Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen helped two phoenixes escape the Calamity King, then received Phoenix Blood and a Phoenix Plume from them. After giving Wuyou one drop in exchange for a favor, he headed for Cloudsong City, knowing the Calamity King would pursue him and that he needed to recover his cultivation.

• Ning Chen shattered Godfall Altar with the War-Stopping Sword, freeing the phoenixes from Longevity Pool as the Calamity King attacked.
• Ning Chen and the two phoenixes fought the Calamity King, but they were wounded and fled together from Longevity Palace.
• The phoenixes gave Ning Chen a drop of golden blood, a Phoenix Plume, and ten drops of Phoenix Blood before flying away.
• Wuyou intercepted Ning Chen and pursued him until he agreed to give her one drop of Phoenix Blood in exchange for a favor.
• Ning Chen continued toward Cloudsong City, resolved to recover his cultivation before the Calamity King could catch up with him.

Ning Chen defeated Xuan Yang in a battle above the imperial city, then left Earthly Artisan Manor after saying goodbye to the Earthly Artisan and Xiaoyu. The Four Extremes Sacred Lands branded Ning Chen and his companions as spies and ordered their deaths, while Meng Xuanji took the Gilded Feathered Halberd and set out on her own.

• Ning Chen fought Xuan Yang above Earthly Artisan Manor and crippled him with a powerful sword strike.
• Ning Chen delivered the bundle to the Earthly Artisan, bid farewell to Xiaoyu, and left the manor.
• Longevity Palace and the Four Extremes Sacred Lands issued pursuit orders for Ning Chen, accusing him and his companions of plotting an invasion from the Eastern Divine Continent.
• Portraits of Ning Chen, Prince Yan, and A'man circulated across the world, startling the people of Nine Heavens Mountain.
• Meng Xuanji took the Gilded Feathered Halberd from Taixuan Peak and departed despite the Nine Heavens sect master's objections.

Ning Chen searched for his senior and A'man in Southern Frontier while secretly cultivating near Tianchen City, where he discovered Jiang Xin practicing blade forms alone. After sparring with her, he recognized her exceptional combat talent and ended their match by disarming her.

• Meng Xuanji searched for Ning Chen with the Gilded Feathered Halberd, while Southern Frontier factions failed to capture the green-robed expert and the sword-carrying girl.
• Ning Chen disguised himself and traveled to Southern Frontier to seek his senior and A'man and investigate the Jiang Family's blade techniques.
• Ning Chen learned that Jiang Hua led the Jiang Family and that his younger sister Jiang Xin was mocked for lacking martial talent.
• After confirming Prince Yan and A'man had left Southern Frontier, Ning Chen secluded himself near a waterfall to stabilize his cultivation as Jiang Xin practiced nearby.
• Ning Chen introduced himself to Jiang Xin as Ning Fan and sparred with her, recognizing her combat talent before disarming her and ending the match.

Ning Chen accepted Jiang Xin as Fan Lingyue’s disciple and painstakingly helped her enter the martial path, then trained her in the Quiet Moon Technique until she reached the peak of the Second-Rank Houtian realm. After passing on his final guidance, he left Jiang Xin by the waterfall and promised to visit her at the Jiang Clan.

• Ning Chen told Jiang Xin he would teach her martial arts on Fan Lingyue’s behalf, and Jiang Xin formally became Fan Lingyue’s disciple.
• Ning Chen used his true qi and a drop of Phoenix Blood to open Jiang Xin’s dantian qihai and form her qi vortex, nearly exhausting himself in the process.
• Ning Chen taught Jiang Xin the Quiet Moon Technique for nearly two months, and she rose to the peak of the Second-Rank Houtian realm.
• Ning Chen borrowed Willow Wind to demonstrate a blade technique, broke through toward the Ninth-Rank realm, and taught Jiang Xin not to become bound by forms.
• Ning Chen let Jiang Xin fly, then told her he would leave and visit her at the Jiang Clan; after he vanished, she resumed practicing with Willow Wind.

Ning Chen found A'man and Prince Yan at the southern polar region just as the Four Extremes Realm Lord confronted him. Prince Yan emerged from the lightning sea and fought the Realm Lord, who unleashed the Calamity of Fiery Disaster as their battle continued.

• Ning Chen deduced that Prince Yan and A'man had entered the southern polar region and waited outside its sea of lightning.
• The Four Extremes Realm Lord appeared and restrained Ning Chen, but Prince Yan emerged from the lightning sea and broke the Realm Lord's attack.
• Ning Chen reunited with A'man, gave her Phoenix Blood, and learned that the Confucian school had given her a sword.
• Prince Yan told Ning Chen and A'man to retreat as he fought the Four Extremes Realm Lord with his swords.
• The Four Extremes Realm Lord summoned the Calamity of Fiery Disaster, and Prince Yan faced the vicious weapon with Ningyuan.

Prince Yan forced the Four Extremes origin powers into Ning Chen, triggering his Third Xiantian Tribulation, while A'man left with Prince Yan to begin training in the sword. After Ning Chen survived the tribulation, he found Jiang Xin missing and discovered she had been imprisoned and tortured by the Jiang Family's Grand Elder for refusing to reveal her master's cultivation method.

• Prince Yan defeated the Four Extremes Realm Lord's attack and redirected the ice, wind, and lightning origin powers into Ning Chen, causing his Third Xiantian Tribulation to descend.
• Ning Chen awakened beneath the lightning and used ice and snow sword intent to resist the tribulation while Prince Yan took A'man away to train.
• Ning Chen crossed the Third Tribulation, then discovered A'man had left and departed in silence.
• After Jiang Xin failed to appear at their meeting by the waterfall, Ning Chen went to the Jiang Family to look for her.
• The Jiang Family's Grand Elder discovered Jiang Xin's acquired Third-Rank cultivation, sealed it, and imprisoned and tortured her when she refused to reveal her master's martial arts.

Ning Chen stormed the Jiang estate to rescue Jiang Xin and unleashed his fury on the family members who had tortured her. After Luan Fengchen recognized him as the man wanted by the Sacred Land, Ning Chen fought both Luan Fengchen and Jiang Hua at once, leaving the battle raging across the collapsing estate.

• Ning Chen forced a guard to reveal that the Jiang family’s Grand Elder had imprisoned Jiang Xin in the estate dungeon, then fought past the family’s elders to reach her.
• Ning Chen freed the battered Jiang Xin and carried her out, then severed both of the Grand Elder’s arms when the man tried to stop him.
• Jiang Hua arrived and clashed with Ning Chen, who set Jiang Xin aside and battled him with the Crimson Blade.
• Luan Fengchen recognized Ning Chen, who dropped his disguise; Ning Chen reassured Jiang Xin and drew Qingmo as Jiang Hua and Luan Fengchen prepared to fight him.
• Ning Chen wielded Qingmo and the Crimson Blade against Jiang Hua and Luan Fengchen simultaneously as their battle shook Tianchen City and destroyed nearby buildings.

Ning Chen defeated Jiang Hua and Duan Fengchen, rescued Jiang Xin from the Jiang family, and began training her by challenging major sects. After several months of battles across the Southern Border, Jiang Xin reached the peak of Fourth-Rank, and word spread about the young Xiantian expert traveling with her.

• The hunched old man threatened Jiang Xin during Ning Chen's battle with Jiang Hua and Duan Fengchen, forcing Ning Chen to take a blow before he unleashed his combined sword and blade technique and killed the old man.
• Ning Chen rescued Jiang Xin, healed her injuries, and agreed to let her stay by his side after she asked to follow him.
• Ning Chen tested Jiang Xin's blade skills and decided to take her to challenge the major sects so she could gain combat experience.
• At Xilin Mountain, Jiang Xin defeated a Fourth-Rank disciple despite her lack of practical experience, then spent two days recovering and absorbing what she had learned.
• Over the next two or three months, Jiang Xin challenged sect disciples across the Southern Border, improved rapidly, and reached the peak of Fourth-Rank.
• Ning Chen took Jiang Xin west and then north, as news of the young Xiantian expert traveling with a girl to challenge sects spread.

After Jiang Xin’s first defeat, Ning Chen told her about Fan Lingyue and urged her to find her own path, helping her break through while they waited near Myriad Snow Mountain. Xuan Cheng’s forces attacked them, but Ning Chen defeated them as Jiang Xin completed her breakthrough.

• After Jiang Xin lost her first challenge against a peak Sixth-Rank disciple, Ning Chen told her about Fan Lingyue and encouraged her to rise after failure.
• Jiang Xin pondered Ning Chen’s words through the night near Myriad Snow Mountain while he waited for her to decide whether to challenge the sect.
• Xuan Cheng arrived with Xiantian experts, Ninth-Rank peak fighters, and an army, then ordered them to attack Ning Chen and Jiang Xin.
• Ning Chen broke the enemy sword formation and fought off Xuan Cheng, Luo Xiao, and their forces, while the Ink Sword killed Ling Jiao when he rushed toward Jiang Xin.
• Xuan Cheng ordered a retreat, and Ning Chen returned to Jiang Xin as she completed her breakthrough in soft white light.

The Four Extremes Realm Lord sent the Calamity King after Meng Xuanji while political tensions grew around Jiang Xin and Ning Chen. After guiding Jiang Xin to the Sixth-Rank, Ning Chen brought her to Earthly Artisan Manor and left her in the Earthly Artisan’s care as he prepared to face greater dangers.

• The Four Extremes Realm Lord ordered Yu Yangtian and the others to keep searching for Meng Xuanji and sent the Calamity King to handle the failed mission.
• Jiang Hua removed the injured Grand Elder from his position, forbade the elders from interfering with Jiang Xin, and traveled toward the Northern Regions.
• Luan Fengchen questioned the Four Extremes Realm Lord about the threat from the Eastern Divine Continent, then retrieved his Flowing Light Blood Blade and departed again.
• Ning Chen and Jiang Xin challenged sects across the Northern Regions before traveling through the realm; Jiang Xin advanced to the Sixth-Rank.
• Ning Chen brought Jiang Xin to Earthly Artisan Manor, explained the truth about his origins and the Sacred Lands’ claims, and asked the Earthly Artisan to shelter her.
• The Earthly Artisan agreed to let Jiang Xin stay, and Ning Chen told her to train diligently until he returned.

Ning Chen returned to Nine Heavens to seek Meng Xuanji and learned that she had left with the Gilded Feathered Halberd, which could break open space. He then investigated the Heavenly Curtain at the Summit of Nine Heavens and entered its spatial turbulence, where he and the pursuing Calamity King were swallowed into different spaces.

• Ning Chen arrived at Nine Heavens, where the Headmaster and the Venerables let him pass after sensing his strength.
• Ning Chen searched Jade Mechanism Hall for Meng Xuanji and found ancient books and the cultivation manual she had once given him.
• Sword Venerable told Ning Chen that the Calamity King had come seeking the Gilded Feathered Halberd, and the Headmaster confirmed that it could break open space.
• Ning Chen demonstrated his sword intent as repayment to Nine Heavens, then climbed to the Summit of Nine Heavens to investigate why he had once fallen from the sky.
• Ning Chen and the Calamity King entered spatial turbulence beneath the Heavenly Curtain and were separated into different spaces.

Ning Chen crossed the spatial turbulence toward the Heavenly Curtain while the Calamity King pursued him, and he discovered that the passage led to the ruined Featherfall Valley. Meanwhile, Lihuo secretly prepared to forge a Weapon of Destiny, as Li Yan and Li Youwei each took steps to divert the Holy Land’s attention; Ning Chen escaped into the turbulence again with the Calamity King close behind.

• Ning Chen evaded the Calamity King through the spatial turbulence as he searched for the Heavenly Curtain, while Xuantian failed to find them and Jiang Xin settled into life at Earthly Artisan Manor.
• Li Youwei discovered Jiang Xin’s identity and learned from her about Ning Chen, while Li Yan visited the manor and arranged for Lihuo to forge a Weapon of Destiny in one month.
• Li Yan secretly sent a letter without letting Li Youwei’s people see it, while Li Youwei ordered her spies to spread false reports about spies from the Eastern Divine Continent to distract the Holy Land.
• Ning Chen and the Calamity King continued their dangerous pursuit through the spatial turbulence, and Ning Chen’s weapons became badly cracked.
• Ning Chen reached the Heavenly Curtain and recognized the wasteland beyond it as Featherfall Valley, the boundary between the Four Extremes Realm and the Divine Continent.
• Ning Chen vanished into the spatial turbulence after telling the Calamity King they would never meet again, and the Calamity King angrily pursued him.

Ning Chen discovered that Jiang Xin had been abducted and rescued her from a carriage, only to be confronted by Duan Fengchen. The Calamity King and four other powerful pursuers waited nearby, leaving Ning Chen in the midst of a deadly trap.

• Ning Chen escaped the Calamity King through spatial turbulence and learned that the Lihuo Dynasty was spreading false reports to distract the Sacred Lands.
• The Calamity King ordered Xuantian, Yu Yangtian, Xingyun, and Buyu to help eliminate Ning Chen, while his search for Meng Xuanji continued.
• A guard carrying Li Youwei's letter lured Jiang Xin from the Earthly Artisan Manor and drugged her during the carriage ride south.
• Ning Chen realized Jiang Xin was missing, followed the carriage tracks, and caught up with her near Half-Moon Mountain.
• Ning Chen rescued Jiang Xin after killing the guard, but Duan Fengchen confronted him, while the Calamity King and four allies waited nearby.

Ning Chen fought Luan Fengchen and then the Calamity King’s forces while protecting the unconscious Jiang Xin, but he was overwhelmed after his weapons broke and his strength ran out. Jiang Xin fell from Halfmoon Cliff, and a mysterious azure-and-crimson sword rose from Ning Chen as a terrifying pressure shook Half-Moon Mountain.

• Ning Chen battled Luan Fengchen beneath Half-Moon Mountain while carrying the unconscious Jiang Xin, until the Calamity King and four Sacred Lands experts arrived and Luan Fengchen departed.
• Ning Chen fought Yu Yangtian, Xingyun, and Buyu, wounding them with his Ink Sword and Crimson Blade, but Xuantian joined the attack and the Crimson Blade shattered.
• Jiang Xin woke and called Ning Chen her master, distracting him long enough for the enemy assault to wound him and break his Crimson Blade.
• Ning Chen blasted the attackers back with July Snowfall, then tried to escape with Jiang Xin, but the Calamity King’s palm strike and the pursuing fighters drove him to exhaustion.
• At Halfmoon Cliff, Jiang Xin told Ning Chen she would no longer burden him and fell into the abyss; as Ning Chen watched helplessly, a two-colored sword rose from his body and unleashed a terrifying pressure.

Ning Chen was rescued by Meng Xuanji after a desperate battle on Half-Moon Mountain, then recovered and warned her about the Calamity King and the Gilded Feathered Halberd. He reached Lihuo Canyon as the Weapon of Destiny was completed, where it resonated with the Knowing Fate Sword and Li Yan recognized him.

• Knowing Fate’s sword intent killed Buyu, broke Yu Yangtian’s divine halberd and severed his right arm, and gravely wounded Xingyun before Xuantian’s Vast Sword pierced Ning Chen.
• Meng Xuanji interrupted the Calamity King’s attack, carried the unconscious Ning Chen away, and left Xuantian, Xingyun, and Yu Yangtian to withdraw with Buyu’s body.
• Meng Xuanji healed Ning Chen and used a powerful Life-Death Severance Seal to question him about his identity and the alleged invasion; Ning Chen told her what he had learned at the Summit of Nine Heavens and warned her about the Gilded Feathered Halberd.
• Ning Chen recovered, traveled to Lihuo, and searched for Li Youwei as the Weapon of Destiny was completed and its heavenly tribulation began.
• The finished weapon resonated with Ning Chen’s Knowing Fate Sword, and Li Yan’s joy vanished when he saw Ning Chen arrive.

Ning Chen learned that Jiang Xin had been betrayed and confronted Li Yan, crippling him before carrying him to Halfmoon Cliff. After Ning Chen dropped Li Yan into the abyss, Jiang Hua appeared from below with Li Yan in hand, bringing the two enemies face-to-face.

• Ning Chen seized Li Youwei and demanded to know who had endangered Jiang Xin; Li Yan admitted he had arranged the forged letter.
• Ning Chen defeated Elder Li and Qu Jiang, shattered Li Yan's sea of qi, and took the Weapon of Destiny despite their attempts to stop him.
• Ning Chen carried Li Yan to Halfmoon Cliff while reflecting on his failure to protect Jiang Xin, and Li Youwei and the two Attendants caught up with him.
• Ning Chen dropped Li Yan over the cliff and blocked Qu Jiang and Elder Li when they tried to pursue him; Li Youwei fainted after seeing her brother fall.
• Jiang Hua emerged from beneath the cliff carrying Li Yan, and he and Ning Chen recognized each other and halted their weapons.

Ning Chen and Jiang Hua descended beneath Halfmoon Cliff to rescue Jiang Xin, but ancient swords and the beast Yazi trapped them in deadly battles. Above the cliff, Li Yan remained near death, while Duan Fengchen arrived and left without freeing him.

• Ning Chen and Jiang Hua went down the cliff after learning Jiang Xin was still alive, leaving Li Yan pinned to the cliff by the Snow Sword.
• Ning Chen and Jiang Hua fought twelve mysterious swords in the mist, and Jiang Hua followed a blood signal toward Jiang Xin while Ning Chen held off their pursuers.
• Ning Chen shattered eleven swords with Heaven's Forgiveness, Guiltless, then hurried into the valley as Jiang Hua battled Yazi beside Jiang Xin's unconscious body in a pool.
• Ning Chen joined Jiang Hua against Yazi, and both fought on despite severe injuries to reach Jiang Xin.
• Qu Jiang took the unconscious Li Youwei back to the palace as Elder Li waited by Li Yan, whose survival and ability to rule were in doubt.
• Duan Fengchen appeared at Halfmoon Cliff, saw Li Yan pinned by the sword, and left without intervening.

Meng Xuanji entered the spatial turbulence with the Gilded Feathered Halberd as she sought the truth about the sky and the Holy Land. At Halfmoon Cliff, Ning Chen, Jiang Hua, and Luan Fengchen fought Yazi long enough for Jiang Hua to rescue Jiang Xin, and Ning Chen began healing her despite his grave injuries.

• Meng Xuanji stepped into the spatial turbulence on the Summit of Nine Heavens, carrying the Gilded Feathered Halberd as she pursued answers about the sky and the Holy Land.
• Ning Chen and Jiang Hua struggled against Yazi while Jiang Xin's aura weakened, and Ning Chen's sword shattered as his accumulated injuries caught up with him.
• Luan Fengchen arrived and joined Ning Chen and Jiang Hua in battle, while Ning Chen used the Scroll of Life to restore Jiang Xin's qi and slow her decline.
• The three prodigies wounded Yazi with their ultimate techniques, but Ning Chen suffered a devastating shoulder and arm injury from the Crimson Sword.
• Jiang Hua seized Jiang Xin and escaped as Ning Chen and Luan Fengchen held back Yazi's attack, then the three reunited beyond Halfmoon Cliff and all vomited blood.
• Ning Chen stopped Jiang Hua from treating Jiang Xin and used the Scroll of Life to channel spiritual energy into her despite his exhausted condition.

After recovering from his battle with Yazi, Ning Chen revealed his origins to Luan Fengchen and left Jiang Xin in her brother Jiang Hua’s care. He learned that his blade was a Weapon of Destiny named Thoughts of Affection, then used it to shatter Lihuo’s ancient bell and seize the dynasty’s destiny, ending by asking Li Youwei whether the blade’s name suited it.

• Ning Chen, Jiang Hua, and Luan Fengchen joined their power to heal Jiang Xin, but Ning Chen collapsed from his severe injuries and was carried to the Jiang Family’s Blade Tomb.
• Four days later, Ning Chen awoke, identified himself as the Marquis of Knowing Fate of Great Xia, and showed Luan Fengchen the Phoenix Blood that explained his connection to the Longevity Palace.
• Luan Fengchen returned to the Sacred Lands, while Ning Chen left Jiang Xin with Jiang Hua and traveled to Earthly Artisan Manor.
• Ning Chen asked the earthly artisan whether his blade was a Weapon of Destiny and learned that it was named Thoughts of Affection.
• Ning Chen used the blade to destroy Lihuo’s ancient bronze bell, draw the dynasty’s released destiny into the weapon, and withstand the efforts of the Sacred Lands and imperial attendants to stop him.
• As Ning Chen passed Li Youwei, he asked whether Thoughts of Affection was a fitting name for the blade that remembered their past feelings.

Ning Chen fought the Calamity King while Xuan Zhi and the Four Extremes Realm Lord prepared to open a passage between realms. Meng Xuanji was betrayed and gravely wounded beneath the Heavenly Curtain, and Xuan Zhi entered the newly opened passage as Ning Chen arrived.

• Li Youwei helped establish the child emperor's rule after the plain-clothed man vanished, while Meng Xuanji continued toward the Heavenly Curtain.
• Xuan Zhi used the Yin-Yang Jade to complete the Four Extremes Sacred Lands' formation, and Ning Chen intercepted the Calamity King on his way there.
• Ning Chen and the Calamity King fought a fierce battle, while Wang You restrained two Xiantian experts from interfering.
• The Four Extremes Realm Lord and Xuan Zhi confronted Meng Xuanji beneath the Heavenly Curtain, where Xuan Tian's Vast Sword pierced her and Xuan Zhi took the Gilded Feathered Halberd.
• After Meng Xuanji's Life-Death Severance Seal disappeared, the Calamity King escaped Ning Chen and joined the Four Extremes Realm Lord in opening a passage between realms.
• Xuan Zhi entered the passage as the plain-clothed figure arrived and moved to act.