Recaps

Qin Yun heard Lan Yiyi’s sorrow over her fate as Southern Border’s sacrificial saintess, while she warned him to cherish those close to him and revealed that Southern Border had suspended its plans against the True Martial Sect. Later, Ning Qi and the Blade Demon exchanged insights about failed attempts to reach the Martial Saint Realm, uncovering a shared terror within Heaven and Earth Power and new ideas for controlling it.

• Qin Yun thanked Lan Yiyi for helping restore his freedom, and she confided that she regretted becoming a saintess after her tribe was destroyed on the day she accepted Divine Cleansing.
• Qin Yun promised to help Lan Yiyi, but she told him he could not interfere, urged him to cherish those before him, and revealed that Southern Border had shelved its actions against the True Martial Sect.
• Flame Martial Great General sought an audience with the Martial Saint in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, waited three days without a response, and left as hidden observers worried about the elder’s prolonged sleep.
• The Imperial Heaven Bureau revised the Heaven-Human Ranking, placing Heavenly Sword Real Person third and Blade Demon fourth, while rumors spread that Heavenly Sword Real Person might become the next Martial Saint.
• Ning Qi met the Blade Demon in the Back Mountain Forbidden Area, and they compared their experiences of breaking through and sensed that Heaven and Earth Power carried a great terror.
• Ning Qi shared deductions about merging martial will with the Three Flowers, refining Heaven and Earth Power, and storing it in place of Yuan Pill; the Blade Demon was convinced Ning Qi could reach the Martial Saint Realm.

Ning Qi prepared to descend the mountain and investigate Southern Border’s Blood King Gu while waiting for the Year-End Grand Competition. As he studied White Ape’s bloodline, he witnessed a vision of a powerful Silver Giant Ape and suspected the sight might connect to the severed Martial Saint Inheritance.

• Ning Qi learned that the Imperial Court had found no firm clues about the Blood King Gu or the Demonic Sect’s Holy Pill, and he told Luo Wentian he would investigate Southern Border himself.
• Ning Qi agreed to wait a few days for Luo Wentian to organize intelligence before descending the mountain, while the True Martial Sect’s Sword Stele and Ten Thousand Paths Tower drew many visitors.
• White Ape successfully cultivated Ning Qi’s Resonance Secret Technique, and Ning Qi used it to probe the secrets of White Ape’s bloodline.
• Ning Qi’s divine intent entered a vision of a Silver Giant Ape absorbing moonlight and Heaven and Earth Power, but the vision shattered after the beast turned its Golden Pupils toward him.
• Ning Qi concluded that he needed stronger divine will to see what happened next and planned to continue studying White Ape’s bloodline and the Eye of Truth.

Ning Qi attended the True Martial Sect’s Year-End Grand Competition, where the top three new disciples earned promotion to True Disciples and were taken as apprentices. Luo Wentian chose Goudan, gave him the name Luo Nianchu, and left him with a reminder to remember his roots.

• White Ape woke after his bloodline resonated with Ning Qi’s and reported that he felt fine, with his bloodline slightly more developed.
• Ning Qi and White Ape arrived at the Martial Arena, where Ye Qinghe revealed her intention to take Ouyang Yuxuan as a disciple.
• The new disciples’ competition ended with Lu Mang in first place, Ouyang Yuxuan in second, and beggar-born Goudan in third.
• Ye Qinghe took Ouyang Yuxuan as her disciple, and Xiong Shi took Lu Mang as his.
• Luo Wentian invited Goudan to become his disciple, and Goudan eagerly accepted.
• Luo Wentian gave Goudan the name Luo Nianchu and urged him to remember the road he had traveled.

After the year-end reunion, Ning Qi studied the innate abilities hidden in White Ape’s bloodline and Zhuang Chen’s Innate Sword Bone, uncovering clues about changes in the world. He completed secret arts for both the Eye of Truth and Innate Divine Sword Qi and prepared to descend the mountain to pursue the enemy.

• The True Martial Sect disciples celebrated the year-end reunion with Dragon Mountain Daoist, while they wondered how Jiang Baishan was faring.
• Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua learned that Heavenly Sword Real Person had defeated Blade Demon, and Lin Ruhua told Jiang Baishan she was expecting a child.
• Ning Qi resonated with Zhuang Chen’s Innate Sword Bone and witnessed visions suggesting that Innate Sword Bones originated from heaven and earth and once let their bearers absorb Heaven and Earth Power at birth.
• Ning Qi discovered the Innate Sword Bone’s ability, Innate Divine Sword Qi, and planned to turn it into a secret art alongside the Eye of Truth before pursuing the enemy.
• After half a month of study, Ning Qi completed secret arts for both Innate Divine Sword Qi and the Eye of Truth.

Ning Qi tested the secret arts Innate Divine Sword Qi and Eye of Truth, then left the Seeking Dao Institute to investigate suspected Blood King Gu sites. He reached Blackstone City and headed toward the Black Stone Mountain Range after observing the town and secretly helping a swordsman.

• Ning Qi perfected the secret arts Innate Divine Sword Qi and Eye of Truth, then used the Eye of Truth to glimpse the terrifying blood-colored thunder in the Thunder Forbidden Zone.
• Luo Wentian brought Ning Qi intelligence about suspected Blood King Gu cultivation sites and warned him to put his safety first; he also told him Daoist Baishan had entered the Heaven-Human Realm.
• Ning Qi arranged matters for Yuan Tiansheng, left the Seeking Dao Institute, and traveled through snow-stricken cities toward the first suspected site near Blackstone City.
• Ning Qi listened for suspicious activity at an inn in Blackstone City and secretly strengthened a swordsman's sword with Sword Intent after the man defended Heavenly Sword Real Person.
• Ning Qi left the inn and set out for the Black Stone Mountain Range to investigate the possible Blood Pool.

Ning Qi followed clues to a Southern Border and Demonic Sect stronghold, discovered it was an ambush, and destroyed it before continuing his search for the Blood King Gu. After more than a month of dead ends, he sensed the Gang Yuan Sword Seed activate in Thunder Prefecture and feared Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua were in danger.

• Ning Qi followed three Southern Border agents into the Black Stone Mountain Range and watched them collect corpses from the Demonic Sect.
• Ning Qi infiltrated the guarded valley and realized the supposed Blood King Gu stronghold was a trap for Imperial Court investigators.
• Ning Qi killed the stronghold's Heaven-Human Realm experts and left its destruction for the Imperial Court to handle.
• Ning Qi spent more than a month investigating leads across several prefectures, destroying ambush sites and killing nine Heaven-Human Realm experts without finding the Blood King Gu.
• Ning Qi sensed the Gang Yuan Sword Seed activate in Thunder Prefecture and realized Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua might be in danger.

Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua were ambushed by Elder Ye and the Demonic Sect while living in seclusion in Yan Mountain, but Ning Qi’s jade pendants released Heavenly Sword Real Person’s Sword Qi and helped them fight back. After they wounded Elder Ye and fled deeper into the mountains, a White-haired Youth appeared in their path.

• Jiang Baishan told Lin Ruhua that Ning Qi had mastered the Suanni Stance in about a day, and they imagined a bright future for their unborn child.
• Elder Ye and a group of Demonic Sect martial artists surrounded Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua, demanding that Lin return and threatening her husband and unborn child.
• Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua tried to break through the encirclement, but Elder Ye struck them down until Ning Qi’s jade pendant shattered and its Sword Qi cut off one of Elder Ye’s arms.
• Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua fled through Yan Mountain, using Lin Ruhua’s jade pendant to bluff Elder Ye and buy time.
• Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua tricked Elder Ye with the broken pendant, then used the real pendant’s Sword Qi to cut away much of his body.
• As Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua prepared to escape, Elder Ye called for help, and a cold-faced White-haired Youth emerged from the jungle ahead.

Qin Yun chose to protect Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua rather than complete the Demonic Sect’s mission, killing Elder Ye and confronting Ghost Mask. He burned another four hundred years of lifespan to hold Ghost Mask back while the couple fled toward Thunder Prefecture City, where Ning Qi arrived to meet them.

• Qin Yun reunited with Jiang Baishan and learned about the True Martial Sect, then agreed to spare him and protect Lin Ruhua and their unborn child.
• When Elder Ye tried to attack Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua, Qin Yun killed him and told the couple to leave without revealing their meeting.
• Ghost Mask confronted Qin Yun, and Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua fled after Qin Yun urged them to go.
• Qin Yun endured Ghost Mask’s first attack, refused his offer to bring Jiang Baishan back, and burned four hundred years of lifespan to fight him.
• Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua fled toward Thunder Prefecture City, exhausted and badly injured, while fearing Qin Yun could not hold Ghost Mask back.
• Ning Qi arrived before Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua as they struggled to continue their escape.

Ning Qi reached Yan Mountain after rescuing Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua, only to learn Qin Yun had died fighting Ghost Mask. He overpowered and captured Ghost Mask, then opened Qin Yun’s grave, still hoping his eighth senior brother was alive.

• Ning Qi healed Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua, learned Qin Yun was battling Ghost Mask at Yan Mountain, and hurried there with them.
• Qin Yun exhausted his life force in a desperate fight, and Ghost Mask crushed him and buried his body.
• Ning Qi arrived with Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua, who saw Qin Yun’s grave and learned that Ghost Mask had killed him.
• Ning Qi revealed overwhelming power, defeated Ghost Mask, and restrained him for questioning about the Demonic Sect.
• Ning Qi opened Qin Yun’s grave because he refused to believe Qin Yun was dead without seeing him himself.

Ning Qi restored Qin Yun’s body and reignited his life-force with the Seed of Life, but Qin Yun’s lifespan was exhausted, so Ning Qi sealed him in ice until he could find a way to save him. Ning Qi returned to True Martial Mountain with Jiang Baishan, Lin Ruhua, Qin Yun, and Ghost Mask, and promised to question the Demonic Sect Vice Sect Leader.

• Ning Qi healed Qin Yun’s ruined body and used the Seed of Life to restore his life-force, but discovered that his lifespan was nearly gone.
• Ning Qi sealed Qin Yun in ice to preserve him and vowed to create a Longevity Art that could save him in the future.
• Ning Qi brought Jiang Baishan, Lin Ruhua, Qin Yun, and the sealed Ghost Mask back to True Martial Mountain.
• Jiang Baishan recounted Qin Yun’s sacrifice to Dragon Mountain Daoist, who placed Qin Yun in Bright Martial Pavilion and grieved over his condition.
• Ning Qi said he would take Ghost Mask to the Heart Inquiry Platform for questioning, and Jiang Baishan asked to receive him afterward.

Ning Qi used the Soul-Seizing Eye Technique on Ghost Mask to learn about the Demonic Sect’s Ten Thousand Flames Cave headquarters and its Sacred Pill secrets, then set out to infiltrate it disguised as Ghost Mask. He reached the cave but was recognized as the Vice Sect Leader by Candidate Holy Son Jiang Tianlong.

• Ning Qi questioned Ghost Mask on Heart Inquiry Platform, learning the White Hair Sorrow Art and that the Demonic Sect maintained two headquarters, including one at Ten Thousand Flames Cave.
• Ghost Mask revealed that only the Grand Elder and Sect Leader knew the Sacred Pill Method, and described the Sect Leader as a once-in-countless-ages genius who had reached Martial Intent Realm decades earlier.
• Ning Qi handed Ghost Mask over to Jiang Baishan, promised to keep the Demonic Sect from learning of the capture, and told Luo Wentian he would investigate Ten Thousand Flames Cave.
• Ning Qi traveled west, transformed himself into Ghost Mask, and forged a matching bronze mask to prepare for the infiltration.
• Ning Qi waited for the deep-blue flames at a cave entrance to subside, but Jiang Tianlong arrived and greeted him as the Vice Sect Leader.

Ning Qi, disguised as Ghost Mask, entered the Demonic Sect’s underground headquarters and learned how deep its strength and internal rivalries ran. After failing to infiltrate the Grand Elder’s guarded palace at night, he was summoned to meet him the next day.

• Jiang Tianlong and Ye Qin separately tried to recruit Ghost Mask and probe the outcome of the mission involving Lin Ruhua and Qin Yun.
• Ning Qi reached the underground palace, learned that the Grand Elder was in seclusion, and heard Jiang Tianlong and Ye Qin agree to prevent Qin Yun from returning as a Candidate Holy Son.
• Ning Qi secretly approached Forget-Worry Palace but detected a Strange Gate Formation, then surveyed the underground headquarters and sensed more than thirty Heaven-Human Realm experts.
• Ning Qi planted Gang Yuan Sword Seeds around the Underground Palace and returned to Ghost Mask’s residence to prepare for the next day.
• The Grand Elder summoned Ning Qi to Facing Heaven Hall, where Ning Qi entered and greeted the silver-haired old man.

Ning Qi’s disguise as Ghost Mask was exposed by the Demonic Sect Grand Elder, and he fought more than forty Heaven-Human experts after revealing himself as Heavenly Sword Real Person. As his Thousand Star Sword Formation trapped the Underground Palace and killed one defender, the Grand Elder summoned a Blood Demon Grand Formation that formed a monstrous blood creature.

• The Grand Elder told Ning Qi that he had hoped Qin Yun would help reform the Holy Gate, and ordered that Qin Yun be imprisoned while the True Martial Sect was destroyed.
• The Grand Elder revealed that a secret treasure had exposed Ning Qi’s disguise and summoned the Demonic Sect’s Heaven-Human experts to capture him.
• Ning Qi admitted Ghost Mask was in their hands, identified himself as Heavenly Sword Real Person, and unleashed his Sword Intent against the assembled experts.
• Ning Qi’s Thousand Star Sword Formation overwhelmed the defenders, sealed the exits, and killed a Heaven-Human expert with its sword barrage.
• The Grand Elder ordered more than a dozen elders to sacrifice themselves and formed their blood into a towering, three-headed, six-armed monster that swallowed Ning Qi’s Sword Qi.

Ning Qi overwhelmed the Demonic Sect’s Blood Demon while its Heaven-Human experts sacrificed themselves to keep it fighting. The Grand Elder activated a Martial Saint Secret Treasure with the blood of the Underground Palace’s Servants and, though it remained incomplete, claimed it was enough to deal with Ning Qi.

• Ning Qi used the Thousand Star Sword Formation’s Star Sea Falls to batter the Blood Demon with 108,000 strands of Sword Qi, killing more than thirty Heaven-Human experts in the Demonic Sect.
• The Grand Elder offered peace, but Ning Qi refused and continued attacking while Xiang Tianxing took control of the formation.
• The Grand Elder activated a crystal treasure pearl, causing over a hundred thousand Demonic Sect Servants to explode into blood mist that gathered inside it and formed a Blood Pearl.
• Ning Qi recognized that the Blood Pearl was likely a Martial Saint Secret Treasure and studied its power while pressing the Blood Demon with more Heaven Swords.
• The Demonic Sect’s remaining experts, including its two young Holy Sons, sacrificed themselves to strengthen the Blood Demon, until the Grand Elder stopped Xiang Tianxing from making a final sacrifice.
• The Grand Elder emerged holding the still-incomplete Blood Pearl and told Xiang Tianxing that its power was enough to deal with Ning Qi.

Ning Qi defeated the Demonic Sect Grand Elder, seized the Yu King Pearl, and interrogated him about the Sacred Pill and the sect. With the headquarters destroyed and its remaining branches exposed, Ning Qi planned to refine the pearl and hunt down the Demonic Sect’s scattered experts while gathering treasures from the ruins.

• The Grand Elder used the Yu King Pearl to unleash Martial Saint Power, but Ning Qi studied its limits and resisted its attacks with the Azure Profound Body Protection Art.
• Ning Qi struck the blood-colored ribbon’s vital spot with his Innate Divine Sword Qi, severed the Grand Elder’s control, and took the Yu King Pearl.
• Ning Qi subdued and interrogated the Grand Elder, learned that the Demonic Sect Leader’s location was unknown and the next collection of Beast Cores was eleven months away, then killed him.
• Ning Qi absorbed the remaining blood mist into a Blood Pill and concluded that destroying the headquarters had delayed the Demonic Sect’s Sacred Pill plans.
• Ning Qi considered using Demonic Sect contact signals to lure back its scattered experts, but decided to refine the Yu King Pearl first.
• Ning Qi searched the ruined Underground Palace, collected Blood Demon Flowers and other treasures, and stored them in the Yu King Pearl.

Ning Qi destroyed the Demonic Sect’s headquarters and returned to True Martial Mountain, where he revealed his Heavenly Sword Real Person identity to his fellow disciples. He reassured them that the Demonic Sect’s threat had largely passed and promised to find a way to awaken Qin Yun.

• Ning Qi finished looting the Demonic Sect’s Underground Palace, studied its records about Martial Saints, and refined the Yu King Pearl before waiting at the Ten Thousand Flames Cave.
• Ning Qi ambushed and killed two Demonic Sect Heavenly Humans, bringing the number of senior members he had slain to sixteen, then left to return to True Martial Mountain.
• Luo Wentian had told the disciples the truth about Qin Yun’s sacrifice and Ning Qi’s identity, so the disciples confronted Ning Qi and asked him to reveal his Heavenly Sword Real Person form.
• Ning Qi demonstrated the Formless Gang Body, revealed that Li Ling and Zhuang Chen could learn swordsmanship from him at the Seeking Dao Institute, and said he would eventually adapt his secret arts for others.
• Ning Qi told the disciples he had destroyed the Demonic Sect headquarters, passed intelligence on its branches to the Imperial Court, and urged Lin Ruhua to ask her mother to withdraw from the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• Ning Qi promised Jiang Baishan and the others that he would find a way to awaken Qin Yun, even if he had to surpass the Martial Saint Realm.

The Flame Martial Great General learned that a mysterious force had destroyed the Demonic Sect’s headquarters, while Ning Qi refined Heaven Piercing Pills that could greatly accelerate cultivation. As the Southern Border withdrew from Great Yan and Lin Xue Shuang brought her clan to True Martial Mountain, a veiled guest named Yi Yi arrived.

• The Flame Martial Great General ordered the middle-aged man to investigate the mysterious force discreetly and exploit the Demonic Sect’s collapse to eliminate its remaining branches.
• Ning Qi refined twelve Heaven Piercing Pills from rare herbs and found that one pill could support ten days of his cultivation toward Heaven-Human Completion.
• Ning Qi gave Dragon Mountain Daoist a Heaven Piercing Pill, and True Martial Mountain enjoyed a stretch of peace as the Southern Border withdrew its operations from Great Yan.
• Lin Xue Shuang brought the Lin Clan to True Martial Mountain, accepted Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua’s marriage, and agreed to hold a small wedding.
• Lin Xue Shuang called Miss Yi Yi into Bright Martial Pavilion, where the veiled woman entered before the curious gathering.

Lan Yiyi came to True Martial Mountain and used the Life-Sharing Gu to begin saving Qin Yun, while asking that he not be told she saved him. After Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua married, Ning Qi continued cultivating toward Heaven-Human Completion and the Three Flowers Converge at the Crown, then approached a breakthrough beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree.

• Lan Yiyi revealed that she had come to save Qin Yun with the Life-Sharing Gu, which would give him half her lifespan, and asked the True Martial Sect not to tell him she had saved him.
• Lan Yiyi began planting the Gu beside Qin Yun, entering a deep sleep as Dragon Mountain Daoist agreed to protect them during the months-long process.
• Dragon Mountain Daoist and Lin Xue Shuang arranged for the Lin Clan to settle near True Martial Mountain and set Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua's wedding for the eighth day of the next month.
• Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua married in a small celebration attended by their close companions and relatives.
• Ning Qi continued developing his martial intent and cultivating the Three Flowers with Heaven Piercing Pills as he pursued Heaven-Human Completion.
• Ning Qi sat beneath the growing Enlightenment Tea Tree in a state between sleep and waking, on the verge of a breakthrough.

Ning Qi reached Heaven-Human Completion by perfecting the Three Flowers and gained the strength to contend with Martial Saints. While examining the vision in White Ape Tiansheng’s bloodline, he witnessed a giant ape die after absorbing Heaven and Earth Power, leaving him convinced that its corrupted nature made pursuing the Martial Saint Realm too dangerous.

• Ning Qi condensed the Essence Flower, Qi Flower, and Spirit Flower, then gathered them at his crown and realized his strength had reached Heaven-Human Completion.
• The Blade Demon sensed Ning Qi’s Three Flowers Perfection and wondered how much stronger Heavenly Sword Daoist had become.
• Ning Qi assessed that his ordinary strength could contend with a Martial Saint and began investigating the Martial Saint Realm through White Ape’s bloodline memories.
• Ning Qi saw a giant ape search fearfully for an unseen threat before aging, withering, and vanishing after being exposed to Heaven and Earth Power.
• Ning Qi concluded that Heaven and Earth Power had changed and could destroy those who refined it, so he postponed pursuing the Martial Saint Realm and began seeking the cause.

Ning Qi studied the Yu King Pearl to understand Martial Saint Power and find a safer way to condense it, while Qin Yun remained asleep as the Life-Sharing Gu took effect. Lan Yiyi awakened and told Ning Qi of Qin Yun’s regret, leaving reconciliation possible when Qin Yun woke.

• Ning Qi reasoned that studying the Yu King Pearl was his best lead to understanding the danger in Heaven and Earth Power, and warned Yuan Tiansheng to report any abnormal bloodline changes.
• Ning Qi examined Zhuang Chen’s Innate Sword Bone and then used the Yu King Pearl’s Martial Saint Power to investigate how it gained its strange activity.
• Ning Qi sensed danger in the idea of refining the bloody silk into himself, set safer research goals, and estimated the pearl’s power would last about two months.
• Four months after Lan Yiyi arrived, White Ape told Ning Qi that she wanted to see him at the Bright Martial Pavilion.
• Lan Yiyi told Ning Qi that Qin Yun’s Life-Sharing Gu, Sub-Gu had been planted and that Qin Yun might wake in one or two months.
• Lan Yiyi recounted Qin Yun’s regret and his wish to apologize, and Ning Qi said he had never blamed his Eighth Senior Brother; Qin Yun silently shed tears.

Ning Qi weighed the mounting conflicts between Great Yan, the Demonic Sect, and the Northern Barbarians before focusing on his research into Martial Saint Power. By using the Yu King Pearl to transform Heaven and Earth Power, he achieved a major breakthrough that opened a new path toward the Martial Saint Realm.

• Lan Yiyi left after asking Dragon Mountain Daoist and the others not to tell Qin Yun that she had saved him, and they agreed to keep her secret.
• Luo Wentian told Ning Qi that the Northern Barbarians had invaded and the Demonic Sect’s remnants had gained unexpected support, while rumors questioned the Great Yan Martial Saint’s condition.
• Ning Qi and Luo Wentian decided the True Martial Sect should stay out of the conflict and quietly develop its strength.
• Ning Qi dispersed the Yu King Pearl’s stored Martial Saint Power and began drawing in Heaven and Earth Power to test his own method of condensing it.
• Ning Qi successfully used the Yu King Pearl to transform Heaven and Earth Power into a new, pure form of Martial Saint Power, marking a milestone in his research.

Ning Qi strengthened the Yu King Pearl by condensing more powerful Martial Saint Power, while the Seeking Dao Institute celebrated the Zhenwu Peach Meet and planned a new generation of disciples’ contests. At True Mystery Mountain, the newly awakened Baishan revealed that he would never reincarnate again and ordered his Celestial Being Ceremony to proceed as scheduled.

• Ning Qi filled the Yu King Pearl with Martial Saint Power, increasing its quantity and quality, and demonstrated the force it could unleash.
• At the Zhenwu Peach Meet, Luo Wentian proposed disciple contests with prizes, and the group agreed to hold the gathering once every three years.
• Ning Qi served Enlightenment Tea to the gathering, and the disciples fell into sudden enlightenment.
• At True Mystery Mountain, Baihe, Baixiang, and Baiye greeted Baishan, whose memories as True Mystery True Lord had begun returning.
• Baishan declared that he would no longer reincarnate and told the others to hold his Celestial Being Ceremony as scheduled, saying an old friend might attend.

Daoist Baishan revealed his interest in Ning Qi, whose astonishing strength at eight years old had reached the White Mist Realm, and personally invited him to the Celestial Being Ceremony. Ning Qi traveled with the True Martial Sect’s procession to True Mystery Mountain, continuing to investigate how impurities in Heaven and Earth Power might relate to breaking through to the Martial Saint Realm.

• Daoist Baishan told the three Real Persons that Ning Qi had reached the White Mist Realm at eight years old and invited him to attend the Celestial Being Ceremony.
• Dragon Mountain Daoist and Ning Qi accepted the invitation, and Ning Qi hoped to study the Daoist Sects’ scriptures for clues about Heaven and Earth Power.
• Ning Qi considered asking Blade Demon to participate in a dangerous experiment, but decided he would explain the risks and would not force him.
• Half a month later, Dragon Mountain Daoist, Ning Qi, Zhuang Chen, Li Ling, and other True Martial Sect members set out for the ceremony.
• As the procession reached True Mystery Mountain, Zhuang Chen teased Ning Qi for reading scriptures throughout the journey.

Ning Qi and the True Martial Sect group arrived at True Mystery Mountain for the Celestial Being Ceremony, where he sensed an extraordinary presence and learned the sect’s origin story. After Daoist Baishan visited him, the two sneaked into the True Mystery Sect’s Scripture Repository to explore its collection.

• Ning Qi admired True Mystery Mountain’s aura as Real Person Baihe explained that True Mystery True Lord had seized the mountain after a dispute with a Buddha over a strange fruit-bearing tree, which the sect later lost.
• Real Person Baihe guided the True Martial Sect group around the mountain, while Ning Qi sensed that a peerless expert’s power shaped its atmosphere.
• Dragon Mountain Daoist and the disciples settled into the guest quarters before the group went sightseeing ahead of the ceremony.
• Daoist Baishan visited Ning Qi, revealed he had entered the Heaven-Human Realm, and proposed that they loot Daoist sects together after the ceremony.
• Ning Qi challenged Baishan to start with the True Mystery Sect, so Baishan led him into its Scripture Repository and put the guards to sleep.

Ning Qi studied the True Mystery Sect’s ancient records on the Martial Saint Realm and toured its forbidden grounds with Old Daoist Baishan, while Baishan secretly tried to judge his origins. The True Mystery Sect’s Celestial Being Ceremony began with a grand gathering of martial arts factions, but Great Enlightenment Temple interrupted the proceedings with an unexpected congratulatory gift.

• Ning Qi read the True Mystery Sect’s ancient books, learning that Martial Saints refined Spiritual Qi, and began pondering the nature of Spiritual Qi and the Five Qi Unification.
• Old Daoist Baishan tried to discern Ning Qi’s depths but saw an immense range of peaks, leaving him unsure whether Ning Qi was connected to the mysterious True Martial Inheritance.
• Ning Qi agreed to visit other Daoist Sects with Old Daoist Baishan, and over the next two days toured the True Mystery Sect’s repositories, armory, and herb garden.
• Martial arts factions gathered for Baishan Real Person’s Celestial Being Ceremony, where Dragon Mountain Daoist presented Enlightenment Tea leaves and tea wares on behalf of the True Martial Sect.
• As Real Person Baixiang prepared to share insights on the Heaven-Human Dao, a voice announced that Great Enlightenment Temple had a congratulatory gift yet to present.