Chapter Summaries

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.

Chen Jin confronted Ji Ning over Nine Lotus and threatened to destroy the Ji Clan, but Ji Ning defeated him in a fight. Ji An then seized Chen Jin and crushed Fire Saint with an invisible force, leaving both men helpless.

• Chen Jin arrived with Fire Saint, saw Nine Lotus’s affection for Ji Ning, and lost his composure despite Fire Saint’s warnings.
• Nine Lotus rejected Chen Jin, and Chen Jin challenged Ji Ning to a duel above the Ji Clan West Prefecture.
• Ji Ning shattered Chen Jin’s attacks, broke through his Wind and Cloud Lock Heaven and Earth, and threw him aside.
• Chen Jin threatened to have outlaws wipe out the Ji Clan unless Ji Ning left Nine Lotus, and Ji An appeared and grabbed him by the throat.
• Fire Saint tried to rescue Chen Jin, but Ji An’s force slammed him into the ground and grievously injured him.

Ji Ning forced Chen Jin to swear a Heavenly Dao oath, and Ji An shattered Chen Jin’s Violet Palace before letting him leave. Ji Ning and Nine Lotus pledged themselves to each other, while Chen Jin retaliated by informing the Dongyan Clan of their relationship; Ji An’s hidden energy then killed Chen Jin in his residence.

• Ji Ning offered Chen Jin the choice of swearing never to harm the Ji Clan or having his soul scattered, and Chen Jin swore the oath under pressure.
• Ji An shattered Chen Jin’s Violet Palace, and Ji Ning warned him against threatening the Ji Clan before Fire Saint took him away.
• Chen Jin warned Ji Ning that Nine Lotus was the Dongyan Clan’s designated next leader, while Ji Ning and Nine Lotus reassured each other and drew closer.
• Ji Ning held Nine Lotus’s hand and received her agreement to be his Dao companion, and Yuchi Xue warmly welcomed her.
• Chen Jin carried word of Ji Ning and Nine Lotus’s relationship to the Dongyan Clan’s outpost, prompting the clan’s leadership to react.
• Ji An’s hidden elemental energy erupted inside Chen Jin’s shattered Violet Palace, killing him as he returned to his residence.

The Dongyan Clan sent Beiqu Immortal to bring Nine Lotus back, but Zhu Yan nearly destroyed the expedition before Ji An intervened and let her choose. Nine Lotus returned to the clan, leaving Ji Ning heartbroken and determined to grow stronger; nine years later, Ji An had greatly advanced his cultivation and claimed the Stars Circumference Sword Formation.

• Beiqu Immortal led the Dongyan Clan’s forces to the Ji Clan West Prefecture and tested Ji Ning with Divine Sense.
• Zhu Yan attacked the Dongyan party, destroyed their warship, and gravely wounded Beiqu Immortal and his nine disciples before Nine Lotus pleaded for mercy.
• Ji An stopped Zhu Yan and told Nine Lotus she could stay, but she chose to return to the Dongyan Clan and asked Ji Ning to wait for her.
• Nine Lotus left by flying boat, and Ji An urged Ji Ning to become strong enough to control his own fate; Ji Ning devoted himself to cultivation.
• Over the next nine years, Ji An advanced his Spatial Power, Heaven and Earth Great Dao, and Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram, then cleared the ninth level of the War God Hall and chose the Stars Circumference Sword Formation.

After nine years of cultivation, Ji An remained unable to master Heart Force while he and Ji Ning became famous for their power. Nine Lotus broke free of her formation and traveled to Yan Mountain, where a gathering at the Ji residence ended as a Heavenly Tribulation began.

• Ji An advanced his divine abilities, became a four-clawed Yinglong Guard, and saved Chuncao, while Ji Ning trained diligently beside him.
• Ji Ning killed a Primordial Spirit Daoist at the Perfection stage during a Yinglong Guard mission, and news of his feat spread throughout Anchan Commandery.
• Nine Lotus learned of Ji Ning’s victory, understood her ambition to lead the Dongyan Clan, and walked out of Ten Thousand Lotus Cave before setting off for Yan Mountain.
• Mu Zishuo, Yu Wei, Cangjiang, Beishan Baiwei, and other Black-White College disciples visited Ji Ning at the Ji Clan West Prefecture, where they discussed the realms above Heavenly Immortals.
• As Ji An and the gathered cultivators discussed True Immortals and the Grand Dao, fierce winds converged nearby, and they sensed a Heavenly Tribulation.