Chapter Summaries

After nearly ten years in seclusion, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan emerged stronger and learned that attacks on the Wang Family’s strongholds had killed or wounded nearly a thousand clansmen, including Wang Qingzhi. As they mourned the losses and considered how to protect the scattered survivors, Cloud Sea Sect prepared to strike the Wang Family.

• Lu Gang and Ye Xuan agreed to help Cloud Sea Sect destroy the Wang Family, relying on bribed insiders and a Fourth-Order Taiyi Demon Slayer Talisman.
• Wang Changsheng advanced to the Core Formation Layer 7 and Wang Ruyan to the Core Formation Layer 6 after nearly ten years of secluded cultivation, and they completed three great Secret Arts.
• Wang Qiuhong told Wang Changsheng that Azure Lotus Estate, Peach Mountain, and Sea Cucumber Island had been attacked, leaving nearly a thousand clansmen dead or wounded and their valuables and records looted.
• Wang Qiuhong explained that Wang Qingling had scattered the survivors into more than twenty groups and secretly established another Wang Family in a different sea region.
• Wang Changsheng suspected the Nine Serenities Sect was behind the attacks and decided not to spread the Nine Serenities Celestial Illusion Codex, while Wang Ruyan vowed to avenge Wang Qingzhi.

Wang Changsheng learned that the Cloud Sea Sect had planted spies in the Wang Family and prepared to meet an invading group of cultivators. He arranged for Purple Moon Fairy to control the manor’s formations as Wang Youbin led the apparent visitors inside.

• Wang Changsheng heard that the Wang Family had developed two spies within the Cloud Sea Sect, while Wang Qiuhong reported suspicious behavior by Li Zhongping and Wang Youbin.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan discussed Ye Haitang’s grief and her instruction of Tianmi before Wang Youbin reported that four Rogue Cultivators wanted to present a treasure.
• Wang Changsheng ordered the family to prepare for an attack and summoned Purple Moon Fairy to help defend the manor.
• Purple Moon Fairy arrived, and Wang Changsheng gave her the Formation Plates for the three formations protecting his residence.
• Wang Youbin entered the manor with Lu Gang and the other visitors, and the five men respectfully greeted Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan trapped Lu Gang and his companions in a formation, where Wang Ruyan’s zither drove the enemies into attacking one another. As the battle spread across Silver Serpent Island, Wang Qingqi and Wang Qingjun began simultaneous Core Formation tribulations, and Lu Gang tried to disrupt them before a powerful talisman emerged from the lightning surrounding him.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan activated their formation and joint Secret Art, while Wang Ruyan used the Lost Heart Tune to confuse the intruders; Wang Youbin was killed by a Yellow Giant Serpent.
• The middle-aged beauty and Ye Xuan lost control and attacked Lu Gang and the white-robed elder, while Lu Gang recognized Wang Ruyan as a powerful Sound Cultivator and raced toward the Formation Eye.
• Wang Qiuhong dismissed most of the clansmen as thunderclouds gathered over Silver Serpent Island for Wang Qingqi and Wang Qingjun’s simultaneous Core Formation tribulations.
• Lu Gang broke through the formation’s attacks, but a Blue Giant Palm struck him with lightning; he then sent Yellow Staff Shadows toward the residences of Wang Qingqi and Wang Qingjun.
• Ye Haitang warned Wang Qingling that Lu Gang was trying to disrupt Wang Qingqi’s breakthrough, and Wang Qingling used the Island Protection Formation to intercept the attack.
• A Golden Adamant Immortal Severing Talisman emerged from the Blue Thunder Light around Lu Gang and transformed into a giant golden blade.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan repelled Lu Gang’s attack, but Lu Gang destroyed Wang Qingjun’s Thunder Tribulation and ruined his chance to reach the Core Formation Stage. The Townsea Ape and Purple Moon Fairy helped immobilize Lu Gang, and Wang Ruyan killed him with a sound-wave attack.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan used Water Moon Mystic Light to rebound the Golden Giant Blade and break through Lu Gang’s assault.
• Lu Gang smashed the Silver Light Screen and destroyed Wang Qingjun’s Thunder Tribulation as he fled, causing Wang Qingjun’s breakthrough to fail and permanently damaging his meridians.
• Wang Changsheng attacked Lu Gang with a Blue Giant Palm while the Townsea Ape’s Soul-Suppressing Roar temporarily stopped Lu Gang from using his magic power.
• The Purple Moon Fairy struck Lu Gang with Purple Moon Mystic Light, immobilizing him in midair.
• Wang Ruyan unleashed an enhanced sound-wave attack that shattered Lu Gang’s internal organs and killed him.

After the Wang Family killed the Cloud Sea Sect’s Core Formation Cultivators, Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Tianqi set out to destroy the sect. The Wang Family spy Ye Bin killed sect leader Chen Tiandong and prepared to help the invaders while concealing the danger from the sect’s disciples.

• Wang Changsheng reassured the injured Wang Qingjun after his interrupted breakthrough, then returned to the Manor.
• Wang Ruyan identified two attackers as Cloud Sea Sect Core Formation Cultivators, and Wang Changsheng decided to destroy the sect.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Tianqi traveled to the Cloud Sea Sect while Purple Moon Fairy stayed to protect the Wang Family.
• After learning that the sect’s remaining Core Formation Cultivators had died, Chen Tiandong planned to flee with trusted subordinates and treasury valuables.
• Ye Bin, a Wang Family spy, stabbed Chen Tiandong and revealed that the Wang Family had coerced him into serving as an informant.
• Ye Bin used Chen Tiandong’s name to summon and kill the disciple guarding the Lifebond Soul Lamps, keeping the sect unaware of the coming attack.

Wang Changsheng decided to take control of Cloud Sea Sect rather than destroy it, and Ye Bin agreed to help in exchange for his children’s safety. With Ye Bin’s cooperation, the Wang Family began absorbing the sect’s forces while keeping the takeover quiet.

• Wang Changsheng offered to grant Ye Bin a request, and Ye Bin asked him to spare and protect his children.
• Wang Tianqi explained how she had recruited Ye Bin and urged Wang Changsheng to secure his cooperation by arranging a Wang clanswoman as his principal wife.
• Wang Changsheng promised to protect Ye Bin’s children and reward them, while Wang Ruyan advised that some loyalists still had to be killed to deter opposition.
• Ye Bin lured three Foundation Establishment Cultivators guarding the treasury keys to their deaths, then took over as Sect Master and blamed them for a failed usurpation.
• Ye Bin killed other opponents, promoted overlooked cultivators, raised disciple stipends, and had the Core Formation Cultivators’ disciples slaughtered.
• Wang Ruyan advised imprisoning Ye Bin on Silver Serpent Island once the Wang Family had absorbed Cloud Sea Sect, and Wang Changsheng agreed.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan opened the Cloud Sea Sect’s Treasure Vault and discovered wealth and resources that could greatly strengthen the Wang Family. They planned to move the Spirit Eye Trees to Silver Serpent Island and secretly install Wang Qingqing and Purple Moon Fairy as the sect’s leaders while keeping Crocodile Island unaware of the takeover.

• Wang Ruyan used three Tokens to open the Cloud Sea Sect’s Treasure Vault, and Wang Changsheng tested it for danger with the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat and Puppet Beasts.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan found thousands of Storage Pearls and valuable treasures, including a Phantom Sound Bamboo, a Fourth Order Demon Beast Essence Soul, a Phantom Demon Tower, and a High-Grade Spirit Stone.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan inventoried the Cloud Sea Sect’s Spirit Eye Trees, Spirit Eye Springs, herb gardens, mines, shops, islands, and other resources that would pass to the Wang Family.
• Wang Changsheng decided to move the two Spirit Eye Trees to Silver Serpent Island to help its Spirit Vein advance and improve cultivation.
• Wang Changsheng planned for Wang Qingqing and Purple Moon Fairy to lead the Cloud Sea Sect under disguises so Crocodile Island would not suspect the Wang Family’s control.

Wang Qingqi failed to form his core and learned that attacks by Heretical Cultivators had devastated the Wang Family, while Wang Qingshan triggered a strange resonance at Sword Peak that awakened the Taiyi Sword. The Taiyi Immortal Sect’s leaders gathered as thousands of swords converged on the peak, and Zhang Zhanfeng suspected Wang Qingshan had awakened the sect’s hidden treasure.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan selected treasures from the treasury, and Wang Changsheng found Ice Glass Crystal needed for the Mystic Ice Ruler.
• Wang Qingqi failed to form his core and resolved to teach Wang Tianbei alchemy before his remaining lifespan ran out.
• Wang Qingling told Wang Qingqi that Heretical Cultivators had attacked several Wang Family holdings, killing many relatives, and that surviving descendants had been moved to safety.
• A surge of Sword Intent broke through Sword Peak’s Restrictions, and more than ten thousand Flying Swords from across the Taiyi Immortal Sect flew toward it.
• Zhang Zhanfeng and four Nascent Soul Cultivators gathered at Sword Peak, where Zhang Zhanfeng suspected Wang Qingshan had awakened the Taiyi Sword.

Wang Qingshan survived the White Giant Sword’s attack on Sword Peak and learned that Wang Qiuming was attempting to form his core. Wang Qiuming successfully reached the Core Formation Stage, and Zhang Zhanfeng arranged a place for him to recover and cultivate.

• The White Giant Sword defeated Wang Qingshan and damaged his Azure Glass Sword before Sword Peak sealed itself again.
• Wang Qingshan returned to Zhang Zhanfeng, who took him toward Haotian Hall after noticing signs of Wang Qiuming’s breakthrough.
• Wang Qiuming used Tidal Moon Heavenly Energy to form a Gold-Blue Sphere, then endured a strike of Silver Lightning.
• Wang Qiuming survived the lightning and successfully entered the Core Formation Stage.
• Zhang Zhanfeng gave Wang Qiuming Jade Dew Pills and arranged a good spiritual site for him before flying with Wang Qingshan toward the Ancestral Hall.

Wang Qingshan learned that his family’s strongholds had been attacked, while Zhang Zhanfeng offered the Wang Family Taiyi Immortal Sect’s support in exchange for closer ties. On Silver Serpent Island, Wang Qingjun decided to return to the Eastern Wasteland to unite the scattered clansmen despite his limited lifespan.

• Wang Qingshan told Zhang Zhanfeng how the White Giant Sword appeared at Sword Peak, and Zhang Zhanfeng recognized that Wang Qingshan’s Sword Intent of family had awakened the Taiyi Sword.
• Zhang Zhanfeng ordered Wang Qingshan to keep the incident secret and told him that three Wang Family strongholds had been attacked, with most of their clansmen killed or injured and their possessions plundered.
• Zhang Zhanfeng offered to help the Wang Family settle and develop under the Taiyi Immortal Sect, and Wang Qingshan asked for time to consider the arrangement.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan discussed the Wang Family’s control of the Cloud Sea Sect, its new resources, and the failed Core Formation attempts of Wang Qingqi and Wang Qingjun.
• Wang Qingjun told Wang Changsheng that he planned to return to the Eastern Wasteland to lead and reunite the scattered Wang Family clansmen.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan arranged for Wang Qingjun to return to the Eastern Wasteland and for Wang Qingqi to train Wang Tianbei in alchemy. They then discussed a possible trip to Ten Thousand Beasts Island and the Nine Serenities Sect’s suspected role in the attacks.

• Wang Qingqi asked Wang Qingjun to bring one of his descendants to Silver Serpent Island to inherit his alchemy craft, and Wang Qingjun agreed.
• Wang Ruyan gave Wang Qingjun resources and assistants for the Eastern Wasteland clansmen, along with pills and Mystic Treasure Embryos for himself.
• Wang Qingqi and Wang Qingjun left Wang Changsheng’s residence to teach Wang Tianbei and prepare for the return to the Eastern Wasteland.
• Wang Qingling told Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan she wanted to visit Ten Thousand Beasts Island with insect eggs Ye Haitang had found, but Wang Changsheng told her to stay and cultivate.
• Ye Haitang asked whether the Nine Serenities Sect had attacked the family, and Wang Changsheng said it was a possibility because the sect had both the strength and motive.

Ye Haitang admitted she stole the Supreme Emotion Severing Art to avenge her younger brother, and Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan urged her not to cultivate it. After persuading her to hand over the technique, Wang Changsheng examined a Dharma Eye taken from an attacker and planned to refine it for Wang Ruyan.

• Wang Changsheng comforted Ye Haitang and said the Wang Family would unite with other forces to oppose the Nine Serenities Sect.
• Wang Qiuhong reported that the Supreme Emotion Severing Art had gone missing, and Ye Haitang confessed she had taken it to seek revenge for Ye Yutong.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan warned Ye Haitang that the art would make her heartless, then persuaded her to give the technique to Wang Changsheng.
• Wang Changsheng asked Wang Qiuming and Wang Tianmi to keep supporting Ye Haitang so she would not cultivate the art in secret.
• Wang Changsheng studied the Dharma Eye recovered from Lu Gang and placed it in the Azure Lotus Cauldron to purge its impurities before refining it anew.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan prepared to travel to Ten Thousand Beasts Island after Wang Qingqing arrived, while Wang Qingshan and Wang Qiuming established a Wang Family settlement in the Eastern Wasteland. At Ten Thousand Beasts Island, Hai Xinren shared tea with Senior Brother Gongsun, who mourned Martial Sister Sun.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan gave Nurturing Spirit Pills to their spirit beasts and waited for Wang Qingqing to arrive at Silver Serpent Island.
• Wang Qingqing reunited with her parents, mourned Ziyu and the others, and agreed to stay on Silver Serpent Island to counsel Wang Haitang.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan left for Ten Thousand Beasts Island after instructing Wang Qingqing to remain with the family.
• Wang Qingshan and Wang Qiuming told Wang Youshan and Wang Mengfen to develop the Wang Family settlement in the Black Hawk Mountains and build ties with Golden Goose Sect.
• Hai Xinren served Bug Tea to Senior Brother Gongsun, who recalled that Martial Sister Sun would never taste it again.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan visited Ten Thousand Beasts Island to trade Concentric Worm essence blood for an elixir that could hatch insect eggs. Hai Xinren discovered their Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada was male and asked them to remain so it could mate with her master’s female cicada.

• Hai Xinren received word that Wang Qingshan’s clan members had arrived, and Gongsun Yang accompanied her to meet them.
• Hai Xinren tested the blood Wang Ruyan brought, confirmed it came from a Concentric Worm, and exchanged it for Nurturing Elixir.
• Wang Changsheng asked Gongsun Yang for advice about his Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada, and Gongsun Yang directed him to Hai Xinren.
• Hai Xinren examined the cicada and asked Wang Changsheng to stay because her master wanted to pair it with a female Third Order High-Grade Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada.
• Hai Xinren explained that paired Soul-Devouring Golden Cicadas advanced more easily, and Wang Changsheng asked whether Ten Thousand Beasts Island had no male cicada of its own.

Wang Changsheng arranged for his Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada to mate with Hai Xinren’s, bought a female cicada and two bottles of Nurturing Elixir, and left Ten Thousand Beasts Island with Wang Ruyan. On Silver Serpent Island, Wang Mengbin continued training in the Phantom Demon Tower and prepared to finish his fight against two Tier 2 High Grade Demon Beasts.

• Wang Changsheng agreed to let his male Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada mate with Hai Xinren’s and asked to buy a female cicada and two bottles of Nurturing Elixir.
• Gongsun Yang sensed that Wang Changsheng carried a high-bloodline Spirit Beast, but Wang Ruyan released her Azure-Eyed Silkworm to divert his attention.
• Hai Xinren helped the two Soul-Devouring Golden Cicadas mate, then gave Wang Changsheng a Tier 2 female cicada and sold him two bottles of Nurturing Elixir for 300,000 Spirit Stones.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan left, while Gongsun Yang told Hai Xinren that Wang Changsheng’s Spirit Beast might rank among the top one hundred on the Prodigious Beast Registry.
• Wang Mengbin fought a Crimson Giant Eagle and a White Giant Crab on the Phantom Demon Tower’s eighth layer, then launched two Silver Lightning Spears to end the battle.

Wang Mengbin defeated two Tier 2 High Grade Demon Beasts in the Phantom Demon Tower and left before facing a Tier 3 beast, earning praise for knowing his limits. The chapter also introduced the Wang Family’s Tier 2 Guardian Spirit Bird Thunder Phoenix and showed Ye Haitang and Wang Qingqing continuing to focus on revenge.

• Wang Mengbin defeated the White Giant Crab with a Silver Lightning Spear and killed the Crimson Giant Eagle with purple lightning.
• Wang Mengbin crushed his Teleportation Talisman rather than risk fighting a Tier 3 Demon Beast, and Wang Qiuxin and Wang Qiuhong praised his judgment.
• Wang Qiuxin reminded Wang Mengbin not to become complacent, and Wang Mengbin promised to remember his advice.
• The Wang Family’s Thunder Phoenix was shown in the Spirit Herb Garden, where it had hatched after absorbing lightning from a formation centered on the Ginkgo Lightning Fruit Tree.
• Ye Haitang and Wang Qingqing discussed their desire for revenge and their refusal to seek new Dao Companions before Ye Haitang asked about Cousin Qingshan.

Wang Qingshan returned from secluded cultivation and learned that the Wang Family's Qi Refining clansmen were training in Battle Formations against Tier 2 Demon Beasts. Wang Changsheng revealed that he had found a Yellow Grade Mystic Realm and planned to take five Core Formation Cultivators and a team of Qi Refining clansmen there.

• Wang Qingshan and Wang Qiuming arrived at Silver Serpent Island, where Wang Qingqing welcomed them and learned that Qiuming had reached the Core Formation Stage.
• Wang Qingshan asked about Wang Jiyun and the younger clansmen, then went to Martial Training Peak to watch Wang Qiuxin drill them in Battle Formations.
• Wang Qiuxin explained that the Qi Refining clansmen had practiced four formations for five years and could join forces to kill Tier 2 Demon Beasts.
• Wang Qingqing summoned Wang Qingshan to the Spirit Herb Garden after Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan returned.
• Wang Changsheng told the family he had discovered a Yellow Grade Mystic Realm that required five Core Formation Cultivators to open, and planned to send Qi Refining clansmen inside to hunt for treasure.

Wang Changsheng brought Wang Family clansmen to Boat Mountain Island to open a hidden Yellow Grade Mystic Realm and sent forty Qi Refining cultivators inside to gather resources. The realm would remain open for a month, and the clansmen entered in teams under orders to work together.

• Wang Changsheng told Wang Qingshan, Wang Qingling, and Wang Qiuming that the Nine Serenities Sect might have attacked the family's strongholds, but he urged them not to seek revenge without evidence.
• Wang Changsheng ordered Haitang to establish a concealed Medium Teleportation Array between the Cloud Sea Sect and Silver Serpent Island, then left Silver Serpent Island with more than forty clansmen.
• Wang Changsheng arrived at Boat Mountain Island, where Wang Youyu reported on the local Wang Family branch and arranged lodging for the newcomers.
• Wang Changsheng briefed forty Qi Refining clansmen on the Mystic Realm, its month-long limit, and the rules for keeping and surrendering their gains.
• Wang Changsheng and four other Core Formation Cultivators opened the Blue Light Gate, and the forty clansmen entered in teams of eight.

Wang Jiyun and several Wang family cultivators searched for their clansmen in the Secret Realm, while Wang Rongting, Wang Rongxiang, and Wang Rongfei defeated two Demon Beasts and recorded newly planted Spirit Fruit seeds. Elsewhere, Wang Xiansheng used his inherited Gold-Striped Flame Bugs to fight Black Bees.

• Wang Jiyun followed a Sensing Pearl eastward to reunite with her clansmen.
• Wang Rongting, Wang Rongxiang, and Wang Rongfei found two Yellow Giant Apes guarding Azure Moon Fruit trees in a mountain cave.
• Wang Rongting lured the apes outside, and the three Wang cultivators killed them with a Tier 2 Formation.
• Wang Rongxiang harvested the Azure Moon Fruits, while Wang Rongfei planted seeds and Wang Rongting recorded their location for the family.
• Wang Xiansheng controlled his Gold-Striped Flame Bugs against a swarm of Black Bees near their beehive.

Wang Jiyun and her companions discovered Millennial Spirit Milk guarded by three Tier 2 Crow Sparrows and summoned the Wang Family cultivators for help. Wang Xianbin and Wang Xiansheng arrived, with Wang Xiansheng eager to claim a Crow Sparrow as a Spirit Bird.

• Wang Xiansheng defeated a swarm of Black Bees with his Gold-Striped Flame Bugs and set off on his Azure Giant Tiger after a Sensing Pearl.
• Four Wang Family cultivators wiped out a pack of Azure Demon Wolves, then found their dead clansman’s Escape Talismans had all been used.
• Wang Xianbin and his companion escaped a Tier 2 Red Vulture inside a Pangolin Puppet Beast and followed the Azure Lotus signal.
• Wang Jiyun told Wang Xianbin that she had found Millennial Spirit Milk guarded by three Tier 2 Crow Sparrows and had summoned the clan for help.
• Wang Xiansheng arrived on his Wind Chasing Tiger and announced that he wanted a Crow Sparrow for his Spirit Bird.