Chapter Summaries

After Purple Lightning sacrificed her life to rekindle A'man's life fire, Ning Chen shielded A'man from heavenly tribulation and brought her to the Water Cloud Imperial Palace, where the Empress stabilized her condition. Three months later, A'man began to stir as Ning Chen cared for her, while the Empress warned that the final calamity might not be over.

• After the Divine Court's destruction, Ning Chen carried the dying Purple Lightning away with Black Fox following behind.
• Purple Lightning released A'man and sacrificed her remaining life to reignite A'man's fire of life, then vanished.
• Ning Chen blocked the heavenly tribulation with Kunwu after A'man's life returned, and Black Fox refused to leave his side.
• At the Water Cloud Imperial Palace, the Empress spent twelve hours stabilizing A'man's life fire and said she would awaken after resting.
• Ning Chen cared for A'man for three months while the Empress noted that the Eastern Divine Realm's skies had not recovered and the final calamity might remain.
• A'man's finger moved twice, and Ning Chen urged her to open her eyes.

After A'man awoke from a century-long sleep, Ning Chen thanked the Water Cloud Empress, who explained how he might restore his sight and warned him about the Heaven of No Desire. She proposed that he learn the powers of the Divine Realm's rulers, and Ning Chen accepted, sending his other bodies to seek them while giving Kunwu to the Empress.

• A'man awoke after more than a hundred years, and Ning Chen helped her up and brought her to thank the Water Cloud Empress.
• The Empress examined A'man, confirmed she was recovering, and offered to help her advance if she became a Heavenly Maiden, but A'man chose to stay with Ning Chen.
• The Empress said Ning Chen's blindness likely came from soul damage and identified Three Souls Grass in the Heaven of No Desire as a possible remedy.
• The Empress warned that the Heaven of No Desire was the strongest of the six remaining heavens and advised Ning Chen to grow stronger before going there.
• The Empress offered to teach Ning Chen a life-preserving ability in exchange for Kunwu and suggested he learn the abilities of her, the Demon Venerable, and the Rising Sun God.
• Ning Chen agreed, sent his Phoenix and Demonic Dual Bodies toward the Buddhist Realm and Southern Frontier, and gave Kunwu to the Empress, who used it to make the Imperial Palace a world unto itself.

Ning Chen asked the Rising Sun God and the Demon Venerable to train his Phoenix Body and Demonic Body, accepting the risk of going to the Heaven of No Desire. Both rulers agreed, and each began pushing one of his bodies to the brink in brutal battles. The chapter left both bodies gravely wounded and being restored by fire essence and demonic qi.

• Ning Chen's Phoenix Body and Demonic Body knelt before the Rising Sun God and the Demon Venerable and asked to go to the Heaven of No Desire, and both rulers agreed to his terms.
• The Rising Sun God took the Phoenix Body to the Fire Domain and attacked him while the Moon God watched and later provided a divine sword.
• The Rising Sun God overwhelmed the Phoenix Body, defeated his Nirvana attack, and left him unconscious before nourishing him with fire essence.
• The Demonic Body fought the Demon Venerable with a demonic sword, but the Demon Venerable repeatedly overpowered him and explained that his weakness was insufficient strength.
• The Demon Venerable shattered the Demonic Body's martial bones with a punch and sent demonic qi into him to restore him.

The Rising Sun God and Demon Lord repeatedly defeated and healed Ning Chen’s Phoenix and Demonic Bodies to force their strength to grow, while the Empress trained Ning Chen in the Ice Heart Art. After testing his progress, the Empress froze him with his own cold cultivation, leaving A'man watching helplessly.

• The Rising Sun God continued to battle and restore the Phoenix Body, which challenged him again after another period of training and showed greater strength.
• The Demon Lord shattered the Demonic Body’s sword and defeated him, then went to the former demon palace to find a more suitable weapon.
• The Empress taught Ning Chen the Ice Heart Art, and Ning Chen began comprehending it in the Water Cloud Secret Realm.
• After three months, Ning Chen fought the Empress with palm and sword techniques, but she overpowered him and struck him down.
• Ning Chen’s cold cultivation foundation began freezing his body, and A'man watched with clenched hands as the Empress left him frozen.

For sixty years, Ning Chen’s three bodies endured life-and-death training under the Water Cloud Empress, the Rising Sun God, and the Demon Lord. After the Phoenix and Demonic Dual Bodies returned and reunited with his main body, a Heaven Realm Tribulation descended over the Water Cloud Secret Realm.

• Ning Chen repeatedly fought the Water Cloud Empress, growing stronger while suffering defeat after defeat.
• The Phoenix Body awakened the Phoenix Undying Body, healed its injuries in battle, and earned the Rising Sun God’s permission to leave training.
• The Demonic Body increased its strength through sixty years of combat, then departed after the Demon Lord ended their training.
• Gods and Devils returned to the Divine Realm and crushed the Hundred Sects’ attack on the divine palace and Buddha Mountain.
• The Water Cloud Empress tested Ning Chen’s progress, shattered his sword, and finally allowed him to leave seclusion.
• The Phoenix and Demonic Dual Bodies reunited with Ning Chen, and their fusion triggered a Heaven Realm Tribulation.

Ning Chen faced an unprecedented nine-stage heavenly tribulation, enduring its escalating lightning with his sword, Phoenix Undying Body, and Undying Demonic Body. He survived the final strike, but as he emerged from the crater, the Emperor's Sword Master's sword intent reappeared above the Nine Heavens.

• Ning Chen's three bodies gathered, and the Water Cloud Empress took them from the Water Cloud Secret Realm as his suppressed realm triggered a heavenly tribulation.
• Ning Chen endured the first two tribulations and split the third with his sword while the Water Cloud Empress shielded those nearby from the shockwaves.
• After five tribulations, Ning Chen was wounded by the sixth and seventh, then suffered devastating internal damage from the invisible Formless Lightning Tribulation.
• Ning Chen met the final black-red lightning with the Heaven and Earth Sacred Sword, but the sword shattered and the lightning drove him deep into the earth.
• Ning Chen emerged alive from the crater, and the Moon God and Rising Sun God realized he had survived the tribulation.
• Tens of thousands of golden sword lights appeared above the Nine Heavens as the Emperor's Sword Master's sword intent returned at the moment Zhì Mìng attained the Dao.

Ning Chen endured the sword and strength tribulations, destroying the Emperor's Sword and the Heavenly Dao's giant palm to establish new paths. He then survived a third tribulation of speed, leaving him exhausted after becoming the first Three Realm Heavenly Venerate in the Divine Realm.

• Ning Chen defeated the Emperor's Sword with Nirvana, shattered the divine sword, and established his sword path as the new sword path of heaven and earth.
• A giant hand descended after Ning Chen's sword tribulation, and he resisted it with his demonic strength while the Empress stopped A'man from intervening.
• Ning Chen lifted and shattered the Heavenly Dao's palm with a tenfold-strengthened fist, establishing the Dao of strength.
• A third tribulation engulfed Ning Chen in a ten-thousand-mile gale of blades, and he used his phoenix wings and speed to escape it.
• Ning Chen destroyed the gale with Sword Art, Supreme One, while the Empress steadied the trembling northern region.
• Ning Chen descended with Absolute Immortal planted in the earth, exhausted and badly wounded after enduring all three tribulations.

After becoming the Divine Realm’s first Three Realm Heavenly Venerate, Ning Chen tested his new power against the Water Cloud Empress and learned about the realms of the Heavenly Dao. A ruler from the Upper Heaven Realm summoned him, and he ascended the Divine Rainbow of Guidance despite the Empress’s warning that he might never return.

• Ning Chen recovered from his tribulation injuries and spent a day mastering the fusion of his three powers.
• Ning Chen fought the Water Cloud Empress, displaying his transformed strength and Sword of Nirvana before they ended the test.
• The Water Cloud Empress explained that Ning Chen had entered the Path-Hearing Realm, while she and the other Divine Realm rulers stood at the peak of the Path-Understanding Realm.
• A Divine Rainbow of Guidance descended from the Upper Heaven Realm, and the Empress warned Ning Chen that accepting its call could prevent him from ever returning.
• Ning Chen stepped onto the rainbow as A'man watched, and the Empress explained that the Upper Heaven Realm offered refuge from the Great Tribulation but came at a great cost.

After becoming a Three Realm Heavenly Venerate, Ning Chen refused Emperor Zhenji’s offer to take him to the Upper Heaven Realm, choosing instead to honor his limited lifespan and return for A'man. He gathered the Hundred Great Sinners and three thousand kings, then led his army through the Heavenly Realms toward the Heaven of No Desire.

• Emperor Zhenji offered to take Ning Chen to the Upper Heaven Realm as his disciple, but Ning Chen refused because he had only a thousand years left before he had to return.
• Emperor Zhenji gave Ning Chen the Zhenji Dragon-patterned Token as a registered disciple before returning to the Upper Heaven Realm.
• Ning Chen took A'man and spent nine months gathering the Hundred Great Sinners and three thousand Strongest Kings in the Southern Border.
• Ning Chen led the army into Lihe Heaven, opened its realm barrier with his sword, and continued onward without stopping.
• Ning Chen guided the army through the Heavenly Realms, escorted Azure Universe Heavenly Venerate to Boundless Heaven, and then continued toward the next realm.
• Three Dragon Corpses pulled an Immortal Palanquin out of the Divine Realm after Ning Chen departed.

Ning Chen led the Divine Realm Army into Grand Purity Heaven, where the Reincarnation Ancestor attacked him and revealed the forbidden lands’ practice of feeding on people. Ning Chen overwhelmed the ancestor, destroyed the Reincarnation Mirror, and punched through his chest, while the other Forbidden Land Lords watched.

• Ning Chen used all three immortal swords to cut through the chaotic barrier and led the Divine Realm Army into Grand Purity Heaven.
• The Reincarnation Ancestor attacked Ning Chen, and Ning Chen blocked his strikes and warned him not to covet his life flame.
• A woman cried for help before the Reincarnation Ancestor’s forbidden land devoured her life force, revealing how its old monsters fed on people.
• Ning Chen charged the Reincarnation Ancestor, punched him into a mountain, and battered him with blows that shattered his bones.
• The Reincarnation Ancestor summoned the Reincarnation Mirror, but Ning Chen destroyed it with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Ning Chen punched through the Reincarnation Ancestor’s chest as the other Forbidden Land Lords watched.

Ning Chen promised Grand Purity Heaven’s people he would destroy the man-eating Forbidden Lands, then fought his way through them and razed nine. He arrived at the final forbidden land, Grand Purity Heaven, where its ancient lord’s immense aura revealed an opponent beyond the Path-Understanding Realm.

• Ning Chen slew the Reincarnation Ancestor, destroyed the Reincarnation Forbidden Land, and promised Grand Purity Heaven’s people he would eliminate the remaining Forbidden Land Lords.
• Ning Chen defeated the Abyss Lord and the Golden Saint Ancestor, destroyed their forbidden lands, and went on to kill a fourth lord after another battle.
• Ning Chen destroyed the Flowing Light Forbidden Land, but its lord escaped; he then razed the sixth forbidden land and defeated the Grand Abyss Lord in a sword fight, claiming the Grand Abyss Divine Sword.
• Ning Chen fought two allied lords in Green Rock Forbidden Land, killed the Lord of Green Rock after the other lord fled, and found the next forbidden land deserted.
• Ning Chen reached Grand Purity Heaven, the final forbidden land, and sensed the overwhelming presence of its ancient lord.

Ning Chen fought his way into the Grand Purity Forbidden Land, killed the Lord of Flowing Light and Old Ancestor Ye Hui, and faced the newly awakened Grand Purity Master. After a devastating battle, the Grand Purity Master died as his power failed, leaving all ten forbidden lands destroyed and Grand Purity Heaven free of their rule.

• Ning Chen overwhelmed the Lord of Flowing Light and Old Ancestor Ye Hui, then killed them both as the Grand Purity Master awakened.
• The Grand Purity Master emerged with the Grand Purity Divine Halberd and began a fierce battle against Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen broke the divine halberd and discovered that the Grand Purity Master possessed the body of an Ancient God and Devil.
• Ning Chen and the Grand Purity Master continued their battle barehanded, suffering devastating injuries until Ning Chen gained the advantage in the Divine Domain.
• Ning Chen and the Grand Purity Master exchanged final blows, then spoke respectfully before Ning Chen departed and the Grand Purity Master disintegrated.
• Living beings across Grand Purity Heaven celebrated the destruction of all ten forbidden lands, and their faith gathered around Ning Chen.

After failing to attain full godhood, Ning Chen entered the Heaven of No Desire with A'man and his army, seeking to reclaim Xin Yu’s soul and expand his strength. He conquered much of the Southeast Territory, but Qingtian, Heaven Mending Pavilion’s First Divine General, arrived to confront him.

• Grand Purity Heaven’s power of faith revived Ning Chen’s Immortal Divine Tree source and healed him, but the flaw in his eyes stopped his ascent just short of godhood.
• Ning Chen led A'man, the Hundred Great Sinners, and the Divine Realm Army into the Heaven of No Desire, where he killed five Heavenly Venerates who refused to submit.
• Ning Chen’s forces conquered the Dark Moon Dynasty, and he pushed the Hundred Great Sinners through a brutal battle to temper them.
• Over the next year, Ning Chen’s army expanded across the Southeast Territory, Yu Lian broke through into the Path-Hearing Realm, and Heaven Mending Pavilion sent Qingtian to quell the rebellion.
• After Ning Chen’s army destroyed a divine mountain and departed, Qingtian descended into the territory with overwhelming divine might.

Ning Chen expanded his campaign across the Southeast Territory while searching for the legendary Three Souls Grass and building the Ning Clan army. As he marched against Nine Heavens, Qingtian admitted to the Heaven Mending Pavilion that he had not attacked Ning Chen because he could not be sure of victory.

• Ning Chen led repeated campaigns, suffered heavy losses, and ordered Yu Lian to recruit replacements while continuing to search for the Three Souls Grass.
• After conquering a million li over several years, Ning Chen established the Ning Clan army’s reputation, and A'man entered the Heaven Realm.
• Ning Chen ordered the army to march against Nine Heavens, the strongest power in the Southeast Territory besides the Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• Qingtian appeared before the Heaven Mending Pavilion and confessed that he had not completed his mission because he lacked confidence in defeating Ning Chen.
• Qingtian told the Heaven Mending Pavilion Master that Nine Heavens would become scorched earth within a hundred days.

Ning Chen defeated Nine Heavens’ forces and brought his army to the immortal mountain, where he proposed an alliance to conquer the Southeast Territory. After the Nine Heavens Immortal Lord revealed that he knew where Three Souls Grass was, Ning Chen attacked him, and four Nine Heavens Protectors intervened.

• Ning Chen led his army into battle against Nine Heavens, defeated its four Path-Understanding Realm experts, and routed its forces.
• Ning Chen rested with A'man before leading his army to Nine Heavens Immortal Mountain, where he met the Nine Heavens Immortal Lord alone.
• Ning Chen proposed that Nine Heavens join forces with him to conquer the Southeast Territory and plant Ning Clan Battle Flags across it.
• Ning Chen asked the Nine Heavens Immortal Lord where to find Three Souls Grass, then attacked when the Immortal Lord admitted he knew its whereabouts.
• Ning Chen struck the Nine Heavens Immortal Lord twice, but four Nine Heavens Protectors arrived and blocked his next attack.

Ning Chen gave Nine Heavens Immortal Mountain ten days to surrender, then led the Ning Clan army in an assault and defeated its strongest fighters. Nine Heavens submitted, while the Heaven Mending Pavilion ordered Qing Cang and Baili to capture Ning Chen, setting up a wider conflict.

• Ning Chen gave the Nine Heavens Immortal Lord ten days to accept his proposal and ordered his seven Heavenly Venerates to attack if Nine Heavens refused.
• After Nine Heavens failed to respond, Ning Chen shattered the mountain's formation and cut down its First Peak, then fought the Nine Heavens Immortal Lord and four Protectors.
• Ning Chen broke the Protectors' divine weapons and overwhelmed all five defenders as Yu Lian and the Ning Clan army advanced across the mountain.
• The Heaven Mending Pavilion Master judged Ning Chen's strength close to the Path-Annihilating Realm and ordered Qing Cang and Baili to bring him back within one hundred days.
• Ning Chen defeated the five defenders with Nirvana, and the Nine Heavens Immortal Lord and Protectors knelt and submitted.
• Ning Chen declared that he would unite Heaven of No Desire within nine hundred years and spread the Ning Clan Battle Flags across the land.

After defeating Nine Heavens, Ning Chen sent his army to conquer the Southeast Territory’s Immortal Mountain Sects in search of the Three Souls Grass, which could help rescue Xin Yu’s soul. When the Heaven Mending Pavilion confronted him after he massacred the allied forces, Ning Chen defeated its giants Qing Cang and Baili.

• Ning Chen placed restrictions on the Nine Heavens Immortal Lord and the four guardians, then learned that the Heaven Mending Pavilion possessed the Three Souls Grass.
• Ning Chen ordered the Nine Heavens Immortal Lord to lead an army north and recruit Heavenly Venerables, but the Immortal Mountain Sects formed an alliance and war broke out.
• After a hundred days of fighting, Ning Chen attacked the alliance’s headquarters and killed thirteen Heavenly Venerables.
• Qing Cang and Baili of the Heaven Mending Pavilion confronted Ning Chen, and he wounded Qing Cang with a sword strike.
• Ning Chen used the Scroll of Earth to trap the two giants, then seized Baili and slammed him into the ground.

Ning Chen killed Lotus Heavenly Venerate after intercepting her on the way to request reinforcements, but she sacrificed her life in a final attack that brought down Heaven-Reaching Peak. The next day, as the Heaven Mending Army prepared to counterattack Ning Chen’s assembled forces, he returned unharmed.

• Ning Chen intercepted Lotus Heavenly Venerate and fought her after she temporarily entered the Path-Annihilating Realm by burning her blood essence.
• Ning Chen broke through Lotus Heavenly Venerate’s defenses with the Nine Nether Battle Art, but she burned her life origin and seized him, crashing them into Heaven-Reaching Peak.
• The impact destroyed Heaven-Reaching Peak, and Lotus Heavenly Venerate died in battle; Yu Lian worried while A'man insisted Ning Chen would survive.
• The Cloud Firmament Immortal Lord joined Ning Chen’s army, and Qingtian and Jiu Tu ordered the Heaven Mending Army to counterattack while Ning Chen was absent.
• Ning Chen returned from the void before the Heaven Mending Army could attack, and A'man smiled when she saw him.

Ning Chen led his armies against the Heaven Mending Pavilion at Tianzhang Plains, killing Jiu Tu and defeating Qingtian after discovering the Ancient Evil God possessing him. He trapped the fleeing evil aura in the Green Cauldron and buried Qingtian, while his forces nearly annihilated the opposing army.

• Ning Chen joined the eastern and northern expedition armies and led two hundred thousand soldiers into battle against the Heaven Mending Army.
• Ning Chen defeated Jiu Tu in their fight, and Jiu Tu died from his wounds.
• Qingtian transformed into the Ancient Evil God, and Ning Chen severed his head, but the evil god possessed his body and revived the fight.
• Ning Chen battled the undying evil god through day and night as his forces nearly destroyed the Heaven Mending Pavilion's army.
• Ning Chen burned away the evil god's arms, severed its body, trapped its escaping aura in the Green Cauldron, and buried Qingtian.

After the Heaven Mending Pavilion sent its Night Leaders to kill Ning Chen, he escaped their ambush with A'man and realized he could use himself as bait to trap them. The Pavilion sought the Primordial Filth from Venerable Xuan to counter Ning Chen's power of fortune.

• After the Heaven Mending Army suffered a crushing defeat, the Heaven Mending Pavilion Master ordered the Night Leaders and Divine Leader to attack Ning Chen's forces.
• Ning Chen took A'man to Twin Peaks while the two armies prepared to face each other, and the Night Leaders ambushed them as they descended.
• Ning Chen fought off the Twelve Concubines of Night Leader with Dragon Qi, escaped with A'man, and warned Yu Lian's troops about their strange movement arts.
• The Night Leaders reported that they had failed to kill Ning Chen because his fortune protected him, and Divine Leader considered seeking outside help.
• Ning Chen realized the Night Leaders had made him their target and could be lured into a trap, while a Night Leader asked Venerable Xuan for the Primordial Filth.