Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning advanced his Winter Season Treasure Scroll before joining Shen Wenyuan and Ji Mingyue to meet Wang Wenzong and set out for Crouching Dragon Ridge. As the Zhuge Family awaited help against the Heaven Response Alliance’s ultimatum, the cry of a Royal Shadow Crane suggested that allies had arrived.

• Jiang Ning comprehended winter’s hidden vitality and raised his Winter Season Treasure Scroll experience to 7,388 points by morning.
• Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue joined Shen Wenyuan for breakfast, and Jiang Ning and Shen Wenyuan agreed to address each other as brothers.
• Shen Wenyuan introduced Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue to Wang Wenzong, who agreed to go with them to Crouching Dragon Ridge.
• Zhuge Qingsong prepared to defend the Zhuge Family’s integrity while ensuring Zhuge Lie and the family’s remaining branches could survive.
• A Royal Shadow Crane cried above Zhuge Villa, and Zhuge Qingsong led the clan out to welcome the expected helpers.

Jiang Ning arrived at Zhuge Villa with Ji Mingyue to aid the Zhuge Family, but his curse-weakened condition made the family doubt he could fight. He revealed that Shen Wenyuan and Wang Wenzong were also coming, though as the Zhuge elders waited, Jiang Ning’s worsening cough left them concerned.

• Li Sixiang and three other Great Grandmasters watched Jiang Ning arrive at Zhuge Villa and noted that the curse had reached his organs.
• Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue introduced themselves, and Zhuge Qingsong and several clan elders greeted them at the villa entrance.
• Jiang Ning said he could use only sixty to seventy percent of his strength, and Zhuge Qingsong and other elders urged him to leave rather than risk his life.
• Jiang Ning revealed that Shen Wenyuan and Wang Wenzong would come to help, lifting the Zhuge Family’s spirits.
• Li Sixiang’s group discussed Jiang Ning’s curse and chose to wait until noon before attacking.
• In Zhuge Villa’s Main Hall, the elders waited for the promised reinforcements while Jiang Ning continued coughing, prompting Zhuge Qingsong to exchange worried glances.

Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue faced Li Sixiang and three other Great Grandmasters as they arrived to coerce the Zhuge Family. Wang Wenzong intervened and overwhelmed three opponents, but Jing Wuming forced him back, prompting Wang to unleash his hidden strength.

• Li Sixiang arrived at Zhuge Villa with three Great Grandmasters and demanded Zhuge Qingsong surrender, while Jiang Ning prepared to confront them.
• Wang Wenzong arrived and declared that he would protect the Zhuge Family, then crushed a hidden worm sent by the Purple Gauze Woman and attacked the group.
• Wang Wenzong pierced the Sword-Bearing Man, struck the Purple Gauze Woman, and forced Li Sixiang back despite taking his palm attack.
• Jing Wuming rushed in and clashed with Wang Wenzong, pushing him back three feet with his black short blade.
• Jing Wuming revealed that he had survived the North Sea Secret Realm and demanded that Wang Wenzong withdraw, but Wang refused and began transforming as his Qi and Blood Beacon formed a roaring dragon.

At Zhuge Villa, Ji Mingzhou and Jing Wuming drove Wang Wenzong to retreat, leaving Jiang Ning to face Ji Mingzhou. After Li Sixiang died from Jiang Ning’s palm, Jiang Ning unleashed the life-burning Heart Tribulation Fire and met Ji Mingzhou’s attack.

• Wang Wenzong transformed, but Jing Wuming turned to leave until Ji Mingzhou arrived amid a supernatural blizzard and asked him to help fight.
• Ji Mingzhou struck at Wang Wenzong, who sensed a threat and fled, abandoning Shen Wenyuan and the others.
• Ji Mingzhou confronted Shen Wenyuan and Zhuge Qingsong, while Jiang Ning stepped forward to stop the calamity.
• Li Sixiang challenged Jiang Ning, but Jiang Ning’s palm blasted him apart; Ji Mingzhou’s attempt to save him triggered his body to explode into blood mist.
• Jiang Ning ignited the Heart Tribulation Fire, and Ji Mingzhou attacked him with an ice-like finger technique as Jiang Ning punched back.

Jiang Ning used a Forbidden Art to kill Ji Mingzhou and the Purple Gauze Woman and Sword-Bearing Man, saving Zhuge Villa. He recruited Jing Wuming and set out to destroy Crossing Immortal Gate, despite his worsening condition.

• Jiang Ning shattered Ji Mingzhou’s attack and killed him with a series of blows, then killed the Purple Gauze Woman and the Sword-Bearing Man.
• Wang Wenzong watched from afar, recognized Jiang Ning’s strength and poor condition, and left without meeting him.
• Jiang Ning made Jing Wuming swear to serve him for ten years and gave him golden blood that let Jiang Ning control him.
• Zhuge Qingsong and the people of Zhuge Villa thanked Jiang Ning, who declined their hospitality and left with Ji Mingyue, Jing Wuming, and Shen Wenyuan.
• Jiang Ning told Shen Wenyuan he planned to crush Crossing Immortal Gate and arrest or kill its members, citing the Heaven Response Alliance’s ambush as grounds.

Jiang Ning returned to Guangning City after killing Ji Mingzhou, Li Sixiang, and two other Great Grandmasters, while Wang Wenzong fled with the child he had been protecting. Jiang Ning told the city’s leaders he would gather troops to eliminate Crossing Immortal Gate and the Heaven Response Alliance, and the chapter ended with Shen Wenyuan and Zhuge Qingsong returning safely.

• Jiang Ning searched Guangning City with his mind, discovered Wang Wenzong had fled with the child, and landed at the Marquis Mansion with Ji Mingyue.
• Wang Wenzong explained to the child that he feared Jiang Ning and chose to leave rather than confront him.
• Jiang Ning reassured the Marquis Mansion Lady that Shen Wenyuan was safe, then cultivated while waiting for the others to return.
• Zhu Huaijin and Liu Teng arrived, and Jiang Ning revealed that Ji Mingzhou, Li Sixiang, and two other Great Grandmasters had been killed.
• Jiang Ning announced that he would mobilize the prefectural troops and Patrol Office forces to eradicate Crossing Immortal Gate and the Heaven Response Alliance.
• Shen Wenyuan, Ye Zhengqi, Zhuge Qingsong, and two Zhuge Family Elders returned to the Marquis Mansion.

Jiang Ning agreed with Shen Wenyuan and the others to attack Crossing Immortal Gate and the Heaven Response Alliance, then used his time before departure to cultivate. He broke through the Winter Season Treasure Scroll, gained the Return to Hiding trait, and left with his Autumn Season Treasure Scroll nearing its next breakthrough.

• Jiang Ning accepted the Zhuge Family's gratitude and agreed to eliminate the leaderless Heaven Response Alliance and Crossing Immortal Gate.
• Zhuge Qingsong, Zhu Huaijin, Liu Teng, and Shen Wenyuan offered forces and supplies, and Jiang Ning decided to divide the campaign into two routes, with the main force targeting Crossing Immortal Gate.
• Jiang Ning cultivated the Winter Season Treasure Scroll and broke through, gaining the Return to Hiding trait, which let him seal away his strength and appear ordinary.
• Jiang Ning began cultivating the Autumn Season Treasure Scroll overnight while Shen Wenyuan set out without disturbing him.
• Jiang Ning's Autumn Season Treasure Scroll advanced to Perfected Realm 4631/10000, and he prepared to leave for Crossing Immortal Gate to investigate the Immortal Sect rumored to stand behind it.

Jiang Ning arrived with Shen Wenyuan’s forces to attack Crossing Immortal Gate, whose elders relied on the Cloud Sea Illusion Heaven Array to stall them. After rescuing Zhuge Qingsong from the formation with his Fire Eye, Jiang Ning began preparing to break it, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue arrived at Cloud Hidden Peak, where Shen Wenyuan’s army was waiting to attack Crossing Immortal Gate.
• Yun Yinzi learned that Jiang Ning had arrived and followed the gray-robed Venerable’s order to withdraw the disciples behind the Cloud Sea Illusion Heaven Array.
• Zhuge Qingsong entered the formation to scout it, became trapped wandering in circles, and could not find a way out.
• Jiang Ning used his Fire Eye to see through the illusion and pull Zhuge Qingsong safely out of the array.
• Jiang Ning said he would break the formation, closed his eyes, and gathered the surrounding cold as dark clouds formed overhead.

Jiang Ning used the winter cold to damage the Cloud Sea Illusion Heaven Array’s foundation nodes and eventually shattered the formation. Though the effort weakened him, he led the others up Cloud Hidden Peak, where the Black Robe Venerable prepared to face them.

• Jiang Ning summoned a vast blizzard and used its freezing force to disrupt the Cloud Sea Illusion Heaven Array’s circulation.
• Black Robe Venerable explained that Jiang Ning was targeting the array’s foundation nodes but chose not to stop him, expecting the effort to exhaust him.
• Jiang Ning’s Ice Crystal Chains reached and damaged formation nodes, thinning the mist as Shen Wenyuan and the others watched.
• Jiang Ning destroyed enough nodes to collapse the Cloud Sea Illusion Heaven Array, then coughed blood and led the group toward the summit.
• Black Robe Venerable rose in the Crossing Immortal Gate Main Hall and awaited Jiang Ning and his companions.

Jiang Ning confronted Crossing Immortal Gate’s Black Robe Venerable, who tried to recruit him and then attacked with a soul technique. Jiang Ning resisted the attack and defeated him with two punches, but sensed the wounded Venerable sending a call for help.

• Xia Xuanyan watched Jiang Ning climb Cloud Hidden Peak and considered him useful for his plans.
• Jiang Ning ordered Shen Wenyuan to send half the men back down the mountain before reaching Crossing Immortal Gate.
• Black Robe Venerable urged Jiang Ning to join his side and offered help with the Curse Killing Art, but Jiang Ning refused and challenged him.
• Black Robe Venerable used a soul attack, but the Bright Yellow Qi shielding Jiang Ning’s Spirit Soul blocked it.
• Jiang Ning struck Black Robe Venerable twice with Heaven Opening Fist, breaking his Golden Light Talisman and blasting him underground.
• Black Robe Venerable sent a distress communication, and Jiang Ning sensed a spatial ripple beneath his feet.

Jiang Ning defeated Crossing Immortal Gate after the Martial Saint killed Ling Xuzi from afar and forced the Flying Immortal Sect to close its grotto-heaven gateway. As Shen Wenyuan took control of the sect, Xia Xuanyan watched from afar and resolved to wait until the Martial Saint was gone before approaching Jiang Ning.

• Ling Xuzi emerged from a grotto-heaven gateway, accused Jiang Ning of three crimes, and invoked an Immortal Tree to pressure him.
• Jiang Ning drew his sword and challenged Ling Xuzi, but a streak of light sent by the Martial Saint pierced Ling Xuzi and destroyed him.
• Ling Xuzi's death enriched the surrounding land, and the Flying Immortal Sect's grotto-heaven gateway collapsed and closed.
• Jiang Ning ordered Shen Wenyuan to take over Crossing Immortal Gate and deal with its members according to the law, while he went underground and dealt with Black Robe Venerable.
• Jiang Ning told Ji Mingyue that Ling Xuzi was only a Yang Spirit Realm cultivator wielding part of an immortal's power.
• Xia Xuanyan watched from Xuanhuang Grotto-heaven, avoided confronting Jiang Ning, and decided to wait for the Martial Saint to die.

Jiang Ning helped take control of Crossing Immortal Gate after the Martial Saint killed Ling Xuzi, while the Flying Immortal Sect watched from its blessed land and then withdrew. As Jiang Ning absorbed spiritual energy, his Immortal Seedling grew, and Zhuge Qingsong reported that the sect’s Secret Vault had been found.

• Jiang Ning and Shen Wenyuan oversaw the takeover of Crossing Immortal Gate after the Flying Immortal Sect retreated, and Jiang Ning arranged to take useful treasures from the Secret Vault.
• Three Flying Immortal Sect cultivators watched Jiang Ning, judged that his curse and Forbidden Arts had left him with less than three months to live, and decided to abandon Crossing Immortal Gate.
• Jiang Ning sensed the watchers depart, then absorbed the spiritual energy around the square and saw his Immortal Seedling grow to over one foot three inches.
• Ye Zhengqi reported that Crossing Immortal Gate had imprisoned people for medicine tests and hard labor, and Shen Wenyuan ordered the captives released and compensated.
• Zhuge Qingsong told Shen Wenyuan that Crossing Immortal Gate’s Secret Vault had been found.

Jiang Ning, Shen Wenyuan, and Zhuge Qingsong entered Crossing Immortal Gate’s Secret Vault and examined its stored techniques, records, pills, and rare treasures. Jiang Ning claimed the most valuable finds, including a Dragon Blood Green Immortal Vine and ten Top-grade Spirit Crystals.

• Zhuge Qingsong led Jiang Ning and Shen Wenyuan to the Secret Vault, where Great Elder Yun Yinzi opened the hidden entrance.
• Jiang Ning read the Cloud Mist Qi Cultivation Art and collected records about suspected Blessed Grotto-heavens.
• Jiang Ning inspected the vault’s gold, medicinal treasures, and a jar of valuable Gold Sand while Shen Wenyuan urged him to take what he needed.
• Jiang Ning discovered the Dragon Blood Green Immortal Vine and sensed that his Immortal Seedling longed for it.
• Jiang Ning examined the Netherworld Thunder Pattern Fruits and Celestial Star Chart, then found and stored ten Top-grade Spirit Crystals.

Jiang Ning divided the Crossing Immortal Gate vault’s treasures with Shen Wenyuan, then stayed behind to recover from the strain of using Heart Tribulation Fire. In the Elixir Room, he used Top-grade Spirit Crystals and the Dragon Blood Green Immortal Vine to strengthen his body and continue solidifying his Three Flowers.

• Jiang Ning gave Shen Wenyuan the classics, letters, gold, and Celestial Star Chart, while accepting Shen’s offer to send him useful treasures and elixir pills.
• Jiang Ning handed the remaining affairs at Crossing Immortal Gate to Shen Wenyuan and left to recuperate, while Shen asked Yun Yinzi for Heaven-Connecting Incense to contact Flying Immortal Sect.
• Jiang Ning brought Ji Mingyue and the Immortal Crane to the warm Elixir Room, where Ji Mingyue offered to count the untouched elixir pills.
• Jiang Ning reassured Ji Mingyue that he had to keep advancing to protect her, then used seven Top-grade Spirit Crystals to recover and grow his Immortal Seedling.
• Jiang Ning consumed the remaining three Top-grade Spirit Crystals, bringing the seventh petals of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit flowers halfway between illusory and real.
• Jiang Ning separated the Dragon Blood Green Immortal Vine’s tender sprout from its vine body, consumed the vine body, and began refining its vitality to repair his body and strengthen his Three Flowers.

Jiang Ning absorbed the Dragon Blood Green Immortal Vine’s Immortal Sprout, solidified his Three Flowers, and formed his first wisp of Divine Power, entering the Unity Realm. He then consumed and refined the Elixir Room’s pills and Secret Vault medicines to strengthen his body, qi, and spirit.

• Jiang Ning absorbed the vine’s medicinal power, then swallowed the Immortal Sprout, which grew his Immortal Seedling and solidified his Three Flowers to seven petals.
• Jiang Ning formed his first wisp of Divine Power and told Ji Mingyue that he had entered the Unity Realm.
• Ji Mingyue showed Jiang Ning the Elixir Room’s medicines, and he swallowed and refined the pills while expelling most of their Pill Poison.
• Jiang Ning consumed Dust Washing Pills to cleanse and stabilize his body, then refined a Blood Soul Pill to increase his qi and blood.
• Jiang Ning applied Spirit Condensing Paste to nourish his Spirit Soul as he continued using the resources from the Secret Vault.

After exhausting his resources overnight, Jiang Ning found his strength and Source Energy greatly increased, then shared roasted demon beast meat with Ji Mingyue, an Immortal Crane, and his guards. With Crossing Immortal Gate pacified and its affairs being handled, he prepared to return to Abyss City, while the Flying Immortal Sect remained deterred for now.

• Jiang Ning woke with his Three Flowers flourishing, his Immortal Seedling grown, two wisps of golden Divine Power, and 678834 Source Energy Points.
• Jiang Ning warmed the Elixir Room for Ji Mingyue, then roasted demon beast legs in the pill furnace and shared one with his hungry guards.
• Jiang Ning, Ji Mingyue, and the Immortal Crane ate together before Jiang Ning confirmed that they would return to the city.
• Shen Wenyuan reported that Crossing Immortal Gate's disciples and property were being accounted for, its prisoners had been released, and the Flying Immortal Sect had not responded to the Heaven-Connecting Incense.
• Jiang Ning assigned willing Crossing Immortal Gate disciples above the Seventh Rank to serve under Jing Wuming, left the remaining affairs to Shen Wenyuan, and said he would return to Abyss City.

Jiang Ning brought Ji Mingyue to a new home in Guangning City and used his Divine Sense to clean and reshape its grounds before cultivating the Autumn Season Treasure Scroll. As Ji Mingyue began making the courtyard their own, Jiang Ning hinted that its flowers might bloom before spring.

• Shen Wenyuan told Ye Zhengqi that Jiang Ning could survive the Curse Killing Art only by submitting to an Immortal Sect, and promised to give Jiang Ning half of Crossing Immortal Gate's remaining resources.
• Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue arrived in Guangning City, where guards saluted them, and Jiang Ning planned to use the power vacuum in Guangning Prefecture to sweep through its sects.
• Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue moved into a three-courtyard residence, and Jiang Ning used his Divine Sense to clean the house, clear the pond, and thin the bamboo forest.
• Jiang Ning cultivated the Autumn Season Treasure Scroll, gaining over a thousand experience points as his understanding of autumn deepened.
• Ji Mingyue returned with seeds and supplies, planted flowers with Jiang Ning, and planned to prepare lunch before tending the overgrown front yard.
• Jiang Ning suggested the flowers might not have to wait until spring to bloom, leaving Ji Mingyue eager to see what he would do.

Ji Mingyue and Jiang Ning celebrated moving into their new home, and Jiang Ning used the Way of the Four Seasons Cycle to make the front yard bloom. He continued cultivating the Autumn Season Treasure Scroll until it reached perfection.

• Ji Mingyue cooked Jiang Ning a celebratory meal, and they ate and drank together with the Immortal Crane.
• Jiang Ning infused the flower bed with Divine Power, making the seeds sprout and the barren yard bloom; Ji Mingyue began trimming the plants.
• Jiang Ning cultivated through the day and night while Ji Mingyue cleaned the house and prepared their rooms.
• Jiang Ning covered the sleeping Ji Mingyue with her quilt, then continued cultivating until dawn.
• Jiang Ning made congee for Ji Mingyue, and after breakfast she handled the washing up while he resumed cultivation.
• Jiang Ning reached 10000/10000 experience in the Autumn Season Treasure Scroll and completed its cultivation.

Jiang Ning fused the four seasonal cultivation methods into the Four Seasons Reincarnation Scripture and gained the Wither and Flourish trait, which let him manipulate vitality and decay. Shen Wenyuan reported the results of the Crossing Immortal Gate seizure, leaving Jiang Ning poised to claim its wealth and use it to expand his Source Energy.

• Jiang Ning spent Source Energy to perfect the Autumn Season Treasure Scroll, gaining the White Head Frost Blossom trait and a perception of time.
• The four seasons converged through time, and Jiang Ning’s Immortal Seedling grew four leaves as the seasonal scrolls fused into the Four Seasons Reincarnation Scripture with the Wither and Flourish trait.
• Jiang Ning tested Wither and Flourish by instantly withering and regrowing a weed, then confirmed that his earlier traits, including Yangyan True Fire, remained usable.
• Shen Wenyuan visited Jiang Ning and reported that Crossing Immortal Gate’s assets had been inventoried, its surrendered fighters were awaiting Jing Wuming, and its remaining forces were being dealt with.
• Jiang Ning accepted his agreed half-share of the gold and silver and asked for the farmland and shops to be appraised and converted into cash.
• Jiang Ning anticipated that the seized wealth would push his Source Energy past one million and considered taking down other forces in Guangning Prefecture.

Jiang Ning discovered that training the Indestructible Vajra Body became far more efficient when he focused his Three Flowers’ power on Essence, and he estimated that his next breakthrough could come within seven to ten days. After Jing Wuming returned wounded, he reported that Black Flood Dragon King Chen Canghai had survived for thirty years and summoned Jiang Ning to Chaoshēng Pavilion; Jiang Ning agreed to go the next day.

• Jiang Ning found that the Four Seasons Reincarnation Scripture progressed slowly, so he resumed training the Indestructible Vajra Body and gained experience much faster.
• Jiang Ning used his Three Flowers to focus Qi and Spirit into Essence, doubling his training efficiency and estimating that he could break through within seven to ten days.
• Jing Wuming arrived at Jiang Ning’s gate badly wounded and reported that Black Flood Dragon King Chen Canghai, a former First Grade Unity Realm grandmaster, had survived his duel with King Chiyan thirty years earlier.
• Jing Wuming explained that Chen Canghai had defeated him in ten moves, poisoned his shoulder, and sent word inviting Jiang Ning to Chaoshēng Pavilion.
• Jiang Ning examined Jing Wuming’s poisonous wound, agreed to meet Chen Canghai, and ordered Jing Wuming to gather the surrendered Crossing Immortal Gate personnel before their journey the next day.
• Jing Wuming withdrew, and Jiang Ning closed the manor gate before going to eat the dinner Ji Mingyue had prepared.