Chapter Summaries

After the auction, Wang Changsheng returned to Wei Kingdom and persuaded Guangdong Ren to help advance the Wang Family’s Spirit Vein. He learned that his clan had sacrificed its members’ cultivation and even the children’s meals to raise funds, and ordered them to ease their efforts now that they had enough Spirit Stones.

• Wang Changsheng left the auction with Guangdong Ren and Wang Huashan, then declined Guangdong Ren’s offer to cultivate at the Hundred Spirits Sect because he wanted to stay with his family.
• Guangdong Ren agreed to bring Formation Masters to Azure Lotus Estate to advance the Spirit Vein, counting Wang Changsheng’s two Golden Flame Fruits as 80,000 Spirit Stones and asking the clan to gather the remaining funds.
• Wang Changsheng arrived at Azure Lotus Estate and found Wang Qingyuan’s family struggling to afford enough food for their children.
• Wang Qingyuan told Wang Changsheng that the clan had gathered 254,745 Spirit Stones through hard work and borrowing, while members had set aside cultivation and the children had gone hungry.
• Wang Changsheng ordered Wang Qingyuan to tell Wang Qingkai to stop making the children go hungry, recall the clansmen working away, and let the Foundation Establishment Cultivators return to their usual cultivation routines.

Wang Changsheng returned to find Wang Ruyan exhausted from making talismans, then arranged for her to rest and forged her a new magical instrument. He also gave Wang Qingshan a sword cultivation method and oversaw the Hundred Spirits Sect’s formation that upgraded Azure Lotus Mountain’s Spirit Vein, which left the mountain brimming with spiritual energy.

• Wang Changsheng found Wang Ruyan safe in the secret chamber, told her to stop exhausting herself for Spirit Stones, and urged her to focus on cultivation.
• Wang Qingkai apologized for cutting the clansmen’s stipends, and Wang Changsheng ordered him to restore them, repay the arrears, and recall the clansmen sent to work elsewhere.
• Wang Changsheng obtained Tier 3 Silkworm Silk and refined the Azure Lotus Treasure Zither for Wang Ruyan.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Qingshan the first three layers of the Qing Ming Sword Sutra, and Wang Qingshan agreed to change his cultivation method.
• Guangdong Ren and the Hundred Spirits Sect disciples set up a formation, fused three Spirit Mountains, and drew spiritual energy into Azure Lotus Mountain until its Spirit Vein advanced toward the Third Order.

After Azure Lotus Mountain became a Third-Order Spirit Vein, Wang Changsheng’s family rebuilt Azure Lotus Estate and resumed its duties while he and Wang Ruyan entered seclusion. In Wu Kingdom, Wang Mingjiang reached the Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer and agreed to remain with Mo Caiyun’s Monster Hunting Squad, which planned to hunt again soon.

• Wang Changsheng repaid Wang Changxue forty thousand Spirit Stones after Guangdong Ren upgraded Azure Lotus Mountain’s Spirit Vein.
• Wang Qingkai organized the rebuilding and replanning of Azure Lotus Estate, while Wang Changyue established the Three Talents Cloud Mist Formation.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan moved into their completed courtyard and entered closed-door cultivation; Wang Changsheng chose to cultivate Kui Water True Lightning.
• The Wang Family clansmen returned to their assigned duties, including farming, guarding markets, changing cultivation methods, and hunting Demon Beasts.
• Wang Mingjiang advanced to the Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer and received Mo Caiyun’s message to meet her.
• Mo Caiyun told Wang Mingjiang that two members had left their Monster Hunting Squad, and he agreed to stay and hunt with the remaining group after preparing supplies.

Wang Mingren advanced to Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer and sought to gain combat experience before the Taiyi Secret Realm opened. Meanwhile, Wang Qingyang welcomed a son, Wang Qiufeng, and worried about his children’s cultivation prospects.

• Wang Mingren completed seven years of seclusion, reached Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer, and decided to hunt Demon Beasts with Zhao Wuji to build combat experience.
• Wang Ping'an learned that none of five children had Spirit Roots and sent Wang Qingyuan a jade pendant for Wang Qingyang.
• Wang Qingyang waited anxiously while Song Yongyan gave birth to their healthy son, whom they named Wang Qiufeng.
• Wang Qingzhi and Qi Shanshan congratulated Wang Qingyang, discussed Wang Qiuhong’s future marriage, and comforted Wang Qingyang about his children’s poor Spirit Root aptitudes.

Wang Qiuming decided to leave the lineage and hunt Demon Beasts with Wang Qingshan's group after encountering a cultivation bottleneck. Wang Qingzhi accepted his choice and gave him two talismans for protection.

• Wang Qiuhong showed Wang Qingze discounted Black Jade Spirit Rice from Thousand Grain Hall, and Wang Qingze approved buying more and invited Qiuhong to a meeting with Su Guanghai.
• Wang Qiuxin arrived hungry, received his monthly stipend from Wang Qingze, and went out drinking with Wang Qiuhong after being warned not to misbehave.
• Wang Qiuming told Wang Qingzhi and Qi Shanshan that he wanted to hunt Demon Beasts with Eighteenth Uncle to temper himself and overcome his cultivation bottleneck.
• Qi Shanshan worried about the danger, but Wang Qiuming insisted he had prepared and asked his parents to let him go.
• Wang Qingzhi agreed that Wang Qiuming could leave and gave him two Second Order Hundred Swords Talismans refined by his grandmother.

Wang Changsheng cultivated Kui Water True Lightning and, with Wang Ruyan, set out for the South Sea to seek Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water and the next part of his cultivation method. They arrived at Chongyang Market and used its Large Teleportation Array, leaving their destination beyond the teleportation hall.

• Wang Qiuming accepted two Hundred Swords Talismans and returned to cultivate while Wang Qiuming's parents discussed his wish to hunt Demon Beasts.
• Wang Qingqi completed his seclusion at Foundation Establishment Third Layer, accepted Alchemy Materials from Wang Qingling, and began refining pills for the family.
• Wang Changsheng completed his cultivation of Kui Water True Lightning and decided to travel to the South Sea in search of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water and the Kui Water True Scripture's subsequent cultivation method.
• Wang Ruyan joined Wang Changsheng, and the couple left Azure Lotus Estate after greeting Wang Qingkai and Wang Qingzhi.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan reached Chongyang Market half a year later, paid three thousand Spirit Stones each, and teleported to the South Sea.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan explored Spirit Turtle Island and sought a Monster Hunting Squad to help them establish themselves in the South Sea. They joined Ye Lang’s squad, planning to learn the region and create opportunities for the Wang Family.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan surveyed Spirit Turtle Island and learned that its cultivators relied heavily on hunting Demon Beasts.
• Wang Ruyan advised Wang Changsheng to replace their Storage Pouches and Spirit Beast Pouches with the pearls commonly used by South Sea cultivators, and they bought them.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan visited Listening Rain Pavilion to find a squad and met Qin Ming, who invited them to join Ye Lang’s Monster Hunting Squad.
• After considering several invitations, Wang Changsheng chose Ye Lang’s squad because it was reputable and could help prepare for the Wang Family’s future in the South Sea.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan accepted Ye Lang’s invitation after discussing the squad’s hunting plans and distribution of spoils.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan joined Ye Lang’s group to hunt Crystalline Flame Shrimp in the Coral Sea Region. The group lured the shrimp into a formation and killed ten of them, while three escaped.

• Ye Lang explained that a Rank 3 Demon Bird had scattered his original hunting team and left several members missing or injured.
• Wang Changsheng agreed to join Ye Lang’s group, and eight cultivators set out two days later aboard Ye Lang’s High-Grade Flying Mystic Tool.
• After two months, the group reached a desolate island where Ye Lang said Crystalline Flame Shrimp came ashore to bask.
• Ye Lang’s group concealed the cultivators and set bait with a formation to attract the shrimp.
• Thirteen Crystalline Flame Shrimp came ashore, but the formation trapped only ten Tier 2 shrimp while three escaped.
• The eight cultivators used their Dharma Artifacts to sever the heads of the ten frozen shrimp.

Wang Qingqing learned that Wang Changxing was near death and hurried back to the Wang Family, where she arrived too late to see him alive. Wang Changxing died after entrusting his grandson Wang Qiuxin’s future to the family, and Wang Changxue ordered a grand funeral.

• Ye Lang explained to Wang Changsheng that Demon Beast hunting was often slow and dangerous, especially because of rival cultivators, before leading the squad onward.
• At Azure Moon Market, Wang Qingqing tactfully declined Zhao Zheng’s invitation to hunt a Demon Beast and offered to buy any Second-Grade Spirit Wood he found.
• Wang Qiuhong told Wang Qingqing that Wang Changxing was about to die, so she left the restaurant and hurried back to the family estate.
• Wang Changxing asked his relatives to look after Wang Qiuxin and urged the boy to establish his foundation; Wang Changxue promised to help if she could.
• Wang Changxing died before Wang Qingqing returned, and Wang Changxue instructed the family to arrange him a grand burial.

Wang Qingqing returned to Azure Lotus Estate too late to see Wang Changxing before his death, then left with relatives for Azure Moon Market after more Wang Family elders passed away. Meanwhile, Wang Changsheng and his companions encountered a wounded cultivator who led a Tier 3 Hawk-Beaked Fish Demon to them, and he fought it off until new cultivators arrived.

• Wang Qingqing confronted Zhao Zheng, who said he had followed her to protect her, and she told him to stop following her before entering Azure Lotus Estate.
• Wang Qingqing arrived at Wang Changxing's residence after he had died, and three months later several other Wang Family members passed away in succession.
• Wang Qingqing and Wang Changhuan led Wang Qiuxin and others away from Azure Lotus Estate toward Azure Moon Market.
• Wang Changsheng and his companions met an injured Azure Skirt Girl pursued by a Tier 3 Hawk-Beaked Fish Demon, and she used an Azure Talisman to speed past them.
• Wang Changsheng fought the Hawk-Beaked Fish Demon with lightning and his Vajra Bracelet, driving it away while defeating its lower-tier companions.
• Three Azure Rainbows arrived and pursued the fleeing Hawk-Beaked Fish Demon as Wang Changsheng returned to Wang Ruyan.

Wang Changsheng revealed his Core Formation cultivation when he drove off a Hawk-Beaked Fish Demon and rescued Chen Yue, the daughter of Wood Dragon Pavilion's master. He and Wang Ruyan settled at the pavilion, where Chen Yilong agreed to ask around for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, though Wang Ruyan suspected something had happened to his wife.

• Wang Changsheng wounded the Hawk-Beaked Fish Demon, which escaped into the sea, and the six members of Ye Lang's group realized he was a Core Formation Cultivator.
• Chen Yue thanked Wang Changsheng for helping her, and Chen Yilong invited him and Wang Ruyan to Wood Dragon Pavilion.
• After Ye Lang's group departed, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan traveled with Chen Yilong and Chen Yue to their island headquarters and accepted a residence there.
• Chen Yilong hosted Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan with Black Flower Tea, then said he would ask around for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water.
• Wang Ruyan noticed Chen Yue looked worried when Wang Changsheng asked about Chen Yilong's wife, and Wang Changsheng observed that only one Core Formation Cultivator seemed to be on the island.
• Wang Changsheng settled at Wood Dragon Pavilion, where Chen Yilong visited every few days to drink tea and discuss cultivation.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan grew suspicious of Chen Yilong’s frequent visits and prepared to leave, but Chen Yilong asked Wang Changsheng to help hunt two Third-Order Tiger Sharks in exchange for Spirit Stones and beast materials. Wang Changsheng accepted after arranging to send Wang Ruyan somewhere safe, and they departed for the Purple Algae Sea.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan discussed Chen Yilong’s frequent visits and decided they should leave the Wood Dragon Pavilion.
• Wang Changsheng fed his Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat while he and Wang Ruyan chatted about their spirit beasts.
• Chen Yilong told Wang Changsheng he needed help hunting a lower-rank and a mid-rank Third-Order Tiger Shark to obtain a medicinal gallbladder for his injured wife.
• Wang Changsheng negotiated for 40,000 Spirit Stones and a share of the Demon Beast materials, and insisted that Wang Ruyan be taken to a large Market.
• Chen Yilong agreed to Wang Changsheng’s terms, and the three of them left the Wood Dragon Pavilion for the Purple Algae Sea.

Wang Changsheng joined Chen Yilong and Madam Yang to hunt two Tier 3 Tiger Sharks, but the group’s preparations were interrupted by the arrival of Ten Thousand Swords Sect cultivators Li Rui and Nangong Fu. After they departed, the hunters lured the sharks underwater, where a third, lower-rank Tiger Shark appeared.

• Wang Changsheng and Chen Yilong met Madam Yang on an island, and she demanded better payment after learning Wang would control the Formation.
• The three traveled to the sea where Madam Yang had found the Tiger Sharks, and Chen Yilong laid out Formation equipment.
• Li Rui and Nangong Fu arrived, recognized Wang from a past Sword Debate Tournament, and warned that Tier 3 Demon Birds had appeared in the area.
• After Li Rui and Nangong Fu left, Chen Yilong used Bloody Flesh Chunks to lure the Tiger Sharks while the three hunters waited underwater.
• Two Tier 3 Tiger Sharks approached the bait, followed by a third Tiger Shark of third grade lower rank.

Wang Changsheng, Chen Yilong, and Madam Yang fought three Third Order Tiger Sharks, with Wang using a Formation to trap two while the others attacked the third. They killed one Tiger Shark and escaped as the Formation broke, leaving the other two alive.

• Wang Changsheng trapped two Tiger Sharks inside a Blue Giant Bowl Formation while Chen Yilong and Madam Yang attacked the third.
• The third Tiger Shark broke through the attacks and charged Wang Changsheng, who fought back with Kui Water True Lightning.
• Chen Yilong and Madam Yang joined Wang Changsheng in attacking the Tiger Shark, badly wounding it.
• Chen Yilong pursued the wounded Tiger Shark and killed it with the Cyan Flood Dragon while Wang Changsheng struck it with lightning.
• Wang Changsheng fled with Chen Yilong and Madam Yang as the Formation Plate shattered, and the two surviving Tiger Sharks pursued them briefly before returning to the sea.

Wang Changsheng returned to Purple Night Island with valuable spoils, reassured Wang Ruyan, and bought materials to refine Puppet Beasts for hunting Demon Beasts. Meanwhile, Wang Mingjiang and Mo Caiyun became Dao Companions in Wu Kingdom, though Wang Mingjiang kept the reason he could not return home secret.

• Wang Changsheng returned after more than half a year away and told Wang Ruyan about his hunt, including the Spirit Stones and materials he had gained.
• Wang Ruyan warned Wang Changsheng against hunting with Core Formation Cultivators again until his cultivation and defenses improved, and he gave her Medicinal Pills.
• Wang Changsheng bought Puppet Beast materials at Purple Cloud Pavilion and began refining Second Order Puppet Beasts for hunting Tier 2 Demon Beasts.
• Wang Mingjiang and Mo Caiyun celebrated becoming Dao Companions, and he assured her he did not care about her reputation.
• Mo Caiyun shared her past with Wang Mingjiang, who only revealed that he came from an Immortal Cultivation Family in Wei Kingdom and could not return home.

After three years of training, Wang Qingshan led Wang Changhao and younger Wang Family cultivators back toward Azure Lotus Estate, while Wang Changsheng hunted in the South Sea and found a fragment that seemed to come from a Magic Treasure. Wang Changsheng left for an upcoming Auction with the fragment stored away.

• Wang Qingshan emerged from eleven years of seclusion at the Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer and joined Wang Changhao and Wang Qingjun in supervising younger clansmen hunting a black spider.
• Wang Qiuming killed the spider, and Wang Changhao corrected the younger cultivators’ combat techniques before they prepared to return to Azure Lotus Estate.
• Wang Changhao refused to let Wang Qiuming hunt Tier 2 Demon Beasts until he advanced, but Wang Qingshan promised to take him after he reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
• In the South Sea, Wang Changsheng lured a Tier 2 High Grade Red Crab away from shore with a Puppet Beast and killed it with his Flying Needles.
• Wang Changsheng found a bloodstained Copper Mirror fragment that seemed to be a Magic Treasure Fragment, stored it, and flew away as the Auction approached.

Wang Changsheng returned to Purple Night Island and attended the South Sea Auction with Wang Ruyan, who was still stuck at Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer. He won a defensive Five Elements Battle Armor Talisman and an offensive Skyfire Talisman, spending nearly 130,000 Spirit Stones as the auction’s final items began.

• Wang Changsheng returned to Purple Night Island and reassured Wang Ruyan that he had stayed safe while hunting Demon Beasts.
• Wang Ruyan explained that she had reached a bottleneck at Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer, and Wang Changsheng showed her a Magic Treasure Fragment found in the Red Crab.
• Wang Ruyan offered to help Wang Changsheng buy a Water Attribute magic treasure, but he told her not to delay her cultivation by making Talismans.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan attended the South Sea Auction, where Lin Yi opened the final-item bidding.
• Wang Changsheng won a Five Elements Battle Armor Talisman for 75,000 Spirit Stones and a Skyfire Talisman for 54,000 Spirit Stones.

At an auction in the Purple Algae Sea, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan unexpectedly encountered Huang Fugui, now a third-layer Core Formation cultivator. They decided to return to the Eastern Wasteland so Wang Changsheng could cultivate a Spiritual Art before the Skywolf Secret Realm opened.

• Wang Changsheng watched expensive Core Formation resources, Array Talismans, and Magic Treasures sell at auction, but could not afford to compete for them.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan recognized Huang Fugui after the auction, and he invited them to a teahouse to talk.
• Huang Fugui asked whether Wang Changsheng's relatives had joined the Taiyi Immortal Sect and said that his grandnephew had joined too, then left after a brief conversation.
• Wang Ruyan urged Wang Changsheng to return to the Eastern Wasteland and cultivate a Spiritual Art before entering the Skywolf Secret Realm, and he agreed.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan used teleportation arrays to travel from Purple Night Island through Spirit Turtle Island, intending to return after his cultivation advanced.

Wang Mingren and Su Bingbing ended their four-year hunt with Zhao Wuji’s group and returned to the Taiyi Immortal Sect to cultivate. In Azure Moon Market, Wang Qingqing accepted Zhao Zheng’s dinner invitation while remaining uncertain about choosing a Dao Companion.

• Wang Mingren, Su Bingbing, Zhao Wuji, and their companions defeated a pack of Red Demon Wolves and killed its Wolf King.
• Wang Mingren and Su Bingbing told Zhao Wuji they were returning to the sect, and he reluctantly accepted their decision.
• Su Bingbing carried Wang Mingren, Zhao Wuji, and the others toward the Taiyi Immortal Sect on her White Lotus Artifact.
• Wang Qingqing appraised Zhao Zheng’s Golden Pear Spirit Wood and offered him one thousand five hundred Spirit Stones.
• Zhao Zheng invited Wang Qingqing to dinner at the Four Seas Restaurant, and she agreed before wondering whether choosing a Dao Companion was difficult.

Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Estate and discussed marriage prospects for his sister and family with the Wang clan. He learned that the Red Leaf Ridge Lin Family, whose Lin Yuxin had achieved Core Formation, wanted a marriage alliance with the Wang Family.

• Wang Changyue taught Wang Qiushuang and six other clansmen about formations while using a formation to cook a meal.
• Wang Changsheng urged Wang Changyue to consider marriage, but she said she would rather stay single than settle.
• Wang Changsheng met Wang Qiulan and Wang Qiufeng, then encouraged Wang Qingyang to attempt Foundation Establishment with the pill Wang Ruyan had given him.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Qingzhi and Qi Shanshan he would help avenge her clan by killing one Foundation Establishment cultivator, but not by wiping out the enemy clan.
• Qi Shanshan told Wang Changsheng that the Lin Family wanted a marriage alliance with the Wang Family, and he asked whether they meant Lin Yuxin.