Recaps

Jiang Ning stored the unbreakable Heavenly General's remains and cultivated the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method in his inner scenery, rapidly advancing its progress while suffering severe mental exhaustion. After sleeping through the night in the forest, he woke to morning with the method at 78.33%, still short of its next breakthrough.

• Jiang Ning failed to bite through the Heavenly General's golden remains, stored them, and decided to postpone refining them until he was stronger.
• Jiang Ning entered his inner scenery and cultivated the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method, raising its progress from 0.03% to 41.33%.
• Jiang Ning recovered by breathing in clear energy, then returned to his inner scenery and advanced the method to 78.33%.
• Jiang Ning became mentally exhausted, lay down, and fell asleep as the moon remained high in the sky.
• Jiang Ning slept through the night while dawn broke over the forest.

Jiang Ning completed the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method and broke through to its twelfth limit break, gaining a profound perception of the River of Time. He then severed the shackle on his left eye and gained sight across the entire world.

• A black-feathered eagle demon arrived at the village to investigate the previous day's heavenly phenomenon and flew toward Jiang Ning's location.
• Jiang Ning sensed the demon approaching, completed the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method, and prepared to break through.
• The eagle demon confronted Jiang Ning, who crushed him with a single grasp and killed him.
• Jiang Ning spent five thousand origin points to break through, entered the real River of Time, and strengthened his Nascent Soul and True Spirit.
• Jiang Ning used his Nascent Soul Sword to sever the shackle on his left eye, then saw across the world, from Luoshui County to the Eastern Sea and Great Snow Mountain.

Jiang Ning severed the shackles binding his eyes, ears, mouth, teeth, and throat, gaining extraordinary perception and strength as he advanced his transformation. After refining the golden-armored Heavenly General's ruined body for Origin Points, he struck at the shackle on his crown, but it remained intact.

• Jiang Ning used his Nascent Soul Sword to sever the shackle on his right eye and gained a higher-dimensional view of space, causality, fortune, and time.
• Jiang Ning broke the shackles on both ears and heard sounds from across the world.
• Jiang Ning severed the shackle on his mouth and teeth, then chewed and refined the golden-armored Heavenly General's ruined body, raising his Origin Points to 11987.4.
• Jiang Ning severed the shackle around his throat and began striking the crown shackle, leaving a shallow mark with his first blow.

Jiang Ning shattered the final shackle in his spiritual platform by uniting his body, Nascent Soul, and will in a desperate strike. As his injuries healed and his entire being transformed, he attained the realm of a Martial Saint and perceived the essence of heaven and earth, space, and time.

• Jiang Ning broke the Baihui shackle with repeated strikes from the Nascent Soul Sword, leaving only the spiritual platform shackle unbroken.
• Jiang Ning realized that the final shackle was bound to his Nascent Soul and could only be severed by uniting his spirit, will, and flesh into his complete self.
• Jiang Ning struck the spiritual platform shackle eight times, weakening it while suffering severe backlash and resisting the will of heaven and earth.
• Jiang Ning gathered everything he had into one final charge and shattered the last shackle.
• Jiang Ning's consciousness rose beyond the ordinary world, where he perceived the River of Time and the essence of heaven and earth.
• Jiang Ning began transforming into a Martial Saint as his injuries healed and his Nascent Soul regained its radiance.

Jiang Ning reached the Martial Saint Realm, tested his newfound abilities, and ate the eagle demon he had killed. The Demon Emperor arrived in Southern Ridge and confronted him over the dead subordinate, ending with a threat to kill him.

• Jiang Ning realized he had broken through to the Martial Saint Realm and sensed that his presence drew the Heavenly Dao's attention.
• Jiang Ning glimpsed ancient Demon Race auras sleeping beneath Southern Ridge, then roasted and ate the eagle demon, gaining more than twenty Origin Points.
• Jiang Ning sensed the Demon Emperor approaching and waited for him in the forest.
• The Demon Emperor arrived, recognized Jiang Ning, and grew angry after learning Jiang Ning had eaten his subordinate.
• The Demon Emperor warned Jiang Ning that he had chosen wrongly and would die.