Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong tried to save the students stricken by Foul Qi, Corpse Poison, and Yin Fiend Qi while Ji Hanxing gathered protective pearls to help them. After Ning Xiaochuan secretly used the Demon Sword to cure Yu Qianqian and claimed the Northern Darkness Divine Art had absorbed her Yin Fiend Qi, the Cloud Alliance leader Xiao Cheng and others turned greedy eyes toward him.

• Ji Hanxing warned that Blood Fiend Generals and a Witch King-level expert had sealed the exit, while Ning Xiaochuan examined the students poisoned by Corpse Poison for a possible cure.
• Ji Hanxing forced Yu TianDi and seven other Heaven's Chosen to surrender their Nine Yang Evil-Dispelling Pearls, then used the pearls to protect students tainted by Foul Qi and suppress the Yin Fiend Qi afflicting others.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Demon Sword to absorb the Yin Fiend Qi from Yu Qianqian, discovering that the process seemed to strengthen his blood vessels as she regained consciousness.
• When Ji Hanxing asked how he had expelled the Yin Fiend Qi, Ning Xiaochuan credited the Northern Darkness Divine Art, and Yue Mingsong loudly praised the technique.
• Xiao Cheng, Han Fu, and the others heard Yue Mingsong and began eyeing Ning Xiaochuan with greed, hoping to obtain the Northern Darkness Divine Art.

After curing the students and refining a medicine for Corpse Poison, Ning Xiaochuan and his companions fought their way out of a valley overrun by Blood Fiend Generals. The Black Lai High Priest, a Martial Venerable, ambushed them at the exit, and Yue Mingsong tried to stall him while Ji Hanxing lay severely injured.

• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed the Yin Fiend Qi from 107 students, strengthening his cultivation and advancing his Cloudglow Return Essence Qi.
• Yu Qianqian gathered the Azure Crimson Medicine Stone and Scarlet Flame Lotus, and she and Ning Xiaochuan began refining a cure for Corpse Poison.
• Blood Fiend Generals broke into the valley, forcing Xiao Cheng, Han Fu, Zhuo Yu Fan, and two other leaders to form a defensive formation while Ji Hanxing guarded the pill-makers.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Ji Hanxing, Yu Qianqian, and Yue Mingsong rode the Two-Headed Stone Beast toward the exit, fighting their way through the Blood Fiend Generals.
• The Black Lai High Priest appeared at the valley exit and incapacitated Ji Hanxing with two attacks, revealing himself as a Martial Venerable.
• Yue Mingsong tried to delay the Black Lai High Priest with a story about Ning Xiaochuan eating human flesh, but the High Priest saw through the stalling and ordered Ning Xiaochuan to choose which part of Ji Hanxing to eat first.

Ning Xiaochuan and Ji Hanxing nearly died fighting Black Lai High Priest before Spirit Void Venerable intervened. Ning Xiaochuan’s group then headed for the Blood Realm Gate to seize the Yin Yang Furnace, arriving at its entrance with Yue Mingsong carrying the gate he had torn down.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Ji Hanxing coordinated an attack on Black Lai High Priest, but their strength was insufficient to defeat him.
• Spirit Void Venerable arrived and fought Black Lai High Priest, allowing Ning Xiaochuan, Ji Hanxing, Yu Qianqian, and Yue Mingsong to escape.
• Ning Xiaochuan urged the group to go to the Underground Forest and explained that he was struggling to contain the Martial Venerable blood qi he had absorbed.
• Yue Mingsong told Ji Hanxing and Yu Qianqian about the Blood Fiend Generals and the Yin Yang Furnace, and the group agreed to try to seize it.
• The four reached the Blood Realm Gate, where Yue Mingsong revealed that he had torn down its outer gate and carried it in his Universe Pouch.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions defeated the native warriors guarding the Blood Realm Gate and entered the Blood Realm. Inside, Ning Xiaochuan heard a message from the female corpse asking him to help seize the Yin Yang Furnace, then led the group toward the cries of Nether Soldier Corpse Fiends.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined blood qi while the Mystic Beast Egg absorbed some of it and developed a tenth crack.
• Yue Mingsong ambushed two native warriors as Ji Hanxing recovered from her injuries.
• Ji Hanxing killed the Worldly Detachment Realm elder, while Ning Xiaochuan killed the other two guards and destroyed their bodies.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Ji Hanxing, Yu Qianqian, Yue Mingsong, and the Red Little Dragon entered the Blood Realm.
• The female corpse sent Ning Xiaochuan a message asking for help with the Yin Yang Furnace, and Ning Xiaochuan concealed it from his companions.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed the Corpse Fiends' howls, and the group listened to them through the stone wall.

Ning Xiaochuan used the World Extinction Path to sever the Blood Fiend Generals’ control by the Yin Yang Furnace and send them into a frenzy, creating an opening for the group. Ji Hanxing killed six indigenous Martial Dao experts and shattered the blood pool, while the Yin Yang Furnace remained beneath it.

• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that the Yin Yang Furnace beneath the blood pool was powering the Blood Fiend Generals, while indigenous experts guarded it.
• Yue Mingsong proposed that Ning Xiaochuan use the Northern Darkness Divine Art to provoke the Blood Fiend Generals, and Ning Xiaochuan unleashed the Demon Sword and World Extinction Path instead.
• The Blood Fiend Generals broke free of the furnace’s control and attacked everyone nearby, killing six indigenous martial artists.
• Six indigenous experts charged Ning Xiaochuan, but Ji Hanxing crossed the blood bridge and killed them with her Dragon Elephant Halberd Spear.
• Ji Hanxing attacked the blood pool and shattered it, sending streams of blood flying in every direction.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the Yin Yang Furnace to escape two Blood Fiend Generals and learned that heartfire could let him control its Bright Fire. As he began sensing his heartfire, he advanced his Heaven and Earth Profound Qi to the fifth level, reached the peak of the Divine Body Seventh Level, and opened an Eighth Divine Source.

• Ji Hanxing shattered the blood pool, prompting three Worldly Detachment Realm native elders to attack her while the battle around them descended into chaos.
• Ning Xiaochuan combined bodies with the Red Little Dragon and approached the Yin Yang Furnace, but two Blood Fiend Generals trapped him and forced him inside.
• The Red Little Dragon's power let Ning Xiaochuan endure the furnace's alternating heat and cold, and the Mystic Beast Appraisal released a female corpse whose divine tower and battle saber had fought for more than two hundred years.
• In a Different Dimension, the battle saber tempted Ning Xiaochuan to help it topple the divine tower, while the divine tower told him to use heartfire to subdue the Bright Fire and control the furnace.
• Ning Xiaochuan focused on sensing his heartfire, advanced to the fifth level of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, reached the peak of the Divine Body Seventh Level, and opened an Eighth Divine Source.

Ning Xiaochuan subdued the bright fire and gained control of the Yin Yang Furnace, turning the natives’ weapons against them. After the Blood Fiend Dragon helped him defeat the native forces, the surviving Worldly Detachment Realm elders fled into the Underground Forest, and Ning Xiaochuan sent his forces after them.

• Ning Xiaochuan used his heart fire to subdue the bright fire inside the Yin Yang Furnace.
• As Ji Hanxing, Yu Qianqian, and Yue Mingsong were overwhelmed by native fighters, Ning Xiaochuan emerged with the furnace and used it to command Blood Fiend Generals.
• Ning Xiaochuan led the Blood Fiend Generals against a native expert, while a giant native elder destroyed many of the generals and attacked the furnace.
• A Blood Fiend Dragon emerged from underground and crushed the giant elder, then Ning Xiaochuan ordered Ji Hanxing, Yu Qianqian, and Yue Mingsong onto its back.
• Ning Xiaochuan ordered the Blood Fiend Generals to slaughter the natives, while two surviving elders escaped into the Underground Forest.
• Ning Xiaochuan ordered his forces to pursue the fleeing elders, and the Blood Fiend Dragon charged after them.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions used the Blood Fiend Dragon to defeat the indigenous forces and reach a besieged group of Heavenly Emperor Academy students. Ning Xiaochuan took control of the Blood Fiend Generals and provoked the Turbulent World Witch King, hoping to draw his attack away from the students.

• The Blood Fiend Dragon killed one of two indigenous Worldly Detachment Realm elders and drove the other to flee as Ning Xiaochuan ordered the pursuit.
• Five leaders of Heavenly Emperor Academy struggled to protect hundreds of students from the Blood Fiend Generals, while Xiao Cheng argued against continuing to defend them.
• The Turbulent World Witch King arrived with twelve indigenous martial artists and claimed he commanded over ten thousand Blood Fiend Generals.
• A wounded indigenous elder reached the valley just before Ning Xiaochuan and his companions arrived on the Blood Fiend Dragon and took control of the Blood Fiend Generals.
• The Blood Fiend Generals surrounded the Turbulent World Witch King, and Ning Xiaochuan taunted him to draw his attention away from the academy students.

Ning Xiaochuan and the Blood Fiend Dragon fought the Turbulent World Witch King while the academy students fled the collapsing valley. Inside the Yin Yang Furnace, the woman thought to be a corpse awakened, broke free of the Mystic Beast Appraisal’s bond, and emerged to confront the Witch King with overwhelming sword qi.

• Ning Xiaochuan gave Ji Hanxing pills and stayed behind to draw the Turbulent World Witch King away while Ji Hanxing led Yu Qianqian and Yue Mingsong down from the Blood Fiend Dragon.
• The Blood Fiend Dragon battled the Turbulent World Witch King as the five greatest experts of Heavenly Emperor Academy led the students toward the tomb’s exit.
• The Turbulent World Witch King attacked the Blood Fiend Dragon, but Ning Xiaochuan hid inside the Yin Yang Furnace and used it to help the dragon repair its shattered skull.
• The woman absorbed Bright Fire, awakened from dormancy, and severed her master-servant bond with the Mystic Beast Appraisal, leaving the short knife suppressed in its Third Mystic Beast Palace.
• The woman emerged from the Blood Fiend Dragon and pointed sword qi at the Turbulent World Witch King, whose heart filled with terror.

A mysterious woman killed the Turbulent World Witch King, drove Black Lai High Priest into the Blood Realm, and took Ning Xiaochuan away from the Heavenly Emperor’s Tomb. She brought him to her former territory and promised to help him advance as a Heart Nourisher.

• The mysterious woman killed the Turbulent World Witch King with a sword wave and forced Black Lai High Priest to flee underground into the Blood Realm.
• The woman took Ning Xiaochuan away, while Spirit Void Venerable told the arriving academy elders what had happened and showed them the battle through the Time-Space True Mirror.
• The elders recognized the woman as someone who had vanished two hundred years earlier, and they ordered the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest sealed while they pursued Black Lai High Priest.
• The woman led Ning Xiaochuan through the Ghost Dream Wildlands to a hidden canyon that she said had been her territory two hundred years before.
• The woman promised to help Ning Xiaochuan refine his true cauldron within a year, explaining that reaching the Worldly Detachment Realm would let him become a true Advanced Heart Nourisher.

Ning Xiaochuan chose to give up control of the Yin Yang Furnace’s ten thousand Blood Fiend Generals and use it to Melt True Cauldron, strengthening himself instead of relying on external power. After the mysterious woman challenged him over his late start in cultivation, he resolved to catch up, and she offered to teach him for a year.

• The mysterious woman explained how Ning Xiaochuan could use the Yin Yang Furnace to Melt True Cauldron, but warned that he would lose control of the Blood Fiend Generals.
• Ning Xiaochuan chose to Melt True Cauldron, arguing that relying on external power was dangerous and would not protect him from stronger enemies.
• The mysterious woman praised Ning Xiaochuan’s potential but said his talent had been held back because he started cultivating too late.
• Ning Xiaochuan accepted that he had fallen behind the Spirit Void Venerable but vowed that hard work could still let him surpass his opponents.
• The mysterious woman agreed to teach Ning Xiaochuan for a year and help him Melt True Cauldron.

The mysterious woman explained that Heaven and Earth Profound Qi could become an exceptionally powerful cultivation technique and urged Ning Xiaochuan to strengthen his unstable foundation by refining his qi into Primordial Profound Qi. After three months of difficult cultivation, Ning Xiaochuan completed the transformation and discovered that his combat power had greatly increased.

• The mysterious woman praised Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, told Ning Xiaochuan where he could find its seventh level, and warned that he needed to cultivate further to achieve Nine Divine Power Great Perfection.
• The mysterious woman instructed Ning Xiaochuan to suppress his cultivation and refine his Martial Dao Profound Qi into Primordial Profound Qi before seeking her again.
• Ning Xiaochuan spent days experimenting with different quantities of profound qi and, after more than two thousand failures, created his first strand of Primordial Profound Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan spent three months converting all the Martial Dao Profound Qi in his body into Primordial Profound Qi, leaving his qi in a smaller purple lake.
• Ning Xiaochuan tested his refined qi by shattering a boulder and summoning a much more solid Lightning Divine Beast, realizing his combat power had increased despite remaining at the Divine Body Seventh Level.

Ning Xiaochuan endured three months of brutal underwater training and emerged with a stronger Divine Body. He learned that his mysterious instructor was the Heavenly Emperor Academy Master's senior sister and that the short blade was once the Heavenly Emperor's saber, now transformed into a Demon Blade.

• The mysterious woman sealed Ning Xiaochuan's profound qi and sent him to the bottom of the pool, where he began training to reach the shore using only his physical strength.
• Over three months, Ning Xiaochuan endured crushing water pressure and currents, learned to counter them with Shift Stars, and strengthened his body with Primordial Profound Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan defeated a Fourth Grade golden man-eating fish, burst through the water, and returned to shore, where he shared the roasted fish with Little Red and the Black Little Tiger.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned that the mysterious woman had studied under the same master as the current Academy Master, who had been her junior brother two hundred years earlier.
• The mysterious woman explained that the short blade was the Heavenly Emperor's former saber, abandoned after he became a god and transformed into a Demon Blade that sought to disturb his tomb.

Ning Xiaochuan used the bone bead to advance his Heaven and Earth Profound Qi cultivation to the Sixth Layer, then began merging his Heart Nourishing Cauldron with the Yin Yang Furnace at dawn. The chapter ended as the two cauldrons started to fuse.

• The mysterious woman warned Ning Xiaochuan that the Mystic Beast Appraisal and bone bead had extraordinary origins and could bring disaster if revealed.
• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated with the bone bead, which altered his body and doubled his profound qi absorption until he reached the Sixth Layer.
• Ning Xiaochuan resolved to visit the Scripture Depository Cave of the Heavenly Emperor Academy to obtain the cultivation method for the seventh layer.
• At dawn, the mysterious woman used her power to half-melt the Yin Yang Furnace as Ning Xiaochuan broke down his Heart Nourishing Cauldron into medicinal qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan wrapped the Yin Yang Furnace in the medicinal qi, and the two cauldrons began to merge.

Ning Xiaochuan completed the fusion of the Yin Yang Furnace and his Heart Nourishing Cauldron while the mysterious woman and the Howling Sky Tiger defeated Black Lai High Priest. He absorbed four and a half layers of the High Priest’s Martial Soul Avatar, became a Quasi-Advanced Heart Nourisher, and ended the chapter venting his overflowing strength with a punch at the mysterious woman.

• Black Lai High Priest attacked the mysterious woman with the Heaven Startling Shuttle while Ning Xiaochuan melted his true cauldron, but the Howling Sky Tiger knocked the weapon away and charged him.
• The mysterious woman captured Black Lai High Priest, extracted his Martial Soul Avatar, and the Howling Sky Tiger devoured his body.
• The mysterious woman put the Martial Soul Avatar into the Yin Yang Furnace, and Ning Xiaochuan refined it to strengthen his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed four and a half layers of the Martial Soul Avatar before the mysterious woman ordered him to stop, and he drew his fused Heart Nourishing True Cauldron into his body.
• Ning Xiaochuan became a Quasi-Advanced Heart Nourisher and, overwhelmed by energy, punched at the mysterious woman, striking the ground when she dodged.

Ning Xiaochuan spent a year training with the mysterious woman, who fused six of his divine powers into his bones and body before sending him away to refine the seventh himself. He left the Ghost Dream Wildlands with Little Red and returned to Three Masters Martial Academy, where students gathered amid rumors about his past deeds.

• Ning Xiaochuan vented his excess energy, then calmed himself beneath a waterfall as the mysterious woman arrived and told him to refine his divine powers.
• The mysterious woman fused Ning Xiaochuan’s Lightning Divine Beast into his right arm, and he spent a month integrating it into his bones.
• Over the following months, Ning Xiaochuan refined five more divine powers into his body and strengthened their power.
• After a year, the mysterious woman told Ning Xiaochuan to refine his seventh divine power alone, said she had repaid her debt, and sent him away.
• Ning Xiaochuan took Little Red out of the Ghost Dream Wildlands, escorted by the Howling Sky Tiger, and returned to Three Masters Martial Academy.
• Students gathered to see Ning Xiaochuan, while rumors spread about his role in the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest and the year he had been away.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to the Three Masters Martial Academy after a year away, reuniting with his friends and revealing that he had become a Quasi-Advanced Heart Nourisher. Confident he could defeat Ming Yang, he set out with his companions for Heavenly Emperor City to challenge him.

• Ning Xiaochuan reunited with Ning Xiner and Murong Wushuang, then told his friends he had been cultivating under a senior.
• Yue Mingsong and Murong Wushuang discussed Ming Yang's growing reputation and the expected Third Confrontation between him and Ning Xiaochuan.
• Yu Qianqian warned Ning Xiaochuan that Ming Yang had passed the sixth level of the Heaven Reaching Bridge and gained another day in the Celestial Palace.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed his Heart Nourishing True Cauldron and said he had become a Quasi-Advanced Heart Nourisher, stunning Yu Qianqian, Yue Mingsong, and Murong Wushuang.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Yu Qianqian he was fully confident he could defeat Ming Yang, and she promised to accompany him.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Yue Mingsong, Murong Wushuang, Ning Xiner, and Yu Qianqian set out for Heavenly Emperor City to challenge Ming Yang.

Ning Xiaochuan returned to Heavenly Emperor City and passed the seventh level of the Heaven Reaching Bridge, earning the chance to ring the Heaven Bell and seek the Academy Master’s help. He revealed that he intended to save Yu Ningsheng, leaving Yu Qianqian shaken.

• Ning Xiaochuan quickly passed the first six levels of the Heaven Reaching Bridge and defeated the sixth-level guardian in one move.
• Ning Xiaochuan defeated the seventh-level guardian after breaking through his Black Tortoise defenses and burning him with a purple blaze.
• The seventh pillar of light rose, and students and instructors marveled at Ning Xiaochuan’s talent while Princess Lanfei declared him a worthy future Imperial Son-in-Law.
• Yu Qianqian clung to Ning Xiaochuan and reacted jealously to Princess Lanfei, regretting that she had once canceled their marriage alliance.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Yu Qianqian that he planned to ring the Heaven Bell so the Academy Master could help overturn the Jade Ripple Great Emperor’s order against Yu Ningsheng, and Yu Qianqian turned pale.

Ning Xiaochuan rang the Heaven Bell and met the Academy Master, who gave him the Imperial Power Token and agreed to seek a reinvestigation of the case that killed his parents and harmed Yu Ningsheng. After cultivating in the Celestial Palace, Ning Xiaochuan reached the Divine Body Eighth Level and prepared for his third fight with Ming Yang.

• Ning Xiaochuan rang the Heaven Bell, awakening powerful figures across the Yulan Empire and prompting the Great Golden Roc King to investigate.
• The bell's ringing freed a blood-colored heart from the demon palace on Demon Mountain, and it possessed the herb gatherer Yun Yi.
• Ning Xiaochuan entered a Different Dimension and asked the Academy Master to intervene in the case from ten years ago; the Academy Master agreed and lent him the Imperial Power Token.
• Ning Xiaochuan entered the Celestial Palace and spent two days cultivating, refining Cloudglow Return Essence Qi and reaching the Divine Body Eighth Level.
• Ning Xiaochuan left the Celestial Palace and prepared to face Ming Yang for the third time.

Ning Xiaochuan challenged Ming Yang to a duel at the summit of Heavenly Emperor City, drawing attention across the empire. Their battle began beneath the full moon, and after trading powerful attacks, Ming Yang unleashed Supreme World One Sword.

• Ning Xiaochuan challenged Ming Yang to fight at the summit of Heavenly Emperor City, and news of the duel spread throughout the empire.
• Yu Youyan urged Yu Ningsheng to marry Ning Xiaochuan, but Yu Ningsheng said they were strangers now.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Ming Yang met above the city gates, where Ning Xiaochuan chose to fight without his Battle Pet.
• Ming Yang opened with a powerful sword strike, and Ning Xiaochuan defended himself with Cloudglow Return Essence Qi before counterattacking with divine abilities refined into his body.
• Ning Xiaochuan pressed Ming Yang with repeated attacks as the crowd discussed the Northern Darkness Divine Art, while both fighters began to feel the strain.
• Ming Yang formed a sword seal and unleashed Supreme World One Sword, sending a wave of sword energy toward Ning Xiaochuan.