Recaps

After severing ties with his family, Jiang Ping joined the Four Seas Escort Agency and secretly advanced through martial training while managing how much strength he revealed. He learned that resources and Martial Bones shaped a martial artist’s prospects, and he resolved to investigate Chen Weimin’s claims while growing stronger.

• Jiang Ping left his family after discovering that his parents had used his savings for Jiang An’s tuition, then signed a ten-year contract with the Four Seas Escort Agency.
• Jiang Ping rapidly mastered the Nourishing Life Technique, reached the fourth layer, and concealed his progress as he competed in Fist Force tests against Sun Qi and the other recruits.
• Jiang Ping clashed with Sun Zheng and watched Sun Qi’s group intimidate their dormmates, while he kept training and avoided drawing attention to himself.
• After learning the Flying Snow Saber, Jiang Ping achieved Minor Accomplishment and later became a Blood-Qi Martial Artist, hiding his strength while continuing to practice.
• Jiang Ping gradually revealed enough strength to secure support and a Top Five position, while Fang Yong’s breakthroughs and Liu Wensheng’s progress shaped the recruits’ rankings.
• Head Escort Liang explained that Spirit Rhino meat helped overcome bottlenecks and that Martial Bones gave prodigies major advantages, leading Jiang Ping to wonder whether he had them.
• Jiang Ping questioned Chen Weimin’s claims about Martial Bones and decided to investigate and grow stronger before settling the debt, then announced his fourth-layer breakthrough after Liu Wensheng did the same.

Jiang Ping joined the Four Seas Escort Agency, survived dangerous missions, and advanced his martial arts while seeking Grandmaster-level techniques. After his trip to Changping City failed to find what he wanted, he returned to Yang City, where the escort agencies resolved their feud on the condition of Fang Yong.

• Jiang Ping reached Entry Level in the Flying Snow Saber, registered as an escort, and began training with a stance technique after discovering Wang Shengzhu had withheld his Lingxi Meat reward.
• Jiang Ping bought the Still Autumn Technique at the Black Market and killed three attackers, including the Blood Gang’s second in command, whose death was mistakenly credited to Zhu Yue.
• Jiang Ping joined Escort Huang’s mission with Fang Yong and killed the Eighth-Rank leader of the Black Water Gang when bandits attacked their ship.
• Song Yuanshan joined the escort party after defeating road bandits, and Escort Huang explained the ranks of martial artists and the value of Sword Qi and prestigious sword techniques.
• Jiang Ping bought the Scorching Sun Swordplay, returned to Yang City, and found Jiang Xiaoxi neglected at home, so he took care of her.
• Jiang Ping advanced his swordplay and prepared to seek Grandmaster Swordplay, while his estranged family came to the agency and Sun Qi injured Jiang An after he threatened Jiang Ping.
• Jiang Ping traveled to Changping City for a martial technique, but the auction offered no Grandmaster-level skill, and he left after witnessing a robbery and killing.
• Jiang Ping reached Eighth Rank Golden Skin, celebrated Qian Dele’s promotion with his friends, and learned that the escort agencies had settled their dispute on the condition of Fang Yong.

Jiang Ping concealed his Martial Bone while advancing through the ranks and traveling to Prefecture City, where he faced new rivals and explored the Murong Family’s Mysterious Scripture. The arc ended with him gaining a copy of its painting after cultivating desolate Sword Qi.

• Jiang Ping bought Ruoshui Swordplay and the Crimson Blood Technique, cultivated intensively, and advanced to Golden Skin and Seventh Rank while discovering a Martial Bone.
• After revealing his strength to the Four Seas Escort Agency, Jiang Ping joined the Chief Escort’s mission to protect Lu Yao and killed the Golden Bone bandit Yan Jue.
• Jiang Ping completed his Jade Bone, mastered his Innate Blood Technique, and traveled to Prefecture City with Ji Baichuan, Song Yuanshan, and Fang Yong.
• Jiang Ping befriended Wei Rou and Chen Qingyan, developed his Saber Qi, and concealed his exceptional talent and Martial Bone from the city’s young geniuses.
• Jiang Ping reached Sixth Grade, learned Concealment Technique, and declined Chen An’s birthday banquet while Wei Rou grew suspicious of him.
• Chen Qingyan gave Jiang Ping an invitation to Murong Shu’s Heroes’ Banquet, where the guests watched fighters test themselves against the Murong Family’s Mysterious Scripture.
• Jiang Ping entered the painting, cultivated desolate Sword Qi, and received a copy from Murong Shu, who promised to intervene if an aristocratic family tried to take it.

Jiang Ping entered Black River Martial Academy, faced factional pressure and a stolen painting scroll, and began building his foundation for Fifth Rank. He broke through to the True Qi Realm but remained caught between rival camps as the academy’s faction conflict sharpened.

• Jiang Ping shared the Heavenly Might Technique with Ji Baichuan after verifying the Chief’s request, then registered for the Provincial Examination.
• Jiang Ping concealed his Martial Bones at the examination, revealed his Golden Robe against Ji Baichuan, and defeated Chen An after refusing to concede.
• Jiang Ping finished the examination with three wins and two losses in the second round, received Rare Blood from Meng Yun, and traveled to Black River Martial Academy with Chen Qingyan.
• At the academy, Yang Hong warned Jiang Ping that Wang Jiasheng was hostile to Cold Gate descendants, while Jiang Ping studied the Great Freedom Furnace Sutra and prepared to reach Fifth Rank.
• Jiang Ping formed his Martial Dao Furnace, anchored it with his Martial Bone, and began refining Innate True Qi as Yang Hong and others pressured him to give Tang Pengfei his painting scroll.
• After Tang Pengfei’s companion refused to return the scroll, Lusheng confronted Tang Pengfei and forced him to check for the paintings, while Tang Kun intervened before Tang Pengfei apologized.
• Lusheng beat Yang Hong, offered Jiang Ping protection in his faction, and Jiang Ping declined before breaking through to the initial stage of the True Qi Realm.
• At a faction banquet, Lusheng brought Jiang Ping to the main seat, where Ma Ran warned him about obtaining Celestial Resources without faction support and Lusheng noted that another guest had also been rejected by the rival camps.