Recaps

Jiang Ning advanced his cultivation, reunited with his family, and entered the martial examination, where he defeated Mingxin to become Martial Champion. The victory ceremony revealed his second-rank Grandmaster strength as lightning struck him, while Emperor Changning’s illness and the succession struggle remained unresolved.

• Jiang Ning broke through to Principal Second Rank, advanced his sword arts, and used the Inner Landscape Grounds to accelerate his cultivation.
• Jiang Ning welcomed Jiang Li, Liu Wanwan, Jiang Yiming, and Little Doubao to the National Preceptor's Residence, where Ji Mingyue presented them with gifts and renewed her engagement claim.
• At the Abyssal Gathering, Wan Jianyi challenged Jiang Ning, who agreed to face him at the martial examination, and Jiang Ning also encouraged Li Qing and continued practicing the Grand Void Yin-Yang Sword.
• Ji Minghao gave Jiang Ning Earth-Milk Spirit Marrow and explained that he wanted Jiang Ning to protect Ji Mingyue as the succession struggle approached, and Emperor Changning separately warned Ji Mingyue to find protection.
• Jiang Ning entered the martial examination as a nineteen-year-old top-ranked martial degree holder and impressed the crowd by lifting the fifth cauldron and shattering all nine archery mirrors.
• Jiang Ning defeated Zhang Ming and then Mingxin, piercing Mingxin’s shoulder with his sword, and Mingxin conceded, and Jiang Ning became Martial Champion.
• Emperor Changning acknowledged Jiang Ning as Ji Mingyue’s chosen husband, and Jiang Ning struck the Kui Ox Drum as unknown figures clashed with the emperor.
• Lightning struck Jiang Ning during the drum ceremony, and Sir Ninth and General Shen confirmed that he was a second-rank Grandmaster.

Jiang Ning gained imperial titles and new immortal teachings while cultivating toward the first rank, as powerful factions began treating him as a threat. After the Martial Saint destroyed the Mysterious Origin Blessed Land for attacking him, Jiang Ning rejected Xia Xuanyan’s offer of protection through marriage and returned to the Royal Capital to resume cultivating.

• Jiang Ning won the martial championship, received the title Marquis of Dongling and the post of Inspector of Zeshan Prefecture, and met the ailing Martial Saint, who warned him that rivals would oppose his rise.
• Jiang Ning cultivated the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method, received teachings from the Nine-Nether Tribulation Flame Grand Celestial Venerable, and gained new abilities through the Ninefold Nether Tribulation Fire True Formula.
• Shen Mengyun asked Jiang Ning to help Ji Minghao become emperor, and Jiang Ning agreed before leaving the Royal Capital for Dongling City.
• Jiang Ning discovered Yun Shanhe and his companion had trapped his residence in a sword array, killed them, and gave the recovered formation to Granny Bai.
• The Martial Saint traced the attack to Mysterious Origin Blessed Land, destroyed it, and warned others against attacking Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning appointed trusted subordinates to manage Dongling City and spent the night with Wang Qingtan before departing for the Royal Capital with Lü Yi and Zhong Ling.
• Xia Xuanyan offered Jiang Ning protection in the Primordial Yellow Grotto-Heaven if he married Xia Wanqin, but Jiang Ning refused to accept the restrictions.
• Jiang Ning returned to the Royal Capital, obtained Dragon Hibernation Spirit Liquid from Steward Liu and Ji Minghao, reunited with his family, and advanced his method to Great Accomplishment.

Jiang Ning formed the Three Flowers, broke through to first-rank Hunyuan, and continued strengthening his cultivation while preparing to protect Lin Qingyi from the Co-Regent King. After Xia Xuanyan arranged a curse against him, Jiang Ning concealed the Ice Coffin’s protection and let the curse spread to mislead his enemies.

• Jiang Ning learned the Three Flowers Record from the Martial Saint, formed flowers of essence, qi, and spirit, and completed the Three Flowers Gathered at the Crown.
• Jiang Ning repeatedly broke through the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method, gaining traits that strengthened his spirit and unified his three treasures.
• Jiang Ning completed his Inner Heaven and Earth at the start of the new year and formed a three-yard Hunyuan domain, reaching first-rank Hunyuan.
• Jiang Ning celebrated the New Year with his family, visited Wang Jin in Luoshui City, and later broke through the method again to gain the Threefold Unity trait.
• Jiang Ning asked Lin Qingyi to stay at the National Preceptor’s Residence and promised to face the Co-Regent King with her, while he studied the seasonal canons and advanced the Ninefold Nether Tribulation Fire True Formula.
• Xia Xuanyan gave the Heaven-Crying Cult Master Jiang Ning’s hair to curse him, and Jiang Ning soon felt pain in his chest and discovered the curse’s frigid power.
• Jiang Ning used the Ice Coffin to recover while hiding its protection, and Lin Qingyi suppressed the curse as Emperor Changning sent Wang the Divine Physician and Nine-Turn Reviving Sun Grass.
• Jiang Ning told Xiao Wuque and Xiang Yuan that he was letting the curse erode him to deceive the enemy, and Xiao Wuque agreed with the plan.

Jiang Ning traveled south with Ji Mingyue, saved the Zhuge Family, and destroyed the Immortal Crossing Sect despite his apparent curse. After recovering and advancing his cultivation, he settled with Ji Mingyue and completed the Four Seasons Reincarnation Scripture.

• Wang the Divine Physician diagnosed Jiang Ning’s curse, and Jiang Ning used the Vitality Pill and his Inner Heaven and Earth to suppress it while keeping up the appearance of a dying man.
• Jiang Ning left the Royal Capital with Ji Mingyue and traveled to Guangning Prefecture, where he learned the Zhuge Family was under threat from the Heaven-Answering Alliance.
• Jiang Ning killed Ji Mingzhou, Li Sixiang, and the other attackers at Zhuge Manor, then bound Jing Wuming to serve him for ten years.
• Jiang Ning joined Shen Wenyuan’s forces against the Immortal Crossing Sect, broke its mountain-protecting formation, and killed Lingxuzi and the black-robed venerable.
• Jiang Ning and Shen Wenyuan seized the sect’s vault, and Jiang Ning used its spirit crystals and Dragonblood Azure Immortal Vine to restore himself and complete his Three Flowers.
• Jiang Ning returned with Ji Mingyue to Guangning City, where they made a home together while Jiang Ning cultivated the Autumn Canon.
• Jiang Ning perfected the Autumn Canon and formed the Four Seasons Reincarnation Scripture, then accepted his share of the sect’s seized wealth from Shen Wenyuan.