Chapter Summaries

After five years of cultivation following Zhou Xingguo’s sermon, Wang Ruyan reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage while Wang Changsheng remained at the Middle Stage. Zhou Xingguo arranged Nascent Soul Forming Treasures and a secluded place for Wang Tianwen to attempt his breakthrough, while Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan left Mount Chongyang.

• Wang Changsheng finished cultivating and fed the Qilin Turtle two pale-blue fruits before returning it to the Spirit Beast Pearl.
• Wang Changsheng greeted Wang Ruyan and Wang Tianwen, and learned that Wang Ruyan had advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage while Wang Tianwen remained at Core Formation Layer 9.
• Zhou Xingguo told Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to keep the events at Mount Chongyang secret and reminded them that he might someday need their help defending the Eastern Fence World.
• Zhou Ningshuang offered Wang Tianwen Nascent Soul Forming Treasures and a secluded location to attempt his breakthrough, and Wang Changsheng told him to remain in the Great Yan Dynasty and enter seclusion.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan departed Mount Chongyang aboard the Azure Lotus Throne.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan visited Taiyi Immortal Sect, where Zhang Zhanfeng traded them a Fourth-Order Flood Dragon Demon Core and warned them about an approaching calamity. After honoring Xu Zihua’s final request, they left for Azure Lotus Estate to return to the Coral Sea Region.

• Huang Youxin informed Zhang Zhanfeng that Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan had arrived, and Zhang dismissed the Elders to receive them.
• Zhang Zhanfeng exchanged a Fourth-Order Snow Wind Dragon Demon Core for Wang Changsheng’s Ten-Thousand Year Ghost Yin Wood, Six Roots Pure Bamboo, and Coral Crystal.
• Zhang Zhanfeng relayed Xu Zihua’s request that Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan take care of Wang Changjie, and they agreed.
• Zhang Zhanfeng warned the couple that the Eastern Fence World faced a great calamity and that their great fortune could make them targets.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan paid respects to Xu Zihua, left valuables for Su Bingbing, and departed with Wang Xin for Azure Lotus Estate.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan returned to Azure Lotus Island, where he began secluding himself to pursue the Nascent Soul Late Stage while Wang Ruyan gave Wang Qingling a Fourth Order dragon Demon Core for the Icewind Dragon. In the Great Yan Dynasty, Situ Mei agreed to help Song Yuzhen’s group kill Nascent Soul Cultivators in exchange for their help taking revenge on Sun Moon Palace and her other enemies.

• Wang Changsheng learned that Wang Qingqing and Wang Qingjun remained in seclusion, then decided to pursue a breakthrough and entrusted Wang Ruyan with a Fourth Order dragon Demon Core for Wang Qingling.
• Wang Ruyan gave Wang Qingling the Demon Core, and Wang Qingling fed it to the sleeping Icewind Dragon, hoping it would advance to the Fourth Order.
• In an underground cavern, Situ Mei refused to help the yellow-robed elder until Song Yuzhen offered assistance against Sun Moon Palace.
• Situ Mei agreed to help kill Nascent Soul Cultivators and demanded revenge against Sun Moon Palace and the other factions that had opposed her.
• Situ Mei asked whether Song Yuzhen and the yellow-robed elder came from another world, but the elder did not answer.

Thirty years after the Dao Discussion Assembly, the Wang Family had grown in numbers but faced dwindling resources as high-level demon beasts became scarce. Wang Qingqing and Wang Qingjun triggered Nascent Soul Formation phenomena on Azure Lotus Island, while Wang Tianwen’s breakthrough in the Great Yan Dynasty drew Zhou Ningshuang’s attention to the Wang Family’s rising destiny.

• Wang Mengfen reported the Wang Family’s cultivator numbers and resources at a clan meeting on Azure Lotus Island.
• Two thunderclouds formed over Azure Lotus Island, and Wang Qingqing and Wang Qingjun began undergoing simultaneous Nascent Soul Tribulations.
• Wang Ruyan watched as the spiritual qi whirlpools vanished into the two residences and lightning struck them.
• In the Great Yan Dynasty, Li Jiong departed after failing to find Situ Mei, while Zhou Ningshuang revealed that the Nascent Soul Formation phenomenon belonged to Wang Wen, also known as Wang Tianwen.
• Zhou Ningshuang reflected that the Wang Family might become the next Taiyi Immortal Sect as silver lightning struck Wang Tianwen’s pavilion.

Situ Mei recovered from her injuries and agreed to help Song Yuzhen and a yellow-robed elder kill Bai Ling'er after targeting the Murong Royal Clan. In the South Sea, Wang Qingqing and Wang Qingjun recuperated from severe injuries, while Wang Tianwen prepared to return home after learning that Murong Yuyao had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Situ Mei emerged from hiding with Song Yuzhen and a yellow-robed elder, then agreed to attack the Murong Royal Clan and later help kill Bai Ling'er of Qingqiu Mountain.
• Wang Ruyan visited the injured Wang Qingqing, who vowed to avenge Ziyu by killing Shangguan Wei, and told her that Qiuming had gone to seek healing pills from the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
• Wang Ruyan checked on Wang Qingjun, whose injuries were worse, and asked Wang Qingqi to care for him while she sought Fourth Order healing pills.
• Wang Tianwen told Zhou Ningshuang he planned to return to the South Sea after forming his Nascent Soul, then decided to visit Murong Yuyao's Nascent Soul Ceremony first.
• Half a month later, Wang Tianwen left the Hundred Spirits Mountain Range for the Murong Royal Clan.

Situ Mei and three Nascent Soul Cultivators attacked the Murong Royal Clan during preparations for Murong Yuyao’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, overwhelming the clan and killing Murong Bo. Murong Yuyao escaped with help from a previously unknown Nascent Soul elder as news of the clan’s destruction spread and heightened tensions between the Great Yan and Great Qin Dynasties.

• Murong Bo and a middle-aged beauty discussed the Murong Family’s plans to open an ancestral secret land and their failed hunt for Situ Mei.
• Situ Mei arrived with three Nascent Soul Cultivators and attacked Murong Bo, while a five-colored lightning banner and five Nascent Soul Realm Ghosts struck the Murong Family.
• Murong Yuyao learned of the invasion and rushed from her secret chamber as the attackers slaughtered the clan’s disciples.
• Murong Bo, gravely wounded, urged Murong Yuyao to flee and then self-detonated to stop the attackers.
• A hidden Nascent Soul elder rescued Murong Yuyao from Situ Mei’s blade and told her to disappear.
• News blamed the Murong Royal Clan’s destruction on the Devil Sect of the Great Qin Dynasty, increasing vigilance and tension across the Great Yan Dynasty.

Wang Qiuming secured medicinal pills from Zhang Zhanfeng for the Wang Family, while the Eastern Wasteland Demon Race prepared for Cheng Zhanxian’s Spirit Transformation tribulation. In the Northern Frontier, Shangguan Wei ordered the Nine Serenities Sect to watch the Wang Family and avoid rash action.

• Wang Qiuming gave Zhang Zhanfeng a gift and Wang Ruyan’s letter, and Zhang agreed to provide one Three-Origin Heart-Protecting Pill and a bottle of Seven Stars Pills.
• Wang Qiuming gave Huang Youxin a Third-Order Puppet Beast before leaving with the medicinal pills, and Zhang Zhanfeng reflected on the Wang Family’s growing strength.
• Old Ancestor Qinghua, Old Ancestor Black Tiger, and Bai Xin watched Cheng Zhanxian’s Spirit Transformation Five-Nine Lightning Tribulation begin after he consumed the Skywolf Clan’s last seven Fourth-Order upper-grade Demon Wolf Inner Cores.
• Old Ancestor Qinghua urged unity and said the coming calamity might be an opportunity, while she and Old Ancestor Black Tiger pressed Bai Xin to consider their plan.
• Lei Yiming reported the Wang Family’s many Nascent Soul Cultivators and alliances to Shangguan Wei, who ordered him to keep watch and forbade anyone from acting without her orders.

Bai Ling'er was lured into a trap by Situ Mei and three masked Nascent Soul Cultivators, who attacked her with a thunder formation. A month after she was reported killed, the Demon Race invaded the human race, beginning a brutal war across the Eastern Wasteland.

• Bai Ling'er left Qingqiu Mountain with Hu Yan, who was revealed to be a talisman impersonation used to lure her into a valley.
• Situ Mei and three bronze-masked Nascent Soul Cultivators trapped Bai Ling'er in a formation and struck her with Silver Lightning.
• Bai Ling'er broke the formation and fled, but a Ghost Wail slowed her and a crescent-shaped blade pierced her body.
• Bai Ling'er's miniature fox form was struck by Silver Lightning as her attackers escaped, while Bai Xin watched and let them go.
• A month later, the Sky Fox Clan declared that human Nascent Soul Cultivators had killed Bai Ling'er, and the Demon Race invaded the human race.
• The Six Immortal Sects sent forces to the front lines after the Eastern Wasteland's humans suffered heavy losses.

Murong Yuyao sought refuge on Azure Lotus Island after the Murong Royal Clan was destroyed, while Wang Ruyan learned that war had erupted between humans and demons after Bai Ling'er was killed. The chapter left the Wang Family facing spreading conflict as Wang Ruyan hurried to deliver healing pills to Qingqing and Qingjun.

• Wang Tianwen brought Murong Yuyao to Azure Lotus Island, where Wang Ruyan welcomed her and promised the Wang Family would protect her.
• Wang Ruyan questioned Wang Tianwen about the Murong Royal Clan's destruction, and he noted that Murong Yuyao had unexpectedly avoided seeking help from the Great Yan Royal Clan.
• Wang Qiuming reported that Bai Ling'er's death had sparked a human-demon war, with ten human Nascent Soul Cultivators and seven demons already killed.
• Wang Tianwen wondered whether Situ Mei had killed Bai Ling'er, but Wang Ruyan rejected the idea because the timing made it impossible.
• Wang Qiuming delivered a Three-Origin Heart-Protecting Pill and Seven Stars Pills, and Wang Ruyan left to bring them to Qingqing and Qingjun.
• Wang Tianwen told Wang Qiuming that he planned to remain with the clan and cultivate in seclusion.

Wang Qingshan emerged from decades of seclusion as a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator and agreed to lead Wang Family reinforcements to the Eastern Wasteland, where the Human Race was suffering heavy losses against the Demon Race. The Wang forces departed for the war, which was already raging across a blood-soaked battlefield.

• Wang Ruyan learned from Wang Mengfen that Meng Tianzheng had arrived on behalf of the Taiyi Immortal Sect to request aid against the Eastern Wasteland Demon Race.
• Meng Tianzheng told Wang Ruyan that more than ten countries had fallen and asked the Wang Family to send reinforcements.
• Wang Qingshan emerged from seclusion, having advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage and comprehended a Sword Array, and volunteered to lead a force east.
• Wang Qingshan gathered over five hundred cultivators, including Wang Yingjie, and departed Azure Lotus Island with three Nascent Soul Cultivators and fifteen Core Formation cultivators.
• Tens of thousands of cultivators fought the Demon Race across a grassland in Eastern Wasteland as casualties fell on both sides.

Cheng Zhenyu and Zheng Nan fought in the Eastern Wasteland war, earned resources, and encountered Huang Fugui selling supplies and teaching escape techniques. Meanwhile, Situ Mei, Song Yuzhen, and their companion debated whether to remain in the Eastern Wasteland, and Song Yuzhen proposed a new bargain before they left for the South Sea.

• Cheng Zhenyu and Zheng Nan killed a Half-Demon, returned to Demonbane City, and exchanged their merits for Cultivation Resources.
• Cheng Zhenyu and Zheng Nan recognized Huang Fugui at the Bluestone Plaza, where he sold supplies and collected Treasure Fragment Maps.
• After selling out his goods, Huang Fugui taught the gathered cultivators how to escape from powerful enemies.
• Situ Mei urged Song Yuzhen and the black-robed young man to leave the Eastern Wasteland, fearing the Six Immortal Sects would discover their identities.
• Song Yuzhen said they planned to go to the South Sea and offered to help Situ Mei deal with the Sun Moon Palace if she helped them kill two more Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Situ Mei revealed that Song Yuzhen’s group came from the Azure Ripple World and negotiated an alliance with them in exchange for help taking control of Sun Moon Palace. She disclosed the Azure Lotus Couple’s ties to the Townsea Sect and proposed using that secret to sow division across the South Sea Cultivation World.

• Situ Mei refused to help Song Yuzhen’s group attack the Azure Lotus Couple and deduced that they were from another world.
• Situ Mei offered her knowledge of the Eastern Fence World in exchange for learning the group’s origins, and the black-robed young man admitted they came from the Azure Ripple World.
• The black-robed young man said his group had been sent to plunge the Eastern Fence World into chaos and open a spatial passage, and offered to help Situ Mei pursue Spirit Transformation.
• Situ Mei agreed to help them if they killed the Sun Moon Twin Sages and supported her as Palace Master of Sun Moon Palace.
• Situ Mei revealed that the Azure Lotus Couple were core-lineage descendants of the Townsea Sect and that their secret art could make them the next Sun Moon Twin Sages.
• Song Yuzhen asked about the couple’s joint secret art, and Situ Mei explained its origins and potential power.

Situ Mei and Shen Haoran discussed how to exploit the Wang Family and open a spatial passage, but a sudden Demon Race assault struck Demonbane City. The human allied army was routed, and news of its heavy losses spread through the Eastern Wasteland.

• Shen Haoran and Song Yuzhen asked whether the Wang Family could be won over, and Situ Mei said they would need a breakthrough aid or Heavenly Treasure to persuade them.
• Situ Mei suggested killing Wang Family cultivators to inflame its conflict with the Sun Moon Palace, but Shen Haoran rejected the plan and prioritized opening the spatial passage.
• An enormous Demon Beast and Demon Bird army attacked Demonbane City while Huang Fugui was teaching escape techniques at Bluestone Plaza.
• Zi Yang Daoist led the defenders into battle with two Rank 4 Puppet Beasts, but the human cultivators were overwhelmed and fled within half an hour.
• More than half a month later, news spread that the human allied army had again been routed by the Demon Race with grievous casualties.

Wang Yuerong and the Three Immortals Sect were caught in a massive Demon Race assault on Qi Kingdom. As the sect’s cultivators were overwhelmed, Wang Family reinforcements arrived and unleashed a devastating lightning attack, leaving the Green-Shirted Youth fleeing.

• Wang Yuerong discussed attending a Core Formation cultivator’s birthday at Azure Lotus Estate and offered to bring Three Immortals Sect members with her.
• The Demon Race attacked the Three Immortals Sect, and hundreds of cultivators rushed out to meet hundreds of thousands of Demon Beasts and thousands of Demon Birds.
• Wang Yuerong watched in horror as the Three Immortals Sect’s cultivators were slaughtered and scattered.
• Cheng Zhenyu and Zheng Nan fought the Demon Beasts until a Nascent Soul Green-Shirted Youth attacked them with an azure eagle claw.
• A Silver Lightning bolt struck a giant elephant instead of the Green-Shirted Youth, and Azure Lotus dharma artifacts carrying Wang Family cultivators appeared across the sky.
• The Green-Shirted Youth tried to escape as a vast thundercloud sent over a hundred bolts of Silver Lightning crashing down on the Demon Beasts and Demon Birds.

Wang Mengbin and the Wang family cultivators defeated a Demon Race Nascent Soul Realm attacker and rescued Cheng Zhenyu and Zheng Nan. After learning that the allied army had been routed by an overwhelming force, Wang Qingshan led the Nascent Soul Cultivators to reinforce the frontline while the others stayed behind to fight the pursuing demons.

• Wang Mengbin unleashed a vast storm of silver lightning, bringing down the Green-Shirted Youth and killing hundreds of demon beasts.
• Golden Rings restrained the Green-Shirted Youth, but he broke free before Wang Mengbin struck him with purple lightning and a mountain-sized silver lightning orb, destroying his body.
• Wang Qingshan used an Azure Pagoda to capture the Green-Shirted Youth's escaping Essence Soul as Cheng Zhenyu and Zheng Nan watched.
• Cheng Zhenyu told Wang Qingshan that over a million demon beasts and more than a dozen Fourth Order demon beasts had routed the allied army, while Senior Sun and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators held the line.
• Wang Qingshan, Meng Tianzheng, Wang Qiuming, and Wang Mengbin flew to reinforce the frontline, leaving Wang Youwei and the others to deal with the remaining demons.

The Wang Family joined the battle in the Eastern Wasteland, using special weapons and elite cultivators to aid Cheng Zhenyu and the others against the demon beasts. Far away, Zi Yang Daoist and four other Nascent Soul Cultivators fought a losing battle against the Demon Race, but as they prepared to break out, two streaks of light approached.

• Wang Qingshan sent the Wang Family's elite into battle and promised exceptional performers a chance to fill vacant Two Heroes and Four Elites positions.
• Wang Family Foundation Establishment Cultivators fired specialized Azure Crossbow arrows while Wang Yingjie, Wang Yinghao, Wang Jiyun, Wang Youwei, and Ouyang Mingyue attacked the Demon Race.
• Wang Family reinforcements reduced the pressure on Cheng Zhenyu and the other cultivators.
• Zi Yang Daoist and three other Nascent Soul Cultivators fought three Demon Race Nascent Soul Cultivators and five Rank 4 Puppet Beasts while covering the retreat of low-level cultivators.
• A Red Giant Eagle unleashed a Crimson Fire Cloud, a golden-haired man struck with a tiger roar, and the Demon Race slaughtered the remaining low-level cultivators.
• Zi Yang Daoist and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators decided to scatter and break out, but a silver streak and a golden streak appeared on the horizon.

The Demon Race’s invasion of the Eastern Wasteland had overwhelmed the human defenses, while Huang Fugui escaped pursuers and learned that mysterious cultivators wielded a flying Spirit Treasure. After completing their mission, Shen Haoran and Song Yuzhen prepared to return to the Central Plains, leaving Situ Mei to spread information and make arrangements in the South Sea.

• Meng Tianzheng and Zi Yang Daoist discussed the Demon Race’s rapid conquest of more than ten countries, Bai Ling’er’s reported death, and the need to gather scattered cultivators and establish a defensive line.
• Huang Fugui escaped underground after two Nascent Soul Demon Race cultivators pursued him, then overheard them discuss three disguised cultivators who had killed a Demon Race expert and possessed a flying Spirit Treasure.
• Huang Fugui decided to investigate the mysterious cultivators after returning and vanished underground.
• In a hidden cave, Situ Mei, Shen Haoran, and Song Yuzhen discussed their mission and the danger posed by the Eastern Wasteland’s Demon Race.
• Shen Haoran sent Situ Mei to the South Sea to spread word that the Azure Lotus Couple were descendants of the Townsea Sect and to make further arrangements.
• Shen Haoran reassured Song Yuzhen that Situ Mei would not betray them, and the two left for the Central Plains.

Wang Ruyan and the Wang Family learned that rumors had exposed the Azure Lotus Couple as descendants of the Townsea Sect and credited the family’s rise to its ruins. The chapter ended with Wang Ruyan tightening security while wondering who had spread the information and whether the Sun Moon Palace would believe it.

• Wang Qingqi taught alchemy to Wang Family cultivators on Azure Lotus Island and reflected on his efforts to build the family’s alchemy tradition.
• A dragon’s warning roar and tolling bells summoned Wang Qingqi and the other cultivators to the Council Hall.
• Wang Ruyan instructed Wang Mengfen to report that rumors identified the Azure Lotus Couple as descendants of the Townsea Sect and revealed the family’s connection to its ruins.
• Wang Qingqi and the other Core Formation Cultivators feared the Sun Moon Palace might threaten the Wang Family or provoke a conflict.
• Wang Ruyan ordered the family to strengthen its vigilance and suspected that an outside force had spread the rumors to set the Wang Family against the Sun Moon Palace.

Wang Ruyan confirmed to Wang Qingqing and the others that the Wang Family descended from Townsea Sect and warned them to stay cautious. At Sun Moon Palace, Fang Yue and Du Xu learned of the rumor but chose to strengthen their defenses rather than act against the Wang Family without proof.

• Wang Ruyan told Wang Qingqing, Wang Qingjun, and Wang Mengfen that the Wang Family’s ancestor had belonged to Townsea Sect and that she and Wang Changsheng cultivated its Sect-Suppressing Techniques.
• Wang Ruyan said the family had not gained Spirit Treasures from Townsea Sect’s ruins, urged the injured Wang Qingqing and the clansmen to be careful, and advised them to dismiss the claim as a rumor.
• Zhong Chen reported to Fang Yue and Du Xu that the Azure Lotus Couple might be Townsea Sect descendants and that the Wang Family’s strength and the dwindling Ghost population in the Myriad Ghosts Sea Region supported the rumor.
• Fang Yue and Du Xu considered whether the Wang Family had obtained Townsea Sect’s ruins or the Murong Family’s Heaven Grade Mystic Realm.
• Fang Yue ordered Zhong Chen not to act against the Wang Family without confirmation and told Sun Moon Palace to strengthen its defenses, suspecting Situ Mei had spread the news to provoke conflict.

Fang Yue and Du Xu suspected Zhong Chen was secretly aiding Situ Mei, while the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and Sun Moon Palace moved to quash rumors linking the Wang Family to the Townsea Sect. The dispute faded as the major powers focused on the war between the human race and the Demon Race in the Eastern Wasteland.

• Fang Yue told Du Xu that Zhong Chen's timing and history made him a likely ally of Situ Mei, and they considered using him to track her down.
• Fang Yue urged Du Xu to reveal Situ Mei's role in destroying the Townsea Sect and spread the truth to reduce the Wang Family's hostility toward the Sun Moon Palace.
• Baili Yi and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect Elders discussed protecting the Wang Family, with Li Rui recommending they deny the rumor and send Dai Ren to reassure the family.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Sect denied that the Azure Lotus Couple descended from the Townsea Sect, while the Sun Moon Palace blamed Situ Mei for the Townsea Sect's destruction.
• The Sun Moon Palace and Ten Thousand Swords Sect pursued rumor-spreaders, and the major powers turned their attention to the war in the Eastern Wasteland.