Chapter Summaries

Xiaoxiao challenged Xuan Yue and requested a marriage between her younger sister and the Thirteenth Prince if she won, a request the Demonic Emperor Kunyi granted. As the two unleashed their hidden powers and their battlefield began to collapse, Ning Chen prepared to take the field.

• After Xuan Yue defeated Yuan Tian, the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan's record reached forty-six wins and one draw across forty-seven battles.
• Xiaoxiao asked the Three Demonic Emperors to let her fight Xuan Yue and requested that they arrange her younger sister's marriage to the Thirteenth Prince if she won; Demonic Emperor Kunyi agreed.
• Xiaoxiao and Xuan Yue fought fiercely in a collapsing Minor World, with neither gaining a clear advantage.
• Xuan Yue unleashed World-Engulfing Demonic Calamity, and Xiaoxiao revealed the Nine-tailed Heavenly Maiden power she had sealed for a hundred years.
• Their ultimate moves shattered the Minor World, and Ning Chen readied himself to take the field.

Xuyao challenged Ning Chen to settle their old enmity, and the two fought a devastating battle in a water-and-fire Minor World. As the Demonic Emperors declared the outcome decided, Jiuyou achieved a breakthrough and became the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan’s fourth emperor.

• Xiaoxiao defeated Xuan Yue, and Demonic Emperor Kunyi agreed to her request while Ning Chen remained silent about marrying Wan'er.
• Xuyao challenged Ning Chen, who accepted, and the Three Demonic Emperors created a Minor World for their duel.
• Xuyao and Ning Chen fought with their swords, unleashing their strongest techniques and devastating the Minor World.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi said the battle’s victory and defeat had been decided, though the account did not reveal the victor.
• Jiuyou broke through to the Imperial Dao, and a new emperor appeared above the Nine Nether King's Estate demanding that Ning Chen give his master a reason.

After Xuan Jiuyou proved the Imperial Dao, the Demonic Emperors ordered an attack on Dragon Emperor Mountain to obtain the Dragon Emperor Sword and break the Queen Mother of the West’s seal. Ning Chen agreed to go with his master, but suspected the real aim was to open a passage between the two realms.

• Ning Chen lost his fight against Xuyao, and Xuan Jiuyou told him to recover from his injuries.
• The four Demonic Emperors decided to begin their plan early and attack Dragon Emperor Mountain in three days for the Dragon Emperor Sword and the Queen Mother of the West’s seal.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi ordered Xuan Zhen, Xuan Qing, Xuan Ling, and Ning Chen to accompany the attack, while promising Xuan Jiuyou they would not force him again once they obtained the sword.
• Xuan Jiuyou questioned Ning Chen about his deliberate defeat, and Ning Chen said he had needed to lose without explaining further.
• After Xuan Jiuyou told Ning Chen to prepare for the journey, Ning Chen wondered whether the attack was meant to let the Demonic Realm’s army cross into the other realm.

The Three Demonic Emperors and Xuan Jiuyou set out with Ning Chen for Dragon Emperor Mountain to obtain the Dragon Emperor Sword. On the way, Xuan Jiuyou attacked the Stone Emperor for having harmed Ning Chen, leaving him gravely wounded before the chariot continued east.

• The Three Demonic Emperors emerged from seclusion, and Xuan Jiuyou joined them as their Bronze Chariot set out for Dragon Emperor Mountain with Ning Chen and the three Crown Princes aboard.
• Xuan Jiuyou refused to reclaim the Nine Transformations of Xuanjie from Ning Chen, despite the other emperors' concerns that lacking it would weaken him during the expedition.
• The Bronze Chariot passed over Spirit Mountain, where Xuan Jiuyou learned that the Stone Emperor had attacked Ning Chen in the Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield.
• Xuan Jiuyou struck the Stone Emperor with demonic attacks, severely damaging him, until Demonic Emperor Kunyi stopped him from delivering a final blow.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi cleared the path, and the Bronze Chariot continued east as Xuan Jiuyou told Ning Chen that anyone who harmed his disciple would pay a hundredfold price.

The Heavenly Demon Royal Clan’s four Demonic Emperors attacked Dragon Emperor Mountain to seize the Dragon Emperor Sword, but the resurrected Dragon Emperor emerged and overpowered the Seven Luminaries and Eight Desolations Demonic Emperors. Xuan Jiuyou and Demonic Emperor Kunyi joined the battle, leaving the Dragon Emperor facing all four as he unleashed a powerful sword technique.

• Demonic Emperor Kunyi ordered Ning Chen and the others to remain on the Bronze Chariot while the four Demonic Emperors descended before Dragon Emperor Mountain.
• The Seven Luminaries and Eight Desolations Demonic Emperors joined forces to shatter Dragon Emperor Mountain’s defenses, and the Dragon Emperor Sword rose to strike at them.
• A child transformed into the Dragon Emperor, who took up the sword and wounded both the Seven Luminaries and Eight Desolations Demonic Emperors.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi called on Xuan Jiuyou to join the fight, and Kunyi also attacked as the four Demonic Emperors pressed the Dragon Emperor.
• The Dragon Emperor invoked “Three Lives Etched in Fate,” sending golden tides across Dragon Emperor Mountain.

The Dragon Emperor fought the four Heavenly Demon Emperors inside Dragon Emperor Mountain as his soul imprint weakened. Ning Chen entered the mountain, then secretly intervened to help the Dragon Emperor escape, remaining concealed nearby as the emperors pursued him.

• The Dragon Emperor used his imperial dao sword to injure Seven Luminaries and Eight Desolations, but Kunyi and Xuan Jiuyou wounded him as his soul imprint faded.
• The Dragon Emperor led Kunyi, Seven Luminaries, Eight Desolations, and Xuan Jiuyou into Dragon Emperor Mountain, while Ning Chen and the three princes followed into a dreamlike Minor World.
• Ning Chen asked the Dragon Emperor Sword Seal to help him shake off Xuan Zhen, Xuan Qing, and Xuan Ling, then raced toward the battle.
• Xuan Jiuyou unleashed the Soaring Swan Art as the Dragon Emperor transformed into a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, but sudden crimson Sword Qi disrupted their clash.
• The Dragon Emperor disappeared amid the confusion, and Kunyi led the other emperors in pursuit while Ning Chen watched from a distant peak, concealed by the Time Divine Restriction.

Ning Chen agreed to carry the Dragon Emperor Sword to the Dragon Emperor’s surviving son and asked the Dragon Emperor to spare the demonic emperor who had helped him. The Dragon Emperor sent Ning Chen out as the Dragon Clan Minor World collapsed around the attacking Demonic Emperors.

• The Dragon Emperor thanked Ning Chen for helping him, and Ning Chen explained that he had come seeking the Phoenix Clan Secret Art at the Phoenix Lord’s guidance.
• The Dragon Emperor revealed that he planned to detonate the Minor World, asked Ning Chen to deliver the Dragon Emperor Sword to his son, and agreed to spare the demonic emperor wielding the spear.
• The Dragon Emperor absorbed most of the Dragon Emperor Sword’s power and sealed the weakened sword inside Ning Chen, then warned him against exceeding his limits.
• Xuan Jiuyou spotted Ning Chen and hurled the God-Slaying Spear toward the Dragon Emperor, while the Dragon Emperor sent Ning Chen through collapsing space.
• The Dragon Emperor burned his soul to destroy the Minor World, and Kunyi, Qiyao, and Bahuang rushed to save Xuan Qing and the others as Dragon Emperor Mountain began to break apart.
• Ning Chen appeared outside the Minor World and watched Dragon Emperor Mountain collapse.

After the Dragon Emperor’s final attack destroyed Dragon Emperor Mountain and grievously wounded the four Demonic Emperors, Ning Chen reunited with Xuan Jiuyou and returned to the Nine Nether King’s Estate. With Xuan Ling dead, the princes began maneuvering for the succession, while Ning Chen considered establishing his own estate and Xuan Que prepared to make a choice.

• Ning Chen gathered the remaining Dragon Qi for Little Gourd, then waited until Xuan Jiuyou and the wounded Demonic Emperors emerged from Dragon Emperor Mountain with Xuan Ling’s dead body.
• Xuan Jiuyou and Ning Chen returned to the Nine Nether King’s Estate, where Ning Chen decided he needed to establish an estate of his own.
• Xuan Qing told Xuan Yu that Xuan Ling was dead and planned to seize his forces and win over Ning Chen, while Xuan Zhen ordered the War King to prepare to eliminate Ning Chen.
• Xuan Que mourned Xuan Ling’s death briefly, then asked for a visiting card so he could make his next choice.

Ning Chen received Xuan Que, who apologized for planting Shi Yu and Shi Qing as informants and proposed an alliance after Xuan Ling’s downfall. Ning Chen agreed to the alliance, but watched Xuan Que leave with growing suspicion.

• Ning Chen read Xuan Que’s calling card and admitted him to the Nine Nether King's Estate.
• Xuan Que told Shi Yu that her family had been freed and confessed that he and Shi Qing had been planted as informants at Xuan Ling’s request.
• Xuan Que warned Ning Chen that the Crown Princes’ struggle would soon become open and proposed that they form an alliance.
• Ning Chen accepted, and he and Xuan Que toasted their pact to advance and retreat together.
• After speaking with Ning Chen until noon, Xuan Que departed, and Ning Chen’s gaze turned cold as he reconsidered him.

After learning that Xuan Ling had fallen on Dragon Emperor Mountain, Ning Chen prepared to enter the struggle for imperial power and moved to cultivate allies. At the Imperial Guards camp, he challenged Xuan Yu to a wager that could win him Black Prison Mountain, leaving the contest ahead.

• News spread that Xuan Ling, the Seventh Prince of the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan, had suffered grave injuries and fallen on Dragon Emperor Mountain, and Ning Chen studied reports about the resulting upheaval.
• Ning Chen arranged for Shi Yu and Shi Qing to move into the residence bestowed by Demonic Emperor Kunyi, then told Xuan Jiuyou that he intended to join the struggle for imperial power.
• Ning Chen visited the Imperial Guards camp, where he met Commander Xuan Mo and Sixth Prince Xuan Yu.
• Ning Chen proposed a sparring match with Xuan Yu, wagering that Xuan Yu would put up Black Prison Mountain while Ning Chen promised never to enter Third Prince's Manor if he lost.
• Xuan Mo warned Ning Chen that Xuan Yu was in the King Realm, but Ning Chen relied on the Demon Sealing Stone arena to suppress Xuan Yu's cultivation.

Ning Chen defeated Xuan Yu in a match at the Imperial Army Camp and won Black Prison Mountain, leaving Xuan Mo and Yun Hong reconsidering their assumptions about the princes. Xuan Yu later reported the encounter to Xuan Qing, revealing that he had hoped to win Ning Chen over to their side.

• Ning Chen and Xuan Yu fought on the sparring platform while Xuan Mo and Yun Hong discussed Xuan Yu’s apparent ties to First Prince.
• Ning Chen used an unfamiliar technique to overcome Xuan Yu and knock him off the platform.
• Xuan Yu honored their wager and gave Ning Chen Black Prison Mountain, whose magnetic force drew in the camp’s weapons before Ning Chen sent them back.
• Xuan Mo and Yun Hong concluded that they needed to reconsider their understanding of strength and the princes’ motives.
• At Third Prince’s Manor, Xuan Yu told Xuan Qing that he had lost Black Prison Mountain to Ning Chen and admitted he had hoped to bring Ning Chen to their side.

Ning Chen secured Xuan Mo and Yun Hong’s agreement to visit his new residence, then received a secret order from Demonic Emperor Kunyi to exterminate the Howling Moon Royal Clan. He returned to the Nine Nether King's Estate uncertain whether to tell his master about the mission.

• Ning Chen invited Xuan Mo to visit his new residence, and Xuan Mo agreed while Yun Hong also asked to attend.
• Ning Chen toured the Imperial Army Camp with Xuan Mo and Yun Hong before leaving for the Nine Nether King's Estate.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi appeared before Ning Chen and ordered him to wipe out the Howling Moon Royal Clan without leaving survivors.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi warned Ning Chen not to tell his master about the mission until it was complete.
• Ning Chen reached the Nine Nether King's Estate and hesitated over whether to reveal the order to his master.

Ning Chen opened his new residence and was bestowed the title of the fourth Crown Prince by Demonic Emperor Kunyi. After the banquet, he left with a Messenger Envoy and took command of the Netherworld Army, setting out on a campaign.

• Ning Chen hosted a grand opening banquet at his new residence, attended by imperial relatives, several Imperial Princes, Xuan Mo, and Yun Hong.
• A Messenger Envoy delivered Demonic Emperor Kunyi’s decree naming Ning Chen the fourth Crown Prince, and Ning Chen accepted the black-gold token.
• Xuan Qing and Xuan Zhen congratulated Ning Chen and toasted him, though both felt uneasy about his elevation.
• After the guests departed, Ning Chen thanked Xuan Mo, then ordered Shi Yu and Shi Qing to remain inside the residence.
• A Messenger Envoy escorted Ning Chen to the Netherworld Army, where more than a thousand soldiers saluted him.
• Ning Chen ordered the Netherworld Army to set out toward the southeast.

Ning Chen and the Netherworld Army invaded Moonwolf Mountain, using the Sky Devouring Pot to suppress the Howling Moon Royal Clan as they slaughtered its members. Cang Ming was gravely wounded, and the Messenger Envoy revealed that the Howling Moon King had died days earlier.

• Cang Ming called the Moon-Chiding Army to battle when the Netherworld Army descended on Moonwolf Mountain and the Sky Devouring Pot drained the realm’s spiritual energy and moonlight.
• Ning Chen confronted Cang Ming before the Howling Moon Royal Palace, and the two fought after Cang Ming broke into the King Realm.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Nine Nether Battle Art, and their battle’s force collapsed the royal palace as slaughter spread across Moonwolf Mountain.
• The Moon-Chiding Army’s three commanders led their soldiers into battle, but the Messenger Envoy killed the commanders with three Demonic Malice Spears.
• Cang Ming was distracted by the commanders’ deaths, allowing Ning Chen to strike him down among the palace ruins.
• The Messenger Envoy told Ning Chen that the Howling Moon King had died several days earlier after failing to break into the imperial path.

The Howling Moon King emerged to turn the tide against the Underworld Army, but the Heavenly Demon Herald and four Command Envoys trapped him in a battle empowered by the Sky Devouring Pot. Ning Chen fought Cang Ming amid the royal palace ruins and left him swallowed by a spatial storm, declaring that the Yellow Springs Divine Restriction was the only power the Demonic Silk Sky Net could not bind.

• The Messenger Envoy slew the three Roaring Moon Commanders, and the Underworld Army routed their leaderless forces.
• The Howling Moon King appeared beneath a cyan moon, restoring the Howling Moon Clan Members and restraining the Underworld Army as Cang Ming renewed his duel with Ning Chen.
• The Howling Moon King fought the Messenger Envoy and four Command Envoys, but the Sky Devouring Pot empowered their assault and put him at a disadvantage.
• Ning Chen unleashed his Heavenly Demon Cultivation and Nine Nether Battle Art, then clashed with Cang Ming across the shattered royal palace ruins.
• Ning Chen struck Cang Ming into a spatial storm and said the Yellow Springs Divine Restriction could escape the Demonic Silk Sky Net.

Ning Chen escaped Moonwolf Mountain as the Howling Moon King destroyed the mountain and its royal clan in a final attack against the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan. Afterward, Ning Chen returned in secret to kill the Eastern Command Envoy, and discovered that the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan sought to stop the Demon Emperor from entering the world.

• Ning Chen sent Cang Ming away while the Howling Moon King fought the five Command Envoys.
• The Howling Moon King killed the Northern and Western Command Envoys, then unleashed Heavenly Wolf Howls at the Moon, destroying Moonwolf Mountain and the Netherworld Army.
• Ning Chen escaped through the Yellow Springs, and the Messenger Envoy and two Command Envoys survived the falling stars before leaving with him.
• The Eastern Command Envoy secretly returned to Moonwolf Mountain and found a sealed blood pool in the royal clan's forbidden ground.
• Ning Chen ambushed and killed the Eastern Command Envoy, then gave his head to the white-shadowed great demon.
• Ning Chen looked at the blood pool and realized the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan was targeting the Demon Emperor.

Ning Chen seized the Demon Emperor's Heart from beneath Moonwolf Mountain and returned to his manor, while the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan discovered the Eastern Command Envoy had been lost. The chapter ended with Ning Chen revealing the heart inside a sealed hall.

• Ning Chen froze the blood pool with the Immortal Slaying Sword and Immortal Trapping Sword, then took the Demon Emperor's Heart.
• Ning Chen recalled more than a thousand great demons into the Soul Suppressing Banner and left Moonwolf Mountain.
• The Eastern Command Envoy's avatar began collapsing, and Ning Chen's demonic body reunited with the Plain-clothed Figure before Ning Chen returned to his manor.
• The Eastern Command Envoy's body scattered before reaching the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land, but Demonic Emperor Kunyi preserved his last consciousness and summoned the Messenger Envoy and Southern Command Envoy to report.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi concluded that someone had likely taken the Demon Emperor's Heart, unaware that Ning Chen possessed it.
• Ning Chen opened the Yellow Spring restriction in his manor's royal hall, where the Demon Emperor's Heart appeared amid crimson light.

Ning Chen strengthened the Demon Emperor's Heart and learned that the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan's purge of the Howling Moon Royal Clan had alarmed the other factions. After admitting to the Nine Nether King that he had taken part in the extermination, Ning Chen was struck by his master.

• Ning Chen fed the Demon Emperor's Heart the Immortal Divine Tree's source power, then froze the hall to stop it from trying to seize more.
• Gou Huang warned Tian Xin that the Witch Clan could be targeted and sent her to ask the Thirteenth Prince to persuade the Nine Nether King to protect the Luan Clan.
• The Fox King decided to send Xiaoxiao to settle Wan'er's marriage to the Thirteenth Prince as the other clans feared the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan's growing power.
• The Scaly Emperor told Demonic Emperor Kunyi that he would seek the Queen Mother's Hairpin, while Kunyi vowed to remove unrest and begin the war once Queen Mother of the West's seal was broken.
• The Nine Nether King summoned Ning Chen and demanded to know whether he had participated in the Howling Moon Royal Clan's extermination; Ning Chen admitted it and was struck by a palm force.

Ning Chen and Xuan Jiuyou rescued the Howling Moon Young Master from spatial turbulence, and Xuan Jiuyou explained that the Howling Moon Clan held the Demon Emperor’s bloodline and heart. After Xiaoxiao and Tian Xin arrived, Tian Xin warned that the Luan Clan faced extermination, and Ning Chen promised to intervene.

• Ning Chen revealed that he had sent the Howling Moon Young Master into spatial turbulence and asked Xuan Jiuyou to help rescue him.
• Ning Chen tracked the Howling Moon Young Master, and Xuan Jiuyou brought him back to the Nine Nether King's Palace for treatment.
• Xuan Jiuyou told Ning Chen that the Howling Moon Royal Clan carried the Demon Emperor’s bloodline and had kept the Demon Emperor’s Heart.
• Ning Chen took the injured Howling Moon Young Master to his estate to hide and care for him.
• Xiaoxiao and Tian Xin asked to meet Xuan Jiuyou, and Tian Xin warned that the Luan Clan faced a crisis of extermination.
• Ning Chen promised Tian Xin that he would do everything in his power to mediate and protect the Luan Clan.

Ning Chen learned that the Heavenly Demon Clan had rejected Xuan Jiuyou’s attempt to stop its attack on the Luan Clan, and he rushed to warn the Luan King. As the Netherworld army approached Three Peril Mountain, Ning Chen offered to destroy it if the Luan King would abandon her clan’s homeland.

• Demonic Emperor Kunyi ordered the Messenger Envoy to move against the Luan Clan, while Xuan Jiuyou failed to persuade him to abandon the attack.
• Xuan Jiuyou told Ning Chen that negotiations had failed, and Ning Chen left to prevent the coming calamity.
• Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor trapped Xuan Jiuyou in three thousand Minor Worlds, and the two Demonic Emperors began fighting as three thousand Netherworld soldiers marched toward Three Peril Mountain.
• Ning Chen arrived at Green Rain Abyss and warned the Luan King that the Heavenly Demon Clan’s Underworld Army would soon arrive.
• The Luan King refused to abandon her clan’s homeland, and Ning Chen offered to leave the Heavenly Demon Army at Three Peril Mountain if she would evacuate the realm.