Recaps

After avenging Aunt Sun by secretly killing He Jinyun, Jiang Ning watched the Patrol Office investigate the mysterious death and avoided suspicion. He reviewed his growing abilities and resolved to strengthen his body so he could face the danger if his deed was ever exposed.

• Hong Minghu found He Jinyun dead in the rain, with bizarre wounds and no visible weapon, and could not determine who had killed him.
• Jiang Ning reflected that killing the Young Earl could bring the Qinghe Earl’s family down on him, but he had acted to avenge Aunt Sun and protect those around him from He Jinyun.
• Jiang Ning went to the body with Xie Xiaojiu; Ye Qiu secretly considered him a suspect but dismissed the possibility, and Hong Minghu later assigned Ye Qiu to pursue the murderer.
• Xie Xiaojiu offered Jiang Ning a hot bath, but he declined and left her behind, fearing that closeness to him would put her at risk.
• At home, Jiang Ning reviewed his Panel and his strengthened skills, then concluded that Bone Forging was the next essential step toward entering the Fifth Grade Inner Strengthening Realm.

Jiang Ning reviewed the Sixth Rank Bone Forging Realm and realized his qi and blood and spiritual power already met the requirements for advancing. After resisting the influence of a blood-soaked Deity statue, he decided to take a drop of its blood to Qingyi for identification.

• Jiang Ning reread the Bone Forging Realm explanation and learned the thresholds for forging Iron Bone, Mysterious Bone, and Jade Bone.
• Jiang Ning tested his qi and blood and spiritual force, confirming they had reached the levels needed for Bone Forging Great Completion and could extend roughly a hundred meters.
• Jiang Ning judged that he needed Fifth Grade strength to protect himself in Dongling County and before the Qinghe Earl Residence.
• Jiang Ning opened the golden box containing the God Worshipping Sect’s blood-soaked Deity statue, resisted its whispers, and shattered its illusion with his spiritual power.
• Jiang Ning smelled the blood and felt an intense urge to drink it, so he closed the box and decided to ask Qingyi to identify a drop.

Jiang Ning brought Hundred Spirits Blood to Qingyi, who identified it and accepted ten drops that she needed to approach the Blood Exchange Grandmaster realm. In return, Qingyi agreed to obtain bone-forging pills for Jiang Ning, who left realizing that her strength and identity were far more extraordinary than he had assumed.

• Jiang Ning visited Qingyi at Myriad Blossom Pavilion and showed her the strange blood from the Golden Box.
• Qingyi identified the blood as Hundred Spirits Blood, explained its benefits, and bought ten drops from Jiang Ning for one hundred taels of gold.
• Qingyi noticed Jiang Ning's powerful Spiritual Power and Dragon Tendon strength after he revealed that he had used a Rising Dragon Pill.
• Jiang Ning asked Qingyi to use the gold to obtain Iron Bone Pills, Mystic Bone Pills, and Jade Bone Pills, and she agreed to source them from elsewhere.
• After leaving, Jiang Ning reflected that Qingyi was nearing the Blood Exchange Grandmaster realm and resolved not to investigate her secrets while keeping close to her.

After warning Jiang Ning that the powerful did not need evidence to act, Wang Jin sent him home to find Medicine King Valley Master Lu Qingshan treating Jiang Li's paralyzed right arm. Lu restored much of Jiang Li's movement, and Jiang Ning shared his unusual wine with Lu as their meeting revealed goodwill between them.

• Wang Jin warned Jiang Ning that Qinghe Earl could threaten him on suspicion alone and that the strong were not constrained by laws or evidence.
• Jiang Ning returned home and learned that Medicine King Valley Master Lu Qingshan had been waiting to see him.
• Jiang Ning found Lu treating Jiang Li's paralyzed arm with golden needles, medicinal paste, and his Inner Breath.
• Jiang Li regained movement in his right hand, and Lu gave him oil to apply twice daily to help the arm recover further.
• Jiang Li left to tell Liu Wanwan the good news, while Jiang Ning thanked Lu and offered him wine steeped with the mysterious Black Stone.
• Lu recognized Jiang Ning as an Innate Spiritual Awakened with an Ancient Immortal Root and remarked that his wine was extraordinary.

Jiang Ning received Lu Qingshan’s goodwill and learned that the Medicine King Valley Master suspected he was an ancient Immortal’s reincarnation and possibly He Jinyun’s killer. After Ye Qiu visited to probe him about the murder, Jiang Ning went to an uninhabited island with the Hundred Spirits Blood, preparing to open the Golden Box and cultivate.

• Lu Qingshan praised Jiang Ning’s wine, thanked him for dealing with the madman who had troubled Medicine King Valley, and warned him that the Qinghe Earl Residence might suspect him of killing He Jinyun.
• After leaving Jiang Ning’s residence, Lu Qingshan told Gongsun Yu that Jiang Ning’s powerful Spiritual Force and rapid advancement suggested he might be an Ancient Times Reincarnated Body, and that he might have caused the rain and killed He Jinyun.
• Jiang Ning welcomed Ye Qiu, who said the Prefecture Lord had assigned him to investigate He Jinyun’s death and probed Jiang Ning during their conversation.
• After Ye Qiu left, Jiang Ning reflected that strength was his greatest protection and examined the Hundred Spirits Blood in the Golden Box.
• Jiang Ning told Jiang Li he was going to the desolate island, crossed the lake on foot, and checked his Source Energy before preparing to open the box.

Jiang Ning tested the Golden Box’s Hundred Spirits Blood and found it rapidly increased his Qi and Blood Power, then trained Water Fire True Force while his body absorbed it. After gaining more than fifty percent in qi and blood, he consumed more of the blood to continue the growth.

• Jiang Ning opened the Golden Box, resisted its eerie illusion, and swallowed a drop of Hundred Spirits Blood, which immediately strengthened his body and qi and blood.
• Jiang Ning consumed more drops until his cells felt satisfied, and his Qi and Blood Power rose by over twenty percent within half a cup of tea.
• Jiang Ning chose to grind Water Fire True Force, hoping its future breakthroughs might reveal the True Intent Feng Jiuge had mentioned.
• Jiang Ning trained for more than two hours, raising Water Fire True Force from 54 to 89 experience points as his qi and blood continued to settle.
• Jiang Ning sensed that his Qi and Blood Power had increased by more than fifty percent and opened the Golden Box to consume more Hundred Spirits Blood.

The Yellow Sky Sect Leader set a plan in motion to provoke rebellion against Great Xia by raising a White Chi and arranging for the Human Emperor Sword to emerge. Unaware of this, Jiang Ning consumed Hundred Spirits Blood, reached Qi and Blood Like the Sea, and advanced Water Fire True Force to Great Success.

• The Yellow Sky Sect Leader told his disciple that he intended to invite Great Xia’s downfall and use the upheaval to destroy corrupt sects and aristocratic families.
• The Yellow Sky Sect Leader released a bloodline-stimulating White Serpent into Luo River and planned for it to gain a vicious reputation before he slew it with the Human Emperor Sword.
• Jiang Ning continued consuming Hundred Spirits Blood on the Desolate Island and found that it increased his Source Energy less than innate treasures had.
• Jiang Ning used more Hundred Spirits Blood and raised Water Fire True Force from Minor Completion to Great Success.
• Jiang Ning reached Qi and Blood Like the Sea after two days of cultivation, then consumed the remaining thirteen drops of Hundred Spirits Blood.

Jiang Ning spent Source Energy to push Swimming to its Sixth Limit Break and discovered that Water Control Technique had become an Authority capable of raising a vast amount of lake water. At the Patrol Office, he met Feng Xiaochen, who had come to investigate Cao Rong’s death, and the chapter ended with Jiang Ning greeting him.

• Jiang Ning chose to spend 500 Source Energy Points on Swimming, reaching its Sixth Limit Break and gaining an upgraded Water Control Technique described as an Authority.
• Jiang Ning tested the new ability at Luo River Lake, shattering the ice and raising a hundred meters of lake water before it crashed back down.
• Jiang Ning went to the Patrol Office to ask about the responses to He Jinyun’s and Cao Rong’s deaths.
• Feng Xiaochen told Feng Jiuge that Duwei Yan had sent him to investigate Cao Rong’s murder and questioned her about the killer.
• Jiang Ning arrived, recognized Feng Xiaochen as Feng Jiuge’s father and a Dongling xiaowei, and greeted him.

Jiang Ning revealed to Feng Xiaochen that he had reverse-deduced the Prairie Fire Spear Technique into a Superior Grade Martial Art, then learned that Feng Xiaochen was investigating Cao Rong’s death on Duwei Yan’s orders. He obtained the One Hundred and Eight Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends Bone Forging Method and began studying it, before Xie Xiaojiu arrived at the Patrol Office to see him.

• Jiang Ning demonstrated his Water Fire True Force to Feng Xiaochen, who realized Jiang Ning had already reverse-deduced the Superior Grade Martial Art.
• Feng Xiaochen told Jiang Ning that Duwei Yan had sent him to Luoshui County to investigate Cao Rong’s death, while Feng Jiuge defended Jiang Ning from suspicion.
• Jiang Ning visited the Internal Affairs Office and exchanged three thousand Contribution Points for the One Hundred and Eight Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends Bone Forging Method.
• Jiang Ning read the method and learned that combining Heavenly Stars Yang and Earthly Fiends Yin with its bone-forging practice could lead beyond Jade Bone toward the Martial Saint Body.
• Jiang Ning trained beside the fire as his Water Fire True Force experience grew, then Xie Xiaojiu arrived and joined him to warm herself.

Xie Xiaojiu announced that she had reached Seventh Rank, while Feng Jiuge reported that the Qinghe Earl Residence was enraged by He Jinyun’s death. As Jiang Ning trained through the snowfall, the Qinghe Earl’s Second Young Master arrived in Luoshui County to investigate his brother’s death, and Jiang Ning broke through Water Fire True Force, gaining the Water Fire Immortal Garment trait.

• Xie Xiaojiu told Jiang Ning she had officially reached Seventh Rank, and he praised her talent.
• Feng Jiuge reported that the Qinghe Earl Residence had learned of He Jinyun’s death and was furious, though its response was unknown.
• The Qinghe Earl’s Second Young Master rode a Pureblood Dragon Steed into Luoshui County and was received by Hong Minghu at the Patrol Office to discuss He Jinyun’s death.
• Jiang Ning trained Water Fire True Force until it met the requirements for a breakthrough, then spent 100 Source Energy to advance it.
• Jiang Ning gained the Water Fire Immortal Garment trait, which let him avoid water and fire, and considered testing it on the burning charcoal stove.

Jiang Ning tested the Water Fire Immortal Garment, then visited Qingyi and received three kinds of Bone Forging Pills. On the carriage ride home, he began tempering his bones while Qingyi remained troubled by the Old King’s plans for her.

• Jiang Ning tested the Water Fire Immortal Garment by handling hot charcoal and reaching into flames without being burned.
• Luyi brought Jiang Ning to Myriad Blossom Pavilion, where Qingyi gave him ten bottles each of Iron Bone Pills, Mystic Bone Pills, and Jade Bone Pills.
• Qingyi hinted that she was facing trouble but refused Jiang Ning’s offer to help, fearing she would drag him into the conflict involving the Old King and the Prince’s Mansion.
• On the ride home, Jiang Ning recalled the bone-forging method and began striking his bones with thirteen Blood Qi Hammers at once.
• Luyi sat quietly beside Jiang Ning as he practiced and admired him.

Jiang Ning absorbed five Iron Bone Pills into thirteen tempered bones, then returned home after escorting Luyi to Myriad Blossom Pavilion. There, Xie Xiaojiu told him that He Jinsheng had come to Luoshui County to investigate He Jinyun’s death, and the chapter ended as Jiang Ning and Xie Xiaojiu sat down to eat.

• Jiang Ning completed the first stage of Bone Forging and absorbed five Iron Bone Pills, filling thirteen bones with Iron Marrow.
• Jiang Ning escorted Luyi back to Myriad Blossom Pavilion, then hurried home to continue tempering his other bones.
• Jiang Ning learned from Jiang Li that Xie Xiaojiu had waited at his home all evening and went to meet her in the Front Hall.
• Xie Xiaojiu told Jiang Ning that He Jinsheng, He Jinyun’s Sixth Rank Peak elder brother, had arrived to investigate He Jinyun’s death.
• Jiang Ning asked whether Xie Xiaojiu suspected him of killing He Jinyun, and she admitted she could not rule him out before Liu Wanwan brought them food.

Jiang Ning let Xie Xiaojiu stay in his room during the snowy night, but focused on bone forging while she bathed. Afterward, he noticed her standing before him in her undergarment.

• Xie Xiaojiu said the snow and darkness made it difficult to return home, and Jiang Ning arranged for her to share his room.
• Jiang Ning carried hot and cold water to the room, and Xie Xiaojiu asked him to remain indoors while she bathed behind a screen.
• Jiang Ning trained in bone forging while Xie Xiaojiu bathed, and she later discovered that he had been concentrating on cultivation instead of watching her.
• Xie Xiaojiu recognized the Iron Bone Pills Jiang Ning used and waited quietly while he tempered thirteen bones.
• Jiang Ning finished cultivating, opened his eyes, and noticed Xie Xiaojiu standing before him in her undergarment.

Jiang Ning spent the night cultivating while Xie Xiaojiu slept in his bed, and discovered that his Source Energy increased around dawn. After finishing another cycle of Bone Forging, he went to sleep, leaving Xie Xiaojiu to begin her morning sword practice.

• Jiang Ning dried Xie Xiaojiu’s hair with his Water Control Divine Power, poured her bathwater outside, and refused her invitation to share the bed so he could cultivate.
• Jiang Ning forged bones through the night and found his thirteen recently tempered bones had made rapid progress.
• Jiang Ning adjusted Xie Xiaojiu’s blanket while she slept, and she grabbed his arm; after he accidentally squeezed her, he pulled free and returned to recovering in the water.
• Jiang Ning checked his panel near dawn and saw that his Source Energy had risen to 541.11, then continued Bone Forging despite his fatigue.
• At first light, Jiang Ning saw that seventy-eight bones were glowing faintly silver, while Xie Xiaojiu woke and prepared to practice her sword.
• Xie Xiaojiu helped Jiang Ning remove his shoes and tucked him into bed, and he fell asleep.

Jiang Ning continued tempering his bones, felt his body growing stronger, and went to the Patrol Office while waiting for He Jinsheng’s next move. After completing the first tempering of all 206 bones, he recovered in a frozen lake and discovered that water increased his Water Fire True Force training efficiency.

• Jiang Ning woke refreshed, watched Xie Xiaojiu practice her sword, and continued forging his bones while she trained.
• Jiang Ning observed that all 78 bones he had tempered were absorbing Iron Marrow and that his growing Bone Forging progress strengthened his body and Qi and Blood.
• Jiang Ning went with Xie Xiaojiu to the Patrol Office, where he spent the afternoon forging bones but did not encounter He Jinsheng.
• Jiang Ning completed the initial tempering of all 206 bones and sensed his physique continuing to grow stronger.
• Jiang Ning broke through the ice at Boulder Beach, recovered in the lake, and found that circulating Water Fire True Force underwater increased its Experience Point gains.

Jiang Ning completed the final stage of forging his bones and filled them with Iron Marrow, leaving his bones on the verge of turning fully silver-white. Back home, he learned that Jiang Li had passed the yamen assessment and read Feng Jiuge’s note about a new envoy pursuing the Cao Family and a suspected God Worshipping Sect stronghold.

• Jiang Ning learned that He Jinsheng had been absent from the Patrol Office and chose to focus on cultivation while waiting to see what happened.
• Jiang Ning trained underwater, where his senses and Water Control Divine Power were greatly enhanced, and saw that more than half of each bone had turned silver-white.
• After another three days of bone forging, Jiang Ning swallowed Iron Bone Pills until all 206 bones were saturated with Iron Marrow and ready to complete their transformation.
• Jiang Ning returned home and learned from Jiang Li that he had passed the yamen assessment and that the Cao Family would be executed in three days.
• Jiang Ning read Feng Jiuge’s note, which reported a new envoy seeking Cao Rong and a God Worshipping Sect stronghold with a likely important target, and decided to visit the Patrol Office the next day.

Jiang Ning completed Water Fire True Force’s Second Limit Break, gaining the ability to control water and fire, while his bones finished transforming into Iron Bone and he began the Sixth Rank physique transformation. At the Patrol Office, he prepared to accompany Captain Feng to investigate a God Worshipping Sect stronghold and agreed to bring Xie Xiaojiu.

• Jiang Ning practiced Water Fire True Force among blazing torches until it reached the Second Limit Break, spending 200 Source Energy and gaining the Palm Controlling Water and Fire trait.
• Jiang Ning tested his new ability by summoning water and fire from the air and shaping them into serpents, then decided to keep the technique secret from others.
• Jiang Ning sensed that his bones had completely transformed into Iron Bone and that his body had begun its next transformation toward the Sixth Rank.
• Jiang Ning went to the Patrol Office and told Xie Xiaojiu he was waiting for Captain Feng to investigate a God Worshipping Sect stronghold in the Outer City.
• Jiang Ning agreed to take Xie Xiaojiu along as they sought the stronghold’s suspected big fish and the missing Divine Statue.

Protector Xing asked Liu Linmen about Altar Master Sun’s death and revealed that the God Worshipping Sect’s missing sacred object was its Divine Embryo. Meanwhile, Qingyi welcomed the Seventeenth Princess and the Eighth Prince, and Jiang Ning continued investigating a suspected God Worshipping Sect stronghold in Luoshui County’s Outer City.

• Protector Xing asked Liu Linmen who had killed Altar Master Sun, but Liu Linmen claimed he did not know.
• Protector Xing revealed that Altar Master Sun had carried the God Worshipping Sect’s Divine Embryo, and Liu Linmen realized why the sect kept sending people to Luoshui County.
• The Seventeenth Princess and the Eighth Prince visited Qingyi, and the Seventeenth Princess persuaded Qingyi to let her meet Jiang Ning instead of Xiao Jin.
• Jiang Ning saw a refugee family begging in the Outer City and gave them four strips of wind-dried meat.
• Jiang Ning passed a Yellow Sky Sect gathering where Talisman Water was being distributed, then led his team toward a suspected God Worshipping Sect stronghold to search for a major figure and the missing divine statue.

Jiang Ning led the Patrol Office to raid a Black Tiger Gang courtyard, uncovering a God Worshipping Sect tunnel and the Divine Statue they planned to smuggle out of Luoshui County. After defeating five mutated fighters with a single punch each, he faced the composed Spirit Envoy while Protector Xing watched from a rooftop and hesitated to intervene.

• Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Power to search the courtyard and tunnel, confirmed the God Worshipping Sect was hiding a Divine Statue there, and ordered the courtyard surrounded.
• Jiang Ning ordered the Black Tiger Gang seized, and his team overwhelmed the gang while killing those who resisted; the gang members later surrendered, but Jiang Ning ordered them all killed.
• Jiang Ning found the concealed tunnel entrance and told Feng Jiuge and Xie Xiaojiu to keep their team back because powerful God Worshipping Sect fighters were below.
• Five mutated fighters burst from the room and attacked Jiang Ning, who killed each with a single punch using Water Fire True Force.
• Protector Xing watched Jiang Ning reveal Internal and External Cultivation with Inner Breath manifesting into reality, then hesitated to attack as Jiang Ning confronted the Spirit Envoy.

Jiang Ning defeated a mutated God Worshipping Sect fighter, uncovered the Flesh and Blood God’s statue in the underground tunnel, and absorbed its Divinity and Authority. He planned to confront Yuan Hua’s attempt to take credit and ordered Feng Jiuge and Xie Xiaojiu to summon officials, while his panel gained Flesh Regeneration Authority.

• Protector Xing withdrew rather than risk fighting Jiang Ning, who then killed the mutated Sixth Rank Bone Forging Realm fighter with a single punch.
• Jiang Ning entered the underground tunnel with Xie Xiaojiu and Feng Jiuge while Yuan Hua arrived in the courtyard and claimed he would take three corpses.
• Jiang Ning found the statue of the God of Flesh and Blood and absorbed its Divinity and Authority, causing his panel to change.
• Jiang Ning told Feng Jiuge to summon Commander Ye Qiu and Prefect Hong, and sent Xie Xiaojiu to bring Head Constable Xu Zhengnan to deal with the Black Tiger Gang.
• Jiang Ning’s panel displayed one Divinity and the incomplete Authority of Flesh Regeneration.

Jiang Ning revealed his new Flesh Regeneration Authority, then defeated Yuan Hua with one punch and claimed the spoils from the God Worshipping Sect stronghold. As the County Office prepared to follow his orders and he seized Liu Zhixiang, Jiang Ning considered whether he could absorb Divinity from the Divine Statue in his Golden Box.

• Jiang Ning used his one Divinity to raise Flesh Regeneration to 33% completion, then left the underground tunnel to stop Yuan Hua from harming Cheng Ran.
• Jiang Ning struck Yuan Hua back with one punch, and Water Fire True Force later caused Yuan Hua to cough blood and collapse as his men carried him away.
• Jiang Ning calculated that the corpses and Divine Statue from the stronghold were worth 107,000 Contribution Points, while Feng Jiuge reported the Divine Statue to Ye Qiu and Xu Zhengnan prepared men to carry out Jiang Ning's orders.
• Jiang Ning ordered Liu Zhixiang seized, then noticed his Flesh Regeneration progress had risen to 33.01% and wondered whether he could absorb Divinity from the Divine Statue in his Golden Box.
• Jiang Ning waited for Xie Xiaojiu and Feng Jiuge as footsteps approached.

Jiang Ning received recognition from White Granny after she examined the God Worshipping Sect corpses and the now-ordinary Divine Statue. Xu Zhengnan presented evidence against the Liu Family, the Black Tiger Gang, and the Sihe Trading Company, then asked Jiang Ning to help subdue the Liu Residence’s Great Offering.

• Xu Zhengnan arrived with constables and a crowd, then pledged to prosecute the crimes at the courtyard according to Great Xia Law.
• White Granny and Hong Minghu arrived and were astonished to learn Jiang Ning had killed a Sixth Rank God Worshipping Sect Martial Artist.
• White Granny confirmed the Divine Statue was real despite its lost whispers, and Hong Minghu carried it away for further study.
• Xu Zhengnan handed Jiang Ning scrolls documenting years of crimes by the Liu Family, the Black Tiger Gang, and the Sihe Trading Company.
• Xu Zhengnan asked Jiang Ning to subdue the Liu Residence’s Great Offering, and Jiang Ning agreed.

Xu Zhengnan and Jiang Ning led the authorities in crushing the Ferocious Tiger Gang and surrounding the Liu Residence to arrest the Liu clan for its crimes. Hong Minghu backed the operation, and the chapter ended with Liu Zhaonan subdued as the arrests began.

• Xu Zhengnan mobilized the county constables and city guards to destroy the Ferocious Tiger Gang and surround the Liu Residence.
• Xu Zhengnan confronted Liu Tianzheng with a list of the Liu clan’s crimes, while Jiang Ning ordered the authorities to arrest the family.
• Liu Zhaonan arrived and challenged the arrest, claiming that Yuan Hua, Ye Qiu, and Hong Minghu were coming to support him.
• Jiang Ning agreed to wait, as government forces swept through the city and heavy snow fell.
• Hong Minghu and Ye Qiu arrived, heard Xu Zhengnan’s case against the Liu clan, and ordered the arrests to proceed.
• Ye Qiu disabled Liu Zhaonan, and Liu Zhaonan lay in the snow lamenting that there was no justice beneath the strong.

Jiang Ning helped crush the Liu Residence and tested the incomplete Flesh Regeneration Authority after returning home. He ended the chapter preparing to open the Golden Box and discover how much Divinity its Divine Statue could provide.

• Jiang Ning ordered Xie Xiaojiu and Feng Jiuge to arrest the Liu Residence members, while Xu Zhengnan arranged to eliminate the Liu Family’s remaining resistance.
• Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Force Field to distract the Great Offering, allowing Xu Zhengnan to kill him and end the Liu Residence’s ability to resist.
• Hong Minghu and Ye Qiu discussed Jiang Ning’s talent, while the Ferocious Tiger Gang, Sihe Trading Company, and Liu Residence were destroyed or dismantled across Luoshui County.
• The Xie Family Head welcomed Xie Xiaojiu back, but she felt disappointed that her father had treated her as a means to preserve the family.
• Jiang Ning tested Flesh Regeneration by cutting his arm and watched the wound heal in less than half a cup of tea, then noted that the Authority’s progress continued to rise over time.
• Jiang Ning took the Golden Box from his Summoning Ring and prepared to see how many Divinity Points its Divine Statue would yield.

Jiang Ning absorbed Divinity from the Golden Box's Divine Statue, raising his Flesh Regeneration Authority and testing its greatly improved healing. After training through the night, he met Xu Zhengnan, who reported the Liu Residence's defeat and promised to eliminate the remaining criminal forces in Luoshui County.

• Jiang Ning absorbed seven points of Divinity from the Divine Statue, raising Flesh Regeneration to Incomplete 82.17%.
• Jiang Ning tested his Authority by cutting his arm and watched the wound heal in fewer than ten breaths.
• Jiang Ning practiced Five Animal Frolics Fist through the night, increasing its experience to 1088/2000.
• Jiang Ning visited the frozen lake to wash, then checked his Panel the next morning and saw slight gains in Source Energy and Flesh Regeneration.
• Xu Zhengnan told Jiang Ning that the Liu Residence's important figures had died and vowed to uproot Sihe Trading Company and the Black Tiger Gang.
• Jiang Ning sent Xu Zhengnan off and headed to the Patrol Office to collect and distribute the previous day's rewards.