Chapter Summaries

Wang Changsheng recovered from the battle while Wang Changyue continued learning formations from Ye Lin. Meanwhile, Shangguan Wei and Baili Yi planned to exploit the war between the Eastern Wasteland Seven Great Immortal Sects and the Demon Race, leaving both sides weakened so their factions could seize territory and profit.

• Wang Changyue told Wang Changsheng that Ye Lin had taught her a simplified Third Order Formation, and Wang Changsheng insisted that she keep Ye Lin's presence secret and learn to form a Third Order Formation quickly.
• Wang Changsheng examined the loot from the two Half-Demons, judged their wings the most valuable items, and began healing with the Azure Tide Moonstone and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water.
• Shangguan Wei learned that Ye Lin had fled to the Eastern Wasteland and ordered the Nine Serenities Sect to warn the Demon Race about the planned allied assault while postponing the search for Ye Lin.
• Shangguan Wei declared that she would go to the Eastern Wasteland after Ye Lin leaked the first three levels of the Nine Serenities Celestial Illusion Codex.
• Baili Yi told the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's Nascent Soul Cultivators that he had agreed to join the campaign, ordered them to notify the Demon Race, and sent them to attack the Eastern Wasteland from the rear when the other forces were weakened.

Old Ancestor Black Tiger and Old Ancestor Qinghua prepared a two-pronged strategy to weaken the Human Race, while Demon Beasts continued their assault on Pacify Demon City. Wang Qingshan returned to the frontline and revealed that Wang Changhao had died protecting him, as the Demon Race launched an attack on Myriad Flowers Palace’s Phoenix Cry Mountains.

• Old Ancestor Black Tiger told Old Ancestor Qinghua that he planned to seize or destroy the Phoenix Cry Fruit Tree and had a Wood Demon who might take it.
• Old Ancestor Qinghua agreed to seek help from the Azure Scale Clan against the South Sea Cultivation World and said the Demon Race would strengthen its defenses against the Northern Frontier.
• Demon Beasts broke through Pacify Demon City’s Formation, but Zhao Zheng used Wang Qingqing’s third grade talisman to kill attacking Demon Birds and protect the defenders.
• Wang Qiuming survived the attack with burns, and Wang Qingshan returned to the frontline and told his clansmen that Wang Changhao had died shielding him from a Demon Beast.
• Seven Transformation Stage Demon Race members and ten Core Formation Stage Half-Demons attacked the Phoenix Cry Mountains, and Myriad Flowers Palace’s disciples rushed out to resist them.

After recovering from his injuries, Wang Changsheng learned that Wang Ruyan had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer and that their family members were fighting on the frontline. He agreed to join the war after negotiating substantial rewards with the Yellow Saint Palace.

• Wang Ruyan broke through her bottleneck and advanced to the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, then learned from Wang Changsheng that the Demon Race had invaded the Eastern Wasteland.
• Wang Qingkai reported that Song Delin and Madam Lan had arrived, and Wang Changsheng claimed that Azure Lotus Estate had suffered heavy casualties in an attack by Core Formation-stage Half-Demons.
• Wang Changsheng produced a Half-Demon corpse as evidence, and Madam Lan asked him to represent the Wei Kingdom at the frontline.
• Wang Changsheng negotiated for fifteen Foundation Establishment Pills, territory covering half a commandery, a Tier 1 Magic Treasure, and Third-Order defensive Array Flags, then agreed to go to the frontline.

Wang Changsheng accepted a frontline assignment after securing supplies and arranging protection for his clan, then traveled toward the Wu Kingdom with Wang Ruyan. Meanwhile, Tang Yunshang fought a Demon Race cultivator over the Phoenix Cry Fruit Tree, and Wang Changsheng encountered Huang Fugui on the way.

• Wang Changsheng agreed to go to the Cloud Goose Plains, and Wang Qingkai took charge of the clan while Wang Ruyan chose to accompany him.
• Madam Lan delivered the Four Elephants Earth Garrison Formation, fifteen Foundation Establishment Pills, and the Demon Binding Cord, and Wang Changyue set up the formation.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan set out for the frontline as Mu sent two Half-Demons away with the Phoenix Cry Fruit Tree and its fruits before transforming into a towering tree to fight pursuers.
• Tang Yunshang defeated Mu's tree form with her Red Lotus Lamp and Red Short Blade, discovered he had escaped using the Body Double Technique, and ordered a search for the Phoenix Cry Tree.
• Huang Fugui intercepted Wang Changsheng and offered him a Third-Order Puppet Beast arm as compensation for nearly getting him killed before.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan traveled with Huang Fugui to help dispatch supplies while Wang Qingshan’s group received a two-month reprieve from frontline duty. At the Valley of Beauties, they learned the Myriad Flowers Palace was offering a million Spirit Stones to capture two Core Formation Stage Half-Demons.

• Wang Changsheng accepted Huang Fugui’s iron arm, then agreed to accompany him to the far rear to arrange a supply shipment.
• Wang Changsheng learned that the Demon Race had not broken through the frontline defenses and flew southeast with Wang Ruyan and Huang Fugui.
• Chen Xuan told Wang Qingshan that his group could rest for two months and gave him compensation for his deceased clan uncle.
• Wang Qingshan told Mo Caiyun and the others that Wang Changsheng had slain a Core Formation Stage Half-Demon and would soon reach the frontline.
• At the Valley of Beauties, an attendant told the Red-Robed Elder that the Myriad Flowers Palace offered a million Spirit Stones to capture two Core Formation Stage Half-Demons, drawing Huang Fugui’s and Wang Changsheng’s interest.

Wang Changsheng and Huang Fugui accepted Zheng Country’s request to help hunt two Half-Demons while escorting supplies toward the frontline. Meanwhile, a failed incursion at Tiger Head Mountain revealed that the real target was the Azure Python Clan’s Azure Snake Fruits, and Huang Fugui intercepted an azure-robed elder at Zheng Country’s border.

• The Red-Robed Elder offered Wang Changsheng and Huang Fugui ten thousand Spirit Stones each to help search for two Half-Demons, and Huang Fugui agreed after Daoist Chu was assigned to escort the supplies with them.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Huang Fugui, and the middle-aged man left the Valley of Beauties aboard Wang Changsheng’s Blue Flying Boat.
• Two Puppet Spirit Talismans infiltrated Tiger Head Mountain but were destroyed by Old Ancestor Black Tiger and Old Ancestor Qinghua.
• Old Ancestor Qinghua learned that two Deity Transformation Cultivators had stolen three Azure Snake Fruits from the Azure Python Clan, and she left to return to her clan.
• Huang Fugui intercepted an azure-robed elder near Zheng Country’s border and identified himself as the Conscription Envoy of the Seven Great Immortal Sects.

Wang Changsheng and his companions discovered that Yang Shengwen was a Half-Demon when he attacked them, and they wounded him in a fierce battle. The Half-Demon escaped underground, and Wang Changsheng pursued him with Wang Ruyan and the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat.

• Huang Fugui conscripted Yang Shengwen of Violet Moon Estate to escort goods to the frontline.
• Wang Changsheng questioned Yang Shengwen about Violet Moon Estate, making Yang Shengwen visibly uneasy.
• A message warned the group that a Half-Demon could conceal his aura and appear human, and Yang Shengwen revealed his true form and attacked the middle-aged man.
• Wang Changsheng and the others fought Yang Shengwen, striking him with a Blue Giant Staff and forcing him to flee underground.
• The middle-aged man and Huang Fugui chased Yang Shengwen, while Wang Changsheng used a tuft of black fur to guide the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat underground with Wang Ruyan.

Wang Changsheng killed the half-demon and found a Phoenix Cry Fruit Tree, which he planned to trade to the Taiyi Immortal Sect for a Core Formation Spiritual Object for Wang Ruyan. After delivering their supplies to the frontline, he and Wang Ruyan reunited with Wang Qingshan and the other Wang family members.

• The half-demon disguised himself as a boulder, but Wang Changsheng found and killed him with help from the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan discovered a Phoenix Cry Fruit Tree among the half-demon's possessions, and Wang Changsheng decided to offer it to the Taiyi Immortal Sect in exchange for a Core Formation Spiritual Object.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan met Huang Fugui and declined to help search for the half-demon, choosing instead to escort the supplies to the frontline.
• More than three months later, Wang Changsheng and Huang Fugui delivered the supplies at the Cloud Goose Plains and received Merit Points.
• Chen Xuan directed Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to the Azure Cloud Pavilion, where Wang Qingshan greeted them and asked about the lineage.

Wang Changsheng arrived at Pacify Demon City, reunited with his clan, and learned that Wang Changhao and Wang Qingtian had died. After the Human Race announced a counterattack against the Demon Race, Wang Changsheng joined a strike team and pursued an ape-like Half-Demon with Huang Fugui.

• Wang Changsheng reassured Mo Caiyun, Wang Qingshan, and the others, then Wang Ruyan distributed supplies he had brought for the clan.
• Wang Changsheng attended a Council Hall meeting where Xu Bin announced an allied counterattack against the Demon Race and assigned him to Fang Sizhe's team with Fang Mu and Huang Fugui.
• Wang Changsheng brought seven members of Wang Qingshan's group into his force and received battle supplies for the campaign.
• Fang Sizhe led the team in a nighttime assault on a Demon Race stronghold, where Wang Changsheng found fewer high-level defenders than expected.
• Wang Changsheng agreed to hunt an ape-like Half-Demon alongside Huang Fugui, who intercepted it, but the Half-Demon used flying boots and attacked with a Golden Spear as Wang Changsheng's weapons closed in.

Wang Changsheng and Huang Fugui killed a fleeing Half-Demon, then joined the battle against the Demon Beasts around Pacify Demon City. After the fighting lasted until dawn, Xu Bin ordered the cultivators to pursue the Demon Race’s high-level forces while clearing out the remaining low-tier Demon Beasts.

• Wang Changsheng and Huang Fugui worked together to kill the Half-Demon, then divided its boots and spear between them.
• Wang Changsheng returned to the battlefield and killed low-tier Demon Beasts to collect their Essence Souls as Foundation Establishment Cultivators fought the swarming beasts.
• Wang Qingshan and his group killed a family of Golden Demon Bears and a pack of Black Demon Wolves, while Wang Qiuming and Wang Qingling collected the corpses.
• Huang Fugui wore more than a hundred Storage Pearls to store Demon Beast corpses as he and Wang Changsheng fought through the night.
• At dawn, Xu Bin ordered the Core Formation Cultivators to pursue the Demon Race’s high-level fighters and the Foundation Establishment Cultivators to clear out the low-tier Demon Beasts.
• Wang Changsheng left with Fang Sizhe before he could say farewell to Wang Qingshan and the others.

Old Ancestor Qinghua and Old Ancestor Black Tiger agreed to have Core Formation cultivators fight a decisive battle while the Demon Race retreated. At Tianquan Mountain, Wang Changsheng fought a red-skirted Half-Demon and killed her, while the larger battle continued.

• Old Ancestor Black Tiger said the Demon Race should retreat while fighting and proposed a Life-and-Death Duel between Core Formation cultivators; Old Ancestor Qinghua agreed.
• At Tianquan Mountain, Fang Sizhe led six Nascent Soul Cultivators and forty-five Core Formation Cultivators against five Nascent Soul Demon Race cultivators and forty-seven Half-Demons.
• The Nascent Soul Cultivators flew away to fight separately, while Wang Changsheng and the other Core Formation Cultivators entered a chaotic melee.
• Huang Fugui offered to hold off one of Wang Changsheng's opponent's Red Demon Bats as Wang Changsheng attacked the other with his treasures and spells.
• The red-skirted young woman appeared behind Wang Changsheng, but he evaded her, bound her with the Demon Binding Cord, and struck her down with his Blue Iron Staff.

Wang Changsheng and Fang Mu joined forces to defeat a Green-Shirted Youth, while the Demon Race’s suicidal tactics caused heavy losses. The Human Race later won a life-and-death contest, but the fighting left many cultivators dead or wounded.

• The Green-Shirted Youth wounded Wang Changsheng, but Fang Mu and Wang Changsheng fought back with the Little Jiangshi and their magic treasures.
• The Little Jiangshi restrained the Green-Shirted Youth and killed him by draining his blood.
• The Demon Race sent Rank 3 Demon Birds to self-detonate, causing heavy casualties among the Human Race cultivators.
• Fang Sizhe and the Nascent Soul cultivators negotiated a contest in which the winner would determine the conflict’s outcome.
• The Human Race won six of ten matches, with Fang Mu killing a Half-Demon, but Fang Mu and the Little Jiangshi were badly wounded.

After the Demon Race withdrew, Wang Changsheng guarded Pacify Demon City and began refining a Mystic Treasure Embryo, while the chapter followed Ye Lin and Wang Changyue, Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng, and Wang Qingxiao and Wang Qiuming. It ended with Wang Qingxiao collapsing after a Green Light Orb flew from a corpse into her brow.

• The Demon Race ceded five hundred thousand li of territory and retreated, while Fang Sizhe and the other cultivators let them go.
• Wang Changsheng and Huang Fugui killed two Core Formation Stage Half-Demons, exchanged their corpses for Contribution Points, and stayed to guard Pacify Demon City as Wang Changsheng refined a Mystic Treasure Embryo.
• At Red Leaf Ridge, Ye Lin discussed formations with Wang Changyue and told her not to share his formation knowledge beyond her children.
• Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng confessed their feelings and agreed to marry after Wang Mingren advanced to the Core Formation Stage.
• After demon wolves separated Wang Qingshan's group, Wang Qingxiao and Wang Qiuming pursued two Three-tailed Spirit Foxes through the Tianquan Mountain Range.
• Wang Qingxiao found a dead female cultivator, but a Green Light Orb flew from the corpse into her brow and she collapsed.

Wang Qingxiao was possessed by a Hundred Beast Sect cultivator, Liu Xiaoxiao, and Wang Changsheng confronted her after she awoke. To save herself, Liu Xiaoxiao revealed that Chen Yuhua of the Hundred Flowers Sect was secretly a member of the Demon Race, leaving Wang Changsheng and the others stunned.

• Wang Qingshan and the others found Wang Qingxiao unconscious beside a dead cultivator and discovered a Hundred Beast Sect token among the corpse's possessions.
• Wang Ruyan suspected Wang Qingxiao had been subjected to Soul Seizing, and Mo Caiyun disguised her and Wang Qiuming as poisoned before the group returned to Pacify Demon City.
• Wang Changsheng learned that a Hundred Beast Sect Core Formation cultivator had possessed Wang Qingxiao and ordered the family to keep the matter secret.
• After Wang Qingxiao awoke, Wang Changsheng exposed Liu Xiaoxiao's possession and demanded to know why he should spare her.
• Liu Xiaoxiao revealed that Chen Yuhua of the Hundred Flowers Sect was a member of the Black Tiger Clan of the Demon Race, and Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Mo Caiyun were shocked.

Wang Changsheng confirmed that Chen Yuhua was a Demon Race member and reported the intelligence to Xu Bin of the Taiyi Immortal Sect. After the Demon Race withdrew, Wang Changsheng left Pacify Demon City with Wang Qingshan and eight others to return to Wei Kingdom and claim the Wang Family's reward.

• Wang Changsheng consulted Wang Qingshan and the others, who agreed that Liu Xiaoxiao should be killed for seizing Wang Qingxiao's body.
• Xu Bin searched Liu Xiaoxiao's memories and confirmed that Chen Yuhua was a Demon Race member, then secretly informed Lady Lin of the Myriad Flowers Palace.
• Xu Bin told Wang Changsheng to keep the intelligence secret and said the Wang Family could claim a reward after the Demon Race withdrew; Wang Changsheng killed Liu Xiaoxiao.
• Wang Changsheng ordered the Wang Family members to keep quiet, and a month later the Seven Great Immortal Sects announced the Demon Race had withdrawn.
• Wang Changsheng took Wang Qingshan and eight others from Pacify Demon City and returned to Wei Kingdom to receive their reward.

Wang Changsheng visited the Taiyi Immortal Sect to collect his reward and presented Zhang Zhanfeng with a Phoenix Cry Fruit Tree, earning a substantial reward. He chose Peach Mountain and two Core Formation-assisting Spiritual Objects for the Wang Family, agreeing that they would defend the frontline if the Demon Race invaded.

• Wang Changsheng asked Xu Zihua to arrange a meeting with Zhang Zhanfeng before accepting his initial reward.
• Wang Changsheng told Zhang Zhanfeng that he had obtained the Phoenix Cry Fruit Tree after killing a Core Formation Stage Half-Demon in Chen Country.
• Zhang Zhanfeng accepted the tree and offered Wang Changsheng three reward options.
• Wang Changsheng chose two Spiritual Objects that assisted with Core Formation and a Spirit Mountain, and Zhang Zhanfeng instructed Xu Zihua to include the earlier reward.
• Wang Changsheng selected Peach Mountain and received a Jade Clarity Pill and Golden Moon Spiritual Water.
• Xu Zihua reminded Wang Changsheng that the Wang Family would have to resist the Demon Race at the frontline if it invaded, and Wang Changsheng agreed.

Wang Changsheng secured Peach Mountain and sent gifts to his relatives before returning to Azure Lotus Estate, where the Wang family faced a shortage of Foundation Establishment cultivators. At the Hundred Spirits Sect, Guangdong Ren helped Ye Tong survive his Core Formation tribulation, but Su Cheng failed to form his core.

• Wang Changsheng paid Xu Zihua Fifty Thousand Spirit Stones, received Peach Mountain's token, and entrusted him with gifts for Su Bingbing.
• Wang Changyue questioned Ye Lin about his desire for revenge, then listened as he explained the Seven Star Phantom Array.
• Wang Changyang asked Wang Qingkai for another Foundation Establishment Pill, but agreed to wait after Wang Qingkai warned him against attempting another breakthrough so soon.
• Guangdong Ren saw that Ye Tong and Su Cheng were undergoing Core Formation tribulations at the same time and flew to protect Ye Tong.
• Ye Tong survived the lightning tribulation and entered the Core Formation Stage.
• Guangdong Ren found Su Cheng badly injured after his tribulation, having failed to form his core.

Su Cheng failed to form his core, and Guangdong Ren admitted that he had chosen to protect Ye Tong, who succeeded. Wang Changsheng returned to his family and was summoned by Wang Huashan, who gave him a Water Attribute Spiritual Art to examine.

• Guangdong Ren told Su Cheng that Ye Tong had survived his tribulation and formed his core, while Su Cheng’s foundation was damaged; Su Cheng accepted that he would give up the sect master position and focus on family life with Wang Changxue.
• Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Estate, met his descendants, and urged Wang Qingzhi to cultivate more diligently.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Ruyan to prepare to advance her cultivation and protect her during her future core-formation tribulation; Wang Ruyan said Wang Huashan had requested a meeting.
• Wang Changsheng traveled to Wang Family Fortress, where Wang Huashan praised his role in defeating the Hundred Ghosts Sect sect master and gave him a Water Attribute Spiritual Art on a Blue Jade Slip.
• Wang Changsheng examined the jade slip and showed delight.

Wang Changsheng traded a Fire Attribute Magic Treasure to Wang Huashan for the Turtle Scale Art and agreed to help the Wang Family protect future breakthroughs. Meanwhile, Wang Qingshan secured Peach Blossom Valley for the Wang Family after defeating Han Yuxin, and ordered his clansmen to guard it.

• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Huashan a Red Flying Dagger in exchange for a copy of the Turtle Scale Art and agreed to help protect future Wang Family Core Formation breakthroughs.
• Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Estate and entered seclusion to cultivate the Turtle Scale Art as the Demon Race withdrew and the Demon Subduing Kingdom was established.
• Wang Qingshan led Wang Family members to Peach Mountain, where they took over three counties and found a Spirit Vein valley on the border with the Han Family's territory.
• Wang Qingshan and Han Yuxin agreed to settle ownership of the valley through a contest between Cultivators.
• Wang Qingshan shattered Han Yuxin's defensive Formation and defeated her with his Azure Flying Swords, forcing the Han Family to leave the valley.
• Wang Qingshan ordered Wang Qingjun to guard Peach Blossom Valley and arrange for a Formation to be set up.

Wang Qiuhong persuaded Wang Qingshan to establish a Market in Yuyang Prefecture with other families, while Wang Changyue left on a three-to-five-year journey and Ximen Feng rejected Li Deqing in favor of Wang Mingren. Li Deqing left furious and vowed revenge.

• Wang Qingshan organized Peach Mountain and requested reinforcements while Wang Qiuhong proposed building a Market on nearby spiritual land.
• Wang Qingshan defeated Foundation Establishment Cultivators from three families and secured the Green Ox Mountain Han Family and Black Alligator Pool Mu Family as Market partners, while the Green Cypress Ridge Yang Family refused.
• Wang Changyue told Ye Lin she would be away for three to five years, then left through a Teleportation Array.
• Ximen Feng rejected Li Deqing's gift and told him she loved Wang Mingren.
• Li Deqing left after insulting Ximen Feng in his thoughts and swore to make her and Wang Mingren pay.