Chapter Summaries

Wang Ruyan returned from the ruins, arranged support for Wang Mingren and her family, and entered seclusion to pursue a breakthrough. Meanwhile, Wang Mingjiang joined a treasure hunt in Soul Severing Abyss, where his companions discovered an Ancient Cultivator Abode protected by a powerful formation.

• Wang Ruyan found no Earth-Rank Technique or finished Mountain-Sea Pearl among Lord Mingshui's belongings and suspected he had left with his cultivation treasures.
• Wang Ruyan told Wang Changhao, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingjun to recuperate and cultivate, and instructed Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingjun to deliver Azure Blaze Fruits and Spirit Stones to Wang Mingren.
• Wang Ruyan asked Wang Qingkai to sell the recovered materials and seek a defensive Magic Treasure for Wang Changsheng, then entered secluded cultivation after speaking with her children and grandchildren.
• Wang Mingjiang traveled to Soul Severing Abyss with four other Foundation Establishment Cultivators after his friend Daoist Li invited him to search for an Ancient Cultivator Abode.
• Daoist Li revealed a Five-Colored Light Gate and explained that five cultivators with different Five Elements techniques had to attack together to break its Lesser Five Elements Golden Barrier Formation.

Wang Mingjiang and four other Foundation Establishment Cultivators broke into an ancient cultivator’s chamber, found a Magic Treasure, and turned on one another over the spoils. After they fled in different directions, a Third Order Formation trapped them with Daoist Li, who revealed he had anticipated their escape.

• Wang Mingjiang and the other four broke the Five-Colored Light Gate, entered the Stone Chamber, and found a Humanoid Skeleton with a Storage Pouch and bottles.
• The five cautiously poured out the Storage Pouch’s contents and discovered a Red Short Blade that was a Magic Treasure.
• The red-shirted man tried to ambush the others, then divided the remaining loot and fled as Wang Mingjiang and the other cultivators escaped separately.
• Wang Mingjiang emerged from the stone wall and found himself trapped inside a Third Order Formation alongside the red-shirted man and two other cultivators.
• The red-shirted man blamed Daoist Li, offered the Magic Treasure to the Middle-Aged Confucian, and urged the others to join forces against him.

Wang Mingjiang and the others battled the black-robed man and the Yellow-Shirted Youth, who revealed powerful artifacts and nearly overwhelmed them. After the Peacock Plume killed two fighters, the red-shirted man broke the cave’s seal and escaped, while Wang Mingjiang fled amid the chaos, leaving the three Yellow-Shirted Youths behind.

• The black-robed man used a Black Umbrella and a Square Copper Coin to repel the attacks of Wang Mingjiang, the Middle-Aged Confucian, and their companions.
• The Yellow-Shirted Youth joined the fight with a Yellow Gourd and a Yellow Giant Scorpion, while a Yellow-Armored man attacked Wang Mingjiang from underground.
• Wang Mingjiang and the Middle-Aged Confucian counterattacked, and Wang Mingjiang severed the black-robed man's left arm with Azure Flying Daggers.
• The black-robed man unleashed the Peacock Plume, killing the Middle-Aged Confucian and the Azure Skirt Woman and forcing the red-shirted man to defend himself.
• The red-shirted man tricked the three Yellow-Shirted Youths, broke the yellow light-screen seal with a Break Seal Talisman, and escaped.
• Wang Mingjiang threw Great Fireball Talismans at the three Yellow-Shirted Youths and fled with a Golden Light Talisman.

Wang Mingjiang and Mo Caiyun escaped their attackers, but Wang Mingjiang’s poisoned wounds worsened after they reached the Wang Family. As Wang Qingqi rushed to examine him, Wang Mingjiang learned that his nephew Wang Changsheng had formed a core and took comfort in the news.

• The black-robed man and his companions divided the spoils, then pursued Wang Mingjiang and Mo Caiyun toward Tianquan Mountain on a black bat.
• Mo Caiyun met Wang Mingjiang, who was suffering from poisoned Flying Needles, and used a Yellow Short Ruler to help them escape underground.
• At Azure Lotus Estate, Wang Qingyun demonstrated a First Grade Low Rank Flying Talisman Soldier to clan members while the Wang Family’s branches and training system were described.
• Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingjun set out to deliver cultivation resources to Wang Mingren, and Wang Changtai soon arrived at Azure Lotus Estate in a panic.
• Mo Caiyun brought the gravely poisoned Wang Mingjiang and their children to Azure Lotus Market, where she told him that Wang Changsheng had formed his core.
• Wang Qingkai, Wang Qingqi, and Wang Changtai hurried to Wang Mingjiang’s bedside, and Wang Qingkai urged Wang Qingqi to examine him.

Wang Mingjiang died from Mixed Poison after entrusting Wang Qingqi with a pouch and asking him to care for Mo Caiyun and their children. His family buried him, welcomed his widow and children into the Wang Family, and discovered that he had brought back a powerful Magic Treasure.

• Wang Mingjiang gave Wang Qingqi a Storage Pouch, asked that his family be cared for, and died before Wang Qingkai could summon Wang Changsheng.
• Wang Qingkai and the clan members comforted Mo Caiyun and promised that she and her children could stay with the Wang Family.
• Wang Qingyuan examined the pouch and found an Image Transmission Disk confirming the children’s identities, along with a Magic Treasure made of Yellow Sand.
• Wang Qingkai ordered the clan to treat Mo Caiyun and her children well, while Wang Qingqing helped them settle into the family.
• A month later, the Wang Family held Wang Mingjiang’s funeral, entered the three children into the genealogy, and enrolled them in the Lecture Hall.
• Wang Qingkai kept the Magic Treasure and Wang Mingjiang’s Merit Points secret from outsiders.

Wang Mingren received a generous delivery from Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingjun and promised to send the family Third-Order Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water if he obtained any. Meanwhile, Wang Qingqing, Li Yan, and Zhao Zheng hunted a Yellow Giant Bear, but Li Yan’s reckless attacks continued to frustrate Zhao Zheng.

• Leng Rumei gave Wang Mingren the location of spirit herbs she wanted him to find after he searched for his master’s herbs.
• Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingjun delivered thirty thousand Spirit Stones and three Fire Spirit Fruits to Wang Mingren, then declined his offer to stay.
• Wang Mingren learned that the Golden Sun Sect Ruins had appeared and promised to send the Wang family Third-Order Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water if he obtained any.
• Wang Qingqing, Li Yan, and Zhao Zheng used spells and puppet beasts to corner a Yellow Giant Bear in Myriad Serpent Valley.
• Zhao Zheng killed the bear with his Yellow Seal after it broke free and charged, then reprimanded Li Yan for provoking it through reckless attacks.

Li Yan, Zhao Zheng, and Wang Qingqing were ambushed by Heretical Cultivators while fleeing on a flying shuttle, but Zhao Zheng helped Wang Qingqing escape and brought her back to Azure Lotus Estate. There, he revealed that she had once fed him as a child, and Wang Qingqing recognized the wooden puppet he had kept as a memento.

• Zhao Zheng warned Li Yan and Wang Qingqing about the Heretical Cultivators, but Li Yan dismissed the danger as the three prepared to leave.
• Five masked Foundation Establishment Cultivators ambushed the group, and Li Yan proposed that they scatter and flee.
• Wang Qingqing was struck and fell, so Zhao Zheng turned back to rescue her while Li Yan used Red Orbs to hold off their pursuers.
• Wang Qingqing and Zhao Zheng escaped underground in a Rat Puppet Beast, while Li Yan disappeared on his own.
• More than two months later, Zhao Zheng accompanied Wang Qingqing to Azure Lotus Estate, where he thanked her for feeding him when he was a hungry child.
• Zhao Zheng showed Wang Qingqing a wooden monkey puppet, and she recognized the character Qing that she had carved into it.

After emerging from eleven years of seclusion, Wang Changsheng approved Wang Qingqing’s marriage to Zhao Zheng and learned about the family’s recent affairs. He discovered that the Magic Treasure Wang Mingjiang had brought back was the Nine Twists Divine Sand, a treasure that could serve as both offense and defense.

• Zhao Zheng asked Wang Qingqing to become his Dao Companion, and she agreed on the condition that he marry into the Wang Family; he asked for one of their children to bear the Zhao surname.
• Wang Changsheng arrived, heard about Zhao Zheng saving Wang Qingqing, and invited him to stay at Azure Lotus Estate.
• Wang Qingqing told Wang Changsheng about Zhao Zheng, and he approved the marriage and accepted Zhao Zheng’s request about their child’s surname.
• Wang Qingqing updated Wang Changsheng on the family’s affairs, including Wang Mingjiang’s death and the family’s gains from the Golden Sun Sect Ruins.
• Wang Qingyuan showed Wang Changsheng Wang Mingjiang’s Magic Treasure, and Wang Changsheng identified it as the Nine Twists Divine Sand.

Wang Changsheng distributed the Merit Points left by Wang Mingjiang, refined the Nine Twists Divine Sand Gourd, and began preparing a Black Flood Dragon Banner Mystic Treasure Embryo. Meanwhile, the Taiyi Secret Realm opened, and Wang Mingren entered to search for spirit medicines and reunite with Zhao Wuji.

• Wang Changsheng reassured Mo Caiyun and her family, then allocated Wang Mingjiang's 214,321 Merit Points among his widows, children, and grandsons.
• Wang Changsheng tested the Nine Twists Divine Sand Gourd's sand-based attacks and defenses, then decided to refine the Black Flood Dragon Banner into a Mystic Treasure Embryo.
• Zhang Zhanfeng warned the ninety selected Taiyi Immortal Sect disciples not to harm one another and explained how to escape the Taiyi Secret Realm.
• Eight Core Formation Cultivators opened the Secret Realm, and the disciples entered in teams of fifteen.
• Wang Mingren arrived in a flower-filled valley, used a Flying Bird Compass to locate Zhao Wuji, and rode his Azure Hound southeast.

Wang Changsheng emerged from seclusion with his Black Flood Dragon Banner newly advanced into a Mystic Treasure Embryo and planned a trip to the South Sea to obtain a Water Attribute offensive Magic Treasure. Wang Qingling presented him with a Tier 2 Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada, and he invited Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingjun to join him in the South Sea.

• Wang Changsheng found that his Black Flood Dragon Banner had advanced into a Mystic Treasure Embryo, then decided to seek a Water Attribute offensive Magic Treasure in the South Sea.
• Wang Qingshan, Wang Qingjun, and Wang Qingling visited Wang Changsheng after he emerged from seclusion.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Qingling a wedding gift, and she offered him her Tier 2 Low Grade Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada.
• Wang Changsheng rewarded Wang Qingling with thirty thousand Merit Points and advised her not to let raising rare creatures delay her cultivation.
• Wang Changsheng asked Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingjun to prepare for a trip with him to the dangerous South Sea.

Wang Changsheng arranged for Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingjun to accompany him to the South Sea and encouraged injured Wang Changhao to start a family. He bound the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada to himself, then approved Wang Qingqing’s marriage to Zhao Zheng, who agreed to marry into the Wang Family while preserving his family name through one child.

• Wang Changsheng planned to take Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingjun to the South Sea to hunt Demon Beasts and gain experience.
• Wang Changsheng urged Wang Changhao to stop hunting, guard the Market, and consider marriage, and Wang Changhao agreed to look for a partner.
• Wang Changsheng used Essence Blood and Blood Lotus runes to bind the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada to his commands, then fed it a black flower.
• Wang Changsheng fed the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat a Green Fruit before returning both spirit beasts to the Spirit Beast Pearl.
• Wang Changsheng questioned Zhao Zheng about his intentions toward Wang Qingqing and approved their marriage after Zhao agreed to marry into the Wang Family and asked that one child bear the Zhao surname.
• Zhao Zheng declined to stay at Azure Lotus Estate before the wedding and left after Wang Changsheng warned him about Heretical Cultivators.

Wang Changsheng watched the clan’s Demon Hunting Team kill two Black Spiders and learned about promising young clanswoman Wang Qiuling. In the Taiyi Secret Realm, Wang Mingren and his companions killed two White Ice Flood Dragons, and Wang Mingren refused his share of the spoils because their agreement had assigned them to Zhao Wuji.

• Wang Changsheng escorted Wang Qingqing to Azure Moon Market, then led clansmen into Myriad Serpent Valley to hunt Demon Beasts.
• Wang Qiuming, Wang Qiuling, and the other cultivators killed two Black Spiders while Wang Changsheng collected their Essence Souls and observed the team.
• Wang Mingren, Zhao Wuji, and another Taiyi Immortal Sect disciple fought and killed two White Ice Flood Dragons in an underground cave.
• Wang Mingren drained the pool water into his Azure Gourd and returned Zhao Wuji’s Storage Pouch, refusing the spoils because they had agreed that the other items would belong to Zhao Wuji.

Wang Changsheng returned from Myriad Serpent Valley and learned that the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada gained little from consuming over a hundred Demon Beast Essence Souls, prompting him to move up his trip to the South Sea. After Wang Ruyan emerged from seclusion, the couple agreed to arrange Wang Qingqing and Zhao Zheng’s wedding and discussed the route maps and treasures from the Golden Sun Sect ruins.

• Wang Qiuming and the other Qi Refining Cultivators killed an Azure Mantis while Wang Changsheng collected its Essence Soul, and the group returned to Azure Lotus Estate.
• Wang Changsheng released the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada, which consumed over a hundred Demon Beast Essence Souls but barely increased his divine sense.
• Wang Ruyan emerged from four years of seclusion, and Wang Changsheng told her about the Spiritual Art, his plans for the South Sea, and Wang Qingqing’s relationship with Zhao Zheng.
• Wang Changsheng sent a Sound Transmission Paper Crane to summon Wang Qingqing and Zhao Zheng so the family could arrange their wedding.
• Wang Ruyan recounted her experience in the Golden Sun Sect ruins and explained that three route maps had been stored in the family treasury.
• Wang Changsheng studied Lord Mingshui’s artifact-refining notes and learned about the Nine-Serpent Cauldron and the Mountain-Sea Pearl, which required Primordial Heavy Water.

Wang Changsheng prepared for Wang Qingqing’s wedding, then traveled with Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingjun to the South Sea to seek a Water Attribute Magic Treasure. The chapter ended with him learning that Golden Jade Pavilion might sell Fourth Order Demon Beast Essence Souls, though the shopkeeper could not provide details.

• Wang Mingren returned from the Taiyi Secret Realm with over five hundred jin of Mystic Ice Water after the sect collected and assessed the disciples’ spirit medicines.
• Wang Qingqing and Zhao Zheng married at Azure Lotus Estate, where Wang Changsheng gave them a matching set of Dharma Artifacts and Wang Ruyan gave them five Tier 2 Talismans.
• Seven days later, Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingjun left for the South Sea, leaving Zhao Zheng and the younger Wang siblings behind.
• After arriving at Spirit Turtle Market, Wang Changsheng sent Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingjun to observe the Monster Hunting Squads at the Listening Rain Pavilion while Wang Ruyan sought news of an upcoming Grand Auction.
• Wang Changsheng asked a Golden Jade Pavilion deacon about Tier 3 Demon Beast Essence Souls and learned that the shop, backed by the Four Seas Commerce League, also claimed to sell Fourth Order ones.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan visited the Golden Jade Pavilion, where Wang Changsheng bought materials and learned about upcoming auctions and Magic Treasure prices. After returning to their residence, he began refining a Natal Mystic Tool for Wang Qingshan.

• Wang Changsheng asked manager Li Yue about Demon Beast Essence Souls and learned their prices, along with details of the Ten Thousand Treasures Commerce League's auction three years later.
• Wang Changsheng bought Tier 2 Demon Beast Essence Souls and Third Order Refining Materials for 150,000 Spirit Stones.
• Li Yue showed Wang Changsheng the Golden Jade Pavilion's Water Attribute Magic Treasures, whose prices were beyond his means.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan returned to their residence, where Wang Changsheng began refining a Natal Mystic Tool for Wang Qingshan using Cold Iron.

Wang Changsheng finished refining Mystic Tools for his group and led them out to sea to hunt Demon Beasts. After months without a catch, they defeated a group of Golden Turtles and continued their journey with their first haul.

• Wang Changsheng completed the Azure Carp Sword and Fire Cloud Banner, then gave them to Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingjun as Natal Mystic Tools at the cost of Merit Points.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Ruyan a set of thirteen Flying Needles, and the four cultivators left the Spirit Turtle Market seven days later.
• After more than two months at sea without finding Demon Beasts, Wang Changsheng's group spotted Golden Turtles on an island and attacked them.
• Wang Ruyan's Flying Needles pierced the turtles after the group wore down their defenses, and Wang Changsheng collected their Essence Souls.
• Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingjun processed four Tier 2 and thirteen Tier 1 Demon Beasts before the group flew onward.

After hunting White Giant Crabs, Wang Changsheng and his companions killed an injured Rank 3 Two-headed Vulture. Its pursuit brought them face-to-face with Chen Yilong and his wife, and Chen refused Wang Changsheng’s offer to return the bird’s corpse.

• Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingjun killed more than a dozen White Giant Crabs while Wang Changsheng collected their Essence Souls.
• Wang Changsheng spotted an injured Rank 3 Two-headed Vulture and killed it with his companions’ help, then collected its Essence Soul.
• Wang Changsheng noticed two Core Formation Cultivators approaching and recognized one as Chen Yilong, whom he had met before.
• Wang Changsheng offered the Two-headed Vulture’s corpse to Chen Yilong, but Chen refused, saying Wang Changsheng had killed the bird.

Wang Changsheng parted amicably from Chen Yilong after sharing the spoils from a Demon Bird, while Zhao Zheng welcomed his newborn son with Wang Qingqing. Later, Wang Changsheng encountered Ye Lang’s fleeing Demon Hunting Team and fought the two pursuing Rank 3 Demon Birds, leaving one badly injured.

• Wang Changsheng took the Demon Core from the Two-headed Vulture and gave its corpse to Chen Yilong, then declined Chen’s invitation to visit Wood Dragon Pavilion.
• Zhao Zheng learned that Wang Qingqing had safely given birth to a boy and named him Zhao Ziyu.
• After more than half a year without encountering Demon Beasts, Wang Changsheng stopped his Blue Flying Boat when Ye Lang and his Demon Hunting Team fled toward him with two Azure Giant Eagles in pursuit.
• Wang Changsheng attacked the two Rank 3 Demon Birds with his Vajra Bracelet, Nine Twists Divine Sand Gourd, and Black Flood Dragon Banner.
• Wang Changsheng used Spirit Severing Palm to break one Azure Giant Eagle’s left wing, then sent a barrage of Yellow Flying Daggers after it.

Wang Changsheng defeated two Azure Giant Eagles and met Yellow Dragon Island cultivators searching for a wanted man. After learning that Ye Lang had found a Tier 3 Fire Scale Pig's nest, Wang Changsheng agreed to go with him to investigate.

• Wang Changsheng used a thunderball and yellow flying daggers to kill one Azure Giant Eagle, while another escaped toward two approaching cultivators.
• The newcomers killed the fleeing eagle, then introduced themselves as Yellow Dragon Island cultivators and searched Wang Changsheng and Ye Lang's group for a disguised, wanted red-shirted youth.
• After the inspection found no trace of the wanted cultivator, the Yellow Dragon Island cultivators continued their pursuit.
• Wang Changsheng thanked Ye Lang's group for their concern and urged them to return to safety.
• Ye Lang told Wang Changsheng that he had found the nest of a likely mid-grade or higher Tier 3 Fire Scale Pig, and Wang Changsheng agreed to go with him to investigate.

Wang Changsheng invited Chen Yilong and Sun Hongyu to join him in hunting a Rank 3 Mid-Grade Firescale Dolphin, and they agreed after weighing the risks and rewards. The three reached the beast’s lair and trapped it in Chen Yilong’s array, where their battle began.

• Wang Changsheng visited the Wood Dragon Pavilion and asked Chen Yilong and Sun Hongyu to help hunt a Mid-Tier 3 Firescale Dolphin.
• Sun Hongyu gave Chen Yilong five reasons to accept, including the beast’s valuable materials and the need to prepare for Chen Yue’s future breakthrough, and Chen Yilong agreed.
• Wang Changsheng, Chen Yilong, and Sun Hongyu traveled to the Coral Sea Region and located the Firescale Dolphin’s lair beneath the sea.
• The three set up Chen Yilong’s formation and trapped the Firescale Dolphin after it charged out of its cave.
• Wang Changsheng blocked the beast’s Crimson Flame with Blue Lightning while Chen Yilong and Sun Hongyu attacked, but the Firescale Dolphin countered with a sound wave and protective barrier.