Chapter Summaries

Yang Danglong led the concealed Fleet toward White Ape Mountain after Wang Shan infiltrated the enemy stronghold. The White Ape King had unexpectedly advanced to Late Golden Core, but Wang Shan remained confident in his side’s numerical advantage as the attack began.

• Yang Danglong received Wang Shan’s message confirming that he had infiltrated White Ape Mountain and ordered the Fleet to attack.
• The Hidden Dragon Boat concealed the Fleet as it advanced toward White Ape Mountain, where warning cries and a lightning-filled defensive shield alerted the defenders.
• Yang Danglong ordered the Flying Boats and cultivators to prepare their attacks, while Yang Qiongchuan focused on earning Merit to obtain resources for Golden Core Formation.
• Wang Shan reached his assigned position disguised as a white ape and discovered that the White Ape King had advanced from Middle Golden Core to Late Golden Core.
• Wang Shan judged that his side still had a decisive advantage in Golden Core strength and prepared to ambush an Early Golden Core white ape when the battle began.

Yang Danglong and the Golden Core Cultivators attacked White Ape Mountain, where they faced a Late Golden Core White Ape King. The battle left the Hidden Dragon Boat mostly inside the mountain’s formation while Yang Danglong and the others braced against the White Ape King’s powerful punch.

• Yang Danglong insisted the group attack, and True Person Wanshi agreed after Yang promised to help his sect obtain a Third-Tier Flying Boat.
• The Hidden Dragon Boat unleashed repeated formation attacks, and Yang used a Formation-Breaking Talisman to tear an opening in White Ape Mountain’s barrier.
• Yang drove the Hidden Dragon Boat through the breach, but the White Ape King struck its bow and sent the vessel reeling.
• True Person Wanshi and the Ox-Head Puppet attacked the White Ape King, who knocked both of them into the formation barrier.
• Yang and the remaining Golden Core Cultivators raised their defensive treasures and abilities to block the White Ape King’s lightning-wreathed punch.

Yang Danglong and the other Golden Core Cultivators restrained the White Ape King while Wang Shan struck from inside White Ape Mountain. After Wang Shan killed a Golden Core white ape and shattered the barrier, the Human Race Fleet attacked the mountain.

• Yang Danglong and the other cultivators found their attacks barely harmed the White Ape King, so they switched to restraining him while waiting for the fleet to break through the barrier.
• Wang Shan spotted a bald Golden Core white ape maintaining the Formation and used a Third-Tier Puppet to ambush it.
• Wang Shan killed the bald white ape with the Flame-Scorching Heart Saber and seized the Formation node.
• Wang Shan shattered White Ape Mountain's barrier, allowing the Human Race Fleet to descend and rain attacks on the white apes.

The Human Race Fleet attacked White Ape Mountain and defeated the White Ape Clan after a brutal battle. The White Ape King self-destructed, but the survivors conquered the mountain, plundered its resources, and departed.

• The Human Race Fleet breached White Ape Mountain's Formation barrier and killed or wounded hundreds of white apes in its opening assault.
• Yang Tianxue, Yang Qiongchuan, Yang Xuanying, and Yan Xia Ke fought from the Flying Boat while Wang Shan and his allies battled the Golden Core white apes.
• Wang Shan killed the three Golden Core white apes one by one, then joined the assault on the White Ape King.
• The White Ape King burned his Essence Blood to reach Golden Core Perfection combat strength, but eleven Golden Core-level fighters overwhelmed him.
• Yang Danglong warned that the White Ape King would self-destruct; the blast destroyed the Ox-Head Puppet, gravely wounded True Person Wanshi, and killed more than two hundred cultivators.
• Yang Danglong ordered the White Ape Clan wiped out, and the Human Race cultivators conquered White Ape Mountain, plundered it, and departed.

During the Cold Tide, the Yang Household hunted Sea Beasts around Coiled Snake Island while Yang Xuanwu guarded the expedition. He attacked a Golden Core Iron-Spiked Sea Turtle and discovered three Evil Cultivators watching from the shadows, one of whom prepared to fight him.

• The Cold Tide brought Sea Beasts and abundant Water Attribute resources to the Chaotic Sea, and Coiled Snake Island’s Yang Household sent out two hunting teams while one guarded the Lineage.
• Yang Xuanwu protected the hunting party from a Third-Tier Flying Boat while cultivating the Four Symbols Sacred Scripture.
• Yang Xuanwu spotted an Iron-Spiked Sea Turtle with clouded eyes approaching the island and went to confront it when its Golden Core presence frightened the hunters.
• Yang Xuanwu struck the turtle with his Four Symbols Sacred Spear, shattering its shield and cracking its shell.
• Three Evil Cultivators revealed themselves in hiding; the one called Brother Tang claimed his Middle Golden Core strength and Upper-Grade Law Treasure would let him kill Yang Xuanwu.

Yang Xuanwu revealed his strength while fighting the Iron-Spiked Sea Turtle and killed three Evil Cultivators who had tried to rob the War Flying Vessel. The Yang Household claimed the Evil Cultivators’ belongings and the turtle’s corpse.

• The three Evil Cultivators spotted the Third-Tier War Flying Vessel and decided to attack Yang Xuanwu and seize its valuables.
• Yang Xuanwu revealed that he had been holding back, killed the Iron-Spiked Sea Turtle, and used the Flying Boat’s puppet to trap the fleeing short, thin Evil Cultivator.
• Yang Xuanwu countered the three Evil Cultivators’ coordinated assault and badly injured the Evil Cultivator surnamed Tang with a punch.
• The remaining two Evil Cultivators burned their Essence Blood and tried to escape, but Yang Xuanwu killed all three after pursuing them with Spear Gang.
• The Yang Household took the Evil Cultivators’ belongings and the Iron-Spiked Sea Turtle’s corpse, and Yang Xuanwu wondered why more such windfalls did not happen.

Yang Xuanwu and the Yang Household hunted resources during the Cold Tide before receiving Falling Star Pavilion’s request for help against the Lin Household. Yang Tiankang and Yang Xuanwu set out with household forces for Falling Star Island, where they prepared to join the conflict amid the Sea Beast Tide.

• Yang Xuanwu killed three Golden Core Evil Cultivators, and the Yang Household gathered resources from nearby islands over the next several days.
• Yang Tiankang, Yang Xuanye, and Yang Xuanwu discussed the household’s gains and the destruction of the Xuyuan Sect by a Sea Beast Tide.
• Yang Xuanye received a message asking the Yang Household to come to Falling Star Pavilion, which was preparing to attack the Lin Household.
• Yang Xuanye stayed behind with three hundred household members to defend the Lineage, while Yang Tiankang and Yang Xuanwu led two hundred toward Falling Star Pavilion.
• The Yang Household’s two War Flying Vessels arrived at Falling Star Island, where cultivators were defending the coast against waves of Sea Beasts.

The Pavilion Master of Falling Star Pavilion assigned the Yang Household to attack Seven Radiance Island and gave the assisting forces their promised rewards. As the fleet approached the island, True Person Hanxiao objected to sharing the spoils with the Yang Household, but True Person Jinzhu warned that Yang Xuanwu and Yang Tiankang were more formidable than they appeared.

• The Pavilion Master announced that the Upper Sect had approved the war against the Lin Household and distributed rewards to the allied Cultivators.
• The Pavilion Master assigned the Yang Household to attack Seven Radiance Island, and Yang Tiankang accepted the order.
• The Pavilion Master finalized the deployments and ordered the forces to attack the Lin Household.
• Yang Xuanwu and Yang Tiankang traveled toward Seven Radiance Island with True Person Jinzhu, True Person Hanxiao, and True Person Linyue aboard concealed War Flying Vessels.
• True Person Hanxiao complained that the Yang Household would share the benefits, but True Person Jinzhu said he had sensed danger from Yang Xuanwu and Yang Tiankang.

The Falling Star Pavilion and the Yang Household attacked the Lin Household's defenses on Seven Radiance Island. Lin Tianqi held the defensive Formation but was alarmed by the strength of the two Early Golden Core cultivators attacking its eastern side.

• Lin Tianqi and the Lin Household's Golden Core Cultivators prepared Seven Radiance Island's defenses against the Falling Star Pavilion.
• True Person Jinzhu and four War Flying Vessels attacked the island's Formation barrier, which stabilized after the Lin Household cultivators took their positions.
• Lin Tianqi stopped True Person Lin Yu from abandoning his Formation node after True Person Jinzhu insulted Lin Yongfang.
• True Person Jinzhu directed the Falling Star Pavilion's forces to continue attacking and asked the Yang Household to strike a weak point on the island's eastern side.
• Yang Tiankang and Yang Xuanwu attacked the eastern side with two Third-Tier Flying Boats, and Lin Tianqi was alarmed by their strength.

Falling Star Pavilion and the Yang Household broke Seven Radiance Island’s defenses and fought the Lin Household, while opportunists looted the island. The Lin Household was defeated, and the allied forces conquered Seven Radiance Island, though their victory came at a cost.

• Falling Star Pavilion and the Yang Household broke Seven Radiance Island’s Defensive Formation and began fighting the Lin Household, while opportunists entered the island to plunder its resources.
• Yang Tiankang fought Lin Yu, Yang Xuanwu fought Lin Guijie, and True Person Jinzhu battled Lin Tianqi as the War Flying Vessels overwhelmed the Lin Household’s battle formation.
• The War Flying Vessels wiped out most of the Lin Household’s lower-ranked cultivators, and Lin Tianqi ordered a retreat after the battle turned against them.
• Yang Xuanwu revealed his full strength and split Lin Tianqi’s river attack, then joined True Person Jinzhu and others in surrounding him.
• Yang Xuanwu killed Lin Tianqi with his spear, though a War Flying Vessel was destroyed and many Falling Star Pavilion cultivators died in the fight.
• Lin Yu self-destructed and grievously wounded True Person Linyue, while True Person Jinzhu and Yang Xuanwu killed Lin Guijie; the Lin Household was defeated and Seven Radiance Island fell.

Three months after the Cold Tide War, Yang Tianyou organized the governance of the Yang Household's expanded territory and its Foreign Races. The Household stabilized and built ties with the Mountain and River Hall, while the Luochuan Sect failed to embarrass it with an early tribute demand.

• The Yang Household tallied extensive territorial gains and spoils, while its forces in Mo Province and the Chaotic Sea gained land, resources, and other rewards.
• Yunhua advised Yang Tianyou to govern the Blood Race through military suppression and the Barbarian Tribe through benevolent rule backed by force.
• Yang Tianyou assigned Yang Yusheng and the Purple Moon Army to Blackblood City and appointed Yang Lihe to govern Blue Rock County.
• Yang Tianyou established Ten Thousand Demon Valley and placed the Purple Moon Wolf Clan in command of the gathered Demon Race.
• True Person Shi Chong praised the Yang Household to the Mountain and River Hall, helping it build connections and loosen the Luochuan Sect's control.
• True Person Beigong and the Grand Elder sent an envoy to demand tribute early, but the Yang Household provided the supplies.

Twenty years after the Cold Tide War, the Yang Household grew stronger and expanded its influence through trade with the Falling Star Pavilion. Yang Xuanwu brought Coiled Snake Island’s young generation to Purple Moon Mountain for training and the Lineage Grand Competition, while Purple Moon City’s growing power and connections drew attention.

• The Yang Household prospered as the Luochuan Sect held back and other forces strengthened their cooperation with it.
• The Falling Star Pavilion began annual trade with the Purple Moon Mountain Yang Household, exchanging Chaotic Sea and Northern River Region specialties.
• Yang Tianyou established a rule requiring Coiled Snake Island youngsters to spend three years on Purple Moon Mountain before turning eighteen.
• Yang Xuanwu told Yang Yuhao and the other youngsters stories about Yang Tianyou’s achievements as they traveled aboard the Falling Star Pavilion’s Flying Boat.
• The Flying Boat reached Purple Moon City, where residents discussed the Yang Household’s powerful connections and the Luochuan Sect’s restraint.

Four Luochuan Sect disciples discussed the Yang Household’s strength and its three rising geniuses before Yang Xuanwu returned to Purple Moon City with young clan members. The chapter left the Yang Clan’s Three Heroes identified as the focus of the coming competitions.

• Four Luochuan Sect disciples debated why their sect had not moved against the Yang Household, citing its strength and possible ties to the Four Symbols Legacy.
• The older disciple warned that the Yang Household had produced exceptional talents before and cautioned against underestimating the Yang Clan’s Three Heroes.
• Yang Xuanwu arrived at Purple Moon City aboard a Flying Boat with dozens of young members of the Lineage after more than thirty years away.
• Yang Xuanwu recalled that his duties guarding Coiled Snake Island had kept him from returning, and that he had recently advanced to Middle Golden Core.
• Yang Yuqi welcomed Yang Xuanwu and the young clan members at Purple Moon Plaza.
• The chapter identified Yang Yuqi’s sons Yang Taishan, Yang Taishi, and Yang Taixuan as the Yang Clan’s Three Heroes.

Yang Xuanwu returned to Purple Moon Mountain with Yang Yuqi and his family, and the young people from Coiled Snake Island began exploring the clan’s home. The chapter ended with Yang Xuanwu greeting Old Ancestor Yang Haoyu at the summit.

• Yang Yuqi introduced his three gifted children, Yang Taishan, Yang Taishi, and Yang Taixuan, to Yang Xuanwu.
• Yang Xuanwu and Yang Yuqi agreed to visit the Old Ancestor before going to the Great White Residence, then Yang Yuqi carried everyone toward Purple Moon Mountain on an azure cloud.
• Yang Taishan and his siblings befriended Yang Yuhao and the other youths, who traded stories about the Chaotic Sea and the Cangji Plateau.
• The group passed through the Clan-Guarding Formation, and the youths from Coiled Snake Island admired Purple Moon Mountain’s sights, including Wolf Pool and the Purple Moon Wolf Clan.
• Yang Xuanwu reached the summit, greeted Yang Haoyu, and knelt to pay his respects.

Yang Xuanwu and Yang Yuqi brought the Coiled Snake Island youths to the Great White Residence to visit Yang Tianyou, where Zhiming welcomed them and showed them the grounds. While waiting for Yang Tianyou to finish cultivating, the youths discovered two Spirit Beasts fighting on a hidden Martial Practice Ground.

• Yang Xuanwu and Yang Yuqi led the youths to the Great White Residence, where Zhiming greeted them and explained that Yang Tianyou was cultivating and his Mistress was visiting friends.
• Zhiming guided the visitors through gardens filled with precious spirit medicines and asked Yang Yuqi to inspect a wilted Purple Poria.
• The group reached Yang Tianyou's courtyard and waited beneath a Red Maple Tree while Zhiming went to fetch tea and pastries.
• The youths followed the sounds of combat to a concealed Martial Practice Ground and watched a Flame-Blazing Ape and a Five-Colored Rooster clash with powerful techniques and Law Power.

Yang Tianyou cultivated his new Divine Ability, White Emperor Indestructible Body, while Yang Xuanwu and the youths visited him at Purple Moon Mountain. He instructed Yang Xuanwu to show the children around the Yang Household’s territory before the Lineage Grand Competition.

• Yang Taishan and the other youths discussed the strength of Old Ancestor Yuan Ba and Old Ancestor Xuanyin and praised Yang Tianyou’s Bonded Spirit Beasts.
• Yang Tianyou refined his cultivation and advanced White Emperor Indestructible Body, a Divine Ability combining the strengths of several others.
• Yang Tianyou emerged from seclusion and warmly greeted Yang Xuanwu and the youths, then invited his nephew to share a drink.
• Yang Tianyou told Yang Xuanwu to take the children around Purple Moon Mountain and the Yang Household’s territory after the ancestor worship, and to attend the Lineage Small Meeting.
• Yang Xuanwu and the youths left after speaking with Yang Tianyou late into the night.

Yang Xuanwu guided the youths from Coiled Snake Island around Purple Moon Mountain and introduced them to the Lineage’s Legacy Grounds. Yang Yuhao cultivated in the Heavenly Water Cave for five days, greatly improving his Water Arrow Technique before the group was called back together.

• The youths paid their respects at the Lineage Ancestral Hall and toured Wolf Pool, where several of them impressed Purple Moon Wolf cubs and gained companions.
• Yang Xuanwu led the youths to the Legacy Grounds Hall, where Yang Xuanyun welcomed them and arranged access to the Nine Great Legacy Grounds.
• Yang Yuhao entered the Heavenly Water Cave and used its formation-enhanced environment to cultivate his Water Attribute arts.
• After five days, Yang Yuhao emerged having advanced his Water Arrow Technique to the Great Achievement realm, though he lamented that his allotted Contribution Points covered only ten days.
• Yang Xuanwu began gathering the youths after their time in the Legacy Grounds.

The Yang youths toured the Lineage’s halls, cities, markets, and counties, seeing the strength and variety of its territory. Their journey ended at Ten Thousand Demon Valley, where they encountered Yang Tianyou’s Bonded Spirit Beasts Fengling and Ruoqing.

• Yang Taishan and his siblings guided the youths through the Spirit Medicine Garden, where the Life-Origin Fruit Tree gave each of them a Spirit Fruit.
• The youths toured the Lineage’s halls and facilities, including Formation Valley, the Alchemy Pill Hall, Artifact Refining Valley, the Talisman Hall, the Spirit Cuisine Hall, the Agriculture Hall, the Beast Taming Hall, and the Yang Clan Academy.
• Three days later, the group began touring the Lineage’s territory, visiting Purple Moon City and Crouching Ox City before traveling through Ten Thousand Blades County and Ice Pool County.
• The youths toured Ice Pool Market, where Cultivators from across the region gathered to trade goods and purchase resources.
• The group entered Ten Thousand Demon Valley without trouble, and saw Fengling sleeping on a cliff and Ruoqing dancing above the lake.

Yang Xuanwu and the youths arrived in Blackblood City, where Yang Xuanli welcomed them and invited them to watch the Purple Moon Army’s military exercise. As Yang Yusheng set the soldiers aboard the upgraded Purple Moon Boat, Yang Xuanwu guessed how the exercise would proceed and brought the youths along.

• Yang Xuanwu and the youths reached Blackblood City and were received by Yang Xuanli at the City Lord's Manor.
• Yang Xuanli reprimanded Yang Taishan and his siblings for neglecting their cultivation, then invited Yang Xuanwu to the military camp to see an upcoming exercise.
• Yang Xuanwu and the others flew to the Purple Moon Army's satellite city and sensed the camp's dense Weapon Sha Qi.
• Two days later, Yang Yusheng ordered the Purple Moon Army's main force to move out during the exercise.
• The Fourth-Tier Lower-Grade Purple Moon Boat appeared, and the soldiers boarded it on blood-colored spiritual clouds.
• Yang Xuanwu recognized the likely plan and brought the curious youths aboard the Purple Moon Boat.

The Yang Household used trade to build ties with the Demon Race while the Purple Moon Army repeatedly pressured Zhou Ping Kingdom, following Yang Tianyou’s plan to weaken its guard. When Yang Yusheng’s fleet reached the fortified pass, the Purple Moon Army prepared an attack, leaving General Huangyu facing the threat with helpless anger.

• Lord Yuanlong recalled how his father’s failed ambush against the Purple Moon Army had convinced him to focus on defending Zhou Ping Kingdom’s border pass.
• Yang Xuanwu and the Purple Moon Army commanders discussed Yang Tianyou’s strategy of befriending the Demon Race and harassing the Spirit Tribe.
• The Purple Moon Boat and three Yang Household Border Defense Fleet vessels approached Zhou Ping Kingdom’s fortified pass, triggering an alarm and bringing General Huangyu and other Golden Core defenders to the walls.
• Yang Yusheng ordered the Purple Moon Army to attack, and more than five hundred soldiers charged the Purple Moon Boat’s Departing Fire Return to the Void Formation to form three powerful Departing Fire Orbs.