Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning completed Fourth Grade Marrow Refining and considered how to become a Heavenly Human Grandmaster, setting his sights on the hardest path and nine Blood Exchanges. After training his Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill, he returned to Dongling City and learned Bai Luoyu had gone to Baisha County to deal with the God Worshipping Sect.

• Jiang Ning reached the Perfected Realm of Marrow Refining and studied the paths to Grandmaster, deciding he would aim to become the Strongest Grandmaster through nine Blood Exchanges.
• Jiang Ning absorbed Great Sun Essence Qi at noon, raising his Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill experience, and told Wang Jin that the skill had reached Great Completion.
• Jiang Ning left Wang Jin and the two White Snow Crimson Flame Steeds to travel back to Luoshui County while he returned to Dongling City ahead of them.
• Zhou Xing told Jiang Ning that Bai Luoyu had led a team to Baisha County to investigate the God Worshipping Sect.
• Jiang Ning checked the Celestial Secrets Record, warned Bai Luoyu about the Sect’s connection to an Evil God, and offered to come help if needed.

Jiang Ning focused on strengthening his Five Animal Frolics Fist while considering his path to becoming a Heavenly Human Grandmaster, then received an urgent message about Baisha County. There, Bai Luoyu tried to leave after discovering the county’s corruption, but County Magistrate Deng Fei blocked him and claimed to know where his missing subordinates were.

• Bai Luoyu rode toward Baisha County with a powerful team after his subordinates stopped reporting, reassured by a message from Jiang Ning that help would come.
• Jiang Ning reviewed his cultivation options and decided to train the Five Animal Frolics Fist to deepen his qi and blood while reserving Source Energy Points for future breakthroughs.
• After three days of focused training, Jiang Ning strengthened his qi and blood and received a call for aid through the Celestial Secrets Record about Baisha County.
• Bai Luoyu decided to withdraw from Baisha County after seeing signs of the God Worshipping Sect’s influence and the county’s abnormal, savage residents.
• Deng Fei confronted Bai Luoyu at his doorway, insisted that he stay, and said he had information about Bai Luoyu’s missing subordinates.

After receiving Bai Luoyu’s urgent request for help, Jiang Ning reached Baisha County and discovered that the God Worshipping Sect’s influence covered the city. He joined Bai Luoyu as the inspector prepared to follow County Magistrate Deng Fei into a suspected trap.

• Bai Luoyu agreed to follow Deng Fei while privately telling his subordinates to stall for time until Zhao Yulong and Jiang Ning arrived.
• Jiang Ning used his speed to reach Baisha County, detected the God of Flesh and Blood’s aura on the guards, and used his Heavenly Eye to see the corruption shrouding the city.
• The Mountain Spirit Envoy and the other Divine Envoys decided to kill Bai Luoyu before he could alert Zhao Yulong and disrupt their planned sacrifice of Baisha County.
• Jiang Ning appeared in Bai Luoyu’s backyard, proved his identity by absorbing Great Sun Essence Qi, and learned about the danger from Bai Luoyu.
• Deng Fei arrived to take Bai Luoyu away, and Jiang Ning claimed to be the inspector’s subordinate as Bai Luoyu agreed to follow him.

Jiang Ning and Bai Luoyu uncovered a God Worshipping Sect stronghold beneath Emerald Willow Pavilion, where Jiang Ning swiftly killed the ambushers and cultists. The Blood Pool began to boil as Jiang Ning warned Bai Luoyu to fall back.

• Deng Fei led Jiang Ning and Bai Luoyu to Emerald Willow Pavilion, which he identified as a God Worshipping Sect stronghold where Bai Luoyu's subordinates had disappeared.
• Jiang Ning found Lin Xiao's bloodstained Token near the entrance to the Underground Chamber, and he and Bai Luoyu descended into the tunnel.
• Three spirit envoys ambushed Jiang Ning and Bai Luoyu, but Jiang Ning killed the woman with one punch and blasted the other two apart with two more.
• Jiang Ning killed the remaining God Worshipping Sect followers with Saber Intent and lit the chamber, leaving Bai Luoyu stunned by his strength.
• The Blood Pool began to boil, and Jiang Ning told Bai Luoyu to fall back.

Jiang Ning confronted the God of Flesh and Blood when it descended into the Underground Chamber, then used his Heavenly Eye to make the divine incarnation collapse and seized its statue and Authority Fragment. Afterward, he began drying out the Blood Pool, revealing the scale of his power to Bai Luoyu.

• The God of Flesh and Blood formed an incarnation from the Blood Pool and attacked Jiang Ning and Bai Luoyu, recognizing that Jiang Ning held a fragment of the same Authority.
• Jiang Ning activated his Perfected Indestructible Vajra Body and opened his Heavenly Eye, revealing the Divine Statue within the incarnation and glimpsing the Deity’s true form in an Alternate Dimension.
• The God of Flesh and Blood’s incarnation disintegrated, and Jiang Ning seized its stone statue, gaining seventeen Divinity Points and increasing his Flesh Regeneration Authority.
• Jiang Ning restored the damaged Underground Chamber and told Bai Luoyu that the Deity’s descent had collapsed; Bai Luoyu guessed that heaven and earth had suppressed it.
• Jiang Ning summoned a Blazing Tiger to evaporate the Blood Pool and unleashed his Blade Bone’s Saber Intent, cutting through the earth above while Bai Luoyu retreated from the razor-sharp force.

Jiang Ning uncovered and destroyed the God Worshipping Sect’s five Blood Pool strongholds in Baisha County, freeing the controlled constables and exposing the scale of the deaths. After boosting his Divine Descendant Subordinate Authority, he considered his growing threat from the God of Flesh and Blood and Bai Luoyu urged him to claim the merit to aid his path to becoming a Heavenly Human Grandmaster.

• Jiang Ning and Bai Luoyu found more than a thousand bones in the dried Blood Pool, and Jiang Ning freed County Magistrate Deng Fei and the constables by removing the Gu Insects from their heads.
• Jiang Ning left Bai Luoyu to handle Deng Fei and exterminated the God Worshipping Sect’s strongholds at the other four Blood Pools, gaining Divinity and progress in Flesh Regeneration.
• Deng Fei acknowledged his guilt and said he and his men were beyond saving, while Bai Luoyu ordered the city sealed and its gates closed until the garrison arrived.
• Jiang Ning spent thirty-three Divinity Points to advance Divine Descendant Subordinate, then reflected on the God of Flesh and Blood marking him as an enemy.
• Bai Luoyu encouraged Jiang Ning to claim the merit for resolving the crisis, arguing it could help him obtain the Dharma Gate needed to become a Third Grade Heavenly Human Grandmaster.

Zhao Yulong investigated the Blood Pools in Baisha County and suspected the God Worshipping Sect had prepared a formation to sacrifice the city’s inhabitants and aid the God of Flesh and Blood’s return. He summoned Shen Wenyuan to assess the threat, and the Great Grandmaster arrived as Jiang Ning and the others waited on the city wall.

• Zhao Yulong inspected the Blood Pool, tested its corrosive water, and took Jiang Ning’s five Divine Statues as merit.
• Zhao Yulong examined the Blood Pools with Jiang Ning and Bai Luoyu and suspected the sect’s formation could sacrifice more than a hundred thousand people.
• Zhao Yulong contacted Shen Wenyuan, and he explained that a Second Rank Great Grandmaster could receive a marquis’s rank and a county fief.
• Zhao Yulong ordered Deng Fei to accompany them while Shen Wenyuan decided how to punish the county magistrate.
• Shen Wenyuan flew to Baisha County at tremendous speed and landed on the city wall, where Jiang Ning and the others greeted him.

Shen Wenyuan confirmed that the God Worshipping Sect had built a Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Soul Array in Baisha County and destroyed its Blood Pools. After seven days of relief efforts, Jiang Ning watched the Yellow Sky Sect’s Talisman Water cure the corrupted townspeople, while the Su Family's Eldest Daughter regretted missing her chance to befriend him.

• Shen Wenyuan examined the Blood Pool, identified the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Soul Array, and ordered Zhao Yulong to begin exterminating the God Worshipping Sect.
• Shen Wenyuan revealed that Shen Congyun was his nephew, promised Jiang Ning a Class D Great Merit, and destroyed the Blood Pools with his Martial Dao True Intent.
• Shen Wenyuan told Zhao Yulong to handle Deng Fei according to the rules, then returned to Prefecture City after inviting Jiang Ning to visit.
• Seven days later, an Earthly King of the Yellow Sky Sect distributed Talisman Water in Baisha County, and the townspeople recovered from the God of Flesh and Blood’s corruption.
• The Su Family's Eldest Daughter recognized Jiang Ning as the County Patrol Envoy and regretted that she had not befriended him earlier.

Jiang Ning and Bai Luoyu oversaw four days of distributing Talisman Water to Baisha County’s residents while Jiang Ning cultivated and read. After the work ended, Jiang Ning learned more about the Yellow Sky Sect and its formidable leader, while He Zhongchun abandoned his plan to seek revenge against him.

• Jiang Ning and Bai Luoyu supervised the orderly distribution of Talisman Water, and Bai Luoyu told Jiang Ning that County Magistrate Deng had been dealt with while his family would be cared for.
• Jiang Ning read during the four-day operation and cultivated the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill, while He Zhongchun recognized him and gave up his revenge plan rather than risk confronting the Dongling County Patrol Envoy.
• After completing his cultivation on the final day, Jiang Ning expected to reach the Perfected Realm and become a Heavenly Human Grandmaster within a month, with a Class D Great Merit securing access to the necessary Dharma Gate.
• At the Victory Banquet, Bai Luoyu identified the Yellow Sky Sect’s Earthly King as He Zhongchun and explained the sect’s influence and the Yellow Sky Daoist’s standing as one of the Second Under Heaven.
• Jiang Ning asked about the absent Martial Saint and learned that the Patrol Office Prefect had not appeared, while two disciples handled affairs as Deputy Prefects.
• He Zhongchun left the banquet area, and Jiang Ning decided to keep an eye on the Yellow Sky Sect without trying to confront it.

Jiang Ning returned home, tested how his blood strengthened Linglong, and learned from his letters about famine in Da Li Province and Xiao Qiushui’s Grandmaster Banquet. He gave Jiang Li a drop of Essence Blood and reached the banquet’s nine-day countdown, while Wang Qingtan worried that a Grandmaster’s demand would be difficult to oppose.

• Jiang Ning fed Linglong his blood and learned it had increased her cultivation by about eleven years.
• Jiang Ning read Ji Mingyue’s letter about drought, famine, and rebel attacks in Da Li Province, then learned Ye Zhengqi would visit before Xiao Qiushui’s Grandmaster Banquet on the tenth day of the fifth month.
• Jiang Ning reunited with Jiang Li and gave him a drop of Essence Blood to strengthen him.
• Jiang Ning checked his panel, saw that he still lacked the Source Energy needed for another limit break, and decided against asking Wang Qingtan for more money.
• Wang Qingtan set out to collect a debt while worrying that her Master, a Grandmaster, could not be opposed and wondering whether Jiang Ning could help.

Wang Qingtan lent Jiang Ning five hundred taels and gave him her jewelry to pawn in exchange for two favors, after he said he needed resources to advance in the Martial Path. As she left with Wang Qinghan, she reflected on her past-life memories and feared that death or using them could replace her humanity with the Phoenix Celestial Woman’s will.

• Jiang Ning finished practicing Five Animal Frolics Fist and welcomed Wang Qingtan and Wang Qinghan into his pavilion.
• Wang Qingtan reminded Jiang Ning that he owed her money and agreed to help him prepare for his upcoming advancement, while he praised her views on the Martial Path.
• Jiang Ning asked to borrow one thousand taels, and Wang Qingtan offered five hundred taels plus her jewelry in exchange for two favors.
• Wang Qingtan gave Jiang Ning her bracelet, earrings, necklace, and hairpin, then promised to have the remaining money delivered later.
• As Wang Qingtan walked away with Wang Qinghan, she privately admitted she had given Jiang Ning the jewelry to secure his help and worried that her past-life will might eventually replace her.

Wang Qingtan sent Jiang Ning five hundred taels of gold, and he spent nearly all of it at Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion on Ancient Immortal Treasures to support his cultivation. After buying Dragon Blood Bodhis, Three-Hundred-Year Vermilion Fruits, and Mystic Ice Jade Marrow, Jiang Ning left with his purchases.

• Wang Qingtan admitted to Wang Qinghan that she felt lonely, then hurried home with her sister.
• Jiang Ning received five gold notes from a maid sent by Wang Qingtan and decided to buy Ancient Immortal Treasures instead of more Elixir Pills.
• At Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Jiang Ning reviewed the catalog of twenty-three Ancient Times Immortal Treasures.
• Jiang Ning bought three Dragon Blood Bodhis, five Three-Hundred-Year Vermilion Fruits, and ten drops of Mystic Ice Jade Marrow for 495 gold after the discount.
• Jiang Ning accepted the five-tael refund, entrusted it to Luyi, and left the pavilion with his purchases.

Jiang Ning refined Dragon Blood Bodhi, Vermilion Fruits, and Mystic Ice Jade Marrow, improving his qi and blood and advancing his Swimming and Water Fire True Force skills. He practiced Five Animal Frolics Fist to finish filling its experience bar, preparing to attempt its sixth limit break the next morning.

• Jiang Ning refined three Dragon Blood Bodhi and transformed his qi and blood into a more cohesive force that roared like a dragon.
• Jiang Ning practiced Five Animal Frolics Fist, increasing its experience and confirming that the Bodhi had also slightly improved his strength.
• Jiang Ning refined five three-hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruits but noticed no direct change in his strength.
• Jiang Ning refined ten drops of Mystic Ice Jade Marrow, gaining experience in Swimming and Water Fire True Force as the Water Fire Grindstone absorbed its energy.
• Jiang Ning checked his panel, judged that his Source Energy would be sufficient for Five Animal Frolics Fist’s sixth limit break, and practiced until only a few dozen experience points remained.

After breaking through the Five Animal Frolics Fist’s sixth limit, Jiang Ning gained exceptional fist-art talent and practiced with greatly increased efficiency. He then gave Xie Xiaojiu, Zhou Xing, and Feng Jiuge a strengthening tonic to share with their subordinates as he prepared to build strength against the God Worshipping Sect.

• Jiang Ning spent 5,000 Source Energy to break through the Five Animal Frolics Fist’s sixth limit, improving his fist-art talent and gaining his own Fist Intent.
• Jiang Ning found that each set of Five Animal Frolics Fist practice gave him far more experience and Qi and Blood Power than before.
• Jiang Ning told Luyi to summon Xie Xiaojiu, Zhou Xing, and the others, intending to strengthen his understaffed Patrol Envoy Office ahead of conflict with the God Worshipping Sect.
• Jiang Ning gave Xie Xiaojiu, Zhou Xing, and Feng Jiuge bottles of Taiyin Jade Liquid mixed with his blood and instructed them to dilute more of it for their subordinates.
• Xie Xiaojiu left feeling the growing distance between herself and Jiang Ning, and Feng Jiuge asked whether she still could not let go of her feelings.

Jiang Ning asked Ye Zhengqi how true intent could lead to the Heavenly Human realm and learned that the Heavenly Dao had awakened a consciousness, while Ye revealed his progress toward becoming a Six Harmonies Heavenly Human. Ye then set out with Jiang Ning for Xiao Qiushui’s Grandmaster Banquet, intending to resolve their grudge, but his lingering injuries flared during their journey.

• Jiang Ning arrived at Bai Luoyu’s residence and asked Ye Zhengqi about the paths to becoming a Heavenly Human Grandmaster.
• Ye Zhengqi explained that powerful true intent could connect with the Heavenly Dao, which had developed consciousness, and warned Jiang Ning not to call the emperor the Son of Heaven.
• Ye Zhengqi said he would mediate Jiang Ning’s grudge with Xiao Qiushui at her Grandmaster Banquet in five days, and revealed that he had completed the four directional harmonies but not the harmonies of heaven and earth.
• Jiang Ning and Ye Zhengqi left Bai Luoyu and traveled toward the Water Moon Sword Palace, with Jiang Ning keeping pace and gaining Wind Thunder Step experience.
• Ye Zhengqi’s lingering Icy True Intent injury triggered a coughing fit when he accelerated, so Jiang Ning suggested they continue at a slower pace.

Jiang Ning and Ye Zhengqi arrived at Water Moon Sword Palace for Xiao Qiushui’s Grandmaster Banquet, where Jiang Ning reunited with Xiao Emei and revealed he might kill Xiao Qiushui if she pursued revenge. Xiao Qiushui learned that Jiang Ning and Ye Zhengqi had arrived, and the chapter ended with her weighing the news.

• Jiang Ning completed another session of the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill, bringing it close to perfection, then continued toward Water Moon Sword Palace with Ye Zhengqi.
• Ye Zhengqi explained that Xiao Qiushui’s breakthrough had made Water Moon Sword Palace a first-rate faction, while Crossing Immortal Gate was Guangning Prefecture’s super first-class faction.
• Jiang Ning and Ye Zhengqi crossed Reflecting Moon Lake, arrived at Water Moon Sword Palace, and were shown to guest rooms after Ye Zhengqi presented his Patrol Envoy Token.
• Xiao Emei learned Jiang Ning had arrived and went to see him in his room.
• Jiang Ning told Xiao Emei he had come to settle grudges and would kill Xiao Qiushui if she remained a threat; Xiao Emei offered to persuade the Palace Master to abandon revenge.
• A disciple informed Xiao Qiushui of Jiang Ning’s arrival with Ye Zhengqi, and Xiao Qiushui reacted with killing intent before dismissing her.

Jiang Ning visited Ye Zhengqi and met Old Zhong and his great-granddaughter Zhong Ling, whose special constitution let her see Immortal Root aptitude. Zhong Ling judged Jiang Ning’s Immortal Root Light to be like a Great Sun hanging in the sky, astonishing Ye Zhengqi and Old Zhong and leaving the chapter with Jiang Ning’s true potential revealed.

• Jiang Ning practiced the Five Animal Frolics Fist, gained experience, and noted that his Wind Thunder Step was ready for a breakthrough but lacked Source Energy Points.
• Ye Zhengqi summoned Jiang Ning to a peak, while a silver-haired Daoist noticed someone had briefly used Divine Sense nearby.
• Jiang Ning met Old Zhong, the Five Mountains Prefecture Patrol Envoy, and heard him and Ye Zhengqi discuss their cultivation paths and the difficulty of reaching the Second Rank.
• Old Zhong asked Zhong Ling to assess Jiang Ning’s Immortal Root aptitude, and she said its light was like a Great Sun hanging in the sky.
• Ye Zhengqi and Old Zhong reacted with astonishment and explained that Zhong Ling could perceive Immortal Root potential, while their own aptitude appeared far dimmer to her.

At Water Moon Sword Palace’s Grandmaster Banquet, Jiang Ning learned that Crossing Immortal Gate’s Li Sixiang had reached Second Rank, while Ye Zhengqi revealed Zhong Yue’s great-granddaughter could help Jiang Ning comprehend the Heaven and Man United Realm. Xiao Emei failed to dissuade Xiao Qiushui from fighting Jiang Ning, and Xiao Qiushui prepared to risk everything, naming Xiao Emei her successor in case she lost.

• Jiang Ning met Patrol Envoys Huang and Wang in the pavilion and learned that Li Sixiang of Crossing Immortal Gate had advanced to Second Rank Great Grandmaster.
• Ye Zhengqi explained Li Sixiang’s Earth, Wind, Water, Fire path and told Jiang Ning that Zhong Yue’s great-granddaughter could help him comprehend the Heaven and Man United Realm, but Jiang Ning refused to marry her for that advantage.
• Ye Zhengqi told Jiang Ning that Prefect Zhao had emerged from seclusion and would arrive that afternoon, then asked Jiang Ning to receive him if Ye Zhengqi was cultivating.
• Xiao Emei told Jiang Ning that she had failed to persuade Xiao Qiushui to give up fighting him, and Jiang Ning said he would go all out if Xiao Qiushui chose to fight.
• A disciple reported Xiao Emei’s relationship with Jiang Ning to Xiao Qiushui, who revealed that she had made Xiao Emei her successor and resolved that either Jiang Ning or she would die.

Jiang Ning welcomed Zhao Yulong to Reflecting Moon Island and learned that he had become a Heavenly Human Grandmaster. As Xiao Qiushui’s Grandmaster Banquet began, Jiang Ning resolved to kill her afterward, while the arrival of powerful guests raised the stakes.

• Jiang Ning spotted Zhao Yulong crossing Reflecting Moon Lake on a bamboo pole and welcomed him to the island.
• Zhao Yulong confirmed that he had become a Heavenly Human Grandmaster and celebrated the breakthrough with Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning practiced through the night, resolved to kill Xiao Qiushui after her banquet, and planned to pursue his own advancement once he returned home.
• Ye Zhengqi joined Jiang Ning and Zhao Yulong the next morning, and told them that Li Sixiang had become a Second Rank Divine Intent Great Grandmaster.
• Jiang Ning and the others attended Xiao Qiushui’s banquet, where Zhong Yue exchanged drinks with the Old Beggar as the guests gathered.

At Xiao Qiushui’s Grandmaster Banquet, Jiang Ning learned about Zhong Ling’s unusual constitution and discouraged her from choosing a partner just to produce a gifted child. Xiao Qiushui and Li Sixiang arrived together, and Li Sixiang’s new status as a Divine Intent Realm Great Grandmaster set the banquet’s political tensions in motion.

• Jiang Ning listened to the gathered grandmasters exchange martial insights as Zhao Yulong and Zhong Yue left to join other discussions.
• Zhong Ling sat beside Jiang Ning, explained that her special physique could pass on both her constitution and strong Immortal Root aptitude to a child, and revealed she had no one she loved.
• Jiang Ning urged Zhong Ling not to rush into having children for talent’s sake, offered to help her if she encountered trouble, and saw her vanish from his senses through her miraculous physique.
• Jiang Ning thought of Qingyi and the Prince of Qi’s apparent interest in her before Xiao Qiushui arrived with Xiao Emei, who watched Jiang Ning with a troubled expression.
• Li Sixiang arrived with two disciples, and the guests learned he had reached the Second Grade Divine Intent Realm; he and Xiao Qiushui entered the banquet together after agreeing on a plan that involved challenging the Imperial Court and Patrol Office.
• Li Sixiang toasted Xiao Qiushui and praised the martial path, while Ye Zhengqi and Zhong Yue pointedly declined to join the toast before the other guests raised their cups to her.