Chapter Summaries

Wang Changsheng killed Furong and the Black-robed Youth after a fierce battle, then fled with the defeated Song Kingdom cultivators to the City of Immortal Fate. The chapter left him preparing to rest and make adjustments before temporarily publishing three updates.

• Wang Changsheng endured attacks from the Black-robed Youth and his spirit insects, then sent his puppets and weapons against Furong.
• Wang Changsheng broke through Furong’s defenses and killed her, then used the Nine Shadows Mirage Technique to evade the Black-robed Youth’s attacks.
• Wang Changsheng broke through the Black-robed Youth’s defenses and killed him, while the two Black Centipedes exploded after their master died.
• Wang Changsheng saw Chen Tianming killed by Wu Zifeng and two Shu Kingdom cultivators, then joined the Song Kingdom cultivators fleeing to the City of Immortal Fate.
• Wang Changsheng planned to rest and make adjustments for a few days before temporarily putting out three updates.

After Chen Tianming's death and the Song cultivators' defeats, Wang Changsheng lost several clansmen and watched Zhao Yuhui die from poison despite giving her a Jade Clarity Pill. He accepted an order to guard a Spirit Stone Mine, leaving with Li Yuze and a selected group of cultivators.

• Chen Tianming's death shattered the Song cultivators' morale, and Wang Changsheng exchanged Shu cultivator identity tokens for rewards after the battle.
• Wang Changsheng gave his clansmen talismans and Spirit Tools, then hurried with Zhao Ziheng to treat Zhao Yuhui, who had been poisoned.
• Zhao Yuhui died after asking Wang Changsheng to look after the Zhao Family and bring Zhao Ningxiang home if he found her.
• Li Yuze informed Wang Changsheng that Zhao Yunxiao had ordered him to guard a Spirit Stone Mine, offering him two thousand points and temporarily sparing his clansmen from battle.
• Wang Changsheng joined Li Hongyuan, Lin Juntin, Nangong Chen, and the other selected cultivators aboard a White Scroll that flew toward the mine.

Sun Ping attacked the Wang Family while its Foundation Establishment cultivators were believed to be away, but Wang Mingjiang killed him and rescued the reinforcements. Li Hongyuan then arrived with Wang Changsheng and others to replace Ye and his companions at Zhao Ningxiang’s post.

• Sun Ping sent his men to raid the Wang, Huang, and Chen Families’ Market and ambushed Wang Mingzhan’s reinforcements on the road.
• Wang Mingzhan used puppets and a Spirit Talisman to defend the reinforcements until Wang Mingjiang arrived on the Golden Beak Eagle.
• Wang Mingjiang and the puppet beasts killed Sun Ping and his subordinates, then Wang Mingjiang headed to the Market while Wang Mingzhan returned to Azure Lotus Mountain.
• Li Hongyuan presented Zhao Ningxiang with a transfer order from the Purple Firmament Sect, and she verified it and admitted the group to the valley post.
• Zhao Ningxiang showed Li Hongyuan and Wang Changsheng the furnaces and ore at the post, where three other Foundation Establishment Cultivators were stationed.

Wang Changsheng and the others settled at a Spirit Stone Mine, where Liu Jieyuan warned them they would have to escort shipments to the frontline. After Wei and Shu cultivators discovered the mine with help from the captured Chen Shan, they launched an attack that threatened to break its protective formation.

• Liu Jieyuan welcomed Li Hongyuan and the others, explaining that five cultivators and twenty Qi Refining disciples would escort Spirit Stones to the frontline in a month's time.
• Wang Changsheng told Zhao Ningxiang that Zhao Yuhui had died in battle, and she angrily left after accusing an unnamed woman of deceiving her.
• Song Yufeng confronted Nangong Chen over his promise to help Zhao Ningxiang avoid conscription, then ordered him not to leave her sight without permission.
• Chen Shan led Wei and Shu cultivators to the Spirit Stone Mine after revealing its location when captured.
• Five enemy Foundation Establishment Cultivators attacked the mine's formation with poisonous mist and a giant seal, while Liu Jieyuan and Wang Changsheng joined the defense.
• The yellow formation barrier buckled under the renewed assault and appeared close to shattering.

Wang Changsheng fled the battle and hid in a valley, where he reunited with Zhao Ningxiang. After Nangong Chen and Song Yufeng arrived, Zhao Ningxiang concealed the group as fighting raged nearby.

• Liu Jieyuan and the others destroyed the Yellow Seal, but Nangong Chen and Song Yufeng fled, prompting Wang Changsheng and others to escape as well.
• Wang Changsheng killed Lin Juntin with Giant Strength Talisman-enhanced earth hands before fleeing underground.
• Wang Changsheng emerged in an Azure Bamboo Forest and decided to avoid the frontline and return to Azure Lotus Mountain after Wei Kingdom forces left.
• Wang Changsheng found Zhao Ningxiang hiding in a valley, and she asked him to shelter there and later look after the Zhao Family.
• Nangong Chen and Song Yufeng entered the hidden Stone Chamber, and Zhao Ningxiang concealed their magical fluctuations as nearby fighting continued.

Zhao Ningxiang poisoned Nangong Chen and Song Yufeng, then killed them to avenge her grandmother and the betrayal that had ruined her life. She sent Wang Changsheng back to Azure Lotus Mountain while she returned to the frontline.

• Zhao Ningxiang revealed that Spirit Transformation Incense had deprived Nangong Chen and Song Yufeng of their magic power.
• Zhao Ningxiang accused Song Yufeng of betraying her and causing her grandmother's death, then stabbed Song Yufeng to death.
• Nangong Chen pleaded for his life, but Zhao Ningxiang forced him to stab Song Yufeng's corpse and repeat the oath he had broken before hacking him to death.
• Zhao Ningxiang gave Song Yufeng's Storage Pouch to Wang Changsheng and told him to return to Azure Lotus Mountain instead of risking his life at the frontline.
• Wang Changsheng promised to look after the Zhao Family if Zhao Ningxiang failed to return, then left the cave on foot.

Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Mountain and learned that the Hundred Spirits Sect wanted the Wang Family to help secure the local Immortal Cultivation Families after the Song Kingdom fell. Facing the likely defeat of Song and the threat of losing their home, the clan agreed to submit after the Four Sects of Song were defeated, while keeping their decision secret for now.

• Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Mountain and learned that Wang Yaozong had died in battle while Wang Changxue had come back from the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Wang Changxue and three Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Hundred Spirits Sect offered the Wang Family rewards for helping the sect retain other Immortal Cultivation Families after Song's defeat.
• Wang Changsheng gathered the clan elders, and Wang Changxue explained that refusing the Hundred Spirits Sect could leave the Wang Family vulnerable to other families and threaten its survival.
• Wang Changjiang, Wang Mingjiang, and the other clan members discussed the offer and agreed to submit only after the Four Sects of Song were defeated, keeping their decision secret until then.

Chen Hu and his allies destroyed the Ling Family, while Zhao Ningxiang offered the Yellow Saint Palace information that could help break the City of Immortal Fate’s Formation. Li Haifeng and the other Core Formation Cultivators agreed to use her intelligence and prepare to attack the city and the Azure Sun Sect.

• Chen Hu, the Green-Shirted Youth, and the blue-skirted woman broke Azure Cloud Mountain’s barrier, slaughtered the Ling Family, and plundered its valuables.
• A Yellow-Shirted Youth brought Zhao Ningxiang before Li Haifeng and the other Core Formation Cultivators, and she offered to reveal how to break the City of Immortal Fate’s Formation in exchange for five conditions.
• Zhao Ningxiang gave the cultivators a jade slip about the city’s Formation cores and shared what she knew about a Medicine King Valley Spirit Herb Garden and the Sky Moon Secret Realm.
• Feng Yue estimated that the information gave them a fifty percent chance of breaking the Formation, rising to seventy percent with an Array Breaking Talisman.
• Qu Xiong proposed attacking the Azure Sun Sect after breaking the city’s Formation, and Li Haifeng and the other cultivators agreed to the plan.

Li Haifeng’s forces broke the City of Immortal Fate’s formation and defeated the Four Sects of Song, forcing the Three Sects that remained to withdraw and dividing Song’s territory between Wei and Shu. After learning of the collapse months later, Wang Changsheng heard Zhao Ningxiang propose that their families use the upheaval to expand their influence.

• Li Haifeng offered Chen Hongtian a five-match duel to settle the war, but attacked when Chen Hongtian refused to trust the terms.
• Feng Yue used a Fourth-Order Array Breaking Talisman to open a gap in the city’s defense formation, and Li Haifeng’s group shattered it.
• Chen Hongtian and the other Core Formation Cultivators fled, while Li Haifeng captured most of the cultivators in the City of Immortal Fate.
• After the Azure Sun Sect fell, the Three Sects of Song negotiated their withdrawal, and Wei and Shu divided Song’s prefectures and resources.
• More than three months later, Wang Changsheng learned of Song’s defeat from Zhao Ningxiang, who admitted betraying Medicine King Valley.
• Zhao Ningxiang proposed that the Zhao and Wang families persuade local families to stay and absorb smaller clans.

After Song Kingdom’s defeat, Wang Changsheng and Zhao Ningxiang agreed to secure their families’ futures by aligning with the Hundred Spirits Sect. Wang Changsheng began taking over the weakened Huang Family, while Wang Mingjiang headed to deal with the Chen Family.

• Zhao Ningxiang explained that she had gambled on the Five Sects of Wei to protect the Zhao Family, and Wang Mingjiang instructed his family to cultivate ties with the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Wang Changsheng and Zhao Ningxiang agreed to persuade other families to stay, while Zhao Ningxiang said the Lin Family could leave because it was close to the Purple Firmament Sect.
• Wang Mingjiang gave Su Cheng and four other Foundation Establishment Cultivators one thousand Spirit Stones each, and Wang Changsheng secured a three-hour delay before they gathered the other families.
• Wang Changsheng led clan members to the Huang Family and threatened to break its Formation unless Huang Shengwen opened it.
• Huang Shengwen surrendered the Formation Plate and a record of the Huang Family’s people and properties, and Wang Changsheng declared that the Wang Family would take over its properties while allowing clan members to leave or stay.
• Huang Haiming’s plans were revealed: he had arranged for his grandson and several talented clan members to hide and cultivate, intending for them to return and restore the Huang Family.

Wang Changsheng’s family took over the Huang Family’s territory, while Wang Mingjiang occupied the Chen Family’s ancestral grounds after its cultivators fled. At Azure Moon Lake, Wang Huashan decided to split the Wang Family, leaving three Foundation Establishment cultivators and thirty Qi Refining cultivators behind in the Wei Kingdom.

• Wang Changsheng took over the Huang Family’s property and, fearing escaped members might return for revenge, ordered Huang Shengwen and the family’s women and children kept under watch.
• Wang Mingjiang found that Chen Changsheng had evacuated most of the Chen Family and dispersed the remaining members before occupying its ancestral grounds.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang returned to help Su secure the support of local cultivation families, with four families agreeing to stay and two undecided.
• Wang Huashan told the Wang Family elders that their Spirit Veins could not leave the Song Kingdom and announced plans to split the family to reduce the risk of another disaster.
• Wang Shuyuan, Wang Shuming, and Wang Ruyan volunteered to stay behind with thirty Qi Refining cultivators and establish a second Wang Family.

Li Haifeng and the other leaders planned to secure the Song Kingdom by holding a Disciple Recruitment Assembly and combining rewards with force. After consolidating their gains and mourning their dead, the Wang Family prepared to send Wang Changsheng and five clan members, along with two Zhao Family cultivators, to the assembly in the Azure Sun Mountain Range.

• Li Haifeng, Feng Yue, Sun Junyan, and Guangdong Ren agreed to recruit disciples in the Song Kingdom while rewarding cooperative families and punishing resistance and disorder.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang helped the Hundred Spirits Sect keep local families in place, while Zhao Ningxiang seized the Zhang Family and later crushed a revolt that cost the Zhao Family many people and holdings.
• The Wang Family buried its fallen, took control of the Chen and Huang strongholds, and offered the Huang Family workers stipends and other incentives to encourage cooperation.
• After Wang Mingzhong returned with news of the Five Sects of Wei's assembly, Wang Changsheng was chosen to lead five Wang Family members, escorted by Wang Mingzhan and Wang Mingzhong.
• Zhao Ningxiang entrusted Wang Changsheng with two Zhao Family participants, and the group set off by Azure Lotus Boat for the Azure Sun Mountain Range.

Wang Changsheng arrived at Azure Moon Market, the former Azure Sun Sect grounds, and explored opportunities for the Wang Family to do business there. He unexpectedly met Wang Ruyan, who explained that her family had sent clansmen to join the Five Sects of Wei’s recruitment assembly after settling a dispute over its Third-Order Spirit Vein.

• Wang Changsheng and his group reached Azure Moon Market and found that the Five Sects of Wei had turned the former Azure Sun Sect into a market that was still under construction.
• Wang Mingzhan suggested renting shops to sell the Wang Family’s Spirit Grain and Spirit Fish, but Wang Changsheng learned that the existing shops were rented to Wei families that had earned merit in battle.
• Wang Mingzhan agreed to keep asking the market administration about future rentals, while Wang Changsheng’s group settled into an inn.
• Wang Changsheng visited the Sky Weapon Pavilion to buy refining materials and encountered Wang Ruyan on its third floor.
• Wang Ruyan told Wang Changsheng that her family was participating in the Five Sects of Wei’s Disciple Recruitment Assembly.
• Wang Ruyan explained that her family had offered its Third-Order Spirit Vein to the Yellow Saint Palace, which ended the dispute among the Five Sects of Wei.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan negotiated a business partnership between their families while preparing for the Disciple Recruitment Assembly. The assembly began with a dangerous trial in the Demon Suppression Tower, and Wang Minglong stepped forward as the Wang Family’s first challenger.

• Li Haifeng left Azure Moon Lake and the Wang Family’s Third-Order Spirit Vein with the Wang Family clansmen and had them send disciples to the assembly.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan agreed to open weapon, Spirit Fish, and Talisman shops together and arranged to share profits and train each other’s clansmen.
• Wang Changsheng handed Zhao Yunshan and Zhao Yunyue over to Chen Lian, who had them join the Yellow Saint Palace.
• Sun Junyan began the assembly by explaining that challengers had to pass three levels of the Demon Suppression Tower to join a sect, with transformed Demon Beasts and real risk of death inside.
• Wang Changsheng urged Wang Minglong to challenge the tower first, and Wang Minglong went to register.

Wang Changsheng watched the Disciple Recruitment Assembly conclude, with Wang Minglong and Wang Changping joining the Hundred Spirits Sect while other Wang Family members failed or declined the trial. When the Five Sects of Wei offered Spirit Fields and shops to Foundation Establishment Cultivators who cleared the Demon Suppression Tower’s sixth floor, Wang Changsheng entered after several challengers failed, and the chapter left him inside the tower.

• Wang Minglong cleared the Demon Suppression Tower’s fourth floor and joined the Hundred Spirits Sect alongside Wang Changping, while Wang Changfei refused to attempt the trial and Wang Changting and Wang Qinglei failed.
• Sun Junyan announced rewards of leased Spirit Fields and shops for the top thirty Foundation Establishment Cultivators who cleared the sixth floor of the Demon Suppression Tower.
• Chen Hu entered the tower seeking territory for his new family but failed to clear the fifth floor, and no challenger cleared the sixth floor during the next two hours.
• A Yellow-robed Elder was teleported out of the sixth floor with his right arm severed, causing the waiting Cultivators to hesitate.
• Wang Changsheng asked to challenge the tower, received Sun Junyan’s permission, and entered while Wang Ruyan watched from the crowd.
• Wang Changsheng found himself in a spacious hall decorated with carved Demon Beasts and paved with bluestone.

Wang Changsheng fought through the trial’s first five levels, defeating waves of demon beasts with his puppets and Mystic Ice Banner. He entered the next hall and faced three Second-Grade High Rank Demon Beasts, beginning with a Silver Giant Eagle’s lightning attack.

• Wang Changsheng used five Second-Order Low-Grade Puppet Beasts to defeat ten First-Grade Lower-Rank Demon Beasts, then passed the next two levels with ease.
• Wang Changsheng used the Mystic Ice Banner, flying puppets, and Giant Bear Puppets to freeze and kill five Second-Grade Low-Grade Demon Wolves.
• Wang Changsheng and his seven Puppet Beasts defeated two Azure Giant Tigers and two White Giant Eagles, narrowly escaping death when one eagle broke his light barrier.
• Wang Changsheng entered the next hall and faced a Silver Giant Eagle, a red giant serpent, and a Two-Headed Three-Legged Azure Giant Eagle.
• The Silver Giant Eagle spat out a bolt of lightning and dived toward Wang Changsheng.

Wang Changsheng defeated three Tier 2 High Grade Demon Beasts and passed the sixth level of the Demon Suppression Tower, then shared his experience with Wang Ruyan. As other cultivators continued their trials, Wang Ruyan prepared for her own challenge with his advice and borrowed Second Order Puppet Beasts.

• Wang Changsheng used nine Second Order Puppet Beasts and his artifacts to defeat the Silver Giant Eagle, Azure Giant Eagle, and red giant serpent.
• Wang Changsheng passed the sixth level in three and a half ke and left the Demon Suppression Tower to the admiration of the gathered crowd.
• Wang Changsheng reassured Wang Mingzhan and Wang Mingzhong, then told Wang Ruyan about the tower’s dangers and how he had overcome them.
• Wang Ruyan asked to borrow several Second Order Puppet Beasts, and Wang Changsheng agreed.
• Wang Ruyan bought several Tier 2 Attack Talismans as other cultivators continued challenging the levels.

Wang Ruyan passed the Demon Suppression Tower and joined Wang Changsheng among the top thirty, while the competition’s results exposed the Five Sects of Wei’s favoritism toward their own cultivators. Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Mountain to arrange for his family to manage their new holdings and learned that Wang Changfeng had brought home Lu Yang, a penniless brewer of Spirit Wine.

• Wang Ruyan passed the seventh layer of the Demon Suppression Tower, then told Wang Changsheng that Sun Junyan had eased her challenge and asked him to keep it secret.
• Wang Changsheng watched Wei Kingdom cultivators perform strongly as challenges continued, and Sun Junyan announced Huang Deqi in first place, Wang Changsheng thirteenth, and Wang Ruyan seventeenth.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan celebrated their rewards of Spirit Fields and shops, while Wang Mingzhan, Wang Mingzhong, and Wang Changfei stayed behind to guard them.
• Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Mountain and learned that Wang Changfeng had brought back Lu Yang, a Qi Refining cultivator who could brew several kinds of First Grade Spirit Wine.
• Wang Changfeng explained that Lu Yang had joined the Wang Family in exchange for daily Spirit Wine, after heartbreak and poverty had left him drinking and prepared to die rather than pay for a meal.

Wang Changsheng discussed reforms to the Wang Family’s development, proposing a fallback presence in the Chu Kingdom and a contribution-point system. Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng agreed to prioritize most family resources for Wang Changsheng’s cultivation, leaving him relieved and moved.

• Wang Changsheng met with Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng to discuss the family’s future after gaining ties to the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Wang Changsheng rejected Wang Changfeng’s proposal to send clansmen to multiple sects, while Wang Mingjiang suggested establishing a branch in another kingdom.
• Wang Changsheng proposed sending clansmen to the Chu Kingdom to gather intelligence and serve as a fallback, and Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng approved.
• Wang Changsheng proposed rewarding family service with Contribution Points exchangeable for resources, and Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng supported the reform.
• Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng agreed to devote most of the family’s income to Wang Changsheng’s cultivation, and Wang Changfeng expressed envy at his rapid progress.

Wang Changsheng revealed the Kui Water True Scripture to Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng, then spent five years cultivating and refining artifacts while the Wang Family expanded. After finally making the Azure Moon Needles, he studied Chen Lihuo's Smithing Records and planned to deliver his puppets before entering seclusion to advance his cultivation.

• Wang Changsheng explained the Kui Water True Scripture to Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng, warning them to keep the technique secret and describing the danger and expense of cultivating it.
• Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng urged Wang Changsheng to conceal his unusual cultivation speed and focus on cultivation while they handled family affairs.
• Wang Changfeng sent twenty Immortal Cultivators to manage the Wang Family's spirit fields and storefronts at the Azure Moon Market.
• Over the next five years, Wang Changsheng refined a matched set of Azure Moon Needles, while Wang Mingjiang cultivated the Kui Water True Scripture and the Wang Family gained new members.
• Wang Changsheng read Chen Lihuo's Smithing Records and became interested in its theories about water-element Artifact Refining.
• Wang Changsheng put away his new artifacts and materials, intending to give his Second Order Puppet Beasts to Wang Mingjiang before entering seclusion.