Chapter Summaries

Wang Qingshan attended a Dao discussion gathering, where he encountered a disdainful Blade Cultivator and later learned that Wang Tianwen had quarreled with someone over a rare classical text. He offered to pay three times its price, but the buyer refused to sell it.

• Han Yuexin invited Wang Qingshan to a teahouse, where they saw a Red Robe Youth carrying a blade and wearing Swallow-patterned sleeves.
• The Red Robe Youth insulted Eastern Wasteland cultivators and promised to cut down anyone who challenged him at the Dao Discussion Assembly.
• Wang Qingshan traded Demon Beast Material for Flying Sword-refining materials, then left the teahouse after refusing Han Yuexin's invitation to visit a weapon shop.
• A Wang Family clansman told Wang Qingshan that Wang Tianwen had argued with someone over a unique classical text attributed to a Confucian Dao Master.
• Wang Qingshan offered the middle-aged buyer three times the text's price, but the man refused to sell it.

Wang Qingshan attended the Dao Discussion Assembly, where he restrained Wang Tianwen after a dispute and later joined a dangerous tournament offering two Core Formation Spiritual Objects to the winner. As the battles began, Wang Qingshan watched several formidable contestants and prepared for his own match.

• Wang Qingshan stopped Wang Tianwen from contesting a book that another cultivator had already paid for, then confined him for half a year as a warning.
• Wang Qingshan exchanged cultivation insights with Foundation Establishment Cultivators while Wang Tianwen listened to Central Plains Confucian Cultivators under supervision.
• At Bluestone Plaza, Wang Qingshan listened to the Dao discussions but rejected the Confucian Cultivators' call to serve the Imperial Clan.
• Chongyang Academy announced that the battle tournament's first-place winner would receive two Core Formation Spiritual Objects, and Wang Qingshan signed up despite the Life-and-Death Pledge.
• More than three hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators began fighting in pairs, and three died while five were crippled.
• Princess Yong'an bet on a Central Plains winner while Leng Rumei, Xu Zilin, and Zi Yang Daoist wagered on the Eastern Wasteland; Wang Qingshan studied five standout contestants, especially the Red Robe Youth.

Wang Qingshan used his Tier 2 High Grade Puppet Beasts to advance through the Foundation Establishment tournament, while Zhou Yunxiao proved himself a deadly opponent with the saber arts taught to him by the Seven Absolutes Saber Emperor. The ten finalists gathered, and Zhou Yunxiao challenged them to face him as Li Yuan stepped forward to test his saber technique.

• Wang Qingshan defeated a red-skirted young woman with his three Puppet Beasts, and she admitted defeat before they could kill her.
• Han Yuexin drew Wang Qingshan as her opponent but forfeited, urging him to aim for first place without revealing too many methods.
• Zhou Yunxiao killed an opponent with a single strike of Crimson Blade Qi, and Princess Yong'an revealed that the Seven Absolutes Saber Emperor had accepted him as a Disciple-in-Name.
• Wang Qingshan and Zhou Yunxiao advanced through subsequent rounds, with Wang relying on his Puppet Beasts and Sword Control Technique while Zhou Yunxiao killed each opponent with his saber arts.
• At the finals, Zhou Yunxiao refused to draw lots and declared that first place was his, prompting Li Yuan of the Myriad Flowers Palace to challenge him.

Zhou Yunxiao defeated Li Yuan and Liu Yunfei with overwhelming blade techniques, revealing the gravity attribute of his Yellow Blade Qi and drawing his Mystic Treasure Embryo. The chapter ended with Wang Qingshan watching Zhou Yunxiao warily but eagerly considering a challenge.

• Princess Yong'an called for a Third-Order Defensive Formation before Zhou Yunxiao and Li Yuan began their bout.
• Zhou Yunxiao shattered Li Yuan’s Azure Giant Hand with his gravity-infused Yellow Giant Blade, killing her.
• After Zhou Yunxiao challenged the remaining cultivators, Liu Yunfei of the Thousand Machines Sect stepped forward with twenty-two Puppet Beasts.
• Zhou Yunxiao drew his Crimson Long Blade and used Wind Inferno Slash to overwhelm Liu Yunfei’s defenses and kill him.
• Wang Qingshan watched Zhou Yunxiao with growing solemnity and a trace of eagerness to test himself.

Wang Qingshan challenged Zhou Yunxiao after waiting for him to recover his magic power, and the two fought fiercely with Mystic Treasure Embryos and powerful sword and saber techniques. Just as their battle continued, Xu Zilin called for them to stop, arguing that Zhou Yunxiao’s many protective treasures made the fight unfair.

• Wang Qingshan entered the arena and insisted that Zhou Yunxiao recover his magic power before they fought.
• Zhou Yunxiao recovered, then clashed with Wang Qingshan using his flying daggers and Crimson Long Blade against Wang Qingshan’s swords.
• Wang Qingshan revealed the Mystic Moon Demon Slayer Sword and launched Nether Moon Slash and Hundred Swords Unite.
• Zhou Yunxiao blocked Wang Qingshan’s attacks with a Protective Spirit Talisman, a protective dharma artifact, and his saber aura.
• Xu Zilin called for the battle to stop, saying Zhou Yunxiao’s protective treasures made the contest unfair to the Eastern Wasteland Cultivators.

Wang Qingshan and Zhou Yunxiao’s duel was declared a draw, but Zhou Yunxiao refused to accept the result and offered to take three attacks from Wang Qingshan. Wang Qingshan unleashed his sword arts, revealing that he had comprehended Sword Intent and shocking the watching cultivators.

• After Xu Zilin stopped the duel, Princess Yong'an, Leng Rumei, and Zhou Yuxuan debated the result and agreed to declare Wang Qingshan and Zhou Yunxiao evenly matched.
• Zhou Yunxiao rejected the draw, saying that not winning meant losing, and offered to stand still for three of Wang Qingshan’s attacks.
• Princess Yong'an and Leng Rumei encouraged Wang Qingshan to attack, while Zhou Yunxiao gave him a Jade Essence Pill so they could both restore their magical power.
• Once they had recovered, Wang Qingshan unleashed a huge Azure Light Sword, which clashed with Zhou Yunxiao’s Crimson Blade Qi and left both attacks destroyed.
• Wang Qingshan advanced ten steps as azure sword shadows appeared around him and the spectators’ Flying Swords began to tremble; Princess Yong'an and the Core Formation Cultivators realized he had comprehended Sword Intent.

Wang Qingshan revealed his Sword Intent in his duel with Zhou Yunxiao, forcing Zhou to use a protective avatar before conceding. The Carefree Swordmaster, Ye Feng, then offered to take Wang as his disciple, and Wang asked for one night to consider.

• Wang Qingshan combined over a thousand Flying Swords into a powerful Azure Greatsword that shattered Zhou Yunxiao's Crimson Long Blade.
• Zhou Yunxiao's protective Emperor Lord Avatar destroyed the Azure Greatsword, and Zhou conceded the duel after recognizing Wang's Sword Intent.
• Wang Qingshan called the result a draw, while Zhou Yunxiao said he would remember Wang and challenge him again after Wang reached the Core Formation Stage.
• Ye Feng arrived, and Zhou Yunxiao revealed that the Seven Absolutes Saber Emperor was his master.
• Ye Feng introduced himself as the Carefree Swordmaster and offered to accept Wang Qingshan as his disciple.
• Wang Qingshan asked for one night to consider Ye Feng's offer, and Ye Feng agreed.

After defeating Zhou Yunxiao, Wang Qingshan struggled to choose between entering Taiyi Immortal Sect and staying with the Wang Family. He refused Ye Feng’s offer, deciding that protecting his clansmen was essential to his Dao Heart.

• Wang Qingshan accepted only a Core Formation Spiritual Object and a Talisman Treasure after Zhou Yunxiao admitted defeat, then reflected that his family’s weak foundation left them vulnerable.
• Wang Qingshan wrestled with whether to leave the Wang Family for Taiyi Immortal Sect and remembered learning swordsmanship to protect his clansmen.
• Wang Qingshan relived a childhood memory of clansmen being slaughtered and renewed his determination to protect them.
• Wang Qingshan told Ye Feng that he would not enter Taiyi Immortal Sect because abandoning the Wang Family would violate his Dao Heart.

Ye Feng accepted Wang Qingshan as his Disciple-in-Name and guided him before he entered secluded cultivation. Wang Mingren arrived at Peach Mountain seeking help, but with Wang Qingshan in seclusion, he asked the family to secretly investigate wanted criminals.

• Wang Qingshan agreed to become Ye Feng's Disciple-in-Name, and Ye Feng gave him a protective artifact while Martial Uncle Yang gave him a talisman.
• Ye Feng stayed at Green Deer Mountain for seven days to guide Wang Qingshan, then left after urging him to cultivate toward the Core Formation Stage.
• Wang Qingshan returned to Peach Mountain and entered secluded cultivation to build on his insights from fighting Zhou Yunxiao and Ye Feng's guidance.
• Wang Mingren arrived at Peach Mountain and learned that Wang Qingshan was in secluded cultivation and had become Ye Feng's Disciple-in-Name.
• Wang Mingren gave Wang Qingjun more than a dozen wanted notices and ordered him to investigate the criminals secretly and report any information without alerting them.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan hunted Demon Beasts in the Five Dragons Sea Region while searching for the Kui Water True Scripture’s later cultivation method. After they helped the Zhang Family of Azure Carp Island pursue two attackers, Zhang Zhiqin and Zhang Zhiwu caught up with them.

• Wang Changsheng trapped a flock of Black Demon Birds in a formation while Wang Ruyan used her pipa music to kill the birds and their two Rank 3 leaders.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan reflected on their years hunting in the Five Dragons Sea Region and learned that the Sun Moon Palace had destroyed the Townsea Sect, but they found no news about the rest of the Kui Water True Scripture.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan encountered four Core Formation Cultivators, as two pursued a yellow and a red Escape Light.
• A woman identified the pursuers as disciples of the Zhang Family of Azure Carp Island and asked Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan for help.
• Wang Changsheng attacked the yellow Escape Light with his staff while Wang Ruyan sent Wind Blades at the red one, giving Zhang Zhiqin and Zhang Zhiwu time to catch up.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan joined the Azure Carp Duo in fighting a Red-robed Daoist and a Yellow-Skirted Woman. After the Yellow-Skirted Woman sacrificed herself and the Red-robed Daoist fled, Wang Changsheng helped kill him, and Zhang Zhiqin asked the couple who they were.

• Wang Changsheng attacked the Yellow-Skirted Woman while Wang Ruyan and the Azure Carp Duo joined the battle.
• The Red-robed Daoist targeted Wang Ruyan, but she defended herself with the Golden Carp Shield as Wang Changsheng turned his attacks on him.
• The Yellow-Skirted Woman lost an arm, urged her husband to escape, and self-destructed near Zhang Zhiqin and Zhang Zhiwu.
• The Red-robed Daoist tried to flee, but Wang Changsheng emerged unharmed from the flames and joined the others in killing him.
• Wang Ruyan collected the Red-robed Daoist’s belongings, and Zhang Zhiqin asked Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan how to address them.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan negotiated with Zhang Zhiqin over a Spiritual Art before returning to their journey, while Wang Changyue gave birth to Ye Haitang and the Wang Family reviewed its growing population and prosperity. The chapter ended with the clan flourishing under Wang Qingkai’s leadership.

• Wang Changsheng refused to hand over the Red-robed Daoist’s Spiritual Art without compensation, and Wang Ruyan agreed to provide the corpse and a copy of the art in exchange for three Azure Flying Daggers.
• Zhang Zhiqin and Zhang Zhiwu invited Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to visit Azure Carp Island, but the couple left to find suitable islands to rent.
• Wang Changyue gave birth to a daughter, and she and Ye Lin named the baby Ye Haitang.
• Wang Qingkai heard reports that the Wang Family had grown to 1,237 cultivators and nearly 1.88 million mortals, with two mortal children born with Spirit Roots that year.
• The Wang Family Elders reported expanding shops and profitable trade, with the clan earning 178,643 Spirit Stones and spending 134,532.

Wang Qingkai ordered Wang Qingfeng to keep Wang Changyue’s pregnancy and circumstances secret. In the South Sea, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan met Purple Moon Fairy before asking Chen Yilong about renting an island from the Cold Flame Sect.

• Wang Qingfeng asked Wang Qingkai whether Wang Changyue was married, and Wang Qingkai forbade anyone from investigating or gossiping about her.
• Purple Moon Fairy asked Chen Yilong for news of Wang Changsheng and invited him to visit Purple Bamboo Island if he learned where Wang was.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan arrived at Wood Dragon Pavilion and greeted Purple Moon Fairy, Chen Yilong, and Sun Hongyu.
• Purple Moon Fairy invited Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to visit her, and Wang Changsheng politely agreed without growing close to her.
• Wang Changsheng asked Chen Yilong whether the Cold Flame Sect had opened its islands for rental.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan learned about the risks of leasing islands in the South Sea and considered several available islands near the Cold Flame Sect. After Chen Yilong warned Wang Changsheng that Purple Moon Fairy had repeatedly asked about him, the couple debated whether she was a Townsea Sect disciple or had another purpose.

• Chen Yilong explained that the major powers imposed fines, dangerous missions, or confiscation on lineages that upgraded their islands to Third-Order Spirit Veins.
• Sun Hongyu revealed that the Azure Cloud Sect's island had become vacant after the sect was destroyed by an unknown force, possibly Yellow Dragon Island.
• Chen Yilong showed Wang Changsheng several islands available for lease and offered to introduce him to Xu at the Cold Flame Sect.
• Chen Yilong told Wang Changsheng that Purple Moon Fairy had often visited the Wood Dragon Pavilion to ask about his whereabouts and warned him about her admirers.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Ruyan what Chen Yilong had said, and they speculated that Purple Moon Fairy might be a Townsea Sect disciple rather than bait from the Sun Moon Palace.

Wang Changsheng secured a chance to lease Sea Cucumber Island and Giant Crab Island from the Cold Flame Sect by paying a deposit and accepting a hunting task. He chose to pursue an Ice Carp Beast, with Chen Yilong offering guidance on where to find one.

• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Chen Yilong traveled to the Cold Flame Sect’s Affairs Hall to arrange an island rental.
• Xu Yang offered Wang Changsheng a five-hundred-year lease on Sea Cucumber Island and Giant Crab Island, contingent on completing one of three tasks within two years and paying the rent.
• Wang Changsheng paid a fifty-thousand-Spirit-Stone deposit and received a token reserving the two islands while he completed the task.
• Wang Changsheng rejected killing a Core Formation Cultivator from Yellow Dragon Island’s affiliated forces and asked Chen Yilong where to find an Ice Carp Beast or Azure-Eyed Flame Roc.
• Chen Yilong recommended hunting an Ice Carp Beast and offered to guide Wang Changsheng to places where they might appear.

Wang Mingren, Wang Qingling, and Wang Qiuming tracked down the Thousand Faces Scholar, who had murdered Taiyi Immortal Sect disciples, and fought him at his cave. They killed him and prepared to return to Peach Mountain.

• Wang Mingren confronted the disguised Thousand Faces Scholar near his cave and attacked him, but the scholar trapped Wang Mingren in a White Iron Cage.
• Wang Qingling and Wang Qiuming arrived, and Wang Qingling unleashed her spirit beasts while Wang Qiuming summoned puppets to attack the scholar.
• The Thousand Faces Scholar used talismans, a magic cauldron, and a Silver Book to resist the beasts, puppets, and Wang Mingren's attacks.
• Wang Mingren broke free of the cage and joined the battle, and the crocodiles bit the scholar while a Golden Flying Blade severed his head.
• Wang Mingren collected the scholar's head, Wang Qingling took his Storage Pouch, and the three set off for Peach Mountain.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan searched the Coral Sea Region for an Ice Carp Beast and found one being hunted by Taiyi Immortal Sect cultivators. They reunited with Su Bingbing and traded for the beast’s Inner Core, leaving with Han Xu’s promise of friendship and a request to honor their offer of help.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan gave up searching their current sea region and flew southeast to look elsewhere for an Ice Carp Beast.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan found Taiyi Immortal Sect cultivators trapping and attacking an Ice Carp Beast, and Wang Changsheng asked to buy its Inner Core.
• Su Bingbing recognized Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan, introduced them to her master White Jade Lotus, and helped persuade Han Xu to consider a trade.
• Wang Changsheng offered two third grade lower rank Fire Attribute Demon Cores and promised future assistance, and Han Xu agreed to exchange them for the Ice Carp Beast’s Inner Core.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan left after exchanging for the Ice Carp Beast's Inner Core, while Purple Moon Fairy and her great-granduncle discussed their suspicions and the Townsea Sect ruins. In the Eastern Wasteland, Wang Qingqi completed a new pill recipe before being summoned to treat Wang Changhuan, whose Qi of Earth Sha had left him gravely ill.

• Wang Changsheng gave Su Bingbing a Storage Pouch, and he and Wang Ruyan departed with the Ice Carp Beast's Inner Core.
• Purple Moon Fairy told her great-granduncle she doubted Wang Changsheng was a Sun Moon Palace spy, and he warned her to be cautious while they sought the Townsea Sect ruins.
• Wang Qingqi successfully improved a Tier 2 Pill Recipe, bringing the Wang Family's total to four.
• Wang Qingqi hurried to Wang Changhuan's residence after receiving news that his condition had worsened.
• Wang Qingqi gave Wang Changhuan an Azure Radiance Pill to ease his pain, then left Wang Qiuxin to stay with him.

Wang Changhuan died after decades of torment from Qi of Earth Sha, leaving Wang Qiuxin his Artifact Refining notes and a warning for the family. Seven days later, the Wang Family held his funeral, and Wang Changyang took his grandson Wang Qiuyong to the Scripture Pavilion to choose a cultivation method.

• Wang Changhuan gave Wang Qiuxin two books and warned that Qi of Earth Sha’s Killing Intent would increasingly damage cultivators over time.
• Wang Changhuan urged Wang Qiuxin to preserve the family’s Artifact Refining craft, then suffered a fatal attack before Wang Qiuxin could bring Wang Qingqi to his bedside.
• Wang Qingqi found that Wang Changhuan’s heart had shattered despite his Heart-Protecting Jade Pendant, and he and Wang Qiuxin urged the family to arrange the funeral.
• Wang Qingkai held a grand funeral for Wang Changhuan seven days later, leaving Wang Changqing and Wang Changyue as the only Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Chang generation.
• Wang Changyang brought Wang Qiuyong into the Scripture Pavilion, where Wang Qiuyong chose the Earth Attribute Raging Sand Skill.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan returned to the Eastern Wasteland after securing a five-hundred-year lease on two South Sea islands, where they planned to establish a new Wang Family territory. Wang Changsheng organized the migration, persuaded Ye Lin to help develop the islands, and prepared to add newly acquired cultivation methods to the family’s Scripture Pavilion.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan returned to Azure Lotus Estate, learned of Wang Changhuan’s death, and paid their respects at his mourning hall.
• Wang Qingkai told Wang Changsheng that Wang Qingshan had become a Disciple-in-Name of a Nascent Soul Cultivator and that Wang Mingren had gone to the Demon Subduing Kingdom to capture Heretical Cultivators.
• Wang Changsheng instructed Wang Qingjun to select ten Foundation Establishment cultivators and forty Qi Refining cultivators to settle the South Sea islands, including Twenty-first Aunt.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan visited Wang Changyue and Ye Lin, met their daughter Ye Haitang, and asked Ye Lin to help develop the islands with formations and a Medium Teleportation Array.
• Wang Changyue persuaded Ye Lin to join the South Sea expedition, and Wang Changsheng later prepared to place three Mystic Grade Cultivation Methods and a sword-type Spiritual Art in the Scripture Pavilion.