Recaps

Yang Zhengshan investigated a plea for help from the Qin Family of Wanbao Immortal City, then gathered the White Jade Capital’s leaders to discuss expanding beyond the Spirit Source Land. He decided they would establish themselves in the outside world and let the developing Struggle for Authority determine whether they became involved.

• Lin Xiqiu showed Yang Zhengshan a Communication Talisman from the Qin Family asking for support, and Yang Zhengshan suspected Zhongli Xiayi or Zhongli Yue had given it to them.
• Yang Zhengshan and Lin Xiqiu went to Wanbao Immortal City, where Qin Xianyang explained that the Five Great Immortal Clans wanted a way to contact the Wanbao Sect amid the North Sea Demon Court’s advances.
• Yang Zhengshan told Qin Xianyang he had little connection to the Wanbao Sect, gave him another Communication Talisman, and returned to the Life Realm Immortal Palace.
• Yang Zhengshan gathered the White Jade Capital’s leaders and announced that it was time to establish a sect outside the Spirit Source Land.
• Yue Yao asked whether Yang Zhengshan intended to join the Struggle for Authority, and he said their involvement would depend on how events developed after they went out.

Heavenly Sword True Monarch explained that his dwindling Divine Soul left him a century to live unless he won the Position of Authority, and Que Lingyu resolved to help him. As the North Sea Demon Court advanced and the Five Great Immortal Clans sought help, Yang Zhengshan finished refining a second Nine Tripod Divine Pill and decided to emerge and compete for the Position of Authority.

• Heavenly Sword True Monarch told Que Lingyu that the Position of Authority was his only path to extending his life and that he hoped to become a Dao Master; she promised to help him.
• The North Sea Demon Court expanded through the Northern Region, massacring cultivators and Demonic Beasts and driving refugees toward the Central Region and the Wilderness of Ten Thousand Waters.
• The Five Great Immortal Clans gathered in Wanbao Immortal City, found they could not contact Wanbao Sect, and agreed to try the Communication Talisman Zhongli Xiayi had given Qin Xianyang.
• Qin Xianyang activated Zhongli Xiayi's Communication Talisman, which vanished into the Void with an aura of Void Dao Intent.
• Yang Zhengshan successfully refined a second Nine Tripod Divine Pill and resolved to emerge from seclusion, raise his cultivation, and compete for the Position of Authority.

Hua Qingzhu told Yang Zhengshan that the Wanhua Demon Emperor had been killed and asked to become Yu Qingyi’s Spirit Treasure, while Yang Zhengshan agreed to bring her to Yu Qingyi after her seclusion. Meanwhile, the Yin Soldier Army shattered the Wanhua Demon Court, and Wu Wei Zheng began considering how to seize the Wanhua Mountain Range before the Struggle for Authority ended.

• Hua Qingzhu told Yang Zhengshan that Chang Buzai had killed Hua Qingshu and asked to acknowledge Yu Qingyi as her new master because of Yu Qingyi’s attainments in the Path of Spirit Bestowal.
• Yang Zhengshan agreed to take Hua Qingzhu to Yu Qingyi after she left seclusion, and Hua Qingzhu stayed in the Pill Hall.
• The Yin Soldier Army advanced into the Wanhua Demon Court’s heartland, forcing its surviving forces to flee while the Blazing Phoenix Clan sealed its Grotto-Heaven.
• A Cangming Dark Eagle Clan survivor reported the fall of the Wanhua Demon Court to Wu Wei Zheng and Xiao Shan at Emerald Lake.
• Wu Wei Zheng identified Hua Qingshu as the dead Wanhua Demon Emperor and reflected on their past rivalry and the Wanhua Mountain Range’s importance.
• Wu Wei Zheng decided he needed allies to pursue the Wanhua Mountain Range before the Struggle for Authority ended and thought of Yang Zhengshan.

Chang Buzai defeated the Wanhua Demon Emperor in the Great Void, but Hua Qingzhu escaped to Yang Zhengshan’s Immortal Palace, where she revealed herself as a Spirit Treasure. Yang Zhengshan learned her name but did not yet know why she had come.

• Chang Buzai destroyed the Wanhua Demon Emperor’s Green Vein Seal and pursued him into the depths of the Great Void after the Demon Emperor sent a clone fleeing toward the Myriad Flower Domain.
• Chang Buzai killed the Wanhua Demon Emperor and dragged out his soul, while Hua Qingzhu flew toward Chunyang Valley as the Demon Emperor’s escaping clone.
• Yang Mingzhao noticed a streak of Spiritual Light entering the Cave Heaven Portal area and learned from the guards that it had flown toward the Immortal Palace.
• Hua Qingzhu bypassed the Divine Generals at the Nine Heavens Gate, but Yang Zhengshan stopped her and took the bead into the Pill Hall.
• Yang Zhengshan threatened the bead until Hua Qingzhu appeared as a Spirit of Artifact and introduced herself by name.

Yang Zhengshan awarded Yang Mingcheng a Nine Tripod Divine Pill and continued supporting cultivation and resource production in the Life Realm Immortal Palace. Meanwhile, the Wanhua Demon Emperor’s forces neared defeat, and Chang Buzai confronted him, demanding his soul as the two prepared to fight.

• Yang Zhengshan gave Yang Mingcheng a Nine Tripod Divine Pill and announced that the next pill would be awarded through a merit ranking ten years later.
• Yang Zhengshan arranged an exchange meeting for Yu Qingyi, helped her with Golden Core cultivation insights, and resumed refining pills with the ingredients he had on hand.
• The Wanhua Demon Emperor ordered his forces to retreat and defend the Grotto-Heaven as the Wuchang Ghost Sect overwhelmed his Flower Soldier Treants.
• Chang Buzai appeared and attacked with the Soul Hooking Celestial Seal, while Xuan Ling fled and Li Zhuo was captured by a Soul Locking Chain.
• Chang Buzai demanded the Wanhua Demon Emperor’s soul, and the Demon Emperor brought out the Green Vein Seal and his newly advanced natal Spirit Treasure, the Hua Qingzhu.

Yang Zhengshan watched Yu Qingyi survive the Thunder Tribulation and form her Golden Core, then celebrated her breakthrough with her. He later established rules for distributing scarce Nine Tripod Divine Pills in the White Jade Capital, balancing merit-based access with provisions for his own children.

• Yang Zhengshan analyzed Yu Qingyi's Thunder Tribulation and gained new insight into Lightning Attribute Dao Intent.
• Yu Qingyi emerged from seclusion after successfully forming her core without using the Nine Tripod Divine Pill, and Yang Zhengshan welcomed her warmly.
• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi discussed giving a Nine Tripod Divine Pill to their son Yang Mingcheng first, while Yang Zhengshan promised to prepare pills for his children.
• At a celebration gathering, Yang Zhengshan explained that the White Jade Capital could not provide Nine Tripod Divine Pills for everyone and set a merit-based auction for one pill every fifty years.
• Yang Zhengshan required recipients who formed cores with an auctioned pill to return two Great Void Star Cores within five hundred years, while exempting his named children from the auction.
• The gathered cultivators accepted Yang Zhengshan's rules, and Yue Yao considered how a regular supply of pills could strengthen the White Jade Capital over time.

Yang Zhengshan learned that Divine Generals could cultivate the Golden Light Divine Curse and create more Divine Generals, then considered how to preserve the memories of the dead. Yu Qingyi unexpectedly began forming her core and, after an unusually smooth tribulation, successfully became a Golden Core cultivator.

• Xuan Zhen told Yang Zhengshan that Divine Generals could cultivate the Eight Divine Curses and use the Golden Light Divine Curse to transform Yin Souls into independent Divine Generals.
• Yang Zhengshan approved having the Divine Generals cultivate the Golden Light Divine Curse and ordered Tai Wei Tower to establish cultivation and position-based salaries for them.
• Yang Zhengshan considered preserving a portion of a deceased person's Divine Soul and returning it to a Divine General after transformation so the person could retain their memories.
• Yang Zhengshan discovered that Yu Qingyi had taken the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill and begun forming her core less than a year after entering seclusion.
• Xuan Zhen and the others gathered as a Spiritual Energy Vortex formed above the Longevity Palace, then dispersed after Yang Zhengshan explained Yu Qingyi's pills.
• After seven days, Yu Qingyi endured the Golden Core Lightning Tribulation and successfully formed her core.

The South Sea Demon Court and Hengshan Sect entered an all-out war, while the Wuchang Ghost Sect launched a full invasion of the Wanhua Demon Court. The Wanhua Demon Emperor’s Flower Soldiers stopped the Yin Soldier Army in a seemingly endless stalemate, and Yang Zhengshan agreed to accelerate the cultivation of Divine Generals.

• Ao Xuan led the South Sea Demon Court’s forces into the Southern Region, prompting the Hengshan Sect to send Golden Core cultivators into battle.
• After confirming Tianxian Dao Master had entered the Reincarnation Realm, Chang Buzai ordered the Wuchang Ghost Sect to destroy the Wanhua Demon Court quickly.
• The Wanhua Demon Emperor summoned countless Flower Soldiers from the Demon Ruins Land, and they clashed with the Yin Soldier Army in a battle that lasted for months without a victor.
• Su Mei watched the fighting, decided she would not sacrifice the Qingyuan Fox Clan for the Demon Emperor’s ambitions, and left.
• Xuan Zhen told Yang Zhengshan the two armies had expended more than a hundred million soldiers, and Yang Zhengshan approved speeding up the cultivation of Divine Generals.

Yu Qingyi prepared to form her Core while Dragon Princess learned that Tianxian Dao had entered the Reincarnation Realm. With Tianxian Dao no longer an immediate threat, Dragon Princess ordered an invasion of the Southern Region to seize the Jinchuan Mountain Range and Changjin River for her own Dragon Transformation.

• Yu Qingyi purged the Martial Artist's True Essence from her body and patiently prepared to form her Core as Yang Zhengshan waited outside the Quiet Room.
• A man reported to Dragon Princess that Tianxian Dao had gone to the Reincarnation Realm in the East Sea, where its members might be searching for treasures.
• Dragon Princess concluded that Tianxian Dao Master had entered the Reincarnation Realm to seek useful items and prolong his life, and she ordered Ao Xuan to seize the Jinchuan Mountain Range within three years.
• Dragon Princess sought the Jinchuan Mountain Range and Changjin River because the Dragon Race had used their Earth Veins and Water Veins for Dragon Transformation.

Yang Zhengshan successfully refined a middle-grade Nine Tripod Divine Pill after five months of work and gave it to Yu Qingyi so she could form her Core. After preparing her, he guarded her in the Quiet Room as she began Core Formation.

• Yang Zhengshan and Lin Xiqiu agreed that White Jade Capital would watch how the other factions, especially the Hengshan Sect, responded before making any moves.
• Yang Zhengshan spent five months refining the Nine Tripod Divine Pill while the conflicts among the major factions remained suspended.
• With Fengling sealing the furnace and the Golden Crow supplying Solar True Fire, Yang Zhengshan successfully condensed and captured the golden Nine Tripod Divine Pill.
• Yang Zhengshan confirmed with Fengling that the pill was middle grade and stronger than the one previously kept in Fengling's furnace.
• Yang Zhengshan gave the pill to Yu Qingyi, and she agreed to begin forming her Core with him guarding her.
• After preparing Yu Qingyi for three days, Yang Zhengshan sent her into the Quiet Room and remained outside to protect her.

After Tianxian Dao destroyed Tianji Pavilion, Yang Zhengshan returned to the Life Realm Immortal Palace and began refining the Nine Tripod Divine Pill while the Myriad Flower Domain’s factions retreated into uneasy peace. When the Tianxian Dao Court vanished from Tianwei Mountain, Yang Zhengshan suspected Tianxian Dao feared a powerful cultivator from another realm boundary.

• Yang Zhengshan returned to the Life Realm Immortal Palace and began refining the Nine Tripod Divine Pill with Zhang Hexuan and Yang Zongyuan assisting him.
• The various forces confirmed Tianxian Dao had destroyed Tianji Pavilion and killed Tianji Shangren, prompting the Wanbao Sect to seal the Hundred Realms Cave Heaven and other factions to suspend their wars.
• The Tianxian Dao Court disappeared from Tianwei Mountain, deepening the Myriad Flower Domain’s uncertainty as Tianxian Dao also fell silent.
• Lin Xiqiu told Yang Zhengshan that the Tianxian Dao Court had vanished, and Yang Zhengshan speculated that Tianxian Dao feared a Dao Master from another realm boundary.

Yang Zhengshan accepted Spirit Medicines from the Green Ox Demon King and gave Yu Qingyi a Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill to save for her future Core Formation. After learning that Tianxian Dao had attacked Tianji Pavilion, Yang Zhengshan discovered that three Wuchang Ghost Sect cultivators had left the area, and Wanbao Immortal City erupted in alarm over the news.

• The Green Ox Demon King gave Yang Zhengshan a large supply of Spirit Medicines in exchange for two more Myriad Wood Evergreen Pills, and Yang Zhengshan agreed to refine them.
• Yang Zhengshan gave Yu Qingyi a Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill and advised her to save it for use if her Core Formation failed.
• Ming Gu received word that three Tianxian Dao Envoys had breached Tianji Pavilion’s Land of Destiny, so she, Shangguan Jie, and Yi Shang'an returned to Wuchang Land.
• Yang Zhengshan, Xuan Zhen, and Lin Xiqiu found traces showing that three Wuchang Ghost Sect cultivators had recently left, and Yang Zhengshan vowed to destroy the sect someday.
• Li Jianning told Yang Zhengshan that Tianxian Dao had destroyed Tianji Pavilion, and Yang Zhengshan confirmed that the news had thrown Wanbao Immortal City into turmoil.

Yang Zhengshan successfully refined two Myriad Wood Evergreen Pills after forcing the unstable medicinal slurry into pills, then brought one to the Green Ox Demon King. The Green Ox Demon King swallowed it at once, revealing that he already possessed the Wood Spirit Reincarnation ability.

• Yang Zhengshan sealed the Bagua Furnace and used his Divine Soul Power to knead the conflicting medicinal slurry into two pills, which tried to flee when the furnace opened.
• Yang Zhengshan contained the pills in Fengling’s Spirit Sealing Profound Fire Furnace, and Fengling judged them highly spiritual but only mid-grade.
• Yang Zhengshan told Zhang Hexuan and Yang Zongyuan to clean the Pill Hall and review what they had learned, then had Yang Jizhen make sealed porcelain bottles for the pills.
• Yang Zhengshan took one pill to the Green Ox Demon King, who admitted that his medicinal materials had originally been protection money and accepted the pill as his own.
• The Green Ox Demon King swallowed the pill immediately and revealed that he possessed both Myriad Wood Symbiosis and Wood Spirit Reincarnation.

Yang Zhengshan carefully refined the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill while Lin Xiqiu and Yang Qingyu discovered that Wuchang Ghost Sect cultivators were following their Cloud Ship. The Yang Family withdrew from Chunyang Valley and waited in Wanbao Immortal City as Yang Zhengshan continued refining the pill.

• Yang Zhengshan began refining the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill with Zhang Hexuan and Yang Zongyuan assisting him.
• Yang Qingyu sensed at least three Golden Core cultivators watching the Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat and alerted Lin Xiqiu.
• Lin Xiqiu diverted the Cloud Ship to Wanbao Immortal City, where Yang Qingyu and the passengers stayed while he returned to Chunyang Valley.
• Ming Gu, Yi Shang'an, and Shangguan Jie revealed themselves outside Wanbao Immortal City and waited, having followed the Cloud Ship to find the Yang Family's stronghold.
• Lin Xiqiu reported the pursuit to Yang Zhengshan, who ordered everyone to withdraw from Chunyang Valley and wait in Wanbao Immortal City until he finished refining.
• Yang Zhengshan reached the pill-condensing stage and remained focused on the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill.

After twelve years in seclusion, Yang Zhengshan emerged as a Half-step Entering Dao expert and learned that conflicts across the Myriad Flower Domain were escalating while the major factions waited for Tianxian Dao Master to die. He decided to pursue a Position of Authority but keep White Jade Capital’s strength concealed for now, then demonstrated his formidable alchemy before beginning to refine the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill.

• Yang Zhengshan emerged from twelve years of seclusion and learned that Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu had both achieved Golden Core.
• Kou Ta told Yang Zhengshan about the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s expansion, the wars in the Southern Region, the North Sea Demon Court’s halt, and turmoil in the Central Region.
• Yang Zhengshan decided to compete for a Position of Authority eventually, but told Kou Ta to wait for the right moment and collect Great Void Star Cores.
• Yang Zhengshan reunited with Yu Qingyi and other White Jade Capital companions, then refined several pills, producing five Demon Essence Pills from three Demon Cores.
• Yang Zhengshan amazed Zhang Hexuan and Yang Zongyuan with his alchemy and began preparing to refine the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill.

Chang Buzai ordered the Wuchang Ghost Sect to find and destroy the Yang Family after learning that they had attacked Yellow Springs Hall. Unaware of the threat, Yang Zhengshan emerged from thirteen years of seclusion having reached Half-step Entering the Dao through the Way of Life and Death, and his Evergreen Bamboo Staff transformed into a Spirit Treasure.

• Zhong Mingshou told Chang Buzai that the Yunxiao Yang Family had attacked Yellow Springs Hall with three Golden Core cultivators and over a thousand Divine Generals.
• Chang Buzai recognized the Divine Generals as practitioners of the Yang God Method and ordered Hun Ji to find and destroy the Yang Family.
• Yang Zhengshan continued comprehending the Way of Life and Death in seclusion, connecting it with his Wither-Prosper Dao Intent.
• Yang Zhengshan's Dao Intent spread through the Life Realm Immortal Palace, allowing him to perceive its inhabitants as they sensed faint, mysterious fluctuations.
• Yang Zhengshan reached Half-step Entering the Dao, advancing his Divine Soul to the peak of the Golden Core Stage while his cultivation remained at the Golden Core Mid Stage.
• The Evergreen Bamboo Staff advanced from an Authority Artifact into a Spirit Treasure and transformed into a Fly Whisk for Yang Zhengshan.

Xuan Zhen, Yunxiao, and Kou Ta attacked Yellow Springs Hall, captured its Ghost King and tens of thousands of ghost cultivators, and stripped the settlement of its valuables. After returning to the Spirit Source Land to turn the captured ghosts into Divine Generals, they left the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s leadership to learn of the devastation.

• Xuan Zhen broke Yellow Springs Hall’s protective formation and began capturing its fleeing ghost cultivators while Yunxiao and Kou Ta confronted Xiang Yuan.
• Yunxiao and Kou Ta wounded Xiang Yuan, chased him down, and sealed the Ghost King inside a God Sealing Pearl.
• Xuan Zhen captured more than fifty thousand Yin Soul Ghost Cultivators, including nearly three thousand Ghost Generals, and dismantled Yellow Springs Hall for its Spiritual Materials.
• Xuan Zhen, Yunxiao, and Kou Ta returned to the Spirit Source Land, where Xuan Zhen began transforming the captured Ghost Generals into Divine Generals with help from Wuzhen Dao Palace disciples.
• Chang Buzai stood before Hun Ji and Zhong Mingshou in the Wuchang Earth Grotto-Heaven.

Xuan Zhen began teaching An Nianjiu the Golden Light Divine Curse in hopes of finding a cultivation path for Divine Generals as the army traveled to the Yellow Springs Hall. There, Xiang Yuan took charge as the new Hall Master and ordered the surviving Ghost Cultivators to improve their cultivation.

• Xuan Zhen joined An Nianjiu on the Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat and urged him to build a future of his own rather than remain defined by An Yuxing's past.
• An Nianjiu wondered whether Divine Generals could have a Dao Path, and Xuan Zhen proposed that the Golden Light Divine Curse might provide one.
• Xuan Zhen began teaching An Nianjiu the Golden Light Divine Curse while hoping to discover a way for Divine Generals to improve themselves.
• Xiang Yuan arrived at the Yellow Springs Hall as its new Hall Master, sent by the Wuchang Ghost Sect to oversee its surviving Ghost Cultivators.
• Xiang Yuan insulted the Ghost Cultivators, ordered them to work on their cultivation, and dismissed them.

Yang Zhengshan spent ten years in seclusion comprehending the Dao of life and death while the White Jade Capital grew stronger. After Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu achieved the Golden Core, Xuan Zhen led a plan to seize the Yellow Springs Hall for its Divine Generals.

• Yang Zhengshan refused to withdraw from the world and agreed to remain in Wanbao Immortal City, where Zhongli Xiayi explained the unstable situation across the Myriad Flower Domain.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to the White Jade Capital and secluded himself with the bamboo staff, deepening his comprehension of life, death, withering, and flourishing over ten years.
• Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu achieved the Golden Core five years apart, strengthening the White Jade Capital’s ability to cultivate its own Golden Core cultivators.
• Yu Qingyi joined the gathering at Hongxiu Palace, where Kou Ta pledged to seek Great Void Star Cores to help Yang Zhengshan refine the Nine Tripod Divine Pill.
• Xuan Zhen asked Yunxiao and Kou Ta to help seize the Yellow Springs Hall, and they agreed to go together while Yu Qingyi urged them to avoid unnecessary risks.

Yang Zhengshan settled in Wanbao Immortal City, established two Yang Family shops, and spent three years studying the Evergreen Bamboo Staff. After Zhongli Xiayi emerged from seclusion, she warned him that the Struggle for Authority was nearing a major escalation, leaving him to consider keeping White Jade Capital hidden and profiting through trade.

• Yang Zhengshan welcomed Zhongli Jue as his nephew and gave him a Zhenyue Seal, then asked him to find a residence and two shops in Wanbao Immortal City.
• Zhongli Jue found Yang Zhengshan a large compound and two shops, which Yang Zhengshan purchased and opened as a Pill Shop and Spirit Material Shop.
• Yang Zhengshan left the shops in the care of Li Jianning, Li Jianan, Luo Zhen, and Zhen Tao, and the businesses grew popular over the following year.
• Yang Zhengshan studied the Evergreen Bamboo Staff for three years and nearly reached Entry Level in Life Control before Zhongli Xiayi emerged from seclusion with a Spirit Treasure.
• Yang Zhengshan told Zhongli Xiayi that the Wuchang Ghost Sect had turned much of the Yunxiao Mountain Range into a Ghost Domain, while Zhongli Xiayi warned that Wanbao Sect would likely fight Tianji Pavilion and that the Struggle for Authority would intensify.
• Yang Zhengshan considered keeping White Jade Capital out of the coming conflict and earning Spiritual Items through trade, while Zhongli Xiayi urged him to hide for two hundred years if he wanted to stay safe.

Yang Zhengshan explored Wanbao Immortal City and decided against bringing the Yang Family there, then contacted Zhongli Xiayi and met her nephew Zhongli Jue. He welcomed Zhongli Jue and told him that Zhongli Yue had spoken about his family.

• Yang Zhengshan questioned a pageboy about Wanbao Immortal City's clans, factions, and social structure.
• Yang Zhengshan toured the city for several days and abandoned his plan to establish the Yang Family there because its power structure was too difficult to enter.
• After staying in the city for half a month, Yang Zhengshan sent a Communication Talisman toward the Inner City and waited for Zhongli Xiayi.
• Zhongli Jue arrived at Yang Zhengshan's courtyard and introduced himself as Zhongli Xiayi's nephew and Zhongli Yue's nephew.
• Yang Zhengshan welcomed Zhongli Jue, served him tea, and said Zhongli Yue had mentioned his siblings to him.

Yang Zhengshan persuaded Pei Lun to choose the Pei Family’s destruction and rebuilding, left Jingshui to protect them, and continued to Wanbao Immortal City. After exploring the city and settling at Immortal Fate Inn, he asked a pageboy about the forces within it.

• Yang Zhengshan offered Pei Lun the choice between sheltering the Pei Family for a hundred years and breaking before rebuilding, and Pei Lun chose the latter.
• Yang Zhengshan summoned Jingshui to hold down the fort for the Pei Family for ten years, then left for Wanbao Immortal City.
• Yang Zhengshan surveyed Wanbao Immortal City’s walls, formations, Lava Divine Generals, and bustling streets before entering the city.
• Yang Zhengshan rented a courtyard at Immortal Fate Inn, restrained his aura, and asked the pageboy about the city’s forces.
• The pageboy explained that the Inner City belonged to the Wanbao Sect and that the Central City was known as the Immortal Clan District.

Yang Zhengshan claimed the Pei Family’s Green Bamboo Staff, an Authority Artifact that controlled Life Force, in exchange for promising to protect the family for a hundred years. After using it to wipe out the Shi Family, he urged Pei Lun to put the Pei Family through a Life and Death Tribulation so it could rise again rather than rely on his protection.

• Yang Zhengshan recognized the Green Bamboo Staff as an Authority Artifact suited to his Wither and Flourish Divine Ability and asked Pei Lun to give it to him.
• Pei Lun agreed to hand over the staff if Yang Zhengshan protected the Pei Family, and Yang Zhengshan promised protection for a hundred years.
• Yang Zhengshan took the staff, learned it wielded Life Control, and drained the Shi Family members of their Life Force, magic power, and soul power.
• Yang Zhengshan accepted Pei Lun’s invitation and went with him to Pei Family Town.
• Yang Zhengshan told Pei Lun that the Pei Family needed a Life and Death Tribulation to overcome its decline and survive beyond his protection.

Yang Zhengshan secured a much larger trade order from Hengshan Sect, learned that Wanbao Trading Company’s other branches were struggling, and traveled toward Wanbao Immortal City through the densely populated Wilderness of Ten Thousand Waters. There, he witnessed the Pei and Shi Families fighting and recognized that Pei Lun’s Green Bamboo Staff wielded a power that seized lifespan.

• Yang Zhengshan received a large new supply order from Qihe Zhenjun, while Zhongli Yue explained that unrest had damaged most Wanbao Trading Company branches and directed him to Wanbao Immortal City.
• Yang Zhengshan left Taoyuan Mountain and flew across the Wilderness of Ten Thousand Waters, marveling at its abundant cultivators and resources.
• Yang Zhengshan stopped above a battle between the Pei and Shi Families and learned that the Shi Family had once served the Pei Family before rising to rival it.
• Pei Lun attacked Shi Yuansheng with a Green Bamboo Staff, causing bamboo shoots to grow around and engulf him.
• Yang Zhengshan realized that the staff’s power was Vitality Seizure and that using it had cost Pei Lun some of his lifespan.

Yang Zhengshan awoke in an unfamiliar feudal world inside the body of a thirty-eight-year-old widower with a large family. After meeting his children and grandchildren and seeing their poverty, he decided to stay with them and began adjusting to his new role as head of the household.

• Yang Zhengshan woke from a dream of the original owner’s life and realized he had transmigrated into the body of a widower with children and grandchildren.
• Yang Mingcheng entered to invite Yang Zhengshan to breakfast, and Yang Zhengshan tried to hide his shock at having a twenty-year-old son.
• Yang Zhengshan examined his scarred body, dressed, and resolved to maintain the original owner's quiet persona.
• Yang Zhengshan met his family at breakfast and learned their names, ages, and circumstances, including that the household struggled to afford food.
• Yang Zhengshan decided to remain with his family rather than face life alone, then ate porridge and declined his grandson Yang Chengye's offer of more.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to his room and told the family to work in the fields after breakfast, while Yang Mingcheng guessed that he was grieving for his late wife.