Chapter Summaries

At Wang Qingshan’s Core Formation celebration, Song Fei and Sun Lei arrived to confront him over the Wang Family’s destruction of three Purple Cloud Pavilion affiliates. The Zhang Family of Azure Carp Island brokered a friendly match, and Wang Qingshan began fighting Sun Lei as the chapter ended.

• Ye Lin warned Wang Qiuhong that two Core Formation Cultivators were approaching Red Lotus Island, and Wang Qingshan flew out to meet them.
• Song Fei accused Wang Qingshan of destroying three families affiliated with Purple Cloud Pavilion, and he argued that they had attacked the Wang Family first.
• Two Zhang Family cultivators arrived on Azure Carp, and the red-skirted young woman proposed a match between Wang Qingshan and Sun Lei to settle the dispute.
• Sun Lei attacked Wang Qingshan with a Purple Long Spear and a Purple Command Flag that summoned more than a hundred Purple Fireballs.
• Wang Qingshan used Hundred Swords Unite to shatter Sun Lei’s Purple Fireballs while holding back the Purple Giant Serpent.

Wang Qingshan defeated Sun Lei in a spar, forcing him and Song Fei to retreat. After inviting Zhang Zhiyang and Zhang Zhijun to Red Lotus Island, he learned the Zhang Family required him to complete a Test of Allegiance if he wanted to remain on their islands.

• Wang Qingshan used his Azure Rainbow Sword and Hundred Swords Unite to overwhelm Sun Lei, while Song Fei intervened to protect her husband.
• The red-skirted young woman ruled that Song Fei's interference meant Sun Lei had lost, and the couple left.
• Wang Qingshan introduced himself to Zhang Zhiyang and Zhang Zhijun under the false name Wang Fengnian and invited them to Red Lotus Island.
• During their conversation, Zhang Zhiyang told Wang Qingshan that island renters had to complete a Test of Allegiance or leave all islands controlled by the Zhang Family.

Wang Qingshan agreed to complete the Zhang Family’s missions within ten years, while Wang Qingling examined a Silver Spirit Egg and helped Wang Qingjun understand his Fire Lizard Beasts’ behavior. In the Eastern Wasteland, Li Haifeng invited neighboring sects and families to join the Yellow Saint Palace in developing the South Sea, leaving them to consider his proposal.

• Zhang Zhiyang told Wang Qingshan that he had ten years to accept the Zhang Family’s missions before the Wang Family could receive its protection, and Wang Qingshan accepted the arrangement.
• Wang Qingshan told Wang Qiuhong about the agreement, and Wang Qiuhong instructed the clansmen to avoid trouble and focus on cultivation and family development.
• Wang Qingling examined the Silver Spirit Egg, which the Wang Family planned to raise as Red Lotus Island’s Guardian Spirit Bird.
• Wang Qingling discovered that Wang Qingjun’s two restless Fire Lizard Beasts were both male and had reached breeding age, so she accompanied him to Azure Carp Market to find a female.
• At his Nascent Soul Ceremony, Li Haifeng invited neighboring sects and families to develop the South Sea with the Yellow Saint Palace and asked them to discuss the offer with their people.

Wang Qingqing reported the Three Immortals Alliance’s offer to the Wang Family, which agreed to pursue a place in the alliance despite lacking an available Core Formation Cultivator. Wang Tianwen then set out for the Central Plains to seek the continuation of his cultivation method, while Wang Qiuli continued managing the Hundred Weapons Pavilion in the South Sea.

• Wang Qingqing learned that joining Li Haifeng’s Three Immortals Alliance required a Core Formation Cultivator and promised to report the offer to the Wang Family.
• Wang Qingkai authorized Wang Qingqing to handle the alliance matter, and she planned to secure a place for the family while Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan were unavailable.
• Wang Tianwen told Wang Qingkai that he intended to travel to the Central Plains to overcome a cultivation bottleneck and seek the continuation of the Grand Righteousness Art.
• Wang Qingkai gave Wang Tianwen travel funds and advised him to take Tier 2 Puppet Beasts and stay cautious.
• Wang Tianwen departed Azure Lotus Estate on an Azure Scale Horse and headed toward the Central Plains.
• Wang Qiuli bought Demon Beast Materials from Cheng Zhenyu and Zheng Nan at the Hundred Weapons Pavilion in Azure Carp Market.

Wang Mingren ended his relationship with Ximen Feng after admitting he had married Chen Xiang'er, leaving her devastated. Seven years later, Wang Changsheng emerged from twelve years of seclusion stronger, and Tian Jiong postponed their Townsea Sect ruins expedition by twenty years while warning him to conceal his identity.

• Wang Mingren told Ximen Feng he had married his senior sister Chen Xiang'er and would not continue their relationship.
• Ximen Feng rejected Wang Mingren and ordered him to leave, then collapsed in grief after he flew away.
• Wang Changsheng emerged from seclusion at the Core Formation Fifth Layer and contacted Purple Moon Fairy about Tian Jiong.
• Wang Changsheng met the recovering Tian Jiong, who delayed their exploration of the Townsea Sect ruins until twenty years later.
• Tian Jiong warned Wang Changsheng to hide his identity, avoid the Sun Moon Palace, and carry the Spirit Transformation Pearl when traveling.

Wang Changsheng learned that Wang Qingshan had entered the Core Formation Stage and reunited with him on Red Lotus Island. As Wang Qingshan prepared to undertake the Zhang Family’s Test of Allegiance, Wang Changsheng left for the Coral Sea Region to join the Three Immortals Alliance.

• Wang Changsheng promised Tian Jiong he would stay cautious, while Tian Jiong and Purple Moon Fairy discussed borrowing his Golden Jade Buddha Amulet and retrieving the Townsea Sect’s treasures.
• Wang Qingshan successfully cultivated the Fire Flame Sword and learned from Wang Qiuhong that Wang Changsheng had emerged from seclusion.
• Wang Changsheng congratulated Wang Qingshan on entering the Core Formation Stage and asked when he would complete the Zhang Family’s Test of Allegiance.
• Wang Qingshan decided to go to the Zhang Family immediately, confident that he had mastered the Fire Flame Sword and could rely on Wang Changsheng’s help.
• Wang Changsheng left Red Lotus Island in Wang Qingshan’s care and headed to the Coral Sea Region, instructing him to keep the Red Lotus Island and Sea Cucumber Island families separate.

Wang Changsheng returned to Sea Cucumber Island, supplied the Wang Family with Foundation Establishment Pills, and went to meet Li Haifeng on Three Immortals Island. Meanwhile, Wang Mingren advanced to the Core Formation Second Layer and found that Chen Xiang'er had formed her Core but seemed troubled.

• Wang Changsheng left Red Lotus Island and returned to Sea Cucumber Island, where Wang Qingqing and Wang Qiuling discussed the family’s finances and shortage of Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Qiuling ten Foundation Establishment Pills and instructed her to train capable cultivators rather than increase their numbers indiscriminately.
• Wang Qingqing told Wang Changsheng that Li Haifeng wanted him to visit Three Immortals Island, and Wang Changsheng postponed the Wang Family’s demon-beast hunt before setting out.
• Wang Mingren emerged from seven years of seclusion after advancing to the Core Formation Second Layer.
• Wang Mingren found Chen Xiang'er had formed her Core, but noticed she looked troubled.

Chen Xiang'er confronted Wang Mingren over his secret trip to the Northern Frontier to see Ximen Feng and threatened to use her authority against Ximen Feng. Meanwhile, Li Haifeng tasked Wang Changsheng with finding Huang Fugui for the Sun Moon Palace, while Wang Changsheng resolved to conceal Huang Fugui's whereabouts.

• Chen Xiang'er accused Wang Mingren of meeting Ximen Feng while she was in seclusion and reminded him that her grandfather had helped him advance.
• Wang Mingren admitted he had visited the Northern Frontier to end things with Ximen Feng, but Chen Xiang'er doubted him and threatened Ximen Feng with her Inner Hall authority.
• Wang Mingren warned Chen Xiang'er that his patience had limits and left as she vowed that nobody else would get what she could not have.
• Li Haifeng told Wang Changsheng that the Sun Moon Palace had placed a five-million-Spirit-Stone bounty on Huang Fugui and ordered him to investigate Huang Fugui's whereabouts.
• Wang Changsheng agreed to report any information but decided he would protect Huang Fugui, fearing the Sun Moon Palace could trace the Turtle Scale Art back to him.

Wang Changsheng learned that Cheng Zhenyu was offering information about Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire in exchange for a Core Formation Spiritual Object. The fire lay in the dangerous Myriad Ghosts Sea Region, guarded by a Ghost King, and Wang Changsheng demanded proof before the Wang Family committed to the deal.

• Wang Changsheng left Sea Cucumber Island for the Red Moon Sea Region after instructing Wang Qiuling to manage the clan and promising to focus on Wang Qingqing's cultivation.
• Wang Qiuhong told Wang Changsheng that Cheng Zhenyu wanted a Core Formation Spiritual Object in exchange for information about Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire.
• Wang Changsheng secretly guided Wang Qiuhong through negotiations with Cheng Zhenyu and agreed to meet his demand while asking for the fire's location and a Terrain Map.
• Cheng Zhenyu revealed that the fire was in an Earth Fire Pool in the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region, where a Ghost King guarded it.
• Wang Changsheng questioned Cheng Zhenyu's claim and asked how the Wang Family could verify it.

Wang Changsheng agreed to give Cheng Zhenyu a Core Formation Spiritual Object in exchange for the locations of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire and the Thunder Apricot Spirit Tree. After hearing about the Zhang Family’s demands on the Wang Family, Wang Changsheng prepared to travel to the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region with Ye Lin, while Wang Qingshan stayed behind to cultivate and guard Red Lotus Island.

• Cheng Zhenyu offered the locations of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire and the Thunder Apricot Spirit Tree in exchange for a Core Formation Spiritual Object, and Wang Changsheng accepted the terms.
• Wang Qingshan told Wang Changsheng that the Zhang Family required him to complete one of three dangerous tasks within ten years or leave its territory.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Qingshan about Cheng Zhenyu’s information and refused his offer to join the expedition, assigning him to stay and cultivate.
• Wang Changsheng told Ye Lin about the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region, and Ye Lin agreed to accompany him and help break the island’s Restriction.
• Wang Changsheng gave Ye Lin four Third Grade Defense Talismans and promised him a Mystic Treasure Embryo for defense.

Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin traveled into the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region to find the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, fighting Ghosts and collecting useful resources along the way. They reached the island where the fire was hidden and waited as Ghosts attacked.

• Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin entered the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region and followed Cheng Zhenyu's map through the ghost mist.
• Wang Changsheng used the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada to devour attacking Bone Corpses and other Ghosts as they traveled.
• Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin reached the island that emerged after the tide receded, where a ghost king guarded the Underground Cave containing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire.
• Wang Changsheng collected the corpses of Gold Star Ladybugs and recognized them as valuable food for his Gold Devouring Ants.
• Wang Changsheng used the Thousand Souls Banner to collect the Ghosts that attacked while he and Ye Lin waited.

Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin found a Ghost King guarding the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire inside a cave on a submerged island. After defeating it, Wang Changsheng collected the Mystic Nether Black Lotus Fire, leaving with a new spiritual fire for his artifact refining.

• Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin found a cave on the island, and Wang Changsheng concealed the island with a formation after his Gold Devouring Ants disappeared inside.
• Wang Changsheng entered the cave with Ye Lin and encountered a Black Fiend Ghost King beside a pool of black flames.
• Wang Changsheng weakened and pinned the Black Fiend with his treasures and spells, then let the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada devour it.
• Ye Lin identified the flames as the Mystic Nether Black Lotus Fire, ranked ninety-fifth on the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire Ranking.
• Wang Changsheng used the Nine-Serpent Cauldron to collect the Mystic Nether Black Lotus Fire.

Wang Changsheng left the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region to refine the Mystic Nether Black Lotus Fire into his own power and began crafting a Mountain-Sea Pearl. Meanwhile, Wang Tianwen arrived at Yingtian Academy to take its entrance assessment, hoping to find a Confucian cultivation art that would let him advance further.

• Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin left the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region for Mystic Hawk Market so he could refine his Lifebound Treasure before seeking the Thunder Apricot Spirit Tree.
• Wang Changsheng used his Blue Core Fire and Blue Lightning to subdue the Mystic Nether Black Lotus Fire, which became a Black Firebird.
• Wang Changsheng began refining a Mountain-Sea Pearl with Evening Spirit Crystal, Primordial Heavy Water, and other rare materials.
• Wang Tianwen climbed Yellow Mountain with other candidates to take Yingtian Academy's entrance assessment.
• Wang Tianwen sought admission to Yingtian Academy to find a cultivation art that followed the Grand Righteousness Art, or another Confucian art that could take him to a higher realm.

Wang Tianwen passed Yingtian Academy’s arduous entrance examination and chose to become an Upper Academy Disciple. After settling into the academy, he wondered how his family was faring in the Eastern Wasteland and resolved to return once he found a Confucian Cultivation Art that could reach higher realms.

• Wang Tianwen climbed the seemingly endless Bluestone Stairs without using magical power while other candidates vanished after rushing ahead or taking shortcuts.
• Wang Tianwen resisted illusions of beautiful women, King Luyang, and his family in danger, then recognized an apparent encounter with Wang Qingshan as a false barrier and kept walking.
• Wang Tianwen reached Yingtian Hall, learned about the academy’s two disciple ranks, and chose to become an Upper Academy Disciple with three other candidates.
• A blue-robed man questioned the candidates with a Spirit Probe Disk, recorded their backgrounds, gave them tokens, and warned them to memorize the academy’s 108 Precepts.
• Wang Tianwen moved into a courtyard with Liu Xian and the Golden Shirt Youth, then resolved to return to the Eastern Wasteland after finding a suitable Confucian Cultivation Art.

Wang Ruyan cultivated the Heavenly Sound Sea-Turning Art to the Seventh Layer and set out for the South Sea to aid the Wang Family. Wang Changsheng refined his Mountain-Sea Pearl and traveled with Ye Lin to the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region, where they found others fighting over the Thunder Apricot Spirit Tree.

• Wang Ruyan reached the Seventh Layer of the Heavenly Sound Sea-Turning Art, learned of the Wang Family's losses at Sea Cucumber Island, and decided to travel to the South Sea with ten clansmen.
• Wang Ruyan asked Wang Qingkai to bring a copy of the Glazed Golden Body, then departed three days later.
• Wang Changsheng finished refining the Mountain-Sea Pearl and met Ye Lin at the Mystic Hawk Market exit.
• Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin traveled through the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region, avoiding hidden Restrictions that Ye Lin detected.
• Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin reached an island where cultivators battled over the Thunder Apricot Spirit Tree, and a Tier 3 High-Grade Demon Python swallowed three Core Formation Cultivators.

Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin confronted the injured Ghost Devouring Thunder Python on the island and killed it after a fierce battle. They collected its corpse and Essence Soul, found an unfamiliar Azure Tripod inside it, and left with the Thunder Apricot Spirit Tree still behind.

• Wang Changsheng set up a Formation around the island, and he and Ye Lin used Puppet Beasts to navigate its hidden Restrictions.
• Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin found the wounded Ghost Devouring Thunder Python coiled around the Thunder Apricot Spirit Tree, which held three remaining fruits.
• Wang Changsheng attacked the Python with his Mountain-Sea Pearl, while the beast used Thunder Escape and lightning attacks to counter him and Ye Lin.
• Wang Changsheng restrained the Python with water ropes and golden rosy clouds, then crushed it with the Mountain-Sea Pearl.
• Wang Changsheng collected the Python's Essence Soul and corpse, discovered an Azure Tripod inside it, and flew away with Ye Lin.

Wang Changsheng escaped a Nascent Soul Realm ghost and later discovered an extraordinary Azure Tripod containing Glass Bamboo. The chapter leaves him and Ye Lin wondering whether the tripod changed the bamboo.

• A Black Ghost Face pursued several cultivators, and Wang Changsheng struck at a yellow escape light to slow it down before recognizing Huang Fugui's voice.
• Huang Fugui used a Seven-Colored Talisman to escape, while the Black Ghost Face retreated after its attack on the island was destroyed by golden lightning.
• Wang Qiuhong told Cheng Zhenyu that the Wang Family would escort him to the Azure Carp Market to receive the promised Core Formation Spiritual Object.
• Wang Changsheng opened the Azure Tripod and found a section of Glass Bamboo inside.
• Ye Lin judged the bamboo to be over five thousand years old despite its small diameter, and he suspected the Azure Tripod had affected it.

Wang Changsheng discovered that the Azure Lotus Cauldron was an ancient treasure and began testing it while preparing Glass Bamboo for a flying sword for Wang Qingshan. Meanwhile, Yellow Dragon True Person decided Yellow Dragon Island should keep the Nine Serenities Celestial Illusion Codex secret and spread it far from the South Sea.

• Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin identified the cauldron’s Ancient Script name as Azure Lotus, and Wang Changsheng planned to test its ability to cultivate materials.
• Ye Lin left to return to Wang Changyue, and Wang Changsheng counted the dead cultivators’ possessions and selected four Magic Treasures for himself.
• Wang Changsheng placed Blue Ore in the Azure Lotus Cauldron and began refining the Glass Bamboo into a Natal Flying Sword for Wang Qingshan.
• Yellow Dragon True Person learned that Ye Lin’s connection to the Nine Serenities Sect was genuine and warned that the sect was too powerful to provoke.
• Yellow Dragon True Person rejected spreading the Nine Serenities Celestial Illusion Codex widely, choosing instead to send it to distant seas and preserve it as a trump card.
• Yellow Dragon True Person prepared to attend Zhang Wuchen’s Birthday Celebration and left Yellow Dragon Island’s affairs to two Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Wang Ruyan arrived at Sea Cucumber Island with elite cultivators and learned of the family’s losses and Zhao Zheng’s death, while the Wang Family strengthened its South Sea operations and held a clan tournament. The chapter left the tournament underway as a young woman’s Sea Lizard Beasts fought a youth’s Ape Puppet Beast.

• Wang Qingqing told Wang Qiuling that Sea Cucumber Island needed more Foundation Establishment Cultivators after the family lost two Foundation Establishment and five Qi Refining cultivators.
• Wang Ruyan arrived with ten cultivators, including Wang Changqing, Zhao Ziyu, and Wang Qiujie; Zhao Ziyu said he wanted to avenge his father, and Wang Qiujie described the family’s new Puppet Array.
• Wang Ruyan told Wang Qingqing to contact Tianqi so he could inform her father that she had left seclusion, and promised to avenge Zhao Zheng when the chance arose.
• Wang Qiuli gave Cheng Zhenyu a Core Formation Spiritual Object and twenty thousand extra Spirit Stones in exchange for his consideration of the Wang Family in future transactions and discretion about their dealings.
• Wang Qingjun presided over the family’s clan tournament while Wang Qingling secluded herself to seek a breakthrough.
• An Azure Skirt Woman sent two Sea Lizard Beasts against a blue-robed youth, who fought back with an Ape Puppet Beast and a golden Wolf Tooth Mace.

After the clan competition, Wang Changsheng discovered that the Azure Lotus Cauldron could purify refining materials and gave Wang Qingshan a newly made Azure Glass Sword. He stayed to guard Red Lotus Island while Wang Qingshan prepared to attend Zhang Wuchen’s birthday celebration, and began refining another Mountain-Sea Pearl.

• Wang Qingjun announced Wang Tianwei as the clan competition’s first-place winner and awarded prizes to the participants.
• Wang Changsheng finished refining the Azure Glass Sword for Wang Qingshan, then discovered that the Azure Lotus Cauldron had purified a piece of Blue Tide Stone.
• Wang Changsheng learned that Wang Ruyan had emerged from seclusion and was on Sea Cucumber Island, but agreed to remain at Red Lotus Island while Wang Qingshan attended Zhang Wuchen’s birthday celebration.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Qingshan the Azure Glass Sword as his lifebound treasure and asked him to help Wang Qingqi reach Core Formation.
• After Wang Qingshan left, Wang Changsheng prepared to refine a second Mountain-Sea Pearl.