Chapter Summaries

Lan Tian explored an ancient chamber centered on an altar that had once condensed life energy, collecting scrolls and materials and memorizing its formation. He returned to camp unnoticed and resumed his cover as a Healing-type Soul Master.

• Lan Tian examined the altar’s exhausted crystal, removed it, and stored it for study.
• He searched the eastern and southern chambers, collecting ancient life-energy scrolls, Soul Tool fragments, and ores, while leaving the collapsed western and northern chambers untouched.
• Lan Tian briefly activated the altar’s formation and studied its layers, learning how it gathered and condensed life energy.
• After memorizing the formation and confirming the ruins held no further threats, Lan Tian returned through the passage and found the vines had consumed the remains of the creatures and Fallen Soul Masters.
• Lan Tian flew back to camp under cover of darkness, synchronized his discoveries with his duplicate, and returned to his tent without being noticed.

Lan Tian’s allies cleared the ruins and found little, while he kept the valuable discoveries he had taken. After his assignment ended, he returned to Icefire Basin with the ancient books and Guiding Stone materials, considering how to use them.

• The Tiandou and Star Luo forces joined together to clear the Soul Beasts and Fallen Soul Masters from the ruins’ perimeter.
• The exploration team searched the ruins and recovered only a few crates of minor items, while Lan Tian kept the valuable array diagram, cultivation notes, and Ancient Guiding Stone materials.
• Three days later, the armies sealed the ruins, and the rear commander released the conscripted Healing-type and Support-type Soul Masters.
• Lan Tian left with his fellow Soul Masters, then flew to Icefire Basin after turning off the main road.
• Lan Tian reunited with Ah Yin, Louise, and the children, and placed several Beast-Hide Ancient Books on the table for them to study.
• Lan Tian considered using the Ancient Guiding Stone materials to upgrade his arrays or remake the four Firearms.

Lan Tian attended Emperor Xue Zhou’s inquiry into the ruins expedition, concealing the valuable discoveries while presenting minor discarded materials. He earned a reward and the emperor’s interest, then headed home knowing that greater opportunities—and demands—might follow.

• Lan Tian traveled from his fief to Heaven Dou City and was escorted to an audience with Emperor Xue Zhou.
• Lan Tian answered Xue Zhou’s questions about the support mission while withholding what he knew about the ruins’ valuable finds.
• Lan Tian presented a box of minor ore pieces and a crystal fragment, which the empire’s Soul Tool expert judged to have little value.
• Xue Zhou rewarded Lan Tian with cultivation resources and introductory Soul Tool texts, and said the empire might consider him for a more important post.
• Lan Tian left the city and flew toward his fief, reflecting that his family’s future might bring greater prosperity and busier days.

After six months of cultivation and preparation, Lan Tian secured a promotion to Viscount and received imperial approval to expand his fief into Blue Sky City, where he began building a new city. The chapter left him extending the Fiefdom Array across the enlarged territory as construction got underway.

• Lan Tian studied the Beast-Hide Ancient Books and Life Altar array diagram, improving his life soul core and secretly advancing to level seventy-three.
• Lan Tian let trusted people sense his approaching breakthrough, then announced he had reached level fifty and become a Soul King.
• Alfred helped submit Lan Tian's promotion application, and Emperor Xue Zhou approved him as Viscount, granted him expanded land and named him City Lord of Blue Sky City and Medical Camp Commander-in-Chief.
• Lan Tian discussed plans for Blue Sky City with Louise, Xiao Li, and Ah Yin, then had Old Ke and the workers begin marking boundaries and building the city.
• Lan Tian expanded the Fiefdom Array to cover all 16,000 mu of Blue Sky City.

Lan Tian finalized a plan for a new city in his fief, recruited more than fifteen hundred workers and Soul Masters, and began construction. The city walls, City Lord's Mansion, and Blue Medicine Hall headquarters were underway as construction continued.

• Lan Tian worked with Old Ke and then Louise, Xiao Li, and Ah Yin to plan the city districts, defenses, workshops, and a Teleportation Array to Icefire Basin.
• Lan Tian set a recruitment target of about fifteen hundred people, and Alfred and Yang Wushuang offered applicants and Breaking Clan disciples.
• Old Ke, Louise's managers, and Xiao Li screened applicants for three days, filling all three hundred City Defense Army positions and fifty elite positions.
• Lan Tian routed the Fiefdom Array's golden energy channels along the city boundary as Old Ke led workers in building the walls and archery towers.
• Ah Yin planted Blue Silver Grass along the outer walls, while Lan Tian expanded Blue Silver Castle into the City Lord's Mansion and concealed the passage to Icefire Basin.
• Louise oversaw the construction and layout of Blue Medicine Hall's new headquarters in the city center.

Lan Tian oversaw Blue Sky City’s rapid construction and organized its workshops, farms, warehouses, and defenses. With the city nearly complete and its businesses growing, he set priorities for expansion and planned to establish operating rules at the Northern Border Medical Camp.

• Workers built Blue Sky City’s districts, while Ah Yin advised on the Medicinal Wine Workshop and Medicinal Cuisine Workshop and the Blue Silver Grass Barrier grew around the walls.
• Lan Tian told Louise he would establish rules for the Northern Border Medical Camp before focusing on expanding herb cultivation, pill production, and sales.
• At a formal meeting, Lan Tian reviewed the city’s progress and ordered the herb-growing area doubled, pill-making standardized, and the City Defense Army expanded to five hundred soldiers.
• Lan Tian checked that the Fiefdom Array was functioning across the city’s expanded sixteen thousand mu.
• Lan Tian told Louise he planned to visit the Northern Border Medical Camp in a few days to establish its rules.

Lan Tian secured a growing network of herb and pill supply partnerships for Blue Sky City while keeping production limited to hundred-year herbs to avoid attracting powerful rivals. With contracts and negotiations advancing, he prepared to visit the Northern Border Medical Camp the next day.

• Lan Tian and Zhou Heng signed a long-term contract for herbs at ten percent below market rates, with supplies limited to around a hundred years of maturity.
• Lan Tian showed Boss Sun of Hundred Herbs Hall Blue Sky City's ten thousand mu of herb fields and demonstrated the Pill Workshop's pill quality; Boss Sun agreed to test a pill before deciding on a contract.
• Lan Tian reviewed proposals from stewards representing distant earldoms and approved several of the largest letters of intent for Louise to pursue.
• Louise reported that Blue Sky City had secured twenty-three long-term contracts, and Lan Tian set a goal of expanding its share of Heaven Dou City's herb market and consolidating the Northern Border region.
• Lan Tian locked the contract ledger in the records room and returned to the rear courtyard, planning to visit the Northern Border Medical Camp the next day.

Lan Tian arrived at the northern border and reorganized the medical camp, establishing procedures and a dependable supply route from Lan Tian City. After Qin Lie reported increased Star Luo Empire spy activity, Lan Tian returned to Lan Tian City to focus on his medicinal herb business before addressing the spies.

• Lan Tian arrived at the northern garrison, where Qin Lie questioned whether he could manage medical care for its many soldiers.
• Lan Tian found shortages, disorganized patients, and inconsistent treatment at the medical camp, then used a Soul Recovery Pill to improve an infected wound.
• Lan Tian gathered the medical staff, divided patients by injury severity, centralized supplies, and introduced standardized treatment procedures.
• Lan Tian spent the afternoon reorganizing the camp and training its medics, and Qin Lie later agreed that reliable deliveries from Lan Tian City would ease shortages.
• Qin Lie told Lan Tian that Star Luo Empire spies had become more active despite the calm border, and Lan Tian kept the warning in mind.
• Lan Tian returned to Lan Tian City on the third morning, planning to focus on its medicinal herb business before dealing with the spies.

Lan Tian investigated reports that Star Luo Empire Shadow Guards were targeting Blue Sky City's supply routes and went to the Northern Border to eliminate their spy teams. After killing seven spies, he broke through to Level seventy-four, and the Shadow Guards suspended operations along the route.

• Lan Tian reviewed Louise's report and ordered regular shipments to the Northern Border after confirming the supply network was running smoothly.
• Qin Lie sent intelligence that Star Luo Empire spies had mapped the Medical Camp's warehouse and transport routes, so Lan Tian decided to deal with the threat himself.
• Lan Tian found and killed two Shadow Guards spies in a town along the route, confirming they were gathering information for a planned interception.
• Over the next two days, Lan Tian eliminated three more spy groups, killing seven spies in total and absorbing their Soul Power.
• Lan Tian broke through to Level seventy-four, and Qin Lie later reported that spy activity had dropped as the Shadow Guards withdrew from the area.

Lan Tian visited the Breaking Clan Residence and shared techniques that helped Yang Wushuang understand several ancient pill formulas. They agreed to exchange pill samples, formulas, and medicinal herbs, and Lan Tian left for Blue Sky City after two days.

• Lan Tian disguised himself, crossed into the Star Luo Empire, and traveled to the Breaking Clan Residence to visit Yang Wushuang.
• Yang Wushuang showed Lan Tian the clan’s fragmentary ancient pill formulas, and Lan Tian proposed ways to restore missing techniques for fusing and purifying medicinal herbs.
• Lan Tian refined a batch of high-quality Grade-One Soul Recovery Pills using Blue Silver God Power and life energy, impressing Yang Wushuang.
• Lan Tian and Yang Wushuang agreed to a long-term exchange of pill samples, research access to ancient formulas, and rare medicinal herbs.
• Lan Tian studied the formula fragments at the residence for two days, gave Yang Wushuang two more pill samples, and flew toward Blue Sky City.

Lan Tian encountered a wounded Skywater Academy Soul Sage under attack by three fire-attribute Soul Masters and stepped in to protect her. He transformed into his Blue Silver God Martial Soul Avatar and swiftly captured the two Seven-Ring attackers, while their Soul Douluo leader remained to face him.

• Lan Tian sensed a fierce battle in a Soul Beast forest and used his Blue Silver God Domain to observe a woman from Skywater Academy fighting three men in black.
• The woman’s Ice Crystal Cage and freezing attack failed against the fire-attribute attackers, and the Soul Douluo leader shattered her defenses, leaving her badly weakened.
• Lan Tian landed in the clearing, revealed his seven Soul Rings—including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring—and declared that he would stop the attackers.
• Lan Tian activated his Martial Soul Avatar, spreading Blue Silver God Vines through the forest and trapping the two Seven-Ring Soul Sages.
• Lan Tian’s vines resisted the men’s flames, pierced their shoulders and knees with Blue Silver Divine Spears, and sealed their Soul Power meridians.

Lan Tian defeated three members of the Star Luo Empire’s Dark Guards in the Divine Vine Forest, absorbed their Soul Power, and advanced to level seventy-six. He healed Shui Hanyi of Skywater Academy and agreed to visit Skywater City with her, while she began to fall for him.

• The Soul Douluo used his Flame Giant Ape Martial Soul Avatar and repeatedly burned through Lan Tian’s divine vines, but Lan Tian’s vines regenerated and trapped him.
• Lan Tian pierced the Soul Douluo with a Blue Silver Divine Spear, then absorbed the three enemies’ corpses and broke through to level seventy-six.
• Lan Tian healed Shui Hanyi’s wounds and meridians, and she introduced herself as a member of Skywater Academy.
• Shui Hanyi explained that the Star Luo Empire’s Dark Guards had targeted her while she was handling academy business, then invited Lan Tian to Skywater City.
• Lan Tian accepted the invitation and changed out of his disguise; Shui Hanyi admired his appearance and felt the first stirrings of romance.

Lan Tian visited Skywater City with Shui Hanyi, toured Skywater Academy, and attended an auction where he bought an ancient book and an unidentified deep-blue ore. He agreed to stay a few more days, and Shui Hanyi invited him to visit Sky Mirror Lake the next day.

• Shui Hanyi led Lan Tian through Skywater City and introduced him to Skywater Academy and its students.
• Shui Hanyi thanked Lan Tian for his help and invited him to stay in the city for an auction.
• Shui Hanyi took Lan Tian around the city, where a hostile male student questioned his relationship with her.
• Lan Tian attended the auction with Shui Hanyi and bought an ancient book and a piece of deep-blue ore.
• Lan Tian agreed to stay a few more days, and Shui Hanyi invited him to Sky Mirror Lake.

After leaving seclusion, Zhuge Yuan learned that Shui Hanyi had brought Lan Tian to Skywater City and confronted them over their relationship. He challenged Lan Tian to a duel and unleashed his Water Python Avatar, while Lan Tian agreed to fight without killing him.

• Zhuge Yuan emerged from his cultivation retreat and learned from his attendant that Shui Hanyi had brought an unfamiliar young man named Lan Tian to the city.
• Zhuge Yuan confronted Shui Hanyi at her office, demanded to know Lan Tian's identity, and ignored her objections as he went to find him.
• Zhuge Yuan found Lan Tian by the lake, introduced himself, and challenged him to leave Skywater City if he lost a match.
• Shui Hanyi warned Lan Tian not to kill Zhuge Yuan, and Lan Tian agreed to show restraint.
• At the lakeside clearing, Zhuge Yuan summoned his seven soul rings and used his Seventh Soul Skill, Water Python Avatar.

Lan Tian effortlessly defeated Zhuge Yuan, then accepted Shui Hanyi’s apology and agreed to visit Sky Mirror Lake with her the next day. Shaken by the gap in their strength, Zhuge Yuan ordered Mr. Zhao to investigate Lan Tian discreetly before taking any further action.

• Zhuge Yuan unleashed his water-based soul skills and Water Python Avatar against Lan Tian, but Lan Tian’s Blue Silver God Domain neutralized them.
• Lan Tian formed a Blue Silver Divine Spear and shattered Zhuge Yuan’s Water Python Avatar, stopping the spear tip inches from Zhuge Yuan’s throat before leaving.
• Shui Hanyi apologized to Lan Tian in the lakeside corridor, and Lan Tian agreed to go to Sky Mirror Lake with her the next day.
• Zhuge Yuan returned to the City Lord’s Mansion and ordered Mr. Zhao to investigate Lan Tian’s identity, background, cultivation, and possible connections without alerting him.
• Zhuge Yuan concluded that Lan Tian was far stronger than he was and resolved to wait for the investigation before acting.

Lan Tian and Shui Hanyi attended the Sky Mirror Lake Festival, where Shui Hanyi confessed her feelings and Lan Tian told her he already had three wives and three children. Shui Hanyi accepted his circumstances, and Lan Tian planned to introduce her to his family the next day.

• Shui Hanyi led Lan Tian to Sky Mirror Lake, where they explored the festival market and watched the lake and performances.
• Lan Tian bought extra lotus root cakes to bring back for the children, and Shui Hanyi noticed his remark.
• Shui Hanyi told Lan Tian she wanted to stay with him or go with him, and Lan Tian revealed that he had three wives and three children.
• Shui Hanyi said she did not mind, and she and Lan Tian embraced and kissed beside the lake.
• Lan Tian told Shui Hanyi he would take her to meet his family the next day, and she agreed despite feeling nervous.

Shui Hanyi announced her marriage to Lan Tian at Skywater Academy, handed its affairs to the vice dean, and left the city with him. During their journey to Blue Sky City, Lan Tian revealed his real identity and strength; meanwhile, Zhuge Yuan announced that he was entering seclusion to cultivate and avenge his humiliation.

• Shui Hanyi introduced Lan Tian as her husband to the academy instructors and entrusted the vice dean with the academy's affairs while she went into secluded cultivation.
• Shui Hanyi and Lan Tian left Skywater City and flew toward Blue Sky City.
• Lan Tian revealed that his real name was Lan Tian, that he was Blue Sky City's lord and a level seventy-six Soul Sage, and that he had concealed his strength; Shui Hanyi accepted his secret and promised to support him.
• Zhuge Yuan learned that Shui Hanyi had left Skywater City with Lan Tian, then dismissed his attendants and wrote a notice announcing his seclusion.
• Zhuge Yuan's notice said the city's chief of staff and City Defense Army commander would handle major affairs and vowed to wash away his disgrace when he emerged.

Lan Tian brought Shui Hanyi to Blue Sky City, where she met Louise, Xiao Li, and Ah Yin and began getting acquainted with the Lan Family. Lan Tian left the women to settle in together, then visited Old Ke and heard that the city’s farms, businesses, and defenses were thriving.

• Lan Tian flew with Shui Hanyi to Blue Silver Castle and revealed his true appearance to her above Blue Sky City.
• Louise, Xiao Li, and Ah Yin welcomed Shui Hanyi, who felt awkward among Lan Tian’s wives and privately thought about having his child.
• Lan Tian left the women together while Louise showed Shui Hanyi around Blue Silver Castle and arranged a room for her.
• Lan Tian visited Old Ke in the eastern medicine fields and heard reports of increased harvests, rising sales, new army recruits, and growing trade.
• Lan Tian thanked Old Ke for his work, and Old Ke said he was proud to have watched the city grow.

Shui Hanyi discovered she was pregnant, and Lan Tian cared for her while refining a pill that combined four immortal herbs for the family. The chapter ended with the women taking their pills and Louise reminding Lan Tian to help Hanyi feel welcome.

• Louise suspected Shui Hanyi was pregnant, and Lan Tian confirmed a steady pulse of life in her meridians.
• Lan Tian used Peiyuan Pills and blue silver god essence to condition Shui Hanyi's body and support the pregnancy.
• Lan Tian harvested small portions of four mature immortal herbs and refined their medicinal powers into eight Peerless Peiyuan Pills.
• Lan Tian gave pills to the four women and set aside one for each of the three children and the unborn child.
• The four women took their pills, and Louise urged Lan Tian to make sure Shui Hanyi did not feel like an outsider.

Medicinal energy triggered breakthroughs and transformations for Louise, Xiao Li, Ah Yin, and Shui Hanyi. The chapter ended with Lan Tian and Ah Yin researching suitable soul ring targets for Louise and Xiao Li.

• Louise reached level fifty, becoming a Soul King as her gold coin martial soul advanced.
• Xiao Li gained the ability to switch between human and cat forms at will, then showed Lan Tian her transformation.
• Ah Yin recovered to level eighty, condensed a hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring, and stabilized at level eighty-one.
• Shui Hanyi advanced to level eighty, and Lan Tian advised her to wait until after giving birth before hunting for an eighth soul ring.
• Lan Tian and Ah Yin began studying suitable soul beast targets for Louise and Xiao Li's soul rings.