Chapter Summaries

The Nether King slaughtered several defenders and drove the survivors into retreat, while Sword Bodhi sacrificed himself to buy them time. At Tiancang Academy, The Master and the Daoist Patriarch joined forces against the Nether King, giving the Divine Continent a fragile hope as their battle began.

• The Nether King killed the Cherished Flower Palace Master and Duke Qinghua as the defenders fled.
• Sword Bodhi unleashed Bodhi Heart Zen, One Thought Attains Bodhi, sacrificing his life to let the others escape.
• The Nether King found Xiezhi's hiding place and went to Tiancang Academy, where The Master prepared to face him.
• The Master drew Grand Purity and revealed his power, while the Daoist Patriarch left Jiang Wangji and arrived at the Academy.
• The Master and the Daoist Patriarch combined their techniques against the Nether King's attacks, drawing attention from experts across the Divine Continent.
• The Nether King overwhelmed their first coordinated assault, but The Master and the Daoist Patriarch continued fighting together, raising hope among the watching survivors.

The Master and Jiang Wangji sacrificed themselves to unleash a final array against Hades, but he survived, took Xiezhi’s origin from Little White Horse, and departed. As the Divine Continent faced disaster, Hades ordered Bian Jiang to search for the Phoenix Origin and began preparations to draw back the other Four Domains.

• The Master and Jiang Wangji used their remaining strength to activate the Life and Death Turn Heaven array, sacrificing themselves and consuming Confucianism’s thousand-year fortune to weaken Hades.
• Grand Purity pierced Hades and filled him with Grand Righteous Qi, but Hades broke the array with heavenly fire and survived.
• Hades wounded Mu Chengxue, and the Daoist Patriarch carried her away before sacrificing his remnant soul and Taiyi to heal her and gather spiritual qi for her.
• Hades extracted Xiezhi’s origin from Little White Horse; Cultivating Ape died trying to protect it, and Hades then departed.
• The Divine Continent suffered widespread disasters while the survivors struggled to find hope, and Hades absorbed Xiezhi’s origin to repair his Seven Absolutes Divine Body.
• Hades ordered Bian Jiang to search for the Phoenix Origin and prepare to draw back the other Four Domains, saying he would personally seek the remaining divine beast origins.

As the Underworld King’s Divine Tribulation devastated the Divine Continent, he killed Yazi and confronted the Eternal Night Cult Master, who had stolen the Eternal Night Divine Canon. Mu Bai intervened to help Luo Li escape and challenged the god, while reflecting on the purpose of his sword.

• Xia Ziyi declined the Eternal Night Cult Master’s offer to evacuate and let him leave alone to reclaim the Scroll of Light.
• The Underworld King entered the Four Extremes Realm, killed Yazi at Half-Moon Mountain, and returned to the Eternal Night Divine Cult.
• The Eternal Night Cult Master fought Bian Jiang, seized the Eternal Night Divine Canon, and fled as the Underworld King arrived.
• The Underworld King overwhelmed Luo Li, but a rain of sword strikes gave Luo Li a chance to escape.
• Mu Bai challenged the Underworld King from the desolate city’s moat and reflected on how he had lost sight of his original reason for carrying a sword.

Consort Luo used the Eternal Night Divine Canon to uncover the Nether King's weakness and the danger of its recovering full power. Xia Ziyi and the others practiced a coordinated plan to defeat it, but the Nether King appeared over the imperial city and confronted them.

• Consort Luo revealed that the Nether King's true essence fluctuated because its Seven Absolutes Divine Body was incomplete, but warned that it could regain its full strength by gathering divine beast origins and pulling back the Four Domains.
• Luan Fengchen outlined a plan to exploit the Nether King's weakness, and Consort Luo, the Du'e Temple Abbot, Marquis Kaixuan, the Golden Staff National Master, and Xuantian joined the coming battle.
• The Nether King forgave Bian Jiang for failing to stop Luo Li and ordered him to begin preparations for pulling back the Four Domains.
• Qing Ling and Wang You helped Xia Ziyi's allies rehearse their battle formation, and repeated drills improved their coordination while exposing how easily a flaw could collapse the plan.
• The Nether King appeared above the imperial city and demanded the divine canon, while Xia Ziyi challenged it to take the canon by force.

The Nether King devastated Great Xia Imperial City and overwhelmed the human experts who fought him. Ning Chen returned to save Consort Luo and challenged the god, who withdrew after naming the Qizhou Mountain Range as their next battleground in half a month.

• The Nether King appeared as Great Xia Imperial City collapsed, and Wang You and Qing Ling rushed to protect their loved ones.
• Luan Fengchen, Jiang Hua, Luo Xingchen, Consort Luo, Marquis Kaixuan, the Golden Staff National Master, and the Human Buddha combined their attacks against the Nether King.
• The Nether King killed the Human Buddha and the Golden Staff National Master, then targeted Consort Luo.
• Ning Chen arrived in time to protect Consort Luo and blocked the Nether King's divine lightning with the four scrolls of reincarnation.
• The Nether King announced that he would seek the Taotie Origin in the Qizhou Mountain Range in half a month and vanished; Ning Chen was left injured but called the others to plan their next move.

Ning Chen and the human experts planned how to defeat the Underworld King, while Xia Ziyi offered to unleash his demonic power and risk losing his reason. The Underworld King then attacked Huaqing City, killed three of the hidden Three Calamities experts, and searched Yishui Han’s mind before leaving.

• In the Eternal Night Divine Cult, Bian Jiang told the Underworld King that the Three Calamities experts were hiding in Huaqing City, and the king set out to find them.
• At the Zhiming Marquisate, Ning Chen explained that defeating the Underworld King required speed, a powerful foundation, destructive force, and a well-timed strike; he named Mu Chengxue as the swift ally who would soon arrive.
• Xia Ziyi volunteered to draw out his demonic qi and risk losing his reason, asking Ning Chen to stop him if he threatened Great Xia.
• The Underworld King found Yao Man, Jie Feng, Jie Yan, and Yishui Han in Huaqing City; his divine might devastated the city and killed tens of thousands of its citizens.
• The Underworld King killed Yao Man with one attack and destroyed Jie Yan and Jie Feng with divine flames.
• Yishui Han tried to destroy his own divine consciousness, but the Underworld King immobilized him, searched his mind, and left Huaqing City after learning about the Divine Palace.

As Great Xia prepared for its decisive battle against the Nether King, Prince Yan traveled to Buddha Mountain to seek an audience with Venerable Radiance. He passed the mountain’s trials and met Venerable Radiance face-to-face after their evenly matched duel.

• Ning Chen reassured Ruoxi that he would endure the coming battle and said humanity’s darkest hour came before dawn.
• Prince Yan and A'man entered Buddha Mountain, passed the Heart Demon Refining Array, and Prince Yan defeated the Four Imperial Guards with his twin swords.
• Prince Yan faced Buddha Mountain’s final guardian, and their strongest techniques clashed until the battle ended in a draw.
• Venerable Radiance revealed his youthful true form and praised Prince Yan’s swordsmanship.

Prince Yan persuaded Venerable Radiance to open a passage between the Western Buddhist land and the Divine Continent, while Ning Chen prepared to face the Lord of the Underworld. After Great Xia’s hidden elders fell in battle, a sword sent through the passage arrived at Ning Chen’s side as he confronted the god.

• Prince Yan asked Venerable Radiance to open the spatial boundary, and Ning Chen reunited his three souls at Thousand Snow Lake before leaving to fight alone.
• Ning Chen drew Nianqing from the imperial palace, causing Great Xia’s national fortune to vanish and awakening its nine hidden elders.
• Marquis Zhigge led the nine elders against the Lord of the Underworld, and they were defeated; Zhigge died after identifying himself as Great Xia’s Martial Marquis.
• Ning Chen departed with Xia Ziyi and Mu Chengxue to challenge the Lord of the Underworld, who waited in the Qizhou Mountain Range.
• Venerable Radiance opened the passage with Pacifying Beacon Smoke, and A'man sent Ning Chen’s sword through it.
• The sword arrived on Qizhou Mountain and flew to Ning Chen, who recognized it as his own.

Ning Chen, Mu Chengxue, and Xia Ziyi fought the Underworld King at Qizhou Mountain, using their blades, swords, and coordinated attacks to withstand his divine power and expose a weakness. Ning Chen began to falter under the strain, while Mu Chengxue’s final strike again targeted the god’s vulnerable protective true essence.

• Ning Chen summoned the Knowing Fate Sword and joined it with the Nianqing Blade to face the Underworld King as Luo Xingchen, Xuantian, and the others watched from outside the battle.
• Ning Chen used the Heavenly Book and his weapons to withstand the Underworld King’s attacks, while spectators discussed how his foundation and the four scrolls enabled him to resist divine power.
• After Ning Chen’s strike forced the Underworld King to retreat, Mu Chengxue attacked, and Ning Chen followed with a sword strike that grazed the god’s shoulder.
• Mu Chengxue and Xia Ziyi coordinated their attacks with Ning Chen’s, briefly piercing the Underworld King’s protective true essence before he knocked both fighters away.
• The Underworld King intensified his attacks, and Ning Chen’s body began to fail; Xia Ziyi fought at close range to draw the god’s attacks away from him.
• Ning Chen blocked the Underworld King’s divine flames as Mu Chengxue used Within Arm’s Reach to attack the weakness in his protective true essence.

Ning Chen, Xia Ziyi, and Mu Chengxue nearly slew the Underworld King, but his divine power stopped their final strike. Ning Chen’s forbidden move wounded the god enough to force his retreat, and the survivors planned to flee to the Four Extremes Realm while Wang You attempted to seal the passage between realms.

• Ning Chen, Xia Ziyi, and Mu Chengxue combined their strongest attacks and pierced the Underworld King’s wounded body, but his Twelve Wings of Sin blocked their final strike.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Scroll of Life’s forbidden move, devastating the Qizhou Mountain Range and Heaven’s Gate Pass while wounding the Underworld King and collapsing unconscious.
• Li Luo, Luan Fengchen, and the others held off the Underworld King long enough for Xia Ziyi to carry Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue away.
• The Underworld King sealed his wound and departed to recover after one of his twin qi seas was shattered.
• Xia Ziyi returned to the Zhiming Marquisate with Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue, then collapsed; Li Luo and the others began treating the three wounded fighters.
• Luo Xingchen urged everyone to leave the Great Xia Imperial City, and Wang You proposed traveling to the Four Extremes Realm so he could temporarily seal the passage between realms.

After the battle with the Underworld King, Ning Chen and his allies traveled to the Four Extremes Realm to prepare to seal the passage between the realms and strengthen the Nianqing Blade with the sacred lands’ fortune. The chapter ended with leaders in the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism debating whether to send powerful reinforcements to the Eastern Divine Continent.

• Ning Chen revived Xia Ziyi’s Phoenix Body, then led the wounded survivors toward Featherfall Valley to seal the passage between the realms.
• Ning Chen invited Mu Bai to join them, but Mu Bai stayed behind, and the group continued through the passage to the Four Extremes Realm.
• At the Four Extremes Sacred Lands, Rong Lou learned that Sword Bodhi had died and withdrew, while Jiang Hua and Consort Luo took Mu Chengxue and Xia Ziyi to be treated.
• Ning Chen, Luan Fengchen, and Wang You drew the sacred lands’ accumulated fortune from its stone bell into the Nianqing Blade.
• In the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism, Nu Chang proposed sending experts, including one near Great Perfection, to the Eastern Divine Continent to oppose the Underworld King.

Mu Bai sacrificed his Primordial Spirit to trap the Underworld King, while Ning Chen and his allies sealed the passage between realms. Nu Chang’s forces attacked the injured god and were devastated, and Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue prepared to make their final sacrifice for peace under heaven.

• Mu Bai scattered his Primordial Spirit to form the Sword of Ultimate Ninth, trapping the Underworld King in a storm of swords.
• Ning Chen, Wang You, and Luan Fengchen sealed the passage between the Four Extremes Realm and the Divine Continent, but Wang You warned that the seal would not last.
• Nu Chang arrived on the Divine Continent with experts from other realms, and Yu Tianhong and the Demon Temple experts chose to attack the Underworld King despite her warnings.
• The Underworld King slaughtered much of the attacking force, but Nu Chang used the Weapon of Cleansing Sins and Severing Karma to help her group retreat.
• Ning Chen spoke with Fan Lingyue through the Scroll of Chaos, and they agreed to meet his disciple before departing to make their final sacrifice.

As the Western Land searched for the missing Divine Continent experts, Nu Chang learned that Ning Chen and the others had vanished after fighting the Underworld King. On the road to Tianchen City, Rong Lou ambushed Ning Chen for the Phoenix Source, but Jiang Hua and Luan Fengchen turned the attack against him, and Ning Chen absorbed Rong Lou’s blood essence to heal his failing Phoenix Body.

• Nu Chang questioned Changsun about the missing experts, learned they had disappeared after the battle at Qizhou Mountain Range, and received Qing Ling’s information about the Underworld King’s brief weakness.
• Yu Tianhong suspected the Northern Mongol Royal Court was hiding the truth, but left without fighting when its national divine weapon threatened to rise.
• Ning Chen and Jiang Hua traveled toward Tianchen City, where Rong Lou trapped them in a blood-red world and demanded the Phoenix Source.
• Jiang Hua fought Rong Lou while Ning Chen stayed back because his Phoenix Body was close to collapse.
• Luan Fengchen appeared behind Rong Lou and stabbed him, revealing that the attack had been part of a plan.
• Ning Chen told the dying Rong Lou that the Underworld King also needed the Phoenix Source, then absorbed Rong Lou’s blood essence to repair his body.

Ning Chen reunited Jiang Xin with Fan Lingyue at the Jiang Lineage, then shared a quiet night of wine and conversation with Jiang Hua. Meanwhile, Hades recovered enough to face Nu Chang and the other experts, whose coordinated assault finally wounded his hand but failed to pierce his defenses.

• Ning Chen and Jiang Hua left Luan Fengchen and arrived at the Jiang Lineage, where Jiang Xin greeted them and met Fan Lingyue.
• Ning Chen and Jiang Hua drank together while Fan Lingyue answered Jiang Xin’s questions and told her that love was a burden she and Ning Chen could not afford.
• Ning Chen fell asleep in the cold wind as Jiang Hua continued drinking beside him.
• Hades summoned Bian Jiang and promised him a chance to kill Luo Li while opening the passage between the two realms.
• Nu Chang, Yu Tianhong, and five other Three Calamities experts attacked Hades with a coordinated formation, weakening his true essence and drawing blood from his hand, but Hades remained standing.

The Marquis of Knowing Fate and Fan Lingyue unleashed the Divine Land Tribulation to weaken the Hades King, allowing the Divine Continent’s experts to attack him. After the Marquis of Knowing Fate pierced the god, the Hades King absorbed him and recovered his final flaw, leaving the battle at its most desperate point.

• Nu Chang and Yu Tianhong fled to Featherfall Valley, where the Hades King caught up and attacked the seal between the two realms.
• The Divine Continent’s experts emerged from the spatial passage and confronted the Hades King as Ning Chen revealed himself as the Marquis of Knowing Fate.
• Fan Lingyue merged with the Scroll of Light and Scroll of Chaos, unleashing the Divine Land Tribulation and using the resentment of millions to restrain the Hades King.
• The Marquis of Knowing Fate, Luan Fengchen, Jiang Hua, Marquis Kaixuan, Xuantian, Xia Ziyi, and Luo Xingchen coordinated their attacks, while Bian Jiang fought the Eternal Night Cult Master.
• The Marquis of Knowing Fate pierced the Hades King’s chest, but the god counterattacked and absorbed Ning Chen, restoring his source and eliminating his final weakness.

The Underworld King devastated the human defenders, who answered with a desperate final assault that wounded him but could not stop his world-destroying attack. After the Scrolls of Light and Chaos shattered and the restraints on the god vanished, The Master’s Grand Righteous Qi destabilized him, and Consort Luo finally opened the Heavenly Book.

• The Underworld King killed Xuantian and Jiang Hua, while Wuguan and Marquis Kaixuan also fell in battle.
• Sword One, Sword Two, Mu Qianshang, and the surviving Great Xia Martial Marquises joined the fight; the five Martial Marquises invoked the Heavenly Demon Tribulation, wounded the Underworld King, and vanished.
• The Eternal Night Cult Master, Xia Ziyi, and the other survivors continued fighting, but Sword One of the Desolate City sacrificed himself to save Sword Two as the Scrolls of Light and Chaos cracked.
• The Eternal Night Cult Master used Ultimate Lightning: Sacrifice to Heaven to pierce the Underworld King's protective true essence, and the Scrolls of Light and Chaos then shattered while blocking his counterattack.
• The Master’s Grand Righteous Qi erupted inside the Underworld King and destabilized him, prompting Consort Luo to open the Heavenly Book and bathe the world in moonlight.

Xia Ziyi and the other fighters destroyed the Underworld King's divine body, allowing Knowing Fate to seize the Ghost Source and return to the Zhiming Marquisate, where his remnant soul vanished after placing it in the Ghost Maiden's coffin. As the Divine Continent's survivors faced a new invasion and Nu Chang preserved Knowing Fate's remaining souls, she set out to find the Phoenix Source and restore the soul he had lost.

• Consort Luo, the Eternal Night Cult Master, Luan Fengchen, Luo Xingchen, Mu Qianshang, and Sword Two helped Xia Ziyi break the Underworld King's protective essence, and Xia Ziyi pierced the god's heart with the demonic sword.
• Knowing Fate claimed the Ghost Source as the Underworld King's divine body dispersed, then returned to the Zhiming Marquisate and placed it in the Ghost Maiden's body before his remnant soul vanished.
• The Eternal Night Cult Master died, A'man's life began to fade, and the surviving fighters carried away the dead as the blood moon set and dawn rose over the Divine Continent.
• Purple Heaven Palace and the Demon Buddha opened a passage between regions, and their forces built Four Directions Divine Pagodas that drained the continent's origin power while Yang Hong and the Barbarian King failed to stop them.
• Nu Chang kept Knowing Fate's remaining two souls alive with the Soul-Suppressing Pearl and Heaven-Returning Pills, then left to search southwest for the Phoenix Source so she could restore his missing soul.

As Great Xia collapsed under rebellion and invasions from Northern Mongol and the Barbarian Dynasty, Changsun accepted that the dynasty could not be saved. The Divine Palace and Demon Buddha joined forces to merge the Five Domains, leaving the Divine Continent exposed to new threats as Mingyue accelerated her campaign.

• Nine cities rebelled against Great Xia, and rebel forces captured five major cities while advancing toward the capital.
• Changsun received reports that the Northern Mongol Emperor and the Barbarian Crown Prince had led armies into Great Xia, and she told Qing Ling that Northern Mongol was most likely to unify the realm.
• The master of the Divine Palace and the Demon Buddha joined forces, summoning the Dragon Gate and drawing the Eastern Domain toward the other domains.
• The Five Domains merged as the Eastern Domain crashed through the spatial barrier, and powerful families and ancient inheritances began responding to its return.
• Mingyue ordered her army to accelerate its march, judging that Great Xia could no longer be saved and should be conquered before the realm descended further into chaos.

As Great Xia’s capital faced a siege, foreign prodigies descended on Zhiming Marquisate seeking the Heavenly Tome and Po Shang Bow. Ning Chen awoke and struck back at the intruders, leaving Yang Xiao wounded and Wu Qingman’s zither damaged.

• Mingyue and Zijing entered the besieged imperial city, while the Barbarian Crown Prince also went inside before the assault began.
• After a day and night of fighting, Yang Xiao, Zhao Dongyang, and Wu Qingman arrived at Zhiming Marquisate to demand the Heavenly Tome and Po Shang Bow.
• Yang Xiao wounded Qing Ling, and Wu Qingman’s zither music injured Ning Xi and entranced Ruoxi.
• As Ruoxi walked toward the study, Ning Chen woke, caught her arm, and rose from his shattered wheelchair.
• Ning Chen’s sword drove Yang Xiao back and wounded him, then cut through Wu Qingman’s ancient zither.

Ning Chen awakened as Knowing Fate and defeated Wu Qingman, Zhao Dongyang, and Yang Xiao before returning to Great Xia in his Martial Marquis Robe. He broke the siege of the Imperial City, forced the Nine Cities rebels to surrender, and left after Mingyue and the Barbarian Crown Prince withdrew their armies.

• Ning Chen awakened and defeated Zhao Dongyang and Yang Xiao, then disarmed Wu Qingman before sparing her at Nu Chang's request.
• Ning Chen changed into his Martial Marquis Robe with Ruoxi's help and arrived above the besieged Great Xia Imperial City.
• Ning Chen ordered Mingyue, the Barbarian Crown Prince, and the Nine Cities rebels to withdraw; Mingyue and the Barbarian Crown Prince stopped their attacks.
• When the scarred middle-aged rebel commander ordered the siege to continue, Ning Chen killed him and hundreds of soldiers with one sword strike.
• The remaining Nine Cities rebels knelt and surrendered, and Ning Chen ordered Kong Yu to bring their lords and generals into the city.
• Ning Chen praised Mingyue, allowed the Barbarian Crown Prince to retreat, and departed through the sky.