Chapter Summaries

After Xin Yu’s death, Ning Chen traveled to the Sumeru Buddhist Kingdom to seek a way to meet her in the next life. As he climbed Prayer Mountain, his identity as the Ninth Son of Ink Sect was exposed, and five Starfield Venerables arrived to confront him before Lin Yuzhen stepped in.

• Ning Chen left the Zhiming Marquisate carrying Xin Yu and journeyed to the Sumeru Buddhist Kingdom to ask about reincarnation and seek fate.
• The Heavenly Buddha Lord told Ning Chen to climb Prayer Mountain and meet the Buddha if he wished to fulfill his desire.
• Ning Chen began ascending the mountain, bowing and kowtowing at every step, while Lin Yuzhen watched with Yun Ji.
• People identified Ning Chen as the Ninth Son of Ink Sect, and the three Buddha Lords agreed not to let anyone disturb him while he remained on the holy mountain.
• Five Starfield Venerables arrived and demanded access to Prayer Mountain, but the three Buddha Lords refused to let them enter.
• Lin Yuzhen flew between the two sides and offered to handle the confrontation, prompting one of the venerables to recognize her as Prince Qi.

Ning Chen completed his pilgrimage to Mount Sumeru Sacred Land and prayed to Buddha for a bond with someone in his next life, accepting a thousand years of calamities and tribulations. After King Qi Lin Yuzhen drove off the five Venerables pursuing him, she agreed to escort him away, while the Buddha Lords realized he was connected to the Underworld King Pure Land.

• Lin Yuzhen confronted five Venerables who had come for Ninth Son of Ink Sect and battled them to protect the Buddhist sanctuary.
• After five days of climbing and bowing, Ning Chen reached Prayer Mountain and asked Buddha for a chance to renew a bond in a thousand years.
• Buddha warned Ning Chen that his wish required nine lifetimes of reincarnation and a thousand years of suffering, and Ning Chen accepted.
• Lin Yuzhen drew Phoenix Cry and struck down the five Venerables, interrupting the monks’ chanting as the Buddha appeared to Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen returned from Prayer Mountain, thanked the Buddha Lords, and watched Lin Yuzhen force the five Venerables to leave; he then gave her his Heavenly Boat and agreed to travel with her.
• After Lin Yuzhen and Ning Chen departed, the Heavenly Buddha Lord identified Ning Chen as connected to the Underworld King Pure Land, shocking the other two Buddha Lords.

After decades of waiting on the Mishui River, Ning Chen emerged when the Immortal Peach Tree’s life force drew powerful experts to the riverbank. He fought two True Realm old monsters and killed one with the Immortal Slaying Sword.

• Lin Yuzhen told Yun Ji that Ning Chen was an extreme-path swordsman and had earned her help through his devotion to the woman he loved.
• Ning Chen left Lin Yuzhen’s Heavenly Boat for the Red Luan Starfield and secluded himself in a Painted Boat on the Mishui River.
• Years later, Ning Chen gave Lingzhi twenty thousand Immortal Jade as she left, and she noticed the white flecks in his hair.
• The Immortal Peach Tree bloomed, awakening ancient experts and drawing the Red Luan First Ancestor and countless others toward the Mishui River.
• Two True Realm old monsters led experts to drag Ning Chen’s Painted Boat ashore, but Ning Chen destroyed their chains and defeated their forces with saber and sword.
• Ning Chen killed the old monster in green with the Immortal Slaying Sword after the two venerables split up to attack him and seize the Trapping Immortal Sword.

Ning Chen guarded the Immortal Peach Tree at Mishui Riverbank, killing waves of treasure seekers as the fruit matured and his hundred-year lifespan neared its end. When Red Luan's First Ancestor and five other Venerables arrived, Ning Chen fought them with his swords and killed one True Realm expert, but suffered backlash as the battle continued.

• Ning Chen killed the purple-robed old monster with the Immortal-Slaying Sword and the Trapping Immortal Sword, then buried the corpses beneath the earth.
• Ning Chen played the divine zither Yama to destroy hundreds of black-clad attackers and three leaders who came to seize the supreme treasure.
• Over the next twenty years, Ning Chen killed every group of experts who approached Mishui Riverbank, while the Immortal Peach Tree's fruit grew and his hair turned white.
• Ten years later, Red Luan's First Ancestor, the Red Luan Princess, five other Venerables, and twelve half-step True Realm experts arrived as the fruit neared maturity.
• Ning Chen fought the six Venerables with Star Soul and the Immortal-Slaying Sword, then summoned the Trapping Immortal Sword and beheaded a True Realm expert, though backlash bloodied his hand and sword.

Destiny defeated the Red Luan venerables at the Mishui Riverbank but spared the Red Luan Princess and waited for the Immortal Peach of Longevity to ripen. As his lifespan reached its end, the peach ripened and heaven’s wrath descended, which Destiny met with his sword.

• Destiny used Nirvana to overwhelm the five venerables, then killed four and spared the Red Luan First Ancestor when the Red Luan Princess shielded her.
• The Red Luan Princess left with the wounded First Ancestor, and the twelve half-step True Realm experts withdrew; Destiny remained at the riverbank, exhausted and bleeding.
• For three years, Destiny waited beneath the divine tree as the great golden age began and turmoil spread across the starfields.
• After a hundred years, the Immortal Peach of Longevity ripened, its life force restored the Mishui River, and the heavens sent down lightning in response.
• Destiny shouted at the heavens and swept his sword, cleaving open the sky for ten thousand miles.

Ning Chen used the Immortal Divine Medicine to revive the Ghost Maiden, but heaven’s punishment threatened to destroy her as she returned as King Yama. Knowing Fate spent his remaining strength and soul to shield her, then charged the Four Immortal Slaying Swords with his own four swords.

• Ning Chen gathered the Immortal Peaches and poured the divine medicine into the Ghost Maiden while ancient monsters tried to stop him.
• The Ghost Maiden emerged from the Ice Coffin as King Yama, summoned millions of Underworld Soldiers, and began to recover her power.
• Knowing Fate blocked the crimson lightning with his failing body, while Qing Ling stopped Yin'er from rushing toward him.
• World-Purifying Heavenly Light dispersed the Underworld Soldiers and weakened the Ghost Maiden, so Knowing Fate separated his soul from his body and formed a sword to protect her.
• The Four Immortal Slaying Swords descended, and Knowing Fate wielded Destiny, Star Soul, Immortal Slaying, and Trapping Immortal as he charged to meet them.

Marquis of Knowing Fate sacrificed his soul power to defeat the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, but the Ghost Maiden and the woman in the red bridal gown saved his soul with the Immortal Divine Tree’s life force. A hundred years later, Mu Chengxue was freed from the Heavenly Sound Pavilion and learned that Marquis of Knowing Fate’s lifespan had run out.

• Marquis of Knowing Fate shattered the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, exhausting his soul power as his life-bound sword and star soul broke.
• The Ghost Maiden used her power to keep Marquis of Knowing Fate’s soul in the human world and imprisoned a million resentful spirits.
• The woman in the red bridal gown shattered the Immortal Divine Medicine and used its life force to revive Marquis of Knowing Fate, then killed the True Realm experts who attacked.
• Qing Ling and Yin'er protected Marquis of Knowing Fate’s soul within the ghost flames and prepared to take him away.
• After a hundred years, Mu Chengxue broke free of the chains in the Heavenly Sound Pavilion and learned from Wu Qingying that Marquis of Knowing Fate’s lifespan had ended.

Ten years after Fate was left unconscious, Yin'er took Ning Chen into the city, where she fought off a pair of cultivators who later abducted him. Yin'er pursued them, and Qing Ling followed after finding the abandoned wheelchair.

• Qing Ling continued using her blood to restore Fate's body while Yin'er cared for the unconscious Ning Chen.
• Yin'er took Ning Chen into the city, bought food, and struck a rich young master who tried to accost her.
• Two disguised cultivators targeted Yin'er and Ning Chen, then ambushed them outside the city.
• Yin'er fought the man and woman but could not protect Ning Chen when the woman seized him and fled.
• Yin'er chased after the kidnappers, and Qing Ling followed their lingering auras after finding Ning Chen's empty wheelchair.

Yin'er and Qing Ling tracked down two Yin Gui Sect members who had captured their master, but one died before revealing where he was. Meanwhile, the white-haired man was delivered to the Yin Gui Sect, where Dan Ji discovered that powerful pills had no effect on him and Mei Ji claimed an interest in keeping him.

• Yin'er pursued two enemies to a ruined temple, where they trapped her in a poisonous arrow formation.
• Qing Ling broke the formation, defeated the pair, and questioned them about their captive, but the woman killed herself before answering.
• Qing Ling searched the temple while Yin'er went to investigate the powerful sects in the region.
• The white-haired man appeared at the Yin Gui Sect, where Dan Ji took him to her pill chamber and found that he absorbed the effects of two potent pills without any reaction.
• Mei Ji examined the man, realized his constitution was unusual, and asked Dan Ji to let her keep him for two days.

Mei Ji discovered that Ning Chen absorbed the power entering his body, while the Yin Gui Saintess assigned Dan Ji to a marriage alliance with the Heaven Mending Pavilion. Dan Ji tried to flee the sect carrying Ning Chen, and his strange constitution broke the Saintess's ice attack, allowing Dan Ji to escape briefly as pursuers were sent after her.

• Mei Ji tested Ning Chen and found that his body devoured her cultivation power and swallowed the vitality and true qi from her blood.
• The Yin Gui Saintess ordered Mei Ji to investigate Huan Ji's death and chose Dan Ji to represent the Yin Gui Sect in a marriage alliance with the Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• Mei Ji told Dan Ji that she would be sent away in one month, and Dan Ji asked to use Ning Chen for medicine testing until then.
• Dan Ji spent the night outside the pill chamber, then wrapped Ning Chen in white silk, took pills, and carried him out of the sect before dawn.
• The Yin Gui Saintess froze the sky to stop Dan Ji, but the ice dissipated when it reached Ning Chen, letting Dan Ji break free and flee.
• The Yin Gui Saintess ordered Mei Ji, Qin Ji, and Jian Ji to bring Dan Ji back.

Dan Ji fled the Yin Gui Sect but was cornered by Mei Ji, Qin Ji, and Jian Ji, who tried to take her back. After swallowing the Yellow Springs Pill, she fought them off and escaped, though the poison left her dying as she fell into the Great River.

• Dan Ji fled east into the Primeval Land while Mei Ji, Qin Ji, and Jian Ji pursued her.
• Mei Ji set the Primeval Land ablaze, but Dan Ji escaped through the flames and continued fleeing despite Qin Ji and Jian Ji wounding her.
• Mei Ji blocked Dan Ji at a heavenly pass, and Dan Ji swallowed the Yellow Springs Pill rather than be captured.
• Dan Ji's transformed strength grievously injured Jian Ji and Qin Ji, while Mei Ji subdued her at close range.
• Dan Ji wounded Mei Ji, then blasted all three sisters away and escaped east; Mei Ji said Dan Ji would not survive the pill.
• Three hundred li away, Dan Ji fell from the sky into the Great River, and her blood darkened the water.

Dan Ji carried the unconscious Zhiming through the forest and tried to save him by feeding him pills, but his body absorbed them without any visible effect. She spent her remaining savings on rare herbs in a city and continued feeding them to him, leaving his condition unchanged.

• Dan Ji carried the unconscious man into the forest and kept watch beside him through the night, despite the Yellow Springs Pill draining her strength and vitality.
• Dan Ji examined the man's meridians, found no injuries or explanation for his coma, and fed him many pills, but he absorbed their medicinal power without reacting.
• Dan Ji awoke beside the man, bound him to her back, and traveled a thousand li to a bustling city to evade the Yin Gui Sect.
• Dan Ji bought rare medicinal herbs from pharmacies across the city, spending all her savings.
• Dan Ji took the man to an inn and began feeding him the mountain of herbs, hoping his body would benefit from them.

The Yin Gui Saintess ordered Dan Ji’s capture and learned that Qi Feiyin of Heaven Mending Pavilion intended to come for her, while Qing Ling and Yin'er stormed the sect seeking Zhiming. After Qing Ling withdrew to track the sect’s pursuers, Dan Ji continued feeding Zhiming pills and treasures as her life faded.

• The Yin Gui Saintess sent Mei Ji and other Heavenly Maidens to retrieve Dan Ji, then agreed to provide Qi Feiyin with a replacement Heavenly Maiden for Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• Qing Ling and Yin'er broke through the Yin Gui Sect’s protective formation and demanded the return of Yin'er’s master.
• Qing Ling fought the Yin Gui Saintess and defeated the seven Heavenly Maidens, but the Saintess claimed that Dan Ji had already left with a traitor.
• Qing Ling concluded that the Yin Gui Sect would send people after Dan Ji and decided to hide nearby with Yin'er and follow them.
• At an inn in Changhua Ancient City, Dan Ji fed Zhiming her remaining pills and treasures while the Yellow Springs Pill’s backlash consumed her strength.

Dan Ji escaped the Yin Gui Sect with the unconscious Ning Chen, but Qi Feiyin’s pursuers cornered her before an unseen sword strike killed him and drove the others away. Qing Ling and Yin'er brought Dan Ji to safety and discovered that a love gu in Ning Chen had awakened, possibly allowing him to sense danger and save Dan Ji despite remaining unconscious.

• Dan Ji carried Ning Chen out of the inn and hid him in a forest while fleeing the Yin Gui Sect.
• Qi Feiyin and the Yin Gui Heavenly Maidens caught Dan Ji, but a torrent of sword light from the forest killed Qi Feiyin and forced the others to retreat.
• Qing Ling and Yin'er found Dan Ji and Ning Chen, and Qing Ling explained that Ning Chen had apparently been the one to save Dan Ji.
• Qing Ling discovered a gu poison in Ning Chen and learned that Dan Ji had given him her cultivation and primordial yin after taking the Yellow Springs Pill to escape an arranged marriage.
• Qing Ling brought Dan Ji and Ning Chen to Jade Moon Lake and explained to Yin'er that the awakened love gu may have let Ning Chen sense Dan Ji’s danger and act while unconscious.

Murong learned about Ning Chen, the Ghost Maiden, and the Heaven Mending Pavilion while Qing Ling watched over the unconscious Ning Chen and prepared to flee with Yin'er. Meanwhile, the Yin Gui Sect Master emerged from seclusion to deal with the sword wielder who had killed Qi Feiyin.

• Murong told Qing Ling that the Yin Gui Sect served the Heaven Mending Pavilion through marriage alliances and that she had been sent as a sacrifice.
• Qing Ling revealed that Ning Chen was the Ninth Son of Ink Sect, gravely wounded by Heaven after trying to revive the Ghost Maiden, who had since disappeared.
• Qing Ling mourned beside Ning Chen, then set out at dawn with Yin'er and Murong before their refuge became unsafe.
• The Yin Gui Saintess reported Qi Feiyin's death to her master, who decided to personally handle the matter and emerge from seclusion.
• The Yin Gui Sect's halls trembled as the Sect Master awakened, and the Seven Heavenly Concubines welcomed the Pink Skeleton.

Qing Ling and Yin'er fled toward Spirit Void after Qing Ling fought the Yin Gui Sect Master, while the Moonlit Tower Master discussed the Fourth Realm and prepared to travel. In Spirit Void, Lin Yuzhen responded to the High Priest's death by carrying the bloodstained altar to the Ji family and hurling it into their grounds.

• The Yin Gui Sect Master intercepted Qing Ling and her companions at the edge of the Red Luan Starfield, and Qing Ling fought her to buy Yin'er, Murong, and the wheelchair-bound man time to escape.
• Yin'er returned with the Queen Mother's Hairpin, struck the Yin Gui Sect Master, and escaped with the wounded Qing Ling; they continued toward Sister Ruoxi for help with the gu in Master.
• The Moonlit Tower Master told Red Luan that Lin Yuzhen had likely come to the Red Luan Starfield for someone she valued, then said he would travel to the Sumeru Buddhist Kingdom to investigate clues about the Fourth Realm.
• The White Emperor told Lin Yuzhen that the High Priest had died and that the altar bore the bloodline aura of someone from the Ji family.
• Lin Yuzhen seized the altar and carried it to the Ji family, where she hurled it down into their grounds.

King Qi, Lin Yuzhen, attacked the Ji family over the High Priest’s assassination, then fought Ji Yuechu and warned the family to identify the murderer within ten days. As Lin Yuzhen left, he sensed something familiar about Ruoxi, while four figures approached White Emperor City.

• Lin Yuzhen confronted Ji Changfeng and Ji Changkong, demanding justice for the High Priest because Ji family blood had been found at the assassination site.
• Lin Yuzhen overpowered the two Grand Elders, but Ji Yuechu appeared and invited him into the sacred hall to discuss the matter.
• Ji Yuechu proposed luring out whoever had framed the Ji family, and Lin Yuzhen suddenly attacked him with the Phoenix Cry Sword.
• Lin Yuzhen defeated Ji Yuechu and gave the Ji family ten days to hand over the High Priest’s murderer.
• As Lin Yuzhen left, he sensed a familiar aura from Ruoxi, and Ji Yuechu stopped the guards from detaining her.
• Four figures approached White Emperor City, including a young maid pushing a wheelchair.

Qing Ling arrived in White Emperor City and reunited with Ruoxi at the Ji family, while Ning Chen remained absent. Suspecting Ning Chen had come to the city, Lin Yuzhen set out to meet him.

• Qing Ling left Yin'er and Murong at an inn and went alone to the Ji family to bring Ruoxi home.
• Qing Ling met Ji Yuqing and Ruoxi, learned Wulei was in seclusion, and departed with Ruoxi while promising to return for Wulei.
• Ji Yuqing suggested capturing Ning Chen to win favor, but Ji Yuechu said he would not act against him unless Ning Chen threatened the Ji family's interests.
• Lin Yuzhen learned that Ruoxi had left the Ji family with a True Realm woman, concluded Ning Chen had arrived, and went with Yun Ji to White Emperor City.

Qing Ling and Ruoxi returned to White Emperor City to seek a way to awaken the unconscious Ning Chen, whose body had been rebuilt from the Immortal Peach Tree. Lin Yuzhen proposed using Murong’s danger to rouse him, and the group agreed to travel to Phoenix Cry City before attempting it at the Ji family in ten days.

• Qing Ling told Ruoxi that Ning Chen had been unconscious for ten years after his body was destroyed, and that Ghost Maiden had left with the immortal corpse after helping rebuild him.
• Ruoxi examined Ning Chen and concluded that his pulse showed no abnormality, while Qing Ling explained that the Love Gu could make him sense danger to Murong.
• Lin Yuzhen examined Ning Chen and said his reconstructed body might need an immense amount of spiritual power, or Murong’s genuine danger might awaken him early.
• Qing Ling refused to sacrifice Murong, but Murong volunteered to help, and Lin Yuzhen promised to protect her during a plan to disturb the Ji family in ten days.
• Lin Yuzhen invited Qing Ling, Murong, Yin'er, and Ning Chen to Phoenix Cry City because the Ji family could find them in White Emperor City.

Lin Yuzhen discussed her coming confrontation with the Ji Family and a suspicious invitation from Kylin Pavilion while Qing Ling worried about Murong’s safety. At Phoenix Cry Palace, Yin'er and Murong cared for the unconscious Ning Chen, and Murong hoped he would awaken before her poison killed her.

• Lin Yuzhen told Qing Ling she would storm the Ji Family in ten days and explained that Murong’s poison could only be cured by reconstructing her body.
• Qing Ling asked Lin Yuzhen to protect Murong, and Lin Yuzhen agreed to do everything in her power.
• A Phoenix Guard delivered an invitation from Kylin Pavilion, and Lin Yuzhen decided she had to attend despite suspecting its motives.
• Lin Yuzhen learned that Yin'er had left the palace, but Qing Ling assured her that the girl would return when she was tired.
• Yin'er returned with a heap of belongings as Ruoxi and Murong finished washing and dressing the unconscious Ning Chen.
• Murong told Yin'er to protect Ning Chen, then hoped he would awaken before her poison took her life.