Chapter Summaries

Ning Fa returned through an ancient teleportation array to the Cangyuan Cultivation World, where he confirmed he had reached the northern icy plains and encountered Frost Fairy Ye Xuanqing pursuing a Sea Race cultivator. He left the Nine Dragons Sea behind and headed south with Wen Hui, while Little Ice remained asleep and seemed to be growing stronger.

• Ning Fa escaped the Ice Phoenix by destroying the teleportation array, then found Wen Hui unconscious and Little Ice still asleep but undergoing a powerful transformation.
• Ning Fa carried Wen Hui out of the icy hall and emerged onto a vast, snow-covered plain, suspecting he had arrived in northern Cangyuan.
• Wen Hui woke, and Ning Fa told her that Cangyuan was his homeland; he then set off south with her aboard the Jade Flying Boat.
• Ning Fa sensed three Nascent Soul cultivators and recognized Frost Fairy Ye Xuanqing among them, confirming that he was in Cangyuan.
• Ning Fa used his Moon God Heart to reveal that Ye Xuanqing and her companions were pursuing a nearly invisible Nascent Soul Early Stage Sea Race cultivator.

Ning Fa encountered a Sea Race woman in the Northern Ice Plains and killed her after she escaped an Ice Spirit Palace cultivator’s attack, though she destroyed herself before he could search her soul. He reunited with Ye Xuanqing and her companions, who recognized him as the former Star Ranking expert presumed dead on Ancient Immortal Island.

• Ning Fa suspected the Sea Race woman had come to the Northern Ice Plains seeking Ancestor Bing Chen’s remains and hurried toward her.
• Ye Xuanqing trapped the Sea Race woman in an icy web, but the woman broke free and trapped Ye Xuanqing and her two companions in a water sphere.
• Ning Fa intercepted the fleeing woman, shattered her attacks, and used lightning and Black Spiritual Flame to freeze her Nascent Soul.
• The Sea Race woman destroyed herself before Ning Fa could search her soul, and Ning Fa took her Storage Bag.
• Ye Xuanqing and her companions recognized Ning Fa and asked about his apparent death on Ancient Immortal Island; Ning Fa confirmed his identity.

Ning Fa reunited with Ye Xuanqing and learned that the Tianli Cultivation World and the Sea Race had devastated Cangyuan in decades of war. He discovered that the Huayu Sect remained in the contested northern territory of Xu Kingdom and that its First Elder, Cang Lei, was still alive, but he remained worried about his relatives and fellow disciples.

• Ning Fa explained that he had been stranded in a distant place after fleeing powerful enemies on Ancient Immortal Island, then asked whether Tianli had invaded Cangyuan.
• Ruan Bingxin told Ning Fa that Tianli had invaded, conquered several countries, and later joined forces with the Sea Race against Cangyuan.
• Ruan Bingxin described how Tianli and the Sea Race eventually halted major offensives, leaving Cangyuan in a fragile stalemate after decades of territorial losses.
• Ning Fa learned that Xu Kingdom's remaining northern territory included the Yunxi Mountain Range, where the Huayu Sect was located.
• Ruan Bingxin confirmed that Cang Lei was still alive, and Ning Fa felt relieved while worrying about the Huayu Sect's losses and his loved ones.

Ruan Bingxin told Ning Fa how Cangyuan had rebuilt its forces under the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion, then brought him to the Ice Spirit Palace as Tianli prepared to resume the war. Ning Fa learned that Cangyuan had nine Great Cultivator-level fighters, but Tianli and the Sea Race still held a major advantage as the group headed toward the front.

• Ruan Bingxin described Cangyuan’s devastating casualties and explained how shared resources and the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion had helped new cultivators advance.
• Ruan Bingxin told Ning Fa that Tianli was massing troops and invited him to travel with her group to Shenwu City.
• Ruan Bingxin brought Ning Fa to Binghua Mountain, where Vice Palace Master Mu Nianfeng learned that Ning Fa had returned and advanced to Nascent Soul.
• Mu Nianfeng said the Ice Spirit Palace’s Palace Master had left to meet with the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion, so the group prepared to teleport to the Wu Kingdom.
• Ruan Bingxin told Ning Fa that Cangyuan had eight Great Cultivators and that Xu Yi’s Sword Intent made him a ninth, while Mu Nianfeng revealed Tianli had at least twelve and the Sea Race had four.

Ning Fa returned to Cangyuan and reunited with Wu Hong, who was surprised to learn he had become a Nascent Soul Cultivator. Wu Hong said Huayu Sect and the Ning Clan were still holding on but faced serious trouble, leaving Ning Fa determined to learn the details when he reached them.

• Wu Hong learned she had ranked eighty-seventh on the Star Ranking and qualified for diluted Kunxia Secret Water to aid her Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Ning Fa, Ye Xuanqing, and the others teleported from Ice Spirit Palace to Shenwu City, where Wu Hong and He Tao greeted them.
• Wu Hong and He Tao were stunned to see Ning Fa alive and discovered that he had formed a Nascent Soul.
• Ning Fa asked Wu Hong about Huayu Sect and the Ning Clan, and she said both were still standing but in a difficult situation.
• Ning Fa released a terrifying burst of Killing Intent before calming himself, and Wu Hong reassured him that most of the groups' main figures were alive.

Ning Fa read the new Star Ranking on his way to Tianyu City and discovered unsettling ties between the Yuan Cha Gate and people he cared about. After arriving at the heavily guarded frontline city, he unexpectedly encountered Cao Xian, his former sect companion and a Huazhen Sect spy.

• Ruan Bingxin told Ning Fa that the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion had begun publishing an annual Profound Ranking for the top fifty Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Ning Fa read the Star Ranking and noticed that Zheng Xuanyan had risen to seventh place, while the Yuan Cha Gate’s Huo Dantong ranked third.
• Ning Fa saw that Ning Huarong was listed as a member of the Yuan Cha Gate and suspected the sect might have harmed her or the Ning Clan; Wu Hong’s evasive answer about Divine Maiden Zhu deepened his unease.
• Mu Nianfeng led the group through a guarded transmission route to Tianyu City, where Fang Yong of the Spirit Talisman Sect checked their tokens.
• Cao Xian arrived looking for Huazhen Sect members, recognized Ning Fa, and stared at him in shock.

Ning Fa returned to Cangyuan as a Nascent Soul Cultivator and learned that the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan were struggling. He reached the Huayu Sect’s diminished mountain gate and reunited with his master, old companions, and wife Cheng Susu.

• Ning Fa surprised Cao Xian and Fang Yong by revealing that he had become a Nascent Soul Cultivator, then greeted Qi Ying, Wen Ran, and Madam Li of the Huazhen Sect.
• Wen Ran noted Ning Fa’s youth and potential, while Cao Xian told him that the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan were in poor condition.
• Cao Xian guided Ning Fa to the Huayu Sect’s new mountain gate in the crowded Yunxi Mountain Range, where Ning Fa saw how reduced the sect’s territory had become.
• Ning Fa called out to the Huayu Sect, and Ouyang Zhenhua, Cheng Ziyi, Chou Zheng, and Cheng Susu hurried to greet him.
• Cheng Susu embraced Ning Fa as he promised he would not disappear again, then he announced to the arriving disciples that he had returned.

Ning Fa returned to the Huayu Sect as a Nascent Soul Cultivator and reunited with Cheng Susu, his master, and his fellow sect members. He learned that the sect had lost many people in the war and might soon be forced to move to a weaker spirit mountain because it lacked military merit.

• Ning Fa reunited with Cheng Ziyi, Ouyang Zhenhua, Chou Zheng, and Li Tieniu, who discovered that he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ning Fa introduced his new disciple Wen Hui to the sect members, then learned that Cang Lei was away on a mission and that only five Core Formation Cultivators remained at the sect.
• Cheng Susu told Ning Fa that their son Ning An had formed his core over a decade earlier and asked him to visit Ning An at the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion.
• Ouyang Zhenhua gave Ning Fa a list of the sect’s dead, including ten Core Formation Cultivators and several hundred Foundation Establishment disciples.
• Ouyang Zhenhua explained that the Huayu Sect lacked military merit, had repeatedly been forced to relocate, and might lose its current spirit mountain for a Second-grade Spirit Vein.

Ning Fa learned that Pei Nanshu and True Lord Yu Chan had been behind the high-difficulty missions and other pressure placed on the Huayu Sect, while the Yunhuang Alliance’s Great Cultivators had refused to help. He suspected the hostility toward him might be connected to Zhu Lingyun and prepared to confront those responsible.

• Chou Zheng and Ouyang Zhenhua told Ning Fa that the Huayu Sect had repeatedly received high-difficulty missions, despite Cang Lei’s attempts to appeal and seek help.
• Chou Zheng identified Pei Nanshu and True Lord Yu Chan as the likely instigators, and explained that Yu Chan’s son-in-law, Shi Shaoyang, had a personal grudge against Ning Fa over Meng Ruoqi.
• Cheng Susu assured Ning Fa that Meng Ruoqi was safe after Cang Lei drove off a cultivator who had tried to abduct her.
• Ouyang Zhenhua said Pei Nanshu had rejected appeals from Huayu Sect elders and another Righteous Path sect, and that Pei Nanshu was more hostile than True Lord Yu Chan.
• Ning Fa vowed to demand answers from the two Great Cultivators, then learned that True Lord Kongli and Sword Lord Xu Yi had refused to help because they disliked him.
• Ning Fa suspected that Kongli and Xu Yi’s hostility, and Zhu Lingyun’s prolonged seclusion, might be connected to something that had happened between him and Zhu Lingyun.

Ning Fa learned that True Lord Baidan had caused the deaths of Ji Yongchang and Ji Qingqing, then rushed to the Ning Clan’s ancestral grounds when Old Monster Wu attacked. He saved the clan by destroying Wu Haoming’s magic treasure, and his relatives recognized him as he faced the stunned Wu Family.

• Li Tieniu told Ning Fa that True Lord Baidan had caused the deaths of Ji Yongchang, Ji Qingqing, and many Ji Family cultivators, and Ouyang Zhenhua explained that Baidan had become a powerful Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Ning Zhongyuan sent Ouyang Zhenhua a message saying Old Monster Wu had attacked the Ning Clan’s ancestral grounds, and Ning Fa immediately flew to Changning Mountain.
• Wu Haoming accused the Ning Clan of sheltering his grandson’s killer and attacked with a giant seal, while Ning Zhongyuan and Ning Zhongjiu prepared to fight to protect their clan.
• Ning Zhongyuan and Ning Zhongjiu were badly wounded by the seal, and Wu Haoming prepared to strike them again.
• Ning Fa appeared, seized the giant seal, and destroyed it with silver lightning, forcing the Wu Family cultivators to fall silent.
• Ning Shaohong, Wei Shiqin, Ning Hongye, and Ning Zifeng recognized Ning Fa and wept with joy.

Ning Fa returned to the Ning Clan as a Nascent Soul Cultivator and crushed the Wu Family’s attempt to attack it. Despite other Nascent Soul Cultivators’ pleas and the Wu ancestor’s offer of compensation, Ning Fa killed him, leaving the gathered experts shocked.

• Ning Fa reunited with Ning Zhongyuan, Ning Zhongjiu, and the Ning Family, then frightened the Wu Family members with his Divine Soul Attack, killing more than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• The golden-haired Wu Family ancestor offered apologies and compensation, but Ning Fa declared that he would kill him, and the Wu cultivators fled.
• Ning Fa shattered the ancestor’s Golden Longsword and ordered Blue Lightning to kill the fleeing Core Formation cultivators while he pursued the ancestor.
• Ning Fa destroyed the ancestor’s physical body and captured his Nascent Soul, just as Xu Jinghe, Yun Jing, Miaoyin, and Tianfu arrived and pleaded for mercy.
• Ning Fa briefly released the golden-haired ancestor’s Nascent Soul after its offer of compensation, then crushed it with Silver Lightning.

Ning Fa killed the Wu Family Ancestor, intimidated the Nascent Soul Cultivators, and reunited with his family after returning. He agreed to head to Tianyu City to help the frontline forces, while learning that the Yuan Cha Gate had threatened the Ning Clan and that the Wu Family Ancestor had targeted them to curry favor with True Lord Baidan.

• Ning Fa and Blue Lightning killed the Wu Family Ancestor and the Wu Family's Core Formation cultivators, and Ning Fa took the ancestor's Storage Ring.
• Ning Fa unleashed his overwhelming Spiritual Pressure on a feather-crowned cultivator who mourned the Wu Family Ancestor, forcing him to apologize and back down.
• Xu Jinghe told Ning Fa that Tianli forces threatened the frontline strongholds and that True Lord Cang Lei and Huayu Sect disciples were at one of them; Ning Fa said he would go to Tianyu City in half an hour.
• Ning Fa reunited with the Ning Family Members, embraced Ning Shaohong and Wei Shiqin, and greeted Meng Ruofu and the other family cultivators.
• Ning Shaohong explained that Ning Huarong had joined the Yuan Cha Gate to stop it from massacring the Ning Clan, and Ning Zhongyuan said the Wu Family Ancestor had likely attacked them to curry favor with True Lord Baidan.

Ning Fa returned to Tianyu City after learning that powerful enemies had targeted the Ning Clan and Huayu Sect, and he prepared to rescue their people and settle accounts. He met Fairy Biwu with open resentment, leaving the assembled cultivators facing the conflict between them.

• Ning Fa gave the Ning Clan and Huayu Sect healing pills and treasures, and ordered Ning Zhongyuan and Ouyang Zhenhua to list everyone who had caused their forces trouble.
• Ning Fa learned that Liu Ruohong had advanced to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and had refused Sword Lord Xu Yi’s offer to become his disciple.
• Ning Fa and Blue Lightning traveled to Tianyu City, where True Lord Yun Jing told him that the Great Cultivators had been summoned away by the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion.
• Ning Fa joined a gathering of cultivators and shocked Zhao Jian, Xiao Yusheng, Huo Chen, and the others with his return and the report that he had killed the Wu Family Ancestor.
• Fairy Biwu greeted Ning Fa, who replied that his return was not fortunate because his sect and clan might otherwise have been destroyed, silencing the hall.

Ning Fa joined Fairy Biwu’s force bound for Huangdang Mountain, a vital stronghold threatened by the advancing Tianli army. As Fairy Biwu explained Tianli’s nine tribes and their war against Cangyuan, the party arrived to find Huangdang Mountain already under attack.

• Ning Fa confronted Fairy Biwu over the Cloud Wilderness Alliance’s failure to protect his sect, and she acknowledged responsibility and promised compensation.
• Blue Lightning identified herself as Ning Fa’s spiritual beast and released an aura powerful enough to shock the cultivators gathered in the hall.
• Fairy Biwu announced that she would lead reinforcements to Huangdang Mountain, where Cang Lei and Huayu Sect’s disciples were stationed; Ning Fa grew angrier at Pei Nanshu and True Lord Yu Chan for forcing them into danger.
• Ning Fa and the others traveled toward the front lines while Fairy Biwu described Tianli’s nine tribes, its Holy Temple, and the reasons for the invasion.
• The party reached the Dangyun Mountain Range and saw Huangdang Mountain engulfed in flames as Tianli forces attacked; Fairy Biwu ordered everyone to hurry to its aid.

Ning Fa joined the battle at Huangdang Mountain and demonstrated his overwhelming strength against the Tianli forces. He killed a powerful Tianli Nascent Soul Cultivator with one sword strike, leaving both armies stunned and Fairy Biwu convinced he had reached Great Cultivator strength.

• Ning Fa reached the battlefield at Huangdang Mountain and saw Tianli Cultivators assaulting the mountain’s protective formation with fire, beasts, and magic.
• Ning Fa broke a bone prison cast by three Tianli Core Formation Cultivators and killed them with lightning, while Blue Lightning flew off to aid a nearby battle group.
• A bald Tianli Nascent Soul Cultivator attacked Ning Fa with earth dragons and transformed into a towering rock giant.
• Ning Fa released his terrifying spiritual pressure and used the Geng Metal Sword to destroy the earth dragons and kill the rock giant in a single strike.
• Fairy Biwu and the cultivators on both sides watched in shock, and Fairy Biwu realized Ning Fa had reached the level of a Great Cultivator.

Ning Fa displayed his Great Cultivator strength before leaving the battlefield and rescuing Chu Bingyun, Fairy Bai Feng, from two Tianli pursuers. After she confessed her feelings through an impulsive embrace and kiss, Ning Fa asked her to become his Dao Companion and carried her onward.

• Ning Fa killed a bald Tianli Cultivator with a single sword strike, collected his Storage Ring, and flew east with Blue Lightning as the Tianli forces withdrew.
• Ning Fa sensed a pursuit ahead and found Chu Bingyun, Fairy Bai Feng, badly wounded and fleeing two Mid Core Formation Tianli Cultivators.
• A hidden scarlet snake poisoned Fairy Bai Feng, but Ning Fa killed the bald brute and caught her as she fell, while Blue Lightning tore apart the seductive pursuer.
• Fairy Bai Feng recognized Ning Fa, embraced him, and wept before the two kissed.
• Ning Fa declared that Fairy Bai Feng would be his Dao Companion, and he carried her onward.

Ning Fa reunited with Fairy Bai Feng and returned to the front lines, where he rescued Huayu Sect disciples and helped defeat the Tianli Cultivators attacking their mining camp. After capturing a Nascent Soul Cultivator and beginning to search his soul, Ning Fa discovered a strange demonic-beast phantom emerging from a Black Symbol in the captive’s consciousness.

• Fairy Bai Feng told Ning Fa that Tianli Cultivators had attacked the mining camp and that True Lord Cang Lei and the others were in danger, so Ning Fa carried her to the main mine vein.
• Ning Fa found Ouyang Qinghe, Duanmu Ling, Liu Qinghui, Zheng Xuanyan, and the other Huayu Sect members fighting across the battlefield, then rescued Liu Qinghui by killing the two Core Formation enemies attacking her.
• Ning Fa helped Zheng Xuanyan defeat five Tianli Core Formation Cultivators, and Zheng Xuanyan urged him to assist True Lord Cang Lei, who was fighting two Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• True Lord Cang Lei trapped the old woman with his lightning manifestation while Ning Fa pursued the armored man, killed his giant python, and captured the man’s unconscious Nascent Soul.
• Ning Fa began searching the captive’s soul, but a Black Symbol appeared in the man’s consciousness and transformed into the phantom of a strange demonic beast.

Ning Fa returned to the Huayu Sect after defeating Gelu and the Black Profound Python, then reunited with True Lord Cang Lei and the people he had left behind. He offered Cang Lei a precious healing pill and was welcomed by his companions and disciples.

• Ning Fa defeated Gelu and the Black Profound Python, resisted a soul-defense restriction in Gelu's Nascent Soul, and took the Storage Ring and inner core.
• Ning Fa reunited with the injured True Lord Cang Lei, who urged him to avenge the Huayu Sect against Bai Dan, Tianyang, Pei Nanshu, and Yuchan.
• Ning Fa said he was as strong as a Great Cultivator, and Cang Lei named him First Elder of the Huayu Sect while agreeing they would still address each other as Senior Brother and Junior Brother.
• Ning Fa gave Cang Lei a One Dao Mark Azure Profound Pill to heal his hidden injuries, and Cang Lei accepted it gratefully.
• The Huayu Sect disciples arrived, and Ouyang Qinghe embraced Ning Fa while Duanmu Ling, Liu Qinghui, and Liu Ruohong watched his return with emotion.
• Ning Fa greeted his eldest disciple, Liu Ruohong, and saw that she had reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Ning Fa returned to the Huayu Sect’s frontline camp after revealing his Nascent Soul cultivation and killing powerful enemies. At a gathering of the allied Nascent Soul Cultivators, Cang Lei urged him to reconcile with Fairy Liyue, while the assembled cultivators reacted with shock to Ning Fa’s strength.

• Ning Fa reunited with Liu Ruohong and Huayu Sect disciples, who celebrated his advancement to Nascent Soul.
• Ning Fa greeted the Young Commander, Qian Ziang, Zhan Yi, and Liu Qinghui, who privately invited him to her residence.
• At Huangdang Mountain, Ning Fa met Feng Chi and Yun Miaomiao and learned that Xie Heng had died before forming his Core.
• Cang Lei explained that the Mystic Moon Sect, Giant Sword Gate, and Golden Scale Valley had effectively united, and advised Ning Fa to ally with Fairy Liyue against Pei Nanshu.
• Ning Fa entered the discussion hall, where the Nascent Soul Cultivators watched him warily, and Cang Lei revealed that Ning Fa had also killed Gelu and the Black Profound Python.

Ning Fa revealed that Huangdang Mountain was guarding a crucial component of a secret Cangyuan treasure, then exposed True Lord Yunhe as a Tianli spy and confronted him. Yunhe transformed into a sinister creature that Ning Fa killed, leaving the gathered cultivators shaken and in awe.

• Ning Fa presented the Black Profound Python's head as proof that he had killed Gelu and the beast, earning praise from Fairy Biwu.
• Fairy Biwu explained that Huangdang Mountain held a component needed for a secret treasure and that the cultivators had to defend it for about a month.
• True Lord Yunhe asked Fairy Biwu to reveal the component's location, but Ning Fa accused him of being a Tianli spy.
• Ning Fa used the Chinian Divine Thunder to immobilize Yunhe as Fairy Liyue prevented True Lord Jiujian from interfering.
• Yunhe shed his human form and erupted into black mist and fleeing strands, which Ning Fa captured and destroyed with his divine soul techniques.