Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan fought Ming Yang, who had begun transcending the worldly realm, and turned the battle by seizing and suppressing his Heavy Sword. He nearly killed Ming Yang after absorbing his Blood Sword, but a gigantic palm rescued him, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Ning Xiaochuan used Stars and Moon Same Sky and other attacks against Ming Yang, but Ming Yang unleashed a surge of power that blasted him through several buildings.
• Ji Hanxing arrived in Heavenly Emperor City and watched as Ming Yang pursued Ning Xiaochuan with his Heavy Sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan seized the Heavy Sword and used the Demon Sword to suppress it, then wounded Ming Yang with it and a World Extinction Sword Wave.
• Ming Yang formed a Blood Sword from his blood, but Ning Xiaochuan invoked the Northern Darkness Divine Art and absorbed the blood qi into the Demon Sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan struck Ming Yang with the Heavy Sword and nearly killed him, but a gigantic palm print seized Ming Yang and carried him away.

After defeating Ming Yang, Ning Xiaochuan reached Nine Divine Power Great Perfection in the Celestial Palace but hit a cultivation bottleneck. He decided to leave Heavenly Emperor Academy to investigate his parents’ deaths, and chose Nine Deaths Cliff as his starting point.

• Ning Xiaochuan refused Yan Vice-Dean’s demand to return Ming Yang’s Divine Power Sword and claimed the victory and seven days in the Celestial Palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated his ninth divine source, formed the Sun and Moon Same Sky divine power, and reached the peak of the Divine Body Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan found he could not advance further through cultivation alone, so he left the Celestial Palace early and planned to seek experience outside the academy.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Yu Qianqian he intended to investigate the case that led to his parents’ deaths and help Yu Ningsheng.
• Yu Qianqian warned Ning Xiaochuan that Jade Ripple Great Emperor might have orchestrated the case behind Yue Wuyang, and said witnesses alone would not prove it.
• Ning Xiaochuan chose the Blood Devouring Demon Sect’s main altar at Nine Deaths Cliff as the place to begin his investigation.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion to uncover the truth about his parents' deaths, while Han Fu sent Sun Haixing after him for the Northern Darkness Divine Art. The Emperor reopened the old case, and Ning Xiaochuan ended the chapter outside Jade Viewing Pavilion, drawn by zither music.

• Han Fu ordered Sun Haixing to pursue Ning Xiaochuan and obtain the Northern Darkness Divine Art before Cloud Marquis's Mansion could act.
• Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion and challenged the Old Marquis's account that his parents had betrayed the army and been executed for it.
• Ning Xiaochuan resisted the Old Marquis's attempt to intimidate him and left to investigate the case himself.
• Ning Xiaochuan displayed the Imperial Power Token when eunuchs demanded that he kneel, and the Emperor's decree ordered a new investigation into Ning Qianyi's case.
• Ning Xiaochuan walked through the Imperial City and stopped outside Jade Viewing Pavilion after hearing its zither music.

Ning Xiaochuan visited Yu Ningsheng at Jade Viewing Pavilion, promised to reopen the case against her father, and was attacked by a mysterious man in black. After a second assailant helped the first escape, Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng pursued them into the night.

• Ning Xiaochuan arrived at Jade Viewing Pavilion and asked Yu Youyan to take him to Yu Ningsheng.
• Ning Xiaochuan confronted Yu Ningsheng about the poem hidden on her letter, and she told him their status made a future together impossible.
• Ning Xiaochuan promised to reopen the case from ten years ago and clear Yu Ningsheng's father of treason so he could redeem her.
• A bloated man in black ambushed Ning Xiaochuan, but Ning Xiaochuan repelled him and pursued him with Yu Ningsheng.
• A second man in black shattered Yu Ningsheng's Ice Snow Profound Sword, and both attackers escaped over the wall as Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng chased them.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng pursued two black-clad men from the Imperial City to White Dragon City, where they learned the Demon Sect was gathering amid violent unrest. Ji Yifan told them that Shang Pojun, the Dao Lord of the Heaven Extinction Path, had died suddenly, leaving the reason for the gathering unresolved.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng chased the two black-clad men into the Soul Domain, and Ning Xiaochuan agreed to let Yu Ningsheng help investigate their shared old case.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng reached White Dragon City and found one of the Crimson Blood Tigers, but its rider was missing.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng heard from the innkeeper that Demon Sect members had gathered in White Dragon City and that deadly clashes were breaking out at night.
• Ji Yifan approached Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng, warned them to leave the city, and revealed that Shang Pojun had died suddenly four days earlier.

Ning Xiaochuan pursued Ji Yifan and Shi Dahai after they exposed themselves as Demon Sect members, following them to a Heaven Extinction Path branch. The branch’s elder intervened and learned that Ning Xiaochuan was from the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion.

• Ji Yifan attacked Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng with shards from a crushed wine cup, then fled with Shi Dahai.
• Ning Xiaochuan struck back with a Lightning Divine Beast, but Ji Yifan and Shi Dahai escaped into an alley.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Tai Sui Beast Cub to track them underground to a Heaven Extinction Path estate.
• Demon Sect warriors fired arrows at Ning Xiaochuan, who redirected them until a white-haired old man shattered them with his Profound Qi.
• Ji Yifan explained the pursuit to the old man, who recognized Ning Xiaochuan as the number one genius of the Imperial City.

Ning Xiaochuan refused to involve the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion in the Heaven Extinction Path's struggle, while Elder Han Yue learned that Netherworld Manor was offering help in White Dragon City. After Ji Hanxing confronted Ning Xiaochuan over Yu Ningsheng, he used the Imperial Power Token to protect her, and Ji Hanxing pledged to investigate the old case before departing for the military camp.

• Ning Xiaochuan rejected Han Yue's attempt to recruit him and rode away from the Heaven Extinction Path's estate.
• Ji Yifan told Han Yue about Netherworld Manor's notorious deeds and its offer to assist Ninth Miss in becoming the Heaven Extinction Path Master.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Yu Ningsheng he would leave White Dragon City for Nine Deaths Cliff, and she insisted on accompanying him.
• Ji Hanxing arrived at Ning Xiaochuan's inn with twelve Dragon Elephant Divine Martial warriors and demanded that Yu Ningsheng be taken into custody.
• Ning Xiaochuan presented the Imperial Power Token and explained that he and Yu Ningsheng were investigating an old case, prompting Ji Hanxing to withdraw her order.
• Ji Hanxing promised to investigate whether their fathers had been wronged and led her warriors to White Dragon City's military camp.

Ning Xiaochuan was attacked by Sun Haixing and four Enforcement Team experts seeking the Northern Darkness Divine Art, then fought Sun Haixing across the skies above White Dragon City. Ji Hanxing ordered her troops not to intervene, leaving Ning Xiaochuan to face the battle alone.

• Twelve groups from the Imperial City arrived in White Dragon City, and Ning Xiaochuan continued cultivating as he prepared to seek a breakthrough into the Worldly Detachment Realm.
• Sun Haixing attacked Ning Xiaochuan at the inn with the Ghost-See-Soul-Reaping Spear, demanding the Northern Darkness Divine Art, while four masked archers fired Dragon Tendon Bow arrows at him.
• Ning Xiaochuan repelled the arrows and recognized the attackers as members of the Heavenly Emperor Academy's Enforcement Team, then fought Sun Haixing, who had recently entered the Worldly Detachment Realm.
• Sun Haixing mounted a Sky Spider Wolf and ordered another attacker to capture Yu Ningsheng while he pursued Ning Xiaochuan through the skies.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Sun Haixing exchanged attacks above White Dragon City as Ji Hanxing refused to intervene and ordered her troops to watch the Demon Sect martial artists.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng drove off the Enforcement Team, only for the Heaven Extinction Path to kill the fleeing attackers and invite Ning Xiaochuan to a banquet. At the gathering, the guests discussed his influence and the Ninth Lady’s ambitions, while a mysterious woman in green drew everyone’s attention.

• Yu Ningsheng fought off four Enforcement Team experts as Ning Xiaochuan wounded Sun Haixing and stopped him from attacking her.
• Sun Haixing and the other Enforcement Team experts fled, but more than thirty martial artists emerged from the darkness and brought out their corpses.
• Elder Qiu of the Heaven Extinction Path told Ning Xiaochuan that the Netherworld Envoy had ordered the killing, then invited him to the sect’s residence and banquet.
• Ning Xiaochuan entered the banquet hall with Elder Qiu, where the guests speculated about his prospects and the Ninth Lady’s plans.
• A woman in dark green with an emerald conch shell necklace criticized Ning Xiaochuan, then captivated the hall’s guests when they noticed her.

At a banquet in White Dragon City, Ning Xiaochuan encountered the Ruthless Ghost Envoy, who summoned him to meet the Demon Sect Saintess and hinted she knew about the case from ten years ago. Ning Xiaochuan left the city with Yu Ningsheng and escaped pursuing guards, but the truth behind the case remained unresolved.

• A dark-green-robed woman targeted Ning Xiaochuan at Elder Qiu's banquet and killed Protector Zhao when he attacked her.
• Elder Qiu ordered the Heaven Extinction Killing God Warriors to seize the woman, but Ninth Miss's Martial Soul Avatar intervened.
• The woman revealed herself as the Ruthless Ghost Envoy and demanded Ning Xiaochuan meet the Holy Maiden; he refused until she mentioned the case from ten years ago, then left the hall.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Yu Ningsheng they had to leave White Dragon City, saying he already knew the truth and needed more conclusive evidence.
• A Bamboo Hat old man driving an Azure Deer Carriage helped Ning Xiaochuan and an unconscious Yu Ningsheng flee, smashing through the city gate.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned three Lightning Giant Beasts to knock down their pursuers, then returned to the carriage.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped White Dragon City with the unconscious Yu Ningsheng while Minister Tian explained the power struggle following Shang Pojun’s mysterious death. After hiding from pursuers in an abandoned Daoist temple, Ning Xiaochuan saw Yu Ningsheng’s uncovered face and struggled to master his reaction.

• Minister Tian told Ning Xiaochuan that Netherworld Manor could gain influence by backing a faction in Heaven Extinction Path’s contest to choose a new Path Master.
• Minister Tian and Ning Xiaochuan discussed who might have killed Shang Pojun, including the Academy Master and Duanmu Han, and heard the rumor that Shang Pojun’s heart had been dug out.
• Minister Tian warned Ning Xiaochuan that the Demon Sect Saintess had set her sights on him, then left to return to White Dragon City.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent the empty Azure Deer Carriage racing away and hid with Yu Ningsheng as six groups pursued it.
• Ning Xiaochuan carried Yu Ningsheng into an abandoned Daoist temple, where her veil fell and he saw her face before hurriedly covering it again.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng discussed her past and feelings for him before she fled the Taoist temple, hurt by his hesitation. As Ning Xiaochuan tried to follow, Ruthless Ghost Envoy intercepted him and began trying to seduce him into giving up the Northern Darkness Divine Art.

• Ning Xiaochuan told Yu Ningsheng that a Demon Sect old man had knocked her unconscious, and she questioned him about removing her veil.
• Yu Ningsheng revealed that the mistress of Jade Viewing Pavilion was her master and explained why she wanted to leave the pleasure house and enter the Imperial Academy.
• Yu Ningsheng asked whether Ning Xiaochuan would marry her, but his hesitation convinced her he looked down on her, so she fled the Taoist temple.
• Ning Xiaochuan tried to chase Yu Ningsheng, but Ruthless Ghost Envoy and her Three-Headed Azure Bird blocked his way.
• Ruthless Ghost Envoy overpowered Ning Xiaochuan and pressed him to give up the Northern Darkness Divine Art, using her charms to tempt him.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped the Ruthless Ghost Envoy’s attempt to seduce him, then faced a Demon Sect force sent to bring him to White Dragon City. Five Altar Lords surrounded and attacked him, but he invoked the Northern Darkness Divine Art as the battle continued.

• Ji Hanxing killed the Ruthless Ghost Envoy with a Dragon Elephant Halberd Spear, then teased Ning Xiaochuan until he shamelessly exposed himself and made her flee without her weapon.
• Ji Hanxing asked where Yu Ningsheng had gone and warned Ning Xiaochuan that he was responsible for finding the wanted woman and bringing her back.
• Tie Minggong, an Altar Lord of the Heaven Extinction Path, demanded that Ning Xiaochuan accompany him to White Dragon City to meet the Holy Maiden, but Ning refused and fought back.
• Luo Kai and Ye Baiyin joined Tie Minggong, trapping Ning Xiaochuan inside the Daoist temple as more Demon Sect fighters surrounded it.
• Meng Xinhan and Lin Gang attacked Ning Xiaochuan from the air, and Meng wounded his arm before Ning evaded another strike.
• Ning Xiaochuan declared that the Altar Lords could not defeat him and invoked the Northern Darkness Divine Art, prompting Lin Gang to retreat.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Meng Xinhan and Lin Gang by draining their blood and profound qi, then fought the three remaining altar lords as his power surged. After a second strand of World Extinction Qi formed, a Tenth Divine Source began forming within him.

• Ning Xiaochuan wounded Lin Gang's Mystic Beast, then used the Demon Sword's power to drain Meng Xinhan until he became bone ash.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought Lin Gang in midair, absorbed his fireball, and drained him after they crashed to the ground.
• Ning Xiaochuan charged the remaining altar lords, while Ji Hanxing blocked Tie Minggong, Luo Kai, and Ye Baiyin from retreating.
• Ning Xiaochuan's killing intent produced a second strand of World Extinction Qi, and he sensed the Demon Sword's power growing within his blood.
• A Tenth Divine Source began forming inside Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Tie Minggong and condensed his tenth divine ability, the World Extinction Divine Monument, before fleeing with Ji Hanxing as the Demon Sect’s experts arrived. Mu Honglai ordered Ku Gu to pursue him and planned to use Ruthless Ghost Envoy’s death to frame him.

• Ning Xiaochuan dragged Tie Minggong back with golden threads, drained his blood, and killed him as the Tenth Divine Source condensed.
• After circulating the Tenth Divine Source three hundred and sixty times, Ning Xiaochuan formed the World Extinction Divine Monument and used it to crush dozens of Demon Sect martial artists.
• Ji Hanxing warned Ning Xiaochuan that Mu Honglai and the Demon Sect’s powerful elders had arrived, and the two fled into the forest.
• Mu Honglai dismissed a report that Ning Xiaochuan had reached the tenth level, then covered Ruthless Ghost Envoy’s corpse and falsely accused Ning Xiaochuan of raping and killing her.
• Mu Honglai sent Ku Song to deliver Ruthless Ghost Envoy’s remains to the Holy Maiden and ordered Ku Gu to capture Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ji Hanxing and Ning Xiaochuan escaped on a dragon elephant as she warned him that Mu Honglai could crush them with a finger.

Ning Xiaochuan and Ji Hanxing were ambushed by Ku Gu, one of the Pine Bone Duo Elders, who killed the Dragon Elephant and gravely wounded Ji Hanxing. Ning Xiaochuan revealed the Demon Sword, severed Ku Gu’s legs, and told him the Northern Darkness Divine Art had never existed.

• Ku Gu caught Ning Xiaochuan and Ji Hanxing, hoisted the Dragon Elephant into the air with a giant vine, then dropped it and broke its legs.
• Ku Gu identified himself as Heaven Extinction Path’s Ku Gu and demanded the Northern Darkness Divine Art’s cultivation method from Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ku Gu killed the Dragon Elephant with a palm strike, and Ji Hanxing charged him with her Dragon Elephant Halberd Spear.
• Ku Gu wounded Ji Hanxing with Silver Ginseng Wood Leaves and a palm strike, then sent a Mystic Refinement Snake to bite her neck.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed the snake with lightning and caught Ji Hanxing as she collapsed, then coaxed Ku Gu closer by offering to reveal the divine art.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Demon Sword, severed Ku Gu’s legs, and told him that the Northern Darkness Divine Art had never existed.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Ku Gu but struggled against the Demon Sword’s influence as he rescued the poisoned, gravely wounded Ji Hanxing. He brought her to White Dragon City for treatment, bought the necessary medicines, and acquired Jade Essence for a pill he hoped to refine.

• Ning Xiaochuan beheaded Ku Gu, then suppressed the Demon Sword’s murderous influence and revived Ji Hanxing with Primordial Profound Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan carried Ji Hanxing to an abandoned courtyard in White Dragon City and left the Two-Headed Stone Beast to guard her while he sought medicine.
• Ning Xiaochuan disguised himself and entered the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall, where he noticed Mu Gongzi and Zi Zhui'er selecting a birthday gift for the Chief Altar Lord.
• Ning Xiaochuan used his Intermediate Heart Nourisher token to buy two portions each of twelve kinds of Mysterious Medicine for Ji Hanxing’s treatment.
• Ning Xiaochuan purchased all eight drops of Jade Essence, a rare ingredient he needed to refine a pill that could preserve women’s beauty.

Ning Xiaochuan pursued Mu Gongzi’s Advanced Mysterious Pill, discovering that Zi Zhui'er had killed her fiancé to steal it. He captured her and returned to the courtyard, where he began preparing medicine to save the poisoned Ji Hanxing.

• Ning Xiaochuan learned that the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall lacked Worldly Detachment Pine Bark and left after buying twelve mysterious medicines.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed Mu Gongzi’s carriage, but found Mu Gongzi dead with a bronze dagger in his chest and realized Zi Zhui'er had taken the Celestial Pivot Pill.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed the old servant, took Mu Gongzi’s head as a birthday gift, and used Tai Sui to track Zi Zhui'er.
• Ning Xiaochuan caught Zi Zhui'er and learned that her little fox had the Celestial Pivot Pill, then took her back to the courtyard and sealed her heart palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan found Ji Hanxing’s Mystic Refinement Snake poison still spreading and summoned the Heart Nourishing True Cauldron to prepare medicine.

Ning Xiaochuan refined pills to treat Ji Hanxing and obtained the Celestial Pivot Pill from Zi Zhui'er, then began trying to break through to the Worldly Detachment Realm. Outside the courtyard, Zi Zhui'er reunited with the Fox Immortal Path rescuers and revealed that she had killed Mu Gongzi.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the Heart Nourishing True Cauldron to refine a Mysterious Pill while Zi Zhui'er watched and tried to learn his identity.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined twelve Intermediate Pills, gave one to Ji Hanxing, and helped her purge poison and recover.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Zi Zhui'er his name and received the Celestial Pivot Pill after learning that she was the little fox.
• Zi Zhui'er left the courtyard, and Ning Xiaochuan swallowed the Celestial Pivot Pill and began attempting to reach the Worldly Detachment Realm.
• A white-haired old woman and Demon Sect experts arrived with the little fox, and Zi Zhui'er told Third Mother she had killed Mu Gongzi.

Ning Xiaochuan took the Celestial Pivot Pill and reached the first layer of the Worldly Detachment Realm, shedding his first layer of mundane skin. After discussing the transformation with Ji Hanxing, he treated her injuries with pills and left her holding the bottle with a smile.

• Zi Zhui'er told the old servant that she already loved someone and would kill any suitors brought to her.
• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed the Celestial Pivot Pill's power and advanced to the first layer of the Worldly Detachment Realm, shedding his first layer of mundane skin.
• Ji Hanxing discussed with Ning Xiaochuan whether martial cultivation made people less human, and he resolved his doubts about the path.
• Ning Xiaochuan demanded eight hundred million Small Coins from Ji Hanxing for saving her, then gave her an Intermediate Pill to aid her recovery.
• Ji Hanxing took the remaining ten pills, declared that she owed Ning Xiaochuan nine point six billion Small Coins, and secretly cherished the jade bottle after he left.