Chapter Summaries

The Plague God battled the Mortal Realm’s Heavenly Venerates on Ziwei Star as Ning Fan and Yue Ling broke through while watching the fight. After each resisted the Plague God’s power, he recognized them as the ones who had wounded the Lord of Darkness, and Ning Fan and Yue Ling prepared to face him together.

• The Plague God struck Ning Fan into the Great River, and Yin'er urged him to watch Changling Venerable Lady and the other Heavenly Venerates fight.
• The Mortal Realm’s Heavenly Venerates gathered on Ziwei Star and resumed their battle against the Plague God as the Immortal Domain sent light to defend the Mortal Realm.
• Watching the battle, Yue Ling broke through and arrived at the battlefield, where she took a direct palm from the Plague God and staggered back.
• Ning Fan also broke through, then rushed into the sky with his Mortal Sword and cut through the darkness with a sword strike.
• The Plague God recognized Ning Fan and Yue Ling as the two who had wounded the Lord of Darkness, summoned the Bridge of Darkness, and challenged them to attack together.
• Ning Fan asked Yue Ling to join hands against the Plague God, and she agreed.

Ning Fan, Yue Ling, Nu Chang, Luo Xingchen, and the other human venerates battled the Plague God, while Zhu Ye awakened and absorbed the spreading darkness aura. As Zhu Ye's strength rapidly rose, the Plague God's Darkness Power began to weaken.

• Ning Fan and Yue Ling joined forces against the Plague God, and Nu Chang and Luo Xingchen added their attacks as the human venerates pressed him back.
• The Plague God snapped Ning Fan's Mortal Sword, but Yue Ling helped him launch another attack, and Ning Fan's Sword Qi wounded their enemy.
• Darkness aura healed Zhu Ye's destroyed Dragon Bone, and he awoke in the Wu Dynasty's Zhu Residence as the Plague God sensed that he was still alive.
• Luo Xingchen's poisoned arrow pierced the Plague God, and Yue Ling dispersed the darkness aura that was suppressing the Bone-Eating Poison.
• Zhu Ye absorbed the darkness aura and advanced rapidly through successive cultivation realms, while the Plague God's Darkness Power weakened.

Zhu Ye returned as the Lord of Darkness, killed the Plague God, and overwhelmed the human Venerates. As the human world faced destruction, Yue Ling awakened as Fan Lingyue and used Pure Karma Primeval to break through Zhu Ye’s darkness.

• Zhu Ye rose to the Heavenly Dao Realm, returned to the battlefield, drained the Plague God’s darkness, and killed him to reclaim his source pearl.
• Ning Fan attacked Zhu Ye, but Zhu Ye repelled him and then struck down Ning Fan, Yue Ling, and the human Venerates with his Darkness Power.
• As Zhu Ye’s darkness overwhelmed the human world, Yue Ling’s memories returned and Mu Qianshang and Qing Ling recognized her as Fan Lingyue.
• Fan Lingyue summoned Pure Karma Primeval and used its Purifying Power to break through Zhu Ye’s darkness and burn his flesh.

Fan Lingyue returned from a hundred reincarnations and overwhelmed the Lord of Darkness, but she needed Ning Fan’s speed to strike his guarded origin. As swords across the Human Realm answered Ning Fan’s awakening, the former Co-lord returned and summoned his swords while the venerates welcomed him back.

• Fan Lingyue appeared and battled the Lord of Darkness while Ning Fan joined the attack, but she told him to fall back.
• Fan Lingyue drove the Lord of Darkness back and severed his arm with Pure Karma Primeval, but his arm regenerated and she realized she needed help destroying his origin.
• Fan Lingyue and the other venerates recognized that they needed Zhiming and the phoenix’s speed, while Ning Fan began sensing his familiar power.
• Swords across the Human Realm trembled and gathered as Ning Fan awakened, and four immortal swords buried in the starry reaches stirred in response.
• Ning Fan cried, “Swords, rise!” and summoned countless blades as the Lord of Darkness recoiled in terror.
• The Human Realm’s venerates bowed and welcomed the returned Co-lord of the Human Realm.

Ning Chen returned to the human realm and joined Fan Lingyue in fighting the Lord of Darkness, piercing his dark origin and nearly destroying it. The Lord of Darkness manifested the Creation Realm, and Ink Lord and a golden figure descended as the human realm’s Great Tribulation unfolded.

• Ning Chen completed his hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, reached the Monarch Realm, and returned to Ziwei Star as the Venerables welcomed him.
• Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue attacked the Lord of Darkness together, wounding him and breaking his martial bones with Ning Chen’s Reverse Style.
• Fan Lingyue battled the Lord of Darkness while Ning Chen waited for an opening to strike his dark origin.
• Ning Chen pierced the Lord of Darkness’s chest and cracked his dark origin pearl, then pulled Fan Lingyue away as Darkness Power erupted across the human realm.
• The Lord of Darkness’s wound healed as the Creation Realm manifested, and forty-seven Bridges of Great Dao appeared in the void.
• A golden figure and Ink Lord descended from separate Bridges of Great Dao, and Ning Chen recognized Ink Lord.

After the Lord of Darkness reached the Creation Realm, the Creation Saints tried to take him away, and Ning Chen failed to stop them before they departed. With the Underworld King confirmed dead and the human realm collapsing, Fan Lingyue called on Ning Chen and the surviving powers to rebuild it and prepare for a future assault on the Nine Heavens.

• The Ink Lord, Golden Light Saint, and White Lotus Saint welcomed the newly ascended Lord of Darkness and invited him to leave the human realm with them.
• Ning Chen attacked the Lord of Darkness, but the Ink Lord struck him down; the White Lotus Saint then forced Ning Chen to defend himself against the Chaos White Lotus until the Four Immortal Slaying Swords arrived.
• The Lord of Darkness and the three Creation Saints departed, and the Lord of Darkness vowed to kill Ning Chen when they met again.
• Ning Chen reunited with Yin'er and told Fan Lingyue that the Creation Saints were powerful enough to destroy the human realm; Fan Lingyue revealed she had seen their arrival and the realm's collapse in visions from the Scroll of Light.
• Fan Lingyue confirmed that the Underworld King and Prince Yan were dead, then urged Ning Chen and the human realm's venerables to help repair the Heavenly Pillar and rebuild the realm.
• Fan Lingyue asked Nu Chang to join a future campaign against the Nine Heavens and the sources of the Great Tribulations of Heaven and Earth.

Ning Chen led the effort to mend the Heavenly Pillar, using Chaos Earth, his fused flames, and the Immortal Divine Tree’s life force to forge a new pillar. As it grew, he neared the threshold of the Great Dao, and Fan Lingyue stepped forward to help fill the Mark of Heaven.

• Fan Lingyue deduced that Ning Chen was the key to finding the Chaos materials, and Nu Chang identified him as having a Chaos Water Body and the flames needed to approach Chaos Fire.
• The human world’s venerables searched forbidden lands for Chaos materials and brought floating islands containing scarce Chaos substances to the Purple Star Starfield.
• Ning Chen ordered the group to retreat, then fused his phoenix, demonic, and immortal flames to melt Chaos Earth and forge stones for the Heavenly Pillar.
• Ning Chen infused the new pillar with the Immortal Divine Tree’s source power, and it grew while the human world and Heaven Realm moved farther apart.
• After more than a thousand days, the pillar had grown tens of millions of li, and Ning Chen neared the Great Dao as Fan Lingyue began drawing mountains from the Sixth Heaven to fill the Mark of Heaven.

Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue restored the Heavenly Pillar and repaired the Mark of Heaven, bringing life and the Heavenly Dao Laws back to the human realm. Ning Chen fought Xuan Luo in the void world and returned wounded, while the Ink Lord, White Lotus Saint, Golden Light Saint, and Lord of Darkness passed through the Heavenly Gate.

• Marquis of Knowing Fate and Fan Lingyue used the forces of chaos to reshape the Heavenly Pillar and repair the Mark of Heaven, reviving the human realm.
• Xuan Luo appeared at the Heavenly Pillar and challenged Ning Chen, who stopped the others from interfering and took the fight to the void world.
• Ning Chen and Xuan Luo battled for a hundred days, and Ning Chen returned badly wounded after sparing Xuan Luo's life.
• Ning Chen reunited with Yin'er and Qing Ling, then sat before the Heavenly Pillar to recover with his three bodies.
• The Ink Lord, White Lotus Saint, Golden Light Saint, and Lord of Darkness opened the Heavenly Gate and entered the Heaven Beyond Heaven.

After restoring the mortal realm and spending ten thousand years in seclusion, Ning Chen awoke on the verge of the Creation Realm and set out with Qing Ling and Fan Lingyue. He broke open the Heavenly Gate, and the three entered Heaven Beyond Heaven in search of the truth.

• Ning Chen used Little Gourd's power to restore vitality to the mortal realm's shattered stars over a thousand years.
• Ning Chen searched for Underworld King Yama for a hundred years to retrieve Xin Yu's incomplete soul but found no trace of him, then returned to the Immortal Domain and entered seclusion.
• After ten thousand years, Ning Chen emerged from the Immortal Palace with the source of chaos surging around him, and Qing Ling and Fan Lingyue joined him.
• Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue traveled beyond the Six Heavens and reached the Heavenly Gate at the end of the void.
• Ning Chen struck the Heavenly Gate with Chaos Divine Flame and Chaos Demonic Essence until it opened, then entered Heaven Beyond Heaven with Qing Ling and Fan Lingyue.

Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue entered Heaven Beyond Heaven to kill the Great Dao Saints and free the human world from their control. Ning Chen fought the Clearwater Saint, wounded him with the Immortal Slaying Sword, and then grappled with him amid destructive flames.

• The Fate-Knower, Fan Lingyue, and Qing Ling entered Heaven Beyond Heaven, where the Ink Lord anticipated Ning Chen’s arrival.
• Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue resolved to slay the Saints so the human world would no longer be subject to their will.
• The Clearwater Saint confronted Ning Chen, whose Chaos Water constitution was suppressed by the Saint’s control over water.
• Ning Chen unleashed his fused flames and four immortal swords, but the Clearwater Saint’s power sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Ning Chen struck the Clearwater Saint with the Immortal Slaying Sword and drew blood, prompting the Saint to freeze the sword and attack.
• Ning Chen ignited his flames of destruction, seized the Clearwater Saint, and transformed into a Fire Phoenix that carried them into a distant mountain.

Ning Chen fought Clearwater Saint, whose Great Dao power made him nearly immortal, and managed to wound him with the Sword of Heavenly Inquiry. As the battle continued, Fan Lingyue entered the Heaven of Creation to investigate how Saints could be slain, while Qing Ling guarded her.

• Ning Chen attacked Clearwater Saint with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, but the Saint healed every wound and counterattacked with icy spears and raging waves.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Sword of Heavenly Inquiry, pierced Clearwater Saint, and was hurled through ten mountains by the Saint’s reply.
• Clearwater Saint seized the phoenix’s wing, while Ning Chen severed the Saint’s arm with the Immortal Slaying Sword; both injuries began to heal.
• Fan Lingyue suggested that learning why the Underworld King fell might reveal how to kill Saints, then asked Ning Chen to lend her Heaven.
• Ning Chen sent the Heaven of Creation to Fan Lingyue, who entered it as Qing Ling agreed to protect her; the Scroll of Light revealed its power.

Fan Lingyue entered the Heavenly Tome of Creation and witnessed how the Underworld King broke a Bridge of Great Dao to save the Primordial World. In Heaven Beyond Heaven, Ning Chen fought Clearwater Saint and learned that he had to destroy the Saint’s Bridge of Great Dao to kill him.

• Fan Lingyue entered the Heavenly Tome of Creation and watched the Underworld King sever one of the fifty Bridges of Great Dao, allowing the Primordial World to stabilize and life to emerge.
• Ning Chen fought Clearwater Saint with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords while both combatants rapidly healed their injuries.
• Golden Light Saint, White Lotus Saint, and Ink Lord discussed Ning Chen’s strength and recalled the swordsman from the human world who had once threatened them.
• Ning Chen’s attack severed half of Clearwater Saint’s body, but the Saint regenerated and blasted Ning Chen away.
• Fan Lingyue warned Ning Chen that Clearwater Saint could only be killed by destroying his Bridge of Great Dao, and Ning Chen halted his retreat and launched another attack.

Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue brought down Clearwater Saint by destroying his Bridge of Great Dao, then used the opening to freeze the collapsing bridge. Ning Chen began healing while Fan Lingyue and Qing Ling considered how many Saints remained.

• Fan Lingyue guided Ning Chen to force Clearwater Saint to reveal his Bridge of Great Dao, and Ning Chen attacked with the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword.
• Clearwater Saint summoned his Bridge of Great Dao, but Ning Chen used Nirvana to strike the bridge instead of the Saint and cleaved it apart.
• With Clearwater Saint weakened by the bridge’s destruction, Ning Chen summoned Cycle of Rebirth Hell and killed him with Zhuxian.
• Fan Lingyue used the Heavenly Tome of Creation to hold the collapsing bridge in place while Ning Chen froze it with Immortal Essence.
• Ning Chen began healing his wounds, and Qing Ling asked whether forty-six more Saints of Clearwater Saint’s strength remained.

After two crushing defeats, Ning Chen challenged Firmament Saint again and used his immortal and demonic bodies to create an opening. Fan Lingyue realized that human will could reach beyond the constraints of space, allowing Ning Chen to wound the Saint.

• After recovering for nine hundred years beneath the sea, Ning Chen flew toward Firmament Saint, who struck at him from above.
• Ning Chen used his True Body and Demonic Body to seize Firmament Saint while his Fire Phoenix form attacked, landing the Saint's first wound.
• Firmament Saint repelled Ning Chen's attacks, while Fan Lingyue watched for a weakness in the Dao of Space.
• Qing Ling declared that space could not bind human will, and Fan Lingyue realized that will could reach where the Dao reached.
• Fan Lingyue released her will across the battlefield, inspiring Ning Chen to extend his sword intent and pierce Firmament Saint's chest.

Ning Chen fought Firmament Saint above the firmament, forcing him to stabilize his damaged Bridge of Great Dao before Fan Lingyue intervened and ended the battle. Firmament Saint revealed that the Great Dao Saints were born from chaos, while Ning Chen vowed to keep growing stronger until he could eliminate all the All-Heavens Saints.

• Ning Chen wounded Firmament Saint repeatedly and cracked his Bridge of Great Dao, but Firmament Saint used Space Law to stabilize it.
• Fan Lingyue arrived and persuaded Firmament Saint to stop fighting; Firmament Saint praised Ning Chen and recalled meeting a swordsman whose opponent was the God of All Gods.
• White Lotus Saint approached and urged Firmament Saint to kill the phoenix, but Firmament Saint refused to cooperate with him.
• Firmament Saint said the Great Dao Saints were born from chaos in the primordial epoch and denied interfering in mortal affairs.
• Ning Chen vowed to keep cultivating until he could slaughter all the All-Heavens Saints, while Firmament Saint warned that even his own strength was not enough to defeat him.

After Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue returned from the firmament, a true demon appeared and killed White Lotus Saint, then attacked the Seven-Colored Divine Temple. The Ink Lord and Golden Light Saint vanished after their temple was destroyed, while Ning Chen feared the demon might be someone he knew.

• Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue returned safely to the Eastern Continent, where Qing Ling welcomed them and urged them to rest.
• The Ink Lord sensed the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, and White Lotus Saint fell from the sky as his Bridge of Great Dao shattered.
• The Ink Lord identified a true demon as the killer, but his chess piece was destroyed when it met the demonic energy.
• Two powerful figures cloaked in demonic energy attacked the Ink Lord and Golden Light Saint, destroying the Seven-Colored Divine Temple after half a day of battle.
• Ning Chen and Fan Lingyue watched from over the sea, and Ning Chen hoped the demon was not the person he suspected.

Ning Chen pressed toward the Creation Realm while Saints continued to fall and their blood transformed beasts into monsters. The Ink Lord revealed that a god in the Eighth Heaven controlled time, a power that could change life and death.

• Yin'er longed for her master, and Nu Chang promised to take her to Heaven Beyond Heaven once she grew stronger.
• The black-and-white swordsman and a violet archer clashed in the Immortal Realm, while Luo Xingchen and Mu Qianshang discussed visiting Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Ning Chen struggled with the loss of his humanity as he approached the Creation Realm, and Fan Lingyue urged him to take the final step so he could kill the Saints.
• A Saint fell in a northern divine temple, and savage beasts that devoured the Saint's blood transformed into terrifying monsters.
• The Ink Lord emerged from the ruined Seven-Colored Divine Temple and told the Lord of Darkness that a god in the Eighth Heaven controlled time, the power that could change life and death.

As Ning Chen attempted to enter the Creation Realm, Fan Lingyue fought two Great Dao Saints who had come to stop him. She wounded both saints by using the Sword of Pure Karma to exploit the connection between their physical bodies and their Bridges of Great Dao.

• Fan Lingyue sensed the saints approaching while Ning Chen continued his breakthrough, and Qing Ling reinforced the Yellow Springs Restriction around him.
• Two Great Dao Saints descended and attacked, but Fan Lingyue met them alone and held her ground against their combined power.
• Fan Lingyue drew the Sword of Pure Karma and wounded one saint with a palm strike after the saint evaded her blade.
• Fan Lingyue severed one saint's arm, explaining that saints were vulnerable when their physical bodies connected to their Bridges of Great Dao.
• Fan Lingyue cut off the other saint's arms and then kicked her away as she tried to evade another attack.

Fan Lingyue held off two Great Dao Saints with Pure Karma Primeval as Zhiming approached the Dao, but a third Saint joined the fight. Revealing herself as the shattered Bridge of Great Dao, she injured all three Saints while the Bridge began to reform.

• Fan Lingyue used a single sword strike to unsettle two Great Dao Saints and force them onto the defensive.
• The Ink Lord recognized Pure Karma Primeval's aura as resembling the Dao destroyed by the Underworld King, while the Lord of Darkness discussed Fan Lingyue's connection to the Immortal Realm Master.
• A third Saint arrived, and Fan Lingyue clashed with him while fighting the other two, drawing blood but gaining no clear advantage.
• Fan Lingyue revealed her true form as the shattered Bridge of Great Dao, and the Ink Lord recognized what she was.
• Fan Lingyue drove back the first two Saints and wounded the third as one of the four Bridges of Great Dao began to solidify over the sea.

Fan Lingyue fought three Great Dao Saints to keep them from interrupting Ning Chen’s breakthrough to the Creation Realm. Ning Chen emerged with a solidified Bridge of Great Dao, killed the Saints, and left Fan Lingyue wondering whether he had changed.

• Fan Lingyue revealed the Bridge of Great Dao and battled three Great Dao Saints over the sea, sustaining grave injuries while preventing them from reaching Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen continued breaking through as a fourth Bridge of Great Dao appeared and the surrounding sea began to freeze.
• Fan Lingyue struck the three Saints with the Primeval First Sword, wounding them and cracking Pure Karma Primeval.
• Ning Chen emerged from the waves with one solidified Bridge of Great Dao, and the three Saints fled from his overwhelming aura.
• Ning Chen froze the world and killed the three Saints inside the Heaven and Earth Cage, then emerged with blood dripping from Immortal Execution.
• The three Saints’ Bridges of Great Dao shattered, while Fan Lingyue and Qing Ling watched Ning Chen with troubled expressions.