Recaps

Xia Yan faced the Nether King in a battle between the strongest sword god of the mortal world and the foremost devil god of the heavenly realm. Though Xia Yan wounded his opponent, the Nether King struck him gravely, leaving the duel tilted toward defeat.

• Prince Yan took the Azure-Crimson Twin Swords and began fighting the Nether King at the Summit of All Heavens.
• Xia Yan resisted the Nether King's divine flames and lightning with his sword techniques, but the clash damaged his hands and cracked the twin swords.
• Xia Yan fed the Azure-Crimson Twin Swords his blood to mend them, then attacked with the twin swords and the Sand Sword, forcing the Nether King to retreat half a step.
• Xia Yan unleashed the Chapter of Earth and then summoned the Sword of Sealing and the Condensing Abyss Sword, piercing the Nether King and drawing blood.
• The Nether King struck Xia Yan with a devastating palm, sending him through divine pillars and leaving him gravely wounded.
• The Nether King asked Xia Yan his name, and Xia Yan answered, "Xia Yan!"

As the king's battle against Hades ended in defeat, the Wu Dynasty breached Heavenly Domain Pass and destroyed Yan's last defense. Ning Fan discovered Zhu Ye had vanished amid the massacre, and Emperor Yan learned that Yan had fallen.

• The king unleashed his four swords against Hades but could not withstand the Demon God's power, and a watching god departed, convinced humanity's hope was over.
• Ning Fan and Zhu Ye retreated with Yan's defeated army to Heavenly Domain Pass, where Zhu Ye urged Ning Fan to plan for his future.
• Eldest Princess Yue Ling received a secret letter from someone inside the pass and launched a nighttime assault on its gates.
• Wu Dynasty cavalry broke through Heavenly Domain Pass and slaughtered Yan's soldiers while Ning Fan searched in vain for Zhu Ye.
• Emperor Yan received news of the defeat and collapsed onto his throne as Yan fell.

Fifteen years after Yan Kingdom fell, Ning Fan attacked Zhu Ye in the Wu Dynasty capital to avenge his betrayal. As their fight erupted, the King Sword revealed the Fifth Sword at the Summit of All Heavens.

• Yan Kingdom fell, and the Wu Dynasty went on to unify the Eastern Continent before Yue Ling disappeared from public life.
• Fifteen years after Yan Kingdom's destruction, Ning Fan arrived in the Wu Dynasty capital to kill Zhu Ye, while Zhu Ye had become a powerful marquis and martial artist.
• Ning Fan infiltrated Zhu Ye's residence and wounded him in a fierce fight, but Zhu Ye summoned his guards to capture the attacker.
• Ning Fan charged Zhu Ye's guards with his sword as the residence filled with blood and clashing weapons.
• At the Summit of All Heavens, the King Sword manifested the translucent Fifth Sword and unleashed a blood-red sword light against the Demon God.

Prince Yan fought Hades at the Summit of All Heavens with the King Swords, but Hades’s overwhelming power steadily battered him. As Prince Yan’s body dissolved and his divine soul emerged, his sword intent broke free of its limits and began suppressing the laws of the Great Dao.

• Prince Yan wielded the Sword of Defeat and Demise against Hades, wounding him while suffering injuries himself.
• Prince Yan summoned the Sword of Sealing alongside the Sword of Defeat and Demise, and Hades spread his Twelve Wings of Sin and began fighting in earnest.
• Prince Yan attacked with the King Swords, but Hades blocked and evaded them before severely wounding him with a palm strike.
• Hades continued striking Prince Yan as his body weakened, while Prince Yan’s sword intent rose beyond the limits of his flesh.
• Prince Yan declared that a King Sword could not falter, and his body dissipated as his divine soul manifested, unleashing sword intent that caused the laws of the Great Dao to crumble.

Ning Fan fought through the guards at the Zhu Residence and defeated Zhu Ye, crippling him before escaping. Qing Ling and Yin'er carried the unconscious Ning Fan to a ruined temple, where Qing Ling reflected on his Mortal Sword and his previous life.

• Ning Fan fought Zhu Ye and the marquisate guards, enduring wounds as he carved through their encirclement.
• Ning Fan severed Zhu Ye's arm, then pierced his body and destroyed his Qihai and Dragon Bone.
• Ning Fan warned the guards away from Zhu Ye and walked out of the Zhu Residence, but collapsed on the street soon afterward.
• Qing Ling carried the unconscious Ning Fan to a ruined temple while Yin'er retrieved his bloodstained sword.
• Qing Ling said Ning Fan had understood the guards' hearts and reflected that his Mortal Sword had fulfilled this life's wish.

Ning Fan crippled Zhu Ye, comprehended the mortal world, and underwent tribulations that carried him through Xiantian Great Perfection before his ascent stalled. After meeting Yue Ling and parting peacefully, the story returned to the Summit of All Heavens, where the King grievously wounded the Nether King and the Demon God prepared to fight on.

• Ning Fan awoke in a ruined temple, stepped into the rain, and comprehended the mortal world as three Xiantian tribulations and the Three Calamities and Five Tribulations descended.
• Ning Fan broke through to Xiantian Great Perfection and began entering the Third Realm, but his ascent abruptly stalled; he sensed Qing Ling and Yin'er and thanked them before leaving the imperial city.
• Ning Fan met Yue Ling at Tiandang Mountain, told her he did not hate her, and parted with her peacefully.
• At the Summit of All Heavens, the King cast aside his fleshly body and unleashed boundless sword intent, wounding the Nether King.
• The Nether King welcomed the challenge and raised his power as creation and destruction surged across the Summit of All Heavens.

Prince Yan fought the Underworld King, who summoned the Demonic Great Dao and trapped him beneath its power. With the Azure-Crimson Twin Swords buying him a moment, Prince Yan formed the fiftieth Great Dao—the Sword Dao—while Ning Fan and his companions sensed the upheaval and feared they might not reach him in time.

• The Underworld King summoned his Great Dao and immobilized Prince Yan beneath its overwhelming power.
• The Azure-Crimson Twin Swords flew to Prince Yan’s defense, shattering as they struck the Bridge of Great Dao and briefly weakened it.
• Prince Yan used the opening to unleash the Immortal Sword Prelude, Chapter of Heaven, and began forming a fiftieth bridge from ten thousand swords.
• Ning Fan, Qing Ling, and Yin'er sensed the sword pressure, while Changling Venerable Lady warned that Prince Yan might be in danger before Zhiming returned.
• The Sword Dao emerged as a new Great Dao and clashed with the other forty-nine; Prince Yan brought his hands together and summoned the sixth sword.

The king’s clash with the Underworld King shattered a Bridge of Chaos, throwing the Great Dao out of balance and reversing the natural order. As the Plague God invaded the mortal world, its Heavenly Venerates struggled to defend the last World of Light, while Yue Ling sought answers about the heavens.

• The king summoned the Chaos King's Sword and fought the Underworld King with sword and demonic powers, shattering the Summit of All Heavens.
• A Bridge of Chaos broke, disrupting the Great Dao and causing the Great River and the sun and moon to move backward.
• The Plague God emerged from the Dark Abyss and began devouring negative forces, while Ning Fan's lifespan was drained as he entered the third realm of martial cultivation.
• The Plague God attacked the mortal world's final World of Light, and Changling Venerable Lady joined forces with the Mortal Heavenly Venerates to resist him.
• Yue Ling reached the Old Heavenly Master and asked whether immortals existed in the heavens and whether another heaven lay beyond them.

Ning Fan and Yue Ling advanced their cultivation amid fifty years of upheaval in the human realm, while the Nether King and Prince Yan fell in their final battle at the Summit of All Heavens. As the Sword Dao and Demonic Dao rose in the human realm, the Plague God watched the last light there and declared that only one final step remained.

• Ning Fan paused by the reverse-flowing river to comprehend the sword while Qing Ling and Yin'er guarded him.
• The Nether King and Prince Yan unleashed their ultimate powers, destroying the Demonic Dao Bridge and Sword Dao Bridge as both combatants fell.
• The god returned to the Eighth Heaven after acknowledging the outcome, while the Nether King and Prince Yan's divine souls dispersed.
• Fifty years later, Ning Fan reached the Fourth Realm, Yue Ling reached the Emperor Realm, and Nu Chang became the foremost person in the human realm.
• Demonic cultivators and white-robed swordsmen spread through the human realm as the Demonic Dao and Sword Dao flourished.
• The Plague God watched the last light of the human realm from the Ziwei Star Domain and said only the final step remained.

After the Nether King's death, Consort Luo watched over the sleeping Xia Ziyi while Ning Fan and Yue Ling continued advancing through their cultivation. Ning Fan recovered memories of the Heavenly Venerates’ battle against the Plague God, who reached Purple Star and attacked him as the Venerates arrived.

• Consort Luo left the Divine Hall and returned to keep watch over the unconscious Xia Ziyi, fearing chaos after the Nether King's death.
• Fifty years later, Ning Fan reached the Heavenly Dao Realm, while Yue Ling cultivated nearby and advanced rapidly.
• Ning Fan and Yue Ling underwent heavenly tribulations together, and Ning Fan's cultivation advanced to the Path-Understanding Realm as memories of the Plague God’s war resurfaced.
• In his memories, the Plague God broke through the Heavenly Venerates’ assault and set out to devour the mortal world’s last source.
• The Plague God reached Purple Star, where Qing Ling tried to block his Darkness Power and Ning Fan attacked, but the Plague God struck him into the Great River.
• Venerable Lady, Luo Xingchen, and the other Heavenly Venerates arrived, and Luo Xingchen mocked Ning Fan’s weakness.

The Plague God battled the Mortal Realm’s Heavenly Venerates on Ziwei Star as Ning Fan and Yue Ling broke through while watching the fight. After each resisted the Plague God’s power, he recognized them as the ones who had wounded the Lord of Darkness, and Ning Fan and Yue Ling prepared to face him together.

• The Plague God struck Ning Fan into the Great River, and Yin'er urged him to watch Changling Venerable Lady and the other Heavenly Venerates fight.
• The Mortal Realm’s Heavenly Venerates gathered on Ziwei Star and resumed their battle against the Plague God as the Immortal Domain sent light to defend the Mortal Realm.
• Watching the battle, Yue Ling broke through and arrived at the battlefield, where she took a direct palm from the Plague God and staggered back.
• Ning Fan also broke through, then rushed into the sky with his Mortal Sword and cut through the darkness with a sword strike.
• The Plague God recognized Ning Fan and Yue Ling as the two who had wounded the Lord of Darkness, summoned the Bridge of Darkness, and challenged them to attack together.
• Ning Fan asked Yue Ling to join hands against the Plague God, and she agreed.

Ning Fan, Yue Ling, Nu Chang, Luo Xingchen, and the other human venerates battled the Plague God, while Zhu Ye awakened and absorbed the spreading darkness aura. As Zhu Ye's strength rapidly rose, the Plague God's Darkness Power began to weaken.

• Ning Fan and Yue Ling joined forces against the Plague God, and Nu Chang and Luo Xingchen added their attacks as the human venerates pressed him back.
• The Plague God snapped Ning Fan's Mortal Sword, but Yue Ling helped him launch another attack, and Ning Fan's Sword Qi wounded their enemy.
• Darkness aura healed Zhu Ye's destroyed Dragon Bone, and he awoke in the Wu Dynasty's Zhu Residence as the Plague God sensed that he was still alive.
• Luo Xingchen's poisoned arrow pierced the Plague God, and Yue Ling dispersed the darkness aura that was suppressing the Bone-Eating Poison.
• Zhu Ye absorbed the darkness aura and advanced rapidly through successive cultivation realms, while the Plague God's Darkness Power weakened.

Zhu Ye returned as the Lord of Darkness, killed the Plague God, and overwhelmed the human Venerates. As the human world faced destruction, Yue Ling awakened as Fan Lingyue and used Pure Karma Primeval to break through Zhu Ye’s darkness.

• Zhu Ye rose to the Heavenly Dao Realm, returned to the battlefield, drained the Plague God’s darkness, and killed him to reclaim his source pearl.
• Ning Fan attacked Zhu Ye, but Zhu Ye repelled him and then struck down Ning Fan, Yue Ling, and the human Venerates with his Darkness Power.
• As Zhu Ye’s darkness overwhelmed the human world, Yue Ling’s memories returned and Mu Qianshang and Qing Ling recognized her as Fan Lingyue.
• Fan Lingyue summoned Pure Karma Primeval and used its Purifying Power to break through Zhu Ye’s darkness and burn his flesh.

Fan Lingyue returned from a hundred reincarnations and overwhelmed the Lord of Darkness, but she needed Ning Fan’s speed to strike his guarded origin. As swords across the Human Realm answered Ning Fan’s awakening, the former Co-lord returned and summoned his swords while the venerates welcomed him back.

• Fan Lingyue appeared and battled the Lord of Darkness while Ning Fan joined the attack, but she told him to fall back.
• Fan Lingyue drove the Lord of Darkness back and severed his arm with Pure Karma Primeval, but his arm regenerated and she realized she needed help destroying his origin.
• Fan Lingyue and the other venerates recognized that they needed Zhiming and the phoenix’s speed, while Ning Fan began sensing his familiar power.
• Swords across the Human Realm trembled and gathered as Ning Fan awakened, and four immortal swords buried in the starry reaches stirred in response.
• Ning Fan cried, “Swords, rise!” and summoned countless blades as the Lord of Darkness recoiled in terror.
• The Human Realm’s venerates bowed and welcomed the returned Co-lord of the Human Realm.

Ning Chen returned to the human realm and joined Fan Lingyue in fighting the Lord of Darkness, piercing his dark origin and nearly destroying it. The Lord of Darkness manifested the Creation Realm, and Ink Lord and a golden figure descended as the human realm’s Great Tribulation unfolded.

• Ning Chen completed his hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, reached the Monarch Realm, and returned to Ziwei Star as the Venerables welcomed him.
• Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue attacked the Lord of Darkness together, wounding him and breaking his martial bones with Ning Chen’s Reverse Style.
• Fan Lingyue battled the Lord of Darkness while Ning Chen waited for an opening to strike his dark origin.
• Ning Chen pierced the Lord of Darkness’s chest and cracked his dark origin pearl, then pulled Fan Lingyue away as Darkness Power erupted across the human realm.
• The Lord of Darkness’s wound healed as the Creation Realm manifested, and forty-seven Bridges of Great Dao appeared in the void.
• A golden figure and Ink Lord descended from separate Bridges of Great Dao, and Ning Chen recognized Ink Lord.

After the Lord of Darkness reached the Creation Realm, the Creation Saints tried to take him away, and Ning Chen failed to stop them before they departed. With the Underworld King confirmed dead and the human realm collapsing, Fan Lingyue called on Ning Chen and the surviving powers to rebuild it and prepare for a future assault on the Nine Heavens.

• The Ink Lord, Golden Light Saint, and White Lotus Saint welcomed the newly ascended Lord of Darkness and invited him to leave the human realm with them.
• Ning Chen attacked the Lord of Darkness, but the Ink Lord struck him down; the White Lotus Saint then forced Ning Chen to defend himself against the Chaos White Lotus until the Four Immortal Slaying Swords arrived.
• The Lord of Darkness and the three Creation Saints departed, and the Lord of Darkness vowed to kill Ning Chen when they met again.
• Ning Chen reunited with Yin'er and told Fan Lingyue that the Creation Saints were powerful enough to destroy the human realm; Fan Lingyue revealed she had seen their arrival and the realm's collapse in visions from the Scroll of Light.
• Fan Lingyue confirmed that the Underworld King and Prince Yan were dead, then urged Ning Chen and the human realm's venerables to help repair the Heavenly Pillar and rebuild the realm.
• Fan Lingyue asked Nu Chang to join a future campaign against the Nine Heavens and the sources of the Great Tribulations of Heaven and Earth.

Ning Chen led the effort to mend the Heavenly Pillar, using Chaos Earth, his fused flames, and the Immortal Divine Tree’s life force to forge a new pillar. As it grew, he neared the threshold of the Great Dao, and Fan Lingyue stepped forward to help fill the Mark of Heaven.

• Fan Lingyue deduced that Ning Chen was the key to finding the Chaos materials, and Nu Chang identified him as having a Chaos Water Body and the flames needed to approach Chaos Fire.
• The human world’s venerables searched forbidden lands for Chaos materials and brought floating islands containing scarce Chaos substances to the Purple Star Starfield.
• Ning Chen ordered the group to retreat, then fused his phoenix, demonic, and immortal flames to melt Chaos Earth and forge stones for the Heavenly Pillar.
• Ning Chen infused the new pillar with the Immortal Divine Tree’s source power, and it grew while the human world and Heaven Realm moved farther apart.
• After more than a thousand days, the pillar had grown tens of millions of li, and Ning Chen neared the Great Dao as Fan Lingyue began drawing mountains from the Sixth Heaven to fill the Mark of Heaven.

Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue restored the Heavenly Pillar and repaired the Mark of Heaven, bringing life and the Heavenly Dao Laws back to the human realm. Ning Chen fought Xuan Luo in the void world and returned wounded, while the Ink Lord, White Lotus Saint, Golden Light Saint, and Lord of Darkness passed through the Heavenly Gate.

• Marquis of Knowing Fate and Fan Lingyue used the forces of chaos to reshape the Heavenly Pillar and repair the Mark of Heaven, reviving the human realm.
• Xuan Luo appeared at the Heavenly Pillar and challenged Ning Chen, who stopped the others from interfering and took the fight to the void world.
• Ning Chen and Xuan Luo battled for a hundred days, and Ning Chen returned badly wounded after sparing Xuan Luo's life.
• Ning Chen reunited with Yin'er and Qing Ling, then sat before the Heavenly Pillar to recover with his three bodies.
• The Ink Lord, White Lotus Saint, Golden Light Saint, and Lord of Darkness opened the Heavenly Gate and entered the Heaven Beyond Heaven.

After restoring the mortal realm and spending ten thousand years in seclusion, Ning Chen awoke on the verge of the Creation Realm and set out with Qing Ling and Fan Lingyue. He broke open the Heavenly Gate, and the three entered Heaven Beyond Heaven in search of the truth.

• Ning Chen used Little Gourd's power to restore vitality to the mortal realm's shattered stars over a thousand years.
• Ning Chen searched for Underworld King Yama for a hundred years to retrieve Xin Yu's incomplete soul but found no trace of him, then returned to the Immortal Domain and entered seclusion.
• After ten thousand years, Ning Chen emerged from the Immortal Palace with the source of chaos surging around him, and Qing Ling and Fan Lingyue joined him.
• Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue traveled beyond the Six Heavens and reached the Heavenly Gate at the end of the void.
• Ning Chen struck the Heavenly Gate with Chaos Divine Flame and Chaos Demonic Essence until it opened, then entered Heaven Beyond Heaven with Qing Ling and Fan Lingyue.

Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue entered Heaven Beyond Heaven to kill the Great Dao Saints and free the human world from their control. Ning Chen fought the Clearwater Saint, wounded him with the Immortal Slaying Sword, and then grappled with him amid destructive flames.

• The Fate-Knower, Fan Lingyue, and Qing Ling entered Heaven Beyond Heaven, where the Ink Lord anticipated Ning Chen’s arrival.
• Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue resolved to slay the Saints so the human world would no longer be subject to their will.
• The Clearwater Saint confronted Ning Chen, whose Chaos Water constitution was suppressed by the Saint’s control over water.
• Ning Chen unleashed his fused flames and four immortal swords, but the Clearwater Saint’s power sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Ning Chen struck the Clearwater Saint with the Immortal Slaying Sword and drew blood, prompting the Saint to freeze the sword and attack.
• Ning Chen ignited his flames of destruction, seized the Clearwater Saint, and transformed into a Fire Phoenix that carried them into a distant mountain.

Ning Chen fought Clearwater Saint, whose Great Dao power made him nearly immortal, and managed to wound him with the Sword of Heavenly Inquiry. As the battle continued, Fan Lingyue entered the Heaven of Creation to investigate how Saints could be slain, while Qing Ling guarded her.

• Ning Chen attacked Clearwater Saint with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, but the Saint healed every wound and counterattacked with icy spears and raging waves.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Sword of Heavenly Inquiry, pierced Clearwater Saint, and was hurled through ten mountains by the Saint’s reply.
• Clearwater Saint seized the phoenix’s wing, while Ning Chen severed the Saint’s arm with the Immortal Slaying Sword; both injuries began to heal.
• Fan Lingyue suggested that learning why the Underworld King fell might reveal how to kill Saints, then asked Ning Chen to lend her Heaven.
• Ning Chen sent the Heaven of Creation to Fan Lingyue, who entered it as Qing Ling agreed to protect her; the Scroll of Light revealed its power.

Fan Lingyue entered the Heavenly Tome of Creation and witnessed how the Underworld King broke a Bridge of Great Dao to save the Primordial World. In Heaven Beyond Heaven, Ning Chen fought Clearwater Saint and learned that he had to destroy the Saint’s Bridge of Great Dao to kill him.

• Fan Lingyue entered the Heavenly Tome of Creation and watched the Underworld King sever one of the fifty Bridges of Great Dao, allowing the Primordial World to stabilize and life to emerge.
• Ning Chen fought Clearwater Saint with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords while both combatants rapidly healed their injuries.
• Golden Light Saint, White Lotus Saint, and Ink Lord discussed Ning Chen’s strength and recalled the swordsman from the human world who had once threatened them.
• Ning Chen’s attack severed half of Clearwater Saint’s body, but the Saint regenerated and blasted Ning Chen away.
• Fan Lingyue warned Ning Chen that Clearwater Saint could only be killed by destroying his Bridge of Great Dao, and Ning Chen halted his retreat and launched another attack.

Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue brought down Clearwater Saint by destroying his Bridge of Great Dao, then used the opening to freeze the collapsing bridge. Ning Chen began healing while Fan Lingyue and Qing Ling considered how many Saints remained.

• Fan Lingyue guided Ning Chen to force Clearwater Saint to reveal his Bridge of Great Dao, and Ning Chen attacked with the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword.
• Clearwater Saint summoned his Bridge of Great Dao, but Ning Chen used Nirvana to strike the bridge instead of the Saint and cleaved it apart.
• With Clearwater Saint weakened by the bridge’s destruction, Ning Chen summoned Cycle of Rebirth Hell and killed him with Zhuxian.
• Fan Lingyue used the Heavenly Tome of Creation to hold the collapsing bridge in place while Ning Chen froze it with Immortal Essence.
• Ning Chen began healing his wounds, and Qing Ling asked whether forty-six more Saints of Clearwater Saint’s strength remained.

After two crushing defeats, Ning Chen challenged Firmament Saint again and used his immortal and demonic bodies to create an opening. Fan Lingyue realized that human will could reach beyond the constraints of space, allowing Ning Chen to wound the Saint.

• After recovering for nine hundred years beneath the sea, Ning Chen flew toward Firmament Saint, who struck at him from above.
• Ning Chen used his True Body and Demonic Body to seize Firmament Saint while his Fire Phoenix form attacked, landing the Saint's first wound.
• Firmament Saint repelled Ning Chen's attacks, while Fan Lingyue watched for a weakness in the Dao of Space.
• Qing Ling declared that space could not bind human will, and Fan Lingyue realized that will could reach where the Dao reached.
• Fan Lingyue released her will across the battlefield, inspiring Ning Chen to extend his sword intent and pierce Firmament Saint's chest.

Ning Chen fought Firmament Saint above the firmament, forcing him to stabilize his damaged Bridge of Great Dao before Fan Lingyue intervened and ended the battle. Firmament Saint revealed that the Great Dao Saints were born from chaos, while Ning Chen vowed to keep growing stronger until he could eliminate all the All-Heavens Saints.

• Ning Chen wounded Firmament Saint repeatedly and cracked his Bridge of Great Dao, but Firmament Saint used Space Law to stabilize it.
• Fan Lingyue arrived and persuaded Firmament Saint to stop fighting; Firmament Saint praised Ning Chen and recalled meeting a swordsman whose opponent was the God of All Gods.
• White Lotus Saint approached and urged Firmament Saint to kill the phoenix, but Firmament Saint refused to cooperate with him.
• Firmament Saint said the Great Dao Saints were born from chaos in the primordial epoch and denied interfering in mortal affairs.
• Ning Chen vowed to keep cultivating until he could slaughter all the All-Heavens Saints, while Firmament Saint warned that even his own strength was not enough to defeat him.