Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan defeated a green-robed man on the Immortal Bridge and tried to force him to explain its inhabitants, but reinforcements arrived before he could finish. Elsewhere, young people from the Sea of Bitterness protested being excluded from the Immortal Spirit Trial, and a messenger soon rushed to the elders with news of a major incident.

• Ning Xiaochuan knocked aside the green-robed man's sword, defeated him with a punch, and demanded information about the Immortal Bridge.
• The green-robed man began explaining where the Immortal Bridge's living beings were, but a group of figures shouted that he had attacked Junior Brother Lu and rushed toward them.
• A young man in white and other late-arriving candidates challenged Elder Lu and Elder Sun after they barred them from the Immortal Spirit Trial.
• Elder Lu and Elder Sun dismissed the candidates, then privately mocked people from the Sea of Bitterness and discussed the Truth Heavenly Kingdom's conflict with the Feng Family.
• The excluded candidates stayed by the wooden huts to report the elders' conduct to the Three Top Immortal Spirit Families, and a figure arrived crying that something big had happened.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong fought off wave after wave of Immortal Spirit Family disciples in the Trial Land, while the families’ elders followed a trail of corpses. The two white-haired elders confronted Ning Xiaochuan, but a handsome white-robed man stepped forward and greeted him as an old acquaintance.

• Lu Feng returned to the cabin and told the elders that Ning Xiaochuan had killed Lu Senior Brother, Senior Brother Xue, and many other trial participants.
• Elder Sun and the other white-haired elder led a group through the wilderness, finding dozens of dead disciples from the Immortal Spirit Families.
• Ning Xiaochuan explained to Yue Mingsong that his opponents underestimated him, then sensed another group approaching.
• Yue Mingsong hid inside a tree with his cloak-like divine artifact and prepared to use his Invincible Divine Balls if Ning Xiaochuan faced a dangerous opponent.
• Elder Sun ordered the gathered young people to attack Ning Xiaochuan, but they refused, citing the Trial Land’s rules.
• As the two elders prepared to attack themselves, a handsome white-robed man approached Ning Xiaochuan and said, “Long time no see.”

Ning Xiaochuan reunited with Hua Qinglian on the Immortal Bridge, where Hua defended him against two elders of the Immortal Spirit Families. As the elders attacked, Hua explained that the Immortal Bridge had become a crowded, chaotic refuge dominated by ancient families and other powerful survivors.

• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Hua Qinglian and learned he was a friend who had survived the destruction of heaven and earth.
• Two white-haired elders of the Immortal Spirit Families prepared to attack Ning Xiaochuan for killing their disciples, but Hua stepped between them and defended him.
• The elders rejected Hua's attempt to reason with them, so Hua chose to stand beside Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned that the Immortal Spirit Families were founded by descendants of immortal spirits and that three supreme families ruled over the others.
• Hua explained that survivors had flooded onto the Immortal Bridge, turning it from a trial passage into a crowded refuge, before the two elders charged at Ning Xiaochuan and Hua.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated two white-haired elders, then faced a group from the Three Top Immortal Spirit Families led by Feng Feiyang. When Arrow Void fired a deceptive shot at Hua Qinglian, Ning Xiaochuan drew the World Extinction Demon Sword to intercept it.

• Ning Xiaochuan knocked both white-haired elders aside, shrugging off one elder's Purple Light Handprint.
• Arrow Void fired an Immortal Bridge arrow to halt Ning Xiaochuan, and Hua Qinglian identified the arriving group as members of the Three Top Immortal Spirit Families.
• Feng Feiyang arrived with Arrow Void and three others, and the group mistook Hua Qinglian for a woman before learning he was a man.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Feng Feiyang he had killed the other families' disciples, and Feng Feiyang ordered Arrow Void to capture Ning Xiaochuan and Hua Qinglian alive.
• Arrow Void's shot feinted toward Ning Xiaochuan before veering toward Hua Qinglian, and Ning Xiaochuan drew the World Extinction Demon Sword to stop it.

Arrow Void wounded Hua Qinglian with a single arrow and prepared to attack Ning Xiaochuan, but four women Ning Xiaochuan knew arrived and pleaded for him. As Feng Feiyang debated their request, Ning Xiaochuan pulled out the arrow and treated Hua Qinglian, then reacted with shock after examining his injury.

• Arrow Void pierced Hua Qinglian with an arrow that Ning Xiaochuan could not block, then aimed a second arrow at Ning Xiaochuan.
• Lin Yueji, Zi Hanyan, Ji Hanxing, and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury arrived and stopped Arrow Void from attacking Ning Xiaochuan.
• Feng Feiyang complained that beautiful women kept gathering around Ning Xiaochuan, while his two companions argued over his insult.
• The four women argued that Ning Xiaochuan had acted in self-defense, and Feng Feiyang hesitated to punish him.
• Ning Xiaochuan pulled Arrow Void's arrow from Hua Qinglian and began treating him, but widened his eyes after examining Hua Qinglian's chest.

Ning Xiaochuan treated Hua Qinglian’s injuries as Feng Feiyang offered to pardon him and recruit him into the Feng family. As the families of Ning’s victims arrived to confront him, Zi Hanyan and the other women defended him, and the chapter ended with their opponents demanding to discuss his case.

• Ning Xiaochuan treated Hua Qinglian’s injuries and became bewildered by an unusual sensation from his hand.
• Feng Feiyang declared that Ning Xiaochuan should be forgiven and offered to bring him into the Feng family.
• Zi Hanyan, Lin Yueji, Ji Hanxing, and Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury reunited with Ning Xiaochuan and told him that Little Ling’er and Little Hong were powerful and had helped them before leaving.
• Several dozen hostile representatives of the families whose members Ning Xiaochuan had killed surrounded the group and challenged Feng Feiyang’s decision.
• Martial Uncle Hu threatened the four women with expulsion from Wa Palace, but they stood by Ning Xiaochuan, and Zi Hanyan openly showed her affection for him.
• Feng Feiyang defended Ning Xiaochuan’s boldness, while Martial Uncle Hu set aside his argument with the women and pointedly demanded to discuss Ning Xiaochuan’s case.

Ning Xiaochuan sent Zi Hanyan and the others away before facing Hu Lian and the Immortal Spirit Family experts, while Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury led Feng Feiyang away. As Hu Lian pursued him, Ning Xiaochuan called on Yue Mingsong to use his stock, and a round object exploded in Hu Lian’s path.

• Hu Lian ordered his people to attack Ning Xiaochuan after Feng Feiyang and the Yin Yang Family’s gloomy man refused to interfere, but Zi Hanyan and the other three stood their ground.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Zi Hanyan and the others to leave, explaining that he would handle Hu Lian and asking them to help rescue his friend; the four women then departed.
• Ning Xiaochuan protected Hua Qinglian and fought off several Immortal Spirit Family experts, while Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury led Feng Feiyang away and the others followed.
• Ning Xiaochuan called to Yue Mingsong to throw out all his stock and rushed toward where he was hiding as Hu Lian chased him.
• A dark, round object flew at Hu Lian, who struck it with his hands, triggering an explosion that shook the wilderness.

Ning Xiaochuan’s plan left more than a hundred Immortal Spirit Family disciples dead, and he hid nearby while Yue Mingsong delivered his message to the four women. The women learned Ning Xiaochuan would come to Wa Palace in three months, while Feng Feiyang and his companions learned of the same destination before everyone departed.

• Feng Feiyang and the others returned to the blasted clearing and found Hu Lian and dozens of Immortal Spirit Family experts dead.
• Ji Hanxing discovered Yue Mingsong hiding nearby, and he claimed Ning Xiaochuan had forced him to flee.
• Zi Hanyan asked Yue Mingsong to relay Ning Xiaochuan’s message, and he announced that Ning Xiaochuan would visit Wa Palace in three months and apologized for deceiving the women.
• Treasure Pearl Earth Treasury realized Ning Xiaochuan had sent the women away to protect them, while Lin Yueji warned that the Immortal Spirit Families would learn his destination.
• Feng Feiyang chose not to spread the news unnecessarily, but said he would reveal it if asked, and then he left with his companions.
• After the women and Yue Mingsong departed, Ning Xiaochuan emerged from a nearby crater.

Ning Xiaochuan rescued the weakened Hua Qinglian and learned that Immortal Spirit Power was essential to surviving on the Immortal Bridge. After hiding from a pursuing expert, Ning Xiaochuan asked Hua Qinglian to guide him toward joining a faction.

• Ning Xiaochuan pulled Hua Qinglian from the pit and carried him away, while noticing that Hua Qinglian's body seemed to be changing.
• Hua Qinglian explained that divine sparks were pseudo-Immortal Spirit Power and that Immortal Bridge residents fused with Immortal Spirit Power to grow stronger.
• Ning Xiaochuan hid himself and Hua Qinglian beneath Yue Mingsong's cloak when a flying expert arrived searching for them.
• After the expert left, Hua Qinglian said Immortal Spirit Power was plentiful but advised Ning Xiaochuan to join a faction quickly to obtain it.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked Hua Qinglian to guide him, and Hua Qinglian began offering suggestions about the Immortal Bridge's factions.

Ning Xiaochuan and Hua Qinglian traveled toward the Universe Alliance while evading the gaunt old man, then arrived at its harsh desert headquarters. There they encountered a veiled disciple called Senior Apprentice Sister Tianmeng and a powerful phantom bearing a Vertical Eye, which Ning Xiaochuan believed might be Immortal Spirit Power.

• Ning Xiaochuan chose to join the Universe Alliance, but he and Hua Qinglian concealed themselves as the gaunt old man continued pursuing them.
• After three months, Hua Qinglian had recovered most of his strength and said he had already planned to leave the Immortal Spirit Family and join the Universe Alliance with Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Hua Qinglian reached the Universe Alliance's desert headquarters, where several disciples mocked Senior Apprentice Sister Tianmeng during a seven-day cultivation trial.
• Tianmeng ran ahead into the sands, where the disciples spotted a heroic, illusory man wielding a three-pronged halberd and rushed after her.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Hua Qinglian identified the phantom as likely Immortal Spirit Power, and Ning Xiaochuan charged toward it.
• The phantom unleashed a violent killing intent against Ning Xiaochuan as a petite veiled figure appeared beside him.

Ning Xiaochuan resisted the immense killing intent of a huge cluster of Immortal Spirit Power and advanced toward it, drawing the attention of Demon God and her daughter, the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor. After learning that Ning Xiaochuan came from the Great Evolution World and had once subdued her daughter, Demon God recognized him as an extraordinary talent.

• Ning Xiaochuan pushed through the cluster's killing intent and steadily approached the Immortal Spirit Power while the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor and four companions watched.
• The four companions decided to return to their station and report the cluster, while the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor kept looking back at Ning Xiaochuan.
• Demon God arrived, and the group respectfully greeted her; she moved toward the cluster and noticed Ning Xiaochuan resisting its power.
• Demon God recognized that Ning Xiaochuan was a newly advanced Lower God who had not fused with Immortal Spirit Power, and she judged him a rare genius.
• The Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor told her mother that Ning Xiaochuan came from the Great Evolution World, had once served under her, and had defeated her split soul.

The palace-robed woman collected the Immortal Spirit Power and reconciled Ning Xiaochuan and the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor, then invited Ning Xiaochuan into the Universe Alliance. She brought him and Hua Qinglian to the alliance’s fortress, where they arrived safely.

• The palace-robed woman absorbed the Immortal Spirit Power into a sphere of yellow sand and revealed herself to Ning Xiaochuan alongside the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor.
• The palace-robed woman urged Ning Xiaochuan and the Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor to put aside their past enmity, and they agreed not to pursue it.
• The palace-robed woman invited Ning Xiaochuan to join the Universe Alliance, and he accepted.
• The Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor stayed behind to continue her seven-day trial while Ning Xiaochuan went to fetch Hua Qinglian.
• The palace-robed woman carried Ning Xiaochuan and Hua Qinglian through the yellow sands to the Universe Alliance fortress.

Ning Xiaochuan and Hua Qinglian arrived at Earth City, where a palace-robed woman explained the Universe Alliance’s talent rankings and arranged for Ning Xiaochuan to fuse Immortal Spirit Power in three days. While resting, Ning Xiaochuan examined the worlds within him, but someone suddenly grabbed him by the throat.

• The palace-robed woman showed Ning Xiaochuan and Hua Qinglian the stone tablet, explaining that the top-ranked Long Xingkong had fused five strands of Immortal Spirit Power as a Lower God.
• The palace-robed woman described the Universe Alliance’s factions and enemies, then promised to take Ning Xiaochuan to fuse Immortal Spirit Power in three days.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Hua Qinglian entered a plain house that contained a hidden palace and began recovering in separate chambers.
• Ning Xiaochuan failed to contact the people trapped inside the Great Evolution World and observed that his Initial Universe World was beginning to form life.
• As Ning Xiaochuan focused on the Initial Universe World, a pair of hands suddenly clutched his throat.

Demon God revealed that she needed Ning Xiaochuan to marry and protect Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor before she left the Immortal Bridge, where its rules forced cultivators to advance or die. Ning Xiaochuan had not yet answered when an assassin was discovered in Earth City.

• Demon God confronted Ning Xiaochuan, tested his feelings toward Heavenly Dream, and asked whether he would marry him and keep him safe.
• Demon God explained that she had to leave the Immortal Bridge and could not return, while enemies still threatened Heavenly Dream.
• Demon God described the Nine Heavens Immortal Bridge and its deadlines, which forced cultivators to advance or be reduced to ashes.
• Ning Xiaochuan considered Demon God's demand, but she suddenly rushed outside after someone shouted that there was an assassin in Earth City.

Ning Xiaochuan agreed to protect Heavenly Dream in exchange for access to an Immortal Spirit Pool, while the Demon God went to fight the intruding black figure. As Ning Xiaochuan began merging with Immortal Spirit Power, four old men revealed that they had lured the Demon God away so they could capture him.

• A black figure mocked the Universe Alliance and slapped down an expert who challenged him.
• The Demon God refused to act at first, but agreed to fight after the Universe Alliance elders pleaded with her; she asked Ning Xiaochuan to protect Heavenly Dream in exchange for letting him use the Immortal Spirit Pool.
• The Demon God led Ning Xiaochuan to the pool, explained how to merge with Immortal Spirit Power, and left to confront the black figure.
• Four white-bearded old men entered the pool’s hidden space and revealed their plan to capture Ning Xiaochuan and trade him to the Immortal Spirit Families.
• Ning Xiaochuan merged with one strand of Immortal Spirit Power, then struggled to suppress the much stronger will formed when he absorbed a second strand.

Ning Xiaochuan refined Immortal Spirit Power, surpassed Long Xingkong’s record, and absorbed the entire Immortal Spirit Pool, greatly strengthening himself and transforming his Initial Universe World. As he left the pool, a Bone Blade suddenly attacked him.

• Ning Xiaochuan fused five strands of Immortal Spirit Power but initially failed to withstand the sixth strand’s will.
• After refining Undying Kindling to triple his Mental Power, Ning Xiaochuan successfully fused the sixth strand of Immortal Spirit Power.
• Four white-bearded old men reconsidered whether to kill Ning Xiaochuan after seeing his talent, then watched as he absorbed all the Immortal Spirit Power in the pool.
• The Immortal Spirit Power strengthened Ning Xiaochuan’s Initial Universe World and brought forth innate divine beasts within it.
• Ning Xiaochuan walked out of the pool, and a Bone Blade suddenly shot toward him, aiming to split him in half.

After emerging from the Immortal Spirit Pool, Ning Xiaochuan was ambushed by Wen Tao and learned that the four Universe Alliance elders had secretly cooperated with the Immortal Spirit Family. He killed Wen Tao with a punch powered by his Initial Universe World, absorbed his Immortal Spirit Power, and left the elders offering him special treatment.

• Ning Xiaochuan bit through Wen Tao's Bone Blade and confronted the four Universe Alliance elders about allowing the ambush.
• The elders admitted that Wen Tao had come to capture Ning Xiaochuan for the Immortal Spirit Family, which had issued a warrant for his arrest.
• Ning Xiaochuan challenged Wen Tao, whose eight strands of Immortal Spirit Power made him confident he could defeat Ning Xiaochuan's six.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the World Fist to destroy Wen Tao, then absorbed his eight strands of Immortal Spirit Power into his Initial Universe World.
• Ning Xiaochuan explained that his punch was called the World Fist, and the elders offered to seek special treatment for him from the Universe Alliance.

Ning Xiaochuan extorted the four white-bearded elders for their Immortal Spirit Power and absorbed it, then prepared to leave the Universe Alliance with Hua Qinglian. The elders tried to lure him away by claiming Han Yan and other women had been seized at Wa Palace, and Ning Xiaochuan announced that he would go rescue them.

• Ning Xiaochuan threatened the four white-bearded elders until they surrendered all the Immortal Spirit Power they knew about.
• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed 361 strands from a nearby Immortal Spirit Pool, bringing the Initial Universe World's total to 847 strands.
• After Ning Xiaochuan left, the four elders discussed using his connections at Wa Palace to trick him into leaving the Universe Alliance.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Hua Qinglian that he intended to depart, and Hua Qinglian offered to leave with him.
• The four elders claimed that Immortal Spirit Families had seized Han Yan and other women and planned to execute them, so Ning Xiaochuan said he would go rescue them.

Ning Xiaochuan left the Universe Alliance and headed toward Wa Palace, but stopped to rescue Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor from three attackers. As he offered to escort her to safety, a familiar figure emerged from the sand and accused him of flirting.

• Ning Xiaochuan severed ties with Hua Qinglian and set out to contact Han Yan and the others at Wa Palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan heard a cry in the desert and found three men attacking Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed the three gods, destroyed their divine sparks, and absorbed their Immortal Spirit Power.
• Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor warned Ning Xiaochuan that her rescue had triggered a trap and that someone was secretly targeting her.
• Ning Xiaochuan offered to escort Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor back to the Universe Alliance, but a petite figure appeared and called him a romantic seed.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that Sui King Qing had been targeting Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor over a clan extinction grudge, but Sui King Qing offered to spare her in exchange for intimacy with Ning Xiaochuan. Ning Xiaochuan agreed, then secretly reassured Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor that he would not truly harm her before sealing her powers and kissing her.

• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Sui King Qing and learned that Liao Shu had gone to the deeper parts of Immortal Bridge.
• Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor revealed that the Demon God Clan had exterminated Sui King Qing's clan, leaving only Sui King Qing and Liao alive.
• Sui King Qing said she would spare Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor because the people responsible were dead, but demanded that she and Ning Xiaochuan become intimate.
• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to Sui King Qing's condition, and Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor threatened to kill herself rather than submit.
• Ning Xiaochuan quietly told Heavenly Dream Demon Emperor to trust his arrangements, sealed her aura, and kissed her.