Chapter Summaries

Wang Qingzhi confessed his feelings to Qi Shanshan and promised to marry no one but her, while she refused to flee the Wang Family Stronghold because her grandfather’s safety and her clan’s revenge came first. Wang Changsheng returned to the stronghold and overheard his son’s vow, ending the chapter as he confronted him.

• Wang Qingzhi asked Qi Shanshan to become his Dao Companion and proposed fleeing the Wang Family Stronghold with her.
• Qi Shanshan refused to leave because she would not risk Qi Yunmin’s life or abandon her quest to avenge her clan.
• Qi Shanshan admitted she had liked Wang Qingzhi, and he vowed to convince his family and marry no one else.
• Wang Qingzhi told Qi Shanshan he loved farming and raising fish with her because she accepted the life he had chosen for himself.
• Wang Changsheng returned to Wang Family Stronghold, heard Wang Qingzhi’s vow, and challenged him.

Wang Changsheng approved Wang Qingzhi’s wish to marry Qi Shanshan under several conditions, then selected Wang Yaolong as the Wang Family’s new Family Head. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan traveled to Wang Family Fortress to discuss the Qin Family feud and cooperation with her family.

• Wang Changsheng agreed that Wang Qingzhi could marry Qi Shanshan after entering the Foundation Establishment Realm, provided they behaved properly before marriage and helped the lineage through raising Spirit Fish and Spirit Clams.
• Wang Changsheng explained to Wang Ruyan that Qi Shanshan’s knowledge of Clam Pearls and Spirit Clams could benefit the family, then comforted her about the deaths of her relatives and proposed they have another child.
• Wang Changsheng proposed that Wang Yaolong become Family Head, and the clan’s Foundation Establishment Cultivators accepted the choice without objection.
• Wang Yaolong accepted responsibility as Family Head, and Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan set out for Wang Family Fortress.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan met with her family to discuss the Qin Family and exchanged fish-raising expertise, as both families shared commercial interests and competed as affiliates of the Yellow Saint Palace.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Shuming devised a plan to strike the Qin Family, while Wang Ruyue maneuvered within the Yellow Saint Palace to secure a mission for her cousin. She left Chen Tai pleased with his easy reward, unaware of her mocking smile.

• Wang Shuming explained the Qin Family's strength, and he and Wang Changsheng spent three days devising a plan to kill its Foundation Establishment Cultivators and seize its wealth.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan returned to the Wang Family Stronghold, and the two families began carrying out their preparations.
• Wang Ruyue visited Chen Tai and asked about missions that would suit her younger cousin, while drawing out details about the lucrative assignments.
• Wang Ruyue selected the Azure Moon Market patrol captain post for her cousin, declined Chen Tai's offer to displace Qin Yunyao, and gave Chen Tai five Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Tai accepted the Spirit Stones and celebrated his easy earnings as Wang Ruyue departed with a mocking smile.

Sun Yong'an bought a Jade Dragon Kettle in Blackwater City while Wang Changsheng arranged to use the Sun Family as a scapegoat for the Wang Family's plans against the Qin Family. After an ambush failed, Sun Yong'an returned to the Sun Family, where Sun Yongzhi called a meeting to discuss the attack.

• Sun Yong'an bought a Jade Dragon Kettle and wine cup in Blackwater City, then drank with them at his lodging.
• Wang Changsheng instructed two Wang Family members to return to Chu Kingdom and keep quiet, as the Wang Family chose the Sun Family to take the blame for destroying the Qin Family.
• Three days later, Sun Yong'an and his group left Blackwater City for Wei Kingdom, but he realized someone was following them.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Qingshan attacked Sun Yong'an's group in the Azure Ox Mountain Range, but Sun Yong'an escaped underground and Wang Changsheng called off the pursuit.
• Sun Yong'an returned to the Sun Family more than a month later and reported the ambush to Sun Yongzhi, who summoned others to discuss how to respond.

Sun Yongzhi traced the pursuit of his group to a wine pot and cups bought in Blackwater City, while Sun Chengping was killed during an attempted assault on women in the Mortal World. Qin Yunyao then set out to guard Yellow Saint Palace’s Spirit Herb Garden as she prepared to advance her cultivation.

• Sun Yongzhi suspected the killer had tampered with Sun Yong'an’s belongings, and Sun Yong'an identified a wine pot and cups he had bought at a market stall.
• Sun Yongzhi recognized the items as products of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion and ordered an investigation in the Chu Kingdom while tightening the Sun Family’s security.
• Sun Chengping agreed to join his clan uncle Sun Yongsheng in preying on married women in the Mortal World, but a black-clad figure killed him with a dart.
• Sun Yongsheng attacked the two black-clad figures with a Red Talisman and escaped using an Earth Escape Talisman, while they took Sun Chengping’s corpse.
• Qin Yunyao bribed Chen Tai to assign her to guard the Spirit Herb Garden, then arrived with another Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer cultivator and twenty Qi Refining Cultivators.

A masked Yellow-Shirted Youth assassinated Qin Yunyao and her companions in the Purple Bamboo Mountains, prompting a Core Formation Cultivator to vow vengeance for the Yellow Saint Palace. Meanwhile, Wang Rufeng disguised as Chen Yue infiltrated Qin Family Ridge and led a massacre of the Qin Family before escaping with its valuables.

• The Yellow-Shirted Youth ambushed Qin Yunyao and her group with talismans and a Giant Ape Puppet, killing them in less than five breaths before looting and burning Qin Yunyao's corpse.
• A Core Formation Cultivator arrived at the Purple Bamboo Mountains and recognized that a Yellow Saint Palace disciple had been killed.
• Wang Rufeng, disguised as Chen Yue, met Qin Yuntai and Qin Yunhu at Qin Family Ridge after claiming to know Qin Yunyao.
• Wang Rufeng attacked Qin Yuntai and Qin Yunhu with hidden needles, Firemane Lions, and Golden Armor Guardians, killing both men.
• Wang Rufeng activated the mountain formation while his accomplices killed the Qin Family disciples, robbed the Market, and escaped with the clan's valuables.

Wang Changsheng and four Foundation Establishment Cultivators attacked Qin Cloud Ridge, killed Qin Yunxiang and Qin Yunzhong, and looted the Qin Family stronghold before moving on to another territory. Meanwhile, the Sun Family suspected the Qin or Liu Family of plotting against them, and news of the Qin Family’s near-destruction spread fear through Wei Kingdom.

• Wang Changsheng and four Foundation Establishment Cultivators broke the Qin Family’s formation and killed Qin Yunxiang and Qin Yunzhong in a surprise attack.
• The attackers and their Ghosts, Puppet Beasts, and Spirit Birds killed many Qin Family clansmen, while others escaped.
• Wang Changsheng and the others looted the Qin Family’s manuals, records, and valuables, then left for another Qin Family territory.
• Sun Yongzhi told the Sun Family that evidence linked the attack on Seventh Brother to the Qin Family, but the other cultivators suspected the Liu Family might be framing them.
• The Sun Family strengthened its defenses and watched the Liu Family, while more than half a month later news spread that the Qin Family had nearly been wiped out.

Yellow Saint Palace investigated the attacks on the Qin Family, but rival families blamed one another, so the Five Sects of Wei suppressed the conflict and searched for scapegoats. The Wang Family escaped suspicion, and Wang Yaolong warned Wang Changsheng to avoid repeating the massacre as Wang Changsheng acknowledged the danger and the value of the wealth they had taken.

• Enforcement Disciples questioned Chen Tai and others about who knew Qin Yunyao was assigned to the Spirit Herb Garden, while Yellow Saint Palace investigated the attacks on the Qin Family.
• Yellow Saint Palace and the Spirit Control Sect followed accusations between the Sun Family, the Liu Family, and other families until more than a dozen Immortal Cultivation Families were drawn into the dispute.
• The Five Sects of Wei feared demonic cultivators were stirring up infighting, blamed captured Heretical Cultivators, and arranged protection and a Small Teleportation Array for the surviving Qin Family clansmen.
• Wang Yaolong led the Wang Family in ancestor rites, then kept Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Changhao, and Wang Qingshan behind to caution them about the consequences of their actions.
• Wang Changsheng agreed with Wang Yaolong and reflected on the more than 200,000 Spirit Stones' worth of goods the Wang Families had taken, including two Foundation Establishment Pills.

After the Wang Family secured the Qin Family’s cultivation texts, Wang Changsheng spent time with his aging parents and prepared for a long seclusion by refining puppet beasts. Two years later, he finished his third Tier 2 High Grade Puppet Beast, and the Gold Devouring Ant Queen appeared in his chamber.

• Wang Yaolong warned Wang Changsheng and the others to protect the Wang Family’s secrets and focus on cultivation.
• Wang Changsheng offered Wang Mingyuan a Foundation Establishment Pill, but Wang Mingyuan refused, while Liu Qing'er urged Wang Changsheng to let Wang Qingzhi marry Qi Shanshan.
• Wang Changsheng spent a month with his family and warned Wang Qingzhi to prioritize cultivation before refining puppet beasts for the Lineage.
• Over two years, Wang Changsheng refined three Tier 2 High Grade Puppet Beasts in preparation for prolonged secluded cultivation.
• Wang Changsheng completed a Golden Armor Guardian, then the Gold Devouring Ant Queen flew over to him.

Wang Changsheng tended to his family and taught Wang Qingqing about Second Order Puppet Beasts while Wang Qingshan and his team battled two Golden-Eyed Fire Apes in the White Dragon Mountain Range. The chapter ended as the apes were trapped by Spider Puppet Beasts and Wang Qingshan’s Azure Greatsword struck at them.

• Wang Changsheng found that the Gold Devouring Ant Queen had advanced to second grade mid rank and watched it devour wooden puppets and Metal Ore.
• Wang Changsheng joined Wang Mingyuan, Liu Qing'er, and pregnant Wang Ruyan, and named her unborn child Qingyang if a boy or Qinglian if a girl.
• Wang Qingkai delivered discarded refining materials and a Mystic Jade Flower to Wang Changsheng, who rewarded him with Qi Nourishment Pills.
• Wang Changsheng discussed the family’s next generation and awaited the return of Wang Qingshan and his companions from their Demon Beast hunt.
• Wang Qingqing persuaded Wang Changsheng to teach her Second Order Puppet Beast refining, and he began explaining the techniques.
• Wang Qingshan and ten clansmen attacked two Golden-Eyed Fire Apes with Puppet Beasts, trapping the apes’ legs with webs as Wang Qingshan’s Azure Greatsword descended.

Wang Qingshan led his surviving clansmen back from a dangerous hunt, while Wang Mingren learned why Xu Zihua had supported him and began attempting Foundation Establishment. The chapter left Wang Mingren refining the Foundation Establishment Pill’s surging spiritual energy.

• Wang Qingshan killed two wounded Golden-Eyed Fire Apes and ordered his clansmen to gather the spoils before returning home.
• Wang Qingshan and his group boarded the Azure Flying Boat and left the White Dragon Mountain Range.
• Xu Zihua gave Wang Mingren a Foundation Establishment Pill and explained that he hoped Wang Mingren would enter the Taiyi Secret Realm in fifty years to gather Spiritual Medicine for the Hundred Refinements Branch.
• Wang Mingren accepted his master's request and resolved to cultivate diligently for the secret realm.
• After preparing himself for a day and a night, Wang Mingren swallowed the Foundation Establishment Pill and began refining its spiritual energy.

The Wang Family held its first Minor Tournament, where Wang Qingjun, Wang Qingkai, and Wang Qingyuan placed among the top ten. After the tournament, Wang Changsheng hurried home when Wang Ruyan went into labor, and she gave birth to a son.

• Wang Changsheng watched the Wang Family's Minor Tournament as 73 clan members competed against Puppet Beasts for rewards.
• Wang Qingkai defeated the Ape Puppets by cutting off their legs, while Wang Qingjun and Wang Qingyuan also fought their way into the top ten.
• Wang Qingjun took first place, Wang Qingkai came second, and Wang Qingyuan ranked fourth.
• Wang Qingqing flew to the arena and told Wang Changsheng that Wang Ruyan was about to give birth, so he rushed home.
• Wang Ruyan gave birth to a son, and Wang Changsheng went to her side while asking for Spirit Meals to help her recover.

Wang Qingqi successfully refined a batch of pills and then negotiated with Lin Xiao for the incomplete Spirit Feeding Pill recipe. The Wang Family paid half the agreed price and prepared to test the recipe.

• Wang Ruyan rested after Wang Changsheng reassured her and offered to have food prepared.
• Wang Qingqi successfully refined five cyan pills and met Wang Changjing, who told him Lin Xiao wanted to discuss alchemy.
• Wang Qingyuan introduced Wang Qingqi to Lin Xiao, who offered to sell the Spirit Feeding Pill recipe for 3,200 Spirit Stones.
• Wang Qingqi paid Lin Xiao 1,600 Spirit Stones and agreed to pay the remainder after verifying the recipe by refining the pill.
• Wang Qingqi and Wang Qingyuan returned to Wang Family Stronghold to begin refining the Spirit Feeding Pill with materials from the family storehouse.

Wang Yaolong agreed to help the Chen Family eliminate two Fire Cloud Tigers and establish a Market, negotiating for two shops in return. Wang Qingshan volunteered to handle the beasts himself, leaving Senior Chen doubtful but the story with Wang Qingshan confident he could succeed.

• Wang Qingqi told Wang Yaolong about a Spirit Feeding Pill formula, and Wang Yaolong ordered him to test it discreetly and keep any pills for the family.
• Wang Changtai reported that Senior Chen had arrived with Li Yuehua and other relatives, and Wang Yaolong welcomed them to the stronghold.
• Chen Yunshan gave Wang Yaolong two Jade Blood Grasses for Wang Ruyan, who had already given birth, while Li Yuehua stayed with her family.
• Senior Chen asked the Wang Family to help eliminate two nearby Fire Cloud Tigers and arrange a formation for the Chen Family's planned Market, offering money and a shop.
• Wang Yaolong negotiated for two shops, and Wang Qingshan volunteered to hunt the tigers with his Twelfth Brother while Wang Ruyan handled the formation.
• Senior Chen doubted Wang Qingshan could defeat the beasts, but Wang Qingshan insisted he had killed a Second-Grade Middle Rank Demon Beast before and could handle the task.

Wang Qingshan prepared to help the Chen Family hunt demon beasts while Wang Changsheng and Wang Changyue planned to enter seclusion after Wang Ruyan recovered. At Azure Moon Market, Wang Qingze tended to his thriving restaurant and met with Fairy Lin and Madam Song.

• Wang Qingshan told Wang Changsheng and Wang Changyue about Chen Hu's request for help against demon beasts, and Wang Changsheng gave him detoxifying powder and a high-grade puppet beast.
• Wang Changsheng warned that he and Wang Ruyan would enter closed-door cultivation, leaving Wang Qingshan and Wang Changyue responsible for the family.
• Two days later, Wang Qingshan and Wang Changyue led ten clansmen to the Chen Family with Chen Hu.
• Wang Qingze served free spirit cakes to diners at Four Seas Restaurant and credited Wang Changxing's advice for the restaurant's success.
• Wang Qingze apologized to Madam Song and Fairy Lin for keeping them waiting in a private room.

Wang Qingze pursued a marriage with Lin Sisi to increase his chances of having children with Spirit Roots. Meanwhile, Wang Qingshan and Wang Changyue arrived at Spirit Toad Mountain to help the Chen Family deal with a Demon Tiger and choose a site for a new Market.

• Wang Qingze decided to take more concubines after his lack of children with Spirit Roots left him feeling inferior to his clansmen.
• Song Yue introduced Wang Qingze to Lin Sisi, and his late arrival was smoothed over; Lin Sisi left with a favorable impression of him.
• Wang Qingshan's group arrived at Spirit Toad Mountain, where Chen Hu welcomed them and said the other two families would arrive the next day.
• At a banquet, Wang Changyue and Chen Hu discussed Market sites, and Chen Hu favored the valley despite its limited space.
• Wang Changyue quoted discounted prices for two Defensive Formations, and Chen Hu planned to persuade his partners to choose the more expensive Raging Sand Array.

Wang Qingshan and his group defeated two Fire Cloud Tigers, helping the Chen Family establish a Market at Spirit Toad Mountain. After Wang Changyue arranged the Market’s formation and the families repaid their costs with local goods, the Wang group returned home, where Wang Qingshan entered secluded cultivation.

• Wang Qingshan led his group into the valley and assured Chen Hu, Huang, and Madam Zhao that the Wang Family could handle the two Demon Tigers alone.
• Wang Qingshan and his group used puppet beasts and coordinated attacks to kill both Fire Cloud Tigers.
• Wang Qingshan and his group returned to Spirit Toad Mountain, where Wang Changyue arranged for the Market to be built in the valley and the three families shared the fifteen-thousand-Spirit-Stone cost.
• Wang Changyue set up and demonstrated the Raging Sand Array, and the three families repaid their debts with local specialties.
• Wang Changyue and her group left Spirit Toad Mountain; Wang Changyue delivered the goods to the lineage, then returned to Azure Lotus Market, while Wang Qingshan entered secluded cultivation.

Lin Xiao escaped a deadly pursuit after his wife Liu Meng sacrificed herself, then asked the Wang Family to help avenge her and investigate Tethered Horse Ridge. Wang Yaolong and Wang Changping weighed the danger of acting while many of the clan’s strongest cultivators were unavailable.

• Lin Xiao and Liu Meng fled two Foundation Establishment Cultivators at Tethered Horse Ridge after Liu Meng was wounded, and Liu Meng stayed behind to let Lin Xiao escape.
• Liu Meng threw two Red Orbs at the pursuers, but the Foundation Establishment Cultivators killed her and continued after Lin Xiao.
• During the Wang Family’s Major Tournament, Wang Qingzhi lost in the second round, while Wang Qingqing and Wang Qingjun each won three rounds.
• Wang Yaolong left the tournament after Wang Changtai reported an urgent matter and met the bloodied, one-armed Lin Xiao in the Reception Hall.
• Lin Xiao told Wang Yaolong that his wife had died and offered to lead the Wang Family to Tethered Horse Ridge, where he suspected a hidden treasury or other resources.
• Wang Yaolong discussed the report with Wang Changping, who warned that the family lacked enough experienced fighters while several powerful clan members were away or in seclusion.

Wang Qingshan joined Wang Changping and Wang Changyue on an expedition to investigate Tethered Horse Ridge, where they uncovered a concealed Silvergale Stone Mine. The Wang family prepared to report the discovery and secure the valuable deposit.

• Wang Yaolong sent Wang Changping and Wang Qingshan to investigate Tethered Horse Ridge, with Wang Changyue and twenty clansmen accompanying them.
• Wang Qingshan spotted soft soil inside the valley and broke the Array Talisman concealing the ground beneath it.
• Wang Changping directed the clansmen to excavate, revealing a hidden pool and a concealed cave beyond a stone wall.
• Wang Qingshan opened the cave entrance and discovered Silvergale Stone embedded in the walls.
• Wang Changyue ordered the discovery reported to the Lineage and called for a large force to garrison the mine.

After the Wang Family discovered that an unknown family had been mining a Silvergale Stone Mine at Tethered Horse Ridge, both the Wang and Zhao Families reported the find to their sects instead of risking a direct battle. Guangdong Ren prepared to claim the mine for the Hundred Spirits Sect and departed for Tethered Horse Ridge with Wang Changping.

• Wang Changping reasoned that the previous miners had likely withdrawn to preserve their strength and report the mine to their sect, so the Wang Family hurried to survey and mine it.
• Wang Qinglei determined that the mine could yield more than a million Spirit Stones, and Wang Changping left to report it to the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Zhao Guangyi rejected a plan to attack the Wang Family and decided to report the mine to the Sword Palace, leaving the rival sects to contest it.
• Su Cheng told Guangdong Ren that the Wang Family had found the mine, and Guangdong Ren ordered an expedition while reprimanding those who had failed to survey Ning Province properly.
• Wang Changping recounted the discovery to Guangdong Ren, who promised rewards if the sect secured the mine, then departed for Tethered Horse Ridge with Wang Changping and dozens of disciples.