Recaps

Jiang Ning subdued Guangning Prefecture’s major sects and strengthened his cultivation before learning that Emperor Changning was near death and Xia Xuanyan was helping intensify his curse. He traveled to the Royal Capital with Ji Mingyue, briefly restored her father’s awareness, and witnessed the succession struggle gathering around the emperor.

• Jiang Ning defeated Chen Canghai, made him serve for ten years, and took control of Tidal Pavilion and its resources.
• Jiang Ning mastered the Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Technique, gained new traits through repeated breakthroughs, and helped his forces seize the Red Sand Gang and Iron Bone Sect’s assets.
• Xia Xuanyan proposed that Jiang Ning marry into the Mystic Yellow Grotto-Heaven, but Jiang Ning refused and learned that Emperor Changning was comatose.
• Jiang Ning told Ji Mingyue about her father’s condition and agreed to take her to the Royal Capital, while Xia Xuanyan paid the Heaven-Crying Cult to strengthen Jiang Ning’s death curse.
• Jiang Ning traced the curse to Xiyan and Xia Xuanyan at the altar, then traveled to the Royal Capital with Ji Mingyue, Chen Canghai, and Jing Wuming.
• Ji Mingyu offered Jiang Ning imperial support in return for backing his bid for the throne, but Jiang Ning declined and went with Ji Mingyue to see their father.
• Jiang Ning suppressed Emperor Changning’s curse long enough for him to awaken, and the emperor gave Jiang Ning the Dragon Soaring Token while leaving the succession to his sons.
• The Northern Azure King arrived and accused Ji Mingyuan of holding the emperor under house arrest, while Emperor Changning refused the king’s offer to examine him.

Jiang Ning strengthened his body and sword arts, forged a Yin-Yang Dao Embryo, and faced threats tied to Ji Xuan and the Heaven-Crying Cult. He joined a Heavenly Court alliance with other true disciples as the world’s barriers began to weaken.

• Emperor Changning gave Jiang Ning three Saint King Pills and revealed that the Hidden Guard was under his command, while Jiang Ning prepared for Ji Xuan’s arrival.
• Jiang Ning used the pills to master the Grand Void Yin-Yang Sword, strengthen his cultivation, and reach the Primordial Spirit Immortal level in the Upper Yang Inner Landscape.
• Emperor Changning appointed Ji Xuan regent, and Ji Xuan’s retainer demanded Lin Qingyi’s return before Jiang Ning killed him outside the Royal Capital.
• Jiang Ning entered Yang Lake Grotto-Heaven, gathered pure yin and yang qi, and forged a completed Yin-Yang Dao Embryo.
• Jiang Ning refined grotto-heaven treasures, completed the Great Sun Divine Physique, and learned that Ji Xuan had returned injured after challenging the Yellow Heaven Daoist.
• Jiang Ning resisted Xiyan’s attempt to seduce him with a deal to resolve the curse threat, then killed her after learning her mother had controlled her body.
• Jiang Ning met six other true disciples and received a Ten-Region Heaven Patrol Envoy Token from Haoyang True Disciple.
• Jiang Ning and the other disciples accepted Haoyang True Disciple’s Heavenly Court alliance as he warned that weakening barriers and revived ruins heralded upheaval.

Jiang Ning broke through to a new immortal realm, received the Martial Saint’s help in defeating the Demon Kingdom’s flood dragon, and destroyed the God of Flesh. As the emperor’s sons fought over succession, Jiang Ning returned to the capital to confront Ji Xuan.

• Jiang Ning retrieved his seized supplies from the chief of the Eighteen Dragon Heads, accepted spiritual treasures as compensation, and strengthened himself by refining them.
• Jiang Ning formed the Dragon-Tiger Golden Core, then attended the Demon Kingdom’s court audience, where the Martial Saint agreed to help Bai Li and invited Jiang Ning along.
• The Martial Saint killed the flood dragon and drove off the Demon Emperor, then gave Jiang Ning the dragon’s nourishing flesh and essence.
• Jiang Ning refined the dragon’s power in seclusion, hatched his Primordial Spirit, and traveled across the region before confirming that the Yellow Heaven Daoist remained unharmed.
• Ji Mingyuan poisoned Ji Mingyu as part of his effort to eliminate his brothers and force the court to accept a single heir.
• Jiang Ning destroyed the God-Worship Cult’s lair and absorbed the God of Flesh’s divinity, then arranged burials and aid for the victims in Jieshan City.
• Ji Minghao and Shen Mengyun confronted Ji Mingyuan over the murdered princes, while Shen Xiao defied the kings’ demand that martial experts stay out of the succession struggle.
• Jiang Ning showed his Primordial Spirit to the Moon Palace woman, then returned to the capital as Ji Mingyuan and Shen Xiao disputed the succession.

Jiang Ning helped Ji Minghao secure the throne, then gained a ranked seat in the Shangyang Inner Landscape and received the Solar Scripture. Its yang energy destabilized his yin-yang foundation, so he sought help from the Crimson Radiance Immortal Sect.

• Jiang Ning stopped Ji Minghao from taking his life, challenged Ji Xuan’s succession judgment, and helped secure Ji Minghao’s accession after the Martial Saint named him Great Xia’s new sovereign.
• Ji Xuan killed Ji Heng and vowed revenge, while Li Tianwen secretly killed the Northern Azure King’s heir and urged the king to bide his time.
• Ji Minghao ascended the throne and married Shen Mengyun as Ji Mingyuan died under his orders and Ji Mingyue discovered his body.
• Jiang Ning exchanged blows with Kuhai and Qingxu, who acknowledged his mastery of yin and yang, and Ji Minghao granted him a hereditary fief and the title of Luoshui Prince.
• Jiang Ning refined the Nine-Turn Life-and-Death Pill, entered the Upper Yang Inner Landscape, and gained a ranked seat as one of its ten true disciples under the Daoist title Profound Yang.
• Jiang Ning visited Shen Yue Ru at the Crimson Radiance Sword Sect, met its immortal ancestor, and promised to bring the sect a Ten-Region Heaven Patrol Envoy Token.
• At the Shangyang Inner Landscape’s Dao Lecture Platform, Jiang Ning received the Solar Scripture, but its overwhelming yang nearly destroyed his yin-yang balance until the Shangyang Sect Master temporarily stabilized him.
• Jiang Ning returned to the Crimson Radiance Grotto-Heaven and told Fairy Ying Xue that the Solar Scripture had made his yang excessive, so she directed him to the Cold Moon Pool’s profound yin jade marrow.