Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Ranking revealed Xie Feng as the owner of the four highest-ranked Dharma artifacts and named him first on the Aptitude Ranking, with a Chaos Sacred Body. The revelation shocked powerful figures across the world, including Lu Xiuluo, Qi Wuyan, Ye Yuan, and Chu Shanjun.

• The Heavenly Ranking listed Xie Feng's Azure Profound Fan in second place and showed Immortal Yinxuan wielding it against demons; the ranking then named Xie Feng's Immortal-Slaying Furnace first.
• The Immortal-Slaying Furnace's quasi-sacred power terrified viewers, and the crowd realized Xie Feng had claimed the top four places on the Dharma Artifact Ranking.
• The Aptitude Ranking revealed Xie Feng as its first-place entry, identifying his Chaos Sacred Body and awarding him an Azure-Yellow Radiant Spirit Pill.
• In the Spirit Continent's Devil Grotto, Lu Xiuluo feared the return of the Immortal-Slaying Furnace and wondered who Xie Feng was.
• At Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, Qi Wuyan nearly dropped the bronze Fate Cauldron as she took in the rankings and Xie Feng's artifacts.
• Ye Yuan and Meng Wuqu discussed how Xie Feng's emergence marked a frightening era, while Chu Shanjun vowed to remember Xie Feng's name and bantered with Yan Fei.

Sushang discovered that Xie Feng’s ordinary-looking possessions had ranked as powerful Dharma artifacts, while Qiuye advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm and Qu Jiangxuan vowed to kill her and Xie Feng. After the Heavenly Ranking announced that the Grace Ranking would appear in three months, Xie Feng found a pill cauldron and flame seed for Sushang, who crashed into the storage room while trying to surprise him.

• Sushang saw Xie Feng’s high rankings and realized his fire poker, robe, fan, and pill furnace were powerful Dharma artifacts.
• Qiuye reached the Tribulation Transcendence Realm and wondered whether Xie Feng was the mysterious person she had seen in the Land of Blood Slaughter.
• Qu Jiangxuan resolved to kill Qiuye to prove his Ancestral Dragon Demonic Dao, then decided that killing Xie Feng would be even more challenging.
• The Heavenly Ranking announced that the Grace Ranking would be revealed in three months and would judge young geniuses by disposition, potential, appearance, and iconic moments.
• Xie Feng found the Water Dragon Chant pill cauldron and Silken Heavenly Fire for Sushang among his pill-refining implements.
• Sushang burst through the storage-room door and tried to disguise her awkward fall by claiming she had come to pay Xie Feng an early New Year’s visit.

Xie Feng helped Sushang awaken the Water Dragon Chant pill cauldron, which appeared on the Heavenly Ranking as a top-tier immortal artifact and earned her a divine-grade pill formula. He then guided her through awakening a heavenly fire and told her to begin refining pills.

• Xie Feng gave Sushang the Water Dragon Chant pill cauldron and guided her as she awakened it and established a connection.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Water Dragon Chant in fifth place, replacing Qi Wuyan's Fate Cauldron, and named Sushang its owner.
• Sushang received an advanced divine-grade pill formula as her reward and handed it to Xie Feng to unseal; it contained the Great Radiance Spirit-Enhancing Pill formula.
• Xie Feng gave Sushang a purple-gold fire seed, and she awakened its heavenly fire in three minutes.
• Xie Feng told Sushang to begin with first-grade pills and fetch the coal poker and fan, leaving her amused by his strange choice of names.

As the Grace Ranking approached, Empress Jiang Fei ordered Leng Ruoshuang to keep searching for the missing monk Mo Ren, while Yan Fei resisted his father’s efforts to make him heir to the Setting Sun Sect. At Xuanji Sect, Xie Feng absorbed the power of Chaos Primordial Unity, which raised his soul realm and upgraded the Northern Nether Illusory Flame into a divine flame.

• Jiang Fei learned that Mo Ren had vanished after his prayer beads devastated the holy troops, and she ordered Leng Ruoshuang to continue tracking him down.
• Jiang Fei teased Leng Ruoshuang about the upcoming Grace Ranking, and Leng Ruoshuang awkwardly praised her grace before leaving.
• Yan Hantian stormed out after arguing with Yan Fei, who told Chu Shanjun and the grand elder that he wanted freedom rather than the Setting Sun Sect’s leadership.
• Xie Feng absorbed Chaos Primordial Unity and advanced from eighth-grade great perfection to ninth-grade great perfection in his soul realm.
• The power of Chaos Primordial Unity strengthened the Northern Nether Illusory Flame until it sublimated into a divine flame.

Sushang formed the foundation of a sixth-grade alchemist with Xie Feng’s help, while Mo Ren sought Lu Xiuluo’s guidance to avenge his murdered Buddhist order and became his slave under the name Blood Devil. Half a month later, the Dharma Artifact Ranking appeared and stirred the world.

• Sushang formed a Pill Essence and gained the foundation of a sixth-grade alchemist after taking an eighth-grade pill refined by Xie Feng.
• Xie Feng guided Sushang in cultivating alchemy and martial arts as she made rapid progress.
• Mo Ren reached Lu Xiuluo’s Devil Grotto and asked the Devil Emperor to take him as a master so he could grow strong enough to avenge his slain master and Buddhist order.
• Lu Xiuluo tried to seize Mo Ren’s Blood Tathagata Beads, but stopped when Mo Ren warned that the beads would perish if he died.
• Lu Xiuluo refused to make Mo Ren his disciple and ordered him to kneel as a slave; Mo Ren agreed and was renamed Blood Devil.
• Half a month later, the Dharma Artifact Ranking appeared amid golden light and caused a new stir across the world.

Murong Jue reclaimed the Cloud Emperor Crown from Grand Duke Linglong, killed him, and received the Heavenly Ranking’s national fortune reward, which strengthened both Murong Jue and the Heavenly Dusk Dynasty. At Xuanji Sect, Xie Feng set out with Sushang to search the Land of Eternal Night for rare ingredients needed to refine a divine pill.

• Murong Jue’s imperial majesty drew the Cloud Emperor Crown and its Eternal Dragon Qi away from Grand Duke Linglong, and the Linglong forces and surrounding tribes knelt before him.
• Grand Duke Linglong attacked Murong Jue in rage, but Murong Jue beheaded him with a strike of Dragon Qi.
• The Heavenly Ranking changed the Cloud Emperor Crown’s owner to Murong Jue and awarded him Holy Dragon National Fortune, raising his cultivation to Mahayana fourth stage and turning the Heavenly Dusk Dynasty into a holy land.
• Xie Feng identified Dust of Eternal Night, Unwithering Jade, and Ten-Thousand-Year Immortal Bone as the missing ingredients for the Great Radiance Spirit-Enhancing Pill.
• After Sushang showed Xie Feng that she could refine early sixth-grade pills, he invited her to go treasure hunting in the Land of Eternal Night.

The Heavenly Dusk Dynasty became a holy land, while powerful figures searched for Xie Feng and others pursued their own goals. Xie Feng and Sushang entered the Land of Eternal Night, where he discovered dark red dust that needed refining.

• The Heavenly Dusk Dynasty rose to become a holy land, and Qu Jiangxuan ordered Ning Liao to search for Xie Feng.
• Chu Shanjun briefly comprehended the Sword Dao and left to seek another beating from Xie Feng.
• Jiang Fei learned that the search for Mo Ren and her other unnamed target had found no results.
• Xie Feng and Sushang entered the Land of Eternal Night, where Xie Feng used his Void Heaven Spirit Eyes to inspect the dangerous terrain and spotted Dust of Eternal Night.

Xie Feng refined and collected dust of eternal night, then discovered a broken crimson sword that seemed connected to Sushang’s origins and the Azure Dragon Clan. Sushang struggled with grief and fear of involving her master, but asked to study harder after Xie Feng comforted her.

• Xie Feng used his Void Heaven Spirit Eyes to refine the soil of Eternal Night and collected the resulting dust of eternal night.
• Sushang sensed something nearby that disturbed her and led Xie Feng to a broken sword buried beneath the red dust.
• Xie Feng identified the sword as being made from crimson wildfire iron and found the words “Azure Dragon” on its blade.
• Xie Feng used his Heaven Diviner abilities to glimpse figures fleeing from azure dragons, while Sushang feared the Azure Dragon Clan had killed her parents.
• After Xie Feng comforted her, Sushang asked him to teach her the Void Heaven Spirit Eyes and requested permission to study at the Technique Tower.

Lu Xiuluo brought the chained monk Mo Ren, whom he called Blood Devil, to Jiang Fei and demanded that she marry him, but she refused and ordered Jialuo Holy Land to prepare for war. Meanwhile, after Xie Feng obtained the Dust of Eternal Night, two strangers confronted him and Sushang and attacked them to reclaim it.

• Leng Ruoshuang spotted Lu Xiuluo's devil soldiers outside Jialuo Hall, where they brought a bloodied, chained monk.
• Leng Ruoshuang recognized the monk as Mo Ren, while Lu Xiuluo called him Blood Devil and presented him as a gift to Jiang Fei.
• Lu Xiuluo proposed marriage and tried to persuade Jiang Fei to become a devil, but she rejected him and ordered him to leave.
• Jiang Fei warned Lu Xiuluo that his handsome appearance would not charm her, then ordered Jialuo Holy Land to prepare for war.
• In the Land of Eternal Night, two strangers confronted Xie Feng and Sushang after they obtained the Dust of Eternal Night and attacked them to take it back.

Xie Feng and Sushang confronted the Night Alliance over the Dust of Eternal Night, and Sushang slaughtered its twin generals and their troops. As they left with the dust, a powerful presence from the darkness ordered them to stay.

• Chi Huo and Ling Man claimed the Dust of Eternal Night for the Night Alliance and threatened Xie Feng and Sushang.
• Sushang challenged the generals and, with Xie Feng's approval, attacked the Night Alliance troops using the Radiant Sun Sword Art.
• Sushang killed Chi Huo, Ling Man, and every Night Alliance member present.
• Xie Feng decided they should leave Eternal Night after obtaining the dust, and Sushang shrank back to her little-girl form and followed him.
• A formidable presence emerged from the darkness and told Xie Feng and Sushang to stay.

Xie Feng and Sushang confronted Venerable Night and the Night Alliance in Eternal Night, where Xie Feng summoned Solar Zhuzhao and overwhelmed them. As Venerable Night fled, a mysterious figure appeared, and he begged the newcomer to save him.

• Venerable Night recognized Xie Feng and Sushang’s renowned Dharma artifacts and demanded they hand them over, but Xie Feng refused and challenged him.
• Xie Feng unleashed his overwhelming power while Sushang fought the Night Alliance soldiers with her sword.
• Venerable Night attacked Xie Feng with the Dark Emperor Saber, but Solar Zhuzhao appeared and shattered the saber while its power destroyed Night Alliance members.
• Venerable Night recognized Solar Zhuzhao, realized Xie Feng had reached the ninth stage of Mahayana, and fled as Zhuzhao formed a maw to devour him.
• A mysterious figure arrived, and Venerable Night shouted for his lord to save him.

Xie Feng destroyed Venerable Ye and faced Meng Wuqu, before Ye Yuan introduced himself and invited Xie Feng to play chess. Xie Feng entered Ye Yuan’s private domain, leaving Sushang and Meng Wuqu waiting outside.

• The black-robed Meng Wuqu watched as Solar Zhuzhao destroyed Venerable Ye and reduced his soul to dust.
• Meng Wuqu and Xie Feng tested each other’s power through a tense clash of gazes, then Ye Yuan emerged and introduced himself as the master of Endless Heaven.
• Ye Yuan apologized for the Night Alliance’s actions and asked Xie Feng to become friends; Xie Feng agreed to play chess with him.
• Ye Yuan opened a private domain with the Soundless Disc as a chessboard, and Xie Feng told Sushang to stay behind before entering with Ye Yuan.
• Sushang waited nervously with Meng Wuqu, imagining that Xie Feng’s chess game might last for days, while Meng Wuqu silently watched her fret.

Sushang spoke with Meng Wuqu while Xie Feng and Ye Yuan played chess inside the domain. Xie Feng left with Sushang, and Ye Yuan revealed that Xie Feng had defeated him despite giving him a three-stone handicap, then realized Xie Feng considered him a friend.

• Meng Wuqu teased Sushang and spoke of how the strong were always lonely, leaving her worried that she might someday have to leave her Master.
• Xie Feng and Ye Yuan emerged from the domain without signs of a fight, and Xie Feng said he had enjoyed the trip and made a new friend.
• Xie Feng and Sushang departed Eternal Night after saying goodbye to Ye Yuan and Meng Wuqu.
• Ye Yuan told Meng Wuqu that Xie Feng had beaten him decisively at chess despite giving him a three-stone handicap.
• Ye Yuan resolved to keep cultivating his Dao of Chess, then realized Xie Feng had called him a friend.

Xie Feng refined Great Dao Luck, advanced to the fifth stage of the Immortal Ascension Realm, and glimpsed the Immortal Road. Meanwhile, Murong Jue launched a war against the Devil Beast Forest, and Yan Fei secretly traveled to the Eastern Continent to support him.

• Xie Feng refined Great Dao Luck and rose from the Mahayana Realm to the fifth stage of the Immortal Ascension Realm while Sushang broke through to the ninth stage of Tribulation Crossing and protected him during his lightning tribulation.
• Xie Feng attained enlightenment, advanced his abilities, and saw half of the Immortal Road, vowing to cross it and fully attain immortality.
• Murong Jue led the Heavenly Dusk Dynasty's troops into the Devil Beast Forest with the Cloud Emperor Crown and Taotie Bowl, killing Devil Beasts and provoking the Flame Emperor into battle.
• Yan Hantian warned Yan Fei that the Setting Sun Sect could not intervene without risking a wider conflict over the divine artifacts.
• Yan Fei secretly called on Chu Shanjun and hurried to the Eastern Continent to support Murong Jue.

Changying left Guixu to seek out Sushang while Murong Jue’s army pushed the Devil Beasts toward defeat. Yan Fei and Chu Shanjun arrived to support the Flame Emperor, and the battle resumed with both sides ready to fight.

• Changying decided to visit Sushang while the Master of Guixu was away, then fell asleep as her boat drifted toward Guixu’s exit.
• Murong Jue’s million-strong Heavenly Dusk army fought the Flame Emperor and the Devil Beasts, using two divine artifacts to overwhelm them.
• The Flame Emperor refused to retreat and declared he would fight to the death rather than surrender his people.
• Yan Fei and Chu Shanjun arrived on the battlefield to help the Flame Emperor, surprising the Heavenly Dusk army.
• Murong Jue ordered his forces to attack Yan Fei, Chu Shanjun, and the Devil Beasts.

Ye Yuan tried to befriend Qi Wuyan while they played Go, and they discussed Xie Feng’s remarkable skill. Meanwhile, Changying explored the world after leaving Guixu and was ambushed by Xun Ji and Cheng Lian, whom she trapped in a powerful space.

• Ye Yuan invited Qi Wuyan to admire the snow and make friends, then beat her at Go.
• Ye Yuan told Qi Wuyan that Xie Feng had defeated him at Go with ease.
• Changying traveled through the mountains while searching for Sushang and enjoying the world outside Guixu.
• Xun Ji and Cheng Lian confronted Changying and attacked, hoping to gain fame on the Heavenly Ranking.
• Changying trapped Xun Ji and Cheng Lian in a vast space, where they saw her immense face and felt her killing intent.

Changying killed Xun Ji and Cheng Lian inside the Heaven-Revering Immortal Diagram as the Heavenly Ranking opened its third round, the Grace Ranking. Qin Luofan took tenth place and advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, while Qi Wuyan placed ninth but feared her failing health would keep her from using her reward; Ye Yuan suggested Xie Feng might be able to help, though he did not know where to find him.

• Changying used the Heaven-Revering Immortal Diagram to drown Xun Ji and Cheng Lian, killing both Mahayana Realm experts.
• The Heavenly Ranking opened the Grace Ranking and named Qin Luofan tenth for his looks, talent, and world-shaking presence.
• Qin Luofan received Great Dao Body Infusion and broke through into the Tribulation Transcendence Realm First Stage.
• Qi Wuyan appeared in ninth place for making the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion the world's foremost intelligence organization, earning the immortal art Divine Scroll of Heavenly Strategy.
• Qi Wuyan told Ye Yuan that her frail, overdrawn body left her unable to cultivate the immortal art, and Ye Yuan suggested Xie Feng might refine a pill for her.
• Qi Wuyan wondered whether Xie Feng could refine divine pills, but Ye Yuan admitted he did not know where Xie Feng was.

Xie Feng confronted Qu Jiangxuan, who had been searching for him to prove himself by killing the Heavenly Ranking’s top figure. After Xie Feng used a broken Azure Dragon sword to investigate Qu Jiangxuan’s connection to an old mystery, Qu Jiangxuan attacked, but Xie Feng emerged unharmed and prepared to strike back.

• Qu Jiangxuan found Xie Feng in a realm of clouds and challenged him to a fight, hoping to take his place at the top of the Heavenly Ranking.
• Xie Feng showed Qu Jiangxuan a broken sword engraved with “Azure Dragon” and sensed that someone else, rather than Qu Jiangxuan, was connected to the Primordial White Tiger from twelve years earlier.
• Qu Jiangxuan unleashed his Ancestral Dragon Formless Demon Physique and flooded the battlefield with blood dragons as Ning Liao and Yan Ya arrived to watch.
• Xie Feng blocked Qu Jiangxuan’s strongest attack with the Azure Profound Fan and remained unharmed.
• Xie Feng summoned two enormous silver dragons and announced that it was his turn, leaving Qu Jiangxuan stunned and furious.

Xie Feng killed Qu Jiangxuan, Ning Liao, and Yan Ya, then turned his attention toward Xuan Tugu as the Heavenly Ranking began updating. The rankings revealed Changying, Flame Emperor, and Chu Shanjun, whose sword had shattered the Cloud Emperor Crown and helped defeat the Heavenly Dusk Dynasty.

• Xie Feng effortlessly annihilated Qu Jiangxuan, then killed Ning Liao and Yan Ya as they tried to flee.
• The Heavenly Ranking announced Changying in eighth place, while the Dharma Artifact Ranking replaced the destroyed Cloud Emperor Crown with Xing Qianran's Rainbow Abyss Flute.
• The Grace Ranking placed Flame Emperor seventh and Chu Shanjun sixth, showing Chu Shanjun destroying the Cloud Emperor Crown with his sword.
• In the Devil Beast Forest, Chu Shanjun, Flame Emperor, and Yan Fei defeated Murong Jue, and the Heavenly Dusk army retreated.
• Flame Emperor praised Chu Shanjun as invincible in the Dao of the Sword after witnessing his strength.

Chu Shanjun praised Xie Feng as the world’s truly invincible swordsman while the Heavenly Ranking revealed Chen Queyue in fifth place and Lu Xiuluo in fourth. Lu Xiuluo received the Zai Slaughter Devil Armor after slaughtering ten powers and using the massacre to break Blood Devil’s Buddhist heart, while Jiang Fei took third place for eradicating Buddhism and received the Three Chen Art.

• Chu Shanjun named Xie Feng as the swordsman he deeply admired, prompting the Flame Emperor to hope he could meet him.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Chen Queyue fifth for unifying the Southern Continent and Lu Xiuluo fourth for destroying ten powers in half a day.
• Lu Xiuluo accepted the Zai Slaughter Devil Armor and revealed that he had arranged the massacre to turn Blood Devil into a devil.
• Blood Devil retched and wept as his Buddhist faith faded, and the Blood Tathagata Beads around his neck turned inky red.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Jiang Fei third for ordering a four-month eradication of Buddhism and awarded her the immortal art Three Chen Art.
• Jiang Fei accepted the reward at Jialuo Holy Land, where Leng Ruoshuang informed her that State Preceptor Lu was waiting with an important matter.