Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Duanmu Ji Shuang’s advances, but she later attacked him in his room and was killed by an ice sword thrown from outside Soaring Qi Pavilion. Her husband Lin Zhirong blamed Ning Xiaochuan and attacked him, intending to hide his own role in her death.

• Ning Xiaochuan fled Duanmu Ji Shuang’s room, and Duanmu Ling'er warned him that her sister had set her sights on him.
• Ning Xiaochuan named the little mysterious beast Xiao Ling'er, and she ate a sixth-grade Mysterious Medicine that revealed a mysterious purple star in her brow before she fell asleep.
• Duanmu Ji Shuang entered Ning Xiaochuan’s room at night, and he fought back with sword qi and lightning until he blasted her into the snow.
• An ice sword from outside Soaring Qi Pavilion pierced and killed Duanmu Ji Shuang, and Lin Zhirong arrived with several hundred Demon Sect martial artists.
• Lin Zhirong accused Ning Xiaochuan of killing Duanmu Ji Shuang, though he had secretly killed her himself, and attacked him to conceal the truth.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Lin Zhirong after Lin framed him for Duanmu Ji Shuang’s death, then killed the Three Demons of Hengling when they joined the attack. The chapter ended with Ning Xiaochuan breaking Lin Zhirong’s hand seal and slashing toward his neck.

• Lin Zhirong accused Ning Xiaochuan of killing Duanmu Ji Shuang and attacked him with the Present World Treasure Wheel.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought back, and Lin Zhirong ordered the surrounding Demon Sect martial artists to kill him before the elders arrived.
• Ning Xiaochuan used Cloudglow Return Essence Qi and Shift Stars to repel the attacks, killing more than ten Demon Sect martial artists.
• Demon Fire Old Man and the other two members of the Three Demons of Hengling attacked Ning Xiaochuan, who killed all three.
• Lin Zhirong struck Ning Xiaochuan with a giant hand seal, but Ning Xiaochuan split it apart and slashed at Lin Zhirong’s neck.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Lin Zhirong, whose Nine Lives Unbreakable Armor resisted the Dragon-Slaying Blade, while the Demon Sect Saintess intervened when Duanmu Ling'er feared Ning Xiaochuan's injuries would worsen. When Luo Tuozi blocked her intervention and challenged her authority, the Saintess killed him to establish her prestige.

• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that the Dragon-Slaying Blade could not pierce Lin Zhirong's Nine Lives Unbreakable Armor, but he hurt Lin through it with a powerful strike.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Lin Zhirong clashed with their divine powers, destroying Soaring Qi Pavilion and fighting across Free and Unfettered Peak.
• Duanmu Ling'er asked the Demon Sect Saintess to stop the battle, and the Saintess tried to separate the fighters with a divine ribbon.
• Luo Tuozi cut the Saintess's ribbon and asked her not to interfere, invoking the No Life Path Lord's authority.
• The Demon Sect Saintess seized Luo Tuozi's Serpent Battle Sword, severed his arm, forced him to kneel, and beheaded him.

The Demon Sect Saintess killed Luo Tuozi and cowed the sect’s martial artists, while Lin Zhirong accused Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er of conspiring to kill Duanmu Ji Shuang. Duanmu Linye imprisoned them to contain the scandal, and Ning Xiaochuan told Duanmu Ling'er to wait, confident her father knew who was responsible.

• The Demon Sect Saintess shattered Luo Tuozi’s Serpent Battle Sword and killed him, forcing the Demon Sect martial artists to kneel and greet her as Holy Maiden.
• The No Life Path Lord, Duanmu Linye, and other Demon Sect leaders arrived as Lin Zhirong accused Ning Xiaochuan of being an imperial spy and blamed him for Duanmu Ji Shuang’s death.
• Lin Zhirong claimed Duanmu Ling'er had a daughter with Ning Xiaochuan, and Xiao Ling'er called Duanmu Ling'er her mother in front of the gathered leaders.
• Ning Xiaochuan denied killing Duanmu Ji Shuang, but Lin Zhirong and the assembled martial artists testified against him, so Duanmu Linye ordered Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er imprisoned.
• In the Demonic Sect Iron Prison, Ning Xiaochuan told Duanmu Ling'er that Lin Zhirong had killed Duanmu Ji Shuang and shifted the blame, then said they should wait.

Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er were held in the Demon Sect’s iron prison while the Demon Sect Saintess promised to clear their names when the Dark Sky King arrived. After they cultivated for twelve days and Ning Xiaochuan broke free of his restraints, Lin Zhirong appeared and revealed that both prisoners would die in two days.

• Ning Xiaochuan explained that the Demon Sect Saintess would wait for the Dark Sky King before confronting the No Life Path Lord, and she later promised to clear their names if they revealed Xiao Ling'er’s identity.
• Ning Xiaochuan told the Saintess that Xiao Ling'er was a mystic beast and asked her to protect the girl; afterward, he and Duanmu Ling'er took Worldly Detachment Pills and cultivated in their cell.
• After twelve days without food, Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er both reached the third level of the Worldly Detachment Realm, and Ning Xiaochuan’s unusual physique manifested during his breakthrough.
• Ning Xiaochuan decided to escape, broke his Mystic Spirit Iron Lock chains with a Demon Sword, then disguised himself as still shackled when he heard someone approaching.
• Lin Zhirong entered the prison and told Ning Xiaochuan that he and Duanmu Ling'er would die in two days.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Lin Zhirong and broke out of his prison cell with the injured Duanmu Ling'er, then discovered the imprisoned imperial general Qi Chong, who had served under Ning Xiaochuan’s father. Qi Chong revealed his identity and began to connect Ning Xiaochuan to the army’s defeat eleven years earlier, leaving Ning Xiaochuan seeking the truth from him.

• Lin Zhirong broke Duanmu Ling'er's legs and threatened her and Ning Xiaochuan with execution in Ten Thousand Snakes Cave.
• Ning Xiaochuan seized Lin Zhirong, drained his blood qi, killed him and the two prison guards, and treated Duanmu Ling'er's wounds.
• Ning Xiaochuan carried Duanmu Ling'er out of their cell, killed more guards, and heard someone call his name from another prison cell.
• Ning Xiaochuan broke through the wall and found an old prisoner wearing a tattered imperial military robe.
• Qi Chong identified himself as the former Right Deputy General under Ning Qianyi and asked about Ning Xiaochuan's parents.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked Qi Chong about the battle eleven years earlier, but Qi Chong refused to let him cut the chains, saying the recoil could hasten his death.

After Qi Chong died, Ning Xiaochuan suspected that Mo Longting had faked his death and might be the Dark Sky King. Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er fought their way out of the Demonic Sect Iron Prison, where Han Yun confronted them at the exit.

• Qi Chong told Ning Xiaochuan to investigate Yue Wuyang and Mo Longting before dying, and Ning Xiaochuan suspected Mo Longting had survived by faking his death.
• Ning Xiaochuan blasted through the prison doors and defeated the guards who tried to stop him and Duanmu Ling'er.
• At the prison's main gate, Han Yun and the Demon Sect elders tried to force Duanmu Ling'er and Ning Xiaochuan back inside.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought the elders and used the World Extinction Divine Monument to send the Celestial Pattern Cauldron flying and scatter its wielders.
• Ning Xiaochuan flew through the breach, but Han Yun pursued him and blocked his escape with Primal Chaos Sword Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan deflected Han Yun's attack, spread his own wings, and faced him in midair.

Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er fought their way out of the Demonic Sect Iron Prison, but the No Life Path Lord stopped them and tried to take Ning Xiaochuan away. The Demon Sect Saintess arrived and challenged his authority, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the World Extinction Sword Soul to break Han Yun's sword formation and defeat him, then escaped with Duanmu Ling'er.
• Duanmu Ling'er urged Ning Xiaochuan to head for Celestial Capital Peak and seek her father, but the No Life Path Lord intercepted them and suppressed their cultivation with his Martial Venerable power.
• Ning Xiaochuan used Dragon Tiger Profound Qi to form new wings and land safely, while the No Life Path Lord ordered Han Yun to return Duanmu Ling'er to the iron prison and claimed Ning Xiaochuan for himself.
• The No Life Path Lord said he intended to punish Ning Xiaochuan over the deaths of his son and daughter-in-law, and Ning Xiaochuan suspected he wanted to learn the secret of the World Extinction Sword Soul.
• The Demon Sect Saintess arrived and refused to let the No Life Path Lord take Ning Xiaochuan, asserting her authority to intervene in the affairs of the Six Demonic Paths.

Dark Sky King defeated the No Life Path Lord and revealed his identity as Mo Longting to Ning Xiaochuan. The Demon Sect Saintess explained that Ning Xiaochuan’s parents died to save the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion, leaving him with the truth about their sacrifice and the Jade Ripple Great Emperor’s scheme.

• Dark Sky King intervened when the No Life Path Lord threatened the Demon Sect Saintess and entered a Different Dimension to fight him.
• The No Life Path Lord emerged injured and fled, while Dark Sky King returned and summoned Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan confronted Dark Sky King about Qi Chong and learned that he was Mo Longting, his father’s sworn brother.
• Dark Sky King described the Jade Ripple Great Emperor’s plot to sacrifice seven hundred thousand soldiers and weaken the nobles.
• The Demon Sect Saintess revealed that Ning Xiaochuan’s mother killed herself to make the Demon Emperor save the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion, and that his father also died in the events surrounding the pact with the Jade Ripple Great Emperor.

Ning Xiaochuan ended his relationship with the Demon Sect Saintess after realizing she was Yu Ningsheng, then escaped Nine Deaths Cliff with Duanmu Ling'er. He headed toward the Imperial City, where powerful enemies were already hunting him.

• Ning Xiaochuan returned Yu Ningsheng's letter and left Nine Deaths Cliff with Duanmu Ling'er, while the Demon Sect Saintess wept and Dark Sky King explained the imperial campaign's political purpose.
• Ning Xiaochuan escaped through the forest, lost his pursuers, and recovered his strength as Duanmu Ling'er regained some use of her legs.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er argued about his feelings for the Saintess and their predicament, then he decided to take her to the Imperial City.
• Duanmu Ling'er worried that Xiao Ling'er might be killed, and Ning Xiaochuan trusted the Demon Sect Saintess to protect her.
• Ning Xiaochuan carried Duanmu Ling'er toward the Imperial City as the God-Slaying Battalion, Xiao Cheng, the No Life Path Lord, and Mu Honglai searched for him.

Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er entered Lin Luo City by breaking through its underground formation barrier, and Ning Xiaochuan sought out Ji Hanxing. After Ji Hanxing attacked Duanmu Ling'er, Ning Xiaochuan stopped her, but Xiao Cheng discovered them and surrounded the tent with troops.

• Ning Xiaochuan chose to enter Lin Luo City with Duanmu Ling'er after seeing Ji Hanxing arrive with the Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Tai Sui Beast and broke through the city's Dao Gate formation barrier to enter underground.
• In a military tent, Xiao Cheng told Ji Hanxing that Ning Xiaochuan had been captured and would soon be executed, but she refused to believe him.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er met Ji Hanxing, who recognized Duanmu Ling'er as the Bloodthirsty Path Lord's daughter and attacked her.
• Ning Xiaochuan stopped Ji Hanxing and bargained for Duanmu Linger's safety, but Ji Hanxing refused to spare her.
• Xiao Cheng discovered Ning Xiaochuan in Ji Hanxing's tent and sent troops to surround it.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Xiao Cheng’s attempt to arrest him by invoking the Imperial Power Token, then fled toward the Imperial City with Duanmu Ling'er while recovering and strengthening himself. Xiao Cheng and mysterious pursuers continued to hunt them, leaving Ning Xiaochuan racing to reach safety and improve his cultivation.

• Xiao Cheng accused Ning Xiaochuan of colluding with Duanmu Ling'er and ordered his soldiers to attack, but Ning Xiaochuan used the Imperial Power Token and his Martial Venerable aura to turn the soldiers against Xiao Cheng.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought Xiao Cheng, escaped underground with Duanmu Ling'er, and warned Ji Hanxing to stop investigating the case from eleven years ago; Ji Hanxing and Xiao Cheng pursued him toward the Imperial City.
• After traveling underground for three days, Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er crossed the Moshate Great Desert while Ning Xiaochuan treated his injuries and refined a Worldly Detachment Pill.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s blood formed a Divine Tiger when a drop struck the ground, but he remained short of the Fourth Level of the Worldly Detachment Realm and continued changing mounts to evade Xiao Cheng.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er were also followed by mysterious pursuers from Nine Deaths Cliff, whom Ning Xiaochuan suspected were Demon Sect experts sent by the No Life Path Lord.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to White Dragon City and asked the Heaven Extinction Path to help him kill Xiao Cheng. Grand Elder Qiu Xinghui arrived to discuss the danger and price of the request, and Ning Xiaochuan offered him an Earth Dominion Pill.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Duanmu Ling'er arrived in White Dragon City, where Ji Yifan and Shi Dahai soon greeted him on behalf of the Heaven Extinction Path.
• Ji Yifan and Shi Dahai invited Ning Xiaochuan to a banquet at Thousand Rain Pavilion, and Ji Yifan recognized Duanmu Ling'er as the Demon Emperor's granddaughter from Nine Deaths Cliff.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Ji Yifan and Shi Dahai that Xiao Cheng, Cloud Marquis's eldest disciple, would pursue him and asked the Heaven Extinction Path to help eliminate him.
• Qiu Xinghui, the Heaven Extinction Path's Grand Elder, arrived and warned Ning Xiaochuan that killing Xiao Cheng would be difficult and required sufficient benefit.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered Qiu Xinghui an Earth Dominion Pill in exchange for Xiao Cheng's life.

Ning Xiaochuan arranged with Qiu Xinghui to provide him an Earth Dominion Pill, then joined Qiu in a planned Demon Sect ambush on Xiao Cheng outside White Dragon City. The attack began with forty God-Shooting Crossbows and Qiu's Profound Stone War Chariot as Xiao Cheng faced the surrounding hunters.

• Ning Xiaochuan promised to send Qiu Xinghui an Earth Dominion Pill within three months, and Qiu agreed to the deal even if the pill failed.
• Xiao Cheng pursued Ning Xiaochuan's lingering aura to White Dragon City and was ambushed by Demon Sect experts.
• Forty Demon Sect experts aimed God-Shooting Crossbows at Xiao Cheng while an aged voice identified him as their target.
• Qiu Xinghui brought out a Human-Grade Profound Stone War Chariot and loaded it with a Mid-Grade Profound Stone as Ning Xiaochuan admired the weapon.
• The Demon Sect experts fired God-Shooting Arrows at Xiao Cheng, and Ning Xiaochuan watched the attack begin.

Ning Xiaochuan ambushed Xiao Cheng, badly wounded him, and pursued him until he killed him in a river by absorbing his blood qi. Afterward, Ning Xiaochuan began refining the power he had taken, aiming to reach the fourth level of the Worldly Detachment Realm.

• Xiao Cheng repelled the Demon Sect attackers with the Primal Silver Ring, but a Profound Stone War Chariot struck him and left him gravely injured.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed himself, shot down Xiao Cheng's Scorpion Lion, and pursued him after Xiao Cheng escaped using an Undying Silver Pill.
• Ning Xiaochuan repeatedly shot Xiao Cheng with God-Shooting Arrows as he fled, until Xiao Cheng jumped into a river to escape.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed Xiao Cheng underwater, shattered his ice shields, and absorbed his blood qi with the Demon Sword and the World Extinction Divine Monument.
• Ning Xiaochuan emerged from the river with Xiao Cheng's shriveled corpse and began refining the absorbed power to advance his cultivation.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Imperial City after reaching the fourth level of the Worldly Detachment Realm and discussed Netherworld Manor’s expansion and Yue Wuyang with Murong Hua. He planned to use Netherworld Manor to eliminate Yue Wuyang, while the manor continued its struggle to gain influence around the Imperial City.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined Xiao Cheng’s power, advanced to the Worldly Detachment Realm Fourth Level, and set out for the Imperial City.
• Ning Xiaochuan arrived at Begonia Manor and learned that the Netherworld Envoy and Left Guardian King were attacking the Situ Family in Yunhu Village.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned Murong Hua, revealed that the Jade Ripple Great Emperor had been behind the betrayal eleven years earlier, and said Yue Wuyang still had to die.
• Murong Hua explained that Netherworld Manor needed to control the two hundred and seventeen Bianji before challenging Dark Emperor City, and reported that the manor held thirty-six Bianji.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Murong Hua that Netherworld Manor should expand without indiscriminately slaughtering innocents.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Imperial City after killing Xiao Cheng, whose corpse was delivered to Cloud Marquis's Mansion, and admitted the deed to the Old Marquis. The Old Marquis arranged to invest Ning Xiaochuan as Sword Pavilion Marquis's heir, and the announcement stirred the Imperial City as Yu Ningsheng returned to Jade Viewing Pavilion.

• Murong Hua explained to Ning Xiaochuan why Netherworld Manor had massacred West Suppressing Marquis's Mansion and described the rules against indiscriminate killing.
• Xiao Cheng's corpse arrived at Cloud Marquis's Mansion, and Ning Xiaochuan returned to Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, where he welcomed Duanmu Ling'er.
• The Old Marquis learned of Xiao Cheng's death and ordered Ning Xiaochuan's return kept secret before summoning him to the study.
• Ning Xiaochuan admitted killing Xiao Cheng and told the Old Marquis he had uncovered the truth of that year; the Old Marquis praised him and planned his investiture as heir.
• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated at the mansion for several days, then the Old Marquis announced his return and invited powerful figures to witness his investiture.
• Yu Ningsheng returned alone to Jade Viewing Pavilion that evening, causing a commotion.

Ning Xiaochuan faced a plot against his life as Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu hired assassins before his investiture as heir. Six Gold-Rank Assassins from Dark Emperor City invaded the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, leaving its guards slaughtered and Ning Xiaochuan surrounded.

• Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu plotted to have Ning Xiaochuan killed while the Old Marquis attended morning court.
• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated with a High-Grade Profound Stone, and Duanmu Ling'er visited him and asked about Yu Ningsheng's return.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed intruders, and six black-robed, gold-armored assassins from Dark Emperor City surrounded the courtyard.
• The assassins sent Second and Seventh against the mansion's guards, and the pair killed hundreds and beheaded the guards' captain.

Ning Xiaochuan fought a Gold-Rank Assassin while Ji Bo held off the other assassins and protected the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion. Ning Xiaochuan killed his opponent with the World Extinction Sword Soul, while Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu watched in shock from a pavilion.

• Ji Bo emerged from the darkness and overwhelmed Second Brother, while Second Brother and Seventh Brother tried to hold him back.
• Third Brother and Thirteenth Brother joined the fight against Ji Bo as the assassin on the azure cloud attacked Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan dodged the assassin's strikes with Seven-Colored Shift and countered with the World Extinction Sword Soul, shattering his saber and wounding him.
• The assassin recovered and used the Kill Word Seal, but Ning Xiaochuan countered with his sonic bell and Yin Yang Sun Moon Diagram.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the World Extinction Dao Ancestor's phantom and destroyed the assassin's body and spirit with a palm strike.
• Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu watched from a pavilion and realized that Ji Bo was powerful and Ning Xiaochuan had killed a Gold-Rank Assassin.

Ning Xiaochuan survived Dark Emperor City's assassination attempt, and the Old Marquis punished Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu by sending them away. He transferred the mansion’s vast commercial holdings to Ning Xiaochuan and explained that its true foundation rested on fiefs, armies, and Martial Venerables.

• Ji Bo and Ning Xiaochuan fought off the six Gold-Rank Assassins, while Ji Bo killed Third Brother and Second Brother with the Evil Dragon Scale and Han Dan escaped with two others.
• Ning Qianwen, Ning Qianwu, and the mansion elders arrived after the assassins had fled, and Ning Xiaochuan left without accusing anyone.
• The Old Marquis questioned Ning Qianwen and Ning Qianwu, sent them to govern the Jiang Nu Region fief, and transferred their forces to Ning Xiaochuan.
• The Old Marquis handed Ning Xiaochuan control of the mansion’s more than three hundred and seventy thousand establishments and urged him to learn to manage them.
• The Old Marquis explained that the mansion’s fiefs, armies, and Martial Venerables formed its true foundation, then urged Ning Xiaochuan to become its third Martial Venerable.