Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning repelled the Five Swords Sect’s attack at the vegetable market, wounded its archer Yang True Disciple, and let the sect members escape so he could use their actions as an excuse to confront the sect. After ordering the prisoners executed, he left Yang True Disciple injured and furious at Elder Xu.

• Jiang Ning caught Yang True Disciple’s arrow barehanded and threw it into the second arrow, while the Five Swords Sect’s forces hesitated and Elder Xu reconsidered charging into the Execution Ground.
• Jiang Ning’s subordinates, led by Feng Jiuge, Xie Xiaojiu, and Zhou Xing, fought back the attackers as Jiang Ning fired a tracking arrow that severed Yang True Disciple’s right arm.
• Jiang Ning let the Five Swords Sect members flee, explaining to Bai Luoyu that their escape would give him a reason to go after the sect, and he collected Tokens from two bodies left behind.
• Jiang Ning ordered Feng Jiuge to inspect the damaged building, then ordered the hooded prisoners executed and told the soldiers to continue bringing in prisoners.
• Yang True Disciple met Elder Xu while fleeing and angrily confronted him for claiming the operation would be free of danger.

After executing the Xu and Mu Families, Jiang Ning traveled to the Water Moon Sword Palace to collect the resources owed to him and prepare for a move against the Five Swords Sect. He left the Palace’s Elders convinced that his strength was beyond their ability to challenge.

• Jiang Ning identified Yang Hong’s broken Five Swords Sect disciple Token and ordered the dead sect disciples prepared in coffins for use in a few days.
• Jiang Ning left Shishan County with Xiao Emei and Hou Yingying, planning to collect his reward from the Water Moon Sword Palace while waiting for the Five Swords Sect attackers and Feng Xiaochen’s five hundred soldiers to return.
• Jiang Ning practiced absorbing Great Sun Essence Qi on the road, and Hou Yingying judged that he might have reached the Second Blood Exchange.
• At the Water Moon Sword Palace, Jiang Ning heard that its disciples feared the sect’s decline and hoped his resources could help it recover.
• Elder Wu Yuan challenged Jiang Ning to demonstrate his strength, but Jiang Ning’s Jin Force left Wu Yuan trembling and forced him to concede.
• Wu Yuan told the other Elders that Jiang Ning was beyond their power, leading them to suspect he was a Heavenly Human Grandmaster who had completed at least the Second Blood Exchange.

Jiang Ning recovered from the damage caused by his Fourth Blood Exchange using resources from Water Moon Sword Palace and investigated the strange Divine Maiden Statue. His Heaven’s Eye revealed a mysterious woman who said he could not inherit her woman-only path, but sent a bead of water into his brow before vanishing.

• Xiao Emei opened the Secret Chamber and explained that Water Moon Sword Palace had little wealth left after its treasures were looted and the Five Swords Sect seized its foundations.
• Jiang Ning took the chamber’s treasures, promised to resolve the Five Swords Sect’s threat soon, and demanded half of its foundation as payment.
• Jiang Ning refined the medicinal resources, fully recovered from the damage of his Fourth Blood Exchange, and watched his body strengthen as his Source Energy reached 7401.
• Jiang Ning used his Fire Eye Spirit Pupils and Heaven’s Eye to detect unusual energy gathering inside the Divine Maiden Statue under the moonlight.
• Jiang Ning saw a mysterious woman in the statue’s hidden vision; she said her inheritance suited only women, then sent a bead of water into his brow before the vision shattered.

Jiang Ning received a gift from the Divine Maiden that transformed his Yin Spirit and brought it close to becoming a Yang Spirit, then prepared to confront the Five Swords Sect after Feng Xiaochen arrived with troops. He also hoped Wang Qingtan would qualify for the Divine Maiden’s inheritance.

• Jiang Ning saw the Divine Maiden in the moonlit illusion, received a chilling Water Droplet in his Spiritual Platform, and watched golden patterns appear across his Yin Spirit as it began transforming toward a Yang Spirit.
• Jiang Ning saw his Source Energy rise to 73215, trained the Indestructible Vajra Body, and later asked Xiao Emei to arrange a room and bathwater.
• He Changkong and the Five Swords Sect Elders discussed Jiang Ning’s connection to the Water Moon Sword Palace and the destruction of the Xu and Mu Families, then decided to pause further expansion while keeping what they had already taken.
• Two days later, Jiang Ning received a letter saying Feng Xiaochen had arrived in Shishan County with five hundred elite soldiers and sent him a reply by Flying Messenger Bird.
• Jiang Ning prepared to demand an explanation from the Five Swords Sect and wondered when Wang Qingtan would reach the Water Moon Sword Palace to test whether she could receive the Divine Maiden’s inheritance.

Feng Xiaochen led troops armed with Star Chasing Crossbows to besiege the Five Swords Sect under Patrol Envoy Jiang Ning’s orders. After Xie Xiaojiu fought one of the sect’s Elders, Jiang Ning arrived just as the Elder’s sword was closing in on him.

• Feng Xiaochen split his troops to block both roads to the Five Swords Sect and advanced on its southern gate with Feng Jiuge, Xie Xiaojiu, and Zhou Xing.
• The Five Swords Sect discovered the approaching army, rang its Bell, and gathered its leaders at the mountain gate.
• He Changkong learned the troops had come under Jiang Ning’s orders and asked to speak with him, but Xie Xiaojiu said he had not arrived.
• A Five Swords Sect Elder challenged Xie Xiaojiu, and their sword exchanges revealed that her strength had grown enough to contend with him.
• As Xie Xiaojiu began to lose ground, Jiang Ning rushed up the mountain and appeared between her and the Elder’s incoming sword.

Jiang Ning confronted the Five Swords Sect over an attempted assassination, the execution-ground robbery, and the deaths of two men, killing an Elder who attacked him and invoking Great Xia Law. He presented evidence to Sect Master He Changkong while both sides waited for the sect’s Supreme Elder to arrive.

• Jiang Ning caught an Elder’s sword between two fingers, shattered it, and killed him with a fragment as He Changkong rushed forward.
• Jiang Ning identified himself as the Dongling County Patrol Envoy and said the Elder had tried to assassinate him and his subordinate; He Changkong held back after assessing Jiang Ning’s forces.
• Xiao Emei arrived, and He Changkong tried to redirect the dispute toward the Water Moon Sword Palace, but Jiang Ning demanded an explanation for the execution-ground robbery and assassination attempt.
• Jiang Ning blasted open two coffins, revealing corpses that sect members recognized, and threatened He Changkong with punishment under Great Xia Law.
• After Jiang Ning revealed flames in his eyes, He Changkong questioned the evidence and secretly sent disciples to summon the Supreme Elder.
• Jiang Ning gave He Changkong genuine identity Tokens taken from the suspects, while holding back the Token of a Five Swords Sect Direct Disciple.

Jiang Ning confronted the Five Swords Sect over Yang True Disciple, but the sect’s Supreme Elder and He Changkong resisted, turning the entrance square into a battle. Jiang Ning captured Yang and faced the Supreme Elder as the fighting escalated, ending with his Five-Colored Radiance slowing the elder’s attack.

• Jiang Ning displayed Yang True Disciple’s identity token and demanded that He Changkong surrender him, but the Supreme Elder arrived and urged Jiang Ning to relent.
• Jiang Ning charged through the disciples and seized the fleeing, one-armed Yang True Disciple while He Changkong’s Hundred-Step Flying Sword struck Jiang Ning’s Protective Golden Light and failed to pierce it.
• Feng Xiaochen ordered the crossbow squads to fire, forcing He Changkong to defend the disciples and leaving him wounded as the sect’s elders rallied against the intruders.
• Jiang Ning held Yang and confronted the Supreme Elder, who charged in and struck at him with a palm.
• Jiang Ning answered with a Five-Colored Radiance punch that made the Supreme Elder’s movements sluggish.

Jiang Ning defeated the Five Swords Sect’s Supreme Elder and led the assault to destroy the sect. After the Supreme Elder’s last stand failed, Jiang Ning ordered the fleeing disciples to surrender and began crippling those who continued to escape.

• Jiang Ning overwhelmed the Five Swords Sect’s Supreme Elder in a fist clash, seized him in midair, and demanded the sect surrender.
• Jiang Ning identified himself as a Sixth Rank Inspector of Dongling County and learned that the Supreme Elder was the Five Swords Sect’s only Grandmaster.
• The Supreme Elder burned his Essence Blood to break Jiang Ning’s seal and ordered the disciples to flee, while He Changkong commanded them to scatter.
• Jiang Ning unleashed his Water Fire Wheel as Feng Xiaochen ordered the guards to attack, and Jiang Ning’s chains knocked He Changkong unconscious.
• Jiang Ning subdued the Supreme Elder, declared that resisting arrest meant death, and struck fleeing disciples with Gang Force that shattered their leg bones.

Jiang Ning helped his forces defeat the Five Swords Sect, killed the Grandmaster guarding its treasury with one saber strike, and secured the sect’s wealth. After reviewing the casualties and spoils, he ordered compensation for his soldiers and arranged to send treasures to the Water Moon Sword Palace.

• Jiang Ning secretly protected his troops during the battle on the square, where three of his men were killed and nine were seriously wounded.
• Jiang Ning found the Grandmaster guarding the treasury, Old Ghost of the Yellow River, and killed him with a single saber strike after the elder lowered his guard.
• Jiang Ning ordered Xie Xiaojiu to seal the treasury and took the captured Supreme Elder with him rather than leave him in his subordinates’ custody.
• Xie Xiaojiu reported that the Five Swords Sect’s assets were worth about Twenty-Five Thousand to Thirty Thousand Taels of Gold, including over Three Thousand One Hundred Taels of Gold and Two Hundred Thirty Thousand Taels of Silver.
• Jiang Ning ordered battle participants to receive ten taels of gold, the families of fallen soldiers to receive One Hundred Taels of Gold each, and Two Hundred Thousand Taels of Silver to be given to Feng Xiaochen.
• Jiang Ning ordered two-tenths of the spoils prepared for the national treasury and the Five Swords Sect’s Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures transported to the Water Moon Sword Palace.

Jiang Ning reached 101,333 Source Energy, received ten Crimson Flame Blood Crystals from Xiao Emei, and waited for Wang Qingtan to visit the Divine Maiden Statue. After learning that Wang Qingtan was awakening memories of the Phoenix Celestial Woman, Jiang Ning tested her identity and brought her to seek the statue’s inheritance, but the Moon Palace Divine Maiden rejected her.

• Jiang Ning saw his Source Energy reach 101,333 and continued training while waiting for Wang Qingtan to arrive at the Water Moon Sword Palace.
• Xiao Emei gave Jiang Ning ten Crimson Flame Blood Crystals, which he counted toward the Water Moon Sword Palace’s debt.
• Wang Qingtan visited Jiang Ning, revealed concerns about whether she was still herself as her memories worsened, and Jiang Ning concluded she was awakening the Phoenix Celestial Woman’s memories.
• Jiang Ning tested Wang Qingtan and concluded she was still herself, then took her to the Divine Maiden Statue and used his Heavenly Eye to enter its moonlit vision.
• The Moon Palace Divine Maiden told Jiang Ning that Wang Qingtan could not accept her inheritance because she carried a familiar aura.

Jiang Ning received Qingyi’s information about a Grotto-heaven Secret Realm at Yang Lake and news from Ji Mingyue, then left the Water Moon Sword Palace to return to Dongling City. In the wilderness, he spent fifty thousand Source Energy on the perfected Indestructible Vajra Body, beginning its breakthrough.

• A woman in blue delivered Qingyi’s letter, which said Heavenly Stars Yang might be found in an unrecorded Grotto-heaven Secret Realm opening at Yang Lake around mid-to-late August, and a letter from Ji Mingyue.
• Jiang Ning wrote a reply for Qingyi and decided to return to Dongling City, where Shangguan Guyun’s arrival had put Zhao Yulong under pressure over the imprisoned Five Swords Sect members.
• Jiang Ning told the Water Moon Sword Palace’s patrol captain to maintain its future tributes, then left by boat; Xiao Emei arrived at the shore too late to see him depart.
• In a mountain forest that night, Jiang Ning raised the Indestructible Vajra Body’s experience to thirty thousand and spent fifty thousand Source Energy to begin its breakthrough.

Shangguan Guyun gathered Water Blue Immortal Aunt, Spirit Snake Gentleman, and Xiao Hongyuan to plan Jiang Ning’s assassination, while Jiang Ning completed a breakthrough and gained the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body. He tested his new power in the wilderness and prepared to complete his Fifth Blood Exchange before returning to Dongling City.

• Shangguan Guyun persuaded Water Blue Immortal Aunt to join him, Spirit Snake Gentleman, and Xiao Hongyuan in ambushing and killing Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning completed the Indestructible Vajra Body’s Threefold Breakthrough and transformed his skin into Golden Skin.
• Jiang Ning gained the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body Divine Ability and tested its strength, speed, and defenses by uprooting a tree and smashing a mountain wall.
• Jiang Ning decided to complete his Fifth Blood Exchange before setting out for Dongling City.

Jiang Ning completed his Fifth Blood Exchange, replenished its enormous energy cost with Crimson Flame Blood Crystals, and gained over eighty thousand Source Energy Points. He used them to advance Swimming to its Ninth Limit Break, gaining Water Source Affinity, and discovered that he could merge his senses with an entire pool.

• Jiang Ning completed his Fifth Blood Exchange with help from the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy stored in his Inner Alchemy Pellet, and all thirty-six teeth were replaced.
• Jiang Ning consumed more than twenty Crimson Flame Blood Crystals to replenish his depleted body, spending resources worth over two thousand taels of gold and gaining more than twenty thousand Source Energy Points.
• After resting until late morning, Jiang Ning saw that his Source Energy had reached 80,133 and decided to advance Swimming to seek a Martial Path Artistic Conception.
• Jiang Ning spent five thousand Source Energy Points to raise Swimming to its Ninth Limit Break, transforming Water Spirit Affinity into Water Source Affinity.
• Jiang Ning tested his new Trait in a mountain pool and discovered that he could perceive the entire pool in a complete three-hundred-and-sixty-degree view.

Jiang Ning absorbed vitality from a pool, then advanced Swimming to its Tenth Limit Break and gained the ability to command wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. He next advanced Wind Thunder Step, grasped Wind Intent, and ended the chapter exhilarated by his newfound ability to move faster than sound.

• Jiang Ning absorbed the pool’s vitality, discovered that doing so had killed its fish and shrimp, and stopped when he realized the pool’s spring was restoring it.
• Jiang Ning breathed in Great Sun Essence Qi, gaining 87 Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill Experience Points despite the time he had spent absorbing vitality.
• Jiang Ning spent 10,000 Source Energy Points to advance Swimming to its Tenth Limit Break and gained the Wind, Rain, Thunder, Lightning trait.
• Jiang Ning tested his new ability by summoning lightning that shattered a rock and generating a powerful whirlwind, then decided to focus on Wind Thunder Step.
• Jiang Ning advanced Wind Thunder Step, comprehended Wind Intent, and raced more than a hundred li at a speed that surpassed sound.

Jiang Ning advanced his Wind Thunder Step while traveling toward Dongling City, then aided the seemingly desperate Qing'er at Ten Mile Pavilion, unknowingly giving Divine Blood to one of his Spirit Body Incarnations. Meanwhile, Shangguan Guyun and the others prepared to ambush Jiang Ning outside the city, and Jiang Ning continued toward them without haste.

• Jiang Ning’s Wind Thunder Step breakthrough granted him Wind Intent and the Wind Whisperer trait, and he continued gaining Experience Points on his journey.
• At Ten Mile Pavilion, Jiang Ning paid for Qing’er to eat, gave her broken silver, and mixed a drop of his blood into tea that she drank.
• Qing’er revealed that she had faked her illness to protect herself, while her hidden consciousness recognized that Jiang Ning’s Divine Blood had accelerated the growth of her Spirit Body.
• Shangguan Guyun, Spirit Snake Gentleman, Xiao Hongyuan, and Water Blue Immortal Aunt agreed to kill Jiang Ning outside Dongling City before he entered.
• Jiang Ning noticed the hostile attention and a Letter Old Man flying toward the city, realized he was being targeted, and continued toward the ambush with confidence.

Jiang Ning waited in the mountain forest for four veteran Grandmasters who had come to kill him, confident in the strength he had gained after destroying the Five Swords Sect. After Xiao Hongyuan’s opening strike failed to injure him, all four Grandmasters launched a full assault, and Jiang Ning faced them without dodging.

• Jiang Ning sensed Shangguan Guyun, Water Blue Immortal Aunt, Spirit Snake Gentleman, and Xiao Hongyuan approaching and chose to meet them in the forest.
• The four Grandmasters found Jiang Ning, introduced themselves, and surrounded him; Jiang Ning recognized Water Blue Immortal Aunt as the woman who had attacked Zhao Yulong.
• Xiao Hongyuan attacked Jiang Ning with his saber, but Jiang Ning’s perfected Indestructible Vajra Body left him unharmed and sent Xiao Hongyuan reeling.
• Shangguan Guyun, Spirit Snake Gentleman, and Xiao Hongyuan attacked together, while Water Blue Immortal Aunt hesitated before joining them.
• Jiang Ning remained in place against all four attacks, trusting his layered defenses as Shangguan Guyun urged the others to strike with everything they had.

Jiang Ning unleashed the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body and killed the four Grandmasters who had ambushed him, despite Xiao Hongyuan breaking through during their fight. After collecting the fallen enemies’ weapons and burying Xiao Hongyuan, Jiang Ning left the forest with a new appreciation for Martial Dao True Intent and Xiao Qiushui’s talent.

• Shangguan Guyun and the other three Grandmasters failed to pierce Jiang Ning’s Protective Golden Light, so they tried to flee.
• Jiang Ning manifested the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body and killed Shangguan Guyun and Spirit Snake Gentleman as they escaped.
• Xiao Hongyuan advanced during his fight with Jiang Ning, but Jiang Ning defeated him with a single palm.
• Jiang Ning caught Water Blue Immortal Aunt outside the forest and killed her when she tried to block his attack.
• Jiang Ning reviewed the fight, retrieved Shangguan Guyun’s Three-Foot Green Edge and Spirit Snake Gentleman’s Soft Sword, and buried Xiao Hongyuan.

After defeating the four Grandmasters, Jiang Ning returned home safely, studied the martial arts techniques taken from Five Swords Sect, and cultivated the Burning Blood Secret Art. Learning that a Grandmaster had watched his residence while he was away, he prepared to gather allies and set out to destroy Divine Sword Villa.

• Jiang Ning returned to Dongling City, reunited with Jiang Li and Liu Wanwan, and learned that nothing serious had happened at home.
• Jiang Ning read through the martial arts manuals from Five Swords Sect and discovered the Burning Blood Secret Art, which condensed blood essence in his heart.
• Jiang Ning refined a drop of Essence Blood and fed it to Linglong, increasing her cultivation by five years.
• Linglong told Jiang Ning that a Grandmaster had observed the house while he was away, though she had been no match for the intruder.
• Jiang Ning ordered Luyi to summon Xie Xiaojiu, Zhou Xing, Feng Jiuge, Zhao Yulong, and Bai Luoyu, and planned to attack Divine Sword Villa before it could move its resources.

After forming two drops of Essence Blood, Jiang Ning prepared to lead troops against Divine Sword Villa and Mitian Sect, while Zhao Yulong agreed to provide Patrol Office forces. Zhao Yulong and Bai Luoyu left believing Jiang Ning’s strength was nearing the Top Grandmaster realm, and Zhao Yulong privately wondered whether Jiang Ning could become a Martial Dao Myth.

• Jiang Ning formed two drops of Essence Blood, ate a Crimson Flame Blood Crystal, and ordered Zhou Xing, Xie Xiaojiu, and Feng Jiuge to bring troops to Luoxia Valley near Divine Sword Villa.
• Jiang Ning showed Zhao Yulong Shangguan Guyun’s sword and identified the other Grandmasters he had slain, including Xiao Hongyuan, whom Zhao Yulong had once tried to recruit.
• Jiang Ning and Zhao Yulong agreed that the Patrol Office would provide manpower for attacks on Divine Sword Villa and Mitian Sect, with Zhao Yulong receiving two-tenths of the spoils.
• Jiang Ning gave Zhou Xing, Xie Xiaojiu, and Feng Jiuge Jade Bottles to improve their strength before they left.
• Zhao Yulong told Bai Luoyu that Jiang Ning’s victory over four Grandmasters put him near the Top Grandmaster realm and wondered whether Jiang Ning could complete the Ninth Blood Exchange and become a Martial Dao Myth.

Jiang Ning strengthened Xie Xiaojiu with Essence Blood, weighed the threats posed by the Heaven Response Alliance, and decided to pursue the Yang Lake Grotto-heaven Secret Realm despite its risks. After cultivating Wind Thunder Step to its limit in the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range, he began breaking through.

• Jiang Ning gave Xie Xiaojiu Essence Blood and told her to digest it before he tested her strength.
• Jiang Ning assessed the powerful forces in Zeshan Province, including Nan Zhiwei, and resolved to continue targeting Divine Sword Villa and Mitian Sect while preparing for Yang Lake.
• Jiang Ning cultivated Wind Thunder Step in the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range as Zhao Yulong and Bai Luoyu led their people toward Luoxia Valley.
• Zhao Yulong and Bai Luoyu discussed the dangers Jiang Ning faced at the Yang Lake Grotto-heaven Secret Realm and considered persuading him not to go.
• Jiang Ning reached the limit of Wind Thunder Step, spent 10,000 Source Energy, and began its breakthrough.