Recaps

Jiang Ning met the Divine Might King Li Tianwen as he continued cultivating the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method, which was close to perfection. Their conversation was interrupted when the Martial Saint crossed ten thousand li with his spirit avatar and killed a Grotto-Heaven expert near the East Sea with one punch, leaving Jiang Ning newly aware of the depth of the Martial Saint’s power.

• Xiao Wuque and Xiang Yuan discussed the Martial Saint’s reasons for supporting Jiang Ning and noted that Jiang Ning’s rapidly growing spirit could make it harder to balance his essence, qi, and spirit.
• Jiang Ning resumed training at the National Preceptor’s Residence and learned that the Divine Might King Li Tianwen had come to visit.
• Jiang Ning sensed Li Tianwen’s profound harmony with heaven and earth as they greeted each other and discussed how the Martial Saint’s intervention had drawn the world’s attention to Jiang Ning.
• A tremor swept through the Royal Capital and beyond, and Jiang Ning and Li Tianwen sensed the Martial Saint’s aura erupting near the East Sea.
• The Martial Saint appeared above the East Sea and killed a Grotto-Heaven expert with a single punch, destroying the expert’s defenses and leaving a vast whirlpool behind.
• Jiang Ning recognized the extraordinary Martial Dao will behind the strike, while Li Tianwen expressed shock and pride at his teacher’s overwhelming power.

After the Martial Saint’s strike in the East Sea, Jiang Ning withdrew to cultivate and perfected the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method. He emerged with his soul transformed and stood on the threshold of the first-rank Primordial Unity realm as Su Qingying appeared.

• Jiang Ning told Li Tianwen that the Martial Saint’s destruction of the Mysterious Origin Blessed Land and his East Sea killing were warnings meant to back him up.
• Jiang Ning sent Hong Mian away and entered seclusion, while Li Tianwen accused his teacher of favoring Jiang Ning and other prodigies.
• A yellow-robed Daoist told his disciple that the Martial Saint might be too weakened to fight them or might consider them insignificant.
• Jiang Ning used Dragon Hibernation Spirit Liquid to cultivate until the True Spirit mark merged completely with his soul and the method reached perfection.
• Jiang Ning realized his spirit had outgrown his essence and energy, but that balancing them could lead him into the Primordial Unity realm.
• Su Qingying appeared in Jiang Ning’s snow-covered courtyard, and he opened his eyes after completing his cultivation.

After Jiang Ning merged his True Spirit imprint into his soul, the Martial Saint summoned him and explained that his spirit had outgrown his essence and energy. The Martial Saint passed on the Three Flowers Record, a method for bringing each treasure to its utmost limit and nurturing three Dao Flowers.

• Su Qingying explained that Jiang Ning's merged True Spirit imprint had made his fate his own, and Jiang Ning realized his spirit was far stronger than his essence and energy.
• The Martial Saint's will summoned Jiang Ning, who traveled alone to the nameless mountain and entered the old man's thatched hut.
• The Martial Saint confirmed that Jiang Ning's three treasures were unbalanced and warned that forcing them into harmony would suppress his spirit.
• The Martial Saint taught Jiang Ning about Three Flowers Gather at the Crown, in which essence, energy, and spirit each reach their limit and form a Dao Flower.
• The Martial Saint passed the Three Flowers Record into Jiang Ning's mind as a guiding method for refining his three treasures and nurturing their Dao Flowers.

Jiang Ning studied the Three Flowers Record and used the grotto-heaven’s source power to cultivate his Flower of Essence. He condensed a complete six-petaled flower, then stopped before beginning the Flower of Qi.

• The Manor Lord explained that balancing the three flowers would resolve Jiang Ning’s imbalance of spirit, essence, and qi, and offered him the grotto-heaven’s source power.
• Jiang Ning entered his Inner Landscape Grounds and mastered the Three Flowers Record in an instant outside.
• With the Manor Lord replenishing his vitality, Jiang Ning repeatedly exhausted and restored his blood and vitality to condense the Flower of Essence.
• Jiang Ning first formed a three-petaled Flower of Essence, then chose to keep cultivating it instead of moving on to the Flower of Qi.
• Jiang Ning completed a six-petaled Flower of Essence, reached his limit, and received the Manor Lord’s praise for his deep foundation and potential.

Jiang Ning completed the Flower of Qi with the old man's help, then rested and healed before beginning to condense the Flower of God. He formed three silver petals in his Spirit Platform and continued the process.

• Jiang Ning used Grotto-Heaven origin supplied by the old man to complete the golden Flower of Qi, joining his scarlet Flower of Essence above his head.
• Jiang Ning drank the old man's vital tea for several hours, healing the hidden damage caused by repeatedly depleting and restoring his body.
• Jiang Ning began condensing the Flower of God by burning and refining his spirit within his Spirit Platform.
• The old man replenished Jiang Ning with Grotto-Heaven origin as his mental power drained, helping him form the first silver petal.
• Jiang Ning gathered silver radiance into the flower and formed its second and third petals.

Jiang Ning formed the Three Flowers Gathered at the Crown, learned from the Martial Saint that he could reach First-Rank Primordial Unity within a month, and discovered that his source energy had risen to 467,783. He returned to the Royal Capital and visited the National Preceptor’s Residence, where Qinghe happily received the sweets he brought.

• Jiang Ning formed the silver Flower of God, completing the Three Flowers Gathered at the Crown and uniting his vital essence, energy, and spirit.
• The Martial Saint explained that Primordial Unity was a balanced state that formed a domain, gave Jiang Ning a prayer bead containing First Rank insights, and estimated he could reach the realm in a month.
• After leaving the Grotto-Heaven World, Jiang Ning checked his panel and found that his source energy had increased to 467,783.
• Jiang Ning returned to the Royal Capital, learned that the New Year was fifteen days away, and entered the city after giving a guard a silver ingot.
• Jiang Ning bought sweets at Five-Spice House and brought a bundle to the National Preceptor’s Residence, where Qinghe greeted him joyfully and accepted them.

Jiang Ning secluded himself to cultivate after the three flowers of essence, energy, and spirit transformed his power and greatly improved its efficiency. After seven days of training, his Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method was close to its limit, leaving him ready for its final breakthrough.

• Jiang Ning gave Su Qingying pear blossom pastries, told her he had crossed a crucial threshold, and ordered her to turn away all visitors while he entered seclusion.
• Jiang Ning tested his improved control, then discovered that the three flowers circulated his essence, energy, and spirit together and returned most of the power he used.
• Jiang Ning used the Dragon Hibernation Spirit Liquid to train the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method and found that the Flower of God increased his cultivation efficiency.
• Jiang Ning spent seven days cultivating in the Inner Landscape Grounds, bringing the method to 9766 out of 10000 experience.
• Jiang Ning recovered his strength by drawing in energy from heaven and earth and prepared to take the method's final step.

Jiang Ning broke the perfected limit of the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method, gaining the Oneness of the True Self trait and greatly strengthening his spirit. After three days of accelerated cultivation, he reached enough experience for another breakthrough and spent twenty thousand source energy points to trigger it.

• Jiang Ning used Dragon Hibernation Spirit Liquid to complete the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method and spent ten thousand source energy points to break its first limit.
• The breakthrough gave Jiang Ning the Oneness of the True Self trait, raised his spirit to the Primordial Spirit realm, and accelerated the formation of his domain and progress toward Hunyuan.
• Jiang Ning discovered that Oneness of the True Self greatly improved his cultivation efficiency, so he devoted himself to cultivating the method with his remaining Dragon Hibernation Spirit Liquid.
• After three days of continuous cultivation, Jiang Ning reached 20000 experience for the first limit-breaking stage and spent twenty thousand source energy points to advance the method again.

Jiang Ning spent twenty thousand source energy points to break the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method’s limit a second time, causing a citywide omen as his spirit and three flowers transformed. He gained the pale gold trait True Self Alone and moved closer to the first-rank Primordial Unity realm, while keeping his progress secret.

• Jiang Ning triggered a powerful resonance that manifested his red, gold, and silver flowers and spread a silver glow across the Royal Capital.
• Su Qingying sensed Jiang Ning’s breakthrough, while Jiang Li, Jiang Yiming, Jiang Yuanyuan, and Little Doubao felt their mental strength and blood respond to it.
• The Blind Elder, Xiang Yuan, Xiao Wuque, Li Tianwen, and factions across the Royal Capital speculated that Su Qingying had caused the omen.
• Jiang Ning’s spirit grew denser, the three flowers circulated more efficiently, and his domain began to form, bringing the Primordial Unity realm closer.
• Jiang Ning’s trait evolved into the pale gold True Self Alone, and he estimated he might reach the first rank around the turn of the year.
• Jiang Ning decided to conceal his progress until he had enough strength to avoid inviting greater danger.

Jiang Ning discovered that his new golden trait greatly accelerated his cultivation of the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method, and he resolved to focus on it despite mounting mental fatigue. Meanwhile, Lin Qingyi secretly arrived in the Royal Capital, while Jiang Ning continued cultivating through the night.

• Jiang Ning cultivated the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method and found that his new trait more than doubled his progress by drawing in True Spirit fragments.
• Jiang Ning gained nearly four thousand experience in less than half a day and decided to focus on the method until it broke through again.
• Lin Qingyi arrived at the Royal Capital on a Snow-Treading Azure Steed and asked the gate commander to keep her arrival secret.
• The gate commander recognized Lin Qingyi and warned the soldiers not to ask about her identity.
• Jiang Ning noticed that intensive cultivation had caused deep mental fatigue but chose to continue, hoping to reach the first-grade Primordial Unity Realm sooner.

Jiang Ning reunited with Lin Qingyi, who had come to the Royal Capital seeking him, and their intimacy revealed the strength of her Lunar Yin inheritance. After she left, he realized their union had restored his energy and accelerated his cultivation, and he resumed training with renewed urgency.

• Jiang Ning met Lin Qingyi, who descended through the moonlight and said she had come to the Royal Capital to find him.
• Lin Qingyi explained that the Lunar Yin inheritance made her body deeply cold, then challenged Jiang Ning before they became intimate that night.
• Jiang Ning woke to find Lin Qingyi gone and sensed that her strength and abilities had grown far beyond his expectations.
• Jiang Ning realized their intimacy had eased his weariness and helped balance yin and yang, while his thoughts returned to Lin Qingyi’s hidden circumstances and inheritance.
• Jiang Ning cultivated in his Inner Landscape Grounds and raised his Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method experience from 10227 to 13167.

Jiang Ning completed the third limit break of the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method, gaining the deep-purple trait Insight into the True Spirit and bringing his Inner Heaven and Earth close to solidifying. As powerful figures across the Royal Capital sensed the disturbance, Jiang Ning discovered that his cultivation speed had increased again.

• Jiang Ning cultivated until the technique reached its experience limit, then spent 50,000 source energy points to trigger its third limit break.
• The three flowers manifested above Jiang Ning and stirred heaven and earth, while Su Qingying contained the disturbance with the array around the National Preceptor's Residence.
• Jiang Li's blood-qi surged in response to the phenomenon, and the Blind Elder, Xiang Yuan, Xiao Wuque, and Li Tianwen sensed the disturbance from across the Royal Capital.
• Jiang Ning gained silver spiritual eyes that let him perceive the inner workings of his essence, qi, and spirit, while the three flowers formed a chaotic pillar around his nearly complete Inner Heaven and Earth.
• Jiang Ning's panel revealed the deep-purple trait Insight into the True Spirit, and he resumed cultivation after noticing his experience gains had accelerated again.

Jiang Ning cultivated the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method while Lü Yi and Zhong Ling arrived safely at the National Preceptor's Residence. On New Year's morning, his Inner Heaven and Earth merged with his body, and he broke through to first-rank Hunyuan.

• Lü Yi and Zhong Ling arrived at the National Preceptor's Residence, where Jiang Ning welcomed them inside.
• Jiang Ning used Insight into the True Spirit to examine his forming Inner Heaven and Earth and foresaw that his breakthrough was near.
• Jiang Ning continued cultivating through the final days of the year as the three flowers and his miniature domain grew more stable.
• At the start of the new year, Jiang Ning's Inner Heaven and Earth merged completely with his body, forming a self-sustaining cycle of essence, qi, and spirit.
• Jiang Ning formed a three-yard Hunyuan domain, sensed the changes in his body, and declared that he had reached first-rank Hunyuan.

After reaching the Hunyuan realm, Jiang Ning celebrated the New Year with his family and friends at the National Preceptor's Residence, where he discovered that his breakthrough had strengthened Jiang Li, Little Doubao, and Jiang Yiming. Su Qingying joined their festivities and gifted Jiang Yiming a secret art, while Jiang Ning invited her to visit friends with him.

• Jiang Ning noticed that Jiang Li and Little Doubao had grown stronger, and Jiang Li said his cultivation had surged while Jiang Ning was in seclusion; Jiang Ning suspected his breakthrough had benefited his blood relatives.
• Jiang Ning told Jiang Li that Jiang Yiming could cultivate at the Dao Palace after the New Year, and Yiming said he was nearing the fifth rank.
• Su Qingying joined the New Year's breakfast, exchanged gifts with the family, gave Little Doubao a jade pendant, and presented Jiang Yiming with the Divine Sword Technique.
• Jiang Ning sparred with Jiang Li and saw how much his brother's strength had improved while the family decorated the residence and celebrated.
• Jiang Ning invited Su Qingying to visit friends with him; she agreed to change into festive clothes before they went.

Jiang Ning and Su Qingying visited Xiang Yuan and Xiao Wuque for the New Year, then enjoyed the temple fair before returning to the National Preceptor's Residence. There they reunited with Ji Minghao and Ji Mingyue, and Little Doubao brought Ji Mingyue and Jiang Ning's hands together.

• Jiang Ning and Su Qingying visited Martial King Manor, where Xiang Yuan welcomed them and spoke about the uneasy quiet on the northern frontier.
• Jiang Ning and Su Qingying visited the Xiao Residence, where Xiao Wuque noticed Jiang Ning's increased strength and warned him to prepare for future threats.
• Jiang Ning bought Su Qingying a hairpin at the temple fair, then sensed familiar visitors near the National Preceptor's Residence.
• Ji Minghao and Ji Mingyue arrived at the residence, gave New Year gifts and money to Jiang Ning's family, and waited for him to return.
• Jiang Ning and Su Qingying returned, and Little Doubao took Ji Mingyue's hand and Jiang Ning's hand and brought them together.

Jiang Ning declined the year-end palace banquet and cultivated at the National Preceptor's Residence, strengthening his Inner Heaven and Earth through the harmonious flow of yin and yang. Lin Qingyi refused Shadow Elder's request to return to Prince Qi's Residence and prepared to face the Old Prince's scrutiny, while Jiang Ning ended the day sharing a peaceful holiday meal with his family.

• Jiang Ning declined Ji Minghao's invitation to the palace banquet, citing his cultivation, and Ji Minghao warned him that the emperor's health was worsening.
• Lin Qingyi completed the refinement of the Lunar Yin power left by her union with Jiang Ning, then refused Shadow Elder's request that she return to Prince Qi's Residence.
• Shadow Elder warned Lin Qingyi that the Old Prince might soon emerge from seclusion and would expect her to remember that everything she had came from him.
• Jiang Ning cultivated his Inner Heaven and Earth, found that lingering Lunar Yin power nourished his soul, and raised his Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method experience above thirty thousand.
• Jiang Ning joined his family for a warm holiday meal and felt content with the peaceful gathering.

Jiang Ning cultivated on year-end day, celebrated New Year's Eve with his family, then used his newly formed domain to travel from the Royal Capital to Luoshui and visit his former master, Wang Jin. He shared wine with Wang Jin and left him three Essence-Nourishing Foundation-Firming Pills before returning to the night.

• Jiang Ning cultivated until dusk, saw that the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method was nearing another limit break, and joined his family for New Year's Eve dinner and fireworks.
• Jiang Ning left the Royal Capital after the celebration and tested how his primal domain let him travel swiftly while conserving his power.
• Jiang Ning reached Luoshui City and entered the Blue-Wave Martial Academy, where he found Wang Jin alone on year-end night.
• Jiang Ning told Wang Jin that he had come from the Royal Capital after dinner, and the two shared wine while Wang Jin spoke about the academy and Jiang Ning's rise.
• Jiang Ning gave Wang Jin three Essence-Nourishing Foundation-Firming Pills, then departed as Wang Jin marveled at how far he had traveled.

Jiang Ning returned to the National Preceptor's Residence on New Year's Eve and spent the night cultivating until he broke the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method's limits for a fourth time. He gained the Threefold Unity trait, which let his essence, qi, and spirit transform into one another, and discovered that Jiang Li, Jiang Yiming, and Little Doubao were also growing through their bond with him.

• Lu Qingshan watched Jiang Ning leave Medicine King Valley and resolved to build his ties with Wang Jin after the new year.
• Jiang Ning visited Dongling City, returned to the Royal Capital at midnight, and entered the National Preceptor's Residence, where Qinghe welcomed him.
• Jiang Ning cultivated through the night until the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method reached its third limit-break threshold.
• Jiang Ning spent 100,000 source energy on a fourth limit break, recalled fragments of his True Spirit, and merged his three flowers into a unified halo.
• Jiang Ning gained the pale-gold Threefold Unity trait, allowing his essence, qi, and spirit to transform into one another and amplify each other.
• Jiang Ning sensed that Jiang Li, Jiang Yiming, and Little Doubao were rising in strength through their invisible bond with him.

Jiang Ning and Lin Qingyi spent the night together, and their yin-yang energies strengthened and stabilized his cultivation. He resolved to protect her from the Prince Who Stands Shoulder to Shoulder with the Emperor and turned his attention to raising his combat strength before the old prince emerged from seclusion.

• Lin Qingyi told Jiang Ning that the old prince was nearing the end of his seclusion and that she might return to Prince Qi's Residence, but Jiang Ning asked her to stay and promised to face the old prince with her.
• Jiang Ning concluded that Lin Qingyi's Lunar Yin inheritance had nourished his Pure Yang body, raised his source energy, and helped stabilize his Inner Heaven and Earth.
• Jiang Ning suspected the old prince had chosen Lin Qingyi as Prince Qi's consort because her constitution could help someone overcome a cultivation bottleneck, and he resolved to protect her.
• Jiang Ning examined the effects of Threefold Unity and found that his essence, qi, and spirit were rapidly approaching balance, with full harmony expected by the next day.
• Jiang Ning decided to set aside the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method for now and considered advancing the Four Seasons Canon and Ninefold Nether Tribulation Fire True Formula to improve his combat strength.

Jiang Ning practiced the Ninefold Nether Tribulation Fire True Formula, discovered that drawing in Great Sun True Fire rapidly advanced his cultivation, and agreed to let Lin Qingyi stay at the National Preceptor's Residence. After arranging her welcome with Su Qingying, he returned to his room to inspect the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Fragments Hong Mian had retrieved.

• Jiang Ning cleansed and tempered his body with the Ninefold Nether Tribulation Fire True Formula while preserving his seven emotions and six desires.
• Jiang Ning drew Great Sun True Fire into his dantian, refined his inner elixir, and gained substantial experience in both the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique and the Ninefold Nether Tribulation Fire True Formula.
• Jiang Ning told Lin Qingyi that she could stay at the National Preceptor's Residence, and Lin Qingyi agreed to face the Co-Regent King with him.
• Jiang Ning explained Lin Qingyi's situation to Su Qingying, who approved of her staying; Lin Qingyi thanked Su Qingying, and the two chose to talk together.
• Hong Mian told Jiang Ning that she had placed the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Fragments from Myriad Splendor Tower in his room, and Jiang Ning hurried to retrieve them.

Jiang Ning opened the chest and mastered the Autumn and Winter solar-term fragments, combining them into the Autumn Canon and Winter Canon. With all four seasonal canons now assembled but at different levels, he set aside uniting them and prepared to advance the Ninefold Nether Tribulation Fire True Formula.

• Jiang Ning snapped the chest’s brass lock, found all twenty-four solar-term fragments, and began studying the autumn intents.
• Jiang Ning mastered the six autumn solar terms, which merged into the Autumn Canon.
• Jiang Ning studied the six winter fragments outdoors and mastered them, causing them to merge into the Winter Canon.
• Jiang Ning examined the four seasonal canons and realized he needed to raise them to the same realm before he could unite the four seasons.
• Jiang Ning postponed the Four Seasons Return to Origin and decided to cultivate the Ninefold Nether Tribulation Fire True Formula while the sun was high.

Jiang Ning cultivated the first chapter of the Ninefold Nether Tribulation Fire True Formula, then spent 100,000 source energy to break through and gain the Water-Fire Two-Tribulation Body. Elsewhere, Xia Xuanyan arrived at the Curse-Killing Altar, which was ready to target Jiang Ning once it obtained a trace of him.

• Jiang Ning drew in spiritual mist and Great Sun True Fire, refining his inner elixir and advancing his cultivation techniques.
• Jiang Ning reached the formula's third limit-break threshold and spent 100,000 source energy to begin the next breakthrough.
• Jiang Ning endured alternating water and fire tribulations that tempered his body and granted him the Water-Fire Two-Tribulation Body.
• Jiang Ning recalled the Great Heavenly Venerable's teachings on the formula's three chapters and reflected on its path of water, fire, yin, and yang.
• Xia Xuanyan arrived at a remote altar, where an elderly woman told him the Curse-Killing Altar was ready to strike Jiang Ning once they obtained his blood, flesh, hair, or similar material.

Xia Xuanyan enlisted the Heaven-Crying Cult Master to curse Jiang Ning with a slow, debilitating ritual meant to pressure him into joining the Primordial Yellow Grotto-Heaven. The chapter ended with Jiang Ning suddenly suffering chest pain and coughing up blood, unaware that the curse had begun.

• Xia Xuanyan met the Heaven-Crying Cult Master at Heaven-Crying Mountain and gave her a strand of Jiang Ning’s hair as the curse’s medium.
• The Heaven-Crying Cult Master used the hair and a ritual doll to begin a long-range curse, while Xia Xuanyan paid her with a Primordial Yellow One-Qi Pill.
• Xia Xuanyan said he wanted Jiang Ning to suffer a slow decline and despair, and promised a second pill once Jiang Ning died.
• After Xia Xuanyan left, the Heaven-Crying Cult Master told her attendant that he likely intended to make Jiang Ning join the Primordial Yellow Grotto-Heaven and ordered her to oversee the curse.
• At the National Preceptor’s Residence, Jiang Ning sensed a stabbing pain in his chest, spat up saliva mixed with gold, and realized he had been injured despite finding no wound.

Jiang Ning discovered that a killing curse was eroding his body, but found that the Ice Coffin could halt its effects and restore him. He concealed his countermeasure from visitors and let them believe the curse was still weakening him, while Lin Qingyi arrived with Jiang Li and Liu Wanwan.

• Jiang Ning sensed a frigid power around his heart, recognized it as a curse, and realized someone was targeting him after his recent displays of strength.
• Jiang Ning entered the Ice Coffin and found that it isolated him from the curse; he restored his body with his vitality and blood before emerging.
• A blind old man at the Heavenly Surveillance Bureau concluded the curse had no known solution and sent ripples toward several important locations.
• Su Qingying visited Jiang Ning after hearing from the Heavenly Surveillance Bureau, and he concealed the Ice Coffin's protection while allowing the curse to erode him.
• Lin Qingyi arrived with Jiang Li and Liu Wanwan; Jiang Ning reassured Liu Wanwan, while Lin Qingyi sensed the cursed power and hesitated to speak.

Jiang Ning concealed his ability to resist the curse, while friends and Emperor Changning worried over his condition and sought ways to help. By the end, Xiao Wuque and Xiang Yuan learned Jiang Ning was deliberately letting the curse spread to mislead his hidden enemies.

• Lin Qingyi suppressed the curse's corrosive power in Jiang Ning's chest and said she would stay with him to help.
• Xiao Wuque told Xiang Yuan that Jiang Ning had already reached the first-rank Primordial Unity realm, giving him some ability to withstand the curse.
• Chief Steward Hai reported Jiang Ning's curse to Emperor Changning, who abandoned a plan against him and sent Nine-Turn Reviving Sun Grass and Wang the Divine Physician to help.
• Ji Mingyue went to Emperor Changning and asked whether Jiang Ning could survive, then asked to visit him.
• Xiao Wuque and Xiang Yuan visited Jiang Ning, who revealed he was deliberately showing weakness and allowing the curse to spread so his enemies would not strengthen it.
• Xiao Wuque agreed that Jiang Ning should temporarily let the curse erode him to mislead the enemy watching from the shadows.