Chapter Summaries

Wang Mingren reached Core Formation Layer 6 and agreed to help Zhao Wuji explore an Ancient Cultivator Abode that required five Core Formation Cultivators to break its defenses. He arrived at the meeting place and encountered Ximen Feng among the other invited cultivators.

• Wang Mingren completed his cultivation breakthrough to Core Formation Layer 6 and continued earning Spirit Stones as a Tier 3 Artifact Refiner.
• Zhao Wuji asked Wang Mingren to join him and Senior Sister Liu in breaking the Five Spirits Defense Array at an Ancient Cultivator Abode, offering him a share of the treasures.
• Wang Mingren agreed to help, notified his fellow disciples, and flew away from Fire Crow Market with Zhao Wuji.
• At the Fire Cloud Mountain Range, Senior Sister Liu, Ximen Feng, and Junior Brother Li waited for the invited cultivators to arrive.
• Wang Mingren and Zhao Wuji reached the mountain, and Ximen Feng recognized Wang Mingren and wondered at their repeated encounters.

Wang Mingren and the others broke through a dangerous Formation protecting a Sha Pit, then uncovered golden deposits beneath it. Zhao Wuji began investigating the glowing material, while the pit’s true purpose remained uncertain.

• Zhao Wuji led Wang Mingren, Ximen Feng, and the others to a hidden chamber beneath Fire Cloud Mountain Range, where they found a White Lotus-patterned Restriction.
• Junior Brother Li tested the Restriction and led the group in combining Fire Spells and Magic Treasures to break it.
• Ximen Feng identified the Red Mist as Goldflame Truefiend, a form of Qi of Earth Sha used in some regions for Foundation Establishment.
• Wang Mingren doubted that the Sha Pit was the only reason for the powerful Formation, but his fire attack revealed nothing unusual.
• Zhao Wuji collected the Qi of Earth Sha with a Crimson Gourd and exposed golden lights at the bottom of the pit.
• Zhao Wuji recognized the golden deposits as a possible metal mine and attacked them with two Crimson Flying Daggers.

Wang Mingren and his companions discovered that the Sha Pit concealed a deadly Fiend Corpse and several Core Formation Stage Ghosts. After the Ghost revealed its grudge against the Four Seasons Sword Master, Wang Mingren broke through the sealed exit and escaped with Ximen Feng.

• Wang Mingren and his companions struck the Sha Pit and suspected it contained a Third Order ore vein, but the Yellow-Robed Man realized something was wrong when his Armored Dragon Beast burrowed inside.
• Red silk threads burst from the pit, killing the Yellow-Robed Man and Zhao Wuji, then killing the green-skirted woman as she tried to flee and sealing the exit.
• A Giant Bone Corpse and two Humanoid Bone Corpses emerged, and Ximen Feng identified them as Fiend Corpses cultivated with Earth Sha.
• The Giant Bone Corpse said it had been imprisoned for thousands of years and blamed the Four Seasons Sword Master for its captivity.
• Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng fought off the Humanoid Bone Corpses, then Wang Mingren severed the red silk threads blocking the exit and escaped with Ximen Feng.

Wang Mingren escaped the Giant Bone Corpse with the gravely injured Ximen Feng, who had saved him from its attack, and sought treatment from Senior Uncle Han. The elder saved Ximen Feng’s life but warned that only a rare Fourth Order Snow Jade Pill could expel the Corpse Fiend Qi threatening her cultivation.

• Ximen Feng shielded Wang Mingren from the Giant Bone Corpse’s ghost claw and was gravely injured, so Wang Mingren used a Universal Salvation Trueflame Talisman to wound the corpse and flee with her.
• The Giant Bone Corpse survived the talisman’s blast and vowed to destroy the Taiyi Immortal Sect after advancing to the Ghost Infant Stage.
• Chen Xiang'er set out with gathered Fire Attribute materials for Wang Mingren, but he passed her without a greeting while carrying the unconscious Ximen Feng.
• Senior Uncle Han treated Ximen Feng with a Nine Essence Pill and told Wang Mingren that the rare Fourth Order Snow Jade Pill was needed to remove her Corpse Fiend Qi.

Wang Mingren learned that Ximen Feng needed a Snow Jade Pill to purge the ancient Corpse Fiend Qi poisoning her, but the pill cost four hundred thousand Contribution Points. He chose to abandon his post and seek merit in the South Sea, determined to save her despite the cost to his cultivation and future.

• Senior Uncle Han explained that Ximen Feng’s ancient Corpse Fiend Qi required a Snow Jade Pill or a Fourth Order Snow Jade Beast’s Inner Core, and the azure-robed elder blamed Wang Mingren for her condition.
• Wang Mingren returned to the Taiyi Immortal Sect and learned from Xu Zihua that the treasury held one Snow Jade Pill costing four hundred thousand Contribution Points.
• Wang Mingren told Xu Zihua that Ximen Feng had risked her life for him, and he decided to help her even if it harmed his future and angered Chen Xiang'er.
• After learning that other cures would take even longer, Wang Mingren resigned from overseeing the Fire Crow Market and applied to serve in the South Sea.
• The Executive Elder approved Wang Mingren’s transfer, and several days later he left for the South Sea with fellow disciples.

Zhang Zhanfeng told the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s Nascent Soul Cultivators that Song Tianji had died while divining the sect’s future, leaving a warning of coming chaos that prompted preparations for war. In the South Sea, Wang Mingren congratulated Chen Yang and Lu Yuhuan on becoming Dao Companions and urged them to accept his valuable gift.

• Zhang Zhanfeng explained that Song Tianji had been struck down by a Three-Essence Lightning Tribulation after divining the sect’s future and had warned, “All immortals vie to cross the tribulation; crossing demons to become Buddhas.”
• Zhang Zhanfeng said he was expanding the sect’s territory and recruiting disciples to prepare for the coming chaos, and the five Nascent Soul Cultivators agreed to carry out his orders.
• Zhang Zhanfeng assigned the five Nascent Soul Cultivators to travel to the Northern Frontier, Central Plains, and South Sea.
• At a teahouse in Spirit Turtle Market, Wang Mingren met Chen Yang and Lu Yuhuan and congratulated them on becoming Dao Companions.
• Wang Mingren gave Lu Yuhuan a valuable Fire Glass Pearl, and Chen Yang tried to refuse it until Wang Mingren urged them to accept.

Wang Mingren cultivated ties in the South Sea and learned that the Three Immortals Alliance had fractured into rival factions. Meanwhile, the Four Seas Sect’s leader announced a plan to help the Taiyi Immortal Sect expand in exchange for territory and broader cooperation, leaving the alliance between the sects poised to reshape the region.

• Wang Mingren gave Chen Yang and Lu Yuhuan a defensive Magic Treasure, earning their goodwill and learning that the Three Immortals Alliance had split into factions supporting rival South Sea powers.
• Chen Yang warned Wang Mingren that the Three Immortals Alliance had become a loose association whose factions were secretly fighting.
• Wang Mingren visited the Wang Family’s Azure Lotus Pavilion outpost in Spirit Turtle Market and sent Changsheng a message and a package through the shopkeeper.
• Lu Bin gathered the Four Seas Sect’s Nascent Soul Cultivators and announced that the sect would support the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s expansion in the Coral Sea Region.
• Lu Bin explained that the Taiyi Immortal Sect would grant the Four Seas Sect territory in the Eastern Wasteland and strengthen cooperation with its branches in other regions.

As tensions grew among the South Sea’s great powers, Wang Qingqing met a Black Flame Palace delegation at the Cloud Sea Sect. The visitors asked for Senior Sister Liu, leaving Wang Qingqing to handle their purpose herself.

• Lu Bin said Martial Uncle Dongfang had ordered the Four Seas Sect to act alongside the Taiyi Immortal Sect and Ten Thousand Swords Sect, warning that Vanquishing Dragon True Person’s progress could unsettle the South Sea.
• Wang Qiuhong welcomed Wang Rongmiao back to the family and promised a Third-Order Defensive Formation to support his attempt to advance to the Core Formation Stage.
• Wang Qingqing successfully refined a Third-Order Puppet Beast and fed her Gold-Striped Flame Bugs the leftover materials.
• Wang Qingqing learned that three Core Formation Cultivators and over twenty Foundation Establishment Cultivators from Black Flame Palace had arrived, and ordered them brought to Cloud Sea Peak with their guard strengthened.
• At the meeting, a green-skirted woman asked for Senior Sister Liu, and Wang Qingqing replied that Liu was in secluded cultivation and invited the visitors to state their business to her.

Chen Yan proposed that Black Flame Palace and Cloud Sea Sect seize a Wang Family island to mine a Tier 3 Metal Vein, and Wang Qingqing negotiated terms without revealing her identity. After learning of the plan, Wang Qiuhong and the Wang Family leaders decided to let the island be occupied before moving to take it themselves, with Wang Qingling proposing a plan to secure the mine and contain the fallout.

• Chen Yan offered Cloud Sea Sect a share in a Tier 3 Metal Vein on a Wang Family island in exchange for joining Black Flame Palace's attack.
• Wang Qingqing negotiated compensation for Cloud Sea Sect's risks, and Chen Yan agreed to let them mine a Tier 2 Metal Vein under specified conditions.
• Wang Qingqing returned to Silver Serpent Island and reported Black Flame Palace's proposal to Wang Qiuhong.
• Wang Qiuhong, Wang Qingshan, Wang Qingling, Ye Haitang, and Wang Qiuming agreed not to expose Wang Qingqing or disturb Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan, and considered letting Black Flame Palace take the island first.
• Wang Qingling proposed defeating Black Flame Palace's Core Formation Cultivators, extracting an admission about the metal vein, and sparing them so the Wang Family could claim the mine without escalating the conflict.

Wang Qingling’s plan led the Wang Family to cooperate with the Black Flame Palace and stage a real defense against the Cloud Sea Sect’s attacks on Wang-controlled islands. After the Liu Family was slaughtered and Wang Family forces began fighting back, Wang Qingling confronted Cloud Sea Sect Core Formation Cultivators, and the leaders prepared to battle in the sky.

• Wang Qingling’s proposal was approved, and the Wang Family assigned Wang Qingshan, Wang Qingling, and Wang Qiuming to fight while Wang Qingqing returned to the Cloud Sea Sect to organize its troops.
• Wang Qingqing sent the Cloud Sea Sect’s conscripted forces to attack Wang Family-controlled islands, and they overwhelmed Golden Drum Island, killing Liu Guangmao and many Liu Family members.
• Wang Qingshan, Wang Qingling, and Wang Qiuming led a rescue force to a small island, where Wang Family Foundation Establishment cultivators—including Wang Jiyun, Wang Rongting, Wang Xianbin, and Wang Xiansheng—defeated many attackers.
• Wang Qingqing arrived with Chen Yan and other Cloud Sea Sect Core Formation Cultivators, and disguised Wang Qingshan challenged their claim that the Wang Family was responsible for the conflict.
• Wang Qingqing flew into the sky to fight the Wang Family leaders, while Wang Qingshan and the others prepared to meet her there.

Wang Qingshan, Wang Qingling, and the Wang family fought Black Flame Palace cultivators, forcing their leaders to flee while maintaining the appearance of a real battle. The enemy forces scattered, and Wang Jiyun ordered the clan members not to pursue.

• Wang Qingling sent the Icewind Dragon against the green-skirted woman's Azure Python while Wang Qingshan battled Chen Yan with his seven Azure Flying Swords.
• A Blue-robed Man joined Chen Yan, but Wang Qingshan trapped both men in a sword array and overwhelmed their defenses.
• The Icewind Dragon froze and swallowed the Azure Python despite the green-skirted woman's attacks.
• Wang Qingshan defeated Chen Yan and the Blue-robed Man, who fled with one arm missing each, and the green-skirted woman escaped as well.
• Wang Qingqing, Wang Qiuming, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingling pursued their respective opponents to keep up the act, while the conscripted cultivators scattered.
• Wang Jiyun ordered the Wang family members not to pursue the fleeing enemies.

Wang Qingshan defeated the Blue-robed Man and learned that a Tier 3 metal vein lay beneath Golden Sheep Island. Wang Qingling and Wang Qiuming found a Frost Moonstone vein there, and the Wang Family began developing the mine.

• Wang Qingshan captured the Blue-robed Man, who revealed an ancient book had led Black Flame Palace to the hidden vein beneath Golden Sheep Island.
• Wang Qingshan took the Blue-robed Man's Lifebound Treasure and Storage Pearl, then returned to Silver Serpent Island and let him flee.
• Wang Qingling reported that the imprisoned green-skirted woman confirmed the metal vein, and Wang Qingshan sent Wang Qingling and Wang Qiuming to mine it while ordering Wang Qiuhong to demand five Core Formation Spiritual Objects from Black Flame Palace.
• Wang Qingling led Wang Qiuming and twenty clansmen underground on the Earth Dragon Worm and discovered a Frost Moonstone vein.
• Wang Qingling organized the construction of a mining passage and requested Ye Haitang set up a Third Order Formation, while Wang Qiuhong's clansmen built Bluestone Stairs down to the vein.

Wang Qingshan met Wang Mingren in the Coral Sea Region, where Mingren warned him that war could throw the region or the entire South Sea into chaos. After Wang Qingshan relayed the warning, Wang Qiuhong and the others planned to stockpile supplies and use the existing conflict to expand the Wang Family’s influence.

• Wang Qingshan and Wang Qiuhong discussed Wang Mingren’s request for a Snow Jade Pill or a Fourth Order Snow Jade Beast’s Inner Core, and Qingshan set out to meet him.
• Wang Qingshan met Wang Mingren at Spirit Turtle Market, told him the family had neither item, and heard his warning that a great war might erupt in the South Sea.
• Wang Mingren urged Wang Qingshan to stay and fight alongside him, then gave him two scarlet Flying Swords as a gift.
• Wang Qingshan sent Intelligence Hall a message warning the family to prepare for chaos by stockpiling materials and expanding its strength and territory.
• Wang Qiuhong summoned Wang Qingling, Wang Qingqing, Wang Qiuming, and Ye Haitang, and they agreed to recruit cultivators, stockpile supplies, and use the conflict with Cloud Sea Sect as cover to expand.
• Wang Qingqing agreed to maintain her cover with Black Flame Palace and provide intelligence while the Wang Family attacked Cloud Sea Sect’s subordinate forces.

Taiyi Immortal Sect prepared to attack Yellow Dragon Island’s subordinate forces, assigning Wang Mingren and Wang Qingshan to lead an assault on Yellow Maple Sect. As the group neared its target, Yellow Maple Sect’s cautious leader Ye An received word that two Core Formation Cultivators from Yellow Dragon Island had arrived.

• The Wang Family decided to join other powers against Cloud Sea Sect, gather resources, recruit cultivators, and prepare for war.
• Taiyi Immortal Sect ordered its Core Formation Cultivators to attack Yellow Dragon Island’s subordinate forces and assigned Wang Mingren’s group to strike Yellow Maple Sect.
• Wang Mingren directed Wang Qingshan and Chen Yang to infiltrate Yellow Maple Sect in disguise and attack its Core Formation Cultivators from within.
• Wang Qingshan and Chen Yang planned their assault while Lu Yuhuan warned them to beware of Yellow Maple Sect’s defensive Yellow Sand Grand Art.
• Ye An continued his precautions against an impending war, then learned that two Core Formation Cultivators from Yellow Dragon Island had arrived with orders from Yellow Dragon True Person.

Wang Qingshan and Chen Yang led Taiyi Immortal Sect cultivators into Yellow Maple Island, where Ye An’s ambush triggered a fierce battle. Wang Mingren and Lu Yuhuan arrived as the island’s protective formations rose, and Wang Qingshan continued fighting Ye An and another Core Formation Cultivator.

• Ye An mistook the approaching cultivators for enemies and ordered Junior Brother Sun to prepare to receive them at Yellow Maple Hall.
• Wang Qingshan detected hidden Core Formation Cultivators at the hall and attacked with his flying swords, while Chen Yang sent up a signal and joined the assault.
• Wang Mingren and Lu Yuhuan arrived outside Yellow Maple Island, but Yellow Maple Sect activated two layers of protective formations.
• Wang Qingshan fought Ye An and another cultivator, breaking their attacks with sword energy before forming a sword array around them.
• Ye An used a Blood Fiend Pearl to damage one of Wang Qingshan’s swords and break the sword array, then blocked Chen Yang’s red attack with a shield.
• A massive Cyan Flood Dragon lunged at Ye An as the battle continued.

Wang Qingshan and the Taiyi Immortal Sect forces defeated Yellow Maple Sect, seized its territory and treasures, and began absorbing its people and resources. Meanwhile, Taiyi Immortal Sect and Cold Flame Sect attacked Yellow Dragon Island’s allies, leaving Yellow Dragon True Person facing a grave threat.

• Wang Qingshan killed Ye An and the Yellow-robed Man with Man-Sword Unity, while Chen Yang, Wang Mingren, and Lu Yuhuan killed or drove off the remaining Yellow Maple Sect Core Formation Cultivators.
• Wang Mingren accepted the surrender of most Yellow Maple Sect disciples and ordered Taiyi Immortal Sect to take control of its territory and subordinate forces.
• Wang Qingshan chose pills, Core Formation Spiritual Objects, Heavy Water, spirit herbs, Spirit Beast Eggs, and Spirit Wood from Yellow Maple Sect’s resources.
• Taiyi Immortal Sect and Cold Flame Sect attacked Yellow Dragon Island’s subordinate forces, causing heavy losses while avoiding direct conflict between Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Yellow Dragon True Person and Yellow Dragon Island’s higher-ups discussed countermeasures as their allies were nearly wiped out and the threat from Taiyi Immortal Sect grew.

Yellow Dragon Island prepared to retaliate against Taiyi Immortal Sect and Cold Flame Sect while seeking aid from Sun Moon Palace. Meanwhile, Wang Jiyun led the Wang Family in capturing Sky Cloud Sect and bringing its survivors and wealth back to Silver Serpent Island.

• Yellow Dragon True Person and his subordinates debated how to respond to Taiyi Immortal Sect’s accusation and invasion, and agreed to fight back while seeking reinforcements from Sun Moon Palace.
• Huang Yuxu agreed to lead the defense, and Yellow Dragon True Person warned him to prioritize his safety; Huang Yuxu also asked about Purple Moon Fairy, whose whereabouts remained unknown.
• Wang Jiyun led Wang Family cultivators in an assault on Sky Cloud Sect’s island, killing its strongest defender with her flying swords.
• After the Wang Family’s infiltrator surrendered and fleeing cultivators were killed, the remaining Sky Cloud Sect disciples surrendered, and Wang Jiyun returned to Silver Serpent Island with captives and plunder.

Yellow Maple Sect forces retook Yellow Maple Island through a hidden teleportation passage, forcing Wang Qingshan, Chen Yang, and Lu Yuhuan to flee. Wang Qingshan escaped after breaking through an ambush and killing one enemy, while the conflict spread across the Coral Sea Region.

• Wang Qingshan received Chen Yang’s warning that Yellow Maple Sect cultivators had launched a surprise attack on Yellow Maple Island.
• Three Core Formation Cultivators ambushed Wang Qingshan and trapped him in a desert formation, but he broke through and escaped.
• Wang Qingshan killed the Red Robe Youth while urging Chen Yang and Lu Yuhuan to flee.
• Chen Yang and Lu Yuhuan escaped in another direction as four Core Formation Cultivators pursued them.
• Yellow Dragon Island’s cultivators counterattacked, and fighting, raids, and alliances spread across the Coral Sea Region while the Nascent Soul Cultivators stayed out of the conflict.

Wang Mingren and Wang Qingshan were sent to reinforce White Sand Island, where Yellow Dragon Island’s forces had broken through the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s defenses. Wang Qingshan arrived in time to save Su Bingbing, and he pursued Lin Yan as the enemy forces retreated.

• After nearly half a month of upheaval across the Coral Sea Region, Wang Qingshan reported to Liu Jin, who ordered Wang Mingren to lead reinforcements to White Sand Island.
• Five Yellow Dragon Island Core Formation Cultivators broke White Sand Island’s formation and attacked Sun Mu, Su Bingbing, and the Taiyi Immortal Sect disciples.
• Sun Mu lost both arms and self-detonated to cover Su Bingbing’s escape, while Lin Yan tried to stop her with a summoned yellow mountain.
• Wang Qingshan, Wang Mingren, and three other Core Formation Cultivators arrived, and Wang Qingshan destroyed Lin Yan’s yellow mountain attack.
• Lin Yan ordered a retreat after Wang Qingshan’s giant sword shattered his fist shadow, but Wang Qingshan chased after him.

Lin Yan lured Wang Qingshan to a desolate island and attacked him, then joined forces with two Core Formation cultivators to overwhelm him. Wang Qingshan fought back with his sword techniques, but the battle was left unresolved as Lin Yan’s blood-flame talisman engulfed his Giant Azure Sword Light.

• Lin Yan stopped on a desolate island and confronted Wang Qingshan, who had pursued him there.
• Lin Yan attacked Wang Qingshan with Yellow Thunder Fire, gravity, sand blades, and a Yellow Mountain, while Wang Qingshan countered with Azure Sword Qi.
• A Blue-dressed Woman and a Blue-robed Man emerged from the sea and joined Lin Yan in attacking Wang Qingshan.
• Wang Qingshan broke Lin Yan’s Yellow Mountain and blocked the trio’s attacks before sending an Azure Tornado toward them.
• Lin Yan met Wang Qingshan’s Azure Tornado with a Yellow Tornado, and the two forces collided.
• Wang Qingshan used Man-Sword Unity, but Lin Yan’s blood-red talisman burst into Blood Flame and enveloped the Giant Azure Sword Light.