Chapter Summaries

Liao entered the Town Suppressing Tower to claim a Supreme Imperial Weapon, while Ning Xiaochuan and his companions encountered Azure Queen, Xiao Ling'er, and Little Red outside its deeper floors. After Liao revealed the dangers within, Little Red explained that the tower concealed the sealed Martial Heart Palace of the human Sub-God Purple Gold Imperial Lord, along with secrets tied to the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor.

• The Saint Fish King tried to resist Liao, but Liao scattered his demonic energy and sent Zhenhou King flying when he tried to stop him.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Monk Tan Qian, and Hua Qinglian rushed toward the tower’s tenth floor, where Azure Queen caught up with them and Xiao Ling'er and Little Red reunited with Ning Xiaochuan.
• Liao showed the group a vision of the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor’s corpse on the tower’s sixteenth floor, and a lingering thought wounded them before the image shattered.
• Azure Queen led Ning Xiaochuan and the others out of the Town Suppressing Tower while Liao remained inside and Zhenhou King went to summon the Fanhou Demon Emperor.
• Little Red revealed that the Purple Star was the Purple Haze Heart Palace of the Purple Gold Imperial Lord, sealed by the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor, whose actions had left both Sub-Gods’ secrets hidden beneath the Demon Clan Holy Kingdom.

The Fanhou Demon Emperor arrived at the Purple Star and recognized Ning Xiaochuan as Master Mu Lan’s disciple, granting him protection. After Liao fled the Town Suppressing Tower with the others, a white-haired woman emerged and summoned the northern frontier’s Nine Great Demon Emperors and Nine Great Demon Queens to Great Dream Marsh.

• Little Red and Xiao Ling'er revealed that the Purple Star was the Purple Gold Imperial Lord’s Martial Heart Palace, which was too dangerous for anyone to approach.
• The Fanhou Demon Emperor arrived, and Ning Xiaochuan discovered that Monk Tan Qian had deceived him about Chan Chu’s whereabouts.
• The Saint Fish King accused Azure Queen of sheltering humans, but the Fanhou Demon Emperor recognized Ning Xiaochuan’s beast fang and letter from Master Mu Lan and declared him a guest.
• The Town Suppressing Tower released a terrifying aura, and Liao swept Ning Xiaochuan and the others away while the Fanhou Demon Emperor fled with the demons.
• A white-haired woman emerged from the tower and ordered the northern frontier’s Nine Great Demon Emperors and Nine Great Demon Queens to come to Great Dream Marsh within ten days.

The Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor’s surviving thought sacrificed tens of millions of humans and ordered the demon race to destroy human civilizations across the Northern Frontier. Ning Xiaochuan reached Heaven Pivot Imperial City to seek the Silent Extinction Demon Flame, where Yue Mingsong told him that Nie had vanished.

• Hua Qinglian explained that the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor was a preserved thought, and that she had left forty-nine thoughts sealed in the Town Suppressing Tower.
• At the Demon Emperor Ceremony, the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor absorbed the blood and souls of tens of millions of human sacrifices and ordered the demon race to attack every human civilization in the Northern Frontier.
• Monk Tan Qian and Hua Qinglian left to report the crisis, while Ning Xiaochuan sent word to Heavenly Emperor Mountain and asked Azure Queen to protect the Yulan Empire.
• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated on his journey and reached the peak of the High Heaven Realm before arriving in Heaven Pivot Imperial City to seek the Silent Extinction Demon Flame.
• Ning Xiaochuan encountered Yue Mingsong, who told him that Nie had disappeared in Heaven Pivot Imperial City after retrieving something with the Crimson Dragon Scale Map.

Ning Xiaochuan told Yue Mingsong that the demon races planned to exterminate humanity, and the two discussed the threat posed by the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor and the Town Suppressing Tower. Yue Mingsong resolved to act against the impending disaster, while Little Red revealed her fearsome dragon fire by setting him ablaze.

• Yue Mingsong brought Ning Xiaochuan and Little Red to Heavenly Emperor Mountain’s Hidden Dojo in the Cloud Mirror Mountain Range.
• Little Red burned Yue Mingsong with Divine Extinction Dragon Fire after he reached out to touch her, and Ning Xiaochuan made her stop before Yue Mingsong was killed.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Yue Mingsong that the demon races intended to exterminate humanity, and Yue Mingsong grew grave as he heard the news.
• Yue Mingsong said the Four Symbols Holy Land’s Sect Leader had foreseen a calamity in the Northern Frontier two hundred years earlier and warned that the Town Suppressing Tower threatened humanity’s experts.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong discussed the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor’s forty-nine thoughts and the possibility that she planned to be reborn.
• Yue Mingsong declared that they had to stop the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor and said he would act to save all living beings.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that Jin Wuhui could help him approach the Jin Clan and seek the Silent Extinction Demon Flame, but the Earth Treasury King Sect attacked the Heavenly Emperor Mountain dojo before he could leave. Little Red burned the attackers, and Tantuo Earth Treasury arrived to confront Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong.

• Yue Mingsong told Ning Xiaochuan about the Jin Clan’s internal factions and advised him to seek out Jin Wuhui.
• Tantuo Earth Treasury ordered his followers to purge Heavenly Emperor Mountain’s dojos in Heaven Pivot Imperial City, and his forces approached the Taoist temple.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong discovered that the temple’s Outer Disciples had been slaughtered, and Yue Mingsong repelled a black-armored attacker.
• Yun Ji offered Yue Mingsong a place in the Earth Treasury King Sect, but he refused and tried to leave with Ning Xiaochuan.
• Little Red burned the dozen black-armored cultivators to ashes, and Tantuo Earth Treasury arrived as Yun Ji knelt to greet him.

Ning Xiaochuan drove off Tantuo Earth Treasury and questioned Yun Ji about the Earth Treasury King Sect. Yun Ji revealed that the sect had been ordered to destroy Heavenly Emperor Mountain’s training grounds after learning that demon clans planned a massive slaughter in the northern frontier.

• Tantuo Earth Treasury mistook Little Red for a true dragon hatchling and demanded that she submit to the Earth Treasury King Sect, but Ning Xiaochuan intervened.
• Ning Xiaochuan fought Tantuo Earth Treasury, then displayed ten Ninth Grade Profound Weapon battle swords, prompting Tantuo Earth Treasury to retreat.
• Ning Xiaochuan questioned Yun Ji, who explained that the Earth Treasury King Sect had six Earth Treasuries and a powerful leader known as the Earth Treasury King World Honored One.
• Yun Ji revealed that an incarnation of the Earth Treasury King World Honored One had warned of an imminent demon-clan slaughter and ordered the six Earth Treasuries to eliminate Heavenly Emperor Mountain’s disciples and training grounds in the imperial city.

Ning Xiaochuan learned why the Earth Treasury King Sect planned to seize the Heaven Pivot Great Empire’s National Treasury, while the sect dispatched Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury to help kill him. In Heaven Pivot Imperial City, Ning Xiaochuan reunited with Jin Wuhui and learned that Jin Wuhui’s sister and great-grandfather were returning, leaving him to face the consequences of his betrothal.

• Yun Ji explained that the Earth Treasury King Sect sought the National Treasury’s resources and planned to sever its connection to Heavenly Emperor Mountain, while Yue Mingsong urged Ning Xiaochuan to trust the empire’s defenses.
• Tantuo Earth Treasury reported his failed mission to Profound Mystery Dharma King, who identified Ning Xiaochuan and ordered Tantuo to kill him with Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury’s help.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury arrived with her Sentient Beings Buddhist Beads and claimed they could suppress Ning Xiaochuan’s powerful weapons.
• Yue Mingsong sent three Heavenly Emperor Mountain disciples to carry letters in different directions, while Ning Xiaochuan found Jin Wuhui in the city.
• Min Tianchou learned Ning Xiaochuan was a Core Disciple of Heavenly Emperor Mountain, apologized, and invited him and the others to Nine Heavens Pavilion.
• Jin Wuhui warned Ning Xiaochuan that his sister and great-grandfather would return and that his sister might attack Yun Ji and Little Red; Ning Xiaochuan said he would discuss their marriage alliance with her.

At the Nine Heavens Pavilion, Ning Xiaochuan warned Heaven Pivot’s young elites that the resurrected Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor planned to destroy Human Civilization, prompting them to report the threat to their clans. The Nine Heavens Holy Maiden, secretly also Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury of the Earth Treasury King Sect, learned Ning Xiaochuan was there and chose to wait before attacking him; Jin Ling then arrived as Ning Xiaochuan prepared to ask her about an important matter.

• Ning Xiaochuan told the young elites and Nine Heavens Pavilion disciples that the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor had returned and intended to drive humanity from the Northern Frontier.
• Min Tianchou and the other young elites left to warn their clans, while Yun Lan and Tian Zhu reported Ning Xiaochuan’s news to the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury urged the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden to kill Ning Xiaochuan, but she decided to wait for a suitable opportunity.
• Ning Xiaochuan kept Jin Wuhui behind to ask him something, but Jin Ling burst in and knocked Jin Wuhui to the floor.
• Jin Ling sat opposite Ning Xiaochuan, and he told her he had an important matter to ask about.

Ning Xiaochuan went with Jin Ling and the others to the Heaven-Man Tomb Forest to locate Night Wanderer’s grave, while Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury and Tantuo Earth Treasury followed them with plans to kill him. At the forest, Ning Xiaochuan sensed something wrong with the Jin Clan’s Ancestral Tomb, then discovered Night Wanderer’s tomb was empty.

• Jin Ling questioned Ning Xiaochuan about Yun Ji and Little Red, and he explained who they were and revealed that Little Red was a true dragon cub.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked Jin Ling about Night Wanderer and learned that the great devil had been buried in the Heaven-Man Tomb Forest.
• Jin Ling led Ning Xiaochuan, Jin Wuhui, Yun Ji, and Little Red into the forest after persuading its gray-robed guardian to let them enter that night.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury and Tantuo Earth Treasury followed the group, and Tantuo confirmed that the Yin Hall Dharma King was cultivating in the forest.
• At the Jin Clan’s Ancestral Tomb, Ning Xiaochuan sensed something was wrong and asked Jin Ling to take him to Night Wanderer’s grave.
• Ning Xiaochuan examined Night Wanderer’s tomb and found it empty.

Ning Xiaochuan discovered that Night Wanderer’s coffin was empty, then faced Tantuo Earth Treasury and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury in the Heaven-Man Tomb Forest. As Tantuo attacked, Ning Xiaochuan fought back with his sword formation, but Tantuo tore up the earth and sent it crashing down on him.

• Jin Ling used her divine eyes to confirm that Night Wanderer’s coffin contained no bones, and Jin Wuhui flew to report the discovery to the Jin Clan’s tomb keeper.
• Ning Xiaochuan shielded his group from a sudden attack and identified Tantuo Earth Treasury as their pursuer; the tomb keeper’s corpse then fell before them, pierced by a spear.
• Tantuo Earth Treasury arrived, threatened Yun Ji, and forced her to her knees with his roar, but Ning Xiaochuan countered with Heavenly Thunder Bell and killed Tantuo’s savage lion demon beast.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury appeared and revealed a Buddha bead containing more than six thousand male soul essences, which she claimed were repenting in the real world.
• Tantuo Earth Treasury attacked Ning Xiaochuan, who repelled him with the God Slaying Sword Formation, but Tantuo then tore up the earth and hurled it down toward him.

Ning Xiaochuan combined with Little Red and fought Tantuo Earth Treasury and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury, revealing himself as a Battle God Dragon Envoy and killing Tantuo. Treasure Pearl then unleashed her Six Paths of Reincarnation Heart Palace, leaving Ning Xiaochuan facing six Supreme Weapons.

• Ning Xiaochuan damaged Tantuo Earth Treasury's armor with the Demon Sword, while Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury prepared to attack with her Buddhist beads.
• Ning Xiaochuan merged with Little Red, transformed into a Battle God Dragon Envoy, and fought both Fate Realm Heaven experts.
• Ning Xiaochuan's Divine Extinction Dragon Fire and sword strikes wounded Tantuo and shattered thousands of souls within the Sentient Beings Buddhist Beads.
• Tantuo Earth Treasury used Earth Treasury Subdues Demons and attacked Ning Xiaochuan physically, but Ning defeated him and severed his head.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury revealed her Six Paths of Reincarnation Heart Palace and sent six worlds containing Supreme Weapons crashing toward Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury battled to a standstill until the Heaven-Man Tombs split open and Night Wanderer emerged, absorbing the corpses’ Qi. Jin Potian confronted him, and Yun Ji identified him as the Earth Treasury King Sect’s Yin Hall Dharma King.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the Heavenly Venerable Mark and the Divine Dragon Cub’s power to fight Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury’s Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Jin Potian watched the battle with Jin Wuhui and praised Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury’s abilities.
• The Heaven-Man Tombs cracked open, and Night Wanderer emerged from underground to drain Corpse Qi from the ancient Heaven-Man corpses.
• Jin Potian’s azure talisman failed to restrain Night Wanderer, who threatened to destroy the Jin Clan and attacked the Holy Mountain with a demonic blade river.
• Jin Ling recognized Jin Potian as the Jin Clan’s former clan king, and Ning Xiaochuan explained that Night Wanderer prolonged his life with the Corpse Nirvana Scripture.
• Yun Ji recognized Night Wanderer as the Yin Hall Dharma King of the Earth Treasury King Sect.

Night Wanderer fought the Grave Keeper Old Man in the Heaven-Man Tomb Forest until Monk Tan Qian defeated him with a Buddha's Hand Seal. Ning Xiaochuan sought Night Wanderer's Silent Extinction Demon Flame, and Monk Tan Qian agreed to give it to him if he killed the Earth Treasury King.

• Night Wanderer raised the power of 360 Heaven-Man skeletons against the Grave Keeper Old Man, who drew on the Jin clan's ancestors and drove Night Wanderer to the brink of defeat.
• A large monk entered the tomb forest, and the Grave Keeper Old Man attacked Night Wanderer with the Emperor Shaking Hammer, but Night Wanderer escaped toward Heaven Pivot Imperial City.
• Monk Tan Qian struck Night Wanderer down with a golden Buddha's Hand Seal and took the Silent Extinction Demon Flame from his corpse before Ning Xiaochuan could reach it.
• Monk Tan Qian refused to hand over the flame unless Ning Xiaochuan paid 10,000 Earth-Grade Profound Stones; Jin Ling offered to pay, but Ning Xiaochuan refused to accept her money.
• Monk Tan Qian offered Ning Xiaochuan the flame in exchange for killing his sinful disciple, the Earth Treasury King.

Monk Tan Qian gave Ning Xiaochuan a Sarira that could temporarily grant True Person-level strength and left to retrieve the other half of the Town Suppressing Tower before the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor could claim it. After helping the Grave Keeper Old Man approach the True Person Realm, Ning Xiaochuan avoided confronting Earth Treasury King and began secluded cultivation to break through into Profound Realm Heaven.

• Monk Tan Qian gave Ning Xiaochuan the Sarira and warned him that Earth Treasury King, whose original name was Wang Li, was a dangerous former disciple; he also entrusted Ning Xiaochuan with the Silent Extinction Demon Flame.
• Monk Tan Qian enlightened the Grave Keeper Old Man, allowing him to grasp the True Person Realm, and the Grave Keeper Old Man ordered the Jin Clan members to keep his impending breakthrough secret.
• Monk Tan Qian left Heaven Pivot Imperial City to retrieve the other half of the Town Suppressing Tower, while Ning Xiaochuan sent Yun Ji out of the city and resolved not to attack Earth Treasury King without certainty.
• Jin Ling invited Ning Xiaochuan to the Jin Clan, but he declined until Master Jin Pan returned and he could avoid worsening tensions within the clan.
• News of the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor's awakening spread across the Heaven Pivot Great Empire, prompting its major powers to mobilize as Ning Xiaochuan shut himself away in an inn and prepared to break through into Profound Realm Heaven.

Ning Xiaochuan refined the Silent Extinction Demon Flame and advanced to the peak of the Profound Realm Heaven in his World Extinction Dao Source. After Little Red strengthened his six mystic beasts with dragon blood and fire, she sensed another Divine Dragon Cub in the Heaven Pivot Great Empire, signaling the arrival of a new enemy.

• Ning Xiaochuan entrusted the Mystic Beast Appraisal to Little Red so she could teach his six mystic beasts dragon clan arts.
• Ning Xiaochuan swallowed the Silent Extinction Demon Flame and refined it within his body while breaking through his cultivation.
• Ning Xiaochuan used Nine Flowers Nectar to reach the Profound Realm Heaven, with his World Extinction Dao Source advancing to its peak.
• Little Red trained the six mystic beasts by feeding them Divine Dragon Blood and burning them with Divine Extinction Dragon Fire, nurturing dragon auras in their bodies.
• Ning Xiaochuan saw the mystic beasts transform into human forms and recognized their increased strength.
• Little Red sensed another Divine Dragon Cub in the Heaven Pivot Great Empire and warned Ning Xiaochuan that a new enemy had appeared.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that Little Red faced a deadly contest to become the Supreme Divine Dragon King’s successor, while the approaching demon-human war threw Heaven Pivot Imperial City into alarm. After Yue Mingsong obtained medicines for him, he told Ning Xiaochuan that the Weapon Marrow needed to upgrade his Demon Sword could be found in the lethal Returning Ruins.

• Little Red told Ning Xiaochuan that a stronger Divine Dragon Cub would soon challenge her, and he promised to protect her.
• Ning Xiaochuan overheard cultivators discussing the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor’s call to exterminate humanity and the clans’ plans to seek refuge at Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• Yue Mingsong gave Ning Xiaochuan the medicines he had bought with the demon beast remains, including five thousand-year-old Spiritually-Connected Rare Medicines and more than ten thousand Mysterious Medicines.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked Yue Mingsong how to turn his Ninth Grade Profound Weapon Demon Sword into a Supreme Weapon, and Yue Mingsong explained that Weapon Marrow could help it develop a Sword Spirit.
• Yue Mingsong revealed that the nearest source of Weapon Marrow was the Returning Ruins, a forbidden land where even demigods had perished.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong followed the trail of the Spirit Maiden to Diwu Mountain, where they entered the Heavenly Emperor’s hidden dojo and discovered that the Demon Suppressing Tower might be there. Inside the God Spirit Secret Realm, Ning Xiaochuan defeated Saint Fish King and fought Zhenhou King evenly, while other factions watched from hiding.

• Yue Mingsong told Ning Xiaochuan that the Spirit Maiden had been seen heading to Diwu Mountain, so they went there with Little Red.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong saw Covering Obstruction Earth Treasury enter an ancient Taoist temple, followed by Xue Lingxu, Saint Fish King, and Zhenhou King.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Yue Mingsong, and Little Red entered the temple and arrived in the God Spirit Secret Realm, where Yue Mingsong identified the true Diwu and suspected the Demon Suppressing Tower was hidden there.
• Saint Fish King attacked Ning Xiaochuan, but Ning Xiaochuan used his Supreme Body to overwhelm him and nearly killed him before Zhenhou King intervened with his Silver Long Spear.
• Ning Xiaochuan activated his Supreme Body and fought Zhenhou King to a standstill as human experts gathered in hiding and Jin Ling identified Ning Xiaochuan to the Gold Clan elders.

After Ning Xiaochuan fought Zhenhou King, he and Xue Lingxu agreed to a temporary alliance to keep the Demon Suppressing Tower from the Demon Clan. When the tower emerged on the eighth day, Zhenhou King and the Emperor of Heaven Pivot Great Empire both rushed to seize it.

• The Jin Clan and other factions learned Ning Xiaochuan’s identity, while Li Chonglou’s grandfather vowed to settle the blood debt after leaving the God Spirit Secret Realm.
• Zhenhou King withdrew with the Saint Fish King, and Ning Xiaochuan chose not to pursue him because enemies from both the Demon Clan and human factions remained nearby.
• Xue Lingxu appeared and discussed their cultivation rivalry with Ning Xiaochuan before proposing an alliance to protect the Demon Suppressing Tower.
• More cultivators and Demon Clan forces gathered; a great demon trying to enter Diwu was killed by divine light.
• On the eighth day, Diwu shook and the Demon Suppressing Tower emerged in six-colored radiance.
• Zhenhou King flew toward the tower, but the Emperor of Heaven Pivot Great Empire rode a flying dragon and hurled a jade seal at him.

The Tianshu Emperor, Miemeng King, Ning Xiaochuan, Xue Lingxu, and other powerhouses fought over the Demon Suppressing Tower while more fighters stormed the Emperor House to seize its treasures. As the battle continued, Yue Mingsong used the Invisibility Pearl to sneak toward the tower, unaware that Little Red had secretly hidden in his pocket.

• The Tianshu Emperor used the imperial jade seal to drive back the demon clan, but Miemeng King arrived and forced him to retreat with a blast of lightning.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Xue Lingxu joined forces against Miemeng King and awakened the Heavenly Emperor Bell, making him dodge its attack.
• Powerhouses clashed over treasures in the Emperor House, and a demon killed a Li Clan Elder who had seized the Phoenix Feather Ancient Sword.
• The Earth Treasury King Sect's Profound Mystery Dharma King sent a Demonic Hall to claim the Demon Suppressing Tower, and Ning Xiaochuan cut its iron chain and confronted him.
• Yue Mingsong used the Invisibility Pearl to sneak toward the Demon Suppressing Tower while Little Red transformed into a tiny dragon and hid in his pocket.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Profound Mystery Dharma King before the Demon Suppressing Tower vanished and Yue Mingsong was blamed for its theft. After Xue Lingxu rescued Yue Mingsong, Ning Xiaochuan killed Li Xun and claimed his powerful bow and arrows.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined Profound Mystery Dharma King's flying sword after it pierced him, but could not damage the armor forged by the Earth Treasury King.
• The Demon Suppressing Tower disappeared, and Tianshu Emperor's jade seal exposed Yue Mingsong, who insisted that he had not stolen it.
• As the powerful figures attacked Yue Mingsong, Xue Lingxu rescued him and fled with the Heavenly Emperor Bell, drawing the others in pursuit.
• Ning Xiaochuan dodged a golden arrow fired by Li Xun, then wounded the fleeing archer with the same arrow.
• Ning Xiaochuan trapped and killed Li Xun with the God Slaying Sword Formation, then took his Universe Bracelet, Bow Bone, and six Golden Arrows.