Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue arrived in Guangning City, where Shen Wenyuan explained the Heaven-Answering Alliance’s growing threat and his plan to seek help from Wang Wenzong. Jiang Ning maintained the appearance of a man dying from a curse while secretly strengthening himself, and he found that the sun’s essence could heal the organs the curse had damaged.

• Shen Wenyuan and Ye Zhengqi left Wang Wenzong’s residence after securing his promise to help protect Zhuge Manor, then recognized the cry of a royal Cloudshadow Crane.
• Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue arrived on the Cloudshadow Crane and went with Shen Wenyuan to his residence, where he recounted the Heaven-Answering Alliance’s attacks and the Zhuge Family’s losses.
• Jiang Ning learned that Wang Wenzong would join them at Zhuge Manor and discussed the Dragon Head’s extraordinary lifespan and strength with Shen Wenyuan.
• Jiang Ning let Shen Wenyuan and Ye Zhengqi believe his curse was worsening, concealing that he was using the appearance of a dying man to keep others from watching him closely.
• Jiang Ning inspected his progress and found that the sun’s essence was gradually repairing his cursed lungs and heart, so he stopped drawing it in to preserve his disguise.

Jiang Ning advanced his Winter Canon and joined Shen Wenyuan and Ji Mingyue to recruit Wang Wenzong for the Zhuge family’s defense. As the group set out for Wolong Ridge, the Zhuge family heard an Imperial Shadow Crane and realized help had arrived.

• Jiang Ning comprehended winter’s stillness and hidden life, raising his Winter Canon experience to 7,388 out of 10,000 by morning.
• Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue joined Shen Wenyuan for breakfast, and Jiang Ning agreed to address him as Brother Shen.
• Shen Wenyuan brought Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue to meet Wang Wenzong, who agreed to set out for Wolong Ridge and reminded Shen Wenyuan of his promise.
• Zhuge Qingsong prepared his family for the Heaven-Answering Alliance’s ultimatum, having sent branch families away and secured Zhuge Lie.
• An Imperial Shadow Crane cried out at Zhuge Manor, prompting Zhuge Qingsong and the elders to go welcome their expected aid.

Jiang Ning arrived at Zhuge Manor with Ji Mingyue despite the curse weakening him, and reassured the Zhuge Family that Shen Wenyuan and Wang Wenzong would soon join the defense. Li Sixiang and three other Grandmasters watched from a nearby hill, confident that Jiang Ning’s curse had left him doomed, while the Zhuge Family waited anxiously for their promised allies.

• Li Sixiang and three other Grandmasters spotted Jiang Ning arriving at Zhuge Manor and discussed how the curse on him had weakened him.
• Jiang Ning introduced himself and Ji Mingyue to the manor guards, and Zhuge Qingsong and some elders came out to greet them.
• Jiang Ning admitted he could wield only sixty to seventy percent of his strength, and Zhuge Qingsong urged him not to fight because the enemy included at least four second-rank Grandmasters.
• Jiang Ning revealed that Shen Wenyuan and Wang Wenzong would soon arrive, giving the Zhuge Family hope and prompting Zhuge Qingsong to invite Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue inside.
• Li Sixiang dismissed Jiang Ning as doomed and ordered his companions to wait until noon before acting.
• Inside Zhuge Manor, the family waited tensely as Jiang Ning continued coughing and Zhuge Qingsong watched him with concern.

Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue faced Li Sixiang and three other Grandmasters when the Heaven-Answering Alliance attacked Zhuge Manor. Wang Wenzong arrived to defend the Zhuge Family, but after Jing Wuming revealed his strength, Wang began releasing the restraints on his body.

• Li Sixiang led four Grandmasters into Zhuge Manor and demanded Zhuge Qingsong submit, while Jiang Ning prepared to oppose them.
• Wang Wenzong arrived and declared that he would protect the Zhuge Family, then crushed a Miao Sect worm and attacked the veiled woman and the sword-wielding man.
• Wang Wenzong pierced the sword-wielding man and knocked Li Sixiang back, but the stubbled drinker revealed himself as Jing Wuming and forced Wang three feet backward with a clash.
• Jing Wuming said the North Sea secret realm had strengthened his physique and demanded that Wang withdraw, but Wang refused and began transforming as his blood and qi surged.

At Zhuge Manor, Ji Mingzhou drove Wang Wenzong away and turned his attention to Jiang Ning, who killed Li Sixiang with a single palm strike. As Ji Mingzhou attacked, Jiang Ning ignited the life-burning Heart Tribulation Fire and prepared to meet him head-on.

• Wang Wenzong transformed, but Ji Mingzhou arrived amid a blizzard and forced him to retreat with a single exchange.
• Ji Mingzhou threatened Zhuge Qingsong and confronted Jiang Ning, who stepped forward to quell the chaos.
• Li Sixiang attacked Jiang Ning, but Jiang Ning struck back and shattered his body; Ji Mingzhou's attempt to save him triggered an explosion that killed him.
• Ji Mingzhou vowed to kill Jiang Ning, who activated the Heart Tribulation Fire and was engulfed in crimson flames.
• Ji Mingzhou rushed at Jiang Ning and thrust out his finger, while Jiang Ning answered with a fierce punch.

Jiang Ning used a forbidden art to kill Ji Mingzhou and the other attackers, saving Zhuge Manor, then bound Jing Wuming to serve him. He left to deal with the Immortal Crossing Sect, despite his worsening condition and the lifespan his power had cost him.

• Jiang Ning overwhelmed Ji Mingzhou with a forbidden art and destroyed him, then killed the woman in purple gauze and the sword-bearing man.
• Jiang Ning invited Wang Wenzong to return, but Wang Wenzong left without meeting him.
• Jiang Ning demanded Jing Wuming serve him for ten years and made him swallow a golden drop of blood that gave Jiang Ning control over him.
• Zhuge Qingsong and the people of Zhuge Manor thanked Jiang Ning, who declined their hospitality and departed with Ji Mingyue, Jing Wuming, and Shen Wenyuan.
• Jiang Ning told Shen Wenyuan that he intended to destroy the Immortal Crossing Sect, citing the Heaven-Answering Alliance's attempted assassination as grounds to investigate and punish them.

Jiang Ning returned to Marquis Wenyuan's Residence after defeating the four Grandmasters at Zhuge Manor, then told Zhu Huaijin and Liu Teng that he planned to mobilize forces against the Immortal Crossing Sect and Heaven-Answering Alliance. Shen Wenyuan and the Zhuge Family arrived safely, leaving the allies poised to act.

• Jiang Ning returned to Guangning City with Ji Mingyue and learned that Wang Wenzong had fled with the child rather than face him.
• Wang Wenzong explained to the child that he feared Jiang Ning's ruthless strength and chose to leave the city.
• Jiang Ning reassured Shen Wenyuan's wife that the crisis at Zhuge Manor was settled, then cultivated while waiting for the others to return.
• Jiang Ning told Zhu Huaijin and Liu Teng that Ji Mingzhou, Li Sixiang, and two other Grandmasters had been executed, while Wang Wenzong had fled after one move.
• Jiang Ning announced that he would join Shen Wenyuan and mobilize soldiers and Inspection Office forces to eliminate the Immortal Crossing Sect and Heaven-Answering Alliance.
• Shen Wenyuan, Ye Zhengqi, Zhuge Qingsong, and two Zhuge Family elders returned safely to Marquis Wenyuan's Residence.

Jiang Ning planned a campaign against the Immortal Crossing Sect and used the winter weather to break through the Winter Canon’s limit, gaining a trait that could seal away his strength and presence. He then cultivated the Autumn Canon until the appointed time to leave for the Immortal Crossing Sect approached.

• Jiang Ning, Shen Wenyuan, Zhu Huaijin, Liu Teng, and Zhuge Qingsong agreed to mobilize forces against the Heaven-Answering Alliance and the Immortal Crossing Sect, with the main force targeting the sect.
• Jiang Ning cultivated the Winter Canon through a realization about life emerging from death and broke through its limit, gaining the Returning to the Repository trait.
• Jiang Ning discovered that Returning to the Repository could seal away his vitality, qi, true essence, soul, and physical strength, letting him appear like an ordinary person.
• Jiang Ning began cultivating the Autumn Canon and advanced it to Perfection 4631/10000 while Shen Wenyuan departed to prepare for the campaign.
• At noon, Jiang Ning prepared to leave, intending to test whether the immortals rumored to support the Immortal Crossing Sect truly existed.

Jiang Ning led the authorities to attack the Immortal Crossing Sect, whose disciples had withdrawn behind the Cloud-Sea Heaven-Misleading Formation. After rescuing Zhuge Qingsong from the formation, Jiang Ning prepared to break it himself, leaving the outcome uncertain as cold wind and dark clouds gathered.

• Shen Wenyuan waited with the soldiers and Inspection Office elites for Jiang Ning, who arrived on an immortal crane with Ji Mingyue.
• Master Cloudconceal learned that Jiang Ning and Shen Wenyuan had reached the mountain and, following the gray-robed Venerable One's advice, ordered the disciples to retreat behind the mountain-protecting formation.
• Zhuge Qingsong entered the mist to probe the formation but became trapped, repeatedly circling back to the same marks.
• Jiang Ning used his Fire Eye to see through the mist and pulled Zhuge Qingsong safely out of the formation.
• Jiang Ning said he would break the formation, closed his eyes, and drew on the world of ice and snow as cold winds and dark clouds gathered.

Jiang Ning used the Winter Canon and the power of winter to destroy the Sea of Clouds Veiling Heaven Formation, despite the danger the effort posed to his cursed body. With the path to the summit revealed, he led Shen Wenyuan, Ji Mingyue, and the others toward the Immortal Crossing Sect, where the black-robed Venerable One prepared to meet them.

• Jiang Ning summoned a vast snowfall that froze the formation’s water vapor, and the Venerable One explained that he was attacking the formation’s operating principles rather than brute-forcing it.
• Jiang Ning used his Fire Eye and ice-crystal chains to locate and destroy the formation nodes, while Shen Wenyuan worried that the strain would worsen Jiang Ning’s curse.
• As twenty-seven nodes failed, Master Cloudconceal urged the Venerable One to stop Jiang Ning, but the Venerable One let him continue, expecting the effort to weaken him.
• Jiang Ning destroyed the remaining foundations, and the Sea of Clouds Veiling Heaven Formation collapsed, revealing the mountain path and the Immortal Crossing Sect’s halls.
• Jiang Ning coughed up golden-red blood but ordered the group to climb; the Venerable One rose to face them as they approached.

Jiang Ning confronted the Immortal Crossing Sect’s black-robed venerable and defeated him with two Heaven-Opening Fist punches despite his Golden Light Talisman. The injured venerable sent a distress message from underground as Jiang Ning sensed the spatial fluctuation.

• Xia Xuanyan watched Jiang Ning reach Cloudveil Peak and believed his talent made him suitable for Xia’s purposes.
• Jiang Ning ordered Shen Wenyuan to send half their force back down the mountain before entering the Immortal Crossing Sect’s plaza.
• The black-robed venerable urged Jiang Ning to submit to the sect for help with his curse, but Jiang Ning rejected him and attacked.
• The venerable’s soul attack failed against Jiang Ning, whose pagoda shielded his soul, and a Golden Light Talisman absorbed Jiang Ning’s first punch.
• Jiang Ning struck again with the Heaven-Opening Fist, shattered the talisman, and drove the venerable underground, badly injured.
• The venerable sent a distress message, and Jiang Ning sensed the spatial fluctuation beneath his feet.

Jiang Ning confronted Lingxuzi, a powerful cultivator from the Soaring Immortal Sect, at Cloudveil Peak, but the Martial Saint killed Lingxuzi from afar for leaving his grotto-heaven without permission. After the grotto-heaven closed, Jiang Ning ordered the Immortal Crossing Sect seized and dealt with the black-robed venerable; Xia Xuanyan watched from afar and resolved to wait for the Martial Saint’s death before approaching Jiang Ning.

• Lingxuzi emerged from a grotto-heaven gateway and accused Jiang Ning of crimes while displaying an Immortal Tree and suppressing those gathered at Cloudveil Peak.
• Jiang Ning rejected Lingxuzi’s accusations and raised his sword, breaking through the pressure around the square.
• The Martial Saint’s strike pierced Lingxuzi, destroyed his Immortal Tree, and killed him, forcing the Soaring Immortal Sect’s grotto-heaven gateway to close.
• Jiang Ning ordered Shen Wenyuan to take control of the Immortal Crossing Sect and deal with its members according to the law.
• Jiang Ning went underground and killed the pleading black-robed venerable, then told Ji Mingyue that the matter was settled.
• Xia Xuanyan watched from the Mystic Yellow Grotto-Heaven, admired Jiang Ning’s courage, and decided to wait until the Martial Saint died before meeting him.

After the Martial Saint killed Lingxuzi, Jiang Ning’s forces took control of the Immortal Crossing Sect while the Soaring Immortal Sect withdrew. Jiang Ning absorbed the spiritual energy left by Lingxuzi’s death, causing his immortal seedling to grow, and the chapter ended with Zhuge Qingsong reporting that the sect’s secret treasury had been found.

• Jiang Ning and Shen Wenyuan discussed dividing the Immortal Crossing Sect’s secret treasury, while the Soaring Immortal Sect’s observers decided to withdraw.
• Jiang Ning absorbed the spiritual energy lingering where Lingxuzi had fallen, and his immortal seedling grew from just over a foot to more than one foot and three inches.
• Ye Zhengqi reported that the Immortal Crossing Sect had imprisoned martial artists and civilians, and Shen Wenyuan ordered the guilty punished and the innocent released.
• Zhuge Qingsong told Shen Wenyuan that they had found the Immortal Crossing Sect’s secret treasury.

Jiang Ning, Shen Wenyuan, and Zhuge Qingsong entered the Immortal Crossing Sect’s secret vault, where Jiang Ning inspected its hidden collection and claimed several valuable treasures. He left with the Dragonblood Azure Immortal Vine and ten supreme-grade spirit crystals among his most prized finds.

• Master Cloudconceal opened the secret vault after asking Jiang Ning and Shen Wenyuan to spare the sect’s innocent disciples.
• Jiang Ning examined the vault’s Immortal Dao texts and Grotto-Heaven records, gaining Literacy experience and storing an ancient hide scroll of suspected locations.
• Jiang Ning inspected the vault’s gold and medicinal reserves, including a jar of gold sand, while Shen Wenyuan urged him to take the treasures he needed.
• Jiang Ning discovered the Dragonblood Azure Immortal Vine, and the Immortal Seedling in his dantian responded to it.
• Jiang Ning recognized the Netherworld Thunder-Pattern Fruit and Celestial Star Chart among the vault’s rare treasures.
• Jiang Ning found ten supreme-grade spirit crystals and decided the Dragonblood Azure Immortal Vine and crystals were the vault’s most valuable treasures to him.

Jiang Ning divided the Immortal Crossing Sect’s treasures with Shen Wenyuan, then withdrew to recover from the toll of using the Heart Tribulation Fire. In the pill room, he replenished his strength with spirit crystals and the Dragonblood Azure Immortal Vine as Ji Mingyue stayed by his side.

• Jiang Ning gave Shen Wenyuan the sect’s books, letters, manuals, and Celestial Star Chart, while accepting the remaining treasures and future pills for himself.
• Jiang Ning left the Immortal Crossing Sect’s affairs to Shen Wenyuan and Master Cloudconceal, then admitted he needed time to recuperate.
• Jiang Ning brought Ji Mingyue and the immortal crane to the warm pill room, where Ji Mingyue offered to help him recover and urged him to stop pushing himself.
• Jiang Ning reassured Ji Mingyue that he had to keep advancing to protect her, and she embraced him before beginning to inventory the pill cabinets.
• Jiang Ning absorbed ten supreme-grade spirit crystals, restoring his complexion and growing his immortal seedling by an inch as his three flowers neared their seventh petals.
• Jiang Ning separated the Dragonblood Azure Immortal Vine’s bud from its vine, consumed the vine, and used its vitality to repair his body and continue strengthening his three flowers.

Jiang Ning absorbed the dragonblood azure immortal vine’s immortal shoot, solidified all three seven-petaled flowers, and condensed his first strand of divine power, entering the Unity Realm. He then refined the pill chamber’s medicines and began using secret-vault resources to strengthen and purify himself.

• Jiang Ning absorbed the immortal shoot, which enlarged his Immortal Seedling and helped solidify the flowers of essence, qi, and spirit.
• Jiang Ning completed all three seven-petaled flowers and naturally condensed his first strand of divine power, while Ji Mingyue watched in surprise.
• Jiang Ning swallowed the pill chamber’s stored medicines and used the Furnace Alchemy Art to refine them and expel nearly all their toxins.
• Jiang Ning consumed Dust-Cleansing Pills and Blood-Essence Pills, then applied spirit-congealing resin to nourish his soul as Ji Mingyue and the immortal crane slept.

After replenishing his strength and accumulating a record 678,834 Source Energy points, Jiang Ning roasted demon beast meat for Ji Mingyue, the immortal crane, and his guards. He then reviewed the Immortal Crossing Sect’s pacification with Shen Wenyuan and prepared to return to Abyssal City, leaving the sect’s remaining affairs in Shen Wenyuan’s hands.

• Jiang Ning discovered that his Three Flowers had produced a second wisp of golden divine power and that his Source Energy had risen to 678,834 points.
• Jiang Ning warmed the alchemy room with Sun-Yang True Fire, then roasted demon beast legs in the furnace and shared the meat with Ji Mingyue, the immortal crane, and the guards.
• Jiang Ning met Shen Wenyuan, Zhuge Qingsong, Ye Zhengqi, and Master Cloudconceal in the main hall and learned that the Immortal Crossing Sect’s members were being processed and its assets inventoried.
• Master Cloudconceal reported that the Soaring Immortal Sect had not responded to the Heaven-Piercing Incense, and Jiang Ning agreed that the Martial Saint’s warning had restrained them for now.
• Jiang Ning ordered willing Immortal Crossing Sect disciples above the seventh rank to serve under Jing Wuming, then entrusted the sect’s remaining affairs to Shen Wenyuan and said he would return to Abyssal City.

Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue settled into a home of their own in Guangning City, where Jiang Ning used his divine sense to clean the residence and cultivated the Autumn Canon. As Ji Mingyue began making the house their own, Jiang Ning hinted that his work in the front courtyard might make her flowers bloom sooner.

• Shen Wenyuan told Ye Zhengqi that Jiang Ning would likely fail the curse-killing trial unless he submitted to an immortal cave heaven, and promised to send him half of the Immortal Crossing Sect's remaining resources.
• Jiang Ning brought Ji Mingyue to Guangning City and said he planned to stay while their forces swept through the leaderless Guangning Prefecture.
• Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue moved into a three-courtyard residence, and Ji Mingyue happily began planning how to decorate and care for their new home.
• Jiang Ning used his divine sense to clean the residence and clear the rear courtyard, then cultivated the Autumn Canon until its mastery rose to 6037/10000.
• Ji Mingyue planted flower seeds with Jiang Ning and planned a celebratory meal, while Jiang Ning hinted that the courtyard might bloom before next spring.

Ji Mingyue and Jiang Ning celebrated settling into their new home, and Jiang Ning used the Way of the Four Seasons to bring the courtyard flowers into bloom. He continued cultivating the Autumn Canon until it reached completion, leaving him ready to see what came next.

• Ji Mingyue cooked a feast for Jiang Ning and celebrated their new home with wine.
• Jiang Ning used the Way of the Four Seasons to make the newly sown flowers bloom and revive the dead branches in the courtyard.
• Ji Mingyue tended the flowers and prepared their rooms while Jiang Ning cultivated the Autumn Canon through the night.
• Jiang Ning tucked Ji Mingyue into bed, then rose early to make her breakfast before returning to cultivation.
• Jiang Ning completed the Autumn Canon, reaching 10000/10000 experience.

Jiang Ning perfected the Autumn Canon, united the four seasonal intents through his perception of time, and formed the Four Seasons Reincarnation Scripture with the trait Withering and Flourishing. Shen Wenyuan brought the first accounts of the Immortal Crossing Sect’s confiscated wealth and reported that its remaining forces were being dismantled, leaving Jiang Ning eager to turn those gains into cultivation resources.

• Jiang Ning spent ten thousand source energy to break through the perfected Autumn Canon and gained the White-Haired Frostglow trait, which let him perceive time.
• Jiang Ning united spring, summer, autumn, and winter through the flow of time, forming the Four Seasons Reincarnation Scripture and gaining the Withering and Flourishing trait.
• Jiang Ning tested Withering and Flourishing on a weed, then confirmed that his earlier traits still worked even though they no longer appeared on the panel.
• Shen Wenyuan visited Jiang Ning with accounts of the Immortal Crossing Sect’s assets and reported how its surrendered disciples, offenders, and rescued captives had been handled.
• Jiang Ning accepted his share of the gold and silver and asked Shen Wenyuan to sell the farmland and shops for cash.
• Shen Wenyuan said the sect’s records would be delivered and Jing Wuming would soon take command of the surrendered troops; Jiang Ning anticipated gaining more than a million source energy points from the seized wealth.