Chapter Summaries

Wang Qingshan and other injured cultivators arrived at Hundred Insects Mountains to recuperate and guard supplies while the war against the Demon Race continued. At a wine house, Wang watched Huang Fugui win the admiration of low-level cultivators with speeches about helping the frontline, then sell them battered goods.

• Jun Qianshang told Wang Qingshan and the other Core Formation Cultivators to rest and guard the supplies at Hundred Insects Mountains.
• Liu Meier followed Wang Qingshan to a wine house despite his telling her to stop pestering him.
• Huang Fugui denounced merchants who had raised the prices of strategic supplies and claimed he was gathering evidence to report them to Jun Qianshang.
• Huang Fugui told the cultivators he had spent 100,000 spirit stones on healing pills and was willing to sacrifice his fortune to help the human race.
• Huang Fugui displayed damaged Dharma Artifacts and Formation Plates for sale, and the low-level cultivators praised his generosity as they offered to buy them.
• Wang Qingshan said he had heard of Huang Fugui but was not familiar with him.

Huang Fugui gave Wang Qingshan a damaged sword-array painting, which Wang studied after returning to his residence. Meanwhile, Wang Qingling encountered an injured Huangfu Rong while two Sea Clan cultivators closed in, recognizing her as someone who had escaped them before.

• Huang Fugui sold damaged cultivation resources and gave Wang Qingshan the Hundred Swords Painting, then sold Wang a bottle of Five-Colored Spirit Honey for Liu Meier.
• Wang Qingshan returned to his residence and studied the sword-array patterns hidden in the painting.
• After recovering from her injuries for more than half a year, Wang Qingling set out for the frontline with her wounded Icewind Dragon.
• Huangfu Rong, pursued by the Sea Clan, asked Wang Qingling for help as a Red Octopus and a golden shark surfaced nearby.
• Two Core Formation Fifth Layer Sea Clan cultivators recognized Wang Qingling and prepared to deal with her as well.

Wang Qingling rescued the badly wounded Huangfu Rong from two Sea Clan pursuers and escaped with him underground on her Earth Dragon Worm. Huangfu Rong revealed that Demon-Resisting City had fallen and the Fire-Pig Sea Region was under enemy control, leaving the pair fleeing toward safety.

• Wang Qingling ordered her Icewind Dragon to attack a Sea Clan member and used her Earth Dragon Worm to turn the island into sand.
• Huangfu Rong arrived injured on an Azure Peacock, hesitated over whether to flee alone, then descended after Wang Qingling urged him to escape underground.
• The Sea Clan attacked Huangfu Rong, but Wang Qingling and Huangfu Rong vanished beneath the island while the Icewind Dragon distracted their pursuers.
• Underground, Huangfu Rong introduced himself and told Wang Qingling that a traitor had helped the enemy capture Demon-Resisting City.
• Wang Qingling had the Earth Dragon Worm speed deeper underground as Huangfu Rong promised to repay her for saving his life.

Wang Ruyan refined a Core Formation Layer 3 water-element Talisman Soldier, while Wang Changsheng and Purple Moon Fairy completed his nine Ocean-Calming Pearls. Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Ye Haitang left the Townsea Sect ruins to return to the Red Moon Sea Region, with the concealed Nascent Soul Realm Ghost still lurking nearby.

• Wang Ruyan successfully refined a water-element Talisman Soldier and tested its Water Escape Technique.
• Wang Changsheng and Purple Moon Fairy finished refining nine second-order Ocean-Calming Pearls, which could form a Formation.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Ruyan he planned to relocate five hundred Wang Family members to the ruins and help advance her Golden Lotus Lyre.
• Ye Haitang chose to return with Wang Changsheng and accepted Water Element and Earth Element Talisman Soldiers from Wang Ruyan for protection.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Ye Haitang left the ruins, but Wang Changsheng sensed the nearby Ghost's chilling aura before it concealed itself again.

Unable to teleport back to the Eastern Wasteland, Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Ye Haitang decided to join the South Sea frontline. Xuan Yu Zhenren sent them toward the fighting, leaving them committed to the war.

• Wang Changsheng’s group learned that only those with Ten Great Sects authorization could use teleportation arrays to travel toward the rear.
• Xuan Yu Zhenren explained that the arrays only sent cultivators to the frontline and warned that they might be shut down for the duration of the war.
• Wang Ruyan urged Wang Changsheng to join the war to protect their clansmen, and Ye Haitang supported the decision, citing the chance to gain territory and improve her combat skills.
• Wang Changsheng decided that the group would remain in the South Sea and fight rather than attempt the years-long journey back to the Eastern Wasteland.
• Wang Changsheng agreed to join the war, and Xuan Yu Zhenren escorted the group to the Teleportation Hall and sent them to the frontline.

Wang Qingling, Wang Mengbin, and Wang Qiuming fought on the front lines at Golden Dragon Island, where Wang Qingling and her allies killed a Tier 3 Crimson Fire Flood Dragon with Huangfu Rong’s help. After the battle, Wang Qingling honored their agreement by giving Huangfu Rong part of the spoils, then left to tend to Little White.

• Wang Qingling killed a Red Octopus with her flying swords as the battle at Golden Dragon Island raged around her.
• Wang Qingling and the Icewind Dragon killed a grievously wounded Red Flood Dragon, and Wang Qingling celebrated its death.
• Wang Qingling, Wang Mengbin, Wang Qiuming, and Huangfu Rong worked together to kill a Tier 3 Crimson Fire Flood Dragon after more than a dozen encounters.
• Wang Qingling divided the Crimson Fire Flood Dragon’s remains with Huangfu Rong and insisted he accept his agreed share.
• Wang Qingling left to treat Little White’s wounds, while Wang Qiuming explained her aloofness to Huangfu Rong.

Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Mengbin, Wang Qiuming, and Ye Haitang reached the frontline and reunited with Wang Qingling. After giving the younger cultivators mystic treasures, they learned that the human race’s apparent retreat was part of a strategy to weaken and encircle the invading forces.

• Wang Qingling tended the Icewind Dragon and spoke of her determination to stay by its side.
• Wang Changsheng and his group arrived at Wang Qingling’s residence on Silver Serpent Island after the Ten Great Sects restricted teleportation to the frontline.
• Wang Qingling regretted the heavy casualties among her clansmen, and Wang Ruyan reassured her that the family would protect them.
• Wang Changsheng distributed mystic treasures to Wang Qingling, Wang Qiuming, Wang Mengbin, and Ye Haitang for their service to the family.
• Wang Qingling explained that the human race was wearing down the Demon Race, Sea Clan, and Barbarian Race while preparing to seal a gap and counterattack.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan met with Li Tianyang and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators on Golden Dragon Island to discuss the war against the invading races. They learned they would join a major battle the next day and received guidance about their enemies, especially the Sea Clan.

• Wang Qingling told Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan how dangerous the war had been for Core Formation Cultivators without Nascent Soul protection.
• Huang Yang escorted Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to the Golden Dragon Hall at Nine Sun True Lord's invitation.
• Li Tianyang welcomed the couple and assigned them to fight the Demon Race's Nascent Soul Realm forces in the major battle the next day.
• Hai Dashan gave Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan his Combat Manual, which described the abilities of the Sea Clan, Demon Race, and Barbarian Race.
• Li Tianyang, Hai Dashan, and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators warned the couple about the Sea Clan's Water Escape Technique and close-range attacks.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan learned that human traitors had helped the Alien Race capture five sea regions and that an earlier counterattack had ended in heavy losses. Li Tianyang described the human forces’ strategy and took the couple to choose treasures before their next battle.

• Wang Changsheng asked Li Tianyang why five sea regions had fallen, and Li Tianyang explained that high-ranking human spies had aided the Alien Race.
• Chen Ang described how a failed attempt to cut off enemy reinforcements had killed four Nascent Soul Cultivators and dozens of Core Formation Cultivators.
• Wang Ruyan asked about the human forces’ victories, and Hai Dashan and Chen Ang praised the achievements and reputations of several Nascent Soul Cultivators, including Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.
• Li Tianyang said the humans planned to wear down the enemy while preserving their own forces and waiting for reinforcements, though negotiations with the Central Plains Cultivation World had stalled.
• Li Tianyang ended the gathering and invited Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to each choose a treasure, while Hai Dashan invited Wang Changsheng to visit Sea Cloud Pavilion.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan visited Li Tianyang’s treasury before the coming battle and selected treasures to help them survive. After they left, Li Tianyang and Madam Han wagered on whether the couple could kill a Nascent Soul Realm Alien Race cultivator, with Madam Han citing their Combined Attack Secret Art as the reason for her confidence.

• Li Tianyang opened the treasury and allowed Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to choose one additional item each as an apology for sending them into battle soon after their arrival.
• Li Tianyang explained that killing Nascent Soul Realm Alien Race cultivators earned access to the spirit-jade shelf’s treasures and could bring territory after victory.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan selected the Soaring Spirit Escape Boat, the Skyfire Glazed Pearl, and the Nine Yuan Demon Binding Talisman.
• After Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan left, Madam Han emerged from hiding and suggested a wager about whether they could kill a Nascent Soul Realm Alien Race cultivator.
• Li Tianyang wagered a Soaring Dragon Pill that they could not, while Madam Han staked a Crimson Moon Flame Crystal and said their identical auras indicated a Combined Attack Secret Art.

Wu Yue assigned Wu Yaoer to lead the Demon Race and Barbarian Race forces in the next battle while their allies argued over who should fight. In the Eastern Wasteland, Wang Qingshan emerged from studying a sword diagram with the offensive Spiritual Art Wind Sword Finger, while Liu Meier waited outside his room.

• Wu Yue dismissed the Sea Clan from the next battle and paired the Demon Race with the Barbarian Race, assigning Wu Yaoer to lead their team.
• Liu Meier rejected two men who urged her to stop waiting for Wang Qingshan and leave with them.
• Wang Qingshan focused his Sword Intent on the damaged sword diagram, causing it to release a green light into his sea of consciousness.
• Wang Qingshan learned the sword diagram contained Wind Sword Finger, an offensive Spiritual Art that could penetrate most defensive spiritual barriers.

Wang Qingshan agreed to accompany Liu Meier to an Exchange Gathering, while Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan faced Demon Race and Barbarian Race cultivators in a Nascent Soul battle at Golden Dragon Island. After they repelled the opening attacks, Wu Yaoer unleashed a lightning barrage and a powerful whirlpool against them.

• Wang Qingshan accepted Liu Meier's invitation to the Exchange Gathering and agreed to stroll with her before they went.
• At Golden Dragon Island, Hai Dashan warned Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan that Wu Yaoer was a powerful Thunder Attribute phoenix, and Wang Changsheng prepared to use soundwave attacks and the Soul-Seizing Bell.
• Wu Yaoer and the Green-Shirted Youth attacked Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan as the other combatants engaged their opponents.
• Wang Changsheng shattered Wu Yaoer's silver phoenix claw with a fist strike, while Wang Ruyan's zither soundwave canceled the Green-Shirted Youth's Blue Giant Hand.
• Wu Yaoer summoned a black thundercloud and sent silver lightning orbs crashing toward Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan as a whirlpool formed beneath them.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan fought Wu Yaoer and Green Crane, then used their Ocean-Calming Pearls and Combined Attack Technique to trap Green Crane in a Formation. The Demon Race tried to rescue him as Li Tianyang's side blocked them, while Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan prepared to press their attack.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan shielded themselves from Wu Yaoer and Green Crane's attacks before disappearing beneath the sea with Water Escape Technique.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan struck the two Demon Race cultivators with nine Ocean-Calming Pearls and a hidden soundwave attack, injuring Green Crane and driving off Wu Yaoer.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan trapped Green Crane inside a Blue Water Curtain Formation formed by the Ocean-Calming Pearls.
• Wu Yue led three Sea Clan members to rescue Green Crane, while Li Tianyang led three Nascent Soul Cultivators to block them.
• Wang Ruyan played the Golden Lotus Lyre as Green Crane tried to escape, and Wang Changsheng summoned more than a dozen enormous whirlpools to hinder him.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan trapped the Azure Giant Crane in a formation as the fight around Golden Dragon Island escalated into a massive battle. Wu Yaoer unleashed a colossal surge of waves and attacked Hai Dashan, leaving him badly wounded.

• Wang Changsheng strengthened the Blue Water Curtain and attacked the Azure Giant Crane while Wang Ruyan’s zither music intensified.
• Wu Yue sent demon beasts and reinforcements into battle, turning the duel into a melee as Li Tianyang ordered the humans to protect Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.
• Wang Qingling, Wang Mengbin, Wang Qiuming, and the other human cultivators fought off attackers trying to break through the formation.
• Wu Yue ordered Wu Yaoer to release a powerful beast to assault the formation, and Wu Yaoer appeared beside the Blue Water Curtain and sent it into the sea.
• Wu Yaoer summoned towering waves that threatened Golden Dragon Island, then ambushed Hai Dashan as he tried to stop them and wounded him through his defenses.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan joined forces to kill the Azure Giant Crane and capture its Essence Soul. As they withdrew from their array, Wu Yaoer attacked them from behind, and Wang Changsheng rang the Soul-Seizing Bell.

• Wang Changsheng used the Ocean-Calming Pearl to freeze the sea and trap the Azure Giant Crane while Wang Ruyan attacked it with her zither.
• The Azure Giant Crane used Wind Tunneling to reach Wang Ruyan, but struck an illusion and was caught in the water net again.
• Wang Ruyan's illusion distracted the Azure Giant Crane as Wang Changsheng's waves and her soundwave killed it, and Wang Changsheng captured its Essence Soul.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan withdrew as Hai Dashan warned that Wu Yaoer could use Thunder Escape.
• Wu Yaoer appeared behind Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan and attacked, but their Water Moon Mystic Light blocked her claws.
• Wang Changsheng rang the Soul-Seizing Bell at Wu Yaoer.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan defeated Wu Yaoer and Green Crane in battle, forcing Wu Yue and Li Tianyang to agree to a truce. Back at Golden Dragon Hall, their victory earned them new respect and the right to choose a treasure from the treasury.

• Wang Changsheng used the Soul-Seizing Bell and his Ocean-Calming Pearls to badly wound Wu Yaoer, while Wang Ruyan's Invisible Sound Wave destroyed her shield and killed many low-order demon beasts.
• Wu Yue rescued the unconscious Wu Yaoer and called for a halt, and Li Tianyang agreed after a Fourth Order Human-Faced Shark appeared.
• Both sides withdrew their forces and returned to their homes.
• Li Tianyang praised Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan at Golden Dragon Hall, where the other Nascent Soul Cultivators regarded the couple with wariness and respect.
• Wang Ruyan asked to claim the reward for slaying an Alien Race cultivator, and Li Tianyang allowed the couple to choose one treasure from the treasury.

After killing the Azure Giant Crane, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan shared most of its remains with the Nascent Soul Cultivators who had helped them, hoping to build goodwill and secure the Wang Family’s future. Wang Changsheng then sought an offensive Buddhist Magic Treasure to deal with the Ghosts near the Townsea Sect ruins, but no one present had one to offer.

• Wang Changsheng explained that he and Wang Ruyan would keep the Azure Giant Crane’s Demon Core, wings, and Essence Blood while sharing the rest, and he gave its Essence Soul to Li Tianyang.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan’s decision to cultivate allies and avoid creating enemies was explained through their plans for the Wang Family’s long-term prosperity.
• Wang Changsheng released the Azure Giant Crane’s corpse, removed the parts he intended to keep, and let Li Tianyang, Hai Dashan, Sun Feifei, and the others divide the remainder.
• Wang Changsheng asked Li Tianyang and the other cultivators about trading for an offensive Buddhist Magic Treasure or one that could trap Ghosts.
• Li Tianyang mentioned a Jade Sound Pendant that aided meditation, but the cultivators had no offensive Buddhist treasure to offer.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan received the Azure Lotus Throne as their reward and sorted through the Azure Giant Crane’s spoils, discovering rare materials and body-tempering liquid. They planned to refine their new resources as the war against the alien races continued.

• Hai Dashan gave Wang Changsheng a Golden Adamant Talisman, and Wang Ruyan promised they would help him if they could.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan chose the Azure Lotus Throne from the treasury and were excused from the next sparring match.
• Li Tianyang and the Green-Skirted Woman discussed keeping the couple at the frontline to earn further military merits.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan examined the Azure Giant Crane’s spoils, including Frost Crystal Stone, Frosted Glass Grapes, and Glazed Golden Body Liquid.
• Wang Changsheng planned to refine the body-tempering liquid while Wang Ruyan prepared to make talisman soldiers.

Wu Yaoer recovered from her defeat while Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng remained stranded on Spirit Turtle Island. Liu Jin then led Wang Mingren and fourteen other Core Formation disciples through a Large Teleportation Array to join the South Sea frontline against the Alien Race.

• Wu Yaoer woke after Wu Yue rescued her and admitted she could not fight while recovering.
• Wu Yue scolded Wu Yaoer for recklessly engaging an unknown opponent at close range and ordered her to recuperate in the rear.
• Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng discussed how the requisitioned teleportation arrays had prevented them from reaching Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.
• Liu Jin summoned Wang Mingren and other disciples to Taiyi Palace and announced they would join the war under his and Junior Sister Chen's command.
• Wang Mingren, Ximen Feng, and thirteen other Core Formation Cultivators followed Liu Jin through the Large Teleportation Array to the frontline.

Wang Qingshan and Liu Meier attended an Exchange Gathering initiated by Zhao Wenbin for cultivators supporting the war against the Demon Race. Huang Fugui’s dispute over copied Spiritual Arts was settled with a warning, and the gathering began with Liu Meier making a trade.

• Wang Qingshan and Liu Meier joined more than thirty Core Formation Cultivators at the Azure Pavilion in Hundred Insects Mountains.
• Zhao Wenbin introduced himself as the gathering’s initiator and explained that all exchanges were voluntary.
• Huang Fugui arrived, and Sun Yulang accused him of selling eight copies of the same Spiritual Art for 800,000 Spirit Stones.
• Huang Fugui tried to settle the dispute with a damaged bodice that he claimed might contain a treasure map, and the Red-Robed Elder warned him not to repeat the offense.
• Zhao Wenbin presented items for exchange, and Liu Meier traded a Tier 3 Mid Grade Demon Core for an eight-hundred-year-old piece of Spirit Wood.