Recaps

Ning Fa helped the Ning-led coalition defeat the Xue Family, acquired an Ice Luan Bird, and prepared to leave Thousand Wave Lake under the Myriad Laws Sect’s decree. He joined the Huayu Sect, passed its entrance tests, and began outer-sect life at Yunlan Peak, where a cultivator immediately attacked him.

• Ning Fa and Ning Daozhen swore mutual secrecy and a ten-year truce, divided the cave dwelling’s treasures, and Ning Fa used the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book to uncover the damaged compass and puppet’s secrets.
• As conflict spread across Thousand Wave Lake, Ning Fa helped the Ning, Xue, and Qian alliance fight the Ironclad Alliance and then joined the campaign against the Xue Family, while Ning Zhongyuan’s forces defeated Xue Zhishen and took Tianshui Market.
• Ning Fa persuaded Ning Zhongyuan to strike the Cai, Xu, and Ji families, defeated their forces, and returned the Meng Family’s islands to them as Meng Ruoqi swore lifelong loyalty to him.
• Ning Fa and Ning Huarong raided Cloud Crystal Island, took Cloud Crystal Liquid and an Ice Luan Bird egg, and escaped after the Golden-Haired Strange Beast attacked them.
• Ning Fa obtained Old Ghost He’s Spirit Beast Bag and Black Spirit Relic, used the Thousand Transformation Soul Nurturing Art and Moon God Art to save the egg, and named the hatched bird Little Ice.
• After the Anti-Xue Alliance captured Nanping Island, the Myriad Laws Sect envoy ordered the coalition to send forces south, and the Ning Clan decided to migrate and send Ning Fa and four others to the Huayu Sect.
• Ning Fa left Thousand Wave Lake after arranging support for Meng Ruoqi, Yun Ying, and Yun Jian, then passed the Huayu Sect’s Heart Questioning test and entered Yunlan Academy with Ning Yangcai.
• At Yunlan Peak, Gao Tong explained sect missions and Contribution Points to Ning Fa and Ning Yangcai, then a square-faced man attacked Ning Fa with a Fire Snake, which Ning Fa countered with a Silver Lightning Ball.

Ning Fa joined Huayu Sect, prepared for the early opening of the Primordial Spirit Secret Realm, and fought to protect his companions from Zhang Zhihu. He defeated Zhang Zhilong in a public duel, drew Zheng Xuanyan’s attention, and chose to keep his unusual thunder body secret rather than seek greater sect backing.

• Ning Fa joined the Huayu Sect as an outer disciple, learned the sect’s rules, and reunited with Ling Yue and her companions at Cloud Valley Marketplace.
• Ning Fa heard that the Primordial Spirit Secret Realm would open early and decided to enter the sect’s selection, while Ling Yue and Li Tieniu also registered.
• Ning Fa visited Small Bamboo Pavilion and praised Meng Ruoqi’s Thunder Lock Array, then hurried back after learning Zhang Zhihu had bound Yun Jian and Yun Ying and demanded the source of their pills.
• Ning Fa freed Yun Ying and beat Zhang Zhihu and his companions, then faced Zhang Zhilong after Zhang arrived to confront him over Zhang Zhihu’s injuries.
• Ning Fa endured Zhang Zhilong’s Golden Cage and sword attacks before using Thunder Cloud Break to overcome Zhang’s Golden Star Cloud and destroy one of his swords.
• Zhang Zhilong revealed nascent Sword Intent, but Ning Fa’s lightning overcame it until Zheng Xuanyan intervened and stopped the duel.
• Zheng Xuanyan examined Ning Fa, recognized his Primordial Thunder Art, and declined to take him as a disciple, and Ning Fa kept his Five Elements Thunder Mark concealed and reunited with Ning Huarong and Liu Qinghui.

Ning Fa entered the Primordial Spirit Secret Realm to retrieve a Primal Qi Lotus, gathering rare treasures and overcoming its dangers along the way. After winning the climb to the summit, he joined Yun Miaomiao, Feng Chi, and Xie Heng against the Green Ringed Snake, which ultimately submitted to Yun Miaomiao.

• Duanmu Ling won Ning Fa’s help for the secret-realm mission by offering him a place in the Duanmu Family’s Spirit Gathering Pool, and he swore a Heart Demon Oath to keep the mission secret.
• Ning Fa joined Huayu Sect’s expedition into the Primordial Spirit Secret Realm, where disciples from rival sects clashed while searching for treasures.
• Ning Fa crossed Ice Plains Island, obtained an Ice Spirit Flower and a puppet containing a Heavenly Puppet Brain, then fought his way through Black River Gorge into the inner region.
• Ning Fa killed Zou Yu while rescuing Ling Yue, and his Moon God Art helped stabilize her before they parted ways.
• Ning Fa reached Primordial Spirit Mountain and climbed its dangerous Heart-Questioning Path, overcoming illusions of Su Xinyu and his father before surging ahead on the Spirit Severing Path.
• Ning Fa reached the summit first and entered the Hidden Spirit Land, where he found five Primal Qi Lotuses and was ambushed by a Green Ringed Snake as Yun Miaomiao, Xie Heng, and Feng Chi arrived.
• Ning Fa and the others fought the Green Ringed Snake, and after Xie Heng wounded it, Yun Miaomiao turned the Black Horn’s power against it and won its submission.

Ning Fa survived the Primordial Spirit Secret Realm, consumed the Five Elements Spirit Lotus, and advanced to Foundation Establishment before joining Yun Cang Peak. As Huayu Sect prepared to expand into the Cloud Wasteland Great Marsh, Ning Fa joined Duanmu Ling’s side and acquired a Star Martial Battle Suit and a mysterious Qianyuan Bowl fragment.

• Ning Fa used the Star Chart Compass to find a hidden space, where he collected Thousand Year Yao Guang Grass and consumed a Five Elements Spirit Lotus that activated all five of his Divine Thunders.
• Ning Fa returned from the secret realm with Little Thunder and his hidden gains, then earned the highest Contribution Point reward after Huayu Sect won the wager against Myriad Laws Sect.
• Ning Fa reached Peak Qi Condensation, entered a third-grade spirit vein chamber, and successfully established his Foundation, awakening new lightning abilities.
• Ning Fa chose Yun Cang Peak, joined its inner sect, and received a Nether Thunder Crystal from Chu Bingyun after she took Meng Ruoqi as her disciple.
• Duanmu Hong announced that Yun Cang Peak would send most of its Foundation Establishment disciples to the Southern Reach, where the sects and factions would compete over a rich mining region and Spirit Stone Mine.
• Duanmu Ling invited Ning Fa to join her expansion route and promised him doubled Contribution Points and a Thunderflame Sea baptism, and Ning Fa accepted her offer over competing recruitment proposals.
• Ning Fa selected the Star Martial Battle Suit from the Sect Treasury and exchanged Contribution Points for a Qianyuan Bowl Magic Treasure Fragment after the Mysterious Scroll reacted to it.
• Ning Fa returned to his cave abode and used the Mysterious Scroll to turn the Qianyuan Bowl fragment into two masses of viscous silver liquid after seeing images of precious Third-tier Spiritual Materials.