Chapter Summaries

Yin'er weakened the Devil Master with heavenly punishment, allowing Ning Chen and King Qi to press their attack before she collapsed and was rescued. Moon-Worshiping Venerable joined the battle and unleashed the Chaos Moon God Bow as Ning Chen and King Qi continued to fight the Devil Master.

• Yin'er struck the Devil Master with thunder and heavenly light, aggravating his old injuries and exposing his vulnerability.
• Ning Chen merged his three bodies and attacked alongside Lin Yuzhen and King Qi, while Yin'er collapsed from drawing on power beyond her limits.
• Ning Chen blocked the Devil Master's attack on Yin'er and sent her out of the battlefield, where White Impermanence carried her away.
• Moon-Worshiping Venerable arrived, restoring the balance as the Devil Master faced Ning Chen and King Qi.
• Ning Chen shattered two stars with Sword Twelve, then wounded the Devil Master as King Qi followed with the Emperor's Sword.
• Moon-Worshiping Venerable summoned the Chaos Moon God Bow and fired the Coiling Dragon Divine Arrow at the Devil Master.

Ning Chen, Lin Yuzhen, and Moon-Worshiping Venerable battled the Devil Master, but his wounds suddenly healed and he unleashed the Twilight of the Gods. Moon-Worshiping Venerable sacrificed herself to halt him, the armies withdrew, and the badly wounded Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen were brought to the Ji Family Sacred Hall, where their demonic qi began surging.

• The Moon-Worshiping Venerable used the Chaos Moon God Bow while Ning Chen struck with the Primordial Origin Sword, and King Qi Lin Yuzhen attacked the grievously wounded Devil Master.
• The Devil Master's wounds healed in an instant, and he struck Lin Yuzhen, who warned Ning Chen before losing consciousness.
• The Devil Master unleashed the Twilight of the Gods, devouring the souls of Spirit Void experts as Ning Chen sheltered Lin Yuzhen in his phoenix phantom.
• Moon-Worshiping Venerable sent Ning Chen out of the Forbidden God Domain and confronted the Devil Master with the Moon God's power, then vanished after the clash, leaving the Devil Master gravely wounded.
• Ji Yuechu ordered the army to retreat, and the Demon Palace forces withdrew as well; a white-clad figure carried the wounded Ning Chen away.
• At the Ji Family Sacred Hall, Mu Chengxue and Nu Chang treated Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen, while the Ji Family Heaven Ancestor speculated that the Devil Master had been forcing himself to fight; then demonic qi surged through the wounded pair.

Ning Chen helped suppress the demonic energy consuming the wounded King Qi and Lin Yuzhen, then urged the Ji Family to prepare a counterattack against the Demon Palace. He traveled to the Moon Worshipper Clan, where the Moon God’s sign named him the new High Priest, and he accepted responsibility for the clan.

• Ning Chen used the Scroll of Life and the power of a thousand great demons to help stabilize King Qi and suppress the demonic energy around him and Lin Yuzhen.
• Ning Chen told Ji Yuechu that the Devil Master was gravely injured and urged the Ji Family to seek Heaven Equal Pavilion’s support for a counterattack.
• The Yamas, Nu Chang and Wu Qingying, and the Four Kings of Northern Qi left the Ji Family Sacred Hall with their companions.
• Ning Chen departed, and the Ji Family ancestors urged Ji Yuechu to win him over, but Ji Yuechu said Ning Chen had refused both marriage to Yu Qing and the Scroll of God.
• Ning Chen arrived at the Moon Worshipper Clan’s sacred land and bowed in remorse for the Moon-Worshiping Venerable’s death.
• The Moon God Statue briefly shone, and the Moon Worshipper Clan members greeted Ning Chen as their new High Priest; he accepted the role.

Ning Chen joined the Spirit Void alliance’s counterattack against Demon Palace while Xie Tiance confronted him on the battlefield. Xie Tiance exploited Ning Chen’s concern for Hua Zhongdie, and Nu Chang was pierced by his black chess sword while protecting her.

• Ning Chen accepted the Moon Worshipper High Priest’s duties, concealed the Moon Worshipper Ancient Land, and left one body behind as he departed.
• Xie Tiance ordered Jun Wentian to prepare for the Spirit Void allied army’s counterattack while the Devil Master recovered from his injuries.
• The Ji Family, the Three Holy Protectors of Heaven Equal Pavilion, the Underworld Yama, and Yin'er gathered in White Emperor City, then marched west with the allied armies.
• At Cloud Luo Chasm, the allied army clashed with Demon Palace, while Ning Chen fought Xie Tiance and Changling Venerable Lady engaged the demonized Hua Zhongdie.
• Xie Tiance sent his black chess sword toward Hua Zhongdie to exploit Ning Chen’s concern for her, and Nu Chang was pierced as she tried to protect Hua Zhongdie.

The Demon Palace Holy Master attacked Hua Zhongdie, but the Plain-clothed Figure took the blow and later returned to the battle. The Devil Master appeared and fought Ning Chen and his allies; Mu Chengxue wounded him, and Yin'er began to invoke Heavenly Punishment.

• The Plain-clothed Figure took the Demon Palace Holy Master's sword strike meant for Hua Zhongdie, prompting her to attack Xie Tiance alongside Nu Chang.
• After Little Gourd helped heal him, Ning Chen returned to the fight and forced Xie Tiance to call for the Devil Master.
• The Devil Master entered the Forbidden God Domain and declared that Lingxu would fall, while Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue agreed to fight him together with Yin'er ready to strike.
• The Devil Master transformed into a giant demon and shattered Ning Chen's Godslayer Chariot, leaving Ning Chen injured.
• Mu Chengxue exploited the Devil Master's renewed injury to pierce his chest, and Yin'er raised a supreme holy scepter to unleash Heavenly Punishment.

Ning Chen, Mu Chengxue, Luoshen, and Yin'er broke the Forbidden God Domain and drove the gravely wounded Devil Master to retreat into the Demon Domain. There, Xie Tiance betrayed and devoured him, then began a Fourth Realm heavenly tribulation as Ning Chen and the others arrived.

• Mu Chengxue wounded the Devil Master, and Ning Chen used the Moon Worshipper Clan’s Twelve Forms of Spiritual Insight to hold him back as his strength grew.
• Yin'er and Luoshen struck the Forbidden God Domain with heavenly lightning and a divine sword, causing it to collapse and further injure the Devil Master.
• Xie Tiance rescued the Devil Master and fled with him to the Demon Domain, while Ning Chen and his allies pursued and the opposing forces blocked Jun Wentian and the three sects.
• Xie Tiance struck the Devil Master on the throne, used the Demon Palace’s runes to suppress him, and devoured him with the Nine Netherworld Sky-Devouring Demonic Scripture.
• After absorbing the Devil Master’s cultivation, Xie Tiance emerged from the sacred hall and triggered a Fourth Realm heavenly tribulation as Ning Chen and the others reached the Demon Domain.

Xie Tiance emerged from the tribulation as the new Demon Palace Holy Master and defeated the combined assault of Ning Chen, Mu Chengxue, and the Four Halls Yamas. Jun Wentian then challenged Xie Tiance and died after a final attack wounded him, while Ning Chen and Underworld Wuchang escaped with Jun Wentian’s body and the Moon Demon Divine Artifact.

• Xie Tiance emerged from the Demon Domain after the tribulation and claimed the wounded former master could not receive his guests.
• Ning Chen and the Four Halls Yamas attacked Xie Tiance, but his Mirror Reflection Art overwhelmed them and forced them to retreat.
• Xie Tiance targeted Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue, who escaped after Ning Chen used Frost Moon to cover their withdrawal.
• Jun Wentian confronted Xie Tiance over his betrayal of the Devil Master, but Xie Tiance grievously wounded him in their battle.
• Jun Wentian burned away his life in a final attack that wounded Xie Tiance before he died.
• Ning Chen and Underworld Wuchang seized Jun Wentian’s body and the Moon Demon Divine Artifact, then escaped as Xie Tiance vowed to kill them.

Ning Chen delivered Jun Wentian’s demonic eye to the Moonlit Tower Master and discussed the threat posed by Xie Tiance. The Tower Master proposed uniting light and chaos to suppress the Demon Palace Holy Master, but demanded Ning Chen surrender every part of his sword mastery in exchange for the Scroll of Light, leaving Ning Chen to consider the cost as war approached.

• Ning Chen took the demonic eye from Jun Wentian’s corpse and traveled to Jinxi City to meet the Moonlit Tower Master.
• Ning Chen handed over the demonic eye, and the two discussed Jun Wentian’s potential and the difficulty of defeating Xie Tiance.
• The Moonlit Tower Master proposed using the Scroll of Light and the Scroll of Chaos together to suppress the Demon Palace Holy Master, warning that the plan would require sacrifices.
• Ning Chen objected to deciding others’ lives and noted that uniting the scrolls would make them vanish from the Outer Heavens.
• The Moonlit Tower Master demanded Ning Chen’s complete sword mastery in exchange for the Scroll of Light, and Ning Chen said he would give an answer soon.

Ning Chen witnessed the Ji Family’s near-destruction and learned that Di Mingtian and Moluo Tian were gathering ancient bloodlines and treasures to break the Queen Mother of the West’s seal. After Mu Chengxue urged him to follow his own will, he went to the Red Luan Starfield and prepared to fight by surrendering his sword insights.

• Ji Yuechu gave Ning Chen the Scroll of God and asked him to protect Yu Qing and the Ji Family’s younger generation before joining the battle against the Demon Palace Holy Master.
• The Ji Family Heaven Ancestor and other experts joined the doomed defense of White Emperor Star as Ning Chen watched the allied forces fall.
• Moluo Tian and Di Mingtian attacked the Bai Family, seeking its True Immortal Blood to help break the Queen Mother of the West’s seal alongside other treasures and bloodlines.
• Three days later, Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue saw the ruined Ji Family, and Mu Chengxue encouraged him to act according to his own wishes despite the cost.
• Ning Chen left for the Red Luan Starfield, where the Moonlit Tower Master gave him the Scroll of Light and a soul pearl that would take away his sword insights after one battle.

Ning Chen lured Xie Tiance away from the Demon Palace army and began a decisive battle, using the twin scrolls to burden his enemy with the resentment of countless living beings. He revealed his full strength and the truth of his identity as Underworld King Yama, and the chapter ended as he unleashed his ultimate sword intent before arriving allies.

• Chao Tianxi and Xiao Bieli weighed abandoning Tianfu as the Demon Palace army approached, but Ning Chen arrived and asked Xiao Bieli to help set up a spatial formation.
• Ning Chen and Xiao Bieli laid the formation along the Demon Palace army’s route, and Ning Chen used it to transport himself and Xie Tiance to a barren Great Life Star.
• Ning Chen activated the twin scrolls, spreading the resentment of countless slain beings across the region and restricting Xie Tiance’s strength.
• Ning Chen fused his three bodies and attacked with his two divine swords, while Xie Tiance fought back with his black and white chess swords.
• Ning Chen struck Xie Tiance with the Nine Heavens Star Plucking Hand, prompting Xie Tiance to recognize him as Underworld King Yama.
• Both fighters wounded each other in their clash, and Ning Chen prepared his final sword as allies arrived and called out to him.

Ning Chen fought Xie Tiance under the blood-cloud suppression and struck him down just as the clouds dispersed. The Lord of Demon Palace then awakened through Xie Tiance’s collapsing body, leaving Ning Chen facing a new enemy.

• Ning Chen battled Xie Tiance with his three swords and martial arts, steadily wounding him while the blood clouds suppressed his cultivation.
• As the blood clouds began to crack, Ning Chen broke through Xie Tiance’s attack and landed a devastating sword strike that sent him crashing into a giant star.
• The Moonlit Tower Master blocked the advancing Sun, Moon, and Star Three Sects, while Mu Qianshang, Sword Two, Luo Xingchen, and the others moved to confront them.
• Ning Chen struck Xie Tiance again as the blood clouds dispersed, then sealed his throat with Immortal Trap when Xie Tiance’s cultivation faltered.
• The Lord of Demon Palace awakened through Xie Tiance’s collapsing body, and Ning Chen immediately charged toward him.

Ning Chen fought the Devil Master while the Nine Yama Kings and their allies battled the Sun, Moon, and Star Three Sects. Ning Chen unleashed the completed ten scrolls and defeated the Devil Master with his final sword, then lost the power of his swords and buried his name.

• The Nine Yama Kings, Wu Qingying, Yin'er, Consort Luo, and their allies fought the three sect masters, while Yang Yu Sect fell to the Moonlit Tower Master's royal demonic eye.
• The Devil Master summoned Holy Radiance back to himself, but Mu Chengxue intercepted the sacred artifact and kept it from reaching him.
• Ning Chen and the Devil Master traded powerful attacks, and Ning Chen revealed that he had cultivated all ten scrolls of the Heavenly Tome.
• Ning Chen unleashed Final Form, No Return, cleaved through the Devil Master's defenses, and destroyed his body and soul.
• Ning Chen's sword intent faded, his swords lost their radiance, and he sheathed them and buried his name.

After the demonic calamity ended, Ning Chen returned to the underworld and faced the cost of his victory: he could no longer wield a sword. As he attended to unfinished matters, a greater disaster began when ancient calamities emerged from a rift in the Red Luan Starfield.

• The Moonlit Tower Master used the sword intent he had inherited to kill Yang Yu, while Ning Chen and the Yama Kings helped defeat the remaining forces of Star Brilliance and Moon Radiance.
• Ning Chen returned to the underworld with Mu Chengxue and the Yama Kings, and Sword Two later departed for the Divine Continent.
• Ning Chen told Mu Chengxue that losing his sword bone had left him unable to recover his former swordsmanship, and he spoke of finding the Ghost Maiden and helping Hua Zhongdie.
• Nu Chang worked to clear the disorderly memories from Hua Zhongdie, assuring Ning Chen that she was safe but that the process would take several days.
• A tremendous tremor struck the underworld and the major starfields, and Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue went to investigate.
• More than a dozen powerful figures emerged from a rift in the Red Luan Starfield, bringing the Doomsday Tribulation back to the world.

Sword Two returned to the Desolate City after a hundred years and fought a Fourth Realm gray-robed elder to protect the Divine Continent. He unleashed his final sword, No Regrets, as the Plain-clothed Figure arrived and saw the battle’s shocking climax.

• Di Mingtian’s clan crossed into the Red Luan Starfield to seize territory and resources while their King stayed behind to deal with Divine Capital Mountain.
• Ning Chen and the Phoenix Body sensed the arrival of powerful Fourth Realm experts and set out to investigate.
• Sword Two reunited with Sword Three in the rebuilt Desolate City and mourned at Mu Bai’s grave.
• A gray-robed elder from another realm attacked the Divine Continent, and Sword Two challenged him above the Desolate City.
• Sword Two wounded the elder with his sword techniques, then unleashed No Regrets despite being struck in the chest.
• The Plain-clothed Figure arrived as Sword Two’s final sword light fell upon the gray-robed elder.

Sword Two died after passing the desolate city's sword legacy to Knowing Fate, who turned demonic and fought Li Tu under the True Realm tribulation. As five Fourth Realm experts moved to attack him, the Divine Land Swordsman appeared after a hundred years away.

• Sword Two mortally wounded Li Tu with a brilliant sword strike, then died while entrusting the desolate city's sword legacy to Knowing Fate.
• Knowing Fate fused with the devilish power and fought Li Tu as the True Realm tribulation struck them both.
• Knowing Fate used the Avici Hell Palace and Green Cauldron to withstand the lightning, then battered Li Tu and drove him to the ground.
• Five Fourth Realm experts arrived and decided to wait until Knowing Fate's tribulation ended before killing him; the green-haired man then moved to attack.
• Mingyue, the old Barbarian King, and the Dragon Guard Army urged Knowing Fate to flee, but he stomped Li Tu into the earth.
• The Divine Land Swordsman appeared in azure royal robes and declared that the Divine Continent was no place for the intruders to run wild.

Prince Yan returned to defend the Divine Continent, driving back twelve Fourth Realm experts with his swords before confronting the Purple Scale King. As two more alien kings joined the battle and wounded him, Prince Yan drew the Immortal-Slaying Sword alongside Condensing Abyss, unleashing the Sword's Extreme Realm.

• Prince Yan arrived on the battlefield and ordered Ning Chen to withdraw before challenging the five Fourth Realm experts.
• Prince Yan repelled the five experts with his twin swords and Three Swords Ascend Together, but seven more Fourth Realm experts arrived to probe the Underworld King Pure Land.
• Prince Yan drew the Fifth Sword and forced the seven newcomers back, then faced the Purple Scale King, who emerged from a skeletal war chariot.
• Prince Yan and the Purple Scale King clashed as two additional kings arrived, and the three kings joined forces against him.
• Prince Yan suffered his first injury, withdrew to the sword rack, and drew the Immortal-Slaying Sword beside Condensing Abyss, bringing the Sword's Extreme Realm into the mortal world.

Prince Yan fought three alien kings and then faced nine as they gathered on the Divine Continent, until Young Master Xiaobai and his master intervened. The Scaly Emperor withdrew his forces after the old man warned him, and Prince Yan told Ning Chen to learn the sword from him again.

• Prince Yan wounded the Purple Scale King and drove back the three kings, but six more kings arrived and joined them.
• Young Master Xiaobai appeared and apologized to Prince Yan, saying his master would arrive shortly.
• The Scaly Emperor descended above the nine kings and condemned humanity, while Prince Yan and Young Master Xiaobai sensed his overwhelming presence.
• Young Master Xiaobai's master arrived with a girl in a wheelchair and confronted the Scaly Emperor, warning that other imperial races would welcome the deaths of his kings.
• The Scaly Emperor withdrew the nine kings and their forces, ending the immediate calamity, and Prince Yan told Ning Chen to learn the sword from him again.

After the foreign races devastated the Divine Continent, Ning Chen followed Prince Yan to train and rebuild his sword, while the hundred races began settling across the starfields. Peacock agreed to help Ning Chen only if he could eventually reach the Fourth Realm, and Prince Yan watched over his slow progress at the waterfall.

• Three days after the battle, Ning Chen followed Prince Yan into the mountains, where the king began teaching him the sword.
• Ning Chen endured severe pain as the sword bones inside him fused, and Prince Yan struck him to warn him to keep his sword free of impurity.
• Prince Yan left for Great Xia Imperial City, and Ning Chen returned to practicing basic sword forms before the waterfall.
• Experts from the hundred races occupied sacred lands across the starfields, while Di Mingtian entered the Dragon Transformation Pool at Purple Scale Abyss.
• The old man told Peacock that he had glimpsed heavenly fate in Ning Chen's path, and Peacock agreed to assist him if he reached the Fourth Realm.
• Prince Yan returned to watch Ning Chen continue practicing his sword day after day.

As chaos spread among the hundred races, A'man faced humanity’s First Tribulation while Ning Chen spent decades honing his sword before the great waterfall. Peacock and Young Master Xiaobai pressed Prince Yan to let Ning Chen join the struggle, but Prince Yan insisted they wait three more months and declared Ning Chen more important than the world’s safety.

• The Underworld Yamas parted ways, and Mu Chengxue told Yin'er they were going to find her master.
• A'man rose at Shenji Peak and drew the Violet Heaven Divine Sword as humanity’s First Tribulation descended, prompting Fourth Realm experts across the starry sky to sense her presence.
• Ning Chen trained with his sword for twenty-eight years while Prince Yan watched over him and repeatedly restrained the Azure Sword from leaving its sheath.
• Peacock and Young Master Xiaobai arrived and urged Prince Yan to let Ning Chen act against the hundred races, but Prince Yan demanded they wait three more months.
• Young Master Xiaobai questioned Prince Yan’s priorities, and Prince Yan said Ning Chen mattered more to him than the safety of the common people.

After Prince Yan completed Ning Chen’s twenty-eight years of sword instruction, Ning Chen left the waterfall and traveled to the Primeval Demonic Realm to investigate the hundred races and the origins of his Phoenix and demonic bodies. He arrived in a savage wilderness, where he drove off a giant eagle, and sensed the powerful auras of the hundred races ahead.

• Ning Chen broke through to the sword path’s great hall, and Prince Yan demonstrated the Sword's Extreme Realm before ordering him not to draw his sword for ten years.
• Prince Yan, Peacock, and Young Master Xiaobai departed, and Ning Chen left the waterfall after spending twenty-eight years there.
• Ning Chen visited the deserted underworld, sealed the Primeval Great Star, and left after confirming that Yama had departed.
• Ning Chen entered the Primeval Demonic Realm, following Xuan Luo and seeking to witness the hundred races and learn about the origins of his Phoenix and demonic bodies.
• Ning Chen wounded a giant eagle with a blade of grass, then frightened it into fleeing with his killing intent.