Chapter Summaries

Wang Ping received Zhu Gang, a representative of the Demon Domain, who offered ancient swords and two spirit veins in exchange for normal trade with the Southern Cultivation World. The Demon Domain also pledged to support Wang Ping in seeking the Fourth Realm of Taiyan.

• Wang Ping ordered negotiations with the Third Prince’s forces and arranged a discreet reception for Daoist Priest Le Xin.
• Xia Weny met Ke Yue, discussed intelligence about their opponents, and arranged for her to stay in the Outer Sect while Thousand Wood Temple prepared its forces.
• Hu Qianqian brought Zhu Gang, a Core Formation Pig Yao, to meet Wang Ping at the Mountain Top Dojo.
• Zhu Gang presented two Seven Star Swords that had once belonged to Senior Yuxiao’s Seven Star Killing Array.
• Zhu Gang revealed that spirit veins were Demon Race bloodline power and offered two portions as gifts in exchange for trade with the Southern Cultivation World and support for Wang Ping’s pursuit of the Fourth Realm of Taiyan.

Wang Ping secured cooperation from the Demon Domain and the True Sun Sect as he planned for advancement to the Fourth Realm. After Le Xin agreed to help, Wang Ping wondered how many times they had purged Mozhou Road.

• Zhu Gang told Wang Ping that many Third Realm Taiyan cultivators had failed to advance and said Wang Ping and Daoist Priest Cheng Xi were now among the likeliest candidates for the Fourth Realm.
• Wang Ping accepted the Demon Domain’s support, and Zhu Gang promised two Wood Spirit spiritual veins within a month and ten Core Formation clan members if martial aid became necessary.
• Yulian worried that Wang Ping was attempting advancement too young, and Wang Ping reassured her that he would not act recklessly.
• Daoist Le Xin told Wang Ping that the True Sun Sect would support his plans, then asked to manage the Liangjiang region for the sect; Wang Ping agreed.
• Le Xin promised to relocate a True Sun Sect branch to Fuming Prefecture and bring his senior sister to Thousand Wood Temple in half a month to help Wang Ping plan for the Fourth Realm.
• Wang Ping asked Yulian whether he had become imposing and, watching Xia Weny fly away, wondered how many times they had purged Mozhou Road.

Wang Ping learned that hostile Cultivators had infiltrated Mozhou Road and chose an aggressive counterattack while accepting Chongyuan Prefecture’s terms. As he prepared to confront the wider conflict, Cheng Xi ordered Dao Palace Cultivators across Nanlin Road to assemble, drawing Wen Hai and Li Hui into the mobilization.

• Xia Weny reported that First Day, Taiyin Sect, Vajra Temple, and Earth Cave Sect Cultivators had gathered among Shuijiang Prefecture’s troops, and Wang Ping ordered him to proceed with the operation.
• Wang Ping and Yulian discussed their inevitable struggle with Cheng Xi and agreed to test the opposition by acting boldly on several fronts.
• Wang Ping gave Xia Weny more than three thousand specially made Power Pills and ordered a counterattack on Linshui Prefecture, then accepted Chongyuan Prefecture’s terms through Ke Yue.
• Wang Ping contacted Wu Quan about First Day’s infiltration, and Wu Quan agreed to support the operation in Mozhou Road.
• Li Hui reported that Cheng Xi had demanded information on Entry Realm Cultivators and above in Nanlin Road.
• Dao Palace messengers ordered Wen Hai and Li Hui to report to a Dao Palace station, and Wen Hai instructed the rest of the temple to stay behind.

Li Lin, Wen Hai, and the Ning'an Prefecture cultivators advanced toward Shuijiang Prefecture after receiving the signal from Jinhuai City, joining a chaotic battle against the First Day Evil Cultivators. Li Xian survived an attack that killed two of their allies, while Li Lin and Wen Hai sensed that fighting near Shang'an Prefecture had grown more intense.

• Li Lin told the gathered cultivators that True Monarch Changqing had ordered them to wipe out the First Day Evil Cultivators in Shuijiang Prefecture.
• After three Red Flares appeared over Jinhuai City, Li Lin organized the force and sent Li Xian and the Earth Cave Sect cultivators ahead.
• More than a hundred Immortal Realm cultivators flew toward Shuijiang Prefecture and accelerated as they approached the illuminated battlefield.
• Li Xian and his companions clashed with three Artifact Cultivators and two Fire Cultivators, and Li Xian was hurled toward the ground as an Earth Vein cultivator nearby was killed.
• Li Xian regrouped with the Ning'an Prefecture force and discovered that two of their allies had fallen, while Li Lin and Wen Hai sensed fierce fighting to the northeast near Shang'an Prefecture.

Shang'an Prefecture's fleet used specially made Power Pills to devastate Linshui Prefecture's forces and advance toward its forward transfer dock. Qingjiang sent Min Yuyan and her disciples into battle, where they killed weakened enemy cultivators and sent the rest fleeing.

• Shang'an Prefecture's warships fired a volley of Power Pills that created enormous whirlpools and wiped out the enemy fleet stationed ahead.
• Leng Kezhen and Qingjiang watched the fleet's advance, and Qingjiang said True Monarch Changqing had given them an opportunity to earn their due credit.
• Linshui Prefecture's Immortal Realm cultivators attacked with freezing waves, and Min Yuyan led nine cultivators to the front line.
• Min Yuyan launched Power Pills amid water swords, and their blasts depleted the enemy cultivators' true essence.
• Min Yuyan and her disciples charged into the enemy formation, killing several cultivators and driving the survivors into retreat.

Chu Kingdom forces advanced south toward Anmu Island, while Yue Ziyu investigated the defeat of Linshui Prefecture’s forces and learned that the Third Prince’s fleet had also launched an attack. He faced pressure to choose whether to gather the main fleet for a counterattack before that option disappeared.

• Chu Kingdom soldiers executed fleeing prisoners at the dock, then received orders to sail south and press the campaign forward.
• Min Yuyan ordered her forces to take Anmu Island within half a month and said the conflict was against the Southeast Sea Region’s separatist regime.
• Yue Ziyu demanded detailed reports from the retreating Linshui Prefecture Disciples and learned that Power Pills had temporarily suppressed Immortal Realm cultivators.
• The young Water cultivator urged Yue Ziyu to gather the surrounding fleets and strike Changwen Prefecture, but news arrived that the Third Prince’s fleet had begun attacking too.
• The young Water cultivator warned Yue Ziyu that he had to decide quickly or lose the chance to mobilize the main fleet.

Wang Ping learned that Yue Ziyu had left Anmu Island, but could only wait as events unfolded. After securing and inspecting two Spirit Veins, he received news that the Shang'an Prefecture fleet had defeated Linshui Prefecture’s Seventh Prince and was advancing toward Anmu Island.

• Yue Ziyu approved his nephew’s plan, then left Anmu Island and entrusted its affairs to a Second Realm Water cultivator.
• Wang Ping’s Puppet spotted Yue Ziyu and sent the intelligence to Wang Ping, who discussed the news with Yulian.
• Ruan Chunzi returned to Thousand Wood Temple with Miaoyu, and Le Xin later visited with Hua Yun.
• Zhu Gang delivered two sealed Spirit Veins, which Wang Ping, Yuan Zheng, and Ruan Chunzi examined and found free of problems.
• A military report announced that Shang’an Prefecture’s fleet had defeated the main force of Linshui Prefecture’s Seventh Prince and was advancing toward Anmu Island, so Wang Ping summoned every Third Realm cultivator in the temple.

Wang Ping’s alliance captured Anmu Island with little resistance after deploying powerful new Power Pills. Soon after, Hong Ze arrived on behalf of the Seventh Prince to offer the remaining islands in exchange for a place to settle, and Yulian suspected Yue Ziyu was being made the scapegoat.

• Wang Ping told the gathered cultivators that the Chu fleet would besiege Anmu Island while the Third Prince attacked Gutou Island, and Yuan Zheng revealed their new Power Pills could rival an Immortal Realm cultivator.
• Wang Ping led the allied cultivators to a hidden island, where they set up Transfer Arrays and a concealment barrier before destroying the Transfer Talismans left on the seabed.
• The Chu fleet attacked Anmu Island with Power Pills, and the defenders surrendered in less than two hours without resistance from Qi practitioners.
• Hong Ze arrived and offered the two remaining islands under the Seventh Prince’s control in exchange for a dojo where his followers could settle.
• Wang Ping recognized the offer as an attempt to use their forces against the Third Prince, while Yulian questioned whether Hong Ze’s Martial Uncle Yue Ziyu was being blamed for the war.

Wang Ping negotiated with Hong Ze and the Seventh Prince’s allies, agreeing to cooperate if they attacked Daoist Priest Cheng Xi and Daoist Priest Que Cai. After the Shang’an Prefecture fleet occupied three islands, Jiang Cun and Yang Shu joined Wang Ping’s side and prepared to move against Cheng Xi on Chongshan Island.

• Hong Ze told Wang Ping that several princes would support the Seventh Prince and offered cooperation in exchange for limiting sect inheritances on their islands.
• Wang Ping demanded that the Seventh Prince’s forces take down Daoist Priest Cheng Xi and Daoist Priest Que Cai, and Hong Ze agreed.
• The Shang’an Prefecture fleet advanced south and occupied three large islands, including Huixin Island.
• Wang Ping met Jiang Cun, Yang Shu, and other allies, and Hong Ze revealed that Cheng Xi was hiding on Chongshan Island.
• Jiang Cun and Yang Shu agreed to attack Cheng Xi, while Jiang Cun promised to keep an eye on the Seventh Prince.

Cheng Xi gathered Third Realm allies on Chongshan Island and prepared to defend it against Jiang Cun and Yang Shu. The attackers unleashed a golden formation that drew out a twisted Primordial Spirit, which exploded as the chapter ended.

• Cheng Xi told Que Cai and sixteen Third Realm cultivators that the princes were coming to attack, then gave his allies tokens for transferring within two hundred li.
• Jiang Cun and Yang Shu arrived at Chongshan Island and sent towering waves toward it, but Cheng Xi's formation made the seawater vanish before it reached shore.
• Jiang Cun offered to spare Cheng Xi's lineage if he surrendered his secret art, but Cheng Xi refused.
• Jiang Cun and Yang Shu formed a golden vortex that devoured Wood Spirit Qi, while Cheng Xi's allies sent the Vajra Temple monks, Hong Ze's group, and a First Day Earth Vein cultivator to engage them.
• Jiang Cun and Yang Shu drew out a twisted Primordial Spirit within the golden formation; Yang Shu raised ice walls around Jiang Cun, and the Primordial Spirit exploded.

Jiang Cun and Yang Shu fought Cheng Xi and the other cultivators, using their control over the Great Sea to counter Cheng Xi’s transfer formations. The spell duel ended with both sides holding position, and Jiang Cun taunted Cheng Xi for his caution.

• Jiang Cun offered Cheng Xi the chance to withdraw from the competition for the Fourth Realm, but Cheng Xi refused and activated his network of transfer formations.
• Cheng Xi ordered his allies to attack, and a Vajra Temple monk and other cultivators wounded Jiang Cun before he retreated beyond the formations’ reach.
• Yang Shu and Jiang Cun withdrew with their allies, then transformed into Flood Dragons and attacked with scorching rain and an invisible Water Sword Technique.
• Cheng Xi used the transfer formations to remove the spells and restore calm, while Jiang Cun taunted him for staying behind his defenses.

Cheng Xi made a desperate attempt to advance to the Fourth Realm as Wang Ping and the Linshui Prefecture Cultivators arrived. After Cheng Xi was taken away and the strange space returned to normal, True Lord Yuanwu declared that the Fourth Realm slot of Taiyan belonged to Wang Ping for the next three hundred years unless his advancement failed.

• Cheng Xi’s allies refused to risk their lives for him, while formations monitoring Transfer Talismans made escape impossible.
• Cheng Xi entered the mountain palace and spent three hours calculating his chance of advancement, but found no opportunity before Wang Ping arrived.
• Cheng Xi used the Wood Spirit to draw the Sky-Veiling Talisman, briefly imprisoning everyone in a space separated from the world.
• Two mysterious Cultivators appeared; one reversed time around Cheng Xi, and the other took him away as the space repaired itself.
• True Lord Yuanwu appeared beside his emerald-green gourd and gave Wang Ping the Fourth Realm slot of Taiyan for three hundred years, unless Wang Ping failed to advance.

True Lord Yuanwu forced Cheng Xi to become his worshipper and tasked him with guarding the southern sea region. At Thousand Wood Temple, Wang Ping’s gathering turned to forming a Dao Palace, but disputes over its authority and territory quickly surfaced.

• True Lord Yuanwu offered Cheng Xi worship and advancement or certain death, and Cheng Xi chose to worship him.
• True Lord Yuanwu ordered Cheng Xi to guard the southern sea region and forbade him from leaving without permission.
• Five days later, cultivators from across the south gathered at Thousand Wood Temple while Xia Weny, Hu Qianqian, and Guangxuan presided over a Dharma assembly.
• Liu Huaien proposed establishing a Dao Palace to maintain order, and Ruan Chunzi and Ming Xin voiced their support.
• Jiang Cun agreed in principle on behalf of Linshui Prefecture but sought autonomous control of the Southeast Sea Region, prompting a Taiyin Sect cultivator to object.
• Wang Ping let the sects argue over the proposal and territory, pleased to see their divisions emerge.

Wang Ping hosted Central Province’s factions as they negotiated the creation of a Dao Palace, while Thousand Wood Temple drew cultivators seeking opportunity and a chance to join the effort. The Dao Palace’s structure was agreed upon, but the factions remained deadlocked over where to place its headquarters.

• Wang Ping listened as the factions divided up the Southeast Sea Region and began debating the more contentious True Sun Mountain territory.
• Qi practitioners flocked to Zhonghui County Town after hearing that Thousand Wood Temple would lead the reestablishment of the Daoist Scripture Hall, while cultivators maintained order.
• Qiu Wang invited Leng Kezhen to join him in making plans and pursuing advancement in True Sun Mountain, promising to speak with Xia Weny about Leng’s participation.
• Wang Ping’s Primordial Spirit cultivation reached (47/100), and the Luck Formation’s gathered data reached (6/100) after consuming materials for one formation set.
• The factions settled the Dao Palace’s six-seat structure, but their negotiations stalled over the location of its headquarters.

Wang Ping agreed to reorganize the Dao Palace into regional branches with defined seats and duties, while remaining wary of the True Sun Sect’s motives. After the True Lords and Prefects granted permission for the reestablished Dao Palace, Daoist Wanzhi delivered Wang Ping the list of deities it must worship.

• Daoist Hua Yun proposed establishing northern Dao Palace bases and refining the organization in exchange for the True Sun Sect’s support of Wang Ping’s cultivation.
• Wang Ping agreed in principle, and the cultivators decided to establish four regional branches and restructure the Dao Palace’s departments, seats, and local leadership.
• Wang Ping maneuvered to give the Nine Tripod Sect a permanent Third Seat while the Six Hearts Sect became a second-tier Chief.
• Ming Xin, Li Miaolin, Jiang Cun, Hua Yun, and Liu Shuibin led prayers at Thousand Wood Temple, where more than a hundred Third Realm cultivators sought seats.
• On the ninety-ninth morning, a voice granted permission for the Dao Palace’s prayers, and Daoist Wanzhi later gave Wang Ping the sacrificial list.

Wang Ping presided over the sacrificial rites establishing the Dao Palace, then joined its first permanent-seat meeting, where the members discussed communications, Power Pills, and who should contend for Central Province’s divine artifact. When the others tried to decide between Chu Kingdom and Datong Marquisate with a coin toss, Wang Ping destroyed the coin and said the two powers should contend on their own.

• Wang Ping led a grand sacrificial ceremony at Thousand Wood Temple, where cultivators worshipped the True Lords for half a month.
• After the ceremony, the remaining Dao Palace seats were to be selected in Jinhuai City, and representatives of eight permanent seats gathered at Thousand Wood Temple for their first meeting.
• Jiang Cun proposed two ways to build communication devices, and the representatives chose to have each party manage its own jurisdiction.
• Wang Ping confirmed that he could limit the energy in specially made Power Pills, and the representatives approved refining them alongside corresponding defensive devices for sale.
• The representatives debated whether Chu Kingdom or Datong Marquisate should contend for Central Province’s divine artifact, and Ming Xin proposed deciding with a coin toss.
• Wang Ping ground Ming Xin’s coin into powder and argued that Chu Kingdom and Datong Marquisate should contend on their own.

Wang Ping and the other leaders finalized rules to limit the cultivation world's influence over secular power and appointed Jiang Cun to compile a new Human Way doctrine. As Wang Ping prepared to enter Secluded Cultivation, Jiang Cun revealed that Yue Ziyu had escaped and asked about a possible helper for the doctrine.

• Wang Ping's proposal to profit from war was approved, and Liu Shuibin's ban on Immortal Realm cultivators joining wars was added to the resolution.
• Hua Yun proposed restricting emperors' cultivation and barring unregistered sects and noble families from having cultivators above the Immortal Realm, while Jiang Cun argued for recruiting mortal Disciples, involving Rogue Cultivators, and guiding rulers and commoners with Human Way teachings.
• Ming Xin supported Jiang Cun's proposal, and the group chose him to compile the new Human Way doctrine.
• Wang Ping asked Wu Quan whether he would remain Chief Host or seek a Third Seat, and Wu Quan chose to remain Chief Host for now.
• Jiang Cun told Wang Ping that Yue Ziyu had escaped but would eventually be caught; Wang Ping said Yue Ziyu should be imprisoned for a few hundred years and then released.
• Jiang Cun asked whether Wang Ping's Saint senior brother had left a Disciple who could help with the doctrine, and Wang Ping explained that his disciple's disciple had founded a Datong Marquisate before flying back to his dojo to enter Secluded Cultivation.

Thirty years after the Dao Palace brought peace to Central Province, Shen Xiaozhu began advancing by merging with the Huai Tree’s divine soul, while Wang Ping prepared to finish refining his Physical Body. Shen Xiaozhu’s advancement was stable but would take years to complete, and Wang Ping’s strengthened formation left him ready for his own final refinement.

• Farmers outside Thousand Wood Temple felt a wave of air that made them younger as Shen Xiaozhu began drawing a Luck Borrowing Talisman in the Wood Courtyard mountains.
• Wang Ping and Xia Weny watched over Shen Xiaozhu as she merged with the Huai Tree’s divine soul and fell into confusion.
• Yulian used Shen Xiaozhu’s spirit cat to wake her on the fourth day, and Shen Xiaozhu suppressed the restless Luck Borrowing Talisman with her spirit veins.
• Wang Ping left four Puppets to guard Shen Xiaozhu while Yulian stayed, then returned to refine the formation for his Physical Body.
• Wang Ping reinforced the formation with gold ingots, raising its stability from (88/100) to (96/100) and making his final Physical Body refinement possible.

Wang Ping inscribed a body-refining array onto his spirit vein while using a Puppet to test a Fortune Array. The calculation raised his progress to 94/100, leaving him to weigh whether to pursue the next stage of cultivation.

• Wang Ping refined a Heaven Connecting Talisman and created a Puppet with a third-realm Primordial Spirit to test advancement and calculate fortune.
• Wang Ping prepared to inscribe the array onto his spirit vein, with Yulian watching over him as he stabilized his Primordial Spirit using the Divine Art Array.
• Wang Ping used the Wood Spirits to inscribe the array onto his spiritual physical body, and the array suppressed signs that the spirit vein consciousness was awakening.
• Wang Ping let the Puppet complete its Fortune Array calculation, which destroyed the array but raised his progress to 94/100 after its data merged with his Primordial Spirit.
• Wang Ping suppressed the urge to calculate further after tens of thousands of future scenes appeared in his mind.

Wang Ping used the Body Outside Technique to separate a Primordial Spirit and placed it in a Demon Race spiritual body, creating a new Puppet named One. As the array at Jiang Cun's cultivation ground became ready for an advancement attempt, Yulian suggested using existing data to make the Puppet's failure more informative.

• Wang Ping prepared Luck Array materials and arranged for Flying Injury Grass powder to be purchased before beginning the Body Outside Technique.
• Wang Ping used the Heaven Connecting Talisman to separate energy from his Primordial Spirit, which eventually awakened as a consciousness.
• Wang Ping implanted the new Primordial Spirit Puppet into a refined spiritual physical body, and two days later named him One.
• The array at Jiang Cun's cultivation ground was completed, allowing the Puppet there to attempt an advancement.
• Yulian suggested calculating for an advancement opportunity before the attempt so the Puppet's failure could provide more useful data, and Wang Ping asked why she had not said so earlier.