Chapter Summaries

Bai Li presented the Saint Martial Token and asked the Martial Saint to help the Demon Country kill an Evil Flood Dragon, and the Martial Saint agreed. After punishing Heiyu for probing his strength, he refused to choose Great Xia’s next ruler and invited Jiang Ning to accompany him to the Demon Country.

• Bai Li explained that the Demon Country held the Saint Martial Token and asked the Martial Saint to slay an Evil Flood Dragon threatening both the Demon Country and Great Xia.
• The Martial Saint’s Spirit Body appeared, confirmed the Token was genuine, and agreed to travel with Bai Li’s delegation.
• The Martial Saint accused Heiyu of testing his strength and severed one of the Demon King’s heads as punishment; Heiyu accepted the penalty.
• The Martial Saint told Ji Mingyuan he could not cure the emperor’s curse and said Great Xia should choose a suitable successor, but declined to name one himself.
• The Martial Saint invited Jiang Ning to travel with him to the Demon Country, and Jiang Ning accepted.

The Martial Saint transported Jiang Ning and the Demon Country Delegation to the Burial Dragon Abyss to hunt the nearly five-thousand-year-old Evil Flood Dragon and repay Jiang Ning for the calamity caused by his attention. After the Martial Saint effortlessly pierced the dragon’s brow with a beam of white light, the dragon’s fate remained unresolved.

• The Martial Saint carried Jiang Ning, Bai Li, Demon King Heiyu, and the delegation from Taiji Hall to the Demon Country’s hinterland in a breath.
• The Martial Saint told Jiang Ning that the Evil Flood Dragon’s treasures would be his reward and a repayment of their karma.
• Bai Li described the Burial Dragon Abyss and offered a Dragon’s Reverse Scale, but the Martial Saint declined and opened a passage through the poisonous miasma himself.
• The group descended into the abyss and found the Evil Flood Dragon sleeping beside a Cold Pool amid heaps of bones.
• The Evil Flood Dragon awoke, roared, and attacked the Martial Saint with a torrent of black breath.
• The Martial Saint erased the dragon’s attack and struck its brow with a beam of white light, leaving a tiny hole as the dragon’s expression went blank.

The Martial Saint's Spirit Body killed the Evil Flood Dragon and defeated the Demon Emperor in three punches, then gave Jiang Ning the Flood Dragon's flesh and Dragon Essence. He sent Jiang Ning back to the Royal Capital and told him to visit soon.

• The Martial Saint's Spirit Body killed the Evil Flood Dragon, and the Demon Emperor appeared to claim its remains.
• The Demon Emperor challenged the Martial Saint's Spirit Body, who struck him with three punches and forced him to flee.
• The Martial Saint's Spirit Body gave Jiang Ning Flood Dragon flesh and Dragon Essence, then warned Bai Li and Heiyu to relay a message to the Demon Emperor.
• The Martial Saint's Spirit Body transported Jiang Ning back to the Royal Capital and told him to visit soon.

Jiang Ning visited the aging Martial Saint, who revealed that defeating the Demon Emperor had consumed much of his remaining life force and explained the threats posed by Yellow Sky Daoist and the Immortal Sect grotto-heavens. After discussing the merging Ten Directions Realms and Jiang Ning’s potential, they ate roasted Flood Dragon Meat, while the Martial Saint left Jiang Ning to carry the world’s future forward.

• Jiang Ning entered the Martial Saint’s grotto-heaven, where the old man admitted that his battle with the Demon Emperor had consumed his accumulated origin and left him in poor condition.
• The Martial Saint warned Jiang Ning that Yellow Sky Daoist’s combined Immortal and Martial strength might rival the Demon Emperor, while the Immortal Sect grotto-heavens remained beyond the Martial Saint’s current ability to defeat.
• Jiang Ning told the Martial Saint about the Shangyang Immortal Sect and the Ten Directions Realms merging, and the Martial Saint confirmed that the realms were merging and that the recovering world was awakening departed gods.
• The Martial Saint said he could not live to see the realms merge or enter the Immortal Path, but predicted that Jiang Ning could reach or surpass his strength.
• Jiang Ning and the Martial Saint roasted and ate Flood Dragon Meat, and Jiang Ning eagerly remembered the Martial Saint’s account of the Demon Emperor’s even tastier Black Dragon flesh.

Jiang Ning thanked the ailing Martial Saint, then withdrew to a remote mountain cave to refine the Flood Dragon’s Dragon Essence and flesh. His body and cultivation grew stronger, and the Yin Yang Dao Fetus neared the moment of its transformation as he waited in seclusion.

• Jiang Ning ate Flood Dragon meat with the Martial Saint, who explained that it briefly eased his failing condition but could not repay the vitality spent on his three punches.
• The Martial Saint warned Jiang Ning that chaos would follow his death and urged him to refine the Dragon Essence before returning to the Royal Capital.
• Jiang Ning avoided returning to face Ji Xuan and flew to a secluded mountain range to absorb the Dragon Essence the Martial Saint had given him.
• Jiang Ning refined the Dragon Essence, overcoming the Flood Dragon’s remnant will as his body, True Essence, and life origin grew stronger.
• Jiang Ning ate more Flood Dragon meat until his body felt full, then sensed that his Yin Yang Dao Fetus was ready to break open and chose to wait in seclusion for his Nascent Soul to emerge.

Jiang Ning completed his transformation into a Yin Yang Nascent Soul and discovered the vast perception, Dharma Power, and escape-light abilities of a Nascent Soul Immortal. After swiftly surveying cities and people across the region, he decided to collect the Taiyin Stone Fragments from Luo River Lake.

• Jiang Ning's Dao Fetus cracked open, revealing his Nascent Soul and its Yin Yang Dual Eyes and nine layers of Yin Yang Profound Light.
• Jiang Ning sent his Nascent Soul through the mountain wall and discovered it could perceive the world's energies, absorb spiritual energy, and gather it into Dharma Power.
• Jiang Ning tested his Nascent Soul's strength by draining the essence from a boulder and traveling thousands of li as Yin-Yang Escape Light.
• Jiang Ning passed over Guangning City and saw Shen Wenyuan, then flew to Dongling City and saw Wang Qingtan and Wang Qinghan sleeping.
• Jiang Ning reached Luoshui County, saw Wang Jin resting in the Martial Arts Hall, and reflected that the world now seemed small to him.
• Jiang Ning spotted Taiyin Stone Fragments scattered across Luo River Lake and decided to gather them.

Jiang Ning’s newly formed Nascent Soul swept Luo River Lake for Taiyin Stone fragments, then visited Xisha County and confirmed that Yellow Sky Daoist was uninjured and overwhelmingly powerful. Back in his cave, Jiang Ning considered the world’s awakened gods and resolved to settle old grudges before fusing the fragments into a whole that still felt incomplete.

• Jiang Ning’s Nascent Soul gathered thirty-seven Taiyin Stone fragments from Luo River Lake and located numerous treasures beneath its waters.
• Jiang Ning traveled to Xisha County and observed Yellow Sky Daoist cultivating with the power of eight Earth Veins.
• Yellow Sky Daoist sensed Jiang Ning, recognized his extraordinary Nascent Soul foundation, and watched him leave without a fight.
• Jiang Ning returned to his body and concluded that Yellow Sky Daoist was uninjured and had likely defeated Ji Xuan.
• Jiang Ning reflected on the powerful gods in the world and decided to settle his grudges with the God of Flesh and Blood and the Black Lotus Saintess.
• Jiang Ning fused the thirty-seven Taiyin Stone fragments and placed the still-incomplete stone into his wine flask.

After achieving Nascent Soul, Jiang Ning’s body and perception transformed, and he rapidly deepened his mastery of the Tai Xu Yin Yang Sword. He flew to Luo River Lake to gather treasures for Origin Points while the Martial Saint recognized his extraordinary Yin Yang Nine Profound Upper Immortal foundation.

• Jiang Ning sensed his Nascent Soul strengthening his body and gained profound insights into the Tai Xu Yin Yang Sword, increasing its experience by more than twenty thousand points.
• Jiang Ning flew toward Luo River Lake, and the Martial Saint identified his escape light as evidence of a rare Yin Yang Nine Profound Upper Immortal foundation.
• Jiang Ning sensed an unknown presence might have noticed his breakthrough but set aside his unease and focused on gathering treasures.
• Jiang Ning used his Divine Sense to locate treasures across Luo River Lake and swept through the waters, consuming them to gain Origin Points.

Ji Mingyuan surrounded Ji Mingyu’s palace and revealed his plan to eliminate his brothers so he could claim the throne, with General Shen Xiao and Shen Mengyun backing him. Ji Mingyu drank the poisoned wine and died, leaving Ji Mingyuan’s remaining path to the throne unopposed.

• Ji Mingyuan told Ji Mingyu that he had arranged the deaths of Seventh Brother, Ninth Brother, and Twelfth Brother and had sent assassins after eighth brother.
• Ji Mingyuan claimed Imperial Uncle would allow the princes to fight for the throne and offered Ji Mingyu poisoned wine in exchange for sparing his family.
• Ji Mingyu deduced that General Shen Xiao was helping Ji Mingyuan and that Shen Mengyun’s affection for Ji Mingyuan had secured her father’s support.
• Shen Mengyun emerged from the Golden Armored Imperial Guards and confirmed Ji Mingyu’s suspicions.
• Ji Mingyu drank the poisoned wine, collapsed, and died.

After gathering Origin Points from Luo River Lake, Jiang Ning used his Nascent Soul perception to locate the God of Flesh and Blood’s hidden lair and attacked the God Worshipping Sect. He cleared the city square, revealed the Blood Pool and unfinished divine body, and killed the cultists, leaving the deity’s body and their bloody offering in the pool.

• Jiang Ning gathered 167.3 Origin Points from the treasures in Luo River Lake and set out to find the God of Flesh and Blood.
• Jiang Ning flew to a remote mountain city and sensed the God Worshipping Sect and a vast, corrupt energy beneath its central square.
• Jiang Ning cleared the square and collapsed the ground, exposing a Blood Pool, thousands of corpses, and the God of Flesh and Blood’s unfinished divine body.
• The God Worshipping Sect’s believers prayed and sacrificed their life force to nourish the divine body, while Jiang Ning resolved to destroy the sect and settle his conflict with the deity.
• Jiang Ning killed the black-robed believers with a gesture, including the sect leader, and swept their remains and nearby corpses into the Blood Pool.

Jiang Ning overwhelmed the corrupted God of Flesh and Blood and absorbed its Divinity and broken Flesh Regeneration Authority. In the Land of Return to Emptiness, the true God recognized Jiang Ning as a terrifying God Lord and pleaded for mercy before disintegrating, while Jiang Ning returned to the dried-up Blood Pool.

• The God of Flesh and Blood awoke in the Blood Pool and attacked Jiang Ning, but Jiang Ning’s Nascent Soul pressure forced it back and evaporated the pool.
• Jiang Ning touched the beast head and began absorbing the divine body’s Divinity Points and broken Flesh Regeneration Authority.
• Jiang Ning’s consciousness entered the Land of Return to Emptiness, where the golden true God of Flesh and Blood recognized his aura and called him God Lord.
• The God of Flesh and Blood begged Jiang Ning to spare him and offered to submit, but Jiang Ning continued stripping away his authority and divinity.
• The golden God of Flesh and Blood disintegrated, a dark-red crystal vanished into Jiang Ning, and Jiang Ning awoke beside the dried-up Blood Pool as the corrupted body turned to ash.

After defeating the God of Flesh and Blood, Jiang Ning discovered that its Authority had merged into him and ordered Jieshan City’s survivors to bury the dead and compensate their families. He then asked his fellow cultivators about the Land of Return to Emptiness and learned that it was the River of Time’s lowest layer, while the River of Time underpinned all existence.

• Jiang Ning realized the dark-red crystal carrying the Flesh Authority had merged into him, though he could not locate it within his body.
• Jiang Ning identified himself to the local officers as Dongling Marquis and ordered Lin Yuan to clean up the Blood Pool, restore order, and properly bury the dead.
• Jiang Ning sensed that thousands of Jieshan City residents had died after the God of Flesh and Blood fell, and he gave Lin Yuan Silver Notes to compensate their families.
• Lin Yuan directed his officers to clean up the Blood Pool and register the dead throughout the city.
• Jiang Ning used the Ten Domains Heaven Patrol Token to ask about the Land of Return to Emptiness, and Bai Li explained that it was the lowest layer of the River of Time.
• Lin Yuexi explained that the River of Time supported the Ten Directions Realms and that True Immortals could perceive the world’s underlying truth.

Jiang Ning learned more about the river of time and resolved to go to the Water Moon Sword Palace, while the princes’ struggle for the throne erupted into a confrontation at Chenggan Palace. Ji Mingyuan, Ji Minghao, Shen Xiao, the North Cang King, and Divine Might King Li Tianwen faced off, with the question of whether Shen Xiao would violate the rules by using force left unresolved.

• Jiang Ning reflected on the path to True Immortality and flew toward the Water Moon Sword Palace.
• After Ji Mingyu died, Ji Mingyuan learned that his attack on Chenggan Palace had failed and led his guards there.
• Shen Mengyun joined Ji Minghao, who displayed a Tiger Tally and accused Ji Mingyuan of murdering his brothers and committing treason.
• Ji Mingyuan revealed that the North Cang King and Divine Might King Li Tianwen were backing him, and the Xuantian Army surrounded Chenggan Palace.
• Shen Xiao arrived and stood with Ji Minghao and Shen Mengyun, prompting Li Tianwen to challenge whether Shen Xiao meant to use force to decide the succession.

Jiang Ning visited the Water Moon Sword Palace’s Divine Maiden Statue and received guidance from the Moon Palace Woman on strengthening his immortal foundation and continuing along both the Immortal and Martial Paths. He returned to the Royal Capital, where Shen Xiao defended Ji Minghao against Ji Mingyuan as the struggle over the throne remained tense.

• Jiang Ning entered the world within the Divine Maiden Statue and showed the Moon Palace Woman his Nascent Soul Immortal foundation, which she recognized as top-grade and suited to becoming a True Immortal.
• The Moon Palace Woman advised Jiang Ning to temper his nascent soul with the Origins of Taiyin and Taiyang when his mastery deepened, and said he should continue the Martial Path while preparing for the immortal road to reopen.
• Jiang Ning returned to the palace hall, told Xiao Emei to guard Water Moon Sword Palace, and flew toward the Royal Capital to settle matters with Ji Xuan.
• At Chenggan Hall, King Beicang argued that top Martial Path experts must not directly intervene in the princes’ struggle, while Shen Xiao considered the danger to Ji Minghao.
• Shen Xiao challenged Ji Mingyuan’s fitness to rule because he had harmed his brothers, but Ji Mingyuan replied that Ji Minghao had lost their contest.

Jiang Minghao prepared to surrender and kill himself after Ji Mingyuan gained the advantage in the throne struggle, but Jiang Ning arrived at Chenggan Palace with an astonishing display of power. His entrance gave Ji Minghao renewed hope and left the other contenders uncertain about what Jiang Ning’s new abilities meant.

• The North Cang King's Heir offered to support Ji Minghao if Ji Minghao betrothed Ji Mingyue to him, and the North Cang King struck his son and disavowed the proposal.
• Ji Mingyuan said he would marry Ji Mingyue to the heir after taking the throne, and Ji Minghao accepted defeat while asking that his sister be treated well.
• Ji Minghao drew his sword to kill himself, but a voice told him to wait as Jiang Ning arrived above Chenggan Palace in a streak of black-and-white light.
• Jiang Ning told Ji Minghao not to hurry to his death, and his arrival gave Ji Minghao hope while Ji Mingyuan and the powerful rulers looked on in shock.
• Jiang Ning greeted Shen Xiao, Li Tianwen, and King Beicang, while his gaze revealed that he could perceive their physical strength and Blood Qi.

Jiang Ning used the Longxiang Order to halt Ji Mingyuan’s violent bid for the throne, but Regent King Ji Xuan emerged and declared that Ji Mingyuan should inherit the throne. Jiang Ning challenged Ji Xuan’s decision and prepared to fight him over Ji Minghao’s claim.

• Jiang Ning sensed the deaths of the princes and confronted Ji Mingyuan, arguing that the succession struggle affected the state, not just the Ji Clan.
• Jiang Ning persuaded Ji Minghao to lower his sword, then revealed the Longxiang Order and secured the Imperial Guards’ and Xuantian Army’s submission.
• Ji Xuan emerged from Chenggan Hall, assessed Ji Mingyuan and Ji Minghao, and declared that Ji Mingyuan should inherit the throne.
• Jiang Ning recognized Ji Xuan’s decision as an attempt to block his influence, challenged the Regent King, and backed Ji Minghao’s claim.
• Ji Xuan released an ocher-yellow radiance as Jiang Ning’s Nascent Soul pressure spread through Chenggan Palace.

Jiang Ning confronted Ji Xuan inside the Imperial Extreme World-Suppressing Domain, using his Nascent Soul’s Yin-Yang foundation to resist the domain and its attacks. As Ji Xuan unleashed his Mountain River Seal, Jiang Ning summoned the sun and moon and sent a Black and White Torrent through the domain, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Ji Xuan expanded the Imperial Extreme World-Suppressing Domain over Chenggan Palace, suppressing everyone within it.
• Jiang Ning threw the Longxiang Order into the palace wall and told Ji Xuan that strength mattered more than the token.
• Jiang Ning’s Taiji phantom dissolved the spears Ji Xuan formed from his domain, astonishing King Beicang, Shen Xiao, and Li Tianwen.
• Ji Xuan praised Jiang Ning’s grasp of Yin-Yang Dao essence, then gathered the domain’s power into his Mountain River Seal fist.
• Jiang Ning summoned a Nascent Soul phantom and a sun-and-moon phenomenon, then unleashed a Black and White Torrent that began shattering Ji Xuan’s domain.

Jiang Ning and Ji Xuan fought to a standstill in Chenggan Palace before the Martial Saint intervened in the struggle for Great Xia’s throne. The Martial Saint named Ji Minghao the new sovereign, ordered Jiang Ning to assist him, and placed restrictions on Ji Xuan and the other powers.

• Jiang Ning’s Yin-Yang Divine Ability clashed with Ji Xuan’s Mountain River Seal, destroying much of Chenggan Palace while neither fighter gained a decisive advantage.
• Ji Xuan praised Jiang Ning’s immortal talent and continued building his aura, while Jiang Ning prepared to rely on his physical strength and regenerative power.
• The Martial Saint’s Spirit Body appeared and declared that Ji Mingyuan had forfeited the right to rule through his ruthless treatment of his kin.
• The Martial Saint named Ji Minghao the new sovereign, and Ji Xuan accepted the decision without objection.
• The Martial Saint ordered Jiang Ning to assist Ji Minghao, confined Ji Xuan unless major state affairs required him, and directed the King Beicang and Li Tianwen to return to their duties.

After the Martial Saint backed Jiang Ning and secured Ji Minghao’s succession, Jiang Ning helped settle the palace aftermath and left the Royal Capital. Ji Xuan killed his son Ji Heng and vowed to take revenge, while Jiang Ning realized their unfinished battle would resume after the Martial Saint died.

• Ji Minghao thanked Jiang Ning for his help, while Shen Xiao organized the Imperial Guards, cared for the wounded, and prepared the succession announcement.
• Ji Minghao promised to make Shen Mengyun his Empress when he ascended the throne, and Shen Xiao accepted him as a future son-in-law and sovereign.
• Divine Might King Li Tianwen and King Beicang praised Jiang Ning and sought his goodwill; Jiang Ning struck the North Cang King's Heir unconscious as punishment for offending him.
• Jiang Ning confirmed that Ji Minghao had support to secure the throne, then left Chenggan Palace and returned toward Dongling Marquis Mansion.
• Ji Xuan killed the dying Ji Heng in his secret chamber and swore to avenge him by killing Jiang Ning and burying Ji Heng’s consort with him.
• Jiang Ning reflected that he and Ji Xuan had not fought at full strength and that their confrontation had only been postponed until after the Martial Saint died.

Jiang Ning returned to Dongling Marquis Mansion, where he comforted Ji Mingyue after telling her that her brothers had died in the palace upheaval. Outside the capital, Li Tianwen secretly caused the North Cang King's heir to die and turned the grieving king against Jiang Ning, binding North Cang to his own plans.

• Jiang Ning returned home, gave Xiao Doubao Pear Blossom Pastry and Liu Wanwan Cloud Water Brocade, and told them the struggle for the throne had ended with Ji Minghao and Ji Mingyuan as the only surviving princes.
• Ji Mingyue overheard that her brothers had died, and Jiang Ning confirmed that Ji Mingyuan had been responsible, leaving her overwhelmed with grief.
• Jiang Ning reflected that Ji Minghao had secretly guided Ji Mingyuan's actions and decided that some scheming was necessary for the new emperor to hold the throne.
• Li Tianwen examined the unconscious North Cang heir and falsely claimed that Jiang Ning had planted a hidden fatal injury.
• The North Cang heir died, and Li Tianwen restrained the furious North Cang King by warning him against challenging Jiang Ning and the Martial Saint.
• The North Cang King left for the Northern Border vowing revenge, while Li Tianwen privately revealed that he had caused the heir's death and considered North Cang firmly tied to him.