Chapter Summaries

As Ning Xiaochuan prepared to leave Netherworld Manor, Yue Mingsong emerged from seclusion with a powerful Profound Stone Puppet and offered to trade it for the Mystic Artifact Compendium. Ning Xiaochuan agreed to exchange one section, and Yue Mingsong revealed that an Earth-Grade Profound Stone could let the puppet contend against a Heaven-Man.

• Ning Xiaochuan uprooted the Blood Toad Wood from Purple Qi Garden and stored it in his Universe Pouch so he could refine Blood Pills for Yu Ningsheng.
• Yue Mingsong emerged from a hidden cave and showed Ning Xiaochuan a twelve-meter Black Skeleton he had refined into a Profound Stone Puppet.
• Yue Mingsong powered the puppet with a High-Grade Profound Stone, and it overwhelmed Ning Xiaochuan's attacks before Yue Mingsong ordered it to stop.
• Ning Xiaochuan refused to trade all the remaining sections of the Mystic Artifact Compendium and offered at most one section for the puppet.
• Yue Mingsong accepted the offer and said an Earth-Grade Profound Stone could let the puppet fight a Heaven-Man.

Ning Xiaochuan acquired a Profound Stone Puppet from Yue Mingsong and set out with him for the Southern Frontier to find medicine for an injured friend. Meanwhile, Nie Lanxin brought Nie Lanzhi, Xiao Ling'er, and Little Red to Nanyue City, where a confrontation over the child ended with Nie Lanxin promising not to hurt her.

• Ning Xiaochuan traded nine hundred chapters of the Mystic Artifact Compendium to Yue Mingsong for the Profound Stone Puppet and learned its Four Word Incantation.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong joined the others aboard the warship and sailed south toward the Southern Frontier.
• Nie Lanxin disabled several leering martial artists who surrounded her and Nie Lanzhi at Nanyue City's gate.
• Nie Lanzhi protected Xiao Ling'er from Nie Lanxin and threatened to kill herself if her sister came closer.
• Nie Lanxin stopped and promised Nie Lanzhi that she would not hurt Xiao Ling'er.

Nie Lanxin led Nie Lanzhi and Xiao Ling'er toward the Southern Wilderness to seek an ancient Secret Cave, while Ning Xiaochuan studied how to become a Grand Heart Nourisher aboard a ship heading south. Yue Mingsong explained the dangers and scale of the region, pointed him toward the Nine Yue Territory as a possible source of rare medicine, and then departed in a transformed metal vessel.

• Nie Lanxin revealed that the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s memories described a Secret Cave in the Southern Wilderness that might help her reach the Heaven-Man Realm, and she continued south with Nie Lanzhi and Xiao Ling'er.
• Ning Xiaochuan reviewed Guo Shidao’s cultivation insights and concluded that he already met the basic requirements to become a Grand Heart Nourisher, but still needed knowledge and experience in medicine.
• Yue Mingsong warned Ning Xiaochuan that finding Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine in the vast Southern Wilderness would be difficult and described its low-level civilizations and dangerous mysterious-beast territory.
• Yue Mingsong told Ning Xiaochuan that the Nine Yue Territory, an Advanced Civilization far to the south, might offer a chance to buy rare medicine.
• Ning Xiaochuan said he would first search the hidden cave from Cui Tao’s memories, where the bones of the Black Bone Giant Race had been found.
• Yue Mingsong activated a small metal boat, expanded it into a large vessel, and departed after telling Ning Xiaochuan they would meet again in the Southern Wilderness.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng traveled into the Southern Wilderness seeking medicine to cure her incomplete bloodline and worsening injuries. They reached a mist-filled valley where Ning Xiaochuan sensed an aura left behind by Xiao Hong.

• Yue Mingsong departed on his metal ship after telling Ning Xiaochuan to hand over the rest of the Mystic Artifact Compendium when they met again.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached Ling Zi Domain, learned the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion controlled the region, and declined to visit its new residence before his urgent business.
• Ning Xiaochuan bought alchemical ingredients and refined a Blood Coagulation Pill that temporarily healed Yu Ningsheng's shoulder wound.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng entered the Southern Wilderness to find rare medicine that could cure her injuries and incomplete bloodline.
• The Black-haired Ghost Bat Beast killed a poisonous black python and guarded Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng as they crossed Golden Toad Mountain.
• At the mist-filled valley, Ning Xiaochuan sensed an aura connected to Xiao Hong.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng found the sealed entrance to an ancient cave, while Nie Lanxin recovered from its dangers and explained that a Heavenly Ghost Soul Fiend guarded its depths. The White Fox Old Ancestor appeared with Xiao Ling'er and Little Red bound, and Nie Lanxin confronted him to demand their return.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng entered the valley and found an ancient cave entrance protected by a powerful formation that Ning Xiaochuan could not break.
• Ning Xiaochuan suspected Nie Lanxin had sealed the cave because of a terrifying secret inside, though he wondered how she had learned its location.
• Nie Lanxin told Nie Lanzhi that a Heavenly Ghost Soul Fiend had forced her to retreat from the cave, where she had also found a strange door and a Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine.
• Nie Lanxin sensed the White Fox Old Ancestor nearby and clashed with his water attack using her ancient zither.
• The White Fox Old Ancestor revealed that Xiao Ling'er and Little Red were bound by his Dragon Binding Lock, and he injured Little Red when it struggled.
• Nie Lanxin declared that Xiao Ling'er and Little Red were her rare mysterious beasts and demanded that the White Fox Old Ancestor return them.

Nie Lanxin fought White Fox Old Ancestor after he refused to return Little Red and Xiao Ling'er, while Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng reconsidered their search in the Southern Wilderness. The battle remained unresolved as Ning Xiaochuan argued that the Heaven-Man Dao Debate would give them time to prepare for changes in the Yulan Empire.

• White Fox Old Ancestor recognized Little Red and Xiao Ling'er as rare beings and refused to return them to Nie Lanxin.
• White Fox Old Ancestor placed Little Red and Xiao Ling'er in a purple Universe Pouch, and he and Nie Lanxin began fighting.
• Nie Lanxin and White Fox Old Ancestor exchanged devastating attacks, and both suffered severe wounds as their weapons clashed.
• White Fox Old Ancestor transformed into his enormous white fox true body and continued battling Nie Lanxin across the Southern Wilderness.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng withdrew from the restricted valley, and Yu Ningsheng urged them to stop searching for rare medicine and prepare for events in the Yulan Empire.
• Ning Xiaochuan said the Heaven-Man Dao Debate could last for years, giving them time to establish their strength before its outcome reshaped the empire.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng set out to search the southern frontier for Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine, but a massive beast tide drew Ning Xiaochuan toward a battle in the wilderness. He discovered Nie Lanxin and the White Fox Old Ancestor fighting to exhaustion and prepared to exploit their mutual wounds to rescue Little Red and Xiao Ling'er.

• Ning Xiaochuan showed Yu Ningsheng a map of possible sites for Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine and said they would search them before considering a journey to an advanced human civilization.
• A huge tide of mysterious beasts fled north, so Ning Xiaochuan left Yu Ningsheng behind and went to investigate the disturbance.
• Ning Xiaochuan found Nie Lanxin battling the White Fox Old Ancestor, who revealed his jade-transformed claw and unleashed the Ninth Grade Profound Weapon Single Wheel Star Sphere.
• Ning Xiaochuan hid underground and decided to wait for the two enemies to weaken, hoping to rescue Little Red and Xiao Ling'er and possibly eliminate them.
• After two days and one night of fighting, Nie Lanxin and the White Fox Old Ancestor were both gravely weakened, with the White Fox Old Ancestor reduced to less than one-tenth of his peak strength.

Nie Lanxin broke her oath after reclaiming Little Red and Xiao Ling'er, shattering White Fox Old Ancestor’s body before its Purple Lightning Sword Core wounded her. Ning Xiaochuan arrived to save the two creatures and trapped both injured foes in the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation.

• White Fox Old Ancestor offered to return one creature, but Nie Lanxin demanded both and revealed that her Divine Wisdom was restoring her strength and lifespan.
• White Fox Old Ancestor returned Little Red and Xiao Ling'er after Nie Lanxin swore an oath, but she attacked and shattered its body, leaving only its head.
• Nie Lanxin revealed she had seized Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen’s body and tried to kill White Fox Old Ancestor, but its Purple Lightning Sword Core pierced her before it fled.
• Ning Xiaochuan ambushed White Fox Old Ancestor, then learned Nie Lanxin had sealed Little Red and Xiao Ling'er inside a restriction.
• Ning Xiaochuan planted 333 formation flags and activated the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation, trapping Nie Lanxin and White Fox Old Ancestor within it.

Ning Xiaochuan trapped Nie Lanxin and the White Fox Old Ancestor in the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation, then pursued Nie Lanxin with the Bronze Ancient Lamp. He stopped short of killing her after Nie Lanzhi begged to take her sister’s place, leaving Nie Lanxin alive but badly burned and raising new suspicions about the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen and a mysterious ancient cave.

• Ning Xiaochuan strengthened the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation with three beasts and attacked Nie Lanxin with the Bronze Ancient Lamp and ten Three-legged Firebirds.
• The White Fox Old Ancestor broke out of the formation and fled, so Ning Xiaochuan sent the Profound Stone Puppet after him.
• Ning Xiaochuan intensified the firebirds’ assault with his blood, trapping Nie Lanxin in a shrinking fireball.
• Nie Lanzhi pleaded with Ning Xiaochuan to spare her sister and offered to die in her place.
• Ning Xiaochuan withdrew the Bronze Ancient Lamp, and Nie Lanxin survived the flames with her Jade Beauty Race body severely scorched.

Ning Xiaochuan reunited with Yu Ningsheng and learned that a dangerous creature, possibly a Heavenly Ghost Soul Fiend, lurked in the sealed cave. He led Yu Ningsheng and their companions toward the White Fox Old Ancestor’s lair at Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge, where they faced dangers as they approached.

• Ning Xiaochuan spared the injured Nie Lanxin, who left with Nie Lanzhi and resolved to recover using a Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine.
• Ning Xiaochuan reunited with Yu Ningsheng, and she accepted his decision not to kill Nie Lanxin after learning about their past.
• Little Red’s warning led Ning Xiaochuan to suspect that a Heavenly Ghost Soul Fiend was trapped inside the ancient cave and could threaten the Yulan Empire if it escaped.
• After learning that the wounded White Fox Old Ancestor had fled to Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge, Ning Xiaochuan set out with Yu Ningsheng, Little Red, Xiao Ling'er, and the Two-Headed Stone Beast.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Yu Ningsheng Evil Dragon Scale Armor and an antidote pill before they advanced through dangerous terrain toward the White Fox Old Ancestor’s lair.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng encountered the White Fox Old Ancestor and a group of powerful Mystic Beasts on Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge. Ning Xiaochuan fought the White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle and left him buried in a deep crater.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng climbed through the snowy mountains of Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge and were confronted by the White Fox Old Ancestor and hundreds of Mystic Beasts.
• Ning Xiaochuan taunted the beasts by describing how he could use their bodies to refine pills, then knocked down and bound the Golden Scale Tiger.
• The White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle attacked Ning Xiaochuan after he struck the Golden Scale Tiger, but Ning Xiaochuan repelled him with a punch.
• Ning Xiaochuan handed Yu Ningsheng the Dragon Binding Lock and fought the White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle using only his body.
• Ning Xiaochuan's blood transformed into tiny swords and his strength surged, allowing him to slam the White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle into a three-meter-deep pit.

Ning Xiaochuan awakened a surge of Supreme Power, subdued the White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle with the Mystic Beast Appraisal, and fought White Fox Old Ancestor’s forces alongside Yu Ningsheng. White Fox Old Ancestor activated the Ten Thousand Beasts Great Array, trapping Ning Xiaochuan and his companions as Ning Xiaochuan claimed he could exploit its flaws.

• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that his physical strength had increased and used Supreme Power to break the White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle’s claw.
• Ning Xiaochuan collected the injured White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle into the Mystic Beast Appraisal, alarming White Fox Old Ancestor and the surrounding Mystic Beasts.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng fought hundreds of Mystic Beasts with the help of Ning Xiaochuan’s four Mystic Beasts and Yu Ningsheng’s Cloud Dwelling Sword.
• White Fox Old Ancestor activated the Ten Thousand Beasts Great Array, surrounding Ning Xiaochuan, Yu Ningsheng, Xiao Hong, and Xiao Ling'er with attacking beast shadows.
• Ning Xiaochuan told White Fox Old Ancestor that the formation had too many flaws to trap him.

Ning Xiaochuan used the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation to break White Fox Old Ancestor’s Ten Thousand Beasts Great Array and drove the Ninth Grade Mystic Beast into flight. He returned with White Fox Old Ancestor’s Single Wheel Star Sphere and severed ear, then prepared to refine the ear’s blood to strengthen his cultivation.

• Ning Xiaochuan and seven Earth Venerable Realm allies activated the Eight Winds Erosion God Formation inside White Fox Old Ancestor’s Ten Thousand Beasts Great Array, overwhelming it and injuring thousands of mystic beasts.
• White Fox Old Ancestor attacked Ning Xiaochuan with the Single Wheel Star Sphere, but Ning Xiaochuan knocked it away and severed White Fox Old Ancestor’s left ear with the World Extinction Sword Soul.
• White Fox Old Ancestor fled after using a Forbidden Technique, and Ning Xiaochuan ordered his allies to collect Profound Stones and bind surviving high-level mystic beasts before pursuing it.
• Ning Xiaochuan chased White Fox Old Ancestor for over two thousand li but failed to catch it; Yu Ningsheng gave him the recovered Single Wheel Star Sphere, which contained two Ruin Worlds.
• Ning Xiaochuan collected the blood from White Fox Old Ancestor’s severed ear and decided to refine its Bloodline Spirit directly into his body.

Ning Xiaochuan refined Ninth Grade Mystic Beast blood into Bloodline Spirit, gathered valuable spoils, and assessed the potential of captured Mystic Beasts and their servants. Sui Hanyu then urged him to leave the Yulan Empire for training in the Nine Yue Territory, warning that a great change would soon threaten all living beings.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined twenty-one drops of Ninth Grade Mystic Beast Bloodline Spirit, gave six drops to Yu Ningsheng and the beasts, and kept ten for his cultivation.
• Yu Ningsheng gave Ning Xiaochuan the Profound Stones gathered from the battlefield, worth more than three hundred and seventy thousand Low-Grade Profound Stones, while Ning Xiaochuan kept the White Fox Old Ancestor's ear as treasure.
• Ning Xiaochuan found that the seventeen captured high-grade Mystic Beasts had little remaining potential, then refined their blood into seventeen bottles of Bloodline Spirit and collected forty-seven kinds of other treasures.
• The Fish Jiao, Black-haired Ghost Bat Beast, Two-Headed Stone Beast, and Little Red grew stronger after consuming Mystic Beast meat and Bloodline Spirit.
• Sui Hanyu told Ning Xiaochuan that a great change was coming and sent him to train in the Nine Yue Territory, a vast and war-torn Fifth Grade Civilization south of the Yulan Empire.

Ning Xiaochuan searched White Fox Old Ancestor's lair for a Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine but found none, while arranging for its treasures to be sent back to the Yulan Empire. Meanwhile, the wounded White Fox Old Ancestor tried to recover with a nearly mature Crimson Blaze Flower, only for the Azure Queen to claim it and seize his Purple Lightning Sword Core.

• Sui Hanyu told Ning Xiaochuan that a great opportunity awaited him in the Nine Yue Territory, then vanished.
• Ning Xiaochuan broke into White Fox Old Ancestor's lair, took some of its treasures, and ordered the White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle to send a map and letter to the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion.
• Ning Xiaochuan searched the lair for a Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicine but found none.
• White Fox Old Ancestor hid in a cave beyond the Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge and prepared to use his nine-hundred-year-old Crimson Blaze Flower to heal his injuries.
• The Azure Queen confronted White Fox Old Ancestor for crossing into the Fanhou Demon Emperor's territory and moved to take the Crimson Blaze Flower.
• White Fox Old Ancestor attacked with his Purple Lightning Sword Core, but the Azure Queen caught it and claimed it as her own.

Azure Queen killed the White Fox Old Ancestor and decided to wait beside the Spirit Pool for the Crimson Blaze Flower to mature. Meanwhile, Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng traveled deeper into the Great Wilderness, where Ning Xiaochuan continued cultivating and practicing pill refinement.

• Azure Queen claimed the White Fox Old Ancestor's Purple Lightning Sword Core, killed it, and went to sleep beside the Crimson Blaze Flower until it matured.
• Nie Lanzhi and Nie Lanxin found bloodstains in Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge, assumed Ning Xiaochuan had killed the White Fox Old Ancestor, and headed toward Heavenly Emperor Mountain using the Ancient Dao Map.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng camped in the Great Wilderness, where the White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle warned them about Azure Queen and recounted legends of Burial God Mountain and the Nether River.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined Bloodline Spirit and studied Guo Shidao's insights as the group traveled cautiously through the Great Wilderness.
• Ning Xiaochuan began practicing the Iron Bone Pill formula to improve his Advanced Pill success rate and work toward becoming a Grand Heart Nourisher.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions followed Xiao Ling'er to a hidden Black Cliff, where they broke through arrays and entered a cave in search of a fiery red flower. Inside, they found traces of the White Fox Old Ancestor and a huge golden sphere, leaving its nature and the cave’s dangers unresolved.

• Ning Xiaochuan successfully refined seven Iron Bone Pills and tested one, discovering that it could greatly strengthen bones and improve physical recovery.
• Xiao Ling'er spotted a fiery red flower near a distant Black Cliff, so Ning Xiaochuan sent the White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle to scout before leading the group there.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Bronze Ancient Lamp to break the array at the cave entrance, and Xiao Ling'er confirmed that the flower was inside.
• Ning Xiaochuan found blood and recognized the White Fox Old Ancestor’s aura, warning the others not to let him escape again.
• Little Red found a huge golden sphere with a faint flame inside and tried to carry it out of the cave.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions found a nearly mature Crimson Blaze Flower beside the apparently dead Azure Queen, who suddenly awakened and claimed authority over Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge. She declared them her servants, then became fascinated with Little Red, leaving Ning Xiaochuan and the others under her control.

• Ning Xiaochuan discovered White Fox Old Ancestor's remains and found the Crimson Blaze Flower beside an azure-clad girl who seemed dead.
• The azure-clad girl awoke while Ning Xiaochuan was examining the flower and learned it would mature in eighteen months.
• Ning Xiaochuan told the girl that his group came from the Nine Yue Territory, and she introduced herself as Azure Queen, sovereign of Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge.
• Azure Queen ordered Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng to guard the flower as her servants, then joked about eating them before revealing she was vegetarian.
• Little Red entered the cave, and Azure Queen recognized it as a Divine Dragon Cub and lifted it to inspect it.

Ning Xiaochuan let the Azure Queen take Xiao Ling'er and Little Red to teach them cultivation, while he and Yu Ningsheng remained trapped behind her sealing array. After three months of cultivation, he condensed three Martial Soul Seals: a cauldron, a sword, and a Heavenly Venerable Seal.

• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to let the Azure Queen take Xiao Ling'er and Little Red, giving Little Red a Phoenix Feather to use if she threatened them.
• The White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle reported that the Azure Queen had sealed off Black Cliff, and Ning Xiaochuan failed to break the barrier with the Demon Sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan resolved to reach the seventh level of the Earth Venerable Realm, break the seal, and take Xiao Ling'er and Little Red away if the Azure Queen had ulterior motives.
• Over three months, Ning Xiaochuan refined nine Bloodline Spirits and reached the peak of the sixth level of the Earth Venerable Realm.
• As Ning Xiaochuan condensed a Martial Soul Seal, conflicting forces shaped it into a cauldron, a sword, and a Heavenly Venerable Seal, which formed in three different places within his body.

Ning Xiaochuan discovered that he had formed three Martial Soul Seals and fled Black Cliff with Yu Ningsheng after breaking the Azure Queen’s confinement formation. They entered a perilous wasteland, where Chan Chu caught up with them and revealed that they were in the Northern Territory, not the Southern Territory.

• Ning Xiaochuan tested his Martial Soul Sword Seal and Heavenly Venerable Seal, whose blast broke the Azure Queen’s confinement formation at the cost of much of his essence qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng left the Crimson Blaze Flower behind and fled south, while the Azure Queen sent Chan Chu after them.
• After traveling more than a hundred thousand miles, Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng reached a black wasteland, where Ning Xiaochuan identified the soil as Ancient Blood Soil.
• Chan Chu caught up with Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng atop a Unicorn Rhino, accompanied by a horde of Mystic Beasts, and ordered them to return to the Azure Queen.
• Ning Xiaochuan questioned Chan Chu about the region, and Chan Chu told him they were in the Great Wilderness of the Northern Territory.