Chapter Summaries

Ning Fa learned that Wen Xiuxin knew of a hidden Profound Fire Sect ruin containing a Teleportation Array to the Nine Dragons Sea, and she explained how the Ancient Immortals controlled her. After discovering that the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book had unlocked Fifth-Tier Origin Points and a new mark, Ning Fa began testing its power on Gold Thread Stone.

• Ning Fa used the Divine Thunder of the Five Elements to temporarily halt the black lightning's corruption of Bai Yueqiu's Nascent Soul, then decided to cultivate while Sang Wen watched over her.
• Ning Fa questioned Wen Xiuxin, who revealed that a hidden Profound Fire Sect ruin held an unfinished Teleportation Array to the Nine Dragons Sea and that the Five Flames Lamp was its key.
• Wen Xiuxin explained that the Profound Fire Sect had secretly built the Array to leave Cangyuan, and said she needed to accompany Ning Fa to pass the ruin's restrictions.
• Wen Xiuxin told Ning Fa how Fire Worshipper controlled her and shared information about the Ancient Immortals; Ning Fa said they would discuss it after returning to Cangyuan.
• Ning Fa summoned the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book and discovered it had gained Fifth-Tier Origin Points and a new mark, then used Gold Thread Stone to test the Book's newly revealed function.

Ning Fa discovered that the transformed Source-Crossing Heavenly Book could trace spirit ores and spirit stones back to higher-grade sources, giving him a new way to obtain rare materials. After testing its limits and confirming that traced ores could not be traced again, he prepared to cultivate the Five Elements Calamity Heaven Sword Array.

• Ning Fa learned that the Heavenly Book could trace Gold Thread Stone through Radiant Gold Stone and Geng Metal to the fifth-grade Gold Source Crystal Core.
• Ning Fa traced Gold Thread Stone into Geng Metal, then found that traced ores could not be used for another origin tracing.
• Ning Fa tested Blue Pattern Stone and several spirit herbs and flowers, discovering that the Heavenly Book could not trace plants or retrace ores it had transformed.
• Ning Fa tested his collection and found that more than half of his spirit ores, including spirit stones, could be traced to higher grades.
• Ning Fa remembered the White Fragment and the threat it could pose to Cangyuan if the Tianli people refined it into the Nine Divisions World-Suppressing Pagoda.
• Ning Fa took out the Silver Palace Heavenly Book and considered whether three months would be enough to cultivate the Five Elements Calamity Heaven Sword Array.

After mastering the Five Elements Calamity Heaven Sword Array, Ning Fa prepared a trap to lure Huangfu Hong, Shen Xinlan, and Pei Nanshu into attacking him. He faked severe injuries and waited for the three Great Cultivators to make their move.

• After three months in seclusion, Ning Fa emerged having achieved initial mastery of the Five Elements Calamity Heaven Sword Array, which he believed could let him rival a true High-level Great Cultivator.
• At Black Wind Canyon, Huangfu Hong, Shen Xinlan, and Pei Nanshu learned from Ji Lianxing that Ning Fa was supposedly badly injured and debated whether to attack without involving the Tianli people.
• Huangfu Hong warned that Ji Lianxing might not be able to judge Ning Fa’s true condition, and Shen Xinlan said she could verify it herself.
• Ning Fa told Ji Lianxing to carry out their plan, then weakened his soul with the Moon God Heart’s phantom flames and surrounded himself with demonic qi to imitate grievous injuries.
• Ji Lianxing visited Ning Fa with Demonic Yuan Potion, confirmed his apparent weakness for Shen Xinlan, and left as Ning Fa began recovering while waiting for his enemies.

Ning Fa sent his companions away and prepared to ambush Huangfu Hong, Pei Nanshu, and Shen Xinlan after they believed he was gravely wounded. The three set out to attack him, and the chapter ended as Ning Fa sensed their arrival at his hiding place in the Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain Range.

• Ning Fa ordered Sang Wen, Xiao Pengyuan, Bai, and Wen to return to Cangyuan through Ning Daozhen's teleportation route, while Ji Lianxing stayed with him.
• Ning Fa secured Baili Ming's help for the coming battle in exchange for a share of any Soul Nurturing Divine Spring he later obtained.
• Baili Ming recalled that more than thirty thousand years earlier, an Ancient Immortal had ravaged Great Qin and Tianwu before the Nine Immortals Association and Qianyuan Business Firm joined forces to kill him.
• Shen Xinlan confirmed that Ning Fa appeared grievously wounded, and she, Huangfu Hong, and Pei Nanshu departed to attack him without alerting the Tianli people.
• Ten days later, Ning Fa waited with Ji Lianxing in a cave deep in the Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain Range and called on his unseen visitors to reveal themselves.

Ning Fa revealed that he had faked his injury to lure Huangfu Hong, Shen Xinlan, and Pei Nanshu into a trap, then summoned powerful allies and sealed their escape with a sword formation. The three attackers were trapped in the cave, and Pei Nanshu's Earth Yuan Nail was destroyed as it tried to break through the formation.

• Huangfu Hong, Shen Xinlan, and Pei Nanshu arrived and discovered that Ning Fa was unharmed and Ji Lianxing had defected to him.
• Ning Fa recognized Tian You among Huangfu Hong's Sha Puppets and threatened Pei Nanshu after Pei vowed to wipe out the Pei Clan.
• Ning Fa summoned Blue Lightning, Little Ice, Hei Yu, and Baili Ming, shocking the attackers with the strength of his hidden allies.
• Huangfu Hong, Shen Xinlan, and Pei Nanshu tried to flee, but a concealed sword formation blocked the cave entrance and forced them back.
• Pei Nanshu sent his Earth Yuan Nail against the formation, but its five-colored sword threads cut the treasure apart and destroyed it.

Ning Fa’s Five Elements Calamity Heaven Sword Array shattered the attackers’ treasures and trapped Huangfu Hong, Pei Nanshu, and Shen Xinlan. As the three unleashed their strongest powers to break free, the array fought them to a stalemate, and Shen Xinlan summoned a towering water spirit.

• Shen Xinlan’s Corrupting Spirit Demonic Pearl and Huangfu Hong’s hooks and other magic treasures were sliced apart by Ning Fa’s Essence Annihilation Sword Silks.
• Huangfu Hong told Pei Nanshu and Shen Xinlan to use their strongest methods, while Ning Fa and Ji Lianxing watched the array close in around them.
• Huangfu Hong empowered a Mid-grade Spirit Treasure with blood runes, Shen Xinlan summoned a deep-blue river, and Pei Nanshu swallowed a pill and arranged seven short blades like stars.
• Huangfu Hong’s Bloody Blade Qi Storm clashed with the sword silks, which shifted to Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder; she sacrificed three fingers to reinforce her attack.
• Tian You and two other Sha Puppets merged into a three-headed, six-armed monster, while Ning Fa redirected the sword silks to intercept it.
• Shen Xinlan’s deep-blue river raised a towering water figure that pointed its scepter toward the battle.

Ning Fa and his allies fought Shen Xinlan, Huangfu Hong, Pei Nanshu, and their forces inside Tianli territory. Ning Fa killed Pei Nanshu and destroyed his Nascent Soul, while the battle against the remaining opponents continued.

• Shen Xinlan used her Water Emperor Dharma Body and River Diagram and Luo Book to slow Ning Fa's sword silk, but his Five-Colored Lightning shattered her azure droplets.
• Ning Fa accepted Baili Ming's help and ordered Hei Yu, Blue Lightning, and Little Ice to join the attack as Ji Lianxing struck at Shen Xinlan.
• Ning Fa strengthened his sword silk with Condensing Sword into Intent and Five-Colored Electric Arcs, breaking Huangfu Hong's demonic blade and destroying the three-headed demonic beast and its Sha Puppets.
• Blue Lightning and Little Ice pressured Pei Nanshu while Baili Ming attacked him; Ning Fa's sword silk killed two women, and a Golden Electric Net dragged Tian You away.
• Pei Nanshu pleaded for his life and threatened Ning Fa with retaliation from Yuan Gang, then raised an eyeball-like bead when Ning Fa's attacks paused.
• Ning Fa used White Lightning Fires to disrupt Pei Nanshu, whose head was struck off; his Nascent Soul tried to escape but Ning Fa's sword silk destroyed it.

Ning Fa killed Pei Nanshu and Shen Xinlan, then destroyed Shen Xinlan’s Primordial Wushi Demon and fought Huangfu Hong. Huangfu Hong self-destructed before he could capture her, leaving him worried about Tian You and Ning Huarong.

• Ning Fa took Pei Nanshu’s Mysterious White Orb and sent Baili Ming, Blue Lightning, and Little Ice after Shen Xinlan and Huangfu Hong.
• Ning Fa’s Calamity Heaven Sword Array destroyed Shen Xinlan’s Primordial Wushi Demon and overwhelmed her Water Emperor Dharma Body.
• Shen Xinlan tried threats and seduction to save herself, but Baili Ming killed her and her Nascent Soul.
• Huangfu Hong threatened Tian You and Ning Huarong, then revealed her ties to the Zi Yin Immortal Dynasty, but Ning Fa refused to relent.
• Huangfu Hong broke apart into blood shadows and self-destructed before Ning Fa could capture or search her soul.
• Ning Fa ended the sword array, depleted but victorious, and worried that Huangfu Hong’s death might endanger Tian You and Ning Huarong.

Ning Fa escaped the Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain Range after killing three Cangyuan Great Cultivators, while Tianli’s leaders abandoned their pursuit and considered accepting Myriad Bone Gate’s terms. He reunited with Xia Xinlan and the others in the Fang Kun Mountain Range and prepared to return to Cangyuan with Ning Daozhen’s help.

• Ning Fa collected the dead cultivators’ treasures and fled the cave with Ji Lianxing and the others before Tianli’s forces arrived.
• Su Rihe, Mei Danlun, and Ling Yuqing found the three Great Cultivators dead, searched for Ning Fa, and later agreed to stop pursuing him and consider Myriad Bone Gate’s offer of reinforcements.
• Ning Fa arrived at a concealed valley in the Fang Kun Mountain Range and reunited with Xia Xinlan, Ji Qingqing, Ning Daozhen, and the others.
• Ning Fa told Sang Wen and Xiao Pengyuan that he had killed all three Great Cultivators, shocking them.
• Ning Fa promised Ning Daozhen that he would keep his word and asked him to help return to Cangyuan; Ning Daozhen agreed to leave.

Ning Fa and his companions returned safely to Tianyu City after sabotaging Tianli’s plans, and he met with Hermit Xuyuan to discuss the deaths of three Great Cultivators and their political fallout. Ning Fa agreed not to pursue the Yuan Cha Gate as a whole, but insisted on rescuing Ning Huarong and destroying the Pei Clan.

• Ning Fa and his companions returned to Tianyu City, where they parted ways, and Ning Fa asked Sang Wen to watch over the others and find Immortal Zhaoming.
• Ji Lianxing tried to persuade Ning Fa to take her as his concubine, but he left to meet Hermit Xuyuan.
• Hermit Xuyuan thanked Ning Fa for disrupting Tianli’s plans and accepted that Ning Fa had been justified in killing Pei Nanshu and the others.
• Ning Fa explained that he had lured the three Great Cultivators into a deadly trap, and Hermit Xuyuan warned him about retaliation from the Wushi Demonic Palace and the Yuan Cha Gate.
• Ning Fa agreed not to make a large-scale reckoning against the Yuan Cha Gate, but demanded that Ning Huarong be rescued.
• Ning Fa declared that the Pei Clan had to be destroyed after Pei Nanshu threatened his entire sect.

Ning Fa agreed to send the Pei Clan to the front lines under Soul Restraints, promised to refine a Soul-Bending Pill, and reported on the campaign to Hermit Xuyuan. After returning to Tianyu City, he was hailed as the Yunhuang Alliance’s foremost figure and drew Cang Lei and Li Yue aside to discuss a matter.

• Ning Fa agreed to Hermit Xuyuan’s plan to send the Pei Clan into battle as cannon fodder, provided he could place Soul Restraints on its principal members, including Pei Ruiqing.
• Ning Fa told Hermit Xuyuan he had obtained Ten Thousand Year Thousand Soul Grass and would refine the Soul-Bending Pill himself, then received the pill formula’s other materials.
• Ning Fa briefed Hermit Xuyuan on the enemy lines, warned that Zhuo Qing might leave Tianli, and said he would enter seclusion in Xuguo to seek a breakthrough.
• Ning Fa returned to Tianyu City, where the Yunhuang Alliance’s cultivators praised his mission and recognized him as their foremost figure.
• Kong Li asked Ning Fa whether he had succeeded, received his answer by voice transmission, and left; Xu Yi also departed.
• Ning Fa asked Cang Lei and Li Yue to accompany him to discuss something, and both followed.

Ning Fa brought Tian You, Bai Yueqiu, and Cang Lei to Xuguo, where he planned to investigate their conditions while tending to his other urgent cultivation matters. In his new cave abode, he examined Pei Nanshu’s white pearl and learned from the Heavenly Book that it was a fragment of a Great Immortal Extermination Bead.

• Ning Fa arranged for Li Yue to take Tian You and warned Cang Lei that cultivating the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture could turn him into an Ancient Spirit Puppet.
• Immortal Zhaoming arrived and entrusted Bai Yueqiu to Ning Fa so he could study her condition.
• Ning Fa took Cang Lei, Bai Yueqiu, and Wen Xiuxin to Xuguo, where Cang Lei described the Huayu Sect’s and Ning Clan’s recent growth.
• Ning Fa settled into his cave abode and planned to refine a Soul-Bending Pill, investigate Bai Yueqiu and Cang Lei’s conditions, and cultivate.
• Ning Fa used the Heavenly Book to identify Pei Nanshu’s white pearl as a fragment of a Great Immortal Extermination Bead that required five Fourth-Tier Origin Points.

Ning Fa discovered that the Ancient Source Thunder Core could greatly strengthen his Divine Firmament Manifestation, and he suspected it had been refined from the Nascent Souls of cultivators deceived into practicing a false Ancient Source Thunder Scripture. He then offered Bai Yueqiu a way to save herself by draining her cultivation, and she accepted the cost.

• Ning Fa learned that Pei Nanshu's Immortal Extermination Bead was a fragment of a powerful Great Immortal Extermination Bead, but decided to save his Fourth-Tier Origin Points rather than trace it back to its source.
• The Heavenly Book identified Liao Wuyin's black crystal and Lei E's black lightning bead as Ancient Spirit Cores, and Ning Fa traced the Ancient Source Thunder Core back to its source, gaining Origin Points and a Silver Lightning Bead.
• Ning Fa's Nascent Soul absorbed the Silver Lightning Bead, and after two days of cultivation his Divine Firmament Manifestation had advanced substantially.
• Ning Fa suspected Lei Ming had spread a flawed Ancient Source Thunder Scripture to harvest practitioners' Nascent Souls, and concluded that he could save Bai Yueqiu and Cang Lei by absorbing the Mana source from their bodies.
• Ning Fa told Bai Yueqiu that saving her would return her cultivation to the first layer of Qi Refinement, and Bai Yueqiu agreed because she wanted to retain herself.

Ning Fa drained Bai Yueqiu’s and Cang Lei’s mana origins to save them from the ancient immortal’s influence, then gave them a powerful lightning cultivation art. He enlisted Cheng Ziyi and Xiao Yu to help with the Divine Firmament Thunder Armor Set, struggled with intensified desire, and began refining the Soul-Bending Pill, producing one successful pill on his first attempt.

• Ning Fa absorbed Bai Yueqiu’s mana origin, reducing her cultivation to the first level of Qi Refinement, and decided to compensate her with the Lightning Magnetism Primordial Light Art.
• Ning Fa warned Cang Lei about the risks of the Thunder Roc Path, and Cang Lei chose to have his cultivation dispersed; Ning Fa later absorbed his mana origin and gave him the same cultivation art.
• Ning Fa asked Cheng Ziyi to study the remaining components of the Divine Firmament Thunder Armor Set and asked Xiao Yu to seek suitable lightning-attribute materials.
• Ning Fa nearly lost control of his desire around Cheng Ziyi, then Liu Qinghui visited him and spent more than half a day in his cave abode.
• Ning Fa studied the Soul-Bending Pill formula and, about half a month later, refined one completed pill and one failed pill on his first attempt.

Ning Fa refined a Dao-Pattern Soul-Bending Pill that strengthened Zhu Lingyun’s soul, then traveled with Wen Xiuxin to the Profound Fire Sect ruins and discovered a nearly completed teleportation array and the Heavenly Flame Candle’s refining method. He learned Liuying could modify the Five Flames Lamp into a potentially High-grade Spirit Treasure if he gathered rare materials, and she offered to serve as its Artifact Spirit.

• Ning Fa used the Heavenly Book and hundreds of Origin Points to refine a Soul-Bending Pill bearing a Dao Pattern.
• Ning Fa and Kong Li gave the pill to Zhu Lingyun, whose divine soul began to recover; Le'er told Ning Fa that the pill had also strengthened her and that she wanted to drive away some bugs.
• Ning Fa left Zhu Lingyun to pursue his cultivation and visit the Profound Fire Sect ruins Wen Xiuxin had mentioned.
• Ning Fa, Wen Xiuxin, Blue Lightning, and Little Ice found a nearly completed teleportation array leading to the Nine Dragons Sea and records containing its construction details and the Heavenly Flame Candle’s refining method.
• Liuying offered to modify the Five Flames Lamp into a potentially High-grade Spirit Treasure and remain within it as its Artifact Spirit if Ning Fa gathered the necessary rare materials.

Ning Fa left Blue Lightning guarding the Profound Fire Sect hall and discovered that Ji Lianxing’s Heavenly Charm Body accelerated his cultivation. While he remained in seclusion, Cangyuan’s war against Tianli and the Sea Race deteriorated until its leaders abandoned the outer territories and concentrated their forces at Netherguard City.

• Ning Fa decided to leave Meng Ruoqi to finish the Teleportation Array and Blue Lightning to guard the Profound Fire Sect hall, then became intimate with Wen Xiuxin.
• Ning Fa summoned Ji Lianxing and found that her Heavenly Charm Body substantially boosted his cultivation.
• Ning Fa stayed in seclusion, cultivating and engaging in dual cultivation while the conflict between Cangyuan, Tianli, and the Sea Race remained temporarily quiet.
• Tianli renewed its offensive with reinforcements from the Myriad Bone Gate, forcing Cangyuan to retreat to Tianyu City and barely hold its defenses.
• The Sea Race resumed its attacks as Tianli pressed forward, and Cangyuan’s Supreme Elder Council ordered a retreat to Netherguard City, protected by the Grand Extermination Immortal Array.
• Tianli and the Sea Race advanced through Cangyuan’s southern and western territories toward its fortified positions.

As Cangyuan struggled to withstand the joint assault of Tianli, the Sea Race, and the Rakshasa Immortal Realm, resentment grew over Ning Fa’s absence from the battlefield. After a spirit talisman brought startling news, Ning Fa emerged from secluded cultivation in the Changning Mountain Range and reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

• Cangyuan’s defenders barely held Zhenyou City as casualties mounted, while many cultivators accused Ning Fa of avoiding battle despite Hermit Xuyuan’s defense of his seclusion.
• After the enemy abruptly withdrew from a daylong assault, Cangyuan’s exhausted Great Cultivators debated whether Ning Fa should be summoned to fight.
• True Lord Yuchan and Mo Qianqiu questioned Ning Fa’s loyalty and argued that his past actions did not excuse his absence, while True Lord Kong Li defended him.
• Hermit Xuyuan refused to disturb Ning Fa unless the situation became critical, then received a message on a spirit talisman that shocked the assembled Great Cultivators.
• Ning Fa emerged from secluded cultivation amid a vast thundercloud phenomenon and advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

Ning Fa advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and tested the immense gains to his body, divine sense, Five Elements Divine Thunder, and Divine Firmament Manifestation. After returning to the Huayu Sect, he reunited with Cheng Susu, learned Li Tieniu had reached the Late Core Formation stage, and asked for a report on the front lines.

• Ning Fa sensed that his mana, physical strength, divine sense, and Five Elements Divine Thunder had greatly improved after his breakthrough.
• Ning Fa activated his Divine Firmament Manifestation and judged that his full First Transformation state could bring him to the level of a top Great Cultivator.
• Ning Fa returned to the mountain, where Huayu Sect and Ning Clan disciples congratulated him on his advancement.
• Cheng Susu embraced Ning Fa, and he noticed that few disciples remained at the sect.
• Li Tieniu congratulated Ning Fa and explained that he had reached the Late Core Formation stage after recovering from severe injuries suffered in Zhenyou City.
• Ning Fa asked Li Tieniu to explain the situation at the front lines.

After six or seven years of secluded cultivation, Ning Fa returned to find Cangyuan on the brink of defeat and went with Li Tieniu to the front lines at Zhenyou City. While Ning Fa entered the city’s array hub, Li Tieniu’s mysterious treasure urged him to probe Ning Fa and recover its strength, but Li Tieniu refused.

• Li Tieniu told Ning Fa that the Sea Race, the Rakshasa Immortal Realm, and Tianli had overwhelmed Cangyuan, which had suffered heavy casualties and lost Qian Ziang and Zhan Yi.
• Cheng Susu asked to join Ning Fa on the front lines, but he told her to wait behind and set out with Li Tieniu.
• Ning Fa learned that Meng Ruoqi had nearly finished repairing the ultra-long-distance Teleportation Array and that Xu Yi had advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Ning Fa and Li Tieniu reached Zhenyou City, where Ning Fa greeted Gu Mengqiu, Su Xian, and Jing Chen before flying to the central array hub.
• Li Tieniu’s mysterious treasure suggested that Ning Fa might help restore it, but Li Tieniu refused to risk exposing the treasure and resolved to earn battlefield merit for its recovery.

Ning Fa returned to Cangyuan after advancing to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, giving the besieged cultivators a stronger chance of holding out. After learning how dire their situation was, he joined the others in considering a surprise attack against their enemies.

• Ning Fa entered the hall, revealed his increased strength, and promised to fight for Cangyuan after the others had bought him time to break through.
• Kong Li told Ning Fa that Zhu Lingyun’s condition had improved and that she might master the Nirvana Soul Essence Technique within five to ten years.
• Hermit Xuyuan explained that nearly twenty enemy Great Cultivators threatened Cangyuan, while Zhenyou City’s defensive array was rapidly consuming its resources.
• Ning Fa learned that the enemy had withheld some of its strongest cultivators for unknown reasons and assessed how his return could help offset Cangyuan’s disadvantage.
• Lin Qingyi proposed using Ning Fa’s new strength to catch the enemy off guard, and the cultivators began discussing an attack.