Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen defeated Zhurong in the Boundless Sword Feast, and the first round of contests ended with five contenders advancing. The second round’s lots gave Shui Wuyue a bye, while Lin Yuzhen and Mu Changge prepared to face each other.

• Ning Chen used Nirvana to break through Zhurong’s Heavenly Fire Incineration and won after sparing her life.
• Mei Wuhen announced Ning Chen as the winner and declared that five contenders had advanced to the next round.
• The contestants drew lots for the second round, and Shui Wuyue drew number five, advancing without a fight.
• Ning Chen warned the injured Lin Yuzhen not to overexert herself, but she proceeded to face Mu Changge.
• Mu Changge and Lin Yuzhen drew their heavenly-grade swords, Listening to the Heavenly Palace and Phoenix Cry of the Nine Heavens, and prepared to battle.

At the Boundless Sword Feast, Lin Yuzhen fought Mu Changge to a standstill until her internal injuries left her vulnerable to his Sword Twelve, and Ning Chen intervened to save her. Ning Chen then faced the White Feather Sword God, whose One Move, Claim a Soul wounded him; the chapter ended as Ning Chen summoned Phoenix Ancestral Return to continue the fight.

• Lin Yuzhen and Mu Changge exchanged their strongest sword techniques, and both were wounded before Mu Changge unleashed Sword Eleven and Sword Twelve.
• Lin Yuzhen's internal injuries flared as she tried to block Sword Twelve, so Ning Chen rushed in and took the strike on his left arm to protect her.
• Mei Wuhen awarded the round to Mu Changge, and Ning Chen helped Lin Yuzhen back before stepping forward to face the White Feather Sword God.
• Ning Chen attacked with Taishi while the White Feather Sword God evaded without drawing Clear Sky, then drew his sword with One Move, Claim a Soul and wounded Ning Chen.
• The White Feather Sword God urged Ning Chen to show his true strength, and Ning Chen activated Phoenix Ancestral Return, turning his hair blood-red.

Ning Chen defeated the White Feather Sword God in a devastating duel, securing his place in the final round of the Boundless Sword Feast. After the draw gave Shui Wuyue a bye, Mu Changge granted Ning Chen half an hour to recover before their match.

• Ning Chen and the White Feather Sword God traded ultimate sword techniques until Ning Chen used Sword Nine, Divine Domain, and One Sword, Formless to gain the advantage.
• Ning Chen combined Three Lights Shining Together with Azure Dragon Descent to bring down the White Feather Sword God, winning despite backlash from his restrained cultivation.
• Mei Wuhen announced the final-round draw, and the last jade slip gave Shui Wuyue a bye, leaving Ning Chen and Mu Changge to face each other.
• Ning Chen declared that he was determined to claim first place, and Mu Changge offered him half an hour to suppress his injuries before their duel.

Ning Chen faced Shui Wuyue in the final duel at the Boundless Sword Feast, but her superior cultivation and swordsmanship repeatedly suppressed him. After both fighters were wounded, Shui Wuyue unleashed her full strength, and the chapter ended as they clashed over her Great Flame Realm, Yang Emperor.

• Ning Chen recovered during the half-hour break, then took the field as Shui Wuyue descended to begin the final battle.
• Ning Chen and Shui Wuyue exchanged powerful sword techniques, including Dark Moon Heavenly Sun and Immortal Art, Waxing and Waning Moon.
• Shui Wuyue disrupted Ning Chen's Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword before it could fully gather power, explaining that its weakness had been exposed.
• Ning Chen used Nirvana to wound Shui Wuyue's shoulder, and she healed the injury before unleashing her full cultivation.
• Ning Chen summoned a hundred suns with Zongheng Hundred Suns Return East, while Shui Wuyue summoned a flaming divine statue with Great Flame Realm, Yang Emperor.

Ning Chen fought Shui Wuyue in the Boundless Feast's final match, using the Extreme Heaven Thunder Orb to counter Shui Wuyue's superior cultivation and Sword Canon mastery. After revealing Sword Eleven and combining it with Dark Moon Heavenly Sun, Ning Chen met Shui Wuyue's Great Flame Realm, World-Burning, in a final collision that swallowed them both.

• Ning Chen and Shui Wuyue exchanged more than a hundred sword strikes as Shui Wuyue exposed Ning Chen's weakness in cultivation foundation.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Extreme Heaven Thunder Orb's lightning and used the moment it numbed Shui Wuyue to land a wound with the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword.
• Ning Chen refused the demonic body's offer to act and revealed Sword Eleven, astonishing Mu Changge and the watching Venerables.
• Ning Chen combined Sword Eleven with Dark Moon Heavenly Sun, while Shui Wuyue answered with Great Flame Realm, World-Burning.
• Mei Wuhen and Jing Wuxia joined forces to protect the Sword Pavilion as the two techniques collided and swallowed Ning Chen and Shui Wuyue.

Ning Chen defeated Shui Wuyue and became the foremost of the Boundless Sword Feast, then asked the Sword Pavilion to repair his broken swords. As the Sword Pavilion’s leaders showed interest in him and Jing Wuxia grew uneasy, Ning Chen focused on helping Lin Yuzhen recover while remaining wary of the pavilion’s strangeness.

• Ning Chen stopped his final sword before Shui Wuyue’s heart, and Shui Wuyue conceded defeat, making him the foremost of the Boundless Sword Feast.
• Mei Wuhen honored the agreement by accepting Ning Chen’s request to have Star Soul and the Destiny Sword repaired, and she offered the gathered sword experts a chance to choose weapons from the Sword Tower.
• Mu Changge told Ning Chen that Sword Twelve depended on intent and fusing the previous eleven forms, then departed the Sword Pavilion.
• Mei Wuhen suggested Jing Wuxia could be paired with Ning Chen and said his talents might benefit the Sword Pavilion, while Jing Wuxia denied having feelings for him and placed his swords in the forge.
• Ning Chen sent Little Gourd to help Lin Yuzhen heal, while his demonic body warned him that the Sword Pavilion was suspicious and Ning Chen prioritized restoring King Qi’s fighting strength.

Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen visited Sword Pavilion’s Sword Tower, where Jing Wuxia agreed to repair the Star Soul Sword but Shui Wuyue refused to repair the Destiny Sword. After Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen left, Mei Wuhen struck Shui Wuyue and demanded that she reclaim the Phoenix Cry Sword within three days, while Shui Wuyue revealed the Destiny Sword could only be restored by its owner.

• Little Gourd fell asleep on Ning Chen’s shoulder as Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen set out for the Sword Tower.
• Mei Wuhen welcomed the sword masters into the tower, then brought Ning Chen to Jing Wuxia, who explained that his Star Soul Sword and Azure Sword had been damaged.
• Shui Wuyue refused to repair the Destiny Sword, so Ning Chen agreed to have Sword Pavilion repair only the Star Soul Sword.
• After Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen left, Mei Wuhen slapped Shui Wuyue and ordered her to reclaim the Phoenix Cry Sword within three days.
• Shui Wuyue told Jing Wuxia that Ning Chen had to nourish the Destiny Sword with his blood, and Jing Wuxia agreed to pass on the message.
• Outside the tower, Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen agreed that Mei Wuhen and Shui Wuyue both seemed strange.

Jing Wuxia warned Ning Chen that he could restore Star Soul only by nurturing it with his bloodline, then died saving Shui Wuyue from Lin Yuzhen. As Ning Chen reforged Star Soul into a heaven-grade sword, Shui Wuyue attacked Mei Wuhen in vengeance, and their battle ended with Mei Wuhen’s frost overwhelming Shui Wuyue’s flames.

• Jing Wuxia told Ning Chen that he had to use his bloodline to nurture Star Soul and warned him that Shui Wuyue’s injuries were serious.
• After Lin Yuzhen recovered, Shui Wuyue demanded the Phoenix Cry Sword and fought her while Ning Chen continued toward the Sword Tower.
• Jing Wuxia stepped in front of Lin Yuzhen’s sword to save Shui Wuyue and died in her sister’s arms.
• Ning Chen tempered Star Soul with his Phoenix Blood, and the Star Soul Iron Mother became a heaven-grade sword.
• Shui Wuyue confronted Mei Wuhen and attacked her to avenge Jing Wuxia.
• Mei Wuhen countered Shui Wuyue’s World-Burning with Cold Prison, Myriad Phenomena Reincarnation, and frost swallowed the flames.

Ning Chen defended the dying Shui Wuyue from Mei Wuhen, then fought Sword Pavilion’s First Pavilion Master with the power of his immortal swords, Heavenly Book, and two bodies. After Mei Wuhen was wounded, she unleashed Sword Pavilion’s collapsing space and summoned the ancient divine sword Sun-Moon Zhaozhao.

• Shui Wuyue unleashed Heavenly Sin, wounding Mei Wuhen before her life force ran out.
• Ning Chen stopped Mei Wuhen from killing Shui Wuyue, but she attacked him as he escorted the dying woman away.
• Ning Chen sent Lin Yuzhen to take Shui Wuyue to safety and fought Mei Wuhen, eventually injuring her with his combined sword techniques.
• Mei Wuhen escalated the battle with Cold Prison, Divine Court, but Ning Chen’s Demonic Body and Phoenix Body overwhelmed it and wounded her again.
• Mei Wuhen fled to Sword Pavilion’s highest level, caused the pavilion and its space to collapse, and summoned the ancient divine weapon Sun-Moon Zhaozhao.

Know Fate and his Phoenix and Demonic bodies fought Mei Wuhen and the Sword Pavilion’s four heavenly protectors while facing the Dragon Gate tribulation. As Mei Wuhen unleashed his ultimate technique and Lin Yuzhen joined Know Fate, a Plain-clothed Figure appeared to intervene.

• Mei Wuhen summoned Sun-Moon Zhaozhao and ordered the four heavenly protectors to attack Know Fate’s two bodies.
• Know Fate’s Phoenix and Demonic bodies traded powerful techniques with the protectors and Mei Wuhen, but the divine artifact wounded them and the killing formation pressed them back.
• The Dragon Gate appeared in response to Know Fate’s martial skill, interrupting his techniques as he and the Phoenix Body struggled against the tribulation and their opponents.
• Lin Yuzhen returned to the Sword Pavilion and joined the Phoenix Body, declaring that they would fight their way out together.
• Mei Wuhen unleashed Cold Prison, Chaos Tribulation, and the Phoenix and Demonic bodies formed their Taiji Array as a Plain-clothed Figure appeared amid falling snow.

Ning Chen reunited his three bodies and fought Mei Wuhen while Lin Yuzhen held off four guards and the Taiji Array Diagram struggled to support the descending Dragon Gate. Ning Chen unleashed the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword, and its torrent of sword energy struck the Dragon Gate as its laws surged violently.

• Ning Chen merged his two incarnations into his true body and used Immortal Trapping to break the frozen prison and prop up the Dragon Gate.
• Ning Chen asked Lin Yuzhen to hold back four guards, then clashed with Mei Wuhen using Immortal Slaying and Immortal Trapping.
• Ning Chen used his twin swords and the Taiji Array Diagram to hold back the Dragon Gate while continuing to battle Mei Wuhen.
• Mei Wuhen attacked the Taiji Array Diagram, but Ning Chen intercepted him and prepared the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Demonic Phoenix Tribulation, and its sword torrent struck the Dragon Gate as its laws surged violently.

Ning Chen endured the heavenly tribulation and shattered the Dragon Gate while Mei Wuhen and the Four Heavenly Guardians tried to stop him. With the gate collapsing, Ning Chen turned to Mei Wuhen and declared that their battle was beginning anew.

• Ning Chen attacked the Dragon Gate with Immortal Slaying as heavenly lightning struck, while Mei Wuhen confronted him and Lin Yuzhen held off the Four Heavenly Guardians.
• Ning Chen used Three Lights Shining Together to repel the attacks of Mei Wuhen, the Dragon Gate’s laws, and the blood lightning.
• Lin Yuzhen stopped Fourth Sister from leaving the fight and continued to face all four Heavenly Guardians alone.
• Mei Wuhen attacked Ning Chen during the final tribulation, but Ning Chen’s Nirvana sword art grievously wounded him.
• Ning Chen’s Immortal Slaying struck the Dragon Gate, which crumbled and dispersed, and he told Mei Wuhen that the battle was beginning anew.

After breaking free of his restraints, Ning Chen entered the True Realm and overwhelmed Mei Wuhen in their duel. Mei Wuhen sacrificed the Four Heavenly Protectors to gain terrifying power, then attacked the wounded King Qi; Ning Chen stepped in to face her alone.

• Ning Chen emerged from the spiritual-energy vortex and struck Mei Wuhen with the power of the True Realm, forcing her to unleash Cold Hell Descends.
• Ning Chen used Eleven, Scorch the Heavens to break Mei Wuhen's cold hell and wound her severely.
• Mei Wuhen rushed to the other battlefield and killed the Four Heavenly Protectors with Sacrifice of Heavenly Demise, absorbing their scattered cultivation.
• Mei Wuhen attacked King Qi with her strengthened power, and Lin Yuzhen was injured while blocking her strike.
• Ning Chen arrived, told Lin Yuzhen to withdraw, and prepared to fight Mei Wuhen alone.

At Sword Pavilion, Ning Chen defeated Mei Wuhen after she devoured the Four Heavenly Guardians’ cultivation, but Di Mingtian and Moluo Tian intervened before he could finish her. Moluo Tian took Sun-Moon Zhaozhao and escaped with Di Mingtian, leaving Ning Chen to wonder what the Nether Hall was plotting.

• Ning Chen fought Mei Wuhen, using the Four Symbols and Supreme One sword arts to sever her sword arm and defeat her.
• Mei Wuhen begged Ning Chen to spare her, then tried to unleash Sword Pavilion’s underground earth qi and flee when he suppressed it with Immortal Trapping.
• Di Mingtian descended and joined Moluo Tian at Sword Pavilion as Ning Chen prepared to pursue Mei Wuhen.
• Moluo Tian took Sun-Moon Zhaozhao while Di Mingtian blocked Ning Chen, and the two departed after revealing that the sword was their objective.
• Ning Chen watched them escape and wondered what the Nether Hall and Di Mingtian were plotting.

After leaving the ruined Sword Pavilion, Ning Chen traveled toward the Spirit Void Starfield as A'man completed her Sword Heart transformation and resolved to find him. The Demon Palace reappeared in the All Heavens Starfield, and Shenji suspected that the destruction of several ancient inheritances had cleared its path for war.

• Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen left the devastated Sword Pavilion, where Shui Wuyue remained behind after losing cultivation and lifespan.
• A'man completed her Sword Heart transformation and told Shenji she intended to descend the mountain and find Ning Chen, despite Shenji's warnings about his dangerous fate.
• The Moon-Worshiping Venerable reported that the Demon Palace had emerged in the All Heavens Starfield, prompting Shenji to discuss the looming conflict with the Buddhist Nation and the Moon Demon Clan.
• Shenji used the Sky-Stabilizing Chessboard to learn that the Sword Pavilion had been destroyed and linked its fall to the recent blows against other ancient inheritances, all connected to Ning Chen.
• At the Demon Palace, Yue Zhinv reported to the Holy Envoy, who ordered her to begin.

Ning Chen and King Qi returned to Phoenix Cry City as the Demon Palace reemerged and threatened the Buddhist Nation. When Ji Yuechu came to deliver Kylin Pavilion’s demand that the Ji Clan help kill King Qi, Ning Chen intervened and offered to remove Kylin Pavilion himself, leaving Ji Yuechu shocked by his power.

• Ji Yuechu considered Kylin Pavilion’s proposed alliance, which required the Ji Clan to eliminate King Qi, but chose to warn her before deciding.
• Lin Yuzhen returned to Phoenix Cry Palace and learned that the Demon Palace had appeared in the All Heavens Starfield; Ning Chen identified its Third Protector as a member of the Moon Demon Clan and said he would help the Buddhist Nation if he could.
• Ji Yuechu went to Phoenix Cry Palace and told Lin Yuzhen that Kylin Pavilion wanted her dead and that he had to prioritize the Ji Clan’s interests.
• Lin Yuzhen prepared to fight Ji Yuechu, but Ning Chen stepped between them and argued that Kylin Pavilion posed a greater threat to the Ji Clan than King Qi did.
• Ning Chen declared that he could make the Ji Clan’s choice easy by destroying Kylin Pavilion, and his overwhelming aura made Ji Yuechu suspect that he had ascended to immortality.

Ning Chen promised to destroy Kylin Pavilion within one month so the Ji family could ally with King Qi, while Shenji prepared A'man to leave and joined the Moon-Worshiping Venerable in watching for the Demon Palace. The chapter ended as a woman with a red paper umbrella arrived at the Moonlit Wine House, where the Moonlit Tower Master welcomed her as an honored guest.

• Ning Chen offered King Qi and Northern Qi as allies to Ji Yuechu and promised to destroy Kylin Pavilion within one month; Ji Yuechu agreed to wait before deciding the Ji family's alliance.
• Ji Yuechu told the Ninth Supreme Elder that Ning Chen had reached the Real Realm and intended to erase Kylin Pavilion, and he persuaded the elder to give Ning Chen one month.
• Shenji warned A'man about the chance to enter the Fourth Realm and gave her Violet Firmament before she left Shenji Peak.
• Shenji and the Moon-Worshiping Venerable discussed preparing for the Demon Palace's return and decided to wait before contacting the Moonlit Tower Master.
• A woman carrying a red paper umbrella entered the Moonlit Wine House, and the Moonlit Tower Master told Red Luan to prepare tea for their honored guest.

Yue Zhinv invited the Moonlit Tower Master to join the Demon Palace, while he questioned the Sacred Director’s strategy and weighed the dangers of accepting. In Phoenix Cry City, Ning Chen drew the Destiny Sword and began a sword duel with the woman wielding Phoenix Cry.

• Yue Zhinv met the Moonlit Tower Master at Moonlit Tower and invited him to become a Guest Elder of the Demon Palace.
• The Moonlit Tower Master revealed that he knew the Sacred Director’s role in using the Ninth Son of Ink Sect to weaken the great inheritances.
• Yue Zhinv admitted that the Demon Palace had helped the Ninth Son of Ink Sect advance its plan to return.
• The Moonlit Tower Master said he feared the world’s opposition and did not accept the invitation outright.
• Ning Chen emerged beneath the moon with the Destiny Sword and unleashed his swordsmanship.
• A woman at the royal hall drew Phoenix Cry and fought Ning Chen in a clash of twin swords.

Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen set out to destroy Kylin Pavilion, and Ning Chen warned that the demonic palace might become their next enemy. After breaking Kylin Pavilion’s protective formation, they began their assault, where Ning Chen’s overwhelming power stunned both sides.

• Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen agreed to leave for Kylin Pavilion, with Ning Chen cautioning her to retreat if a Fourth Realm expert appeared and warning that the demonic palace might become a threat.
• Ning Chen spent the night looking at Xin Yu’s portrait before joining Lin Yuzhen and traveling by Heavenly Boat to Kylin Pavilion.
• Ning Chen used Star Soul to break Kylin Pavilion’s protective formation, then declared that the sect would be destroyed.
• Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen fought Kylin Pavilion’s forces as Ning Chen cut down its venerables and thousands of heavenly soldiers with Star Soul and the Nianqing Blade.
• The Kylin Pavilion Master confronted Lin Yuzhen while Lin Xiaohan led the Seven Grand Elders against Ning Chen, who wielded Star Soul and Taishi and shattered one elder’s halberd.

Ning Chen and his three bodies attacked Kylin Pavilion, killing its five ancient ancestors while the Kylin Pavilion Master survived his apparent fatal wound through the Yin-Yang Mirror. The battle shifted above Kylin Holy Hall, where Ning Chen’s Phoenix Body struck the divine artifact with One Sword, Formless.

• Ning Chen used his twin swords to kill a Supreme Elder and wound the Third Supreme Elder, while his Phoenix Body stabbed the Kylin Pavilion Master from behind.
• Ning Chen’s Trapping Immortal activated Yellow Springs, draining the life force of five ancient-robed elders as his bodies fought the Kylin Pavilion’s experts.
• The Kylin Pavilion Master reappeared beneath the Yin-Yang Mirror, and Ning Chen’s three bodies combined their attacks against the divine artifact.
• The five Kylin ancestors died as Yellow Springs consumed their remaining lifespans, turning the battle against Lin Xiaohan and the surviving Supreme Elders.
• Ning Chen’s three bodies withdrew to Kylin Holy Hall and confronted the Kylin Pavilion Master, while the Supreme Elders were blocked by the divine restriction.
• Ning Chen’s Phoenix Body struck the Yin-Yang Mirror with One Sword, Formless, shattering Yin and Yang.