Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan defeated Princess Lanfei, who publicly insisted she would marry him, while Yu Qianqian warned him that rejecting her could challenge the Yulan Empire’s imperial authority. Yu TianDi then forfeited his match to Ning Xiaochuan, leaving him to face Ming Yang for the tournament championship.

• Ning Xiaochuan cut through Princess Lanfei’s Flame Sky Vines, wounded her, and won their duel after she admitted defeat.
• Princess Lanfei declared she would report their marriage to the Jade Ripple Great Emperor, but Ning Xiaochuan rejected her and said he wanted no further trouble between them.
• Yu Qianqian explained that refusing Princess Lanfei could be seen as defying imperial power and warned that the consequences could be disastrous.
• Yu TianDi voluntarily conceded his match to Ning Xiaochuan, allowing Ning Xiaochuan to advance to the championship bout against Ming Yang.
• Yu Qianqian explained that Yu TianDi’s concession made him appear loyal and heroic, while Murong Wushuang and Ning Xiner realized how shrewdly he had protected his reputation.

On the eve of the final Start of Term Battle, Xie Mengyao bet on Ning Xiaochuan and warned Ming Yang that Princess Lanfei had chosen Ning Xiaochuan. Yu Qianqian secretly ordered Ming Yang killed, while Ning Xiaochuan spent the night discussing heart nourishing and medicine refining with her before the match.

• Xie Mengyao bet seven pieces of Azure Gold on Ning Xiaochuan, severed a martial artist's hand when he tried to touch her, and confronted Ming Yang about losing Princess Lanfei to Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ming Yang said he would kill Ning Xiaochuan in the final match and eventually claim Princess Lanfei.
• Yu Qianqian used her Jade Token to take command of the Great Golden Roc King Residence's forces in the Emperor Ruins and ordered Yu Qinghe to send five students to kill Ming Yang before sunrise.
• Yu Qianqian returned to her stone house, where Ning Xiaochuan was waiting to discuss heart nourishing and medicine refining rather than borrow her Sword Gall.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian talked through the night, and Ning Xiaochuan left at sunrise with a calmer mind, ready for the final match.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Ming Yang in the final battle and used a Thousand Year Time Sleep Pill to silence Ming Yang’s Martial Dao Profound Qi, nearly killing him before the Vajra Martial Academy’s Vice Dean intervened. The dispute over whether Ning Xiaochuan’s pill-based victory was legitimate inflamed the Heart Nourishers, while the other Vice Deans tried to contain the uproar.

• Ming Yang arrived at the martial arena, and Yu Qianqian tried to stop Ning Xiaochuan from facing him.
• Ming Yang promised Ning Xiaochuan three moves, and Ning Xiaochuan began the battle by throwing a lightning-wrapped pellet at him.
• Ning Xiaochuan struck Ming Yang repeatedly after the Thousand Year Time Sleep Pill silenced his Martial Dao Profound Qi, then prepared to finish him with a Profound Qi Sword.
• The Vice Dean of the Vajra Martial Academy rescued Ming Yang and accused Ning Xiaochuan of using a crooked method, and Ning Xiaochuan explained that he had used a pill refined by a Heart Nourisher.
• The Vice Dean of the Three Masters Martial Academy defended Heart Nourishers and Ning Xiaochuan’s victory, while Heart Nourisher instructors protested and other Vice Deans tried to calm the dispute.

After the Vice Dean of Vajra Martial Academy challenged Ning Xiaochuan’s victory, the New Student Elder ordered him to fight Ming Yang again. Their rematch began with both fighters unleashing their strongest sword techniques, and the chapter ended with Ning Xiaochuan blocking Ming Yang’s strike while the Little Red Dragon awakened and devoured their sword qi.

• The Vice Dean of Vajra Martial Academy argued that Ning Xiaochuan’s pill-assisted victory was improper, and the New Student Elder, Jun Weisheng, ordered a rematch with Ming Yang.
• Ning Xiaochuan refused the Vice Dean of Three Masters Martial Academy’s offer to yield and returned to the arena to prove his victory was legitimate.
• After receiving a healing pill and help from the Vice Dean of Vajra Martial Academy, Ming Yang recovered and returned to the arena two hours later.
• Ming Yang unleashed seven sword phantoms and attacked Ning Xiaochuan, who met his Heavy Sword with the World Extinction Sword Intent.
• Ning Xiaochuan blocked Ming Yang’s strike with his fingertip, while the Little Red Dragon awakened, coiled around his arm, and began devouring their sword qi.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Ming Yang with the help of his sword-qi-devouring Red Little Dragon, but Ming Yang’s superior swordsmanship left him badly wounded. As Ming Yang prepared to finish him, the Red Little Dragon transformed and enveloped Ning Xiaochuan in a powerful dragon form, which the Vice Dean of Three Masters Martial Academy recognized as the Battle God Dragon Envoy.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Ming Yang clashed, while the Red Little Dragon absorbed Ming Yang’s sword qi and helped Ning Xiaochuan gain the upper hand.
• Ming Yang unleashed seven barriers of sword qi, then used Wind Riding Sword Control to send his Heavy Sword flying at Ning Xiaochuan.
• Ning Xiaochuan used Myriad Swords Turn to Rain to deflect the flying sword, but Ming Yang broke through his defense and inflicted a deep chest wound.
• Ning Xiaochuan counterattacked with his sword qi phantoms and World Extinction Sword Dao, forcing Ming Yang back and tearing his garment.
• After Ming Yang vowed to kill Ning Xiaochuan and claim the Red Little Dragon, the dragon transformed into crimson armor, wings, and a sword around him.
• The Vice Dean of Three Masters Martial Academy identified Ning Xiaochuan’s transformation as the Battle God Dragon Envoy.

The Vice Dean of Three Masters Martial Academy explained the legends of Battle God Dragon Envoys as Ning Xiaochuan’s Red Little Dragon transformed into armor and a sword. Ning Xiaochuan and Ming Yang fought to the brink of collapse, leaving the crowd to realize that Supreme Sword Dao had a rival.

• The Vice Dean of Three Masters Martial Academy described how Battle God Dragon Envoys bonded with young dragons destined to vie for the title of Supreme Divine Dragon King, while the Vice Dean of Vajra Martial Academy dismissed the tale as unlikely.
• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that the Red Little Dragon had become Dragon Scale Divine Armor and a heavy Crimson Dragon Sword, powered by the profound qi in his Martial Heart Palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan flew at Ming Yang and struck him, then the Red Little Dragon burned Ming Yang’s face with dragonfire.
• Ming Yang countered with White Rainbow Pierces the Sun, but his sword failed to pierce Ning Xiaochuan’s dragon scales; Ning Xiaochuan retaliated by cutting Ming Yang’s scalp.
• Both Ning Xiaochuan and Ming Yang continued fighting despite severe wounds and exhaustion, while onlookers declared that Supreme Sword Dao had enemies too.

Ning Xiaochuan and Ming Yang collapsed after their battle, which the academy ruled a draw, and Ning Xiaochuan awakened in the Heart Nourishers’ home at the edge of the Ghost Dream Wildlands. He learned that he had become a Battle God Dragon Envoy and was challenged to face Ming Yang again in a year, then set out with Yu Qianqian to collect his academy rewards.

• Ning Xiaochuan pierced Ming Yang with a golden beam from his brow, then fainted as both fighters fell; the academy declared the match a draw and left first place vacant.
• In his consciousness, Ning Xiaochuan saw the Dragon Vein in his Martial Heart Palace, and Sui Hanyu explained that it made him a Battle God Dragon Envoy tied to the Red Little Dragon’s possible inheritance as Supreme Divine Dragon King.
• Ning Xiaochuan awakened after two days in the Heart Nourishers’ residence, where Yu Qianqian told him the Vice Dean had brought him there.
• Yu Qianqian explained that Ning Xiaochuan and Ming Yang would fight again in a year to decide the champion and who could cultivate in the Celestial Palace for seven days.
• Yu Qianqian told Ning Xiaochuan that the academy had rewards waiting for him at Furnace Mountain and offered to take him there.

Ning Xiaochuan collected the rewards for tying for second place in the Start of Term Battle and learned how the High-Grade Profound Stone could help him advance as a Heart Nourisher. The Vice Dean also explained that Ning Xiaochuan could enter the Celestial Palace before his rematch with Ming Yang by challenging the Heaven Reaching Bridge.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian met Vice Dean Li Dan, who accepted twenty million Small Coin from Ning Xiaochuan as payment for the Tiger Qi Intermediate Pill and then took the offered money as well.
• Li Dan gave Ning Xiaochuan a High-Grade Profound Stone as his Start of Term Battle reward and explained it could help him forge a True Cauldron and become an Advanced Heart Nourisher.
• Li Dan awarded Ning Xiaochuan a Seventh-Grade Jade Ganoderma on behalf of the Three Masters Martial Academy.
• Li Dan warned Ning Xiaochuan that he would fight Ming Yang again in one year for the chance to cultivate in the Celestial Palace for seven days.
• Li Dan explained that students could also enter the Celestial Palace by challenging the Heaven Reaching Bridge, where each level passed earned one day of cultivation.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian traveled to Heavenly Emperor City to find medicinal ingredients and learn about Merit Points. They discovered that Ming Yang had already passed three levels of the Heaven Reaching Bridge and entered the Celestial Palace, leaving Ning Xiaochuan to face his rival’s early lead.

• Ning Xiaochuan offered Yu Qianqian his Seventh Grade Jade Mushroom, but she refused it and said she preferred for him to remain indebted to her.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian discussed ingredients for Intermediate Pills and hurried along the ancient road to Heavenly Emperor City.
• Yu Qianqian explained that the Emperor Ruins had native inhabitants who were driven into distant wastelands by the academy.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Qianqian entered Heavenly Emperor City before the gates closed and went to the trading market to look for Mysterious Medicine.
• Ning Xiaochuan met Luo Li at her stall and learned that Ming Yang had passed the first three levels of the Heaven Reaching Bridge and entered the Celestial Palace.

Ning Xiaochuan searched the trading market for medicines and heard warnings about the dangers awaiting him in the Emperor Ruins. After Yu Qianqian left to confront Xie Mengyao, Ning Xiaochuan received another invitation from Netherworld Manor, setting up a mysterious meeting.

• Ning Xiaochuan bought a Flame Fire Lotus from Luo Li and watched Xie Mengyao and Yu Qianqian bid against each other for Ice Muscle Grass until Xie Mengyao paid ten times its price.
• Ning Xiaochuan recognized Yue Mingsong, who invited him to the Heavenly Principles Society and asked whether he had challenged the Heaven Reaching Bridge; Ning Xiaochuan said he would attempt it the next day.
• Yu Qianqian warned Ning Xiaochuan that he should join an alliance for protection and that powerful members of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion might try to kill him in the Emperor Ruins.
• A subordinate from the Great Golden Roc King Residence summoned Yu Qianqian, and she left to gather experts and teach Xie Mengyao a lesson.
• Ning Xiaochuan caught a pebble bearing a scented invitation from Netherworld Manor to meet its master at Spirit Water Lakeside in Heavenly Emperor City.

Ning Xiaochuan met Xie Mengyao at Spirit Water Lakeside, learned that she served Minister Tian and was the Third Leader among Dark Emperor City's younger generation, and took the Ice Muscle Grass she brought instead of yielding to her seduction. After a night of cultivation, he went to challenge the Heaven Reaching Bridge, where he learned that few new students had passed even its first level.

• Ning Xiaochuan met the masked Xie Mengyao at Spirit Water Lakeside and recognized her by her scent.
• Xie Mengyao revealed that Minister Tian had sent her to infiltrate Dark Emperor City and that she was the Third Leader among its younger generation.
• Xie Mengyao told Ning Xiaochuan that Netherworld Manor needed to recruit talent from Heavenly Emperor Academy, but he remained wary and asked her to leave the Ice Muscle Grass.
• Xie Mengyao left the Ice Muscle Grass and vowed to win Ning Xiaochuan over as Netherworld Manor's Manor Lord's Wife.
• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated through the night, healed his hidden injuries, and went to the Heaven Reaching Bridge at dawn.
• Ning Xiner and Murong Wushuang greeted Ning Xiaochuan, and Murong Wushuang told him that only Ming Yang had passed the bridge's third level while four other new students had passed its first.

Ning Xiaochuan challenged the Heaven Reaching Bridge after Xie Mengyao passed its first level and Yu Qianqian was injured trying. He quickly defeated the first level's opponent and began battling the powerful guardian of the second level.

• Princess Lanfei passed the first level but failed the second, while Yu Qianqian failed the first level and was severely injured; Ning Xiaochuan gave her a Blood Toad Pill.
• Xie Mengyao passed the first level without injury and taunted Yu Qianqian, so Ning Xiaochuan asked Ning Xiner to keep watch over her.
• Ning Xiaochuan entered the Heaven Reaching Bridge and defeated the first level's white-robed opponent with Ten Thousand Swords Turn to Rain.
• At the second level, Ning Xiaochuan fought a white-robed man who wielded vines and steel-like leaves, blocking the leaves and sending them back with Shift Stars.

Ning Xiaochuan defeated the Wood Element Power guardian and passed the second level of the Heaven Reaching Bridge, while Ning Xiaojian and Situ Mingyu plotted to kill him. On the third level, Ning Xiaochuan fought the Water Element Power guardian, suffered serious injuries, and chose to keep fighting.

• Ning Xiaochuan used Burning Sky with Scorching Sun to burn the second white-robed man to ashes and passed the second level of the Heaven Reaching Bridge.
• Ning Xiaojian learned that Ning Xiaochuan had passed the second level, and he and Situ Mingyu discussed killing him before he entered the Celestial Palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan reached the third level and recognized that its white-robed guardian wielded Water Element Power.
• The guardian's ice swords drove Ning Xiaochuan back, and the guardian struck his chest and wounded him with a massive ice sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan refused to admit defeat, dodged the fatal blow at the cost of flesh from his shoulder, and landed on the bridge to suppress his bleeding.

Ning Xiaochuan used Martial Venerable Blood to defeat the Heaven Reaching Bridge Third Level guardian, then learned about talent levels from the fourth guardian. He left without challenging the Fourth Level, having learned that he needed talent seen once in three hundred years to have a chance of passing.

• Ning Xiaochuan poured two drops of Martial Venerable Blood onto his wounds, ignited his Burning Sky with Scorching Sun divine power, and defeated the Third Level guardian.
• Ning Xiaochuan passed the Heaven Reaching Bridge Third Level, reaching the peak of the Divine Body Fifth Level and drawing Princess Lanfei’s admiration.
• Ning Xiaochuan met the Fourth Level guardian, who explained the levels of talent and said Ning Xiaochuan possessed Once in Two Hundred Years talent.
• The Fourth Level guardian told Ning Xiaochuan that talent could improve before the Earth Venerable Realm and that Once in Eight Hundred Years talent might earn a meeting with the Academy Master.
• Ning Xiaochuan declined to challenge the Fourth Level after the guardian warned that he needed Once in Three Hundred Years talent to have a chance of surviving the test.

After Ning Xiaochuan joined the Heavenly Principles Society, Lu Huntian attacked its headquarters to avenge Yao Jindao, but Nie Hai stopped him. Zhang Linshan then arrived with more disciples and injured Murong Wushuang, prompting Ning Xiaochuan to challenge them to a one-on-one fight.

• Ning Xiaojian learned that Ning Xiaochuan had reached the one-in-a-hundred-years talent tier and sent Ning Yi to tell Lu Huntian where to find him.
• Ning Xiaochuan admitted his talent level to the Heavenly Principles Society and agreed to join after meeting Nie Hai.
• Lu Huntian broke into the society’s headquarters and demanded Ning Xiaochuan’s life for killing Yao Jindao.
• Jin Quexi and Nie Hai tried to protect Ning Xiaochuan, and Nie Hai knocked Lu Huntian back.
• Zhang Linshan arrived with dozens of Cloud Marquis’s disciples and slapped Murong Wushuang, leaving him coughing blood.
• Ning Xiaochuan challenged Zhang Linshan, Lu Huntian, and the others to fight him one at a time.

Ning Xiaochuan faced a planned assault by Cloud Alliance and other enemies, while Nie Hai promised to protect Ning Xiner and Murong Wushuang. After Ning Xiaochuan killed one attacker, Lu Huntian launched a powerful strike against him.

• Ning Xiaochuan asked the Heavenly Principles Society not to join his fight and entrusted Ning Xiner and Murong Wushuang to Nie Hai's protection.
• Ning Xiner agreed to stay behind, and Ning Xiaochuan went outside to face Zhang Linshan, Lu Huntian, and Cloud Alliance's fighters.
• Xie Mengyao learned that the Cloud Alliance leader had distracted the Enforcement Team captain, while enemies from several factions waited nearby to kill Ning Xiaochuan.
• Lu Huntian taunted Ning Xiaochuan about being betrayed by Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, and Ning Xiaojian watched, hoping to inherit the position of heir.
• A Divine Body Sixth Level fighter attacked with a spear, but Ning Xiaochuan seized the weapon and killed him with it.
• Lu Huntian attacked Ning Xiaochuan with his Savage Beast Arm, and Ning Xiaochuan leapt forward with the stolen spear to meet him.

Ning Xiaochuan fought the Cloud Alliance despite Lu Huntian’s superior cultivation, killing several opponents before Zhang Linshan severely wounded him. He discovered that Yue Wuyang had ordered his death, revealed the Blood Devouring Demon Art, and was left trapped as hidden experts blocked every escape route.

• Lu Huntian overwhelmed Ning Xiaochuan, destroyed his spear with Heaven's Jealousy Profound Fire, and urged him to give up, but Ning Xiaochuan used his World Extinction Sword Intent to kill several Cloud Alliance martial artists.
• Lu Huntian engulfed Ning Xiaochuan in Heaven's Jealousy Profound Fire, but Ning Xiaochuan escaped with his Rage Wind Wings and killed another opponent with Burning Sky with Scorching Sun.
• Zhang Linshan struck Ning Xiaochuan from the sky and revealed that Yue Wuyang had ordered his death because he was Ning Qianyi and the Demon Sect Saintess's son.
• Ning Xiaochuan drained Zhang Linshan's blood and profound qi with the Blood Devouring Demon Art, but Zhang Linshan broke free and warned the Cloud Alliance.
• Badly wounded and unable to reach the Divine Body Sixth Level, Ning Xiaochuan tried to flee, but hidden experts and Cloud Alliance fighters repeatedly blocked his routes.

Ning Xiaochuan fought the Cloud Alliance’s encirclement in Heavenly Emperor City and devoured his attackers to force a breakthrough to the Divine Body Sixth Level. After his injuries healed and he awakened the Seven-Colored Shift, Lu Huntian cornered him and threatened Xin'er, prompting Ning Xiaochuan to summon his first wisp of World Extinction Qi and vow to kill them all.

• Lu Huntian attacked Ning Xiaochuan with Heaven's Jealousy Profound Fire while other martial artists pressed him from behind, but Ning Xiaochuan drained several attackers with the Blood Devouring Demon Art.
• Ning Xiaochuan fled into a High-Walled Compound, ambushed a searching martial artist, and refined the blood qi within him until he broke through to the Divine Body Sixth Level and gained the Seven-Colored Shift.
• The Old Marquis's seal broke open, releasing blood qi that healed Ning Xiaochuan's wounds and strengthened his body beyond that of a Divine Body Ninth Level martial artist.
• Lu Huntian and dozens of martial artists surrounded Ning Xiaochuan and threatened Xin'er to force him to kill himself.
• Ning Xiaochuan vowed to kill every attacker and formed his first wisp of World Extinction Qi.

Ning Xiaochuan unleashed his newly formed World Extinction Qi and slaughtered the Cloud Alliance warriors who had attacked him, killing Lu Huntian and leaving Zhang Linshan to face him. As Ning Xiner rushed out to find her brother, the survivors learned that Ning Xiaochuan had wiped out the siege and returned with Red Little Dragon at his side.

• Ning Xiaochuan used Seven-Colored Shift to kill the Cloud Alliance warriors and beat Lu Huntian through a wall.
• Ning Xiaochuan used Myriad Swords Turn to Rain to kill the surviving warriors, then shattered Lu Huntian's shield and killed him.
• Ning Xiaochuan caught Red Little Dragon as it tried to flee and urged it to fight beside him.
• Ning Xiner fought past Jin Quexi and Yue Mingsong and ran out of the Heavenly Principles Society to find Ning Xiaochuan.
• Xie Mengyao and the hidden factions saw Ning Xiaochuan approach Zhang Linshan through a blood-red wave of corpses, with Red Little Dragon on his shoulder.

Ning Xiaochuan signed a Life and Death Duel Contract with Zhang Linshan to protect his sister and friends, then fought the stronger Cloud Alliance expert. After being wounded and driven into the Heaven Reaching Bridge, Ning Xiaochuan escaped Zhang Linshan temporarily, but Zhang Linshan waited outside for the bridge to expel him.

• Ning Xiaochuan challenged Zhang Linshan to a life-and-death bet, securing a promise that the Cloud Alliance would leave his sister and friends alone if Zhang could not kill him.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Zhang Linshan signed the Life and Death Duel Contract, and Zhang immediately attacked with his sword and Ghost Mist Haze.
• Ning Xiaochuan broke through the Ghost Mist but was wounded, then combined bodies with the Red Little Dragon and clashed swords with Zhang Linshan.
• Ning Xiaochuan tried to flee into the sky, but Zhang Linshan raised the street’s buildings into the air and hurled the wreckage at him.
• Ning Xiaochuan escaped into the Heaven Reaching Bridge, whose power blocked Zhang Linshan from entering.
• Zhang Linshan waited outside, expecting the bridge to expel Ning Xiaochuan within an hour if he failed to reach a higher level.