Recaps

Ji An attended Worry-Free Grotto’s auction, where Northmont Fox recognized him and Northmont Yin warned his son to stay quiet. When the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings came up for bidding, Ji An recognized their compatibility with his Windwing Evasion and watched as the price rose to forty-eight hundred jin of elemental essence.

• Ji An arrived at Worry-Free Grotto and settled into a private room with a view of the auction hall.
• Northmont Fox pointed Ji An out to Northmont Yin, who silenced his son and ordered him not to act against Ji An.
• Moonlight opened the auction, and bidders bought the Nine Luminaries Light-Splitting Swords, nine-leaf soul-restoring grass, and an ancient formation jade slip.
• Moonlight presented the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings, explaining their speed, void-travel, and combat-enhancing properties.
• Ji An became strongly interested in the wings because they suited his Windwing Evasion, while rival bidders drove the price to forty-eight hundred jin of elemental essence.

Ji An won the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings and Thunder Essence at the Worry-Free Grotto auction, spending nearly all his liquefied elemental essence. After the auction, several factions tried to recruit him, but Northmont Yin arrived and interrupted them.

• Ji An outbid Daoist Xuanfeng for the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings with five thousand jin of liquefied elemental essence, drawing attention to his reputation and enraging Beishan Hu.
• Ji An watched the rest of the auction, then bought a set of Violet Palace-level Dao Soldier armor during the free trading.
• Ji An bid two thousand five hundred jin of liquefied elemental essence for Thunder Essence, which he needed to cultivate the Thunder God Eye.
• Huling Adept escorted Ji An out after the auction, where faction representatives surrounded him and offered to recruit him.
• Mo Li began speaking for the Mysterious Yin Sect, but Northmont Yin arrived with Beishan Hu and ordered him to step aside.

Ji An refused Northmont Yin’s offer to join the Northmont Clan, then refined the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings and advanced his Thunder God Eye before flying to the Red Dragon Mountain Range. Northmont Yin, fearing Ji An would become a threat, ordered the Dark Fiend Guard’s first squad to capture or kill him.

• Northmont Yin dismissed the cultivators seeking to recruit Ji An, apologized for Northmont Fox’s past offense, and offered Ji An clan resources and freedom after completing three tasks as an Immortal.
• Ji An declined Northmont Yin’s offer, maintaining that he sought an independent path, and endured the pressure Northmont Yin unleashed before the man departed with Northmont Fox.
• Ji An spent three days refining the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings, gaining a deeper understanding of the swift-wind Dao and greatly improving his speed.
• Ji An absorbed the lightning essence and advanced his Thunder God Eye, then flew from Anchan City toward the Red Dragon Mountain Range to hunt Demon Kings and earn merit.
• Northmont Yin watched Ji An’s flight and ordered the Dark Fiend Guard’s first squad to bring him back alive if possible, or kill him if he resisted.

Four years after Ji An began hunting the demons and Northmont clan, he challenged their forces at Withered Bone Mountain, confident after a major increase in strength. He killed Howling Moon Wolf King and Iron-Armored Bull King in battle, leaving Golden-Eyed Tiger King and Mo Sun to face him amid the devastation.

• Golden-Eyed Tiger King gathered thirty-six demon kings at Withered Bone Mountain and discussed joining forces against Ji An, while Mo Sun arrived with eight Dark Fiend Guards to offer an alliance.
• Ji An appeared before the gathering and challenged the demon kings and Dark Fiend Guards, revealing that he had reached the peak Myriad Phenomena level and comprehended the Swiftwind and Sharp Metal Daos.
• Howling Moon Wolf King attacked Ji An, but Ji An vanished and beheaded him with a strike of golden sword light.
• The demon kings and Dark Fiend Guards launched a combined assault, but Ji An unleashed his Thunderfire Dao and destroyed or crippled many of the attackers.
• Ji An evaded the Golden-Eyed Tiger King, Iron-Armored Bull King, and Dark Fiend Guards, then pierced the Iron-Armored Bull King's skull with a golden sword strike.
• Golden-Eyed Tiger King realized that Withered Bone Mountain's ambitions had collapsed as Ji An faced him and Mo Sun amid the fallen demons.

Ji An annihilated Withered Bone Mountain, returned to the Raindragon Guard to claim his merit reward, and exchanged for the Golden Origin Scripture. As he cultivated it, he advanced from Xiantian to early Primordial Spirit and unlocked the dormant Universe tome, which changed his plans for the Immortal Fate Assembly.

• Ji An unleashed his Thunderfire world and killed the Golden-Eyed Tiger King, Mo Sun, and every other Xiantian-or-stronger demon at Withered Bone Mountain, then collected the spoils and absorbed the battle's killing intent into the Universe Sword.
• Ji An returned to the Raindragon Guard encampment, told the two old guards he had cleared Withered Bone Mountain, and declined their suggestion that he join the inner guard.
• Ji An submitted the mission recording at the Military Affairs Hall and received 2,500 merit points, bringing his total to 10,800.
• Ji An exchanged 10,000 merit points for the Golden Origin Scripture and took it to a secluded cultivation cave estate.
• Ji An consumed his accumulated Essence Liquid while cultivating the Golden Origin Scripture, broke through to the Violet Palace realm, and saw the dormant Universe tome open as his Qi Refining cultivation began advancing.
• Ji An reached early Primordial Spirit as a Qi Refiner, and the newly unlocked Universe tome changed his intention to participate in the Immortal Fate Assembly.

Ji Ning broke through to the Violet Palace level and learned that Ji An had given up the Water Manor’s first divine ability so Ji Ning could inherit it. He then hurried to Myriad Swords City, where the Ji Clan prepared to defend a vast Essence Stone vein from Snow Dragon Mountain’s demands.

• Ji Ning entered the Violet Palace level, met the Water Manor’s giant yellow bear, and learned that Ji An had abandoned the first divine ability’s trial for his sake.
• The giant yellow bear told Ji Ning that he must pass the Divine Ability Hall’s final trial to inherit the Water Manor, and Ji Ning vowed not to let Ji An down.
• A surge of natural energy signaled a Primordial Spirit Daoist’s breakthrough, and the giant yellow bear warned Ji Ning that the Ji Clan might be in trouble.
• Ji Ning and Ji Yichuan reached Myriad Swords City, where Ji Jiuhuo’s group discovered an enormous high-grade Essence Stone vein and learned that five Snow Dragon Mountain cultivators were approaching.
• Ji Jiuhuo ordered the Ji Clan to prepare to mine the vein and hold the city as Snow Dragon Mountain’s five Violet Palace Cultivators arrived.
• Dong Ziqi demanded half the mining rights in the Ji Clan’s council hall and threatened to trap the clan within its territory if it refused.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Ji An collected the Nine-Turn Life-Creation Pills to heal his mother and returned to Anchan City to fulfill his promise of confronting those responsible for her suffering. He demanded that Snow Dragon Mountain hand over Dong Qi, then used his mastery of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao to take Daoist Hanyang and Daoist Xueyu away with him.

• Ji An reached the Dao Domain level in the Heaven and Earth Great Dao and all Eight Metal Minor Daos, then set out for Anchan City.
• Ji An collected the Nine-Turn Life-Creation Pills from Heavenly Treasure Mountain and traded his captured magic treasures for Essence Liquid.
• Ji An flew to Snow Dragon Mountain and demanded that Daoist Xueyang come out.
• Ji An accused Dong Qi of ordering the attack that killed Yuchi Shan and gravely injured Yuchi Xue, then demanded that Snow Dragon Mountain hand him over.
• Daoist Hanyang refused, so Ji An used the Power of Heaven and Earth to envelop Daoist Hanyang and Daoist Xueyu in a spatial fluctuation and make all three vanish.

Ji An defeated Snow Dragon Mountain’s Daoist Xueyu and crippled Daoist Hanyang after moving them far from the sect. He set off for Snow Dragon Mountain with Hanyang captive, intending to make him answer to Ji An’s parents.

• Ji An teleported Daoist Xueyu and Daoist Hanyang a thousand miles from Snow Dragon Mountain, where Xueyu offered to sacrifice Dong Qi and compensate Ji An’s parents.
• Ji An rejected their offer, and Xueyu attacked him with Primordial Fire, Heavenly Water, and the Mandarin Duck Light-Splitting Swords while Hanyang raised an ice domain.
• Ji An unleashed his Thunderfire World, destroyed Hanyang’s ice domain, and annihilated Xueyu along with his sword treasures.
• Ji An pierced Hanyang’s dantian and qi sea, crippled his cultivation, and sealed his Divine Consciousness.
• Ji An captured Hanyang with his Divine Sense and flew toward Snow Dragon Mountain.

Ji An returned to Myriad Swords City with Daoist Hanyang, Dong Qi, and two servants crippled, rescuing his clan from Snow Dragon Mountain’s threats. After learning that his mother’s health had worsened, he set off with Ji Yichuan and Ji Ning for the Ji Clan West Prefecture to see her.

• Ji An crippled Dong Qi and brought him and Daoist Hanyang back to the Ji Clan council hall, where he also delivered Yu Tong and Shui Yi.
• Ji An confronted Dong Ziqi and four other Snow Dragon Mountain cultivators, forced them to their knees, and had the clan elders take them into custody.
• Ji An greeted Ji Yichuan, Ji Ning, and the clan elders, then reunited with his father and younger brother after the others left the hall.
• Ji Yichuan explained that Snow Dragon Mountain had threatened the clan to claim half the rights to a newly discovered Essence Stone vein.
• Ji Yichuan told Ji An that Yuchi Xue’s health had been worsening, so Ji An set off with his father and Ji Ning for the Ji Clan West Prefecture, taking the prisoners with them.

Ji An returned to the Ji family courtyard with the four perpetrators of the ambush that had crippled Yuchi Xue, then restored her with a Nine-Turn Life-Creation Pill. After Yuchi Xue demanded vengeance, Ji An destroyed the four enemies’ bodies and souls, leaving her finally avenged.

• Ji An brought Hanyang, Dong Qi, Yu Tong, and Shui Yi before Yuchi Xue and explained their roles in the ambush that killed her brother and left her gravely injured.
• Ji An gave Yuchi Xue a Nine-Turn Life-Creation Pill, which healed her injuries, restored her vitality, and raised her to the Violet Palace Early Stage.
• Yuchi Xue rejoiced at her recovery with Ji Yichuan, Ji Ning, and Ji An, then faced the four captives and demanded that their souls be torn apart.
• Ji An used primordial fire to burn Hanyang, Dong Qi, Yu Tong, and Shui Yi to ash and destroy their souls completely.
• Yuchi Xue watched her enemies vanish and said that she had finally avenged her brother.

Ji An reunited with his family and urged Ji Ning to seek an immortal-rank Qi Refining method by joining the Black-White College. At the Water Manor, the huge yellow bear discovered Ji An’s immense growth, and the brothers prepared to test themselves in the War God Hall.

• Ji An shared a reunion meal with Ji Yichuan, Yuchi Xue, and Ji Ning, then advised Ji Ning to reach only the early Purple Mansion stage before pursuing a higher-ranked Qi Refining method.
• Ji An explained that Ji Ning could earn an immortal-rank method through the Yinglong Guard or join a top sect, and recommended the Black-White College’s recruitment in six months.
• Ji An planned to stay home for six months before traveling with Ji Ning to Anchan City, and the brothers returned to the Water Manor the next morning.
• The huge yellow bear was astonished that Ji An had reached Myriad Phenomena Perfection and the Primordial Spirit level in six years, and regretted that he had passed up the Star Seizing Hand inheritance for Ji Ning.
• Ji Ning vowed to pass the Divine Ability Hall trial and obtain the First Divine Ability inheritance, then asked to attempt the War God Hall trial.
• Ji An asked to enter the War God Hall first so he could watch Ji Ning’s progress, and the brothers appeared before its bronze doors.

Ji An faced the sixth trial’s top-tier Loose Immortal, whose Immortal Rank swords transformed into water dragons and steadily trapped him. Ji An gathered his power for a decisive attack, but the Loose Immortal sealed him inside the Water Prison Sword World and demanded that he surrender.

• Ji Ning watched Ji An defeat the fifth trial’s puppet, and the great yellow bear explained that Ji An had mastered the complete Dao of Sharp Metal and the complete Path of Gale.
• Ji An entered the sixth trial and confronted a top-tier Loose Immortal wielding two Immortal Rank swords transformed into water dragons.
• Ji An dodged the dragons’ rain and claw attacks, summoned his Thunderfire World, and used Flowing Light to drive back the black dragon without damaging it.
• The Loose Immortal combined heavy water, vortices, and rain threads to suppress Ji An’s Thunderfire World and restrict his movements.
• Ji An gathered lightning, fire, and sword power for an attack, but the Loose Immortal trapped him inside the Water Prison Sword World and told him to surrender.

Ji An defeated a top-tier Loose Immortal in the War God Hall, while Ji Ning awakened Divine Consciousness and cleared the second layer. After their trials, Ji An advanced to the thirteenth layer of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram and became a Kangshen Godfiend; the brothers then headed to the Treasure Hall.

• Ji An used his Heaven and Earth Great Dao Domain and self-created sword strike to defeat the Loose Immortal and clear the War God Hall's sixth layer.
• Ji Ning entered the second layer and fought an early-stage Myriad Phenomena Godfiend puppet with his flying swords and Minor Thousand Sword Formation.
• Ji Ning formed Divine Consciousness during the fight, pierced the puppet with the Seventh Layer of the Minor Thousand Sword Formation, and cleared the second layer.
• Ji An revealed that he had delayed his breakthrough to preserve his War God Hall attempts, then began advancing to the thirteenth layer of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram.
• Ji An absorbed Grand Yin True Water and Grand Yang True Fire, became a Kangshen Godfiend, and set off with Ji Ning for the Treasure Hall.

Ji An selected three powerful Heaven Rank treasures and began refining the Water Manor, while Ji Ning chose two Human Rank treasures. After five days and nights, Ji An completed the Manor’s initial refinement, then reminded the great yellow bear that something remained.

• Ji An chose the Myriad Transformations Golden Light Wings, the Great Expansion Geng Metal Pearl, and the Heavenly Cycle Stars Sword Formation from the Treasure Hall.
• Ji Ning chose the Nine Yang Sword Formation and the Annihilation Demon-Slaying Sword.
• Ji An agreed to refine the Water Manor, and the great yellow bear explained that he could access most of it but not its core areas.
• The great yellow bear brought Ji An and Ji Ning to the meditation chamber, where Ji An sat on the Netherworld Water Jade bed and began refining the Manor.
• After five days and nights, Ji An completed the initial refinement and gained control over most of the Water Manor.
• Ji Ning congratulated Ji An, who asked the great yellow bear whether he had forgotten something.

Ji An and Ji Ning learned how Immortal Juhua’s treasures had been reforged into the powerful Thousand Ox Sword, then returned home, where Ji An gave his younger brother three cultivation manuals. Ji Ning resolved to master two divine abilities before attempting the Water Manor’s Divine Ability Hall.

• The Yellow Big Bear revealed Immortal Juhua’s treasure hoard and explained that it had fused the Suhé Painting and Nine Realms Seal into the Thousand Ox Sword.
• The Black Old Ox appeared as the Thousand Ox Sword, displayed its spiritual power, and urged Ji An and Ji Ning to cultivate so they could travel and fight together.
• Ji An used void traversal to take Ji Ning back to the Ji Clan West Prefecture, where they greeted Yuchi Xue and Ji Yichuan.
• Ji An gave Ji Ning manuals for Law of Heaven and Earth, Blood God Body, and the later levels of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram.
• Ji Ning promised to master Law of Heaven and Earth and the first level of Blood God Body before attempting the Water Manor’s Divine Ability Hall.

Ji An completed three Metal Minor Daos in half a year as Ji Ning obtained the Star Seizing Hand and prepared to take the Black-White College examination. After the brothers returned to the Ji Clan, they learned that a Myriad Phenomena great demon was threatening the clan.

• Ji An completed his third Metal Minor Dao, and the Black Old Ox marveled at his progress.
• Ji Ning returned with the Star Seizing Hand, and Ji An tested its power by catching his full-strength strike with one hand.
• Ji An and Ji Ning left the Water Manor, and Ji An retrieved it from beneath Winged Serpent Lake before heading to the Ji Clan.
• Ji An told the Ji Clan elders that he and Ji Ning would leave for Anchan City after making arrangements.
• Ji Liuzhen explained that a Myriad Phenomena great demon had demanded the Ji Clan surrender an alleged opportunity or face slaughter.

Ji An left a clone and a vast store of treasures and inheritances to protect and strengthen the Ji Clan before setting out with Ji Ning. During their journey, Ji Ning spotted Snow Dragon Mountain disciples attacking three cultivators and, with Ji An’s permission, killed the attackers from afar; the survivors then met the two brothers.

• Ji An promised to leave a clone at the Ji Clan to guard it against the Myriad Phenomena Demon King.
• Ji An gave the clan more than a thousand Human Rank treasures, over ninety Earth Rank treasures, two Heaven Rank treasures, abundant supplies, and nine core inheritances, along with rules for passing them on.
• Ji An formed a clone to remain at the Ji Clan, then departed with Ji Ning and gave him the Void-Escaping Boat to pilot.
• After three days of travel, Ji Ning noticed two Snow Dragon Mountain disciples attacking three cultivators and asked Ji An to let him intervene.
• Ji Ning used his Divine Consciousness to kill both Snow Dragon Mountain disciples with sword shadows that emerged from the earth.
• The survivors returned to the valley, where Ji An and Ji Ning appeared; one survivor knelt and thanked Ji Ning for saving his life.

Ji Ning and Ji An traveled to Anchan City with three Meng Clan disciples, whose rude treatment of Ji An turned to fear when they learned he was a Primordial Spirit Daoist. Ji Ning visited Beishan Baiwei at Northmont Blacktiger's estate, where Baiwei's father appeared and told him to step aside.

• Ji Ning and Ji An joined Meng Jun, Meng Xin, and Meng Yan aboard a flying boat bound for Anchan City.
• Meng Jun and Meng Xin fawned over Ji Ning while neglecting Ji An, and Ji Ning's opinion of them worsened.
• Ji An flew into Anchan City with Ji Ning, and the Meng disciples learned from a city booklet that Primordial Spirit Daoists could travel through the air.
• Ji Ning told Ji An about the token Beishan Baiwei had given him, and the brothers went to Northmont Blacktiger's estate.
• Beishan Baiwei warmly welcomed Ji Ning and Ji An, but Northmont Blacktiger appeared and ordered Baiwei to step aside.

Ji An declined Northmont Blacktiger’s attempt to recruit him and helped Ji Ning prepare to enter the Black-White College. Three years later, Ji Ning had joined the college and attained the True Meaning of the Grand Dao of the Sword, while Ji An had mastered the Geng Metal Grand Dao; their spar began with Ji An easily countering Ji Ning’s attacks.

• Northmont Blacktiger recognized Ji An as Tingyan Daoist and invited him into his estate while Beishan Baiwei took Ji Ning to the Worry-Free Grotto.
• Northmont Blacktiger offered Ji An a place at his side, but Ji An refused and explained that he sought freedom from restraints.
• Northmont Blacktiger later told Beishan Baiwei that Ji An was unfathomable and might be a reincarnated immortal.
• Over the next three years, Ji Ning passed the Black-White College entrance trial, became Dian Cai Immortal’s disciple, and learned the Three-Foot Sword trajectory, while Ji An mastered the nine Metal Minor Daos and grasped the Geng Metal Grand Dao.
• Ji Ning challenged Ji An to spar, but Ji An’s Metal Dao intent deflected Ji Ning’s sword thrust and his golden threads dismantled Ji Ning’s flaming sword lotus.

Ji Ning completed a spar with Ji An as he prepared to leave the mountain with Mu Zishuo, while Ji An gave him a protective pendant. Ji An then entered the Water Manor and used Essence Liquid to break through to the Void-Returning Early Stage, leaving him ready to attempt the seventh level of the Divine Ability Hall.

• Ji Ning used his water-and-fire techniques and secret sword move against Ji An’s attacks, but Ji An stopped the two remaining golden sword streaks before they could strike him.
• Ji An gave Ji Ning a cyan protective pendant that would reveal his location and let Ji An appear beside him if he faced danger in An Tan Commandery.
• Mu Zishuo arrived and proposed that he and Ji Ning travel together, and Ji Ning agreed.
• Ji An told Ji Ning to leave without visiting him, then went into seclusion in the Water Manor to attempt a breakthrough.
• Ji An refined three million jin of Essence Liquid and transformed his Tortoise-Snake Primordial Spirit into a golden lotus, reaching the Void-Returning Early Stage.
• Ji An sensed his new level and decided he could try the seventh level of the Divine Ability Hall.

Ji An revealed that his Dao comprehension and sword techniques made him strong enough to rival top-tier Heavenly Immortals, then challenged the War God Hall’s seventh and eighth floors. He defeated both guardians, clearing the eighth floor with his Universe · Abyss sword strike.

• The Black Old Ox welcomed Ji An after his breakthrough to Void Returning Earth Immortal, and Ji An explained that he was close to mastering the Geng Metal Grand Dao.
• Ji An told the Yellow-Haired Giant Bear that Ji Ning was best suited to inherit the Star-Seizing Manor, then chose to challenge the War God Hall’s seventh and eighth floors.
• Ji An defeated the seventh-floor Void Returning Godfiend by unleashing the Suhé River through the Thousand Ox Sword.
• On the eighth floor, Ji An fought a powerful Godfiend guardian who created two clones and rapidly healed from his wounds.
• Ji An used Universe · Abyss to pierce and weaken all three Godfiends, forcing the guardian to yield and clearing the eighth floor.
• The Yellow-Haired Giant Bear congratulated Ji An, and Ji An teased it for giving him an unusually strong guardian.

Ji An obtained two immortal-rank treasures, then sensed Ji Ning in mortal danger and arrived to rescue him from an ancient Godfiend. Ji An faced the Flame Godfiend, which recognized him as an unusually powerful Void-Returning Earth Immortal.

• Ji An chose the Voidgold Wings and Gengjin Light-Splitting Shuttle, then spent three months in seclusion creating a defensive fourth form of the Universe Sword.
• After leaving seclusion, Ji An sensed danger and vanished to help Ji Ning in the Prison Mountain Great Marsh.
• The ancient Godfiend emerged from beneath the marsh, killed the Dragon Whale Demon King, and restrained Ji Ning, Mu Zishuo, and the Azure Void Snake.
• Ji Ning tried to activate his protective sword qi, but the Godfiend's power suppressed it, so he used his Azure Jade Pendant to summon help.
• Ji An stepped through a spatial rift, released everyone from the Godfiend's restraint, and confronted the Flame Godfiend.

Ji An trapped Zhu Yan’s escape, defeated him, and forced him to swear to serve for fifty years. He concealed his strength by making Blood Vulture swear secrecy, and Blood Vulture misled two arriving Yinglong Guard immortals about the battle.

• Ji An froze Zhu Yan’s void passage, sent Ji Ning, Mu Zishuo, and the Azure Void Snake a hundred li away, and offered Zhu Yan his freedom in exchange for fifty years of service.
• When Zhu Yan refused to submit, Ji An used the Thousand Ox Sword and the Suhé River to overwhelm him and destroy his escape attempt.
• Ji An wore down Zhu Yan until he agreed to swear a Heavenly Dao oath of loyalty for fifty years, then brought him to Ji Ning and the others.
• Ji An ordered Blood Vulture to keep his strength and Zhu Yan’s submission secret, and Blood Vulture swore a Heavenly Dao oath.
• When two Yinglong Guard immortals arrived, Blood Vulture claimed that he and Ji An had driven away a minor Godfiend.

Ji An rescued Ji Ning and his companions from the Prison Mountain Great Marsh, then Ji Ning and Mu Zishuo joined the Yinglong Guard and began hunting evildoers. After months of missions, Ji Ning asked Ji An to return to the Ji Clan West Prefecture, where Ji An linked the Water Manor to the clan’s territory before they went home.

• Ji An introduced himself to the patrol cultivators, then reunited with Ji Ning, Mu Zishuo, Qing Qing, and the subdued Zhu Yan and led them back toward the Red Dragon Mountain Range.
• Ji Ning and Mu Zishuo completed the Prison Mountain Great Marsh trial, joined the Yinglong Guard, and learned that the rescued mortals had been safely resettled.
• Ji Ning took half of Qing Qing’s ten-thousand-year ice to trade for Essence Liquid, while Ji An declined to take any of it.
• Ji Ning and Mu Zishuo spent three months completing Yinglong Guard missions, and Ji Ning then asked Ji An to return with him to the Ji Clan West Prefecture.
• Ji An summoned Zhu Yan, traveled with the group to the Ji Clan West Prefecture, and anchored the Water Manor within the clan’s territory before he and Ji Ning went home.

Ji An and Ji Ning returned to the Ji Clan West Prefecture, where Ji An arranged protection and a spirit-gathering formation for the clan. A year later, Ji An had advanced his understanding of the five-element Minor Daos and found Ji Ning growing close to Nine Lotus, while Yuchi Xue urged him to consider finding a Dao companion.

• Ji An and Ji Ning reunited with Yuchi Xue and Ji Yichuan, and introduced Zhu Yan and Xiao Qing to their parents.
• Ji An announced that he and Ji Ning would live at the Ji Clan West Prefecture long-term, and appointed Zhu Yan to guard the territory.
• Ji Ning installed his Yinglong Guard Token, while Ji An declined to expand the clan’s territory and instead planned an energy-gathering formation with Xiao Qing’s help.
• Over the next year, Ji An mastered the Minor Daos of the five elements and hired formation masters to establish a formation that tripled Yan Mountain’s essence energy; Zhu Yan drove off neighboring forces that came to complain.
• Ji An saw Ji Ning discussing the Lotus Spell with Nine Lotus, then spoke with Yuchi Xue, who encouraged him to think about finding a Dao companion.