Recaps

Young Master Chuan lured Langya Emperor away from the Imperial City and trapped him in the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation. Langya Emperor was pinned beneath the World Extinction Divine Monument, unable to move.

• Langya Emperor interrogated the captured Meng Ying, but Young Master Chuan used his Heart Slave power to make Mu Hen and another assassin attack him.
• Young Master Chuan confronted Langya Emperor, fought him, and deliberately retreated toward the Barren Mountain Range after being struck down.
• Situ Fengwu freed Meng Ying from the collapsed hut, and Meng Ying worried that Langya Emperor would defeat the Manor Lord.
• Young Master Chuan led Langya Emperor to the formation site, where seven allies joined him to activate the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation.
• The formation’s erosion water dragged Langya Emperor down, and the World Extinction Divine Monument crushed his Martial Soul Seal and pinned him in place.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated the Langya Emperor, who killed himself before revealing Dark Emperor City's headquarters, and discovered that he was the Dragon Elephant Marquis. Ning Xiaochuan then led Netherworld Manor's experts to confront Cui Tao's Mystic Beast God-Slaying Battalion in Yesha Border Town, where the two forces faced off as the Ironclad Death God began rescuing the captured branch members.

• Ning Xiaochuan crushed the Langya Emperor beneath the World Extinction Divine Monument and tried to control his mind, but the Langya Emperor ruptured his own heart rather than reveal Dark Emperor City's headquarters.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized the dead Langya Emperor as the Dragon Elephant Marquis and collected his blood for the Bronze Ancient Lamp.
• Wan Xue reported that Cui Tao and the Mystic Beast God-Slaying Battalion were searching for Netherworld Manor, and Ning Xiaochuan ordered his allies to kill Cui Tao.
• Cui Tao's soldiers tortured and killed the Yesha Branch Master, then prepared to slaughter the branch members or consume them as Human Meat Treasure Medicine.
• Murong Hua and Three-Fingered Lin appeared, followed by Ning Xiaochuan and the other Netherworld Manor experts, and the townspeople fled as the two forces confronted each other.
• At Ning Xiaochuan's signal, the Ironclad Death God entered the enemy ranks to rescue and treat the Yesha Branch Master, while Wang Lang watched in disbelief.

Ning Xiaochuan revealed his strength while posing as Young Master Chuan, then trapped Cui Tao and the Mystic Beast God-Slaying Battalion in the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation and slaughtered nearly all of them. Eunuch Ji arrived and killed the Huanhua Family Head, weakening the formation as Cui Tao and Eunuch Ji began to break it.

• Ning Xiaochuan confronted Cui Tao over the massacre of Netherworld Manor's branches and killed a soldier with the power of his mind.
• Ning Xiaochuan trapped the Yesha Border Town market in the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation and sent the Yesha Branch martial practitioners outside its reach.
• Ning Xiaochuan and the other seven Martial Venerables activated the formation, burning the Mystic Beast God-Slaying Battalion soldiers and trapping Cui Tao in erosion water.
• Cui Tao tried to smash the formation but was battered and refined by its attacks, until only his bones remained intact.
• Eunuch Ji arrived and killed the Huanhua Family Head with one palm, weakening the formation while he and Cui Tao attacked it.

Ning Xiaochuan turned the battle against Eunuch Ji after restoring the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation and revealing his overwhelming strength. He trapped Eunuch Ji inside the Bronze Ancient Lamp, where the eunuch recognized Ning Xiaochuan’s identity and threatened that someone would come after him.

• Eunuch Ji froze the formation flags with his Thousand Miles Frozen divine power while Cui Tao’s flesh was refined away, leaving him as a colossal black skeleton.
• Ning Xiaochuan replaced the formation’s controllers with the Black-haired Ghost Bat Beast and the Two-Headed Stone Beast, melted the ice from the flags, and attacked Eunuch Ji with the Demon Sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan shattered Eunuch Ji’s Sixth Grade Profound Weapon shield and wounded him, forcing Eunuch Ji to recognize that Young Master Chuan was far stronger than the imperial court’s intelligence reports claimed.
• Eunuch Ji fled on his Thunder Eagle, but Ning Xiaochuan used the Bronze Ancient Lamp to summon a Three-legged Firebird that burned the beast to ash and swallowed Eunuch Ji.
• Ning Xiaochuan trapped Eunuch Ji inside the lamp’s flame, and Eunuch Ji identified him as Ning Xiaochuan and warned that someone would come to deal with him.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Eunuch Ji and Cui Tao, then learned from Cui Tao’s memories that Silver Pool Madam was Minister Huang of Dark Emperor City. He headed toward the Imperial City with Situ Fengwu and Huo Shiyin, where a crowd gathered at the city gate with the Crown Prince at its head.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the Bronze Ancient Lamp to refine Eunuch Ji to death, while the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation finished refining Cui Tao.
• Ning Xiaochuan withdrew the formation and led Netherworld Manor away before the imperial court’s army reached Yesha Border Town.
• At Netherworld Manor, Yue Mingsong identified Cui Tao as a member of the Black Bone Giant Race, and Ning Xiaochuan absorbed Cui Tao’s memories until he died completely.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned that Silver Pool Madam was Minister Huang and that Cui Tao had discovered a sealed ancient cave in the Southern Wilderness.
• Yue Mingsong took Cui Tao’s skeleton to forge weapons, while Ning Xiaochuan traveled toward the Imperial City with Situ Fengwu and Huo Shiyin.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s Azure Deer Carriage stopped at the crowded City Protecting River wharf, where the Crown Prince stood at the front of the gathering.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the Imperial City unseen while the returning army celebrated its victory over the One Yuan Sect. The Crown Prince mistook a glimpse of him for a provocation, and news of the sect’s destruction sent shockwaves across the empire.

• Ning Xiaochuan told Situ Fengwu he would let her go if she still loved the Crown Prince, but she insisted she wanted to remain his maid.
• Huo Shiyin reported that the Rebellion Suppression Army had defeated the sects’ Allied Army in the One Yuan Domain and was returning in triumph.
• Yu Qing arrived to a cheering crowd, while the Crown Prince spotted Situ Fengwu kneeling in Ning Xiaochuan’s Azure Deer Carriage and ordered everyone to seize Young Master Chuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan used Martial Dao Essence Qi to take the carriage into the Imperial City, leaving the Crown Prince embarrassed when the crowd could not see him.
• The court brought Ru Xinghe, Wang Dao, and Xie Lingxuan to Heaven Prison after destroying the One Yuan Sect, while forces across the empire began hunting its surviving disciples.

The Jade Ripple Great Emperor faced mounting rebellion and the deaths of several powerful officials, while the Great Golden Roc King worried that the empire itself was in danger. The Crown Prince forced his way into Qi Tian Marquis's Mansion to see Silver Pool Madam and secretly injured Qi Ming, leaving Silver Pool Madam confronting him.

• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor learned that Dragon Elephant Marquis had been killed by the Blood Devouring Demon Art and Netherworld Demon Sword, then summoned the Grand Preceptor.
• The Great Golden Roc King, Azure Roc Marquis, and Jin Du discussed the court’s weakening and agreed that destroying the Demon Sect was the urgent priority.
• The Crown Prince arrived at Qi Tian Marquis's Mansion, but Silver Pool Madam refused to receive him.
• The Crown Prince’s servant beat the gate guard, and the Crown Prince entered the mansion despite the household’s objections.
• The Crown Prince secretly caused Qi Ming’s legs to go numb, and Silver Pool Madam confronted him after Qi Ming collapsed.

Ning Xiaochuan arrived at Qi Tian Marquis's Mansion and drove off the Crown Prince, who had poisoned Qi Ming and threatened Silver Pool Madam. He cured Qi Ming and left Silver Pool Madam with Yuan Life Pills, while she wondered whether he had come just to see the boy.

• Silver Pool Madam demanded an antidote from the Crown Prince after sensing poison in Qi Ming, but the Crown Prince threatened Qi Tian Marquis to force her submission.
• Qi Wenxuan confronted the Crown Prince, who struck him down; Silver Pool Madam refused to yield.
• Ning Xiaochuan arrived and asked about the anti-rebel army, then humiliated and overpowered the Crown Prince until he left the mansion.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined the poison from Qi Ming and gave Silver Pool Madam six Yuan Life Pills for the boy.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Silver Pool Madam discussed the Holy Emperor's threat, and she asked whether Ning had come only to see Qi Ming.

Ning Xiaochuan confronted Silver Pool Madam about her role as Minister Huang and learned that the Jade Ripple Great Emperor had orchestrated her rise to power and the Undead City Lord's schemes. Silver Pool Madam agreed to help Ning Xiaochuan in exchange for one night with him, but he struggled to honor her wish without abandoning his principles.

• Ning Xiaochuan offered Silver Pool Madam an Earth Martial Pill and asked whether she would keep serving the Undead City Lord as Minister Huang; she said she wanted to leave with Ming'er.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked who the Undead City Lord was, and Silver Pool Madam refused to reveal his identity for fear he would kill them.
• Ning Xiaochuan guessed that the Jade Ripple Great Emperor was the Undead City Lord, and Silver Pool Madam silently confirmed his suspicion.
• Silver Pool Madam explained how the Jade Ripple Great Emperor had used her to gain control of the Qi Tian Marquis's Mansion and confessed why she had fallen in love with Ning Xiaochuan.
• Silver Pool Madam agreed to help with Ning Xiaochuan's dangerous request if he stayed with her that night, but Ning Xiaochuan decided he could not cross that line and returned to explain himself.
• Ning Xiaochuan lifted the gauze curtain as Silver Pool Madam finished bathing and stopped in place at the sight of her.

Ning Xiaochuan discovered that Silver Pool Madam had inflicted the Golden Needle Heart Sealing Art on herself to endure years of Dragon Poison, which had left her with at most a year to live. He drew some of the poison into his own body to ease her suffering, and they sat together by the bath.

• Ning Xiaochuan found five golden needles embedded in Silver Pool Madam’s chest and removed them, leaving her in severe pain.
• Silver Pool Madam told Ning Xiaochuan that she had put the needles in herself and revealed that she had endured Dragon Poison for more than ten years.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that the poison was withering Silver Pool Madam’s Source of Life and that she had at most one year left to live.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Demon Sword to draw some Dragon Poison from Silver Pool Madam into himself, then refined it with Yin Yang Bright Flame.
• Silver Pool Madam calmed down and nestled in Ning Xiaochuan’s embrace as they sat by the bath.

Ning Xiaochuan and Silver Pool Madam traveled to Flower Asking Taoist Temple to meet the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, where they discovered her battling Tai Chu Wen Hua over an Ancient Dao Map. Ning Xiaochuan entered the hidden Plum Garden and began observing their Daoist arts, leaving him with an opportunity to learn from their fight.

• Silver Pool Madam told Ning Xiaochuan about her dream of meeting him fifteen years earlier, and he took her to Flower Asking Taoist Temple.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Silver Pool Madam found palace guards outside the temple and entered through its rear gate after the Fairy Queen's Taoist boy recognized him.
• The Taoist boy led Ning Xiaochuan to Plum Garden, where a strange wall pulled him into a vast, hazy space filled with plum trees.
• Ning Xiaochuan found the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen and Tai Chu Wen Hua fighting with Daoist arts after three days and nights of battle.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen demanded the Ancient Dao Map to Heavenly Emperor Mountain, while Tai Chu Wen Hua formed a powerful Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Ning Xiaochuan watched the battle and felt his Blood Aperture and Heart Aperture form a Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Seal around his Martial Heart Palace.

Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen defeated Tai Chu Wen Hua and took the Ancient Dao Map, then forced Ning Xiaochuan to lead her toward Netherworld Manor. Ning Xiaochuan and Silver Pool Madam concealed Dark Emperor City’s true location as they set out for Golden Phoenix Forest.

• Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen defeated Tai Chu Wen Hua, who died after turning into a white jade statue, and she obtained the Ancient Dao Map.
• Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen returned Ning Xiaochuan to Silver Pool Madam and questioned her about Young Master Chuan’s identities.
• Ning Xiaochuan persuaded Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen to attack Netherworld Manor and agreed to accompany her.
• Silver Pool Madam claimed Netherworld Manor was hidden beneath Golden Phoenix Forest and offered to open its Heaven Sealing Grand Formation.
• Silver Pool Madam entered Golden Phoenix Forest ahead of Ning Xiaochuan and Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, while the Fairy Queen questioned Ning Xiaochuan about his relationship with her.

Ning Xiaochuan and Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen reached Dark Emperor City after Silver Pool Madam sabotaged its Heaven Sealing Grand Formation and was captured. Ning Xiaochuan stormed the city to rescue her, leaving its defenders defeated and the pursuit underway.

• Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen warned Ning Xiaochuan not to use his methods on the Heavenly Sound Sect disciples as the Heaven Sealing Grand Formation began to activate.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen arrived at Dark Emperor City, where Silver Pool Madam fought the Ghost God Generals after destroying a formation hub.
• Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen shattered the damaged formation with a giant handprint, devastating much of Dark Emperor City.
• Earth Minister seized the injured Silver Pool Madam and fled into the city, while Ning Xiaochuan masked himself and pursued them.
• Ning Xiaochuan broke through Dark Emperor City's gate, defeated its dead soldiers, and killed or incapacitated the two Ghost God Generals blocking his way.

Ning Xiaochuan rescued Silver Pool Madam and escaped Dark Emperor City while the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen battled its defenders, but the Ten Thousand Beasts Emperor intercepted them at an underground river exit. Ning Xiaochuan stepped forward to fight him.

• Ning Xiaochuan killed Earth Minister instantly and escaped with Silver Pool Madam as the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen attacked Dark Emperor City.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen fought Six Peaks Emperor and shattered part of the city with her zither and the Phoenix Perch Cauldron.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Silver Pool Madam that the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen had killed Tai Chu Wen Hua and hoped she would be wounded fighting the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Silver Pool Madam left through an underground Ancient River Course, where the Ten Thousand Beasts Emperor intercepted them.
• The Ten Thousand Beasts Emperor mocked Silver Pool Madam about her past, and Ning Xiaochuan challenged him to a fight.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Ten Thousand Beasts Emperor to protect Silver Pool Madam, then captured the Fish Jiao with the Mystic Beast Appraisal and fled on its back. Ten Thousand Beasts Emperor pursued him, intent on taking the Bronze Ancient Lamp.

• Ning Xiaochuan refused Silver Pool Madam’s offer to delay Ten Thousand Beasts Emperor and attacked him with Myriad Swords Turn to Rain.
• Ten Thousand Beasts Emperor’s Ten Thousand Beasts Diagram shattered most of Ning Xiaochuan’s swords, while Dragon Scale Soft Armor stopped the three real Seventh Grade Profound Weapons from piercing him.
• Ten Thousand Beasts Emperor sent Bi Jing after Silver Pool Madam and unleashed his Fish Jiao, Nine-Legged Golden Spider, and Four-Eyed Centipede against Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan trapped the Fish Jiao with the Thorn Wood Sword and captured it in the Mystic Beast Appraisal, then had it and the Two-Headed Stone Beast devour Ten Thousand Beasts Emperor’s other beasts.
• Ning Xiaochuan flew away on the Fish Jiao, but Ten Thousand Beasts Emperor pursued him and was driven back by the Bronze Ancient Lamp’s Three-Legged Fire Crow.

Ning Xiaochuan found the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen holding Silver Pool Madam captive and fought her consciousness projection for a chance to save her. He reclaimed the Bronze Ancient Lamp but was knocked back, while the Fairy Queen revealed that she had long known he was Young Master Chuan.

• Ning Xiaochuan followed Silver Pool Madam’s trail through the Mountainous Marsh and found the mutated White Scale Lion dead with its bones pulverized.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen confronted Ning Xiaochuan at a lake, where Nie Lanxin held Silver Pool Madam at swordpoint.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen offered to consider sparing Silver Pool Madam if Ning Xiaochuan defeated her consciousness projection.
• The Ten Thousand Beasts Emperor arrived, but the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen struck him twice and drove him into flight; Ning Xiaochuan also attacked him before he escaped as a giant winged beast.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Bronze Ancient Lamp to trap the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, but she broke its spatial domain and began drawing the lamp to her.
• Ning Xiaochuan reclaimed the lamp after attacking with the Demon Sword, but the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen struck him back and said she had long known he was Young Master Chuan.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen to save Silver Pool Madam, but her overwhelming power left him gravely injured. Spirit Void Venerable arrived and confronted the Queen over Wen Hua Daoist’s death, revealing that the Dao Gate Nine Sons had gone to attack her true body as the Queen prepared to destroy the Dao Gate.

• Ning Xiaochuan fought Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen with the Demon Sword and divine abilities, but she struck him down and prepared to kill him.
• Spirit Void Venerable emerged through a spatial rift and blocked Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s attack with the Yin Yang Treasure Bottle Seal.
• Spirit Void Venerable challenged Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen over Wen Hua Daoist’s death and said the Dao Gate Nine Sons would join her.
• Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen declared that she would destroy the Dao Gate, then summoned a huge zither from the lake water.

Ning Xiaochuan watched Spirit Void Venerable defeat the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s weakened consciousness incarnation, then fled with Silver Pool Madam. Spirit Void Venerable caught up and demanded that he return the Heavenly Emperor Blade to the Academy, but Ning Xiaochuan defended his path as she confronted him.

• Spirit Void Venerable used the Heavenly Emperor Bell to withstand the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s musical attacks, while Ning Xiaochuan learned that Spirit Void Venerable had awakened the Supreme Imperial Weapon’s Artifact Spirit.
• Ning Xiaochuan urged Nie Lanxin to release Silver Pool Madam, but Nie Lanxin refused until Spirit Void Venerable’s battle with her master was decided.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s weakened consciousness incarnation was shattered by Spirit Void Venerable, and Nie Lanxin released Silver Pool Madam before fleeing.
• Ning Xiaochuan escaped on the Fish Jiao with Silver Pool Madam, but Spirit Void Venerable caught up and warned him that the Heavenly Emperor Blade’s Evil Qi had led him onto the evil path.
• Spirit Void Venerable demanded that Ning Xiaochuan return the Heavenly Emperor Blade to the Heavenly Emperor Academy, but he argued that the evil path could also be righteous.

Ning Xiaochuan left Spirit Void Venerable and tracked the wounded Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, while Nie Lanxin betrayed her master and attempted to kill her. After the Fairy Queen’s apparent death, Nie Lanxin seized her body, and Ning Xiaochuan arrived at the flower-covered fishing village.

• Spirit Void Venerable agreed to wait for Ning Xiaochuan at the Heavenly Emperor Academy while he went after the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen.
• Ning Xiaochuan searched the battlefields left by the Dao Gate Nine Sons and followed the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s trail to an abandoned fishing village.
• Nie Lanxin brought the injured Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen medicinal liquid brewed from the Ninth Grade Lotus, then stabbed her with the Ancient Jade Sword.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen struck Nie Lanxin down but collapsed with her heart and pulse stopped.
• Nie Lanxin used the power of the black and white divine statues to seize the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s body and declared that she alone would reign supreme.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached the village and found its streets and rooftops covered in unfamiliar white flowers.

Ning Xiaochuan found Nie Lanxin dead and confronted the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, unaware that Nie Lanxin had seized her body. When the Dao Gate Nine Sons arrived, the new Fairy Queen challenged them to a wager involving her disciple.

• Ning Xiaochuan found Nie Lanxin dead beside the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, who claimed she had killed her for attempting an ambush.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen threatened to kill Ning Xiaochuan, while he asked to be buried beside Nie Lanxin.
• The chapter revealed that Nie Lanxin had killed the original Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen and seized her body, gaining her cultivation and Jade Beauty Race physique.
• The Dao Gate Nine Sons arrived and offered to spare the Fairy Queen if she faced a hundred years of penitence at Heavenly Emperor Academy.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen wagered that if Yan Xuzi defeated her disciple, she would accept the penitence; if he lost, the Dao Gate Nine Sons would kneel and call her 'Patriarch.'

Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen manipulated Ning Xiaochuan and the Dao Gate Nine Sons to draw Spirit Void Venerable into a fight, then trapped both of them in the Heavenly Mystery Pouch to seize the Heavenly Emperor Bell. Ning Xiaochuan and Spirit Void Venerable realized they were trapped in a sealed vacuum with no way to escape through space.

• Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen forced Ning Xiaochuan to face Yan Xuzi and threatened his family if he lost.
• Spirit Void Venerable arrived and offered to fight Ning Xiaochuan at the same cultivation level.
• As Ning Xiaochuan and Spirit Void Venerable began fighting, Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen captured them in the Heavenly Mystery Pouch and fled.
• The Dao Gate Nine Sons realized Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen had targeted Spirit Void Venerable and the Heavenly Emperor Bell, then pursued her.
• Inside the pouch, Ning Xiaochuan suspected Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen had changed, while Spirit Void Venerable explained that the pouch sealed space and prevented escape.

Trapped inside the Heavenly Mystery Pouch, Ning Xiaochuan and Spirit Void Venerable failed to break free with the Heavenly Emperor Bell. The Heavenly Emperor Blade revealed that Nie Lanxin had taken over the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s body, then agreed to help in exchange for Spirit Void Venerable accepting Ning Xiaochuan as her master.

• The Heavenly Emperor Blade demanded the Heavenly Emperor Bell’s Artifact Spirit in exchange for helping Ning Xiaochuan and Spirit Void Venerable escape, but they refused.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Spirit Void Venerable joined their power to activate the Heavenly Emperor Bell’s first domain, but its sound attack proved useless inside the matterless pouch.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade revealed that Nie Lanxin had used Divine Wisdom to seize the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s body and warned that she might target Ning Xiaochuan’s Heart Palaces.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade offered to help if Spirit Void Venerable accepted Ning Xiaochuan as her master, and she agreed and bowed to him.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade privately told Ning Xiaochuan that it intended to make Spirit Void Venerable submit further and use her humiliation to take revenge on the Heavenly Emperor.

Ning Xiaochuan and Spirit Void Venerable escaped the Heavenly Mystery Pouch, but Nie Lanxin pursued them after taking control of Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s body. As Nie Lanxin overwhelmed Ning Xiaochuan, a Divine Dragon Cub armored him and Yu Ningsheng and Xiao Ling'er arrived nearby.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Spirit Void Venerable broke open the Heavenly Mystery Pouch and fled while the Dao Gate Nine Sons held off Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen.
• Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen sent two Thought Manifestations after them, revealing that Nie Lanxin controlled her body.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Nie Lanxin and trapped her in an Eight Winds Erosion God Formation, but she rapidly destroyed its formation flags.
• Nie Lanxin broke through Ning Xiaochuan’s attacks and struck at him, but a Divine Dragon Cub clad him in Dragon Scale Divine Armor and helped him block her palm.
• Nie Lanxin spotted Yu Ningsheng and Xiao Ling'er riding a seventh-grade White Crane Beast in the northwestern clouds.

Ning Xiaochuan and Little Red drove off Nie Lanxin’s consciousness body, then returned to Netherworld Manor, where the Dark Sky King explained the Heaven Ladder and warned him about the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen. Ning Xiaochuan proposed entering the Heavenly Emperor Academy to cultivate and offered to bring the Dark Sky King and Yu Ningsheng with him.

• Xiao Ling'er and Yu Ningsheng arrived as Ning Xiaochuan Combined Bodies with Little Red, and Nie Lanxin retreated after warning him she would return.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Yu Ningsheng, Xiao Ling'er, and Little Red flew to Netherworld Manor, where the Dark Sky King gave Ning Xiaochuan the Phoenix Feather.
• The Dark Sky King explained that Heaven Ladder cultivators could form consciousness bodies and warned Ning Xiaochuan that Nie Lanxin’s true strength made her a serious threat.
• Ning Xiaochuan said he could enter the Celestial Palace to advance his cultivation faster and offered to help the Dark Sky King and Yu Ningsheng enter the Heavenly Emperor Academy.

Ning Xiaochuan visited the injured Silver Pool Madam before returning to the Heavenly Emperor Academy, where Spirit Void Venerable allowed him into the Celestial Palace. He bargained with her to let the people he brought cultivate there for ten days.

• Ning Xiaochuan told Silver Pool Madam he would seek lifespan-extending medicine for her after leaving the Heavenly Emperor Academy, while she secretly resolved to disappear from his life.
• Silver Pool Madam left a letter and traveled south after Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng departed Netherworld Manor.
• Ning Xiaochuan went to the Celestial Palace, where two Earth Venerable Realm elders first blocked him but Spirit Void Venerable ordered them to let him enter.
• Ning Xiaochuan saw Spirit Void Venerable cultivating an Eternal Evergreen Vine Martial Soul that was close to forming a Martial Soul Seal.
• Spirit Void Venerable and Ning Xiaochuan settled their dispute over her calling him Master, and she agreed to let his companions cultivate in the Celestial Palace for ten days.