Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen and Xuyao fought a desperate duel at the Reincarnation Sea, escalating their powers until Ning Chen revealed the life-bound sword he had forged from the undying origin. As their final clash approached, Xiaoxiao and Wan'er launched their planned ambush.

• Ning Chen and Xuyao exchanged devastating attacks with their divine weapons and supreme techniques, while Xiaoxiao and Wan'er watched from outside the battlefield.
• Xuyao’s Immortal Severance overwhelmed Inverted Water Moon, forcing Ning Chen to open his sword domain and unleash Nirvana; the clash shattered the domain and cracked his divine artifact.
• Ning Chen summoned his life-bound sword, forged from the undying origin, and used it to meet Immortal Severance, drawing the attention of the Demon Emperors and Xuan Jiuyou.
• As Ning Chen and Xuyao prepared their final moves, Xiaoxiao told Wan'er to strike, then charged toward the battlefield with her nine tails turned black.

Xiaoxiao and Wan'er ambushed Ning Chen while he fought Xuyao, then attacked him together over the fox race’s destruction. Ning Chen defeated Xiaoxiao but spared her at Wan’er’s plea, then left the sisters behind.

• Xiaoxiao and Wan'er ambushed Ning Chen and Xuyao, knocking Xuyao into the sea and wounding Ning Chen.
• Xiaoxiao and Wan'er joined forces against the injured Ning Chen, who fought back with his blade, sword, and martial arts.
• Ning Chen wounded Xiaoxiao with the Reverse Nothingness Form and crippled thirty percent of her cultivation, while Wan'er struck his shoulder.
• Xiaoxiao unleashed Celestial Fox Worships the Moon, but Ning Chen broke the vision and seized her by the throat.
• Wan'er pleaded for Xiaoxiao's life, and Ning Chen released her and left the sisters behind.

Ning Chen returned from the Reincarnation Sea with the Immortal Severance Sword and told Xuan Jiuyou he intended to transfer its spirit into his Destiny Sword. At the Crown Prince’s Estate, he shattered the ancient sword to force its spirit out, then faced the unleashed spirit in battle and brought forth the Dragon Emperor Sword as the confrontation continued.

• Ning Chen told Xuan Jiuyou that the Fox Clan’s true killer remained at large and that he planned to transfer the Immortal Severance Sword’s spirit into his Destiny Sword.
• Xuan Jiuyou warned Ning Chen that the immortal sword spirit could reject him, then assured him that no one in the Primeval Demonic Realm could take his life.
• Xuan Que visited Ning Chen, checked on his injuries, and warned that the Third Prince might soon make a move; the brothers agreed to communicate through secret reports.
• Ning Chen sealed the Crown Prince’s Estate and summoned the Knowing Fate Sword to pressure the Immortal Severance Sword into submission.
• Ning Chen broke the Immortal Severance Sword, released its terrifying spirit, and fought it with his sword realm, the Knowing Fate Sword, and Inverted Water Moon.
• As the sword spirit weakened and Inverted Water Moon neared destruction, Ning Chen forcibly summoned the Dragon Emperor Sword and prepared to continue the battle.

Ning Chen defeated the Immortal Severance Sword Spirit and forced it to fuse with his Destiny Sword, enduring catastrophic backlash as the Immortal Divine Tree's origin and his demonic body helped sustain the process. He collapsed unconscious in the Crown Prince's Estate, where Yin Ji arrived and found that his body absorbed her Yin Essence without a trace.

• Ning Chen fought the Immortal Severance Sword through its ten-thousand-sword formation and wounded it with his combined sword techniques.
• Ning Chen grasped Immortal Severance with his bare hand and drew it into his body alongside the Destiny Sword.
• The two swords began fusing within Ning Chen's dantian, causing violent backlash as the Immortal Divine Tree's origin repaired the damage.
• A'man sensed Ning Chen's aura from the Moon Worshipper Sacred Land, and Qing Ling and Mu Chengxue discussed the strength of their connection.
• Ning Chen's demonic body appeared within his dantian and tempered the fused divine weapon with demonic flames, while Ning Chen collapsed unconscious.
• Yin Ji found Ning Chen lying bloodied in the courtyard and discovered that her Yin Essence vanished when she tried to examine him.

Ning Chen discussed his plans with Yin Ji, then met with Gou Huang to coordinate their efforts against the devils. He left knowing Gou Huang had little time remaining and lamenting the sacrifices his strategy required.

• Ning Chen told Yin Ji that he had recovered an immortal sword and that her hidden agents were ready to act against the two Demonic Emperors’ interests.
• Ning Chen explained that the two Demonic Emperors favored the First Prince, but the succession would depend on who survived until the end.
• After Yin Ji left, Ning Chen brewed tea and remembered Fan Lingyue, reflecting on how the lack of a clear-minded strategist weakened the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan.
• Gou Huang recognized that Ning Chen’s schemes had helped unite the five great royal clans and warned that the Heavenly Demon Clan faced destruction if it failed to identify him.
• Ning Chen and Gou Huang discussed the search for a weakness in the Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Demon, and Ning Chen urged her to prepare for Tian Xin’s future.
• After returning to his manor, Ning Chen lamented that Gou Huang had little time left and that his plan depended on sacrifices he did not want to make.

Ning Chen defeated two assassins, Heaven's Remnant and Earthly Deficient, who revealed they served First Pavilion Under Heaven and had come to offer their allegiance. The Pavilion Master and the Four Kings debated whether Ning Chen was secretly weakening the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan, and one King volunteered to test him in person.

• Heaven's Remnant and Earthly Deficient attacked Ning Chen at the Thirteenth Prince's Manor, but he overpowered them with the Twelve Forms of Spiritual Insight.
• The assassins identified themselves as agents of First Pavilion Under Heaven sent to assist Ning Chen, but he rejected them as too weak and questioned their human origins.
• Heaven's Remnant and Earthly Deficient returned to Yangguan Peak and told the Pavilion Master that Ning Chen had refused their offer and was stronger than expected.
• The Pavilion Master suspected Ning Chen was behind the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan's recent losses, while Earthly Deficient called him a traitor who had joined the Devil Race.
• The Four Kings debated whether to ally with Ning Chen, and the woman among them volunteered to test him before First Pavilion Under Heaven decided what to do.

Qing Shuang, the Northern King of First Pavilion Under Heaven, visited Ning Chen to learn whether he would ally with humanity, but he refused to trust the pavilion. After leaving the Three Imperial Cities, she was ambushed by Dongxuan Yuting and Xixuan Yufeng and launched an attack.

• Qing Shuang entered the Three Imperial Cities to meet the Thirteenth Prince, and Commander Xuan Mo confronted her at the gate.
• Ning Chen intervened when Qing Shuang and Xuan Mo began fighting, then escorted her to his manor.
• At the manor, Qing Shuang identified herself as a human and explained that First Pavilion Under Heaven protected humanity, but Ning Chen rejected an alliance because he did not trust the pavilion.
• After Qing Shuang left, Xuan Qing ordered Dongxuan Yuting to eliminate the Thirteenth Prince's followers without leaving a trace.
• Three thousand li north of the Three Imperial Cities, Dongxuan Yuting and Xixuan Yufeng ambushed Qing Shuang, who stopped fleeing and attacked them.

Qing Shuang was ambushed by Dongxuan Yuting and Xixuan Yufeng, but Ning Chen and Xuan Qing intervened before they could kill her. After Qing Shuang returned to the First Pavilion Under Heaven, the Night Lord decided to approach Ning Chen in person.

• Qing Shuang fought Dongxuan Yuting and Xixuan Yufeng alone, suffering serious injuries while driving Xixuan Yufeng away with her forbidden arts.
• Ning Chen arrived and blocked Dongxuan Yuting’s killing move, and Xuan Qing ordered his men to withdraw.
• Ning Chen parted from Qing Shuang, who thanked him before continuing to the First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• Xuan Qing concluded that Qing Shuang was likely human and warned his subordinates not to act rashly against Ning Chen.
• Qing Shuang told the Night Lord, Ye Tianxing, about the ambush and Ning Chen’s refusal of the pavilion’s goodwill.
• Ye Tianxing decided to meet Ning Chen in person.

The Night Lord visited Ning Chen to discuss cooperation, but Ning Chen refused to ally with First Pavilion Under Heaven and instead hired it to kill a western crown prince. In the Outer Heavens, Yin'er lost another training match to A'man and Mu Chengxue, while the Night Lord returned to First Pavilion Under Heaven and watched Hong Jin.

• The Night Lord visited Ning Chen and praised his tea-making before asking whether First Pavilion Under Heaven could earn his trust.
• Ning Chen refused to cooperate openly with the human organization, explaining that ties to it would turn the Demon Emperors against him.
• Ning Chen hired First Pavilion Under Heaven to kill one of the two western crown princes, and the Night Lord accepted the task without taking a deposit.
• Yin'er fought A'man and Mu Chengxue at Moon Worshipper Ancient Land but lost again before lasting ten moves.
• A'man comforted Yin'er, while Mu Chengxue and Qing Ling discussed how much of her inherited power she still needed to awaken.
• The Night Lord returned to First Pavilion Under Heaven and watched Hong Jin quietly wipe her sword.

Gu Shengtian infiltrated the Heavenly Demon camp and defeated Xuanzhen, the First Crown Prince, before Garuda and the Dragon Legion intervened. After Gu Shengtian escaped, Garuda carried the dying Xuanzhen toward the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land, while the Sacred Domain leaders and the Plain-clothed Figure recognized that the balance of power had shifted.

• Gu Shengtian entered Xuanzhen’s command tent unseen, sealed the space, and challenged him to a fight.
• Gu Shengtian wounded Xuanzhen in their duel, and Xuanzhen detonated the Nine Kings Pearl to survive Gu Shengtian’s final attack.
• Garuda and the Dragon Legion broke through the spatial barrier, and Gu Shengtian pierced Xuanzhen’s chest before fighting Garuda.
• The Dragon Legion discovered Xuanzhen’s heart meridians were destroyed, while Gu Shengtian escaped instead of prolonging his fight with Garuda.
• Garuda took the unconscious Xuanzhen toward the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land, and Luojia and Sara watched from afar.
• The Plain-clothed Figure saw the three-way balance had broken and wondered how the two Demon Emperors would respond.

After Xuanzhen was critically wounded in an assassination, Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor decided to use the Heavenly Demon Clan’s fortune to save him, despite the political consequences. As the fortune poured into Xuanzhen, Xuan Jiuyou watched from the Nine Nether King's Estate.

• Garuda brought the unconscious Xuanzhen to the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land and reported that an unidentified sword-path master had attacked him.
• Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor found Xuanzhen near death and said that only a divine treasure could save him; he proposed using the clan’s fortune, and Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor warned that this could provoke a succession crisis.
• Xuan Qing and Beixuan Yaoxue suspected Thirteenth Prince of arranging the attack and discussed using the incident to undermine him.
• Ning Chen confirmed the assassination’s result to Night Lord, then wagered that Xuanzhen might survive and awaited the Demonic Emperors’ response.
• Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor appeared over the Three Imperial Cities and poured the clan’s fortune into Xuanzhen, whose aura transformed as Xuan Jiuyou watched from the Nine Nether King's Estate.

The Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor used the Heavenly Demon Clan’s fortune to revive Xuanzhen and force his advance toward the Imperial Dao, provoking Xuan Jiuyou and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor. The clash stopped when Ning Chen’s use of the Heaven Talisman caused Xuanzhen to collapse, leaving Ning Chen badly injured by the backlash.

• The Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor shielded Xuanzhen from the heavenly tribulation and fought the Giant Spirit Divine General while the First Prince recovered.
• Gu Shengtian set out for the Heavenly Demon Imperial City with the Kun Tian Sword, though the Night Lord warned him that it was not yet time.
• After defeating the Giant Spirit Divine General, the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor used the clan’s fortune to heal Xuanzhen and push him toward the Imperial Dao.
• Xuan Jiuyou tried to pull the Four Symbols Divine Beings away from Xuanzhen, and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor joined the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor against him.
• As the three Emperors prepared to fight, Xuanzhen suddenly bled and fell from the sky, while Ning Chen suffered the Heaven Talisman’s backlash in his manor.

Ning Chen recovered from the backlash of using the Heaven Talisman to cripple Xuanzhen, then learned the western front had suffered a major defeat. Gu Shengtian arrived to finish his contract to kill the First Prince, and Ning Chen agreed to hide him in exchange for a free assassination opportunity.

• Xuan Jiuyou crippled Xuanzhen with the Heaven Talisman, and the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor carried the First Prince back to the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land.
• Xuan Qing suspected Ning Chen had attacked Xuanzhen and realized the First Prince’s failed advance had strengthened Xuan Qing’s position in the succession struggle.
• Ning Chen recovered from the Heaven Talisman’s backlash, and Xuan Jiuyou warned him that the imperial city would soon become dangerous.
• Ning Chen learned the Western Sacred Domain had surprised the Heavenly Demon camp, forcing its army to retreat three thousand li after heavy losses.
• Gu Shengtian, the Eastern Realm Lord of the First Pavilion Under Heaven, offered Ning Chen a free assassination in exchange for help concealing him while he waited to kill Xuanzhen.
• Ning Chen accepted Gu Shengtian’s offer and planned to choose a relatively easy target for the promised assassination.

Gou Huang began passing the Witch Clan’s Imperial Dao fortune to Tian Xin, but the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor attacked during the ceremony. As their battle escalated in the starry heavens, Gou Huang revealed a hidden reserve of strength and waited for him to use the Eight Transformations of Heavenly Demon.

• Tian Xin danced on the central altar as fortune from across the Witch Clan’s sacred land gathered around her.
• Gou Huang appeared before Ning Chen and asked him to remember his promise, then used her Imperial Dao power to help Tian Xin attain the Dao.
• The Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor attacked Gou Huang while she was transferring her attainment, and she left the altar to fight him in the starry heavens.
• Gou Huang and the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor exchanged blows, and he warned that her declining strength left her no chance of victory.
• Gou Huang unleashed hidden power and said she would drag him down with her, prompting him to summon the Eight Transformations of Heavenly Demon.

Gou Huang fought the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor in a desperate battle, grievously wounding him but failing to kill him before her life ended. Tian Xin inherited the Witch Clan’s imperial mantle, while Ning Chen promised Gou Huang’s remnant soul that he would help protect the Witch Clan.

• Gou Huang revealed the Ascension Divine Thorn and wounded the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor, but his Demonic Emperor Seal shattered her weapon and he counterattacked.
• Near death, Gou Huang unleashed the Demon-Breaking Azure Dragon Seal and sent the Ascension Divine Thorn into Eight Desolations’ chest, but he destroyed the sacred artifact and survived.
• As Gou Huang’s life burned away, Tian Xin broke free of the nine great worlds and reached her; Gou Huang named her the Witch Clan’s new emperor before passing away.
• Gou Huang’s remnant soul appeared before Ning Chen, apologized for failing to keep her promise, and asked him to help the Witch Clan if the Heavenly Demon Clan threatened it.
• Ning Chen promised to remember Gou Huang’s request, and she vanished; the wounded Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor returned to the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land, where the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor treated him.

Tian Xin led the Witch Clan into war as the five great imperial clans attacked the Heavenly Demon Clan from every front. While the demon emperors sent reinforcements to the threatened battle lines, Ning Chen and Gu Shengtian fought a final sword duel that ended with Inverted Water Moon breaking and Ning Chen wounded.

• Tian Xin took command of the Witch Clan, and its army marched south as the Western Sacred Domain and the other imperial clans mobilized against the demons.
• The Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor discovered that the Witch Clan may have learned the Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Demon through the peace talks, while the Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor remained gravely wounded.
• A Messenger Envoy reported that the five great imperial clans had captured the eastern, western, southern, and northern borders, leaving Prince Xuanqi's southeastern front as the only one still holding.
• The Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor sent Gandharva to help Prince Xuankong and ordered the Music Demon Kinnara awakened to reinforce the western battlefield.
• Ning Chen and Gu Shengtian fought with their swords alone, and their final clash shattered Inverted Water Moon and wounded Ning Chen's right arm.

The Heavenly Demon forces fought the Witch Clan in the north and the Holy Domain in the west, as Gandharva and Xuankong battled the Witch Queens and Garuda faced Luojia. Kinnara’s pipa music began killing Holy Domain soldiers, and Shaluo summoned the World-Honored Buddha Image to search for the unseen attacker.

• Gandharva poisoned the Witch Clan army with her flower fragrance, but Hongxue froze the blossoms and stopped the poison from spreading.
• Xuankong used the Four Guardians and Five Envoys to form an array, then attacked Hongxue until Baizhi intervened and fought him alongside Hongxue.
• The Dark Moon Witch Queen confronted Gandharva while the other Witch Queens attacked the array, and the northern battlefield erupted into full battle.
• Luojia and Shaluo led the Holy Domain’s offensive, with Luojia clashing against Garuda and Shaluo overwhelming the wounded Dragon Legion.
• Kinnara’s pipa music caused Holy Armored soldiers to explode, so Luojia ordered Shaluo to find the musician, and Shaluo summoned the World-Honored Buddha Image.

Shaluo and the Sacred Domain Palace Masters turned the battle against the Heavenly Demon army, killing Kinnara and leaving Garuda badly wounded. Just as they seemed close to victory, Asura arrived and shattered the Buddhist Realm, announcing that he would end the battle.

• Kinnara’s demonic music devastated Sacred Domain soldiers while Shaluo raised the Buddhist Realm and Luojia blocked Garuda’s attack.
• Shaluo destroyed Kinnara’s four spatial formations, exposed him, and summoned all eleven Sacred Domain Palace Masters to surround the Heavenly Demon forces.
• Shaluo unleashed Tathagata’s World Destruction, Maha Immeasurable, killing Kinnara and the Dragon Legion before collapsing from the strain.
• Luojia struck Garuda with nine stars and severely wounded him, leaving the Heavenly Demon army on the brink of defeat.
• Asura arrived in demonic clouds, shattered the Buddhist Realm with a black spear, and declared that he had come to end the battle.

The Sacred Domain and its allies drove the Heavenly Demon forces into retreat across four fronts, while Shara sacrificed his life to trap Asura and the Demonic Emperors prepared for a later imperial-path battle. In the Thirteenth Prince's Manor, Ning Chen remained confident as he waited for the right moment to use Gu Shengtian's sword.

• Asura overwhelmed Luojia and Shara until Shara unleashed a forbidden Buddhist move, sacrificing his life to seal the War God in a blood-colored cage.
• Garuda escaped the western battlefield, and the Sacred Domain Palace Masters routed the Heavenly Demon army.
• The Witch Clan broke the northern front, while Divine Capital Mountain and the Scale Clan forced the eastern and southern demon forces to withdraw.
• The Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor and Eight Desolations Demonic Emperor discussed their enemies, Asura's confinement, and a hidden chess piece they planned to use later.
• Ning Chen played chess with Gu Shengtian without opening the seventeenth intelligence report and said the overall outcome was already settled.
• Ning Chen told Gu Shengtian to wait before drawing the Realm Lord's sword, saying the time had not yet come.

Xuanqi defeated Yinxiao and the Stone Clan’s other Sacred Protectors, but Yinxiao sacrificed his blood essence in a final explosion that wounded Xuanqi. Watching from afar, Ning Chen urged Gu Shengtian to honor their agreement and strike at the wounded Fourth Prince; Gu Shengtian then drew Kun Tian and flew into battle.

• Xuanqi fought Yinxiao and two other Stone Clan Sacred Protectors, wounding the two companions with Heart-Burning, Sword Tribulation.
• Xuanqi unleashed Heart-Burning, Doomsday, grievously wounding Yinxiao and suppressing all three Sacred Protectors.
• Yinxiao used Sacred Spirit Blood Sacrifice, Black Abyss Soul Devouring to devour the other two Sacred Protectors, then fought Xuanqi with his greatly increased power.
• Ning Chen persuaded Gu Shengtian to target the wounded Xuanqi, arguing that the assassination served the human race and fulfilled their agreement.
• Xuanqi pierced Yinxiao with the Heart-Burning Demonic Sword, but Yinxiao detonated his blood essence and blasted Xuanqi back.
• Gu Shengtian drew Kun Tian and flew from the distant peak toward Xuanqi.