Recaps

Tang Wen explained that the ghosts on the courtyard wall were images recorded by the stone and prepared to catch whoever was entering his room. He trapped a masked woman intruder, but her identity remained unknown.

• Cui Qiu told Tang Wen and the others that villages on Blackrock Island had fought over iron ore exposed by a landslide, and Tang Wen quietly noted the dispute was still unsettled.
• During a storm, Tang Wen saw the ghostly images replay on the courtyard wall and explained that the stone had recorded a murder, with the missing well likely buried underground.
• Tang Wen hid in a wardrobe and used his Popularity Eye to spot a paper-thin intruder entering his bedroom.
• Tang Wen sprang a series of nets, tackled the intruder, and captured her with help from Luo Yiwu and the others.
• Tang Jun unmasked the woman, and Tang Wen dismissed most of the group before asking who she was.

Tang Wen confronted a woman who had been posing as a ghost in the Mei Residence and learned that she was a Mei Family descendant seeking revenge for her family. He offered to help her if she joined the Tang household, but she remained skeptical of his claims about superior cultivation techniques.

• Tang Wen guessed that the woman had been searching the Mei Residence for a well containing her family's treasure, and she fainted after he threatened to expose her body if she died without explaining herself.
• After the woman woke, Tang Wen demonstrated his strength by lifting a massive stone vat from a distance.
• The woman revealed that powerful bandits had coveted her family's treasure and that she could not defeat them alone.
• Tang Wen offered her cultivation resources and protection for her family in exchange for serving the Tang household, but she refused to become a maidservant.
• Tang Wen claimed he possessed cultivation techniques beyond heaven-rank high-grade, and he and the woman traded insults about being frogs in a well.

Tang Wen released a woman seeking revenge and then tried to protect Wang Liyuan from the Drum Mountain Garrison Commander Camp. He sought support from officials who might delay the prisoner’s transfer, beginning with Wan Hansong at the Provincial Administration Office.

• Tang Wen let the disguised woman leave and told his companions he believed she would return because he could help her take revenge.
• Kang Chenggang learned that Tang Ze had failed to retrieve Wang Liyuan and ordered his men to confront Tang Wen, while Tang Ze told him Wang Liyuan had been sent to Jiang Xuan.
• Wei Zhao warned Tang Wen that Jiang Xuan might not be able to keep Wang Liyuan without the governor’s support, so Tang Wen planned to seek help from Xiao Senguо and Ding Zhendong.
• Tang Wen went to see Wan Hansong and asked how long second-grade experts usually took to advance through each minor stage.

Tang Wen revealed a high-grade Realm-Breaking Pill to Wan Hansong and secured his help keeping Wang Liyuan detained while Tang Wen traveled to Jiudao Liangzi Bend. Wan Hansong gave Tang Wen his Command Token, and Tang Wen used it to enter the prison and visit his brother-in-law, Wang Binfeng.

• Wan Hansong explained how difficult it was to advance in martial cultivation and described the scarcity and cost of Realm-Breaking Pills.
• Tang Wen showed Wan Hansong a high-grade Realm-Breaking Pill, which Wan Hansong eagerly inspected before reluctantly agreeing to help in return for it.
• Tang Wen told Wan Hansong that Kang Chenggang had incited Wang Liyuan to attack Tang Yiyi and asked him to keep Wang Liyuan detained.
• Wan Hansong agreed to consult the Governor and work with Lord Xiao to stall Kang Chenggang, then gave Tang Wen his Command Token to visit Wang Binfeng in prison.
• Tang Wen entered the prison with Prison Registrar Chen Liao and offered him a thousand-tael Silver Note so he could speak with Wang Binfeng.

Tang Wen questioned his imprisoned brother-in-law Wang Binfeng about the ambush at Jiudao Liangzi and learned that someone had drugged him before the attack. After arranging support for the investigation, Tang Wen met Mei Niansu, who agreed to leave her family and serve him in exchange for cultivation resources, help finding her ancestor’s remains, and revenge.

• Tang Wen bribed Warden Chen Liao to care for Wang Binfeng and alert the Mei Residence if officials came.
• Wang Binfeng told Tang Wen that robbers from Liangzi Stronghold seized the government boats after he was drugged and rendered too weak to stand.
• Tang Wen promised to investigate, gave Wang Binfeng pills and spirit stones, and reassured him that his sister had already been moved to safety.
• Wan Hansong told Tang Wen that the yamen would record his donation as merit and try to keep the case from being transferred to the Six Fan Gate.
• Mei Niansu agreed to leave the Mei family and asked Tang Wen for a profound-rank cultivation method, yearly pills and silver, help finding her ancestor’s remains, and revenge.
• Tang Wen told Mei Niansu to attend him while he bathed, and she followed him into the bathroom.

Tang Wen taught Mei Niansu the Heavenly Wood Star-Pegasus Art, helping her reach third-rank Perfection Realm, then traveled toward Red River Prefecture before secretly returning to Black Tortoise City. He found a crowd waiting at Sumei Supermarket for medical treatment and learned that Zhang Taiben and a steward from the City Lord’s Residence had also come looking for him.

• Tang Wen questioned Mei Niansu about why she had devoted herself to him, and she said she trusted his character and believed he could help her take revenge.
• Tang Wen laid out a spirit-drawing formation and taught Mei Niansu the Heavenly Wood Star-Pegasus Art, guiding her cultivation until she advanced to third-rank Perfection Realm.
• Tang Wen sent Ge Ziyun and several men to investigate the iron ore on Black Rock Island, then set out with his party for Red River Prefecture.
• After boarding a boat, Tang Wen left Zhao Yang as his double and secretly returned to Black Tortoise City under the excuse of secluded cultivation.
• Tang Wen found a crowd gathered outside Sumei Supermarket seeking medical treatment and asked Wu Zi why Zhang Taiben from the Apothecary Guild was there.

Tang Wen returned to the Tang Medicine Hall, where Zhang Taiben and other apothecaries had been treating patients and directing customers to his shop. After arranging guards for his goods, Tang Wen went with Xifang Feiwen to the City Lord's Residence, where he learned that entry required a Black Tortoise Plaque he did not have.

• Wu Zi told Tang Wen that Zhang Taiben and visiting apothecaries had treated patients on the Tang Medicine Hall's behalf and handed over their fees.
• Tang Wen arrived at the Medical Hall, greeted Zhang Taiben and Xifang Feiwen, and announced that his new goods were available at the supermarket.
• Xifang Feiwen summoned the City Lord's patrol team, and Luo Qi arrived with guards to secure the supermarket while Tang Wen went to the City Lord's Residence.
• Luo Qi explained that the City Lord's Residence had weakened defenses because many powerful guards had been sent elsewhere.
• At the gate, Tang Wen learned that visitors needed a Black Tortoise Plaque and claimed he had never received one.
• Luo Qi told Tang Wen that only the Identity Plaque Hall under the City Lord's Residence could issue Black Tortoise Plaques.

Tang Wen entered the City Lord's Residence with Deputy Captain Luo Qi and met City Lord Xifang Kongming, who questioned his character, medical training, and cultivation. Tang Wen withstood the city lord's pressure and learned that Xifang Kongming's lineage possessed cultivation knowledge beyond the Profound Rank.

• Tang Wen followed Luo Qi into the City Lord's Residence and learned about the Xifang Lineage and the special status of third young lady Xifang Biluo Yu.
• Xifang Kongming tested Tang Wen with the Heart-Searching Technique, but Tang Wen's Popularity Eye dispelled its pressure.
• Tang Wen answered Xifang Kongming's questions about his unnamed teacher and Western Medicine, then defended his unclear origins and weak martial skills.
• Tang Wen explained how he had progressed from an Earth-Rank method to a Heaven-Rank method and then received the Profound-Rank Azure Wood Celestial Star Art.
• Xifang Kongming said a Profound-Rank method could not reach the Divine Sense Realm, and Tang Wen challenged him by asking what rank lay beyond Mystic Rank.

Tang Wen tried to persuade Xifang Biluo Yu to accept treatment and identified signs of illness despite being unable to see her clearly. He left the city lord's household disputing with Wan Piaoxue over whether his diagnosis was credible.

• Xifang Kongming offered Tang Wen the Xifang Lineage's introductory cultivation technique if he cured his daughter, and Tang Wen agreed to examine her.
• Xifang Biluo Yu dismissed Tang Wen as a swindler until he told her a story about concealing illness and shunning treatment, then challenged him to examine her.
• Tang Wen entered Xifang Biluo Yu's lavish room and said she was ill because she slept on her stomach and did not dare sit down.
• Wan Piaoxue arrived and accused Tang Wen of bluffing because her daughter's treasure obscured her face and body.
• Tang Wen asked whether Xifang Biluo Yu slept on her stomach and avoided sitting, and Wan Piaoxue confirmed that she did.

Tang Wen examined Xifang Biluo Yu and discovered that a long-lost acupuncture needle had embedded itself in her bone, causing her pain and inability to sit or sleep comfortably. Xifang Kongming and Wan Piaoxue recognized how the needle might have entered her body, while Tang Wen had yet to remove it.

• Xifang Kongming agreed to let Tang Wen examine Xifang Biluo Yu after Great-Grandfather ordered him to treat her and promised Tang Wen instruction in Flood Dragon Lure if he cured her.
• Tang Wen asked Xifang Biluo Yu to lie facedown and used a chopstick to probe her, angering her when he jabbed her buttocks.
• Tang Wen repeatedly tapped Xifang Biluo Yu with the chopstick until she cried out from severe pain, then explained that an acupuncture needle was embedded in her body.
• Xifang Kongming and Wan Piaoxue recalled that a needle had gone missing when Xifang Biluo Yu played with Great-Grandfather’s acupuncture needles as a child.
• Tang Wen said the needle had fused with her bone and begun protruding, causing her pain and making it difficult for her to sit or sleep.

Tang Wen persuaded Xifang Biluo Yu to undergo surgery for a needle lodged near a dangerous area, while securing protection and a Deputy Hall Master appointment from Xifang Kongming. At Tang's Sumei Supermarket, he used a CT scanner to locate the needle and impressed the city lord, then asked about the powers of Divine Sense Realm experts.

• Tang Wen warned that Xifang Biluo Yu's untreated condition could leave her paralyzed, and she reluctantly agreed to an operation after Xifang Kongming urged her.
• Tang Wen demanded the City Lord's Residence appoint him Deputy Hall Master of its Medicine Hall and publicly guarantee his safety, and Xifang Kongming agreed.
• Tang Wen brought Xifang Kongming and Xifang Biluo Yu to Tang's Sumei Supermarket, where he announced the operation and their agreement to the waiting patients.
• Tang Wen showed Xifang Kongming the CT scanner, and the city lord was astonished when it produced images of his bones.
• Tang Wen scanned Xifang Biluo Yu and pointed out the needle on her films, then asked Xifang Kongming about Divine Sense Realm abilities.

Tang Wen used his walkie-talkie to contact Tu Qianqiu and sold fifteen sets to Xifang Kongming’s residence. He also secured ten high-grade Flesh-Regenerating Pills for Xifang Biluo Yu, leaving Xifang Kongming fuming at Tu Qianqiu’s mockery over a Luxury Bathtub.

• Xifang Kongming explained that true Flying Sword Wounding required Divine Sense Realm strength and extensive sword practice, then warned Tang Wen he would die if he failed to treat Xifang Biluo Yu.
• Tang Wen learned that Xifang Biluo Yu needed top-quality Flesh-Regenerating Pills, and he used a walkie-talkie to reach Tu Qianqiu after his first calls went unanswered.
• Xifang Kongming tested Tang Wen’s walkie-talkie, then bought fifteen sets for the City Lord’s Residence for 4,500 high-grade spirit stones.
• Tang Wen persuaded Tu Qianqiu to provide ten high-grade Flesh-Regenerating Pills in exchange for new goods.
• Tu Qianqiu mocked Xifang Kongming for supposedly being unable to afford a Luxury Bathtub, and Xifang Kongming angrily challenged him.

Tang Wen showed Xifang Kongming and his companions his modern bathroom, then arranged to help them install one. He also sought help for the gu planted inside him and traded hand grenades for superior-grade Void Bags, while Xifang Biluo Yu continued recovering from her injury.

• Tu Qianqiu showed Xifang Kongming and his companions the bathroom, and Xifang Kongming paid Tang Wen to install one for Xifang Biluo Yu.
• Tang Wen told Tu Qianqiu about the gu inside him, and Tu Qianqiu proposed taking him to Gu Elder for help.
• Tang Wen ordered Wu Yunpeng to install bathrooms at the City Lord's Residence.
• Heavenly Tears Elder traded ten superior-grade Void Bags for fifty hand grenades, with delivery promised in half a month.
• Tang Wen told Xifang Kongming that Xifang Biluo Yu would need at least a month to recover, then explained the expenses and challenges facing his businesses.

Tang Wen bargained with Xifang Kongming over taxes, protection, and the City Lord's Residence's purchases from his businesses. They agreed on a five-percent discount and two guards, though Tang Wen wanted a stronger one.

• Xifang Kongming demanded an annual tax of one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, then proposed another hundred thousand for protection and a partnership.
• Tang Wen protested the costs and learned Xifang wanted the City Lord's Residence's debts settled with goods at a private ten-percent discount.
• Tang Wen argued that his medical skills, Medicine Hall, and growing group of apothecaries would benefit Xifang's family and strengthen its position against the Apothecary Guild.
• Xifang lowered the discount to five percent and promised two guards, one at the Origin-Nourishing Realm and one at the Origin-Gathering Realm.
• Tang Wen asked to replace the weaker guard with a Thought-Connecting Realm expert, but Xifang refused and explained how rare such experts were.

Tang Wen hired Ding Tong and Yu Mei as bodyguards and sold weapons and protective gear to the City Lord's Residence. At dinner, the guards sampled Tang Wen’s food and wine, and Ding Tong challenged the others’ doubts about whether he could afford to eat it every meal.

• Tang Wen agreed to pay for Ding Tong and Yu Mei, Xifang Kongming’s trusted guards, to protect him.
• Ding Tong and Yu Mei met Tang Wen, and Yu Mei teased him while Ding Tong complained about guarding a young man.
• Xifang Kongming assigned additional guards to accompany Ding Tong and Yu Mei to the supermarket.
• The City Lord's Residence collected five thousand treasure swords, bulletproof vests, and helmets, earning Tang Wen over a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• At dinner, Ding Tong and Yu Mei tried three-stripe fish and drinks, then Ding Tong insisted he could afford to eat the meal every day.

Tang Wen strengthened his ties with Ding Tong and Yu Mei by showing off his wealth and hospitality, then received official backing as the City Lord's Residence named his hall and supermarket under its authority. Xifang Feiwen raised the problem of the city lord's eighteen wives all wanting Tang Wen's expensive luxury bathtubs.

• Tang Wen welcomed Ding Tong and Yu Mei with an extravagant meal and let them marvel at his modern rooms and goods, increasing their regard for him.
• Ding Tong and Yu Mei discussed Tang Wen's wealth and hoped he could help them obtain Void Bags.
• Xifang Feiwen declared Tang's Medicine Hall the Second Medicine Hall of the City Lord's Residence and announced Tang Wen's appointments and the supermarket's new name.
• Tang Wen noticed Ding Tong's and Yu Mei's Popularity angles rise after the official announcement, which followed his lucrative commission to Xifang Kongming.
• Xifang Feiwen told Tang Wen that all eighteen of the city lord's wives wanted luxury bathtubs, and Tang Wen said he could not give one to each of them for free.

Tang Wen negotiated a land deal with Xifang Feiwen, planned to expand his businesses and recruit staff, and heard of a struggling sect that could provide experts for his Guardian Hall. The chapter left him considering whether to help Sword Gazing Mountain Manor, whose land had been seized by a powerful city official’s relative.

• Tang Wen offered the City Lord’s Residence eighteen bathrooms at the price of fourteen and agreed to exchange goods for the land beside his workshop.
• Tang Wen planned to bring in power and water equipment to support more bathrooms, while postponing wind turbines because they were vulnerable.
• Tang Wen appointed Wu Yunpeng to lead a new Construction Hall and directed Zhang Taiben to expand the Medicine Hall and recruit medical staff.
• Tang Wen announced plans for a Guardian Hall and the Tang Sect, but his associates warned that recruiting powerful experts would be difficult.
• Redbeard told Tang Wen that Sword Gazing Mountain Manor, led by Tie Tuo, had over a thousand members and faced losing its land to Mi Long, the brother-in-law of Flying Tiger City’s lord, Zhan Tianyang.

Tang Wen arranged for Redbeard to help persuade Sword Gazing Mountain Manor to relocate, then saved Hong Wu’s mother with a blood transfusion. Zhang Taiben became Tang Wen’s disciple and Medicine Hall master, while Hong Wu joined the Tang family to repay Tang Wen for saving his mother.

• Tang Wen bargained with Redbeard to accompany him to Sword Gazing Mountain Manor and help persuade its people to move to Black Tortoise City.
• Hong Wu brought his gravely injured mother to the Medicine Hall, and Zhang Taiben judged her condition nearly hopeless.
• Tang Wen stopped the woman’s bleeding and used a blood test to match Hong Wu’s type O blood for a transfusion.
• Zhang Taiben knelt and asked Tang Wen to accept him as a disciple, then became the Medicine Hall’s hall master.
• Hong Wu insisted on serving the Tang family to repay Tang Wen, and Tang Wen finally accepted him.

Tang Wen convinced Tu Qianqiu to provide a Qi-Coalescing Pill and help Hong Wu fuse his inherited power, enabling Hong Wu to break through to the Origin-Gathering Realm Middle Stage. Afterward, Tu Qianqiu described stronger martial artists in other domains and hinted at a realm beyond Divine Sense.

• Tu Qianqiu told Tang Wen that Hong Wu’s restless foreign energy could make him an Origin-Gathering expert, and Tang Wen tricked Tu into giving him a Qi-Coalescing Pill in exchange for supermarket discounts.
• Tang Wen persuaded Tu Qianqiu to help refine Hong Wu’s energy by offering him ten grenades, then set up a Fusion Array with three hundred high-grade spirit stones and Zhuge Ziliang’s Command Token.
• After ten hours in the array, Hong Wu broke through to the Origin-Gathering Realm Middle Stage and said he had gained his power after eating a strange egg he found in the mountains.
• Tu Qianqiu speculated that the egg belonged to a divine bird and described the greater strength found in the Western Black Domain, where rumors spoke of a figure who could kill ten Divine Sense Realm experts with one hand.
• Redbeard challenged Tu Qianqiu after they argued about their relative strength, and Tu casually sent Redbeard flying into a tree.

Tang Wen completed housing and bathrooms for his growing staff and learned that Tao Yong was blocking the sale of the neighboring plot to resell it at a large profit. After Tang Wen hinted that electricity could be supplied to the City Lord's Residence, the city lord summoned him to a Council of Elders meeting.

• Redbeard attacked Tu Qianqiu, but Tu Qianqiu easily disarmed him and struck his grenade away before Tang Wen stopped their fight.
• Tang Wen moved into his new villa, while his staff, craftsmen, and associates settled into the villa and prefab housing.
• Xifang Feiwen told Tang Wen that Tao Yong had seized the neighboring plot and intended to resell it for a steep markup, so Tang Wen decided not to buy it.
• Xifang Feiwen reported that the city lord's family wanted electric lamps after seeing them in Tang Wen's bathrooms, and Tang Wen hinted that supplying the residence would be possible but costly.
• The next morning, the city lord summoned Tang Wen to a Council of Elders meeting that afternoon.

Tang Wen faced hostility from powerful elders at the Council of Elders meeting, but City Lord Xifang Kongming explained that he had summoned Tang Wen to discuss the bathrooms and electric lamps Tang Wen had introduced. The elders questioned the cost, and Tang Wen pointed out how distant and unfamiliar the Mysterious Nether Domain was.

• Tu Qianqiu told Tang Wen that an Outer Prefecture Elder like him had no standing to attend the Council of Elders meeting.
• Hall Master Cui Shigong and Third Elder Wei Xiaolin berated Tang Wen outside Black Tortoise Palace, while the Grand Elder also treated him with disdain.
• Cui Shigong and Wei Xiaolin tried to keep Tang Wen out of the meeting, but Tang Wen said Xifang Kongming had summoned him.
• Xifang Kongming confirmed that the meeting concerned Tang Wen's bathrooms and electric lamps, and Deputy City Lord Jiang Wei praised the bathroom's comfort.
• Cui Shigong objected to the bathrooms' price, and Tang Wen asked the elders how far away the Mysterious Nether Domain was.

Tang Wen explained the high costs of importing his modern bathroom fixtures, and the City Lord's Residence elders debated which courtyards and halls should receive them. After Cui Shigong insulted Tang Wen and demanded free installations, Xifang Kongming clarified the Medicine Hall's new structure and the dispute ended with Cui agreeing to build his own latrine.

• Tang Wen justified the bathroom's price by describing the long, dangerous shipments and the losses involved.
• Xifang Xiangyun praised her bathroom, while Xifang Kongming revealed that she had taken it rather than received it as a gift.
• The elders proposed installing bathrooms in their private courtyards and public halls, and Tang Wen agreed to sell them.
• Xifang Kongming announced that the Medicine Hall would split into independent Inner and Outer Halls, with Cui Shigong overseeing the Inner Hall and Tang Wen the Outer Hall.
• Cui Shigong insulted Tang Wen and demanded a free bathroom, so Tang refused to sell him one; Xifang Kongming offered reimbursement if Cui found one himself.
• Cui Shigong said he would build a latrine and burn sandalwood incense, and Jiang Deputy City Lord asked Tang Wen what they would do about the electric lights.

Tang Wen explained that wind turbines could provide the City Lord's Residence with cheaper, safer electricity than batteries or candles, but the elders doubted the cost and their other uses. He demonstrated a small turbine powering a lamp and an induction cooker, leaving the elders eager to taste the food he prepared.

• Tang Wen proposed installing wind turbines and explained their cost, transport, and long-term savings, while Wei Xiaolin and Cui Shigong objected to the expense.
• Tang Wen claimed wind turbines could power cooking appliances, prompting the elders to mock him and question his abilities.
• Tang Wen set up a small wind turbine, an electric lamp, and an induction cooker, then asked Jiang Wei and Li Yu to turn the turbine blades with palm force.
• Jiang Wei and Li Yu spun the blades until the lamp lit, exciting the elders.
• Tang Wen used the turbine to cook several dishes and soup, and Xifang Xiangyu asked to taste them.

Tang Wen persuaded Black Tortoise City's leaders to buy Wind Turbines and household appliances, then negotiated to accept City Lord's Residence land as payment. The deal expanded to include Moon Gazing Peak, leaving Tang Wen protesting that he could not move the enormous rocky mountain.

• Li Yu, Jiang Wei, Xifang Xiangyu, and other leaders sampled Tang Wen's food and drinks, then agreed that the City Lord's Residence should install Wind Turbines.
• Tang Wen demonstrated appliances and offered the elders Sumei Cards with discounts at Sumei Supermarket; the Grand Elder, Wei Xiaolin, and Cui Shigong refused cards.
• Xifang Kongming proposed paying Tang Wen for the Wind Turbines and Bathrooms with City Lord's Residence land near Sumei Supermarket, while the Grand Elder tried to reserve a nearby plot for his brother-in-law Tao Yong.
• Zhou Quan and the elders discussed alternative plots, and Xifang Kongming settled on valuing the nearby land at current prices as payment.
• The Grand Elder demanded that Moon Gazing Peak also be included in the deal, and Tang Wen protested that he could not move the enormous rocky mountain.

Tang Wen negotiated with the elders over land and a spirit mine to fund wind turbines, then sold them compact bathrooms. The council promoted him to Inner Prefecture Elder and appointed him deputy steward of the City Lord's Residence.

• The Grand Elder and Wei Xiaolin proposed giving Tang Wen the Heavenly Gold Mountain mine to pay for the wind turbines, but Tang Wen rejected the deal and demanded ten thousand high-grade Spirit Stones instead.
• Tang Wen offered each elder a free compact bathroom, and the elders began ordering additional units for their families.
• Xifang Heluo and Xifang Kongming proposed promoting Tang Wen to Inner Prefecture Elder, and the council approved it despite the Grand Elder's objection.
• Tang Wen offered the elders commissions for bulk customers at Sumei Supermarket and invited them to dinner there.
• Xifang Kongming appointed Tang Wen deputy steward of the City Lord's Residence and issued official announcements of both appointments.