Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen and the Eternal Night Cult Master retrieved the Mist Cloud Divine Halberd while battling the Underworld King, then freed Xia Ziyi’s soul from its prison. As they tried to escape the collapsing Central Spirit Domain, the Underworld King revealed his true form and forcibly held the two worlds together.

• The Eternal Night Cult Master tried to pull the Mist Cloud Divine Halberd free while Ning Chen faced the Underworld King’s demonic avatar and was badly wounded.
• The Eternal Night Cult Master retrieved the halberd and located Xia Ziyi’s soul, while Ning Chen and the Underworld King pursued them through the void.
• The Eternal Night Cult Master stayed behind to hold off the Underworld King as Ning Chen reached Xia Ziyi’s prison.
• Ning Chen used the four scrolls with his sword and blade to break the prison, stabilize Xia Ziyi’s soul, and escape with him.
• Ning Chen and the Eternal Night Cult Master attacked together to collapse the Central Spirit Domain, then fled toward the Divine Continent.
• The Underworld King revealed his true form and used his power to hold the two worlds together as Ning Chen and the Eternal Night Cult Master vanished.

Ning Chen returned to the Divine Continent after warning the Four Extremes Sacred Lands that Bian Jiang had taken the Phoenix Source, while Mu Bai sought The Master's guidance on the sword. The chapter ended with another attempt to open a passage between the realms failing, and Ning Chen ready to face whoever tried to cross.

• Ning Chen, the Eternal Night Cult Master, and Consort Luo escaped the Eternal Night Divine Cult as the Underworld King threatened to appear; the Cult Master entered seclusion, and Consort Luo set out to find the demonic body.
• Jiang Wangji sealed Ning Chen inside Taotie's belly until the Scrolls of Life and Death returned to balance, while Sword Bodhi and Li Luo pursued Bian Jiang with the Phoenix Source in the Four Extremes Realm.
• Ning Chen warned Luan Fengchen and Rong Lou that Bian Jiang had killed the twin phoenixes and taken the Phoenix Source; Rong Lou secured Luan Fengchen's promise to support him.
• Ning Chen and the Golden Staff National Master returned to the Divine Continent through the Spatial Turbulence.
• Mu Bai asked The Master about the sword that had surpassed the limits of human martial arts, and The Master urged him to reconnect with the purpose that had first led him to take up the sword.
• Ning Chen sensed another attempt to open a passage between the realms, but the barrier held; he prepared to face any newcomers.

Purple Heaven Palace and the Demon Buddha agreed to build the Four Directions Divine Pagoda and begin an attempt to retrieve the Eastern Divine Continent. Back in Great Xia, Ning Chen gathered allies to kill the wounded Bian Jiang and returned Mu Chengxue’s sword, hoping to persuade her to join the fight.

• Purple Heaven Palace persuaded the Demon Buddha to help build the Four Directions Divine Pagoda, with Luo Xingchen among the four candidates and work set to begin in a month.
• Ning Chen returned to the Zhiming Marquisate, learned Ziyi’s soul had been rescued, and found that the Eternal Night Cult Master had not yet recovered.
• Ning Chen asked Mu Qianshang to help kill Bian Jiang, but Mu Qianshang agreed only if Mu Chengxue joined them.
• Ning Chen went to Tiancang Academy and returned the Great Yin Azure Sparrow Sword to Mu Chengxue, who noted that he had kept it for two years.

Ning Chen, Mu Chengxue, and Mu Qianshang prepared an ambush for Bian Jiang at Featherfall Valley, using gunpowder and their combined swordsmanship to defeat him and destroy his cultivation. Ning Chen reclaimed the Phoenix Source and fired a final arrow at Bian Jiang, but a violent crash shook the Divine Continent before the outcome was revealed.

• Ning Chen persuaded Mu Chengxue to help seize the Phoenix Source, and she joined him at Azure Frost Valley with Azure Sparrow.
• Ning Chen, Mu Chengxue, and Mu Qianshang buried gunpowder throughout Featherfall Valley and waited nearly a month for Bian Jiang to return.
• Ning Chen struck Bian Jiang with a gunpowder-triggering arrow as he emerged from the spatial passage, but Bian Jiang survived the explosions.
• Ning Chen, Mu Chengxue, and Mu Qianshang coordinated their attacks, piercing Bian Jiang's chest and destroying his sea of qi.
• Ning Chen recovered the Phoenix Source and fired a scarlet arrow at Bian Jiang as Qu Li arrived, but a tremendous crash shook the Divine Continent.

After the spatial barrier above Tiancang Academy shattered, Luo Xingchen and four other Three Calamities Realm experts descended from another realm. Ning Chen brought them to the Zhiming Marquisate to gauge their intentions and left them in the eastern wing, planning to use the Cult Master’s strength if they proved hostile.

• Qu Li rescued the gravely wounded Bian Jiang and escaped as the spatial tremors disrupted the pursuit; Mu Qianshang parted ways with Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue to return to the Compassionate Sword Heavenly Pavilion.
• The barrier above Tiancang Academy broke, allowing Luo Xingchen and four other Three Calamities Realm experts to cross into the Divine Continent.
• Luo Xingchen attacked Ning Chen after recognizing the Po Shang Bow, while Yao Man tried to seize Mu Chengxue; Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue evaded them.
• Ning Chen invited the five newcomers to the Zhiming Marquisate, where they encountered Meng Xuanji and sensed the injured Third Calamity expert inside.
• After the guests were shown to the eastern wing, Meng Xuanji questioned Ning Chen’s decision to host them, and he said the Cult Master was there to deter them if necessary.

Yishui Han, Yao Man, Jie Feng, and Jie Yan discussed the Four Directions Divine Pagoda while Ning Chen questioned Luo Xingchen about the pagoda and his Zhao Family bow. After the blood moon appeared and several Three Calamity experts converged on the Marquisate, Ning Chen revealed himself to Rong Lou and Luan Fengchen, setting the gathered factions on edge.

• Yishui Han, Yao Man, Jie Feng, and Jie Yan agreed to build the Four Directions Divine Pagoda without consulting Luo Xingchen and worried about the dangers of the Eastern Divine Continent and Rong Lou.
• Ning Chen asked Luo Xingchen about his mission, and Luo Xingchen disclosed that he had come to oversee the pagoda’s construction before asking about Ning Chen’s Zhao Family bow.
• Ning Chen told Luo Xingchen how he obtained the bow, and Luo Xingchen praised the killing of the man who had carried it while refusing to explain his own hatred of the Zhao Family.
• Rong Lou and Luan Fengchen found Featherfall Valley devastated, then Li Luo and Sword Bodhi arrived and hurried back toward the Marquisate.
• A blood-colored moon appeared, and Ning Chen told the visiting experts that the phenomenon was linked to the Underworld King; Sword Bodhi, Li Luo, Rong Lou, and Luan Fengchen then gathered near the Marquisate.
• Ning Chen confronted Rong Lou and Luan Fengchen in the air, while Yishui Han stepped forward to face Rong Lou.

Ning Chen fought Luan Fengchen while forcing the two Phoenix Sources to fuse with him, using their power to break through his limits. He transformed into a Phoenix Body and triggered the Third Xiantian Tribulation, then pursued Rong Lou into the wilderness as lightning descended around them.

• Rong Lou and Yishui Han fought to a standstill while Ning Chen and Meng Xuanji battled Luan Fengchen.
• Ning Chen sent Meng Xuanji to help Yishui Han and faced Luan Fengchen alone, enduring repeated wounds as he forced the Phoenix Sources to fuse with him.
• Luan Fengchen unleashed his full strength, and Ning Chen used the pressure of their battle to make the Phoenix Source repair his injuries and accept him.
• Ning Chen dispersed his mortal body’s blood energy and true essence, allowing the Phoenix Source to form a Phoenix Body and triggering the Third Xiantian Tribulation.
• Luan Fengchen retreated with Rong Lou and the other experts, but Ning Chen pursued Rong Lou into the wilderness and drew the descending lightning onto them both.

Ning Chen defeated Rong Lou by drawing him into a heavenly tribulation, while the Hades King ordered the Eternal Night Divine Cult to prepare its next moves. After witnessing greed and indifference in the capital, Ning Chen sensed the Hades King suppressing the Scroll of Chaos, and Qu Li discovered that two figures from a thousand years ago remained on the Divine Continent.

• Ning Chen used the Phoenix Source to evade the heavenly tribulation and force Rong Lou to endure its escalating power, until Rong Lou unleashed the Evil Rong Nine Revolutions and escaped with Luan Fengchen.
• Ning Chen and Luan Fengchen chose to take the wounded Rong Lou away, and the visitors at the Zhiming Marquisate later departed to pursue their plans for the Four Directions Divine Pagoda.
• The Hades King ordered Zong Qianqiu to activate the Extreme Heaven Grand Array and sent Qu Li to find the third divine beast source, directing her to the Void Divine Hall for help.
• Ning Chen watched a crowd accept an old man's fabricated claim against a wealthy young lady, then ordered Xuanhua to take them to the authorities and give the woman one final chance.
• Ning Chen sensed the Hades King's growing power suppressing the Scroll of Chaos, while Qu Li discovered that Daoist Patriarch, Jiang Wangji, The Master, and Ji Taishi still remained on the Divine Continent.

Ning Chen learned that Taowu was hidden somewhere in the Southern Wasteland and set out with Mu Chengxue to find it before Qu Li could. They crossed paths with Yin Wugou, while in Northern Mongolia, Mingyue investigated a mysterious ice tower and prepared for possible trouble.

• The Eternal Night Divine Canon revealed the locations of several living divine beasts, and Qu Li considered seeking Taowu's origin.
• Ning Chen and Changsun planned around the Hades King's threat, while Ning Chen worried that Qu Li might target an unknown divine beast.
• Qing Ling returned with The Master's warning that Taowu was hidden somewhere in the Southern Wasteland, so Ning Chen departed with Mu Chengxue to search for it.
• Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue passed near Yin Wugou and Shang Han beneath a red umbrella, but neither pair stopped to meet.
• Mingyue ordered Yang Hong to investigate a mysterious ice tower in Northern Mongolia and sent a message to the Heavenly Pool, refusing Zijing's suggestion to ask Ning Chen for help.

Qu Li killed Taowu and took its source, but Ning Chen and his allies pursued her to reclaim it. The Underworld King’s descent devastated them, and Qu Li died protecting their escape.

• Qu Li defeated Taowu in the southern wilderness and took its source, while Knowing Fate raced after her.
• Yin Wugou blocked Qu Li with his long-stored sword strike, then departed after exchanging farewells with Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue fought Qu Li for Taowu’s source as Li Luo and Bian Jiang joined the battle.
• The Underworld King forcibly descended through Qu Li, gravely wounded Ning Chen, Mu Chengxue, and Li Luo, then withdrew after Qu Li pleaded for their lives.
• Qu Li shielded Li Luo from Bian Jiang and held her off while Mu Chengxue carried the injured away.
• Bian Jiang struck Qu Li down, and Qu Li died watching the others escape as Bian Jiang laughed in disbelief.

After learning that Taowu’s origin had been taken and the Hades King’s descent was near, Ning Chen urged Changsun to order an all-out assault on the Eternal Night Divine Cult. As the cult activated the Extreme Heaven Array across half the Divine Continent, Ning Chen realized its purpose was to prepare for the Hades King’s arrival.

• Mu Chengxue returned to the Zhiming Marquisate with Ning Chen and Li Luo gravely wounded, and the Eternal Night Cult Master and Meng Xuanji treated them.
• Ning Chen woke and, despite his injuries, went with Liu Ruoxi to warn Changsun that Taowu’s origin had been taken and the Hades King might soon descend.
• Changsun ordered an assault on the Eternal Night Divine Cult, and Ning Chen sent letters to coordinate the three dynasties before discussing the threat with Fan Lingyue.
• Zong Qianqiu used the origins of Nine-Headed Infant, Orochi, and Taowu to activate the Extreme Heaven Array, spreading its divine light across half the Divine Continent.
• Ning Chen recognized that the array was being prepared for the Hades King’s descent.

As the Underworld King’s descent disrupted the heavens and daylight, Ning Chen learned that Qu Li had died saving him and set out to enlist allies against the threat. He reached the Northern Mongol Royal Court as Yishui Han’s Frost Pagoda threatened the capital, and the chapter ended with a distant sword strike destroying the newly built Geothermal Flame Pagoda.

• Mingyue learned that Yang Hong had been gravely injured, while the blood moon and shortened daylight signaled the Underworld King’s imminent descent.
• Mu Chengxue told Ning Chen that Qu Li had died saving him and Li Luo, and Ning Chen and the Eternal Night Cult Master agreed to seek help from the Du'e Temple Abbot and the Golden Staff National Master.
• Ning Chen traveled north to invite the Golden Staff National Master, but learned that Mingyue had summoned him back to the palace.
• Mingyue ordered the Golden Staff National Master to destroy Yishui Han’s Frost Pagoda, and the two fought until Ning Chen arrived and stopped them.
• Yishui Han revealed that the Geothermal Flame Pagoda stood east of Peerless City, and a powerful Sword Qi from the desolate city immediately destroyed it.

After Mu Bai’s sword destroyed the Geothermal Flame Pagoda, Ning Chen persuaded the Golden Staff National Master to join the effort against the Eternal Night Divine Cult’s formation. Despite his grave injuries, Ning Chen departed with Meng Xuanji and the others to seek a way to break it, while Ruoxi watched them leave in tears.

• Mu Bai’s sword destroyed the Geothermal Flame Pagoda and injured Jie Yan, while Yishui Han withdrew after Ning Chen revealed Mu Bai had defeated the swordsman at his residence.
• Ning Chen asked the Golden Staff National Master to help oppose the Underworld King, and the National Master agreed to go with him.
• At the Zhiming Marquisate, Ning Chen and the others identified Zong Qianqiu as the formation’s creator and discussed the danger that Bian Jiang could borrow the Underworld King’s power.
• The group decided Ning Chen had to join the mission despite his injuries and asked Meng Xuanji to accompany him.
• Meng Xuanji took up the Gilded Feathered Halberd and left with Ning Chen, the Eternal Night Cult Master, the Golden Staff National Master, and the Du'e Temple Abbot, while Ruoxi watched them depart in tears.

Ning Chen and the western coalition entered the Extreme Heaven Grand Array, where they uncovered an illusion and confronted Zong Qianqiu and Bian Jiang. As battles broke out across the array, a separate duel began between Luo Xingchen and Mu Bai in eastern Great Xia.

• Ning Chen, Meng Xuanji, Marquis Kaixuan, the Golden Staff National Master, the Du'e Temple Abbot, and the Eternal Night Cult Master entered the array at dawn and endured its growing suppression.
• The group defeated four flame divine generals, then Ning Chen recognized the approaching Underworld Soldiers as an illusion and helped the others shatter it.
• Zong Qianqiu appeared and overwhelmed the Du'e Temple Abbot, but Ning Chen explained that the array's suppression weakened everyone and warned the group against direct clashes.
• Bian Jiang revealed that he had taken Qu Li's cultivation and fought the suppressed Eternal Night Cult Master, while Huazhuang and Canfeng attacked Ning Chen and Meng Xuanji protected him.
• Marquis Kaixuan and the Golden Staff National Master fought Zong Qianqiu as Luo Xingchen challenged Mu Bai in eastern Great Xia, firing three arrows at the swordsman.

Luo Xingchen defeated Mu Bai at the Sword Pool, leaving the swordsman unable to draw a sword and his Sword Heart clouded. Meanwhile, Ning Chen’s allies battled to break the Extreme Heaven Grand Array, and after Meng Xuanji was struck down protecting him, Ning Chen burned his origin and attacked Zong Qianqiu.

• Luo Xingchen wounded Mu Bai with his arrows and defeated him with the Red Piercing Divine Arrow, while Mu Bai could not draw a sword from the Sword Pool.
• Sword Two asked why Mu Bai had not drawn his sword, and Mu Bai said he could not before looking toward Tiancang Academy with a confused Sword Heart.
• Ning Chen’s allies fought Zong Qianqiu, the Martial Crown Head, Huazhuang, and Canfeng while Ning Chen calculated the Extreme Heaven Grand Array’s weak point from his wheelchair tracks.
• Zong Qianqiu and Bian Jiang rushed to kill Ning Chen, but Meng Xuanji shielded him and fell after taking Zong Qianqiu’s palm strike.
• Ning Chen burned his origin and killed Canfeng before driving King Yama’s Divine Sword into Zong Qianqiu, who mocked him as Ning Chen continued attacking.

Ning Chen burned his life to hold Bian Jiang back while the Eternal Night Cult Master, Marquis Kaixuan, and the Golden Staff National Master attacked the Extreme Heaven Grand Array. The array’s faith-powered Demon God forced them to retreat, and Xia Ziyi and Consort Luo rescued the wounded as Xia Ziyi helped Ning Chen escape, leaving the battle behind them.

• Zong Qianqiu died, and Marquis Kaixuan blocked Bian Jiang while Ning Chen revealed the array’s weak point seventeen li to the north.
• Ning Chen burned his phoenix source and fought Bian Jiang with King Yama's Divine Weapons as the Eternal Night Cult Master, Marquis Kaixuan, and the Golden Staff National Master went to attack the vortex.
• The three men cracked the vortex, but the faith of half the Divine Continent restored the array and formed the Demon God, which grievously wounded them.
• Xia Ziyi and Consort Luo arrived; they helped the three wounded men retreat while Ning Chen, exhausted, continued to hold Bian Jiang back.
• Xia Ziyi carried away Ning Chen and Meng Xuanji, and Consort Luo rescued the Du'e Temple Abbot as Xia Ziyi confronted Bian Jiang and then withdrew.

After Ning Chen’s vitality failed, The Master and Jiang Wangji preserved his life by separating and freezing one soul in Thousand Snow Lake, leaving his other two souls dormant and a painful chance of survival. Xia Ziyi rejected the decision and returned to Weiyang Palace, where Changsun refused to see him until Ning Chen returned.

• Meng Xuanji and Ning Chen were brought to Tiancang Academy, where The Master saved Meng Xuanji but said Ning Chen could not be saved.
• Jiang Wangji ordered Ning Chen’s soul sealed in Azure Frost Valley, and Xia Ziyi tried to strike Ning Chen with his demonic sword before the Daoist Patriarch stopped him.
• Mu Chengxue carried Ning Chen to Thousand Snow Lake and froze one of his souls beneath the lake, while Jiang Wangji sealed the valley against demons.
• The Taiji Yin-Yang Array and Jiang Wangji’s Grand Simplicity Profound Sound preserved Ning Chen’s remaining vitality, leaving him unconscious and enduring severe suffering.
• Xia Ziyi knelt outside Changsun’s room for two days, and Qing Ling told him that Changsun would not see him until Ning Chen returned.

As Eternal Night neared and the allied armies prepared for a final battle, Luo Xingchen, Sword One, and Xuantian entered the Extreme Heaven Grand Array and fought through its deadly illusions. Xia Ziyi learned of their entry but refused to risk rescuing them, then enlisted Luan Fengchen’s support for the coming battle, which he would face without Ning Chen.

• Xia Ziyi bloodily suppressed rebellions across Great Xia while holding onto his remaining reason and preparing to fulfill Ning Chen’s wishes before Eternal Night arrived.
• Luo Xingchen, Sword One, and Xuantian entered the Extreme Heaven Grand Array separately and fought off its asuras, divine soldiers, and other manifestations.
• The three experts recognized that the endless attacks formed an illusion and joined their power to shatter Mirror Flower, Water Moon, while Bian Jiang noticed their intrusion.
• Xia Ziyi learned that three experts had entered the array, but he refused Consort Luo’s suggestion to rescue them in order to preserve their strength for the final battle.
• Luan Fengchen arrived, agreed to support Xia Ziyi, and prepared to return to Rong Lou while Xia Ziyi summoned the Four Extremes Realm practitioners to Haowu Prince's Estate in one month.

Luo Xingchen, Sword One, and Xuantian fought their way through the Extreme Heaven Grand Array but failed to reach its center before Xia Ziyi’s intervention helped them escape. Xia Ziyi explained that they would try again in a month, leaving the coalition to prepare for what he called their final hope against the Underworld King.

• Luo Xingchen fought Bian Jiang inside the formation, and Sword One and Xuantian joined their attacks, but the three could only bring the Martial Crown to a draw.
• Xia Ziyi struck the grand array with his Demonic Sword, giving Luo Xingchen, Sword One, and Xuantian an opening to retreat and escape.
• Xia Ziyi explained the Extreme Heaven Grand Array and said they would attempt to break it again in a month, after the Golden Staff National Master recovered and the allied armies weakened the Eternal Night Divine Cult.
• Luo Xingchen, Sword One, and Xuantian agreed to join the next attempt, while Xuantian questioned whether Ning Chen was truly dead.
• Xia Ziyi remained alone in the commander's tent, believing their combined forces were their final hope of defeating the Underworld King.

Ning Chen sacrificed five hundred years of his lifespan to gain a century of foundation and continued perfecting the Life and Nothingness Twin Scrolls as Jiang Wangji aided him. Meanwhile, Xia Ziyi and the others broke the Extreme Heaven Grand Array, but the Underworld King descended into the Divine Continent and declared that they had failed.

• Ning Chen agreed to surrender five hundred years of lifespan, which the Master transformed into a century of foundation before his phantom vanished.
• Jiang Wangji opened the Two Principles Formation and used the Grand Simplicity Ancient Zither to shield Ning Chen as he tried to perfect the Life and Nothingness Twin Scrolls.
• Xia Ziyi and the others reached the heart of the Extreme Heaven Grand Array and fought its demon god with coordinated attacks.
• The Eternal Night Cult Master, Xia Ziyi, and Consort Luo combined their power to shatter the spatial vortex and begin collapsing the formation.
• The Underworld King descended amid the blood moon and the destruction of the Divine Continent, telling the gathered fighters that they had failed.