Chapter Summaries

Wang Changsheng and Wu Chang fought a fierce sparring match, which ended in a draw after Wang Changsheng showed that his physical strength could match Wu Chang's despite his lower cultivation. The four of them returned to a courtyard for tea, where Wang Ruyan prepared to discuss something with Wu Chang.

• Wu Chang challenged Wang Changsheng to a rematch, confident that his advancement to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage would let him win.
• Wang Changsheng and Wu Chang traded weapon strikes and powerful fire, water, and earth attacks without either gaining the upper hand.
• Wu Chang emerged from rubble and struck Wang Changsheng with his fists, but Wang Changsheng met the blow with his Golden Gauntlets.
• Both men retreated three steps, and Wu Chang recognized that Wang Changsheng's body was stronger despite Wu Chang's higher cultivation.
• Wang Changsheng and Wu Chang agreed to call the spar a draw, then joined Wang Ruyan and Li Ling'er for tea in a secluded courtyard.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan secured Wu Chang’s help in procuring Northern Frontier resources for the Wang Family as they prepared for possible war. The family then held Wang Qingshan’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, where guests gathered to honor him.

• Wang Changsheng asked Wu Chang to arrange Northern Frontier resources in exchange for South Sea-exclusive goods, and Wu Chang agreed to have their clansmen negotiate the large order.
• Wang Ruyan told Wu Chang and Li Ling’er that Zhou Ningshuang had warned of a possible major conflict, prompting their concern over the Wang Family’s preparations.
• The Wang Family welcomed more than a thousand cultivators to Wang Qingshan’s Nascent Soul Ceremony on Azure Lotus Island.
• Wang Qingshan arrived in a jade carriage pulled by two Third-Order Flood Dragons, and Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan joined him at the ceremony.
• Dai Ren congratulated Wang Qingshan on behalf of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and presented gifts, including thousand-year Glass Bamboo, Geng Metal Sand, and a Tier 4 Vajra Turtle shell.

Wang Qingshan’s Nascent Soul ceremony drew valuable gifts and representatives from powers across the cultivation world. The Sun Moon Palace, Skywind Commerce Alliance, and Huangfu Family arrived to congratulate him, leaving Wang Changsheng to welcome their delegation despite his doubts about the Sun Moon Palace’s motives.

• Representatives from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, the Ouyang Family, the Taiyi Immortal Sect, and other powers presented lavish gifts to Wang Qingshan.
• Huang Fugui arrived uninvited and offered two Rank 4 Puppet Beast arms, which Wang Qingshan accepted after Wang Changsheng recognized their usefulness.
• Wang Mengfen informed Wang Changsheng that the Sun Moon Palace, Skywind Commerce Alliance, and Huangfu Family had sent delegations.
• Wang Changsheng instructed Wang Mengfen to receive the visitors personally and welcomed them despite his suspicion of the Sun Moon Palace.
• Li Jiong, the Skywind Commerce Alliance representative, and Huangfu Rui presented their factions’ gifts to Wang Qingshan.

At Wang Qingshan's Nascent Soul Ceremony, Wang Changsheng and Dai Ren navigated Sun Moon Palace's warning over the Wang Family's retaliation against Yellow Dragon Island. Afterward, Huangfu Rui proposed a marriage alliance to enlist the Wang Family's help retrieving a treasure in the Fallen Immortal Ice Field, and the chapter left Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan weighing his offer.

• Li Jiong questioned whether the Demon Race had retaliated against the Wang Family, and Dai Ren and Wang Changsheng upheld the public account while warning that they would answer any further attack.
• Li Jiong urged Wang Changsheng not to escalate the dispute, and Wang Changsheng agreed to let the matter end.
• Dai Ren reminded Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect backed the Wang Family, then cautioned them against causing trouble for the Lu Family or provoking Sun Moon Palace.
• Huangfu Rui proposed a marriage alliance and explained that the Huangfu Family needed Wang Qingling's Icewind Dragon to retrieve a treasure from the Fallen Immortal Ice Field.
• Huangfu Rui said the families could cooperate as marriage relatives, leaving Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to consider the proposal.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan agreed to a marriage alliance with Huangfu Rui, while Wang Changsheng helped Huang Fugui trade a damaged formation for a defensive Magic Treasure. After tending to the injured Townsea Ape, Wang Changsheng began a painful cultivation session using white liquid from an azure gourd.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan agreed to arrange a marriage alliance with Huangfu Rui and let the younger generation handle the proposal.
• Wang Qingshan thanked Huang Fugui for attending his Nascent Soul Ceremony and gifting him a pair of Rank 4 Puppet Beast arms.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan questioned Huang Fugui about returning to the South Sea, and Huang Fugui traded a damaged formation for Wang Changsheng's Jade Yellow Umbrella.
• Zhou Ningshuang left Azure Lotus Island after fewer than three days, while Huang Fugui departed after half a month.
• Wang Changsheng gave the injured Townsea Ape Blood Moon Pills, and it swallowed them before falling asleep to recover.
• Wang Changsheng began cultivating with white liquid from an azure gourd, enduring bone-deep cold as his body crackled.

Sixty years after Wang Qingshan’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, Wang Qingjun encountered a battle between the Golden Saber Sect and a wounded woman from Fire Cloud Island. He rescued her from the Golden Saber Sect and took her toward Azure Lotus Island to verify her claimed family connection to the Wang Clan.

• Wang Qingjun arrived with Wang Clan cultivators as the Golden Saber Sect’s Elder of Law Enforcement pursued the wounded red-skirted woman.
• The woman claimed her grandniece’s husband was Wang Huaxiao and said she had visited the Wang Clan, while the Golden Saber Sect elder attacked Wang Qingjun’s group.
• Wang Qingjun and the Wang Clan cultivators countered with flying sabers and a Puppet Array, seriously wounding the elder.
• Wang Qingjun used a crimson tower to capture the elder and told the woman to accompany him to Azure Lotus Island so he could investigate her claim.
• The woman agreed, and Wang Qingjun’s group flew toward Azure Lotus Island.

Wang Yingjie returned to Azure Lotus Island and was stunned by the Wang Family’s growth, including its many Third-Order Flood Dragons. At a council meeting, Wang Mengfen heard reports of the clan’s increased strength and wealth and chose to avoid involvement in conflicts between neighboring powers until the ancestors advised him.

• Wang Yingjie returned to Azure Lotus Island with other cultivators and saw the family’s expanded Spirit Fields, workshops, Puppet Beasts, and Giant Lotus.
• Wang Yingjie watched Wang Qiuming, Wang Qingqing, and another Wang Family member fly past on Third-Order Flood Dragons, learning that the family now had five such dragons.
• Wang Mengfen received a report that the Wang Family had 11,347 cultivators, including three Nascent Soul Cultivators and thirty-two Core Formation Cultivators, and had earned more than six million Spirit Stones in profit that year.
• Wang Mengfen chose Wang Youwei to attend the Qingya Island Xue Family’s Core Formation Celebration because the Qingya Twin Prides were his concubines.
• Wang Mengfen declined to intervene in disturbances in the Fire-Pig Sea Region and Gold Clam Sea Region and decided to seek the ancestors’ instructions.

After spending sixty years mastering the Azure Lotus Sword Sutra, Wang Qingshan learned that war had broken out in the Fire-Pig Sea Region and decided to gather the family to discuss intervening. The chapter ended as Wang Mengfen explained that Fire Cloud Island, a Wang Family marriage ally, was fighting the Liu Family and other forces.

• Wang Qingshan completed his change of cultivation method and emerged from seclusion after sixty years.
• Wang Mengfen told Wang Qingshan that war had erupted among several powers in the Fire-Pig Sea Region and that the Wang Family had an excuse to intervene.
• Wang Qingshan ordered a meeting in the Council Hall, where nineteen Wang Family allies and members gathered.
• Wang Qingshan learned that Wang Qingqing, Wang Qingling, and Ye Haitang remained at the Core Formation Eighth Layer because of bottlenecks.
• Wang Mengfen reported that the Golden Saber Sect and the Liu Family of Fire Cloud Island were at war, while other forces fought over a Medium Spirit Stone Mine.

As war spread through the Fire-Pig Sea Region, Wang Qingshan considered how the Wang Family could enter the conflict without inviting attacks from every direction. He agreed to cooperate with the Lu Family against the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, and the two families began mobilizing their forces.

• Wang Mengfen proposed helping the Liu Family fight the Golden Saber Sect, while Wang Qingqing and Ye Haitang urged caution and Wang Qingling suggested joining forces with the Ye Family.
• Wang Qingjun arrived with an injured Madam Liu, whom Wang Qingqi took away for treatment.
• Wang Qingshan proposed attacking the Rogue Cultivator Alliance to gain Clam Pearls, aid the Ye Family, and avoid drawing the Fire-Pig Sea Region's powers against the Wang Family.
• Wang Mengfen met with Lu Hengbin, and the Lu Family offered to cooperate against the Rogue Cultivator Alliance in exchange for a larger share and some bordering islands.
• Wang Qingshan accepted cooperation and left the division of spoils to the families' strength; the Lu and Wang Families agreed and began mobilizing their forces.

The Lu, Wang, and Ye families launched a surprise attack on the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, and Wang Yingjie and Wang Qiuming led assaults on its islands and cultivators. Wang Qiuming killed Azure Moon Rogue and his companion on Azure Moon Island, while the allied forces continued their campaign.

• Ma Yuan received a warning that Black Fox Island was under attack and rushed out to find Wang Yingjie and four Qi Refining Cultivators breaking through its defenses.
• Wang Yingjie’s group killed Ma Yuan and the fleeing defenders, then began harvesting Spirit Grain before moving on to other islands.
• Wang Qiuming battled Azure Moon Rogue above Azure Moon Island while cultivators fought below and flames engulfed the island.
• Wang Qiuming killed Azure Moon Rogue with his Golden Bell, and a Golden Flood Dragon killed Azure Moon Rogue’s companion.
• Lu Hengbin praised Wang Qiuming’s abilities, and Wang Qiuming urged the allied forces to finish their remaining tasks.

Wang Qiuxin and Wang Huaxiao joined the Ye and Lu Families in an assault on Red Sand Island, overwhelming its defenders. Wang Huaxiao killed Golden Sand True Person, and the attack left the Rogue Cultivator Alliance badly outmatched.

• The Ye, Wang, and Lu Families attacked Red Sand Island, and Golden Sand True Person chose to retreat rather than face their combined forces.
• Wang Qiuxin and Wang Huaxiao joined three other Core Formation Cultivators as they confronted Golden Sand True Person and the island's remaining defenders.
• The two Middle-Aged Beauties attacked the middle-aged defender while Wang Qiuxin and Wang Huaxiao focused on Golden Sand True Person.
• Golden Sand True Person's defenses failed under Wang Qiuxin's Red Pumpkin Hammer and Wang Huaxiao's wind blades, while his Golden Giant Ape and Spirit Bird were kept at bay.
• Wang Huaxiao swept Golden Sand True Person into an Azure Tornado and killed him, then took his bloodstained Storage Pearls.

Wang Qiuxin and Wang Huaxiao defeated Rogue Cultivator Alliance cultivators at Red Sand Island as the Wang, Ye, and Lu Families pressed their attack. At Golden Gull Island, Azure Flame Lady and Surging Waves True Person faced the allied forces and warned that the alliance would fight to the death.

• Wang Qiuxin and Wang Huaxiao killed fleeing Rogue Cultivator Alliance cultivators while the Ye Family sisters watched.
• Wang Qiuxin’s group destroyed the mining site at Red Sand Island after taking some of its red sand ore.
• Azure Flame Lady and Surging Waves True Person learned that the Wang, Ye, and Lu Families had defeated the alliance and discussed seeking peace.
• A green-skirted woman reported that Ye Yuwei and Lu Yongyi had arrived outside Golden Gull Island with their forces.
• Azure Flame Lady confronted Ye Yuwei and Lu Yongyi, warning that the Rogue Cultivator Alliance would fight to the death.

The Ye, Wang, and Lu families forced the Rogue Cultivator Alliance to negotiate after Azure Flame Lady defeated Lu Yongyi but declined to fight Wang Qingshan. The Wang Family won three duels, securing 150 islands and six treasures, including two drops of Primordial Heavy Water, while Azure Flame Lady recognized the Wang Family’s growing strength.

• Azure Flame Lady defeated Lu Yongyi with her Azure Sun True Flame, and Wang Qingshan arrived to challenge her before the sides agreed to settle the conflict with five Core Formation duels.
• The families agreed that the Rogue Cultivator Alliance would cede 150 islands and provide treasures if it lost three of the five bouts, while the allied forces would withdraw if they lost.
• Wang Qingqing defeated her opponent with a Third-Order Flood Dragon and two Third-Order Puppet Beasts, and Wang Qiuming and Wang Huaxiao also won their matches.
• Azure Flame Lady ended the contest after the Wang Family secured three victories and handed over 150 islands and six treasures.
• Wang Qingshan obtained two drops of Primordial Heavy Water, and Azure Flame Lady concluded that the Wang Family had inherited the true legacy of Five Dragons Palace and would continue to rise.

After the Wang Family won territory in the Gold Clam Sea Region, Wang Qingshan learned that several powers were besieging the Golden Saber Sect for its Rank 4 dragon Puppet Beast. He decided to help the sect in exchange for benefits and to train the clan members, then led a party toward the Fire-Pig Sea Region.

• The Wang Family divided the spoils of war with the Lu and Ye Families, and the Ye Family ordered Puppet Beasts from them.
• Wang Mengfen reported that several powers were attacking the Golden Saber Sect to seize its Rank 4 dragon Puppet Beast.
• Ye Haitang and Wang Qingqing argued that the Wang Family should help the Golden Saber Sect rather than join the attackers, and Wang Qingshan agreed.
• Wang Qingshan chose Wang Qingling, Wang Qingjun, Youwei, Mingyue, Ji Yun, Wang Changjie, Chen Xudong, and Ye Zhongren to accompany him to the Fire-Pig Sea Region.
• Wang Qingling released the Icewind Dragon, and Wang Qingshan and the others flew toward the Fire-Pig Sea Region.

The Golden Saber Sect faced destruction as four major powers besieged Golden Moon Island to seize Golden Saber Lord’s Fourth-Order Flood Dragon skeleton. Wang Qingshan arrived with the Wang Family, leaving the besiegers to question his intentions as the conflict stood on the brink of escalation.

• Golden Moon Hermit urged Golden Saber Lord to surrender the Fourth-Order Flood Dragon skeleton, but Golden Saber Lord refused as the four powers renewed their assault on Golden Moon Island.
• Golden Mirror Hermit demanded the skeleton and Cultivation Resources in exchange for withdrawing, and Golden Saber Lord rejected his terms.
• Golden Saber Lord realized Golden Mirror Hermit, Liu Xinchao, Golden Flame True Person, and Thousand Cloud Fairy might be preparing to attack in earnest.
• Wang Qingshan arrived on a White Flood Dragon with more than fifty Wang Family cultivators and greeted Liu Xinchao and Golden Saber Lord.
• Golden Mirror Hermit accused Wang Qingshan of arriving to take advantage of the Golden Saber Sect’s impending defeat.

Wang Qingshan tried to mediate the conflict between the Golden Saber Sect and the forces besieging it, warning that destroying the sect would endanger Fire Cloud Island and weaken humanity against the Demon Race. After persuading Liu Xinchao to reconsider, Wang Qingshan challenged Golden Mirror Hermit to a duel, with peace at stake.

• Golden Mirror Hermit, Golden Flame True Person, Thousand Cloud Fairy, and Liu Xinchao argued over who should receive the Golden Saber Sect's Fourth Order flood dragon skeleton.
• Wang Qingshan said he had come to mediate and warned that the Demon Race might be behind the conflict, but Golden Mirror Hermit dismissed his concerns.
• Golden Mirror Hermit challenged Golden Saber Lord to a duel, demanding the flood dragon skeleton if Golden Saber Lord lost.
• Golden Moon Hermit asked Wang Qingshan to mediate, and Wang Qingshan privately warned Liu Xinchao that destroying the Golden Saber Sect could expose Fire Cloud Island to revenge.
• Liu Xinchao reconsidered the risks, and Wang Qingshan challenged Golden Mirror Hermit to a duel, offering to leave if he lost and asking for peace if he won.

Wang Qingshan challenged Golden Mirror Hermit to settle the conflict over the Golden Saber Sect’s headquarters, then unleashed a powerful sword art that shattered Golden Mirror Hermit’s Golden Mirror. Golden Mirror Hermit countered with the Red Lotus Mirror, and the chapter ended as their attacks collided in a massive azure explosion.

• Wang Qingshan and Golden Mirror Hermit agreed to duel, with the outcome determining whether Golden Mirror Hermit would withdraw his forces.
• Wang Qingshan opened the fight by sending two Tier 3 Flying Eagle Puppet Beasts to probe Golden Mirror Hermit’s defenses.
• Golden Mirror Hermit’s Golden Giant Eagle blocked Wang Qingshan’s Azure Wind Blades, and his Golden Mirror clashed with Wang Qingshan’s sword light.
• Wang Qingshan formed the Azure Lotus Demon Slayer Slash and sent a growing swarm of Azure Flying Swords against Golden Mirror Hermit.
• Golden Mirror Hermit used the Red Lotus Mirror to reflect the Azure Flying Swords, and the two torrents collided in a vast azure explosion.

Wang Qingshan battled Golden Mirror Hermit, countering his powerful mirrors and surviving the Ancient Sun Mirror’s Sun Blaze True Flame unharmed. The fight continued with Wang Qingshan trapping Golden Mirror Hermit in a Sword Array.

• Wang Qingshan used the Azure Lotus Wind Sword Art to clash with Golden Mirror Hermit's Demon Subduing Golden Light Mirror, then formed a towering Azure Tornado.
• Golden Mirror Hermit froze Wang Qingshan's tornado with a white mirror and attacked him with a massive Golden Light Pillar, which Wang Qingshan broke apart.
• Golden Mirror Hermit summoned his Ancient Sun Mirror and struck Wang Qingshan with Sun Blaze True Flame, but Wang Qingshan emerged unharmed thanks to his Azure Lotus Lamp and Azure Lotus Karmic Fire.
• Wang Qingshan broke the frozen tornado and sent Azure Sword Qi and flying swords at Golden Mirror Hermit, who countered with his Golden Mirrors.
• Wang Qingshan's nine misty Azure Flying Swords surrounded Golden Mirror Hermit and formed a Sword Array.

Golden Mirror Hermit broke Wang Qingshan’s Sword Array, and the two agreed to settle their contest with a match between their juniors. Wang Changjie defeated Ruoying, so Golden Mirror Hermit conceded and accepted the wager.

• Golden Mirror Hermit used the Gold Radiance Pearl and Sun Reflection Mirror to break Wang Qingshan’s Sword Array, though Wang Qingshan said he had held back.
• Wang Qingshan proposed a draw, then suggested that one junior from each side fight instead.
• Golden Mirror Hermit sent Ruoying to spar with Wang Changjie.
• Wang Changjie used his six Crimson Fire Swords to overpower Ruoying and set her ablaze.
• Golden Mirror Hermit stopped the fight, conceded, and left with his disciples.

Wang Qingshan helped the Golden Saber Sect end the siege by negotiating a settlement and received diluted Dragon Essence Spirit Liquid in return. Back on Azure Lotus Island, the Qilin Turtle endured a lightning tribulation and advanced to the Third Order.

• Wang Qingshan persuaded Liu Xinchao, Golden Flame True Person, and Thousand Cloud Fairy to withdraw after Golden Saber Lord agreed to cede territory and provide treasures.
• Golden Saber Lord gave Wang Qingshan diluted Dragon Essence Spirit Liquid as thanks for intervening.
• Wang Qingshan left the Golden Saber Sect and returned toward Azure Lotus Island while Golden Saber Lord and Golden Moon Hermit discussed their predicament and the Fourth Order dragon skeleton.
• On Azure Lotus Island, the Qilin Turtle withstood successive bolts of silver lightning in the lake.
• The Qilin Turtle emerged from the final strike with a new shell and an aura showing it had advanced to the Third Order.