Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning reflected on the powerful forces beyond Great Xia, then attended the court assembly where Bai Li led a Demon Kingdom delegation to meet Ji Xuan. The Demon King revealed himself and tested Ji Xuan’s Imperial Pole Domain, while Bai Li recognized Jiang Ning from their earlier encounter.

• Jiang Ning practiced swordsmanship through the night, considering the threats posed by the Demon Kingdom, northern barbarians, grotto-heavens, and powerful beings across the Ten Domains.
• Jiang Ning traveled to the palace and took his place among the officials before the court assembly began.
• Ji Xuan received the Demon Kingdom delegation, and Bai Li presented a nine-leaf profound ice zhi as a gift from the Demon Sovereign.
• The dark-robed Demon King objected to being denied a seat and released a surge of demonic pressure that unsettled the officials.
• Ji Xuan countered with his Imperial Pole Domain, calming the hall, and the Demon King acknowledged his formidable ability.
• Bai Li recognized Jiang Ning from the Upper Yang Inner Landscape as the assembly continued.

Bai Li presented the Saint Martial Token and asked the Martial Saint to help the Demon Kingdom kill a vicious flood dragon. After punishing Black Feather for testing him, the Martial Saint agreed to go, told Great Xia to choose a successor to its ailing emperor, and invited Jiang Ning to accompany him.

• Bai Li presented the Saint Martial Token and explained that the Demon Kingdom sought the Martial Saint’s help against a vicious flood dragon in the Dragon-Burial Abyss.
• The Martial Saint appeared in Supreme Ultimate Hall, confirmed the token was genuine, and agreed to honor his pact with the Demon Emperor.
• Black Feather questioned whether the Martial Saint was present in his true body, so the Martial Saint severed one of his heads as punishment and warned him against probing his condition.
• The Martial Saint agreed to accompany Bai Li to the Demon Kingdom and told the Demon Emperor that he was near the end of his lifespan and at his weakest.
• Ji Mingyuan begged the Martial Saint to cure the emperor, but the Martial Saint refused and told the court to select a suitable successor; he declined to name a prince himself.
• The Martial Saint invited Jiang Ning to accompany him to the Demon Kingdom, and Jiang Ning accepted.

The Martial Saint transported Jiang Ning and the Demon Kingdom’s delegation to the Dragon-Burial Abyss to kill an evil wyrm nearing its transformation into a dragon, offering Jiang Ning its treasures as repayment for a debt. The Martial Saint pierced the wyrm’s brow with a single thread of light, leaving its enormous body frozen in place.

• The Martial Saint carried Jiang Ning, Bai Li, Demon King Black Feather, and the delegation from the Royal Capital to the Demon Kingdom’s territory in moments.
• The Martial Saint explained that the wyrm’s body and essence would be a great opportunity for Jiang Ning and said he intended to repay his debt before he died.
• Bai Li described the Dragon-Burial Abyss and offered the Dragon’s Reverse Scale, but the Martial Saint refused to rely on it.
• The Martial Saint opened a passage through the poisonous miasma and led the group down into the abyss, where they found the wyrm coiled in an underground pool.
• The evil wyrm attacked with a torrent of black breath, but the Martial Saint erased the attack and struck the wyrm between the brows with a thread of white light.

The Martial Saint's spirit manifestation killed the evil flood dragon, then defeated the Demon Emperor in three punches when he challenged him over the dragon's remains. After giving Jiang Ning the dragon essence and portions of the flood dragon, he returned Jiang Ning to the Royal Capital and told him to visit afterward.

• The Martial Saint's spirit manifestation killed the evil flood dragon, and the Demon Emperor appeared and demanded that the dragon's remains stay with the Demon Race.
• The Martial Saint recognized the Demon Emperor's challenge and struck him three times, leaving him gravely wounded and forcing him to flee.
• The Martial Saint divided the flood dragon's corpse, gave Jiang Ning its nourishing flesh and dragon essence, and warned the demons to tell the Demon Emperor not to test him again.
• The Martial Saint sent Jiang Ning back to the Royal Capital and told him to visit afterward.
• Bai Li and Black Feather remained in the Dragon-Burial Abyss, and Bai Li reported that the Demon Emperor had summoned them back.

Jiang Ning visited the dying Martial Saint, who explained the costs of fighting the Demon Emperor and the strength of the Yellow Heaven Daoist and Immortal Grotto-Heavens. The Martial Saint confirmed that the ten realms were merging and urged Jiang Ning to grow stronger, while Jiang Ning discovered that eating flood dragon meat replenished vital essence.

• Jiang Ning entered the Martial Saint's Grotto-Heaven and learned that defeating the Demon Emperor had depleted the Martial Saint's accumulated origin essence.
• The Martial Saint explained that the Yellow Heaven Daoist might rival the Demon Emperor and that the Immortal Grotto-Heavens remained beyond his reach without risking his life.
• The Martial Saint confirmed that the ten realms were merging, causing heaven and earth to recover and departed gods to awaken.
• The Martial Saint praised Jiang Ning's potential in both martial and immortal cultivation and urged him to keep advancing.
• Jiang Ning ate roasted flood dragon meat, found it delicious, and sensed its vital essence strengthening his body.

Jiang Ning ate flood dragon meat with the Martial Saint, who warned that his death would unleash chaos and urged Jiang Ning to grow stronger. Jiang Ning retreated to a remote mountain cave, refined the dragon essence and more flood dragon meat, and prepared to wait for his Primordial Spirit to break free of the Yin-Yang Dao Embryo.

• Jiang Ning shared roasted flood dragon meat with the Martial Saint, whose vitality improved slightly but remained near its end.
• The Martial Saint sent Jiang Ning away and warned that the day he died, chaos would erupt and Jiang Ning would have only himself to rely on.
• Jiang Ning decided to avoid returning to the Royal Capital and flew to a remote mountain range to refine his gains in seclusion.
• Jiang Ning swallowed the dragon essence, endured its violent energy and lingering flood dragon will, and greatly strengthened his body, true essence, and life origin.
• Jiang Ning ate more flood dragon meat until his cells could absorb no more, then sensed that the Yin-Yang Dao Embryo was ready to hatch his Primordial Spirit.

Jiang Ning completed his transformation into a Ninefold Profound Yin-Yang Primordial Spirit Immortal and tested his new powers. After surveying Guangning Prefecture, Dongling City, and Luoshui County, he felt the world had become small and decided to gather the lunar yin stone fragments in Luo Water Lake.

• Jiang Ning's Primordial Chaos Egg cracked open, revealing his yin-yang Primordial Spirit and completing his transformation into a Ninefold Profound Yin-Yang High Immortal.
• Jiang Ning's Primordial Spirit left his body, sensed the energies of heaven and earth, absorbed spiritual qi, and demonstrated its magical power by reducing a boulder to powder.
• Jiang Ning used Yin-Yang Escape Light to travel to Guangning Prefecture, where he saw Shen Wenyuan without disturbing him.
• Jiang Ning flew to Dongling City and saw Wang Qingtan and Wang Qinghan asleep, then continued to Luoshui County and saw Wang Jin sleeping in excellent health.
• Jiang Ning reflected that the world seemed small at his new speed and decided to collect the lunar yin stone fragments scattered throughout Luo Water Lake.

Jiang Ning used his newly formed Primordial Spirit to sweep Luo Water Lake for lunar yin stone fragments and natural treasures, then traveled to West Sand Commandery to assess the Yellow Heaven Daoist. After returning to his body, he resolved to hunt down several gods and fused the fragments, though the resulting lunar yin stone still felt incomplete.

• Jiang Ning gathered thirty-seven lunar yin stone fragments from Luo Water Lake and noted the lake’s many natural treasures as a possible source of source points.
• Jiang Ning crossed to West Sand Commandery and found the Yellow Heaven Daoist meditating among eight earth-vein pillars.
• The Yellow Heaven Daoist sensed Jiang Ning’s powerful Primordial Spirit, while Jiang Ning examined his undiminished strength; Jiang Ning then departed without speaking or attacking.
• Jiang Ning returned to his body and concluded that the Yellow Heaven Daoist was uninjured and that Ji Xuan had likely suffered a setback at his hands.
• Jiang Ning reflected on the powerful divine auras in the world and resolved to settle his grudges with the God of Flesh and the Black Lotus Holy Mother.
• Jiang Ning merged the thirty-seven lunar yin stone fragments into one piece, found it incomplete, and dropped it into his wine flask.

After attaining his Primordial Spirit, Jiang Ning’s physical strength and understanding of the Grand Void Yin-Yang Sword grew rapidly. He flew to Luo Water Lake to harvest natural treasures for Source Points, while the old man recognized his extraordinary Immortal Dao foundation and Jiang Ning remained unaware of being watched.

• Jiang Ning’s Primordial Spirit strengthened his body and transformed his perception of the world as he comprehended the Grand Void Yin-Yang Sword on a cliff.
• Jiang Ning’s sword experience surged past twenty thousand points, and he decided to gather Source Points at Luo Water Lake before attempting to advance the skill beyond Perfection.
• The old man watched Jiang Ning fly toward Luo Water Lake and identified his foundation as a Ninefold Profound Yin-Yang High Immortal.
• Jiang Ning sensed an unexplained presence watching him but set the concern aside and plunged into Luo Water Lake.
• Jiang Ning used his divine sense and Yin-Yang Escape Light to harvest the lake’s natural treasures, refining them into energy and gradually gaining Source Points.

Ji Mingyuan surrounded Ji Mingyu’s palace and revealed his plan to eliminate his brothers so the throne would have only one heir. After Ji Mingyu uncovered Shen Xiao and Shen Mengyun’s support for Ji Mingyuan, he drank the poison and died.

• Ji Mingyuan told Ji Mingyu he was eliminating the princes to force the court and Martial Saint to accept a single surviving heir.
• Ji Mingyuan revealed that Seventh Brother had died of a sudden illness, Ninth Brother in a fire, and Twelfth Brother at an assassin’s hands, and said he had sent men after Eighth Brother.
• Ji Mingyuan offered Ji Mingyu poisoned wine and promised to spare his mother, wife, and children if he took it.
• Ji Mingyu concluded that General Shen Xiao had enabled the killings and that Shen Mengyun loved Ji Mingyuan, and Shen Mengyun confirmed his suspicions.
• Ji Mingyu drank the poisoned wine and died as Ji Mingyuan watched.

After gathering Source Points at Luo Water Lake, Jiang Ning used his Primordial Spirit perception to find the God of Flesh’s hidden lair in a remote city and uncovered the cult’s human sacrifices. He killed the God-Worship Cult’s followers and leader, but the God of Flesh’s unfinished divine body remained in the blood pool.

• Jiang Ning left Luo Water Lake and flew southwest toward the aura of the God of Flesh.
• Jiang Ning found the God-Worship Cult’s lair beneath the city plaza and cleared the townspeople from the area.
• Jiang Ning collapsed the plaza and revealed the God of Flesh’s unfinished divine body, a blood pool, and thousands of corpses.
• Jiang Ning realized the cult had been feeding the divine body with the flesh and blood of its victims.
• Jiang Ning killed the cultists, including the likely cult leader, and sent their remains into the blood pool, further nourishing the divine body.

Jiang Ning confronted the corrupted God of Flesh and used his Primordial Spirit power to strip away its authority and divinity. The true God of Flesh recognized him as a Divine Venerable, but Jiang Ning destroyed it, leaving its dark-red crystal to vanish into him.

• The God of Flesh awoke in the blood pool, sensed Jiang Ning, and attacked him while the city’s people and birds were overwhelmed by its divine pressure.
• Jiang Ning’s nine layers of Yin-Yang Mystic Light crushed the God of Flesh and rapidly dried up the blood pool.
• Jiang Ning touched the beast head and began absorbing the God of Flesh’s divinity and fragmented Flesh Regeneration authority.
• Jiang Ning’s consciousness entered the Ruins of Return, where the true golden God of Flesh recognized his aura, called him a Divine Venerable, and begged for mercy.
• The God of Flesh surrendered no resistance as Jiang Ning drained its power; its golden body collapsed, and a dark-red crystal flew into Jiang Ning before he returned to find the corrupted body reduced to ashes.

After killing the God of Flesh, Jiang Ning investigated the deaths left behind in Jieshan City and ordered the local officials to care for the victims. He then asked about the Ruins of Return and learned that it was the bottom of the river of time, before Lin Yuexi began explaining the river’s nature.

• Jiang Ning found that absorbing the God of Flesh’s crimson crystal had made his Authority of Flesh flawless, though he could not locate the crystal within himself.
• Jiang Ning identified himself to the soldiers and ordered Lin Yuan to clean the blood pool, bury the dead, and maintain order in Jieshan City.
• Jiang Ning sensed thousands of citizens dying after the God of Flesh’s fall and instructed Lin Yuan to identify them, compensate their relatives, and arrange proper burials.
• Jiang Ning contacted the Ten Domains Sky Patrol Token and asked about the Ruins of Return; Bai Li explained that it was the lowest layer of the river of time, where time and space tended toward nothingness.
• Lin Yuexi described the river of time as the foundation of the Ten Domains and explained that True Immortals could perceive its nature and the world’s origin.

Jiang Ning learned more about the river of time and set out for the Water-Moon Sword Palace as a struggle for the throne erupted in Great Xia. Ji Minghao and Ji Mingyuan faced off at Chenggan Palace, where the arrival of the Northern Azure King, the Divine Might King, and Grand General Shen Xiao left the conflict poised to escalate.

• Jiang Ning reflected on the Ten-Region Heaven-Patrolling Token and what Lin Yuexi had revealed about True Immortals, then headed toward the Water-Moon Sword Palace.
• Ji Mingyuan ordered his guards to clean up after killing Ji Mingyu, then learned that his attempt to kill Ji Minghao had failed.
• Shen Mengyun stood with Ji Minghao, who accused Ji Mingyuan of murdering their brothers and used a tiger tally to turn the imperial guards against him.
• Ji Mingyuan revealed that the Northern Azure King and the Divine Might King had arrived with the Profound Heaven Army, undermining Ji Minghao's position.
• Shen Xiao joined Ji Minghao and Shen Mengyun, and Li Tianwen challenged him for personally intervening in the succession struggle.

Jiang Ning visited the Water-Moon Sword Palace and learned from the Moon Palace woman that his yin-yang immortal foundation could lead him to become a True Immortal, while martial dao remained his best path for now. He returned to the Royal Capital as Shen Xiao challenged Ji Mingyuan’s claim to the throne, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Jiang Ning entered the goddess statue’s Grotto-Heaven and showed the Moon Palace woman his primordial spirit, which she recognized as a supreme yin-yang immortal foundation.
• The Moon Palace woman advised Jiang Ning to temper his primordial spirit with the lunar-solar source, continue martial dao for now, and preserve his immortal foundation for when the immortal path reopened.
• Jiang Ning left the Water-Moon Sword Palace and headed for the Royal Capital to settle his dispute with Ji Xuan.
• At the Royal Capital, the Northern Azure King and the Divine Might King argued that supreme martial experts must not intervene in the succession struggle, while Shen Mengyun pleaded for her father to support Ji Minghao.
• Shen Xiao defied their argument and accused Ji Mingyuan of murdering his brothers; Ji Mingyuan answered that his defeated eighth brother had simply lost the contest.

Jiang Ning arrived at Chenggan Palace as Ji Minghao prepared to kill himself after conceding the throne to Ji Mingyuan. His arrival stunned the assembled leaders and gave Ji Minghao new hope, while the struggle for the throne remained unresolved.

• The Northern Azure King's heir offered to support Ji Minghao if he could marry Ji Mingyue, and the Northern Azure King struck his son and disavowed the proposal.
• Ji Mingyuan promised to arrange Ji Mingyue's marriage to the heir if he became emperor, and Ji Minghao conceded defeat to spare others and asked Ji Mingyuan to treat their sister well.
• Ji Minghao drew his sword to take his own life, but Jiang Ning arrived at Chenggan Palace in a streak of black-and-white light and told him not to hurry to die.
• Shen Xiao, Li Tianwen, the Northern Azure King, and the princes reacted with shock as Jiang Ning's arrival revealed his Primordial Spirit realm and gave Ji Minghao renewed hope.

Jiang Ning intervened in the succession struggle at Chenggan Palace, using the Dragon Soaring Token to halt Ji Minghao’s attempted suicide. Ji Xuan declared Ji Mingyuan fit to inherit the throne, so Jiang Ning challenged the regent and prepared to settle the dispute by strength.

• Jiang Ning discovered that Ji Mingyu was dead and that Ji Minghao and Ji Mingyuan were the only princes remaining in Chenggan Palace.
• Jiang Ning persuaded Ji Minghao to drop his sword and revealed the Dragon Soaring Token, causing the imperial guards and Profound Heaven Army to kneel.
• Ji Xuan emerged from Chenggan Palace and judged Ji Mingyuan capable of ruling while dismissing Ji Minghao as too kindhearted for the crisis.
• Ji Xuan declared Ji Mingyuan fit to inherit the throne, and Jiang Ning recognized that the regent’s verdict was meant to hinder him.
• Jiang Ning challenged Ji Xuan’s authority and said Ji Minghao should inherit the throne because he owed him a favor.
• Jiang Ning and Ji Xuan prepared to fight as ocher-yellow radiance expanded around the regent.

Jiang Ning defied Ji Xuan’s Sovereign World-Suppressing Domain with his yin-yang Primordial Spirit and blocked its spears. As Ji Xuan prepared to strike with the Mountains and Rivers Seal, Jiang Ning gathered the sun and moon’s power and unleashed a torrent that shattered the domain’s space.

• Ji Xuan expanded his Sovereign World-Suppressing Domain over Chenggan Palace, suppressing everyone within it.
• Jiang Ning threw the Dragon Soaring Token into the palace wall and summoned a Taiji phantom that dissolved Ji Xuan’s domain spears.
• The Northern Azure King, Shen Xiao, and Li Tianwen reacted in disbelief as Jiang Ning’s yin-yang laws repelled Ji Xuan’s domain.
• Ji Xuan praised Jiang Ning’s comprehension, then gathered the domain’s power into his Mountains and Rivers Seal fist.
• Jiang Ning summoned a Primordial Spirit phantom and drew on the sun and moon to unleash a black-and-white torrent that shattered a passage through the domain.

Jiang Ning and Ji Xuan’s clash ended in a draw until the Martial Saint intervened in the succession crisis. The Martial Saint declared Ji Minghao the new sovereign, ordered Ji Xuan to withdraw from public affairs, and left Jiang Ning tasked with assisting the new ruler.

• Jiang Ning and Ji Xuan unleashed powerful attacks that devastated Chenggan Palace, but neither defeated the other.
• The Martial Saint’s spirit body appeared and stopped the duel, then condemned Ji Mingyuan for harming his siblings and named Ji Minghao Great Xia’s new sovereign.
• Ji Xuan accepted the Martial Saint’s judgment, while Ji Minghao thanked Jiang Ning for helping secure the outcome.
• The Martial Saint praised Jiang Ning and ordered him to support Ji Minghao, then commanded Ji Xuan to remain at home unless a major state matter arose.
• The Martial Saint instructed the Northern Azure King to guard the northern border and told Li Tianwen to focus on comprehending the Martial Dao before vanishing.

After Jiang Ning helped Ji Minghao secure the succession, he punished the Northern Azure King's heir and left the palace, while Ji Xuan killed his son and vowed revenge. Jiang Ning concluded that his unfinished conflict with Ji Xuan would resume when the Martial Saint died.

• Ji Minghao thanked Jiang Ning and promised to marry Shen Mengyun on the day he ascended the throne, while Shen Xiao began organizing the palace and preparing for the succession.
• Li Tianwen and the Northern Azure King acknowledged Jiang Ning's strength, and Jiang Ning struck the Northern Azure King's heir unconscious, damaging his intellect.
• A black-clad swordsman thanked Jiang Ning for protecting Ji Minghao, and Jiang Ning departed after agreeing to attend the coronation.
• Ji Xuan killed his son, Ji Heng, and vowed to avenge him by killing Jiang Ning once the Martial Saint was dead.
• On his way home, Jiang Ning reflected that he and Ji Xuan were now evenly matched and that their battle had only been postponed.