Chapter Summaries

Ning Fa learned that Duanmu Ling had chosen the Black Flame Desert for its rich spirit veins and rare Fire Attribute Spirit Ore, with the Blood Jade Plateau as a possible later target. In Black Marsh Immortal City, he saw Myriad Laws Sect disciples tormenting a member of the Ning Clan and intervened.

• Ji Qingqing teased Ouyang Tianzong about his past confession while Xia Xinlan greeted her and Duanmu Ling.
• Ning Fa drank with Cui Hong, Pan Jiao, and He Rong, and Pan Jiao explained the Black Flame Desert's resources and Duanmu Ling's possible plans for the Blood Jade Plateau.
• Ning Fa and his companions encountered three Myriad Laws Sect disciples bullying a Ning Clan cultivator and taking his Golden Deer Pills.
• A hooked-nosed Myriad Laws Sect disciple threatened the Ning Clan and tried to stomp the captive's face, but Ning Fa stopped him with an invisible force.
• Ning Fa released a powerful killing intent, frightening the surrounding cultivators as the Myriad Laws Sect disciples searched for whoever had intervened.

Ning Fa swiftly defeated three Myriad Laws Sect disciples who had attacked a wounded man, overwhelming them with his physical strength and thunder techniques. He then dragged their leader before him and punched him despite the disciple’s threat of a sect war.

• Ning Fa suddenly appeared and wounded the hooked-nosed Myriad Laws Sect disciple, then stopped Cui Hong and Pan Jiao from joining the fight.
• Ning Fa caught the disciple’s Top-grade Spirit Artifact flying sword barehanded and crushed it, leaving the disciple injured by their spiritual connection.
• Ning Fa knocked away the three disciples’ attacks, subdued two with punches, and bound the hooked-nosed disciple with the Spirit-Commanding Thunder Whip.
• Ning Fa pulled the bound disciple before him and punched him in the face as he threatened a war between their sects.

Ning Fa rescued his third uncle, Ning Hongye, and learned that he had lost an arm. When Fu Yang challenged him on behalf of the Myriad Laws Sect, Ning Fa overwhelmed him in front of a watching crowd, including members of the Family Faction.

• Ning Fa brutally punished three Myriad Laws Sect disciples who had attacked Ning Hongye, then freed his third uncle from a restriction.
• Ning Hongye revealed his identity to Ning Fa, who discovered that his left arm had been severed long ago and demanded to know who was responsible.
• Fu Yang arrived with other Myriad Laws Sect disciples and challenged Ning Fa after seeing his companions' injuries.
• Ning Fa defeated Fu Yang's Flame Arrows and pressed him with the Spirit-Commanding Thunder Whip until the fight became a one-sided suppression.
• Duanmu Ling, Ji Qingqing, Ouyang Tianzong, Xia Xinlan, Xia Mingyang, and other Family Faction figures watched the battle from a nearby banquet.

Ning Fa overwhelmed Fu Yang in a duel, but a Chai Family Golden Core Cultivator intervened and injured Ning Fa with a casual strike. Chou Zheng confronted the elder and drove him and the Myriad Laws Sect disciples away, while Ji Minxiong briefly considered challenging him before sitting back down.

• Duanmu Hong praised Ning Fa’s strength and reminded the gathering that Ning Fa belonged to Yun Cang Peak, while True Person Zihua abruptly left the banquet hall.
• Xia Yuanjue hinted that Cheng held prejudices against the Xia Family, but Ji Minxiong interrupted and then declined to join the confrontation after noticing Black Yama had already gone over.
• The Chai Family Golden Core Cultivator appeared while Ning Fa suppressed Fu Yang, struck Ning Fa, and prepared to attack again.
• Chou Zheng blocked the Chai Family Cultivator’s next move and rebuked him for attacking a junior.
• The Chai Family Cultivator left with Fu Yang and the other Myriad Laws Sect disciples, while Fu Yang threatened to settle the score another day.

After learning how the Myriad Laws Sect’s persecution had left the Ning Clan near collapse, Ning Fa discovered that Luo Xingjun had crippled Ning Hongye and gravely injured Ning Zhongjiu to curry favor with Xue Zongqi. The chapter ended with Ning Fa suspecting that Luo Xingjun was using the pressure on the clan to test whether he or the Duanmu Family would respond.

• Chou Zheng praised Ning Fa, while Black Yama regretted that he could not take him as a disciple because he had already reached his limit of seven.
• Ning Fa reunited with Ling Yue and Li Tieniu, then left with Ning Hongye to discuss the Ning Clan’s situation.
• Ning Hongye explained that the Myriad Laws Sect had forced the Ning Clan into the deadly Blackwater Pond, where harsh conditions and scarce resources had caused heavy losses.
• Ning Hongye revealed that Luo Xingjun had severed his arm, injured Ning Zhongjiu, and imposed escalating demands on the Ning Clan to please Xue Zongqi.
• Furious at the clan’s treatment, Ning Fa destroyed a table and concluded that Luo Xingjun might be testing whether he or the Duanmu Family would intervene.

Ning Fa sought Duanmu Ling’s help to protect the Ning Clan from Luo Xingjun’s escalating pressure and arrange their relocation. Duanmu Ling agreed to intervene and offered the Black Flame Desert campaign as a chance to secure the clan a new home.

• Ning Fa concluded that Luo Xingjun was testing whether the Duanmu Family would protect the Ning Clan, and decided to prioritize moving the clan rather than confronting Luo Xingjun or Xue Zongqi.
• Ning Fa gave Ning Hongye Essence Gathering Pills and Essence Refining Pills, then told him to return to the clan and ask the First Elder to endure Luo Xingjun’s pressure while he sought a solution.
• Ning Fa promised Ning Hongye that he would find a way to restore his severed arm before Ning Hongye departed.
• Ning Fa asked Duanmu Ling to use her promised favor to help relocate the Ning Clan, and she agreed to have her family negotiate with the Myriad Laws Sect to stop Luo Xingjun’s pressure.
• Duanmu Ling told Ning Fa that no suitable settlement was currently available, but offered to help him win a place in the Black Flame Desert if he performed well in the coming campaign.

Duanmu Ling explained that the Duanmu Family had chosen a difficult development route to search for Celestial River Jade Milk, which could strengthen the ancestor’s chances of reaching Nascent Soul. Elsewhere, Cheng Ziyi contacted an elder to report that she had found a cultivator who likely practiced the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture.

• Ning Fa agreed to do his best for Duanmu Ling, then hurried away when Feng Jue challenged him to spar.
• Duanmu Ling told Feng Jue that she planned to move Ning Fa’s family to the Black Flame Desert partly because the Wu Family was backing both her and Duanmu Pojun.
• Duanmu Ling revealed that the Duanmu Family’s chosen route might contain Celestial River Jade Milk, which could enhance the flawed Spirit Enlightenment Pill intended for the family’s ancestor.
• Feng Jue promised to help Duanmu Ling search for the Celestial River Jade Milk.
• Cheng Ziyi used a secret art to contact an elder and reported that a cultivator likely practiced the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture, based on his Thunder Spiritual Power and unusual Mana nodes.

Cheng Ziyi persuaded the Cheng Family’s First Elder to recruit Ning Fa, whose skill with the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture might let them open an artifact and discover what happened to Seventh Uncle. Ning Fa then met Wei Shiqin and her sister Wei Shihua at Tongbao Pavilion, where Wei Shihua teased her about coming to Black Marsh Immortal City for him.

• Cheng Ziyi explained that Ning Fa had cultivated the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture farther than Seventh Uncle once had and could potentially open the artifact he left behind.
• Cheng Ziyi argued that the Cheng Family should set aside Seventh Uncle’s restriction against involving outsiders because the family faced a crisis and needed to learn his whereabouts.
• The Cheng Family’s First Elder agreed that Cheng Ziyi should gradually win Ning Fa over without attracting the other families’ attention, and he allowed her to offer him Zhirou, Huiying, and other women in marriage but not Susu.
• Cheng Ziyi sent a Sound Transmission Talisman after the First Elder withdrew.
• Ning Fa met Wei Shiqin and Wei Shihua at Tongbao Pavilion in Black Marsh Immortal City, and Wei Shihua teased Wei Shiqin about coming there for him.
• Wei Shiqin blushed and asked her sister to leave so she could speak with Ning Fa privately.

Wei Shiqin gave Ning Fa rare pill ingredients and pure Five Elements materials, including Flame Transformation Yuan Crystal Stone from Soaring Flame Volcano. After Cheng Ziyi summoned him and gifted him a valuable defensive spirit artifact, Ning Fa was left wondering why she had changed her stance toward him.

• Wei Shiqin gave Ning Fa materials for several pills and rare spiritual ingredients he needed to refine Second-turn Purple Yuan Powder.
• Wei Shiqin also gave Ning Fa Azure Falling Vine and Flame Transformation Yuan Crystal Stone, and told him the crystals came from Soaring Flame Volcano in the Black Flame Desert.
• Wei Shihua warned Wei Shiqin that relying on Ning Fa for her wager against He Shaoan could leave her facing marriage to him, but Wei Shiqin said the wager bought her time.
• Cheng Ziyi summoned Ning Fa, voiced concern for him, and rewarded him with the mid-grade defensive spirit artifact Imperial Radiance Armor.
• Ning Fa wondered why Cheng Ziyi had given him such a valuable gift after previously warning him not to get too close to Cheng Susu.

Ning Fa accepted Cheng Ziyi’s Imperial Radiance Armor and strengthened his fire-element Divine Thunder Origin before setting out with Duanmu Ling’s expedition into the Black Flame Desert. After reaching an oasis, the group waited for a contact from the desert, whose arrival left the next step of their campaign unresolved.

• Ning Fa accepted and refined Cheng Ziyi’s Imperial Radiance Armor, bringing his collection to three Mid-grade Spirit Artifacts.
• Ning Fa absorbed an Azure Falling Vine and two Flame Transformation Yuan Crystal Stones, greatly increasing his fire-element Divine Thunder Origin.
• Duanmu Ling summoned Ning Fa and the assembled cultivators, and their flying vessel carried them toward the Black Flame Desert.
• Duanmu Ling led the expedition across the dangerous outer desert, then took them by flying vessel to a small oasis where the heat and Fire Poison Power weakened.
• Duanmu Ling waited at the oasis until a faint streak of escaping light emerged from the desert, and she greeted its arrival with a faint smile.

Duanmu Ling discovered that the Mo Family had secretly allied with the Wen and Hu Families to ambush her forces, and she changed her plan to attack the other families first. At Yongze Oasis, Mo Xingjian sensed that their scheme had failed and was left bleeding as the assembled elders realized they were in danger.

• Mo Lin told Duanmu Ling that the Mo Family had lured six Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Wen and Hu Families to Yongze Oasis so they could be wiped out.
• Duanmu Ling used a Heart-Questioning Talisman on Mo Lin, then exposed and captured a Soul-Eradicating Worm hidden inside him before killing him.
• Duanmu Ling concluded that the three families were preparing an ambush at Yongze Oasis and ordered two groups to attack the Wen and Hu Families first.
• At Yongze Oasis, Mo Xingjian sensed the failure of the scheme, formed seals, and spat blood as Mo Xingkong and the other elders watched anxiously.

After Mo Xingjian’s failed ambush revealed the strength of the Huayu Sect’s forces, the three families prepared to defend the Black Flame Desert while worrying over Wen Xiuxin, who was trapped inside Lightless Valley during a cultivation breakthrough. Ning Fa traveled with a team bound for East Marsh Oasis and received unexpected kindness from Duanmu Tai.

• Mo Xingjian told the others that Duanmu Ling had detected and captured his Soul-Eradicating Worm, though he had learned the Huayu Sect had sent two Pseudo Core Cultivators and many Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Mo Xingkong urged the families to defend the Black Flame Desert until the Fire Worship Hall’s Venerable arrived, and the prospect of Spirit Infusion lifted the cultivators’ spirits.
• Wen Fuyong revealed that Wen Xiuxin was at East Marsh Oasis, inside Lightless Valley to use Radiant Spirit Liquid for a breakthrough before the coming sacrificial rite.
• Mo Xingkong volunteered to retrieve Wen Xiuxin while Hu Shiku stayed behind to oversee the defense.
• Ning Fa joined the team sent to East Marsh Oasis, where he had to travel alongside hostile Wu Family cultivators and Duanmu Tai.
• Duanmu Tai gave Ning Fa a Fire-Avoidance Pearl, warmly insisting that he accept it.

Ning Fa and the Huayu Sect party entered East Marsh Oasis, where he saw a promising place for the Ning Clan to settle and learned the Wu Family also wanted to claim the region. Wu Qifeng split the group up to establish points for the Nine Heavens Profound Cauldron Array, leaving the contest for the oasis unresolved.

• Wu Zesheng challenged Ning Fa’s worth, revealing his jealousy over Duanmu Ling’s offer of extra Contribution Points.
• Ning Fa’s group reached East Marsh Oasis and found its spiritual energy and fertile land increasingly abundant deeper inside.
• Ning Fa decided East Marsh Oasis would suit the Ning Clan, while Wu Zesheng said the Wu Family hoped to seize the oases and strengthen its power.
• The group found the villages and towns mostly deserted, and Wu Qifeng concluded that the Wen Family had abandoned the area.
• Wu Qifeng divided the Foundation Establishment Cultivators and their juniors into teams to establish Profound Cauldron Array Points for the Nine Heavens Profound Cauldron Array.

Ning Fa led his team into a dangerous region and climbed White Flame Mountain to establish a Profound Cauldron Array Point. As the group struggled against the mountain’s soul-affecting flames, Ning Fa noticed that the low-cultivation Chu Ge endured them unusually well and carried a faint trace of killing intent.

• Wu Qifeng divided the three teams’ regions, assigning Ning Fa an area with about twice as many dangerous sites as Wu Zesheng’s.
• Duanmu Tai questioned the assignment, but Wu Zesheng defended it by citing Duanmu Ling’s confidence in Ning Fa; Ning Fa accepted the challenge and departed with five Qi Refining Cultivators.
• Ning Fa planned to search Lightless Valley for Water Origin Crystal Stone, then discovered that White Flame Mountain was the only suitable nearby site for a Profound Cauldron Array Point.
• Ning Fa led the group to White Flame Mountain, where a force prevented them from flying, so they climbed through flames that caused mental distress.
• Ning Fa remained unaffected by the flames and noticed that Chu Ge, despite being only at the fifth layer of Qi Refining, showed little strain and seemed to have killed many people.

Ning Fa climbed White Cloud Mountain, established the Profound Cauldron Array Points with the help of his subordinates and Little Ice, and was attacked by a mysterious white flame at the summit. The chapter ended with Ning Fa searching for the unseen attacker.

• Ning Fa led the five Qi Refining Cultivators up White Cloud Mountain and gave them lightning shields to withstand the White Flame.
• At the summit, Ning Fa summoned Little Ice, whose ice shield reduced the heat and burning force around him.
• Ning Fa laid out the formation and ordered the five cultivators to activate their Array Disks, successfully establishing the Profound Cauldron Array Points.
• Little Ice warned Ning Fa of an attack, and Ning Fa dodged an arrow-like white flame that reduced a boulder to dust.
• Ning Fa spread his divine sense to locate the unseen attacker but found nothing.

Ning Fa defeated a White Firebird and absorbed its pure White Flame, greatly strengthening his Supreme Fire Divine Thunder, but he could not break through the crimson boulder where the bird had taken refuge. At the foot of the mountain, he learned that Wu Kai had died from a Crimson Flame Snake's poison.

• Little Ice's Frost Breath was countered by a White Firebird, and Ning Fa discovered that his Bing Fire Yang Thunder made him immune to the surrounding White Flame's pressure.
• Ning Fa used Bing Fire Yang Thunder to destroy the White Firebird's flame tornadoes and pursued it with Little Ice to the summit of White Flame Mountain.
• Little Ice delayed the White Firebird with Ice Wall Technique, allowing Ning Fa to strike it; the wounded bird fled into a crimson boulder, leaving behind a clump of White Flame that Ning Fa absorbed.
• Ning Fa's Supreme Fire Divine Thunder grew nearly eighty percent stronger, but his attacks and Little Ice's spells could not break through the enormous boulder, so he left intending to return later.
• Ning Fa found his five Qi Refinement subordinates at the mountain's foot and learned from Wu Yong that Wu Kai had died after being poisoned by a Crimson Flame Snake.

Ning Fa’s group reached East Marsh Mountain and discovered the Wen Family’s Spirit Medicine Garden still protected by an active array. After breaking through its defenses and surviving a puppet ambush, Ning Fa set up the second Profound Cauldron Array Point and collected the remaining spirit herbs.

• Ning Fa led his group to East Marsh Mountain, where he found the Wen Family’s Spirit Medicine Garden still enclosed by a second-grade mid-rank defensive array.
• Ning Fa used three strikes of the Dragon-Breaking Spear to destroy the array, then warned his companions to stay close as they entered the garden.
• Black ape Puppet Beasts emerged and attacked, but Ning Fa countered their Black Flame with his divine thunders and preserved several puppets.
• Wu Yong died in a puppet’s self-destruction while picking spirit herbs, leaving Ning Fa’s group with another Wu Family casualty.
• Ning Fa resolved the ambush, set up the second Profound Cauldron Array Point, and collected the garden’s remaining spirit herbs.

Ning Fa entered Lightless Valley and killed a concealed cultivator guarding its hidden lake. After using the man’s formation disk to reveal the lake, Ning Fa saw a graceful figure emerge from the water.

• Ning Fa left his subordinates at Spirit Marsh Mountain and traveled to Lightless Valley to scout for Water Origin Crystal Stones.
• Ning Fa entered the mist-covered valley and spotted a concealed cultivator holding a formation disk.
• Ning Fa used the Silver Lightning Whip and Thunder Sound Art to overwhelm and kill the newly established Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Ning Fa took the man’s Heavenly Sun Talisman, concealment cloak, and formation disk, then used the disk to reveal the hidden lake.
• Ning Fa stood stunned as a graceful figure emerged from the lake.

Ning Fa confronted Wen Xiuxin, a Wen Family cultivator whose Water-Fire Fusion flames blocked his thunder techniques. He escalated by equipping powerful artifacts, and Xiuxin answered by revealing an ancient bronze oil lamp that filled him with a sense of danger.

• Ning Fa encountered Wen Xiuxin bathing at the lake, and she calmly dressed and asked him to leave.
• Ning Fa attacked Wen Xiuxin with the Spirit-Commanding Thunder Whip and Moving Thunder Cloud, but her Water-Fire Fusion flames blocked both techniques.
• Wen Xiuxin praised Ning Fa's strength and tried to leave, but he equipped the Star Martial Battle Suit and took up the Dragon-Breaking Spear.
• Wen Xiuxin summoned an ancient bronze oil lamp, and Ning Fa sensed a grave threat from it.

Ning Fa fought Wen Xiuxin’s Azure Firebird and forced her to unleash a devastating Azure Flame Tide before she escaped with the Azure Oil Lamp. As he pursued her, Mo Xingkong intervened, setting up a confrontation between Ning Fa and the Mo Family First Elder.

• Wen Xiuxin summoned an Azure Firebird from her Azure Oil Lamp, and Ning Fa fought it with his lightning techniques.
• Ning Fa trapped the Azure Firebird in a Three-Colored Lightning Net, but Wen Xiuxin empowered it with an Azure Flame Rune and recalled it to the lamp.
• Wen Xiuxin released an Azure Orb that erupted into a flame tide, and Ning Fa escaped the blast before chasing her.
• Ning Fa smashed a Black Flame Dragon that appeared in his path and confronted Mo Xingkong, who revealed a Black Flame-wreathed spirit artifact.