Chapter Summaries

Wang Qingling discovered that the Spirit Devouring Python’s illness came from Blood Crab Insects and identified the golden stone it had swallowed as valuable Jin Lang Stone. She brought the stone to Wang Changsheng, who recognized its potential for refining a Puppet Beast core.

• Wang Qingling explained that Blood Crab Insects had likely entered the Spirit Devouring Python when it ate seaweed-eating Demon Beasts, and advised Liu Jianghe to treat it with Azure Serpent Spirit Wine and more meat.
• Liu Jianghe paid Wang Qingling three hundred Spirit Stones and left with the Spirit Devouring Python, while Wang Qingling told Wang Tianrui to destroy the Blood Crab Insects with fire.
• Wang Qingling tested the golden stone and recognized it as Jin Lang Stone, a rare material worth more than 500,000 Spirit Stones that could repair itself after damage.
• Wang Qingling realized that the Spirit Devouring Python might have found Jin Lang Stone in its feeding grounds and went to meet Wang Changsheng after learning he had arrived.
• Wang Qingling gave Wang Changsheng the Jin Lang Stone, and he recognized that it could be used to refine the core of a high-order Puppet Beast.

Wang Changsheng took Wang Qingling to search the seabed for Jin Lang Stone, relying on her knowledge of spirit insects to locate a Jin Lang Sea Silkworm feeding ground. They found six pieces of Jin Lang Stone and continued searching the area.

• Wang Qingling told Wang Changsheng how she obtained Jin Lang Stone and suggested more could be found in the Spirit Devouring Python's feeding grounds.
• Wang Changsheng asked Wang Qiuli to gather materials, then took Wang Qingling to a sea area rich in Green Yang Algae.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Qingling descended ten thousand zhang beneath the sea and searched near a Coral Reef after Wang Qingling identified signs of Jin Lang Sea Silkworms.
• Wang Changsheng stirred up the seabed with three Mountain-Sea Pearls, causing a Jin Lang Sea Silkworm to flee and exposing a sandpit.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Qingling found six pieces of Jin Lang Stone in the sandpit, then continued searching nearby.

Wang Changsheng traded a Core Formation Spiritual Object for Cheng Zhenyu’s Third Order Concentric Worm and Crimson Flame Bamboo. On Silver Serpent Island, Ye Haitang completed the formation for a new spirit land, while Ye Lin urged her to strengthen her skills before his remaining time ran out.

• Wang Qiuli offered Cheng Zhenyu 200,000 Spirit Stones for his Third Order Concentric Worm, but Cheng Zhenyu requested a Core Formation Spiritual Object in exchange for the worm and his Crimson Flame Bamboo.
• Wang Changsheng agreed to Cheng Zhenyu’s terms and gave him a Core Formation Spiritual Object, then took the worm and bamboo.
• Wang Changsheng praised Wang Qiuli’s handling of the deal and left with Wang Qingling for Silver Serpent Island.
• Ye Haitang completed a formation using the Spirit Eye Spring as the foundation for one of the lineage’s new spirit lands.
• Ye Lin criticized Ye Haitang’s slow progress and urged her to study Formations diligently, warning that he had little time left.

Wang Changsheng reunited with Wang Qingqing and promised to help her seek justice for Zhao Zheng, while Wang Changyue and Ye Lin prepared to return to the Eastern Wasteland for their final days. Before they left, Ye Lin revealed his origins to Ye Haitang and Ye Yutong and urged them not to pursue revenge.

• Wang Ruyan urged Wang Qingqing to wait before seeking revenge for Zhao Zheng, and Wang Qingqing vowed to avenge him herself when she was strong enough.
• Wang Changsheng returned and promised Wang Qingqing that the family would help her, then agreed to teach her Artifact Refining.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingqing, and Wang Qiuhong shared a meal with Wang Changyue and Ye Lin as the couple announced they would return to the Eastern Wasteland for their final days.
• Wang Changyue asked Wang Ruyan and Wang Changsheng to look after Ye Haitang, while Ye Yutong agreed to accompany his parents home.
• Ye Lin revealed to Ye Haitang and Ye Yutong that he had come from the Nine Serenities Sect after losing a power struggle, and told them not to seek revenge.

Ye Lin warned Ye Haitang against seeking revenge on the Nine Serenities Sect and left the South Sea with Wang Changyue, while Wang Qingkai confronted his spoiled son Wang Qiuhua over damaging the Wang Family’s reputation. The chapter ended with Wang Qiuhua dismissing his father’s anger and insisting he could still become Family Head.

• Ye Lin explained Shangguan Wei’s illusion techniques and warned Ye Haitang not to seek revenge on the Nine Serenities Sect, and Ye Haitang agreed to obey him.
• Wang Changyue told Ye Haitang and Ye Yutong to prepare to leave for the Eastern Wasteland, and Ye Lin asked Wang Changsheng to watch over Haitang.
• Wang Changsheng helped Ye Lin set up a Formation, then saw Ye Lin and Wang Changyue off toward the Eastern Wasteland.
• Wang Changsheng taught Wang Qingqing to refine magic treasures, Wang Ruyan secluded herself to heal, and Wang Qingling began preparing for Core Formation.
• Wang Qingkai berated Wang Qiuhua for using threats and inducements to break a woman’s engagement and damage the Wang Family’s reputation.
• Wang Qiuhua defended his conduct by comparing his concubines with Wang Qingkai’s and claiming he could still succeed him as Family Head.

Wang Qingkai ordered Wang Qiuhua confined and began choosing a successor as Family Head, while the chapter described the Wang Family’s expanding operations and Wang Qingzhi’s work cultivating Spirit Grain. It ended when Youshan hurried into the Affairs Hall with an urgent matter for Wang Qiushi.

• Wang Qingkai ordered Wang Qiuhua to report to the Law Enforcement Hall for confinement, canceled his marriage, and summoned the Clan Elders to choose the next Family Head.
• The Clan Elders argued over candidates for a day, so Wang Qingkai selected three names to submit to Wang Changsheng for the final decision.
• Wang Qingzhi tended the mature Spirit Grain and continued his studies of cultivation and planting after devoting himself to his family and his craft.
• The chapter described the Wang Family’s businesses, Spirit Beasts, resource system, and Affairs Hall, where Wang Qiushi managed cultivation-resource distributions.
• Youshan hurried into the Affairs Hall, and Wang Qiushi asked her what had happened.

Wang Youshan prepared a Wang Family supply caravan for Yu Country, while Wang Youyun learned that the Heretical Cultivators who had attacked clan members were connected to the Wei Family. She sent word to Wang Qiuming to decide how to proceed.

• Wang Youshan presented Wang Qiushi with the approved token and collected Cultivation Resources worth over one hundred thousand Spirit Stones for a trip to Yu Country.
• Wang Youshan led thirty clan members out of Azure Lotus Estate to sell supplies amid locust plagues in Yu Country and neighboring lands.
• Wang Youyun urged Wang Mengfen to balance brewing Spirit Wine with cultivation and told him the Wang Family had not yet captured the Heretical Cultivators.
• Wang Menglang reported that a Rogue Cultivator had identified the Heretical Cultivators as members of the Wei Family, an affiliate of White Lotus Monastery.
• Wang Youyun ordered someone to notify Wang Qiuming so he could decide how to handle the Wei Family suspects.

Wang Qiuming used gifts and a diplomatic message to alert Ye Rushe that the Wei Family had killed Wang Family disciples, leaving the White Lotus Monastery to resolve the dispute. The Wei Family punished those responsible and compensated the Wang Family, quietly preventing the conflict from escalating.

• Wang Qiuming gave Ye Rushe five taels of Silver Essence and invited her to Wang Qingshan's future Core Formation Ceremony without mentioning the killings.
• Ye Rushe learned that Wei Family disciples might have killed Wang Family members and ordered Liu Xue to investigate and handle the matter discreetly.
• At Ye Rushe's birthday celebration, Wang Qiuming presented her with Deep Sea Cold Iron in Wang Changsheng's name, signaling the Wang Family's expectations.
• Liu Xue discovered that Wei Family cultivators had killed Wang Family disciples during a dispute over Demon Beast corpses.
• The Wei Family Head executed the culprits publicly and transferred two Yunmeng Market shops to the Wang Family, which then canceled its reward and let the dispute fade.

The chapter outlined the Wang Family’s forces, duties, and notable figures across the Eastern Wasteland, South Sea, and Central Plains. The Lineage had more than fifteen hundred Cultivators, excluding clansmen in the Red Moon Sea Region.

• The Wang Family maintained the Azure Lotus Estate in the Wei Kingdom and Peach Mountain in the Demon Subduing Kingdom, with Wang Qingkai overseeing the estate and other clansmen handling household affairs, escorts, and law enforcement.
• In the South Sea, the family operated Sea Cucumber Island and Silver Serpent Island, where Wang Tianqi oversaw intelligence and clansmen managed stewardship, hunting, trade, alchemy, puppet beasts, arrays, and artifact refinement.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan were stationed at Silver Serpent Island alongside Wang Qingling, Wang Qingjun, Wang Qingqi, and Ye Haitang.
• Wang Tianwen traveled in the Central Plains while working at the Myriad Immortals Bureau established by the Great Yan Dynasty.
• The Lineage had more than fifteen hundred Cultivators, not counting clansmen in the Red Moon Sea Region.

Wang Changsheng sent Wang Qingqing back to Sea Cucumber Island, then sheltered Purple Moon Fairy after she returned from the Townsea Sect ruins under suspicion of being hunted by the Sun Moon Palace. Purple Moon Fairy agreed to stay on Silver Serpent Island as an enshrined cultivator, while Wang Ruyan proposed that Wang Changsheng marry her.

• Wang Changsheng sent Wang Qingqing back to Sea Cucumber Island to focus on cultivation and oversee the island.
• Purple Moon Fairy arrived at Silver Serpent Island and told Wang Changsheng that she had been attacked after returning from the Townsea Sect ruins and feared her identity had been exposed.
• Wang Changsheng learned that Tian Jiong had died and discussed with Purple Moon Fairy who might be pursuing her; she suspected the Sun Moon Palace.
• Wang Changsheng told Purple Moon Fairy that the Townsea Sect's Great Elder had hidden its wealth in the ruins and asked whether she wanted to rebuild the sect, but she chose to focus on reaching the Nascent Soul Realm and avenging her great-granduncle.
• Purple Moon Fairy agreed to stay on Silver Serpent Island as a Wang Family enshrined cultivator and teach Artifact Refining and Puppet Beast crafting.
• Wang Ruyan revealed that she had advanced to Core Formation Layer 4 and seriously suggested that Wang Changsheng marry Purple Moon Fairy.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan began cultivating a Secret Art together, while Wang Mingren learned that Chen Xiang'er was leaving Fire Crow Market on assignment. In the Central Plains, Wang Tianwen and a Myriad Immortals Bureau team approached a valley to hunt Heretical Cultivators, where armored Jiangshi suddenly emerged.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan activated the formation with the Azure Tide Moonstone and began cultivating the Secret Art as their auras merged.
• Chen Xiang'er told Wang Mingren she was being transferred to support the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s Northern Frontier operations against the Nine Serenities Sect.
• Chen Xiang'er departed Fire Crow Market with a group of disciples the next day, and Wang Mingren saw her off.
• Wang Tianwen joined six other cultivators from the Myriad Immortals Bureau to investigate Heretical Cultivators in the Cloud Ridge Mountains.
• The Red-Robed Elder led a party into the hidden valley, where the mist churned and more than a dozen armored Jiangshi burst from the ground.

Wang Tianwen and his companions defeated the Heretical Cultivators and Jiangshi in the valley, then discovered an Eight Horses Painting by Lu Xi, the Nascent Soul Painting Sage. The Red-Robed Elder explained Lu Xi’s history and gave the painting to the Confucian Cultivators before the group burned the bone-filled cave and left to report.

• Wang Tianwen used his Golden Armor Guardian and Confucian artifacts to hold off and destroy the Jiangshi while his companions fought the Heretical Cultivators.
• Wang Tianwen killed two Foundation Establishment Heretical Cultivators, and the Red-Robed Elder eliminated several others as they fled the broken formation.
• Wang Tianwen searched the fallen Heretical Cultivators and collected their corpses for Myriad Immortals Bureau Contribution Points.
• The Red-Robed Elder found an Eight Horses Painting signed by Lu Xi and explained that Lu Xi was a Nascent Soul Cultivator known as the Painting Sage.
• The Red-Robed Elder gave the painting to Wang Tianwen, Daoist Li, and Daoist Sun, and the group burned the cave’s bones before leaving to report.

After reaching Core Formation Layer 3, Wang Qingshan learned that Wang Qingqing had also reached the Core Formation Stage and decided to attend the Ten Thousand Swords Sect Sword Tournament. He left Sea Cucumber Island in Wang Qingqing’s care while Wang Qiuling arranged for the Lineage to nurture more Foundation Establishment Cultivators toward Core Formation.

• Wang Qingshan broke through to Core Formation Layer 3 and learned from Wang Qiuling that Wang Qingqing had successfully reached the Core Formation Stage.
• Wang Tianqi told Wang Qingshan about the Sword Tournament, its rewards, and its role in tempering Flying Swords toward Sword Pellets.
• Wang Qingshan decided to participate in the tournament a year later and accepted a set of Flying Swords from Wang Qingqing.
• Wang Qingshan left Sea Cucumber Island, entrusting it to Wang Qingqing, who returned to secluded cultivation.
• Wang Qiuling told Wang Changqing and Wang Qiuyan that the Lineage would support their attempts at Core Formation once they reached the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment.

Wang Qiuhong reviewed the Wang Family’s growing population, finances, and plans to train cultivators while keeping its Clan Tournament private. Wang Qiuli negotiated a bulk-purchase deal with the Eight Directions Trading Company, which asked the family to help track down a Core Formation Heretical Cultivator who had robbed its cargo.

• A clan elder reported that the Wang Family controlled Silver Serpent Island and eleven surrounding islands, with more than five hundred cultivators and over six hundred thousand mortals.
• The elder described the family’s income and expenses, noting that raw materials for Puppet Beasts accounted for half of its costs and that it had lost many people during a hunt.
• Wang Qiuhong said Wang Qiuli was negotiating with the Eight Directions Trading Company to lower raw-material prices, and he ordered that outsiders not be invited to the upcoming Clan Tournament.
• At Azure Carp Market, Wang Qiuli offered to pay one Spirit Stone more than her proposed price, but the Eight Directions Tower’s Lady Li demanded an annual supply of Puppet Beasts and help with another matter.
• Lady Li told Wang Qiuli that a Core Formation Heretical Cultivator had robbed the company’s cargo and asked the Wang Family to find the group and report its whereabouts.

Wang Qiuli learned that Lu Gang had robbed a valuable shipment and that both the Eight Directions Trading Company and the Zhang Family were searching for him. Meanwhile, Ye Yutong toured the Azure Lotus Estate with Wang Qingzhi, while imprisoned Wang Qiuhua bitterly blamed the clan rules for his punishment.

• Wang Qiuli agreed to help the Eight Directions Trading Company find Lu Gang after learning he had stolen a shipment from the Demon Race and killed Elder Song.
• A Zhang Family representative asked Wang Qiuli to search for Lu Gang and his companions, offering at least one Core Formation Spiritual Object as a reward.
• Wang Qiuli realized the Zhang Family was also pursuing Lu Gang and decided to tell Ninth Granduncle about the matter.
• Wang Changyue asked Wang Qingzhi to teach Ye Yutong about planting, and Wang Qingzhi took his cousin around the Azure Lotus Estate.
• Wang Qiuhua pleaded to be released from the Tribunal Hall, but a guard refused and warned him to behave or face lashes.
• Wang Qiuhua resented the clan rules and insisted that the broken engagement was not his fault.

Wang Qingshan and Dugu Huaide and Dugu Huairong traveled to Red Conch Island for the Sword Tournament and visited the statue of Song Juntin. Their discussion of the Barbarian Race was interrupted by a challenge to spar with Gu Luo, the Barbarians’ strongest Core Formation cultivator.

• Liu Sheng told Wang Qingshan and the Dugu siblings that they had to travel by Spirit Beast near Red Conch Island because of a Flight-Ban Restriction.
• Wang Qingshan rode his Three-Headed Cunning Hound while Dugu Huaide and Dugu Huairong rode a Crimson Turtle across the frozen sea to Red Conch Market.
• The three visited Song Juntin’s statue, where Dugu Huaide praised the sword cultivator’s victory over the Barbarian Race.
• Dugu Huairong noted the Barbarians’ strength, and a man challenged the group to spar with Gu Luo, the Barbarians’ top Core Formation cultivator.

Wang Qingshan met Zhou Chengguang and Zhou Chengying, Zhou Yunxiao’s nephew and niece, on Red Conch Island and discussed their connections and the Sword Dao. Elsewhere, Gu Luo’s great-grandfather sought the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s help to find Lu Gang, while the Demon Race’s Great Elder ordered her subordinates to recover the stolen Dark Phoenix Eye.

• Wang Qingshan recognized Zhou Chengying and learned that Zhou Yunxiao was in the Central Plains and still wanted to fight him again.
• Wang Qingshan, Zhou Chengguang, Zhou Chengying, Dugu Huaide, and Dugu Huairong met in a teahouse, where Wang Qingshan recounted his past fight with Zhou Yunxiao and they discussed the Sword Dao.
• Gu Luo’s great-grandfather explained that finding Lu Gang could lead them to Santa’s route to Barren Spirit Island and the Seated Immortal Cave of Great Priest Gu Liti.
• Gu Luo’s great-grandfather warned him to show restraint while seeking the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s help to find Lu Gang, who might have fallen into the Eight Directions Trading Company’s hands.
• The Demon Race’s Great Elder reprimanded six cultivators for returning with a traitor’s corpse but without the Dark Phoenix Eye, then ordered them to recover it.

As the Sword Tournament approached, Wang Qingshan traded Crimson Flame Bamboo and Demon Cores for a musical score and Nurturing Pills from Hai Xinren. She revealed that she wanted the Essence Blood of a Third-Order Concentric Worm and offered to trade it for a Nurturing Elixir that might hatch Wang Changsheng’s weakened Spirit Beast Egg.

• At a Core Formation Exchange Gathering, Wang Qingshan offered two stalks of Crimson Flame Bamboo and two Demon Cores in exchange for Nurturing Pills, musical scores, or treasures that could strengthen the body.
• Hai Xinren traded him a bottle of Nurturing Pills and a musical score left by Fairy Tianyin for the bamboo and Demon Cores.
• After the gathering, Hai Xinren told Wang Qingshan that she had found a Concentric Worm shell inside the Crimson Flame Bamboo and asked whether he had a Third-Order Concentric Worm or its Essence Blood.
• Wang Qingshan said he knew nothing about Concentric Worms, but agreed to contact Hai Xinren if he obtained the Essence Blood.
• Wang Qingshan asked Hai Xinren how to hatch Wang Changsheng’s weakened Spirit Beast Egg, and she offered Ten Thousand Beasts Island’s Nurturing Elixir in exchange for the Concentric Worm’s Essence Blood.

Wang Qingshan won his first Sword Tournament duel using the Jade Void Swords and then watched Cheng Zhenyu defeat a stronger opponent. The chapter left Wang Qingshan realizing that Cheng Zhenyu was also a Sword Cultivator.

• Du Yunlong introduced the Sword Tournament and had the participants draw lots; Wang Qingshan drew match fifteen against a Core Formation Layer 4 cultivator.
• Wang Qingshan fought his opponent with the five Jade Void Swords, formed a Sword Array, and won the duel.
• Wang Qingshan watched the other matches and recognized Cheng Zhenyu, who was fighting a Blue-dressed Woman.
• Cheng Zhenyu transformed his Flying Swords into a Crimson Sun and defeated the Blue-dressed Woman.
• Wang Qingshan watched Cheng Zhenyu's victory and realized that he was also a Sword Cultivator.

Wang Qingshan competed in the Sword Tournament’s second round, using the Azure Wind Spirit Severing Formation and Hundred Swords Unite to overcome his opponent’s attacks. Du Yunlong learned that Wang Qingshan was the Carefree Swordmaster’s Disciple-in-Name and watched with interest to see whether he could reach the top ten.

• Hai Xinren merged nine Crimson Giant Serpents into a Crimson Dragon and defeated five Azure Pythons, while a Red-Robed Man from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect defeated his opponent in fewer than twenty breaths.
• Wang Qingshan recognized that the victorious Red-Robed Man and his Dao companion might be Li Rui and Nangong Fu, acquaintances of Wang Changsheng.
• Fifty-three Core Formation Stage Sword Cultivators advanced to the second round, where Wang Qingshan drew lot number five and faced a Purple-Robed Woman at Core Formation Layer 4.
• Wang Qingshan used the Azure Wind Spirit Severing Formation to trap the Purple-Robed Woman’s swords, then displayed Hundred Swords Unite as she tried to break free.
• The green-robed woman told Du Yunlong that Wang Qingshan was the Carefree Swordmaster’s Disciple-in-Name and had refused to become an official disciple to protect his family’s lineage.
• Du Yunlong became interested in whether Wang Qingshan could enter the top ten.