Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan proposed consolidating the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's businesses around mystic beasts, pasture land, and weapons, and the Old Marquis considered giving him authority to pursue the plan. Ning Xiaochuan's coronation ceremony then began at the estate's Ancestral Land, where the traditional sacrifices awaited.

• Ning Xiaochuan proposed unifying the Mansion's shops, establishing logistics and money houses, and focusing its commercial power on mystic beasts, pasture land, and weapons.
• The Old Marquis and Ji Bo discussed secretly expanding the Mansion's control of war steeds and weapons while the Jade Ripple Great Emperor faced the Great Golden Roc King Residence and the Demon Sect.
• The Old Marquis considered releasing his authority and letting Ning Xiaochuan lead the Mansion's development.
• Ning Xiaochuan's coronation ceremony took place at the Mansion's Ancestral Land, where animals, mystic beasts, and four hundred slave volunteers had been prepared as sacrifices.

Ning Xiaochuan’s coronation as heir to the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion drew the empire’s most powerful rulers and produced extraordinary signs during the Sacrificial Ceremony. As Ning Xiaochuan offered his blood at the altar, the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace appeared in the sky and blood energy began flowing into him.

• The Four Great Kings, the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, and nobles from across the empire attended Ning Xiaochuan’s coronation.
• Yu Ningsheng arrived with Xiao Ling'er, who called her Mother and said she was hungry.
• Xuan Qingzi presided as Ning Xiaochuan offered incense to his ancestors and to heaven, bringing forth the omen of ghosts and gods singing together.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered incense to the gods, and a phantom of the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace appeared over the Imperial City.
• Ning Xiaochuan climbed to the altar’s summit, cut his wrist, and poured his blood into the altar as blood energy streamed toward him.

A mysterious Herb Gathering Farmer crashed the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's sacrifice, shrugged off a killing blow, and overwhelmed the assembled powers. The Jade Ripple Great Emperor identified him as a thousand-year-old demon, while Ning Xiaochuan watched warily from the altar.

• The Heavenly Emperor manifested above the altar, and the Herb Gathering Farmer arrived, killed two guards, and tossed their bodies onto the sacrificial altar.
• The Herb Gathering Farmer survived Xuan Qingzi's Purple Cloud Flying Sword and broke through his protective formation, leaving Xuan Qingzi severely injured.
• Ning Xiaochuan caught Xuan Qingzi before he fell into the altar, and the Jade Ripple Great Emperor offered a lavish reward for the farmer's capture.
• Five marquises attacked the Herb Gathering Farmer as the Old Marquis activated the Ancestral Land's barrier and formations.
• The Herb Gathering Farmer ripped out the hearts of two marquises, who fell into the altar and were refined into blood offerings.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor recognized the Herb Gathering Farmer as a thousand-year-old demon who had escaped the demon palace in the Fire Demon Mountain Range.

The Herb Gathering Farmer revealed his overwhelming power at the Imperial City sacrifice, killing two Martial Venerables and threatening Ning Xiaochuan. Sword Pavilion Marquis wounded him but learned that his true body was a heart, and the chapter ended with Ning Xiaochuan summoning the Heavenly Emperor Blade to face the ancient demon.

• The Herb Gathering Farmer's blood qi killed tens of thousands of martial artists and two Martial Venerables at the sacrificial altar.
• Ning Xiaochuan warned the gathered marquises that the Herb Gathering Farmer sought Martial Venerables' hearts to restore his power.
• Sword Pavilion Marquis used Man and Sword as One to pierce the Herb Gathering Farmer, but the ancient demon survived and tried to seize his heart.
• Ning Xiaochuan explained that the Herb Gathering Farmer could only be killed by shattering his true heart.
• The Herb Gathering Farmer attacked Ning Xiaochuan, but the Heavenly Emperor Blade flew from his chest and severed the demon's arm.
• Ning Xiaochuan fused with the Heavenly Emperor's phantom and confronted the Herb Gathering Farmer, who challenged the blade's protection.

Ning Xiaochuan used the Heavenly Emperor Blade and the sacrificial power to strike down the Herb Gathering Farmer, but the effort left him exhausted. Xiao Ling'er carried him out of the Ancestral Land while the Great Golden Roc King confronted the ancient demon, and she brought Ning Xiaochuan to Yu Ningsheng's private chamber.

• Ning Xiaochuan refused the Heavenly Emperor Blade's demand that he become its Knife Slave and drew on the sacrifice to wield it.
• Ning Xiaochuan's slash split the Herb Gathering Farmer in two, though the demon survived and Ning Xiaochuan collapsed from exhaustion.
• Xiao Ling'er carried Ning Xiaochuan from the sacrificial platform, and her white radiance repelled the Herb Gathering Farmer's attack.
• The Great Golden Roc King sent the Herb Gathering Farmer into the Different Dimension to fight, while Yu Ningsheng secretly delayed the Sword Pavilion Marquis as Xiao Ling'er escaped.
• The Sword Pavilion Marquis ordered a citywide search for Ning Xiaochuan, while Xiao Ling'er carried him into Yu Ningsheng's private chamber and laid him on her bed.

Ning Xiaochuan recovered at Yu Ningsheng’s Jade Viewing Pavilion, where she warned him that the Thousand-Year Ancient Demon and other enemies were hunting him because of his Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace. He decided to hide there and operate from the shadows, while Yu Ningsheng worried that he no longer cared about her.

• Xiao Ling'er offered Ning Xiaochuan a Bai Zhi Fruit, and he told her his injuries had healed so she could eat it.
• Yu Ningsheng played chess with Ning Xiaochuan and explained that the Thousand-Year Ancient Demon had escaped the Great Golden Roc King and was targeting him for his Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace.
• Yu Ningsheng warned Ning Xiaochuan that three Demon Sect elders from the No Life Path had come to capture him and that others coveted his Heavenly Emperor Blade.
• Yu Ningsheng revealed that the Heavenly Emperor had once possessed the Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace and become a True God, making Ning Xiaochuan’s heart especially valuable to the ancient demon.
• Ning Xiaochuan thanked Yu Ningsheng and chose to stay hidden at the Jade Viewing Pavilion, while she wondered whether his indifference meant he no longer cared about her.

Ning Xiaochuan used the Azure Jade Token to take control of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's businesses and began consolidating them into a Chamber of Commerce Alliance. He tasked Liu Wenyu with building a dominant weapons market in the Imperial City, naming the venture the Divine Sword Palace.

• Ning Xiaochuan decided to use the Azure Jade Token to establish a Chamber of Commerce Alliance and secretly take control of the empire's weapons and war mounts.
• Ning Xiaochuan disguised himself and left Jade Viewing Pavilion while Yu Ningsheng watched him write plans through the night.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed himself as the Marquis Mansion's Special Envoy to the gathered business leaders, displayed the Azure Jade Token, and ordered them to consolidate the mansion's businesses.
• Ning Xiaochuan kept twenty-six weapons-business leaders behind and ordered Liu Wenyu to build a weapons market capturing at least half of the Imperial City's trade within six months.
• Liu Wenyu identified the Qi Tian Marquis's Mansion and the Qilin King Residence as the market's largest rivals, and Ning Xiaochuan ordered him to consolidate the mansion's weapon shops and establish the Divine Sword Palace.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that the Situ Family was backed by the Kirin King Residence and set out for Yunhu Village to seize its mines and weapons-making resources. As he and Murong Hua planned their attack, they encountered Situ Fengwu, one of the Imperial City Ten Talents.

• The Sword Pavilion Marquis learned that Ning Xiaochuan was the masked Special Envoy and ordered his confidants to follow Ning Xiaochuan’s commands.
• Ning Xiaochuan healed Minister Tian, who explained that the Fire God Child of the Kirin King Residence had injured him while defending the Situ Family.
• Ning Xiaochuan decided to attack the Situ Family in Yunhu Village and traveled there with Murong Hua, leaving the injured Minister Tian to guard Netherworld Manor.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Murong Hua that Netherworld Manor could target the Seven Great Border Districts’ mines rather than face the Situ Family directly.
• Situ Fengwu arrived at the wine shop with twelve Azure Robe experts, drawing the attention of Ning Xiaochuan and Murong Hua.

Situ Fengwu led twelve Situ Family experts to attack Netherworld Manor’s people in a wine shop, where she fought a powerful black-robed woman. Ning Xiaochuan revealed his Martial Venerable aura from the upper floor, and the woman greeted him as the Manor Lord as the confrontation escalated.

• Situ Fengwu attacked six black-robed figures in the wine shop, and the black-robed woman drove back her twelve fighters with a sword strike.
• Situ Fengwu and the black-robed woman fought with ice and fire powers while onlookers discussed Netherworld Manor and Ning Xiaochuan’s ranking on the Evil Demon Villain List.
• A large force from the Situ Family surrounded the wine shop, and two elders entered to demand Netherworld Manor’s surrender.
• One elder’s sound attack knocked the black-robed woman back, and Ning Xiaochuan stood above them in a Golden Mask, releasing a powerful Martial Venerable aura.
• The black-robed woman knelt and greeted Ning Xiaochuan as the Manor Lord.

Ning Xiaochuan and Netherworld Manor confronted the Situ Family in Yunhu Village, overpowering its defenders and capturing Situ Fengwu. The Crown Prince’s Martial Soul Avatar intervened, but Murong Hua pierced it as Ning Xiaochuan left with his hostage and demanded artifact refinement masters by noon the next day.

• Ning Xiaochuan revealed himself as Netherworld Manor’s Young Master Chuan, while Murong Hua injured Elder Lin and subdued the Situ Family martial artists.
• Ning Xiaochuan ordered his men to seize Situ Fengwu, but the Crown Prince’s Martial Soul Avatar arrived and killed the two captors.
• Murong Hua attacked the Crown Prince’s Martial Soul Avatar, which countered with the Great Universe Art and suppressed his fire dragon.
• Ning Xiaochuan suppressed Situ Fengwu’s Martial Heart Palace, took her hostage, and demanded the Situ Family deliver artifact refinement masters to Huantian Cliff by noon the next day.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought his way out of the wine shop, and Murong Hua shattered the Crown Prince’s golden Battle Dragon before piercing the Martial Soul Avatar with a profound qi spear.

After Netherworld Manor wounded the Crown Prince’s Martial Soul Avatar, the Crown Prince mobilized troops against it while the Situ Family prepared an ambush at Huantian Cliff. Young Master Chuan instead raided the Situ estate, taking its Artifact Refinement Masters and leaving the Crown Prince and Situ Ao furious as the Left Guardian King escaped.

• Murong Hua and Ning Xiaochuan left after the Crown Prince’s Martial Soul Avatar was wounded, and the Crown Prince ordered troops from Tian Zi Pass to suppress Netherworld Manor.
• At the Situ estate, Fire God Child advised Situ Ao to disguise Martial Dao experts as Artifact Refinement Masters and ambush Netherworld Manor at Huantian Cliff.
• Situ Ao arrived at Huantian Cliff with the disguised experts, while the Crown Prince watched nearby with thirty thousand troops; Three-Fingered Lin taunted Situ Ao as they waited for Young Master Chuan.
• The Crown Prince realized Young Master Chuan might be at the Situ estate and rushed back, finding it in ruins and its Artifact Refinement Masters captured; Elder Lin died after telling him what had happened.
• Young Master Chuan left a message thanking the Crown Prince and Situ Ao for the gift, and Fire God Child later reported that the Left Guardian King had escaped Huantian Cliff.

After Netherworld Manor defeated the Situ Family, Ning Xiaochuan planned to expand its power and took Xie Mengyao in as a subordinate. He forced Situ Fengwu to submit with a Heart Palace Jade Gu Worm, then began cultivating beneath the Blood Toad Wood while the two women guarded him.

• Ning Xiaochuan discussed Netherworld Manor’s victory and plans to seize resources with Xie Mengyao, who had fled Heavenly Emperor Academy after Ming Yang tried to kill her.
• Xie Mengyao brought the captured Situ Fengwu to Ning Xiaochuan, who rejected her demands and ordered her to become his sword attendant.
• Ning Xiaochuan made Situ Fengwu swallow a Heart Palace Jade Gu Worm, then eased her pain by drawing out the World Extinction Qi and sending Dragon Tiger Qi into her Martial Heart Palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan left the struggle against the Situ Family and the Seven Great Border Districts to Minister Tian, Murong Hua, and Three-Fingered Lin.
• Ning Xiaochuan swallowed a Worldly Detachment Pill and cultivated beneath the Blood Toad Wood as Xie Mengyao and Situ Fengwu guarded him.

Ning Xiaochuan focused on building a force to protect his allies and arranged for the Sword Pavilion Marquis to buy the mining mountains for an Artifact Refinement Holy Land. At Jade Viewing Pavilion, he found Yu Ningsheng playing music with Xiao Yizhi, and Xie Mengyao’s intimate entrance left Yu Ningsheng visibly cold.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined the Worldly Detachment Pill and Blood Toad Wood Tree’s blood qi, strengthening his blood without advancing beyond the fourth level of the Worldly Detachment Realm.
• Xie Mengyao reported that the Situ Family had recalled its experts and Netherworld Manor was raiding and blocking ore shipments, while Situ Fengwu warned that the family and its mining mountains remained powerful.
• Ning Xiaochuan rejected attacking the Situ Family as a likely trap and ordered the Sword Intent Martial Academy’s head to ask the Marquis to purchase the Seven Great Border Districts’ mining mountains from the Kirin King.
• Ning Xiaochuan discussed establishing an Artifact Refinement Holy Land with Liu Wenyu, then went to Jade Viewing Pavilion and found Yu Ningsheng playing music with Xiao Yizhi.
• Xiao Yizhi left after Ning Xiaochuan arrived, and Yu Ningsheng watched for signs of jealousy before Xie Mengyao entered and hooked her arm around Ning Xiaochuan’s wrist.

Ning Xiaochuan began planning a Weapon Ranking Chart that would rank both weapons and their wielders, using it to build influence for the Divine Sword Palace and manipulate the Yulan Empire’s martial world. He ordered information on every Martial Venerable gathered, while Yu Ningsheng watched him with jealousy from the Bamboo Pavilion.

• Ning Xiaochuan brought Xie Mengyao and Situ Fengwu into his room, prompting Yu Ningsheng to suspect he was trying to provoke her and secretly spy on them with her Divine Sense.
• Ning Xiaochuan wrote “Weapon Ranking Chart” and questioned Situ Fengwu about powerful weapons and their owners, learning about the legendary Supreme Imperial Weapons and Yu Tianchi’s Mentor’s Sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan named Yu Tianchi and the Mentor’s Sword first on the chart, explaining that the rankings would judge people as well as weapons.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed that the chart could raise the Divine Sword Palace’s standing and stir rivalries among Martial Venerables, then ordered Xie Mengyao to collect information on every Martial Venerable in the empire.
• Situ Fengwu denounced Ning Xiaochuan’s plan to exploit rankings and rivalries, though she recognized how effectively it could unsettle the martial world.

Ning Xiaochuan assigned Xie Mengyao to compile the Weapon Ranking Chart and spoke privately with Yu Ningsheng about their relationship. Later, while waiting at a late-night wine shop with Situ Fengwu, he encountered the Three Great Elders of the No Life Path, who arrived seeking him.

• Ning Xiaochuan put Xie Mengyao in charge of compiling the Weapon Ranking Chart, and Yu Ningsheng warned him to keep Jade Viewing Pavilion secret from outsiders.
• Yu Ningsheng asked whether she and Ning Xiaochuan could return to how they had been before, and Ning Xiaochuan reassured her that the women she had seen with him were only subordinates.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Fengwu waited at a wine shop, where customers discussed the Heavenly Emperor Blade and rumors about Ning Xiaochuan's disappearance.
• A bald, one-eyed strongman harassed Situ Fengwu, but she struck him with a palm seal and revealed her Worldly Detachment Realm cultivation.
• The Three Great Elders of the No Life Path arrived with their poisonous Battle Pets, and the poisoned bald strongman died as Ning Xiaochuan recognized their arrival.

Ning Xiaochuan confronted the Three Great Elders of the No Life Path in a tavern, posing as Young Master Chuan of Netherworld Manor to drive them out of the Imperial City. After revealing a terrifying display of power, he left the elders and onlookers believing he had reached Martial Venerable cultivation.

• Ning Xiaochuan kept the elders’ poisonous mist away with Heaven and Earth Profound Qi while concealing his immunity to poison.
• Ning Xiaochuan used a chopstick to disrupt the elders’ heartbeats, then shattered Viper Lord’s incoming stone slabs with it.
• Ning Xiaochuan identified himself as Young Master Chuan and warned Viper Lord that the No Life Path must leave the Imperial City.
• Scorpion Lord attacked Ning Xiaochuan, who unleashed World Extinction Qi and the phantom of the World Extinction Dao Ancestor to break Scorpion Lord’s Poison Mist Bridge and force him back.
• The onlookers, including Situ Fengwu, mistook Ning Xiaochuan’s phantom for a Martial Soul Avatar, while Ning Xiaochuan intended to use the display to strengthen Young Master Chuan’s fearsome reputation.

Ning Xiaochuan slew the Three Great Elders of the No Life Path, saved a dying girl, and explained that he meant to bar the Demon Sect from the Imperial City. The Undead City Lord decided to support Netherworld Manor as a weapon against the Demon Sect, while Silver Pool Madam took an interest in meeting Young Master Chuan.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the World Extinction Sword Soul to kill the Three Great Elders of the No Life Path and their two mystical beasts in the tavern.
• Ning Xiaochuan revived the dying girl with a drop of his blood and told his companions to take her to Netherworld Manor; Situ Fengwu followed him and learned he had acted to warn the Demon Sect away from the Imperial City.
• Minister Xuan reported to the Undead City Lord, who chose to help Young Master Chuan unify the Bianji and ordered Minister Huang to negotiate with him.
• News of Young Master Chuan's victory spread through the Imperial City and reached Silver Pool Madam, who said she wanted to meet him.

Ning Xiaochuan caught Situ Fengwu trying to betray him to the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince used her as bait and trapped them outside his palace. With the Crown Prince, a Third Grade National Teacher, and numerous martial experts closing in, Ning Xiaochuan faced a deadly encirclement.

• Ning Xiaochuan ordered Situ Fengwu to search for the remaining medicines and pill formula needed to refine the Earth Dominion Pill.
• Situ Fengwu headed to the Crown Prince's Palace, intending to reveal Ning Xiaochuan's identity to the Crown Prince.
• Ning Xiaochuan intercepted Situ Fengwu outside the palace and warned her against betraying him, threatening her with the gu insect's punishment.
• The Crown Prince attacked Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Fengwu with a palm print, revealing that he had used Situ Fengwu as bait.
• Ning Xiaochuan cut apart the Crown Prince's next attack and summoned Tai Sui, but a Third Grade National Teacher sealed the earth and space while palace experts surrounded them.

Ning Xiaochuan was trapped outside the Crown Prince's Palace but used the White Bone Pearl to break Ling Yi National Teacher's barrier and flee with Situ Fengwu. The Dragon Vein absorbed the Crown Prince's Nine-Five Divine Dragon Qi, saving Ning Xiaochuan, advancing his cultivation to Worldly Detachment Fifth Level, and letting him escape.

• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed Heaven and Earth Profound Qi through the White Bone Pearl, collapsing Ling Yi National Teacher's barrier and advancing toward Worldly Detachment Fifth Level.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Demon Sword to scatter the Crown Prince's Palace experts and cut down an old man who tried to block his escape.
• The Crown Prince unleashed Nine-Five Divine Dragon Qi, and its pressure injured Ning Xiaochuan as he fled with Situ Fengwu.
• Ning Xiaochuan's Dragon Vein absorbed the Crown Prince's golden dragon, saving him and advancing him to Worldly Detachment Fifth Level.
• Ning Xiaochuan countered with his own golden dragon, then escaped with Situ Fengwu while the Crown Prince shattered the attack.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped the Crown Prince and Ling Yi National Teacher but suffered grave injuries, then advanced to the fifth level of the Worldly Detachment Realm. Silver Pool Madam sheltered him in her carriage and began telling him how Yue Minghua married Qi Tian Marquis to take revenge, ultimately causing his death.

• The Crown Prince ordered his martial experts to search the Imperial City for Young Master Chuan after Ling Yi National Teacher explained that he had not truly mastered Nine-Five Divine Dragon Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan fled with severe internal injuries, suppressed them while Situ Fengwu guarded him, and advanced to the fifth level of the Worldly Detachment Realm.
• Silver Pool Madam stopped her carriage in Ning Xiaochuan's path and sent away the Crown Prince's experts, then invited him inside for wine.
• Silver Pool Madam told Ning Xiaochuan that Yue Minghua married Qi Tian Marquis after he assaulted and humiliated her.
• Silver Pool Madam recounted how Yue Minghua's affair led Qi Tian Marquis to kill two of his sons, before he died in her bed and his body was thrown into the Beast Pen.