Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen escaped the closing boundary passage with Meng Xuanji, saved her by sealing her in ice, and returned to the Divine Continent after two years away. He learned that Great Xia and the Eternal Night Divine Cult were at war, and that the new Military Advisor Zong Qianqiu had begun planning a decisive strike against Great Xia.

• The Four Extremes Realm Lord ordered Xuantian to help the Calamity King conquer the sects and unify the Four Extremes Realm within half a year.
• Ning Chen failed to heal Meng Xuanji, spent the Nianqing Blade’s remaining fortune to save her, and sealed her in ice with the Scroll of Life.
• Ning Chen returned to Featherfall Valley and destroyed Xuan Zhi’s hidden talisman formation before leaving.
• The Eternal Night Divine Cult revealed its Second Hall and Divine Martial Army, escalating its war against Great Xia across the western regions.
• Zong Qianqiu told the Martial Lord that he planned to trap Marquis Kaixuan and lead an assault on Great Xia’s Imperial City.
• Ning Chen reunited with the Ghost Maiden, learned that two years had passed and heard about Zong Qianqiu’s rise.

Zong Qianqiu led the Eternal Night Divine Cult’s assault on Great Xia, forcing Xia Ziyi and the defenders into desperate battles in the imperial city. As King Xiaoyu’s life waned and Zong unleashed a devastating spell, a familiar figure arrived beside a ghost sedan, leaving Master Yantian demanding his name.

• Zong Qianqiu appeared in the imperial city with the Divine Martial Guard, while Xia Ziyi, Grand Tutor, and Qing Ling prepared to oppose him.
• Huazhuang led five Divine Martial Guards against Xia Ziyi, who held them off with Silence of Autumn Water, and Qing Ling and Grand Tutor joined battle against Remnant Wind and the remaining guards.
• Xia Mingri authorized the Dark Dragon Guard commanders to awaken Great Xia’s reserves, and Imperial Ancestor Xiaoyu emerged to confront Zong Qianqiu.
• Zong Qianqiu trapped King Xiaoyu in a sea of thunder, and Xia Ziyi broke free of the killing formation, killed a Divine Martial Guard, and attacked the Eternal Night Military Advisor.
• Zong Qianqiu summoned four flame divine generals to attack Xia Ziyi, but a familiar figure arrived beside a ghost sedan, prompting Master Yantian to ask his name.

Ning Chen returned to the imperial city as the Martial Marquis, helped repel Zong Qianqiu’s forces, and learned that a Four Extremes Realm visitor threatened to open a passage between realms. He went with Qing Ling to see the sleeping Empress Dowager, while his unease over Xia Ziyi’s strange gray energy remained unresolved.

• The imperial city welcomed Ning Chen back as the Martial Marquis, and he joined Xia Ziyi and the others to fight Zong Qianqiu’s forces.
• Ning Chen froze and destroyed the four flaming divine generals, then cut apart Zong Qianqiu’s talisman before Zong Qianqiu ordered a retreat.
• King Xiaoyu crumbled into ashes after seeing Xia Ziyi and Ning Chen, while gray energy briefly appeared in Xia Ziyi’s Grand Righteous Qi and worried Ning Chen.
• Qing Ling slapped Ning Chen and took him to the palace, where he explained the Four Extremes Realm threat to Xia Mingri and urged him to watch for a Three Calamities Realm ally.
• Ning Chen went with Qing Ling to Weiyang Palace and learned that Changsun’s chambers were kept sealed and lit by night pearls because covering them would wake her.

After two years away, Ning Chen returned to Great Xia and reunited with Changsun, who had grown frail and set him three years to find a wife. He returned to the Zhiming Marquisate, where his family welcomed him, but Ghost Maiden warned that she could only sustain the unconscious woman’s life temporarily.

• Ning Chen quietly knelt beside Changsun’s bed, and she awoke to find him returned and welcomed him with tears.
• Changsun told Ning Chen she had adopted Ning Xi and gave him three years to find someone to marry before she arranged a match herself.
• Ning Chen spent the morning with Changsun and Qing Ling before leaving Weiyang Palace as visitors began arriving to pay their respects.
• Ning Xi, Liu Ruoxi, and the household welcomed Ning Chen at the Zhiming Marquisate, and news of his return spread through the imperial city.
• Ghost Maiden used her Ghost Source to sustain the unconscious woman and told Ning Chen they needed another way to save her.

Ning Chen returned to Great Xia and confronted several growing threats, including Meng Xuanji’s injuries, the Underworld Son, and the Four Extremes Realm. He discovered Xia Xinyu had developed the Seven Absolutes Body and left the chapter showing her a Phoenix Plume.

• Ning Chen froze Meng Xuanji again and considered seeking a way to repair her shattered dantian while the Ghost Maiden warned him that the Underworld Son was devouring warriors and growing stronger.
• Ning Chen rejected gifts from the nobles, entrusted Ning Xi and the Ghost Maiden with estate matters, and asked The Master whether Great Xia would perish and what gray energy in Grand Righteous Qi meant.
• The Master said Great Xia would perish and that gray energy signified demonic corruption; Ning Chen realized Xia Ziyi might be afflicted and hurried to the Haowu Prince's Estate.
• Ning Chen discovered Xia Xinyu had developed the Seven Absolutes Body, then watched her dance and discussed his return from the Four Extremes Realm with her and Xia Ziyi.
• Xia Ziyi agreed to handle the Underworld Son while Ning Chen pursued the visitor from the Four Extremes Realm, and Ning Chen produced a Phoenix Plume for Xia Xinyu.

Ning Chen visited the Wang Family and learned that the Empress held the Ruyi Method, then confronted Su Feiyan in the imperial garden to negotiate for it. Su Feiyan demanded that he endure three attacks at the acquired realm, and after Mingyue permitted their contest, he calmly faced her first strike.

• Ning Chen gave Xia Xinyu a Phoenix Plume, then left Xia Ziyi and Xia Xinyu after drinking with them.
• Ning Chen paid respects at the Martial Marquis Shrine, where he saw the new spirit tablets for Wangchuan and Xueyi.
• Ning Chen visited the Wang Family to ask for Duke Xiyu's disguise art, and the Grand Elder told him the Empress held the Ruyi Method.
• Ning Chen watched Mingyue at court, then confronted Su Feiyan, who attacked him with the Spring Thunder Zither before he subdued her and demanded the Ruyi Method.
• Su Feiyan offered the Ruyi Method if Ning Chen survived three moves at the acquired realm, and Mingyue allowed their contest to proceed.
• Su Feiyan unleashed her first attack, and Ning Chen announced that it was over and that she had two moves remaining.

Su Feiyan unleashed the Spring Thunder Zither’s six-string attack against Ning Chen, but he defeated her and saved her from the backlash. After comforting Mingyue, Ning Chen received the Ruyi Method from the Empress Dowager, giving him a path toward the Eternal Night Divine Cult and a chance to search for the person he sought.

• Su Feiyan used the Spring Thunder Zither’s five-string attack to reach the innate realm, but Ning Chen repelled it without injury.
• Su Feiyan forcibly opened the sixth string and devastated the imperial garden, while Ning Chen countered with sword and blade intent and emerged with only a wound to his shoulder.
• Su Feiyan collapsed from the backlash, and Ning Chen suppressed her rebounding true qi before Mingyue ordered her attendants to take her back to Qiyu Palace.
• Ning Chen comforted Mingyue, promised to visit often, and agreed to stay with her for the next two days.
• Zijing delivered the jade slip containing the Ruyi Method to Ning Chen, who planned to use it to seek the Eternal Night Divine Cult and investigate the person from the Four Extremes Realm.

Ning Chen protected Mingyue at Qianyuan Palace, then joined Marquis Kaixuan on the western battlefield as the threat from the Eternal Night Divine Cult and the Four Extremes Realm loomed. The chapter left Ning Chen warning that Great Xia’s victory could mean the Eternal Night Divine Cult’s annihilation, giving the cult strong reason to seek outside help.

• Ning Chen placed a dangerous spiritual mark and martial insights within Zijing so she could protect Mingyue in a crisis.
• Ning Chen comforted Mingyue with a story, then studied Su Feiyan’s cultivation method and practiced it in the courtyard.
• The Underworld Son destroyed the Sword Sect and several other sects, spreading fear across the Southeast Territory.
• Xia Ziyi left the royal court after hearing reports of the Underworld Son’s devastation.
• Ning Chen left the Northern Mongol Royal Court and met Marquis Kaixuan on the western battlefield, where they discussed the Eternal Night Divine Cult and the possible invasion by the Four Extremes Realm.
• Marquis Kaixuan said Great Xia would eradicate the Eternal Night Divine Cult if it won the war.

Ning Chen resolved to infiltrate the Eternal Night Divine Cult and replaced the wounded General Tongguang while the war intensified. In the Southeast Territory, Xia Ziyi pursued the Underworld Son but left the burning Prajna City to chase him, and the two began a fierce battle.

• Ning Chen told Marquis Kaixuan to watch the Martial Lord and discussed finding the Four Extremes Realm envoy and eliminating the Martial Lord.
• Ning Chen spent days observing the Eternal Night Divine Cult's generals, then impersonated the wounded General Tongguang during his journey back to the divine hall.
• The Underworld Son destroyed Prajna City, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians, as Xia Ziyi arrived and pursued him instead of staying to rescue those trapped in the fire.
• Xia Ziyi caught up with the Underworld Son, and they exchanged life-threatening blows as the Underworld Son mocked Xia Ziyi for losing his sword.

Xia Ziyi defeated the Underworld Son but failed to kill him, then saved survivors in burning Prajna City and endured their blame. At the Eternal Night Divine Cult, Zong Qianqiu sent Huazhuang after Xia Ziyi, Ning Chen searched for a way to restore his qi sea, and the Saintess awakened from her stone coffin.

• Xia Ziyi and the Underworld Son unleashed their ultimate moves, and Xia Ziyi wounded him before the Underworld Son escaped.
• Xia Ziyi extinguished the flames in Prajna City with sweet rain and rescued a trapped boy, but the grieving survivors attacked and cursed him.
• Zong Qianqiu learned that Xia Ziyi was in Great Xia's Southeast Territory and sent Huazhuang to eliminate him.
• Ning Chen, disguised as General Tongguang, surveyed the Eternal Night Divine Cult and considered entering the First Divine Hall to find a method to restore his qi sea.
• A stone coffin shook in the Abyss of Darkness, and the Saintess emerged despite Zong Qianqiu's doubts about her awakening.

Ning Chen learned that the Eternal Night Divine Cult’s Saintess had awakened and that General Tanzhu was being sent to the Abyss of Darkness. In Great Xia’s Southeast Territory, Xia Ziyi fought Huazhuang and the Divine Martial Guards while gravely injured, then unleashed a forbidden sword technique before Consort Luo rescued him.

• Ning Chen met General Tanzhu, who said the Saintess had awakened and someone must take her place in the Abyss of Darkness.
• Tanzhu received a Divine Heaven Pill from Zong Qianqiu and prepared to break through to the Xiantian realm.
• Xia Ziyi, already wounded from his fight with the Underworld Son, was ambushed by Huazhuang and four Divine Martial Guards.
• Zong Qianqiu empowered the attackers with a strange art, and they summoned flame divine generals and an evil god to overwhelm Xia Ziyi.
• Xia Ziyi unleashed the Confucian school’s forbidden demon-slaying move, destroying the flame generals and defeating the Divine Martial Guards before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Consort Luo carried the nearly unconscious Xia Ziyi away, while the wounded Huazhuang was unable to pursue them.

Ning Chen infiltrated the Eternal Night Divine Cult to search its hidden core and discovered the Eternal Night Divine Canon, but a powerful lingering strike gravely wounded him. He escaped Zong Qianqiu’s pursuit and hid nearby as the cult began searching for him.

• Ning Chen sparred with Tanzhu, who defeated him with the Waterlight Shadow Body before announcing he would enter Xiantian and take the Saintess's position.
• Ten days later, after receiving orders to go to the front lines, Ning Chen returned to his original appearance and secretly infiltrated the First Divine Hall.
• Ning Chen killed the guards in his path and broke through an illusion formation of skeletons and Underworld Soldiers using Sword Snow Three Thousand Miles.
• Ning Chen entered the Hundred Revolutions Heavenly Pavilion, took the martial art he had sought, and followed the Scroll of Chaos to the Eternal Night Divine Canon.
• A restriction-breaking strike exposed Ning Chen to a devastating palm attack; Zong Qianqiu arrived, pursued him with lightning, and ordered Can Feng and five Divine Martial Guards to search the halls.
• Ning Chen escaped the hall and hid nearby, coughing blood from his severe injuries.

Ning Chen fought his way through the Eternal Night Divine Cult, where Tanzhu rescued him and carried him toward escape. Tanzhu gave Ning Chen the last of his strength and sent him away, then turned to face Zong Qianqiu and the pursuing guards alone.

• A violent eruption of power at Tanzhu Palace drew the Divine Cult's attention while Ning Chen, badly wounded, tried to escape Canfeng and Zong Qianqiu.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Scroll of Earth, slaughtering and driving back guards before forcing his way through the encirclement.
• As the guards pursued him, Ning Chen's Phoenix Blood revived and began healing his injuries, but Canfeng, the Divine Martial Guards, and Zong Qianqiu caught up and surrounded him again.
• Tanzhu intervened, killed two Divine Martial Guards, and revealed that the Heart of Western Shadow had never betrayed Great Xia.
• Zong Qianqiu fought Tanzhu with thunder and a lightning-forged halberd, while Canfeng wounded him from behind as he tried to protect Ning Chen.
• Tanzhu gave Ning Chen the last of his strength, sent him a thousand zhang away, and stayed behind to confront Zong Qianqiu and the pursuers.

Ning Chen awakened his phoenix bloodline, defeated Zong Qianqiu’s forces, and brought the dying Marquis Xiying back to Great Xia. After burying Xiying beside the person whose grave he had visited, Ning Chen learned that Prince Haowu was near death and collapsed before he could reach him.

• Ning Chen’s phoenix bloodline awakened, restoring his cultivation and allowing him to kill the Divine Martial Guards and wound Canfeng while battling Zong Qianqiu.
• Zong Qianqiu summoned a god formed from faith, but Ning Chen’s Scroll of Earth countered its power; Zong Qianqiu called off the pursuit as Ning Chen escaped.
• Ning Chen reached Marquis Kaixuan’s camp with Marquis Xiying’s body, shared what he had learned about the Eternal Night Divine Cult, Martial Lord, and the Four Extremes Realm, then continued toward the imperial city.
• Ning Chen buried Marquis Xiying beside the solitary grave and kowtowed before leaving.
• At the Zhiming Marquisate, Ning Xi and Ruoxi told Ning Chen that Prince Haowu was gravely injured; Ning Chen collapsed before he could finish asking to be taken to him.
• At Prince Haowu’s Estate, Consort Luo’s true qi could no longer revive Prince Haowu as his life force faded.

As Great Xia’s king and marquis lay near death, the Ghost Maiden used the Rakshasa Life-Binding Pact to revive Ning Chen, who then tried to save Xia Ziyi with his Phoenix Blood. Meanwhile, Xuan Zhi met Zong Qianqiu to negotiate an alliance between the Four Extremes Sacred Lands and the Eternal Night Divine Cult, leaving the fate of the wounded men uncertain.

• Ning Chen and Xia Ziyi remained gravely injured at Haowu Prince's Estate, while Changsun collapsed from exhaustion and the Ghost Maiden returned her Phoenix Blood to Ning Chen without effect.
• Xuan Zhi arrived at the Eternal Night Divine Cult and fought Zong Qianqiu briefly before the two entered the Second Divine Hall to negotiate.
• Xuan Zhi proposed that the Four Extremes Sacred Lands help the Eternal Night Divine Cult conquer Great Xia in exchange for joint control of the Four Extremes Realm and the Divine Continent.
• The Ghost Maiden used the Rakshasa Life-Binding Pact to transfer her life force to Ning Chen, who awakened and severed their connection.
• Ning Chen insisted on helping Xia Ziyi, then used his Phoenix Blood to restore Xia Ziyi's blood qi before fainting again.

Xuan Zhi negotiated with Zong Qianqiu over opening the passage between the two realms, while Ning Chen recovered from his injuries and visited the Martial Marquis Shrine. The Four Extremes Realm Lord ordered Xuan Zhi to give up the Heaven and Earth Creation Jade, and Ning Chen left the shrine aware that unrest was growing in Prajna City.

• The Ghost Maiden admitted that she owed Ning Chen, while Qing Ling questioned Xia Xinyu about her concealed Seven Absolutes Phenomenon and learned that Consort Luo had saved Xia Ziyi.
• Xuan Zhi offered Zong Qianqiu three drops of Phoenix Blood during negotiations, but Zong Qianqiu postponed their discussion without agreeing to terms.
• Xuan Zhi reported the negotiations to the Four Extremes Realm Lord, who ordered him to give Zong Qianqiu the Heaven and Earth Creation Jade and open the passage as soon as possible.
• Ning Chen, still badly injured, asked Ning Xi to invite the Headmaster of Tiancang Academy and had Liu Ruoxi push him through the city.
• Ning Chen took Liu Ruoxi to the Martial Marquis Shrine, where he told her to remember the sacrifices behind Great Xia’s peace and she kowtowed before the Martial Marquis Tokens.
• Ning Chen recalled reports that people in Prajna City had begun showing signs of rebellion after being incited by others.

Ning Chen learned that Xuan Zhi had appeared in Falling Moon City and considered how to stop the Four Extremes Realm’s plans while avoiding a direct fight with Martial Lord. After patiently observing the officials’ failure to aid Prajna City’s disaster victims, Ning Chen attended court and demanded that they explain how they would provide for hundreds of thousands of displaced people.

• At the Eternal Night Divine Cult, Zong Qianqiu accepted an alliance with Xuan Zhi after receiving the Heaven and Earth Creation Jade and Phoenix Blood, then learned the Marquis of Knowing Fate was still alive.
• Zong Qianqiu and Xuan Zhi decided to use Xuan Zhi as bait in Falling Moon City, where they planned for Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue to die.
• Ning Chen learned that Xuan Zhi had appeared in Falling Moon City and asked Ghost Maiden to accompany him there, while Headmaster Tiancang restored much of Meng Xuanji’s damaged sea of qi.
• Headmaster Tiancang warned Ning Chen that he could not stop Martial Lord alone and had only a forty percent chance with Marquis Kaixuan’s help.
• As unrest grew among Prajna City’s disaster victims, Ning Chen attended morning court for the first time and listened as the officials discussed the war.
• Before court adjourned, Ning Chen confronted the ministers and demanded to know how and when they would arrange aid for hundreds of thousands of disaster victims.

Ning Chen helped Xia Mingri expose corruption in the disaster-relief effort, then warned the court of a second Three Calamities expert and went to investigate the Four Extremes presence in Falling Moon City. There, Xuan Zhi and three figures ambushed him with a powerful formation, leaving him in grave danger as the Ghost Maiden fought to reach him.

• Ning Chen presented Kong Yu’s accounts, prompting Xia Mingri to imprison the Minister of Agriculture, Marquis Xiaoxian, and Marquis Pingling and order a full investigation into the disaster-relief corruption.
• Xia Mingri appointed Prince Hua to oversee resettlement, while Ning Chen warned that the Eternal Night Divine Cult had another Three Calamities expert and asked the Grand Tutor to research restoring the spatial boundaries.
• Ning Chen and the Ghost Maiden tracked Xuan Zhi to a dilapidated residence in Falling Moon City and pursued him to Falling Moon Gorge.
• Xuan Zhi revealed an ambush by Zong Qianqiu and two other figures, whose formation and power forced Ning Chen onto the defensive.
• The Ghost Maiden tried to aid Ning Chen, but the Four Evil Gods blocked her, so she used Ghost Desolation Art, Hundred Ghosts Trapping Heaven, to hold them back.

Ning Chen and Ghost Maiden fought their way through Zong Qianqiu and Xuan Zhi’s killing formation until Meng Xuanji’s surprise attack turned the battle and forced the enemies to retreat. Ghost Maiden then fell into madness and fled north, where Ning Chen pursued her and encountered the awakened Underworld Son before continuing after her.

• Ghost Maiden battled the four Evil Gods, Canfeng, and Huazhuang while Ning Chen faced Xuan Zhi, who unleashed the Heaven and Earth Creation Jade’s power.
• As Xuan Zhi moved to finish Ning Chen, Meng Xuanji appeared and stabbed him, allowing Ning Chen to pressure Zong Qianqiu and reverse the battle.
• Zong Qianqiu ordered a retreat, but Ghost Maiden suddenly went mad and fled north after knocking Meng Xuanji away.
• Ning Chen pursued Ghost Maiden to the mist forest, where he fought her while holding back to avoid hurting her.
• Underworld Son emerged from the mist and attacked Ning Chen; after exchanging blows, he fled, and Ning Chen continued pursuing Ghost Maiden.

Ning Chen failed to persuade Mu Bai to fight the Martial Lord, then joined Marquis Kaixuan against the Eternal Night army. As Marquis Kaixuan and the Martial Lord fought, Ning Chen struck at the Martial Lord’s qi sea, but the chapter ended with the Martial Lord gripping Nianqing’s blade in his bleeding hand.

• Ning Chen returned to Haowu Prince’s Estate, where Xia Ziyi remained unconscious, and thanked Consort Luo before leaving.
• After recovering from his injuries, Ning Chen went to the Farthest East and asked Mu Bai to defeat the Martial Lord, but Mu Bai refused and sent him away.
• Ning Chen returned to Marquis Kaixuan’s camp as the Eternal Night army attacked, and he joined Marquis Kaixuan in facing the Martial Lord on the Xiqing Plains.
• Marquis Kaixuan and the Martial Lord exchanged powerful ultimate moves, and Marquis Kaixuan suffered an injury from the Martial Lord’s evil force.
• Ning Chen seized the Martial Lord’s momentary loss of balance and thrust Nianqing toward his qi sea, but the Martial Lord caught the blade in his hand.