Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang agreed that the Buddhist Kingdom could not be saved and resolved to use its remaining time to strike the Demon Palace. With fewer than a hundred days before the next assault, Ning Chen planned to confront Jun Wentian alone to find a way to heal Ziyi.

• Mu Qianshang comforted Ning Chen over Ziyi's injuries and urged him not to blame himself for abandoning the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Ning Chen resolved to make use of the Buddhist Kingdom's final value and deal the Demon Palace the heaviest blow possible.
• Yin'er offered to practice swordsmanship to help Ning Chen, but he sent her to sleep instead.
• Ning Chen concluded that he had to seek Jun Wentian to learn how to remove the strange power harming Ziyi.
• Luoshen asked whether Ning Chen would go alone, and he explained that bringing the Ten Yama Kings would expose them and weaken their future cover.
• Luoshen agreed to stabilize the Divine Restriction's fluctuations while Ning Chen went to confront Jun Wentian.

Ning Chen, the Ninth Son of Ink Sect, challenged Jun Wentian to a fierce duel on the Twelve Peaks of Tianwei while the Demon Palace and masked Yamas watched. Both fighters were wounded, and the battle remained undecided as Xie Tiance warned that no one but the Devil Master might be able to stop Ning Chen if Jun Wentian failed to kill him.

• Ning Chen arrived at the Demon Palace's northern army and drew Jun Wentian away to fight on the Twelve Peaks of Tianwei.
• Ning Chen and Jun Wentian exchanged powerful sword, spear, palm, and Heavenly Book techniques as the battle devastated the mountains.
• Demonic Generals, Xie Tiance, Yue Zhinv, Bai Wangran, and five masked Yamas gathered to watch, while Mu Qianshang recognized that the red-robed Yama was Devil and relayed Ning Chen's order not to interfere.
• Ning Chen used Immortal Trapping to cut Jun Wentian, and Jun Wentian struck Ning Chen in the chest, leaving both injured without a clear victor.
• Xie Tiance acknowledged that Ning Chen could fight Jun Wentian as an equal and warned that only the Devil Master might stop him if Jun Wentian failed to kill him.

Ning Chen and Jun Wentian fought a devastating duel on the Twelve Peaks of Tianwei, which ended when Ning Chen turned Jun Wentian’s destructive attack back on him. As the Demon Palace and Underworld moved in, Ning Chen escaped and left the demon body to carry out their plan to find a cure for Ziyi’s injuries.

• Ning Chen and Jun Wentian unleashed their ultimate techniques, collapsing the Twelve Peaks of Tianwei into an abyss.
• Xie Tiance ordered Yue Zhinv and Bai Wangran to prepare to intervene as the Demon Palace and Underworld gathered around the battlefield.
• Jun Wentian awakened an ancient power and struck Ning Chen with destructive strange light, but Ning Chen’s Five Heavenly Tomes turned the attack back and grievously wounded Jun Wentian.
• Xie Tiance ordered the factions to attack, and Yue Zhinv and Bai Wangran rushed toward Ning Chen as the demon butterfly and the Yamas moved in.
• Ning Chen thanked Jun Wentian, used a falling mountain to hinder his pursuers, and fled after telling the demon body to take over.
• The demon body recalled the plan to make Jun Wentian suffer Ziyi’s destructive injury so they could follow him and learn how to cure her.

Ning Chen was cornered by the Devil Palace forces and unleashed his final technique, freezing thousands of soldiers before A'man arrived and rescued him. Xie Tiance learned who A'man was and ordered the Devil Palace to attack Buddhist Mountain after the hundred-day pact expired.

• Xie Tiance held the five Yamas back at Tianwei's Twelve Peaks, allowing the Devil Palace pursuers to reach Ning Chen.
• Bai Wangran, Yue Zhinv, three Demonic Generals, and thousands of devil soldiers attacked Ning Chen in a valley, where he fought despite his grave wounds.
• Ning Chen unleashed his ultimate art, freezing the devil troops and the three Demonic Generals, but Bai Wangran broke free and struck him down.
• A'man arrived with the Purple Sky Sword, warned Yue Zhinv and Bai Wangran not to follow, and carried the unconscious Ning Chen away.
• Xie Tiance identified A'man as the woman taken by the master of divine mechanisms a century earlier and ordered Yue Zhinv and Bai Wangran to prepare for an assault on Buddhist Mountain after the hundred-day pact.

The Yama Kings discussed Knowing Fate’s disappearance and realized he had deliberately taken Jun Wentian’s attack to seek a way to heal Ziyi. A'man arrived with news that Knowing Fate was seriously injured but safe, then went to comfort Yin'er and explain that Buddhist Mountain could not be saved if he failed to return.

• Mu Qianshang and the Yama Kings learned that Knowing Fate had vanished after fighting Jun Wentian, and they could not locate his demon body.
• Consort Luo deduced that Knowing Fate had deliberately suffered Jun Wentian’s backlash to find a way to heal Ziyi.
• Luoshen and the others concluded that Knowing Fate’s demon body likely carried the Scroll of Chaos and could not be found unless it revealed itself.
• A'man arrived at Yama King's Hall and said Knowing Fate was injured, recovering in seclusion, and had sent her to arrange matters concerning Buddhist Mountain.
• A'man went to comfort Yin'er and told her Knowing Fate was safe, but Buddhist Mountain could not be saved if he did not return.

As the Yama Kings prepared for the decisive battle at Buddhist Mountain, A'man delivered Ning Chen's battle plans and appointed Lin Yuzhen to take his place as King Yama. A'man and Yin'er then traveled to Buddhist Mountain, where A'man arrived to deliver Ning Chen's letter to the Heavenly Buddha Lord.

• The Ten Yama Kings debated how many of their people to send against the Demon Palace, whose forces threatened to destroy the Buddhist sect.
• Lin Yuzhen returned, and A'man asked her to disguise herself as a woman and temporarily take Ning Chen's place as King Yama.
• A'man named Mu Qianshang, Luo Xingchen, Qi Yanxia, Yi Xuanmiao, and Luoshen to join the battle, warned them about Hua Zhongdie, and gave Lin Yuzhen two swords.
• A'man distributed Ning Chen's sealed battle plans and set off with Yin'er to deliver a second letter to the Heavenly Buddha Lord.
• A'man reached Buddhist Mountain and told the Heavenly Buddha Lord that Ning Chen had sent her with a letter.

A'man and Yin'er met with the Heavenly Buddha Lord, who agreed to help with Ning Chen's plan and explained the Buddha's realm and Yin'er's delayed awakening. Thirteen days later, the demon armies attacked Buddha Mountain, and the Heavenly Buddha Lord faced them alone as the letter urged him to die for the greater plan.

• A'man told the Heavenly Buddha Lord about the Underworld King's return, Ning Chen's role in defeating it, and the burden of a million killings, and he agreed to assist Ning Chen's request.
• The Heavenly Buddha Lord explained that Buddha Mountain's Buddha lived in a realm beyond the mortal world and told Yin'er her body was not yet ready to bear the power of a Heaven Speaker.
• A'man and Yin'er visited Ning Chen as he healed beyond the Extreme Abyss; he gave A'man the Trapping Immortal Sword for Mu Qianshang and promised Yin'er he would return after recovering.
• The Heavenly Buddha Lord ordered Buddha Mountain's disciples to leave, while the Yama Kings recognized the importance of Ning Chen's move and Aizen Myōō welcomed her new responsibility.
• Thirteen days later, Xie Tiance led one hundred thousand demon troops, including Bai Wangran, Yue Zhinv, and Hua Zhongdie, in an assault on Buddha Mountain.
• The Heavenly Buddha Lord transformed into his youthful form and stood alone before the demon army as the letter's final line urged him to go to his death.

The Heavenly Buddha Lord defended Buddha Mountain as the Demon Palace army attacked, while the Underworld Yama Kings joined the fighting and Xie Tiance tried to stop them. After unleashing the power of his faith and suffering grievous wounds, the Heavenly Buddha Lord prepared to give his life, entrusting the human world to Benefactor Ning as ten thousand lotuses opened another realm.

• The Heavenly Buddha Lord fought Bai Wangran, Yue Zhinv, and Hua Zhongdie, but the Demon Palace generals gained no clear advantage before the Underworld Yama Kings descended.
• Xie Tiance used a chess formation to trap the five Yama Kings, but the Red-robed Yama helped them break through, and they rushed to join the battles.
• Mu Qianshang and the violet-robed Yama attacked Yue Zhinv from both sides, while Yi Xuanmiao and Qi Yanxia held Bai Wangran and Mi Fei used her laws against Hua Zhongdie.
• The Heavenly Buddha Lord faced the hundred-thousand-man army and countered its Moluo Heavenly Image with the Tathagata Demon-Slaying Seal, destroying tens of thousands of demons but sustaining grave injuries.
• The Heavenly Buddha Lord endured another combined attack and declared that Benefactor Ning would inherit responsibility for the human world as he released his blood essence and ten thousand lotuses opened another realm.

The Heavenly Buddha Lord sacrificed himself to trap and devastate the Demon Palace forces at Buddha Mountain, while Ning Chen’s plan preserved the Buddhist nation’s surviving disciples. The Yama Kings returned to Yama King’s Hall and confirmed that Buddha Mountain had fallen and the Demon Palace had been heavily wounded.

• The Heavenly Buddha Lord unleashed the Myriad Lotus Buddhist Realm as Trapping Immortal joined it, trapping and slaughtering the demons while the Yama Kings escaped beyond Buddha Mountain.
• Luoshen summoned weak water to rain down inside the barrier, inflicting unbearable pain on the demons, and Mu Qianshang explained that the trap would buy time rather than kill the Demon Palace Holy Master and the three protectors.
• Ning Chen bid farewell to the Heavenly Buddha Lord and told Aizen Myōō to rebuild the Buddhist nation, explaining that the dispersed disciples would survive to support her.
• A'man told Yin'er that Buddha Mountain’s fate could no longer be changed and that the Demon Palace would suffer as well.
• The Yama Kings returned to Yama King’s Hall, where Mu Qianshang told Yin'er that Buddha Mountain had fallen and the Demon Palace had been heavily wounded.

Trapped with the Demonic Palace inside the Myriad Lotus Buddhist Realm, Ning Chen met the Buddha of the Buddha Nation and received a relic before escaping. He then gathered the Yamas to plan for the Demonic Palace’s next move, predicting it would target the Red Luan Starfield and the weakened Heaven Mending Pavilion.

• Xie Tiance told Yue Zhinv that Jun Wentian was unlikely to break the formation and that Hua Zhongdie was their way out.
• After twenty-three days, Ning Chen arrived at Buddha Mountain and walked the Buddhist path to meet the Buddha of the Buddha Nation.
• Ning Chen rejected the Buddha’s advice to let go of mortal attachments, and the Buddha gave him a relic before vanishing.
• Ning Chen left the trapped demons, entered the underworld, and warned the Yamas that the formation could hold the Demonic Palace for only ten more days.
• Ning Chen and the Yamas assessed possible targets for the Demonic Palace and concluded that the Red Luan Starfield was most likely because the Heaven Mending Pavilion had been weakened.

Ning Chen planned to mislead the Heaven Mending Pavilion into believing the Devil Palace would attack the Red Luan Starfield, and set out with Yin'er to make it happen. In the Devil Domain, a mysterious Underworld expert confronted Jun Wentian and said he was there to stop him from leaving.

• Consort Luo warned Ning Chen not to risk his life alone, and A'man urged him to share future troubles with them.
• Ning Chen asked Yin'er to borrow a Yama mask and accompany him to the Red Luan Starfield, where he planned to use the Heaven Mending Pavilion as bait.
• Ning Chen told Yin'er to be careful about what she said, then left with her after the divine restriction opened.
• In the Devil Domain, Jun Wentian refused repeated orders to rescue the Holy Envoy and three Protectors trapped on Buddha Mountain.
• Jun Wentian sensed a black-clothed figure from the Underworld and invited him inside, but the figure said he had stayed to prevent Jun Wentian from leaving.

Ning Chen and Yin'er visited the Heaven Mending Pavilion to warn that the Demon Palace might target Red Luan and propose an alliance. The Pavilion Master agreed to consider their offer, and Ning Chen left a Yama Token with a seven-day deadline before planning to force the Pavilion’s hand.

• Ning Chen and Yin'er arrived at the Heaven Mending Pavilion and requested an audience with its Pavilion Master.
• Ning Chen argued that Jun Wentian’s absence and the Demon Palace’s likely pursuit of resources made Red Luan a likely target, while Yin'er pointed out that the Pavilion had been weakened.
• The Pavilion Master thanked Ning Chen for the warning but did not commit to an alliance.
• Ning Chen gave the Pavilion Master an Underworld Yama Token and set a seven-day deadline before leaving with Yin'er.
• Yin'er asked whether the Pavilion would believe them, and Ning Chen said he would give it another dose of potent medicine.

Ning Chen divided his forces to attack the Heaven Mending Pavilion and retrieve weapons needed for the coming war, while the demon body returned to confront Jun Wentian. The chapter ends as the two prepare to fight, with the demon body wielding the Exquisite Pagoda and King of Sickness Sword.

• Jun Wentian remained trapped in a hall by a black-clad figure until his injuries healed enough for him to challenge his captor.
• Ning Chen transferred the Soul Suppressing Banner to his demon body, who changed his appearance and led over a thousand demons toward the Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• The demon body shattered the Heaven Mending grand formation, wounded the Pavilion Master, and seized the Exquisite Immortal Pagoda before warning that the Pavilion would be destroyed on his return.
• Ning Chen split into three bodies, sent Yin'er back to King Yama's Hall, and directed his other bodies toward the underworld and Sumeru Buddha Mountain.
• The demon body returned to Jun Wentian carrying the Exquisite Pagoda and King of Sickness Sword, and the two began their confrontation.

Ning Chen’s demonic body seized the Exquisite Immortal Pagoda after fighting Jun Wentian and Wind-Letter Sect, then returned to the Underworld. He and A'man discussed their search for the Ghost Maiden, while A'man promised to keep waiting for Ning Chen.

• The demonic body fought Jun Wentian in the Demon Domain, and the Demon Palace elders sent Wind-Letter Sect to intervene.
• Wind-Letter Sect, Bai Wangran’s master, challenged the demonic body, but Jun Wentian refused to join the fight.
• The demonic body used the King of Sickness Three Suns Sword to escape, leaving Wind-Letter Sect to contain the black suns.
• The demonic body returned to the Underworld with the Exquisite Immortal Pagoda, and Ning Chen concluded that Heaven Mending Pavilion had no Fourth Realm expert.
• Ning Chen and his demonic body discussed the Demon Palace’s hidden strength and their continuing search for the Ghost Maiden.
• A'man reassured Ning Chen that she would keep waiting for him, while Ning Chen struggled to meet her gaze.

As the Myriad Lotus Barrier collapsed, the Phoenix Body and the Demon Butterfly prepared to fight while the Underworld and Demon Palace forces clashed over the immortal sword. The Seven Sins Sect arrived at Buddha Mountain, and Xie Tiance revealed that he had been waiting for them.

• The Red-robed Yama led the six Underworld Yamas and the Ninth Son of Ink Sect to the Buddhist Realm as its barrier neared collapse.
• The Phoenix Body chose the Demon Butterfly as his opponent, while Xie Tiance revealed that he had erased Hua Zhongdie’s memories and left her with a killing instinct.
• Yue Zhinv and Bai Wangran broke the Yellow Springs Divine Restriction, and the Phoenix Body reached the immortal sword before Yue Zhinv could seize it.
• The Phoenix Body awakened Phoenix Ancestral Return and faced the Demon Butterfly as their flames and black butterflies shook Buddha Mountain.
• An ink-black and white Yama trapped Yue Zhinv within his Landscape Sword Domain, while the Demon Palace forces faced danger.
• Wind-Letter Sect arrived with six other elders, and Xie Tiance said that he had been waiting for the Seven Sins Sect.

After the Demon Palace’s Seven Sins Sect entered the battle at Buddha Mountain, the Red-robed King Yama and the Phoenix Body withdrew, and Ning Chen’s allies regrouped to plan for the stronger enemy. The chapter ended with the group considering new allies while A'man cared for Yin'er outside the hall.

• The Red-robed King Yama ordered the six Yamas to retreat, and the Phoenix Body flew away with the Immortal Trapping Sword as Xie Tiance and the Seven Sins Sect let them go.
• Wind-Letter Sect healed Bai Wangran, then Xie Tiance and the Demon Palace forces departed; the Red-robed King Yama and the other Yamas returned to Yama King's Hall.
• Ning Chen told his allies that the Seven Sins Sect had seven powerful experts, but argued they were not yet a threat on Jun Wentian’s level, and the group discussed how to prepare for the next war.
• Ning Chen and the others considered recruiting Shenji, the Moon-Worshiping Venerable, Wu Qingying, the Changling Venerable Lady, and Mu Chengxue, but Ning Chen had no news of Mu Chengxue.
• A'man practiced swordsmanship with Yin'er while the Yamas met, and Mu Qianshang and Consort Luo watched A'man leave with the girl.

Nu Chang rescued Hong Wulei from a dangerous failed breakthrough, then traveled to the Netherworld at Ning Chen’s request. After learning about the Devil Palace’s growing strength, she agreed to confront it openly while Ning Chen prepared the Netherworld’s allies for another clash.

• When Hong Wulei’s breakthrough went awry, Nu Chang arrived in Wulei City and used the Three Lives Bead to heal her injuries.
• Nu Chang told Qing Ling that Ning Chen had asked her to visit before heading to the Netherworld, and Qing Ling reassured Ruoxi that they would reunite with him after Hong Wulei recovered.
• Nu Chang crossed the Netherworld’s divine restriction, where Ning Chen welcomed her and brought her before the Ten Yama Kings.
• Ning Chen explained the battle at Buddha Mountain, the Seven Sins Sect, and the Devil Palace’s hidden strength; Nu Chang agreed to confront the Devil Palace openly.
• Ning Chen reported that Heaven Mending Pavilion had agreed to ally with the Netherworld and urged everyone to prepare for a likely renewed war.

Ning Chen gathered allies in the Underworld and ordered preparations as the Demon Palace expanded its forces across the All Heavens. The Underworld and Heaven Mending Pavilion launched a surprise attack on the northern demon army, and after its seven Demonic Generals fell, Xie Tiance summoned four sects to an audience.

• Ning Chen discussed the coming war with Nu Chang and asked A'man to stay out of the fighting and care for Yin'er.
• Mu Qianshang brought Wu Qingying to the Underworld, and Ning Chen received letters from Shenji Peak and the Moon Worshipper Clan before ordering the Ten Halls to prepare.
• The Demon Palace consolidated its armies and resources across the All Heavens while its forces assembled in the Demon Realm.
• The Red-robed King Yama led the Underworld and Heaven Mending Pavilion's experts in a surprise assault on fifty thousand demon soldiers.
• Luo Xingchen killed one Demonic General with an arrow, and Yama and the other experts killed the remaining six, breaking the army's formation.
• Xie Tiance learned of the northern army's defeat and ordered the Wind-Letter Sect, Cloud Sky Sect, Blazing Flame Sect, and Sea Sky Sect to attend him.

Ning Chen and his allies intercepted four powerful members of the Demon Palace's Seven Sins Sect on their way to the northern battlefield. Nu Chang revealed the Nine Netherworld Sky-Devouring Demonic Scripture and struck down Cloud Sky Sect, leaving Ning Chen stunned by the secrets of Changling Ancient Land.

• Xie Tiance sent four members of the Seven Sins Sect toward the northern battlefield, while Jun Wentian watched them leave and suspected the Sacred Overseer remained dissatisfied with him.
• Ning Chen, Shenji, Moon-Worshiping Venerable, Nu Chang, and Wu Qingying blocked the four Demon Palace experts, and Nu Chang told Wu Qingying to support them from outside the fight.
• Ning Chen, Shenji, and Moon-Worshiping Venerable engaged Sea Sky Sect, Blazing Flame Sect, and Wind-Letter Sect, while Nu Chang faced Cloud Sky Sect.
• Wu Qingying played the Six Karma Guqin and unleashed destructive sound waves, forcing the four opponents to interrupt their attacks.
• Nu Chang shielded the others from the four experts' counterattack, then used Nine Nether Devouring Heaven to strike Cloud Sky Sect and make him spit blood.
• Ning Chen recognized the aura of the Nine Netherworld Sky-Devouring Demonic Scripture and was shocked that Nu Chang cultivated it.

Ning Chen and his allies overwhelmed the Four Sins Sect leaders, killing Sea Sky and Blazing Flame while Wind-Letter escaped with the unconscious Cloud Sky. Elsewhere, King Yama and the Heaven Mending Pavilion experts slaughtered the demon army, and Phoenix Body’s group questioned why the expected reinforcements had not arrived.

• Changling Venerable Lady wounded Cloud Sky Sect with Nine Nether Devouring Heaven, prompting Wind-Letter Sect to order a retreat.
• Ning Chen, the Plain-clothed Figure, Divine Strategist, Moon-Worshiping Venerable, Nu Chang, and Wu Qingying trapped the remaining sect leaders and wounded them in battle.
• Blazing Flame Sect shattered his Qi sea to cover the others’ escape, while Wind-Letter Sect fled carrying the unconscious Cloud Sky Sect and Sea Sky Sect stayed behind.
• Ning Chen and his allies killed Sea Sky Sect and Blazing Flame Sect as Wind-Letter escaped with Cloud Sky.
• Red-robed King Yama and three Heaven Mending Pavilion experts slaughtered all fifty thousand demon soldiers over a day and night.
• Phoenix Body, Mu Qianshang, and Luo Xingchen discussed the absent reinforcements before returning, while Ning Chen thanked his allies after the battle.