After the Immortal Venerable entered seclusion, civil war divided the immortals, and Queen Mother of the West, Northern Bai Yu, Southern Flame Emperor, and Eastern Qingmu established the Four Great Immortal Realms.
• The Immortal Venerable returned to the Eastern Immortal Palace, and Immortal Lord Qingmu merged into him.

After returning to the Eastern Immortal Realm, the Immortal Venerable accepted the other three rulers and spent tens of thousands of years waiting for the Immortal Peach Tree to bear fruit. He used its fruit to try to revive a woman in an Azure Coffin, and her faint movement left him shaken.

• The Immortal Lord Qingmu returned to the Immortal Venerable's body, restoring his strength, and the Venerable waited beneath the Immortal Peach Tree.
• A century later, Queen Mother of the West, Northern Bai Yu, and the Southern Flame Emperor visited the Immortal Venerable, who told them that the mortal world's rise and fall mattered more than who ruled the Immortal Realms.
• The three rulers left reassured, while the Immortal Venerable withdrew from public life as the Immortal Peach Tree grew and the ages passed.
• After tens of thousands of years, Ning Chen witnessed the Immortal Peach Tree bloom and bear a single fruit, which the Immortal Venerable used on a woman in the middle Azure Coffin.
• Black lightning struck the Immortal Palace, but an immortal sword flew from the far-right Azure Coffin and cleaved it apart.
• The woman moved faintly, and when the Immortal Venerable touched her face, his body shuddered violently.

The Eastern Immortal Lord failed to revive his wife but later stabilized the human realm through a devastating upheaval. In the present, Ning Chen fought Zhong Tian amid Hua Zhongdie’s Black Butterflies, as the Lord of Darkness emerged from seclusion and arrived in the Immortal Realm.

• The Eastern Immortal Lord merged the Immortal Peach Tree into the woman in the Azure Coffin, but she vanished into starlight.
• The Eastern Immortal Lord withstood the upheaval of heaven and earth for ten days and nights, helping stabilize the worlds and carry the Ancient Era onward.
• Ning Chen left the Azure Coffin and attacked Zhong Tian inside Hua Zhongdie’s Black Butterfly formation, and the two swordmasters exchanged ten bloody strikes.
• The Lord of Darkness emerged from the Black Cocoon with the Plague God and Evil God and headed for the Purple Star Starfield.
• The Lord of Darkness arrived above the Immortal Realm, dispersed the Black Butterflies, and met Ning Chen’s gaze.

The Lord of Darkness emerged stronger than ever and overwhelmed Ning Chen in the Immortal Realm. As A'man fell and the realm teetered on the brink, Xia Ziyi and Yue Hua attacked together, leaving the battle amid a clash that shattered half the realm.

• The Lord of Darkness appeared in the Immortal Realm and defeated Ning Chen with a single blow.
• Ning Chen summoned the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, but the Lord of Darkness shattered their attack and sent him crashing through immortal mountains.
• A'man rushed to Ning Chen's aid, but the Lord of Darkness broke Taiyuan and Burial Flower and hurled her away.
• Xia Ziyi arrived with his Twelve Wings of Sin and unleashed Apocalyptic Fury as Yue Hua froze heaven and earth with her power.
• Xia Ziyi and Yue Hua struck together, and their clash with the Lord of Darkness caused half the Immortal Realm to collapse.

Xia Ziyi absorbed the remnants of the Underworld King's power and transformed into the Underworld King, driving back the Lord of Darkness with a single devastating attack. As Xia Ziyi's body began to vanish, a mysterious voice restored him and sent him through a space-time vortex, which Consort Luo followed.

• Xia Ziyi absorbed the Underworld King's remaining power, broke through his limits, and attacked the Lord of Darkness with Apocalyptic Fury.
• The Lord of Darkness repelled Xia Ziyi, while Consort Luo and the Saintess of Eternal Night were injured by the darkness.
• The demon butterflies unleashed Jiuyou's final forbidden chapter through Xia Ziyi, awakening the Underworld King's power within him.
• The Underworld King emerged through Xia Ziyi and struck the Lord of Darkness, splitting the Immortal Domain and forcing him to retreat.
• As the Underworld King and Xia Ziyi began to dissipate, a mysterious voice restored the demon's body and sent him through a space-time vortex.
• Consort Luo entered the vortex after Xia Ziyi, while the Lord of Darkness watched in silence.

After the Lord of Darkness gave Ning Chen three days before destroying the mortal world, Ning Chen sent the other survivors away and prepared to face him alone. As the Lord of Darkness returned, Ning Chen awakened Grand Abyss’s power and stood ready for the final battle.

• The Lord of Darkness withdrew after declaring he would end the age of mankind in three days, while Ning Chen rescued the unconscious A'man from the ruins.
• The Lord of Darkness entered seclusion to heal, and Ning Chen recovered with Little Gourd’s help before ordering the mortal world’s Heavenly Venerates to leave.
• Ning Chen sent the survivors toward the Heavenly Realm, then remained behind and prepared the Immortal Domain for the coming battle.
• Ning Chen concealed the Four Immortal Slaying Swords in the starry sky and kept A'man's Grand Abyss Ancient Sword for his final fight.
• Ning Chen accepted his destiny and awakened Grand Abyss with his sword intent as the Lord of Darkness returned from seclusion.

Ning Chen faced the Lord of Darkness alone to protect the mortal realm and transformed his body into a sword to enter the Divine Domain. Despite unleashing his strongest techniques, he was repeatedly wounded as their battle continued with neither side defeated.

• Ning Chen remained in the Immortal Domain as the Lord of Darkness and the Three Dark Heavenly Kings arrived, and he declared that he alone was enough to face them.
• The Lord of Darkness rejected All Heavenly Venerates' offer to fight, saying Ning Chen was now beyond their strength, and began the battle himself.
• Ning Chen summoned the Grand Abyss Ancient Sword, drew on the Immortal Domain's power, and entered the Dao through the sword, shocking observers across the realms.
• Ning Chen and the Lord of Darkness exchanged devastating attacks, and Ning Chen's sword strikes forced the Three Dark Heavenly Kings back before the Lord of Darkness blocked them.
• Ning Chen used Lingering Wind Shadow, Nirvana, and Hundred Tides Stabilizing the Sky, but the Lord of Darkness countered his moves and grievously wounded him.
• Ning Chen continued fighting the Lord of Darkness and invoked Sword, Fourteen as their battle pressed on.

Ning Chen entered the Dao and fought the Lord of Darkness in a battle that devastated the human world. After wounding his enemy and enduring a devastating counterattack, Ning Chen summoned a Heaven and Earth Sacred Sword, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Ning Chen entered the Dao, turning the human world into a world of swords and sending stellar swords against the Lord of Darkness.
• Hades confronted Consort Luo in the final Third Heaven and used divine might to force her to kneel, but she resisted and insisted humanity would triumph.
• Ning Chen’s sword destroyed the Lord of Darkness’s black lightning and pierced his chest, drawing blood for the first time.
• The Lord of Darkness counterattacked with a palm strike that pierced Ning Chen’s body and sent him crashing through half the Immortal Domain.
• Ning Chen gathered the laws of heaven and earth into a Sacred Sword while the Lord of Darkness summoned black astral winds, and their clash devastated the human world.
• Ning Chen, more than half illusory and without sensation, held the Heaven and Earth Sacred Sword as the battle continued.

Ning Chen transformed all that remained of himself into a sword that destroyed the Lord of Darkness’s life-source, but he died as the enemy escaped. As the second Heavenly Pillar collapsed and the Three Realms shook, grief spread through the mortal realm and the end of days began.

• Ning Chen entered the Dao by abandoning his body and senses, and his sword scattered the darkness pressing upon the mortal realm.
• Ning Chen’s Heaven and Earth Sacred Sword pierced the Lord of Darkness and destroyed his life-source, though the Lord of Darkness survived and retreated with the Three Dark Heavenly Kings.
• Ning Chen’s soul dispersed as he said farewell to the returning swordsman, while the Lord of Darkness vowed to devour the mortal realm’s source and restore his power.
• A'man’s life faded as Ning Chen underwent Dao Transformation, and Qing Ling tried to sustain her with Buddhist essence.
• Changling Venerable Lady announced that Ning Chen had died, while Mu Chengxue wept despite Grand Forgetfulness of Emotion.
• The second Heavenly Pillar collapsed, shaking the Three Realms as the end of days arrived.

After Fate-Knower died, Qing Ling gave up her life and lifespan to grow strong enough to confront the Lord of Darkness and protect the Mortal Realm. With the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master's support, she began fighting him, burning everything she had in a final three-hour struggle.

• After Fate-Knower's death, Qing Ling left to accompany him, and Changling Venerable Lady stopped Yin'er from following her.
• Qing Ling passed through the Sixfold Heavenly Realm and extinguished her Dao, while her master, the Xiyao Master, gave her the Buddhist essence and laws needed to complete her transformation.
• A thousand days later, the Lord of Darkness emerged from seclusion and destroyed half the Mortal Realm with a single palm strike.
• Qing Ling blocked the Lord of Darkness from destroying the Immortal Realm and blasted the Dark Desolate Beast out of the Purple Star Starfield.
• The Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master resumed the sound of the Great Dao, helping Qing Ling resist the Lord of Darkness as she burned her power to fulfill Fate-Knower's final wish.

Qing Ling fought the Lord of Darkness with power borrowed from heaven, while humanity’s experts joined the battle. As her borrowed time ran out and her body began to collapse, she summoned Lotus Heart’s Final Form and gathered the power of twelve Buddhas.

• Qing Ling used her Azure Divine Spear and green lotus flames to battle the Lord of Darkness, entering the Divine Domain and wounding him despite the gulf in their strength.
• The Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master and humanity’s experts joined the fight, while Qing Ling continued attacking despite grievous wounds and the cost of her borrowed three hours.
• Qing Ling pierced the Lord of Darkness’s chest, but her power faltered as her borrowed time neared its end, and his counterattack shattered her green lotus and Azure Divine Spear.
• As her body began to disintegrate, Qing Ling invoked Lotus Heart’s Final Form, summoning twelve Buddhas whose essence merged into her and revealed the power of the World-Honored One.

Qing Ling and the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master helped wound the Lord of Darkness, but Qing Ling died before she could avenge him. Mu Chengxue pursued the wounded Lord of Darkness into the Dark Abyss, while a mysterious young sovereign appeared and reversed time above the stars.

• Qing Ling and the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master joined forces against the Lord of Darkness, and Qing Ling’s final strike forced him to retreat.
• The Lord of Darkness fled to the Dark Abyss, where Mu Chengxue transformed into Taishang and attacked him until Zhongtian intervened.
• Mu Chengxue drove Zhongtian back and pursued the wounded Lord of Darkness into the Dark Abyss.
• Qing Ling’s body dispersed into starlight, and a pale, gravely ill woman appeared above the stars.
• The woman stilled the heavens and made time flow backward above the stars.

As darkness devastated the realms, a gravely ill woman wandered the human realm and reached Falling Moon City at the end of her life. A young man in red recognized her as familiar but could not remember her, and heavenly lightning consumed them both in a ruined temple.

• The Divine Realm’s rulers guarded their lands while disaster ravaged the unprotected regions, and the Purple Star Starfield remained the human realm’s last light.
• The wounded Heavenly Sound Master survived a battle against darkness as a pale-blue-gowned woman continued traveling through the human realm, growing weaker despite her rising cultivation.
• At twenty-nine, the woman reached Monarch Peak and traveled to Falling Moon City, where a young man in red asked if they had met before.
• The woman rested in a ruined temple, coughed blood, and died as her lifespan ended.
• The young man in red found her body, and heavenly lightning set the temple ablaze, burning them both as a phoenix cry rang out.

Taishang’s pursuit weakened the Lord of Darkness, but the Lord escaped and began devouring the human world’s origin as Qing Ling stood against the spreading darkness. Years later, a frail girl in a remote village and the gifted young lord of Phoenix City grew up separately, and a great Heavenly Dao Tribulation began over the girl’s village.

• Taishang hunted the Lord of Darkness for ten years, but the Evil God sacrificed himself to trap Taishang and let the Lord escape.
• The Lord of Darkness devoured the human world’s origin while a Fire Phoenix and then Qing Ling resisted the spreading darkness.
• An elderly woman found an abandoned baby girl in the Divine Realm’s polar lands as the wife of Phoenix City’s lord gave birth to a boy.
• The old woman died after raising the frail girl, whose spiritual energy surged into her body while she lay unconscious.
• At thirteen, the Phoenix City youth had reached the Immortal Ascension Realm, while the untrained girl had developed a vast dantian qihai.
• A Great Heavenly Dao Tribulation began in the north, and the girl looked toward the sky as lightning descended.

The Phoenix City Sword God rose to prominence across the Northern Divine Realm, then challenged the learned Imperial Scholar in the Moon Wheel Kingdom. Their long-awaited duel began when her moon-white radiance neutralized his divine sword, and her Mortal Sword defeated him in one strike.

• A girl whose moon-white radiance repelled a heavenly tribulation left her village after the frightened villagers treated her as an aberration.
• The Phoenix City young man reached the Heavenly Dao Realm at fifteen, later became the Phoenix City Sword God, and defeated the masters of all thirty-three Immortal Mountain Sects.
• The young man fought and defeated the Moon Wheel Imperial Advisor, then sensed a new expert emerging from the Young National Scholar's Manor.
• The Imperial Scholar repelled her heavenly tribulation with moon-white radiance and cleaved through the thunder with her Mortal Sword.
• The young man challenged the Imperial Scholar, but her radiance dissolved his divine sword's edge and her Mortal Sword defeated him in one strike.

Moon Wheel Kingdom’s Young National Scholar defeated Phoenix City’s Young Sword God again after he spent three years relearning the sword. Their rematch began in her courtyard, where her Sovereign-level pressure shook the heavens.

• Moon Wheel Kingdom’s Young National Scholar’s one-move defeat of Phoenix City’s Young Sword God astonished the Divine Realm and drew the attention of its strongest figures.
• Phoenix City’s Young Sword God returned home, received comfort from his father, and spent three years practicing the most basic sword techniques.
• The Young National Scholar turned away visitors and continued reading, writing, and tending her courtyard, while her cultivation rose beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
• After three years, Phoenix City’s Young Sword God left home with his aura restrained and traveled to Moon Wheel Kingdom’s capital.
• The Young Sword God asked the Young National Scholar for another duel, and she accepted.
• The Young Sword God attacked with a fierce, simple sword strike, but the Young National Scholar scattered his sword intent with her moon-white pressure as the Sovereign entered battle.

Taishang escaped the Dark Abyss as the Lord of Darkness recovered its strength and threatened the human realm’s last light, guarded by Qing Ling. In the Moon Wheel Kingdom, the Phoenix City Sword God returned after eight years to challenge the young woman again, but found her courtyard empty and realized he had arrived too late.

• Taishang severed his shackles and left the Dark Abyss as the Lord of Darkness restored the Origin Life Pearl and grew toward its peak strength.
• Qing Ling resisted the Lord of Darkness before the Purple Star Starfield, the human realm’s last land of light.
• The Phoenix City Young Sword God fought the young woman for half a day but lost by half a move, then returned to Phoenix City to cultivate.
• After eight years in seclusion, the Phoenix City Sword God emerged with overwhelming sword power and traveled to the Moon Wheel Kingdom’s capital to challenge her again.
• The Phoenix City Sword God found the young woman gone from her carefully tended courtyard and understood that he had come too late.

Phoenix City Sword God returned after a hundred years and stopped the Lord of Darkness from destroying the human realm. As the Lord of Darkness pursued the Creation Realm, Phoenix City Sword God challenged him and gained the upper hand.

• The Lord of Darkness spread Darkness Power into the Sixfold Heavenly Realm and destabilized the Divine Realm, forcing Rising Sun God and the Demon Venerable to unleash their sealed cultivation.
• The Lord of Darkness attacked Qing Ling, who fought to protect the human realm’s last light despite nearing her limit.
• Phoenix City Sword God appeared before Qing Ling and blocked the Lord of Darkness’s world-destroying palm with his divine sword.
• The Lord of Darkness recognized Phoenix City Sword God and was shocked that he had returned after supposedly undergoing Dao Transformation.
• Phoenix City Sword God drew his divine sword, hurled the Lord of Darkness into a giant star, and wounded him with a follow-up strike.

The Phoenix City Sword God battled the Lord of Darkness in the Purple Star Starfield, revealing himself through his sword and soul as the reincarnation of Zhìming. As his body gave way to his ultimate sword, he cut through the heavenly tribulation and split the World of Darkness, leaving the fight at its decisive climax.

• The Phoenix City Sword God fought the Lord of Darkness and severed his arm, but the Lord regenerated with his Undying Body.
• Qing Ling and Mu Chengxue recognized the swordsman despite his unfamiliar appearance, while Mu Chengxue was overwhelmed by fragments of memory.
• The Lord of Darkness struck the Phoenix City Sword God and injured his heart meridians, but the swordsman refused Qing Ling's help and released all his sword intent.
• The Phoenix City Sword God's body collapsed as his divine soul manifested, revealing to the Heavenly Venerates and others that he was Zhìming reincarnated.
• The Phoenix City Sword God cleaved apart the heavenly tribulation and split the World of Darkness in two.

The Phoenix City Sword God defeated the Lord of Darkness’s attempt to reach the Creation Realm, then faded away as Qing Ling said goodbye. While the Divine Realm’s people returned to the devastated human world, the Plague God betrayed the wounded Lord of Darkness and seized his power.

• The Phoenix City Sword God shattered the Lord of Darkness’s Origin Pearl, but the Lord escaped with All Heavenly Venerates as the sword god’s life ended and he bade farewell to Qing Ling.
• The Plague God sent All Heavenly Venerates away, entered the Lord of Darkness’s sealed retreat, and attacked him while he was healing.
• As the darkness receded, Qing Ling promised Little Gourd that the Immortal Elder would return, and Yin'er, Changling Venerable Lady, Luo Xingchen, Mu Qianshang, and others resolved to return to the human world.
• Half a month later, islands from the Divine Realm flew toward the human world, while the Rising Sun God and Moon God watched them depart.
• The Plague God pierced the Lord of Darkness and devoured his Origin Power, then blocked All Heavenly Venerates’s attack and shattered the Dark Divine Sword as his power surged.

The Plague God betrayed the Lord of Darkness and killed All Heavenly Venerates, while the Lord of Darkness vanished after promising to return. In the human world, Qing Ling and Yin'er searched for Ning Chen for more than twenty years, while he lived as Ning Fan in Yan Kingdom and was conscripted into its army.

• The Plague God seized the Lord of Darkness's origin, defeated All Heavenly Venerates, and killed him as he shielded the Lord of Darkness.
• The Lord of Darkness struck the Plague God, then vanished while promising to return and reveal true darkness.
• Mu Qianshang, Luo Xingchen, and the other human realm Heavenly Venerates returned to the Purple Star Starfield, where Qing Ling and Yin'er welcomed them.
• For more than twenty years, Qing Ling and Yin'er searched countless Great Life Stars for Ning Chen but found no trace of Zhì Mìng.
• Ning Fan, a book-loving young man in Huaicheng, was forcibly conscripted into Yan Kingdom's army as its war with the Wu Dynasty continued.
• The Eldest Princess of the Wu Dynasty ordered her army to withdraw for the winter, giving Yan Kingdom's soldiers, including Ning Fan, a brief reprieve.

Ning Fan endured military training in Yan and grew close to fellow recruit Zhu Ye as the Wu Dynasty prepared to invade in spring. Meanwhile, the Immortal Domain’s power of light offered a possible defense against darkness, and Qing Ling and Yin'er arrived in Yan.

• Ning Fan read his mysterious ancient book in the recruit camp, but neither he nor Zhu Ye could understand its script.
• Ning Fan and Zhu Ye trained together, became close friends, and spoke about their hopes and fears as war with Wu loomed.
• Eldest Princess Yue Ling strengthened the Wu Dynasty’s forces and prepared a southern campaign for spring after a string of victories over Yan.
• Mu Qianshang and Changling Venerable Lady discussed how Zhìmìng had restored the Immortal Domain so its growing power of light could oppose darkness.
• Qing Ling and Yin'er arrived in Yan beneath a heavy snowstorm.

Wu launched a massive invasion of Yan, and Ning Fan and Zhu Ye were sent to defend Pinan City despite their brief training. After Wu infiltrators opened the gates, Yue Ling led three thousand cavalry into the city, where Zhu Ye protected Ning Fan and both were trampled by her warhorse.

• Wu sent two hundred thousand troops south under Yue Ling, and Yan dispatched its Grand General to meet the invasion.
• As Pinan City neared collapse, Ning Fan, Zhu Ye, and the other recruits were sent to the battlefield and suffered heavy losses.
• Eleven Wu raiders killed the guards on Pinan City's wall and opened the gates, then signaled Yue Ling's waiting cavalry.
• Yue Ling led three thousand cavalry into the city and cut through Yan's defenders as the night assault began.
• Zhu Ye shoved Ning Fan out of the path of Yue Ling's blade and took a wound to his shoulder.
• Ning Fan pulled Zhu Ye aside to evade Yue Ling's next strike, but her warhorse trampled them both.

Ning Fan and Zhu Ye survived Pinan City's fall as the Wu Dynasty overwhelmed Yan Kingdom, while Qing Ling and Yin'er finally found their master living as an ordinary soldier. As the war reached the Yan camp, a peerless swordsman also broke through to the Summit of All Heavens.

• Ning Fan and Zhu Ye escaped Pinan City with the remnants of Yan's army, then rested and thanked each other for saving their lives.
• Yin'er and Qing Ling watched the war unfold as Yue Ling's forces captured cities and defeated Yan's troops, leaving fewer than two thousand of Ning Fan's original recruits alive.
• Qing Ling and Yin'er realized Yue Ling resembled Fan Lingyue and concluded they had been searching for their master among exceptional people instead of ordinary ones.
• Yin'er found Ning Fan living as an ordinary soldier in the Yan camp, and Qing Ling stopped her from approaching him so his ordinary life would not be disturbed.
• Ning Fan and the soldiers prepared to meet the approaching Wu army as a peerless swordsman arrived at the Summit of All Heavens and drew the Demon God's attention.