Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury escaped the demon clan and became lost in the Great Wilderness. As Ning Xiaochuan tried to locate Master Tan Qian to help remove the Petrification Pearl, fine white threads suddenly bound him, Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury, and Little Red.

• Ling Yun fled to Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury for protection, drawing the Spirit Vulture King and hundreds of demon clan pursuers after them.
• Ning Xiaochuan burned the pursuing demon clan experts and three Beast Kings to ashes with the World Extinction Demon Flame and Divine Extinction Dragon Fire, then warned Ling Yun not to follow.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury fled deep into the Great Wilderness, where they discovered they were lost and discussed the Petrification Pearl threatening Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury.
• Ning Xiaochuan tried to sense the location of the Heavenly Emperor Blade so he could find Master Tan Qian, but could not retrieve the weapon from his control.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed a powerful demonic aura approaching and readied his Demon Sword, but fine white threads suddenly bound him, Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury, and Little Red.

Ning Xiaochuan confronted the wounded Demon Empress Shiji and used the demigod Blood Robe to negotiate for Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury’s safety. He gave Shiji the first section of the Earth Scripture and the real location of the God Sealing Cave Abode, intending to turn her into a force against the Northern Frontier demon clan.

• Demon Empress Shiji’s white hair dragged Ning Xiaochuan, Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury, and Little Red to her hiding place in a secluded canyon.
• Ning Xiaochuan demanded the antidote to the supposed Petrification Pearl, then donned the demigod Blood Robe to stop Shiji’s attack and gain leverage.
• Shiji revealed that Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury had received a Youth Preservation Pill, not a Petrification Pearl, and Ning Xiaochuan believed her.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave Shiji the first section of the Earth Scripture and marked the real location of the God Sealing Cave Abode on a map.
• After leaving the canyon, Ning Xiaochuan explained that he spared Shiji because she could oppose the Northern Frontier demon clan, though the cave abode remained dangerous for her.

Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor began using the White Bone Altar’s accumulated human blood energy to condense her First Level Sub-God Body, while Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury fled toward the Central Land World. After blood rain spread across the northern frontier, Ning Xiaochuan agreed to accompany Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury to Nine Heavens Pavilion.

• Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor learned that the human cultivators had been driven from the northern frontier, ordered Thunder God Demon Emperor to seize the remaining Holy Land grounds, and prepared to condense her First Level Sub-God Body.
• Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor summoned four sub-god thoughts to guard her, then flew into the White Bone Altar’s sea of blood.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury crossed a ruined Fifth Grade Civilization and saw blood clouds cover the northern frontier.
• Ning Xiaochuan explained that Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor was forming her Evil Body and warned that only a sub-god could likely stop her.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury asked Ning Xiaochuan to accompany her to Nine Heavens Pavilion for the selection of its next Young Pavilion Master, and he agreed.

Ning Xiaochuan used the blood qi unleashed by the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor to cultivate and made progress toward contacting his master, Sui Hanyu. After traveling to Nine Heavens Pavilion, he learned about the unusual customs of the Mother-Son River Region and arrived with Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury and Little Red in a city where women greatly outnumbered men.

• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed the blood qi and spent three days trying to trace Sui Hanyu's divine power, sensing a wisp before it vanished.
• Little Red showed Ning Xiaochuan her new ability to summon rain, and he scolded her for neglecting her cultivation.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury traveled for more than three months to Nine Heavens Pavilion's territory, accompanied by Little Red and the Two-Headed Stone Beast.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury explained that the Mother-Son River Region's water led most children to be born girls and that women held authority while men served as descendants-bearers.
• Ning Xiaochuan admired the region's beautiful women, and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury teased him for supposedly coming to see Northern Frontier's greatest beauty rather than help her compete for Young Pavilion Master.

Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury followed Qian Biluo and Gongsun Yibai to a Yang Sect Branch, where the two Yang Sect prodigies had captured a Divine Maiden. After Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury was poisoned and trapped, Ning Xiaochuan intervened, leaving Gongsun Yibai stunned to see Elder Yue's successor.

• Ning Xiaochuan recognized the Scarface Men carrying a captive as Qian Biluo and Gongsun Yibai, and he and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury followed them.
• Qian Biluo and Gongsun Yibai entered a Yang Sect Branch with their captive, and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury broke through the gate to confront them.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury killed two Outer Disciples and fought Gongsun Yibai, overpowering him with her Buddhist hand seal.
• Qian Biluo and Gongsun Yibai revealed that Mortal Powder had weakened Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury and that the Branch's barrier would prevent her escape.
• Gongsun Yibai pursued Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury, but Ning Xiaochuan struck him away, and Gongsun Yibai recognized him as Elder Yue's successor.

Ning Xiaochuan rescued Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury and the Divine Maiden of Medicine God Valley from the Yang Sect Branch and cured most of the Mortal Powder poisoning. After the women woke, he asked the Divine Maiden how she had been captured and where the other Medicine God Valley cultivators were.

• Ning Xiaochuan entered the Yang Sect Branch, where Gongsun Yibai and Qian Biluo recognized him but kept his identity secret.
• Ning Xiaochuan demanded the Divine Maiden of Medicine God Valley, and Gongsun Yibai ordered the Outer Disciples to let him take her away.
• Ning Xiaochuan brought Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury and the Divine Maiden to an inn, made an antidote, and used medicated baths to draw out the Mortal Powder.
• Little Red urged Ning Xiaochuan to consider Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury’s feelings and fulfill his promise to dual cultivate with her, and Ning Xiaochuan agreed to speak with her after she woke.
• Ning Xiaochuan refused to give Little Red the dragon core until she mastered another Innate Divine Power, then considered refining it himself to reach the True Person Realm.
• After Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury and the Divine Maiden woke, Ning Xiaochuan clarified that Little Red had bathed them and asked the Divine Maiden how the Yang Sect captured her and where the other Medicine God Valley cultivators were.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that Ugly Old Woman might be Medicine God Valley’s second-generation Valley Master and had gone overseas seeking the Elixir of Immortality. He discovered that Ji Hanxing and the Heart Demon had accompanied her to Medicine God Valley, but he did not learn whether they had gone overseas with her.

• The Divine Maiden of Medicine God Valley recognized Ning Xiaochuan as Ding Chunqiu, one of Northern Frontier’s Three Great Divine Successors, and told him that the holy lands had gathered in North Holy City.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked about Ugly Old Woman, and the Divine Maiden said that medicine king Su Qinghe believed she was Medicine God Valley’s second-generation Valley Master, who had vanished over eighty thousand years ago.
• The Divine Maiden showed Ning Xiaochuan a portrait of the second-generation Valley Master, whose appearance seemed to resemble Ugly Old Woman’s eyes.
• The Divine Maiden told Ning Xiaochuan that Ugly Old Woman had left Medicine God Valley to search overseas for the Elixir of Immortality.
• The Divine Maiden revealed that Ugly Old Woman had arrived with a lifeless-looking beautiful woman and a grotesque old man overflowing with life force, whom Ning Xiaochuan recognized as Ji Hanxing and the Heart Demon.

Ning Xiaochuan agreed to accompany Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury to Nine Heavens Pavilion and meet her master, Taihua True Person. After Taihua learned that Treasure Pearl had reached the Ninth Realm, she objected to her choosing Ning Xiaochuan as her Dao Companion and summoned him to speak with her.

• Two Supreme Elders from Medicine God Valley arrived, thanked Ning Xiaochuan for rescuing their Divine Maiden, and took her away after finding the Yang Sect Branch deserted.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury told Ning Xiaochuan that his ties to several future leaders could help him command the Northern Frontier's holy lands, but he said he only wanted to protect those close to him and save others.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked Treasure Pearl to cultivate with him, and she agreed to take him to Nine Heavens Pavilion to meet her master.
• Treasure Pearl and Ning Xiaochuan reached Nine Heavens Holy City and went to the Main Pavilion on its floating Immortal Island to see Taihua True Person.
• Taihua praised Treasure Pearl's breakthrough to the Ninth Realm, then argued with her about Ning Xiaochuan and called him in for a personal conversation.

Ning Xiaochuan confronted Taihua True Person after she rejected his wish to become Dao Companions with Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury, but he left the Nine Heavens Pavilion at Treasure Pearl's request. Treasure Pearl refused her master's plan to match her with powerful suitors, and after being ordered to charm them, she warned that she would kill them if forced.

• Taihua True Person rejected Ning Xiaochuan as Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury's Dao Companion and struck Treasure Pearl when she tried to object.
• Ning Xiaochuan drew the Demon Sword to defend Treasure Pearl, but put it away when Treasure Pearl reminded him of Taihua True Person's past kindness.
• Taihua True Person ordered Ning Xiaochuan out of the Nine Heavens Pavilion, and he left after promising Treasure Pearl he would wait in Nine Heavens Holy City.
• Treasure Pearl knelt before Taihua True Person and insisted that she had chosen Ning Xiaochuan, while Taihua argued that he lacked the status and support needed to be worthy of her.
• Taihua revealed that she wanted Treasure Pearl to marry the Nine Ruins God Child or Azure Wood God Child to strengthen her bid to become Young Pavilion Master, and ordered her to charm them the next day.
• After Taihua struck her again and ordered her to reflect in the Profound Ice Grotto-mansion, Treasure Pearl declared that she would kill the two God Children if Taihua forced her to accept them.

Ning Xiaochuan learned from Tang Shuyue that powerful rivals were competing to become Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury’s Dao Companion, and that Taihua True Person favored them over him. Tang Shuyue offered to help him win Taihua’s approval if he could get the Holy Maiden to agree to her condition.

• Chu Jing tried to seduce Ning Xiaochuan, but Tang Shuyue intervened and warned her to stay away from him.
• Tang Shuyue took Ning Xiaochuan to her residence and explained that Taihua True Person favored the Nine Ruins God Child and the Azure Wood God Child as potential Dao Companions for the Holy Maiden.
• Tang Shuyue told Ning Xiaochuan that Heaven’s Chosen from across the regions had gathered in Nine Heavens Holy City to compete for the Pavilion’s women and the Young Pavilion Master’s position.
• Tang Shuyue revealed that two Ancient Clan God Children were pursuing her, but Ning Xiaochuan remained focused on the Holy Maiden.
• Tang Shuyue offered to help Ning Xiaochuan deal with Taihua True Person if he could persuade the Holy Maiden to accept one condition of hers.

Ning Xiaochuan discouraged Tang Shuyue from risking an assassination, while the Nine Heavens Pavilion received Su Jing, a Shennong envoy from the Heavenly Court. Su Jing announced plans to create the God Heir Palace and recruit gifted young cultivators to help face the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor, prompting Taihua True Person to rush back and prepare Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury for selection.

• Ning Xiaochuan rejected Tang Shuyue's plan to have a True Person from the Tang Clan kill Taihua True Person, insisting he would handle his own affairs.
• The Nine Heavens Pavilion's leaders gathered to welcome Su Jing, who arrived from the Heavenly Court with a young woman and a strange old man.
• Su Jing revealed that she had become a Shennong and explained that the Heavenly Court could not send an army, so it would work with the Sky Void Continent against the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor.
• Su Jing announced the creation of the God Heir Palace, offering selected young cultivators intensive training, divine scriptures, weapons, and pills.
• Taihua True Person left to prepare Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury for the God Heir Palace, believing she needed to reach the True Person Realm and meet two divine sons.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that the Heavenly Court envoy was a Divine Farmer and refined Tang Shuyue’s God Pool Blood Lotus into pill liquid. Tang Shuyue returned with news that her clan planned to sacrifice Ninth Grand Uncle’s life to raise her cultivation so she could enter the new God Heir Palace, while the Nine Ruins God Child and Azure Wood God Child met above the city.

• News spread that a Heavenly Court envoy had arrived at the Nine Heavens Pavilion, and Ning Xiaochuan learned the envoy was a Divine Farmer.
• Le True Person sent Tang Shuyue a five-thousand-year God Pool Blood Lotus, which Ning Xiaochuan refined into pill liquid for her.
• Tang Shuyue told Ning Xiaochuan that Ninth Grand Uncle planned to sacrifice his life to empower her and raise her to the True Person Realm so she could enter the God Heir Palace.
• The Nine Ruins God Child displayed his mastery of the Profound Void Scripture while playing chess with the Azure Wood God Child.

The Nine Ruins God Child and Azure Wood God Child headed to Linglong Hall after learning that the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden would choose a Dao Companion, while Ning Xiaochuan rushed there to stop anyone from claiming Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury. As Ning Xiaochuan and his companions gathered among the competing heroes, Ouyang Chengde suddenly burst into flames.

• The Nine Ruins God Child and Azure Wood God Child compared their treasures and set out for Linglong Hall to pursue the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Little Red hurried to Linglong Hall, determined to prevent Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury from choosing another Dao Companion.
• Ouyang Chengde dismissed Ning Xiaochuan as unworthy of his friendship, and Gongsun Yibai explained his snobbery.
• Gongsun Yibai revealed that Huixiang had helped him enter Nine Heavens Holy City, then discussed pursuing Taihua True Person with Ning Xiaochuan.
• Qian Biluo joined Gongsun Yibai in considering how to win over Taihua True Person.
• Ouyang Chengde suddenly caught fire and screamed as he rolled on the ground.

Little Red defeated Ouyang Chengde’s attendants, and Ouyang demanded that Ning Xiaochuan surrender her and kowtow. Ning refused to yield, and he and his companions entered Linglong Hall, where they waited for the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden.

• The Azure Wood God Child used the Flame Extinguishing Jade Bottle to draw the Divine Extinction Dragon Fire off Ouyang Chengde, then recognized Little Red as a Divine Dragon Cub.
• Ouyang Chengde ordered his two Ninth Realm attendants to capture Little Red, but she outmaneuvered them and knocked both unconscious with lightning.
• Ouyang Chengde demanded that Ning Xiaochuan surrender Little Red and kowtow, while Ning refused to let him dictate Heavenly Emperor Mountain’s standing.
• Gongsun Yibai and Qian Biluo stood with Ning Xiaochuan as Central Land successors pressured him to apologize, and Ouyang challenged him to a duel.
• Ning Xiaochuan declined to fight that day, and Ouyang Chengde and the other Central Land elites entered Linglong Hall ahead of him.
• Qian Biluo explained the Central Land World’s power structure to Ning Xiaochuan, who then entered Linglong Hall and waited quietly for the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden.

Ning Xiaochuan interrupted the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden’s appearance to take Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury away, defeating two Spirit Pivot champions who tried to stop him. When Treasure Pearl declared that she and Ning Xiaochuan were already Dao Companions, Taihua True Person intervened and attacked them.

• Chu Jing announced the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden, and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury appeared before the Holy Land Successors.
• Ning Xiaochuan took Treasure Pearl’s hand and defeated the Spirit Pivot Saint Child, taking his Supreme Weapon.
• The Spirit Pivot God Child challenged Ning Xiaochuan with illusion techniques, but Ning Xiaochuan overwhelmed him.
• The Azure Wood God Child proposed letting Treasure Pearl choose a Dao Companion, and Treasure Pearl declared that she and Ning Xiaochuan were already together.
• Taihua True Person appeared and sent pillars of True Essence crashing down toward Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl.

Ning Xiaochuan and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury faced accusations that he had controlled her mind, so the Nine Ruins God Child challenged him to a fight outside the city. Ning Xiaochuan gained the upper hand by using an array to hinder the God Child’s spatial movement, while the Heavenly Court Envoy watched the conflict unfold.

• Ning Xiaochuan blocked Taihua True Person’s attack, while Qian Biluo and Gongsun Yibai used a drug and a sack to abduct her.
• The Azure Wood God Child accused Ning Xiaochuan of controlling Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury, and the Nine Ruins God Child challenged him to a duel.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury accepted the Nine Ruins God Child’s wager, and she and Ning Xiaochuan went to the Zi Mu River to fight.
• The Nine Heavens Pavilion Master prepared to intervene, but the Moon Goddess relayed the Heavenly Court Envoy’s request to let the younger generation settle the conflict.
• Ning Xiaochuan destroyed the Nine Ruins God Child’s summoned mountain and used Profound Stones to restrict space, then wounded him with repeated sword strikes.

Ning Xiaochuan fought the Nine Ruins God Child, whose Space Cube redirected Ning Xiaochuan’s attacks, until the Azure Wood God Child and Ouyang Chengde joined in against him. As Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury and Little Red were intercepted while trying to help, Ning Xiaochuan faced all three Central Land Heaven’s Chosen at once and fought them to a draw.

• The Nine Ruins God Child used the Space Cube to redirect Ning Xiaochuan’s Figurative Divine Power Swords, then attacked him with a Space Rift Blade and a True Person Talisman.
• The Azure Wood God Child and Ouyang Chengde decided to help the Nine Ruins God Child and attacked Ning Xiaochuan together.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury and Little Red tried to aid Ning Xiaochuan, but Central Land successors blocked them; Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury killed the Yin Tomb Spirit Child and was intercepted by the Yin Tomb God Child.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned three Earth Veins to fight the Nine Ruins God Child, Azure Wood God Child, and Ouyang Chengde, then met their combined assault with his weapons and divine powers.
• The Nine Heavens Pavilion Master watched as Ning Xiaochuan fought the three Heaven’s Chosen to a draw.

Ning Xiaochuan fought three young powerhouses above the Zi Mu River, where the Azure Wood God Child brought out a complete Supreme King Weapon. As Ning Xiaochuan used his mysterious constitution to resist it, Ouyang Chengde attacked him from behind with a talisman inscribed by Lord of the Fourth World.

• Ning Xiaochuan injured Ouyang Chengde and pierced the Nine Ruins God Child’s palm with the Star Luo Spear, forcing him to escape through a Space Gate.
• The Azure Wood God Child used the Flame Extinguishing Jade Bottle to collect Ning Xiaochuan’s World Extinction Demon Flame, then revealed the bottle as a complete Supreme King Weapon.
• Ning Xiaochuan manifested black-and-white radiance that divided the world into night and day, while a woman from Nine Heavens Pavilion identified it as a rare constitution.
• Ning Xiaochuan channeled Supreme Power into the damaged Star Luo Spear and used it to block the Azure Wood God Child’s Flame Extinguishing Jade Bottle.
• Ouyang Chengde launched a mid-grade power from Lord of the Fourth World’s Supreme Jade Talisman at Ning Xiaochuan’s back as Ning Xiaochuan struggled against the bottle.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated the Azure Wood God Child and Nine Ruins God Child, taking the Azure Sky Wood and Flame Extinguishing Jade Bottle. The Central Land World’s elders then held Little Red and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury captive to force him to surrender the treasures, leaving Ning Xiaochuan furious and facing their threats.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the Azure Wood God Child to block Ouyang Chengde’s Supreme Jade Talisman attack, then stabbed the Azure Wood God Child and seized his Azure Sky Wood.
• The Nine Ruins God Child rescued the wounded Azure Wood God Child, but Ning Xiaochuan’s World Creation Severing Knife shattered the Ruins God phantom and severely injured him.
• Ning Xiaochuan struck the Nine Ruins God Child into the Zi Mu River and retrieved the Flame Extinguishing Jade Bottle floating on the water.
• The Azure Wood and Nine Ruins Holy Lands rescued their God Children, while Ouyang Chengde retreated to the older cultivators for protection.
• The Azure Wood Holy Land’s Supreme Elder demanded the Azure Sky Wood and Flame Extinguishing Jade Bottle, then revealed that Little Red and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury had been captured as leverage.
• The Supreme Elder of the Yin Tomb Holy Land claimed Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury had to pay for the Spirit Child’s death, while the Azure Wood elder declared that strength determined right and wrong.

The Nine Heavens Pavilion Master faced pressure from Xiu Shi Luo to marry the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden into Yin Tomb Holy Land. As cultivators threatened Ning Xiaochuan and the captive Holy Maiden, Ning Xiaochuan succumbed to demonic power, killed the Yin Tomb God Child and several Supreme Elders, and turned toward the remaining enemies.

• Xiu Shi Luo arrived at Nine Heavens Pavilion and proposed that the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden marry the Yin Tomb God Child, pressuring the Nine Heavens Pavilion Master to accept.
• Cultivators from several Holy Lands demanded that Ning Xiaochuan surrender treasures and submit, while the Yin Tomb Supreme Elder threatened to marry the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden into Yin Tomb Holy Land.
• Baleful demonic aura entered Ning Xiaochuan, and he tore out the Yin Tomb God Child's heart when the God Child tried to force him to kneel.
• Ning Xiaochuan emerged in a blood-red War Garment with a Demon Sword, killed the Azure Wood Supreme Elder with one strike, and slew another Holy Land Supreme Elder.
• The Yin Tomb Supreme Elder tried to distract Ning Xiaochuan while the Nine Ruins Supreme Elder attacked him from behind, but the Nine Ruins Supreme Elder screamed before the Yin Tomb Supreme Elder could finish speaking.