Chapter Summaries

After the Wei forces destroyed the Poison Gu Sect, Chu Kingdom invaded Wei, and attackers launched a surprise assault on Azure Lotus Mountain while Wang Changfeng was away. Wang Changfeng faced three Foundation Establishment Cultivators as the Wang Family suffered heavy losses.

• Guangdong Ren reported that he had killed Qu Xiong and wounded Wei Nantian, urging the others to attack the Three Sects of Shu.
• Li Haifeng and the others decided to bring Li Qingshan and five Core Formation Cultivators to destroy the Poison Gu Sect.
• A month later, Ye Ying and Wei Nantian returned to Shu Kingdom to find the Poison Gu Sect destroyed as Western Jin and Western Liang invaded Shu.
• Chu Kingdom then invaded Wei, targeting Ning Province, while Wang Changfeng had withdrawn the Wang Family's people from the Chen and Huang Families and closed the Market.
• Attackers broke Azure Lotus Mountain's Clan Protection Formation, killed Wang Mingzhi and many clansmen, and forced Wang Changfeng to fight three Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

The Wang Family fought off a surprise attack on Azure Lotus Mountain, but Wang Yaozu, Wang Yaoheng, and many other clansmen died before Wang Changsheng and the Hundred Spirits Sect reinforcements arrived. The survivors learned that Chu Kingdom had invaded Wei Kingdom, and Wang Changsheng began preparing his clan to evacuate and await deployment.

• Wang Changfeng used a Red Command Flag and Puppet Beasts to hold off three Foundation Establishment Cultivators while Wang Yaozu and the clan members joined the battle.
• The Middle-Aged Confucian killed Wang Yaozu and wounded Wang Yaoheng as they tried to protect Wang Changyue, but Wang Mingzhong intervened and saved her.
• Wang Changsheng returned with more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Hundred Spirits Sect, and they killed every bandit who had attacked Azure Lotus Mountain.
• Wang Changxue learned that the attackers were disciples of the Zhao Clan, while Wang Changsheng learned that Chu Kingdom's sects had invaded Wei Kingdom.
• Ye Tong ordered the Hundred Spirits Sect disciples to report the invasion and told Wang Changsheng to withdraw his clansmen and await deployment.
• The Wang Family counted thirty-two dead or wounded, Wang Changyue mourned Wang Yaozu, and Wang Qingshan swore to destroy the Zhao Family.

Wang Changsheng divided the Wang Family to protect it from the invasion, then led a mission behind enemy lines to raid the Tang Kingdom. His group attacked a Wind Fire Sect mine, and Wang Changsheng pursued its escaping guard in hopes of seizing the Gold Adamant Jade ore.

• Wang Changsheng split the Wang Family into three groups, sending clansmen to Azure Moon Market, the Hundred Spirits Sect, and hiding places in the Mortal World.
• Wang Changyue grieved over her dead relatives, but Wang Changsheng encouraged her to eat and pursue her goal of becoming a great Formation Master.
• Su Cheng informed Wang Changsheng that he, Ye Tong, Wang Changxue, and Zhao Long had to infiltrate the Tang Kingdom and raid its rear; Wang Changsheng learned that his sister and brother-in-law were safe.
• Wang Changsheng and the others attacked the Wind Fire Sect's Gold Adamant Jade Mine in Shangdang Commandery, using puppet beasts and magic artifacts to break its protective Formation.
• Liu Yang used a Wood Evasion Talisman to escape with the mined ore, and Wang Changsheng pursued him while Ye Tong dealt with the remaining defenders.

Wang Changsheng pursued Liu Yang for a day and a night after Liu Yang killed two Tier 2 Demon Beasts, then confronted him in battle. Liu Yang captured six of Wang Changsheng’s Flying Puppet Beasts with the Golden Dragon Cauldron, but Wang Changsheng continued fighting with four other Puppet Beasts.

• Wang Changsheng killed a blue-robed youth, recalled his Golden Meteor Hammer and three Flying Puppet Beasts, and flew southeast.
• Liu Yang killed a Crimson Giant Tiger with his Hundred Blade Umbrella and stored the corpses of both Tier 2 Demon Beasts.
• Wang Changsheng attacked Liu Yang in flight, but Liu Yang sped away on his Red Maple Leaf as six Flying Puppet Beasts pursued him.
• After a day and a night, Liu Yang stopped and fought Wang Changsheng, using his Golden Dragon Cauldron to capture Wang Changsheng’s six Flying Puppet Beasts.
• Wang Changsheng summoned the Mystic Ice Banner and four more Puppet Beasts to continue the fight.

Wang Changsheng defeated and killed Liu Yang, then reunited with Wang Changxue, Ye Tong, and Zhao Long in Taiyuan Prefecture. The group shared their spoils and set out to raid the Zhou Family of Huainan Prefecture.

• Wang Changsheng froze Liu Yang's defenses and killed him with three Blue Flying Needles, then collected his valuables and escaped before the Wind Fire Sect could respond.
• A month later, Wang Changxue, Ye Tong, and Zhao Long worried about Wang Changsheng's absence until he arrived safely in the Azure Moon Mountains.
• Wang Changsheng distributed Gold Adamant Jade ore from Liu Yang's belongings, and Ye Tong and Zhao Long gave him a Gold-Eyed Spirit Turtle shell and a Soaring Cloud Hawk Essence Soul in return.
• Ye Tong proposed attacking the Zhou Family, and Wang Changsheng agreed to set out that night using disguises as Wind Fire Sect disciples.
• The four traveled by night aboard the Azure Lotus Boat and avoided Tang Kingdom patrols with help from Wang Changsheng's keen divine sense.

Wang Changsheng chose to protect Wang Ruyan and her father from the Hundred Flowers Sect pursuers, and Ye Tong and Zhao Long agreed to help. The chapter ended as both sides unleashed their attacks on the grassland.

• Wang Ruyan and Wang Shuyuan emerged from underground while fleeing a Yellow Pangolin and six Hundred Flowers Sect pursuers.
• Wang Changsheng refused to abandon Wang Ruyan and her father, then stayed behind to cover their retreat while urging Wang Changxue, Ye Tong, and Zhao Long to escape.
• Wang Changxue persuaded Ye Tong and Zhao Long to fight alongside Wang Changsheng, and Ye Tong gave Wang Shuyuan a Spirit Replenishing Pill.
• The Hundred Flowers Sect women arrived on a Golden Lotus, and their leader ordered an attack.
• Wang Changsheng and his allies deployed nine Second-Order Flying Puppet Beasts, while the Hundred Flowers Sect women raised a barrier and summoned Azure Vines, Red Spirit Flowers, and Sky-Reaching Trees to attack.

Wang Changsheng and his companions fought the Hundred Flowers Sect Disciples, whose Azure Skirt Woman overwhelmed them with regenerating Azure Armored Soldiers and a powerful guardian. Wang Changsheng and the woman both began charging Talisman Treasures, leaving the battle to hinge on who activated theirs first.

• Wang Changsheng and his companions defended themselves against the Azure Skirt Woman’s attacks, but her Spirit Butterflies and regenerating Azure Armored Soldiers kept up the pressure.
• Wang Changsheng froze and shattered the Azure Armor Guard, then spread ice across the battlefield to slow the soldiers.
• Wang Changsheng asked Ye Tong and Wang Changxue to protect him while he charged his Flying Needle Talisman Treasure.
• The Azure Skirt Woman ordered her companions to protect her and began charging her own Talisman Treasure, setting up a race to activate theirs first.

Wang Ruyan took a Blood Ignition Pill and used her zither to disrupt the Azure Skirt Woman while Wang Changsheng and their allies fought to survive. Wang Changsheng’s Talisman Treasure killed all six Hundred Flowers Sect disciples, leaving him and Wang Ruyan alive and their bond strengthened.

• The Hundred Flowers Sect disciples attacked with five self-destructing Azure Orbs, but Wang Shuyuan shielded the group with a Vajra Formation.
• Wang Shuyuan, Ye Tong, Zhao Long, and Wang Changxue counterattacked as the Azure Skirt Woman began activating her Talisman Treasure.
• Wang Ruyan took the Blood Ignition Pill, raised her cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, and played her Phoenix Tail Zither to disrupt the enemies.
• The zither sent the Azure Skirt Woman into an illusion about being exposed and condemned by her master for secretly loving Zhao Yu and having a daughter.
• The Azure Skirt Woman’s Talisman Treasure fell inactive, and Wang Changsheng’s Golden Flying Needles killed all six Hundred Flowers Sect disciples.

After defeating the Tang Kingdom Cultivators, Wang Changsheng urged the group to return to Wei Kingdom instead of risking an attack on the Zhou Family. Wang Changxue secretly persuaded Ye Tong and Zhao Long to agree, and the group left together aboard the Azure Lotus Boat.

• Wang Changsheng claimed the Azure Skirt Woman's Storage Pouch, divided the other pouches among the group, and Zhao Long burned the corpses.
• Wang Changsheng proposed returning to Wei Kingdom, but Zhao Long argued that they should destroy the Zhou Family first, and Ye Tong initially agreed with him.
• Wang Changsheng firmly objected, citing the danger of facing more powerful Tang Kingdom Cultivators and unknown enemy defenses.
• Wang Shuyuan and Wang Ruyan offered to hide while Wang Changsheng continued the mission, but Wang Changxue took Ye Tong and Zhao Long outside to speak privately.
• Wang Changxue revealed that she had arranged the dispute to persuade Ye Tong and Zhao Long to return, and gave them Storage Pouches as rewards.
• Wang Changxue told Wang Changsheng that the group would return to Wei Kingdom, and the six left the cave aboard the Azure Lotus Boat after nightfall.

After returning to the Hundred Spirits Sect, Wang Changsheng learned that the war had ended and received rewards for his contributions. He confessed his feelings to Wang Ruyan and left her to decide whether she would accept him as her Dao Companion.

• Wang Changsheng and the others returned to the Hundred Spirits Sect and learned that the Taiyi Immortal Sect had ended the war, with the six kingdoms swearing not to fight for a hundred years.
• Guangdong Ren rewarded Wang Changsheng with two Foundation Establishment Pills and offered him one request for his wartime merits.
• Wang Changsheng returned to Wang Family Fortress with Wang Shuyuan and his daughter, then visited Wang Ruyan more than two months later.
• Wang Changsheng asked Wang Ruyan to become his Dao Companion and said he would return in half a year, taking her presence at Wang Family Fortress as her answer.
• Wang Ruyan watched Wang Changsheng leave, conflicted because she liked him but feared he pursued her for her ties to Wang Huashan.

Wang Ruyan weighed her feelings for Wang Changsheng against her fear that he liked her only because of Wang Huashan, while her mother encouraged her to choose love over a political marriage. Wang Ruyan agreed to let her family invite Wang Changsheng as a guest, leaving their possible marriage in his hands.

• Wang Shuyuan told Yang Yueqin and Wang Shuming how Wang Changsheng had helped protect him and Wang Ruyan, and said he supported their marriage if Ruyan liked him.
• Yang Yueqin asked Wang Ruyan whether she liked Wang Changsheng, and Ruyan admitted she did but worried his feelings were influenced by Wang Huashan.
• Yang Yueqin urged Wang Ruyan to choose someone who cherished her rather than become a tool for an alliance marriage, and Ruyan agreed to let her mother invite Wang Changsheng.
• Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Mountain, gave Wang Changyue peach blossom cake, and reunited with Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng.
• Wang Changsheng explained his rescue of Wang Ruyan and said he would accept her choice, though he privately remained anxious about whether she truly liked him.

Wang Changsheng discussed rebuilding the Wang Family and managing its rewards with Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng, then visited his aging mother. He promised Liu Qing'er he would help Wang Changyue establish her foundation before returning to cultivate.

• Wang Changfeng told Wang Changsheng that the Huang and Zhao Families had survived Chu Kingdom's invasion, while many other cultivation families were destroyed.
• Wang Changsheng agreed that the Wang Family should recruit displaced lineage cultivators after investigating them, and the family decided to store its two Foundation Establishment Pills for future use.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Mingjiang ore and Dharma Artifacts, directing him to keep useful items and discreetly sell the rest.
• Wang Changsheng visited Liu Qing'er and told her he had confessed his feelings to Wang Ruyan, which made her happy.
• Liu Qing'er asked Wang Changsheng to reserve a Foundation Establishment Pill for Wang Changyue, and he promised to help his sister establish her foundation.
• Wang Changsheng returned to his room to cultivate.

Huang Fugui sought a guest elder position and a Dragon Gate Meet spot from the Sky Star Sect, arguing that Wei Kingdom needed his help and that he needed protection. Feng Yue and Chen Qiguang forced him to prove his loyalty by attacking Tang Kingdom, and he agreed in exchange for public recognition and a Second-Order Spirit Vein near the sect.

• Huang Fugui offered to become a Sky Star Sect guest elder for a yearly salary and one of the sect's Dragon Gate Meet spots.
• Feng Yue and Chen Qiguang doubted his loyalty, while Huang Fugui argued that Wei Kingdom needed him and offered to fight Chu Kingdom cultivators if war resumed.
• Feng Yue and Chen Qiguang demanded that Huang Fugui kill twenty Foundation Establishment disciples from Tang Kingdom as a Test of Allegiance, threatening to expose his role in selling poisoned pills to Chen Hongtian.
• Huang Fugui agreed to the test after Feng Yue and Chen Qiguang warned that no other kingdom would trust him if they spread the story.
• Huang Fugui demanded that Huang from Yellow Saint Palace witness his appointment and that he settle near the Sky Star Sect's mountain gate on a Second-Order Spirit Vein.
• Chen Qiguang accepted Huang Fugui's demands, and he and Feng Yue exchanged a smile as Huang Fugui committed himself to the sect.

After the Wang Family agreed to rent the Huang Family’s Spirit Vein at Red Leaf Ridge, Wang Changsheng received an invitation from Wang Shuming that suggested Wang Ruyan’s family welcomed a marriage alliance. He decided to seek Guangdong Ren’s help as matchmaker and set out for the Hundred Spirits Sect, while Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng handled the lease.

• Huang Deqi offered to rent the Huang Family’s Tier 2 High Grade Spirit Vein at Red Leaf Ridge to the Wang Family as his clan withdrew from Ning Province.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Changfeng, and Wang Mingjiang agreed to rent the Spirit Vein after weighing its risks and benefits.
• Wang Shuming invited Wang Changsheng to Wang Family Fortress for a birthday celebration and said Wang Ruyan wanted to thank him in person.
• Wang Mingjiang urged Wang Changsheng to propose to Wang Ruyan, and Wang Changsheng decided to ask Guangdong Ren to act as matchmaker.
• After hosting Wang Shuming and Huang Deqi at a banquet, Wang Changsheng left for the Hundred Spirits Sect while Wang Mingjiang and Wang Changfeng negotiated the lease.

Guangdong Ren, Li Haifeng, and Feng Yue devised a marriage scheme to sow distrust between Wang Huashan and the Three Sects of Medicine King Valley. They agreed to travel to the Chu Kingdom and propose to Wang Huashan, leaving the marriage arrangements unresolved.

• Guangdong Ren warned Feng Yue that Huang Mazi might be a Chu Kingdom spy, and Feng Yue explained that the Sky Star Sect planned to bind him to its side while keeping him under suspicion.
• Wang Changsheng asked Guangdong Ren to arrange his marriage to Fairy Wang, offering the Wang Family's allegiance to the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Guangdong Ren saw the marriage as a way to make the Three Sects of Medicine King Valley distrust Wang Huashan and hoped to recruit him as an ally.
• Li Haifeng proposed that his disciple Zhao Yunshan marry Wang Ruyan, but Guangdong Ren claimed Wang Changsheng was his Disciple-in-Name, and Feng Yue supported letting their families proceed first.
• Feng Yue proposed that the three leaders personally travel to the Chu Kingdom to propose to Wang Huashan, and Guangdong Ren and Li Haifeng agreed.

Wang Huashan’s struggling family came under suspicion when five Core Formation Cultivators from the Five Sects of Wei arrived to propose marriage. A message from Zhao Yunxiao revealed that Li Haifeng’s group had warned the Three Sects of Medicine King Valley not to harm Wang Huashan, leaving him trapped between both sides.

• Wang Shusheng reported that the Wang Family’s shops were closing, and Wang Huashan decided to withdraw most of their people and farm quietly in the Skycloud Mountain Range.
• Wang Shusheng reminded Wang Huashan that he had contacted Wang Shuyuan three years earlier, just before Chen Hongtian and Li Shixian arrived with grim expressions.
• Chen Hongtian told Wang Huashan that Li Haifeng and four other Core Formation Cultivators from the Five Sects of Wei had arrived to propose marriage.
• Li Shixian questioned Wang Huashan about Wang Family members who had gone to Wei Kingdom, and Wang Huashan privately recalled that he had encouraged Wang Shuyuan to form a marriage alliance there.
• Chen Hongtian played Zhao Yunxiao’s urgent message, which warned him that Li Haifeng’s group would not show mercy if the Three Sects of Medicine King Valley harmed Wang Huashan.

Wang Huashan avoided taking a public position as the Five Sects of Wei arranged a marriage alliance with the Wang Family, while Wang Changsheng learned that Guangdong Ren had accepted him as a Disciple-in-Name to bind the Wang Family to the Hundred Spirits Sect. Guangdong Ren then arranged Wang Changsheng’s marriage to Wang Ruyan and tasked him with keeping Ning Province stable.

• Li Haifeng and the other four leaders met Wang Huashan and Wang Shuyuan outside the Skycloud Mountain Range and pressed the Wang Family to form a marriage alliance with the Five Sects of Wei.
• Wang Huashan said the Wei Kingdom branch could decide for itself, and Wang Shuyuan agreed to the alliance; Li Haifeng then left with Wang Shuyuan and the others.
• Chen Hongtian told Wang Huashan that the two Wang Family branches should live separately and warned him that his patience was limited.
• Wang Changxue suggested that Guangdong Ren accepted Wang Changsheng as a Disciple-in-Name to strengthen the Hundred Spirits Sect’s position in Ning Province.
• Guangdong Ren told Wang Changsheng that he had arranged his marriage to Wang Ruyan in half a year, gave him two Foundation Establishment Pills as betrothal gifts, and ordered him to keep Ning Province stable.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan married after their families arranged the betrothal, and Guangdong Ren attended the wedding as Wang Changsheng’s master. The chapter ended with Guangdong Ren using a formation to move the former Chen and Huang family residences near Azure Lotus Mountain, bringing the Wang Family’s Spirit Veins closer together.

• Wang Changsheng added two Foundation Establishment Pills to the betrothal gifts, and Wang Mingjiang set out to deliver them to Wang Family Fortress.
• Yang Yueqin advised Wang Ruyan to put her new family first after marriage and gave her an erotic booklet called the Mandarin Duck Manual.
• Elders of the Corpse Yin Sect reported that they had found a sealed Small World containing thousand-year-old Mystic Yin Wood and other valuable resources.
• Half a year later, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan completed their wedding ceremony at Azure Lotus Mountain before guests from nearby families and the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Guangdong Ren arrived with a wedding gift and used the Third Order Mountain Moving Formation to relocate the former Chen and Huang family residences near Azure Lotus Mountain.

Seven years after Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan married, the Wang Family had expanded and their twins had grown into young cultivators. Wang Changsheng planned to travel with Ruyan to seek Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water and a way to address his Killing Intent, while arranging for Qingqing to stay at Azure Moon Market.

• Disciples of the Four Sects of Yellow Saint Palace arrived at Azure Lotus Mountain with wedding gifts, and Guangdong Ren departed after welcoming them.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan drank their nuptial wine and began their married life.
• Over seven years, the Wang Family established Wang Family Stronghold, grew to 464 cultivators, and gained two more Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Wang Changsheng advanced to Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer with the help of Profound Yin Spirit Water, and Wang Ruyan became a Second Order Talisman Master.
• Wang Changsheng visited his twins, Wang Qingqing and Wang Qingzhi, and told Liu Qing'er that he planned to travel with Wang Ruyan.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan agreed to seek Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water and ways to improve her cultivation speed, while considering sending Qingqing to Azure Moon Market with one of Wang Changsheng's parents.

Wang Changsheng visited the injured Wang Qingshan, praised his resolve to hunt Demon Beasts but ordered him to recover before going out again, and gave him powerful weapons and escape talismans. After Wang Changsheng left, Wang Qingshan revealed that he had secretly kept an ancient map and planned to investigate its location himself.

• Wang Ruyan gave Wang Changsheng two Tier 2 Escape Talismans for Wang Qingshan, and Wang Changsheng went to visit him.
• Wang Qingyuan urged Wang Qingshan to stop hunting Demon Beasts, but Wang Qingshan defended his pursuit of strength and admitted he was close to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Qingshan the Azure Lotus Twin Swords and the two Escape Talismans, then ordered him to recover until he reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
• After Wang Changsheng left, Wang Qingshan examined a secret, damaged Terrain Map he had taken from a cultivator's corpse and resolved to search the Scripture Pavilion for clues to its location.
• Wang Qingshan chose to investigate the map's destination alone rather than report it to the clan, though he planned to leave clues behind in case anything happened to him.