Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning returned to Marquis Dongling's Residence, where he comforted Little Doubao and Liu Wanwan before telling Ji Mingyue that her brothers had died in the palace struggle. Outside the capital, Li Tianwen secretly caused the Northern Azure King's heir to die and manipulated the grieving king into blaming Jiang Ning and allying with him.

• Jiang Ning returned home, gave Little Doubao pear blossom pastries and Liu Wanwan Cloudwater Brocade, and told them the throne struggle had ended with Ji Minghao set to inherit the throne.
• Ji Mingyue learned that her brothers had died and that Ji Mingyuan had been involved, then left with Liu Wanwan to rest.
• Jiang Ning reflected that Ji Minghao had secretly guided Ji Mingyuan's actions but decided that some scheming was necessary for a ruler to hold power.
• Outside the capital, Li Tianwen examined the Northern Azure King's unconscious heir and secretly accelerated the loss of his life force until he died.
• Li Tianwen persuaded the grieving Northern Azure King to suppress his revenge and wait for a chance to retaliate against Jiang Ning.
• After the Northern Azure King departed, Li Tianwen revealed that his own strand of true essence had killed the heir, securing the Northern Azure King's allegiance.

Xia Xuanyan learned that Jiang Ning had become a Primordial Spirit Immortal and plotted to have other powers test him while seeking a chance to kill him. In the Royal Capital, Jiang Ning prepared for the new sovereign’s enthronement and focused on improving his cultivation as rumors elevated him to Second Under Heaven.

• Xia Xuanyan told the Heaven-Crying Cult Leader that Jiang Ning had fought Ji Xuan to a standstill and possessed a superior immortal foundation.
• Xia Xuanyan planned to kill Jiang Ning when his lifespan ran out and proposed adding him to the Second Under Heaven rankings to provoke others into testing him.
• The Heaven-Crying Cult Leader agreed to coordinate with the Xia Family on future action against Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning received the decree for Ji Minghao’s enthronement and wedding ceremony, scheduled for the next day.
• Jiang Ning sensed that factions were spreading stories about his victory to put him under pressure, but remained calm and continued cultivating the Grand Void Yin-Yang Sword.

Jiang Ning advanced his Grand Void Yin-Yang Sword through his own insights, while Xia Xuanyan arranged for the masters of Vajra Temple and Clear Void Monastery to confront him at the coronation. The chapter ended with Jiang Ning forging a path of his own in the sword art and gaining 50,000 experience.

• Jiang Ning entered his Inner Landscape Grounds and used its accelerated time to cultivate the Grand Void Yin-Yang Sword.
• The abbot of Vajra Temple accepted the Xia Family’s request to visit the Royal Capital and meet Jiang Ning, intending to discuss the Dao rather than fight to the death.
• Xia Xuanyan persuaded the master of Clear Void Monastery to exchange at most three moves with Jiang Ning at the coronation, helping make him the target of other factions.
• Jiang Ning formed a miniature domain of yin and yang with his sword and realized he had advanced beyond the art by forging his own path.
• Jiang Ning received 50,000 Grand Void Yin-Yang Sword experience.

Jiang Ning broke through the Grand Void Yin-Yang Sword’s limit and gained the Heart Sword, which let him clearly examine his cultivation and the world. He arrived at the imperial palace for the new sovereign’s enthronement and wedding ceremony, while the abbots of the Vajra Temple and Clear Void Monastery waited nearby to meet him afterward.

• Jiang Ning spent one hundred Source Points to break through the Grand Void Yin-Yang Sword and gained the pale-gold Heart Sword trait, which revealed details of his body, Primordial Spirit, and cultivation.
• Jiang Ning recognized the authorities of Wang Qingtan and the slain physical-body god within himself, but chose to keep them because the physical authority still strengthened him.
• Jiang Ning reviewed his cultivation with the Heart Sword, then learned that his next sword breakthrough would require two hundred Source Points, leaving him short of the amount needed.
• Jiang Ning left Marquis Dongling's Residence for the enthronement ceremony, while his sister-in-law and Little Doubao stayed behind.
• The abbot of the Vajra Temple and the master of the Clear Void Monastery watched Jiang Ning's carriage approach and agreed to meet him after the ceremony; Jin Chan reflected on how far Jiang Ning had surpassed him.
• Jiang Ning's carriage passed through the palace gates and headed for Chengtian Hall, where the new sovereign's enthronement and wedding ceremonies were to take place.

At Ji Minghao’s coronation, Jiang Ning watched the new sovereign receive the throne and sensed how imperial authority was changing him. Meanwhile, Ji Mingyuan drank a cup of wine and died, just as Ji Mingyue forced her way into his courtyard.

• Jiang Ning arrived at Chengtian Hall and took his reserved seat as officials gathered to greet him.
• Xie Xun began the ceremony, and Ji Minghao ascended the throne as Great Xia’s sovereign under the Jinghe era name.
• Ji Minghao accepted the imperial regalia and heard the proclamations to Heaven and the ancestors.
• Jiang Ning sensed Ji Mingyuan in a neglected courtyard, where a black-clad swordsman told him Ji Minghao had no message for him.
• Ji Mingyuan laughed, drank his wine, and died as his vitality faded.
• Ji Mingyue broke through the courtyard doors and rushed inside despite the guards’ attempt to stop her.

Ji Mingyue discovered Ji Mingyuan dead after Ji Minghao ordered him to drink poisoned wine, then went to arrange his funeral as Ji Minghao and Shen Mengyun completed their imperial wedding. The celebration was interrupted by the arrival of Kuhai and Qingxu, who appeared to confront Jiang Ning.

• Ji Mingyue found Ji Mingyuan dead and learned from the black-clad swordsman that he had willingly drunk the wine under Ji Minghao’s orders.
• Ji Mingyue condemned the price of imperial power, then told the black-clad swordsman she would arrange Ji Mingyuan’s funeral and left for Chengtian Hall.
• Ji Minghao and Shen Mengyun completed their wedding rites, while Jiang Ning and Su Qingying watched.
• Kuhai arrived with Jin Chan and Burning Lamp as the master of Clear Void Monastery, Qingxu, appeared on the other side of the square.
• Ji Minghao grasped Shen Mengyun’s hand as the officials recognized the arrivals, and Jiang Ning calmly met Kuhai and Qingxu’s gazes.

At Ji Minghao’s accession and wedding ceremony, Master Kuhai and Qingxu presented gifts before challenging Jiang Ning to test his Dao. Jiang Ning accepted and moved the exchange to the imperial palace’s eastern training ground, where Kuhai and a gathering of powerful spectators faced him as the confrontation was about to begin.

• Kuhai offered Ji Minghao a Seven-Treasure Glazed Sarira, and Qingxu presented him with two Three-Revolution Heaven-Seizing Pills.
• Kuhai and Qingxu praised Jiang Ning’s cultivation and foundations, then Kuhai invited him to exchange three moves and test their understanding of the Dao.
• Jiang Ning accepted Kuhai’s challenge but proposed moving to the eastern training ground so they would not disturb the ceremony.
• Ji Minghao ordered Xie Xun to lead the group to the training ground and resumed the ceremony, while Xiang Yuan, Su Qingying, Xiao Wuque, and other officials left to watch.
• At the training ground, Kuhai took his position opposite Jiang Ning as Qingxu and the other powerful spectators gathered nearby.

Jiang Ning and Master Kuhai tested their strength in a sparring match, with each agreeing to three exchanges. Jiang Ning’s yin-yang powers withstood Kuhai’s first defense, and the chapter ended as their second attacks collided and triggered the training ground’s reinforcement arrays.

• Master Kuhai agreed to spar with Jiang Ning for three exchanges, first defending with his Indestructible Vajra Body.
• Jiang Ning drew on lunar and solar origins and sent a yin-yang torrent against Kuhai’s golden body, but Kuhai’s defense withstood it.
• The Clear Void Monastery master praised Jiang Ning’s superior immortal foundation and said his power surpassed the other experts present.
• Kuhai launched his Great Sun Tathagata technique, sending a Buddhist sun toward Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning formed a black-and-white sword from yin and yang and struck the Buddhist sun, causing their forces to collide and activate the training ground’s arrays.

Jiang Ning defeated Master Kuhai’s attempt to convert him through the Boundless Sea of Suffering, prompting Kuhai to acknowledge his superiority and declare him worthy of the rank of Second Under Heaven. The Clear Void Monastery Master then offered Jiang Ning a precious pill in exchange for one move of instruction and prepared to demonstrate his Dao.

• Master Kuhai unleashed Boundless Sea of Suffering, Turn Back to Reach the Shore, but Jiang Ning shattered the spiritual illusion with his yin-yang profound light.
• Kuhai admitted he was no match for Jiang Ning and publicly said Jiang Ning could stand alongside or surpass the figures ranked Second Under Heaven.
• The spectators realized Kuhai’s admission would change Jiang Ning’s standing, while Jiang Ning modestly distinguished his immortal mind and will from Kuhai’s experience and Buddhist understanding.
• The Clear Void Monastery Master, Qingxu, asked Jiang Ning to teach him about yin and yang, and Jiang Ning initially refused to fight because he suspected an ulterior motive.
• Qingxu offered the Clear Void Monastery’s Nine-Turn Life-and-Death Pill in exchange for one move of instruction, and Jiang Ning accepted the deal.
• Jiang Ning received the pill, and Qingxu stepped back and began gathering Dao resonance for his move.

Jiang Ning defeated the Master of Clear Void Monastery’s Taiji Return to Origin with a small Taiji diagram of his own, prompting the master to acknowledge his superiority and newfound understanding of yin and yang. After both masters departed, Jiang Ning’s strength and standing among the martial world’s greatest had been firmly established.

• The Master of Clear Void Monastery summoned lunar yin and solar yang energies and sent his Taiji Return to Origin toward Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning formed a small Taiji diagram with his sword and shattered the Master of Clear Void Monastery’s larger diagram.
• The Master of Clear Void Monastery bowed to Jiang Ning, declared himself inferior, and credited him with showing the true path of yin and yang.
• Xiang Yuan, Xiao Wuque, Shen Xiao, and the others recognized Jiang Ning’s rise as a defining change in the balance of power.
• The Master of Clear Void Monastery left to contemplate his insights, and Kuhai departed with Jin Chan and Burning Lamp after inviting Jiang Ning to Vajra Temple.

At Ji Minghao’s enthronement banquet, Ji Mingyue arrived grieving over Ji Mingyuan’s death, while the new sovereign bestowed rewards on his supporters. Jiang Ning was named Luo River King and received a vast hereditary fief, leaving the court stunned by the extent of his authority.

• Jiang Ning returned to the banquet and Ji Minghao seated him just below the imperial throne, recognizing his place as Great Xia’s leading noble after the sovereign.
• Ji Mingyue arrived in tears, declined Ji Minghao’s invitation to sit beside him, and took a seat beside Jiang Ning without telling her brother about Ji Mingyuan’s death.
• Xie Xun began announcing the new sovereign’s rewards, granting Shen Xiao the hereditary title Duke Who Guards the Nation and awarding titles and honors to other officials.
• Xie Xun named Jiang Ning Luo River King and granted him Luo River, Qinghe, Pingyang, and Anyuan Commanderies, including their thirty-six cities, as a hereditary and irrevocable fief.

After Ji Minghao bestowed an exceptional title, privileges, and wealth on Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning reflected on the dangers ahead and promised Ji Mingyue he would spare her brother unless Ji Minghao attacked first. He returned to Marquis Dongling's Residence with his rewards, where his family welcomed him and he offered the women celestial weave.

• Xie Xun read Ji Minghao's decree naming Jiang Ning the Luoshui Prince and granting him court privileges, a residence, wealth, and the right to raise a private army.
• Ji Minghao publicly treated Jiang Ning as a brother, and the investiture ceremony ended as Jiang Ning considered the future dangers and resources he needed.
• Ji Mingyue asked Jiang Ning to spare Ji Minghao if he ever sought to kill him, and Jiang Ning agreed so long as Ji Minghao did not strike first.
• Ji Mingyue stayed behind to arrange Ji Mingyuan's funeral, while Jiang Ning left the palace with his rewards.
• Lü Yi and Jiang Ning's family welcomed him at Marquis Dongling's Residence, and he invited Liu Wanwan, Lü Yi, and Zhong Ling to choose bolts of celestial weave.

Jiang Ning settled into Lishui Palace after reflecting on his battles with Kuhai and the master of the Clear Void Monastery, and resolved to grow stronger before confronting the immortals and other enemies ahead. He appointed Linglong to oversee the palace and began preparing for secluded cultivation.

• Jiang Ning shared a peaceful family dinner at Marquis Dongling's Residence while worrying that the Martial Saint's impending death would soon bring danger.
• Jiang Ning inspected Lishui Palace, ordered Chen An to register its staff, and barred everyone from the island where he planned to cultivate.
• Linglong appeared as a transformed Dragon Carp, accepted responsibility for palace affairs, and promised to relay urgent matters to Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning assessed how his Primordial Spirit Immortal realm and Grand Void Yin-Yang Sword had served him against Kuhai and the master of the Clear Void Monastery.
• Jiang Ning ordered Linglong to oversee the palace, cleared the island for cultivation, and sat down to refine the Nine-Turn Life-and-Death Pill.

Jiang Ning refined the Nine-Turn Life-and-Death Pill, bringing his Source Points close to one hundred, then entered the Upper Yang Inner Landscape to seek a place among the Shangyang Immortal Sect’s ten ranked true disciples. After the nine suns recognized his supreme-grade immortal foundation and Primordial Spirit Immortal realm, he accepted a vacant seat and began receiving the authority of a sun’s master.

• Jiang Ning swallowed the Nine-Turn Life-and-Death Pill and absorbed its vast vitality, strengthening his body and raising his Source Points to 96.7.
• Jiang Ning considered how Source Points could advance his cultivation techniques and immortal foundation, then decided to sell Ji Minghao’s gold and jade discs while keeping the immortal-woven fabric.
• Jiang Ning activated his Sky Patrol Token and descended into the Upper Yang Inner Landscape in the form of his Primordial Spirit.
• The nine vacant suns resonated with Jiang Ning, and the voice of the Inner Landscape declared that his supreme-grade immortal foundation and Primordial Spirit Immortal realm qualified him for a ranked seat.
• Jiang Ning accepted a place among the ten ranked true disciples as nine pillars of golden light descended, granting him the chance to claim a sun and command the Inner Landscape’s permissions.

Jiang Ning formed an extraordinary superior immortal foundation, claimed a great sun in the Upper Yang Inner Landscape, and became a Sun Lord of the Shangyang Immortal Sect. After choosing the Daoist title Profound Yang, he left Haoyang’s invitation to visit the Great Red Immortal Sect open for later while considering the risks and the sect’s connection to the Great Red Heaven.

• Jiang Ning’s new yin-yang foundation astonished Haoyang, who congratulated him on joining the ten ranked true disciples.
• Jiang Ning occupied the great sun nearest the center, gained authority over the Inner Landscape Grounds, and manifested nine tiers of heavenly palaces.
• Jiang Ning demonstrated his control of the Inner Landscape Grounds, while Haoyang probed the nature of his immortal foundation.
• Jiang Ning chose Profound Yang as his Daoist title and said he would let the chance to become Lord of the Great Sun take its course.
• Haoyang invited Jiang Ning to visit the Great Red Immortal Sect, but Jiang Ning deferred and remained wary of the invitation’s possible motives.
• After Haoyang departed, Jiang Ning reflected on the Great Red Immortal Sect and the Great Red Heaven of the Taiqing Realm.

Jiang Ning used his new authority as a sequence true disciple to travel in his Primordial Spirit to the Crimson Radiance Grotto-Heaven and visit Shen Yue Ru. The sect’s white-haired Ancestor and Cang Yue discovered the intruder and watched as Shen Yue Ru recognized him and learned of his new status.

• Jiang Ning chose Shen Yue Ru’s imprint and crossed realms to enter the Crimson Radiance Grotto-Heaven in the third layer of space.
• Cang Yue sensed an anomaly, and the white-haired Ancestor found Jiang Ning and identified his Ninefold Profound Yin-Yang High Immortal foundation.
• The white-haired Ancestor projected Jiang Ning’s arrival for Cang Yue and decided to watch him because he seemed to have no hostile intent.
• Jiang Ning approached Shen Yue Ru, revealed himself, and explained that his methods kept others from seeing or hearing them.
• Jiang Ning told Shen Yue Ru he had become a Primordial Spirit Immortal and one of the ten sequence true disciples of the Shangyang Immortal Sect, leaving her stunned.

Jiang Ning visited the Crimson Radiance Grotto-Heaven and met its hidden ancestor, a living immortal who recognized his extraordinary origins and invited him to Jade-Reflecting Cliff. Shen Yue Ru then showed him the sect’s treasures, while the ancestor and Cang Yue agreed it was better to befriend him than make an enemy.

• Shen Yue Ru warned Jiang Ning that the sect’s protective formation might detect his unannounced arrival, but the white-haired ancestor appeared and reassured her that the sect would receive him courteously.
• The white-haired ancestor recognized Jiang Ning as a ranked true disciple of the Shangyang Immortal Sect and invited him to visit Jade-Reflecting Cliff for tea after touring the sect.
• After the ancestor and Cang Yue vanished, Shen Yue Ru led Jiang Ning to see the Ten-Thousand Swords Terrace, Crimson Smelting Valley, and Hundred Medicines Celestial Ladder.
• At Mirror-Wall Cliff, Cang Yue called Jiang Ning extraordinary, and the ancestor said the sect should form a good bond with him rather than make an enemy.
• Jiang Ning admired the sect’s heritage and declined Shen Yue Ru’s offer to take a sword, while she continued showing him around.

Jiang Ning met the immortal ancestor of the Crimson Radiance Sword Sect, examined her energy-based immortal body, and agreed to bring her a Ten-Region Heaven Patrol Envoy token on his next visit. She explained that even immortals could not retain knowledge of the Primordial Era upheaval because it lay beyond their level, leaving Jiang Ning to wonder who Granny Bai truly was.

• Cang Yue welcomed Jiang Ning and Shen Yue Ru to tea with the white-haired ancestor of the Crimson Radiance Sword Sect.
• The white-haired woman confirmed she was an immortal, and Jiang Ning used his Heavenly Eye to examine her flawless body and learn that it consisted of condensed energy particles.
• The white-haired woman explained how immortals could have children and asked Jiang Ning about his home world, Great Xia.
• The white-haired woman requested a Ten-Region Heaven Patrol Envoy token, and Jiang Ning agreed to bring one on a later visit.
• The white-haired woman said she could not remember the secrets behind the Primordial Era upheaval because the matter exceeded her level, prompting Jiang Ning to wonder about Granny Bai.

Jiang Ning left the Crimson Radiance Immortal Sect and entered the Shangyang Inner Landscape, where the Shangyang Sect Master passed the Solar Scripture to him. The inheritance empowered his Primordial Spirit but threw his yin and yang out of balance, leaving him racing to find a way to restore equilibrium before his foundation collapsed.

• Jiang Ning promised to bring the Crimson Radiance Immortal Sect a Ten-Region Heaven Patrol Envoy Token in exchange for spirit herbs and heavenly materials, then departed as Cang Yue questioned Shen Yue Ru about her feelings for him.
• Jiang Ning visited the Dao Lecture Platform and encountered the image of the Shangyang Immortal Sect’s master, who recognized his progress and began passing on the Solar Scripture.
• As the inheritance filled Jiang Ning’s Primordial Spirit with solar power, his yang overwhelmed his yin and threatened to destroy his foundation.
• The Shangyang Sect Master used his power of words becoming law to make yin arise from extreme yang, temporarily stabilizing Jiang Ning and warning him to find a lunar-origin treasure or cultivation method.
• Haoyang sensed the disturbance in the Shangyang Inner Landscape, realized Jiang Ning had shut him out, and decided he would not give up the position of Lord of the Great Sun without a fight.
• Jiang Ning confirmed that the stabilizing power was weakening, resolved to restore the balance of yin and yang, and prepared to return to his body.

Jiang Ning cultivated the Solar Scripture, which intensified the imbalance between yin and yang in his Primordial Spirit. He visited Fairy Ying Xue in the Crimson Radiance Grotto-Heaven to seek a remedy, and she revealed that the Cold Moon Pool’s profound yin jade marrow might help replenish his Lunar Yin.

• Jiang Ning discovered that his Primordial Spirit’s Lunar Yin was dwindling and that the Solar Scripture required a hundred thousand experience points to advance beyond the beginner stage.
• Jiang Ning’s cultivation caused a sunlike golden radiance to engulf Lishui Palace, but each deep comprehension session granted only one experience point and worsened his yin-yang imbalance.
• Jiang Ning decided to seek help from the Crimson Radiance Ancestor and used the Sky-Patrol Envoy Token to return to the Crimson Radiance Grotto-Heaven.
• Jiang Ning presented the token to Fairy Ying Xue and explained that the Shangyang Immortal Sect’s inheritance had made his yang energy excessive.
• Fairy Ying Xue accepted the token and told Jiang Ning that the Cold Moon Pool’s profound yin jade marrow might nourish his Lunar Yin and prolong his balance.