Chapter Summaries

Ning Fa exposed True Lord Yunhe as the host of a strange soul entity that had infiltrated Huangdang Mountain, then learned the stronghold was guarding a crucial Blood Li Banner. With Tianli likely to attack and reinforcements delayed, Ning Fa agreed to protect the treasure on the condition that the Huayu Sect disciples could leave.

• Ning Fa captured the strange entity occupying True Lord Yunhe, but it self-destructed before he could learn its origins.
• Fairy Biwu concluded that the entity might have been created recently and reported the threat to the Elder Council, which assigned Ning Fa to remain at Huangdang Mountain.
• Fairy Biwu secretly showed Ning Fa the Blood Li Banner, a powerful anti-Tianli treasure being tempered in a lake beneath the mountain.
• Fairy Biwu explained that Great Cultivators could not reinforce the stronghold for at least half a month, so Ning Fa accepted responsibility for preserving the banner.
• Ning Fa required the Huayu Sect disciples to leave Huangdang Mountain, and Fairy Biwu agreed as long as they kept their departure discreet.

Tianli and Rakshasa leaders learned that Ning Fa had returned and was helping defend Huangdang Mountain, where he had destroyed Nether Bone’s Sha Soul Clone. They redirected their invasion toward Huangdang Mountain and prepared to confront Ning Fa, leaving his special treasure as a key concern.

• Tumen questioned Tagge about the failed assault on Huangdang Mountain, and Tagge reported that Ning Fa had killed Huri Cha with one sword stroke.
• Ning Daozhen recognized Ning Fa and revealed that they had once been cousins in the same clan.
• Tumen proposed shifting the main offensive toward Luohun Mountain and Mount Qiyun, but Nether Bone interrupted with intelligence from Huangdang Mountain.
• Nether Bone revealed that Ning Fa had detected and destroyed his Sha Soul Clone, and declared that Ning Fa’s divine soul and abilities had reached Great Cultivator strength.
• Nether Bone reported that Huangdang Mountain held a special treasure aimed at Tianli Cultivators, prompting Tumen to make Huangdang Mountain the main offensive target.
• Nether Bone agreed to help capture Ning Fa in exchange for the items on his person, and Tumen asked Ning Daozhen to join the campaign.

Ning Fa comforted Ouyang Qinghe, rewarded Feng Jue with a precious pill, and heard why the Duanmu Family had split between two sects. He then met Fairy Liyue, who offered valuable spirit materials and information about Tian You in an attempt to reconcile with him.

• Ning Fa watched over the sleeping Ouyang Qinghe and resolved to investigate what had happened to Tian You when the war eased.
• Ning Fa gave Feng Jue a One Dao Mark Spring Blossom Pill to treat his hidden injuries and give him another chance to form a core.
• Duanmu Ling told Ning Fa that Duanmu Hong and Duanmu Pojun had left for the Flying Star Sect, and Ning Fa said they could not return if they left.
• Ning Fa met Fairy Liyue, who offered him a Storage Ring filled with precious spirit materials as a gesture of reconciliation.
• Fairy Liyue offered information about Tian You and claimed she could restore her from her state of losing control.

Ning Fa learned that Fairy Liyue knew how to resist the Sha Puppet state and agreed to help rescue Tian You, while Liyue sought his protection from Pei Nanshu. As Ning Fa cultivated in preparation for battle, the Tianli army arrived at Huangdang Mountain with twenty Nascent Soul Cultivators, including two Great Cultivators.

• Fairy Liyue told Ning Fa that Tian You had become a Sha Puppet and offered her aunt’s methods for suppressing the condition; Ning Fa agreed to help and Liyue asked him for protection from Pei Nanshu.
• Ning Fa watched the Huayu Sect disciples leave Huangdang Mountain, then used the Essence Flame Firebird’s Solar Essence Fire to cultivate the Supreme Fire Divine Thunder, though he could not yet fully open its Sea of Lightning Divine Treasury.
• Ning Fa studied the Sword Soul Pearl and the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture while waiting for battle.
• Fairy Biwu alerted Ning Fa that the enemy army had arrived, and he joined the Huangdang Mountain cultivators outside the protective formation.
• The Tianli forces assembled before Huangdang Mountain with twenty Nascent Soul Cultivators, including Tumen and Nether Bone; Fairy Biwu recognized Nether Bone as an unfamiliar Great Cultivator and wondered whether Tianli had brought him from its rear.

Tianli attacked Huangdang Mountain with the Five Elements Yuan-Breaking Divine Light, threatening to break the Du Tian Zhen Yuan Great Array. Ning Fa countered the barrier with his Five Elements Thunder Body and absorbed its power, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Tumen recognized the Du Tian Zhen Yuan Great Array and sent five Mid Nascent Soul Cultivators to unleash Tianli’s Five Elements Yuan-Breaking Divine Light.
• Fairy Miaoyin explained that the technique could break even a fourth-tier defensive formation, while Fairy Biwu and the defenders prepared to resist it.
• The first Five-Colored Light Barrier weakened the mountain’s formation by at least thirty percent, and Fairy Biwu warned Ning Fa to retrieve the Blood Li Banner and escape if the mountain fell.
• Ning Fa flew beyond the formation and struck the Five-Colored Light Barrier with his Five Elements Lightning, causing its power to dissipate.
• Tumen and the other Tianli cultivators attacked Ning Fa, but Fairy Biwu’s group protected him as the barrier shattered.
• Ning Fa absorbed the remaining Five Elements power into a five-colored pearl and realized his Five Elements Thunder Body countered and benefited from the divine light.

Ning Fa helped Cangyuan repel the Five Elements Barrier-Breaking Divine Light, but the Tianli army unleashed a Horned Barbarian Beast and forced the defenders into a desperate battle. Fairy Biwu and Ning Fa separated to fight the enemy Great Cultivators, and Ning Fa began his duel with Nether Bone as the chapter ended with Nether Bone summoning a Myriad Bone War Puppet.

• Ning Fa escaped Nether Bone's concealed needle with Lightning Escape, and Tumen ordered the Tianli army to unleash the Horned Barbarian Beast.
• The Horned Barbarian Beast attacked the Du Tian Zhen Yuan Great Array, worsening Cangyuan's position as both armies exchanged attacks.
• Fairy Biwu gave Xu Jinghe a Crimson Origin Fire Gourd and arranged for herself and Ning Fa to restrain the enemy Great Cultivators while the defenders targeted the beast.
• Fairy Biwu challenged Tumen, while Ning Fa sent Blue Lightning to seek a chance to attack the beast and drew Nether Bone away for a duel.
• Ning Fa's lightning sword lights pierced Nether Bone's black mist, but Nether Bone blocked them with a shield and summoned his Myriad Bone War Puppet.

Ning Fa fought Nether Bone, whose Primal Bone Spirit Bell countered his Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder and trapped him in a soul attack. Ning Fa summoned Liuying and the Five Flames Lamp to contain Nether Bone’s puppets, then transformed into his Divine Firmament Mysterious Thunder Dharma Aspect.

• Ning Fa’s Yimu Sword split the Myriad Bone War Puppet, but its halves became two puppets that continued attacking.
• Nether Bone used the twelve White Bone Bells to block Ning Fa’s thunder spear and trap him in the Primal Bone Profound Light and Corpse Illusionary Consciousness Prison.
• Nether Bone transformed the puppets into six skeletal warriors bearing the souls of Buddhist monks, and they advanced on Ning Fa through his Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder.
• Baili Ming identified Nether Bone’s techniques as those of the Myriad Bone Gate of the Rakshasa Immortal Realm and offered to help, but Ning Fa refused.
• Ning Fa summoned the Five Flames Lamp, and Liuying used six Five Flames Lotuses to trap the six puppets despite Nether Bone’s counterattack.
• Ning Fa transformed into his silver, thirty-meter-tall Divine Firmament Mysterious Thunder Dharma Aspect.

Ning Fa used his Five Elements Thunder arts to fight Nether Bone to a near draw, forcing Nether Bone to retreat. Worn down by the battle, Ning Fa flew toward Huangdang Mountain, where Cangyuan and the others had withdrawn after Blue Lightning killed the Horned Barbarian Beast.

• Ning Fa broke free of Nether Bone's Primal Bone Spirit Bells and revealed the power of his Divine Thunder of the Five Elements.
• Ning Fa's Thunder Vortex Divine Light shattered Nether Bone's Myriad Bone War Puppet, but Nether Bone used the Primal Bone Spirit Bell and a bone mountain to block two attacks.
• Nether Bone transformed into the Nine Nether Bone Emperor Battle Body, and Ning Fa armed himself with the Primal Harmony Heaven-Robbing Sword and Zhou Tian Yan Lei Mirror.
• Ning Fa and Nether Bone exchanged blows until both were wounded, after which Nether Bone retreated and Ning Fa chose not to pursue.
• Ning Fa flew toward Huangdang Mountain after learning that Blue Lightning had slain the Horned Barbarian Beast and Cangyuan's group had retreated inside the grand formation.

Ning Fa learned that the Myriad Bone Gate of the Rakshasa Immortal Realm was likely allied with Tianli, then returned to Huangdang Mountain and warned Cangyuan’s leaders. The Elder Council confirmed Myriad Bone Gate attacks at other strongholds, while Fairy Biwu revealed that powerful reinforcements were expected.

• Baili Ming explained the Rakshasa Immortal Realm, the Myriad Bone Gate, and how its Primal Bone Spirit Bell could restrain Ning Fa’s Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder.
• Ning Fa returned to Huangdang Mountain, where the defenders welcomed him and reported their casualties after the battle.
• Ning Fa told the gathered Nascent Soul Cultivators that the black-robed fighter was from the Myriad Bone Gate.
• Fairy Biwu reported that Myriad Bone Gate cultivators had appeared at Luohun Mountain and Mount Qiyun, where one had killed Fellow Daoist Ma and two Core Formation Cultivators had been taken over.
• Fairy Biwu said Cangyuan would soon receive powerful reinforcements, though she could not yet reveal their source.

Ning Fa exposed Tianli's hidden High-level Great Cultivator Su Rihe and the Moon Maiden Bai Muqing, prompting Fairy Biwu to abandon Huangdang Mountain and lead the defenders in a teleportation escape. Su Rihe disrupted their escape and sent Tumen after Biwu while he pursued Ning Fa.

• Ning Fa gave Fairy Miaoyin a precious fourth-rank healing pill to help her recover from her injuries.
• Five days later, Ning Fa used his Moon God Heart to reveal Su Rihe and Bai Muqing, who had concealed themselves near Tianli's attacking forces.
• Fairy Biwu identified Su Rihe as one of Tianli's Holy Witches and Bai Muqing as its Moon Maiden, then ordered the defenders to evacuate through their Teleportation Array while she covered their retreat.
• Fairy Biwu activated the Du Tian Zhen Yuan Great Array, and Huangdang Mountain's protective array and slopes were destroyed as the Cangyuan cultivators escaped.
• Su Rihe revealed that he had disrupted the defenders' teleportation with the Four Directions Heavenly Array Diagram, then sent Tumen after Fairy Biwu and pursued Ning Fa himself.

Ning Fa fled after Su Rihe and Bai Muqing tracked him with the Moon Maiden’s Spirit Seeking Heavenly Eye, while he weighed whether to fight or escape. He used a powerful blood escape technique to open a great distance, and Bai Muqing’s tracking eye eventually collapsed, leaving his pursuers unable to follow his trail.

• Su Rihe agreed to Nether Bone’s conditions, then asked Bai Muqing to track Ning Fa with her Spirit Seeking Heavenly Eye.
• Bai Muqing found Ning Fa, and Su Rihe pursued him on a silver flying shuttle while Ning Fa escaped using the Hidden Moon Technique.
• Ning Fa realized Bai Muqing’s eye had locked onto him and used Lightning Escape to evade the pursuing shuttle.
• Baili Ming offered to help and urged Ning Fa to release Hei Yu, but Ning Fa chose to keep fleeing rather than risk fighting Su Rihe and Bai Muqing.
• Ning Fa transformed into a Blood Thread and raced north, opening nearly a hundred li between himself and his pursuers.
• Bai Muqing tried to track Ning Fa again, but her Spirit Seeking Heavenly Eye collapsed as he continued using the strange escape art.

Ning Fa escaped Su Rihe and Bai Muqing by burning his essence blood, then hid to recover as the war between Cangyuan and Tianli worsened. His return raised Cangyuan’s morale, while the chapter ended with True Lord Baidan anxiously waiting to discuss something with True Lord Tianyang.

• Bai Muqing lost Ning Fa’s trail, and Ning Fa fled more than six hundred li before hiding in a cave to heal with pills and the Heart Blood Essence of a Vast Sea Thunder Whale.
• Tianli’s forces captured Huangdang Mountain, Luohun Mountain, and Mount Qiyun, forcing Cangyuan’s army to retreat toward Tianyu City.
• Reports of Ning Fa’s strength spread among Cangyuan’s cultivators, and Fairy Biwu confirmed that the Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator was as strong as a Great Cultivator.
• True Lord Baidan grew angry with visitors seeking his help over the Zhou Family’s conflict with the Ning Clan, then repeatedly checked an unresponsive jade disc.
• True Lord Tianyang arrived at Miao Dan Peak, and True Lord Baidan complained that he had been waiting to discuss something with him.

True Lord Tianyang and True Lord Baidan learned that Ning Fa had returned with Great Cultivator strength and feared the retribution their persecution of the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan would bring. Tianyang gave Baidan materials to refine a Life Origin Pill in hopes of securing Xuan Weizi’s mediation, while Shi Shaoyang panicked at the same news.

• True Lord Tianyang told True Lord Baidan that Ning Fa had fought a suspected Great Cultivator and was confirmed to possess Great Cultivator strength.
• Tianyang and Baidan feared that Pei Nanshu and Yuchan might abandon them to appease Ning Fa, since the Tianyang Sect had helped persecute the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan.
• Tianyang gave Baidan rare materials for a Life Origin Pill, hoping its promise of extending Xuan Weizi’s lifespan would persuade him to mediate.
• Baidan accepted the materials and prepared to refine the pill to help the Tianyang Sect survive the crisis.
• Shi Shaoyang, Yuchan’s son-in-law and disciple, panicked in Yuchan’s estate.

As reports of Ning Fa’s strength spread, those who had persecuted the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan panicked, while Pei Nanshu and True Lord Yu Chan debated how to respond. The updated Profound Ranking placed Ning Fa third, confirming his extraordinary power and leaving both Great Cultivators stunned.

• Shi Shaoyang feared Ning Fa’s return because he had repeatedly harmed the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan, even attempting to abduct Meng Ruoqi.
• Pei Nanshu and True Lord Yu Chan finished refining the Blood Li Banner and discussed Ning Fa, with Yu Chan deciding to offer resources and make peace while Pei proposed acting against him.
• Yu Chan received the latest Profound Ranking, and he and Pei Nanshu reacted with shock after reading it.
• Zhao Yuer and Ning Xiuying watched the ranking announcement at Yunxi Marketplace as the crowd awaited Ning Fa’s placement.
• The Profound Ranking named Mo Qianqiu first, Xuan Weizi second, Ning Fa third, Pei Nanshu ninth, and Yuchan tenth, prompting uproar among the spectators.

Ning Fa returned to the Huayu Sect with Little Ice, who had successfully taken human form and inherited the power of a Spirit Transformation Ice Phoenix. The Elder Council offered the sect new spirit mountains in recognition of Ning Fa’s service, while information from Bing Chen’s inheritance raised questions about why powerful forces from other cultivation worlds had come to Cangyuan.

• The new Profound Ranking spread across Cangyuan, raising the Huayu Sect’s standing and alarming factions that had opposed it.
• Cang Lei worried that Ning Fa had not returned after Su Rihe pursued him, then learned that the Elder Council envoy Xiao had come to discuss a new Spirit Vein Dojo.
• Xiao offered the Huayu Sect more than ten spirit mountains in the Southern Heng Mountains, and Cang Lei deferred the decision until Ning Fa arrived.
• Ning Fa returned with Blue Lightning and Little Ice, who had taken human form and playfully raced around the flying boat before Ning Fa stopped him.
• Ning Fa recalled how Little Ice’s Ice Soul Bead had given him Bing Chen’s Ice Phoenix inheritance, greatly increasing Little Ice’s strength and revealing his connection to the Ice Spirit Palace.
• Ning Fa learned that Bing Chen had come to Cangyuan and wondered whether this explained why powerful forces from other cultivation worlds had established branch sects there.

Ning Fa learned from Bing Chen’s account that a lake in the Cloud Wasteland Great Marsh had once held a dangerous relic that fell from battling True Spirits, and he suspected the Sea Race and Tianli were drawn to it. He returned to Huayu Sect to a massive welcome, where Zhao Yuer told him he had risen to third on the Profound Ranking.

• Bing Chen witnessed two True Spirits battle beyond the Human Realm, then tracked the light they sent falling into Cangyuan and found the perilous lake in the Cloud Wasteland Great Marsh.
• Bing Chen watched several Spirit Transformation Cultivators die in the lake before it vanished, and he left word that it might someday reappear.
• Ning Fa connected the relic to the branch sects near the marsh and wondered whether the Sea Race and Tianli had come to Cangyuan because they anticipated the lake’s return.
• Ning Fa arrived at Huayu Sect and found Cang Lei, the sect’s cultivators, and thousands of disciples gathered to welcome him home.
• Zhao Yuer told Ning Fa that the latest Profound Ranking placed him third, then reunited with him after decades apart.

After learning that he ranked third on the Profound Ranking, Ning Fa rejected the Elder Council’s call for unity and led the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan against the Tianyang Sect. He confronted Tianyang and Bai Dan at their fortified mountain gate and declared that he would destroy the sect and kill them all to settle their grudge.

• Ning Fa learned that Huangfu Hong had risen to fifth place on the Profound Ranking, suggesting she had advanced to the late stage.
• Xiao Pengyuan invited Ning Fa to Tianyu City to discuss the front-line war and the Elder Council’s plan to replace the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan’s Spirit Vein Dojo.
• Ning Fa announced that he would take over the Tianyang Sect’s territory, then ordered the Huayu Sect disciples to destroy the sect.
• Xiao Pengyuan sent a warning to the Elder Council as Ning Fa led the Huayu Sect, the Ning Clan, and a growing crowd of onlookers northward.
• Ning Fa arrived at the Tianyang Sect’s mountain gate and told Tianyang and Bai Dan that destroying the sect and killing everyone there would settle the grudge.

Ning Fa rejected the Elder Council’s effort to mediate and swore a Heart Demon Oath that he would destroy the Tianyang Sect and kill Tianyang and Bai Dan. The Elder Council and the gathered cultivators were left stunned, while Duanmu Hong feared Ning Fa might later seek revenge on the Duanmu Family.

• True Lord Chiyang blamed Tianyang and Bai Dan for bringing the Tianyang Sect to ruin, while Bai Dan anxiously awaited reinforcements.
• Xuan Weizi arrived with other Elder Council leaders and urged Ning Fa to settle matters peacefully, citing Tianyang and Bai Dan’s value to Cangyuan.
• Tianyang offered his possessions and an apology, and Bai Dan offered to apologize and pay ten million spirit stones.
• Ning Fa denounced their past persecution of the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan, insisting that compensation could not undo the deaths and suffering they had caused.
• Ning Fa declared that he would destroy the Tianyang Sect and kill Tianyang and Bai Dan, then swore a Heart Demon Oath against anyone who tried to stop him.
• Duanmu Hong watched Ning Fa in terror and worried that Ning Fa would later settle accounts with the Duanmu Family.

Ning Fa defeated Tianyang Sect’s leaders after Xuan Weizi and the Elder Council withdrew, then set harsh terms for the surviving sect. A soul search revealed Pei Clan involvement, and Ning Fa left with Blue Lightning and Little Ice to pursue the lead.

• Duanmu Pojun urged Duanmu Hong to find Sister Ling, while the Elder Council members refused to challenge Ning Fa after Xuan Weizi agreed to stand aside.
• Chiyang opened Tianyang Sect’s formation, and many of its cultivators defected as Xuan Weizi returned Bai Dan’s pill and departed with the other elders.
• Ning Fa, Little Ice, Blue Lightning, and their allies attacked Tianyang Sect; Ning Fa killed Tianyang and Bai Dan, while the Fifth Elder also died and the fleeing cultivators were captured.
• Ning Fa ordered Tianyang Sect’s survivors to face individual investigations, surrender ninety percent of their treasury, move to Huayu Sect’s former mountain gate, and rename their sect Luoyang Sect.
• Ning Fa searched a Pei Clan cultivator’s soul, learned that Pei Nanshu had sent him to gather intelligence, and sped north with Blue Lightning and Little Ice.

Ning Fa destroyed the Pei Clan’s ancestral land in Xuguo, then decided the territory would make a suitable home for the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan. Meanwhile, True Lord Yuchan surrendered Shi Shaoyang and prepared resources to appease Ning Fa, as a Nascent Soul cultivator arrived to meet him.

• True Lord Kongli and Sword Lord Xu Yi watched Ning Fa from afar, and Kongli suggested Ning Fa might be a more suitable choice for their plans.
• Ning Fa, Blue Lightning, and Little Ice destroyed the Pei Clan’s ancestral land after its members fled, and Ning Fa vowed to kill any Pei Clan cultivator he found.
• True Lord Yuchan knocked out Zhu Yuhuan and handed Shi Shaoyang over with Yuan Kang and prepared spiritual resources, deciding that Shi Shaoyang must take responsibility for his actions.
• Ning Fa decided to make Xuguo the future ancestral land of the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan.
• A Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator arrived before Ning Fa with another figure.