Chapter Summaries

Wang Qingqi became a First Grade High Rank Alchemist, but chose to leave the Hundred Spirits Sect and return to the Wang Family. Wang Changxue prepared a farewell feast for Lu Zhong and arranged for Wang Changping to escort Wang Qingqi home.

• Wang Qingqi successfully refined nine Qi Nourishment Pills, and Lu Zhong confirmed his pill-formation rate qualified him to graduate as a First Grade High Rank Alchemist.
• Lu Zhong urged Wang Qingqi to stay with the Hundred Spirits Sect and continue studying, but Wang Qingqi insisted on returning to serve the Wang Family.
• Wang Qingqi invited Lu Zhong to a feast the day after tomorrow to thank him for teaching him, and Lu Zhong accepted.
• Wang Changxue rescued Su Bingbing when she tripped while chasing a red flying bird, then defended her as Su Cheng urged her to cultivate diligently.
• Wang Changxue told Su Cheng that Wang Qingqi would return to the Wang Family, and they agreed Wang Changping would escort him and carry gifts.

Wang Changsheng and the other senior Wang Family members decided that Wang Changhao would have to earn enough Contribution Points for a Foundation Establishment Pill rather than receive one unfairly. Wang Changsheng then traveled with Wang Ruyan, Liu Qing'er, and Wang Qingqing to Azure Moon Market, where they learned that the Incense Burning Sect had reappeared and was targeting lone cultivators.

• Wang Mingjiang proposed assigning Wang Changhao more tasks so he could earn the Contribution Points needed for a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Wang Changsheng and Wang Changfeng agreed.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Liu Qing'er, and Wang Qingqing left Wang Family Stronghold for Azure Moon Market.
• Wang Changxing reported the Wang Family's market income to Wang Mingzhong and told him that his grandson Qiu Yu had been born.
• Wang Changsheng arrived with his family and told Wang Mingzhong that he and Wang Ruyan planned to travel while Wang Qingqing learned Puppet Beast refinement.
• Wang Mingzhong told Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan that the Incense Burning Sect had appeared again and killed several Qi Refining Cultivators, while the Five Sects of Wei sent people to capture its members.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan delayed their departure from Azure Moon Market until the threat linked to the Incense Burning Sect was explained, then traveled to Flying Phoenix Valley in search of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water. Unable to find any for sale, they decided to stay for two years and sell Dharma Artifacts and Puppet Beasts while awaiting a Grand Auction.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan stayed in Azure Moon Market after the Incense Burning Sect's destruction was blamed on Heretical Cultivators using its name to confuse people.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan left Azure Moon Market and traveled for three years toward Flying Phoenix Valley in Yu Kingdom.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan killed a Tier 2 Low Grade Blue Giant Python on the Li River and met a Middle-Aged Daoist who was also heading to Flying Phoenix Valley.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan searched Flying Phoenix Valley's shops but found no Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, so they decided to wait for the Grand Auction two years later.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan rented a shop and began selling Dharma Artifacts and Puppet Beasts.

Wang Qingshan searched for a mountain whose name included “Pine,” while Wang Qingqi taught alchemy and Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan ran their shop in Flying Phoenix Valley. After Pan Sheng invited them to an Underground Trading Fair, the couple disguised themselves and followed him inside.

• Wang Qingshan killed two tigers that threatened three hunters, then asked one of them to guide him to nearby mountains with “Pine” in their names.
• Wang Qingqi taught five clansmen alchemy, and Wang Mingjiang encouraged him to cultivate toward Foundation Establishment and Second Order alchemy.
• Two years later, Pan Sheng collected four Azure Short Swords from Wang Changsheng and told him about an Underground Trading Fair where he might find Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Ruyan about the fair, and she agreed to accompany him.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan changed their appearances, met Pan Sheng at Flying Phoenix Restaurant, and followed him to a masked trading fair underground.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan attended a trade fair, where they bought Azure-Eyed Silkworm larvae and Geng Metal True Evil. After his Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat advanced, Pan Sheng brought Wang Changsheng news of someone with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water but demanded a fee to arrange an introduction.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan joined Pan Sheng at a masked trade fair, where Pan Sheng bought a Fireplume Bird Essence Soul and a Fire Cloud Beast Demon Core.
• Wang Changsheng bought a pair of Azure-Eyed Silkworm larvae for Wang Ruyan and two bottles of Geng Metal True Evil.
• Three days later, Wang Changsheng's Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat emerged from its deep sleep and advanced to second grade mid rank.
• Pan Sheng told Wang Changsheng he knew someone carrying Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water and offered to make an introduction for one thousand Spirit Stones.
• Wang Changsheng objected to Pan Sheng's demand for payment, irritated that he was charging so much merely to introduce them.

Wang Changsheng arranged to trade for Profound Nether Cold Water by searching for rare Jade Luo Flowers, while the Nether Corpse Sect prepared to invade Chu and Wei. Wang Qingshan broke into a hidden cave and found a sealed chamber containing offerings and a skeleton.

• Wang Changsheng paid Pan Sheng to introduce him to Li Yue, who offered thirty jin of diluted Profound Nether Cold Water in exchange for two four-hundred-year Jade Luo Flowers and revealed she could disclose its source.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Ruyan about the deal and used the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat to begin searching for Jade Luo Flowers in the Flying Phoenix Mountains.
• Song Wuya told the Nether Corpse Sect's Core Formation Cultivators that allied kingdoms would attack Chu and Wei next month, and the sects agreed to move against Chu first.
• Wang Qingshan used his Azure Lotus Twin Swords and a Red Leopard Puppet to break through the restrictions in the cave he had found.
• Wang Qingshan entered a stone chamber and saw a painting, an offering table holding an incense burner and jade box, and a humanoid skeleton.

Wang Qingshan discovered the Secret Vault’s treasures and learned the Incense Burning Sect’s history, including the existence of the Thousand Sound Treasure Canon. Meanwhile, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan found Pan Sheng cornered by Demon Wolves, and he offered to reveal the location of a Four-Hundred-Year Jade Luo Flower if they saved him.

• Wang Qingshan shattered a wounded Humanoid Skeleton and found Spirit Stones, Dharma Artifacts, and Jade Slips in the Secret Vault.
• Wang Qingshan learned from a Jade Slip that Yang Lian had hidden his savings, and that his son Yang Zhong had later fled to the Secret Vault after the Medicine King Valley destroyed the Incense Burning Sect.
• Wang Qingshan found the Thousand Sound Treasure Canon and decided it would suit Ninth Aunt before leaving the cave abode.
• After searching for Jade Luo Flowers for over two months, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan heard a boom and flew toward it, where they found Pan Sheng surrounded by Demon Wolves.
• Pan Sheng offered to reveal the location of a Four-Hundred-Year Jade Luo Flower if Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan rescued him from the Tier 2 High Grade Twin-Headed Demon Wolf and its pack.
• Wang Changsheng formed more than a thousand White Ice Needles and prepared to attack the Demon Wolves.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan rescued Pan Sheng from a pack of demon wolves, then forced him to reveal where the Jade Luo Flowers grew. They killed the flowers’ guardian, collected all three blooms, and flew toward Flying Phoenix Valley.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan killed the Two-Headed Wolf King and its accompanying demon wolves, saving Pan Sheng.
• Pan Sheng revealed that the Jade Luo Flowers lay in a valley more than two hundred li to the east, and Wang Changsheng let him leave.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan found three Jade Luo Flowers guarded by a Tier 2 High Grade Twin-Headed Fire Crow.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan killed the Twin-Headed Fire Crow and collected the flowers.
• Wang Changsheng took Wang Ruyan toward Flying Phoenix Valley on the Azure Lotus Boat.

Wang Changsheng learned that the Yang Family’s Sword Debate Tournament could offer the Profound Nether Cold Water he needed, then agreed to refine a Natal Mystic Tool for Pan Sheng using Frostflame Bamboo. He began studying the craft while Wang Ruyan took over the shop.

• Li Yue told Wang Changsheng that the Yang Family of Purple Moon Estate would hold its Sword Debate Tournament in a year and that the top ten could receive Profound Nether Cold Water.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan decided to attend the Grand Auction before the tournament.
• Pan Sheng repaid Wang Changsheng 1,000 Spirit Stones and offered Frostflame Bamboo and other materials in exchange for help refining a Natal Mystic Tool.
• Wang Changsheng negotiated a 30,000 Spirit Stone deposit and agreed to make Pan Sheng a flying sword Natal Mystic Tool within at least a year.
• Wang Ruyan offered to manage the shop while Wang Changsheng studied the refining process, and he examined the Frostflame Bamboo and his family’s crafting notes.

Wang Changsheng attended a grand auction with Wang Ruyan and bought the Azure Moon Swordplay and a set of Vajra Demon Trapping Array Talismans. The Yang Family of Purple Moon Estate also won several costly items, and the auction continued.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan entered the auction hall and watched Zhao Yang begin the bidding.
• Wang Changsheng bought the Azure Moon Swordplay for 22,000 Spirit Stones for Wang Qingshan.
• The Yang Family of Purple Moon Estate bought a Jade-Eyed Ice Serpent for 18,000 Spirit Stones.
• Wang Changsheng bought the Vajra Demon Trapping Array Talismans for 23,000 Spirit Stones.
• The Yang Family of Purple Moon Estate purchased a Flying Purple-Patterned Centipede Essence Soul and a piece of Gold Essence for 170,000 Spirit Stones.

Wang Changsheng witnessed the sale of rare auction items before he and Wang Ruyan bought materials for refining a Natal Mystic Tool. The demonic cultivators then launched coordinated attacks across several nations, and the Wang Family prepared for war and the possible fall of Chu Kingdom.

• The Yellow Dragon Seal Mystic Treasure Embryo sold for 210,000 Spirit Stones, and the Jade Clarity Pill sold for 230,000 to a guest on the third floor.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan bought a large batch of Refining Materials after leaving the auction.
• Song Wuya and six other Core Formation Cultivators attacked Hundred Birds Forest Market, killed Lin Shouyi, and split their forces to invade Chu Kingdom.
• Demonic cultivators attacked several nations, while Wei Kingdom remained safe and agreed to send troops to aid the Four Chu Sects.
• Wang Mingjiang told Wang Changfeng about the Hundred Spirits Sect’s conscription order and ordered him to guard the clan, distribute Foundation Establishment Pills, and move vulnerable clansmen to Azure Moon Market.

Wang Mingjiang left for the frontline against the Demonic Path, entrusting the Wang Family Stronghold to Wang Changfeng and giving him a Talisman Treasure for defense. Meanwhile, Wang Changsheng successfully refined his Frostflame Sword and traveled with Wang Ruyan to Yue Kingdom to seek Profound Nether Cold Water at the Yang Family’s Sword Debate Tournament.

• Wang Mingjiang gave Wang Changfeng a Flying Needle Talisman Treasure and left with clansmen for the frontline, while Wang Changhao and Wang Changyue began attempting Foundation Establishment with their pills.
• Wang Changsheng completed his Frostflame Sword after spending over half a year and four hundred thousand Spirit Stones refining it.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan exchanged the Frostflame Sword with Pan Sheng for more Frostflame Bamboo.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan departed Flying Phoenix Valley for Yue Kingdom to attend the Yang Family’s Sword Debate Tournament and seek Profound Nether Cold Water.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan arrived at Welcoming Peak in the Purple Moon Mountains.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan arrived at the Purple Moon Mountains for the Sword Debate Tournament and searched the market for items to strengthen their defenses. Wang Changsheng traded a set of Azure Serpent Swords for two Fire Thunder Pearls, then offered goods in exchange for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water as the tournament approached.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan registered for the Sword Debate Tournament, received lodging at Blue Moon Pavilion, and learned that the prizes included Profound Nether Cold Water for third place.
• Wang Ruyan bought two bottles of Spring Sprout Pill, and she and Wang Changsheng found a stall selling a Fire Thunder Pearl in exchange for a set of Wood Attribute Flying Swords.
• Wang Changsheng traded six Azure Serpent Swords to the Green-Shirted Youth for two Fire Thunder Pearls.
• Wang Changsheng set up a stall offering puppets, Talismans, and demon beast materials in exchange for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, while Wang Ruyan searched the market.
• After two days, a cultivator offered Wang Changsheng two hundred jin of diluted Profound Nether Cold Water for three of his Second Grade Middle Rank Puppet Beasts.

Wang Changsheng traded puppet beasts with Yang Wenyue and met her brother, Yang Wenbin, who invited him to the Sword Debate Tournament. The tournament began the next morning, and Wang Changsheng entered his first match against a Red Robe Youth.

• Wang Changsheng traded three Second Grade Middle Rank Puppet Beasts to Yang Wenyue for two hundred and ten pounds of diluted Profound Nether Cold Water.
• Yang Wenbin introduced himself and invited Wang Changsheng to join the Sword Debate Tournament for a chance to win undiluted Profound Nether Cold Water.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan signed the Life-and-Death Pledge to enter the tournament.
• The Yang Family required participants to defeat its Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer disciples before entering the tournament proper.
• Wang Changsheng faced a Red Robe Youth and sent five Giant Eagle Puppets to attack him as the youth raised a red protective barrier.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan advanced through several rounds of the Sword Debate Tournament, while Wang Changsheng learned that Zhao Yunlei was a powerful contender. The chapter ended as Wang Changsheng began his next match against a Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer Confucian.

• Wang Changsheng defeated the red-shirted youth by overwhelming his defenses with ice needles and azure sword attacks.
• Wang Ruyan defeated the Yellow-Shirted Youth with four Tier 2 Puppet Beasts and advanced directly through the next round after drawing a blank slip.
• Wang Changsheng defeated Lan Dieyi of Butterfly Valley using the Ice Serpent Dragon Banner and learned that Zhao Yunlei, a Zhao Family disciple with a Lightning Spirit Root, was expected to win the tournament.
• After the contestants drew lots again, Wang Changsheng faced a tall, thin Middle-Aged Confucian and sent four Giant Eagle Puppets to attack him.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan won their arena matches with powerful artifacts and puppets, while two Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer sword cultivators killed their opponents. The final round was set for the next day, and Wang Changsheng agreed to avoid risking a direct fight against the sword cultivators.

• Wang Changsheng used Mystic Shadow Sand to defile the Middle-Aged Confucian's Scarlet Swallow Sword, forcing him to concede.
• Wang Ruyan immobilized her opponent's Spirit Beasts with the Azure Light Mirror and overwhelmed him with her puppets, making him concede.
• A red-robed youth and a young woman in a blue palace dress killed their opponents with sword techniques, shocking Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.
• Yang Zongyan announced that the final round would take place the next day and select ten winners from the fourteen remaining participants.
• Wang Ruyan urged Wang Changsheng to concede if they faced the sword cultivators, and he agreed that he would avoid a head-on fight.

Wang Changsheng and the other contestants gathered for the revised ranking matches, where Li Rui and Nangong Fu claimed the first two places without challenge. Wang Changsheng secured a chance to compete for third place and watched Zhao Yunlei overpower his opponent, as the match continued.

• Li Rui and Nangong Fu discussed leaving after the final round, while Li Rui revealed he hoped to propose marriage after forming his Core.
• Yang Zongyan and Yang Zongwang decided to change the contest rules, select the top ten, and avoid arranging a celebration for their Third Granduncle.
• Yang Zongyan announced that contestants could choose their rankings through discussion and challenges, and Li Rui and Nangong Fu claimed first and second place unopposed.
• Zhao Yunlei claimed third place, prompting Wang Changsheng and five others to challenge him; Wang Changsheng drew a blank lot and advanced to the next round.
• Zhao Yunlei used his Soaring Thunder Tiger Blade and lightning attacks to break through his opponent's defenses and began charging a powerful attack.

Wang Changsheng defeated Ning Qingyi in the arena and then faced Zhao Yunlei, who proposed a contest based on whether Wang could withstand three attacks. The chapter ended before Wang answered or their match began.

• Zhao Yunlei defeated the dark-faced man with his lightning magic, while Ning Qingyi and the whiskered man also won their matches.
• Wang Changsheng drew Ning Qingyi as his opponent and broke through her Fire Serpent Spirit Extinction Formation Talisman and defensive talismans to win.
• Ning Qingyi conceded and praised Wang Changsheng's Daoist arts.
• Zhao Yunlei defeated the whiskered man with his lightning magic and Silver Giant Tiger.
• Wang Changsheng and Zhao Yunlei entered the same arena, where Zhao Yunlei proposed to win if Wang could not withstand three attacks without attacking him.

Wang Changsheng survived Zhao Yunlei’s three attacks and won third place, while Wang Ruyan placed ninth in the Sword Debate Tournament. They followed Yang Zongyan to Violet Moon Pavilion, where Yang Zongwang asked them to help hunt a third-tier flood dragon with a formation, offering doubled rewards for those who agreed.

• Wang Changsheng endured Zhao Yunlei’s first two attacks with defensive treasures and survived his final lightning tiger attack using a Vajra Demon Trapping Array Talisman.
• Wang Changsheng defeated Zhao Yunlei to take third place, and Wang Ruyan narrowly won ninth place after the tournament rules changed.
• Yang Zongyan distributed the tournament rewards, including Profound Nether Cold Water for Wang Changsheng and a Golden Lightning Talisman for Wang Ruyan, then invited contestants to pursue additional rewards.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan followed Yang Zongyan to Violet Moon Pavilion, where Yang Zongwang explained that he needed sixty-four Foundation Establishment Cultivators to help hunt a third-tier lower-rank flood dragon.
• Yang Zongwang offered to double the helpers’ rewards and said those who refused would have to remain at Violet Moon Estate until the hunt was completed.

Yang Zongwang gathered Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and other cultivators to help him kill a Third-tier Demonic Flood Dragon for its Demon Core, which could provide an ingredient for saving Yang Shengwen. At the cave pool, Yang Zongwang drew out the Black Flood Dragon and began the attack.

• Yang Zongwang told the outsiders they had to help kill the beast or face the Yang Family’s wrath, and they reluctantly agreed in exchange for payment.
• Yang Zongyan distributed half the promised payment, including Profound Nether Cold Water, and three days later Yang Zongwang led the group to the Flood Dragon’s cave.
• Yang Zongwang warned the cultivators that a Third Order Formation prevented them from escaping and gave them Formation Flags to power it.
• Yang Zongwang activated the Eight Gates Wind Fire Formation, forcing the Black Flood Dragon out of its pool.
• Yang Zongwang sent Azure Hurricanes and Crimson Fireballs toward the Black Flood Dragon.