Chapter Summaries

Ning Fa’s alchemy discussion with Senior Brother Wen led Wen to divine the secret surrounding him, but the attempt provoked Hermit Tianyi’s Heavenly Secret Art and badly injured Wen. Hermit Tianyi watched over Ning Fa from distant ruins, while wondering why records of the Blood Heaven Sect had vanished from ancient sites.

• Ning Fa thanked Senior Brother Wen for their long discussion, and Wen praised his unconventional alchemy insights.
• Senior Brother Wen used the Primordial Mechanism Art to divine Ning Fa’s secret, but a dust sandal shattered his defenses and inflicted a backlash injury.
• Senior Brother Wen concluded that a Fourth-Rank Divination Grandmaster had protected Ning Fa and warned Madam Li and Altar Master Qi not to attack him.
• Senior Brother Wen suspected the grandmaster’s interest was connected to the Blood Heaven Sect and told the women to maintain contact with Ning Fa through the Zhilán Merchant Guild without deepening their ties.
• Hermit Tianyi recovered his straw sandal in the Black Day Peak ruins and said he had used his Heavenly Secret Art to stop anyone from disturbing Ning Fa.
• Hermit Tianyi wondered why records about the Blood Heaven Sect and other great sects had disappeared from the ancient ruins he had explored.

An old Daoist used a mural’s golden-armored guards to defeat two Foundation Establishment cultivators who targeted his disciple. Three months later, Ning Fa completed his powerful Quasi Heavenly Puppet Hei Yu and joined the Cheng Family’s renewed campaign, as the chapter showed the war’s shifting fortunes and the family’s rapid advance.

• An old Daoist’s mural produced three golden-armored guards, who killed two cultivators trying to abduct his disciple as a cultivation cauldron.
• Ning Fa said goodbye to Cheng Susu before receiving the final spirit materials from the Zhilán Merchant Guild and completing his preparations for battle.
• Ning Fa introduced Hei Yu, his newly forged Second-grade High-grade Quasi Heavenly Puppet, and recalled its strength, abilities, and potential to advance.
• Ning Fa and Cheng Ziyi departed for the front lines as the Huayu Sect resumed its campaign and Ning Fa’s clan joined the Cheng Family’s forces.
• The Black Spirit Church’s guerrilla attacks and growing strength slowed the Huayu Sect and Myriad Laws Sect, while the Cheng Family advanced rapidly with Ning Fa as a key contributor.

Ning Fa became a celebrated counter to the Black Spirit Church, helping the Cheng Family gain ground in the Southern Reach campaign and becoming a leading candidate for the Seven Prodigies. Four years after joining the Cheng Family, he was absent from Qingfeng City when Lin Wei tried to pressure Zuo Guanglin and Kou Zhun into selling him a valuable Molten Gold Crystal.

• Ning Fa killed around twenty Black Spirit Church cultivators, including two Venerables, and escaped a Golden Core Bishop who was later wounded by the Cheng Family ancestors.
• The Cheng Family caught up in the campaign as Ning Fa’s victories helped them seize valuable resource sites, while the Duanmu Family regretted passing him over for Chen Jing.
• Huayu Sect and Myriad Laws Sect joined forces, captured six of the seven passes outside Black Spirit City, and established Qingfeng City as their frontline fortress.
• After spies were reported inside Qingfeng City, the sects sealed its gates and searched the city, leaving returning cultivators gathered outside.
• Lin Wei confronted Zuo Guanglin and Kou Zhun over pills Kou Zhun had sold his brother and demanded that they sell him their Molten Gold Crystal for five hundred spirit stones.
• Kou Zhun objected that the possibly third-tier crystal was worth several thousand spirit stones.

Ning Fa arrived in time to stop Lin Wei from attacking Kou Zhun, then led his group to the city with important military intelligence. There, he revealed that Blue Cloud Peak had fallen and that he had rescued the badly wounded Chen Jing, leaving the Duanmu Family to confront another disastrous mission failure.

• Ning Fa struck Lin Wei's Black Ghost Claw with lightning and persuaded him to end his dispute with Zuo Guanglin and Kou Zhun.
• Ning Fa asked Zuo Guanglin and Kou Zhun to hold the Molten Gold Crystal for him, then led his subordinates toward the city gate, which was closed during a spy hunt.
• Ning Fa told the guards he had important military intelligence, and Duanmu Hong's group emerged from the city after learning of his arrival.
• Ning Fa stopped Duanmu Hong from leaving to reinforce Blue Cloud Peak and revealed that the peak had fallen and Chen Jing was unconscious.
• Duanmu Hong revived Chen Jing, who confirmed that he alone had escaped and that Duanmu Liang and Duanmu Hao had likely died.
• Duanmu Hong thanked Ning Fa for rescuing Chen Jing as the Duanmu Family reacted with grief and anger over the failed mission.

Ning Fa reported that a captured Moke Sect disciple revealed the sect was moving to aid the Black Spirit Church, then returned to his residence and resumed cultivating. After reuniting with Zuo Guanglin and Kou Zhun, he examined their Molten Gold Crystals and urgently asked where they had found them.

• Ning Fa brought intelligence from a captured Moke Sect disciple to Qingfeng City, where True Dragon Jade confirmed the Moke Sect might directly intervene on the Black Spirit Church’s behalf.
• True Dragon Jade and Ouyang Zhenhua praised Ning Fa and left to report the threat to True Lord Donghua, while Ning Fa returned with True Person Zihua and then spoke with Cheng Ziyi.
• Cheng Ziyi told Ning Fa that Cheng Zeyuan’s injuries left him less than ten years to live and explained that a spy had stolen the Nine Heavens Profound Cauldron Array blueprint.
• Ning Fa sent Hei Yu to gather spiritual materials, checked the growing Blue Qilin Beast Egg, and took an Ascending Dragon Pill to cultivate.
• After the city lifted its restrictions following the spy’s capture, Ning Fa met Zuo Guanglin and Kou Zhun, who gave him Molten Gold Crystals.
• Ning Fa sensed something unusual in the crystals and urgently asked Zuo Guanglin where they had come from.

Ning Fa discovered that a strange black-and-white qi inside a Molten Gold Crystal was likely First-grade Mystic Yellow Qi, which strengthened his Supreme Wood Divine Thunder but was not yet enough to help him advance to Core Formation. He learned that the crystals came from a Myriad Laws Sect mining region and sent Cao Xian to investigate its veins, suspecting they held more Mystic Yellow Qi.

• Zuo Guanglin and Kou Zhun sold their Molten Gold Crystals to Ning Fa for a generous sum after he confirmed one was unusual and worth at least a Third-grade spirit ore.
• Ning Fa melted the largest crystal and found that its black-and-white qi passed through elemental techniques without disappearing, leading him to identify it as likely Mystic Yellow Qi.
• Ning Fa absorbed the qi into his Five Elements Thunder Mark and allocated it to his Supreme Wood Divine Thunder, increasing its origin by more than ten percent.
• Ning Fa summoned Cao Xian and asked him to investigate the Myriad Laws Sect's Molten Gold Crystal Vein and accompanying Golden Marrow Crystal Vein in the Mo Yang Mountain Range.
• Cao Xian accepted Peizhi Pills as payment and left to gather information, while Ning Fa suspected the mining region contained more Mystic Yellow Qi.

Bai Yeming confronted Liao Wuyin over delays surrounding the Underground Palace in Sunset Ancient City and learned that Moke Sect and Joyful Union Sect had intervened in the war. Ning Fa traveled with Cheng Ziyi on a mission to reinforce Shuangyu Peak, where old friends and enemies awaited him.

• Bai Yeming demanded an explanation from Liao Wuyin, who said the Underground Palace’s powerful restrictions had stalled the Black Spirit Church and drawn Moke Sect and Joyful Union Sect into the conflict.
• Bai Yeming accepted Liao Wuyin’s explanation but warned him not to let matters drag on, then departed as Liao Wuyin escaped underground.
• Cheng Ziyi rebuffed Ge’s offer of aged Monkey Wine and began meditating aboard the Golden-Winged Great Sculpture carrying the mission group south.
• Ning Fa recognized Xue Danping and Luo Xingjun, recalled their past harm to the Ning Clan, and considered killing them; both feared his growing reputation.
• Ning Fa learned the group was reinforcing Shuangyu Peak, where Ling Yue, Li Tieniu, Fairy Bai Feng, and Chou Zheng were stationed, and reflected on how long it had been since he had seen Ling Yue.

Ning Fa arrived at Shuangyu Peak with the reinforcements and reunited with Ling Yue, while sizing up Bai Lilan as a rival for both sect prominence and Ling Yue's attention. After settling in to cultivate, Ning Fa received a message from Luo Xingjun and went to meet him.

• Ning Fa and the reinforcements reached Shuangyu Peak, where Chou Zheng and Fairy Bai Feng welcomed them through the defenses.
• At the banquet, Ning Fa greeted Ling Yue and Li Tieniu, while Bai Lilan showed concern for Ling Yue and exchanged courteous words with Ning Fa.
• Ling Yue spoke with Ning Fa and Li Tieniu about the Moke Sect, but Fairy Bai Feng called her away before their conversation could continue.
• Ning Fa noticed that Li Tieniu had advanced to the peak of Foundation Establishment Early Stage and believed he was close to breaking through.
• After the banquet, Ning Fa was assigned a pavilion and began cultivating; the next day, he received Luo Xingjun's message and left to meet him.

Ning Fa rejected Luo Xingjun’s costly apology and secretly marked him with the Chasing Moon Technique. He then successfully advanced to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage amid an extraordinary heavenly phenomenon, just as an enemy attack threatened Shuangyu Peak.

• Luo Xingjun offered Ning Fa a Storage Bag worth over two hundred thousand spirit stones and promised him access to Molten Gold Crystal, but Ning Fa refused to forgive him and insulted him until he left.
• Ning Fa used the Moon God Art to secretly cast the Chasing Moon Technique on Luo Xingjun, intending to use their shared mission to eliminate him.
• Several days later, Ning Fa’s breakthrough caused dark clouds, lightning, and a huge spiritual power vortex above Shuangyu Peak, drawing the attention of the cultivators there.
• Cheng Ziyi ordered everyone to retreat, while Chou Zheng detected a large enemy attack and the cultivators moved to their assigned positions.
• The spiritual power vortex collapsed into Ning Fa’s pavilion, and Ning Fa emerged from seclusion having successfully advanced to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

After advancing to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, Ning Fa escaped Shuangyu Peak as the Black Spirit Church and its allies overwhelmed the stronghold. He pursued Luo Xingjun and Xue Danping, caught up with them, and left them facing his threat.

• Ning Fa strengthened his mana, divine sense, body, and Divine Thunder of the Five Elements after reaching the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, then continued stabilizing his realm despite Cheng Ziyi's warning of an attack.
• Ning Fa learned that Shuangyu Peak had fallen, told Cheng Ziyi he could escape alone, and tracked Luo Xingjun as the allied Black Spirit Church, Moke Sect, and another Devil Dao sect routed their enemies.
• Ning Fa killed a Moke Sect cultivator and three Black Spirit Church cultivators who were attacking three Cheng Family cultivators, then continued northwest in pursuit of Luo Xingjun.
• Luo Xingjun and Xue Danping fled on a Black Feather Crane, and Xue Danping worried that Ning Fa might catch them.
• Ning Fa caught up with Luo Xingjun and Xue Danping, who realized he had reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage; he dismissed their warning that they were Myriad Laws Sect disciples and asked who would know if he killed them.

Ning Fa defeated Luo Xingjun after Luo unleashed a powerful, incomplete Demonic Ancient Artifact that nearly summoned a demonic beast. He captured Xue Danping and Luo, learned their secrets through soul searches, and left to pursue the Xue Family.

• Luo Xingjun attacked Ning Fa with artifacts and puppets while Xue Danping wrapped him in a handkerchief and fled with a talisman.
• Ning Fa sent Little Ice after Xue Danping and fought Luo Xingjun, who drew a black ring from his abdomen and began summoning a demonic beast.
• Ning Fa used the Nirvana Thunder Seal to halt Luo Xingjun's Mana, wounded him with the Dragon-Breaking Spear, and forced the beast's claw back into the vortex.
• Ning Fa sealed the ring in a brocade box after the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book reacted to it, then captured Luo Xingjun and Xue Danping when Little Ice returned with her.
• Ning Fa searched both captives' souls, killed them, and set his sights on the Xue Family.

Ning Fa learned that an abyss in the Myriad Laws Sect’s Molten Gold Crystal mining region was likely the source of Mystic Yellow Qi, and planned to seek it after pursuing the Thunderwood Palace inheritance. Before he could inspect his spoils, a Moke Sect cultivator attacked him to claim the black ring, and Ning Fa began fighting back.

• Ning Fa learned from Luo Xingjun’s memories that the black ring came from a hidden abyss in the Mo Yang Mountain Range, where Mystic Yellow Qi might still be found.
• Ning Fa decided to seek the abyss after visiting the suspected Thunderwood Palace inheritance site and strengthening his abilities.
• Ning Fa contacted his master and learned that Cheng Ziyi and the others had escaped the encirclement, then asked her to return to Qingfeng City.
• A green-robed Moke Sect cultivator pursued Ning Fa and demanded the belongings of Luo Xingjun and Xue Danping, including the black ring.
• Ning Fa shattered the cultivator’s green snake attack with a lightning-covered fist, then warned him to stop following.
• The green-robed cultivator threatened to refine Ning Fa into a corpse puppet, and Ning Fa attacked with the Dragon-Breaking Spear, which resisted the man’s corrosive demonic mist.

Ning Fa defeated and killed a green-robed Moke Sect cultivator after destroying his refined corpses and overcoming his escape attempt. While searching the man’s Storage Bag, Ning Fa sensed Ling Yue and Fairy Bai Feng fleeing a powerful pursuer and turned toward them.

• Ning Fa and Little Ice overwhelmed the green-robed youth’s demonic defenses, while Little Ice unleashed a powerful hurricane before retreating to its Spirit Beast Bag.
• Ning Fa destroyed the youth’s three refined corpses with Silver Lightning and the Purple Ancient Mirror, while Hei Yu wounded him with a crimson arrow.
• Ning Fa struck the green-robed youth with Purple Flame, but the man reappeared inside his green skull and fled using a black talisman.
• Ning Fa pursued and killed the green-robed youth with the Dragon-Breaking Spear, then took his Storage Bag and found seven High-grade Spirit Stones and a fishhook-shaped artifact that stirred the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book.
• Ning Fa sensed Ling Yue and Fairy Bai Feng racing nearby while pursued by a powerful enemy, and realized he could not leave Ling Yue in danger.

Ning Fa arrived just in time to save Ling Yue and the severely wounded Fairy Bai Feng from two Moke Sect cultivators pursuing them. He faced the blue-armored Lightning Spiritual Root cultivator and recognized him as a promising opponent.

• Ning Fa rode toward the right after advancing to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, while Ling Yue fled with the injured Fairy Bai Feng on a white jade comb.
• The blue-armored man and the seductive man pursued the women on the Thunderwing Tiger and agreed to capture them, with the seductive man demanding Fairy Bai Feng's primordial yin.
• The seductive man attacked with a Divine Soul technique, and the blue-armored man destroyed Ling Yue's pearl shield with lightning strikes.
• Fairy Bai Feng briefly regained consciousness and drove the pursuers back with a powerful sword attack, but she collapsed again and Ling Yue fled with her.
• The blue-armored man caught up and cast a lightning net as Ling Yue prepared to detonate herself, but Ning Fa arrived and knocked aside the dart aimed at her dantian.
• Ning Fa gave Ling Yue pills for herself and Fairy Bai Feng, then recognized the blue-armored man as a powerful Lightning Spiritual Root cultivator.

Ning Fa countered the lightning attacks of the blue-armored man and his Thunderwing Tiger, then fought back with overwhelming silver lightning. He left the alluring man marked by his Moon God Art and faced the blue-armored man after he fused with his beast and gained near-Golden Core strength.

• The blue-armored man and the Thunderwing Tiger attacked Ning Fa with lightning, but Ning Fa's Thunder Devouring absorbed their attacks and replenished his mana.
• The alluring man trapped Ning Fa in an Illusion Realm with his Peach Blossom Branch, but the Moon God Art—strengthened by Ling Yue's radiance—broke the illusion.
• Ning Fa enveloped the enemies in a sea of silver lightning, forcing the blue-armored man to defend himself and the alluring man to vanish beneath a Dusty Cloak.
• Ning Fa drew on Ling Yue's strength and struck the hidden alluring man with a crescent-shaped moon mark, then turned his attention to the blue-armored man.
• The blue-armored man fused with the Thunderwing Tiger, taking on a half-human, half-beast form with Spiritual Pressure near the Golden Core level.

Ning Fa defeated the blue-armored cultivator and his Thunderwing Tiger, then killed the alluring man who had fled. As he escaped with Ling Yue and Fairy Bai Feng, a powerful Golden Core woman pursued him, seeking to use him as a Cultivation Cauldron.

• Ning Fa transformed using the rudimentary Mysterious Thunder True Body and killed the blue-armored man with his Dragon-Breaking Spear; the Thunderwing Tiger then took its own life.
• Ning Fa pursued and killed the alluring man, then returned to Ling Yue and the recovering Fairy Bai Feng.
• Ning Fa sensed a powerful enemy approaching and carried both women away with his Extreme Wind Wings.
• A peak Mid Golden Core woman pursued Ning Fa while carrying Elder Sun's severed head, declaring that she wanted him as a Cultivation Cauldron.

Ning Fa rescued Fairy Bai Feng and Ling Yue from their pursuers before Zheng Xuanyan intervened to fight the demoness. After learning that demonic forces had overwhelmed the sect’s strongholds, Ning Fa returned safely to Qingfeng City and reunited with Cheng Ziyi, who asked his age.

• As the demoness’s winged serpent caught up, Zheng Xuanyan appeared and stopped her, allowing Ning Fa to escape with Fairy Bai Feng and Ling Yue.
• Ning Fa merged his Extreme Wind Wings with Little Ice’s wings, then heard the two women thank him; Little Ice’s blunt matchmaking remarks embarrassed everyone.
• Ling Yue explained that the Nine Heavens Profound Cauldron Great Formation had failed and that the Black Spirit Church, Moke Sect, and Joyful Union Sect had driven the defenders from their strongholds.
• Ning Fa predicted that the other great sects and the Wu Kingdom would respond to the demonic sects’ violation of the truce.
• Ning Fa brought Fairy Bai Feng and Ling Yue safely to Qingfeng City, where Fairy Bai Feng promised to send him a generous gift.
• Ning Fa reunited with Cheng Ziyi, who confirmed his Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation and asked how old he was.

Ning Fa learned that the sect planned to retreat to Giant Deer City as the war worsened, then examined two treasures he had obtained from his enemies. He discovered that the Heaven-Stealing Hook projection could pull the Demon Source Ring replica out of his Storage Bag, and kept the hook rather than using it to replenish the Heavenly Book.

• Cheng Ziyi told Ning Fa that the sect and the Myriad Laws Sect planned to retreat to Giant Deer City and prepare for further battles.
• Ning Fa examined the black ring and learned that it was a damaged low-grade replica of the Demon Source Ring, a treasure from the Demon Realm.
• Ning Fa examined the fishhook-shaped treasure and learned that it was a projection of the shattered Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure Heaven-Stealing Hook.
• Ning Fa refined the Heaven-Stealing Hook projection and discovered that it could hook the Demon Source Ring replica in his Storage Bag and pull it out.
• Ning Fa decided to keep the Heaven-Stealing Hook projection, though its use appeared limited by a cooldown and other restrictions.

Ning Fa learned that Ning Yuwen had vanished, possibly under the influence of the Blood Seed, just as the Black Spirit Church and two devil sects forced the evacuation of Qingfeng City. On the advancing enemy fleet, He Sanniang described her defeat by Zheng Xuanyan, while Tong Mou detected someone cultivating the Blood Luo True Scripture and hurried toward them.

• Ning Hongye told Ning Fa that Ning Yuwen had left a note saying he was going to retrieve something, and Ning Zhongjiu suspected the Blood Seed had drawn him away.
• Ning Fa learned from Cheng Ziyi that the armies of the Black Spirit Church and two devil sects were approaching, and he led Ning Zhongjiu and Ning Hongye to evacuate through the Teleportation Array.
• Three Golden Core Cultivators aboard the enemy fleet discussed their sects’ reasons for intervening, including the Underground Palace and a possible renewed campaign against the Seven Nations of Cloud Wasteland.
• He Sanniang arrived injured and said Zheng Xuanyan had defeated her; she gave Bear Blackie a Jade Slip describing him and offered Ghost-Faced Shield Wood to entice the others into dual cultivation.
• Tong Mou sensed someone cultivating the Blood Luo True Scripture and possessing Blood Essence, then left the flying boat to pursue that person.

The Moke Sect and Joyful Union Sect’s invasion forced the Huayu Sect and Myriad Laws Sect to retreat to Giant Deer City, where reinforcements from Jiang Kingdom’s other major sects helped them resist repeated assaults. During a major battle, True Lord Wanfa was defeated and True Lord Donghua was trapped by two enemy Nascent Soul Cultivators, until a mysterious woman arrived on a Five-Colored Peacock.

• The Black Spirit Church alliance drove the Huayu Sect and Myriad Laws Sect back to Giant Deer City and besieged the stronghold with powerful forces, war beasts, and refined corpses.
• The Mystic Moon Sect, Giant Sword Gate, and Golden Scale Valley sent Nascent Soul Elders and other reinforcements, stabilizing the defenders’ position even as the devil sects brought further troops.
• The two devil sects launched a full-scale assault, and Nascent Soul Cultivators from both sides fought in five groups above the battlefield.
• True Lord Wanfa was overwhelmed by a crimson-robed Nascent Soul Cultivator, lost his body, and fled using his Nascent Soul’s teleportation art.
• The crimson-robed cultivator trapped True Lord Donghua in a Heavenly Fire Cage and joined the elderly black-robed cultivator in attacking him.
• A woman at the Peak Early Nascent Soul realm arrived on a Fourth-grade Five-Colored Peacock as True Lord Donghua faced defeat.