Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian fought the demonized Bodhi after Yao Qiluo sacrificed herself to wound him. Ning Chen summoned the Four Symbols Tribulation and, as the battle continued, created the Four Symbols Consecration Sword, which pierced Bodhi; Bodhi’s fate remained unresolved.

• Yao Qiluo sacrificed herself in an explosion that gravely wounded Bodhi, and Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian attacked him while Mo Kuang struck his wound.
• Ning Chen persuaded Bai Yunlian to leave, then faced Bodhi alone and summoned the Four Symbols Tribulation.
• The Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise descended, trapping Ning Chen and Bodhi in a deadly heavenly tribulation.
• Ning Chen drew on the Four Symbols’ power and transformed the divine beasts’ blood into the Four Symbols Consecration Sword.
• The sword pierced through Bodhi and sent blood spraying across the sky.

Ning Chen completed the Four Symbols Consecration Sword’s first form and shattered the Four Symbols Great Tribulation. He left the Primeval Land for the Eastern Divine Continent with Bai Yunlian and Mingyue, listening as Mingyue confided in him on the way home.

• Bodhi recovered his clarity and left the Four Symbols tribulation, while Ning Chen continued fighting the divine beasts alone.
• Ning Chen perfected the first form of the Four Symbols Consecration Sword and destroyed the Four Symbols Great Tribulation.
• Ning Chen recognized Bai Yunlian as the White Flood Dragon and agreed to let her accompany him to the Eastern Divine Continent.
• Ning Chen gently welcomed the fearful Mingyue and told Zijing not to indulge her sneaking out again.
• As they traveled home, Mingyue clung to Ning Chen, complained about Xia Chi, and tearfully shared her troubles with him.

Ning Chen returned to Great Xia and paid his respects at Changsun’s tomb, while events across Tianfu Star advanced toward a looming collision with the Great Life Star. After awakening in Changling, Ning Chen learned the Venerable Lady’s plans to pursue the realm above the Supreme and asked whether it could restore the dead.

• Ning Chen parted from Mingyue, returned to the imperial city, and reunited with Xia Chi before going to Changsun’s tomb.
• On Tianfu Star, the Sword Venerable defeated the Pill Pagoda’s defenders until Chao Tianxi intervened, forcing the Pill Pagoda to surrender its Star Soul Iron.
• Chao Tianxi refined the collected Star Soul Iron while Heavenly Prime Minister engraved formations upon it to prepare for the approaching Great Life Star.
• Ning Chen awakened in Changling with his cultivation lost, and the Venerable Lady explained her Dual Transformation Technique and her chance of reaching beyond the Supreme.
• Ning Chen asked the Venerable Lady whether that realm could bring back the dead, and she promised to help if she found a way.

Ning Chen said farewell to Xia Chi and the new Martial Marquises before leaving Great Xia for the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism. On Tianfu Star, Chao Tianxi and the Sword Venerable forged the Star Soul Flowing Fire in secret, and three sect representatives agreed to help complete it.

• Ning Chen knelt at Changsun Tomb for three days, where Xia Xinyu briefly greeted him and wished him a safe journey.
• Ning Chen urged the six Martial Marquises to guard Great Xia and warned them that they must bear the consequences if they chose to wage war.
• Ning Chen said farewell to Xia Chi and headed west for the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism, while Bai Yunlian watched him leave.
• Chao Tianxi and the Sword Venerable secretly forged the Star Soul Flowing Fire as Tianfu Star's sacred land withered and a colossal formed creature emerged.
• Chao Tianxi allowed three representatives from the Pill Pagoda, Heavenly Capital Mountain, and another sect to enter the sacred land; they later agreed to help complete the Star Soul Flowing Fire.

Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian met Luo Xingchen in the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism while searching for answers about the Ghost Maiden and the Immortal Palanquin. After discussing the mystery and their friends’ paths, they continued toward Changling for advice.

• Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian encountered Luo Xingchen fleeing Luo Fu, but Ning Chen initially refused to help him.
• Ning Chen asked Luo Xingchen about reports of the Immortal Corpse Procession and explained that the woman in the Immortal Palanquin resembled the Ghost Maiden.
• Luo Xingchen suggested the Ghost Maiden might cultivate the Dual Transformation Technique, but Ning Chen rejected the idea because her three souls were complete.
• Ning Chen gave Luo Xingchen six hundred pieces of source Immortal Jade so he could attempt to reach the Half-Venerable realm.
• Luo Xingchen said Sword Two had gone to follow his senior brother’s unfinished path and suggested Ning Chen ask Changling Venerable Lady about Western Buddhism.
• Ning Chen let Luo Xingchen flee from Luo Fu again, then explained to Bai Yunlian that a true friend might avoid ordinary trouble but would come to save him in mortal danger.

Ning Chen reached Changling with Bai Yunlian, where the Venerable Lady welcomed him and he demonstrated laws he had learned from Tianfu Star Venerable to aid her cultivation. He learned that the Immortal Palanquin might have appeared at the western edge of the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism, while Tianfu prepared for war and Chao Tianxi considered using a dangerous pill to break the Underworld King Barrier.

• Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian entered Changling's forbidden land, where Nine Li Venerable attacked them until the Venerable Lady intervened and escorted them inside.
• Ning Chen learned that his original body had entered death seclusion and that Ruoxi had begun cultivating through a noncombat path.
• Chang Yue reunited with the Venerable Lady as Nu Chang, and Ning Chen explained how he had followed the Immortal Palanquin from the Demon Wheel Sea.
• Bai Yunlian lent Ning Chen her Demon Venerable inner core, allowing him to demonstrate two space-law techniques for the Venerable Lady before cold qi injured him.
• The Venerable Lady told Ning Chen that ancient legends placed the Immortal Palanquin at the western edge of the Ancient Land of Western Buddhism.
• On Tianfu Star, Chao Tianxi learned that Star Soul Flowing Fire would be completed in three months and resolved to use the dangerous Fallen Immortal Pill if necessary to break the Underworld King Barrier.

Chao Tianxi sacrificed the Star Soul Flowing Fire to destroy the Underworld King Barrier, exposing the Five Domains to Tianfu’s coming invasion. Xiao Bieli rallied Tianfu’s sects and sent its supreme beings into Central Province, where they announced that war would begin in three days.

• Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian descended into the Chaos Mist Sea, spared an intelligent divine tree, and disappeared from the Five Domains.
• Chao Tianxi launched the Star Soul Flowing Fire at the Immortal Domain, destroying it and shattering the Underworld King Barrier despite knowing the disaster would endanger the Five Domains.
• Xiao Bieli ordered Tianfu to prepare for war, and the major sects submitted to the sacred ground’s command after learning Tianfu Star faced destruction.
• Xiao Bieli led more than ten human supreme beings through a formation into Central Province, where Mu Changge demonstrated his sword power and warned that war would begin in three days.
• Yi Qingqiu and the violet-clad girl watched the Tianfu forces depart, fearing that the Five Domains had no one able to stop them.

Central Province’s sect leaders formed an alliance against Tianfu Star and assigned Zhao Liusu as its temporary Alliance Venerable, while Ning Chen encountered the Ghost Maiden in the Chaos Mist Sea. On Tianfu Star, Xiao Bieli revealed that Mu Changge’s sword strike had been meant to lure the Five Domains’ sovereigns into a trap.

• Zhao Liusu confirmed that the barrier between the Five Domains and the Outer Heavens had broken, and the assembled leaders agreed to make her temporary Alliance Venerable.
• Zhao Liusu ordered Bodhi Venerable and Bu Chunqiu to stop Mu Changge and told the alliance to target the blue-clothed leader when war began.
• Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian found an Azure Coffin in the Chaos Mist Sea, where the Ghost Maiden attacked Ning Chen and then said he was not the person she sought.
• Xiao Bieli told Mu Changge that his sword strike had been bait to lure the Five Domains’ sovereigns into a trap, and questioned whether anyone there was stronger than Tianxiang.

Xiao Bieli’s formations drove the Five Domains’ Sovereigns into a series of losing battles, while Mu Changge nearly defeated Zhao Liusu and her allies. Just as Tianxiang dismissed Bai Lingling and Qing Ling, the Shaking Light King returned to face him and Mu Changge.

• Xiao Bieli summoned Mu Changge, whose sword overwhelmed Bodhi Venerable and Bu Chunqiu until Ji Qiuyu and Li Xiaoran joined the battle.
• Xiao Bieli’s second and third formations drew out the Five Domains’ Sovereigns and isolated the main battlefield, while Zhao Liusu dispatched reinforcements to counter them.
• Xiao Bieli lured the Taibai Manor Lord to Returning Swan Heavenly Moon Peak, then revealed that he had anticipated Zhao Liusu’s arrow and unleashed Sword Four, River of Forgetfulness with Mu Changge.
• The River of Forgetfulness killed two Venerables and gravely wounded Bu Chunqiu, while Bodhi Venerable escaped with him and Mu Changge pursued Zhao Liusu.
• Mu Changge broke Zhao Liusu’s defense, but Bai Lingling and Qing Ling intervened before Tianxiang rejected their plea to withdraw.
• The Shaking Light King returned to the battlefield and told Mu Changge to leave the rest to him.

The Five Domains and Heavenly Palace ended their first battle without a decisive victory, and both sides prepared for the coming invasion. Ning Chen accepted the Shaking Light King's invitation, then entered the Demon Wheel Sea to meet his demonic body, who was undergoing a Demonic Tribulation.

• Mu Changge and the Shaking Light King fought with their ultimate sword techniques, and their attacks ended evenly.
• Tianxiang ordered Heavenly Palace to withdraw, while the Shaking Light King recalled his forces and asked Zhao Liusu to find the Marquis of Knowing Fate.
• Xiao Bieli ordered Heavenly Palace to gather its forces for an invasion in fifteen days, while the Shaking Light King prepared to enter the Supreme Realm.
• At Tianji City, the youths located Ning Chen in the Western Land, and Venerable Muhua invited him to the Shaking Light King's ceremony.
• Ning Chen promised to attend but chose to visit the Demon Wheel Sea first, where he told Bai Yunlian to wait outside and entered alone.
• Ning Chen's demonic body spat blood as a Demonic Tribulation struck him near the Human Sovereign Realm.

Ning Chen and the demonic incarnation left the Demon Wheel Sea to search the Outer Heavens for the waters of Yaochi, while Shaking Light King reached the Sovereign realm in Sunset Divine City. After demonstrating his sword technique to Ning Chen, Shaking Light King confronted the sects and Human Sovereigns over their past persecution of him.

• Ning Chen helped the demonic incarnation suppress his injuries, then merged with him and left the Demon Wheel Sea with Bai Yunlian to seek the waters of Yaochi.
• Shaking Light King waited in Sunset Divine City for Ning Chen as sect leaders, Supreme Elders, and Human Sovereigns gathered to witness his attempt to enter the Sovereign realm.
• Ning Chen arrived, and Shaking Light King used the Boundless Sword to destroy the heavenly tribulation before the Dragon Gate appeared.
• Shaking Light King told Ning Chen the first matter was settled and demanded that the assembled powers answer for what they had done to him.
• A Supreme Elder and an Attendant of the Xuanji Imperial Dynasty defended the past hunt by claiming the Red Serpent Demon had been foretold to bring calamity.
• Shaking Light King threatened to leave everyone in Sunset Divine City dead if Tianji City's prophecy had truly foretold their fate.

Ning Chen rejected the Central Province sects’ request to become Military Advisor and reunited with Qing Ling, telling her about his search for a way to revive the Ghost Maiden. He decided to travel to the Outer Heavens alone and arranged for his demonic body to impersonate him as Military Advisor and face the coming demonic tribulation.

• The Taibai Manor Lord severed his own arm to answer for Taibai’s past actions, but Ning Chen stopped Zhao Liusu from striking him and refused to accept the sects’ request to become Military Advisor.
• Ning Chen left Sunset Divine City with Qing Ling, and they spoke about her years away and his plan to find the waters of Yaochi in the Outer Heavens to revive the Immortal Peach Tree.
• Qing Ling urged Ning Chen to stop letting the human realm bind him, and he decided he would go to the Outer Heavens to pursue the Ghost Maiden’s revival.
• Ning Chen told his demonic body to remain behind, suppress the demonic tribulation, and impersonate him as the Five Domains’ Military Advisor.
• Ning Chen gave his demonic body red robes, a white fan, part of the Phoenix Source, the Azure Coffin, mandala flower seeds, the Yellow Springs Restriction method, and the Immortal Slaying Sword.

The Heavenly Palace army invaded the Five Domains, and the Five Domains Alliance struggled to respond to its strange advance. Ning Chen, disguised in red, watched the war unfold before arriving at Jingfeng City, where his appearance alarmed the defenders.

• The Phoenix Body warned Devil Body that Destiny's identity was only a temporary cover and urged him to preserve his life before flying away.
• Heavenly Palace forces crossed into the Five Domains and seized ten cities, slaughtering those who resisted and driving out most civilians.
• Xiao Bieli ordered the army to press onward after Tiandu Venerable reported that no Human Sovereign-level experts had appeared.
• Zhao Liusu sent Venerable Muhua and Baili Venerable to reclaim cities, but Heavenly Palace kept advancing while abandoning lightly guarded settlements.
• The Shaking Light King waited in Sunset Divine City for the coming clash between the Sword God and the Sword Venerable.
• Ning Chen watched the fighting with Bai Yunlian, then appeared before Jingfeng City, prompting Zhao Liusu to announce that he had arrived.

Ning Chen took command of the Five Domains’ war effort after identifying Zhao Liusu’s mistakes and ordering a new strategy against Tianfu. He then set out to investigate Tianfu’s rear cities, while Xiao Bieli learned that a mysterious red-clad young man had arrived in Jingfeng City.

• Ning Chen criticized Zhao Liusu for ten strategic errors, including failing to anticipate Tianfu’s invasion, wasting forces retaking cities, and neglecting the refugees Tianfu had driven out.
• Zhao Liusu handed Ning Chen the jade talisman granting him authority over the alliance’s Supremes and armies, and he ordered the Venerables to intercept Tianfu’s forces, protect refugees, and investigate the occupied cities.
• Ning Chen told Zhao Liusu to guard Jingfeng City and keep Senior Shaking Light ready to confront Tianfu’s Sword Venerable.
• Xiao Bieli learned that Baili and Muhua had redirected their armies toward Venerable Chiwei and wondered whether the Five Domains had finally found a capable commander.
• Ning Chen and three Venerables secretly approached Tianfu’s ten rear cities to investigate their troop transfers, with Ning Chen heading toward the city where Xiao Bieli was likely stationed.
• A scout told Xiao Bieli that an unfamiliar young man in red had appeared in Jingfeng City and attracted the Supremes’ attention, so Xiao Bieli ordered a further investigation.

Ning Chen identified Tianheng City as the source of the Heavenly Palace army, but the three Venerables refused to attack, costing Central Province its chance to destroy the city’s supply base. Qing Ling recognized Ning Chen as the demonic body and stood by him, while Xiao Bieli learned that Ning Chen was the Five Domains' Military Advisor and ordered reinforcements.

• Ning Chen told Venerable Xuanzhen, Yusheng, and Qingyu that the Heavenly Palace army came from Tianheng City, but they feared the Sword Venerable and declined to attack.
• Ning Chen explained to Zhao Liusu that the opportunity was lost, leaving her furious and Central Province without its advantage in troop numbers.
• Qing Ling confronted Ning Chen about being the demonic body, reassured him of her loyalty, and ordered him to visit Sword Forging Villa at dawn to answer for injuring the Sword Forger Master.
• A spy confirmed Ning Chen's identity to Xiao Bieli, who destroyed the portrait and summoned Zhenyang, Dongxun, Tiandu, and Taixuan to defend Tianheng City.

Qing Ling brought Ning Chen to Sword Forging Villa so he could take responsibility for the demon body’s past attack and apologize to the Sword Forger Master. The Sword Forger Master accepted the apology and urged Ning Chen to show tolerance toward the Central Province sects, while Yin'er hoped Ning Chen would help her leave the villa.

• Qing Ling persuaded Ning Chen that he had to acknowledge his mistake and warned him against letting revenge and killing consume him.
• Ning Chen and Qing Ling reached Sword Forging Villa, where Yin'er recognized Ning Chen as Brother Bai and led them inside.
• Qing Ling apologized to the Sword Forger Master on Ning Chen’s behalf, and Ning Chen returned the Red Serpent Demonic Sword.
• The Sword Forger Master forgave Ning Chen, said his injury was worth it if the world avoided demonic calamity, and advised him to be more tolerant of the sects.

Ning Chen left Sword Forging Villa with Yin'er and returned to Jingfeng City, where he learned that Xi Piaoxu had descended from Mount Xiyao. As new experts approached the Five Domains Alliance, Xi Piaoxu crossed the western wilderness by smashing through a mountain.

• Ning Chen apologized to the Sword Forger Master, accepted responsibility for guarding Red Serpent, and promised to give the Central Plains sects one chance.
• Qing Ling, Ning Chen, and Yin'er returned to Jingfeng City, where Yin'er stayed with Ning Chen and complained that he had lied about his name.
• Bai Lingling told Qing Ling that Xi Piaoxu had descended from the mountain and reached the perfected realm, and asked Qing Ling to keep an eye on her.
• Zhao Liusu told Ning Chen that three Human Sovereigns were on their way to the Five Domains Alliance and warned him that the newly advanced Sovereign from Western Buddhism might be difficult to deal with.
• Xi Piaoxu walked through the western wilderness and split a mountain that blocked her path.

Ning Chen met Xiao Bieli, the Heavenly Prime Minister, who offered him a bargain to stay out of the war in exchange for sparing the Eastern Divine Continent. Xiao Bieli demanded the Central Domain’s surrender and revealed that he had obtained the Vermilion Bird Divine Treasure, while Ning Chen left his allegiance unresolved.

• At the Jingfeng City council, Zhao Liusu learned that reinforcements would take at least a month, and Ning Chen received Xiao Bieli’s invitation.
• Ning Chen left the council and persuaded Yin'er to accompany him out of Jingfeng City.
• Two days later, Ning Chen met Xiao Bieli on the battlefield and discussed why he was helping Central Province despite his grudges against its sects.
• Xiao Bieli offered to keep the war from reaching the Eastern Divine Continent if Ning Chen stayed out of the fighting, and gave Yin'er the Heavenly Sword Transformation scroll.
• Xiao Bieli said the Heavenly Palace would accept no terms short of the Central Domain’s surrender, and Ning Chen agreed to relay the demand to Zhao Liusu.
• Xiao Bieli revealed the Vermilion Bird Divine Treasure, while Ning Chen declared that the false would never replace the true.

Ning Chen returned from negotiations with the Heavenly Minister, who had offered to spare the Eastern Divine Continent if Ning Chen withdrew from the war. After Xi Piaoxu attacked him and Qing Ling intervened, the Five Domains’ Venerables reaffirmed their resolve to defend Central Province, while Bai Lingling warned that Ning Chen must not be killed.

• Xiao Bieli told Fan Xinghong he had spared Ning Chen because he was unsure of victory and valued his talent, but promised her a chance to kill him in three days if Ning Chen still refused to yield.
• Ning Chen told Yin'er he would leave Central Province’s fate to its sects, then traveled toward Jingfeng City as Zhao Liusu received a report about his meeting with the Heavenly Minister.
• Xi Piaoxu attacked Ning Chen with sand swords and palm strikes, but Qing Ling stopped her and declared that anyone who harmed Ning Chen was her enemy.
• Xi Piaoxu told Bai Lingling she had come to kill Ning Chen to sever Qing Ling’s mortal attachments, and suspected Ning Chen was avoiding battle because his body could not fight easily.
• At Jingfeng City, Ning Chen reported that the Heavenly Minister demanded the Five Domains cede Central Province and had offered to protect the Eastern Divine Continent if Ning Chen withdrew.
• The Venerables, Zhao Liusu, Warm Sun Venerable, and Venerable Xinling pledged to help defend Central Province, while Bai Lingling warned Xi Piaoxu that Ning Chen could not die.

Ning Chen visited Golden Buddha Temple to ask Bodhi Venerable about Xia Ziyi’s whereabouts and learned that one of his rescuers was Mi Fei, the Luoshui Deity. The revelation left Ning Chen questioning the origin of the mysterious woman.

• Ning Chen took the sleepy Yin'er from Wenxuan Palace and went to Golden Buddha Temple, seeking information about Xia Ziyi.
• Outside the temple, Ning Chen told Bai Yunlian she could not kill Bodhi Venerable as she was and asked for the whereabouts of the demon who had once fought him alongside her.
• Ning Chen sent Bodhi Venerable the Alliance military token, and Bodhi emerged from the Demon Suppressing Pagoda to meet him.
• Ning Chen asked Bodhi about the people who rescued Xia Ziyi, and Bodhi identified one of them as Mi Fei, most likely Luoshen.
• Bodhi told Ning Chen that Mi Fei was the Luoshui Deity, surprising him with the revelation that she was not human.