Recaps

Ning Fa saved Cheng Susu from a Black Spirit Church ambush, secured a new spear, and joined the Huayu Sect’s expedition into the Cloud Wasteland Great Marsh. In Black Marsh Immortal City, he clashed with Myriad Laws Sect disciples and learned how Luo Xingjun had been abusing the Ning Clan.

• Ning Fa visited Wei Shiqin, sold her mithril, and learned that the Ning Clan had suffered heavy losses in the Cloud Wasteland Great Marsh.
• At the auction, Ning Fa bought Thunder Flood Dragon materials and followed Cheng Susu after sensing that someone was targeting her.
• Venerable Peng and Liao Wuyin trapped Cheng Susu, but Ning Fa arrived and fought them until Cheng Ziyi drove them off, though Aunt Tan died.
• Ning Fa refined Essence Refining Pills, received the Dragon-Breaking Spear from True Person Zihua, and learned that several families had defected to the Black Spirit Church.
• The Huayu Sect incorporated the Xia Family and dispatched Duanmu Ling, Ning Fa, and other Foundation Establishment cultivators toward the Cloud Wasteland Great Marsh.
• In Black Marsh Immortal City, Ning Fa stopped Myriad Laws Sect disciples from abusing Ning Hongye and defeated Fu Yang before Chou Zheng halted a Golden Core Cultivator’s attack.
• Ning Hongye told Ning Fa that the Myriad Laws Sect had forced the Ning Clan into Blackwater Pond and that Luo Xingjun had severed his arm and imposed demands on the clan.

Ning Fa joined Duanmu Ling’s expedition into the Black Flame Desert, where he established array points, fought Wen Xiuxin and the desert clans, and found powerful resources. He then helped break the Fengdu Skyfire Array, leaving the assault on Soaring Flame Volcano underway.

• Ning Fa asked Duanmu Ling to help relocate the Ning Clan, and she offered him a chance to earn a settlement in the Black Flame Desert.
• Duanmu Ling led the expedition through the desert, exposed Mo Lin’s plot at Yongze Oasis, and sent Ning Fa with a team to East Marsh Oasis.
• Ning Fa established array points, defeated dangers at White Flame Mountain and the Wen Family’s Spirit Medicine Garden, and found Water Origin Crystal Stones in Lightless Valley.
• Ning Fa fought Wen Xiuxin at the hidden lake before Mo Xingkong intervened, then cultivated with Little Ice in a pool of spirit liquid.
• Ning Fa defended Chu Ge from Wu Qifeng, returned to Duanmu Ling’s camp, and recruited Chu Ge as his subordinate.
• Duanmu Ling assigned Ning Fa to destroy a secondary Array Eye and promised him a choice of the three largest oases for the Ning Clan.
• Ning Fa defeated the black-robed cultivator guarding his Array Eye and destroyed it, weakening the Fengdu Skyfire Array.
• Pu and two other cultivators destroyed additional Array Eyes as Wen Xiuxin fought Duanmu Ling, who fired a powerful arrow at the Lotus-shaped Altar.

Ning Fa destroyed the Fengdu Skyfire Array, gained Zi Wei Heavenly Fire, and secured new territory for the Ning Clan. When the clan came under attack at Ash Sand Island, Ning Fa and Ning Huarong raced to reinforce it and encountered two cultivators in their path.

• Duanmu Ling’s forces destroyed the Fengdu Skyfire Array, while Ning Fa entered Soaring Flame Volcano and found Wen Xiuxin beneath its magma.
• Ning Fa took a fragment of Heavenly Star Primordial Flame Stone, advanced his Supreme Fire Divine Thunder, and cultivated Zi Wei Heavenly Fire while trapped in the Fire-Worship Hall.
• Ning Fa rescued Chu Ge, exposed Wu Zesheng’s abuse, and persuaded Duanmu Ling to assign the Ning Clan East Marsh Oasis and part of West Marsh Oasis.
• Ning Fa returned to Blackwater Pond, learned the Ning Clan was under attack, and left with Ning Huarong after healing her shoulder and restoring her strength through dual cultivation.
• The attackers battered the Ning Clan’s Mystic Turtle Heavenly Water Array at Ash Sand Island, and Ning Zhongyuan ordered selected clan members and Qian Family survivors to retreat.
• Ning Zhongyuan exhausted the island’s spiritual vein and destroyed the Golden Lizard with a self-destructing artifact, then sent more clan members away while Ning Hongye stayed behind.
• Cao Xian persuaded Altar Master Qi to build ties with the Ning Clan and nurture Ning Zhongyuan, while Ning Fa and Ning Huarong flew to reinforce the island.
• Ning Huarong and Ning Fa met a beautiful woman in blue robes and a Yellow Robe Daoist on a flying carriage, and Ning Huarong charged at them.

Ning Fa helped the Ning Clan survive a devastating attack, save Ning Yuwen, and relocate to East Marsh Oasis, while pursuing clues about a dangerous place and the Thunderstorm Sea. As the clan settled under Duanmu Ling’s protection, Ning Fa gained influence through campaigning and began weighing new bargains and the rivalry between Duanmu Ling and Duanmu Pojun.

• Ning Fa and Ning Huarong defeated enemy Foundation Establishment Cultivators, then Ning Fa learned that Luo Xingjun had united the Guan, Liu, Feng, and Cao families against the Ning Clan and that the clan had suffered heavy losses.
• Hermit Tianyi revealed that Ning Fa possessed a Hidden Thunder Spiritual Body and offered a mature Haolei Flower and other rewards if Ning Fa found a mysterious place, and Ning Fa accepted without signing the Book of the Blood River.
• Ning Fa used a Blood-Colored Seed to restore Ning Yuwen’s shattered dantian and placed a soul restraint on him, then learned from Ning Zhongjiu about a dangerous restriction in Thunderstorm Sea.
• Ning Fa and Ning Zhongjiu escaped a monstrous wave in Thunderstorm Sea, and Ning Fa led the Ning Clan across the Black Flame Desert to settle on Spirit Moon Island in East Marsh Oasis.
• Ning Fa warned the clan about the Wu Family, asked Ning Zhongjiu to join Duanmu Ling’s forces, and learned that her campaign would target the Blood Jade Plateau, where Xiao Yu was with the Zhao Family.
• Ning Fa helped Duanmu Ling’s forces seize the Dingyang Mountain Range, killed the White-robed Scholar, spared the Green-skirted Female Cultivator after recognizing Xiao Yu’s sachet, and earned eighteen Foundation Establishment kills in total.
• Ning Fa traded with Cheng Zhirou, planned to refine Peizhi Pills, and asked Cao Xian to seek Celestial Pivot Limb Regrowth Paste for Ning Hongye and information about a treasure that might repair Ning Zhongyuan’s foundation.
• Duanmu Pojun tried to recruit Ning Fa with a Thunderwing Eagle, but Ning Fa returned it, and Ning Zhongjiu confirmed that he too had refused Duanmu Pojun’s offer.