Chapter Summaries

Wang Changxue returned with Wang Changping and asked Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang to help kill a Second Order Mid-Grade Fire Flame Spider. After agreeing, Wang Changsheng accepted rare ice-type materials from her and considered visiting Wang Ruyan to pursue starting a family.

• Wang Mingjiang told Wang Changsheng that Wang Changxue and Wang Changping had returned, and explained that Wang Minglong was away on an artifact-refining assignment.
• Wang Changxue told Wang Changsheng that she and Wang Changping had found a Fire Flame Spider's nest and asked him and Wang Mingjiang to help defeat its Second Order Mid-Grade spider.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang agreed to help, and Wang Changsheng gave Wang Changxue two Dharma Artifacts for protection.
• Wang Changxue gave Wang Changsheng the Ice Detachment Stone, Ice Silkworm silk, and Mystic Ice Jade he had asked her to collect.
• Wang Changxue urged Wang Changsheng to start a family, and he thought about visiting Wang Ruyan after their hunt.

Wang Changsheng and his relatives hunted a Fire Flame Spider in White Dragon Valley, where they gained valuable materials and eggs. After the fight, Wang Changsheng urged Wang Changxue and Wang Changping to take more missions and build combat experience, and the group headed toward White Dragon Valley.

• Wang Changsheng declined Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changxue’s offer to help him pursue Wang Ruyan.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Changxue, and Wang Mingjiang traveled to White Dragon Valley, leaving Wang Changping in the Market before entering the White Dragon Mountain Range.
• Wang Changsheng discovered a concealed Fire Flame Spider and helped Wang Changxue and Wang Mingjiang kill it using puppets and the Azure Light Mirror.
• Wang Changxue found the spider’s eggs, and the group divided up its materials and gathered spirit medicines.
• Wang Changsheng suggested Wang Changxue and Wang Changping take more missions to gain combat experience, then carried the group toward White Dragon Valley on the Azure Lotus Boat.

After the Wang family returned to White Dragon Valley, Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang escorted Wang Changxue and Wang Changping to the Hundred Spirits Sect. Meanwhile, Fang Mu reported an Earth Grade Secret Realm in the Song Kingdom to his master, who ordered elders to investigate it.

• Wang Changxue told Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang that she and Wang Changping planned to return to the sect for missions, and they decided to escort them.
• Fang Mu reported to the Hall Master of the Corpse Yin Sect that an ancient ghost-path Secret Realm in the Song Kingdom contained many Ghosts and had once produced a Core Formation Ghost King.
• The Hall Master ordered Fang Mu to focus on cultivation and summoned Elder Liu, Elder Li, and Elder Song to handle the Secret Realm.
• Wang Changsheng took Wang Changxue, Wang Changping, and Wang Mingjiang to the Hundred Spirits Sect on the Azure Lotus Boat.
• Wang Changxue arranged for Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang to stay at the Guest Welcoming Tower, with their expenses charged to her account, then left with Wang Changping.

Wang Changsheng, Wang Mingjiang, and Wang Changxue traveled to Myriad Serpent Valley to gather materials for Spirit Meal missions. After crossing the dangerous, miasma-filled forest, they followed Wang Changsheng’s Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat and encountered a Second Order Black Giant Scorpion.

• Wang Changxue accepted five long-term gathering missions and proposed searching for their ingredients in Myriad Serpent Valley.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang urged Wang Changxue to stay behind, but she insisted on going to gain combat experience, so the three traveled together.
• The group reached Myriad Serpent Valley, bought Jade Clarity Pills at the Market, and entered the valley on foot.
• After ten days of travel through poisonous miasma, Wang Changsheng released his Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat to search for Gold-Vein Black Truffles.
• Wang Changsheng killed a Black Demon Snake that ambushed the rat with his Azure Moon Needles.
• The rat led them to a Black Giant Scorpion, and Wang Changsheng immobilized it with his Azure Light Mirror.

Wang Changsheng and his companions pursued a Second Grade Spirit Seeking Rat through Myriad Serpent Valley, fighting Black Mantises along the way. They cornered the rat at a stone wall that their Dharma Artifacts could not damage, suggesting it might conceal a valuable Tier 3 Metal Mine.

• Wang Changsheng crushed a Black Giant Scorpion and collected its Essence Soul, then found and harvested a hundred-year-old Violet Bloom.
• The Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat chased a female Second Grade Spirit Seeking Rat, leading Wang Changsheng, Wang Changxue, and Wang Mingjiang deeper into the forest.
• Two Second Grade Low Grade Black Mantises attacked from above, and Wang Changsheng and his companions killed one while the other escaped.
• After pursuing the Spirit Seeking Rat to a narrow valley, Wang Changsheng immobilized it and captured it in a Spirit Beast Pouch.
• Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changsheng struck the stone wall with their Dharma Artifacts, but it remained intact and rang like metal, leading them to suspect a Tier 3 Metal Mine.

Wang Changsheng, Wang Mingjiang, and Wang Changxue were trapped in a fiery Formation, but they fought through its attacks and destroyed the Formation’s control plates. They killed two Foundation Establishment Cultivators while a white-robed elder escaped, and Wang Changsheng sensed Qi Refining Cultivators inside a nearby cave.

• A Formation activated in the valley, surrounding Wang Changsheng and the others with red mist and attacks made of fire.
• Wang Changsheng protected the group with his Mystic Ice Banner and Tortoise Puppet Beast while Wang Changxue used the Azure Moon Pearl to defend them.
• Wang Mingjiang activated Wang Changsheng’s Flying Needle Talisman Treasure and blasted through the stone wall at the edge of the Formation.
• The broken wall revealed two men and one woman holding Red Formation Plates, which shattered as the Formation collapsed.
• A white-robed elder escaped with a Fire Evasion Talisman, while Wang Mingjiang’s Golden Flying Needles killed the other two Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Wang Changsheng sensed several Qi Refining Stage Cultivators inside the nearby cave.

Wang Changsheng discovered that the cave held a Medium Spirit Stone Mine already being worked by the Li Family, and decided to report it to the Hundred Spirits Sect rather than risk a conflict with the Shu Kingdom’s sects. At Poison Scorpion Mountain, Li Zhiyuan learned that the mine had been exposed and ordered the Li Family to offer it to the Poison Gu Sect in exchange for resources.

• Wang Changsheng entered the mine, killed three Li Family cultivators who refused to surrender, and confirmed that the walls contained Spirit Stone Ore.
• Wang Changsheng reunited with Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changxue, learned that the Li Family had mined the site for over half a year, and decided the Wang Family should report the mine to the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Wang Changsheng carried two captured Qi Refining cultivators and several mortals toward the Hundred Spirits Sect on the Azure Lotus Boat.
• Li Hengshan told Li Zhiyuan that the Spirit Stone Mine had been attacked, two Li Family cultivators had died, and a surviving elder had escaped.
• Li Zhiyuan rejected the elder’s suggestion to retake the mine and ordered the Li Family to report the Medium Spirit Stone Mine to the Poison Gu Sect.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang reported the spirit stone mine to the Hundred Spirits Sect, then visited the Wang Family Fortress hoping to see Wang Ruyan. They learned that she was away, but discovered she had no marriage engagement before departing after a two-day stay.

• Guangdong Ren questioned the captured Li Family cultivators, praised Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang, and ordered Wu Zifeng to mobilize Foundation Establishment cultivators and invite other sect leaders to discuss sharing the mine.
• Guangdong Ren explained to Wu Zifeng that the Hundred Spirits Sect could not safely claim a medium-sized spirit stone mine alone, so it needed allies.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang traveled to the Wang Family Fortress to visit Wang Ruyan, but Wang Shuyuan told them she had gone away on business.
• Wang Shuyuan hosted Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang for two days, while Wang Mingjiang asked about Wang Ruyan's marriage and learned she had no engagement.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang took their leave and invited Wang Shuyuan to visit Azure Lotus Mountain.

Wang Changsheng visited the Lecture Hall and advised the younger clansmen on cultivation choices while hearing their questions and suggestions. He then visited Wang Yaozu, where Wang Changyue’s attempt to cook noodles with a formation ended with the noodles burned.

• Wang Changsheng watched Wang Yaoheng teach the younger clansmen magic arts, then entered the Lecture Hall to answer their questions.
• Wang Changsheng advised Wang Qingyuan about choosing between the Departure Earth Art and the Profound Earth Skill, and explained the strengths and difficulty of the Azure Wind Swordplay to Wang Qingshan.
• Wang Changsheng praised Wang Qingqi’s suggestion to buy more Alchemy books and considered seeking a Second Order Alchemist to train the family’s future Alchemist.
• Wang Yaoheng described the younger clansmen’s talents to Wang Changsheng, including Wang Changyue’s aptitude for formations and Wang Qingqi’s interest in Alchemy.
• Wang Changsheng visited Wang Yaozu and watched Wang Changyue use a formation to cook; she opened the cauldron and sheepishly announced that the noodles were burnt.

Wang Changsheng inspected the Wang Family’s brewing, talisman-making, and puppet-making operations, then spent time with his family and began preparing a Dharma Artifact. Meanwhile, the Five Sects of Wei decided to invade Shu Kingdom over a valuable Spirit Stone Mine in Myriad Serpent Valley.

• Wang Changsheng urged Wang Changyue to focus more on cultivation and inspected Lu Yang’s Spirit Wine production, the Talisman Courtyard, and the Puppet Making Courtyard.
• Wang Changsheng spent time with his mother and parents, promised to marry soon, and returned to his residence to refine a long-range offensive Dharma Artifact.
• Guangdong Ren told Li Haifeng and the other leaders that Myriad Serpent Valley held a Medium Spirit Stone Mine worth several million Spirit Stones.
• The leaders of the Five Sects of Wei agreed to conscript the Immortal Cultivation Families and invade Shu Kingdom, while strengthening their defenses against Chu Kingdom and Tang Kingdom.

Qu Xiong persuaded Wei Nantian to seek an alliance against the Five Sects of Wei over a Medium Spirit Stone Mine, while Wang Changsheng completed a versatile Dharma Artifact and learned that the mine had triggered a war mobilization. Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang left for the frontline with twenty clansmen, leaving Wang Changfeng to guard the family and giving the Foundation Establishment Pill to Wang Mingzhong.

• Qu Xiong proposed that the Shu Kingdom's Three Sects join the kingdoms of Tang, Chu, and Han to attack Wei and seize the Medium Spirit Stone Mine and two prefectures.
• Wang Changsheng finished crafting the Golden Meteor Hammer, a Mid-Grade Dharma Artifact that could strike at range, bind enemies, and transform into a Golden Blade.
• Wang Changfeng told Wang Changsheng that the Five Sects of Wei planned to invade Shu and that the Hundred Spirits Sect had issued the Wang Family a Mobilization Order.
• Su Cheng gave Wang Changsheng a Foundation Establishment Pill as a reward for reporting the mine and ordered the Wang Family to send at least one Foundation Establishment cultivator to the frontline.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang agreed to lead twenty clansmen to the frontline, while Wang Changfeng stayed behind to guard Azure Lotus Mountain.
• The Wang Family gave the Foundation Establishment Pill to Wang Mingzhong, then Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang departed with their clansmen aboard a flying mystic tool.

Wang Changsheng and the other Wei cultivators were ordered to invade Shu and seize its resources as the Five Sects of Wei prepared for war. At the Tang Family’s headquarters, Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang planned their assault, with Wang Mingjiang deciding to lead the attack.

• Li Haifeng and the other Wei leaders concluded that they had to attack Shu quickly despite the risk of intervention from Tang and Chu.
• Li Haifeng ordered the Foundation Establishment Cultivators from twelve lineages, including Wang Changsheng, to lead the charge and assigned them targets across Shu.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang left Ten Thousand Serpent City with their clansmen and traveled to the Tang Family’s headquarters at Mount Huayang.
• Wang Changsheng proposed leading half the group into the Tang Family’s stronghold while Wang Mingjiang stayed behind, but Wang Mingjiang rejected the plan and chose to lead the assault himself.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang attacked the Tang Family at Mount Huayang but were ambushed by its Poison Gu Sect reinforcements and retreated. Lu Aotian pursued them with two companions, and the chapter ended as his Crimson Centipedes attacked the Azure Lotus Boat.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Mingjiang agreed to kill the Tang Family members without mercy if they broke through the clan’s defenses.
• Wang Changsheng’s group attacked Mount Huayang, but Poison Gu Sect disciples and Tang Family defenses destroyed the Adamantine Brick and drove them back.
• Lu Aotian ignored warnings from Tang Zhixian and pursued Wang Changsheng, seeking merit and cultivation resources.
• Wang Changsheng noticed Lu Aotian’s group catching up and prepared to face them.
• Lu Aotian released two winged Crimson Centipedes, and Wang Changsheng dodged their fireballs by rapidly descending the Azure Lotus Boat.

Wang Changsheng and his clansmen fought Lu Aotian and Poison Gu Sect disciples guarding the Tang Family, then withdrew when they realized the mission was too dangerous. They returned to Ten Thousand Serpent City and learned that teams across Shu Kingdom had also been ambushed, with several suffering heavy losses and two likely wiped out.

• Lu Aotian attacked Wang Changsheng's group, but Wang Changsheng's puppet beasts and his clansmen held off the Poison Gu Sect disciples and their spirit insects.
• Wang Changsheng destroyed a Two-Headed Giant Serpent and damaged a Crimson Centipede as Lu Aotian's group retreated.
• Wang Changsheng persuaded Wang Mingjiang to abandon the attack on the Tang Family and return to report that Poison Gu Sect disciples were guarding it.
• A little over a month later, Wang Changsheng and his clansmen reached Ten Thousand Serpent City and learned that other teams had been ambushed, with two likely wiped out.

Li Haifeng ordered the Wang families to join forces and raid targets in Shu Kingdom, while Wang Changsheng and Wang Shuyuan agreed to attack the Tang Family again. In Chu Kingdom, the Three Sects of Medicine King Valley and the Wang Family prepared to join a possible Four Kingdoms Attack Wei, with Liu chosen to lead their forces so the oath-bound leaders would not fight.

• Li Haifeng assigned Wang Changsheng, Wang Mingjiang, Wang Shuyuan, and Wang Ruyan to choose new targets in Shu Kingdom and warned them not to slack off.
• Li Haifeng and Feng Yue discussed how Wei Kingdom’s Five Sects had concentrated their defenses and decided their sects needed to strike important strongholds.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Shuyuan negotiated a sixty-forty division of the Tang Family’s wealth, and Wang Changsheng revealed that he could control eight Second Order Puppet Beasts.
• The two Wang families each selected five Qi Refining Cultivators, boarded the Azure Lotus Boat, and set out to attack the Tang Family again.
• Chen Hongtian, Li Shixian, Zhao Yunxiao, and Wang Huashan discussed Shu Kingdom’s proposed alliance against Wei Kingdom and agreed to prepare their forces while waiting for an all-out war.
• Wang Huashan agreed that Liu would lead one hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators and three hundred Qi Refining Cultivators, while he and the other oath-bound leaders stayed out of the fighting.

Wang Changsheng and the Wang Family attacked Mount Huayang, killed Lu Aotian and the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and defeated the Tang Family’s defenders. They found that the Tang Family had evacuated its vulnerable members and valuables, while concealed dangers killed four Wang Family clansmen.

• Lu Aotian emerged from his secret chamber as the Wang Family’s puppets attacked Mount Huayang and learned that the defensive formation and Daoist Tang had already been lost.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan used their weapons and coordinated attacks to kill Lu Aotian, while the Wang Family’s cultivators eliminated the remaining defenders.
• Wang Changsheng confirmed that no Foundation Establishment Cultivators remained, and Wang Mingzhan’s prisoners revealed that the Tang Family had moved its women, children, elderly, and infirm away before Lu Aotian arrived.
• Wang Changsheng ordered a search for the Tang Family’s valuables, but the Scripture Pavilion and Spirit Fields were empty.
• Poison mist in the Scripture Pavilion killed two Wang Family clansmen, and black scorpions killed two more in a stretch of black earth.

After raiding the Tang Family, Wang Changsheng acquired a technique to conceal his cultivation and was sent to escort supplies to the Hundred Spirits Sect. Meanwhile, the Poison Gu Sect and its allies planned a surprise attack on the Hundred Spirits Sect to kill Fatty Guang.

• Wang Changsheng and his companions returned to Ten Thousand Serpent City with the Tang Family’s identity tokens, and Li Haifeng rewarded them with points.
• Wang Changsheng found the Concealing Breath Technique among the spoils and gave Wang Mingjiang their points to seek Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water.
• Su Cheng arrived with Li Haifeng’s command, and Wang Changsheng agreed to escort supplies to the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Qu Xiong, Ye Ying, and Wei Nantian agreed to attack the Hundred Spirits Sect and kill Fatty Guang to secure support from the Tang, Chu, and Han Kingdoms.
• Qu Xiong and the others set out through Western Jin to enter Wei and strike the Hundred Spirits Sect.

Guangdong Ren and Wu Zifeng prepared for the Hundred Spirits Sect’s future as Qu Xiong, Ye Ying, and Wei Nantian launched an attack. Wu Zifeng activated the sect’s powerful defensive formation to help Guangdong Ren fight them.

• Guangdong Ren urged Wu Zifeng to eat Dragon Wind Pot and encouraged him to cultivate toward Core Formation.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Changxue discussed the war before an alarm announced an enemy attack on the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Qu Xiong, Ye Ying, and Wei Nantian demanded Guangdong Ren submit, and he refused and attacked them with the Heaven Swallowing Flame Serpent Saber.
• The three attackers used their sect treasures against Guangdong Ren, who raised his cultivation to Core Formation Layer 9 and countered with a Yellow Hurricane and a Golden Geng Demon Slayer Blade.
• Wu Zifeng activated the Tier 3 Formation Plate, sacrificing his vitality to raise his cultivation and unleash the Heaven Scorching Sea Boiling Formation around the Hundred Spirits Mountain Range.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Changxue watched as the Mountain Burning Sea Boiling Formation trapped Guangdong Ren and the three attackers in a fierce battle. Guangdong Ren killed several of their Third-Order Spirit Insects, but the Profound Lightning Talisman left him badly wounded as more attacks closed in.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Changxue fled to a mountain peak with more than twenty Hundred Spirits Sect disciples as the formation’s flames spread.
• Guangdong Ren used the formation’s fireballs to wound Qu Xiong’s giant scorpion and centipede, then destroyed both with his attacks.
• Qu Xiong, Ye Ying, and Wei Nantian attacked Guangdong Ren with their magic treasures while he killed the giant scorpion and centipede and wounded the other Spirit Insects.
• Qu Xiong launched a Profound Lightning Talisman that exploded around Guangdong Ren and dispelled his golden defensive light.
• Ye Ying’s purple attacks and Wei Nantian’s Green Rainbow rushed toward the weakened Guangdong Ren as he raised his saber to counter.

Wu Zifeng sacrificed his life to help Guangdong Ren defeat Qu Xiong and drive Ye Ying and Wei Nantian from the Hundred Spirits Sect. After mourning his disciple, Guangdong Ren secured the sect and allowed Wang Changsheng to stay there temporarily as the next battles approached.

• Guangdong Ren wounded Qu Xiong, while Wu Zifeng used the Heaven Scorching Sea Boiling Formation to trap him and let Guangdong Ren kill him.
• Ye Ying and Wei Nantian fled after Wu Zifeng’s attacks forced them to escape through the formation, though Wei Nantian lost an arm.
• Wu Zifeng died from the lifespan-burning Secret Art, and memories revealed how Guangdong Ren had found him as a beggar and raised him as his disciple.
• Guangdong Ren grieved for Wu Zifeng, then ordered Su Cheng to clean up the battlefield, activate the sect’s protective formation, and increase patrols.
• After the Guest Welcoming Tower was destroyed, Su Cheng obtained permission for Wang Changsheng to stay temporarily in the Hundred Spirits Sect.