Recaps

Jiang Ning advanced his sword arts and Martial Path, sprouted an Immortal Root, and encountered the woman connected to Lin Qingyi. As drought refugees reached Dongling City and trouble gathered, he supported Jiang Yiming’s marriage plans and brought him to meet the Lin Family.

• Jiang Ning met Shen Yue Ru in the Shangyang Inner Scenery, absorbed the Yang Pool’s currents, and helped her reach Pure Yang before they returned to their own worlds.
• Jiang Ning learned the Seven Stars Demon Subduing Sword and Twofold Yin-Yang Sword, gained new Traits, and completed his Seventh Blood Exchange with the Divine Tree Heart’s power.
• Jiang Ning raised the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill to a new level, sprouted an Immortal Root, and met the White-Robed Woman in the moonlit realm, who asked him to look after Xiao Emei.
• Jiang Ning received treasures from Xiao Emei and Shangguan Feilong, while the Yellow Sky Daoist set plans in motion after Xiao Wuque discovered his group.
• Jiang Ning learned that drought and locusts had driven refugees from Xichuan County, promised Wang Shouyi he would protect his daughters, and welcomed Zhong Ling into his courtyard.
• Jiang Ning agreed to help Jiang Yiming pursue Lin Jiaxin and brought him to the Lin Family, where Lin Jiaxin defended him and Lin Zhenxing recognized the young couple’s feelings.

Jiang Ning advanced his sword arts, mastered the Summer Time Treasure Scroll, and transformed his Spirit Soul into a Yang Spirit while rejecting the Xia Family’s offer. When Fang Yu came to seize Zhong Ling, Jiang Ning killed him and took possession of her mother’s protective pagoda as threats from the grotto-heavens loomed.

• Jiang Ning advanced his sword techniques and completed his Eighth Blood Exchange, then visited Guangning City to study the Twenty-Four Solar Terms fragments.
• Jiang Ning mastered the Spring and Summer Solar Term intents, defeated Nan Zhiwei in a spar, and displayed power that the Heavenly Surveillance Bureau recognized as Invincible Grandmaster-level.
• Xia Wanqin and Xia Xuanyan offered Jiang Ning resources and a place in the Xia Family, but Jiang Ning refused because he did not want to live inside a Blessed Grotto-heaven.
• Jiang Ning perfected the Great Sun Ascending Artistic Conception, entered the Inner Scenery, absorbed Gold Qi, and achieved Spiritual Body Pure Yang.
• Jiang Ning climbed the Heavenly Ladder, chose Breathing Soil, and emerged with a Yang Spirit and a growing Immortal Root.
• Jiang Ning explored Dongling City and its surrounding martial institutions, then confirmed that sunlight no longer harmed his Yang Spirit.
• Fang Yu attacked Jiang Ning’s residence and demanded Zhong Ling, but Jiang Ning killed him with one punch and reassured his family.
• Zhong Ling lent Jiang Ning her mother’s Three-Story Small Pagoda, which he bound to himself and placed in his Spiritual Platform.

Jiang Ning defeated Zhi Xuan Mountain’s forces, strengthened his body, and traveled to the Royal Capital for the Martial Examination. In Shangjing, he met Xiao Wuque, entered the Dao Palace’s library, and learned that Ji Mingyue had publicly declared her love for him.

• Jiang Ning broke through the Summer Time Treasure Scroll and Twofold Yin-Yang Sword, while Li Sixiang recruited Tyrant Saber Li San to avenge Fang Yu by killing him.
• Li San attacked Jiang Ning with Yun Shanhe’s Mountain River Finger, but Jiang Ning survived, killed him, and brought the Divine Bone to the Purple Robe Marquis.
• Jiang Ning joined the Marquis’s assault on Zhi Xuan Mountain, killed Fang Daoquan and other defenders, and helped Zhou Sheng confront Yun Shanhe as Xiang Yuan pursued the Xuan Yuan Grotto-heaven.
• After the battle, Zhou Sheng concealed Jiang Ning’s role, and Jiang Ning returned home before training the Indestructible Vajra Body to a major breakthrough and departing for the Royal Capital.
• Jiang Ning evaded Li Sixiang’s pursuit, reached Shangjing, and learned that Fu Yuan Saint Monarch had arrived and that Wan Jianyi and Mingxin were leading Martial Examination contenders.
• Xiao Wuque explained Jiang Ning’s True Spirit and potential, gave him Immortal Phoenix Blood and a Dao Palace library token, and Jiang Ning began reading thousands of books.
• At the Dining Hall, Li Mujin told Jiang Ning that Ji Mingyue had declared she would marry no one but him and had been confined to the Luan Palace.

Jiang Ning navigated the Imperial succession struggle and the Yellow Sky Sect’s rebellion while deepening his cultivation. After completing his Ninth Blood Exchange and reaching the Martial Dao Myth realm, he returned to the Royal Capital, where a mysterious woman brought him to Lin Qingyi.

• Jiang Ning rejected Ji Mingyue after telling her he had promised to marry Wang Qingtan, then accepted Ji Minghao’s support and a Second Rank cultivation method.
• Fu Yuan Saint Monarch attacked the Royal Capital, but the Martial Saint destroyed him and left Xiao Wuque to manage the aftermath.
• Jiang Ning helped Su Qingying weaken her Divine Shackles, then opened his Inner Scenery and cultivated with Shen Yue Ru’s guidance.
• Jiang Ning refused Fifth Prince Ji Mingyuan’s offer to back his bid for the throne, while news arrived that Yellow Sky Daoist had rebelled and claimed the Human Emperor Sword.
• Jiang Ning sent Jiang Li’s family to the Royal Capital for safety and stayed in Dongling County as the Yellow Sky Sect expanded its control.
• Jiang Ning advanced his Indestructible Vajra Body, completed his Ninth Blood Exchange with Immortal Phoenix Blood, and reached the Martial Dao Myth realm.
• Jiang Ning returned to the Royal Capital, where Su Qingying agreed to protect his family and the Martial Saint praised his potential.
• A mysterious woman brought Jiang Ning to Moon Lake Inner Scenery to help Lin Qingyi complete her final step, while Su Qingying discovered her Green Jade Bamboo Bed had vanished.