Recaps

Ning Xiaochuan defended Little Red, entered the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace, and fought to survive its barren world while searching for its treasures. He left the arc with Nie Lanzhi in danger and a Stone Beast Dragon Elephant resisting his attempt to draw its pursuers away.

• Ning Xiaochuan refused to sell Little Red, fought Mo Chaolong and the Mo Family elders, and traveled with Duanmu Ling'er toward Mu Teng Forest.
• Ning Xiaochuan rescued the Nie Sisters from the Mystic Beast God-Slaying Battalion, then reached Dragon Valley as Nie Lanxin prepared to marry Ye Nantian.
• Ning Xiaochuan aided Duanmu Ling'er against Mystic Beast Cubs and fought the White Fox Young Master, while the Dragon King revealed the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace existed.
• Xue Lingxu opened the gateway with her blood, and Ning Xiaochuan entered the palace with Little Red, arriving in a barren world filled with Stone Beasts.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined Yuan Life Pearls, fought Stone Beasts, and reunited with Nie Lanzhi after she fled the Dragonhawk Cub and Four-Winged Teng Snake Cub.
• Ning Xiaochuan advanced to One Drop of Blood Transforms into Six Tigers and followed the Heavenly Emperor Blade's directions to an ancient city guarded by a Stone Beast Giant.
• Ning Xiaochuan helped the White Fox Young Master reattach his leg, then took the Three-Leaf Vitality Grass while the Giant swallowed the White Fox Young Master.
• Ning Xiaochuan found Nie Lanzhi pursued by Stone Beasts and summoned the Heart Nourishing True Cauldron, but the Stone Beast Dragon Elephant resisted with its tail.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace, refined Divine Blood, and rose to the Earth Venerable Realm before returning to the Imperial City. As the Demon Sect attacked the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion, he killed Ghost Bat King and subdued the Ironclad Death God, then arrived at the breached mansion to defend it.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Nie Lanzhi deciphered the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace’s Mystic Gate barrier and entered, where Ning Xiaochuan found Divine Blood in a hidden Lotus Pond.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined the Divine Blood, awakened his Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace, forged a crimson cauldron Martial Soul Avatar, and reached the Earth Venerable Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan defeated Mu Honglai and made him a Heart Slave, then returned to the Imperial City and organized Netherworld Manor’s sword servants and envoys.
• Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion with Yu Ningsheng and Xiao Ling'er, learned that the Demon Sect had killed more than forty people there, and received Old Marquis’s welcome and charge to help defend it.
• Ning Xiaochuan revised and published the Weapon Ranking Chart, while Yu Qianqian and the Great Golden Roc King Residence considered the political consequences of his rankings.
• Ghost Bat King attacked Divine Sword Palace and demanded the Northern Darkness Divine Art, but Ning Xiaochuan fought him, severed his arm, and killed him in a Different Dimension.
• Ning Xiaochuan subdued the Ironclad Death God and presented him at Divine Sword Palace, while No Life Path Lord and Asura Path Lord launched an attack on the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached the burning, breached mansion, found Ji Bo dead, and killed more than twenty Demon Sect martial artists with a palm strike.

Ning Xiaochuan defended the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion, took command as the Old Marquis’s health failed, and led its army against the sects. After killing Ye Nantian and escaping Xuanji Mountain, he defeated Yuansheng Peak Master, reached the Earth Venerable Realm Third Level, and was saved by the Dark Sky King, who asked him to make Yu Ningsheng a promise.

• Ning Xiaochuan defended the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion against the Demon Sect, then drove off Yue Wuyang’s army and learned the Old Marquis had little time left to live.
• Ning Xiaochuan obtained Heaven and Earth Essence Qi to help heal the Old Marquis, kept his condition secret, and broke through to the eighth layer of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan accepted the Jade Ripple Great Emperor’s campaign decree and led the mansion’s army toward the One Yuan Domain, where he learned Ye Nantian and Nie Lanxin were to marry.
• Ning Xiaochuan infiltrated the One Yuan Sect with Yu Qing and killed Ye Nantian, then fought his way through the sect and sought help from Nie Lanzhi and Nie Lanxin.
• Ning Xiaochuan defeated and captured the White Fox Young Master, then escaped Xuanji Mountain while sect experts pursued him and threatened Nie Lanxin.
• Ning Xiaochuan released Nie Lanxin, but she stabbed Yueqin Hall Master and took her Earth Martial Pill, and Ning Xiaochuan later drained Pu Su’s blood qi and prepared to confront Yuansheng Peak Master.
• Ning Xiaochuan trapped Yuansheng Peak Master in the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation and killed him, but the No Life Path Lord arrived and destroyed the formation.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached the Earth Venerable Realm Third Level before the Dark Sky King intervened and drove off the No Life Path Lord, then asked Ning Xiaochuan to make Yu Ningsheng a promise.

Ning Xiaochuan fought his way through sect battles and imperial intrigue, killing Yue Wuyang and restoring Ji Hanxing after she removed her own heart. With the Jade Ripple Great Emperor ordering his death, Ning Xiaochuan fled to Netherworld Manor, advanced his cultivation, and prepared a powerful formation to defend his allies.

• Dark Sky King defeated Ru Xinghe and the Sword Saint Yuwen Luo, then told Ning Xiaochuan about Heavenly Emperor Mountain and the dangers of reaching it.
• After the imperial army destroyed Xuanji Mountain, Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qing won praise from the Divine Dragon King, who assigned Ning Xiaochuan to guard the northern prefectures.
• Ning Xiaochuan confronted Ji Hanxing about her orders to kill him, and she led her battalion against fleeing sect warriors before he protected the captured Heavenly Sound Sect disciples from Huo Bufan.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen spared Ning Xiaochuan after Song Quehan's trial and discussed an alliance, while Ning Xiaochuan later learned Yue Wuyang had claimed Ji Hanxing was dead.
• Ning Xiaochuan pursued Yue Wuyang into the Cloud Marquis's Mansion, killed him after a fierce battle, and faced the Jade Ripple Great Emperor's summons and accusations.
• Ugly Old Woman brought Ji Hanxing's body to Ning Xiaochuan, who restored her heart and gave her the Three Corpse Severance Path before she left with Ugly Old Woman.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor ordered Ning Xiaochuan killed, and Cui Tao's battalion attacked him as he traveled toward Begonia Manor, but Ning Xiaochuan wounded Cui Tao and escaped.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached Netherworld Manor, treated its wounded allies, refined Earth Martial Pills, advanced to the fourth level of the Earth Venerable Realm, and prepared eight array platforms to counter the emperor's forces.