Recaps

Ning Chen rallied the Witch Clan and other allies while turning the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan against itself through a series of assassinations and deceptions. As the imperial city descended into bloodshed and war loomed, he decided to discard Xuan Que as a pawn.

• Ning Chen gained the Golden Lion Clan’s support, persuaded Gou Huang to prepare the Witch Clan for war, and fought Xuyao at Sky-Pillar Peak before traveling back to the Primeval Demonic Realm.
• Peacock defeated Jin Liner, while Ning Chen fought Xuan Luo and killed Marquis Qingyuan, then secretly murdered King Beizhen and framed Xuan Qing for attacks on the princes.
• Ning Chen helped Xuan Qing resist Xuan Zhen’s pressure, but further assassinations and the destruction of Xuan Xiu’s memories triggered explosions and chaos across Three Imperial Cities.
• Yin’er awakened with Qing Ling’s help, survived her Mortal Immortal tribulation, and reunited with A'man and Mu Chengxue.
• Xuan Qing was placed under house arrest as Xuan Zhen, Xuan Que, and Gou Huang mobilized their forces, and Ning Chen’s zither music accompanied a wave of attacks across the imperial city.
• Shaluo foresaw war between the Witch Clan and the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan, while Ning Chen told Xuan Que that the attacks had weakened Xuan Zhen and then decided to discard Xuan Que as a pawn.

Ning Chen obtained the Heaven Talisman, strengthened his demons during the war, and negotiated peace with the Witch Clan after the Stone Clan's defeat. Asura freed Xuan Qing, prompting the Demonic Emperors to recall Ning Chen to restrain him.

• The Demon Emperor placed Xuan Zhen under house arrest as the five great royal clans attacked the Primeval Demonic Realm.
• Ning Chen traveled to Qihuang Island, subdued the White Tiger, and fought Vermilion Bird before their clash sent the island into the sea.
• Ning Chen climbed the heaven-reaching chains, learned the Arts of Qihuang from the Qihuang Grand Elder, and claimed the clouds that formed the Heaven Talisman.
• Ning Chen fought Shaluo on the western front, used Xuanmie's body to support his demons' advancement into the Ghost Immortal Realm, and survived the Thousand Demon Tribulation.
• Ning Chen wounded Xuan Luo during an assassination attempt, agreed to cooperate with him temporarily, and later watched Shi Yu and Shi Qing leave the imperial city.
• Ning Chen wounded Witch Queen Feiyu with Gandharva's help, while Xuanqi and the Dragon routed the Stone Clan before the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor secured a truce.
• Ning Chen negotiated peace with the Witch Clan and accepted its demands for territorial protection and the Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Demon.
• Xuan Que awakened Asura to free Xuan Qing, and the Demonic Emperors recalled Ning Chen before denying his inquiry about the Phoenix Race's inheritance.

Ning Chen built his position among the princes while pursuing a hidden struggle against the Heavenly Demon Clan’s power and succession plans. The arc left Tian Xin as the Witch Clan’s new emperor after Gou Huang died, while Eight Desolations survived their duel and returned to the Ancestral Land.

• The Demonic Emperors gave Ning Chen the Nine Kings Pearl and tasked him with investigating Twelfth Prince’s assassination, while he gathered allies and maneuvered against Xuan Qing.
• Ning Chen restrained Asura from joining the western war, but Garuda went west and helped the Heavenly Demon army defeat Dilu as Xuan Zhen’s forces advanced.
• At the Reincarnation Sea, Ning Chen fought Xuyao and the fox sisters, then absorbed the spirit of the Immortal Severance Sword and fused it with his Destiny Sword.
• Ning Chen rejected First Pavilion Under Heaven’s open alliance but hired the Night Lord to assassinate one of the two western crown princes.
• Gu Shengtian attacked Xuan Zhen, who survived by detonating his Nine Kings Pearl, and Eight Desolations spent the clan’s fortune trying to elevate and heal him.
• Xuan Jiuyou crippled Xuan Zhen with the Heaven Talisman, while Ning Chen accepted Gu Shengtian’s offer of a free assassination and learned that the western army had suffered a major defeat.
• Gou Huang used her Imperial Dao power to help Tian Xin attain the Dao, then fought Eight Desolations and died after naming Tian Xin the Witch Clan’s new emperor.
• Gou Huang’s remnant soul asked Ning Chen to protect the Witch Clan if the Heavenly Demon Clan threatened it, and Ning Chen promised to remember her request.

Ning Chen helped bring down the Scale Clan’s southern offensive and maneuvered Xuan Que onto the throne, while the other clans closed in on the weakened Heavenly Demon Royal Clan. The Witch Clan defeated the Heavenly Demon defenders and advanced toward the imperial city, leaving the Demonic Emperors’ fate uncertain.

• The Witch Clan and the other imperial powers opened their offensives, while Ning Chen and Gu Shengtian’s sword duel ended with Inverted Water Moon shattered and Ning Chen’s right arm wounded.
• The Sacred Domain defeated the western Heavenly Demon forces, but Asura arrived and turned the tide before the Witch Clan and other clans broke through the remaining fronts.
• Ning Chen helped Gu Shengtian ambush Xuanqi, whose demonic power devastated both armies before he withdrew, and later arranged unrest and Xuan Zhen’s murder in the Three Imperial Cities.
• Ning Chen stole the Dragon Qi from Kunyi Imperial Hall, gained the Ghost Clan’s Six Paths of Reincarnation, and took command of the southern front after Xuan Xiao was gravely wounded.
• Ning Chen and Xuan Xiao led a night raid that shattered the Scale Clan army, but the Scaly Emperor pursued Ning Chen until Asura destroyed his incarnation and saved the western armies.
• Ning Chen refused to contest the throne as Xuan Que killed Xuan Qing and became Crown Prince, while the Witch Clan and other powers prepared to attack the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan.
• Tian Xin attacked the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land with the Twelve Witch Queens and Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Witch Clan routed the defenders as Eight Desolations carried the wounded Seven Luminaries from the battlefield.