Chapter Summaries

Ling Pengyun and the others divided the Black Armored Turtle eggs and spirit plants, then faced an approaching Gray Feathered Eagle group. As battle became unavoidable, Ling Pengyun revealed his spirit beasts, Thorn Vine armor, and powerful attacks, leaving his companions impressed by his hidden strength.

• Ling Pengyun requested one Foundation Establishment turtle egg, seven Qi Training turtle eggs, and the Lotus Cloud Water Grass roots, offering the others one thousand spirit stones in compensation.
• Qin Shi and Yan Siyi took the other two Foundation Establishment turtle eggs, while the group divided the immature spirit herbs equally.
• More than thirty Gray Feathered Eagles approached the lakeshore, including a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Eagle King and six other Foundation Establishment eagles.
• Ling Pengyun asked Qin Shi and the others to deal with the Eagle King while he held off the six other Foundation Establishment eagles, and Qin Shi agreed to fight the king.
• Ling Pengyun summoned the Immortal Spirit Crane King and Wind Shadow Peng, armored himself with his Foundation Establishment Thorn Vine, and readied his flying swords and water-serpent techniques.
• Qin Shi and Yan Siyi recognized that Ling Pengyun had concealed considerable combat strength during the battle against the turtles.

Ling Pengyun and his companions exterminated the Gray Feathered Eagle Group, collected its valuable remains, and safely returned to Tu Yuan Market Town. After dividing the spoils and arranging for the Black Armored Turtle Eggs to be sent to his family, Ling Pengyun set out for the Rock Scale Snake Den.

• Ling Pengyun attacked the Gray Feathered Eagles, destroying one Early-Stage Foundation Establishment eagle with consecutive Azure Sea Sky Sword Arts.
• The Immortal Spirit Crane King and Wind Shadow Peng slaughtered the Qi Training Stage eagles while Qin Shi, Yan Siyi, Xue Chao, Zhang Chuan, and Ye Yu fought the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle King.
• Ling Pengyun and his allies killed the remaining Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagles and collected the corpses before leaving the battlefield.
• The group traveled safely back to Tu Yuan Market Town, where Ling Pengyun traded one eagle corpse for the Gray Feathered Eagle King's inner core and received another Middle-Stage eagle inner core.
• Ling Pengyun gave Ling Yunfu seven Black Armored Turtle Eggs to send to the family, then rode the Immortal Spirit Crane King back to the Rock Scale Snake Den.

Ling Pengyun was ambushed by Luo Qiuming and Luo Minghui while returning from Tu Yuan Market Town, and he killed Luo Qiuming in a fierce battle. Luo Minghui then trapped Ling Pengyun’s artifacts in his formation and sent a Crimson Fire Flying Sword at him, leaving Ling Pengyun to counter with his Water Snake Technique.

• Ling Pengyun spotted Luo Qiuming ahead and Luo Minghui pursuing him, crushed Zhang Yan’s token for help, and prepared to fight.
• Ling Pengyun and the Immortal Spirit Crane King attacked Luo Qiuming, whose Yellow Sand Erosion Grand Array and Yellow Sand Bell initially held off their strikes.
• Ling Pengyun unleashed three Azure Sea Sky Swords, destroyed Luo Qiuming’s defenses, and killed him despite Luo Qiuming’s Purple Star Long Awl and giant hammer.
• Luo Minghui accelerated his flying boat in grief and rage, while Ling Pengyun swallowed two Qi Recovery Pills and prepared to face him.
• Luo Minghui trapped Ling Pengyun’s six attacks in the Small Flame Fire Annihilation Grand Array and sent his Crimson Fire Flying Sword at him.
• Ling Pengyun formed three five-zhang water snakes with his perfected Water Snake Technique to meet the incoming attack.

Ling Pengyun survived Luo Minghui’s relentless attacks until Zhang Yan arrived and forced Luo Minghui to retreat. Zhang Yan warned Ling Pengyun to stay cautious, then prepared to escort him back to the Rock Scale Snake Den as Ling Pengyun gathered the spoils from the battlefield.

• Luo Minghui’s Flame Fire Annihilation Phoenix destroyed Ling Pengyun’s Azure Sea Sky Swords, but Ling Pengyun and the Immortal Spirit Crane King weakened and survived its next attack with their defenses.
• Luo Minghui prepared another attack, but Zhang Yan arrived and warned him to stop, forcing Luo Minghui to abandon the fight.
• Zhang Yan threatened retaliation if Luo Minghui harmed Ling Pengyun in Yuan Province, then barred him from taking any spiritual objects from the battlefield.
• Luo Minghui gathered the remains of his son, Luo Qiuming, and left after Zhang Yan warned Ling Pengyun that he might seek revenge.
• Ling Pengyun thanked Zhang Yan, collected the fallen Storage Bags, Beast Taming Pouch, array flags, and magic artifacts, and prepared to return to the Rock Scale Snake Den under Zhang Yan’s escort.

After defeating Luo Qiuming, Ling Pengyun examined his spoils, discovered a gravely injured mutated Three-Eyed White Fox, and claimed it as his spirit beast. A month later, Ling Yunhong brought him the Meridian Protecting Pill he had requested and offered to have the clan cover its cost, but Ling Pengyun worried about the clan’s finances.

• Ling Pengyun gave Zhang Yan the Purple Star Long Awl, received a replacement aid token, and asked him to deliver a letter to Ling Yunfu reporting Luo Qiuming’s death.
• Ling Pengyun kept Luo Qiuming’s Yellow Sand Erosion Grand Array flags for the clan and chose the Yellow Sand Bronze Bell to replace his Mixed Rock Shield.
• Ling Pengyun released the Three-Eyed White Fox from its Beast Taming Pouch and discovered that Luo Qiuming’s death had left it gravely injured, with much of its foundation ruined.
• Ling Pengyun stabilized the fox with Yi Wood Essence and a White Jade Pill, then placed a Recognition of Ownership Restriction on it and refined the Yellow Sand Bronze Bell.
• After a month of recovering in the Rock Scale Snake Den, Ling Pengyun met Ling Yunhong, who delivered the Meridian Protecting Pill and offered to cover its cost; Ling Pengyun worried that the expense would strain the clan.

Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong prepared for Wind Shadow Peng’s Foundation Establishment attempt while discussing the Ling Clan’s growing strength and possible turmoil within the Hundred Spirits Sect. Wind Shadow Peng began its breakthrough, and Ling Pengyun turned over valuable demon beast cores and array materials to the clan as the family planned for future gains.

• Ling Yunhong told Ling Pengyun that he expected to advance to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment and planned to join the Cloud Mist Wen Clan and Tiger's Roar Liu Clan in redistributing shares of the Sand Soil Mine.
• Ling Yunhong agreed to stay with Ling Pengyun while Wind Shadow Peng attempted Foundation Establishment, and Wind Shadow Peng chose to proceed rather than wait decades for a better spiritual object.
• Ling Pengyun activated the Spirit Gathering Array, and Wind Shadow Peng swallowed a Meridian Protecting Pill and a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment demon beast inner core before falling asleep for its breakthrough.
• Ling Pengyun told Ling Yunhong that the Hundred Spirits Sect’s Golden Core True Persons might clash over the Evergreen Spirit Fruit, and Ling Yunhong said the resulting turmoil could benefit the Ling Clan.
• Ling Pengyun handed Ling Yunhong demon beast inner cores, Yellow Sand Erosion Array Flags, and array manuals; Ling Yunhong agreed to refine the cores and pay Ling Pengyun four thousand spirit stones for the array items.

Ling Pengyun learned that his Azure Cloud Spirit Rice might rival the clan’s Azure Jade Spirit Rice, then watched Wind Shadow Peng’s Foundation Establishment attempt fail. After refining a batch of commissioned magic tools, he began his first attempt at refining a Second Rank wind-attributed daoist robe.

• Ling Pengyun told Ling Yunhong that his improved Azure Cloud Spirit Rice might yield well and contain spiritual qi comparable to the clan’s Azure Jade Spirit Rice, and Ling Yunhong asked him to report the harvest results to the clan.
• Wind Shadow Peng’s Foundation Establishment attempt failed when its spiritual power went out of control, though it strengthened its spiritual power and gained a better chance at succeeding in a future attempt.
• Ling Yunhong offered Ling Pengyun the clan’s discounted Meridian Protecting Pill quota, but Ling Pengyun declined so Clan Brother Peng Liang could use it instead.
• Ling Pengyun spent a month refining commissioned magic tools and completed twenty-five First Grade Middle Rank tools and seven First Rank High Grade Sand Soil Shields, earning an estimated five hundred and twenty spirit stones.
• Ling Pengyun studied Wen Xianyun’s weapon-refinement notes, prepared Gray Feathered Eagle hide and Second Rank wind-attributed Spirit Silk, and began tempering them in his furnace to refine a daoist robe.

Ling Pengyun successfully refined a low-quality Second Rank Windbreaker Daoist Robe, while Ling Yunhong advanced to the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer and moved to renegotiate the Sand Soil Mine shares. The Wen Clan prepared to accommodate the stronger Ling Clan, and Luo Minghui and Li Xia set out to seek outside help against them.

• Ling Pengyun refined one Windbreaker Daoist Robe successfully but failed twice more, then decided to gather materials by hunting demon beasts while remaining wary of Luo Minghui.
• Ling Yunhong broke through to the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer and ordered Ling Pengliang to notify the other Huai River County clans that the Ling Clan intended to redraw the Sand Soil Mine shares.
• Wen Ruofei informed the Wen Clan elders of the Ling Clan’s strength and demands, and Wen Xianyun chose to agree and reinforce their marriage alliance.
• Li Xia urged Luo Minghui to recruit outside cultivators to cripple the Ling Clan’s Foundation Establishment fighters, and Luo Minghui reluctantly agreed.
• Luo Minghui took nearly seventy percent of the Luo Clan’s accumulated savings and left Falling Dusk Mountain by flying boat.

Ling Pengyun harvested his improved Azure Cloud Spirit Rice before joining Ling Yunhong and Ling Peng Xing to renegotiate the Sand Soil Mine shares. After Luo Minghui gave up valuable array flags rather than fight, he ambushed the Ling cultivators with two demonic cultivators, and Ling Yunhong met his opening attack with his flying sword.

• Ling Pengyun harvested an acre of Azure Cloud Spirit Rice, replanted it, and continued cultivating alongside the Immortal Spirit Crane King, Wind Shadow Peng, and Three-Tailed White Fox.
• Ling Yunhong demanded an additional ten percent of the Sand Soil Mine from Luo Minghui’s share and compensation for their past duel; Luo Minghui gave him Second Rank Low Grade array flags and left with Li Xia.
• Ling Yunhong rejected Ling Peng Xing’s suggestion to pursue Luo Minghui, deciding to wait for the Luo Clan’s elders to die of old age rather than risk a fight.
• Luo Minghui and Li Xia later ambushed Ling Yunhong, Ling Pengyun, and Ling Peng Xing with two Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators.
• Luo Minghui unleashed the Small Flame Fire Annihilation Formation, and Ling Yunhong countered with his Icy Cold Azure Sea Flying Sword.

Ling Yunhong used a Spirit Burst Pill to break through Luo Minghui’s formation and destroy half its array flags, while Ling Pengyun and Ling Pengxing fought off two demon cultivators from the Poison Blood Demon Sect. The battle continued with Ling Yunhong’s pill-enhanced strength still holding off Luo Minghui and Li Xia, and the others locked in combat with the sect’s poisonous artifacts.

• Ling Yunhong swallowed a Spirit Burst Pill, strengthened the Icy Cold Azure Sea Flying Sword, and destroyed three of Luo Minghui’s Small Flame Fire Annihilation Formation flags.
• Ling Yunhong used his Nine Twists Needle to destroy three more flags before Luo Minghui retrieved the remaining six, suffering injuries from the damage to his Lifebound Magic Items.
• Luo Minghui persuaded the two hired demon cultivators to stay and fight by offering them twenty percent of the Ling Clan Repository’s treasures, and Ling Pengyun identified them as members of the Poison Blood Demon Sect.
• Ling Pengyun protected the group from the Poison Blood Cover’s poisonous mist and attacked it with water snakes and Azure Steel Flying Swords, while Ling Pengxing fought the Poison Blood Flying Sword with his Gilt Flying Sword.
• Ling Pengxing unleashed Geng Metal Sword Intent to strengthen the Gilt Flying Sword, allowing it to contend with the Poison Blood Flying Sword as the demon cultivators tried to stall until Ling Yunhong’s pill wore off.

Ling Pengyun and Ling Pengxing killed the two Black Blood Demon Sect elders and joined Ling Yunhong against Luo Minghui and Li Xia. After Luo Minghui unleashed a Black Flame Spiritual Fire Talisman, Li Xia burned her lifespan to strengthen herself and hold off the Ling cultivators, urging her husband to escape and protect their clan’s heir.

• Ling Pengyun destroyed Lin Shi’s Poison Blood Cover and killed him, while Ling Pengxing’s Gilt Flying Sword was corroded by He Sha’s Black Blood Talisman.
• Ling Pengyun trapped He Sha’s Black Blood Sword, and Ling Pengxing killed He Sha with the Earthly Fiend Sword Radiance.
• Ling Pengyun and Ling Pengxing joined Ling Yunhong and the Immortal Spirit Crane King against Luo Minghui and Li Xia, forcing the couple onto the defensive.
• Luo Minghui activated a Black Flame Spiritual Fire Talisman, but the Ling cultivators dispersed most of its flames and blocked the rest with the Mixed Rock Shield.
• The Ling cultivators shattered Luo Minghui’s array defense, and Li Xia sacrificed her lifespan to raise her cultivation and hold them back while urging Luo Minghui to flee with their clan’s heir, Li Ming.

Ling Yunhong’s group allied with the Tiger's Roar Liu Clan to surround the Luo Clan, while Ling Pengyun traveled to the Hundred Spirits Sect to seek a Formation Breaking Talisman and help secure the Luo Clan’s spirit veins. At the Spirit Talisman Residence, he learned that young Wu Hong was already being taught spells.

• Luo Minghui escaped after Li Xia held off Ling Yunhong’s group, but Li Xia was killed, and Ling Pengyun proposed allying with the Tiger's Roar Liu Clan to destroy the Luo Clan.
• Ling Yunhong offered Ling Pengyun ten jin of refined Second Grade Middle Rank Sand Soil Crystal Stone to seek a Formation Breaking Talisman and negotiate for the Luo Clan’s spirit veins; Ling Pengyun agreed.
• The group divided the battle’s spoils, and Ling Yunhong sent a message ordering Ling Pengliang to gather the clansmen before traveling with Ling Pengyun and Ling Pengxing to meet Liu Daozhou.
• Liu Daozhou accepted the alliance in exchange for thirty percent of the Luo Clan’s benefits, and the allied forces surrounded Falling Dusk Mountain after driving Luo Minghui back inside.
• Ling Pengyun traveled to the Hundred Spirits Sect, entered the Spirit Talisman Residence, and learned that Yang Siling and his mother were teaching four-year-old Wu Hong to practice spells.

Ling Pengyun visited Yang Siling and Little Wu Hong, bringing Wu Hong honey as a gift and learning of his rapid cultivation progress. He asked Yang Siling for a Second Rank High Grade Formation Breaking Talisman and help securing the Luo Clan’s spirit veins for the Ling Clan after they destroyed the clan, and Yang Siling went to consult Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor.

• A maid told Ling Pengyun that Little Wu Hong had reached the Qi Training Second Layer and that Hundred Spirits True Person had sent him generous congratulations.
• Ling Pengyun reunited with Yang Siling, Yang Qiuyun, Zhao Hong'e, and Little Wu Hong, giving Wu Hong a bottle of Fruit Flower Honey as a breakthrough gift.
• Yang Siling ordered Wu Hong to practice the Light Body Technique, then asked Ling Pengyun whether he had come to announce a marriage; he said he had two important requests instead.
• Ling Pengyun showed Yang Siling an Image Recording Disc documenting Luo Minghui colluding with demonic cultivators to ambush him and a Ling Clan Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Yang Siling offered to report the Luo Clan to the sect, but Ling Pengyun said the Ling Clan wanted to handle its revenge itself and asked for a Second Rank High Grade Formation Breaking Talisman and the Luo Clan’s spirit veins.
• Yang Siling said she would seek Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor’s approval for the spirit veins and left to speak with him.

Ling Pengyun negotiated with Spirit Talisman True Person Wu Tian for the Ling Clan to obtain the Luo Clan’s spirit veins and received a Formation Breaking Talisman. Wu Tian also offered Pengyun a position in the Hundred Spirits Sect, but Pengyun declined and left to return to Falling Dusk Mountain.

• Yang Siling brought Ling Pengyun to meet Wu Tian, who said thirty thousand catties of Sand Soil Ore was insufficient compensation for granting the Luo Clan’s spirit veins.
• Wu Tian offered the Ling Clan the Luo Clan’s First and Second Rank spirit veins in exchange for fifty thousand catties of First Rank High Grade Sand Soil Ore, thirty percent of spirit-plant profits for a century, and help with occasional tasks.
• Wu Tian offered Pengyun the deputy Hall Master position in the Spirit Plant Hall and the possibility of succeeding Yan Cang, but Pengyun declined to leave his clan.
• Wu Tian gave Pengyun a Second Rank High Grade Formation Breaking Talisman and agreed to settle the matter of the Luo Clan’s spirit veins for the Ling Clan.
• Pengyun gave Yang Siling a Storage Bag of delicacies, then joined her family for lunch and learned that Wu Yan was in seclusion attempting to reach Late-Stage Foundation Establishment.
• Pengyun took his leave after lunch and headed back to the Ling Clan’s clan mountain, Falling Dusk Mountain.

Ling Pengyun returned with a Formation Breaking Talisman, and the Ling and Tiger's Roar Liu Clans began their assault on Falling Dusk Mountain. The siege left the Luo Clan's formation under attack, while Ling Pengxing trapped the damaged Crimson Fire Flying Sword.

• Ling Pengyun told Ling Yunhong that Spirit Talisman True Person had provided the Formation Breaking Talisman in exchange for ore, a share of future spirit-plant profits, and occasional errands.
• Ling Yunhong told Ling Pengyun that the allied clans had seized the Luo Clan's low-order spirit veins and were watching its cultivators in markets and bazaars.
• Liu Daozhou and the Flame Cloud Tiger joined the Ling Clan, and Ling Yunhong led the group toward Falling Dusk Mountain with the Formation Breaking Talisman.
• The Luo Clan attacked the approaching cultivators with the Profound Earth Seal and a barrage of spells, while Ling Pengxing used the Ink Cloud Shield to protect the group.
• Luo Minghui's Crimson Fire Sword pressured Ling Pengxing, but Ling Yunhong intervened with his Icy Cold Azure Sea Flying Sword and helped damage the enemy sword.
• Ling Pengxing used the Rainbow Cloud Long Whip to trap the damaged Crimson Fire Flying Sword as Ling Yunhong joined the others in attacking the mountain's defensive formation.

The Ling Clan and its allies destroyed the Luo Clan after breaking Falling Dusk Mountain's defenses, but Ling Yunhong considered killing Liu Daozhou to prevent him from becoming a future threat. Liu Daozhou revealed his powerful lifebound magic item and offered kinship and a long peace, while Ling Yunhong disclosed that the Ling Clan would take over the Luo Clan's spirit vein.

• Ling Pengxing trapped Luo Minghui's Crimson Fire Flying Sword while Luo Minghui used his weakened formation to attack the forces besieging Falling Dusk Mountain.
• Ling Yunhong used Ling Pengyun's Formation Breaking Talisman to weaken the mountain's defenses, and the attackers shattered the barrier and stormed the summit.
• Ling Yunhong, Ling Pengyun, and their allies killed Luo Minghui and the remaining Luo Clan cultivators, while Ling Pengxing claimed the unmastered Crimson Fire Flying Sword.
• Ling Yunhong moved to surround Liu Daozhou, but Liu revealed his Flame Sparrow Dharma Fan and offered kinship with the Ling Clan and a guarantee of two hundred years without major conflict.
• Ling Yunhong accepted Liu Daozhou's offer and told him that the Ling Clan would occupy the Luo Clan's spirit vein, leaving Liu to regret that he had not negotiated for a larger share.

After the Luo Clan’s defeat, Ling Yunhong and Liu Daozhou divided the clan’s remaining assets and captured its twenty-two spirit veins. Ling Pengyun redeveloped Falling Dusk Mountain’s fields and considered establishing a Spirit Plant Garden, while Ling Yunhong returned with spirit plants salvaged from the spirit veins.

• Ling Yunhong and Liu Daozhou looted the Luo Clan Repository, finding only low-value materials because Luo Minghui had taken the valuable items in his Storage Bags.
• Ling Yunhong and Liu Daozhou searched the Luo Clan’s other holdings and found ruined Spirit Fields, a burned Technique Pavilion, and empty Cultivation Abodes.
• Ling Yunhong assigned Ling Pengyun to redevelop Falling Dusk Mountain’s Spirit Fields, then left with Liu Daozhou and Ling Pengxing to capture the Luo Clan’s low-order spirit veins.
• Ling Pengyun spent three days cultivating thirty mu of Spirit Fields, planted seeds across them, and considered whether the land could become a Spirit Plant Garden.
• Ling Yunhong and the others captured all twenty-two First Rank spirit veins, killed the Luo Clan cultivators stationed there, and recovered many spirit plants, including several hundred mature ones.

After destroying the Luo Clan, the Ling Clan sorted through its captured treasures and discovered valuable cultivation and formation inheritances, spirit stones, and artifacts. Ling Yunhong successfully reforged the damaged Crimson Fire Sword, though the clan’s lack of a Second Rank weapon-refining inheritance remained an obstacle to restoring its full power.

• Ling Yunhong assigned clan members to guard the captured Spirit Veins, ordered Ling Penglin to repair their formations, and discussed postponing a Spirit Plant Garden because of the clan’s debts and limited funds.
• Ling Yunhong, Ling Pengyun, and Ling Pengxing opened Luo Minghui’s five Storage Bags and found three Foundation Establishment cultivation arts, the Luo Clan’s Second Rank array formation inheritance, and spiritual objects worth at least fifty thousand spirit stones.
• Ling Yunhong calculated that income from the captured Spirit Veins could help repay the clan’s debts and fund future Foundation Establishment resources for Peng Liang.
• After inspecting Ling Pengxing’s damaged Crimson Fire Sword, Ling Yunhong agreed to reforge it with Crimson Fire Iron and a Foundation Establishment demon beast inner core.
• Ling Yunhong’s first attempt to reforge the sword failed, but his second attempt succeeded and restored it to power greater than an ordinary Second Grade Middle Rank artifact.

Ling Pengyun revealed his Second Rank weapon-refinement skill and submitted his Azure Cloud Spirit Rice improvement method to the Ling Clan in exchange for a share of its future profits. He then accompanied Ling Yunhong to the Cloud Mist Wen Clan, where Ling Yunhong demanded the Wen Clan’s weapon-refinement inheritance or its share of the Sand Soil Mine; Wen Xianyun agreed to surrender the mine share.

• Ling Pengyun showed Ling Yunhong the Second Rank Low Grade Windbreaker Daoist Robe he had refined, and Ling Yunhong promised to help him obtain a Second Rank weapon-refinement inheritance.
• Ling Pengyun gave Ling Yunhong the Azure Cloud Secret Method, and the two agreed that Ling Pengyun and his descendants would receive ten percent of the profits from the clan’s Azure Cloud Spirit Rice.
• Ling Yunhong returned Ling Pengxing’s reforged Crimson Fire Flying Sword, then took Ling Pengyun to the Cloud Mist Wen Clan on the Immortal Spirit Crane King.
• Wen Xianyun met Ling Yunhong and Ling Pengyun beneath Cloud Mist Mountain and asked why they had come.
• Ling Yunhong demanded either the Wen Clan’s Second Rank weapon-refinement inheritance or its half-share of the Sand Soil Mine, offering to pay market price.
• Wen Xianyun refused to surrender the inheritance but agreed to yield the Wen Clan’s share of the Sand Soil Mine.

Ling Yunhong offered Wen Nianling’s marriage to Ling Pengliang in exchange for a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object and three centuries of protection for the Wen Clan. Wen Nianling accepted the arrangement, and Wen Xianyun resolved to grow stronger to protect his clan.

• Ling Yunhong agreed to repay the Wen Clan for its share of the Sand Soil Mine in twenty years, then proposed that Wen Nianling marry Ling Pengliang.
• Ling Yunhong promised the Wen Clan a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object for Wen Nianling and three hundred years of protection; Wen Xianyun agreed to ask his granddaughter before deciding.
• Ling Yunhong explained to Ling Pengyun that he wanted Wen Nianling’s weapon-refining talent to benefit the Ling Clan, and that he had used Ling Pengliang as the proposed groom because few other young clansmen could match her.
• Wen Xianyun asked Wen Nianling about the marriage, and she agreed because the clan had raised her and the alliance would protect it.
• Wen Xianyun promised Wen Nianling a generous dowry and support for her younger brother Nian Si, then arranged for her to meet Ling Pengliang the following month.
• After Wen Nianling left, Wen Xianyun lamented that the weak Wen Clan had forced her sacrifice and resolved to break through to Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment.