Recaps

Ning Xiaochuan reached the Black Small Island in Crescent Moon Lake and claimed it, drawing the hostility of Yu Jingshu, Princess Da Yue, and Yu Jingshu’s white-robed attendant. His battle with the attendant began, and Ning Xiaochuan used the Bronze Ancient Lamp to weaken his opponent, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Ning Xiaochuan noticed the newly emerged Black Small Island and flew toward it, deflecting Yu Jingshu’s attack with the Single Wheel Star Sphere.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Profound Stone Puppet and declared the island his, while Yu Jingshu sent his white-robed attendant to kill him and seize his Ninth Grade Profound Weapon.
• Ning Xiaochuan refused to back down and fought the attendant alone, hoping the battle would help him break through to the Earth Venerable Realm Ninth Level.
• Ning Xiaochuan swallowed Bloodline Spirit and Ninth Grade Mystic Beast bone marrow, then clashed with the attendant’s water dragons using his World Extinction Sword Intent.
• The attendant trapped Ning Xiaochuan with water chains, but Ning Xiaochuan brought out the Bronze Ancient Lamp and burned the attendant’s arm.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s lamp filled the area with flames and suppressed the attendant’s combat strength, while Princess Da Yue recognized the lamp’s potential.

Ning Xiaochuan used his fight with the white-robed scholar to break through to the Earth Venerable Realm Ninth Level, then withdrew to stabilize his cultivation. The Black Skeleton defeated the scholar with one punch, and Yu Jingshu revealed his Saint Fish Dharma Form to challenge Ning Xiaochuan.

• Ning Xiaochuan fought the white-robed scholar with his Ninth Grade Profound Weapons and broke through to the Earth Venerable Realm Ninth Level.
• Ning Xiaochuan stopped fighting and sat on the small island to stabilize his newly advanced cultivation.
• The white-robed scholar attacked Ning Xiaochuan, but the Black Skeleton struck him down with one punch.
• The Black Skeleton's strength shocked the human cultivators, Princess Da Yue, and Yu Jingshu.
• Yu Jingshu summoned his Saint Fish Dharma Form and prepared to test Ning Xiaochuan's strength.

Ning Xiaochuan used the Black Skeleton to deter Yu Jingshu and Princess Da Yue while continuing to cultivate on the island. He learned from Sui Hanyu how the World Extinction Swordplay related to the Five-Step Heavenly Ladder, but still had not truly entered its second step.

• The Black Skeleton broke Yu Jingshu’s attack, and Princess Da Yue persuaded him to leave Ning Xiaochuan alone and search the Greater Yang Lake instead.
• Ning Xiaochuan empowered the Black Skeleton with the Demon Sword, forcing Yu Jingshu to retreat rather than risk a fight that could exhaust its Earth-Grade Profound Stone.
• Princess Da Yue and Yu Jingshu led the high-grade Mystic Beasts away, while Chan Chu and Situ Jing explored the island and Monk Tan Qian identified its patterns as an ancient Space Shift formation.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached the Earth Venerable Realm Ninth Level and asked Sui Hanyu about the World Extinction Scripture and his progress toward the Heaven-Man Realm.
• Sui Hanyu explained that the World Extinction Swordplay was one of the Three Thousand World Extinction Paths and that Ning Xiaochuan had completed the Human Martial Realm but had not yet entered the Earth Martial Realm.

Ning Xiaochuan consolidated his Earth Venerable Realm Ninth Level and fused his Sword Dao with the Demon Sword, reaching the realm of Man and Sword as One and advancing to the Second Step Heavenly Ladder. As Monk Tan Qian neared completion of the Black Small Island’s array, Princess Da Yue approached Ning Xiaochuan to discuss something with him.

• Sui Hanyu explained that Ning Xiaochuan would need to cultivate separate Dao Origins for the Martial Soul Sword Seal and Martial Soul Heavenly Venerable Seal to be certain of entering the Heaven-Man Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan spent three days converting his essence qi into Essence Elixir and consolidating his Earth Venerable Realm Ninth Level.
• Princess Da Yue and Yu Jingshu found the white island in Greater Yang Lake, while Monk Tan Qian began activating the array on the Black Small Island with Profound Stones.
• After half a month, Monk Tan Qian had activated 356 of the array’s 360 Array Eyes, with Situ Jing supporting him and Chan Chu guarding the island.
• Ning Xiaochuan fused his Sword Dao with the Demon Sword, attained Man and Sword as One, and split the Black Crescent Lake with a slash that killed three high-level Mystic Beasts.
• Princess Da Yue sent the Heavenly Demon Bear to summon Ning Xiaochuan, then approached him herself after he refused to discuss matters with the bear.

Ning Xiaochuan resisted Princess Da Yue’s Alluring Art Divine Power, rejected her offer to cooperate, and prepared to activate the array on the Black Small Island. He escaped with his companions as the Black Skeleton’s power ran out, leaving Princess Da Yue and Yu Jingshu behind to wonder where the array had sent them.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the Seven Aperture God Demon Heart to resist Princess Da Yue’s Alluring Art Divine Power and counterattacked her spirit, while Chan Chu and Situ Jing were affected by the dance’s aftershock.
• Princess Da Yue proposed an alliance, offering to help Ning Xiaochuan deal with Yu Jingshu, but Ning Xiaochuan refused and told her to leave.
• Monk Tan Qian placed the final Profound Stone into the array, activating the 360 Array Eyes on the Black Small Island.
• Princess Da Yue and Yu Jingshu broke through the array’s light curtain to enter, but the Black Skeleton struck them both and depleted its Earth-Grade Profound Stone.
• Ning Xiaochuan, his companions, and the beast vanished through the array before Princess Da Yue and Yu Jingshu could attack again.

Ning Xiaochuan saw Yu Ningsheng riding the Blood-Colored Camel as its new guardian and resolved to grow strong enough to catch up with her. After arriving in a desolate region of Burial God Mountain, he and his companions began searching for Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine.

• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Yu Ningsheng atop the Blood-Colored Camel, but Monk Tan Qian explained that she had inherited the camel's guardian mission and could not be reached without demigod-level cultivation.
• Ning Xiaochuan watched the camel vanish and vowed to cultivate until he could catch up with Yu Ningsheng.
• Ning Xiaochuan and his companions arrived in a dark, frozen wasteland, where a human head fled into a gorge and Ning Xiaochuan identified it as Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine.
• Chan Chu smashed the gorge wall while trying to flush out the medicine, burying the passage and allowing it to escape underground.
• Monk Tan Qian proposed that the group split up to search for a month, and Ning Xiaochuan and the others sealed their cultivation before heading in separate directions.
• After the group left, the human head transformed into a golden ginseng root and burrowed underground.

Princess Da Yue reported that Azure Queen’s subordinates had entered the Ancient Medicine Field, while Ning Xiaochuan gathered rare medicine and rushed to Situ Jing’s distress signal. In the black mist, he and Monk Tan Qian confronted the Blood-Devouring Transformation Grass, which attacked them with blades as sharp as sabers.

• Princess Da Yue told the Three-Tailed Azure Fox King that Azure Queen’s team had entered the Ancient Medicine Field, and the Fox King decided to wait for them to return with medicine.
• Ning Xiaochuan captured a two-thousand-year-old Evergreen Spirit Vine and stored it in a Profound Spirit Wood Box.
• Ning Xiaochuan saw Situ Jing’s distress signal, flew north, and found the Purple Dragon Spear and bloodstains in the black mist.
• Ning Xiaochuan met Monk Tan Qian, learned that a creature had mimicked his appearance, and identified it as Blood-Devouring Transformation Grass.
• Monk Tan Qian lured the Blood-Devouring Transformation Grass into attacking, and Ning Xiaochuan emerged to strike at its blades as they wrapped around the monk.

Ning Xiaochuan and Monk Tan Qian defeated the Blood-Devouring Transformation Grass and discovered that its root stone was a Sub-God Bone. Following Situ Jing’s bloodstains, they reached the Purple Gold Imperial Lord’s remains, where they found Situ Jing emerging from a Spring of Life lake, apparently strengthened by a great opportunity.

• Ning Xiaochuan sealed the Blood-Devouring Transformation Grass’s spirituality with Locking Spirit, allowing Monk Tan Qian to claim the plant while Ning Xiaochuan took its heavy white root stone.
• Monk Tan Qian recognized the white stone as a Sub-God Bone and explained that Ning Xiaochuan could potentially refine it using Heaven Martial Essence Qi and mystic fire.
• Ning Xiaochuan stored the Sub-God Bone, and he, Monk Tan Qian, and Chan Chu followed Situ Jing’s bloodstains through the thinning black mist.
• The group discovered black and white Water of Life waterfalls flowing over a huge golden-armored skeleton that Monk Tan Qian identified as the Purple Gold Imperial Lord.
• Chan Chu tried to approach the skeleton but retreated under its crushing divine might.
• Situ Jing emerged from a distant Spring of Life lake, his body radiating faint white light and his strength apparently greatly increased.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions discovered that Situ Jing had a Sub-God Bone embedded in his heart, and Ning Xiaochuan used the Heavenly Emperor Blade to divide his larger piece into portions. He began refining a piece under the Purple Gold Imperial Lord's divine pressure, which left him closer to the remains than Situ Jing and Chan Chu could endure.

• Situ Jing explained that a Sub-God Bone had struck and embedded itself in his heart, and that divine might had helped him begin refining it.
• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to trade Chan Chu a small piece of Sub-God Bone for his Wolf Tooth Club.
• Ning Xiaochuan secretly summoned the Heavenly Emperor Blade, which consumed the Wolf Tooth Club and cut the Sub-God Bone into ten pieces.
• Chan Chu swallowed his piece and went to refine it, while Monk Tan Qian declined Ning Xiaochuan's offer to trade a piece for his scriptures.
• Ning Xiaochuan approached to within 2,991 meters of the Purple Gold Imperial Lord's remains and began refining a piece of Sub-God Bone with the Yin Yang Bright Flame.

Ning Xiaochuan refined Sub-God Bones to strengthen his body, then cultivated beneath the Purple Gold Imperial Lord’s remains and comprehended Death Sword Intent. After awakening from an eight-month cultivation session, he realized he had also gained World Extinction Sword Intent and urged Situ Jing and Chan Chu to leave immediately.

• Ning Xiaochuan, Situ Jing, and Chan Chu refined Sub-God Bones and advanced closer to the Purple Gold Imperial Lord’s remains, while Ning Xiaochuan’s physical strength grew dramatically.
• Ning Xiaochuan stopped refining more bones and sat beneath the remains to comprehend Death Sword Intent, using seven mind-forms to cultivate sword techniques and World Extinction Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s mind-forms entered the remains, where a powerful mind force startled him awake after eight months of cultivation.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned from Situ Jing that he had cultivated for around eight months, and he replenished his strength with Bloodline Spirit.
• Ning Xiaochuan realized he had comprehended Death Sword Intent and gained three strands of World Extinction Qi, bringing his total to sixteen and giving him six of the seven Sword Intents.
• Ning Xiaochuan said he needed Invincible Sword Intent to enter the Third Step Heavenly Ladder, then gravely told Situ Jing and Chan Chu that they had to leave immediately.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions escaped the Purple Gold Imperial Lord’s burial ground after surviving its terrifying breath and a pursuing Ghost Hand, then returned to Black Small Island to find the Saint Fish Race and Azure Fox Race waiting to seize their medicine. When Yu Jingshu ordered them captured, Chan Chu attacked and killed a Ninth Grade Mystic Beast with one punch.

• Ning Xiaochuan sensed a terrifying force of mind within the Purple Gold Imperial Lord’s corpse, and a gale from the corpse drove the group to flee toward the exit.
• As the corpse began inhaling and a black Ghost Hand reached for them, Ning Xiaochuan’s scripture was shredded, but Monk Tan Qian activated the formation and sent them through the Space Shift array.
• Ning Xiaochuan confronted Monk Tan Qian about the scripture, learning its Buddha power could be used only once, before the group returned to Black Small Island.
• The Saint Fish Race and Azure Fox Race surrounded the island, and Yu Jingshu and Princess Da Yue demanded the Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine.
• Yu Jingshu ordered the Mystic Beasts to capture the group, and Chan Chu rushed out and killed a Mid-Level Ninth Grade Mystic Beast of the Azure Scale Race with one punch.

Chan Chu slaughtered Azure Scale Race Mystic Beasts but was beaten badly by Yu Jingshu, who tried to force him to submit to the Saint Fish Race. Ning Xiaochuan intervened with the Demon Sword, knocking Yu Jingshu back and drawing Princess Da Yue’s interest.

• Chan Chu tore apart two Mid-Level Ninth Grade Mystic Beasts and wounded a High-Level Ninth Grade Mystic Beast, but Monk Tan Qian used the Moro Heart Sutra Mantra to stop him from devouring it.
• The injured Azure Scale Race Mystic Beast fled to Yu Jingshu, while the Three-Tailed Azure Fox King and Saint Fish King judged Chan Chu’s strength and praised Yu Jingshu’s advantage.
• Yu Jingshu fought Chan Chu, inflicted severe wounds, and offered to spare him if he submitted to the Saint Fish Race.
• Chan Chu refused to become Yu Jingshu’s servant, so Yu Jingshu attacked him with a golden-flamed claw.
• Ning Xiaochuan blocked Yu Jingshu’s attack with the Demon Sword, sent him flying, and cracked his Golden Dragon Scale Gauntlets.
• Princess Da Yue became interested in Ning Xiaochuan after seeing him force Yu Jingshu back.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Yu Jingshu and used its Undying Holy Flame to temper the Bronze Ancient Lamp into a true Innate Ninth Grade Profound Weapon. Monk Tan Qian then suppressed Yu Jingshu with the Beast Taming Scripture, but after Chan Chu took the Golden Saint Spear, the Saint Fish King attacked the group.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Jingshu exchanged blows, while Monk Tan Qian struggled to find a chance to use the Beast Taming Scripture.
• Ning Xiaochuan secretly used Yu Jingshu's Undying Holy Flame to awaken the Bronze Ancient Lamp's Ruin World and upgrade it into a true Innate Ninth Grade Profound Weapon.
• Yu Jingshu broke free of the Bronze Ancient Lamp's firebirds with the Golden Saint Spear, but Monk Tan Qian immobilized it by pressing the Beast Taming Scripture onto its head.
• Chan Chu took the Golden Saint Spear and knocked a White Scale Race mystic beast into the lake, but the Saint Fish King's power froze him and pressed down on Ning Xiaochuan, Situ Jing, and Monk Tan Qian.
• The Saint Fish King formed an enormous golden handprint above Black Small Island and brought it down toward the group.

Azure Queen arrived at Black Small Island and stopped the Saint Fish King from attacking Ning Xiaochuan and the others. After forcing the rival beasts to withdraw, she took Monk Tan Qian’s scriptures and ordered Ning Xiaochuan to return with her to Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge.

• Azure Queen appeared at Black Small Island and shattered the Saint Fish King’s attack with her azure palm seal.
• Azure Queen slapped Yu Jingshu and let Chan Chu beat him, then persuaded the Saint Fish King to withdraw by claiming the Golden Saint Spear as an apology.
• The Saint Fish King and the Three-Tailed Azure Fox King led their forces away from Burial God Mountain.
• Azure Queen took Monk Tan Qian’s bundle of Buddhist scriptures after he asked to take Chan Chu, and Chan Chu, Monk Tan Qian, and Situ Jing left the island.
• Azure Queen stopped Ning Xiaochuan from leaving and ordered him to return with her to Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Azure Queen when the Giant Spirit Ghost King attacked, then found the surviving martial cultivators who had waited for him in Burial God Mountain and led them out. After the others departed, Yellow Ox Taoist asked what Ning Xiaochuan planned to do next.

• Azure Queen demanded that Ning Xiaochuan return to Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge as her servant, but he refused and fled.
• Azure Queen pursued Ning Xiaochuan until the Giant Spirit Ghost King emerged; she fought it while Ning Xiaochuan escaped.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached the agreed meeting place and found fourteen surviving cultivators, including Yellow Ox Taoist, waiting for him.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Single Wheel Star Sphere to escort the cultivators out of Burial God Mountain, and they thanked him before departing.
• Yellow Ox Taoist remained behind and asked Ning Xiaochuan about his next plans.

Ning Xiaochuan traveled with Yellow Ox Taoist toward Nine Yue Sky City, learning about the territory’s ongoing human pioneering, its decline after the War of Forbidden Beasts, and the terrifying Fang who ruled the city through Demon Fang Hall. As they continued, Ning Xiaochuan considered how to obtain the scripture needed to advance his cultivation, possibly by visiting one of the Four Great Taoist Temples.

• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to travel to Nine Yue Sky City with Yellow Ox Taoist and stay at Jue Mountain Temple while visiting the Situ Clan to treat Situ Jing’s grandfather.
• Yellow Ox Taoist explained that Nine Yue Territory was a mid-level Fifth Grade Civilization still being pioneered, where humans and Mystic Beasts struggled for control.
• Yellow Ox Taoist recounted how the War of Forbidden Beasts weakened the Nine Great Clans and how Fang killed twelve Heaven-Men before making an agreement with Heavenly Emperor Mountain and establishing Demon Fang Hall.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked about complete martial scriptures and learned that they were tightly guarded by the Nine Great Clans and Four Great Taoist Temples.
• Ning Xiaochuan privately considered that the Martial Soul Heavenly Venerable Seal might require a Dao Scripture, which could lead him to visit the Four Great Taoist Temples.

Ning Xiaochuan arrived at Nine Yue Sky City and learned that his Heaven and Earth Profound Qi required a specific Godly Scripture to reach the Heaven-Man Realm. The Heavenly Emperor Blade pointed him toward Heavenly Emperor Mountain or Spirit Void Venerable as possible sources of the Heaven and Earth Scripture.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Yellow Ox Taoist reached Nine Yue Sky City, where Ning Xiaochuan settled temporarily in a cave residence at Jue Mountain Temple.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that the Water of Life had transformed the Mystic Beasts in the Mystic Beast Appraisal, giving several of them the power of Dao.
• The Fish Jiao told Ning Xiaochuan that the Mystic Beast Appraisal had generated Demon Mark Dao Principles, allowing its beasts to cultivate Dao and potentially achieve godhood.
• Ning Xiaochuan considered using Water of Life on the White Bone Pearl, but the Heavenly Emperor Blade warned him that other scriptures would prevent him from entering the Heaven-Man Realm.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade explained that Ning Xiaochuan needed the Heaven and Earth Scripture, which the Heavenly Emperor had cultivated, and suggested it might be at Heavenly Emperor Mountain or with Spirit Void Venerable.

Ning Xiaochuan went to Nine Yue Sky City seeking Earth-Grade Profound Stones and learned that Young Master Wuyue, a powerful heir of Demon Fang Hall, was leading a tribute procession. He discovered that the Zi Clan’s favored daughter had been sent as tribute to Wuyue, and the chapter left him watching her carriage pass.

• Ning Xiaochuan discussed his cultivation limits with the Heavenly Emperor Blade and decided he needed to travel to comprehend Invincible Sword Intent.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked the Jue Mountain Temple Daoists about Nine Yue Sky City’s marketplace and went to Golden Swallow Lake to search for Earth-Grade Profound Stones.
• Yan Shuiyi stopped Yan Mingzhu from attacking Ning Xiaochuan and suggested they wait for the Lei Clan and Situ Clan to deal with him.
• Ning Xiaochuan saw a golden carriage pulled by nine Dragon Elephants trample pedestrians as it entered the street.
• A middle-aged man told Ning Xiaochuan that the carriage carried Nangong Wuyue, Demon Fang Hall’s foremost young genius, and that the Zi Clan had offered its favored daughter as tribute to him.
• Ning Xiaochuan looked toward the tribute procession and saw a woman seated behind the curtains of a Purple Wood Carriage.

Ning Xiaochuan intervened when Young Master Wuyue’s tribute convoy was attacked and Zi Hanyan was seized. After Wuyue defeated Zi Hanyan’s father, Zi Lianshan, Ning rescued her and fled through the air while Wuyue pursued.

• A group of black-clad martial artists attacked the tribute convoy and tried to abduct Zi Hanyan.
• Young Master Wuyue killed many attackers, defeated Zi Hanyan and Zi Lianshan, and severed Zi Lianshan’s right leg.
• Wuyue accused Zi Lianshan of defying the Liao King, but Zi Lianshan said he had already severed ties with the Zi Clan.
• Wuyue threw Zi Hanyan into the Purple Sandalwood Carriage, where Ning Xiaochuan appeared wearing a Golden Ghost Mask.
• Ning Xiaochuan broke through Wuyue’s fiery attack, carried Zi Hanyan from the shattered carriage, and evaded Wuyue’s strikes in the air.

Ning Xiaochuan rescued Zi Hanyan from Nangong Wuyue and hid with her in an abandoned manor in Nine Yue Sky City. As Zi Hanyan confessed her feelings, Luan Madam and Situ Lian found them, and Ning Xiaochuan attacked Luan Madam with his Demon Sword.

• Ning Xiaochuan repelled Young Master Wuyue, escaped with Zi Hanyan, and hid in an abandoned manor while Wuyue ordered his men to take an old man prisoner and pressure the Zi Clan.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed his identity to Zi Hanyan, who explained that returning to her clan would leave her vulnerable to Wuyue’s plan to make her his furnace.
• Ning Xiaochuan meditated on his Invincible Sword Intent while Zi Hanyan watched him and privately realized she had fallen for him.
• Zi Hanyan asked Ning Xiaochuan how love began and shyly asked whether he would burn if she sparked his feelings.
• Luan Madam and Situ Lian appeared in the manor, and Luan Madam teased Ning Xiaochuan before approaching him in a revealing robe.
• Ning Xiaochuan drew his Demon Sword and slashed at Luan Madam, cutting her beneath the collarbone and severing her bodice strap.

Ning Xiaochuan and Zi Hanyan were surrounded in an abandoned manor by Situ Clan and Lei Clan forces. After fighting off Situ Lian and Luan Madam, Ning Xiaochuan faced Lei Aotian and learned that several more powerful experts were waiting in the darkness.

• Situ Lian told Ning Xiaochuan that the Situ Clan had captured Situ Jing, while Luan Madam revealed that Nangong Wuyue had taken Zi Hanyan's father.
• Ning Xiaochuan wounded Situ Lian with his Stars and Moon Fill the Sky divine ability, then broke Luan Madam's hold and threw her into Situ Lian.
• Situ Lian and Luan Madam fled, but Ning Xiaochuan stopped pursuing them when a barrage of Thunder Cloud Arrows struck his formation.
• Lei Aotian arrived on a golden lion and accused Ning Xiaochuan of killing Lei Ao, Lei Yun, and Lei Yi before challenging him.
• Zi Hanyan urged Ning Xiaochuan to flee, but he said the clans had sealed the area and revealed that at least three more experts as powerful as Lei Aotian were nearby.

Ning Xiaochuan trapped Lei Aotian and his allies in the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation, killing Situ Lian and Luan Madam while battling Lei Aotian. Lei Aotian escaped through a gap in the formation, but Ning Xiaochuan struck him down, leaving his fate uncertain as Yan Mingzhu watched in shock.

• Ning Xiaochuan and five Ninth Grade Mystic Beasts activated the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation and trapped Lei Aotian, whose Kirin Golden Lion was consumed by corrosive water.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Demon Sword to break through Lei Aotian's defenses, while corrosive water weakened Lei Aotian and their battle shook the formation.
• Situ Lian and Luan Madam entered the formation to attack Ning Xiaochuan and capture Zi Hanyan, but Ning Xiaochuan killed Situ Lian and Yu Jiao drove Luan Madam back.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed Luan Madam after she begged to become his servant, while Lei Aotian escaped through a gap in the formation.
• Ning Xiaochuan struck the fleeing Lei Aotian with a powerful sword slash, sending him crashing from the air, while Yan Mingzhu watched and wondered how she could still take revenge.

Ning Xiaochuan faced a coalition of powerful enemies led by Situ Nanlie, Feng Muweng, and Princess Da Yue, then fled with Zi Hanyan when the odds became too dangerous. Feng Muweng sent a mass of vines after them as they escaped.

• Yan Shuiyi warned Yan Mingzhu that pursuing revenge against Ning Xiaochuan could bring disaster upon the Yan Clan, and Yan Mingzhu agreed to give up if he survived the night.
• Ning Xiaochuan challenged the assembled experts, and Feng Muweng revealed that he wanted to seize Ning Xiaochuan's Ninth Grade Profound Weapon.
• Situ Nanlie arrived with the Lei Clan's Thunder Cloud Arrow Squad and accused Ning Xiaochuan of abducting his elder brother and conspiring to control the Situ Clan.
• Ning Xiaochuan challenged Situ Nanlie to attack Demon Fang Hall, then Princess Da Yue appeared and declared her interest in him.
• Ning Xiaochuan took Zi Hanyan's hand and fled, but Feng Muweng transformed his Purple Wood Staff into vines that filled the sky and pursued them.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Feng Muweng, Situ Nanlie, and Princess Da Yue with Zi Hanyan and took refuge with Monk Tan Qian, who sold him an Earth-Grade Profound Stone for five million Profound Stones. With the crystal giving him confidence to face his pursuers, Ning Xiaochuan learned that Monk Tan Qian was treating the former Situ Clan King after receiving three Earth-Grade Profound Stones from him.

• Ning Xiaochuan broke free of Feng Muweng's vines with his Demon Sword and Bronze Ancient Lamp, then fled with Zi Hanyan as Situ Nanlie, Feng Muweng, and Princess Da Yue pursued them.
• Chan Chu led Ning Xiaochuan and Zi Hanyan through the slums to Monk Tan Qian's makeshift temple, where a gravely injured old man lay on an incense table.
• Monk Tan Qian charged Ning Xiaochuan five million Profound Stones for an Earth-Grade Profound Stone, and Ning Xiaochuan paid, then decided to wait for his pursuers instead of fleeing.
• Monk Tan Qian identified the injured man as Situ Jing's grandfather, the former Situ Clan King, and prepared to treat him with the Blood-Devouring Transformation Grass.
• Chan Chu told Ning Xiaochuan that the Situ Clan King had given Monk Tan Qian all three of his Earth-Grade Profound Stones in exchange for the treatment.

Ning Xiaochuan refined Blood-Devouring Transformation Grass into Rare Medicine Spirit Elixir, removed the poisoned Shadowless Needle from the Situ Clan King, and began curing him. Situ Nanlie, Feng Muweng, and Princess Da Yue arrived to confront Ning Xiaochuan, who stood ready to fight as they surrounded the Buddhist Temple.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined the Blood-Devouring Transformation Grass into twelve drops of Rare Medicine Spirit Elixir and gave them to the Situ Clan King.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered poisonous fluid and extracted a Shadowless Needle from the Situ Clan King's body, then said the poison should be neutralized and the king would awaken soon.
• Situ Nanlie arrived with the Thunder Cloud Arrow Squad and accused Ning Xiaochuan of kidnapping his elder brother, while Ning Xiaochuan said he was treating him.
• Feng Muweng demanded Ning Xiaochuan's Bronze Ancient Lamp, but Ning Xiaochuan warned him that his greed could cost him his life.
• Princess Da Yue arrived and offered to help Ning Xiaochuan survive his Killing Tribulation if he proved himself, but Ning Xiaochuan challenged her to become his profound beast Battle Pet.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered his enemies a chance to flee before fighting began, while Chan Chu taunted them and Princess Da Yue formed sharp jade claws.