Recaps

Ning Xiaochuan survived a deadly battle with Jin Ling by unleashing the Heavenly Venerable Seal, while both fighters were severely injured and Jin Ling escaped. The encounter advanced Ning Xiaochuan’s cultivation, and Jin Ling resolved to pursue a breakthrough to the Heaven-Man Realm.

• Jin Ling unleashed her Jade-Eyed Golden Eyes, but Ning Xiaochuan’s Heavenly Venerable Seal shattered one beam and pierced her defenses while her other beam badly wounded him.
• Jin Ling healed herself with Advanced Pills, fled the Different Dimension, and evaded the Golden Jiao and White-Headed Nine-Clawed Eagle with an offensive formation disk.
• Ning Xiaochuan recovered enough to learn that his Earth Scripture comprehension had advanced him to the Second Step Heavenly Ladder Realm and that the White Bone Pearl and Heavenly Venerable Seal were close to merging.
• Jin Wuhui caught Jin Ling after she collapsed at the Prince’s Mansion, and she told him not to provoke Ning Xiaochuan again.
• Jin Ling asked Jin Wuhui to obtain a Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine so she could use her battle insights to attempt a breakthrough to the Heaven-Man Realm.

Ning Xiaochuan healed from his injuries, fused the White Bone Pearl with the Martial Soul Heavenly Venerable Seal, and advanced his Heaven and Earth Scripture. He successfully became a Grand Heart Nourisher and used his new Five-Colored Profound Elixir to heal and strengthen a wounded Saber-Toothed White Tiger.

• Lu Ren learned Fang Jie's assassination had failed and decided to hire an assassin from Heaven Execution Valley to kill Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan spent five days recovering, then fused the White Bone Pearl with the Martial Soul Heavenly Venerable Seal after further cultivation.
• The fusion opened a tiny Ruin World space within the White Bone Pearl and advanced Ning Xiaochuan's Heaven and Earth Scripture to the Third Step Heavenly Ladder Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined nine drops of Profound Essence and finally condensed a drop of five-colored Source Elixir, becoming a Grand Heart Nourisher.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined hundreds of kinds of Mysterious Medicine into more than a hundred drops of five-colored Mysterious Liquid.
• Ning Xiaochuan used a drop of Five-Colored Profound Elixir to heal a Saber-Toothed White Tiger's nearly severed body and strengthen its constitution.

Ning Xiaochuan and Zi Hanyan returned to Heaven's Gate City and reunited with the Nine Yue Territory cultivators, then joined them for a celebratory meal at Heavenly Universe Tower. There, they heard that Heaven Execution Valley had assassinated a rare Burning Sword Sect genius and several Celestials, provoking threats of retaliation from powerful forces.

• Ning Xiaochuan healed the Saber-Toothed White Tiger with his refined Mysterious Liquid, and it fled after recovering.
• Zi Hanyan met Ning Xiaochuan and explained that her injuries from Fang Jie had preceded a rapid breakthrough to the Fourth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm, while keeping her divine bloodline secret.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Zi Hanyan returned to Heaven's Gate City, where they found Situ Jing, Wu Qingchou, and the other Nine Yue Territory cultivators gathered at their manor.
• Situ Jing invited the group to celebrate at Heavenly Universe Tower, and Yue Mingsong joined them after saying Elder Fan had let him out because Ning Xiaochuan had disappeared.
• At Heavenly Universe Tower, the group heard that Heaven Execution Valley had killed a Once in Eight Millennia Burning Sword Sect genius, two Inner Disciples, and Elder Wu, prompting threats of retaliation from the Burning Sword Sect and Heavenly Emperor Mountain.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions discussed the assassination of a Burning Sword Sect genius, while Chi Xin was provoked into confronting Ning Xiaochuan after seeing him at Heavenly Universe Tower. Ning Xiaochuan then asked about a murdered candidate from Nine Yue Territory and learned that the Prince’s Mansion disciple responsible had defeated the group seeking justice.

• Ning Xiaochuan, Wu Qingchou, Situ Jing, and Yue Mingsong discussed the slain Once in Eight Millennia genius and the political dangers of revealing extraordinary talent.
• Chi Xin and the Prince’s Mansion youths discussed the assassination, while Lu Ren worried that Heaven Execution Valley had vanished with his deposit to kill Ning Xiaochuan.
• Jin Ling pointed out Ning Xiaochuan downstairs and praised his talent, prompting Chi Xin to promise Lu Ren he would reclaim his dignity by crippling Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked Situ Jing how their attempt to seek justice for the murdered Nine Yue Territory woman had gone.
• Situ Jing said the Prince’s Mansion Outer Disciple had defeated their entire group despite not having reached the Heaven-Man Realm.

Ning Xiaochuan confronted Chi Xin over the death of a Nine Yue Territory examinee, and the two agreed to a high-stakes contest. Jin Ling intervened before they chose how to fight, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Nine Yue Territory cultivators lamented their earlier defeat by Chi Xin, and Chi Xin arrived with Prince's Mansion youths to confront them.
• Chi Xin attacked Situ Jing, but Zi Hanyan shattered his Hau Water Barrier and stopped him.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Chi Xin's Hell Demon Seed Heart Palace, while Jin Ling and Jin Wuhui discussed Chi Xin's talent and his possible match with Jin Ling.
• Ning Xiaochuan challenged Chi Xin to seek justice for the dead woman, and they agreed that the loser would kneel, apologize, and lose the hand used to strike someone.
• Chi Xin proposed a fight, but Jin Ling arrived and questioned whether he should fight a Heart Nourisher in martial combat.

Ning Xiaochuan challenged Chi Xin to a contest of mental strength, and Yue Mingsong turned it into a high-stakes betting pool backed by a huge cache of profound weapons. The wagers piled up in Chi Xin’s favor as the contest was about to begin.

• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Jin Ling as the woman in black and agreed not to expose her secret, then proposed testing their mental strength against Chi Xin.
• Yue Mingsong produced hundreds of high-grade profound weapons and opened a betting pool, claiming he was staking his entire fortune on Ning Xiaochuan.
• Lu Ren wagered nearly one hundred million Profound Stones and several ancient treasures on Chi Xin, who declared his victory certain and staked his own fortune and a Ninth Grade Profound Weapon.
• Ning Xiaochuan wagered a bottle of Jade Essence Ice Soul, while examinees and cultivators flocked to the Heavenly Universe Tower to join the bets.
• Jin Ling placed only five million Profound Stones on Chi Xin, explaining that she did not want to win too much from the Ten Thousand Swords Palace and provoke the Dance Fairy.

Ning Xiaochuan battled Chi Xin in Dao techniques as the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince and other prodigies watched. Chi Xin unleashed all three Hell Waters and sent a demon into Ning Xiaochuan’s heart, leaving the fight unresolved as his allies prepared to intervene.

• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, Luo Wu, Nie Lanxin, and other prodigies watched Ning Xiaochuan and Chi Xin’s wagered battle from the Heavenly Universe Tower’s top floor.
• Chi Xin attacked Ning Xiaochuan with the Chao Water Hell River, and Ning Xiaochuan countered with Yin Yang Bright Flame.
• Chi Xin unleashed the Huang Water Hell River, while Jin Ling warned Zi Hanyan not to attack him.
• Ning Xiaochuan formed a Taiji Pattern from his Heart Aperture and Blood Aperture, but Chi Xin summoned the Ruo Water River and extinguished his Bright Flame.
• Chi Xin sent a demonic sword carrying the three Hell Waters into Ning Xiaochuan’s heart, and the tangible mental power in the tower vanished.
• Situ Jing prepared to attack Chi Xin, but Jin Wuhui and other scions blocked him, while Yue Mingsong said the battle’s outcome was not yet decided.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated Chi Xin by reaching the Grand Heart Nourisher Realm, and the resulting wager left him and Yue Mingsong with a fortune in treasures. Luo Wu stopped the losers from seizing the winnings, but Yue Mingsong then loudly claimed Ning Xiaochuan wanted to give everything to her in exchange for a smile.

• Chi Xin's mind was blasted out of Ning Xiaochuan's heart, and Ning Xiaochuan revealed he had reached the Grand Heart Nourisher Realm.
• Yue Mingsong declared Ning Xiaochuan the winner and began distributing the wagers, enraging Lu Ren and the other losers.
• Heirs from the Prince's Mansion incited the crowd to attack and reclaim the treasures, but Luo Wu arrived and restrained everyone with her Kirin Auspicious Dharma Form.
• Luo Wu warned the crowd not to seize the winnings from disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Palace, and the would-be attackers backed down.
• Yue Mingsong loudly told Luo Wu that Ning Xiaochuan loved her and intended to give her all the treasure for a smile, leaving the crowd stunned.

Yue Mingsong tricked Ning Xiaochuan and the other examinees into giving Luo Wu a fortune in treasures, securing the Luo Clan’s protection for himself and Ning Xiaochuan. As the group returned toward the Ten Thousand Swords Palace, Ning Xiaochuan reflected on Yue Mingsong’s scheme and on Chi Xin, whom he had secretly enslaved.

• Yue Mingsong presented the gathered treasures as Ning Xiaochuan’s love confession to Luo Wu, and she accepted them while promising to protect them.
• Ning Xiaochuan took seven rare forging materials from the hoard, while Luo Wu stored the remaining treasures in her Ninth Grade Profound Weapon bracelet.
• Jin Ling and the Prince’s Mansion heirs departed, and Lu Ren vowed to repay Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong for the loss.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed that he had lured Chi Xin into his heart palace and turned him into a Heart Slave who would spy on the Prince’s Mansion heirs.
• Luo Wu led Ning Xiaochuan, Yue Mingsong, Zi Hanyan, and the other young talents back toward the Ten Thousand Swords Palace as Yue Mingsong teased Ning Xiaochuan about Luo Wu.

Ning Xiaochuan gathered rare materials for Yue Mingsong to forge three Ninth Grade Profound Weapons, then met three Palace Lords who praised his role in humiliating Prince's Mansion. The Second Palace Lord accepted Ning Xiaochuan as his disciple and promised to secure him a top-three place in the Heaven's Gate Examination.

• Ning Xiaochuan gave Yue Mingsong eleven rare materials and three pieces of Sub-God Bone, and Yue Mingsong promised to finish the swords in three days.
• Luo Wu led Ning Xiaochuan to meet the Second, Third, and Sixth Palace Lords in the Elder Hall.
• The Third and Sixth Palace Lords praised Luo Wu and Ning Xiaochuan for their victory over Prince's Mansion and named them the main force in the contest for the top three.
• The Second Palace Lord offered to teach Ning Xiaochuan heart nourishment and pill refinement, and Ning Xiaochuan accepted him as his master.
• The Second Palace Lord promised to secure Ning Xiaochuan a top-three place in the Heaven's Gate Examination, prompting the other Palace Lords to urge Ning Xiaochuan to thank him.

The Second Palace Lord reserved Ning Xiaochuan a place among the top three in the Heaven's Gate Examination and gave him and Luo Wu Human-Grade Pills. After studying his Origin Returning Pill for three days, Ning Xiaochuan visited Yue Mingsong and found that he had forged the three requested Ninth Grade Profound Weapon battle swords.

• The Second Palace Lord told Ning Xiaochuan that his top-three place had to remain secret and warned him to rely on himself during the Heaven's Gate Examination.
• The Second Palace Lord gave Ning Xiaochuan an Origin Returning Pill to improve his cultivation and study, and gave Luo Wu a Demon Kirin Pill suited to her Kirin Auspicious Dharma Form.
• Ning Xiaochuan opened the Origin Returning Pill and studied its Pill Soul and pill principles, but made little progress over three days.
• Ning Xiaochuan went to Yue Mingsong's residence and found three completed Ninth Grade Profound Weapon battle swords with Sub-God Bones fused into them.

Ning Xiaochuan subdued three Ninth Grade Profound Weapon battle swords and refined one, breaking through to the Fifth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm and forming the Three Thousand World Extinction Dharma Forms. He then joined Zi Hanyan and the other Outer Disciples at the Elder Hall before the Heaven's Gate Examination, where the examinees gathered for their arrangements.

• Ning Xiaochuan subdued Yue Mingsong's three black battle swords and paid him with nine hundred passages from the Mystic Artifact Compendium.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined one Ninth Grade Profound Weapon battle sword over eight days, absorbed its weapon soul and Sub-God Bone, and broke through to the Fifth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan condensed his Martial Dao Dharma into the Three Thousand World Extinction Dharma Forms, alarming the Heavenly Emperor Blade with its three shattered worlds and towering Demon Sword.
• Zi Hanyan summoned Ning Xiaochuan to the Elder Hall for the Heaven's Gate Examination arrangements, and they discussed their cultivation on the way.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Zi Hanyan joined more than four hundred Outer Disciples at the Elder Hall, where the Palace Lords, elders, and Inner Disciples awaited the examinees.

The Ten Thousand Swords Palace prepared its top Outer Disciples for the Heaven's Gate Examination, where danger, cultivation, comprehension, courage, and luck would determine who advanced. The Palace Lords arranged teams to protect key candidates, especially Ning Xiaochuan, who was warned that powerful enemies might target him.

• Elder Pu briefed the candidates on the Heaven's Gate Examination, explaining its dangers and the role of fate's fortune.
• The Sixth Palace Lord assigned Han Li to team up with Yue Mingsong and protect him, and paired He Mingyuan with Situ Jing.
• The Sixth Palace Lord told Ning Xiaochuan that the Sect Leader True Person had marked his name for one of the top three places, but warned that the news could make him a target.
• The Palace Lords assigned Luo Wu to team up with Ning Xiaochuan and protect him, as enemies—including Heaven-Man Realm cultivators—might try to kill him during the examination.
• Ning Xiaochuan accepted the danger without regret and considered refining two more Ninth Grade Profound Weapon battle swords to break into the Heaven-Man Realm.

Ning Xiaochuan gave Zi Hanyan a powerful weapon and Sub-God Bones, then helped her refine them before the Heaven's Gate Examination. Zi Hanyan's cultivation rose sharply, leaving her prepared to face the examination with new strength.

• Zi Hanyan left the Elder Hall in sorrow as Ning Xiaochuan discussed the Heaven's Gate Examination with Luo Wu, who urged him to follow her.
• Ning Xiaochuan found Zi Hanyan in a bamboo grove and gave her the Bronze Ancient Lamp, an Innate Ninth Grade Profound Weapon.
• Zi Hanyan revealed her clan's origins and her awakened Divine Blood to Ning Xiaochuan, who gave her five pieces of Sub-God Bone from the Purple Gold Imperial Lord.
• Ning Xiaochuan helped Zi Hanyan refine the Bronze Ancient Lamp and two Sub-God Bones overnight, advancing her to the Fifth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm and allowing her to condense the Purple Cloud Dharma Form.
• Zi Hanyan's new strength became enough to fight Jin Ling to a draw, while she kept three unrefined Sub-God Bones for after the Heaven's Gate Examination began.

Ning Xiaochuan received the Purple Haze Scripture from Zi Hanyan and warned her that her ancestor, Purple Gold Imperial Lord, might return to life. He then traveled with Ten Thousand Swords Palace to the Heaven's Gate Examination, where a celestial gateway appeared and an imposing white-haired Daoist announced its descent.

• Zi Hanyan inscribed the Purple Haze Scripture onto her jade pendant and gave it to Ning Xiaochuan, who planned to share it with Xin'er and Qian Qian.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Zi Hanyan that he had sensed a terrifying consciousness in Purple Gold Imperial Lord's tomb and suspected her ancestor might be reborn when Burial God Mountain emerged.
• Yue Mingsong teased Ning Xiaochuan and Zi Hanyan, then hurried them to join the group heading to the Heaven's Gate Examination.
• The Sixth Palace Lord and Sect Master Mu exchanged challenges as Ten Thousand Swords Palace and Burning Sword Sect prepared to compete in the examination.
• Ning Xiaochuan searched unsuccessfully for Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian among the assembled examinees.
• A white river poured from the sky into a vast gateway, and a white-haired Daoist announced, “Heaven's Gate descends!”

Candidates began the Heaven's Gate Examination by comprehending the laws guarding the gate, while Ning Xiaochuan discovered he could enter but chose to wait rather than draw attention. Xue Lingxu, the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, Nie Lanxin, and Dongfang Sheng entered after demonstrating exceptional comprehension, and Ning learned that the Ascension World also held treasures hidden by the Heavenly Emperor Blade and dangerous beasts.

• The white-haired Daoist announced that candidates had one month to cross Heaven's Gate, and failed attempts to force the light curtain backfired.
• Ning Xiaochuan comprehended the Restriction Laws in an hour but stayed seated so he would not attract envy or trouble.
• Xue Lingxu entered first, and the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince followed as the second candidate.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade told Ning Xiaochuan that the world inside Heaven's Gate was the Ascension World and asked him to help recover hidden treasures.
• Heavenly Emperor Mountain's observers discussed the prodigies and the dangerous beasts released into the Ascension World.
• Nie Lanxin rose after three hours, and Dongfang Sheng stood as well, praised her as the Orchid Fairy, and resolved to pursue her.

Dongfang Sheng, Luo Wu, and Ning Xiaochuan rose among the first to comprehend Heaven’s Gate’s Restriction Laws, drawing the attention of the major powers. After the examinees entered Heaven’s Gate and were scattered across the vast Ascension World, Ning Xiaochuan found himself alone in a primordial wilderness with no idea which way to go.

• Sect Master Mu revealed that Dongfang Sheng and his murdered twin brother, Dongfang Bi, were Once in Eight Millennia geniuses and suspected the Ten Thousand Swords Palace or the Prince’s Mansion of arranging the murder.
• Luo Wu and Ning Xiaochuan rose shortly after Dongfang Sheng, and seven examinees—including Nie Lanxin, Zi Hanyan, Li Tian, and Jin Ling—eventually stood among those who had comprehended the Restriction Laws.
• Nie Lanxin greeted Ning Xiaochuan warmly and agreed to exchange pointers with him, prompting Dongfang Sheng to grow jealous and secretly decide to eliminate Ning Xiaochuan.
• Luo Wu entered Heaven’s Gate first, followed by Ning Xiaochuan and the other examinees, and the gate scattered them across the Ascension World.
• Ning Xiaochuan emerged alone in a vast forest, found his mental strength severely suppressed, and realized he had no clue which direction led to the other side of Heaven’s Gate.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the Ascension World and encountered a golden ginseng spirit who lured him into a fight with a Heaven-Man-level Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon. After wounding the dragon’s horn, he fled as it awakened its violent bloodline and pursued him.

• The Heavenly Emperor Blade explained the Ascension World’s origins and urged Ning Xiaochuan to search for its hidden treasure.
• Ning Xiaochuan traveled south, collected Mysterious Medicine, and chased a golden ginseng spirit.
• The golden ginseng spirit revealed that her companion, Little Baozi, was a giant Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought the Heaven-Man-level dragon, then wounded its horn with his Demon Sword.
• The Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon awakened its violent bloodline, increased its strength sixfold, and chased Ning Xiaochuan as he fled.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon by using Heavenly Thunder Bell inside its ear, then bargained with Little Carrot for directions to other Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicines. He took Little Carrot hostage to keep the dragon from attacking, and the chapter ended with the dragon striking at him as he threatened to eat her.

• Ning Xiaochuan dodged the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon's attacks, slipped into its ear, and stunned it with Heavenly Thunder Bell.
• Little Carrot offered to surrender to save Little Baozi, and Ning Xiaochuan demanded that she find him another Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine.
• Little Carrot told Ning Xiaochuan about a distant place where many Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicines grew, and he agreed to let the dragon go while keeping her as a hostage.
• Little Carrot broke free of Ning Xiaochuan's Yin Yang Bright Flame, but he caught her with the Dragon Binding Rope and took her White Jade Dagger.
• Little Carrot called for Little Baozi to attack Ning Xiaochuan, and the dragon rose and struck at him as he warned it to obey or he would eat her.

Ning Xiaochuan forced Little Carrot to lead him toward the Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicines while examining her sealed jade sword and refining a Ninth Grade Profound Weapon to strengthen himself. The chapter ended with Nie Lanxin sensing the female ghost’s aura from far away and struggling to control her body.

• Ning Xiaochuan made Little Carrot guide him south while the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon followed and kept other mysterious beasts away.
• Ning Xiaochuan examined Little Carrot’s jade sword, and the Heavenly Emperor Blade said it likely sealed a Sword Spirit.
• A female ghost appeared and asked for her body, while Little Carrot accused Ning Xiaochuan of killing her.
• Ning Xiaochuan decided to keep the jade sword until after finding the Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicines, then began refining a Ninth Grade Profound Weapon to reach the Heaven-Man Realm.
• Little Carrot mistook Ning Xiaochuan’s weapon-refining for eating iron, and Nie Lanxin sensed the female ghost’s aura from afar.

Nie Lanxin recruited Dongfang Sheng to help her kill Ning Xiaochuan, while Ning Xiaochuan finished refining his ninth Figurative Divine Power Sword and followed Little Carrot to Returning Mountain. The Heavenly Emperor Blade revealed that Returning Mountain concealed terrifying dangers, leaving Ning Xiaochuan wary of Little Carrot’s intentions.

• Nie Lanxin persuaded Dongfang Sheng that Ning Xiaochuan had imprisoned a strand of her soul, and Dongfang Sheng agreed to help kill him.
• Lu Qingyuan traveled through the Ascension World under orders to eliminate Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan completed his ninth Figurative Divine Power Sword and advanced to the peak of the Fifth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm.
• Little Carrot led Ning Xiaochuan to Returning Mountain and tried to get him to release her, but he dragged her toward the ruins.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade explained that Returning Mountain had once been a sacred land’s training ground and was sealed away because of its terrifying dangers, making Ning Xiaochuan suspect Little Carrot had lured him there deliberately.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that dawn was the safest time to enter Returning Mountain and waited outside while cultivating and sending beasts to search for treasures. He was surrounded by ten powerful young experts seeking the reward for his head, and he challenged them to decide who would attack.

• Ning Xiaochuan learned from the Heavenly Emperor Blade that Returning Mountain was safest at dawn, so he planned to enter the next day and spent the afternoon cultivating beneath a tree.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon and five mystic beasts to search for Mysterious Medicine and spiritual treasures while Little Carrot complained about him.
• Lie Yunlong, Xie Yihan, and Yun Ji of the Burning Sword Sect arrived with killing intent, and Ning Xiaochuan recognized them as Fifth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm Sword Cultivators.
• Four experts from the Prince's Mansion and three other young-generation experts joined the attackers, surrounding Ning Xiaochuan as Dao cultivators sealed the area with a confinement formation.
• Yun Ji revealed that Dongfang Sheng had offered a Ninth Grade Profound Weapon for Ning Xiaochuan's head and said Ning Xiaochuan had been marked as a top-three target.
• Ning Xiaochuan suspected Nie Lanxin had helped locate him and calmly asked the gathered experts which of them wanted to take his head.

Ning Xiaochuan revealed overwhelming combat strength as he killed two Fifth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm experts and trapped the remaining young cultivators in the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation. Yun Ji rallied the survivors to attack, but Ning Xiaochuan prepared to face him with the formation supporting him.

• Lie Yunlong charged Ning Xiaochuan, who killed him with a sword strike after piercing his palm with a World Extinction Sword Wave.
• A Prince's Mansion scion attacked Ning Xiaochuan from atop a White Scale Two-Winged Ox, but Ning Xiaochuan broke his defensive array, killed the ox, and crushed the fleeing man with a black hand seal.
• Ning Xiaochuan sealed a thirty-mile area with three hundred and thirty-three array flags and activated the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation through his seven Thought Manifestations.
• Ning Xiaochuan told the trapped young experts that he would eliminate them because they had come to kill him.
• Yun Ji urged the survivors to attack together and sent his ancient sword at Ning Xiaochuan, who faced him with the formation's power.

Ning Xiaochuan used the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation to subdue eight young geniuses, then trapped Dongfang Sheng when he entered the formation. He confronted Nie Lanxin over her role in exposing his whereabouts, and she challenged him to a fight.

• Ning Xiaochuan overwhelmed Yun Ji, Xie Yihan, and Xiang Feiyu with the formation, then discovered Yun Ji possessed Sword Marrow and seized control of his consciousness.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed two powerful auras approaching as he unleashed the formation against the eight trapped geniuses.
• Nie Lanxin and Dongfang Sheng arrived; Nie Lanxin revealed that Ning Xiaochuan had arranged the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation, and Dongfang Sheng entered it after she provoked him.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed that the eight geniuses had become his Heart Slaves and ordered them to attack Dongfang Sheng inside the formation.
• Ning Xiaochuan confronted Nie Lanxin, accused her of revealing his whereabouts, and said he would no longer spare her for Lan Zhi's sake.
• Nie Lanxin said she wanted the ghost soul and challenged Ning Xiaochuan to see which of them could kill the other.

Ning Xiaochuan and Nie Lanxin fought to the death, and he killed her with World Extinction Without Sword after destroying her zither. As Nie Lanxin lay dying, she revealed she had wanted Ning Xiaochuan to beg her to spare him and others; she asked him to care for Nie Lanzhi.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Nie Lanxin agreed to keep their deadly grudge secret from Nie Lanzhi and began fighting.
• Nie Lanxin’s sound-wave attacks and Dragon Phoenix Treasure Wheel stopped Ning Xiaochuan’s nine battle swords and forced him to retreat.
• Ning Xiaochuan struck Nie Lanxin’s ancient zither with the White Bone Pearl, shattering it and cutting her face with a fragment.
• Ning Xiaochuan used World Extinction Without Sword to pierce Nie Lanxin’s heart, while fragments of the zither wounded his chest.
• Nie Lanxin told Ning Xiaochuan she had taken Little Hong and Little Ling'er and harmed Yu Ningsheng because she wanted him to beg her, then asked him to care for Nie Lanzhi before she died.