Recaps

Jiang Ning balanced his yin and yang, strengthened himself by refining the Heavenly Soldiers, and defeated their assault. He then secured Five Peaks Prefecture’s safety from the Yellow Heaven Cult for the time being before returning to the Royal Capital.

• Jiang Ning gained the Moon Palace woman’s help in uniting with Lin Qingyi to form a perfect bloodline descendant, and promised to protect her and their child.
• Jiang Ning trained the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method, gaining new mental abilities and reaching the River of Time.
• Duan Tianya unleashed two Silver-Armored Heavenly Soldiers against Jiang Ning, who lured them away from Lishui Palace and defeated them with the Blood-Burning Forbidden Art and Heart Tribulation Fire.
• Jiang Ning refined the Heavenly Soldiers’ armor, stones, and weapons to gain Source Points and repeatedly advance the Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Technique, then returned to the Royal Capital.
• Jiang Ning took Zhong Ling to Five Peaks Prefecture and agreed to help Zhou Sheng and Zhong Yue defend it from the Yellow Heaven Cult.
• Jiang Ning confronted Yellow Heaven Daoist, clashed with him, and learned that the Yellow Heaven Cult’s advance into Five Peaks Prefecture had been a probe.
• Jiang Ning told Zhou Sheng and Zhong Yue that the Heavenly Kings would withdraw, promised Zhong Ling he would return within three months, and flew back to the Royal Capital.

Jiang Ning strengthened himself, defeated the Wheel-Turning King, and helped Ashina seize power in the Northern Barbarian court. After reaching new limits in his cultivation, he returned to the Royal Capital upon learning that the Martial Saint had died and received a sealed box from him.

• Ji Minghao invited Jiang Ning to court, where Jiang Ning confirmed that he had forced the Yellow Heaven Cult's forces to withdraw from Five Peaks Prefecture.
• At the first court assembly, Jiang Ning accepted Ji Minghao's authority to defend Heavenly Gate City and set out alone to face the Northern Barbarians.
• Jiang Ning gathered Heavenly Gate City's treasures and used them to advance his cultivation while preparing to confront the Wheel-Turning King.
• Jiang Ning resisted the Wheel-Turning King's Buddhist Pure Land and defeated him in battle, killing him with a single punch.
• Jiang Ning agreed to help Ashina gain power, then helped defeat the eighteen tribes' forces while sparing the Snow Dragon Colts.
• Ashina Long brought tribute to ransom Ashina, the tribal leaders, and the Snow Dragon Colts, but Jiang Ning killed him and required Ashina to honor their agreement.
• Jiang Ning advanced his techniques, gained the ability to influence the flow of time, and broke all ten shackles in his right arm.
• After learning that the Martial Saint had died, Jiang Ning returned to the Royal Capital and received a black wooden box the Martial Saint had left for him.

After killing the White-Clothed Sword Immortal and acquiring imperial treasures, Jiang Ning balanced the Solar and Lunar Scriptures and advanced his cultivation. He learned that the Ten Domains’ merger could revive ancient powers, while six Sun Lords prepared to contest the Great Sun.

• Jiang Ning received the Lunar Scripture from the woman of the Moon Palace and began cultivating it alongside his Solar Scripture.
• The White-Clothed Sword Immortal threatened the Royal Capital, but Jiang Ning defeated him and swallowed his damaged immortal sword.
• Jiang Ning visited Wang Jin, then accepted resources and access to the imperial treasury from Ji Minghao in exchange for no titles or territory.
• Jiang Ning chose Crimson Cloud, crimson ore, and black wood from the treasury, refined them, and used the Kunpeng Transformation to break all nine shackles in his left arm.
• Wang Yu returned the Human Emperor Sword to Ji Minghao and spoke with him about the Nine Heavens’ alliance, while Jiang Ning advanced his cultivation with the treasury’s treasures.
• Jiang Ning killed Ji Xuan and sixty-eight others at the prince’s estate, while Ji Minghao and Wang Yu failed to identify the killer from Ji Xuan’s True Spirit.
• Jiang Ning cultivated both scriptures at Yang Lake, formed a Chaos Seed from solar and lunar origin, and confirmed he had reached human immortal perfection.
• Jiang Ning received instruction from the Shangyang Immortal Sect’s sect master, climbed the Celestial Ladder, and learned from the Crimson Radiance Ancestor that the Ten Domains’ merger could revive the Primordial Era.

Jiang Ning forged the Five Animals Fist, strengthened his cultivation, and destroyed the Blood God after it massacred people across the realm. He brought the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Disc under his protection and subdued a Nine Heavens prince, learning that several Grotto-Heavens had been probing the Martial Saint.

• Jiang Ning refused Wang Yu’s warning to withdraw from the Martial Saint matter and cultivated the True Self Method and Five Animals Fist, creating a new fist art.
• Jiang Ning taught the Five Animals Fist to Jiang Yiming and Wang Jin, then advanced his cultivation by ascending the Celestial Ladder and strengthening his Primordial Spirit.
• Jiang Ning captured the Black Lotus Matriarch after she came to attack Luoshui County and learned that a being above the Immortal realm had sent her.
• After Xiao Wuque reported mass killings in Su'nan Commandery City and Sword-Washing Pool, Jiang Ning traced the attacks to the Blood God and destroyed its manifestations and lairs across the realm.
• Jiang Ning learned that a male Immortal had directed the Blood God, then completed the Indestructible Vajra Body’s breakthrough and broke all forty-five Five-Organ Shackles.
• Jiang Ning visited the Heavenly Surveillance Bureau, where the Blind Elder showed him the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Disc, and brought the disc to Lishui Palace to help prevent further tragedies.
• Wang Yu arrived to claim the disc for the Nine Heavens, but Jiang Ning subdued him and the two attendants before capturing Imperial Prince Yu Jiuxiao.
• Jiang Ning demanded an Immortal Medicine to save Yu Jiuxiao and learned that several Grotto-Heavens had taken part in probing the Martial Saint, though Yu Jiuxiao refused to reveal his other orders.