Chapter Summaries

Wang Changsheng agreed to a marriage alliance with the Lin Family, but news of Wang Changhao’s severe injuries in a clash with the Hundred Beast Sect forced him to focus on the Wang Family’s losses and recovery. Wang Changhao survived after treatment, though he would need ten years to recuperate, and Wang Changsheng warned the clansmen not to provoke the stronger sect.

• Wang Changsheng agreed to send Wang Qingkai to the Chu Kingdom to propose marriage to the Lin Family on Wang Qiuhong’s behalf.
• Wang Qingyang reported that Wang Changhao’s team had clashed with Hundred Beast Sect disciples in Myriad Serpent Valley, leaving five clansmen dead, four missing, and Wang Changhao unconscious.
• Wang Qingshan explained that a powerful Lightning Spirit Root disciple had defeated the Wang Family cultivators, and Wang Changsheng told them to avoid the valley and not act rashly against the Hundred Beast Sect.
• Wang Qingqi treated Wang Changhao with a Snow Toad Pill while Wang Changxue brought Lu Zhong, a Tier 2 High Grade Alchemist, to examine him.
• Lu Zhong gave Wang Changhao a Clear Spirit Pill, and after waking, Wang Changhao was told to avoid combat for ten years while he recovered and expelled Fire Poison.

Wang Changsheng arranged a reconciliation and trade partnership between the Wang and Lin Families, then celebrated Wang Qiuhong's marriage to Lin Yuanfang. After the wedding, Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingjun entered secluded cultivation.

• Lu Zhong told Wang Changhao to recuperate for ten years, then left Azure Lotus Estate after Wang Qingqi rewarded him for the treatment.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Changxue fifty thousand spirit stones to repay debts, and Wang Qiuhong married Lin Yuanfang after the Lin Family accepted the proposal.
• Lin Yuxin proposed setting aside the Wang and Lin Families' past conflict, and Wang Changsheng arranged for the Wang Family to supply blank talisman paper to the Purple Firmament Sect.
• Wang Changsheng introduced Wang Ruyan to Lin Yuxin, who discussed Talisman Art with her and helped deepen her understanding.
• Wang Qiuhong held his grand wedding, and Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan gave the newlyweds spirit stones and gifts.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingjun entered secluded cultivation.

Seven years later, Wang Mingren emerged from seclusion to enter Taiyi Immortal Sect’s Major Tournament, while Wang Mingjiang welcomed his third son and planned to return his family to the Wang clan. At the Wei-Tang border, Wang Qingshan led his relatives in pursuit of a wounded demon scorpion into Tang Kingdom territory.

• Su Bingbing told Wang Mingren that the Major Tournament had been underway for five days, and he emerged at Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer, declaring his goal was to place in the top ten.
• Mo Caiyun gave birth to a son, and Wang Mingjiang named him Wang Changqing and agreed to send his children back to the Wang clan when they were older.
• Wang Qingshan and the Wang clan members drove a Yellow Giant Scorpion underground after it attacked them with earth arrows and poisonous mist.
• Wang Qingshan ordered his group to change into plain clothes and pursue the scorpion across the border into Tang Kingdom territory.
• Wang Qingshan sent his Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat underground to track the scorpion, then led the group after it.

Wang Qingshan’s group reclaimed a weakened Tier 2 Demon Scorpion after his reputation made a rival cultivator party back down. As they prepared to leave the Tang Kingdom, a vast blue vortex appeared in the sky with a Golden Palace inside it.

• A Yellow-Skirted Maiden captured a wounded Tier 2 Demon Scorpion, but Wang Qingshan arrived and demanded that she return it to his group.
• Wang Qingshan’s clansmen raised a defensive formation, and he summoned nine Azure Flying Swords as the opposing cultivators prepared to fight.
• The middle-aged cultivator recognized Wang Qingshan and ordered the Yellow-Skirted Maiden, Min'er, to release the Demon Scorpion, which Wang Qingjun collected.
• Wang Qingshan advised Wang Qiuming not to press an advantage and led his group away from the Tang Kingdom.
• A blue vortex formed in the sky and expanded until a huge Golden Palace appeared within it.

Wang Qingshan learned that the Golden Palace was the Golden Sun Sect Ruins and ordered the clan to report its appearance to Wang Changsheng and Senior Guang. After seven years of seclusion, Wang Ruyan reunited with her family and met her great-grandsons, while learning that Wang Qingyang had failed to establish his foundation.

• Wang Qingshan questioned a middle-aged cultivator and learned that the Golden Palace was the Golden Sun Sect Ruins, a restricted mystic realm that required High-Level Cultivators to open.
• A cultivator's Golden Flying Blade was pulled into the Blue Vortex and destroyed, convincing Wang Qingshan that the ruins could not yet be entered.
• Wang Qingshan sent Wang Qingjun to inform Senior Guang and ordered the others to return to the clan and report to Ninth Uncle.
• Wang Ruyan ended her seven-year secluded cultivation, still at the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer, and visited Qi Shanshan and Lin Yuanfang.
• Wang Ruyan met her great-grandsons Wang Tiansheng and Wang Tianchen and gave Wang Tiansheng the Blazing Sun Banner.
• Qi Shanshan told Wang Ruyan that Wang Qingyang had failed to establish his foundation after taking a Foundation Establishment Pill.

After the Golden Sun Sect ruins appeared on the Wei-Tang border, Wang Ruyan gathered Wang Qingshan and Wang Changhao to seek the Hundred Spirits Sect’s help in entering them. At the ruins, Guangdong Ren faced threats from the Wind Fire Sect and Hundred Flowers Sect as rival forces arrived to claim the site.

• Wang Qingshan told Wang Ruyan that the Golden Sun Sect ruins had appeared on the Wei-Tang border and that he had notified Senior Guang of the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Wang Ruyan chose not to disturb Wang Changsheng’s cultivation, gathered supplies, and sent for Wang Changhao, who agreed to join the expedition despite his injuries.
• Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Changhao traveled to the Hundred Spirits Sect, where Wang Changxue told them Guangdong Ren had already gone to the ruins.
• At the border, Guangdong Ren waited beneath the floating Golden Palace with Hundred Spirits Sect disciples as Feng Xiaoyao arrived with Wind Fire Sect cultivators and demanded that he leave.
• Guangdong Ren refused to withdraw, and Hua Qingwu arrived with Hundred Flowers Sect disciples and threatened him.

The sect leaders negotiated access to the Golden Sun Sect's ruins, then sent Foundation Establishment Cultivators inside to search for treasures. Wang Qingshan and Wang Ruyan entered separately and followed their Twin-Pupil Spirit Rats in search of spiritual medicine.

• Guangdong Ren faced down Hua Qingwu and Feng Xiaoyao until reinforcements from Wei Kingdom and Bai Sanniang arrived, changing the balance of power.
• Li Haifeng proposed dividing entry slots according to each force's strength, and the leaders agreed to send two hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators into the ruins.
• The nine Core Formation Cultivators opened a gap in the Blue Vortex, and Wang Ruyan warned Wang Qingshan to prioritize safety and told him about Su Yihang.
• Wang Qingshan entered the ruins, found himself in a bamboo grove, and sent his Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat ahead to search for spiritual medicine.
• Wang Ruyan entered separately into a desolate valley and followed her Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat toward the valley mouth.

Wang Mingren defeated the beasts guarding the tenth level of the Myriad Demon Pagoda and qualified for the Taiyi Secret Realm. In the Golden Sun Sect Ruins, Wang Qingjun found Red-Gold Ore and chose to hide in a sealed mine cave and gather it until the trial ended.

• Wang Mingren used his Dragon-Phoenix Banner, spells, and Dragon-Phoenix Rings to defeat three Tier 2 High Grade Demon Beasts on the Myriad Demon Pagoda’s tenth level.
• Xu Zihua congratulated Wang Mingren for breaking through the tenth level and told him to rest in a Stone Chamber.
• Wang Qingjun and his Golden Armor Guardian killed two Red Spiders in their lair.
• Wang Qingjun had the Golden Armor Guardian cut a piece of Tier 2 High Grade Red-Gold Ore from the cave wall.
• Wang Qingjun sealed the mine entrance with a formation and began mining, deciding to avoid risking a fight with other Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Wang Changhao negotiated for spirit fruits and escaped with his share, while Su Yihang defeated three cultivators to claim three Moon-White Lotuses. Wang Qingshan continued battling two Blue Giant Pythons in a cave, with the fight still unresolved.

• Wang Changhao agreed to take three spirit fruits and the Demon Python's corpse, then withdrew while the two Yellow Saint Palace disciples collected the remaining fruits.
• Su Yihang unleashed powerful lightning attacks and killed the three cultivators who had fought him over the Moon-White Lotuses.
• Su Yihang picked the three White Lotuses and rode his Lion-Tiger Beast out of the valley.
• Wang Qingshan sent hundreds of Azure Flying Swords against two Blue Giant Pythons, knocking scales from them.

Wang Qingshan retrieved Spirit Flowers from a cave, then fought off attacks from the surrounding forest and two Hundred Flowers Sect cultivators. He killed both women with his Azure Lotus Twin Swords and stood victorious in the forest.

• Wang Qingshan destroyed two Blue Giant Pythons with his Spirit Severing Sword Formation and collected the Spirit Flowers in their cave.
• Wang Qingshan escaped attacks from the forest’s roots, leaves, earth spikes, and petals, then confronted two Hundred Flowers Sect cultivators who trapped his Flying Swords.
• Wang Qingshan used Azure Flames and his Golden Armor Guardian to counter the women’s Spirit Plants, then sent his Azure Lotus Sword toward the Azure Skirt Girl.
• Wang Qingshan’s Azure Lotus Sword shattered the Azure Python and pierced the Azure Skirt Girl’s head.
• Wang Qingshan used the Azure Lotus Twin Swords to kill the Golden Skirt Woman after her escape attempt was stopped by powerful gravity.

Wang Qingshan and Wang Ruyan defeated their foes and continued through the Golden Sun Sect Ruins, while Wang Changhao escaped one fight only to face a pack of Azure Demon Wolves. The sect disciples began gathering at their leaders’ signals, and Wang Changhao remained in immediate danger.

• Wang Qingshan collected the Golden Lotus Mirror and other valuables after killing the Golden Skirt Woman and the two Hundred Flowers Sect Disciples, then entered a cave to refine the mirror.
• Wang Ruyan used her Soul-Devouring Tune and Giant Wind Blades to kill two cultivators, collected their valuables, and set off in search of her companions.
• Wang Changhao used Skythunder Bombs and Great Fireball Talismans to escape three Seven Glories Sect disciples, who then answered Senior Brother Chen’s call to gather.
• Wang Qingshan saw the sect disciples heading toward the Fierce Tiger Pattern and fled in the opposite direction.
• Wang Changhao was pursued by more than a hundred Azure Demon Wolves, including five or more Tier 2 beasts, and raised Earth Walls to block their Wind Blade attacks.

Wang Changhao intervened in a battle between Wind Fire Sect and Hundred Beast Sect disciples, helping the Wind Fire Sect attack Su Yihang before fleeing as Su Yihang unleashed a powerful Talisman. The chapter ended with Wang Qingshan fighting a Three-Headed Two-Winged Beast in a Green Stone Valley.

• Wang Changhao escaped to a desolate plain and found Su Yihang and another Hundred Beast Sect disciple battling three Wind Fire Sect disciples.
• Wang Changhao attacked Su Yihang with a Meteor Fire Rain Talisman, giving the Wind Fire Sect disciples an opening to strike.
• Su Yihang and his companion survived the fire assault with a Protective Spirit Talisman, while a Wind Fire Sect disciple began activating a True Treasure.
• Wang Changhao and the Wind Fire Sect disciples broke Su Yihang's shield, killed his companion, and wounded Su Yihang before Wang Changhao fled.
• Su Yihang used a Third Grade Talisman to destroy the Wind Fire Sect disciples and swore to kill Wang Changhao if they met again.
• Wang Qingshan fought a Three-Headed Two-Winged Beast in a Green Stone Valley.

Wang Qingshan subdued a Three-Headed Cunning Hound, found and consumed a Mystic Power Fruit, and gained the Pseudo Divine Ability Hundred Swords Unite before taking the valuable contents of the ruined courtyard. Meanwhile, Wang Changhao fled a swarm of Crimson Demon Bees and rode onto a vast grassland, hoping to avoid Demon Birds.

• Wang Qingshan restrained the Three-Headed Cunning Hound with his Golden Lotus Mirror and Azure Flying Swords, then placed a Restriction on it and made it submit.
• The Three-Headed Cunning Hound led Wang Qingshan to a garden, where he found and picked a mature Mystic Power Fruit.
• Wang Qingshan consumed the fruit and comprehended the Pseudo Divine Ability Hundred Swords Unite, which used three-quarters of his mana to cast.
• Wang Qingshan took the Azure Pavilion's valuables and dug up the Mystic Power Fruit Tree to store for the Wang Family.
• Wang Changhao used his last Self-Destruct Artifact to poison some pursuing Crimson Demon Bees and escaped onto a vast grassland on his Azure Scale Horse.

Wang Qingshan rescued Wang Ruyan from three Hundred Beast Sect disciples and then saved Wang Changhao from a flock of Two-Headed Ravens. The three Wang family members joined together and flew off with Wang Qingshan’s newly subdued Three-Headed Cunning Hound, still without news of Wang Qingjun.

• Wang Ruyan struggled to defend herself against three Hundred Beast Sect disciples and their Spirit Beasts until Wang Qingshan arrived.
• Wang Qingshan killed the disciples with his Spirit Severing Sword Formation and asked Wang Ruyan whether she had news of Wang Changhao and Wang Qingjun.
• Wang Changhao raced toward them while pursued by Two-Headed Ravens, and Wang Qingshan slew most of the flock with his Giant Sword Technique.
• Wang Changhao reunited with Wang Ruyan and Wang Qingshan, and they confirmed they still had no news of Wang Qingjun.
• Wang Qingshan proposed that they travel together on the Three-Headed Cunning Hound, and the three flew away.

Tang and Wei cultivators joined forces to open the Golden Sun Sect palace while Ye Tong and the Hundred Spirits Sect disciples discovered a Spirit Herb Garden. Wang Qingshan and his companions killed two high-grade Strange Beasts guarding a valley waterfall, though they failed to capture either alive.

• Tang Kingdom and Wei Kingdom cultivators stopped fighting and joined forces to blast open the Golden Sun Sect palace doors.
• Ye Tong led fifteen Hundred Spirits Sect disciples through a broken Formation and found a Spirit Herb Garden.
• Wang Qingshan, Wang Changhao, and Wang Ruyan followed the Three-Headed Cunning Hound into a valley and found two Strange Beasts behind a waterfall.
• Wang Qingshan and his companions fought the two Tier 2 High Grade Strange Beasts, killing one with the Azure Greatsword.
• The second Strange Beast escaped the golden rosy clouds, but Wang Qingshan and Wang Ruyan slowed and killed it with a hundred Azure Flying Swords.

Wang Qingshan, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Changhao found a hidden cultivator abode behind a waterfall and broke through its sealed door after three days of attacks. They discovered a chamber filled with Water Attribute treasures, including an Azure Cauldron holding three strange drops of Black Liquid, while Wang Mingren learned that he would be trained for the Taiyi Secret Realm.

• Wang Qingshan explained that he had gained the Hundred Swords Unite Minor Divine Ability by consuming a Mystic Power Fruit.
• Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Changhao entered a cave behind the waterfall and found empty gardens and a sealed stone door.
• Wang Mingren learned that he had placed forty-ninth in the Taiyi Immortal Sect's Major Tournament and would train for three years before the Taiyi Secret Realm opened.
• After attacking the Blue Light Screen for three days and nights, Wang Qingshan shattered it with Hundred Swords Unite and broke open the Stone Door.
• Wang Qingshan collected the items on a stone rack, Wang Ruyan gathered Water Attribute Refining Materials, and Wang Changhao found three drops of Black Liquid inside the Azure Cauldron.

Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Changhao secured an Azure Cauldron but could not take the Azure Stone Bed, then explored another mountain cave. Wang Changhao fled from a Rank 3 Demon Bird, badly wounded and pursued.

• Wang Ruyan used the Storage Pearl to overcome the Azure Cauldron’s immense weight and store it, while Wang Changhao failed to damage the Azure Stone Bed and the group left it sealed in the cave.
• The Three-Headed Cunning Hound led Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Changhao to a mountain cave where it sensed a powerful Demon Beast.
• Wang Changhao entered the cave to scout while Wang Ruyan and Wang Qingshan concealed themselves outside.
• A Rank 3 Demon Bird chased Wang Changhao from the cave and struck him with White Wind Blades, severing one of his arms as he escaped.

Wang Qingshan drew a Tier 3 Demon Bird away so Wang Ruyan could investigate a cave and collect its freezing pool water. After the two reunited near another cave, they discovered Su Yihang leaving it, and Wang Qingshan prepared to attack him.

• Wang Qingshan used the Golden Lotus Mirror to delay the Tier 3 Demon Bird, then fled while drawing its pursuit away from Wang Ruyan and Wang Changhao.
• Wang Ruyan entered the cave, drained its icy pool into her Azure Gourd, and left.
• Wang Qingshan escaped the Demon Bird, recovered by a stream, and followed a booming sound to a cave.
• Wang Ruyan found Wang Qingshan, and they hid near the cave after sensing that two cultivators remained inside.
• Su Yihang emerged from the cave, and Wang Qingshan revealed himself with killing intent, intending to avenge his clansmen.

Wang Qingshan and Wang Ruyan fought Su Yihang and his hidden companion in a perilous battle, ultimately killing Su Yihang and surviving his final attack. The two were left badly drained but alive after Wang Qingshan used Hundred Swords Unite to overcome Su Yihang’s Magic Treasure Fragment.

• Wang Qingshan attacked Su Yihang, but Su Yihang’s companion trapped Wang Qingshan’s feet from underground and sent a yellow longsword at him.
• Wang Ruyan intervened with a Great Quicksand Talisman and the Phoenix Tail Zither, helping Wang Qingshan escape the ambush and strike down Su Yihang’s companion.
• Su Yihang summoned a Magic Treasure Fragment that shattered Wang Qingshan’s Azure Lotus Sword and left him badly injured.
• Wang Qingshan used Hundred Swords Unite to clash with the Silver Broken Blade while Wang Ruyan blocked Su Yihang’s lightning and they attacked him with ten Tier 2 Puppet Beasts.
• Wang Ruyan bound Su Yihang’s Silver Serpent, and Wang Qingshan cleaved Su Yihang in two as he threw two Black Orbs at them.
• Wang Qingshan and Wang Ruyan survived the Black Orbs’ explosions, though they were left pale and exhausted.

Wang Qingshan and Wang Ruyan decided to stop exploring after claiming a rich haul, while Wang Qingjun and the injured Wang Changhao survived in separate hiding places. When the Ruins closed, the Wang family reunited and returned to Azure Lotus Estate, where they examined their treasures and discovered valuable artifact-refining knowledge, materials, and cultivation methods.

• Wang Qingshan and Wang Ruyan recovered their magical power, looted the bodies, and found hundreds of spirit herbs and other valuables in Su Yihang's Storage Pouches.
• Wang Qingshan and Wang Ruyan decided to wait in the cave rather than risk encountering more Tier 3 Demon Beasts, while Wang Qingjun continued mining Red-Gold Ore and Wang Changhao stayed hidden after losing an arm.
• Seven days later, Wang Changhao was teleported out of the Ruins and joined the returning Hundred Spirits Sect disciples, where he reunited with Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingjun.
• Lu Zhe questioned Li Haifeng about the deaths of the Hundred Beast Sect disciples, and the cultivators then returned to their respective homes after learning that powerful Tier 3 Demon Beasts had roamed the Ruins.
• Guangdong Ren escorted Wang Ruyan and the other Wang family members back to Azure Lotus Estate without asking about their harvest, and Wang Ruyan promised to pass along his message to Wang Changsheng.
• The four Wang family members examined their haul and identified the Nine-Serpent Cauldron, Primordial Heavy Water, materials and instructions for crafting Mountain-Sea Pearls, and several valuable cultivation methods.