Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Xiao Li by diving into a river, where he discovered three Hidden Meridians and began opening one. Xiao Li tracked him down again, but Ning Xiaochuan’s sword technique had grown stronger, and he fled into the forest as Xiao Li continued the pursuit.

• Ning Xiaochuan fought back with his Profound Qi Sword Five-Hit Combo, then fell into the river and escaped downstream while Xiao Li searched the banks.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered three blocked Hidden Meridians and used Martial Dao Profound Qi to open a small portion of the third one.
• Xiao Li searched the opposite riverbank and tried to draw Ning Xiaochuan out, but Ning Xiaochuan stayed hidden until nightfall.
• Xiao Li tracked Ning Xiaochuan’s aura after he left the marsh, forcing him to flee again.
• Ning Xiaochuan shattered Xiao Li’s five Profound Qi Swords with his Profound Qi Sword Six-Hit Combo and escaped into the forest as Xiao Li pursued him.

Ning Xiaochuan advanced his Heaven and Earth Profound Qi and opened his second hidden meridian while trapped underwater, then returned to fight Xiao Li. After draining Xiao Li’s blood and crippling his arm, Ning Xiaochuan drove him to flee and gave chase.

• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated Heaven and Earth Profound Qi underwater, reaching the third level and surviving beneath the river for two days.
• Xiao Li waited for Ning Xiaochuan to emerge, then attacked when he surfaced carrying a ten-thousand-jin boulder.
• Ning Xiaochuan shattered Xiao Li’s protective shield with Profound Qi Sword Sevenfold Slash and wounded his chest.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Demon Sword to drain Xiao Li’s blood, opening his second hidden meridian as Xiao Li escaped with a ruined arm.
• Xiao Li fled into the forest, and Ning Xiaochuan pursued him.

Ning Xiaochuan fled after three Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion experts interrupted his attack on Xiao Li. Ji Hanxing restored Xiao Li and pursued the suspected Demon Sect attacker, while Ning Xiaochuan came ashore unaware that she had tracked him.

• Ning Xiaochuan wounded Xiao Li with sword Qi and tried to kill him, but a finger sword from the forest knocked his strike off course.
• Ji Hanxing, Zuo Jinfeng, and You Zui arrived, and Zuo Jinfeng treated Xiao Li while Ji Hanxing ordered him sent to the Vajra Martial Academy.
• The three experts discovered Xiao Li's withered arm and identified the Blood Devouring Demon Art; Ji Hanxing restored his vitality with a drop of her blood.
• Ji Hanxing recognized footprints linked to the person who had rescued Minister Tian, then sent Zuo Jinfeng and You Zui away and followed the trail to the river.
• Ning Xiaochuan swam for six hours, came ashore far downstream, and headed back, believing he had escaped the experts.
• Ji Hanxing reached the place where Ning Xiaochuan had come ashore and continued tracking his footprints.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to Begonia Manor, replenished its funds, and gave Yu Yan a costly necklace before discovering that an army had surrounded the estate. Ji Hanxing identified him as the person she had tracked while pursuing Minister Tian and demanded his cooperation.

• Ning Xiaochuan learned that Yu Yan had sold her ornaments to cover Begonia Manor’s expenses, then brought back money and medicine after selling Blood Toad Wood.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Yu Yan a Spirit Communication Jade necklace, and she explained why his gift moved her to tears.
• A steward warned Ning Xiaochuan that the Nanshan Village garrison had surrounded Begonia Manor.
• Two military experts smashed the manor gates and beat its guards, while Ning Xiaochuan confronted them as the army held the estate under siege.
• Ji Hanxing recognized Ning Xiaochuan from his footprints and revealed that she had mobilized the troops to capture Minister Tian, then demanded his cooperation.

Ning Xiaochuan tried to stop Ji Hanxing and the Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion from searching Begonia Manor for Minister Tian by invoking his status as the Sword Pavilion Marquis's grandson. The Cloud Marquis arrived in person, and Ning Xiaochuan remained defiant as Ji Hanxing protected him from a deadly attack.

• Ning Xiaochuan warned Ji Hanxing that searching Begonia Manor would provoke the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, but she ordered her soldiers to search anyway.
• Ning Xiaochuan provoked Ji Hanxing and relied on her reluctance to harm the Sword Pavilion Marquis's grandson to keep her out of the manor.
• The Cloud Marquis arrived in a carriage drawn by six dragon elephants, and Ning Xiaochuan alone remained standing before the gates.
• Luo Mufeng attacked Ning Xiaochuan with a sound wave for refusing to kneel, but Ji Hanxing intercepted the blow and revealed Ning Xiaochuan's identity.
• Ning Xiaochuan thanked Ji Hanxing by magnanimously forgiving her for grabbing his chest, leaving her furious.

Ning Xiaochuan faced Cloud Marquis’s forces at Begonia Manor until his uncle Ning Qiancheng appeared and forced them to retreat. Cloud Marquis later revealed that the powerful arrival was only Ning Qiancheng’s Martial Soul Avatar, while Ji Hanxing stayed behind to search the manor for Minister Tian.

• Cloud Marquis recognized Ning Xiaochuan as Ning Qianyi’s son and ordered his guards to enter Begonia Manor to capture Minister Tian.
• Ning Qiancheng arrived with a fearsome soul shadow, forced Cloud Marquis’s guards to their knees, and struck down a soldier with a glance.
• Cloud Marquis identified Ning Qiancheng as Sword Pavilion Marquis’s second son, and Ning Qiancheng challenged Cloud Marquis’s authority and made his army withdraw.
• Cloud Marquis explained to Ji Hanxing why he had avoided a clash and warned her not to provoke Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion or Dark Emperor City.
• Cloud Marquis revealed that Ning Qiancheng’s appearance had been a Martial Soul Avatar and gave Ji Hanxing a Dragon Wing Profound Pearl for protection.
• Ji Hanxing stayed behind, slipped back into Begonia Manor, and continued searching for Minister Tian.

Ning Xiaochuan broke through to the Divine Body Realm and discovered that the sword within his heart connected him to the World Extinction Path. He left off unleashing its blood-red sword at Minister Tian.

• Ning Qiancheng revealed that he was visiting as a temporary Martial Soul Avatar, offered to bring a Heart Nourisher to cure Ning Xiaochuan, and departed without him.
• Ning Xiaochuan returned to Begonia Manor, where Minister Tian refused to leave because he feared Yue Wuyang's watchers.
• Ning Xiaochuan spent three days opening his final hidden meridian, which passed through his brain, and broke through to the Divine Body Realm amid lightning and surging Profound Qi.
• The Demon Sword pulled Ning Xiaochuan's soul into his heart, where he met Sui Hanyu, who named him the fourth-generation successor of the World Extinction Path.
• Ning Xiaochuan comprehended the character “Sword” and sent a gigantic blood-red sword flying from his chest toward Minister Tian.

Ning Xiaochuan learned about the Divine Body Realm from Minister Tian and discovered that he possessed the Lightning Divine Beast power as well as the World Extinction Demon Sword’s sword intent. He resolved to enter the Heavenly Emperor Academy and earn enough by refining Intermediate Pills to redeem Yu Ningsheng.

• Ning Xiaochuan tested his World Extinction Demon Sword sword waves on Minister Tian, who explained the Divine Body Realm and its categories and levels.
• Ning Xiaochuan kept the Demon Sword’s existence secret, believing that revealing it would bring him fatal danger.
• Ning Xiaochuan isolated himself in his room and tested his first innate Divine Power, Lightning Divine Beast, by firing lightning into a teapot.
• Ning Xiaochuan decided to take the Heavenly Emperor Academy’s examination to gain combat experience and encounter talented peers.
• Ning Xiaochuan remembered his promise to Yu Ningsheng and planned to refine Intermediate Pills to earn the 300 million Small Coins needed to redeem her.

Ning Xiaochuan sought advice on refining Intermediate Pills at the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall, but Intermediate Heart Nourisher Wang Shisong dismissed him before learning he was already a Quasi-Intermediate Heart Nourisher. Wang Shisong then went to report the news to Hall Master Guo Shidao, who invited him in while teaching Yu Qianqian.

• Ning Xiaochuan attended Wang Shisong's lecture and asked what auxiliary medicine would pair with Blood Toad Wood to refine Intermediate Pills.
• Wang Shisong rebuked Ning Xiaochuan for reaching beyond his Elementary Heart Nourisher level, and the other attendees mocked him.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed he was a Quasi-Intermediate Heart Nourisher who needed only to refine one batch of Intermediate Pills to advance.
• Wang Shisong admitted he could not guide Ning Xiaochuan because he barely understood Intermediate Pill refinement himself.
• After Ning Xiaochuan left, the attendees recognized him as the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall's prodigy, and Wang Shisong worried he had offended him.
• Wang Shisong requested an audience with Guo Shidao, who let him enter as he taught Yu Qianqian.

Wang Shisong reported that Ning Xiaochuan had become a Quasi-Intermediate Heart Nourisher, prompting Guo Shidao to summon and mentor him. After Ning Xiaochuan memorized a vast collection of Profound Medicine books, Ji Hanxing confronted and followed him on his way back to Begonia Manor.

• Wang Shisong told Guo Shidao and Yu Qianqian that sixteen-year-old Ning Xiaochuan had become a Quasi-Intermediate Heart Nourisher.
• Guo Shidao recognized Ning Xiaochuan, questioned him about his healed congenital ailment, and invited him to attend lectures at the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall.
• Guo Shidao explained medicinal principles to Ning Xiaochuan and encouraged him to learn through repeated attempts at refining Intermediate Pills.
• Ning Xiaochuan memorized all ninety-seven books on First, Second, and Third Grade Profound Medicines in one day.
• Ji Hanxing confronted Ning Xiaochuan outside the hall, demanded to know why he had been there, and lifted him by the collar when he tried to leave.
• Ning Xiaochuan drove the Azure Deer Carriage toward Begonia Manor while Ji Hanxing followed behind.

Ning Xiaochuan spent a month studying Heart Nourishing Arts and attempted to refine an Intermediate Pill from Blood Toad Wood. He produced six Half-Finished Pills, learned that living and dead ingredients clashed, and went to buy living medicines for another attempt.

• Ning Xiaochuan studied Heart Nourishing Arts for a month while Yu Qianqian and Ji Hanxing stayed close to him.
• Ning Xiaochuan failed seven attempts to refine pills from Blood Toad Wood, then succeeded in producing six blood-red pills on his eighth attempt.
• Ning Xiaochuan took the pills to Guo Shidao, who appraised them as Half-Finished Pills despite their potency rivaling ordinary Intermediate Pills.
• Guo Shidao explained that fresh Blood Toad Wood clashed with the harvested supplementary medicines, and Ning Xiaochuan realized the mismatch had caused his failures.
• Ning Xiaochuan went to buy living Fifth-Grade Snow Lotus and Third-Grade Nourishing Heart Grass so he could try refining the pills again.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian each brought a newly refined Intermediate Pill to the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall and wagered over whose was better. Guo Shidao judged their pills, giving Ning’s batch of twelve Blood Toad Pills the edge in medicinal effect.

• Ning Xiaochuan met Yu Qianqian at the hall, and they teased each other while arguing over whether to call her senior sister.
• Yu Qianqian explained that she solved the Ice Silkworm Pill’s problem by adding a Fire Cloud Profound Mulberry leaf, then wagered that her pill would beat Ning’s.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian asked Guo Shidao to judge their Intermediate Pills.
• Guo Shidao praised Yu Qianqian’s Ice Silkworm Pill for its purity and effectiveness.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed twelve top-grade Blood Toad Pills, and Guo Shidao ruled that the two pills were close in quality but Ning’s had the stronger medicinal effect.

Ning Xiaochuan won Yu Qianqian’s Ice Silkworm Pill and planned to mass-produce Blood Toad Pills. Meanwhile, the West Mu Royal Concubine learned of Yu Qianqian’s feelings for Ning Xiaochuan and began pursuing a marriage alliance, unaware that the two knew nothing about her plans.

• Ning Xiaochuan told Yu Qianqian that he urgently needed money and intended to refine Blood Toad Pills in bulk, then accepted the Ice Silkworm Pill she had wagered.
• Yu Qianqian offered the Golden Roc Auction House’s help promoting Ning Xiaochuan’s Blood Toad Pills, and he agreed to notify her before the auction.
• The Sixth Deacon reported to the West Mu Royal Concubine that Yu Qianqian had privately pledged herself to Ning Xiaochuan.
• The West Mu Royal Concubine learned that Ning Xiaochuan was the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s grandson and considered him a suitable match for Yu Qianqian.
• The West Mu Royal Concubine visited Guo Shidao, who praised Ning Xiaochuan and revealed that he possessed the Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace.
• The West Mu Royal Concubine returned to discuss securing a marriage alliance with the Great Golden Roc King, while Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian remained unaware of her plans.

The Great Golden Roc King and the West Mu Royal Concubine planned to resist the Holy Emperor’s Eliminate Vassals Policy by joining forces with the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion and proposing a marriage between Qian Qian and Ning Xiaochuan. Meanwhile, Ning Xiaochuan discovered that Murong Wushuang’s grandfather, Murong Hua, was not merely ill but had been crippled by a powerful seal, leaving Ning Xiaochuan wary that he had stumbled upon a major secret.

• The Great Golden Roc King and the West Mu Royal Concubine discussed opposing the Eliminate Vassals Policy and planned to raise Qian Qian and Ning Xiaochuan’s marriage at court when Ning Qiancheng returned.
• Ning Xiaochuan finished refining forty-eight Blood Toad Pills and six Half-Finished Pills, then went to Murong Wushuang’s home to treat his grandfather.
• Ning Xiaochuan encountered Ji Hanxing outside Begonia Manor, and she followed him to Murong Wushuang’s home.
• Three-Fingered Lin joined Ning Xiaochuan and Murong Wushuang inside, seeming wary when he learned Ning Xiaochuan was a Heart Nourisher.
• Ning Xiaochuan felt a tyrannical force repel his Profound Qi while examining Murong Hua and realized the old man’s blood vessels had been severed and his Profound Qi sealed.
• Murong Hua opened his eyes in shock after Ning Xiaochuan identified his condition, and Ning Xiaochuan wondered what secrets the two powerful old men were hiding.

Ning Xiaochuan offered to help Murong Hua break his seal, but Ji Hanxing’s arrival exposed the men’s hiding place and prompted Three-Fingered Lin to reveal how Yue Wuyang had framed Ning Qianyi for a massacre ten years earlier. Three-Fingered Lin and Murong Hua took shelter at Begonia Manor, while Ning Xiaochuan’s hatred of Yue Wuyang deepened and the identity of the true power behind the betrayal remained concealed.

• Ning Xiaochuan told Murong Hua he could help break the seal in his body if they found the Mysterious Medicine Thousand Year Time Sleep.
• Three-Fingered Lin defeated Ji Hanxing, but she escaped after swallowing a white mysterious pearl and flying away with dragon wings.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered Three-Fingered Lin and Murong Hua shelter at Begonia Manor, and they accepted because they could no longer remain in Nanshan Village.
• Three-Fingered Lin revealed that he and Murong Hua had been Divine Dragon Warriors alongside Ning Qianyi and Yue Wuyang, and that an ambush at Nine Deaths Cliff had killed seven hundred thousand soldiers.
• Three-Fingered Lin and Murong Hua explained that Yue Wuyang had blamed Ning Qianyi for the leaked army movements, crippled Murong Hua, and gained the title of Cloud Marquis after Ning Qianyi and his wife died.
• Three-Fingered Lin warned Murong Wushuang that someone more powerful than Yue Wuyang had been behind the events, and that learning the truth would bring no benefit.

Ning Xiaochuan visited the Great Golden Roc King Residence with Murong Wushuang to see Yu Qianqian, but West Mu Royal Concubine arranged a martial test instead. Ning Xiaochuan defeated the stronger guard Cheng Lin, and Yu Qianqian arrived to stop the fight.

• Three-Fingered Lin told Ning Xiaochuan and Murong Wushuang that he had cut off seven fingers out of guilt over the deaths of seven hundred thousand soldiers, and warned them to keep the truth about Yue Wuyang secret.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Murong Wushuang disguised themselves as beggars, saw soldiers searching their old alley, and returned to Begonia Manor without being questioned by Yue Wuyang's men.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Murong Wushuang a Blood Toad Pill and took him to the Great Golden Roc King Residence to visit Princess Qianqian.
• West Mu Royal Concubine recognized Ning Xiaochuan's name and ordered Cheng Lin to test his martial arts while she watched from the residence walls.
• Cheng Lin attacked Ning Xiaochuan and blasted Murong Wushuang aside, prompting Ning Xiaochuan to defeat Cheng Lin with his Lightning Divine Beast technique.
• Yu Qianqian emerged and stopped Cheng Lin from continuing the fight, while West Mu Royal Concubine concluded that Ning Xiaochuan could defeat opponents of a higher level.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian prepared to auction his Blood Toad Pills at the Golden Roc Auction House, where they encountered Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's young geniuses. Ning Hengqing confronted Ning Xiaochuan and rejected his offer to make peace, ending the chapter with the two at odds.

• Yu Qianqian apologized for her guards attacking Ning Xiaochuan and promised to protect him and Murong Wushuang in the future.
• Ning Xiaochuan said he had refined forty-eight Blood Toad Pills and would auction forty at the Golden Roc Auction House.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Yu Qianqian, and Murong Wushuang arrived at the bustling auction house, where Murong Wushuang gawked at a female slave and made embarrassing remarks about women.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized a group of Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's Heaven's Chosen, including Ning Hengqing and Ning Meier, who had come to buy Blood Toad Pills.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered to shake hands and settle his past dispute with Ning Hengqing, but Ning Hengqing insulted him and declared him beneath a slave.

Ning Xiaochuan revealed his strength by defeating Ning Hengqing and then fighting Xiao Li to a standstill at the Golden Roc Auction House. Yu Qianqian stopped the clash, Xiao Li left after challenging Ning Xiaochuan to meet him at the Heavenly Emperor Academy, and Yu Qianqian led Ning Xiaochuan into the auction house.

• Ning Xiaochuan stopped Murong Wushuang from confronting Ning Hengqing and shattered Ning Hengqing’s Profound Qi Sword, then struck him down with lightning.
• Murong Wushuang pretended to offer Ning Hengqing a handshake and knocked him unconscious with a brick.
• Xiao Li arrived and attacked Ning Xiaochuan, but Ning Xiaochuan matched his blows and repelled his techniques.
• Yu Qianqian ordered the fight stopped, and Xiao Li withdrew after challenging Ning Xiaochuan to settle their dispute at the Heavenly Emperor Academy.
• Ning Meier approached Ning Xiaochuan and asked to practice swordsmanship with him, but Yu Qianqian took his wrist and led him into the auction house.

Ning Xiaochuan’s Blood Toad Pills sold for a huge sum at the Golden Roc Auction House, drawing the attention of rival Heart Nourishing Halls. Meanwhile, the Jade Ripple Great Emperor used Ning Qiancheng’s victory to take control of the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion’s army, alarming the nobles.

• The Little King of the Qilin King Residence bought the first Blood Toad Pill, broke through to Divine Body Third Level, and left to cultivate in seclusion.
• The Blood Toad Pills sold for increasingly high prices, while Silver Pool Madam ordered her people to find the pill refiner and recruit or eliminate him.
• Yu Qianqian gave Ning Xiaochuan a Universe Pouch containing his auction proceeds, and Ning Xiaochuan rode with Murong Wushuang toward the Jade Viewing Pavilion.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor appointed Ning Qiancheng Heavenly Mystery Dynasty Protector God Master and renamed his two-million-strong army the Emperor’s Army.
• The nobles realized the decree had placed the Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion’s private soldiers under the emperor’s command and looked toward the Old Marquis.

The Great Golden Roc King used a marriage alliance between Yu Qianqian and Ning Xiaochuan to force the Jade Ripple Great Emperor to pause the Eliminate Vassals Policy. After Ning Xiaochuan’s family learned of his cultivation and disappearance, powerful factions began searching for him, while he entered Jade Viewing Pavilion with Murong Wushuang.

• The Sword Pavilion Marquis argued that Ning Qiancheng should remain in the military, but the Great Golden Roc King supported rewarding him and then asked the Jade Ripple Great Emperor to preside over Yu Qianqian and Ning Xiaochuan’s marriage.
• The Jade Ripple Great Emperor recognized the political threat posed by the marriage alliance and the two million soldiers outside the Imperial City, so he compromised and put the Eliminate Vassals Policy on hold.
• Ning Meier and the other Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion descendants told the Old Marquis that Ning Xiaochuan could cultivate and had fought Xiao Li to a standstill at the Golden Roc Auction House.
• The Old Marquis and Ning Qiancheng learned that Ning Xiaochuan had disappeared and ordered a search, while other factions also began looking for him.
• Ning Xiaochuan entered Jade Viewing Pavilion with Murong Wushuang, gave him silver to spend, and was approached by the observant madam.