Recaps

Jiang Ning asked Wang Qingtan for money to support his martial cultivation, and she lent him five hundred taels plus her jewelry in exchange for two favors. As Wang Qingtan left, she reflected on her past life as the Phoenix Heavenly Maiden and feared that death or returning memories could replace her own will.

• Jiang Ning finished practicing Five Animals Fist and welcomed Wang Qingtan and Wang Qinghan into his pavilion.
• Wang Qingtan reminded Jiang Ning that she had helped save him from Xiao Qiushui, then agreed to support his attempt to become a Heaven-Man Grandmaster.
• Jiang Ning asked Wang Qingtan for one thousand taels, and she offered five hundred taels plus her jewelry in exchange for two favors.
• Wang Qingtan gave Jiang Ning her bracelet, earrings, necklace, and hairpin, while promising to have the remaining money delivered later.
• After leaving with Wang Qinghan, Wang Qingtan recalled that she was the reincarnation of the Phoenix Heavenly Maiden and feared losing her own identity to her past life's will.

Wang Qingtan sent Jiang Ning five hundred taels of gold, and he spent nearly all of it at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion on rare Primordial Era treasures to strengthen himself without consuming more pills. He left with Dragonblood Bodhi, three-hundred-year Vermilion Fruits, and Profound Ice Jade Marrow, hoping they would aid his cultivation before blood transformation.

• Wang Qinghan teased Wang Qingtan about being kind to Jiang Ning, while Wang Qingtan reflected on her awakened memories and her suspicion that Jiang Ning might share her secret.
• Jiang Ning resumed practicing Five Animals Fist, then received five gold notes from a servant sent by Wang Qingtan.
• Jiang Ning visited the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and told manager Mei Jiangyun that he wanted immortal treasures from the Primordial Era.
• After reviewing the pavilion's catalog, Jiang Ning bought three Dragonblood Bodhi fruits, five three-hundred-year Vermilion Fruits, and ten drops of Profound Ice Jade Marrow for 495 taels of gold.
• Mei Jiangyun presented the treasures, and Jiang Ning accepted them, gave Lü Yi the five-tael change, and departed.

Jiang Ning refined three Dragonblood Bodhi, strengthening and harmonizing his blood and qi, then consumed other treasures that helped advance his Water Nature and Water-Fire True Force skills. He ended the evening practicing Five Animals Fist, just short of the experience needed for its next limit break.

• Jiang Ning refined three Dragonblood Bodhi, increasing his blood and qi and making it respond more smoothly to his will.
• Jiang Ning swallowed five three-hundred-year Vermilion Fruits, which produced no noticeable direct change.
• Jiang Ning refined ten drops of Profound Ice Jade Marrow, gaining experience in Water Nature and Water-Fire True Force.
• Jiang Ning checked his skills and found Five Animals Fist just short of the experience needed for another limit break.
• Jiang Ning continued practicing Five Animals Fist to earn the remaining experience before his planned breakthrough the next morning.

Jiang Ning broke the Five Animals Fist’s limits for the sixth time, raising his fist-art talent and dramatically improving his training efficiency. He began strengthening his Commissioner Office’s subordinates with a blood-infused tonic, while Xie Xiaoj iu quietly struggled with the growing distance between them.

• Jiang Ning spent 5,000 Source Energy to break the Five Animals Fist’s limits for the sixth time, gaining the Fist Grandmaster (First Break) trait and reaching 83 experience.
• Jiang Ning discovered that his improved talent made each set of Five Animals Fist grant more experience and greatly increased his qi and blood gains.
• Jiang Ning told Lü Yi to summon Xie Xiaoj iu, Zhou Xing, and Feng Jiเก, then decided to develop his staff and prepare to oppose the God-Worship Cult.
• Jiang Ning gave Xie Xiaoj iu, Zhou Xing, and Feng Jiเก wine mixed with Emperor’s Flowing Essence and his blood, and instructed them to dilute the remaining tonic for their subordinates.
• Feng Jiเก thanked Jiang Ning on behalf of the others, while Xie Xiaoj iu left feeling that she and Jiang Ning were growing farther apart.

Jiang Ning asked Ye Zhengqi about the path to becoming a Heaven-Man Grandmaster and learned that powerful true intent could connect one with the Heavenly Dao. Ye Zhengqi revealed his Fourfold Heaven-Man strength and departed with Jiang Ning for Xiao Qiushui's Grandmaster banquet, but his lingering injuries slowed their journey.

• Jiang Ning met Ye Zhengqi at Bai Luoyu's estate and asked how true intent could lead to the third rank.
• Ye Zhengqi explained that sufficiently powerful true intent could commune with Heaven and man, and revealed that the Heavenly Dao had consciousness while the current ruler preferred the title Human Emperor.
• Ye Zhengqi said he would take Jiang Ning to Xiao Qiushui's Grandmaster banquet in five days and settle their enmity, noting his Fourfold Heaven-Man cultivation.
• Jiang Ning and Ye Zhengqi left Bai Luoyu and traveled toward Water-Moon Sword Palace, with Jiang Ning keeping pace as his Wind-Thunder Steps gained experience.
• Ye Zhengqi's lingering cold injuries flared when he accelerated, so he and Jiang Ning stopped and agreed to continue at a slower pace.

Jiang Ning and Ye Zhengqi arrived at the Water-Moon Sword Palace for Xiao Qiushui’s Grandmaster banquet, where Jiang Ning reunited with Xiao Emei and revealed that he might kill Xiao Qiushui if she pursued revenge. Xiao Qiushui learned that Jiang Ning and Ye Zhengqi had come and reacted with murderous anger.

• Jiang Ning finished cultivating the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique, bringing it close to perfection, and continued traveling with Ye Zhengqi.
• Ye Zhengqi explained the Water-Moon Sword Palace’s new standing and the Immortal Crossing Sect’s ancient heritage as they approached the palace.
• Jiang Ning and Ye Zhengqi crossed Moon-Reflection Lake to the Water-Moon Sword Palace, where the disciples recognized Ye Zhengqi and arranged rooms for them.
• Xiao Emei learned Jiang Ning had arrived, visited him, and promised to persuade Xiao Qiushui to abandon revenge after Jiang Ning warned he would kill her if necessary.
• A disciple reported Jiang Ning’s arrival and Ye Zhengqi’s presence to Xiao Qiushui, who reacted with killing intent before dismissing her.

Jiang Ning practiced the Five Animals Fist and met Old Zhong and his great-granddaughter Zhong Ling at the mountain pavilion. Zhong Ling revealed that Jiang Ning’s Immortal root aptitude shone like a great sun, leaving Ye Zhengqi and Old Zhong astonished and regretful.

• Jiang Ning practiced the Five Animals Fist, gained experience, and noted that he was saving his source energy points for the Wood-Chopping Saber Technique.
• Ye Zhengqi summoned Jiang Ning to the peak, where Jiang Ning used his divine consciousness to locate him and briefly drew the attention of a silver-haired elder elsewhere.
• Ye Zhengqi introduced Jiang Ning to Old Zhong, the inspector of Five Peaks Prefecture, and they discussed Xiao Qiushui’s Grandmaster status and their own paths toward higher realms.
• Jiang Ning considered the risks of choosing a more ambitious cultivation path while listening to Ye Zhengqi and Old Zhong compare their martial achievements.
• Old Zhong asked Zhong Ling to examine Jiang Ning’s Immortal root aptitude, and she said its light was like a great sun hanging in the sky.

Jiang Ning learned that Li Sixiang of the Immortal Crossing Sect had become a second-rank grandmaster, then refused Ye Zhengqi’s suggestion that he marry Zhong Yue’s great-granddaughter to advance his cultivation. Xiao Emei told Jiang Ning she had failed to persuade Xiao Qiushui, while Xiao Qiushui chose Xiao Emei as her successor and prepared to face Jiang Ning in a deadly battle.

• Ye Zhengqi and Zhong Yue told Jiang Ning that Li Sixiang had reached the second-rank grandmaster realm, making the Immortal Crossing Sect a formidable force.
• Ye Zhengqi explained Li Sixiang’s mastery of earth, wind, water, and fire, then proposed that Jiang Ning marry Zhong Yue’s great-granddaughter to help him comprehend the unity of heaven and man; Jiang Ning refused.
• Ye Zhengqi told Jiang Ning that Prefectural Inspector Zhao had emerged from seclusion and might arrive that afternoon.
• Xiao Emei told Jiang Ning that she had failed to persuade Xiao Qiushui, and Jiang Ning said he would fight her if she chose to proceed.
• A disciple reported that Xiao Emei was with Jiang Ning, and Xiao Qiushui declared Xiao Emei her sole heir so she could fight Jiang Ning without concern.

Jiang Ning welcomed Zhao Yulong after he became a Heaven-Man Grandmaster, then prepared to kill Xiao Qiushui after her Grandmaster Banquet. At the banquet, Jiang Ning and his companions learned that Li Sixiang had become a second-rank Grandmaster and surveyed the gathered guests as the event began.

• Jiang Ning welcomed Zhao Yulong, who revealed that he had become a Heaven-Man Grandmaster and celebrated with Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning practiced through the night and resolved to kill Xiao Qiushui after the banquet, while preparing to enter the third rank once his contribution reward arrived.
• Ye Zhengqi joined Jiang Ning and Zhao Yulong, and they discussed the Immortal Crossing Sect's guests, including Li Sixiang, who had reached the second rank.
• Ye Zhengqi led Jiang Ning and Zhao Yulong to meet Zhong Yue before Xiao Qiushui's Grandmaster Banquet.
• Jiang Ning surveyed the guests at the banquet and noticed that the old beggar speaking with Zhong Yue seemed unusually formidable.

At the Grandmaster Banquet, Jiang Ning learned that Zhong Ling’s constitution could pass extraordinary talents to her children, but urged her not to rush into choosing a partner. Xiao Qiushui and Li Sixiang arrived, and the banquet began with Li Sixiang’s new Divine Intent Realm status and his plans to use Xiao Qiushui against the Great Xia Court and Inspection Office hanging over the gathering.

• Jiang Ning listened to the Grandmasters exchange Martial Dao insights while Zhao Yulong and Zhong Yue joined discussions elsewhere.
• Zhong Ling told Jiang Ning her constitution could help their children inherit her traits and exceptional immortal root aptitude, but Jiang Ning advised her to have children only with someone she loved.
• Jiang Ning noticed Zhong Ling could conceal her presence completely, then thought of Lin Qingyi and Prince Qi’s marriage.
• Xiao Qiushui arrived with Xiao Emei, followed by Li Sixiang, whose entrance revealed his command of heaven and earth and prompted guests to recognize him as a Divine Intent Realm Grandmaster.
• Li Sixiang and Xiao Qiushui opened the banquet, while Ye Zhengqi and Zhong Yue remarked that Immortal Crossing Sect might no longer remain content with its position.
• Li Sixiang and the other guests toasted Xiao Qiushui as the banquet began.

At Xiao Qiushui’s banquet, Ye Zhengqi challenged her demand to settle the feud, but Li Sixiang intervened and overwhelmed Ye in a clash. Ye escaped with Jiang Ning and Zhong Ling into Moon-Reflection Lake, where Jiang Ning waited while Ye recovered.

• Ye Zhengqi congratulated Xiao Qiushui, then asked her to end her grudge with Jiang Ning, and she refused.
• Ye Zhengqi’s sword intent suppressed Xiao Qiushui until Li Sixiang stepped in to defend her.
• Li Sixiang struck Ye Zhengqi down in their first exchange, and Zhong Yue stopped himself from joining the fight.
• Ye Zhengqi trapped Li Sixiang with a sword formation, then escaped with Jiang Ning and Zhong Ling using a mysterious ability.
• In Moon-Reflection Lake, Jiang Ning helped Zhong Ling breathe and watched Ye Zhengqi take a healing pill.
• Ye Zhengqi recovered enough to notice Jiang Ning and Zhong Ling together, then smiled at the thought that Zhong Yue’s wish might come true.

Jiang Ning used his Heavenly Eye to learn that Li Sixiang had left the Water-Moon Sword Palace, then took Zhong Ling out of Moon-Reflection Lake to reunite her with Zhong Yue. The group met on the forest road, where Zhong Yue and the old beggar discussed Li Sixiang’s overwhelming power and Jiang Ning’s growing closeness with Zhong Ling.

• Jiang Ning revealed his Heavenly Eye to search the Water-Moon Sword Palace and found Li Sixiang, Xiao Qiushui, and Xiao Emei leaving the lakeshore.
• Xiao Qiushui gave Xiao Emei her personal sword and told her to keep it with her before they returned to the lake-heart island.
• Jiang Ning told Ye Zhengqi that he would take Zhong Ling to find Grandpa Xuan, then carried her out of the lake and dried their clothes with his power.
• Zhong Yue and the old beggar discussed Li Sixiang’s strength and speculated that his true Martial Dao intent drew on the four great elements.
• Jiang Ning arrived with Zhong Ling, who hid behind him when she saw Zhong Yue, while Zhong Yue and the old beggar teased them about their closeness.

Jiang Ning prepared to confront Xiao Qiushui at Water-Moon Sword Palace after training and strengthening himself throughout the day. He entered her bedchamber at night, while Xiao Emei discovered a hidden letter in the Palace Master’s sword scabbard.

• Jiang Ning returned Zhong Ling safely to Zhong Yue, then left to prepare to kill Xiao Qiushui.
• Jiang Ning trained in the Five Animals Fist and absorbed the Great Sun’s essence, rapidly increasing his skill experience.
• Ye Zhengqi told Zhao Yulong that Li Sixiang had reached the Second Rank and that they should return with the news.
• Jiang Ning used his Heavenly Eye to locate Xiao Qiushui, then crossed Moon-Reflection Lake and entered Water-Moon Sword Palace at night.
• Xiao Emei found a letter hidden inside the sword scabbard Xiao Qiushui had given her.
• Jiang Ning entered Xiao Qiushui’s bedchamber and saw her meditating.

Jiang Ning killed Xiao Qiushui in the Water-Moon Sword Palace, then broke into her hidden treasure vault and looted its contents. He left after covering her body and burning it, while the palace’s disciples were waking to the destruction.

• Jiang Ning confronted Xiao Qiushui in her sleeping palace and overpowered her despite her silver sword’s strike.
• Jiang Ning slammed Xiao Qiushui into the ground repeatedly, then killed her by piercing her skull with his fingers.
• Jiang Ning recovered the silver little sword and found a secret chamber beneath the white jade statue.
• Jiang Ning cut through the chamber’s stone door with saber intent and emptied the Water-Moon Sword Palace’s treasured vault.
• Jiang Ning covered Xiao Qiushui’s body with a curtain, burned it, and vanished from the hall.

Jiang Ning escaped the Water-Moon Sword Palace after killing Xiao Qiushui and began refining the treasures he had looted. By morning, his source energy had risen sharply, though he still lacked enough to break through the Five Animals Fist again.

• Xiao Emei arrived at Xiao Qiushui's residence and found a burning corpse that the elders identified as Xiao Qiushui, while she wondered whether Jiang Ning had killed her.
• Jiang Ning left the Water-Moon Sword Palace and, in the wilderness, refined the silver sword pellet and learned to control it.
• Jiang Ning swallowed three Seven-Aperture Enlightenment Pills and refined Thousand-Spirit Blood from the treasury, then practiced his fist techniques through the night.
• Jiang Ning checked his progress the next morning and found 7,863 source energy points and the Five Animals Fist at 7,000 experience, still short of the next limit break.

Jiang Ning spent two days in the forest digesting spirit blood and strengthening his body through constant Five Animals Fist practice and the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique. By dawn, his source energy had reached 14,877, and Five Animals Fist was ready for another breakthrough.

• Jiang Ning reflected on the threats posed by powerful Grandmasters and the growing unrest in Guangning Prefecture, then stayed in the forest to build his strength.
• Jiang Ning practiced Five Animals Fist and absorbed Hundred-Spirit Blood and Thousand-Spirit Blood while refining his gains from the Water-Moon Sword Palace.
• Jiang Ning cultivated the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique beneath the noon sun, raising its experience to 8811/10000.
• Jiang Ning opened his jade box at night and swallowed all thirteen drops of Ten-Thousand-Spirit Blood, then practiced through the night to digest the energy.
• At dawn, Jiang Ning gained 237 Five Animals Fist experience, saw that the skill was ready to break through, and noted that his source energy had risen to 14877.

Jiang Ning weighed which martial art to advance for his future blood exchanges and chose the Wood-Chopping Saber Technique, then examined and began consuming treasures taken from the Water-Moon Sword Palace. After studying two manuals and setting them aside, he turned his attention to the last three items in his Sumeru Ring, one of which had seemed extraordinary through his Heavenly Eye.

• Jiang Ning decided to pursue the Wood-Chopping Saber Technique's next Limit-Breaking to test Ye Zhengqi's claims about true intent and blood exchanges.
• Jiang Ning examined Blood Jade and the Purple-Green Twin Swords, deciding they could be sold at auction or given away.
• Jiang Ning consumed most of the Hundred-Year Spirit Milk and planned to save some for Jiang Yuanyuan and Liu Wanwan.
• Jiang Ning read the Jade-Wave Sword Formula and Desire-Cutting Heart Sutra, gaining Literacy experience but choosing not to practice either art.
• Jiang Ning searched the remaining treasures in his Sumeru Ring and focused on one that had appeared extraordinary to his Heavenly Eye.

Jiang Ning used his Heavenly Eye to uncover the Weapon Refining Technique hidden in a white bone, then refined the wicked dragon spirit in his saber and restored his strength with thousand-year blood ginseng. After resting overnight, he found that his Source Energy had risen to 35,433, leaving him with the remaining ginseng and one Water-Moon Sword Palace treasure still unused.

• Jiang Ning examined the white bone with his Heavenly Eye and learned the Weapon Refining Technique, gaining more than seven thousand Literacy experience.
• Jiang Ning used blood to refine his saber, erased the wicked dragon spirit's intelligence, and shrank the weapon so he could carry it close to his body.
• Jiang Ning ate pieces of thousand-year blood ginseng to recover from blood loss, then cultivated the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique until it neared completion.
• Jiang Ning rested overnight and awoke feeling restored after the ginseng replenished his body.
• Jiang Ning checked his panel and found 35,433 Source Energy, with half the blood ginseng and one Water-Moon Sword Palace treasure still unused.

Jiang Ning returned to Dongling City, learned that Shen Wenyuan had taken office and his Grade-D major merit had been issued, and arranged to redeem it for a method to achieve a Heaven-Man Grandmaster. He then learned the martial examinations would take place sooner than expected, while Ye Zhengqi investigated Xiao Qiushui’s death and wondered whether Jiang Ning was involved.

• Jiang Ning returned home, reunited with Liu Wanwan, and learned that Shen Wenyuan had taken office.
• Jiang Ning visited Zhao Yulong, who confirmed his Grade-D major merit and agreed to arrange the method Jiang Ning wanted to redeem.
• Jiang Ning learned that the martial examination would begin in early July and the metropolitan examination in early October, and he resolved to pursue the examinations.
• Ye Zhengqi learned that Xiao Qiushui was dead and that rumors blamed him for her death.
• Ye Zhengqi heard that Xiao Emei had become the Water-Moon Sword Palace’s Palace Master and considered whether Jiang Ning had killed Xiao Qiushui, but dismissed the possibility.

Jiang Ning gave his family Hundred-Year Spirit Milk before preparing to travel to Guangning for the provincial martial examination, and he threw a mysterious Ice Coffin into the mountains. Before leaving, his family gave him an early birthday present, and he returned to his room to try it on.

• Jiang Ning fed Little Doubao some Hundred-Year Spirit Milk and entrusted the remainder to Jiang Li for Liu Wanwan and Little Doubao.
• Jiang Ning told Jiang Li he would leave for Guangning the next day to pursue the Martial Graduate title and planned to seek a Grandmaster method there.
• Jiang Ning used his Heavenly Eye to glimpse a beautiful woman asleep inside the Ice Coffin, then hurled the coffin toward the depths of the Dongling Mountain Range.
• After refining the Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng, Jiang Ning saw that his Source Energy had risen to 46,177 and decided to save it for when he obtained a Grandmaster method.
• Jiang Ning said goodbye to Little Doubao and promised to bring her a treat when he returned.
• Jiang Li and Liu Wanwan gave Jiang Ning an early birthday gift: a brocade robe and underclothes sewn by Liu Wanwan from Black-Gold Jade Silkworm silk.

Jiang Ning prepared to leave Dongling City for Guangning Prefecture City and visited Wang Qingtan to give her a gift before departing. Wang Qingtan accepted his ice-silk soft armor and gave him a thousand taels in gold notes, leaving him ready for the journey.

• Jiang Ning tried on the Liu Family’s Ice Jade Silkworm clothes and Black-Gold Jade Silkworm robe, then said farewell to Jiang Li, Liu Wanwan, Lü Yi, and the children.
• Jiang Ning went to the Prefect’s Residence and waited while Wang Qingtan washed up before receiving him.
• Jiang Ning gave Wang Qingtan a clean, translucent ice-silk soft armor, which she accepted and tried on beneath her gown.
• Jiang Ning told Wang Qingtan he was going to Guangning Prefecture City to report to Shen Wenyuan and take part in the martial imperial examination’s provincial examination.
• Wang Qingtan gave Jiang Ning gold notes worth a thousand taels and joked that he should marry her before saying she had no plans to marry.

Jiang Ning traveled toward Guangning Prefecture with Bai Luoyu and Zhao Yulong, using the carriage journey to advance his Literacy and Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique skills. The trip ended on an unsettling note when the ice coffin he had discarded reappeared inside his carriage.

• Jiang Ning chose to travel by carriage with Bai Luoyu and Zhao Yulong, and they discussed his connection to the Seventeenth Princess and his cultivation goals.
• Jiang Ning read the Daoist Canon during the journey and maxed out his Literacy skill, while Lü Yi accompanied him in the carriage.
• Jiang Ning practiced the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique at noon as the group traveled, and Lü Yi caught fish for their meal.
• After lunch, Jiang Ning noticed that Literacy's next limit break required twenty thousand Source Energy points.
• Lü Yi spotted an ice coffin inside Jiang Ning's carriage, and Jiang Ning recognized it as the one he had thrown away the previous day.

Jiang Ning broke Literacy’s limit to strengthen his spiritual power, gain the Dao Follows Nature trait, and approach the Unity of Heaven and Man while seeking a way to deal with the Ice Coffin. The next morning, he practiced merging with heaven and earth, then invited Zhao Yulong and Bai Luoyu to celebrate his birthday.

• Jiang Ning threw the Ice Coffin out of his carriage again after it mysteriously returned, then spent 20,000 Source Energy to break Literacy’s limit.
• Jiang Ning’s soul and divine sense grew stronger, and he experienced a state that brought him close to comprehending the Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Jiang Ning gained the Dao Follows Nature trait, which increased his talent for understanding heaven and earth, and he continued reading the Daoist Canon for Literacy experience.
• Zhao Yulong told Bai Luoyu that he had sensed a powerful spiritual fluctuation nearby, though neither man knew it came from Jiang Ning.
• The next morning, Jiang Ning entered a state of unity with heaven and earth beside a stream, then invited Zhao Yulong and Bai Luoyu to drink with him for his birthday.

Jiang Ning reached Guangning City with Zhao Yulong and Bai Luoyu, while the Ice Coffin continued to follow him and his Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique neared completion. He settled into a rented courtyard and prepared to meet Shen Wenyuan the next day to report in and seek the method to become a grandmaster.

• Jiang Ning celebrated his birthday with Zhao Yulong and Bai Luoyu during their journey to Guangning City.
• The Ice Coffin reappeared beside Jiang Ning, and he used his Heavenly Eye to confirm the woman remained inside before deciding to stop throwing it away.
• Jiang Ning, Zhao Yulong, and Bai Luoyu arrived in Guangning City and agreed to report to Shen Wenyuan the next day; Bai Luoyu offered to accompany Jiang Ning to the Royal Capital for his martial examination.
• Jiang Ning and Lü Yi settled into the Bamboo Listening Pavilion, where he reviewed his progress in Literacy and the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique.
• Jiang Ning put the Ice Coffin in a room, discovered that practicing the Five Animals Fist still raised his experience, and went to bathe before his meeting with Shen Wenyuan.

Jiang Ning received two Grandmaster methods from Xiao Wuque: Seven-Star Fate Binding and Ninefold True-Spirit Metamorphosis, the path once followed by the Martial Saint. After studying the first method, Jiang Ning began reading the ninefold method, which could guide his advance to Third Rank.

• Jiang Ning found the Ice Coffin beside his bed without having sensed it and resumed training after failing to discover anything new about it.
• Jiang Ning, Zhao Yulong, and Bai Luoyu visited Shen Wenyuan at the Inspection Office and submitted their reports.
• Shen Wenyuan presented Jiang Ning with Xiao Wuque's message and two Grandmaster methods: Seven-Star Fate Binding and Ninefold True-Spirit Metamorphosis.
• Jiang Ning studied Seven-Star Fate Binding, learned that its seven Blood Exchanges drew on the sun, moon, and Five Elements, and gained Literacy experience.
• Jiang Ning concluded Xiao Wuque expected him to consider the ninefold path once walked by the Martial Saint, then began reading Ninefold True-Spirit Metamorphosis.