Recaps

Ning Xiaochuan killed Lin Zhirong and broke out of his prison cell with the injured Duanmu Ling'er, then discovered the imprisoned imperial general Qi Chong, who had served under Ning Xiaochuan’s father. Qi Chong revealed his identity and began to connect Ning Xiaochuan to the army’s defeat eleven years earlier, leaving Ning Xiaochuan seeking the truth from him.

• Lin Zhirong broke Duanmu Ling'er's legs and threatened her and Ning Xiaochuan with execution in Ten Thousand Snakes Cave.
• Ning Xiaochuan seized Lin Zhirong, drained his blood qi, killed him and the two prison guards, and treated Duanmu Ling'er's wounds.
• Ning Xiaochuan carried Duanmu Ling'er out of their cell, killed more guards, and heard someone call his name from another prison cell.
• Ning Xiaochuan broke through the wall and found an old prisoner wearing a tattered imperial military robe.
• Qi Chong identified himself as the former Right Deputy General under Ning Qianyi and asked about Ning Xiaochuan's parents.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked Qi Chong about the battle eleven years earlier, but Qi Chong refused to let him cut the chains, saying the recoil could hasten his death.

After Qi Chong died, Ning Xiaochuan suspected that Mo Longting had faked his death and might be the Dark Sky King. Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er fought their way out of the Demonic Sect Iron Prison, where Han Yun confronted them at the exit.

• Qi Chong told Ning Xiaochuan to investigate Yue Wuyang and Mo Longting before dying, and Ning Xiaochuan suspected Mo Longting had survived by faking his death.
• Ning Xiaochuan blasted through the prison doors and defeated the guards who tried to stop him and Duanmu Ling'er.
• At the prison's main gate, Han Yun and the Demon Sect elders tried to force Duanmu Ling'er and Ning Xiaochuan back inside.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought the elders and used the World Extinction Divine Monument to send the Celestial Pattern Cauldron flying and scatter its wielders.
• Ning Xiaochuan flew through the breach, but Han Yun pursued him and blocked his escape with Primal Chaos Sword Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan deflected Han Yun's attack, spread his own wings, and faced him in midair.

Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er fought their way out of the Demonic Sect Iron Prison, but the No Life Path Lord stopped them and tried to take Ning Xiaochuan away. The Demon Sect Saintess arrived and challenged his authority, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the World Extinction Sword Soul to break Han Yun's sword formation and defeat him, then escaped with Duanmu Ling'er.
• Duanmu Ling'er urged Ning Xiaochuan to head for Celestial Capital Peak and seek her father, but the No Life Path Lord intercepted them and suppressed their cultivation with his Martial Venerable power.
• Ning Xiaochuan used Dragon Tiger Profound Qi to form new wings and land safely, while the No Life Path Lord ordered Han Yun to return Duanmu Ling'er to the iron prison and claimed Ning Xiaochuan for himself.
• The No Life Path Lord said he intended to punish Ning Xiaochuan over the deaths of his son and daughter-in-law, and Ning Xiaochuan suspected he wanted to learn the secret of the World Extinction Sword Soul.
• The Demon Sect Saintess arrived and refused to let the No Life Path Lord take Ning Xiaochuan, asserting her authority to intervene in the affairs of the Six Demonic Paths.

Dark Sky King defeated the No Life Path Lord and revealed his identity as Mo Longting to Ning Xiaochuan. The Demon Sect Saintess explained that Ning Xiaochuan’s parents died to save the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion, leaving him with the truth about their sacrifice and the Jade Ripple Great Emperor’s scheme.

• Dark Sky King intervened when the No Life Path Lord threatened the Demon Sect Saintess and entered a Different Dimension to fight him.
• The No Life Path Lord emerged injured and fled, while Dark Sky King returned and summoned Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan confronted Dark Sky King about Qi Chong and learned that he was Mo Longting, his father’s sworn brother.
• Dark Sky King described the Jade Ripple Great Emperor’s plot to sacrifice seven hundred thousand soldiers and weaken the nobles.
• The Demon Sect Saintess revealed that Ning Xiaochuan’s mother killed herself to make the Demon Emperor save the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion, and that his father also died in the events surrounding the pact with the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.

Ning Xiaochuan ended his relationship with the Demon Sect Saintess after realizing she was Yu Ningsheng, then escaped Nine Deaths Cliff with Duanmu Ling'er. He headed toward the Imperial City, where powerful enemies were already hunting him.

• Ning Xiaochuan returned Yu Ningsheng's letter and left Nine Deaths Cliff with Duanmu Ling'er, while the Demon Sect Saintess wept and Dark Sky King explained the imperial campaign's political purpose.
• Ning Xiaochuan escaped through the forest, lost his pursuers, and recovered his strength as Duanmu Ling'er regained some use of her legs.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er argued about his feelings for the Saintess and their predicament, then he decided to take her to the Imperial City.
• Duanmu Ling'er worried that Xiao Ling'er might be killed, and Ning Xiaochuan trusted the Demon Sect Saintess to protect her.
• Ning Xiaochuan carried Duanmu Ling'er toward the Imperial City as the God-Slaying Battalion, Xiao Cheng, the No Life Path Lord, and Mu Honglai searched for him.

Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er entered Lin Luo City by breaking through its underground formation barrier, and Ning Xiaochuan sought out Ji Hanxing. After Ji Hanxing attacked Duanmu Ling'er, Ning Xiaochuan stopped her, but Xiao Cheng discovered them and surrounded the tent with troops.

• Ning Xiaochuan chose to enter Lin Luo City with Duanmu Ling'er after seeing Ji Hanxing arrive with the Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Tai Sui Beast and broke through the city's Dao Gate formation barrier to enter underground.
• In a military tent, Xiao Cheng told Ji Hanxing that Ning Xiaochuan had been captured and would soon be executed, but she refused to believe him.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er met Ji Hanxing, who recognized Duanmu Ling'er as the Bloodthirsty Path Lord's daughter and attacked her.
• Ning Xiaochuan stopped Ji Hanxing and bargained for Duanmu Linger's safety, but Ji Hanxing refused to spare her.
• Xiao Cheng discovered Ning Xiaochuan in Ji Hanxing's tent and sent troops to surround it.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Xiao Cheng’s attempt to arrest him by invoking the Imperial Power Token, then fled toward the Imperial City with Duanmu Ling'er while recovering and strengthening himself. Xiao Cheng and mysterious pursuers continued to hunt them, leaving Ning Xiaochuan racing to reach safety and improve his cultivation.

• Xiao Cheng accused Ning Xiaochuan of colluding with Duanmu Ling'er and ordered his soldiers to attack, but Ning Xiaochuan used the Imperial Power Token and his Martial Venerable aura to turn the soldiers against Xiao Cheng.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought Xiao Cheng, escaped underground with Duanmu Ling'er, and warned Ji Hanxing to stop investigating the case from eleven years ago; Ji Hanxing and Xiao Cheng pursued him toward the Imperial City.
• After traveling underground for three days, Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er crossed the Moshate Great Desert while Ning Xiaochuan treated his injuries and refined a Worldly Detachment Pill.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s blood formed a Divine Tiger when a drop struck the ground, but he remained short of the Fourth Level of the Worldly Detachment Realm and continued changing mounts to evade Xiao Cheng.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er were also followed by mysterious pursuers from Nine Deaths Cliff, whom Ning Xiaochuan suspected were Demon Sect experts sent by the No Life Path Lord.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to White Dragon City and asked the Heaven Extinction Path to help him kill Xiao Cheng. Grand Elder Qiu Xinghui arrived to discuss the danger and price of the request, and Ning Xiaochuan offered him an Earth Dominion Pill.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er arrived in White Dragon City, where Ji Yifan and Shi Dahai soon greeted him on behalf of the Heaven Extinction Path.
• Ji Yifan and Shi Dahai invited Ning Xiaochuan to a banquet at Thousand Rain Pavilion, and Ji Yifan recognized Duanmu Ling'er as the Demon Emperor's granddaughter from Nine Deaths Cliff.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Ji Yifan and Shi Dahai that Xiao Cheng, Cloud Marquis's eldest disciple, would pursue him and asked the Heaven Extinction Path to help eliminate him.
• Qiu Xinghui, the Heaven Extinction Path's Grand Elder, arrived and warned Ning Xiaochuan that killing Xiao Cheng would be difficult and required sufficient benefit.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered Qiu Xinghui an Earth Dominion Pill in exchange for Xiao Cheng's life.

Ning Xiaochuan arranged with Qiu Xinghui to provide him an Earth Dominion Pill, then joined Qiu in a planned Demon Sect ambush on Xiao Cheng outside White Dragon City. The attack began with forty God-Shooting Crossbows and Qiu's Profound Stone War Chariot as Xiao Cheng faced the surrounding hunters.

• Ning Xiaochuan promised to send Qiu Xinghui an Earth Dominion Pill within three months, and Qiu agreed to the deal even if the pill failed.
• Xiao Cheng pursued Ning Xiaochuan's lingering aura to White Dragon City and was ambushed by Demon Sect experts.
• Forty Demon Sect experts aimed God-Shooting Crossbows at Xiao Cheng while an aged voice identified him as their target.
• Qiu Xinghui brought out a Human-Grade Profound Stone War Chariot and loaded it with a Mid-Grade Profound Stone as Ning Xiaochuan admired the weapon.
• The Demon Sect experts fired God-Shooting Arrows at Xiao Cheng, and Ning Xiaochuan watched the attack begin.

Ning Xiaochuan ambushed Xiao Cheng, badly wounded him, and pursued him until he killed him in a river by absorbing his blood qi. Afterward, Ning Xiaochuan began refining the power he had taken, aiming to reach the fourth level of the Worldly Detachment Realm.

• Xiao Cheng repelled the Demon Sect attackers with the Primal Silver Ring, but a Profound Stone War Chariot struck him and left him gravely injured.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed himself, shot down Xiao Cheng's Scorpion Lion, and pursued him after Xiao Cheng escaped using an Undying Silver Pill.
• Ning Xiaochuan repeatedly shot Xiao Cheng with God-Shooting Arrows as he fled, until Xiao Cheng jumped into a river to escape.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed Xiao Cheng underwater, shattered his ice shields, and absorbed his blood qi with the Demon Sword and the World Extinction Divine Monument.
• Ning Xiaochuan emerged from the river with Xiao Cheng's shriveled corpse and began refining the absorbed power to advance his cultivation.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Imperial City after reaching the fourth level of the Worldly Detachment Realm and discussed Netherworld Manor’s expansion and Yue Wuyang with Murong Hua. He planned to use Netherworld Manor to eliminate Yue Wuyang, while the manor continued its struggle to gain influence around the Imperial City.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined Xiao Cheng’s power, advanced to the Worldly Detachment Realm Fourth Level, and set out for the Imperial City.
• Ning Xiaochuan arrived at Begonia Manor and learned that the Netherworld Envoy and Left Guardian King were attacking the Situ Family in Yunhu Village.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned Murong Hua, revealed that the Jade Ripple Great Emperor had been behind the betrayal eleven years earlier, and said Yue Wuyang still had to die.
• Murong Hua explained that Netherworld Manor needed to control the two hundred and seventeen Bianji before challenging Dark Emperor City, and reported that the manor held thirty-six Bianji.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Murong Hua that Netherworld Manor should expand without indiscriminately slaughtering innocents.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Imperial City after killing Xiao Cheng, whose corpse was delivered to Cloud Marquis's Mansion, and admitted the deed to the Old Marquis. The Old Marquis arranged to invest Ning Xiaochuan as Sword Pavilion Marquis's heir, and the announcement stirred the Imperial City as Yu Ningsheng returned to Jade Viewing Pavilion.

• Murong Hua explained to Ning Xiaochuan why Netherworld Manor had massacred West Suppressing Marquis's Mansion and described the rules against indiscriminate killing.
• Xiao Cheng's corpse arrived at Cloud Marquis's Mansion, and Ning Xiaochuan returned to Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, where he welcomed Duanmu Ling'er.
• The Old Marquis learned of Xiao Cheng's death and ordered Ning Xiaochuan's return kept secret before summoning him to the study.
• Ning Xiaochuan admitted killing Xiao Cheng and told the Old Marquis he had uncovered the truth of that year; the Old Marquis praised him and planned his investiture as heir.
• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated at the mansion for several days, then the Old Marquis announced his return and invited powerful figures to witness his investiture.
• Yu Ningsheng returned alone to Jade Viewing Pavilion that evening, causing a commotion.

Ning Xiaochuan faced a plot against his life as Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu hired assassins before his investiture as heir. Six Gold-Rank Assassins from Dark Emperor City invaded the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, leaving its guards slaughtered and Ning Xiaochuan surrounded.

• Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu plotted to have Ning Xiaochuan killed while the Old Marquis attended morning court.
• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated with a High-Grade Profound Stone, and Duanmu Ling'er visited him and asked about Yu Ningsheng's return.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed intruders, and six black-robed, gold-armored assassins from Dark Emperor City surrounded the courtyard.
• The assassins sent Second and Seventh against the mansion's guards, and the pair killed hundreds and beheaded the guards' captain.

Ning Xiaochuan fought a Gold-Rank Assassin while Ji Bo held off the other assassins and protected the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion. Ning Xiaochuan killed his opponent with the World Extinction Sword Soul, while Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu watched in shock from a pavilion.

• Ji Bo emerged from the darkness and overwhelmed Second Brother, while Second Brother and Seventh Brother tried to hold him back.
• Third Brother and Thirteenth Brother joined the fight against Ji Bo as the assassin on the azure cloud attacked Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan dodged the assassin's strikes with Seven-Colored Shift and countered with the World Extinction Sword Soul, shattering his saber and wounding him.
• The assassin recovered and used the Kill Word Seal, but Ning Xiaochuan countered with his sonic bell and Yin Yang Sun Moon Diagram.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the World Extinction Dao Ancestor's phantom and destroyed the assassin's body and spirit with a palm strike.
• Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu watched from a pavilion and realized that Ji Bo was powerful and Ning Xiaochuan had killed a Gold-Rank Assassin.

Ning Xiaochuan survived Dark Emperor City's assassination attempt, and the Old Marquis punished Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu by sending them away. He transferred the mansion’s vast commercial holdings to Ning Xiaochuan and explained that its true foundation rested on fiefs, armies, and Martial Venerables.

• Ji Bo and Ning Xiaochuan fought off the six Gold-Rank Assassins, while Ji Bo killed Third Brother and Second Brother with the Evil Dragon Scale and Han Dan escaped with two others.
• Ning Qianwen, Ning Qianwu, and the mansion elders arrived after the assassins had fled, and Ning Xiaochuan left without accusing anyone.
• The Old Marquis questioned Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu, sent them to govern the Jiang Nu Region fief, and transferred their forces to Ning Xiaochuan.
• The Old Marquis handed Ning Xiaochuan control of the mansion’s more than three hundred and seventy thousand establishments and urged him to learn to manage them.
• The Old Marquis explained that the mansion’s fiefs, armies, and Martial Venerables formed its true foundation, then urged Ning Xiaochuan to become its third Martial Venerable.

Ning Xiaochuan proposed consolidating the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's businesses around mystic beasts, pasture land, and weapons, and the Old Marquis considered giving him authority to pursue the plan. Ning Xiaochuan's coronation ceremony then began at the estate's Ancestral Land, where the traditional sacrifices awaited.

• Ning Xiaochuan proposed unifying the Mansion's shops, establishing logistics and money houses, and focusing its commercial power on mystic beasts, pasture land, and weapons.
• The Old Marquis and Ji Bo discussed secretly expanding the Mansion's control of war steeds and weapons while the Jade Ripple Great Emperor faced the Great Golden Roc King Residence and the Demon Sect.
• The Old Marquis considered releasing his authority and letting Ning Xiaochuan lead the Mansion's development.
• Ning Xiaochuan's coronation ceremony took place at the Mansion's Ancestral Land, where animals, mystic beasts, and four hundred slave volunteers had been prepared as sacrifices.

Ning Xiaochuan’s coronation as heir to the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion drew the empire’s most powerful rulers and produced extraordinary signs during the Sacrificial Ceremony. As Ning Xiaochuan offered his blood at the altar, the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace appeared in the sky and blood energy began flowing into him.

• The Four Great Kings, the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, and nobles from across the empire attended Ning Xiaochuan’s coronation.
• Yu Ningsheng arrived with Xiao Ling'er, who called her Mother and said she was hungry.
• Xuan Qingzi presided as Ning Xiaochuan offered incense to his ancestors and to heaven, bringing forth the omen of ghosts and gods singing together.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered incense to the gods, and a phantom of the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace appeared over the Imperial City.
• Ning Xiaochuan climbed to the altar’s summit, cut his wrist, and poured his blood into the altar as blood energy streamed toward him.

A mysterious Herb Gathering Farmer crashed the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's sacrifice, shrugged off a killing blow, and overwhelmed the assembled powers. The Jade Ripple Great Emperor identified him as a thousand-year-old demon, while Ning Xiaochuan watched warily from the altar.

• The Heavenly Emperor manifested above the altar, and the Herb Gathering Farmer arrived, killed two guards, and tossed their bodies onto the sacrificial altar.
• The Herb Gathering Farmer survived Xuan Qingzi's Purple Cloud Flying Sword and broke through his protective formation, leaving Xuan Qingzi severely injured.
• Ning Xiaochuan caught Xuan Qingzi before he fell into the altar, and the Jade Ripple Great Emperor offered a lavish reward for the farmer's capture.
• Five marquises attacked the Herb Gathering Farmer as the Old Marquis activated the Ancestral Land's barrier and formations.
• The Herb Gathering Farmer ripped out the hearts of two marquises, who fell into the altar and were refined into blood offerings.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor recognized the Herb Gathering Farmer as a thousand-year-old demon who had escaped the demon palace in the Fire Demon Mountain Range.

The Herb Gathering Farmer revealed his overwhelming power at the Imperial City sacrifice, killing two Martial Venerables and threatening Ning Xiaochuan. Sword Pavilion Marquis wounded him but learned that his true body was a heart, and the chapter ended with Ning Xiaochuan summoning the Heavenly Emperor Blade to face the ancient demon.

• The Herb Gathering Farmer's blood qi killed tens of thousands of martial artists and two Martial Venerables at the sacrificial altar.
• Ning Xiaochuan warned the gathered marquises that the Herb Gathering Farmer sought Martial Venerables' hearts to restore his power.
• Sword Pavilion Marquis used Man and Sword as One to pierce the Herb Gathering Farmer, but the ancient demon survived and tried to seize his heart.
• Ning Xiaochuan explained that the Herb Gathering Farmer could only be killed by shattering his true heart.
• The Herb Gathering Farmer attacked Ning Xiaochuan, but the Heavenly Emperor Blade flew from his chest and severed the demon's arm.
• Ning Xiaochuan fused with the Heavenly Emperor's phantom and confronted the Herb Gathering Farmer, who challenged the blade's protection.

Ning Xiaochuan used the Heavenly Emperor Blade and the sacrificial power to strike down the Herb Gathering Farmer, but the effort left him exhausted. Xiao Ling'er carried him out of the Ancestral Land while the Great Golden Roc King confronted the ancient demon, and she brought Ning Xiaochuan to Yu Ningsheng's private chamber.

• Ning Xiaochuan refused the Heavenly Emperor Blade's demand that he become its Knife Slave and drew on the sacrifice to wield it.
• Ning Xiaochuan's slash split the Herb Gathering Farmer in two, though the demon survived and Ning Xiaochuan collapsed from exhaustion.
• Xiao Ling'er carried Ning Xiaochuan from the sacrificial platform, and her white radiance repelled the Herb Gathering Farmer's attack.
• The Great Golden Roc King sent the Herb Gathering Farmer into the Different Dimension to fight, while Yu Ningsheng secretly delayed the Sword Pavilion Marquis as Xiao Ling'er escaped.
• The Sword Pavilion Marquis ordered a citywide search for Ning Xiaochuan, while Xiao Ling'er carried him into Yu Ningsheng's private chamber and laid him on her bed.

Ning Xiaochuan recovered at Yu Ningsheng’s Jade Viewing Pavilion, where she warned him that the Thousand-Year Ancient Demon and other enemies were hunting him because of his Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace. He decided to hide there and operate from the shadows, while Yu Ningsheng worried that he no longer cared about her.

• Xiao Ling'er offered Ning Xiaochuan a Bai Zhi Fruit, and he told her his injuries had healed so she could eat it.
• Yu Ningsheng played chess with Ning Xiaochuan and explained that the Thousand-Year Ancient Demon had escaped the Great Golden Roc King and was targeting him for his Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace.
• Yu Ningsheng warned Ning Xiaochuan that three Demon Sect elders from the No Life Path had come to capture him and that others coveted his Heavenly Emperor Blade.
• Yu Ningsheng revealed that the Heavenly Emperor had once possessed the Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace and become a True God, making Ning Xiaochuan’s heart especially valuable to the ancient demon.
• Ning Xiaochuan thanked Yu Ningsheng and chose to stay hidden at the Jade Viewing Pavilion, while she wondered whether his indifference meant he no longer cared about her.

Ning Xiaochuan used the Azure Jade Token to take control of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's businesses and began consolidating them into a Chamber of Commerce Alliance. He tasked Liu Wenyu with building a dominant weapons market in the Imperial City, naming the venture the Divine Sword Palace.

• Ning Xiaochuan decided to use the Azure Jade Token to establish a Chamber of Commerce Alliance and secretly take control of the empire's weapons and war mounts.
• Ning Xiaochuan disguised himself and left Jade Viewing Pavilion while Yu Ningsheng watched him write plans through the night.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed himself as the Marquis Mansion's Special Envoy to the gathered business leaders, displayed the Azure Jade Token, and ordered them to consolidate the mansion's businesses.
• Ning Xiaochuan kept twenty-six weapons-business leaders behind and ordered Liu Wenyu to build a weapons market capturing at least half of the Imperial City's trade within six months.
• Liu Wenyu identified the Qi Tian Marquis's Mansion and the Qilin King Residence as the market's largest rivals, and Ning Xiaochuan ordered him to consolidate the mansion's weapon shops and establish the Divine Sword Palace.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that the Situ Family was backed by the Kirin King Residence and set out for Yunhu Village to seize its mines and weapons-making resources. As he and Murong Hua planned their attack, they encountered Situ Fengwu, one of the Imperial City Ten Talents.

• The Sword Pavilion Marquis learned that Ning Xiaochuan was the masked Special Envoy and ordered his confidants to follow Ning Xiaochuan’s commands.
• Ning Xiaochuan healed Minister Tian, who explained that the Fire God Child of the Kirin King Residence had injured him while defending the Situ Family.
• Ning Xiaochuan decided to attack the Situ Family in Yunhu Village and traveled there with Murong Hua, leaving the injured Minister Tian to guard Netherworld Manor.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Murong Hua that Netherworld Manor could target the Seven Great Border Districts’ mines rather than face the Situ Family directly.
• Situ Fengwu arrived at the wine shop with twelve Azure Robe experts, drawing the attention of Ning Xiaochuan and Murong Hua.

Situ Fengwu led twelve Situ Family experts to attack Netherworld Manor’s people in a wine shop, where she fought a powerful black-robed woman. Ning Xiaochuan revealed his Martial Venerable aura from the upper floor, and the woman greeted him as the Manor Lord as the confrontation escalated.

• Situ Fengwu attacked six black-robed figures in the wine shop, and the black-robed woman drove back her twelve fighters with a sword strike.
• Situ Fengwu and the black-robed woman fought with ice and fire powers while onlookers discussed Netherworld Manor and Ning Xiaochuan’s ranking on the Evil Demon Villain List.
• A large force from the Situ Family surrounded the wine shop, and two elders entered to demand Netherworld Manor’s surrender.
• One elder’s sound attack knocked the black-robed woman back, and Ning Xiaochuan stood above them in a Golden Mask, releasing a powerful Martial Venerable aura.
• The black-robed woman knelt and greeted Ning Xiaochuan as the Manor Lord.

Ning Xiaochuan and Netherworld Manor confronted the Situ Family in Yunhu Village, overpowering its defenders and capturing Situ Fengwu. The Crown Prince’s Martial Soul Avatar intervened, but Murong Hua pierced it as Ning Xiaochuan left with his hostage and demanded artifact refinement masters by noon the next day.

• Ning Xiaochuan revealed himself as Netherworld Manor’s Young Master Chuan, while Murong Hua injured Elder Lin and subdued the Situ Family martial artists.
• Ning Xiaochuan ordered his men to seize Situ Fengwu, but the Crown Prince’s Martial Soul Avatar arrived and killed the two captors.
• Murong Hua attacked the Crown Prince’s Martial Soul Avatar, which countered with the Great Universe Art and suppressed his fire dragon.
• Ning Xiaochuan suppressed Situ Fengwu’s Martial Heart Palace, took her hostage, and demanded the Situ Family deliver artifact refinement masters to Huantian Cliff by noon the next day.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought his way out of the wine shop, and Murong Hua shattered the Crown Prince’s golden Battle Dragon before piercing the Martial Soul Avatar with a profound qi spear.