Recaps

Ning Chen survived Fan Lingyue’s death and entered the Four Extremes Realm, where he rebuilt his strength at Nine Heavens Mountain. As the Longevity Banquet exposed a conspiracy around the realm’s sacred treasures, the Calamity King attacked Nine Heavens Mountain and Ning Chen questioned the powers seeking to unite the realm.

• Ning Chen crossed the Chaos Mist Sea, learned from Mu Bai, found the Flower of the Other Shore, and escaped Jun Shaoqing with it.
• Ning Chen joined Fan Lingyue to fight Featherfall Valley’s experts, then helped Xia Ziyi’s forces defeat Northern Mongolia’s heavy cavalry and the Du'e Temple Abbot.
• Fan Lingyue prepared for her death, withdrew her army from Falling Moon City, gave Ning Chen the Scroll of Chaos, and died during the tribulations.
• Ning Chen left the Scroll of Chaos with The Master, entered Featherfall Valley, and was believed dead after enduring its tribulations, but his consciousness survived within Phoenix Blood.
• Ning Chen awoke on Nine Heavens Mountain, rebuilt his cultivation, and refused the elders’ offers to make him a disciple until Meng Xuanji sealed him and took him to Jade Mechanism Hall.
• Ning Chen suspected the Longevity Banquet was a ploy to seize Nine Heavens Mountain’s Gilded Feathered Halberd, while Li Huarong attacked the mountain and Luan Fengchen drove him off.
• Ning Chen investigated the fall of the Ascension Realm, met Luan Fengchen there, and returned to Flower Cherishing Palace as Meng Xuanji discussed an alliance with its Palace Master.
• The Calamity King attacked Nine Heavens Mountain for the Gilded Feathered Halberd, but retreated after Meng Xuanji and the Four Extremes Sacred Emissary confronted him, and Ning Chen learned Wang You recognized his Xiantian realm.

Ning Chen pursued Phoenix Blood, freed two phoenixes, and reunited with Prince Yan and A'man before surviving his Third Xiantian Tribulation. He rescued Jiang Xin from the Jiang Family, trained her through challenges across the realm, and left her under the Earthly Artisan’s protection while he continued his struggle against the Sacred Lands.

• Ning Chen defeated the Four Extremes Sacred Emissary, crippled his meridians, and later weakened Meng Xuanji while sparing her cultivation after she promised not to ally with the Calamity King.
• Ning Chen obtained Azure Jade Wood and had the Earthly Artisan forge Zhiming, which fused into his arm and raised his cultivation to the Fifth-Rank realm.
• Ning Chen traveled with Li Youwei to seek Blazing Sun Iron, then entered Phoenix Perch Mountain with Wuyou and Yi Wanrong in search of Phoenix Blood.
• Ning Chen freed two phoenixes from Longevity Pool, escaped with their gifts of Phoenix Blood and a Phoenix Plume, and later fought Xuan Yang before leaving the Earthly Artisan Manor.
• Ning Chen found Jiang Xin practicing near a waterfall, became her teacher in Fan Lingyue’s name, and helped her develop her cultivation and blade skills.
• Ning Chen rescued Jiang Xin from the Jiang Family dungeon and took her to challenge sects across the Southern Border and Northern Regions, where she steadily advanced.
• Ning Chen and Jiang Xin defeated the forces sent against them at Myriad Snow Mountain, and Jiang Xin broke through before they continued their challenges.
• Ning Chen brought Jiang Xin to the Earthly Artisan Manor, explained his origins and the Sacred Lands’ accusations, and left her there for protection and training.

Ning Chen returned from the Four Extremes Realm, rescued Jiang Xin, and uncovered the growing threat from the Eternal Night Divine Cult and the Four Extremes Sacred Lands. After Tanzhu sacrificed himself to help Ning Chen escape, Ning Chen returned to a wounded Great Xia and used his Phoenix Blood to revive Xia Ziyi.

• Ning Chen rescued Jiang Xin from Li Yan’s plot, and after she fell from Halfmoon Cliff he joined Jiang Hua and Luan Fengchen in saving her from Yazi.
• Ning Chen took the Weapon of Destiny, named it Thoughts of Affection, and destroyed Lihuo’s bronze bell before confronting the Calamity King and the Four Extremes forces.
• Ning Chen failed to heal Meng Xuanji and sealed her in ice, then returned to Great Xia as Zong Qianqiu’s Divine Martial Guard attacked the imperial city.
• Ning Chen helped repel Zong Qianqiu, reunited with Changsun, and learned that the Underworld Son was ravaging Great Xia while the Eternal Night Divine Cult advanced its war.
• Xia Ziyi fought the Underworld Son and Huazhuang, while Ning Chen infiltrated the Eternal Night Divine Cult to seek a martial art that could restore his qi sea.
• Tanzhu protected Ning Chen from Zong Qianqiu’s forces and sent him away, revealing that the Heart of Western Shadow had not betrayed Great Xia.
• Ning Chen’s phoenix bloodline restored his cultivation, and after escaping he buried Marquis Xiying and returned to find Xia Ziyi gravely injured.
• The Ghost Maiden gave her life force to awaken Ning Chen, who severed their connection and used his Phoenix Blood to restore Xia Ziyi before collapsing again.

Ning Chen helped Great Xia resist the Four Extremes Realm and crippled the Calamity King, while the Confucian elders emerged to defend Dragon Garden. The stretch left Ning Chen separated from the Golden Staff National Master and at the Hulei wedding, where Duke Muyang’s attack threatened to engulf the dynasty.

• Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue joined forces against the Martial Lord, whose death stabilized the realm passage but scattered the fighters as the Four Extremes army prepared to invade.
• Xia Ziyi became Great Xia’s acting emperor, fought the Calamity King, and later joined Ning Chen in rallying the realm against the invasion.
• Ning Chen treated Xia Xinyu temporarily at the Heavenly Pool, took Chi’er as his disciple, and arranged an alliance with the Golden Staff National Master to target the Calamity King.
• Ning Chen, Mu Bai, Mu Qianshang, and the Golden Staff National Master broke the Calamity King’s Sea of Qi, but his Phoenix Blood began a powerful rebirth and escaped their control.
• Ning Chen departed for the Four Extremes Realm to destroy its teleportation array, but a spatial storm separated him from the Golden Staff National Master and left him in the Southern Borderlands.
• Xuantian and Four Extremes and Eternal Night forces attacked Dragon Garden, where Master Bing, Ritual Elder, and Music Elder emerged, drove them back, and killed Xingyun.
• Ning Chen attended Li Youwei’s wedding in disguise, where Duke Muyang demanded her return and attacked her before Jiang Hua struck him down.
• Venerable Yuan unleashed white insects that devoured nobles, leaving the Hulei Emperor to choose between surrendering Li Youwei and risking the dynasty’s destruction.