Recaps

Jiang Ning helped Jiang Yiming and Lin Jiaxin gain Lin Zhenbei’s approval, then broke through the Twofold Yin-Yang Sword and gained the light purple Sword Seed Trait. Testing it in the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range, he found that it greatly accelerated his sword practice and also strengthened the Seven Stars Demon Subduing Sword.

• Jiang Ning visited the Lin Family, where Lin Zhenbei reversed his opposition to Jiang Yiming and Lin Jiaxin’s relationship after learning who Jiang Ning was.
• Jiang Ning and Lin Zhenbei let Jiang Yiming and Lin Jiaxin walk together, while Lin Jia'er regretted missing her chance with Jiang Ning but denied regretting her earlier choice.
• Jiang Ning told Jiang Yiming to practice diligently and wait until he was at least twenty to marry, then returned home to practice his sword.
• Jiang Ning spent two thousand Source Energy Points to break through the Twofold Yin-Yang Sword and gained the light purple Sword Seed Trait.
• Jiang Ning tested the Sword Seed in the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range and found that his Twofold Yin-Yang Sword experience gains had risen to about one hundred points per cycle.
• Jiang Ning practiced the Seven Stars Demon Subduing Sword and confirmed that the Sword Seed had increased its power and experience gains as well.

Jiang Ning repeatedly advanced the Twofold Yin-Yang Sword, gaining new Sword Intent traits and improving his Sword Dao attainment, though each breakthrough made progress slower and more costly. He then practiced the Tai Xu Yin Yang Sword with his heightened understanding and began to see the technique from a new perspective.

• Jiang Ning used his improved Sword Dao Talent to gain Experience Points rapidly in the Seven Stars Demon Subduing Sword and the Twofold Yin-Yang Sword.
• After breaking through the Twofold Yin-Yang Sword, Jiang Ning comprehended the Stars Shift Sword Intent and gained a trait that returned an opponent's method upon them.
• Jiang Ning spent three days filling the Twofold Yin-Yang Sword's progress, then broke through again and gained the deep-blue Twofold Yin-Yang Fusion trait, which let him fuse multiple energies into Unity.
• Jiang Ning found that the latest breakthrough greatly reduced his sword-practice efficiency, but his attainment improved enough to raise the Seven Stars Demon Subduing Sword's gains.
• Jiang Ning began practicing the Tai Xu Yin Yang Sword and gained new insights as he perceived the technique from a higher perspective.

Jiang Ning advanced the Seven Stars Demon Subduing Sword to its Sixth Limit Break, raising Clear Sword Heart to purple and boosting his sword-practice efficiency. He tested whether ordinary swordplay could further improve his Sword Dao Talent, then decided to stop and prepare for his Eighth Blood Exchange because his Source Energy was running low.

• Jiang Ning practiced the Seven Stars Demon Subduing Sword for three days and brought it to the Perfected Realm.
• He spent five thousand Source Energy Points to break through the technique, upgrading Clear Sword Heart to light purple and increasing his gains from sword practice.
• Jiang Ning confirmed the improved talent also raised his Twofold Yin-Yang Sword gains, but decided further breakthroughs would have to wait until he had more Source Energy.
• He read and practiced Fufeng Swordplay through its Fourth Limit Break, gaining the Swift Sword, Light as Wind, and Skilled Sword Traits.
• After testing Skilled Sword, Jiang Ning found it improved his sword-practice efficiency only slightly and abandoned further breakthroughs in Fufeng Swordplay.
• With only 1,073 Source Energy Points remaining, Jiang Ning decided it was time to undergo the Eighth Blood Exchange.

Jiang Ning began his Eighth Blood Exchange at Glazed Lake, using Spiritual Opportunity and stored energy to endure the dangerous transformation. His body regenerated and grew stronger as Divine Radiance multiplied, but he remained desperately hungry and continued consuming treasures.

• Jiang Ning had Linglong guard Glazed Lake while he prepared for his Eighth Blood Exchange.
• Jiang Ning refined treasures into stored energy and gathered Spiritual Opportunity with his Inner Alchemy Pellet, which nourished his Immortal Root and grew it to three inches and one-tenth.
• Jiang Ning triggered the Blood Exchange, withering as his blood mist formed a scarlet dragon and his vitality nearly failed.
• Jiang Ning's True Spirit Mark returned, allowing his Inner Alchemy Pellet to revive his heart and blood-making functions as Divine Radiance particles merged with his newborn blood.
• Jiang Ning replenished himself with Spiritual Opportunity, then devoured Blood Crystals, Spiritual Plants, and other treasures to satisfy his body's hunger and fuel his transformation.

Jiang Ning completed his Eighth Blood Exchange and considered how to prepare for the Ninth and reach the Second Grade Divine Intent Realm. After deciding to visit Guangning City the next day to check on the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Scroll, he relaxed by the lake with Linglong and ended their talk about whether humans and demons could have children.

• Jiang Ning completed his Eighth Blood Exchange, discovered that his Light Gold blood made grass grow rapidly, and shared drops of it with Linglong.
• Jiang Ning drank with Zhong Ling, Linglong, and Old Turtle, gave Old Turtle a cup of wine infused with Emperor Flow Paste, and carried the drunken Zhong Ling to bed.
• Jiang Ning concluded that he needed to visit the Royal Capital to obtain the method for reaching the Second Grade Divine Intent Realm and planned to strengthen his body before attempting the Ninth Blood Exchange.
• Jiang Ning decided to visit Guangning City the next day to ask the Myriad Blossom Pavilion about the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Scroll, then watched the sunset with Linglong.
• Linglong asked whether humans and demons could have children, and Jiang Ning flicked her on the head and told her not to think about such nonsense.

Jiang Ning strengthened his Wind Thunder Step, gaining a spatial divine ability that let him travel a hundred zhang with each step, then flew to Guangning City. There, Xia Wanqin learned that his strength had reached the Top Grandmaster level and that the six Twenty-Four Solar Terms fragments he requested had been collected.

• Jiang Ning practiced his two sword techniques after finding that his Source Energy had risen to 183763.
• Jiang Ning gave Xie Xiaojiu Spirit Sword Sword Nine and three drops of his blood, then warned the sword not to harm her.
• Jiang Ning spent 50000 Source Energy to advance Wind Thunder Step to its Ninth Limit Break and mastered the improved Ground Shrinking to an Inch divine ability.
• Jiang Ning replenished his energy in a lake and flew to Guangning City, breaking the sound barrier along the way.
• Xia Wanqin received intelligence that Jiang Ning had become a Top Grandmaster and learned that the six fragments he had commissioned had been collected.

Jiang Ning met Xia Wanqin at the Myriad Blossom Pavilion, where she tried to recruit him into Xuanhuang Grotto-heaven by offering him an Immortal Path and a noble bride. Jiang Ning joked that he would choose Xia Wanqin herself, but she agreed to consider marrying him and said she would give him an answer later.

• Shen Congyun told Jiang Ning that he ranked fourth on the newest Hidden Dragon Heaven Rankings and was assessed as a Strong Grandmaster.
• Xia Wanqin visited Jiang Ning, disclosed that the Myriad Blossom Pavilion belonged to her family, and asked Shen Congyun to leave so she could speak with Jiang Ning privately.
• Xia Wanqin served Jiang Ning Enlightenment Tea and explained that she wanted to recruit him into Xuanhuang Grotto-heaven because he possessed an Immortal Root.
• Xia Wanqin offered Jiang Ning abundant cultivation resources if he married a noble daughter of Xuanhuang Grotto-heaven, and she explained the grotto-heaven rankings.
• Jiang Ning jokingly asked whether he could choose Xia Wanqin, and she agreed on the condition that her father approved, leaving Jiang Ning to insist that he had only been joking.

Jiang Ning declined Xia Wanqin’s invitation to join the Xuanhuang Grotto-heaven Great World and returned to Pine Breeze Villa to cultivate the Spring Season Treasure Scroll. After entering a state of Enlightenment, he advanced the art to Great Completion, then discovered Marquis Shen Wenyuan waiting outside his courtyard.

• Jiang Ning refused Xia Wanqin’s offer, explaining that he valued his freedom and could pursue Immortal Path methods through other connections.
• Jiang Ning studied the Clear Brightness and Grain Rain fragments, mastering both Artistic Conceptions and unlocking the Spring Season Treasure Scroll for improvement.
• Jiang Ning practiced the six spring Artistic Conceptions until they formed an Artistic Conception that controlled Vitality.
• Shen Wenyuan arrived at Pine Breeze Villa with a black-clad man and waited outside Jiang Ning’s courtyard rather than interrupting his cultivation.
• Jiang Ning entered Enlightenment, gained 5,693 Experience Points, and raised the Spring Season Treasure Scroll to Great Completion.
• Jiang Ning opened the courtyard gate and greeted Shen Wenyuan, surprised that the Marquis had come to see him.

Jiang Ning showed Shen Wenyuan his Spring Vitality insight and Fire Eye, then asked him to explain the Second Rank Great Grandmaster realm. Shen Wenyuan demonstrated Martial Dao True Intent and Spiritual Pressure, but Jiang Ning resisted both with ease, leaving Shen Wenyuan surprised by his strength.

• Shen Wenyuan recognized that Jiang Ning’s cultivation had unleashed Spring Vitality and learned that Jiang Ning had gained insight during Enlightenment.
• Jiang Ning revealed his Fire Eye, explaining how he had seen the Great Demon White Dragon and the Human Emperor Sword in its belly.
• Shen Wenyuan gave Jiang Ning the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Fragmentary Scrolls and explained the Second Rank Divine Intent Realm and its Spiritual Body.
• Shen Wenyuan cast Jiang Ning into an illusory world of Summer Thunderclap Artistic Conception, but Jiang Ning shattered it with his Saber Intent.
• Shen Wenyuan released his Spiritual Pressure, yet Jiang Ning reported feeling only the courtyard’s sudden silence, prompting Shen Wenyuan to admit he had underestimated him.

Jiang Ning learned from Shen Wenyuan about First Grade realms, the Martial Peak, and the title of Supreme Powerhouse, then explored the extraordinary control over Vitality granted by the Spring Season Treasure Scroll. He obtained all six Summer Season solar-term fragments and began comprehending and practicing their Artistic Conceptions.

• Shen Wenyuan explained that First Grade involved the Hunyuan and Unity Realms, described the Martial Peak, and clarified that Supreme Powerhouse was a title for someone who reached the martial path’s pinnacle.
• Shen Wenyuan left Jiang Ning several Solar Term Fragments and departed, while wondering how many Blood Exchanges Jiang Ning had completed.
• Jiang Ning discovered that his Spring Season Artistic Conceptions let him drain Vitality from plants and restore it, and he trained the Spring Season Treasure Scroll to gain experience.
• Jiang Ning found that the fragments Shen Wenyuan and Shen Congyun had gathered gave him all six Summer Season solar terms.
• Jiang Ning studied the Beginning of Summer, Grain Full, Grain in Ear, and Summer Solstice fragments, then practiced their distinct Blade Intents as his understanding grew.

Jiang Ning perfected the Solar Term Fragments and mastered the Summer Time Treasure Scroll, unleashing the destructive Great Sun Ascending Artistic Conception in the Cangmang Forest. As Ye Zhengqi arrived and recognized Jiang Ning’s power, another expert approached from the west.

• Jiang Ning perfected all six Solar Term Fragments, mastered the Summer Time Treasure Scroll, and discovered that his Summer Time Intent was Great Sun Ascending.
• Jiang Ning flew to the Cangmang Forest and tested his saber art, scorching the land and reducing the nearby vegetation to ash.
• Ye Zhengqi followed Jiang Ning’s trail, witnessed the golden eruption, and realized Jiang Ning had created it.
• Shen Wenyuan sensed the powerful energy but declined to investigate, while Nan Zhiwei recognized a formidable expert and raced toward the forest.
• Jiang Ning reflected on the technique’s power and his competing cultivation priorities before Ye Zhengqi arrived and asked about the move.
• Jiang Ning explained his Summer Time Intent, and Ye Zhengqi warned that someone was approaching from the west.

Jiang Ning accepted Nan Zhiwei’s challenge and revealed his remarkable defensive swordsmanship, then overwhelmed the famed Invincible Divine Sword with a single counterattack. The spar ended with Nan Zhiwei blasted through trees, while Jiang Ning remained unharmed and satisfied with the Twofold Yin-Yang Sword.

• Nan Zhiwei arrived after sensing Jiang Ning’s display of power and asked to spar, offering him a favor in return.
• Jiang Ning accepted, borrowed a sword from Ye Zhengqi, and demonstrated a profound Sword Intent that convinced Nan Zhiwei he truly was skilled in the sword.
• Nan Zhiwei unleashed a storm of sword attacks, but Jiang Ning held his ground and neutralized every strike with the Twofold Yin-Yang Sword.
• Nan Zhiwei sensed danger in the energy Jiang Ning’s defense had gathered and asked him to make a move.
• Jiang Ning released the gathered force in a torrent that swept Nan Zhiwei away and sent him crashing through several trees.
• Ye Zhengqi marveled at Jiang Ning’s strength, and Jiang Ning praised the power of the Twofold Yin-Yang Sword.

Jiang Ning defeated Nan Zhiwei with the Great Sun Ascending Artistic Conception, revealing power worthy of an Invincible Grandmaster. Afterward, Jiang Ning reflected on the technique’s connection to his Pure Yang Body and the Yang Character Scripture, while Ye Zhengqi wondered whether Jiang Ning would soon be promoted.

• Nan Zhiwei asked Jiang Ning to demonstrate the Great Sun-like move, and Jiang Ning struck him with the Great Sun Ascending Artistic Conception.
• The Heavenly Surveillance Bureau detected an Invincible Grandmaster-level energy fluctuation near Guangning Prefecture and projected the blinding golden Great Sun.
• Nan Zhiwei admitted defeat, recovered rapidly after taking an Elixir Pill, and thanked Jiang Ning for showing mercy.
• Ye Zhengqi recognized Jiang Ning’s strength as that of an Invincible Grandmaster, then departed for Guangning City.
• Jiang Ning tested the Great Sun Ascending Artistic Conception again and suspected its exceptional power came from his Pure Yang Body or Shangyang Immortal Sect inheritance.
• Ye Zhengqi saw the golden Great Sun rise behind him and worried that Jiang Ning’s strength would lead the higher-ups to promote him.

After defeating Nan Zhiwei, Jiang Ning strengthened the Marquis Mansion’s position as Shen Wenyuan learned of his power. Xia Wanqin offered Jiang Ning wine from the Profound Yellow Great Cave Heaven and renewed her proposal that he join her family and marry her, while Jiang Ning remained surprised by her openness to his having other wives.

• Ye Zhengqi told Shen Wenyuan that Jiang Ning had defeated Nan Zhiwei with ease and appeared to be an Invincible Grandmaster, easing Shen Wenyuan’s worries about the growing Heaven Response Alliance.
• Jiang Ning used the setting sun to cultivate the Great Sun Ascending Artistic Conception, saw his Summer Time Treasure Scroll progress rise, then returned to Pine Breeze Villa and slept.
• Jiang Ning woke refreshed, checked his Source Energy, and went to a wine shop to eat and drink.
• Xia Wanqin joined Jiang Ning, offered him Nine Heavens Cloud Dew, and explained that Cave Heaven Worlds could help cultivators advance toward the Yang Spirit realm.
• Jiang Ning asked whether cultivators could reach the Yang Spirit realm without joining a Cave Heaven World, and Xia Wanqin said it was extremely difficult.
• Xia Wanqin praised Jiang Ning for defeating Nan Zhiwei and again invited him to join the Xia Family and marry her, saying she would accept his other wives; Jiang Ning was astonished.

Xia Wanqin urged Jiang Ning to join the Immortal Path, then brought her father, Xia Family Head Xia Xuanyan, to assess him. Jiang Ning advanced the Summer Time Treasure Scroll to Great Completion and welcomed Xia Xuanyan, a Primordial Spirit expert, into his courtyard for a conversation.

• Xia Wanqin explained that the world’s environment was recovering because of the Heavenly Dao and urged Jiang Ning to enter the Cave Heaven World, leaving him Nine Heavens Cloud Dew as she departed.
• Jiang Ning cultivated under the sun and advanced the Summer Time Treasure Scroll from Minor Completion to Great Completion.
• Xia Wanqin showed her father, Xia Xuanyan, records about Jiang Ning and told him she wanted to marry Jiang Ning.
• Xia Xuanyan and Xia Wanqin visited Jiang Ning, who recognized Xia Xuanyan as a Primordial Spirit expert with a Self-Formed Microcosm.
• Jiang Ning invited Xia Xuanyan into his courtyard and served him wine mixed with Emperor Flow Paste.

Jiang Ning learned about the Primordial Spirit and rejected Xia Xuanyan’s offer to marry Xia Wanqin in exchange for Xuanhuang Liquid, unwilling to live within a grotto-heaven. He planned to return home and then enter the Royal Capital’s Martial Examination Metropolitan Examination, while Shen Wenyuan believed the Martial Saint Manor might help him achieve the Ninth Blood Exchange.

• Xia Xuanyan explained that Primordial Spirit experts could influence the laws of heaven and earth, and described the longevity associated with the Primordial Spirit and Immortal Body.
• Xia Xuanyan offered Jiang Ning Xuanhuang Liquid if he married into the Xia Family and left behind offspring, but Jiang Ning decided that life inside a Blessed Grotto-heaven would be a cage.
• Xia Xuanyan told Xia Wanqin to make Jiang Ning fall for her and said he would help Jiang Ning pursue the Martial Dao Myth if he joined the family.
• Jiang Ning visited Ye Zhengqi, where Shen Wenyuan asked about Xia Xuanyan’s visit and supported Jiang Ning’s choice not to join the Xia Family.
• Jiang Ning said he would return home before going to the Royal Capital for the Martial Examination Metropolitan Examination, and Shen Wenyuan said the Martial Saint Manor might provide treasures to help him complete the Ninth Blood Exchange.

Jiang Ning tested Jiang Yiming’s martial arts, strengthened his training, and reflected on the preparations needed for his Ninth Blood Exchange. He then practiced the Great Sun Ascending True Intent in the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range and received a new visualization experience notification as the sun set.

• Jiang Ning tested Jiang Yiming’s strength, urged him to fight with greater force, and learned that his single-arm strength had reached 2,630 jin.
• Jiang Ning gave Jiang Yiming golden Cooling Tea infused with Essence Blood and ordered him to practice until he reached the Seventh Rank while concealing his Martial Path realm.
• Jiang Ning considered the challenges of the Ninth Blood Exchange and concluded that he needed more physical strength, resources, and Martial Dao True Intent before attempting it.
• Jiang Ning traveled to the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range and unleashed his Great Sun Ascending True Intent, scorching the vegetation before extinguishing the resulting fire.
• Jiang Ning meditated beneath the Great Sun, gained Summer Time Treasure Scroll experience, and received a Visualization Experience Points notification as the sun sank toward the horizon.

Jiang Ning perfected the Great Sun Ascending Artistic Conception and broke through the Seven Stars Demon Subduing Sword to its Seventh Limit Break, then used the Great Sun’s power to benefit those around him. He left Xiao Doubao with a Great Sun True Intent Seed and described the power as a rule.

• Jiang Ning practiced the Seven Stars Demon Subduing Sword until it met the requirements for another Limit Break, spending ten thousand Source Energy Points to advance it and improve the Turn Misfortune into Blessing Trait.
• Jiang Ning found that the Twofold Yin-Yang Sword gained Experience Points more efficiently than the Seven Stars Demon Subduing Sword, and decided to focus on perfecting the Great Sun Ascending Artistic Conception instead.
• Jiang Ning connected with the rising sun until the Great Sun Ascending Artistic Conception reached the Perfected Realm, while his Visualization skill also advanced.
• A radiant Great Sun appeared above Jiang Ning’s courtyard, making Zhong Ling, Linglong, Liu Wanwan, and Xiao Doubao feel their bodies grow stronger.
• Jiang Ning gave Xiao Doubao a Great Sun True Intent Seed, and told Zhong Ling and Linglong that the power he had displayed was a rule.

Jiang Ning tested the life-restoring rule of his perfected Great Sun Ascending Artistic Conception, then returned to the Shangyang Inner Scenery to strengthen his Spiritual Body in the Yang Pool. He met Bai Li, a Celestial Fox senior brother who gifted him Gold Qi, and began drawing the pool’s Yang energy toward himself.

• Jiang Ning used the Great Sun Ascending Artistic Conception to restore vegetation across a fire-scorched mountain hollow and identified its rule as one that restored life and Vitality.
• Jiang Ning cultivated the Summer Time Treasure Scroll while a senior sect leader warned his junior brother to bring Zhong Ling back peacefully and not underestimate Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning used his Shangyang Immortal Sect token to enter the Inner Scenery again, hoping to make his Spirit Soul Pure Yang.
• Jiang Ning met Bai Li, a Celestial Fox man in the Yang Pool, who welcomed him and gave him Gold Qi that could help condense a Gold Dao Fruit or Five Elements Dao Fruit.
• Jiang Ning entered the Yang Pool and activated his Trait to devour its energy currents, surprising Bai Li, who moved farther away and continued cultivating.

Jiang Ning gained Pure Yang spiritual-body traits in the Yang Pool, then heard a sermon on the Way of Space that deepened his understanding. He discovered the Ascending Heaven Stair and began climbing it for its Gold Qi rewards, while Bai Li followed behind him.

• Jiang Ning absorbed the Gold Qi into his body and saw Golden Light radiating from his flesh, indicating that he had achieved Spiritual Body Pure Yang.
• At the Sermon Platform, Jiang Ning listened to a mysterious woman lecture on the Way of Space, witnessing ripples and golden flowers in the void as his perception of space improved.
• Jiang Ning left the Sermon Platform and found the Ascending Heaven Stair, which he suspected was the third usable location Shen Yue Ru had not shown him.
• Jiang Ning climbed the stairs through increasingly powerful spiritual pressure, reaching the fifty-third step before Bai Li appeared below and began ascending after him.
• Jiang Ning noticed Bai Li standing more than a dozen steps behind him on the staircase.

Jiang Ning climbed the Heavenly Ladder, where the Spiritual Pressure tempered his Spiritual Body until he reached the second floor and qualified for a reward. He chose Breathing Soil, which vanished into his palm, leaving him unsure what effect it would have.

• Bai Li explained that the Heavenly Ladder tested Spiritual Body strength and that reaching its hundredth step represented the strength of a Yang Spirit; he then climbed ahead of Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning endured the increasing pressure, felt his Spiritual Body grow stronger, and reached the ninety-eighth step as Shen Yue Ru began climbing behind him.
• Jiang Ning crossed the hundredth step and entered the second floor, where a message offered him a choice among three rewards.
• Jiang Ning examined Earth Qi, a Spirit Soul Crystal, and Breathing Soil, then chose the Breathing Soil because it could nurture and accelerate the growth of an Immortal Root.
• The Breathing Soil melted into Jiang Ning's palm and disappeared, but he could detect no change in his body.

Jiang Ning was expelled from the Heavenly Ladder after its Spiritual Pressure pushed him past his limit, but the tempering had transformed his Spirit Soul into a Yang Spirit. He tested his new ability by traveling through the night to visit several people and places, then left Shangguan Feilong with a warning that he had inspected Divine Sword Villa.

• Jiang Ning climbed the second level of the Heavenly Ladder, where the increasing Spiritual Pressure further tempered his Spiritual Body, while Shen Yue Ru reached the level and called to him as he was expelled.
• Jiang Ning awoke in reality and discovered that his Spirit Soul had transformed into a Yang Spirit, which could leave his body and affect matter.
• Jiang Ning traveled to Wang Qingtan's room, but left before she awoke; Wang Qingtan sensed his Yang Spirit and decided to find him the next day.
• Jiang Ning visited Luoshui County and Canglang Martial Hall, then saw Xiao Emei's progress and sensed a mysterious presence near the Divine Maiden Statue at Water Moon Sword Palace.
• Jiang Ning inspected Divine Sword Villa and wrote to Shangguan Feilong that he had checked the villa and approved of his conduct.

After achieving the Yang Spirit, Jiang Ning tested his newfound ability to travel unseen and withstand sunlight, then discovered that Breathing Soil had nourished his Immortal Root and that Gold Qi had entered his Dantian. He checked his increased Source Energy Points and went to sleep, leaving his new cultivation gains unexplored.

• Shangguan Feilong examined the erased tabletop at Divine Sword Villa and worried about the power of the unseen visitor.
• Jiang Ning flew to the Marquis Mansion, where Shen Wenyuan sensed his Yang Spirit but could not see him before Jiang Ning departed.
• Jiang Ning realized that Qingyi’s special constitution might explain how she had once detected and injured an Earthly King's Yin Spirit.
• Jiang Ning returned to Dongling City at dawn and confirmed that sunlight no longer harmed his Yang Spirit.
• Jiang Ning found that his Immortal Root had grown and gained a silver leaf linked to space, while Breathing Soil and Gold Qi had settled in his Dantian.
• Jiang Ning checked his Panel, saw that his Source Energy had risen to 201333, and fell asleep.

Fang Yu of Zhi Xuan Mountain came to Dongling City to take Zhong Ling, and he wounded Zhao Yulong before confronting Jiang Ning at his home. When Fang Yu threatened Jiang Ning’s family and attacked, Jiang Ning unleashed a dazzling Golden Light that shook Fang Yu’s confidence.

• Fang Yu arrived in Dongling City and told Zhao Yulong that he had come on the Mountain Shaker Great Grandmaster’s orders to take Zhong Ling.
• Zhao Yulong refused to reveal Jiang Ning’s address, so Fang Yu pierced his chest with a finger strike and then tracked Jiang Ning down himself.
• Jiang Ning sensed Fang Yu’s powerful Life Force Field, brought Linglong with him, and met Fang Yu at the residence gate as Zhao Yulong followed.
• Fang Yu entered the residence and demanded that Jiang Ning hand over Zhong Ling, but Jiang Ning refused because Zhong Yue had entrusted her to him.
• Fang Yu threatened Jiang Ning’s family and attacked him; Jiang Ning’s Golden Light erupted like a Great Sun, causing Fang Yu’s confidence to falter.

Jiang Ning killed Fang Yu after he threatened Jiang Ning’s family, then accepted Zhong Ling’s loan of her mother’s soul-protecting Three-Story Small Pagoda. He examined the treasure in the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range and resisted the temptation to refine it, while recognizing the danger posed by the forces behind Zhi Xuan Mountain.

• Jiang Ning killed Fang Yu with one punch, and Zhao Yulong realized Jiang Ning might be an Invincible Grandmaster.
• Jiang Ning destroyed Fang Yu’s remains, dismissed Zhao Yulong, and reassured Zhong Ling and his family.
• Zhong Ling lent Jiang Ning her mother’s Three-Story Small Pagoda, and Jiang Ning bound it to himself and placed it in his Spiritual Platform.
• Jiang Ning traveled to the Eastern Mausoleum Mountain Range and considered the threat from Zhi Xuan Mountain and the Blessed Grotto-heavens.
• Jiang Ning sensed the pagoda’s twenty-seven Restrictions and its soul-protecting power, then suppressed his desire to refine it.