Recaps

The Cao Family survived the Qin Family’s attack with help from the Li Family’s forces, and Cao Zhengxiong learned that the Marquis of Chu was his grandson. Qin Tianzhu revealed that Mr. Cai had provoked the assault, and after the Qin Family was destroyed, Mr. Cai named the Seventh Elder of Hundred Flowers Valley as his mastermind.

• Qin Zhengkun died, and the Unyielding Flying Army killed the Qin Family elites and captured Qin Tianzhu.
• Chen Yan and Yang Song reassured Cao Zhengxiong that the Marquis of Chu had sent them to protect the Cao Family, and Cao Wenzhao confirmed that the Marquis was Cao Zhengxiong’s grandson.
• Qin Tianzhu said Mr. Cai had incited the Qin Family to attack after claiming the Cao Family had sought help from the Central Plains.
• The Unyielding Flying Army found and captured Mr. Cai, while Cao Zhengxiong ordered him questioned to uncover his sponsor.
• The Cao Family destroyed the Qin Family and its branch Lineages, executed Qin Tianzhu by a thousand cuts, and tortured Mr. Cai until he identified the Seventh Elder of Hundred Flowers Valley as the mastermind.

After Mr. Cai revealed that the Seventh Elder of Hundred Flowers Valley had targeted the Cao Family to avenge his disciple’s death at the hands of the Li Family, Chen Yan and Yang Song reported the matter to Green Maple Valley. Mr. Cai was killed by a mysterious visitor, while Cao Zhengxiong grieved over his daughter Yueying’s death and feared for the Cao Family’s future.

• Mr. Cai told Cao Zhengxiong, Cao Wenzhao, Chen Yan, and Yang Song that the Seventh Elder of Hundred Flowers Valley had ordered the Cao Family’s destruction because he believed they were the Marquis of Chu’s maternal family.
• Chen Yan and Yang Song reported the Hundred Flowers Valley threat to Green Maple Valley and kept Mr. Cai in custody as a witness.
• A mysterious figure promised Mr. Cai’s family five hundred years of prosperity, then killed him at his request.
• Cao Wenzhao confirmed that his sister Yueying had died more than thirty years earlier and said she had intended to return to visit their father.
• Cao Zhengxiong mourned Yueying and told Cao Wenzhao he feared even more for the Cao Family’s future.

Cao Zhengxiong warned Cao Wenzhao that the Cao Family’s protection depended on staying useful and not burdening Li Xinge, then mourned the family’s heavy casualties. At dawn, Chen Yan and Yang Song discovered Mr. Cai dead and blamed Hundred Flowers Valley, vowing retaliation.

• Cao Zhengxiong explained that Li Xinge’s support came from duty and the Cao Family had to tread carefully rather than presume on their kinship.
• Cao Wenzhao reported that the Qin Family’s surprise attack had killed 127 Cao Family members, including seven elders and Cao Zhengxiong’s three sons.
• Cao Zhengxiong mourned the dead, then urged Cao Wenzhao to focus on the Cao Family’s survival under Li Xinge’s protection.
• At dawn, Chen Yan and Yang Song found Mr. Cai dead in his chamber and suspected an innate-realm killer sent by Hundred Flowers Valley.
• Chen Yan and Yang Song accused Hundred Flowers Valley of trying to destroy the Cao Family and silence Mr. Cai, and vowed to punish them.

Li Xinge ended his lakeside revels after hearing troubling news and ordered an envoy to demand an accounting from Hundred Flowers Valley. The envoy delivered that demand to the Valley Master, leaving the valley’s elders facing the Marquis of Chu’s summons.

• Li Xinge ordered Elder Jiang to send an envoy to Hundred Flowers Valley and demand an accounting.
• When Yu Yan tried to keep Li Xinge from leaving, he had the Snowy Guard take her back to Yue Niang to learn proper conduct again.
• Li Xinge dismissed everyone from the pavilion and declared that no one would stand in the way of his great undertaking.
• The Li Family envoy arrived at Hundred Flowers Palace and announced that the Marquis of Chu demanded an accounting from Hundred Flowers Valley.

A Li Family envoy accused Hundred Flowers Valley’s Seventh Elder of ordering an attack on the Cao Family and gave the valley ten days to answer the Marquis of Chu. The Valley Master agreed to investigate, while the elders’ debate left the Seventh Elder admitting he had threatened to make the Li Family pay.

• The Li Family envoy accused the Seventh Elder of directing Cai Tong to incite the Qin Family to attack the Cao Family, and said Cai Tong was killed while under Li Family guard.
• The Seventh Elder denied knowing Cai Tong, while the envoy warned that the Marquis of Chu would treat the valley’s failure to respond as a declaration of war.
• The Hundred Flowers Valley Master promised a thorough investigation and said she would punish anyone responsible, but warned the valley would not tolerate deliberate framing.
• The envoy set a ten-day deadline and threatened to send ten million troops from Eastern Prefecture and Yang Province against Jade Prefecture and Hundred Flowers Valley.
• After the envoy left, the Fifth Elder recalled the Seventh Elder’s repeated threats against the Li Family, and the Seventh Elder admitted he had made them in anger.

Hundred Flowers Valley faced Li Xinge’s ten-day ultimatum and began investigating the massacre of his maternal clan. After a witness was murdered and clues pointed toward the Seventh Elder, Li Xinge ordered Yang Province’s navy to pressure Jade Prefecture while he continued preparing his mysterious cauldron.

• The Grand Elder told the Valley Master to investigate the Seventh Elder’s associates, Cai Tong, and possible leads on Golden Crow Island, promising a clear account within ten days.
• The Seventh Elder questioned Chen Feng, who denied sending Cai Tong, and warned him to be careful when the Hall of Law Enforcement questioned him.
• An unknown killer murdered Chen Feng, and the Fourth Elder found traces of the Seventh Elder’s Hundred Flowers Bone-Eroding Art in the corpse.
• The Fourth Elder ordered an investigation into the Seventh Elder’s movements, though he still sensed that something was amiss.
• Li Xinge put away his spiritual-power-absorbing cauldron and ordered Elder Jiang to tell Fu Yu to deploy Yang Province’s navy to threaten Jade Prefecture.

Wang Tianming led the Yang Province navy toward Jade Prefecture after Li Xinge ordered a full mobilization. As the fleet approached, Hundred Flowers Valley decided to hand over the Seventh Elder, whether guilty or framed, to prevent an attack.

• Wang Tianming ordered the Yang Province navy to assemble and sail for Jade Prefecture, and the fleet departed Jiangdu Harbor the next morning.
• News of the navy's advance spread, and people speculated that Li Xinge was moving against Hundred Flowers Valley over the killing of Chen Feng.
• The Fourth Elder reported that the Seventh Elder had visited Chen Feng before his death and that Chen Feng's body bore the cold spiritual power of the Hundred Flowers Bone-Eroding Art.
• Hundred Flowers Valley learned that the Yang Province navy was heading toward its waters, and the Grand Elder warned that Li Xinge might use the incident to pressure the valley or seize Jade Prefecture.
• The Valley Master stripped the Seventh Elder of his rank and ordered him restrained and escorted to Yang Province as a sacrifice to avert the navy's attack.

A mysterious attacker destroyed the spirit vessel carrying the Fourth and Seventh Elders, then killed the Fourth Elder, leading the Valley Master to suspect an insider was helping an outside enemy. She prepared Hundred Flowers Valley for war and sought allies, while challenging Li Xinge to invade Jade Prefecture.

• The Fourth Elder traveled toward Yang Province with the Seventh Elder and dozens of disciples, but a mysterious figure ambushed and destroyed their spirit vessel, killing everyone aboard except the Fourth Elder.
• The black-robed attacker used the Hundred Flowers Bone-Eroding Art, shattered the Fourth Elder's Thousand-Leaf Protective Spirit Flower, and killed him after he recognized the attacker.
• The Valley Master arrived at the wreckage and concluded that someone inside Hundred Flowers Valley had leaked the Fourth Elder's movements to an outside enemy.
• The Valley Master ordered the First Elder to mobilize Jade Prefecture for war and sent the Third Elder to seek military aid from Jiao Province, Wei Province, Chu Province, and Xiang Province.
• The Valley Master addressed Li Xinge, daring him to come and take Jade Prefecture.

Li Xinge accused Hundred Flowers Valley of murdering his maternal clan and ordered Yang Province and Eastern Prefecture to raise an army against Jade Prefecture. The Hundred Flowers Valley envoy denounced him and killed herself, while the campaign began with a proclamation of war.

• The Hundred Flowers Valley envoy told Li Xinge that unknown assailants had killed two elders and pleaded for an investigation.
• Fu Yu and Zheng Cangfeng accused Hundred Flowers Valley of staging the attack, and Fu Yu urged Li Xinge to invade Jade Prefecture.
• Li Xinge ordered every soldier in Yang Province and Eastern Prefecture to avenge his maternal clan and attack Hundred Flowers Valley.
• The envoy condemned Li Xinge and his officials, then killed herself in the hall.
• Li Xinge ordered the envoy's body dragged away and fed to dogs as his forces mobilized and issued a proclamation of war against Hundred Flowers Valley.

As the Yang Province navy invaded Jade Prefecture, Zhao Xuan and Chen Ming led rebellions against Hundred Flowers Valley, disabling the coast’s defenses and clearing the way for the attackers. The navy advanced with almost no resistance.

• Hua Ying ordered the Jade Prefecture navy to fight the invaders, but Zhao Xuan revealed that he and the other commanders had rebelled.
• Zhao Xuan defeated Hua Ying, detained her, and ordered his men to purge Hundred Flowers Valley loyalists from the army.
• At the coast, Hundred Flowers Valley’s attack formations failed to activate as the Yang Province navy’s ships approached.
• Chen Ming admitted he had shut down the formations and led his men in killing the Hundred Flowers Valley defenders.
• The Yang Province navy sailed into Jade Prefecture with almost no meaningful resistance.

As the Marquis of Chu’s invasion advanced, rebellions spread across Jade Prefecture and Whalefall’s ruling families seized control. The Valley Master ordered Hundred Flowers Valley to crush the uprisings, regroup its defenses, and seek aid from neighboring provinces.

• Song Tianxiong persuaded Wang Li and Sun Wancai to rebel against Hundred Flowers Valley and pledge allegiance to the Marquis of Chu.
• The Song, Wang, and Sun families killed the Prefect of Whalefall, exterminated the Chu Family, and took control of the prefecture.
• Rebellions and defections spread across Jade Prefecture, including the loss of Moonmist Prefecture and the Jade Prefecture navy.
• At Hundred Flowers Palace, Ren Shuirou argued with a male elder as the Valley Master received reports of the defeats.
• The First Elder proposed suppressing the rebellions, concentrating forces along strategic defenses, and seeking help from neighboring provinces, and the Valley Master approved the plan.

Hua Yuling confronted Zhao Wujiu after he infiltrated Hundred Flowers Palace and disabled the Hundred Flowers Bewildering Soul Formation. Hua Wuyi revealed that he had engineered the rebellions and killings, then began explaining his resentment toward Hundred Flowers Valley.

• Hua Yuling worried that Hundred Flowers Valley might not survive the Marquis of Chu's advancing army and unrest across Jade Prefecture.
• Zhao Wujiu appeared on the Valley Master's throne, identified himself as a member of the Li Family, and challenged Hua Yuling to activate the valley's formation.
• Hua Yuling discovered that she could not contact the formation core and realized someone inside the valley had sabotaged it.
• Hua Wuyi appeared, admitted killing Chen Feng, the Fourth Elder, and the Seventh Elder, and confessed to orchestrating the rebellions.
• Hua Wuyi rejected Hua Yuling's accusation of betrayal and said Hundred Flowers Valley had always treated him as a servant and eunuch whom its leaders never trusted.

Hua Wuyi revealed why he had betrayed Hundred Flowers Valley and sided with the Marquis of Chu. Facing Zhao Wujiu’s ultimatum, the valley master surrendered, leaving Hua Wuyi to oversee the valley’s submission.

• Hua Wuyi accused Hundred Flowers Valley of discriminating against men and said he had joined the Marquis of Chu in exchange for becoming valley master and receiving help to break through to the Divine Mansion Realm.
• The valley master drew her sword to confront Hua Wuyi, but Zhao Wujiu intervened and suppressed both of them with his Divine Mansion Realm aura.
• Zhao Wujiu offered to spare Hundred Flowers Valley and its people if the valley master surrendered and acknowledged the Marquis of Chu as her master, threatening to kill everyone connected to the valley if she refused.
• After considering the valley’s isolation and the danger to her people, the valley master dropped her sword and agreed to surrender Jade Prefecture to the Marquis of Chu.
• Zhao Wujiu ordered Hua Wuyi to handle what followed, corrected him when he called the Marquis of Chu “Senior,” and sealed the valley master’s cultivation before disappearing.

Hua Wuyi forced Hundred Flowers Valley to submit to the Marquis of Chu and used the sect’s protective formation to suppress opposition. As Hua Yuling watched the valley’s power shift, Zhao Wujiu arrived at the Grand Elder’s secluded retreat.

• Hua Wuyi told Hua Yuling that surrendering to the Marquis of Chu was the only way to preserve their lives and the valley’s legacy.
• Hua Wuyi announced to Hundred Flowers Valley that it would submit to the Marquis of Chu and ordered everyone to obey him.
• When the disciples protested, Hua Wuyi activated the Hundred Flowers Bewildering Soul Formation and threatened to purge anyone who resisted.
• Hua Wuyi ordered the valley sealed and its disciples monitored, while Hua Yuling remained silent and recognized that the valley had fallen from within.
• Zhao Wujiu stepped through a spatial fissure into the rear mountain and announced that he had come to meet the Grand Elder, the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy.

The Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy emerged from seclusion to learn that Hua Yuling had surrendered Hundred Flowers Valley to the Marquis of Chu, who now controlled Jade Prefecture. Facing Zhao Wujiu’s ultimatum and the threat to the valley, she agreed to go to Green Maple Valley as his captive guest.

• Zhao Wujiu interrupted the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy’s breakthrough and told her that Hundred Flowers Valley had submitted to the Marquis of Chu.
• The Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy used her spiritual sense to see Hua Yuling inside the palace, the subdued disciples, and Hua Wuyi on the raised platform.
• The Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy condemned Hua Wuyi for betraying the valley, while Zhao Wujiu defended him and explained that the Marquis of Chu had seized Jade Prefecture.
• Zhao Wujiu invited the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy to Green Maple Valley and warned that resistance could destroy the valley’s foundations.
• The Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy accepted the invitation and agreed to go to Green Maple Valley.

After the Hundred Flowers Valley surrendered to the Marquis of Chu, Jade Prefecture’s new allies began purging its loyalists. The Li Family imprisoned Ren Shuirou while the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy and Hua Yuling left the valley with Zhao Wujiu.

• The Hundred Flowers Valley announced its surrender, prompting factions across Jade Prefecture to abandon resistance and purge supporters of the valley and the Chu Family.
• Song Tianxiong ordered Whalefall Prefecture placed under martial law and commanded the execution of anyone connected to the Hundred Flowers Valley or the Chu Family.
• After the Li Family took control of the Hundred Flowers Valley, Hua Wuyi supplied a list of loyalists, and Zixie Min led soldiers to arrest Ren Shuirou.
• Zixie Min defeated Ren Shuirou and had her thrown into the water prison, where Yue Niang arrived to teach the imprisoned women the rules.
• The Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy agreed to leave with Hua Yuling and Zhao Wujiu, and the three vanished as space rippled around them.

Li Xinge learned that Jade Prefecture had been brought under Li Family control, then watched the family’s fortune grow as the chapter ended with a surge of purple qi over Three Rivers Prefecture.

• Zhao Wujiu reported that the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy and Hua Yuling had been settled in Green Maple Valley while Hua Wuyi reorganized Hundred Flowers Valley.
• Li Xinge ordered the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy watched and cared for, accepted Hua Wuyi’s harsh purge of Jade Prefecture, and sent Chen Yan to keep an eye on the Cao Family’s affairs.
• A map changed Hundred Flowers Valley’s name to Li as Jade Prefecture came under Li control, and the Li Family’s divine dragon of fortune grew larger.
• Li Xinge reflected that the new fortune had advanced his cultivation progress but still left him far from the late-stage Divine Mansion Realm.
• Five hundred miles of purple qi surged in from the eastern horizon over Three Rivers Prefecture.

Fu Qingyun broke through to the Divine Mansion Realm, making the Fu Family Yang Province’s second Divine Mansion Immortal Clan. He credited Fu Yu’s loyalty for saving their lineage and decided to visit the Marquis of Chu to reaffirm the family’s obedience.

• Purple qi appeared over Yang Province as Fu Qingyun prepared to break through in the Fu Family’s forbidden grounds.
• Li Xinge recognized that Fu Qingyun was advancing, and Fu Yu hurried back to the clan grounds.
• Fu Qingyun survived the Divine Mansion Tribulation and opened a divine mansion world spanning three hundred and twenty li.
• Fu Qingyun emerged to the Fu Family’s celebration and praised Fu Yu for keeping the family loyal to the Marquis of Chu.
• Fu Qingyun recalled how Fu Yu had stopped the family from siding with the Wei Family and arranged for the Marquis of Chu’s rivals to be suppressed.
• Fu Qingyun said he would visit the Marquis of Chu soon to affirm the Fu Family’s obedience, and Fu Yu realized he had overlooked the matter.

Fu Qingyun thanked Li Xinge after surviving his breakthrough to the divine mansion realm, while Cui Yuan warned Cui Chongshan against attacking the Li Family and explained that Li Xinge might be needed to oppose the Royal House. The chapter left the Cui Family holding back for the greater good of the Southern People.

• Li Xinge received Fu Qingyun, congratulated him on reaching the divine mansion realm, and heard his pledge of loyalty to the Li Family.
• Fu Qingyun told Li Xinge that his divine mansion spanned three hundred and twenty li.
• Cui Chongshan told Cui Yuan that Hundred Flowers Valley had surrendered and Jade Prefecture had fallen to the Li Family, then proposed taking it back.
• Cui Yuan warned Cui Chongshan that Li Xinge could become a deadly threat if he survived an attack, and revealed that his own injuries came from a greater power.
• Cui Yuan said Li Xinge might be the Southern People’s only hope against the Royal House and urged Cui Chongshan to consider the greater good.

Yan Daoyi and the emperor weighed Li Xinge’s rise against the struggle between the northern and southern Aristocratic Clans. The chapter ended with the emperor explaining that the throne would harm the Princess Royal, despite her being his most capable child.

• Yan Daoyi told Yan Lüji that the Southern Clans were allowing Li Xinge to grow so he could oppose the northern Aristocratic Clans and the Princess Royal.
• Wei Province and Xiang Province held back because the Cui Clan patriarch was the only one powerful enough to suppress Li Xinge.
• Song Wuya reported that Hua Wuyi had helped the Li Family take Hundred Flowers Valley and Jade Prefecture, while Zhao Wujiu had placed Fairy Epiphyllum under house arrest.
• The emperor dismissed Song Wuya’s suggestion to unite the lords against Li Xinge, explaining that the Southern Clans needed him to counter the Princess Royal and her northern supporters.
• The emperor asked whether Song Wuya thought the Princess Royal was more suited than the Crown Prince to rule, then said the throne was a shackle that would harm her.

The Emperor ordered Song Wuya to ease the investigation into the World-Cleansing Evil Cult and secretly use the Crown Prince as bait to expose its hidden allies. Meanwhile, Li Xinge received a hidden achievement and spent his Lucky Roulette draws, mostly getting nothing.

• Song Wuya reported that the World-Cleansing Evil Cult had powerful members and likely support from aristocratic clans, while the Holy Venerable's identity remained unknown.
• The Emperor ordered Song Wuya to reduce the cult investigation and leak news of the Crown Prince's planned inspection of the northern borderlands to lure out its backers.
• Li Xuanyong entered seclusion to break through to the Innate Realm as Li Xinge fished at Azure Wave Pool.
• Li Xinge received the hidden achievement Exterminating a Hundred Surnames, which raised his Heavenly Human Bloodline concentration and cultivation speed and comprehension, and granted him one hundred Lucky Roulette draws.
• Li Xinge used roulette draws and received mostly blank results, along with low-grade spirit stones, medium-grade Qi and Blood Pills, and a Yellow Tier high-grade cultivation technique.

Li Xinge spent his Fortune points on hundreds of Lucky Roulette draws, receiving guaranteed pity rewards including a demon beast cultivation pill, a defensive treasure, and the Mad Demon Battle Body. He decided to give the battle body to someone in his clan, having already chosen a suitable candidate.

• Li Xinge used his complimentary hundred draws and obtained mostly low-grade items before spending 1,000 Fortune points on another hundred draws.
• On his two-hundredth draw, Li Xinge triggered the pity mechanism and received a Fourth-tier Demon Beast Cultivation Pill for Chixiao.
• Li Xinge continued drawing until his five-hundredth attempt and obtained a Heaven-tier Beginner Defensive Dharma Treasure.
• Li Xinge drew a thousand times in total and received the golden Mad Demon Battle Body card.
• Li Xinge rejected the battle body for himself because he already had the Great Sun Golden Crow Sacred Body and decided to pass it to a suitable clan member.

Li Xinge approved appointments to govern newly pacified Jade Prefecture, naming Wu Ren its Chief Administrator and secretly giving Li Wu a combat physique. At the first grand council, Wu Ren began dismantling Hundred Flowers Valley’s old order, while Zhao Xuan warned that its remnants had established themselves in the Shattered Star Archipelago.

• Li Xinge approved Zhao Wujiu’s petitions for local appointments and assigned Wu Ren to stabilize Jade Prefecture, while filling other vacant posts with officials from Yang Province and Eastern Prefecture.
• Li Xinge secretly sent the mad demon battle body to Li Wu as he cultivated.
• Half a month later, Zhao Wujiu presided over Jade Prefecture’s grand council, where Wu Ren announced plans to restore order and abolish laws that oppressed people on the grounds of sex.
• Wu Ren outlined measures to survey farmland and population, reorganize administration, strengthen the military, protect livelihoods, and investigate Hundred Flowers Valley’s remnants without framing innocents.
• Zhao Xuan reported that Hundred Flowers Valley’s Third Elder and a group of remnants had fled to the Shattered Star Archipelago and gathered followers there.

Zhao Wujiu postponed dealing with Hundred Flowers Valley's remnants overseas until the Li Family had cleared Jade Prefecture. Half a year later, Li Xuanyong achieved Innate, but his joy turned to grief when he realized his wife had little time left, and he promised to stay with her.

• Zhao Wujiu agreed to investigate the Hundred Flowers Valley remnants in the Shattered Star Archipelago later, after the urgent fighting in Jade Prefecture was resolved.
• Li Yanshan emerged from seclusion three months before Li Xuanyong's breakthrough, advanced to Early-stage Innate, and became an ordinary elder.
• Li Xuanyong formed a pseudo-core on the seventh floor of the Nine-Layered Spirit Gathering Tower and broke through to Innate, regaining a youthful appearance.
• Li Xuanyong returned home and learned from his wife's reaction that his breakthrough had made him decades younger, while she was already over eighty and remained in the Body Realm.
• Li Xuanyong's wife, Madam Li Zhou, refused to let him seek a lifespan-extending medicine for her and asked him to spend their remaining days together.
• Li Xuanyong held his wife and promised to stay with her.

Hua Wuying told Hundred Flowers Valley’s surviving followers that she had agreed to merge the sect into the Four Seas Alliance, which planned to establish a foothold in Jade Prefecture. The survivors accepted the alliance as their chance to stay alive, rebuild their strength, and eventually seek revenge on the Li Family.

• Hua Wuying told the survivors that the Li Family had taken control of Qiong Province and that fleeing again would leave them without protection.
• Hua Wuying revealed that she had met with the Shattered Star Archipelago’s island lord and an envoy from the Four Seas Alliance, which sought a foothold in Jade Prefecture.
• Hua Wuying announced that Hundred Flowers Valley would merge into the Four Seas Alliance and serve it.
• Hua Wuying argued that the sect was already destroyed and urged the survivors to preserve their lives and legacy rather than cling to its name.
• The survivors shouted for revenge against the traitors and Li Xinge, and Hua Wuying told them to build their strength while the Four Seas Alliance prepared.