Chapter Summaries

Wang Changsheng and the Wang Family arrived at Townsea Palace during a period of martial law, learning that Lin Youxin had reached the Fusion Stage. At Fang Ming’s residence, they discussed the Ascension Faction’s shortage of resources and the deadly trials of breaking through to Fusion Stage.

• Wang Changsheng’s party was stopped outside Townsea Palace, where a guard explained that the headquarters was sealed while a cultivator attempted a breakthrough.
• Sun Yueshuo and He Yuyao escorted the Wang Family inside and revealed that Lin Youxin had reached the Fusion Stage.
• Sun Yueshuo warned the Wang Family to remain in their assigned manor because the headquarters’ defenses were active.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan visited Fang Ming, who said nine Ascension Faction disciples were suited to attempt Fusion Stage but scarce resources limited support.
• Fang Ming recounted that Qian died under seven Five-Colored Divine Lightning bolts during his failed breakthrough.
• Fang Ming said Chen survived seven Seven-Colored Divine Lightning bolts with a defensive treasure made from East Wood Divine Tree, prompting Wang Changsheng to ask about the Ten Divine Trees.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan gathered useful intelligence and forged ties with Townsea Palace cultivators while preparing for future tribulations. At Sun Yueshuo’s Void Refinement celebration, Zhao Yunxiao and Qin Tianxue arrived to meet Wang Changsheng.

• Fang Ming told Wang Ruyan that Heaven’s Sound Wood could aid her cultivation and warned Wang Changsheng that an Ancient Giant had made the Barren Wilds dangerous.
• Fang Ming explained how Wang Changsheng might obtain a Townsea Pearl to help withstand his coming Grand Heavenly Tribulation, then accepted Wang Changsheng’s gift of Mystic Crane Wood.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan spent a month visiting Ascension Faction cultivators, exchanging gifts for healing pills, a Loam Crystal, and artifact-refining materials.
• At Sun Yueshuo and He Yuyao’s celebration, Sun Yuejiao presented them with generous gifts on behalf of the Wang Family.
• Qin Ming expressed surprise that Wang Changsheng could refine Middle-Grade Heavenly Treasures, and Wang Changsheng confirmed that he could.
• Zhao Yunxiao and Qin Tianxue entered the celebration, and Zhao Yunxiao said he had wanted to meet Wang Changsheng.

Wang Changsheng met Zhao Yunxiao and Qin Tianxue at Sun Yueshuo and He Yuyao’s celebration, then sparred with Zhao Yunxiao. Xu Huanhuan brought him to Lin Tianlong, who asked about the artifact spirit and identified her as Ye Xuanji of the Ye Family.

• Zhao Yunxiao and Qin Tianxue attended Sun Yueshuo and He Yuyao’s celebration and gave them two top-grade sixth-order demon cores and a Nine Dragon Pill.
• Wang Ruyan asked Qin Tianxue for guidance on musical cultivation, and Qin Tianxue shared her insights.
• Zhao Yunxiao invited Wang Changsheng to spar, and their single punch shattered the ground; Zhao Yunxiao proved stronger, though both were surprised by how close their strength was.
• Xu Huanhuan arrived and invited Wang Changsheng to meet Lin Tianlong, who wanted to ask him something.
• Lin Tianlong asked whether Wang Changsheng had met the artifact spirit and said he believed she was Ye Xuanji of the Ye Family.

Wang Changsheng learned that the Artifact Spirit might be Ye Xuanji, a powerful Ye Family cultivator with knowledge and treasures tied to the Great Ascension Stage, and received Tide Cloud Jade from Lin Tianlong. After returning to Azure Lotus Island, he gave the jade to Wang Yingjie and bonded with the Mirage Dragon; meanwhile, Fang Mu reached the Void Refinement Stage in the Devil Realm but failed to draw special lightning power.

• Lin Tianlong told Wang Changsheng that the Artifact Spirit might be Ye Xuanji and asked him to pass along a message if she made contact, then gave him two pieces of Tide Cloud Jade.
• Lin Tianlong explained to Lin Youxin that Ye Xuanji had entered the Profound Spirit Celestial's Daoist Sanctuary, possessed nine pages of the Celestial Void Jade Tome, and had a treasure that could weaken the Grand Heavenly Tribulation.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Ruyan about Ye Xuanji, and they discussed investigating her past and the mysteries surrounding the Artifact Spirit.
• Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Island and gave the Tide Cloud Jade to Wang Yingjie to help him condense his Dharma Aspect.
• Wang Changsheng fed the Mirage Dragon and played with it as it showed him a series of illusions.
• In the Devil Realm, Fang Mu successfully entered the Void Refinement Stage but drew down only ordinary lightning, and Ye Haitang reassured him before they left to tend to his injuries.

Wang Zongfeng prepared the Eastern Wasteland Wang Family for the next opening of the Flying Immortal Ruins, while Wang Qingshan arranged to attend the Ma Family’s celebration for Ma Baozong’s advancement. Wang Qingshan left Azure Lotus Valley in Wang Yingjie and Liu Hongxue’s care and set out for the Ma Family.

• Wang Zongfeng learned that Wang Ruyan was holding her thousandth-birthday celebration and decided to attend, while urging the Wang Family to prepare for the next opening of the Flying Immortal Ruins.
• Wang Qingshan received the Ma Family’s invitation to celebrate Ma Baozong’s advancement to the Void Refinement Stage and agreed to attend.
• Wang Qingshan welcomed Wang Yingjie and Liu Hongxue, who had arrived to strengthen the Wang Family’s presence at Azure Lotus Valley.
• Wang Qingshan handed Azure Lotus Valley’s affairs to Wang Yingjie and Liu Hongxue, then departed with clansmen for the Ma Family.

Wang Qingshan encountered and killed a Sixth Order Yellow Toad in the Golden Toad Mountain Range while traveling with Wang Yuanwei and other Wang Family disciples. He learned that the beast had attacked the Coral Valley Zhang Family and met Zhang Yuqian, who thanked him for his help.

• The Golden Horned Lightning Qilin stopped when a Sixth Order Yellow Toad burst from underground, and its phantom attack knocked Wang Yuanwei and the other Wang Family disciples unconscious.
• Wang Qingshan fought the Yellow Toad, using his sword techniques and Dharma Aspect to destroy its toad phantom.
• The Yellow Toad tried to flee, but Zhang Yuqian's allies joined the fight, and Wang Qingshan helped kill it and capture its miniature toad spirit.
• Zhang Yuqian introduced herself as a member of the Coral Valley Zhang Family and thanked Wang Qingshan for stopping the beast that had slaughtered her clansmen.
• Wang Qingshan introduced himself as being from Azure Lotus Island and politely accepted Zhang Yuqian's thanks.

Wang Qingshan joined Zhang Yuqian and Lan Fukong on the journey to the Ma Family celebration after helping defeat a Sixth Order Spirit Devouring Toad. They arrived at the Amethyst Crystal Mountains, where Ma Yunbiao welcomed them and settled them in a manor.

• Wang Qingshan, Zhang Yuqian, and Lan Fukong divided the Spirit Devouring Toad's spoils, and Zhang Yuqian gave Wang Qingshan Blood Lemon Pills for his injured clansmen.
• Zhang Yuqian explained that she and Lan Fukong had encountered the Spirit Devouring Toad while traveling to the Ma Family celebration, and Wang Qingshan invited them to travel together.
• Zhang Yuxin arrived with several hundred Cultivators, greeted Wang Qingshan, and led the group toward the Amethyst Crystal Mountains aboard the Red Dragon Boat.
• More than a month later, Ma Yunbiao welcomed Wang Qingshan, Zhang Yuqian, Zhang Yuxin, and Lan Fukong at the Amethyst Crystal Mountains.
• Wang Qingshan's group settled in a manor, and he reminded his clansmen to meet other guests and avoid conflicts.

At the Ma Family’s gathering on Amethyst Peak, Wang Qingshan met fellow Void Refinement Cultivators, including the twin brothers Su Chenguang and Su Chennian. The guests discussed the absent disciple of Qing Xuzi, who was expected to arrive after cooking Bloodbone Fish.

• Ma Yulin told Ma Yunfeng she hoped the gathering would help her find treasures to survive her third Grand Heavenly Tribulation.
• Ma Tianming escorted Wang Qingshan to a gathering of Void Refinement Cultivators on Amethyst Peak.
• Wang Qingshan greeted Wang Dafei and met the twin brothers Su Chenguang and Su Chennian, Elite Disciples of the Divine Armaments Sect.
• Lan Fukong toasted the Su brothers, but they treated him coldly because they looked down on his past pleas for mercy.
• Ma Yunbiao explained that Qing Xuzi’s disciple, Daoist Lin, had not arrived because he was cooking the two Bloodbone Fish purchased for him.

Lin Buer joined the Ma Family gathering and served a powerful Bloodbone Fish dish, which Wang Qingshan and several other cultivators sampled. After he and Lan Fukong ate most of it and refined its spiritual energy, the gathering turned to cultivation and the condensation of the Dharma Aspect.

• Ma Yulin introduced Ma Baozong and praised Lin Buer's cooking as the cultivators gathered around the cauldron.
• Lin Buer served Dragon Swimming the Great Sea, a dish made with a Fifth Order Upper-Grade Bloodbone Fish and more than a hundred Thousand-Year Spiritual Medicines.
• Lan Fukong eagerly ate the dish and won Lin Buer's approval by discussing cooking and praising his skills.
• Wang Qingshan ate a piece of fish and spent more than a quarter of an hour refining the powerful spiritual energy it released.
• After Lin Buer and Lan Fukong finished the dish and refined its spiritual energy, Zhang Yuqian asked about Lin Buer's master, and Ma Yulin led a discussion about cultivation and the Dharma Aspect.

Wang Qingshan traded twenty drops of Creation Divine Water for two pieces of Heavenly Sound Divine Tree at Ma Yulin’s exchange gathering. Lin Buer then offered him three musical scores left by the Profound Sound Celestial, while the gathering continued with Lan Fukong and Su Chenguang seeking cultivation materials.

• Lin Buer discussed Eating Dao Dharma Aspects and explained why the Nine Dragons Palace remained dangerous despite its decline and internal strife.
• Ma Yulin offered materials in exchange for a defensive Heavenly Treasure or something that could weaken the Thunder Tribulation, but completed only two exchanges.
• Ma Yulin revealed two pieces of Heavenly Sound Divine Tree, and Wang Qingshan traded twenty drops of Creation Divine Water for them.
• Ma Yulin gave Su Chenguang another piece of Heavenly Sound Divine Tree in exchange for his items.
• Lin Buer offered Wang Qingshan three musical scores containing divine abilities left by the Great Ascension Sound Cultivator Profound Sound Celestial.
• Lan Fukong failed to exchange his materials for Dharma Aspect materials, and Su Chenguang sought Metal Attribute Dharma Aspect materials.

Wang Qingshan traded for clues about rare materials and investigated Profound Sound Celestial before examining a composition attributed to the Mahayana Sound Cultivator. He agreed to exchange Creation Divine Water for the compositions, but learned that one of them could dangerously drain its performer’s magical power.

• Wang Qingshan offered treasures and materials for exchange, then gave Lan Fukong an Azure Halberd in return for help finding a Sixth Order Blood Earthworm Beast at Pig Dragon Mountain.
• Ma Yulin offered Wang Qingshan a Fifth Order Bloodbone Fish, and he reciprocated with a Fifth Order Puppet Beast.
• Lan Fukong told Wang Qingshan what he knew about Profound Sound Celestial and recommended seeking further information at the Seven Moon Pavilion near Pig Dragon Mountain.
• Wang Yuanwei examined one of Lin Buer’s compositions and became so absorbed that Wang Qingshan had to wake her.
• Wang Qingshan offered ten drops of Creation Divine Water for the compositions, and Lin Buer accepted after briefly demanding more.
• Lin Buer warned Wang Qingshan that the composition Soul Loss could drain a performer’s magical power and should not be played by cultivators below the late stage of Void Refinement.

Wang Qingshan attended the Ma Family celebration, where Wang Yuanwei and eight fellow Sound Cultivators won a group competition against Nascent Soul cultivators from several forces. Afterward, Wang Qingshan set out with Lan Fukong and Wang Yingjie to hunt a Sixth Order Blood Earthworm Beast at Pig Dragon Mountain.

• Wang Qingshan invited Lin Buer to visit Azure Lotus Island, and Lin Buer agreed to come if he had time.
• At the Ma Family celebration, Wang Qingshan proposed a group competition for the Nascent Soul juniors, and Ma Baozong agreed.
• Wang Yuanwei and the other eight Wang Sound Cultivators used a Nine-Colored Light Barrier, illusions, and sound attacks to defeat their opponents and win a set of Spirit Treasures.
• Wang Qingshan praised Wang Yuanwei's progress, and the guests departed after the celebration.
• Wang Yingjie advised Wang Huashuo to stay humble and keep cultivating, then answered Wang Qingshan's summons.
• Wang Qingshan invited Wang Yingjie to accompany him and Lan Fukong to Pig Dragon Mountain to search for a Sixth Order Blood Earthworm Beast, and Wang Yingjie joined them.

Wang Qingshan, Wang Yingjie, and Lan Fukong rescued Ximen Yue from a sixth order middle grade Earth Chi Beast in Pig Dragon Mountain, then continued their hunt for Blood Earthworm Beasts. The three prepared an ambush in a valley and concealed themselves after laying out bloodied yak corpses as bait.

• Ximen Yue was attacked by an Earth Chi Beast, and Wang Qingshan used a five-colored hand to knock back its tentacles so she could escape.
• Ximen Yue thanked Wang Qingshan, Wang Yingjie, and Lan Fukong, warned them about the beast’s soul attack, and left after recognizing the Wang Family.
• Lan Fukong explained how he had met Ximen Yue at Ancestor Ximen’s birthday celebration and boasted about his connections.
• Wang Qingshan led the group to a valley, where Wang Yingjie released dozens of yaks and Wang Qingshan cut them into pieces to attract Blood Earthworm Beasts.
• Lan Fukong gave the others Spirit Concealing Jade Liquid to mask their scent, and Wang Qingshan used a bone fan to conceal all three.

After a month of failing to lure out Blood Earthworm Beasts, Wang Qingshan let Wang Yingjie fight an injured Tier 6 Demon Bird to test his new strength. Wang Yingjie defeated the Red Giant Dove with his Dharma Aspect and treasures, while Duan Tongtian arrived at the end.

• Wang Qingshan, Lan Fukong, and Wang Yingjie spent more than a month in Pig Dragon Mountain without attracting any Blood Earthworm Beasts, and Wang Qingshan suspected the creatures had been killed elsewhere.
• Wang Qingshan ordered Wang Yingjie to stop an injured Tier 6 Demon Bird, and Lan Fukong stood aside to let him practice.
• Wang Yingjie used his five-colored Dharma Aspect to withstand the Red Giant Dove's fire attacks and break its Dharma Aspect.
• Wang Yingjie struck the Red Giant Dove with his Five-Colored Small Seal and other attacks, while Wang Qingshan advised him not to give an enemy time to recover.
• Duan Tongtian arrived and recognized Wang Qingshan.

Wang Qingshan, Wang Yingjie, and Lan Fukong lured a Blood Earthworm Beast into an ambush and captured it alive. Duan Tongtian watched from underground and left after realizing the Wang Family needed the beast for an important purpose.

• Duan Tongtian told Wang Qingshan that he had seen a Blood Earthworm Beast three million miles west, and Wang Qingshan headed there with Wang Yingjie and Lan Fukong.
• Wang Yingjie released live wild boars as bait, while Lan Fukong killed them to spread their blood scent through the forest.
• After more than two months, a Blood Earthworm Beast emerged to devour the bait and fought back against the three Wang Family cultivators.
• Wang Yingjie, Lan Fukong, and Wang Qingshan wounded the Blood Earthworm Beast with their attacks, then Wang Qingshan captured it alive with a small tower.
• Duan Tongtian emerged from underground, wondered why the Wang Family wanted a live Blood Earthworm Beast, and flew away.

Wang Changsheng observed the Wang Family’s cultivation and training while Wang Qingxiao began his breakthrough to the Void Refinement Stage and faced the Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation. As thunder struck Wang Qingxiao’s mountain, Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Peak and checked on the still-recovering Wood Demon.

• Wang Changsheng inspected the clan schoolroom and saw an elder teach children about Metal Ore Veins.
• Wang Changsheng watched clan members cultivate and work in the Spirit Herb Garden as he toured Azure Lotus Island.
• Wang Qingxiao’s breakthrough produced five-colored auspicious clouds and a True Dragon phantom before six Thunder Clouds formed overhead.
• Wang Qingxiao struck apart the first bolt of Silver Lightning, then activated a formation to protect himself from the following strikes.
• Wang Changsheng fed Azure Jade Spirit Peaches to the Mirage Dragon and entered a secret chamber to check the Wood Demon in the Thousand Spirit Bottle.

Wang Qingxiao survived his Void Refinement tribulation but was badly injured after enduring Five-Colored Divine Lightning without using his protective talisman. Wang Changsheng heard Wang Qingshan had returned with Blood Earthworm Beasts and went with him to inspect them.

• Wang Changsheng fed the Wood Demon a dozen Blood Cloud Eels, while the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada devoured their miniature forms.
• Wang Qingxiao transformed into a White Flood Dragon and broke free of the Five-Colored Thunder Python, but the lightning blast left him severely wounded.
• Wang Changsheng scolded Wang Qingxiao for not using the Celestial Lightning Spirit Transformation Talisman, and Wang Qingxiao returned the talisman before going to recuperate.
• Wang Qingxiao visited Wang Qingling's ice coffin and vowed to bring her back to life after becoming an immortal.
• Wang Qingcheng proposed Wang Moshan as the next Family Head, and Wang Changsheng left the choice to him.
• Wang Qingshan reported capturing one Sixth Order and more than a dozen Fifth Order Blood Earthworm Beasts at Pig Dragon Mountain, then showed them to Wang Changsheng inside the Azure Pagoda.

Wang Changsheng used the Wood Demon to absorb a Sixth Order Blood Earthworm Beast and began refining a treasure from the Heavenly Sound Divine Tree. Three hundred years later, the Wang Family had expanded rapidly, and a visitor from Townsea Palace arrived seeking the Old Ancestor.

• Wang Changsheng used the Wood Demon to drain the bound Blood Earthworm Beast, then had the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada consume its Essence Soul.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Qingshan a Calamity Substitute Pearl, and Wang Qingshan gave him Heavenly Sound Divine Tree pieces and musical scores by Profound Sound Celestial.
• Wang Changsheng placed the still-recovering Wood Demon in the Thousand Spirit Bottle and began refining with the Heavenly Sound Divine Tree.
• Over three hundred years, the Wang Family grew to more than 103,700 cultivators, expanded its territory, and established hundreds of shops and affiliated forces.
• During a Council Hall meeting, Wang Moshan received word that someone from Townsea Palace had arrived to see the Old Ancestor.

Wang Changsheng learned that Zhao Yunxiao had ordered him to join Li Long and two other Void Refinement Cultivators on a dangerous trip to the Barren Wilds to collect twenty-thousand-year-old Bloodscale Fungus. As Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan prepared to go, a red giant blade appeared above Azure Lotus Island and a thunder tribulation began striking a nearby peak.

• Wang Moshan learned that Li Long of Townsea Palace had arrived with Liu Sen and Qin Rong, and Wang Qingcheng informed Wang Changsheng that they needed to speak with him in person.
• Wang Qingcheng entered Azure Lotus Peak, where Wang Changsheng’s Fifth-Order Mirage Dragon tested its illusions on him before Wang Changsheng received the visitors.
• Li Long told Wang Changsheng that Zhao Yunxiao had entered the Body Integration Realm and wanted him to help retrieve Bloodscale Fungus guarded by a Sixth-Order Blood-Eyed Golden Ape, with the Townsea Pearl as their reward.
• Wang Changsheng agreed to go with Wang Ruyan after handling clan affairs, and refused Wang Moshan’s suggestion to call Wang Qingshan back.
• A red giant blade appeared above a peak on Azure Lotus Island, and silver lightning began striking into a sea of crimson fire surrounding it.

Wang Qingfeng survived four bolts of Three-Colored Divine Lightning and entered the Void Refinement Stage, prompting Wang Changsheng to order the family’s remaining candidates to delay their breakthroughs. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan then prepared to travel to the Barren Wilds with Li Long, Liu Sen, and Qin Rong.

• Wang Qingfeng endured the early stages of his tribulation, but a Three-Colored Thunder Qilin attacked him with the final strike.
• Wang Qingfeng survived the lightning and successfully entered the Void Refinement Stage with help from his pills and Celestial Lightning Spirit Transformation Talisman.
• Wang Ruyan gave Wang Qingfeng a healing pill and bottle, while Wang Changsheng ordered Wang Moshan to tell the remaining clansmen to postpone their breakthroughs and search for lightning-resistant materials.
• Wang Changsheng told Li Long that Wang Ruyan would accompany him to the Barren Wilds, then claimed Wang Qingfeng had survived using a Five Elements Thunderclap Talisman.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Li Long, Liu Sen, and Qin Rong left Azure Lotus Island for the Barren Wilds the next morning.