Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun confronted the Asura King after he devoured the Dao Realm’s Heavenly Dao and used the Moon-Pity Sword Art against him. Nie Yun revealed the sword art’s gentle true meaning and left the Asura King shaken by his words.

• Tantai Lingyue told Nie Yun and the others that the Dao Realm’s Heavenly Dao had already been almost completely devoured, while Little Dragon, the Netherworld Phoenix King, Yan Zhi, and Xue Jing'er arrived.
• Nie Yun told Yan Zhi to take Xue Jing'er away, then challenged the Asura King, who had recovered his strength and broken through again.
• The Asura King collapsed the Dao Realm into Chaos and attacked with the Moon-Pity Sword Art, matching Nie Yun’s techniques.
• Nie Yun wielded a gentle version of the sword art, binding the Asura King’s destructive One Sword Chaos with countless strands of sword qi.
• Nie Yun explained that the Moon-Pity Sword came from his love for Yue'er and questioned the Asura King’s devotion to anything beyond power, leaving him trembling and dazed.

Nie Yun fought the Asura King, whose strength kept rising in the Chaos Ocean, and struggled to gain an advantage. Shakya Buddha Ancestor resolved to sacrifice the Buddhist Realm to seal the Asura King, and Tantai Lingyue told Nie Yun to lure him there.

• Nie Yun used the Moon-Pity Sword to unsettle the Asura King, but the Asura King regained his resolve and countered with his own swordsmanship.
• Nie Yun and the Asura King exchanged thousands of attacks, while Tantai Lingyue and the others watched, unable to intervene.
• Tantai Lingyue and Shakya Buddha Ancestor explained that the Asura King was suppressing Nie Yun and growing stronger in the Chaos Ocean.
• Shakya Buddha Ancestor proposed luring the Asura King into the Buddhist Realm, where its long-prepared sacrifice could seal him, despite the likely destruction of the realm and its people.
• Tantai Lingyue sent Nie Yun a voice transmission telling him to lure the Asura King into the Buddhist Realm, and Nie Yun understood Shakya Buddha Ancestor's resolve.

Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue fought the Asura King in the Buddhist Realm while Shakya Buddha Ancestor sacrificed the realm’s monks to empower its Heavenly Dao and seal him. The Asura King lost the initiative, and Tantai Lingyue charged to finish him, declaring vengeance for the fallen realms.

• Nie Yun fled into the Buddhist Realm with Ephemeral Old Man and the others, and the Asura King pursued him.
• Shakya Buddha Ancestor went to Spirit Mountain to prepare, while Tantai Lingyue joined Nie Yun against the Asura King.
• Tantai Lingyue and Nie Yun attacked with the Buddhist Realm’s Heavenly Dao and One Sword Creation, but the Asura King countered with Asura Heavenbreaker.
• Shakya Buddha Ancestor commanded the Buddhist Realm’s monks to burn their souls, sacrificing themselves to strengthen the realm and its Heavenly Dao.
• The empowered Buddhist Realm turned the battle against the Asura King, and Tantai Lingyue charged him to avenge the fallen living beings.

The Asura King used the Bodhi Ancient Tree to devour the Buddhist Realm’s Heavenly Dao, destroying the realm and breaking through to the Half-Step Heaven-Slaying Realm. Nie Yun and the others faced his overwhelming attack with the Dawn Sword shattered and no apparent way to stop him.

• The Asura King revealed that he planned to devour the Buddhist Realm’s Heavenly Dao, and Tantai Lingyue attacked him with Heavenly Dao Fire.
• The Asura King summoned the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which drained the Heavenly Dao and empowered him; Nie Yun recognized that the tree restrained the Buddhist Realm’s Heavenly Dao.
• Nie Yun attacked the Asura King to buy Tantai Lingyue time, but the Asura King struck him aside and broke through to a new realm.
• The Asura King devoured the Buddhist Realm’s Heavenly Dao and caused the realm to collapse into Chaos.
• Nie Yun used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, but the Asura King defeated his clones and shattered the Dawn Sword with a flick of his finger.
• The Asura King declared himself at the Half-Step Heaven-Slaying Realm and unleashed an attack on Nie Yun and the others.

Ephemeral Old Man sacrificed himself to save Nie Yun and the others from the Asura King's attack, prompting Nie Yun's talents and strength to surge as he fought the Asura King. After briefly driving the Asura King back, Nie Yun began retreating under his counterattack, and Little Dragon called him toward the Third World.

• Ephemeral Old Man self-destructed to block the Asura King's attack, giving Nie Yun and the others time to escape.
• Nie Yun mourned Ephemeral Old Man and awakened the Heavenly Secret, Reincarnation, and Heavenly Lord talents as his other dantians gained talents.
• Nie Yun broke through to the middle stage of the Sky-Repelling Mirror Realm and charged the Asura King to keep himself from entering nirvana.
• Nie Yun punched the Asura King flying, then forced him back with a relentless barrage of attacks against the Asura Ghost Hand.
• The Asura King regained the initiative and drove Nie Yun into retreat through the Chaos.
• Little Dragon called Nie Yun toward the Third World.

Nie Yun fought the Asura King in the Third World, where the Asura King’s strength overwhelmed him and left him badly wounded. Xue Jing'er then told Nie Yun she might be able to separate the Asura King’s soul from Nie Tong’s.

• Nie Yun lured the Asura King into the Third World, where neither fighter could tear open space.
• Little Dragon warned that the Asura King had adapted to the Third World and could use its conditions to his advantage.
• Nie Yun deduced that the Asura King had only suppressed Nie Tong’s consciousness and demanded that he release him.
• Nie Yun attacked with three clones and the seven-colored Great Dao Is Boundless, War God Descends technique, but the Asura King tore through his attack.
• The Asura King overwhelmed Nie Yun with a palm strike, forcing his clones to merge and driving him back into Xue Jing'er.
• Xue Jing'er told Nie Yun that she might be able to separate the souls of the Asura King and Nie Tong.

Xue Jing'er revealed that she was a Soul Stone and burned her soul to help separate Nie Tong from the Asura King. Nie Yun struggled to deliver the stone while Tantai Lingyue covered him, and the chapter ended as Little Dragon and the Netherworld Phoenix King offered Nie Yun their power.

• Xue Jing'er told Nie Yun she was a Soul Stone and could help separate Nie Tong's soul from the Asura King's, but doing so required her to burn herself away.
• Xue Jing'er transformed into a Soul Stone, and Yan Zhi urged Nie Yun to put it into the Asura King's mind.
• The Asura King sealed Nie Yun's movements, but Tantai Lingyue broke the seal and told Nie Yun to proceed while she covered him.
• Nie Yun faced the Asura King and used his Origin Energy Dantian to devour the king's attack, but the blow shattered his body before his Immortal Body restored him.
• Little Dragon and the Netherworld Phoenix King appeared together and offered Nie Yun their power, leaving him to ask what they intended to do.

Little Dragon and the Netherworld Phoenix King fused with Nie Yun through the Bloodline Resonance Secret Art, greatly increasing his power and creating a fifth-ranked Immortality Talent. Nie Yun fought the Asura King and left him vulnerable by secretly driving Xue Jing'er's Soul Stone into his body.

• Little Dragon and the Netherworld Phoenix King asked Nie Yun to use their power to defeat the Asura King, and Nie Yun accepted their sacrifice.
• Little Dragon and the Netherworld Phoenix King transformed into their true forms and merged into Nie Yun's arms, awakening his fifth-ranked Immortality Talent and making him stronger.
• Nie Yun charged the Asura King with dragon-phoenix arms, withstood his attacks, and captured and returned the Thunder Sea.
• Nie Yun used Phoenix Wings to close in on the Asura King, then used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to strike him from behind with Xue Jing'er's Soul Stone.
• The Asura King's consciousness fell into chaos, and Nie Yun withdrew his other body and escaped, declaring the plan a success.

Nie Yun watched as Xue Jing'er's Soul Stone awakened Nie Tong's soul inside the Asura King, forcing the brothers to fight over control of the body. Nie Tong announced that he had succeeded in seizing it, leaving the group's fate poised for the next step.

• Xue Jing'er's Soul Stone triggered a violent reaction in the Asura King and stirred Nie Tong's soul within him.
• Nie Tong told Nie Yun that he could not separate from the Asura King without freeing him to break through to the Heaven-Slaying Realm.
• Nie Yun urged Nie Tong to seize the body so the Asura King could not advance, and Nie Tong agreed.
• Nie Tong and the Asura King clashed for control while Nie Yun and the others waited, unable to intervene.
• Yan Zhi explained that the Asura King raised worlds' inhabitants as food and that the fallen ancient powers had resisted him for hundreds of millions of years.
• Nie Tong called out to Nie Yun that he had succeeded.

Nie Yun and Nie Tong reunited after Nie Tong drove the Asura King from his body, but the Asura King used the Soul Chaos King Stone to break through into the Heaven-Slaying Realm. As despair spread, Nie Yun declared that one last Nirvana could give them a way to fight back.

• Nie Yun embraced Nie Tong after he regained control of his body and learned that the Asura King’s will had been expelled.
• Nie Yun tried to burn the Asura King’s remaining soul with Blazing Fire, but Yan Zhi recognized that it was undergoing a soul-body breakthrough.
• Nie Yun and Yan Zhi realized the Asura King had used the Soul Stone to break through and form a new body.
• The Asura King revealed that he had reached the Heaven-Slaying Realm and threatened to refine the remaining three worlds as sacrifices.
• Nie Tong offered to suppress the Asura King, but Nie Yun said he was too strong to defeat and then announced that he would undergo one final Nirvana if the others bought him time.

As the Asura King threatened everyone in the Third World, Nie Yun began his ninth nirvana, fueled by Immortal Lords who sacrificed themselves to give him their power. His allies tried to protect him, but the Asura King overwhelmed them and struck down Yan Zhi as she attempted to carry Nie Yun to safety.

• Yan Zhi summoned Immortal Lord experts from across the Six Paths of Heaven and Earth to support Nie Yun and help him complete his final nirvana.
• The Asura King trapped dozens of Immortal Lords and made their bodies swell, but they self-destructed and sent their power into Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun triggered his ninth nirvana as more Immortal Lords sacrificed themselves to provide him with energy.
• Nie Tong and Tantai Lingyue attacked the Asura King to protect Nie Yun, but he repelled them with his Heaven-Slaying Realm strength.
• Nie Tong ordered Yan Zhi to take Nie Yun somewhere safe, but the Asura King struck Yan Zhi from behind and sent her crashing from the sky.

As the Asura King attacked, Nie Tong and Tantai Lingyue struggled to protect Nie Yun while he remained deep in Nirvana. With the Third World cracking and the Asura King growing stronger, Yan Zhi proposed giving Nie Yun his Soul Master talent to speed up the Nirvana.

• Tantai Lingyue caught the fallen Yan Zhi and Nie Yun, confirmed Nie Yun remained unharmed in Nirvana, and found Yan Zhi's injuries severe but recoverable.
• Nie Tong confronted the Asura King with his bone sword while Tantai Lingyue used her power as a Heavenly Dao Master to stabilize the Third World.
• The Asura King tried to persuade Nie Tong to join him, but Nie Tong refused because the Asura King had tried to kill his brother.
• Nie Tong realized the Asura King was growing stronger as he stabilized his Heaven-Slaying Realm, while Nie Yun's Nirvana showed no sign of ending soon.
• Yan Zhi proposed giving Nie Yun the talent of a Soul Master to increase his strength and accelerate his Nirvana.

Yan Zhi sacrificed herself to help Nie Yun complete his ninth nirvana, and he overwhelmed the newly strengthened Asura King. As Nie Yun tried to finish him, the Asura King destroyed himself and unleashed a force aimed at collapsing the realms into Chaos.

• Yan Zhi died to free Nie Yun’s Soul Master talent and send her power into him.
• The Asura King consolidated his Heaven-Slaying Realm cultivation and nearly killed Tantai Lingyue and Nie Tong.
• Nie Yun completed his ninth nirvana, blocked the Asura King’s attack, and healed Tantai Lingyue and Nie Tong with Wood Life Qi.
• Nie Yun defeated the Asura King repeatedly and began refining his soul and body to prevent him from reviving.
• The weakened Asura King threatened to collapse the Heavenly Dao of the Spirit Realm, Demon Realm, and Demon Realm, then exploded and sent destructive force toward the Demon Realm.

The Asura King's Demon Origin Wave destroyed the Heavenly Dao of the three great worlds, leaving them devastated, and Tantai Lingyue sacrificed herself to become the new Heavenly Dao. Nie Yun was left grieving as she promised farewell, and the story ended with the prospect of his journey to find a way to restore her human form.

• The Asura King unleashed the Demon Origin Wave, destroying the Heavenly Dao of the Demon Realm, Spirit Realm, and Third World and bringing death and disaster to their inhabitants.
• Nie Tong asked Nie Yun to save the survivors, but Nie Yun said he could only shelter them temporarily in his Storage Dantian and feared the Six Paths of Heaven and Earth were beyond repair.
• Tantai Lingyue decided to sacrifice herself to preserve the world and comforted Nie Yun as her body began to fade.
• Tantai Lingyue merged with heaven and earth and declared that she was the Heavenly Dao, leaving Nie Yun grieving as he watched her disappear.

Thirty thousand years after Tantai Lingyue became the Heavenly Dao, Nie Yun remained devoted to her and watched the Spirit Realm’s seasons from its highest peak. With the Dragon Boat Ancient Ship restored, he set out with Nie Tong for the Chaos World to seek a way to free Tantai Lingyue and revive the dead.

• A storyteller told the people of Nine Heavens City that Nie Yun had never remarried and spent his days mourning Tantai Lingyue.
• Luo Qingcheng visited Nie Yun on the summit and told him that the Immortal Lords had finished restoring the Dragon Boat Ancient Ship.
• Nie Yun told Luo Qingcheng he would leave for the Chaos World, but refused her request to accompany him.
• Nie Yun vowed to Tantai Lingyue that he would seek a way to free her from the Heavenly Dao and revive Mi Jing, the Ephemeral Old Man, and the Lord of the Buddhist Realm.
• Nie Tong joined Nie Yun, and the two departed aboard the Dragon Boat Ancient Ship.

Nie Yun and Nie Tong traveled through the Black Wind Vortex into a far more perilous Chaos Ocean, hoping to discover the world beyond the Six Paths and learn whether Ling Yue could be restored. When a Chaos Storm blocked their route, Nie Yun left the ship to test his strength against it.

• Nie Yun and Nie Tong entered the Black Wind Vortex aboard the reforged Dragon Boat Ancient Ship, leaving the Six Paths of Heaven and Earth behind.
• The brothers discussed the Asura King's unexplained limits and his claim to be a King-level super expert, then resolved to face the world beyond Chaos together.
• They emerged in a denser Chaos Ocean, where Nie Yun warned that even Half-Step Sky-Repelling Mirror Realm experts might not survive its currents.
• As they traveled deeper into Chaos, a violent storm formed ahead, and Nie Yun told Nie Tong to stay in the cabin while he went to confront it.
• Nie Yun stepped before the Chaos Storm and seized it with his palm, setting the storm roaring.

After Nie Yun and Nie Tong entered a powerful world born from Chaos, they gathered Chaos Sunstones and learned that a flower-selling girl was secretly an expert. Senior Sister Qing Yu planned to follow and kill Nie Yun, convinced that no man could be trusted.

• Nie Yun tore apart a Chaos Storm and entered a vast world with Nie Tong, where ordinary people possessed True Immortal Realm strength.
• At Drunken Immortal Residence, Nie Yun discovered that the world used Chaos Sunstones and refined some from Chaos currents.
• Nie Yun bought a flower from Nian Hua, who concealed Peak Luo Immortal Realm strength, but he and Nie Tong recognized her disguise and chose not to pursue her motives.
• Senior Sister Qing Yu watched Nie Yun from a room upstairs and insisted he must die because she believed all men were faithless.
• Qing Yu left to follow Nie Yun, and Nian Hua followed her.

Nie Yun and Nie Tong discovered that Qing Yu and Nian Hua had lured them into an absurd attempt to kill a supposed faithless man for their trial. The sisters led them to the Red Lotus Sect, where Nie Yun hoped to find clues.

• Qing Yu tried to lure Nie Yun into a compromising situation, but he saw through her act and exposed Nian Hua hiding nearby.
• Qing Yu accused Nie Yun and Nie Tong of being faithless men and urged Nian Hua to attack, but Nian Hua doubted they had done anything wrong.
• Nian Hua revealed that she and Qing Yu were outer disciples of the Red Lotus Sect, and Qing Yu explained that their trial required them to kill a faithless man within seven days.
• Nie Yun asked the sisters to take him to their sect, and Qing Yu agreed because bringing him back could help complete their trial.
• The four traveled to the Red Lotus Sect and arrived at its towering mountain gate.

Nie Yun and Nie Tong forced their way into the Red Lotus Sect to seek information, effortlessly knocking out its guards and elders without injuring them. The Sect Master, Hong Yun, invited them to the council hall, where she suddenly trapped them in threads of force.

• Nie Yun recognized the Red Lotus Sect’s terrain as a powerful Formation and ignored Qing Yu’s attempts to stop him.
• Nie Yun and Nie Tong passed the mountain guards, whose attacks rebounded and knocked them unconscious, then continued through the sect as disciples fell unconscious around them.
• The Third Elder confronted the pair and demanded to know why they had entered; Nie Yun made her collapse unconscious with a word.
• The First and Second Elders attacked, but Nie Yun ordered them down and knocked them unconscious as well.
• Hong Yun invited Nie Yun and Nie Tong into the council hall, then unleashed strands of force that wrapped around them.

Nie Yun and his companion overwhelmed the Red Lotus Sect elder and learned that Holy Sage Youlian might know about the Asura King and Chaos. They reached Silver Moon Mountain almost instantly, where Youlian’s attendant refused a crowd of hopeful disciples entry, leaving them outside the palace.

• Nie Yun and his companion walked through the Red Lotus Formation unharmed, subdued the middle-aged woman, and asked her about the Asura King.
• The woman explained that the Asura King might be Ashoka King and offered to take them to Holy Sage Youlian, who knew about Chaos and the Nine Heavens Platform.
• Nie Yun used the Dragon Boat Ancient Ship to reach Silver Moon Mountain in less than a breath, shocking the middle-aged woman with its speed.
• The middle-aged woman led Nie Yun and his companion to Youlian Palace, where Immortal Lord geniuses waited to seek discipleship.
• A green-clad boy rejected Ji Xiang’s gift and told the hopeful disciples that Holy Sage Youlian would not accept anyone.