Recaps

Jiang Ning advanced his martial arts, moved his family into the Inner City, and killed the wounded Tian Buyi in Luo Water Lake. As the Inspection Office examination approached, he gathered rare medicines and strengthened himself, leaving his Five Animals Fist newly past its limit.

• Jiang Ning revealed to Wang Jin that he had reached the ninth grade of Martial Dao, then kept training and purchased a residence in the Inner City for his family.
• Jiang Ning advanced his Indestructible Vajra Body to Stone Skin and practiced the Canglang Saber Art underwater, where he mastered fivefold force and gained Underwater Breathing.
• Jiang Ning discovered Tian Buyi on Luo Water Lake and killed him underwater, then hid the corpse and kept the Leopard Womb Form-Transmutation Body-Tempering Pills and Blood Lotus.
• Jiang Ning refined the pill and Blood Lotus, completed the Wood-Chopping Saber Technique's fourth breakthrough, and gained Unity of Man and Blade.
• At Blue-Wave Martial Academy, Wang Jin announced an upcoming Inspection Office examination, and Xiao Peng challenged Jiang Ning for a place among Wang Jin's candidates.
• Jiang Ning sold items to Myriad Splendor Tower and bought Bull Demon Strength Fruits and Golden Body Medicinal Bath Packets to improve his strength and skin tempering.
• After consuming all three Bull Demon Strength Fruits, Jiang Ning spent source energy to break the Five Animals Fist's limit and felt five colored lights converge into his body.

Jiang Ning claimed the spirit saber Dragon Abyss, killed Shi Xiaoyuan, and gained powerful water abilities from a hidden underwater pool. After Liu Qingsong came asking about Tian Buyi, Jiang Ning lured him into a fight beneath the water and began adapting to the veteran’s swordsmanship.

• Jiang Ning became Wang Jin’s direct disciple after defeating Xiao Peng, then drew the spirit saber Dragon Abyss and claimed it with his blood.
• Qiu Shilong tried to seize Dragon Abyss, but Jiang Ning killed him and received an apology and a Dragon-Tiger Strength Pill from Gong Mingyuan.
• Jiang Ning completed the skin tempering of his Indestructible Vajra Body, took the pill to strengthen his body, and went to the Luo River in search of treasure.
• Jiang Ning followed Shi Xiaoyuan’s gang to a sunken ship, where Shi Xiaoyuan transformed and overpowered the White Dragon Fish before Jiang Ning ambushed and killed him.
• Jiang Ning found Water Within Water in an underwater cave and gained Water Manipulation Art, Water Spirit Affinity, and rapid healing.
• Jiang Ning killed the Green Snake Gang members aboard their barge and returned home with the spoils, where Liu Qingsong questioned him about Tian Buyi.
• Jiang Ning ambushed Liu Qingsong’s companions underwater, then fought Liu Qingsong and confirmed that he had killed Tian Buyi and possessed the body-tempering pill.
• Jiang Ning evaded Liu Qingsong’s killing strike and began anticipating his sword moves as their underwater fight continued.

Jiang Ning grew stronger through pill refinement and White Dragon Fish, then entered the Inspection Office assessment and quickly won a squad leader position. He advanced to the deputy commander contest, where his battle with Yuan Fei revealed blade force and drew the elders’ attention.

• Jiang Ning killed Liu Qingsong and two other martial artists, then found Medicine King Valley’s Furnace Alchemy Art among their spoils and used it to refine pills.
• Jiang Ning strengthened himself with pills, White Dragon Fish, and training, broke Swimming’s fourth limit, and gained the Summon Clouds and Rain divine ability.
• Lin Qingyi showed Jiang Ning the Golden Body Pill and Vajra Token, but Jiang Ning chose to remain with the Inspection Office and set his sights on becoming Deputy Commander.
• Liu Sansheng urged Liu Wanwan to return to the Liu Family and offered Jiang Ning a place at the Inspection Office, but Jiang Ning rejected his pressure and supported his family himself.
• At the assessment, Jiang Ning easily passed the iron-lock test, then defeated Lu Yuan, Xie Xiaoj iu, and Lü Renyao to win a squad leader position.
• Jiang Ning declined an offer to serve under another official and entered the deputy commander contest, where He Jinyun, Yuan Hua, and Tang Miaomiao claimed posts without fighting.
• Jiang Ning defeated a challenger and disarmed Feng Ji, then watched Yuan Fei defeat Qin Xuan and step forward to fight him.
• Jiang Ning chose a weapons battle with Yuan Fei, revealed power Hong Minghu and Gongsun Yu recognized as a fifth-rank technique, and unleashed blade force with his next slash.

Jiang Ning rose through the Inspection Office, strengthened his Martial Dao, and led the raid that destroyed the Cao Family’s power. After killing a Yellow Heaven Cult incense master in the rain, he returned home as Liu Linmen and other powerful enemies began searching for him.

• Jiang Ning defeated Yuan Fei to become vice commander, then recruited Feng Ji and exchanged martial arts with her as he settled into his new position.
• Jiang Ning intervened when Xiao Tianhe’s men arrested and mistreated people, secured the release of the prisoners, and brought Tong Xiuyun and Cheng Ran out of the county prison.
• Hong Minghu ordered Jiang Ning to arrest the Cao Family, and Jiang Ning collapsed their escape passage before killing the God-Worship Cult incense master and forcing Cao Guangsheng to surrender.
• Jiang Ning advanced to the seventh rank, activated his Sumeru Ring, learned Wind-Thunder Archery, and combined the Canglang Saber Art with the Blazing Prairie Spear Art to comprehend Water-Fire True Force.
• Jiang Ning defeated He Jinyun with one punch, then recognized the man who had killed his predecessor among the Yellow Heaven Cult visitors at the Inspection Office.
• Jiang Ning followed Liu Linmen’s group through the rain and killed the God-Worship Cult incense master and two more cult members with his arrows before escaping Liu Linmen.
• Liu Linmen asked an Earth King to help identify the attacker, while Lin Qingyi’s jade hairpin struck down a hostile presence near Jiang Ning and injured a distant man.