Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan visited a Godslayer Ranking stronghold to discuss hiring assassins against the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince and Tang Shuyue, but their prices were far beyond what he would pay. He learned that hidden Dao Protectors had been following him and left with two Seventh Realm of Celestial Being assassins hired to guard him as he prepared to rescue Little Red.

• The Haiti Clan elder brought Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury to a hidden Godslayer Ranking palace and explained that killing the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince or Tang Shuyue would cost hundreds of thousands of Earth-Grade Profound Stones.
• The Haiti Clan elder revealed that Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury were outstanding Holy Land Successors with concealed Dao Protectors who had been following them.
• Ning Xiaochuan worried that his Dao Protector might have discovered the Heavenly Emperor Blade, but concluded that the weapon's existence was probably still secret.
• After learning that hiring an assassin to kill an ordinary God Heavenly Venerable cost fifty thousand to one hundred thousand Earth-Grade Profound Stones, Ning Xiaochuan chose to hire two Seventh Realm of Celestial Being assassins for protection.
• The Haiti Clan elder assigned Blood Six and Blood Seven to follow Ning Xiaochuan and kill anyone threatening him, while Ning Xiaochuan declined to pay extra to make them obey his commands.

The Lin Clan and Ning Xiaochuan’s allies prepared separate plans to seize or rescue the Divine Dragon Cub at Nine Heavens Pavilion. As midnight arrived, Godslayer Ranking assassins and Dragon Scale Ancient Armor warriors attacked the pavilion, and Tang Shuyue realized that more forces than Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury were after the cub.

• The Lin Clan Patriarch ordered his clan to steal the Divine Dragon Cub, concealing their identities in Dragon Scale Ancient Armor and hiring Godslayer Ranking assassins to sow chaos.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury agreed to wait for midnight, with Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury planning to lure away a Ninth Realm of Celestial Being Venerable while Ning Xiaochuan rescued the cub.
• Ning Xiaochuan noticed cultivators approaching Nine Heavens Pavilion, and a flare soon signaled the start of an assault as assassins killed a pavilion elder and other cultivators.
• Tang Shuyue ordered Nine Heavens Pavilion’s protective formation activated, but a sword attack destroyed it and Dragon Scale Ancient Armor warriors stormed inside.
• Tang Shuyue captured one armored attacker, who swallowed a Corpse Transformation Pill and melted into poisonous blood, and she realized that the Lin Clan’s forces were also targeting the Divine Dragon Cub.

Ning Xiaochuan watched as Nine Heavens Pavilion fought off the powers seeking its Divine Dragon Cub, and he discovered that Ji Luo’s Hell Golden Flame could help him advance his cultivation. The arrival of a second Nine Heavens Venerable deterred the attackers briefly, but a masked cultivator attacked, prompting Ye Chatuo to confront him.

• Ning Xiaochuan sensed numerous powerful figures hiding near Nine Heavens Pavilion but did not locate the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince.
• Ji Luo unleashed the Hell Golden Flame, burning many attackers and melting the surrounding land as she defended Nine Heavens Pavilion.
• Ye Chatuo emerged to reinforce Ji Luo, and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury explained that Tang Shuyue had summoned her to protect the Divine Dragon Cub.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized the Hell Golden Flame as one of the mystic fires needed to cultivate the World Extinction Demon Flame, while the hidden attackers reconsidered facing two Nine Heavens Venerables.
• A Ghost Masked old man attacked Nine Heavens Pavilion with a Yin-Yang Bowl, killed seven disciples, and drank their blood.
• Ye Chatuo flew at the Ghost Masked old man as her azure sword transformed into a Mad Dragon and struck toward him.

Ning Xiaochuan seized the chance to enter the Nine Heavens Pavilion while its Nine Heavens Venerables were occupied, absorbing Hell Golden Flame and battling his way toward the Divine Dragon Cub. After pursuing Tang Shuyue into the central hall, he received Little Red’s warning that a terrible danger waited below.

• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed and refined the Hell Golden Flame surrounding the Nine Heavens Pavilion, strengthening his cultivation and World Extinction Demon Flame.
• Two invisible Godslayer Ranking assassins following Ning Xiaochuan killed the elders and other cultivators who tried to block his advance.
• Ning Xiaochuan confronted Tang Shuyue, whose True Person Rules blocked his sword strike, and chased her into the central hall.
• Ning Xiaochuan found a deep passage beneath the hall, but Little Red warned him through the Seven Aperture God-Demon Heart Palace not to enter.

Ning Xiaochuan discovered that Nine Heavens Pavilion had four Nine Heavens Venerables guarding the Divine Dragon Cub and tried to escape the trap. Ji Luo blocked the hall as a Thought Manifestation, and the chapter ended with her killing the God Realm Heaven Venerable who had fought beside him.

• Ning Xiaochuan realized that two more Nine Heavens Venerables were hidden below the passage and understood that Nine Heavens Pavilion had gathered four Venerables to guard the Divine Dragon Cub.
• A frigid aura froze the cultivators fleeing the underground passage, and Ning Xiaochuan rescued a God Realm Heaven Venerable before deciding to retreat.
• The cold current dragged Ning Xiaochuan toward the underground, but he melted the ice with his World Extinction Demon Flame and rushed for the hall's exit.
• Ji Luo blocked the exit, and Ning Xiaochuan recognized that she was a Thought Manifestation rather than her true body and called on his allies to fight.
• Ning Xiaochuan and the God Realm Heaven Venerable attacked Ji Luo, but she pierced the Heaven Venerable's chest and killed him with a palm blade.

Ning Xiaochuan and two assassins weakened Ji Luo’s Thought Manifestation and sealed it inside the Heart Nourishing True Cauldron, wounding Ji Luo’s true body in the process. As Ning Xiaochuan remained trapped in Nine Heavens Pavilion, a mysterious white-clothed figure struck down Ji Luo and rushed into the underground passage, drawing the Nine Heavens Venerables after him.

• Ning Xiaochuan exchanged blows with Ji Luo’s Thought Manifestation, wounding her with his sword while she cut his shoulder with a blade of Hell Golden Flame.
• Ning Xiaochuan joined forces with two hidden assassins and repeatedly struck Ji Luo’s Thought Manifestation until it weakened, then sealed it inside the Heart Nourishing True Cauldron.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s seizure of the Thought Manifestation injured Ji Luo’s true body and cost her the advantage in her battle with another Nine Heavens Venerable.
• A tall, thin swordsman revealed himself, attacked Ji Luo with a giant sword, and escaped into the darkness after she countered with the Dragon Phoenix Treasure Seal.
• A white-clothed, mummy-like figure struck Ji Luo down and rushed into the underground passage, prompting Ji Luo, Ye Chatuo, and the other Nine Heavens Venerables to pursue him while Ning Xiaochuan remained in the hall.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the Nine Heavens Pavilion’s Underground Forbidden Ground and rescued Little Red after discovering the Lin Clan Old Ancestor fighting the pavilion’s four Nine Heavens Venerables. As Ning Xiaochuan tried to escape, the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince blocked the passage and declared that neither Ning Xiaochuan nor the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden would survive the night.

• Ning Xiaochuan hurried through the corpse-filled underground levels and found the Lin Clan Old Ancestor battling the four Nine Heavens Venerables in the Four Symbols Grand Formation.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed Little Red near the icy pool, while Tang Shuyue chose to retreat rather than fight him.
• Ning Xiaochuan cut Little Red free, learned that the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince had drained much of her Divine Dragon Blood, and carried her toward the surface.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince struck at Ning Xiaochuan with a lightning dragon claw, forcing him back into the passage.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince blocked the exit and told Ning Xiaochuan that Tang Shuyue had lured the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden into certain death.

Ning Xiaochuan fought the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince in Nine Heavens Pavilion, using his weapons and Heavenly Venerable Mark to withstand the Crown Prince’s overwhelming attacks. When the Crown Prince nearly killed him, the White Bone Pearl emerged and cracked his Golden Gauntlet, while Ning Xiaochuan broke through to the twelfth layer of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi; their battle remained unresolved.

• Ning Xiaochuan escaped the subterranean passage with six arrows and trapped the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince in his God Slaying Sword Formation.
• Ning Xiaochuan and the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince clashed their powers, destroying the hall and continuing their fight in the night sky.
• Ning Xiaochuan attacked with his imperial seal and eleven swords, but the Crown Prince claimed his cultivation had advanced and scattered the sword formation with a punch.
• The Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince struck Ning Xiaochuan with the Collapsing Thunder Fist, nearly killing him with a blow aimed at his head.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s White Bone Pearl burst from his brow, shattered the fist shadow, and cracked the Crown Prince’s Golden Gauntlet.
• Ning Xiaochuan realized he had broken through to the twelfth layer of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, but remained focused on defeating the Crown Prince.

Ning Xiaochuan fought the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, whose Seventh Realm cultivation and Heavenly Fire Palm gave him a decisive advantage. Ning Xiaochuan swallowed a Tyrant Dragon Blood Pill to raise his strength and continue the battle as the Crown Prince attacked again.

• Ning Xiaochuan recognized the Crown Prince’s superior cultivation but refused to retreat, while the Crown Prince tried to break his resolve.
• The Crown Prince killed a Seventh Realm super killer who attacked from behind, then slew a second killer after the assassin wounded his shoulder.
• Fire Cloud Emperor and Li Huanzhen watched the battle’s fiery power spread across Fire Cloud Imperial City and decided the imperial clan should not intervene in the Holy Land conflict.
• Ning Xiaochuan used his imperial seal and the Earth Veins to attack the Crown Prince, while his World Extinction Demon Flame Path helped him withstand the Heavenly Fire Palm.
• Ning Xiaochuan swallowed a Tyrant Dragon Blood Pill to boost his strength, and the Crown Prince warned that the drug’s effects would not last before launching another Collapsing Thunder Fist.

Ning Xiaochuan fought the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince, who wielded half of the Supreme King Weapon Star Luo Spear, and struggled to escape while his borrowed strength faded. At the river, Ning Xiaochuan finally revealed the Heavenly Emperor Blade, prompting the Crown Prince to merge with the Purple Dragon.

• Ning Xiaochuan's World Extinction Divine Monument shattered the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince's attack, but the Crown Prince escaped into a Ruin World and struck back with half of the Star Luo Spear.
• The Heavenly Emperor Blade warned Ning Xiaochuan that the broken Star Luo Spear was still a formidable weapon, and the Crown Prince used it to smash Ning Xiaochuan and his jade seal into the street.
• Ning Xiaochuan survived the strike and counterattacked with the jade seal, but the Crown Prince blasted him away as his injuries worsened and the Tyrant Dragon Blood Pill's power began to fade.
• Ning Xiaochuan took a True Blood Pill and fled through Fire Cloud Imperial City's walls, while the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince pursued him and destroyed the rampart with the Star Luo Spear.
• At a great river, Ning Xiaochuan revealed the Heavenly Emperor Blade, causing the Star Luo Spear to tremble; the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince responded by merging with the Purple Dragon.

Ning Xiaochuan wounded the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince with the World Creation Severing Knife and escaped underground while the Crown Prince summoned the Earth Treasury King Sect to hunt him. After two days of recovery, Ning Xiaochuan emerged in a remote wilderness, where Earth Emancipation Treasury found him.

• Ning Xiaochuan glimpsed the true essence of the World Creation Severing Knife and used the Heavenly Emperor's power to sever both of the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince's legs.
• Ning Xiaochuan collapsed from exhaustion, summoned the Tai Sui Beast, and fled underground as the Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince escaped and sent five jade talismans to order the Earth Treasury King Sect to hunt him.
• The Tai Sui Beast carried Ning Xiaochuan far from Fire Cloud Imperial City, and he emerged in a remote wilderness after two days of travel.
• Ning Xiaochuan found himself still weakened by the Tyrant Dragon Pill's side effects and believed the injured Heavenly Emperor Crown Prince would seek treatment before pursuing him.
• Earth Emancipation Treasury, one of the Earth Treasury King Sect's Six Earth Treasuries, appeared overhead and told Ning Xiaochuan that his ancestor's power let him track fugitives underground.

Ning Xiaochuan killed Earth Emancipation Treasury despite still being badly weakened, then fled into a miasma-filled river valley to hide and recover. Earth Holding Earth Treasury caught up with him there, intent on taking the treasures he carried.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the True Martial Bow and True Martial Arrows to kill Earth Emancipation Treasury, then burned his corpse to ashes and fled north.
• Sunlight Earth Treasury and two other Earth Treasuries arrived at the battlefield, discussed hunting Ning Xiaochuan, and revealed that powerful cultivators were seeking the Supreme Imperial Weapon.
• Ning Xiaochuan entered an Ancient River Course to conceal his aura from Profound Mystery Dharma King and restored his cultivation while riding the Two-Headed Stone Beast.
• Earth Holding Earth Treasury appeared in the river valley and challenged Ning Xiaochuan, saying she wanted revenge for Earth Treasury King and the treasures he carried.

Ning Xiaochuan used the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon to fight Earth Holding Earth Treasury while discovering that two other Earth Treasuries and an even stronger cultivator were hidden in the river valley. He subdued Sunlight Earth Treasury and Treasure Seal Earth Treasury with the Seven Aperture God Demon Heart, then had them pretend to recruit the mysterious watcher as the battle continued.

• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon to attack Earth Holding Earth Treasury and sensed three concealed cultivators nearby.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent two humanoid consciousnesses into Sunlight Earth Treasury and Treasure Seal Earth Treasury and enslaved them with the Seven Aperture God Demon Heart.
• The Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon struck Earth Holding Earth Treasury in the chest and badly wounded her.
• Sunlight Earth Treasury and Treasure Seal Earth Treasury emerged and invited the hidden cultivator to join them against Ning Xiaochuan.

Yan Huan, a Spirit Child of the Ghost Raising Family, attacked Ning Xiaochuan to seize his Supreme Imperial Weapon, but Ning Xiaochuan’s companions fought back after his powerful strike left him weakened. The chapter ended with Sunlight Earth Treasury and Treasure Seal Earth Treasury launching a desperate attack on Yan Huan.

• Yan Huan killed Earth Holding Earth Treasury with a single finger, extracted her ghost, and introduced himself as the Spirit Child of the Ghost Raising Family.
• Yan Huan summoned a powerful Wrathful Ghost and sent it after Ning Xiaochuan, while Little Red burned it with Divine Extinction Dragon Fire.
• Yan Huan armored the ghost king with Ghost King Bone Armor, but Ning Xiaochuan used the Heavenly Emperor Blade to cleave a crack in it before sitting down to restore his essence qi.
• Yan Huan realized Ning Xiaochuan was severely weakened and ordered the ghost king to hold back Little Red and the Six-Armed Tyrant Dragon while he prepared to attack Ning Xiaochuan.
• Sunlight Earth Treasury and Treasure Seal Earth Treasury unexpectedly attacked Yan Huan, and Treasure Seal Earth Treasury charged into his palm without trying to evade.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Yan Huan and fled from the approaching Profound Mystery Dharma King, reaching a strange red desert where Little Red sensed an ancient fire domain. After Profound Mystery Dharma King caught up and attacked, Ning Xiaochuan combined bodies with Little Red to face him.

• Treasure Seal Earth Treasury and Sunlight Earth Treasury attacked Yan Huan desperately, forcing him to retreat after he warned Ning Xiaochuan that he would return once he refined the Ten Thousand Ghost Array Diagram.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Little Red fled on the Two-Headed Stone Beast, while he ordered Sunlight Earth Treasury and Treasure Seal Earth Treasury to hold back Profound Mystery Dharma King.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed that both Earth Treasuries had died and sped up the beast with a Tyrant Dragon Blood Pill and power drawn from an Earth Vein.
• The Two-Headed Stone Beast carried Ning Xiaochuan and Little Red into a barren red desert, where Little Red sensed an ancient fire domain that could help her condense a Divine Fire Dragon Core.
• Profound Mystery Dharma King arrived in a Demonic Hall and attacked Ning Xiaochuan with chains, so Ning Xiaochuan combined bodies with Little Red and formed crimson Dragon Scale Battle Armor.

Ning Xiaochuan fled the Profound Mystery Dharma King into an ancient fire domain in the Great Blood Desert, where the king dared not follow. As powerful factions gathered outside to seize Ning Xiaochuan’s Supreme Imperial Weapon, Ning and Little Red began cultivating within the flames.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the True Martial Bow to damage the Profound Mystery Dharma King’s Demonic Hall, then fled as the king attacked him with eight iron chains.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Little Red crossed the Red Desert and entered its ancient fire domain, while the Profound Mystery Dharma King stopped at the edge, fearing the flames would destroy his Demonic Hall.
• Li Huanzhen, the Bright Holy Maiden, and other powerful figures gathered outside the Great Blood Desert and waited for Ning Xiaochuan to emerge; the Bright Holy Maiden learned that the God Child had arrived.
• Little Red began absorbing the fire domain’s flames to condense a Divine Fire Dragon Core, while Ning Xiaochuan started cultivating the World Extinction Demon Flame Path.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Heart Nourishing True Cauldron, which contained Ji Luo’s avatar.

Ning Xiaochuan absorbed the Hell Golden Flame from Ji Luo's avatar and ventured deeper into the Fire Domain after hearing phoenix cries. There he witnessed a phoenix kill a Fire Jiao King and discovered that the phoenix was Feng Yuexi, his former cultivation teacher, who warned him against returning to the God Sealing Cave Abode.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined Ji Luo's avatar into Hell Golden Flame, absorbed it, and increased the World Extinction Rules in his Dao Source by two million.
• Ning Xiaochuan suppressed his desire to take more of Ji Luo's flame, then cultivated by drawing the Fire Domain's flames into his World Extinction Demon Flame.
• After hearing phoenix cries, Ning Xiaochuan left Little Red under the beasts' guard and traveled deeper into the Fire Domain.
• Ning Xiaochuan saw a phoenix seize a fleeing Fire Jiao King, tear out its Red Bone, and swallow its core.
• The phoenix transformed into Feng Yuexi, whom Ning Xiaochuan recognized as his former teacher from Heavenly Emperor Academy.
• Feng Yuexi told Ning Xiaochuan that she had lived two lives and warned him not to return to the God Sealing Cave Abode because his cultivation was too low.

Feng Yuexi explained her ties to the World Extinction Path and recovered her Phoenix Bone, then agreed to give Ning Xiaochuan a wisp of Nirvana Flame. As they emerged from the Great Blood Desert to face the powerful figures waiting outside, Yan Huan attacked Ning Xiaochuan with the Ten Thousand Ghost Array Diagram.

• Feng Yuexi told Ning Xiaochuan about the World Extinction Path’s divine weapons and revealed that her Phoenix Bone had turned an ordinary beast into the Fire Jiao King.
• Feng Yuexi offered Ning Xiaochuan the Fire Jiao King’s remains and promised him a wisp of Nirvana Flame during her Fifth Nirvana.
• Feng Yuexi and Ning Xiaochuan left the Great Blood Desert together, intending to drive away the powerful figures gathered outside.
• The Lin clan blocked Ning Xiaochuan’s path and demanded his Divine Dragon Cub, while Yan Huan and the Ghost Raising Family demanded his Supreme Imperial Weapon.
• Yan Huan attacked Ning Xiaochuan with the Ten Thousand Ghost Array Diagram and charged into it using the Ghost King Battle Method.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated Yan Huan, destroyed the Ten Thousand Ghost Array Diagram, and killed the Ghost Raising Family’s Spirit Child. The chapter left him facing the wrath of the Ghost Raising Family and other factions, while onlookers doubted anyone could save him.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the jade seal and World Extinction Demon Flame to repeatedly overpower Yan Huan and destroy the Ten Thousand Ghost Array Diagram.
• A Ghost Raising Family elder tried to stop Ning Xiaochuan, but Ning Xiaochuan broke his finger and sent him flying.
• Ning Xiaochuan smashed Yan Huan into pieces with the jade seal, killing the Ghost Raising Family’s Spirit Child.
• Tang Shuyue and the Bright Holy Maiden watched the killing and worried that the Ghost Raising Family would seek revenge against Ning Xiaochuan.
• Cultivators from several factions concluded that Ning Xiaochuan was unlikely to survive the consequences of killing Yan Huan.

Ning Xiaochuan faced a demand to kill himself after killing Yan Huan, but Hua Qinglian and Feng Yuexi intervened. Feng Yuexi slaughtered the Ghost Raising Family attackers and stopped the Lin Clan from leaving, leaving their fate uncertain.

• The Ghost Raising Family demanded that Ning Xiaochuan kill himself, while the Lin Clan and other onlookers urged him to comply.
• Hua Qinglian defended Ning Xiaochuan, struck down a Ghost Raising Family elder, and revealed his friendship with Ning Xiaochuan.
• Feng Yuexi warned the Ghost Raising Family to leave or die, then burned the White Bone Ghost Carriage's Ninth Realm venerable to ashes with one finger.
• The Ghost Raising Family elders attacked Feng Yuexi in a Senluo Grand Formation, but she shattered it and killed them all with a breath.
• The Lin Clan's clan king apologized to Feng Yuexi and Ning Xiaochuan and tried to leave, but Feng Yuexi stopped them and dismissed his plea for mercy.