Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning completed the final stage of forging his bones and filled them with Iron Marrow, leaving his bones on the verge of turning fully silver-white. Back home, he learned that Jiang Li had passed the yamen assessment and read Feng Jiuge’s note about a new envoy pursuing the Cao Family and a suspected God Worshipping Sect stronghold.

• Jiang Ning learned that He Jinsheng had been absent from the Patrol Office and chose to focus on cultivation while waiting to see what happened.
• Jiang Ning trained underwater, where his senses and Water Control Divine Power were greatly enhanced, and saw that more than half of each bone had turned silver-white.
• After another three days of bone forging, Jiang Ning swallowed Iron Bone Pills until all 206 bones were saturated with Iron Marrow and ready to complete their transformation.
• Jiang Ning returned home and learned from Jiang Li that he had passed the yamen assessment and that the Cao Family would be executed in three days.
• Jiang Ning read Feng Jiuge’s note, which reported a new envoy seeking Cao Rong and a God Worshipping Sect stronghold with a likely important target, and decided to visit the Patrol Office the next day.

Jiang Ning completed Water Fire True Force’s Second Limit Break, gaining the ability to control water and fire, while his bones finished transforming into Iron Bone and he began the Sixth Rank physique transformation. At the Patrol Office, he prepared to accompany Captain Feng to investigate a God Worshipping Sect stronghold and agreed to bring Xie Xiaojiu.

• Jiang Ning practiced Water Fire True Force among blazing torches until it reached the Second Limit Break, spending 200 Source Energy and gaining the Palm Controlling Water and Fire trait.
• Jiang Ning tested his new ability by summoning water and fire from the air and shaping them into serpents, then decided to keep the technique secret from others.
• Jiang Ning sensed that his bones had completely transformed into Iron Bone and that his body had begun its next transformation toward the Sixth Rank.
• Jiang Ning went to the Patrol Office and told Xie Xiaojiu he was waiting for Captain Feng to investigate a God Worshipping Sect stronghold in the Outer City.
• Jiang Ning agreed to take Xie Xiaojiu along as they sought the stronghold’s suspected big fish and the missing Divine Statue.

Protector Xing asked Liu Linmen about Altar Master Sun’s death and revealed that the God Worshipping Sect’s missing sacred object was its Divine Embryo. Meanwhile, Qingyi welcomed the Seventeenth Princess and the Eighth Prince, and Jiang Ning continued investigating a suspected God Worshipping Sect stronghold in Luoshui County’s Outer City.

• Protector Xing asked Liu Linmen who had killed Altar Master Sun, but Liu Linmen claimed he did not know.
• Protector Xing revealed that Altar Master Sun had carried the God Worshipping Sect’s Divine Embryo, and Liu Linmen realized why the sect kept sending people to Luoshui County.
• The Seventeenth Princess and the Eighth Prince visited Qingyi, and the Seventeenth Princess persuaded Qingyi to let her meet Jiang Ning instead of Xiao Jin.
• Jiang Ning saw a refugee family begging in the Outer City and gave them four strips of wind-dried meat.
• Jiang Ning passed a Yellow Sky Sect gathering where Talisman Water was being distributed, then led his team toward a suspected God Worshipping Sect stronghold to search for a major figure and the missing divine statue.

Jiang Ning led the Patrol Office to raid a Black Tiger Gang courtyard, uncovering a God Worshipping Sect tunnel and the Divine Statue they planned to smuggle out of Luoshui County. After defeating five mutated fighters with a single punch each, he faced the composed Spirit Envoy while Protector Xing watched from a rooftop and hesitated to intervene.

• Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Power to search the courtyard and tunnel, confirmed the God Worshipping Sect was hiding a Divine Statue there, and ordered the courtyard surrounded.
• Jiang Ning ordered the Black Tiger Gang seized, and his team overwhelmed the gang while killing those who resisted; the gang members later surrendered, but Jiang Ning ordered them all killed.
• Jiang Ning found the concealed tunnel entrance and told Feng Jiuge and Xie Xiaojiu to keep their team back because powerful God Worshipping Sect fighters were below.
• Five mutated fighters burst from the room and attacked Jiang Ning, who killed each with a single punch using Water Fire True Force.
• Protector Xing watched Jiang Ning reveal Internal and External Cultivation with Inner Breath manifesting into reality, then hesitated to attack as Jiang Ning confronted the Spirit Envoy.

Jiang Ning defeated a mutated God Worshipping Sect fighter, uncovered the Flesh and Blood God’s statue in the underground tunnel, and absorbed its Divinity and Authority. He planned to confront Yuan Hua’s attempt to take credit and ordered Feng Jiuge and Xie Xiaojiu to summon officials, while his panel gained Flesh Regeneration Authority.

• Protector Xing withdrew rather than risk fighting Jiang Ning, who then killed the mutated Sixth Rank Bone Forging Realm fighter with a single punch.
• Jiang Ning entered the underground tunnel with Xie Xiaojiu and Feng Jiuge while Yuan Hua arrived in the courtyard and claimed he would take three corpses.
• Jiang Ning found the statue of the God of Flesh and Blood and absorbed its Divinity and Authority, causing his panel to change.
• Jiang Ning told Feng Jiuge to summon Commander Ye Qiu and Prefect Hong, and sent Xie Xiaojiu to bring Head Constable Xu Zhengnan to deal with the Black Tiger Gang.
• Jiang Ning’s panel displayed one Divinity and the incomplete Authority of Flesh Regeneration.

Jiang Ning revealed his new Flesh Regeneration Authority, then defeated Yuan Hua with one punch and claimed the spoils from the God Worshipping Sect stronghold. As the County Office prepared to follow his orders and he seized Liu Zhixiang, Jiang Ning considered whether he could absorb Divinity from the Divine Statue in his Golden Box.

• Jiang Ning used his one Divinity to raise Flesh Regeneration to 33% completion, then left the underground tunnel to stop Yuan Hua from harming Cheng Ran.
• Jiang Ning struck Yuan Hua back with one punch, and Water Fire True Force later caused Yuan Hua to cough blood and collapse as his men carried him away.
• Jiang Ning calculated that the corpses and Divine Statue from the stronghold were worth 107,000 Contribution Points, while Feng Jiuge reported the Divine Statue to Ye Qiu and Xu Zhengnan prepared men to carry out Jiang Ning's orders.
• Jiang Ning ordered Liu Zhixiang seized, then noticed his Flesh Regeneration progress had risen to 33.01% and wondered whether he could absorb Divinity from the Divine Statue in his Golden Box.
• Jiang Ning waited for Xie Xiaojiu and Feng Jiuge as footsteps approached.

Jiang Ning received recognition from White Granny after she examined the God Worshipping Sect corpses and the now-ordinary Divine Statue. Xu Zhengnan presented evidence against the Liu Family, the Black Tiger Gang, and the Sihe Trading Company, then asked Jiang Ning to help subdue the Liu Residence’s Great Offering.

• Xu Zhengnan arrived with constables and a crowd, then pledged to prosecute the crimes at the courtyard according to Great Xia Law.
• White Granny and Hong Minghu arrived and were astonished to learn Jiang Ning had killed a Sixth Rank God Worshipping Sect Martial Artist.
• White Granny confirmed the Divine Statue was real despite its lost whispers, and Hong Minghu carried it away for further study.
• Xu Zhengnan handed Jiang Ning scrolls documenting years of crimes by the Liu Family, the Black Tiger Gang, and the Sihe Trading Company.
• Xu Zhengnan asked Jiang Ning to subdue the Liu Residence’s Great Offering, and Jiang Ning agreed.

Xu Zhengnan and Jiang Ning led the authorities in crushing the Ferocious Tiger Gang and surrounding the Liu Residence to arrest the Liu clan for its crimes. Hong Minghu backed the operation, and the chapter ended with Liu Zhaonan subdued as the arrests began.

• Xu Zhengnan mobilized the county constables and city guards to destroy the Ferocious Tiger Gang and surround the Liu Residence.
• Xu Zhengnan confronted Liu Tianzheng with a list of the Liu clan’s crimes, while Jiang Ning ordered the authorities to arrest the family.
• Liu Zhaonan arrived and challenged the arrest, claiming that Yuan Hua, Ye Qiu, and Hong Minghu were coming to support him.
• Jiang Ning agreed to wait, as government forces swept through the city and heavy snow fell.
• Hong Minghu and Ye Qiu arrived, heard Xu Zhengnan’s case against the Liu clan, and ordered the arrests to proceed.
• Ye Qiu disabled Liu Zhaonan, and Liu Zhaonan lay in the snow lamenting that there was no justice beneath the strong.

Jiang Ning helped crush the Liu Residence and tested the incomplete Flesh Regeneration Authority after returning home. He ended the chapter preparing to open the Golden Box and discover how much Divinity its Divine Statue could provide.

• Jiang Ning ordered Xie Xiaojiu and Feng Jiuge to arrest the Liu Residence members, while Xu Zhengnan arranged to eliminate the Liu Family’s remaining resistance.
• Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Force Field to distract the Great Offering, allowing Xu Zhengnan to kill him and end the Liu Residence’s ability to resist.
• Hong Minghu and Ye Qiu discussed Jiang Ning’s talent, while the Ferocious Tiger Gang, Sihe Trading Company, and Liu Residence were destroyed or dismantled across Luoshui County.
• The Xie Family Head welcomed Xie Xiaojiu back, but she felt disappointed that her father had treated her as a means to preserve the family.
• Jiang Ning tested Flesh Regeneration by cutting his arm and watched the wound heal in less than half a cup of tea, then noted that the Authority’s progress continued to rise over time.
• Jiang Ning took the Golden Box from his Summoning Ring and prepared to see how many Divinity Points its Divine Statue would yield.

Jiang Ning absorbed Divinity from the Golden Box's Divine Statue, raising his Flesh Regeneration Authority and testing its greatly improved healing. After training through the night, he met Xu Zhengnan, who reported the Liu Residence's defeat and promised to eliminate the remaining criminal forces in Luoshui County.

• Jiang Ning absorbed seven points of Divinity from the Divine Statue, raising Flesh Regeneration to Incomplete 82.17%.
• Jiang Ning tested his Authority by cutting his arm and watched the wound heal in fewer than ten breaths.
• Jiang Ning practiced Five Animal Frolics Fist through the night, increasing its experience to 1088/2000.
• Jiang Ning visited the frozen lake to wash, then checked his Panel the next morning and saw slight gains in Source Energy and Flesh Regeneration.
• Xu Zhengnan told Jiang Ning that the Liu Residence's important figures had died and vowed to uproot Sihe Trading Company and the Black Tiger Gang.
• Jiang Ning sent Xu Zhengnan off and headed to the Patrol Office to collect and distribute the previous day's rewards.

Jiang Ning collected his reward for destroying a God Worshipping Sect stronghold, shared part of it with his team, and reflected on saving Contribution Points to advance through the Patrol Office. He remained wary of the Qinghe Earl Residence and planned to push Five Animal Frolics Fist to its Second Limit Break.

• Jiang Ning met Xie Xiaojiu at the Patrol Office, where rescued children and their disabled families thanked him, and he accepted five eggs from an old woman.
• The Internal Affairs Office old woman praised Jiang Ning for defending the weak, awarded him 107,000 contribution points, and exchanged his silver jade pendants for bronze coins.
• Jiang Ning distributed contribution points to Feng Jiuge, Xie Xiaojiu, and his team, then kept more than 120,000 points for future Patrol Office permissions and martial arts knowledge.
• Jiang Ning considered the lingering threat from He Jinyun's second brother and resolved to rely on the Patrol Office and his own strength.
• Jiang Ning checked his Five Animal Frolics Fist progress and expected to reach its Second Limit Break within two days.

Jiang Ning discovered that the Water Fire Immortal Garment let him absorb Great Sun Essence Qi without burning his organs, more than doubling his Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill’s growth rate. After training, he joined Jiang Li to watch the Cao Family’s execution.

• Xie Xiaojiu and Feng Jiuge watched Jiang Ning practice, and Xie Xiaojiu denied Feng Jiuge’s claim that she had slept with him.
• He Jinsheng asked Liu Linmen to identify who had killed his younger brother, but Liu Linmen claimed he knew nothing.
• A lord arriving with Deputy Guan Jin decided to avoid investigating Cao Rong’s death and go drinking instead.
• Jiang Ning found that the Water Fire Immortal Garment protected him from Great Sun Essence Qi’s heat, accelerating his Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill experience gains.
• Jiang Li reminded Jiang Ning that the Cao Family was about to be executed, and Jiang Ning agreed to go with him.

Jiang Ning watched the Cao Family’s public execution and reflected on how strength and official status protected him from the fate of the fallen families. He broke through the Five Animal Frolics Fist’s second limit, gained the Five Elements Spirit trait, and began using the five elements to temper his organs.

• Jiang Ning and Jiang Li watched more than two hundred Cao Family members be executed, while a military envoy decided not to intervene.
• Jiang Ning told Jiang Li that the Jiang Family would endure as long as he lived, then considered how power and connections had brought down the Cao and Liu families.
• Jiang Ning practiced through the night until he reached the experience threshold for the Five Animal Frolics Fist’s second limit break.
• Jiang Ning spent Source Energy to break through, gaining the Five Elements Spirit trait and learning that the five animal stances could absorb elemental power to temper his organs.
• Jiang Ning tested the new trait with the Tiger, Bear, and Ape stances, drawing wood, earth, and fire power into his organs and increasing his Qi and Blood Power.
• Jiang Ning used a burning tree to gather fire-element power during the Ape Stance, then found he lacked nearby metal sources to efficiently temper his lungs with the Crane Stance.

Jiang Ning completed his Iron Bone transformation and began the second step of Bone Forging, absorbing Mystic Iron Marrow into his bones. As he recovered in the lake, an envoy carrying a deity’s will headed toward Luoshui County.

• Jiang Ning practiced the limit-broken Five Animal Frolics Fist at Boulder Beach, using its Crane Stance to glide through the air and drawing Five Elements Spirit Essence into his organs.
• Jiang Ning confirmed that his tendons, membranes, skin, and flesh had grown stronger after completing Iron Bone, then used thirteen Qi and Blood Power hammers to temper his bones.
• Jiang Ning absorbed six Mystic Bone Pills, more than the five Iron Bone Pills he had previously needed, and concluded that his Bone Forging efficiency had improved.
• Jiang Ning recovered in the lake while observing black lines of Mystic Iron Marrow spread across his thirteen tempered bones.
• Someone carrying a deity’s will set out for Luoshui County after the Honored Deity suffered severe pain and damage when its Divine Embryo was destroyed.

Qingyi brought Ji Minghao and his younger sister to visit Jiang Ning, while Jiang Ning tested a Five Elements training setup that improved his Five Animal Frolics Fist practice. Ji Minghao heard Jiang Ning forging his bones and waited outside the courtyard, impressed by his talent and by Qingyi’s standing.

• Qingyi arrived at Jiang Ning’s residence with Ji Minghao and his younger sister, who praised Jiang Ning’s deeds after hearing how he had rescued children and eliminated gangs.
• Jiang Ning practiced the Five Animal Frolics Fist amid sources of all five elements and found that the setup nourished his five viscera and let him coordinate fist training with bone forging.
• Jiang Li led Qingyi, Ji Minghao, and his sister toward the East Courtyard, where Ji Minghao heard Jiang Ning’s bone-forging sounds and realized he had reached the Martial Dao Sixth Rank at a young age.
• Ji Minghao declined to wait indoors and chose to remain outside until Jiang Ning finished training, while Qingyi let him wait and called Jiang Li “Brother Li.”
• Ji Minghao reflected on Qingyi’s connection to a Princess Consort and the five Peak First Rank figures jointly known as Second Under Heaven.

Jiang Ning met Ji Minghao, an influential visitor from Royal Capital Shangque who revealed himself as Great Xia’s Eighth Prince and discussed the man-made disasters threatening the dynasty. After they agreed that private army controls must not be loosened, Ji Minghao befriended Jiang Ning and learned he was an Innate Spiritual Awakened.

• Jiang Ning finished training and welcomed Ji Minghao, who had waited outside in the snow to meet him and explained that he had come from Royal Capital Shangque to visit his cousin’s wife, Pavilion Master Lin.
• Ji Minghao revealed his privileged upbringing and Jade Bone cultivation, while Jiang Ning learned that Qingyi was married to an important figure from the capital.
• Ji Minghao told Jiang Ning that the year’s heavy snow and earlier Great Drought had been deliberately caused to destabilize Great Xia and spur rebellion.
• Ji Minghao asked Jiang Ning about loosening private army controls, and Jiang Ning warned that it would lead to warlord separatism and chaos.
• Jiang Ning inferred Ji Minghao’s identity, greeted him as the Eighth Prince, and agreed to address him as a brother.
• Jiang Ning produced wine with his Summoning Ring, and Ji Minghao recognized him as an Innate Spiritual Awakened with Immortal Potential.

Jiang Ning learned that the mysterious substance in his wine might be Emperor Flow Paste and received a military token from Ji Minghao. Ji Minghao then brought Jiang Ning to meet his Seventeenth Sister, while He Jinsheng’s hostile visit foreshadowed further conflict with the Qinghe Earl Residence.

• Ji Minghao guessed that Jiang Ning’s mysterious substance was Emperor Flow Paste, and Jiang Ning suspected the black stone was a Taiyin Stone.
• He Jinsheng visited Jiang Ning’s residence but left after seeing Ji Minghao, dismissing both men and revealing his contempt for Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning told Ji Minghao about his dispute with the Qinghe Earl Residence but concealed that he had killed He Jinyun.
• Ji Minghao gave Jiang Ning his identity token, which allowed him to mobilize troops, and urged him to consider marrying the Seventeenth Princess.
• Jiang Ning and Ji Minghao entered the front hall, where the Seventeenth Princess saw Jiang Ning and shyly avoided his gaze.

Jiang Ning met Ji Mingyue, who boldly asked him to come to the Royal Capital and marry her, while Jiang Li and Liu Wanwan discussed her royal connections and agreed to visit her family in spring. Jiang Ning then considered the political and martial opportunities ahead and prepared to cultivate, hoping to explain his promise to Ji Mingyue when he reached the Royal Capital next year.

• Qingyi introduced Jiang Ning to Ji Mingyue, and the two exchanged names and greetings as Ji Mingyue grew more confident around him.
• Ji Mingyue held Jiang Ning’s hand, asked him to remember to come to the Royal Capital and marry her, and left with Qingyi and Ji Minghao.
• Liu Wanwan told Jiang Li that Ji Mingyue was likely descended from a royal house, and Jiang Li persuaded Liu Wanwan to take their children to visit her parents in spring.
• Jiang Ning considered He Jinsheng’s ambiguous attitude, the risks of using Ji Minghao’s identity token, and Ji Minghao’s advice to pursue official rank and take the martial examinations.
• Jiang Ning resolved to explain his promise to Ji Mingyue when he went to the Royal Capital for the Martial Champion examination, then arranged a five-element cultivation environment.

Qingyi visited Jiang Ning and delivered the Earth Core Warm Jade that Little Seventeen had sent as a love token, along with her promise to marry him in a year. Jiang Ning accepted the priceless jade and wore it around his neck, while Qingyi ended by teasing him about looking at her legs.

• Qingyi visited Jiang Ning and explained that she was a Pure Body, not a child's mother or a Princess Consort in the way he had assumed.
• Qingyi told Jiang Ning that Little Seventeen had sent him a love token and wanted him to come to the Royal Capital in a year to marry her.
• Qingyi explained that the Earth Core Warm Jade was worth ten thousand gold and could nurture Blood Qi, calm the mind, and increase Spiritual Power.
• Qingyi tied the jade around Jiang Ning's neck, and he felt its warmth improve his Blood Qi and clear his mind.
• Jiang Ning said he would likely return the jade to Little Seventeen, and Qingyi teased him after noticing him looking at her legs.

Jiang Ning turns down Qingyi’s matchmaking efforts, then continues cultivating as his Five Animal Frolics Fist, Mystic Bone forging, and Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill advance. On a rare clear day, he prepares to test whether his strengthened five viscera can improve his absorption of Great Sun Essence Qi.

• Qingyi teases Jiang Ning and offers to introduce him to Li Mujin, but he declines and cites his agreement with Ji Mingyue.
• Ji Mingyue tells Ji Minghao that she has taken a fancy to Jiang Ning after meeting him once.
• Jiang Ning reviews his rising Flesh Regeneration Authority progress and sees that his bones are gradually transforming into Mystic Bone.
• The Patrol Office begins its holiday early because Jiang Ning uncovered and destroyed the God Worshipping Sect’s local stronghold, delaying his plans for promotion.
• After more than a week of training, Jiang Ning finds that over half his bones have turned black and estimates he will complete Mystic Bone forging in about another week.
• Jiang Ning welcomes a clear day and plans to test whether the Five Elements Spirit has strengthened his five viscera enough to improve his Great Sun Essence Qi cultivation.