Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi tried to expand Fire Eagle Island’s power after the war, but Wang Mengbin arrived with Xue Qingshan to confront him over the feud between their families. Wang Mengbin demanded the Golden Dragon Token as the price of defeat, and Xu Yi offered compensation instead, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Xu Yi ordered his disciples to seize the Yanyue Sect’s wealth and discussed dividing its territory with the Xuan Yang Sect.
• After learning that Wang Mengbin and Xue Qingshan had arrived, Xu Yi ordered a disciple to escape through a secret passage if Fire Eagle Island was destroyed.
• Wang Mengbin confronted Xu Yi outside the island while Xue Qingshan accused Fire Eagle Island of killing his sons; Xu Yi countered that Xue Family members had also killed his disciples.
• Wang Mengbin proposed that Xu Yi withstand five moves, demanding Fire Eagle Island’s Golden Dragon Token if Xu Yi lost.
• Xu Yi denied possessing the token and offered Wang Mengbin three items as compensation if Wang Mengbin defeated him within five moves.

Wang Mengbin defeated Xu Yi in a five-move contest and forced him to concede, settling the dispute over the Golden Dragon Token. Xue Qingshan offered the Xue Family’s two third-order Sea Devouring Clams to secure Wang Family support, and Xu Yi agreed not to retaliate.

• Wang Mengbin unleashed a vast thundercloud and powerful lightning attacks, prompting Xu Yi to concede before the remaining three moves.
• Xu Yi apologized and returned to Fire Eagle Island to fetch compensation, while Wang Mengbin warned Xue Qingshan against deceiving the Wang Family again.
• Xu Yi returned with a Clam Pearl, a Lightning Spiritual Art, and a Golden Bone Forging Pill formula, then pointed out that the Xue Family owned two third-order Sea Devouring Clams.
• Xue Qingshan offered the two Sea Devouring Clams to Wang Mengbin in exchange for the Wang Family’s support.
• Wang Mengbin said he would report the offer to the ancestor and told Xu Yi not to retaliate against the Xue Family; Xu Yi agreed.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan formed plans for an alliance with Ye Yuwei and Liu Xinchao, then Wang Changsheng criticized Wang Mengbin’s cautious handling of Xu Yi. The chapter ended with Wang Mingren returning alongside Liu Jin and Ximen Feng, who had something beneficial to discuss with the Wang Family.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan agreed with Ye Yuwei and Liu Xinchao to pursue cooperation and an alliance after the Wang Family settled in the Five Dragons Sea Region.
• Wang Mengbin and Wang Youwei presented Wang Changsheng with a jade box, and Wang Mengbin explained how he had handled Xu Yi and the Golden Dragon Token.
• Wang Changsheng criticized Wang Mengbin for being too conventional and advised him to think flexibly, while Wang Ruyan suggested giving him and Hua Xiu more experience.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Mengbin to give the pill formula to Qingqi to see whether he could refine the Golden Bone Forging Pill.
• Wang Mingren contacted Wang Changsheng to announce his return with Liu Jin and Ximen Feng, and Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan invited them inside.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan discussed the Wang Family’s new South Sea territory and plans with Liu Jin, who sought an alliance with the Taiyi Immortal Sect. The Wang Family had already secured formation assistance from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, while Liu Jin offered other support in exchange for cooperation.

• Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng thanked Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan for helping them earn credit during the war.
• Liu Jin learned that the Wang Family had received five hundred and fifty islands, and Wang Changsheng declined to rebuild Azure Lotus Estate for now.
• Wang Changsheng explained that the family planned to establish a large Market and had already allied with the Ye Family and Fire Cloud Island.
• Liu Jin offered formation services and greater protection for Wang clansmen in the Eastern Wasteland in exchange for help gathering and selling materials.
• Wang Ruyan revealed that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had already agreed to set up formations, while Wang Mingren urged Wang Changsheng to accept Liu Jin’s other assistance.

Wang Changsheng eventually agreed to cooperate with the Taiyi Immortal Sect after using his initial refusal to preserve the Wang Family’s bargaining power and help Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng earn merit. The agreement set trade in the Great Yan Dynasty and arranged for the sect to transport two hundred thousand Wang Family mortals to the Five Dragons Sea Region.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan refused Liu Jin’s proposal, while Wang Mingren urged them to accept and Liu Jin asked him and Ximen Feng to keep persuading them.
• Wang Changsheng explained that he had refused to retain the initiative for the Wang Family and give Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng a chance to earn merit toward becoming Five Heroes of Taiyi.
• Wang Mingren promised to help the Lineage and rebuild Azure Lotus Estate if he and Ximen Feng were selected, and the couple agreed to send any future descendants back to the Lineage for training.
• Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng visited Wang Changsheng repeatedly over seven days, then Liu Jin returned to ask whether he had agreed to cooperate.
• Wang Changsheng negotiated for trade to take place in the Great Yan Dynasty and for the Taiyi Immortal Sect to transport Wang Family mortals; they settled on transporting two hundred thousand people.
• Liu Jin promised to report Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng’s merit, then left with them as they returned to the Eastern Wasteland to compete for selection as Five Heroes of Taiyi.

After the Golden Carp Sect’s collapse, Lu Jiaheng and Lu Yan pledged themselves to the Wang Family and sought permission to establish a cultivation family. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan assigned them to build Golden Lotus Market, then entered the sect treasury to see what remained.

• Lu Jiaheng and Lu Yan offered to serve the Wang Family and handed over the treasury key.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan approved their plan to found a family and instructed them to build a Market on Golden Cypress Island.
• Lu Jiaheng told Wang Changsheng that the Golden Carp Sect’s Five Dragons Mystic Realm map had been taken by Senior Brother Li, who had joined the Lu Family.
• Wang Changsheng renamed Golden Carp Island Azure Lotus Island and Golden Cypress Island Golden Lotus Island, and named the planned Market Golden Lotus Market.
• Wang Mengbin, Lu Jiaheng, Lu Yan, and Wang Youwei left with more than two hundred cultivators to build the Market.
• Wang Changsheng opened the treasury with Lu Jiaheng’s key and found most of its shelves empty.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan examined the treasures and manuals taken from Lu Jiaheng and Lu Yan, finding two Earth-Rank Techniques and several valuable Spiritual Arts. They decided to send the Sword Cloak Technique to Taiyi Immortal Sect for Wang Mingren, though Wang Ruyan doubted it would secure his selection as one of the Five Heroes of Taiyi.

• Wang Changsheng removed the Restrictions from the shelves and found two Earth-Rank Techniques, seven Mystic Grade Cultivation Methods, and seven Spiritual Arts.
• Wang Changsheng studied the Soul Suppression Seal and the Sword Cloak Technique, and Wang Ruyan said the latter suited Wang Qingshan.
• Wang Changsheng proposed sending a Spiritual Art to Taiyi Immortal Sect to help Wang Mingren's chance of becoming one of the Five Heroes of Taiyi.
• Wang Ruyan said Wang Mingren's chances were low because Taiyi Immortal Sect would balance the influence of powerful families, citing Guangdong Ren's choice to save Ye Tong over Su Cheng and the Murong Family's rise and fall.
• Wang Changsheng decided to send the Sword Cloak Technique to Taiyi Immortal Sect and hoped Wang Mingren would be selected, while Wang Ruyan remained doubtful.

Wang Mingren rejected Chen Xiang'er’s attempt to reconcile, then learned that Taiyi Immortal Sect’s Nascent Soul Cultivators had decided who would fill two vacancies among the Five Heroes of Taiyi. The sect chose Li Tianrui and Shen Ruyue instead of Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng, though it planned to reward the pair generously.

• Wang Mingren refused to reconcile with Chen Xiang'er, and she left after warning him not to regret his decision.
• Chen Xiang'er warned Ximen Feng that she might target her and Wang Mingren in the future, but Wang Mingren dismissed the threat.
• Liu Jin recommended Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng for the Five Heroes of Taiyi because of their service and reputation.
• Chen Haibin and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators argued against selecting Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng, citing the Wang Family’s growing power and concerns about their loyalty.
• Zhang Zhanfeng chose Li Tianrui and Shen Ruyue for the two vacancies and ordered generous rewards for Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng.

Wang Mingren learned that he and Ximen Feng had not been selected as Taiyi’s Five Heroes, and he angrily questioned the fairness of the decision. Xu Zihua explained that the Wang Family’s independence from the sect made it a potential threat, leaving Wang Mingren to confront doubts about where his family’s loyalties lay.

• Wang Mingren waited with Ximen Feng for the Five Heroes selection results, believing the honor would secure his future within Taiyi Immortal Sect.
• Xu Zihua told Wang Mingren that he had not been selected because his actions in the Coral Sea Region had caused losses, while Li Tianrui and Shen Ruyue had been chosen.
• Wang Mingren protested that his and Ximen Feng’s mistakes had already been punished and that their wartime achievements and the Wang Family’s concessions deserved recognition.
• Wang Mingren asked Xu Zihua whether his family’s two Nascent Soul Cultivators had cost him the selection, and Xu Zihua invited him to discuss it over drinks.
• Xu Zihua explained that sect-affiliated families depended on Taiyi Immortal Sect, whereas the Wang Family had ties to the Southern Sea Myriad Swords Sect and might not support Taiyi in a crisis.

After Wang Mingren was passed over for the Five Heroes of Taiyi, Xu Zihua advised him to serve in the Northern Frontier and keep cultivating. Wang Mingren chose to commit himself to the Wang Family’s development, leaving Wang Qingshan with plans to bring resources and support back to the family.

• Xu Zihua explained that Taiyi Immortal Sect distrusted the Wang Family because of its ties to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and advised Wang Mingren to take a post in the Northern Frontier.
• Xu Zihua told Wang Mingren that he could redeem two Nascent Soul Forming Treasures with Contribution Points and choose where to serve.
• Wang Qingshan delivered an Azure Jade Slip from Wang Changsheng, but Wang Mingren refused it and said he would exchange his Contribution Points for a treasure to send to the family.
• Wang Mingren told Wang Qingshan that he and Ximen Feng would help the family develop in the Northern Frontier by training artifact refiners, securing resources, and expanding business.
• Ximen Feng offered to help increase the family’s profits, and Wang Mingren promised to use his connections in Taiyi Immortal Sect to support the Wang Family.

Wang Changsheng and the Wang Family settled into their newly completed Azure Lotus Immortal City and discussed how to strengthen their position in the Five Dragons Sea Region. Wang Changsheng approved Wang Qingjun’s proposal to maintain limited trade and marriage ties with the Tang Family while avoiding a firm alliance.

• Wang Changsheng established Azure Lotus Island as the Wang Family’s main base, leased islands to local powers, and gave the Xue Family Azure Crow Island to develop.
• Wang Qingqi told Wang Changsheng that he could not yet refine Core Formation Spiritual Objects, and Wang Changsheng advised him to exchange knowledge with subordinate and visiting Tier 3 Alchemists.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Qingqing to remain in the Five Dragons Sea Region and said the family would hold a Grand Auction featuring rare medicines, treasures, and crafting materials.
• Wang Qingjun proposed limited trade and marriage ties with the Tang Family while refusing their territory and keeping the Wang Family free to balance its relations with the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
• Wang Changsheng approved Wang Qingjun’s proposal and told him to return to the Eastern Wasteland after the auction while staying in the South Sea for now.

Wang Changsheng assigned Wang Tianwen to return to the Great Yan Dynasty and distributed magic treasures to the Wang Family’s Core Formation cultivators. Zhang Wuchen visited to propose cooperation between the Zhang and Wang Families, including shop exchanges and a teleportation route, and Wang Changsheng had yet to respond.

• Wang Changsheng told Wang Tianwen to return to the Great Yan Dynasty after raising his cultivation and oversee the Azure Lotus Commerce Association.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Qingqing, Wang Tianwen, and the other Core Formation cultivators three first-order magic treasures each and urged them to cultivate diligently.
• Wang Mengfen reported Zhang Wuchen’s arrival, and Wang Changsheng invited her to Azure Lotus Peak.
• Zhang Wuchen praised Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan’s rise and proposed taking part in their Grand Auction, obtaining fifty shops, exchanging seventy shops in Azure Carp Market, and discussing a direct teleportation route.

Wang Changsheng and Zhang Wuchen negotiated an exchange of shops and plans for a trade route spanning nine sea regions. After the Ouyang Family invited Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to Bright Moon True Person’s birthday celebration, Guangdong Ren arrived with Wang Qingshan, offering a way for the couple to leave Azure Lotus Island guarded.

• Wang Changsheng and Zhang Wuchen agreed that the Wang Family would give the Zhang Family thirty shops in exchange for fifty shops and help recruiting Nascent Soul factions for a nine-region trade route.
• Zhang Wuchen accepted Wang Ruyan’s invitation to stay on Azure Lotus Island.
• Ouyang Yumin and Ouyang Yuruo delivered invitations to Bright Moon True Person’s nine-hundredth birthday celebration, and Wang Changsheng agreed to attend.
• Wang Changsheng worried that traveling to the celebration would leave Azure Lotus Island without a Nascent Soul cultivator to guard it.
• Guangdong Ren arrived, and Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan welcomed their master.
• Guangdong Ren said he had returned with Wang Qingshan, who soon entered the room.

Guangdong Ren agreed to oversee a Wang Family market after explaining why he needed new territory and resources for Hundred Spirits Sect. Wang Qingshan returned with Wang Mingren’s valuable gifts and promise to aid the family, including a fruit-bearing Fu Jin Fruit Tree.

• Guangdong Ren asked to join the Wang Family’s market project, and Wang Changsheng welcomed him after Guangdong Ren explained that the Three Immortals Alliance was falling apart.
• Wang Changsheng trusted Guangdong Ren to oversee the market, and Guangdong Ren promised to keep it running smoothly while supporting Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Wang Qingshan regretted missing the family’s wartime contributions, but Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan reassured him that his work in the Eastern Wasteland had repaid his Contribution Points and helped the clan.
• Wang Qingshan said he would enter secluded cultivation to reach Core Formation Layer 9 and delivered a string of Storage Pearls from Wang Mingren.
• Wang Qingshan reported that Wang Mingren would help the family across several Cultivation Worlds and had obtained three Mystic Power Fruits and a fruit-bearing Fu Jin Fruit Tree, prompting Wang Changsheng to exclaim in surprise.

Wang Mingren sent the Wang Family valuable resources to strengthen its foundation, and Wang Changsheng arranged to reward capable clansmen while discussing the family’s future plans. Wang Ruyan urged him to prepare to explore the Townsea Sect ruins and reopen the Zhoushan Mystic Realm, though gathering the Five Dragons Tokens remained uncertain.

• Wang Qingshan explained that Wang Mingren had sent three Mystic Power Fruits, a Fu Jin Fruit Tree, and other resources, and Wang Changsheng converted them into Merit Points for Wang Mingren.
• Wang Qingshan declined Wang Changsheng’s offer to switch to the Li Fire Sword Art, saying he would keep his current cultivation method and focus on reaching Core Formation Layer 9.
• Wang Changsheng ordered a clan tournament whose top three Foundation Establishment clansmen would receive Mystic Power Fruits and priority in forming their cores.
• Wang Ruyan proposed putting the Townsea Sect ruins to use and reopening the Zhoushan Mystic Realm, while noting that the family still lacked the other Five Dragons Tokens.

The Wang Family held a tournament to find talent and reward cultivators as it prepared for a birthday celebration and tried to strengthen its shallow foundations. Wang Huaxiao advanced through the Phantom Demon Tower while Wang Yingjie hoped to earn a place among the top thirty.

• Wang Changsheng explained that the tournament would reward the top thirty and give outsiders a chance to earn recognition within the Wang Family.
• More than a thousand cultivators gathered at the Bluestone Plaza, including newcomers who had recently joined the family.
• Wang Mengfen presided over the tournament as Wang Mengbin controlled the Phantom Demon Tower, and Wang Huaxiao entered first.
• Wang Huaxiao defeated the beasts on the first two floors and reached the third floor, where three First Grade High Rank Demon Beasts attacked him.
• Wang Yingjie watched Wang Huaxiao's progress and resolved to compete for a place among the top thirty.

Wang Changsheng traded copied Buddhist cultivation methods and the Spirit Replenishing Pill formula to Zhang Wuchen for a Blood Dragon Fruit, agreeing to keep their exchange secret without swearing a Heart Demon Oath. Meanwhile, Wang Huaxiao defeated five demon beasts on the Phantom Demon Tower’s eighth floor and asked permission to continue.

• Zhang Wuchen asked Wang Changsheng for Buddhist cultivation methods and revealed her interest in the Spirit Replenishing Pill formula.
• Wang Changsheng had Wang Qingjun copy portions of several Buddhist manuals, and Zhang Wuchen offered a Blood Dragon Fruit for the methods and pill formula.
• Zhang Wuchen demanded secrecy under a Heart Demon Oath, but Wang Changsheng promised not to reveal the exchange instead, and she accepted.
• Wang Huaxiao used his Azure Flood Dragon Shuttle and other artifacts to defeat five tier 2 high-grade demon beasts on the tower’s eighth floor.
• After restoring his mana with a Blue Pill, Wang Huaxiao asked his Ancestor for permission to challenge the ninth floor.

Wang Huaxiao, Wang Yingjie, Wang Jiyun, and Wang Youwei challenged the Phantom Demon Tower with powerful techniques and treasures. Wang Huaxiao emerged from the ninth floor, and the gathering ended with Wang Changsheng asking Zhang Wuchen about the Zhang Family’s Spirit Body cultivator.

• Wang Huaxiao used wind techniques, a formation, and a Blood Ignition Pill to fight a Crimson Giant Tiger on the ninth floor, where he held out for nearly half a quarter-hour.
• Wang Yingjie used a Beast Spirit Talisman to defeat five First Grade High Rank demon beasts, then faced three Lower-Grade Tier 2 beasts with the summoned Red Octopus.
• Wang Jiyun cleared the eighth floor with her Sword Array and challenged the ninth floor, while Wang Youwei entered the eighth floor carrying the Ice Moon Gourd.
• Wang Changsheng pulled Wang Huaxiao from the tower, and Wang Ruyan gave him an Essence Nourishing Pill to help him recover.
• Zhang Wuchen praised the Wang Family’s talents, and Wang Changsheng asked whether the Zhang Family had brought its Spirit Body cultivator.

Wang Changsheng arranged to travel with Zhang Wuchen to Bright Moon True Person’s birthday celebration and learned how the Wang juniors fared in the Phantom Demon Tower. In the Northern Frontier, Wang Mingren secured a three-year apprenticeship for Wang Hualei with formation master Liu Changhe.

• Wang Changsheng praised Zhang Hongwu and proposed that she marry Wang Huaxiao, but Zhang Wuchen declined, then agreed to travel with Wang Changsheng to the Ouyang Family’s celebration.
• Wang Jiyun and Wang Youwei reached the Phantom Demon Tower’s ninth floor, while Wang Yingjie stopped at the sixth.
• Wang Yingying brought her nephew Wang Hualei to meet Wang Mingren and Liu Changhe at Hanruo Residence.
• Liu Changhe agreed to teach Wang Hualei formations for three years, accepted him as a disciple, and gave him an Azure Jade Pendant.

Wang Mingren welcomed Dongfang Yao and Master Jingkong, while Ximen Feng suspected she was pregnant. After Master Jingkong offered Wang Mingren a cryptic warning about cause and effect, Dongfang Yao explained that Northern Mystery Palace was hunting him and received the Profound Yin Crystal he had requested.

• Wang Mingren instructed Wang Yingying to welcome Dongfang Yao and then learned that Ximen Feng might be pregnant.
• Dongfang Yao arrived with Master Jingkong, who explained that he had saved Dongfang Yao and urged him not to seek revenge.
• Master Jingkong examined Wang Mingren, warned him about cause and effect, and left without explaining further.
• Dongfang Yao told Wang Mingren and Ximen Feng that Northern Mystery Palace was hunting him because of his conflict with the Nine Serenities Sect.
• Ximen Feng gave Dongfang Yao the Profound Yin Crystal, and Wang Mingren offered to mediate and suggested he leave the Northern Frontier.
• Dongfang Yao declined the Wang Family's offer of help in the South Sea and took his leave.