Recaps

Xu Mingxian joined Zhang Yanzhi and the others to explore an ancient cultivator’s cave abode, where his formation skills helped them break through its defenses. After they found a protected jade slip in the owner’s meditation chamber, Zhang Yanzhi promised Xu Mingxian first pick of the storage pouch if he could break the inner formation.

• Xu Mingxian agreed to join Zhang Yanzhi, Daoist Chongxu, and Jin Hu after swearing not to reveal the cave abode’s location, and they traveled to Guangling Commandery.
• Xu Mingxian paused to visit his cave abode, while Zhang Yanzhi and the others waited elsewhere until he returned.
• Xu Mingwei worried about Xu Mingxian, but Xu Chuan used [Daily Divination] the next day and learned that Xu Mingxian was safe.
• Xu Mingxian spent five days helping the others break the cave abode’s first-tier high-grade defensive formation, then they entered and searched the chambers.
• The four cultivators broke into the meditation chamber and found the owner’s remains and an Azure Jade Slip protected by another formation.
• Zhang Yanzhi asked Xu Mingxian to break the inner formation and promised him first choice of the storage pouch’s contents.

Xu Mingxian and several rogue cultivators opened a Cave Abode, where a struggle over its treasures revealed that Daoist Chongxu was a powerful, disguised Qi Refining cultivator. Xu Chuan and Xu Mingwei helped Xu Mingxian kill Chongxu, then the Xu brothers reflected on their strength and loyalty to the Xu Household.

• Xu Mingxian agreed to break the Cave Abode's formation in exchange for choosing two items first, and Xu Chuan took Xu Mingwei to lie in ambush outside.
• After breaking the formation, Xu Mingxian found an inheritance Jade Slip and two Millennium Spirit Medicines in the Cave Abode's Storage Pouch.
• Daoist Chongxu killed Jin Hu, while Xu Mingxian escaped Zhang Yanzhi and Chongxu by cutting through the vines blocking the exit.
• Daoist Chongxu revealed his cultivation at great perfection of Qi Refining, killed Zhang Yanzhi, and chased after Xu Mingxian.
• Xu Mingwei's arrows, Xu Mingxian's attacks, and Xu Chuan's Phoenix of Burning Fire overwhelmed and killed Daoist Chongxu.
• Xu Chuan went to search Chongxu's Storage Pouch, while Xu Mingwei affirmed that his bow and arrows would only target the Xu Household's enemies.

Xu Chuan’s family destroyed Daoist Chongxu’s evidence, returned home with his treasures, and began strengthening the Xu Household with new cultivation and formation knowledge. Three months later, the Yang Household debated whether to join the looming Su–Zhou conflict, with Yang Zhao warning against involvement while the clan lacked strength.

• Xu Mingxian recounted the treasures taken from Daoist Chongxu, including cultivation arts and the Aura-Concealing Art, and Xu Chuan learned that Chongxu had been the Rogue Cultivator Alliance’s Third Elder.
• Xu Mingxian retrieved the formation texts, White Jade Circular Platform, and two remaining bodies, and Xu Chuan burned them with Chongxu’s remains before the family returned to Dongxi.
• The Rogue Cultivator Alliance discovered that its Third Elder’s Life Lamp had gone out, but his destroyed token and Storage Pouch left the Grand Elder unable to trace his killer.
• Xu Chuan distributed the Aura-Concealing Art and stored the recovered treasures, while Xu Mingxian studied an extensive formation inheritance and the family used the White Jade Circular Platform for cultivation.
• Three months later, Yang Wenfeng asked his household to decide how to respond to the approaching conflict between the Su Household and the Zhou Household.
• Yang Zhao urged the Yang Household to avoid involvement until it had sufficient strength, despite the elders’ concern that refusing the Su Household had already cost clan disciples their lives.

As the Su and Zhou households’ conflict drew in the Commandery Seat clans, Chang Haowen and Zhou Shaocheng investigated the Xu Household’s connection to Zhou Guest Elder San Shu. Both arrived separately at the Xu Household in Dongxi, where they met Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingyuan, and each other, leaving the reason for San Shu’s connection unresolved.

• Yang Zhao advised the Yang Household to stay neutral, keep its gates shut, and unite with other Martial Way clans if attacked; Yang Wenfeng agreed.
• The Zhou Household envoy offered the Chang Household cultivation aid in exchange for support, but Chang Haowen and his father decided to stall while investigating the Xu Household’s Guest Elder Token.
• Zhou Shaocheng told Zhou Sen about the Xu Household’s token, and Zhou Sen sent him to Qingjiang to find out whether Daoist San Shu was involved.
• Chang Haowen reached Dongxi first, was admitted to the Xu Household, and met Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingyuan in the main hall.
• Zhou Shaocheng arrived shortly afterward, was invited inside, and met Chang Haowen as the Xu Household’s leaders received him.

The Xu Household received visits from the Chang and Zhou Households, both seeking information about Daoist San Shu, while Xu Chuan and his family prepared to support the Zhou Household against the Su Household. A year and a half later, the Xu siblings had all entered cultivation, and the household’s younger generation had made rapid progress.

• Zhou Shaocheng and Chang Haowen questioned Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingyuan about Daoist San Shu, but the Xu brothers claimed they did not know his whereabouts.
• Xu Mingwei told Xu Chuan that the Chang and Zhou visitors had been seeking news of him, and Xu Chuan explained that the Xu Household would reveal itself and aid the Zhou Household during its decisive battle against the Su Household.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Mingwei discussed how the Xu Household’s earlier encounter with Charcoal Head’s herb-gathering team may have helped intensify the conflict between the Su and Zhou Households.
• A year and a half passed as Xu Chuan cultivated the medicine garden and the Xu Household advanced rapidly in cultivation.
• Xu Mingyuan emerged from the White Jade Chamber after converting his Xiantian true qi into magic power, and Xu Mingxuan gave him the Aura-Concealing Art to study.
• Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingshu, Xu Dezhao, Xu Dejing, Xu Dewen, and Xu Deling continued to progress, with Xu Deling reaching the peak fourth layer of Qi Refining at eleven years old.

Xu Chuan and Bai Jing strolled through the prosperous Dongxi Village, reflecting on their family and the changes to their lives. After Xu Chuan entered seclusion, Xu Mingshu fed pills to the spirit beasts and joked with them; a month later, Xu Chuan emerged having reached Qi Refining Perfection.

• Xu Mingyuan visited Xu Chuan and Bai Jing, and Xu Chuan confirmed that he had just become an Immortal Master.
• Xu Chuan and Bai Jing walked through Dongxi Village, where residents greeted them and discussed their descendants’ prospects.
• Xu Chuan began seclusion to attempt Qi Refining Perfection, while Xu Mingshu fed pills to the White Tiger and the three Azurefire Eagle brothers and made them compete for a Qi-Gathering Pill.
• After a month, Xu Chuan broke through to Qi Refining Perfection, and his family, the household’s cultivators, and Xu Deling congratulated him.

After reaching great perfection of Qi Refining, Xu Chuan planned to exploit the Su and Zhou Households’ growing conflict by spreading a rumor about a Lifespan-Extending Pill. The rumor reached the Su Household, whose ancestor ordered an investigation and pressed the Lei Clan for aid, leaving the clan’s next move uncertain.

• Xu Chuan learned that the Xu Household’s Guard Team had gained xiantian fighters and ordered the best candidates selected for Qi-Inducing Pills.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Mingyuan discussed the Su and Zhou Households, and Xu Chuan decided to use a Lifespan-Extending Pill rumor to test the Su Household’s hidden strength.
• Xu Chuan instructed his family to conceal their cultivation, then stabilized his perfected Qi Refining cultivation and mastered the Aura-Concealing Art.
• Xu Mingxian sold an unusual pill in Guangling Commandery, drawing a crowd and sparking a bidding contest before news of the suspected Lifespan-Extending Pill spread.
• The Su Household Ancestor ordered the pill investigated and demanded that the Lei Clan help, while revealing that he had once surrendered the Azure Radiance Pill Formula to them.

The Xu Household prepared to emerge from hiding while its members advanced in cultivation and Zhang Wanqing improved her alchemy. Chen Daniu brought his dying mother, Xu Yan, to see Chen Ergou, and after her death Ergou grieved and asked Xu Chuan to look after their children.

• The Su Household Ancestor warned the Household Head that their allies might betray them and told him how to preserve the clan if it survived.
• Xu Mingyuan reported that the Su and Zhou Households had gone to Guangling Commandery, and Xu Chuan told him and Xu Mingwei to prepare for the Xu Household to emerge.
• Zhang Wanqing raised her Minor Martial Pill success rate, Xu Mingyuan learned the basics of the Aura-Concealing Art, and Xu Mingxian and Xu Mingwei neared cultivation breakthroughs.
• Chen Daniu returned to Dongxi to ask permission to take his critically ill mother to see Chen Ergou, and Xu Mingwei allowed him to go.
• Chen Ergou reunited with Xu Yan and forgave her before she died, then brought her coffin back to Dongxi and asked Xu Chuan to attend her funeral.
• While drinking with Xu Chuan after the burial, Chen Ergou asked him to care for Daniu and Fangfang; Xu Chuan agreed and reflected on how their changed circumstances had created distance between them.

Zhou Shaocheng sought the Yang Household’s support in the Zhou Household’s war against the Su Household, and Yang Wenfeng agreed after the clan weighed the risks and promised rewards. With the conflict looming, Yang Wenfeng assigned future roles to Yang Zhao, Yang Shidao, and Yang Yan, then arranged for Yang Zhao and Yang Shidao to seek refuge with the Xu Household in Dongxi if the Su Household won.

• Zhou Shaocheng offered the Yang Household support in exchange for joining the war, promising resources from his grandfather Zhou Sen to cultivate two Yang members.
• Yang Wenfeng gathered the household’s senior members, and they agreed to support the Zhou Household; Yang Zhao was designated acting patriarch, while Yang Yan was promised a cultivation opportunity.
• Yang Wenfeng named Yang Shidao the future Grand Elder and told him and Yang Zhao to leave the Commandery Seat secretly if the Su Household won.
• Yang Wenfeng explained that the Xu Household had become Qingjiang’s most powerful clan and controlled Dongxi, where two Yang investigators had disappeared.
• Yang Zhao agreed to follow Yang Wenfeng’s plan to seek temporary refuge with the Xu Household.

After the Yang Household sided with the Zhou Household, Yang Zhao and Yang Shidao fled with their families toward the Xu Household, unaware that a Su Household cultivator was following them. Xu Mingwei killed the pursuer with a single arrow, allowing the travelers to continue toward refuge while the Su Household Head vowed revenge.

• The Su Household learned that the Yang Household had sided with the Zhou Household and ordered surveillance and targeted killings.
• Yang Zhao and Yang Shidao secretly left the Commandery Seat with their families, and Su Taiyuan followed them toward Qingjiang County.
• Xu Chuan divined that the travelers and the Xu Household were in danger, then sent Xu Mingwei to eliminate their pursuer.
• Xu Mingwei spotted Su Taiyuan on the road and killed him with an arrow from more than a dozen li away.
• Xu Mingwei burned Su Taiyuan's corpse and returned home, while Yang Zhao's party continued toward the Xu Household.
• The Su Household Head learned that Su Taiyuan had died and vowed to destroy the Yang Household if the Su Household won the coming war.

Yang Zhao brought members of the Yang Household to visit and seek refuge at the Xu Household, where Xu Chuan agreed to host them. Yang Ronghua showed them to the West Wing Courtyard and explained the household’s rules as the guests settled in.

• Yang Zhao’s party arrived at the Xu Household, and the patrol captain sent word to Xu Mingwei after learning who they were.
• Xu Mingwei gathered his family to welcome Yang Zhao, Madam Yang, Yang Shichang, Yang Shidao, and their families at the gate.
• Yang Zhao asked to stay because the Commandery Seat had become unsettled, and Xu Chuan approved their lodging in the West Wing Courtyard.
• Yang Ronghua led the guests to the West Wing Courtyard and warned them to follow Xu Household rules and avoid wandering without an escort.
• Yang Shichang and Yang Shidao chose neighboring guest houses, while Shen Nianyan and Wen Jing commented on the Xu Household’s accommodations.

Yang Shidao challenged Xu Mingwei to resolve the defeat that had haunted him, but Xu Mingwei defeated him with one punch, and Yang Zhao predicted Shidao would soon become a Grandmaster. Yang Ruifeng then prepared to spar with Xu Dewen, while the gathered families debated their relative strengths before the match began.

• Wen Jing and Yang Shichang joked with their family during the visit to the Xu Household, and Xu Mingshu firmly rejected pressure to marry.
• Yang Shidao asked Xu Mingwei for a match to put his long-standing obsession to rest, and Xu Mingwei agreed.
• At the Martial Training Ground, Xu Mingwei shattered Yang Shidao's crimson palm attack with a single punch, and Yang Shidao left relieved after bowing to him.
• Yang Zhao predicted that Yang Shidao would soon break through to the Grandmaster realm, while Yang Shichang failed to persuade Xu Mingwei to spar with him.
• Yang Ruifeng proposed a match with Xu Dezhao, but Xu Dewen volunteered to fight him instead, and Yang Ronghua agreed to the bout.
• Yang Shichang backed Yang Ruifeng because of the age difference, while Yang Shidao pointed out Xu Dewen's pure Yang bloodline and the advantage it gave him in the Fire Origin Art.

Xu Dewen used his fight with Yang Ruifeng to break through to the first-class warrior realm, then defeated him with superior martial technique. Yang Zhao advised Xu Chuan to eventually move the Xu Household to the Commandery Seat, while Xu Mingwei learned of his sons’ cultivation advances and discussed arranging Xu Zhao’s engagement.

• Xu Dewen endured Yang Ruifeng’s attacks to open his final three apertures, then defeated him before Xu Mingshu stopped the fight.
• Yang Zhao praised the Xu Household’s prosperity and urged Xu Chuan to consider moving it to the Commandery Seat for access to resources and alliances, but Xu Chuan said he had no immediate plans to move.
• At the Year Sacrifice, Xu Dezhao reached xiantian perfection and manifested a five elements spiritual root, while Xu Deling advanced to the fifth layer of qi refining.
• Yang Ronghua suggested that Xu Mingwei arrange an engagement for their eighteen-year-old son Xu Zhao, and Xu Mingwei agreed they should first let him meet a prospective bride.

Xu Mingwei and Yang Ronghua proposed Shen Qingyi as a bride for Xu Dezhao, and the family set out to learn how Qingyi and Dezhao felt about the match. Qingyi and Dezhao both showed signs of affection, leaving the arranged marriage looking promising.

• Yang Ronghua suggested Shen Qingyi as a suitable match for Xu Dezhao, and Xu Mingwei agreed to consult Xu Chuan.
• Xu Chuan approved his son’s choice and asked Xu Mingshu to sound out Shen Qingyi, while Xu Mingwei also spoke with Xu Dezhao.
• Xu Mingshu asked Shen Qingyi about her feelings; Qingyi denied liking Wu Tao and shyly agreed to let Xu Mingshu act as her matchmaker.
• Xu Mingwei proposed Shen Qingyi to Xu Dezhao, who praised her and admitted he could not easily speak of his feelings.
• After Xu Mingwei left, Xu Dezhao recalled his time with Shen Qingyi and felt his heart stir.

Xu Chuan offered Wu Tao two paths for his future, and Wu Tao chose to marry into the Xu Household. Xu Chuan arranged for him to marry Xu Dejing, who resisted the decision after her parents told her, while they argued that the match would protect her and support her ambitions.

• Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingshu discussed the Xu Household’s marriage customs and agreed that the younger generation should spend more time meeting people beyond the family.
• The Xu Household publicly announced Xu Dezhao and Shen Qingyi’s engagement, and Wu Tao watched them receive congratulations while mourning his unreturned feelings for Shen Qingyi.
• Xu Chuan visited Wu Tao and offered him the choice of building a vassal household or marrying into the Xu Household; Wu Tao chose to join the family.
• Xu Chuan told Xu Mingyuan and Wu Rushan that Wu Tao would marry Xu Dejing and move into the Xu Household, and they accepted the arrangement.
• Xu Mingyuan and Wu Rushan informed Xu Dejing of the engagement plan, and she protested that she was only fourteen and wanted to choose someone she loved.

Xu Dejing struggled with her parents’ plan for her to marry Wu Tao, so Xu Dezhao advised her to learn more about the marriages and prospects of women in other clans. After speaking with Yang Ruiyao, Dejing left with more to consider about her future and the freedoms she might lose outside the Xu Household.

• Wu Rushan explained to Xu Dejing the risks women faced in aristocratic marriages, while Xu Mingyuan said she was expected to marry Wu Tao at eighteen but could refuse and lose the Xu Household’s protection.
• Xu Dezhao told Xu Dejing that Wu Tao would marry into the Xu Household and urged her to compare its support for women with the prospects available in other clans.
• Xu Dejing asked Xu Deling to accompany her to speak with Yang Ruiyao about arranged marriages and women’s lives in the Commandery Seat.
• Yang Ruiyao explained that clan interests often shaped marriages, that women without family influence could become concubines, and that aristocratic young masters commonly took concubines.
• Yang Ruiyao praised the Xu Household’s strict standards, and Xu Deling ended the conversation and left with Xu Dejing.

Xu Dejing learned why the Xu Household wanted her to marry Wu Tao and began spending time with him, gradually developing feelings. Wu Tao was left unsure how to respond, while the conflict between the Zhou and Su Households continued to intensify.

• Xu Dezhao told Xu Dejing that the Xu Household planned to become a Cultivation Clan and wanted Wu Tao to marry into the family to secure his loyalty.
• Xu Dejing agreed to spend time with Wu Tao and began visiting the Jade-Cold Pool, where they cultivated and walked together for half a month.
• Xu Dejing asked Wu Tao whether he would marry her only to repay the Xu Household, then abruptly left when he could not answer.
• Shen Qingyi told Wu Tao that Xu Dejing had begun to like him, leaving him stunned and uncertain about his feelings.
• The Zhou Household continued raiding the Su Household, which stayed behind its Grand Formation and held out against the attacks.

The Zhou Household and its allies launched their long-planned assault on the Su Household, battering its grand formation until cracks appeared. The Su Household Head sent its strongest fighters out to confront them while the rest worked to seal the breaches.

• The Zhou Household decided to begin an all-out attack on the Su Household, and Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingyuan chose to observe the battle before deciding how to act.
• Xu Chuan gave Xu Mingwei the Lei Clan Token before Xu Mingwei set out for Moon Lake Commandery.
• The Zhou Household gathered its allies and marched on the Su Household, whose supporters had already entered the grounds to help defend them.
• The attacking cultivators and Martial Way experts struck the Su Household's formation for a quarter of an hour until cracks appeared in its barrier.
• The Zhou Household Head urged the attackers to take pills and continue, while the Su Household Head promised rewards to its allies and ordered its strongest fighters to charge out.

The Su Household and its allies retreated into their Grand Formation after a bloody battle with the Zhou-led forces, while Xu Mingwei watched from afar. A Lei Clan Foundation Establishment cultivator arrived, and Su Yuanze proposed a surprise attack on the Zhou Household in exchange for half its cultivation legacy and resources.

• Su Yuanze fought Zhou Shaoyuan and another Zhou cultivator while both sides suffered heavy casualties, including the Yang Household grand elder.
• Su Yuanze ordered the Su forces to retreat into the Grand Formation, and Zhou Shaoyuan withdrew his forces to rest and recover their dead.
• Xu Mingwei observed the battlefield and examined the Su Household’s defensive formation from several dozen li away.
• A Lei Clan Foundation Establishment cultivator met Su Yuanze and the Su Household Ancestor, questioning whether the Su Household could still win.
• Su Yuanze proposed that the Su forces attack again and that Lei ambush the Zhou Household’s Foundation Establishment cultivator, offering him half the Zhou Household’s legacy and resources.

The Su Household and Zhou Household began their decisive battle, while their Foundation Establishment ancestors clashed above the battlefield. The Lei Clan cultivator watched for a chance to strike, and Xu Mingwei moved closer to intercept him, leaving the fight poised for a sneak attack.

• The Su Household Ancestor rallied his forces and led them out to face the Zhou Household, while Xu Mingwei recognized that the Su Household had gained a Foundation Establishment ally.
• Zhou Qingfang and the Su Household Ancestor exchanged taunts and fought with their Top-Tier Magical Artifacts, and the Su Household Ancestor strained himself by controlling two artifacts.
• Su Yuanze led the Su Household into battle, and the Zhou Household's forces met them as Xu Mingwei watched from afar and decided not to warn them about the hidden Lei Clan cultivator.
• Xu Mingwei moved closer to the battlefield so he could intercept the Lei Clan cultivator if he attacked Zhou Qingfang.
• Zhou Qingfang and the Su Household Ancestor unleashed powerful attacks, and the Lei Clan cultivator approached, recognizing that their clash had created an opening for a sneak attack.

Xu Mingwei revealed himself as the hidden ally who had saved Zhou Qingfang, then negotiated a share of the Su Household’s resources in exchange for holding off Lei Hekong. He used his father Daoist San Shu’s Lei Clan Token and promise of free alchemy to persuade Lei Hekong to stay out of the fight, while the battle between Zhou Qingfang and the Su Household Ancestor continued.

• A Lei Clan Foundation Establishment cultivator tried to kill Zhou Qingfang with a surprise strike, but Xu Mingwei’s arrow deflected it.
• Xu Mingwei emerged beside Zhou Qingfang and demanded thirty percent of the Su Household’s resources and one of its Top-Tier Magical Artifacts in return for helping defeat the Su Household.
• Zhou Qingfang agreed to the terms and drew the Su Household Ancestor away, leaving Xu Mingwei to face the Lei Clan cultivator.
• Xu Mingwei identified the Lei Clan cultivator’s hidden affiliation and showed him a Lei Clan Token from his father, Daoist San Shu.
• Xu Mingwei promised that his father would refine pills for the Lei Clan three times without payment, and Lei Hekong agreed to stay out of the dispute unless the Su Household Ancestor won.
• Xu Mingwei and Lei Hekong exchanged attacks to maintain appearances, and Lei Hekong gave Xu Mingwei his name.

Zhou Qingfang used a Talisman Treasure to kill the Su Household Ancestor, and Xu Mingwei received the Mystic Ice Awl as promised. As the battle turned against the Su Household, Xu Mingwei killed Su Yuanze with three arrows and discovered two cultivation arts that could help protect the Xu Household.

• Zhou Qingfang unleashed a Talisman Treasure that pierced the Profound Ink Peak's barrier and killed the Su Household Ancestor.
• Lei Hekong returned Xu Mingwei's token and departed, while Zhou Qingfang gave Xu Mingwei the Mystic Ice Awl and flew with him to the battlefield.
• Zhou Qingfang revealed the Su Household Ancestor's corpse and called on the Su Household's supposed allies to join the attack; Yang Wenfeng recognized Xu Mingwei and wondered why he had become a cultivator.
• Su Yuanze confronted Xu Mingwei, who evaded him and killed him with three arrows that broke through the Black Tortoise Seal's barrier.
• Xu Mingwei collected Su Yuanze's artifacts and Storage Pouch, finding the Black Tortoise Seal, Bloodline Guidance, and Soul Restriction.

Xu Mingwei helped destroy the Su Household and secured thirty percent of its resources for the Xu Household before returning home to report to Xu Chuan. The next day, Yang Zhao and Yang Shidao hurried to the Commandery Seat to learn the fate of the Yang Household, while Xu Mingwei suggested that the trip would reveal the Xu Household’s strength.

• After the Su Household’s allies defected and its disciples were killed, Zhou Shaoyuan asked Xu Mingwei about his origins and learned that the Xu Household was promised thirty percent of the Su Household’s resources.
• Xu Mingwei warned Zhou Shaoyuan that the Xu Household would answer forcefully if anyone challenged its share, then departed for the Dongxi Xu Clan in Qingjiang.
• Xu Mingwei returned to the Xu Household with the spoils and told Xu Chuan about the battle, including the magical artifacts and techniques he had obtained; Xu Chuan said his divination had foretold an auspicious outcome.
• Xu Chuan told Xu Mingwei to prepare for the responsibilities of becoming a cultivation clan and advised him to catch up with Yunnu’s cultivation.
• After hearing that the conflict had ended, Yang Zhao and Yang Shidao left for the Commandery Seat to check on the Yang Household, while Xu Mingwei reassured Yang Ronghua that her father would learn about the Xu Household’s strength.
• At the Commandery Seat, Yang Zhao and Yang Shidao heard that households across the city were in mourning and hurried to the Yang Residence.

Yang Zhao and Yang Shidao returned to find the Yang Household devastated by the battle, and Yang Wenfeng revealed that Xu Mingwei had become a cultivator and that the Xu Household had grown powerful enough to rival cultivation clans. At the Xu Household, Xu Chuan distributed magical artifacts and secret arts, then laid out plans to reorganize the clan around cultivation and establish six halls, though the Spirit Beast Hall was folded into the Immortal Arts Hall for now.

• Yang Wenfeng told Yang Zhao and Yang Shidao that most of the Yang Household’s martial experts had died or been injured, while Yang Yan had entered seclusion to break through.
• Yang Wenfeng revealed that Xu Mingwei was a cultivator and warned that the Xu Household had secretly amassed strength and could resist a cultivation clan.
• Xu Chuan presented the Xu Household’s spoils from the Su Household, assigned the Black Tortoise Seal to Xu Mingxian, and promised to seek a stronger offensive artifact for Xu Mingwei.
• Xu Chuan required the household’s cultivators to learn Bloodline Guidance and Soul Restriction, then announced that cultivators would lead the clan while remaining responsible toward ordinary people.
• Xu Chuan proposed six halls for the Xu Household, but after Xu Mingyuan suggested abolishing the Spirit Beast Hall, Xu Chuan agreed to merge it into the Immortal Arts Hall for now.

The Zhou Household debated the costs and spoils of its victory over the Su Household, agreed to honor Xu Mingwei’s thirty-percent share, and warned against provoking the Xu Household. Xu Chuan and the Xu family organized their lineage rules and expanded their training plans; the chapter ended with Zhou Sen delivering the promised resources to Xu Mingwei.

• Xu Chuan assigned his children roles in the Xu Household’s halls and began deliberations on lineage rules.
• Zhou Shaoyuan and the Zhou Elders reviewed their casualties and spoils, then agreed to give Xu Mingwei thirty percent of the Su Household’s wealth.
• Zhou Shaoyuan rejected a proposal to incite conflict against the Xu Household and reduced the rewards promised to the other allied clans.
• Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingyuan, and the others discussed rules, oversight, and training, while the Xu Household expanded its martial arts hall and recruitment of talented children.
• Zhou Sen arrived at the Xu Household with Zhou Shaocheng and four Grandmasters, passed through the Mist Formation, and met Xu Mingwei.
• Zhou Sen presented Xu Mingwei with the Xu Household’s promised share of the Su Household’s resources.