Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning and Zhao Yulong discussed the risks of confronting Dongling County’s Sects, and Jiang Ning planned to strike once he had strengthened himself further. After reviewing records of the Sects’ crimes, he returned to his office, secretly gave Xie Xiaojiu blood-infused tea to help her practice, and considered investigating the Great Demon White Dragon.

• Jiang Ning urged Zhao Yulong to arrest and convict the Sects, but Zhao explained that the Patrol Office lacked the strength to withstand their united resistance and possible aid from the Heaven Response Alliance.
• Jiang Ning said he expected to undergo another Blood Exchange soon, and Zhao proposed gradually building toward a decisive attack on Divine Sword Villa and the other Sects.
• Zhao gave Jiang Ning dossiers detailing crimes by members of the Five Swords Sect, Five Tigers Sect, and Medicine King Valley, and Jiang Ning grew furious as he read them.
• Jiang Ning left without revealing that he had already completed a Third Blood Exchange, deciding to wait until his strength and his subordinates’ abilities improved before attacking the Sects.
• Jiang Ning returned to his office, told Xie Xiaojiu to have Zhou Xing and Feng Jiuge meet him the next morning, and secretly gave Xie Xiaojiu blood-infused Cooling Tea to drink before practicing.
• Jiang Ning considered visiting Luoshui County to investigate the Great Demon White Dragon and checked his Source Energy and Five Animal Frolics Fist progress.

Jiang Ning broke through Five Animal Frolics Fist and Water Fire True Force, gaining a transformed Five Elements Spirit Body and the Fire Eye trait. After detecting an attack on Zhao Yulong and following the mysterious assailant outside the city, Jiang Ning confronted him, and the masked Grandmaster grew wary of Jiang Ning’s Fire Eye Phenomenon.

• Jiang Ning spent 20,000 Source Energy Points breaking through Five Animal Frolics Fist, reaching Great Completion and gaining the Five Elements Spirit Body.
• Jiang Ning further broke through Water Fire True Force, gaining the Fire Eye trait, which let him see in the dark and burn grass with his gaze.
• Jiang Ning sensed a battle at Zhao Yulong’s residence and saw Zhao Yulong injured by an assailant who used Ghost King Steps and Heart Shattering Palm.
• Jiang Ning followed the Mysterious Grandmaster out of the city, concealed his face, and met him in the mountain forest.
• Jiang Ning tested Fire Eye against the Mysterious Grandmaster’s cloak but could not see through it; the Grandmaster recognized Jiang Ning’s phenomenon and became solemn.

Jiang Ning tested his new suppressing and sealing Fist Intent on a cloaked Grandmaster, then let her escape after discovering she was a woman and not Shangguan Guyun. He trained in Dongling City, supplied his subordinates with strengthening medicine, and ended the chapter receiving a letter from Xiao Emei.

• Jiang Ning struck the Mysterious Grandmaster with his Fist Intent, suppressing her body and strength before sending her flying.
• Jiang Ning used his Heaven Eye to identify the fleeing Grandmaster as an old woman rather than Shangguan Guyun, while she concluded that his unusual fist and eyes required caution.
• Jiang Ning considered the Great Demon White Dragon’s threat near Luoshui and decided he would investigate after growing stronger.
• Jiang Ning gave Zhou Xing, Feng Jiuge, and Xie Xiaojiu medicine to strengthen their bodies, then ordered them to train and distribute more to their subordinates.
• Jiang Ning received a Flying Messenger Bird’s letter and recognized Xiao Emei’s handwriting.

Jiang Ning weighed Xiao Emei’s request for help against the Water Moon Sword Palace and Five Swords Sect, then focused on cultivation and strengthening his household’s defenses. After Wang Qingtan sneaked into his courtyard at night, she woke beside him the next morning and learned that her sister was coming.

• Jiang Ning read Xiao Emei’s letter about the Five Swords Sect seizing the Water Moon Sword Palace’s industries and replied that she needed to show more sincerity before he would help.
• Zhao Yulong warned Jiang Ning not to hold his Grandmaster Banquet because the unknown Grandmaster who attacked him could bring Jiang Ning trouble, so Jiang Ning canceled the invitations he had promised Shen Wenyuan and Ye Zhengqi.
• Jiang Ning fed his blood to Linglong and Old Turtle, then used a Five-Hundred-Year-Old Blood Ginseng to recover before cultivating his Water Fire True Force.
• Wang Qingtan climbed into Jiang Ning’s courtyard at night, and he recognized her and pulled her into his room.
• The next morning, Wang Qingtan confronted Jiang Ning about recognizing her, and he told her that her sister was coming.

Jiang Ning broke through Water Fire True Force, gaining the Lord of Flames trait and testing its destructive power, while Xiao Emei sought his help for the Water Moon Sword Palace. He put off meeting her, then strengthened Linglong and Old Turtle as he trained toward his next Blood Exchange.

• Wang Qinghan brought Xiao Doubao to Jiang Ning and Wang Qingtan, where Xiao Doubao recognized Wang Qingtan as her aunt.
• Xiao Emei learned Jiang Ning wanted sufficient sincerity from the Water Moon Sword Palace and decided to invite him, believing he sought resources rather than intimacy.
• Jiang Ning spent ten thousand Source Energy Points to break through Water Fire True Force and discovered that its fused power could annihilate objects and grant him the Lord of Flames trait.
• After Xiao Emei asked to discuss matters, Jiang Ning replied, “Wait,” choosing to keep advancing before visiting the Water Moon Sword Palace.
• Linglong surfaced with 386 years of cultivation, and Jiang Ning fed her more blood before sharing Emperor Flow Paste-laced wine with Old Turtle.
• Jiang Ning noted that Water Fire True Force was nearing its next breakthrough, which he expected would advance his Water Fire True Intent toward his fifth Blood Exchange.

Jiang Ning watched Linglong awaken her bloodline, gain eight hundred years of cultivation, and demonstrate her new powers. After he ordered her to bring rain to Dongling County, the downpour spread across the region, drawing the attention of an Immortal Sect that sent Zhan Yue to investigate.

• Jiang Ning recovered from blood loss with the Five-Hundred-Year-Old Blood Ginseng and continued cultivating the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill.
• Linglong evolved in the lake, awakened her bloodline, learned Telepathic Communication, and revealed that her cultivation had surpassed eight hundred years.
• Luyi drove off several Martial Artists outside Jiang Ning's residence, and Patrol Office reinforcements caused the remaining watchers to flee.
• Jiang Ning checked his progress and Source Energy, then ordered Linglong to bring heavy rain to Dongling County.
• Linglong summoned clouds and rain, and Jiang Ning expanded the storm's reach as residents celebrated the rainfall.
• Wang Shouyi recognized the rain's merit, while an Immortal Sect sent Zhan Yue to Dongling County after detecting the disturbance.

Jiang Ning completed his Fourth Blood Exchange, recovered with the Blood Jade Nine Aperture Lotus, and chose to strengthen his body before pursuing further breakthroughs. As Xiao Emei arrived in Dongling City amid growing tension with the Five Swords Sect, Jiang Ning received her and the Water Moon Sword Palace Great Elder, while a mysterious sword-bearing young man also entered the city.

• Jiang Ning survived the Fourth Blood Exchange in the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range and used the Blood Jade Nine Aperture Lotus to restore and strengthen his Qi and Blood.
• Jiang Ning returned home, spent the night with Wang Qingtan, and then decided to train the Indestructible Vajra Body because his physique was not yet strong enough for the Fifth Blood Exchange.
• A young man carrying a huge sword entered Dongling City, and the Water Moon Sword Palace Great Elder warned Xiao Emei that he might be a Grandmaster.
• The sword-bearing young man dismissed the idea that he was merely a Grandmaster and claimed he was far beyond one.
• Xiao Emei and Great Elder Hou Yingying visited Patrol Envoy Jiang, and Hou Yingying felt overwhelmed by Jiang Ning's presence.

Jiang Ning agreed to aid the embattled Water Moon Sword Palace in exchange for half its current wealth and half its income for ten years, but delayed action while he recovered and trained. After learning that a mysterious visitor drawn by the rain might come from a Blessed Grotto-heaven, Jiang Ning reconsidered the threat and decided to test the visitor's strength.

• Xiao Emei and Hou Yingying asked Jiang Ning to save the Water Moon Sword Palace, and Xiao Emei accepted his demands for wealth and tribute.
• Jiang Ning told the two women to wait several days while he recovered and advanced his Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill.
• Zhao Yulong received a portrait and location for the mysterious giant-sword visitor, then went to meet him in the West District.
• Jiang Ning trained by absorbing Great Sun Essence Qi and brought his Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill to 9188 experience points.
• Jiang Ning learned that the visitor might come from a Blessed Grotto-heaven and resolved to test how strong he was.

Jiang Ning watched Linglong confront a young man from a Blessed Grotto-heaven, then let him escape to avoid provoking the force behind him. Linglong ended the rain and declared herself the Nu River Dragon God, abolishing living sacrifices.

• During a river sacrifice, a Golden Light rose from the Raging River as thunderclouds gathered, and Zhao Yulong connected the spectacle to the mysterious young man and his Cave Heaven origins.
• Jiang Ning used his Heavenly Eye to assess the approaching sword-wielding young man and decided to let Linglong test his strength while he remained ready to intervene.
• Linglong summoned a violent storm, and the young man entered the thunderclouds, where lightning badly injured him before he escaped using a blood-consuming technique.
• Jiang Ning tracked the weakened young man but chose not to kill him, reasoning that doing so might draw the Blessed Grotto-heaven's attention.
• Jiang Ning returned to Dongling City, while Linglong ended the rain and proclaimed herself the Nu River Dragon God, forbidding living sacrifices.

Jiang Ning sent Linglong to bring more rain to drought-stricken regions, then traveled to the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range and broke through Water Fire True Force. His new Water Fire True Intent greatly increased his strength, and Fire Eye transformed into Fire Eye Spirit Pupils with the power to expose illusions and attack.

• Jiang Ning and Wang Qinghan offered tributes to the Nu River Dragon God at the Raging River, where people gathered after the rain and rumors spread that a temple would be built.
• Jiang Ning ordered Linglong to bring rain to downstream drought-stricken regions to help the people and keep suspicion away from him.
• Jiang Ning spent twenty thousand Source Energy Points to break through Water Fire True Force beneath a waterfall in the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range.
• Jiang Ning manifested a Water Fire Wheel and eight chains, whose True Intent devastated the surrounding rocks and trees.
• Jiang Ning saw that Fire Eye had become Fire Eye Spirit Pupils, then used golden beams from his eyes to set a distant tree ablaze.

Jiang Ning prepared to move against the Five Swords Sect, gathering evidence and borrowing soldiers while sending his subordinates to Shishan County. The chapter ended with Yan Yikuan assigning Feng Xiaochen and five hundred troops to follow Jiang Ning’s command.

• Jiang Ning learned that Xie Xiaojiu, Zhou Xing, Feng Jiuge, and their subordinates had made major advances in strength, with Feng Jiuge reaching Sixth Rank Mysterious Bone.
• Jiang Ning sent Xie Xiaojiu, Feng Jiuge, and Zhou Xing with personnel to Shishan County to support Bai Luoyu and prepare for his coming move against the Five Swords Sect.
• Jiang Ning asked Zhao Yulong for evidence of crimes committed by Five Swords Sect members, and Zhao agreed after sensing Jiang Ning’s Saber Intent.
• Yan Yikuan warned Yan Youjiao not to provoke Jiang Ning and explained Jiang Ning’s connection to Wang Qingtan and Lu Zhao.
• Jiang Ning asked Yan Yikuan to lend troops for a move against the Five Swords Sect, explaining that he wanted to relieve pressure on the Water Moon Sword Palace.
• Yan Yikuan assigned Feng Xiaochen and five hundred soldiers to serve under Jiang Ning’s command.

Jiang Ning traveled to drought-stricken Shishan County, where he destroyed a pot of dangerous Meat Ganoderma and killed two people who had devoured their own kind. He left the starving survivors hoping he would bring relief, while the Qingyuan Grotto-Heaven decided to tolerate the Nu River Dragon God's rainmaking.

• Jiang Ning left Feng Xiaochen to lead five hundred soldiers to Shishan County, said farewell to his family, and entrusted Linglong and Old Turtle with guarding his home.
• At Qingyuan Grotto-Heaven, Qi Xin reported the Nu River Dragon God's rains, and his Senior Brother decided the deity could remain because the rain would not end the wider drought.
• Jiang Ning reached Shishan County and saw its poverty and famine, with residents queuing for Talisman Water to stave off hunger.
• Jiang Ning followed a rich meat fragrance to a ruined temple and recognized black Evil God aura in the Meat Ganoderma being cooked there.
• Jiang Ning destroyed the pot and warned the starving people against eating the Meat Ganoderma, then burned two people who had devoured their own kind.
• After Jiang Ning left, Shopkeeper Liu and the others wondered whether the powerful stranger would give them a way to survive.

Jiang Ning used his Divine Sense to assess Shishan County, learned from Bai Luoyu that two powerful lineages were hoarding grain, and warned him of an impending attack by the God Worshipping Sect. He killed the sect members at their East District winery stronghold but learned nothing about their elusive Sect Leader, leaving the sect’s central threat unresolved.

• Jiang Ning searched Shishan County with his Divine Sense and discovered the famine’s devastation and the God Worshipping Sect’s influence.
• Jiang Ning met Bai Luoyu, learned that two local lineages had hidden grain outside the city, and agreed to help deal with them and the Five Swords Sect.
• Jiang Ning told Bai Luoyu that God Worshipping Sect members planned to attack him, then went to their East District winery stronghold.
• Jiang Ning confronted five sect members, killed them, and failed to learn the Sect Leader’s identity or whereabouts.
• Jiang Ning left disappointed that he could not yet eliminate the God Worshipping Sect’s Sect Leader or the God of Flesh and Blood.

Jiang Ning destroyed the God Worshipping Sect’s core forces in Shishan County and helped Bai Luoyu regain control of the unrest. He then tracked the Mu and Xu families’ guards to a hidden cave on Stone Mountain, where he found their enormous stockpile of grain.

• Jiang Ning waited for Bai Luoyu after killing the God Worshipping Sect’s five core members, and Bai Luoyu inspected the corpses and learned that the sect’s leaders were gone.
• Bai Luoyu thanked Jiang Ning and said he expected to restore peace in Shishan County within three to five days.
• Mu Changsheng warned the Xu Family Head that Bai Luoyu’s arrests might target their families, and they agreed to send experts to guard their hidden grain.
• Jiang Ning used his Yin Spirit to follow black-clad Mu and Xu family experts from the northern city gate toward Stone Mountain.
• Jiang Ning traced the guards through a rock fissure to a hidden cave and found several hundred thousand dan of grain stored inside.

Jiang Ning led Bai Luoyu to a hidden store of grain in Stone Mountain, defeated the guards, and opened a wider passage so the grain could be moved. He urged Bai Luoyu to give the Xu and Mu Families one final chance before destroying them, while planning to use the confrontation to test the Five Swords Sect.

• Jiang Ning guided Bai Luoyu and four trusted men through a fissure in Stone Mountain to a hidden cave filled with grain.
• Two Sixth Rank guards ambushed Jiang Ning, but he caught their weapons barehanded, broke them, and incapacitated the guards.
• Bai Luoyu and his men subdued the cave’s defenders and stopped one man from setting fire to the grain; Bai Luoyu thanked Jiang Ning for helping Shishan County.
• Jiang Ning widened the fissure into a passage, then advised Bai Luoyu to question the Xu and Mu Family heads once more and destroy their families if they refused to cooperate.
• Bai Luoyu arranged to meet the family heads at noon, while Jiang Ning planned to use the dispute to gauge the Five Swords Sect’s strength and gain resources.

Jiang Ning trained while Bai Luoyu confronted the Xu and Mu Families over their hoarded grain. When the families refused to cooperate, Jiang Ning killed their leaders and guards, and the two Lineages were destroyed; relief work was set to begin in Shishan County.

• Jiang Ning trained his Indestructible Vajra Body and absorbed Great Sun Essence Qi while Bai Luoyu left to meet the Xu and Mu Families.
• At Sifang Pavilion, Bai Luoyu demanded that the Xu and Mu Families surrender their hoarded grain, but their leaders resisted and began to negotiate.
• Jiang Ning arrived, struck down a guard, and killed the Xu and Mu Family leaders and their men with a burst of Gang Qi.
• Jiang Ning told Bai Luoyu to confiscate the families’ property and exterminate their Lineages; Bai Luoyu agreed to use the grain for refugee relief.
• Jiang Ning proposed providing relief through public works after three days of food aid, including building roads, and Bai Luoyu praised the plan.
• The Xu and Mu Families were destroyed, and Jiang Ning reflected on how far his strength had advanced since his earlier struggle against the Cao Family.

Jiang Ning completed a breakthrough in the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill, gaining the Longevity Species trait, while Bai Luoyu prepared to carry out Jiang Ning’s plan for Shishan County. As Jiang Ning considered his new lifespan and cultivation prospects, two Xu and Mu Family Elders arrived with a Five Swords Sect procession, intending to stop the executions.

• Bai Luoyu maintained disaster relief and arrests in Shishan County while Jiang Ning stayed to prepare for the Xu and Mu Families’ executions and the Five Swords Sect’s response.
• Jiang Ning completed the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill’s breakthrough, and its cleansing effects helped preserve his body’s vitality.
• Jiang Ning discovered that the skill had granted him the Longevity Species trait, which extended his lifespan beyond ordinary limits.
• Bai Luoyu approached Jiang Ning after preparing an altar to the Nu River Dragon God, as he remained uncertain whether the ritual would bring rain.
• Two Xu and Mu Family Elders rode toward Shishan County with a large Five Swords Sect procession and a confident White-robed Man archer, planning to force the Inspector to release their people.

Jiang Ning summoned rain over drought-stricken Shishan County, then received Feng Jiuge and her group as they arrived ahead of the planned executions. Xiao Emei and the Water Moon Sword Palace’s Great Elder also reached the county, seeking Jiang Ning’s help against the Five Swords Sect.

• Jiang Ning used the altar at Shishan County’s Vegetable Market to summon storm clouds, and heavy rain fell across the county.
• The next morning, Feng Jiuge led dozens of Patrol Envoy Office riders into Shishan County, where the soldiers welcomed them as Jiang Ning’s people.
• Xiao Emei and the Water Moon Sword Palace’s Great Elder entered Shishan County, and the Great Elder reassured Xiao Emei that Jiang Ning would protect the sword palace.
• Feng Jiuge and Xie Xiaojiu met Jiang Ning at his residence, and he told them to bring all their men to the Vegetable Market before the end of the next day’s hour.

Jiang Ning refused Xiao Emei’s attempt to win his favor, then visited Wang Qingtan in Dongling City before returning to Shishan County. As the execution of the Xu and Mu families approached, Elders Xu and Mu arrived with an inner-sect disciple and planned an ambush at the Vegetable Market.

• Xie Xiaojiu and Feng Jiuge saw Xiao Emei heading to meet Jiang Ning and discussed rumors about their past and Water Moon Sword Palace’s dangerous position.
• Xiao Emei told Jiang Ning that her sect had agreed to give him half its accumulated wealth, and he said he would visit the sword palace the next day.
• After Jiang Ning rejected Xiao Emei’s offer to serve him, he traveled to Dongling City and spent the night with Wang Qingtan.
• Jiang Ning returned to Shishan County late the next morning and resumed cultivating, while Xiao Emei questioned where he had been.
• Elders Xu and Mu entered Shishan County with Yang True Disciple and decided to wait near the Vegetable Market to ambush the officials overseeing their clansmen’s execution.

Jiang Ning arrived at the Vegetable Market as the execution of the Xu and Mu Families approached, while the Five Swords Sect prepared an attack to stop it. A poisoned arrow shot toward him, and Yang True Disciple aimed a second arrow at Xiao Emei, forcing Jiang Ning to defend her.

• Jiang Ning cultivated the Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill while Bai Luoyu prepared to execute the Xu and Mu Families at the Vegetable Market.
• Five Swords Sect members plotted to attack the execution, with Elder Xu coordinating the assault and Yang True Disciple providing archery support.
• Jiang Ning used his Divine Sense to find the hidden Five Swords Sect members, then arrived at the platform with Xiao Emei and Hou Yingying.
• Yang True Disciple fired a poisoned arrow toward Jiang Ning, but Jiang Ning detected it before it could reach the execution ground.
• Elder Xu leaped from a nearby building as Yang True Disciple nocked another arrow and aimed it at Xiao Emei.