Chapter Summaries

Wang Changsheng, Chen Yilong, and Sun Hongyu killed a Mid-Tier 3 Firescale Dolphin after Wang used his Spiritual Art, Spirit Severing Palm, to wound it. After dividing the spoils, Wang left for Golden Dragon Island, where Chen told him a Grand Auction would offer a chance to seek Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water.

• Wang Changsheng, Chen Yilong, and Sun Hongyu attacked the Firescale Dolphin, but their weapons and techniques initially failed to penetrate its defenses.
• Wang Changsheng blinded the Firescale Dolphin with Yellow Flying Needles and wounded it with Spirit Severing Palm, startling Chen Yilong and Sun Hongyu.
• Chen Yilong and Sun Hongyu restrained and attacked the wounded Firescale Dolphin while Wang Changsheng struck it with lightning and sand techniques, and Chen Yilong finished it with his Azure Flying Sword.
• Sun Hongyu gave Wang Changsheng the Firescale Dolphin's Inner Core and a large piece of its hide, while she and Chen Yilong kept the remaining materials.
• Chen Yilong invited Wang Changsheng to the Grand Auction on Golden Dragon Island, and Wang agreed before leaving; Chen and Sun then discussed befriending him and hurried back amid trouble from Heretical Cultivators.

Wang Changsheng headed alone to an auction but was caught up in a clash between Yellow Dragon Island cultivators and eight Heretical Cultivators. After fleeing, he was intercepted by a Heretical Cultivator and had to fight for his life.

• Wang Changsheng fed the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada dozens of Tier 2 Demon Beast Essence Souls, slightly increasing his spiritual sense.
• Wang Changsheng left Spirit Turtle Island for the auction, telling Wang Ruyan and Wang Qingjun to wait for his return.
• After seven days at sea, Wang Changsheng encountered Yellow Dragon Island cultivators fleeing eight Heretical Cultivators, including two men he had met before.
• A Heretical Cultivator killed the Red-Robed Elder, and Wang Changsheng fled as the pursuers scattered to hunt down their targets.
• A Blue-dressed Woman riding a third-grade Demon Bird caught Wang Changsheng, declared that she believed he was not from Yellow Dragon Island but would kill him anyway, and attacked with her Spirit Bird and Blue Jade Vial.

Wang Changsheng fought the Blue-dressed Woman and her Spirit Bird in a prolonged battle, enduring attacks from her ice techniques and hidden Flying Needles. He killed both opponents and fled after looting their possessions.

• Wang Changsheng exchanged lightning, sand, and bracelet attacks with the Blue-dressed Woman and her Spirit Bird while she tried to wear down his magic power.
• The Blue-dressed Woman struck Wang Changsheng with hidden Flying Needles, but he used a defensive Talisman and his physical strength to survive.
• Wang Changsheng killed the Spirit Bird with lightning and Yellow Flying Needles.
• The Blue-dressed Woman attacked Wang Changsheng with ice constructs and Flying Needles, but he countered with his Nine Twists Divine Sand and survived her Golden Thunder Light attack.
• Wang Changsheng used a Skyfire Talisman to trap the Blue-dressed Woman in flames, then killed her with Yellow Flying Needles.
• Wang Changsheng looted the Blue-dressed Woman's possessions, took the Spirit Bird's corpse, and flew away.

Wang Changsheng arrived at Golden Dragon Island ahead of the auction, recovered from his fight with the Blue-dressed Woman, and refined a set of flying needles. Meanwhile, Yellow Dragon Island's lord investigated the attack on his cultivators and prepared to meet Fairy Wuchen on Golden Dragon Island.

• Wang Changsheng reached Golden Dragon Island, sold unwanted materials, bought refining materials, and settled into an inn before the auction.
• Wang Changsheng examined two matching Bronze Mirror Fragments from his collection and the Blue-dressed Woman's Storage Pearl, then put them away when he could not determine their purpose.
• Wang Changsheng fed the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat and refined thirteen Flying Needles, naming the set the Nine Twists Spirit-Slaying Needles.
• The lord of Yellow Dragon Island ordered a bounty for the eight Heretical Cultivators who had killed six of his island's Core Formation Cultivators and warned his subordinates not to act rashly.
• The Yellow Dragon Island lord learned that Fairy Wuchen had agreed to an alliance and invited him to meet her on Golden Dragon Island, then left the island in the hands of his subordinates.
• Two days before the auction, Wang Changsheng went to the Multi-Treasure Pavilion to sell materials and obtain Spirit Stones for bidding.

Wang Changsheng sold demon bird corpses and a whip Magic Treasure to raise Spirit Stones, then bought a Third-Order Puppet Beast head from Huang Fugui. Huang Fugui invited him to an Exchange Gathering, which Wang Changsheng agreed to attend.

• Wang Changsheng sold two Third-Order Demon Bird corpses and a whip Magic Treasure at the Multi-Treasure Pavilion, raising his funds to more than 800,000 Spirit Stones after buying three Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Wang Changsheng found Huang Fugui selling two Third-Order Puppet Beast heads at a Bluestone Plaza stall and bought one for 20,000 Spirit Stones.
• Wang Changsheng and Huang Fugui shared drinks, and Wang Changsheng asked how Huang Fugui made money.
• Huang Fugui said he had no more puppet remains and asked Wang Changsheng to inquire about his grandnephew at the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
• Huang Fugui invited Wang Changsheng to a friend's Exchange Gathering, and Wang Changsheng accepted.

Wang Changsheng attended a Core Formation Exchange Gathering, where he traded materials for resources and acquired Secluded Moon Cold Water. The gathering continued after he returned to his seat.

• Wang Changsheng followed Huang Fugui to the Five Colors Tower and joined an Exchange Gathering attended by more than thirty Core Formation Cultivators.
• The Azure Carp Duo arrived, and Huang Fugui told Wang Changsheng that the two women belonged to the powerful Zhang Family of Azure Carp Island.
• Huang Fugui exchanged his Clear-Eyed Carp materials, and Wang Changsheng traded two Demon Cores and an Essence Soul to Song Xiang for a Third Order Mid Grade Earth Attribute Demon Core and a Sea Moonstone.
• The red-dressed Fairy Zhang offered Secluded Moon Cold Water in exchange for Fire Attribute materials, and Wang Changsheng offered her a Mid-Tier 3 Firescale Dolphin hide.
• Fairy Zhang added another seventy jin of Secluded Moon Cold Water, and Wang Changsheng accepted the exchange and returned to his seat.

Wang Changsheng finished the exchange gathering, fed his Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat a Third Grade Middle Rank Earth Attribute Demon Core, and attended the Golden Dragon Island Auction. The auction began with fierce bidding, while Fairy Wuchen, Zhang Wuchen, and several Nascent Soul Cultivators watched from the audience.

• Zhang Zhiqin asked Wang Changsheng to save any Third-Order Fire Attribute materials for her, and Huang Fugui warned him that the South Sea was dangerous.
• Wang Changsheng gave the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat the Earth Attribute Demon Core, and it ate the core before becoming unresponsive.
• Wang Changsheng entered the auction venue and saw Zhang Wuchen arrive with the Azure Carp Duo and several Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Li Yan opened the auction with the Azure Frost Sword, which sold for 670,000 Spirit Stones, followed by two bottles of Cold Moon Pills that sold for 79,000 and 84,000 Spirit Stones.
• Bidding began on the third item, a piece of Jade Cloud Crystal.

Wang Changsheng bid on several powerful auction items before winning the Tiger Shark Bow and its two arrows for 1,000,000 Spirit Stones. He sold the Bellyband Magic Treasure to cover the cost, leaving the auction’s remaining outcome unknown.

• Wang Changsheng won a set of June Frost Formation Talismans for 190,000 Spirit Stones but failed to obtain the Nine Yang True Flame or Windswept Sand Formation Talismans.
• Wang Changsheng watched as the Mountain Shaking Seal and other treasures sold, then declined to bid on the Crimson Crab Scissor because its Fire Attribute did not suit him.
• Wang Changsheng bid 600,000 Spirit Stones for the Tiger Shark Halberd but lost it to a Blue-clad Youth from the Sea Whale Gate, who paid 950,000 Spirit Stones.
• The Zhang Family of Azure Carp Island won the Spirit Concealing Cloak for 800,000 Spirit Stones.
• Wang Changsheng bought the Tiger Shark Bow and its two arrows for 1,000,000 Spirit Stones, selling the Bellyband Magic Treasure to gather enough funds.

Wang Changsheng attended the auction on Golden Dragon Island, where Huang Haoshan and Zhao Yunhai competed over a fan, then returned safely to the Coral Sea Region. He reunited with Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingjun, and the four departed for the Eastern Wasteland by teleportation array.

• Wang Changsheng watched bidders purchase the Sun Moon Rings and Shark Tooth Blade, then saw Huang Haoshan outbid Zhao Yunhai for the Dry Fire Fan at 2,200,000 Spirit Stones.
• After the auction, Wang Changsheng tested the Tiger Shark Bow and decided to refine several Magic Treasures before leaving Golden Dragon Island.
• Wang Qingshan advanced to Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer while Wang Ruyan worried that Wang Changsheng had not returned.
• Wang Changsheng arrived at Spirit Turtle Island and explained that refining Magic Treasures and turmoil caused by Heretical Cultivators had delayed him.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingjun left for the Eastern Wasteland through a Teleportation Array.

Wang Mingren sought advice from Xu Zihua about earning Contribution Points for Core Formation, and agreed to join the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s new Northern Frontier branch. At the Azure Lotus Estate, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan arrived to meet their grandson Zhao Ziyu.

• Wang Mingren told Xu Zihua that he planned to go to the South Sea, but Xu Zihua warned him about its dangers and recommended the Northern Frontier instead.
• Xu Zihua explained the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s history in the Northern Frontier and said Leng Rumei and Meng Tianzheng would help lead its newly established branch.
• Wang Mingren accepted the Northern Frontier assignment, and Xu Zihua arranged to introduce him to the Core Formation Cultivators being sent there.
• Wang Qiuming visited Wang Qingqing, Zhao Zheng, and two-year-old Zhao Ziyu, giving the child Tier 2 Violet Spiritwood and accepting five hundred Spirit Stones from Zhao Zheng.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan arrived at Wang Qingqing’s home after learning that she had given birth to a boy.

Wang Changsheng returned to the Wang Family and arranged for Wang Qingqi to attempt refining Foundation Establishment Pills from a Third Order Demon Core. He welcomed Wang Ping'an’s Spirit Rooted granddaughter, Wang Tianqi, into his care, while Wang Qingqi began the first batch of pills.

• Wang Changsheng reunited with Wang Qingqing, Wang Qiuming, and his young grandson Zhao Ziyu, then learned that Wang Qiuming had reached the Ninth Level of Qi Refining.
• Wang Changsheng discussed the family’s finances with Wang Qingkai and asked Wang Qingyuan and Wang Qingqi to meet him.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Qingqi a Third Order Demon Core and urged him to try refining Foundation Establishment Pills, though Wang Qingqi admitted he lacked experience.
• Wang Qingyuan introduced Wang Tianqi, Wang Ping'an’s seven-year-old granddaughter with a Triple Spirit Root, and Wang Changsheng took her in and taught her the Frost Moon Tide Origin Art.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Qingyuan three Foundation Establishment Pills to store, then Wang Qingqi began refining pills with the Third Order Demon Core and the family’s gathered materials.

After six months, Wang Changsheng completed a Golden Armor Guardian puppet while Wang Ruyan prepared to lead a group to hunt Demon Beasts. The Wang Family's attempt to refine Foundation Establishment Pills failed, but Wang Qiuxin successfully achieved Foundation Establishment, and the hunting party departed for the Taiyi Mountains.

• Wang Changsheng placed a Green Light Orb into the Golden Armor Guardian, then transformed the puppet into a Metal Sphere and stored it.
• Wang Ruyan told Wang Changsheng that she, Mo Caiyun, and others planned to hunt Demon Beasts; he gave her several Tier 2 High Grade Puppet Beasts and warned her to be careful.
• Wang Qingqi admitted that he had failed to refine any Foundation Establishment Pills from three sets of materials, and Wang Changsheng, Wang Qingkai, and Wang Qingyuan comforted him.
• Wang Qingkai told Wang Changsheng that Wang Qiuxin had achieved Foundation Establishment half a month earlier.
• Three days later, Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, Wang Qingjun, Mo Caiyun, and eleven Qi Refining Stage clansmen, including Wang Qiuming and Wang Qiuling, left Azure Lotus Estate for the Taiyi Mountains.

Guangdong Ren awakened after years of cultivation by eating and sleeping, then prepared to enter the Skywolf Secret Realm with Wang Changsheng. They reached Tianquan Mountain and unexpectedly encountered Huang Fugui, whose reason for coming remained unclear.

• Guangdong Ren woke at Core Formation Layer 7 and learned from Ye Tong that Wang Changsheng had arrived and the Skywolf Secret Realm would soon open.
• Guangdong Ren explained the secret realm's dangers to Wang Changsheng, gave him a map, two Nine Flames Talismans, and a Mystic Moon Mate Pearl, and warned him about Demon Cultivators.
• Guangdong Ren and Wang Changsheng left the Hundred Spirits Sect and traveled for more than half a year to Tianquan Mountain in the Wu Kingdom.
• Guangdong Ren confirmed that the Skywolf Secret Realm had not yet opened, and Huang Fugui arrived and greeted them.
• Guangdong Ren headed onward, and Wang Changsheng followed while wondering whether Huang Fugui had a key to enter the secret realm.

Wang Changsheng entered the Skywolf Secret Realm with Guangdong Ren and was attacked by powerful Demon Beasts shortly after arriving. The Azure Scale Horse was killed, and Wang Changsheng escaped while the beasts were briefly frozen.

• Wang Changsheng met Fang Mu at Heyuan Pavilion, bought Tier 2 Demon Beast Essence Souls, and fed them to the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada.
• After two days, Guangdong Ren summoned Wang Changsheng to the opened Skywolf Secret Realm, and they entered through its Wolf Head Phantom.
• Wang Changsheng arrived alone above a vast grassland and rode the Azure Scale Horse across it.
• Two Golden Strange Birds attacked Wang Changsheng with golden Wind Blades as a Yellow Earthworm burst from the ground and swallowed the Azure Scale Horse.
• Wang Changsheng froze the Golden Strange Birds' claws and half of the Yellow Earthworm's head with the Frost Cloud Bottle, then escaped through the air.

Wang Changsheng fled through the Skywolf Secret Realm, fought a Yellow Giant Scorpion, and hid in a forest before two Half-Demons arrived in pursuit of Huang Fugui. The chapter left Wang Changsheng fleeing from Qing Quan while the other Half-Demon continued chasing Huang Fugui.

• Wang Changsheng escaped the battle between two Golden Strange Birds and a Yellow Earthworm, then traveled toward a Black Forest on a horse-shaped Puppet Beast.
• A Yellow Giant Scorpion attacked Wang Changsheng, who countered with his treasures and lightning before the scorpion escaped underground.
• Wang Changsheng sensed powerful auras approaching, hid in a tree, and saw Huang Fugui pursued by two Half-Demons.
• Qing Quan detected Wang Changsheng and chased him, while the middle-aged Half-Demon continued after Huang Fugui.

Wang Changsheng fought off a Core Formation Layer 3 Azure Mastiff Half-Demon with his Spiritual Art and escaped, while Huang Fugui narrowly avoided Fang Mu’s Black Jiangshi. The Half-Demon resumed searching for its companion, and Fang Mu left Huang Fugui alive to help resist the Demon Race.

• Wang Changsheng was wounded by the Azure-Robed Man’s Azure Mastiff Finger, then counterattacked with lightning, ice, and Nine Twists Divine Sand.
• The Azure-Robed Man charged Wang Changsheng, but Wang used the Nine Flames Talisman and a Spiritual Art to injure him before fleeing.
• The Azure-Robed Man recognized Wang Changsheng’s Spiritual Art and abandoned the pursuit to look for his companion.
• Huang Fugui emerged from hiding after escaping a Core Formation Fifth Layer Half-Demon and followed the sounds of a fight.
• Fang Mu’s Little Jiangshi drained a Red Rhinoceros and approached Huang Fugui, who fled underground in fear.
• Fang Mu stopped the Little Jiangshi from chasing Huang Fugui, then collected the Demon Beast Material and left with the coffin.

Wang Changsheng found the Jade Scale Fruit Tree in an underground cave and killed the Third Grade Lower Rank Yellow Giant Rat guarding it. He took the three Jade Scale Fruits and uprooted the tree before heading southeast.

• Wang Changsheng used his Azure Gourd to clear the yellow mist and followed the valley cave to an underground chamber containing the Jade Scale Fruit Tree.
• Wang Changsheng's Ape Puppets triggered a trap, revealing a Third Grade Lower Rank Yellow Giant Rat that attacked him.
• Wang Changsheng fought the Yellow Giant Rat with his Nine Twists Divine Sand, Nine Flames Talisman, puppets, and other techniques, eventually killing it.
• Wang Changsheng collected the Yellow Giant Rat's soul, hide, Inner Core, and corpse.
• Wang Changsheng dug up the Jade Scale Fruit Tree along with its three fruits and left the valley, heading southeast.

Wang Changsheng fled a swarm of Demon Mosquitoes and later found a Core Formation cultivator fighting a Rank 3 Mid-Grade Azure Toad over a water-blue lotus. After the cultivator died, Wang Changsheng entered the cave, wounded the already-injured toad, and prepared to seize the opportunity to kill it.

• Wang Changsheng escaped the Demon Mosquitoes by hiding deep beneath a river until they flew away.
• Wang Changsheng heard a battle in an underground cave and discovered a Red-Robed Elder and his Spirit Bird fighting an Azure Toad beside a Cold Pool lotus.
• The Azure Toad killed the Red-Robed Elder, and Wang Changsheng entered the cave with two Second Order Puppet Beasts, hoping to take advantage of the fight.
• Wang Changsheng tried to drain the Cold Pool with his Azure Gourd, but the hidden toad pierced the gourd and attacked him.
• Wang Changsheng severed the toad's tongue with his Nine Twists Spirit-Slaying Needles and Yellow Giant Blade, then faced the weakened beast as it emerged from the pool.

Wang Changsheng killed the Azure Toad and found an Azure Tide Moonstone and a large cache of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, greatly improving his prospects for cultivation. Elsewhere, Wang Lin escaped his pursuers, but they tracked him with a Soul-Seeking Plate and continued the chase.

• Wang Changsheng overwhelmed the Azure Toad with lightning attacks, killed it, and collected its Essence Soul and Demon Core.
• Wang Changsheng found an Azure Tide Moonstone inside the Azure Toad and realized it could boost his Water-attribute cultivation.
• Wang Changsheng recovered the Red-Robed Elder's Storage Pouch, including more than five hundred kilograms of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, then rested and left the cave.
• Three men and a woman confronted Wang Lin over his father's bid for the Nine Serenities Sect leadership and his cultivation of the sect's secret art.
• Wang Lin escaped their attack using his command banners, but the gold-robed elder used a Soul-Seeking Plate to track him southeast, and the group pursued.

Wang Changsheng fled a pursuing Half-Demon after Huang Fugui dragged him into trouble, then found Guangdong Ren by following their Mystic Moon Mate Pearls. The Blue-Robed Beauty caught up with them, and Guangdong Ren confronted her about the Blood Bat Clan and Jin Fu.

• Wang Changsheng encountered Huang Fugui fleeing from a Red-Robed Giant and a Blue-Robed Beauty, and Huang Fugui tossed him a Blue Wood Box before they split up.
• The Blue-Robed Beauty pursued Wang Changsheng, who used his Frost Cloud Bottle and a June Frost Formation Talisman to delay her before escaping.
• Wang Changsheng followed the Mystic Moon Mate Pearls southwest and found Guangdong Ren cooking a Three-Headed Serpent by a lake.
• The Blue-Robed Beauty caught up with Wang Changsheng and Guangdong Ren, and Guangdong Ren asked whether her clan had a Half-Demon named Jin Fu and whether he was dead.