Chapter Summaries

The Eastern King arrived to recruit Ning Chen, but Ning Chen refused and left Golden Radiance Star with Yin'er to seek a way to restore the Phoenix Body. At Xiaoyue Chang'an Restaurant, the Moonlit Tower Master could offer no solution and directed Ning Chen to ask the Heaven Speaker, warning that she might uncover his identity.

• The Eastern King offered to protect Ning Chen if he joined him, but Ning Chen refused, and the Eastern King departed with a warning that they would meet as enemies.
• Ning Chen decided to leave Golden Radiance Star and seek the Moonlit Tower Master’s help restoring the Phoenix Body, while Xiang Yuan stayed behind to handle something.
• Nine days later, Ning Chen and Yin'er reached Xiaoyue Chang'an Restaurant on Hongluan Star, where Red Luan welcomed them and led Ning Chen to the Moonlit Tower Master.
• The Moonlit Tower Master said forcibly unsealing the Phoenix Body’s Heavenly Soul could damage it and suggested that the Heaven Speaker might be able to help.
• Ning Chen left the restaurant with Yin'er, deciding to seek the Heaven Speaker despite the risk that she might discover his identity.

Ning Chen visited the Heaven Speaker to ask her to unseal a Heavenly Soul, and she tested whether he could control his demonic nature beneath the apricot tree. He emerged from the trial overtaken by the white-haired demon, and the Heaven Speaker confronted him as he unleashed Heaven’s Weeping.

• Ning Chen asked the Heaven Speaker to unseal a Heavenly Soul, and she agreed on the condition that he prove he would not become a calamity.
• The Heaven Speaker sent Ning Chen beneath the apricot tree to face a trial of reason while Yin'er waited outside.
• Ning Chen’s black-haired self fought his violent white-haired self in his consciousness, but their final clash shattered the space within.
• Ning Chen emerged with white hair and blood-red eyes, having lost his reason, and the Heaven Speaker restrained him while keeping Yin'er back.
• The demon broke free into the void and unleashed Heaven’s Weeping against the Heaven Speaker.

The white-haired demon fought the Heaven Speaker atop Heavenly Language Peak, using demonic powers fueled by resentment and the strength of a Royal Heavenly Demon. As the Heaven Speaker was wounded and the battle intensified, she broke her seal and opened her eyes, summoning extraordinary heavenly phenomena.

• The demon attacked the Heaven Speaker with the Red Serpent Demonic Sword, but she blocked his strikes and wounded him with her palm.
• The demon revealed his Heavenly Demon true form and unleashed the Six Heavenly Demonic Extremes, forcing the Heaven Speaker to retreat and contain his power with a Heaven and Earth Cage.
• Yin'er watched anxiously from below as the demon summoned myriad demonic shadows and the Heaven Speaker countered with holy light and the power of the blazing sun.
• The demon broke through the holy light with a fist and made the Heaven Speaker retreat, drawing blood.
• The Heaven Speaker released her true essence, broke her seal, and opened her eyes, driving away the calamity clouds as heavenly phenomena appeared.

The Heaven Speaker battled the white-haired demon on Heavenly Language Peak, overpowering his techniques until Yin'er’s grief triggered the Heavenly Demon Tribulation. After the demon defeated her plea and drained her life force, the Heaven Speaker invoked her first judgment, unleashing endless heavenly thunder across the peak.

• The demon attacked the Heaven Speaker with the Cycle of Reincarnation Tribulation and Star Transformation, but she broke both techniques and grievously wounded him.
• Yin'er watched the battle in anguish as her suppressed cultivation erupted, summoning the Heavenly Demon Tribulation.
• The demon used the tribulation to strengthen himself, but the Heaven Speaker dispersed the demonic clouds and struck him down with the setting sun’s power.
• Yin'er pleaded with the demon to stop, but he seized her and drained her life force.
• The Heaven Speaker descended to attack the demon, and as Yin'er’s life faded, she invoked Doomsday Heavenly Punishment and engulfed Heavenly Language Peak in heavenly thunder.

Nirvana emerged from Yin'er and defeated the demon, while Ning Chen's fading soul imprint restored her and asked the Heaven Speaker to protect him. The Heaven Speaker revived Ning Chen's Phoenix Body but said that only the prayers of many people could remove his karmic burden, so Yin'er carried him down the mountain to seek them.

• Nirvana and the Vermilion Sword struck down the demon as Yin'er awakened, and Ning Chen's soul imprint restored her vitality before fading away.
• The Heaven Speaker sealed the demon, removed Ning Chen's Phoenix Source and Heavenly Soul, and used Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to restore his Phoenix Body.
• The Heaven Speaker explained that Ning Chen's karmic burden required the prayers of many people, and Yin'er resolved to ask them for help.
• The Heaven Speaker buried the demon beneath the Apricot Blossom Tree and warned that he would remain there if he failed to suppress his demonic nature again.
• Yin'er carried Ning Chen down the mountain and set out toward the mortal world to find people willing to pray for him.

Yin'er carried the unconscious Ning Chen through the human realm, seeking blessings for him and discovering both cruelty and kindness as her state of mind rapidly advanced. At Tianfu Holy Land, Prince Yan challenged Mu Changge to a sword contest, and the two began a battle with their strongest techniques.

• Yin'er endured repeated refusals while asking strangers to bless her master, and the Heaven Speaker watched her struggle.
• A woman in a pleasure house gave Yin'er hot tea and blessed her master, receiving Yin'er's blessing in return.
• As Yin'er contemplated the injustice suffered by kind people, her state of mind surged beyond the Five Tribulations and Three Calamities, and the Heaven Speaker suspected she had found the person she sought.
• At Tianfu Holy Land, Xi Mujin cared for the still-unconscious Chao Tianxi as the land recovered from its calamity.
• Prince Yan arrived with A'man and challenged Mu Changge to a sword contest; Mu Changge accepted and summoned Listening to the Heavenly Palace.
• Mu Changge unleashed Sword Nine, Divine Domain, and Prince Yan met his attack with Sword Sound, Flying Swan as their battle intensified.

Prince Yan and Mu Changge fought a supreme sword duel at Tianfu Sacred Land, ending in a draw after Prince Yan countered Sword Eleven with three swords. Chao Tianxi awoke and warned that Ning Chen had fallen into demonhood, while Mu Changge departed to prepare for Sword Twelve.

• Mu Changge and Prince Yan exchanged powerful sword moves, and Mu Changge unleashed Sword Ten, Immortal Execution, which wounded Prince Yan’s hand.
• Mu Changge used Sword Eleven, but Prince Yan answered with Three Swords Reaching Heaven, Bound by Life and Death, and the two attacks annihilated each other.
• Chao Tianxi woke from her unconscious state and said the duel’s victory and defeat had already been decided.
• Prince Yan thanked Chao Tianxi for sparing Ning Chen, and she said Ning Chen had completely fallen into demonhood after Qing Ling’s apparent death.
• Prince Yan clarified that Qing Ling still had a sliver of hope for survival, then left Tianfu Sacred Land with A'man.
• Mu Changge departed to prepare for an all-out attempt at Sword Twelve, and Chao Tianxi said Sword Eleven had lost.

An exhausted little girl and the unconscious red-clad young man were rescued by a village family, while Doctor Li found the young man’s pulse unlike that of any living person. On True Martial Star, Qi Huan killed Zi Chuan after a brutal battle, and Lü Luo returned to find her younger brother dead.

• A village blacksmith and his family brought the collapsed girl and red-clad young man inside, where Doctor Li examined them and said the young man had no pulse pattern of a living person.
• The Ink Lord forcibly raised Qi Huan’s cultivation to the Solid realm and ordered him not to disappoint his master.
• Qi Huan found Zi Chuan in the ruined city and demanded that he return with him, but Zi Chuan refused.
• Qi Huan and Zi Chuan fought with immortal arts, and Qi Huan’s Startling Rainbow pierced Zi Chuan after his cultivation suddenly stalled.
• Qi Huan left Zi Chuan’s body behind, and Lü Luo returned from searching for medicine and collapsed in grief when she found him dead.

After recovering in Li Family Village, Yin'er stayed with a kind farming family while her injured master remained unconscious. Doctor Li visited for dinner and learned that the young man was Yin'er's master, while the red-clad man remained motionless in the inner room.

• Yin'er woke after a day unconscious and learned that Auntie Li and Uncle Li had brought her and her master to their home.
• Yin'er ate porridge, explained that her master was injured, and offered to help Auntie Li with chores.
• Yin'er accidentally shattered frozen firewood with one hatchet strike, surprising Xiao Yuan and the Li family.
• Uncle Li and Auntie Li discussed Doctor Li's suspicion that Yin'er's master might be one of the dynasty's great cultivators.
• Xiao Yuan brought Doctor Li to dinner, and Yin'er told him that the unconscious young man was her master.
• The red-clad man remained motionless in bed, having stopped in his tracks for the first time in thirty years.

Yin'er sought blessings from the villagers to awaken Ning Chen while the Ink Sect’s masters arrived to kill him, prompting the Heaven Speaker to confront the Ink Lord. The chapter ended as the Heaven Speaker and Ink Lord unleashed powerful immortal arts against each other.

• Yin'er asked Auntie Li to help her gather the villagers’ blessings for Ning Chen, and the next day she carried him from door to door, begging despite the cold and her bleeding forehead.
• Lü Luo and Xiang Yuan mourned Zi Chuan at his grave, suspected Qi Huan’s attack concealed the Ink Lord’s involvement, and set out to find their Little Junior Brother.
• The masters of the Ink Sect’s Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Peaks arrived in Li Family Village, but Qi Huan resisted harming the unconscious Ning Chen while the other masters urged him to act.
• The Heaven Speaker sensed the danger and moved to intervene, but the Ink Lord appeared and blocked her, insisting that the Ink Sect would punish its traitors.
• The Heaven Speaker attacked with a Heaven and Earth Cage, and the Ink Lord countered with the Yin-Yang Immortal Art, leaving their battle raging in the skies.

The Heaven Speaker defeated the Ink Lord's incarnation and hurried west, while the three Ink Sect peak lords tried to seize the unconscious Ning Chen from Yin'er. The villagers' prayers awakened Ning Chen, whose sword aura rose as he stood beside Yin'er.

• The Heaven Speaker overcame the Ink Lord's immortal arts with Doomsday Heavenly Punishment, causing his incarnation to vanish before she hurried west.
• Qi Huan, the Sixth Peak Lord, and the Seventh Peak Lord confronted Yin'er above Li Family Village and tried to take Ning Chen away.
• Yin'er repeatedly escaped Qi Huan's restraints, but the Sixth Peak Lord and Seventh Peak Lord sealed her in place.
• More than a thousand villagers prayed for Yin'er and Ning Chen, sending their thought power toward them.
• The villagers' thought power stirred the world into swords, and Ning Chen awakened, rising beside Yin'er as ten thousand swords bowed around him.

Ning Chen awakened through nirvana and fought Qi Huan and the masters of Sixth Peak and Seventh Peak to protect Yin'er. After Qi Huan fell and entrusted Ning Chen with living, a white-robed figure appeared and stole the three men's bodies, blood essence, and soul power, driving Ning Chen into a rage.

• Ning Chen returned from nirvana as ten thousand swords shielded him from heavenly punishment, and he ordered Yin'er to stand behind him.
• Ning Chen defeated the masters of Sixth Peak and Seventh Peak, sealed their cultivation, and spared them before facing Qi Huan.
• Ning Chen and Qi Huan exchanged immortal arts and sword techniques, escalating their duel until both unleashed their ultimate powers.
• Ning Chen pierced Qi Huan with Star Soul, and Qi Huan accepted defeat, urged Ning Chen to live, and gave him the last of his strength before collapsing.
• The Heaven Speaker arrived as Ning Chen carried Qi Huan away, but a white-robed figure suddenly appeared and destroyed Qi Huan and the two peak masters, absorbing their blood essence and souls.
• Ning Chen turned on the white-robed figure with blood-red eyes and vowed vengeance.

Ning Chen, Xiang Yuan, and Lü Luo fought the Ink Lord while the Heaven Speaker battled the Golden Radiance Emperor. After Xiang Yuan fell and the Ink Lord moved to finish Ning Chen and Lü Luo, the Heaven Speaker opened her eyes again and forced him back.

• The Ink Lord killed the three peak masters and absorbed their blood essence and soul power, prompting Ning Chen to attack him.
• The Golden Radiance Emperor arrived to aid the Ink Lord, while Xiang Yuan and Lü Luo joined Ning Chen in fighting their former master.
• The Heaven Speaker confronted the Golden Radiance Emperor, and the two battles shook the ninth heaven.
• Ning Chen joined Xiang Yuan and Lü Luo in attacking the Ink Lord, and their combined assault wounded him.
• The Ink Lord unleashed his Immortal Art, and Xiang Yuan took the attack and fell to the earth.
• The Ink Lord pursued Ning Chen and Lü Luo, but the Heaven Speaker opened her eyes again and struck him with the power of heaven and earth.

The Heaven Speaker fought the Ink Lord and the Golden Radiance Emperor to protect Ning Chen and the others, driving them off with her overwhelming power. Afterward, she asked Yin'er whether she was willing to become the new Heaven Speaker.

• The Heaven Speaker reopened her eyes and overwhelmed the Ink Lord and the Golden Radiance Emperor, despite the great cost to herself.
• Ning Chen healed Xiang Yuan, but Lü Luo transferred most of her and Xiang Yuan's cultivation to him before leaving with Xiang Yuan.
• The Heaven Speaker used Heaven's Judgment to drive off the Ink Lord and the Golden Radiance Emperor, then exhaustedly closed her eyes.
• The Heaven Speaker warned Ning Chen to keep to the good and explained that his great merit also carried unprecedented karma.
• The Heaven Speaker asked Yin'er if she was willing to become the new Heaven Speaker.

Yin'er refused Heaven Speaker’s offer, and she and Ning Chen left Heavenly Language Star after visiting the demon body at Heavenly Language Peak. Half a month later, Ning Chen taught Yin'er cultivation from a Painted Boat while considering how to make the Immortal Peach Tree bear fruit sooner.

• Heaven Speaker offered Yin'er the role of Heaven Speaker, but Yin'er asked for time to decide, then promised Xiao Yuan she would return to teach him martial arts when he turned fifteen.
• Ning Chen left a trace of red radiance in Xiao Yuan and accepted Yin'er's wish not to become Heaven Speaker.
• The Underworld Hall ordered Vermilion Bird to retrieve the Phoenix from the Red Luan Starfield and sent Azure Dragon to follow and intervene if needed.
• Yin'er refused Heaven Speaker's offer, and Ning Chen absorbed the demon body's memories at the Apricot Blossom Tree before he and Yin'er bid Heaven Speaker farewell and left Heavenly Language Star.
• Half a month later, Ning Chen patiently taught Yin'er cultivation from a Painted Boat on the Mishui River while the concealed Immortal Peach Tree grew nearby.
• Ning Chen considered how to make the Immortal Peach Tree blossom and bear fruit sooner, since waiting nine thousand years was impossible.

Ning Chen tended the Immortal Peach Tree and discovered that it rejected the green light from Lü Luo’s cultivation. After Vermilion Bird proposed exploring ancient divine ruins together, Yin'er surprised Ning Chen by saying she would not go with him.

• Ning Chen nourished the Immortal Peach Tree with water from Yaochi and told Yin'er they would wait for it to recover before searching for the Time Restriction.
• Ning Chen found that the tree’s will fiercely rejected the green light from Lü Luo’s cultivation, though he could not determine why.
• A young girl saw Ning Chen fly back to the Painted Boat, and he noted her unusual spiritual sensitivity but decided against taking another disciple.
• Ning Chen considered the dangers ahead, the Ink Lord, and whether Yin'er should stay at Heavenly Language Peak to become the next Heaven Speaker.
• Vermilion Bird arrived and proposed joining forces to enter the ruins of a Four Symbols Divine Being, which Ning Chen agreed to explore in ten days.
• After Yin'er learned of the plan, she said she would not accompany Ning Chen and went back to sleep.

Ning Chen trained Yin'er in swordsmanship by the Mishui River and prepared for the Ink Lord’s next attack while struggling to break into the Immortal Ascension Realm. Elsewhere, Butterfly practiced a deadly dance with Tears of Buried Flowers, shattering the opera stage before leaving.

• Ning Chen demonstrated a sword strike that split the Mishui River, then told Yin'er to practice until she could do the same and promised to teach her martial arts from the Heavenly Tome.
• Yin'er practiced through the day as a mortal girl watched from afar, and Ning Chen let the girl observe without interfering.
• Ning Chen fused Lü Luo's and Xiang Yuan's cultivation foundations as he prepared for the Ink Lord, but his attempts to reach the Immortal Ascension Realm failed.
• Ning Chen watched Yin'er continue practicing, believing she needed to follow her own path rather than imitate his.
• Butterfly danced alone on an opera stage, wielding Tears of Buried Flowers until a storm shattered the stage, then sheathed her blade and left.

Ning Chen and the Vermilion Bird entered a Divine Relic Site, endured its restrictions, and uncovered a terrifying aura of slaughter. Meanwhile, Yin'er waited by the Mishui River and befriended a frightened young girl.

• Ning Chen followed the Vermilion Bird through a meteor storm and into the Divine Relic Site's restriction.
• Ning Chen broke the restriction while the Vermilion Bird endured its attacks and was badly injured.
• Ning Chen healed the Vermilion Bird, and the two agreed to set aside their grudge while inside the relic site.
• Ning Chen and the Vermilion Bird shattered an illusion, awakening a terrifying aura of slaughter that swept toward them.
• Yin'er finished watering the divine tree, comforted a frightened girl, and introduced herself as Ning Chen's maid.

Ning Chen and Vermilion Bird defeated the White Tiger incarnations, crossed the Blade Mountain, and entered White Tiger’s Divine Domain, where the deity attacked them with a vast skeletal army. As Ning Chen fought the bones and Vermilion Bird challenged White Tiger, the scene shifted to Yin'er learning to wash clothes at the Mishui Riverbank and wondering when Ning Chen would return her hairpin.

• Ning Chen and Vermilion Bird joined forces to destroy the nine White Tiger incarnations and uncovered a path through the Blade Mountains.
• Ning Chen held off a seemingly endless barrage of flying blades while Vermilion Bird raced ahead, then caught up with him at the summit.
• Ning Chen and Vermilion Bird entered a black passage and found White Tiger waiting in a silent divine realm.
• White Tiger summoned hundreds of millions of skeletal creatures with his zither, and Ning Chen used Spirit Transformation to fight through them.
• Ning Chen attacked White Tiger with Heavenly Dragon Quake, while Vermilion Bird struck from the side and was blasted away.
• At the Mishui Riverbank, Yin'er struggled to learn laundry from a young girl and said Ning Chen had borrowed her beautiful hairpin.

Ning Chen and Vermilion Bird battled the Slaughter God, first surviving his bone army and then facing the full might of his divine weapon. As the god gained the upper hand, Ning Chen revealed the Queen Mother's Hairpin and split the heavens with its power, leaving Vermilion Bird to recognize the Immortal Artifact.

• Vermilion Bird held off the Slaughter God while Ning Chen used the Taiji Array and Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword to destroy the skeletal army and shatter the mountain peak.
• The Slaughter God unveiled his sealed divine weapon, and Ning Chen and Vermilion Bird fought him together but were wounded and driven back.
• Vermilion Bird revealed her clan's secret art, and she and Ning Chen coordinated their sword attacks against the Slaughter God.
• The Slaughter God unsealed the Heavenly Desolation Forbidden Edict and pierced both fighters with its killing intent.
• After the Slaughter God overwhelmed them again, Ning Chen told Vermilion Bird to hold him back while he raised the Queen Mother's Hairpin and split heaven and earth with a Star River.