Recaps

After Netherworld Manor wounded the Crown Prince’s Martial Soul Avatar, the Crown Prince mobilized troops against it while the Situ Family prepared an ambush at Huantian Cliff. Young Master Chuan instead raided the Situ estate, taking its Artifact Refinement Masters and leaving the Crown Prince and Situ Ao furious as the Left Guardian King escaped.

• Murong Hua and Ning Xiaochuan left after the Crown Prince’s Martial Soul Avatar was wounded, and the Crown Prince ordered troops from Tian Zi Pass to suppress Netherworld Manor.
• At the Situ estate, Fire God Child advised Situ Ao to disguise Martial Dao experts as Artifact Refinement Masters and ambush Netherworld Manor at Huantian Cliff.
• Situ Ao arrived at Huantian Cliff with the disguised experts, while the Crown Prince watched nearby with thirty thousand troops; Three-Fingered Lin taunted Situ Ao as they waited for Young Master Chuan.
• The Crown Prince realized Young Master Chuan might be at the Situ estate and rushed back, finding it in ruins and its Artifact Refinement Masters captured; Elder Lin died after telling him what had happened.
• Young Master Chuan left a message thanking the Crown Prince and Situ Ao for the gift, and Fire God Child later reported that the Left Guardian King had escaped Huantian Cliff.

After Netherworld Manor defeated the Situ Family, Ning Xiaochuan planned to expand its power and took Xie Mengyao in as a subordinate. He forced Situ Fengwu to submit with a Heart Palace Jade Gu Worm, then began cultivating beneath the Blood Toad Wood while the two women guarded him.

• Ning Xiaochuan discussed Netherworld Manor’s victory and plans to seize resources with Xie Mengyao, who had fled Heavenly Emperor Academy after Ming Yang tried to kill her.
• Xie Mengyao brought the captured Situ Fengwu to Ning Xiaochuan, who rejected her demands and ordered her to become his sword attendant.
• Ning Xiaochuan made Situ Fengwu swallow a Heart Palace Jade Gu Worm, then eased her pain by drawing out the World Extinction Qi and sending Dragon Tiger Qi into her Martial Heart Palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan left the struggle against the Situ Family and the Seven Great Border Districts to Minister Tian, Murong Hua, and Three-Fingered Lin.
• Ning Xiaochuan swallowed a Worldly Detachment Pill and cultivated beneath the Blood Toad Wood as Xie Mengyao and Situ Fengwu guarded him.

Ning Xiaochuan focused on building a force to protect his allies and arranged for the Sword Pavilion Marquis to buy the mining mountains for an Artifact Refinement Holy Land. At Jade Viewing Pavilion, he found Yu Ningsheng playing music with Xiao Yizhi, and Xie Mengyao’s intimate entrance left Yu Ningsheng visibly cold.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined the Worldly Detachment Pill and Blood Toad Wood Tree’s blood qi, strengthening his blood without advancing beyond the fourth level of the Worldly Detachment Realm.
• Xie Mengyao reported that the Situ Family had recalled its experts and Netherworld Manor was raiding and blocking ore shipments, while Situ Fengwu warned that the family and its mining mountains remained powerful.
• Ning Xiaochuan rejected attacking the Situ Family as a likely trap and ordered the Sword Intent Martial Academy’s head to ask the Marquis to purchase the Seven Great Border Districts’ mining mountains from the Kirin King.
• Ning Xiaochuan discussed establishing an Artifact Refinement Holy Land with Liu Wenyu, then went to Jade Viewing Pavilion and found Yu Ningsheng playing music with Xiao Yizhi.
• Xiao Yizhi left after Ning Xiaochuan arrived, and Yu Ningsheng watched for signs of jealousy before Xie Mengyao entered and hooked her arm around Ning Xiaochuan’s wrist.

Ning Xiaochuan began planning a Weapon Ranking Chart that would rank both weapons and their wielders, using it to build influence for the Divine Sword Palace and manipulate the Yulan Empire’s martial world. He ordered information on every Martial Venerable gathered, while Yu Ningsheng watched him with jealousy from the Bamboo Pavilion.

• Ning Xiaochuan brought Xie Mengyao and Situ Fengwu into his room, prompting Yu Ningsheng to suspect he was trying to provoke her and secretly spy on them with her Divine Sense.
• Ning Xiaochuan wrote “Weapon Ranking Chart” and questioned Situ Fengwu about powerful weapons and their owners, learning about the legendary Supreme Imperial Weapons and Yu Tianchi’s Mentor’s Sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan named Yu Tianchi and the Mentor’s Sword first on the chart, explaining that the rankings would judge people as well as weapons.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed that the chart could raise the Divine Sword Palace’s standing and stir rivalries among Martial Venerables, then ordered Xie Mengyao to collect information on every Martial Venerable in the empire.
• Situ Fengwu denounced Ning Xiaochuan’s plan to exploit rankings and rivalries, though she recognized how effectively it could unsettle the martial world.

Ning Xiaochuan assigned Xie Mengyao to compile the Weapon Ranking Chart and spoke privately with Yu Ningsheng about their relationship. Later, while waiting at a late-night wine shop with Situ Fengwu, he encountered the Three Great Elders of the No Life Path, who arrived seeking him.

• Ning Xiaochuan put Xie Mengyao in charge of compiling the Weapon Ranking Chart, and Yu Ningsheng warned him to keep Jade Viewing Pavilion secret from outsiders.
• Yu Ningsheng asked whether she and Ning Xiaochuan could return to how they had been before, and Ning Xiaochuan reassured her that the women she had seen with him were only subordinates.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Fengwu waited at a wine shop, where customers discussed the Heavenly Emperor Blade and rumors about Ning Xiaochuan's disappearance.
• A bald, one-eyed strongman harassed Situ Fengwu, but she struck him with a palm seal and revealed her Worldly Detachment Realm cultivation.
• The Three Great Elders of the No Life Path arrived with their poisonous Battle Pets, and the poisoned bald strongman died as Ning Xiaochuan recognized their arrival.

Ning Xiaochuan confronted the Three Great Elders of the No Life Path in a tavern, posing as Young Master Chuan of Netherworld Manor to drive them out of the Imperial City. After revealing a terrifying display of power, he left the elders and onlookers believing he had reached Martial Venerable cultivation.

• Ning Xiaochuan kept the elders’ poisonous mist away with Heaven and Earth Profound Qi while concealing his immunity to poison.
• Ning Xiaochuan used a chopstick to disrupt the elders’ heartbeats, then shattered Viper Lord’s incoming stone slabs with it.
• Ning Xiaochuan identified himself as Young Master Chuan and warned Viper Lord that the No Life Path must leave the Imperial City.
• Scorpion Lord attacked Ning Xiaochuan, who unleashed World Extinction Qi and the phantom of the World Extinction Dao Ancestor to break Scorpion Lord’s Poison Mist Bridge and force him back.
• The onlookers, including Situ Fengwu, mistook Ning Xiaochuan’s phantom for a Martial Soul Avatar, while Ning Xiaochuan intended to use the display to strengthen Young Master Chuan’s fearsome reputation.

Ning Xiaochuan slew the Three Great Elders of the No Life Path, saved a dying girl, and explained that he meant to bar the Demon Sect from the Imperial City. The Undead City Lord decided to support Netherworld Manor as a weapon against the Demon Sect, while Silver Pool Madam took an interest in meeting Young Master Chuan.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the World Extinction Sword Soul to kill the Three Great Elders of the No Life Path and their two mystical beasts in the tavern.
• Ning Xiaochuan revived the dying girl with a drop of his blood and told his companions to take her to Netherworld Manor; Situ Fengwu followed him and learned he had acted to warn the Demon Sect away from the Imperial City.
• Minister Xuan reported to the Undead City Lord, who chose to help Young Master Chuan unify the Bianji and ordered Minister Huang to negotiate with him.
• News of Young Master Chuan's victory spread through the Imperial City and reached Silver Pool Madam, who said she wanted to meet him.

Ning Xiaochuan caught Situ Fengwu trying to betray him to the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince used her as bait and trapped them outside his palace. With the Crown Prince, a Third Grade National Teacher, and numerous martial experts closing in, Ning Xiaochuan faced a deadly encirclement.

• Ning Xiaochuan ordered Situ Fengwu to search for the remaining medicines and pill formula needed to refine the Earth Dominion Pill.
• Situ Fengwu headed to the Crown Prince's Palace, intending to reveal Ning Xiaochuan's identity to the Crown Prince.
• Ning Xiaochuan intercepted Situ Fengwu outside the palace and warned her against betraying him, threatening her with the gu insect's punishment.
• The Crown Prince attacked Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Fengwu with a palm print, revealing that he had used Situ Fengwu as bait.
• Ning Xiaochuan cut apart the Crown Prince's next attack and summoned Tai Sui, but a Third Grade National Teacher sealed the earth and space while palace experts surrounded them.

Ning Xiaochuan was trapped outside the Crown Prince's Palace but used the White Bone Pearl to break Ling Yi National Teacher's barrier and flee with Situ Fengwu. The Dragon Vein absorbed the Crown Prince's Nine-Five Divine Dragon Qi, saving Ning Xiaochuan, advancing his cultivation to Worldly Detachment Fifth Level, and letting him escape.

• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed Heaven and Earth Profound Qi through the White Bone Pearl, collapsing Ling Yi National Teacher's barrier and advancing toward Worldly Detachment Fifth Level.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Demon Sword to scatter the Crown Prince's Palace experts and cut down an old man who tried to block his escape.
• The Crown Prince unleashed Nine-Five Divine Dragon Qi, and its pressure injured Ning Xiaochuan as he fled with Situ Fengwu.
• Ning Xiaochuan's Dragon Vein absorbed the Crown Prince's golden dragon, saving him and advancing him to Worldly Detachment Fifth Level.
• Ning Xiaochuan countered with his own golden dragon, then escaped with Situ Fengwu while the Crown Prince shattered the attack.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped the Crown Prince and Ling Yi National Teacher but suffered grave injuries, then advanced to the fifth level of the Worldly Detachment Realm. Silver Pool Madam sheltered him in her carriage and began telling him how Yue Minghua married Qi Tian Marquis to take revenge, ultimately causing his death.

• The Crown Prince ordered his martial experts to search the Imperial City for Young Master Chuan after Ling Yi National Teacher explained that he had not truly mastered Nine-Five Divine Dragon Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan fled with severe internal injuries, suppressed them while Situ Fengwu guarded him, and advanced to the fifth level of the Worldly Detachment Realm.
• Silver Pool Madam stopped her carriage in Ning Xiaochuan's path and sent away the Crown Prince's experts, then invited him inside for wine.
• Silver Pool Madam told Ning Xiaochuan that Yue Minghua married Qi Tian Marquis after he assaulted and humiliated her.
• Silver Pool Madam recounted how Yue Minghua's affair led Qi Tian Marquis to kill two of his sons, before he died in her bed and his body was thrown into the Beast Pen.

Ning Xiaochuan resisted Silver Pool Madam’s attempt to seduce and control him, then left for Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion to meet the Old Marquis and his Second Uncle, Ning Qiancheng. Ning Qiancheng treated his injuries and prepared to discuss serious matters.

• Silver Pool Madam told Ning Xiaochuan that Qi Tian Marquis had died after finding his servant in her bed, and Ning Xiaochuan condemned the revenge that had turned Yue Minghua into Silver Pool Madam.
• Silver Pool Madam tried to seduce Ning Xiaochuan and remove his mask, but he pushed her away and stabbed his own thigh to break free of her influence.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Silver Pool Madam that he understood why her daughter, Qi Chan'er, despised her, then left the carriage; Silver Pool Madam vowed to conquer him and wondered whether he attended Heavenly Emperor Academy.
• Ning Xiaochuan refused to explain the carriage incident to Situ Fengwu and entered Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion through a secret passage.
• Ning Xiaochuan met the Old Marquis and Ning Qiancheng, who gave him Reconnecting Healing Pills after noticing how badly the Crown Prince had injured him.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that the Great Golden Roc King was using foreign armies to prepare a challenge to the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, and advised the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion to remain neutral while building its strength. He also revealed plans to use captured Artifact Refinement Masters and equipment to establish the Divine Sword Palace, while concealing that he himself was Netherworld Manor's master.

• Ning Qiancheng showed Ning Xiaochuan the dragonhide map and explained that seventeen million troops from thirty western kingdoms had gathered near Fan Sai Border City.
• The Sword Pavilion Marquis said a prince was backing the foreign alliance and identified the Great Golden Roc King as the likely rival to the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.
• Ning Xiaochuan reasoned that the Great Golden Roc King was forcing the empire's powerful factions to choose sides, and urged the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion to remain neutral for now.
• The Sword Pavilion Marquis told Ning Xiaochuan that he had arranged to buy mines from the Kirin King, but Netherworld Manor still threatened access to them.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered to speak with an important figure in Netherworld Manor and revealed that he had bought the Situ Family's Artifact Refinement Masters and equipment for the Divine Sword Palace.
• The Sword Pavilion Marquis praised Ning Xiaochuan's plan, and Ning Xiaochuan declared that the Divine Sword Palace would become the greatest Artifact Refinement Holy Land under heaven.

Ning Xiaochuan and the Sword Pavilion Marquis planned to establish a vast Pasture Land and the Divine Sword Palace, while Ning Xiaochuan pressed Situ Fengwu into helping organize the captured Situ Family artifact refiners. After Minister Tian resisted handing them over, a masked attacker descended on Ning Xiaochuan at Jade Viewing Pavilion.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Ning Qiancheng finalized plans for a large Pasture Land, and the Sword Pavilion Marquis pledged the mansion’s resources to buy land and mystic beasts.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent Xie Mengyao to deliver instructions to Minister Tian and obtained the Earth Dominion Pill formula as he began preparations for the Divine Sword Palace’s artifact-refining center.
• Situ Fengwu begged Ning Xiaochuan to feed her Gu insect, and he agreed to spare her punishment if she helped establish the Divine Sword Palace and organize the Situ Family’s artifact refiners.
• Minister Tian warned in a letter that Netherworld Manor’s people would oppose transferring the refiners and tools, while Xie Mengyao explained his concerns to Ning Xiaochuan.
• A concealed attacker struck from above, but Ning Xiaochuan pierced the roof with a mystic qi sword, revealing a masked figure with Ice-Fire Twin Flying Wings and a Dragon Scale Black Sword.

Ning Xiaochuan confronted Xie Mengyao, who revealed that she was Meng Ying, Dark Emperor City's former number one Gold-Rank Assassin sent by Minister Tian to kill him. As Meng Ying negotiated for a place at Ning Xiaochuan's side, Yu Ningsheng broke through her barrier and challenged her, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Ning Xiaochuan revealed that he suspected Xie Mengyao cultivated Daoist arts and had concealed her true strength.
• Xie Mengyao admitted that her real identity was Meng Ying, Dark Emperor City's former number one Gold-Rank Assassin, and demonstrated her lethal speed with a sword strike that wounded Ning Xiaochuan.
• Meng Ying said she no longer wanted to be Minister Tian's puppet and proposed becoming Ning Xiaochuan's wife instead of killing him.
• Yu Ningsheng broke through Meng Ying's Heaven and Earth Barrier and entered the courtyard, startling Meng Ying.
• Yu Ningsheng attacked Meng Ying with her snow-and-ice Divine Power, and Meng Ying countered with her Dragon Scale Black Sword and fiery lotus.

Meng Ying attacked Yu Ningsheng at Jade Viewing Pavilion, but Yu Ningsheng wounded her and drove her away. As Ning Xiaochuan prepared to confront Minister Tian, Yu Ningsheng refused to go with him to Netherworld Manor because her presence would endanger him, leaving her and Xiao Ling'er behind.

• Meng Ying and Yu Ningsheng fought across the courtyard until Yu Ningsheng used the Eight Aspects Bright Lamp to injure Meng Ying, who escaped after warning that the imperial army would surround Jade Viewing Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling'er entered through the barrier, and contact with her forehead caused Ning Xiaochuan's blood to transform into three Divine Tigers; he then discovered a Purple Star sealed within her brow.
• Holy light enveloped Xiao Ling'er, and after it faded she appeared a little older and told Ning Xiaochuan she was hungry again.
• Yu Ningsheng warned Ning Xiaochuan that their identities could be exposed, and he invited her to Netherworld Manor to help him eliminate Minister Tian and to repay her favor.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Fengwu left for Netherworld Manor, while Yu Ningsheng refused to follow because Demon Sect experts might track her there and endanger him.
• Yu Ningsheng told Xiao Ling'er that only the death of the Demon Sect's great devil could keep Ning Xiaochuan safe, then left Jade Viewing Pavilion with her.

Minister Tian tried to have Ning Xiaochuan killed, but Ning Xiaochuan and Murong Hua confronted him at Netherworld Manor and fought him in the mountains. After Ning Xiaochuan wounded him with the Demon Sword and Murong Hua rejected his attempt to turn them against each other, Minister Tian unleashed Blood Demon Spirit Release to escape or counterattack.

• Minister Tian expected Meng Ying to return with Ning Xiaochuan's head, but Situ Fengwu arrived disguised as Sword Servant with Ning Xiaochuan in chains.
• Minister Tian recognized the deception and struck Situ Fengwu, while Ning Xiaochuan broke free and attacked him.
• Minister Tian fled through the hall roof, but Murong Hua struck him with a dragon soul and sent him crashing into the mountains.
• Minister Tian summoned hundreds of death warriors, whose arrows Ning Xiaochuan redirected before he struck Minister Tian with the Demon Sword and collapsed the mountain.
• Minister Tian tried to persuade Murong Hua to betray Ning Xiaochuan, but Murong Hua refused and attacked him with seven golden dragons.
• Minister Tian used Blood Demon Spirit Release, transforming into drops of qilin-shaped essence blood that filled the sky.

Ning Xiaochuan battled Minister Tian, whose Heaven and Earth Without Form divine power countered the Demon Sword and let him absorb much of Ning Xiaochuan’s blood qi. Fleeing underground on Tai Sui, Ning Xiaochuan persuaded the Heavenly Emperor Blade to lend him power, then stopped to face Minister Tian again.

• Ning Xiaochuan unleashed his blood qi and Divine Tigers against Minister Tian’s qilin, but Minister Tian’s stronger Martial Dao realm gave him the advantage.
• Minister Tian used Heaven and Earth Without Form to redirect the Demon Sword’s devouring power, then pursued Ning Xiaochuan underground and absorbed nearly one-third of his blood qi.
• Murong Hua attacked Minister Tian, but Minister Tian rebounded his dragon qi before pursuing Ning Xiaochuan beneath the earth.
• While fleeing on Tai Sui, Ning Xiaochuan questioned the Heavenly Emperor Blade about its past and persuaded it to lend him power by challenging its pride.
• Ning Xiaochuan stopped to face Minister Tian, who mocked him and demanded the rest of his blood qi.

Ning Xiaochuan used the Heavenly Emperor Blade to defeat and refine Minister Tian, then learned that the Heavenly Emperor’s sub-divine blood was likely hidden in the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace. He planned to return to the Heavenly Emperor Academy and found an ingredient that brought him close to completing the list for the Earth Dominion Pill.

• Ning Xiaochuan borrowed the Heavenly Emperor Blade’s power, wounded Minister Tian, and absorbed the blood qi he spilled.
• Ning Xiaochuan chased Minister Tian, destroyed his blood-formed qilin, and used the Heart Nourishing True Cauldron to refine him into five treasure pills.
• Ning Xiaochuan took Minister Tian’s valuables, including a Seventh Grade Profound Weapon, and traded the weapon to the Heavenly Emperor Blade for information about the Heavenly Emperor’s blood.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade revealed that the blood was likely in the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace and identified the Celestial Palace as White Cloud Grotto-Heaven, prompting Ning Xiaochuan to plan a return to the Heavenly Emperor Academy.
• Ning Xiaochuan found an Earthly Rare Flower among Minister Tian’s belongings, leaving only Earth Core Magma Blood to gather for the Earth Dominion Pill.

After killing Minister Tian, Ning Xiaochuan returned to Netherworld Manor, restored order with Murong Hua, and recruited Meng Ying as the new Netherworld Envoy. He then found the critically wounded Situ Fengwu and began treating her.

• Ning Xiaochuan told Murong Hua that he had killed Minister Tian and gave him an Essence Qi Treasure Pill, renewing Murong Hua’s confidence in reaching the Earth Venerable Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Murong Hua returned to Netherworld Manor and suppressed the chaos, while Ning Xiaochuan resolved to strengthen his cultivation after reflecting on his battle.
• Meng Ying visited Ning Xiaochuan, agreed to become the new Netherworld Envoy, and accepted his offer of an Earth Dominion Pill in exchange for helping him.
• Ning Xiaochuan found Situ Fengwu near death in Minister Tian’s empty courtyard, gave her a Reconnecting Healing Pill, and used mystic qi to treat her injuries.

After recovering from his injuries and consolidating Netherworld Manor, Ning Xiaochuan went to the Imperial City seeking the final Mysterious Medicine for the Earth Dominion Pill. At the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall, Steward Hua told him the Thousand-Year Ancient Demon had killed more marquises and escaped the Divine Dragon Warriors, leaving Ning Xiaochuan determined to find a way to stop it.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined four Essence Qi Treasure Pills beneath the Blood Toad Wood Tree, healed his injuries, and advanced to the peak of the fifth level of the Worldly Detachment Realm.
• Meng Ying reported that Netherworld Manor had stabilized and that Situ Fengwu had joined the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's effort to establish an artifact-refining workshop.
• Ning Xiaochuan traveled alone to the Imperial City and met Steward Hua at the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall.
• Steward Hua told Ning Xiaochuan that the Thousand-Year Ancient Demon had killed Heavenly Mystery Marquis, Moonless Marquis, and Nether South Marquis, then escaped after four Divine Dragon Warriors died fighting it.
• Ning Xiaochuan suspected the demon was driving marquises out of the Imperial City so it could hunt them elsewhere, and worried about his grandfather and the demon's growing strength.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to Heavenly Emperor Academy seeking Earth Core Magma Blood and clues to the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace. At the Heavenly Gate, Han Fu accused him of murdering Sun Haixing and ordered his arrest, but Yu Qianqian intervened before the soldiers could bind him.

• Ning Xiaochuan learned that Jade Viewing Pavilion was safe, but the Golden Roc, Royal, and Divine Path Heart Nourishing Halls had no Earth Core Magma Blood.
• Ning Xiaochuan returned through the Heavenly Gate to the Emperor Ruins, where the Heavenly Emperor Blade said White Cloud Grotto-Heaven held clues to the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace.
• Han Fu surrounded Ning Xiaochuan with Enforcement Team soldiers and accused him of killing Sun Haixing.
• Ning Xiaojian testified that he had witnessed Ning Xiaochuan kill Sun Haixing, revealing his alliance with Han Fu and his desire to eliminate Ning Xiaochuan.
• Han Fu ordered his soldiers to bind Ning Xiaochuan, but Yu Qianqian's voice rang out in his defense.

Yu Qianqian and Princess Lanfei arrived as the Enforcement Team tried to arrest Ning Xiaochuan for killing Sun Haixing. Ning Xiaochuan overpowered Han Fu and stripped Ning Xiaojian of his Martial Dao Profound Qi, while Han Fu realized the Northern Darkness Divine Art had fueled Ning Xiaochuan’s rapid advancement.

• Yu Qianqian arrived with her followers and challenged Han Fu as he tried to arrest Ning Xiaochuan, while Princess Lanfei arrived and supported the arrest.
• Ning Xiaochuan blasted away two Enforcement Team experts and confronted Ning Xiaojian over accusing him of killing Sun Haixing.
• Han Fu attacked Ning Xiaochuan, but Ning Xiaochuan shattered his palm blades with Myriad Swords Turn to Rain and forced him to retreat.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Demon Sword’s power to devour Ning Xiaojian’s Martial Dao Profound Qi, then threw him into a ditch.
• Han Fu recognized the Northern Darkness Divine Art as the source of Ning Xiaochuan’s rapid cultivation and resolved that he wanted it.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Han Fu, whose World Reflection Mirror could copy attacks and summon reflected objects, while Princess Lanfei’s array trapped them in the sealed space. Ning Xiaochuan discovered the mirror could not copy his World Extinction Sword Wave, leaving Han Fu shocked and the battle unresolved.

• Han Fu confronted Ning Xiaochuan and attacked him with his Fire Element Power, while Ning Xiaochuan met his strike head-on.
• Princess Lanfei ordered Teacher Mu and Teacher Yun to seal the surrounding space with an array, limiting Ning Xiaochuan’s movement.
• Ning Xiaochuan wounded Han Fu with Stars and Moon Same Sky and a World Extinction Sword Wave, but Han Fu blocked the attack with the World Reflection Mirror.
• Han Fu used the World Reflection Mirror to project buildings, a giant sword, and the Heaven Reaching Bridge at Ning Xiaochuan, who countered with Myriad Swords Turn to Rain and broke part of the bridge.
• Ning Xiaochuan struck the World Reflection Mirror with another World Extinction Sword Wave, which the mirror could not copy because it was powered by World Extinction Qi rather than Profound Qi.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated Han Fu, took the World Reflection Mirror, and forced him to admit that Ning Xiaojian had framed him. After freeing himself from the formation, Ning Xiaochuan reunited with Yu Qianqian, who had passed the seventh level of the Heaven Reaching Bridge; he planned to recruit Han Fu into Netherworld Manor.

• Ning Xiaochuan overwhelmed Han Fu with World Extinction Sword Waves and lightning, then took the World Reflection Mirror after breaking Han Fu's hand.
• Han Fu yielded and admitted that Ning Xiaojian had misled him and that Little Marquis had been framed; Ning Xiaochuan spared him and left him alive.
• Ning Xiaochuan shattered the formation's Low-Grade Profound Stones and walked out as Princess Lanfei's carriage escaped down the street.
• Yu Qianqian met Ning Xiaochuan and told him she had passed the seventh level of the Heaven Reaching Bridge.
• Ning Xiaochuan said Han Fu's talent made him worth sparing and intended to bring him into Netherworld Manor.

Ning Xiaochuan reunited with Ning Xiner at Three Masters Martial Academy and learned that Yue Mingsong believed the Heavenly Emperor had left behind a Mystic Artifact Compendium. The chapter ended with Ning Xiaochuan questioning Yue Mingsong about whether he was from the Yulan Empire.

• Ning Xiaochuan returned to Three Masters Martial Academy with Yu Qianqian and reunited with Ning Xiner, while Little Red and Little Black accompanied them.
• Ning Xiner explained that Little Red and Little Black had devoured the academy vice dean’s prized medicines, and Little Black fought Yue Mingsong after he insulted it.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Ning Xiner a defensive Sixth Grade Profound Weapon and learned that Murong Wushuang had gone to train in the native territory.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Yue Mingsong that he planned to recruit Artifact Refinement Masters for the Divine Sword Palace, but Yue Mingsong proposed that he alone could attract them.
• Yue Mingsong claimed the Heavenly Emperor had left behind a Mystic Artifact Compendium and suggested it might be hidden in the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest or the Celestial Palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked Yue Mingsong whether he was from the Yulan Empire.