Recaps

Ning Xiaochuan confronted Zi Hanyan about sharing the Purple Haze Scripture with Yu Qianqian and made clear that he would not abandon either woman. Zi Hanyan accepted his choice, and she later told him that the Core Disciple competition had narrowed to 358 finalists competing for 100 places.

• Ning Xiaochuan returned to Bright Sword Pool, where Yu Qianqian told him Zi Hanyan had been looking for him.
• Ning Xiaochuan met Zi Hanyan beneath a waterfall, where she raised concerns about him teaching the Purple Haze Scripture to Yu Qianqian.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Zi Hanyan he would choose Yu Qianqian if she could not accept sharing his affection, and Yu Qianqian secretly overheard them.
• Zi Hanyan chose to accept Yu Qianqian, and Ning Xiaochuan promised to remind her not to reveal the Purple Haze Scripture.
• Zi Hanyan told Ning Xiaochuan that 358 people had advanced to the finals, but only 100 would become Core Disciples, and said she was close to the Heaven-Man Realm but unable to break through.

Ning Xiaochuan helped Zi Hanyan find insight to break through to the Heaven-Man Realm, then discussed the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s rebirth and plans for her new life. Yue Mingsong and Situ Jing invited him to the Bright Holy Maiden’s Dao Discussion Assembly, where the young elites of Heavenly Emperor Mountain would face the famed visitor from the Bright Holy Land.

• Ning Xiaochuan shared the artistic conceptions of the Heaven and Earth Scripture and the World Extinction Scripture with Zi Hanyan, who entered seclusion after finding an opportunity to break through to the Heaven-Man Realm.
• Nie Lanxin asked Ning Xiaochuan to find out what the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen intended to do after her soul and body fully fused, and he agreed to ask when she awoke.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen told Ning Xiaochuan that waking after ten thousand years had left her isolated, and he urged her to leave the past behind and join the new world.
• Yue Mingsong and Situ Jing arrived, and Yue Mingsong invited Ning Xiaochuan and the Fairy Queen to the Bright Holy Maiden’s Dao Discussion Assembly.
• Yue Mingsong and Situ Jing explained that the Bright Holy Maiden had emerged first from Heaven’s Gate and was rumored to have wagered with the Sect Leader True Person for a chance to borrow the Heaven Scripture.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions attended the Bright Holy Maiden’s Dao Discussion Assembly in the Little Bright Hall, where Dongfang Sheng publicly accused Ning of using Orchid Fairy’s soul to control her. The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince ordered Dongfang Sheng to withdraw, leaving the accusation unresolved before the assembled powers.

• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to attend the Dao Discussion Assembly with the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen and the other young talents from the Ten Thousand Swords Palace.
• The gatekeepers initially refused Ning Xiaochuan and Nie Lanxin entry without invitations, but the Bright Holy Maiden personally welcomed them into the Little Bright Hall.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed powerful Celestial forces inside and noticed Dongfang Sheng glaring at him.
• Dongfang Sheng accused Ning Xiaochuan of taking a wisp of Orchid Fairy’s soul and using it to threaten her, claiming that this explained her nightly visits.
• Luo Wu warned Dongfang Sheng about the consequences of his accusation, and the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince ordered him to withdraw.

At the Little Bright Hall, Yan Wen used his Yin Yang Eyes to inspect Orchid Fairy, but the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen struck him down and blinded him. As Heavenly Emperor Mountain’s elders arrived and the Ghost Raising Family demanded an investigation, Dongfang Sheng’s accusation remained unresolved.

• Dongfang Sheng challenged Yan Wen to verify whether Orchid Fairy was missing a soul, and Yan Wen used his Yin Yang Eyes to examine her.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen shattered Yan Wen’s beams of light, blinded him, and left with Ning Xiaochuan.
• A black-robed Ghost Raising Family elder blocked their way, while Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong defended the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen and criticized the elder for intervening.
• Sect Master Mu slapped Dongfang Sheng for airing the accusation before outsiders, then ordered him to return with the Burning Sword Sect.
• The black-robed elder urged Sect Master Mu to investigate Dongfang Sheng’s claim that Ning Xiaochuan had taken one of Orchid Fairy’s souls.

After the Bright Holy Maiden confirmed Nie Lanxin’s soul was unharmed, Palace Lord Qin Yue crippled Dongfang Sheng for attacking Ning Xiaochuan. The next morning, Ning Xiaochuan accepted pill ingredients from Wang Susheng and Xie An, then took Yu Qianqian to Hundred Herbs Garden to learn about refining Human-Grade Pills; a giant guard ordered them to leave.

• The Bright Holy Maiden examined Nie Lanxin’s soul and found it intact and exceptionally powerful, disproving the accusations against her.
• Dongfang Sheng attacked Ning Xiaochuan, and Palace Lord Qin Yue crippled his cultivation before Sect Master Mu carried him away.
• Palace Lord Qin Yue returned to the Demon Moon Palace with the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, while news of Nie Lanxin’s strength spread throughout Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• Wang Susheng and Xie An delivered two sets of ingredients for Origin Returning Pills, and Ning Xiaochuan promised to refine them within half a month.
• Ning Xiaochuan brought Yu Qianqian to Hundred Herbs Garden to study Human-Grade pill refinement, but a towering armored guard ordered them to withdraw.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian entered the Hundred Herbs Garden, where they met its spiritually connected medicines and were welcomed as Master Mu Lan’s disciples. Ning Xiaochuan asked for the Origin Returning Pill formula, and Master Mu Lan proposed sending him to face a challenge from a young Heart Nourisher of the Bright Holy Land.

• The Giant Spirit War General escorted Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian through the formation into the Hundred Herbs Garden.
• The garden’s Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicines gathered around the newcomers, and a six-thousand-seven-hundred-year-old long-armed ape gave Ning Xiaochuan Snow Infant Tree roots and Yu Qianqian jade-green leaves.
• Master Mu Lan arrived and explained that Heart Nourishers and medicinal herbs could help one another, then accepted Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian as his disciples.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked Master Mu Lan for the Origin Returning Pill formula and said he had a thirty percent chance of refining the pill.
• Master Mu Lan offered to send Ning Xiaochuan into the arena the next day to answer a Bright Holy Land Heart Nourisher’s challenge to the Hundred Herbs Garden.

Ning Xiaochuan learned about the ranks of Grand Heart Nourishers and Human-Grade Pills as Master Mu Lan prepared him for the challenge from Bright Holy Land. Jin Sanfan arrived, argued with Mu Lan, and revealed that they had chosen Jin Fengyi and Mu Cheng to face the rival Heart Nourisher the next day.

• Master Mu Lan asked Ning Xiaochuan how likely he was to refine a Human-Grade Pill, and Ning Xiaochuan said he had a fifty-percent chance of refining an Origin Returning Pill.
• Master Mu Lan taught Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian about Pill Souls and explained the five grades of Human-Grade Pills and corresponding Grand Heart Nourisher ranks.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned that Mu Lan was an Essence-Level Grand Heart Nourisher and that Heavenly Emperor Mountain had produced no King-Level Grand Heart Nourisher in three thousand years.
• Jin Sanfan entered and argued with Mu Lan over their skills and students, while Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian listened.
• Ning Xiaochuan stopped the two elders from fighting, and Jin Sanfan said he and Master Xue Qing had chosen Jin Fengyi and Mu Cheng to face the female Heart Nourisher from Bright Holy Land the next day.

Master Mu Lan persuaded Master Jin Pan to let Ning Xiaochuan represent Heavenly Emperor Mountain in its contest against the Bright Holy Land after Ning impressed Jin Pan with his pill knowledge. After Jin Pan tried to recruit him, Ning reaffirmed his loyalty to Mu Lan, then comforted a jealous Yu Qianqian.

• Master Mu Lan argued that Ning Xiaochuan should represent Heavenly Emperor Mountain instead of Jin Fengyi or Mu Cheng, and Jin Pan tested Ning by asking him to identify the ingredients and method for refining the Dragon Beard Pill.
• Impressed by Ning's answers, Master Jin Pan offered him wealth, protection, and four beautiful disciples if he joined the Jin branch, but Ning refused to betray Master Mu Lan.
• Master Jin Pan and Master Mu Lan agreed that Ning could represent Heavenly Emperor Mountain in the contest against the Bright Holy Land, pending discussion with Master Xue Qing.
• After the masters left, Jin Yushu, Jin Yiwan, and the other two young women crowded around Ning to ask about pill refinement, angering Yu Qianqian.
• Yu Qianqian confessed that she feared Ning would forget her as other women gathered around him, and Ning assured her that there was only one Yu Qianqian.

The Bright Holy Land’s Heart Nourishers visited the Hundred Herbs Garden for an alchemy contest, and Ning Xiaochuan recognized the veiled Lin Yueji as the Bright Holy Maiden. Lin Yueji then revealed Ning Xiaochuan’s hidden Heaven-Man Realm cultivation, leaving the gathered masters and Heart Nourishers shocked.

• Lin Yueji presented the Hundred Herbs Garden with a Crimson Dragon Scale Map, explaining that she hoped Heavenly Emperor Mountain would retrieve the treasure it indicated.
• Master Mu Lan sent Ning Xiaochuan to discuss alchemy with Lin Yueji, and Ning Xiaochuan identified her as the Bright Holy Maiden despite her disguise.
• Lin Yueji confirmed her identity, and the three masters conceded that the Hundred Herbs Garden could not compete with her overwhelming talent.
• Lin Yueji revealed that Ning Xiaochuan possessed Heaven-Man Realm cultivation, astonishing both holy lands.
• Ning Xiaochuan admitted to concealing his cultivation and asked the three masters to punish him.

Ning Xiaochuan and Lin Yueji faced off in a pill-refinement contest, each tasked with completing an ancient, incomplete formula and successfully creating a pill. The chapter ended as Lin Yueji began refining with a Supreme Weapon-level Heart Nourishing True Cauldron and the Azure Lotus Sacred Flame, stunning the onlookers.

• Master Jin Pan praised Ning Xiaochuan for concealing his strength, and Master Mu Lan claimed he had known Ning Xiaochuan's secret all along.
• Master Yu Zi presented an incomplete ancient pill formula and set Ning Xiaochuan and Lin Yueji the challenge of completing it and refining a pill.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Lin Yueji studied the formula, gathered their chosen ingredients, and identified the different pills their ingredients could produce.
• Ning Xiaochuan falsely claimed a ten-out-of-ten chance of success to pressure Lin Yueji, but she remained composed and matched his confidence.
• Lin Yueji summoned a Supreme Weapon-level Heart Nourishing True Cauldron and revealed her Azure Lotus Sacred Flame, astonishing the gathered Heart Nourishers.

Lin Yueji and Ning Xiaochuan competed to refine new Advanced Pills, with Lin Yueji benefiting from a Supreme Weapon cauldron and Azure Lotus Sacred Flame. Ning Xiaochuan matched her speed, produced twelve pills engraved with formations, and revealed a technique that could enhance and preserve their effects.

• Lin Yueji revealed her Supreme Weapon-grade Heart Nourishing True Cauldron, prompting the judges to expect her to outperform Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned his own cauldron and used his fused Bright Flame and Variant Heart Palace to nurture pills as quickly as Lin Yueji.
• After eight hours, Lin Yueji produced two supreme-grade Advanced Marrow Cleansing Pills, which the judges praised for their exceptional power and lack of side effects.
• Ning Xiaochuan opened his cauldron and revealed twelve Advanced Mysterious Pills, surprising the Bright Holy Maiden and the judges with his precise use of ingredients.
• Master Mu Lan noticed formation patterns in Ning Xiaochuan's pills, and Ning Xiaochuan explained that their Summoning and Qi Preserving Arrays increased their effects and kept them from fading in storage.

Ning Xiaochuan’s pill-refining feat earned the Hundred Herbs Garden a draw with the Bright Holy Land and revealed his extraordinary talent to Heavenly Emperor Mountain. As rumors spread and leaders discussed protecting him, Ning Xiaochuan advanced to refining Human-Grade Pills.

• Ning Xiaochuan’s formation-carved pills and batch of twelve Advanced Pills led the Bright Holy Land to concede, and Master Jin Pan and Master Yu Zi agreed to call the contest a draw.
• Lin Yueji invited Ning Xiaochuan to visit the Bright Holy Land and discuss formation-carving techniques, while the three Chief Grand Heart Nourishers went to ask the Sect Leader True Person to protect him.
• The Sect Leader True Person agreed to arrange protection for Ning Xiaochuan and promised Master Mu Lan an answer about the Core Disciple selection.
• News of Ning Xiaochuan’s Heaven-Man Realm cultivation and pill-refining talent spread through Heavenly Emperor Mountain, prompting palace masters to investigate.
• Master Jin Pan suggested that Ning Xiaochuan marry into the Jin clan so it could protect him, and Master Mu Lan considered the proposal.
• After half a month of practice, Ning Xiaochuan successfully refined seven Origin Returning Pills and became a Source-Level Grand Heart Nourisher.

Ning Xiaochuan gave Wang Susheng and Xie An Origin Returning Pills to deliver secretly to the Old Marquis in the Yulan Empire, then went to Bright Sword Pool and reunited with Zi Hanyan after her breakthrough to the Heaven-Man Realm. Their teasing turned intimate when Ning Xiaochuan cornered her, leaving them alone together.

• Ning Xiaochuan gave Wang Susheng and Xie An two Origin Returning Pills for the Old Marquis and promised to help them advance if they carried out his request.
• Wang Susheng and Xie An agreed to deliver the pills secretly and left for the Yulan Empire.
• Ning Xiaochuan went to Bright Sword Pool, where he found Zi Hanyan had emerged from seclusion and reached the Initial Realm Heaven.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Zi Hanyan an Origin Returning Pill, and they discussed his feelings for her and his relationship with Yu Qianqian.
• Zi Hanyan fled when Ning Xiaochuan’s gaze turned passionate, but he caught up and pressed her against a wall.

Ning Xiaochuan saved Ning Xiner after Li Chonglou nearly killed her and poisoned her with Soul-Devouring Vine. Enraged, Ning Xiaochuan went to confront Li Chonglou, who had attacked on the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince’s orders to draw Ning Xiaochuan out and test his strength.

• A young Daoist nun and several Ten Thousand Swords Palace cultivators brought the gravely wounded Ning Xiner to Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered Soul-Devouring Vine poisoning Ning Xiner and absorbed the toxin into himself, then healed her with Five-Colored Profound Water.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned from Situ Jing that Li Chonglou had struck Ning Xiner on the Battle Stage before she could concede.
• Ning Xiaochuan set out to confront Li Chonglou despite Luo Wu’s warning about the Li Clan’s power.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince told Li Chonglou that he had ordered the attack to provoke Ning Xiaochuan and test his cultivation.

Ning Xiaochuan confronted Li Chonglou over Ning Xiner’s grave injuries and challenged him to a life-and-death duel on a Battle Stage. As the Bright Holy Maiden watched, Ning Xiaochuan struck first and sent Li Chonglou flying.

• Ning Xiaochuan arrived at the Prince’s Mansion and shattered Wang Yangming’s arm when the youth attacked him.
• Ning Xiaochuan accused Li Chonglou of injuring Ning Xiner and challenged him to fight, while Luo Wu tried to dissuade him.
• Li Chonglou accepted the challenge, and the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince encouraged the duel as news of it drew a crowd.
• The Bright Holy Maiden went to watch, hoping to see Ning Xiaochuan’s true cultivation and considering how his defeat or victory might benefit the Bright Holy Land.
• Li Chonglou offered Ning Xiaochuan three moves, but Ning Xiaochuan used Rainbow Shift to strike him in the chest and send him into the air.

Ning Xiaochuan overwhelmed Li Chonglou in their duel, first exploiting his arrogance and then defeating him after he unleashed the Blue Nirvana God's power. The chapter ended with Li Chonglou forced to his knees under Ning Xiaochuan's Heavenly Venerable Seal, his legs broken.

• Ning Xiaochuan struck Li Chonglou with lightning and repeated attacks before Li Chonglou could counter, leaving him badly battered.
• Li Chonglou rose and unleashed his full strength with Blue Nirvana Flame, while Ning Xiaochuan summoned ten Ninth Grade Profound Weapon swords and trapped him in a Sword Qi Cage.
• Li Chonglou opened his innate Dharma Eye, borrowed the Blue Nirvana God's power, and shattered Ning Xiaochuan's sword formation.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Heavenly Venerable Seal to suppress Li Chonglou and struck him with a massive hand seal.
• Ning Xiaochuan shouted for Li Chonglou to kneel, forcing him down and shattering the bones in his legs.

After Ning Xiaochuan forced Li Chonglou to kneel for trying to kill his younger sister, the Heavenly Venerable Seal drew the attention of the great clans. Master Mu Lan and Master Jin Pan intervened to protect Ning Xiaochuan, while Li Wentian departed without rescuing Li Chonglou, who remained kneeling.

• Ning Xiaochuan ordered Li Chonglou to kneel for three days as punishment for trying to kill his younger sister.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, Bright Holy Maiden, and other spectators recognized Ning Xiaochuan's Heavenly Venerable Seal and marveled at his power.
• Li Wentian arrived and threatened to cripple Ning Xiaochuan and expel him, but Master Mu Lan stood in his way.
• Master Jin Pan arrived with Jin Ling, defended Ning Xiaochuan, and proposed a match between him and Jin Ling to draw him into the Jin Clan.
• Master Jin Pan challenged Li Wentian to bring Li Chonglou's attempted murder before the Law Enforcement Venerable, and Li Wentian left in anger, abandoning Li Chonglou.

Ning Xiaochuan faced pressure to marry Jin Ling, but worried the Jin Clan alliance would endanger his ties with Hanyan and Qian Qian. After Master Mu Lan urged him to accept the match and warned that Jin Sanfan would not relent, Ning Xiaochuan focused on strengthening himself and began refining an Origin Returning Pill to advance his cultivation.

• Ning Xiaochuan thanked Master Jin Pan and Master Mu Lan for helping him, but rejected their proposed marriage to Jin Ling as unworthy of her.
• Jin Ling admitted she liked Ning Xiaochuan and said the marriage would benefit both of them, while Ning Xiaochuan left and Yue Mingsong joked about marrying her himself.
• Ning Xiaochuan treated Ning Xiner with Five-Colored Profound Water, left her an Origin Returning Pill, and returned to Hundred Herbs Garden to ask Master Mu Lan to end the marriage arrangement.
• Master Mu Lan advised Ning Xiaochuan that Jin Ling was a valuable match, recounted the loss of his former wives and separation from the one who remained, and ordered Ning Xiaochuan to study pill scriptures until the Core Disciple selection ended.
• After Ning Xiaochuan left, Master Mu Lan vowed to punish Li Wentian and the Li Clan for threatening him.
• Ning Xiaochuan resolved to distrust the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince and the Jin Clan, then swallowed an Origin Returning Pill to cultivate toward the Middle Celestial Realm.

Ning Xiaochuan reached the Middle Celestial Realm and cultivated the Flame Seed of the World Extinction Demon Flame Path. After leaving seclusion, he learned about the Core Disciple rankings and the Bright Holy Maiden’s defeat to Xue Lingxu, then asked who ranked third among Heavenly Emperor Mountain’s younger generation.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined an Origin Returning Pill and advanced to the Middle Celestial Realm.
• Sui Hanyu taught Ning Xiaochuan the World Extinction Demon Flame Path and explained that he needed three mysterious flames to complete it.
• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated a demon-flame Flame Seed and learned that finding one of the three mysterious flames could help him reach the High Heaven Realm.
• Yu Qianqian told Ning Xiaochuan that seven Ten Thousand Swords Palace disciples became Core Disciples and that Zi Hanyan ranked twelfth and received the title Zi Fairy.
• Yu Qianqian reported that Xue Lingxu defeated the Bright Holy Maiden after a day-long battle, while the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince conceded second place and became the Holy Son.
• Ning Xiaochuan speculated that the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince had conceded to avoid risking a loss, then asked who ranked third.

Ning Xiaochuan searched the Pill Book Pavilion for profound flame records and learned that the Silent Extinction Demon Flame was linked to the long-dead Night Wanderer, whose remains were held by the Jin Clan. While he was away, Heavenly Emperor Mountain named him Spirit Child alongside Nie Lanxin as Spirit Maiden, and Master Mu Lan gave him his Core Disciple token and several rewards.

• Yu Qianqian told Ning Xiaochuan that the factions were debating whether he or Nie Lanxin should receive the Spirit Child title, and the sides eventually agreed that both titles would coexist.
• Ning Xiaochuan found the Silent Extinction Demon Flame entry in the Profound Flame Collection and learned that Night Wanderer had cultivated it before dying in the Jin Clan's prison.
• Master Mu Lan gave Ning Xiaochuan his Holy Land Token, confirming that he had become a Core Disciple and the Spirit Child of Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• Master Mu Lan rewarded Ning Xiaochuan with a Ninth Grade Universe Bracelet, which Ning Xiaochuan refined and found contained more than a thousand storage compartments.
• Master Mu Lan gave Ning Xiaochuan one hundred thousand Merit Points and an Azure Wood Sky Garment, which Ning Xiaochuan activated by feeding its seed a drop of blood.

Ning Xiaochuan received a letter and a golden-fang token from Master Mu Lan and set out alone for the Great Wilderness to find Fanhou Demon Emperor. As the Prince's Mansion plotted to kill him, Ning Xiaochuan rescued Lin Xue'er on his journey, and she recognized him as a Grand Heart Nourisher.

• Master Mu Lan asked Ning Xiaochuan to deliver a letter and golden-fang token to Fanhou Demon Emperor in the Great Wilderness.
• After Ning Xiaochuan left Heavenly Emperor Mountain, Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, Li Wentian, and Li Chonglou suspected he carried the Crimson Dragon Scale Map and planned to kill him; Huanhua Princess volunteered to lead the pursuit.
• Ning Xiaochuan traveled toward Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge while studying pill scriptures and carrying ingredients to refine Origin Returning Pills.
• Ning Xiaochuan heard Lin Xue'er calling for help and killed the berserk ape that had wounded her.
• Ning Xiaochuan healed Lin Xue'er with Five-Colored Profound Water, and she bowed to him as a Grand Heart Nourisher.

Ning Xiaochuan escorted Lin Xue'er to Spirit Pivot Taoist Temple, where she revealed herself as an assassin and the Li Clan sprang an ambush. Surrounded by Li Clan Celestial Venerables, armed warriors, and Huanhua Princess, Ning Xiaochuan faced a coordinated attack as the chapter ended.

• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to escort Lin Xue'er to Spirit Pivot Taoist Temple and brought her there in half a day.
• Lin Xue'er attacked Ning Xiaochuan with a hidden needle, but his Azure Wood Sky Garment blocked it, and he broke both her arms.
• Li Chonglou and more than ten Li Clan Celestial Venerables appeared with over a hundred armed warriors and activated the temple’s formations.
• Ning Xiaochuan beheaded Lin Xue'er and challenged the ambushers to reveal themselves.
• Huanhua Princess emerged from a nine-story Taoist tower, and Li Chonglou ordered the Li Clan experts to attack Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Li Chonglou and the Li Clan’s Celestial Venerables after Li Chonglou tried to kill Ning Xiner. As Ning Xiaochuan battled Li Chonglou, Huanhua Princess sent Long Shisan to kill him before he could escape.

• Ning Xiaochuan killed numerous Earth Venerables with his sword formation, then charged at Li Chonglou to avenge the attempt on Ning Xiner.
• Ning Xiaochuan defeated the magma attack, drained the yellow-robed Celestial Venerable with the Demon Sword, and damaged the white-haired old man’s Heaven Flipping Seal.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent the silver-skinned husband and wife flying, while Li Chonglou gathered power from the Blue Nirvana God and eight Celestial Venerables to attack him.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed the white-haired old man and exchanged more than thirty sword strikes with Li Chonglou, destroying the Taoist temple and forcing Li Chonglou’s followers to flee.
• Huanhua Princess told Long Shisan to kill Ning Xiaochuan, and Long Shisan vanished into the battle.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Li Chonglou after fighting off the Li Clan’s forces, but an assassin and Sect Master Mu joined the battle. Huanhua Princess confronted Ning Xiaochuan alongside Sect Master Mu, leaving him facing two powerful enemies.

• Ning Xiaochuan repelled attacks from the silver-glowing couple and fought Li Chonglou while an unseen assassin threatened him.
• Ning Xiaochuan wounded Li Chonglou, shattered his skull, and absorbed the Blue Nirvana Flame from his Dharma Eye.
• The Li Clan elders formed a defensive formation as the hidden assassin struck Ning Xiaochuan with a Flame Long Spear, revealing the attacker’s High Heaven Realm strength.
• Huanhua Princess appeared and said the Li Clan would seek revenge for Li Chonglou’s death, then called for Sect Master Mu to attack.
• Sect Master Mu split Spirit Pivot Taoist Temple’s mountain with a flying sword and declared he would destroy Ning Xiaochuan over Dongfang Sheng.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Huanhua Princess and Sect Master Mu by fleeing into the Great Wasteland, where he planned to reach Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge. After Huanhua Princess tracked him down again with only a small group, he decided to face her rather than flee at once.

• Ning Xiaochuan fought off Sect Master Mu and the Li Clan’s Celestial Venerables, then escaped underground after Huanhua Princess’s palm strike injured him.
• Ning Xiaochuan evaded six encirclements over three days and changed course toward the Great Wasteland to escape the growing pursuit.
• Huanhua Princess deduced that Ning Xiaochuan had fled toward the Great Wasteland and told her forces to pursue him for the supposed supreme treasure he carried.
• Ning Xiaochuan crossed into the Great Wasteland, learned that the Three-Tailed Azure Fox King ruled the region, and chose to seek the Azure Queen at Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed Huanhua Princess approaching with few followers and decided to confront her, ready to flee if he could not win.