Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun defeated and refined the Civilization Demon King after resisting its attempt to make him believe in another civilization, and he resolved to create a civilization of his own. His soul and combat power grew, and he discovered that his Sword Dao Dantian and Martial Dantian had begun to merge.

• Nie Yun fought the Civilization Demon King and defeated it with Vajra Demon Subduing, but the Demon King then entered his sea of consciousness to attack his will.
• The Civilization Demon King showed Nie Yun the histories of countless extinct races and tried to persuade him to abandon human civilization and believe in another.
• A jade pendant restored Nie Yun's wavering resolve, and he declared that he would create his own civilization rather than follow another's.
• Nie Yun refined the Civilization Demon King, deepened his understanding of the Immovable Golden Body, and gained a significant increase in combat power.
• Nie Yun found that his Sword Dao Dantian and Martial Dantian were orbiting one another and producing Sword Dao Martial Qi.

After reaching the Life Sword realm, Nie Yun searched a ruin from his past life for the object that had preceded his death and rebirth. He found a stone that expanded his sea of qi and brought his dantians to thirty-six, then left to catch up with his companions.

• Nie Yun fused Martial Dao with Sword Dao, reached the Life Sword realm, and thanked Tantai Lingyue for the jade pendant's help.
• Nie Yun went alone to the civilization ruin where Zang Hongyi and the others had killed him in his previous life.
• Nie Yun uncovered a black stone whose aura made the Nameless Art circulate and absorbed its energy.
• The stone doubled Nie Yun's sea of qi and triggered his seventh dantian derivation, adding five dantians for a total of thirty-six.
• After the stone shattered, Nie Yun stopped dwelling on his rebirth and flew back toward his companions.

Nie Yun passed through the fourth level of Myriad Realms Mountain and entered a violent thunder realm on the fifth. He used the lightning to strengthen his body and, after seven days of study, created a new fist art called Thunderous Kyushu.

• Nie Yun entered the fourth level, where he fought off thorn-covered plant lifeforms with his sword intent and Blazing Fire Talent before reaching the spatial gate.
• Nie Yun entered the fifth level and found a sky filled with lightning powerful enough to threaten Dantian Acupoint Realm experts.
• Nie Yun withdrew his Defense Qi and let the lightning temper his body, then flew into a region where the electric arcs were much stronger.
• Nie Yun spent seven days studying the lightning and developed a move that stored lightning in his body for an explosive release.
• Nie Yun named his new fist art Thunderous Kyushu.

Nie Yun left the fifth floor after mastering Thunderous Kyushu and entered the sixth floor, where he discovered Emerald Sword Palace and learned that its Young Sect Master was marrying a captured Outer Heaven Demon. After hearing the woman wore white and carried a bow, he realized she was Luo Qingcheng and prepared to investigate further.

• Nie Yun stored lightning in his body to use Thunderous Kyushu as a one-strike trump card, and left the fifth floor stronger but without his stored poisonous gas.
• Nie Yun entered the sixth floor and found vast fields of spiritual crops being harvested by sword-clad youths.
• Nie Yun overheard the youths discussing the Young Sect Master's wedding to a captured Outer Heaven Demon and suspected the captive was Luo Qingcheng.
• Nie Yun followed the youths to Emerald Sword Palace, then secretly controlled a departing Sword Page named Jian Xiao.
• Jian Xiao explained that the place was Sword Heart World and identified Emerald Sword Palace as one of its Three Great Sects.
• Jian Xiao described the bride as a woman in white who carried a bow and arrows, confirming to Nie Yun that she was Qingcheng.

Nie Yun infiltrated Emerald Sword Palace to find Luo Qingcheng and learned that its disciples wield formidable swordsmanship, including a Sword-Testing Stone that measured Sword Power. He found Luo Qingcheng, Old Drunkard, and the others planning to rescue her, then revealed himself alive and well.

• Nie Yun got a map of Emerald Sword Palace from Jian Xiao, erased Jian Xiao's memories of their encounter, and set out to find Luo Qingcheng.
• Nie Yun watched Luo Yin test his Sword Power on a Sword-Testing Stone and learned that Luo Yin scored seventeen points, while the Young Sect Master Jiang She scored fifteen.
• Nie Yun reached Luo Qingcheng's courtyard and overheard her and Yi Qing discussing a plan to rescue her after the Sect Master revealed the location of the sixth level's spatial gate.
• Luo Qingcheng and the others worried that Nie Yun had died fighting the Civilization Demon King, so Nie Yun revealed himself and reassured them that he had returned safely.

Nie Yun learned that Emerald Sword Palace had coerced Luo Qingcheng into marrying its Young Sect Master in exchange for revealing the spatial gate. As the wedding approached, Luo Qingcheng confessed her feelings and asked to give Nie Yun her first time.

• Nie Yun reunited with Luo Qingcheng and the others, then heard Old Drunkard explain that Emerald Sword Palace had powerful experts and could gain Innate Spiritual Qi and soul blessings through sacrifice.
• Thousand Illusions suggested the natives might communicate with the Big Dipper Star Mansion, and Nie Yun realized they might reach it without passing through the higher levels.
• Old Drunkard explained that Emerald Sword Palace agreed to reveal the spatial gate only if Luo Qingcheng married its Young Sect Master, and Luo Qingcheng vowed she would rather self-destruct than let him touch her.
• Nie Yun learned that Little Dragon had been summoned away by Emerald Sword Palace, and a palace messenger arrived to say the wedding was about to begin.
• Luo Qingcheng asked to speak privately with Nie Yun, confessed that she loved him, and asked to give him her first time before revealing herself.

Nie Yun refused Luo Qingcheng’s offer to give herself to him and promised to return for her within five thousand years if she could not reach the Spirit Realm. He disguised himself as Luo Qingcheng to attend her wedding in the Emerald Sword Palace, while she followed disguised as a Demon Emperor; the chapter left them entering the wedding hall as Nie Yun assessed the sect master and elders.

• Luo Qingcheng offered Nie Yun her first time because she feared they would be separated, but he comforted her and promised to come back for her within five thousand years.
• Nie Yun disguised himself as Luo Qingcheng and gave her Disguise Qi so she could take the form of a Demon Emperor and follow him.
• Nie Yun and Luo Qingcheng left the courtyard and followed a messenger disciple to the wedding hall, where the Young Sect Master greeted them.
• Nie Yun entered the hall disguised as Luo Qingcheng and sensed that the Emerald Sword Palace sect master had a two-thousand-gradient soul and could potentially rise to three thousand.
• Nie Yun noticed a familiar quality in the sect master's aura and considered whether the ceremony might let him obtain Innate Spiritual Qi.

Nie Yun attended Jiang She's wedding and succession ceremony at the Emerald Sword Palace while disguised as Luo Qingcheng, and watched Jiang She defeat Luo Yin with the Seven Star Sword. The Sect Master began a sacrificial rite to transfer his position, but the rival sword palaces' unexpected gifts and the ceremony's strange atmosphere left Nie Yun suspicious.

• Little Dragon drew attention by happily eating during the wedding, while the Sect Master announced that Jiang She would succeed him and promised to take Nie Yun's group to the Sixth Spatial Gate.
• Luo Yin challenged Jiang She for both the Young Sect Master position and the bride, but Jiang She used the Seven Star Sword to defeat him, and Nie Yun learned the move.
• The Emerald Sword Palace Sect Master led the guests to a seven-star altar to conduct the succession sacrifice.
• The Linglong and Heart-Snatching Sword Palace Sect Masters arrived with valuable offerings, despite the rivalry between their palaces and the Emerald Sword Palace.
• The Emerald Sword Palace Sect Master cut his palm and began offering blood and treasures to Heaven as the ritual's strange power rose from the altar.

Nie Yun seized control of Jiang She during the Emerald Sword Palace’s heavenly sacrifice and took the soul empowerment meant for him. He redirected much of its power to Luo Qingcheng, then agreed to travel to the spatial gate with the others the next day.

• The Emerald Sword Palace Sect Master sacrificed treasures worth dozens of Innate Spirit Weapons, summoning the Big Dipper’s power to empower Jiang She’s soul.
• Nie Yun used Soul Storage to suppress Jiang She and take control of his body without the Sect Master noticing.
• As Jiang She received the heavenly inheritance, Nie Yun absorbed its power until his soul reached three thousand gradients, then redirected the remaining empowerment to Luo Qingcheng.
• Luo Qingcheng’s soul rose to two thousand gradients, while Nie Yun’s attempt to track the departing heavenly will failed and nearly injured him.
• After the Sect Masters celebrated Jiang She’s inheritance, Old Drunkard asked to be taken to the spatial gate, and the Emerald Sword Palace Sect Master agreed to depart the following day.

Nie Yun questioned Jiang She and learned that the Sword Heart Clan guarded the Big Dipper Star Palace and that the Sect Master had ordered Jiang She to marry Luo Qingcheng for her unusual physique. After uncovering a secret meeting among the three Sword Palace sect masters, Nie Yun learned that Ming Hong and Ming Xin had arrived promising to free the clan from its guardianship.

• Nie Yun subdued Jiang She and learned that he belonged to the Sword Heart Clan, which had guarded the Big Dipper Star Palace for generations.
• Jiang She revealed that the Sect Master had ordered him to marry Luo Qingcheng because of her pure soul and special innate physique.
• Nie Yun returned to his companions and confirmed that Sword Heart World’s people served as guardians of the Big Dipper Star Mansion.
• After Thousand Illusions noted the sect masters’ unusually close ties, Nie Yun secretly listened to their meeting and heard Wu Tao mention an envoy from the Spirit Realm.
• Ming Hong and Ming Xin appeared before Wu Tao, Pu Zhen, and Kuang Lin, promising to free the Sword Heart Clan from its guardians’ fate.

Ming Hong and Ming Xin forced Pu Zhen and Kuang Lin to help them refine the Big Dipper Star Palace, promising freedom from the Sword Heart Clan’s curse. After learning that Luo Qingcheng was under Jiang She’s control and that the envoys planned to ambush Xia Xing’s group, Nie Yun devised a plan when Ming Hong went to see Luo Qingcheng.

• Ming Hong revealed his Spirit Realm identity and offered Pu Zhen and Kuang Lin freedom from their confinement if they helped refine the Star Palace.
• When Pu Zhen and Kuang Lin refused to aid the Phoenix King, Ming Hong severed Pu Zhen’s connection to the Star Palace and injured him, while Ming Xin forced Kuang Lin to his knees.
• Wu Tao urged the two sect masters to cooperate, and Pu Zhen and Kuang Lin agreed under pressure.
• Wu Tao told Ming Hong that Luo Qingcheng had been placed under Jiang She’s control and that she had found no trace of Nie Yun.
• Ming Hong ordered Wu Tao to lead Xia Xing’s group to the spatial gate the next day so the envoys could ambush them, while Ming Xin warned that Nie Yun might be hiding nearby.
• Nie Yun overheard the plan, then hurried toward Jiang She’s courtyard after learning Ming Hong was going to see Luo Qingcheng.

Nie Yun disguised himself as Luo Qingcheng and let Ming Hong and Ming Xin unknowingly plant their ultimate moves inside her body as a trap for him. After they left, Nie Yun revealed himself, ambushed Wu Tao, Pu Zhen, and Kuang Lin, stole their treasures, and hypnotized them; he then asked Wu Tao about the emissaries and the spatial gate on the sixth level.

• Nie Yun returned to Jiang She's courtyard disguised as Luo Qingcheng and pretended to be hypnotized when Ming Hong and Ming Xin arrived.
• Ming Hong hypnotized Luo Qingcheng, learned that Nie Yun had not returned from the third level, and concealed his and Ming Xin's ultimate moves inside her body.
• Ming Hong and Ming Xin left Wu Tao, Pu Zhen, and Kuang Lin to prepare their plan, while Wu Tao entrusted the Emerald Sword Palace to Jiang She.
• Nie Yun revealed himself and used a surprise attack to seriously injure Wu Tao, Pu Zhen, and Kuang Lin.
• Nie Yun used his Divine Thief Talent to steal their treasures and hypnotized all three men, then healed their injuries with Wood Life Qi.
• Nie Yun asked Wu Tao how they had contacted Ming Hong and what was happening with the spatial gate on the sixth level.

Nie Yun subdued the Sword Heart World’s sect elders, gathered treasures, and led his companions through the Sea of Flames toward the next level. He devoured the Flame King and advanced his Blazing Fire Dantian.

• Nie Yun learned that Ming Hong and Ming Xin had subdued Wu Tao and planned to ambush Old Drunkard’s group on the ninth level, then ordered Wu Tao and the others to continue the plan without alerting them.
• Nie Yun turned the elders of the three sword palaces into puppets and looted their treasure vaults, but found no Innate Spiritual Qi; Luo Qingcheng reached the peak of the Dantian Acupoint Realm.
• Nie Yun disguised himself as Luo Qingcheng and joined the group as Wu Tao led them through the Sea of Flames and its space gate to the next level.
• Nie Yun warned the group about Flame Giants, then confronted the Flame King after Wu Tao identified it as a ninth-level Mysteries Realm opponent.
• Nie Yun used his Blazing Fire Master Talent to devour the Flame King and advanced his Blazing Fire Dantian.

Nie Yun advanced his Blazing Fire and Soaring Water talents while leading his group through the final levels of Myriad Realms Mountain. In the Decay Space, he found and secretly eliminated Ming Hong and Ming Xin’s formation guards, while the two waited for him to arrive.

• After killing the Flame King, Nie Yun advanced his Blazing Fire Master Talent to the third form and led the group out of the Sea of Flames.
• In the Weak Water Space, Nie Yun advanced his Soaring Water Master Talent to the third form and protected the group from the harmful water.
• Nie Yun led the group into the ninth level, warned them about the Decay Qi, and ordered everyone to hide underground using Earth Walking Qi and Concealment Qi.
• Nie Yun found Ming Hong and Ming Xin’s formation, which used the surrounding Decay Qi, and secretly killed all the demon men maintaining it.
• Ming Hong received Wu Tao’s message that the group had arrived and told Ming Xin to prepare to deal with Nie Yun and the Golden Armored Dragon while he used the battle to nourish the Prosperity Tree.

Nie Yun and Luo Qingcheng outwitted Ming Hong by disguising themselves and turning his puppet scheme against him. Nie Yun captured Ming Hong’s soul while Ming Xin escaped, and he demanded to know how to refine the Big Dipper Star Mansion.

• Ming Hong attacked Luo Qingcheng, but Nie Yun blinked away with her and challenged him.
• Ming Hong activated Luo Qingcheng as a puppet, and she appeared to strike Nie Yun down; the apparent Nie Yun then revealed himself as Luo Qingcheng while the disguised Nie Yun attacked Ming Hong.
• Nie Yun struck Ming Hong, who abandoned Yao Wuhen’s body in an explosion and fled as a soul, but Nie Yun swallowed the blast and caught him with Blazing Fire.
• Ming Xin tried to activate the formation, but Nie Yun revealed that the demonfolk hidden behind the mounds had already been killed and made to explode.
• Ming Xin fled after declaring that she would avenge Ming Hong, and Nie Yun wounded her but let her escape rather than pursue her through the dangerous plain.
• Nie Yun demanded that the captured Ming Hong explain how to refine the Big Dipper Star Mansion in exchange for his life.

Nie Yun learned that the Big Dipper Star Mansion lay above the ninth level and could be reached by growing the Prosperity Tree in the Decay Plain. After discovering that Ming Xin had already entered through a blood sacrifice, Nie Yun learned that only four people in his group had enough vitality to grow the tree, leaving their next move uncertain.

• Nie Yun forced Ming Hong to offer his soul and learned that the Star Mansion lay above the ninth level, beyond the Decay Plain.
• Ming Hong explained that the Prosperity Tree needed vitality to grow, and Nie Yun hurried toward it, fearing Ming Xin would use a blood sacrifice to enter first.
• Nie Yun found the tree still a sapling, but Ming Hong revealed that Ming Xin had already made it grow and entered before decay returned it to its original state.
• Ming Hong explained that a blood sacrifice killed its offerer and allowed only one person to enter the Star Mansion.
• Old Drunkard, Ancestor Xu Yun, and others offered to sacrifice themselves, but Ming Hong said their declining vitality was insufficient to grow the tree.
• Ming Hong identified Nie Yun, Luo Qingcheng, Bai Huaxiu, and Yi Qing as the only members with enough vitality, drawing everyone's attention to the three women.

Nie Yun sought a way to enter the Big Dipper Star Mansion without sacrificing his companions and revealed that he had long ago reached the Life Sword realm. When Old Drunkard began rapidly aging, Nie Yun used Lingxi Spring Water to restore him and tried it on the Prosperity Tree.

• Yi Qing, Bai Huaxiu, and Luo Qingcheng each offered to sacrifice their blood, but Nie Yun refused to let any of them die.
• Wu Tao explained that a Life Sword expert could gain the Star Palace Spirit's recognition by reporting to Heaven at the altar, though the altar was far away and the Spirit's destination was uncertain.
• Nie Yun displayed his sword aura, and Wu Tao and the others realized he had already reached the Life Sword realm.
• Old Drunkard collapsed under the decaying aura and rapidly aged, prompting Luo Qingcheng and Yi Qing to urge Nie Yun to act quickly.
• Nie Yun recalled his Lingxi Spring Water, infused Old Drunkard with it, and restored his vitality.
• Nie Yun poured Lingxi Spring Water beneath the Prosperity Tree to see whether it could help the tree grow.

Nie Yun used Lingxi Spring Water to grow the Prosperity Tree and reach the Big Dipper Star Palace, then led the group inside after Old Drunkard opened a passage through its Void Dark Gold Flow. They encountered the Heart-Bewitching Demonic Flute, whose piercing melody penetrated Nie Yun's defenses and struck at their souls.

• Nie Yun nourished the Prosperity Tree with Lingxi Spring Water until it reached into the Big Dipper Star Palace's space.
• Nie Yun and the others flew into the star-filled space and found the palace complex surrounded by the deadly Void Dark Gold Flow.
• Old Drunkard arranged the forty-nine peak Dantian Acupoint Realm experts, the Seven Swords, and the Heart of Floating Sky to open a passage through the barrier.
• Nie Yun gathered the Seven Swords and the Heart of Floating Sky, then led the group through the passage into the Star Palace.
• The Heart-Bewitching Demonic Flute made the group drowsy and distressed, so Nie Yun used Defense Qi and Formless Qi to weaken its influence.
• The flute's melody turned piercing and penetrated the Defense Qi, striking directly at everyone's souls.

Nie Yun tracked the Heart-Bewitching Demonic Flute to its guardian, Gu Xiu, after its music drove two people to their deaths. He fought Gu Xiu, who conceded defeat after Nie Yun forced him to exceed the agreed strength limit, and then remarked on Nie Yun’s Demon Wings and cultivation method.

• The Heart-Bewitching Demonic Flute’s music drove the Yunxiao Sect’s ancestor and another old man mad, and both died.
• Ming Hong explained that the flute had nine increasingly powerful melodies and that Nie Yun had to defeat its guardian to stop the music.
• Nie Yun left Luo Qingcheng to protect the group and followed the flute’s sound through a wall to find Gu Xiu.
• Gu Xiu identified himself as the Big Dipper Star Palace’s guardian and agreed to suppress his strength to Nie Yun’s level before fighting him.
• Nie Yun matched Gu Xiu’s attacks and anticipated his movements, forcing Gu Xiu to use strength beyond the agreed limit to evade a punch.
• Gu Xiu conceded defeat and inferred that Nie Yun had cultivated a powerful Demon People body-refining method, making Nie Yun wary.

Nie Yun passed Gu Xiu’s trial and received the Heart-Bewitching Demonic Flute, then encountered a Confucian scholar whose challenge tested the group’s resolve. Nie Yun defended his chosen path, but the scholar’s trial remained underway.

• Gu Xiu gave Nie Yun the Heart-Bewitching Demonic Flute after Nie Yun passed the first trial and hinted that the Big Dipper Star Palace had as many trials as stars in the Big Dipper.
• Nie Yun decided not to fuse the flute into his body because he lacked a Buddhist treasure to prevent a dangerous backlash, then stored it and rejoined Old Drunkard and the others.
• Nie Yun and his companions reached a hall where a Confucian scholar was reciting from a book; the scholar challenged Nie Yun and asked why he had come to the Star Palace.
• Nie Yun said he sought a path to break through into the Spirit Realm, and the scholar offered him a guaranteed breakthrough if he abandoned the dangerous road ahead.
• The scholar questioned whether Nie Yun might have chosen the wrong path, unsettling the others, but Nie Yun argued that one could only know a road by walking it and should hold fast to one’s original heart.