Recaps

Ning Chen saved Luo Xingchen, remained in Ten-Mile Maple Forest through Great Xia’s fall, and trained Butterfly while his Phoenix Body fought Mu Chengxue. After defeating the escaped Chaos Divine Demon and rescuing Butterfly and Mu Chengxue from the Demon Emperor, he traveled with his companions in search of old friends.

• The Seventh Divine General sacrificed herself to revive Luo Xingchen after the Lord of Darkness and the Ink Lord ambushed him, and Ning Chen brought him to Ten-Mile Maple Forest.
• Fan Lingyue drove back the Xiantian Saints to buy the Immortal Domain time while Ning Chen remained with Guigui and later refused to save the declining Great Xia.
• Mu Chengxue fought Ning Chen, whose Phoenix Body achieved Phoenix Ancestral Return and eventually severed her Bridge of Great Dao, after which her blood awakened the Divine Demon Muster Platform.
• Ning Chen took in the orphan Butterfly, trained her in blade techniques, and gave her the Crimson Blade before she departed and became the God of Blades.
• Mu Chengxue saved the gravely wounded Butterfly, sheltered Qingqing, and defeated Chilin before the Demon Emperor absorbed him and attacked them.
• Ning Chen defeated the escaped Chaos Divine Demon, then followed Qingqing to rescue Butterfly and Mu Chengxue, killed the nine Great Sages, and transferred the Demon Emperor’s bloodline to Qingqing.
• Ning Chen traveled with Mu Chengxue, Butterfly, and Guigui, visited Airan, returned the white-clad swordsman’s sword bones, and continued searching for old friends.
• Yan Qiye rejected his appointment as Crown Prince and left the imperial palace with the Great Yan Emperor’s permission as his cultivation surged.