Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan refined the Red Scale Sword and two other weapons into his body, strengthening his Figurative Divine Power, then learned the final World Extinction Path sword move from Sui Hanyu. He set out for the Yulan Empire to cultivate in seclusion and began thawing Nangong Ming’s frozen Heaven-Man corpse to examine its blood.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined the Ninth Grade Profound Weapon Red Scale Sword into his body and used five swords to split a mountain with his sword array.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined two more swords from his spoils, bringing his total to seven Figurative Divine Power Swords and stabilizing his Third Step Heavenly Ladder cultivation.
• Sui Hanyu demonstrated World Extinction Without Sword and taught Ning Xiaochuan that the move could kill a Heaven-Man when mastered.
• Ning Xiaochuan interpreted the sword move as striking without the enemy sensing a sword, and Sui Hanyu praised his comprehension before vanishing.
• Ning Xiaochuan crossed the Great Wilderness toward the Yulan Empire, intending to cultivate in seclusion, then took Nangong Ming’s frozen corpse from a Universe Pouch and began melting its ice.

Ning Xiaochuan prepared Heaven-Man blood as a gift for Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian, while the Jade Ripple Great Emperor used his new Heaven-Man power to pressure the Great Golden Roc King’s family and threaten the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion. The chapter left the Old Marquis facing an ultimatum to return to the Imperial City, where he expected the Jade Ripple Great Emperor to kill him.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined half of the Heaven-Man blood into eight hundred and sixty Bloodline Spirits for Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian and used the other half as fuel for the Bronze Ancient Lamp.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor visited the Great Golden Roc King’s funeral and promised to avenge him while asserting his authority over Yu Qianqian and her family.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor insisted that Yu Qianqian marry and summoned West Mu Royal Concubine to the palace to discuss the arrangement.
• West Mu Royal Concubine warned Yu Qianqian that the Jade Ripple Great Emperor intended to take revenge on their family, while Worldly Son Jin Du restrained his anger.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor ordered the Sword Pavilion Marquis to return to the Imperial City within half a month or have his family executed, and the Old Marquis said he had no real choice.

Ning Xiaochuan and the Azure Queen entered the Imperial City to deal with the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, while the Ning family set out after learning Ning Xiaochuan had returned. At a winehouse, Ning Xiaochuan provoked the Azure Queen’s anger by arranging for her to hear about the emperor’s crimes.

• Ning Xiner and the Old Marquis learned from Ning Xiaochuan’s letter that he had returned and claimed he could handle the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, so they prepared to travel to the Imperial City.
• Ning Xiaochuan and the Azure Queen entered the Imperial City, and the Azure Queen told him to take control of the Yulan Empire while keeping their search for the Deification Ancient Cave as their main purpose.
• Ning Xiaochuan took the Azure Queen to a winehouse, where she drained a huge jar of wine and refused to eat meat.
• Ning Xiaochuan arranged for the Azure Queen to overhear wine drinkers describe the Jade Ripple Great Emperor killing his brother and pursuing his sister-in-law.
• The Azure Queen became furious at the emperor’s conduct, and Ning Xiaochuan revealed that he had deliberately provoked her so she would eliminate the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Great Golden Roc King Residence to see Yu Qianqian and promised to kill the Jade Ripple Great Emperor within three days. After Yu Qianqian confessed that she wanted to be his woman, Ning Xiaochuan accepted her declaration.

• Ning Xiaochuan brought the unconscious Azure Queen to the Great Golden Roc King Residence and asked the guards to tell Yu Qianqian that he had come to repay her kindness.
• Yu Qianqian recognized Ning Xiaochuan, ran to embrace him, and cried as he revealed his true appearance.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Yu Qianqian that he would kill the Jade Ripple Great Emperor within three days and said the Azure Queen could help him.
• Yu Qianqian grew jealous when Ning Xiaochuan praised the Azure Queen, but he assured her there was nothing between them.
• Yu Qianqian told Ning Xiaochuan she wanted to be his woman, and he accepted her declaration.

Ning Xiaochuan encountered the Demon Emperor, who had survived the Heaven-Man Dao Debate and reached the Heaven-Man Realm, while they discussed joining forces against the Jade Ripple Great Emperor. The Demon Emperor revealed how the four survivors had advanced and why the Great Golden Roc King died, then appeared outside the imperial palace.

• Ning Xiaochuan left Yu Qianqian asleep, carried the unconscious Azure Queen to the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, and waited for her to wake.
• A mysterious attacker ambushed Ning Xiaochuan, but he wounded the Demon Emperor with his Demon Sword before recognizing him.
• Ning Xiaochuan rejected the Demon Emperor as family, while the Demon Emperor proposed that they cooperate against the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.
• The Demon Emperor explained that Spirit Void Venerable's inheritance of the Heavenly Emperor's soul-force had helped all four participants reach the Heaven-Man Realm, and that the Jade Ripple Great Emperor had killed the Great Golden Roc King in an ambush.
• The Demon Emperor said he wanted Ning Xiaochuan's help because of the Demon Sword, accepted that Ning Xiaochuan would not hand it over, and appeared outside the imperial palace.

Ning Xiaochuan joined Demon Emperor in the Different Dimension to fight the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, seeking revenge for his parents. The battle turned against Demon Emperor, and Ning Xiaochuan’s Black Skeleton struck at the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.

• Demon Emperor and the Jade Ripple Great Emperor entered a Different Dimension to settle their conflict, while Dark Sky King asked Ning Xiaochuan to care for Yu Ningsheng.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed them into the Different Dimension, where the Imperial City learned that he and Demon Emperor had joined forces against the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor’s Tian Zi Dragon Pearl overpowered Demon Emperor’s Blood Devouring Pearl and wounded him.
• Ning Xiaochuan attacked with the Single Wheel Star Sphere, but the Jade Ripple Great Emperor knocked it aside and summoned a golden dragon against him.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s Black Skeleton cut the golden dragon in two and charged at the Jade Ripple Great Emperor with the Demon Sword.

Ning Xiaochuan and the Demon Emperor cornered Jade Ripple Great Emperor, but Jade Ripple combined the royal family's five Ninth Grade Profound Weapons into a Supreme Weapon and overwhelmed them. The Azure Queen arrived as Ning Xiaochuan tried to turn Jade Ripple's defiance against him.

• Jade Ripple Great Emperor was wounded by the Black Skeleton's Demon Sword while fighting it barehanded.
• Ning Xiaochuan lent the Bronze Ancient Lamp to the Demon Emperor, who used it to drive back the Tian Zi Dragon Pearl.
• Ning Xiaochuan sealed the Different Dimension with a formation and attacked Jade Ripple Great Emperor's mind while the Demon Emperor and Black Skeleton pressed the assault.
• After the Black Skeleton retreated to replace its depleted Earth-Grade Profound Stone, Jade Ripple Great Emperor combined five Ninth Grade Profound Weapons into a Supreme Weapon and seriously injured Ning Xiaochuan and the Demon Emperor.
• The Azure Queen arrived, and Ning Xiaochuan claimed Jade Ripple had refused to surrender the Supreme Weapon and had asserted himself as ruler of the land.

Ning Xiaochuan told Azure Queen that Jade Ripple Great Emperor claimed to know the location of the God Sealing Cave Abode, so Azure Queen attacked him to force him to reveal it. Jade Ripple Great Emperor insisted he knew nothing, and Azure Queen, exhausted from beating him, told Ning Xiaochuan to take over.

• Ning Xiaochuan told Azure Queen that Jade Ripple Great Emperor had claimed to know the God Sealing Cave Abode's location but refused to reveal it.
• Azure Queen struck Jade Ripple Great Emperor and sent his Low-Grade Supreme Weapon flying, badly wounding him.
• Jade Ripple Great Emperor used a Martial Dao Divine Power, but Azure Queen crushed his Golden Treasure Wheel and continued beating him.
• Jade Ripple Great Emperor repeatedly insisted he knew nothing about the God Sealing Cave Abode, while Azure Queen accused him of lying and battered him until his spirit and will collapsed.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked whether Azure Queen had learned the location, and she said she was tired and told him to take over.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Jade Ripple Great Emperor and escaped while Azure Queen faced Yuchi Hai and two other experts from Heavenly Emperor Mountain. Azure Queen evaded capture with the Supreme Weapon, and the three experts turned to recruiting talented youths in the Yulan Empire.

• Ning Xiaochuan ignored Yuchi Hai’s command, beheaded Jade Ripple Great Emperor, and fled with the Demon Emperor.
• Yuchi Hai accused Azure Queen of violating an agreement and attacked her, but she used the Supreme Weapon to wound him and shatter his giant dharma body.
• Yu Tianchi and a blue-robed Daoist nun arrived and demanded that Azure Queen return the Yu Family’s Supreme Weapon.
• Azure Queen prepared to fight Yu Tianchi, then hid the weapon in her sleeve and escaped from the Different Dimension.
• Yu Tianchi decided not to pursue Azure Queen, and he and the others discussed recruiting talented youths in the Yulan Empire for Heavenly Emperor Mountain.

After killing the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, Ning Xiaochuan offered his head at the Great Golden Roc King's funeral and used the testimony to justify his revenge to the returning Academy Master. He spent nine months mastering World Extinction Swordplay and reaching the Fourth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm, then emerged to find Yu Qianqian had left for Heavenly Emperor Mountain and Jin Du had become emperor.

• Ning Xiaochuan urged the Demon Emperor and Dark Sky King to flee the Imperial City, then told the Demon Emperor that Duanmu Ning's death had not been his fault.
• Ning Xiaochuan presented the Jade Ripple Great Emperor's head at the Great Golden Roc King's funeral and explained how the emperor had ambushed and killed the Prince.
• Ning Xiaochuan secluded himself at the Great Golden Roc King Residence and mastered all four moves of World Extinction Swordplay.
• Ning Xiaochuan merged eighteen sword intents into his body, formed the Demon Sword Dharma Body, and reached the Fourth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm.
• After nine months in seclusion, Ning Xiaochuan learned that Yu Qianqian had gone to Heavenly Emperor Mountain and Jin Du had ascended the throne as the new emperor.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, learned that Ning Xiner had gone to Heavenly Emperor Mountain, and gave the Old Marquis valuable armor and a martial scripture before setting out again. The Azure Queen intercepted him, spared him temporarily in exchange for leading her to the God Sealing Cave Abode, and broke its seal, releasing a terrifying black radiance.

• Ning Xiaochuan learned from the Old Marquis that Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian had been taken to Heavenly Emperor Mountain, then gave him ten sets of Black Gold Armor and the Nine Suns True Fire Scripture.
• Ning Xiaochuan told the Old Marquis he planned to go to Heavenly Emperor Mountain and hoped to become Shennong so he could prolong his family's lives.
• The Azure Queen confronted Ning Xiaochuan over his deception, but he revealed that he knew the location of the God Sealing Cave Abode and offered to take her there.
• The Azure Queen agreed to spare Ning Xiaochuan until they found the cave, and he accompanied her for drinks before leading her into the Great Desolation.
• The Azure Queen shattered the seal at the cave entrance, releasing a mass of black radiance and aggrieved souls; she attacked it with azure flames and drew her Supreme Weapon.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the God Sealing Cave Abode ahead of Azure Queen and discovered ancient carvings and a powerful Heavenly Ghost Soul Fiend. The White Bone Pearl drew him deeper into the cave as he searched for the Heaven and Earth Scripture, while Azure Queen remained trapped fighting the fiend.

• Azure Queen made Ning Xiaochuan enter the cave first, and he used the Bronze Ancient Lamp to ward off the ghostly yin spirits.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Azure Queen examined a phoenix carving, and Azure Queen explained the realms above Heaven-Man and the carving’s ancient power.
• A Heavenly Ghost Soul Fiend attacked them, and Azure Queen fought it with her Supreme Weapon while Ning Xiaochuan slipped past and ran deeper into the cave.
• Azure Queen pinned the fiend to a wall with her Golden Saint Spear, but it re-formed and attacked her again, preventing her from pursuing Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed the White Bone Pearl’s pulsing and suspected the Heaven and Earth Scripture was hidden deeper inside the cave.

Ning Xiaochuan opened a crystal coffin in the God Sealing Cave Abode and discovered Jade Essence Ice Soul and clues linking it to the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen. After taking the treasure and finding her name inscribed inside, he was confronted by a ghostly remnant that the Heavenly Emperor Blade said would follow him.

• Ning Xiaochuan followed a medicinal fragrance to a crystal coffin embedded in the cave wall and opened it despite its immense weight and freezing aura.
• The corpse inside resembled the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, but it dissolved into mist, leaving milky-white Jade Essence Ice Soul behind.
• Ning Xiaochuan collected the Jade Essence Ice Soul and learned from the Heavenly Emperor Blade that the four characters beneath it meant “Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen.”
• Ning Xiaochuan suspected the coffin might suppress Nie Lanxin and considered taking it, but a female ghost appeared behind him and repeatedly vanished when he struck it.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade identified the ghost as a remnant soul from the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s previous life, drawn to the queen’s aura on Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan followed a mysterious summons to a clay statue in the God Sealing Cave Abode and experienced a vision of the world's creation, gaining profound insights into martial laws. He awoke after nine days to find the badly wounded Azure Queen defending him from a powerful black mist and urging him to flee.

• Ning Xiaochuan was attacked by the female ghost resembling the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, but he struck her down and continued deeper into the cave abode while she followed him.
• Ning Xiaochuan found a clay statue marked with the Heavenly Venerable Seal and began comprehending the scattered writing on it.
• An old Daoist appeared in Ning Xiaochuan's vision and showed him the creation of the Initial Universe World and its shattering into countless landmasses.
• Ning Xiaochuan returned to his body after nearly nine days of enlightenment, and the Azure Queen kicked him awake while holding back a powerful black mist with a Supreme Weapon.
• The badly wounded Azure Queen told Ning Xiaochuan to run as she continued fighting the strange creature or force surging from deeper in the cave abode.

Ning Xiaochuan and the Azure Queen escaped the God Sealing Cave Abode as a terrifying creature awakened inside and destroyed the Profound Stone Puppet. After binding the injured Azure Queen, Ning Xiaochuan set off for Heavenly Emperor Mountain to find Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian, but the Queen attacked him with a Thought Manifestation and was defeated.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the Profound Stone Puppet, the Demon Sword, and the Bronze Ancient Lamp to fight his way out of the God Sealing Cave Abode with the Azure Queen.
• Ning Xiaochuan turned back for the injured Azure Queen, carried her out, and watched as the awakened creature smashed the Profound Stone Puppet into bones.
• Ning Xiaochuan bound the Azure Queen with the Dragon Binding Cord three thousand miles from the cave and told her he was leaving for Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• Ning Xiaochuan set off on the Two-Headed Stone Beast to find Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian, but the Azure Queen sent a Thought Manifestation after him with the Golden Saint Spear.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Single Wheel Star Sphere to knock the Azure Queen's Thought Manifestation to the ground and continued toward Heavenly Emperor Mountain.

Ning Xiaochuan struggled to comprehend the Earth Scripture while dealing with a persistent female ghost, then learned how his cultivation differed from Spirit Void Venerable's. After months of progress, he reached the First Step Heavenly Ladder Realm and arrived in the Heaven Pivot Great Empire, with Heavenly Emperor Mountain drawing near.

• Ning Xiaochuan tried to trap the female ghost in a Universe Pouch, but she escaped and dodged his attacks, so he summoned Yu Jiao to guard him while he studied.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked the Heavenly Emperor Blade about the incomplete Heaven and Earth Scripture and learned he had comprehended its Earth Scripture, while Spirit Void Venerable was likely to cultivate the Heaven Scripture first.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade explained that Ning Xiaochuan's martial arts followed the sequence of earth before heaven and said he had buried several things at Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• Ning Xiaochuan practiced the Earth Scripture for months, reached its entry level, and entered the First Step Heavenly Ladder Realm while concealing his World Extinction Path.
• Ning Xiaochuan and the Two-Headed Stone Beast reached the advanced Fifth Grade Civilization of the Heaven Pivot Great Empire, bringing him closer to Heavenly Emperor Mountain.

Ning Xiaochuan visited the Mo Family Heart Nourishing Hall and bought the rare medicines he needed to attempt a breakthrough to Grand Heart Nourisher. He then entered the Mysterious Artifact market to look for battle swords and spotted Yue Mingsong haggling at a stall.

• Ning Xiaochuan entered the Mo Family Heart Nourishing Hall seeking Mysterious Essence and Millennial Nourishing Heart Rare Grass.
• Bi Lin and Steward Lu learned that Ning Xiaochuan was an Advanced Heart Nourisher and offered him the medicines, but he declined to join the Mo Family.
• Ning Xiaochuan verified both medicines and paid one and a half million Profound Stones for them.
• Ning Xiaochuan left the hall and headed to the Mysterious Artifact market to find swords for refining into Figurative Divine Power Swords.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Yue Mingsong at a stall, where Yue Mingsong was haggling over battered goods.

Ning Xiaochuan reunited with Yue Mingsong, helped him escape two Heavenly Emperor Mountain disciples, and learned why they were pursuing him. They continued toward Heavenly Emperor Mountain for the Heaven's Gate Examination, where Yue Mingsong described the formidable competitors awaiting them.

• Yue Mingsong sold a rusty iron bowl at a street stall and tried to flee when Ning Xiaochuan called out to him.
• Mo Hailan and Chang Guliang pursued Yue Mingsong with a Heavenly Eye Daoist Technique, and Ning Xiaochuan shattered the heavenly eye with his sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong escaped the ancient city on the Two-Headed Stone Beast, while Mo Hailan and Chang Guliang searched for them.
• Yue Mingsong explained that Mo Hailan had attacked him after he challenged her in an arena, though he claimed he had not meant to offend her.
• Ning Xiaochuan confirmed he was heading to Heavenly Emperor Mountain for the Heaven's Gate Examination, and Yue Mingsong named several leading candidates, including a rumored new Divine Maiden.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong discussed the Heaven's Gate Examination before agreeing that Yue Mingsong would forge three battle swords from Sub-God Bone. They hurried toward Heavenly Emperor Mountain to gather materials and arrive before the examination began.

• Yue Mingsong explained the competition for inner and core discipleship and the titles awarded to the top three of the Heaven's Gate Examination.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked Yue Mingsong to forge three high-grade battle swords, then showed him Sub-God Bone from the Purple Gold Imperial Lord's tomb.
• Yue Mingsong agreed to attempt three Ninth Grade Profound Weapons in exchange for nine hundred chapters of the Mystic Artifact Compendium and gave Ning Xiaochuan a list of rare materials.
• Ning Xiaochuan found Wind Thunder Gold Sand and Earth Fire Iron among his possessions, then he and Yue Mingsong set out for Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• The Two-Headed Stone Beast carried them more than thirty thousand li in a day, and the White-Headed Nine-Clawed Eagle took over after nightfall as their pursuers fell behind.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong reached Heavenly Emperor Mountain’s territory and learned they had to compete for Heaven’s Gate Examination permits in Black Fish Ancient City. There, Wu Qingchou of Ten Thousand Swords Palace offered Ning Xiaochuan help obtaining a permit if he joined her sect.

• The female ghost continued to follow Ning Xiaochuan as he and Yue Mingsong cultivated during their journey.
• A month later, Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong entered Heavenly Emperor Mountain’s territory and learned that outsiders needed permits to take the Heaven’s Gate Examination.
• A patrol squad led by Han Li escorted Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong to Black Fish Ancient City, where young cultivators gathered to compete for examination permits.
• Han Li explained that permits were rare and that Heavenly Emperor Mountain sects were recruiting promising cultivators in the city.
• Wu Qingchou approached Ning Xiaochuan and offered to help him obtain an examination permit if he joined Ten Thousand Swords Palace.