Recaps

Chen Ning strengthened his hold on the Dragon-Seeking Sect while gathering allies and pursuing Star Essence Liquid for his spirit beast egg. After helping the Mo Clan win its dance contest, he faced Qin Wansheng and Lin Xiaotian in Gold and Iron City.

• Chen Ning used the Wine Maniac and Li Changtian’s support to keep the sect master’s seat, then claimed the Heaven-Reaching Talisman and made cakes that advanced Cang Yue’s talisman mastery.
• Chen Ning defeated Qin Lie with the Fire God Seal, took three years of his cultivation, and learned he needed Star Essence Liquid to hatch his spirit beast egg.
• Chen Ning and Su Ling'er traveled to Gold and Iron City, where Mo Sanniang asked them to help the Mo Clan win its contest against the Qin Clan.
• Su Ling'er gave Mo Sanniang a high-grade dance manual, and Chen Ning arranged to receive the Star Essence Liquid if the Mo Clan won.
• After the Qin Clan poisoned three Mo Clan dancers, Chen Ning used Bewitch Hearts to control them so they could perform the dance successfully.
• Chen Ning disrupted the Qin Clan’s dance with Heaven-Stealing Ghost Hand, but Shopkeeper Yang awarded the contest qualification to the Qin Clan after Qin Wansheng invoked Lin Xiaotian’s influence.
• When Qin Wansheng sent guards to seize the dance diagram, Su Ling'er killed two of them, and Chen Ning used Bewitch the Mind to make Qin Wansheng’s wife hold him at saberpoint.
• Lin Xiaotian arrived, recognized Chen Ning, and knelt before him as the sect leader.

Chen Ning strengthens his position in the Dragon-Seeking Sect, obtains the Marrow-Cleansing Divine Fruit, and travels with Su Ling’er to the imperial capital to find her missing grandfather, the Thief God. After uncovering the Marquis of Zhenbei’s treachery, Chen Ning faces the marquis’s soldiers as the Thief God tries to protect him and Su Ling’er.

• Chen Ning exposed Qin Wansheng, helped the Mo Clan secure its place at the Autumn Years Banquet, and accepted Mo Sanniang’s pledge of vassalage before hatching a Progenitor Black Dragon he named Little Black.
• Chen Ning completed the system’s heart-to-heart task with Su Ling’er, Xiao Mei, and Cang Yue, accepted Cang Yue as his disciple, and received the Heaven-Slaying Bow.
• Chen Ning attacked Master Wei for beating Steward Hong, and the grand elder ordered Master Wei’s execution after Chen Ning gravely wounded him.
• Chen Ning joined Xiao Mei and Su Ling’er at Gold and Iron City to obtain the Marrow-Cleansing Divine Fruit, confronted Situ Zhuikong, and killed the thief who fled with the fruit.
• Chen Ning recovered the fruit, used it to cleanse his body, and learned the thief belonged to Three Quarters Past Noon before the system sent him to find the missing Thief God in the imperial capital.
• Chen Ning and Su Ling’er traveled to the capital, where he traced the Thief God to the dungeon of Shi Tianhao, the Marquis Who Guards the North, and arranged for his release.
• The Thief God attacked Chen Ning during their escape, then recognized Chen Ning’s Heaven-Stealing Ghost Hand and revealed his connection to Su Ling’er as the Marquis of Zhenbei challenged them.
• The Thief God offered to steal Great Yan’s national fortune to secure Chen Ning and Su Ling’er’s safety, but the Marquis ordered his soldiers to attack, and Chen Ning broke through their battle formation.

Chen Ning thwarted the Ninth Elder’s scheme, led the disciples through a deadly trial, and freed the Black Dragon Clan from an ancient curse. He brought the clan to Verdant Peak, then returned to the imperial capital with Cang Yue and others for the Emperor’s banquet while intending to bring Su Ling'er back.

• Chen Ning drained the Marquis Who Guards the North’s cultivation, reunited Su Ling'er with the Thief God, and later escaped the Imperial Guards’ attempt to arrest them with Chu Fengnian’s help.
• Back at Verdant Peak, Chen Ning completed Meng Yuyi’s water-carrying quest and reduced the torment caused by her Extreme Cold Spirit Body.
• The Ninth Elder used the Heart Demon Scripture to attack the disciples, but Chen Ning’s words dispelled their heart demons, strengthened their Dao hearts, and shattered the scripture.
• Chen Ning led the sect’s top disciples into the Forest of the Dead, where they defeated Luo Pan and the Hurricane Hunting Alliance after Luo Pan turned on them.
• Lost in the forest, Chen Ning met the Black Dragon Clan and learned that an evil remnant soul had been draining their life force for centuries.
• Chen Ning purified the remnant soul with a Holy Light Arrow, freeing the clan, and accepted Elder Long and the Black Dragon Clan under his protection.
• Chen Ning returned to Verdant Peak with the Black Dragon Clan, rewarded the disciples and clansmen with powerful abilities, and decided to bring Su Ling'er back from the imperial capital.
• Chen Ning accepted the Emperor’s banquet invitation and traveled to the Great Yan Imperial Capital with Cang Yue, Ying Wu, Xiao Yuan, and another Black Dragon clansman.

Chen Ning saved True Person Qingyang, then ventured into the Void Secret Realm with Meng Yuyi and helped her cure her Extreme Cold Spirit Body. After defeating the Heavenly Extremity Pavilion at the Wind and Cloud Sect, he secured the sect’s allegiance, while the Yama Holy Sect began investigating Elder Huang You’s death and Wang Feng received new orders.

• Chen Ning exposed the death Qi tainting True Person Qingyang’s pills, refined a nine-marked Life-Continuing Golden Pill to save him, and gained Longevity Hall’s pledge of service.
• Chen Ning helped the Yan Emperor stop Zhou Ye’s attack on the Marquis Who Guards the North’s residence, then returned to his sect and accepted Meng Yuyi’s mission to find the Seven-Colored Vine.
• Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi entered the Void Secret Realm, where he solved the stone-wall puzzle and they found the Seven-Colored Vine after defeating the Troll Spider.
• Nie Liu inherited the Void Devil Venerable’s power and attacked Chen Ning, but Chen Ning killed him while Meng Yuyi refined the vine and cured her Extreme Cold Spirit Body.
• Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi reached the Wind and Cloud Sect and discovered that Murong Yue had betrayed it to Dongfang Shao and the Heavenly Extremity Pavilion.
• Chen Ning and Meng Yuyi fought the attackers, destroyed the Wind and Cloud Grand Formation, and killed Dongfang Shao and Venerable Huang after Murong Yue’s betrayal was revealed.
• The Wind and Cloud Sect pledged allegiance to the Dragon-Seeking Sect, and Chen Ning divided recovered Origin Stones and cultivation methods with its members.
• The Yama Holy Sect learned that Elder Huang You’s life token had shattered and ordered an investigation, while Wang Feng was summoned after the young sect master returned.