Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan fought Chan Chu and the Mystic Beasts sent to capture him, giving Yu Ningsheng time to flee into the Black Wasteland. After Ning Xiaochuan escaped into the forbidden Black Mist Ghost Wasteland, Chan Chu stopped pursuing him when strange black winds drove the Mystic Beasts back.

• Ning Xiaochuan refused Chan Chu's demand to return with him and warned Yu Ningsheng to flee into the Black Wasteland if they fought.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Chan Chu exchanged powerful attacks, and Ning Xiaochuan revealed the Destruction Sword Intent while defending himself against Chan Chu's Wolf Tooth Club.
• Yu Ningsheng fled into the Black Wasteland as Chan Chu ordered the Mystic Beasts to chase her; Ning Xiaochuan fought through the beasts and eventually blasted Chan Chu away with the Heavenly Venerable Seal.
• Ning Xiaochuan transformed into a Seven-Colored Streamer and escaped into the Black Wasteland, while Chan Chu and his Mystic Beasts retreated from the strange black winds.
• Chan Chu learned that Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng had entered the forbidden Black Mist Ghost Wasteland, then angrily refused to return without capturing anyone.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng entered the Black Mist Ghost Wasteland to escape Chan Chu, but encountered terrifying ghostly creatures and fled from a powerful Blood-Haired Woman. Ning Xiaochuan treated Yu Ningsheng’s severe injury and carried her onward as the creatures pursued them.

• Chan Chu ordered his subordinates to watch the wasteland and rode west to intercept Ning Xiaochuan if he escaped.
• Ning Xiaochuan reunited with Yu Ningsheng, and they traveled south before he healed his injuries inside a formation.
• A Headless Child attacked them with ghostly wind, but Ning Xiaochuan used the Bronze Ancient Lamp’s Three-legged Firebirds to drive it underground.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng tried to retreat, but the Blood-Haired Woman and the Headless Child appeared and chased them.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng combined their power with the Single Wheel Star Sphere to destroy the woman’s skeletal claw, but both were injured.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Yu Ningsheng a Blood Coagulation Pill, then carried her away at full speed as the creatures pursued them.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng escaped the Blood-Haired Woman and the Headless Child by stopping before a gorge between two mountains, where they recovered and waited. The mountains rose from beneath the earth as a gigantic, rotting blood-red camel, leaving them facing a terrifying ancient creature.

• Ning Xiaochuan carried the injured Yu Ningsheng toward a gorge while the Blood-Haired Woman and the Headless Child pursued them, then stopped when the ghosts refused to approach the mountains.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent the White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle through the gorge to scout while he and Yu Ningsheng remained outside and recovered.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined six Iron Bone Pills over the following days, increasing the strength of one arm by five hundred and forty thousand jin.
• The White-Headed Seven-Clawed Eagle reported that the gorge and the land beyond it were safe, while the two ghosts continued watching from a distance.
• The mountains trembled, causing the Blood-Haired Woman and the Headless Child to flee as the peaks revealed themselves as the humps of an enormous blood-red camel rising from beneath the earth.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng were caught atop an ancient blood-red camel carrying two enormous chests, then escaped a gigantic corpse worm as the camel resumed its journey. A colossal ghostly shadow arrived and moved to confront the camel after its ghost qi nearly transformed them into evil spirits.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng discovered they were standing on the back of a colossal blood-red camel, and Heavenly Emperor Blade warned Ning Xiaochuan that even the young Heavenly Emperor had feared disturbing it.
• The camel began walking, and a gigantic corpse worm attacked Yu Ningsheng; Ning Xiaochuan fought it off and carried her away from the camel.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng saw the camel clearly and wondered about the ancient chests it carried and the purpose of its endless journey.
• A massive ghostly shadow emerged from the Black Wind Ghost Wasteland, and its chilling presence began transforming Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Demon Sword and Bronze Ancient Lamp to protect himself and draw the cold out of Yu Ningsheng.
• The ghostly shadow noticed the camel and flew above it, while the camel continued onward, leaving enormous blood-filled footprints.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng escaped the Blood-Colored Camel’s devastating attack, but three corpse worms soon forced them into a desperate fight. After helping Yu Ningsheng get away, Ning Xiaochuan fled the pursuing worms for days, and the chapter left him near a huge river with the creatures closing in.

• Ning Xiaochuan sensed danger and fled with Yu Ningsheng as the Blood-Colored Camel’s power shattered the land and drove off the ghostly figure.
• Three corpse worms attacked Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Ningsheng, and Ning Xiaochuan sent her away while he held them back and comprehended the Cage Sword Intent.
• Ning Xiaochuan blasted the corpse worms with the Single Wheel Star Sphere, burning a year of his lifespan, then fled as they rapidly recovered and pursued him.
• After three days of flight, Ning Xiaochuan grew too weak to continue on foot, so he summoned the Two-Headed Stone Beast and tried to recover while riding it.
• The corpse worms caught up as Ning Xiaochuan considered using the Ninth Grade Profound Weapon again, and a vast river appeared ahead.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped the corpse worms by plunging into the Nether River, where he cultivated the tenth level of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi and transformed his essence qi. He broke free of the current and reached an unfamiliar frontier far from the Black Mist Ghost Wasteland.

• Ning Xiaochuan jumped into the Nether River to flee the corpse worms and was swept along its freezing, corrosive waters.
• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed all one hundred and thirty-seven drops of Bloodline Spirit while the river's pressure drove his Earth Core Pearl toward its tenth level.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached the tenth level of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, transformed his essence qi into Heaven Martial Essence Qi, and replenished his lost lifespan.
• Ning Xiaochuan braced himself on the riverbed and launched upward against the current, escaping the Nether River after more than fifty days.
• Ning Xiaochuan flew to shore and realized the river had carried him five hundred thousand li, to the frontier of the Nine Yue Territory civilization.

Ning Xiaochuan raced upstream along the Nether River to return for Yu Ningsheng, then followed the Lei Clan’s flying boats after learning that Burial God Mountain had appeared in the Great Wilderness. A mysterious monk approached him and claimed Ning Xiaochuan was destined by fate, handing him a torn piece of beast hide.

• Ning Xiaochuan flew upstream toward Yu Ningsheng, rested in a tree hollow, and restored his Essence Qi while the Black-haired Ghost Bat Beast guarded him.
• Sixteen Metal Flying Boats bearing the Lei emblem passed overhead, and Ning Xiaochuan followed them after suspecting he had reached the Nine Yue Territory.
• The Lei Clan’s Lei Ao met the Profound Purity Temple’s Brocade Water Fairy, and their groups continued toward Burial God Mountain for different purposes.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized the significance of Burial God Mountain, where a secondary god was said to be buried.
• A large monk appeared beside Ning Xiaochuan, called him destined by fate, and offered him a torn piece of beast hide.

Ning Xiaochuan met the greedy monk Tan Qian, learned about Burial God Mountain and the powers seeking its treasure, and bought a map fragment from him. He continued toward the Black Mist Ghost Wasteland, focused on finding Yu Ningsheng.

• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Tan Qian's parchment as a fragment of a map of Burial God Mountain, while Tan Qian tried to sell it to him at an inflated price.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered Tan Qian one hundred Profound Stones for answers, and Tan Qian explained Burial God Mountain's history and the Lei clan's and Profound Purity Temple's standing in the Nine Yue Territory.
• Ning Xiaochuan paid Tan Qian five hundred Profound Stones for four answers and the map fragment, and Tan Qian privately celebrated his profit.
• Ning Xiaochuan dismissed the danger of seeking treasure in Burial God Mountain and raced toward the Black Mist Ghost Wasteland to find Yu Ningsheng.

Ning Xiaochuan reached Burial God Mountain while searching for a friend and was mocked by Lei Jiu for claiming he had survived the Nether River. When Lei Jiu’s followers attacked Situ Jing and tried to force Ning Xiaochuan into the river, Ning Xiaochuan sent two Lei Clan fighters plunging into it, prompting Lei Jiu to dispatch stronger opponents.

• A gaunt cultivator warned Ning Xiaochuan that Burial God Mountain was a death forbidden ground and explained that the Nether River flowed from it.
• Lei Jiu and other gathered cultivators mocked Ning Xiaochuan’s claim that he had climbed out of the Nether River, and Lei Jiu challenged him to prove it.
• Situ Jing tried to persuade Ning Xiaochuan to leave, so Lei Jiu struck him and ordered his followers to beat him.
• Two Lei Clan fighters approached Ning Xiaochuan to throw him into the river, but he sent both of them into the Nether River instead.
• Lei Jiu ordered Lei Hai and Lei Xie, two Worldly Detachment Realm Ninth Level talents, to test Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan drove the Lei Family away with his Heart Slaves, then searched around Burial God Mountain for the missing upper reaches of the Nether River and the Black Mist Wasteland without success. After witnessing a Daoist master die inside the mountain, he abandoned his own attempt to enter and decided to seek an Earth-Grade Profound Stone in Nine Yue Territory, where Situ Jing began telling him his story.

• Ning Xiaochuan secretly controlled four Lei Family geniuses, causing them to jump into the Nether River, and Lei Jiu led the remaining Lei Family members away.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Situ Jing an Intermediate Pill, and Situ Jing warned him that the Nether River began inside Burial God Mountain and that the Lei Family would seek revenge.
• Ning Xiaochuan circled Burial God Mountain but found no Nether River or Black Mist Wasteland beyond it, leaving him unable to locate Yu Ningsheng or the blood-red camel.
• An elderly Daoist master entered Burial God Mountain along the Nether River, but a strange force destroyed his artifacts and killed him after he traveled about ten miles.
• Ning Xiaochuan decided to buy an Earth-Grade Profound Stone in Nine Yue Territory before trying to enter Burial God Mountain again, then rejoined Situ Jing and heard him begin his story.

Ning Xiaochuan discovered that Situ Jing’s transplanted Martial Heart Palace was defective and suspected the current Situ Clan king, Situ Nanlie, of conspiring to cripple Situ Jing and his grandfather. Using Situ Jing’s blood, Ning Xiaochuan successfully cultivated a new Human-Shaped Heart Palace and traveled with him toward a secluded place to restore it.

• Situ Jing told Ning Xiaochuan that his Martial Heart Palace had been dug out and that he had come to Burial God Mountain to find medicine for his bedridden grandfather.
• Ning Xiaochuan examined Situ Jing and discovered that his replacement Heart Palace was defective, suggesting the transplant had been sabotaged.
• Ning Xiaochuan concluded that Situ Nanlie was connected to the attacks on Situ Jing and his grandfather, and Situ Jing resolved to expose him.
• Ning Xiaochuan used a drop of Situ Jing’s blood and the Heart Aperture of his Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace to cultivate a new Human-Shaped Heart Palace.
• After half a month, Ning Xiaochuan announced that he had succeeded, and Situ Jing hurried toward his home so Ning Xiaochuan could restore his Martial Heart Palace.

Ning Xiaochuan restored Situ Jing’s cultivation and agreed to examine his grandfather if he could, while Situ Jing helped him pursue Earth-Grade Profound Stones needed for Ning Xiaochuan’s search for his missing friend. In Sky Stone City, they prepared for the Yan Clan auction as news of Burial God Mountain drew powerful forces to the region.

• Situ Jing’s Martial Dao cultivation recovered by thirty percent, and he vowed to repay those who had humiliated him before bowing three times to Ning Xiaochuan.
• Situ Jing asked Ning Xiaochuan to heal his grandfather, but Ning Xiaochuan said he first had to find his missing friend and asked where he could obtain Earth-Grade Profound Stones.
• Situ Jing explained that the Yan Clan might auction an Earth-Grade Profound Stone and arranged for Uncle Zhao to spread the word and secure Ning Xiaochuan an auction entry token.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing reached Sky Stone City, where Ning Xiaochuan observed humans and mysterious beasts sharing the streets.
• Situ Jing warned Ning Xiaochuan that Burial God Mountain’s emergence had drawn great clans and Daoist temples to Sky Stone City, and advised him to follow their lead if he entered the mountain.

Ning Xiaochuan spent nine days refining Iron Bone Pills and prepared to sell them to fund his purchase of an Earth-Grade Profound Stone at the coming auction. Disguised with Situ Jing, he entered the Lei Clan’s Sky Thunder Pavilion, where their arrival caught the attention of a veiled woman and Lei Jiu.

• Diners revealed that Yan Mingzhu would host an auction in ten days, and Situ Jing told Ning Xiaochuan she had once been his fiancée but would soon marry Lei Yi.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined nine batches of Iron Bone Pills, producing thirty-seven pills with a success rate approaching sixty percent.
• Situ Jing recovered sixty percent of his cultivation and gave Ning Xiaochuan addresses for the Nine Great Clans’ shops so he could sell the pills.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing took Dislocation Pills to disguise themselves, then went to sell pills at the Lei Clan’s Sky Thunder Pavilion.
• Ning Xiaochuan loudly demanded to see the person in charge, drawing the attention of Lei Jiu and the veiled woman on the second floor.

Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing brought Iron Bone Pills to Sky Thunder Pavilion and drew competing offers from powerful Daoist temples and the Lei clan. They arranged an auction, which began as the Sky Thunder Pavilion Master joined the bidding.

• Ning Xiaochuan revealed that he was an Advanced Heart Nourisher and presented Iron Bone Pills, prompting martial artists and Dao Gate Cultivators to take interest.
• Lei Rong offered ten thousand Profound Stones, but Situ Jing explained the pills' benefits, and Old Daoist Ming Shu and Yellow Ox Taoist offered higher bids.
• Ming Shu and Yellow Ox Taoist tried to buy the pills for their temples, while Lei Jiu ordered Lei Rong to summon the Pavilion Master.
• Ning Xiaochuan proposed an auction with payment made on the spot, and Ming Shu and Yellow Ox Taoist agreed to the terms.
• Lei Yutian arrived with Lei clan members, waived the venue fee, and asked to join the auction; Ning Xiaochuan noticed that Lei Jiu had returned from the Great Wilderness.

Ning Xiaochuan auctioned eighteen Iron Bone Pills at Sky Thunder Pavilion for 625,000 Profound Stones, then left with Situ Jing. The Sky Thunder Pavilion Master secretly sent Lei Jiu after them to seize their remaining pills and the formula, while Ning Xiaochuan expected the Four Great Taoist Temples to offer even more for the rest.

• Ning Xiaochuan sold three Iron Bone Pills to Taoist Ming Shu for 75,000 Profound Stones, five to the Sky Thunder Pavilion Master for 200,000, and ten to the Yan Clan elder for 350,000.
• The Sky Thunder Pavilion Master asked Ning Xiaochuan to sell the Iron Bone Pill formula, but Ning Xiaochuan refused, saying it had been passed down by his master.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing left Sky Thunder Pavilion and changed back to their original appearances after evading pursuit.
• The Sky Thunder Pavilion Master revealed that he had marked the pair with Spirit Tallow Flower Powder and sent Lei Jiu after them with a Spirit Tallow Bee, ordering him to seize their pills and formula.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Situ Jing that he had kept nineteen of his thirty-seven Iron Bone Pills to sell later, when the Four Great Taoist Temples might drive up the price.

Situ Jing ended years of humiliation by recovering his cultivation and slaughtering Lei Jiu and the Lei Family ambushers, while Ning Xiaochuan stopped Zi Hanyan and her elders from secretly following them. The chapter left Ning Xiaochuan confronting the Zi Clan party as they proposed cooperation and warned of the danger of revealing Situ Jing’s recovery.

• Lei Rong trapped Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing in an alley with a Sumeru Crystal Stone while Lei Jiu mocked Situ Jing over Yan Mingzhu.
• Situ Jing revealed that his cultivation had recovered, killed Lei Jiu, and slaughtered Lei Rong and the other Lei Family martial artists.
• Ning Xiaochuan collected the Sumeru Crystal Stone, then swiftly caught Zi Hanyan at swordpoint outside the alley as Situ Jing joined him.
• Zi Hanyan said she and her two violet-robed elders had followed out of curiosity, while Situ Jing identified her as a Zi Clan prodigy.
• Zi Hanyan’s elder warned that the Situ Clan would hunt them if Situ Jing’s recovery became known and offered cooperation, but Ning Xiaochuan challenged their threats.

Ning Xiaochuan spared Zi Hanyan and her companions, then agreed to sell her nineteen Iron Bone Pills before the Yan Clan Auction. As the auction drew near, powerful clans and mysterious beasts gathered in Sky Stone City, and Yan Mingzhu and Lei Yi arrived.

• Ning Xiaochuan accepted Situ Jing’s advice and let Zi Hanyan and the two purple-robed elders live after they swore not to reveal his secret.
• Zi Hanyan explained that Spirit Tallow Flower Powder had allowed Lei Jiu to track Situ Jing, and she discussed cooperation with him while Ning Xiaochuan declined to join the Zi Clan.
• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to sell Zi Hanyan nineteen Iron Bone Pills for one million Profound Stones, to be paid at the Yan Clan Auction.
• Zi Hanyan learned that the Zi Clan’s old ancestor and other Heaven-Man Realm experts had arrived in Sky Stone City, and she chose to befriend Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing rather than make enemies of them.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing went to the crowded Yan Clan Auction House, where high-grade mysterious beasts and powerful cultivators had gathered.
• Yan Mingzhu and Lei Yi arrived at the auction house in golden carriages, drawing attention from the crowd.

Ning Xiaochuan confronted Lei Yi after Lei Yi taunted Situ Jing about marrying Yan Mingzhu, and secretly injured him in their clash. The Zi Clan’s white-haired Ancestor recognized Ning Xiaochuan’s hidden abilities and ordered Zi Hanyan to invite him for a personal meeting.

• Yan Mingzhu sensed Situ Jing watching her and approached him, while Lei Yi announced that he and Yan Mingzhu would marry in half a year.
• Ning Xiaochuan answered Lei Yi’s taunts on Situ Jing’s behalf, and the two exchanged Martial Soul attacks that forced them both back.
• Yan Mingzhu warned Situ Jing to avoid opposing the Yan and Lei Clans, while Ning Xiaochuan told Situ Jing that Lei Yi had been injured and urged him to seize the chance to kill him.
• Situ Jing refused to act because revealing his cultivation could endanger his grandfather, and he continued to endure the humiliation.
• Zi Hanyan’s Ancestor identified Ning Xiaochuan’s Martial Soul Seal as a Heavenly Venerable Seal, recognized that Lei Yi had lost the exchange, and ordered Zi Hanyan to invite Ning Xiaochuan to meet him.

Ning Xiaochuan met the Zi Clan Old Ancestor, who questioned him about his cultivation and the giant blood-red camel he had encountered in the Great Wasteland. The ancestor linked the camel’s awakening to Burial God Mountain’s emergence and warned that the Black Mist Ghost Wasteland might have been transported there, leaving Ning Xiaochuan determined to search for Yu Ningsheng.

• Zi Hanyan brought Ning Xiaochuan to meet the Zi Clan Old Ancestor, who questioned him about Daoist arts and his tenth-level Heaven and Earth Profound Qi cultivation.
• Ning Xiaochuan claimed his mysterious master had taught him the cultivation formula, and the Zi Clan Old Ancestor assumed the master was a Heaven-Man from Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• Ning Xiaochuan described the blood-red camel he had encountered, and the Zi Clan Old Ancestor identified it as a legendary creature from the Era of Gods whose awakening may have caused Burial God Mountain to emerge.
• The Zi Clan Old Ancestor suggested the Black Mist Ghost Wasteland might have been transported into Burial God Mountain, and Ning Xiaochuan resolved to search for Yu Ningsheng after the Yan Clan Auction.
• The Zi Clan Old Ancestor sent Zi Lin to check whether the Black Mist Ghost Wasteland had vanished from the Great Wasteland.

The Yan Clan auction opened with rare treasures, including Silver-Grade Extraterrestrial Star Iron and Iron Bone Pills, while Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing watched from the crowd. The bidding then reached its first major climax with the reveal of a martial scripture, leaving Ning Xiaochuan and the other attendees eager to learn more.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing entered the crowded Yan Clan auction and watched Yan Mingzhu open the proceedings.
• Yan Mingzhu presented Silver-Grade Extraterrestrial Star Iron, which an old Artifact Refinement Master bought for one hundred thousand Profound Stones.
• The Profound Purity Temple bought ten Iron Bone Pills for four hundred and ten thousand Profound Stones after the Yan Clan had purchased them from Ning Xiaochuan for three hundred and fifty thousand.
• The auction continued with rare items, including a human woman and Profound Spirit Wood, before Yan Mingzhu announced an item with a starting price of one million Profound Stones.
• Yan Mingzhu revealed that the high-priced item was a martial scripture found by a Yan Clan elder, and the audience reacted with shock.