Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan led the Right Route Army to Guiyuan City with Ji Hanxing and her Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion, then warned her to flee because he expected to fight her master, Cloud Marquis. Ji Hanxing began telling him how Cloud Marquis had rescued her from starvation as a child and taught her martial arts.

• Ji Hanxing stopped her Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion to deliver the Prince’s orders and argued with Ning Xiaochuan over her unpaid debt of ninety-six billion coins.
• Ning Xiaochuan ordered Ji Hanxing’s battalion to follow him, and she led the way as he brought four hundred thousand troops to Guiyuan City.
• Ning Xiaochuan consolidated his cultivation on the city wall while Ironclad Death God stopped Ji Hanxing from approaching him.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Ji Hanxing to leave the empire so she would not be caught in his coming battle with Cloud Marquis, but she stayed to share her story.
• Ji Hanxing described how famine drove her family to treat her as food, and how Cloud Marquis killed her father, rescued her, and later taught her martial arts.

Ji Hanxing tried to fulfill Cloud Marquis Yue Wuyang’s order to kill Ning Xiaochuan, but Ning stopped her from taking her own life and swallowed the Heartless Pill to convince her to leave the Yulan Empire. After revealing she loved him, Ji Hanxing learned he was immune to the poison; their conversation was interrupted when Xuanji Mountain fell and fleeing sect martial artists approached Guiyuan Prefecture City.

• Ji Hanxing attempted to impale herself on the Dragon Elephant Halberd Spear, but Ning Xiaochuan caught her and learned that Yue Wuyang had ordered her to kill him.
• Ji Hanxing tried to swallow the Heartless Pill, but Ning Xiaochuan snatched it and swallowed it himself, pretending it was killing him so she would leave the Yulan Empire.
• Believing Ning Xiaochuan was dying, Ji Hanxing confessed her feelings for him and prepared to kill herself, but Ning stopped her and revealed he was immune to poison.
• Ning Xiaochuan spotted fleeing sect martial artists approaching after Xuanji Mountain was breached and ordered Ji Hanxing to lead the Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion against them.
• Ji Hanxing led forty-eight Dragon Elephant Divine Martial warriors toward the fleeing martial artists as imperial forces and the Sky Knight Camp pursued them.

The court army trapped the fleeing sect martial warriors near Guiyuan City, and the Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion nearly wiped them out. As Huo Bufan prepared to capture the Heavenly Sound Sect’s disciples, Ning Xiaochuan arrived, once again finding Nie Lanzhi in danger.

• The court’s forces surrounded the exhausted sect warriors, while Nie Lanxin fought Ji Hanxing to protect Nie Lanzhi.
• The Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion and Sky Knight Camp slaughtered most of the fleeing warriors, leaving the Heavenly Sound Sect disciples encircled.
• Huo Bufan used a Soul Stabilizing Pearl to immobilize the Heavenly Sound Sect disciples and began threatening them.
• Nie Lanzhi feared capture and wished that the Little Marquis would come to save her.
• Ning Xiaochuan arrived with an army, and Huo Bufan greeted him as the Little Marquis.

Ning Xiaochuan captured the Heavenly Sound Sect’s female disciples and brought them to his tent, making the prisoners believe he intended to assault them. He isolated the tent from the outside and approached the Lanxiao Hall Master, leaving his true intentions unclear.

• Ning Xiaochuan ordered the Heavenly Sound Sect women bound and taken to Guiyuan City, then offered the Lanxiao Hall Master to Huo Bufan for interrogation.
• The Lanxiao Hall Master broke free of the Soul Stabilizing Pearl’s suppression and attacked Ning Xiaochuan, but the Ironclad Death God knocked her down and seized her.
• Ning Xiaochuan stopped the Lanxiao Hall Master from killing herself and refused to hand her to Huo Bufan, suppressing him with his Martial Venerable aura until he withdrew.
• Ning Xiaochuan captured Nie Lanxin and ordered all the Heavenly Sound Sect disciples brought to his command tent for interrogation.
• Ning Xiaochuan entered the tent alone despite Ji Hanxing’s suspicion, raised a barrier around it, and deliberately approached the frightened Lanxiao Hall Master.

Ning Xiaochuan freed Nie Lanzhi and reassured the Heavenly Sound Sect disciples, but their reunion was interrupted when the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen used a zither to carry their tent far from Guiyuan City. The chapter ended with Ning Xiaochuan facing the legendary sect leader, whose power and ruthless reputation made her a formidable threat.

• Ning Xiaochuan treated Lanxiao Hall Master's wound, freed Nie Lanzhi, and warned her to keep his knowledge of Nine Palaces Divination and Nine Palaces Calculation secret.
• Ning Xiaochuan told the bound Heavenly Sound Sect disciples that he had only detained them temporarily, while they teased him and Nie Lanzhi about their closeness.
• A strange zither tune summoned a powerful wind that lifted the Commander's Tent and carried it a thousand miles from Guiyuan City.
• Ning Xiaochuan cut his way out of the tent and discovered the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen playing the zither by a riverside.
• The Heavenly Sound Sect disciples bowed to their Sect Master as Ning Xiaochuan recognized her and recalled her fearsome reputation.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated Song Quehan and confronted the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, who demanded the Imperial Power Token as proof of his friendship with the Heavenly Sound Sect. Their dispute turned to the Academy Master’s journey to Heavenly Emperor Mountain and the opportunity it offered to supreme experts.

• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen ordered Song Quehan to kill Ning Xiaochuan, and he fought off her soundwave attacks.
• Nie Lanzhi and the Heavenly Sound Sect disciples pleaded for Ning Xiaochuan’s life, and the Fairy Queen agreed to spare him if he passed Song Quehan’s trial.
• Ning Xiaochuan defeated Song Quehan and challenged the Fairy Queen for treating him as an enemy despite his repeated help.
• The Fairy Queen asked Ning Xiaochuan to hand over the Imperial Power Token, but he refused because he had promised to give it to a member of the imperial clan.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked why the Fairy Queen remained in the Yulan Empire instead of pursuing the Martial Dao, and she explained that she wanted to prepare before seeking greater cultivation.
• The Fairy Queen revealed that Heavenly Emperor Mountain ruled twelve Fifth Grade Civilizations and selected a supreme expert every hundred years to cultivate there.

Ning Xiaochuan negotiated an alliance with Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, learning of her ambitions and her origins in the Jade Crystal Beauty Race. After leaving her and Nie Lanzhi, he flew toward his military camp but encountered Yue Wuyang in the wilderness.

• Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen explained that the Yulan Empire’s rulers sought the Celestial Palace and Heavenly Emperor Academy to cultivate toward the Heaven-Man Realm.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen that the Jade Ripple Great Emperor had driven his parents to their deaths, and she promised to help him take revenge if the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion allied with her sect.
• Ning Xiaochuan warned Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen that the Imperial City remained well defended and proposed waiting for the Demon Sect and the court to weaken each other before striking.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade identified Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen as a member of the Jade Crystal Beauty Race, an advanced human race from a Sixth Grade Civilization.
• Ning Xiaochuan parted from Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen and told Nie Lanzhi that he regarded her only as a little sister, leaving her heartbroken before he flew away.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed Ji Hanxing nearby, landed in the wilderness, and found Yue Wuyang instead.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Yue Wuyang after learning that Ji Hanxing had supposedly been executed, and Yue Wuyang discovered that Ning Xiaochuan was Young Master Chuan. Ning Xiaochuan found Ji Hanxing's heart by the river but neither her nor the heart, then set off after Yue Wuyang toward the Imperial City.

• Ning Xiaochuan confronted Yue Wuyang, who attacked him with the Ghost Wheel Spear and used Martial Soul Transformation.
• Yue Wuyang claimed that Ji Hanxing had betrayed him and been executed, prompting Ning Xiaochuan to fight with the Demon Sword.
• Yue Wuyang recognized Ning Xiaochuan as Young Master Chuan and fled toward the Imperial City after their weapons clashed.
• Yue Wuyang told Ning Xiaochuan that Ji Hanxing was by the river, where Ning Xiaochuan found her heart but could not locate her.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that Ji Hanxing's heart had vanished and vowed to kill Yue Wuyang before pursuing him on the Two-Headed Stone Beast.

Ning Xiaochuan pursued Yue Wuyang into the Imperial City, determined to kill him before he could expose Ning Xiaochuan as Young Master Chuan. The chapter ends with Ning Xiaochuan storming the Cloud Marquis's Mansion while the Great Golden Roc King watches, expecting a final battle between Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Wuyang.

• Ning Xiaochuan gave the Heavenly Emperor Blade the Purple Cloud Flying Sword in exchange for help killing Yue Wuyang, then rode the Two-Headed Stone Beast toward the Imperial City.
• Ning Xiaochuan broke through the North City Gate, and Zhao Yan sent word of his arrival to the Great Golden Roc King.
• The Azure Roc Marquis intercepted Yue Wuyang and directed him to meet the Great Golden Roc King at the Cloud Marquis's Mansion instead of going straight to the palace.
• The Cloud Marquis returned to his mansion after the Great Golden Roc King failed to appear, and Ning Xiaochuan arrived outside demanding that Yue Wuyang come out and die.
• Ning Xiaochuan defeated the Cloud Marquis's guards, killed Lou Guyan, and slaughtered his way into the mansion.
• The Great Golden Roc King and the Azure Roc Marquis watched from the Star Gazing Platform and concluded that Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Wuyang were heading toward their final battle.

Ning Xiaochuan stormed the Cloud Marquis's Mansion, trapped its inhabitants with a formation, and fought Yue Wuyang while the Heavenly Emperor Blade devoured their weapons. The battle left Yue Wuyang immobilized by Ning Xiaochuan's Northern Darkness Divine Art, with his life in danger.

• The Great Golden Roc King revealed that Yue Wuyang had reached the legendary Talent Level of Once in Seven Millennia and had become the first person to reach the Heaven Reaching Bridge's eighteenth level.
• Ning Xiaochuan shattered the Cloud Marquis's Mansion's formation and let the Heavenly Emperor Blade devour more than a hundred Profound Weapons.
• Ning Xiaochuan used three hundred and thirty-three Profound Stones to form a barrier that kept the mansion's occupants from escaping or sending word outside.
• Ning Xiaochuan released the Two-Headed Stone Beast and Black-haired Ghost Bat Beast and ordered them to leave no one alive as he clashed with Yue Wuyang.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade severed Yue Wuyang's Ghost Wheel Spear, and Ning Xiaochuan then used the Northern Darkness Divine Art to absorb Yue Wuyang's Martial Dao Essence Qi and immobilize him.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Yue Wuyang, Astonishing Sky Marquis, and Ten Thousand Tiger Marquis in Cloud Marquis's Mansion, using the Heavenly Emperor Blade to overpower the two marquises. Yue Wuyang then unleashed the Bronze Ancient Lamp's third layer of power, sending ninety-nine Flame Flood Dragons toward Ning Xiaochuan.

• Ning Xiaochuan used Northern Darkness Divine Art to drain Yue Wuyang's blood qi until Astonishing Sky Marquis and Ten Thousand Tiger Marquis broke through the formation and intervened.
• Astonishing Sky Marquis attacked with the Dragon Hide Drum and Ten Thousand Tiger Marquis stirred up wind, rain, and lightning with the Electric Tiger Banner, allowing Yue Wuyang to retreat.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Heavenly Emperor Blade, cut apart the drum and banner, and shattered the two marquises' Martial Dao Divine Powers with the Heavenly Emperor's phantom, sending them into a pond.
• Yue Wuyang attacked Ning Xiaochuan with the Bronze Ancient Lamp, but Ning Xiaochuan cut apart its first fire serpent and the Heavenly Emperor's phantom shattered its Flame Flood Dragon.
• Yue Wuyang activated the Bronze Ancient Lamp's third layer, releasing ninety-nine Flame Flood Dragons as the lamp rapidly consumed his blood qi.

Ning Xiaochuan unleashed the Heavenly Emperor Blade’s first domain to destroy Yue Wuyang’s attack and kill Cloud Marquis, leaving the Cloud Marquis’s Mansion in ruins. As Ning Xiaochuan wrestled with his guilt over Ji Hanxing’s death, the Holy Emperor summoned him to the palace.

• Yue Wuyang sent a Three-legged Divine Crow formed from ninety-nine Flame Flood Dragons toward Ning Xiaochuan, threatening to burn the Cloud Marquis’s Mansion.
• Ning Xiaochuan activated all eight formations in the Heavenly Emperor Blade’s first domain, while the White Bone Pearl replenished his Martial Dao Essence Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s slash split the Three-legged Divine Crow and the formation around the mansion, devastated the surrounding streets, and killed Yue Wuyang.
• Ning Xiaochuan took the Bronze Ancient Lamp and realized Ji Hanxing had taken her own life, leaving him troubled by his responsibility for the people he had hurt.
• Three hundred Black Armor Army soldiers surrounded the ruins, and an old eunuch announced that the Holy Emperor had ordered Ning Xiaochuan to enter the palace.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the imperial palace after destroying the Cloud Marquis's Mansion and killing Yue Wuyang, while allies and rivals gathered to influence the emperor's judgment. Before the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, Ning Xiaochuan accused Yue Wuyang of treason and began presenting his case, leaving the court uncertain whether the charge was true.

• Ning Xiaochuan recalled his mystic beasts and went to the palace, accepting the danger rather than risk the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion being punished for his flight.
• News of Ning Xiaochuan's victory spread through the Imperial City, and Ning Xiner learned that Yu Qianqian and the Prince had gone to the palace to help him.
• Yu Qianqian rushed to meet Ning Xiaochuan at the palace gates and scolded him, while the Great Golden Roc King advised him to give the emperor a reasonable explanation.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor demanded that Ning Xiaochuan answer for killing Yue Wuyang and the people in the Cloud Marquis's Mansion.
• Ning Xiaochuan claimed Yue Wuyang had plotted rebellion by releasing captured Heavenly Sound Sect rebels, and named witnesses who could support his accusation.

Ning Xiaochuan defended himself before the Jade Ripple Great Emperor with the Imperial Power Token, then discovered that his blood had begun to condense into sword-like drops. He prepared to advance his cultivation before an Ugly Old Woman arrived at the Marquis Mansion with several deathly figures.

• Ning Xiaochuan claimed he had loved Ji Hanxing and killed Yue Wuyang to avenge her, while the Azure Roc Marquis and other nobles pleaded for leniency.
• The Great Golden Roc King reminded the Jade Ripple Great Emperor that Ning Xiaochuan held the Imperial Power Token, and Ning Xiaochuan used it to defend his actions.
• Outside the palace, Yu Qianqian questioned Ning Xiaochuan about Ji Hanxing, and he admitted there had been a trace of mutual feeling.
• Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Marquis Mansion and discovered that his blood could condense into sword-like drops, suggesting he had found a path toward a Supreme Body.
• Ning Xiaochuan planned to refine an Earth Martial Pill and cultivate at the Heavenly Emperor Academy, but an Ugly Old Woman arrived at the mansion with several dead figures.

Ugly Old Woman brought Ji Hanxing, who had nearly died after removing her own heart, to the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion. Ning Xiaochuan transplanted her heart and revived her life force, but a trace of Corpse Qi remained, leaving her only half alive; he went to speak with her while Ugly Old Woman offered to take her as a disciple.

• Ugly Old Woman entered the mansion with five corpse servants, and Ning Xiaochuan recognized Ji Hanxing among them.
• Ugly Old Woman revealed that Ji Hanxing had removed her own heart and asked Ning Xiaochuan to implant it.
• Ning Xiaochuan operated on Ji Hanxing and used Three-Leaf Vitality Grass to restore her heart and awaken her Source of Life.
• Ji Hanxing woke, put on her armor, and left without speaking, while Ning Xiaochuan noticed that Corpse Qi still remained in her body.
• Ugly Old Woman offered to take Ji Hanxing as her disciple in hopes of finding a way to resurrect her, and Ning Xiaochuan went to speak with Ji Hanxing.

Ning Xiaochuan gave Ji Hanxing a cultivation technique before she left the Imperial City with Ugly Old Woman. With Jade Ripple Great Emperor plotting to kill him, Ning Xiaochuan then received a visit from the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen, who asked about his Divine Sword Palace.

• Ning Xiaochuan gave Ji Hanxing the Three Corpse Severance Path in hopes that she could cultivate and someday fully restore herself, and she left with Ugly Old Woman.
• After learning that Ugly Old Woman had left the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, Jade Ripple Great Emperor ordered Ji Xinhai, the Dragon Elephant Marquis, and Cui Tao to kill Ning Xiaochuan within three days.
• Ning Xiner brought Ning Xiaochuan the Eighth-Grade Seven-Colored Ganoderma but reported that the Ninth-Grade Sweet Dew Grass had already been bought by a handsome young master.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that the handsome visitor was the disguised Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen and invited her into the mansion.
• The Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen asked Ning Xiaochuan about the Divine Sword Palace and its vast production of weapons and Mysterious Artifacts.

Ning Xiaochuan secured the Ninth-Grade Sweet Dew Grass from Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen and began refining an Earth Martial Pill while secretly returning to Begonia Manor. His journey was cut short when Cui Tao and the Mystic Beast God-Slaying Battalion ambushed his carriage.

• Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen ordered more than five hundred profound weapons and thousands of other weapons, paid a deposit, and demanded that Ning Xiaochuan find Netherworld Manor within three days.
• Ning Xiaochuan traded the remaining weapon payment for the Ninth-Grade Sweet Dew Grass, then sent the order to Divine Sword Palace and left the Imperial City in disguise.
• Ning Xiaochuan started refining an Earth Martial Pill inside his carriage as he traveled toward Begonia Manor, hoping to grow strong enough to protect his family and friends.
• Cui Tao and the Mystic Beast God-Slaying Battalion blocked Ning Xiaochuan's path, declaring that the Holy Emperor had ordered his death.
• A blue-skinned woman transformed into a giant azure bird, landed on the carriage, and ripped open its roof.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Cui Tao and the Mystic Beast God-Slaying Battalion, revealing that he had cultivated a second Figurative Divine Power. He badly wounded Cui Tao with the White Bone Pearl and escaped into the wilderness, while Cui Tao survived and recognized him as a grave threat.

• Ning Xiaochuan pierced three Seventh Grade Mystic Beasts with flying swords, but Cui Tao drove the other fighters back and challenged him.
• Cui Tao transformed into a giant with Ancient Giant bones and Mystic Beast blood, overpowering Ning Xiaochuan and knocking the three swords into his chest.
• Ning Xiaochuan fused the swords into his ribs and unleashed Myriad Swords Turn to Rain, wounding Cui Tao before fleeing into the forest.
• A berserk ape tried to block Ning Xiaochuan, but he killed it with a palm blade and continued running as Cui Tao caught up.
• Ning Xiaochuan used Burning Sky with Scorching Sun to pierce Cui Tao's palm and burn much of his body, then escaped with the White Bone Pearl.
• Cui Tao began regenerating and told his soldiers that Ning Xiaochuan's Figurative Divine Power made him dangerous, but that its use had likely depleted much of his essence qi.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to Begonia Manor and learned that Dark Emperor City’s Langya Emperor had wounded two of Netherworld Manor’s Guardian Kings, leaving the Manor beset by enemies. He prepared to use the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation against Dark Emperor City and Cui Tao, while nine Earth Martial Pills were successfully refined.

• Cui Tao guessed that Ning Xiaochuan was seeking an alliance with Netherworld Manor and ordered his soldiers to follow Ning Xiaochuan’s trail.
• Ning Xiaochuan evaded the Mystic Beast God-Slaying Battalion and entered Begonia Manor through a secret passage.
• Meng Ying told Ning Xiaochuan that the Langya Emperor had injured Murong Hua and Three-Fingered Lin, who recovered after Ning Xiaochuan treated them.
• Ning Xiaochuan planned to use the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation against the Langya Emperor and Cui Tao, and sent Situ Fengwu to commission Yue Mingsong to make 333 formation flags.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned his Heart Slaves from the One Yuan Domain to help Netherworld Manor confront Dark Emperor City.
• Nine Earth Martial Pills were successfully refined on the second day.

Ning Xiaochuan broke through to the fourth level of the Earth Venerable Realm and received Yue Mingsong’s newly forged array flags, which proved to be powerful Fifth-Grade Profound Weapons. He prepared to use the costly set to strengthen the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation against threats such as Cui Tao.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined an Earth Martial Pill in a day, broke through to the fourth level of the Earth Venerable Realm, and strengthened his Martial Soul Avatar with Nine Colors Profound Water.
• Ning Xiaochuan resolved to confront the Jade Ripple Great Emperor’s forces and eliminate Cui Tao before he could threaten the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion.
• Situ Fengwu and Yue Mingsong returned to Netherworld Manor with three hundred and thirty-three refined array flags.
• Ning Xiaochuan tested an array flag by fusing it with a Mid-Grade Profound Stone and discovered it became a powerful Fifth-Grade Profound Weapon.
• Ning Xiaochuan fused Profound Stones into the array flags and prepared eight array platforms, spending more than half his wealth on the formation set.