Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen defeated Yinglong, seized the Jade Pond Divine Water, and fought the Divine Palace experts who confronted him. As his Ink Blade began to break, the chapter shifted to the Red Luan wedding, where Zhìming refused to marry the Red Luan Princess, prompting the Five Ancestors to rise.

• Ning Chen killed Yinglong, drew the Jade Pond water into the Green Cauldron, and faced the arriving Divine Palace experts.
• Ning Chen fought the Divine Palace forces and unleashed the Four Symbols Consecration Sword, badly injuring their experts as the Ink Blade cracked.
• Ning Chen launched his final move, Nirvana, while the grand wedding began in the Red Luan Royal Territory.
• Zhìming stopped the wedding rites and refused to marry the Red Luan Princess, who realized he had recovered his memories.
• The Red Luan Realm King confronted Zhìming, Yin'er silently sulked over his absence, and the Red Luan Five Ancestors rose as the hall shook.

Ning Chen revealed that his Phoenix Body and demonic body were one, joined forces to destroy the Divine Palace, and escaped the Grand Void Divine Realm. He collapsed the realm’s entrance behind him, trapping the Red Luan forces inside, then invited the Moonlit Tower Master to travel with him.

• Ning Chen’s demonic body entered the Grand Void Divine Realm as his Phoenix Body defeated the Divine Palace experts, and Ink Frenzy shattered after its final attack.
• Ning Chen revealed that his demonic body was the Ninth Son of Ink Sect, then fused the two bodies and fought Red Luan Sixth Ancestor.
• Red Luan Princess attacked Ning Chen in grief after learning the truth, while Ning Chen defended himself and drew the Red Luan ancestors and Divine Palace forces away from the palace.
• Ning Chen and the Moonlit Tower Master escaped the Divine Palace’s pursuit as Ning Chen’s two bodies unleashed Apocalyptic Catastrophe and destroyed the Divine Palace.
• Ning Chen collapsed the entrance to the Grand Void Divine Realm, trapping the Red Luan Realm King and the others inside, and asked the Moonlit Tower Master to travel with him.

Ning Chen returned from the Grand Void Divine Realm after trapping the Red Luan Realm King and the royal territory’s strongest fighters, then left the wedding hall with the Moonlit Tower Master, Red Luan, and Yin'er. At the Moonlit Wine House, he explained his past to Red Luan and discussed his schemes with the Tower Master, while the Red Luan Royal Territory faced an uncertain response from the Ink Sect.

• Yao Ji attacked Ning Chen in the royal hall, but the Ink Lord blocked her and urged her to focus on rescuing the Realm King and the others.
• The Golden Radiance Emperor departed, and the Heaven Speaker told Ning Chen to seek her out at Heavenly Language Peak; the Moonlit Tower Master warned him about her power.
• Ning Chen and the Moonlit Tower Master left with Yin'er and Red Luan, and Ning Chen apologized to Red Luan for his part in her past injuries.
• At the Moonlit Wine House, Ning Chen explained what had happened years earlier, and Red Luan forgave him.
• Yin'er told Red Luan that Ning Chen had followed the demonic path after bad people caused Qing Ling's death.
• The Moonlit Tower Master realized that Ning Chen had used reason and layered planning to trap the Red Luan Royal Territory's strongest fighters.

Ning Chen returned to Ink Mountain and planned to seek the Time Restriction and strengthen his allies, but he discovered that Ayluo Zhen had disappeared. Suspecting that the Ink Sect was unsafe, he decided to question the Ink Lord the next day.

• Ning Chen recounted the events in the Red Luan Royal Territory to the Ink Lord, who listened and sent him to rest.
• Ning Chen and his demonic incarnation planned to find a spiritual vein, investigate the Time Restriction, and test whether the Heaven Speaker could become an ally.
• Yin'er returned from Eighth Peak and told Ning Chen that Sister Ling Luo was gone; Ning Chen found Ayluo Zhen's room dusty and discovered her rouge box had been discarded beneath a wild pear tree.
• Ning Chen questioned Qi Huan about Ayluo Zhen, but Qi Huan said he did not know where she had gone.
• Ning Chen suspected that either the Ink Lord or a hidden force threatened the Ink Sect and decided to ask the Ink Lord about Ayluo Zhen and the Time Restriction the next day.

Ning Chen questioned Ink Lord about the Time Restriction and Ayluo Zhen, but was sent to deal with a demonic calamity on Jialuo Star. There, he discovered that Ziyi had become a demon and destroyed the Slaughter Sword Sect, leaving Ning Chen to bury the dead and reckon with the cost of resisting the Underworld King.

• Ning Chen learned from Ink Lord that the Time Restriction existed, but Ink Lord refused to reveal where Ayluo Zhen was and ordered Ning Chen to handle a demonic calamity on Jialuo Star.
• Ning Chen used Ayluo Zhen's blood-marked rouge to conclude that she was in grave danger, then sent his demonic body away to find a spiritual vein while he traveled north with Yin'er.
• A white-haired demonic emperor attacked the Slaughter Sword Sect, crushed its sword formation, and destroyed the sect with his demonic sword techniques.
• Ning Chen and Yin'er arrived at the ruined sect, where Ning Chen recognized Ziyi's demonic energy and sword intent and found the dying sect master beneath the rubble.
• Ning Chen closed the sect master's eyes and buried the dead beneath the collapsed mountains, while reflecting on Ziyi's demonization and Changsun's lingering regret.

Ning Chen reached Jialuo Star as a demon fought the Golden Radiance Divine Generals and then tried to learn who had taken the dead woman the demon sought. After refusing Bai Qin’s invitation to Golden Radiance Star, Ning Chen secretly followed him and the wounded Qing Xiao.

• The demon fought Qing Xiao and nine Great Perfection experts, killed all nine, gravely wounded Qing Xiao, and entered the Dragon Gate.
• Ning Chen fought Bai Qin, broke past him, and arrived too late to stop the demon from leaving.
• Bai Qin identified Ning Chen as the Ninth Peak master of the Ink Sect and explained that an unknown group carrying coffins had taken the dead woman the demon sought.
• Ning Chen learned the group had last appeared on Jialuo Star, then declined Bai Qin’s invitation to travel to Golden Radiance Star.
• Bai Qin carried the unconscious Qing Xiao away, and Ning Chen reappeared and secretly followed them.

Ning Chen and Yin'er arrived in Golden Radiance Imperial City as the Golden Radiance Emperor learned of Ning Chen’s strength and connection to the demon. Ning Chen stole the Azure Frost Sword from the unconscious Azure Serenity to forge a sword and provoke the dynasty, while Bai Qin’s search could not locate it.

• Bai Qin reported his failed attempt to kill the demon and told the Golden Radiance Emperor that the Ninth Son of Ink Sect seemed personally connected to it.
• Ning Chen told Yin'er that Ziyi might come to the imperial city and could not be freed from his demonic nature.
• Ning Chen and Yin'er settled at Good Fortune Inn, where Ning Chen tempered a Sword Embryo through the night.
• Ning Chen entered Azure Serenity's residence and sealed the Azure Frost Sword before taking it, despite the woman and guards present.
• Ning Chen told Yin'er he had stolen the sword to forge a weapon and cause trouble for the Golden Radiance Imperial Dynasty.
• Bai Qin searched the city with White Lightning but could only determine that the sealed Azure Frost Sword remained somewhere within the imperial city.

Ning Chen and Yin'er bought relics at Heavenly Origin Tower, where Ning Chen obtained a stone bead and the old man recognized the rusted spear as a priceless treasure. Back at Good Fortune Inn, Ning Chen used the bead’s remaining cold to temper the Azure Frost Sword, whose aura he resealed as Divine General Bai Qin sensed its emergence.

• Divine General Bai Qin reported that the Azure Frost Sword’s aura had been sealed, and the Golden Radiance Emperor ordered him to find Ning Chen, recover the sword, and avoid killing him unless he resisted.
• Ning Chen and Yin'er bought divine gold, a damaged Divine Restriction Art jade slip, a bracelet, and a stone bead from Elder Yu at Heavenly Origin Tower.
• Elder Yu threw Ning Chen the rusted iron sword and sold him the bead for three thousand Immortal Jade, then told the tower’s weapons appraiser that Ning Chen’s spear was a priceless treasure.
• Ning Chen offered a cold saber and a rust-mottled spear for sale, but the middle-aged appraiser accepted neither the spear nor the proposed deal.
• Back at Good Fortune Inn, Ning Chen shattered the stone bead and used its remaining cold to temper the Azure Frost Sword, then sealed the sword’s aura again.
• Divine General Bai Qin sensed the Azure Frost Sword’s appearance and abruptly opened his eyes.

Divine General Bai Qin confronted the demon after the demon brought the wounded Azure Serenity Divine General to him. The Golden Radiance Emperor halted their battle and had Qing Xiao carried to the imperial palace, while the demon let him go.

• Divine General Bai Qin summoned the White Lightning Divine Sword, and Ning Chen suppressed the Azure Frost Sword’s response with the Sword Embryo and phoenix fire.
• The demon arrived dragging the wounded Azure Serenity Divine General and warned Divine General Bai Qin not to interfere if he wanted Qing Xiao to live.
• Divine General Bai Qin attacked the demon with White Lightning, and the demon met him with a demonic sword as heavenly lightning struck.
• The Golden Radiance Emperor appeared and stilled heaven and earth, while the unconscious Azure Serenity Divine General flew toward the imperial palace.
• The demon let Qing Xiao go without stopping him.

The demon battled Divine General Bai Qin and the Golden Radiance Emperor, killing Azure Serenity Divine General before Ning Chen intervened and carried the wounded demon away. Ning Chen treated the demon's injuries west of the Golden Radiance Imperial Dynasty, where the demon began to wake.

• The Golden Radiance Emperor ordered Divine General Bai Qin to kill the demon, and Bai Qin wounded him with the Kirin sword strike.
• The demon summoned Apocalyptic Fury and struck Bai Qin down, prompting the Golden Radiance Emperor to join the battle.
• The demon killed Azure Serenity Divine General, then confronted the emperor with a Divine Demon Manifestation and grievously wounded him.
• Ning Chen appeared and used Heavenly Dragon Quake to interrupt the emperor, then carried the wounded Xia Ziyi away with the demon.
• The Golden Radiance Emperor stabilized Bai Qin's injuries and said he would contact the Ink Lord about Azure Serenity's death.
• A thousand li west of the Golden Radiance Imperial Dynasty, Ning Chen infused Xia Ziyi with Phoenix Essence, and the demon slowly opened his eyes.

Ning Chen reunited with Xia Ziyi and learned that Consort Luo had been abducted by powerful coffin-bearers, then refused Ink Lord’s order to kill Xia Ziyi. Ink Lord pursued them and fought them; Ning Chen wounded Ink Lord’s avatar, but was struck down in return.

• Ning Chen stopped Xia Ziyi from leaving and urged him to trust him and join in rescuing Consort Luo.
• Xia Ziyi told Ning Chen that thirteen powerful coffin-bearers had taken Consort Luo, and Ning Chen questioned Xia Ziyi’s killings of people who might have been connected to them.
• Ink Lord appeared and ordered Ning Chen to kill Xia Ziyi, but Ning Chen refused and fled with Xia Ziyi and Yin'er.
• Ink Lord tracked the group, and Ning Chen failed to destroy the True Sun Scripture cultivation within himself.
• Xia Ziyi and Ning Chen fought Ink Lord together, with Xia Ziyi blocking his attacks while Ning Chen sought an opening.
• Xia Ziyi used the Twelve Wings of Sin to withstand Ink Lord’s immortal art, allowing Ning Chen to pierce Ink Lord’s avatar before Ink Lord struck Ning Chen and made him cough up blood.

Ning Chen and Xia Ziyi fought the Ink Lord’s incarnation until its power suddenly dissipated, then met Lü Luo, who revealed herself as Ning Chen’s Fourth Senior Sister and brought them to safety in Yanji City. As they began recovering from their wounds, Lü Luo prepared potent medicines and assured Yin'er that the two men would not be able to die after taking them.

• Ning Chen and Xia Ziyi combined their attacks against the Ink Lord, whose incarnation faltered after enduring their final moves.
• Lü Luo arrived, demonstrated her power, and identified herself to Ning Chen as his Fourth Senior Sister.
• Lü Luo led Ning Chen, Xia Ziyi, and Yin'er to a residence in Yanji City and left to fetch medicine while the injured men began healing.
• Lü Luo returned with jade bottles, mixed medicine for Xia Ziyi, and told Yin'er that half the bottles contained poison.
• Lü Luo mixed medicine for Ning Chen and assured Yin'er that anyone who took it would not be able to die.

Ning Chen discussed revenge and the search for resurrection with Xia Ziyi before Lü Luo revealed more about the Ink Sect’s struggle against the Ink Lord and gave Ning Chen a dangerous treatment. The chapter ended with Lü Luo reacting sharply when Ning Chen asked about a powerful group whose members carried coffins.

• Xia Ziyi spoke of revenge, and he and Ning Chen reflected on loss, death, and Ning Chen’s persistence in seeking a miracle.
• Yin'er supervised as Ning Chen and Xia Ziyi took their painful medicine, and Lü Luo arrived with Nine Nether Flowers for Ning Chen’s treatment.
• Lü Luo explained that the consciousness within Ning Chen’s True Sun Scripture was tied to the Seven-Colored and Yin-Yang Immortal Arts, and that Xiang Yuan had helped save Ning Chen from the Ink Lord’s incarnation.
• Ning Chen learned that Zi Chuan, the Marquis in Purple, had once been the master of Seventh Peak and that Xiang Yuan had severed the consciousness within himself.
• Ning Chen showed Lü Luo the rouge box containing Eighth Senior Sister’s heart’s blood essence, and she told him to keep it safe.
• Ning Chen asked Lü Luo about an inheritance whose members carried coffins and had cultivation above the Immortal-Treading realm, and she asked whether he had already met them.

Ning Chen learned that the Nether Hall had taken his friend, while Xia Ziyi and the others prepared to flee after a clash with the Marquis in Purple. The Northern King Hua Changfeng attacked, but Xia Ziyi unleashed a forbidden art and killed him, leaving Ning Chen stunned by his friend's power.

• Lü Luo warned Ning Chen that the Nether Hall's Patrollers took his friend to refine Corpse Gods and urged him to recover instead of acting rashly.
• The Marquis in Purple and Xia Ziyi fought until Ning Chen intervened, and Lü Luo stabilized Ning Chen's injuries before ordering everyone to prepare to leave.
• The Northern King Hua Changfeng attacked the residence, and Xia Ziyi met him in battle while Ning Chen shielded Yin'er.
• Hua Changfeng wounded Xia Ziyi, who unleashed the forbidden art Divine Descent and manifested the Twelve Wings of Sin.
• Xia Ziyi shattered Hua Changfeng's Howling Wind Spear and cut his throat, while Ning Chen watched in shock.

Ning Chen stayed behind in the Extreme North to let Lü Luo, Marquis in Purple, Yin'er, and the unconscious Xia Ziyi escape the four pursuers. Badly injured and surrounded by the Eastern King, the Southern King, the Western King, and Bai Qin, he gathered his remaining strength for one final stand.

• After the Northern King died, the Eastern King and the other pursuers set out after Ning Chen and his companions.
• Lü Luo led the group toward the Extreme North, but Ning Chen handed Xia Ziyi to her and stayed behind to prevent the pursuers from reaching them.
• The Eastern King attacked Ning Chen, who fought back despite his injuries and refused to return with her.
• Bai Qin joined the battle, and then the Southern King and Western King attacked Ning Chen together as he blocked the Western King's pursuit.
• Ning Chen unleashed his Nine Suns sword form against the three kings and Bai Qin, but their combined assault left him grievously wounded.
• After the Eastern King ordered that he be killed cleanly, Ning Chen saw his companions had escaped and released all his blood essence to make a final stand.

Ning Chen fought the Eastern King, Western King, Southern King, and Divine General Bai Qin at the Extreme North boundary, unleashing his forbidden sword before his blood and essence were nearly exhausted. As the Eastern King prepared to finish him, thirteen powerful figures from Underworld Hall arrived, and the Golden Radiance Emperor ordered the Four Kings and Bai Qin to withdraw, leaving the emissaries to seize Ning Chen.

• Ning Chen used Four Symbols Consecration Sword to enter Spirit Transformation and wound Divine General Bai Qin as the battle against the two kings resumed.
• Ning Chen fought the Western King, Southern King, and Bai Qin, then faced the Eastern King as she joined the battle.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword, badly wounding the two kings and sending Bai Qin flying, but the Eastern King overwhelmed his remaining defenses.
• Thirteen figures from Underworld Hall appeared and claimed that the Phoenix body belonged to them.
• The Golden Radiance Emperor ordered the Eastern King, Western King, Southern King, and Bai Qin to withdraw, and they left Ning Chen behind.
• With Ning Chen exhausted and barely alive, the thirteen Underworld Emissaries sent chains toward him.

Ning Chen fought the Underworld Emissaries to protect Yin'er and get her out of the Extreme North, using the forbidden Borrowing Life from Heaven to keep battling despite his fatal injuries. After sending Yin'er away, he dissipated his Phoenix Body, and a gigantic demonic shadow appeared as the emissaries tried to bind his phoenix phantom.

• Ning Chen awakened the Godslayer Chariot with Phoenix Blood, transforming it into an Underworld Phoenix that shattered the emissaries’ chains.
• Ning Chen defeated the Seventh Underworld Emissary and used the Scroll of Sun and Scroll of Moon to find Consort Luo, then sent her and the sleeping Ghost Maiden away on an Azure Boat.
• Ning Chen held off the twelve remaining Underworld Emissaries while the chariot’s artifact spirit fell dormant, then opened the void with Eternal Exile.
• Yin'er rushed into the void after Ning Chen, and he took a chain meant for her before invoking Borrowing Life from Heaven to fight the thirteen emissaries.
• Ning Chen broke through the emissaries’ formation with Nirvana and fled with Yin'er, then sent her away and dissipated his Phoenix Body.
• The Underworld Emissaries tried to bind Ning Chen’s phoenix phantom, but a gigantic demonic shadow descended from the nine heavens.

The demonic body descended to save Zhì Mìng’s remaining soul and fought the Underworld Emissaries, their summoned Underworld God, and the Underworld Hall Lord’s power. After defeating them, it searched for Yin’er and the Ghost Maiden’s Ice Coffin, leaving the story with Zhì Mìng continuing through the frozen wilderness.

• The demonic body shattered the Underworld Emissaries’ chains and absorbed the phoenix source, then attacked the thirteen emissaries.
• The Underworld Emissaries opened their coffins and sent nine corpse gods to fight, but the demon destroyed four and freed the souls bound within them.
• The thirteen emissaries summoned the Underworld God, and the demon fought it until its mortal form collapsed and its consciousness withdrew.
• The demonic body told Lü Luo that Yin’er was six hundred li northwest, and Lü Luo left to find her while the battle continued.
• The Underworld Hall Lord struck at the demon with a giant hand, but the demon shattered it and then killed the thirteen Underworld Emissaries.
• The demonic body searched for the missing Ice Coffin and continued north, while the coffin drifted away in a small azure boat.

Ning Chen’s demon body pursued the Azure Boat through the Extreme North, rescued Yin'er and reunited with Lü Luo and the others. After learning of the Phoenix Body’s condition, he helped Xia Ziyi and Consort Luo recover and prepared to confront the Ink Lord, while the Phoenix Body remained sealed and in danger.

• Ning Chen’s demon body caught up with the Azure Boat, shielded it from an avalanche, and found Consort Luo barely alive inside; he used Phoenix essence to stabilize her.
• Ning Chen reached Yin'er and Lü Luo, comforted Yin'er, and learned that the Phoenix Body had sealed himself after his physical body scattered.
• Ning Chen heard Yin'er's account of the recent events and suspected that the Marquis in Purple’s actions had exposed them to the Jinxi Imperial Family.
• Ning Chen entered the snowy valley and poured demonic energy into the weakened Xia Ziyi, who awoke and recognized Ning Chen’s demon body.
• Ning Chen entrusted Consort Luo to Xia Ziyi and told him to leave before the Jinxi Imperial Family’s pursuers arrived.
• Ning Chen refused to keep Xia Ziyi with them, then asked Lü Luo about their Eldest Senior Brother as they prepared for the coming confrontation with the Ink Lord.

The Golden Radiance Emperor and the Underworld Palace’s Acting Palace Lord discussed capturing the Ninth Son of Ink Sect, while the Eastern King argued that he should be recruited instead. At the residence in Gilded City, Xiang Yuan returned just as the Eastern King arrived to confront Ning Chen.

• The Acting Palace Lord of the Underworld Palace learned that the Ninth Son of Ink Sect had defeated the thirteen Underworld Emissaries and said he would send others to capture him.
• The Eastern King urged the Golden Radiance Emperor to spare Ning Chen and offered to subdue him for the Golden Radiance Imperial Dynasty, then accepted responsibility for pressure from Ink Sect and the Underworld Palace.
• Ning Chen cultivated the Heavenly Demon Clan’s secret arts while Lü Luo and the Marquis in Purple affirmed that they would accept him regardless of his identity as a demon.
• Xiang Yuan returned to the residence and sensed Ning Chen’s powerful demonic energy.
• The Eastern King descended into the courtyard and called for the Ninth Son of Ink Sect, and Ning Chen left his room to meet her.