Chapter Summaries

The Phoenix City Sword God rose to prominence across the Northern Divine Realm, then challenged the learned Imperial Scholar in the Moon Wheel Kingdom. Their long-awaited duel began when her moon-white radiance neutralized his divine sword, and her Mortal Sword defeated him in one strike.

• A girl whose moon-white radiance repelled a heavenly tribulation left her village after the frightened villagers treated her as an aberration.
• The Phoenix City young man reached the Heavenly Dao Realm at fifteen, later became the Phoenix City Sword God, and defeated the masters of all thirty-three Immortal Mountain Sects.
• The young man fought and defeated the Moon Wheel Imperial Advisor, then sensed a new expert emerging from the Young National Scholar's Manor.
• The Imperial Scholar repelled her heavenly tribulation with moon-white radiance and cleaved through the thunder with her Mortal Sword.
• The young man challenged the Imperial Scholar, but her radiance dissolved his divine sword's edge and her Mortal Sword defeated him in one strike.

Moon Wheel Kingdom’s Young National Scholar defeated Phoenix City’s Young Sword God again after he spent three years relearning the sword. Their rematch began in her courtyard, where her Sovereign-level pressure shook the heavens.

• Moon Wheel Kingdom’s Young National Scholar’s one-move defeat of Phoenix City’s Young Sword God astonished the Divine Realm and drew the attention of its strongest figures.
• Phoenix City’s Young Sword God returned home, received comfort from his father, and spent three years practicing the most basic sword techniques.
• The Young National Scholar turned away visitors and continued reading, writing, and tending her courtyard, while her cultivation rose beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
• After three years, Phoenix City’s Young Sword God left home with his aura restrained and traveled to Moon Wheel Kingdom’s capital.
• The Young Sword God asked the Young National Scholar for another duel, and she accepted.
• The Young Sword God attacked with a fierce, simple sword strike, but the Young National Scholar scattered his sword intent with her moon-white pressure as the Sovereign entered battle.

Taishang escaped the Dark Abyss as the Lord of Darkness recovered its strength and threatened the human realm’s last light, guarded by Qing Ling. In the Moon Wheel Kingdom, the Phoenix City Sword God returned after eight years to challenge the young woman again, but found her courtyard empty and realized he had arrived too late.

• Taishang severed his shackles and left the Dark Abyss as the Lord of Darkness restored the Origin Life Pearl and grew toward its peak strength.
• Qing Ling resisted the Lord of Darkness before the Purple Star Starfield, the human realm’s last land of light.
• The Phoenix City Young Sword God fought the young woman for half a day but lost by half a move, then returned to Phoenix City to cultivate.
• After eight years in seclusion, the Phoenix City Sword God emerged with overwhelming sword power and traveled to the Moon Wheel Kingdom’s capital to challenge her again.
• The Phoenix City Sword God found the young woman gone from her carefully tended courtyard and understood that he had come too late.

Phoenix City Sword God returned after a hundred years and stopped the Lord of Darkness from destroying the human realm. As the Lord of Darkness pursued the Creation Realm, Phoenix City Sword God challenged him and gained the upper hand.

• The Lord of Darkness spread Darkness Power into the Sixfold Heavenly Realm and destabilized the Divine Realm, forcing Rising Sun God and the Demon Venerable to unleash their sealed cultivation.
• The Lord of Darkness attacked Qing Ling, who fought to protect the human realm’s last light despite nearing her limit.
• Phoenix City Sword God appeared before Qing Ling and blocked the Lord of Darkness’s world-destroying palm with his divine sword.
• The Lord of Darkness recognized Phoenix City Sword God and was shocked that he had returned after supposedly undergoing Dao Transformation.
• Phoenix City Sword God drew his divine sword, hurled the Lord of Darkness into a giant star, and wounded him with a follow-up strike.

The Phoenix City Sword God battled the Lord of Darkness in the Purple Star Starfield, revealing himself through his sword and soul as the reincarnation of Zhìming. As his body gave way to his ultimate sword, he cut through the heavenly tribulation and split the World of Darkness, leaving the fight at its decisive climax.

• The Phoenix City Sword God fought the Lord of Darkness and severed his arm, but the Lord regenerated with his Undying Body.
• Qing Ling and Mu Chengxue recognized the swordsman despite his unfamiliar appearance, while Mu Chengxue was overwhelmed by fragments of memory.
• The Lord of Darkness struck the Phoenix City Sword God and injured his heart meridians, but the swordsman refused Qing Ling's help and released all his sword intent.
• The Phoenix City Sword God's body collapsed as his divine soul manifested, revealing to the Heavenly Venerates and others that he was Zhìming reincarnated.
• The Phoenix City Sword God cleaved apart the heavenly tribulation and split the World of Darkness in two.

The Phoenix City Sword God defeated the Lord of Darkness’s attempt to reach the Creation Realm, then faded away as Qing Ling said goodbye. While the Divine Realm’s people returned to the devastated human world, the Plague God betrayed the wounded Lord of Darkness and seized his power.

• The Phoenix City Sword God shattered the Lord of Darkness’s Origin Pearl, but the Lord escaped with All Heavenly Venerates as the sword god’s life ended and he bade farewell to Qing Ling.
• The Plague God sent All Heavenly Venerates away, entered the Lord of Darkness’s sealed retreat, and attacked him while he was healing.
• As the darkness receded, Qing Ling promised Little Gourd that the Immortal Elder would return, and Yin'er, Changling Venerable Lady, Luo Xingchen, Mu Qianshang, and others resolved to return to the human world.
• Half a month later, islands from the Divine Realm flew toward the human world, while the Rising Sun God and Moon God watched them depart.
• The Plague God pierced the Lord of Darkness and devoured his Origin Power, then blocked All Heavenly Venerates’s attack and shattered the Dark Divine Sword as his power surged.

The Plague God betrayed the Lord of Darkness and killed All Heavenly Venerates, while the Lord of Darkness vanished after promising to return. In the human world, Qing Ling and Yin'er searched for Ning Chen for more than twenty years, while he lived as Ning Fan in Yan Kingdom and was conscripted into its army.

• The Plague God seized the Lord of Darkness's origin, defeated All Heavenly Venerates, and killed him as he shielded the Lord of Darkness.
• The Lord of Darkness struck the Plague God, then vanished while promising to return and reveal true darkness.
• Mu Qianshang, Luo Xingchen, and the other human realm Heavenly Venerates returned to the Purple Star Starfield, where Qing Ling and Yin'er welcomed them.
• For more than twenty years, Qing Ling and Yin'er searched countless Great Life Stars for Ning Chen but found no trace of Zhì Mìng.
• Ning Fan, a book-loving young man in Huaicheng, was forcibly conscripted into Yan Kingdom's army as its war with the Wu Dynasty continued.
• The Eldest Princess of the Wu Dynasty ordered her army to withdraw for the winter, giving Yan Kingdom's soldiers, including Ning Fan, a brief reprieve.

Ning Fan endured military training in Yan and grew close to fellow recruit Zhu Ye as the Wu Dynasty prepared to invade in spring. Meanwhile, the Immortal Domain’s power of light offered a possible defense against darkness, and Qing Ling and Yin'er arrived in Yan.

• Ning Fan read his mysterious ancient book in the recruit camp, but neither he nor Zhu Ye could understand its script.
• Ning Fan and Zhu Ye trained together, became close friends, and spoke about their hopes and fears as war with Wu loomed.
• Eldest Princess Yue Ling strengthened the Wu Dynasty’s forces and prepared a southern campaign for spring after a string of victories over Yan.
• Mu Qianshang and Changling Venerable Lady discussed how Zhìmìng had restored the Immortal Domain so its growing power of light could oppose darkness.
• Qing Ling and Yin'er arrived in Yan beneath a heavy snowstorm.

Wu launched a massive invasion of Yan, and Ning Fan and Zhu Ye were sent to defend Pinan City despite their brief training. After Wu infiltrators opened the gates, Yue Ling led three thousand cavalry into the city, where Zhu Ye protected Ning Fan and both were trampled by her warhorse.

• Wu sent two hundred thousand troops south under Yue Ling, and Yan dispatched its Grand General to meet the invasion.
• As Pinan City neared collapse, Ning Fan, Zhu Ye, and the other recruits were sent to the battlefield and suffered heavy losses.
• Eleven Wu raiders killed the guards on Pinan City's wall and opened the gates, then signaled Yue Ling's waiting cavalry.
• Yue Ling led three thousand cavalry into the city and cut through Yan's defenders as the night assault began.
• Zhu Ye shoved Ning Fan out of the path of Yue Ling's blade and took a wound to his shoulder.
• Ning Fan pulled Zhu Ye aside to evade Yue Ling's next strike, but her warhorse trampled them both.

Ning Fan and Zhu Ye survived Pinan City's fall as the Wu Dynasty overwhelmed Yan Kingdom, while Qing Ling and Yin'er finally found their master living as an ordinary soldier. As the war reached the Yan camp, a peerless swordsman also broke through to the Summit of All Heavens.

• Ning Fan and Zhu Ye escaped Pinan City with the remnants of Yan's army, then rested and thanked each other for saving their lives.
• Yin'er and Qing Ling watched the war unfold as Yue Ling's forces captured cities and defeated Yan's troops, leaving fewer than two thousand of Ning Fan's original recruits alive.
• Qing Ling and Yin'er realized Yue Ling resembled Fan Lingyue and concluded they had been searching for their master among exceptional people instead of ordinary ones.
• Yin'er found Ning Fan living as an ordinary soldier in the Yan camp, and Qing Ling stopped her from approaching him so his ordinary life would not be disturbed.
• Ning Fan and the soldiers prepared to meet the approaching Wu army as a peerless swordsman arrived at the Summit of All Heavens and drew the Demon God's attention.

Xia Yan faced the Nether King in a battle between the strongest sword god of the mortal world and the foremost devil god of the heavenly realm. Though Xia Yan wounded his opponent, the Nether King struck him gravely, leaving the duel tilted toward defeat.

• Prince Yan took the Azure-Crimson Twin Swords and began fighting the Nether King at the Summit of All Heavens.
• Xia Yan resisted the Nether King's divine flames and lightning with his sword techniques, but the clash damaged his hands and cracked the twin swords.
• Xia Yan fed the Azure-Crimson Twin Swords his blood to mend them, then attacked with the twin swords and the Sand Sword, forcing the Nether King to retreat half a step.
• Xia Yan unleashed the Chapter of Earth and then summoned the Sword of Sealing and the Condensing Abyss Sword, piercing the Nether King and drawing blood.
• The Nether King struck Xia Yan with a devastating palm, sending him through divine pillars and leaving him gravely wounded.
• The Nether King asked Xia Yan his name, and Xia Yan answered, "Xia Yan!"

As the king's battle against Hades ended in defeat, the Wu Dynasty breached Heavenly Domain Pass and destroyed Yan's last defense. Ning Fan discovered Zhu Ye had vanished amid the massacre, and Emperor Yan learned that Yan had fallen.

• The king unleashed his four swords against Hades but could not withstand the Demon God's power, and a watching god departed, convinced humanity's hope was over.
• Ning Fan and Zhu Ye retreated with Yan's defeated army to Heavenly Domain Pass, where Zhu Ye urged Ning Fan to plan for his future.
• Eldest Princess Yue Ling received a secret letter from someone inside the pass and launched a nighttime assault on its gates.
• Wu Dynasty cavalry broke through Heavenly Domain Pass and slaughtered Yan's soldiers while Ning Fan searched in vain for Zhu Ye.
• Emperor Yan received news of the defeat and collapsed onto his throne as Yan fell.

Fifteen years after Yan Kingdom fell, Ning Fan attacked Zhu Ye in the Wu Dynasty capital to avenge his betrayal. As their fight erupted, the King Sword revealed the Fifth Sword at the Summit of All Heavens.

• Yan Kingdom fell, and the Wu Dynasty went on to unify the Eastern Continent before Yue Ling disappeared from public life.
• Fifteen years after Yan Kingdom's destruction, Ning Fan arrived in the Wu Dynasty capital to kill Zhu Ye, while Zhu Ye had become a powerful marquis and martial artist.
• Ning Fan infiltrated Zhu Ye's residence and wounded him in a fierce fight, but Zhu Ye summoned his guards to capture the attacker.
• Ning Fan charged Zhu Ye's guards with his sword as the residence filled with blood and clashing weapons.
• At the Summit of All Heavens, the King Sword manifested the translucent Fifth Sword and unleashed a blood-red sword light against the Demon God.

Prince Yan fought Hades at the Summit of All Heavens with the King Swords, but Hades’s overwhelming power steadily battered him. As Prince Yan’s body dissolved and his divine soul emerged, his sword intent broke free of its limits and began suppressing the laws of the Great Dao.

• Prince Yan wielded the Sword of Defeat and Demise against Hades, wounding him while suffering injuries himself.
• Prince Yan summoned the Sword of Sealing alongside the Sword of Defeat and Demise, and Hades spread his Twelve Wings of Sin and began fighting in earnest.
• Prince Yan attacked with the King Swords, but Hades blocked and evaded them before severely wounding him with a palm strike.
• Hades continued striking Prince Yan as his body weakened, while Prince Yan’s sword intent rose beyond the limits of his flesh.
• Prince Yan declared that a King Sword could not falter, and his body dissipated as his divine soul manifested, unleashing sword intent that caused the laws of the Great Dao to crumble.

Ning Fan fought through the guards at the Zhu Residence and defeated Zhu Ye, crippling him before escaping. Qing Ling and Yin'er carried the unconscious Ning Fan to a ruined temple, where Qing Ling reflected on his Mortal Sword and his previous life.

• Ning Fan fought Zhu Ye and the marquisate guards, enduring wounds as he carved through their encirclement.
• Ning Fan severed Zhu Ye's arm, then pierced his body and destroyed his Qihai and Dragon Bone.
• Ning Fan warned the guards away from Zhu Ye and walked out of the Zhu Residence, but collapsed on the street soon afterward.
• Qing Ling carried the unconscious Ning Fan to a ruined temple while Yin'er retrieved his bloodstained sword.
• Qing Ling said Ning Fan had understood the guards' hearts and reflected that his Mortal Sword had fulfilled this life's wish.

Ning Fan crippled Zhu Ye, comprehended the mortal world, and underwent tribulations that carried him through Xiantian Great Perfection before his ascent stalled. After meeting Yue Ling and parting peacefully, the story returned to the Summit of All Heavens, where the King grievously wounded the Nether King and the Demon God prepared to fight on.

• Ning Fan awoke in a ruined temple, stepped into the rain, and comprehended the mortal world as three Xiantian tribulations and the Three Calamities and Five Tribulations descended.
• Ning Fan broke through to Xiantian Great Perfection and began entering the Third Realm, but his ascent abruptly stalled; he sensed Qing Ling and Yin'er and thanked them before leaving the imperial city.
• Ning Fan met Yue Ling at Tiandang Mountain, told her he did not hate her, and parted with her peacefully.
• At the Summit of All Heavens, the King cast aside his fleshly body and unleashed boundless sword intent, wounding the Nether King.
• The Nether King welcomed the challenge and raised his power as creation and destruction surged across the Summit of All Heavens.

Prince Yan fought the Underworld King, who summoned the Demonic Great Dao and trapped him beneath its power. With the Azure-Crimson Twin Swords buying him a moment, Prince Yan formed the fiftieth Great Dao—the Sword Dao—while Ning Fan and his companions sensed the upheaval and feared they might not reach him in time.

• The Underworld King summoned his Great Dao and immobilized Prince Yan beneath its overwhelming power.
• The Azure-Crimson Twin Swords flew to Prince Yan’s defense, shattering as they struck the Bridge of Great Dao and briefly weakened it.
• Prince Yan used the opening to unleash the Immortal Sword Prelude, Chapter of Heaven, and began forming a fiftieth bridge from ten thousand swords.
• Ning Fan, Qing Ling, and Yin'er sensed the sword pressure, while Changling Venerable Lady warned that Prince Yan might be in danger before Zhiming returned.
• The Sword Dao emerged as a new Great Dao and clashed with the other forty-nine; Prince Yan brought his hands together and summoned the sixth sword.

The king’s clash with the Underworld King shattered a Bridge of Chaos, throwing the Great Dao out of balance and reversing the natural order. As the Plague God invaded the mortal world, its Heavenly Venerates struggled to defend the last World of Light, while Yue Ling sought answers about the heavens.

• The king summoned the Chaos King's Sword and fought the Underworld King with sword and demonic powers, shattering the Summit of All Heavens.
• A Bridge of Chaos broke, disrupting the Great Dao and causing the Great River and the sun and moon to move backward.
• The Plague God emerged from the Dark Abyss and began devouring negative forces, while Ning Fan's lifespan was drained as he entered the third realm of martial cultivation.
• The Plague God attacked the mortal world's final World of Light, and Changling Venerable Lady joined forces with the Mortal Heavenly Venerates to resist him.
• Yue Ling reached the Old Heavenly Master and asked whether immortals existed in the heavens and whether another heaven lay beyond them.

Ning Fan and Yue Ling advanced their cultivation amid fifty years of upheaval in the human realm, while the Nether King and Prince Yan fell in their final battle at the Summit of All Heavens. As the Sword Dao and Demonic Dao rose in the human realm, the Plague God watched the last light there and declared that only one final step remained.

• Ning Fan paused by the reverse-flowing river to comprehend the sword while Qing Ling and Yin'er guarded him.
• The Nether King and Prince Yan unleashed their ultimate powers, destroying the Demonic Dao Bridge and Sword Dao Bridge as both combatants fell.
• The god returned to the Eighth Heaven after acknowledging the outcome, while the Nether King and Prince Yan's divine souls dispersed.
• Fifty years later, Ning Fan reached the Fourth Realm, Yue Ling reached the Emperor Realm, and Nu Chang became the foremost person in the human realm.
• Demonic cultivators and white-robed swordsmen spread through the human realm as the Demonic Dao and Sword Dao flourished.
• The Plague God watched the last light of the human realm from the Ziwei Star Domain and said only the final step remained.

After the Nether King's death, Consort Luo watched over the sleeping Xia Ziyi while Ning Fan and Yue Ling continued advancing through their cultivation. Ning Fan recovered memories of the Heavenly Venerates’ battle against the Plague God, who reached Purple Star and attacked him as the Venerates arrived.

• Consort Luo left the Divine Hall and returned to keep watch over the unconscious Xia Ziyi, fearing chaos after the Nether King's death.
• Fifty years later, Ning Fan reached the Heavenly Dao Realm, while Yue Ling cultivated nearby and advanced rapidly.
• Ning Fan and Yue Ling underwent heavenly tribulations together, and Ning Fan's cultivation advanced to the Path-Understanding Realm as memories of the Plague God’s war resurfaced.
• In his memories, the Plague God broke through the Heavenly Venerates’ assault and set out to devour the mortal world’s last source.
• The Plague God reached Purple Star, where Qing Ling tried to block his Darkness Power and Ning Fan attacked, but the Plague God struck him into the Great River.
• Venerable Lady, Luo Xingchen, and the other Heavenly Venerates arrived, and Luo Xingchen mocked Ning Fan’s weakness.