Chapter Summaries

Sheng Minglan reported Dragon Ascending Town’s financial deficits to Xiao Yun, who reassured her before presenting a five-year development plan. He assigned the three women topics for the next day’s meeting and declared his ambition to turn the town into a great city.

• Sheng Minglan explained that the previous city lord had embezzled at least three thousand Gold Soul Coins and left the treasury empty and the accounts falsified.
• Sheng Minglan reported that the town had spent over twenty-three hundred Gold Soul Coins while earning just over eighteen hundred, leaving a deficit of five hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Yun reassured Sheng Minglan that the deficit was manageable because its causes and solutions were understood.
• Xiao Yun outlined five-year goals for population, maritime transport, education, agriculture, industry, and water conservancy.
• Xiao Yun assigned Shui Ruoyan education and agriculture, Yao Yuerou maritime transport and industry, and Sheng Minglan population and water conservancy for the next day’s meeting.
• Xiao Yun said he intended Dragon Ascending Town to become a great city over the coming years.

Xiao Yun opened Dragon Ascending Territory’s first Development Conference and laid out a five-year plan to transform the territory. He set goals for population growth, shipping, education, agriculture, industry, and water management, leaving the local leaders with a comprehensive development agenda.

• Shui Bing'er opened the Dragon Ascending Territory Development Conference and invited Xiao Yun to speak.
• Xiao Yun declared that the territory would undergo comprehensive development over the next five years.
• Xiao Yun set a goal of increasing the population from twenty thousand to fifty thousand by creating jobs.
• Xiao Yun called for expanding shipping and the navy, growing Four Elements Academy and local schooling, and raising food self-sufficiency to fifty percent.
• Xiao Yun proposed building a shipyard and other factories, along with reservoirs, canals, and dams to improve water management and prevent floods.

Xiao Yun and his officials presented a five-year plan to develop Dragon Ascending Territory through education, agriculture, shipping, industry, population growth, and water conservancy. Xiao Yun added that territorial industries, trained talent, and imported technology would provide the resources needed to carry out the plan.

• Xiao Yun introduced the six areas of Dragon Ascending Territory's five-year development plan and invited the officials to present their proposals.
• Shui Ruoyan proposed a full education system from Enlightenment School to Advanced Spirit Master Academy and plans to expand farmland, irrigation, and crop varieties.
• Yao Yuerou proposed forming a merchant fleet, opening routes to Heaven Dou City and the Star Luo Empire, and building factories in an industrial zone.
• Sheng Minglan set goals to grow the population to fifty thousand and the labor force to twenty thousand, and proposed reservoirs, canals, and dams.
• Xiao Yun called for developing territorial specialties, training local talent, and acquiring technology, then urged the officials to build a more prosperous territory over the next five years.

Xiao Yun reshuffled Dragon Ascending Territory’s leadership, assigning the Four Great Academies’ deans to key government roles and confirming other officials. He then told Shui Ruoyan, Yao Yuerou, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Yao Zi that they would leave the next day to gain experience, though he had no fixed destination.

• Xiao Yun appointed Shui Yuntian dean of Four Elements Academy and Director of the Water Conservancy Bureau, Feng Wuhen to lead the academy, and Huo Lie to oversee public security and industry.
• Xiao Yun appointed Yao Yang Director of the Agricultural Bureau and urged him to help feed Dragon Ascending Territory by developing crops.
• Xiao Yun confirmed Ma Sanbao as naval commander with seven ships and made Sheng Minglan the official Director of the Finance Bureau, expanding her department.
• Xiao Yun told Shui Ruoyan, Yao Yuerou, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Yao Zi that they would set out the next day to gain experience and broaden their cultivation.

Xiao Yun gave Sheng Minglan a tailor-made magic abacus, and she kissed him before refining it alongside the other five women. After all six finished, Xiao Yun explained that the magic tools drew on Spiritual Power, a cultivation system distinct from soul power, and began describing how it worked.

• Xiao Yun gave Sheng Minglan a golden abacus magic tool with financial, defensive, and teleportation functions, and she kissed him in gratitude.
• Sheng Minglan bonded with the abacus while the other five women refined their magic tools under Xiao Yun’s watch.
• Shui Ruoyan tested the Azure Wave Feather Fan, and Xiao Yun told her it was a magic tool stronger than spirit bones but not yet a divine artifact.
• Yao Yuerou, Shui Bing'er, Yao Zi, and Shui Yue'er completed their refinements, each sensing new powers from their tools.
• After Sheng Minglan finished refining the abacus, Xiao Yun revealed his azure Spiritual Power and explained that it could be cultivated without a Martial Soul or bloodline.

Xiao Yun explained Qi Refining and its compatibility with Soul Power, then brought the six girls to his Cultivation Room to begin their training. He guided them through relaxing for Qi Sensing, leaving their cultivation about to start.

• Xiao Yun taught the six girls about the meridians and the stages of Qi Refining, explaining that Spiritual Power and Soul Power could be cultivated independently.
• Xiao Yun asked the girls whether they would cultivate his method, and all six stayed; he declared them Spirit Cultivators.
• Xiao Yun led the girls to a hidden Cultivation Room equipped with a small Spirit Gathering Array, where they took their places on cushions.
• Xiao Yun explained Qi Sensing and Meridian Clearing, warned that blocked meridians could hurt, and told the girls hot water would be ready for after their cultivation.
• The six girls closed their eyes and relaxed as Xiao Yun prepared to begin their training.

Xiao Yun awakened the Dantians of Shui Ruoyan, Yao Yuerou, Shui Bing'er, Yao Zi, Shui Yue'er, and Sheng Minglan, then guided each woman through a cycle of True Qi. By dawn, all six had entered cultivation and could circulate their Qi without his help.

• Xiao Yun awakened each of the six women's Dantians and helped them sense the warmth of Qi within.
• Xiao Yun guided Shui Ruoyan through her blocked meridians until her True Qi completed its first cycle.
• Yao Yuerou endured the pain of blocked meridians as Xiao Yun guided her True Qi through one cycle.
• Xiao Yun guided Shui Bing'er and Yao Zi through their meridians, with their clear meridians and strong affinity making the process smoother.
• Xiao Yun guided Shui Yue'er and Sheng Minglan through their first cycles, noting Sheng Minglan's steady focus and perseverance.
• After staying awake all night, Xiao Yun withdrew his guidance as all six women continued cultivating on their own.

After guiding Shui Ruoyan, Yao Yuerou, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Yao Zi, and Sheng Minglan through their first cultivation, Xiao Yun waited while they rested and cultivated. The women emerged with new signs of Qi and expelled impurities, then washed and changed, while Shui Ruoyan and Yao Yuerou secretly joined Xiao Yun in his bath.

• Xiao Yun prepared the manor’s bathroom and clothes, then waited outside the Cultivation Room while completing his daily missions and cultivation.
• At dawn, Shui Ruoyan, Yao Yuerou, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Yao Zi, and Sheng Minglan emerged with faint Qi and changes to their bodies or Martial Souls.
• Shui Yue'er noticed grime on her skin and clothes, and Xiao Yun explained that cultivation had expelled impurities and sent the six women to wash.
• Shui Ruoyan and Yao Yuerou separately slipped into Xiao Yun’s private bathroom, where each spent time with him before returning to the others.
• The remaining four women left the bathroom in inner robes, and Shui Yue'er admired her apparently fairer skin.

Xiao Yun sent the six women to rest before their afternoon cultivation lesson, then began writing a detailed beginner’s manual on meridians, true qi, breathing, and basic martial skills. He finished the Basic Internal Cultivation Method and continued recording foundational techniques for them to study.

• Xiao Yun told the six women to rest and eat before he taught them how to cultivate that afternoon.
• The six women returned to their rooms, with Shui Bing'er stopping Shui Yue'er from speaking and Sheng Minglan glancing back at Xiao Yun before leaving.
• Xiao Yun went to the study room and planned beginner-friendly lessons on meridians, acupoints, true qi, and basic cultivation methods.
• Xiao Yun wrote and diagrammed the Twelve Main Meridians, the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and the stages of true qi cultivation, then limited the lesson to what beginners needed at the Qi Refining stage.
• Xiao Yun completed the Basic Internal Cultivation Method, including breathing and qi-guiding instructions and diagrams, and began writing basic martial skills.

Xiao Yun wrote cultivation methods, martial skills, and visualization diagrams to build the foundation of a new cultivation system. He realized hidden weapons were its remaining weakness, then recalled that Vast Wilderness Realm equipment could withstand attacks at the Titled Douluo level.

• Xiao Yun wrote water-, wood-, and metal-element cultivation methods for Shui Ruoyan, Shui Yue'er, Yao Yuerou, Yao Zi, and Sheng Minglan, along with the Mysterious Ice Divine Art for Shui Bing'er.
• Xiao Yun filled dozens of pages with martial skills and advanced lightness skills, then considered how his methods lacked spiritual power cultivation.
• Xiao Yun wrote a Visualization Method and drew diagrams of dragon kings, phoenixes, sacred beasts, angels, demons, and powerful martial souls, leaving Dao rhythm in each diagram.
• Xiao Yun recognized that his cultivation system needed protection against Tang San's hidden weapons, then remembered that Vast Wilderness Realm War Spirit equipment could withstand Titled Douluo-level attacks.

Xiao Yun gave the six women the Basic Internal Cultivation Method and taught them how to coordinate breathing with their minds to guide qi to the Dantian. After they each found a way to do it, he prepared to teach them advanced cultivation methods.

• Xiao Yun finished organizing cultivation methods, martial skills, lightness skills, and visualization diagrams, then joined the six women for lunch.
• The six women eagerly followed Xiao Yun to the Cultivation Room, where he handed them papers containing meridian diagrams and the Basic Internal Cultivation Method.
• Xiao Yun explained that he would teach them cultivation principles and knowledge but that each woman had to cultivate for herself.
• Xiao Yun taught the women to guide their minds along each breath toward the Dantian, and Shui Ruoyan, Yao Yuerou, Shui Bing'er, Yao Zi, Shui Yue'er, and Sheng Minglan each practiced in turn.
• Xiao Yun announced that he would teach advanced methods and took out booklets titled Northern Black Emperor Water Art, Eastern Azure Emperor Wood Imperial Art, Western White Emperor Golden Heaven Art, and Mysterious Ice Divine Art.

Xiao Yun taught six women how to cultivate using attribute-specific methods, and they began practicing in the Cultivation Room. By nightfall, each had made progress, leaving Xiao Yun hopeful that Dragon Ascending Territory could soon cultivate its first True Qi seeds.

• Xiao Yun gave the Water Movement Art to Shui Ruoyan and Shui Yue'er, the Wood Emperor Art to Yao Yuerou and Yao Zi, the Golden Heaven Art to Sheng Minglan, and the Mysterious Ice Divine Art to Shui Bing'er.
• Xiao Yun explained the Water Movement Art's small cycle to Shui Ruoyan and described how the Wood Emperor Art could balance Yao Yuerou's Soul Devouring Vine's yin, poison, and bloodlust bias.
• Shui Ruoyan guided Shui Yue'er through a small cycle as Shui Bing'er, Yao Zi, and Sheng Minglan began cultivating their respective methods.
• After about an hour, the six women showed progress: Shui Ruoyan's True Qi flowed more smoothly, Yao Yuerou formed Wood Attribute True Qi, Shui Bing'er condensed an ice crystal, and Yao Zi's Wood Attribute Spiritual Power merged with her True Qi.
• Shui Yue'er condensed a small water ball, Yao Zi produced True Qi-infused Dragon Mark Thorns with leaves, and Sheng Minglan's abacus responded to her Golden Heaven True Qi.
• Xiao Yun watched the women cultivate and considered that their progress might soon help Dragon Ascending Territory produce True Qi seeds.

Xiao Yun ended the women’s cultivation session and explained how long they should practice. The next morning, he brought them to the drill ground, where they selected Lightness Skills and Martial Skills to train in.

• Xiao Yun stopped Shui Ruoyan, Yao Yuerou, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Yao Zi, and Sheng Minglan’s evening cultivation and told them to rest.
• Xiao Yun explained to Shui Yue'er and the others that half an hour of cultivation each morning and evening was sufficient at their current stage.
• The six women met Xiao Yun the next morning and followed him to the drill ground to learn Martial Skills.
• Xiao Yun laid out booklets, and the women chose Lightness Skills suited to their preferences.
• Shui Ruoyan, Yao Yuerou, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Yao Zi, and Sheng Minglan each selected Martial Skills and began training.

Xiao Yun oversaw the six girls’ training and began major infrastructure projects in Dragon Ascending Territory. As he prepared to return to Heaven Dou City, the girls asked to go with him to gain experience.

• Shui Ruoyan, Shui Bing'er, Yao Yuerou, Yao Zi, Sheng Minglan, and Shui Yue'er practiced their assigned Lightness Skills and Martial Skills while Xiao Yun corrected their techniques.
• The girls continued their daily cultivation as Xiao Yun used funds seized from the Jin family to order Shen Jiayi to start repairing the city walls and roads, dredging waterways, and expanding the port.
• By the end of April, the port expansion was nearing completion, and Xiao Yun decided to return to Heaven Dou City after nearly two months away.
• Shui Ruoyan noticed the Heaven Dou City map on Xiao Yun’s desk and asked if he was returning there.
• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er asked to accompany Xiao Yun so the six girls could gain experience, but he said the trip would be inconvenient.

Xiao Yun sent the six women toward Heaven Dou City under a seal that restricted their spirit abilities, making their journey a test of ordinary life. After entrusting Dragon Ascending Territory to its four deans, he flew northwest toward Heaven Dou City.

• Xiao Yun agreed to let the six women travel to Heaven Dou City alone, provided they hid their spirit master identities and relied only on martial arts without Soul Power.
• Xiao Yun sealed the six women’s martial souls and Soul Power, gave them a map, and explained how to break the seal in an emergency to activate their Magic Tools and alert him.
• The six women dressed as ordinary travelers and set out from the Lord's Mansion the next morning while Xiao Yun watched them leave.
• Xiao Yun instructed Shui Yuntian, Huo Lie, Feng Wuhen, and Yao Yang to oversee Dragon Ascending Territory’s construction and follow the five-year plan.
• Xiao Yun flew northwest on his flying sword, and the four deans returned to their duties as another day began in Dragon Ascending Territory.

Xiao Yun returned to Years Manor and was warmly welcomed by Liu Erlong, Xivia, Shenghua, Uncle Fu, and the maids. After touring the manor, he learned that Liu Erlong had reached Soul Douluo and asked whether she had faced danger while hunting her Soul Beast.

• Liu Erlong sensed Xiao Yun approaching and gathered everyone at the manor gate to welcome him home.
• Xiao Yun arrived on his Flying Sword and was moved by the sincere welcome from his household.
• Liu Erlong showed Xiao Yun the manor’s seasonal gardens and new rockery, explaining that Yuehua had arranged its construction.
• Xiao Yun asked Liu Erlong about her cultivation, and she revealed that she had reached level eighty and become a Soul Douluo.
• Xiao Yun asked Liu Erlong whether she had encountered danger while hunting her Soul Beast.

Liu Erlong told Xiao Yun how she killed a Blazing Hell Dragon and reported on the women’s cultivation progress. After Xivia and Shenghua demonstrated their new fifth spirit skills, Liu Erlong asked Xiao Yun to give them stronger cultivation methods.

• Liu Erlong explained that she hunted the Blazing Hell Dragon with Sword Douluo Chen Xin standing by, and Xiao Yun urged her not to take such risks again.
• Liu Erlong showed Xiao Yun her True Qi and said she had opened four of the Twelve Main Meridians.
• Xivia demonstrated her Space-Piercing Sword, while Shenghua showed how her Moonlight of Illusion could daze an opponent; both were rank fifty-two Soul Kings.
• Liu Erlong reported that Tang Yuehua had reached rank thirty-eight, Dugu Yan rank sixty-three, Zhu Zhuqing rank fifty-six, and Ning Rongrong rank fifty-five, while Xue Qianren was rarely seen.
• Liu Erlong said Xivia and Shenghua needed stronger cultivation methods, and asked Xiao Yun whether he had attribute-based techniques for them.

Xiao Yun gave Xivia and Shenghua cultivation methods suited to their attributes, then reviewed the Vast Wilderness World’s path to godhood. He remained at level 99, knowing he had to forge a new path beyond the God Realm’s inheritance system.

• Xiao Yun sensed Xivia’s yang metal attribute and Shenghua’s moon attribute, then gave them the Metal Element Technique and Illusion Moon Divine Skill.
• Xivia and Shenghua read their new cultivation methods, and the household shared a simple lunch prepared by Liu Erlong.
• After lunch, Xiao Yun returned to his study and examined his Lord Panel, which showed level 99 with overflowing experience and Spiritual Power.
• Xiao Yun reviewed the Vast Wilderness World’s stages of godhood, from Demigod transformation and Divine Power to forming a Divine Kingdom and passing four Heavenly Dao trials.

Xiao Yun returned home to Years Manor and joined the women for a welcoming dinner. The chapter ended with everyone raising a toast and sharing a meal together.

• Xiao Yun put away the Lord Panel and looked out over Years Manor as evening fell.
• Tang Yuehua, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Qianren returned to the manor after their day's activities.
• Liu Erlong and the others waited in the dining hall while a feast was prepared for Xiao Yun.
• Xiao Yun arrived, and the women welcomed him before taking their seats around the dining table.
• Xiao Yun toasted everyone for their hard work, and the group drank before sharing the meal.

During dinner, Xiao Yun gave the women cultivation advice, pills, and Spiritual Power Visualization Diagrams, then revealed his plan to establish a Spirit Cultivator sect in the Dragon Ascending Mountain Range. He said he would stay longer this time, and asked Tang Yuehua about Third Prince Xue Beng as dinner ended.

• The women shared their cultivation progress, and Xiao Yun advised Shenghua on her Illusion Moon Divine Skill.
• Xiao Yun gave Liu Erlong Soul Replenishing Pills, Ning Rongrong a Cultivation Method, and each interested woman a Visualization Diagram suited to her.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Xiao Yun would leave again, and he said he would but planned to stay longer this time.
• Xiao Yun told the women he had found seven peaks and a dragon vein in the Dragon Ascending Mountain Range and wanted to build a sect for Spirit Cultivators.
• Xiao Yun asked Tang Yuehua what she knew about Third Prince Xue Beng, and she said noble disciples at Moonlight Pavilion had discussed the matter.