Chapter Summaries

Ning Fa prepared to exact revenge on the Gu Family as the Qianyuan Mountain Range filled with cultivators for Gu Ying’s Dual Cultivation Ceremony, which concealed a ritual meant to strengthen Gu Zun. At the ceremony, Ning Fa disguised himself as a blue-robed Nascent Soul cultivator and was recognized by Fairy Ji, leaving his revenge poised to begin.

• Ning Zhongyuan, Ning Hongye, and the other Ning Clan members urged Ning Fa to delay his revenge, but Ning Fa vowed to repay their suffering many times over.
• Ning Fa learned that the ceremony would gather at least seven Spirit Transformation Cultivators and that the Gu Family’s ancestral worship ritual would use a bloodline treasure to strengthen Gu Zun.
• Hundreds of thousands of cultivators arrived for Gu Ying’s ceremony and auction, while Gu Hanfeng tried to court Fairy Ji and she politely rejected him.
• Gu Hanfeng used his Spirit-Appraising Eye Technique to check the blue-robed cultivator who introduced himself as Ning, then welcomed him and shared a toast.
• Ning raised a toast to Fairy Ji, who recognized him as the supposedly dead Ning Fa and realized he had come to take revenge.

Ning Fa revealed himself at Gu Ying and Wang Min’s wedding as a Spirit Transformation Cultivator and confronted the Gu Family and the assembled experts. Gu Zun’s avatar rallied the other Spirit Transformation Cultivators to attack, and the chapter ended as their assault began.

• The Spirit Transformation Cultivators gathered on the fifth-level platform, where they discussed the Sea Race’s possible plans to build a World Transmission Array using Void Trapping Divine Crystal.
• Fairy Guanlan recalled her premonition that Ning Fa would destroy the Qianyuan Merchant Alliance and the Gu Family, while Gu Ying and Wang Min arrived for their wedding ceremony.
• Ning Fa revealed his identity and immense Spirit Transformation pressure, leaving Gu Hanfeng and other cultivators unable to move.
• Gu Zun’s avatar urged the gathered Spirit Transformation Cultivators to kill Ning Fa, and Gu Ying’s wedding guests prepared their treasures to fight him.
• Gu Zun’s avatar launched a golden seal’s beastly attacks as Myriad Fiend Venerable transformed and sent blood-colored copies charging at Ning Fa.

Ning Fa overwhelmed the Spirit Transformation Cultivators who had attacked him, killing Myriad Fiend Venerable and Old Monster Tiansheng with his Grotto-Heaven Divine Thunder. He rejected offers of reconciliation and began exacting revenge, while You Yunzi, Wang Que Layman, and Fairy Linghua turned against their former allies.

• Ning Fa trapped the attackers in his Heavenly Law Lightning Realm, killing Nascent Soul Cultivators who tried to enter and cutting off the Spirit Transformation Cultivators from Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
• Ning Fa used moonlight to slow the eight Spirit Transformation Cultivators, then shattered their defenses and killed Myriad Fiend Venerable and Old Monster Tiansheng with one lightning sword strike each.
• Gu Zun's avatar and the others tried to persuade Ning Fa to make peace, but Ning Fa struck Fairy Linghua and declared that he would take revenge on everyone involved in persecuting the Ning Clan and Huayu Sect.
• Ning Fa summoned his Divine Firmament Manifestation and Heavenly Flame Candle, then attacked Gu Zun's avatar, Lord Luyue, and Fairy Guanlan.
• You Yunzi attacked Gu Zun's avatar, Wang Que Layman attacked Lord Luyue, and Fairy Linghua attacked Fairy Guanlan.

Ning Fa defeated the eight Spirit Transformation cultivators, killing three and subduing or capturing the rest, then revealed his victory to the immortal city. He sealed the city and Qianyuan Mountain Range and demanded that everyone choose whether to help him take revenge or become his enemy.

• Ning Fa destroyed Gu Zun's golden seal, broke Lord Luyue's defenses, killed Lord Luyue, and captured her Nascent Soul after she threatened him with Tian You's fate.
• Ning Fa damaged Gu Zun's Glazed Jade Bowl, subdued his avatar, and captured Gu Ying, placing restrictions on him and vowing to make him endure a thousand years of punishment.
• Ning Fa accepted Fairy Guanlan's surrender and planted a restriction in her, while You Yunzi, Wang Que Layman, and Fairy Linghua also submitted.
• The barrier vanished, revealing Ning Fa's victory to the cultivators in the immortal city; Myriad Fiend Venerable, Lord Luyue, and Old Monster Tiansheng were dead, while Gu Ying and Gu Zun's avatar were captured.
• Steward Liao activated the city's fifth-tier defensive formation, sealing the city and Qianyuan Mountain Range and trapping the Gu Family and Qianyuan Merchant Alliance cultivators.
• Ning Fa announced that everyone must either help him take revenge or be treated as his enemy, leaving the trapped cultivators to choose sides.

Ning Fa crushed the Gu Family and its allies in the Qianyuan Mountain Range, then used the blood of tens of thousands of captives to forge a Bloodline Pearl that could track the remaining Gu Family members. He ordered his allies to hunt them down while preparing to confront the Sea Race and sending Fairy Guanlan to Cangyuan.

• Ling Xianghu, Mo Yan, and other cultivators attacked Gu Hanfeng, triggering a battle across the Qianyuan Mountain Range in which Ning Fa’s enemies were captured or killed.
• Ning Fa rejected Gu Ying and Gu Zun’s avatar’s offers of peace, then had Ning Zhongyuan activate the blood formation that killed more than fifty thousand captured Gu Family members and created a Bloodline Pearl.
• Ning Fa destroyed Gu Zun’s avatar, causing its distant true body to cry out, and used the Bloodline Pearl to locate the Gu Family members scattered across the Human Realm.
• Ning Fa gave Fairy Linghua, You Yunzi, and Wang Que Layman Bloodline Pearls and ordered them to capture the remaining Gu Family members, while warning them against failure with Soul Marks.
• After confirming Fairy Guanlan had protected Ning Clan and Huayu Sect survivors, Ning Fa spared her and promised her Gu Zun’s Mysterious Life-Preserving Array in exchange for her help at Cangyuan.

Ning Fa took over the Qianyuan Merchant Alliance, renaming it the Changning Merchant Guild and placing its surviving leaders under restrictions. He then forced Great Qin cultivators to help destroy three sects tied to the persecution of his clan and Huayu Sect, bringing his campaign of revenge to a close for now.

• Ning Fa sent Fairy Guanlan and Ning Zhongjiu toward Cangyuan to handle the Ning Clan’s mortal bloodline, while Ji Lianxing joined them on their flying boat.
• Ning Fa searched the Qianyuan Merchant Alliance’s core cultivators, killed more than five thousand he judged guilty, and placed restrictions on many of the survivors.
• Ning Fa abolished the Qianyuan Merchant Alliance and established the Changning Merchant Guild, promising to retain salaries while imposing oversight and time limits on restrictions.
• Ning Fa detained Green Bamboo Pill Venerable and other Great Cultivators, marked them with Soul Marks, and ordered them to help attack Taiqing Sect and Yuan Cha Gate while he targeted Wushi Demonic Palace.
• Over the next two months, Ning Fa’s forces breached and destroyed Wushi Demonic Palace, Taiqing Sect, and Yuan Cha Gate, leaving Great Qin terrified as his revenge ended for the time being.

After destroying the five major powers, Ning Fa secured their treasures and assigned the Ning Clan and True Lord Tianyou to oversee the Qianyuan Mountain Range while he traveled to the Nine Dragons Sea. Wang Min offered to help strengthen his Five Elements Thunder Body if he helped her reach Spirit Transformation, and Ning Fa agreed after confirming that her Dream Luo Spiritual Body could become a Spirit Luo Dharma Body.

• Ning Fa reviewed the captured sect cultivators and treasures, then instructed Ning Zhongyuan, Ning Hongye, Ning Zonglie, and Ning An to cultivate and manage the Changning Merchant Guild.
• Ning Fa promised Ning An that he would resolve his spiritual-body problem and told him that he would soon reunite with his mother.
• Ning Fa freed True Lord Tianyou from Lord Luyue's control, gave her pills, and asked her to guard the Qianyuan Mountain Range until he returned with Ouyang Qinghe.
• Wang Min offered herself and revealed that her Dream Luo Spiritual Body might transform into a Spirit Luo Dharma Body; Ning Fa confirmed the transformation and agreed to help her advance to Spirit Transformation after planting a restriction in her.
• Ning Fa left Gu Ying chained and tormented in an underground cavern, sealed the Qianyuan Mountain Range, and departed for the Nine Dragons Sea.

Ning Fa returned to the Nine Dragons Sea and found the Devil Master, Zhuang Mingxiao, hiding in the Desolate Sea after transforming into a Ghost Cultivator Body to escape Divine Monarch Yun Xiu’s control. Ning Fa agreed to help Zhuang Mingxiao advance to Spirit Transformation, and learned that the Devil Master had rescued Ning Huarong and others.

• Ning Fa returned to the Nine Dragons Sea through a concealed Teleportation Array route and found the remains of a battle marked by the Devil Master’s sword intent.
• Ning Fa followed a blood sword into a mist-covered island, where he reunited with Zhuang Mingxiao, who had been waiting for him.
• Zhuang Mingxiao explained that Divine Monarch Yun Xiu had manipulated his life to refine him into a Heavenly Grudge Sword Heart, so he transformed into a Ghost Cultivator Body to remove Yun Xiu’s restriction.
• Ning Fa promised to help Zhuang Mingxiao advance to Spirit Transformation, and Zhuang Mingxiao swore a Heart Demon Oath in gratitude.
• Zhuang Mingxiao gave Ning Fa a Jade Slip revealing where he had sheltered Ning Huarong, Murong Zhaoxue, Tie Hengye, and several other cultivators.

The Devil Master began his Spirit Transformation tribulation in the Desolate Sea while Ning Fa guarded him. Yun Xiu arrived to stop the tribulation, but Ning Fa confronted him, and Yun Xiu revealed his peak Mid Spirit Transformation strength and Shadow God Demonic Body.

• The Devil Master brought Ning Fa to a hidden ice plain and activated the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Inverted Yin Yang Array to prepare for his Spirit Transformation tribulation.
• The Devil Master endured the Soul-Sundering Divine Wind, recovered his damaged body with Yin energy, and faced the lightning tribulation as Ning Fa watched from a distance.
• Yun Xiu appeared near the tribulation site and explained that he had expected the Devil Master to follow a different path, but Ning Fa confronted him before he could act.
• Yun Xiu offered Ning Fa a reward to stay out of his dispute with the Devil Master, but Ning Fa refused and warned him to leave.
• Yun Xiu released his concealed power, summoned a Mid Spirit Transformation Shadow God Demonic Body, and drew both his righteous-path and demonic-path swords to challenge Ning Fa.

Ning Fa fought Yun Xiu, breaking his Yin-Yang Sword Domain and defeating his Lawful Nightmare True Body with the Void-Piercing divine ability. As Yun Xiu fled, Zhuang Mingxiao emerged after successfully advancing and asked Ning Fa to leave Yun Xiu to him.

• Ning Fa overwhelmed Yun Xiu's scripture sword and Yin-Yang Sword Domain with his lightning and Essence Annihilation Sword Silk.
• Yun Xiu merged with his Shadow God Demonic Body, formed his Lawful Nightmare True Body, and challenged Ning Fa with the Heart-Slaying Self-Slaying Sword.
• Ning Fa summoned the Divine Firmament Manifestation and shattered Yun Xiu's demonic sword with Void-Piercing.
• Yun Xiu escaped after swallowing a powerful pill, and Ning Fa prepared to pursue him.
• Zhuang Mingxiao told Ning Fa that he had advanced successfully and wanted to settle his score with Yun Xiu himself.

The Devil Master killed Yun Xiu with his newly cultivated God-Slaying Sword Body, then joined Ning Fa to stop the Sea Race from establishing a World Transmission Array. On their way to meet Ning Fa’s allies, they encountered Ancestral Beast Huan Yu pursuing Wen Yuchen, and Ning Fa seized Wen Yuchen after refusing to protect him.

• The Devil Master challenged the gravely wounded Yun Xiu and killed him with the Burial of the God-Slaying Wheel Sword, though the attack destabilized his Yang God Body.
• Ning Fa took Yun Xiu’s Storage Ring and discovered valuable treasures and the complete cultivation arts of the Supreme Forgetfulness Sword Canon and the Record of the Shadow God Slaying.
• After recovering for three days, the Devil Master agreed to accompany Ning Fa to stop the Sea Race’s plan to establish a World Transmission Array, and Ning Fa shared intelligence while asking about Yan Jingchen.
• Ning Fa and the Devil Master reached the Barren Sea Zone and found Ancestral Beast Huan Yu pursuing Wen Yuchen, who pleaded for Ning Fa’s protection and offered to serve him.
• Ning Fa refused to protect Wen Yuchen, vanished in violet lightning, and reappeared holding him by the neck.

Ning Fa learned that Wen Yuchen had helped plot against him a century earlier and killed him, then agreed to help Huan Yu stop the Sea Race from completing a ritual to summon a powerful being from the Upper Realm. The group entered Sea Race territory and reunited with Su Wanwan and Jin Hao, who reported that the Profound Life Immeasurable Fruits might soon be harvested.

• Ning Fa searched Wen Yuchen's soul and learned that he and the other Spirit Transformation cultivators had conspired against him, while Yan Jingchen was the reincarnation of Daoist Yan Yuan.
• Ning Fa killed Wen Yuchen with Purple Lightning Fire, and Huan Yu divided Wen Yuchen's treasures with him.
• Huan Yu asked Ning Fa and the Devil Master to help steal the Sea Race's key to the Illusionary Light Heavenly Domain and sabotage its ritual to summon a powerful being from the Upper Realm; Ning Fa accepted and proposed a plan.
• Ning Fa, Huan Yu, and the Devil Master traveled into Sea Race territory and met Su Wanwan and Jin Hao, who warned that the Sea Race was using nearby spirit veins to ripen the Profound Life Immeasurable Fruits.
• Huan Yu questioned Jin Hao's origins, but Ning Fa defended him and then urged the group to move quickly toward their destinations.

Ning Fa infiltrated the Sea Race island while the Devil Master, Su Wanwan, and Jin Hao attacked its barrier to draw reinforcements. After learning the Sea Race ritual would be completed in less than a day, Ning Fa decided to use the Teleportation Array to reach their stronghold and sabotage it immediately.

• Ning Fa used the Star Roaming Compass to enter the island unseen and waited near the orchard of Profound Life Immeasurable Fruits.
• The Devil Master, Su Wanwan, and Jin Hao attacked the island's Fifth-grade Barrier, prompting the Sea Race defenders to summon water giants and call for reinforcements.
• The Devil Master shattered the water giants and turned their remnants into water swords, forcing the Sea Race elder to strengthen the barrier and send for aid.
• Two Early Spirit Transformation Sea Race cultivators and several others arrived through the Teleportation Array, while Ning Fa sensed an aura that promised the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book many Origin Points.
• Ning Fa overheard Monte and the Sea Race beauty say their ritual would succeed in less than a day, so he decided to use the Teleportation Array to sabotage the Sea Race stronghold.

Ning Fa infiltrated Five-Star Yalan City through a Teleportation Array and discovered the Sea Race preparing a God Descent Array to bring a powerful being into the Lower Realm. He protected his route back and faced Kailandir while the Sea Race continued the ritual.

• Ning Fa watched the Sea Race defenders struggle against Huan Yu and the Devil Master, then attacked the barrier and forced the defenders to abandon their post and harvest the Profound Life Immeasurable Fruits.
• Ning Fa disguised himself as Wen Yuchen, teleported into a Sea Race Transmission Hall, killed its guards, and destroyed the other Teleportation Arrays before protecting his own route back with a defensive formation.
• Ning Fa sensed the ten Spirit Transformation Cultivators and the World Transmission Array at the center of Five-Star Yalan City, where the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book reacted strongly to the power rising from the ritual.
• Dario ordered the Sea Race cultivators to keep the God Descent Array running and sent Kailandir to confront Ning Fa, while the others increased their Mana to hasten the arrival of the Sea Soul True Body.
• Kailandir reached the Transmission Hall and attacked Ning Fa with borrowed power from the Ancestral Sea, summoning starlight and monstrous warriors as Ning Fa prepared his silver whisk and Wen Yuchen's Dragon Scissors.

Ning Fa defeated Kailandir and reached Yalan Island’s main island, where the Sea Race was completing the God Descent Array. With the Devil Master and Huan Yu, he attacked the island’s defenses, finally tearing them open and exposing the array and its nine Sea Race cultivators.

• Kailandir summoned his Primordial Crystal Manifestation, but Ning Fa’s Dragon Scissors and whisk overwhelmed him while Sea Race guards were pierced by silver threads.
• Dario learned Ning Fa’s identity and ordered the island’s defenses activated so the Sea Race cultivators could focus on completing the God Descent Array, abandoning Kailandir and the outer forces.
• Ning Fa revealed himself, stopped Kailandir’s attempted escape, killed him, and learned that True Form Imprint now required at least five hundred Fourth-Tier Origin Points.
• Ning Fa reached the main island and found its defensive barrier blocked the Star Roaming Compass; the Devil Master and Huan Yu arrived, and the three chose to break through together.
• Huan Yu’s golden bull attack and the Devil Master’s Silent Wheel Sword Treasury widened cracks in the barrier before Ning Fa’s Grotto-Heaven Divine Thunder shattered it, revealing the God Descent Array and the nine Sea Race Spirit Transformation Cultivators.

Dario and eight Sea Race Spirit Transformation Cultivators sacrificed their life force to complete Kane’s Sea Soul True Body, but Ning Fa trapped Kane inside the Heavenly Law Lightning Realm and defeated him with Chaos Divine Thunder. The Source-Crossing Heavenly Book absorbed the Ancestral Sea Divine Soul, ending the Sea Race’s decades-long plan.

• Dario used the Sea-Returning Star-Capturing Diagram to imprison Ning Fa, the Devil Master, and Huan Yu, then urged the other Sea Race cultivators to sacrifice their life force to complete Kane’s Sea Soul True Body.
• Ning Fa broke free, destroyed the bronze altar, and sealed himself and Kane inside the Heavenly Law Lightning Realm while the Devil Master and Huan Yu faced the other Sea Race cultivators.
• Kane revealed that he was a Void Refinement Sea Patrol General and attacked Ning Fa, while Ning Fa used his Vital Energy Swords and Divine Firmament Manifestation to stall him.
• Ning Fa unleashed Chaos Divine Thunder, bound Kane with lightning, and used the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book to absorb the deep-blue Ancestral Sea Divine Soul.
• Ning Fa annihilated Kane with the contracted lightning net, destroying the Sea Race’s plan to bring him into the Lower Realm.

Ning Fa discovered the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book had recovered and gained the Sea Soul True Body ability after absorbing the Ancestral Sea Divine Soul. He killed the Sea Race’s Lower Realm expert and defeated the Sea Emperor Battle Body, leaving the Sea Race’s remaining leaders and forces in despair.

• Ning Fa found the Heavenly Book’s Origin Points restored and discovered its new Sea Soul True Body ability, but chose not to activate it.
• Ning Fa emerged from the shattered Heavenly Law Lightning Realm after killing Kane, then swiftly captured the Nascent Souls of two Sea Race Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Ning Fa used True Form Imprint to recover his strength as Dario and the other Sea Race cultivators began forming the Sea Emperor Battle Body.
• Huan Yu and the Devil Master held back the approaching Sea Race forces while Ning Fa fought the crystal-armored Sea Emperor Battle Body.
• Ning Fa unleashed Void-Piercing World-Shattering Slash, destroying the battle body and killing two more Sea Race cultivators.
• The five surviving Sea Race leaders and the halted Sea Race army realized their race faced defeat.

Ning Fa defeated the Sea Race forces, then learned that Huan Yu wanted to enter Lingxu Sword Pavilion with the Sword Soul Pearl, but he declined and traveled to the Zi Yin clan’s refuge. He reunited with Cheng Susu and the others, then promised to help the Zi Yin clan rebuild its immortal dynasty and destroy the Tianshu Alliance.

• Ning Fa killed the three Sea Race Spirit Transformation cultivators and slaughtered thousands of Sea Race elites, while Dario escaped and Huan Yu pursued him.
• Ning Fa used Lightning Leap to reach Huan Yu, who had captured Dario’s Nascent Soul and recovered a Sword Soul Pearl; Huan Yu explained that it could open Lingxu Sword Pavilion and invited Ning Fa and the Devil Master to join him.
• Ning Fa declined Huan Yu’s invitation, but the Devil Master agreed because the sword intent inside Lingxu Sword Pavilion might complete his God-Slaying Sword Body; Huan Yu shared Dario’s possessions with them before departing with the Devil Master.
• Ning Fa, Su Wanwan, and Jin Hao reached the Zi Yin clan’s hidden refuge, where Ning Fa opened the entrance with his Green Thunderwood and entered the clan’s territory.
• Ning Fa reunited with Cheng Susu and the other survivors, learned how badly worry had weakened her, and told her that he had rescued their son, Ning An.
• Ning Fa promised Huangfu Ziyue and the Zi Yin clan that he would destroy the Tianshu Alliance and help them rebuild their immortal dynasty, and they hailed him as their Clan Leader.

Ning Fa learned that Zhu Lingyun, Le'er, Luo Feixuan, and Blue Lightning had gone to Mi Tian Valley, and he decided to follow them despite the danger. After helping Cheng Susu absorb an Exquisite Immortal Heart, he met Lord Divine Wood, who revealed that he was the Purple Profound Wood Venerable and had chosen Ning Fa as one of nine potential successors.

• Ning Fa discovered that Zhu Lingyun and Luo Feixuan had taken Le'er to Mi Tian Valley, and Blue Lightning's token confirmed she had gone with them to protect Le'er.
• Baili Ming warned Ning Fa that Luo Feixuan might have manipulated Zhu Lingyun and caused the upheaval in Mi Tian Valley; Ning Fa resolved to go there and bring them back.
• Ning Fa gave Cheng Susu a refined Exquisite Immortal Heart, and the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book revealed ways to trace it into an Exquisite Immortal Physique.
• Ning Fa used the Heavenly Book to begin transforming Cheng Susu, then left her protected while he attended the ritual to summon Lord Divine Wood.
• Lord Divine Wood identified himself as the Purple Profound Wood Venerable and told Ning Fa he was the ninth and final candidate to inherit his position.

Ning Fa learned that he had been named a candidate to become the next Purple Profound Wood Venerable, but he declined to pursue the position and traveled to Mi Tian Valley with Su Wanwan and Jin Hao. Jin Hao used his spatial ability to guide Ning Fa through the rifts and into the valley, where a major upheaval was expected.

• The Purple Profound Wood Venerable explained the contest to cultivate a Destiny Spirit Wood into a Sky-Piercing Ancient Wood, but Ning Fa refused to seek the position.
• Ning Fa reunited with Huangfu Ziyue, distributed resources among the Ziyin Clan, and left instructions for them to stay within the clan land while he was in Mi Tian Valley.
• Ning Fa asked Su Wanwan to guide him to Tianwu, and she revealed that Jin Hao knew a hidden path into Mi Tian Valley.
• Ning Fa, Su Wanwan, and Jin Hao reached the valley, where Ning Fa found spatial rifts and powerful entrance restrictions.
• Su Wanwan left to claim a hidden spiritual land after learning from her Mysterious Bronze Mirror that Mi Tian Valley's upheaval could unseal some of the Human Realm's spiritual energy.
• Jin Hao used his spatial silver-flame barrier to lead Ning Fa through the rifts, and they entered Mi Tian Valley.