Chapter Summaries

Qian Tianming escaped the Burial Immortal Sea with Zhou Sihong’s corpse and the Blood Demon Blade, while Wang Changsheng’s role in the victory raised his standing and brought the Ten Thousand Swords Sect major gains. As the South Sea celebrated Zhou Sihong’s death, Huang Fugui profited from retelling the story, and Guangdong Ren worried that Wang Changsheng had not yet returned.

• Qian Tianming emerged from the Burial Immortal Sea with a teleportation stone, confirmed Zhou Sihong’s death, and revealed that the Divine Weapon Palace had obtained the Blood Demon Blade.
• Qian Tianming declared the Blood Demon Blade would become a sect-guarding treasure and left, while Dai Ren praised Wang Changsheng and promised Huang Fugui a reward for locating Zhou Sihong.
• News of Zhou Sihong’s death spread through the South Sea, restoring travel and trade, boosting Grand Vast True Person’s fame, and strengthening the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s position.
• The Demon Race remained divided after Ao Qing’s death and Shi Hou’s disappearance, while the human race avoided provoking conflict with the Sea Clan and Barbarian Race.
• Huang Fugui charged cultivators to hear his account of Zhou Sihong’s defeat, as Guangdong Ren and An Ran discussed his greed and worried that Wang Changsheng had not returned.

After forty years trapped in the Burial Immortal Sea, Wang Changsheng left Profound Water Palace when he confirmed the nearby island was free of Spirit Severing Qi. He found Shi Hou’s corpse and a trove of resources, then discovered enough Heaven One True Water to support his cultivation to Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Wang Changsheng completed the Heavenly Ghost Banners for Ye Haitang and confirmed that Spirit Severing Qi had vanished from the wasteland island.
• Wang Changsheng and the Townsea Ape left the island inside a Blue Water Curtain and traveled through the Burial Immortal Sea.
• The Qilin Turtle led Wang Changsheng to an island where he found Shi Hou’s corpse and recovered Shi Hou’s and Ao Qing’s Storage Rings, along with Shi Hou’s White Flame.
• Wang Changsheng collected more than five thousand jin of Heaven One True Water from a cave after the Qilin Turtle broke through its entrance.
• Wang Changsheng promised to reward the Qilin Turtle and departed on its back.

Ye Haitang overcame her heart demon during her attempt to enter the Nascent Soul Realm and formed a Nascent Soul, but she still had to pass the Thunder Tribulation. Wang Qingshan and Fairy Cailian witnessed the formation phenomenon and stayed on Azure Lotus Island to see what happened.

• Fairy Cailian prepared to leave Azure Lotus Island after failing to meet the Azure Lotus Couple, but Wang Qingshan agreed to visit her at Celestial Moon Valley in the future.
• A Nascent Soul Formation phenomenon appeared over Azure Lotus Island, and Wang Qingshan persuaded Fairy Cailian to remain while a Wang Family member attempted a breakthrough.
• Ye Haitang faced a heart demon that impersonated Zhao Meier and tried to convince her that Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan would turn against her.
• Ye Haitang rejected the heart demon and returned to her residence as spiritual energy poured into her body.
• Ye Haitang's Inner Core shattered and formed a miniature Nascent Soul, and she took out a Formation Plate to face the Thunder Tribulation.

Wang Ruyan reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage as Ye Haitang survived her tribulation and formed her Nascent Soul. Wang Qingling overcame her heart demon and also formed her Nascent Soul, leaving the Wang Family with two new Nascent Soul cultivators and planning a ceremony for her in five years.

• Wang Ruyan emerged from seclusion at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and joined Wang Qingshan and Fairy Cailian as Ye Haitang underwent her Nascent Soul tribulation.
• Ye Haitang survived the thunder tribulation, formed her Nascent Soul, and vowed to reclaim what her father had lost.
• Wang Qingling faced a heart demon that made Icewind Dragon appear to attack her family, but she rejected the illusion and defeated it.
• Wang Qingling passed her tribulation, and Icewind Dragon's joyful roars confirmed her success in forming her Nascent Soul.
• The Wang Family sent invitations announcing that Wang Qingling's Nascent Soul Ceremony would be held in five years.

Liu Wuyai and other Core Formation cultivators were conscripted to hunt a Fourth Order Demon Beast in the Golden Gull Sea Region. After a second beast ambushed them, Wang Changsheng arrived and killed it, leaving its corpse floating in the sea.

• Liu Wuyai patrolled with Sun Feiyang and the other conscripted cultivators, hoping to avoid the Fourth Order Demon Beast.
• The beast erupted from the sea, shattered the cultivators' puppet restraints, and used a divine soul attack before swallowing a woman whole.
• Golden Gull True Person captured the beast with his Golden Pagoda, but a second Fourth Order Demon Beast emerged and attacked him and the cultivators.
• The second beast's attacks killed two Core Formation cultivators and engulfed Golden Gull True Person in flames.
• Wang Changsheng struck the beast with a water python and an icy attack, then drove the Taihao Spirit Severing Blade into its head and split it in two.

Wang Changsheng returned from the Burial Immortal Sea after easily defeating a fourth-order demon beast and learned that Wang Qingling had formed her Nascent Soul. On Azure Lotus Island, Ye Haitang discussed her plans with Wang Ruyan while waiting for Wang Changsheng to return.

• Wang Changsheng defeated a fourth-order demon beast, collected its essence soul, and rescued Sun Feiyang and Golden Gull True Person.
• Golden Gull True Person told Wang Changsheng that Wang Qingling had formed her Nascent Soul, and Wang Changsheng invited him to her Nascent Soul Ceremony.
• Sun Feiyang resolved to bring a generous gift to the ceremony and use the chance to establish ties with the Wang Family, while Liu Wuyai privately considered his own plans.
• Wang Ruyan offered Ye Haitang several magic treasures, but Ye Haitang said she was waiting for Wang Changsheng to refine a Lifebound Treasure from her Ghost Yin Wood.
• Ye Haitang told Wang Ruyan she planned to cultivate in the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region and watch over the Townsea Sect ruins, while wondering whether the Netherworld truly existed.

Zhang Wuchen and Lin Yuzong rescued Ouyang Hongguang from three Nascent Soul Cultivators and forced him to agree to cooperate. The chapter left them allied, with Zhang Wuchen seeking treasures to advance her cultivation and Ouyang Hongguang hoping to enter the Tomb of the Puppet Emperor.

• Ouyang Hongguang fought off the three Nascent Soul Cultivators with the Seven-Colored Phoenix Feather Fan and Nether Soul Threads, but they bound and attacked him.
• Zhang Wuchen and Lin Yuzong intervened, and Zhang Wuchen's Silver Moon Spirit Severing Blade killed the Red-Robed Elder and two other Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Ouyang Hongguang recognized Zhang Wuchen and questioned her connection to Sun Moon Palace's master, Fang Yue.
• Zhang Wuchen demanded that Ouyang Hongguang cooperate with her search for treasures, threatening him with the Silver Moon Spirit Severing Blade if he refused.
• Ouyang Hongguang agreed to cooperate, hoping Zhang Wuchen and Lin Yuzong would help him enter the Tomb of the Puppet Emperor.

Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Island and reunited with Wang Ruyan, bringing treasures for his family. He left Ye Haitang better equipped for the future and gave Wang Qingling Ao Qing’s Inner Core to help the Icewind Dragon advance.

• Wang Changsheng reunited with Wang Ruyan, who had advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and gave her the Dust Cleansing Flute.
• Wang Ruyan told Wang Changsheng that several relatives were in seclusion attempting to reach the Nascent Soul Realm, while Ye Haitang and Wang Qingling had begun Nascent Soul Formation first.
• Wang Changsheng gave Ye Haitang eighteen Heavenly Ghost Banners and cautioned her to be patient about taking revenge on Shangguan Wei.
• Wang Qingling promised to stay with the Icewind Dragon, named it Wang Qingxiao, and warned it against joining the troubled Flood Dragon Clan.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Qingling Ao Qing’s Inner Core to help the Icewind Dragon strengthen its bloodline and advance.

Wang Changsheng ordered Wang Xin to keep cultivating, then began processing Ao Qing’s corpse to strengthen the Wang Family’s foundation. He used his newly nurtured Profound Nether Frost Flame to refine materials, leaving the work in progress.

• Wang Changsheng tested Wang Xin’s strength and sent him back to cultivate toward the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Wang Changsheng brought out Ao Qing’s corpse and planned to refine its bones into a Rank 4 Puppet Beast and its other parts into sect-guarding treasures.
• Wang Changsheng carved the flood dragon’s flesh from its bones and set aside its Lifebound Scales, lifebound spirit bone, and tendons for future crafting.
• Wang Changsheng revealed his Profound Nether Frost Flame and began refining Millennial Ironwood and golden ores.

Wang Mengfen reviewed the Wang Family’s growing strength, finances, and influence at a clan meeting. As preparations began for Wang Qingling’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, he directed the clan to receive guests carefully and strengthen its defenses.

• Wang Mengfen heard that the Wang Family had four Nascent Soul Cultivators, thirty-two publicly counted Core Formation Cultivators, and more than 4.55 million mortals.
• Wang Youwei reported the clan’s five-year income and expenses, while Wang Yingjie reported on the family’s nine Third-Order Flood Dragons.
• Wang Mengfen rejected the Flowing Cloud Sect’s request to join the Wang Family but agreed to offer limited assistance and use it as the clan’s eyes and ears.
• Wang Mengfen ordered the clan to prepare for Wang Qingling’s Nascent Soul Ceremony by welcoming guests, increasing patrols, and activating part of the Clan Protection Formation.

Wang Changsheng successfully refined a low-grade Rank 4 Puppet Beast, while Wang Ruyan demonstrated the Dust-Cleansing Bamboo’s powerful illusions. The chapter leaves the Wang Family preparing for future conflicts as news arrives of upheaval in the Central Plains.

• Wang Changsheng emerged after successfully refining a low-grade Rank 4 Puppet Beast, though only Ao Qing’s essence soul remained for future attempts.
• Wang Ruyan used the Dust-Cleansing Bamboo to draw Wang Changsheng into several illusions, and he recognized the bamboo’s power.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan discussed their increased strength and their need to prepare before confronting Shangguan Wei.
• Wang Changsheng asked whether Wang Tianwen had returned, and Wang Ruyan reported that the Great Yan Dynasty might move against the troubled Great Qin Dynasty.
• Wang Ruyan said the Seven Killing Sect had chosen a new Sect Master, suggesting the Seven Absolutes Saber Emperor had fallen, while Zhou Yunxiao went to challenge the sect.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan welcomed Celestial Moon Hermit to Azure Lotus Island, where he proposed that Fairy Cailian marry Wang Qingshan. The couple was stunned and suspected the diviner had another motive.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan discussed reports that Seven Absolutes Saber Emperor had met with trouble and regretted losing the chance to meet him.
• Wang Mengfen informed them that Celestial Moon Hermit had arrived, so Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan went to greet him personally.
• Celestial Moon Hermit arrived with more than a hundred cultivators and accepted Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan's invitation to Azure Lotus Island.
• After being entertained on Azure Lotus Peak, Celestial Moon Hermit asked what Wang Changsheng thought of Fairy Cailian.
• Celestial Moon Hermit proposed that Fairy Cailian marry Wang Qingshan, leaving Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan dumbstruck and suspicious of his motive.

Wang Changsheng learned that Wang Qingshan had no interest in marrying Fairy Cailian, while Celestial Moon Hermit urged her to join the Wang Family to improve her chances of surviving a coming calamity. Fairy Cailian refused to gamble her happiness on marriage, and Celestial Moon Hermit agreed to seek another way to borrow the Wang Family's fortune.

• Wang Changsheng told Celestial Moon Hermit that the younger generation should decide their own marriages, then invited him to stay on Azure Lotus Island.
• Wang Qingshan told Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan that he regarded Fairy Cailian as a friend and wanted to devote himself to cultivation rather than marriage.
• Wang Changsheng asked whether Fairy Cailian would divine Huang Yuxu's whereabouts, but Wang Qingshan said she had neither agreed nor refused.
• Celestial Moon Hermit told Fairy Cailian that a great calamity threatened the Eastern Fence World and that following someone with immense fortune could help her survive.
• Celestial Moon Hermit revealed that Song Tianji had died beneath a Thunder Tribulation while divining the Taiyi Immortal Sect's fortune, confirming his fears of a calamity worse than the devilish tribulation.
• Fairy Cailian refused to marry Wang Qingshan for the sake of borrowing the Wang Family's fortune, and Celestial Moon Hermit agreed to find another way.

The Wang Family held a Nascent Soul Ceremony for Wang Qingling, showcasing its rising power as Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingling made a grand entrance. The Taiyi Immortal Sect presented an especially generous gift, including a powerful defensive robe, in an effort to win the Wang Family’s favor.

• Chen Xudong reflected on his rise within the Wang Family and its growing influence in the Five Dragons Sea Region.
• Wang Mengfen announced the ceremony, and Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingshan, and Wang Qingling arrived aboard the Nine Flood Dragon Chariot.
• Wang Changsheng thanked the guests, and Dai Ren presented the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s gifts to Wang Qingling.
• Meng Tianzheng offered the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s gifts, including the Five-Colored Kirin Armor, and explained its connection to the sect’s Five-Colored Phoenix Spiritual Robe.
• Meng Tianzheng revealed that the Taiyi Immortal Sect hoped to rely on the Wang Family’s fortune and win its favor with the valuable defensive treasure.

At Wang Qingling’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, the Taiyi Immortal Sect presented her with a powerful defensive robe, and Celestial Moon Hermit refused requests to divine the Wang Family’s fortune. He agreed to locate an enemy if Wang Changsheng accepted three conditions, leaving the Wang couple to consider a pledge to defend the Eastern Fence World.

• Dai Ren explained that the Five-Colored Kirin Armor was a trial version of the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s legendary Five-Colored Phoenix Spiritual Robe, and Wang Qingling accepted it after Wang Changsheng approved.
• Wang Qingling received the guests’ gifts and toasted them, while Dai Ren invited Celestial Moon Hermit and Fairy Cailian to visit the Ten Thousand Swords Sect; Celestial Moon Hermit declined.
• After the ceremony, Celestial Moon Hermit said he was leaving Azure Lotus Island, prompting Wang Changsheng to offer Taiyi Divine Water, a peak Fourth Order demon beast essence soul, and a favor in exchange for a divination.
• Celestial Moon Hermit refused to divine the Wang Family’s fortunes, explaining that doing so could bring deadly backlash, but said he could seek the whereabouts of one of their enemies.
• Celestial Moon Hermit required Wang Changsheng to help Fairy Cailian unconditionally if she asked, adopt her as his daughter, and contribute to the Eastern Fence World if it faced a grave crisis.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan agreed to Celestial Moon Hermit's three conditions in exchange for his divination of Huang Yuxu's whereabouts. Celestial Moon Hermit died after completing the divination, leaving Fairy Cailian to become the Wangs' adoptive daughter and eventually move to Azure Lotus Island.

• Wang Changsheng questioned Celestial Moon Hermit about the coming calamity, and Celestial Moon Hermit said the fortunate would have to face it.
• Wang Qingling and Wang Qingshan advised Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to accept Celestial Moon Hermit's conditions, and they agreed.
• Celestial Moon Hermit used Huang Yuxu's birth details and cultivation information to divine a direction, then collapsed after spitting blood.
• Celestial Moon Hermit died after asking Wang Changsheng to keep their promise and to conceal his death, while Fairy Cailian grieved beside him.
• Fairy Cailian acknowledged Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan as her adoptive parents and said she would return to the Northern Frontier for funeral arrangements before moving to Azure Lotus Island.
• Fairy Cailian left Azure Lotus Island with her subordinates three days later.

After Meng Tianzheng warned the Wang Family to prepare for a major event in the Eastern Fence World, Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Ye Haitang set out for the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region to search for Huang Yuxu. Meanwhile, Zhang Wuchen, Lin Yuzong, and Ouyang Hongguang plundered the Tomb of the Puppet Emperor, and millions of Black Spiders emerged from an abyss and began devouring everything in their path.

• Meng Tianzheng explained that Taiyi Immortal Sect had sent its gifts to build goodwill and warned Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to prepare for a major event in the Eastern Fence World.
• Wang Changsheng told Dai Ren that Celestial Moon Hermit had foreseen trouble, and Dai Ren returned to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to report the warning.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Ye Haitang left Azure Lotus Island for the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region to search for Huang Yuxu.
• Zhang Wuchen, Lin Yuzong, and Ouyang Hongguang defeated the green-skirted woman guarding the Tomb of the Puppet Emperor, plundered its Spirit Herb Garden, and escaped through the Five-Colored Light Gate.
• Millions of Black Spiders poured out of an abyss and devoured the spirit herbs, Spirit Woods, and Demon Beasts they encountered.

Huang Yuxu advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and sought Fourth Order flood dragon essence blood to continue cultivating, while Wang Changsheng and his companions searched Golden Eagle Market for him. They planned to use the upcoming auction to draw him out and Wang Changsheng left to recruit Purple Moon Fairy.

• Huang Yuxu reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and vowed to destroy the Wang Family once he grew stronger.
• Huang Yuxu learned from Zhang Wen that a Nascent Soul auction would soon take place in Golden Eagle Market, where rare treasures might include flood dragon essence blood.
• Huang Yuxu passed Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Ye Haitang at a Teleportation Array without recognizing them.
• Wang Jiyun reported that several cultivators had sought flood dragon essence blood and informed Wang Changsheng's group about the upcoming auction.
• Wang Ruyan proposed selling Fourth Order flood dragon essence blood to lure Huang Yuxu, and Wang Changsheng chose to fetch Purple Moon Fairy for help.

Purple Moon Fairy worried that Wang Changsheng had been delayed or endangered, but he arrived safely at the Townsea Sect ruins and explained what had happened in the South Sea. He gave her a Rank 4 Puppet Beast to protect her, and she began to respond before the chapter ended.

• Purple Moon Fairy worried because Wang Changsheng had not delivered supplies for many years and feared Sun Moon Palace had discovered the Wang Family.
• Wang Changsheng contacted Purple Moon Fairy through a Blue Conch and arrived at the mountain manor.
• Purple Moon Fairy asked about events outside, and Wang Changsheng explained what had happened in the South Sea and why he had come.
• Purple Moon Fairy lamented that Zhou Sihong's death prevented a calamity that might have weakened Sun Moon Palace, though she was glad Wang Changsheng had grown stronger.
• Wang Changsheng gave Purple Moon Fairy a Rank 4 Puppet Beast that he had personally crafted, and she began to reply.

Wang Changsheng gave Purple Moon Fairy a Rank 4 Puppet Beast and arranged to take bottlenecked clan members out of the Townsea Sect ruins. Meanwhile, Wang Ruyan and Ye Haitang found a possible lead on Huang Yuxu through a Core Formation cultivator seeking Fourth Order Flood Dragon Essence Blood.

• Wang Changsheng gave Purple Moon Fairy a Rank 4 Puppet Beast, Millennial Ironwood, and a Fourth Order Demon Beast Essence Soul, and she agreed to join his search for Huang Yuxu.
• Wang Changsheng learned that hundreds of clan members in the Townsea Sect ruins had reached cultivation bottlenecks and told Wang Tianqi and Wang Rongmiao to prepare them to leave.
• Wang Changsheng spent seven days discussing Puppet Technique with Purple Moon Fairy and guiding Wang Tianqi and Wang Rongmiao before departing with Purple Moon Fairy.
• Wang Jiyun informed Wang Ruyan that a Core Formation cultivator calling himself Zhang had offered any price for Fourth Order Flood Dragon Essence Blood and claimed to serve a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Wang Ruyan and Ye Haitang told Wang Jiyun to keep Zhang unaware of their suspicions, then split up to follow the lead toward Huang Yuxu.