Recaps

Ning Xiaochuan’s Black Skeleton devastates Situ Nanlie, Feng Muweng, and the Thunder Cloud Arrow Squad as the Situ Clan King recovers and confronts his younger brother. The chapter leaves Situ Nanlie stunned after the Situ Clan King catches his axe with one hand, revealing that he has reached the Heaven-Man Realm.

• Situ Nanlie attacked with his Giant’s Hand, but the Black Skeleton shattered his arm and tore it off.
• The Black Skeleton pursued Feng Muweng, destroyed his Purple Wood Staff, and killed him.
• Situ Nanlie ordered the Thunder Cloud Arrow Squad to attack, but the recovered Situ Clan King stopped the arrows with his Black Tortoise Battle Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan annihilated the Thunder Cloud Arrow Squad and warned the other hidden experts not to interfere in the Situ Clan’s dispute.
• The Situ Clan King demanded to know who had helped Situ Nanlie ambush him three years earlier, and Situ Nanlie attacked him with a battle axe.
• The Situ Clan King caught Situ Nanlie’s full-force axe strike with one hand, revealing his Heaven-Man Realm cultivation.

Situ Beiling defeated Situ Nanlie, learned who had been backing him, and crippled his cultivation while sparing his life. After demonstrating Heaven-Man martial arts to Ning Xiaochuan, he returned to the Situ Clan, where his arrival forced the clan members to submit.

• Situ Beiling overpowered Situ Nanlie, learned the identity of his backer, and crippled him for destroying the Martial Heart Palace.
• Situ Beiling thanked Ning Xiaochuan and Monk Tan Qian for saving him, then restored his strength while demonstrating Heaven-Man martial arts.
• Ning Xiaochuan comprehended the demonstration and nearly broke through to the Third Step Heavenly Ladder Realm.
• Chan Chu fought off Situ Clan cultivators at the gates while they insisted Situ Nanlie would return victorious.
• Ning Xiaochuan brought the battered Situ Nanlie to the gates, and Situ Beiling arrived to confront his Fourth Brother.
• Situ Beiling's Heaven-Man pressure made the Situ Clan cultivators kneel and put away their weapons.

After Situ Beiling reclaimed control of the Situ Clan, Situ Jing rewarded Ning Xiaochuan and his companions and revealed his plan to take the Heaven's Gate Examination. Ning Xiaochuan then agreed to help Zi Hanyan rescue her father from Nangong Mansion, and the group arrived there with Monk Tan Qian reluctantly following.

• Situ Beiling resumed his position as Situ Clan King, freed Situ Jing, and punished several of Situ Nanlie's closest followers.
• Situ Jing gave the Buddhist sect eight million Profound Stones and presented Ning Xiaochuan with eight Earth-Grade Profound Stones.
• Situ Jing said he would refuse the clan kingship and pursue the Heaven's Gate Examination at Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• Situ Jing and Chan Chu offered to help Zi Hanyan rescue her father from Nangong Wuyue, and Ning Xiaochuan promised to join them.
• Monk Tan Qian objected to confronting Demon Fang Hall but followed the group after Chan Chu reminded him that his Profound Stones were with them.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Zi Hanyan, Situ Jing, Chan Chu, and Monk Tan Qian reached Nangong Mansion.

Ning Xiaochuan, Zi Hanyan, Situ Jing, and their companions stormed Nangong Mansion, drawing a crowd and prompting the Zi Clan Old Ancestor to consider joining the fight. Ning Xiaochuan confronted Nangong Wuyue in the mansion’s central plaza as the battle raged around them.

• Chan Chu smashed through Nangong Mansion’s gates, and Ning Xiaochuan, Zi Hanyan, Situ Jing, and Monk Tan Qian followed him inside.
• Word of the attack spread through Nine Yue Sky City, while the Zi Clan Old Ancestor decided to prepare to help bring down Nangong Mansion.
• Ning Xiaochuan released his five mystic beasts, which ravaged the mansion and fought its beasts as Monk Tan Qian dragged Chan Chu toward the treasure vault to collect Incense Money.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed a Nangong Mansion elder who had wounded the Two-Headed Stone Beast, then challenged Nangong Wuyue from atop a vermilion hall.
• Nangong Wuyue acknowledged Ning Xiaochuan’s arrival and compared his Crimson Fang sword to Ning Xiaochuan’s Demon Sword.

Ning Xiaochuan rescued Zi Lianshan and defeated Nangong Wuyue’s Heavenly Ladder Realm Daoists, breaking through to the Third Step Heavenly Ladder Realm. After Nangong Wuyue was struck down by the Black Skeleton, Ning Xiaochuan sent his consciousness into it to confront Nangong Ming while his physical body remained in the square.

• Nangong Wuyue threatened Zi Hanyan and held Zi Lianshan captive, but Ning Xiaochuan broke the bronze dragon array and rescued Zi Lianshan.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought eight Heavenly Ladder Realm Daoists, completed the World Extinction Sword Prison, and advanced to the Third Step Heavenly Ladder Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed the eight Daoists and faced Nangong Wuyue, who revealed that he had reached the Fifth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm.
• The Black Skeleton struck Nangong Wuyue down and sent him crashing through a stone sculpture.
• A furious attack from within Nangong Mansion sent the Crimson Scale Battle Sword back at Ning Xiaochuan, who evaded it and summoned the Black Skeleton to guard him.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent his consciousness into the Black Skeleton and dispatched it toward the depths of Nangong Mansion to confront Nangong Ming.

Ning Xiaochuan and the Situ Clan attacked Nangong Mansion, where Nangong Ming’s interrupted breakthrough left him injured but still powerful enough to overpower the Black Skeleton. The Situ Clan’s two Heaven-Men struck from the shadows and crushed Nangong Ming, while Ning Xiaochuan prepared to return to the Yulan Empire.

• Situ Jing killed Nangong Wuyue, who warned that his father and the Demon Fang Hall would retaliate against the Situ Clan.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent the Black Skeleton to break into Nangong Ming’s cultivation chamber, shattering the stone mountain and interrupting Nangong Ming’s attempted breakthrough.
• Nangong Ming struck the Black Skeleton away, but his failed breakthrough had injured him and he could not destroy the puppet’s bones.
• The Black Skeleton’s Earth-Grade Profound Stone ran out, and Ning Xiaochuan formed a Thought Manifestation to replace it while Nangong Ming prepared to attack him.
• The Situ Clan King and the Situ Clan Old Ancestor secretly struck Nangong Ming with two palm attacks, creating a vast crater and leaving his fate uncertain.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized the attackers as the Situ Clan’s Heaven-Men and planned to return to the Yulan Empire after killing Nangong Ming.

Nangong Ming was overwhelmed by Ning Xiaochuan’s Black Skeleton and several hidden Heaven-Men, but he tried to summon the Liao King through a blood sacrifice. Ning Xiaochuan pressed the attack rather than flee, leaving the confrontation unresolved as the Liao King began to awaken.

• Nangong Ming used the Three-Legged Scarlet Cloud Cauldron to batter the Black Skeleton, but a Situ Clan Heaven-Man’s flying sword and another’s palm strikes wounded him.
• Nangong Ming tried to escape, but the Zi Clan Old Ancestor blocked him with the Azure Sky Red Sun Diagram and forced him back into the fight.
• A white-haired Daoist Heaven-Man struck Nangong Ming out of the earth when he tried to flee underground, while other hidden Heaven-Men helped prevent his escape.
• The Black Skeleton cut away half of Nangong Ming’s skull, and Nangong Ming cut his wrist to begin a blood sacrifice intended to awaken the Liao King.
• The Situ Clan King warned Ning Xiaochuan to run, but Ning Xiaochuan kept the Black Skeleton charging at Nangong Ming.

After Nangong Ming awakened Liao with a blood sacrifice, Ning Xiaochuan was trapped by the powerful beast until Azure Queen arrived and spoke with it. Liao withdrew, and Ning Xiaochuan agreed to travel with Azure Queen to Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge, planning to return to the Yulan Empire.

• Ning Xiaochuan killed Nangong Ming, took the Nine Suns True Fire Scripture and Three-Legged Scarlet Cloud Cauldron, and stored Nangong Ming's frozen corpse.
• Monk Tan Qian and Chan Chu escaped Nangong Mansion with sacks of stolen treasures, then tried to hide their loot from Azure Queen.
• Liao emerged in the form of an old man and immobilized Ning Xiaochuan while demonic clouds covered Nine Yue Sky City.
• Azure Queen entered Nangong Mansion and spoke privately with Liao about the Phoenix, the Truth Heavenly Kingdom, and the God-Sealing Battlefield.
• Liao returned underground after Azure Queen told it Ning Xiaochuan was her man, and the demonic clouds dissipated.
• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to accompany Azure Queen to Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge, intending to visit Little Red and Little Ling'er and eventually return to the Yulan Empire.

After leaving Nangong Mansion, Ning Xiaochuan traveled toward the Great Wilderness with the Azure Queen and resolved to become stronger after Yu Ningsheng’s departure. The Azure Queen explained that the phoenix connected to his Phoenix Feather might have emerged from the legendary God Sealing Cave, leaving Ning Xiaochuan with questions about her origins and the Heavenly Emperor.

• Situ Jing and Zi Hanyan met Ning Xiaochuan and the Azure Queen outside Nangong Mansion, and the Azure Queen’s question about his wife made Zi Hanyan believe he was married and leave heartbroken.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Situ Jing he would let fate decide whether to explain his feelings to Zi Hanyan, then departed with the Azure Queen toward the Great Wilderness.
• Ning Xiaochuan stopped competing with the Azure Queen and rode the Two-Headed Stone Beast while preparing to break through to the Third Step Heavenly Ladder.
• The Azure Queen lectured Ning Xiaochuan about being fickle and offered to find him another woman, while Ning Xiaochuan recalled Yu Ningsheng and strengthened his resolve to cultivate.
• Ning Xiaochuan told the Azure Queen that a phoenix had given him the Phoenix Feather, and she warned that the phoenix might be tied to a terrifying higher civilization.
• The Azure Queen linked the phoenix to the God Sealing Cave, which she said had produced the Heavenly Emperor, and admitted that her long search for the cave in Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge had failed.

Ning Xiaochuan suspected the sealed cave was the God Sealing Cave Abode and persuaded Azure Queen to travel with him to the Yulan Empire to search for it. As Azure Queen slept on the journey, Ning Xiaochuan prepared for the conflicts awaiting him there and set aside a complete martial scripture for his family.

• Ning Xiaochuan connected the God Sealing Cave Abode to the Heavenly Emperor, Phoenix, Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, and the Black Bone Giant Race, and concluded it might lie north of the Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge.
• Azure Queen revealed that Fanhou Demon King had forbidden crossing the ridge to protect the Human Civilization in the Heavenly Emperor's homeland, and she admitted she had already explored beyond the boundary.
• Ning Xiaochuan proposed using his human identity to control the Yulan Empire and mobilize its people to find the cave, and Azure Queen agreed to go there with him.
• Azure Queen fell asleep against Ning Xiaochuan's thigh, and he suspected that her lifeless appearance was part of her cultivation.
• Ning Xiaochuan ordered the Two-Headed Stone Beast to head for the Yulan Empire and decided he would deal with Jade Ripple Great Emperor and the Sword Saint before visiting Little Ling'er and Little Red.
• Ning Xiaochuan examined the complete Nine Suns True Fire Scripture, found that he could not cultivate it, and planned to give it to his grandfather for the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion.

Ning Xiaochuan refined the Red Scale Sword and two other weapons into his body, strengthening his Figurative Divine Power, then learned the final World Extinction Path sword move from Sui Hanyu. He set out for the Yulan Empire to cultivate in seclusion and began thawing Nangong Ming’s frozen Heaven-Man corpse to examine its blood.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined the Ninth Grade Profound Weapon Red Scale Sword into his body and used five swords to split a mountain with his sword array.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined two more swords from his spoils, bringing his total to seven Figurative Divine Power Swords and stabilizing his Third Step Heavenly Ladder cultivation.
• Sui Hanyu demonstrated World Extinction Without Sword and taught Ning Xiaochuan that the move could kill a Heaven-Man when mastered.
• Ning Xiaochuan interpreted the sword move as striking without the enemy sensing a sword, and Sui Hanyu praised his comprehension before vanishing.
• Ning Xiaochuan crossed the Great Wilderness toward the Yulan Empire, intending to cultivate in seclusion, then took Nangong Ming’s frozen corpse from a Universe Pouch and began melting its ice.

Ning Xiaochuan prepared Heaven-Man blood as a gift for Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian, while the Jade Ripple Great Emperor used his new Heaven-Man power to pressure the Great Golden Roc King’s family and threaten the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion. The chapter left the Old Marquis facing an ultimatum to return to the Imperial City, where he expected the Jade Ripple Great Emperor to kill him.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined half of the Heaven-Man blood into eight hundred and sixty Bloodline Spirits for Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian and used the other half as fuel for the Bronze Ancient Lamp.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor visited the Great Golden Roc King’s funeral and promised to avenge him while asserting his authority over Yu Qianqian and her family.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor insisted that Yu Qianqian marry and summoned West Mu Royal Concubine to the palace to discuss the arrangement.
• West Mu Royal Concubine warned Yu Qianqian that the Jade Ripple Great Emperor intended to take revenge on their family, while Worldly Son Jin Du restrained his anger.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor ordered the Sword Pavilion Marquis to return to the Imperial City within half a month or have his family executed, and the Old Marquis said he had no real choice.

Ning Xiaochuan and the Azure Queen entered the Imperial City to deal with the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, while the Ning family set out after learning Ning Xiaochuan had returned. At a winehouse, Ning Xiaochuan provoked the Azure Queen’s anger by arranging for her to hear about the emperor’s crimes.

• Ning Xiner and the Old Marquis learned from Ning Xiaochuan’s letter that he had returned and claimed he could handle the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, so they prepared to travel to the Imperial City.
• Ning Xiaochuan and the Azure Queen entered the Imperial City, and the Azure Queen told him to take control of the Yulan Empire while keeping their search for the Deification Ancient Cave as their main purpose.
• Ning Xiaochuan took the Azure Queen to a winehouse, where she drained a huge jar of wine and refused to eat meat.
• Ning Xiaochuan arranged for the Azure Queen to overhear wine drinkers describe the Jade Ripple Great Emperor killing his brother and pursuing his sister-in-law.
• The Azure Queen became furious at the emperor’s conduct, and Ning Xiaochuan revealed that he had deliberately provoked her so she would eliminate the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Great Golden Roc King Residence to see Yu Qianqian and promised to kill the Jade Ripple Great Emperor within three days. After Yu Qianqian confessed that she wanted to be his woman, Ning Xiaochuan accepted her declaration.

• Ning Xiaochuan brought the unconscious Azure Queen to the Great Golden Roc King Residence and asked the guards to tell Yu Qianqian that he had come to repay her kindness.
• Yu Qianqian recognized Ning Xiaochuan, ran to embrace him, and cried as he revealed his true appearance.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Yu Qianqian that he would kill the Jade Ripple Great Emperor within three days and said the Azure Queen could help him.
• Yu Qianqian grew jealous when Ning Xiaochuan praised the Azure Queen, but he assured her there was nothing between them.
• Yu Qianqian told Ning Xiaochuan she wanted to be his woman, and he accepted her declaration.

Ning Xiaochuan encountered the Demon Emperor, who had survived the Heaven-Man Dao Debate and reached the Heaven-Man Realm, while they discussed joining forces against the Jade Ripple Great Emperor. The Demon Emperor revealed how the four survivors had advanced and why the Great Golden Roc King died, then appeared outside the imperial palace.

• Ning Xiaochuan left Yu Qianqian asleep, carried the unconscious Azure Queen to the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, and waited for her to wake.
• A mysterious attacker ambushed Ning Xiaochuan, but he wounded the Demon Emperor with his Demon Sword before recognizing him.
• Ning Xiaochuan rejected the Demon Emperor as family, while the Demon Emperor proposed that they cooperate against the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.
• The Demon Emperor explained that Spirit Void Venerable's inheritance of the Heavenly Emperor's soul-force had helped all four participants reach the Heaven-Man Realm, and that the Jade Ripple Great Emperor had killed the Great Golden Roc King in an ambush.
• The Demon Emperor said he wanted Ning Xiaochuan's help because of the Demon Sword, accepted that Ning Xiaochuan would not hand it over, and appeared outside the imperial palace.

Ning Xiaochuan joined Demon Emperor in the Different Dimension to fight the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, seeking revenge for his parents. The battle turned against Demon Emperor, and Ning Xiaochuan’s Black Skeleton struck at the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.

• Demon Emperor and the Jade Ripple Great Emperor entered a Different Dimension to settle their conflict, while Dark Sky King asked Ning Xiaochuan to care for Yu Ningsheng.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed them into the Different Dimension, where the Imperial City learned that he and Demon Emperor had joined forces against the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor’s Tian Zi Dragon Pearl overpowered Demon Emperor’s Blood Devouring Pearl and wounded him.
• Ning Xiaochuan attacked with the Single Wheel Star Sphere, but the Jade Ripple Great Emperor knocked it aside and summoned a golden dragon against him.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s Black Skeleton cut the golden dragon in two and charged at the Jade Ripple Great Emperor with the Demon Sword.

Ning Xiaochuan and the Demon Emperor cornered Jade Ripple Great Emperor, but Jade Ripple combined the royal family's five Ninth Grade Profound Weapons into a Supreme Weapon and overwhelmed them. The Azure Queen arrived as Ning Xiaochuan tried to turn Jade Ripple's defiance against him.

• Jade Ripple Great Emperor was wounded by the Black Skeleton's Demon Sword while fighting it barehanded.
• Ning Xiaochuan lent the Bronze Ancient Lamp to the Demon Emperor, who used it to drive back the Tian Zi Dragon Pearl.
• Ning Xiaochuan sealed the Different Dimension with a formation and attacked Jade Ripple Great Emperor's mind while the Demon Emperor and Black Skeleton pressed the assault.
• After the Black Skeleton retreated to replace its depleted Earth-Grade Profound Stone, Jade Ripple Great Emperor combined five Ninth Grade Profound Weapons into a Supreme Weapon and seriously injured Ning Xiaochuan and the Demon Emperor.
• The Azure Queen arrived, and Ning Xiaochuan claimed Jade Ripple had refused to surrender the Supreme Weapon and had asserted himself as ruler of the land.

Ning Xiaochuan told Azure Queen that Jade Ripple Great Emperor claimed to know the location of the God Sealing Cave Abode, so Azure Queen attacked him to force him to reveal it. Jade Ripple Great Emperor insisted he knew nothing, and Azure Queen, exhausted from beating him, told Ning Xiaochuan to take over.

• Ning Xiaochuan told Azure Queen that Jade Ripple Great Emperor had claimed to know the God Sealing Cave Abode's location but refused to reveal it.
• Azure Queen struck Jade Ripple Great Emperor and sent his Low-Grade Supreme Weapon flying, badly wounding him.
• Jade Ripple Great Emperor used a Martial Dao Divine Power, but Azure Queen crushed his Golden Treasure Wheel and continued beating him.
• Jade Ripple Great Emperor repeatedly insisted he knew nothing about the God Sealing Cave Abode, while Azure Queen accused him of lying and battered him until his spirit and will collapsed.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked whether Azure Queen had learned the location, and she said she was tired and told him to take over.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Jade Ripple Great Emperor and escaped while Azure Queen faced Yuchi Hai and two other experts from Heavenly Emperor Mountain. Azure Queen evaded capture with the Supreme Weapon, and the three experts turned to recruiting talented youths in the Yulan Empire.

• Ning Xiaochuan ignored Yuchi Hai’s command, beheaded Jade Ripple Great Emperor, and fled with the Demon Emperor.
• Yuchi Hai accused Azure Queen of violating an agreement and attacked her, but she used the Supreme Weapon to wound him and shatter his giant dharma body.
• Yu Tianchi and a blue-robed Daoist nun arrived and demanded that Azure Queen return the Yu Family’s Supreme Weapon.
• Azure Queen prepared to fight Yu Tianchi, then hid the weapon in her sleeve and escaped from the Different Dimension.
• Yu Tianchi decided not to pursue Azure Queen, and he and the others discussed recruiting talented youths in the Yulan Empire for Heavenly Emperor Mountain.

After killing the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, Ning Xiaochuan offered his head at the Great Golden Roc King's funeral and used the testimony to justify his revenge to the returning Academy Master. He spent nine months mastering World Extinction Swordplay and reaching the Fourth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm, then emerged to find Yu Qianqian had left for Heavenly Emperor Mountain and Jin Du had become emperor.

• Ning Xiaochuan urged the Demon Emperor and Dark Sky King to flee the Imperial City, then told the Demon Emperor that Duanmu Ning's death had not been his fault.
• Ning Xiaochuan presented the Jade Ripple Great Emperor's head at the Great Golden Roc King's funeral and explained how the emperor had ambushed and killed the Prince.
• Ning Xiaochuan secluded himself at the Great Golden Roc King Residence and mastered all four moves of World Extinction Swordplay.
• Ning Xiaochuan merged eighteen sword intents into his body, formed the Demon Sword Dharma Body, and reached the Fourth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm.
• After nine months in seclusion, Ning Xiaochuan learned that Yu Qianqian had gone to Heavenly Emperor Mountain and Jin Du had ascended the throne as the new emperor.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, learned that Ning Xiner had gone to Heavenly Emperor Mountain, and gave the Old Marquis valuable armor and a martial scripture before setting out again. The Azure Queen intercepted him, spared him temporarily in exchange for leading her to the God Sealing Cave Abode, and broke its seal, releasing a terrifying black radiance.

• Ning Xiaochuan learned from the Old Marquis that Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian had been taken to Heavenly Emperor Mountain, then gave him ten sets of Black Gold Armor and the Nine Suns True Fire Scripture.
• Ning Xiaochuan told the Old Marquis he planned to go to Heavenly Emperor Mountain and hoped to become Shennong so he could prolong his family's lives.
• The Azure Queen confronted Ning Xiaochuan over his deception, but he revealed that he knew the location of the God Sealing Cave Abode and offered to take her there.
• The Azure Queen agreed to spare Ning Xiaochuan until they found the cave, and he accompanied her for drinks before leading her into the Great Desolation.
• The Azure Queen shattered the seal at the cave entrance, releasing a mass of black radiance and aggrieved souls; she attacked it with azure flames and drew her Supreme Weapon.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the God Sealing Cave Abode ahead of Azure Queen and discovered ancient carvings and a powerful Heavenly Ghost Soul Fiend. The White Bone Pearl drew him deeper into the cave as he searched for the Heaven and Earth Scripture, while Azure Queen remained trapped fighting the fiend.

• Azure Queen made Ning Xiaochuan enter the cave first, and he used the Bronze Ancient Lamp to ward off the ghostly yin spirits.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Azure Queen examined a phoenix carving, and Azure Queen explained the realms above Heaven-Man and the carving’s ancient power.
• A Heavenly Ghost Soul Fiend attacked them, and Azure Queen fought it with her Supreme Weapon while Ning Xiaochuan slipped past and ran deeper into the cave.
• Azure Queen pinned the fiend to a wall with her Golden Saint Spear, but it re-formed and attacked her again, preventing her from pursuing Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed the White Bone Pearl’s pulsing and suspected the Heaven and Earth Scripture was hidden deeper inside the cave.

Ning Xiaochuan opened a crystal coffin in the God Sealing Cave Abode and discovered Jade Essence Ice Soul and clues linking it to the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen. After taking the treasure and finding her name inscribed inside, he was confronted by a ghostly remnant that the Heavenly Emperor Blade said would follow him.

• Ning Xiaochuan followed a medicinal fragrance to a crystal coffin embedded in the cave wall and opened it despite its immense weight and freezing aura.
• The corpse inside resembled the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, but it dissolved into mist, leaving milky-white Jade Essence Ice Soul behind.
• Ning Xiaochuan collected the Jade Essence Ice Soul and learned from the Heavenly Emperor Blade that the four characters beneath it meant “Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen.”
• Ning Xiaochuan suspected the coffin might suppress Nie Lanxin and considered taking it, but a female ghost appeared behind him and repeatedly vanished when he struck it.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade identified the ghost as a remnant soul from the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s previous life, drawn to the queen’s aura on Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan followed a mysterious summons to a clay statue in the God Sealing Cave Abode and experienced a vision of the world's creation, gaining profound insights into martial laws. He awoke after nine days to find the badly wounded Azure Queen defending him from a powerful black mist and urging him to flee.

• Ning Xiaochuan was attacked by the female ghost resembling the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, but he struck her down and continued deeper into the cave abode while she followed him.
• Ning Xiaochuan found a clay statue marked with the Heavenly Venerable Seal and began comprehending the scattered writing on it.
• An old Daoist appeared in Ning Xiaochuan's vision and showed him the creation of the Initial Universe World and its shattering into countless landmasses.
• Ning Xiaochuan returned to his body after nearly nine days of enlightenment, and the Azure Queen kicked him awake while holding back a powerful black mist with a Supreme Weapon.
• The badly wounded Azure Queen told Ning Xiaochuan to run as she continued fighting the strange creature or force surging from deeper in the cave abode.

Ning Xiaochuan and the Azure Queen escaped the God Sealing Cave Abode as a terrifying creature awakened inside and destroyed the Profound Stone Puppet. After binding the injured Azure Queen, Ning Xiaochuan set off for Heavenly Emperor Mountain to find Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian, but the Queen attacked him with a Thought Manifestation and was defeated.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the Profound Stone Puppet, the Demon Sword, and the Bronze Ancient Lamp to fight his way out of the God Sealing Cave Abode with the Azure Queen.
• Ning Xiaochuan turned back for the injured Azure Queen, carried her out, and watched as the awakened creature smashed the Profound Stone Puppet into bones.
• Ning Xiaochuan bound the Azure Queen with the Dragon Binding Cord three thousand miles from the cave and told her he was leaving for Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• Ning Xiaochuan set off on the Two-Headed Stone Beast to find Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian, but the Azure Queen sent a Thought Manifestation after him with the Golden Saint Spear.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Single Wheel Star Sphere to knock the Azure Queen's Thought Manifestation to the ground and continued toward Heavenly Emperor Mountain.