Recaps

The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince planned to cultivate by battling the invading demon army and later claim Ning Xiaochuan’s life. After swallowing the Sarira, Ning Xiaochuan used its temporary True Person-level power and the Heavenly Emperor Blade to behead the Earth Treasury King, but the King’s headless body attacked him as the Sarira’s power waned.

• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince told the Tianshu Emperor that he intended to capture a Divine Dragon Cub’s dragon core and remain in the empire to temper himself against the demon invasion.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Sarira’s power to injure the fleeing Earth Treasury King and pursued him with the True Martial Bow and arrows.
• The Earth Treasury King blocked Ning Xiaochuan’s arrows with his Ninth Grade Black Lotus and continued fleeing.
• Ning Xiaochuan wielded the Heavenly Emperor Blade, whose power severed the Earth Treasury King’s head.
• The headless Earth Treasury King attacked Ning Xiaochuan with his Zen Staff, and Ning Xiaochuan used the remaining Buddhist power to strengthen the Azure Wood Sky Garment for defense.

Ning Xiaochuan survived Earth Treasury King’s final attack and fled with Little Red, using six mystic beasts to mislead the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince and the Purple Dragon Cub. After recovering in the Wild Marsh, he claimed the Heaven Pivot Great Empire’s jade seal, but its Artifact Spirit attacked him as he tried to make it his own.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Little Red helped block Earth Treasury King’s final strike, and Earth Treasury King died after exhausting his strength.
• Ning Xiaochuan treated Little Red and himself, took Earth Treasury King’s remains and Zen Staff, and fled before other cultivators could arrive.
• Ning Xiaochuan released six mystic beasts in different directions to confuse the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince’s Purple Dragon Cub, then escaped into the Wild Marsh with Little Red.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince learned that Ning Xiaochuan had defeated Earth Treasury King and ordered the Purple Dragon Cub to pursue him, but Ning Xiaochuan escaped beyond its sensory range.
• After recovering from his injuries, Ning Xiaochuan refined the royal family’s mark from the Heaven Pivot Great Empire’s jade seal, but its Artifact Spirit attacked and threatened to make him a human slave.

Ning Xiaochuan subdued the imperial seal and used it to absorb Earth Veins, rapidly advancing his cultivation while fleeing the Battle God Dragon Envoy. After a month in the northern wilderness, he reached the peak of Profound Realm Heaven, still needing to break through to Fate Realm Heaven before he could face his pursuer.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the Heavenly Emperor Blade to suppress the imperial seal, then bound it as his own Supreme Weapon.
• Ning Xiaochuan commanded three small Earth Veins and absorbed their Earth Qi, increasing his Earth Rules from sixty-two thousand to sixty-five thousand.
• When Little Red sensed the Divine Dragon Cub approaching, Ning Xiaochuan sent six demon beasts in different directions and fled with her.
• Ning Xiaochuan spent six days evading the Divine Dragon Cub and entered the northern wilderness to cultivate away from Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• Over the next month, Ning Xiaochuan absorbed more than ten small Earth Veins, including one over three hundred miles long, and reached the peak of Profound Realm Heaven.

After escaping deep into the Great Wilderness, Ning Xiaochuan examined Earth Treasury King's immense hoard and discovered that the Heaven Pivot Great Empire's treasury had been hidden inside a sealed Supreme Weapon. He could not open the treasury, leaving its riches beyond his reach for now.

• Ning Xiaochuan searched Earth Treasury King's Universe Bracelet and found hundreds of thousands of Earth-Grade Profound Stones and countless other treasures.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined Earth Treasury King's damaged Ninth Grade Black Lotus and gave the golden Zen Staff to the Heavenly Emperor Blade to settle his debt.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered a sealed scarlet box inside Earth Treasury King's Buddhist Bead Heart Palace and identified it as the Heaven Pivot Great Empire's treasury, the Low-Grade Supreme Weapon Universe World.
• Ning Xiaochuan tried several methods to open the Universe World but could not break through its formations.

Ning Xiaochuan fused the World Extinction Demon Flame with his Heart Nourishing True Cauldron while Little Red and the demonic beasts fled from a pursuing Divine Dragon Cub. Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury guarded him until he awakened, then warned him that the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince and the Earth Treasury King Sect were hunting him.

• Ning Xiaochuan put the sealed Universe World into his Martial Heart Palace and decided to fuse the World Extinction Demon Flame with his Heart Nourishing True Cauldron.
• Ning Xiaochuan spent seven days refining Yin Yang Bright Flame into the World Extinction Demon Flame and began the dangerous process of fusing it with his cauldron.
• When the Divine Dragon Cub neared, Little Red sent the six demonic beasts and herself in separate directions to lure it away from Ning Xiaochuan.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury approached Ning Xiaochuan but withdrew her hand instead of killing him, then guarded him as he completed the fusion over half a month.
• Ning Xiaochuan awakened to find mystical beast corpses around him and learned that Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury had protected him from them.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury revealed that the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, four other Earth Treasuries, and Profound Mystery Dharma King were pursuing Ning Xiaochuan, and he asked whether her family had been destroyed by the Heaven Pivot Great Empire.

Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury agreed to cooperate against the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, trading Earth Treasury King's corpse for her help and information about Little Red. After learning Little Red was being held captive, Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury began secluded cultivation to strengthen themselves before confronting the prince.

• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury explained that the Earth Treasury King Sect was pursuing Ning Xiaochuan for Earth Treasury King's fortune and proposed working together to kill the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury recalled the six Supreme Weapons, and Ning Xiaochuan tested her strength before discovering she had reached the Sixth Realm of Celestial Being, Ten Thousand Realms Heaven.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury revealed that she wanted Earth Treasury King's True Person Corpse to complete the Death Spirit Zen Scripture and advance toward God Realm Heaven.
• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to give her the corpse in exchange for Little Red's whereabouts, and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury said the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince had captured Little Red to exploit her Dragon Essence.
• Ning Xiaochuan handed Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury the corpse, and they began secluded cultivation as she practiced the Death Spirit Zen Scripture and he refined Three-Soul Human-Grade Pills.

Ning Xiaochuan refined several Human-Grade Pills before using Earth Treasury King’s Martial Heart Palace to create and consume a powerful Three-Soul Human-Grade Pill. He broke through to the Fifth Realm of Celestial Being and reached its peak, still striving to enter the Sixth Realm.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined six Three-Revolution Soul Return Pills, then made Tyrant Dragon Blood Pills and True Blood Pills using blood taken from Earth Treasury King’s corpse.
• Ning Xiaochuan began refining Earth Treasury King’s Martial Heart Palace into a Three-Soul Human-Grade Pill while studying the Purple Gold Imperial Lord’s Primal Chaos Unifying Sword, which he could not yet comprehend.
• After a month, Ning Xiaochuan finished purifying the Martial Heart Palace and spent half a month refining it with six Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicines and other ingredients.
• Ning Xiaochuan caught the pill when it tried to flee and swallowed it, breaking through to the Fifth Realm of Celestial Being after absorbing a fraction of its power.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s two Dao Origins each accumulated 1.7 million rules, bringing him to the peak of the Fifth Realm as he continued toward the Sixth Realm.

Ning Xiaochuan consumed Nine Flowers Nectar and broke through to the Sixth Realm of Celestial Being, while Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury considered him as a possible partner for cultivating the Joyful Zen Scripture. After Ning Xiaochuan mastered his new power, Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury approached him while he bathed beneath a waterfall.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the Nine Flowers Nectar and the remaining medicinal power of the Three-Soul Human-Grade Pill to attempt a breakthrough, then collapsed into a month-long drunken sleep.
• Ning Xiaochuan awoke having reached the Sixth Realm of Celestial Being, and his uncontrolled gaze blasted two holes through a distant mountain.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury watched Ning Xiaochuan's breakthrough and considered him a potential Buddha Yang Body for the Joyful Zen Scripture.
• After three more days, Ning Xiaochuan gained control of his new cultivation, broke through the mountain, and washed beneath a waterfall.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury appeared beside the waterfall, and Ning Xiaochuan noticed her long black hair as he looked her over.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor had destroyed the Tang Clan and Heaven Pivot Great Empire, while the demon army ravaged the northern frontier. Worried about Little Red, he traveled with Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury to the Bright Holy Land, where the northern frontier’s strongest powers had gathered to discuss resisting the demons.

• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury teased Ning Xiaochuan by revealing her long hair and saying she wanted to return to secular life for an unnamed man.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury told Ning Xiaochuan that the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince and other young elites had gone to the Bright Holy Land for a gathering against the demon army.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury reported that the Tang Clan had fallen, its clan king had been killed by the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor, and its captives were to be sacrificed to the Demon God.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury revealed that the Heaven Pivot Great Empire had been destroyed and its capital reduced to a desolate ruin.
• Ning Xiaochuan decided to go to the Bright Holy Land because he feared for Little Red’s safety, and he and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury crossed the wilderness to reach its territory.

Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury rested in a ruined border city of the Fire Cloud Great Empire, whose defenses had fallen to the demon beast army. Tang Shuyue, the Nine Heavens Pavilion’s Nine Heavens Spirit Maiden, attacked them but escaped wounded after Ning Xiaochuan shot her with the True Martial Arrow.

• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury explained that the demon beast army had breached the Fire Cloud Great Empire’s border and warned that the empire might fall without aid from the Bright Holy Land.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury entered the abandoned City Lord Manor to rest and prepare for Ning Xiaochuan’s coming battle against the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince.
• Tang Shuyue slipped past Ning Xiaochuan’s formation and held him at knifepoint while asking about Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury’s identity.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury burst into the room and identified the intruder as Tang Shuyue, but Ning Xiaochuan seized her wrist and attacked with purple lightning.
• Tang Shuyue escaped Ning Xiaochuan’s True Martial Arrow with a True Person Ancient Chart, though the arrow wounded her, and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury revealed that she was the Nine Heavens Pavilion’s third-ranked young expert.

Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury revealed why she joined the Nine Heavens Pavilion and confessed that she had chosen Ning Xiaochuan as her potential dual cultivation partner, but he rejected her advances. Meanwhile, Tang Shuyue recovered from Ning Xiaochuan’s arrow and received an offer of assistance from the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince’s Thought Manifestation.

• Ning Xiaochuan questioned Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury about being a Buddhist cultivator in the Nine Heavens Pavilion, and she asked him to become her dual cultivation partner.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury explained that the Nine Heavens Pavilion had raised its disciples to choose talented men who could protect the sect, and admitted that she had chosen Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan dismissed Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury’s advances and returned to his room, leaving her frustrated.
• Tang Shuyue recovered in her cave dwelling from the wound caused by Ning Xiaochuan’s True Martial Arrow.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince’s Thought Manifestation appeared before Tang Shuyue and offered to help her kill the Holy Maiden and enslave the Holy Maiden and Divine Maiden.

Tang Shuyue tested the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince’s strength, then agreed to cooperate with him while concealing her own goals. After Ning Xiaochuan recovered from his journey, he sensed Little Red in the Fire Cloud Great Empire’s imperial city and set out to locate it.

• Tang Shuyue’s Thought Manifestation attacked the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, but he shattered it with a single palm and claimed his strength surpassed hers.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince identified himself as Heavenly Emperor Mountain’s Saint Child and offered to help Tang Shuyue deal with the Nine Heavens Pavilion maidens in exchange for the Tang Clan’s hidden Treasure Land.
• Tang Shuyue denied knowing the Treasure Land’s location, and she and the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince agreed to cooperate while privately distrusting each other.
• After resting overnight, Ning Xiaochuan recovered and continued cultivating with resources from Earth Treasury King’s Universe Bracelet, bringing his laws close to two million.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed Little Red in the Fire Cloud Great Empire’s imperial city and explained that he had found its direction by following the empire’s converging Earth Veins.

Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury investigated the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince’s trap in Fire Cloud Imperial City and learned that Little Red was to be sacrificed at an auction. They planned to strike at the Crown Prince and Tang Shuyue before the auction, though a powerful Nine Heavens Pavilion expert stood in their way.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury discussed how to evade the Profound Mystery Dharma King while approaching Fire Cloud Imperial City, where they suspected the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince was waiting.
• In Fire Cloud Imperial City, Ning Xiaochuan questioned a Nine Heavens Pavilion disciple about the Divine Dragon Blood auction, and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury revealed her Holy Maiden identity to make the disciple answer.
• The disciple revealed that the auction would drain the blood from a Divine Dragon Cub, and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury killed her to prevent news of their arrival reaching Tang Shuyue and the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury deduced that Tang Shuyue and the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince had taken control of the local Nine Heavens Pavilion branch and were using the auction to lure Ning Xiaochuan out.
• Ning Xiaochuan proposed killing Tang Shuyue and the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince before the auction, while Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury warned that the branch’s Ninth Realm of Celestial Being expert could make the plan dangerous.

Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury learned that powerful factions were converging on Fire Cloud Imperial City to obtain the Divine Dragon Cub and its blood. Determined to rescue Little Red that night, they sought help from the Godslayer Ranking and reached its hidden stronghold, where a masked white-haired elder arrived.

• The Lin Clan's dying ancestor ordered two elders to capture the Divine Dragon Cub alive so he could refine it and extend his life.
• Major powers and holy-land heirs prepared to bid for the Divine Dragon Blood or seize the Divine Dragon Cub, while the imperial clans also sought to negotiate with the Nine Heavens Pavilion.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury heard that the Nine Heavens Spirit Maiden would preside over the auction and choose a dual-cultivation partner, and they decided to rescue Little Red that night.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury proposed hiring assassins, and she led Ning Xiaochuan to the Godslayer Ranking's concealed stronghold in Fire Cloud Imperial City.
• At the stronghold, Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury found Wordless Monuments used to offer payment, and a masked white-haired elder entered and approached one.

Ning Xiaochuan posted a contract worth two hundred thousand Earth-Grade Profound Stones on the Wordless Monument, startling a white-haired Celestial Venerable who mistook him and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury for peerless experts. The Godslayer Ranking's contact found Ning Xiaochuan and took him and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury underground to discuss the commission.

• The white-haired old man carved a demand for one hundred thousand Earth-Grade Profound Stones onto the Wordless Monument and warned Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury that the Godslayer Ranking was beyond their means.
• Ning Xiaochuan blocked the old man's divine sense, then carved a two-hundred-thousand-Earth-Grade-Profound-Stone offer onto another Wordless Monument and left with Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury.
• The white-haired old man found the offer and wondered whether the pair were Holy Land Successors, then considered the era's famed Big Dipper Seven Stars and other hidden geniuses.
• A short Sea Bottom Race man from the Godslayer Ranking approached Ning Xiaochuan, confirmed his identity, and praised the organization's ability to find employers.
• The Haiti Clan contact swept Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury underground, assuring Ning Xiaochuan that the Godslayer Ranking honored its reputation and protected its employers' interests.

Ning Xiaochuan visited a Godslayer Ranking stronghold to discuss hiring assassins against the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince and Tang Shuyue, but their prices were far beyond what he would pay. He learned that hidden Dao Protectors had been following him and left with two Seventh Realm of Celestial Being assassins hired to guard him as he prepared to rescue Little Red.

• The Haiti Clan elder brought Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury to a hidden Godslayer Ranking palace and explained that killing the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince or Tang Shuyue would cost hundreds of thousands of Earth-Grade Profound Stones.
• The Haiti Clan elder revealed that Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury were outstanding Holy Land Successors with concealed Dao Protectors who had been following them.
• Ning Xiaochuan worried that his Dao Protector might have discovered the Heavenly Emperor Blade, but concluded that the weapon's existence was probably still secret.
• After learning that hiring an assassin to kill an ordinary God Heavenly Venerable cost fifty thousand to one hundred thousand Earth-Grade Profound Stones, Ning Xiaochuan chose to hire two Seventh Realm of Celestial Being assassins for protection.
• The Haiti Clan elder assigned Blood Six and Blood Seven to follow Ning Xiaochuan and kill anyone threatening him, while Ning Xiaochuan declined to pay extra to make them obey his commands.

The Lin Clan and Ning Xiaochuan’s allies prepared separate plans to seize or rescue the Divine Dragon Cub at Nine Heavens Pavilion. As midnight arrived, Godslayer Ranking assassins and Dragon Scale Ancient Armor warriors attacked the pavilion, and Tang Shuyue realized that more forces than Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury were after the cub.

• The Lin Clan Patriarch ordered his clan to steal the Divine Dragon Cub, concealing their identities in Dragon Scale Ancient Armor and hiring Godslayer Ranking assassins to sow chaos.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury agreed to wait for midnight, with Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury planning to lure away a Ninth Realm of Celestial Being Venerable while Ning Xiaochuan rescued the cub.
• Ning Xiaochuan noticed cultivators approaching Nine Heavens Pavilion, and a flare soon signaled the start of an assault as assassins killed a pavilion elder and other cultivators.
• Tang Shuyue ordered Nine Heavens Pavilion’s protective formation activated, but a sword attack destroyed it and Dragon Scale Ancient Armor warriors stormed inside.
• Tang Shuyue captured one armored attacker, who swallowed a Corpse Transformation Pill and melted into poisonous blood, and she realized that the Lin Clan’s forces were also targeting the Divine Dragon Cub.

Ning Xiaochuan watched as Nine Heavens Pavilion fought off the powers seeking its Divine Dragon Cub, and he discovered that Ji Luo’s Hell Golden Flame could help him advance his cultivation. The arrival of a second Nine Heavens Venerable deterred the attackers briefly, but a masked cultivator attacked, prompting Ye Chatuo to confront him.

• Ning Xiaochuan sensed numerous powerful figures hiding near Nine Heavens Pavilion but did not locate the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince.
• Ji Luo unleashed the Hell Golden Flame, burning many attackers and melting the surrounding land as she defended Nine Heavens Pavilion.
• Ye Chatuo emerged to reinforce Ji Luo, and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury explained that Tang Shuyue had summoned her to protect the Divine Dragon Cub.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized the Hell Golden Flame as one of the mystic fires needed to cultivate the World Extinction Demon Flame, while the hidden attackers reconsidered facing two Nine Heavens Venerables.
• A Ghost Masked old man attacked Nine Heavens Pavilion with a Yin-Yang Bowl, killed seven disciples, and drank their blood.
• Ye Chatuo flew at the Ghost Masked old man as her azure sword transformed into a Mad Dragon and struck toward him.

Ning Xiaochuan seized the chance to enter the Nine Heavens Pavilion while its Nine Heavens Venerables were occupied, absorbing Hell Golden Flame and battling his way toward the Divine Dragon Cub. After pursuing Tang Shuyue into the central hall, he received Little Red’s warning that a terrible danger waited below.

• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed and refined the Hell Golden Flame surrounding the Nine Heavens Pavilion, strengthening his cultivation and World Extinction Demon Flame.
• Two invisible Godslayer Ranking assassins following Ning Xiaochuan killed the elders and other cultivators who tried to block his advance.
• Ning Xiaochuan confronted Tang Shuyue, whose True Person Rules blocked his sword strike, and chased her into the central hall.
• Ning Xiaochuan found a deep passage beneath the hall, but Little Red warned him through the Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace not to enter.

Ning Xiaochuan discovered that Nine Heavens Pavilion had four Nine Heavens Venerables guarding the Divine Dragon Cub and tried to escape the trap. Ji Luo blocked the hall as a Thought Manifestation, and the chapter ended with her killing the God Realm Heaven Venerable who had fought beside him.

• Ning Xiaochuan realized that two more Nine Heavens Venerables were hidden below the passage and understood that Nine Heavens Pavilion had gathered four Venerables to guard the Divine Dragon Cub.
• A frigid aura froze the cultivators fleeing the underground passage, and Ning Xiaochuan rescued a God Realm Heaven Venerable before deciding to retreat.
• The cold current dragged Ning Xiaochuan toward the underground, but he melted the ice with his World Extinction Demon Flame and rushed for the hall's exit.
• Ji Luo blocked the exit, and Ning Xiaochuan recognized that she was a Thought Manifestation rather than her true body and called on his allies to fight.
• Ning Xiaochuan and the God Realm Heaven Venerable attacked Ji Luo, but she pierced the Heaven Venerable's chest and killed him with a palm blade.

Ning Xiaochuan and two assassins weakened Ji Luo’s Thought Manifestation and sealed it inside the Heart Nourishing True Cauldron, wounding Ji Luo’s true body in the process. As Ning Xiaochuan remained trapped in Nine Heavens Pavilion, a mysterious white-clothed figure struck down Ji Luo and rushed into the underground passage, drawing the Nine Heavens Venerables after him.

• Ning Xiaochuan exchanged blows with Ji Luo’s Thought Manifestation, wounding her with his sword while she cut his shoulder with a blade of Hell Golden Flame.
• Ning Xiaochuan joined forces with two hidden assassins and repeatedly struck Ji Luo’s Thought Manifestation until it weakened, then sealed it inside the Heart Nourishing True Cauldron.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s seizure of the Thought Manifestation injured Ji Luo’s true body and cost her the advantage in her battle with another Nine Heavens Venerable.
• A tall, thin swordsman revealed himself, attacked Ji Luo with a giant sword, and escaped into the darkness after she countered with the Dragon Phoenix Treasure Seal.
• A white-clothed, mummy-like figure struck Ji Luo down and rushed into the underground passage, prompting Ji Luo, Ye Chatuo, and the other Nine Heavens Venerables to pursue him while Ning Xiaochuan remained in the hall.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the Nine Heavens Pavilion’s Underground Forbidden Ground and rescued Little Red after discovering the Lin Clan Old Ancestor fighting the pavilion’s four Nine Heavens Venerables. As Ning Xiaochuan tried to escape, the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince blocked the passage and declared that neither Ning Xiaochuan nor the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden would survive the night.

• Ning Xiaochuan hurried through the corpse-filled underground levels and found the Lin Clan Old Ancestor battling the four Nine Heavens Venerables in the Four Symbols Grand Formation.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed Little Red near the icy pool, while Tang Shuyue chose to retreat rather than fight him.
• Ning Xiaochuan cut Little Red free, learned that the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince had drained much of her Divine Dragon Blood, and carried her toward the surface.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince struck at Ning Xiaochuan with a lightning dragon claw, forcing him back into the passage.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince blocked the exit and told Ning Xiaochuan that Tang Shuyue had lured the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden into certain death.

Ning Xiaochuan fought the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince in Nine Heavens Pavilion, using his weapons and Heavenly Venerable Mark to withstand the Crown Prince’s overwhelming attacks. When the Crown Prince nearly killed him, the White Bone Pearl emerged and cracked his Golden Gauntlet, while Ning Xiaochuan broke through to the twelfth layer of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi; their battle remained unresolved.

• Ning Xiaochuan escaped the subterranean passage with six arrows and trapped the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince in his God Slaying Sword Formation.
• Ning Xiaochuan and the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince clashed their powers, destroying the hall and continuing their fight in the night sky.
• Ning Xiaochuan attacked with his imperial seal and eleven swords, but the Crown Prince claimed his cultivation had advanced and scattered the sword formation with a punch.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince struck Ning Xiaochuan with the Collapsing Thunder Fist, nearly killing him with a blow aimed at his head.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s White Bone Pearl burst from his brow, shattered the fist shadow, and cracked the Crown Prince’s Golden Gauntlet.
• Ning Xiaochuan realized he had broken through to the twelfth layer of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, but remained focused on defeating the Crown Prince.

Ning Xiaochuan fought the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, whose Seventh Realm cultivation and Heavenly Fire Palm gave him a decisive advantage. Ning Xiaochuan swallowed a Tyrant Dragon Blood Pill to raise his strength and continue the battle as the Crown Prince attacked again.

• Ning Xiaochuan recognized the Crown Prince’s superior cultivation but refused to retreat, while the Crown Prince tried to break his resolve.
• The Crown Prince killed a Seventh Realm super killer who attacked from behind, then slew a second killer after the assassin wounded his shoulder.
• Fire Cloud Emperor and Li Huanzhen watched the battle’s fiery power spread across Fire Cloud Imperial City and decided the imperial clan should not intervene in the Holy Land conflict.
• Ning Xiaochuan used his imperial seal and the Earth Veins to attack the Crown Prince, while his World Extinction Demon Flame Path helped him withstand the Heavenly Fire Palm.
• Ning Xiaochuan swallowed a Tyrant Dragon Blood Pill to boost his strength, and the Crown Prince warned that the drug’s effects would not last before launching another Collapsing Thunder Fist.

Ning Xiaochuan fought the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, who wielded half of the Supreme King Weapon Star Luo Spear, and struggled to escape while his borrowed strength faded. At the river, Ning Xiaochuan finally revealed the Heavenly Emperor Blade, prompting the Crown Prince to merge with the Purple Dragon.

• Ning Xiaochuan's World Extinction Divine Monument shattered the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince's attack, but the Crown Prince escaped into a Ruin World and struck back with half of the Star Luo Spear.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade warned Ning Xiaochuan that the broken Star Luo Spear was still a formidable weapon, and the Crown Prince used it to smash Ning Xiaochuan and his jade seal into the street.
• Ning Xiaochuan survived the strike and counterattacked with the jade seal, but the Crown Prince blasted him away as his injuries worsened and the Tyrant Dragon Blood Pill's power began to fade.
• Ning Xiaochuan took a True Blood Pill and fled through Fire Cloud Imperial City's walls, while the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince pursued him and destroyed the rampart with the Star Luo Spear.
• At a great river, Ning Xiaochuan revealed the Heavenly Emperor Blade, causing the Star Luo Spear to tremble; the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince responded by merging with the Purple Dragon.