Chapter Summaries

Lin Yueji and Ning Xiaochuan competed to refine new Advanced Pills, with Lin Yueji benefiting from a Supreme Weapon cauldron and Azure Lotus Sacred Flame. Ning Xiaochuan matched her speed, produced twelve pills engraved with formations, and revealed a technique that could enhance and preserve their effects.

• Lin Yueji revealed her Supreme Weapon-grade Heart Nourishing True Cauldron, prompting the judges to expect her to outperform Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned his own cauldron and used his fused Bright Flame and Variant Heart Palace to nurture pills as quickly as Lin Yueji.
• After eight hours, Lin Yueji produced two supreme-grade Advanced Marrow Cleansing Pills, which the judges praised for their exceptional power and lack of side effects.
• Ning Xiaochuan opened his cauldron and revealed twelve Advanced Mysterious Pills, surprising the Bright Holy Maiden and the judges with his precise use of ingredients.
• Master Mu Lan noticed formation patterns in Ning Xiaochuan's pills, and Ning Xiaochuan explained that their Summoning and Qi Preserving Arrays increased their effects and kept them from fading in storage.

Ning Xiaochuan’s pill-refining feat earned the Hundred Herbs Garden a draw with the Bright Holy Land and revealed his extraordinary talent to Heavenly Emperor Mountain. As rumors spread and leaders discussed protecting him, Ning Xiaochuan advanced to refining Human-Grade Pills.

• Ning Xiaochuan’s formation-carved pills and batch of twelve Advanced Pills led the Bright Holy Land to concede, and Master Jin Pan and Master Yu Zi agreed to call the contest a draw.
• Lin Yueji invited Ning Xiaochuan to visit the Bright Holy Land and discuss formation-carving techniques, while the three Chief Grand Heart Nourishers went to ask the Sect Leader True Person to protect him.
• The Sect Leader True Person agreed to arrange protection for Ning Xiaochuan and promised Master Mu Lan an answer about the Core Disciple selection.
• News of Ning Xiaochuan’s Heaven-Man Realm cultivation and pill-refining talent spread through Heavenly Emperor Mountain, prompting palace masters to investigate.
• Master Jin Pan suggested that Ning Xiaochuan marry into the Jin clan so it could protect him, and Master Mu Lan considered the proposal.
• After half a month of practice, Ning Xiaochuan successfully refined seven Origin Returning Pills and became a Source-Level Grand Heart Nourisher.

Ning Xiaochuan gave Wang Susheng and Xie An Origin Returning Pills to deliver secretly to the Old Marquis in the Yulan Empire, then went to Bright Sword Pool and reunited with Zi Hanyan after her breakthrough to the Heaven-Man Realm. Their teasing turned intimate when Ning Xiaochuan cornered her, leaving them alone together.

• Ning Xiaochuan gave Wang Susheng and Xie An two Origin Returning Pills for the Old Marquis and promised to help them advance if they carried out his request.
• Wang Susheng and Xie An agreed to deliver the pills secretly and left for the Yulan Empire.
• Ning Xiaochuan went to Bright Sword Pool, where he found Zi Hanyan had emerged from seclusion and reached the Initial Realm Heaven.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Zi Hanyan an Origin Returning Pill, and they discussed his feelings for her and his relationship with Yu Qianqian.
• Zi Hanyan fled when Ning Xiaochuan’s gaze turned passionate, but he caught up and pressed her against a wall.

Ning Xiaochuan saved Ning Xiner after Li Chonglou nearly killed her and poisoned her with Soul-Devouring Vine. Enraged, Ning Xiaochuan went to confront Li Chonglou, who had attacked on the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince’s orders to draw Ning Xiaochuan out and test his strength.

• A young Daoist nun and several Ten Thousand Swords Palace cultivators brought the gravely wounded Ning Xiner to Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered Soul-Devouring Vine poisoning Ning Xiner and absorbed the toxin into himself, then healed her with Five-Colored Profound Water.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned from Situ Jing that Li Chonglou had struck Ning Xiner on the Battle Stage before she could concede.
• Ning Xiaochuan set out to confront Li Chonglou despite Luo Wu’s warning about the Li Clan’s power.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince told Li Chonglou that he had ordered the attack to provoke Ning Xiaochuan and test his cultivation.

Ning Xiaochuan confronted Li Chonglou over Ning Xiner’s grave injuries and challenged him to a life-and-death duel on a Battle Stage. As the Bright Holy Maiden watched, Ning Xiaochuan struck first and sent Li Chonglou flying.

• Ning Xiaochuan arrived at the Prince’s Mansion and shattered Wang Yangming’s arm when the youth attacked him.
• Ning Xiaochuan accused Li Chonglou of injuring Ning Xiner and challenged him to fight, while Luo Wu tried to dissuade him.
• Li Chonglou accepted the challenge, and the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince encouraged the duel as news of it drew a crowd.
• The Bright Holy Maiden went to watch, hoping to see Ning Xiaochuan’s true cultivation and considering how his defeat or victory might benefit the Bright Holy Land.
• Li Chonglou offered Ning Xiaochuan three moves, but Ning Xiaochuan used Rainbow Shift to strike him in the chest and send him into the air.

Ning Xiaochuan overwhelmed Li Chonglou in their duel, first exploiting his arrogance and then defeating him after he unleashed the Blue Nirvana God's power. The chapter ended with Li Chonglou forced to his knees under Ning Xiaochuan's Heavenly Venerable Seal, his legs broken.

• Ning Xiaochuan struck Li Chonglou with lightning and repeated attacks before Li Chonglou could counter, leaving him badly battered.
• Li Chonglou rose and unleashed his full strength with Blue Nirvana Flame, while Ning Xiaochuan summoned ten Ninth Grade Profound Weapon swords and trapped him in a Sword Qi Cage.
• Li Chonglou opened his innate Dharma Eye, borrowed the Blue Nirvana God's power, and shattered Ning Xiaochuan's sword formation.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Heavenly Venerable Seal to suppress Li Chonglou and struck him with a massive hand seal.
• Ning Xiaochuan shouted for Li Chonglou to kneel, forcing him down and shattering the bones in his legs.

After Ning Xiaochuan forced Li Chonglou to kneel for trying to kill his younger sister, the Heavenly Venerable Seal drew the attention of the great clans. Master Mu Lan and Master Jin Pan intervened to protect Ning Xiaochuan, while Li Wentian departed without rescuing Li Chonglou, who remained kneeling.

• Ning Xiaochuan ordered Li Chonglou to kneel for three days as punishment for trying to kill his younger sister.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, Bright Holy Maiden, and other spectators recognized Ning Xiaochuan's Heavenly Venerable Seal and marveled at his power.
• Li Wentian arrived and threatened to cripple Ning Xiaochuan and expel him, but Master Mu Lan stood in his way.
• Master Jin Pan arrived with Jin Ling, defended Ning Xiaochuan, and proposed a match between him and Jin Ling to draw him into the Jin Clan.
• Master Jin Pan challenged Li Wentian to bring Li Chonglou's attempted murder before the Law Enforcement Venerable, and Li Wentian left in anger, abandoning Li Chonglou.

Ning Xiaochuan faced pressure to marry Jin Ling, but worried the Jin Clan alliance would endanger his ties with Hanyan and Qian Qian. After Master Mu Lan urged him to accept the match and warned that Jin Sanfan would not relent, Ning Xiaochuan focused on strengthening himself and began refining an Origin Returning Pill to advance his cultivation.

• Ning Xiaochuan thanked Master Jin Pan and Master Mu Lan for helping him, but rejected their proposed marriage to Jin Ling as unworthy of her.
• Jin Ling admitted she liked Ning Xiaochuan and said the marriage would benefit both of them, while Ning Xiaochuan left and Yue Mingsong joked about marrying her himself.
• Ning Xiaochuan treated Ning Xiner with Five-Colored Profound Water, left her an Origin Returning Pill, and returned to Hundred Herbs Garden to ask Master Mu Lan to end the marriage arrangement.
• Master Mu Lan advised Ning Xiaochuan that Jin Ling was a valuable match, recounted the loss of his former wives and separation from the one who remained, and ordered Ning Xiaochuan to study pill scriptures until the Core Disciple selection ended.
• After Ning Xiaochuan left, Master Mu Lan vowed to punish Li Wentian and the Li Clan for threatening him.
• Ning Xiaochuan resolved to distrust the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince and the Jin Clan, then swallowed an Origin Returning Pill to cultivate toward the Middle Celestial Realm.

Ning Xiaochuan reached the Middle Celestial Realm and cultivated the Flame Seed of the World Extinction Demon Flame Path. After leaving seclusion, he learned about the Core Disciple rankings and the Bright Holy Maiden’s defeat to Xue Lingxu, then asked who ranked third among Heavenly Emperor Mountain’s younger generation.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined an Origin Returning Pill and advanced to the Middle Celestial Realm.
• Sui Hanyu taught Ning Xiaochuan the World Extinction Demon Flame Path and explained that he needed three mysterious flames to complete it.
• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated a demon-flame Flame Seed and learned that finding one of the three mysterious flames could help him reach the High Heaven Realm.
• Yu Qianqian told Ning Xiaochuan that seven Ten Thousand Swords Palace disciples became Core Disciples and that Zi Hanyan ranked twelfth and received the title Zi Fairy.
• Yu Qianqian reported that Xue Lingxu defeated the Bright Holy Maiden after a day-long battle, while the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince conceded second place and became the Holy Son.
• Ning Xiaochuan speculated that the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince had conceded to avoid risking a loss, then asked who ranked third.

Ning Xiaochuan searched the Pill Book Pavilion for profound flame records and learned that the Silent Extinction Demon Flame was linked to the long-dead Night Wanderer, whose remains were held by the Jin Clan. While he was away, Heavenly Emperor Mountain named him Spirit Child alongside Nie Lanxin as Spirit Maiden, and Master Mu Lan gave him his Core Disciple token and several rewards.

• Yu Qianqian told Ning Xiaochuan that the factions were debating whether he or Nie Lanxin should receive the Spirit Child title, and the sides eventually agreed that both titles would coexist.
• Ning Xiaochuan found the Silent Extinction Demon Flame entry in the Profound Flame Collection and learned that Night Wanderer had cultivated it before dying in the Jin Clan's prison.
• Master Mu Lan gave Ning Xiaochuan his Holy Land Token, confirming that he had become a Core Disciple and the Spirit Child of Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• Master Mu Lan rewarded Ning Xiaochuan with a Ninth Grade Universe Bracelet, which Ning Xiaochuan refined and found contained more than a thousand storage compartments.
• Master Mu Lan gave Ning Xiaochuan one hundred thousand Merit Points and an Azure Wood Sky Garment, which Ning Xiaochuan activated by feeding its seed a drop of blood.

Ning Xiaochuan received a letter and a golden-fang token from Master Mu Lan and set out alone for the Great Wilderness to find Fanhou Demon Emperor. As the Prince's Mansion plotted to kill him, Ning Xiaochuan rescued Lin Xue'er on his journey, and she recognized him as a Grand Heart Nourisher.

• Master Mu Lan asked Ning Xiaochuan to deliver a letter and golden-fang token to Fanhou Demon Emperor in the Great Wilderness.
• After Ning Xiaochuan left Heavenly Emperor Mountain, Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, Li Wentian, and Li Chonglou suspected he carried the Crimson Dragon Scale Map and planned to kill him; Huanhua Princess volunteered to lead the pursuit.
• Ning Xiaochuan traveled toward Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge while studying pill scriptures and carrying ingredients to refine Origin Returning Pills.
• Ning Xiaochuan heard Lin Xue'er calling for help and killed the berserk ape that had wounded her.
• Ning Xiaochuan healed Lin Xue'er with Five-Colored Profound Water, and she bowed to him as a Grand Heart Nourisher.

Ning Xiaochuan escorted Lin Xue'er to Spirit Pivot Taoist Temple, where she revealed herself as an assassin and the Li Clan sprang an ambush. Surrounded by Li Clan Celestial Venerables, armed warriors, and Huanhua Princess, Ning Xiaochuan faced a coordinated attack as the chapter ended.

• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to escort Lin Xue'er to Spirit Pivot Taoist Temple and brought her there in half a day.
• Lin Xue'er attacked Ning Xiaochuan with a hidden needle, but his Azure Wood Sky Garment blocked it, and he broke both her arms.
• Li Chonglou and more than ten Li Clan Celestial Venerables appeared with over a hundred armed warriors and activated the temple’s formations.
• Ning Xiaochuan beheaded Lin Xue'er and challenged the ambushers to reveal themselves.
• Huanhua Princess emerged from a nine-story Taoist tower, and Li Chonglou ordered the Li Clan experts to attack Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Li Chonglou and the Li Clan’s Celestial Venerables after Li Chonglou tried to kill Ning Xiner. As Ning Xiaochuan battled Li Chonglou, Huanhua Princess sent Long Shisan to kill him before he could escape.

• Ning Xiaochuan killed numerous Earth Venerables with his sword formation, then charged at Li Chonglou to avenge the attempt on Ning Xiner.
• Ning Xiaochuan defeated the magma attack, drained the yellow-robed Celestial Venerable with the Demon Sword, and damaged the white-haired old man’s Heaven Flipping Seal.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent the silver-skinned husband and wife flying, while Li Chonglou gathered power from the Blue Nirvana God and eight Celestial Venerables to attack him.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed the white-haired old man and exchanged more than thirty sword strikes with Li Chonglou, destroying the Taoist temple and forcing Li Chonglou’s followers to flee.
• Huanhua Princess told Long Shisan to kill Ning Xiaochuan, and Long Shisan vanished into the battle.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Li Chonglou after fighting off the Li Clan’s forces, but an assassin and Sect Master Mu joined the battle. Huanhua Princess confronted Ning Xiaochuan alongside Sect Master Mu, leaving him facing two powerful enemies.

• Ning Xiaochuan repelled attacks from the silver-glowing couple and fought Li Chonglou while an unseen assassin threatened him.
• Ning Xiaochuan wounded Li Chonglou, shattered his skull, and absorbed the Blue Nirvana Flame from his Dharma Eye.
• The Li Clan elders formed a defensive formation as the hidden assassin struck Ning Xiaochuan with a Flame Long Spear, revealing the attacker’s High Heaven Realm strength.
• Huanhua Princess appeared and said the Li Clan would seek revenge for Li Chonglou’s death, then called for Sect Master Mu to attack.
• Sect Master Mu split Spirit Pivot Taoist Temple’s mountain with a flying sword and declared he would destroy Ning Xiaochuan over Dongfang Sheng.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Huanhua Princess and Sect Master Mu by fleeing into the Great Wasteland, where he planned to reach Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge. After Huanhua Princess tracked him down again with only a small group, he decided to face her rather than flee at once.

• Ning Xiaochuan fought off Sect Master Mu and the Li Clan’s Celestial Venerables, then escaped underground after Huanhua Princess’s palm strike injured him.
• Ning Xiaochuan evaded six encirclements over three days and changed course toward the Great Wasteland to escape the growing pursuit.
• Huanhua Princess deduced that Ning Xiaochuan had fled toward the Great Wasteland and told her forces to pursue him for the supposed supreme treasure he carried.
• Ning Xiaochuan crossed into the Great Wasteland, learned that the Three-Tailed Azure Fox King ruled the region, and chose to seek the Azure Queen at Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed Huanhua Princess approaching with few followers and decided to confront her, ready to flee if he could not win.

Ning Xiaochuan hid beneath the stream while Huanhua Princess searched for him, then watched as Wu Cheng ambushed her and poisoned her with Demon Dragon Beast Poison. When Huanhua Princess entered the water to suppress the poison, Ning Xiaochuan attacked her, and their fight left her confident she could still kill him despite her weakened state.

• Ning Xiaochuan concealed himself beneath the stream as Huanhua Princess and Wu Cheng arrived searching for him.
• Wu Cheng ambushed Huanhua Princess, but she defeated and killed him, suffering a poisoned saber wound in the fight.
• Huanhua Princess washed her wounds and applied an antidote, then realized Wu Cheng had poisoned her with Demon Dragon Beast Poison.
• Huanhua Princess entered the stream to suppress the poison, and Ning Xiaochuan struck at her heart with sword qi.
• Huanhua Princess's protective array blocked Ning Xiaochuan's surprise attack, and he followed up with the Demon Sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan shattered Huanhua Princess's hand seal with Supreme Power, while she remained determined to kill him despite the poison.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated Huanhua Princess after her Dragon Poison surged into her heart, then suppressed the poison and turned her into his Heart Slave. He left her alive as a potential weapon against the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Huanhua Princess fought fiercely at close range until the Demon Dragon Beast Poison in her body attacked her heart.
• Ning Xiaochuan chose to spare Huanhua Princess, recognizing that her royal status could make her useful against the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that Dragon Poison had entered Huanhua Princess's heart and used the Golden Needle Heart Sealing Art to suppress it.
• Huanhua Princess begged Ning Xiaochuan to kill her, but he subdued her divine sense with the Seven Aperture God Demon Heart and made her his Heart Slave.

Ning Xiaochuan left Huanhua Princess behind and traveled through the Great Wilderness, cultivating and planning to deliver a letter to the Fanhou Demon Emperor before seeking the Silent Extinction Demon Flame. As he neared Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge, a colossal creature appeared in the storm clouds above him.

• Ning Xiaochuan suppressed Huanhua Princess's Demon Dragon Beast Poison for eight years and sent her away, then killed three groups of pursuers from the Li Clan and the imperial clan.
• Ning Xiaochuan traveled toward Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge, cultivated with Nine Flowers Nectar, and refined six Origin Returning Pills, saving the second pill for a future breakthrough.
• Ning Xiaochuan examined his Earth Rules and World Extinction Rules and discussed with Heaven and Earth Blade how Earth Veins and Earth Pearls could speed his cultivation.
• Ning Xiaochuan continued toward Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge as dark clouds, lightning, and torrential rain swept across the Great Wilderness.
• Ning Xiaochuan spotted an enormous creature moving through the clouds, whose terrifying presence made the living creatures below prostrate themselves.

Ning Xiaochuan discovered that mystic beasts had captured millions of human cultivators and were escorting them as offerings to the Demon Emperor. When Hua Qinglian of the Bright Holy Land attacked to rescue them, the Saint Fish King's elder brother confronted him, and their battle began.

• A gigantic golden creature flew overhead, and Ning Xiaochuan suspected it was connected to the Saint Fish King.
• Mystic beasts drove more than three million human cultivators across the land, killing captives who resisted and revealing that their civilization had been destroyed.
• Ning Xiaochuan decided to follow the prisoners after realizing that the beasts' unusual escort of human cultivators suggested a larger purpose.
• Hua Qinglian arrived with more than ten Bright Holy Land disciples and used the Nine Heavens Cloud Thunder Formation to attack the mystic beast army and open a path for the prisoners to escape.
• The Saint Fish King's elder brother appeared and suppressed the fleeing humans, while Hua Qinglian sent his disciples to protect them and prepared to fight the great demon.
• Hua Qinglian opened a Different Dimension to trap the great demon, but it broke free, and he began gathering holy light to battle it.

As the Mystic Beast army threatened to overwhelm the fleeing human cultivators, Ning Xiaochuan and the awakened Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon entered the battle to hold it back. Ning Xiaochuan killed two attacking demon birds, while more demon beasts continued to press the fight.

• A golden great demon unleashed corrosive Demon Rain as the Mystic Beast army charged the human cultivators.
• The Bright Holy Land disciples stood against the army to buy time for people to escape, but their defenses were overwhelmed.
• Ten giant battle swords briefly blocked the beasts before they broke through, and the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon arrived to attack them.
• Ning Xiaochuan rode the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon into battle, cutting down Mystic Beasts with ten Ninth Grade Profound Weapons while the dragon breathed fire.
• More than ten powerful demon beasts surrounded the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon, and three demon birds attacked Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan cleaved one demon bird in two and killed a second with the Heavenly Venerable Mark's white light.