Chapter Summaries

The Yan Clan auctioned an incomplete Ten Thousand Swords Scripture, drawing fierce bids from the Lei and Situ Clans. Luan Madam won it for eight million Profound Stones, while Ning Xiaochuan learned the Situ Clan intended to combine it with another fragment they already possessed.

• Ning Xiaochuan considered the importance of martial scriptures and hoped to obtain a complete one to advance his martial path.
• Yan Mingzhu announced the Ten Thousand Swords Scripture was one-fifth complete and opened bidding at one million Profound Stones.
• Lei Ao and experts from the great clans drove the price upward, while Ning Xiaochuan recognized Lei Ao and saw Lei Yi recovering from his injuries.
• Luan Madam bid three million Profound Stones, and Situ Jing told Ning Xiaochuan he suspected Situ Lian had stolen his Martial Heart Palace.
• After Lei Ao and Situ Lian continued bidding, Luan Madam offered eight million Profound Stones, and Lei Ao withdrew.
• Luan Madam and Situ Lian celebrated their purchase, revealing that the Situ Clan already possessed another fragment and hoped to assemble more than half the scripture.

Ning Xiaochuan bid on an Earth-Grade Profound Stone, but Lei Yi deliberately drove up its price to spite him. After the Zi Clan Old Ancestor offered to exchange one at the standard price, Ning Xiaochuan pretended to back down and accused the Yan Clan auction of allowing Lei Yi to act as a shill.

• Luan Madam and Situ Lian discussed eliminating Situ Jing and took note of Ning Xiaochuan’s talent.
• Yan Mingzhu revealed an Earth-Grade Profound Stone, and Ning Xiaochuan bid one million and one hundred thousand Profound Stones for it.
• Lei Yi raised the bid to one million and five hundred thousand, then two million, while Ning Xiaochuan bid one million and six hundred thousand.
• The Zi Clan Old Ancestor offered through Zi Hanyan to exchange an Earth-Grade Profound Stone for one million Profound Stones, and Ning Xiaochuan decided he no longer needed to compete with Lei Yi.
• Situ Jing defended Ning Xiaochuan, but Lei Yi claimed the stone was important to him and insisted that the highest bidder should win.
• Ning Xiaochuan accused the Yan Clan Auction House of letting Lei Yi drive up prices, citing the Ten Thousand Swords Scripture auction as another example.

Ning Xiaochuan provoked Lei Yi into bidding against him for an Earth-Grade Profound Stone, using his Ninth Grade Profound Weapon to make the contest seem serious. He stopped at ninety million Profound Stones, leaving Lei Yi and the Lei Clan stuck with the ruinously expensive purchase.

• Ning Xiaochuan accused the Lei Clan of rigging the auction, and the Yan Clan elder defended the auction house’s fairness.
• Ning Xiaochuan produced the Single Wheel Star Sphere, which the chief appraiser valued at no less than one hundred million Profound Stones.
• Lei Ao secretly told Lei Yi to raise the price, while the Zi Clan Old Ancestor realized Ning Xiaochuan was setting a trap for the Lei Clan.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Lei Yi drove the Earth-Grade Profound Stone’s price higher as Ning Xiaochuan appeared increasingly enraged.
• Lei Yi bid ninety million Profound Stones, and Ning Xiaochuan calmly yielded, leaving Lei Yi to pay the enormous price.

Ning Xiaochuan outwitted the Lei clan at the auction and bought ten sets of Black Gold Armor, then recognized that the finale, a Burial God Mountain map fragment, might fit the piece Monk Tan Qian had sold him. The auction ended the chapter with powerful bidders competing for the fragment, while Ning Xiaochuan realized his own map could be genuine.

• Lei Ao attacked Ning Xiaochuan, but Yan Shuiyi appeared and enforced the auction house's rules, forcing Lei Ao to return to his seat.
• Situ Jing praised Ning Xiaochuan for fooling Lei Yi, then warned him that the Lei clan and other powerful bidders might target him after the auction.
• Ning Xiaochuan bought ten sets of Black Gold Armor for one million five hundred thousand Profound Stones after other bidders hesitated to compete with him.
• Ning Xiaochuan noticed that the auction's Burial God Mountain map fragment resembled the piece Monk Tan Qian had sold him and suspected the pieces could fit together.
• Yan Mingzhu explained the map's connection to Burial God Mountain and began the bidding at three million Profound Stones as great clans and other powerful figures competed.

At the auction, the Zi Clan bought the Fragmented Map of Burial God Mountain, while Ning Xiaochuan secured an Earth-Grade Profound Stone and prepared to leave with Situ Jing. Lei Ao vowed to seize Ning Xiaochuan’s Ninth Grade Profound Weapon, and the two men left Sky Stone City wary of the danger ahead.

• The Saint Fish King and Zi Hanyan bid for the Fragmented Map, which the Zi Clan purchased for ten million Profound Stones.
• Ning Xiaochuan exchanged one million Profound Stones for an Earth-Grade Profound Stone and thanked Zi Hanyan for the Zi Clan’s help.
• Ning Xiaochuan encountered Yan Mingzhu and left Situ Jing to speak with her while he collected their auction items.
• Yan Shuiyi refused Lei Ao’s demand to forgive the Lei Clan’s ninety-million-Profound-Stone loss and suggested he take Ning Xiaochuan’s Ninth Grade Profound Weapon instead.
• Lei Yi told Lei Ao that he could track Ning Xiaochuan using his Martial Dao Imprint, and Lei Ao ordered the Lei Clan experts to pursue him.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing used Dislocation Pills and disguises to evade pursuit, then learned that Yan Mingzhu had explained her arranged marriage to Situ Jing.

Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing encountered Monk Tan Qian in Sky Stone City and discovered that the Fragmented Map Tan Qian had sold was genuine. As the Lei clan surrounded Bhiksu Temple with a lightning barrier, Ning Xiaochuan, Situ Jing, and Tan Qian were trapped inside.

• Situ Jing explained why he had drawn a clear line between himself and Yan Mingzhu, and Ning Xiaochuan challenged his confidence about her future wedding to Lei Yi.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Monk Tan Qian outside Bhiksu Temple, and Tan Qian tried to keep him from entering.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed that the Fragmented Map Tan Qian had sold for one hundred Profound Stones was genuine and worth tens of millions, prompting Tan Qian to open the gate.
• Tan Qian praised Ning Xiaochuan’s supposed Root of Wisdom, then claimed their fate with the map had ended and demanded its return.
• Black clouds and lightning appeared as Lei clan experts closed in, so Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing entered the Buddhist hall with Tan Qian.
• The Lei clan struck Bhiksu Temple with lightning and raised a barrier sealing off the area, while Situ Lian and Luan Madam watched and discussed the Ninth Grade Profound Weapon.

Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing were trapped inside Bhiksu Temple as the Thunder Clan surrounded Sky Stone City with the Thundercloud Shroud and demanded his Ninth Grade Profound Weapon. When the Thunder Clan stormed the temple, Ning Xiaochuan unleashed the Soul Extinguishing Bell, devastating their forces and leaving the old crone rushing to stop him.

• Zi Hanyan asked the Zi Clan Old Ancestor to help Ning Xiaochuan, but he refused to risk the clan against the Thunder Clan.
• Ning Xiaochuan realized Lei Yi had tracked him through his Martial Dao Imprint and concealed it with World Extinction Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Situ Jing he planned to break through the Thundercloud Shroud with his Ninth Grade Profound Weapon, while Monk Tan Qian insisted on packing the temple scriptures before leaving.
• Lei Yi and the Thunder Clan surrounded Bhiksu Temple, and Lei Yi blasted its walls as Death Soldiers stormed inside.
• Ning Xiaochuan's sword qi killed more than thirty Death Soldiers, after which he confronted Lei Yi and the assembled Thunder Clan experts.
• Ning Xiaochuan activated the Soul Extinguishing Bell, shattering dozens of Thunder Clan martial artists' Martial Souls, and the old crone rushed to stop him.

Ning Xiaochuan fought off Lei clan elders and battled Lei Yi, overcoming Lei Yi’s blood formation and a Heavenly Ladder Realm elder’s support. He defeated Lei Yi with the combined power of the Heavenly Venerable Seal and White Bone Pearl, stunning the people watching in Sky Stone City.

• Ning Xiaochuan blasted two Earth Venerable Realm Eighth Level Lei clan elders away with his lightning divine power and Soul Extinguishing Bell.
• Lei Yi attacked Ning Xiaochuan with the Purple Dragon Spear, but Ning Xiaochuan blocked him with Burning Sky with Scorching Sun and drove him onto the defensive with the Soul Extinguishing Bell.
• Lei Yi used an offensive blood formation embedded in his chest to break Ning Xiaochuan’s Sword Qi Cage, consuming his vital blood in the process.
• A yellow-robed Lei clan elder entered Bhiksu Temple and used Heavenly Ladder Realm Dao power to support Lei Yi.
• Ning Xiaochuan combined the Heavenly Venerable Seal and White Bone Pearl to shatter Lei Yi’s lightning attack and blast him away, leaving him badly injured.
• People in Sky Stone City watched in shock as Ning Xiaochuan defeated the famed young expert Lei Yi.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated Lei Yi and killed a Lei clan elder with the Demon Sword, then prepared to face Lei Ao. A golden Buddha phantom emerged from Bhiksu Temple, stopped Lei Ao’s attack, and crushed his Metal Flying Boat.

• Ning Xiaochuan defeated Lei Yi, while the Lei clan’s Soul Extinguishing Bell injuries left hundreds of martial practitioners wounded and several martial souls shattered.
• A First Step Heavenly Ladder elder attacked Ning Xiaochuan, but Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Demon Sword and killed him, then collected his blood.
• Lei Ao challenged Ning Xiaochuan and unleashed a massive lightning handprint toward Bhiksu Temple.
• A hundred-meter-tall golden Buddha phantom appeared from Bhiksu Temple and shattered Lei Ao’s lightning handprint, disabling the Thundercloud Shroud.
• Lei Ao sent his Metal Flying Boat crashing toward the temple, but the golden Buddha seized and crushed it in midair.

A golden Buddha apparition drove Lei Ao and the Lei Clan from Sky Stone City, leaving Ning Xiaochuan puzzled about who had summoned it. Ning Xiaochuan, Situ Jing, and Monk Tan Qian fled into the Great Wilderness, where Ning set out for Black Mist Ghost Wasteland to investigate while preparing for the dangers ahead.

• Lei Ao ordered the Lei Clan to retreat after a golden Buddha appeared, and other factions abandoned their plans to seize Ning Xiaochuan’s Ninth Grade Profound Weapon.
• Ning Xiaochuan suspected Monk Tan Qian had created the Buddha apparition, but his punch only sent the monk into a wall, and Situ Jing confirmed Tan Qian had stayed with him during the attack.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Situ Jing, and Monk Tan Qian escaped Sky Stone City and traveled several thousand miles into the Great Wilderness.
• Ning Xiaochuan announced that he would go to Black Mist Ghost Wasteland, despite Monk Tan Qian’s warnings about the Ghost King and Ghost Slaves, and Situ Jing agreed to accompany him.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Situ Jing a bottle containing 152 drops of Seventh Grade Bloodline Spirit to restore his cultivation, then prepared to cultivate himself.

Ning Xiaochuan fused his Martial Soul Sword Seal with the Demon Sword, advancing it to an Innate Ninth Grade Profound Weapon whose Ruin World expanded when it absorbed blood. After Monk Tan Qian warned him about the demonic path and tried to sell him a Buddhist bead, Situ Jing regained his peak cultivation, and Chan Chu arrived to bring Ning Xiaochuan before the Azure Queen.

• Ning Xiaochuan failed to fuse his other Martial Soul Seals, then used World Extinction Qi to guide the Martial Soul Sword Seal into the Demon Sword.
• After seven attempts, Ning Xiaochuan successfully fused the seal with the Demon Sword and tested its power by killing beasts from hundreds of miles away.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that the Demon Sword's Ruin World grew when it absorbed blood, while Monk Tan Qian warned him about the World Extinction Path and offered him an ordinary Buddhist bead.
• Situ Jing regained his peak Martial Dao cultivation and sensed a powerful Mystic Beast approaching.
• Chan Chu, a ninth-grade Mystic Beast under the Azure Queen, confronted Ning Xiaochuan and demanded that he return with it to see the king.

Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing captured Chan Chu before Azure Queen’s mystic beast leaders arrived, and Monk Tan Qian subdued the beast with a Vajra Bracelet and accepted him as a disciple. Chan Chu then revealed that the Black Mist Ghost Wasteland had vanished, possibly swallowed by space and fallen into Burial God Mountain.

• Situ Jing fought Chan Chu while Ning Xiaochuan watched, then Ning Xiaochuan joined in when Azure Queen’s mystic beast leaders approached.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Situ Jing captured Chan Chu and hid him in a secluded gorge behind an array.
• Monk Tan Qian used his Vajra Bracelet to make Chan Chu submit and become his disciple.
• Ning Xiaochuan questioned Chan Chu about the Black Mist Ghost Wasteland, and Chan Chu said it had disappeared and might have fallen into Burial God Mountain.

Ning Xiaochuan refused the Thunder Clan Old Ancestor’s invitation to enter Burial God Mountain, suspecting the clan wanted his Ninth Grade Profound Weapon. While he and his companions searched their map for a safe route, the major factions began breaking through the mountain’s deathly aura with the Thunder Ancestor Hammer.

• Ning Xiaochuan and his companions returned to Burial God Mountain, where Lei Yi challenged him again after reaching the Earth Venerable Realm Ninth Level.
• The Thunder Clan Old Ancestor invited Ning Xiaochuan to enter the mountain with the clan, but Ning Xiaochuan refused and Lei Yi vowed to fight him later.
• Ning Xiaochuan withdrew with his companions and studied their map; Monk Tan Qian identified it as showing the mountain’s central region and a route to the Source of the Nether River.
• The Thunder Clan activated the Thunder Ancestor Hammer, unleashing lightning to tear through Burial God Mountain’s deathly aura and open a Path of Life.

Ning Xiaochuan gathered Yellow Ox Taoist, Taoist Ming Shu, and other powerful independent cultivators to use the Single Wheel Star Sphere to enter Burial God Mountain. The group breached the deathly aura and advanced into the mountain, where sinister black clouds began to approach.

• The Nine Ancient Clans, Taoist temples, and Mystic Beast forces used Ninth Grade Profound Weapons to open paths through the deathly aura and enter Burial God Mountain.
• Yellow Ox Taoist asked Ning Xiaochuan to let him join, and Ning Xiaochuan agreed on the conditions that he obey commands and the group separate after entering.
• Taoist Ming Shu and other powerful cultivators sought to join Ning Xiaochuan, who allowed cultivators at the seventh level of the Earth Venerable Realm or higher to accompany him if they swore an oath.
• Fifty-three cultivators gathered their strength with Ning Xiaochuan to activate the Single Wheel Star Sphere and unleash its White Dazzle World Light.
• Ning Xiaochuan's group entered Burial God Mountain and traveled more than ten li before black clouds filled with sinister cries swept toward them.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions crossed Burial God Mountain’s deathly aura zone and learned that buried Earth Veins had transformed the land into a Sixth Grade cultivation environment. Near Heavenly Emperor Mountain, they split from the other cultivators, but Chan Chu’s attempt to fly toward the main mountain brought a giant divine eye down on them.

• Ning Xiaochuan destroyed a black yin cloud and a giant demonized skeleton with the Single Wheel Star Sphere as the group crossed Burial God Mountain.
• Monk Tan Qian suppressed a Ghost Hand in a Blood Pool with a Buddhist scripture, which was lost in the pool afterward.
• Monk Tan Qian explained that buried Earth Veins had altered Burial God Mountain’s Earth Rules, making its soil and materials far denser and richer in profound qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan and the other cultivators reached the foot of Heavenly Emperor Mountain, where most of them parted ways to search for treasures.
• Chan Chu flew toward the Main Mountain Body, but a giant hand formed from the clouds attacked him, and Ning Xiaochuan rescued him with the Single Wheel Star Sphere.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Situ Jing, Monk Tan Qian, and Chan Chu hid from the giant eye, and Monk Tan Qian explained that it was a divine eye formed from a god’s will.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions fought a stone beast in Burial God Mountain, then encountered Lei Ao, who demanded Ning Xiaochuan’s Ninth Grade Profound Weapon. Ning Xiaochuan unleashed the Profound Stone Puppet, which smashed Lei Ao into the ground as Lei Ao retaliated with a blood formation.

• A buried humanoid stone beast awakened and attacked Chan Chu, but Ning Xiaochuan and Monk Tan Qian subdued it.
• Ning Xiaochuan bought Monk Tan Qian’s powerful scripture for one million Profound Stones and began fusing the humanoid stone beast with the Two-Headed Stone Beast in his cauldron.
• Lei Ao appeared and demanded Ning Xiaochuan’s Ninth Grade Profound Weapon, threatening to kill the group if they refused.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Profound Stone Puppet, which struck Lei Ao and shattered both of his arms.
• Lei Ao unleashed a massive blood formation, and its blood qi destroyed Chan Chu’s arm as Monk Tan Qian carried him away.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Lei Ao with the Profound Stone Puppet and collected his blood and treasures. After learning that Azure Queen had taken Xiao Hong and Xiao Ling'er as disciples, he prepared his Mystic Beast Battle Pets for the journey to the Source of the Nether River, then discovered a Ninth Grade Mystic Beast spine in Lei Ao’s second Universe Pouch.

• The Black Skeleton crushed Lei Ao to death, and Ning Xiaochuan recalled the Profound Stone Puppet.
• Ning Xiaochuan collected Lei Ao’s blood and searched his body, finding two Universe Pouches filled with weapons, pills, and valuable treasures.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Situ Jing an Earth Martial Pill and traded Chan Chu a Beast Essence Pill for news that Azure Queen had taken Xiao Hong and Xiao Ling'er as disciples.
• Ning Xiaochuan fed Beast Essence Pills to his four Mystic Beast Battle Pets and considered seeking the Spring of Life at the Source of the Nether River.
• Ning Xiaochuan examined Lei Ao’s second Universe Pouch and found a Ninth Grade Mystic Beast spine.

Ning Xiaochuan refined the Ninth Grade Mystic Beast's bone marrow and broke through to the Earth Venerable Realm Eighth Level while Monk Tan Qian guarded the group. After sharing marrow with Situ Jing, Ning Xiaochuan put away the spinal bone and prepared to head for the Source of the Nether River.

• Ning Xiaochuan collected and refined the Ninth Grade Mystic Beast's bone marrow, using it to strengthen his body and cultivate Heaven Martial Essence Qi.
• Thunder Clan Old Ancestor sensed Lei Ao's death, warned the Thunder Clan martial artists, and left for Burial God Mountain's Main Mountain Body while directing them toward the Source of the Nether River.
• Situ Jing and Chan Chu marveled at Ning Xiaochuan's powerful essence qi as he completed his breakthrough to the Earth Venerable Realm Eighth Level.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered Situ Jing bone marrow to help him reach the Earth Venerable Realm Ninth Level.
• Ning Xiaochuan put away the spinal bone and prepared to set out for the Source of the Nether River.

Ning Xiaochuan used the Single Wheel Star Sphere to destroy the barrier trapping the Lei and Yan clans, unleashing the Ghost Slaves inside the canyon. Yan Shuiyi escaped with Yan Mingzhu and confronted Ning Xiaochuan, who offered to let the Yan clan pass while targeting the Lei clan.

• Ning Xiaochuan's group entered the Black Mist Ghost Wasteland and discovered that the Source of the Nether River lay deep within it.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed signs of the Yan and Lei clans through the forest and found them trapped behind a barrier while Ghost Slaves attacked.
• Ning Xiaochuan activated the Single Wheel Star Sphere with help from Situ Jing and Chan Chu, then smashed the barrier's weak point.
• The Ghost Slaves flooded into the canyon as the wounded martial artists and fleeing clan experts struggled to survive.
• Yan Shuiyi escaped with Yan Mingzhu and confronted Ning Xiaochuan, who said he would let the Yan clan pass but intended to deal with the Lei clan.

Ning Xiaochuan forced Yan Mingzhu to choose between Situ Jing and Lei Yi, then watched Situ Jing reject her and Yan Shuiyi kill Lei Yi. After the Yan women fled, Ning Xiaochuan’s Black Skeleton killed Lei Yun, though its Earth-Grade Profound Stone supply was greatly depleted.

• Lei Yun arrived with Lei Yi and urged Yan Shuiyi to join him in killing Ning Xiaochuan, but the Black Skeleton severed Lei Yun’s arm and revealed its strength.
• Ning Xiaochuan confronted Yan Shuiyi over Yan Mingzhu’s broken engagement to Situ Jing and demanded that Yan Mingzhu choose between Situ Jing and Lei Yi again.
• Yan Mingzhu chose Situ Jing, but he rejected her and said they owed each other nothing.
• Lei Yi attacked Yan Mingzhu, and Yan Shuiyi killed him before taking Yan Mingzhu away.
• Lei Yun launched a surprise attack, but Ning Xiaochuan ordered the Black Skeleton to pound him into a bloody pulp.
• Ning Xiaochuan recalled the Profound Stone Puppet and found that Lei Yun and Lei Yi’s pouches contained no Earth-Grade Profound Stones.