Recaps

Wang Mu used the Supreme Investment System to empower his investments and launch a sweeping campaign to find people with Spiritual Roots. After testing spread across the islands and won the cooperation of the Great Powers, he set his sights on expanding the convention throughout the Northern Region and beyond.

• The Supreme Investment System removed Wang Mu’s curse, and he invested Sea Stabilizing Dragon Pearls in Wang Fugui, awakening its Immortal Grade bloodline and granting Wang Mu powerful returns.
• Wang Mu invested in Lin Yan by giving him the Sea Spirit Flame, then let him escape Azure Cloud Island after Lin Yan reached Foundation Establishment.
• Wang Mu distributed High-Grade Spirit Stones among his followers and servants, then organized a free Ascension Convention on Heavenly Severing Island to test people’s Spiritual Roots.
• Wang Mu welcomed the orphan Nannan, learned that Tang Qian had killed her family, and used Enlightenment Tea to awaken her Enlightenment Immortal Heart.
• The convention uncovered many talented youths, including a Supreme-Grade Fire Spiritual Root genius, while Wang Mu’s investments helped him break through to Foundation Establishment and restore the Eight Extremes Crushing Heaven Fist.
• Luo Xuanshuang discovered Wang Mu could cultivate, took his blood to reforge his treasures, and made Li Yuanhua form a Master-Servant Contract with him.
• Wang Mu expanded testing to cities and nearby islands, refused gifts from grateful sect leaders, and directed the sects to cultivate their recruits for the common good.
• Wang Mu inspected testing sites across several islands and planned to extend the Ascension Convention throughout the Northern Region and beyond.

Wang Mu expanded Langya’s reach through Secret Realm aid and a new communication network, while his cultivation breakthrough drew Xia Yaoyao into keeping his secret. Langya’s talismans sold out immediately, and Tang Qian began plotting to damage their reputation.

• Wang Mu’s Foundation supported Cultivators exploring the Flood Dragon Lord’s Tomb, and Lin Yan emerged with the Flood Dragon Essence Blood before receiving Wang Mu’s Storage Bag and wondering whether it was too late to pledge allegiance.
• Wang Mu invested in Lin Yan and Little Nannan, whose breakthrough brought him cultivation returns, then ordered Langya to investigate and publicize Secret Realms while helping survivors.
• Wang Mu commissioned more than a million Communication Talismans from Xia Yaoyao’s Refining Equipment Pavilion, and the finished devices’ cultivation returns pushed him toward a Golden Core breakthrough.
• Wang Mu formed an unprecedented eleventh-Pill-Mark Golden Core amid the Chaos Splitting Heaven phenomenon, while Luo Xuanshuang and Xia Yaoyao kept his cultivation secret.
• Langya launched its Communication Talismans with demonstrations that captivated Cultivators, and the first million devices sold out as reservations for Cosmos Grade talismans surged.
• Wang Mu ordered expanded production of lower-grade talismans and offered Xia Yaoyao a larger order at a higher price, which her disciples eagerly accepted.
• Tang Qian, Gou Ansheng, and Liu Yanshuang planned to undercut Langya’s prices and stir resentment among poorer Cultivators to tarnish its reputation.

Wang Mu’s Langya Merchant Association defeated its rivals’ faulty Communication Talismans and expanded into new markets. With Langya Forum launched and an Array Spirit added to support its rewards system, the story left the association poised for further growth.

• At Dao Lord Xuan Qiong’s birthday celebration, Liu Yin’s Cosmos Grade Communication Talisman revealed Langya’s superior product and spurred major forces to compete for Merit List rankings.
• Shi Yiming failed to buy his way to the top of the Qingyun Archipelago Merit List, while Wang Mu began planning Langya Mall and Xia Yaoyao developed the technology to support it.
• Wang Mu expanded his investments, advanced his cultivation, and enlisted Xia Yaoyao and the Refining Equipment Pavilion to produce millions of Communication Talismans.
• The Three Great Merchant Associations released cheaper rival talismans, but their rushed products overheated and exploded, while Langya models proved reliable and could send distress messages through enemy blockades.
• Customers demanded refunds and attacked rival branches, forcing the Three Great Merchant Associations to withdraw from the North Sea as Wang Mu planned expansion beyond it.
• Wang Mu reorganized the Langya Merchant Association into specialized departments, appointed Xia Yaoyao to lead its Technical Department, and asked the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground elders to share cultivation insights.
• Langya Forum launched with advice from experts, helping cultivators overcome cultivation setbacks, refine pills, and identify spirit herbs.
• Wang Mu enlisted Su Hongyuan to create an Array Spirit, then launched a forum level system and Points Mall where users could earn points for activity and exchange them for cultivation arts and other items.