Chapter Summaries

Ning Fa killed Xiao Han and heard Ning Daozhen's offer to reveal how to reach Mi Tian Valley and its rumored Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure. After searching Ning Daozhen's soul and hearing Dan Hongzi's plea, Ning Fa agreed to spare them if they accepted Soul Restraints.

• Ning Fa killed Xiao Han with a lightning attack after Xiao Han threatened him with pursuit by the Nine Immortals Association.
• Ning Daozhen revealed that he was descended from Ancestor Blood Heaven and offered to retrieve a hidden, half-refined treasure that could help Ning Fa enter Mi Tian Valley.
• Ning Daozhen explained that the Nine Immortals Association had been founded by other survivors from the Upper Realm and that Ancestor Blood Heaven had hidden the treasure in the Blood Heaven River.
• Ning Fa searched Ning Daozhen's soul and confirmed his story, learning that Ning Daozhen's damaged soul had also erased the memories needed to retrieve and refine the treasure.
• Ning Daozhen explained that Xiao Han had contacted Ying Zhen and that he had avoided fighting Ning Fa because the Blood Heaven River had warned him of severe consequences.
• Dan Hongzi offered to warn Ning Fa about the ancient immortal, and Ning Fa agreed to spare both men if they accepted his Soul Restraints.

Ning Fa secured the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring and reached the palace at the summit of Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain with the surviving trial-takers. Inside, they found a mysterious Broken Blade whose apparition questioned why the Abyssal Heavenly Pool had opened again.

• Ning Fa agreed to free Ning Daozhen and Dan Hongzi after obtaining the treasure, placed Soul Restraints on them, and had Ning Daozhen use a secret technique to block the Divine Soul Mark on Ying Zhen's Nascent Soul.
• Ning Fa collected the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring, shared two bottles with Ning Daozhen, and entered the light gate with his companions after resting.
• Ning Fa and the other surviving cultivators gathered outside the palace as the misty rain restored their injuries, then entered after the seven-colored barrier disappeared.
• Ling Yuqing led the cultivators through the palace to a water-blue Broken Blade, which made the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book tremble and pressed heavily upon their divine souls.
• A blue-robed figure appeared above the Broken Blade and angrily asked why the Abyssal Heavenly Pool had opened again, despite having been closed long ago.

Ling Yuqing revealed that the Blue Robe Youth was the Artifact Spirit of a Broken Blade fragment and urged the cultivators to fight him with the help of their Ancestor Yuan Seals. After the seals protected them and reflected damage onto the Youth, he exposed the hidden Si Chenxing and a Water Qilin, while Ning Fa sensed that Blue Lightning recognized the beast’s bloodline source.

• Ling Yuqing told the cultivators that the Blue Robe Youth was the Artifact Spirit of a Broken Blade fragment of a prototype Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure, and that obtaining it could offer a path to ascension.
• The Blue Robe Youth attacked Ling Yuqing, but her Ancestor Yuan Seal shielded her and reflected damage onto him; matching seals then appeared above the other cultivators.
• Ning Fa discovered that his Source-Crossing Heavenly Book could absorb the Ancestor Yuan Seals, but he refrained because the seals protected their owners.
• Hermit Xuyuan proposed a truce and asked the Blue Robe Youth to send them out, but the Youth refused and unleashed a barrage of blade lights.
• The cultivators used their Ancestor Yuan Seals to empower their magic treasures and fought back, while the seals reflected their injuries onto the Blue Robe Youth.
• The Blue Robe Youth struck an empty corner and revealed a mysterious woman and a Water-Blue Spirit Beast; Ning Fa recognized the woman’s aura, and Blue Lightning sensed a bloodline source in the beast.

Ning Fa and the other cultivators learned that Xuan Ling sought to devour another Mystic Sky Treasure, while Si Chenxing forced them to help fight him. Their combined attacks wounded Xuan Ling, who transformed into a powerful blue blade and threatened to kill everyone.

• Xuan Ling revealed his history with Qi Hui and Si Chenxing, and said he intended to absorb another Mystic Sky Treasure to advance.
• Ning Fa realized that Si Chenxing was the Abyssal Heavenly Pool's Artifact Spirit and that Xuan Ling likely wanted the Profound Heaven Moon Derivation Mirror.
• Si Chenxing removed a cultivator's Ancestor Yuan Seal and had Qi Hui kill him, then threatened to revoke the others' seals unless they helped her.
• Xuan Ling and Qi Hui began fighting, and the cultivators joined in after Si Chenxing warned she could reclaim the treasures they had earned.
• The cultivators attacked in earnest, wounding Xuan Ling, who transformed into a blue curved blade and vowed to slaughter them all.

Ning Fa and several allies survived Si Chenxing’s scheme to use the Nascent Soul Cultivators and the Profound Heaven Blade to destroy Xuan Ling. With Xuan Ling gone, Si Chenxing turned on the wounded Water Qilin, while her interest in Ning Fa’s Heavenly Book became clear.

• Qi Hui fought the Profound Heaven Blade with power summoned from his true body, while Si Chenxing watched and the Nascent Soul Cultivators endured repeated spiritual shockwaves.
• Si Chenxing activated a formation that teleported the Nascent Soul Cultivators beneath the Profound Heaven Blade; Ning Fa used the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book to absorb the Ancestor Yuan Seals of himself and several nearby allies, sparing them.
• The Profound Heaven Blade annihilated the transported cultivators, then a transparent figure seized and destroyed Xuan Ling, leaving behind a Broken Blade.
• Ning Fa realized Si Chenxing had manipulated the trials and seals to make Xuan Ling kill the cultivators and trigger Ancestor Yuan’s power; Ling Yuqing and Lu Caifu suspected Ning Fa had saved his companions.
• Qi Hui tried to reach the Broken Blade but hit an invisible barrier, and Si Chenxing declared that she intended to eliminate him now that Xuan Ling was dead.
• Qi Hui dismissed Si Chenxing’s threat and began absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to recover his strength.

Ning Fa’s Source-Crossing Heavenly Book swallowed the Profound Heaven Blade and the Abyss Ancestor’s power, absorbing the Abyssal Heavenly Pool’s origin before Ning Fa stopped it. With the hall and Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain collapsing, he killed Ling Yuqing, Su Rihe, and Mei Danlun, then confronted the fading Si Chenxing.

• Ning Fa rushed toward the Profound Heaven Blade, but Ling Yuqing appeared beside it, restored it with an Ancestor Yuan Seal, and killed Qi Hui before turning to attack Ning Fa.
• The Source-Crossing Heavenly Book emerged before Ning Fa, seized Ling Yuqing’s Profound Heaven Blade, and repelled Su Rihe and Mei Danlun’s attacks.
• The Heavenly Book absorbed the Abyss Ancestor’s transparent figure and began devouring the Abyssal Heavenly Pool’s origin, causing the hall and Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain to collapse.
• After Si Chenxing warned that the absorption threatened her and Ning Fa’s ascension, Ning Fa communicated with the Heavenly Book and stopped its vortex.
• Ning Fa beheaded Ling Yuqing, killed Su Rihe and Mei Danlun, and collected the two Tianli witches’ Storage Rings.
• Ning Fa confronted the nearly transparent Si Chenxing and warned her that she would die if she had deceived him.

Si Chenxing explained how Abyss Ancestor created the Abyssal Heavenly Pool and how she schemed to escape it while defeating Xuan Ling. She revealed that she had targeted Ning Fa because he carried a Primordial Realm Pearl and a powerful supreme treasure, which nearly consumed the entire Heavenly Pool.

• Si Chenxing told Ning Fa that Abyss Ancestor had used a Primordial Realm Pearl to create the Abyssal Heavenly Pool and tried to nurture a Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure.
• After Abyss Ancestor vanished, Xuan Ling sought a true Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure in the Human Realm, but fighting the Water Qilin and Nine-headed Owl left him badly injured.
• The Water Qilin's blood essence became Qi Hui, and Si Chenxing secretly helped him recover while sealing away most of his blood essence and using the Heavenly Pool's Ancestor Yuan Seal restrictions against Xuan Ling.
• Si Chenxing revealed that she planned to enter Ling Yuqing's Primordial Realm Pearl to escape the unstable Heavenly Pool, and arranged trials to find cultivators who could bear Ancestor Yuan Seals.
• Si Chenxing admitted that she tested Ning Fa's Primordial Realm Pearl and kept him as a backup against Xuan Ling, but his supreme treasure nearly devoured the entire Heavenly Pool.

Ning Fa agreed to let Si Chenxing become the spirit of his Primordial Realm Pearl after she promised to aid its evolution and tend to his Mystic Sky Green Lotus seed. She gave him several rare treasures and proposed erasing the memories of the unconscious cultivators so they could live without exposing his secret; Ning Fa accepted.

• Si Chenxing explained that becoming the spirit of Ning Fa’s newborn realm could speed its growth and help him find a safer path to the Spirit Realm.
• After sensing Ning Fa’s Mystic Sky Green Lotus seed, Si Chenxing offered to care for it, and Ning Fa agreed to make her the realm spirit.
• Si Chenxing said she could not supply the yin, yang, and five elements needed to advance the Primordial Realm Pearl, but noted Ning Fa could develop them through his cultivation and Innate Divine Thunder.
• Si Chenxing gave Ning Fa rare spiritual objects and two drops of Water Qilin essence blood for Blue Lightning or his own cultivation.
• Si Chenxing assured Ning Fa that the remaining Heavenly Pool power would keep outside cultivators from entering, then offered to erase the unconscious cultivators’ memories instead of killing them.
• Ning Fa accepted the memory-erasure plan so the survivors could draw attention away from his secret.

Ning Fa discovered that the teleportation array meant to carry his loved ones to safety had failed, so he set out to reach the Nine Dragons Sea by activating an Ancient Demon Altar. He completed the teleportation and emerged in another altar hall, where restrictions guarded the exit.

• Ning Fa learned from Baili Ming that the teleportation array had failed after two uses, leaving Meng Ruoqi, Hei Yu, Cheng Susu, Ning An, Ning Huarong, Ning Shaohong, Wei Shiqin, Zhu Lingyun, and others on the far side.
• Ning Fa decided to travel to the Nine Dragons Sea through the Ancient Demon Altar and destroyed the hall's Teleportation Array as a precaution.
• Ning Fa and Baili Ming used Ning Daozhen's Blood Spring Teleportation Array to reach Tianli, then traveled to the Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain Range.
• Ning Fa fed ancient demonic qi to the Ancient Demon Altar and teleported away from Cangyuan.
• Ning Fa awoke in a different hall containing another Ancient Demon Altar and found that its exit was protected by restrictions.

Ning Fa crossed into the depths of Mora Space, fought powerful Magic Beasts, and discovered he could sense but not contact Hei Yu. He finally encountered Zhuo Qing and learned that the beautiful woman beside her was Yun Jin, now known as Huangfu Ziyue, the Eldest Princess of the Zi Yin clan.

• Ning Fa recalled that the Star Roaming Compass was a damaged treasure from the Spirit Realm’s Star Origin Clan, and that Si Chenxing had helped improve it using an Astral Ancient Tree.
• Ning Fa emerged into a canyon filled with freezing winds and powerful Magic Beasts, then fought his way out and entered a dark world saturated with demonic qi.
• Ning Fa sensed Hei Yu through their Mental Connection but failed to contact him because spatial confinement disrupted his secret art.
• Ning Fa spent days fighting Magic Beasts and searching for a way out, growing anxious when his concealment stopped working and he found no other cultivators.
• Ning Fa met Zhuo Qing and the cultivators traveling with her, then recognized the woman beside her as Yun Jin, who introduced herself as Huangfu Ziyue.

Ning Fa reunited with Huangfu Ziyue and Zhuo Qing in Moluo Space, where they explained how the Zi Yin clan had survived the Tianshu Alliance’s pressure and offered him a way to cultivate the Innate Supreme Wood Divine Thunder. The clan needed his help healing Huangfu Ziyue’s injured granduncle, and Ning Fa agreed to hear more in exchange for the promised benefit.

• Ning Fa recognized that Yun Jin was Huangfu Ziyue, and Zhuo Qing and Huangfu Ziyue invited him to their residence with an offer involving the Innate Supreme Wood Divine Thunder.
• Ning Fa agreed to travel with the Zi Yin Clan Members after learning their residence held Moluo Space’s entrance and exit.
• Huangfu Ziyue explained how the Zi Yin clan entered Moluo Space, opened the sealed third level, and used its Demonic Qi and Ancient Demon Altar to withstand the Tianshu Alliance.
• Huangfu Ziyue revealed that her granduncle had wounded Lord Liyang in battle but was now seriously injured, while Zhuo Qing said the clan needed Ning Fa’s help to heal him.

Ning Fa met Huangfu Jin, proved he could activate a violet sword, and received an Innate Supreme Wood Divine Thunder Seed after signing a spirit contract to help Huangfu Jin recover. As Ning Fa prepared to leave Moluo Space, he encountered the Devil Master, Zhuang Mingxiao.

• Ning Fa arrived at the Zi Yin clan’s mountain and confronted Huangfu Jin, whose aura revealed that he was badly injured.
• Huangfu Jin tested Ning Fa with a violet iron sword, and Ning Fa’s Divine Firmament Manifestation activated it, revealing violet runes and a thunder dragon.
• Huangfu Jin agreed to give Ning Fa the Innate Supreme Wood Divine Thunder Seed in exchange for his help, and Ning Fa signed a Fourth-grade Spirit Contract with Huangfu Ziyue.
• Ning Fa accepted the seed and agreed on how to contact Huangfu Jin, then followed Huangfu Ziyue toward an exit to the Sky Furnace Fire Marsh.
• Huangfu Ziyue stopped Ning Fa and introduced his fellow traveler, Zhuang Mingxiao, the Devil Master.

Ning Fa departed with the Devil Master and learned that the human race was losing territory in the Nine Dragons Sea as the Sea Race and Demon Race joined forces. As the two traveled north, the Devil Master warned that the current truce might precede an even greater war.

• Ning Fa greeted the Devil Master, whose injuries had healed, and the two agreed to travel together after leaving Huangfu Ziyue and the others.
• Huangfu Jin, Huangfu Ziyue, and Zhuo Qing discussed having Ning Fa refine the Zi Xiao Lineage source blood to help Huangfu Jin challenge the Shapeshifting Realm again.
• Huangfu Jin worried that Ning Fa might eventually take control of the Zi Yin clan, but Huangfu Ziyue proposed using the divine tree to transform his bloodline into that of a true Zi Yin clan member.
• Ning Fa killed two demonic cultivators in the Sky Furnace Fire Marsh, collected their Origin Points, and boarded the Devil Master's Concealing Spirit Boat.
• The Devil Master told Ning Fa that the Sea Race and Demon Race had allied with the Ice Phoenix Clan, forcing the human race to rely on aid from Great Qin and Tianwu despite losing territory.
• The Devil Master warned Ning Fa that the uneasy truce might be temporary and that a greater war could be approaching.

The Devil Master told Ning Fa about the Sea Race’s looming threat, his past as a pawn, and his prophecy that Ning Fa could help him survive the Spirit Transformation Tribulation. After they parted, Ning Fa contacted Hei Yu and learned that the others had survived Wen Xiuxin’s betrayal but were stranded in dangerous Qianmo Sea.

• The Devil Master warned Ning Fa that the Sea Race might unleash a calamity across the Human Realm, possibly because of the mysterious Ancestral Sea.
• The Devil Master explained that his great-grandfather Tian Chu had wished to reunite the Demon Sea Alliance, but a Spirit Transformation Cultivator had used and abandoned him as a pawn.
• The Devil Master revealed that a divination hexagram had foretold a deadly calamity during his Spirit Transformation attempt and that Ning Fa was the person who could help him overcome it.
• Ning Fa agreed to help the Devil Master, who planned to prepare for another ten or twenty years, and the two exchanged contact arrangements before parting.
• Ning Fa contacted Hei Yu and learned that Wen Xiuxin had destroyed the Teleportation Array and trapped the group, but Zhu Lingyun had awakened, killed Wen Xiuxin, and saved them.
• Ning Fa learned that Hei Yu and the others were hiding in Qianmo Sea, a desolate and perilous region where Zhu Lingyun was recovering.

Ning Fa discovered the Heavenly Book’s powerful new abilities and learned that two mysterious stone tablets defied its scrutiny. Fairy Yuanxing warned him that the Sea Race threatened Nine Dragons Sea and that a powerful enemy could divine his location, leaving Ning Fa fearing the Spirit Transformation Cultivators from the Abyssal Heavenly Pool were hunting him.

• Ning Fa failed to contact Murong Zhaoxue and decided to travel toward the Xuetting Sea through ordinary Teleportation Arrays.
• The Heavenly Book finished refining the Abyssal Heavenly Pool’s origin power, gained a second True Form Imprint rune, and reduced the Origin Point costs for tracing water-attribute spiritual objects.
• The Heavenly Book failed to reveal the origins of two mysterious Black Stone Tablets that Si Chenxing had given Ning Fa, so he put them away.
• Ning Fa checked on Blue Lightning, who was absorbing Water Qilin essence blood, and then met Fairy Yuanxing.
• Fairy Yuanxing warned Ning Fa that the Sea Race could bring disaster to Nine Dragons Sea and that a powerful enemy with a divination treasure could locate him.
• Ning Fa suspected Ling Yuqing might have survived and revealed his secret to the Spirit Transformation Cultivators waiting outside the Abyssal Heavenly Pool.

Fairy Yuanxing warned Ning Fa that a crisis tied to the Abyssal Heavenly Pool was imminent and directed him to the Emerald Isles in the Haoqiong Sea Domain as a possible path to survival. On his way to Skyque City to travel openly toward the Nine Dragons Sea, Ning Fa rescued old acquaintances from Sea Race pursuers and learned that two Moon Gazing Sect elders had died.

• Fairy Yuanxing told Ning Fa to go to the Emerald Isles, where he had a strong chance of finding a savior, and reminded him that he owed her two favors.
• Ning Fa decided to reveal his identity to draw the Spirit Transformation Cultivators away from his relatives, then released Little Ice and headed west toward Skyque City.
• Ning Fa spotted Luo Feixuan, True Lord Mingguang, Fairy Chaolu, and Xi Hao fleeing a group of Fourth-grade Sea Race cultivators, and flew to help them.
• Ning Fa killed the Sea Race cultivator attacking True Lord Mingguang, causing the remaining pursuers to retreat, then pursued and slaughtered more of them.
• Ning Fa reunited with Luo Feixuan and the others, and True Lord Mingguang told him that Cang Ya and Duan Ming had died.

Ning Fa returned to the Nine Dragons Sea, learned that the Heavenly Evolution Sect had burdened subordinate sects with dangerous resource-gathering tasks to help Qinghong attempt Spirit Transformation, and discovered that Yan Jingchen had taken over Fu Ling Hall. After Ning Fa left for the Haoqiong Sea, Qinghong alerted Yan Jingchen to his return, and Yan Jingchen set out to confront him with an unnamed ally.

• Mingguang and the other cultivators told Ning Fa about the war against the Sea Race and Demon Race and the Heavenly Evolution Sect's dangerous assignments, including the death of Ku Rong.
• Venerable Kong Qing explained that the sect was gathering resources for Qinghong's risky attempt to reach Spirit Transformation, and Ning Fa met Qinghong and Hermit Wuxin in Skyvault City.
• Hermit Wuxin told Ning Fa that Yan Jingchen had infiltrated and crippled Fu Ling Hall, forcing its surviving elders to flee and replace their communication tokens.
• Qinghong said Star Luo Palace had divined a coming Great Calamity and reduced or waived tasks for Golden Water Marsh's sects, while warning Ning Fa that Yan Jingchen had grown powerful.
• Ning Fa borrowed the Heavenly Evolution Sect's elder token and left for the Haoqiong Sea, declining Qinghong's offer to stay and help refine a magic treasure.
• Qinghong sent Yan Jingchen word that Ning Fa had returned, and Yan Jingchen departed Lei Prison Mountain with plans to bring an unnamed ally.

Ning Fa learned that Luo Feixuan was Moon Chasing Immortal, reincarnated from Brilliant Moon Palace, and that Shen Cizhou was likely the reincarnation of Lord Liuchen, who had secretly marked him. Luo Feixuan asked Ning Fa to join forces against Shen Cizhou, and he agreed while insisting he first travel to the Haoqiong Sea Domain.

• Luo Feixuan revealed her Moon God Heart and Rustling Jade Hairpin, prompting Ning Fa to recognize her as Moon Chasing Immortal, Ancestor Zhuo Yue of Brilliant Moon Palace.
• Luo Feixuan exposed a black Soul Mark around Ning Fa’s Moon God Heart and identified Shen Cizhou as its likely source.
• Luo Feixuan explained that Shen Cizhou was probably the reincarnation of Lord Liuchen, whose Primordial Spirit had been contaminated by the Soul Fiend and who sought to devour Moon God Hearts.
• Luo Feixuan warned that Shen Cizhou had targeted Ning Fa to find her and asked him to help fight their shared enemy.
• Ning Fa agreed to join forces with Luo Feixuan but said he had to go to the Haoqiong Sea Domain first; she offered to travel with him and told him the Heavenly Treasure Immortal Merchant wanted to meet him there.

Ling Yuqing and Shen Cizhou revealed that Ning Fa possessed the secret of Abyssal Heavenly Pool, prompting Yue Long to target him and capture the Ning Clan. Hermit Tianyi intervened to save the clan, but Yue Long gained the support of Old Ghost Star Remains and Kailandir.

• Ning Fa learned that Heavenly Treasure Immortal Merchant wanted to meet him and set out with Luo Feixuan.
• Ling Yuqing awakened and told Shen Cizhou that Ning Fa had killed her in Abyssal Heavenly Pool; Shen ordered her to reveal Ning Fa’s secret to Yue Long.
• Shen Cizhou plotted to destroy Ning Fa and argued with the Soul Fiend sharing his body over their agreement.
• After searching Ling Yuqing’s soul, Yue Long learned that Ning Fa had obtained Abyssal Heavenly Pool’s treasure and went after the Ning Clan.
• Yue Long captured the Ning Clan and prepared to sacrifice its members to make a Bloodline Pearl, but Hermit Tianyi arrived with the Hunyuan Disk to stop him.
• Old Ghost Star Remains and Kailandir appeared beside Yue Long, confronting Tianyi.

Hermit Tianyi persuaded Yue Long, Old Ghost Star Remains, and Venerable Ling Jun to sign a one-year contract allowing him to approach Ning Fa before they resumed their pursuit. Meanwhile, Ning Fa and Luo Feixuan evaded Yan Jingchen and a Spirit Transformation Cultivator, learned that the Heavenly Treasure Immortal Merchant had appeared on Luoxing Island, and set out to find him as their pursuers realized they had been deceived.

• Hermit Tianyi warned the Spirit Transformation Cultivators that Ning Fa carried great destiny and proposed seeking him out before they harmed his clansmen; the others agreed to a Taiyi Divine Contract lasting one year.
• Kailandir fled after Tianyi raised the possibility of sharing a calamity-related secret with the Sea Race, and Tianyi departed to find Ning Fa.
• Ning Fa and Luo Feixuan reached the Emerald Isles after using divine-sense incarnations to mislead Yan Jingchen and his Spirit Transformation companion.
• Luo Feixuan recognized Yan Jingchen as the reincarnation of Daoist Yan Yuan and asked whether he was pursuing Ning Fa for the Primordial Realm Pearl.
• Ning Fa learned at the Heavenly Evolution Tower that the Heavenly Treasure Immortal Merchant had appeared on Luoxing Island and headed there with Luo Feixuan.
• Yan Jingchen and his Spirit Transformation companion discovered their targets had been decoys, and the companion praised Yan Jingchen's past aid to his branch.