Recaps

Ning Xiaochuan watched the female ghost merge with Nie Lanzhi’s body and awaken as the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen. She promised to repay his help by caring for Nie Lanxin as her younger sister, and Ning Xiaochuan began using his Mystic Water to help her soul and body reunite.

• At night, the female ghost entered Nie Lanzhi’s body in the Jade Crystal Ice Coffin, and a surge of Life Force healed the corpse as Ning Xiaochuan observed and comprehended the process.
• Dongfang Sheng escaped the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation badly injured, while the younger generation’s eight great experts pursued him.
• After the coffin’s light faded, the woman inside opened her eyes, and Ning Xiaochuan recognized her as the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen rather than Nie Lanxin.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen offered to repay Ning Xiaochuan’s favor, and he asked her to acknowledge Nie Lanxin as her younger sister and care for her without revealing that her elder sister had died.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen explained that she was still a living dead person whose soul and body had not fully reunited, and Ning Xiaochuan offered her five-colored Mystic Water to aid the process.

Ning Xiaochuan gave Five-Colored Profound Water to Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen and helped her resolve her doubts about challenging the Heavenly Emperor, whom she believed had killed her. After she withdrew to fuse her soul and body, Ning Xiaochuan put away her coffin and was confronted by Heaven's Gate Examination chief examiner Lu Qingyuan.

• Ning Xiaochuan supplied Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen with Five-Colored Profound Water, and she said it could speed up her fusion with her true body.
• Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen explained that she had mistaken Ning Xiaochuan for the Heavenly Emperor because they shared an aura and cultivated Heaven and Earth Profound Qi.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade recounted a legend that the Heavenly Emperor had killed the woman he was to marry on the night he became a god.
• Ning Xiaochuan urged Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen to challenge her faith in the Heavenly Emperor, and she resolved to kill him if they met again.
• Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen entered a state of feigned death, and Ning Xiaochuan stored her Jade Crystal Ice Coffin in his Universe Pouch.
• Lu Qingyuan, one of the ten chief examiners for the Heaven's Gate Examination, emerged from the forest and locked killing intent onto Ning Xiaochuan.

Lu Qingyuan tried to kill Ning Xiaochuan during the examination, but a horde of Mystic Beasts gave Ning Xiaochuan a chance to flee toward Returning Mountain. After wounding Lu Qingyuan with a sword technique, Ning Xiaochuan escaped into the mountain as Lu Qingyuan hurled his Azure Hanta Pagoda after him.

• Lu Qingyuan accused Ning Xiaochuan of killing examinees and produced eight corpses as justification for executing him.
• The Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon and five powerful Mystic Beasts led a horde against Lu Qingyuan, allowing Ning Xiaochuan to flee with Little Carrot.
• Lu Qingyuan pursued Ning Xiaochuan, who headed for Returning Mountain, and used a talisman and an azure spear to catch up and block his path.
• Ning Xiaochuan counterattacked with his Figurative Divine Power Swords, then severed Lu Qingyuan's left arm with World Extinction Without Sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan rushed into Returning Mountain, and Lu Qingyuan enlarged the Azure Hanta Pagoda and launched it toward the mountain.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Lu Qingyuan by fleeing into Returning Mountain, where he used Little Carrot’s ginseng leaves to heal and reunited with his Mystic Beasts. The chapter ended when Little Carrot discovered that the wall behind her was a blood-soaked tombstone.

• Lu Qingyuan’s severed arm crumbled after its blood was drained, so he decided to seize Ning Xiaochuan’s three-thousand-year-old golden ginseng to regrow it.
• Ning Xiaochuan fled into Returning Mountain, treated his injuries with a Mysterious Pill, and asked Little Carrot for two hairs that transformed into ginseng leaves.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined and swallowed the ginseng leaves, recovering half his strength while Little Carrot complained about his treatment of her.
• The five Mystic Beasts returned with twelve Universe Pouches filled with Mysterious Medicines and spirit treasures they had gathered.
• Little Carrot noticed blood flowing from the stone wall behind her and realized it was a tombstone.

Ning Xiaochuan and Little Carrot fled from two powerful ancient corpses in Returning Mountain, but the golden-skinned corpse pinned the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon beneath a tombstone. Ning Xiaochuan distracted the corpses with his Thought Manifestations, then drew the wounded dragon into the Mystic Beast Appraisal, where it began to recover.

• Little Carrot discovered that the stone wall was a bleeding tombstone, and the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon was badly wounded when it struck the tombstone and awakened the buried Daoist.
• Ning Xiaochuan fled with Little Carrot and the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon, but a golden-skinned corpse carrying the Tomb of Lei Yun Protector blocked their path while the Daoist caught up behind them.
• The golden-skinned corpse blasted the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon away and pinned it beneath its tombstone, while Little Carrot begged Ning Xiaochuan to save it.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the World Extinction Divine Monument, then created seven Thought Manifestations to lure the two ancient corpses away.
• Ning Xiaochuan could not remove the tombstone, so he used the Mystic Beast Appraisal to draw the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon into its newly formed Seventh Mystic Beast Palace, where life energy began healing it.

Ning Xiaochuan fled with Little Carrot after using his mind power to save the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon, but a spatial seal trapped them near an abandoned hall. As Ning Xiaochuan began recovering, Little Carrot’s distrust of humans gave way to affection for him.

• Ning Xiaochuan escaped the two ancient corpses with Little Carrot and explained that they had shattered his Thought Manifestations, gravely injuring his mind power.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Little Carrot were mysteriously drawn inside the boundary of the abandoned hall, while the ancient corpses could not cross the spatial seal.
• Ning Xiaochuan tested the seal and learned from the Heavenly Emperor Blade that it stretched distance so greatly that even flying dozens of miles left him in the same place.
• Ning Xiaochuan set up an array and began healing, while Little Carrot offered him a piece of her golden ginseng skin.
• Ning Xiaochuan accepted the ginseng skin and gave Little Carrot his robe, making her feel warm and reconsider her hatred of humans.

Ning Xiaochuan recovered from his injuries with golden ginseng while trapped by a formation on Returning Mountain. He explored the ruined Wind Cloud Great Hall’s past through his Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace, then found Lu Qingyuan had fled rather than fulfill his boast.

• Ning Xiaochuan recovered more than half his injuries overnight and saw Lu Qingyuan approach the sealed ruined hall with Little Carrot.
• Lu Qingyuan demanded Ning Xiaochuan refine the golden ginseng into a Human-Grade Pill, but his attacks and attempts to cross the formation failed.
• Ning Xiaochuan explored the ruined Wind Cloud Great Hall and used his Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace to glimpse a vision of fire, screams, and a dreadful sword light.
• Ning Xiaochuan returned to watch Lu Qingyuan cut off his other arm, but Lu Qingyuan had fled after failing to break the formation.

Trapped inside the abandoned hall, Ning Xiaochuan searched for a way out before cultivating in Returning Mountain and preparing to break through to the Heaven-Man Realm. He began condensing his Dao Origin, leaving the breakthrough in progress.

• Ning Xiaochuan searched the seal around the abandoned hall for a way out but found no nodes, while Little Carrot worried that he might eat her.
• Ning Xiaochuan reassured Little Carrot that he would not eat her, then resumed cultivating as she happily imagined their future together.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon, Two-Headed Stone Beast, and Tai Sui Beast to guard him while he refined the final Ninth Grade Profound Weapon battle sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan condensed all eighteen strands of World Extinction Qi and gathered his sword intent to attempt a breakthrough into the Heaven-Man Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent the eighteen strands of World Extinction Qi and his vital essence toward the Martial Soul Sword Seal, beginning to condense a Dao Origin.

Ning Xiaochuan condensed an Illusory Dao Origin, becoming a half Heaven-Man while remaining below the Heaven-Man Realm. He entered the abandoned main hall to find Little Carrot and the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon, then encountered a strange Old Turtle in a Celestial Palace.

• Ning Xiaochuan failed to reach the Heaven-Man Realm but condensed an Illusory Dao Origin, while his Martial Soul Heavenly Venerable Seal advanced to the Fourth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned from the Tai Sui Beast that Little Carrot and the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon had been inside the abandoned main hall for five days.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Mystic Beast Appraisal to confirm the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon was alive and followed its aura into the main hall.
• Ning Xiaochuan entered a vast, dark inner world, saw a divine statue and climbed heavenly stairs toward a Celestial Palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached the palace and met an aged Old Turtle, who called for its granddaughter after Ning Xiaochuan threatened to strip off its shell.

Ning Xiaochuan discovered that Little Carrot’s grandfather was the ancient turtle Mao, who knew of the World Extinction Path and initially accused Ning Xiaochuan of theft. After Ning Xiaochuan’s demonic aura frightened Mao into friendliness, Mao gave him a gourd of Nine Flowers Nectar, and Ning Xiaochuan began probing for more treasures.

• Little Carrot introduced the ancient turtle as her grandfather, Mao, who criticized Ning Xiaochuan for following the World Extinction Path and accused him of taking Little Carrot’s sword.
• Mao pulled the little white sword from Ning Xiaochuan’s Universe Pouch and returned it to Little Carrot, then asked which generation of the World Extinction Path Ning Xiaochuan belonged to.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned a powerful female demon phantom and warned Mao not to insult the World Extinction Path, prompting Mao to change his tune and welcome him warmly.
• Mao offered Ning Xiaochuan a gourd of Nine Flowers Nectar and urged him to drink, while Little Carrot privately warned that her grandfather was exceptionally stingy and deceptive.
• Ning Xiaochuan inhaled the nectar’s mist, which strengthened his cultivation, but suspected that drinking it would put him to sleep for years and leave him vulnerable to Mao.
• After the demonic phantom vanished, Ning Xiaochuan thanked Mao for the gourd and asked whether he had anything else to give.

Ning Xiaochuan, Old Turtle, and Little Carrot left the sealed ruins after Old Turtle investigated the destruction of Returning Mountain and revealed its extraordinary power. Old Turtle took the sacred land away, while Ning Xiaochuan headed for Heaven’s Gate to become an Inner Disciple of Heavenly Emperor Mountain.

• Old Turtle explained that Feng Buyu had founded the sacred land and had been killed after it was destroyed ten thousand years earlier.
• Old Turtle crossed the seal effortlessly, and Little Carrot asked Ning Xiaochuan to promise to marry her when she grew to ten thousand years old; he agreed.
• Old Turtle broke the seal and shrank Returning Mountain into a box so it could take the sacred land away for further study.
• Ning Xiaochuan refused Old Turtle’s offer to inspect his spiritually connected treasure and flew away, while Old Turtle and Little Carrot departed through a gate of light.
• Ning Xiaochuan considered how Nine Flowers Nectar could help him cultivate a Supreme Body and headed toward Heaven’s Gate to pass the examination and become an Inner Disciple.

Ning Xiaochuan found Zi Hanyan in the Ascension World and healed her and the surviving cultivators with Five-Colored Profound Water. A mysterious Ghost Nurturer confronted him, claiming to have defeated several young kings, including Luo Wu, and arrived with two powerful ghost servants.

• Ning Xiaochuan followed Zi Hanyan’s Martial Soul Mark to a desert and broke the formation concealing her and four injured cultivators.
• Ning Xiaochuan used Five-Colored Profound Water to heal Zi Hanyan and the three surviving cultivators, then learned that a Heaven-Man Realm Ghost Nurturer had attacked them while seeking him.
• Zi Hanyan told Ning Xiaochuan that Luo Wu was entangled with a Heaven’s Chosen woman from the Prince’s Mansion and the mysterious Ghost Nurturer.
• The Ghost Nurturer appeared with two ghost servants resembling Black and White Impermanence, and the little Taoist nun identified him as the killer of Zi Hong and Qing Hua Zi.
• The Ghost Nurturer claimed he had defeated Dongfang Sheng, Dance Fairy, and Wang Mu Lin, and Ning Xiaochuan sensed that he intended to kill him.

Ning Xiaochuan and his allies confronted Yan Wen, a powerful heir of the Ghost Raising Family who suspected Ning had captured Orchid Fairy’s ghost. Yan Wen withdrew rather than risk facing them together, and Luo Wu explained that he had been building momentum to challenge the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince and the Descendant of the Heavenly Emperor.

• Yan Wen pressured Ning Xiaochuan over Dongfang Sheng’s claim that Ning had killed Orchid Fairy, but Zi Hanyan blocked his aura with the Bronze Ancient Lamp.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned Yan Wen belonged to the ancient Ghost Raising Family, and Luo Wu arrived to challenge his boasts about the Yan Clan’s superiority.
• Yan Wen demanded Orchid Fairy’s ghost, while Ning Xiaochuan proposed that he, Luo Wu, and Jin Ling join forces against him.
• Yan Wen judged the odds too dangerous and escaped in a Ghostly Phantom Carriage before the group could attack.
• Luo Wu said Yan Wen had been defeating young experts to build momentum for challenging the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince and the Descendant of the Heavenly Emperor, and Ning Xiaochuan asked how she would fare against him at her peak.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions prepared to leave the Heaven's Gate Examination as the factions gathered to receive the new Inner Disciples. At the examination’s end, rumors that Ning Xiaochuan had killed Nie Lanxin fueled hostility between Demon Moon Palace and the Ten Thousand Swords Palace, while Nie Lanzhi feared for her sister and Little Marquis.

• Luo Wu estimated she had an even chance against Yan Wen after his momentum was damaged, and said they had to keep him out of the top three.
• Jin Ling left after claiming Ning Xiaochuan and Luo Wu owed her a favor, and Luo Wu explained that Jin Ling’s interference had delayed her.
• Ning Xiaochuan denied reaching the Heaven-Man Realm or killing Nie Lanxin, and Luo Wu confirmed through her divine sense that he was only at the Fourth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Luo Wu, and Zi Hanyan decided to leave the examination with their thirteen gathered Ten Thousand Swords Palace examinees.
• At the examination’s final gathering, the factions’ leaders discussed the new Inner Disciple rankings, while Sect Master Mu used the rumors about Ning Xiaochuan to turn Demon Moon Palace against the Ten Thousand Swords Palace.
• Nie Lanzhi worried that Little Marquis had killed her sister and prayed that both Nie Lanxin and Little Marquis would survive.

Ning Xiaochuan faced accusations that he had killed Nie Lanxin and claimed she was alive and recovering from wounds Dongfang Sheng had inflicted. Palace Lord Qin Yue confirmed Nie Lanxin was alive, while Ning Xiaochuan noticed her gaze seemed different when she briefly opened her eyes.

• Sect Master Mu challenged Ning Xiaochuan to reveal his cultivation, and Palace Lord Qin Yue questioned him about Nie Lanxin's death.
• Ning Xiaochuan denied killing Nie Lanxin and accused Dongfang Sheng of attacking and trying to violate her, then framing him.
• Dongfang Sheng tried to strike Ning Xiaochuan, but Sect Master Mu stopped him.
• Ning Xiaochuan brought out the Heart Nourishing True Cauldron and revealed Nie Lanxin inside a Jade Crystal Ice Coffin.
• Palace Lord Qin Yue confirmed Nie Lanxin was alive, and Nie Lanxin briefly opened her eyes to say her injuries had stabilized.
• Ning Xiaochuan noticed that Nie Lanxin's gaze seemed unlike the one he remembered, then watched her close her eyes again.

After the Heaven's Gate Examination ended, Ning Xiaochuan withdrew from the Core Disciple selection and chose to stay at Ten Thousand Swords Palace to help Orchid Fairy recover. He planned to use the competition period to cultivate secretly and break through to the Heaven-Man Realm.

• Palace Lord Qin Yue thanked Ning Xiaochuan for saving Lanxin, while he wondered whether Nie Lanxin had truly died after seeing a familiar gaze from the Jade Crystal Ice Coffin.
• Palace Lord Qin Yue condemned Dongfang Sheng and warned Burning Sword Sect that Demon Moon Palace would settle the matter, while the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince judged Ning Xiaochuan a potential threat.
• The Heaven's Gate Examination ended with 3,157 candidates becoming Inner Disciples, including 169 from Ten Thousand Swords Palace, as the factions prepared for the Core Disciple selection.
• Ning Xiaochuan told the Three Palace Lords that he would withdraw from the selection, and Second Palace Lord offered him a direct Core Disciple place and the top three's rewards.
• Ning Xiaochuan declined to go to Hundred Herbs Garden and chose to remain at Ten Thousand Swords Palace's cultivation grounds to help Orchid Fairy recover and cultivate in private.

After the tournament, Ning Xiaochuan moved into Bright Sword Pool, where he discovered that Nie Lanxin had returned to life in the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s body. Nie Lanxin proposed that they set aside their grudges, and the chapter ended with Ning Xiaochuan taking Nie Lanzhi to meet her elder sister.

• The Second Palace Lord gave Ning Xiaochuan a spiritual land at Bright Sword Pool so he could cultivate and refine pills without paying Merit Points.
• Ning Xiaochuan opened the Jade Crystal Ice Coffin and learned that Nie Lanxin had revived after the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s ghost soul merged with her body.
• Nie Lanxin proposed a truce, explaining that they needed allies, and Ning Xiaochuan agreed so long as she did not harm him or his friends first.
• Nie Lanxin asked Ning Xiaochuan not to become Dao Companions with her younger sister, Lan Zhi, and Ning Xiaochuan agreed.
• An Inner Disciple told Ning Xiaochuan that Nie Lanzhi had come to see him, and Ning Xiaochuan led her to Bright Sword Pool to meet Nie Lanxin.

Ning Xiaochuan reunited with Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian, helped them improve their cultivation, and gave Ning Xiner a powerful weapon. As the Core Disciple selection continued and young experts emerged, he remained focused on cultivating with the Nine Flowers Nectar.

• Nie Lanxin sent Nie Lanzhi away by claiming she would remain at the Ten Thousand Swords Palace for treatment and the Core Disciple selection, then told her she liked Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan visited the Yulan Empire's young talents and reunited warmly with Ning Xiner and Yu Qianqian, explaining his rescue of Nie Lanxin while withholding their night together.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Yu Qianqian an Origin Returning Pill and taught both women the Purple Haze Scripture, helping them transform their essence qi over three days.
• Ning Xiner told Ning Xiaochuan about powerful young cultivators emerging in the selection, and he gave her the Ninth Grade Profound Weapon Single Wheel Star Sphere.
• After helping Ning Xiner learn to use the weapon, Ning Xiaochuan returned to cultivating with the Nine Flowers Nectar while the selection continued.

Ning Xiaochuan cultivated the Heaven and Earth Scripture to the Fifth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm and gathered resources to begin cultivating the Supreme Body. After obtaining a Tear Drop Vermillion Fruit and a token from Palace Lord Qin Yue, he entered the Demon Flame Ruin World, where the chapter left him descending toward its depths.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the Nine Flowers Nectar to cultivate the Heaven and Earth Scripture to the Fifth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm while Nie Lanxin continued the Core Disciple selection and the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen worked to merge with her body.
• Ning Xiaochuan chose to cultivate the Supreme Body first and determined that he needed a spiritually-connected rare medicine, Earth-Grade Profound Stones, and blood from a Heaven-Man Realm cultivator or demon beast.
• Ning Xiaochuan bought twenty Earth-Grade Profound Stones and Red Tide Demon Beast blood at Ten Thousand Swords Palace's headquarters, then asked Palace Lord Qin Yue for a spiritually-connected rare medicine.
• Palace Lord Qin Yue gave Ning Xiaochuan an eighteen-hundred-year Tear Drop Vermillion Fruit and a token permitting him to enter the fire-element Demon Flame Ruin World.
• Ning Xiaochuan traveled to the Demon Flame Ruin World's entrance in Secluded Canyon and descended underground as the Heaven and Earth Profound Qi grew denser.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the Demon Flame Ruin World to cultivate after showing the guards his Core Disciple token. Lu Qingyuan and Lu Ren followed him with plans to kill him, and Ning was swept through an Earth Vein toward the secret realm.

• Ning Xiaochuan descended into the Underground Palace and encountered Lu Qingyuan and Lu Ren, who mocked him and questioned his right to enter.
• Ning Xiaochuan showed the guards his Core Disciple Holy Land Token, proving he was qualified to use the secret realms.
• Ning Xiaochuan paid one million Profound Stones and entered the Demon Flame Ruin World for a month of cultivation.
• Lu Qingyuan abandoned his plan to help Lu Ren reach Grand Heart Nourisher and followed Ning Xiaochuan into the Demon Flame Ruin World to target him.
• Ning Xiaochuan was carried through an Earth Vein toward the Demon Flame Ruin World.

Ning Xiaochuan lured Lu Qingyuan and Lu Ren into Demon Flame Ruin World and trapped them in the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation. He ambushed Lu Qingyuan with the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon and the Demon Sword, then launched another powerful strike to grievously wound him.

• Ning Xiaochuan entered Demon Flame Ruin World to temper his body and prepare to deal with Lu Qingyuan and Lu Ren.
• Lu Qingyuan and Lu Ren followed Ning Xiaochuan into the realm, where he activated the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation and trapped them.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon to attack Lu Qingyuan, then intercepted Lu Qingyuan’s Flowing Gold Finger with the Demon Sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan pursued Lu Qingyuan through the formation and broke the three defensive formations he summoned.
• Ning Xiaochuan gathered his cultivation into the Demon Sword and unleashed a seventy-meter blood-red sword light at Lu Qingyuan’s chest.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Lu Qingyuan in the Demon Flame Ruin World, trying to use the pressure of their battle to awaken his potential while Lu Qingyuan sought to kill him. Lu Qingyuan’s Azure Pagoda shattered the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation, leaving the fight unresolved as the ground split and magma erupted.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Lu Qingyuan’s attacks clashed, and Ning Xiaochuan used the formation to block the Flame Python’s fire while Lu Qingyuan healed his wounds.
• Lu Qingyuan revealed that he had reached the peak of the Middle Heaven Realm and vowed to kill Ning Xiaochuan before he could advance.
• Ning Xiaochuan drank Vast Wave Demon Beast blood and attacked with the Demon Sword and his Figurative Divine Power Battle Swords.
• Lu Qingyuan used his Azure Pagoda to break formation flags, then blocked Ning Xiaochuan’s sword strike with armor formed by eleven Blood Arrays.
• Lu Qingyuan unleashed the Azure Pagoda’s full power, shattered the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation, and caused magma to erupt from the ground.

Ning Xiaochuan endured a dangerous breakthrough, revealed his divine and demonic powers, and wielded the Heavenly Emperor Blade against Lu Qingyuan. He left Lu Qingyuan mortally wounded as the Demon Sword drained his blood to temper Ning Xiaochuan’s God-Demon Supreme Body.

• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed the Blood-Dripping Vermillion Fruit and ten Earth-Grade Profound Stones while his bloodline produced three kinds of Supreme Power.
• Lu Qingyuan struck Ning Xiaochuan into a huge crater with the Azure Pagoda, but Ning Xiaochuan survived and attacked him from the magma.
• Ning Xiaochuan appeared with the Demon Sword and Heavenly Emperor Blade, revealed his God-Demon Supreme Body, and told Lu Qingyuan he needed his blood to complete it.
• Ning Xiaochuan overpowered Lu Qingyuan, shattered his defenses, and pierced his heart with the Demon Sword.
• The Demon Sword drained Lu Qingyuan’s blood and returned some of it to Ning Xiaochuan as Lu Qingyuan realized he was going to die.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Lu Qingyuan with the Heavenly Emperor Blade’s power, then faced a heavenly tribulation while forming his Supreme Body. He survived by merging his body with the earth, but his possessions were destroyed, and he fell asleep after drinking Nine Flowers Nectar.

• Ning Xiaochuan explained why he had withheld the Heavenly Emperor Blade’s power, and the blade refined Lu Qingyuan’s Azure Dragon Pagoda in exchange for his half-Supreme Weapon.
• A Tribulation Cloud formed over the Demon Flame Ruin World as Ning Xiaochuan approached completion of his Supreme Body, and the Heavenly Emperor Blade realized the tribulation targeted him.
• Sui Hanyu projected her shadow onto the Demon Sword and urged Ning Xiaochuan to find a thread of life in the human heart, but lightning shattered her projection.
• Ning Xiaochuan endured the lightning strikes, comprehended the Earth Scripture, and merged his body with the earth until the tribulation passed.
• Ning Xiaochuan emerged with a body displaying demonic and divine powers, but the lightning had destroyed nearly all his possessions except the Mystic Beast Appraisal and an azure gourd.
• Ning Xiaochuan drank the Nine Flowers Nectar and fell asleep for three months.

Ning Xiaochuan awoke after three months with a God-Demon Supreme Body and Heaven-Man Realm cultivation, then spent another month mastering his new power. He left the Demon Flame Ruin World with Lu Ren as his Heart Slave and agreed to refine Origin Returning Pills for two elderly Taoists in exchange for Merit Points.

• Ning Xiaochuan awoke after ninety-nine days, and the six Mystic Beasts knelt to congratulate him on reaching the Heaven-Man Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan turned Lu Ren into his Heart Slave and took his Universe Pouch, deciding to keep him alive as a hidden ally in the Prince's Mansion.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave each of the six Mystic Beasts a mouthful of Nine Flowers Nectar and stored them in the Mystic Beast Appraisal to refine it.
• Ning Xiaochuan spent another month mastering his power, reached the peak of the Initial Realm Heaven, and left the Demon Flame Ruin World with Lu Ren.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered to refine Origin Returning Pills for the two Taoist guards in exchange for six hundred Merit Points, and they eagerly accepted.