Chapter Summaries

Wang Daoyuan learned the formations required for a flying warship and helped Xu Tingxuan and Old Drunkard refine its dragonbone. The chapter ended with the three of them completing their first dragonbone.

• Xu Tingxuan taught Wang Daoyuan the remaining flying-warship components and sent him to learn formations from Old Drunkard, explaining that their workshop needed him to help win the sect's reward.
• Old Drunkard recognized Wang Daoyuan from his duels against the Crimson Sun Palace disciples, accepted his Spirit Peach Dew, and had him practice engraving formation patterns.
• Over two months, Wang Daoyuan learned every formation needed for a flying warship, though he realized the immense cost and manpower required made refining one alone impractical.
• Xu Tingxuan and Old Drunkard showed Wang Daoyuan the dragonbone prototype and asked him to direct its refinement because it required both artifact and formation skills.
• After studying the dragonbone's patterns for more than ten days, Wang Daoyuan directed Xu Tingxuan and Old Drunkard as they engraved and sealed them, and the three completed one dragonbone after a month.

Wang Daoyuan and the Dongyi Artifact Refining Workshop completed three Flying Warships before the sect’s deadline, helping the Artifact Refining Hall finish its quota of twenty. During Luo Jiuyou’s inspection, an elder questioned why the warships had no offensive artifacts, leaving the matter unresolved.

• Yin Chang approved the dragon keel refined by Wang Daoyuan’s workshop and assigned them more specialists and materials to build another Flying Warship.
• Wang Daoyuan divided the refining work among the team, studied the patterns, and used a delivered warship core as a reference to speed their progress.
• Wang Daoyuan and the others completed a set of warship cores and enough components to assemble three Flying Warships, exceeding their workshop’s quota.
• Yin Chang confirmed that the workshop’s ships allowed the Artifact Refining Hall to meet its deadline for twenty Flying Warships.
• Luo Jiuyou and several elders inspected the three tested ships, and an elder questioned why they lacked offensive artifacts.

Wang Daoyuan learned that the Netherworld Sect was forging Flying Warships for the Myriad Spirit Sect, which was fighting the Song Kingdom at Wucheng Pass. When an elder questioned the Wang Clan’s loyalty because Song Yan was invoking the Zhao Clan, Wang Daoyuan affirmed the clan’s allegiance to the Netherworld Sect, earning Luo Jiuyou’s support.

• Luo Jiuyou explained that the Myriad Spirit Sect had ordered twenty Flying Warships as it struggled to repel the Song Kingdom’s major assault on Wucheng Pass.
• Hall Master Gu described how Song Yan had unified the Song Kingdom and launched its campaign under the banner of restoring the Zhao Clan’s kingdom.
• Elder Li urged the Netherworld Sect to retain enough Flying Warships for its own defense, and Luo Jiuyou agreed while praising Wang Daoyuan’s contributions to the sect.
• An elder questioned which side the Wang Clan would support, citing its past ties to the Zhao Clan.
• Wang Daoyuan declared the Wang Clan’s loyalty to the Netherworld Sect and argued that it had already repaid its old debt to the Zhao Clan.
• Luo Jiuyou rebuked the elder for slandering a meritorious servant, and the elder knelt to admit his mistake.

Luo Jiuyou appointed Wang Daoyuan temporary steward and charged him with organizing the Netherworld Sect’s artifact refiners and formation masters to build Flying Warships. Five years later, the Myriad Spirit Sect sought aid as it faltered against the Song Kingdom, and the Crimson Sun Palace and Netherworld Sect entered the war.

• Luo Jiuyou assigned Wang Daoyuan more refiners and formation masters, gave him a steward’s token, and ordered the Artifact Refining Hall to prepare warships for the sect.
• Hall Master Gu rewarded the workshop’s refiners, sent twenty Flying Warships to the External Affairs Hall, and told Xu Tingxuan and Old Drunkard to cooperate with Wang Daoyuan.
• Yin Chang brought the assigned personnel to Wang Daoyuan, who organized them into teams and oversaw the construction of Flying Warships.
• Wang Daoyuan’s workers increased production to twelve Flying Warships a year as the Myriad Spirit Sect continued purchasing ships and weapons.
• After the Myriad Spirit Sect could no longer hold Wucheng Pass, it sought aid from the Crimson Sun Palace and the Netherworld Sect, whose leaders agreed to join the war against the Song Kingdom.

Wang Daoyuan finished outfitting thirty Flying Warships and received a steward's token before being ordered to join the campaign at Wucheng Pass. Back at Jade Spring Peak, he prepared to lead the Wang Clan's contingent and urged Wang Shouye to stay behind.

• Wang Daoyuan completed the installation of Magic Tools on thirty Flying Warships and reported their readiness to Hall Master Gu.
• Hall Master Gu told Wang Daoyuan that he would join the battle at Wucheng Pass and granted him a steward's token with authority to mobilize ten Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Yin Chang received the warships, and a Violet Mansion elder escorted Wang Daoyuan and the other Lineage cultivators back to Jade Spring Peak.
• Wang Shouye told Wang Daoyuan that the Netherworld Sect had ordered the Wang Clan to send four Foundation Establishment cultivators and twenty Qi Refinement clan members, with Liang Liang likely to command the northern Lineages.
• Wang Daoyuan said his steward's token would let him challenge Liang Liang's authority, then urged Wang Shouye to remain behind because the battle would be dangerous and the Outsider Faction threatened him.

Wang Shouye decided to join the campaign to defend Wucheng Pass, and Wang Daoyuan prepared the Wang Clan for the journey. At Qingli Market, Wang Daoyuan challenged Liang Liang for command of the family cultivators and revealed his Netherworld Sect steward’s authority.

• Wang Shouye insisted on joining the battle to share the danger and protect Wang Daoyuan from the Outsider Faction’s schemes.
• Wang Daoyuan advised the clan to bring ample supplies and avoid taking spirit beasts or Spirit Insects into Myriad Spirit Sect territory.
• Three days later, the Wang Clan group traveled by flying vessel to Qingli Market, where Wang Daoyuan joined the Foundation Establishment Cultivators’ meeting.
• Yang Yong explained that the Song Kingdom was threatening Wucheng Pass and urged the families to support the Myriad Spirit Sect, then left them to choose a commander.
• Liang Liang claimed command, but Wang Daoyuan challenged him and presented his Artifact Refining Hall steward’s token as proof of his authority.

Wang Daoyuan settled the command dispute among the participating families and led the Netherworld Sect’s support force to Sanhe Market, where True Man Minghai ordered them to proceed to Wucheng Pass. The force reached the pass after half a month, arriving at the fortified route into Song Kingdom.

• Wang Daoyuan let the families choose whether to follow him or Liang Liang, and most joined Wang Daoyuan.
• Wang Daoyuan ordered the cultivators aboard a giant flying vessel, which departed for Sanhe Market and arrived five days later.
• A Violet Mansion Cultivator brought Wang Daoyuan and Liang Liang before True Man Minghai, where Hall Master Gu announced that the force would head to Wucheng Pass.
• The Netherworld Sect’s support force traveled with Myriad Spirit Sect cultivators for half a month and reached Wucheng Pass.

Wang Daoyuan and the Netherworld Sect reinforcements arrived at Wucheng Pass and took over the Eastern Third Fortress from the Myriad Spirit Sect. After inspecting its defenses, Wang Daoyuan organized his cultivators to guard the walls and serve as a mobile reserve.

• More than ten Netherworld Sect flying boats landed north of Wucheng Pass, bringing hundreds of Foundation Establishment Cultivators and thousands of Qi Refinement cultivators.
• True Man Minghai and Hall Master Gu entered Wucheng Pass, while Wang Daoyuan and the northern Qingli Commandery lineages were assigned to the Eastern Third Fortress.
• Wang Daoyuan’s cultivators took over the fortress walls, while Myriad Spirit Sect cultivators retained control of the city-defense weapons and formation.
• After the Myriad Spirit Sect garrison departed, Wang Daoyuan became the fortress’s highest commander.
• Wang Daoyuan assigned long-range attackers as a mobile reserve and stationed the remaining cultivators along the southern and northern walls.

Wang Daoyuan and the cultivators at East Third Fortress faced growing enemy activity before a mist-shrouded assault began. He discovered the enemy was advancing armored carts and prepared a coordinated counterattack, leaving the fortress awaiting his command to fire.

• Wang Daoyuan kept East Third Fortress vigilant as enemy Foundation Establishment Cultivators increasingly watched and approached the fortress.
• When strange rumbling came through the fog, Wang Daoyuan used the Gale Technique to disperse the mist and reported the danger to Hall Master Gu.
• Wang Daoyuan fired Flame Meteorites toward the noise, damaging an unseen metal object and injuring several enemies.
• Enemy carts with thick, inscribed metal shells entered divine-sense range, and three Foundation Establishment Peak Cultivators intercepted Wang Daoyuan's next volley.
• Wang Daoyuan ordered the Demon Extermination Crossbow crews to watch where his meteorites landed and wait for his command to fire.

Wang Daoyuan helped the defenders counter the enemy’s crossbow volleys, then took control of the fortress formation when its operators could not protect the walls. He used a Low-grade Third-order Flying Sword to destroy the next volley before it reached the city.

• Wang Daoyuan guided the Demon Extermination Crossbows to kill two enemy Foundation Establishment Peak Cultivators, but the enemy’s rocks and Flying Swords limited their effectiveness.
• The enemy opened Giant Crossbows on its Armored Vehicles and fired Crossbow Bolts at the fortress, while Wang Daoyuan ordered the defenders to take cover and intercept them.
• The defenders’ Flying Swords and formation weakened or stopped some bolts, but others embedded in the city walls and damaged their defensive artifact patterns.
• Wang Daoyuan challenged the formation operators, identified himself as a Low-grade Third-order Formation Master, and took control of the core Formation Eye.
• Wang Daoyuan poured spiritual power and divine sense into a Low-grade Third-order Flying Sword and severed all twelve Crossbow Bolts in the next volley.

Wang Daoyuan defended East Third Fortress against repeated crossbow volleys until Liang Liang helped him hold off the attackers and they destroyed a Violet Mansion Cultivator’s Natal Artifact. The enemy retreated, and a flying warship emerged from the fog to pursue them south.

• Wang Daoyuan intercepted repeated crossbow volleys through the formation while his divine sense rapidly weakened and reinforcements failed to arrive.
• Wang Daoyuan persuaded Liang Liang to help defend the fortress by warning that the Wang Clan would destroy the Liang Clan if they were forced to remain rivals.
• Liang Liang cut down crossbow bolts and restrained an enemy’s fiery red Third-order Flying Sword while Wang Daoyuan attacked it with two Third-order Flying Swords.
• Wang Daoyuan destroyed the fiery red sword, which he realized was likely its Violet Mansion master’s Natal Artifact, but the final volley damaged the wall, destroyed a Godslayer Crossbow, and wounded two Qi Refinement cultivators.
• The enemy retreated after Wang Daoyuan left the core Formation Eye, and a flying warship emerged from the fog and pursued them south.

Wang Daoyuan restored East Third Fortress, treated its wounded defenders, and learned that Song State had launched a full-scale assault across the front. The fighting continued south of Mount Wucheng as Netherworld Sect forces tried to capture the injured Violet Mansion Cultivator.

• Wang Daoyuan ordered Wang Shouye to collect the Crossbow Bolts and forbade anyone from leaving East Third Fortress while the defenders repaired its walls.
• After recovering, Wang Daoyuan patrolled the walls and used stored life force and healing techniques to reattach a Yang Clan cultivator’s severed arm and treat two injured Myriad Spirit Sect cultivators.
• Xu Tingxuan arrived in a badly damaged flying boat and asked Wang Daoyuan to help repair it.
• Xu Tingxuan told Wang Daoyuan that Song State had ambushed West Fourth Fortress, killing its garrison and a Violet Mansion Cultivator before Netherworld Sect forces drove the attackers back.
• Xu Tingxuan explained that more than twenty Flying Warships were battling south of Mount Wucheng as both sides fought over the severely injured Violet Mansion Cultivator.

Wang Daoyuan organized repairs for battle-damaged Flying Warships at East Third Fortress and was appointed Temporary Logistics Grand Manager as the Shannan battle intensified. When injured Foundation Establishment Cultivators began arriving for treatment, he warned Xu Tingxuan that his limited vitality could save only seven more people unless they brought prisoners to replenish it.

• Yin Chang delivered artifact-refining materials, tools, and skilled cultivators, and Wang Daoyuan repaired Xu Tingxuan's damaged warship so it could return to battle.
• Wang Daoyuan and his assistants prepared spare warship parts and repaired Flying Warships arriving from the Netherworld Sect, Myriad Spirit Sect, and Crimson Sun Palace.
• The Three Sects appointed Wang Daoyuan Temporary Logistics Grand Manager, placing East Third Fortress's logistical affairs under his authority.
• As the fighting continued, Xu Tingxuan brought a Foundation Establishment Cultivator with a severed leg to Wang Daoyuan, who used his Azure Dragon Pearl to heal him.
• Wang Daoyuan told Xu Tingxuan that he had enough stored vitality to save only seven more people and demanded that battlefield cultivators bring prisoners to replenish it.

Wang Daoyuan treated wounded cultivators and repaired warships as the battle between Zhao Kingdom and Song Kingdom escalated into a decisive confrontation. With Song Kingdom’s forces trapped and losing ground, its Golden Core Cultivators faced Zhao Kingdom’s and offered to cede territory for peace.

• Wang Daoyuan extracted life force from two prisoners to heal an injured Foundation Establishment Cultivator, then continued treating the wounded and repairing Flying Warships.
• Wang Daoyuan learned that both kingdoms had turned the fighting into a decisive battle, with Zhao Kingdom relying on its greater numbers and resources to wear down Song Kingdom.
• After five more days of fighting, Zhao Kingdom committed its Violet Mansion Cultivators and trapped Song Kingdom’s forces in divided sections of the battlefield.
• Three Song Kingdom Golden Core Cultivators attacked the battlefield, but seven Zhao Kingdom Golden Core Cultivators forced them to retreat before reinforcements from both sides brought fourteen Golden Core Cultivators face-to-face.
• A white-haired Song Kingdom Golden Core Cultivator offered to cede territory and make peace, warning that continued fighting could destroy both kingdoms.

Wang Daoyuan helped the Myriad Spirit Sect defend Wucheng Pass, then returned to Jade Spring Peak to cultivate. The sect later invited him to its mountain gate, where the Sect Master intended to personally reward him for his contributions.

• Song Kingdom's white-bearded Golden Core Cultivator and True Dragon Tamer agreed to cease hostilities, with Song Kingdom to compensate the Myriad Spirit Sect with resources.
• Wang Daoyuan handed the Third Eastern Fortress over to Myriad Spirit Sect cultivators and led his people north, then returned with them to Qingli Market and Jade Spring Peak.
• Wang Daoyuan entered seclusion for a month, hoping to advance beyond the eighth level of Foundation Establishment.
• Twelfth Uncle Wang Shouye summoned Wang Daoyuan after a Netherworld Sect Violet Mansion elder arrived to invite him to the mountain gate.
• The Violet Mansion elder told Wang Daoyuan that the Sect Master would personally reward him for repairing Flying Warships and treating injured cultivators at Wucheng Pass.

Wang Daoyuan went to the Netherworld Sect and received rewards from Luo Jiuyou for his contributions to the war. He obtained a five-element Natal Artifact consecration method and materials, then waited as the Sect Master began rewarding the other cultivators.

• Jiang Jingming escorted Wang Daoyuan to the Netherworld Sect and urged him to fly up to the discussion hall, but Wang Daoyuan followed the rules and climbed the stone steps.
• Luo Jiuyou praised Wang Daoyuan's contributions to the war and invited him to name a reward.
• Wang Daoyuan declined to claim credit and did not ask for Yin Yang Violet Jade, avoiding the risk of offending Luo Jiuyou.
• Luo Jiuyou rewarded Wang Daoyuan with a five-element Natal Artifact consecration method, artifact materials, and a reward from the Myriad Spirit Sect.
• Wang Daoyuan took his place among the elders as Luo Jiuyou began rewarding others, including Xu Tingxuan, whose battle record gave him strong prospects of obtaining Yin Yang Violet Jade.

After returning to Jade Spring Peak, Wang Daoyuan studied Luo Jiuyou’s gift and discovered it was the missing half of an incomplete inheritance for five powerful combined magic tools. He learned that forging them would require rare, costly materials, leaving him eager to pursue the inheritance but unable to improve his current strength with it.

• Wang Daoyuan returned to Jade Spring Peak with Jiang Jingming and went to his cave abode to examine Luo Jiuyou’s reward.
• Wang Daoyuan found a large piece of Mid-grade Third-order Heavenly Fiend Gold and the Five Elements Subduing Demon Seal Refinement Method, realizing Luo Jiuyou had split an inheritance into two incomplete parts.
• Wang Daoyuan studied the method and learned how the Azure Dragon Pearl, White Tiger Blade, and other tools worked with their corresponding spells, including the White Tiger Sword Art’s Sword Intent training.
• Wang Daoyuan examined the materials needed for the five Combined Magic Tools and found that they required exceptionally rare resources, including a Pseudo Dragon Pearl, Grand Unity Essence Gold, and Wutu Essence.
• Wang Daoyuan concluded that forging all five tools would cost tens of millions of Spirit Stones and was nearly impossible before the Golden Core stage, though their combined power still tempted him.

Wang Daoyuan advanced to the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment before returning to Qingxi Village to see his dying eldest brother, Wang Meng. After Wang Meng died, Wang Daoyuan took Big Black and its wolf pack to Dragon Fall Ridge, then received a summons from Twelfth Uncle about an important matter.

• Wang Daoyuan cultivated for just over five years and broke through to the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment.
• Wang Daoyuan returned to Qingxi Village and used the Azure Dragon Pearl to give Wang Meng enough vitality to speak.
• Wang Meng asked Wang Daoyuan to help Ming Shan, take Big Black to a spirit mountain, and let him enter the Lineage ancestral temple; Wang Daoyuan agreed and Wang Meng died soon afterward.
• Wang Daoyuan took Big Black and its two to three hundred Black Cloud Wolves to Dragon Fall Ridge and told Big Black not to harm his clansmen.
• Wang Daoyuan introduced Big Black to the Thunder Ape, Cloud Wing, and Golden Wing, then received word from Twelfth Uncle that the Lineage needed to discuss an important matter.

Wang Daoyuan negotiated with Liang Liang over the Liang Family’s future and the return of Wang ancestral lands, while hinting that the Liang Family could take Azure Cloud Peak from the Meng Family. Liang Liang also arranged a possible marriage between Liang Ziyan and Wang Daoxing before departing.

• Wang Daoyuan and Wang Shouye confirmed that the Wang Clan would tolerate the Liang Family only if it stopped opposing them and eventually returned Wang ancestral holdings.
• Wang Daoyuan demanded the lands east of the Qingli River and north of Clear Creek, and Liang Liang agreed the Liang Family would return them after finding a new spirit mountain.
• Liang Liang agreed to take Azure Cloud Peak, leaving the Wang Clan free to recover its territory while the Liang Family dealt with the Meng Family.
• Liang Liang proposed a marriage between Liang Ziyan and Wang Daoyuan, but Wang Daoyuan declined and suggested his brother Wang Daoxing instead.
• Wang Zhian praised Wang Daoyuan’s negotiation and admitted he felt uneasy about setting up the Meng Family.

Wang Daoyuan and Wang Shouye supported the Liang Family’s plan to take the Meng Family’s territory, while Liang Liang prepared to seize Azure Cloud Peak before his death. After Wang Daoxing married Liang Ziyan, the Wang and Yang families agreed to stand aside as the Liang Family moved against the Meng Family.

• Wang Daoyuan and Wang Shouye discussed how Liang Liang might eliminate Meng Changfeng and take the Meng Family’s lands, with Wang Shouye predicting that Liang Liang could kill Meng Changfeng and frame the Meng Family.
• Liang Liang told Liang Jiaxing and Liang Zipeng he would take Azure Cloud Peak before dying, then instructed the Liang Family to follow the Wang Clan and avoid expanding until a descendant opened a Violet Mansion.
• Wang Daoyuan and Wang Shouye persuaded Wang Daoxing to marry Liang Ziyan, and the wedding date was set for half a month later.
• Wang Daoxing traveled with Wang Daoyuan and the wedding procession to Qingyun Peak, fetched Liang Ziyan, and returned to Jade Spring Peak for the wedding feast.
• Wang Daoyuan showed Yang Zhiyuan and Yang Yulin that the Meng Family had sent a gift matching one the Wang Clan had once given them, and Yang Zhiyuan agreed the Yang Family would not interfere with the Liang Family’s attempt to take the territory.