Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen visited Luoshen to ask about Xia Ziyi and learned from Consort Luo’s letter that his demonic tribulation would force him to choose between humanity and demonhood. After the Heavenly Prefecture killed Venerable Muhua with an unknown expert, Ning Chen warned that the final battle had begun and ordered the alliance to prepare.

• Ning Chen entered the Luoshui realm, resisted his rising demonic nature, and asked Luoshen about Xia Ziyi.
• Luoshen gave Ning Chen Consort Luo’s letter, which said Xia Ziyi had been taken away and warned Ning Chen to accept demonhood if the world denied him a chance to recover his humanity.
• Ning Chen returned to Jingfeng City and learned that the Heavenly Prefecture had sent five Human Sovereigns into battle, causing heavy losses and the fall of four cities.
• Ning Chen deduced that the Heavenly Prefecture was preparing for a final battle and urged the alliance to reinforce the threatened front.
• Zhao Liusu reported that an unfamiliar expert had killed Venerable Muhua in fewer than thirty moves, and Ning Chen ordered the venerables to prepare for the final battle and change their strategy.

As Heavenly Palace’s armies advanced, Xiao Bieli ordered Fan Xinghong and Vermilion Bird to kill Marquis of Knowing Fate, while Ning Chen explained why the alliance’s retreats were part of a strategy. The Sword Venerable challenged the Shaking Light King to a decisive battle, and both sides prepared for the clash as Xiao Bieli set another killing game in motion.

• Xiao Bieli ordered Fan Xinghong to join Vermilion Bird and kill Marquis of Knowing Fate, warning him to withdraw if he could not win within ten moves.
• Ning Chen directed the allied armies’ withdrawals and told the Venerables that Heavenly Palace’s costly offensive reflected its need for time and left it with less than a thirty percent chance of victory.
• The alliance received the Sword Venerable’s challenge, and Ning Chen arranged for the Taibai Manor Lord, the Bailu Headmaster, and Bodhi Venerable to guard against another Heavenly Palace expert during the Shaking Light King’s duel.
• Ning Chen warned that if the Shaking Light King lost and the unknown expert did not intervene, Heavenly Palace’s chance of victory would exceed seventy percent.
• Xiao Bieli told Mu Changge that he could only win the coming battle, then continued his plan to seize the greater momentum.

Shaking Light King and Mu Changge began their decisive sword duel, while the battle’s observers watched anxiously. Far from the battlefield, Fan Xinghong and the Vermilion Bird trapped Ning Chen and attacked him in a plot ordered by the Heavenly Form.

• Fan Xinghong delivered the Lihe Sword to Shaking Light King and proposed staying beside Ning Chen to prevent interference; Ning Chen accepted.
• Mu Changge and Shaking Light King fought with their divine swords at Windless Plain, and Mu Changge wounded Shaking Light King with the Emperor’s Sword.
• Yusheng Venerable worried that Shaking Light King was at a disadvantage, while Qingyu Venerable noted that Ning Chen was missing.
• A purple-robed man appeared before Bodhi Venerable, Taibai Manor Lord, and Bailu Headmaster, claiming he had come only to watch the duel.
• Three hundred miles north, Fan Xinghong and the Vermilion Bird blocked Ning Chen, and Fan Xinghong used a secret art to reach the Half-Venerable realm.
• Ning Chen recognized the trap and attacked Fan Xinghong and the Vermilion Bird with Clear Sun Lihuo.

The Shaking Light King and Mu Changge fought to a bloody draw, while Ning Chen escaped Vermilion Bird and Fan Xinghong’s ambush after revealing his demonic sword forms. Fan Xinghong died after returning to Xiao Bieli with a warning that Marquis of Knowing Fate and Tianfu Star might not be the same, and Xiao Bieli left carrying her body.

• Mu Changge unleashed Sword Ten, Immortal Slaying, against the Shaking Light King’s Forgetful Sword, and both swordsmen fell back bloodied before Mu Changge forced out one final sword strike.
• Vermilion Bird and Fan Xinghong trapped Ning Chen using the Heavenly Strategist’s analysis of his recorded moves, but Ning Chen revealed his Blood Path and Blood Flame sword forms and drove them back.
• Vermilion Bird retreated, and Ning Chen struck Fan Xinghong’s heart meridians before she escaped despite her injuries.
• Fan Xinghong returned to Xiao Bieli, told him Marquis of Knowing Fate and Tianfu Star might not be the same, and died before she could finish her warning.
• Xiao Bieli remembered rescuing and raising Fan Xinghong, then carried her body eastward through the rain.

The Shaking Light King and Mu Changge unleashed their final swords, leaving Windless Plain destroyed and the Shaking Light King dead while Mu Changge was left near death. As the Heavenly Manor army overran Central Province, Ning Chen called for peace talks, but Xiao Bieli demanded that the sects withdraw from Central Province.

• Mu Changge used Sword Eleven, and he and the Shaking Light King broke into the Immortal Ascension Realm before their final swords collided and destroyed Windless Plain.
• Ning Chen found no trace of the Shaking Light King, while Venerable Lingtian carried the gravely crippled Mu Changge away.
• Ning Chen ordered the Central Province alliance to prepare for battle, and the Heavenly Manor army soon advanced north, capturing dozens of cities in less than half a month.
• Ning Chen told the allied Venerables that peace talks were necessary, and Zhao Liusu arranged negotiations with Xiao Bieli in Tianluo City.
• Xiao Bieli refused to negotiate without Ning Chen and demanded that the sects withdraw from Central Province, threatening war in another domain if they refused.

Ning Chen planted demonized mandrakes at Wanxing Pass to lure Tianfu's Human Sovereign and went to Tianluo City after negotiations collapsed. He warned Zhao Liusu to prepare for war and left the talks with Xiao Bieli unresolved, confident that Tianfu would eventually seek peace.

• At Wanxing Pass, Ning Chen had Yin'er plant demonized mandrake seeds, explaining to Qing Ling that their poison could lure Tianfu's Human Sovereign.
• The negotiations in Tianluo City deadlocked when Xiao Bieli insisted that Central Province yield its territory, and Zhao Liusu asked for another day to consult Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen returned to the Allied Forces' camp, told Zhao Liusu that war was unavoidable, and ordered her to prepare the Sovereigns to fight before Tianfu reached Wanxing Pass.
• At the final negotiation, Ning Chen challenged Xiao Bieli's insistence on taking territory and warned that Central Province could prolong the war with his help.
• Ning Chen ended the talks and left with Yin'er, telling Xiao Bieli they would meet again on the battlefield.

As Central Province’s alliance retreated from Wanxing Pass, Ning Chen used poisoned mandrake flowers and the Yellow Springs Divine Restriction to lure Tianfu’s Venerables into a trap. He unleashed the Immortal Slaying Sword to destroy the pass and declared the ruined area a Human Forbidden Zone.

• Ning Chen ordered the allied sect forces to withdraw from Wanxing Pass and told the Venerables to stand by for a decisive battle.
• Bai Yunlian summoned a storm that watered the mandrake flowers with Heavenly Craftsmanship Spring Water, spreading poisonous mist through Wanxing Pass and trapping the Tianfu army.
• Ning Chen sealed the exits with the Yellow Springs Divine Restriction as the Tianfu soldiers succumbed to the poison.
• Venerable Lingtian and four other Tianfu Venerables arrived, broke the restriction, and entered Wanxing Pass to rescue the trapped army.
• Ning Chen planted the Immortal Slaying Sword in the earth, unleashed the power of the collapsing earth veins, and devastated Wanxing Pass and the Tianfu forces.
• Ning Chen told Venerable Lishan that the sword could not be retrieved and declared Wanxing Pass a Human Forbidden Zone.

Ning Chen trapped nine Heavenly Palace Sovereigns inside the Immortal Slaying Restriction Zone at Wanxing Pass, then returned to Jingfeng City and struggled with his demon tribulation and lingering humanity. As he took Qing Ling and Yin'er out into the city, Xi Piaoxu considered attacking him, but a powerful aura suddenly shook the human world.

• Ning Chen told the six Human Sovereigns that the nine Heavenly Palace Sovereigns were trapped in the forbidden zone and led them back to Jingfeng City.
• Zhao Liusu thanked Ning Chen for his role in Central Province’s victory, and he went to Wenxuan Palace with Qing Ling.
• Ning Chen admitted that killing troubled him, and Qing Ling urged him to prioritize her over others if he needed power; he rejected her offer to end his demon tribulation by sacrificing herself.
• Qing Ling woke Yin'er, helped her dress, and took her and Ning Chen out into the city while warning Yin'er about propriety.
• Zhao Liusu warned Venerable Lishan to keep the Alliance Sovereigns from becoming arrogant after their victory.
• Xi Piaoxu said Marquis of Knowing Fate’s survival prevented Junior Sister from reaching the Sovereign Realm, but a powerful aura suddenly appeared and made the human world tremble.

Chao Tianxi arrived at Wanxing Pass and overwhelmed the Human Sovereigns, though her injuries forced her to stop short of pursuing them. Ning Chen ordered a retreat and began preparing to draw reinforcements from the other domains, while Chao Tianxi returned to Tianheng City and tasked Xiao Bieli with planning the next stage of the war.

• Ning Chen left Qing Ling and Yin'er to lead the Human Sovereigns from Jingfeng City toward Wanxing Pass after sensing Chao Tianxi's arrival.
• Chao Tianxi entered the Immortal Slaying Restriction Zone, rescued Venerables Taixuan and Tiandu with Venerable Lingtian, and blocked Ning Chen's forces from pursuing them.
• Chao Tianxi fought the ten Sovereigns as Bodhi, Taibai Manor Lord, and a purple-clad young woman joined the battle, but her counterattack grievously wounded them and forced Ning Chen to order a retreat.
• Chao Tianxi's injuries surfaced after the battle, and Ning Chen told Zhao Liusu to use the threat of Tianfu's invasion to persuade the other domains to send Human Sovereigns.
• Chao Tianxi returned to Tianheng City, reassured Xiao Bieli, and ordered him to plan Tianfu's next move.

As Tianfu’s forces advanced through Central Province, Ning Chen worked with the Taibai Manor Lord and Bai Lingling to prepare a defensive formation in Jingfeng City. He began transforming their Buddhist and Daoist formations into an offensive grand formation, and Bodhi Venerable volunteered to test it.

• Chao Tianxi and Xiao Bieli helped Tianfu capture seven cities in ten days, while Zhao Liusu learned that Ning Chen was preparing Jingfeng City against Tianfu Star Venerable.
• Ning Chen had the Taibai Manor Lord and Bai Lingling establish Daoist and Buddhist formations, then used his knowledge of formations to connect them with divine restrictions.
• Xi Piaoxu questioned Yin'er about how she met Ning Chen and reflected on the tangled truth behind the Red Serpent Demon and Ning Chen’s past.
• After Yin'er left to sleep, Ning Chen began shaping the formations into an offensive grand formation, with Qing Ling watching for mistakes.
• Zhao Liusu arrived as Ning Chen’s formation took shape, and Bodhi Venerable volunteered to enter it as its test subject.

Ning Chen struggled to combine the Daoist and Buddhist arrays while the Tianfu army advanced and Zhao Liusu began to suspect his changed behavior. Yin'er’s riddle helped him find a way to balance the formations, and he successfully activated the god-slaying array above Jingfeng City.

• Qing Ling pointed out that Ning Chen’s first arrangement kept the Daoist and Buddhist formations separate, while merging them directly made them collide and injure Bodhi Venerable.
• Ning Chen stopped working on the front-line war, and Zhao Liusu noticed that his irritability seemed unlike the Marquis of Knowing Fate she knew.
• Xiao Bieli led the Tianfu army’s advance, while Chao Tianxi entered seclusion to recover from his injuries.
• After three days of failed attempts, Ning Chen heard Yin’er’s riddle and realized he could introduce opposing powers into each formation without merging the arrays themselves.
• Ning Chen had the Taibai Manor Lord and Bai Lingling channel opposing powers into the Daoist and Buddhist arrays, then used divine restrictions to bring them into balance.
• An azure and golden Taiji Diagram appeared above Jingfeng City, recreating the Daoist Patriarch’s god-slaying array and shocking Zhao Liusu.

Ning Chen used the Two Forms Array to fight Chao Tianxi in Jingfeng City, but their battle shattered the formation and left Bai Lingling near death. Just as Chao Tianxi’s attack broke through, the Xiyao Master arrived and stabilized the array.

• Ning Chen and the venerables gathered in Jingfeng City as Chao Tianxi approached, and Zhao Liusu organized the defenders.
• Chao Tianxi entered the Two Forms Array and attacked Ning Chen, while the Taibai Manor Lord and Bai Lingling helped sustain the formation.
• Ning Chen fought Chao Tianxi with the array’s yin-yang power and sword forms, but the two supporting venerables suffered severe injuries.
• Ning Chen unleashed Sword Form: Blood Flame as the array faltered, then rescued Bai Lingling from Chao Tianxi’s attack.
• Chao Tianxi broke through the collapsing Two Forms Array, but the Xiyao Master arrived and used Buddhist power to stabilize it.

Ning Chen and the Xiyao Master reinforced the Two-Form Array and fought Chao Tianxi until the array shattered and Chao Tianxi withdrew. Badly injured, Ning Chen returned to Wenxuan Palace, where he admitted to Yin'er that he had exaggerated his injuries so the others would not resent being hurt more than he was.

• The Xiyao Master arrived in Jingfeng City, restored the Two-Form Array, and joined Ning Chen against Chao Tianxi.
• Ning Chen fought Chao Tianxi with the array’s power and borrowed swords, wounding him, while the Xiyao Master and Taibai Manor Lord suffered the array’s backlash.
• When Taibai Manor Lord fell and the array broke, Ning Chen unleashed Nirvana, and the Xiyao Master followed with Bodhisattva's Myriad Demon Repentance.
• Zhao Liusu and more than ten Supreme Ones surrounded Chao Tianxi, who conceded the round and vanished after warning Ning Chen not to leave Jingfeng City.
• Ning Chen spat blood after Chao Tianxi left, then Qing Ling took him to Wenxuan Palace to recover.
• Yin'er caught Ning Chen pretending to be more injured than he was, and he explained that he wanted the others to feel their injuries were more balanced.

While Ning Chen recovered in Wenxuan Palace, he weighed the danger Tianfu still posed and searched for a way to counter Chao Tianxi. On the battlefield, Mu Qianshang and Sword Two joined forces with Yi Xuanmiao to fight Venerable Lingtian, until a sudden arrow pierced the clash.

• Xiao Bieli rejected Venerable Lingtian's suggestion to attack Ning Chen, suspecting the reported injuries might be a trap.
• Yin'er used Ning Chen's two promised wishes to persuade him to sneak out with her, and he agreed to stay within Jingfeng City.
• Ning Chen considered the alliance's disadvantage and concluded that he needed a way to deal with Chao Tianxi while the Tianfu Star Venerable remained injured.
• Mu Qianshang and Sword Two headed toward the Marquis of Knowing Fate, then stopped to battle Venerable Lingtian as he pursued them.
• Yi Xuanmiao joined Mu Qianshang and Sword Two, and the three swordsmen struck Venerable Lingtian together.
• An arrow of light suddenly pierced into the battlefield and passed through a body.

Mu Qianshang, Sword Two, Yi Xuanmiao, and Luo Xingchen killed Venerable Lingtian and traveled to Jingfeng City, where they reunited with Ning Chen. Ning Chen revealed that Tianfu Star Venerable was nearly as powerful as half a Hades King and admitted he could only oppose him within Jingfeng City, leaving his allies to consider how to face the threat.

• Luo Xingchen shot Venerable Lingtian from behind while Mu Qianshang, Sword Two, and Yi Xuanmiao fought him, and their combined attacks killed him.
• Mu Qianshang, Luo Xingchen, Sword Two, and Yi Xuanmiao headed for Jingfeng City and discussed their friendship with Marquis of Knowing Fate and Yi Xuanmiao’s connection to him.
• The four reached Wenxuan Palace and met Ning Chen, who stood up from his wheelchair and demanded repayment of Luo Xingchen’s debt before learning Venerable Lingtian had died.
• Ning Chen explained that Tianfu Star Venerable had combat strength close to half a Hades King, and Mu Qianshang denied having promised help from the Daoist Sect’s legacy.
• Ning Chen told Sword Two and Mu Qianshang that he could contend with Tianfu Star Venerable only inside Jingfeng City, since his true body could no longer regain the power it had against the Hades King.

Ning Chen left Jingfeng City with Mu Qianshang to seek array records at the Compassionate Sword Heavenly Pavilion, leaving Luo Xingchen to impersonate him. Meanwhile, the Ghost Maiden arrived in Tianheng City, defeated the wounded Chao Tianxi, and destroyed the city’s great teleportation array before heading east.

• Ning Chen asked Mu Qianshang to take him to the Compassionate Sword Heavenly Pavilion, while Luo Xingchen agreed to impersonate the injured Ning Chen with Qing Ling’s help.
• Sword Two challenged Ning Chen to a duel, and Ning Chen promised to fight him after Tianfu withdrew its troops.
• Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang left Jingfeng City, crossed to the Divine Continent, and reached the Compassionate Sword Heavenly Pavilion, where the Pavilion Master recognized Ning Chen as Marquis of Knowing Fate.
• The Ghost Maiden’s Immortal Palanquin entered Tianheng City, where Chao Tianxi blocked its path and fought the Ghost Maiden.
• The Ghost Maiden wounded Chao Tianxi with Yan Emperor, then continued east as the Three Dragon Corpses crushed Tianheng City’s great teleportation array.
• Chao Tianxi ordered a black-clad messenger to inform Tianxiang that the teleportation array had been destroyed and summon him back.

Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang entered the Scripture Tower’s sealed final level, where Supreme Heaven appeared and attacked them. After a fierce battle, Ning Chen trapped Supreme Heaven’s forty-nine linked consciousnesses within the resentment of all living beings and left the tower with the Grand Beginning Sword, while Mu Qianshang was carried outside unconscious.

• Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang joined forces to break the formation guarding the Scripture Tower’s top floor, and Ning Chen blocked two sudden Sword Qi strikes aimed at Mu Qianshang.
• Supreme Heaven appeared, overwhelmed the pair, and took control of Mu Qianshang’s body, forcing Ning Chen to fight it.
• Ning Chen unleashed his demonic arts and disrupted Supreme Heaven’s power, while Mu Qianshang’s consciousness resisted from within his body.
• Ning Chen was gravely wounded but seized Supreme Heaven’s sword arm and poured demonic Qi into Mu Qianshang, forcing the forty-nine consciousnesses out and sending Mu Qianshang to safety.
• Supreme Heaven pierced Ning Chen and attempted to seize his soul, but Ning Chen revealed his Body of Resentment and trapped Supreme Heaven within the resentment of all living beings.
• Ning Chen took the Grand Beginning Sword and walked out of the tower, leaving Supreme Heaven trapped inside.

Ning Chen recovered the Daoist Sect’s Two Forms Array formations and gathered his allies to prepare for a confrontation with the injured Tianfu Star Venerable. He left the Underworld Netherworld with the Weak Water, while Ghost Maiden arrived there too late to meet him.

• Ning Chen learned that Mu Qianshang had awakened safely, then traveled to the Underworld Netherworld and asked Supreme Heaven to teach him the Daoist Sect’s array formations in exchange for finding it a new host.
• After three days beside the Weak Water, Ning Chen summoned a black phoenix to absorb it and departed without seeing Ghost Maiden; Ghost Maiden entered the Underworld Netherworld afterward.
• Ning Chen reunited with Mu Qianshang and returned to Jingfeng City, where he told Luo Xingchen and his allies that he had obtained the Two Forms Array.
• Ning Chen explained how Mu Qianshang, Sword Two, and he would operate the array against Tianfu Star Venerable, and told Luo Xingchen to be ready to take over if one of them faltered.
• Yin'er teased Ning Chen and warned that two people who had entered the array with him remained unconscious, while Luo Xingchen agreed to learn the array’s activation method.

After securing the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword as a means to protect himself and his allies, Ning Chen led Mu Qianshang, Sword Two, and Luo Xingchen into a battle against Chao Tianxi. Chao Tianxi was lured away from Tianheng City, and the chapter ended as he unleashed his full Immortal Ascension power against Ning Chen’s Two Forms Array.

• Chao Tianxi learned from Eastern Patrol Venerable that Mu Changge could not recover, then lamented the Heavenly Palace’s losses and asked for his help.
• Ning Chen warned Supreme Heaven that it had to aid him in the coming battle and demanded a way to preserve his and his allies’ lives; Supreme Heaven named the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword.
• Ning Chen sent the alliance’s Venerables to the front lines and told Mu Qianshang, Sword Two, and Luo Xingchen to flee if they could not defeat Chao Tianxi.
• After learning Ning Chen was heading for the front lines, Chao Tianxi ignored Xiao Bieli’s warning and left Tianheng City to kill him.
• Ning Chen, Mu Qianshang, and Sword Two opened the Two Forms Array against Chao Tianxi, weakening his first attack, but Chao Tianxi then unleashed his full Immortal Ascension cultivation.

Ning Chen, Mu Qianshang, Sword Two, and Xinghen fought Chao Tianxi in the Two-Form Grand Array, eventually overwhelming the gravely injured Star Venerable. Chao Tianxi unleashed a final self-destructive attack, and while Mu Qianshang and Sword Two escaped, Ning Chen remained trapped with her as the chapter revealed the change in consciousness within him.

• Ning Chen, Mu Qianshang, and Sword Two battled Chao Tianxi with the Two-Form Grand Array, trading severe wounds as she fought to protect Tianfu.
• Ning Chen and Sword Two combined their swords to unleash Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin, while Mu Qianshang followed with Illusory Bubble, severely wounding Chao Tianxi.
• Xinghen fired an arrow that pierced Chao Tianxi, and she declared that she had lost but would not let Ning Chen remain alive.
• Chao Tianxi sacrificed half her ruined body to freeze the battlefield, and Ning Chen blasted Mu Qianshang and Sword Two away so they could escape.
• Mu Qianshang tried to return, but Sword Two fought to stop him as the ice engulfed the battlefield.
• Inside the ice prison, white-haired Ning Chen opened a sanctuary with the Yin and Yang arrays, then turned black-haired and identified himself as the one who wanted to save Chao Tianxi.