Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan, Ning Xiner, Yu Qianqian, Princess Lanfei, and Murong Wushuang were admitted to Heavenly Emperor Academy after returning from the Fire Demon Mountain Range. As the Start of Term Battle approached, Ning Xiaochuan began refining Martial Venerable Blood, and Ning Qiancheng took the young talents to claim profound weapons from Seven Stars Treasure Cave.

• Jade Ripple Great Emperor left the decision to Heavenly Emperor Academy’s Vice Deans, who admitted Ning Xiaochuan, Ning Xiner, Yu Qianqian, Princess Lanfei, and Murong Wushuang.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Ning Xiner reunited with Sword Pavilion Marquis, and Yu TianDi challenged Ning Xiaochuan to face him at the Start of Term Battle.
• Sword Pavilion Marquis’s Mansion held a celebration banquet, and Ning Xiaochuan refined a drop of Martial Venerable Blood to strengthen himself before the battle.
• Ning Xiner told Ning Xiaochuan that he ranked seventh after collecting eighty-two Black Fire Wood Pearls.
• Ning Qiancheng offered Ning Xiaochuan, Ning Xiner, and Ning Meier one profound weapon each and led them to Seven Stars Treasure Cave.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the Seven Stars Treasure Cave to search for a weapon and discovered that several Spirit-infused Profound Weapons could attack on their own. After fighting them off, he found a perfectly preserved monk's corpse and wondered whether the monk had come from Earth.

• Ning Qiancheng warned Ning Xiaochuan, Ning Xiner, and Ning Meier that powerful Profound Weapons in the cave could attack visitors, and they each entered through a different door.
• Ning Xiaochuan explored a corpse-filled passage, examined several weapons, and rejected a Third-Grade Lightning Poison Dragon Spear as insufficient for his needs.
• A Spirit-infused White Jade Dagger attacked Ning Xiaochuan, drawing three more Spirit-infused weapons into the fight.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Heavenly Thunder Bell and World Extinction Sword Dao to suppress the four weapons with a formation of eighty-one swords.
• Ning Xiaochuan uncovered a perfectly preserved monk's corpse and wondered whether the monk had come from Earth.

Ning Xiaochuan found the mysterious Mystic Beast Appraisal bone in the Seven Stars Treasure Cave and received the Thousand Year Time Sleep he needed to treat Murong Hua. He used the medicine and his Demon Sword to break Yue Wuyang’s seal, then emerged exhausted.

• Ning Xiaochuan took the Mystic Beast Appraisal from an ancient monk’s corpse and discovered it was made of the same unbreakable bone as his bone pearl.
• Ning Xiaochuan received the Thousand Year Time Sleep from Princess Qianqian’s maid and returned to Begonia Manor, where he noticed Minister Tian had replaced the guards with elite dead soldiers.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Murong Wushuang he had obtained the medicine and prepared to treat Murong Hua.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined the Thousand Year Time Sleep into pills, gave one to Murong Hua, and used a blood-red Demon Sword to break Yue Wuyang’s seal.
• After about an hour, Ning Xiaochuan came out of the room exhausted.

Ning Xiaochuan healed Murong Hua and heard Minister Tian’s proposal to unite against Yue Wuyang by secretly building a new faction. Ning Xiaochuan agreed to establish Netherworld Manor, with himself as its lord and Three-Fingered Lin, Murong Hua, and Minister Tian assigned leading roles.

• Ning Xiaochuan told Murong Wushuang that he had reconnected Murong Hua’s bloodline, though Murong Hua needed months to recover his cultivation.
• Murong Hua and Three-Fingered Lin vowed to kill Yue Wuyang, but Minister Tian appeared and urged them to stop fighting and hear him out.
• Three-Fingered Lin attacked Minister Tian, who evaded the blow and revealed that Dark Emperor City was hunting him; Ning Xiaochuan explained Minister Tian’s situation.
• Minister Tian argued that they needed to build their own faction to challenge Cloud Marquis’s Mansion and eventually help rescue Yu Ningsheng.
• Murong Wushuang suggested a more imposing name, and Minister Tian proposed Netherworld Manor, with Ning Xiaochuan as lord and himself as Netherworld Envoy.
• Ning Xiaochuan accepted the plan to establish Netherworld Manor, trusting that he could eventually control the faction himself.

The Old Marquis sent Ning Xiaochuan into the Sword Pavilion Tower, where he discovered a dangerous desert world filled with mystic beasts. After killing a Rock Iron Scorpion, Ning Xiaochuan found that its body had transformed into energy that strengthened his physical body, and he realized the tower could be a rare cultivation treasure ground.

• The Old Marquis brought Ning Xiaochuan to the Sword Pavilion Tower and had the four elders open it for him.
• The elders sent Ning Xiaochuan into the tower’s first level, a barren desert where a Rock Iron Scorpion attacked him.
• Ning Xiaochuan used his Rage Wind Wings and lightning techniques to battle the Rock Iron Scorpion from the air.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed the Rock Iron Scorpion with a sword wave, and its body vanished as blood qi merged into him and strengthened his body.
• Ning Xiaochuan concluded that the tower’s mystic beasts were special energy that could strengthen him when killed.

Ning Xiaochuan hunted mystic beasts in the Sword Pavilion to strengthen his body, then killed a Flower Fox Sable whose blood qi nearly doubled his physical strength. He approached the doorway to the second floor, believing he could now meet its strength requirement.

• Ning Xiaochuan killed a Heavenly Foot Centipede and discovered fine threads forming within his bones as the beast's blood qi strengthened him.
• On the first day, Ning Xiaochuan killed six mystic beasts, narrowly escaped a Fourth Grade Mystic Beast, and found his punches had grown far stronger.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed a flying python with lightning and the Heavenly Thunder Bell, then fled when a Flower Fox Sable attacked him.
• Ning Xiaochuan tried to enter the light doorway to the second floor, but it rebounded him because his physical strength was insufficient.
• Ning Xiaochuan wounded the Flower Fox Sable with Myriad Swords Turn to Rain, grounded it, and killed it with lightning after dragging it from the sand.
• The Flower Fox Sable's blood qi nearly doubled Ning Xiaochuan's physical strength, and he walked toward the doorway again.

Ning Xiaochuan learned to use the light gate’s rebounding force as the martial technique Shift Stars and used it to break into the second level of the Sword Pavilion Tower. His breakthrough brought him to the peak of the Divine Body Fourth Level, while the Old Marquis and the elders prepared to rescue him from the dangerous second level.

• Ning Xiaochuan failed twice to break the light gate, then realized it gathered and returned his force through resonating ripples.
• Ning Xiaochuan practiced redirecting and multiplying force by fighting a Flame Tiger Beast and two Three-Armed Bears, naming the technique Shift Stars.
• After training all night until Shift Stars could return 2.1 times the force, Ning Xiaochuan shattered the light gate and entered the second level.
• The light from the gate strengthened Ning Xiaochuan’s Martial Dao Profound Qi and brought his fourth divine power to great completion.
• The Old Marquis and the four elders heard the tower’s bell, learned Ning Xiaochuan had reached the second level, and prepared to rescue him if needed.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the Sword Pavilion Tower’s second level, survived a pack of Mighty Giant Wolves, and grew stronger by hunting Huang Python Snakes. After discovering a Fifth Grade Mystic Beast laying eggs in a guarded nest, he devised a plan to take an egg while escaping with his life.

• Ning Xiaochuan fought a Mighty Giant Wolf, then escaped its pack and the flying Wolf King by hiding in the ruins.
• Ning Xiaochuan continued through the ancient city, killed seven Huang Python Snakes, and increased his physical strength and the power of Shift Stars.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed the snakes to a plaza and watched a Silver Giant Snake lay a Mystic Beast Egg.
• Ning Xiaochuan coveted the Fifth Grade Mystic Beast’s egg and decided to take one while keeping himself safe.

Ning Xiaochuan stole a Mystic Beast Egg from the Silver Giant Snake and used its blood qi to strengthen his body, provoking a war between the Huang Python Snakes and Mighty Giant Wolves. After the Silver Giant Snake defeated the Wolf King, Ning Xiaochuan killed the wounded Wolf King and began absorbing its blood qi, only for the Silver Giant Snake to find him.

• Ning Xiaochuan disguised himself in a Mighty Giant Wolf's hide, stole a Mystic Beast Egg, and lured the pursuing Huang Python Snakes into the Mighty Giant Wolves' territory.
• Ning Xiaochuan shattered the egg and absorbed its blood qi, greatly increasing his physical strength, while the Huang Python Snakes and Mighty Giant Wolves began fighting.
• Ning Xiaochuan found the Silver Giant Snake's nest empty and realized it had hidden its remaining eight eggs inside its body.
• After three hours of battle, the Silver Giant Snake gravely wounded the Wolf King, which fled from the square.
• Ning Xiaochuan ambushed the fleeing Wolf King, struck it repeatedly with lightning, killed it, and began absorbing its blood qi.
• The Silver Giant Snake spotted Ning Xiaochuan as he absorbed the Wolf King's blood qi.

Ning Xiaochuan awakened his Fifth Divine Power and used the Demon Sword to kill the Silver Giant Snake, then passed out and woke in his room after the Sword Pavilion trial had ended. The Old Marquis explained how Ning’s strength had grown and sent him to report to Heavenly Emperor Academy, where he would have to rely on himself for five years.

• Ning Xiaochuan opened his Fifth Divine Source under the Silver Giant Snake’s lightning and formed the Burning Sky with Scorching Sun Divine Power, destroying one of its eyes.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Demon Sword and killed the Silver Giant Snake with a single devastating strike, then collapsed as the beast’s blood qi began merging into him.
• Ning Xiaochuan woke in his room two days after the Sword Pavilion trial, and the Old Marquis told him he had killed a Fifth Grade Mystic Beast comparable to a Worldly Detachment Realm martial artist.
• The Old Marquis explained that he had sealed the Silver Giant Snake’s remaining power in Ning Xiaochuan’s Martial Heart Palace until Ning reached the Divine Body Sixth Level.
• The Old Marquis told Ning Xiaochuan to report to Heavenly Emperor Academy the next day and warned that he would have to rely on himself there for five years.

Ning Xiaochuan arrived at the Emperor Ruins and was assigned to the Three Masters Martial Academy, where he reunited with Yu Qianqian. As the Start of Term Battle began, he learned that Ming Yang had received a Vice Dean’s training and then struggled to cultivate his fifth divine power without burning himself.

• The 1,685 new students were divided among the Four Great Martial Academies, and Ning Xiaochuan joined the Three Masters Martial Academy as a Heart Nourisher.
• Ning Xiaochuan reunited with Yu Qianqian, who warned him that the Start of Term Battle would be fiercely contested.
• The Start of Term Battle began in the Madaro Great Desert, and Ning Xiaochuan watched Wang Ye and Murong Wushuang win their early matches.
• Ning Xiaochuan met Yu TianDi and He Jia, who told him that Ming Yang was training under a Vice Dean and was expected to contend for first place.
• Ning Xiaochuan tried to cultivate Burning Sky with Scorching Sun while refining Martial Venerable Blood, but stopped when the heat threatened to ignite his body.
• Ning Xiaochuan set aside the Martial Venerable Blood and used Heaven and Earth Profound Qi to balance his cultivation.

Princess Lanfei stole and drank most of Ning Xiaochuan’s Martial Venerable Blood, then attacked him after waking with no memory of what happened. Their fight drew a crowd, which mistakenly suspected Ning Xiaochuan had taken advantage of her.

• Princess Lanfei sneaked into Ning Xiaochuan’s room, drank dozens of drops of Martial Venerable Blood, and was wounded when he woke and struck her.
• Ning Xiaochuan treated Princess Lanfei’s chest wound, but she awoke confused and accused him of bringing her there and harming her.
• Princess Lanfei attacked Ning Xiaochuan, and their clash destroyed the stone house as the stolen Martial Venerable Blood made her much stronger.
• Jun Weisheng and Yan Benjue watched the fight and discussed Princess Lanfei’s potential and Ming Yang’s standing among the young geniuses.
• Murong Wushuang joined Ning Xiaochuan, who complained that Princess Lanfei had taken advantage of him, while the onlookers misread his words as proof she had tried to molest him.

Ning Xiaochuan discovered that Martial Venerable Blood drew the Princess Lanfei into a Half Corpse Slave-like state, then caught the Red Little Dragon spying and learned Xin'er had brought it into the Emperor Ruins. As the final battles approached, Ming Yang returned and challenged Ning Xiaochuan on the martial grounds.

• Ning Xiaochuan secretly fed the Princess Lanfei Martial Venerable Blood and sent her away after stopping her from undressing him, but she took his belt.
• Ning Xiaochuan caught the Red Little Dragon, learned Xin'er had brought it into the Emperor Ruins to reclaim the Mystic Beast Egg, and ordered it to stay by his side.
• The Princess Lanfei offered to let one of her admirers follow her if he crippled Ning Xiaochuan, but none of the three dared attack him.
• Ming Yang appeared and claimed he could kill Ning Xiaochuan with one sword strike, and Ning Xiaochuan agreed to face him on the martial grounds.
• The top seventy contestants and the Top Ten from the Fire Demon Mountain examination formed the eighty competitors who would decide the final rankings over the next three days.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that Ming Yang was the Undead City Lord’s disciple and entered the group-stage tournament without backing down from their impending conflict. He defeated Mu Wuyue in his first match and advanced to the Group Top Four, drawing the attention of Heavenly Emperor Academy’s senior students.

• A woman from Netherworld Manor sent Ning Xiaochuan a message identifying Ming Yang as the Undead City Lord’s disciple, prompting Ning Xiaochuan to suspect the message came from someone within Dark Emperor City.
• Yu Qianqian told Ning Xiaochuan that he and Ming Yang were assigned to different groups, then explained the tournament’s qualification rules.
• Ning Xiaochuan arrived at Martial Arena Number Seven, where Heavenly Emperor Academy seniors Jin Quexi, Yue Mingsong, and Lü Hailiang watched the top students compete.
• Mu Wuyue attacked Ning Xiaochuan with her Fire Cloud Divine Fist, but Ning Xiaochuan deflected its force and countered, knocking her out of the arena.
• The instructor declared Ning Xiaochuan the winner and advanced him to the Group Top Four, and Jin Quexi, Yue Mingsong, and Lü Hailiang approached him about joining the Heavenly Principles Society.

Ning Xiaochuan heard Jin Quexi and Shi Hailiang invite him to join the Heavenly Principles Society, but he left without deciding. He watched Ming Yang kill his opponent, warned Ning Xiner to surrender if she faced him, and won Martial Arena Number Seven to reach the top ten.

• Yue Mingsong, Jin Quexi, and Shi Hailiang approached Ning Xiaochuan and invited him to join the Heavenly Principles Society; he said he would think it over and left.
• Ming Yang killed a girl who attacked him with a Soul-Snatching Needle in one sword strike, shocking the spectators.
• Ning Xiner defeated her opponent and advanced to the top four of the First Martial Arena.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Ning Xiner to surrender if she faced Ming Yang, and she agreed.
• Ning Xiaochuan won the remaining battles in Martial Arena Number Seven and became one of the class's top ten students.

Ning Xiaochuan feared Ning Xiner had been killed by Ming Yang, but learned she had never faced him and had placed second in her arena. After the Top Ten were announced, Yu Qianqian offered Ning Xiaochuan a sword pellet to protect him from Ming Yang, and the chapter ended as the ninth day’s ranking battles began and the Three Masters Martial Academy’s Vice Dean learned Ning Xiaochuan’s name.

• Shi Hailiang told Ning Xiaochuan that Ming Yang had killed each of his three opponents with one sword, prompting Ning Xiaochuan to rush to the First Martial Arena in fear for Ning Xiner.
• Ning Xiaochuan found Ning Xiner safe and learned she had placed second after losing in the semifinals without ever encountering Ming Yang.
• Murong Wushuang returned after placing fifth in the Third Martial Arena and asked Ning Xiaochuan to avenge his defeat by He Jia.
• Yu Qianqian showed Ning Xiaochuan the Top Ten list, then offered him a sword pellet containing Martial Venerable sword qi; Ning Xiaochuan refused to take it.
• Ning Xiaochuan resumed cultivating the Fifth Divine Power as the ninth day’s ranking battles began, drawing instructors and the Vice Dean of the Three Masters Martial Academy to Ninth Camp.
• The Vice Dean of the Three Masters Martial Academy learned that Ning Xiaochuan was the Heart Nourisher genius he wanted to recruit.

The Top Ten drew opponents for the Martial Dao clash, and Yu TianDi defeated Lu Qing by revealing his Qilin Battle Qi. Ning Xiaochuan then faced He Jia, who prepared to attack with the True Yin Ancient Scripture.

• The academy attendant announced the prizes for the Top Ten, including seven days of cultivation in the Celestial Palace for the champion, and the prodigies drew their match numbers.
• Ning Xiaochuan drew number four and was paired with He Jia, while Ming Yang drew number ten and threatened Ning Xiaochuan.
• Yu TianDi and Lu Qing fought fiercely until Yu TianDi revealed his Qilin Battle Qi and defeated Lu Qing, severely wounding him.
• Xie Mengyao spoke with Ning Xiaochuan about Yu TianDi's strength and the rules allowing mysterious beast Battle Pets in the arena.
• Ning Xiaochuan entered the arena to fight He Jia, who explained that he cultivated the sinister True Yin Ancient Scripture and formed icy swords as frost spread around him.

Ning Xiaochuan battled He Jia, first defeating him by reflecting the Heavenly Radiance Mirror’s beam with Shift Stars. He Jia then unleashed ice corpse blood and greatly increased his strength, leaving the fight unresolved as Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Heavenly Thunder Bell to defend against his attack.

• He Jia attacked Ning Xiaochuan with True Yin ice swords and rapid palm strikes, but Ning Xiaochuan matched him with lightning and physical strength.
• He Jia used the Heavenly Radiance Mirror to bombard the arena with freezing beams, and Ning Xiaochuan reflected a powerful beam back with Shift Stars, encasing He Jia in ice.
• He Jia broke free of the ice and struck Ning Xiaochuan after activating the ice corpse blood, which transformed his body and boosted his strength.
• He Jia kicked Ning Xiaochuan partly into the ground, but Ning Xiaochuan gripped his foot and sent lightning through him before He Jia attacked again.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the nine-meter Heavenly Thunder Bell around himself as He Jia’s fist closed in.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated He Jia with the World Extinction Sword Dao and Heavenly Thunder Bell, then watched Ming Yang kill Nan Shuiyi with one sword. The tournament left Ning Xiaochuan and Ming Yang facing each other as the remaining rivals.

• Ning Xiaochuan pierced He Jia’s palm with the World Extinction Sword Wave and killed him with the Heavenly Thunder Bell.
• Princess Lanfei defeated Yin Sanyue, while Hu Han Yeli advanced after Xie Mengyao voluntarily withdrew.
• The chapter explained the civilization ranks and noted that Nan Shuiyi came from the Third-Rank Civilization Thousand Water Kingdom.
• Ning Xiaochuan sensed that Nan Shuiyi had reached the Divine Body Sixth Level, and Yu Qianqian suggested he might be the disciple of a powerful martial dao master.
• Ming Yang killed Nan Shuiyi with a single strike of the Supreme Sword Dao, then locked eyes with Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan prepared to face Ming Yang’s Supreme Sword Dao as he fought Princess Lanfei for a place in the final. Their battle escalated when Lanfei unleashed her Wood and Fire powers, and the chapter ended as Ning Xiaochuan called down torrential rain.

• Ning Xiaochuan explained that blocking Ming Yang’s first sword could weaken his momentum, while his friends worried about the coming fight.
• Ming Yang advanced directly to the final, and the lots paired Ning Xiaochuan with Princess Lanfei and Yu TianDi with Hu Han Yeli.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Princess Lanfei agreed that if he won, she would marry him; if she won, he would become her eunuch servant.
• Princess Lanfei unleashed hundreds of Flame Sky Vines against Ning Xiaochuan’s lightning barrier.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned a dark cloud and brought down torrential rain over the martial arena.