Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen apologized to the million resentful spirits and promised to let them judge him when the Ghost Maiden awakened, then continued toward Nine Cloud Heavenly City to seek the Time Restriction. There, the Starfield Venerables learned he had arrived and voted to impose further checks and balances on him.

• Ning Chen bowed to the resentful spirits and promised not to resist their judgment when the Ghost Maiden awakened, so they returned to the Scroll of Chaos.
• Ning Chen and Ruoxi parted from the Moonlit Tower Master and Red Luan, then reached Nine Cloud Heavenly City, where Ning Chen reunited with his Phoenix Body and learned Yin'er had gone to repay an old debt.
• Ning Chen entered the city seeking Ji Yuqing and sensed someone watching him, while a man in violet robes observed him from an inn.
• The Moonlit Tower Master and Divine Mechanism used deduction to trace four figures from the starfield mist, and the Venerables discussed the surviving experts and Ning Chen's presence in the city.
• The Venerables debated whether Ning Chen might target Ji Yuqing's Divine Bloodline, then voted to impose further checks and balances on the Marquis of Knowing Fate.

The Star Venerables warned Ji Yuqing that Ning Chen sought her Divine Bloodline and urged her to avoid him, but he soon found and attacked her. After the clash left Ji Yuqing badly wounded, Ning Chen met three Ancient Road Enforcers who demanded he change course, and he prepared to confront them.

• Two Ancient Starry Road Enforcers told the Nine Cloud Heavenly City Enforcer that they had come to warn Ning Chen away from Ji Yuqing.
• A Venerable warned Ji Yuqing that Ning Chen wanted her Divine Bloodline and advised her to seek help if they met, but she refused to bow to anyone.
• Ning Chen found Ji Yuqing and attacked her, while she countered with her purple sash and the Divine Dance of Heavenly Stars.
• Ning Chen broke through Ji Yuqing's defenses with his evil weapon and wounded her, revealing a clear advantage in cultivation.
• Three Enforcers confronted Ning Chen and asked him to change his route, but he said he was seeking Ji Yuqing without ill intent and continued onward with Ruoxi.
• The three Enforcers blocked Ning Chen and Ruoxi, and Ning Chen released a blood-soaked killing aura.

Ning Chen fought the Ancient Road Enforcers in Nine Cloud Heavenly City, then left after Shenji punished them and the Moonlit Tower Master warned him not to break ties with the Venerables. Elsewhere, the Red King rescued Ji Yuqing, and Ning Chen later sensed her presence near the thirty-fourth Heavenly Pillar as the Ancient Roads converged and Consort Luo warned that an unknown force was killing kings.

• Ning Chen confronted Huai Gu, Wen Chi, and Nine Cloud, defeating their combined attacks until Shenji and the Moonlit Tower Master arrived.
• Shenji severed the three Enforcers’ arms as an apology, and Ning Chen departed with Ruoxi after the Moonlit Tower Master advised him to preserve ties with the Venerables.
• The Red King rescued the gravely wounded Ji Yuqing from a red-robed attacker and healed her, then warned through gestures that neither of them could defeat him.
• Ten days later, Ning Chen sensed traces of the Scroll of God near the thirty-fourth Heavenly Pillar and realized that an old student had been there.
• As the Ancient Roads converged, a young man in an ink-white cloak and a white-haired demon emperor defeated their opponents, and Consort Luo warned that an unknown force had caused the deaths of at least five kings.

Ning Chen and Ruoxi entered Sin Abyss Heavenly City, where the young powerhouses gathered before the Ancient Starry Road’s next segment opened. Separated after entering the ancient realm, Ning Chen survived an ambush by the Starfield Overseer of the Luojia Starfield, forced his way back to the city, and joined Mu Qianshang and Xia Ziyi to confront the overseer.

• Ning Chen and Ruoxi reached Sin Abyss Heavenly City, where he learned that the next segment would open in three days and that the city had no exit until then.
• The Six Kings and other young powerhouses entered the vortex to begin the final stretch of the Ancient Starry Road, but Ning Chen and Ruoxi emerged in different places.
• Ning Chen recognized an ambush in a forbidden region and destroyed the stone men attacking him with his immortal swords and Scroll of God.
• Ning Chen sent Sword Qi through the closing spatial passage, then forced it open with the power of four fused scrolls and returned to Sin Abyss Heavenly City.
• Mu Qianshang joined Ning Chen, and a white-haired demon in black robes arrived as Ning Chen ordered them to kill the Starfield Overseer of the Luojia Starfield.

Ning Chen, Mu Qianshang, and Xia Ziyi fought the Luojia Starfield overseer while Consort Luo watched, then joined the battle with the Scroll of Moon. The chapter left Ning Chen combining the sun and moon into an Immortal Art as the fight continued.

• Ning Chen, Mu Qianshang, and Xia Ziyi joined forces against the Luojia Starfield overseer, who unleashed the Six Meridians Primordial Art.
• Xia Ziyi blocked the overseer's Hundred Tides Chasing Heaven, allowing Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang to counterattack together.
• The overseer shattered Ning Chen's Azure Frost and injured him, but Ning Chen recovered and pressed back into the battle with his companions.
• Consort Luo used the Scroll of Moon to freeze the battlefield, then joined Ning Chen to unleash Guanghan Falling Moon.
• Ning Chen invoked the Scroll of Sun and fused its light with Consort Luo's moon to perform Immortal Art, Sun and Moon Over Heaven.

Ning Chen, Mu Qianshang, and Xia Ziyi fought the overseer of the Luojia Starfield, a True Realm expert, in Sin Abyss Heavenly City. After exposing and severing his concealed left arm, Ning Chen killed him with Zhuxian and hurried the wounded Xia Ziyi and Consort Luo toward the spatial passageway.

• Consort Luo and the three fighters joined forces against the overseer of the Luojia Starfield, but his strength forced them into a fierce battle.
• Ning Chen noticed that the overseer avoided using his injured left arm, and the overseer revealed its power by striking Ning Chen and sending him flying.
• Ning Chen and his companions counterattacked, and Zhuxian severed the overseer's left arm.
• Ning Chen wielded the Trapping Immortal Sword alongside Zhuxian and killed the overseer with a throat-sealing strike.
• Consort Luo tried to save the gravely injured Xia Ziyi, and Ning Chen carried them toward the spatial passageway as Mu Qianshang followed.

Ning Chen temporarily sealed the Darkness Power in Xia Ziyi after fighting him while he was possessed by it, then the group left the ruined Sin Abyss Heavenly City. At the Hall of Venerables, the starfield leaders agreed to kill Ning Chen, leaving him facing a united threat.

• Ning Chen used the Azure Dragon's power to heal Xia Ziyi, but the Darkness Power in Xia Ziyi's dantian erupted and made him attack Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen fought Xia Ziyi while Consort Luo tried to intervene and Mu Qianshang held her back.
• Ning Chen separated his two bodies and used the Yellow Springs restriction to seal Xia Ziyi's Darkness Power, then warned that the seal would not last long.
• The Purple Star Starfield Overseer and other powerful figures found the dead Luojia Starfield Overseer and concluded that Ning Chen was responsible, while the Moonlit Tower Master and Shenji suspected the dead man had attacked Ning Chen first.
• At the Hall of Venerables, the All Heavens Starfield Overseer called for Ning Chen's death, and the other Starfield Venerables agreed.

After Xia Ziyi recovered, Ning Chen and his friends shared a final night together before parting ways as True Realm experts entered the Ancient Starry Road to hunt him. Ning Chen evaded their search, but the experts issued a realm-wide kill order, and he continued onward in disguise.

• Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang drank together and discussed Ning Chen’s determination to obtain the Time Restriction and revive Ghost Maiden.
• Xia Ziyi awoke, healed by his dark power, and promised to refine it; Ning Chen then announced that they would part ways after the rain stopped.
• At dawn, Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang departed separately, and Xia Ziyi left with Consort Luo after remembering their friends’ warnings.
• Three True Realm experts entered the ancient realm, but Venerable Ying Qiong could not divine Ning Chen’s location, so the Purple Star Starfield Overseer ordered a kill warrant across the Ancient Starry Road.
• Ruoxi worried upon hearing the warrant, while the Red King destroyed a Heavenly Pillar in anger.
• Ning Chen laughed at the kill order, disguised himself as a scholar, and moved on; the Moonlit Tower Master examined the Scroll of Chaos and anticipated Ning Chen’s rise.

The Red King defeated a saber-wielding king as the Starfield Overseers continued searching for the Ninth Son of Ink Sect and considered using his maidservant to draw him out. Ruoxi reunited with Hong Wulei and set off to find their missing Young Master, while Ji Yuqing and the Overseers followed them.

• The Red King drew her crimson sword and defeated the saber wielder, though she was wounded in the battle.
• Yan Jiushi recognized a resemblance between the Red King's swordsmanship and the Ninth Son of Ink Sect's, and he and the man in purple decided she could be their next target.
• The Starfield Overseers discussed their failure to locate the Ninth Son and considered pressuring his maidservant, while the Moonlit Tower Master objected to harming her.
• Ruoxi caught up with Hong Wulei, revealed she could only faintly sense their Young Master because he carried the Scroll of Chaos, and asked Hong Wulei to search with her.
• A black-clothed figure followed Ruoxi and Hong Wulei, and Ji Yuqing pursued them after recognizing its sinister energy.
• The Purple Star Starfield Overseer ordered the others to follow Ruoxi and keep Ji Yuqing out of the matter.

Bai Yujing rescued Hong Wulei and Ruoxi from their pursuers, but Yan Jiushi later cornered them in the mountain forest. Ning Chen revealed himself to protect them and was confronted by the All Heavens Venerable, beginning a battle between their swords.

• Bai Yujing defeated the four leaders pursuing Hong Wulei and Ruoxi, killing one and slaying dozens of their allies before departing.
• Ruoxi suggested that she and Hong Wulei separate, but Hong Wulei refused to abandon her; nearby, three overseers waited for the Ninth Son of Ink Sect to appear.
• Yan Jiushi attacked the women while a purple-clad figure blocked Ji Yuqing, and Hong Wulei fought Yan Jiushi but was knocked back, injured.
• Ning Chen transformed from the Plain-clothed Figure into his red-clad form and sent Hong Wulei and Ruoxi clear of the battle.
• The All Heavens Venerable arrived, and Ning Chen revealed his identity before meeting him in combat with the Immortal-Slaying Sword.

Ning Chen fought All Heavens Venerable with the aid of Zhuxian and Trapping Immortal, but he was struck down and swallowed by earthfire magma, leaving the immortal swords behind. After a Plain-clothed Figure gathered the sparks from the magma, Ji Yuqing encountered Yan Jiushi and Bai Yujing, who recognized the black-clad man’s disguise as the Ninth Son of Ink Sect.

• Ning Chen and All Heavens Venerable fought across the mountain peak, and Ning Chen’s twin immortal swords helped him hold his own despite his growing wounds.
• All Heavens Venerable broke Ning Chen’s Nirvana attack, pierced him, and struck him into the earthfire magma, where he vanished along with the immortal swords.
• All Heavens Venerable and the two Starfield Venerables left to summon Spirit Void Venerable to retrieve the swords, while Ji Yuqing departed after inspecting the magma.
• A Plain-clothed Figure arrived, absorbed specks of red light from the earthfire, and left after hearing that the rest would be entrusted to him.
• Ji Yuqing met Yan Jiushi and Bai Yujing; Yan Jiushi challenged her, while Bai Yujing revealed that the black-clad man was disguised as the dead Ninth Son of Ink Sect.

Ning Chen, posing as Bai Yujing, rescued Ji Yuqing from Yan Jiushi and agreed to travel with her. He reunited with Hong Wulei and Ruoxi, and the group set off together with Ji Yuqing after she accepted their invitation.

• Ji Yuqing fought Yan Jiushi with the Scroll of God but was wounded before Ning Chen intervened.
• Ning Chen, calling himself Bai Yujing, matched Yan Jiushi in combat, and Yan Jiushi withdrew after warning that he would seek a life-and-death battle.
• Ning Chen offered to accompany Ji Yuqing, who accepted and said she was searching for the Red King.
• Ning Chen reunited with the injured Hong Wulei and Ruoxi, and Hong Wulei knelt before him in gratitude.
• Hong Wulei invited Ji Yuqing to travel with them, and Ji Yuqing agreed after sensing Hong Wulei's injuries.

The Starfield Venerables discussed recovering the immortal swords, finding three mysterious experts, and preparing for the Ancient Battlefield, while the Moonlit Tower Master secretly left on his own. Ning Chen traveled with Ruoxi, Hong Wulei, and Ji Yuqing to the sixty-eighth Heavenly Pillar, where he inscribed the name Bai Yujing and caused the pillar to shatter.

• Purple Star Venerable sent Spirit Void Venerable and the Moonlit Tower Master to search the earthfire lava for the immortal swords, while the venerables agreed to hunt the three mysterious experts and prepare for the Ancient Battlefield.
• Shenji questioned the Moonlit Tower Master about Ninth Son of Ink Sect's death, but the Tower Master insisted it was certain and left Red Luan behind as he went out alone.
• A silver-robed man met Yan Jiushi, promised to obscure heavenly secrets for an hour, and ordered him to eliminate the Divine Bloodline, the Red King, and their companion.
• Ruoxi joked to Ji Yuqing that Ninth Son of Ink Sect had abducted and poisoned her, then Ning Chen promised he could remove the gu poison himself.
• Ning Chen, Ruoxi, Hong Wulei, and Ji Yuqing reached the sixty-eighth Heavenly Pillar and carved their names; Ning Chen inscribed Bai Yujing.
• After the four departed, the Heavenly Pillar cracked from Bai Yujing's name and collapsed.

After the sixty-eighth Heavenly Pillar collapsed, Shenji was asked to lend Baiyue the Sky-Stabilizing Chessboard while Ning Chen’s group approached the Ancient Battlefield. When Yan Jiushi and a powerful purple-robed man attacked, Ning Chen rose from his rest and declared that he was the strongest on the Ancient Road.

• The sixty-eighth Heavenly Pillar collapsed, prompting Starfield Overseers and Ancient Road enforcers to investigate.
• Baiyue asked Shenji to lend him the Sky-Stabilizing Chessboard as the Ancient Battlefield drew near.
• At the bonfire, Hong Wulei made Ning Chen rest, and Ruoxi told Ji Yuqing that she had become Ning Chen’s maid.
• A silver-robed man concealed the heavenly secrets nearby while Yan Jiushi and a purple-robed man advanced on Ning Chen’s group.
• Hong Wulei and Ji Yuqing confronted the attackers, and Ning Chen woke and walked toward them.
• Ning Chen told Ruoxi that he was the strongest person on the Ancient Road, even stronger than the Venerables who had empowered the Heavenly Pillars.

Ning Chen faced Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang together, revealing power tied to the Heavenly Tomes and the Scroll of Nothingness. After stopping their combined attacks, he drew the azure sword and left both opponents gravely wounded with Sword Style: Only One.

• Ruoxi led Hong Wulei and Ji Yuqing away as Ning Chen stepped forward to face Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang.
• Ning Chen used the Heavenly Tome to withstand Yan Jiushi’s Evil Essence strike, then fought Ying Qianjiang at close quarters with Nianqing and the Clear Sun Lihuo Fan.
• Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang combined their attacks, but the Scroll of Nothingness dissolved their ultimate moves.
• Ning Chen declared the probing over, put away his weapons, and summoned the azure sword, whose patterns pierced into his arm.
• Ning Chen unleashed Sword Style: Only One, halting Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang and sending them crashing to the ground, badly wounded.

Ning Chen, answering under the name Bai Yujing, battled Di Mingtian after the latter rescued Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang. Their devastating clash shattered the Ancient Starry Road, but Di Mingtian withdrew with his companions before either fighter could claim victory.

• Ning Chen prepared to kill Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang, but Di Mingtian arrived and stopped his sword.
• Ning Chen challenged Di Mingtian to decide by their swords whether he could take the two men away.
• Ning Chen and Di Mingtian traded powerful martial and mystic techniques, forcing Ji Yuqing, Hong Wulei, and Ruoxi to retreat from the battlefield.
• Di Mingtian unleashed Di Mingtian's Command, and Ning Chen countered with the combined power of four sources, shattering the spatial seal and destroying a thousand miles of the Ancient Starry Road.
• Di Mingtian learned Ning Chen's name, then departed with Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang before their battle could reach a conclusion.

Ning Chen continued along the ancient road with Ruoxi, Hong Wulei, and Ji Yuqing after fighting off Di Mingtian and the Starfield Overseers. When three Star Venerables arrived to investigate the ruined road, Ning Chen hid his strength behind Ji Yuqing and introduced himself as Bai Yujing.

• Ning Chen reunited with Hong Wulei and Ruoxi, then continued onward with Ji Yuqing after the battle ended.
• Ning Chen told Ji Yuqing that he needed the Time Restriction and hoped to open the Ancient Battlefield, while Ruoxi explained that he was befriending Ji Yuqing to seek the Scroll of God.
• Ning Chen noticed the Star Venerables approaching and asked Ji Yuqing to help conceal his strength; she agreed because he had saved her life.
• Venerable Ying Qiong, All Heavens Venerable, and Purple Star Venerable examined the destroyed ancient road and discussed the Heavenly Pillar's collapse and the names recorded on it.
• Ji Yuqing greeted the three Venerables, and Purple Star Venerable questioned Ning Chen, who answered that his name was Bai Yujing.

Ning Chen and his companions entered the spacetime turbulence beyond Falling Star Heavenly City, where they remained trapped as months passed outside. Moon-Worshiping Venerable went in to search for the missing young experts, while Ning Chen explained his combat experience to Ji Yuqing and left her shaken by the gap between them.

• Ning Chen and his companions passed the three Venerables and continued toward Falling Star Heavenly City, where Ning Chen warned Ruoxi and Hong Wulei to stay beside him.
• Ning Chen led Ruoxi, Hong Wulei, and Ji Yuqing into the spacetime turbulence, followed later by a woman in green and other young experts.
• After seven months passed without anyone emerging, the Venerables asked Moon-Worshiping Venerable to enter the turbulence and rescue the young experts.
• Inside the turbulence, Ning Chen protected the group from incoming storms, and Ji Yuqing questioned him about his familiarity and strength.
• Ning Chen told Ji Yuqing that she would survive a hundred moves in an arena but die within ten in a life-and-death battle, leaving her stunned.

Di Mingtian and his followers attacked Falling Star Heavenly City, then entered the spatial turbulence and began hunting the trapped young powerhouses. As Ning Chen searched for an exit, Moon-Worshiping Venerable confronted Di Mingtian, and their battle drew Ning Chen’s attention.

• Di Mingtian ordered Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang to kill the enforcers of Falling Star Heavenly City while he attacked the spatial turbulence with the Forbidden Underworld Seal, Doomsday Imperial Decree.
• Ning Chen fought Di Mingtian’s attacks with Heaven’s Zenith and Sealing Gods, then continued through the turbulence with Ji Yuqing, Hong Wulei, and Ruoxi.
• Moon-Worshiping Venerable arrived after the enforcers were slain, and Di Mingtian entered the turbulence with Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang, ordering them to kill everyone trapped there.
• Ning Chen inferred that heading opposite Falling Star Heavenly City could lead them out and hurried onward as Yan Jiushi and Ying Qianjiang massacred young powerhouses.
• Yan Jiushi fought the azure-robed woman, who survived his attacks but was wounded and continued through the turbulence.
• Moon-Worshiping Venerable pursued Di Mingtian and challenged him; after he revealed that he had come to reclaim what belonged to his race, they began a full battle, which Ning Chen sensed from afar.

Ning Chen left his companions to return through the Spatial Turbulence after sensing a familiar presence. He arrived just as Yan Jiushi was about to overwhelm Aizen Myōō and Qing Ling, and Qing Ling asked him to help her vent her anger.

• Ning Chen's sword strike helped the Moon-Worshiping Venerable drive Di Mingtian into retreat, while Yan Jiushi continued pursuing the woman in blue.
• Ning Chen carved a passage through the Spatial Turbulence, sent Ruoxi, Ji Yuqing, and Hong Wulei ahead, then turned back toward the familiar aura.
• Aizen Myōō arrived to protect the woman in blue, whom she called a fellow Buddhist, and the two fought Yan Jiushi together.
• Yan Jiushi overpowered Aizen Myōō and the woman in blue, leaving them badly wounded and on the verge of defeat.
• Ning Chen appeared in a fury and threatened to slaughter Yan Jiushi's nine lives if he touched Qing Ling, who welcomed him and asked him to help her vent her anger.