Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen met Zhao Youlan at the Zhao Family estate, then traded barbs with Zhao Liusu, who warned him about Youlan. In the western frontier, Bodhi Venerable defeated Xia Ziyi and grievously wounded the White Flood Dragon, but a woman and Luoshen helped the demons escape, prompting Bodhi Venerable to consider rebuilding the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.

• Zhao Youlan challenged Zhao Tengkong’s authority with a Grand Elder Token, and Zhao Tengkong told Ning Chen that the Star Scar Bow was unavailable but offered to arrange a viewing of the other Heavenly Bows.
• Zhao Liusu visited Ning Chen’s guest room, bit his hand after he teased her, and warned him that Zhao Youlan often caused her trouble.
• Bodhi Venerable struck Xia Ziyi with a Buddhist palm, shattered his demonic sword, and severely wounded him.
• Kong Yuanci escaped with Mo Qingbai while Bodhi Venerable blocked the White Flood Dragon, then the two Venerables fought as the White Flood Dragon trapped Bodhi Venerable in a torrent vortex.
• A moon-clad woman rescued the wounded Xia Ziyi while Luoshen froze the void to hinder Bodhi Venerable, and the White Flood Dragon withdrew.
• Bodhi Venerable let the demons depart and concluded that the Demon Suppressing Pagoda needed to be rebuilt.

Ning Chen joined the Zhao Family’s defense against a coordinated assault while protecting Zhao Liusu from the attackers. The assault revealed a hidden Half-Venerable targeting her, and Ning Chen stood between them as he vowed to protect her.

• Ning Chen watched over the Ice Coffin containing the sleeping woman and renewed his resolve to find a way to revive her.
• An assassin attacked the Zhao Family, and Ning Chen recognized the mysterious expert who had previously attacked Zhao Liusu.
• Zhao Liusu persuaded Ning Chen to join the fight, where he faced two phantom attackers while other assailants struck the Zhao Family’s Divine Bow Towers.
• The attackers split their forces to overwhelm the Zhao Family’s defenses, and Ning Chen noticed his opponents were trying to keep him away from the inner court.
• A concealed Half-Venerable struck down a Zhao Family Attendant and reached for Zhao Liusu, but Ning Chen blocked the attack and declared that he would protect her.

Ning Chen protected Zhao Liusu from two Half-Venerables who had attacked the Zhao Family to abduct her, and Zhao Tengkong and Zhao Youlan drove the assailants away. After Ning Chen left, Zhao Liusu’s mother reflected on her daughter’s growing attachment to him, while an unconscious, demonized sovereign drifted through the Luoshui River.

• Ning Chen fought a Half-Venerable who tried to seize Zhao Liusu, then rushed to shield her when a black-clad Half-Venerable joined the attack.
• The two Half-Venerables teamed up against Ning Chen, who burned his folding fan to counter black lightning and wounded the black-clad attacker with his sword intent.
• Zhao Tengkong arrived and defeated the two intruders with a single strike, while Zhao Youlan wounded them with arrows as they fled.
• Zhao Liusu tended Ning Chen’s injured hand, and he said goodbye to her and her mother before leaving.
• Zhao Liusu watched Ning Chen depart with reluctance, while her mother considered her daughter’s feelings and found Ning Chen mysterious and dangerous.
• An unconscious sovereign drifted in the Luoshui River, the demonic mark between his brows glowing as he remained trapped in demonhood.

Ning Chen visited the Zhao Family’s Great Sun and Dark Moon Heavenly Bows, then challenged Zhao Youlan to test the latter. Elsewhere, Consort Luo killed Kong Yuanci and spared Mo Qingbai at Luoshen’s request, then took Xia Ziyi away and left a message for Ning Chen.

• Zhao Tengkong brought Ning Chen into the Great Sun Divine Bow Tower, where Ning Chen viewed the bow and received the Clear Sun Lihuo fan from an unseen elder.
• Zhao Tengkong escorted Ning Chen into the Dark Moon Tower, where Zhao Youlan allowed him to see the Dark Moon Heavenly Bow but warned him against ill intent.
• Ning Chen challenged Zhao Youlan to test the Heavenly Bow, blocked her first arrow with his new fan, and faced her next attack as a dark moon descended.
• Luoshen refused Kong Yuanci’s plea to save his elder brother, and Consort Luo appeared and killed Kong Yuanci with her command of space.
• Luoshen persuaded Consort Luo to spare the crippled Mo Qingbai, and Consort Luo took Xia Ziyi away after asking Luoshen to tell Ning Chen not to worry.

Ning Chen fought Zhao Youlan atop Dark Moon Tower and survived her awakened divine bow by grabbing her and evading its attack. Back in his eastern courtyard, he examined Zhao Liusu’s meridians, suspecting that the Zhao Family’s schemes and the previous night’s kidnapping were connected to a secret she carried.

• Ning Chen and Zhao Youlan fought with lethal moves atop Dark Moon Tower, each adapting to the other’s attacks.
• Zhao Youlan awakened her divine bow and fired an arrow that pierced Dark Moon Tower, while Ning Chen grabbed her and escaped its path.
• Ning Chen conceded to Zhao Youlan, then left the tower with Zhao Tengkong, who reflected on Ning Chen’s extraordinary combat instincts and the Zhao Family’s past mistake of driving away a prodigy.
• Ning Chen returned to his eastern courtyard, where Zhao Liusu questioned him about the fight and noticed Zhao Youlan’s fragrance on his clothes.
• Ning Chen took Zhao Liusu’s hand and examined her meridians, suspecting her kidnapping and hidden secret were tied to the Zhao Family’s plans.

Ning Chen discovered a conscious, artificially implanted mark in Zhao Liusu’s life soul and sealed it, while refusing his demonic body’s proposal to kill those involved. Meanwhile, Qing Ling endured Mount Xiyao’s punishing ascent for ten days and reached the summit, where a powerful figure asked her name.

• Ning Chen inspected Zhao Liusu’s body and souls, found a conscious mark in her life soul, and sealed it before sending her away without revealing what he had found.
• After Zhao Liusu left, Ning Chen rejected his demonic body’s offer to kill the people behind the mark, insisting he would not kill without knowing who was responsible.
• Qing Ling climbed Mount Xiyao under immense pressure as two female cultivators watched and discussed her perseverance and the mountain’s demanding trial.
• After ten days and nights, Qing Ling reached the summit, where a figure with a terrifying aura asked her name, and she answered, “Qing Ling.”

Ning Chen declined to visit Yan Yun Mountain, then met Bai Yunlian while crossing Qingxi Lake in the rain and escorted her to Beiyu City. During the Heavenly Mystery Master’s prayer ceremony, assassins attacked the procession and abducted Zhao Liusu, whose life was safe but whose fate remained ominous.

• Ning Chen declined Zhao Liusu’s invitation to watch the ceremony because people from Tianji City might recognize him.
• Bodhi Venerable built the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and explained to a young monk that demons and devils could threaten the mortal world.
• Ning Chen bought two umbrellas from a young girl, gave one back to her in the downpour, and shared the other with Bai Yunlian on the way to Beiyu City.
• Assassins attacked Heavenly Mystery Master’s procession on Prayer Peak, while three Half-Venerables abducted Zhao Liusu as Zhao Tengkong was drawn away.
• Heavenly Mystery Master told Zhao Tengkong that Zhao Liusu was not in danger but faced a Great Omen of Disaster, and Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian reached Beiyu City and exchanged names.

A black-clad attacker defeated Zhao Youlan and stole the Yinyue Bow, prompting the Zhao Family to divide its efforts between recovering the bow and finding Zhao Liusu. Ning Chen left the Zhao Family to stay in Beiyu City, where his unresolved connection with Bai Yunlian drew him to her residence.

• A black-clad figure used overwhelming speed to wound Zhao Youlan, seal her cultivation, and steal the Yinyue Bow.
• After Zhao Youlan identified the thief as the Red Serpent Demon, Zhao Tengkong agreed that the Grand Elder Pavilion would pursue the bow while he handled Zhao Liusu’s rescue.
• Ning Chen agreed to help find Zhao Liusu but left the Zhao Family and settled in a nearby residence in Beiyu City.
• Ning Chen sensed Bai Yunlian watching him next door and wondered why he recognized her despite having no memory of their past encounter.
• Bai Yunlian watched Ning Chen approach her residence and wondered whether he had finally given in to curiosity.

Ning Chen reunited with Bai Yunlian under the cover of a rainstorm, then spent the following days wondering why she seemed so familiar. Elsewhere, Bodhi Venerable helped the people near Golden Buddha Temple, while Ning Chen left Beiyu City and a black-clothed swordsman renewed his deadly duel with the Sword Forger Master.

• Ning Chen visited Bai Yunlian’s residence, borrowed an umbrella, and learned that she recognized him despite his changed appearance.
• Ning Chen collected the deeds to his residence from a group who arrived to retrieve a chest of silver.
• Bodhi Venerable comforted a boy whose grandfather had recovered and gave his robe to the abbot to protect villages from flooding at Qingxi Lake.
• Ten days after Zhao Liusu was taken away, Ning Chen remained in Beiyu City, unable to recall where he had met Bai Yunlian, before leaving east in the night.
• At Sword Forging Villa, a black-clothed figure challenged the Sword Forger Master, and the two began a fierce sword battle as a woman in blue-and-white watched from a distance.

At Sword Forging Villa, Ning Chen defeated the Sword Forger Master after Ling'er sacrificed herself to save him, then secretly rescued her and left her in Bai Yunlian’s care. As the Zhao Family searched for Zhao Liusu and suspected a traitor, Ning Chen’s departure exposed a trap: three bows encircled him near Sword Forging Villa.

• Ning Chen fought the Sword Forger Master, who was weakened by old injuries, and gained the upper hand.
• Ling'er pleaded for the Sword Forger Master’s life, then threw herself onto Ning Chen’s sword; Ning Chen spared the old man and carried the unconscious girl away.
• Ning Chen revived Ling'er with a drop of red blood and entrusted her to Bai Yunlian while he attended to other matters.
• Suan Tianhe sent word that the Zhao Family’s quarry was at Yan Yun Mountain, but Zhao Tengkong and Ning Chen found no one there and suspected a leak within the family.
• Ning Chen left Zhao Tengkong and warned him that a traitor might be among the Zhao Family; meanwhile, Zhao Feixiao and others trapped a black-clad demon with three bows.
• The black-clad figure saw the four people surrounding him and waited for the moment he had planned for.

Ning Chen fought Zhao Qingyang after defeating Zhao Feixiao and the other Zhao Family defenders, but Zhao Qingyang used a Life Substitute Talisman to reverse the battle. Hua Zhongdie rescued Ning Chen, who recovered and explained that he had learned how the talisman worked, while deciding the Zhao Family was still needed to save Liusu.

• The black-clad Ning Chen defeated Zhao Feixiao and the three other defenders, then faced the arriving Zhao Qingyang.
• Ning Chen and Zhao Qingyang exchanged powerful sword techniques, leaving both gravely wounded.
• Zhao Qingyang used the Life Substitute Talisman to recover and sent Ning Chen flying, but Hua Zhongdie arrived and carried him away.
• Hua Zhongdie treated Ning Chen at a secluded residence in Beiyu City, and he explained that the talisman's life-substitution took only an instant to complete.
• Ning Chen told Hua Zhongdie he would not move against the Zhao Family yet because it was needed to rescue Liusu, and suspected the Grand Elder Pavilion or Zhao Tengkong was behind the scheme.

Zhao Jinglun returned and met with Ning Chen after Ning Chen took Bai Yunlian and Ling'er to the Golden Buddha Temple, where they confronted Bodhi Venerable over his tower. Meanwhile, Ren Jiuge returned to Taibai Manor after losing to the demon and was sent to seek help from Heavenly Buddha Mountain.

• Zhao Tengkong and Zhao Jinglun confirmed the Grand Elder Pavilion was behind Liusu's capture, and Zhao Jinglun said he would take charge of finding his daughter.
• Bai Yunlian returned Ling'er to Ning Chen and asked him to accompany her to the Golden Buddha Temple; Ling'er chose to come along.
• At the temple, Ning Chen and Bai Yunlian met Bodhi Venerable beside his tower, and Ning Chen refused to submit to being sealed inside it.
• Ning Chen returned to the courtyard and met Zhao Jinglun, who thanked him for saving Liusu and said the Zhao Family had sent people to Tianji City to find her.
• Ren Jiuge returned to Taibai Manor after his defeat by the demon, and the Manor Lord sent him to Heavenly Buddha Mountain with a Buddhist bead to seek Venerable Radiance's aid.

Heavenly Mystery Master’s dying prophecy warned that the Outer Heavens would appear and a demon would bring mankind to ruin, while the Xuanji Emperor sought Bodhi Venerable’s help. In Beiyu City, Zhao Jinglun betrayed and killed Zhao Tengkong and Zhao Qingyang, but Zhao Youlan arrived with the Yinyue Bow to confront him.

• Suan Tianhe glimpsed a vision of the Nine Heavens collapsing before he died, and his final words described the Outer Heavens, fallen powerful figures, and a demon standing in the sky.
• The Xuanji Emperor buried Suan Tianhe and sent a letter inviting Bodhi Venerable to help slay the demon, but Bodhi Venerable doubted the prophecy.
• Ning Chen left Ling'er in Bai Yunlian’s care and departed from Beiyu City after deciding not to send Butterfly a letter.
• Zhao Jinglun and Zhao Tengkong ambushed Zhao Qingyang, whose Life Substitute Talisman had shattered, and overwhelmed him in battle.
• Zhao Jinglun betrayed Zhao Tengkong, killed him and Zhao Qingyang, and took the Life Substitute Talisman for himself.
• Zhao Youlan appeared with the Yinyue Bow and fired at Zhao Jinglun, wounding his arm and shocking him.

Zhao Youlan fought Zhao Jinglun after Ning Chen returned Yinyue Bow and warned her that Zhao Qingyang was in danger, ultimately destroying Zhao Jinglun’s martial bones. Ning Chen prevented Zhao Jinglun from escaping with a Life Substitute Talisman, but Zhao Liusu’s Alien Consciousness awakened, leaving a Human Sovereign intent on killing everyone present.

• A black-clad figure cleansed Zhao Youlan of the Red Serpent Demonic Sword’s baleful energy, returned Yinyue Bow, and told her Zhao Qingyang was heading to the Red Maple Forest.
• Zhao Youlan and Zhao Jinglun fought fiercely, and she recalled how Zhao Qingyang had revealed that Zhao Tengkong and Zhao Jinglun were transforming Zhao Liusu into a Human Sovereign.
• Zhao Youlan’s final arrow pierced Zhao Jinglun’s heart and destroyed his martial bones, but he activated a Life Substitute Talisman.
• Ning Chen appeared, stopped the talisman with his sword, and had a phoenix swallow it, preventing Zhao Jinglun’s escape.
• Zhao Liusu arrived with others, and her Alien Consciousness awakened as the Human Sovereign’s killing intent erupted.

The Human Sovereign defeated Zhao Youlan and Ning Chen, but Youlan wounded her with a final arrow before being taken to Soul Prison. As the sects hunted Ning Chen across the wilderness, Youlan died after Zhao Liusu visited her in her cell.

• The Human Sovereign overpowered Ning Chen and Zhao Youlan, and Youlan sent Ning Chen out of danger before unleashing a final arrow that pierced the Sovereign and left her bleeding.
• Bai Yunlian returned Ling'er to Sword Forging Villa and said Phoenix Blood had cleansed the girl's foundation, while the Zhao Family rose to power and issued a Demon-Extermination Order.
• Ning Chen slaughtered three thousand pursuers, then faced an immense alliance of sects and four Half-Venerables as his injuries and karmic slaughter grew worse.
• Zhao Liusu visited the dying Zhao Youlan in Soul Prison and coldly said Ning Chen would soon join her.
• Youlan smiled as dawn entered her cell, wished Zhao Liusu peace and joy, and died without hatred or resentment.

Ning Chen fought off the sect forces and nine Half-Venerables in the God Burial Wilds, using his twin swords and devastating techniques to break the encirclement. Luo Xingchen’s arrow helped him escape, and the two parted after warning each other of the danger still pursuing them.

• Ning Chen held back the advancing sect forces and battled multiple Half-Venerables with his swordsmanship, killing and wounding many attackers.
• Human Sovereigns watched from Tianji City while Zhao Liusu and Tuli Venerable reacted to the battle; Bodhi Venerable watched uneasily from the ancient temple.
• Tianji City detected Sovereigns and Great Perfections heading toward the God Burial Wilds, and Zhao Family forces blocked the intervening Sovereigns from reaching Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen unleashed Nine Suns, Bury Life, disrupted the Half-Venerables, and tried to flee, but five more Half-Venerables arrived to stop him.
• Luo Xingchen fired an azure arrow that blocked a Half-Venerable’s attack, allowing Ning Chen to escape the encirclement.
• Ning Chen thanked Luo Xingchen, urged him to flee west, and parted with him before the pursuers could arrive.

Knowing Fate fought through the demon-slaying forces but was driven into Demon Wheel Sea after his final sword shattered Buddha Mountain’s formation. Hua Zhongdie arrived as he disappeared into the forbidden ground and swore to destroy the sects if he did not emerge alive.

• Knowing Fate fled west while nine Half-Venerables and allied sect forces pursued him, and Taibai Manor Lord helped guide the Buddha Mountain contingent to intercept him.
• At Central Province’s border, the Contest Peak Pavilion Lord and eight Buddhist Protectors blocked Knowing Fate and fought him with the Demon Purification Formation.
• Knowing Fate unleashed Nirvana, breaking the formation and wounding the Buddhist experts before escaping, but the pursuing forces continued to close in.
• With his escape routes sealed and his body badly wounded, Knowing Fate entered Demon Wheel Sea, where terrifying black light blotted out the moon.
• Hua Zhongdie arrived and swore that if Knowing Fate did not emerge alive, she would bury the sects of all under heaven when she attained the Dao.

Ning Chen crossed the Dragon Burial Forbidden Land, where the Phoenix Body yielded control to the Demonic Body of Slaughter, which descended into a hidden world beneath the sand. Trapped by a powerful restriction and unable to wake the Phoenix Body, the Demonic Body faced an uncertain escape while Butterfly entered her final demonic tribulation on an ancient battlefield.

• Ning Chen fought through the corpse gods and pressed deeper into the Dragon Burial Forbidden Land as its strange power drained his Baleful Intent and life force.
• The Phoenix Body gave control to the Demonic Body of Slaughter, asking it to continue toward awakening the Ghost Maiden without letting Ning Chen hate himself again.
• The Demonic Body of Slaughter destroyed the mandala flowers beneath a sand cascade and collected their resilient seeds, using the Phoenix Body's power to preserve them.
• The Demonic Body discovered that a restriction trapped it in the underground world, and its sword strike failed to break the restored barrier.
• The Demonic Body called for the sleeping Phoenix Body but received no answer, while Butterfly entered the demonic tribulation and crossed the Ancient Battlefield.

Knowing Fate's demonic body remained trapped in the Yellow Springs Restriction while the human realm changed around his absence. A year later, A'man returned to the Barbarian Dynasty, where her family and Hongzhu welcomed her home.

• Knowing Fate's demonic body identified the restriction as the Yellow Springs Restriction and continued deducing its transformations, while the Phoenix Body remained asleep.
• The White Flood Dragon and Bodhi Venerable fought a fierce battle at Golden Buddha Temple, and the temple grounds around the Demon Suppressing Pagoda were left scarred.
• Prince Yan stood at Changsun's tomb with Xia Xinyu, who said she did not regret her past choices.
• A'man returned to the Barbarian Dynasty, where the Barbarian Crown Prince and Barbarian King rushed to welcome her after the guards tried to stop her.
• A'man reunited with Hongzhu, who had stayed in the palace courtyard for ten years waiting for her.

Knowing Fate's Demonic Body escaped the Yellow Springs Restriction with help from the Phoenix Body and discovered a sealed demon named Xuan Luo beneath Demon Wheel Sea. Xuan Luo promised to revive someone if Knowing Fate freed him, but an ancient guardian warned that doing so would unleash a slaughtering demon; the chapter ended with Knowing Fate asking whether the guardian could revive the dead.

• A'man returned to the Barbarian Palace without finding Knowing Fate, while his Demonic Body continued struggling through the Yellow Springs Restriction.
• The Phoenix Body awakened and spent ten months breaking the restriction, then merged back into the Demonic Body as the way out collapsed.
• The Demonic Body crossed a graveyard and entered an underground stone palace, where his presence awakened the sealed demon Xuan Luo.
• Xuan Luo promised to grant any request if Knowing Fate destroyed the talismans sealing his other half, and Knowing Fate said he wanted someone revived.
• An ancient guardian warned Knowing Fate that Xuan Luo had once required the near-annihilation of the Five Domains' experts to seal and would bring calamity if freed.
• Knowing Fate asked whether the guardian could revive the dead, and the guardian answered that it was impossible.