Recaps

Tang Wen gave Hong Xiu a tablet, used a Heaven-Born Fruit to help Gu Elder and Tu Qianqiu reach the Concentrating Spirit Realm, and publicly amazed the guests at his apprenticeship ceremony with an extraordinary Lightness Technique. He then gathered his disciples and allies in the Underground Secret Chamber to absorb the powerful martial artists’ admiration, where Shangguan Chuqing awoke hungry for energy.

• Tang Wen gave Hong Xiu a tablet and received spirit marrow from Zhang Chang in return.
• Tang Wen taught Gu Elder and Tu Qianqiu the Heaven Domain Three Dragons Canon, then split a Heaven-Born Fruit between them, helping both break through to the Concentrating Spirit Realm.
• Xifang Kongming and Zhou Quan discussed Tang Wen’s Heaven Domain Command Token and decided not to offend him, while considering how to draw him to their side.
• At the Cloud Garment Workshop ceremony, Tu Qianqiu and Gu Elder became Tang Wen’s disciples, and Zhang Taiben was recognized as their eldest senior brother.
• When Grand Elder Wan Fuyuan challenged him to demonstrate his abilities, Tang Wen remained in midair for thousands of breaths and strolled through the air, astonishing the guests.
• Tang Wen took his disciples and allies to the Underground Secret Chamber to absorb the gathered martial artists’ admiration, and Shangguan Chuqing awoke demanding energy.

Tang Wen’s rapid cultivation drew attention, and he secretly used his telekinesis to prank Duanmu Hong Xiu, who then followed him to Hundred Spirits City. The chapter ended as Tang Wen arrived at the city and began meeting its leaders and prominent families.

• Tang Wen’s disciples broke through several cultivation levels after absorbing power from the dried corpse, while Tang Wen advanced to early Qi Nourishing and gained stronger telekinesis.
• Duanmu Hong Xiu spied on Tang Wen with her Heavenly Eye, so he stroked her face with his telekinesis until she suspected someone was haunting her.
• Duanmu Hong Xiu asked Tang Wen about her strange sensations, then joined his party on the journey to Hundred Spirits City.
• Tang Wen and his companions arrived at Hundred Spirits City, where Zhou Bingzhong greeted them and began introducing the city’s four great families.

Tang Wen entered Hundred Spirits City after Duanmu Hongxiu froze and defeated the four family heads and their formation. He secretly learned the first level of her Nine Paths of Cold Ice and then planned to use a rumor linking them as childhood betrotheds to bring the four great families under control.

• The four family heads demanded that Tang Wen pass through their Hundred Spirits Formation before entering the city, but Duanmu Hongxiu froze them and the formation’s martial artists.
• Tang Wen beat the frozen family heads until they acknowledged that he had passed, and he entered the city with his companions.
• Duanmu Hongxiu agreed to teach Tang Wen the Nine Paths of Cold Ice, and he secretly copied the technique’s transmission method.
• After a day of instruction, Tang Wen released icy energy and froze a passing cat, astonishing Duanmu Hongxiu.
• Tang Wen told Tu Qianqiu to spread a rumor that he and Duanmu Hongxiu had been betrothed as children so he could use her reputation to subdue the four great families.

The four great lineages visited Tang Wen to apologize and win his favor with valuable gifts. Wan Tiemu mistakenly called Duanmu Hongxiu Tang Wen’s childhood betrothed, provoking her, while Tang Wen denied any engagement and the gathering ended awkwardly.

• Chen Zhendong and Song Lin decided to befriend Tang Wen and give him their ancestral Dragon-Nurturing Wood.
• Wan Tiemu and Wan Lao'er chose the Golden Scale Jade Garment as a gift for Hong Xiu, while Luo Feiyang and Chai Zhao prepared gifts for Tang Wen.
• Chen Zhendong, Wan Tiemu, Luo Feiyang, and Chai Zhao arrived together at the City Lord's Residence to present their gifts to Tang Wen.
• Luo Feiyang gave Tang Wen a Spirit Stone chair, Chen Zhendong presented Dragon-Nurturing Wood that Shangguan Chuqing requested, and Chai Zhao offered Life Liquid.
• Wan Tiemu presented the Golden Scale Jade Garment to Hong Xiu and called her Tang Wen's childhood betrothed, so Duanmu Hongxiu slapped him and threatened him.
• Tang Wen denied any childhood engagement with Hong Xiu, who then left in anger as the gathered clan heads traded barbs.

Tang Wen arranged for the four great lineages to take turns ruling Hundred Spirits City, then gained control of the city and triggered the Great Landlord System’s upgrade to version 6.0. The upgrade expanded his crossing abilities and indicators, while leaving him eager to eventually transport people between planes.

• Tang Wen proposed that Chen Zhendong, Luo Feiyang, Chai Zhao, and Wan Tiemu take five-year turns as city lord, and they agreed to a public drawing of lots.
• Hong Xiu confronted Tang Wen over spreading a rumor about their childhood betrothal, and Zhang Chang beat Tang Wen and his protectors before Hong Xiu stopped him.
• Duanmu Hongxiu explained that she had spared Tang Wen because he might cure her wet nurse and revealed that her Command Token was one of only three in the world.
• At a public gathering, Wan Tiemu drew the first term as city lord, while Tang Wen appointed the other three men as deputy city lords and elders.
• The city’s residents hailed Tang Wen as Eleventh Elder, and a million birds gathered over him as their bird qi strengthened his Heavenly Insect.
• The Great Landlord System upgraded to 6.0, adding inter-plane crossing and a living-creature space, and Tang Wen reviewed his increased indicators and the new restrictions on carrying creatures.

Tang Wen returned to Yunhai City to prepare supplies for the war, expand his business, and meet his transmigration requirements. He obtained the deed to Spirit Immortal Island, which the system counted as far larger than its recorded area, just as Xiao Jinguo arrived with bad news.

• Tang Wen left Duanmu Hongxiu at the Cloud Garment Workshop and instructed Wu Zi to develop a medicinal herb and grain farm before returning to Yunhai City.
• Tang Wen ordered Zhao Jiang to collect payment from sect customers and banned sales to the Kongtong Sect, prompting Liu Zhiliang to threaten him with a challenge.
• Tang Wen helped Cao Wuxin, Luo Xue, and Zhao Jiang improve their cultivation, then told Zhao Jiang to invest in the Tang Su Mei Group and promote spirit fish and spirit rice.
• Tang Wen studied oil refining and extraction while planning to stockpile fuel and military supplies for the Chu Kingdom.
• The system announced that Tang Wen had fulfilled his land requirement, and the map identified Spirit Immortal Island as the source of five thousand qing.
• Xiao Jinguo delivered the deed listing Spirit Immortal Island at eight thousand mu, agreed that any concealed extra land belonged to Tang Wen, then warned that he had bad news.

Tang Wen accepted Liu Zhiliang’s challenge and traveled to Dragon Gate Mountain, where thousands gathered to watch. Before the fight began, Yang Xiao’s identity as a Heaven Ranking expert was revealed, shifting the crowd’s attention to him.

• Xiao Jinguo and Cao Wuxin urged Tang Wen to avoid Liu Zhiliang, but Tang Wen accepted the challenge and arranged to fight at the Dragon Gate Sect in five days.
• Tang Wen’s party arrived at Dragon Gate Mountain, where he welcomed the enormous crowd as a chance to gain the Popularity needed to return to the Chu Kingdom.
• Yang Zhao and Zeng Kui greeted Tang Wen and overlooked Yang Xiao until Zhuang Sheng recognized him as the senior who had once instructed him.
• Tang Wen revealed that he had stolen and eaten the Millennium Ginseng King while Yang Xiao guarded it, prompting the crowd to laugh.
• Zhuang Sheng announced that Yang Xiao ranked twenty-eighth on the Heaven Ranking, shocking the Dragon Gate Sect and drawing everyone’s attention to him.

Tang Wen secured Gu Dongguo’s support by teaching Gu Junfeng the yellow-rank Flood Dragon Lure technique, which rapidly raised Gu Junfeng’s cultivation. As Tang Wen prepared for his challenge against Liu Zhiliang, he learned Liu had the Kongtong Sect’s dangerous Flying Sky Disc, while the chapter ended with Luo Xue and Cao Wuxin admiring the five-hundred-year-old Tianshan Snow Lotus.

• Yang Xiao revealed that he was ranked twenty-eighth on the Heaven Ranking and warned Tang Wen that Liu Zhiliang had advanced to the late Xiantian stage.
• Gu Dongguo offered Tang Wen the Tianshan Snow Lotus and five billion in exchange for teaching Gu Junfeng a yellow-rank cultivation technique, and Tang Wen agreed on the condition that the Tianshan Sect support his family.
• Tang Wen taught Gu Junfeng Flood Dragon Lure and gave him a Vermilion Fruit King, helping him reach the transcendent grade late stage.
• Gu Dongguo and Gu Junfeng told Tang Wen that Liu Zhiliang possessed the Flying Sky Disc, a hidden weapon that could greatly increase his combat power.
• Luo Xue admired the five-hundred-year-old Tianshan Snow Lotus while Cao Wuxin recalled a story about a snow lotus and corrected her about the Udumbara Immortal Flower.

Tang Wen defeated Liu Zhiliang at the Dragon Gate Sect’s Heavenly Terrace and forced the Kongtong Sect to pay five billion to spare him. After the crowd’s praise activated Crossing Mode, Tang Wen brought Yang Xiao to the underground cultivation chamber and gave him a powerful technique and the gathered popularity to help him advance.

• Tang Wen gave Cao Wuxin a five-hundred-year-old snow lotus, then attended the challenge gathering at the Heavenly Terrace the next morning.
• Liu Zhiliang challenged Tang Wen to a fight to the death, while Dugu Yijian served as adjudicator and Mo Gu threatened Tang Wen.
• Tang Wen caught Liu Zhiliang’s Flying Sky Disc, struck him down, and pinned him to the platform.
• Tang Wen demanded five billion from the Kongtong Sect in exchange for Liu Zhiliang’s life, then kicked Liu Zhiliang toward Mo Gu and injured Mo Gu as he caught him.
• The crowd’s praise activated Crossing Mode, and Tang Wen hurried Yang Xiao to the underground chamber and transmitted the Flood Dragon Lure technique to him.
• Tang Wen gathered the spectators’ popularity in the Spirit Gathering Array, and Yang Xiao began absorbing it in hopes of reaching the Origin-Gathering Realm.

Tang Wen gained wealth and allies, recruited security for the Tang Su Mei Group, and prepared White Crane Island for an attack. He arrived as Sun Kingdom forces besieged the island and turned the battle around by resupplying his troops and killing the Sun Gate experts.

• Yang Xiao thanked Tang Wen for helping him reach the Origin-Gathering Realm, and he and Dugu Yijian agreed to call Tang Wen their brother.
• Gu Junfeng formally took Tang Wen as his master, while Gu Dongguo declared that the Tianshan Sect would protect the Tang Su Mei Group.
• Tang Wen advertised security positions and sold goods to martial artists, increasing his wealth by fifty tons of gold.
• Tang Wen returned to Su Mei Island with supplies, delivered construction materials to Jiangzhou and Moyun Stockade, and acquired four decommissioned warships and two cargo ships.
• Tang Wen found White Crane Island surrounded by Sun Kingdom warships as Sun Gate experts overwhelmed He Tian, Luo Kun, and the Tang Family Army.
• Tang Wen replenished the island's supplies, sank or drove off the enemy ships with renewed bombardment, and killed the Sun Gate experts with his sword and poison.

Tang Wen’s forces defeated a Sun Kingdom assault on White Crane Island, and Duke Haisheng Chu Guang arrived in Linghai to oversee the war. After Commander-in-Chief Qiu Zhaohai revealed the victory, Chu Guang summoned Tang Wen to appear before him.

• Tang Wen and Li Liao attacked the Sun Kingdom fleet from both sides, routed its forces, and returned to White Crane Island after pursuing the fleeing ships.
• Tang Wen ordered care for his casualties and urged Luo Yiwu to acquire land and people so he could recruit more powerful experts.
• Intelligence agents Chu Cong and Shen Gongyang witnessed the victory, and Chu Cong reported it to Duke Haisheng Chu Guang.
• Chu Guang arrived in Linghai two days later and challenged Qiu Zhaohai over his handling of the war, threatening to remove him from command.
• Qiu Zhaohai and Feng Jiuxue described Tang Wen’s victory to Chu Guang, who ordered Tang Wen summoned; Tang Wen arrived from the Mei Residence.

Tang Wen gained support for his victories, advanced his allies through the Popularity Indicator, and secured a promotion and a campaign to recover the coastal islands. Chu Guang assigned Ridge-Sea Academy three thousand troops to match Tang Wen’s gains, while Chu Zhao was ordered to join Tang Wen with the Eight Battalions of the Sea Saint Black Cavalry.

• Chu Guang tested Tang Wen’s strength, praised his victories, and recommended him as an assistant commander while Qiu Zhaohai accepted the decision.
• Tang Wen used the Popularity Indicator to help Feng Jiuxue reach Transcendent Grade and He Tian and Luo Kun advance in cultivation.
• Feng Jiuxue and Chu Zhao challenged Ridge-Sea Academy to contribute to the war, and Chu Guang ordered Gao Qiu to send three thousand men to recover the coastal islands within three days.
• Tang Wen and Gao Qiu agreed to a military pledge requiring Ridge-Sea Academy to recover as many islands as Tang Wen did, and Feng Jiuxue volunteered to supervise the campaign.
• Qiu Zhaohai refused to spare his troops, so Chu Guang assigned Chu Zhao to lead the Eight Battalions of the Sea Saint Black Cavalry in support of Tang Wen.

Chu Guang assigned the Tang family and Ridge-Sea Academy to fight the Sun Kingdom, while Tang Wen prepared to rescue Qilin Island and reinforce his army. Chu Zhao arrived at White Crane Island commanding the Sea Saint Black Cavalry Eight Battalions, accompanied by a dissatisfied military supervisor.

• Chu Guang rejected Gao Qiu’s demand for troops, assigned the Tang Family Army and Ridge-Sea Academy to fight the enemy, and ordered daily public records of their results.
• Chu Zhao demonstrated that he had reached the first-rank realm, and Feng Jiuxue revealed her transcendent-grade strength after Gao Qiu challenged her qualifications.
• Tang Wen learned that Luo Yiwu had bought Qilin Island and chose it as the Tang family’s first battlefield, hoping its residents would join them in exchange for rescue.
• Tang Wen crossed to the Mi Kingdom, brought back ships and weapons, and began installing wind turbines, artillery, and steel-framed barracks on White Crane Island.
• Chu Zhao arrived at White Crane Island with over forty warships and command of the Sea Saint Black Cavalry Eight Battalions, while military supervisor Zhang Dai regarded him with dissatisfaction.

Tang Wen received an imperial promotion and unified command of the forces defending Linghai, then impressed Ma Qian and the Black Cavalry Eight Battalions with his ships and weapons. The chapter ended with Gao Qiu and Wei Yang meeting Ridge-Sea Academy’s guardian elder Lin Zhi to request inner-court experts against the growing Tang family.

• Tang Wen reprimanded Zhang Dai for disrespecting him, and Ma Qian revealed that Tang Wen was a First-Rank Earl before reading the imperial decree promoting him and placing the forces in Linghai under his command.
• Tang Wen took Ma Qian and the Black Cavalry Eight Battalions aboard his steam-powered warship and demonstrated its speed, cannons, and firearms.
• Tang Wen promised weapons and supplies to Ma Qian’s men, while Ma Qian pledged to record their equipment and achievements as military merit at triple the usual rate.
• Tang Wen appointed Chu Zhao commander-in-chief of the Tang Family Army as his factories began producing gunpowder, cannons, and firearms.
• Gao Qiu brought Wei Yang to meet Lin Zhi, Ridge-Sea Academy’s guardian elder, and asked him to lend inner-court experts to fight the Tang family.

Lin Zhi, Gao Qiu, and Wei Yang plotted to use Ridge-Sea Academy’s inner-court experts and the Sun Gate against Tang Wen, while Tang Wen secretly traveled to Qilin Island to recruit Shen Wu. Shen Wu refused to join the fight, and Tang Wen ended the chapter by insulting him as the two men faced off.

• Lin Zhi agreed to give Gao Qiu five hundred inner-court experts, while he planned to secure ten thousand troops for Wei Yang and exploit Tang Wen’s purchase of Qilin Island.
• Tang Wen ordered Wang Haiting to monitor the noodle shop and gather evidence, then planned with He Tian to visit Qilin Island and prepare its people for an attack.
• Tang Wen used his Heavenly Insect wings to fly with He Tian to Qilin Island, where they found Shen Wu’s thatched cottage among the ruins of Kirin Town.
• Shen Wu’s zither music struck He Tian and Tang Wen with a powerful sound wave before Shen Wu recognized He Tian.
• He Tian introduced Tang Wen and asked Shen Wu to fight the Sun Kingdom, but Shen Wu refused and told them to leave.
• Tang Wen criticized Shen Wu for refusing to protect the island’s people, and Shen Wu threatened to kill him.

Tang Wen defeated Shen Wu with poison, discovered that Shen Wu’s despair came from his impossible love for the qin master Yang Susu, and persuaded him to pursue her through other instruments and music. Shen Wu became Tang Wen’s disciple, and together they prepared Qilin Island to resist an attack from the Sun Kingdom.

• Tang Wen used the Heavenly Insect’s poison to incapacitate Shen Wu, then deduced that Shen Wu was lovesick over a woman whose qin skill he could never surpass.
• Tang Wen learned that the woman was Yang Susu, the famed Ten-Finger Qin Demon, and played several pieces on an electronic keyboard to convince Shen Wu that he could win her over through other instruments and compositions.
• Shen Wu accepted Tang Wen as his master, drank Spirit Marrow to recover his vitality, and summoned his three disciples, Cui Sheng, Zhan Hong, and Hong Yu, to meet their grandmaster.
• Tang Wen gave the three disciples Vermilion Fruit Kings and taught them and Shen Wu the Flood Dragon Lure cultivation technique, raising the three disciples to the Origin Nurturing Initial Stage and Shen Wu to the Origin Gathering Middle Stage.
• Tang Wen supplied the group with weapons, equipment, and Void Bags, then ordered He Tian to teach them how to build gun emplacements and use cement and crushed stone.
• After nightfall, three hundred Tang soldiers swam ashore to Qilin Island and began secretly training Shen Wu’s men for the coming Sun Kingdom attack.

Tang Wen learned that Ridge-Sea Academy was marching on Goat Island and secretly positioned his fleet to exploit the Sun Kingdom’s ambush. After Ridge-Sea Academy’s army was trapped and devastated, Tang Wen arrived to rescue its survivors and attack the Sun Kingdom from the shore.

• Tang Wen learned Ridge-Sea Academy had set out with more than fifteen thousand men and planned to attack Goat Island, so he sent word to the island’s defenders and arranged to hide his fleet nearby.
• Tang Wen’s men knocked out Ridge-Sea Academy’s spies and sailed to waters near Goat Island, while Qiu Zhaohai sent thirty thousand Linghai troops on a separate route to mislead the Sun Kingdom.
• The Sun Kingdom secretly landed nearly thirty thousand troops on Goat Island and lured Ridge-Sea Academy’s forces into an ambush, where gunfire and cannon bombardments killed most of Gao Qiu’s army.
• Tang Wen’s Frogman Team blew up the Sun Kingdom’s ships, and his forces seized the vessels and sailed toward Goat Island.
• Tang Wen’s fleet attacked the Sun Kingdom’s forces surrounding Wei Yang, Zhang Mingdong, Gao Qiu, and the remaining Ridge-Sea Academy troops, and Tang Wen called on the survivors to strike from both sides.

Tang Wen’s forces crushed the Sun Kingdom’s troops on Goat Island, then Tang Wen confronted and struck Ridge-Sea Academy Head Gao Qiu over the catastrophic losses. After Feng Jiuxue arrested Gao Qiu and Wei Yang, Tang Wen withdrew to White Crane Island and made secret preparations for the coming battle for Qilin Island.

• Tang Wen’s army routed the Sun Kingdom’s forces, captured Murayama Akiya, and Shen Wu killed the enemy commander Tengye Jiuhe.
• Zhou Chengzhang reported the battle’s heavy casualties, and Tang Wen berated Gao Qiu and Wei Yang for leading their forces into a trap.
• Gao Qiu challenged Tang Wen, who slapped him; Shen Wu knocked Gao Qiu down, and Feng Jiuxue ordered his men bound and arrested him and Wei Yang.
• Tang Wen withdrew his troops to White Crane Island and ordered five thousand soldiers secretly sent to Qilin Island while Chu Zhao contacted Lord Wan for reinforcements.
• Tang Wen sent He Tian and Luo Kun to Jiangzhou to help track Lin Zhi and Qiu Zhaohai, and warned his allies to prepare for Sun Gate’s experts and possible assassins.

After Tang Wen’s victory earned him widespread acclaim and a breakthrough in cultivation, Qiu Zhaohai arranged to get Wei Yang transferred out of Feng Jiuxue’s custody. Tang Wen strengthened his islands against the Sun Kingdom and then offered Shen Gongyang access to his Cultivation Tower, accurately guessing why Shen had come seeking another chance to advance.

• Feng Jiuxue’s account of the battle drew tens of thousands of people to demand that Ridge-Sea Academy return their loved ones and that Tang Wen receive a promotion.
• Tang Wen absorbed the people’s popularity, advanced to early-stage Origin Gathering, and increased the Heaven Domain Three Dragons Canon to its second stage.
• Qiu Zhaohai agreed to arrange Wei Yang’s transfer to the Six Fan Division in Sea Saint City, where his allies could maneuver to free him and possibly kill him.
• Tang Wen strengthened his islands’ defenses, established Frogman Hall under Hong Yu, and taught its members Wave-Exhausting Ninefold Layers.
• Chu Cong brought Shen Gongyang to Tang Wen, who offered Shen a chance to use the Cultivation Tower for a fee of one hundred thousand taels a day.
• Tang Wen guessed that Shen had entered Origin Nurturing in the Dog Realm ten years earlier and was now seeking another opportunity to break through to Origin Gathering.

Tang Wen showed Shen Gongyang the Cultivation Tower and offered him spirit marrow in exchange for land and servants. Shen agreed to trade Horse-Racing Mountain and ten thousand laborers, while Tang planned to develop the site into a satellite city.

• Shen Gongyang visited Tang Wen’s Cultivation Tower and was astonished by its spiritual energy, which he said rivaled the Dog Realm.
• Tang Wen revealed a drop of spirit marrow, and Shen explained its rarity and how it had helped the Seventh Prince Chu Luoxiang advance in cultivation before he was defeated by Luo Shen.
• Tang Wen offered spirit marrow for ten thousand qing of land near Capital City and ten thousand servants, and Shen proposed Horse-Racing Mountain.
• Tang Wen and Shen signed a contract witnessed by Chu Cong, agreeing to exchange the spirit marrow for Horse-Racing Mountain and the laborers.
• Shen revealed that Horse-Racing Mountain was a depleted, ruined copper mine the Shen family had bought at great expense, but Tang accepted the deal and planned to build a manor and future satellite city there.
• Shen offered to send for the land deed and asked Tang how he wanted to handle the laborers, prompting Tang to ask whether any were capable martial artists.

Shen Gongyang explained the Secret Agent Bureau's tightening standards and revealed that Chu Cong's father, Chu Guang, was a Half-Step Thought-Connecting Realm expert. Tang Wen rejected joining the Bureau on ordinary terms, while Lin Zhi sought the four hidden elders' help to arrange Tang Wen's assassination during the battle for Qilin Island.

• Shen Gongyang told Chu Cong that the Secret Agent Bureau was raising its cultivation requirements and that Chu Cong's father, Chu Guang, had concealed his Half-Step Thought-Connecting Realm strength.
• Tang Wen and Wen Jinyuan discussed the gulf between Linghai and the capital and concluded that the Tang family needed to cultivate stronger experts to expand its business.
• Tang Wen declined to join the Secret Agent Bureau unless he could retain his freedom.
• Wang Haiting sent Tang Wen surveillance footage showing Lin Zhi sneaking into Ridge-Sea Academy's Back Mountain Heavenly Pit to meet four elders.
• Lin Zhi told Elder Zhu, Elder Wood, Elder Shi, and Elder Tie that he planned to bargain with Sun Gate and assassinate Tang Wen during the battle for Qilin Island.

Ridge-Sea Academy planned to kill Wei Yang before his transfer exposed its dealings with the Sun Kingdom, while Tang Wen considered recruiting Shen Gongyang to protect him. Tang Wen revealed his Origin-Gathering Realm strength to Zhuang Qiyang and Feng Jiuxue, then offered hope of helping Zhuang Qiyang advance and retain his post.

• Lin Zhi urged Ridge-Sea Academy's elders to send assassins against Wei Yang before Chen Cang escorted him to Sea Saint City.
• Tang Wen watched the recorded discussion and proposed seeking Shen Gongyang's help to save Wei Yang.
• Zhuang Qiyang arrived with Feng Jiuxue and demanded access to the Cultivation Tower's top half-floor to advance and preserve his deputy commissioner position.
• Tang Wen explained that Shen Gongyang occupied the tower under a deal involving Horse-Racing Mountain and fifteen thousand household servants.
• Tang Wen demonstrated his strength by drawing over a distant stone ball, reshaping it into a javelin, and throwing it several li away, shocking Zhuang Qiyang and Feng Jiuxue.
• Tang Wen suggested he could help Zhuang Qiyang reach the Qi Nourishing Realm, and Zhuang Qiyang offered his entire fortune in return.

Tang Wen used the popularity gained from Horse-Racing Mountain to raise Zhuang Qiyang’s cultivation and win him over to the Tang family. Zhuang Qiyang reached the Origin-Gathering Realm and ended the chapter kneeling to Tang Wen as his disciple.

• The system told Tang Wen he had acquired fifteen thousand household servants and ten thousand eight hundred qing of land, and that he could delay absorbing popularity for up to two hours.
• Tang Wen gave Feng Jiuxue spirit marrow after she kissed his cheek, and she hurried off to cultivate.
• Tang Wen offered to help Zhuang Qiyang advance if he joined the Tang family, and Zhuang accepted under a written agreement.
• Tang Wen taught Zhuang Qiyang the Flood Dragon Lure technique and absorbed popularity from Horse-Racing Mountain while Zhuang cultivated.
• After two hours, Zhuang Qiyang had advanced to the middle stage of Origin Gathering, while Tang Wen’s system showed a wealth increase of four thousand tons of gold.
• Zhuang Qiyang knelt and asked Tang Wen to accept him as a disciple, believing Tang had transferred centuries of cultivation to him.

Tang Wen accepted Zhuang Qiyang as his disciple and arranged to investigate the officials conspiring against Wei Yang before opening the third Traversal Gate. In its ocean world, he gained control over liquids, reached Origin Gathering great perfection, and then emerged in a river in a new world, where he rescued a dead man who looked remarkably like him.

• Tang Wen accepted Zhuang Qiyang as his disciple, gave him a Void Bag, and ordered him to investigate Zhang Shuikang and Qiu Zhaohai while helping Feng Jiuxue escort Wei Yang.
• Zhuang Qiyang explained the power of the Imperial Court's secret agents, and Tang Wen considered whether to obtain a secret agent Command Token.
• Feng Jiuxue and Zhuang Qiyang returned to Jiangzhou, and Feng Jiuxue's strength rose to Transcendent Grade Late Stage after she consumed Spirit Marrow.
• Tang Wen entered the third Traversal Gate, absorbed water spirits that gave him control over liquids, and helped restore Shangguan Chuqing as she gave him a Primordial Spirit Thread.
• Tang Wen's martial arts realm advanced to Origin Gathering great perfection, his Telekinesis range grew to 1,000 meters, and his Telekinesis Threads divided into seven colors.
• Tang Wen arrived in another world by falling into a river, pulled a drowned man ashore, and discovered that the dead man looked about eighty percent like him.

Tang Wen devoured the soul of his namesake, a young man from the Star Illusion Empire, and gained his identity and memories after surviving a struggle with a dark vortex. He copied the dead man’s appearance and clothes, then pretended to be unconscious as search-and-rescue workers approached.

• Tang Wen found that the dead man shared his name, then used his black Telekinesis Threads to devour the man’s soul while a dark vortex tried to pull them both away.
• Shangguan Chuqing gave Tang Wen another drop of Primordial Spirit Liquid, and he used his white Telekinesis Threads to escape the vortex and consume the soul.
• Tang Wen absorbed the dead man’s memories, learning about his family, life, and the Star Illusion Empire’s society and Star Cards.
• When search-and-rescue workers appeared, Shangguan Chuqing explained that Tang Wen’s Heavenly Insect could copy the corpse’s appearance, and he transformed himself and took the man’s clothes.
• Tang Wen collapsed from the strain of shapeshifting, then saw city patrol members approach and pretended to be unconscious when they found him.