Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen fought Death God Mingyuan as the Immortal Realm’s light returned, while the Human Realm’s warriors repaired a rupture in the sky. When Mingyuan’s seven Martial Venerates joined the battle, Ning Chen summoned three Immortal Slaying Swords and forced the darkness to retreat, but the true Lord of Darkness remained hidden.

• Ning Chen used the Immortal Realm’s light to resist Mingyuan, and their battle shook the Human Realm.
• Changling Venerable Lady, Hua Zhongdie, and Luo Xingchen joined forces to mend the Heavenly Curtain.
• Mingyuan summoned seven Martial Venerates, including the Water Cloud Empress, who helped overwhelm Ning Chen; A'man entered the battle to protect him.
• Ning Chen wielded the Immortal Slaying Sword, Immortal Trapping Sword, and Immortal Severing Sword, wounding Mingyuan and driving the dark forces away.
• Ning Chen returned from the battle exhausted and feared the still-absent Lord of Darkness, while a vast pressure in the Underworld Prison turned three Martial Venerates to ash.

Mingyuan freed the Dark Desolate Beast Devouring Heaven, which began consuming the Mortal Realm and threatening all Three Realms. As Ning Chen searched the ancient past for the lost Immortal Slaying Sword Array, Aizen Myōō raised a barrier to defend the Luojia Starfield.

• The Lord of Darkness gave Mingyuan one final chance to retrieve the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, and Mingyuan released Devouring Heaven from its seals in the Dark Abyss.
• Devouring Heaven emerged in the Myriad Phenomena Star Domain, shook the Three Realms, and devoured stars and swathes of the Mortal Realm.
• Ning Chen left to seek greater power, then entered the Azure Coffin world and traveled through the mythic age in search of the origin of the Immortal Slaying Sword Array.
• Hua Zhongdie and the others cultivated in the Immortal Realm while Aizen Myōō advanced in the Buddhist Nation of the All Heavens Starfield.
• As Devouring Heaven approached the Luojia Starfield, Aizen Myōō used Stabilized the Universe to create a barrier before it.

Aizen Myōō used the faith of the All Heavens Starfield to stop the Dark Desolate Beast and fought the Death God Mingyuan to protect humanity. He sacrificed believers and Buddha Mountain monks to sustain his power, ultimately undergoing Dao Transformation; Zhontian then arrived and carried Mingyuan's body away.

• Aizen Myōō formed a Buddhist barrier that halted the Dark Desolate Beast before the Luojia Starfield.
• Mingyuan appeared on Buddha Mountain and fought Aizen Myōō as Buddhist disciples poured their faith into him.
• As the battle wounded Aizen Myōō and killed believers, he seized their life force, while white-robed novice monks sacrificed themselves and became relics that bound Mingyuan.
• Aizen Myōō unleashed Buddha Mountain's forbidden move, spread Buddha light throughout the All Heavens Starfield, and underwent Dao Transformation.
• Zhontian was ordered to go to the All Heavens Starfield, where he took Mingyuan's lifeless body and placed it in the depths of the dark hell.

All Heavens attacked the Immortal Realm while A'man underwent her Path-Extinguishing Tribulation, and Hua Zhongdie fought to protect her. After A'man completed her tribulation and joined the battle, the two women fought All Heavens together, but he overwhelmed them and wounded them both.

• All Heavens left the Nether Prison and headed for the Purple Star Starfield as the Immortal Realm gathered faith and light.
• Changling Venerable Lady established time-altering forbidden arrays, allowing A'man to cultivate for over a hundred years and reach the Path-Extinguishing Realm.
• All Heavens attacked during A'man's tribulation, and Hua Zhongdie blocked his black sword lights to defend her.
• A'man completed her tribulation and joined Hua Zhongdie, and the two warriors combined their blade and sword techniques against All Heavens.
• All Heavens unleashed overwhelming darkness, blocked the Grand Abyss Ancient Sword, and wounded Hua Zhongdie and A'man with a sweep of his sword.

A'man and Hua Zhongdie fought Zhutian, the First Heavenly King of Darkness, but his power overwhelmed them. Hua Zhongdie sent A'man away and used Dao Transformation to reach the Monarch Realm, then vanished after a fierce battle, leaving her final will in countless black butterflies to block Zhutian.

• A'man and Hua Zhongdie fought Zhutian together, but his strength surpassed theirs and he wounded them both.
• Hua Zhongdie told A'man to leave and used her blade to send her into the Immortal Domain, then unleashed her full power against Zhutian.
• Hua Zhongdie entered Dao Transformation and reached the Monarch Realm, forcing Zhutian to retreat for the first time.
• Ning Chen felt a sudden pain and dread inside the Azure Coffin World as Hua Zhongdie's battle reached its end.
• Hua Zhongdie vanished into starlight, and her final will became countless black butterflies that regenerated and continued to obstruct Zhutian.

Ning Chen searched the primordial world for the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and witnessed a human youth’s battle against a peerless Divine Race prodigy. After the swords appeared, the youth seized them, broke through to the Monarch Realm, and defeated the gathered powers, but the great calamity still awaited the world.

• Ning Chen searched Jiuyou and sensed the battle between a human youth and a Divine Race prodigy in the Ninth Heavens.
• The human youth fought for three days against the Divine Race prodigy, whose golden halberd broke the youth’s Mortal Sword and wounded him.
• The Four Immortal Slaying Swords emerged from Jiuyou, and the youth raced to claim them as countless experts pursued the weapons.
• The youth seized Immortal Slaying and used the Heavenly Book to break through to the Monarch Realm while surrounded by the Divine Race prodigy and other powers.
• The youth wielded the Four Immortal Slaying Swords to kill two Monarchs and more than ten grand experts, destroyed the Divine Race’s divine artifact, and spared the disarmed prodigy.
• The human youth rose above the other races, but the great calamity arrived as foretold.

Ning Chen witnessed the history of the Immortal Realm, from its creation by the human youth who became the Immortal Venerable to its shattering and division into four realms. After seventy thousand years away, the Immortal Venerable returned to the Eastern Immortal Realm, where Immortal Lord Qingmu merged into him.

• As heaven and earth declined, the human youth created the Immortal Realm, nurtured it with the Immortal Peach Tree, and taught humanity immortal cultivation.
• Bai Yu became humanity’s first ascender, and the youth was revered as the Immortal Venerable as more mortals entered the Immortal Realm.
• The myriad races and nine Monarchs attacked, but the Immortal Venerable led the immortals to victory; the Immortal Realm shattered into four pieces, and its swords scattered.
• After the Immortal Venerable entered seclusion, civil war divided the immortals, and Queen Mother of the West, Northern Bai Yu, Southern Flame Emperor, and Eastern Qingmu established the Four Great Immortal Realms.
• The Immortal Venerable returned to the Eastern Immortal Palace, and Immortal Lord Qingmu merged into him.

After returning to the Eastern Immortal Realm, the Immortal Venerable accepted the other three rulers and spent tens of thousands of years waiting for the Immortal Peach Tree to bear fruit. He used its fruit to try to revive a woman in an Azure Coffin, and her faint movement left him shaken.

• The Immortal Lord Qingmu returned to the Immortal Venerable's body, restoring his strength, and the Venerable waited beneath the Immortal Peach Tree.
• A century later, Queen Mother of the West, Northern Bai Yu, and the Southern Flame Emperor visited the Immortal Venerable, who told them that the mortal world's rise and fall mattered more than who ruled the Immortal Realms.
• The three rulers left reassured, while the Immortal Venerable withdrew from public life as the Immortal Peach Tree grew and the ages passed.
• After tens of thousands of years, Ning Chen witnessed the Immortal Peach Tree bloom and bear a single fruit, which the Immortal Venerable used on a woman in the middle Azure Coffin.
• Black lightning struck the Immortal Palace, but an immortal sword flew from the far-right Azure Coffin and cleaved it apart.
• The woman moved faintly, and when the Immortal Venerable touched her face, his body shuddered violently.

The Eastern Immortal Lord failed to revive his wife but later stabilized the human realm through a devastating upheaval. In the present, Ning Chen fought Zhong Tian amid Hua Zhongdie’s Black Butterflies, as the Lord of Darkness emerged from seclusion and arrived in the Immortal Realm.

• The Eastern Immortal Lord merged the Immortal Peach Tree into the woman in the Azure Coffin, but she vanished into starlight.
• The Eastern Immortal Lord withstood the upheaval of heaven and earth for ten days and nights, helping stabilize the worlds and carry the Ancient Era onward.
• Ning Chen left the Azure Coffin and attacked Zhong Tian inside Hua Zhongdie’s Black Butterfly formation, and the two swordmasters exchanged ten bloody strikes.
• The Lord of Darkness emerged from the Black Cocoon with the Plague God and Evil God and headed for the Purple Star Starfield.
• The Lord of Darkness arrived above the Immortal Realm, dispersed the Black Butterflies, and met Ning Chen’s gaze.

The Lord of Darkness emerged stronger than ever and overwhelmed Ning Chen in the Immortal Realm. As A'man fell and the realm teetered on the brink, Xia Ziyi and Yue Hua attacked together, leaving the battle amid a clash that shattered half the realm.

• The Lord of Darkness appeared in the Immortal Realm and defeated Ning Chen with a single blow.
• Ning Chen summoned the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, but the Lord of Darkness shattered their attack and sent him crashing through immortal mountains.
• A'man rushed to Ning Chen's aid, but the Lord of Darkness broke Taiyuan and Burial Flower and hurled her away.
• Xia Ziyi arrived with his Twelve Wings of Sin and unleashed Apocalyptic Fury as Yue Hua froze heaven and earth with her power.
• Xia Ziyi and Yue Hua struck together, and their clash with the Lord of Darkness caused half the Immortal Realm to collapse.

Xia Ziyi absorbed the remnants of the Underworld King's power and transformed into the Underworld King, driving back the Lord of Darkness with a single devastating attack. As Xia Ziyi's body began to vanish, a mysterious voice restored him and sent him through a space-time vortex, which Consort Luo followed.

• Xia Ziyi absorbed the Underworld King's remaining power, broke through his limits, and attacked the Lord of Darkness with Apocalyptic Fury.
• The Lord of Darkness repelled Xia Ziyi, while Consort Luo and the Saintess of Eternal Night were injured by the darkness.
• The demon butterflies unleashed Jiuyou's final forbidden chapter through Xia Ziyi, awakening the Underworld King's power within him.
• The Underworld King emerged through Xia Ziyi and struck the Lord of Darkness, splitting the Immortal Domain and forcing him to retreat.
• As the Underworld King and Xia Ziyi began to dissipate, a mysterious voice restored the demon's body and sent him through a space-time vortex.
• Consort Luo entered the vortex after Xia Ziyi, while the Lord of Darkness watched in silence.

After the Lord of Darkness gave Ning Chen three days before destroying the mortal world, Ning Chen sent the other survivors away and prepared to face him alone. As the Lord of Darkness returned, Ning Chen awakened Grand Abyss’s power and stood ready for the final battle.

• The Lord of Darkness withdrew after declaring he would end the age of mankind in three days, while Ning Chen rescued the unconscious A'man from the ruins.
• The Lord of Darkness entered seclusion to heal, and Ning Chen recovered with Little Gourd’s help before ordering the mortal world’s Heavenly Venerates to leave.
• Ning Chen sent the survivors toward the Heavenly Realm, then remained behind and prepared the Immortal Domain for the coming battle.
• Ning Chen concealed the Four Immortal Slaying Swords in the starry sky and kept A'man's Grand Abyss Ancient Sword for his final fight.
• Ning Chen accepted his destiny and awakened Grand Abyss with his sword intent as the Lord of Darkness returned from seclusion.

Ning Chen faced the Lord of Darkness alone to protect the mortal realm and transformed his body into a sword to enter the Divine Domain. Despite unleashing his strongest techniques, he was repeatedly wounded as their battle continued with neither side defeated.

• Ning Chen remained in the Immortal Domain as the Lord of Darkness and the Three Dark Heavenly Kings arrived, and he declared that he alone was enough to face them.
• The Lord of Darkness rejected All Heavenly Venerates' offer to fight, saying Ning Chen was now beyond their strength, and began the battle himself.
• Ning Chen summoned the Grand Abyss Ancient Sword, drew on the Immortal Domain's power, and entered the Dao through the sword, shocking observers across the realms.
• Ning Chen and the Lord of Darkness exchanged devastating attacks, and Ning Chen's sword strikes forced the Three Dark Heavenly Kings back before the Lord of Darkness blocked them.
• Ning Chen used Lingering Wind Shadow, Nirvana, and Hundred Tides Stabilizing the Sky, but the Lord of Darkness countered his moves and grievously wounded him.
• Ning Chen continued fighting the Lord of Darkness and invoked Sword, Fourteen as their battle pressed on.

Ning Chen entered the Dao and fought the Lord of Darkness in a battle that devastated the human world. After wounding his enemy and enduring a devastating counterattack, Ning Chen summoned a Heaven and Earth Sacred Sword, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Ning Chen entered the Dao, turning the human world into a world of swords and sending stellar swords against the Lord of Darkness.
• Hades confronted Consort Luo in the final Third Heaven and used divine might to force her to kneel, but she resisted and insisted humanity would triumph.
• Ning Chen’s sword destroyed the Lord of Darkness’s black lightning and pierced his chest, drawing blood for the first time.
• The Lord of Darkness counterattacked with a palm strike that pierced Ning Chen’s body and sent him crashing through half the Immortal Domain.
• Ning Chen gathered the laws of heaven and earth into a Sacred Sword while the Lord of Darkness summoned black astral winds, and their clash devastated the human world.
• Ning Chen, more than half illusory and without sensation, held the Heaven and Earth Sacred Sword as the battle continued.

Ning Chen transformed all that remained of himself into a sword that destroyed the Lord of Darkness’s life-source, but he died as the enemy escaped. As the second Heavenly Pillar collapsed and the Three Realms shook, grief spread through the mortal realm and the end of days began.

• Ning Chen entered the Dao by abandoning his body and senses, and his sword scattered the darkness pressing upon the mortal realm.
• Ning Chen’s Heaven and Earth Sacred Sword pierced the Lord of Darkness and destroyed his life-source, though the Lord of Darkness survived and retreated with the Three Dark Heavenly Kings.
• Ning Chen’s soul dispersed as he said farewell to the returning swordsman, while the Lord of Darkness vowed to devour the mortal realm’s source and restore his power.
• A'man’s life faded as Ning Chen underwent Dao Transformation, and Qing Ling tried to sustain her with Buddhist essence.
• Changling Venerable Lady announced that Ning Chen had died, while Mu Chengxue wept despite Grand Forgetfulness of Emotion.
• The second Heavenly Pillar collapsed, shaking the Three Realms as the end of days arrived.

After Fate-Knower died, Qing Ling gave up her life and lifespan to grow strong enough to confront the Lord of Darkness and protect the Mortal Realm. With the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master's support, she began fighting him, burning everything she had in a final three-hour struggle.

• After Fate-Knower's death, Qing Ling left to accompany him, and Changling Venerable Lady stopped Yin'er from following her.
• Qing Ling passed through the Sixfold Heavenly Realm and extinguished her Dao, while her master, the Xiyao Master, gave her the Buddhist essence and laws needed to complete her transformation.
• A thousand days later, the Lord of Darkness emerged from seclusion and destroyed half the Mortal Realm with a single palm strike.
• Qing Ling blocked the Lord of Darkness from destroying the Immortal Realm and blasted the Dark Desolate Beast out of the Purple Star Starfield.
• The Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master resumed the sound of the Great Dao, helping Qing Ling resist the Lord of Darkness as she burned her power to fulfill Fate-Knower's final wish.

Qing Ling fought the Lord of Darkness with power borrowed from heaven, while humanity’s experts joined the battle. As her borrowed time ran out and her body began to collapse, she summoned Lotus Heart’s Final Form and gathered the power of twelve Buddhas.

• Qing Ling used her Azure Divine Spear and green lotus flames to battle the Lord of Darkness, entering the Divine Domain and wounding him despite the gulf in their strength.
• The Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master and humanity’s experts joined the fight, while Qing Ling continued attacking despite grievous wounds and the cost of her borrowed three hours.
• Qing Ling pierced the Lord of Darkness’s chest, but her power faltered as her borrowed time neared its end, and his counterattack shattered her green lotus and Azure Divine Spear.
• As her body began to disintegrate, Qing Ling invoked Lotus Heart’s Final Form, summoning twelve Buddhas whose essence merged into her and revealed the power of the World-Honored One.

Qing Ling and the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master helped wound the Lord of Darkness, but Qing Ling died before she could avenge him. Mu Chengxue pursued the wounded Lord of Darkness into the Dark Abyss, while a mysterious young sovereign appeared and reversed time above the stars.

• Qing Ling and the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master joined forces against the Lord of Darkness, and Qing Ling’s final strike forced him to retreat.
• The Lord of Darkness fled to the Dark Abyss, where Mu Chengxue transformed into Taishang and attacked him until Zhongtian intervened.
• Mu Chengxue drove Zhongtian back and pursued the wounded Lord of Darkness into the Dark Abyss.
• Qing Ling’s body dispersed into starlight, and a pale, gravely ill woman appeared above the stars.
• The woman stilled the heavens and made time flow backward above the stars.

As darkness devastated the realms, a gravely ill woman wandered the human realm and reached Falling Moon City at the end of her life. A young man in red recognized her as familiar but could not remember her, and heavenly lightning consumed them both in a ruined temple.

• The Divine Realm’s rulers guarded their lands while disaster ravaged the unprotected regions, and the Purple Star Starfield remained the human realm’s last light.
• The wounded Heavenly Sound Master survived a battle against darkness as a pale-blue-gowned woman continued traveling through the human realm, growing weaker despite her rising cultivation.
• At twenty-nine, the woman reached Monarch Peak and traveled to Falling Moon City, where a young man in red asked if they had met before.
• The woman rested in a ruined temple, coughed blood, and died as her lifespan ended.
• The young man in red found her body, and heavenly lightning set the temple ablaze, burning them both as a phoenix cry rang out.

Taishang’s pursuit weakened the Lord of Darkness, but the Lord escaped and began devouring the human world’s origin as Qing Ling stood against the spreading darkness. Years later, a frail girl in a remote village and the gifted young lord of Phoenix City grew up separately, and a great Heavenly Dao Tribulation began over the girl’s village.

• Taishang hunted the Lord of Darkness for ten years, but the Evil God sacrificed himself to trap Taishang and let the Lord escape.
• The Lord of Darkness devoured the human world’s origin while a Fire Phoenix and then Qing Ling resisted the spreading darkness.
• An elderly woman found an abandoned baby girl in the Divine Realm’s polar lands as the wife of Phoenix City’s lord gave birth to a boy.
• The old woman died after raising the frail girl, whose spiritual energy surged into her body while she lay unconscious.
• At thirteen, the Phoenix City youth had reached the Immortal Ascension Realm, while the untrained girl had developed a vast dantian qihai.
• A Great Heavenly Dao Tribulation began in the north, and the girl looked toward the sky as lightning descended.