Nine

Story context

Welcome back, fellow cultivators, to the calm before the storm! This chapter is a massive inventory dump and power-level milestone rolled into one. Ji Ning has returned to Ten Thousand Swords City to settle his debts before embarking on a journey from which he may never return. But he doesn't leave empty-handed—he practically buries his clan in treasures! We're talking over ten thousand Human-ranked magic items, nearly a thousand Earth-ranked pieces, twelve Heaven-ranked treasures, and—hold onto your immortal hats—eighteen complete sets of top-tier cultivation techniques, divine abilities, and divine sense secret arts that would make even the Snowdragon Mountain sect weep with envy. Oh, and nine Qiongqi golems, each nearly as strong as a Loose Immortal, which can combine to slaughter Primal Daoists "as easily as killing a chicken." If you love a good "the protagonist stocks up the clan arc," this is your jam.

Why it matters

This chapter is a quiet, gratifying exhale after the intense arc in the Wu Jiang Immortal Estate. It's not about combat, but about the tangible results of that combat being turned into something permanent. The emotional core here isn't Ji Ning's power, but his unyielding sense of duty. He's not just a roving powerhouse; he's the son who remembered his family. The reaction of Ji Jiuhuo—on the verge of tears, declaring he can die happy now—gives the chapter its weight. Even in its most "inventory management" moments, this story always ties the mechanics back to character emotion. Enjoy the calm before the journey.

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Desolate Era