Recaps

Ning Chen waited outside Nine Heavens Mountain, ambushed and captured the Four Extremes Sacred Emissary, then returned to Flower Cherishing Palace. After sparring with Wang Yu, he sensed a familiar aura and Wang You led her sister away, bidding him farewell.

• Ning Chen waited six nights before following the Four Extremes Sacred Emissary and confronting him outside Nine Heavens Mountain.
• Ning Chen defeated the Four Extremes Sacred Emissary with his sword and Scroll of Earth, shattered his meridians, and carried him away.
• Ning Chen returned to Flower Cherishing Palace at dawn, where Wang You served him and Wang Yu dragged him to the training grounds for a spar.
• Ning Chen disarmed Wang Yu with a wooden sword despite her suppressed cultivation, leaving the Flower Cherishing Palace disciples baffled.
• Ning Chen sensed a familiar aura, and Wang You led Wang Yu away after bidding him farewell.

Ning Chen watched Longevity Palace’s assault on Nine Heavens Mountain fail, then confronted the wounded Meng Xuanji when he feared her rise to the Three Calamities Realm could endanger the Divine Continent. He spared her cultivation after she promised never to join forces with the Calamity King, and left as Longevity Palace’s forces retreated.

• Meng Xuanji took Ning Chen back to Nine Heavens Mountain, where Yun Shisan worried that the missing Sacred Emissary would leave the sect vulnerable to Longevity Palace.
• Six innate experts broke through the Nine Heavens Grand Formation, and the Calamity King blocked the Cherished Flower Palace Master from joining the battle.
• Meng Xuanji and the four Venerables defeated Longevity Palace’s attackers with the Gilded Feathered Halberd, though Meng Xuanji was badly injured.
• Ning Chen followed the surviving Longevity Palace experts as they fled, then returned and considered whether to cripple Meng Xuanji before she could reach the Three Calamities Realm.
• Ning Chen destroyed Meng Xuanji’s Life-Death Severance Seal and wounded her again, but spared her cultivation after she swore she would never ally with the Calamity King.

Ning Chen sought a suitable sword in Qingli City and agreed to retrieve Azure Jade Wood for the Earthly Artisan in exchange for a blade. After quickly obtaining the wood from Yu Yangtian in the Black Stone Sea, Ning Chen returned to the manor, and the Earthly Artisan took one-third of it and prepared to forge him a sword.

• Ning Chen searched the Heavenly Artisan Manor for a sword but found nothing that suited him.
• Ning Chen visited the Earthly Artisan, chose a dark bluish-black sword, and agreed to obtain Azure Jade Wood from the Black Stone Sea in exchange for it.
• Ning Chen presented a Four Extremes Sacred Token to Yu Yangtian, who harvested one Azure Jade Wood and handed it over.
• Ning Chen returned to the Earthly Artisan with the wood, and the craftsman agreed to use two-thirds of it to forge him another sword.
• The Earthly Artisan took Ning Chen out of Qingli City to seek an old friend whose help was needed to forge the Azure Jade Wood.

The Earthly Artisan Manor Lord and Old Man Li forged a sword from the Azure Jade Wood in the Lihuo Fire, and Ning Chen bonded with the finished weapon, naming it Zhiming. After returning to Qingli City, Ning Chen learned that the Sacred Lands had discovered the Four Extremes Sacred Emissary’s disappearance and was searching for him.

• The Earthly Artisan Manor Lord brought Ning Chen to Old Man Li and borrowed the Lihuo Fire to forge a sword from the Azure Jade Wood.
• Old Man Li intensified the flames while the Earthly Artisan Manor Lord hammered the wood, forging it for nineteen days as news spread that the Sacred Lands were searching for Ning Chen and the missing emissary.
• When the Sword Embryo appeared, Ning Chen added his blood, and the Earthly Artisan Manor Lord completed the final tempering.
• The finished sword fused into Ning Chen’s arm, raising his cultivation to the Fifth-Rank realm, and Ning Chen named it Zhiming.
• The Earthly Artisan Manor Lord and Ning Chen returned to Qingli City, where Ning Chen learned the Sacred Lands had exposed the emissary’s disappearance.
• The Earthly Artisan Manor Lord asked whether Ning Chen had feared being betrayed, and Ning Chen said he trusted him.

Ning Chen agreed to help Earthly Artisan find Blazing Sun Iron in exchange for a favor, while Li Youwei was tasked with searching for the young Xiantian expert sought by the Sacred Lands. Ning Chen then provoked the Black Stone Sea’s guardians with a sword strike and fled as they pursued him.

• Li Yan ordered his younger sister, Li Youwei, to find the young Xiantian expert wanted by the Sacred Lands.
• Ning Chen revealed that his cultivation appeared to be only Postnatal Fifth-Rank and agreed to help Earthly Artisan find Blazing Sun Iron.
• Earthly Artisan warned Ning Chen about Li Youwei’s strange temperament and arranged for her to assist him.
• Li Youwei accepted Li Yan’s order to search for the expert and bring him to the emperor if she found him.
• Ning Chen tested his Ink-Green Longsword, then went to the Black Stone Sea and fired Sword Qi at it.
• Two guardians shouted at Ning Chen and pursued him as he turned and ran.

Ning Chen met Eldest Princess Li Youwei, hoping to gain her help, but their private dinner was interrupted by Duke Muyang, who attacked him out of jealousy. Li Youwei drove Duke Muyang away and let Ning Chen stay in her residence, where she continued teasing him.

• Ning Chen returned to the Earthly Artisan Manor after losing the Sacred Land experts and agreed to meet Li Youwei at her invitation.
• Li Youwei questioned Ning Chen over dinner and teased him when she noticed his discomfort with her advances.
• A palace maid announced Duke Muyang’s arrival, and he confronted Li Youwei and demanded to know who Ning Chen was.
• Duke Muyang attacked Ning Chen, but Li Youwei intercepted his strike and ordered him to leave her residence.
• Li Youwei bandaged Ning Chen’s injured hand and offered him a room for the night because Duke Muyang had threatened him.
• Li Youwei showed Ning Chen to a guest room and teased him again for seeming afraid of her.

Prince Yan fought the Calamity King and three Sacred Lands experts to protect A'man, killing two of them after she was wounded. The Calamity King retreated, while Ning Chen felt A'man's injury from afar and the Four Extremes Realm Lord ordered the Longevity Palace to regroup.

• The Calamity King arrived with Xuantian, Xuankong, and Xuanlie and demanded that Prince Yan surrender the source of the Four Extremes and help open the passage between the two realms.
• Prince Yan fought the four experts while A'man protected herself with the Sand Sword, but Xuankong and Xuanlie broke through her defenses and wounded her.
• Ning Chen collapsed from sudden chest pain at the Eldest Princess's residence and realized that something had happened to A'man.
• Enraged by A'man's injury, Prince Yan unleashed Three Swords Share the Heavens, Life and Death Bound by Covenant and killed Xuankong and Xuanlie, forcing the Calamity King and Xuantian to retreat.
• Prince Yan treated A'man while Ning Chen concealed his alarm from Li Youwei, and Xuantian reported the defeat to the Four Extremes Realm Lord.
• The Four Extremes Realm Lord assigned Yu Yangtian, Xingyun, and Buyu to the Calamity King and told him to leave the young innate expert alone and keep Meng Xuanji alive if possible.

Ning Chen met Emperor Li Yan and claimed that his Xiantian Realm master would help retrieve the Blazing Sun Iron, then warned Earthly Artisan and Xiaoyu to maintain the pretense. Li Youwei learned that a new Three Calamities expert had defeated the Calamity King’s forces, raising the possibility that the Lihuo Dynasty could escape the Sacred Lands’ control.

• Ning Chen accompanied Li Youwei to meet Emperor Li Yan, while Duke Muyang threatened him on the way and Li Youwei warned that Duke Muyang controlled much of the dynasty’s military power.
• Li Yan asked whether Ning Chen could deal with the Xiantian Realm expert beside Heavenly Artisan, and Ning Chen said his master would act if they found the Blazing Sun Iron.
• Li Yan arranged to meet Ning Chen’s supposed master at Earthly Artisan’s residence the next day, and Li Youwei sent a shadow to follow Ning Chen after he left.
• Ning Chen returned to Earthly Artisan Manor and told Earthly Artisan and Xiaoyu to pretend that he had a Xiantian Realm master.
• Li Youwei received a secret report that a new Three Calamities expert had routed the Calamity King’s forces, and she considered what such a power could mean for the Lihuo Dynasty.

Li Yan met the hidden Venerable Fan at Earthly Artisan Manor, while Ning Chen taught Xiaoyu a sword technique and later lured the Holy Land experts away from Black Stone Sea. Ning Chen killed Gou Yuan and faced Yuwen Xiao in a duel over the Azure Jade Woods, with their Mother-Son Swords locked against Ning Chen’s twin swords.

• Li Yan and Li Youwei met Venerable Fan, whose strength the accompanying old man confirmed was close to the Third Xiantian Tribulation.
• Ning Chen demonstrated a sword strike for Xiaoyu, accidentally demolished part of the courtyard, and left the boy to practice with an Azure Edge Sword.
• Ning Chen repeatedly attacked Black Stone Sea to draw its Holy Land experts away, then lured Gou Yuan into a separate fight and killed him.
• Ning Chen returned to Black Stone Sea and confronted Yuwen Xiao, who guarded the two Azure Jade Woods and wielded Mother-Son Swords.
• Ning Chen summoned a Snow-Colored Longsword and crossed swords with Yuwen Xiao in a perilous contest between the long and short blades.

Ning Chen met with Li Yan and claimed his master could retrieve the Blazing Sun Iron, arranging a meeting at Earthly Artisan's residence for the next day. As Li Youwei and Duke Muyang's people watched him, a secret report revealed the emergence of a new Three Calamities expert whose defeat of the Calamity King's forces could reshape the Lihuo Dynasty's fortunes.

• Ning Chen accompanied Li Youwei to meet Li Yan, while Duke Muyang threatened him on the way to the palace.
• Ning Chen told Li Yan that his Xiantian Realm master would retrieve the Blazing Sun Iron and agreed to introduce him at Earthly Artisan's residence the next day.
• Li Youwei sent a shadow to watch Ning Chen, and Ning Chen sensed that both her agent and one of Duke Muyang's people were following him.
• Ning Chen warned Earthly Artisan and Xiaoyu to maintain his story about having a master, then asked them not to reveal it during the emperor's visit.
• Li Youwei received a secret report that the Calamity King had failed to kill a new Three Calamities expert, losing two of his three peerless fighters and leaving another wounded.

Ning Chen learned that Senior and A'man had survived a battle in the Southwest Territory, then set out with Li Youwei to obtain Blazing Sun Iron from Profound Spirit Pavilion. On the journey, he roasted a fish and was reminded of Little Mingyue, but froze when a fair hand reached toward it.

• Li Youwei told Ning Chen that a mysterious azure-robed man had defeated the Calamity King and three experts, and Ning Chen hurried away to search for Senior and A'man.
• Ning Chen found the devastated battlefield and retrieved Cease War, which Senior had left for him.
• The Earthly Artisan told Ning Chen that Blazing Sun Iron was at Profound Spirit Pavilion in the Hulei Dynasty, and Ning Chen traveled there with Li Youwei.
• Li Youwei explained that Profound Spirit Pavilion had announced an exchange of rare materials and that they were seeking only Blazing Sun Iron.
• While camping in the wilderness, Ning Chen caught and roasted a fish, remembering how Little Mingyue used to demand it.
• A fair hand reached toward Ning Chen's roasted fish, and he froze.

Ning Chen and Li Youwei reached Cloudsong City after fighting off a wolf pack and found the major factions gathering at the Profound Spirit Pavilion. As the factions prepared to enter an unknown land said to contain an impure-blooded phoenix, Ning Chen agreed to take the risk despite Li Youwei’s reservations.

• Ning Chen and Li Youwei fought off a wolf pack, with Ning Chen displaying exceptional swordsmanship and Li Youwei helping drive the wolves away.
• After traveling for seven days, Ning Chen and Li Youwei arrived in Cloudsong City and waited near the Profound Spirit Pavilion as powerful factions gathered.
• Ning Chen recognized Sword Enshrined and Wuyou among the visitors, and he warned Li Youwei to be careful of the woman in blue-green robes.
• Four days later, an aura from the Hulei imperial palace appeared at the Profound Spirit Pavilion, where the gathered factions discussed whether to enter an unknown land.
• Li Youwei suggested waiting for another opportunity, but Ning Chen agreed to proceed so he could investigate the legendary phoenix and the Phoenix Blood that might have saved him.

Ning Chen and the other forces traveled to Phoenix Perch Mountain to seek Phoenix Blood, but the mountain’s endless maple forest separated them and unleashed giant birds and a beast tide. As the disciples came under attack, Wuyou secretly brought one of the birds crashing down.

• After several forces chose to risk entering Phoenix Perch Mountain, Ning Chen followed them with Wuyou and Yi Wanrong, while Li Youwei stayed in Cloudcry City.
• Ten days later, the groups entered the vast maple forest together, but its maze-like paths gradually separated them.
• Yi Wanrong flew above the forest to scout and saw several other innate experts take to the air as two enormous strange birds appeared and attacked.
• The five innate experts struggled against the birds until they began to gain the upper hand, while a tide of beasts charged from the forest below.
• The experts landed to protect their disciples, but the birds attacked the weaker fighters, and Wuyou secretly caused one bird to crash into the maple forest.

Ning Chen and the others endured Phoenix Perch Mountain’s beasts before reaching the three Parasol Trees, where a Fire Phoenix rested. When three Ninth-Rank experts attacked it, Wuyou revealed her hidden power and trapped the enraged phoenix.

• Wuyou secretly used the Dao Body’s power to stop two strange birds, while Ning Chen noticed the faint spiritual energy fluctuation.
• Ning Chen killed a giant snake with his sword, then let its surviving half escape after warning it not to attack again.
• The group pressed deeper into Phoenix Perch Mountain as beasts killed many disciples, leaving more than half the original party gone.
• The survivors reached three Parasol Trees and saw a Fire Phoenix resting on the middle tree.
• Three peak Ninth-Rank experts attacked the phoenix and were burned to ashes, prompting the five innate experts to flee with their disciples.
• Wuyou broke free from Yi Wanrong and formed a cage of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy around the enraged Fire Phoenix.

Ning Chen led the enraged Fire Phoenix across the Four Extremes Realm to Longevity Palace, where the Phoenix was imprisoned beneath the Longevity Pool. When the Calamity King blocked the Phoenix from reaching the pool, Ning Chen chose to intervene, and the chapter ended as he attacked with the War-Stopping Sword.

• Ning Chen tried to seize Phoenix Blood, but the Fire Phoenix broke free and pursued him after sensing the Phoenix Blood aura on him.
• Ning Chen used the War-Stopping Sword to escape the Fire Phoenix and to hold it back while it trapped the five Xiantian experts in flames.
• Ning Chen lured the Fire Phoenix toward Longevity Palace, where the Longevity Pool imprisoned another Phoenix beneath Godfall Altar.
• The Calamity King blocked the Fire Phoenix from reaching the pool, and the imprisoned Phoenix cried out as the midnight mist began to return.
• Ning Chen chose to help the Fire Phoenix despite the danger, and it shielded him from the Calamity King's attack as he charged toward Godfall Altar with the War-Stopping Sword.

Ning Chen helped two phoenixes escape the Calamity King, then received Phoenix Blood and a Phoenix Plume from them. After giving Wuyou one drop in exchange for a favor, he headed for Cloudsong City, knowing the Calamity King would pursue him and that he needed to recover his cultivation.

• Ning Chen shattered Godfall Altar with the War-Stopping Sword, freeing the phoenixes from Longevity Pool as the Calamity King attacked.
• Ning Chen and the two phoenixes fought the Calamity King, but they were wounded and fled together from Longevity Palace.
• The phoenixes gave Ning Chen a drop of golden blood, a Phoenix Plume, and ten drops of Phoenix Blood before flying away.
• Wuyou intercepted Ning Chen and pursued him until he agreed to give her one drop of Phoenix Blood in exchange for a favor.
• Ning Chen continued toward Cloudsong City, resolved to recover his cultivation before the Calamity King could catch up with him.

Ning Chen defeated Xuan Yang in a battle above the imperial city, then left Earthly Artisan Manor after saying goodbye to the Earthly Artisan and Xiaoyu. The Four Extremes Sacred Lands branded Ning Chen and his companions as spies and ordered their deaths, while Meng Xuanji took the Gilded Feathered Halberd and set out on her own.

• Ning Chen fought Xuan Yang above Earthly Artisan Manor and crippled him with a powerful sword strike.
• Ning Chen delivered the bundle to the Earthly Artisan, bid farewell to Xiaoyu, and left the manor.
• Longevity Palace and the Four Extremes Sacred Lands issued pursuit orders for Ning Chen, accusing him and his companions of plotting an invasion from the Eastern Divine Continent.
• Portraits of Ning Chen, Prince Yan, and A'man circulated across the world, startling the people of Nine Heavens Mountain.
• Meng Xuanji took the Gilded Feathered Halberd from Taixuan Peak and departed despite the Nine Heavens sect master's objections.

Ning Chen searched for his senior and A'man in Southern Frontier while secretly cultivating near Tianchen City, where he discovered Jiang Xin practicing blade forms alone. After sparring with her, he recognized her exceptional combat talent and ended their match by disarming her.

• Meng Xuanji searched for Ning Chen with the Gilded Feathered Halberd, while Southern Frontier factions failed to capture the green-robed expert and the sword-carrying girl.
• Ning Chen disguised himself and traveled to Southern Frontier to seek his senior and A'man and investigate the Jiang Family's blade techniques.
• Ning Chen learned that Jiang Hua led the Jiang Family and that his younger sister Jiang Xin was mocked for lacking martial talent.
• After confirming Prince Yan and A'man had left Southern Frontier, Ning Chen secluded himself near a waterfall to stabilize his cultivation as Jiang Xin practiced nearby.
• Ning Chen introduced himself to Jiang Xin as Ning Fan and sparred with her, recognizing her combat talent before disarming her and ending the match.

Ning Chen accepted Jiang Xin as Fan Lingyue’s disciple and painstakingly helped her enter the martial path, then trained her in the Quiet Moon Technique until she reached the peak of the Second-Rank Houtian realm. After passing on his final guidance, he left Jiang Xin by the waterfall and promised to visit her at the Jiang Clan.

• Ning Chen told Jiang Xin he would teach her martial arts on Fan Lingyue’s behalf, and Jiang Xin formally became Fan Lingyue’s disciple.
• Ning Chen used his true qi and a drop of Phoenix Blood to open Jiang Xin’s dantian qihai and form her qi vortex, nearly exhausting himself in the process.
• Ning Chen taught Jiang Xin the Quiet Moon Technique for nearly two months, and she rose to the peak of the Second-Rank Houtian realm.
• Ning Chen borrowed Willow Wind to demonstrate a blade technique, broke through toward the Ninth-Rank realm, and taught Jiang Xin not to become bound by forms.
• Ning Chen let Jiang Xin fly, then told her he would leave and visit her at the Jiang Clan; after he vanished, she resumed practicing with Willow Wind.

Ning Chen found A'man and Prince Yan at the southern polar region just as the Four Extremes Realm Lord confronted him. Prince Yan emerged from the lightning sea and fought the Realm Lord, who unleashed the Calamity of Fiery Disaster as their battle continued.

• Ning Chen deduced that Prince Yan and A'man had entered the southern polar region and waited outside its sea of lightning.
• The Four Extremes Realm Lord appeared and restrained Ning Chen, but Prince Yan emerged from the lightning sea and broke the Realm Lord's attack.
• Ning Chen reunited with A'man, gave her Phoenix Blood, and learned that the Confucian school had given her a sword.
• Prince Yan told Ning Chen and A'man to retreat as he fought the Four Extremes Realm Lord with his swords.
• The Four Extremes Realm Lord summoned the Calamity of Fiery Disaster, and Prince Yan faced the vicious weapon with Ningyuan.

Prince Yan forced the Four Extremes origin powers into Ning Chen, triggering his Third Xiantian Tribulation, while A'man left with Prince Yan to begin training in the sword. After Ning Chen survived the tribulation, he found Jiang Xin missing and discovered she had been imprisoned and tortured by the Jiang Family's Grand Elder for refusing to reveal her master's cultivation method.

• Prince Yan defeated the Four Extremes Realm Lord's attack and redirected the ice, wind, and lightning origin powers into Ning Chen, causing his Third Xiantian Tribulation to descend.
• Ning Chen awakened beneath the lightning and used ice and snow sword intent to resist the tribulation while Prince Yan took A'man away to train.
• Ning Chen crossed the Third Tribulation, then discovered A'man had left and departed in silence.
• After Jiang Xin failed to appear at their meeting by the waterfall, Ning Chen went to the Jiang Family to look for her.
• The Jiang Family's Grand Elder discovered Jiang Xin's acquired Third-Rank cultivation, sealed it, and imprisoned and tortured her when she refused to reveal her master's martial arts.

Ning Chen stormed the Jiang estate to rescue Jiang Xin and unleashed his fury on the family members who had tortured her. After Luan Fengchen recognized him as the man wanted by the Sacred Land, Ning Chen fought both Luan Fengchen and Jiang Hua at once, leaving the battle raging across the collapsing estate.

• Ning Chen forced a guard to reveal that the Jiang family’s Grand Elder had imprisoned Jiang Xin in the estate dungeon, then fought past the family’s elders to reach her.
• Ning Chen freed the battered Jiang Xin and carried her out, then severed both of the Grand Elder’s arms when the man tried to stop him.
• Jiang Hua arrived and clashed with Ning Chen, who set Jiang Xin aside and battled him with the Crimson Blade.
• Luan Fengchen recognized Ning Chen, who dropped his disguise; Ning Chen reassured Jiang Xin and drew Qingmo as Jiang Hua and Luan Fengchen prepared to fight him.
• Ning Chen wielded Qingmo and the Crimson Blade against Jiang Hua and Luan Fengchen simultaneously as their battle shook Tianchen City and destroyed nearby buildings.

Ning Chen defeated Jiang Hua and Duan Fengchen, rescued Jiang Xin from the Jiang family, and began training her by challenging major sects. After several months of battles across the Southern Border, Jiang Xin reached the peak of Fourth-Rank, and word spread about the young Xiantian expert traveling with her.

• The hunched old man threatened Jiang Xin during Ning Chen's battle with Jiang Hua and Duan Fengchen, forcing Ning Chen to take a blow before he unleashed his combined sword and blade technique and killed the old man.
• Ning Chen rescued Jiang Xin, healed her injuries, and agreed to let her stay by his side after she asked to follow him.
• Ning Chen tested Jiang Xin's blade skills and decided to take her to challenge the major sects so she could gain combat experience.
• At Xilin Mountain, Jiang Xin defeated a Fourth-Rank disciple despite her lack of practical experience, then spent two days recovering and absorbing what she had learned.
• Over the next two or three months, Jiang Xin challenged sect disciples across the Southern Border, improved rapidly, and reached the peak of Fourth-Rank.
• Ning Chen took Jiang Xin west and then north, as news of the young Xiantian expert traveling with a girl to challenge sects spread.

After Jiang Xin’s first defeat, Ning Chen told her about Fan Lingyue and urged her to find her own path, helping her break through while they waited near Myriad Snow Mountain. Xuan Cheng’s forces attacked them, but Ning Chen defeated them as Jiang Xin completed her breakthrough.

• After Jiang Xin lost her first challenge against a peak Sixth-Rank disciple, Ning Chen told her about Fan Lingyue and encouraged her to rise after failure.
• Jiang Xin pondered Ning Chen’s words through the night near Myriad Snow Mountain while he waited for her to decide whether to challenge the sect.
• Xuan Cheng arrived with Xiantian experts, Ninth-Rank peak fighters, and an army, then ordered them to attack Ning Chen and Jiang Xin.
• Ning Chen broke the enemy sword formation and fought off Xuan Cheng, Luo Xiao, and their forces, while the Ink Sword killed Ling Jiao when he rushed toward Jiang Xin.
• Xuan Cheng ordered a retreat, and Ning Chen returned to Jiang Xin as she completed her breakthrough in soft white light.

The Four Extremes Realm Lord sent the Calamity King after Meng Xuanji while political tensions grew around Jiang Xin and Ning Chen. After guiding Jiang Xin to the Sixth-Rank, Ning Chen brought her to Earthly Artisan Manor and left her in the Earthly Artisan’s care as he prepared to face greater dangers.

• The Four Extremes Realm Lord ordered Yu Yangtian and the others to keep searching for Meng Xuanji and sent the Calamity King to handle the failed mission.
• Jiang Hua removed the injured Grand Elder from his position, forbade the elders from interfering with Jiang Xin, and traveled toward the Northern Regions.
• Luan Fengchen questioned the Four Extremes Realm Lord about the threat from the Eastern Divine Continent, then retrieved his Flowing Light Blood Blade and departed again.
• Ning Chen and Jiang Xin challenged sects across the Northern Regions before traveling through the realm; Jiang Xin advanced to the Sixth-Rank.
• Ning Chen brought Jiang Xin to Earthly Artisan Manor, explained the truth about his origins and the Sacred Lands’ claims, and asked the Earthly Artisan to shelter her.
• The Earthly Artisan agreed to let Jiang Xin stay, and Ning Chen told her to train diligently until he returned.