Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen turned the four Imperial Lineage heirs’ assault around, crippling Jin Liner and nearly killing the Emperor’s Scion until Hong Yuan and Tian Xin admitted defeat. He then began repaying the Emperor’s Scion for his father’s actions, leaving the battle’s aftermath unresolved.

• Ning Chen fought the four emperors and was wounded after Tian Xin used Heaven-Bestowed Windwalk to strengthen their assault.
• Ning Chen exposed Jin Liner’s weakened defenses, then used the power of time to restrain the others and strike her so hard that her cultivation fell back to the Third Realm.
• Ning Chen trapped and severely injured the Emperor’s Scion with the Scroll of Earth and his freezing power, while Hong Yuan and Tian Xin broke through his Sacred Walls.
• Hong Yuan admitted defeat and warned Ning Chen that the Emperor’s Scion could not die, and Tian Xin left the battlefield.
• Jin Liner vowed revenge and vanished, while Xuyao asked Ning Chen what he would do with the Emperor’s Scion.
• Ning Chen said he would repay the Emperor’s Scion’s father and sent wind and snow surging into the wounded heir, making him cry out in agony.

Ning Chen defeated the four Imperial Lineage heirs, sealed the Stone Spirit Race's emperor's scion, and left Gu Xin and Xuyao to guard the Immortal Jade while he prepared for the next four months. As the Hundred Races gathered to open the Ancient Battlefield, Xuan Luo returned to the Primeval Demonic Realm seeking vengeance, and the three-year deadline arrived with the blood moon shaking the battlefield.

• Ning Chen sealed the wounded emperor's scion's qi sea, told him he would keep him alive for four months, and carried him into the spatial torrent.
• Ning Chen asked Gu Xin and Xuyao to guard the Immortal Jade while he prepared means of preserving his life, and both agreed.
• Xuan Luo learned that his father had died and that his uncle had taken the throne, then vowed to avenge him and repay his humiliation to the young man in the realm.
• A Golden Scroll ordered Xuan Qing to bring its named people from the Primeval Wasteland to the Primeval Demonic Realm, as the Hundred Races' experts began moving toward the wasteland.
• During the four months after Ning Chen left, Young Master Jueyang and the other Heaven's Chosen fought over the Immortal Jade, but the Central Forbidden Zone remained impassable.
• The three-year deadline arrived, and the blood moon swayed as the Ancient Battlefield shook.

As the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield closed, Ning Chen emerged after clashing with the Stone Clan’s imperial son, while King of Asahi and Gou Huang prevented the Stone Emperor from killing him. The Heavenly Demon Royal Clan arrived as tensions remained high over the frozen imperial son and the candidates for the Golden Scroll.

• The four kings reopened the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield and brought the Hundred Races’ Heaven’s Chosen out, but Ning Chen and the Stone Clan’s imperial son were still missing.
• Gou Huang collected the Immortal Jade while the Stone Emperor demanded to know why his imperial son had not emerged, then forced his way into the Ancient Battlefield.
• The Stone Emperor attacked the Plain-clothed Figure in the Central Forbidden Zone, but King of Asahi intervened and told Ning Chen to leave.
• Ning Chen emerged and joined Xuyao and Gu Xin, while Gou Huang confronted the Stone Emperor and urged Ning Chen to hand over the imperial son.
• Ning Chen revealed the imperial son frozen in ice, and King of Asahi again blocked the Stone Emperor from attacking.
• A figure from the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan arrived above the Primeval Wasteland, drawing everyone’s attention.

After defeating the Stone Race Imperial Prince, Ning Chen saw the Contest of Blades of the Hundred Races results announced and received the Yin-Yang Jade as its champion. The contest ended with the top ten summoned to Jinling City in three months, while King of Asahi watched Ning Chen and Xiaoxiao meet.

• Xuan Qing arrived to announce the Golden Scroll, and Gou Huang restored the injured Imperial Prince before the Stone Emperor departed.
• Ning Chen revealed the Immortal Jade he had obtained, and the Golden Scroll named him first in the contest.
• Gou Huang awarded Ning Chen the Yin-Yang Jade and warned him to guard it carefully before departing.
• Xuan Qing summoned the ten ranked contestants to Jinling City in three months, and the Golden Scroll absorbed the Immortal Jade.
• The contestants departed, and Hong Yuan, Tian Xin, and Xiaoxiao bid farewell to Ning Chen.
• King of Asahi watched Ning Chen and Xiaoxiao from within the Golden Divine Sun.

After the Contest of Blades, Ning Chen returned to Asahi Royal City with the Yin-Yang Jade and confronted King of Asahi over Dong Yu and Xia Zhi. Their dispute erupted into a deadly pursuit beneath heavenly fire, and Ning Chen drew the Knowing Fate Sword as the chapter ended.

• Ning Chen exchanged farewells with the Fox Race Saintess Xiaoxiao and Gu Xin before departing with King of Asahi and Xuyao.
• King of Asahi demanded the Yin-Yang Jade, but Ning Chen withheld it and demanded that he release Dong Yu and Xia Zhi.
• Ning Chen challenged King of Asahi to swear an oath denying that he held the two women, and the king refused before attacking him.
• Ning Chen escaped the royal hall as heavenly fire broke through Asahi Royal City's formation, and King of Asahi pursued him into the wilderness.
• Ning Chen drew the Knowing Fate Sword, whose immense sword intent scattered the heavenly fire.

Ning Chen fought King of Asahi beneath the heavenly fire, using his restored Destiny Sword, the Immortal-Trapping Sword, and the power of his sword realm to wound the king. As the battle intensified and heavenly punishment consumed them both, King of Asahi transformed into a Three-legged Golden Crow, and Ning Chen unveiled his never-before-seen Sword Emperor technique.

• Ning Chen drew his restored Destiny Sword and opened a Minor World sword realm, while King of Asahi resolved to kill him.
• Ning Chen and King of Asahi exchanged attacks, with Ning Chen using the heavenly fire, rising mountains, the Green Cauldron, and the Immortal-Trapping Sword against the king's Golden Divine Spear and laws of kingship.
• Ning Chen's coordinated sword attacks wounded King of Asahi, who gripped the Destiny Sword as golden flames engulfed them.
• Ning Chen summoned the Sick King to swallow King of Asahi's golden flames, and the collision of their powers sent both fighters flying and left the king bleeding.
• As heavenly punishment steadily drained them, King of Asahi transformed into a Three-legged Golden Crow and unleashed golden flames.
• Ning Chen joined the swords in his hands and revealed his ultimate move, Great Sword Realm, Sword Emperor.

Ning Chen fought King of Asahi across the Ten Thousand Li Wasteland, using Sword's Extreme Realm, divine restrictions, and the Two-Form Grand Array to withstand the King and heavenly punishment. After both were badly wounded in a fierce exchange, Ning Chen eagerly called for another clash and began fusing his two bodies with the power of the Heavenly Demon.

• Ning Chen merged his two immortal swords and used Sword's Extreme Realm to clash with King of Asahi's Three-legged Golden Crow form, wounding the King with his Emperor's sword.
• Ning Chen raised the Two-Form Grand Array, released the Yellow Springs divine restriction, and forced King of Asahi to emerge from the Divine Sun with a severe chest wound.
• Ning Chen recovered the Destiny Sword and challenged King of Asahi again while both endured the heavenly fire and yin lightning.
• Ning Chen and King of Asahi fought for hundreds of exchanges as their battle shattered the Ten Thousand Li Wasteland.
• Ning Chen unleashed Zongheng Hundred Suns Return East, but King of Asahi countered with golden divine spears, leaving both fighters severely injured.
• Ning Chen laughed, called for another clash, and began fusing his two bodies as the power of the Heavenly Demon erupted within him.

Ning Chen fought King of Asahi, sealed him temporarily, and rescued Dong Yu and Xia Zhi from beneath Asahi Royal City while heavenly fire destroyed the city’s foundations. He delivered the women to the Luan King at Three Peril Mountain, then continued west as King of Asahi pursued him.

• Ning Chen used Dark Moon Heavenly Sun, Taiyi, and the Heavenly Demon’s power to wound King of Asahi and trap him inside a mountain with the twin restrictions of time and space.
• Ning Chen broke Asahi Royal City’s grand array, froze Asahi Royal Palace, and searched its halls for Dong Yu and Xia Zhi.
• Ning Chen moved the Golden Divine Sun concealing the city’s foundations, allowing heavenly fire to consume the awakened powers beneath it, and found Dong Yu and Xia Zhi there.
• Ning Chen and his demonic body escaped west with the women and the chained divine sun as King of Asahi broke free and pursued them.
• Ning Chen reached Three Peril Mountain and returned Dong Yu and Xia Zhi to the Luan King, then continued west without stopping.

Ning Chen fled King of Asahi through Two Realms Mountain and battled him at Dragon Emperor Mountain, using the emperor’s sword and his own techniques to gain the upper hand. Despite Xuyao’s plea for mercy, Ning Chen killed the wounded King of Asahi.

• Ning Chen returned Dong Yu and Xia Zhi, then raced west as King of Asahi pursued him into Two Realms Mountain.
• King of Asahi killed a gray eagle and a three-headed silver wolf while chasing Ning Chen through the mountain and its heavenly fire.
• At Dragon Emperor Mountain, Ning Chen fought King of Asahi with his swords and Sword Twelve as their clash shattered the surrounding terrain.
• Ning Chen used the Dragon Emperor Sword’s strike to sever King of Asahi’s left arm, then wounded him with Zhuxian and the King of Sickness Sword.
• Xuyao arrived and begged Ning Chen to spare King of Asahi, but Ning Chen followed his demon incarnation’s advice and cut the king’s throat.

Ning Chen defeated King of Asahi, then fought the heavenly fire and forced the resentful clouds in his dantian to devour it. He continued west to Jinling City, where he joined the Golden Scroll contestants for their entry to the Heavenly Demon Pool, while Xuan Qing noticed that the young lord of Asahi Royal City was missing.

• Xuyao arrived as Ning Chen struck down King of Asahi, and caught his father as he fell; Ning Chen left Xuyao to mourn and turned to face the heavenly fire.
• Ning Chen ascended to the Ninth Heavens, combined his sword realm with the resentful clouds, and commanded them to devour the Great World's heavenly fire.
• When the resentful clouds resisted the divine prohibition seal, Ning Chen subdued them and forced them back into his dantian before continuing west.
• In the Primeval Demonic Realm, Xuan Luo absorbed his inheritance in a demonic cavern as the old man watched, and his power neared the King Realm.
• Ning Chen arrived at Jinling City and greeted Yuan Tian, Hong Yuan, and Tian Xin before joining the Golden Scroll contestants.
• A voice ordered Xuan Qing to lead the contestants to the Heavenly Demon Pool, and Xuan Qing wondered why the young lord of Asahi Royal City was absent.

The nine prodigies entered the Heavenly Demon Pool, where Ning Chen secretly used the Yellow Springs and Time Divine Restrictions to help his demonic body devour its power. As Xuan Qing was ordered to investigate the pool’s unusually rapid depletion, Ning Chen’s demonic body said it needed ten more days.

• Xuan Qing led the nine prodigies to the hidden Heavenly Demon Pool, which was concealed by the Yellow Springs Restriction and watched over by a drunken Ninth Imperial Uncle.
• The nine entered the pool to cultivate, while Xuan Qing reflected on Ninth Imperial Uncle’s abandoned path to the Emperor Realm and his love for a human woman.
• Ning Chen agreed to cover for his demonic body as it began devouring the Moon Pool’s energy, then sealed their activity with the Yellow Springs and Time Divine Restrictions.
• Ninth Imperial Uncle’s furious demand for wine jolted the other eight cultivators and injured them, but Ning Chen appeared unaffected; Xuan Qing left to fetch wine and noticed the discrepancy.
• Powerful members of the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan detected the pool’s excessive energy loss and ordered Xuan Qing to investigate; after he returned with a thousand jars of wine, Ning Chen’s demonic body said it needed ten more days.

Ning Chen accelerated time within the Heavenly Demon Pool to finish tempering his demonic body, drawing the attention of the Heavenly Demon emperors and the Six Desires King. When the Six Desires King attacked, Jiuyou recognized Ning Chen’s Yellow Springs Restriction and rose to protect him, facing the king.

• Ning Chen used the Yellow Springs and Time restrictions to help his demonic body absorb the Heavenly Demon Pool’s energy while Xuan Qing searched the nine cultivators for the source of the anomaly.
• After the emperors ordered Xuan Qing to investigate, he examined Hong Yuan and Jin Liner, then began checking the other cultivators as Ning Chen accelerated time to complete the tempering.
• The Heavenly Demon Pool’s energy formed a huge vortex, prompting the emperors to send the Six Desires King to investigate while Xuan Qing’s killing intent rose.
• Ning Chen’s demonic body completed its tempering, but the arriving Six Desires King struck at the Moon Pool, forcing Ning Chen to spread his restrictions.
• Jiuyou recognized the Yellow Springs Restriction, rose from beneath the peach blossom tree, blocked the Six Desires King’s attack, and declared that he would protect Ning Chen.
• The Six Desires King challenged Jiuyou to test whether his skills had improved.

Xuan Jiuyou fought Six Desires King to protect Ning Chen, awakening his long-buried battle spirit and overwhelming his opponent with the Soaring Swan Art. The Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor then arrived to take Ning Chen away, and Xuan Jiuyou challenged him, leaving king and emperor poised to clash.

• Six Desires King and Xuan Jiuyou fought above Moon Pool, trading heavy blows as Xuan Jiuyou's warrior spirit returned.
• Xuan Jiuyou unleashed the Soaring Swan Art, shattered Six Desires King's Minor World, and pierced his chest with a peach-branch spear.
• The Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor arrived and declared that he would take Ning Chen because he believed Ning Chen was human.
• Xuan Jiuyou refused to let the emperor take Ning Chen, and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor descended in dark crimson armor.
• The Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor manifested seven demonic suns and the Imperial Dao Law, while Xuan Jiuyou combined Soaring Swan and Xuan Jie before striking him.

Xuan Jiuyou fought the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor to protect Ning Chen, burning half his blood vitality to restore his strength and briefly wound his Imperial Dao opponent. Demonic Emperor Kunyi ended the battle, accepted Ning Chen into the Heavenly Demon Clan, and Xuan Jiuyou named him heir to the Nine Nether Lineage.

• Xuan Jiuyou used the Nine Transformations of Xuanjie to fight the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor, but the Emperor overwhelmed him and struck at Ning Chen in the Heavenly Demon Pool.
• Xuan Jiuyou burned half his blood vitality to return to half a step into the Imperial Dao, then wounded the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor with Xuanjie and a heavy punch.
• Xuan Jiuyou and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor transformed into gigantic demonic bodies and fought until Demonic Emperor Kunyi appeared and ordered them to stop.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi rebuked the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor and Xuan Jiuyou, ordered Xuan Qing to accept punishment after the hundred-day term, and asked Ning Chen about his Heavenly Demon bloodline.
• Ning Chen said he had devoured the bloodline from Xuan Luo, and Demonic Emperor Kunyi accepted him into the Heavenly Demon Clan while warning him to remember who had saved him.
• After the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor and the Six Desires King departed, Xuan Jiuyou told Ning Chen to join the Nine Nether Lineage and inherit his mantle.

After the hundred-day cultivation period ended, Xuan Jiuyou brought Ning Chen and Xuan Qing back to the Three Imperial Cities, where the Nine Nether King’s return and his support for Ning Chen drew the attention of the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan’s factions. The chapter left them entering the city as opposition to their arrival began to gather.

• Xuan Jiuyou offered to teach Xuan Qing and Ning Chen the Soaring Swan Art, while Xuan Qing considered how to help Ning Chen gain a foothold in the royal clan.
• Xuan Qing ended the hundred-day period and sent Jin Liner, Hong Yuan, Xiaoxiao, and the other young cultivators away from the Heavenly Demon Pool.
• Xuan Jiuyou, Xuan Qing, and Ning Chen left the pool and traveled toward the Three Imperial Cities as the hundred clans took notice of the Nine Nether King’s return.
• Xuan Mo recognized and greeted Xuan Jiuyou at the city gates, and Xuan Qing advised Ning Chen to build a good relationship with the peak King Realm Guard Commander.
• Xuan Jiuyou led Ning Chen and Xuan Qing into the city as Xuan Mo worried that the returning king and his successor would disrupt the royal clan’s balance of power.

The Nine Nether King brought Ning Chen to his ruined estate and agreed to teach him the Soaring Swan Art alongside Xuan Qing. As the Nine Nether King demonstrated the art, the Three Demonic Emperors sensed his strength and anticipated changes to the Three Imperial Cities and the royal clan.

• Xuan Qing left to report to the imperial halls while the Nine Nether King took Ning Chen to his neglected estate.
• Ning Chen admitted he wanted to learn the Nine Nether Battle Art, and the Nine Nether King made him call him Master before promising to teach him and Xuan Qing the Soaring Swan Art.
• Ning Chen cleaned the estate and spent the night thinking about Qing Ling, A'man, Mu Chengxue, and Senior Sister Die.
• Xuan Qing arrived at dawn, and the Nine Nether King began explaining how the Soaring Swan Art countered the Golden Lion Clan's explosive attacks and warned of its deadly cost.
• The Nine Nether King demonstrated the Soaring Swan Art, unleashing terrifying pressure that drew the attention of the Three Demonic Emperors.
• The Three Demonic Emperors judged that the Nine Nether King's strength rivaled an imperial path expert and foresaw Ning Chen entering the royal clan and attempting the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven.

The Nine Nether King taught Ning Chen and Xuan Qing the Soaring Swan Art, and Xuan Qing ignited its demonic flames before Ning Chen did. Ning Chen finally used heavenly fire to ignite his own flames, allowing the Nine Nether King to begin teaching him the Sacred Imperial Law and Nine Nether Secret Art before the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven.

• The Nine Nether King taught Ning Chen and Xuan Qing how to circulate the Soaring Swan Art and gave them ten days to ignite its demonic flames.
• Xuan Qing ignited the flames on the first night, thanked the Nine Nether King, and left to return to the palace for punishment.
• Ning Chen failed for eight days, then used heavenly fire to ignite the demonic flames on the ninth day.
• The Nine Nether King warned Ning Chen about the danger of the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven and began teaching him the Sacred Imperial Law and Nine Nether Secret Art.
• The Nine Nether King formed black battle armor from demonic qi and summoned the Nine Transformations of Xuanjie to demonstrate the Nine Nether Secret Art.

Ning Chen cultivated the Sacred Imperial Law and Nine Nether Secret Art while the Nine Nether King went to meet the Three Demonic Emperors. In the Fox Race Secret Realm, Wan'er volunteered to marry Ning Chen if he entered the royal clan, and she told Xiaoxiao she was willing to take that chance.

• The Nine Nether King gave Ning Chen Xuanjie and taught him to cultivate the Sacred Imperial Law and Nine Nether Secret Art, then watched him practice both arts at once.
• The Nine Nether King left for the Three Emperors Hall, where the Three Demonic Emperors met him and raised concerns about his growing strength.
• The Fox Race King and elders considered a marriage alliance with the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan, while Second Elder warned that Ning Chen would first have to pass the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven.
• Wan'er volunteered to become the marriage candidate, and the Fox Race King and elders agreed she was suitable if Ning Chen passed the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven.
• Xiaoxiao urged Wan'er to reconsider, but Wan'er said she willingly chose to marry a powerful man she had never met rather than accept a future match she did not like.

Ning Chen entered the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven, where the first trial presented him with an illusion of his dead wife. He recognized the deception but stayed until the trial’s mistress revealed herself, then seized her as the frozen world changed around them.

• Demonic Emperor Kunyi summoned Ning Chen to Kunyi Imperial Hall and opened the entrance to the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven after Ning Chen accepted the trial.
• Ning Chen entered the first trial and found himself in an illusion of a peaceful life with a woman who resembled his dead wife.
• Ning Chen ate the poisoned food and accompanied the woman to her mother’s grave, despite knowing the scene was an illusion.
• The woman revealed herself as Huan Ji, mistress of the first trial, and Ning Chen identified her as an imitation of his wife.
• Ning Chen froze the surrounding space, seized Huan Ji by the throat, and told her she no longer resembled his wife.

Ning Chen defeated the guardians of the first and second trials of the Seven Paths of Demonic Heaven and entered the third, where he immediately attacked its master. Meanwhile, Ao Lie emerged from a breakthrough into the Mortal Immortal Realm, and the great clans watched to see whether Ning Chen would pass the trials and what status the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan would grant him.

• Ning Chen overcame Huan Ji in the first trial, forcing her to concede and opening the way to the second trial.
• Ning Chen shattered the second trial's illusion, defeated its mid-stage Mortal Realm guardian, and entered the third trial.
• Ao Lie emerged from the Peng Clan's forbidden ground after breaking through into the Mortal Immortal Realm, and the old Peng King urged him to wait for a chance to kill Ning Chen.
• The great royal clans and the Three Imperial Cities watched Ning Chen's trial, debating what rank the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan would grant the Nine Nether King's disciple.
• Ning Chen ignored the third trial's ruined-world illusion, slashed it apart, and attacked the trial's master.