Recaps

Ning Xiaochuan fought to defend the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion as the Demon Sect invaded to seize its treasures. After rescuing Ning Xiner at the Scripture Pavilion, he confronted the Demon Sect forces at the Seven Stars Treasure Cave and accused the Silver-Clad Asura of killing Ji Bo.

• Ning Xiaochuan ordered the Ironclad Death God to hold the breach, then entered the burning mansion and killed a Demon Sect elder who attacked him.
• Ning Xiaochuan found Ning Xiner and the elders defending the Scripture Pavilion against the Gold-Clad Asura, until Little Black revealed itself as a Seventh-Grade Mystic Beast and drove the attackers back.
• Ning Xiaochuan arrived and injured more than ten Demon Sect elders with Myriad Swords Turn to Rain, sending the Gold-Clad Asura and other invaders fleeing.
• After checking Ning Xiner's wound, Ning Xiaochuan left Little Black to protect her and rushed to the Seven Stars Treasure Cave, where Demon Sect Martial Venerables had killed its two guards and cornered nearly a thousand young disciples.
• Ning Xiaochuan stood between the disciples and the Demon Sect forces; the Gold-Clad Asura demanded that he surrender the mansion, while the Silver-Clad Asura offered to spare them if they joined the Asura Path.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Ji Bo's aura on the Silver-Clad Asura and asked whether he had killed Ji Bo.

Ning Xiaochuan and Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion fought off the Demon Sect's assault, revealing a far greater force than its enemies expected. As Ning Xiaochuan battled three Martial Venerables, a mysterious Dark Knight ambushed him, then killed Silver-Clad Asura with one strike.

• Ning Xiaochuan ordered everyone to retreat into Seven Stars Treasure Cave as the Demon Sect's three Martial Venerables confronted him.
• Little Red and the Two-Headed Stone Beast joined the battle, while Ning Xiaochuan merged with Little Red and faced the three enemies; the Great Golden Roc King told Yu Qianqian that the court would not intervene.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought the three Martial Venerables to a draw until a Dark Knight attacked him from behind and severely wounded him and Little Red.
• The Dark Knight dismissed Ning Xiaochuan as mediocre, then killed Silver-Clad Asura with a single saber strike.

Ning Xiaochuan fought the Dark Knight with the Heavenly Emperor Blade, but the opponent’s superior cultivation repeatedly overwhelmed him. After Ning Xiaochuan recognized the Dark Knight as Yue Wuyang, an old Herb Gathering Farmer appeared on the shattered street.

• The Ironclad Death God of the No Life Path and the Gold-Clad Asura fled, leaving Ning Xiaochuan to face the Dark Knight alone.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Heavenly Emperor Blade and exchanged powerful blows with the Dark Knight, who wounded him and devastated the Imperial City.
• The Dark Knight demanded the Northern Darkness Divine Art and threatened the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, but Ning Xiaochuan refused to surrender it.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Northern Darkness Divine Art and the Demon Sword to drain the Dark Knight's blood qi, forcing him to injure himself and retreat.
• The Dark Knight struck Ning Xiaochuan with Chaotic Cloud Sever, and Ning Xiaochuan identified him as Yue Wuyang.
• As the Dark Knight prepared to finish Ning Xiaochuan, an Herb Gathering Farmer arrived along the shattered street.

Ning Xiaochuan and the Dark Knight faced the Herb Gathering Farmer, who overpowered the Dark Knight and fought the Great Golden Roc King before the imperial court ordered the king to let him go. Ugly Old Woman then arrived with her transformed corpse slave, confronting the Herb Gathering Farmer and checking on Ning Xiaochuan.

• The Herb Gathering Farmer appeared, recognized Ning Xiaochuan's Seven Aperture God Demon Heart, and crushed the Dark Knight with a blood-red palmprint.
• The Great Golden Roc King arrived with four Martial Venerables, whose Dragon Hide Array Diagrams attacked the Herb Gathering Farmer as the king joined the battle.
• The Great Golden Roc King and the Herb Gathering Farmer exchanged powerful attacks, but neither defeated the other.
• The palace Chief Eunuch relayed the Jade Ripple Great Emperor's order to let the Herb Gathering Farmer leave, and the Great Golden Roc King stopped attacking.
• As the Herb Gathering Farmer prepared to depart, Ugly Old Woman arrived with the golden corpse slave and warned him that he should not have escaped the Demon Palace.
• Ugly Old Woman asked Ning Xiaochuan why she always found him badly injured, while the transformed corpse slave stared at him with gleaming golden eyes.

After helping repel the Demon Sect’s assault on the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion, Ning Xiaochuan returned to find the mansion victorious but badly damaged. As the Thousand-Year Ancient Demon continued battling Ugly Old Woman’s golden corpse servant, the Holy Emperor’s army arrived under Yue Wuyang’s command.

• Ugly Old Woman’s golden corpse servant fought the Thousand-Year Ancient Demon and held its own, while Ning Xiaochuan discovered the Dark Knight had escaped.
• Yu Ningsheng met Ning Xiaochuan as he left the ruined city district, and they returned together to the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned that the mansion had driven off the Demon Sect at heavy cost and ordered repairs, defenses, compensation for victims’ families, and the execution of captured enemies.
• Cloud Marquis, Yue Wuyang, arrived with the Black Armor Army, claiming he had come under the Holy Emperor’s decree to assist the mansion.
• Ning Xiaochuan decided to meet Yue Wuyang and see how many troops the Holy Emperor had sent.

Ning Xiaochuan thwarted Yue Wuyang’s attempt to exploit the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion’s weakness, then subdued the Black-haired Ghost Bat Beast. After the Old Marquis returned, he summoned Ning Xiaochuan to meet the mansion’s four First Generation Elders and learn its deepest secrets.

• Ning Xiaochuan accepted Yue Wuyang’s offer of court funds and demanded that the Holy Emperor pay for the mansion’s losses within three days.
• Yu Qing and Yu Qianqian arrived with their armies, forcing Yue Wuyang to withdraw the Black Armor Army; Yu Qianqian gave Ning Xiaochuan a Bone Body Pill that helped heal his injuries.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Mystic Beast Appraisal to subdue the Black-haired Ghost Bat Beast and add it to the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion’s divine beasts.
• The Old Marquis returned and summoned Ning Xiaochuan to the Sword Pavilion, where he met the four powerful First Generation Elders.
• One of the Four Old Ancestors told Ning Xiaochuan that, since he had reached the Earth Venerable Realm, he could learn some of the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion’s secrets.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that the Old Marquis had only four years to live after his battle with two Demon Sect Dao Lords, and he sought Heaven and Earth Essence Qi to heal him. Yu Ningsheng lent Ning Xiaochuan a jade cauldron filled with the essence qi, giving the Four Old Ancestors hope of restoring the Old Marquis.

• The Four Old Ancestors told Ning Xiaochuan they had survived the evil dragon’s poison and had fought off the Demon Sect’s Bright Heavenly King during the attack on the mansion.
• The Old Marquis revealed that his wounds left him with at most four years to live and said Ning Xiaochuan should take over the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion.
• Ning Xiaochuan insisted Heaven and Earth Essence Qi could heal the Old Marquis and went to find some.
• Yu Ningsheng recognized why Ning Xiaochuan had come and lent him a jade cauldron containing a river of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi from the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan brought the essence qi to the Four Old Ancestors, who were overjoyed by the prospect of healing the Old Marquis.

Ning Xiaochuan helped the Sword Pavilion Marquis recover by giving him Heaven and Earth Essence Qi and Yuan Life Pills, then concealed the Old Marquis’s condition to protect the mansion. The Jade Ripple Great Emperor exploited rumors of the Old Marquis’s illness to order a campaign against the great sects, while Ning Xiaochuan focused on advancing his cultivation.

• Ning Xiaochuan gave the Sword Pavilion Marquis Heaven and Earth Essence Qi and five Yuan Life Pills, and they agreed to spread word that the Old Marquis was near death so Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion could avoid attention.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Ning Xiner and the mansion’s elders that the Old Marquis was gravely injured, took command of the mansion, and ordered everyone to keep the news secret.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor issued a decree ordering several marquises to lead armies against the great sects, intending to test the Old Marquis’s condition and put Ning Xiaochuan in danger.
• Ning Xiaochuan assessed the Dark Knight’s overwhelming strength and resolved to improve his cultivation.
• Ning Xiaochuan continued trying to cultivate the eighth layer of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi using the White Bone Pearl.

Ning Xiaochuan absorbed the White Bone Pearl and broke through to the eighth layer of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, gaining extraordinary cultivation and refining speed. The pearl fused with his brow and Burning Sky with Scorching Sun, leaving him with a Heavenly Venerable Seal and a greatly enhanced divine power.

• The White Bone Pearl entered Ning Xiaochuan’s bloodstream, and his damaged blood vessels expanded as he broke through to the eighth layer of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed a bottle of Nine Colors Profound Water in an hour, and his blood vessels recovered tougher than before.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered an ancient Heavenly Venerable Seal mark on his brow and found that the White Bone Pearl had fused with his brow bone.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade said the White Bone Pearl and Mystic Beast Appraisal came from the same person’s bones, which were at least demi-god bones and possibly Divine Bones.
• Ning Xiaochuan found that the White Bone Pearl had merged with Burning Sky with Scorching Sun and made its power greater than the World Extinction Divine Monument.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that his Martial Dao Divine Power had become a Figurative Divine Power, then received the Emperor’s order to lead the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s troops against the sects. He entered the imperial palace to meet the Emperor, where he encountered Silver Pool Madam and Qi Ming, who were representing the Qi Tian Marquis’s Mansion.

• The Heavenly Emperor Blade explained that Ning Xiaochuan’s fusion of the White Bone Pearl and “Burning Sky with Scorching Sun” had created a Figurative Divine Power, and Ning Xiaochuan gave the blade the Blood City Iron Seal.
• Eunuch Ji delivered the Emperor’s decree ordering several marquises, including the Sword Pavilion Marquis, to campaign against the sects and summoned Ning Xiaochuan to court.
• Ning Xiaochuan accepted the decree on behalf of the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion and volunteered to lead its troops, despite Eunuch Ji’s icy attack on his hands.
• Ning Xiaochuan prepared to enter the palace and resolved to continue improving his cultivation.
• At the palace gates, Ning Xiaochuan encountered Silver Pool Madam and Qi Ming, who had come to represent the Qi Tian Marquis’s Mansion in the campaign.

Ning Xiaochuan joined an imperial campaign against rebels as commander of the Right Route Army, despite recognizing that the Jade Ripple Great Emperor had assigned his exhausted forces the hardest front. The army marched toward the One Yuan Domain, where Ning Ren openly suggested that they rebel rather than face likely destruction.

• Qi Ming confronted Ning Xiaochuan at the palace and boasted that his master could defeat him, while Silver Pool Madam privately told Ning Xiaochuan she had changed and had fallen in love with him.
• At the military council, the Jade Ripple Great Emperor appointed Divine Dragon King marshal, assigned the three route armies to Qi Tian Marquis, Cloud Marquis, and Ning Xiaochuan, and placed Marquis Luo Shen over all three.
• Ning Xiaochuan led the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's four hundred thousand troops toward the One Yuan Domain, the most distant and difficult front.
• Ning Xiaochuan told his generals that the Jade Ripple Great Emperor had arranged for the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion to face the hardest rebels after its losses against the Demon Sect.
• Ning Ren called the assignment a deliberate attempt to destroy the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion and urged Ning Xiaochuan to lead the army in rebellion instead.

Ning Xiaochuan deliberately slowed his army’s march toward the One Yuan Domain, claiming he wanted to coordinate a decisive campaign against the sects backing the rebellion. After learning that Marquis Luo Shen was coming to investigate him, Ning Xiaochuan left the camp with Yu Qing and learned that Ye Nantian and Nie Lanxin would marry in four days.

• Ugly Old Woman stopped Ning Xiaochuan’s army and offered to teach him medical arts, so he slowed the march to accommodate her.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s army reached the border of the One Yuan Domain after fifteen days, and Yu Qing arrived to warn him that Marquis Luo Shen was coming to investigate his delay.
• Yu Qing told Ning Xiaochuan that Cloud Marquis had defeated rebel armies at Pu Men Pass and Qi Tian Marquis had destroyed the Martial Profound Sect.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Yu Qing he had delayed the march so the three marquis residences could join forces against the One Yuan Sect and Heavenly Sound Sect.
• Ning Xiaochuan left the camp with Yu Qing at night, saying he was going to survey the One Yuan Sect, and learned that Ye Nantian and Nie Lanxin would marry in four days.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing infiltrated One Yuan Sect by stealing the Heavy Profound Gate’s invitation and disguising themselves. At the banquet, they agreed to kill Ye Nantian before his wedding to Nie Lanxin and planned to flee Xuanji Mountain afterward.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing followed the Heavy Profound Gate disciples out of the city and forced their Grand Elder to hand over One Yuan Sect’s wedding invitation.
• Ning Xiaochuan erased the group’s memories of their martial cultivation, then he and Yu Qing changed their appearances and wore Heavy Profound Gate robes.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing entered One Yuan Sect on Xuanji Mountain and settled into the guest quarters prepared for visiting guests.
• At dinner, Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing heard guests discuss Ye Nantian, Nie Lanxin, and Nie Lanzhi while they kept their identities concealed.
• Yu Qing urged Ning Xiaochuan to kill Ye Nantian that night, and Ning Xiaochuan agreed, ordering Yu Qing to follow his instructions and leave the mountain as soon as Ye Nantian was dead.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing broke into Ye Nantian’s dojo to kill him, but Nie Lanxin had already poisoned him with the Heartless Pill. Ning Xiaochuan devoured Ye Nantian’s blood qi and began advancing toward the Earth Venerable Realm Second Level.

• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to join Yu Qing in killing Ye Nantian, and they infiltrated the One Yuan Sect’s inner sect.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing watched Ye Nantian and Nie Lanxin in the dojo, while Yu Qing speculated that Nie Lanxin intended to poison her betrothed.
• After Nie Lanxin left the dojo, Ning Xiaochuan attacked Ye Nantian as Yu Qing took responsibility for the people outside.
• Ye Nantian fought back with the Purple Cloud Flying Sword, but the Heartless Pill poisoned his heart before he could unleash his Mystic Sun Sword Intent.
• Ning Xiaochuan drained Ye Nantian’s blood qi until he became a dried corpse, and Ning Xiaochuan’s power rose toward the Earth Venerable Realm Second Level.

Ning Xiaochuan broke through to the Earth Venerable Realm Second Level after killing Ye Nantian, but the White Fox Young Master attacked him and Yu Qing before they could escape. With One Yuan Sect’s experts closing in, Ning Xiaochuan fled deeper into the sect, only to be trapped by a Martial Venerable using Martial Soul Transformation and six more arriving behind them.

• Ning Xiaochuan consumed ten bottles of Nine Colors Profound Water and advanced to the Earth Venerable Realm Second Level.
• Yu Qing entered the hall and found Ye Nantian dead, but Ning Xiaochuan stopped him when a stone hand burst from underground.
• The White Fox Young Master emerged and attacked Ning Xiaochuan, recognizing him despite his altered appearance.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing fled toward One Yuan Sect’s central palace complex as its experts arrived and the White Fox Young Master disappeared underground.
• An elderly One Yuan Sect expert used Martial Soul Transformation to block their path, while six more Martial Venerables cut off their retreat.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing fought their way past the One Yuan Sect’s pursuers after Ye Nantian’s death, then disguised themselves and slipped into the Heavenly Sound Sect’s residence. They found Nie Lanzhi and entered her room, leaving their escape plan unresolved.

• Ning Xiaochuan shattered Yuansheng Peak Master’s Martial Soul Transformation and killed a pursuing Martial Venerable with the World Extinction Divine Monument before fleeing into the palace complex with Yu Qing.
• The One Yuan Sect sealed Xuanji Mountain and began searching for the two fugitives, while Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing used Dislocation Pills to disguise themselves and agreed to seek help from the Heavenly Sound Sect.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing avoided patrols and followed a pipa-playing disciple into a building where Nie Lanzhi was studying Nine Palaces Divination.
• Ning Xiaochuan incapacitated the disciple Qingqing, then entered Nie Lanzhi’s room with Yu Qing and shut the door.

Ning Xiaochuan hid in the Heavenly Sound Sect’s courtyard and forced Nie Lanzhi to shelter him after admitting he had killed Ye Nantian. Nie Lanxin arrived and, though she warned that Xuanji Mountain was impossible to escape and accused him of endangering her sect, she ultimately put away her sword while Ning Xiaochuan demanded that she help him leave.

• Ning Xiaochuan revealed himself to Nie Lanzhi and asked her to hide him, admitting that he had killed Ye Nantian.
• Nie Lanzhi agreed to keep Ning Xiaochuan’s presence secret and guessed that he had killed Ye Nantian to prevent an alliance between the One Yuan Sect and the Heavenly Sound Sect.
• Nie Lanxin burst into the room, struck Yu Qing unconscious, and knocked Nie Lanzhi out again before confronting Ning Xiaochuan.
• Nie Lanxin warned Ning Xiaochuan that powerful sect leaders were searching for him and that the Fate Birth Peak Master could track him through his Martial Dao Imprint.
• Ning Xiaochuan accused Nie Lanxin of poisoning Ye Nantian and demanded that she help him escape Xuanji Mountain, while she put away her sword.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Xuanji Mountain with Nie Lanxin, but the White Fox Young Master attacked them and forced them into a fight. Ning Xiaochuan struck back with his Demon Sword, piercing and tearing through the White Fox Young Master's stone body.

• Ning Xiaochuan disguised himself as the Yuansheng Peak Master, hid Yu Qing in his Universe Pouch, and made Nie Lanxin guide him out of Xuanji Mountain.
• After Nie Lanxin said they owed each other nothing, the White Fox Young Master appeared in a Stone Beast Giant and attacked her.
• Ning Xiaochuan broke the Stone Beast Giant's arm with a lightning-charged punch, stopping its axe from killing Nie Lanxin.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Nie Lanxin fled into the sky as the White Fox Young Master pursued them and hurled fireballs at them.
• Ning Xiaochuan stopped to fight, summoned his Demon Sword, and pierced through the White Fox Young Master's stone fists and body.

Ning Xiaochuan destroyed the White Fox Young Master and began refining its power for the Two-Headed Stone Beast, but the White Fox Old Ancestor and a growing group of powerful pursuers threatened him. He held Nie Lanxin hostage as six Martial Venerables surrounded him, demanding that they clear a path.

• Ning Xiaochuan shattered the White Fox Young Master's stone body, then captured and refined the beast in the Heart Nourishing True Cauldron after it reformed.
• Ning Xiaochuan put the Two-Headed Stone Beast into the cauldron to absorb the White Fox Young Master's power and Nine Colors Profound Water.
• Nie Lanxin warned Ning Xiaochuan that the White Fox Old Ancestor could identify him through his Martial Dao Imprint, but Ning Xiaochuan said he did not regret killing the White Fox Young Master.
• Yuansheng Peak Master followed Ning Xiaochuan's Martial Dao Imprint and arrived, so Ning Xiaochuan seized Nie Lanxin and threatened her to keep him at bay.
• Five more Martial Venerables arrived with Yuansheng Peak Master and surrounded Ning Xiaochuan, while Mo Xueyi and Murong Cangying demanded that he release Nie Lanxin.
• Ning Xiaochuan rejected their promises and threatened to kill Nie Lanxin unless the six Martial Venerables cleared a path.

Ning Xiaochuan fought his way out of the encirclement while carrying Nie Lanxin, using the White Bone Pearl to defeat two Heavenly Sound Sect Hall Masters. He escaped as his pursuers regrouped and discovered that the Huanhua Family Head and Pu Su had vanished.

• Ning Xiaochuan wounded the Huanhua Family Head, then fled when Yuansheng Peak Master intervened; after Ning Xiaochuan controlled his mind, the Huanhua Family Head attacked Pu Su and carried him away.
• Yueqin Hall Master and Lanxiao Hall Master pursued Ning Xiaochuan with sonic attacks while he carried Nie Lanxin.
• Ning Xiaochuan used Burning Sky with Scorching Sun and the White Bone Pearl to break the Hall Masters' Fairy Sword Servant attack and injure them.
• Yueqin Hall Master sent Lanxiao Hall Master to report Ning Xiaochuan's power to the Sect Master and followed his trail, while the Five Elements Sect's Sect Master returned to Xuanji Mountain.
• Yuansheng Peak Master discovered that Pu Su and the Huanhua Family Head were missing and suspected another Demon Sect expert had captured them; he continued tracking Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan used Nie Lanxin to escape suspicion, but she unexpectedly killed Yueqin Hall Master during their staged encounter. He left wary of Nie Lanxin, whose motives remained difficult to read.

• Ning Xiaochuan released Nie Lanxin in a county town and told her to leave, explaining that he had only pretended to take her hostage to protect her from suspicion.
• Nie Lanxin met Yueqin Hall Master and claimed Ning Xiaochuan had been injured by using Figurative Divine Power, prompting Yueqin Hall Master to attack him.
• As Ning Xiaochuan fought Yueqin Hall Master, Nie Lanxin stabbed her from behind and took the Earth Martial Pill from her Universe Pouch.
• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed Yueqin Hall Master's blood qi, then rebuked Nie Lanxin for killing her and departed into the forest.
• Nie Lanxin burned Yueqin Hall Master's Universe Pouch and left with her remains, while Ning Xiaochuan regretted becoming involved with her and recognized her as dangerous.

Ning Xiaochuan absorbed the blood qi of Pu Su and Yueqin Hall Master, cultivated the Eighth World Extinction Qi, and strengthened the Demon Sword, but failed to reach the third level of the Earth Venerable Realm. With Yuansheng Peak Master closing in, Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing agreed to fight him together, while news of further enemies worsened Ning Xiaochuan’s situation.

• The Huanhua Family Head brought Pu Su to Ning Xiaochuan, but Pu Su broke free, fled, and was stopped by Ning Xiaochuan, who drained his blood qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed the power of Pu Su and Yueqin Hall Master, cultivated the Eighth World Extinction Qi, and refined their blood qi for three days without breaking through to the third level of the Earth Venerable Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan tested the Demon Sword by cleaving a great river, and the Huanhua Family Head congratulated him on his increased power.
• Yu Qing returned after luring Yuansheng Peak Master away with an Essence Qi Pearl, and Ning Xiaochuan agreed to face Yuansheng Peak Master with him rather than involve the Divine Dragon King.
• Yu Qing told Ning Xiaochuan that the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen had vowed to kill him and that an important Demon Sect figure had arrived in the One Yuan Domain.

Ning Xiaochuan set up the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation and lured the Yuansheng Peak Master into it. The formation activated with the Yuansheng Peak Master trapped at its center.

• Ning Xiaochuan buried Profound Stones and established eight formation platforms for the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation, with Yu Qing, the Huanhua Family Head, the Two-Headed Stone Beast, and the Black-haired Ghost Bat Beast helping power it.
• The Yuansheng Peak Master confronted Ning Xiaochuan beside a lake, and the two clashed with their swords.
• Ning Xiaochuan used lightning to break free of the Thorn Wood Sword's vines and fled toward the formation, drawing the Yuansheng Peak Master after him.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached a formation platform and ordered the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation activated as the Yuansheng Peak Master entered its range.
• Pillars of light rose from all eight platforms, and three hundred and thirty-three Flame Meteorites appeared around the trapped Yuansheng Peak Master.

Ning Xiaochuan and his allies trapped Yuansheng Peak Master in the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation and overwhelmed him with lightning, Erosion Water, and repeated attacks. Ning Xiaochuan finally killed him with the Demon Sword, while Yu Qing received the formation manual.

• Yu Qing taunted Yuansheng Peak Master from within the formation, and Yuansheng tried to escape through the sky and underground before the formation stopped him.
• Ning Xiaochuan unleashed Thunder God Lightning Wind, breaking Yuansheng Peak Master’s Through-Back Divine Power and knocking him into the Erosion Water.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Yu Qing, the Huanhua Family Head, the Black-haired Ghost Bat Beast, and the Two-Headed Stone Beast joined forces to batter Yuansheng Peak Master as he struggled in the water.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Yu Qing the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation manual, which Yu Qing eagerly stored away.
• Ning Xiaochuan drove the Demon Sword through Yuansheng Peak Master’s crown, killing him.

Ning Xiaochuan broke through to the Earth Venerable Realm Third Level while the No Life Path Lord attacked him, but the Dark Sky King intervened and revealed that Ning Xiaochuan was his disciple and heir. After Yu Ningsheng explained that she had asked the Dark Sky King to save him, the Dark Sky King brought up the betrothal once arranged between Ning Xiaochuan and Ningsheng and asked Ning Xiaochuan to make her a promise.

• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed Yuansheng Peak Master's blood qi through the Demon Sword and began breaking through as the No Life Path Lord arrived and destroyed the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation.
• The No Life Path Lord defeated Yu Qing and shattered the Two-Headed Stone Beast, then demanded that Ning Xiaochuan go with him to Nine Deaths Cliff for judgment.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached the Earth Venerable Realm Third Level and prepared to fight, but the Dark Sky King appeared and declared him his disciple and heir, forcing the No Life Path Lord to withdraw.
• The Dark Sky King told Ning Xiaochuan that Yu Ningsheng had asked him to save him, and Yu Ningsheng questioned Ning Xiaochuan about why he had gone to Xuanji Mountain to kill Ye Nantian.
• The Dark Sky King reminded Ning Xiaochuan of the betrothal once arranged between him and Ningsheng and asked him to make her a promise.