Arc 17The Tang Clan’s Expanding Reach

Tang Wen built his influence across the cultivation world through disciples, trade, and military power while exploring dangerous ruins and securing new territories. The stretch ended with him arriving at the tournament after learning the Blood Hero Society planned to kill him.

  • Tang Wen upgraded the Great Landlord System, reached the Earth Realm, and began training disciples in exchange for equipment and resources.
  • Tang Wen became Grand Elder of the War Dragon Sect, recruited Feng Feifei and Hou Yuan, and prepared them for the Heaven Ranking tournament.
  • Tang Wen led an expedition into werewolf territory, uncovered the Sacred Tree’s soul-harvesting role, and recruited Gu Yin Hou and his experts to work for the Tang family.
  • Tang Wen joined Spirit Sage Academy’s Nameless Class, became its acting teacher, and used his talisman skills and modern goods to revive the class and expand his business.
  • Tang Wen secured land and workers in Great Chu, then traveled to Windsea City, trained its leaders, armed its forces, and helped defeat a Sea Clan invasion.
  • Tang Wen joined Zhang Xiaotian’s expedition into the Yalan Sand Sea, survived the statue maze and Rotten Devil’s pursuit, and absorbed a blood-red aura before returning to the Star Illusion Empire.
  • Tang Wen negotiated a pharmaceutical partnership with Wan Yunlong, gained support for Flying Star Island, and used a public product launch to raise his popularity and meet his traversal requirements.
  • Tang Wen accepted the werewolf territories in exchange for protecting them from the Blood Clan, defeated Adams and Aerni’s challenge through Hou Yuan, and arrived at Skywatch Terrace after learning the Blood Hero Society planned to kill him.
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Ch. 401Starshine Flower

After the Great Landlord System advanced to 8.0, Tang Wen reached the Earth Realm and was recruited by the City Guard Army, where he claimed he could use Starshine Flowers to train exceptional disciples. The chapter ended with Iron Tower General Tie Qingshan begging Tang Wen to accept his stalled son Tie Wudi as a disciple.

  • Tang Wen absorbed the popularity, upgraded the Great Landlord System to 8.0, and reached the Earth Realm initial stage.
  • General Luo Xiu invited Tang Wen to meet with the City Guard Army, where Tang Wen defeated Cui Ze and Yu Xiao and declined to enlist full-time.
  • Tang Wen offered to train selected City Guard Army experts using his supposed Starshine Flowers in exchange for laser pistols and miniature suns.
  • Zhang Zhijiang brought Tie Qingshan and his son Tie Wudi to visit Tang Wen at the Tang family villa.
  • Tie Qingshan explained that Tie Wudi had stalled as a Two-Star Gold Warrior and begged Tang Wen to accept him as a disciple.

Ch. 402What did it feel like to take a disciple stronger than himself?

Tang Wen traded Starshine Flowers for payments, supplies, and new disciples while teaching powerful figures in the Star Illusion Empire ancient cultivation techniques. After returning to Yunhai City to sell high-tech batteries, he used a Command Token to stop National Security from detaining him.

  • Tie Qingshan gave Tang Wen foreign Abyss Pearl recordings and a Deep Sea Map in exchange for Starshine Flowers, then made Tie Wudi Tang Wen’s disciple and learned an Ancient Cultivation Technique.
  • Tang Wen taught Tie Qingshan and Tie Wudi to cultivate, and Tie Wudi advanced to One-Star Diamond Fighter; Luo Xiu and Luo Jingang then became disciples, and Luo Xiu advanced to Half-Step Diamond Rank.
  • Luo Kaicheng and Zhang Yi joined Tang Wen’s disciples, and Tang Wen later accepted Tan Junfeng, Gu Dong, and Cai Shuangquan after Tan Junfeng challenged him and the three gave up competing from exhaustion.
  • Tang Wen trained his disciples, obtained equipment and supplies, then traveled directly to Yunhai City and sold batteries to Zhao Jiang’s customers.
  • National Security agents tried to take Tang Wen away over his company’s products, but the leader recognized Tang Wen’s War Dragon Sect Command Token and apologized before leaving.

Ch. 403Shocking the main sect

Tang Wen returned to the War Dragon Sect headquarters, where Zhan Tianbiao and Yin Hongshuang challenged his place among the elders. After Tang Wen demonstrated overwhelming power, Zhan Tianbiao became his disciple, and Tang Wen helped him break through into the Human Realm.

  • Lei Gang and the State Security Bureau officials recognized Tang Wen as the War Dragon Sect's Third Elder, while Tang Wen learned that the sect was monitoring his villa and discussed the Heaven Ranking with Gui Yuan Yi.
  • Tang Wen launched new products in Dongfang City, demonstrating the flying All-Purpose Suit and a 9D phone that projected images and smells, gaining millions of strands of popularity and advancing to the middle Earth Realm.
  • Tang Wen arrived at the War Dragon Sect headquarters, where Liu Zhi introduced him to Zhan Tianbiao, who publicly challenged his position as Third Elder.
  • Yin Hongshuang provoked Tang Wen, and Tang Wen bound her with yellow qi and flung her hundreds of meters before pulling her safely back, shocking the assembled disciples.
  • Zhan Tianbiao admitted his mistake and became Tang Wen's disciple, and Tang Wen guided him into the Human Realm, prompting Gui Yuan Yi to celebrate the sect's good fortune.

Ch. 404The Council of Elders Welcomes You

Tang Wen became the War Dragon Sect’s Grand Elder and joined its preparations for the Heaven Ranking tournament. He went with Wan Zhiqi to recruit Emei Sect’s Feng Feifei, exposed Zhou Zhimei’s lie about her whereabouts, and drew Feng Feifei into negotiating by promising to help her reach the Earth Realm.

  • Cao Ge and the elders approved Tang Wen as Grand Elder, and Tang Wen gave Zhan Tianbiao his former council seat.
  • The council discussed the Heaven Ranking tournament, the struggle to claim Sea God Island, and the difficulty of finding two eligible teammates for Tang Wen and Zhan Tianbiao.
  • Wan Zhiqi told Tang Wen about Feng Feifei’s cultivation and the Beauty Treasure, and they traveled to the Emei Sect to recruit her.
  • Zhou Zhimei claimed Feng Feifei had gone abroad, but Tang Wen used his power to pull Feng Feifei from a nearby bridge and exposed the deception.
  • Tang Wen threatened to cut off the Tang Clan Group’s Spirit Stones and Spirit Pills to Emei, then said he could help Feng Feifei enter the Earth Realm.
  • Feng Feifei refused to become Tang Wen’s disciple but offered the Beauty Treasure in exchange for his help.

Ch. 405Disturbing the Earth Above Tai Sui's Head

Tang Wen exchanged for Emei’s mermaid treasure, helped Feng Feifei enter the Earth Realm, and recruited Hou Yuan to guard his business after defeating him in a lightness-skill contest. With the Heaven Ranking tournament approaching, Feng Feifei and Cao Wuxin clashed at Tang Wen’s villa.

  • Ning Jingyi offered Tang Wen the remaining Beauty Treasure in exchange for helping Feng Feifei advance, and Tang Wen learned the treasure was a mermaid’s primordial essence body.
  • Tang Wen accepted the treasure and set up a Spirit Gathering Array deal with Ning Jingyi, then used a Popularity Pill to bring Feng Feifei into the early Earth Realm.
  • Tang Wen challenged Hou Yuan at the Tianshan Sect and outdid his water-running lightness skill by flying and walking through the air.
  • Tang Wen offered Hou Yuan cultivation resources and a Yellow Rank high-grade cultivation method for ten years of service guarding his business, and Hou Yuan agreed without becoming his disciple.
  • Feng Feifei and Hou Yuan arrived at Tang Wen’s villa to prepare for the Heaven Ranking tournament, where Feng Feifei and Cao Wuxin immediately traded insults.

Ch. 406The Curse of Two Beauties

Tang Wen dealt with a confrontation at the Heluo Club, where Feng Feifei and his group faced Ding Qiang and his uncle Ding Long, before revealing his status as the War Dragon Sect’s Supreme Elder. He then prepared to travel to Gaodun City to investigate the theft of the Tang Group’s goods, while Cao Wuxin reached the Human Realm through Dao Union with him and left Feng Feifei wondering what had changed.

  • Feng Feifei struck Cao Wuxin when she provoked her, but Tang Wen stopped the attack and ordered both women to stop fighting.
  • Tang Wen learned from Zhao Jiang that he had bought Spirit Crane Island and Spirit Void Island, then helped Zhao Jiang reach the Mind-Penetration Realm and several subordinates enter the Qi Nourishing Realm.
  • At the Heluo Club, Feng Feifei slapped Ding Qiang after he threatened Tang Wen’s group, and Ding Long later struck his nephew for insulting Tang Wen.
  • Tang Wen revealed that he had taught the War Dragon Sect’s cultivation method, and Guo Kui arrived, recognized him as Supreme Elder, and ordered the dispute to end.
  • Zhao Jiang explained that the Werewolves of Gaodun City were suspected of stealing the Tang Group’s goods, and Tang Wen contacted Gui Yuan Yi before arranging to investigate.
  • Cao Wuxin asked Tang Wen to practice Dao Union with her, reached the Human Realm by morning, and left with the group for the airport while Feng Feifei sensed that something about her had changed.

Ch. 407Buying loyalty

Tang Wen’s group entered the Werewolf tribe’s Five Elements Autonomous Prefecture after Tian Hongtao joined Tang Wen as a disciple and received cultivation resources. As they explored the preserved territory and its unusually large animals, Tang Wen noticed that the keepers’ wolf-headed wooden rods frightened the beasts.

  • Hou Yuan and Feng Feifei speculated that Cao Wuxin’s sudden cultivation advance followed her Dao union with Tang Wen, and Feng Feifei blamed Hou Yuan for spreading the guess.
  • Tian Hongtao briefed Tang Wen’s group on the werewolf tribe’s territory, customs, dangers, and Wolf God Temple before warning the women about the risks of entering.
  • Tang Wen offered Tian Hongtao a chance to advance in exchange for serving the Tang family, accepted him as a nominal disciple, and taught him until he reached the Thought-Connecting Realm.
  • Cao Wuxin visited Tang Wen, complained that Hou Yuan had guessed what they had done, and then drew Tang Wen into another Dao union.
  • Tang Wen’s party entered the Five Elements Autonomous Prefecture, completed tourist formalities, and rented mounts among the tribe’s oversized lions and tigers.
  • Tang Wen noticed that the keepers’ wolf-headed wooden rods made the animals tremble and wondered what secret they held.

Ch. 408The secret of the branches

Tang Wen discovered that the five colored staffs and Mu Qingqing’s branch crown contained powerful Wolf God spiritual entities that strengthened his telekinesis when absorbed. He infiltrated the Wood Tribe to investigate its secrets and, after destroying Mu Qingqing’s crown, left Chieftain Mu Gui and Mo Shixiong unable to explain what had happened.

  • Tang Wen bought five colored staffs, discovered a huge Wolf God symbol within the bundle, and absorbed its spiritual entity, which revealed a vision of an ancient temple before the staffs crumbled.
  • Tang Wen and his companions encountered Princess Mu Qingqing, were taken to the Wood Tribe, and were bound with Azurewood Locks whose hidden energy Tang Wen secretly absorbed.
  • Mu Fei told Tang Wen that the five tribes were governed by the Five Elements Council of Elders and were subordinate to the powerful Wolf King Family.
  • Tang Wen used the Heavenly Insect’s poison to put Mu Qingqing, Mu Xiang, and the guards to sleep, then absorbed the wolf shadow inside Mu Qingqing’s branch crown.
  • Mu Qingqing found her crown reduced to powder and reported it to Mu Gui, who investigated with Mo Shixiong; they dismissed the possibility that Tang Wen had destroyed it because he wore an Azurewood Lock.

Ch. 409You were the ones who did it

Tang Wen uncovered the five tribes’ role in stealing Tang Kee’s goods for the Wolf King Family, then infiltrated the Forbidden Zone with his companions to investigate the Sacred Tree. Trapped inside its hollow among centuries-old human remains, they faced a mental attack and merged their consciousnesses as Tang Wen prepared to fire his Laser Gun at the Tree Wall.

  • Mu Gui admitted that the five tribes had stolen Tang Kee’s goods to curry favor with the Wolf King Family, and Tang Wen forced him to summon the other four chiefs.
  • Tang Wen and his companions absorbed the Five Elements Energy, then used the chiefs to open the Forbidden Zone Gate and entered the Wolf King Family’s hidden lake settlement.
  • Tang Wen’s group approached the Sacred Tree, but a wolf-headed elder made it pull them inside its trunk, where they found more than a thousand human skeletons.
  • Feng Feifei’s attempt to cut through the Tree Wall triggered a mental attack, and Tang Wen deduced that the Sacred Tree stored and refined souls.
  • Tang Wen guided Hou Yuan, Feng Feifei, and Cao Wuxin through the Spirit Merging Technique, uniting their consciousnesses before aiming his Laser Gun at the Tree Wall.

Ch. 410Money was almost almighty

Tang Wen drained the Wolf God’s mental power, negotiated compensation from Gu Yin Hou, and gained a Sacred Tree, a partnership, and knowledge of the Wolf God Temple’s array. After returning to Su Mei Island with his cultivation advanced to the late Earth Realm, he found Wen Jinyuan, Luo Yiwu, and Zhuge Cangxiao waiting in his villa.

  • Tang Wen and Cao Wuxin, Feng Feifei, and Hou Yuan drained the wolf silhouette’s mental power using the bones’ stored energy, advancing their cultivation while the Sacred Tree withered.
  • Tang Wen forced Gu Yin Hou to provide Gu Lei Feiluo as a hostage, then bargained for the Soul-Capturing Art and took the ancient Sacred Tree after persuading it to move into his Spirit Beast Bag.
  • Tang Wen discovered that the Wolf God Temple was a Five Elements Array powered by the Sacred Tree, then sold Gu Yin Hou Spirit Stones for a Spirit Gathering Array and recruited Gu Yin Hou and his experts to work for the Tang Family Mall.
  • The system announced that Tang Wen could traverse again, and he explored Spirit Void Island but failed to locate the array concealing most of its land.
  • After the Heaven Ranking was postponed, Tang Wen returned to Su Mei Island with goods and found Wen Jinyuan, Luo Yiwu, and Zhuge Cangxiao waiting in his villa.

Ch. 411New student registration

Tang Wen traveled to the capital with Chu Luoxiang to help him approach Luo Daimei and enroll at the Royal Heavenly Sage Academy. After reaching Silu Residence and strengthening his companions, Tang Wen went to register and learned about the academy’s courts from Zhang Ying.

  • Tang Wen learned that the Sun Kingdom had made peace with Great Chu, then directed his growing island businesses, construction crews, and training programs.
  • Chu Luoxiang explained spirit talismans to Tang Wen, who tested one before they traveled to the capital with Wen Jinyuan, Zhuge Cangxiao, and Mei Zhenhong.
  • Tang Wen’s Popularity Pill benefits raised his companions’ cultivation, and his group established themselves at Silu Residence in Central City.
  • Hu Yong tried to seize Tang Wen’s Flying Beasts by falsely accusing his party of theft, but Mei Zhenhong beat the City Patrol Guards and Tang Wen spared Hu after hearing his explanation.
  • Tang Wen asked Wen Jinyuan and the others to seek a site for a Tang Clan Mall, then headed to Heavenly Sage Academy with his recommendation letter.
  • Zhang Ying told Tang Wen that new students entered the Human Character Court, and a young woman laughed when Tang Wen asked how to enter the Heaven Character Court directly.

Ch. 412Get out

Tang Wen was rejected by Heavenly Sage Academy after refusing its Human and Heaven Character Courts and demanding entry to the Mystery Character Court. He enrolled at Spirit Sage Academy instead, where his telekinesis earned him a talisman inheritance and He Yifeng took him to the Mystery Character Court, leaving him at odds with Cao Lulu.

  • Tang Wen learned from Zhang Ying and Li Dai that Luo Daimei studied in the secretive Mystery Character Court, then brought his recommendation letter to Heavenly Sage Academy’s leaders.
  • Li Yuan and Gu Qiu offered Tang Wen a place in the Human Character Court or an assessment for the Heaven Character Court, but Tang Wen refused and asked to enter the Mystery Character Court; Li Yuan ordered him to leave.
  • Tang Wen discovered Chu Luoxiang’s letter only requested direct admission to the Heaven Character Court, then went to Spirit Sage Academy after learning Martial Sage Academy was not enrolling.
  • Dean He Yifeng welcomed Tang Wen without an assessment after he demonstrated his strength, and Tang Wen received the inheritance of a Sword Boar Talisman from a carving on the steps to the Mystery Character Court.
  • Tang Wen accidentally stepped on Cao Lulu’s skirt and fell on her, provoking her and the other students before He Yifeng stopped her talisman attack.
  • He Yifeng explained the Mystery Character Court’s Spirit Vein and led Tang Wen into its guarded cave, where the court’s Heavenly Pit and concentrated Spiritual Energy lay.

Ch. 413You stepped on her skirt

Tang Wen fought Li Yuantong, drew the attention of the academy’s senior figures, and declined their offers to become his master. After learning about the Mystery Character Court’s politically connected Nameless Class, he insisted on joining it despite Dean Yang’s warnings.

  • He Yifeng brought Tang Wen to the Mystery Character Court, where Yang Chaoran and Li Yuantong initially rebuffed him and Li Yuantong insulted him.
  • Tang Wen fought Li Yuantong and blasted apart the pavilion, prompting Luo Shichen, Ding Jingzong, and Lin Yifeng to arrive and compete to take him as a disciple.
  • Tang Wen refused to take a master, and Lin Yifeng gave him a command token and invited him to visit his residence.
  • Yang Chaoran explained the Mystery Character Court’s classes and the privileges and conflicts surrounding the connected Nameless Class.
  • Tang Wen insisted on joining the Nameless Class despite Yang Chaoran warning that its students would lead him astray, then Yang Chaoran asked whether he had stepped on Cao Lulu’s skirt.

Ch. 414Model Room

Tang Wen settled into the Spirit Sage Academy’s Nameless Class, where he secretly learned talisman techniques while turning his dormitory into a modern model home. After impressing Chu Hanyu and her classmates with its furnishings and food, he offered to connect them with his supplier, and Chu Hanyu asked to buy spirit stones and outfit her room.

  • Yang Chaoran warned Tang Wen that Cao Lulu might retaliate, but Tang Wen chose to join the Nameless Class and received room 200.
  • Tang Wen decoded the talisman diagrams on his dormitory lock, furnished his room with modern goods, and spent a month absorbing talisman legacies until he reached Earth Realm great perfection.
  • Chu Hanyu summoned Cao Lulu and the others, learned Tang Wen’s background, and decided to visit him because he had skipped class and wandered among talisman diagrams.
  • Tang Wen welcomed Chu Hanyu’s group into his renovated room, where they sampled his food and explored his bathroom, bathtub, and other modern furnishings.
  • Chu Hanyu asked Tang Wen to arrange a complete room set and contact his supplier, Wen Jinyuan, so she could buy spirit stones.

Ch. 415Put me in charge of the Nameless Class

Tang Wen expanded his sales of Western Lands goods at Spirit Sage Academy and won the academy’s approval to lead the Nameless Class after demonstrating his talisman skill. The academy’s leaders suspected he was an unusually powerful cultivator and began considering how to use his abilities and products ahead of the Three-Academy Grand Competition.

  • Tang Wen negotiated orders for bathroom sets, recruited Wen Jinyuan and Mei Zhenhong to guide visitors, and received 115 orders as Chu Hanyu and Cao Lulu brought students to see his model room.
  • Duke Cao and other influential guests tried Tang Wen’s Western Lands furnishings and bought high-grade spirit stones and pills after testing their quality.
  • Tang Wen planned a shopping center and Cultivation Tower near the academy entrance, proposing that Spirit Sage Academy provide security in exchange for spirit stones and other benefits.
  • Yang Xiongliang demanded that Tang Wen be expelled from the Nameless Class, but Tang Wen challenged him and offered to take charge of the class instead.
  • Tang Wen impressed the academy leaders by drawing peak-middle-tier Heaven-and-Earth Net and Spirit Explosion talismans, then became sworn brothers with Li Yuantong and was appointed to lead the Nameless Class.
  • After Tang Wen left with Li Yuantong, Lin Yifeng and Ding Jingzong discussed Tang Wen’s likely strength and talent, and agreed to monitor him while giving him a chance to revive the Nameless Class.

Ch. 416Luo Daimei

Tang Wen became the Nameless Class’s acting teacher, won the students’ support by demonstrating his power and raising Fan Zhen’s cultivation, then arranged transport talismans for the academy’s renovations. The chapter ended with Luo Daimei telling Heavenly Sage Academy’s head Qi Yuan about Tang Wen and questioning why Lin Yifeng favored him.

  • Lin Yifeng and the academy’s officials discussed the Nameless Class’s problems and the income it brought in before announcing that Yang Xiongliang had left and Tang Wen would replace him as acting teacher.
  • When Chu Hanyu and Cao Lulu led the students in threatening to withdraw, Tang Wen defeated Tie Junfeng and Luo Yu with telekinesis, and Fan Zhen accepted him as a teacher.
  • Tang Wen used a Heaven-Born Fruit to raise Fan Zhen from mid human realm to human realm great perfection, winning the Nameless Class’s approval and prompting Jiang Chunshan to ask to join him.
  • Long Wu challenged Tang Wen over Jiang Chunshan’s transfer, but Tang Wen’s rocket launcher forced Long Wu to accept a draw and allow Jiang Chunshan to study in both classes.
  • Tang Wen planned to recruit students to transport construction materials with talismans, and Lin Yifeng agreed to make forty transport talismans from Tang Wen’s giant python hide.
  • Tang Wen learned that the beautiful woman who had argued with him was Luo Daimei; later, Luo Daimei complained to Qi Yuan and Su Fang about him and wondered why Lin Yifeng appreciated him.

Ch. 417You idiots

Tang Wen expanded his plans in the Capital City, uncovered rich copper deposits, and learned that the Heavenly Sage Academy regretted driving him away. After Chu Guang secured land and workers for Tang Wen, the system unlocked Spacetime Travel, while Chu Luoxiang arrived heartbroken.

  • Qi Yuan learned about Tang Wen’s spirit stones and cultivation pills, while Tang Wen gave Chu Luoxiang a thousand-year-old serpent skin to offer Luo Daimei and explained that she had reached the Earth Realm.
  • Chu Luoxiang told Tang Wen that the Chu Family feared losing its influence, and Tang Wen promised to help Chu Guang improve his cultivation if Chu Guang obtained land and more than thirty thousand people.
  • Tang Wen used telekinesis to map the copper deposits at Horse-Racing Mountain and ordered the prospectors to follow his map once machinery arrived.
  • Qi Yuan confronted Li Yuan and Liu Huaisheng for driving Tang Wen away, revealed that Tang Wen had helped Fan Zhen reach Human Realm Great Perfection, and ordered them to obtain Tang Wen’s spirit stones and pills.
  • Chu Guang arranged for Tang Wen to buy sixty thousand qing of land and more than thirty thousand workers from Zhu Shiwang, and the signed contract fulfilled the conditions for Spacetime Travel.
  • Chu Luoxiang arrived drunk and heartbroken, crying out to Tang Wen and asking why he had been thwarted in love.

Ch. 418Western Black branch

Tang Wen arrived in Western Black City to open a supermarket, secured a city as his fief, and learned that a mysterious pearl had appeared in the dangerous Yalan Sand Sea. After expanding his business and gaining a new travel function through his system, he prepared for the expedition while Zhang Xiaotian secretly plotted to exploit him.

  • Tang Wen helped Chu Luoxiang, Chu Cong, and Chu Guang absorb popularity dividends, raising their cultivation, then traveled to Western Black City with goods for a new supermarket.
  • At the city gate, Tang Wen used Zhang Xiaotian’s command token to avoid the entry tax and rode in Ning Yan’s carriage, where he sold her a tablet and promised the Ning Residence a full set of household goods.
  • Tang Wen met Zhang Xiaotian, learned that the Mystic Wood City authorities wanted tribute from his goods, and agreed to join Zhang Xiaotian’s expedition to seek a treasure pearl in the Yalan Sand Sea.
  • After Tang Wen left, Zhang Xiaotian and Xiao Cheng discussed raising commissions and exploiting his business while keeping him alive as a source of wealth.
  • Ning Yan bought more than 123,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones’ worth of goods from Tang Wen’s new supermarket, and Zhang Xiaotian granted him Windsea City as his fief.
  • Tang Wen gained the system’s same-plane travel function after the city transfer, promoted Hong Wu through popularity dividends, and showcased his products at Zhang Xiaotian’s welcoming banquet.

Ch. 419Asserting His Might in Windsea City

Tang Wen arrived in Windsea City, uncovered the Sea Clan’s invasion, and challenged Zhang Yao’s control while preparing the city to fight back. After strengthening Zhan Feng, Ding Tuan, and Wei Hu and revealing his weapons, Tang Wen faced the arena contest, where Zhang Yao announced that a powerful Zhang Family elder was coming.

  • Tang Wen reached Windsea Island, learned that the Sea Flood Dragon Clan was leading a vast Sea Clan assault, and rejected Zhang Yao’s demand to request costly aid from Western Black City immediately.
  • Tang Wen made Zhang Yao kneel with telekinesis, then gathered Windsea City’s elders and ordered a hundred thousand troops trained to use his weapons.
  • Tang Wen removed Zhang Yao as acting city lord and scheduled an arena contest, while Zhang Yao threatened to take control and Zhan Feng agreed to challenge him.
  • Tang Wen taught Zhan Feng, Ding Tuan, and Wei Hu the Heaven Domain Three Dragons Canon, raised their cultivation, and demonstrated AK rifles, machine guns, cannons, and other weapons.
  • Wang Kun sought help from Elder Hai, who agreed to interfere in the contest to keep Zhang Yao from becoming city lord.
  • At the arena, Zhang Yao delayed the contest and announced that his Third Granduncle, a Zhang Family elder, was on his way.

Ch. 420Striking Third Granduncle

Tang Wen secured control of Windsea City, cured Wang Kun, and led the city's defenders to defeat a massive sea beast assault. The Zhang Family decided against retaliation for Zhang Yun Kui's injuries, but Zhang Xiaotian arrived pretending the dispute remained serious.

  • Tang Wen appointed Elder Hai and Zhang Yun Kui as tournament referees, and Ding Tuan defeated Zhang Yao twice despite Zhang Yun Kui's interference.
  • Zhan Feng killed Song Ye with strength boosted by a Five-Burst Agent, and Tang Wen gravely injured Zhang Yun Kui with a rocket when he attacked Zhan Feng.
  • Tang Wen appointed Zhan Feng city lord, accepted Wang Kun as a disciple, and removed the poisoned needle from Wang Kun's heart.
  • Tang Wen's forces repelled the sea beast invasion with firearms and artillery, while Tang Wen killed Long Er and killed Long Yi after Shangguan Chujing saved him from being swallowed.
  • Zhang Xiaotian persuaded the Zhang Family elders against retaliation by citing Tang Wen's commercial profits, powerful connections, and battlefield victories.
  • Tang Wen prepared Windsea City's defenses and electricity infrastructure before Zhang Xiaotian arrived and feigned concern over Zhang Yun Kui's grievance.

Ch. 421An overnight fortune

Tang Wen sold weapons and modern equipment in Yalan City, earned a fortune, and advanced to the early Profound Realm before setting out with Zhang Xiaotian toward the Yalan Sand Sea. After Zhang Xiaotian introduced Tang Wen to their expedition party, the others doubted his usefulness until he demonstrated the All-Purpose Suit.

  • Zhang Xiaotian persuaded Tang Wen to donate and sell modern weapons to the domain lord’s Personal Guard Army, then bought a large arms shipment for one hundred million high-grade spirit stones and collected his Zhang Family commission.
  • Tang Wen sold Zhang Xiaotian Muscle Enhancer, which Zhang Xiaotian used with Zhang Pengju’s cultivation transfer to advance to the Late Mystic Realm; Zhang Xiaotian then bought more bottles and arranged to travel with Tang Wen to the Yalan Sand Sea.
  • Tang Wen and Zhang Xiaotian reached Yalan City, where Tang Wen sold televisions, appliances, and All-Purpose Suits through the Heavenly Orchid Pavilion, earning money and popularity that advanced him to the early Profound Realm.
  • Zhang Xiaotian introduced Tang Wen to Long Qiping, Jin Zhenhui, Gongsun Wudao, and Long Xuan as fellow members of the expedition, but they questioned Tang Wen’s value as a merchant.
  • Zhang Xiaotian demonstrated the All-Purpose Suit’s ability to fly, travel underground, and move through water, astonishing the expedition party.

Ch. 422The Divine Statue

Tang Wen and his companions survived a sand tornado by sheltering in his tank, where he acquired the Thorn Moon Sect’s Ghost Moon Vine and sold goods to its disciples. They then entered a maze of divine statues, descended into an underground palace, and escaped its awakened statues with Life Powder, but Tang Wen saw the Sphinx follow him; the group planned to return through the statue maze with the powder as they exchanged gifts and secrets.

  • Tang Wen sheltered himself and his companions in his tank during the sand tornado, then admitted Yue Lang and the Thorn Moon Sect disciples in exchange for the Ghost Moon Vine and sold them goods while they waited out the storm.
  • Tang Wen refined the Ghost Moon Vine despite Yue Lang secretly leaving a wisp of intent inside it, and the group continued toward the statue field after the tornado passed.
  • Tang Wen exposed that some statues were illusory and that the golden statue accusations were false, but the group became trapped in a looping maze and encountered ants carrying a golden statue into an underground palace.
  • In the underground palace, the Sphinx and other divine statues attacked the group with beams; Tang Wen used Life Powder to suppress them and pulled his companions free before they sealed the entrance with earth.
  • The group agreed to use Tang Wen’s powder to try to escape the statue maze, and Long Xuan, Jin Zhenhui, and Long Qiping offered Tang Wen a Fire Scorpion King, Dragon Saliva, and a loan of secret texts in gratitude.

Ch. 423A Secret Beyond Secrets

Tang Wen and his companions escaped the stone statue formation, survived Rotten Devil by awakening and merging with an ancient Iron Statue, and reached Yalan Ancient City, where they faced further dangers and a siege. After eating Heavenly Image Fruits, the group advanced while Rotten Devil waited outside their array, and they prepared a surprise attack to escape.

  • Tang Wen used Life Powder to lead the group out of the stone statue formation, but Rotten Devil intercepted them and chased Tang Wen into the statues.
  • Tang Wen used the Ghost Moon Vine-bound Iron Statue as a shield, swallowed its remnant Primordial Spirit with the help of Life Powder, and gained enough power to drive Rotten Devil away.
  • Tang Wen and the others crossed a dangerous swamp, survived attacks by its creatures, and reached the outskirts of Yalan Ancient City, where a woman formed from azure smoke gave them Heavenly Image Fruits.
  • Corpse Beetles carried a talisman-sealed urn toward the group, and their rockets broke it open, releasing a poisonous cloud and the woman, who left after giving them the fruits.
  • Rotten Devil caught up with the group in Yalan Ancient City and battered Gongsun Wudao's spirit array, so the companions injected Muscle Enhancer and ate the Heavenly Image Fruits, advancing their cultivation.
  • Tang Wen and the others prepared to break the array and strike Rotten Devil together, with Tang Wen positioned to run ahead as they attempted their escape.

Ch. 424The Great Tycoon

Tang Wen escaped Yalan Ancient City with the blood-red treasure aura attached to him, returned to the Star Illusion Empire, and strengthened his martial arts and business ventures. After confronting Wan Yunlong over a partnership to develop life-extending pills, Tang Wen offered spirit stones and rare fruits for a larger share, leaving their negotiations unresolved.

  • Qingmei gave Tang Wen a strand of Primordial Spirit, boosting his telekinesis, and Tang Wen fed Stone Statue Fruits to the iron statue until he advanced to the early Yellow Realm.
  • Tang Wen followed a signal north in Yalan Ancient City, where a treasure aura drew him into a fissure and attracted attacks from Rotten Devil, Yue Lang, Yue Xiang, and hundreds of martial artists.
  • Tang Wen escaped to the Star Illusion Empire, but the blood-red aura followed him; he absorbed most of its energy over five days until it shrank to the size of an egg.
  • Tang Wen learned that the Luo Family's disciples had surpassed his own, then used a popularity dividend to advance Tan Junfeng, Tie Wudi, Cai Shuangquan, and Tang Jiayin.
  • Tang Wen rejected Wan Yunlong's haughty arrival, then agreed to discuss cooperation after Tan Junfeng defeated Wan Yunlong's bodyguards.
  • Wan Yunlong proposed sharing profits from life-extending pills, but Tang Wen demanded forty percent for his spirit stones and fruits and priced each Millennium Vermilion Fruit at fifty million.

Ch. 425A life-and-death warm-up

Tang Wen expanded his influence in the Star Illusion Empire, gained the Werewolves Tribe and its territory, and confronted the Blood Clan over its attempt to seize their land. After the Blood Clan planned to challenge him at the Heaven Ranking tournament, Tang Wen arrived at Skywatch Terrace, where the competition was about to begin.

  • Tang Wen helped Wan Yunlong become a Golden Nanmu Fighter, negotiated a pharmaceutical partnership, and secured help obtaining Flying Star Island and military equipment.
  • At a televised launch and auction, Tang Wen demonstrated martial arts, raised Zhang Zhijiang's cultivation, and earned enough popularity and land to advance and meet his traversal requirements.
  • Tang Wen traveled to the Great Flame Empire and Gaodun City, where Gu Yin Hou offered the Werewolves Tribe and Five Elements Autonomous Prefecture to the Tang family in exchange for protection from the Blood Clan.
  • Tang Wen accepted the tribe, raised Gu Yin Hou, Feng Feifei, and Hou Yuan's cultivation, and used his power to convince the werewolves to submit to him.
  • When Adams and Aerni tried to take the territory, Hou Yuan defeated them, and Tang Wen demanded compensation while warning the Blood Clan against further attacks.
  • The Blood Hero Society's leaders plotted to challenge and kill Tang Wen at the tournament, but he learned of their plan and arrived at Skywatch Terrace with his party as the competition began.
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