Recaps

Jiang Ning earned rewards for killing Li Hong, strengthened his martial arts and senses, and chose a path toward becoming a Circuit Inspector. He subdued Xiao Emei, searched Luo Water Lake for treasures, and returned home with Old Softshell and the Thunder Flood Dragon’s corpse after gaining decades of cultivation.

• Hong Minghu exposed Li Hong as the God-Worship Cult’s leader, but Li Hong transformed and crippled the commanders before Jiang Ning killed him with two arrows.
• Hong Minghu gave Jiang Ning the tiger bone, whose divine markings helped Jiang Ning strengthen his inner-breath tiger and broaden his meridians.
• Jiang Ning broke through the fifth limit of Five Animals Fist, gained the Five-Elements Physique, and received rewards and a chance to become Dongling Commandery’s third Circuit Inspector.
• Jiang Ning defeated Xiao Emei when she tested him, marked her with his blood, and ordered her to report information from the Water-Moon Sword Palace.
• Lin Qingyi told Jiang Ning she had become a Human Path Grandmaster, and Jiang Ning broke Literacy’s sixth limit to gain the Transcendent Six Senses trait.
• Jiang Ning searched Luo Water Lake, subdued the old turtle Old Softshell, and took Emperor’s Flowing Essence from its nest.
• Jiang Ning killed the Thunder Flood Dragon, collected its Thunderclap Fruits, and refined them to gain nearly 120 years of cultivation.
• Jiang Ning returned home with Old Softshell and the demon eel’s corpse, where Little Doubao discovered that Old Softshell could speak.

Jiang Ning traveled with his family to Dongling City, returned to Luoshui County to save Wang Jin, and confronted the Liu Family over its treatment of Jiang Li and Liu Wanwan. The family settled into a new home under Bai Luoyu’s protection as Yu Manyun remained determined to pursue her mission.

• Jiang Ning discovered that the White Horned Dragon had attacked the demons of Luo Water Lake, found the hidden Dragon Carp Linglong, and decided to take his family to Dongling City.
• Jiang Ning joined Liu Guangqi’s caravan and crossed Twin Suns Mountain, where Master Xu demanded tolls but refused a Su Family retainer’s offer.
• After reaching Dongling City, Jiang Ning learned Yu Manyun had badly injured Wang Jin, secured Bai Luoyu’s protection for his family, and bought a riverside residence.
• Jiang Ning carried Wang Jin to Medicine King Valley, where Lu Qingshan agreed to treat his shattered limbs completely.
• Jiang Yiming fought Liu Boming after Liu Boming insulted the family and threatened Little Doubao, then rejected Liu Xinzhi when he criticized him without hearing his account.
• Jiang Ning restrained Liu Xinzhi, confronted the Liu Family over Jiang Li’s injuries, and left with his family after demanding that they investigate their crimes and surrender.
• Jiang Ning thanked Bai Luoyu for protecting his family, met Zhao Yulong, and heard about a young Vajra Temple monk who had mastered the unity of heaven and man and learned the Azure Dragon Strike in a day.
• Jiang Ning returned to his new home, reassured Jiang Yiming and Liu Wanwan, refused Xiao Emei’s request to stay overnight, and let Linglong live in his artificial lake.

Jiang Ning advanced to the fourth rank, killed Yu Manyun after she threatened his family, and developed new powers through his martial arts. At the Martial Academy, he helped Jiang Yiming earn Xu Nianqing’s attention, discovered Wang Qingtan’s divine nature, and conquered the ninth floor of the Martial Refinement Tower.

• Jiang Ning obtained a Martial Academy passage token, studied advanced martial texts, and bought pills and rare materials, including the Great Sun Visualization Diagram.
• Jiang Ning mastered the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique, transformed his inner breath into true essence, and began refining his marrow with his saber and fist intent.
• After Xiao Emei warned him that Yu Manyun planned to abduct a family member, Jiang Ning killed Yu Manyun when she entered his home and attacked Liu Wanwan and the others.
• Jiang Ning broke through the limits of the Wood-Chopping Saber Technique and Water-Fire True Force, gaining Innate Saber Bones and discovering that Water-Fire Harmony let his whole body contain and release true essence.
• Jiang Yiming defeated a Martial Academy student who had tried to frame him, and Xu Nianqing accepted him as her disciple while Bai Luoyu agreed to detain the suspected plotters.
• Jiang Ning entered the Martial Academy for further study, and contact with Wang Qingtan’s hand revealed that she possessed a divine point and fragmentary Lord of Ten Thousand Fires authority.
• Jiang Ning defeated the opponents on all nine floors of the Martial Refinement Tower and earned 330 merit points, while Wang Qingtan prepared to challenge the ninth floor.

Jiang Ning advanced his cultivation and martial arts while imprisoned over Xiao Qiuyue’s attack, then became entangled in the escape of Long Xingyun and the Secret King’s treasure. After his release, he deciphered an ancient tortoiseshell fragment and agreed to help Bai Luoyu investigate the cultivator manipulating Dongling Commandery’s weather.

• Jiang Ning explored the Library Pavilion, mastered Wind-Thunder Steps, advanced Literacy and Water-Fire True Force, and gained traits that strengthened his perception and cultivation.
• Xiao Qiuyue ambushed Jiang Ning with two assassins and died after admitting she suspected him of killing He Jinyun, leaving Jiang Ning to be detained while Xiao Bieli investigated.
• Jiang Ning continued refining his marrow in prison as family and friends visited, while he learned that Long Xingyun was imprisoned below and might possess the Secret King’s Treasure Map.
• Jiang Ning killed two intruders seeking Long Xingyun, then used the Great Five-Element Water Escape to reach him and took the Dragon-Pattern Jade Tablet, a key to the True Dragon Hall.
• Long Xingyun escaped prison and killed Xiao Bieli, while Jiang Ning remained in his cell until Zhao Yulong secured his release.
• Jiang Ning returned home and learned that Xiao Qiushui had entered a deadly closed-door cultivation attempt, then advanced his Wood-Chopping Saber Technique and demonstrated its power by bringing down a mountain peak.
• Jiang Ning deciphered Bai Luoyu’s ancient tortoiseshell fragment as the Innate Six Hexagrams and secretly gained a secret art that concealed heavenly secrets.
• Bai Luoyu asked Jiang Ning to use his Heavenly Eye to find the cultivator suspected of manipulating Dongling Commandery’s weather, and Jiang Ning agreed after resting.