Chapter Summaries

After waiting a thousand years on Purple Star Divine Peak, Ning Chen fulfilled his promise to protect the human world and left the Divine Realm in search of the reincarnated woman he loved. The Buddha directed him to Forgotten River at the northern edge of All Heavens, and Ning Chen set out despite knowing she might not recognize him.

• Aizen Myōō attained the Imperial Dao, becoming the first of the Underworld Kings to do so.
• Ancient Sun Venerable survived ten years of tribulation and attained the Imperial Dao, then returned to the Divine Realm.
• Qing Ling and Ruoxi left the Divine Realm after Qing Ling said she wanted to travel, while Ning Chen continued waiting for the thousand-year deadline.
• Ning Chen ended his vigil, entrusted the human world to Ancient Sun Venerable, and left the Divine Realm after fulfilling his promise.
• At the Buddhist Kingdom, Ning Chen asked the Buddha for guidance and learned that he might find the reincarnated woman at Forgotten River.
• Ning Chen accepted that searching might only bring a brief encounter and departed for Forgotten River.

Ning Chen searched the True Martial Star for Xin Yu and followed the Ninth Princess to the True Martial Imperial City, where the High Priest invited him to a banquet. As the Ninth Princess entered the hall, Ning Chen waited among the guests, still hoping for news of his old friend.

• Ning Chen searched the Pingtian Sect and then spent over half a year visiting sects, cities, and villages across the True Martial Star, but he did not find Xin Yu.
• Ning Chen saw the Ninth Princess ride through an ancient city and followed her toward the True Martial Imperial City after realizing she was not Xin Yu.
• Ning Chen searched the imperial city through the night, and the High Priest confronted him before inviting him to the banquet welcoming the Ninth Princess.
• Ning Chen accepted a golden token from the High Priest and attended the banquet, where the High Priest personally welcomed him before the guests.
• The True Martial Emperor ordered the Ninth Princess summoned, and she entered the hall in splendid formal attire.

At a banquet in the True Martial Dynasty, Ning Chen accepted Ninth Princess Chen Hongmian as a registered disciple and revealed his overwhelming sword skill while teaching her. He then set off for Jixia Academy to meet its Old Master, who sensed that the Purple Star Realm Lord was finally coming.

• The True Martial High Priest asked Ning Chen to accept Chen Hongmian as a registered disciple, and Ning Chen agreed after learning that the Old Master of Jixia Academy had warned of a coming upheaval.
• The True Martial High Priest told the True Martial Emperor that Ning Chen was at least an Imperial Dao Supreme Being, and the emperor announced Chen Hongmian's apprenticeship at the banquet.
• After the banquet, Fairy Qing refused Ning Chen's request to meet the Old Master, so Ning Chen took Chen Hongmian north to the Great River and asked whether she wanted to learn palm, saber, or sword.
• Chen Hongmian chose the sword, and Ning Chen split the Great River with a single strike before asking the True Martial High Priest to protect her and Fairy Qing to take him to Jixia Academy.
• At Jixia Academy, the Old Master looked into the distance and sensed that the Purple Star Realm Lord, the world's number one martial artist, was finally coming.

Ning Chen learned that a God or Devil had appeared in the Oblivion River Starfield far earlier than expected, then left the True Martial Great Star to search for Xin Yu’s reincarnation. As he traveled toward Oblivion River, a God or Devil descended on another Great Life Star and slaughtered its people.

• Ning Chen visited Jixia Academy, where Old Master Jiang recognized him as the former Co-lord of the Human Realm and privately told him that a God or Devil had appeared near the Oblivion River Starfield nine hundred years earlier.
• Ning Chen showed Old Master a portrait of a woman, but Old Master had never seen her, and Ning Chen said he would stay three days to guide his nominal disciple, Chen Hongmian.
• Ning Chen went to the Great River and waited while Chen Hongmian comprehended his sword strike; on the third day, she split the river with her sword, but Ning Chen had already departed.
• The True Martial High Priest told Ning Chen that the Oblivion River Starfield held only three Great Life Stars, so Ning Chen set out for the central Oblivion River Star to search for Xin Yu’s reincarnation.
• A hundred-thousand-zhang God or Devil appeared above a remote Great Life Star and killed millions upon millions of people by draining their life essence.

Ning Chen searched Oblivion Continent for a familiar woman and found her living as Little He, caring for her ailing father. After a young man’s attendants seized her and burned down her home, Ning Chen appeared and told her, “No more crying.”

• Ning Chen searched across Oblivion Continent for the woman he had sought for a thousand years.
• Little He bought medicine for her sick father and refused to marry Scholar Wang.
• Little He’s father learned Scholar Wang was a disreputable man, and they rejected the match.
• A young man ordered his attendants to seize Little He and burn down her courtyard, trapping her father inside.
• Ning Chen arrived in the rain, brushed Little He’s tears away, and told her, “No more crying.”

Ning Chen rescued Xia He from the burning courtyard, killed her attackers, and took her to an inn while she grieved the loss of her family. When soldiers surrounded the inn to arrest them, Ning Chen fled with Xia He, who began to trust him as they escaped together.

• Ning Chen killed the young man and five servants who had attacked Xia He, then waited as she said goodbye to her ruined home.
• Ning Chen and Xia He went to an inn, where he revealed that he had known her a thousand years earlier and comforted her as she mourned.
• The city’s soldiers sealed off the streets, and an official promised the influential elder that they would capture the courtyard’s killer.
• Ning Chen and Xia He ate breakfast together, and Ning Chen promised to protect her and let her travel wherever she wished.
• Soldiers surrounded the inn and ordered Ning Chen and Xia He arrested, so Ning Chen led her through the back door and fought past the guards.
• Hundreds of soldiers pursued Ning Chen and Xia He through the city, while Xia He’s fear eased as she held on to him.

Ning Chen escaped the ancient city with Xia He, protected her through a night in the wilderness, and brought her to Cloud City. When the Cloud City Lord considered acting against them, Ning Chen appeared and forced the officials to leave them alone, while Xia He went to knock on his door.

• Ning Chen fought through the soldiers pursuing him and Xia He, escaped the ancient city on horseback, and left the city lord ordering a wanted notice.
• Ning Chen and Xia He rested in the wilderness, where he fed her and kept watch as she slept.
• A group of black-clad men attacked Ning Chen by the campfire, and he killed them all before returning to guard Xia He.
• After traveling for a day and a night, Ning Chen brought Xia He to Cloud City and settled with her at the Good Fortune Inn.
• The Cloud City Lord and his adviser debated whether to capture the pair, but Ning Chen appeared in their mansion and persuaded them to stay out of the matter.
• Xia He finished bathing, went to Ning Chen's room, and knocked on his door.

Ning Chen and Xia He traveled to Great Kang Imperial City, where the Great Kang Emperor ordered Listening Wind to watch them. After they settled in, black-clad attackers arrived at their inn, and Ning Chen responded by changing the space around them.

• Ning Chen reassured Xia He about their wanted notices, and they stayed inside Good Fortune Inn for five days until the authorities lost interest.
• Ning Chen and Xia He left Cloud City, then traveled across Great Kang for nearly a year while Ning Chen secretly dealt with assassins.
• Xia He asked to visit Great Kang Imperial City, and Ning Chen agreed to take her there.
• The Great Kang Emperor learned of their arrival and ordered Listening Wind to keep watch and prevent harm to the city’s common people.
• Ning Chen bought Xia He a box of face powder, and the two spent the day exploring the imperial city before lodging at an inn.
• More than ten black-clad figures entered the inn, and Ning Chen altered the space around them.

Ning Chen brought Xia He to see the Great Kang Imperial Palace, then agreed to the Great Kang Emperor’s request to end the long war between Great Kang and Great Yan. He opened a vast rift across their border, allowing the ocean to rush in as the chapter ended.

• Ning Chen killed the assassins sent after him, while Listening Wind Enshrinement realized they had underestimated his strength.
• Elder Li enlisted Bodhisattva Zhe Yan of Bodhi Valley to help eliminate Ning Chen, and the Great Kang Emperor ordered his shadow guard to keep watching them.
• Ning Chen invited Xia He to see the imperial palace, and Bodhisattva Zhe Yan watched them from the inn while plotting against him.
• Ning Chen entered the Sacred Hall and asked the Great Kang Emperor to let Xia He visit the palace in exchange for any condition.
• The Great Kang Emperor asked Ning Chen to end the wars between Great Kang and Great Yan, and Ning Chen split open their border with his divine sword, drawing the ocean into the rift.

Ning Chen earned the Great Kang Emperor’s Dragon-patterned Golden Token after splitting the border between the dynasties with one sword, then toured the palace with Xia He. As Ning Chen carried Xia He out and promised to carry her for life, Bodhisattva Zhe Yan attacked them and lost an arm to his sword.

• Ning Chen split open the border between the two dynasties with a single sword strike, and the Great Kang Emperor gave him a Dragon-patterned Golden Token.
• Ning Chen entered the palace with Xia He while the Great Kang Emperor and seven Imperial Enshriners discussed his overwhelming strength.
• Ning Chen asked Xia He to learn martial arts, but she refused, so he accepted her choice and carried her through the palace.
• Ning Chen asked Xia He if he could carry her for the rest of their lives, and she tearfully agreed.
• Bodhisattva Zhe Yan attacked Ning Chen and Xia He outside the palace, but Ning Chen’s sword cut off her arm.

Ning Chen discovered that everyone had lost one soul and blamed the Oblivion River Lord, then stormed the Oblivion River Heavenly Realm. He summoned swords from across the human realm and began destroying the heavenly domain as the kings recognized him as the Marquis of Knowing Fate.

• Ning Chen carried the sleeping Xia He through Li Manor’s ambush and killed the hundreds of dead soldiers without waking her.
• On a bridge, Xia He collapsed, and Ning Chen discovered that she and everyone else had lost one soul.
• Ning Chen sensed an Imperial Dao presence and flew with Xia He to the Oblivion River Heavenly Realm to demand the stolen souls from the Oblivion River Lord.
• When the Oblivion River Lord denied knowing anything, Ning Chen summoned swords from across the human realm and unleashed them against the Heavenly Realm.
• The kings recognized Ning Chen as the Co-lord of the Human Realm, the Marquis of Knowing Fate of Great Xia.

Ning Chen overwhelmed the Oblivion River Lord and the Fourth Realm experts of the Oblivion River Heavenly Realm, then captured the Lord’s soul to search for the missing souls. At the chapter’s end, a pair of cold eyes opened at the edge of the Oblivion River Starfield.

• Ning Chen defeated the Oblivion River Lord in their first clash and identified himself through his unmatched swordsmanship.
• Ning Chen unleashed a rain of swords that killed the attacking Fourth Realm experts and gathered their blood into an island.
• The Oblivion River Lord used the power of Gods and Devils, but Ning Chen countered it with a divine prohibition and wounded him severely.
• The Oblivion River Lord fled to the Extreme North, where Ning Chen caught him and demanded to know where the missing souls were.
• Ning Chen killed the Oblivion River Lord’s body and trapped his escaping divine soul in a cage of time and space.
• A pair of cold eyes opened at the edge of the Oblivion River Starfield as the Oblivion River Lord perished.

Ning Chen tortured the Oblivion River Lord to learn where the stolen souls were, but an ancient God or Devil killed the Lord before he could reveal the answer. Ning Chen then fought the intruder among the stars, ending the chapter as he vanished after forcing the God or Devil back with his strongest sword technique.

• Ning Chen tormented the Oblivion River Lord in heavenly flames for ten days until the Lord agreed to reveal where the souls were.
• An enormous ancient God or Devil descended upon the Great Oblivion River Star and destroyed the Oblivion River Lord's soul before he could finish speaking.
• Ning Chen attacked the God or Devil and recognized that its black currents were the source of the Oblivion River Lord's power.
• Ning Chen used Nirvana to wound the God or Devil, who then shrank to human size and struck Ning Chen across the stars.
• Ning Chen drew the Demonic Sword alongside the Human Sword and unleashed Emperor's Sword, Heavenly Punishment, forcing the God or Devil back ten steps.
• Ning Chen vanished into the surging force after the clash, while the God or Devil remained standing among the stars.

Zhimen and the ancient Gods and Devils fought for days across the Oblivion River Starfield, with Zhimen wounding the god and learning that it had taken the souls of mortals on the Great Oblivion River Star. As the god unleashed a Forbidden Art and the starfield began to collapse, Zhimen summoned the Four Immortal Slaying Swords to decide the battle.

• Zhimen and the ancient Gods and Devils traded thousands of attacks, and their clashing domains shattered stars across the Oblivion River Starfield.
• After days of battle, the ancient Gods and Devils asked Zhimen's name, and Zhimen continued attacking without giving it an opening.
• Zhimen wounded the ancient Gods and Devils with both swords and learned that the god held the souls lost on the Great Oblivion River Star.
• Zhimen used the Eight Dragons and the Heavenly Tome of Creation to unleash the Scroll of Heaven, but the ancient Gods and Devils survived the assault.
• The ancient Gods and Devils invoked a Forbidden Art, causing the Oblivion River Starfield to collapse, and Zhimen summoned the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.

Ning Chen defeated the Gods and Devils, learned that Xin Yu’s soul was in Heaven of No Desire, and prepared to enter the Divine Realm. After bidding farewell to the Human Realm and clashing one final time with Xuan Luo, he crossed dimensions, where he fought time-space beasts and plunged into turbulent currents toward the Divine Realm.

• Ning Chen used the Four Immortal Slaying Swords to defeat the Gods and Devils, who revealed that the souls were in the Divine Realm’s Heaven of No Desire before their body vanished.
• Ning Chen reunited with his Phoenix Body at the Moon Worshipper Ancient Land and learned from the Moon God that crossing to the Divine Realm would take about three days and required careful preparation.
• Ning Chen devoured the Black Phoenix’s origin to restore his strength, then returned ten days later to begin his ascent with the Moon God’s guidance.
• Ning Chen departed the Human Realm amid farewells, fought Xuan Luo with the gathered sword light of the Human Realm, and promised to await him in the Divine Realm.
• Ning Chen battled thousands of time-space beasts during his dimensional journey and entered turbulent currents after his remaining dragons were destroyed.
• The Moon God sensed Ning Chen’s perilous passage, then heard a cold voice ask whether she was waiting for someone.

Ning Chen fought through dimensional turbulence toward the God Realm, surviving Azure Malice Lunar Thunder with the power of his hidden Chaos Demon Body. A Mirror Heart Demon then blocked his path and exploited his memories, leaving him to strike his own head to weaken it.

• The Moon God and Rising Sun God discussed Ning Chen's coming arrival in the God Realm as he crossed dimensional space toward them.
• Xuan Luo launched a new demonic calamity in the Myriad Phenomena Star Domain, and Xia Ziyi, Consort Luo, Luo Xingchen, and the Underworld Yama moved to confront him.
• Ning Chen's phoenix power ran out near the God Realm, but he revealed his Chaos Demon Body and used his demonic sword to break through the Azure Malice Lunar Thunder.
• A Mirror Heart Demon appeared, copied Ning Chen's techniques, and wounded him by exploiting the memories of Hua Zhongdie, Mu Chengxue, and Ghost Maiden.
• Ning Chen struck his own crown to damage his memories, causing the Mirror Heart Demon to cry out in agony as his eyes turned scarlet.

After Ning Chen lost his memories and became a demon, the Rising Sun God imprisoned him in Heavenly Fire Purgatory for ten days. As the tenth day ended, the prison’s flames erupted into the form of a colossal Fire Phoenix, leaving Ning Chen’s fate unresolved.

• Ning Chen destroyed his memories to defeat the Mirror Heart Demon, reached the Divine Realm, and attacked the Moon God before the Rising Sun God defeated him and ordered him imprisoned.
• The Moon God tried to protect Ning Chen, while the Western Buddha sent a Nine Revolutions Heaven-Returning Pill to be given to him if he survived eight days.
• The Rising Sun God intensified the heavenly flames, and Ning Chen endured until his life force vanished near the end of the fifth day.
• A demon attacked a child who had awakened Solar True Fire during Heavenly Revelation, but the Rising Sun God drove the Demonic Emissary away and invited the child Yan'er to join the Divine Palace in ten years.
• On the tenth day, the Rising Sun God lifted the seal on Heavenly Fire Purgatory as a colossal Fire Phoenix formed above it.

Ning Chen survived Heavenly Fire Purgatory through Phoenix Nirvana and learned that Heaven of No Desire, one of the Nine Heavens, had taken Xin Yu’s soul. The Moon God arranged for the Rising Sun God to guide Ning Chen through Heavenly Revelation in hopes of restoring his ruined foundation, and the attempt began beneath an overwhelming divine pressure.

• Ning Chen emerged from the flames reborn through his Phoenix Body, with his cultivation approaching the Emperor Realm.
• The Rising Sun God told the Moon God that a demon had appeared in the God Realm, while the Demonic Emissary and the Golden-winged Great Peng Venerable separately watched the Divine Palace; the Great Peng swallowed the Nine Revolutions Heaven-Returning Pill before fleeing.
• Ning Chen told the Moon God that Heaven of No Desire had taken Xin Yu’s soul, and she revealed that it was one of the Nine Heavens.
• The Moon God offered Ning Chen a chance to restore his foundation through Heavenly Revelation and persuaded the Rising Sun God to help him.
• The Rising Sun God began Ning Chen’s Heavenly Revelation, enveloping him in a pressure powerful enough to suppress the heavens.

Ning Chen succeeded in his Heavenly Revelation at the Rising Sun Divine Palace, awakened a chilling power, and left to travel the Divine Realm and restore his cultivation. As he rapidly advanced back to the King Realm, a hidden watcher with demonic energy continued to follow him.

• The Rising Sun God used Sun God Fire to perform a Heavenly Revelation for Ning Chen, and after the deadline seemed to pass, Ning Chen awakened a power that unleashed overwhelming cold and wind-driven snow.
• The Moon God congratulated Ning Chen, discussed his plans to recover Xin Yu's soul and repair his demon body, and gave him a map of the Divine Realm before he departed.
• The Moon God explained Spirit Transformation and advised Ning Chen to return for the divine-power baptism after reaching the peak of the Imperial Dao; Ning Chen set out to restore his cultivation and pursue the Emperor Realm.
• The Western Buddha learned that the Golden-winged Great Peng Venerable had delivered the pill and said that someone from the east would eventually come seeking the karma connected to it.
• Ning Chen rapidly restored his cultivation while traveling through the Divine Realm, survived the tribulation to enter the Fourth Realm, then returned to the King Realm after a second tribulation.
• A hidden presence surrounded by demonic energy watched Ning Chen from a distance, waiting for a chance to act without attracting the Rising Sun God's attention.

Ning Chen traveled north toward Myriad Sword Mountain while an alluring woman from the Water Cloud Clan followed him and destroyed the Red Flame Tribe. After Chi Yun reported the massacre, the Rising Sun God and Moon God suspected the woman’s actions might involve Ning Chen, and the Rising Sun God prepared to confront the Water Cloud Empress.

• Ning Chen passed through the Red Flame Tribe and told its patriarch that he was walking to Myriad Sword Mountain to cultivate along the way.
• After Ning Chen left, a woman identifying herself as belonging to the Water Cloud Clan froze the entire Red Flame Tribe and pursued him.
• Chi Yun survived the massacre and went to the Rising Sun Divine Palace to ask the Rising Sun God to seek justice for his tribe.
• The Moon God recognized Ning Chen in Chi Yun’s account as her High Priest, but said he could not have known the Water Cloud Clan before ascending.
• The Rising Sun God decided to meet the Water Cloud Empress while Ning Chen continued toward Myriad Sword Mountain, unaware that the woman was following him.