Chapter Summaries

Ning Wangshu, Bai Jingchuan, and Song Guowei confronted Liu Mingfeng to protect Shen Chuxia, but Liu Hongtao and another Godly Sword Pavilion deacon challenged them. Bai Jingchuan recognized both opponents as ninth-level Forming Yuan Stage Grandmasters, and Ning Wangshu turned his attention to them.

• Bai Jingchuan and Song Guowei warned Liu Mingfeng not to harm Shen Chuxia, while Ning Wangshu reassured her that he would protect her.
• Liu Mingfeng invoked Liu Ziguang's connection to Deacon Fang and threatened the others, but Liu Hongtao ordered Liu Ziguang to seize Shen Chuxia.
• Bai Jingchuan struck at Liu Ziguang, and Liu Hongtao intercepted the attack with a punch, sending both men staggering backward.
• Bai Jingchuan identified Liu Hongtao as a ninth-level Forming Yuan Stage Grandmaster, and a second man revealed the same cultivation level before joining the confrontation.
• Liu Mingfeng identified the two men as deacons of the Godly Sword Pavilion, and Bai Jingchuan chose to stand his ground after glancing at Ning Wangshu.
• Bai Jingchuan explained that the Godly Sword Pavilion was an ancient, secretive sect, and Ning Wangshu turned his gaze toward Liu Hongtao and the other deacon.

Ning Wangshu stepped in when Liu Hongtao threatened Bai Jingchuan and the Bai family, then instantly overpowered the Godly Sword Pavilion Grandmaster. The onlookers were left wondering whether someone so young could really be a Golden Core Great Grandmaster.

• Liu Hongtao threatened Bai Jingchuan and the Bai family, and Ning Wangshu stepped forward to insult the Godly Sword Pavilion.
• A father and son recognized Ning Wangshu as Ning Xian Zun and hurried over to warn Liu Hongtao and Zhou Zhaohai.
• Liu Hongtao charged at Ning Wangshu, who seized him by the throat and slammed him into the paving stones.
• Zhou Zhaohai realized Bai Jingchuan had not intervened because Ning Wangshu was strong enough to defeat Liu Hongtao without help.
• Liu Mingfeng, Liu Ziguang, and Shen Chuxia watched in shock as the crowd wondered whether Ning Wangshu was a Golden Core Great Grandmaster.

Ning Wangshu defeated Liu Hongtao and made Zhou Zhaohai and Liu Hongtao apologize after they learned he was the feared Ning Xian Zun. He warned them not to harm Shen Chuxia again, then left with her, Bai Jingchuan, and Song Guowei, leaving Liu Mingfeng worried about his family’s future in Jiangnan Province.

• Ning Wangshu tossed aside the badly injured Liu Hongtao and challenged Zhou Zhaohai to test his strength.
• Fang Zhuo arrived with his son, paid respects to Ning Wangshu, and his son told Zhou Zhaohai that Ning was a world-renowned powerhouse who had killed experts from the Supreme Immortal Gate and Shangqing Palace.
• Zhou Zhaohai recognized Ning Wangshu’s reputation and bowed, and Liu Hongtao followed with an apology after recovering.
• Ning Wangshu asked whether Zhou Zhaohai and Liu Hongtao still intended to harm Shen Chuxia, and they promised they would not.
• Ning Wangshu threatened to destroy the Godly Sword Pavilion if they harmed Shen Chuxia again, then left with Shen Chuxia, Bai Jingchuan, and Song Guowei.
• Bai Jingchuan and Song Guowei glared at Liu Mingfeng, who feared his Liu Family had lost its foothold in Jiangnan Province.

Shen Chuxia told Ning Wangshu that the Godly Sword Pavilion had chosen her as a child to be a Sword Cultivator, a role that drained its bearers’ life force, and her father helped her escape. She learned that Ning Wangshu’s cultivation far surpassed the Golden Core Realm and revealed that the pavilion had at least five Golden Core Great Grandmasters.

• Shen Chuxia thanked Ning Wangshu, then explained that she and her father had once been disciples of the Godly Sword Pavilion.
• Shen Chuxia said the pavilion chose her at twelve to nurture a divine sword as a Sword Cultivator, and that no Sword Cultivator had lived past twenty.
• Shen Chuxia explained that her father helped her escape, was badly injured, and later died; he had also made her dissipate her cultivation and avoid cultivating so the pavilion would not find her.
• Shen Chuxia guessed Ning Wangshu was a Golden Core Great Grandmaster, but Bai Jingchuan told her Ning Wangshu’s cultivation had surpassed the Golden Core Realm.
• Shen Chuxia said the Godly Sword Pavilion had at least five Golden Core Great Grandmasters, including three elders, the pavilion master, and a mysterious patriarch.

Ning Wangshu and Bai Jingchuan explained the Godly Sword Pavilion’s formidable strength and the higher realms beyond Golden Core to Shen Chuxia. Ning Wangshu revealed he was half a step from becoming a true immortal, then asked Shen Chuxia to keep his cultivation secret so he could finish school quietly.

• Ning Wangshu, Bai Jingchuan, and Song Guowei were shocked to learn the Godly Sword Pavilion had at least five Golden Core Great Grandmasters.
• Bai Jingchuan speculated that the Pavilion’s mysterious ancestor might be a Nascent Soul expert and described the steward’s near-Golden Core cultivation.
• Bai Jingchuan and Ning Wangshu explained to Shen Chuxia that cultivators could now reach realms beyond Golden Core as the world’s restrictions weakened.
• Ning Wangshu told Shen Chuxia he was half a step from becoming a true immortal and explained that people called him Ning Xian Zun after he had suppressed three Nascent Soul experts.
• Ning Wangshu asked Shen Chuxia to keep his cultivation secret, and he reassured her that the authorities could help cover up his fight with the steward.

Ning Wangshu reassured Shen Chuxia that the Godly Sword Pavilion would not pursue her again, then returned to his studies and training. In Japan, Abe Meika completed the refinement of Ghost Blade Taichiro and prepared to travel to Huaxia to capture Nagawa Yukiko’s daughter and retrieve a divine treasure.

• Ning Wangshu told Shen Chuxia that the Godly Sword Pavilion would not dare trouble her again, and she thanked him for protecting her.
• Ning Wangshu escorted Shen Chuxia to her dormitory, then spoke with Bai Jingchuan and Song Guowei before returning to his own dorm.
• The banquet incident stayed quiet after Hidden Dragon Jiangnan City Branch and the Public Security Bureau made witnesses sign confidentiality agreements.
• By mid-June, Ning Wangshu had advanced the Eighty-Nine Mysterious Skill to the seventh realm, sixth turn, begun the Zhe Technique, and sensed movement in his Dao Fetus.
• At Izumo Shrine, Abe Meika completed refining Ghost Blade Taichiro and absorbed its sinister black energy.
• Abe Meika decided to travel to Huaxia, capture Nagawa Yukiko’s daughter, and recover the divine treasure for 'that lord'.

Lin Qingzhu and the others continued to advance in cultivation while Ning Wangshu studied the Three Heads and Six Arms Supernatural power. Xu Jianfeng called to arrange a meeting between Ning Wangshu and the mysterious Xuanyuan, which they agreed to hold at Yuxi Yueting the next day.

• Lin Qingzhu woke sore after her night with Ning Wangshu and reflected on how quickly the Taiyin Yanshen Jue and Spirit Stones had advanced her cultivation.
• Ning Ruoxuan, Zhu Xiyan, Laifu, and Little Dot had also grown stronger, with Zhu Xiyan reaching the Second Level of the Forming Yuan Stage and Little Dot reaching the ninth level.
• Ning Wangshu paused his practice of the Three Heads and Six Arms Supernatural power, noting that mastering it might take months or years.
• Xu Jianfeng called Ning Wangshu and said a man called Xuanyuan wanted to meet him.
• Ning Wangshu agreed to see Xuanyuan at Yuxi Yueting the next morning, but Xu Jianfeng left the reason for the meeting unexplained.

Ning Wangshu met Xuan Yuan Jingxiu after Xu Jianfeng brought him to the house, and discovered that mysterious golden dragon Qi protected Xuan Yuan Jingxiu from his Immortal Sense. Xuan Yuan Jingxiu revealed that he was at the Early Soul Departure Stage, and Ning Wangshu suspected he had come from a secret realm.

• Ning Wangshu discussed Xuanyuan's planned visit with Ning Ruoxuan, Zhu Xiyan, and Lin Qingzhu, then went upstairs to cultivate.
• Xu Jianfeng brought Xuan Yuan Jingxiu to meet Ning Wangshu, and the two men introduced themselves and sat down to talk.
• Ning Wangshu used his Immortal Sense to probe Xuan Yuan Jingxiu, but golden dragon Qi surged around him and blocked the probe.
• Ning Wangshu apologized for probing Xuan Yuan Jingxiu without permission and explained that he had been curious about his cultivation.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu revealed that he was at the Early Soul Departure Stage, and Ning Wangshu guessed that he had come from a secret realm.

Xuan Yuan Jingxiu asked Ning Wangshu to help restrain powerful members of the Three Immortals Sect emerging from their secret realm, but Ning Wangshu refused, citing his past betrayal and suspicion of a trap. Xuan Yuan Jingxiu explained his lineage’s limits and swore the request was genuine, leaving Ning Wangshu’s answer unresolved.

• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu told Ning Wangshu that new members of the Three Immortals Sect had emerged and might come to retrieve the disciples Ning Wangshu had sealed.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu asked Ning Wangshu to represent the Authorities, deter the newcomers, and help negotiate restrictions on their conduct.
• Ning Wangshu refused, saying he no longer served Bureau 95, would kill anyone who sought revenge, and would not risk being manipulated again.
• Ning Wangshu asked why Xuan Yuan Jingxiu did not seek help from his own secret-realm forces, and Xuan Yuan Jingxiu explained that the All Heavens Seal had left his lineage comparatively weak.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu said his lineage needed to preserve its reserves for the Great era and swore that no trap had been prepared for Ning Wangshu.

Ning Wangshu refused Xuan Yuan Jingxiu’s request to intervene in the affairs of the secret realms, insisting he would only act if someone threatened him. Xuan Yuan Jingxiu then revealed a mysterious golden substance containing a True Dragon as an offer of payment.

• Ning Wangshu considered the power of his many techniques and treasures and concluded that few beings could threaten him.
• Ning Wangshu told Xuan Yuan Jingxiu that he had resigned from Bureau 95 and would not get involved in the secret realms’ affairs.
• Ning Wangshu warned that he would kill anyone who came after him.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu offered Ning Wangshu payment for his help and revealed a glowing golden substance with a tiny True Dragon inside.

Xuan Yuan Jingxiu explained that Dragon Summon could awaken the True Dragon Bloodline carried by descendants of Yan and Huang and grant the power to transform into a True Dragon. Ning Wangshu dismissed its personal usefulness until Xuan Yuan Jingxiu offered it for Ning Ruoxuan, leaving it as a bargaining chip for Ning Wangshu's help against the Three Immortals Sect.

• Ning Wangshu examined the golden substance and asked Xuan Yuan Jingxiu what it was.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu explained that Dragon Summon was refined from Dragon Yuan, a dragon soul, and True Dragon Essence Blood, and that it could awaken True Dragon Bloodline and enable the Dragon Transformation Technique.
• Ning Wangshu was astonished to learn that descendants of Yan and Huang carried True Dragon Bloodline, while Xuan Yuan Jingxiu described Dragon Summon's rarity and its drawback of making it harder to conceive children.
• Ning Wangshu said Dragon Summon would be of little use to him, so Xuan Yuan Jingxiu offered it for Ning Ruoxuan and revealed he had prepared it to persuade Ning Wangshu to help against the Three Immortals Sect.

Ning Wangshu learned why Xuan Yuan Jingxiu could not suppress the Three Immortals Sect himself and agreed to help only if he received three Dragon Summons. Xuan Yuan Jingxiu offered two, but Ning Wangshu made three his bottom line, leaving the bargain unresolved.

• Ning Wangshu questioned why Xuan Yuan Jingxiu needed his help when the Dragon Transformation Technique could let him fight at the world's limit.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu explained that he had not fully mastered the technique and that a True Dragon's form limited his use of offensive methods.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu asked Ning Wangshu to intimidate the Three Immortals Sect, citing Ning Wangshu's victories against powerful opponents.
• Ning Wangshu said he would help in exchange for at least three Dragon Summons.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu described Dragon Summon's benefits and offered two, but Ning Wangshu insisted on three for his younger sisters and to study a possible use for his girlfriend.
• Ning Wangshu declared three Dragon Summons his bottom line and promised one future favor if Xuan Yuan Jingxiu agreed.

Ning Wangshu agreed to help Xuan Yuan Jingxiu intimidate the Three Immortals Sect in exchange for three Dragon Summons and a future favor. After the guests left, Ning Wangshu examined one of the treasures and explained its claimed benefits to Lin Qingzhu, Ning Ruoxuan, and Zhu Xiyan, while deciding to check for hidden risks before anyone used it.

• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu accepted Ning Wangshu's terms and handed over three Dragon Summons.
• Ning Wangshu agreed to step in against the Three Immortals Sect when Xuan Yuan Jingxiu contacted him, and Xuan Yuan Jingxiu and Xu Jianfeng left.
• Ning Wangshu took out a Dragon Summon and decided to verify its safety before letting Ning Ruoxuan and Zhu Xiyan use it.
• Laifu and Little Dot reacted eagerly to the Dragon Summon, but Ning Wangshu shooed them away.
• Ning Wangshu explained the Dragon Summon's claimed baptism and Dragon Transformation Technique to Lin Qingzhu, Ning Ruoxuan, and Zhu Xiyan.
• Zhu Xiyan asked whether all Descendants of Yan and Huang carried a hidden True Dragon Bloodline.

Ning Wangshu explained the Dragon Summon's potential to awaken a True Dragon Bloodline and promised to give one each to Ning Ruoxuan and Zhu Xiyan, while he investigated whether Lin Qingzhu could use one. After confirming the Dragon Summon contained dragon soul, dragon yuan, and True Dragon Essence Blood, he became increasingly curious about the mysterious Xuan Yuan lineage and its hidden foundation.

• Ning Wangshu told Lin Qingzhu, Ning Ruoxuan, and Zhu Xiyan that the Dragon Summon could awaken a concealed True Dragon Bloodline and that Xuan Yuan Jingxiu had traded three of them for his help.
• Ning Wangshu said he would give Dragon Summons to Ning Ruoxuan and Zhu Xiyan, but Lin Qingzhu could not use one because her Primal Yin had been broken; he offered to search for a way around the condition.
• Ning Wangshu returned to his room and used his immortal sense to open and inspect a Dragon Summon, finding no harmful reaction.
• Ning Wangshu discovered that the Dragon Summon contained a dragon soul, dragon yuan, and True Dragon Essence Blood, confirming Xuan Yuan Jingxiu's account.
• Ning Wangshu wondered how powerful the Xuan Yuan lineage's hidden foundation was and continued investigating the Dragon Summon.

Ning Wangshu used two Dragon Summons to baptize Ning Ruoxuan and Zhu Xiyan, awakening their True Dragon bloodline power and granting them the Dragon Transformation Technique. They recovered with improved aptitudes, while Ning Wangshu promised to look into whether Lin Qingzhu could receive a baptism too.

• Ning Wangshu checked all three Dragon Summons carefully, then activated two and sent them into Ning Ruoxuan and Zhu Xiyan.
• Golden dragons emerged from Ning Ruoxuan and Zhu Xiyan before returning to their bodies, and the two remained unconscious as they comprehended the Dragon Transformation Technique.
• Ning Ruoxuan and Zhu Xiyan awoke more than an hour later, feeling reborn, and Zhu Xiyan showed Golden Dragon Qi in her palm.
• Ning Wangshu said their aptitudes had improved, with Ning Ruoxuan reaching Ninth Grade, and reassured Lin Qingzhu that he would investigate a baptism for her.
• Ning Wangshu asked Ning Ruoxuan and Zhu Xiyan to study the Dragon Transformation Technique and show it to him once they understood its basics.

Ning Wangshu learned that Dragon Summon had greatly accelerated Zhu Xiyan’s cultivation before Xu Jianfeng urgently summoned him to a secret base near Kyoto. When Ning Wangshu arrived, he saw Xuan Yuan Jingxiu facing the Three Immortals Sect as a seemingly genuine golden True Dragon.

• Ning Wangshu studied Dragon Summon but could not uncover its secrets, while Zhu Xiyan reported that her cultivation speed had nearly doubled.
• Xu Jianfeng told Ning Wangshu that three members of the Three Immortals Sect had attacked the base holding their imprisoned disciples and threatened to destroy it and storm the central government compound.
• Ning Wangshu concealed himself and flew from Jiangnan City to the mountains northwest of Kyoto using the Ground-Shrinking Golden Light Technique.
• Ning Wangshu used his Immortal Sense to locate Xuan Yuan Jingxiu and the Three Immortals Sect members confronting him above the base.
• Ning Wangshu recognized the golden True Dragon as Xuan Yuan Jingxiu transformed by the Dragon Transformation Technique.

Ning Wangshu watched from hiding as Xuan Yuan Jingxiu, transformed into a True Dragon, faced three members of the Three Immortals Sect at a military base. When negotiations failed, two attacked Xuan Yuan Jingxiu while their senior brother seized the imprisoned disciples and began destroying the base.

• Ning Wangshu concealed himself near the base to observe Xuan Yuan Jingxiu’s Dragon Transformation Technique and assess the Three Immortals Sect members.
• Xu Jianfeng, Zhang Rui, and base commander Zhu Feng waited for Ning Wangshu and discussed using the base’s weapons to support Xuan Yuan Jingxiu if he did not arrive in time.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu offered to return the imprisoned disciples only if the Three Immortals Sect accepted rules protecting ordinary people, but the three members rejected his conditions and threatened to destroy the base.
• Two peak Soul Division Realm members attacked Xuan Yuan Jingxiu while their early Body Integration Realm senior brother seized Perfected Bei Chen and the other imprisoned disciples and began collapsing the base.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu focused on blocking the two attackers’ Magic Artifacts with his golden claws as the base crumbled below.

Xuan Yuan Jingxiu fought two late-stage Soul Departure experts from the Three Immortals Sect and unleashed the True Dragon Treasure Technique, Entrap Dragon Ascending to Heaven. He destroyed their thunder seal and ice sword formation but suffered injuries, while Ning Wangshu considered how to obtain the technique for Ning Ruoxuan and Zhu Xiyan.

• One of the Three Immortals Sect experts summoned the Ten Directions Mystic Ice Sword Formation, while the other attacked Xuan Yuan Jingxiu with the Great Heavenly Thunder Seal.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu used Entrap Dragon Ascending to Heaven and charged into the thunder seal and countless ice swords.
• Ning Wangshu recognized the move as an inherited True Dragon technique and regretted not negotiating for it earlier.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu crushed the thunder seal with his claw and shattered the ice swords with his tail.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu suffered scorch marks on his claw and fine sword marks on his tail, with golden dragon blood seeping from his claw.

Xuan Yuan Jingxiu fought two peak-Dividing-Soul elders of the Three Immortals Sect while the base launched missiles to assist him. After Elder Yao rescued the imprisoned disciples, he learned that a person surnamed Ning had sealed their cultivation and may have Dividing Soul Stage strength.

• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu shattered the elders’ attacks, but they countered with a top-grade spirit artifact and a curse technique.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxiu unleashed the True Dragon Treasure Technique’s Myriad Dragons Return to the Nest as Xu Jianfeng, Zhang Rui, and Zhu Feng watched in shock.
• The base fired missiles at the two elders and Elder Yao, but Elder Yao detonated the missiles and blocked their shockwaves.
• Yao Wenyuan gathered the rescued disciples and questioned them about who had sealed their cultivation.
• Junior Brother Bei Chen told Yao Wenyuan that General Ning had once shown peak Golden Core cultivation, later suppressed their group, and was believed to have Dividing Soul Stage strength.

Yao Wenyuan dismissed the possibility that Ning Wangshu had truly wielded Dividing Soul Stage power, then vowed to kill him for sealing Three Immortals Sect disciples. After removing their seals, he left them to attack the military base while he went to aid his fellow disciples, as Xu Jianfeng prepared to call Ning Wangshu for help.

• Yao Wenyuan argued that Ning Wangshu had likely used a secret technique rather than overcome the All Heavens Seal's suppression.
• Yao Wenyuan vowed to kill Ning Wangshu and said he would force the base's command center to reveal his whereabouts.
• Yao Wenyuan removed the seals from the Three Immortals Sect disciples, restoring their power.
• Yao Wenyuan let the freed disciples attack the military base and went to help his two fellow disciples fight Xuan Yuan Jingxiu.
• Xu Jianfeng, Zhang Rui, and Zhu Feng worried that Ning Wangshu had not arrived, and Xu Jianfeng prepared to call him.