Chapter Summaries

Wenlong escorted nearly five hundred newcomers to Dragon City, fending off repeated attacks by hostile flying craft without killing their crews. After they arrived safely, he organized the growing city’s administration, work assignments, and defenses, leaving Dragon City newly structured but still in need of strength and manpower.

• Wenlong escorted Long Zhang, Yuan Jing, and the newcomers toward Dragon City, knocking four attacking flying craft out of the sky while letting their passengers escape.
• After more than a day of travel, Wenlong and the others landed safely in Dragon City, where Elder Wang, Elder Liu, and Sister Wang arranged housing for nearly five hundred arrivals.
• Wenlong assigned administrative responsibilities to the elders and ancestors, put Wang Youcai in charge of business operations, and appointed staff to the Academy and other departments.
• Wenlong established the Huaxia Trading Company, assigned the newcomers to work, and sent crews to buy livestock and poultry for Dragon City.
• Dragon City began recruiting paid City Guard members and organizing departments, while spirit crystals became available through work and business proceeds rather than being handed out freely.

Wenlong froze the tiny worms inside Chen Li and prepared pills to help restore his cultivation. After returning home, he lost his temper with his sons and went to the Bamboo Grove to calm down.

• Wenlong used threads of ice spirit marrow to freeze the tiny worms in Chen Li's meridians, then woke him and told Chen Ke to give him two pills.
• Wenlong refined pills to repair Chen Li's damaged dantian and explained the precautions to Chen Ke when he collected them.
• Wenlong returned home and found Wenwen and Wenwu had gone to practice martial arts instead of spending time with him.
• Huang Jinlian scolded Wenlong for neglecting his family, then blamed Wen Yuan for the boys copying his example.
• Wenlong ordered the boys to reflect, left the house in anger, and walked through the Bamboo Grove until he calmed down.

Wenlong disciplined the younger boys while helping his family and allies advance their cultivation. By the chapter’s end, the Ruan Family’s cultivation obstacles had been cleared and Dragon City’s Workshop was ready to begin operating.

• Wenlong ordered Wen Cai and his four younger brothers to run each morning, then helped Wenzhuzi and Zhao Xuan clear their meridians and open their acupoints.
• Wenlong made the boys run without spiritual power, established a room for honoring family ancestors, and discussed building an Ancestral Hall with Wen Tiancheng.
• Wenlong later cleared Wen Cai’s and Wen Fu’s meridians while Chen Ke reported that Chen Li had begun absorbing spiritual energy and recovering his cultivation.
• Wenlong gave Chen Li spirit crystals and pills, examined him, and told him to keep cultivating to force out the sealed worm.
• Wenlong went with Ruan Qianqian to clear the Ruan Family’s meridians and acupoints.
• Elder Wang reported that the Workshop was complete, and Wenlong prepared to recruit workers and start operations.

Wenlong left Chen Li with resources to break through and entered seclusion to pursue the immortal stage while Dragon City developed its workshops and trade. After Chen Li and Yuan Jing advanced, Wenlong emerged still short of the heavenly god realm, praised the stewards for their work, announced cultivation rewards, and ordered a grand feast.

• Wenlong gave Chen Li a Realm-Breaking Pill and ten million spirit crystals, then urged him to cultivate and force the worm out after reaching the immortal stage.
• Wenlong entered seclusion in the volcanic crater and arranged cultivation resources for Yuan Jing before leaving.
• While Wenlong was secluded, Elder Wang and Wang Youcai organized the sale of Dragon City's new products, and the city’s workshops brought in income for its lineages.
• Chen Li broke through to the immortal stage, and Yuan Jing later advanced to the heavenly immortal realm, while Wenlong remained in seclusion.
• Wenlong left seclusion, praised Elder Wang, Wang Youcai, and Sister Wang for their work, and announced spirit-crystal rewards for cultivation breakthroughs.
• Wenlong ordered the city to hold a grand feast to celebrate its new immortal and heavenly immortal.

Wenlong left Dragon City to seek a breakthrough in the Great Powers' Ancient Battlefield, entrusting the city and his family to Long Zhang. On the way, he studied the battlefield's history and learned that it had grown out of a prolonged Buddhist-Taoist conflict.

• Wenlong and Long Zhang discussed the dangers of the Great Powers' Ancient Battlefield, and Wenlong insisted on going to seek opportunities.
• Wenlong left spirit crystals and Life-Extending Pills with his family, said goodbye to his relatives, and departed Dragon City on his sword.
• Wenlong boarded the Flying Saucer beyond the city's boundaries and studied information gathered by Wang Youcai about the battlefield.
• Wenlong learned that Kashyapa and Jixing had led Buddhist and Taoist disciples into a doctrinal dispute that escalated into war before the Heavenly Court intervened.
• Wenlong read unofficial accounts linking Sun Wukong's Buddhist conversion and disappearance to the ancient conflict.

Wenlong endured the Ancient Battlefield’s deadly attacks and discovered that the lingering Daos of fallen cultivators might offer a way to learn their techniques. He found an untouched spot near the sword Dao attacks, but reaching it remained perilous.

• Wenlong entered the Ancient Battlefield on his sword and narrowly escaped a saber attack, Wind Blades, and Ice Spikes.
• Wenlong collected belongings from fallen adventurers and used an untouched boulder as shelter while treating his wounds.
• After more than ten days of crawling and dodging attacks, Wenlong reached the edge of the battlefield and heard the devastation within.
• Wenlong realized the fallen cultivators’ Daos still radiated through the battlefield and could be learned like cultivation methods.
• Wenlong searched for sword Dao attacks and found a safe place nearby, but feared the dangers of crossing to it.

Wenlong survived the perilous region, mastered sword techniques and a mental cultivation method, then returned to find the Marquis House pressuring Dragon City. Wen Wen set out to negotiate with the Marquis House as Dragon City's business continued to suffer.

• Wenlong endured repeated attacks while cultivating the sword Dao, eventually mastering sword rays, sword qi, and sword intent and breaking through to the immortal stage.
• Wenlong unraveled an illusory realm, retrieved a Storage Ring from a pile of remains, and accepted the condition to protect the Immortal City Lin Family in exchange for a mental cultivation method.
• Wenlong mastered the mental cultivation method, disrupted distant attacks with his mental power, and left the perilous region to check on Dragon City.
• Wenlong learned that the Marquis House had demanded Dragon City's production techniques and was squeezing its business, despite Dragon City's decision to yield rather than fight its stronger forces.
• Wen Wen volunteered to negotiate with the Marquis House, and Elder Wang agreed on the condition that Steward Chen accompany him.

Wenlong returned to Dragon City just as the Marquis Young Master prepared to kill his hostages and attack, swiftly defeating the invading force and rescuing Wen Wen, Chen Li, Long Zhang, and Elder Chen. Dragon City secured its attackers and restored the array.

• Wen Wen and Chen Ke went ahead to Lingnan City, and the Marquis Young Master later arrived at Dragon City with a large force, holding Wen Wen captive.
• Long Zhang and Elder Chen left the city to negotiate, but the Marquis Young Master's men captured them and sealed the cultivation of all four hostages.
• Wen Wen refused to persuade Dragon City to surrender, while Yuan Jing organized the guards and kept the city calm as the hostages endured torture.
• As the Marquis Young Master ordered the hostages killed, Wenlong appeared, immobilized the attackers, sealed their leaders' dantians, and protected the injured hostages.
• Wenlong gave the hostages Life-Extending Pills, ordered the attackers' cultivation crippled and the lower-ranked captives sent to the Slave Camp, then had Dragon City's array activated again.

Wenlong cared for his injured family and waited for the Marquis House to answer for its attack on Dragon City. When an army led by a newly advanced Golden Immortal arrived, Wenlong went out to challenge him, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Wenlong treated Wen Wen and the other injured members of his family, then strengthened Dragon City's defensive formation while he waited for the Marquis House.
• Wenlong spent time with his family, and he persuaded mischievous Wen Hao to stay beside her injured eldest brother and look after him.
• Half a month later, more than six hundred people from the Marquis House arrived at Dragon City, led by an imposing old man who appeared to be a Golden Immortal.
• Wenlong told Long Zhang he would test his strength against the Golden Immortal, and Yuan Jing opened a passage through the formation for him.
• Wenlong confronted the old man over the Marquis House's attack, then drew the Divine Sword and challenged him to get past.

Wenlong ransomed some captives from the Marquis House for three billion spirit crystals and prepared to eliminate its Golden Immortal elder. After investigating the Marquis House, he infiltrated its estate and discovered the elder was secluded in a tightly sealed Cultivation Chamber.

• Wenlong fought the Golden Immortal elder to a standstill, then demanded ten billion spirit crystals to release the Marquis House captives.
• The Marquis House offered only three billion spirit crystals, so Wenlong crippled the cultivation of its Heavenly Immortal experts, freed thirty people, and enslaved the rest.
• Wenlong gave the spirit crystals to Elder Wang to distribute among Dragon City's residents and ordered an investigation of the Marquis House.
• After receiving intelligence that matched the captives' accounts, Wenlong traveled toward Lingnan City and secretly entered the Marquis House estate at night.
• Wenlong searched for the Golden Immortal elder and learned that he had entered secluded cultivation in a sealed Cultivation Chamber.

Wenlong infiltrated Marquis Manor and killed its Golden Immortal elder, then returned to Dragon City and resumed planning for its safety. He began studying Teleportation Arrays so he could travel far from home without leaving his family and allies beyond his reach.

• Wenlong learned the Golden Immortal elder’s location from the Marquis House’s eldest young master, then ambushed the elder in his cultivation cave and killed him with flames and a Sword Ray.
• Wenlong fought off the Marquis House cultivators who rushed toward him, escaped Lingnan City, and returned to Dragon City.
• Wenlong told Wang Youcai to continue trading with outsiders while letting trained newcomers handle more of the work.
• Wenlong searched cultivation texts for a way to build a Teleportation Array, hoping to travel for opportunities while still being able to return home quickly.

Wenlong left Dragon City after establishing a teleportation network and giving divine artifacts to his family, then stopped in Upper Forest City and treated the critically ill Lin Family patriarch. After the patriarch awoke, Wenlong asked the Lin Family head to arrange a place for him to wash.

• Wenlong built a primary Teleportation Array at the Wen Family Estate, linked it to the City Lord's Residence, and instructed his family to protect it.
• Wenlong distributed divine artifacts to his family and quietly departed Dragon City aboard the Flying Saucer, heading toward Immortal City.
• Wenlong stopped in Upper Forest City, learned that the Lin Family patriarch was critically ill, and went to the family estate to offer treatment.
• Wenlong diagnosed the patriarch's lingering internal injuries and used a Life-Extending Pill, a Qi-Attracting Pill, and his power to treat him.
• The Lin Family patriarch awoke two hours later, and Wenlong asked the Lin Family head to arrange a place for him to wash.

Wenlong accepted Lin Liang’s invitation to travel to Immortal City and learned that the Lin Family was being pressured by the Marquis House. After Wenlong used his Flying Saucer to defeat a group of Marquis House craft, he and Lin Liang reached Immortal City and entered the Lin Family residence.

• Wenlong agreed to stay with the Lin Family until the old man recovered and accepted a hundred million spirit crystals from the Lin Family Head.
• Lin Liang recovered, introduced himself to Wenlong, and explained that the Lin Family and Marquis House had clashed in the Otherworld and that the Marquis House had been steadily encroaching on the Lin Family’s interests.
• Lin Liang took Wenlong toward Immortal City, but six Marquis House flying craft surrounded them along the way.
• Wenlong had Lin Liang board his Flying Saucer, then rammed and brought down the pursuing Marquis House craft without killing their occupants.
• After two more days of travel, Wenlong and Lin Liang arrived in Immortal City and entered the heavily guarded Lin Family residence.

Wenlong treated Third Uncle Lin and examined the Lin Family’s many wounded, then spent several days making pills to restore their strength. When the Marquis Family arrived to cause trouble, Yue Ming urged her father to accept their demands, leaving Lin Chuanbang helpless.

• Lin Liang brought Wenlong to the Lin Family, where Wenlong recognized Yue Ming but concealed his identity.
• Wenlong identified Third Uncle Lin’s illness as the work of a Little Parasitic Worm contracted in the Mist Swamp and froze it with ice silk.
• Wenlong gave Lin Chuanbang two pills for Third Uncle Lin and examined the other injured members of the Lin Family.
• Wenlong had an Alchemy Chamber prepared and spent several days refining pills for the wounded.
• The Marquis Family gathered at the Lin Family’s main gate, and Yue Ming asked Lin Chuanbang to accept their demands until their ancestor and Third Uncle recovered.

Wenlong used his mental power to drive the Marquis House away from the Lin Family, then treated the family’s wounded members and cleared the Lin Family Ancestor’s meridians. The ancestor’s recovery depended on whether he would wake, while Wenlong asked Lin San to preserve his Parasitic Worm for testing.

• Wenlong unleashed overwhelming mental pressure on the Marquis House crowd, forcing them to retreat, but the strain left him injured.
• Lin Chuanbang recognized that Wenlong had saved the Lin Family and ordered guards to protect him while he recovered.
• Wenlong examined the injured Lin Family members, gave the Lin Family Third Uncle pills to repair his Dantian, and treated the Lin Family Ancestor’s meridians.
• Wenlong gave the Lin Family Ancestor a Life-Extending Pill and a Qi-Attracting Pill, explaining that his survival now depended on his will to live.
• Wenlong told Lin San to break through before forcing out the Parasitic Worm, then instructed him to seal it for Wenlong to study.

Wenlong helped the Lin Family Ancestor awaken and watched the Lin Family gain a second Primordial Unity Realm expert, shifting the balance of power in Immortal City. Lin Chuanbang later revealed that the ingredient needed for the Ancestor’s treatment, exquisite grass, might be found in the dangerous Mist Forest.

• Yue Ming brought Wenlong to meet the awakened Lin Family Ancestor, who proposed betrothing Yue Ming to him; she agreed to leave the decision to the patriarch.
• Wenlong gave Lin Chuanbang the Dantian-repairing pill formula and supplied qi-gathering pills and medicine for the Ancestor’s internal injuries.
• The Lin Family Ancestor’s power spread across Immortal City, and a day later another wave of pressure announced that the Lin Family had gained a second Primordial Unity Realm expert.
• The Marquis House and other factions brought gifts to congratulate the Lin Family, wary of its increased strength.
• Lin Chuanbang told Wenlong that they could not find exquisite grass, though he had heard it once appeared in the Mist Forest.

Wenlong traveled to the Mist Forest, where he bought rare spirit herbs from an injured boy and offered to examine the boy’s sister, who could not cultivate. When the boy brought his family to Wenlong’s inn, Wenlong was shocked by what he saw in the girl.

• Wenlong left for the Mist Forest despite Lin Chuanbang’s warning, leaving a one-way Teleportation Array for his return.
• Wenlong reached a bustling town near the forest and searched its market for useful treasures.
• Wenlong recognized the herbs offered by an injured boy as exquisite spirit herbs and invited him to the inn for treatment.
• Wenlong healed the boy’s arm, gave him two million spirit crystals, and agreed to examine his sister, who could not cultivate.
• The boy returned with his sister and their mother, and Wenlong was tremendously shocked when he looked at the girl.

Wenlong took Yaya in as his disciple, renamed her Yang Bingxue, and sent her family to Dragon City. He then explored the Mist Forest, where he fought Little Sun after the monkey ambushed him in the central region.

• Wenlong sensed Yaya's ice-cold constitution and accepted her as his disciple, naming her Yang Bingxue.
• Wenlong promised to treat Madam Yang's illness and used a teleportation array to send Yang Bingxue's family to the Wen Family Estate in Dragon City.
• Wen Wen and his brothers welcomed Yang Bingxue, while Wen Hao introduced herself as another senior sister before Wenlong returned to the inn.
• Wenlong entered the Mist Forest and spent two days fighting spirit beasts as he carefully made his way toward the central region.
• An iron staff attacked Wenlong in the central region, and he retaliated with ice and fire until Little Sun revealed himself and complained about being singed.

Wenlong reunited with Monkey Sun in the Mist Forest and learned about the mysterious master who had raised him. After the master left a farewell message, Monkey Sun chose to follow Wenlong, who discovered that the forest’s immortal herbs had all been used to cultivate the monkey.

• Monkey Sun told Wenlong how his mysterious Black-Robed Man master had brought him to the Mist Forest, taught him cultivation, and let him collect offerings from the Spirit Beasts.
• Wenlong saw through Monkey Sun’s transformations near the thatched cottage and beat him each time he found him disguised as a stone lion, wooden post, or stool.
• Wenlong found the master’s message saying Monkey Sun had learned everything and should leave to temper himself in the world; Monkey Sun cried over his master’s sudden departure.
• Monkey Sun asked to follow Wenlong, who agreed and asked him to gather treasures before they left.
• The next afternoon, Spirit Beasts delivered heaps of herbs and treasures, but Monkey Sun explained that his master had used all the immortal herbs on him.

Wenlong returned to the Lin Family with the pills he had made, then left after declaring his debt settled and returned to Dragon City with Monkey Sun. Monkey Sun gave immortal herbs to Wenlong’s children and Yang Bingxue, who began cultivating and advanced at astonishing speed.

• Wenlong refined the pills Lin Chuanbang’s ancestor needed and returned to the Lin Family with Monkey Sun, where Lin Chuanbang gave him the Little Parasitic Worm.
• Wenlong left a message reading “Ask nothing. We're even.” and a Qi-Attracting Pill before departing, leaving Lin Yueming in tears and the others confused.
• Wenlong returned to Dragon City with Monkey Sun, who introduced himself as Uncle Sun and gave immortal herbs to Wenlong’s children, causing their auras to surge.
• Monkey Sun gave Yang Bingxue an immortal herb, and Wenlong gave her a Storage Ring before beginning to teach her cultivation the next day.
• Yang Bingxue mastered the essentials of cultivation in a day and advanced rapidly, prompting Wen Haohao and the other children to train harder.