Chapter Summaries

Mu Changge, the Heavenly Palace Sword Venerable, joined the human emperors and Young Master Xiaobai to face the Primeval Demonic Realm’s forces in the Purple Star Starfield. He burned his life and the Divine Sword Listening to the Heavenly Palace to unleash Sword Thirteen at the Scaly Emperor, and the sword’s impact swallowed the battlefield in an explosion.

• The Heavenly Palace Sword Venerable and a human emperor arrived to confront the four Imperial Dao Supreme Beings, followed by the Blue-robed Diviner and Young Master Xiaobai, bringing the sides to four against four.
• The Lord of Divine Capital and Young Master Xiaobai fought Yu Luowu, while the Lord of the Divine Realm and the Blue-robed Diviner faced the demonic realm’s other supreme beings.
• Mu Changge attacked the Scaly Emperor with his sword techniques, burning his blood and qi and forcing the emperor to retreat despite his golden-scale defense.
• Mu Changge unleashed Sword Twelve and struck the Scaly Emperor’s chest repeatedly, finally creating a small crack in his scales.
• Mu Changge told the Marquis of Knowing Fate to witness his final sword, entered the Dao, and burned away his body to empower Sword Thirteen.
• Listening to the Heavenly Palace transformed into a blazing meteor and struck the Scaly Emperor, triggering a tremendous explosion that engulfed the area.

After the Heavenly Palace Sword Venerable died completing Dao Transformation and gravely wounded the Scaly Emperor, Ning Chen negotiated a King Realm Debate to win humanity ten years of peace. He left the Divine Realm with Peacock and Qing Ling for the Underworld, knowing the five-match contest against the Primeval Demonic Realm could decide humanity’s future.

• The Heavenly Palace Sword Venerable’s final sword wounded the Scaly Emperor, but Ning Chen failed to kill him before the human and demonic fighters withdrew.
• Ning Chen proposed wagering the four contested starfields on a King Realm Debate, and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor accepted after changing it to five matches in saber, spear, sword, halberd, and palm.
• The Four Demonic Emperors departed, and Ning Chen bowed before the Heavenly Palace Sword Venerable’s sword fragments before returning to the Divine Realm with the Lord of the Divine Realm.
• Ning Chen told the Lord of the Divine Realm that he had only fifty percent confidence in the wager, then said he needed to return to the Underworld with Peacock.
• Ning Chen explained the wager to Peacock and Qing Ling while they traveled, and Qing Ling named several formidable Primeval Demonic Realm martial experts.

Ning Chen gathered the underworld’s kings to choose human champions for the wager against the Primeval Demonic Realm, but several matches had no reliable candidates. The meeting ended with Qing Ling and Consort Luo setting out to visit the First Pavilion Under Heaven in search of a halberd expert, while Xia Ziyi offered to fight in the sword match if needed.

• Ning Chen explained the wager between the human race and the Primeval Demonic Realm, and Peacock warned that the enemy’s peak King Realm champions made the contests perilous.
• Ning Chen said he would take Senior Sister Die’s place in the saber match, while the kings judged that the human race lacked a likely winner against Xuanqi in the sword match and Xuanlie or Luojia in the palm match.
• Peacock volunteered for the palm match, and Ning Chen entrusted the spear contest against Asura to the Moonlit Tower Master.
• Ning Chen identified the halberd match as unresolved and suggested seeking a champion among the First Pavilion Under Heaven’s five King Realm experts.
• Qing Ling and Consort Luo departed to visit the First Pavilion Under Heaven, while Xia Ziyi offered to fight in the sword match if the human race found no better candidate.

Qing Ling and Consort Luo raced to First Pavilion Under Heaven with news while General Baichuan pursued them. The Night Lord intervened after they reached the pavilion, forcing Baichuan to flee and welcoming the two underworld kings.

• Qing Ling and Consort Luo sensed Divine Capital Mountain's army while recovering and hurried toward First Pavilion Under Heaven as General Baichuan pursued them.
• General Baichuan caught up and attacked, but Consort Luo used Moonfall Silence to escape with Qing Ling.
• Qing Ling and Consort Luo reached the pavilion's border and joined forces against Baichuan, holding him off as they awaited the Divine Capital army.
• The Night Lord appeared and unleashed overwhelming dark essence, forcing Baichuan to break away and flee.
• The Night Lord descended and apologized to Qing Ling and Consort Luo for failing to welcome them sooner.

Qing Ling and Consort Luo asked the Night Lord to help humanity find contenders for the remaining sword and halberd matches, but the Divine Capital army attacked First Pavilion Under Heaven before they could finish their discussion. After the Night Lord and Consort Luo defeated the invaders, he agreed that First Pavilion Under Heaven would take on the Halberd Showdown while reserving judgment on the sword match.

• Qing Ling explained the wager between the human race and the Primeval Demonic Realm and asked the Night Lord to help find candidates for the sword and halberd matches.
• The Night Lord left to confront one hundred thousand Divine Capital troops, whose four ancestors joined General Baichuan in attacking First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• Gu Shengtian, Cong Feng, and Yun Huo fought the Divine Capital army while Qing Shuang guarded the pavilion, and Qing Ling and Consort Luo joined the battle.
• Consort Luo used the Scroll of Moon to restrain the Divine Capital ancestors, allowing the Night Lord to kill two of them, while Qing Ling blocked an attack and was slightly injured.
• General Baichuan ordered a retreat after the remaining ancestors withdrew, and the Night Lord agreed that First Pavilion Under Heaven would take on the Halberd Showdown but reserved judgment on the sword match.

Ning Chen and the underworld kings planned to offset the Primeval Demonic Realm’s greater strength by making the martial contest depend on changing timing and terrain. The Lord of the Divine Realm agreed to negotiate the conditions, gave Ning Chen a divine saber, and asked Venerable Changsheng to locate two missing King Realm experts as the contest approached.

• Peacock told Ning Chen that the woman he awaited had become Tai Shang and could not return, before the Lord of the Divine Realm and Qing Ling returned to the underworld.
• Qing Ling reported that the Night Lord had promised the Human Race victory in the Halberd Showdown, but offered no candidate for the sword contest.
• Ning Chen proposed randomizing the timing and terrain of each contest to reduce the Primeval Demonic Realm’s advantage, and the underworld kings supported the plan.
• Ning Chen and Peacock contacted the Lord of the Divine Realm, who agreed to negotiate with the Primeval Demonic Realm and gave Ning Chen the divine saber Heavenly Song Cold Palace.
• The Lord of the Divine Realm asked Venerable Changsheng to divine the whereabouts of two missing King Realm experts, and Venerable Changsheng reluctantly agreed.
• In Wuchang Hall, Red Luan predicted that the black pieces would win against the white pieces because the Moonlit Tower Master favored black and had never lost.

As humanity and the Primeval Demonic Realm assembled for the King Realm Debate, Hua Zhongdie returned to strengthen the human side, though Venerable Lady remained missing. The first contest was drawn as a halberd duel, and the Night Lord faced Garuda.

• The Ghost King sent Yin Ji to ask Ning Chen whether the Ghost Clan could help, and Ning Chen told her to wait for the coming conflict between the realms.
• After three months of negotiations, the debate arrangements were settled, and the human kings and Ghost King traveled to the battlefield between the Shaking Light and Red Luan Starfields.
• The Three Human Emperors and four demonic sovereigns opened six Minor Worlds as experts from both realms gathered for the contest.
• Hua Zhongdie arrived in humanity's camp and told Ning Chen that Venerable Lady could not return in time; the humans discussed who would fight in the blade, sword, and palm contests.
• Qing Ling and the Dark Moon Witch Queen drew the first contest, which was the halberd duel, and the Night Lord stepped forward to face Garuda.

Night Lord defeated Garuda in the opening bout of the King Realm Debate, giving the human race its first victory. As Night Lord recovered, Qing Ling and the Dark Moon Witch Queen drew the category for the second match: Sword.

• Night Lord and Garuda entered the Wind Realm, where Garuda gained the advantage of the fierce winds but Night Lord’s half-step Imperial Dao cultivation let him suppress his opponent.
• Night Lord struck Garuda with the Sky-Shattering Halberd and sent him crashing through a mountain, but Garuda reversed his meridians and underwent ancestral reversion to continue fighting.
• Night Lord caught Garuda’s halberd, severed both of his wings, and destroyed his martial meridians, ending the bout in victory for the human race.
• Night Lord returned to the human camp, where Ning Chen congratulated him and told him to rest while the remaining battles proceeded.
• Qing Ling and the Dark Moon Witch Queen drew the category for the second match, and the wheel revealed Sword.

Xia Ziyi faced Xuan Qi in the sword contest and struggled against the Primeval Demonic Realm’s foremost swordsman. After drawing on the Nether King’s power, he met Xuan Qi’s ultimate technique with a final sword strike, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Xia Ziyi and Xuan Qi fought evenly in the Flame World, trading sword strikes and demonic flames.
• As their battle wore on, Xia Ziyi’s cultivation began to fail, and he was wounded while Xuan Qi gained the advantage.
• Xia Ziyi manifested the Twelve Wings of Sin and unleashed the Nether King’s power, forcing Xuan Qi to fight with greater caution.
• Xuan Qi unleashed Thousand Demons Boundless, Heart-Burning Soul Devour, which shattered the Flame World and the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Xia Ziyi gathered his remaining power and answered with Demonic Sword, Bury Heaven, opening a great black rift across the starry sky.

Xia Ziyi lost the second debate battle to Xuanqi, leaving the human race and the Demonic Realm tied. The third battle began in the World of Light, where the Moonlit Tower Master gained the advantage over Asura, until Demonic Emperor Kunyi began channeling the power of the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land.

• Xuanqi defeated Xia Ziyi in the final exchange, but Ning Chen stopped him from attacking again, and Consort Luo carried the unconscious Xia Ziyi back to the human camp.
• The human race and the Demonic Realm each claimed one victory, then drew spear as the category for the third battle.
• Asura and the Moonlit Tower Master entered the World of Light, where holy power suppressed Asura's demonic energy and gave the human king an advantage.
• The Moonlit Tower Master pressed his attack, and Asura began bleeding as the kings and emperors watched the fight turn against him.
• Demonic Emperor Kunyi drew boundless demonic energy into his body from the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land.

The Moonlit Tower Master wounded and suppressed Asura in a fierce battle, but the Heavenly Demon Monarch appeared and transformed the World of Light into a Dark World. As demonic energy surged and the Moonlit Tower Master’s cultivation was suppressed, the battle’s advantage abruptly shifted.

• The Moonlit Tower Master used Purifying Brahma Sound to break Asura’s defenses, wound him, and pierce his body with Yellow Springs.
• Asura counterattacked, forcing the Moonlit Tower Master to retreat, and the two resumed their battle as their attacks tore through space-time.
• Human and Demon Realm kings recognized the Moonlit Tower Master’s strength, while Ning Chen told Hua Zhongdie that Xuan Mo would likely be her opponent in the blade contest.
• The Heavenly Demon Monarch appeared unexpectedly, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation transformed the World of Light into a Dark World.
• Demonic energy surged around Asura as the Moonlit Tower Master’s cultivation came under suppression.

Demonic Emperor Kunyi interfered with the spear duel, causing the Moonlit Tower Master to be grievously injured and the humans to concede the round. The fourth battle was drawn as Blade, and Hua Zhongdie faced Xuan Mo in an icy world.

• Demonic Emperor Kunyi altered the battlefield to empower Asura, but the Lord of the Divine Realm allowed the spear duel to continue after Ning Chen agreed.
• Asura and the Moonlit Tower Master struck each other with their final moves, and the battlefield shattered as both fighters were grievously injured.
• Kunyi secretly drew the dark aura into the Moonlit Tower Master, so Ning Chen conceded the round and carried him back to the human camp for Qing Ling to treat.
• Luo Xingchen drew Blade for the fourth battle, and Xuan Mo stepped forward from the demonic realm while Hua Zhongdie volunteered for the humans.
• Hua Zhongdie and Xuan Mo entered an icy battlefield, where she revealed her twin blades, Burying Flowers and Butterfly's Tears.

Hua Zhongdie and Xuan Mo fought the fourth round of the debate between the two realms in a high-stakes blade duel. Xuan Mo unleashed his sealed Heavenly Demon power, but Hua Zhongdie awakened her Underworld King form, and their battle continued with both revealing overwhelming strength.

• Hua Zhongdie and Xuan Mo clashed blades as the kings watched, and Ning Chen explained that Hua Zhongdie's Nine Netherworld Sky-Devouring Demonic Scripture could devour her opponent's true qi.
• Xuan Mo realized Hua Zhongdie was draining his demonic essence, while Xuanqi, Xuanlie, and Asura identified her cultivation art as the forbidden Nine Netherworld Sky-Devouring Demonic Scripture.
• Hua Zhongdie trapped Xuan Mo with her Butterfly Dance, Heavenly Net, but Xuan Mo broke free by unleashing his sealed Heavenly Demon nature and wounded her hand.
• As Xuan Mo pressed his advantage, Hua Zhongdie awakened her demonic nature and transformed into the Underworld King, summoning black butterfly wings and overwhelming Demonic Might.
• Hua Zhongdie charged again, and her blade clash with Xuan Mo split the web between his thumb and forefinger, spraying blood across his army blade.

Hua Zhongdie defeated Xuan Mo in the final blade clash, leaving both realms tied at two victories each. Ning Chen entered the Thunder Realm to fight the deciding palm contest, and after a twelve-hour wait Xuanlie returned to face him.

• Xuan Mo and Hua Zhongdie fought to the limit, and their final techniques shattered both blades; Xuan Mo admitted defeat while Hua Zhongdie remained standing.
• Ning Chen supported the badly injured Hua Zhongdie as the human race and Primeval Demonic Realm were left tied at two victories apiece.
• Ning Chen entered the Thunder Realm as the human contestant for the deciding palm battle, while the demonic kings delayed naming their fighter.
• Xuanlie and the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor left for the Heavenly Demon Ancestral Land, where Demonic Emperor Kunyi prepared to pass his power to Xuanlie.
• After the demonic realm used the full twelve-hour wait, the Seven Luminaries Demonic Emperor and Xuanlie returned, and Xuanlie advanced to fight Ning Chen.

Ning Chen and Xuanlie fought a devastating palm battle in the Thunder Realm, each revealing powerful secret arts and escalating their strength. The Thunder Realm and the Six Paths of Reincarnation were destroyed by their clash, but both combatants emerged alive, wounded and still powerful.

• Xuanlie arrived at the peak with an aura nearing the Imperial Path, alarming the human Kings, while Mu Qianshang urged them to trust Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen and Xuanlie began fighting head-on, trading palm strikes and ultimate techniques as both camps watched in confusion.
• Ning Chen manifested the Qihuang Secret Art’s Eight Dragons Defying the World, while Xuanlie drew upon Chaos Demonic Essence.
• The two unleashed the Heavenly Demon Seven Transformations and clashed with enormous demonic phantoms, wounding one another as the peak collapsed.
• Ning Chen combined the Nine Heavens Star Plucking Hand with the Twelve Forms of Spiritual Insight, and Xuanlie answered with the Sky Devouring Palm.
• Their final collision destroyed the Thunder Realm and swallowed the Six Paths of Reincarnation in its shockwaves; Ning Chen and Xuanlie emerged alive, bloodied and still formidable.

Ning Chen and Xuanlie fought a brutal duel as both their bodies neared their limits. Ning Chen broke through Xuanlie’s defenses with a final palm strike that shattered his qi sea and destroyed his cultivation.

• Ning Chen and Xuanlie continued their exchange of powerful attacks, and Ning Chen’s injuries worsened as Xuanlie pressed his advantage.
• Ning Chen used several Immortal Arts, including Sun and Moon Over Heaven, while Xuanlie countered with Chaos Demonic Thunder.
• As both fighters approached their limits, Xuanlie revealed the Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain secret technique and clashed with Ning Chen’s Sacred Imperial Law.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Reverse Nothingness Form, and Xuanlie used the Mountain formula to block it, but blood burst from Xuanlie’s body.
• Ning Chen seized the opening and struck Xuanlie’s qi sea with the Kirin Ultimate Skill, Scattering Martiality, destroying his cultivation.

Ning Chen and the Underworld won the debate between the realms, securing ten years of peace, before Xuan Jiuyou visited and tested his disciple's strength. As Ning Chen recovered, he sensed A'man calling for help from a forbidden land and rushed to find her.

• Ning Chen used the Heaven Talisman to exploit Xuanlie's sudden weakness and destroy his sea of qi, giving humanity victory and ten years of peace.
• The Underworld Kings returned to the Ten Halls, where Xuan Jiuyou arrived, praised Ning Chen, and gave Yin'er a pure demonic source.
• Xuan Jiuyou helped Ning Chen suppress his injuries and tested his strength, then warned that Demonic Emperor Kunyi remained beyond his ability to face.
• Xuan Jiuyou departed, and Ning Chen returned to Yama King's Hall to heal.
• A'man, trapped in a forbidden land of wind and fire, called for Ning Chen, who sensed her plea and set out immediately.

Ning Chen crossed a dead star and broke into an ancient forbidden land to rescue A'man, battling its defenses as he followed their growing resonance. He learned that A'man was trapped by the land's master, the Ancient God and Devil Xing Jiang, and faced four awakened stone giants as he continued onward.

• Ning Chen searched the dead star for A'man, found a sealed passage beneath its core, and smashed through its stone gate with the Green Cauldron after three hours.
• Ning Chen entered a Minor World, fought through a self-restoring sword formation with Sword Eleven and Sword Twelve, and cut down the illusions and enemies blocking his way.
• Immortal Lord Qingyu spoke to Ning Chen, revealed that A'man was trapped in the forbidden land by its other master, Xing Jiang, and assured him that her life was not in danger.
• Ning Chen continued toward A'man and encountered four earth-and-stone giants that rose from the ground and blocked his path.

Ning Chen crossed the Divine Demon Forbidden Land, survived its deadly trials, and reached the area where A'man was trapped. Xing Jiang, the Minor World's dead master, offered to release A'man only if Ning Chen stayed behind.

• Ning Chen fought four earth-and-stone giants, killed one with his blade and sword, and escaped their encirclement.
• Ning Chen passed through a stone gate into a chaotic world and witnessed a vision of ancient humans and Gods and Devils battling until the humans prevailed at great cost.
• Ning Chen traversed the Nine-Bend Corridor, fell into a blood pool under the Divine Demon Qi's pressure, and climbed back out using his blade and sword.
• Xing Jiang told A'man that he could guide her out only if she persuaded Ning Chen to stay, but A'man refused to leave without him.
• Xing Jiang spoke to Ning Chen, who asked him to release A'man; Xing Jiang agreed on the condition that Ning Chen remain behind.

Ning Chen fought through Xing Jiang’s Minor Chaos World and reached a still-beating God and Devil heart guarded by two Ancient Ferocious Beasts. As he tried to destroy it, Xing Jiang trapped him in the Heaven and Earth Cage and revealed that he wanted Ning Chen’s body, soul, and power as a sacrifice for his resurrection.

• Ning Chen rejected Xing Jiang’s demand to stay, broke through the God and Devil’s attacks, and escaped the Minor Chaos World into the World of Light.
• Ning Chen destroyed Xing Jiang’s manifestation in the World of Light and followed a growing heartbeat to a massive God and Devil heart.
• Two Ancient Ferocious Beasts attacked Ning Chen and tried to protect the heart, but he blasted them aside and prepared to destroy it.
• Xing Jiang appeared and trapped Ning Chen in the Heaven and Earth Cage as he reached the heart.
• Xing Jiang told Ning Chen that he intended to use his body, soul, and power as a sacrifice for his resurrection.